MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NS:WS-WEEKLY
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 15, NO. 25.
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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
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of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeej, North C;irolina, Friday, !May, is, 15).‘U
SCHOOL MUSIC AND
DRAMATIC CLUBS
Struthers liurt and Walter
Frankl Present Trophies in Be
half of Chamber of Commerce
FOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
The dramatic and musical clubs ot
Southern Pines High School were hon
ored by the Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday morning with the presenta
tion of trophies emblematic of the
winning of State championships by
the two organizations. Struthers Burt
presented the trophy to the musical
club, Walter Frankl to the dramatic
club, each with fitting congratulatory
remarks.
Miss Helena Kelley, daughter of
>Ir. and Mrs. Thomas A. Kelley, ac
cepted the gift on behalf of the Dra
matic Club which scored a signal vic
tory in the recent competition of
schools of North Carolina at Durham.
She made a graceful and appreciative
speech, in which she paid tribute to
the thoughtfulness of the Chamber of
Commerce. Mis.s Alice Abel, soloist of
the Musical Club, victor in the finals
at Greensboro recently, aicepted the
trophy on behalf of her organ’.zntion
in a few appropriate words. Superin
tendent VVeb.ster of the Southern
Pines schools expressed the school’s
appreciation for the honors conferred
upon it by the championship clubs
Charles B. Grout, Former Mayor NATIONAL GUARD
of Southern Pines, Passes at 89 J^OUGHT FOR
‘ SOUTHERN PINES
Came Here in 188(5 and Served
For 17 Years as President
of the Local Bank
Dies in 90th Year
From the dimishing rank of the
first settlers of the new town of
Southern Pines death claimed one of
the oldest and most respected citi
zens on Saturday, and Charles B.
Grout, 89 years of age, one time
mayor, long president of the bank
and for 48 years an honored towns
man passed to his reward.
Born in Wilson, N. Y., son of Wil- I
liam B. and Sarah Herrick Grout on
July 10, 1845, Mr. Grout, not in the
best of health, came to Southern
Pines in February, 1886 and with his
wife found accomodation in the lit
tle ‘‘Hotel Patrick,” then located on
the site of the present Thrower Phar
macy. Fifteen years later, tiring of
inaction, and in better health Mr.
Grout erected the building now occu
pied by the Quality Store, and start
ed a grain and feed business, the
fame of which grew from year to '
year as innumerable visitors respond- ;
ed to his pleasant greeting.
After serving as Mayor during the ‘
years 1901 and 1902 Mr. Grout be- |
I came president of the newly organiz- ,
ed Citizen’s Bank in May, 1900, an
office he held until the sale of that ,
institution to the Page Trust Com- i
pany in 1922. With their many yeais
FIVE CENTS
PLEADS
Last Cal
( hamber of (’l)mmerce and Lo
cal Legion Post Behind Move
for State Militsiry Body
CAVALRY IS PREFERRED
( IIAKLKS B. GKOI T
From Photograph Taken in 1905
New England Society
Now All-States Ass’n.
•Members Enjoy Picnic and Vote
To Change Name and Scope
of Organization
If plans of the Chamber of Com
merce and Sandhill Pust, American
^ Legion, materialize. Southern Pines
I will soon have a unit of the National
j Guard of North Carolina.
I According to Robert L. Hart, who
brought the matter up at a meeting
i of directors of the Chamber of Com
merce on Tuesday, thirty men in the
community have already expressed a
desire to affiliate with the imit here,
a sufficient number to acquire au
thorization from the State, it is un
derstood. The local Legion post at a
recent meeting voted to cooperate in
a move for bringing a National Guard
unit to Moore county, and with the
two organizations behind it there
is every probability that the unit
can be established with a substan
tial nucleus of men. No National
Guard unit now exists in the coun
ty-
Though those interested here would
prefer a cavalry outfit to either ar
tillery or infantry they are willing
Tomorrow Final Registration
Day; If You Are Not Reg
istered You Cannot Vote
Saturday, May 19, will be the
last day for the registration of vot
ers for the June Primary. The
Registrar will be at the Municipal
Building in Southern Pines from
9:00 a. m. until sunset on May
19th to give an opportunity to
new voters who were not register
ed for the 1932 general election in
the Southern Pines election dis
trict, to register.
