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MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 15, NO. 40.
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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, August 31, 1934.
FIVE CENTS
ABERDEEN PLANS
FOR OPENING OF
TOBACCO MARKET
Optimism Prevails Over Pros
pects for Highest Average
Prices Since 1919
TWO HOUSES TO OPERATE
Aberdeen is preparing for a record
tobacco season, with splendid pros-'
pects for the highest average since
1919, and a record year in poundage.
The merchants and businessmen are i
cooperatihg splendidly with the ware-1
housemen, and the whole town is
squarely and actively behind the mar
ket. With the fine spirit that is be
ing shown, and the exceptionally good i
smoking crop of tobacco in this sec-'
tion, Aberdeen will break all records
as to pounds and money this season,
says B. B, Saunders, veteran ware
houseman of Aberdeen,
Mr. Saunders will again be at his
old stand at the big brick warehouse
where he started the Aberdeen mar
ket. and where he has made such a
fine record for the past fifteen years.
The Aberdeen Warehouse (or “Tm-
top” ) will be under the able manage
ment of Josh Cozart, well-known vet
eran warehouseman, who operated
there last year.
Mr. Saunders says that the pros
pects are the brightest he has ever
seen. Georgia opened with an aver
age of 18 to 20 cents; South Caro- j
Una and th'e Border markets opened
with an average of about 22 cents; |
,and Eastern Carolina opened with an
average of from 25 to 27 cents. Prices j
on al’ grades since the opening in all I
three belts have shown a steady ad
vance since the opening, especially on
smoking types. With the Middle Belts,
and Old Belt, having the best quality
smoking tobacco in the whole bright
belt, Saunders feels sure these belts ■
will make a higher average than any
of the others; that the Aberdeen mar
ket will start with prices equalling
or better than the prices prevailing on
other markets, as Aberdeen has al
ways done. He says that this year's
crop is short, and will certainly be no
more than the government forecast.
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Funeral Yesterday
For Mrs. Williamson
It’s in the Air
The Sea.son Is Upon Us Her
alded by Unusual
Activity
A sort of hectic activity is noted
around town. It has become so
pronounced that even the casual
observer cannot miss it. Evidences
of it crop out here and there all
about us.
The railroad right-of-way and
the parks alongside it have been
cleaned up. New steel rail and
gravel crossings are being put in
and fresh crushed rock ballast
adds a harmonious note.
The City Clerk’s office has a
new coat of paint as has also the
Post Office.
The McBrayer building is near
ing the point where the new ten
ants can move in.
Doc Daniels’ new building on
Pennsylvania Avenue is beginning
to get above the ground.
Alex Fields informs us that the
blue prints and the steel are on
the way for the fire tower on
Cemetery Hill.
Rumors of new building of some
consequence are floating around
and there seems to bo some jus
tification for them.
-The extension of the water
mains is about completed and a
§10,000 start has been made on the
enlargement and modernization of
'the sewage plant.
The Seaboard golfers are com
ing and that has caused activity
out in the Country Club neighbor
hood.
School i3 opening next week and
already many who have spent the
summer in the north are back to
get the children started.
Many others will be back before
the end of next week.
All signs point to the opening of
another season and seem to indi
cate that the opening is right here
on us. Let’s go.
Clerk’s Statement Shows Less
Than 3'r Uncollected Taxes
for 1930, ’31 and ’32
RICHARD TUFTS
HOPEFUL ABOUT
COMING SEASON
Northern Resorts Have Exper
ienced Better Summer Than
in Some Years
BUSINESS MEN* DISTURBED
By Howard F. BurnH
Richard Tufts in an address to the
Kiwanis Club Wednesday at Pinehurst
told the club that he had just return
ed from a trip through the New Eng
land stales in the interest of the re
sort business. He said although the
summer resorts as a whole were run
ning ahead of last summer, that we
should not be overly optimi.stic as to
the tourist busine.ss here this winter.
