MOORE COUNTY’S
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VOL. 15A, NO. 35.
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FIRST IN N’EW’S,
CIHCTLATION &
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of the Sandhill of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, July 2fi. 1935.
FIVE CENW
JOHNG.HEMMER
NEW COMMANDER
OF LOCAL LEGION
Sandhill Post Elects Officers and
Delegates to Department
Convention
FT. BRAGG TO ENTERTAIN
Million For Bragg
W'^ar Department Asks Funds
For Extensive Program
at Army Post
At a nipeting of Sandhill Post No.
134 of the American Legion in the
Assembly Room of the Community
Church at Pinehurst Monday night,
officers for the coming year and del
egates and alternates to the Depart
ment convention to be held at Fay
etteville, beginning August 4th, were
elected.
In the euforced absence of Com
mander J. F. Sinclair, R. E. Denny
presided and after the report of a
nominating committee presented by
L. L. Wooley, chairman, and various
nominations from the floor, the fol
lowing officers were elected; Com
mander, John G. Hemmer of Pine
hurst; 1st Vice-commander, Charles
Fields; 2nd Vice-commander. Dan
Horner; 3rd Vice-commander, Charles
T. Creel; Chaplain, Rev. A. J. Mc-
Kelway, Sergeant-at-arms, Raymond
Burkman; Historian, Paul Dana; Fi
nance officer, L. V. O’Callaghan;
Publicity officer, John H. Stephenson;
Service officers, L. L. Wooley, South
ern Pines, D. C. Ritter, West End, R.
E. Denny, Pinehurst, J. Vance Rowe,
Aberdeen, Ed. G. Adams, Pinebluff.
The Post ordered that the Com
mander be privileged to name his
own Adjutant. J. F. Sinclair and John
H. Stephenson were selected delegates
to the convention, with R. E. Denny
and L. L. Wooley as alternates.
Prior to the election of officers the
chairman of the committee on the
organization of Sons of the Ameri-
can Legion explained to the post the
steps necessary for such organiza
tion.
It was reported that extensive prep
arations are being made by Legion
naires of Fayetteville and Cumber,
land county for the entertainment of
the Department convention and that
at Fort Bragg special entertainments
are to be provided, including, among
other things, the laying down of a
war time barrage by the modern ar-
tillery equipment at the Fort.
The War Department last week ask
ed the Works Relief Administration
for $1,117,930 for improvements at
Fort Bragg. The largest single item
in the proposed program calls for ex
penditure of $363,175 for rehabilita
tion of barracks.
Under the plan, $132,945 would go
for new buildings and other improve
ments, including $25,000 for improve
ments at Pope Field. In addition, as
a separate project, $25,000 was ask
ed for construction of paved aprons
and runways at the flying field, and
$40,000 for construction of a road to
the balloon hangar.
Other proposed roads in the reser
vation would cost $155,000.
An ordinance and quartermaster’s
motor shop would take $100,000; coal
track, trestle and fuel yard $65,000;
reconstruction of present warehouses
with masonary, $20,000; personnel
garages, $46,000; water system rehab-
iltation $95,810; street lighting $55,.
000 and demolition of old buildings,
$20,000.
MRS. BION BUTLER
TO UNVEIL TABLET
IN PENNSYLVANIA
Selected to Officiate at Cere
mony Commemorating Histor
ic Events in Luthersburg
MEMORIALIZES FATHER
HOSPITAL BOARD
TOCOMPLETEPLAN
FOR NEW BUILDING
Much Needed Wing Expected to
Materialize on Approval
of Deed and Lease
HOPE FOR FEDERAL GRANT
The Board of Directors of the
Moore County Hospital is to meet in
the near future to go over plans now
being drawn for the proposed new
wing on the building in Pin<>hurst,
and to take the necessary stepd for
financing the much needed addition
to the institution. This meeting is
expected to approve the following
plans:
1. To deed to the County such of
the hospital land a.s may be needed
for the new wing.
