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VOL. 13. NO. 51.
Southern IMnes and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday November 17, 193.3.
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FIVE CENTS
LAMBETH TO TALK
TO KIWANIS AND
CIVIC CLUB HERE
Congressman l*rinoipal Speaker
at Annual Reunion Meeting
of Kiwanians Wednesday
To Speak Here on Wednesday
OPEN MEETING TO FOLLOW
J. Walter Lambeth, member of the
House of Representatives from this
Cotifjressional district, will be the
speaker at the annual Kiwanis Club
“Home Coming” day next Wednesday
noon in the Pinehurst Community
Church, and will address an of)en
meeting at the Southern Fines Civic
Club at 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon.
Mr. Lambeth is coming to the Sand
hills to get acquainted “with a lot of
my constituents I don’t know well
enouph,” as he puts it.
Once each year the Kiwanis Club
of Aberdeen holds a reunion meeting
when all former members are invited
to sit in with the active members, get
re-actiuainted, have a good time and
hear a good talk. There ai-e close to
100 former Kiwanians in the Sand
hills, men wlio for one rea.son or
another have dropped out of active
participation in the club’s affairs but
retained an interest in its activities.
Most of these are exjiected at the big
meeting next Wethiesday. In addi
tion to the talk by Congressman Lam
beth a musical jirogram is being ar
ranged by Charles W. I'icijuet and
there will be brief informal talks by
some of the ex-members. Herbert 1).
\’ail, president of the club, will pre
side. The meeting is called for 12:15
in the assembly room of the Com
munity Church at Pinehurst and any
visiting Kiwanians in the community
as well as the former members are
invited.
The So\ithern Pines Civic Club has
asked Mr. Lambeth to make an in
formal, non-political talk to its mem
bers and friends Wednesday after
noon. This meeting will be held in
the attractive clubhouse on A.she
street and all those desiring to hear
their representative in Congress,
men and women, are invited to attend.
Mrs. W. X. Hutt, the club’s president,
will preside and Bion H. Butler, edi
tor of The Pilot, is expected to intro-
<luce the speaker.
Walter Lambeth resides in Thomas-
ville and is serving his second term
in Congress, having succeeded the
late William C. Hammer of Asheboro,
who died in office.
$42,000 U. S. LOAN
ASKED FOR WATER
New Tank, New Mains and Hy
drants, FJnlarging Sewerage
Beds, Projected
AID TO UNEMPLOYMENT
Pinehurst to Aave New
Postoffice Building; U. S.
Appropriates $60,500
Back From the West
HON. WALTER LAMBETH
Red Cross Roll Call
To Be Made Monday
Mrs. MilHken and Mrs. Prizer
Ask Citizens To Be Ready
with Contributions
Citizens of Pinehurst Vote for
Organization of Civic Council
General Advancement of Civic
and Community Ac iivities of
Section Is Aim
The annual Red Cross Roll Call in
Southern Pines will be made next
Monday, November 20th, by Mrs. J.
M. Milliken and Mrs. K. L. Prizer.
They request that all have their do
nations for the Red Cross ready on
that day, and if planning to be away
from home, to leave their gift.s for
them to collect.
“Our people realize the importance
of the Roll Call and should feel it a
duty and a bessed privilege to con
tribute to such a worthy cause,” said
I). C. Phillips, of the Roll Call com
mittee, yesterday. Despite distress,
the morale of the people has stood
four square in the fight for better
things and better days. Courage and
hope and determination to work as a
unit for recovery have supplanted
despair We must carry our quota
over the top. There are many favora
ble factors for the Roll Call to en
sure the enthusiasm and zeal of every
loyal citizen.
“The national Red Cross has spent
ten times as much locally as the sum
total of the local relief contributions.
In other words, the Red Cross is
spending not only the funds collected
in this state but drawing upon its
national organization for approximate
ly 1*0 per cent for the total cost of
the relief. We must do our part.”
The immediate organization of a
Pinehurst Civic Council was heartily
approved at a mass meeting of cit
izens of the Pinehur.st community
held last Thursday evening in the
Pinehurst school au( itorium. X large
an<l repre.seiitative gathering of both
men and women heard a report from
the committee of eight which had been
dsignated at a previous meeting to
outline plans for the new body.
