MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
THE
. A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 13, NO. 52.
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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday Nov ember 24, 1933.
COOPERATION, NOT
COMPETITION, THE
WAY TO RECOVERY
Confjrt’ssman Ijambeth Sees New
Deal a Success if We Ex
ercise Patience
Moore County Hospital Five Years Old
ADDRESSES KIWANIS CLUB
It is no longer “Competition is the
life of trade.” This has been supplant
ed by “Cooperation is the road to re
covery.” I
Hopeful cooperation and an atti-1
tude of patience will lead the way out.
There ar*> already many evidences
that the National Industrial Recovery
Act is working. Ke-employment and
the increased wage .schedule are rap
idly developing buying power and
diminishing the relief rolls. It will
take two to three years, possibly, to
give the New Deal a fair trial, but in
dications now are that it will guide
us back to prosperity.
These were high spots in the fine
Villages of the Sandhills will share
I in the benefits to be derived from the
I new program of the government’s
Civil Works Administration, a jilan
aimed to put 68,000 Xoith Carolinians
i nt work early next month. There will
' be jobs for (>78 persons in Moore
I county, and 339 will be put to work (
j next week.
Relief bodies throughout the coun-
j ty working under the direction of
i -Miss Klizabeth Head, county relief ^
' director, have been been busily engag- i
I ed in mapping out projects to take
Tomorrow', Saturday, is the fifth anniversary of the Moore County Hos- the unemployed under the gov-
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FIVE CENTS
CIVIL WORKS FUND School *5 Request
For Loan loS 30,000;
Public Hearing Monday
TO PUT 678 TO
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Sandhills Sets Wheels in Motion
to Share in New l*ro>?rani
of Relief
: START PROJECTS AT ONCE
pital. It has been the custom since the institution opened its doors to ob
serve its birthday each year with an old fashioned pounding, and the hos-
iiddress made to the Kiwanis Club of pital this year is in particular need of just those things which generous res-
Aberdeen on Wednesday by Congress- j idents of the county may readily provide. Pantry supplies, such as canned
man Walter Lambeth, representative | goods, preserves, jellies and the like will be gratefully received at the in-
from this district. Mr. Lambeth wa.s j stitution. All are invited—and urged—to make some donation to the hospi-
the speaker at the annual Kiwanis tal on the occasion of its fifth birthday. Tomorrow or any day next week
'‘Home-Coming” meeting and .some
hundred members and former mem
bers heard his stirring and hopeful
remarks. The meeting was held in
the Community Church at Pinehurst, |
with Hiram Westbrook and Charles ‘
W. Picquet in charge of the pro- i
gram. Miss Irene Harding of Pitts- j
burgh, Pa., entertained the gather-1
ing with a delightful organ recital |
and Mrs. Picquet with a pleasing solo ,
prior to the introduction of the speak
er.
Tribute to li. N. Page
Congressman Lamb«th spoke in af- i
fectionate terms of the late Robert,
N. Page, a predecessor in Congress |
from this district, referring to him I
as “one of the most dependable men
in the House in this generation.”
Had Mr. Page elected to remain in , „
,, , „ I the Southern Pines Chamber of Com-
<Jongress he would now be one ot the i
leaders in government, he said. “His
career has ever been an inspiration
to
gifts of any useful articles may be left at the hospital on the outskirts of
Pinehurst, or at The Pilot office in Southern Pines. The institution is doing
splendid work at a minimum of expense, and at a time when financial sup
port is of necessity curtailed, material gifts will i-e the more appreciated.
$42,000 Loan 0. K.
3 ,(»eal (l(jvernment Commis
sion (Juit‘l<ly Approves Ap
plication of Southern Pines
It didn’t take long for Southern
Pines* api)liiation for a 12,000 fed
eral loan for a new water tank,
new water mains and sewerage
plant im| ro\ements to j)ass author
ization' by the Local Gnvernment
commission at Raleigh. Mailed
froip here Monday night, favorable
action was taken in Raleigh Wed
nesday and the pajiers forwarded
to the State Public Works Board
at Chapel Hill that day. Assuming
approval there, they will go on to
Washington. No hitch is cxpecied
and funds will undoubtedly be made
available for use before the end
of Deceml^ r, providing employ
ment for many hands dui'ing the
winter months.
