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VOL. 16, N’a. 2.
Southern Fines and Aberdeen, North (’arolina, Friday, Dec niber, (i, 1935.
FIVE CENTS
D, PENDER OPENS
FIRST STORE OF
RIND IN STATE
Self-Service Innovation Intro
duced in N'ew Hroad Street
Grocery
FORMAL OPENING TODAY
The first Pender store of its kind
in North Carolina, the second in the
country—a self-service grocery—is
officially opening today in SoutherA
Pines. Its informal* opening yester
day met with a most favorable re
ception on the part of the large num
bers who visited the new store in
the Straka Building on East Broad
street.
The store is modern in every de- |
tail, and boasts many new innova-1
tions. Everything is in sight of the j
customer, and everything except the ■
meat and fish within reach. One en-1
ters the store and at either side of 1
the door are bins containing shop-'
ping baskets. Canned and package j
goods are displayed on low shelves'
within easy reach, all sections la-1
■belled with their contents, and as one |
walks about the store with a basket i
he, or she, may help himself to his
needs and wishes.
Meats and fish are displayed in
lighted glass cases where selections
may be made. Attractive leather up
holstered stools are provided in front
of these cases where shoppers may
sit while their purchases are being
made ready for them.
Fresh vegetables and fruits are dis
played in the central portion of the
store, with boys at hand to weigh
and measure the correct quantities.
For those not desiring to take ad
vantage of the self-service system,
clerks are available to provide their
wants
The store Is brilliantly lighted and
all goods are easily and quickly
found.
First in the State
The only other self-service Pender
store is in Norfolk, Virginia, where
the D. Pender Stores have their
headquarters. This store has prov
en 80 popular with the trade there
that others of the type are to be
introduced In various parts of the
country. Southern Pines was selected
for the first of the North Carolina
stores.
E. L. Rose of Raleigh, Eastern
North Carolina general superintend
ent of the company, has been here
for several days overseeing the com
pletion and stocking of the new
store. R. J. Hart, of Raleigh, local
superintendent, has also been here,
and both these officials, with the lo
cal manager, Walter Blue, and the
meat department manager, Clifford
Worsham, spent yesterday receiving
the congratulations of Southern
Pines shoppers.
Others associated with the store
here, in addition to Mr. Blue and
Mr. Worsham, are William Hackney,
June Blue and Charley Morrison. ^
James Boyd Subject of Article
in Princeton Alumni Weekly
Struthers Burt Writes Some Ob
servations on His Neighbor
and Fellow Novelist
$37,000 Available For
Local Airport Project
Work Gets Under Way as Fin
al Approval is Received
From W. P. A.
With word of final approval by
Works Progress Administration au
thorities, work was begun this week
on the enlargement and improvement
of the Knollwood Airport. Some thir
ty men went to work the forepart
of the week, and many more will be
on the Job by next week. Trucks,
teams and farm equipment are in de
mand as well as labor.
The government approved a sum
of $28,000 for the airport project.
This will be supplemented by $6,000
from Moore county and by $1,500 each
from Pinehurst and Southern Pines,
making $37,000 available for the
field, with which amount the Sand
hills is expected to have as fine a
field in proportionate to the size of
the community as any in the coun
try.
When completed an effort will be
made to have one of the regular
transport lines make scheduled
stops here.
The Princeton Alumni Weekly has
been publishing a series of feature
articles on famous Princeton Univer
sity alumni. In its issue of Novem
ber 22d appears “James Boyd, 1910.”
The author of the sketch is Mr.;
Boyd’s neighbor in Southern Pines, I
Struthers Burt, Princeton 1904. The!
Pilot is .privileged ^to reprint Mr. i
Burt's article: j
He is slightly above medium |
height, thin and graceful in an |
abrupt, jerky way, but if you notice'
his gestures you will observe that'
they are beautifully timed and all
part of a pattern and rhythm of ges-'
ture, silence, and witty or profound
obseivation. He is an exceedingly j
witty man; one of the rarest of a!! ‘
things in a world that has too much
of almost every other vice or virtue.