The committee, composed of L. L.
Biddle, Thomas R. Cole, T. H. Clark,
Raymond Johnson, F. T. Keating, Lex-
ie Smith, Richard S. Tufts and the
acting chairman, Robert E. Denny, re-
I ported that after study of the ques-
jtion it unanimously recommended that
I the Pinehurst Civic Council be form
ed, and that a niembedship, to pay a
very nominal annual fee, elect a
Board of Councilors who would direct
I the activity of the council along lines
[ for the general advancement of the
I civic and community activities of the
! Pinehurst section.
Many joined in the various recom
mendations as to the functions of the
Council, among others being John
Hemmer, L C. Sledge, James Tufts,
the Rev. Murdoch MacLeod, J. V.
Healy, Dr. T. A. Cheatham. T. A.
Craig, Elsie Keith, Paul Dana, Mrs.
Leonard Tuft^ and Mrs. Paul Dana.
At the conclusion of the discussiqjis it
was unaniumously voted that the re-
portand recommendation of th ecom-
mittee be adopted and that the same
committee of eight be retained and
authorized to draw complete organiza
tion plans with by-laws, setting out
details of the organization and to re
port the same back to an early sub
sequent meeting.
BANK OF PINEHURST
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
Five Years Old
Ho((re County Hospital To
Celebrate Its Birthday
Next Week
The Moore County Hospital cel
ebrates its fourth birthday on No
vember 25th. This institution, giv
en full approval by the American
College of Surgeons for the past
three years, is located near Pine
hurst and serves the Sandhills sec
tion. Built by funds raised through
popular subscribtion of residents
and winter visitors to the section
and through the generosity of the
Duke Foundation, which also par
tially supports the institution, the
'lospiial is completely equipped and
fills a long felt need in the com
munity.
A sum of $12,000 has been asked
of the federal governmeit for neces
sary water main and sewerage im
provements in Southern Pines.
•Application papers were completed
in the office of the City Clerk this
week and will be forwarded at once
to the State Board of P^mergency Rf-
’lief. If approved by that body they
will go to Washington for action by
the national board.
This application is a substitute for
the $10,000 petition previously for
warded to the State organization for
water main extensions and hydrants
)nly. The new request covers the fol
lowing projects:
$12,000 to replace old wooden tank
on Weymouth Heights, 35 years old
and condemned.
$10,000 for water main extensions
and six-inch lines to replace smaller
1 ipe, for better fire protection and
more hydrants, covering sections of
the city not now adequately covered
in the event of large fires.
' $20,000 for enlarging the sewerage
i disposal beds and improving the en-
' tire sewerage disposal sy.'*tem.
The now water mains will run out
Connecticut avenue to Highland Road
and up Highland Road to Oldfield
Roai!. .Also down Morganton Road
from Valley Road to May street, and
also along Indiana avenue. Much of
■ this territory, builded up with fine
j water during the past few years, is
I at present without adequate protec-
' tion la case of fire, and many new
hydrants will be provided along the
] route of the new mains.
It is hoped to hear of favorable ac-
; tion on the application in the near
' future that employment may be pro-
I vii-'ed for large numbers of men in
! the community. The money is loaned
. by the government at the low rate
' of four percent, with easy payments
I sjiread over a term of about 20 years.
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Among Three N'^w Federal Pro
jects Authorized for State of
North Carolina
SITES BEING CONSIDERED
JAMES BOYD
The well known author of “Drums,”
“Marching On” and “Long Hunt” has
returned to his home in Southern
Pines after an absence of about a
year, much of which time was spent
in California. While there Mr. Boyd
spent some time working on scenar
ios in the Hollywood stuilios. He ex
pects to s, end the winter here.
COUNTY ABANDONS
PLAN TO BORROW
$200,000 OF U. S.
