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MOORE COUNTY'S
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NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
VOL. 16, NO. 22.
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, April 24, 1936.
2 CANDIDATES FOR
GOVERNOR SPEAR
HERE ON MAY 2D
Gilliam Grissom, Republican and
Dr. Ralph McDonald, Democrat,
on All-States Prosram
ANNUAL OUTING PLANNED
Two candidates for Governor ot
North Carolina will be Sandhills
guests the same day and address the
same crowd on the occasion of the
annual basket picnic of the All-
States Association at Manly Springs
Grove on Saturday, May 2d. Dr.
Ralph McDonald, fighting for the
Democratic nomination in the June
primaries, will be the speaker at
11:00 o’clock in the morning, and
Gilliam Grissom, Republican candi
date, will speak at 1:30 o’clock.
Plans for the annual outing were
completed this week. Everyone is in
vited. Tables will be arranged in the
grove for spreading the picnic lunches,
and the association will furnish cof
fee. There will be a sports program
in the morning, entertainment fea- j
tures, a short business session and i
the election of officers. j
Transportation for those not pro-1
vided for may be arranged by com- j
munication with Mr. or Mrs. Harry A. |
Lewis or Hiram Westbrook at tele
phone nos. 7885 or 7944. This commit
tee would like volunteers among car
owners to aid them.
Boys and girls wishing to enter the
sports events are asked to see James
Schwartz, Albert L. Adams or Ray
mond Kennedy in Southern Pines, S.
R. Jellison in Pinehurst.
Here on May 2d
DK. RALPH MCDONALD
BASEBALL, HORSE
EVENTS WIND UP
SPRING FESTIVAL
Elon Defeats Wake Forest; liest
Gymkhana of Year at
Show Grounds
MUSIC DAY SCORES HIT
Dr. Horace Frink Dies
Here of Heart Disease
Three events marked the close of
the thitd aijnual Southern Pines
Spring Blossom Festival Saturday
attracting crowds of interested spec
tators and participants to horse show-
ring, baseball diamond and the block
of East Broad street in front of the
Municipal Building. A thrilling gym
khana featured the morning program,
an intercollegiate baseball game bet
ween Wake Forest and Elen colleges
the afternoon, and a block dance in
the street the festival wind-up that
VETERANS SLOW IN Carter Hoey’s Campaign
FIVE CENTS
FILING FOR WORLD I
WAR BONUS FUNDI
Manager for Moore County
Fewer Than 70 Percent Here
Have Applied to Date for Ad
justed Service Compensation
OVER $300,000 AVAILABLE
Fewer than 70 percent of the coun-
Cartha^e Man Named by Demo
cratic Aspirant.—Official List
of Candidates
Dan R. Carter of Carthage has
been appointed campaign manager
for Moore county for Clyde R. Hoey,
candidate for the Democratic nomi
nation for Governor, and has embark
ed upon his duties. Mr. Carter has
try’s World War' veterans have ap- been prominently connected with
plied for their adjusted service com- j tobacco business of the section, is
pensation, officers of Sandhill Post | ^ young man of recognized business
No. 134, American Legion, announced | ability and is popular throughout the
this week. Those who have not applied ^
are urged to get in touch with Le- ! The time for filing for State of-
gion officials of either the Sandhill or ! fices closed at Raleigh during the past
Carthage post, who will aid them in j week.
filling cut the blanks. Those who have j The official list of candidates fol-
lost their “pink slips" should provide , lows:
such information as they have. i Governor; Clyde R. Hoey, Shelby;
More than $300,000 is due veterans ^ Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, Winston-Sa-
of Moore county, and receipt of this.lem; A. H. (Sandy) Graham, Hills-
sum from the government should | boro, and John A. McRae, Charlotte,
greatly stimulate business in the | Democrats. Gilliam Grissom, Raleigh,
Sandhills this summer. Veterans are : Republican.
cautioned against possible fake in-1 st^te Auditor: Charles W. Miller of
vestments cr schemes to get their Asheville, George Ross Pou of Ral-
bonus money away from them. Any I eigh. Baxter Durham of Raleigh, and
such attempts should be reported to
the Legion’s local attorneys, Judge J.
