SOUTHERN PINES
ANNUAL RESORT
NUMBER
VOL. 16, NO. 1
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, November 29, 1935.
of the Sandhill Terr*f/„ North Carolina
FIVE CENTS
DR. A. McN. BLAIR,
DEAN OF MEDICAL
PROFESSION, DIES
Oldest Practicing Physician in
Southern Pines Came Here
in 1903
ILL FOR PAST TWO YEARS
Funeral services for iv. Alexan
der McNiel Blair, who died at his
home on Bennett street in Southern
Pines at 8 o’clock Tuesday night, was
held Thursday aftc/riOGn at 4 o’clock
at the Church of Wide Fellowship by
Dr. C. Rexford Rayn'ond. Dr. Blair
had been in /ailing health for the
past two y©*^® and had been confin
ed to his bed for months.
He born in Buffalo, N. Y.,
July 1873, and was educated in
thp Buffalo schools and in Niagara
rfniversity, receiving his medical de
gree from the University of New
York in 1897. Following serious heart
trouble he was induced to come to
Southern Pines by the late Dr. G. H.
Saddleson, and with Mrs. Blair lo
cated here in 1903, and within a
few months was licensed to practice
in North Carolina.
In length of time in service. Dr.
Blair was the oldest physician in
Southern Pines, and was very early
affiliated with many of the town’s
improvement boards, took an active
pa"t in founding the Country Club
and was active in civic affairs, a
director of the Citizens Bank and
Trust Company, a member of the
Chamber of Commerce and an hon
orary member of the Civic Club. A
member of the Central Presbyter;an
Church of Buffalo, he attended the j
Church of Wide Fellowship here and;
was liberal in its support. i
He was a Fellow of the American |
College of Therapy, and of the Ameri- j
can College of Physicians, and was'
also a member of the Moore Coun- j
ty Medical Society, of which he was,
president: the Fifth District Medical!
Society. Tri-State Medical Society of!
the Carolinas and Virginia, Southern j
Medical Association, American Medi-1
cal Association, and during the war. |
of the Volunteer Medical Service |
Corps. I
He is survived by his widow, the j
former Miss Josephyne Caroline An-,
derson, whom he married in Bufta-,
lo in 1899; a daughter. Miss Helen
Alice Blair, and a brother. Franks
Blair, of Buffalo.
Dr. Blair’s superb personality and
encrmous capacity for work, with
his unflagging devotion to numer
ous patients utterly without means
to pay for medical attention gained
him wide celebrity and a host of
friends who have watched his de
clining health with dismay, and will
long regret his death.
Following llhe services here the
body will be taken to Buffalo, his
former home, where Masonic services
will be held Saturday afternoon.
Annual Christmas Seal Sale
Opens its Fight on Tuberculosis
Your Dues Are Due
if Not Solicited, Send Your
Red Cross Dollar to
Mrs. H. F. Burns
Volunteer Red Cross workers
made a house to house canvass in
Southern Pines on Wednesday in
the annual drive toward Moore
county's quota for support of this
famed international organization.
If you '"pre out when solicitors
called or were in any way over
looked, you are requested to send
your yearly contribution to Mrs.
Howard F. Burns.
The Red Cross needs your dol
lar.
30 TO 50 PERCENT
SAVING TO USERS
OF ELECTRICITY
Rate Reductions of Carolina
Power & Light Co. Explain
ed by Ralph Chandler
A rate reduction, announced by
the Utilities, Commission Effecting
the cost of electric service will re
sult in an average saving of 30 per
cent to more than 50 percent of the
customers served by the Carohna
Power & Light Company, says Ralph
Chandler, manager of the local of
fice.
The new schedules are much sim
pler than those in effect at the pres
ent time, in view of the fact that
the special rate for combination ser
vice has been dropped and that "fix
ed” or “demand” charges on all res
idential and commercial rates have
been eliminated. The new rates are
expressed in terms of cents per kil
owatt hour, and because of the elim
ination of flat charges will be applied
to the distinct advantage of custo
mers making sparse- use of electric
ity.
