MOORE COUNTY'S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 13, NO. 47.
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of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen and Southern PiU’-s, North Carolina, Friday. Oct ober 20, 1933.
FIVE CENTS
Quarter Million Dollars Nay Be Asked in Federal Loans in County
S. A. L OFFICIALS
HERE TO PLAN FOR
WINTER TRAFFIC
Announce New York-Southern
Pines-Pinehurst Sleeper Ser
vice Starting Oct. 31st
ENTERTAINED BY KIWAMS
Simultaneous with the visit here
this week of officials of the Seaboai’d
Air Line Railway came the announce
ment from the office of Herman E.
Pleasants, division passenjfer agent
at Raleigh, that the New York-
Southern Pines - Pinehurst 10-2-1
Pullman sleeper service would go into
effect on October 31st from New York
down, on November 1st from Pine
hurst up.
This car will be a 10-section, two
compartment, one drawing room Pull
man carried on the New York-Flori-
da Limited leaving New York at 6:45
p. m. daily, southbound, and Southern
Pines at 6:45 p. m. daily northbound.
The car is hauled from Aberdeen to
Pinthurst over the Norfolk Southern.
As the season advances, other Pull
mans of the same type are added to
take care of the traffic and from the
Sandhills.
Leading passenger officials and
agents of the Seaboard spent Wednes
day of this week here on an inspection
trip and laying out plans for the
winter traffic. They spent some time
with Richard S. Tufts at Pinehurst
in tiie morning, were entertained at
luncheon by the Kiwanis Club of
Aberdeen at noon, and paid a visit
to Southern Rnes in the afternoon.
The following were included in the
party:
G. Z. Phillips, passenger traffic
manager, Norfolk, Va.; C. H. Gattis,
gtneral passenger agent, Norfolk; S.
G. Linderbeck, general passenger
agent, Jacksonville, Florida; Clyde B.
Barton, assistant general passenger
agent, Pittsburgh, Pa.; S. B. Mur
dock, general passenger agent, New
York City; J. M. Stuart, assistant
general passenger agent, Philadel-
pria, Pa.; J. A. Blaser, district pas
senger agent, Boston, Mass.; L. H.
Dyer, district passenger agent, Balti-
moore, Md.; Edward Plack, assistant
general passenger agent, Washing
ton, D. C., and H. E. Pleasants, di
vision passenger agent, Raleigh.
Mr. Phillips spoke briefly at the
Kiwanis meeting and introduced his
fellow officials. James Tufts, in
charge of the program at the meeting,
called on three members of the club,
Arthur S. Newcomb, J. Talbot John
son and Bion H. Butler, to tell the
visiting railroad men what the Sand
hills has to offer and why they should
endeavor to influence traffic this way.
Mr. Butler talked of the attractions
for persons not primarily interested
in golf, riding and the other sports
activities for which this section is
noted, telling of the historical, topo
graphical, climatic and mineralogical
features of the locality, but over all of
which he placed the friendly spirit,
the homeliness of the people. ‘‘You are
probably all coming here eventually,”
he said, “because 1 am convinced
that here is Paradise. So why not
come now and enjoy it in this life?”
Mr. Johnson stressed the appeal of
the section to the sportsman, the fine
shooting and hunting, the numerous
deer, turkey and quail as evidenced
by the large number of shooting pre-
serves in the vicinity. “Few realize
what we have to offer here to the
man with a gun and a dog,” he said.
Mr.Newcomb told about the numer
ous ways in which women, “the golf
widows who u.sed to have nothing to
do but sit and kuit while their hus
bands played golf all day,” may now
find interesting activities to fill their
hours.
The meeting was held in the Com
munity House at Aberdeen and was
largely attended. Announcement was
made that the annual meeting and
election of officer.s would be held on
November 8th, and that the annual
alumni meeting would be held No
vember 22nd at which time Repre
sentative Walter Lambeth of this
Congressional district would be the
speaker.
A-1 Hospital
Moore County Institution Ful
ly Approved by American
College of Surgeons
The Moore County Hospital at
Pinehurst has again been given
full approval by the American Col
lege of Surgeons for the year
1933. Word to this effect was re
ceived by E. T. McKeithen, busi
ness manager of the institution,
last week and was a source of
much gratification to the official
staff and to the physicians of the
county. This is the third successive
year the hospital has been given
a Class A rating.
SALE FOR TAXES
IN ABERDEEN PUT
OVER TO DEC. 4TH
Advertising Postponed to Give
Delinquents Benefit of To
bacco Market
Postponement of the advertising of
1932 delinquent taxes in the Town of
Aberdeen, which had been announced
for last week, was explained by the
Board of Commissioners this week in
the following announcement:
“Since advertising of 1932 delin
quent taxes for the Town of Aber
deen did not appear in last week’s
paper, as previously advised, we think
it only fair to make the following ex
planation.
