MOORE COUNTY'S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
vol.. 13. NO. 23.
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FIRST IN NEWjI,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of ^J^^^^Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, N^>rtii Car»lin.a, Friday, May 4, 1934.
V FIVE CENTS
HOPE TO REVIVE Murdoch Johnson, Ex-Senator
BASEBALL LEAGUE-
MEETING TUESDAY
in N. C., a Candidate in S. C.
Former Abeirdeen Attorney,
Moore Representative at Ral-
ei|ijh. Out for Upper House
Back in Politics
ANGUS KELLY AND
^VALLACE JOHNSON
ARE LAID TO REST
Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Aber
deen and Vass May Be Make-
Up For Summer Season
' SIX TEAMS POSSIBLE
Plans for the Moore County Base
ball League for the season of 1934
are rapidly coming to a head and a
definite decision regarding the set
up of the circuit is expected to be
forthcoming next week. Acting Pres
ident Duncan Matthews has called a
Murdoch M. Johnson, former resi
dent of Aberdeen, now practicing law
in Camden, S. C., has announced his
candidacy for the State Senate of
South Carolina in the Democratic pri
mary in June. Should he be nominated
anil elected it will be some Itind of a
record, and we are not sure that he
doesn't hold a record of some kind
already.
*Mr. Johnson served in the Legisla-
meeting of representatives of all clubs tuie of South Carolina before moving
in the league last year to be held ! to Abei-deen to join the law firm of
at his office in Southern Pines on I .lohnson and Johnson, his uncle and
Tuesday night. cousin, several years ago. While a res-
. At the present time only three ‘Jent of Moore county he was nomi.
clubs are definitely lined up for the j »ated for the State Senate of North
start. Thc.se arc Southern Pines, Pine
hurst and Aberdeen. Either Vass or
West End-Thomastown, or both, will
enter, however.
Plans for reorganizing the league
will be considered at this meeting
eigh. Whether any other person has
served in the legislatuies of both the
Carolinas, The Pilot does not know,
but it is practically a certainty that
no one has served in one, then the
-I
iVell Known Citizens of Southern
Pines Leave Wide Circle
of Friends in County
KEI.I.Y WATER ENGINEER
Over Quarter Millioi^ffiliar
Building Program Launched
in County on Federal Funds
Time to Register
Hooks WilJ He Open for Com-
in.ij Primary Election on
May 5, 12 and 19
Registration books for the com
ing Primary Election will be open
for public registration at the Mun
icipal Building in Southern Pines
on May 5, 12 and 19 from 9:00 a.
m. to 6:30 p. m., Hiram West
brook, Registrar, announces.
Government Approves Loan of
.$221,500 for New Sch(M>is
and Improvements
several ideas have been submitted for ‘hen returned to the first one
consideration. The one meeting most 'vill be the case should Mr. John-
favored so far was proposed by Herb win out in Kershaw county this
Vail, Pinehurst manager in 1933. The
time.
Murdoch >1. Johnson
Death claimed two well known res
idents of Southern Pines this week,
casting a pall of gloom ever the large
circle of relatives and friends of
both.
Angus R. Kelly, night engineer of
the Southern Pines water system, died
suddenly in his home on Bennett
street on Tuesday morning, May 1st.
Boin in the old homestead near Un
ion Church September 30, 1868, son
of Malcolm and Mary Ann P’ergusun
Kelly, Angus Kelly was long a resi
dent of Southern Pines. An active
member of the fire department from
1900, he, like his brother, the late
D. P. "Pad" Kelly, numbered a great
number of friends in the community.
J'uneral sei vices were held in Be- ^
theada Church at 2 o’clock on Wed- ('ontracis Let in Southern Pines
Subject t« Approval of State
WATER MAIN AND
SEWAGE WORK TO
COST $45,093.75
time, served one year as president ^ nesday, the Rev. C. A. Lawrcnce of
of the Kiwanis Club and was a leader ■ Vass, and the Rev. M. D. McNeill of
in Democratic councils in the county.! Cameron, lifelong friends, officiating,
plan would reduce the circuit to a Muidoch Johnson played a leading 1 He has many well wishers here for Members of the fire department act-
four-club organization, the clubs ten- : part in civic and political life while his success in returning to the legis- ed as active and honorary pallbear-
tatively named being Southern Pines, here. He was president of the Cham- lative halls at Columbia, the capital ers. Interment followed in Bethesda for the Southern Pines water and
Pinehurst Vas.s and Aberdeen. Vass bc>'of Commerce in Aberdeen for some ' of South Carolina. | cemetery. Surviving Mr. Kelly are sewerage .lyotciu project, was held in
\vould have the option of improving i two daughters and two sons, Margar- the City Clerk's office on Tuesday
and PWA
Letting of contracts, subject to the
pproval of State and federal agencies.
