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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territo^M North Carolina
Suuthern IMnes and Aberdeen, Norl'* (’arolina, Friday. May, 11, 1931.
FIVE CENTS
PLAN BIG SCALE
ADVERTISING OF
E.A. Tracy, Leading Citizen of
Southern Pines, Dies at Age of 83
I’roposal of A. A. A. Official
Would Result in Greatly In
creased Tourist Trade
\IADTII r* ARAI T\I A ! C onnecticut Textile Manufactur-
ilUli 111 L/\liULlil/\ er First Came to Sandhills
34 Years Ago
Eugene Allen Tracy, president of
the E. A. Tracy Company, Inc., tex
tile manufacturers, of South Coven
try, Conn., and long an esteemed resi-
I dent of Southern Fines, died in hia
Plan.s are underway for the organ
ization of Carolinas. Incorporated, tor residence on Weymouth Road short-
the purpose of conducting a big scale ly after 3 o’clock on Tuesday morn,
advertising program for the scenic : ing. His passing will be keenly felt
beauty and natural resources of NoitK thiougliout the Sandhills. j
Carolina, C. W. Roberts, president of _ u i. ■ j:
' * ,1 Mr. Tracy, who has been m failing
the Carolinas Motor Club, announced I
health for several years, was born in
A Community Loss
“SEE AMERICA” TIE-Ul*
this week. The proposed plans would
be of great aid to the Sandhills and i SmithfielcJ, R. I., on September 15th.
Mr. Roberts is expected here within 18.50, the son of William J. and Sar-
the next few weeks to address the (Kvansi Tiacy. He entered the
Kiwanis Club on the program.
The announcement of the plan
came at the same time that F. G.
Rinn of the national touring boaid of
the American Automobile Associa
tion, declared that the state has un
limited po.ssibilities of reaping a har
vest fnmi tourist trade almost as
great if not as great as Florida,
California or the New England states.
Mr. Rinn is in North Carolina for
a protracted stay to make a study
of the state from a tourist standpoint.
After his visit he will return to head-
nuinufacturing business in South
i Coventry in 1870. Coming to Pinehurst
I in the year 1900 he became a mem-
‘ bor of the famous golfing organiza-
j tion, the Tin Whistles, and was one
of the first to registei' in the then
new Highland Pines Inn, in Decem
ber. 1912.
I Impre.ssed with the beauty of Wey- j
I mouth Heights, Mr. Tracy built a
conifoitable house in 191.'), and gave
his time to the planting and care of
j the shrubbery and extensive gardens
BURT TEMPORARY
NRA HEAD FOR
NEW BLUE EAGLES
•Machinery Set in Motion Here to
Provide Emblems for
(’ode Observers
K. A. TICACV
REPUBLICANS FACE
PRIMARY FOR 1ST
TIME IN YEARS
TO ORGANIZE COMMITTEE
Struthers Burt, recently appointed
by General Hugh S. Johnson as tem-
p?!iary chairman of the NRA in
Southern Pines, discussed with a
number of prominent citizens at an
informal meeting last week the
plans for distribution of the new'
blue eagle emblem here. Steps were
taken to organize a committee to
ivork out the details.
The blue eagle now carries a new
.significance, for It is individualized
so as to distinguish employers oper-
.itlng under approved codes.
Hereafter the blue eagle, its famil
iar legend, "We Do Our Part,” re
placed by the single word, "Code,”
will identify the employer who did his
pai t and who now. under an approved
is cooperating with others in
ade or industry to complete the
Installed as Pastor
Rev. A. .1. McKelway Takes
OAer Duties at Community
Church in Pinehurst
In an impressive service at the
Pinehurst Community Church Sun-
Jay night, the Rev. A. J. McKelway
was duly installed pastor of the
church by a commission composed
of of Dr. Watson Fairley, Raeford;
the Rev. E. L. Barber, Aberdeen;
the Rev. John McLauchlin, Laurel
Hill, and the Rev. A. V. Gibson,
Sanford.