Will Go Over Proposal of Board
of Education With Prun
ing Shears
NEEDED PROJECTS ONLY
Mrs. George Howard
Dies On Way Here
Car Overturns Near Baltimore
When Sideswiped by North
bound Automobile
Bioii II. Butler’s book, “Old Bethes-
da,” a story of the Sandhills with an
introduction by James Boyd, will be
or sale within the next few days. It
is from the press of Grosset & Dun
lap, publishers.
Stockholders of the Bank of Pine
hurst held their annual meeting in
the Carolina Theatre, Pinehurst,
yesterday morning and elected the
following directors for the new fis
cal year.
Richard Tufts, F. W. Voncannon,
W. C. Fownes, Jr., I. C. Sledge, Paul
Dana, W. R. Viall and B. U. Richard
son.
Officers of the bank reported the
institution in good condition, with
deposits of over $250,000 and total
resources approximately $650,000.
Mrs. Mabel Rose Howard was kill-
almost instantly Tuesday afternoon
in an automobile accident on the
Washington boulevard near Half-
thorpe, just outside the city limits
of Baltimore.
The machine in which she was a
pas.senge swerved off the road and
turned over after being sideswiped
by another car headed in the oppo
site direction, acci,. .. , .o police.
Mrs. Howard, who
old, was riding with hei- husband,
George M. Howard, enroute to Pine
hurst. Mr. Howard told Halethopre
police that an automobile headed to
ward Baltimore, stiuck the left
front fender of his car, causing him
to lose control.
The other machine which figured
in the crash, disappeared and could
not be located.
Mrs. Howrrd has been coming to
her Pinehurst home for Ifi years, and
j liveL in Halifax, Canada. She is sur-
' vived by her husband, George R.
, Howard. Her body was carried back
' to the home in Canada for burial.
I Mrs. Howard was very active in
all local activities, especially the Sand
hills Woman Exchange, of which she
was presicent several yeafs ago. She
i was a member of the Siher Foils.
Mrs. Roy P. Rosser
Dies of Heart Attack
i Former Resident of Aberdeen
I Passes Away Suddenly at
I Her Home in Sanford
I
Mrs. Roy P. Rosser, ■ wife of the
former manager of the Dixie Theatre
in Aberdeen, died suddenly at her
home in Sanford at 1:30 p. m. yes
terday following a heart attack. She
was in the basement of the house
when stricken, death ensuing almost
instantly. Mr. and Mrs. Rosser had
made their home in Hamlet for sev-
j eral years, moving to Sanford a few
I months ago. Before her marriage in
1191-4 she was Miss Susie Shaw of Hen-
I derson, a c’aughter of the late Dr.
I and Mrs. Henry M. Shaw of Shaw-
boro. She attended school in Eden-
ton, and St. Pauls school, Beaufort.
A woman of many splendid traits
of character, Mrs. Rosser drew to
herself a wealth of love and affec
tion from a large circle of friends.
She was a devoted member of the
Episcopal church and active in its
work. She was also greatly interest
ed in the work of the Parent-Teacher
Association.
Surviving are her husband, one son,
Roy P. Rosser, Jr., a student at the
University of North Carolina; two
daughters. Misses Mary Shaw, and
Betti' Rosser, and two sisters, Mrs.
Sydney S. Stevenson, Henderson and
Mrs. J. Davis Reed, Portsmouth, Vir
ginia.
Funeral services will be held in
the Church of the Holy Innocents,
HeTiderson at 3:30 p. m Saturday. In
terment will be in Elmwood cemetery
there. ,
The plan to borrow $200,000 from
the federal government for new school
buildings in Moore county has been
abandoned and the Board of County
Commissioners is going over with
pruning shears the proposal handed
up to it by the County Board of Edu-
j cation with the idea of possibly re-
I questing a much smaller sum for the
j more necessary projects.
I The commission met on Monday
night of this week to discuss the rec-
j ommendations of the Board of Educa-
j tion which had asked for nearly a
quarter million dollars for new schools
and improvements to existing build
ings in almost every quarter of the
county. The taking over by the county
of the school debt service is also in
volved in the education board’s rec
ommendations.
All these matters are beinjr careful-
I ly weighed by the county commis-
j sioners before they plan to take any
I further action. It is probable that
; a meeting will be held of all district
I school boards, the Board of Education
i and the County Commission when the
j entire progi'am will be threshed out.
