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MOORE COUNTY’S
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NEWS-WEEKLY
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of the Sandhill Te-ritory of North Carolina
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NEW CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE HEAD
Elected by Directors To Fill Out
Unexpired Term of Presi
dent DuRant
President
CURTIS SHEFFIELD IFOUR TEAMS IN
MERRILL VICE PRESIDENT
D. D. Shields Cameron was elevat
ed to the presidency of the Southern
Pines Chamber of Commerce at a
meeting of directors held on Tues
day in Jack’s Grill. He succeeds R. S.
duRant, whose departure from the
city necessitated his resignation. |
Elected vice-president to succeed Mr. ,
Cameron was Earl G. Merrill. j
Mr, Cameron automatically sue-
ceeded to the presidency when Mr. j
duRant resigned, but tendered his,
resignation at Tuesday’s meeting, j
opening the way for the directors to j
select whomsoever they desired. They |
voted unanimously for Mr. Cameron
to fill out the unexpired term. The ,
annual election of officers is held ear- j
ly in February each year.
Directors discussed Tuesday ways
and means of interesting traveling
men who cover this section of the
state in making Southern Pines their ^ Pinehurst I’ublicity Woman Dies
&
HELD FOR DEATH OF
BRANTLEY GREENE
Manslauju^hter Charge the Result
of Fatal Auto Accident
Near Samarcand
HUSY DAY FOR RECORDER
NEWLY ORGANIZED
BASEBALL LEAGUE
Southern Pines, Hemp, W’est
End and CCC Revive Sand
hills Institution
1ST GAME HERE JULY 29
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FIVE CENTS
Nine ^ Postoffice
Tendered ’ *>vernment at
Opening of Bids Monday
I). 1). SHIKI.DS C’AMEKON
SLEEP INDUCING
POTION FATAL TO
MARION SHIPLEY
in Bellevue Hospital in
New York at 35
headquarters and heme, and launched ^
a campaign to induce local merchants ,
and business men to approach all vis- ,
Uing salesmen on the subject. It was |
cited that several who had already j
been shown the advantages of South- :
ern Pines especially from the stand- publicity woman for Pinehurst, Incor-
point of its nine months school, had porated throughout last winter sea
HERE ALL LAST SEASON
Miss Marion Shipley, who served as
moved here.
The Chamber voted to urge upon
the State Highway Commission the
need of improving the short-cut road
through the woods from the Midland,
or double, road to the Moore County
Hospital, cutting off nearly two miles
of the distance from Southern Pines
to the institution near Pinehurst.
The possibility of establishing rur
al mail ro\ites out of Southern Pines
■w4-“
no action
informally
taken.
discussed but
son, died in Bellevue Hospital in New
York City on Monday. Death, accord
ing to the hospital report, was due to
a sleep-inducing potion. She was 35
years of age_
According to an Associated Press
despatch, when removed unconscious
from a hotel last Friday Miss Ship
ley was believed to be suffering from
heat prostration. Authorities notified
her brother, Philip Shipley, a Minne-
Curtis Sheffield, white of near West
Rnd, was in Recorder’s Court on
Monday bound to Superior'Court un
der bond of $1,000 on a charge of
manslaughter arising from the death
of Brantley Greene, who w'as fatally
injured on the night of July 5th when
a car which Sheffield was driving
collided with a telephone pole be
tween Samarcand Manor and Samar
cand.
Montie Greene, 16-year-old sister
of the victim, was one of the wit
nesses who gave damaging testimony
against Sheffield. She told that the |
party was on the way from Gene |
Williams’ home to the home of Win- |
fred Kellis with Sheffield driving and :
with herself, Mrs. Kellis and child on |
the seat, Greene on the left running
board and Kellis on the right. Shef
field, she said, was drinking and was
running the car at ,about 65 miles
{K'r hour. All of them had been beg
ging him not to drive so fast, she tes
tified. Brantley Greene, she said, told
him just before the accident not to
drive so fast, that he couldn’t stay
on the fender, and Curtis told him to
"take his d— head out of the win
dow.” Brantley then lay down be
tween the fender and the hood, she
said, and he was in this position when
the accident occurred. His head was
crushed and his legs broken.
