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NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 15A, NO. 27.
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Southern Fines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, May .31. 1935
U. S. NEARS GOAL
OF 100,000-ACRE
SANDHILL PROJECT
Suh-Marjjinal Land Acqui^tion
and Development Explained
by B. G. Downev
21 LAKES IN PROGRAM
The Sandhills has the “top” exper
imental project in the country in the
government’s sub-marginal land ac
quisition and development work. B.
G. Downey, State administrative of
ficer in charge of the work here told
the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen at its
meeting in the Church of Wide Fel
lowship, Southern Pines, on Wednes
day. The work being done in this sec
tion is being made the example for
similar work in other parts of the
country.
Mr. Downey explained the objec
tives of the organization which has
had a number of men busily engaged
here for many months, making their
headquarters in the Patch Building.
The government, under a program be
lieved to have been conceived in the
mind of President Uoosevelt himself,
set aside $25,000,000 to retire land
below normal for farm purposes, to
remove farm families from such lands
and set them up on land from which
they might make a living.
Since Mr. Downey and his co-work
ers have been here they have been
acquiring by purchase or option much
of this so-called sub-marginal land
for the government, paying small
amounts per acre, some as low as
fifty cents. Their goal here was 100,-
000 acres, and of this amount to date
90,000 has been offered Uncle Sam
and 70,000 already optioned. Devel
opment of the land by the govern
ment is to follow its acquisition.
Locust Nursery Established
Most of the land acquired here is
in Richmond and Scotland counties,
though some is located in Moore and '
Montgomery. Much of it is along •
Drowning Creek, and Hoffman is the
center of activity at the present time.
Development work has begun on the
old Broadacres estate where an ex
perimental shipmast locust nursery
has been located. This locust will be
available when it has attained its
growth, and it grows very rapidly,
for the purposes its name indicates,
for telegraph poles, etc.. and for soil
erosion purposes. In addition, much
land is being set out to loblolly and
long leaf pine and Mr. Downey stated
that experts forsee here the finest
stand of long leaf pine to be found in
the country.
- The development plans for a fish
eries project, with a hatchery for
warm water fish. Some 40 acres are
to be laid out for the purpose, and
plans are on their way to Washing
ton showing the proposed development
along this line, including streams,
lakes and dams. Twenty-one sites for
lakes have already been laid out, to
be stocked from the hatchery.
Some thing like $2,000,000 in in
volved in the Sandhills project, under
a three-year program. Leading offi
cials of the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration have been here off
and on since the work started and
have left in high praise of what has
been accomplished to date and the
plans for the future.
ASKS REFERENDUM
ON MAIL DELIVERY
IN SOUTHERN PINES
IS
h Carolina
FIVE CENTi
IMeetinjf at Civic Club Hears Re
port of Postal Inspector on
Recent Survey
WOl’LI) COST U. S. $5,000
DEWBERRY MARKET OPENS
AT CAMERON AND VASS
Cameron and Vass are beehives of
activity these days with the opening
of the dewberry market. Shipments
have already begun, buyers are on
hand, the auction market is in full
operation and the growers are hope
ful of a good demand at satisfactory
prices.
ELMER E. DAVIS NAMED
NEW BUILDING INSPECTOR
Elmer E. Davis has been appointed
building and electrical inspector for
Southern Pines by the Board of Town
Commissioners. Mr. Davis succeeda
Charles P. Everest, who has resigned
after occupying the position for sev
eral years.
STORES CLOSE WEDNESDAYS
Stores in Southern Pines and Aber
deen will be closed on Wednesday af
ternoons throughout the summer
months, starting next Wednesday,
June 5.
Only a sprinkling of citizens of
Southern Pines appeared at the meet
ing called for Tuesday morning at the
Civic Club to sound out sentiment for
or against mail delivery here. Those
I who did appear heard an interesting
j report of the survey recently com-
I pleted by U. S. Postal Inspector D\tff.
Mr. Duff found that there would be
some 25 miles to be covered twice
each day to serve the residents by
street delivery. As this uistance would
be too great for pedestrian carriers,
two mounted, or motorized carrier."
would be required. There are some 700
houses to be served. Deliveries would
be made morning and afternoon,
though the afternoon mail would com
prise that from the south only. The
cost of carrier service was estimat
ed at $5,000 per year. The local mail
ing rate would, with the introduction
of carrier service, jump to two cents
as against the present one for first
class mail.