Vance Rowe or Robert E. Denny.
Application blanks for the adjust
ed service compensation may be pro
cured from the following:
Aberdeen —J. Vance Rowe. Charles
Creel. Ford Agency.
Southern Pines L. V. O’Callaghan,
L. L. Wooley.
West End—J. F. Sinclair.
Pinehurst—Rassie Wicker, Charles
Fields, Dan Horner.
Carthage- -Holt McNeill.
Names Manager Here
"JAWLEY POOLE
\ DIDATE FOR
S. ATE ASSEMBLY
County’s Political I’ot Befiins to
Boil With N’ew Announcements
of Candidacies
CLYDE R. HOEY
PETITION U. S. FOR
RESETTLEMENT AT
BLUE’S
Former Professor of Neurology at i evening.
Cornell Unlversltj’ Medical School
Was 53 Years Old
About 1,000 fans braved a chilly
wind to see Elon College down the
Wake Forest Demon Deacons in
Dr. Horace Westlake Frink, for- the afternoon. Elon took advantage
mer professor of neurology at Cornell; of infield errors and the wildness ot
medical school and a former presi
dent of the New York Psycho-Analy
tic Society, died of a heart ailment
here on Saturday. He was 53 years
old.
Dr. Frink for many years was as
sistant to the late Dr. Charles L.
Dana in the Cornell medical school
and later did pioneer work in the
psycho-analysis movement in this
country after spending a year or
more with Dr. Sigmund Freud in
Vienna.
His best known book, "Morbid
Fears and Compulsions,” published in
1916, was among the first volumes
on psycho-analysis written in Amer
ica.
Dr. Frink retired a few years ago
due to ill health, but had lately re
sumed practice at Chapel Hill, where
he had come for the education of his
two children. Since coming South he
also had lectured at the medical
school of the University of North
Carolina.
He was a native of Hillsdale, N. Y.
His widow, the former Miss Ruth
Fry, at one time a member of the
faculty of Southern Pines School, and
two children survive.
Funeral services were held in Chap
el Hill on Monday afternoon after
which the body was sent to Hillsdale
for interment
Wake Forest pitchers to rack up an
8-4 win, while Wake Forest was try
ing vainly to hit "Lefty” Briggs with
men on the bases.
Elon rapped out only five hits to
ten for their opponents, but came
through with timely blows, including
a long home run by Smith, the short
stop, with two men on in the eighth,
to sew up the ball game.
A crowd which made up in enthus
iasm what it lacked in numbers saw
the best equestrian gymphana of the
year Saturday morning, the opening
event of the final day of Southern
Pines’ annual Spring Blossom Festi
val. And they saw that sterling lit
tle mare. Lady Durham, owned by
W. O. Moss, make almost a clean
sweep of the jumping events which
featured the program at the horse
show ring.
Lady Durham, with young Charlie
Everest in the saddle, won the ama
teur jumping. With Mrs. Moss up,
she won the open jumping; she took
first in the thrilling triple bar event,
(PI^Bse turn to pmge 8)
J. H. Valentine Dies
Here of Heart Attack
Prominent New England Textile Man
ufacturer, Former Head of Warren
Woolen Co., Ill but Two Days
Willard L. Dowell of Raleigh, Demo
crats. J. M. Van Hoy of Charlotte,
Republican.
