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N. MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 15, NO. 46. >^ARTMAOE &ACUE SPRINGS VASS 9^'^MLAK EVIEW JACKSOtl SPRIHOS ASHI-Ey MKICHTS PIKieBLUPP ftopA, PILOT FIRST IN NEWa» CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Southern Pines and Aberdeen, M)rth Carolina, Friday, October 12, 193 AUTO ACCIDENT INJURIES FATAL TO W. F. JUNGE Take School Children Out of Path of Motors, Chamber Urges Prominent Citizen of Southern Pines Dips at Moore County Hospital at Age of 87 Years BORN IN GERMANY IN ’47 Succumbing to injuries received on the morning of October 2nd when he was struck by a motor truck, Wil liam F. Junge, long a resident of Southern Pines and for at least a quarter of a century a leader in its development, died in the Moore Coun ty Hoep-tal on Wednesday morning. At first thought to have escaped without serious injury. Mr. Junge was found to be suffering from a frac tured hip and was taken to the hos pital on the 3rd. Due to the shock and his advanced age he could not rally from the effects of the injury. Born in Schleswig, Germany in 1847, Mr. Junge came to the United States in 1871, a veteran of the Franco-Prussian war. He married Emma Catherine Bruhn in New York on December 3rd, 1871. He set tled in Coudersport, Pa., but too strict attention to busines.s sent him in search of health to Southern Pines in March, 1895. In October that year he formed the firm of Junge and Beck, prominent for many years m real estate affairs in the growing town. Upon the formation of the Cit izen’s Bank in 1905 he became a di rector and Inter vice president. He also served the town as a Commis sioner. He was a charter member ot the Southern Pines Knights Templar, also of the Royal Arch Chapter, and a member of the Lutheran Church ot v,^Coudersport. With his wife, he was intensely de voted to floriculture, and their home on Ashe street and Vermont avenue was surrounded by flowers and shrubs and became a show place tor visitors. Leaves Five Children Surviving the deceased are two sons, Henry Junge of Everett, Wash., and Herman Junge of Y'oungstown, 0., and three daughters, Mrs. Anna D. Riggan of Southern Pines, Mrs. W. P. Kurz of New York and Mrs. Charles Dammeyer of Baldwins, L.. 1. Seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held in the home at 3 o’clock this afternoon, Friday, the Rev. J. Fred Stimson of ficiating, with a Masonic service at the grave in Mt. Hope Cemetery. The pallbearers will be C. T. Patch, A. S. Ruggles, G. C. Abraham, D. G. Stutz, C. L. Hayes, Lawrence Grover, P. F. Buchan, Dr. J. S. Milliken and Ralph Chandler. Members of the Masonic lodge are requested to meet at Masonic Hall at 2:15 o’clock this afternoon. Mas ter Masons are urged to be pres ent. Hugh McCaskill, owner and driver of the truck that struck Mr. Junge, was held for the Recorder’s Court by Mayor Stutz on Tuesday morning, with bail fixed at $500. Directors Ask City to Provide Sidewalk Along May Street From Bridge to School Plans for Dentists 100 DENTISTS OF STATE MEET HERE ON NOVEMBER 8-9 Pursuing further the course it started when it launched a cam paign for a new bridge "safe for pe destrians” over the Seaboard tracks at the .south end of Southern Pines, the Chamber of Commerce at a di rectors’ meeting on Tuesday voted to urge the Board of Town Commission ers to provide a sidewalk from the bridge north on May street to the Southern Pines school. ; No sidew'alk extends along May i street over much of the distance trom jthe school to the bridge, forcing school t children to walk in the street. As May street is also U. S. Highway No. j 1, the main artery of tourist travel through town, this is dangerous bus iness. It was because the old bridge over the Seaboard had no provision ' for pedestrians that the Chamber I urged the need of a new structure on the State Highway Commission some I time ago, the new bridge result- I ing. The new bridge has a raised walk along the south side, safe for pedes trians, but thus far no walks have been provided leading up to the bridge. In fact, the guard rails are not yet in place. In a communication to Secretary Shields Cameron of the Chamber of Commerce last week W'. I. Craven, bridge engin.ier of the State Highway Department said: Up t« City, Says State “ lam sending a copy of your let ter to T. T. Betts, division engineir at Fayetteville, so that when ue places the guard rails he will leave as much distance as he can beyond the edge of the pavement to be used as a walkway. It w’as not our in tention to make the approach fills wide enough for a walkway the full length of the fills. We did provide for a sidewalk on the bridge and make the fill adjacent to the bridge vvide enough to accomodate a side walk with the idea in mind that at some future time the City would wish to extend