LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY MOORE COUNTY’S A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 15A, NO. 1 ^^CARTHAOE ^ £ARTHAOe eAcue SPfMHCS aO'^ 4LAKEVI6W MAHI.KV aACKSOH SPRINGS SOtlTHBRN ptncs A5HI.SV MKICHTS ABCI^OCEM ^PlNEPLUFi: PILOT FIRST IN NEWS* CIRCULATION A ADVERTISING of the Sandhill TergJ of North Carolina Southern Pines and Abero'w-j i, i^orm (.arolina, Friday, November 30. 1934. HUNDRED CITIZENS HEAR TOWNSEND PLAN OUTLINED Enlhusiasfic MeetinK Addressed by Robert Denny Gives Ap proval (0 I’rofjram TO PETITION CONGRESS It may be that at first sight the Townsend Plan seems "radical” and “fantastic,” but no one would ever think of applying those terms to the thinking of the men and women who filled Straka Hall on Monday even ing, at the invitation of the local Townsend Club. One could not find a more representative body of ser. ious-minded, conservative, clear- thinking men and women than this group of Sandhill citizens, expert economists, most of them, through long practical experience in trying to make ends meet in home, commun ity, county and state, paying taxes to provide public benefits, and help ing to support every movement for the common good. One hundred were present. The Townsend Plan was conceived, and has been carried forward, in a deep religious spirit, and this spirit pervaded the meeting Monday night. The meeting w-as opened with the reading of a most appropriate and inspiring passage pf Scripture by Mrs. J. F. Cole, followed by silent prayer, and the Lord’s prayer in con cert. The president. J. M. Windham introduced the speaker of the even ing, Robert Denny of Pinehurst. Mr. Denny took for his text the Interna tional Sunday School lesson of the previous day, on “Christian Stew ardship.” hanf^iing the subject in the true style ol a Southern orator, and showing how' the ideas of providing social security, through both unem ployment insurance and retirement pensions, have been permeating so ciety through these later years. Miss Holmes stated that this was the nec essary result of the constant preach ing and teaching of Christian prin ciples through many years, that the reason why America has safely come through a bloodless revolution is be cause it is at heart a Christian na tion. irnuniiiious .Vpproval In the most interesting discussion that followed it was found that all present believed in some form of federal old age or retirement pen sions. and that the Townsend Plan was especially appealing becau.sc of its insistence upon economic recov ery for all ages, through quick cir culation of money, and employment assurance, thus killing a great many birds with the one stone called ‘‘Old Age Pensions;” and that, to use Mr. Denny’s figure, the pendulum must swing first to the left and then to the right, in order to make the clock go at all, and that “all we can do at this juncture is to sign petitions, and let Congress do the rest;” that the petition is the sign of public in terest and cooperation, and the only way to effectively approach Congress in the matter. The petition was then presented and signed with enthusiasm, and another meeting planned, to be held next Monday evening in the Civic Club building, at tight o’clock. The members hope that many representa tives of other towns in the county will be present and will take petitions home to be signed, in order to get as many signers as possible in Moore county. REV. L M. HALL NEW PASTOR OF PAGE MEMORIAL To Succeed Rev. W. C. Ball in | Aberdeen-Vass Methodist Churches I LATTER GOES TO DURHAM FIVE CENTS RRESTOFGANG LVES SERIES OF LOCAL BURGLARIES George Hill and Others Rounded Up by Police on Numer ous Charges HELD FOR SUPERIOR COl RT The Rev. L. M. Hall, for the past four years pastor of the Fifth Ave nue Methodist Church in Wilming ton, has been assigned by the North Carolina Conference of the Metho dist Episcopal Church, South, as pas tor of the Page Memorial Church in Aberdeen and the Vass Methodist Church. Appointments were announc ed at the clo.se of the conference in Washington, N. C., on Monday. Mr. Hall succeeds the Rev. W. C. Ball, who has faithfully served the local charge for the last four years, endearing himself not only to those of his congregations but to the com munity in general. He will be great ly missed here. Mr. Ball goes to the Methodist Church in West Durham in the exchange. Mr. Hall is a graduate of Trinity ' : College, now Duke University, and of Cooperation Must Come from What the Little Theatre Movement Should Mean to the Sandhills Yale University at New Haven, Conn W'ith his wife he will move to Aber-, deen as soon as he and his predeces sor there have arranged their house-1 hold moves. Mr. and Mrs. Hall come with the highest recommendations from those of their charge in W'il-' mington. Holh Sides of the Footlights to Bring Success Uy Walter Frankl Those present at the performances of “Poverty Flat.'