Brilliant Display in Sky as
Forest Fire Sweeps Reservation
their field or playing all scheduled
home games on neutral ground.
All clubs would have the privilege
of bringing in any players from other
towns who played in the league last - *
season. Extensive Area Burned But Dan-
The reduction of the circuit was jrer Kept at Nil by Wardens
Decessitted jby the almost certain | and Artillerymen |
withdrawal of the Cameron entry. | 1
While a Vass-Cameron outfit could ' For several days a fire of magni- {
certainly be formed and West End- tude has been burning in the Fort
Thomastown could be counted on, the ' Bragg area, but well down in the res- ^
league would, with a five-club line- | ervation. On Tuesday it had w'orked |
up. be unbalanced. Another idea to ' westword into the Piney Bottom sec-1
be submitted would admit these f -e tion. and the dense smoke pouring
clubs and make an effort to secure i ; up over a rather extended range gave ^
sixth, possibly Hemp, High Falls or ; the appearance on the Weymouth
Ellerbe.
Efforts are being made to have a
combined aiouthern Pines-Aberdeen
team, or, possibly, a team made up
fiom the entire county, enter the re-
vis"'l /Interstate League, which is
trying for a more compact circuit.
hill of a big fire working toward
Southern Pines. Scouts who went out
to look the field over came back to !
report that the front of the blaze
was still far down in the camp, with ‘
the wind blowing southward, indicat- <
ing little danger of any extension be-
Baseball Tomorrow
Southern Pines and Pin«Jvirs|
Will Play Off Third Game
in Series
Southern Pines tackles Pinehurst
in the third contest of their sche
duled five-game exhibition series
tomorrow, Saturday afternoon at
3:30 on the Southern Pines field.
Pinehurst’s victory last Saturday
evened the count at one-game all,
and both clubs will be out to win
tomorrow and take the lead in the
series. These are not league games
but there is keen rivalry between
the teams andt he spectators can
be assured of a good game.
I et and Mary, Frank and Floyd. night. A loan of $42,000 for this pro-
; Wallace A. Johnson, thirty-one' Ject was approved by the Public
years old, died in the Duke Ho.spital, Works Administration in January and
Durham, where he had been under work\mder the contracts is expected
' treatment for several weeks, on Mon- ^ to begin as soon as the formality of
I day night, April 30th. Funeral ser- approving the awards is received.
I vices were held in the Baptist i 'fhe contracts were let as follows:
i Church, Southern Pines, at 3 o’clock Sewage Disposal Plant, to the El-
I Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. J. 1 liott Building Co., Hickory, $20,203.75.
i Fr<5d Stimson otficiating and inter- ' Water Mains and Hydrants, to Boyd
;ment^in Mt. Hope Cemetery follow-■ & Goforth, Charlotte. $10,000,080.00.
. ing. Foundation for New Tank, to El-
I Mr. Johnson, a resident of South- l>ott Building Co., $1,050.00.
I ern Pines for several years leaves a New 200,000 Gallon Water Tank, to
I widow, Myra J. Johnson, and five I’eplace one of present tanks, con-
children, Delores, Wallace, Jr., Shir- . demned, to P. D. Cole Manufacturing
ley Ann, Janet Lee and Betty, and I Co.. Newman. Georgia. $8,760,00^
i is survived by his mother, Mrs. Lil- This makes a total of .$45,093.75
I !ian Johnson, two sisters. Mrs. A. i under the figure approved by the
C. Turnmyer, and Mrs. William T.
Huntley, Jr., and four brothers, Ray
mond, Clifton, Herman and Bass.