It is estimated that customers serv
ed by the above company will save
$600,000 annually as the result of
the reductions. This brings close to
one million dollars the annual sav
ings to residential and commercial
customers when added to other -sav
ings effected through rate reductions
made by Carolina Power & Light
Company during the past three
years. Of the $600,000 to be saved by
users of electricity in 1936 approxi
mately $200,000 will accrue to the
benefit of commercial customers.
What Can Be Accomplished in
County Demonstrated
During the Year
We insure our homes against fire.
We insure our lives against death.
We msure our automobiles against
accidents. How much are we w’illing
to give towards insuring our coun
ty against tuberculosis?
That is the quistion which will be
answered in the next few weeks.
The annual Christmas Seal Sale will
be launched in Moore county the day
after Thanksgiving. Seals go on sale
then in the.drug stoi'es and libraries
j in Pinehurst and Southern Pinos, and
I drives will be made in all localities
I in the county between now and
Chiistmas, the schedule to be an
nounced later.
What can be done toward wiping
out tuberculosis has been demon
strated during the past year. One
principal village in the Sandhills is
now entirely free of the disease. One
negro community which had eight
cases a year ago now reports none.
"It can be stamped cut, it is being
stamped out. With the continued
generous support of the public in the
purchase of Christmas Seals the
work will go on until the entire coun
ty is rid of tuberculosis,” Mrs. T. A.
Cheatham, county chairman, said this
week.
Volunteer Work
The Moore County Tuberculosis
A.ssociation uses its share of the
funds annually collected in this
Christmas Seal Sale for the care of
tubercular patients, for the exami
nation of families which have been
exposed, for the investigation of
suspect cases, and for the disinfec
tion of homes. Not one cent is spent
for executive and administrative ex
pense. The work is all done by vol
unteers. Fifteen patients have been
cared for at the State Sanatorium
during the past year. The average
monthly expense was $200.
Of the money collected In the an
nual drive, Moore county igets 75
percent, the other 25 percent going
into the national and State fund.
The 75 percent in this county 4s
matched dollar for dollar by the
Board of County Commossioners
from county health funds.
“Three cheers for the commission
ers. Last May when they heard the
report on the work we had done
and what was needed to be done they
not only pledged us dollar for dollar
up to $1,200 instead of the $800 the
year before, but sent us an $85 bon
us in appreciation of the fine work
done in the 1934 Seal Sale,” Mrs.
Cheatham said.
The report of the treasurer for the
period from December 1st, 1934 to
December 1st, 1935 reveals the story
LOCAL METHODIST
CHURCHES RETAIN
PASTORS FOR 1936
Rev. L. M. Hall Reassigned to
Aberdeen-Vass Parishes, Mr.
Durham to Carthage
BIG MEMBERSHH* GAIN
The Rev. L. M. Hall remains at
the Aberdeen and (Vass Methodist
churches, the Rev. E. C. Durham at
Carthage, the list of appointments
announced by Bishop Kern at the
North Carolina Methodist conference
in Wilmington on Monday of this
week reveals. Reports read at the
conference disclosed the fact that
benevolence had increased $19,000
over the previous year, that more
than 2,000 members had been added
to the rolls of the churches in the
ccnrerence.
The news of the reappoinment to
Moore county parishes of Mr. Hall
and Mr. Durham was received with,
great satisfaction by their respec-
tiv2 charges. Both these ministers
I have endeared themselves to their
congregations and to their neighbor
hoods during th'ir service here.
The complete list of appointments
for th2 Fayetteville district follows:
D. E. Earnhardt, presiding elder.
Abeideen-Vass—L. M. Hall.
Biscoe—W. F. Trawick.
Broadway—Ray Cody (supply).
Caledonia M. C. Ellerbe.
Carthage—E. O. Durham.
Ellerin—K. F. (Duval.
Fayetteville-Hay Street — W. C.
Martin;; Person Street, H. L. Hams;
Fayetteville circuit, P. D. Woodall.