County Commission Hound by
Law To Provide Adequate
Huildini^s, Board Holds
FLNDS MUCH LNECiCALITY
NEW BRIDGEOVER
S. A. L. TRACKS
Safety of Pedestrians, Especiiilly
' Children, Demands Action,
i Says Local Body
FEAR SERIOUS ACCIDENT
Expressinft the opinion and fear
that “chidren are going to be killed
on that bridge one of these days,”
merce at a meeting Tuesday aiiprov-
ed a plan to seek the consUucti(>n of
j a new bridge over the Seabo?,rvi tracks
I at the southern end of the city. It is
The subject of Mr. Lambeth s talk project may be one ap-
was the administration s recovery pro- j proved for construction by federal
g;ram, and he harked back to the dark ; under the new civil works pro
day when President Roosevelt was ^ government,
inaugurated to pick up the threads question of building a new
and weave foi’ his hearers the labricj where Morganton Road crosses
which has come to be known as the i Seaboard railway tracks has been
“New Deal.” He told of the speed | but no action ever been:
with which the special session of Con- : xhe present structuio provides
gress put through the various enact- j protected space for pedestria.'i traf- ■
Married 62 Years
Mr. and IVlrs. Albert H. Aus
tin Celebrate Anniversary
in Pinebluff
Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. .Austin
of Friendship, X. Y., celebrated
their U2(J v.eddiu^; aiiniveisai^ Yes
terday, November 23d. Their
daugther Mrs. ,1. L. DeYoe of
Pinebluff gave them a surprise
reception at her home and about
forty of their friends gathered to
exjjress their love for and appre
ciation of this beloved couple.
Mr. and Mrs. .•\ustin enjoy good
health. They have been coming to
Pinebluff for about 25 years. They
have three daughters, Mrs. John
Wells of Friendship, N. V., Mrs
Cairie Guilford and Mrs. J. L. De
Yoe of Pinebluff; four grandchild
ren and six great grand-children.
ernment’s new .$400,000,000 program.
The pay will run from 4.') cents an
hour for unskilled labor to $L10 for
so-called “white collar” jobs. Large
numbers of applications for projects
all over the state are being filed with
Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, State relief di
rector in Raleigh, repairs to public
buildings, minor new construction,
civic impi’ovements. etc.
^ Chaii'man E. W. Reinecke of the
Southern Pines Relief committee ex-
I pects to have 100 men here at work
j next week keeping them busy until the
middle of February. Much planting
and beautification work is to be done,
a new tennis course completed near I’rofjram of Moore County Com-
U. s. TO CONSIDER
LOCAL PLAN FOR
FARMER RELIEF
I The County Board of E*«lucation
i has reduced its recommendations for
. proposed new school projects in the
I county from Federal Public Works
: funds from .$200,000 to if 1 .‘)0,000.00
The Board of County Commissioners
in joint session with the Board of Edu
cation fiome time ago adopted resolu
tions calling for an immediate sur-
, vey and estimate from the Board of
Education of tl e cost of construction
I needed in the immediate future. Pur
suant to this order a thorough study
was made of the distribution of the
entire school population and the num
ber of available classrooms and audi-
toi-ium space in the eight districts
contained in the county unit. Since
i the results of the survey were handed
j to the County Commissioiiei’s, the
j program has been revised and re-
I duced to include only projects as
follows:
Auditor-
the public school, shuffleboai’ds laid
out in some centrally located plot of
ground. Other projects are being con
sidered, for Southern Pines will have
ii goodly sam of fodurai money at iUs
disposal. At a meeting Tuesday of the
(,'hamber of Commerce a committee
was appointed, comprising Frank
Bucl.an, chairman; Ralph Chandler
and Struthers Burt to cooperate with
Mr. Reinecke on the local work.
Drain Aberdeen Swamps
In .Aberdeen the Good Fellows Club
will have charge of the fund distribu
tion to the unemployed and at its an
nual meeting last Monday
Mayor J. Vance Rowe
mittee Favored by State Body
and Sent to Washington
TO WORK IDLE LANDS
A rehabilitation program for the
farmers of this section, submitted to
Dr. Roy Brown, head of the State
Federal Relief Board, by a commit
tee of citizens of Moore county has
met with sufficient favor in Raleigh
to be passed on to the Federal gov
ernment for consideration. The pro
gram, i)rinted below, was presented
to Dr. Brown with the following let
ter, signed by Jesse W. Page, Elagle
night Springs; Dr. J. A. Davis, High Falls;
School Rooms
ium
Cost
Eureka 10
1
$ 27,000
Carthage 4
8,000
Pinehurst — Gen.
improvements,.