their sidewalk to connect up with the sidewalk on the bridge." The Chamber, through its highway committee, will urge the Town of Southern Pines to run walksways to the bridge sidewalk on both approches. as well as along May street, as a measure of safety for the numerous children who walk to .school over that route. It was also reported at the Cham ber meeting on Tuesday that the bridge on Riute 241, between Aber deen and Laurinburg, burned and de stroyed some time ago, will be re placed at an early date. Third District Society to Make P.ark View Headquarters For Convention GOLF TOURNEY, BANQUET nu. E. M. MEDLIN Start Work on Fire Observation Tower Here ABERDEEN COLORED BOV LOSES LEG UNDER TRAIN Clifton Mason, i2-year old colored boy of Aberdeen, slipped under a freight car of the Aberdeen & Rock- fish ilflUioad as it s crossing Main street in Aberdeen on Wed nesday afternoon, necessitating am putation of the left leg above the knee at the Moore County Ho.spital. Witnesses state the boy was either attempting to hitch on to the car or walked unobservedly into it. He was rushed into the office of Dr. McLeod for first aid treatment and later re moved to the hospital for the ampu tation. He is the son of "Buck” Ma son. Poole Heads Seaboard Cleaners, Launderers Carthlage Man Succeeds Keith of Aberdeen; Dante Mon- tesanti Vice President TOB.\CCO SELLINtl HIGH ON .ABERDEEN M.VRKBT The Aberdeen tobacco market has enjoyed a big week, with high prices prevailing each day. Leaf was sell ing yesterday at prices in excess of 40 cents a pound, more than double the current price a year ago. Some fine tobacco was sold yesterday by Sinclair & Thompson, W. A. McKeith- en, L. D. Thomas and Stubbs & Rey nolds. H. G. Poole of Carthage was elect ed president of the Seaboard Asso ciation of Cleaners & Launderers at a meeting held on Monday night in the Sanitary Laundry in Hamlet. Dante Montesanti of Southern Pines was elected 2d vice president. The meeting was one of the most interest ing held so far and featured short talks by prominent members of the trade in this district, which includes Moore, Richmond, Scotland, Robeson, Cumberland and Hoke counties of North Carolina and Marlboro county, S. C. Mr. Poole succeeds Gordon Keith of Aberdeen as president. Other offi cers, in addition to Mr. Montesanti, include: James R. Turner, 1st vice president, Bennettsville, S. C.; War ren McNeill, secretary and treasurer, j Red Springs; Directors, F. M. Mc Caskill, Pinehurst; G. W. Phifer, j Hamlet, Kenneth Chisholm, Maxton; Dewel Williams, Lumberton; C. U. Cox, Raeford; John Corry, Bennetts ville, S. C. The next meeting, with induction of officers, will be on Monday evening, November, 12th, at Southern Pines, Uv which prominent speakers will ad dress the gathering. Steel Structure Will Rise 75 Feet Above Hill Near Mount Hope Cemetery On the top of the hill adjoining M Hope Cemetery west of Southern Pines a group of CCC men are now engaged in building the observation tower for the forestry service The material is on the ground to provide a handsome steel tower almost 7 feet from ground to the coping of the roof. It will be about 25 feet or the square at the bottom, with an enclosed cabin at the top equippnf with observation instrument.^ to lo cate fires or other undesirable con ditions in any direction, and with a series of cross sections to enable the observer to determine the exact po sition of any fire signs on hearing from other towers the direction from them. Telephone connection will be made with all points on the telephone sys tems of the surrounding country, so that a complete control of local con ditions can be gained at all times. A building to house the equipment necessary for the forestry work and for fire control has already been com pleted. It will be enlarged later and possibly pro\^ision made that a resident caretaker may be housed there. The location is not only highly pic turesque, but it gives a commanding view of the country for miles in all directions. A broad road is under construction from the tower site to the Pinehurst road just east, the old Morganton road, and it is the inten tion to plant and improve the plot, part of the Barnum property, and make of the place one of the small parks of the community.