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NEWS-WEEKLY
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North' Carolina, Friday, December 20, 1935.
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FIVE CENTS
PLANTING TO BE
1936 PROJECT OF
COMIKE BODY
Directors Vote to Continue
Southern Pines Beautifica
tion on a Broad Scale
TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGN
Continuation of its program of
town beautification through planting
was decided upon as the major 1936
project of the Southern Pines Cham
ber of Commerce at the regular meet
ing of the board of directors held
Tuesday noon in the Highland Lodge.
An educational campaign to secure
the cooperation of all property own
ers and residents with a view to in
creasing the planting of flowering
ahrubs and bulbs is to be launched at
once. The setting out of azaleas,
rhododendron, wistaria and flowering
peaches in the yards of private homes
and wherever possible is to be urged '
upon the residents. I
In addition, the Chamber of Com- j
merce will endeavor to raise funds ;
for a large amount of planting on |
its own part. It desires to continue |
the succt'ssful work it has done in |
the parkways on Broad street and in j
the parking along the approaches to i
town on U. S. No. 1 highway. It was |
planned at the meeting to plant at
least 5,000 Darwin tulips and jon- j
quils in the parkways from the Sea
board station south to Massachusetts
avenue. This will greatly beautify this
section during March and early Ap
ril.
Intensive Campaign
Struthers Burt and Manager John
Fitzgerald of the Mid-Pines Club
stressed the need of continuing the
program of beautification which has
made Southern Pines famous through
out the country, and the motion to
make planting the major 1936 pro
ject was unanimously passed. Presi
dent Hugh J. Betterley appointed
the following committee to promote
the campaign and to push it to ful
fillment; Dr. George G. Herr, chair
man; S. B. Richardson and John J.
Fitzgerald. An intensive campaigr
will be inaugurated at once for the
support of all those who are in sym
pathy with the Chamber’s work along
this line.
The next meeting of the board will
be held at the Mid-Pines Club on
Monday, December 30th, the mem
bers accepting the in.itation of Mr.
Fitzgerald to meet at nis inn.
Clothing Needed
Warm Garments For School
Children Will Be Made
Over by Committee
Now that Winter approaches
there is an immediate need for
adequate clothing for some of the
pupils of the Southern Pines
school. Shoes, stockings and un
derwear suitable for ages 6 to 16
years are most particularly desir
ed, though any apparel v;ill be ac
ceptable to the committee which
will repair and alter contribut ons
to fit individual needs. A card
sent to Mrs. Herbert Knowles,
Mrs. John Walker, Mrs. Margaret
White or Mrs. Irene Schaeffer will
bring a call for the donation.
Church Services for
Sunday and Christmas
Children’s Exercises to Take
Place of Union Service This
Sunday Nijjht
Henry A. Matthews of
Lakeview Diefe at 69
At the Southern Pines Baptist
Church the R3v. J. Fred Stimson will
preach Siinday morning cn “When Je
sus Was Born.” In the evening at
7:45 the Children’s Christmas Ser
vice will be held.
Kach Southern Pines church is hav
ing its own Christmas evening serv
ice for the children this Sunday in
place of the usual Union service.
The subject of the lesson sermon
Sunday at the Christian Science
Church will be “Is the Universe In
cluding Man Evolved by Atomic
Force?”
In memory of the moment of the
birth of our savior the holy sacrifice
of the Mass will be offered at mid
night on Christmas Eve at St. An
thony’s Catholic Church. Special mus
ic has been prepared and a High Mass
will be sung. The Christmas Crib has
been placed in the church before
which all may pause and see repre
sented the actual stable of Bethlehem.
Ma.ss will be offered at 8:00 and 10:30
Christmas day.
Christmas services at the Church
of Wide Fellowship include a sermon
on “The Incarnation” by Dr. C. Rex-
ford Raymond and special music by
the choir, at 11:00 a. m. At 7:30 p
SAYJ.D.McLEAN,
DENIED RE-TRIAL,
INNOCENT VICTIM
Attorneys Issue Defence of For
mer Tax Collector, Sentenc
ed to Serve Three Years
OUTCOME OF OIL DEAL i
After denial of a new trial by the
Supreme Court, attorneys for J. U.
