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VOL. 16, NO. 9
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Southern Pines and Aberdee i. North Carolina, Friday, January 24, 1936
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FIVE CENTS
S. A. L ANNOUNCES
FREE PICR-UP AND
DEUVERY SERVICE
Will Handle Less Than Carload
Freight From Consignor
to Consignee
Washington Audience Waits as
Orchestra Refuses Albion Check
TO START NEXT MONTH
Free pick-up and delivery of leas-
than-carload freight is to be a real
ity in Southern Pines, starting next
month, the Seaboard Air Line Rail
way announced this week through its
local agent, D. G. Stutz.
The service ia to be established over
the entire Seaboard system and its
subsidiary railways, and will be in
augurated on February 1st or as soon
thereafter as possible. The effect of
the service will be that the railroad
will furnish drayage to collect and de
liver less-than-carload freight with
out cost to shipper and consignee. It
shipper or consignee prefers to per
form his own trucking service to or
from Seaboard freight stations, an
allowance of five cents per hundred
pounds will be made to such shipper
or consignee, Mr. Stutz said.
The pick-up and delivery service is
dcj(ig:nated to facilitate the use of rail
transpoitation by enabling the public
to deal wtih only one transportation
agency which becomes responsible for
a complete railroad service from the
consignor’s door to the consiyi:“e’s
dcor.
Mr. Stutz said he did not know as
yet whether the railroad company
would operate trucks of its own in
Southern Pines, or would let out the
drayage on contract.
Community Hours To
Start on February 2d
Rodeheaver, University of Mich
igan’s Little Symphony, Others
Scheduled for Series
Musicians Demand Cash From
Former Slandhills Resident
While 1,500 Cool Heels
Fifteen hundred Washingtonians,
Senators, Representatives and diplo
mats among them, waited for more'
than two hours in Constitution Hall in j
Washington Tuesday night for the
start of the opera "Lakme,” sponsor
ed by Mrs. Edouard Albion, formerly ,
of Pinehurst and Southern Pines. ■
Members of the orchestra, 47 strong,
had refused to accept Mrs. Albion’s
check for $1,500, demanding cash.
The opera was due to begin at
8:15. It was about an hour after this
that Mrs. Albion came out on the
stage before an already irritated aud
ience to announce the cause for the
delay. She had the check in her hand
and asked that some prominent per
son in the audience step forward and
endorse it. Not one moved.
However, the crowd, although it
refused to write any name on the
back of the check, showed definitely
its .sympathies were not with the mu-
•iicians. There were catcalls, boos
and other vocal expressions of dis
approval of the union’s refusal to ac
cept the check.
Mrs. Cabot Stevens, prominenL
V/ashington society leader, was a
leader of the audience in denouncing
the union. An unidentified man in
the audience jumped to his feet and
said. “I am a union man and many
times I have gone on and never been
paid.” He urged the musicians to ac
cept the check.
While the scene in front of the \
stage was one of vocal disorder, that j
behind the scenes was even more wild, j
Actors, principals and chorus mem
bers, all ill costume, excited, nervous
and angry, milled together, gesticu
lating and talking. A portable crgan
eventually provided the music.
The check made on a New York
bank, was that of Guiseppe Danize,
Metropolitan Opera Company bari
tone. Before it was offered to the mu
sicians it had been endorsed by Mrs.
Albion, George Oakley Totten, Jr.,
Earl .Warren and Samuel Schrum.
Holds Court Here
Jl DGE F. DON.VLD PHILLIPS
CHAMBER SEEKS
NEW SLOGAN FOR
SOUTHERN PINES
‘Mid-Scuth Resort” Fails to Con
vey Thought of Long Leaf
Pine and Climate
PLAN ANLVUAL HANQUET
JUDGE PHILLIPS
PRESIDES OVER
1ST TERM HERE
New Justice Makes Fine Impres
sion in Charge to Grand Jury
at Carthage
BEAN HELD FOR MURDER
Superior Court for the trial ot
criminal cases convened in Carthage
uii Monday with Judge F. Donald
Phillips of Rockingham presiding for
the first time in Moore county, and
with Rowland S. Pruette represent
ing the State as solicitor.
