MOORE COUNTY'S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 14, NO. 2.
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Southern Pines and Aberd^n,
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FIVE CENTS
BUSINESS STRAWS
AND TRAVEL TREND
FAVOR THE SOUTH
Northern Stores Report Heavy
Buying from Southern States,
Says James Tufts
FOREIGN TRAVEL OFF
James Tufts, who has recently re
turned from a trip north, brings a
rather optimistic opinion of the out
look. One thing that struck him is
the increase of buying orders at the
northern stores that furnish supplies
in quantities for ihe south, especially
those sections of the south that han
dle much winter traffic of northern
visitors. This increase is so marked
that the northern supply houses re
gard it as a definite indication of the
way the straws point, and a corrobor
ation of other signs that look favor
able for southern traffic. *
Another thing that Mr. Tufts en
countered was a shifting of tourist
travel from the ocean to the land.
Disturbed financial relations with the
foreign countries has made it easier
Death Claims Mrs. A. Camerjn as
She Strolls With Granddaughter
End Comes Suddenly to Beloved
Member of Pioneer Vass Fam
ily—16 Grandchildren Survive
The entire Vass section was shock
ed and saddened Sunday afternoon
when it became known that Mrs. A.
Cameron, for more than half a cen
tury a beloved figure in the com
munity, had passed aw?y suddenly
at her home. For several years Mrs.
Cameron had suffered from heart
trouble, occasionally having severe
attacks of angina pectoris, but for
the past few weeks she had been feel
ing better than usual, and on Sunday
afternoon was walking around the
home grounds accompanied by a young
granddaughter when the end camc
suddenly.
The funeral service was held at 3:00
o’clock Sunday afternoon in the Vass
Methodist Church, conducted by the
pastor, the Rev. W. C. Ball, assisted
by the Rev. C. A. Lawrence of the
Vass Presbyterian Church. A mixed
quartet composed of Miss Elizabeth
Wood, Mrs. R. G. Rosser, .1. M. Ty
son and A. M. Calhoun sang “Rock *'f
Ages,” “Looking This Way,” and
“Abide With Me,” with Miss Martha
Then, a sequence, when a thing starts
in one direction the folks are inclin
ed to follow the move. Hence a sort
for tourists to travel in this coun
try than to go abroad and he says as’Accompanist'Seven'grand-
bookmg concerns note the tendency ,
to stay in the United tates this win-
ter rather than get tangled up in the j Matthews and Henry Borst, Jr.,
maze of foreign currency exchange. | j^^Lean, serv
ed as pall bearers and the many
lovely floral designs were carried by
, I girls of the community choir and oth-
of See-America spirit appears to be | Interment was in
in evidence this winter. Tourist and | (jrove cemetery beside the
railroad agencies say there is more | ^
travel moving southward now than in j
several years and less going outside ; ^ impossible to estimate what
of the country. Foreign travel is j Cameron’s long residence in Vas..
! has meant to the people of .he com
munity. In the seventies sha and her
husband cas.t their lot in what was
to become the town of V'as.^ and
through all the years she has exerted
an influence for good. Both she and
Mr. Cameron united with the Metho
dist chuich and were ever loyal to
it. Their home was always open to
Proclamation
Governor Calls On All Citizens
to Listen In on Radio
Program Tuesday
Complying with the Governor’s
Proclamation of December 2nd,
1933, wherein he calls upon “(1)
all public officers to assemble in
formally on Tuesklaiy, December
12, from 1:30 to 2:30 o'clock in
the city halls and county court
houses of their respective towns
and counties, (2) all groups of
citizens and (3) all high school and
college students to assemble in
their respective meeting places,
and contact with a statewide radio
program over which state and lo
cal leaders will present for con
sideration a governmental pro;.jram
of immediate practical importance
to the people of North Carolina,”
the Town of Aberdeen has ai-rang-
ed to have a radio installed in the
City Hall and the Town of South
ern Pines, one in the City Admin
istration building, according to
Town Clerks Evelyn H. Pleas
ants of Aberdeen and Howard F.
Burns of Southern Pines.
All others are urged to listen
in at places where there are
radios.
The railroads are influencing travel
■with low rates, which seems to stir
up a new interest in going somewhere
in the cars. D. G. Stutz of Southern
Pines says the indications are that
the Saturday excursion to Jackson-
villje, Florida, down ar^l back for
$1.75, will see the trains filled to the
last seat. Folks are beginning to get ministers who came this way and
L i perhaps no home in the conterence
was more highly regarded by the
ministers than was theirs. To those in
LEGION POST TO
ASK CWA FUNDS
FOR CLUB HOUSE
Sites and Building Material Of
fered Veterans but 'Money
Needed for Labor
of depression and are encouraged to ^
look on the bright side again.
