LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY MOORE COUNTY’S TTTTT7 A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 15A. NO. 2 CARTHAOE Xjiwi LAK EVl£W E.ND FMANI-EY II ►UTHCRN /A ' >m£9 ASHL6V HEIGHTS liACKSOH SPRtMOd AeC(^0€£>f PIMEBLUPP of the Sandhill Southern Pines and Aberdeen. North (’arc.lina, Friday December 7, 1934 fiVMKHANA Tees Olf His S. B. RICHARDSON TO CHRISTO NEW ° E1.ECTED HEAD OF HORSE koW RING tovs-doHs 1 SPRING FESTIVAL and Clothing Daring, Amusing and Exciting Horse Events to Feature Card at Southern Pines WANTED: BRAVE COWBOY Southern Pines’ new horse show grounds, adjoining the baseball field on Morganton Road, will be christen ed today when the whistle blows tor the first of the winter series of eques trian gymkhana events. The show ring is ready for the daring riders who will put on a program of games, stunts and jumping. Some of the best horses in the Sandhills will be seen in action. Herbert Cameron, the Rev. J. Fred Stimson and Nelson C. Hyde are in charge of the program for the after noon. Among the events w;ll be fea ture jumping by W. O. Moss, ama teur jumping, a class for pairs of jumpers, musical stalls, tilting, a po tato race and a “riding the goat” number. There is also the possibility of an amusing rodeo stunt if a good bravft “cowboy” can be found prior to this afternoon. Horses from the Thomas & Alex ander, Moss, Liaing, Tate and Pad dock stables have been entered in the various events, and the opening gymkhana of the winter bids fair to he one of the most exciting and en tertaining affairs of the early season. Amateur riders, all ages, sizes and sexes, are invited to participate. There will be special events for the child ren. There is to be no charge for watch ing the gymkhana, but parking spaces around the show ring will be sold at a small amount toward de fraying the expenses. Season pai-k- ing spaces are also available and many already sold. Charles P. Ever est is in charge of the parking. The program starts at 2 :30 o'clock. Recorder’s Court was held on Tues day with Judge J. Vance Rowe, new ly elected Recorder who took the oath of office on Monday, presiding. “ Conno Johnson and Preston Le- Grand, colored of Pinehurst, will, dur ing the next three months, have little use for the six golf clubs, six golf balls, golf shoes and socks which they were found guilty of swipjng, from Louis Scheiper’s car while it was parked in Taylortown, for the judge arranged for them to have employ ment on the roads for 90 days. Willie Wright did wrong when he disturbed religious worship at a church in the Eagle Spring com munity, so he was given 60 days no the roads, this to be suspended upon payment of one-fourth of the costs and upon condition that Wright re main of good behavior for 12 months. Three other defendants who along with Wright were charged with going to the church while drinking, and with using profane language and knocking on the church window, have not been taken. For being publicly drunk and tres passing upon the premises of S. W. Simons, Claude Campbell and Henry Furr, white of near Cameron, were given sixty-day sentences, suspended upon payment of the costs and upon their reniaining of good behavior for a year. Ollie Hayes, colered, found guilty of driving while intoxicated, was sen tenced to serve 30 days on the roads, this to be suspended upon payment of a fine of $50 aad the costs. He is not to drive a car during the next 90 days except when his employer or his employer’s guests are in the car with him. TKI-C’OINTY MEETING OF 1‘KESBVTEUIANS IIEKE Big“ Drop in Relief Cases Here in October Persons Aided Total 3,753, or 13.3 Percent of Population, at Cost of $8,755 Mooie county had 785 families, making 862 cases on relief in Octo-i . I mont Plan" m regard to Church fi- There will be a meeting for all the Presbyterians of Moore, Hoke and Scotland counties in Bethesda Church, Aberdeen, on Monday evening, De cember 10th, at 7:30 o’clock. The Rev. G. L. Whitely of Roanoke, V^., will be the speaker of the even ing. His subject will be “The Bcl- ber, a decrease of 17 per cent from September. Persons aided were 3,- 753, which was 13.3 per cent of the county’s population. The amount spent per family in the county was $6.46, and the total spent in the county was $8,755.66. The $1,205,590.13 distributed in North Carolina by the FERA in re lief in October is a marked drop from September, Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, State