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FIRST IN N»EWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhi
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Southern Pines and Aberdeen, Ncrth Cr^rolina, Friday, June 7, 1935.
ORGANIZATIONS TO
FIGHT RE-ROUTING
OF HIGHWAY NO. 15
Chamber of Commerce and Ki-
wanis Club to Appear at
Meeting in Raleigh
SANDHILLS OFF COURSE
p. Frank Buchan, the Rev. J. Fred
Stimson^ and Herbert Cameron have
been appointed a committee of the
Southern Pines Chamber of Com
merce to attend a meeting at Raleigh
on June 12th in the interest of retain
ing U. S. Highway No. 15 through
the Sandhills. A delegation will also
go from the Kiwanis Club to this ses
sion.
Route 15 was recently changed in
sofar as it affects this section. Where
as it formerly came through Sanford,
Carthage and Pinehurst, it was re
routed this winter from Durham to
Raleigh to FayeiLeville, eliminating
the Sandhills section entirely. As the
route is a popular one leading from
Harrisburg. Pa., south through Fred
erick, Maryland, Warrenton and
Farmville, Virginia, and into North
Carolina north of Oxford, local organ
izations intend to fight against the
change which naturally will take traf
fic away from the Sandhills. The new
route rurs from Raleigh through Fay
etteville to Raeford. Laurinburg, Ben-
nettsville and south as far as Walter,
boro, over what was Route 401. Route
401 has been changed to 15 all the
way from Raleigh south.
Delegations from Sanford and other
towns affected by the change will also
attend the meeting at Raleigh on the
12th.
Half the U. S.
24 States, District of Colum
bia, Asia, Europe Represent
ed in Southern Pines School
One-half the states of the Un
ion were represented in the en
rollment in Southern Pines School
during the past school year. In
addition, one pupil was born in
Asia, one in Europe. Here are the
figures:
North Carolina, 361.
Mas.sachusetts, 22.
New York, 18.
South Carolina, 17.
Pennsylvania, 13.
New Hampshire, 12.
Florida and Maine, 7 each; New
Jersey, 5; Virginia, 4; Illinois,
Rhode Island, Maryland, Ohio and
the District of Columbia, 3 each;
Vermont, Iowa and Texas, 2 each;
Indiana, Alabama. Kentucky, Min
nesota, California, Tennessee and
Arizona, 1 each; Europe, 1; Asia
(China), 1.
BASEBALL SEASON
OPENS FOR JUNIOR
LEAGUESATURDAY
FIVE CENTS
Aberdeen Builds Fence
Around Ball Field
Plans All Star Team and Home
Games Wednesday
Afternoons
PINE NEEDLES, INC.
FILES PETITION
IN BANKRUPTCY
Takes Necessary Step to Pre
pare for Development by
Dunlap and Associates
INN TO REOPEN, IS PLAN
Work has begun in Aberdeen on
fencing in the baseball field on the
Pinehurst road, and when completed
it is planned to organize a team of
amateurs and semi-pros in the sec
tion to play games with teams of
nearby cities and villages. It is hoped
to arrange a schedule calling for home
games every Wednesday afternoon j
through the summer season, and to
put an all-star team In the field, ud-
ing the pick of available j layers from
Aberdeen, Pinehui^st, Southern Pines
and Vass.
The fencing, and also bleachers, are
being built from contributions and
from the proceeds of the sale of ad
vertising space on the new fence.
Nearly every Aberdeen business con
cern has purchased space, and mer
chants In other towns In the section
are Invited to subscribe.
It is hoped to arrange the opening
game of the season for next Wednes
day.
KIWANIS HOSPITAL FUND
GI\'I:N $44 BY JUDGE WAY
The Kiwanis Club this week receiv
ed a check from Judge William A.
Way in the amount of $44, the sum
realized during the winter season
from visitors to the Carolina Green
houses on Midland Road. Each year
Judge Way sends the proceeds of his
collections to the club for charitable
uses, and at the Kiwanis meeting
Wednesday the members voted to ap
ply it to the club’s fund for mainte
nance of a bed in the children’s ward
of the Moore County Hospital, at the
same time extending a vote of ap
preciation to the judge.
