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NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Territory of Nortn \^rolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, P"riday, iVIarch (>, 19.36.
FIVE CENTS
PRESBYTERY VOTE
ITS APPROVAL OF
NEW CHURCH HERE
Grants Renuest of Civic ('lub ^
Mission For Orjjani/ation
in Southern Pines j
COMPLETE PLANS MAR. 1.5
The Presbytery of Fayetteville, in
a called scssi- n at Raeforci on Tues
day last, granted the request of the
Mission at the Civic Club for the or
ganization of a Piesbyterian church
in Southern Pines, and congratulated
the Sandhills city iipon the fine work
being accomplished.
The Kev. Marcus A. Brownscn. D.
D., a member cf the histoiic Presby
tery of Philadelphia, of which Fay
etteville Prestayt£ry was once a part,
was introduced and invited to sit as '
a visiting member. Dr. Brownson
Hopes to Be Here
HOX. J. B. KIllllN(iH.VI S
Govei noi- Ehringhaus, in a telephone
, conversation yesterday with an offi-
j cial cf the Sandhills Steeplechase &
spoke of the need and the place of Association, said:
a Presbyterian church in Southern i ..j ^jj^rt
Pines, and noted the fine spirit i ^^t.nd the races on the 14th, but
among the people of the proposed ' j ^,„^^le to make a definite prom-
new church. He paid high tribute to ^ owing to pressure of business at
the pastor, the Rev. E. L. Barber, j offjpg Both Mrs. Ehringhaus and
saying he had sat undei his minis- | j have the most pleasant recollec-
try for six years and was constantly i year’s races and you
amazed at his earne.st, masterful pre- | assured we will be present
sentation of the gospel cf salvation , jg humanly possible.”
and the Christian way of life. j Governor presented the Sand-
Mr. Barber spoke of the progress
of the w'ork, reminding the Presby
tery that the mission was not yet a
year old, and the Sunday School not
yet six months old, and that the pe- I
tition contained seventy signatures
up to that time, with others yet to
slf.n, and the Sunday School has an
attendance of ninety with more than
a hundred on the roll. He also stated
that back of the whole movement
and in it all, was the good life of
Dr. Brownson, who has been a con
stant inspiration and benediction to
the paster in the work, and to all
the people w’ho have come under Dr.
Brownson’s ministry.
, Others introduced to Presbytery
Iwere R. S. DuRant, W. E. Blue, W. H.
Goldsmith, Mr. Lloyd of Ontario, and
a large delegation of Southern Pines
Hadies. These all spoke enthusiastical-
dy in behalf of the work.
Presbytery appointed a commis-
poin of the following: Rev. A. R. Mc
Queen, D. D., of Dunn: Rev. A. W.
Dick, of Fayetteville; Rev. H. G. Bed-
inger, D. D., cf Flora Macdonald Col
lege; Rev. E. L. Barber, of Aber
deen; McKay McKinnon of Maxton,
J. Talbot Johnston of Aberdeen, John
R. McQueen of Lakeview. These will
be presented on Sunday afternoon,
March 15th at 3:00 o’cloKic at the Civ
ic Club to effect the organization.
hills Cup to the winner of the feature
event here last Spring and if able
to come will again award the trophy.
HUNTLEY RENAMED
AS MOORE COUNTY
TAX COLLECTOR
SYMINGTON FINED
FOR VIOLATION OF
NARCOTIC LAWS
Moore (’ounty Health Officer
Guilty of No .Moral WronK',
Savs State Official
Group to Inspect
Sandhills Project
I*rominent Citizens, Newspaper
Editors to Look Over Hoff,
man Development Tuesday
Arrangements for a meeting next
Tuesday In Hoffman and an inspec
tion tour of the development under
taken by the Resettlement Adminis
tration on 60,000 acres of Sandhills
land were announced at the regional
office of the administration in Ral
eigh this week.
Several hundred newspaper editors
and prominent citizens have been in
vited to the meeting. Dr. L. C. Gray
of Washington, assistant administra
tor of the Resettlement Administra
tion, will speak.
F. W. Eatman, project manager,
is being assisted in arranging the af
fair by the following committee of
newspaper editors in towns near the
project; Nelson C. Hyde, of The Pi
lot, Southern Pines; Isaac S. London,
Post-Dispatch, Rockingham; O. L.
Moore, Exchange, Laurinburg; Nell
Cadieu, News Messenger, Hamlet, and
Clifton Blue, Sandhills Citizen, Vass.
Homer H. B. Mask regional director
of the Resettlement Administration,
also is co-operating in the arrange
ments.
