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MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Territory of Noi^ Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, Jaruary 17, 1936.
FIVE CENTS
DEATH COMES TO MOORE COUNTY’S
JOHN Q. STUnS ON I SHARE OF “BONUS”
STREET IN ANGIER TOTALS $310,816
Lifelong Resident and One of
Most Interesting Men.of
County Passes Suddenly
WAS SKILLED MILLWRIGHT
On Saturday of last week John
Quimby Stutts, lifelong resident of
Moore county, passed away suddenly
at Angler where he had been called
on business Monday. Mr. Stutts
was walking across the street to the
office of his friend, W H. Morgan,
preparatory to leaving for his home
in Lakeview when the end came.
The funeral service was held at
the graveside in the Cameron ceme
tery at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon
with the Rev. M. D. McNeill of Cam
eron officiating. Pallbearers were
John Cameron, L. B. McKeithen, J.
D. McLean and D. McDonald, all of
Cameron, J. R. McQueen of Lake
view and Raymond Johnson of Pine-
hurst.
Mr. Stutts was one of the most
Over Two Millions Will Be Re
leased in Sandhills Trading
Territory
$34,622,162 IN STATE
Three hundred and ten thousand
dollars is the estimated amount that
will be paid to veterans of the World
War in Moore county if Congress
enacts into law the bill for immed
iate payment of the Adjusted Ser
vice Certificates. The estimate is bas
ed on figures from the Veterans’ Ad
ministration.
The estimate for the whole state
of North Carolina is $34,622,162. Of
this amount five counties would get
more than one million dollars each,
Buncombe, Forsyth, Guilford, Meck
lenburg and Wake.
In counties contiguous to Moore,
the following sums would be paid the
vctcran.s. Hoke. $158,911; Lee, $187,-
228; Chatham, $266,333; Montgomeiy,
$178,657; Randolph, $399,429; Har-
interesting men of this section. Born i $417,62<, Scotian^, $222,^236,
around 70 years ago in upper Moore
county, he grew up with very few ed
ucational advantages, but he was en
dowed by nature with an intellect of
unusual brilliance and became one of
the best-read men to be found. He
had a remarkable memory, and it is
said that he could read an article
and days later repeat it almost ver
batim. Experiences of his early life
remained vivid and he related many
interesting happenir-j,... of by-gone
years.
It was near his childhood home that
a superior grade of millstone rock
was discovered and a manufacturing
plant established around which
sprang up the tt>wn of Parkwood, the
now much-talked-of “deserted vil
lage,’ ’“located about eight miles
from Carthage. Men from a northern
state became interested and invest
ed large sums of money, establish
ing a business that in its heydey em
ployed from 75 to 100 persons and
put out millstones which won inter
national recognition. According to
Mr, Stutts, stones were shipped to
points near and far, including Aus
tralia.
Moved to Cameron
After the death of t*he promoters
of Parkwood, Mr. Stutts in 1899 re
moved to the Neill Underwood place
between Carthage and Sanford to ply
his trade, and about a year Iriter weat
to Cameron where he became mana
ger of the Carolina Millstone Com
pany which was owned by local men.
Mr. Stutts took great pride in the
quality of his millstones, and care
fully trained his youngest son in the
art, expressing the desire that the
training be handed down through suc-
ce»,ding generations. This son is now
in possession of the patterns used by
his father.
It was during his residence m Cam
eron that Mr. Stutts was bereft of
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Richmond $374,720.
With M ore’s $310,816, the paying
of the so-called soldiers’ bonus at
this time would release in this trad
ing territory a total of $2,096,330.
The bill, which is House Resolutions
9500, has already passed the House
of Representatives and prompt ac
tion is expccted in the Senate. It is
believed there is sufficient support for
the measure to pass it over the Presi
dent’s veto should Mr. Roosevelt fol
low his previous action and refuse to
affix his signature. Congress commit
tees are now busy figuring out ways
and means of financing the payment
when and if the measure becomes law.
