MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 15A, NO. 14. •5r >^CA.4 ^PINEBLUFP PILOT FIRST LV N^EWS, CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, March, 1, 1935. FIVE CENTS 1934 SEAL SALE BEST IN 8 YEARS; $1,160 IS RAISED Over $200 More Than Previous Year Donated in Fight on Tuberculosis COUNTY MEETS 75 PERCENT The Tuberculosis Seal Sale in Moore county for 1934 was the best in eight years, Mrs. T. A. Cheatham, county chairman, reported this week. The total C(vntributed to the cause was $1,161.57, over $200 more than in 1933 and $157 better than the previous record year. Interest in the campaign this year was stimulated by the fact that the county government agreed to match, dollar for dollar, the 75 percent of the total amount raised which re mains in the county. Twenty-five per cent goes to the National and State associations. As usual, Pinehurst led in the va rious towns, more than half the to tal being subscribed there, $651.55. Southern Pines was second with $223.53, and Aberdeen third with $58.55. Ten percent of the county to tal was given by members of the colored lace, a campaign waged by leaders and school teachers among the colored population netting $117.50. Of this, $90.00 was raised in the 23 colored schools of the county. ‘‘Thanks to the enthusiastic work of all the schools and of the business men, to the generous contributions of individuals and to the tireless efforts of the local chairmen the campaign to raise funds for the fight on tu berculosis in this county was the best in eight years,” Mrs. Cheatham said. ‘We set $1,000 as our goal this year and went ‘over the top’ by more than $100.” xMrs. Cheatham herself personally directed the 1934 cam paign and to her great credit is due for its success. The Seal Sale by districts in the county was as follows: Aberdeen, Mrs. Henry A. Page, Jr., chairman, $58.55. Addor, Mrs. Henry Addor, chair man, $6.25. Cameron, Miss Johnsie Cameron and Miss Ruth McFadyen, $21.74. Carthage. Mrs. L. W. Barlow, $44.86. Eagle Springs, Mrs. Jesse W. Page, $13.85. Eureka, Miss Mary Black, $13.25. Glendon, Mrs. W. I. Stockton, $1.50. Hemp, Mrs. Edwin A. West, $26.62. High Falls, Mrs. W'. E. Woody, $1.94. Jackson Springs, Mrs. A. A. Mc Donald, $4.75. Lakeview-Vass, Miss Marjorie Coore and Mrs. R. L. Oldham, $14.38. Manly, Miss Mabel Wilson, 90c. Niagara, Mrs. C. L. Dutton, $1.50. Pinebluff, Mrs. Mary D. Jannaris, $33.42. Pinehurst, Mrs. Walter Hyatt, $651.55. Putnam, Mrs. Frank Upchurch, $1.00. Southern Pines, Mrs. A. McNeill Blair, $223.53. Silver Springs, Mrs. W. D. Shan non, $4.58. West End, Mrs. B. U. Richardson $18.40. Kiwanis Club, $10.00. Colored schools not connected with any town, $9.00. Total. $1,161.57. New Deal Policies Should Be Advanced, Says H. A. Page, III Young Aberdeen Rhodes Scholar Favors Government Control of liasic Industries Henry Allison Page, III, 21-year-old winner of the highest undergraduate award at Princeton University, be lieves the New Deal policies should be pushed farther than the adminis tration has advanced them up to this point. “The New Dealers lack the cour age of their convictions.” the winner of the coveted M. Taylor Pyne honor prize and a Rhodes scholar-elect said in an interview given the Associated Press in Princeton this week. Page, who went to Princeton from Aberdeen, said he believes the government “should control the man ufacture of munitions and, for that matter, all basic industries.” He said ho held that view despite the Tact thR* his father owns two small railroads and a group of retail auto mobile agencies. A grand-nephew of Walter Hines Page, war-time ambassador to Great Britain, the youth is a confirmed pacifist, but said he would be will ing to take up arms if this country .should be invaded. “But I will never fight outpide our borders,” he said emphatically. “I believe in disarmament as a practical step toward peace,” he add ed, and said he believed the United States shouM join both the League of Nations and the World Court. “The only possible isolation to day,” he a.sserted, “is political isola tion. The world is so interdependent in other aspects that it is almost necessary for our own best interests that we should join the League and the Court.” Page said his religious philosoph" was a “combination of Christianity: and naturalism.” j New^ Deal-er FARMERS FAIL IN FIGHT FOR 1934 TOBACCO ACREAGE Elva Statl( Found Unconi ^^Idson Dies; > in Car in Garage of Pin^Tifrst Home HENKV .V. PAGE, III Southern Pines B. & L. Submits Fine Report Shareholders Have Annual Meeting and Re-elect Offi cers and Directors The 14th annual shareholders’ meeting of the Southern Pines Build ing and Loan Association was held in the Men’s Club on Friday even ing, February 22, and following re ports of the year’s business by the secretary, R. L. Chandler, officers and directors for 1935 were elected. During its 13 years of service the Secretary of Agriculture Tells Growers They Must Abide by AAA Increase Plan 22 PERCENT MORE IN ’35 Grower.q of flue-cured tobacco were told in Raleigh on Monday that they had failed in their effort to persuade the Agricultural Adjustment Admin- i.stration not to increa.sp the contract acieage of their crop by approxi mately 22 per cent over that of 1934. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace and J. B. Hudson, chief of the tobacco section of the AAA, ex plained and defended the govern- ment’s position in addre.s.ses to a crowd of almost 5.000, representing ! growers in North Carolina, Virginia. South Cai'olina. Georgia and Florida, j assembled in the Municipal Auditor ium. Having received such a frank state ment from the men in charge of that, agency which has done most for the ‘ tobacco farmer- -and more for him | than for any other grower - the crowd j voted to “go along” with the govern-1 ‘ ment. even though many believed that A^ttorney MattheM’S Cites Law Tag: Daff Nets $115 Southern Pines vSchool Thiinks Donors For .Support P’or Library The Southern Pines School .vishes to express its sincere thanks and appreciation to all of its friends for their hearty support in its annual tag day. The amount realized from this benefit for the school library was ,?115. The school cordially invites the public to visit its new library and participate in the enjoyment of it association has made a record high- A lover of the outdoors, he is an' >y creditable to its officers, and one of expert woodsman and last summer which the community should be proud, was one of a party of students serv-' The loans made since the organiza- ing at the Grenfell Mission in Labra- > March, 1922 now total $525,- dor. Several years ago, he explored | 223.93, of which $394,042.75 has been portions of the Hudson Bay region repaid, leaving mortgage loans out- DUTY OF COUNTY, NOT VISITOR, TO CARE FOR POOR the new policy was dangerous. | The audience also adopted a re.so-1 lution asking the AAA to launch a ; new sign-up. to become effective w’ith , the 1936 crop. The present contract ^ will expire with this year’s crops. Must I.,ook Ahead Speaking of the AAA plan to in crease the contract tobacco acreage by 22 per cent- from 70 to 86 per cent of the base, thereby making a ! ^ crop of more than 700,000,000 pounds probable—Secretary Wallace admitt ed that the administration might be making a mistake. “It may be that the c^^tirse we have taken with regard to tobaccu Is not a wise course,” he said, “but for my part I believe it is.” In arriving at the future, he said, the AAA had kept in mind not only the men who last year produced to bacco but men who must produce it in Argument For Increased Relief Fund IN KIWANIS CLUB TALK where white men were believed never, to the amount of $129,181.18, future, the manufacturer and to have gone before. an increase of $7,519.60 over 1933. Often, his friends say, he leaves | The number of loans made since his room at night with a couple of! organizing is 235, of which 178 have ^ blankets and sleeps in the woods out-1 been repaid leaving 57 loans out side of Princeton. S. Z. Holder, Civil War Veteran, Dies at 91 ^Resident of Pinebluff Since 1927 Had Fought from ’61 to ’65 With 42d N. C. Regiment 200 Attend District O. U. A. M. Initiation Ten New Members From San ford and EI'.8e Join Order at Carthage Two hundred members of the fif teen councils in the 17th district. Jun ior Order United American Mechan ics, composed of Lee, Montgomery and Moore counties, met at Carthage with Carthage Council No. 165 last Friday night and Initiated into the order t«n new members from Stinford Council No. Ill and Elise Council No. 346. The candidates were initiated by a degree team from Shotwell Council No. 148, Joneshoro. The side degrees were given the newly initiated mem bers by members of Broadway Coun cil No. 269. i standing at the close of 1934. Last I year ten new loans were made amounting to $47,241.75, and eight ; loans were refinanced to the amount ; of $8,622.80. All of these loans are ' first mortgage loans. The association I owns no real estate, for which the ' directors are to be commended, as I well as for the fact that they have no foreclosure suits pending. The largest loan in effect is for $10,000 $300. In effect at the beginning of 1934 were 2,334 shares of stock of all kinds, and at the close of the year 2,436, an increase of 102 shares. Semi-anihial dividends of $2.50 per share were paid on full-paid stock on June 30 and December 31, 1934. Following the acceptance of the report the officers and directors were re-elected, A. S. Ruggles as president; P. F. Buchan, vice-presi dent: R. L. Chandler, secretary-treas- urer. Directors are J. D. Arey, H. J. Betterley, L. V. O’Callaghan. C. L. Austin, H. S. Knowles, D. G. Stutz and F. H. Wilson. Now in effect is the 46th series, the 47th to start Samuel Z. Holder, Civil War vet- eron, passed away at his home in smallest Pinebluff on February 