The following were called and
sworn as grand jurors for the term;
D. J, Blue, John E. Callicutt, A. J.
Cameron, A, C. Carter, Albert Cav-
iness, A. J. Crabtree. J. W. Currie,
Archie Davis, J. T. Dunlap, L. W.
Kdwards (foreman), J. L. Fields, C.
H. Hartsell, K. W. Leach, M. M. Poole,
John Stewart, A. M. Swinnerton, A.
P. Thompson and W. R. Wilson.
Pharaoh Bullock was sworn as officer
I of the grand jury,
j Judge Phillips, in his charge to the
I grand jury, made a fine impression
j on the large crowd gathered for the
‘ big term” cf court.
A true bill of muider in the first
To Hold BirtHuay Ball for
President on January 30th
21 Years Old
Kiwanis Reaches Majority
and Local Club Has
Birthday Luncheon
The Kiwanis Club celebrated the
21st anniversary of the founding of
the international organization in De
troit at the weekly meeting held in
the Highland Lodge, in Southern
Pines, on Wednesday. Pr. T. A.
Cheatham of Pinehurst was the
speaker, and in an inspirational talk
told the members they had passed
the experimental age as a club, had
reached their majority and should ap
ply the experience gained in greater
and finer service to the community. |
He praised the club’s e.sprit de ccrps,
its readiness always to accept any
public call without shirking, the part
it has played in supplanting "cut- j
throat competition with friendly co
operation.”
The birthday progi'am also includ
ed singing by a Kiwanis quartet com
prising Charles W. Picquet, Dr. R. P.
Shepard, the Rev, A. J. McKelway
a:id W. C. Dunlop. Dr. E. M. Medlin
I cf Aberdeen was in charge cf the
degree was returned against Ollie program.
B an, white of the Spies section, who
i.s charged w’ith the fatai shooting ot
vV. A. Comer.
Mary Belle Smith was pi'.’en four
-lonths in jail on a chargr of assault
with a deailly weapon.
President of Carolina
Power & Licfht Here
I L, V. Sutton Addresses Gather-
J. A. Phillips, white 'jf Camercn,
was found not guilty of embezzle
ment.
Oba Godwin, convicted in a previous
term of murder, a decision which was
consider whether "The Mid-South j upheld by the Supreme Court, was or-' pany gathered for
Who has an id.a for a revised slo
gan f r Southern Pines’?
A committee, comprising Frank
Buchan, H. I. Treadway and Emmett
C. Boone, was reqently appointed to,,
ing of 104 Employes of Com
pany in Southern Pines
One hundred and four employes of
the Carolina Power & Light Com-
dinner at the
The Community Hours at the
Church of Wide Fellowship, begin
ning February 2 and continuing into
April, will bring a program of vital
interest to everyone in the Sandhills.
Choral groups from a number of
church colleges will interpret religion
in song. The famous evangelistic sin
ger, Homer Rodeheaver, is expected
to give an evening cf music. The Lit
tle Symphony of the University of
Michigan which charmed every hear
er last season will be hero again. Ad-1 Because Friday night of this week
dresses on the social applications of ^ was advertised for the regular month-
Miss Cora Harris to
Speak Here Friday
Daughter of Late Col. Wade
Harris Will Address Meeting
on Federal Housing
religion will be given by the Rev. Dr.
Proctor, superintendent of the Ma
sonic Orphanage at Oxford; Dr. H.
Shelton Smith of Duke University,
and Dr. D. Brewer Eddy of Boston,
Mass., who will use motion pictures
to illustrate religious conditions in
Russia as he observed them in his
recent visit there. Other features will
be announced later.
