MOORE COUNTY’S
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NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 15, NO. 10.
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Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, February 2, 1934.
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ADDRESS C. OF C.
Mr. Ehringhaus Accepts Invita
tion as Speaker at Annual
Banquet Here
AT HIGHLAND PINES INN
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaua will
be in Southern Pines the night of
Friday, February 9th, to address the
annual banquet of the Southern
Wnes Chamber of Commerce.
The Governor’s acceptance of the
Chamber’s (invitation was received
this week by Postmaster Frank
Buchan, who as a member of the
banquet committee had been in com
munication with Mr Ehringhaus on
the subject for several days. The
Governor’s acceptance of the invita
tion was delayed owing to his ab
sence from Raleigh, but his secretary
telephoned on Monday upon his re
turn that the evening of February
9th would be satisfactory to the
State’s chief executive and that he
would be pleased to speak here.
Plans for the annual banquet, al
ways one of the chief events of the
year in Southern Pines, are now on
■full blast” The event will take
place at the Highland Pines Inn a i ing.’
week from tonight, the clans gath
ering at 7 o’clock, and that there
will be a good crow^d on hand goes
without saying. Governor Ehring
haus is one of the finest speakers in
the state and has a message for the
Sandhills at this time. Othe*’ State of
ficials will accompany him hese from
Raleigh and an invitation has been
extended to Chairman E. B. Jeffress
and members of the State Highway
Commission to be guests of the
Chamber that evening.
To In>1t^ Neighbor!^
At a meeting of Chamber direc
tors Tuesday noon at Jack’s Grill
Frank Buchan proposed that prom
inent citizens in nearby towns be Jtj-
vited here for the occasion and Hiram
Westbrook and S. B. Richardson were
named a committee to send out spec
ial invitations to civic leaders in Car
thage, Sanford, Pinehurst and Aber-
•:leeti.
The committee, of which Struthers
Burt is chairman, is working on the
Dr. Dickie Announces Division
for Semi-Charity Patients
at I.1OW Rates
An unusual departure for a prfvrate
.sanatorium has been taken by Pine
Crest Manor of Southern Pines
which, in the terms of the announce
ment sent out by Dr. Jamie W Dick
ie, “is being done as our contribution
to the New Deal and in order to
meet what we have belatedly recog
nized as a real need of the times."
The local institution has made pro
vision for the accommo^jation of
thirty semi-charity patients, the ob
ject being "to provide adequate care
and treatment for deserving persona
with tuberculosis, or other chronic
pulmonory diseases, who find them-
ielves financially embarrassed as a
result of recent economic conditions."
According to Dr. Dickie, "this is
being done without any solicitation or
financial assistance from anyone to
underwrite the actual cost to the
'.nstitution of financing the care ot
these patients. I have notified a
^roup of selected physicians in tnis
\nd other states of my plan and
heir reaction to it and their coop
eration to date in helping me carry
.Hit my plan have been mo.'^t gratuj-
Everything O. K.
Grand Jury Gives Clean Bill of
Health to County
Institutions
TOWN ASKED FOR
$1,000 TOWARD
APRIL FESTIVAL
Girl 11 First Patient
The first patient admitted to this
.^emi-charity division of the sanator
ium was a little 11-year old girl from
a northeastern state whose father,
until very recently, had been unem
ployed for more than two years. In
the words of Dr. Dickie, "I really get
more of a ’kick’ out of admitting her
as a patient than in the case of anoth
er patient who came the same week
and was admitted in the private di
vision at $45 a week.”
A group of the Pine Crest cot
tages have been assigned to the semi
charity division of the institution.
Ten beds are available at $14.00 a
week, ten at $17.50 a week and ten
at S21.00 a week, the rates includ
ing board, room, general nursing and
daily professional attendance. There
are, of necessity, certain restrictions
to admission in this division.