CAROLINAS
Sectional Jealousies Keeping^
States Fr(mi Reaping Reward
of Nature's Gifts
TOITRISTS UNINFORMED
2 ARRESTED FOR
Rowe and Hart Caught in Ral
eigh After Year’s Chase by
Moore Countv
SUSPECTED GANG LEADERS
Officiers and committee members
of the old Tourist Association, met for
in the community Mr. and Mrs. Grout a picnic dinner and business meeting i to accept any unit the State author-
numbered a wide circle of friends, [^e Halliwell lake last Thursday assign, it i.s under
and the recognition of the Chamber | ^^eir respects invitation of Harrv Lewis and present only
of Commerce i Christmas Day offering felicita- ..., ! two Cavalry tro'ops in the state, but
In his talk Mr. Frankl who has^ 60th wedding anniver- as this is a horse center with all fa-
sary. i it believed much of permanent . cilities here for cavalry training and
Funeral services were held in the to the oiganization and the corr- j many of the men interested al-
home on West Broad street at 4 ;00‘‘^^'■'•’'ty was accomplished by the gath-^ leady experienced horsemen, it is
o’clock Monday afternoon, the Rev. ^'ing. j hoped influence may be brought to
J. Fred Stjmson officiating. The body Lewis served as chef and he, 1 bear with the Adjutant General at
was aent northward for interment in " ‘th a number of volunteer a.ssist- j Raleigh to permit organization of a
the family plot at Wilson, N. Y. 1'^“ts, prepared a delicious meal of' third State troop.
Surviving Mr. Grout is his wife | hamburger steak sandwichcs, beans j Members of the State National
Kmma (Holbrook) Grout. Acting as ^ hole in the ground. I'oils, , Q^ard are paid something for at-
pallbearers were G. W’. Abraham, P'^s. doughnuts and coffee, a .tendance at the regular weekly drills
the town of Southern Pines, who think ' Lawrence Grover, P. F. Buchan, D. I'^past which put those present in the and for their time at the State en-
proper mood for discussing pKns for campment in summer. In the case of
the future. After much animated dis- , cavalry, sums are allotted by the
been interested in dramatics for many
years and has during the past win
ter season acted as coach of the Sand
hill Little Theatre, said:
.Mr. Frankl’s Talk
“I consider it a privilege to be ask
ed to say a few words and present
you with this token of the Chamber
of Commerce, a group representing
James “Blue Dick” Rowe, alias J.
C. Brooks, of Bennettsville, S. C. and
Tracey E. Hart of Wilson Mills, ex
convicts arrested in Raleigh last
week, are thought to be the ring lead
ers of a gang of thieves which Moore
coimty officers have been chasing for
nearly a year, according to Sh<»riff
C. J. McDonald. They are believed
to have been members of the origi
nal Worth Proctor gang, which sep
arated about last December, form
ing two gangs.
The men were wanted in Moore
county in connection with the rob-
Selfishness and sectional jealousies
are keeping the two Carolinas from
reaping the rew’ard of the natural
gifts and advantages they have to of
fer the traveling public, Coleman W.
Roberts, president of the Carolinas
Motor Club, told members of the Ki-
wanis Club at Wednesday’s meeting
in the Civic Club building. Southern
Pines. Introduced by Struthers Burt,
Mr. Roberts made a stirring talk on
the opportunities of the Carolinas to
capitalize on their scenic and historic
attractions.
Stressing the value of highway
beautification and Mr. Roberts paid
high tribute to the impetus given this
feature of advertising by Mr. Burt—*
he said that more than 1,000 men were
now employed on improving the at
tractiveness of roads through the two
states. Good roads in themselves are
no longer an advertising asset, he
said. All states have good roads.
What the tourist wants to know now
when planning a trip is, what is the
most scenic route? Beautiful high
ways are still a rarity. He touched
upon the economic adv'antage frnm
the taxpayers’ standpoint of increas
ing our tourist travel. “Let the in
coming traveler help pay the taxes
in the Carolinas. The more who conie
here, the greater the revenue.”
