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VOL. 16, V S Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, May 1, 1936.
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MOORE COUNTY’S
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NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
FIVE CENTS
G.O. P. NOMINATES
COUNTY TICKETFOR
FALL ELECTIONS
Phillips For Senate, Dr. Rosser
for Representative; Elects
Seawell Chairman
2 Candidates Here
McDr.nald, Democrat, Speaks
Tomorrow Morning, Grissom,
G. O. P. in Afternoon
ADOPTS LIQUOR PLANK
A militant Republican party,
claiming 45 percent of the taxpayers
of Moore county with no representa
tion in county affairs, met in con
vention yesterday afternoon in the
courthouse at Carthage, nominated a
ticket for the November elections,
and adopted a plank condemning the
present system of liquor dispensation
in the county.
Herbert F, Seawell, Jr., of Car
thage called the meeting to order, af
ter which Dr. R. G. Rosser of Vass
presided.
In the platform adopted calling for
Republican representation in county
administration, was the following
plank;
“We condemn the present system of |
handling the liquor traffic in North
Carolina. We favcr a system whereby
the revenue derived from the sale of:
liquor be paid the county wherein
the liquor stores are located.” | Services Will Be Conducted at
The convention voted to present the
Dr. Ralph McDonald, candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor, and Gilliam Grissom, Republi
can candidate for the same office,
speak from the same platform the
same day in Southern Pines tomor
row, Saturday, the former at 11:00
a. m., the latter at 1:30 p. m. under
the auspices of the All-States Asso
ciation. In addition there will be a
program of sports and a picnic lun
cheon following the morning speech.
The Municipal Park will be the scene
of the gathering, instead of Manly
Springs as previously announced, and
all are invited to any or all of the
program. Those attending should
provide their owti luncheon baskets—
the association will serve hot coffee,
but bring your ow-n cups.
NEW CHURCH HERE
INSTALLS PASTOR
SUNDAY EVENING
SOUTHERN PINES I
TO ENFORCE DOG
LICENSING LAW
Action Follows Dash of Mad An- i
imal on Heels of Warning by j
George C. Moore i
Playing in Golf Tournament Here
of Presbytery
following ticket to the electorate in
the fall campaign:
For State Senator- Howard G. j Rev. Ernest L. Barber, pastor
Phillips, Pinehurst. j Bethesda Presbyterian Church
For Representative-Dr. R. G. Ros-^.^ Aberdeen, will be installed as pas
ser, Vass. j newly organized Southem
For Sheriff -Charles A. Hussey, | Presbyterian Church at the
Steeds.
For Register of Deeds -Clarence
Gordon, West End.
For County Commissioners—J. E.
Bailey, Bensalem; O. H. Stutts, Pine
hurst; George W. Case, Southern
Pines; A. F. Boyce, Carthage; Bax
ter Paschal, Deep River.
For Corcner - -Dr. A. W. Wilcox,
West End.
For Solicitor—W. Clement Barrett,
Carthage. I
For Surveyors—John Fields, Ira ■
Turnley and J. R. Atkinson.
The convention elected Herbert F.
Seawell, Jr., Republican County
Chairman and W. Clement Barrett
secretary, and chose the following
members; O. D. Wallace, H. A. Lewis,
Charles Hussey, Kenneth McIntyre,
Edward Wilcox, Ira Turnley and W.
T. C:peland.
Boy
Scouts To Have
Court of Honor Here
Aberdeen and Pinehurst Troops
To Join in Public Program
on Monday Night
The Boy Scouts of Troop Number
1 have been anxiously waiting for the
past two months for the day when
their coveted awards would be given
in public. Ever since February 29th,
when the charter was issued. Father
Williams, scoutmaster, has been
working with the 23 beys and now
with the cooperation of Aberdeen and
Pinehurst a Tri-City Court of Honor
will be held in the Southern Pines
High School Auditorium on Monday,
May 4 th at 8 p. m. The parents, rela
tions and friends as well as all those
interested in boys and their develop
ment are invited to be present.
The program of the Court of Honor
will be most interesting and instruc
tive. It has been designed both to
show what the boys have learned and
accomplished in two months and to
interest many other boys in the game
of scouting.
The troop committee of Aberdeen
will be represented on the Court of
Honor by H. W. Doub who will award
the first class badges and give a talk
explaining this step in scouting. The
troop committee of Pinehurst has se
lected the Rev. A. J. McKelway to
explain the second class requirements,
while each boy of the Southern Pines
troop will explain one of the tender
foot requirements. Dr. J. J. Spring,
Jackson Boyd and Paul Barnum, the
Southern Pines troop committeemen,
will attend. The Aberdeen troop will
be escorted by Daniel Farrell, assist
ant scoutmaster, and the Pinehurst
troop will be in charge of its scout
master, W. E. Hardison.
