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NEWS-WEEKLY
MOORE COUNTY’S
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 15A. NO. 2
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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 <<The fight agaist tuberculosis, w^hich
nett highway near the store of Will j jjj Moore county are winning,
Phillips to the Islan:l I'ord road by j go on. This year the county
Cagle’s old mill place, e distance of j government is matching contributions
two miles; the road leading from | g^jg
so if we can
caddied for you on Pinehurst courses.
i United States Highway 1 at Moore
and Lee county lino to Mt. Moriah
church near Cameron on the old
Plank Road, a distance of about five
and one-half miles. These roads are
said to be in great need of repair.
J. A. MeCASKILL DIES AT
HIS HOME IN PINEHURST
J. A. McCaskill died early Wednes
day morning at his home in Pine
hurst following a few hours' illness
resulting from a stroke of paraly
sis. Surviving are his wife, one daugh
ter, Miss Edith MqCaskill, and three
sons, Melvin, Hubert and Frank Mc-
Caskfll, all of Pinehurst.
j He was one of the first to tote bags
I about. In later years as age forbade
I the heavy burden of woods and irons
i he was awarded the h\imble but hon-
I orary job of picking up loose papers,
j old Camel wrappers, torn score
cards, from the environs of the club
house. Then he faded from the golf
picture, retired to his home in Tay
lortown, Pinehurst's colored colony,
named for him.
And Monday Uncle Demus pass
ed to the Great Beyond. His story
will probably never be written, the
story of America from the eyes of
one In the hieltlng pot,
F. T. KEATING WINS W.\Y
TO FIN.\LS IN GOLF EVENT
Francis T. Keating of Pinehurst
accomplished his second upset vic
tory in as many days when he top
pled Halbert J. Blue, Aberdeen stsy:,
1 up, in the semi-final round of the
Pinehurst season members’ champ
ionship yesterday. Keating conquer
ed P. S. P. Randolph Tuesday.
Yesterday afternoon Keating met
F. C. Robertson, the medalist who
conquered E. C. Keating, Mont
clair, N. J., 4 and 2, in the other
serr'-final.
raise as much as usual we will have
a fund with which we should be able
to fight a real battle against the di
sease in this community. Let us all
do our part.”
EIGHT TABLE.S IN PLAY AT
THISTLE CLUB PREMIERE
The Thistle Club held its first card
party and tea of the season, at the
Southern Pines Country Club last Sat
urday afternoon.
These parties will be held each Sat
urday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
There was an unusually large at
tendance for this time of year, eight
tables playing Prizes for high scores
went to Mrs. H. E. Thrower, Mrs.
Carl Thompson, Miss Eleanor Bar
ron, Mrs. Heilman, Mrs. Fuller, Mrs.
Elmer Davis, Mrs. Graff and Mrs.
Walter Speath.