Glendon—L. M. Chaffin.
Goldstcn—W. J. Underwool.
Hamlet—W. V. McRae.
Hemp—I. J. Strawbridge.
Jonesboro—J. W. Bradley.
I.aur£l Hill—W. F. Elliot.
Laut inburg- Marvin Y. Self.
Maxton—P. O. Lee.
Mt. Gilead—J. R. Edwards.
Parkton—C. P. Womack.
Piedmont—M. D. McLamb.
Raeford—E. R. Clegg.
Red Springs—L. T. Singleton.
Rockingham—J. F. Herbert.
Roberdol-^W. L. iDawson.
Rowland—J.* C. Whedbee.
Sanford—C. B. Culbreth.
St. John-Gibson- H. Buffaloe.
Troy—W. R. Royall.
Wadeville—Stedman Bagby (sup
ply)-
West End—W. B. Botten.
Superintendent' T. H. Sutton, L.
H. Joyner, G. T. Adams, A. J. Groves,
W. H. Townsend, J. B. Hurley, J. G.
Johnson, C. M. Hawkins, C. H. Cavi-
ness, J. D. Bundy, F. B. Noblitt, J.
W. Autry.
U. s. Approval Expected for
$30,000 Knollwood Airport
Asks Fair Play
Work on Two 2,500 P’oot Run
ways To Start Within
Next Two Weeks
TO BUILD ONE HAN(iAR
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Kiwanians Honor ,
Former Presidents
Thanksgiving Meeting Featured
by Accounts of Old Days
in Aberdeen Club
Past presidents of the Kiwanis
Club of Aberdeen were honored by
the membership at the annual
Thanksgiving Day meeting held on
Wednesday in the home of Mrs. J.
R. Page in Aberdeen. With Herbert
Vail of Pinehurst, lieutenant govern
or of the 4th Division of the Car
olinas district presiding, each of the
former leaders of the club’s activities
was called upon to recall the club’s
projects and acc'mplishments during
his tenure of office.
All former presidents with the ex
ception of the late Robert N. Page,
Dr. William C. Mudgett of Southern
Pines and Murdoch Johnson of Cam
den, S. C.. were present, and spoke in
order of seniority: J. Talbot Johnson,
Edwm T. McKeithen, Dr. J. W. Dick
ie, Paul H. Dana, Frank Shamburger.
Richard Tufts, Nelson C. Hyde, Her
bert Vail, Dr. E. M. Medlin and Wil
lard Dunlop, whose term expires next
month.
Ralph Chandler, tne first secretary
of the club, which was organized here
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The new rates become effective
during the month of December and {of the tuberculosis fight in Moore
will be reflected in bills rendered on j county. It shows:
or after Januar y 1. The immediate, or | Cash in Bank—December 1, 1934,
$91.66; Receipts: From 1934 Seal
Less 20 percent to
State Association
$290.39; Less 10 percent to Parents
regular, rate is as follows:
6.5 cents per KWH for first 401 51,161. 56;
KWH used; 4.0 cents per KWH for National and
next 60 KWH used; 2.5 cents
used; 2.5 cents per
KWH for next 150 KWH used; 1.5
cents per KWH for all KWH in ex
cess of 250 KWH used; Monthly
minimum—$^.00.
The new inducement rate, which
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SPELLING BEE AT THE
CIVIC CLUB POSTPONED
The spelling match which was
scheduled for this week Friday at the
Civic Club has had to be postponed
to a later date because of the
Thanksgiving holidays and parties be
ing given in the clubhouse. Because
next week’s iJrogram is not ready to
announce, mem'oers are urged to
watch the new bulletin board which
is being installed in front of the
Civic Club to herald all activities.
The Civic Club tea to all visitors
at the clubhouse last Friday after
noon was a very happy occasion. The
quests were greeted by the president,
Miss Cook, and Mrs. Potts, Mrs.
Lorenson and Mrs. Turner, and the
tea table was presided over by Mrs.