INAUGURATES PICTURE
SHOW AT CHURCH HERE
The Knights Class of the Church of
Wide Fellowship initiated a series of
picture shows last Tuesday evening
which promises to be popular with
the younger set and entertaining to
those who are older. On Tuesday eve
ning Miss Sylvia Pethick gave an
interesting talk on her trip through
Europe from Naples to Paris, using
as illustrations a collection of picture
postcards thrown on the screen by a
Radioptlcon. The popular magician,
Edward Cox, added much to the joy
of the occasion by doing some of his
tricks.
Pine Needles, Incorporated, the
company which has owned and con
trolled Pine Needles Inn with its golf
course and real estate holdings since
the development of that section of
Knollwood Heights, filed a petition
In bankruptcy In United States Dis
trict Court at Greensboro on Wed
nesday.
In the schedules, the liabilities are
shown as $479,670, including $453,-
250 on two mortgages held by the Pa
tuxent Development Company. The
corporation lists assets of $101,587.50,
represented chiefly by real estate val
ued at $95,300 and consisting of 250
lots and other acreage, with build
ings in Mineral Springs towTiship.
The Patuxent company was recent,
ly incorporated by George T. Dunlap
of Pinehurst to take over the prop
erty of the Pine Needles company,
acquiring the mortgages on the real
estate and the inn. The petition in
bankruptcy is a necessary step in
settling the affairs of Pine Needles,
Inc. prior to the development of the
hotel, golf course and realty by Mr.
Dunlap and his associates, operating
under the name of the Patuxent com-
pany, a name suggested by the late
Bion H. Butler as descriptive of the
peculiar soil of this Sandhills sec
tion. The company proposes to put
the hotel in first class condition and
operate it in the future. It has been
closed for the past three winter sea
sons.
KIWANIANS HE.\R OF 1935
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
Aberdeen, Pinehurst, Southern
Pines and West End Com
prise Legion Organization
TO PLAY THRU AUGUST
Tomorrow, Saturday, marks the
openi.ig day of the season for the
newly organized American Legion
Junior Baseball League, sponsored by
Sandhill Post NOj, 134. The schedule
calls for contest.s between Southern
Pines and Pinehtirst at Pinehurst and
Aberdeen and West End at West
End. The games will be played on
the diamonds formerly used by the
Moore County League, which is not
functioning this summer.
The Junior League is to be made
up of boys under 17 years of age, and
is to comprse the four teams, Aber
deen, Pinehurst, Southern Pines and
West End. The season is to run
through Wednesday, August 28th. All
games are scheduled for 4:00 o’clock
in the afternoon. Each team will have
at least one home game a week.
The schedule through June is as
follows:
Saturday. June 8—Southern Pines
at Pinehurst; Aberdeen at West End.
W'ednepday, June 12—Pinehurst at
West End Aberdeen at Southern
Pines.
Saturday, June 15—West End at
Pinehurst; Southern Pines at Aber
deen.
Wednesday. June 19—West End at
Southern Pines; Pinehurst at Aber
deen.
Saturday, June 22—Aberdeen at
Pinehurst; Southern Pines at Weat
End.
Wednesday, June 26—West End at
Pinehurst; Southern Pines at Aber
deen.
Saturday, June 29—Pinehurst at
West End; Aberdeen at Southern
Pines.
Aberdeen Plant to Be Rebmtt^r
Making of Wine Under New Imw
Garrett & Co. Winery, Closed for
Some 15 Years, Soon to Be
in Full Operaion
Plan Ball Game and
Fireworks for Fourth
Bijf Day in Southern Pines in
Hands of Chamber of Com
merce Committees
Ralph Barker of Durham, former
governor of the Carolinas district of
Kiwanis International, told members
of the Aberdeen club of his recent
trip to the international convention at
San Antonio, Texas, at the meeting
held WednesQoy In the Aberdeen
Community House. He spoke in high
praise of the entertainment provid
ed both in San Antonio and, en route,
in New Orleans. Sixty-seven were
registered at the convention from the
Carolinas, he said with 2,900 Klwan-
iana and wives the total registrants.