I But the plan to borrow as much
I as $200,000 was flatly turned down at
' the county board’s session Monday.
Pinehurst is to have a new post-
office building. *
Announcement v^-as made to this ef
fect in Washington during past week.
A sum of $60,500 has been set aside in
the public works allotment for pub
lic buildings for this purpose.
.\nnouncing that its policy would be
to provide modest, practical postof
fices instead of “monumental edifices,”
the public works administration al
lotted funds for 237 communities in all
parts of the country.
In allottini' $10,G78,(!7.‘) for the new
postoffices, Secretary Ickes, the pub
lic works administrator, estimated
in a statement that the construction of
“more modest and fitting buildings” in
place of buildings originally planned
would save the government “millions
of dollars.”
■\11 of the buildings provided for
werq described as representing the re
sult of re-examination of previous pro
jects to bring about a wholesale re
vision downward in cost.
“Without sacrifices of space or
working conditions, the new type of
structures will be fashioned to fit
into their surroundings and provide
' government workers the facilities re
quired to give good postal service,” the
secretray said. Suitable sites are to be
selected for the buildings with a view
: to improving the postal service, but
' these sites will not necessarily be the
' most prominent and “expensive cor
ners,” he added.
Local materials of a suitable na-
‘liire will be used wherever feasible
, instead of more expensive stones
I transported a long distance, the sec-
;retary said.
j Much talk of location has beed
heard in Pinehurst since the announce-
' ment was made, and several sites are
under consideration, all in the heart
of the business section.
I Three new postoffices were author
ized for the state, one North Wilkes-
boro, tor which $55,000 has been set
I aside; one for -Asheboro, where $55,-
; 000 will be spent, and the Pinehurst
: building. New Bern has a federal
I building now under construction.
Asked by The Pilot this week if the
prospects of a new postoffice in
Southern Pines were decreased by the
1 grant to Pinehurst, Congressman Wal--
ter Lambeth said they were not, that
if anything he believed they were
improved. The approvals have been
for smaller communities and small
buildings, and where a need exists
for greater postal facilities.
BK; TOBACCO WEEK
A berdcen tobacco warehouses have
had tbeir host week of the current sea
son. Large quantities of high grade leaf
have been appearing on the floors each
day and have been sold at an average
price of well over 20 cents.
Accepts Call
Miss Sergeant Goes To Ken
tucky to Have Charge of
Two Churches
Miss Ruth Sergeant, who re
cently resigned as assistant pastor
of the Churc'r of Wi(\ Fel owship
in Southern Pines, has accented a
call to the pastorate of two
churches in K'^ntucky. those at
Stearns and Pine Knot. She will
make her home in Stearns, a mod
el village built up bv R. L. Stearns
Company around its huge lum
ber and mining properties there.
Miss Sergeant leaves for her new
charges this week, with the well
wishes of a host of friends in the
Sandhills.
Dr. W. G. McLeod Hurt
When Car Overturns
V'ictim of Skidding Accident
Suffers Dislocated Hip and
Broken Pelvis
Dr, Walter G. McLeod of Southern
Pines was sei'iously injured in an au
tomobile accident between Aberdeen
and Southern Pines last Monday even
ing. Rounding the curve below the
Sugg residence his car swerved in
avoiding hitting a man walking in the
center of the highway, skidding on
the wet surface and turning ovtr
twice.
Dr. McLeod was thrown out with
such force as to suffer a dislocated
hin and fractured pelvis. He called
to the man who caused the accident
to turn off the ignition of the car to
prevent the possibility of its catching
fire, but the man ran away without
offering any aid whatever. Fortunate-
l.V, aid quickly came to hand.
Accompanied by his wife. Dr. Vida
McLeod, he was rushed to the High-
smith Hospital in Fayetteville in the
Powell ambulance. While still in in
tense pain he is reported as having
no internal injuries and to be rapid
ly improving.
The initial plays of the season by
the S. P. High School Dramatic Club
Friday night were attended by nearly
100 nersons.