Need is Manifest
He recommended planting with a
bery of the Pinehurst Gun Club and
'the larceny of an automobile from thought to permanence. We must ra-
Southern Pines. • i niove eyesores, billboards, signs;
Rowe and Brooks were brought to j build attractive parks. He mentioned
Carthage by officers on last Satur- a recent trip to New York in the in
day night and from there earned to 'terest of increasing tourist travel here
you worthy by your achtevement to D. S. Cameron, C. T. Patch, Robert
receive this public acclaim. As all of Montgomery and Charles S. Patch,
us here know, you distinguished —■
'''?' "■"''-J'; Underpass Favored If
Chapel Hill and you well merit the xt 1 *
prize that was offered. NcW Koau ApprOVed
■‘Before I proceed in thi.<< very short ,
speech, to bestow encomiums on Optional Route 1 Would fc^nter
you, I wish to remind you and the ^ Town I 'nder Seaboard
audience thaL what you did accom- Tracks, Is Report
plish. never could have been •without 1 —
the intelligent aid of Miss Falkener, | According to a report to the Cham-
vour diiector. i ”f Commerce by Frank Buchan,
‘‘Acting, just as any other profes-1 chairman of the committee on roads,
sion or business where groups are underpass is favored by the State
concerned, cannot thrive without a 1 Highway Department, rather than an
guiding spirit; and that leader was: ovei'head bridge, should State and
Miss Falkener. To describe what she ! federal authorities grant an optional
did, or how she did it has no place
cus.^ion it was decided to again ^ state for the purchase and mainte-
change the name of the organi.’^.ation, | nance of horses. In addition to fos
tering a patriotic spirit, the organ-
to enlarge its scope anc’ opev the
doors to more members. The new
name decided upon was the All-States
Association. A membership ronimitte?
was appointed to select officers.
Those present had such r» good
time they asked to have it repeated as
soon as possible and on Thursday,
ization would increase the earning of
the Guard members and the commun
ity would have available for proper
occasions a military outfit of its own,
recruited from all parts of the coun
ty-
The following committee of the
Rockingham to await charges of at
tempting to rob the freight station
there about three weeks ago. One
member of the gang who was .shot by
the watchman is in the Hamlet hos
pital. After trial in Rockingham, the
men will face the Moore county
charges.
Six or eight members of the Proc-
toi' gang are now serving time in the
penitentiary, and the three recent ar
rests are believed to have accounted
for all except one member of the
May 21th there will be a picnic at 1 chamber of Commerce was named to
Manly Springs picnic grounds from , wait on the Adjutant General at Ral-
12:30 to 1:30. All members of the old pigh with a petition for a Moore
Rowe and Hart are wanted in about
through tourist agencies. ‘‘Why go
to the Cai’olinas?" “All you have
there is prohibition and taxes.”
“They’re too hot in summer, too cold
in winter,” were some of the state
ments which confi'unted him. “On all
sides. I realized the need of ad^ er-
tising,” he .said, and mentioned what
advertising had done for California,
and vi'hat foreign countries were
spending to attract the tourist dollar.
“Tourists pay th#ir own way. Ics
new money and ready money. Bab.soiL
tells us the tourist business of the
United States runs over four bilMons
associations and those that would like
to become members of the new a.sso-
ciation are invited. There will be a
here. The initiated know and the un
initiated perhaps don’t care, but to
her a great tribute is due.
“For yourselves, I can say with
out hesitation, you gave a perform
ance beyond your years, in achieve
ment and when the Chamber of Com-
U. S. No. 1 route through the busi- 1 business meeting and some kind of an
ness section of Southern Pines. The ; entertainment. Baked beans and cof-
coUnty unit, headquarters in South
ern ines: R. L. Hart, chairman; H.
J. Betterley, Shields Cameron, Frank
Buchan and Struthers Burt. It is
probable that a committee from the
road would pass under the Seaboard I fee will be furnished; bring a picnic i Legion post will unite with the above ^ practically new Graham sedan
• ’ belonging to L. M. Cooper. This was
found in their possession in Raleigh.
tracks this side of Manly and send i box containing the rest,
tourists desiring to pass through the
heart of town down West Broad
street.
