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Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, December 1. 1933.
'At
FIVE CENTS
EARLY ACTIVITY
INDICATES GOOD
SEASONLOCALLY
Cottages Renting Well and Ho
tels Enjoying Better Patron
age Than Year Ago
DEMAND FOR REAL ESTATE
' IJy Bion H. Butler
The development of the early sea
son hi the Sandhills is rather a sur
prise in its activity. At Pinehurst H.
B. Emery. reports all the small cot
tages practically taken, with some of
the larfier places c.ispo.sed of ami
inquiries cominp for more of them.
The hotels show a better patronape
than was the case, a year ago, with
inquiries coming in encouraging: man
ner, and with all the signs optimistic.
The prices are not up to those of the
high-price days, but neither are costs
of operation, so that is not so ser
ious a matter as might be assumed at
fir.st thought.
A certain feeling around for cot
tages to I uy seems indicated, which
Mr. Emery says "ill be the first
movement in the return demand for
Pinehuvst homes by new people. This
is a logical process, for while build
ings are to be had ready to occupy it
is less trouble to buy something that
exists rather than to hunt up a site,
procure plans, let contracts and wait
for results when a house already ex
isting can be secured and occupied at
once. But he anticipates that when
the available buildings now to be had
are off the market a tendency to build
will be observed again. All_ of this
may be of slow development, for the
start of a coming-back movement is
always cautious. But those who are
watching the Sandhills are beginning
to forecast a return and on more sol
id basis than ever. The reasons are
the climate, the facilities here for
•caring for people, the convenient dis
tance from the northern centers of
population, and the steadily improving
physical appearance of the Sandhill
villages and their growing atti'ac-
tions.
The horse continues to hold his own
in the sandclay. The fox hunts are
attracting a slowly increasing list oi
followers. Alreacy the stables 'are
filling up with horses, and new riders
are l-ecoming ac«iuainted with the
pleasures of the hunt in this sandy
territory, as well as the attractions
of the track at Pinehurst and the cli
matic conditions that api)eal to the
horse.
The Seaboard excursion which is. to
bring a large dele'gation of Pennsyl
vania teachers to Southern Pines this
week is being watched with consid
erable interest by the people as, well
as by the railroad folks. If somthing
of this sort can be made an occasion
al feature for Southern Pines a new
line may be developed that might
contribute to a much wider acquain
tance with the Sandhills by the peo
ple of a wide range of the North.
How much of this type of transitory
patronage is disirable has been de
bated, and without definite decision.
The original idea of the winter home
here in the South was one of the con
tinuity of stay rather than of tran
sients in numbers. The advocates of
both, features argue their ease, but
the opinions continue to differ, al
though every effort will be made to
care for both sorts of business as it
comes.
Effect of Gold’s Rise
Curiously enough the rise of the
price of gold is having a local in
fluence, not in the way that most
folks would have suspected, but in
the quiet inquiry for land investments.
It is argued that if gold is to go
high, and values of stocks and bonds
proportionately lower, a tendency will
develop toward buying land or other
staple proerty as a long-pull and cer
tain investment, for as people grow
in numbers land will be more of a
requirement. Inquiry seems to de
velop the fact that the so-called low-
priced lands are beginning to retreat
from the market. The government’s
influences in caring for the mort
gaged home owner has lifted some of
the panicky feeling, and lands are not
pressing for sale as vehemently as
was the case not long ago. When it
Re-Appointed
PENN. AYE. PLAN
CUTS DISTANCES
BETWEEN TOWNS
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Tuberculosis Will Not Wait
AN EDITORIAL
Road Extension Would Bring
Pinehurst Over Mile NVjarer
Southern Pines
PROPOSE 80-FT, HIGHWAY
THE KEV. W. C. BALL
The Rev. W. C. Ball has been re
turned for another year to the Page
Memorial Methodist Church in Abei--
decn and the V'ass Methodist Church
in Vass, much to the gratification of
the mi'mbors of these two congrega
tions. Tlie appointments were an
nounced on Monday following the fin
al business session of the North Car
olina Conference, held in the Duke
Memorial Church in Dui'ham.
The Rev. J. C. Wooten, the pre
siding Elder of the district, was re
turned for his third year. The Rev.
W. R. Royall of Rockingham and Rev.
\V. L. Clegg of Maxton were retui’n-
cd to their respective charges for the
fourth year.
The Fiev. L. P. Hayman of Sanford
was moved to Nashville and the Rev.
L. C. Larkin of Trinity Church, Wil
mington was moved to Sanford. The
Rev. I.. M. Chafin of Hemp charge and
the Rev. N. B. Noblett of the Glnedon
charge exchanged with each other.
The Rev. J. A. Daily of Carthage was
moved to Middleburg and the Rev.