“When it was decided to advertise
the taxes the second week in October,
sale to take place the 6th of Novem
ber, the Commissioners had in mind
an early opening of the tobacco mar
kets in this section. However, due to
the delay in opening of the tobacco
markets, and in order not to work a
hardship on the town taxpayers, it
was thought wise to postpone the ad
vertising date until the second week
in November, the sale to take place
the 4th of December.
“Three weeks yet remain in which
payment may be made to avoid the
advertising cost, and it is confidently
expected that the taxpayers of the
Town of Aberdeen will avail them
selves of this additional time and
make arrangements to pay the 1932
taxes before the advertising is
started.”
The announcement was signed by
Evelyn H. Pleasants, town clerk of
Aberdeen.
Peter Augustus Jay
Dies in Washington
Former Ambassador, Brother-
in-Law of Mrs. Jaokson Boyd,
Once Winter Resident Here
Peter Augustus Jay, former United
States ambassador to the Argentine
and a veteran of 25 years’ service in
the diplomatic corps, died on Wed
nesday of this week at his home in
Washington. He had returned on
Monday from Bar Harbor, Maine.
Mr. Jay is a brother-in-law of Mrs.
Jackson H. Boyd of Southern Pines.
He and Mrs. Jay have spent two
winters here, residing in homes they
leased on Weymouth Heights, and
have been frequent visitors to the
Sandhills at other times. The am
bassador was a descendant of John
Jay, first Chief Justice of the United
States Supreme Court. In addition to
serving as ambassador to Argentina
he was at various times minister to
Rumania and to El Salvador. He re
signed from the service a few years
ago because of ill health. He was born
in Newport, R. I., on August 22nd,
1877.
Mrs. Jay, formerly Miss Susan Mc-
Cook, and one daughter, Susan Mary,
survive. Another daughter dj\id sever
al years ago. A brother of Mr. Jay
also survives. Funeral services will be
held today, Friday, with burial in
the family lot at Rye, New York.
Mrs. Boyd left Wednesday night
for Washington upon receipt of word
of Mr. Jay’s death.
Southern Pines
Asks $40,000
Improvements
Adds $18,000 For Disposal Plant,
$10,000 for Water Tank to
Original Request
TALK OF NEW SCHOOLS
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In addition to the $10,000 asked
several weeks ago by the Town of
Southern Pines for the extension of
its water .system, further application
has been made for $18,000 to be ap
plied to the disposal plant, and $10,-
000 for a new water tank, in all a
sum not to exceed $40,000, and this
application has had the favorable
consideration of H. G. Beattie, engi
neer of the State Public Works pro
gram, and is now in readiness to be
forwarded to the Federal Emergency
Administration of Public Works in
Washington.
As planned by the Mayor and Com
missioners this loan from the Govern
ment will be applied to the installa
tion of some 7,000 feet of water mains
and 12 hydrants, a new steel tank of
100,000 gallons capacity to replace
the old wooden tank in use 30 years
or more, and $18,000 for additions to
the disposal plant including a trickl
ing filter and sludge drying bed.
On top of this request to the fed
eral government for funds for South
ern Pines is heard much talk of late
of the need for additional school fa
cilities locally. The extensive prog
ram under consideration by county
school authorities, involving a county
loan of $200,000, carries no provision
for Southern Pines. And yet both the
white and colored school buildings
here a>’e overcrowded and in need of
repair.
Rooms in the school building on
May street are taxed beyond their
capacity and hallways are being used
for desk room for pupils. There is
considerable sentiment for the con
struction of a new auxiliary school
building of ten rooms on the site
which has been used in the past for
outdoor basketball, on the Massa
chusetts avenue corner directly back
of the present building. West South
ern Pines is also much in need of ad
ditional facilities and a new building
will be needed there in the near
I'uture.
These are all projects which tie in
with the whole public works prog
ram in the county and it is probable
that due consideration will be given
the whole phase of an expansion pro
gram which cannot help but involve
increased taxation before all or any
of the proposals are favorably acted
upon.
John Norman Cameron,
Formerly of Vass, Dies
Member of Prominent Family
Passes Away” at Age of 56
in Winona, S. C.