State Treasurer: Charles M. John
son of Raleigh and Mrs. Helen Rob
ertson Wohl of Guilford College, Dein-
ocrats. Clarence T. Allen of Aurora,
Republican.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion: A. B. Alderman of Snow Hill,
Gilbert Craig of Hillsboro, and Clyde
A. Erwin of Rutherfordton and Ral
eigh, Democrats Calvin Zimmerman
of Raleigh, Republican. |
Attorney General: A. A. F. Seawell Washington bespeaking their
of Raleigh. Democrat. Fred D. Ham-1 influence in having established the
rick of Rutherfordton, Republican. so-called “Blue’s Bridge Resettlement
Bailey and Lambeth Urjjed
Support Project at Moore
and Hoke Line
ADVANTAGES ARE CITED
A petition was mailed this week to
United States Senator Josiah W.
Bailey and Congressman Walter Lam-
.Mc( lU’MMEN FOR REGISTER
The political pot in the county is
starting to boil.
The announcement this week of J.
Hawley Poole of West End for Mem
ber of As.sembly adds a second con
test to the forthcoming race in antici
pation of the Democratic primary in
June. Mr. Poole is out against the
present Moore county representative,
W. R, Clegg, who is seeking reelec
tion.
Four have now announced for
Register of Deeds, the post to which
Shields Cameron of Southern Pines
was recently named following the
death of the long-time incumbent,
Will J. Harrington. John McCrummen
of West End added his name to the
list of aspirants early in the week.
The others are Mr. Cameron, Miss
Bess McCaskill, who served as assist
ant to Mr. Harrington, and W. J.
Harrington, namesake of the former
office holder but not his son "June.”
I This is Mr. Poole’s first entry into
(,)la political campaign in the county.
The former manager of the Manice
Orchaid, now one of the largest peaci:
growers ‘on his own account” in the
i Sandhills, has been active in Demo
cratic politics in his section for .some
time but previously has not aspired
to hold office. He has a wide circle of
friends in the county and should
make a good race against Mr. Clegg.
Hawley Poole was born on Drown
ing Creek in 1890, the son of H. Spain
Poole and the late Sarah McLeod
Commissioner of Agriculture: W’il- t^be point w’here Moore ! Poole. He was educated in Jackson
PINEBLUFF LIBRARY TE.\
PROVES GREAT SUCCESS
The bridge-tea given by the Pine-
bluff Library Association in the
studio of Hermon MacNeil on Mon
day afternoon proved a delightful so
cial occasion as well as a financial
success. The studio was filled to ca
pacity with a dozen tables in play
and a number of other guests drop
ping in for tea. The association was
glad to welcome several friends from
Southern Pines, among whom were
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Merrill, Mrs. J.
S. Milliken, Mrs. J. L. McKinney,
Mrs. Hoyt Shaw and Mrs. E. L. Pri-
zer.
The Mid-Pines Club on Midland
Road h^ closed for the season. The
Pine Needles Inn and Highland Pines
Inn are remaining open into May,
No. P. O. Expected For
West Southern Pines
Joseph H. Valentine of Stafford
Springs. Conn., former president of
the Warren Woolen Company there,
died at 8:25 o’clock Monday night at
the Moore County Hospital following
a heart attack suffered Sunday morn
ing' at the Johnson House, Southern
Pines, where he had been stopping
since April 10th. He was 80 years
of age.
Mr. Valentine, prominent textile
manufacturer until his retirement a
few' years ago, was stricken here
early Sunday. He had been in ap
parent good health until then. He
was attended by Dr. W. C. Mudgett
who Monday sent for Drs. Sidney
Miller and Ross M. Chapman, lead
ing specialists of Baltimore, who ar-
tived here that night, but Mr. Valen
tine never rallied from the attack.
His death came exactly six weeks
after that of his wife in Stafford
Springs.
Surviving are his son, Richard Val-'
entine, his successor as president of
the Warren company, who is now
abroad, and a daughter, Miss Elean-
ore Valentine, both of Stafford
Springs. A cousin, Mrs. Walter Par
sons of Raleigh, was with him here
at the time of his death. The body
was sent to his Connecticut home
for funeral services.