23d. He was born July 24, 1844 in Virginia. When a small boy he moved to Davie Coun ty. From here he volunteered in the 42d N. C. regiment and fought from 1861 to ’65. After the war Mr. Holder married Lucinda May of Anson coun ty, and lived in Anson for several years. To them were born five chil dren, one of whom survives, Mrs. James Seago of Hdffman. , After Mrs. Holder’s death he mar ried Nancy Jones of Bleavett Falls where he lived until he came to Pine bluff in June, 1927. In October of that same year he was married to Mar garet Kittell. Surviving are Mrs. Hol der, Mrs. James Seago, three grand children and six great-grandchildren, j April 1st. Funeral service were held in the Bap- j tist church at Pinebluff on Sunday i WORLD DAY OF PRAYER afternoon, the Rev. Mr. Harris con- j TO BE OBSERVED HERE ducting the services. Interment was in the Pinebluff cemetery. The Churches of Southern Pines I have for some years joined in the NEW FEATURES ON C.\RD World Day of Prayer. March 8th is FOR TODAY’S GYMKH.\NA the day appointed, Emmanuel Epis copal Church the place, 10:30 a. m. the time. All women are asked to put, aside their usual occupations for one hour on that day, and unite with women all over the world in asking God’s blessing and help: “Bear ye one another’s burdens” is this year’s text. The offering will be d:ivided be tween three causes, Christian service among our migrants, a most appeal ing cause: providing Christian litera ture for children in Africa, China, In dia, Japan and Korea; Women’s Un ion Christian College in the Orient, and work among our own American Indians. Several new features will be in troduced at the equestrian gymkhana to be run off this afternoon at the Southern Pines Horse Show ring, starting at 2:30 o’clock. The commit tee is planning a cornstalk polo match between Pinehurst and Southern Pines riders, has a Jumping pony which a youthful rider is to exhibit, and a so-called “barrel race” which is expected to produce a lot of com edy for both i^lders and spectators. There will also be the usual jumping events, potato race, etc. The largest crowd of the season is expected. the consumer. To do otherwise would be to violate the law under which the AAA was created, he said. “We must do that for the futur.e of the program. W^e must seek a long- continued, harmonious balance bet- tween supply and demand.” “It is the county's legal duty to oare for the poor, and unjust to our northern visitors to ask them to sup port our responsibility,” Attorney Duncan Matthews told the Kiwanis Club at its meeting on Wednesday. He cited the law wherein the county is authorized and supposed to appro priate from taxes to take care of its indigent population, and said the statute had been upheld by the Su preme Court. Mr. Matthews said a sum of $4,- 000 was appropriated last year for the needy, which with the $4,500 for the s\ipport of the county home was all the county had done. “We are not getting what we should, and are re lying on northern visitors to support many of our cases.” He also remark ed that a recent audit showed that the co’;nty was $13,000 behind in its payments for the support of South ern Pines schools. After his talk the club voted to idd a permanent Committee on Re- The Secretary reminded his audi- j lief to tis list of standing commit- ence that the price of the 1934 crop i tees. was about .seven cents above the par- j The club also went on record as ity which the AAA was supposed to' opposed to the election of the county seek and maintain. The tobacco far- tax collector by popular vote, basing mers received four times what they received in 1932, three times what they received in 1931, and substan tially more than they received in 1929. Schools To Present Two Plays Next Friday Southern Pines To Give “Fig ureheads” and Pinehurst “Elmer” in Auditorium 'ts argument on the political aspect of the case. Members felt that a tax collector should not be required to enter the political arena, that he has too much to do to properly accom plish his task without having to think about and work for election and re-election. Arthur S. Newcomb was designat ed to prepare resolutions on the death of Bion H. Butler, for years an honorory member of the Kiwanis Club. Prominent New York Broker Ac quires Pinehurst Company. Howard Phillips Treasurer The Pine Maskers of Southern Pines High School and Pinehurst High i Mid-South Insurance School will present two one-act plays; Ao-pnr»V in N'#»w TfntiHe next Friday night at 8:15 o’clock in | ■^SenCy in IN CW FianaS the Southern Pines School auditc/’ium. The former will give ‘Figureheads,” the latter school “Elmer.” These two comedies are not in com petition but will compete in their re spective groups at a later date dur ing the North Carolina Dramatic tournament. On March 15, Southern Pines, which won the State championship last year, will carry its play to Chap el Hill for the preliminary contest with the two high schools from Ral eigh and Chapel Hill High. Pinehurst enters the tournament for the first time this year, competing in the coun ty group. There will be an admission! The Mid-South Insurance Company of Pinehurst was sold laat week to J. N. S. Brewster, Jr., of New York, member of the firm of Brewster, Ba- deau & Co., one of the leading insur ance firms of the metropolis. Heiress to Statler Hotel Fortune Fails to Re.'