McLean of Cameron, former Moore
county tax collector, sentenced at the
January term of Moore county Su
perior Court to serve three years for
embezzlement, issued a statement
maintaining his innocence of any in
tention of wrongdoing and calling
their client a victim of circumstances.
Their statement, in part, says:
“The prosecution grew cut of the
venture of Dr. A. H. McLeod of Aber
deen, D. A. McLauchlin of Vass, for
mer chairman of the Moore county
Board of Commissioners and then
cashier of the now defunct Bank of
Vass, and Mr. McLean in buying out
the Carolina Central Oil Company of
Sanford.
“Messrs. McLauchlin and McLean,
with Stacy Brewer, former memlier
of the lower Hcuse of the North Car
olina General As.sembly from Moore
county, had been operating what was
known as the Greensboro Oil Com
pany, with headquarters at Greens
boro. Deciding to enlarge their busi
ness, which wa.s concerned with the
state distributorship of well-known
oil products, they entered into nego
tiations for the purchase of the San
ford concern, and made a deal by
which Dr. McLeod and Mes.srs. Mc
Lean and MfI.auchlin were to pur
chase it for approximately $38,000.
Each of the three was to put up $5,-
000 and the remainder was to be paid
out of the profit of the merged com
pany.
“McLean was general manager and
treasurer of the company after it
was taken over by these parties. The
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Santa Claus Explains His Position' IVIAYOR CAIJ,S FOR
Regarding Cigarette Smoking ] UNITED EFFORT TO
CURB ACCIDENTS
Die 3 Days Apart
Harrison and Daniel Ferree of
Aberdeen Pass Away in
Washington
Harrison Ferree died in Washing
ton, D. C., on December 8th.
Daniel J. Ferree died In Washing
ton on December 11th.
Brothers, they were the surviving
And Asks For List of Boys and
Girls Who Obey Parents
and Tell the Truth
From No. 1 Longleaf Pine Boule
vard, Wiregrass Heights, N. C.,
comes a letter to The Pilot about that
Santa Claus letter in last week’s is
sue;
“Having known Santa Claus for
many years and having been engag-
Stutz Asks Cooperation of Civic
Groups, Schools and Mo
torists in Campaign
A STATE-WIDE EFFORT
Mayor D. G. Stutz of Southern
Pines this week endorsed the nation-
ed by him to send names of good and I wide movement for accidcnt preven-
oTThe llt^Mrrand Mrs“‘james;.^^‘‘ girls and boys to his office,, tion and motor vehicle law enforce
Marshall Ferree. The family formerly
lived in Aberdeen. The young men’s
father died something over a year
ago, leaving an estate of considerable!
pioportions and the two sons were I
the sole heirs. News of their deaths >
within three days of one another came!
i immediately after reading Attorney
I Olmsted’s letter and the editor's com-
I ment I sent him the following tele-
i gram;
“ 'Hon. Santa Claus,
Aurora Borealis,
Aurus, Poli.
ment, issuing the following proclama
tion:
“Where the President of the Unit
ed States, has called on the people to
unite in a national effort to cut down
the ri.sing tide of death and destruc
tion on the streets and highways of
as a severe shock to the many friends “'Do you end-rse any brand of j the nation;
of the young men in this section. The' cigarettes and do you approve of“Whereas the Governor or North
cause of their demise is not known smoking by women and children , Carolina has pledged the cooperation
here. jstop What is your favorite smoke.
Harrison Ferree was 37 years of:Nictitate Nicotinia.'
age, Daniel 26. They attended Aber-! “When I get a letter from Santa
deen schools as boys and were pop
ular with their fellow pupils.
Claus he usually wi'ites at the top
of it, and in red ink, this command:
of this .state in this national effort;
“Whereas the Law Enforcing Of
ficers of North Carolina have inaug
urated through The Institute of Gov
ernment a systematic and continuous
Funeral services were held in the :'^’°‘ Publication or repeating. De- : P>'ogram of Accident Prevention and
Deep Creek Baptist Church near i once.’ ; Mctor Vehicle Lavv Enforcement
“As every one know this lovable ' through the distribution of 500,000
Aberdeen on December 9th and 15th, j
respectively, with a large number of;" ' I .i. ^ ^ ^
ly loves to get letters from young ' Now, therefore. I, Dorsey G.
tnends attending each service. The . ™ ..