2. To approve a lease from the
county to the hospital of the new
Memorial to Bion Butler Read
at Meeting of State Press Group
*-
Late Editor of The Pilot is Sub
ject of Eulogy W'ritten by
Jonathan Daniels
A memorial to Bion H, Butler, late
editor of The Pilot, written by Jona
than Daniels of the Raleigh News &
Observer, was read by Charles J.
Parker the memorial service held
last Sunday morning during the an
nual meeting of the North Carolina
Press Association. The service was
held on shipboard, the press associa
tion holding its 63d annual session
while cruising from Norfolk, Va., to
Boston, Mass., and return repeating
a similar trip taken by the associa
tion in 1883. The Butler memorial will
be published in a future issue of The
Pilot.
Eighty North Carolinians, largely
newspaper folks and their families,
with a few friends not in the profe.s.
wing for operation by the hospital. sion, made the trip, embracing two
These steps are necessary that the nights and a day cruising up, two days
Honored by Press
THK LATK BION
BUTLER
county may make application to the
Public Works Administration for a
grant of funds toward the building.
and a night in Boston and two nights ,
and a day returning. The group met j
in Norfolk Wednesday and spread |
Federal Housing Man
To Explain System
In Aberdeen July 31st To Ac
cept Applications for
Mortgages
Ralph E. Hallock, field representa
tive of the Federal Housing Admin
istration, will be in Aberdeen next
Wednesday, July 31st to accept appli
cations for insured mortgages under
titles one and two of the National
Housing Act.
Mr. Hallock will be in the office of
J. R. McQueen, county chairman, in
the old Carolina Discount Building
from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. and urges
all parties interested in building new
houses or the purchasing of existing
houses or the refinancing of exist
ing mortgages to call on him.
He will give information on both
titles. Title one applies to the modern
ization nnd improvement loans and
title two to the insured mortgages
on new and refinanced homes.
RE\'. E. L. B.\RBER PLEADS
FOB DISCIPLINE IN MORALS
The Rev. Ernest L. Barber of the
Bethesda Presbyterian Church in
Aberdeen was the speaker at the
weekly Kiwanis Club meeting held
Wednesday noon in the Sunday Schol
building of the Page Memorial
Church in Aljerdeen. “The True Be
ginning of Wisdom is the Desire for
Discipline,” a saying of Solomon, was
the subject of his talk on the need
for more moral discipline in the
world in this day and age.
Dr. T. A. Cheatham of Pinehurst
also talked to the club on what is
being accomplished to stamp out tu
berculosis in Moore county, showing
how few cases there are in the sec
tion and how they are being cared
for from the funds raised annually
by the sale of Christmas seals and
the rounty’ a^ pvopriation.. The report
was most encouraging.
Mrs. Bion H. Butler of Southern
Pines has been chosen to unveil an
imposing monument and bronze tab
let in the village of Luthersburg, Pa.,
next Tuesday afternoon, July 30th.
She will serve with Miss Grace E.
Moore of Luthersburg, granddaught
er of the late R. H. ,Moore, the
last private owner of the turnpike on
which the monument will be located.
Mrs. Butler is the daughter of the
late William Schwem, owner of the
Schwem House, or Eagle Hotel, which
is shown in relief on the taUet.
Of the plans for the unveiling the
Dubois, Pa., Courier of last Saturday
says, in part.
An event of unusual significance
and importance is scheduled to take
place in the village of Luthersburg
on the afternoon of Tuesday, July
30th, beginning at 2:30 o’clock, when
the DuBois Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution will unveil
an imposing monument and bronze
tablet in the triangle formed by the
junction of the Snow Shoe & Packer-
ville Turnpike with the Erie Turn
pike, now Lakes-To-The-Sea Highway.
The large boulder, eight feet high,
7 12 feet wide and 2 12 feet thick,
is being removed from the site of the
Moore Mill on the Snow Shoe & fack-
erviile Turnpike, on Anderson Creek,
now known as the Rockstead Resort.
