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THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, September 13, 1935.
20 PERCENT MORE
TOBACCO THAN IN
’34 IS ESTIMATE
Farmers in Middle Belt - All
Ready For Market Open*
ing Next Tuesday
LOOK FOR GOOD AVERAGE
Most farmers in central North
Carolina find themselves in good
shape for the opening of the middle
Belt markets next Tuesday, Septem- j
ber 17th. Most of the tobacco has i
been cured, and grading is the only'
thing remaining to get the golden j
weed ready for the market. This will |
be done tos the season progresses.
This year's crop, in poundage, is
about 20 per cent higher than last
year’s. In spite of the increase in
poundage, warehousemen and buyers
k)ok for an average comparing fav.
orably with that of last year. The
hope for a high average is due to
increased consumption of tobacco
products and to depletion of manu
facturers’ stocks. Although no exact
guesses have been made as to an av
erage for this year, many believe the
Middle Belt averages will be close to
$25. Last year, the Middle Belt av
erage was $28.13, while the year be
fore it was only $18.97. Earlier mar.
kets this year have shown averages,
not quite as high as last year's, but
highly pleasing to all.
Asks Higher Prices
Congressman Hancock Says
Tobacco Out of Line With
Other Commodities
Congressman Frank W. Han
cock, Jr., has wired Secretary of
Agriculture Henry A. Wallace
asking that he do what he can to
ward raising the prices of flue,
cured tobacco on the N. C. mar.
kets, stating that present prices
are not In keeping with prices of
other commodities and will not
give the growers the buying pow
er desired and needed to improve
business. Prices on the markets
that have opened in the State so
far range from 18 to 22 cents a
pound. Much .of the leaf offered is
ground lugs. Prices are lower than
last year.
Hundreds Attend the
Cypress Home-Coming
President of Maxton Junior
College Among Speakers at
Church Reunion I
Carthage Auto Wreck
Sends Pair to Roads
Numerous Liquor Ca.ses Dispos
ed of in Recorder’s Court
on Monday
Willie Willard and Garland Pur.
Ti.s, white men who wrecked their
A successful home-coming was held
at Cypress Presbyterian Church last
Sunday with hundreds of home.com-
!ers from far and nftar In attendance,
and with programs of especial Inter
est. The morning sermon was
preached by the Rev. P. Carey
Adam s, president of Presbyterian
Junior College at Maxton.
During the noon hour a bounteous
picnic dinner was enjoyed, after
which the crowd reassembled for the
afternoon service, presided over by
the pastor. Rev. C. A. Lawrence.
Mrs. Lawrence gave a most Interest
ing historical sketch of this old
church, which she had prepared for
a recent meeting of Presbytery, and
the Rev. J. S. Cook of Jonesboro
Automobile on the main street of Rev^ William Brown of Oliv.
Carthage last week, were In Record- parts on the program,
er's Court Monday to answer char
ges of driving an automobile while
intoxicated, unlaw-ful possession of a
distillery, and public drunkenness.
Willard was found guilty as charged
and was sentenced to serve four
months on the roads. Purvis was
found guilty of public drunkenness
and given thirty days on the roads,
or at the county home, providedl the
superintendent wants him, he being
physically weak on his left side.
Tebe Davis, white of the Hemp
section, pleaded nolo contendere to
charges of drunkenness and driving
while intoxicated. He paid a fine of
$.50 and the costs and is not to drive
for three months.
Johnnie Willard and Willie WiL
KEVIV.AL SERVICES IX V.\SS
TO BEGIX SEPTEMBER 22
A series of revival services will be
held in the Vass Methodist Church
during the latter part of this month
with the pa.stor, the Rev. L. M. Hall,
doing the preaching and with Miss
Carolyn Hosford, Evangelistic singer,
here to direct the singing and assist
in other v/ays with the work. Miss
Hosford is said to be an especially
fine worker and her coming is ex
pected to mean much to the com- j
munity. I
The series of meetings will begin j
on the fourth Sunday evening with a |
union service in the Vass Presbyter,
lard, white of Glendon, were found j Church with the Rev. C. A. Law.
guilty of possessing a distillery and | preaching, this being his regu.
manufacturing liquor. Willie was I appointment, and Miss Hosford
given three months to begin at the ' present to lead the music. On
expiration of the sentence in the j ^lo^day evening and each evening
wreck case, and Johnnie, who was , ^^®*'®after the services will be held in
al.so charged with an assault on a fe. | Methodist church, with Mr. Hall
male, was given six months on the ! charge.
