MOORE COUNTY’S
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Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday August 9, 1935
PLANNING BOARD
ASKS SURVEY OF
SCHOOL FACILITIES
Rassie W’icker May Be Named
To Look Into Needs in
County
ASK AIRPORT PURCHASE
A survey to determine the needs
of the county in new school buildings
and improvements to present facilities
was recommended by the County
Planning Board at a meeting held in
Carthage on Monday. The board felt
that more definite information should
be obtained by the county before ap-
pealing to the Public Works Admin,
istration, and recommended to the
County Board that the board appoint
a man to join with a representative of
the School Board in making the sur
vey. It is expected that Rassie E.
Wicker of Pinehurst will be named
by the county.
A recommendation was also made
by the Planning Board that the
county purchase "at a reasonable
price” the Knollwood Airport, com
prising 153 1-2 acres of land, and
that the Works Progress Administra-
Bride in Washington
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
‘ ^FIVE CENTS
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SPORTS PROGRAM Boys of C.C.C. Camp Here to
FOR SEASON AT Rebuild Old Reservation Roads
PINEHURST OUT *
“Pros” To Open (lolf Schedule
For $2,000 in Prize Money
on November 12
NORTH & SOUTH MARCH 24
»IIIS. JKKKY IIEALY
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Loomis of
Southern Pines announced this week
the marriage of their daughter,
Eileen B. Loomis, to Jerry V. Healy of
Pinehurst on April 16th in Washing
ton, D. C. Mrs. Healy has been re
siding in Washington for about one
tion be appealed to enlarge the field | and one-half years, having a respon-
making it accessible for transport
plames. At present the airport prop
erty is leased, the owners of the land
being I. F. Cliandler and Walter Per
kins. In order for the county to avail
itself of WPA funds for enlarging
and improving the field, it must be
come county property. An effort is
to be made to purchase the land
from Messrs. Chandler and Perkins
at a price which the county can af
ford to pay.
The Thagards Pond project was ta
bled pending more information. Much
of this property, wanted for a recre
ational park for the county, belongs
to John Warren Watson of Philadel
phia, and Mr. Watson has been un
able as yet to come to the Sandhills
and talk the matter over with mem-
bers of the Planning Board.
Dr. M. Eugene Street of Glendon
submitted a project for rural electri
fication in the upper end of the coun
ty, and the board recommended that
the State be asked to send a ^nan
here from its Rural Electrification
Commission to look into the situation.
Dr. Street’s plan and arguments are
sible position in the legal department
of the N. R. A. Mr. Healy, long
affiliated with Page & Company in
Aberdeen, has recently accepted a po
sition with the Federal Housing Ad
ministration in Greensboro,
ELECTRIFICATION
IN RURAL SECTIONS
NEED OF COUNTY
Dr. St'reet Submits Project For
Development of Deep River
Township
JUMPS ON COUNTY BOARD
In a communication addressed to
the Moore County Board of Commis
sioners but presented on Monday to
the County Planning Board, Dr. M.
Eugene Street of Glendon calls for
rural electrification in the county.
Pilot.
particularly in the upper end, as the
stt forth in another column of The and only means of turning that
section into a productive asset of the
community. In his letter Dr. Street
assails the Board of Commissionara
for past failures in the proper devel
opment of his section. His commun
ication says;
“To the Moore County Board of
Commissioners, and all the people in
terested in the development and up
building of Moore county:
“Deep River Township consists as
a whole, of a rural community. The
soils of Deep River township are
productive, and are susceptible of the
highest improvement at comparative
ly little cost, especially when les-
pedeza be used as a soil builder, and
the land be properly terraced.
“Much of the soil of Deep River
township contains a high percentage
of potash and phosphate, and when
humus and nitrate are added these
soils can be enriched in a short time.
All the soils of the township can be
enriched, but some require more time
for this than do others to be brought
to a high state of productivity. Much
of these soils are river and creek bot
tom land? that are easily kept rich.
All the soils are well drained, and
are adaptid to the production of the
highest grades of tobacco, and full
(Please turn to page 8)
749 Mineral Springs
Voters Sign Petitions
W'ell Over 50 Percent Favor Es
tablishment of Legalized Li
quor Store in Pinehurst
The petitions of voters of Mineral
Springs township for a liquor store
in Pinehurst, legalized under the
Pasquotank Act, were this week re
ported as ready for presentation to
the Pasquotank Control Board. Of the
1,493 names on the books in the
township, 749 have signed petitions,
but the majority in favor of the
establishment of a liquor control
store in Pinehurst is actually consid
erably greater than that, as the reg
isters cortaiii the names of 225 per
sons who have moved away from
the township, and 75 persons who are
deceased.
Like McNeills township, which had
more than 50 percent of the quali
fied voters signed up some three
weeks ago, Mineral Springs is expect
ed to present its petition to the board
at Elizabeth City in the near future.
