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NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, February 28, 1936.
PERSONAL RIGHTS
UPHELD IN TALK
BY JULIAN MILLER
Charlotte F^ditor Defends Prin
ciple of Private Enterprise
A>;ainst i’olitical Management
200 AT CHAMBER DINNER
American democracy faces as great
a problem today as our forefathers
faced in determining the foundation
of America as a democracy.
The question is. whfther we arc to
conduct our own businesses and
achieve our own successes or put
them under political management.
“ I stand with Woodrow Wilson in
his definition of the genius of Amer
ica: ‘Nobility of individual achieve
ment.’
“I defend the principle of private
capitalism as against political man.
agement.
“I claim the right of man to live
his own life without political hind
rance. Our capitalists started at
nothing. Capitalism has made .\mer-
icans who have made America.”
Dr. Julian Miller, editor of The
Charlotte Observer, in a brilliant ad
dress before nearly 200 residents and
guests of the Sandhills, defended the
principles of democracy and warned
against the trend toward dictator
ship in America, at the I2th annual
banquet of the Southern Pines Cham
ber of Commerce at the Pine Needles
Inn Tuesday night.
In introducing his remarks Dr.
Miller said that these days it is dif
ficult to get a subject to stand still
long enough for one to talk about it,
and then thp probability was it would
be declared unconstitutional before
morning. We are faced, he said, with
problems as American citizens which
if not met in the spirit of patriotism
as against politics, might easily spell
the end of democracy. "It is by no
means settled.” he said, “whether
this nation shall continue as a democ
racy or be ruled by a dictator.”
Beware of Minorities
Dr. Miller cited how militant mi
norities had brought about present
governments in Russia, Italy and
Germany, and, closer to home, what
had been done in Louisiana and was
threatening in Georgia.
"And don’t think because w'e have
a little money again, our problems
are past.” he said, suggesting that
the morrow be thought of, with its
legacy to our children.
In defense of our capitalistic sys
tem, he told the story of James B.
Dulce’s first trip, afoot, from his
Orange county farm to Durham,
where he sold the eggs he carried for
a quarter.
“He took from American pockets
twenty-five cents, and he put $40,-
000,000 back in them.”
The editor closed by telling of the
answer he received from three judges
of the Circuit Court of Appeals at
Charlotte to whom he put the ques
tion: What is America’s greatest
need today? 'Their reply was, "Per
sonal character."
The banquet was one of the moat
enjoyable in the twelve-year history
of these affairs. The inn served a
sumptions repast and Charlie Picquef
started things off druing the meal
with song and dance numbers from
the Club Chalfonte, to the accom
paniment of Jimmy Livingston's
orchestra. The Rev. and Mrs. A. J.
McKelway of Pinehurst and the Rev.
and Mrs. A. V. Gibson of Sanford
sang several pleasing quartet selec
tions, Miss Selma Stegall and Fred
erick Stanley Smith played a piano
duet, and Mrs. C. W. Picquet and
Mrs. Raymond Kennedy sang two
duets, one a composition written for
the occasion by Mr. Smith. The vari
ous numbers were roundly applauded,
with demands for encores.
Hugh J. Betterley of the Chamber
of Commerce outlined the year's ac
complishments of the organization
its aims for the future, and Secretary
Shields Cameron reported the Cham
ber "out of the red.” Nelson C. Hyde
acted as toastmaster, introducing
Clarence Keuster, secretary of the
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, who
paid a high tribute to the Sandhills
section, in addition to Dr. Miller.
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Charity Ball Aims to Raise $3,000 RACES ANNOUNCED
For the Moore County Hospital pojj STEEPLECHASE
MEET ON MARCH 14
Elected a Fellow
Dr. J. W. Dickie is Honored
by American College of
Physicians
Dr. J. W. Dickie, head of Pine
Crest Manor, who wa.s recently
elected a Fellow cf the American
College of Physicians, is leaving
tomorrow night for Detroit, Mich
igan to attend the annual session
of the College there from March
2d to 6th. Hi.*! Fellowship will be
conferred upo nhim while there.