SOUTHERN MS
LIBRARY REPORTS
PROGRESS IN ’35
E. C. Stevens Re-elected Presi
dent, Two New Trustees Ad
ded at Annual Meeting
C. T. PATCH CELEBR.4TES
39TH YEAR IN SANDHILLS
C. T. Patch is this week celebrating
his 39th anniversary in the mercan
tile business in Southern Pines. Mr.
Patch came here in 1897 from Bos
ton, Mass., where he was affiliated
with a large wholesale jobbing house.
He came here to visit his brother,
Janies Pacch, who was then making
his home in Southern Pines and while
here purchased the old Tarbell & Tap-
lin store. Since that d.iy Mr. Patch
has been in business in the same
block on West Broad street, and for
some time has been the head of the
C. T. Patch & Company department
store, outgrowth of his original pur
chase. '
During his residence nere Mr.
Patch has served in many civic capac
ities. He has been Town Commission
er, member of the School Board,
Town Sinking Fund Commissioner,
and a director in the Citizens Bank
& Trust Company. His son, Charles
S. Patch, is following in his father’s
footsteps as a merchant, being the
head of theTog Shop,leading local
men’s outfitting store.
Reports presented at the annual
meeting of the Southern Pines Li-
braiy Association, held in the Munici
pal Building on Monday afternoon,
revealed that definite progress has
been made during the last year in the
finances, circv.latio.n, and hours of ser
vice of the library. At the meeting
one year ago the Finance committee
had strongly recommended living
within the current income of the as
sociation and this policy has since
been strictly followed. During the
past year receipts totaled $1,187.03
and expenditures $1,027.57, leaving a
current balance of $161.46, the first
returned in five or six consecutive
years. In spite of this balancing of
the budget the circulation and hours
of service have been increased and the
sum spent for new books kept ap
proximately the same as the year be
fore. The balance on hand increased
from $98.42 a year ago to $259.88 this
year.
The librarian reported an attend
ance of 5,418, nearly one-sixth of
them children, and a total circulation
of 7,772. There had been a return to
the summer schedule previously in ef
fect, which assured the library being
kept open a portion of each week day
and vacation memberships were also
offered for 50 cents. Childien were
permitted to take out books without
paying a fee and as a result the ju
venile circulation increased marked
ly. Early in the summer the officer
in charge of the reading room of the
CCC Camp on James Creek requested
the use of books too badly worn for
rebinding, and 150 volumes many of
which had already been replaced,
were donated for this purpose.
Two important changes in policy
were inaugurated during the past
year. It was first voted that a list
be drawn up of standard works, in
cluding translations, for which there
is a more or less continuous demand,
and that these books be added to the
library as funds become available. At
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Leading: Trainer of Steeplech ase Horses During* Year 1935
te.
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LAING COUNTRY’S
‘TOP” TRAINER OF
STEEPLECHASERS
Southern Pines Horseman Sent
28 Winners to the Post Dur
ing 1935
SECOND AMONG RIDERS
Noel Laing of Southern Pines, His Own Fairy Lore', on Which He Has W’on Many Important
Event.s
Wherein Mr. Biddle Presents His Wife’s
String of Pearls to An African King-
Livingston L. Biddle, II of Pine-
hurst described his trip to the west
coast of Africa during the past sum
mer at the weekly meeting of the
Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen, illustrat
ing his talk with photographs taken
by himself and Mrs. Biddle and with
interesting curios picked up along the
route. They made the trip on one
of the Barber Steamship line boats
which stopped at 31 ports.
Mr. Biddle told about Maderia, the
first stop on the way to Africa;
about Senegal, the "Paris of West
Africa," and the customs of the Sene
galese; of Liberia and its people, and
of a visit he and Mrs. Biddle paid to
the negro king of one of the coun
tries. the difficulty of arranging an
audience, the palace adorned with all
manner of queer things supposed to
keep away the evil spirits. It was
only through the medium of a young
OPEFS TUESDAY IN
PINEHURSTCHURCH
cblbred boy who had been to Tuske-
gee Institute in this country that they
were able to visit the king, he being
the only person about the palace who l,,„. , ^
could speak or understand English. ‘ Kingdom Development and Loy-
Mr. Biddle had the Kiwanians in
an uproar when he told of his gift
to the king in appreciation of the au
dience. He did not know what one
was supposed to do in being "pre
sented to court” when the king and
all his henchmen were colored, but
he had an idea as he stood before
the throne that one should make the
crowned monarch a preseiU. He
reached over to Mrs. Biddle, remov
ed the string of pearls from around
her neck and in a courtly manner
presented it to "his majesty.”