relief director, reports. In Oc tober there were 62.207 relief cases in the State, and in September 77,105. Individuals in October numbered 257,034 and in September there were 333,210 individuals i*eceiving relief funds. Stricter supervision and closer- case work, discontinuing relief pro jects in rural communities recently, and better conditions .in most of the State are held responsible for the drop. The county and city units receive $1,005, 409.88 in October, the bal ance going as follows: transient cen ters, $45,477.39; emergency educa tion, $47,325.74; State ERA, $37,- 169.66; State purchases, $43,226.93; student aid, $22,980.73. Ninety of the 100 counties showed a decrease in case load in October. In 28 counties five percent or less of the population was on relief. The average spent per family was $12.01 and for individuals the average was $6.45 in October. nancing under the auspices of the General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church, and of Fay etteville Presbytery. The Belmont Plan is gaining great headway in the south among Pres byterians, and it is expected that within a few weeks the whole of Fay etteville Presbytery will be follow ing the plan. The Presbyterians of these three counties will have this plan explained to them on next Mon day evening at Aberdeen by Mr. Whiteley himself. M. H. FOLLKY WITHDRAWS FKOM I*OST()FFI('E KAt’E M. H. Folley of Aberdeen announc ed this week that he was withdraw ing his name from consideration for the position of United States Post master at Aberdeen, and in making the announcement added words of appreciation to the large number of citizens of the town who have been supporting him for the post. Mr. Fol ley stated that increased busines.3 at his plant, the M. H. Folley Lumber Company, required his entire time. There are still several candidates in the field for the position made va cant by the recent death of Postmas ter Deaton. At present Miss Edna Maurer is serving as postmaster un der a temporary appointment. Toys-Dolls The Firemen Will Make Your Old Ones New and I’oor Children Happy Haven’t you some old toys or dolls you are through with? Dozens and dozens of children 'in and dolls and making them as good to be without them on Christmas Day, and it won’t be the fault of the local Fire Department. The boys make an annual practice of picking up toys and dolls and mak ignhetm as good as new at the fire house during their spare hours. Not many have been sent in to them this year and they are fearful lest their friends, the needy little ones, will be disappointed on Christmas Day. Just telephone 7201 and some fire man will call for whatever you have that will make children happy. Or if you want to give money, that will be fine too. The fire laddies will use it to buy toys and dolls. Do it now, Christmas is coming. DAVID H. CAMERON, 83, DIES AT HOME IN SOUTHERN PINES Born Near LilUngton in 1851, He Built Home Here in Early Eighties LEAVES LARGE FAMILY David Hugh Cameron, a resident of Southern Pines for half a- century, died in his home on Bennett street early Wednesday morning. Born in Harnett county, near Lil- lington on September 14, 1851, Mr. Cameron married Mary B. Priest on August 26, 1878. In the early eigh ties they built a home five miles east of Southern Pines, the oli.l house stii* standing on the road now known as ' “Youngs.” Mr. Cameron was an ex pert cooper, then an important fac tor in the flourishing turpentine bus iness centering in Manly, and sue-1 cessfully practiced his profession un til the decline of this Sandhill in dustry. Funeral services were held in his late home at 2 o'clock yesterday af-, ternoon, the Rev. M. D. McNeill of: Cameron and the Rev. J. Fred Stim-1 son of Southern Pines officiating. In terment in Lakeview cemetery fol lowed. Mr. Cameron is survived by his wid ow; three sons, Duncan D., formerly chief of the Southern Pines fire de partment, but now of Aberdeen; Clif ton and Thomas, and five daughters, Mrs. Esther Wicker, of Hamlet, and Mary, Rebecca, Gussie and Lena, higlriy esteemed residents of Southern Pines with whom a wide circle of friends sympathize in their loss. Chamber of Commerce N'ames Former Mayor General Chair man for April Invent PLANS FINANCE CAMPAIGN | S. B. Richardson, former mayor of j Southern Pines, was elected general ' chairman of the second annual Spring Blossom Festival at a meet ing of officers and committee chair men of the Chamber of Com* -rce held Tuesday