Local cooperation in this commun
ity effort will be seen in the singing
by groups of students of Southern
Pines High School; an address by the
JRev. Dr. T. A. Cheatham, and orches
tral music by the string ensemble ot
tlie Music Society. A local cast will
also present a religious drama, "The
Rock,” based on the life of St. Pe
ter. Everyone is invited to help make
possible this program of surpassing
excellence. As these are religious ser
vices with no charge for admission
except a free will offering, it will be
necessary as in former years to find
sponsors who will supplement the of
ferings at the services by subscrib
ing funds to underwrite the expenses.
Sponsor cards will be circulated and
generous support is needed.
S HURT, ONE SERIOUSLY,
IN AUTO ACCIDENT HERE
Albert Veno of Pinehurst is in the
Moore County Hospital as the result
of an automobile accident Sunday
night on the old Southern Pines-Pine-
hurst road. The car in which he and
Miss Marie Driscoll of Northeast Har
bor, Maine, and Travis Wicker of
Pinehurst were riding was hurled
against a tree when a tire blew out.
Miss Driscoll and Wicker suffered
only minor cuts and bruises but
Vena’s injuries are reported as ser
ious.
ly meeting of the All States Associa
tion, and because on that same night
the Civic Club had been successful
in booking Miss Cora A. Harris to
give an address on Federal Housing,
it was decided to combine the two
meetings and make it a notable even
ing.
The program in the Civic Club
building will start at eight o’clock
when the Civic Club will present Miss
Herris, who already is well known to
many in Southern Pines, and who is
the daughter of the late Ocl. Wade
Harris who for 50 years was associ
ated with the Charlotte Observer.
Miss Harris is at present Field Rep
resentative in charge of women’s ac
tivities of the Federal Housing Ad
ministration cf North Carolina, and
will speak on this subject and answer
questions of those interested.
Following the address by Miss Har
ris, the All States Association will
have their program as planned. The
All States Association was formed
for the entertainment of all winter
residents, cottagers and hotel guests
in our city, and for the purpose of
contacts and friendships which grow
out of it.
The Civic Club will have a musical
program on Friday, January 31, at
3 o’clock.
MARCUS A. HANNA DIES,
MRS. DAVIDSON’S BROTHER
Resort”, was the best slogan we could
have. Th; subject came up at a meet-
.ng of Chamber of Commerce direc-
t rs and local hotel men at the Mid-
Pines Club, the outgrowth of sugges
tions that we should stress our long-
leaf pines more, our sand hills less,
in advertising.
Now the Chamber of Commerce is
calling for revised slogans, cr addi
tions to the present slogan; some-
-hing to suggest the pines or the cli
mate. There’s lumor of a prize for
the best one submitted. Put on your
thinking caps.
Chamber directors met in regular j
session on Tuesday in Jack’s Grill
and discussed plans for the organiza
tion’s annual banquet, scheduled for
February. They elected Charles W.
Picquet as chairman of the commit
tee on arrangements and program,
with the following to serve with him;
Dr. G. G. Herr, Frank Buchan, the
Rev. J. Fred Stimson and Nelsrn C.
Hyde. The committee will meet this
week to "start the ball rolling.” It
is planned to procure a prominent
speaker, and to arrange an amusing
and entertaining program for this
banquet which is always one of the
events of the winter in Southern
Pines. Where and when to hold the
dinner will also be decided at this
meeting. »
At Tuesday’s session the Chamber’s
gymkhana committee reported on the
need of bleachers for the bi-weekly
events at the horse show grounds, and
K. W. Reinecke appointed to look into
the possibilities of purchasing or
building convertible stands. The
gymkhanas have become so popular
with the residents and visitors that
seating arrangements must be pro
vided, J. Fred Stimson cf the com-
mitt reported. Mr. Stimson also re
ported on the possibilities for a pine
needle skiing course here, stating
that information had been requested
from northern sources where the new
sp:rt had been successfully tried out.
He expects replies from the requests
this week.
dcred in the custody of the sheriff to | Church of Wide Fellowship in South-
bcgin his State Pris-n sentence.