Pinehurst Women’s Auxiliary Is
sues Invitations to Coun
try Club Event .March 10
One Timber, Two Hrush. One
Hurdle and One Flat Race
On Projiram
Honored
FIVE CENTS
By Linde Fowler
Nothing could beat the sunshine
and warmth of the last three days
for bringing out smiles and inocul- i
ating the local c mmunity with the '
virus of cheerfulness. The terms
“inoculating" and "virus" are u.sed i nual liunt lace meeting of the Sand-
adviscdly. They are term.s which i hill Steeplecha.^c and Racing Asso
ciation to be held on the new course
miJvvay between Southern i’ine^ and
ITRSES NEARIA SI.500
The iHcing card for the second an-
Johii Knox McLeod
Passes in Aberdeen
Last Survivor of Large Family
Closely .Affiliated Here Was
S3 Years of Age
Funeral services for John Kncx Mc-
Lecxl, member of a well-known Sand-
hill.s family, were held at Shiloh
Presbyterian Church at Montrose on
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock, with
his pastor, the Rev. A. R. Carswell,
officiating, a.ssisted by the Rev. E. L.
Bai'ber, paster of the Aberdeen Pres
byterian Church.
Mr. McLeod was 83 years old. and
ilied at the home of his si.ster-in-law,
Mrs. Annie C. McLeod, near Aber
deen late Monday afternoon follow
ing a long illness. He was a son of
the late Archibald McLeod and Isa
bella Graham McLecd, of near Mon
trose, and wa.s the last survivor of a
large family of brothers and sisters.
The nearest of kin surviving are two
sisters-in-law, Mrs. Annie C. McLeod,
with whom he had made his home for
some time, and Mrs. Daniel McLeod
of R ;ckingham. the ' Rev. Murdock
McLeod of Knoxville. Tenn., is a ne
phew, and Dr. A. H. McLeod of Aber
deen and Dr. W. Guy McLeod of
Southern Pines are close relatives. He
was owner of a laige part of the
land that was taken over for the
Camp Bragg range some years ago.
bring home to our minds that there
jare those in the community who are
I shut off from thj plea.sure cf being
out walking around in the bright
sunshine, those who through illness
.')!• accident are patients in the Moore
Coimty H spital. Are we doing all
we can to bring some sunshine into
their lives?
Some of the local residents are.
■ More can and ought to assist. Com-
j munity h spitals are not self-suppori-
I ing and that is esp'cially true of a
I place like Pinehurst, where there are i
130 many who simply have not the i
j wherewithal to pay for the attention '
I anil treatment they need and get. It
I is not the purpose of this ar ticle to
I treat cf the financrs of the Moore
I County Hospital in a larger way,
I what it needs for the extension of
its building and that sort of thing.
I The particrdar need of the moment
1 is that local residents and visitors
give their full and generous support
to a movement just launched by the
Pinehurst Chapter of the Women’s
Auxiliary of Moore County Hospital,
whereby that charitable organization
hopes to raise $3,000 or more for ihe
working equipment of the hospital.
This means such essentials as linen,
blankets, gowns, mattresses and cov-|
ers, curtains, blinds and numerous
other materials that have to be re
newed from year to year, all under
the head of upkeep.
What Fund Does
Through the fund which the Wom
en's Auxiliary raised last year it was
possible to provide, among other
things, an electrical surgical knife,
for cancer operations, which Dr. C.
R. Monroe, resident head of the hos-
Pinehur.-^t Saturday, March 14th was
aruiounccd this week by Noel Laing,
:3f: ie!ary i f the association. The card
oa’ils for fiv? events, one over timber,
two over brush, one htudle race, and
me race on the flat. Many of the
leading timber and brush horses win.
te:m." this year' in Aiken. Camden,
I^inehurst and SouMrern Pines are ex
pected to be seen in action over the
fine new course.
The events as announced by Mr.
Laing are a.s follows:
Main event, the Sandhills Cup.
:hroe miles over timber, for plate do
nated by Mrs. Jackson H, Boyd of
Southern Pines and purse of $450.00.
The Croatan, a private .sweepstake
event, two miles over' brush for maid
ens and winners of one race.
The Yadkin, two miles ovcr brush
f r four year-olds and up. Pui'se
.>300.00 and plate.
The Catawba, one and one halt
miles over hurdle, for purse ot
S200.00.