It must be remembered, he said, that
summer resorts reached their lowest
ebb during the summer of 1933, and a
lorty or fifty percent incroa.=e in
btisine.s.s this summer over last did
not mean an extensive gain due to
the fact that these places had a very ' the three year.s reaches S197.947, and
poor bu.siness the previous year. He ; the taxes not collected on that sum
•Stated, however, he was hopeful of ; i!< Sl.STT.nO, or about two and a half
a larger number of visitors coming per cent delinquent.
Southern Pines Finances Furnish !DR. RAYMOND TO
Material for Refreshing Story g^XER ON DUTIES
HERE SEPT. 9TH
By Bion H. Butler
The financial condition of the town
of Southern Pines has been rather
well knov.n to the people, but it is
a refreshing story that is found in
the statement by Howard F. Burns,
the clerk and treasurer of the cor
poration when he gives the follow
ing figures:
The tax levy for 1930 amounted to
$67,000, and of this amount all has
been collected but $54.50.
The levy for 1931 totaled SC7,947.
and that has all been collected except
$168.87.
For 1932 the levy was .slightly .‘<mal-
ler. being $6(),000, and of this Sl,-
354.13 is o\itstanding.
These were the figures on June 30,
1934, and do not include any pay
ments that have been made since on
the account.
The total amount of taxe.s paid in
School Bonds Lose
Estimated That Measure Was
Defeated in the County by
More Than 10 to 1
Official returns from last Sat
urday’s school bond election will
not be available before next week,
but it has been estimated that the
measure was defeated in the coun
ty by a ten to one vote. Only four
precincts voted for the bond issue,
these being Eureka, High FalLs,
Spies and Spencerville. The total
registration was around 4,800 and
as all who regi'stered and did not
vote in favor of the bond issue will
be coimtcd against it, the major
ity is certain to be a big one.
Ketuins from a few precincts are
as follows, the first number being
the rcgi.stration and the second the
number of votes cast for the meas
ure: East Carthage: 245-43; West
Carthage: 395-91; Cameron: 342-7;
S luthern Pines, 633-12: Pinehurst:
606-7; Va.ss: 150-2; Deep River:
192-3; Pinebluff: 127-1.
New Pastor of Church of Wide
Fellowship Well Known as
Educator and Preacher
IS FOND OF SPORTS
F'urther tha nthat is the record of
1933, for which year the levy was
$66,000, and of that sum all is col
lected but about $11,000. Of the sums
due for 1933 and 1932 a large propor
tion of what is yet unpaid will be
collected for it is the case with all
taxes that they have a certain pro-
VVell Known Sandhills Resident
Dies in High Point Hospital
Following An Operation
SEABOARD GOLF
ADDICTS ARRIVE
HERE SATURDAY
Will Spend Week-End on Links
Contesting for Powell, Capps
and Other Cups
HTH ANNUAL MEETING
to the San('hills this season.
Mr. Tufts pointed out in hi.s con-
ver.sation with business men of the
north that they were disturbed over
the tremendous sums of money the
government is spending in its efforts
to improve business. This will no
doubt ."nean heavy taxes for many
years years to come and will
great burden on business
tend to cut dividends. lapse of a little time and some pres
, The speaker said when the artmin-1 sure tr* enforce payments,
istration tirst started its program ! Mr. Bui'ns says: "You will have no-
to combat the depression business men , ticed that recently in The Pilot we
of the north were much in sympathy have been bringing a number of fore-
with labor and felt they should be closure suits to enforce delinquent
FIRST 4-H CLUB
CAMP IN COUNTY
WAS A SUCCESS
Rev. C. Rexford Raymond, D. D.,
lately Executive Vice-President and
j Professor of Church administration at
! the Southern Seminary Foundation,
j will formally enter upon his duties
j as pastor of The Church of Wide
' Fellowship in Southern Pines on Sep-
j tember 9th. Well known throughout
1 the South as an Educator and preach-
j er and bringing with him the ripe ex-
i perience of a full and varied career,
i Dr. Raymond should pi-ove not only
j an able and inspiring leader of his
! congregati<in but also a notev.-orthy
' nt.Mition to the citizen.=hip ^of this
town.