?” by the Sandhills Little Theatre on Tuesday and Christmas Seals AN EDITORIAL Every resident of Moore county has a right to be proud of the success made in past years in wiping the MRS. H. 0. RIGGAN, WIDOW OF BANK PRESIDENT. DIES Prominent Southern Pines Res ident Passes 15 Months After Late Husband CAME HERE IN 1S95 Thursday evening of last week can dread .scourge of tuberculosis from Seal Sale Campaign To Start Next Week Riport of County Mrs. Cheatham, Reveals Bal ance From Last Year The annual Tuberculosis Christmas Seal Sale is about to start in the j Sandhills. Due to a bereavement in the family of the Southern Pines > chairman, the regular Seal Sale drive j may be delayed here but it is in the hands of an emergency committee which will have it worked out as soon as possible. In the meanwhile, seals; _ j bear witness to the ability and keen- i ness of this ambitious young amateur group. The unreserved applau.se and ! encouragement proved that their per- Ireasurer,! formance was worthy cf an organiza- : iioa of groator experience lo.ige*. i standing. 1 A venture of tliis kind (a lilLle theatre movement) tias always had , during its formative years the prob- , lem of public acceptance, the inevi- ; table comparison with tl’.e profession al stage find screen But that is not what the “Little Theatie” stands for. ' The history of the Abbey Theatre abroad and the Theatre Guild here this community. Not that this disease will be on sale at the Broad Street Pharmacy and the Southern Pines Library after December 1st. The campaign in Pinehurst will cpen next Tuesday under the direc-1 tj,eir intensity and skill that Relatives and friends paid their final respects Tuesday afternoon to has ever been very prevalent here. It Mrs. Anna Dorothea Riggan, whose hasn’t. But. as in every other com- funeral was held at 3 o’clock from munity, certain dangerous centers of her late home on Ashe .street, the mreotion have been found, from Rev. J. Fred Stimson officiating. In- which, unless checked, this fearful terment in the family plot in Mount ailment will creep out and ravage the Hope Cemetery followed, population. jirg Riggan, in failing health since That’s why every single pers n in the death of her husband, Herbert O. the county take.s a personal interest Higgan, president of the Citizens in the National Tubei’culosis Christ- Bank & Trust Company of Southern mas Seal Sale, which this year will Pines, on August 26, 1933. passed start here December first. That’s why away Saturday afternoon at her home the number of donations each year here. Born in Perth Amboy, N. J., more nearly approaches the total Novembei 6th, 1873, the daughter of number of persons living here. For Mr, and Mrs. W. F. Junge, she came j ter Eckert was relieved of a radio, here it is a people’s drive—“by the ‘ to Southern Pines with her parents in i five automobile wheels and tires and “ i l-'oople and for the people." P^very ,189.') where in 1906 she and Mr. Rig-I other property. as ama ' represented in the list gan were imited in marriage. In the fifth case. Hill, Charli- ' ' of contributors, some with large. Of a quiet and retiring disposition | Thomas and John Willis were charg- , , , some with welcome donation.s. Mrs. Higgan was devoted to her voung actors and have proven by i , , „ , The Tuberculosis Christmas Seal family, and a large circle Some people go out for golf, others for tennis or riding, but so far as George Hill is concerned, there seems to be no sport which can compare with that of "breaking and entering.” George is a colored youth who lives in Southern Pines and on Tuesday of this week, he was in court in Carth age to face five different cases of breaking and entering. Hill entered a plea cf guilty in four of the five, and was bound to Superior Court un der S750 bond. The arrest of Hill and others solves the numerous petty burglaries in the Sandhills of late, and great cred it i.