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MOORE COUNTY S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 15A, NO. 43 >^A«THAaE VASS f^‘^'^LAKEVlew MANLBV JACKSOH SPRIMOS SOUTMBRM PtliES ASHUSr HftKSHTS AeCRDE£>4 - ^PlNEBUJFr PILOT FIRST IN N»EWS, CIRCrLATION & ADVERTISING of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, September 20, 1935 FIVE CENTS BUDGET ADOPTED; Na TAX INCREASE IN SOUTHERN PINES E.stlmated Expense of Town for Period Ending .June 30, 1936 is .$68,145 BONDED DEBT $568,000 The Board of Town Commissioners of Southern Pines at its regxilar meeting Wednesday night adopted the Town Budget for the period begin, ning July 1, 1935 and ending June 30, 1936 with a gross estimated income of $68,145.78 based on the same rate as last year, $2.65. The estimated expense of the Town for the period is as follows: Serial Bond Fund $19,275.95 Term Bond Fund 9,520.00 General Fund 36,432.55 Municipal Parks and Build. ing 1,262.50 Maintenance Mt. Hope Cem‘_ etery ». 700.00 Deficit Fire House Building Account 954.78 $68,145.78 The Town ended the fiscal year June 30, 1935 with a total bonded in. debtedness of $568,000. During the period from July 1, 1935 to June 30, 1936 the Town will pay out $31,000 in the retirement of bonds, and in. terest in the amount of $32,365. In addition to the amount set up under serial and term bond funds toward the retirement ofbonds and payment of interest, $16,300 will be paid from the water Department and $2,536.04 will be paid from special street as. sessments and $15,733.01 will come from special sinking funds set up during past years. During the month of August the Town paid up in full $13,000 of the above mentioned bonds and interest in the amount of $8,000 which came due September 1st. $8,000 of this amount was for Sewer and Water Bonds of 1905. The rest was for ser. ial bonds. The Rev. Kdward F. Green, repre. senting the Southern Pines Bird Club, urged the passing of an ordinance re. quiring the owners of cats to ketp them confined or on leash or to put collars with bells on them. The mat. ter was referred to the Law and Or. dinance committee for further con. sideration. Davidson Will Case to Be Heard in February Contest Over Estate of Former Elva Statler, Hotel Heiress, Postponed The Elva Statler Davidson win case, by far the most important case scheduled for trial in the September term of Superior Court, in which three litigants are contesting the validity of Mrs. Davidson’s last will and testament which assigns her en_ tire estate, estimated at $500,000, to her husband, H. Bradley Davidson, Jr., of Washington, except for two minor bequests, has been continued to the February term of court. A crowded docket prevented the hearing of the case in the current term. The conte.stants assert that undue influence was exerted in securing the will of the young heiress who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the ga. rage of her Pinehurst hofne early in February of this year. SEVEN DIVORCES GRANTED IN SUPERIOR COURT HERE Seven divorces were granted on the opening day of Superior court in Carthage this week in the following cases: Rittie Lucas versus P. P. Lu. cas; Cleecie Brown versus Carl Brown; Jasper N. Thomas versus ren McQuoid versus Lucy Wilson versus William F. Ray; Mary M. Patterson versus R. E. Patterson; Le_ McQuoid; Marian W. Warner -ver sus Douglas W. Warner, SCHOOL BOOKS ARRIVE A large supply of school books for rental to Moore county school child, ren has been received by the County Superintendent, and these are being distributed from the gymnasium in Carthage. Hunting Seasons Next Few WeeliK Will See Openings For Game and Birds Hunting seasons are beginning to open in North Carolina. Some of those of interest to huntsmen generally are as follows: squir. rels, open in 20.odd far western counties September 15, close De. cember 16; opens in piedmont and east October 1, closes January 15; doves, opens September 21, State, wide, closes January 5; deer, opens October 1, closes January 1, except earlier opening in group of east, ern counties; oppossums and rac. coons, with dogs, beginning Octo. ber 1, trapping November 1; quail, rabbits and wild turkey, opens Thanksgiving Day, closes for tur. keys January 31 and quail and rabbits February 15; migratory waterfowl, opens under federal regulations November 20, closing December 19; it is unlawful to bait waterfowl or use blinds, boats or other floating devices more than 100 feet from the shore. CELEBRATE 145TH ANNIVERSARY OF BETHESDACHURCH Fine Program Arranged For Home-Coming on Sun day, Sept. 29 REV. R. L. McLEOD SPEAKER Aberdeen’s Old Bethesda Church will celebrate its 145th anniversary on Sunday, September 29th, with its annual home.coming and appropriate exercises. Preparations are being made for one of the largest crowds in the history of the congregation, and the committee has been busy for some timp to assure a day long to be