Your County Tax Distribution
Taxes Levied for County Operation and Management and for
Debt Service Total $227,384, Including $11,056 Special
School Levy for Southern Pines Nine Months Term
The distribution of tax money for the operation and management
of Moore county for 1933 and for county and school district debt service
is revealed in the following tabje. It will be noted that Southern Pines
is the only district in the county levying for school maintenance, the
other levies being for debt service only. This item reflects the 25-cent
special tax of the Southern Pines School District recently voted lor
continuance of a nine months fully accredited school here, and is of
course a charge only against property owners of the school district
affected. The levy is five cents less than the maximum allowed by vote
of the district in its recent referendum.
County General Fund 15c levied $30,144.22
Courts 5c ” 10,048.07
Court House Bonds 8*'2C ” 17,081.72
County Bonds : 2VjC ” 5,024.04
County Polls 50c ” 1,862.50
Poor Fund 5c ” 10,048.07
Health Fund 5c ” 10,048.07
Contingent — 2c ” 4,019.23
Schools Current Exp 214c ” 5,024.04
Schools Debt Service 6V.iC ” 13,062.49
School Polls $1,50 ” 5,587.50
Road Bonds , 18c ” 36,173.06
Cameron School 75c ” 4,320.04
Eagle Springs I5c ” 395.72
Eureka lOc ” 420.58
Hallison lOc ” 82.47
Hemp 50c ” 2,590.16
Pinehurst I2c ” 5,384.37
West End ^ 50c ” 3,578.18
Southern Pines D. S. 22c ” . 9,729.79
Southern Pines Maint 25c ” ll,05G.4s»
Carthage 80c ” 9,633.55
Vass-Lakeview 60c ” 5,076.00
Aberdeen 65c ” 15,998.29
Mineral Springs Bonds I7c ” 9,291.72
Total Taxes Levied $227,384.37
County Tennis Tournament Opens
Nonday on Southern Pines Courts
“Old Slave Day”
Names and Addresses of For
mer Slaves Residing in
County Sought By Pilot
More letters have been received
by The Pilot during the past week
favoring the proposed “Old Slave
Day” to be held in Southern Pines
during the winter season. Persons
knowing of former slaves residing
in the county or nearby are re
quested to send their names and
addresses, with any history of
them they may know, to The Pilot
office.
Leading Players To Compete for
Trophies in Men’s Singles,
Doubles, Mixed Doubles
Rev. Dr. G. W. Woodall
Dies in Northern Home
Winter Resident of Southern
Pines for Past Five Years
Passes in New York State
John Norman Cameron, aged 56,
many years a prominent citizen of
Vass, passed away on Mon(day at
Winona, South Carolina where he had
made his home for some time, engag- i
ing in the lumber business. Mr. Cam- j
eron had been ill for several months |
and his death was not unexpected. |
Funeral services were held in the!
Cameron Gvove cemetery near Swann'
Station at 2:00 o’clock Tuesday and'
were attended by a large number of'
fiiends from South Carolina as well
as by many relatives and friends from
Lee, Harnett and Moore counties
where Mr. Cameron had a wide fam
ily connection.
CARL THOMPSON, JR.. EDITOR
Carl G. Thompson, Jr., of Southern
Pines, a junior in the University of]
North Carolina, has been appointed j
editor of the Student Journal, offi
cial quarterly publication of the
North Carolina Federation of Stud
ents, by Wendell Horne, president.
The Rev. Dr. George W. Woodall
for the past five years a winter res
ident of Southern Pines, maintaining
a home on May street, died Wednes
day at his home in Port Henry, N. Y.
lie leaves his wife, Marion (Cross)
Woodall, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Isaac Cross, Jr., of Hart
ford; a son, Dr. C.' Wesley Woodall
of Schenectady, N. Y.; three daught
ers, Mrs. Daniel F. Imrie of Glens
Falla, N. Y., Mrs. Nicholas Frunzi of
Montrose, N. Y., and Mrs. Stacy Ben
ton of New York City.
Dr. Woodall was born in Neth-
erton, England, and spent 47 years
as a minister, starting as a pioneer
missionary from Drew Theological
Seminary. He first went to Hydrahad,
Mizam’s Dominion. India, after which
he was transferred to China and
started the dispensary at Wuhu,
China, where one of the largest hos
pitals under the direction of the Meth-
dist Church is now located. Dr. Wood
all retired in 1926, after serving in
churches in Schenectady, N. Y., Troy,
N. Y., and other cities of the' Troy
conference.
Dr. and Mrs. Woodall endeared
themselves to a large circle of friends
while in Southern Pines.
Tennis champions of Moore county
will be determined next v.eek. The
first annual tournament for the titles
in men’s singles, men’s doubles and
mixed doubles will open on the South
ern Pines courts on Monday, and
matches will continue through the
week, with the final events next Fri
day or Saturday. A title tournament
for the young women players of the
county will probably be held soon
after the completion of next week’s
events.