Even more rare, he always thinks;
before he speaks. Whether his con
clusions are invariably correct or not,
is another matter. As an intimate
friend, who does not always agree
with him, I reserve my opinions. But
he cannot, even at his most wrqng-
heatled, be anything but arresting,
amusing, and stimulating. That is be- i
cause he has the writer's the artist's 1
r trick of visualizing everything; of|
bringing it down to a concrete vision 1
or anecdote; plus the outdoor man’s |
same habit, and the outdoor man’s •
unconscious and esoteric relationship
with the earth -the secret of all true
wit and wisdom.
Thin Legs
He has a toothbrush moustache, ac
quired somewhere at the front,
where he served both on the Italian
border and in France, and the thin
nest legs imaginable, which makes
them, of course, peculiarly beautiful
in riding boots or jodhpurs. About
these legs he is particularly wrong
headed and obstinate. He is ashamed
of them, not realizing that thin legs
are what have made the English the
foxhunting nation they are, not to
mention thin legs being the inspira
tion of all the engaging pictures
painted by the more spoiting por
traitists. Perhaps it is these legs
which first induced in him the habit
of wearing the loudest socks he can
buy on the theory that if you call
enough attention to something peo
ple will overlook it. Very expensive
wool socks, usually in plaids. He dis
dains garters, so these socks are of
ten around the tops of his shoes. This
never disturbs him. In fact, naked
ankles seem to make him think.
He once remarked that during the
last war, “the Italian army was, in
all respects, the most perfectly pre
pared army for every purpose—ex
cept fighting—the world had ever
seen,” which not only gives you an
example of his method of speech, but
may be a useful critical note at the
present moment.
He has a lovely seat on a horse and
hands as light as feathers. I think
horses must like him, and I know he
likes horses. He even likes them
when they are fools, as most eastern
horses are. Moreover, he is acknowl
edged, in company with his brother
Jackson, Princeton 1914, to be one
of the best hound men in the country.
Among Americans he is that rare
creature, a man who rides to hunt,
not a man who hunts to ride. He
has studied hunting and hounds from
the ground up, as he studies every
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Kiwanis Plans Dance
For Charity Bed Fund
Will Entertain on Night of De
cember 20 at Southern Pines
Country Club
To add to its charity fund for the
support of a bed in the Children’s
Ward of the Moore County Hospital
the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeea is
planning a benefit dance at the
Southern Pines Country Club on the
night of Friday, December 20th, at
10:00 o’clock. The committee in
charge is Charles W. Picquet, chair
man; Charles J. McDonald of Car
thage, Leon Seymour and Dr. E. M.
Medlin of Aberdeen, Howard Burns
and Robert L. Hart of Southern
Pines.
Music for the dance is to be furn
ished by Fred Kibler’s Casa Nova
orchestra. Tickets will be two dollars
for each man, whether or not ac
companied by a lady.
The Kiwanis Club supports a bed
for underprivileged children in the
hospital and has occasional benefit
parties to raise funds for the purpose
The club extends an invitation to all
those in the Sandhills to attend the
danc^.
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Your Old Toys
They’ll Make Christmas Mer-
rv For Needy Children
When All Fixed Up
Have ycu any bi'oken toys? Or
dolls ?
Or anything which some unfor
tunate child who might otherwise
be overlooked on Christmas Day
might like?
The Southern Pines firemen an
nually repair these discarded play
things, repair them and see to
their distribution to the under
privileged little ones of the neigh
borhood.
This year they are to be aided
in their work by the Home Craft
Shop, which has offered to work
nights in putting old toys back in
shape, sewing heads on dolls,
dressing them up, and so on.
Take your old playthings to the
Home Craft Shop. They will be
made new' and placed by the fire
men in homes where they will be
appreciated.