E. C. Durham of Warrenton goes to
Carthaye.
Superannuates in the Fayetteville
district are T. H. Sutton, L. H. Sut
ton, L. H. Joyner, G. T. Adams, A. .1.
Groves, W. H. Townsend, J. B. Hurley,
J. G. Johnson and C. M. Hawkins.
Few Voice Disapproval
of $1.50,000 U. S. Loan
County Commiss-loners Expected
To Approve Program for
New Schools in County
Little opposition was registered be
fore the Board of County Commission
ers at Carthage on Monday to the pro
posal to borrow $150,000 from the fed
eral government for new school build
ings in the county. Only delegations
from Pinehurst and Southern Pines
appeared to question the advisibility
of the program in view of the condi
tions of the times and the increased
tax rate involved. A majority of the
Board of County Commissioners is
said to be in favor of the loan, and
the board is expected to take some
definite action at its meeting next
Monday.
The program involves new schools,
additions or improvements for Eu
reka, Carthage, Pinehurst, High Falls,
Hemp, West End, Eagle Springs and
Spies, with $5,000 on the list for a
county garage and $10,000 for furn
iture.
The original program sent up to the
County Commission from the County
School Board called for $200,000. A
survey was made to determine whei’e
111 the county the school needs were
the greatest, and $50,000 lopped off
the requisition, items for Aberdeen
and other sections being eliminated
for the present.
•Among the projects which are on
the list to provide work for unemploy
ed in the vicinity of Southern Pines
is the extension of Pennsylvania ave
nue through its unopened course west
I of McDeed’s Ci’eek to the Midland road
i near the Moi’rell nui-sery. This is a
I straight line from the Jenks house on
; the Weymouth hill top in Southern
j Pines, down thiough the heart of* the
j village and across the creek to West
j Southern Pines, and through some of
I the most desirable outlying rural ter-
litory in the community.
The proposition is foi' a road eigh
ty feet wide the entire length, which
will shorten the distance between
Southern Pines and Pinchui'st by a
mile and a half as compared with
the tlouble road, and to some extent
in comparison with the dirt road over
the hills.by the race track and golf
courses at Pinehurst. It would also
shorten the oistance to the Midland
farms area and open that }art of
(Midland Farms and Knollwood and tiie
i Way property that lie to the South of
I tl)e Midland road and west of the
, Mid Pines Country Club property, a
' bit of country that is extremely at-
j tractive. There is one of the high
est ridges of the Sandhills, an area
j that has already been tentatively
, planned by Manning, Swett anw
i Wicker with regard to its ultimate
I development, and with all the skill
I that ihese ;nen can bring 10 its
I treatment. Much preliminary work
! has been done on some of the terri-
I tory, providing work for hands for
j some months.
I This is the best grade and most
j direct I'oute between the two villages
I of Pinehurst and Southern Pines, as
j tut one grade is encountered in
either direction from Weymouth
Heights to the Carolir/, anti only
two curves on the entire road, the
one at the Morrell nursery and the
other at the Allan McDonald place.
One obstacle is encountered, which
is that as the road approaches the
double road near the Morrell nur-
.'•eiy it crosses diagonally three or
four of those five-acre plots front
ing on the Midland road. But it is
believed the benefits will be greater
than any damage that is done, and
that the owners will not object to
the opening of the road. The owners
of the larger acreage along the line
are favorable to the project.
Every resident of Moore county has a right to be proud
of the success made in past years in wiping the dread scourge
of tuberculosis from this community. Not that this disease
has ever been too prevalent here. It hasn’t. But, as in every
other community, certain dangerous centers of infection have
been found, from which, unless checked, this fearful ailment
can creep out and ravage the population.
That’s why ever single person in the county takes a per
sonal interest in the National Tuberculo.sis Christmas Seal
Sale, which starts here December first. That’s why the num-
l)er of donations each year more nearly approaches the total
number of persons living here. For here it is a peoples’ drive
—by the people and for the peoi)le. Every walk of life is rep
resented in the list of contributors, some with large, some
with small, all with welcome donations.
This year the local situation is doul)ly serious. When the
banks closed, all the patients had to be returned to their
homes, despite careful budgeting, with the exception of one
man so dangerously ill that he was cared for by one most
generous contributor.
Either these persons must be given proper hospital care
and cures affected, or the work of years in clearing up Moore
county’s infection centers will go for naught. Tuberculosis
will not wait. The sooner a case is diagnosed and put under
treatment, tlie quicker, and therefore the cheaper, the cure.
Every case allowed outside of the hospital is a potential dan
ger, a possible source of infection to every resident.
The Fund has no back debts—the money fi’om this year’s
sale of Christmas Seals will all go toward placing under prop
er care these desperately ill men and women, who had to be
withdrawn from the hos]ntal, and as many more who need
it as the money collected will allow.