* It will be an important new feature of the Southern Pines rural neighborhood. FK.ANK POTTLE TO WED MISS HAZELTON, PROVIDENCE Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hazelton ot Providence, R. I., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Mias Elvira T. Hazelton, to Robert L. Pot tle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Pot tle of Southern Pines and Jefferson Highlands, N. H. Miss Hazelton was graduated from Lincoln School in the class of 1932. Mr. Pottle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pottle of Southern Pines, at tended Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania and graduated from Brown TTniversity with the class of 1934. He was manager of the Brown football team his .senior year. CHAMBER COMMITTEE ON N.ATIONAL LEGISLATION The following have been named by President Nelson C. Hyde of the Chamber of Commerce on the Com mittee on National Legislation; Dr. L. B. McBrayer, Shields Cameron, Frank Buchan, Struthers Burt, Hugh Betterley and Robert L. Hart. Southern Pines will act as host to some 100 dentists of the state on November 8th and 9th when the Third District North Carolina Dental Society holds its annual convention here. They will make their head quarters at the Park View Hotel. Dr. E. M. Medlin of Aberdeen is in charge of the arrangements for the event, which was originally scheduled to be held in Albemarle. Owing to the fact that Albemarle's principal hotel has recently been taken over for a hospital the society was forced to make a change in its plans and Dr. Medlin invited the members here. Tentative plans for the' gathering call for a golf tournament on Thurs- c!ay afternoon, November 8th, a ban quet at the Park View that night and meetings and clinics the next day. Dr. Medlin is arranging for some prominent speakers for the banquet and Struthers Burt has accepted an invitation of the society to act as toastmaster. Arrangements are being made with the Southern Pines Country Club for ‘he exclusive use of its No. 1 course for the golf tournament. The course is reported in excellent condition. Speaks^ y lUDGE THOMXS ,1. SHA\> FIVE CENTS BETHESDA CALLS AND HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS COME Hundreds Attend Celebration of 113d Anniversary of An cient Church BROTHERS SHAW SPEAKERS FERA FORESTRY DIVISION OPENS HEADQUARTERS Establishes Offices in Southern Pines For (Jroup P^ngaged in This Section PLAN’ REFORE.STRATION There is no event which means more to this section of North Caro lina than the annual Home Coming Day at Old Bethesda Church in .\berdeen. Last Sunday marked the ; 143d anniversary of the old church, I and the occasion was fittingly cele- ; brated by the return of its son.s and ! daughters to hear two who had gone j forth from its congregation to make their marks in the world, Dr. Angus j R. Shaw of Charlotte and his broih- ! er. Judge Thomas J. Shaw of Greens- i boro. Dr. Shaw preached a fitting and 1 stirring sermon at the morning wor- I ship; Judge Shaw made the address ! in the afternoon, choosing as his sub- ! ject, "Home Life." His remarks were ! an inspiration to all. The reunion of “tne clans" at this ■ annual home coming event, the hear ty handclasps, the neighborly chats. I the breaking of common bread be- I neath the stately trees of the old I churchyard are other features which. I mark the occasion as pleasurable, I memorable and stimulating each year. Hundreds were there last Sunday, and hundreds left better for the sanc- The Reforestration Division of the Federal Emergency Relief Administra tion has opened an office in Southern ! tity and fellowship the day invoked. Prominent Men Here for Raymond Installation Church and Educational Leaders of South in Service Tonight at Wide F'ellowship 1 Pines as headquarters for some 15 | ■ who will be engaged in this section ' of the state for several months. Space ' ; in the Patch Building tor the group ! ! was arranged for last week by the ; ! Chamber of Commerce. ] The Rev. Dr. C. Rexford Raymond will be installed as minister of the Church of W'ide Fellowship in South ern Pines at a special service in the church this evening, Friday, at 7:30 o’clock. The public is cordialy invit ed to the ceremonies, w'ithout regard to denomination. Men prominent in the Congrega tional church and in educational fields will take part in the service. The prayer of invocation w’ill be giv en by the Rev. Dr. John Brittan Clark of Tryon, the scripture read ing by the Rev. Milo J. Sweet, sup erintendent of the Conference of the Congregational Churches of the Car- olinas. The Rev. Dr. H. Shelton Smith of Duke University will preach the sermon. The installing prayer will be by the Rev. Dr. James O. Atkinson, secretary of the Southern Convention of Congregational and Christian Churches. The Rev Dr. Edwin C. Gillette, superintendent of the Florida Congre gational Conference, will make the “Charge to the Pastor,” and the Rev. Dr. J. Edward Kirbye of Raleigh ex tend “The Right Hand of Fellow ship.” The welcome to the Southern Convention, meeting here in conjunc tion with Dr. Raymond’s installa tion, will be given by the Rev. Dr. L. E. Smith, president of Elon Col lege, and the “Charge to the People” by the Rev. Dr. Fred P. Ensminger of Birmingham, Ala., associate sup erintendent of the Southeast district. Dr. Raymond will pronounce the ben ediction. In the words of the Rev. Ernest Lowry Barber, minister