Dr. Raymond is a graduate of Ober-
lin College from which he received in
1900 his degree of B. D. He first serv
ed as Directoi- of Extension and teach
er of Bible and English at Beiea af
ter which he became a pastor in Bel
levue. Ohio. From here he went to
Flushing, Long Island, and then to
South Church, Brooklyn, where he
served as pa.stor from 1910 to 1918.
Called to Berea to fill a special need,
he acted for five years as College
preacher and Dean of Religious Edu
cation in that institution. However,
because he preferred pastoral work,
he went in 1923 to the Park Congre-
pjace . P”>»" Thirty-seven Girls Had Taste of national Church ot De„v.r hut lu 1927
wh,ch w,l. are imally _ealhe«d up aner __th.
Enjoyed It
WELL-ROUNDED PROGRAM
six year.s as pastor of the Congrega
tional Church at Chattanooga. For the
last year and a half he has served as
I interim Executive Vice-President of
The first encampment to be held on Southern Theological Seminary
helped, but now they are afraid they
are going too far and labor is taking
advantage of the opportunity. There
is an uneasiness over strikes and
the new' 4-H Club camp recently do-
payments. Out of all of the suits
brought to a show down the town has »• ^I'tten-
taken over only eight pieces of prop- ' ^ Pinebluff was attended by
erty, and we expect to be able to thirty-seven girls and was a pro-
pending strikes for higher wages and clear up these delinquencies in a short! ."success. The girls had a
shorter hours and no one knows what time by the disposal of the tracts in- camp life, living for four
this may lead to. It is the opinion of volved. procured
many of the leaders of industry that “The town operates on a very close ^ camp at ackson
if given ample time business would budget and we do not have sufficient ‘ *ngs t rough the in ness of Cap-
be able to take care of itself. leeway to carry a very large amount Rosser. They s ept on beds o
In conclusion Mr. Tufts said we of unpaid taxes. To do so would mean st.aw, and each evenmg, y
should do everything possible to see borrowing money at about 6 percent camp gir.s con
that the people who visit the sec
tion this winter are satisfied.
in order to finance a large number of, d.^^ted^^heir own camp fire meeting^
delinquent property owners. That is
not a fair policy toward the taxpayer ’ ^^e program
but has been anxious to return to the
pulpit.
An eloquent preacher and a Schol
ar of note Dr. Raymond is none the
less a man of simple bearing and dem
ocratic manners. He is fond of sports,
enjoying fishing and golfing, likes to
be out of doors but above all seems to
like people. During the few days he
spent in Southern Pines Dr. Ray
mond made numerous friends, both
young and old, to whose enthusiasm
is largely due his willingness to ac-
MKDLIV .Wn McCLl EK
WIN GOLF TOrnW.MENT
who is prompt in settling his bills,'
tTiese being one of the outstanding cept the pulpit of The Church of
Wide Fellowship. His eagerness to
serve ,if ma.t.ched with the coopera-
Mrs. D. J. Blue, county 4-H chair-
I
Following an operation from which ’
she failed to rally, Mrs. Della Wil- |
liamson, wife of James Williamson,
died in the Burrus Memorial Hospital .
at High Point early Wednesday morn. I
ing. j
Funeral services w?:'e held in the |
Presbyterian church at Lumberton at,
3 o’clock Thursday afternoon. j
Though keeping steadily at her I
work, Mrs. Williamson had not been i
in good health for some time, and not;
until a little over a week ago did |
she finally admit the seriousness of 1
her condition and enter the hospital j
at High Point. While those close to
her realized that she was a very sick
woman, yet her death was unexpected
and cast a pall of gloom over her in-'
timate associates and friends.
A native of Lumberton, she had
been a resident of the Sandhills for
the past ten years, her last residence
being on Ashe Street, Southern Pines.
During most of this time she had been
connected with the Carolina Thea
tre, and her cheery smile in the box
office will be long remembered by
theatre goers. Cheered by that smile,
which never failed, we went on lit-
the guessing what it sometimes cost.
In addition to her duties with the
theatre, Mrs. Williamson did a great
deal of work for E. G. Fitzgerald,
manager of the Carolina Hotel in
Pinehurst, and was for some years in
the employ of Johnson & Johnson^,
Aberdeen attorneys.