The 1936 convention will be In Wash
ington.
MISS WOLF, WINTER RESIDENT
OF SOUTHERN PINES, DIES
Miss Milda Wolf, daughter of the
late A. R. Wolf and a winter resi
dent of Southern Pines, died in her
home in Altoona, Pa., on Saturday,
May 25th. Church funeral services
were held on Monday, with Interment
in the family plot following. The de
ceased Is survived by her mother, thre
brothers Joseph, Richard and Robert,
and three sisters, Mrs. Emma Long,
and the Misses Margaret and Edith
Wolf.
A baseball game in the afternoon
and fireworks in the evening is the
program proposed by the Chamber
of Commerce for celebrating the
Fourth of July in Southern Pines. At
a directors’ meeting Tuesday noon at
Jack’s Grill President H. J. Betterley
appointed C. W. Picquet as chairman.
J. Fred Stimson and Herbert Cam
eron as members of a committee to
work up the ball game, and the Cham
ber’s Sports committees of Dr. G. G.
Herr, chairman; R. L. Hart, C. J.
Simons, Dante Montesanti and Rob
ert Gregson to arrange for the fire
works display. Several thousand per
sons gathered here for the fireworks
last Fourth of July.
Dr. Herr said after the meeting that
it would be necessary to finance the
fireworks by popular subscription.
Donations toward the fund should be
sent or given to Dr. Herr or to R. L.
Hart.
LIQUOR VOTE HELD UP
IN SEVERAL COUNTIES
Close on the heels of the news of
Aberdeen’s new CCC fabricating
plant comes the announcement this
week that Garrett & Company, wine
makers of Brooklyn, N. Y., are re
opening their plant In Aberdeen, put
ting the Sandhills back in the wine
manufacturing busWiess in which it
once played a major part. The re
cent legalizing of wine by the State
Legi.slature make.^ the re-entry into
the field possible.
The winery, operated in Aberdeen
.several years before prohibition, ha.s
been abandoned for over 15 years.
The building, a spacious one opposite
the Gulf Refining Company, will be
completely rebuilt and remodeled and
the contract for the work will be let
either tomorrow or Monday. Work
will be started immediately. A rail
road siding is also being built on the
west side of the plant.
Install Bottling Plant
Robert W'. Garrett of Brooklyn, as
sistant production manager, arrived
the first of this week to get every
thing in shape for the early manu
facture of w’ines. The company is
bonded by the Federal government.
A bottling plant will be installed,
probably in September, as the new
state law requires that wine must be
bottled as well as made in the state
by home-grown products to be legal
ly sold In North Carolina. They ex
pect to start receiving dewberries
about Monday or Tuesday and in the
meantime six large fermenting vats
to put the berries in have arrived, as
well as necessary machinery. It is
«»t)ected that a fairly large number
of men will be employed full time,
especially with the coming of the
grape season in the early fall. Grapes
throughout the section are reported
as abundant.
! Garrett and Company was estab
lished over 100 years ago and is one
of the foremost wine manufacturies
in the country, having a national rep
utation. The company makes the fa-
i mous Virginia Dare wine.
Mr. Garrett is not a stranger to
this section, being a North Carolinian
by birth, from Wilmington, and is
well-known throughout the state. Mrs.
Garrett will join him within a short
time and they intend making their
home here.
New P. 0. Ready
Pinehurst Building Expected
to Be Occupied Within
N'ext Two Weeks
The new Pinehurst postoffice Is
practically complete. Only the ar
rival of lighting fixtures is delay
ing the removal from the present
building on Market Square to the
handsome new brick structure op
posite the Carolina Theatre, and
these are expected at any moment.
The building has been turned over
to the government by the contrac
tors. and it is probable that Post-
Ma.ster Dudgeon and his staff will
Tiove in within the Jiext two weeks.
No plans for christening the build
ing have been announced.