Civic Club here cn this Sunday even
ing at services opening at 8:00 o’clock
This service will be conducted by
a commission appointed by the Fay
etteville Presbytery, comprising the
Rev. S. H. Fulton of Laurinburg, who
will deliver the sermon and propound
the constituttcnal questions; lElder
Mac Cameron, who will charge the
pastor; the Rev. A. J. McKelway of
the Pinehurst Community Church,
who will charge thj congregation, and
the,Rev. R. G. Matheson of Jack
son Springs and Elder John R. Mc
Queen of Lakeview.
Until the locked-for day when the
n£w church shall have its own edi
fice services are to be conducted at
the Civic Club each Sunday by Mr.
Barber, at 11:00 o’clock in the morn
ing on the second and fourth Sun
days of each month, at 8:00 o’clock in
the evening on the first and third
Sundays. Church school will be held at
9:45 o’clock each Sunday morning,
with Walter E. Blue the superintend
ent of the Sunday School. The Rev.
Dr. Marcus A. Brownson is teaching
an adult Bible class each Sunday
morning. Mr. Barber preaches at
Aberdeen alternately with the church
here.
OWNERS MUST BUY TAGS
The recent warning of George C.
Mcore, made at a meeting of directors
of the Southem Pines Chamber of
Commerce, regarding the danger to
the community from mad dogs if laws
regarding licensing dogs are not en
forced, came to a head during the
past week. Seven persons and a num
ber of dogs are reported to have been
bitten by a tabled animal which ran
wild through town. i
Action taken by the Chamber of j
Commerce following Mr. Moore’s
warning has borne fruit as the result
of the mad da.sh of last week’s visitor.
City officials have dug up an old or
dinance and orders have been issued |
to the police to enforce It. This law ^
requires the local licensing, irrespec- ,
tive of State and county enforcement, j
of all dogs owned here. Owners must |
procure tags from Mrs. J. H. Tilgh- |
man, at the City Clerk’s office, at j
once, paying $1.00 for male dogs, $2.00 ,
for females. If dogs have been listed i
In the tax returns of their owners !
and wear State or county licenses,
these local tags will be issued with
out charge.
Tagless dogs are to be captured
and confined in a dog pound now un
der construction on a site near Penn
sylvania avenue and Saylor street.
They will be confined there for 48
hours pending arrival of claimants,
destroyed if not claimeil within that
time. If the owner of a stray dog
can be identified, a find will be im-
pcsed for failure to comply \\ith the
city ordinance.
Veterinarians will be at the Swin-
nerton stables on Mondays and Fri
days from 10:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m.
for the vaccination cf all dogs, as re
quired before licensing. Charges run
from 50 cents to 75 cents.
POLICE SUSPECT
INCENDIARISM IN
SERIES OF FIRES
My.sterious Circumstances Sur
round Burning of Lovejoy Cab
in and Richardson Home
ARREST MAY FOLLOW
GENE TUNNEY
Former Heavyweight Champion
HOMEK S. CrMMIN(JS
U. S. Attorney General
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings, former Governor
Selzer of New Jersey and forrrver Heavyweight Champion Gene Tun-
ney head the list of entries in a special three-day golf tournament
starting today, Friday at the Southern Pines Country Club. The
thirty odd entries include prominent officials of the Department of
Justice and other attorneys frcm Washington, among them J. Bruce
Kremer, former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
All are members of Mr. Cummings’ party enjoying a week-end va
cation at the Highland Pines Inn.
Sandhills Needs Modern Airport
To Meet Resort Competition
Aiding Hoey
County Solicitor Boyette Nam
ed Assistant Campaign
Manager for Candidate
Mosley G. Boyette, chairman of
the Moore County Democratic Exe
cutive Committee and County So
licitor, has been appointed assist
ant State manager of Clyde R.
Hoey's campaign and Is now In the
gubernatorial candidate’s head
quarters In Raleigh.
Must Attract Visitors from New
Sections to Offset Losses of
Overnight N. Y.-Fla. Service
S. p. Juniors Hosts to
Seniors at Banquet
Faculty and School Board Also
Guests at Enjoyable Affair
at The Carolina
The Junior Class of Southern Pines
I.Ugh School entertained the Seniors
at a banquet and dance at The Car
olina in Pinehurst last Friday night.
Other guests of honor were the High
Sf'liool faculty and the School Board.