She had a wide circle of friends and
acquaintances and was known to
practically everyone in the Sandhills,
young and old. Numbers from here
attended the funeral in Lumberton
yesterday.
She is survived by her husband,
James Williamson, and by two sons,
- James, Jr., and Eli, of Southern Fines,
a sister residing in Lumberton.
All plans are perfected, and ar-.
rangements maae by the various:
committees of the Seaboard Air Line '
Golf A.s.sociation for their Eighth An-1
nual Tournament to bo held over the i
cour.se of the Southern Pines Coun- j
try Club on September 1st, 2nd, and |
3rd. With all the principal officers of '
the Seaboard Air Line planning to j
come for this annual week-end of,
sport, some one hundred and fifty i
of the membership, and their friends
are also expected. Reservations are
made in the Park View Hotel w’hich,
as usual, will be their headquarters,
and in the Belvedere Hotel.
Members of the Association will
be here from Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
and Florida. Special Pullman cars
left Jacksonville, Atlanta and Ports-
Dr. E. M. Medlin and F. W. Mc-
Cluer, Jr., of Aberdeen won the One
Ball Twosome Tou;naii.ent of the , gived the commissioner.s little uneas-
Yadkin Golf Club of Pinehurst with ine.ss, as the overdue accounts are
a net 68, playing alternate shots over steadily whitting down.”
the No. 1 golf course. , Mr. Burns also referred to the
Bowman and Taylor of Aberdeen ' promptne.ss with which the town's
were second with a net 73, and Vail obligations are paid when due, and
and Currie of Pinehurst were third , the standing enjoyed with bondhold-
with 74. (Plcuiie turn to page 4)
and would tend to increase the tax^"^ed as camp hostess, and daily | tion such .«.-rit deserves, promises
rate, so we try to keep the schedule conducted in the follow- well both for the church and tor the
cleaned up as close as we can, and subjects by the instructors nam-, community,
the small margin of delayed payments Clothing and Foods, Mi.ss Kath
arine Graham, Vass; First Aid and
Garrison Predicts Good Prices
For Tobacco on Local Markets
The marketing of Moore County
tobacco will start in earnest when
the markets at Aberdeen and Carth
age open on September 11. No appre
ciable quantity of Sandhjlls tobacco
mouth last night, and a dining car, | has gone to the border markets but
and several private cars of Seaboard i what has gone there has compared
officials will be sidetracked near the ! very favorably in price with the of-
freight depot. J. C. Wroten, general
superintendent of transportation S.
ferings from other sections. E. H.
GarMson, Jr., County Agent, is of
A. L., is president, and J. C. Brady i the opinion that prices for the local j
treasurer. weed will be even better on the lo- i
The program for the tournament
opens with the qualifying round at 8
o’clock Saturday morning, Septem
ber 1st. This is compulsory for the
Powell, Capps, and Country Club
Cups. The first round of all flights
will s^rt at 1 o’clock in the after
noon. Sunday morning at 8 o’clock,
second round all flights, first rtlund
all consolation championship flights;
3:30 p. m., putting and driving coh-
tests; Monday, September 3rd, 8:00
o’clock, final round all flights; 3:30
p. m., Annual meeting, election of of
ficers and award of prizes
Last year among other high offi
cials of the Seaboard Air Line pres
ent at the contests were C. R. Capps,
chief traffic officer; E. C. Bagwell,
general manag’er; L. R. Powell, Jr.,
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Firemen Delayed
Late Start Often Carsed by
Unnecessary Telephone
Calls
Chief O'Callahan voices a re
quest that might well be heeded by
all. Please do not call the fire
house immediately following an
alarm unless you, too, need help.
It takes a man from the apparatus,
and yet the call must be answer
ed, for it may be another fire call
for assistance from a different
quarter of the town. It means de
lay, and time is everything in re
sponding to an alarm.
cal markets than on the border mar
kets. In a communication to The Pi
lot this week he states that cards for
the sale of tobacco are being issued
rapidly and that around half of them
are in the hands of the growers.