A barbecue luncheon will be served
at the project headquarters. State and
Qfounty officials and leading citizens
have been Invited to join in the meet
ing and inspection tour.
Miss Jenkins Appointed Tax List
Supervisor, and List Takers
Are Approved
COMMISSIONERS MEET
At a meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners held on Mon
day, W. T. Huntley was unanimously
elected to succeed himself as tax col
lector for Moore county upon prop
er qualification and filing ^f bond.
John C. Muse, County Aiiditor, S.
R. Hoyle, County Attorney, and
Chairman W. H. Currie of the Board
of Commissioners were named as an
audit committee to make settlement
with Mr. Huntley for taxes <tollected
for 1934.
The B:ard appointed Miss Maida
Jenkins as county tax li.st supervisor
for 1936, and the following list tak
ers were approved for the townships
named: George Willcox, Deep River;
Alice Ritter, Ritters; J. W. Baldwin,
Sheffield; B, Deaton, Bensalem; Alex
Stewart, Mineral Springs; J T. Har
rington, Sandhills; J. Alton Shaw,
Greenw'ood; F. W. Van Camp, Mc
Neills; R. W. Pleasants, Carthage,
i Petitions concerning several roads
were heard by the commissioners and
it was ord'ired that the Board recom
mend that the State take over and
maintain as a highway the fire lane
running from the county highway
leaving No. 74 to Pinehurst at the
J. D. Henson place and with the fire
lane a distance of two and one half
miles, connecting with the Troy and
Carthage road near Archie Brown’s
and John Richardson’s; also a road
beginning on Route 705 at John Lol-
hein’s, continuing to the Montgomery
line to the George Davis place and
on to No. 70 at Steeds, a distance of
five miles, this being used as a mail
and school bus route;*also the tak
ing over and rebuilding a new neigh
borhood and market road beginning
at the John Seawell plaqte on highway
No. 74 (27) and extending by way of
the farms of Tracy Parks, Federal
Land Bank (Buie place) and J. H.
Caldwell to Parkwood, a distance of
about two and one-half miles; also
that a sand clay road be construct
ed from a point at the John R. Black
place to a point in the new farm to
market road now under construction
from Cleveland Cagle’s home to the
Raleigh road at a point near the J.
M. Freeman place, a distance of
about three miles; also one other
road, a full description c* which is
not available.
CHARGE A TECHNICAL ONE
Lcniency in the issuance of pre
scriptions for narcotics and failure
to keep proper records which consti
tuted a technical violation of the
Ketleral narcotic law resulted in a
plea of guilty by M ore county’s
health officer. Dr. John Symington,
in Kedeial Court in Rockingham on
Tuesday. He was fined S.'iOO and plac
ed on probation for three years.
Judge Johnston J. Hayes, presiding,
said he hail no desire to send Dr.
Symington to prison or prevent his
continuing the practice of medicine.
In allowing him to continue practic
ing, Judge Hayes made the provision
that Dr. Symington shall not admin
ister cr prescribe narcotics in any
form to any person not a bona fide
resident of Moore county.
Judge Hayes also held that Dr.
Symington must keep a detailed rec
ord of all narcotic^ administered by
him. The charge against Dr. Syming
ton grew out of his failure to keep
i-ecords of narcotic administrations
coupled with a liability in adminis
tering drugs to addicts who were
said to have been flocking to him
from all parts of the state.
Dr. Carl V. Reynolds of Raleigh,
State Health Officer testified as to
the good character and high standing
of Dr. Symington as a man and a
physician and more than 100 Moore
county men and women were in
court to back the physician.
With his attorneys describing him
as "a big-hearted Scotsman,” preach
ers, dOc?tors anl laymen from this sec
tion took the stand to express confi
dence in Dr. Symington.
Ignorant of Law
"Dr. Symington was guilty of a
technical violation of the narcotic
act,” Dr. Reynolds said. “He was
guilty of no moral wrong, however,
and I can see no reason why he
should be removed as health offi
cer. He was ignorant of the provis
ions of the law. admittedly, but had
been unable to obtain from United
States Public Health Service officials
correct information as to its pro
visions.
“He had requested the State Board
of Health on a number of occasions
to secure commitments to the State
Hospital for addicts he was furnish
ing with morphine, but the space for
them was not available. A* early as
three years ago, he had asked the
sheriff of his county to keep the ad
dicts away from him.
“There was no evidence, nor was
it charged, that Dr. Symington had
made one cent out of the sale of nar
cotics. The charge was merely that
he had failed to keep proper records,
which he admitted. In view of Judge
Hayes’ decision to allow him to con
tinue the practice of medicine, I see
no reason why he should not continue
as health officer.”