6,000
Highfalls 12
1
32,000
Hemp Graded . ,. 4
8,000
West End G
12,000
Eagle Springs 6
1
15,000
Spies or Sign
board 10
1
27,000
County Garage . ,
5,000
Furniture
;0,(K)0
Total
$150,000
District Librarians
Gather Here Today
was elected (j_ Seymour, Aberdeen, Gordon M.
piesident to supervise the program of Cameron, Pinehurst and t). B. Welch,
lelief. G. C. Seymour is vice president j Carthag:*, members of the committee:
and Mrs. Evelyn H. Pleasants secre-1 “^s per your request at a meet-
laij, and tieasurer. The new Board of j,).r of Moore County Relief Advisory
Directors comprises A. L. Burney, M. i Board a few weeks ago, our Commit-
II. Folley, Henry McC. Blue, H. . | worked out and begs to sub-
Doub, \\. H. McNeill, Mrs. J. Talbot j enclosed Rehabilitation pro
gram for the Relief cases who
nients of the President’s program, a
“program guided by the force of
events, not by the theories of any
brain trust,” he said.
Steps Toward Recovery
Here were the steps taken to com
bat the depression aggressively;
fic. l.pfge numbers of school chil
dren on their way to Southern Pines
\ school are forced to cross the bridge
’ each day, with automobiles dashing
[ over the structure at the same time
! and in the same areaway, there being
1 but one roadway. There is litvle room
Johnson and Mrs. H. E. Bowman
^ "f, physically able to work and have no
I Ui)i C Invited to Sessions in ; A crdeen sutrsiested at the meetinir i » j it
• 1 n rti. uit meeung,! under the present system
tiVIC Club.—Musical Pro- ; met with hearty approval and w'ill be
f^ram Arranj'ed i
Extraordinary powers granted the I for the children when two cars meet
President to deal with the banking ^ on the bridge, and as one member
situation, with a result that today ■ of the Chamber of Commerce express-
1(0 percent of the deposits of the ed it Tuesday, it is remarkable that
banks, all of which weie closed when | there have been no serious accident:?
Mr. Roosevelt took the oath of office, j there before now.
The Chamber’s Highway commif.ee
are now released. “We can now look
forward to one unified banking sys
tem in the country instead of 49 dif- | make an earnest effort to have
ferent systems,” he said, “and we can | new bridge built promptly,
look for further curbs to the specula
tive mania.”
Passage of the Economy Bill, cut
ting governmental expenses $750,-
€00,000 a year. Mr. Lambeth paid a
tribute to the attitude of the veeran
in acceping a large part of this cut
with patriotic unselfishness.
The Securities Act, which will lead
to reforms in the distribution of se-
presented to State authorities for ap-
The district meetTng of the State | P'’°''al. Work is expected to begin i n-
Lihrary Association is in session jq. jupon favorable action. The
day at the Southern Pines Civic Club, i ga\e a vote of thanks to its re-
Thirty delegates representing the! president, H. \\. Doub, and the
various libraries in the ten counties j ‘»i'<’Koing administration for the splen-
comprising this district are attend- j accomplished during the.past
ing this annual meeting. |
Miss Marjorie Beal, secretary of' Numerous Projects Listed
the State Library Commission, occu- I Pioje^ts for the coun
pies the choir at the sessions which ' already been sent to
has the project in charge and plans to j open to the public.
Miss Margaret Gilbert, field work
er of the State Library Commission,
J. E. Bernstein Claims
Stock Illegally Sold
Files Suit in Fedenal Court
Against Citizens Bank &
Trust Co. Here
of W'orking them, to improve their
ii\mg condition.
"This plan we have worked out we
consider would be the maximum
amount that would be required by any
family of five and in many cases un
der different conditions many cases
could be put on a self supporting basis
for one half this amount.
“In this estimate we have not in
duced any cost for land rent as w’e
think much of the laAd the Govern
The present Eureka, Highfalls and
Eagle Springs buildings are old
structures of 1910 model, with small
auditoriums at Eureka and at High
falls partitioned into classrooms.
These houses have all been condemned
as inadequate and dangerous. It was
not possible to get more than $l,r)00
insurance on the Highfalls building
and S3,000 on the one at Eureka.
There ax'e a number of small frame
structures west and north of Hemp in
the Spies-Signboard area, but none
of them are more than mere shells,
being poorly heated and lighted. The
library and auditorium at West End
and Hemp are being useu for classes
and study rooms. The seventh grade
pupils at Hemp have been transferred
to the Elise Academy, while the av-
Raleigh for approval or are under j^gnt is renting from cotton and tobac-
consideration include the following ! farmers could be used for this pur-
list:
„ , pose and in many cases idle land can
will speak at the morning session on! Remodeling, excavation for base-j (je secured from ow'ners at a nominal
“Library Service Today,” and a re-! construction of old
port will be read covering the Amer-1 <^o'"'"unity building, into building
lean Library Association meeting j
which was held in Chicago last month. I f Please turn to page 8)
A luncheon will be served by the
Claiming that the meeting of stock-; tors will adjourn to the High School | Plunkett, a retired thea-
holders of the Citizens Bank & Trust Auditorium where a musical program j ^.^nager, of New York City and
curities through it may have tempor- Company of Southern Pines which re-1 under the direction of Frederick Stan-1 seasonR a winter
arily retarded recovery through a set
up which limits investment on the
part of banking institutions.