Rev. Myron M. Adams performed
the last rites.
! gentleman avoids publicity but dear- ^ copies of “Guides to Highway Safety,”
ly loves to get letters from young ! “Now, therefore. I, Dorsey G.
people. He knows that he does not : Mayor of Southern Pines, call
MOTHER OF MURDOCH MCLEOD
DIES AT HOME HERE
Mrs. Margaret Currie McLeod, 79,
— , —- ^ widow of the late Murdoch McLeod,
m. the young people will give the | died at her home near Pinehurst Wed-
pageant, “When the Chimes Rang,” ^ nesday after a brief illness.
with carols and the candle-lighting
ceremonies. On Christmas night, Wed
nesday at 7:30, the Sunday School
festival will include the Christmas
play, “What Child is This?”
Native of Yadkin County Had
Been Resident of This Sec
tion For Many Years
Henry A. Matthews, widely-known
realy estate man of Moore county,
passed away at his home in Lake
view on Friday morning of last week.
He was 69 years of age, and had been
confined to his home by paralysis for
several months.
The funeral service was held in the
Vass Methodist Church at 2:00 o’clock
Sunday afternoon with many more
people in attendance than the church
could seat. The pastor, the Rev. L.
M. Hall, read comforting passages of
scripture and a choir composed of
members of the various churches sang
hymns. Dr. L. M. Matthews of San
ford sang “There is Rest for the
Weary.”
• The following friends served as
pall bearers: C. L. Tyson, N. N. Me-'
Lean and A. M. Calhoun of Vass, and
Winfred Causey, Hiram Mclnnls and
Atlcus Eastwood of Lakeview. The
body was laid to rest in Johnson’s
Grove cemetery.
Mr. Matthews was a natlvre of Yad
kin county, but had made his home
in Moore for many years, residing at
Cameron, Vass, and for the past sev
eral years in Lakeview. He was for
merly quite active in the real estate
business and through his efforts many
families from the western counties
were attracted to farms in this sec
tion. He was an officer in the Vass
Methodist Church, and until he be
came ill was one of its most faithful
attendants. The throng of people
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Two daughters. Miss Isabel a.id
Miss Currie, of Elise Academy, riemp,
N. C., and three sons, Graham of
Lauririburg, Elbert of Timberlsind,
and the Rev. Murdoch McLeod, for
mer pastor of Pinehurst Community
Church and now pastor of Moore
Memorial Presbyterian church, Nash
ville, Tenn., survive.
The funeral was held at Shiloh
Presbyterian Church near Sanatorium
McLeod
UNHURT IN “CRACK-UP”
“Bill” Fisher of Southern Pines, U.
S. Army flier, is reported to have
“cracked up” his ship while return
ing to Mineola, L. I., from hi.=? recent
flight to Southern Pines. The accident j yesterday afternoon. Mrs
is reported to have happened in New was a charter member of this church,
Jersey. Fisher was unhurt. No other and her pastor, the Rev. A. D. Cos-
details have been learned here well, officiated at the service.
Christmas Gift Worship Sunday
Night at Church in Pinehurst
i need advertising in iiis business. He upon all high school authorities, all
works twelve hours each day. Sun- | 'ocal officials and employees, all cit-
days excepted, sleeps six hours and ' 'zcns’ organizations and automobile
Death Claims One I plays six. I have often wondered how ' drivers, and the heads of all business
keeps so fat and is active so long , ®’^terprises, to procure and study
I while I am so thin notwithstanding i “Guides to Highway Safety” W'ithout
^ ,,, . « » ’’fl f ’ great uncle, twenty- j delay ,and to devote the first meet-
Mrs. Lharles U. uroul, Kesidenl removed. Speaking of our'ings of their respective organizations
of Southern Pines for Nearly
Fifty Years, Passes Friday
Pageant and Music Service To
Be Followed by Remem
brances For Needy Ones
Merchandising reports throughout
the country indicate that this year
the Christmas stockings of Uncle
Sam’s family will be fuller and tight-
«!r than foi many a year. The amount
estimated being spent sounds like a
New Deal appropriation for raking
up leaves. It is a matter of some mil
lions, or maybe billions. It doesn’t
matter. What does matter is that
right around our own communities
there are some little folks, you know,
little Stinta Claus folks, whose stock
ings are going to be a lot slimmer
than their faith in a never forgetful
Santa unless we remember them and j
make our own Christmas complete by
doing just that little extra which, for
them, will make the difference be
tween radiant joy on Christmas
morning and a too early experience
of the bitterness of disappointment
—the hardness of a forgetful world.