The Midland, sev.n furlongs on the
.'lat for purse of $150.00.
The officers of the Sandhill Steeple
chase & Racing Association ai'e Ver-
ner Z. Reed, Jr., president: Nelson
C. Hyde, vice president. Noel Laing,
.secretary, and Livingston L. Biddle,
2nd, treasui-er. Tiie committee in
-harge cf events comprise Jackson
H. Boyd, B. A. Tompkins. Bradley
Delehanty, S Laurence Bodine. Liv
ingston Biddle, 2nd. James Boyd,
Stanley W. Burke, Sprigg D. Cam
den, Nelson C. Hyde, Charles T.
Crocker, Almet Jenks, Col. George
P. Hawes, Verner Z. R:ed, Jr., and
:^L\.I()U BOWKS’ .ViMATEl K.S
IN IMNKHl UST MONDAY
Major Bowes' Unit No. 2 of ama
teur performers touring the south
will give three performances in Pine
hurst on Monday at the Carolrna
Theatre, matinee, at the evening
show, and later before those in at
tendance at the annual banquet of
the North and South Carolina Thea
tre Owners Association at The Car
olina hotel. There are ten outstand
ing acts on the bill. They will precede
the movie at each theatre perfoi'm-
ance.
LAMBETH TO SPEAK AT
ROCKINGHAM DEDICATION
A number from here plan to attend
the dedication of the new Federal
building in Rockingham next Monday,
at which time Congressman Walter
Lambeth of this district will make an
address. One of the Assistant Post
master Generals is also expected to
be present to represent the Postof
fice Department. Mr. Lambeth is ex
pected to pay a short visit to South
ern Pines while in the neighborhood.
EXC.W.^TION WORK FOR
BAPTIST CHrRCH BEGINS
Prospects of the erection in the
near future cf the proposed new Bap
tist Church in Southern Pines were
seen this week in the start of exca
vation work on the site at Ashe street
and New York avenue. "There is
nothing definite to announce,” the
Rev. J. Fred Stimson, pastor of the
churxh, said yesterday.
EXCITING GYMKH.\NA IN
SOUTHERN PINES TODAY
SEVER.\L HOMES LE.VSED
FOR BALANCE OF SEASON
I pital, counts as one of the most use- j Emest I. White
|ful gifts th? hospital ever received, j vVith two additional races .schedul-
I Another great bocn was the gift by j ed this year and a large number of
I an individual, madie through the Aux- horses competing plans are being
I iliaiy, of a sum sufficient to sound-: ^lade for a much larger crowd than
j proof the hospital, of threefold bene- [jje eight thousand who witnessed the
I fit, because cf its beneficial effects i races last year
j on patients, nurses and physicians. | The morning will be taken up with
i The Women’s Auxiliary is starting | hunter trials, featuring some of the
today a campaign for this year's | best horses in the section,
fund, with Mrs. Norwood Johnston of j
Pittsburgh, as general chairman. One
of the mediums for raising the money
will be an invitation charity ball, to
be conducted at the Pinehurst Coun
try Club March 10. Mrs. W. W. Win-
dle of Millbury, Mass., is chairman
of that committee. Another method
will be the sale of a Plymouth sedan,
through the .sale of tickets at a dollar
apiece and the chairman of this com
mittee is Mrs. J. H. Walker of Ames-
bury, Mass. The Carthage agency ot
the Plymouth has made it possible
for the Auxiliary to purchase this car
at a minimum price. Announcement
will be made after the charity ball aa
to who is the new owner of the car.
Tickets will be on sale at the hotels
and stores in Pinehurst and Southern
Pines.
These three chairmen of commit
tees are getting the active support of
other committee members and now it
remains only for everybody else in
the community to put his cr her
shoulder to the wheel and put this
year’s hospital fund over with a bang.
There is no' limit on the number of
tickets any individual can purchase
and anybody who has ever been a
hcspital patient, or who has visited
3ome friend while an inmate, must
have some realization of what it all
means to such an institution.
The first gymkhana the weather
man has permitted in Southern Pines
in some time will start at 3 o’clock
this afternoon, Friday, at the horse
jhow ring, with a program which
promises to prove thrilling to spec
tator and rider alike. There'll be
jumping, stunts, games and novelties,
for the usual prizes.