America’s Leaders to Meet Here
Races on 14th
Attract Pick of
Steeplechasers
Indigo. One of Leading Timber
Horse.'' in U. S., Enters For
Sandhills Cup
IH RSES TOTAL
Carroll K. Bassett of Camden, S. C., left, leading amateur steeplechase rider
in the country for the past several seasons, and Noel Laing, Southern Pines,
a close second to Bassett in wins during 193,5, will meet in several of the
races on the dard of the Sandhills Steeplechase & Racing Association over
the Midland Road course on Saturday, March 14 th.
Whose Sedan?
It’s Going to Someone’s for a
UoHur, With the Hospital
the Benefleiarj'
Donald Stewart Asks
$10,000 for Injuries
Pinehurst Youth, Struck by
Auto in February, 1929, Sues
Nina M. Monroe
Suit to recover damages in the
sum of $10,000 has been started
against Nina M. Monroe by Donald
McN. Stewart through his next friend,
Mrs. Mary Stewart, of Pinehurst,
said damages being claimed on ac
count of injuries alleged to have been
sustained by young Stewart when
struck by an automobile as he was
walking off the highway between
Southern Pines and Pinehurst in Feb
ruary 1929. The complaint charges
that the car was being operated
carelessly and recklessly.
The youth received injuries to his
ankle which, though painful, were
not known at the time to be perma
nent, but he has continued to suffer
from said injuries and has lost time
from his studies and other activities
as a result, the complaint sets forth.
By .A. Linde Fowler
Someone is going to buy a Ply
mouth sedan for one dollar. It may
be you or it may be me, but it can’t
be either of us if we don’t purchase
one of those pasteboards, for one
solitary "iron man,” which eventu
ally will represent the ownership of
that car. The proceeds of the pur
chase, as you all know who have
been reading these columns, go to
ward the upkeep of the Moore County
Hospital, and we never any of us
know when we may be thtire as pat-
tients, wanting the best of every
thing that a hospital can supply in
ministering to our needs or desires.
The drive for funds to help the
hospital along has been progressing
satisfactorily in the main, but that
is in great measure due to the gen.
erous way in which a few individ
uals have come across. But the real
success in such a yearly drive, after
all, is in the manner in w'hich the
rank and file put their shoulders to
the wheel and that is where YOU
should feel a responsibility and do
your share to help the cause along.
As for the Plymouth car, it was on
exhibit yesterday in front of The
Carolina, with a member of the firm
of Wallace-Williams cf Carthage, the
concern which sold it to the hospital
women’s auxiliary at cost, in charge.
Anybody would have been proud to
have stepped into it and driven it
off, as the new owner. It will be on
exhibit in Aberdeen this morning,
probably this afternoon at the Pine
hurst Country Club, and Saturday
morning at Southern Pines. Mrs. J.
H. Walker and members of the Wo
men’s Hospital Auxiliary, who have
given unsparingly of their time and
thought to this worthy project, will
be on hand to help in the sale of
tickets.
Loosen up on that bank roll.
DR. EDDY TO TELL OF
CONDITIONS IN ROME
Indigo. ' ne of .-Vmerica's most fa
mous timber horses, has b-:en enter
ed in the race for the Sandhills
Cup. feature event of the second an
nual race meeting of the Sandhills
Steeplechase and Racing Association
here on March 14. and will be pitted
against Charioteer, owned by Ander
son F wler of Camden, S. C., the fast
jumptr that won the inaugural event
on the Midland Road dourse last
March. John Schiff of Aiken, S. C.,
owner of the Northwood Stables,
.‘ient in Indigo’s entry this week.
With a number of other promising
horses in this three-mile event, it bids
fair to prove one of the sensational
races over timber of the 1936 racing
season.
There will be five event on the
card for the meeting, the first race
being a novelty here, one and one-half
miles over hurdles. The secDnd event
MRFTINP Tl A Y i ^ two-mlle sweepstakes over
Hi’W 1 IJ JLkJl/ix 1 I five-foot brush jumps, to be followed
i by the Sandhills Cup event, thre«
To Gather at Carthage to Select miles over timber. The' fourth race is
REPUBLICANS OF
COUNTY TO HOLD
Eleven Delegates to State
Convention
SEAWELL ISSUES CALL
A call has been issued by H. F.
Siawell, Jr., chairman of the Moore
County Republican Executive Com
mittee, for a convention of Republi
cans to be held at Carthage on Tues
day afternoon, March 10th, at 2:00
o’clock. The meeting will be held in
the courthouse and it is expected that
a large number of Republicans will
attend to show their activity in party
affairs, especially this year of a na
tional election.
