MOORE COt/NTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 15, NO. 11.
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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberoeen, North Carolina, Friday, February 9, 1934.
BOARD VOTES BOND
ISSUE OF $34,000
FOR WATER MAINS
Mayor and Clerk Authorized to
Sijrn FWA Loan Agreement
With Federal Government
County in Market for Red Tape
I^ts of It Must Be Unwound, Wound Up Again and Tied in Pink
Ribbons Before Various State and Federal Boards Can
Release Funds for School Building Program
$35,000 FOR NEW SEWERS
The Board of Commissioners of
Southern Pines on Wednesday night
authorized the issuance of $34,000 in
municipal bonds which, with the $8,-
000 grant of the Federal Administra
tion of Public Works, will provide
the $42,000 necessary for the ex
tension of water lines in the Wey
mouth Heights section, the placing
of additional hydrants, the erection
of a new 150,000 gallon steel water
tank to replace the old wooden one
now in use but condemned, and the
enlargement of the towTi’s sewage
disposal bed, now badly overloaded
and inadequate.
The Mayor and City Clerk were au
thorized to sign the loan agreement I
with the federal government cover
ing this PWA project. 'Fhis agree-:
ment was read at the meeting, taking
an hour and one-half to read. The |
bonds are taken by the goveniment
■as security for the loan. They are due i
serially over a period oi twenty
years.
In addition to the $42,000 PWA pro- ,
ject for the water line extensions,
etc., a Civil Works Administration al- '
lotment of $35,000 has been made to
Southern Pines which involves no !
bond issue, the money being an out-1
right federal grant for unemploy
ment relief. The project approved
for this grant is the extension of j
sewers in West Southern Pine
along Ohio avenue takmg ctf
the northern part of Southern Pines
east of the highway. Plans for this
work were drawn by Paul M. Van-
Camp, civil engineer here, and the
project approved through the CWA
office in Carthage and by State and
federal authorities. ~
Both the PWA and CWA projects
will soon be under way.
Knowing that many interested citizens of the county were eagerly
awaiting further information as to the progress being made in getting
the proposed school building program under way, the program to be
carried out by the aid of funds which the county commissioners re
cently authorized the county to borrow from the PWA, The Pilot this
week refused to accept the answer, ‘‘no news,” when inquiry was
made, but persisted in its efforts to get something definite to pass on
to its readers. It is, therefore, with a feeling of just and, we trust,
pardonable pride that it is this week presenting the real low-down on
the subject so that all may know just when things will begin to hap
pen.
Application for the loan, wo learned, must be accompanied by
quite a bit of data, such as estimates on materials and labor, blue
prints of all proposed new buildings and additions to old, financial in
formation in regard to the county from the time of its founding in 1783
to the good year 1934, a sketch of the county along historic, geogoaphic
and economic lines, the population taken at ten-year intervals for
several decades, and something as to its racial and political complex
ion; in all, around 100 ptiges to be in quadruplicate.
The county superintendent of public instruction, the county aud
itor and the county attoraey have combined their efforts in collecting
and preparing this data, and with the help of two architects from
Raleigh they hope and expect to have this in apple pie form by next
week.
After this application is completed, it must be pa.«sed upon by the
Board of County Commissioners. Prom Carthage, it will be forwarded
to Raleigh, and if the building plans or blue prints are approved by
the Insurance Commissioner and the application is approved by the
State Board of P'ducation and the State Board of Health and the Lo
cal CJovernment Commission of the state, it will be ready to go to
the Public Works Board at Chapel Hill under H. G. Baity, and as soon
as Mr. Baity approves it, straight to Washington to the Public Works
Administration will it be sent and if business is not unusually con-
jested there, a report should be forthcoming within sixty days after
it reaches Washington.
BOARD REJECTS I
$1,000 REQUEST I
FOR APRIL FETE
No Town Money Available for j
Dogwood Week. Chamber
of Commerce Told
‘OLD SLAVE DAY” ON
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FIVE CENTS
Banquet Speake.XXOUTHERN PINES
* TTONIGHTTO
SMITH HOUSE ON
WEYMOUTH SOLD
m TO MRS. WARREN
SURVEYORS SEEK
TO LOCATE REAL
MOORF.-HOKELINE
Wife of Canadian Barrister Ac
quires One of Picturesque |
Sites of Southern Pines
Kxact Location Never Ustablish
ed and ISoard of Commis
sioners Votes to Act
LATE S. R. SMITH ESTATE I NAMES Mc(iUEEN BAILEY
Reading's from Local
Authors at Civic Club
Several Interesting Programs
Arranged for Next Three
Meetings Here
This afternoon, Friday, the Civic
Club invites all those interested to
come to the club house and hear an
interesting program arranged by
Mrs. Edgar T. Cnapman on "Readings ^ stranger.s to this section as they have
from Southern Pines Authors. Mrs. coming to Southern Pines for
Wallace Ii-win will read a chapter years, staying at the High-
R. F. Potts announces the closing
of the sale of the S. R. Smith house
on Weymouth Heights to Mrs. James
.1. Warren of Toronto, Canada. Mrs.