CLUB WOMEN VOTE
PRAISE FOR AAA,
HIT ROAD SIGNS
Threaten Boycott of Advertisers
in Declaration of War at
District Meetin{f
PRAISE FOR THE MOVIES
MINERAL COMPANY
ERECTS NEW TALC
MILL NEAR HEMP
Steel F’rame Structure and New
Machinery Will Greatly
Increase Production
FUTURE PROSPECTS BRIGHT
Aberdeen to Organize
Chamber of Commerce
Increased Activity in Many
Lines Prompts Action by
Business Men
Temporary injunctions have been
granted, returnable tomorrow, in a
number of the counties which have set
dates for elections to determine
whether or not they shall have legal
liquor stores. Should these injunc
tions be made permanent these elec-
tlons will have to await action by the
State Supreme Court which does not
convene before next fall.
In the case of McNeills and Min
eral Springs townships, the law pass
ed by the Legislature by a majority
pf the qualified voters of each town
ship is required for the legalizing of
a store In the township.
PEACHES AND DEWBERRIES
A number of shipments of peaches
of the Mayflower variety have been
shipped during the past week, bring
ing prices around $3.00 a bushel.
Dewberry prices weakened early
In the week but were reported as bet
ter yesterday. Sales were running
around $2.00 a crate.
A mass meeting of citizens was
called for Aberdeen last night to dis
cuss the organization of a Chamber
of Commerce. Increased business in
Aberdeen during the past few weeks,
with the acquisition of the CCC fab
ricating plant, the proposed reopen
ing of the Garrett winery, the pros
pects for a splendid peach crop and
the assurance of the operation of
both tobacco warehouses in the fall
has prompted the business men to or.
ganize. It is planned to affiliate with
the United States Chamber of Com
merce.
■\LL-ST.4TES ASSOCL4TION
TO MEET NEXT TUESDAY
The All-States Association of
Southern Pines will meet In the Park
View Hotel on Tuesday evening. June
11, at 7:30 o’clock for a social even
ing and short business session. Sing
ing, cards, dominoes, chess and other
parlor games are on the program,
and those attending are asked to
bring games. The party is an infor
mal "get-together,” and the busi
ness meeting Is for the appointment
of committees and a vote on the con
stitution to be submitted to the mem
bers. Plans for July 4th will also be
discussed. Everyone Is Invited both
to the meeting and to affiliate with
the organization. A donation of ten
cents toward expenses will be made
by those attending.
Returning local fisherman report
1 fishing excellent along the coast.
By Charle.s Maoauley
On the Norfolk-Southern railway,
a mile southwest of Hemp, and on
the property of the Standard Mineral
Company of North Carolina. 50 men
are employed in the erection of a talc
grinding mill which will eventually
replace the present old time stiuc-
ture located nearer the mine and
which has been in use since 1917.
The new structure, a steel frame
building. L-shaped running 180 feet
on the longer leg and 140 on the
sharter, is to be 46 feet in height,
including tw’o stories, of sheet metal
sheathing to contain a new grinding
mill, separators, screens and all the
machinery necessary for the reduction
of the crude pyrophyllite from the
mine to marketable products, includ
ing the familiar talc.
With the installation of the new
machinery the production will run
from 2 to 10 tons per hour contingent
upon the number of screenings re
quired by the manufacturers of the
various products employing this min
eral. Locally known as the ‘‘Talc
Mine.” the property is actually a de
posit of Pyrophyllite, a hydrous alum
inum silicate, while talc Is a dydix)us
magnesium silicate.
The raw product coming from the
mine is crushed and gradually screen
ed to a required fineness varying in
various trades, and is used in the
manufacture of talcum powder, wall
paper and as a basis of many lubri
cants and soaps. In a more compact
form, as steatite, or "soapstone” was
formerly In local use for foot warm
ers. griddles, hearth—and head
stones. A small settlement above
Glendon and near an older mine wa.s
known as Soapstone for many years.