The Republicans will be entitled to
another two-mile brush event and the
final event will be seven furlongs on
the new flat track.
Purses of nearly $1,500 await the
winners in the various events, and
trophies in addition to the money
prizes will be presented the winners
cf the timber race and the second
brush race.
Parking spaces in the clubhouse en
closure went on sale this week and
have been in great demand. They are
available at The Carolina hotel, the
office of L. L. Biddle, II and the
office of Col. George P. Hawes in
Pinehurst, and at The Pilot office in
Southern Pines.
There is to be no general admission
have a delegate and one alternate to I charge for the race meeting, and the
the State convention from Moore i general parking, outside the club-
county for every two hundred Repub
lican votes or fraction thereof cast in
the county for the Republican nomi
nee for Governor in the last general
election. They will therefore be en
titled to 11 delegates as there were
house enclosure, will be sold at the
gate at one dollar per car. More
than 10,000 persons are expected
here from all parts of the two Caro-
linas.
Indigo, during the 1935 season, won
something over two thousand Repub-; a number of the most important races
lican votes cast in the county for the! run, including the Virginia Gold Cup,
Dr. D. Brewer Eddy of Boston,
Mass., will speak at the Church of
Wide Fellowship next Thursday night,
March 12, at 8:00 p. m. on "Things
Exactly As They Are in Russia.” His
address will be illustrated wtih mo
tion pictures professionally taken in
Russia on his trip there last year.
There will be no admission fee but
a free will offering will be taken
Dr. Eddy has just returned from
a world tour through Europe, the
near East and the Orient at a time
when dramatic history is in the mak
ing, and brings a vivid and timely
picture cf civilization in transition as
seen through the keen eyes of a Chris
tian internationalist. The following
facts about his tour will indicate
how fortunate Southern Pines and
this area is in having Dr. Eddy here.
Republican nominee.
Mr. Seawell stated this week, "If
the Republican party does nothing
more than act as a brake or as a
governor to the conduct of the Dem
ocrats in North Carolina, it will have
rendered great service to the state,
j When one political party stays in
power over a long period of time,
abuses naturally arises and the great
est abuse in North Carolina is the en
gendering of politics into every phase
of the administration of the affairs
of the state. The Democratic party
has been in power in North Carolina
so long that the politicians feel free
to impose upon the people of the
state anything that fits political ex
pediency.”
The State debt, the sales tax, and
the liquor law were pointed out by
Mr. Seawell as some of the evils
which have arisen under Democratic
administration. He also made m-ention
of the payment of large salaries to
politicians while school teachers were
forced to wait for their meager sal
aries.
BIDS OPENED FOR RECTORY
FOR EPlSCOP-\L CHURCH
At a meeting of the vestry cf the
Emmanu-l Episcopal Church in
Southern Pines this*week sealed bids
were opened for the construction of
a rectory on the church’s property on
Ridge street between Massachusetts
and Indiana avenues.
A committee comprising E. C. Ste
vens, John Howarth, John C. Barron,
Elmer Davis and the Rev. Craighill
Brown was appointed to work out
certain details in connection with the
plans and bids before the final letting
the Meadowbrook Cup and the Jer
sey Hunt Cup. The horse accounted
for six victories for the Northwood
Stables, during the year.
One of the most sensational win
ners on the flat during the 1935 hunt
race meetings was also among entries
received yesterday by Noel Laing,
secretary of the local association, by
name. Sable Muff, owned by Mrs.
Marion duPont Somerville, and to be
ridden here by Carrcll K, Baissett,
leading amateur jockey in the coun.
try last year. Sable Muff won 11
races during the season. Another
Somerville entry is Night Retreat,
which won eight races over brush
last season, mainly on the big tracks
up north.
Entries received to date assure a
highly successful meeting here a
week from Saturday, Laing said yes
terday.
Officials for the race meeting were
announced this week by officers of
the association.
Named as stewards are Algernon
S. Craven of Aiken, S. C.. a member
cf the hunts committee of the Na
tional Steeplechase and Hunt Asso
ciation; Harry D. Kirkover, promin
ent Camden, S. C., sportsman well
known here; and S. A. Warner Bal.
tazzi of Westbury, L. I., and Rufus
C. Finch of Rumson, N. J., both of
whom served as officials here last
year.
The judges will be Jackson H.
Boyd, Sprigg D. Camden, Brigadier
General Manus McCloskey of Fort
Bragg and C. W. Middleton. Lee
Evans of Virginia will act as starter.
The following have been asked to
serve as paddock judges: Nat S.
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