The solid bronze tablet will bear
in base relief, the old Schwem House,
or Eagle Hotel, with one of the last
of the early stage coaches, four
horses and driver, in front of it,
made from a photograph taken by
the late Charles Hile, of Luthers
burg, one of the early photographers
of this section, which was fortunately
preserved by appreciative persons. It
was from the pioceeds of the sale of
copies of this photograph that the
creation of a fund now abundantly
ample to complete this work, was be
gun.
The tablet will bear five separate
and distinct historical matters relat
ing to the section. Mrs. Butler’s fa
ther is one of several persons to be
seen in relief on the tablet.
The Board of County Commissioners j homeward Monday,
has already voted approval of such j Business was cut to a minimum and
an application, and is prepared to file , entertainment and plea-sr.re given al
the application with the State PWA
administrator at Chapel Hill upon ap
proval of the deed and lease. It is
expected that the application will be
for approximately $28,000, which is
45 percent of the estimated cost of
the construction. No federal loan is
to be asked, the balance of the mon,
ey to be raised by private subscrip,
tion plus county aid.
It was erroneously reported recent
ly that the Moore County Hospital
had deeded its entire property and
plant to the county. Only such land
as may be required for the new con
struction is to be deeded to the coun
ty, institution officials state.
Hospital directors are optimistic
ROUTE 15 ISSUE
MAY BE CARRIED
TOES. CONGRESS
most full sway. F. Grover Britt, Clin
ton, was elected president for next
year; L. C. Gifford, Hickory, vice-
president, and Miss Beatrice Cobb,
Morganton, secretary-treasurer. Ex-
ecutive committee members are
Messrs, Britt and Gifford and Miss
Cobb, C. C. Council. Durham; John
T. Perkins, Lincolnton; Talbot Pa
trick. Goldsboro, Miss Addie Mae
Cooke, Gatesville.
Holt McPherson had charge of en
tertainment features, aided by Mrs.
Eva Horton Shakleford, Farmville,
and many others. A series of skits
were presented on the eve of landing
in Boston Thursday night, in which
Miss Nancy Cox, Raleigh, was the
Hot Fight Wageis Over High
way, With Waynick Threat
ening Reprisals
rtNEHURST PLANS
COMMERCE BODY
TO AID VILLAGE
Rusines.s and Profe.ssional Men
Launch Move for Ci\ic
Organization
ELECT OFFICERS MONDAY
DURHAM VP IN ARMS
about their prospects of raising the i unfortunate girl who lost her money
necessary fund to meet the federal
grant, and hope with approval of the
application by the PWA to have con
struction under way before winter
sets in.
The new wing will provide for 28
additional beds, thereby relieving the
congestion which has handicapped the
hospital staff for some time. During
much of the past year it has been
necessary to use the solarium for
beds for patients because of the
cramped condition.
THAD S. PAGE COXFIR>IED
FOB NEW FEDER.\L POST
The United States Senate last Sat
urday confirmed the nomination of
Thaddeus S. Page, secretary to Sen
ator Bailey, as administrative secre
tary of the National archives.
Mr. Page will remain in this pres
ent position for several weeks in or
der that his successor, who has not
yet been named, may become famil
iarized with his duties.
“I am experiencing a mingled feel
ing of gratification and regret,” said
Mr. Page, following his confirmation.
“Of course, I am gratified at my
appointment and I welcome the op
portunity of being of some service
and assistance to Dr. Connor in the
performance of the huge task which
confronts him.
“At the same time, I sincerely re
gret the necessity of severing the re
lationship which has existed between
Senator Bailey and myself since he
became a member of the United
States Senate. It has been an ex
tremely pleasant, cordial and friend
ly relationship, enabling me to come
to know him intimately—for which
I shall always be grateful, and a re
lationship which is broken with re
luctance.”
and had her clothes auctioned off by
Josh Horne—down to her bathing
suit. Dignified editorial writers be
came chocolate soldiers in other skits.
It was all fun a-plenty.
They Di«>d During the Year
The memorial service was held Sun
day morning, at which sketches of
lives of newspaper folks who have
died during the past year were read.
They are: Bion H. Butler, Southern
Pines, by Jonathan Daniels, read by
Charles J. Parker; T. B. Eldridge,
Raleigh, by Charles J. Parker; Archi
bald Johnson, Thomasville, by W.