noon at Jack’s Grill. Plans for financing the festival, which will be held the week of Ap ril 8th, were discussed. Other offi cers, a vice-chairman and a treasur er, are to be named in the near fu ture. Mr. Richardson will begin prepara tions at once for the program for Festival Week, and will name the chairman of the various committees in charge of each day’s activities. The annual campaign for mem berships in the Chamber of Com merce will be launched within the next few weeks, the drive this year to be a joint one for financing both the regular Chamber activities and the Festival. In addition, it was vot- ted Tuesday to put on a vaudeville entertainment during the month of January for the benefit of the Fes tival fund, and Frank Buchan and Dr. George G. Herr were ramed a committee to work out the program. They will add others to their com mittee and begin work at once on the production, which in all probabil ity will be held in the High School Invited to Spea SENATOR J. W. BAH.EV FIRST IN NEWa» CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING y of North Carolina FIVE CENTS SENATOR BAILEY MAY BE KIWANIS WILBUR H. CURRIE AGAIN CHAIRMAN OF COUNTY BOARD Gordon Cameron Elected Vice- Chairman, S. R. Hoyle County Attorney and Vice-Recorder FUND VOTED FOR VETS The Board of County Comms.^ion- ers met on Monday with all members of the old board present except E. C. Matheson and with the new mem ber, D. D. McCrimmon, there. W. H. Currie was reappointed chairman of the board and Gordon Cameron was elected vice chairman. S. R. Hoyle was reappointed coun ty attorney for a period of two years at a salary of $200 per year. Mr. Hoyle was again made vice-judge of the Recorder’s Court. I Invited to Address Annual Home-Coming Meeting Ut Pinehurst Next Week i CLUB HEARS HEALTH TALK United Slates Senator Josiah W. Bailey has been invited to address the annual Home-Coming meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen next Wedne.sday noon at the Pinehurst Community Church, and his accept ance of the invitation is hoped for today by those in charge of the pro gram. In adcfition, Charles W. Picquet has arranged a musical program to in clude the Carolina Hotel orchestra and a number of special features. Once a year the former members of the Kiwanis Club and there are more than 100 of them scattered about the county—gather around the I luncheon board for a festive reunion. It is the biggest meeting of the year for this organization which has play ed such an important part in activi ties of a civic and charitable nature in the county for many years. Last year Congressman Walter Lambeth was the speaker of the day. This year the committee stepped into the halls 01 the Senate in aspiring for a speak er of note, and has the assurance of Senator Bailey that he will make every possible effort to be here. Awarded Paid Inspe«‘tor At its meeting on Wednesday of this week in the Civic Club, Southern Pines, Dr. J. Symington, county health officer, told the members about the health work now being done in the county, citing a number of cases wherein the health authorities had been of invaluable aid both in curing The commissioners appropriated $200 for a revolving fund for use inland preventing disease wheie, with- auditorium. > Numerous special fe.’.tures for Fes tival Week were discussed in addi tion to the regular program, and from plans suggested there is every ! handling emergency cases of World j out the work of such a department, indication of a bigger and better I War veterans in securing adjusted i death and epidemics would have re- carnival than last April. 'compensation and hospitalization, this’ suited. Due to the .splendid record of 1 fund to be administered by a board ! Moore county in health work the I composed of W. H. Currie, chairman; | United States Public Health Service S. R. Hoyle, coimty attorney, and J. ! has recently awarded a full time san- L. McGraw. i itary inspector here, to be paid by the The board voted to allow Herbert ' government. Only three other counties Kennedy, warden of the county home, | in the state have won this recogni- the sun of $25 to provide a Cl.ristmas i tion. dinner for the inniai.cs, this to take The County health authorities are the place of the Johnson Chi'istmas j also proud of a Certificate of Merit fund. I recently received from the U. S. Pub- Gordon Cameron was appointed i Hc Health Service for work among custodonian of the community house j the colored