"They weren’t real, though,” said
Mr. Biddle. "And it certainly work
ed wonders. From then on they
couldn’t do enough for us.”
alty’
Subject of Educational
Meeting
Stutz Reelected as
President of Bank
Stockholders Elect Board of
Directors, Hear Reports at
Annual Meeting
Dorsey oG. Stutz, mayor of South
ern Pines, was re-elected president
of the Citizens Bank & Trust Com
pany at the annual meeting of stock
holders of the bank held in the bank
ing house on Tuesday afternoon. The
following directors were elected:
G. C. Abraham, Frank Welch, Rob
ert L. Hart, Ralph L. Chandler, D. G.
Stutz, Dr. W. C. Mudgett and M. G.
Nichols.
Splendid reports of tlie manage
ment of the institution during 1935
and of the present financial condition
On next Tuesday afternoon begin
ning at 3:30 o’clock, a forum will
be conducted at the Community
Church in Pinehurst on the subject
of "Religious Education,” according
to announcement by the Rev. E. L.
Rarber of Aberdeen, chairman of the
committee.
The theme will be "Kingdom De
velopment and Loyalty.” Such sub
jects as "The Church's Program,"
"The Kingdom and the Child,” "The
Kingdom and Youth,” “The Kingdom
and the Adult,” "The Kingdom and
Leadership” and "The Kingdom and
Stew'ardship” will be discussed by
outstanding speakers and leaders.
I Among the forum speakers will be
I the Rev. J. O. Mann, director of Re-
I ligious Education for North Carolina,
and the Rev. J. M. Walker, D. D., of
Charlotte. Other speakers will be the
Rev. A. W. Dick of Fayetteville, the
Rev. S. H. Fulton of Laurinburg, the
There are exceptions to every rule. Rev. James Appleby of Maxton, the
Even the one about where there is Rev. Malcolm Calhoun of St. Pauls,
and Mrs. A. J. McKelway of Pine-
Where There’s Smoke
There’s Supposed to be Fire,
But Mrs. Grinnell Finds
It’s Not Always So
smoke, there must be some fire.
Mrs. Roy Grinnell found that out
yesterday. Mrs. Grinnell had been
downtown. When she returned to her
home on Massachusetts avenue in
Southern Pines she saw smoke curl
ing up from the roof shingles. She
dashed to a telephone, sent in a lire
alarm.
Now when shingles dry quickly af
ter a rain, they frequently smoke.
That’s exactly what they were doing
when the firemen, after a fast run,
hurst.
This forum is planned to reach
some 22 congregations in Moore
county and bordering sections.
Attorney to Seek New
Trial for J. D. McLean
Former County Tax Collector
Recently Sentenced to Serve
Three Years
of the bank were heard by the stock-1 a-‘r*ved upon the scene
holders.
Officers other than the president
will be elected at a forthcoming
meeting cf the Board of Directors.
FIREMEN AND TOWN
OFFICI.4LS E.\T OYSTERS
Anyway, the alarm caused a lot of
excitement on an otherwise quiet
day. It sounded almost immediately
after the noon whistle, which is al
ways confusing. You don’t know
whether the fellow that blows the si
ren just sort of stuttered and made
it sound cff a second time by acci
dent, or whether there really is £in
It is reported that attorneys for
J. D. McLean, former county tax coir
lector are preparing to lodge a mo
tion for a new trial before Judge
Den Phillips when superior court for
the trial of criminal cases opens here
Monday. Mr, McLean was recently
sentenced to three years in state pris
on for embezzlement.