Elizabeth City. McColl and other yond the camp boundary.
towns situated a considerable distance But toward tv<*r>irig Tuesday the
from the league center have been wind veered to the westward and ir.'
dropped. Some of the vacant places ' brief time the whole west front was i IIKill SCHOOL TK.\M BE.VTS
have been filled by Hamlet. Laurin- a lively sea of fire from the James 1 WEST EXO .\T B.-\SEB.\LI.,
burg and Rockingham. This makes Creek boundary to Rockfish. Hari^ i
all clubs within easy traveling Ois- j Goldsmith, who keeps the frontier un- ' Hard and timely hitting by Bill
tance of each other.
Rev. B. C. Thompson
Dies in His 70th Year
Prominent Methodist Minister,
Was Native of (’ranes Creek
Section of County
PWA with the government grant tak
en into consideration.
Dr. H. G. Baity, State P. W. A.
Engineer, and his examining engi
neer, Stanley H. W'right. were here
from PWA headquarters in Chapel
Hill to supervise the awaiding of the
contracts.
The Rev. B. C. Thompson, promi.
nent Methodist minister of the North
■iOl THERN IMNES LIBK.XRY
H.\S TKE.VT FOK CHILDKEN
der his eye out his way, gathered up Wilson. Bob Beck and John Hewitt
three or four hands and they went enabled the local high school team _ ^ ,
I Carolina Conference, passed away at
up to the new fire land and back- to trounce the West End boys by IS, ^ * •' _
Pinehurst Wins Ball
Game, Evens Series
■Mixes TinieJy Hits With South
ern Pines terrors to Take
Second Contest. 7-2
fired for several miles, with the ef- I to 4 on Tuesday. Little Roy Dutton,
feet of stopping the westward exten- ' freshman, was the winning pitcher,
The Southern Pines Library has on eventually ran down ' allowing three runs in seven innings.
display a most interesting and var- | Aberdecn-Raeford ! Hewitt featured in the field for the
ied collection of juvenile books. These I Forces from the camp had been : winners. On Monday the locals lost
books are the property of the North ^.,-,rking with the fire from its begin-' "’eird game to Vass by 10-8 score
Carolina Library Commission and are ^ing. and they were on the west line the winners piled up an early lead
loaned to librarians throughout Harry met them coming up as off Powell that Southern Pires was
state. Until next Saturday evening i going down in the Rockfish unable to overcome. The hitting ot
ihey will be on tables in the George Pottle featured.
room for the children to enjoy. ' j The Raeford game today, schedul
%r. ... > The spectacle late Tuesday night' , , „ .
Monday afternoon, May 7th. the ‘ for Southern Pines,
DL'ae anriiit u« BfriUmp' as i« nfrpn
to Raeford
.. . The spectacle late Tuesday night , ^
the . • ■ c. for
, was about as striking as is often seen,
parents and patrons of the library . ' transferred
11:45 o'clock Tue.sday morning at
Duke Hospital, where he had been
carried on last Friday for treatment.
His death came as a distinct shotk
to his many friends throughout the
state. Mr. Thompson would have been
70 years of age in June.
Mr. Thompson was a son of the southpaws. This time Frank McCas-
late Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Thompson. ■ kill bested Willie Myrick, although
and was reared in the Cranes Creek ' the local lefty gave up only seven
section of Moore county near Vass. ' safe blows and walked on man. The
has been ' years he was a faithful minis- , winning hurler permitted six hits and
The local the.Go.spel, and was very pop- also provided free transportation for
Pinehurst profited by Southern
Pines errors and hit hard with men on
bases to take the second game of the
five-game exhibition series by a 7 to
2 score last Saturday.
Again the contest was a battle of
j W ATER CONTRACTS LET
I Witii the approval of the Moore
I county school building program this
I week by the government and the let-
I ting of contracts in Southern Pines
; for water main extensions, new hy
drants, new 200-gallon tank and sew-
I age plant improvements the way was
] paved for immediate launching of
I construction work in the county in
volving the expenditure of more than
a quarter million of dollars and the
employment of many idle hands.