>Xoncrete’
ge on State
Highway Burns
structure. Built on Wooden
Foundation. Drops into Bed
of Drowning Creek
ON LAI RINBl RG ROAD
BASEB ALL LEAGUE
VOTED: PICQUET
IS COMMISSIONER
F(Mir - or Five - Te;im Orjjani-
/ation To Open Summer Sea
son Around First of June
ABERDEEN IN DOUBT
The Moore County League w’ill
I This story is about a Costly ex-
I periment.
! A concrete bridge, built by the
State Highway Department within
the last five years, lies in the bottom
I of Diowning Creek on the new State
highway. No. 241. between Aberdeen
and Laurinbuig, the victim of fire,
Concrete bridges, when built on.
steel or concrete foundations, are. of
cour.se. lmi)ervious to fire, and until
farmers telephoned the Aberdeen
File Department on Tuesday that the
big Drowning Creek bridge was
aflame it was generally S'lpposed by
the travelling public that the bridjre
over which they had been passing was
work of recovery. Beneath the word, ^his season, either as a four- a solid concrete structure.
"Code," appears the name of the or-five-team league, the representa- It was not. That part of it seen by
trade or industry to which the em- tives of the various clubs decided at public in traversing this highway
. surrounding his new home. He was a
quarters and the state will be given S.uiiu rn Pines Coun-
invaluable publicity following his re-
port to the national association, as ^ contributor to many or- Leaders in Race
the facts will be put into the hands charities both here for (J. O. P. Nomination for
and elsewhere. His hobby was his
garden and he took great pleasure
showing his friends the roses that he
loved so w'ell.
Fimeral services were held in his
ployer belongs and his individual reg
istration number.
Gen. Johnson, national administra
tor, states that a special blue eagle
has been prepared for each business
a meeting held Tuesday night. The concrete, but it was supported
by wooden substructure, creosoted
Cameron team is the sole member
of tourists agencies in all parts of
the country.
"At the recent meeting of the di
rectors of the Carolina Motor Club
the idea was enthusiastically receiv-
Lej>islature
SHERIFF JOB CONTESTED
The forest fires which have been
:)f last year’s league to drcp out for sweeping across that section of
1934, but there is some talk that Mooie, Hoke and Scotland counties
which is a part of a trade or Indus- .\beideen may not be able to form a , during the past week found these
try for which a code of fair compe- team and will allot a few of its play- | ‘^'"eosoted timbers a succulent meal,
tition has been approved. ^rs to Pinehurst and Southern Pines.' “
‘‘Its display by you,” says General The meeting was called by Acting
The State’s nice new bridge is in
P’or the first time in many years • .Johnson, ‘‘will inform the public that President Matthews and representa- Drowning Creek.
ed and the directors voted to have a ^ home at 5 o’clock W^ednesday af- Republican party in Moore coun- '-Vou are cooperating w'ith the vast ma- tives of the Aberdeen, Southern Pines,
committee appointed to study tern..on the Rev, T. A. Cheatham of ! ty will not be iaie on Prima/y day stamping out unfair practices Pinehurst. Vass and West End-Thom
officiating. The'body was June 2d. The G. O. P. has a num. x.
I taken to Washington D. C.. escorted ber of contests on, as many as four
'■ by Mrs. Tracy, and Mrs. C. P. Ever- , offices of Sheriff and the State Ing
est. Following cremation there inter- islature.
ment will take place in the Nathan There will be a contest for the nom-
I Hale Cemetery, South Covington. . iuation for Sheriff between A, G. Me- The new blue eagle will not be is-
Surviving Mr. Tracy are his wife, , nuffie and Z. M. Burns, both from sued to code violators nor to an em-
Kloise Hines Tracy and a Bensalem township; a contest in the 1 ployer failing to pay a code authority
I daughter. Mrs. Charles P. EvereiU, , oj District for County Commissioner a.ssessment when such assessment is
' both of Southern Pines; Mrs. H
Thompson, of Lowell, Mass
their findings at the June meeting,
Mr. Roberts said.
"The propo.sal, if it is carried
through, will not be a Carolina Mo
tor Club projects," Mr. Roberts ad
ded. “The directors took it up because
there is such pressing need and be-
cau.se other agencies have failed lo
do so.