There are so many kind people who
would do anything, and give anything,
even themselves, if they knew just
how to have a share in some child’s
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No Mail Distributed
on Christmas Day
But Southern Pines Office Will
Remain Open on Christmas
Eve
No mail will be handled in the
Southern Pines postoffice on Christ
mas Day. Outgoing mail will be des
patched but Incoming mail will not be
distributed, with two exceptions:
Perishables and special delivery.
If the mail train Christmas Eve is
late, postoffice clerks will remain on
duty until it is distributed to the
boxes, and the postoffice remain open
to boxholders. The parcel post window
will remain open Ctristmas Eve.
Postmaster Frank Buchan said yes
terday that his office was adhering to
the Postoffice Department’s wish to
give the employes Christmas Day off.
Death came to one of the oldest
and best loved residents of Southern
Pines last Friday afternoon,, and Mrs.
Emma H. Grout, aged 85 years, pass
ed to her last rest. Born in Holliston,
Mass,’ Aug. 4, 1850, Emma Holbrook
married Charles B. Grout in Boston,
Christmas Day, 1873, and with her
husband came from Wilson, N. Y.,
to Southern Pines in 1886, and for the
nearly half a century of her residence
here lived a serene and friendly life
endearing her not only to her more
immediate friends and neighbors, but
to many of the more recent visitors.
Active in all of the many earlier or
ganizations for betterment, and beau
tification, Mrs. Grout since the death
of her husband May 12, 1934, has
lived a retired life, happy In the visits
of many friends.
Funeral services were held in
her late home on Broad street at
five o’clock Sunday afternoon, the
Rev. J. Fred Stimson officiating, and
the body was taken to her for
mer home, Wilson, N, Y., by Miss
Vera Chase. Additional services
were held there before interment.
Miss Mabel Abbott, of Holliston,
Mass., is the only surviving relative
of Mrs. Grout.
kinship reminds me that ‘Nic’ or ‘Old
Nic’ is the name he likes best to be
called by.
Santa’s Telegram
“But I was about to forget send
ing you a copy of Santa Claus’ tele
gram. It was the longest I ever got
in January, 1935, to a program of
nccidt.’it prevention and motor vehi
cle law enrorcement as the starting
point of a larger program of crime
prevention and criminal law enforce
ment.”
Mayor Stutz outlined the program
NEILL M. McKEITHEN V, EDS
MISS BIGCiS IN LUMBERTON
and I am surely glad it was pre-1 being given great impetus
paid. Here is the telegram, word for i ^^*^*^&hout ^North Carolina in the
hope of curbing the tremendous loss
of life on the highways. The program
calls for:
I. Distribution during December
of 500,000 copies of “Guides to High
way Safety” as the basis of instruc
tion (1) to all officials and employ
ees in city halls, county court houses,
and state departments; (2) to mem
bers of citizens organizations, busi
ness houses, and automobile drivers,
(3) to 150,000 students and teachers
in 851 high schools, as the beginning
of a state-wide program of accident
prevention and motor vehicle law en
forcement.
II. Systematic discussion during
the first weeks of January (1) by
150,000 students and teachers in 851
word and verbatim;
“ 'Nictitate Nicotinia,
Southern Pines, N. C.
“ ‘My dear Nephew:
“ ‘I endorse all brands of cigarettes,
cigars and smoking tobacco but pro
hibit the use of my name or picture
stop I do not approve smoking by
mothers or anyone ever expecting to
become a mother nor should a boy or
girl smoke before they are privilegea
to vote stop I smoke a clay pipe in
winter and a corncorb pipe in sum
mer; and, mainly for the reason mat
cigars and cigarettes interfere with
proper driving of Dunder, Blitzen and
my other reindeer stop There is a
MELVIN BROTHERS OPEN
STORE IN SOUTHERN PINES
Melvin Brothers, Inc., of Aberdeen
this week opened a store in the Welch
Arcade Building on West Broad
street. Southern Pines, to deal in gen
eral merchandise.