« due Chief of Police Gargis of Southern Pines, his assistant. Ed New. ton and Sheriff McDonald and his deputies for splendid police work in i-ounding up the gang. In the early summer the home of Mrs. Verdie Wiley m Southern Pines was entered and the thief escaped by jumping from a second story w’in- dow' when a member of the house hold started up the stairs. Approxi mately $500 worth of jewelry was missed. Hill w'as charged with the crime, but this is the one case which he denied. Deputy Sheriff Kelly tes tified that fingerprints found on the wall of the Wiley home were identical with those of Hill. In August or September, radios, guns, pistols and .shells were stolen from the house of T. S. Wheeler, Heman Gifford, Mrs. W. M. Cunning ham and Mrs. Wilcox; around the fi’’st of this month a dozen sheets and pillow cases, a flash light and three watches were removed from the house of Mrs. F. B. Howland; blan kets and other articles were taken from the house of George J. Jenks when it was broken and entered about the same timf,. and the home of Hun- ! i>.re two noteworthy examples. Bo^h these organizations, as have tcurs; writers, artists, decorators and they I tion of Mrs. W. D. Hyatt. ' ould leave the so-called professional ' ^as no back debts—the money thronged the home - Mhonf o hPhin.i vvhon H tn this year’s .sale will all go to-; floral tribtites lue.sday. Surviv- The annual report of the treasur-; theatre far behind when it came to I er of the Moore County Tuberculosis ;»[)roducing plays, of enduring merit. 'Association, Dr. T. A. Cheatham, re-1 The compelling f,>rce cf their intei- I veals that last year’s Seal Sale net-1 est surmounted all ob.stacles which j ted $942.58, with private additional | strew' the way of the unknown am- ; contributions totaling $259.84 and an : bitious. I appropriation from the county mak- ; ing the grand total $1,462.42. Of this ' amount $235.65 went to the National * North Trials, Triliulatioiis The trials and tribulations of the I Washington Square Players which re- sioners will care for two additional i j association, $873.59 to the i solved itself after the war into “The I Carolina Sanatorium for patients, j ,j,heatre Guild of New York," are , ^ I $135 to Dr. J. Symington, county: t^e ■ per pa Sandhills. The place of The Theatre Guild in the theatrical picture of this wa^'I p’acing under proper care the.se i mother, Mrs. W. F. Junge de.sperately ill men and women, or daughter’s. Katherine, of the faculty of the Moravian Institute, Winston-Salem and Lenora, of the Southern Pines School faculty, with whom the entire community sympa thize in their great loss. ! Chamber To Press For as many as tho money collected will allow. Rates have been reduced at the State Sanatorium, so that every dol lar collected will keep a patient in the sanatorium two days, and the duplication by the County Commis Safety for Children physician, for special medication. $161.35 for food supplies, clothing. BANK OF V.ASS ASSETS ON THE AUCTION BLOCK Assets of the closed Bank of Vass were sold at public auction on Fri- day of last week with the Goldston twins as auctioneers. The sale start ed at 10 o’clock in front of the bank building with a large crowd in at-, tendance, but with bidding rather weak. Later in the day rain drove the crowd to shelter, so the sale was moved to the Beasley Motor Com pany building to the rear of the bank, where it continued until night fall. The greatest number of the notes went at low fig;ureg. An official re port is not yet available. screening, etc., which, with a tax; ,3^ commented Item of 64 cents, made up the ex-■ * tient day or one patient one day,. Parents Complain of Danger to; I":;, for every twenty-five Christmas Bridge Route ed with breaking and entering the Knollwood home of Joseph Wocd and stealing therefrom a radio, six pairs of shoes and a quantity of canned goods. Thomas and Willis pleaded not guilty. According to the evidence, Willis drove his car to the Wood premi.ses. Hill enter the house, unlock ing the back door with a key which he had, and Thomas waited for him on the outside. Willis and Thomas claimed ignorance of Hill's plans, but they admitted driving from the Wood place to the woods near Southern Pines where they divided the prop erty, All were bound to Superior to School penditures, leaving a balance on hand of $56.1 D. can of course never hope in this limited territory ever to rival a lit tle theatre of Dublin, A?5oscow or New’ York has motives identical to these giants of the theatre. It does not stand for amateur theatricals; it Between these two there is a vast difference. What are amateur theatricals? Amateur theatricals are home tal- The Thistle Club will hold its first ent endeavoring to reproduce a Broad, card party of the season at the jway or European ephemeieal success Southern Pines Country Club on Sat- j and usually very badly. A little thea- urday afternoon, December 1st, at! tre is a group producing plays of ar- 2.