MOORE COUNTY’S
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NEWS-WEEKLY
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
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FIRST IN NEWS,
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of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
VOL. L5, NO. 8,
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, January 19, 1934.
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FIVE CENTS
ADVISORY BOARD
TO AID WORK OF
RELIEF BODIES
rian Set in Motion for Efficient
Management of CWA and
PWA Projects
Watch Out for Gangsters in fiO VERNOR INVITED! County Decision;
s^thern Pines Next Friday xq ADDRESS 1934 Votes to Bor^X Quarter
CHAMBER DINNER I Million for Schooi Program
But Don’t Be Afraid if You Hear
Whistling in the Dark
That Night
Invited to Banquet
PUBLIC SUPPORT ASKED
By Bion H. Butler
Some little criticism was heard when
The Pilot a couple of weeks ago
printed a letter from W. V. Carter, Jr.
concerning his termination with the , , , .
. f 1 D * 4-u 1 . u 11 January 2fi and 27, in the Hifjh School
tounty relief work. But the letter had | ^ ’
the effect of caliinR attention to what
is about the most striking influence
Gangsters in the Sandhills ? Per
haps not, but patrons of the Sand
hills Little Theatre will be surprised
at the talent displayed by various
prominent citizens of this section as
they play the pave of New York gun
men in “Whistling in the Dark.” this
is the initial presentation of the Lit
tle Theatre group this season and \Vill
take place on P’riflay and Saturday,
Auditorium.
The cast includes stars of
‘Come
at present in the county, and as a | Kitchen ' and several new'-
final follow-up Je.sse Page, chairman i comers, all of them well-known in the
and C. C. Seymour, members of the | Sandhills. Dick \\ ilson, better known
Advisory Board of the Relief associa-j as a golf star but a dramatist of no
tion and the CWA work in the county, »iean ability, plays the lead. He is
have informed The Pilot that mark- ably supported by. Miss Betty Os-
«•(! changes in many respects will borne, Douglas Gregory, Mr. and^
characterize the administration of thei^^''^- Bt‘\erly Walters,^ Miss Sara
<ietail of affairs. It is apparent that ‘ F aulkner, Lloyd (lardner, Robert
the situation is about to clarify, and Cornwell, tuart Cameron, William,
that the mistakes, which, have been Montgomery Agnew, Jerry Ashton |
the logical result of the conditions un- and Charles (Buddy) Milam,
der which the work was instituted,! “Whistling in the Dark” had a very
will be fewer in number as the work- ^ successful run on Broadway and was
«Ts better understand the complicated Vighly praised ky the metropolitan
influences and obstacles that have to j critics. Under the competent direc-
be faced. I tion of Harvey Ci'ipps, experienced
The Advisory Board, appointed ■ director, writer and actor, the local j
by Mrs. O’Berry, the state head, players are rapidly adapting them-
consists of Jesse Page of Bensa- selves to their roles, and a worth-
I Date for Annual Banquet Awaits
Word From State Executive
as to Convenience
WALLACE IRWIN TO TALK
GOVERNOIl EHRINGHAUS
TAX REPORT FOR
1933 ACCEPTED BY
COMMISSIONERS
lem, Gordan Cameron of Pinehurst,
O. B. Welch of Carthage, Mrs. Guth
rie of Cameron, Dr. Davis of High
while evening’s entertainment is in
store for residents of the Sandhills.
Thrills, comedy and tragedy are
Board Also Approves Creation of
Sanitary District at
Knollwood
TAX COLLECTOR BUSY
Falls, and E. 'W. Reinecke of Southern delightfully mixed in this rip-i'oaring
Pines, a group of capable citizens, well ! melodrama. An ingenious plot snappy
known and trusted by the people of 1 dialogue, a beautiful heroine, and a
the coui.^y. This committee, appoint- j splendid cast, coupled with popular
ed by Mrs. O’Berry, and thus given prices, all combine to make the pres-
official standing, is to act in official' entation of “Whistling in the D^rk”
capacity as advisor for the county I cne of the outstanding events of the
public relief work. | season in the Sandhills.