The early part of the evening was de
voted to the banquet, during which
toasts were given by outstanding
members of school organizations with
J. D. Sltterson acting as toastmas
ter. Mildred Powell gave a toast to
the Seniors, to which Lawrence Wil
liams responded. Bob Beck toasted
the faculty, and Mr. Webster respond
ed. Tom Hardwick toasted the School
Board, with the response given by Dr.
George G. Herr. Other toasts were
given by Lucille Grover, Leila Adams
Ruth Richardson, Ruth Thompson,
Bertha Fowler. Six Senior members
Joe O’Callaghan, Ed Newton and
of the Girls’ Glee Club sang ‘‘Drink
to Me Only With Thine Eyes,” and all
present joined in group singing. Fol
lowing the splendid meal the guests
were shown to the ballroom where
the remainder of the evening wsis
spent in dancing to the music of
Fred Klbler’s orchestra.
Long- Illness Fatal
to A. A. McNeill, 79
Well Known Resident of County
Dies at His Home on Lo
belia Road Near Vass
After an illness of several years,
Archibald Alexander McNeill, 79,
passed away on Sunday night at his
home two miles east of Vass on the
Lobelia Road.
The funeral service, which was at
tended by a large number of friends
and relatives, was held at 3 o’clock
Monday at Cypress Presbyterian
church with which Mr. McNeill had
united years ago and Interment was
In the cemetery there. The pastor, the
Rev. W. A. Brown, was assisted in
the service by a former pastor, the
Rev. M. D. McNeill of Cameron, and
the Rev. C. I. Calcote of Vass. Music
was by Mrs. H. A. Barst, Mrs. R. G.
Rosser, J. M, Tyson and W. A. Glad
stone, with Mrs. N. N. McLean at the
piano. Pall bearers were T. J. Smith,
W. B. Lambert, W. D. Smith, B. H.
Wood, William Blue and Ernest Hicks,
all of Vass .
Mr. McNeill was the son of the late
Alex McNeill and Julia Rowan Mc
Neill, well known In the early days of
that section of Cumberland county
now known as "upper Hoke.” In
young manhood he was united in mar
riage to Miss Sarah Catharine Mc-
Lauchlln, and they resided on their
farm some six miles out from Vass
until the goverment purchased their
holdings as a part of the Fort Bragg
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GEO. P. HARDISON
DIES, SECRETARY
OF LIBRARY HERE
Had Resided in Southem Pines
Since Retirement from Business
Eight Years Ago
DEMO('R.\TIC R.\LLY IN
SOl'THERN PINES M\Y 9
Dr. George G. Herr, chalrniEin of
the Southern Pines Democratic Pre
cinct committee, announced this week
a meeting of Drmocratic voters of
McNcllls township for Saturday af-
ternocn. May 9th, at 2:00 o’clock in
the park beside the Municipal Build
ing in Southern Pines. All registered
voters of the township are urged to
attend.
Funeral services conducted by the
Rev. F. Craighlll Brown, were held
in Emmanuel Episcopal Church at
3:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon for
George Pierce Hardison, who died In
his home on Indiana avenue. South
ern Pines, early Saturday morning,
April 25th.
Mr. Hardison was born in Fayette
ville on September 4th, 1879, and
came to Southern Pines from Win
ston-Salem eight years ago, having
retired from buswess owing to fail
ing health. At the time of his death
he was secretary of the Library As
sociation here.
He Is survived by his wife, the for
mer Elizabeth Ashby. Pallbearers
were Dr. J. W. Dickie, E. E. Davis, A.
B. Yeomans, Ben Bradin, Norman
Day and Charles Block. Interment
was at Mount Hope cemetery.
The following tribute to Mr. Hardi
son was received by The Pilot on
Wednesday;
“In the passing of George Pierce
Hardison on April 25, we of Southern
Pines have lost a Fellow Townsman
whose influence for all that gives true
value to life was deep and far reach
ing.
“An able business man, occupying a
position of trust and responsibility
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The need of providing an airport
for the Sandhills to meet all require
ments cf the air transport lines was
stressed by Richard Tufts before the
Kiwanis Club on Wednesday, “because
air transportation Is going to change
the winter vacation habits of travel
ers more and more as the years roll
by.’'
Mr. Tufts Is of the opinion that
with the development of overnight
service to Florida the Sandhills re
sorts are going to lose business from
the New York and northeastern sec
tions, which must be made up by the
attraction of tourists from further
north, from Canada, from Chicago
and the midwest. And to develop this
new business, we must provide an
adequate airport, one capable of serv
ing all needs of transport lines with
their giant ships. '
He went Into the history of air- >
ports here, told of Lincoln Beachey’s i
winter in Pinehurst away back in j
1911, of the use of the Pinehurst i
Dairy field prior to the start of the !
present field in the Knollwood sec
tion, and of the development of this
field now in progress with the aid of
funds from the Works Progress Ad
ministration, the County and the
towns of Pinehurst and Southem
Pines. This work is going on rapidly,
he stated, with 60 men at present em
ployed, numerous teams, tractors,
trucks, a gas shovel and motor grader.