Best in Two Years
At Pinehurst the arrivals are ahead
of last year by this time as well as
ahead of the year before. A general
pick-up in business is noticed every
where. Visitors coming from the
north say things are easing up, and
with hopeful spirits on all hands.
Money is reported as floating about
more freely here in the neighborhood.
The stores talk with more encourage
ment. H. M. Kirk, a farmer from the
Roseland section, remarked to The
Pilot that tobacco has brought good
prices, that cotton has been doing
right well, that grain has been satis
factory, and that the farmer is feel
ing in much better mood than for
sometime past. Others from the sur
rounding country have similar en
couraging evidence to offer. The air
of gloom seems to be lifting, and the
general sentiment is that the world
is about to start on its customary
rolling ahead instead of going to the
dogs. ,
every walk of life she was hospitable
and kind and those in need were nev
er turned away without their first
having been ministered unto.
Mrs. Cameron was a loving mother
and grandmother and it was her joy
to have all of her chil<3ren settled
near her in the village. She derived
her greatest pleasure from serving
those she loved. After failing health
prevented her from leading her us
ual active life, she bpent much time
engaged in crocheting and last Christ
mas presented each of her seven
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Concert by High School
Chorus December 15
R. M. Caldwell, Jr. and
Miss Taylor Married
Well Known Aberdeen Young
Man and Member of School
Faculty Quietly Wed
Miss Effie Taylor of Louisburg,
member of the faculty of the Aber
deen schools for the past two years,
and Ralph M. Caldwell, Jr., member
of a prominent Aberdeen family, were
quietly married at the Presbyterian
Manse in Aberdeen on Wednesday
evening of last week by the Rev.
Ernest L. Barber, pastor of Bethes^
da Presbyterian Church. Only immed
iate relatives were present.
Mr. Caldwell is a son of Ralph M.
Caldwell, Aberdefln automobile deaU
er, and the late Mrs. Kate McKeithen
Caldwell. He was graduated from
State College at Raleigh two years
ago and is associated in bu«inesa with
the B "\n Drug Company in Aber
deen. Miss Taylor has been teacher (f
the fifth grade for the last two years
and during her residence in Aberdeen
has made friends of one and all.
Fine Program Arranged by Fred
erick Stanley Smith for Glee
Club Benefit
Of interest to all music lovers in
the Sandhills is the concert to be giv
en by the chorus of fifty voices of
the Southern Pines High School on
Friday evening, December 15 at 8
o’clock in the Southern Pines School
auditorium. The program, under the
direction of Frederick Stanley Smith,
has betn in course of preparation sev
eral months and will consist of male,
female and mixed choruses, octets,
and quartets, and piano solos. The pi-
pils of the second, third and fourth
grades will also present several num
bers.
In addition to the above the newly
organized Women’s Octette will sing
Grieg’s “Jesus, Friend of Sinners,”
Clokey’s “Night Song,” and several
English Folk-songs. The personnel of
the octette is as follows: 1st sopranos,
Mrs. Kennedy, Misses Richardson and
Abel; 2nd sopranos. Misses Wade and
Buchan; altos. Misses Lp.ne, Anderson
and Adams.
There will be an admission charge
^f 25 cents for adults, 15 for chil
dren. Reserved seats are 50c, The
proceeds will be used to purchase new
music for the high school chorus and
^lee club. The public is urged to at
tend.
At the last meeting of Sandhii'
Post No. 134, American Legion, on
Thanksgiving evening much enthus
iasm was aroused over the prospect of
a club houhe in the near future. In the
early days of the post a building fund
was established through minstrel
shows and other entertainments. A
part of that fund still remains in
tact although the lean years have
drawn to some extent upon it for ab
solutely necessary expenses. The pos
sibility of securing labor through the
Civil Works Administration was dis
cussed, also the question of a site.
Before the evening was over two
sites had been offered, one as a gift
to the post and the other at a nomi
nal sum; logs in sufficient quantity
for a sizable hut had been offered by
John Hemmer of Pinehurst, and a res
olution to apply at once to the CWA
' for funds to carry on the work had
been adopted. A committee composed
of John Hemmer, Lloyd Wooley and
John Stevenson was appointed to look
into the matter of sites and to ap
ply for funds for labor, this commit
tee to report at the next regular meet
ing or a special meeting if necessary
to call one.
I All Legionnaires and ex-service men
are urged to attend the next regular
meeting of the post in order that the
views of all may be obtained.
Toys, Dolls Needed
MRS. WHITAKER
SERIOUSLY HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Prominent Resident of Southern
Pines Suffers Broken Collar
bone and Ribs in Lenoir
HIT CROSSING STREET
Haven’t you some old toys or dolls
you are through with?
j Dozens and dozens of children in
I and about Southern Pines are going to
be without them on Christmas Day,
and it won’t be the fault of the lo
cal Fire Department. The boys make
an annual practice of picking up toys
and dolls and making them as good
as new at the fire house during their
spare hours. Not many have been
sent in to them this year and they are
fearful lest their friends, the needy
little ones, will be disappointed on
Christmas Day.