Howes and Mrs. Sanborn. Many new
friends were made for the Civic Club,
and pleasant contacts among the
many guests wro dropped in dur
ing the afternoon.
and Teachers Ass’n. for amount col
lected at public school $5.40,
$295.79—$865.77; Individual contri
butions, $380.00; From Patients or
their families, $41.00; From Coun
ty Commissioners, $975.00; Total
$2,353.43.
Disbursements: To North Carolina
Sanatorium, $1,846.26; Milk Fund.
$127.27; Supplies, $94.29; Building,
Screening and Misc. Acct., $55.06; Dr.
Symington, $75.00; Total $2,197.88;
Cash in Bank—December 1, 1935,
$155.55; Total $2,353.43.
Local Chairman NuniPd
Local chairmen for this year’s Sale
were announced this week by Mrs,
Cheatham, as follows:
Aberdeen, Mrs. Henry Page, Jr.;
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STATE REGENT TO BE HONOR
GUEST OF LOC.\L DAUGHTERS
The Alfred Moore Chapter, Daugh
ters American Revolution, will meet
Tuesday, Dscember 3d at 3:00 o’clock
at the Hollywood Hotel, with Mrs.
P. P. McCain as hostess. Mrs. W. H.
Belk of Charlotte, State Regent, and
Mrs Benjamin Wyche, also of Char
lotte, corresponding secretary, will
be the honor guests. All daughters
are cordially invited to attend.
1
OF PUBLIC ROADS
Cites Damage lo I’inehurst—
Aberdeen Highway by Heiiv-
ily Loaded Truck
Christmas Sale All
Day Next Thursday
Things to Fit All Tastes and
Purses at Church of W'ide
F'ellowship
The annual Christmas Sale of the
Women's Society of the Church of
Wide Fellowship will be held at the
church all day Thursday, December
5—just in time to do your Christmas
shopping early. A special effort has
been made this year to present arti
cles which will fit all tastes and all
pocketbooks. The food table will of
fer real home-made rolls, cakes,
pies, doughnuts, cookies, jams and
jellies: the candy table, home-made
candies. The fancy-work table will be
just the place to pick up those bits
of true needlework which will solve
your Christmas problems. There will
be a table with handkerchiefs for
men, women and children; and nov
elties for children, women and men.
There will be a table entirely for
children, with clothes, toys and v''e-
ful articles. The apron table will have
an abundance of those /jreat big
kitchen aprons, as well as more friv
olous ones; sizes: little, medium, big,
and extra. There will also be a spec
ialties table. The items are too spec
ial to mention.
A turkey dinner, with all the fix-
in’s, will be served at noon. Tickets
will be on sale all next week.
Tea, English style, will also be ser
ved from 4:00 o’clock cn, with pret-
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j A concrete example of the great
, damage done to highways by heavy
I trucks is cited by Leonard Tufts of
Pinehur.it this week in an interview
: with a representative of The Pilot.
In an examination of the road be
tween Pinehurst and Aberdeen Mr.
Tufts found the side of the road tra
versed by loaded gasoline tank
i trucks, en route from Wilmington to
I Greensboro, in bad condition while
the side over which pass the empty
trucks on their return trip was com
paratively smooth.
"There aro 87 new patches on the
easterly side of the road to five on
the westerly,” Mr. Tufts said. “It
costs those of us who pay the gaso
line taxes 17 times as much for the
part the full trucks travel as it does
for the part the empty ones use. I
wonder if we should be put to this
expense and at the same time have
a proper road to travel.
"Naturally these drivers, w'ho are
generally very considerate, but who
wcrk long hours for low wages, aren't
going to turn out on the extreme edge
of the road with these heavy trucks
for fear of turning over. This fact
plus the great length of the trucks
and the difficulty of passing any ve
hicle travelling between 35 and 40
i;niles an hour make traffic danger
ous.