Thomas Bost; J. E. Johnson, Mt. Airy,
by J, P. Rawley, read by Holt Mc
Pherson; Col. Fred A. Olds, by M.
R. Dunnagan; W. Giles Mebane,
Beaufort, by R. E. Price; Walter H.
(Please turn to page 8)
NEGRO KILLED NEAR VAS8
BY HIT .\ND BUN DBIV'EB
PEACH ORCHARDS BUSY
WITH PRI.'^ DISAPPOINTING
The peach crop has continued on
the move all week, but with prices
not tip to hopes or expectations. El-
bertas are moving this week, and the
entire crop is expected to be harvest-
er\ and shipped within the next two
weeks, earlier than usual due to the
recent heavy rains. The necessity of
rushing shipments due to the early
ripening of the fruit has flooded nor
thern 'markets.
VASS-LAKEVIEW CANNERY
TO begin OPERATIONS
The Vass-Lakeview community
cannery will begin operations today,
Friday, according to an announce
ment Just made. Mrs. W; C. Leslie has
agreed to take charge only until
someone else can be secured to man
age the cannery. Monday, Wednesday
and Friday will be canning days, and
a charge of two cents per can will
be made, the customer to provide his
own cans. Arrangements for relief
canning are in the form.itive stage,
but definite announcement as to the
plan is not available this week.
The pot is still boiling over the lo
cation of Highway No. 15. in wh.ch
this section in interested and for
which Sandhills delegations recently
fought before the State Highw'ay
Commission at Raleigh,
The State body, according to mem
bers of the commission, recommend
ed to the National Association of
Highway Officials the restoration of
the route to its original course which
brought it from Oxford through Dur.
ham to Sanford and through the
Sandhills, in preference to its relo
cation cutting out Durham and this
section and sending it through Ral.
eigh and Fayetteville, The national
body turned down the recommenda
tion.
Congressman Walter Lambeth was
then appealed to. He took the mat-
ter up with the national body and
was informed that the association
was awaiting recommendations from
Capus Waynick, chairman of the
State Highway Commission, on relo.
eating the route. Mr. Wajnick says
the recommendations were sent some
time ago. were disapproved and that
he had written the national group
that if the State commission could
not have authority over designations
in North Carolina he wanted the mem
bership fee returned, upon receipt of
which all federal markings would be
removed from the State’s right-of-
I way,
Cooley Smith, colored victim of aj At last report there is where the
hit and run driver, was found dead j matter stood. The Durham Chamber
on the highway about half-way be-, of Commerce is up in arms and threat-
tween Vass and Cameron in the early i ening to carry the issue to the floors
morning hours of last Saturday, his of Congress, if necessary, pointing
head severely fractured, but the wa- out that the National Association of
cermelon which Smith was carrying j Highway Officials is a self-constltut-
was lying to one side, intact. ! ed group and not a Government body.
Smith, who was employed by J. T. | Route 15 is one of the main north-
Doss, farmer and filling station oper-1 south routes, coming from Harris,
ator on Highway 1, had been drink-;burg. Pa., down through Pennsylvan-
ing the night before, it is said, and i ia. Virginia, North Carolina and deep
had asked a member of the Doss; into South Carolina, Because of its
family to take him to Cameron. He importance for tourist traffic during
was advised to go home and go to i winter and spring the fight
bed, and it was not known that he ^ over its routing has been hot and
had failed to take this advice until ^ heavy,
the accident was reported. The cor-1 ^ ^
oner visited the scene but did not Mineral Springs “Over
deem an inquest necessary. Smith was 'J’Qp” for LiqUOr Control
At an enthusiastic meeting of citi
zens held last Monday night in the
Community Church, Pinehurst set in
motion plans for a Chamber of Com
merce there. On Monday night next
the organization is expected to take
definite shape with the selection of a
name, election of officers and the ap-
pi'oving of by-laws. Notices have been
sent out to all who might be inter,
ested to attend this oi-ganization
meeting.