Other Iliites R«'duced
The private division of the sana-
program for the evening. Among the | torium consisting of a separriVe group
features already provided for are a
talk in lighter vein by the well known
writer, Wallace Irwin and a musi
cal number by the High School Glee
Clubs. Another prominent local writ
er is being urged to act as toast
master. An orchestra, arranged for
by Dante Montesanti, will play dur-
dinner.
rickets for the banquet will go on
sale within the next few days, at
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of cottages for the accommodation ot
thirty patients will be maintained and
operated as heretofore. The rates for
this division have been reduced and
are now from $28.00 to $45.00 per
week, not including cenuiu extras.
Three classes of accommodation are
available.
In both divisions of the sanator
ium patients are assured of the fol
lowing conditions as 10 the accommo-
$1.25 per plate. As the space forjdation.s offered and services render-
guests at the Inn is limited it will
I Privacy - There will not be more
I than two patients 10 any one room
I and sleeping porch, nor more than
i four patients to any one cottage,
j Food—At all times the diet will
I consist of wholesome, nourishing food
attractively served
Nursing - Only graduate nurses ot
I proven ability and aptitude for tu-
I berculosis work will be in attendance.
Pro/essional services—Close medi-
be advisable to purchase tickets ear
ly.
Boost Beautification
of U. S.-1 Though State
Chamber of Commerce May Send
Delej^ation to Ask Coopera
tion of Towns Along Route
At the meeting of directors of the i cal supervision by competent physi-
According to the report submitted
to Judge Sink, the Grand Jury, of
which O. U. Alexander was foreman,
found the various county institutions
in excellent shape.
Tho pri.son camp three miles east
of Carfhage was said to be excep
tionally neat and clean in every par
ticular and the management was
Plans For Dogwood Week Await
Decision of Board on C. of
C. Request
SAY NO FUNDS AVAILABLE
Forty CWA ^ .jts Now
Under Way in County, with
Full Quota of Men at Work
The question of the right of the
Mayor and Board of Commissioners
of Southern Pines to appropriate tax
money for entertainment features and
advertising incidental thereto was
brought to the front this week at a
meeting of directors of the Chamber
commended for the excellence of the j of Commerce, Mayor Stutz, town
camp. The amount of provisions | board members and others held Mon-
such as canned goods, pork and corn \ day night in the office of City Clerk
by the management for the support j Howard Burns.
of the institution impressed the com- The Chamber directors presented a
mittee. The county home and the roquest to the commissioners for
jail were both in good condition and 1 $1,000 toward defraying expenses of
well kept. I the Dogwood Festival proposed to t>e
Records in the offices of the sher- j held in April. R. L. Hart, chairman
iff. auditor, clerk and register of | of the Dogwood Festival committee,
Jeeds were given a favorable report, | and others set forth the purpvose of
the event, the desire to bring large
numbers of visitors here at a time
when Southern Pines is its prettiest,
the desire to lengthen the season lo
cally by offering attractions at that
time, and the desire to provide en
tertainment for those already here.
Starts 39th Year
Holly Inn, Newly Painted and
Renovated, Opens I'nder
H. \V. Norris
The grand jui*y recommended that
several individual lights be installed
in the office of the register of deeds
to economize on current consumption:
that the commissioners consider the
employment of a competent civil en
gineer to suggest a more adequate
filing system for maps; that the com-; It was explained that plans for the
mi.ssioners make ^n effort to keep all | week’s Festival had been made some
county deposits'adequately secured at i time ago and that the event was al-1
all times, and that Kitty Ro.se, an j ready being advertised by literature 1
inmate of the home, be sent to the | put out by the Seaboard Air Line j
The Holly Inn opened yesterday
for its thirty-ninth season. H. W. Nor
ris. who is manager of the Bald Peak
Colony Club, at Lake Winipisauge,
M. H., during the summer, will again
manage the Holly Inn this season.
The Inn this year is in first class
condition. It has been painted in
side and a number of improvements
added. Again an excellent cuisine
will be one of the features,
A number of former guests are ex-
.oected within the next few days,
imong them Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
■)cdd of East Orange, N. J., who have
been coming to the Holly Inn for
many years, Mr. Dodd is a member
of the Tin Whistles.