IMaii .Self-Supporllng
"The plan which is under di.scu.s-
sion will make the proposal a self-
■supporting one. How'ever, I do not
care to go into the detail.s until the
directors have given apprf>val.” He
added that If the plans are .success
ful a quarter of a million dollars can
be spent annually advertising the
state.
If the proposal is carried through
efforts will be made to tie the pro
gram up with the "See .•Vnierica”
campaign being conducted by Euro
pean steamship lines.
"At present. Europeans are dump,
ed off at New York or Boston, and
never really see .\merica,” he said.
"I have been promised the co-opera
tion of an international figure in get
ting these steamship companies to
make out tourist routes that will
bring the visitors to Charleston and
(I'lrtinc tiini to poyc 8)
Many Questions .\sked
Many questions are being asked as
and methods of competition and that astown clubs were present. It was i to "’hy this bridge, built at heavy
you are giving your employes a voted that the five clubs, thus rep- i cost to the taxpayers of North Car-
.square deal by paying code wages and resented, constitute the per.sonnel of olina, was so constructed. Did the
adhering to c-^de hours.” the Moore County League for its tnird State Highway Department approve
season, thus making an unbalanced *-he plans for the bridge. Are there
circuit of the organization fo- tb" niany more such bridges? Does the
first time if Aberdeen succeed.s in i department know' that forest fires
mustering a full team. ! occasionally rage through this sec-
Charlie Picquet. efficient anr' pop- tion'.’ Was any consideration g^ven
ular Secretary of last year, was un- to the safety of the travelling pub
lic in the plans for the bridge ?
None For Code Violators
• : between E. H. Willcox and Wiley authorized by the provisions of his
'I'-, and O. code. All code authorities have been This office carries with
iiii.'>.-5iuinri. iiii.i uiiiuc taiiic.-i v./til it It Is foi’tunate, but purely acciden-
ter by a deceased wife, and a grand- p Wallace are competing for the instructed to .send to the State NRA ab.solute authority over the clubs. It ‘al. that no motor car or truck went
nomination for the Legislature. ' director and the NRA at Wa.shington believed that Mr. Picquet wa> : down with the bridge. The underpin-
The remaining: candidates filed are the names of those failing to pay le-
siin suiviving Mr. Tracy’s son, Wil
liam.
Democrats Have Few
Uncoil tested Offices
as follows:
C. R. Scotten of Glendon for Clerk
of Court.
P. H. Waddlll of Carthage for Reg-
Only Willcox, Boyette, Reynolds Deeds
and Frank Cameron Cnop-
posed for Nomination
the ideal man for this positum and '^'ng could easily have burned away
gal assessments. Employers wishing considered. The .seioc- i without discovery and the concrete
The Moore Count.v Board of Elec
tion composed of N. J. Mu.se, D. D. S.
Cameron and B. C. Wallace met at
the Courthouse on Tuesday and can
vassed the candidates filed for the
coming Primary election of June 2nd.
to display the ciide blue eagle should
get in touch with local code authori.
ties when the local set-up is com
pleted.
Employers who are in doubt as to
which code blue eagle they should
display or who desire other informa
tion concerning these new eagles
The following Democratic candi
dates were found to be unopposed for
their respective offices and declared ^ s„Hcitor of County Court
to be the nominees:
J. A. Lang of Carthage for Com
missioner from 1st District.
Charlie Hussey of Hemp for Com
missioner from 2nd District.
H. J. Betterly of Southern Pines four agencies, in the order named
for Commi.ssioner from 4th District. local code authority; (2i local
H. C. Phillips of Pinehurst for • compliance board, (3) State
Commissioner from 5th District. NRA director; (4) NRA In Washing-
Cleorge W'. Case of Southern Pines
for Judge of Recorder’s Court.
Clement Barrett of Carthage for
TVLEK BKO.NSON, BKOTHEK
OF ltESII>ENT HKKK, KILI.KI)
Clerk of Court John Willcox.