Both Pinehurst and Southern Pines
are considering available locations
for their stores, and the naming of
local control boards. It is reliably re
ported that the Southern Pines store
will be located in the Maze Building
on West New Hampshire avenue, this
building being owned by the town.
Starting off with the 16th annual :
Mid-South Professional tournament, j
Pinehurst’s golf schedule for the com- |
ing winter season is the usual re- j
plete one, with 16 events scheduled ;
running from November 12th until |
April 10th. The “pros" will have a i
best ball tournament of 36 holes on
November 12th and 13th, followed by j
two days of individual play. The ,
prize money totals over $2,000.
The 34th annual United North &
South Open is scheduled for March ,
24th, 25th and 26th, with $3,955 in
prize money for the leading profes- .
sionals of the country who always j
compete in this major event of the j
south. The 36th annual North &'
South Amateur will be played the '
week of March 30th, w'ith the Wo
men's North & South the following
w'eek.
Other events are scheduled as fol
lows :
Nov. 19, 20, 21 and 22—20th An
nual Carolina tournament.
Nov. 29—15th Carolina tournament
for Women.
Dec. 18, 19—14th Annual Men’s
Season Members’ championship.
December 27, 28, 30, 31—33d An
nual Mid-Winter tourney.
December 28—Christmas tourna
ment for Women.
January 1—14th Annual Father &
Son tournament.
February 4, 5, 6, 7—31st Annual
St. Valentine’s tournament for W'o-
men.
February 11, 12, 13, 14—32d An-
nual February tournament.
February 21—31d Annual Tin
W’histle Anniversary event.
February 25, 26, 27, 28—3hd An
nual Spring tournament. j
March 10, 11. 12, 13—16th Annual j
Seniors’ tournament. !
March 28—14th Annual Team j
Match, Pinehurst vs. All-South. :
Other Sports Features j
The 18th annual United North & {
South Tennis tournament, which al- i
ways attracts many of the leading
players of the country including
members of the U. S. Davis Cup
team, will be played the week of Ap
ril 13th.
The 19th annual Pinehurst Horse
Show is scheduled for March 31st and
April 1st.
The Field Trial season opens with
the Continental Field Trial Club’s 41st
annual membership events on Decem
ber 3d and 4th. The Pointer Club of
America will hold its membership
ovents the following three days, w'ith
its open events coming the week of
December 9th. The 18th annual Pine,
hurst field trials are scheduled fo:
the week of January 6th.
The 4 th annual Dog Show' will be
held on April 11th. This event has
grown in importance in Pinehurst
each year and was one of the leading
events in the south last season.
Legion Commander
Lieut. .Matthews Has 20S Younfi
Men Hard at Work on
(Jovtrnmenl Land
'^RS AGAINST
OFPicfiRSOFBANK
OF VASS DROPPED
Nol Pros Taken When Cases
Come I'p in Superior
Court at ('artha«e
.iriKJE SHAW PRESIDIN'G
Dan A. McLatJchlin, former presi-
Hy Charles .Macaulcy
Interested by a rumor to the ef
fect that a new road wa>. imder
course of construction from the
camp to Southern Pines, the writer in
company with Fire Warden Alex
Fields journeyed out to the newest; dent, and J. H. Gardner, Percy L.
CCC Camp Saturday afternoon. Go- j Gardner and A. D. McLauchlin, for-
ing out the only practicable route | mer directors of the Bank of Vass
from town via Young’s road, and ! were cleared of charges of violation
turning off that road to the right one- j of the State banking laws when a
half mile this side of McCrimmon's j no) pros was taken in the case of
Corner, we proceeded down a rutted ' each in special term of Superior
.sandy trail to James Creek and over j Court in session at Carthage this
an improvised bridge, and then up, j week. Court has been in session all
and up to a knoll 407 feet above sea i week, with Judge Thomas J. Shaw
level and located on the old Yadkin i presiding. Forty cases, many of them
road about two miles below the old , long standing, were on the docket
Johnson mill pond, overlooking the; and fine progress has been made in
valley of James Creek and the sur- j clearing the calendar,
lounding country stands the camp, j The charges against officials of the
with the green ridge top of South-1 Bank of Vass followed the closing of
ein Pines in the distance, looking cool j that institution some time ago, and
war-time Sprrotarv of i comparison W'ith the shaven and | the cases had been continued from
his W’eek elected Com-itime to time. When they again came
up on Wednesday they were nol
The new camp, C. C. C. No. 1499,
IN. C. Army 5, is under Lieutenant
Joseph C. Matthews, an officer re-
JOSEPIirS D.AXIEIJS, Jli.