-pond to Treat ment at Hospital MARRIED IN .lAM ARY Mrs. H. Bradley David-son, jr., the ! former F^lva Statler of Buffalo and ' Boston, 23-year-old heiress to the : Statler hotel fortune and a bride of . only 55 days, died in Pinehurst on I Wednesday morning. She was found 1 about 9 o’clock in the garage of her ‘ winter home in a .serious condition : and was immediately rushed to the , Moore County Hospital where Dr. M. W. Marr worked unsuccessfully on her with a respiratoi' imtil 11:20 a. m.. when he declared her dead. A coroner’s jury impaneled by Hugh Kelly, acting coroner, started an inquest W’ednesday afternoon, but as yet no verdict as to the cause of death has been returned. Found by Servant Mrs. David-son, who had been mar ried here only last January 3 to Mr. Davidson of Washington, who is 19 years her senior, was found by a house .servant lying half in and half out of the driver's seat of an auto mobile, the garage doors closed, the car switch on, the motor silent. Mr. and Mrs. David.son had attend ed the Charity Ball at the Pinehurst Country Club Tuesday night and had returned home with their house guests, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Cam- paigne, about 4 a. m. Wednesday. The first knowledge that Mrs. Davidson was missing from her room came when she was found in the morning by a servant. She was dressed in sports clothes and it is thought by some that she had either gone to the garage to take, as was a frequent occurrence with her, an early morning spin in her car or had returned from such a trip. 'The switch of the motor, according to a statement from officials at Carthage who attended the hearing, was found on but the motor was choked. The garage, a three car building with servants’ quarters above, was found with the doors clo:?ed, which gives rise to the theory that death was caused by carbon monoxide poison ing. To Be Buried in New York A private funeral service will be held at the Davidson home this afternoon, with the Rev. A. J. McKel- way officiating. The body will be taken by train to Mount Kisco, N. Y., for burial, with the Rev. M. H. Howland of Binghamton, N. Y., of ficiating at interment. Mrs. Davidson, although she led an active life as a golfer and equestrian, in both of w'hich she excelled, was in jured in an automobile accident in South Carolina on her recent wedding trip. This may have aggravated sev eral previous illnesses. Mrs. Davidson was one of four children, two boys and two girls, adopted by the late E. M. Statler, ho tel magnate, whose hobby was child education. As a girl, Elva was sub jected to a rigid educational prog ram, but her reactions were the best and she proved a remarkable stud ant. Highly introspective, she became an accompli.shed pianist, and would have made her concert debut but for illness. At Radcliffe, she major ed in archeology and literature, at the same time becoming so profi cient in swimming and diving that she was named to the United States Upon the transfer of title to the new owner the Mid-South company, i Olympic team in 1932. An injury to recently located in the Carolina Thea- ' her spine shortly before the Olym- tre building, moved back to its for-1 pics forced her to withdraw from mer quarters in the Mid-South Build- I the team. inj;, where it is again ‘doing business j Only one brother now survives of charge of 15 and 25 cents for the ” died sev- Pinehurst is the new treasurer of the | eral years ago of illness. One broth- company, Herbert Vail is secretary | er was killed in an automobile ac- and Mrs. Irene C. Millar of Southern cident in Colorado several years ago. event here, with 50 cents for reserv ed seats. CHARITY BALL NETS OVER >1,600 FOR HOSPITAL The proceeds from the Charity Ball Tuesday night at the Pinehurst Country Club netted over $1,500. ac cording to Mrs. Henry M. Dingley, chairman of the finance committee Pines, associated with the agency for several years, remains in her posi tion. Col. G. P. Hawes, associated with the company up to the time of its sale to Mr. Brewster, will continue in ; the Sandhills to whom her tregic the insurance and real estate busi- j death came as a severe shock. The ness on his own account, retaining sympathy of the entire community is of the Pinehurst Hospital Auxiliary, the quarters in the theatre building, felt for her husband and family. Mrs. E. M. Statler, foster mother of Mrs. Davidson, is expected to ar rive here today from New York. Mrs. Davidson held the affection of a large circle of friends throughout