remembered for those who jour, ney from near and far. The preacher of the day will be the Rev. Robert L. McLeod, of Winter Haven, Florida, a grandson of the old church. Mr. McLeod is a son of R. L. McLeod of Maxton and a broth, er of Dr. W. Guy McLeod of South, ern Pines. Dr. Alex McLeod of Aber. deen is his uncle. He is reputed to be an excellent speaker, and will make the home.coming address on the morning’s program. Dinner, picnic style, will be serv ed on the historic church grounds at noon, and the afternoon’s program will take the form of an “I Remem ber” hour, with “old timers” of the congregations of the past recalling “the good old days.” All former members and friends of the church are cordially invited to attend thg 145th anniversary celebration, bring, ing their lunches with them and making a day of it. 403 ENROLL AS CAMERON SCHOOL OPENS FALL TERM 7 HURT WHEN CARS COLLIDE ON I MIDLAND road! Mrs. Lester Wilson of Chapel Hill Suffers Broken Shoulder ' Blade; Others Cut THREE IN M. C. HOSPITAL Mrs. Lester Wilson of Chapel Hill suffered a broken shoulder blade and back injuries and six others were cut and bruised as the result of a colli, Sion of two automobiles at the en. trance to Judge William A. Way's Carolina Greenhouses on the double road between Southern Pines and Pinehurst around 4:00 o’clock Wed. nesday afternoon. Mrs. Wilson, who is connected with the botanical de. partment of the University of North Carolina; Walter Lane Barksdale, a student there, and James Lovling of Spartanburg, S. C., are in the Moore County Hospital as the result of the accident. None are in serious condi. tion. • Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Lovling and Barksdale were on their way to pay a visit to Judge Way and look over the orchid greenhouses when the ac_ cident occurred. Lovling at the wheel turned off the double road into the road which leads to the green, houses just as a Ford driven by Otis Poole of Jackson Springs and occu. pied by Mr. Poole’s son and two wo. men approached the crossing. The Ford hit the other car, a Chevrolet, amidships, breaking all windows and damaging it otherwise. The occupants of both cars were rushed to the hospital, by ambulance, and those in the Lovling car, the more seriously injured of the accident victime, remained there for treat, ment. The others were releasd after having their cuts dressed in the acci. dent room. The Lovling car was tak. en to the Pinehurst Gaixige, the Poole car to Jackson Springs. Mrs. Wilson is the wife of Lester Wilson, professor of English at the University. Mr. Lovling is a collec. tor of rare specimens of orchids and other flowers and plants. Head Vass Evangelistic Campaign MISS CAROLYN IlOSFOKI) COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION ON SEPT. 29 Cameron School opened on Wednes. day of last week. The Rev. C. H. Durham of Carthage conducted the devotional and also gave some good advice to the pupils. County Super intendent of Schools, H. Lee Thomas explained the book rental system, and told of the high ideals he had for the school. Prof. Lowry made a fine talk to' teachers, pupils and parents. He par ticularly emphasized the fact that he wanted his pupils to be happy in their school life. Enrollment was, for High School, 101; for Grammar grades and Pri mary, 302; grand total', 403. CALL FOB VOLUT^TEERS TO BEAUTIFY OLD BETHESDA Owing to lack of funds and the withdrawal of relief forces from such work, the Bethesda Cemetery Asso. elation is calling on lot owners and friends of the cemetery to aid in put ting it in the best possible condi. tion before the Home.Coming on September 29th. M. H. Folley, head of the association, urges all owners to* clean up their lots and the walks adjoining, and others interested to send contributions for other neces. sary work. The Moore County Sunday School Convention will be held in Hemp School Auditorium at Hemp on Sun. day, September 29. This is the annual County Sunday School convention and is especially planned for all those interested in the Sunday Schools of all denominations. The program as scheduled for this year calls for a three.session convention beginning at 9:45 a. m. and continuing through af. ternoon and night sessions. Between the morning and afternoon sessions there will be a fellowship dinner on the grounds, and everyone is asked to bring a basket lunch. EIGHT.DAY' MEETING AT ABERDEEN BAPTIST CHURCH A special meeting has been an nounced to begin at the Aberdeen Baptist Church next Sunday, Septem., ber 22nd. Thi.s meetirtg is scheduled to continue eight days, running through September 29th. No day s«r. vices aa“e planned except for the two Sundays. There will be services every evening next week beginning at 7:45. The public is cordially invited. The pastor, the Rev. E. M. Harris, will preach. The music will be under the direction of Mrs. W. T. Huntley. ORGANIZE ADULT CLASSES IN COMMERCI.AL SUBECTS Much interest