Surveys of the route have been
merce saw it fitting that you shouJd | rnade and it is understood the State
oe honored they feel that you were a
group of young men by your integ
rity and talent representative of the
bcft that this community stands for.
“Probably none of you will ever be
professional actors but you will all
be professional human beings. And
as professional beings, if you observe
the same standards you have set forth
as actors you will have paved your
way discreetly.
“I have often repeated and I shall
x'epeat again what Stanislavsky, a
great Russian director and actor said
to his co-woikers of the Moscow Art
Theatre, considered by many the fin
est group of actors of the present
generation. He cautioned them with
thi.s-- when they first gained entrant.3
to his company and later when they
were veterans:
“ ‘There arc no small parts in a
play there are only small actors.’
authorities are favorable to the new
road but that it must be approved by
federal engineers before the matter
goes further.
Work is progressing on the nev.
bridge over the Seaboard tracks at
the south end of town and the con
struction should be completed around
July 1st.
TO I.WESTKi.VTK I'UOI'OSED
SCHOOL TAX Bl RDKN SHIFT
At a joint meeting of the Board of
! Town Commissioners and the School
Board of Southern Pines held in the
City Clerk’s office on Wednesday
evening a resolution was adopted to
investigate the proposed change in
taxation in the cwunty whereby the
school debt load would be equally ap
portioned throughout the county in
stead of borne as at, present by the
SANDHILLS ALL-ST.\KS TO
1*LAV HEMP TEAM TODAY
for the call upon the head of the Na
tional Guard.
fifteen different .crimes involving year. Overconfidence, self satisfac-
stoi e-breaking and safe-cracking, it tion. jealousies and selfishness are
is said, and requests for them have ' keeping us from getting our fair
been made from Pitt.sboro, Asheboro, 1 share of this money. We have got to
Sanford, and Columbia, S. C. They ' work together to get the people into
are said to have stolen a car in San- the Carolinas, not apart to get them
into some one particular village or
lesort. We must start and develop a
Carolinas-wide movement."
HOPE TO CO.MPLETE IMNEHI KST •IM'-'”’1-<>VED KEQI ESTED TO
POSTOFFIt’E BV END OF YEAU l{E-l{K(nSTEK AT C XKTHAl.K
( IIA.MBEK .APPHOVES BILL
TO AID I'EAt'H (iUOWEUS
school districts incurring the obliga-
“Now that is not only true of the ,
stage: ‘There are no small parts in
life; there are only small people.’ I
know it sounds didatic and even bro-
midic and boys and girls in school
have it dinned into their ears and
jammed down their throats from the
firftt of SeptomDer until the first of
June, year in year out, and then by
Mama and Papa at home. "Do, wbat
you do, well,” But it io tnie neverthe
less. So I will say to you, if you will
attend to your separate life jobs aa
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MJ t MEETINO C.ALLED FO|{
MONDAY IN SOl'THERX PINES
A meeting of NRA officials, com
mittee chairmen and citizens will be
held at 4 o'clock on Monday after
noon at the Southern Pine.s Town Hall
to effect a permanent organiza
tion for the operation of the various
codes here and the election of chair
man to succeed the present temporary
chairman, Struthers Burt.
At its meeting Tuesday t^e Cham
ber of Commerce voted to ask Repre
sentatives Walter Lambeth of this
Congressional district to support the
bill passed by the Senate on April
10th and awaiting action in the
House, calling for p. $10,000,000 fed-
eial loan fund for the rehabilitation
of the fruit growing industry. The
bill ii< based on similar relief meas
ures for other branches of agricul
ture and would mean much to the
peach growing section of North Car-
clina, it is believed.