Toads. I
Charlie Cook, white of Aberdeen, \ Fl'XER.\L .SF2R\'ICES HELD .AT
went to the roads for three months 1 C.\RTH.\.GE FOR C.-VRLOS FRYE
for possessing liquor for sale.
Dolphus Moore, white of Hemp,
who' was found guilty of public drunk.
ennes8» had his 30-day sentence sus.
pended upon payment of the costs.
Tom Garner, white of Hemp, was
gi'veni a SO.day sentence on a charge
■of jUtaining money under false pre
tense, the sentence to be suspended
lipon the repayment to Mr. McSwain
of $1(T obtained from him, and upon
payment of the costs. Garner is said
to have obtained the money, claiming
that he had been In the employ of the
Pinehurst Silk Mills and that this
company was indebted to him, and
it was found upon investigation that
he had not worked for this company.
As a result of a fight at a color
ed church, Wlllle Reeves, Sandy and
Ernest Foushee and Sandy vyhite
were In court charged with an as
sault with a deadly weapon and using
profane language in a public place.
Th9 Foushees were found not guilty;
Reeves was foi^nd guilty of simple
Ess&ult and cursing In public. He
■was griven a SO.day road sentence,
suspended upon payment of one.
half the costs. Sandy White was
lound guilty of cursing and his 30-
iay sentence was suspended upon
payment of one-fourth the costs, and
the other fourth was paid by Char,
les Thompson, who brought the
charges against the other four, after
the court had found him guilty of
«imple assault.
Funeral services were held at the
Carthage Baptist Church last Thurs.
day morning at 11:00 o’clock for
Carlos Frye. The service- were con.
ducted by the Rev. T. Sloan Guy of
Carthage and the Rev. John Asycue
of Campbell’s College. Interment was
made at Cross Hill cemetery.
Mr. Frye was an expert carpen.
ter and workman and had built many
homes in this section. Although he
had been in poor health for a good
many years, he had been able to
work until about two weeks before
his death. The widow and three sons,
Carlos Frye, Bascal Frye and Perry
Frye, survive.
ELISHA NEILL PRIEST, 73,
DIES IX VASS SECTIOX
REVIVAL .SERVICES TO BEGIN
SUNDAY AT SU»L>IER HILL
The Summer Hill Baptist Church
will begin a series of revival meet,
ings Sunday, September 11th at 11
o’clock. The Services will continue
throughout the week, beginning
each evening at 7:30 o’clock. The
pastor, R. H. Weaver, will be assist,
ed in these services by the Rev. M;
Crawford of Bunn. The public is cor.
ilally invited to attend these services
iuring the week.
Elisha Neill Priest, aged nearly 75
years, died In his home on James
Creek, east of Sweetheart Lake, on
Monday, September 9th. Born in
Cumberland county, October 19th.
1860, the son of Cornelius Priest and
Mary Monroe Priest the deceased had
made farming his business, and wm
well and favorably known in the
Vass community. Funeral services
were held in his late residence at 11
o’clock Tuesday morning, the Rev.
C. A. Lawrence officiating. Interment
in Lakevlew cemetery followed. He is
survived by two sons, Elisha M. and
Alex Priest.
WEBSTER IS MEMBER OF
PL^LIC RELATIONS GROUP
Frank W. Webster, superintendent
of schools in Southern Pines, has
been appointed a member of the Pub.
lie Relations Committee of the
North Carolina Education Associa
tion, by Mrs. T. W. Guthrie of Kin.
ston, president. The chairman of the
committee is C. R. Wheeler of San
ford, and among other members is
Dr. Frank P. Graham, of the XJnlver.
sity of North Carolina.
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