is being manifested in the approaching evangelistic cam. paign, which is to begin in Vass on this Sunday evening with a union .service in the Vass Presbyterian church, and continue with services each evening at 7:30 o’clock in the Vass Methodist church with the pas. tor, the Rev. L. M. Hall, bringing the nie.ssages and with Miss Carolyn Hosford, evangelistic worker, here to direct the music and aid in the wo men and children’s work. Miss Hosford has worked from coast to coast and in Canada during her twelve years in evangelistic work, ministering to both large and small fields, and she is said to be a wonderful director and organizer. She is also a soloist and a saynphjni.st of ability. While Mr. Hall has never had Miss Hosford in one of his meetings, he has visited other churches where she was laboring, and' was deeply im. pressed with her power of leadership. Her work with groups of children is said to be outstanding, and a feature of revivals where she labors is a pa geant which never fails to be an out standing event. The Rev. Mr. Lawrence will preach at the Presbyterian church on Sun day evening, this being his regular appointment, and. Miss Hosford will be there to direct the music. This arrangement has been made in or. der that there may be no conflict in the services, and the entire commun. ity is invited to worship in this un ion service, as well as in the services to follow at 7:30 p. m. in the Meth odist church in succeeding dayt;. rfALI. THE REV. TRAVEL AGENCY EXECUTIVES TO BE SHOWN SANDHILLS Pinehurst and Southern Pines on Itinerary of 2,000 Mile “Sales” Journev I SEEK ALL-EXPENSE TOURS The Sandhills w'ill be the host next month to executive heads of out- i standing travel agencies operating all.expense travel tours aggregating more than $150,000,000 annually. Plans have been completed by The Carolinas, Inc., the Southeastern Ho_ tel Men’s Association and the Caro lina Motor Club to take these men on a 2,000 mile tour of the two Car olinas, to last 11 days, the purpose being to interest them in this section and to influence them to send more tourists this way during the winter season. The tour will begin in Greens boro October 14th and terminate on the 24th in Charlotte. The schedule is not completed, so just what date they will visit Pinehurst and South ern Pines is not known. In addition to the travel executives, editors of leading newspapers and ^ publications, have been invited ,to ■ I make the tour. Acceptance to date Poor Grades Keep Price Average indicate that approximately 50 per. 200,000 LBS. OF TOBACCO SOLD ON FIRST DAY HERE Down Throughout the Middle Beit GROWERS FILE PROTESTS So much tobacco of an inferior quality has appeared on the floors of the two Aberdeen warehouses dur. ing the first week of the season that prices have fallen well below the av. rage of a year ago and below expec. tations. Farmers as a whole have been considerably discontent with the arrang- sons will make the trip. ' Carolinas Neglected “Without doubt this tour ed by the Carolina Motor Club and The Carolinas, Inc., is the greatest thing that has ever been attempted to develop tourist travel to the Car olinas,” E. H. Spence of Greens boro, chairman of the hotel associa tions board, said. "Millions of dollars annually are spent by northern and eastern travelers through the pur chase of all expense tours from rec* ognized travel agencies in tliose situation, but those who have brought in good tobacco have received as high ' areas, but the Carolinas have not prices as they did last year. The been getting their share of this bus, buyers report most of the crop they iness although we have the greatest Application Blanks For Drivers’ Licenses Here have seen here so far as stringy, light and of poor grade generally. More than 200.000 pounds were sold on the Aberdeen floors on the opening day, Tuesday, both ware, houses being filled with offerings. The price averaged slightly below 20 varieties of resorts nearest the great centers of population.” “This is the first time a group of travel agency executives hsa been taken for a tour of the Carolinas with a view of showing them what we have, that they may develop all cents. The average on Wednesday fell expense tours similar to those now Will Be Granted Free of Charge; Until November 1st, With out Examination Citizens of Southern Pines who are interested in enrolling in the adult courses in commercial subjects are requested by Superintendent Web. ster to meet in the high school aud. itorium next Monday afternoon, Sep. tember 23, at four o’clock. Beginners classes in Shorthand, Bookkeeping and Typewriting will..be offered this fall. Mrs. Ruth W. Warner, teacher of commercial subjects in the South ern Pines High School, will instruct the classes. Students enrolling will be charged a fee of $2 per month in advance, or $12 per year. The course will last for a period of eight months. Application blanks for licenses un. der