The son of America’s Ambassador
to Mexico and
the Navy was this w ee,, eiecceu
mander of the North Carolina Depart-'
ment of the American Legion. A
large number from the Sandhills at
tended the annual convention held at
Fayetteville and saw the maneuvers
and program put on by Fort Bragg
artillery at the army post. Among
those in
Post No. 134 were Commander John
G. Hemmer, 1st Vice Commander
Charles Fields, Finance Officer L. V.
O’Callaghan, Robert E. Denny and
D. D. S. Cameron. N. N. McLean and
pressed and all charges dropped.
Abraham Luff was defendant in
two of the older cases, both of which
markably conversant with the work i were nol prossed with leave. In one
and interested in his boys, 208 ex- j he w'as charged with the embezzle-
ceptionaliy fine looking, clean-cut' rnent of around $2,500 belonging to
c young Americans, mostly from the
attendance from Sandhills ^ ° ^ „
northeastern North Carolina coun
ties bordering on Currituck and Albe-
I marie sounds. Youngsters markedly
^ comparable with those rushing to
■ volunteer for the war in April and
May 18 years ago and now establish-
Charles Gschwind of Vass W'ere also
there. New 75s and 155 mm. guns
the talc mine at Glendon, and the
second was a false pretense charge.
John Willie Thompson, charged
with fatally stabbing Connie Davis
with a knife, was found not guilty.
Arnie Carlyle and Ed Gaddy w’ere
W’ere demonstrated at Bragg cn Mon-
day.
Mr. Daniels served overseas
the 13th Marines during the World
War, was aide to General Smedley
Butler, and retired with the rank of
Captain.
ed in a real camp consisting of four | ^ried on a charge of robbing M. G
barracks, recreation hall, school hall,
I bath house, cook house and mesd hall,
W’ith I room, officers quarters, ad-'
; ♦ JVm 111 <-] t A n i
with Pilson who W’as said to be in
toxicated. Carlyle was found guilty
; ministration building and foresters’• sentenc-
I quarters. All the buildings are of one '
story, 130 feet or more in length, well
State’s Prison. Gaddy was found
$9,000,000 EST.\TE LEFT
BY PERCY A. ROCKEFELLER
PEACH SEASON CLOSES
WITH PRICES WELL, UP
The peach season, which opened
discouragingly due to the long
drought of the early summer, closed
with a bang this week. Prices were
well up and those orchardists who
had late peaches “cashed in.” Mid
season prices were low due to the
early ripening of so much of the
fruit, thereby glutting: the market for
a time, but the demand greatly ex
ceeded the supply toward the end of
the season.
MOTHER OF MRS. COBURN
DIES HERE AT AGE OF 88
Mrs. Alice B. Cutting, mother of
Mrs. A. S. Coburn of Pinehurst, pass
ed away early Sunday morning at the
home of Mrs. Coburn w'here she had
spent several years. Had .Mrs. Cut
ting lived until August 27th she
would have been 89 years of age. Un
til a few weeks ago she had been
active and took a keen interest in
everything, especially enjoying her
many callers.
Mr. and Mrs. Coburn accompanied
the body to Lebanon, N. H., Mrs.
Cutting’s former home, where fun
eral services were conducted by her
pastor. In addition to her daughter,
six grandchildren survive.
The late Percy A. Rockefeller, ne
phew of John D. Rockefeller, left an
estate whose total value was $9,037,-
847.26 it was disclosed this week w’ith
the filing of the inventory in the
probate court at Greenwich, Conn.
Real estate was valued at $460,-
500; stocks, bonds and personal prop
erty at $8,570,326.
Among Mr. Rockefeller’s realty
holdings was the estate at Overhills,
near here, where he spent much time
hunting and shooting.
NUMBER OF NEW POLIO
CASES DWINDLES TO 8
Countv to Advertise
Unpaid 1934 Taxes
Collector Huntley Authorized To
Publish Ijist of All Delin
quent s
The Board of County Commission
ers, in regular session on Monday, au
thorized \V. T. Huntley, tax collector
for Moore county, to advertise all un
paid taxes for the year 1934, as re
quired by law. Advertising will pro
ceed for four weeks prior to the sale.
The Board voted to appropriate to
the Department of Conservation and
Development the amount of $210 to
be used in purchasing a Chevrolet
pickup truck for the forestry depart
ment of the county.
Miss Myrtle Fry w’as allow’ed $72,50
for taking and transcribing evidence
in the coroner’s inquest of Elva Stat-
ler Davidson in Pinehurst in March
of this year.
On account of physical disability
N. E. Andrews and Lonnie M. Garner
were relieved of payment of poll tax.
O. W. Baker and John Marcus were
granted permits for license to sell
beer and Neallie Elerby w'as allowed
$5 per month for the support of her
mother who is mentally ill.