Warren recently moved into the house
for the season, but after a short
stay there decided to buy the house
and make a winter home for the
family. Mrs. Marjorie Wallace, ot
Freeport, Long Island, daughter of
the late Samuel Smith, was in South
ern Pines last week arranging for
the sale of her father’s property here.
The Warrens are not by any means
from her latest book, “The Silver
land Pines Inn. This year Mrs. VVar-
Platter, just released by the publish- | interested in a cottage, se
ers ar^d reviewed as being of unusual ; jj,e Smith house and was so
interest. Mrs. Chapman will read sev- I ^.^,5 the sale was nego-
eral poems from a Moore county au- i
thor of greatp romise. Interspersed
will be a vocal duet by Mrs. Carter
and Miss Dorothy Richardscm and
group singing u'nder the direction of
Frederic Stanley ymith. A social hcv.r
will follow, tea and cake served with
out charge.
On Monday, F'ebruary 12 at the
Southern Pines Hotel at 2:30 o’clock
there will be an afternoon of games
under the direction of the Civic Club.
There will be a fee of 25 cents to
play. Refreshments will l>e served
without extra charge.
On Friday afternoon, February 16
the Civic Club again invites all to
a musical afternoon with a piano solo
by an artist, a vocal duet from “Tales
from Hoffman” by singers in Italian
costume, a solo by a well known lo
cal baritone, and it is hoped a men’s
trio. A well known singer, a winter
resident of Plnenurst. will also ap
pear. The committee in charge will
be Mrs. McCord, Mrs. Hafer, Mrs.
Cameron, Mrs. Achom, Miss Cooke,
Mrs. Davi.s, Mrs. Grearson, Miss Greg
ory, Mrs. Grey, Mrs. Gardner, Dr. Mc-
Brayer, Mrs. Shedd, Mrs. Pottle, Mrs.
Starr, Miss Mowry, Mrs. Vanderveer,
Miss Vanderveer, Mrs. Hoyt Shaw and
Miss Elliot. Refreshments and a so
cial hour will follow the program.
The Citizens Bank and Trust Com
pany and the Bank of Pincihurst will
be closed all day on February 22,
Washington’s birthday.
I The house is located on the sum-
! mit of Weymouth ridge, between the
I McKinney home and the residence
I of Robert Olmsted, the knob being
I one of the highest on the ridge.
! hence of the whole Sandhill section.
The outlook is magnificent, and the
surroundings of the most desirable.
The new owners will add to the
neighborhood another family of that
type which has created that vicinity
and developed the fine cluster of
homes that mark the ridge from
James Boyd’s to the Country Club.
Mr. Warren by profession is a
barrister in Canada. At present he
is president of the Trust & Guarantee
Co., bankers of Toronto, Montreal,
Calgary and Windsor. He is also
president of the Consolidated Mining
& Smelting Co. He was in charge of
finance and construction of the Ket
tle Valley Canadian Railway.
Mrs. Warren is here now and with
her is li*.tle June Clemes, her grand
daughter. Mrs. J. C. Clemes, on her
return from a trip to Bermuda, vis
ited her mother here for a few days
last month
Mr. Potts has been active in pre-
.'ienting the Sandhills successfully to
some excellent newcomers, and says
he has some others considering
things in the neighborhood, for he
immediate or the distant future of
does not have any doubt about the
the Sandhills.
The Board of County Commission
ers, in regular session on Monday, or
dered that a sum not exceeding $50
be set aside for the purpose of locat
ing the line between Moore and Hoke
coimties and designated McQueen
j Bailey to act as sui’veyor for Moore
county to work with a surveyor to
I be named by the Hoke commission-
I ers.
The line between the two counties
has never been established, it is said,
and for a number of years there has
I been a question among a number of
' landowners along the line as to its
' location. CCC workers are now en-
, gaged in cutting a fire lane which
is supposed to be on the county line,
and in order to settle the matter the
survey has been decided upon, Hoke
I and Moore sharing the expen.se equal-
I ly. The line runs from Blue's Bridge
I where Hoke, Moore, Richmond and
i Scotland corner, to a point on the
■ farm of Cameron Johnson near Bea
ver Creek where Harnett joins Moore
and Hoke. There is said to be an ef
fort on foot to have a road built along
a part of the county line and this,
too, will make it necessary for the
boundary to be established.