Relief Forces Busy on All Fronts,
Reports From Headquart
ers Reveal
MANY WOMEN EMPLOYED
DERBY SUGGESTS
CODE FOR STATE’S
PEACH GROWERS
insane asylum or
stltution
?ome suitable in-
ICO Enjoy First of
Little Theatre Plays
“Whistling in the Dark” Master
fully Presented by Sar.dhills
Amateur Talent
Ftaihvay and by the Town of South
ern Pines.
Mayor Stutz voiced the opinion
that it would be difficult if not im
possible for the Board of Commis
sioners to appropriate $1,000 for the
purpose this year, inasmuch ,as the
item was not included in the budget
approved by the Local Government
Commission in Raleigh and that the
sum was not available from other
A total of over four hundred peo- the budget,
pie attended "Whistling in the
Dark,’’ the Sandhills Little Theatre’s
I Oireat Advertltiing Value
opening production of the season held, A'rguments were presented that the
in the High School Auditorium last! advertising to the town as well as
Friday and Saturday evenings.
This was by far the best perform
Says Northern Market Ruined
Each Year by Shipment of
Inferior Fruit
ASKS U. S. INSPECTION
ance ever given by the local amateur
players, with honors for the out
standing performer being almost
equally divided between Dick Wilson
and Betty Osborne, the latter mak
ing her debut as a Little Theatre
playeii Beverly Walter, Douglas
Gregory. Robert Cornwell, Stuart
Cameron and Director Harvey Cripps
also gave finished performances in
the other major parts. Mrs. Beverly
Walter was splendid as Hilda, the
maid, in a pantomine role. Police of
ficer Gargis of Southern Pines re
ceived a great hand as he appeared
on the stage in the closing minutes
of the third act.
"Whistling in the Dark” was th?
most difficult drama attempted thus
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Long Sentences for
Slayers of Rhinehardt
Jones, Burns and Fry Get Ten
Years Each as Result of
Shooting Agen Man
Southern Pines Chamber of Com
merce on Tuesday noon at Jack’s
Grill Frank Buchan made a report
on the highway beautification meet
ing which he. Dr. L. B. McBrayer and
Struthers Burt had attended in Char
lotte. He told of the meeting and of
the plans they had made there to use
CWA workers throughout the state
in planting, cleaning up and beauti
fying North Carolina highways, in
connection therewith he and Dr Mc
Brayer had taken up the planting of
Highway No. 1 through North Car
olina with the officials of the U. S.
No. 1 Highway Association, and had
already set up a project for Moore
county. The U. S. No. 1 officials are
getting out publicity to Its member
ship tJong No. 1 asking them to set
up projects for the planting of No. 1
all through North Carolina. A motion
to support the State-wide plan was
passed.
J. M. Windham suggested that the
Chamber of Commerce send a com
mittee on a trip over No. 1 Highway
through North Carolina and inter-
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cians, in a privately owned, operated
and maintained institution which is
Amos Jones, Emory Burns and W.
H. Fry, white men charged with the
the direct results from having the
Festival in April would be worth
many times the $1,000 required to
stage the event, and that some me
thod of appropriating the money
should be found by the commission
ers.
Commissioner Charles S. Patch ex
pressed the opinion that the money
needed for the Festival should be
raised among the business and hotel
men of the town, inasmuch as they
would be the ones to benefit. Others
maintained that what benefitted one
benefitted all and that therefore the
appropriations was a proper one from
city funds.
There was no question that the pro
posed Dogw'ood Festival would be a
fine event for the late season here
and all were in favor of it if it is
possible to raise the necessary tunds,
but there seemed to be considerable
question as to whether the funds
could be raised without the financial
support of the town board.
Mayor Stutz told the Chamber di
rectors that the board would consid
er the matter and render a decision
at its next meeting next week.