Mr. McLean received an adverse
The Southern Pines Fire Depart
ment entertained last night at the alarm. A good crowd followed the' ruling when he carried his case be-
A compilation of records of hunt
race meetings during the year 1935
reveals that Noel Laing of Southern
Pines was the leading trainer of
horses competing in brush and tim
ber events, and second only to Car
roll K. Bassett of Camden, S. C., as
the leading rider. Bassett won 22
races to Laing’s 15. The leading own
er at the hunt race meetings was
Mrs. Marion duPont Somerville, a
number of whose horses are trained
in Southern Pines by Laing.
F'ifth among the leading owners
was Mrs. Verner Z. Reed, Jr., of
Pinehurst, whose horses are also
trained by Laing. Young Laing is also
listed among the leading owners, his
own mounts accounting for five wins.
It was Mrs. Somerville’s fourth con
secutive year as the owner of the
most winners, and Bassett’s fourth
year as the leading I'ider. Bas.sett was
among th se riding in the inaugural
Sandhills Steeplechase & Racing As
sociation meeting here last March.
In an article in the current issue
of "Horse and Horseman,” former
ly Polo Magazine, Montfort Amory
writes:
"Laing closed with such a rush
that he was runner-up among the
riders, with 15 wins to the champion’s
22. ♦ * * When the first half of the
' season closed, it seemed that Bassett
and (Jim) Ryan would have a pri
vate fight for the honor of being the
leading trainer; each then had 20
wins. They didn't do well in the fall,
however, with the result that Laing
came to the top with 28 to Bassett’s
27 and Ryan’s 24.”
Look For Good Year
The article states that "all signs
point to a banner year in 1936.” The
first cf the Spring meetings will be
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?inebluff Boys Injured
in Automobile Crash
Two Receive Serious Injuries
When Speeding Car Over
turns Near Here
Harry Howie, Jr., 16, of Pinebluff,
received serious pelvic injuries and
E. G. Adams, Jr., 15, also of Pine-
bluff, suffered severe lacerations of
the legs and body when the automo
bile in which they were riding with
three other Pinebluff youths got out
of control while traveling at high
speed and overturned late Friday
night about one-half mile south of
Southern Pines on U, S. highway No.
1.
The other occupants of the car,
John Fiddner, Jr., 17, who was driv
ing, Robert Thomas, 17, and a Batch
elor boy were not seriously hurt.
State highway patrolment investi
gating the accident discounted the
possibility that the car had been side-
swiped by another machine and at
tributed the crash solely to excessive
speed.
The injured youth;: were taken to
the Moore county hospital for treat
ment and doctors there did not con
sider their condition as critical.
CHAMBER TO MEET AND
PLAN .\NNUAL DINNER
fire house at an oyster supper for
the firemen, commissioners and town
officials. The program included short
talks by Commissioners George W.
Chase and Dr. L. M. Daniels, and
Firemen L. S. Rowell, Walter Blue
and R. W. Tate, treasurer of the Fire- i The Gertrude Circle
man Relief Fund. Chief L. V. O’Cal- tist Church met with
apparatus this time, just the same,
and it was pretty jolly around the
Grinnell bungalow. For everyone ex
cept Mrs. G. She felt kind of silly
about it.
of the Bap-
Mrs. Albert
.'ore the supreme court, but lawyers
stated yesterday that Judge Phillips
has the authority to grant him a new'
trial if new evidence can be produced.
The natlre of this evidence could
not be ascertained.
Mrs. Maud Harris has returned to
laghan acted as toastmast'T. There
were 30 members and giiestr- present.
Adams Monday evening at her home ^ Southern Pines and is staying with
Directors of the Southern Pines
Chambe” jf Commerce will meet
Tuesday noon at Jack’s Grill to
launch plans for the Chamber’s an
nual banquet to be held within the
next few weeks. Committees will be
appointed to arrange for the speak-
' ers and program for this event which
j is always looked forward to by resi-
' dents of the community and winter
visitors.
A nominating committee to select
directors of the organization for 1936
will also be named by President Hugh
Betterley. Officers are chosen by 'Uie
new board elected at the annual ban-
on Rhcde Island avenue.
' Mrs. Ernest W. Bush.
quet.