-30 o’clock. A prize will be given j tistic worth, plays whether they are at each table, whether you play cards; new or old that have real glamour of or not. Members and their guests! writing and visual glamour that make Thistle Club Starts Activities Saturday Will Have Its First vCard Party j at Country Club " ’ This Week arc invited to the social hour begin ning at 4:30 p. m. Tea will be serv ed by Mrs. Alfred Grover, with a 35c charge for members and their guests. an evening in the theatre an event. But with all this fervor the actor needs an audience. The playwright needs a' listener. The cultural tone of were amended to include more than the fixed number of 100 members. All ladies, either seasonal guests or residents, are invited to give their names to members of the club, that they may enjoy either cards or golf. Mrs. Hunter Eckert is formulating plans for a golf schedule. There will be a short business meeting before A meeting of the advisory board a community is appraised by the was held on the 24th, and the by-laws j books it reads, by the plays it sees. The Sandhill.s have a cultural stand ing, so the Litle Theatre appeals to it for support. The roster of young people who Let each person in Moore county provide for one patient one day at the I State Sanatorium by buying twenty-' five Christmas Seals. Many w’ill want to take more, may be some will pro-: vide for one hundred patient days, | and some even more. Seals at one cent each, and sheets , at $1.00 each, will be on sale early in i December. An effort will be made,; through the Local Chairmen, to reach every resident of Moore county. If, by ' chance, you are not solicited, please send or give your contribution to your , local chairman, whose name will be published later in this paper, or to | the County Chairman, Mrs. T. A. j Cheatham, Pinehurst. | To clinch the work of past years— I to clean Moore county as quicklV and as cheaply as possible—this year’s ^ effort is vital. For remember, TU BERCULOSIS WILL NOT WAIT. I The Chamber of Commerce direc tors. meeting on Tuesday noon as i luncheon guests of Mrs. M. H. Grear- j son at the Highland Lodge, heard a Quick two wool blankets which he report on the widening of the ap- “on the hill” for fifty cent"; each Ed Quick was given 30 days on the roads for receiviag stolen prop erty, this to be suspended upon pay ment of $20 fine and the costs. George Hill testified that he sold FRANKL TALKS ON VALUE OF .-IRT TO A COMMl'NITY I proaches to the new bridge over the Seaboard tracks at the southern end i of Southern Pines, and referred to the committee on Civic Affairs a proposal to take up with the Board I of Commissioners the need of safe ; walkways for children leading to the bridge. Ralph Chandler, chairman of I this committee, stated that as secre- i tary of the School Board he had re- j ceived numerous complaints from I parents about the danger of risks j run by their children in walking to school over this route, there being no sidewalk at present from the bridge I for some distance tow'ard the I schoolhouse. ; HUNT FISHER HIGH IN COLLEGE EX.\]»fINATION W. Hunt Fisher-of Southern Pines, son of Mr. and Mrs. Park Fisher, was among the freshmen at the Walter Frankl, Southern Pines ar tist and director of the Sandhills Lit- are joining to lend their hand befhind; tie Theatre, made a splendid address j North Carolina State College passing and in front of the footlights is am- j at the Kiwanls Club’s annual Tranks- j recent English placement tests with pie proof of the desire there is for giving dinner on Wednesday noon at | honors. Fisher, With a mark of 80, a little theatre. But the help of an the home of Mrs. J. R. Page in Aber- j was fourth among those of the en- audlence and subscribers is the com- j deen. His discourse on '“The Value gineering course taking the examina- play Saturday afternoon and all mem- plement that is nee’ded to make the of Art to a Community” will be pub-' tion, and the engineers led all other bers are requested to be present. desire practicable. I lished in next week’s Pilot. i classifications. Charlie Thoma.s was given fou; months%on the roads for receiving a stolen radio. Clarence W’illis, colored, was bound to Superior Court under |x)nd