With the snow gone and the Sand
hills again enjoying delightful weath
er there is renewed activity in real
estate. The L. L. Biddle II real es
tate agency in Pinehurst announces
the rental of the Markey house in
Knollwood to H. S. Thoi’ne of New
York City: Judge Way’s white house
on Midland Road, which is one of
the larger houses in Knollwood, to
Mrs. Edward Stevens of Greenwich,
C:nn., and Mr. Chapin’s Albemarle
cottage, one of the larger houses in
Pinehurst, to George D. Murphy of
Brooklyn. Mr. Murphy plans to put
his children in Miss Chapman’s Cot
tage Schcol.
The office of Harry B. Emery re
ports having leased to Dr. Walter G.
Everett of Providence, R. I., the
George W. Statzell cottage on Mid
land for the remainder of the season.
HERF: WEDNESDAY TO
AID INCOME T.VXFAYERS
J. R. Thomas, of the State Depart
ment cf Revenue, will be in Southern
Pines next Wednesday, March 4th,
for the purpose of assisting residents
here in the preparation and filing of
their income tax reptitts. He will
spend the following Monday in Pine
hurst.
SISTER OF MRS. K. N. PAGE
HONORED BY DAVIDSON
Miss Cornelia Shaw', who has been
Librarian at Davidson College, Dav
idson for the past 30 years without
missing a day from her work, will be
granted a year’s leave of ab.sence, be
ginning in June, in consideration of
her faithful service, after which time
she will be made Librarian Emeritus.
Miss Shaw is the sister of Mrs. Rob
ert N. Page, Sr., of Aberdeen, and
numbers her friends by the sccre in
this community.
Eugene C. Stevens is recuperating
from an attack of influenza and ex
pects to be out in a few days.
t-h«*ERLANSIN
: ONE ACCORD VOTE
FOR CHURCH HERE
Enthusiastic .Meeting I'nani-
mousiy Favors Presenting
Overture to Presbytery
MANY SKiN ( HARTER ROLL
I.XMF.S BOM)
Thp a:i‘hof of "Drum.^," "March
ing On." "Long Hunt" and "Roll
Kiver. ■■ prominent Southern Pines
resident, at the annual meeting of the
Princeton National Alumni Associa
tion la.'t week, was named as a nom
inee for alumni
the university. Mr. Boyd was graduat
ed from Princeton with the Class of
1910.
State Closes Roads
to Heavier Trucks
Hard Winter Has Done Damage
of Over 83,000.000; Police
Gets Orders
At an enthusiastic meeting of the
congregation cf the Southern Pines
Presbyterian Mission held at the Civ
ic Club last Simday afternocn, it was
decided without a dissenting vote to
ov’crture the Presbyter-y of Fayette
ville to organize a Presbyterian
church in Southern Pines.
After the overture was presented
for' consider-ation by the Rev. Ernest
L. Barber, paster of the Bethesda
Church in Aberdeen, the Rev. Dr.
Marcus A. Brownson, pastor emeri
tus of the Tenth Presbyterian Church
in Philadelphia. Pa., opened the dis
cussion by presenting the need and
place of a Presbyterian church here.
There followed a spirited discussion
hv practically everyone present, old
trustee-at-large of , „ , j , ,
„ , ® and young. One ycrmg ladv had re-
turned home, from college to be
pre.sent and speak for the young peo
ple. A winter resident from Canada
spoke for the church, I’evealing the
fact that the Mi.ssion which has been
conducted during" the past year had
been a vital factcr in keeping him
and his family here.
A fine spirit was manifest through
out the meeting, which closed with
the thr-illing scene of men, women
i and young people standing in line at
State Highway patrolmen station-' the desk to sign the charter roll,
ed in this section have received or-' Many who could not be there on ac-
deis to arrest drivers of all trucks ^ ccunt of illness sent requests that
which exceed in weight the tonnage ! they be permitted to sign later. Mr.
posted on all bituminous sufface-: Barber anitounced that the roll would
treated highways which were closed ; be at the office of R. S. duRant, the
to heavy traffic for 30 days by the telephone company headquarters, all
State Highway and Public Works this week, and at the Civic Club each
commission last Wednesday. Most ( Sunday afternoon until the day of or-
hijrhways are limited to five or six ganization,
ton carriers.