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Glee Club Ties For
First in Two Events
I ■ ^
I Mixed Chorus and Girls’ Trio
! W'in State Awards at
I Greensboro Contest
Incendiarism is suspected in con
nection with the recent series cf fires
In Southern Pines, and local police
officers are conducting an Investiga
tion which is expected to lead to an
arrest.
Following the burinlng of the S. B.
Richardson residence on Bennett
street some two weeks ago, at which
time a man was seen in the house
shortly before the fire broke out, the
Lovejoy Log Cabin on the extension
of West Broad street burst suspic
iously into flames last Friday night.
The fire was discovered by a motor
ist passing along the nearbyMldland
Road. He turned In a telephone alarm
from the residence of T. T. W'all, but
by the time the Southern Pines Fire
Department was able to respond and
stretch nearly 2,700 feet of hose from
the nearest hydrant, the structure
was beyond saving.
The old log cabin, popular rendez
vous for many years of residents of
the Sandhills while under the man
agement of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Love
joy. burned rapidly. W'ork of the fire-
blocking and over-running hose lines
men was hampered by numerous cars
in the narrow roadway, one length
of hose bursting and cutting off the
water supply.
Built by J. Daus Davis 15 years
ago. the house was a model of log
cabin construction and type. It was
acquired by Mr. and Mrs. Lovejoy
during the winter of 1927-1928 and
operated by them for five seasons as
a select supper and dance club. It
recently passed into the possession
of J. J. Missett. The building, which
was untenanted and unfurnished, was
insured in the Garland Pierce agency.
The fire originated In the main dining
room, and there appears to be no
cause for its origin othe rthan the
suspected Incendiarism. The Kicliard-
son home was also unoccupied at the
time It burst Into flames. The origin
of one or two other recent fires also
remain a mystery.
JOHN K. W.VI.KER DIES
Just as The Pilot goes to press,
news of the death of John K. Walker,
an old and respected resident of
Southern Pines, has been received. An
obituary will appear in the next is
sue.
j Tn the 17th annual high school
j Music Contest held in W’oman’s Col-
jlege in Greensboro last Wednesday,
(Thursday and Friday, the Southern
Pines High School Glee Club tied with
Greenville, Lincolnton, Kinston, Roa
noke Rapids and Hud.son for first
: place in the mixed chorus event; and
j the girls’ trio tied with Greenville for
first place. Ribbons will be awarded
I the winners in the former event and
j a loving cup will be shared between
j Southern Pines and Greenville in the
latter event.
This is the first contest in which
the Southern Pines club entered in
Class B, which means they competed
with schools having enrollments of
between 200 and 600. In previous
years they competed with Class C.
schools with a student enrollment of
less than 200.
Hug'll Archie McCollum,
Lifelong Resident, Dies
One of Few Here Whose Birth
Dates Back to Pre-Civil
War Days
Hugh Archie McCollum, 79, promi
nent Moore county farmer, died at his
home Tuesday afternoon following an
illness of several weeks with a heart
ailment.
Surviving are his wife, two
daughters, Mrs. Cary L. McLeod of
Vass and Mrs. George M. McDermott
of Cameron; and one son, David Mc-
Callum of Southern Pines.
Funeral services were held on Wed
nesday afternoon at Culdee Presby
terian Church at 4 o’clock, with in
terment following in the church ceme
tery.
; Mr. McCollum was bom March 27,
i 1857 in Moore county, the son of
* David McCallum and Katherine Keith
I McCallum, and was a lifelong resi-
! dent here. He was one of the few sur-
; vlvors of pre-Clvll War days in the
section, a highly respected citizen
I whose passing Is mourned by a host
of frleruis.
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T.\LBOT JOHNSON ON AIR
ON ABERDEEN PROGRAM
J. Talbot Johnson of Aberdeen
broadcast over WBT, Charlott.'i, on
Wednesday night at 8:30 o’clock on
^ the occasion of “Aberdeen Hour"
sponsored by the Pure Oil Company.
Mr. Johnson told of the settling of
I Aberdeen by the Scots, of its advan
tages from a manufacturing stand-
' point, of its importance in the peach,
I tobacco and cotton trade and as a
part of the Sandhills resort section.
I Reckless driving has deprived a
number of residents of the county of
j their licenses during the past week.