Aims of Committee j And now for the announcement of
At a meeting of the committee last! the prize contest being sponsored by
i-aturc’ay at Carthage Mr. Page and
Mr. Seymour were instructed to place
before the people of the county some
conception of what the relief work-
«'rs have in contemplation and are
trying to do. These two men, repre
senting the full committee, in talking
over the situation said they expect to
undertake to interest thfe jrieople
much more largely in standing by the
the management of the Little Thea
tre.
To the five people vAio submit
the most complete list of the names of
nationally advertised tooth pastes,
the Little Theatre will award two tick
ets each to the forthcoming produc
tion. This novel contest begins on
Monday morning and closes at noon
on Thursday. All lists are to be giv-
work that is outlined, and in making en to Miss Alice Wheeler at the Sand-
that W'ork as much of a success as hills Book Shop. Miss IWheeler, Lloyd
government, state and county offi
cials, with the help of all the people,
can bring about. They cxi)lained that
mistakes have been made, that false
Gardner and Douglas Gregory are
the judges. Winners will be announc
ed Thursday night. Members of the
Little Theatre and their families are
leads have been followed, that some! ineligible to compete.
»isappointments have resulted, and , The seemingly incongurous topic for
that some of the criticism that has |the contest—tooth paste—in realty has
been made has been justified, that 1 a direct bearing on the plot of “Whis-
.‘■•ome has not been based on full in-j tling in the Dark,” as those attending
foiniation, ijnd that othei' things'the play will see.
might be argued in defense were it i Tickets for the production will be
the purpose to argue or defend, which j placed on sale immediately and the
is not the case. What the committee | members of the local Boy Scout troop
has in mind >s to correct defects, j v>-ill make a house-to-house canvass of
improve the achievement of the ef- Southern Pines. Tickets will also be
forts, bring the people to the sup- on pale at the door on the nights of
port of the movement, and to extend j the play, or may be purchased in ad-
the b«nefits of the projects in every jvance from Dick Wilson or Douglas
v.’ay possible. ! Gregory.
This whole thing is a big experiment, ! It is very probable that Edward
Childs Cari(e,nter, co-author of
“Whistling in the Dark” and well-
known in the Sandhills, will be pres
ent on the opening night.
ABERDEEN JUNIOR ORDER
INSTALI.S NEW OFFK'ERS
an emergency that was created on the
briefest notice to meet and overcome
*he most difficult situation the coun
ty has probably ever faced. Quick ac
tion was necessary, and the creation
of committees and boards from such
available material as could be quickly
assembled, to work under new laws
that had to be made huriiedly, and New officers of Aberdeen Council
with material that was wholly new. Number 193, Junior Order United
Nobody knew how' to approach the American Mechanics were installed at
problems that aro.se, but those prob- | the regular meeting of the council
lems had to be met, and immediately. | last week
iio the quick action W’as undertaken. Following are the new officers:
i.nd with no time for deliberation, and | Councilor, J. Vance Rowe; vice coun-
iih the chief head at Washington it, cilor, F. E. Flinchum; financial sec-
was not possible to make a smooth-' retary, C. L. Williams; recording
ly-working machine on a minute’s no- ^ secretary, D. B. Herring; assistant
t; “. The experiment bumped into | recording secretary, R. J. Bradley;
some things it did not anticipate and chaplain, J. G. Farrell; warden, K. G.
mistakes were certain to be a feature ' Deaton; conductor, Paul Kellis; in-
of the effort. j side sentinel, Raymond 'Wicker; out-
Advisory Labor Board j sice s-entinel, Z. J. Paul; council dep-
To further secure desired results an uty, R. J. Bradley; trustees, H. A.
advisory labor board has been creat-1 Gunter, W. H. McNeill, W. C. Wick
ed with M. C. McDonald of West'er.
End chairman, J. Vance Rowe of,
Aberdeen, Howard Burns of Southern' Ford S. W'orthy, brother-in-law of
Pines, Wilbur Currie of Carthage, M. i U L. Spence of Carthage, has been
J. Boyette of Carthage, Edgar Brown ' appointed by President Roosevelt
United States Marshal for the east-
A recessed meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners was held
on Monday of this week, and much
business was transacted.