Borings on the property of the
Standard Mineral Company and in-
eluding the main shaft now 200 feet
in depth have blocked out over a
million and a half feet of the mineral
for future use. The company, of
which H. H. Beckwith of Knollwood
Is a principal shareholder and Vinson
Johnson of Southern Pines secretary,
has carried on in remarkably good
shape during the depressiot^ and has
every prospect of becoming one of
the leading industries of Moore coun
ty*
I .ANNUAL B. Y. P. U. LAWN
SUPPER IN P.ARK TONIGHT
I Resolutions approving the Agricul
tural Adjustment Administration, ad-
! vocating continued efforts for inter.
I national peace, and condemning ad.
, vertlsing billboards w'ere adopted by
I the home demonstration club women
! of Montgomery, Richmond, Lee and
I Moore counties at their annual meet
ing in Pinehurst last Friday. They
voted:
I 1st. That, whereas the A. A. A.
program has been of great benefit to
I agriculture and therefore benefitted
' us who are gathered here today,
i Be it resolved that we go on record
I as endorsing the A. A. A. program
I and other activities of the New Deal,
! which are a benefit to the human
! race.
j 2nd. Whereas the rural folk are
i and have always been strong advo-
, cates of peace, be it resolved that we
continue to stand for peace, and de-
' plore any activity on the part of the
‘ nation which may give rise to a dis-
I turbance of the present international
I relationship or be misconstrued aa
I advocates of war.
j 3rd. Whereas, the beauty of the
I landscape is near and dear to the
I rural people who live so close to na-
I ture and whereas the sign boards on
the hlghwp.y not only mf*.r the Uea jty
of the landscape but act as hazards
of danger when read by drivers.
Threaten Boycott
Be it resolved that we discourage
the use of sign boards by not pur
chasing as far as possible, those pro
ducts thus advertised unless small
signs that blend into the landscape
are used and that we seek the co
operation of the farmers, the mer
chants. the Chambers of Commerce,
the women’s clubs and all other pa
triotic citizens in our warfare against
signboards as we endeavor to make
North Carolina and its highways a
.state of beauty. As farmers’ wives,
we have seen the benefits derived
from the plowing up of cotton and
: tobacco. Thus, we trust, therefore,
that manufacturers and merchants
will see the benefit from the destruc
tion of unsightly signboards.
We are deeply grateful to those
firms who advertise their products by
the delightful programs given by
celebrated artists over the radio.
We also commend the moving pic.
ture industry for the improvement in
moving pictures and would encourage
the continuance of pictures based on
historical events and the best litera-
ture.
We w'ould discourage, however, the
use (»f the moving picture theatre as
a nursery for the children that the
parent might be at leisure, both from
the physical as well as mental stand
point.
4th. Be It resolved further that a
copy of these resolutions be recorded
in the minutes, sent to the state and
! county papers, to the Resolutions
' committee of the * State Federation
I and the Federation of each county in
I the district in order that every club
: in the district may endorse the reso
lutions at their August meeting where
the great Home and Highway Beau
tification project and Forest Preser
vation of the district begins.
The combined B. Y. P. U. societies
are giving their annual lawTi supper
at the Municipal Park in Southern
Pines this evening, Friday, starting
at 6:30 o'clock. The purpose of the
affair is to raise funds for sending
delegates to the State B. Y. P. U.
convention at Ridgecrest.
Sandwiches, salad. Ice cream and
cake. Iced tea, lemonade and home
made candles are to be served In flve-
cent portions. All are urged to attend
and bring their nickels.
SOUTHERN PINES SCHOOL
LIBR.4RY OPEN ALL SUMMER
The Southern Pines School Library
is to remain open during the summer
months, according to announcement
made this week by Suf>ermtendent of
Schools Webster. The hours will be
from 9:00 to 11:00, on Tuesday and
Thursday only. Mrs. Robert Leathern
I will be in charge, and books made
j available for children anc'. lownspeo-
I pie.
POSTOFFICE TO CLOSE NOONS
WEDNESDAY, OPEN SATURDAY
The Southern Pines postoffice will
close on Wednesday at 12 o’clock
noon during June, July and August,
instead of on Saturday afternoons aa
heretofore.