! W'ord was received at Carthage last
' Friday in the form of a telegram
. from Congressman Walter Lambeth
I that the Public Works Administra-
I tion at Washington had approved the
federal loan of ,$221,500.00 for the
erection of new school buildings and
the repairing of old ones in various
parts of the county. This is a 30-year
loan at 4 percent interest, and will
be supplemented by a $30,000.00 loan
from the Slate Library F'und to be re
paid in ten annual installments at 4
percent interest, a total of $251,-
lOO.OOO. Of the amount borrowed from
the government the county must pay
back only $166,125.00, the difference
being a federal grant.
The following projects are involv
ed in the county’s school construc
tion program, work on which will
begin immediately:
The School Program
Southern Pines colored school, 4
additional rooms, $2,500.00; Southern
Pines High, -renovating. $3,000.00;
Aberdeen, auditorium for Grammar
School, $3.r)00.00; West End, six ad
ditional rooms; Carthage, four addi
tional rooms and fireproof staircase,
old Grammar School building, $5,-
000.00; Hemp, six additional rooms,
$4,750.00; Pinehurst, renovating
Grammar School Building $6,500.00;
Eureka, ten classrooms, one auditor
ium and furniture. $34,000.00; South
ern Pines, eight cla.ssroom^ and furn
iture. S34.000.00; Bensalem Township,
ten room.s, one auditorium and furni
ture, $34,000.00; Upper Sheffield
Town.ship, ten classrooms, auditor
ium and furniture. $34,000.00; Aber
deen, col., eight classrooms, one aud
itorium. furniture, $25,750.00; Car
thage, col. eight classrooms, one aud
itorium, furniture, $25,750.00; Tota’
$251,,500.00.
The federal law governing the Pub
lic Works Administration requires
that plans and specifications for these
projects be carefully worked out by
approved architects, and each pro
ject advertised and let by contract.
have a cordial invitation to look them ' peculiar cloudy 'tackle Laurinburg here Wednesday, j every field that he served, one batter.
i-inn nf the sUv thp pffprt nf the : rr-u„
.ever and discover for them.stlves what
a rich fund of pleasure and of profit
they contain.
It is hoped that all booklovers will
avail themselves of this oppnitunity
not only to enjoy the books upon dis
play but to become better acquainted
with the equally fa.scinating ones upon
the shelves.
Tea will be servea on Monday af
ternoon from four until five o’clock.
.MISS WILL FK.ANCES JOURNEY
TO WEI> TENNESSEE M.\N
tion of the sky the effect of the
smoke as it piled up against the
soggy sky was about as wierd and
lurid as is ever seen in connection
with a forest fire, ^he whole west
side of the camp from the Raeford-
He was serving his third year as pas- ; The fielding of the locals, with men.
Dll GEOIKiE IlEKR KEE1.F)C’TED i tor of t’ae Norlina Circuit, and on i on bases, left much to be desired.
TO LOC'.XL SC’HOOL BO.VRD ' every previous charge he had served ■ Pinehurst played good snappy base-
' the full quadrennium with one ex- ; ball throughout the contest.
Dr. George G. Herr has been re- I ception. | Kalph Wallace, Ruby Lawhon and
elected a member of the Southern
The funeral service was held from ^ VVebb led the hitting for the win-
Vass road was burned and consider- School Board for a full three- ! the Methodist church at Mt. Gilead ners. Webb’s home run with two
able area east of the road. It was, Mayor and Board i at 2:00 p. m' Wednesday and inter-; men on in the sixth was the most
one of the most extended fires this Commissioners. Dr. Herr has been ‘ nient was at Mt. Gilead. potent blow. Harris and Freeman, with
section has seen in a long time. ^ niember of the board for some time | Surviving are his wife, three ' two hits each, led for the locals. A
' ■ ' and its chairman during the past daughters and the following sisters crowd of over 300 witnessed the game
f.-XMEKON COMMENCEIVIENT two year>^. The chairman is elected
TO ST.VKT ON Sl’ND.W by the board members themselves.