He says:
"Cards for the sale of tobacco are
being issued at this time. We have a
total of about 770 contracts and to ! parties who were unable to .sign con-
date around half of these are already ' tracts on account of having acquired
in the hands of the growers. A great' farms last year on which no tobacco
many are leaving their cards here had been grown. These parties are en-
until the local markets open, expect- titled to ask for an allotment under
ing to start selling on this market, the Kerr-Smith Bill. This time will
The chances are that this is a good be held open for a week beginning
idea as the tobacco grades from this Wednesday, August 29th. Parties who
section would match up better than ^ could have signed contracts but did
tobacco carried from here to the bor- not do this, need not apply for this
der markets. i allotment. If they have let their
“There has been provision made for I chance go by they are out.”
Fcods, Miss Nellie Kelly, Carthage;
Child Development, Mrs. W. H. Cur
rie. Carthage; Nature Study, Mrs. W.
D. Shannon, Pinebluff; Home Beau
tification, Miss Flora McDonald, home
agent; Recrcation, Mrs. William Mi
lam, Southern Pines: Swimming, Miss
Hazel Adcox and June Adams, Pine
bluff.
Friday evening, the final evening of
the encampment, was “stunt night”
and many interesting stunts were
staged by the various groups. Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Suttenfield, Mrs. Shan
non of Pinebluff and Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Cameron of Pinehurst were
supper guests at the camp that even
ing and were present for the stunts.
In commenting upon the camp.
Miss McDonald said; “It was the best
BANK OF VASS APPR VISAl.
CO.M.MITTEE STARTS WORK
The committee appointed to ap
praise the assets of the closed Bank
cf Vail held its first meeting here
on Monday of this week. S. J. Hins
dale, liquidating agent, and J. A. Den
nis, assistant, were present at the
meeting.
Members of the committee attend
ing were Mrs. D, J. Blue, W. M. Mc
Leod, W. C. Smith, Rev. C. A. Law
rence. T F Cameron, and W D. Mc-
Craney.
NO NEW OrXLAV OF FUNDS
It is noted elsewhere in this pa
per that the Town of Southern Pines
has authorized the issuance of $42,-
000 in sewer and water bonds for the
behaved group of girls I have ever Purpose of enlargement of its water
been with. They seemed to enjoy it
from beginning to end.’
Girls in attendance were Lillian,
Lucy and Lucille Garner of Hemp;
Margaret Strider, Nellie Blue, Lucille
Prim, Oli^via Patterson, Frances Bail
ey. Irene Hennings, Gladys Kiser, Lu
cille Matthews, Margaret McDonald
and Mabel Gilmore of Eureka; Jean
Swett, Mary Bess Irwin, Grace
Snipes. Doris, Margaret and Dorothy
Comer, of Cameron; Marian Camei'-
on, Gladys Cox, oPauline Thompaon
and Sara Edith Mattl^ws of Vass;
Jean and Beth Von Canon of West
End; Anna Caldwell. Catharine Will-
cox, Lucy McDonald, Helena Morgan,
Scouts Hilda Blue, Rachel Caddell and
Ruth Barringer, of Carthage; Elaine
Covington of Roseland; Julia Lamp-
ley, Virginia and Helen Little and
Hazel Adcox of Pinebluff.
Miss Lida Duke Blue is a giiest this
week of Miss Dorothy Thurman In
Raleigh.
system and the erection of a 200,000
gallon steel water tank to replace the
w'ooden tank which has been con
demned as unsafe and has been in
use for more than twenty years, also
enlargement of its sew'age disposal
plant.
The above mentioned ordinances
were authorized in October of 1933
and this does not mean a new outlay
of funds. The ordinances are publish
ed again to correct a legal technical
ity required by the Federal Emergen
cy Administration of Public Worka.
SCHOOL STARTS NEXT WEEK
The Southern Pines Schools open
just one week from today. The grrades
register on Friday, September 7th,
and the High School on the following
day, September 8th.
bTnKS closed MONDAY
On account of Labor Day the banka
in the Sandhills will observe a holi
day Monday, September 3.