The Supreme Court having reversed
the judgment in the case of Ed Gad
dy, charged with larceny from the
p:rson, and sentenced to serve 12
months on the roads, a judgment of j tivity. It was a group meeting, with
not guilty was entered and Gaddy 1 the following divisions represented:
was discharged. Robert Comer, anoth
er, defendant in the case has not been
taken.
Dewitt Caviness, white of West End,
v.-as found guilty of the larceny of
peaches from the orchard of Howard
Harrison, but sentence had not been
passed when this was written.
Evidsnce and the judge’s charge of
he jury in the case of Jim Medlin,
white of Cameron, charged with
breaking and entering the home cf
W. W. Freeman, were completed just
before the court adjourned for the
noon hour on Tuesday. Charles Stew
art and Moody Bean, co-defendants,
had already been tried for this break- Shed^at The Pad^dock^Garage in
ing and entering which occurred some
three years ago, but Medlin had only
recently been taken.
The following cases were continued
to the May term: Felix Addor, as
sault with deadly weapon with intent
to kill; Francis (Penn) Ritter, carnal
knowledge of child; Bertha Frace, as
sault with deadly weapon and tres
pass.
Southern Pines Country Club to
Be Scene of Event in
Sandhills
FUND FIGHTS INFANTILE
The Sandhills will have a Birthday
Ball for the President.
Thursday, January 30th, will be
the date; the Southern Pines Country
Club the place. The purpose is to
honor the President, and in so aoing,
to lend financial aid to that charity
in which he is most interested, the
Warm Springs Foundation for the
study and treatment of infantile par
alysis. Similar balls are being held
throughout the country on the Pres
ident’s birthday.
Of the fund raised here, thirty per
cent goes to the National Commit
tee of the Birthday Ball for the Pres
ident, Col. Henry L. Doherty, chair
man, for delivery to the President fO'F
the Warm Springs Foundation. Sev
enty percent of the fund remains in
this county for use in the prevention
and treatment of infantile cases
which may develop here. It is expect
ed .hat the local fund will b2 turn
ed over t i the Kiwanis Club, only
C-. unt.v-wide organization of its kind
heie, to be held and invested for any
emergency which may arise for which
the money might be properly used.
Pr(>sid»‘nt the I^ader
f'or eight years President Roose
velt as h;ad of the Georgia Warm
Springs Foundation has been the
leader of the fight tc- combat the
menace of infantile paralysis. For
the past two years, under the direc
tion of Colonel H.nry L. Doherty,
Chairman of the National Committee
for the Birthday B.'ill f„r the Presi
dent, the American public has gen
erously responded to this movement
to create funds with which to carry
on the fight against infantile. In ac-
Marcus A. Hanna, II, vice-president
of the Cleveland News and eldest
grandson of the late Senator Marcus
A. Hanna died of a heart attack at
his home in Cleveland, Ohio on Wed-
rt»lay evening, January 22 at 8:00
o’clock. Mr. Haima was a brother of
Mrs. Richard Porter Davidson of
Pinehurst.
J.
D. MoLEANS PETITION
FOR NEW TRIAL DENIED
In Superior Court at Carthage this
week the petitiou of J. D. McLean
of Cameron, former Moore county t£Oc
collector, for a new trial on the
charge of embezzlement for which he
was recently convicted and sentenc
ed to serve three years in jail, was
denied.
Firemen Fight Flames
on Year’s Coldest Day
Knowles House, Occupied by
Mrs. Colin S. Carter, is
Badly Damaged
On the coldest day of the year with
the thermometer registering only 10
above zero, and a bitter wind blowing
the Southern Pines firemen were call
ed out at 9:45 o’clock yesterday
morning to fight a brisk blaze in the
old Schalkenback house on the comer
of May street and Connecticut ave
nue.
Originating in a corner room on
the second floor the flames were
through the roof as the firemen ar
rived, and fanned by the brisk wind
apparently doomed the dwelling, but
two. streams from the high pressure
hcse lines staid the spread of the
fire, though water damage was con
siderable.