Assiiult Cases
Zebern Cassidy and Claud Ritter,
white of Hemp, were charged with
an assault on Aster Brown, white of
the some community with a knife
with intent to kill, and Brown was
Mark D. Reynolds, III
For Past Year, Dies
Retired Building Contractor
Came to Southern Pines
Sixteen Years Ago
Funeral services conducted by the
Rev. J. Fred Stimson were held in the
Powell funeral parlors at 3.30 o'clock
Sunday afternoon for Mark Delmar
Reynolds, who died in his home at
11 West Massachusetts avenue last
Saturday.
Mr. Reynolds, the son of Israel
Reynolds and Susan (Hinkley) Rey
nolds, was born in Demock. Pa., June
30, 1872, and came to Southern Pines
in 1920, for several years following
the business of a building contract
or. He had been in failing health for
the past year.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Nettie May Freeman; two
daughters, Mrs. G. L. Miller of Jer
sey Shore, Pa., and Miss Bernice I.
Reynolds, formerly of Southern Pines
and a recent graduate of Allentown,
Pa., Bible Institute; two brothers, I. L.
Reynolds of Montrose, Pa., and
Homer Reynolds of Johnson City, Pa.>
and six grandchildren.
Following the services, the body,
■accompanied by Mrs. Reynolds and
daughter Bernice, was carried to Jer
sey Shore for interment.
apolis, Minn., newspaper man, and a ! also charged with an assault with a
friend. Mrs. H. W. Tatlock of Maple- i ‘‘^^dly weapon, the cases, which were
wood N J I consolidated for trial, growing out of
Miss Shipley came to Pinehurst last ! » drunken brawl which occurred in
fall to assist A. Linde Fowler in re- ' Carthage and in which Brown was se-
porting activities in the resort town merely slashed. Ritter was found not
during the season. She resided at the j guilty, but possible cause was found
Carolina Hotel, reporting on hotel ar- against the other two and they were
rivals and social activities there as bound to Superior Court. Cassidy’s
well as in other hotels and the cot- j bond was fixed at $500 and Brown’s
tage colony. She ‘‘covered’ the annual ' at $200.
JUDGE SEA WELL 1«AKES
TALK TO KIW.\MS CLUB
Judge Herbert F. Seawell of Car
thage, who retired this month as a
member of the United States Board of
Tax Appeals after long service in
Washington, gave the Kiwanis Club
of Aberdeen an interesting remini
scent talk at its meeting held Wednes
day noon in the Pinehurst Commun
ity Church. He'told of the establish
ment of Moore county, something of
Judge Moore, one of but two North
Carolinians ever to serve on the
United States Supreme Court; talk
ed about the lost village of Parkwood
and its interesting history. Inter
spersed with numerous amusing adec-
dotes, his talk was greatly enjoyed by
the members. He was prct»ented to
the club by W. D,. Matthews of South
ern Pines.
North and South tennis tournament
and the Spring Horse Show for the
Associated Press. She had been en
gaged to return to Pinehurst this fall
for publicity work. Her activities
placed her in contact with a large num
ber of Pinehurst residents who will
learn of her tragic death with the
deepest regret.
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Construction Work in
Sandhills Progressing
Hospital, Baptist Church, Weav
ing Plant and Other Pro
jects Well Along
Building construction in the Sand
hills, active this summer, is going
ahead with rapidity. The brick work
for the basement and ground floor
of the new wing of the Moore cuun-
|y Hospital is complete, all the struc
tural steel on hand and despite a
scarcity of labor this project is mov
ing along pretty close to schedule.
The new building for the weaving
plant for the manufacture of home-
spun material, on Midland Road be
tween Pinehurst and Southern Pines,
is rapidly nearing completion and
should be ready for fall occupancy.
The new Southern Pines Baptist
Church on Ashe street has taken
shape and workmen are now engaged
on the roof. Work on remodeling the
present church for public school pur
poses is not expected to get under
way until fall.
The new rectory of the Emmanuel
Episcopal Church is nearing comple
tion, and Mr. and Mrs. Jackson H.
Boyd have moved into their Connec
ticut avenue house, rebuilt after the
fire which did considerable damage
during the winter.
C. R. Hendrix^ white of near Car
thage, is a good husband when he is
sober, it is said, but according to the
evidence he had been drinking for
about a month, had assaulted his
wife with his hands and fists and his
conduct had been disorderly. His three
months’ sentence was suspended upon
payment of the costs and upon con
dition that he be of good behavior,
particularly toward his wife, and not
violate any law for two years_
Toney Taylor, colored of Carthage,
did some fancy carving on the neck
of Bill Williams with a knife and he
must serve eight months on the roads
as a consequence.