Many entries are reported for the
men’s singles by Malcolm Grover,
who is in charge of running off the
tournament. Among those he men
tioned as having -sent in their names
are Constantino Montesanti, Henry
Thomas, Dick Sugg, Maitland Grover,
Nelson C. Hyde, Tom Millar, Herbert
Vail, Bill Cole, Aimct Jenks, Walter
Spaeth, E. C. Stevens and Buck Tarl-
ton. More entries are being received
daily and by the time entries close
Saturday noon it is expected that
from 30 to 40 players will be enrolled.
Grover states that entries for the
singles must be received at The Pilot
office by noon Saturday as the draw
ings will be matle that afternoon.
Doubles and mixed doubles entries
can be made as late as Monday after
noon. .
Several strong doubles teams and
a few mixed doubles pairs have al
ready entered.- Carthage entries have
not as yet been received but a number
from there are expected to enter, in
cluding Eddie Burns. Pinehurst pre
sents a strong doubles team in Vail
and Cole, with Vail the ruling favo
rite also in the men’s singles. Among
the women entered in the mixed
doubles are Mrs. Almet Jenks and
Miss Elsie Chandler.
Suitable trophies are being pro
vided for all events, some of these do
nated by Southern Pines firms and
by the City government and the
Chamber of Commerce. New nets for
the courts are being purchased by the
town for use during the tournament.
Matthew B. Byrnes has sold his
property on the corner of the Vil
lage Green an-d Azalea avenue in
Pinehurst to the J. B. Hurd estate,
L. L. Biddle, II, handling the trans
action. .
Is County to
Increase Debt
by $200,000
Proposal To Borrow from U. S.
for School Building Program
Considered by Boards
WOULD JUMP DEBT 20 P. C.
Is Moore county to increase its
debt by the sum of $200,000?
W’ill the federal government be
asked for this sum for new school
buildings and furniture?
These are questions which will
come before the County School Board
on Wednesday of next week for de
termination. Should the board recom
mend the project the matter will then
go before the Board of County Com
missioners on October 30th. Should
the board approve—and it is under
stood no vote of the people is involved
—application will be made to Uncle
Sam for the amount, an amount
which will increase the county debt
by about 20 percent. The last avail
able debt statement indicated that
with its subdivisions the county debt
totals over one million dollars.
The proposition involves $158,000
for new buildings and $15,700 for
furniture, to be financed by a federal
loan of $200,000. Here are the pro
posed projects, with the estim'>*^‘>4
cost:
B^tildinga Cost
Highfalls, 12 rooms, 1 audi
torium (450) $32,00.00
Hemp, 4 rooms 8,000.00
Signboard or Spies, 12 rooms,
auditorium (450) 32,000.00
Eureka, 10 rooms, auditorium,
(400) 26,000.00
Eagle Springs, 6 rooms, audi
torium, (200) 15,000.00
Carthage, 8 rooms 16,000.00
West End, 6 rooms 12,000.00
Pinehurst, repairs to all
buildings 12,000.00
Garage, State specifi
cations 5,000.00
Total for buildings $158,000.00
Furniture
1500 Auditorium seats @
$3.30 $ 4,950.00
2500 Desks @ $4.00 10,000.00
58 Teachers’ Desks 550.00
58 Teachers’ Chairs 200.00
Total Furniture $15,700.00
Total Buildings and Furni»
ture $173,700.00
Payments on the loan, with the
tax rate necessary to take care of
principal and interest in 20 years,
are proposed as follows:
3d year—$2,800; rate 1 1-4 cents.
4th year—$16,800; rate 8 1-2 cents.
20th year—$10,400; rate 5 1-4
cents.
Total principal and interest in 16
years, $234,000.
Of course should the county boards
pass favorably upon the program.
State and federal authorities have to
pass upon the projects before the
United States Treasury opens up its
pix’ketbook. The financial condition of
the county and its subdivisions and
the ability of the taxpayers to take
care of payments on the obligation
over the period to maturity would be
carefully considered both before the
State board passed it along to Wash
ington and by the Federal Emergency
Administration of Public Works in
Washington.
i TOBACCO AVERAGING 15c
ON ABERDEEN MARKET
Tobacco has been averaging around
15 cents a pound all week on the
Aberdeen market, with large qtianti-
ties of both high and low grades on
the floors of the two warehouses each
day. The better grades have been
selling well over 20 cents, some above
oO cents, but the inferior leaf has
been in. sufficient quantity on th«
floors to pull down the average.