On motion of Frank Cameron, sec
onded by Gordon Cameron and unan*
imously carried, the final settlement
of 1932 taxes, a statement of which
Ibllow’s, was ordered accepted and the
insolvents’ 1932 taxes of $6,752.98
were ordered placed in the hands of
W. T. Huntley for collection. It was
further ordered that Mr. Huntley
spend his entire time until the first
Monday in February in collecting said
taxes.
The final statement of 1932 taxes
follows:
Taxes Charg-.d—Original .
Levy 099.87
Schedule B 2,105.3.5
Penalties 3,537.61
Insolvents collected (538.31
Cost on Sales -1,114.40
Penalties on Sales 3,340.93
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus of
North Carolina has been invited to
be the principal speaker at the an
nual l anquet of the Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce, to he held
within the next few w'eeks. A defi- I
nite date has not been set as the |
committee has given the Governor |
the option of several dates. Mr. Eh- I
l in^haus is expected to accept the I
invitation to speak here within the I
next few days. i
In the invitation sent to the Gov- |
ernor the committee in charge of the j
banquet pointed out that his address- j
ng the Chamber’s annual dinner may |
have a significant bearing upon his I
political future. His attention was !
called to the fact that of the two '
speakers at the dinner a year ago, j
one has since become Ambassador to i
Mexico, the son of the other Secre- |
taiy of the Treasury in President I
Roosevelt’s cabinet. Josephus Daniels ;
and Henry Morgenthau, Sr., were last !
year’s guests of honor. ■
Struthers Burt heads the committee
in charge of the banquet, the other
members being Frank Buchan, the
Rev. J. Fred Stimson, Dr. L. B. Mc-
Biayer and NeKson C. Hyde, with Dr.
George C. Herr, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, an ex-officio
member. The committee has other
speakers in view, among them a new
er mer to the Sanc'hills colony of au-
thi'rs, Wallace Irwin, famed for his
Currie Explains
Board Felt It Could Not Af
ford To Let I’resent Op
portunity Go By
In commenting upon the recent
decision of the Board of County
Commissioners to borrow funds
from the Federal government for a
school building program. Chairman
W. H. Currie, spesJMng for the
Board, said that afte^^eighing the
matter at great length and consid
ering the amount of money that
could be obtained for the schools
by the repayment of an amount
so much smaller, the Board felt
that the county could not afford to
let the opportunity go by. The
commissioners felt, he said, that
every child in the county was en
titled to a good school and in cer
tain sections of the county it was
absolutely essential to have modern
buildings and equipment. When the
building program ,is complete, the
county will have modern school
buildings in every section of the
county and the taxation for schools
will he the same from one end of
the county to the other, he said.
Asks $221,500 from PWA for
New^ Projects, $30,000 from
State for Additions
John Ramsbottom Dies
After Lingering Illness
Resident of Southern Pines for
12 Years Was Native of
•Rhode Island
EQUALIZE SCHOOL DEBTS
The Moore County Board of Com-
I missioners, at a reces.sed meeting held
at the, Courthouse in Carthage on
\ Monday afternoon, reversed its recent
I decision and lendor s^d unanimously
i tw'o proposed loans for repairing old
I school houses and erecting new ones,
I totaling $196,125.00. The first loan
' is for .$30,000.00, and will come from
the State Library Fund to be repaid
in ten annual installments at 4 per
* cent interest. The other will come
from the Public Works Administra
tion and is for $166,125.00, to be re
paid in thirty years at 4 per cent in
terest.
I The small loan of $30,000.00 is to
, be used by the County Board of Ed-
I ucation to finance a part of the ma-
I terial for proposed Civil Works pro
jects as follows:
^ Southern Pines, col., 4 additional
1 rooms, $2,500.00; Southern Pines
High, rehovating, $3,000.00; Aberdeen,
auditorium for Grammar School, $3,-
500.00; West End, six additional
rooms; Carthage, four additional
rooms and fire proof staircase, old
Grammar School building, $5,OOO.OQ;
Hemp, six additional rooms, $4,-
7.^0.00; Pinehurst, renovating Gram
mar School Building $6,500.00; To
tal $30,000.00.