The board ordered that W. T. Hunt
ley continue to collect 1931 and 1932
insolvent or back taxes until the first
Monday in March, 1931, and that he
be authorized to deposit tax lunds
collected in the Bank of Pinehurst,
Carthage branch.
The application of J. A. Baucom of
Raeford, asking that he be allowed
to operate penny weighing machines
in Moore without a license, was re
jected.
Williams Service Station was grant
ed A permit for license to .sell beer
in Southern Pines, and J. P. Mulcahy
was granted a j)ermit for license to
operate a pool table and bowling al
leys in Pinehurst.
Unless funds can be raised by pop
ular subscription, there will be no
Dogwood Festival in Southern Pines
in April.
This seemed certain yesterday when
, the Board of Commissioners here re-
j ported to Chamber of Commerce of-
I ficials that it had voted on Wednes
day night against a city donation of
$1,000 toward the expense of the
proposed festival. The board report
ed that the town had no money
available for the appropriation, and
that it had received numerous pro
tests from taxpayers here against
the e.xpenditure at this time. Though
there were members of the board
who favored holding the festival, the
vote was unanimous against the sub
scription because of the two reas-
on.s mentioned above.
Chamber of Commerce officials,
feeling that there is little possibil
ity this year of raising a .sufficient
fund for the purpose by popular sub-
^ scription, seemed inclined yesterday
I to abandon the festival for this year
I but to endeavor before the next city
I budget is approved to have it con-
j tain an item for a Dogwood Festival
I in 1935. The event was scheduled for
, the week of April 9th and had been
advertised by the Seaboard Air Line
Railway and in some of the town’s
advertising folders,
I It is expected that one feature
, which was to be a part of the fearti-
val week activities will be held the
week of April i'nh anyway, the “Old
Slave Day" which The Pilot has been
advocating and arranging for several
montlis. The Pilot has received the
names of upwards of ,50 former slaves
in this section, and arrangements to
bring these colored people to South-
• ern Pines for a fitting program arc
going ahead. This event will pro-
I vide an interesting day for local vis-
■ itors the week of the 9th, and it may
, be that other events will be arrang-
I ed for the entertainment of those
I who may come here at that time as
I the result of the festival advertis-
CVVA Complaint Board
Set Up in County
.Miss Flead, DavLs, Currie and
j Welch To Review Conscien-
1 tious Objections
State’s Chief Executive to Ad
dress Annual Chamber of
Commerce Banquet
JAMES BOYD TOASTMASTER
HON.
J. C. B. KHRINGHALS
liue«t of Honor
,1.\MF>h BOYD
Toastnwster
Peach Growers Hear
New Marketing- FMan
■Meet at West End to Consider
Tri-State Agreement with
Georgia and S. C.
PINEHL'KST HORSE SHOW
COMMITTEE TO MEET
A meeting of officials of the Pine
hurst Horse Show will be held at 10
o’clock this morning in the office ot
Secretary Charles W. Picquet of the
Pinehurst Jockey Club for the pur
pose of planning the annual show to
be held March 30th and 31st
in Pinehurst.
A county complaint committee for
the CWA has been appointed with
Miss Elizabeth Head, director of re
lief, as chairman. Other members are
James A, Davis, head of the reem
ployment bureau, Wilbur Currie ot
the re-employment advisory council
and O. B. Welch of the relief advis
ory council.
The first meeting of the commit
tee was held on Monday and five
complaints taken up for considera
tion. the.se having been forwarded to
the county committee from headquar
ters in Raleigh. Two of the five were
unsigned and the committee ruled
that anonymous complaints would
not be considered. Others were made
by people who had been unabl<’ to
get work. The committee will meet
from time to time as complaints
come in from Raleigh.
MAGICIAN’S TRICKS BAFFLE
KlU.ANIS CLUB MEMBERS
Qennett Springer of Boston,
Mass., a well known magician who
is stopping at the Carolina Hotel
in Pinehurst. entertained the Kiwan-
is Club at its weekly meeting Wed
nesday in the Civic Club house,
'Southern Pines, with feats of magic
which had the club members com
pletely baffled. E. J. Fitzgerald
brought him to the meeting and 1.
C. Sledge introduced him. Mr. Sprin
ger made a number of the members
v/ho assisted him in his tricks feel
and look sheepish as he pulled var
ious articles out of their pockets and
otherwise befuddled them.
Peacli growers in North Carolina
met in the High School auditorium at
West End, yesterday to consider the
possibility of a Tri-State Marketing
Agreement embracing Georgia and
North and South Carolina peach
growers. ^
This meeting was called by fifteen
representative North Carolina grow
ers, acting on the suggestion of a
similai" meeting of (Georgia peach
growers held at Macon on January
26th. at which time this meeting was
presented with information develo{>ed
from a conference seven Georgia
peach growers recently held with the
Agricultural Adjustment Adminis
tration in Washington.