Other members of the board, whose
Commencement at Cameron High terms do not expire at this time, are
Mrs. Ethel M. Journey of Pinehurst' School starts Sunday with the fol- j g Milliken, Dr. E
has announced the engagement of her lowing program: Sunday, 8 p. m., Prizer, Frank Maples and
daughter. Miss Will Frances to D. W. Senior Vesper Service, the Rev. W. Chandler, the latter secretary and
Sanders of Cornersville, Tenn. The s. Golden of Carthage; Tuesday, 8 treasurer.
wedding will be solemnized on May p. m., Music Recital; Wednesday, 8
12 in the Pinehurst Community p. m.. Elementary Exercises; Thurs- boWM.VX EXONER.ATEI) OK
and brothers: Mrs. W. D. Hunter, San
ford; Mrs. W. D. McCraney, Vass; E.
B. Thompson, Cameron route; John
Thompson, Ellerbe; R. H. Thompson
Levis and H. L. Thompson, Hamlet A. K.
Ralph ; Thompson, Vass.
Those from this section who at
tended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs.
Score by innings: RHE
Southern Pines 0000001 10264
Pinehurst 00400300x772
OEMONSTRATION t’LI BS j
HEAR MISS ESTABliOOK |
A well-itttended leaders' school for
TEXMS TE.VMS ACTIVE
AT S. 1’. HIGH SCHOOL
The tennis teams of the local school
are in action every week and the girls
have triumphed in three of their four
matches, losing only to Winston-Sa
lem. In two straight matches, against
Asheboro on Tuesday and Pinehurst
on Wednesday, the local misses won
by six matches to none on both days
The boys have won two matches and
lost three. The members of the teams,
in the order they are ranked, are
Girls: Kuder, Pethick, Swett, Eddy
and Harloe. Boys: Atkinson, York,
Bentley, Wrenn and Vale. In their
only match this week the boys won
over Pinehurst by a 5-2 margin, York
featuring the individi^l play. The lo
cal girls play Winston-Salem here to
day.
SEABOARD OFFIC'IAIJS HERE TO
I'I.AN BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
C. H. Gattis, general passenger
agent, and C. Z. Phillips, pasgenger
, ^ home demonstration club
A. K. Thomps.m, Mr. and Mrs^ W. D. was held in the court house on Mon- Railway are expected in .Southern
^ ^ r. 1 Pines today to discuss with the Cham-
Church. j day, 8 p. m.. High School Class Day ^ BL.XME IN fS.XOOV OE.VTH son and son. Clary Thompson. i.% i-i,^rr.p I
Miss Journey has lived in Pinehurst Exerci.ses; Friday. 11a. m,, Addres.s. ,
for the past ten years. She was edu- H. B. Hou.se, Executive Secretary of Wimberly Bowman <;f Aberdeen,' NICHOLS KIW.XNIS Sl'E.AKI'
cated in the local schools and at the University of N. C.; Friday, 2:30' driver of the Express Agency truck “The Months Ahead ' was the topic ! , —: ; — rr
David-Lipscomb College, Tenn., and j p. m.. Baseball game, Cameron High which collided with a Ford automo- i nf a talk rtt Wednesday s Kiwanis j
has taught here since completing her School vs. Souttoern Pines; Friday, bile in Lakeview on April 21, the ac- i Club meetixig by M n Nichols ot 1 sta’te Medical Society in Pinehurst
brook. Extension Specialist in Home
.Management, pre.seiit as the vi.siting
speaker.
school course. A wide circle of friends 8 p. m.. High School Play, "Aunt Je- cident resulting in the death of Aus- ; Southern Pines, who gave the latest J iV^nesday evening. Dr. P. P. McCain
in this state and particularly in lushy on the War Path.” Admission, tin Gaddy, was completely exonerat-1 political and economical developments S*^®te Sanatorium was inaugur- a.,an
Tennessee, her native state, are in- children, 10 cents and 15 cents, ed of blame by the coroner's jury i n.s gleaned by the Kiplinger agency in of the society. Dr. ^ ' s^uj^heTO'^Pnirs
terested in the approuching nuptials, adults, 20 and 25 cents.
when it met on last Friday.
Washington.
K. McBrayer of Southern Pinew re.
' elected secretary.
ber of Commerce directors the plans
for next year’s Spring Blossom Fes
tival. The Seaboard is desirous of
getting the festival advertised at an
early date next year in order that
pergons going over its lines to Flor.
ida for the winter may make neces
sary arrangements to return via
and enjoy a stop-off
here at that time.