The house, now owned by Mrs. Her
bert S. Knowles and recently redec
orated, is occupied this season by
Mis. Colin S. Carter. The origin of
!he fire is not known.
ern Pines Wednesday night to hear
President L, V. Sutton and other
prominent officials of the company
discuss the past, present and future ' cepting Colonel Doherty’s suggestion
of various phases of C. P. & L. ac- ' that he again loan his birthday as
the occasion for the 1936 Birthday
Ball, President Roosevelt said;
"It gives me much happiness to
l;nd my next birthday, January 30th,
to the National Committee for the
Birthday Ball for the President for
this purpose, in the hope that this
effect will bring us nearer to the
goal cf forever ending the tragic con
sequences of infantile paralysis.
"You know how greatly I appre
ciate ail that you have done and are
doing in this nation-wide fight. May
I again express through you my grat
itude to ‘all those who are making
my birthday the occasion for serv
ing in this humanitarian cause.”
Over one million dollars was rais
ed through the 1935 Birthday Balls
in various parts of the country for
the battle against infantile paralysis.
The money is issued by the Warm
Springs Foundation in grants to
those institutions throughout the
country which are specializing in re-
Sanford, Asheboro, Troy, Wadesboro,
Rockingham, Hamlet, Maxton and
Southern Pines.
In addition to President Sutton, S.
P. Vecker of Raleigh, general sales
manager; H. G. Iseley, residential
and commercial sales manager; C. N.
Reckliffe, industrial sales manager,
and T. F. Drew, manager of the ser
vice and distribution department,
talked to the gathering.
Storm Levels Trees,
Buildings in County
Aberdeen, Vass School
Damaged
One of the buildings at The Pad
dock, a combination stable and stor
age shed, was blowTi down in the
high winds of last Sunday. Two search efforts to bring the disease un
horses and one mule were stabled in: der control. These projects are being
the building but escaped without in
jury. The shed was completely de
stroyed.
Numerous trees fell in Southern
Pines, Aberdeen and vicinity during
the storm, and the garage in the rear
of the Aberdeen Hotel was blown
down. Some damage was done to the
Vass-Lakeview school building, the
roof blown off a tobacco barn on the
J. P. Blue farm at Lobelia, and in
various parts of the county telephone
and electric light service was im
paired.
RECORD BRIDGE PARTY
AT HIGHLAND PINES INN
The largest bridge party in the his
tory of Southern Pines was that at
the Highland Pines Inn on Wednes
day night for the benefit of the or-
conducted in accordance with recom
mendations of an Advibory Medical
Committee, of which Dr. George W.
McCoy, of the U. S. Public Health
Service, is chairman. Funds last year
were allocated to Stanford Univer
sity, Harvard, the University of
Pennsylvania, Long Island College,
Yale, the University of Southern Cal
ifornia, University of Chicago, New
York University and the City Hospi
tal of Cleveland.
The local committee in charge of the
President’s Ball comprises the follow
ing: Frank Buchan, Shields Camer
on, James Pleasants, George Buttry,
Robert L. Hart, Dr. James Spring,
James Schwartz, Oscar Michael,
Louis Scheipers and R. C. Johnson.
An excellent orchestra has been en
gaged. The tickets are to be one dol
lar per person and are on sale by
gan fund of the Emmanuel Episcopal members of the committee and at lo-
Church. More than 150 persons play-' cal stores.
ed and a large sum was realized for
the new organ.
PRO<’URE MARRIAGE LICENSE
TO EMPLOY 29 YOUTM2
Among 19 projects for youth devel
opment and recreation approved by
the National Youth Administration
A marriage license was issued this' during the past week is one for
week at Carthage to Mrs. Florence | Moore county calling for the expen-
Jackson Smith of West End and At-jditure of 51,248 for the employment
tomey Robert Evans Denny of Pine-, of 29 young men from relief families
hurst. I on a one-third time basis.