83 IVroent Ke<)uired
Questions asked at the meeting
brought out the fact that residents
desiring to receive their mail at
night, as they do now' at the post-
office, would be required to rent a
box as they do now; that houses in
town would have to be numbered and
provided with boxes or door slots for
the receipt of mail; that houses more
than 50 feet from the sidewalk would
have to have boxes at the sidewalk,
and that until 85 percent of the pa
trons of the local postoffice properly
numbered and equipped their homes
with mail receptacles, the Postoffice
Department would not start the de
livery service.
Postmaster Frank Buchan explain
ed the regulations and answered
questions relative to the proposed
service. Dr. L. B. McBrayer, Miss
Alice May Holmes and others spoke
in favor of its establishment, while
opposed were Edgar T. Chapman,
Miss Catherine Pierson and others.
In the report of Inspector Duff it
was stated that there appeared to be
little local demand for mail delivery.
To ascertain more definitely the sen
timent the meeting passed a resolu
tion asking the Chamber of Com
merce to conduct a postal card refer
endum, otating the points in favor
and those against the proposal fairly
to the postoffice patrons that they
may express their desire. The meet
ing was presided over by Hugh J.
Betterley, president of the Chamber
of Commerce.
1935 Graduating- Class, Southern Pines High School
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REFIMNCING PUTS
PINEHURST, INC. ON
FIRM FOUNDATION
j Reorj>anizalion Effected Follow-
inia: Purcha.se of Notes Held
by Bank in Liquidation
FI TCRE PROSPECTS BRIGHT
! In the photograph, taken by Eddy, are Back Row, standing: Miss Miller, teacher; Maricn Isabelle Pelton,
•A.nn McConnell Cameron, Sara Elizabeth DuRant, Hubert McMillar. Cameron, Laura Frances Sparks. J. J, Stroud.
; Mary Maigaret McCarr. D. Al. Blue, Jr., Mildred Dona Roth, Ruth Eleanor Atkins, Clem Wrenn. Jr.. and Hazel
p-Vlbeita, Twombley; Front low, Eleanor Pauline Poe, Harold Burgess Fowler, Caroline Marie Lewi.s, William
I Winter, Jr.. Sara Louise McCain, David Crockett Prillaman, Jean Woods Zimmerman, George Pottle. Eleanor
I Jane Grover and Lansing Tumulty Hall. One member of the class, Xatalie Rose Alger, is not in the picture.
H. E. PLEASANTS
WINS PROMOTION
FROM SEABOARD
Division Asent Here For Past
Five Years Made Assistant
General Passenger Agent
Diplomas For 23
President of Queens-Chiconi
College Graduation Speaker
Here Tonight
12 Cars Derailed in
Aberdeen Train Wreck
Seaboard Traffic Delayed While
Wrecking Crews Clear
Tracks of Debris
Twelve cars of a southbound Sea
board freight train were derailed and
many of them totally demolished
when a coupling broke on a heavily
loaded coal car as the train approch-
ed Aberdeen shortly after 4:00 o’clock
Monday afternoon. The train was
pulled by one of the Seaboard’s new
giant locomotives. Wreckage was
strewn for nearly one-quarter of a
mile along the main line, cars cut in
two, tracks torn dup. Traffic along
the route was delayed for several hours
while crews worked feverishly till the
early morning hours to clear one
track for passenger trains. No one
was injured.
ATLANTA HEADQUARTERS
Herman E. Pleasants, former resi
dent of Aberdeen and well known
throughout the Sandhills through his
years of connection with the Sea
board Air Line Railway, this week re
ceived a wel' deserved promotion at
the hands of his employer. After five
years as division passenger agent of
the Raleigh territory of the Sea
board, which includes this section,
Mr. Plea.sants has ijeen made Assist
ant General Passenger Agent in
charge of the Atlanta territory, ef
fective tomorrow, June 1st.
As division passenger agent of this
territory Mr. Pleasants has been
deeply interested in the development
of the Sandhills section. Pinehurst
and Southern Pines have been "hob
bies” with him, not only because they
have been the main points of destina
tion for winter travel from the north,
but because he has long been an op
timist on the subject of the growth
of the Sandhills resorts, predicting
a great future for them. He has spent
much time here in his official capac
ity.
Mr. Pleasants will be succeeded in
Raleigh by Charles G. Ward, who has
been occupying the position of Travel
ing Passenger Agent at Tampa, Flor.
ida. He is a native of Florida and has
spent his entire life in the south, en
tering the service of the Seaboard in
1918 in Quincy, Fla, Mr. Ward has
been a valuable employe of the road
since severing his connection with the
U. S. Army. He served in the Mexican
trouble in 1916 and also in the
World War.