Rates have been reduced, so that every dollar collected
will keep a patient in the hospital a day and a half.
Seals at one cent eacii, and sheets at $1.00 each, will be
on sale early in December. An effort will be made, through
the Local Chairmen, to reach every resident of Moore county.
If, by chance, you are not solicited, please send or give your
contribution to your local Chairman, whose name will be pub
lished later in this paper, or to the County Chairman, Mrs.
T. A. Cheatham, Pinehurst.
To clinch the work of past years—to clean Moore
county as quickly and as cheaply as possible—this year’s ef
fort is vital. For remember, TUBERCULOSIS WILL NOT
WAIT.
$'ifu,000 Civil
Work Projects
Approved Here
' Payrolls to Amount to Over $.50,-
000 on Eleven .lobs O. K.’ed for
Moore Countv
DRAIN ABERDEEN SWAMPS
BAPTIST CHURCH DR. McGEE FIRST
TO ERECT SUNDAY ! WOMAN TO HEAD
Work On Cottage Type Structure Will Become Only Camp Com-
Expected To Start First mander in United Spanish War
of Year. Body First of Year
ROOM NOW INADEQUATE STATE OFFICERS HERE
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THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL
Here are the games handiest to
the Sandhills for the tetter part of
this week:
North Carolina vs. Virginia at
Chapel Hill, Nov. 30.
Wake Forest vs, Davidson at
Wake Forest, Nov 30.
Georgia Tech vs. Duke, at At
lanta, Dec. 2.
Mrs. Charles P. Mason
Dies in Buffalo, N. Y.
Former Resident of Pinehurst
Had" Been III for Sev
eral Months
Lois Howland Mason, wife of Chai’-
Ics P. Mason of Greenwich, Connec
ticut, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
F. B. Howland of Titusville, Penn
sylvania, passed away in Buffalo,
New York last Sunday, November
26th, following an illness of several
months.
Mrs. Mason was born in Titusville,
Pennsylvania, a descendant on both
sides of early Titusville families. She
was educated in Titusville schools and
at The Misses Masters School,
Dobbs-Ferry-on-Hudson, later taking
special work at Columbia University.
Since her marriage she has lived at
Pinehurst, and for the past three
years in Greenwich, Connecticut. A
young woman of fine mind and char
acter, of delightful and vivid person
ality, her early passing will be mourn
ed by many friends and acquaintances.
In addition to her husband and par
ents, Mrs. Mason is survived by a
young daughter, Emily Howland Ma
son, a farmer pupil at The Ark School
here. Mr. and Mrs. Howland have a
winter residence on Weymouth
Heights, Southern Pines.
Services in Mrs. Mason’s memory
were held at the home of her parents
in Titusville on Tuesday, November
28th.
Plans are now under way for a
new Sunday School building for the
Fiist Baptist Church of Southern
F^ines. Separate from the main build
ing actual construction of this edi
fice is expected to begin before the
first of the year.
Finding' that due to the great in
crease in members this fall the pres
ent quarters were totally inadequate,
the church last week took definite
sters toward the new building. Tenta
tive plans wei'e introduced by E. W.
Reinecke. These called for a cottage
like structure to be built just below
the church. It will have sliding par
titions w'ithin, so that the entire build
ing may be turned into one large room
for recreation purposes and as a place
to hold suppers, food sales, bazaars,
etc.
The plans also are so made that
the building may easily be turned into
a comfortable cottage, so^ that, if a
new church should be constructed
elsewhere, this bfilding could be sold
or leased as a home.
The project will probably be difi-
nitely decided upon this week. Final
pla-'s may provide for a large kitch
en in the building for the use of the
Willing Workers.
H. W. Dorn is chairman of the
Building Committee, which is com
posed of some ten members of the
church. This committee will render
a final decision in the near future and
the contracts will be let immediately
after.
WALLACE IRWIN. WRITER, TO
WINTER IN SOUTHERN PINES
Wallace Irwin, famed writer of
.Japanese schoolboy stories and other
fiction, is joining the authors’ colony
in Southern Pines this winter. Mr.
and Mrs. Irwin have leased the Gil-
):yson residence on Pennsylvania ave
nue and are expected to arrive this
week. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gilkyson
.re wintering in New York.
The Southern Pines Camp of the
United Spanish War Veterans held a
meeting on November 26th when it
was honored by the presence of the
Commanider of the Department of
North Cai'olina, Comrace W. Capers
White, and the Department Quar
termaster, Comrade Eldridge Smith,
both of Raleigh. The former gave an
interesting talk, telling of the solida-
lity of the membership of the na
tional organization and of the ap
peal it is making to the people of
the whole country to understand the
position of the veterans of the wars
of 1898 to 1902 which are grouped to
gether under the general name of
the “Spanish War.”
Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee was
e’ected commandei' of the Southern
Pines Camp and upon her installa
tion in January will be the only wo
man camp commander in the national
organization.
Others officers were elected as fol
lows: Frank H. WMlson, senior vice
commander; J. M. Windham, senior
vice-commander; H. M. McDonald, of
ficer of the day; S. A. Hennessee, of
ficer of the guard; A. M. C. Syming
ton, trustee for three years. They
are to be installed at the next meet
ing, January 11, and Department
Quartermaster invited all the Camp
members and legivles to have dinner
at Jack’s Grill that evening as his
gue.sts. This invitation was accepted
with much pleasure and appreciation.
Any Mdore County resident eligible
to membership is asked, and indeet
urged, to make himself known to some
officer of the Camn so he may bo
persorally invited to join his com-
lades at that time. Dr. McGee asked
that those comrades who had not al
ready obtained the service medals to
which each is entitled should obtain
them from the Adjutant General of
the Army and wear them on all ap-
prorriate occasions, as the War De
partment wishes done, with the badge
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Eleven civil work i>rojects have been
api'roved for Moore county involving
the expenditure of close to $75,000 of
federal aid money, providing work for
more than 2(10 men. A new city reser
voir fdi- Carthago and the drainage of
the Aberdeen swamps account for
more than half the total.
Civil work projects in North Car
olina which will cost in the aggregate
approximately .S2,2.')0,000 and on which
the payrolls will amount to prob
ably more than ii!l,.j7.j,00U, going to
an ^;stimated 12,.')C0 men employed,
have been approved by Mrs. Thomas
O’Berry, Civil Works Administrator,
since last Frii'ay and including ap
provals of Tuesday.
These projects, the major part of
which is labor, are being approved
very rai)idly and all counties or other
units of government with such work
to be done are filing them speedily.
Those containing merit and are worth
while are approved with very little
delay, so the projects can start and
thus give employment to unemploy
ed men.
Moore county has 11 projects which
; are recorded as approved, the number
! ol men to be employed, estimated
I payroll and estimated total cost of
which are listed as follows:
Grading, draining and graveling
road from Carthage to Cameron, em.
ployes 25, payroll .$3,558.00, total cost
$6,028.00.
Grading from Pinebluff to Route
70, employes 2."), payroll $3,558.00,
: total cost, .$5,743.00.
Improving road, Southern Pines to
; Sanatorium, »mployes 25, payroll, $1,-
; 825.00, total cost $2,635.00.
I Grading, draning and graveling road
I from Vass to Harnett county line,
i employes 25, payroll $1,525.00, to-
I tal cost $2,1.56.00.
Gracing, draining and topsoiling
j road from U. S. to Harnett county
: line, employes 25, payroll $3,558.00,
I total cost $5,785.00.
Carthage, building one million gal-
j Ion capacit.v city reservoir, employes
j .'•6, payroll $10,564.00, total cost $19,-
I 089.00.
I Carthage, building shuffle board
j courts on playground, employes 7, pay-
! roll $235.00, total cost $535.00.
Hemp, construction of well at negro
school grounds, employes 3, payroll
$5400, total cost $69.00
Southern Pines, beautification of
roads, employes 13, pajToll $5,400.00,
total $5,475.00.
Cleaning and draining mosquito in
fested swamp, Aberdeen, employes
22, payroll $18,554.00, totalj cost
$19,054.00.
Pinebluff, repairing dam and bridg«,
employes 17, payroll $2,112.00, total
cos; $2,712.00.
SE:AL CHAIRMEN NAMED FOR
MOORE COUNTY SEAL SALE
The Seal Sale from Thanksgiving
to Christmas will be handled in Moore
County by the following sub-chair
men, working under Mrs. Mrs. Anna
F. Cheatham, Moore county chairman;
.\berdeen. Miss Alice Wilder; Ad
der, Mrs. Henry Addor, Carthage,
Mrs L. W. Barlow; Eagle Springs,
Mrs. Jesse Page; Glendon, Mrs. W.
I. Stockton; Hemp, Mrs. Edwin A.
West; High Falls, Miss Florence
Woody; Jackson Springs, Mrs. R. G.
Matheson; Lakeview, Mrs. N. L. Gib
bon; Manly, Mrs. A. W. McNeill;
Niagara, Mrs. H. S, Stanyan; Pine
bluff, Mrs. Mae Benedict; Pinehurst,
Mrs. Chester Williams; Southern
Pines, Mrs. R. F. Potts; Vass, Mrs.
R. L. Oldham, and West End, Mrs.
B. U. Richardson.
BOYDS IN NEW YORK
Mr. and Mrs. James Boyd left Mon
day night for New York to be gone a
week.
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