North Carolina’s new driver’s li cense law may be obtain now from Chief of Police Gargis or various ga. rages in Southern Pines, from ga. rages in Aberdeen and the Pinehurst Garage in Pinehurst. Operators license will be granted free until November 1, after which date they will be $1. Applicants will then be required to take an examina. tion, too. Several hundred applications have been filled out during the past few days. The blanks may be completed either before a highway patrolman or a notary public, but no fee is charg ed when they are filled out and sworn to in the presence of a pa. trolman. All applications when filled out will be mailed back to the Division of Highway Safety, in Raleigh, of which Arthur Fulf is director. If they are approved, they will be run through a photographic machine and the photostatic copies will be mail, ed to applicants as their drivers’ li- censeis. to 16 cents, and yesterday was 17.22 cents. All over the Middle Belt, opening on Tuesday, prices were discouraging to the tobacco growers with a result that mass meetings were called in various parts of the state, protests filed with everybody from Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace widely advertised attracting visitors to other parts of the nation,’’ C. ^N. Roberts of the Carolinas Inc., said. "It is conservatively estimated that as a result of this trip tourist travel in the Carolinas can easily be increased more than $100,000,000, within the next five years. This is the first outstanding effort that has been down to county agents. An attempt ^ made to merchandise Carolinas at- is being made to have the AAA do' tractions on a wholesale scale.” something about bolstering the prices, I Roberts left Charlotte Tuesday The big buying companies say on' accompanied by L. L. Froneberger! their own behalf that they are paying,chief travel counselor of the Car. all the tobacco which is coming on'oUna Motor Club, to go over the en- the markets is worth, and that they can use only a limited quantity of this quality. They are willing to pay, and are paying, good prices for the kind of leaf they w’ant. In some instances in the state pe. titions have been sent the Governor asking a temporary holiday pending .some action to boost prices. Sanford was among the petitioners. MRS. M.A'TTIE SMITH BRY AN WEDS CL-AY’TON L. GUION tire route of the tour and complete arrangements. Definite times will he alloted for arrivals, departures and points to be visited. On the tour some of the executives will travel by bus and others in their private cars. NEW DEPARTMENT STORE OPENS HERE TOMORROW B. C. Moore & Sons, who operate 21 department stores in the two Car olinas. will open tomorrow, Satur day tn Aberdeen in the store former, ly occupied by the Ladies’ Style Shop, next door to the Bryan Drug Store. This will be the first so.called “chain” department store in either Aberdeen, Pinehurst or Southern Pines. Mr. Myers of the Moore com. p£uiy has been here all week arrang. ing for the opening. The firm will employ local clerks throughout, Mr. Myers said yesterday. The Moore company enjoys a splendid reputa tion in all those cities in which it operates. Mr. and Mrs. Marter Benjamin I Smith of Sante Fe, New Mexico, an. I nounce the marriage of their daught. er, Mattie Lou Smith Bryan, to Clay, ton Lloyd Guion in the Baptist Church in Aberdeen last Sunday morning, September 15. Mr. and Mrs. Guion are well known in Aberdeen where Mrs. Guion has made her home for several years and where she was at one time a teacher in the Aberdeen High School. Mr. Guion is the popular manager of the Bryan Drug Store. After a motor trip to northern points Mr. and Mrs. Guion will be at home in Aberdeen. JOSEPH EDWARD SYLVESTER OF SOUTHERN PINES TO WED News of the engagement of Jos. eph Edward Sylvester, son of Mrs. Joseph Fdward Hpinstein of South, ern Pines, to Miss Frances Virginia Marx of No. 1175 Park avenue, New York City, was received here this week, the announcement having been made by the bride’s parents in New York on Tuesday. Mr. Sylves ter, who has spent much time here, is a graduate of Johns Hopkins Uril iversity in Baltimore and attended the University of Berlin in Germany. He is a member of the brokerage firm of May & Herzog in New York. His father was the late Joseph Bernstein, former president of the Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Southern Pines. NEW NOVEL BY MISS S.ANBORN WRENN AMONG FIRST 20 IN TEST AT STATE COLLEGE Clem Wrenn, Jr., of Southern Pines, member of last spring’s High School A new novel by Ruth Burr San. graduating class, made an A in his born of Southern Pines, “Murder on; English placement test at State CoL the Aphrodite,” was published this lege this week, which means he was w’eek and has been meeting with a' among the first 20 pupils of the 760 ready sale at the Hayes’ bookshop. 1 who took the test.
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