Jnst telephone 7201 and some fire
man will call for whatever you have
that will make children happy. Or if
vou want to give money, that will be
fine too. The fire laddies will use it
to buy toys and dolls. Do it now.
Christmas is coming.
Mrs. Charles R. Whitiiker of South
ern Pines, president of the North
Carolina Tuberculosis Association,
was seriously injured when struck by
an automobile in Lenoir late Wednes
day afternoon, and is in the Lenoir
Hospital.
Mrs. Whitaker suffered a fractur
ed collarbone and three broken ribs.
While walking across a street in the
business section of Lenoir in com
pany with another woman she failed
to see a car which darted out from
behind another, and was knocked
down. Her friends and others rushed
to her aid and a passing automobile
was pressed into service to carry the
injured woman to the hospital, where
she is reported as resting comfyrta-
bly as could be expected under the
circumstances.
Mrs. Whitaker is making her home
in Lenoir at present, though her per
manent home is in Southern Pines
where she and Mr. Whitaker have re
sided for many years. She has long
been active in the tuberculosis asso
ciation, in the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution and in other organi
zations of State-wide importance, in
many of which she has held important
offices Word of the accident came
to her daughter, Mrs. E. V. Perkin-
son, here yesterday morning.
State Symphony To
Play Before Governor
Orchestra, with John Powell,
Pianist, as Guest ArtSst,
Gives Concert Tomorrow
Southern Pines Asks $S2,000 for New
High School Building, Improving Present
Structure and Addition to Colored School
Swamped
Seaboard Sells Out 11 Cars for
Jacksonville Excursion
Saturday
A special train composed of 11
passenger cars will be attached at
Southern Pines to regular train No.
107 tomorrow, 'Saturday night.
This was necessary in order to ac
commodate the crowd of excursion
ists taking advantage of the spec
ial rates to Jacksonville over this
week-end, according to the report
of local Seaboard Air Line of
ficials today. The round trip rate
of $1.75 swamped the Seaboard,
but a few more accommodations
are available.
Board of County Commissioners
Expected To Act Monday on
Loan From Governmwit
MANY FAVOR PROGRAM
TRAGEDIES MAR
OPENING HERE OF
J. M. Rhinehardt Killed on Cur
rie Farm; Negro Wounded in
Southern Pines
A concert in honor of the Governor
of North Carolina will be given by the
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
tomorrow, Saturday evening, at the
Raleigh Memoral Auditorium. A re
ception will follow the concert and
dance selections will be played from
half past ten until midnight by a
twenty-piece orchestra. The concert
will be presented by the North Car
olina Symphony Society and the net
proceeds will be given to the Asso-
cited Charities cf Raleigh.
A feature of especial inlc-iest i»i the
Raleigh concert will be the fact that
John Powell, will play the piano part
of his own composition, “Rhap?odie
Negre.” Mr. Powell stands in the first
rank of the world’s pianists as is also
among the foremost of modern com
posers. His “Rhapsodie Negre” is not,
as one might imagine, a pot-pouri of
negro melodies, but is, rather, a
symphonic poem depicting the his
tory of the American negro from the
time he was dropped from his na
tive African haunts up to the pres
ent time. “Rhapsodie Negre” has been
played over fifty times, presentations
having been given by most of the
world’s finest orchestras in all paits
jf the civilized globe.
7orum to Present
Major Totten Here
Illustrated Lecture on Maya Ar
chitecture Will Be Fir^ of
Weekly Programs
The Forum of the Arts, which will
rresent a series of weekly programs
of an interesting and educational na
ture throughout the winter t^ason
in Pinehurst, announced this week
the first of its Thursday evening
events. Major George Oakley Totten,
lization and author of “Maya Archi-
an eminent authority on Maya civi-
tecture,” will give a talk illustrated
Architecture.
with colored slides, on Maya Art and
Major Totten is one of the world’s
leading architects. He designed the
Egyptian Pavilion, one of the most
beautiful buildings at the Chicago
Century of Progress Exposition, and
his group of Embassy buildings and
magnificent private homes have con
tributed to the splendor of the na-
One killed, one wounded, is the
summary of the local hunting season
to date, with the shooting just getting
under way. Both casualties appear in- j
excusable.
The fatality occurred between Car- j
Ihage and ,West End; the near trag-|
edy within half a mile of The Ark |
School in Southern Pines.
J. M. Rhinehardt, fi7-year-old white ,
man who resided between Carthage
and West End, was fatally shot in'
the back at close range on Thanks- j
giving Day. The killing is said to:
have resulted from his approaching j
four men, who were heard shooting
cn a farm belonging to Mrs. Kennie
Currie and managed by Rhinehardt,
and asking “What in the world are
you doing here?” The four men are
supposed to have been drinking.