.Additional Window In Main Office to
Be Used During Rush Season To
Relieve Congestion
Following a request from the resi
dents of West Southern Pines for a
separate postoffice, A. Duff, postof
fice inspector from Greensboro, in
company with Postmiister Frank
Buchan, made a survey of the terri
tory, finding the principal reason for
the request being the difficulty con
fronting foot passengers crossing
McDeed’s Creek at Pennsylvania ave
nue during the unusual wet weather
of the pa.«?t season. As the authori
ties of Southern Pines intend to rem
edy this condition, and as many of
the residents of West Southern Pines
do not want an office there, it is an
ticipated that Inspector Duff’s report
will prove unfavorable. A separate
delivery window in the local office
during the busy season would un
doubtedly obviate much of the con
gestion.
liam A. Graham of Raleigh and W. Hoke counties join.
Kerr Scott of Haw River, Democrats. I The petition sets forth the desira-
John L. Phelps of Creswell, Republi- bility of the location, the productivity
can. I of the soil for resettlement purposes,
Ccmmissioner of Labor: A. L.' the high grade of tobacco grown
Fletcher of Raleigh, Democrat. David thereabouts, the fact that the acre-
T. Vance of Plumtree, Republican. I age is capable of producing from one
Insurance Commissioner: Dan, C.
Boney of Raleigh, Democrat. Herbert
F. Seawell, Jr., of Carthage, Republi
can.
Justices of Supreme Court: George
W. Connor of Raleigh and William A.
Devin of Oxford. Democrats. William
G. Bramham of Durham and Vonno
L. Gudger of Asheville, Republicans.
(Two justiceships open).
United States Senate: Josiah W.
Bailey of Raleigh, Richard T. Foun
tain of Rocky Mount. David L. Strain
of Durham, and William H. Griffin of
Springs and at Biscoe High School,
and is a graduate in agriculture of
the State College at Raleigh, class of
1917. After graduation Ije spent two
years in the army, serving at Fort
Oglethorpe as a second lieutenant of
infantry and being promoted to first
lieutenant before his discharge after
the war. He married Miss Lena Book
er of Johnson county and they have
two children. Mr. Poole is an elder
' marginal land project near Hoffman. [ in the West End Presbyterian church.
I the benefits to be derived by Aber-! John McCrummon, also of West
I deen, Pinehurst. Raeford, Southern j End, is also a newcomer to the field
' Pines and other Sandhills points | of office-seeking. Educated at David-
within a 15-mile radius, furnishing a I son College, he taught two years at
to two bales of cotton per acre, and
for diversified agriculture. It men
tions the convenience for tenants to
be removed from the 60.000-acre sub
market for the new settlers. It pro
claims the need of these villages for
new adjacent sales territoy.
At the foot of the petition appears
the names of the Chambers of
Chapel Hill and Washington, D. C., * Commerce of Aberdeen, Pinehurst
Democrats. Frank C. Patton of Mor-' and Southern Pines, duly signed by
ganton, Republican. j the respective president of these or-
U. S. House of Representatives, > ganizations, and of the Kiwanis Clirt)
Eighth District: Walter Lambeth of cf Aberdeen, followed by individual
Thomasville and Giles Yeomans New- j signatures of large numbers of prom-
ton cf Gibson. Democrats. Kyle Hayes ^ inent residents of the community,
of North Wilkesboro, Republican.
MRS. MARY BLUE DIES
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Mrs. Mary Blue, prominent and
much beloved woman of Moore coun
ty, passed away at her home in the
Eureka section on Monday after an
illness of two weeks. She was 79
years of age, the widow of the late
P. A. Blue.
An obituary on the life of a Chris- |
tian woman of high character and at- j
tainments will appear in these col- i
umns next week. j
UNION EVENING SERVICES
RESUMED SUND.\Y NIGHT
Union Sunday night services are re
sumed in Southern Pines and all are
invited to attend and make these ser
vices true community meetings. The
service next Sunday night, April 26,
is at 8:00 p. m. at the First Baptist
Church. The sermon will be preached
by Dr. C. Rexford Raymond, pastor
of The Church of Wide Fellowship,
on “What Gambling Means.” The
combined choirs will lead the music.