The above amounts represent a
Japanese schoolboy stories and other [ John Ramsbottom, in failing health
fiction Mr Trwin K wpII irnown i i. estimated cost of mater-
iiLiion. iHi. iiwin IS as well Known for the past three years and a patient' _ i i.
as a genial after-dinner speaker as ' Mnnro Pm f ti •* i j? ■ • eces.ary to complete these pro-
a writer, and will make a talk in | ^ Hospital for ^ jects. The estimated total cost of the
lighter vein which, if it is anything I mstitution at projects proposed through the Ciril
on the order of his recent talk before o’clock Saturday morning, Janu- I "'orks Administration will reach ap-
the Kiwanis Club, will keep the ban- ary 13th. The body was taken to ' P*’'^*™ately $120,000.00, or four times
queters in an uproar. An invitation ! Providence, R. L, Sundav night ac-i which the county will be
u.. . „i._ ..r ' . fy , required to furnish.
has also been extended to Coleman W.
companied by Mrs. Ramsbottom and
Total .$32,779.24
Taxes Deposited $231,.551.27
Discounts 1,020.26
Reliefs 2,716.27
Land Sales 64,228.30
Insolvents 6,752.98
Cost of Sales 4,114.40
Penalties on Sales 3,340.93
Total $313,724.41
Funds in Page Trust Co. ... 6,549.11
By Check 505.72
Total $320,779.24
It was orc’ered that the chairman
instruct the Wachovia Bank and
Trust Company of Raleigh" to deliver
bond pledged by Page Trust Company
to secure Moore County funds to the
Bank of Pinehurst in the amount of
•?3,000; that such bond be accepted at
maiket value and placed in the coun
ty’s sinking fund.
It being proved that there was no
objection, the Board of Commission
ers approved the creation of a san
itary district at Knollwood, and the
matter will be taken up with the
State Board of Health.
It was ordered that $25 be donated
to the Joseph Henson post for the
purpose of helping to pay the ex
pense of entertaining the 12th Dis
trict of the American Legion.
A permit for the sale of 3.2 beer
near Southern Pines on .’lighway 1
was issued to L. G. Bass,
FATAL LIQQUOR FEUD?
iloberts, president of the Carolina Mrs. Lionel Tester,' of Savannah, Ga.,
Motor Club, to attend the dinner, and i ^ ^^e deceased. Masonic cer-
Congressn>an Walter Lambeth will
emonies were held on Wednesday,
equired to furnish.
May Not Get All
It is not certain that the CWA can
handle all of this program. The
County Commissioners and Board of
likewise be here if his duties at Wash- j ^^ith interment in the family plot in
ington will permit. It is hoped that I Messhaessuck Cemetery, ‘ Central ai'e applying for the State
James Boyd will accept the toastmas- I j,’alls, R. L, following. ' ' finance the county’s share of
tership. I u_i.4. i_ ■ r ■ materials in order to be prepared
In addition to the list of speake/s
Mr. Ramsbottom was born in Lons
dale, R. I., November 19, 1882. He is
to take advantage of as much CWA
Prof. J. Stanley Smith is airanging i "■ j.c i.-, ^loney as may be necessary to put all
a musi.al treat for the guests at the ! ^'s wife, Mrs. Emma J J ^
dinner, and one or two .stunts are ^ event the CWA should not be in po-
and Harold, of Lonsdale, R. I., and -4 ^ .
t,vr, M r-u T ■ sition to approve and complete these
two sisters, Mrs. Chauncey Lovenng, ' .
1 ft 1 , 1 rr. projects, the loan will be cancelled
also of Lonsdale, and Mrs. Tester. , ...
. ‘I’lG the money will go back into the
Coming to Southern Pines some State Treasury without obligation on
twelve years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Rams- ' the part of the county,
bottom in 1924 built a comfortable The county will receive, if the ap-
tessence on Pennsylvania avenue, plication goes through .successfully,
F('-R HIGHWAY BEAUTIFYING ' and have enjoyed a wide circle of from the Public Works Admini.stra-
p 7 pi . « . ,' community. tion a total of $221,.500.C0, but will
Struthars Burt, Frank Buchan and u i i
pay back only $166,125.00 over a
bein'i prepared by way of amusement.