to the flock of Bethesda, “Life is short at best, and there is a wholesome influence that pervades an old church that spreads benig'nly over us as we lin- i The men are here survey the i ger under the spell of memory. It is I section with the possibility of the a fine thing for us to visit the final I government's taking over non-produc- ■ resting place of the splendid men I tive farm lands and reforesting them, j and women of the past. As we look j for landscape beautification, for pos- at their monuments, read their names, sible future lumber needs and for' the dates and inscriptions, somehow the protection of birds and beasts, j we are encouraged; we straighten up, The plan of the FERA is to remove j lift up our heads and make good res- sub-marginal lands from cultivation j olutions and set our faces, a little by government acquisition and to re-1 more clear-eyed, to the future.” lieve the farmer of carrying land — which is of no prc.^uctive vau^ Uq}) Gifford SlasHed by him. Farmers who cooperate with the j government in the plan will be aided in locating on productive land, it is understood. The reforestration crew has been here for several weeks but only last week decided upon Southern Pines as the base for its work in this sec tion, which, it is said, includes Moore, Richmond and Harnett counties. There are about a dozen men here at present, with more to come. Most of these men will make their residence in Southern Pines, a few in other towns of the section. They are occu pying two offices in the Patch Build ing. B. J. Downey is in charge of the staff here. C00LF:Y AND LAMBETH TO SPEAK IN MOORE COUNTY Thad is Sad Hiii Car, ITninsured, is Stol en, Right After He Fin ishes Paying For It The automobile of Thad Page of Aberdeen, secretary to Senator Bailey of North Carolina, was stol en in Washington and he thinks he’s about the imluckiest man in the world, .says an As.sociated Press despatch. Page had just finished meeting the nionthly installments on the machine when it v/as stolen and he had not renewed theft insurance carried by the financing company. “That’s what makes it so hard.” he said. Harold D. Cooley, Representative in Congress from the Fourth district of North Carolina, will address a meeting at Carthage on Saturday af ternoon, October 20th at 2:30 o’cWck, Democratic County Chairman M. G. Boyette announced this week. Con gressman W'alter Lambeth of this district will speak in the grade school building at Hemp on Friday evening, October 26th at 7:30 o’clock. A Democratic meeting to stir up enthusiasm for a big majority in the November elections was held on Mon day night in the courthouse at Car- I thage, with P. H. McDonald of Car- j thage, a member of the State Con- I gressional committee, presiding. U. L. Spence, candidate for the State Senate, \V'. R. Clegg, candidate for the lower house and others spoke. ( oi;nty fair to open IN CARTHAGE ON MONDAY The Moore County Fair opens Mon day in Carthage, to run all week. In addition to agricultural and man- ’U'acturing exhibits there will be a sizeable Midway, featuring the R. H. W'orks Shows, a merry-go-round ; and the usual entertainment para phernalia for the youngsters. Drunken Man at Fair Protests at Profanity in Pres ence of Girls and M,.»n Dr^ws Knife Robert Gifford, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gifford of Southern Pines, is in the infirmary at Louisburg Col lege in Louisburg as the result of a trying experience at the Franklin County Fair last week. According to information received by his father from President Armour David Wil cox of Louisburg College, “Bob,” while at the fair with a number of other students, among them several girls, was approached by a drunken man who began using profane and ob scene language in the presence of ladies. The man struck him and young Gifford knocked hi’n down. While the man was on his knees he drew a knife and struck “Bob” across the leg about six incho? nbove the knee, making a deep gash about four or five fnches long across the muscle of the leg. His friends rushed him to a doctor’s office nearby where the wound was sewed up. He is rap idly recuperating but will be confin ed to the college informary for some ten days and require crutches for about a moLtix. Said President Wilcox in his letter to Mr. Gifford; “There is no blame whatever to Bob’s action. On the other hand it w'as an act of courage and courtesy to the girls in the group. He has the admiration of the students and those of the faculty who know about the circumstances.” Gifford is a freshman this year at Louisburg. TO JUDGE POLO GAMEii Col. G. P. Hawes of Pinehurst left yesterday for White Sulphur Springs where today and Sunday he will ref eree polo games betw’een a team of stars from Mexico City, Mexico aiid the Greenbriar team. The Mexicans have been making a tour of tbe country.