The building owned by the Town
of Southern Pines on West New
Hampshire avenue, formerly known
as the Maze Building, is being en
larged .to provide additional space for
the Wilson County Alcohol Beverage
Control store. A 24x26 foot addition
of hollow tile is under construction
in the rear. J. D. Arey of Southern
Pines having the contract. No change
is planned in the quarters of the
Chief of Police, whose office is also
located in the building.
MRS. JENNIE L. HENSLEY’
WEDS ALVIN E. LEAVITT
rumor that I will drive an automobile
on my next visit but this is not true' high schools, (2) by all citizens or-
stop I wish to say here that I never , ganizations of men and women, (3)
will abandon my reindeer teams stop | by members of all busine.ss organiza-
They are flesh and blood and appear tions, (4) by city councils, county
to the heart stop My old heart be- j commissioners, and all groups of pub-
comes lonesome at times and rein-< uc officials and employees,
deer are a great comfort to me stop j ni. Systematic Instruction in
Speaking of comfort reminds me that | Schools of Law Enforcing Officers to
of the hundreds of thousands of let-, be conducted every month in every
ters I get from boys and girls it is' city and county of the state by
rare that anyone sends their love' judges and Solicitors of the Super-
to my wife Christine or to my boys ' ior Courts, Recorders’ Courts, Sher-
Announcements were received by. and girls stop I have six boys and j jffg and Chiefs of Police, analyzing
friends here this week of the mar-[six girls and the girls are named for | accidents of the previous month and
the first six months and the boys for j mapping out programs of prevention
the remainder stop Most of my toys for next month.
are made by these boys and girls and |
Christine helps me part of the time
and supervises the work of our chil
dren stop Send m& the names of all
girls and boys in your township who The marriage of Mrs. Jennie Lee
obey their parents, tell the truth and Hensley of Pinehurst and Alvin E.
do not use bad language; and if you I Leavitt of Raleigh was solemnized
do this honestly, well, something may' Sunday, December 8th, in South Bos-
happen when I pass your house stop ^ ton, Virginia. The ceremony was per-
Thank you for the long list of boys formed by the Rev. Frank C. Riley,
and girls stop Yours for a happy' pastor of the First Baptist Church!
Christmas. (Signed) Nic. | Mrs. Leavitt Is the daughter of Mr.
“ ‘P. S. Some boys and a (few and Mrs. K. W. McLeod of X^arthage
girls do not get as many Christmas, and the groom is the son of Mr. and
presents as others stop Sometimes Mrs. C. F. Leavitt of Carthage. They
this is because they hide from their will make their home at Pinehurst.
parents bad deeds they have done | .
stop I want them to know that they | KIWANIS DANCE TONIGHT
■;an never hide anything from Nic |
stop I am the oldest man in the Judging from the number of tick-
world and my dear Christme and I ets sold, the Kiwanls Club dance at
twelve fine boys and girls will help the South»i-.i Pines Country Club to
me celebrate by 3936th birthday next night. Friday, bids fair to be one of
week. (Signed) Nic.’ ” the gayest events of the Christmas
■ ~ holiday season. Tickets at two dollars
Only four more shopping days be- per gentleman will also be sold at the
fore Christmas. Better hurry. Patron-1 door. The dance is for the benefit of
ize your home town shops. the club’s Hospital Bed Fund.
riage of Miss Sarah Margaret Biggs,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Murchison Biggs of Lumberton, to
Neill Archibald McKeithen of Lum
berton. Neill McKeithen is the son
of Mrs. ^ieil A. McKeithen and the
late Neill McKeithen of Carthage
and has been engaged in business in
Lumberton for some time. The cere
mony was performed on Tuesday, De
cember 17th in Lumberton, where Mr.
and Mrs. McKeithen will make their
home.
SOUTHERN PINES ENLARGES
LIQUOR STORE BUILDING
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