Solicitor of Recorder’s Court—Mos
ley G. Boyette.
County Commissioner of District
No. 3 Lyndon R. Raynolds, (Deep
River and Sheffields.)
County Commi.ssioner of District
No. 4 -T. Frank Cameron, (McNeills
and Greenwood townships.)
County Surveyor — M. McQueen
Tyler C. Bronson, 38. retired brok
er, prominent New' York society man
and a brother of Frederick Bron.son
of Stnithern Pines, died in New York
yesterday from injuries received when
he was beaten up on Park avenue | galley
Monday night by a negro taxicab offices for which there was
driver, according to an Associated ■ contest, with a list of the Demo-
Press despatch. Frederick Bronson j cratic contestants for the respective
left here yesterday to take charge of ! follows:
the body of his brother. House of Representatives Angus
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Bronson g cameron. W. R. Clegg, N. L. Gib-
tlon is sure to find favor with player.T bridge itself gone down with the pass-
and fans throughout the county. the first weighty vehicle, pas-
No other officers were elected, it sibl.v with loss of life,
being decided that if any more wtre What Investigations are to follow
needed. Mr. Picquet .should app.iir*. the collap.sc of the bridge? Who is
them himself. responsible? The public is asking
■\ twenty or twenty-six game srhe- ^ niany questions,
dule will be drawn up within the next The Aberdeen and Southern Pines
hould establish contact with one of Opening Day will come departments answered the call to the
cm. or shortly before, June 1st. Ac-; fi«e. making a run of .some eight
ccrillng to the proposed schedule e.\ch ' miles from Aberdeen in fast time,
club will play either five or six But the firemen were helpless when
games with each competitor. | they arrived. Aberdeen, approaching
Players from Cameron and earth from the Laurinburg side did not
ago are free to play with other clubs have hose enough to reach from the
and it is expected that some of the f>eek to the bridge; Southern Pines,
•XT KLEVEN’TH HOI K Cameron players will join the Vass approaching from the Aberdeen side,
j club. ! could not get near enough to accom-
1 plish anything. The bridge is a total
loss, even the macadam roadbed over
MILLKK. SHIELDS FH.E
Ollie Seawell of Hemp for Survey-; s. h. Miiier of the Moore Hardware
f’*'- i Company in Carthage and Wilbur
Dr. McDuffie of Hemp for Coroner. ^ Shields of Carthage were the last min-
B. F. Copeland of Eagle Springs for ute filers of their respective parties.
Justice of the Peace. Democratic and Republican, for par-
W. H. Scott of Sheffield Township ' ticipation in the coming elections. Mr. Struthers
Town to Honor Glee
and Dramatic Clubs
Burt and Waller
have occupied the Tonnele hou.se on
Youngs Road all winter.
L(K’ALS LOSK .\LL TENNIS
i\I.\T<’HES TO WLNSTON-SAI.EM
The tennis teams of the Southern i
Pines school were defeated by 6-0 in ! G. Deaton and T
the only match played since last
Thursday. On Friday they lost to Win
ston-Salem by these scores.
No matches are on the schedule for
the girls. The boys play three in the
next few days. Friday they go to
Chapel Hill, Saturday they will take
on Salisbury on the local courts and
bons and Jesse D. Frink.
Slate Senator for 13th District—U.
L. Spence, S. R. Hoyle, S. H. Mil
ler.
Judge of Recorder’s Court J.
Vance Rowe and George H. Humber.
Sheriff Charles J. McDonald, K.
L. Blue.
Register of Deeds -J. E. Muse, W.
J. Harrington and Wiley Puryis.
Coroner Lloyd T. Clark and D.
Carl Fry.
County Commissioners — District
No. 1 -Carthage—Wilbur H. Currie
and R. L. Flinchum.
District No. 2—E. C. Matheson and
for Justice of the Peace.
Daniel McKenzie of Sheffield Town
ship for Justice of the Peace.
it burninff up. The road is closed.