DINNER DANCE
SATURDAY TO AID
SEAL SALE DRIVE
Proceeds Go to Fund To Fight
Tuberculosis in Moore
County
The Christmas Seal Sale for the
fight against tuberculosis is on in
full swing throughout the county,
with encotjraging reports of gener
ous support coming frcm all sides.
Mrs. .T. A. Cheatham has the entire
county well organized. Including the
colored residents who were generous
in their subscriptions last year, rais
ing more than $100. Mrs. Gilliam
Brown of Carthage is in charge of
the work among the colored folks
and has appointed the principal of
each of the colored schools as a
committee to arrange for the sale
of seals In the colored communities.
A large dinner dance is to be held
tomorrow, Saturday night, at The
Carolina Hotel for the benefit of the
Seal Sale drive, and with dinner,
keno, bridge and dancing as the at
tractions a representative gathering
of Sandhills residents and winter
guests is looked for. Mrs. Myron “W.
Marr, Mrs. William C. Mudgett and
Mrs. Chester M. Williams make up
the committee in charge. The tick
ets are $2.50 each, including every
thing, and everyone is invited.
Red Cross Roll Call
Raises Goodly Sum
Pinehurst Reports Nearly $500
and Southern Pines
Over $300
FIRSTOTKHANA
OF SEASON HERE
THIS AFTERNOON
Invites One and All
Fun and Excitement For All ^
Premised at Southern Pines j
Horse Show Ring
GRAND PARADE PLANNED
The opening gymkhana of the sea
son in Southern Pines is expected to
attract a crowd of riders of all ages
and sizes and a goodly throng of
spectators to the Horae Show ring
near the bas^'b^.ll field at 3:00 o’clock
this, Friday, afternoon. Every rid
er in the Sandhills is invited to take
part in the program of fun and com
petition, and everybody else to gath
er around the ring and watch the ex
citement.
The gymkhana committee, headed
by J. Fred Stimson and Herbert
Cameron, has arranged some par
ticularly fine events for the first
meeting of the winter. They expect
to start the proceedings with a grand
parade of horses from all the num
erous stables and riding academies
in Southern Pines and Pinehurst.
Then will fellow the jumping events,
the potato and other races which al-
w&ys create merriment for every
one, and some special classes for
children.
Season parking spaces are being
sold this winter for five dollars.
Names of the purchasers of these
spaces will be placed on the ring
side fence. Parking spaces for in
dividual meetings will be sold for
fifty cents. There is to be no charge
for general admission. The revenue
from parking spaces is solely for
the purchase of prizes for the win
ners of the various events during the
season. This year a record is to be
k"pt of winners in all classes and
championship ribbons will be award
ed the high scorers at the end of the
season. Gymkhanas are to be held
CHAMBER URGES
ALL TO AHEND
MASS MEETING
General Welfare of Southern
Pines to Be Discussed at
Gatherinir Tonight
BEITERLEY W PRESIDE
The stage is all set for tonight,
Friday, at 8:00 o’cljck in the High
School Auditorium for the commun
ity meeting to which all are invited
by the Southern Pines Chamber of
\ Commerce. Hugh Betterly, president
of the organization, expressed the
. hcpe yesterday ^hat all residents and
j winter visitors attend and join in the
j discussion of the general welfare of
the town. All suggestions and criti-
‘ eisms will be welcome.
IIU(iH J. BKTTEKLEV, ! wjshes to impress
Pre l(!i-ilt, ('h.imb<>r of Commerce ' everyone that Southern Pines
I is his, cr her town, and he feels that
the Chamber of Commerce which
has proposed, planned and done so
many things for the welfare of
Southern Pines is the organization
to get the pec pie together and to
get their views.
Among the proposals which have
been brought up in the Chamber of
Commerce meetings is one that Mr.