James Ingram, colored of Cam
eron, shot into the home of Russell
Hooker and clipped off a piece of one
leg of his overalls, so he was sent
to the roads for eight months.
Joe Hampton, colored of Carthage,
was found not guilty o£ the larceny
of roasting ears from the field of W.
C. Hall,
For the larceny of a bicycle be
longing to Joe O’Callaghau, William
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A rather belated revival of the
Sandhills Baseball League has been
effected and has already started op
eration as a four-club circuit, accord-,
ing to plans completed last week. The
league is composed of Southern Pines,
West End, Army Camp No. 5, of the
CCC, and the Hemp town team. The
opening game was played last Sat
urday at West End.
A 12-game schedule will be played,
the winner at the end of the season
to be declared the champion, but a
‘'round-robln” type of tournament wi>l
be played at the season’s close as an
added attraction.
Managers and representatives oI
the four clubs met in Southern Pines
on Thursday night of last week, when '
final plans were completed and a
-schedule drawn up. Ralph Wallace of ;
West End was elected acting presi* j
dent. j
The league will be about on a par
with the old Moore County League'
and it is hoped that the games will
attract the interest and patronage,
that marked the success of the league i
of two or three years ago. |
The schedule of games for the re
mainder of the season is as follows ‘ j
I^igiie Schedule
Saturday, July 18: Army No. 5 at I
Hemp. I
Wednesd.ay. July 22: Southern Pines
at Hemp. |
Saturday, July 25: Army No. 5 at-
West End. i
Wednesday, July 29; Army No. 5
at Southern Pines. j
Saturday, August 1: West End at
Hemp.
Satiirday, August 8: Southern iPnes
at West End.
Sunday, August 9: Hemp at Army
No. 5.
Wednesday, August 12: West End
at Army No. 5; Hemp at Southern
Pines.
Saturday, August 15: Hemp at
West End. ,
Sunday, August 16: Southern Pines
at Army No. 5.
Wednesday, August 19: West End
at Southern Pines; Hemp at Army
No. 5.
Saturday, August 22: Army No. 5
at West End; Southern Pines at
Hemp.
Wednesday, August 26: West End
at Hemp; Army No. 5 at Southern
Pines.
Saturday, August 29: Southern
Pines at West End; Army No. 5 at
Hemp.
Wednesday, September 2: West End
at Army No. 5; Hemp at Southern
! Pines.
Capps Retires
Traffic Expert Ends Long
Years of Service With Sea
board Air Line R. R.
Charles R. Capps ,long vice
president in charge of traffic of tbe
Seaboard Air Line Railway, retir
ed from active service with the
road yesterday. He has long been
regarded by railroad men as one
of the outstanding traffic experts
in the southeastern territory.
Mi;. Capps is well known in
Southern Pines. He has been one
of the active members of the Sea
board Golf Associations which has
met here annually for the past
eight years.
Lowest Offer Received is $8
.'SOO for Scott Property at
West Broad and N. Y. Ave.
HOTEL SITE IN AT $9,000
ABERDEEN INVITES
PUBLIC TO ENJOY
IMPROVED LAKE
Launches Program of Beautifi
cation in Desire to Popular
ize Recreation Center
DOGS ARE RULED OUT
Work of improvements to the beach
at the Aberdeen Lake is under way
under a program of making the lake
a recreational center for the entire
Sandhills section. The program in
cludes considerable planting of trees
for shade, fences covered with vines,
adequate parking space for cars and
a sandy .shore for the youngsters.
Sand is being hauled to the lake front
this week.
Officials of the Aberdeen Chamber
of Commerce said this week that they
wanted to make the lake availabfe
and attractive to all residents of the
section, and asked The Pilot to ex
tend a general invitation to the pub
lic to use the lake and beach for
.swimming and recreational purposes.
They stressed two rules, however,
which they ask the people to observe.
One is iA accordance with a recently
enacted town ordinance forbidding the
bringing of dogs to the lake. The
other calls for parking of cars in
the designated parking spares, not
between the road and the lake Pass
ing of cars nearer the lake than the
parking spaces endanger the lives of
children playing on the beach,
PEACH PRICES HIGH .AS
M.\UKETING SE.ASON OPENS
KIBLK St’HOOL CHILDREN
GIVE EXHIBITION TONIGHT
The closing exercises and exhibi
tion of activities at the Daily Vaca
tion Bible School will be held tonight,
Friday, at 7:30 o’clock in the assem
bly hall of the Church of Wide Fel
lowship. The children have prepared
an excellent program under the guid
ance of their teachers and it is hoj>ed
that parents and friends will attend
the exhibition.