population of the coun- Uncle Demus Taylor, 106 Years Old Dies^ Former Slave For Whom Tay- lorstown Was Named Passes To Reward SCHOOL C HILDREN MOVE INTO THEIR ♦NEW BUILDING The first and second grade chil dren of the Southern Pines School moved into their new school build ing Tuesday. Monday and Tuesday were busy days for them, the chil dren rushing around moving their things. One hundred pupils moved into the building, occupying three large rooms with Miss Skinner, Miss Wilson and Mrs. Brown as teachers. The rooms are large, airy and light, and the building, built from the old Manly Schoolhouse, attractive from au architectural standpoint as well as utilitarian. TENNIS STARS TO COMPETE SATURDAY IN PINEHURST Pinehurst Country Club will be the scene of the first important tennis tournament of the winter season over this week-end. Matches will be played in men’s singles and doubles, and the entry list includes the leading players of the University of North Carolina and Duke University, Including Ber- nie Welsh, who holds No. 1 rEuiking on the national publics parks tennis list; also others from various parts of the state and a number of the local lights. Matches will start early Satur day morning and continue all day. riC'QUET OFF TO PRESIDE 0\ ER THEATRE OWNERS Charles W’. Picquet, president of the Theatre Owners Association of North and South Carolina, will attend the annual convention to be held the forepart of next week in Charlotte and seek a respite from the job he has held for ten years. He has writ ten members of the organization that they must relieve him of the presi dency this year. Whether or not they will accede to his request remains to be seen. Mr. Picquet’s Southern Fines thea tre during the past week has added a marques to its entrance. Those alight ing from motors on rainy night will hereafter be able to enter the thea tre without dodging between rain drops. Demus i'aylor is dead. That may not mean much to many of you in the Sandhills, but it means a lot to the old timers, and it means a lot to the colored folk.s. For Uncle Demus has been the daddy of them all for some time. There is a question as to just how old Uncle Demus was. Last year when Southern Pines inaugurated Old Slave Day, Demus was checked up as 106 years of age. Some said yes terday he was 111. In any event, he was the oldest resident of Moore County and probably the only resid ent who was “of age” when slavery was abolished. Demus remembered well the Civil War, the days he served in peonage. He recalled the times when North Carolina was almost a barren wilderness. He antedated Pinehurst by some 70 years. South ern Pines by more than half a cen tury. They say that Demus’ grandfather was smuggled into this country liom Africa, but how long ago that was would be difficult to estimate. If his forbears lived as long as he it would be back in the days of the Pilgrim fathers, but that w'as well before the African invasion. Suffice I it to say that Demus’ forbears have , seen the South grow from its prime- : val state to a proud spot in the sun- ! light. I Mayhap in days past Demus has at Pinchiust with full authority over the u.se of said building. It was ordered that C. J. McDon ald, sheriff of Moore county, be paid in advance twenty-five cents for each summons and complaint served for tax foreclosures fo!- the years 1929, 1930 and 1931. A donation of $5 to be sent to F. M. Register, Supt. of Caswell Train ing School, for the children's Christ mas fund was authorized. Road Re<‘ominendatlont» The board voted to recommend that the State Highway Commission take over and mainatin three sections of road in Moore county, all of which are used as school bus or rural free delivery routes. They arc as follows: the road leading from the corner of ty- The club at its Wednesday meet ing voted $10.00 from its treasury toward the fight on tuberculosis in the county, this in connection with the annual Christmas Seal Sale now on. Seek Big Fund For Tuberculosis Fight Ml3. Blair Appeals for Gener- ou.s Support of Christmas Seal Sale Mrs. A. McNeil Blair, chairman for Southern Pines of the Christmas Seal Sale, requests that anyone who have been overlooked by canvassers pro cure their seals from any one of the Fuller Monroe's field on the Rocking- ; jocal drug stores, ham road to Samarcand, a distance | “We want this campaign to go over of about four miles; the road leading | year,” said Mrs. Blair, from a point on the Highfalls-Ben- j <