The Reforestation Camps, whereby
300,000 men are developing our nat
or no cost. We do not think there
will be any trouble in securing land to
put this program into effect.
“In our opinion if it would not con
flict with some of the government
ladies of the Civic Club at 1:00 p. m.j JAMES E. PLUNKETT OF j plans it would pay to give this ten-
and following the lunche9n the visi-j R^ E, N. Y., DIES HERE : ant two acres of some money crop
with cotton or tobacco in this county.
We have not included this in our es
timate as the only reason for sug
gesting it is that it would enable the
tenant to buy his fertilizer for the
next year.”
duced the capital stock of the bank , ley Smith will be given, followed by j Southern Pines expired
from $100 par value to $50 par per a one-act play by pupils of the high , ^eart failure early this morning,
share w'as illegal, Joseph Edward school. At the noon hour, the visi-1 m, pi„„kett. whose home was in
Bernstein, of New Jersey, former | tors will be ‘shown the town” by mo-, y arrived here with a son
pre.sident of the bank, this week filed, tor. ^
ural resources while at the same time suit in United States District Court | The officers and trustees of the another
rehabilitating and developing them-1 in Greensboro. He names the bank Southern Pines Library will act as | evening.
and M. G. Nichols, D. G. Stutz, George hosts to the visitors and the public is
selves.
Repeal of the 18th Amendment,
which will add from three hundred to
five hundred millions of dollars a
year to governmental revenue and
make for a balanced budget, some
thing crucially essential with the en
forced stretching of the government’s
credit in its recovery fight. “We are
borrowing some twelve billions in this
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C. Abraham, P. F. Buchan, Frank cordially invited to attend the in-
Welch Jr., and A. McNeil Blair, di-, teresting sessions covering all
rectors of the bank, as defendants. j pliases of library work.
Mr. Bernstein claims that his stock !
was illegally advertised for sale and' “OLD BETTHESDA” OUT
was sold at auction to M. G. Nichols “Old Bethesda,” by Bion H. But-
for $6 per shaie. He had paid $220 ler, will be on sale next week. Word
per share in cash for his holdings, comes from the publishers, Grosset
some 250 shares he states He asks! & Dunlap, that copies are being ship-
judicial determination of his rights \ ped at once from the Kingsport Press
in the matter. . Kingsport, Tenn.
TOBACCO AVERAGES OVER
20 CENTS AT ABERDEEN
A PLAN TO REHABILITATE
MOORE COUNTY REI.IEF CASES
son are expected to | The Moore County Relief Advisory
Committee would like to submit a plan
that, in the opinion of its members,
would bring relic'f of a permanent na
ture to many Moore County relief
ca.ses. We are in sympathy with the
efforts leing made by the State and
National Governments to bring re
lief to its citizens, but we feel that
very little is being done to rehabili
tate the relief cases. Moore County
is largely an agricultural county with
an abundance of idle land suitable for
farming. We believe that many of oui
Tobacco sales averaged over 20
ccnts during the past week in Aber
deen’s two warehouses. Some good
sales reported were as follows: Ed
Humphrey, 1136 lbs., $269.57; C. T.
Crouch, Montrose, 646 lbs. $183.80;
R"8 lbs., $149.78; Tapp & Martin, 808
lbs., $223.36.
I erage daily attendance at the graded
: school to date this year is sufficient
; to require two teachers in aduition
' to the number now employed. The
^ school Commission has refused to
j grant more teachers because of a
j lack of available classrooms. The aud-
' itorium at the Carthage Grammar
School has been partitioned into
j classrooms and that is not sufficient
I to care for the overflow. These child-
I ren are deprived of the use of an aud-
I itorium in addition to being crowded
I ihto basement rooms. Thirty children
j occupy a basement room size 14’x20.’
I The survey shows that an average
I daily attendance may be expected
I where new 'buildings^ are pro-
po.'ied as follow’s: Eureka, 275; Ea-
?le Springs, 160; Spies or Signboard,
340; and Highfalls, 380.
County Responsibility
The State Constitution places upon
the County Commissioners the duty
and respohsibility of providing ade
quate school buildings and equipment
in every district in the county. $otne
districts by special legislative enact
ment have been permitted to vote
bonds for schoolhouses, but this in
no way relieves the County Commis
sioners of their duty to carry out
the solemn mandate of the supreme
law or the commonwealth, the school
board holds.
The inequality in the distribtion ol
school building facilities in the county
is surprising. Based upon the ap
praised value of school buildinn's,
sites and equipment as made in re
ports from the nine districts of the
county, the variation in value of
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