TO.MPRIN.S SI’EAKKK BEFORE
I . S. CHA^fBUi OF C OMMERCE
B. A. Tompkins of New York and
Southern Pines, vice president of the
Miller, in the field against U. L. Prankl Will I’resent Trophies
Spence and S. R. Hoyle fort he State | |{ehalf of C. of C.
Senate, is a former mayor of Carth- - - ■
S W Shield fC former chairman of the The Southern Pines High School Bankers Ti ust Company of New York,
, ■ le s o arthage for us j ij^ard! He has been in business j Dramatic and Musical clubs '•re to was among the principal speakers at
t ICC Ol til0 i 0flCG «-»»*»
• j in Carthage for 20 years. He filed he honored by the Chamber of Com- the ' annual meeting of the United
The G. O. P. s promise an active jate last Saturday. ' merce on Tuesday in recognition of States Chamber of Commerce in
campaign this fall and are hopeful of There were but nine minutes to go ' tneir victories in the competition with Washington last week. In his talk
landing their candidates in a number vvhen Mr. Shields put in his name Sat- other schools of North Carolina in Mr. Tompkins asserted that “bank-
of cases. In the lower end of the ' urday for town magistrate of Car. their respective fields. They will be ers “are as determined as anyone to
county Mr. Betterley, head of the thage on the Republican ticket. pre.sented with suitable trophies at devise correctives for admitted
Southern Pines Warehouses, is ex
pected to run well in the race for
County Commissioner, in which he
will have as his opponent the present
commissioner. Frank Cameron of
the regular morning exercises at 11:15 abuses" and held that the Securities
' o’clock. Struthers Burt will present Act and Securities Exchange bill, if
ELEVEN TEAMS IN TENNIS
TOl’KNEY THIS WEEK-END the award to the combined gl»^ club wi.sely amended, should achieve their
of boys and girls, which won first purpose.”
The following teams are taking part h(mors in their class in the State con-
Cameron. Mr. Case is looked upon as | jn a mixed doubles tennis tournament test held at Greensboro, and Walter I>U'K \MljSON Sl’RX'IVES
a strong candidate for Recorder, with | on the H. M. Vale court, W’eymouth Frankl will make the presentation to IN ST.XTK (lOLF EVENT
a splendid record behind him as a Heights, this week-end. the dramatic club which won the
commi.ssioner in Southern Pines, and Mrs. Edgar Ewing and R. S, Lover- State championship over all cities and ^ Dick Wilson of Southern Pines was
H. G. Phillips should make a strong jng, Mrs. Gilbert Vale and Duncan towns in the finals held recently at the onl.y Sandhills representative to
candidate for County Commissioner in , Dunscomb, Mrs. W. C. Mudgett and Durham. The public is invited. make the championship division in
the Pinehurst belt.
Monday they play, Ellerbe here | D. D. McCrimmon.
Both of these matches begin at 3 i District No. 5 -Gordon McG. Cam-
o’clock. eron and Claude Leavitt.
abekdef:n vs. s. p. Wednesday
The Southern Pines and Aberdeen
league ball teams will clash in an ex
hibition game on the Southern Pines
diamond next Wednesday afternoon at
3:30 o’clock.
Alniet Jenks, Mrs. E. C. Stevens and
Nelson C. Hyde, Mrs. H. M. Dingley.
Jr. and Malcolm Grover, Mrs. Duns
comb and E. C. Stevens, Mrs. NeKson
CANMNtJ F.VCTOKV HERE?
Carolina Amateur golf championships
at Charlotte this week, and survived
his first round match with Bill W’il-
There is some talk of a canning liam.son of Charlotte. Others playing
Hyde and Halbert J. Blue, Miss Polly factory in the Sandhills this sumi'er | in the tournament from here are
Lovering and Struthers Burt, Mi.ss which would give employment to Richard S. Tufts in the third flight,
Lydia Lovering and Edgar Ewing, ; about 100 people, mostly women. ! and F. L. Dupont of Pinehurst la
-Mrs. R. S. Lovering and Gilbert Vale, : - - | the seventh. Both won their first
Mrs. Almet Jenks and H. M. Vale. i Vass has a new dry goods’store, [round matches.