The dinner is to be held at the High-
(Jand Pines Inn, the date to be an-
I nounced as scon as '.vord is received
I from Governor Ehringhaus.
lU HT PRESIDES AT MEETING
Dr. L. B. McBi'ayer attended a meet-1 CAI'TAIN BRICKERY, FORVIKR
ing of the Highway Committee of the; RESIDENT HERE, DIES
Carolina Motor Club in Charlotte on
Tuesday at which time the club’s
inent men frcm all parts of the State.
Recommendations were made that
wayside parks be established along
period of thirty years at 4 per cent
interest, with the possible teference
„ , ■ of the first payment for three yeaiw.
, , , Alexander Elie Bichery, a The County Board of Education pro-
state beau j^F.cation plans were laun-, former resident of Aberdeen, tied on poses to spend this money on projLts
ched. Struthers Burt is chairman of .laruary 12th in Purcell, Oklahoma, as follows:
the highway beautification committee ;;fcording to word just received here. '
!ind presided at a gathering of prom- He was buried there the next day ■ loney Goes
with Masonic rites. i ten classrooms, one audi-
Captain Bichery was born July 16, ' furniture, $34,000.00;
1854 in Frencu.se, Surile, France, the Southern Pines, eight classrooms and
highways, automobile junkyards be ; son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Frederck f“''"'ture, $34,000.00;' Bensalem
restricted and licensed, cash and hon- Bichery, growing to young manhood in ten rooms, one auditorium
orary awards be made communities | his native city. On September 23rd, ®”‘^^“’'’'ture, $34,000.00; Upper Shef-
that show greatest improvement in | 1880, he was united in marriage with Township, ten classrooms, audi-
highway beautification, and a state Maria Leonie Christian at the Cath- * a*’'* furniture, $34,000.00;
policy adopted to provide for uniform edral D’breaux, Amiens, France. He ' ten classrooms, one audi-
beautification and development in ' was a captain in the French army, a torium and furniture, $34,000.00;
master at fencing, receiving his diplo- •'^be*‘Ieen, col., eight classrooms, one
ma from the French Government in auditorium, furniture, $25,750.00;
1878. In 1883 they came to America, classrooms, on«
residing two years in New York City ‘ ®'*‘*ditorium, fumitun'e, $25^750.00;
where Mr. Bichery taught fencing in ^°tal, $221,500.00.
the Academy of Music^ In 1885 Mr. | federal law governing the Pub-
and Mrs. Bichery moved to a farm Administration requires
near Aberdeen, where tw’o daughters, ! that plans and specifications for these
Emma and Martha were born. Later P^’^'Jects be carefully worked out by
each county. Both Mr. Buchan and
Dr. McBrayer were among the speak
ers as well as Mr. Burt.
“NO SOl'THERN PINES TO
ABERDEEN ROAD—JEFFRESS
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ern district of North Carolina.
County authorities are investigat
ing the reported violent deaths of
of a Avhite man and a colored .nan
near the Fort Bragg Reservation in
the iSw^itheart Lake vicinity ear
ly this week. A liquor fued is t'«1ieved
to have resulted fatally for the two.
Their names are not known.
In rerlay to an inquiry sent Chair
man E. B. Jeffress of the State High
way Commission as to the possibility
of building the additional road from ' they engaged in the hotel business In ^PPi'o^ed architects, and each project
Southern Pines to Aberdeen which
started so much agitation here over a
year ago, Mr. Jeffress writes The Pi
lot that “an analysis of traffic
shows that the existing highway is
sufficient to take care of the pres
ent volume and we have not money
available for this construction at the
present time. It was thought best to
complete all links of U, S. 1 and we
are proceeding' on that plan.”
Aberdeen, running a hotel in the i ®‘l''e*'tised and let by contract
building now used as The Teacherage, | total proposed expenditure
and in 1912 they moved to Purcell, both the CWA and PWA funda
Oklahoma. The wife and mother pass- total $341,500.00, and will co«t
ed away on March 20, 1929, and since county only $196,125.00 at 4 per-
that time Mr. Bichery made his ’v>me interest.
with his daughters, now Mrs. L. T. ‘ commissioners also endorsed
Cook and Mrs. J. G. Hardie. Besides the proposition of equalizinflT the
his daughters he leaves surviving school debts of the varioua *‘boad
him two grandchildren, Louis Starr taxing units” of the county to becon*-
Cook and Marian Grace Hardie. effective in 1934.
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