SEA WELL. OF C.\RTH.AGE
WINS YADKIN TOURNAMENT
REINECKE STARTS WORK
ON NEW OFFICE BUILDING
E. W. Reinecke has started con
struction of a double office building
on Pennsylvania avenue adjoining the
recently finished Dr. Daniels build
ing. Of brick and tile, the building
will be one story In height, with 28
feet frontage and running back 45
feet. When completed it will be occu
pied by Attorney Duncan Matthews
and E. W. Reinecke, probably by
July 1st.
Herbert Seawell, Jr., of Carthage
won the beat ball medal tournament
of the Yadkin Golf Club of Pinehurst
with a net 71, after being in a three-
way tie with Chester Williams of Cal-
ifomia and Dr. E. M. Medlin of Aber
deen.
J. A. Ferree and Purvis Ferree won
the club best ball of pair with a 63,
playing over the No. 1 course. Dr.
M. W. Marr and the Rev. T. A. Cheat
ham tied for second place, with John
Oglesby and Hubert McCaskill with
a net 65.
The Class of 1935 of Southern
Pines High School, which comprises
nine boys and 14 girls, will terminate
its scholastic career insofar as the
local institution is concerned, with the
graduation exercises in the school
auditorium tonight, Fiiday, starting
at 8:30 o’clock. The program calls
foi the processional, followed by the
invocation by the Rev. Father Char
les Hannigan.
After a piano solo. “Elfin Dance,”
by Miss Bertha Fowler, Dr. W’illiam
H. Frazer, president of Queens-Chi-
cora College of Charlotte will make
the commencement address to the
Seniors. This will be followed by a
song by the Lyric Club, with Miss
Sara DuRant as soloist, the presenta
tion of the D. A. R. medal for ex
cellence in American History, the
presentation of the American Legion
Citizenship medal to Miss Sara Louise
McCain, presentation of the Senior
Class gift to the school, and a song
by the Lyric Club.
Dr. George G. Herr, president of
the School Board, will present the di
plomas, after w’hich the High School
Glee Club will sing its Alma Mater
song by Frederick Stanley Smith.
The Rev. F. Craighill Brown will pro
nounce the benediction.
Honor students of the Senior Class
are Miss Caroline Marie Lew’is and
David Crockett Prillaman. Class mar
shals are Lawrence Williams, chief;
Mary Jane Woodward, Eleanor Eddy,
Robert Beck and Walter Spaeth.
The baccalaureate sermon by Dr.
Luther Little, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Charlotte, crowded
the Church of Wide 'Fellowship last
Sunday night, and the Class Day ex
ercises were held in the High School
auditorium last night under the di
rection of the Misses Sara Falkner,
Selma Stegall and Fsuline Miller and
Mrs. Janie H. Simmerman,
The alumni of Southern Pines Hir'*’
School are cordially invited to join the
alumni procession preceding the en
trance of the Seniors Friday night,
Principal Webster announces.
M. G. NICHOLS IS
RE-ELECTED HEAD
OF COUNTRY CLUB
Announcement of 80 New Mem
bers Features Annual Meet
ing of Stockholders
GRASS GREEN'S FOR NO. 1
I • Announcement of more than 80 new’
members featured the annual meeting
of stockholders of the Southern Pines
Country Club, with enthusiastic re-
! ports from all 'Officers and bright
I prospects for the coming season. The
new associate membership and classi
fication for residents, with its $35 an
nual dues, has resulted in the
j acquisition of more than 60 new
names on the club's rolls, the secre-
Itary announced.
I M, G. Nichols was re-elected presi
dent at the meeting, and H. J. Better
ley, Dr. J. W. Dickie and Frank
Shamburger elected vice president.
, John C. Barron was reelected secre
tary and treasurer, and the following
elected to the executive committee:
Mr. Nichols, Mr. Barron, Mr. Better
ley. Eugene C. Stevens and Nelson C.
Hyde. The entire board of directors,
with the exception of George C.
Moore, who resigned, was re-elected.
The club i."! putting in grass tees
on its No. 1 course, the course which
will be open all summer, and hopes
to have this work completed by the
ippening of the winter season. Plans
I are under way to make the clubhouse
and grounds more attractive than
I ever and to greatly popularize the
club, making it a social headquarters
for Southern Pines as well as the golf
center.
Pilot Cooking School
Attended by Hundreds
Mrs. Bushong Gives Interesting
and Instructive Lectures at
Two-Day Demonstration
GRAND JURY GIVES OK
TO COUNTY INSTITUTIONS
In a report signed by R. N. Page,
Jr., foreman, the Grand Jury stated
that coqditions at the county home,
prison camp and jail were found to
be satisfactory, and that the court
house records seemed to be well kept.