New Adjustment I rogram Betterley wishes particularly to have
the views of the people who come
4-YEAR CONTRACT
OFFERED COnON
GROWER BY AAA
ed lit Crop Reduction and
Aiding Share-Cropper
here to spend the winter. This par
ticular proposal is in regard to a
community house or social center
where all may congregate. “We need
such a place open at all times,” he
said yesterday. “W'e need a place
w'here people may go in on a cold
or rainy day, get acquainted with
of share-croppers and some tenant -4. l.
their fellow townsmen, sit by the
farmers through increased payments j i ^
° ^ fire, read their papers, play a rub-
to them.
SAME PLAN FOR TOBACCO
The AAA offered the nation’s cot
ton growers a four-year adjustment
contract this we=k, aimed at crop
reduction and at bettering the lot
Pointed tcward a 1,000,000-to 12,-
ber of contract, play chess, or check
ers, or ‘just sit.’ The Civic Club has
000,000-bale production in 1936 the , » ^ j
^ been suggested and this would seem
1936-39 contracts call for a 5-to-lO- * v, j i i ^ •
to be the idea) place, and the ideal
per cent greater crop reduction than ,
^ ^ use to which that building might be
in 1935, with a 1,000,000-acre reduc
j tion in base average.
put. We would have someone in
! charge and make the folks feel at
I The farm administration also made . „ .
here on alternate Friday afternoons I v,i- j -i e t ^ - home. This proposal as lone that
J CHI. public details of a two-year adjust-: i j- j
throughout the winter, and in Pine-! ^ f t t, I should be thoroughly discussed ( and
“ ’ ment program for corn-hog produc- . , „ , . ...
hurst the other Fridays. ! ■ , f ^ . ■ . ■ ^ '^‘1* attend for this reason
^ I ers intended to increase next year s
With more horses than ever before production by 30 percent,
in the section this year’s gymkhanas ' p,„anees
are expected to break all previous, administration quarters have
records for numbers of entries and
for fun and thrills for all.
alone.”
Several To Speak
Mr. Betterley said that Frank
Buchan, “who has done so much in
Struthers Burt Will j high tribunal hold processing taxes
Address EdUCO Club payments to farm-
indicated some way would be sought, betterment in
to continue production control in ^
y^ars, wm speak on questions
which vitally concern us all. Frank
Author on Program For Annual
Ladies’ Night Banquet
at The Carolina
Pinehurst reports receipts of
$483.20 from memberships and do
nations as a result of its annual Red
Cross Roll Call which closed on
Thanksgiving Day. In Southern Pines
the returns were not all in yester
day, but it was estimated that the
receipts would run over $300.
Mrs. M. W. Marr and Mrs. Charles
Fields were in charge of the Roll
Call in Pinehurst, Mrs. J. S. Milliken
and Mrs. Howard Burns in Southern
Pines. Returns frcm the entire coun
ty are not as yet available.
Pinehurst Department
Store Changes Hands
Established by James W. Tufts
in 1896, is Sold to E. A.
Ewing and Associates
The Pinehurst Department Store,
one of the largest and oldest mer
cantile businesses in this resort com
munity ,was this week purchased
from Pinehurst, Incorporated, by Ed
gar Ewing and associates. The store
was established in 896 by Mr. James
W. Tufts and has served the exact
ing clientele of the Sandhills for 39
years withcut interruption.
Struthers Burt, well-known South
ern Pines author, will be the speak
er at the annual Ladies’ Night ban
quet of the Educo Club. This event,
which is the outstanding social event
for the county teachers, will be held
Thursday night, December 12, at the
Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst.
Mr. Burt, besides being a capable
writer, has made a name for him
self as an after dinner speaker. His
knowledge and portrayals of cow
boy life make him an entertaining |
speaker for any audience. Mr. Burt
will be introduced by R. B. Freeman
of the Southern Pines faculty.
In addition to the principal ad
dress, the program will include sever
al numbers of special music Tender
ers are financed through these taxes.
The major changes in the new cot
ton contracts:
1. They cover four years instead
of one. '■
2. National base acreage is reduc
ed from 45,500,000 acres.