DISTINGUISHED AUDIENCE
HE.\RS ALBION, MAUNEY
Roger A. Derby, well-known peach
grower of the Sandhills, has sent a
letter to the peach growers of the
central part of the state suggesting
the adoption of a code.
‘T believe,” stated Mr. Derby in
his letter, "that we have all suffered
in the past from the marketing ot
off-grade fruit. Many times in the
last few years I have been on the
docks in New York and seen peaches
from both Georgia and North Caro
ling that were wormy, dirty, under
sized and generally unfit for human
consumption. Such fruit has only
served to disgust the northern buyer
with peaches in general and turned
Ihem to buying cantaloupes and oth
er seasonable competitive fruits, thus
destroying the market price for all
grades of peaches shipped.
Poor Marketing I’raotloes
"The peach growers of North Car
olina £nd Georgia have followed
practices in the shipping of off-grade
reputation of any manufacturing
fruit that would have wrecked the
business in short order. When Mrs.
Jones or Mrs. Smith or Mrs, Brown
in Pittsburgh or Boston or New York
buys a basket of peaches and finds
half of them wormy, they are as def
initely off peaches for that season as
any peach grower would be off the
canned goods of any particular brand
he might buy and half of which he
fiHird to be spoiled.
"'rhe general terms on which I
should like to see a peach '■ode for
central North Carolina based are the
following: (1) Agreem.ent by the
fully equipped with every modern fa-1 murder of J. M. Rhinehardt, aged|
growers to ship by rail nothing but
A distinguished audience attend- j fi-uit that will pass U. S. govern-
cility for propev diagnosis and treat- man who was shot to death on last j North Carolina State Concert | ^ent inspection as U. S
No.
ment.
Frank M. Harriss, 71,
Dies in Fayetteville
Prominent Citizen W as Father of
Mrs. Campbell, Pinehurst and
Mrs. Tyson, Carthage
1 Thanksgiving D.',v. were tried in Su-■ Washington. D, C, on Wednesday | grade^ and no sizes less than 3x2
jperior Court last week before Judge Edouard Albion, j allowed for shipment. (2) Agreement
• H. Hoyle Sink. Jones and Burns were baritone, of Pinehurst, and Miss | by growers to ship by truck out ot
Elizabeth Marshall Mauney, soprano, j state of North Carolina nothing
a pupil of Mr, Albion, in a group of but fruit that will pass U. S. No. 1
Although not wholly unexpected,
the death of Frank M. Harriss which
occurred at his home in Fayetteville
last Saturday afternoon was no less
a shock and a source of universal re
gret to many people In this section.
He was born September 6, 1862.
He was a member of one of the
oldest and most prominent families
of Randolph county, being the son
of Ransom W. and Margaret Ward
Harriss. His father was a large land
owner, living in the horseshoe ot
the Uharrie river, the family after-
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f )und guilty of manslaughter and
Fry guilty of second degree murder.
Jones was sentenced to the State's
Prison for not less than 10 not more
than fifteen years. Bums from sev-
songs. Senators, Representatives,
judges and prominent government
grade—and no sizes less than 3x2 al
lowed for shipment out of the state
en to ten years and Fry from 10 to | Carolinians residing in Washington
officials as well as scores of North, qj North Carolina. (3) Agreement for
1.5 years, all to serve at hard labor
under the State Highway and Pub
lic Works Commission. Fry gave no
tice of appeal and his appearance
bond was fixed at $6,000 and appeal
bond at $150.
Abram Van Bostick, white of
Pinebluff, was given two years on the
roads on a charge of breaking and
entering the dwelling of I. L. Meanor.
Capias is to issue at any time within
five years from thife date and the de-
endant in the meantime is to go upon
his present bond.
On a breaking and entering charge,
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were among those who enjoyed the
program, given in Constitution Hall.