A coroner’s jury found that Rhine
hardt came to his death by a gun
shot inflicted by Amos Jones and
Emery Burns. It was ordered that
they be held without bond for grand
jury action and that Guilford Sey
mour and W. H. Fry be placed under
$50 bond as material witnesses.
Fry was tried in Recorder’s Court
on Monday as an accessory after the
murder. Evidence was heard, but
judgment was not passed as Judge
Humber wished to have more lime in
which to study the evidence.
While driving a mule across Cream
er & Turner peach orchard near The
Ark School last Friday afternoon An
drew McNeill, colored, who resides in
that neighborhood, was struck in the
head by a bullet from a .22 calibre
rifle. The bullet just missed penetrat
ing the brain, lodging in the base of
the skull near the nape of the neck.
As he fell from the seat of the
wagon McNeill saw three small boys
with guns running as fast of their
legs would carry them from the scene
of the accident. Though too young to
be loose in the country with firearms
or to possess hunting licenses, tjie
boys had been shooting in the vicinity
during the afternoon and were believ
ed to have been on their v/ay home
when they caught sight of McNeill
and his white mule. .Whether they
took a pot shot at him “just for fun,”
as would see; is not known, but they
could not help but have seen him
as he was in the open and mule and
wagon stood out against the sky lire.
The police are on the trail of the
youngsters, one of whom is believed to
be known.
McNeill, who is employed at The
Paddock, was rushed to the office of
Dr. W. C. Mudgett for treatment,
and the bullet removed after .several
days when his condition would per
mit. He will recover.
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No action was taken by the Board
of County Commissioners in the mat
ter of a federal loan for financing an
extensive school building program in
the county when it met in regular
session on Monday. The matter was
discussed from every conceivable an
gle, but action was deferred until
next Monday. The commissioners feel
that they should “make haste slowly”
in a question of such great importance
to every citizen of the county and they
are trying to weigh carefully the ad
vantages and the disadvantages be
fore committing themselves.
Meanwhile, more requests or “de
mands” are coming in to the County
Board of Education for participation
in the fruits of any loan made from
the government. The Southern Pines
School District asked last week for
$52,000 for three school projects here.
After consideration the county school
board eliminated one project, voted
to reduce the others 60 percent. This
program, according to members of the
local school board, would serve no
purpose.
The Southern Pines projects are:
New High School building adja
cent to present building, needed to
provide adequate classroom and study
room facilities—$30,000 to $35,000.
Modernizing present building—15,-
000.
Addition to Colored School building,
where 650 are now housed in structure
intended for 450 pupils—$10,000 to
$12,000.
Nothing for the Colored
The County Board of Education
eliminated the colored school addi
tion from consideration on the
grounds that it as not making any
provision for colored schools. It cut
the other requisition 60 percent.
[ Directors of the Southern Pines
j Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday
I voiced disapproval of the discrimina-
I tion against schools for colored peo
ple in the county, much overcrowded
and in need of improvements and ad
ditions. Colored people are on the
verge of registering complaints which
might easily upset the whole school
building program in the county, they
held.
Delegations from High Falls, Spies,
Hemp, Spencerville, West End, Eu
reka, Bensalem, Carthage and Vass
appeared before the Board of County
Commissioners last week in favor of
the county’s borrowing from the gov
ernment for the proposed school build
ing program. Some 250 persons wait
ed on the commissioners, as against
about 25 from Pinehurst and South
ern Pines, who had voiced disapprov
al the day before. But the disapprov
al was more in the nature of com
plaint against the proposal to equal
ize the school debt service over tiie
county, rather than against the pro
posed loan, and now it is understood
the debt service proposition is to be
laid aside for a year or two. .
H. Lee Thomas, county superintend
ent, feurs that the county will be too
late to get any loan, even if favorable
action is taken by the commissioners
next Monday, so many allotments hav
ing been made from this fund already.
However, should the commissioners
aprove the loan, he said, the Board
of Education will take immediate ac
tion in trying to obtain the money.
The paving of U. S. Highway No. 1
from Aberdeen to Drowning Creek is
expected to be completed by the end
E. C. STEVENS ELECTED
MEN’S CLUB PRESIDENT
The annual election of officers of
the Men’s Club was held in the clab-
house Monday evening, E. C. Stevens
being elected president, W. J. Newton,
vice-president and E. W. Merrill, sec-
retary-treasurer.
TO HOLD CONFERENCE
The Rfev, J. C. Wooten, presiding
elder of the Methodist Conference,
will hold Jjia firtit quarterly confer-
of next week, the contractor on this ence at the Memorial Chareir
job states.
Sunday morning.
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