This is the second of the union ser
vices this spring and the attendance
at the service last Sunday night was
large and representative.
W. s. Butterfield Dies
in Boston Hospital
F'ttther of Mrs. Jesse W. Page, Jr.,
and Miss Julia Scott Butterflpid
Victim of Heart .4ttaok
.ART CONTEST HERE TODAY
The Ninth District Art appreciation
contest will be held in the Civic
Club, Southern Pines this morning:,
Friday at 10:00 o’clock. Every school
is entitled to one contestant from the
Elementary School and one from the
High School. The winners enter the
state-wide contest.
No Hit Game
Hinson of West End Shuts
Out Southern Pines High
School Team 3-0
Tuesday at West End the South
ern Pines team took a beating 3 to
0. Hinson for West End pitched a
perfect ball game, allowing no hits
and no runs Parker allowed only
three hits but walked four men in
succession. The game was fast and
well played with only one error.
Col. Walter Scott Butterfield, of
Battle Creek. Mich., father of Miss
Julia Scott Butterfield of Southern
Pines and Mrs. Jesse W. Page, jr., of
Charlotte and Eagle Springs, d'ed in
a hospital in Boston, Mass., Monday
night of a heart ailment from which
he had suffered for some time. He
was 68 years of age.
Col. Butterfield, whose first wife
later became Mrs. J. V. Hurd of Pine
hurst, now deceased, was the owner
of a chain of nine motion picture
theatres in Michigan. He leaves a
.second wife, Mrs. Irene Butterfield,
and thiee daughters in addition to
Miss Julia Scott and Mrs. Page. He
and Mrs. Butterfield had spent the
winter in Florida and left for Boston
cnly a few weeks ago because of the
condition of his health. Miss Julia
Scott Butterfield left here last week
for Battle Creek, whence she was to
leave to visit her father in Boston on
the day of his death.
Farm Life School at Eureka and
eight years in the Vass-Lakeview
School. He is now engaged in the
lumber business in Carthage.
Time for filing for various offices
has not as yet expired and further
contests may develop before regis
tration opens the first week of May.
Moore county does not offer a can
didate for the State Senate this year.
This senatorial district is composed
of four counties which sends two
senators to Raleigh biennially.
Through a gentlemen’s agreement the
counties alternate, and it was Moore
county’s turn last time when U. L.
Spence was, elected. Mr. Spence prov
ed himself one pf the most able men
in the Senate and it is unfortunate
for both county and state that he
cannot be returned this year.
SOUTHERN PiNES WOMAN
WEQUEATHED $18,000
The Jefferson Inn will remain open
during the month of May.
Mrs. Vinson Johnson cf Southern
Pines, a niece, was bequeathed an
$18,000 estate under the will of Mar
garet A. Thomas of Crafton, Pa., filed
for probate in Pittsburgh this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have made
their home here for several years.
Mr. Johnson is head of the talc mine
properties at Glendon, in upper Moore
county.
ARCH KELLY, C.-\RTHAGE, DIES
AT DUKE HOSPITAL THURSD.-\Y
Arch Kelly, 43, of Carthage, a na
tive of Moore county, died Thursday
in Duke Hospital at Durham, where
he underwent an operation Monday
for cancer of the brain. Four sisters
and three brothers survive. They are
Mrs. C. W. Prevost, Mrs. M. W. Wall,
Mrs. Mosley G. Boyette, Carthage and
Miss Margaret Kelly, Pinehurst; Ma
jor Alex P. Kelly, Cristobal, Canal
Zone, John Kelly and Grin Kelly, Car
thage.