GUY' USHER SPEAKER AT
KIW.\NIS CLUB MEETING
ventilated, water tank over a driven receiving stolen property
knowing it to have been stolen and
given one year on the roads. Robert
Comer, a third defendant, has not
been taken.
w’ell going dow'n 250 feet and assur
ing an adequate supply of good wa-:
ter, and a Delco light system. '
Rebuilding Old Roads
The Southern Pines road 'rumor
was soon dissipated, the personnel'
of this camp being hard at work con-
structing their part of some 200
miles of roads, and fire breaks all
within the limits of Fort Bragg, this
mileage already surveyed over the
lemainders of many of the old roads
once traversing that part of Hoke
Only three new cases of infantile
paralysis were reported in North
Carolina Wednesday, records of the
State Board of Health showed, one
of them the first in Pender county
this year.
The two other cases came from
Franklin and Robeson counties and
made a total of 523 in the state since
January 1, as compared with a pre
vious all-time annual record of 133
In 1929.
Cleared of Murder
Edgar Garner and Ervie Sheffield
faced a murder charge as a result
of an automobile accident in which
their companion was killed. Edgar
Garner was found not guilty and a
nol pros was taken as to Sheffield.
Astor Brown and Pennie Brow’n,
white of the Hemp section, were
charged w’ith assaulting Officer A.
countfr. Roads once well travelled,:
now lost in the wilderness of en-i^'- McIntosh w'ith a rock and w’ith
croaching blackjacks and shifting; being publicly drunk and disorderly,
sand, the home sites of the Priests, i Snilty of all charges
McCrlmmons, Goins and others de-1 given
scending from ancient settlers now |
gone.
Plans for the roads
and given nine months in jail to
1 work on the roads and Pennie’s case
was remanded to Recorder’s court.
' Astor plead guilty of drunkenness in
approac ing j ^jjQther case and drew 30 days to
the line of the reservation nearest to I
Southern Pines include the old road
* run concurrently w'ith the other sen
tence.
Guy Usher, of the School of Reli
gion at Vanderbilt University, was
the speaker at the weekly Kiwanis
Club luncheon held in the Pinehurst
Community Church on Wednesday.
He took for his subject, “Where is
America Today,” and discussed our
shortcomings in government, educa
tion and religion, and the need for
readjustments by popular demand
and effort.
Officers and directors of the Club
will meet Tuesday night in Jack’s
Grill, Southern Pines, for a business
session.
DOG WITH RABIES SHOT
The head of a dog shot last week
in the Knollwood section was sent
to Raleigh and a report returned
that the animal was suffering from
rabies.
After a 21-day drought. Southern
Pinea enjoyed a cooling show'er on
Wednesday night.
from the crossing of James Creek at | Charlotte, was
McCrimmon’s corner to and including i ^
the old Yadkin road to its Junction
with the Vass-Raeford road at Blue’s agreement
mountain, and the old Manly road
from its junction with the Southern
Pines-Raeford road (Connecticut ave
nue) a mile from the camp line,
bridging Silver run, and following
very nearly the old road to Long-
street Church. This reconditioned
road will make a more convenient ap
proach to Southern Pines than the
present route now nearly seven miles
from town. With these roads and the
additional firebreaks the dangers of
forest fires will be lessened.
ENG.AGEMENT ANNOUNCED OF
MRS. GRAY, PINEHURST
to pay damages in the sum of $50 to
W’. E. Gray, the prosecuting witness,
his case was nol prossed.
Nathan Turner was found not
guilty of violating the prohibition
law.
Jake Gaines, colored, charged w'ith
I breaking and entering a restaurant
i in Jackson Hamlet and stealing a slot
machine was found guilty, but judg
ment was deferred.
DeWitt Short was found guilty of
an assault on Sandy Lee Benson and
given 90 days on the roads.
Of interest here is the announce
ment made in New York by Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Barr, of Pittsburgh
and Pinehurst of the engagement of
their daughter, Mrs. Jeanne Harriett
Gray, of Greenwich, Conn., to Stan
ley Malcolm Prior, of New Britain,
Conn.
Mrs. Gray and Mr. Prior are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Barr, whr
are passing the summer at Westport
Inn, Westport, N. Y.
At Pinehurst, where the Barr’s
have a winter home, Mrs. Gray has
been active socially for several years,
and F.he is a member of the Silver
Foils' Golf club.
Mr. Prior is the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Edward L. Prior, who have
[long been prominent in New Britain.
State Resurfacing U. S.
1 Thru Southern Pines
Highway Department Experi
menting with Tar and Sand
on Job Here
The State Highway Department is
experimenting with a tar and sand
top dressing in resurfacing U. S.
Highway No. 1 between Southern
Pines and Aberdeen. A section of the
work was completed this week. Traf
fic W'as detoured via Pinehurst while
the work was in progress.
The State plans to resurface the
entire length of May street, which is
the U. S. No. 1 route through South
ern Pines, and to have the entire job
completed within the next three
weeks.