MR.S WRENN’S FA'THER DIES
Mrs. Clement Wrenn of Southern
Pines received a message Tuesday af
ternoon telling of the death of her
father, the Rev. Miles Henry Vestal,
a retired clergyman. Mrs. Wrenn, ac
companied by her son, Clem Wrenn,
Jr., left Wednesday to attend the
funeral. They expect to return the
last of the week. Nancy Wrenn is the
house guest of Mrs. Mary Cannon I subject of a code for the peacn in^’us-
Morris while her mother is away. ' try in central North Carolina.
growers to employ not more than
three accredited distributing organi
sations to handle the 1934 crop (4)
Agreement by the growers to leave
the enforcement of this code and the
selection of the marketing agents to
a committe of three representative
growers of central North Carolina to
be appointed by the Governor of the
state,”
Mr. Derby’s present address is 28
Nds.cau street, New York City, and he
the subject of a code etaoinshrdlu
would welcome -correspondence on the
Civil Works Administration wheels
are humming in Moore county with
forty projects under way, twenty-five
approved at the Raleigh office and
on the waiting list to be taken up as
others are finished, and ten already
completed. The county’s full quota of
men is at work. School lunches are
being served daily to around 700 chil
dren of relief families and sewing
units have been set up at nine points
in the county. Road building and san
itary projects are among those that
are underway. The projects came un
der the heads CWA, CWA Service,
and Federal.
A distinction is madfe between CWA
projects and CWA Service projects.
Projects coming under the latter
head are paid from relief funds rath
er than from CWA funds, and in
clude such projects as nursing,
clerical help, janitorial service, sew
ing, etc. Service projects in general
call for women rather than men, and
labor is paid at the rate of 30 cents
an hour instead of the minimum of
45 cents for regular CWA projects.
The sewing project calls for 55 wo
men ia the county. Five thousand,
four hundred dollars is provided for
labor and $2,720 for materials to be
used in the sewing rooms. A sewing
unit consist of at least three women
meeting in a public place to make
garments for relief families. In most
units, there are five or more women
and one particular article is being
cut and made by each group. At
Cameron, men’s trousers are being
made; at Pinebluff, mattress covers,
sheets and pillow cases; at Southern
Pines, dresses and underwear; at
Carthage, underwear and gowns; at
Jackson Springs and Eagle Springs,
men’s shirts and overalls; at Pine
hurst, underwear and lumber packs;
at Aberdeen, quilts, and at Highfalls,
dresses.
Miss Ethel McDuffie of Eagle
Springs is supervisor of women’s
projects in the county and has receiv
ed from the case workers the cloth
ing needs of the families over the
county
Much Highway Work
Of the projects under way, a num
ber are under State supervision. Five
road improvement crews are at work
on state highways and are being sup
ervised by Fred Unden^’ood and Mr.
Koonce, district engineers of the
State Highway Commission. These
roads are from Vass to Hoke coun
ty line; from U. S. No. 1 through
'ameron to Harnett county line; from
Pinebluff to Route No. 70; road lead
ing from Highway No. 74 to Camer
on; road from Highway No. 1 at
Southern Pines to Dr. Dickie’s sana
torium. It was originally planned to
employ 50 men on each unit of the
highway work, but in order to spread
the work over the county and to
start other projects, the crew oa
each highway project was cut approx
imately in half with one foreman with
highway experience in charge.
Swamp drainage projects at A^ber-
deen and Pinebluff are now under
way and are under the supervision of
the district drainage engineer, Captain
S. M. Alexander of Durham, and tocal
drainage engineer, IHaywood Frye.
While in the county on Monday Cap
tain Alexander suggested that anotk-
er project be made out to drain the
swamp land between Vass and Lake-
view and steps are being taken to
work up an estimate of labor and ma
terial cost involved. The drainage of
malarial infected swamps is under
the direct supervision of state offi
cials as such swamps f"equently cross
county lines and are a menace to the
health of entire sections.
Another project under state direc
tion is the sanitary construction pr«-
gram which provides for the con
struction of 2.400 sanitary privies at
a labor cost of $23,000. Donald Mc
Donald ia in charge of this work !■
the county and he is responsible to
Mr. Jessup, district sanitarian of tbe
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