Built For Pleasure
"We build these highways tor the
pleasure and convenience of riding
on them. But now these heavy trucks
are destroying them and we fail to
get the pleasure or convenience trail
ing and meeting these road-ruiners
that are increasing our road mainte-
I nance 17 times. I understand now the
' heavy truck owners are urging tax
payers to build stronger roads so
they may haul heavier loads in order
that we may get still /J6ss pleasure
ancj that the railroads may be ruin
ed.
“Remember, these heavy trucks do
not pay 17 times as much as we do,
and that the roads are strong enough
; for us. Also remember that they pay
! small wages for a long day's work
' as well as very little for maintenance
!of the roads.
I
“Why not suggest to them, if they
want stronger roads so that we can
have less pleasure, that they build
: them themsolvos—^r get off cur
: roads.”
! Mr. Tufts suggests as a remedial
measure that the State Highway De-
I partment rsduce the allowable
j weight carried by these trucks,
I He also mentioned the unfairness
, to the railroads, “our largest taxpay-
I ers in this and every other state in
the Union,” of the truck competition
j cvtr highways the railroads and oth
er taxpayers are paying for.
H. J. Thurman, fifth district ad
ministrator cf the Works Progress
Administration, Greensboro, and As
sistant Administrator A. H. Kennedy
Tuesday met with officials from Sou
thern Pines and Pinehurst in work
ing out preliminary plans for the en
largement of the Knollwood airport
which were approved Monday by
Thurman Miller of the United States
Bureau of Aeronautics. Final Ap
proval from Administrator Coan and
Washington authorities is expected
in ten days.
The first unit which calls for the
construction of two 2,500 foot run
ways with Bermuda turf is expected
to get under way in the next two
! weeks. The second unit calls for an-
; other large hangar in addition to the
two hangars that have been in use
for .several years. The third unit
i calls for lighting and is being held
' until the last.
' It is expected in addition to employ-
I ing a large force of men. largely un-
, skilled labor, that the farmers of the
Sandhill , (section of Moore County
Ail! also be benefitted in the use of
their teams in doing the grading.
It is understood that approximate
ly .?30,000 will be available through
funds being received from the WPA,
i including private dcnations from the
‘ two resort towns and the County of
Moore.
With the completion of the enlarg
ed and improved field the Sandhills
will have available an air base fully
approved by the Department of Com
merce for use by the largest air
transport liners, making it possible
to include the Knollwood field on reg
ular schedule on the Eastern Air
Transport or other lines covering the
south.
Call Mass Meeting
For Civic Progrram
i
Residents of Southern Pines To
; Ga'.her at School Auditorium
on December 6th
A mass meeting of the people of
I Southern Pines, both permanent and
j winter residents, is being arranged
1 for Friday night, December 6th, at
: the High School Auditorium. What
I can be done for the betterment of
, the town, what program should the
Chamber of Commerce or other civic
bodies formulate for the advancement
of the community, how can those who
! live here and visit here get the full
measure of benefit and enjoyment
from their residence here, are top-
' ics which will be discussed at this
I meeting.
j The Chamber of Commerce is spon-
I soring the meeting, in the belief that
. at least once a year those who re-
I side in Southern Pines should come
! together in informal discussion for
! the good of the town.
CIVIC CLUB TO BE SCENE OF
PEKINGESE BENCH SHOW
Something new in local entertain
ment is being presented at the Civic
Club on the afternoon of Thursday,
December 5th, opening at 3:00. A
bench show of 15 Pekingese dogs,
owned and bred by Mrs. Martha Har
rington, will be the attraction.
This breed of dogs originated in
China and at one time only members
of the royal family were permitted
to own them. The particular dogs to
be shown here are reported to be
beautiful specimens and have been
awarded 75 American Kennel Club
ribbons in exhibitions throughought
the country. Mrs. Harrington will
giv? a brief talk on the care and feed
ing of dogs in general before the ex
hibit. An admission charge will be
made, 23 cents for adults and ten
cents for children.
One of the most pleasant partief
of the season was that given Tues
day afternoon by Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Blodgett to officially open the new
Club Room in the Berkshire Hotel.