Since la.st fall, there has been con
siderable interest manife.^tted in North
Cai'olina regarding the po.ssibilities
of a Marketing Agreement, which
would tend to bring about a more
orderly marketing of the crop from
the three slates involved, thereby in
creasing the returns to the growei .
At the West End meeting, the
growers were given, a resume of the
work thus far performed by the Geor
gia and South Carolina growers. A
more detailed report of the meeting
will be given in next week’s Pilot.
LOSES FINOEK WHEN
GUN B.VBRl.L lU IISTS
Ted Kennedy of Souther.i Pines
suffered the loss of a forefinger la.st
Saturday when the barrel of his gun
bursted while quail hunting near
town. He was rushed to Moore Coun
ty Hospital where he received treat
ment. He w’as alone at t.*^;e time of
the accident. It was under."tood that
he had tipped the end of the barrel
in the sand while walking through
the woods was the cause of the acci
dent.
('W.\ P.WBOIX IN MOORE
CX>UNTY IS DECREASING
Although the CWA payroll in the
county has been decreasing for the
past few weeks, last week’s amount
paid to workers showed only a slight
drop, being 87 1-4 per cent of the
.sum paid out the preceding week.
No new projects have been approv
ed since those reported laat week.
North Carolina’s chief executive.
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, will
be the guest of Southern Pines today,
Friday.
The Governor will address the an
nual banquet of the Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce, to be held to
night at the Highland Pines Inn. He
will arrive here by automobile at
6 o'clock and proceed at once to the
hotel where an informal reception
will he held preceding the dinner. Of
ficers and directors of the Cham
ber of Commerce will be on hand to
greet him and pay their respects.
The banquet is scheduled for 7:00
o’clock.
A fine program awaits those who
attend the gathering of citizens of
the Sandhills this evening. In addi
tion to Governor Ehringhaus. James
Boyd, author, is to act as toastmas
ter. Wallace Irwin, famed writer and
the author of the widely read Japan-
e.»e Schoolboy stories, is to make a
talk in lighter vein. Mr. Irwin is a
noted after dinner speaker as well as
a writer. Then the popular Glee
Club of boys and girls of the South
ern Pines school will give a number
of songs, and there are said to be
other little happenings planned which
the committee is not saying much
about. President George G. Herr wilt
give his annual report of Chamber
of Commerce activities, and Shieldfl
Cameron the secretary-treasurer’a
report.
Big Ticket D»*nian<l
Tickets have been selling like he/t
cakes for the dinner but the High-
l.'ind Pines Inn management says it
will take care of all comers so there
is no reason why anyone should be
disappointed. The ticke .s, which are
on sale at the Broad Street Phar
macy and the Hayes' bookshop as
well as by Chamber directors, are
$1.25.
In a letter to Frank Buchan of the
banquet committee the Governor ex
pressed hiri regret that he would be
forced to return to Raleigh tonight
after the dinner. It had been hoped
that he might remain over night and
be driven about the community to
morrow morning to view some of the
attractions of the Sandhills.
Word al.so comes from Raleigh ttiat
a number of prominent State offi
cials will accompany tlie Governor
here, among them ChalrmanvE. B.
Jeffress of the State Highway Com
mission. John A. Park of the Ral
eigh Times is also bringing a party
to the banquet. There will be. a num
ber of prominent people here from
other sections, invitations having
been sent to leading citizens of near
by towns.
The banquet committee met yes
terday afternoon in the office of Dr
L. B. McBrayer to make final ar
rangements for the dinner. Those
pre-sent included Dr. Herr, the Rev
J. Fred Stimson, Frank Buchan, Dr.
McBrayer. Nelson C. Hyde, Shields
Cameron and Robert L. Hart.
KIW.VNIS TO RAISE FI ND
FOR FREE BED IN HOSPITAL
The Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen has
voted to again this year support a
bed in the children’s ward of the
Moore County Hospital, and will set
out next week to raise the $365 nec
essary to provide the $1.00 necessary
to the maintenance of one little char
ity patient each day through the
year. The club last year raised this
amount through the sale of Bed
Fund tickets at $1. each and through
other club activities and does not
anticipate difficulty in collecting the
fund again this year.
SHITFFIJCBOARD CXJURTS IN
PARK NTCAR COMPLETION
Final touches are being put on the
new shuffleboards which have bem
under construction as a CWA pro
ject on the muncipal grounds ne«r
the town hall, and the boards are ex
pected to be in use next week.