3. The reduced production for 1936
must be 30 to 45 per cent of the
base, compared with 25 to 35 per
cent in 1935, and 35 to 45 per cent
in 1934.
4. Benefits equal to five cents a
pound, or $8.60 an acre will be paid
in one check for the reductions.
Three payments formerly were made
on two bases, totaling 4 3-4 cents
5. Share croppers will receive 25
I per cent of the payments instead
of the 15 per cent they now get; non-
! managing share-tenants 50 per cent
j instead of 22 1-2 per cent; and man-
I aging share-tenants 50 per cent in-
as always will be worth hearing.”
He also announced talks by for
mer Mayor S. B. Richardson, E. C.
Stevens, Robert L. Hart, Frank Pot
tle, R. S. DuRant and others. The
question of additional school facili
ties will be brought up and this will
interest every parent. The high
standing of our high and graded
schools is a matter of comment in
newspapers throughout the state.
The Chamber of Commerce cor
dially invites all to attend this meet
ing tonight and feel free to try to
help in any constructive way.
Highland P,ines Inn
Opens Informally
Heaton I. Treadway, the Manager,
Says Early Bookings Indicate
Successful Season
i stead of 57 1-2 per cent.
ed by a quartet composed of the Rev.
and Mrs. A. J. McKelway of Pine- MISS S'.VF’TTS' ETCHINGS
hurst and the Rev. and Mrs. Gib
son of Sanford. Group singing will
be enjoyed under the direction of F.
Stanley Smith. The address of wel-
ON EXHIBITION HERE
The Highland Pines Inn on Wey
mouth Heights opened informally on
Saturday and had as week-end guests
Mrs. E. F. Rochester of Arlington,
Vermont; Mrs. N. Crum of London,
Engltmd; Miss Joy Hansel of Cran
ford, N. J.; and Mr. and Mrs. N. R.
Montgomery of Trenton, N. J. Sun
day dinner guests included Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Davis of Downingtown,
Pa.: Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Ramsay
and Mrs. Anita Newcomb McGee of
Washington, D. C., and D. EJverett
Waid of New York.
The Inn, which will open formally
Ruth Doris Swett will exhibit a
collection of her etchings Friday of
jome from the single men will be' this week at Hayes’ Book Shop. Miss
by A. M. Calhoun with response from ; Swett was bom and raised in
Miss Pauline Miller. A. C. Hall will' Southern Pines, the daughter of the
give the welcome from the married! late Dr. William P. Swett. After the
men with a response by Mrs. H. Lee death of her father, she spent sev-
Thomas. F. W. Webster will act as eral years in Europe. She has stu-
toastmaster for the occasion. ! died various branches of art in New;
A skit by two high school students , York and California, finally choosing for the season on December 14, is
of Southern Pines will offer a bit of etching as her best medium, after in- ^ under the management of Heaton I.
fun and comedy. After the program ^ spiring associations with George j Treadway of Stockbridge, Mass., who,
the teachers will adjourn to the ball- Elbert Burr in Arizona. She h£usi pro- j with Mrs. Treadway, has arrived for
room where they will be entertained gressed by leaps and bounds and has the winter. They are occupying one
with tap dancing by Miss Ruth attracted the interested attention of
Thompson. The ballroom will then be notable critics. Her work has been
opened to the teachers for dancing.' exhibited In the galleries of the
American Society of Etchers In New
of the Inn’s cottages. The staff of
the Red Lion Inn at Stockbridge has
been brought here by Mr. Treadway.
“Although not formally open until
The Sandy Run Hounds, of which York and the Philadelphia Society of j the 14th we are taking care of guests
Verner Z. Reed, Jr., Is master, will j'Etchers; also In the Corcoran Art | who arrive before then,’ Mr. Tread-
hold the opening meet of the season Galleries in Washington. She is her- j way said yesterday. He said early
at the Reed estate in Pinehurst this ■ self a member of the American So- bookings indicate a highly successful
morning at 10:15 o’clock. iclety of Etchers. I season at the Inn. ^