I The peach marketing season is on,
I with Hiley Belles and Georgia Belles
' on the move at good prices, Hileys
{ sold this week as high as $2.75 a
i bushel at the packhouse, and Geor
gia Belles were bringing up to $2.65.
Fruit is plentiful and in excellent
condition.
YOUNG DEMOCRATS MEET
A number fr<Mn Moore county are
attending the convention of Young
Democrats of North Carolina at
Greensboro today and tomorrow.
NOW IT’S POSTM.\STER CURRIE
Fuller Currie entered upon his
duties as postmaster at Pinehurst on
July 1st, succeeding Frank Dudgeon,
whose term of office expired.
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Nine pieces of property in down
town Southern Pines were submitted
to the government for a site for the
new postoffice here at the opening
of bids called for by the Postoffice
Department at 9:00 o’clock Monday
morning.
Two additional bids were received
after 9:00 o’clock and were not opened
but held pending the arrival of a
representative of the department.
One other bid was withdrawn prior
to the opening and may be submitted
later.
The majority of the sites tendered
are in the vicinity of the present post-
office.
.The low bid was $8,500, for the
Clara A. Scott property at the south
west corner of W’est Broad street and
New York avenue, with the owner re
serving thtt right to remove the house
thereon. This same property, with the
house, was offered in another bid for
$9,000, the same price at w'hich the
Harrington property, site of the burn
ed Southern Pines Hotel, was tender
ed the government.
Bids Opent'd Publicly
Other bids, with the property lo
cations and owners or agents, are
listed below, numbered in the order
in which they were opened at the
public meeting held in the postoffice.
Present at this meeting were Post
master Frank Buchan W D. Mat-
thews, Shields Cameron. Frank
Welch, Carl G. Thompson, Lloyd
Clark, J. M. Windham, H. J. Better-
ly, A. M. Swinnerton, J. J. Harring
ton, E. V. Perkinson, Dr. Greer Stutz,
Nelson C. Hyde, L, V. O'Callaghan,
Mrs. Jerry Thompson and Miss
Blanche Shannon, who acted as offi
cial stenographer of the proceedings.
In a map printed on this page The
Pilot shows the location of the var
ious sites numbered in accordance
with the recorded bids. It also shows
the location of two sites, A. and B.,
offered the government in bids re
ceived after the 9:00 o’clock hour
Monday, and C, which may or may
not be offered. The prices* at which
these tracts have been, or will be, put
in will not be officially known until
the bids are opened by the represen
tative of the Pcstoffice department,
expected here in the near future.
The government will examine all
sites offered and it will probably be
several weeks before any announce
ment of its selection for Southern
Pines’ new federal building will be
made. Price is only one of stveral
considerations in the selection. Loca
tion and public sentiment are other
features.
The complete list of bids opened on
Monday follows:
1. By J. Chambers Goshorn, exe
cutor under will of Jesse C. Hayden,
and A. M. Swinnerton, jointly.
Hayden property, 73 feet on East
Broad street, with 146 feet depth, a
total of 10,658 .square feet.
Swinnerton property, 146 feet
frontage on Connecticut avenue, with
75 feet depth, at corner of Connecti
cut avenue and East Broad street, a
total of 10,950 square feet, making a
grand total of 21,608 square feet for
the combined plot.—$14,500.00
2. By Adeline M. Harrington, Lit
tleton, N. H.: The north corner of
New York avenue and West Broad
street, 180 feet on New York avenue
and 120 feet on West Broad street, a
total of 21,600 square feet.—19,-
000.00.
3. By Shields Cameron, agent for
A. B. Collins cf Stamford, Conn., and
P. Frank Buchan, Southern Pines:
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An L-shaped plot on the north side
of Pennsylvania avenue between West
Broad and Bennett streets, with 169
feet on Peni^ylvania avenue, 107 feet
of which has a depth of 110 feet and
62 feet a depth of 92 feet, for a total
of 23,500 square feet.—$9,521.00.
4. By Shields Cameron, agent for
Messrs. Collins and Buchan and the
Church of Wide Fellowship: Rectan
gular-shaped lot on north side of
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