Miss Journey Bride in
Pinehurst Ceremony
■ ^
Impressive Rites Performed by
Rev. Mr. McKelway in the
Conimunitv Church
> nave registered , . ‘ ,
new postoffice building there and left with the National Reemployment jn a wedding of unusual beauty
for W’ashington much impressed with ; Service at Carthage are requested to Miss Will Frances Journey become
the possibilities for an attiactive notify that office by post card; tele-| the bride of Daniel Worth Sanders at
building in harmony with the location. ; phone or scad word that you are still g-og o'clock last Saturday evening
Work on the plans will begin at once '
and it is expected that construction
will get under way early in the sum
mer in the hope that the building
may be completed before the end of
the year.
A picked baseball team from Moore
county will tackle the strong Hemp Supervising Architect Simon of the | In order 10 ueiermine the number
Silk Mills nine this afternoon, Fri- j United States Treasury Department j of persons in Moore county still un
day, in a game played at Hemp. N-?xt spent a day in Pinehurst last week ' employed a re-registration is neces-
Friday afternoon a return gan'.e will, inspecting the site of the proposed | sary. All per.sons who have registered
be the feature attraction, tho con
test to be played on the Soutncrn
Pines field. The admission to this
game will be 25c per person, a good
percentage of the proceeds to be turn
ed over to the I/Ioore County Hospi
tal.
The local team, to be termed the
Sandhills All-Stars, will he picked
from the following players: Hunter,
Webster, Myrick, Monte and Harris,
Southern Pines; Bill Maurer, Russell,
Pleasants and Martin, Aberdeen,
Webb, Grimm. Pinehurst; and Tyson,
Joe Matthews and Thomas, V’ass.
unemployed. It is not necessary to jn the Pinehurst Community Church,
make a personal visit to ihe office, impressive ceremony was per-
except in case of new registrations. ' formed by the Rev. A. J. McKelway.
those who have never registered. The altar banked with ferns, ivy.
All present registrations will be and syringa blossoms, interspersed
Cia.ssed as inactive after the first ot with white candles formed a beautiful
June unless the office is notified by background for the bridal party. The
the registrant that he or she is still j canUles were lighted by Nancy Camp-
unemplo.ved. Barbara Lee McDonald, Bevias
j Cameron and Bobby Viall.
MA.\%’ <’().’\UN<i TO .\BEKDF;EX Preceding the ceremony Miss Enola
FOK JK. O. I'. A. >L .MF^ETIXd Rucker of Nashville, Tenn. and Wil-
, liam Sanders of Corner^ville, Tenn.
Reports from the Seventeenth Dis- sang. Mrs. E. B. Keith played
trict received by Aberdeen Council, the wedding march. The bride
No. 193. Jr. O. U. A. M., indicate was given in marriage by her
had her
LEA<i» E TEAM TO PL.VY
TWO PHAC’TK'E GA.MES HERE
On the baseball program for the
coming week are two games. Tomor
row afternoon at the usual time the
locals v.’ill tackle the West End-
Thomastown outfit, the contest to be
played on the Southern Pines field.
On Wednesday afternoon they will | that al! of the thirteen councils of the uncle. W. P. Morton. She
meet the Vass team, also on the lo
cal field. All of the teams to enter
Ihe Moore County League this .season
are rapidly betting in shape and a
better grade of baseball should be
provided hereafter than that so far j
this year.
Raeford is preparing to handle a
big turnout of fans at tomorrows
baseball game there between State
and Wake Forest.
District meeting to be held at Aber- sister, Mrs. Elbert C. Cunningham as
deen on May 25. The Seventeenth her matron of honor and her cousin,
District is composed of Lee, Morftgom- Miss Margaret Morton a& her maid
cry and Moore counties and has a of honor. Elbert C. Cunningham senr-
membership of approxximately 1200. od as best man and William Sanders,
J. F. Deaton of Aberdeen is Dis- brother of the groom, was his grooma-
trict Deputy, and with the support man. The ushers were Phillip Speani
and co-operation of the District offi- of Houston, Texas; William NichoK
cers, has made a splendid record for of Nashville, Tenn.; Charles Kerr of
the year closing March 31, 1934, as Fayetteville, Tenn.. and Frank Mc-
will be shovra by reports to be sub-
mitted at the District meeting. | (PZ'’a*e turn to page 8)