The order, which affects 3,700
miles of highway, was unprecedented
in the state’s road history and re
sults from the recent weather con
ditions that have done an estimated
.$3,000,000 damage to roads and at
the same time cut gasoline revenue |
by $1,000,000.
The ordinance, violation of which
is a misdemeanor under State law',
is effective on the roads as soon as
signs are po.sted ordering the heavy
traffic off. It does not apply to buses.
According to one patrolman, heavy
trucks will have to detour around the
closed roads unless the detour proves
to be more than 85 per cent farther
than the old way.
CARTHAGE YOl'NiJ MAN ON
njZ PROGRA.M TONIGHT
Of especial interest to Moore Coun
ty will be the Town Hall program
ever WJZ, New York last night from
9:30 to 10:30 o'clock, as John A.
Lang, formerly of Carthage, was a
p:irticipant.
The .subject of the program w’ill be
"Looking Forward with Young Amer
ica,” and other scheduled to take
part were Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Aubrey W'illiams, Director of the
National Youth Administr-ation; Dr.
Homer P. Rainey, Director of the A.
Four Alarms of Fire
But Little Damage
Prompt Work of Firemen Pre
vent Spread of Flimes in
Pinedene Section
Fire originating around a stove
pipe on the second floor of the O. K.
Lodge. May street and Delaware ave
nue. called out the Southern Pines
Fire Company at 9 o'clock Monday
morning. Owing to a pi'ompt response
the flames were exting-uished without
damage to the house.
At 1:00 o’clock the department was
again called out for a brush fire
which originating just-.south of the
Hackney residence on the east side of
U. S. Highw'ay No. 1. Fanned by a
brisk south wind the flames swept
down on the houses and garages of
this section of Pinedene. Fortimately
the first house in the line of the fire,
Powell's, was of cement and brick
construction as was the adjoining
house, and the efforts of the fire com
pany and of Fire Warden Alex Field-'»
and his crew kept the danger away
from the frame dwellings
Both pieces of apparatus answered
an alarm of fire at Geor'ge Moore’s
residence cn Massachusetts avenue at
_ „ ,11:00 o’clock Wednesday morning,
Y. Commission, and Mrs. Eugene |
Meyer, wife of the former governor
of the Federal Reserve Board.
crews finding a brisk blaze
around the chimney and eaves of the
, , , one storv combination garage and
Young Lang, who is a son cf Mr. , , , ......
. , r T -.e _ I kennel hoirse. Ic^iated rn the rear of
the dw’elling. The fire was extin-
and Mrs. J. A. Lang of Carthage, is
connected with the National Youth j
. . . . ^ , gurshed with but little damage. The
Admimstratron m Washington. He' . , ,
stream from the high pressure pump-
has his A.B. and M.A. degrees from
^ ! er w'aa cut off when an alarm came
the Univer.sity cf North Carolina and i . , , ,
. , , 'in for a brush fire at May street
m the brief period since his gradua-^
, r„ . , I and New Jersey avenue, and the big
tron has raprdly gained promrnence. i , . . ...
^ ° ^ I machine w-as hurrredly cast off from
the hydrant and rushed to what prov-
ed to be almost an unnecessary <»11.
TAI.K ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
PARKING SP.\CES FOR RACES
GO ON SALE NEXT WEEK
Tickets will go on sale next week
for parking spaces for the second an-,
nual Sandhills Steeplechase & Racing! "Man’s Spiritual Nature as Reveal-
Association r’aces to be held March j ed by Christian Science” was the sub-
14th on the Midland Read course. Ap- ject of an interesting and instructive
plications for spaces in the Member-1 lecture Monday night at the Christian
ship Enclosure may be made at 'Science Church. Southern Pines, by
office of The Pilot in Southern Pin'»8 | Miss Margaret Mumey Glenn, a
or L. L. Biddle. II in Pinehurst. These , member of the board of lectureship
spaces, along the finish
priced at five dollars.
line, are
of the First Church of Christ, Scien-
tist. in Boston. Mass.