At the meeting to discuss the pro
ject last Monday the following at.
tended: Arthur S. Newcomb, Herbert
Vail, Robert Denny, Ernest Gamache,
Raymond Johnson, the Rev. A. J. Me.
Kelway, Harry Hogg, Howard Phil
lips, Joseph Montesanti, Dr. L. J. Pe-
gram, John Hemmer, Frank Dupont
and Col. G, P. Hawes. A member,
ship committee was appointed to so
licit members, and the purposes of
the organization were informally dis.
cussed.
Fjr some time Pinehurst has felt
the need of a civic group to promote
the best interests of the village and
its people. Numerous matters relat.
ing to business, professional and
municipal affairs have come up at
times in the past with no organiza.
tion of citizens to consider and act
jointly upon them. A number of such
matters are now pending and has
brought about the action of the or
ganizing group at this time.
Southern Pines has an active Cham-
ber of Commerce, and Aberdeen re
cently reorganized its Chamber of
Commerce. It is probable that in the
future, where all three towns are in
volved in matters affecting them,
joint meetings of the three groups
will be held, making for a more con
solidated and more influential ef
fort.
Dies in Room in Which
He Was Born in 1850
Murd McLeod Kelly of Ntear
Carthage Leaves Eight
Children
Funeral services were held Sunday,
July 21st for Murd McLeod Kelly at
the Carthage Presbyterian church,
with the Rev. W, S. Golden officiat
ing, assisted by the -Rev. F. S. Blue
of Burlington and the Rev. Angus Me-
Queen of Dunn, Mr, Kelly was ruling
elder of this church and has been a
lifetime member.
He died July 19, 1935 at his home
near Carthage, in thp same house and
same room where he was born on
May 29, 1850.
In Decomber, 1883 he was married
to Isabelle Palmer of Gulf who pre
ceded him to the grave by a few
months. He is survived by eight chil
dren; Arch, Oren and John Kelly, Mrs.
M. G. Boyette, Mrs. Charles Prevost
and Mrs. Sadie Wall, all of Carthage,
Miss Margaret Kelly of Pinehurst and
Major Alec Kelly of Christabalj Pan.
ama and eleven grandchildren.
W. D. H.IlRRINGTON, NATIVE
OF MOORE COUNTY, DIES
Wilton D. Harrington, aged 56, a
former Moore county man, died at his
home in Brunswick, Ga., following n
Township Reported to Have
More Than 50 Percent of
Voters Signed Up
Report has it that more than 50
percent of the qualified voters of Min
eral Springs township have signed pe.
heart attack. Mr. Harrington was a.titions for liquor control and the op-
son of the late James Elam Harring
ton, of Moore county, and was born at
the Harrington home place on Govern
or’s Creek.
Mr. Harrington moved away from
Moore county 25 years ago, going to
Georgia where he engaged in the tur
pentine business. He made a notable
success in this industry, being re
puted to have been worth half a mil.
lion dollars at one time.
ening of a legal store in Pinehurst
Petitions have been in circulation the
last two weeks. Like McNeills town-
ship, Mineral Springs will present its
signed petitions to the Pasquotank
County Control Board in time for op
ening a store by the start of the win
ter season. Where Southern Pines’
and Pinehurst’s stores are to be locat
ed has not been determined, nor have
local control boards been named.
MULE GETS WORST OF
ENCOUNTER WITH BLTLL
A fine mule belonging to Paul
Gschwind of Vass was badly gtjred late
Sunday afternoon when an enraged
bull broke from its stall into the barn_
yard where the mule was confined.
Several long gashes were torn in the
mule’s side and shoulder, and its in~
juries would doubtless have been far
more serious had it not been for the
timely arrival of Edward Gschwind,
14-year-old grandson of the owner,
who armed himself and succeeded in
getting the bull out of the barnyard.
A number of stitches were required
to close the mule’s wounds.
This is the animal’s first rampage,
and it is considered extremely fortu_
nate that no more serious damage was
done as children of the family have
frequently gone into the pasture
where he was allowed to graze, think-
lag that he was practically harmless.