Seven Divorces
Domestic Troubles Feature
Opening Day of Superior
Court's Civil Term
A term of Superior Court for the
trial of civil cases was begun in
Carthage on Monday of this week
with Judge Felix E. Alley presid
ing.
Divorces were granted on Mon
day in the following cases: Kath-
ryn Faucett versus Lindsey Fau-
cett; R. T. Winters versus Annie
Mae Winters; Roselind S. Thomas
versus Guy Thomas; Henry Britto
versus Ruth Platt Britto; Mattie
Lou Bryan versus E. L. Bryan;
Fred Mclver versus Virtha S. Mc-
Iver; Florence Martin versus Vir
gil Martin.
Nearly two hundred women crowd
ed into the Curb Market Building in
Southern Pines Wednesday afternoon
for the opening day of the two-day
cooking school sponsored by The Pi
lot and the Carolina Power & Light
Company, and another large crowd
greeted Mrs. Vivian Bushong, home
economics expert, at yesterday after-
During the month of May Pine-
huc.st, Inc., has completed the final
readjustment of its affairs which the
depression made it neres.saiy for
many bu.siness corporations to under
take. The year 1929 found the com
pany somewhat over-expanded on ac
count of its recent investments in the
Pine Needles and Knollwood develop-
I ments and with the losses sustained
; from operations during the next few
; years, the situation by 1932 called for
I some revisions of the capital struc-
' ture.
These changes were worked on
! steadily but the collap.se of the North
' Carolina Bank and Trust Company
following the banking holiday and its
subsequent liquidation made it nec
essary that a final settlement be
made this spring. Additional capital
being required, a group of the Pine
hurst cottagers were approached with
! the result that the management re-
^ ceived from them a most wholeheart-
^ ed and generous response and a suffi-
I cient sum was raised to buy out the
North Carolina Bank and Trust Com
pany notes.
I The sum of .$100,000 in fresh capi
tal was invested by this group and in
the purchase of these notes and by
means ol other adjustments a net re
duction oi $225,000 in the liabilities
of the company has been made pos
sible. This reduction in the indebted
ness along w'ith other improvements
has made possible an annual saving
in operations of more than $60,000.
Since the business has been able to
operate on a profitable basis for the
; past two seasons, the prospects for
the future are bright, even in the
I event that general business conditions
I do not show further immediate im
provement,
I Further Improvements
I This reorganization has made avail-
j able for improvements and modftrni-
! zation some $.50,000 over and above
the $40,000 that was spent last sum
mer for work of this nature. The grass
j graens that were so successful on the
first three holes of the championship
course, will be installed on the re
maining 15 holes. Furthermore the
entire course will be completely re-
1 modelled, lengthened by 500 yards
i from the back tees and at the same
I time considerably shortened over the
present length from the front tees.
These changes will make the course a
better test of golf for the par golfer
I and at the same time a more enjoy
able course for the average player.
The Carolina will also be well tak
en care of, much work being done
through the bed rooms in the way of
new furniture, new' floors, new dec
orating, etc., and extensive changes
are planned for the lobby and din
ing room. A new recreation room and
game room is to be built and it is the
intention to make this a special fea
ture for the enjoyment of the gpuesta
and the visitors at the hotel from the
^cottage colony.
Dr. Mudgett Planning
Committee Chairman
j noon’s session. Mrs. Bushong gave
] many valuable recipes during her in-
I teresting and instructive lectures, ajid
j demonstrated the use of modern elec
trical kitchen equipment as installed
for the school by the light and pow
er company.
Many merchants in the Sandhills
contributed toward the success of the
cooking school by donations of var
ious articles to be used in the dem
onstrations, to appease the thirsts
and appetites of those present, or for
other purposes. Among these con
tributors were the A. & P. Tea Com
pany, Coca-Cola Bottling Company
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Heads Campaign to Interest
Property Owners in Renova
tion of Cottages
President Hugh J. Betterley of the
Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce
announced this week the appointment
of the committee to plan for the re
novation of rentable winter homes
here for the coming season. Dr. Wil
liam C. Mudgett is named chair
man, and the other members are
Mrs. Clara Pushee, Miss Catherine
Pierson, Alfred Yeomans and Eugene
C. Stevens.
As a result of a meeting of citizens
called by the Commerce directors a
week ago a campaign is to be launch,
ed in the hope of influencing own
ers of ho’ies which they lea^e during-
the winter season to make them
more attractive and the committee
named is to formulate a program for
enlisting their cooperation