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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 16, NO. 42
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MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Territory Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North (’arolina. Friday, August 7, 1936
FIVE CENTS
COMMISSIONERS
SET TENTATIVE
BUDGET, 1936-37
rtates SliRhtly Increased To
Take Care of Added Nec
essary Expenditures
TAX SALE IN SEI*TEMBER
After a lengthy discussion and a
thorough consideration of the coun
ty’s various requirements, the coun
ty commissioners on Monday at their
regular meeting ordered the 'publica
tion of a tentative budget of 79 cents
for the year 1936-3T. This is an in
crease of six cents over the present
tax rate.
On account of the tremendous de
mand for aid for the poor and needy
of the county and the necessary in
crease in the appropriation for the
schools, it was found by the commis
sioners that this rate was as small as
it was possible to make it even with
the lowering of the administrative
costs which was decided upon.
Some enlargements to school build-
ings must be made and termites have
gotten in their destructive work in
at least one school building in the
county making it imperr.i^ve that a
sizeable sum be spent in reflooring
the damaged part.
W. T. Huntley, tax collector, was
authorized to advertise all unpaid
taxes for the year 1935 to be sold on
the first Monday in September.
Other Business Transacted
The Board authorized a committee
composed of W. H. Currie, John Muse
and S. R. Hoyle to arrange with U.
L. Spence to present Moore County's
claims to the State Highway Commis-
aion for a refund of highway equip
ment and road improvement money
or bonds advanced by the county.
Rev. L. M. Hall presented to the
Board a deed from Mrs. Anna O.
McGlachlin of a tract of lots in Pine-
bluff for use by scouts, 4-H clubs, and
-work of that type for Moore coun
ty. The deed was accepted as pre
sented and the following scout mas
ters. the Rev. E. L. Barber, W. E.
Hardison and the Rev. L. M. Hall, and
their successors in office as scout
\ masters were appointed trustees with
full authority to adopt reasonable
rules and regulations for the han
dling and conduct of said property.
Reports of Miss Flora McDcn>ild,
"home demonstration agent, and Mrs.
Lessie Brown, welfare worker, were
heard and approved.
The clerk was instructed to request
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Chas. R.CappSy 65, S. A.L. Official
Retired^ Passes Away in Virginia
President’s Menu?
Roosevelt Recipient of Bushel
SandhiHs Finest Peaches
from State Representative
It wouldn’t be hard to guess
what President Roosevelt has been
having for breakfast these last
few mornings—or luncheon or
dinner, either I For, he was the re
cipient this week of a bushel of the
Sandhills finest peaches — from
none other than Moore County’s
next Representative at the State
Legislature, Hawley Poole, who is
also one of the largest peach grow
ers anywhere In this section.
The peaches were expertly se
lected, wrapped in cellophane and
made a noteworthy package from
the Peach Paradise to our nation’s
leader.
TOWN’S OLDEST
CITIZEN, AGE 83,
PASSES TUESDAY
Richard Salter Marks, with Fam
ily Settled in Southern Pines
in the Early Eighties
FUNERAL YESTERDAY
Aberdeen Announces
School Openingr Dates
Several New Teachers For Fac
ulty for Next Teqn; Open
ing September 7th
Aberdeen schools will open for the
1936 Fall term on Monday September
7th, according to a report this week
from R. C. Zimmerman, principal.
The first day will be run on regular
schedule for the full day and cMdren
are asked to be prepared for a full
day’s work.
. A list of'the teachers is as followa;
Mrs. Ralph M. Caldwell, Sr., Aber
deen, first grade; Miss Laivora Sally,
Pinehurst, second grade; Miss Re
becca Cook, Boston, Ga., third grade;
Miss Estelle Johnson, Cumnock,
fourth grade; Miss Mary Ellen Yel-
verton, Farmville, fifth grade; Miss
Nettie Allen Latta, S. C., sixth grade,
Mrs. Kate Charles, Aberdeen, sixth
•grade and Miss Vanessa McLean,
Aberdeen, seventh grade. In the High
School are J. C. Robbins, Jamestown.
English and nthletic directors; Miss
'Cllffe Williams, Henderson, Mathe-
matif^^ pnd French: Miss Anae Cop-
pedge, Spring Hope, Science; and R.
C. Zlmmer.Tian, principal.
In the grammar grades Miss
.Johnson will have charge of Music
appreciation; Miss Yelverton of art
in addition to their regiilar grade
work. Both have had experience in
teaching public school music.
Whatever changes that may have
been made by the State Department
Surveyor of truck routes has not yet
"been announced. It l3 hoppi that
little or no clianges is contemplated
»s the trucks are running on mini
mum mileage.
Funeral services conducted by the
Rev. L. H. Hall, of Aberdeen, and
assisted by the Rev. J. Fred Stim-
son were held at his late residence, 7
West Vermont avenue, at 11:00
o’clock yesterday morning for Rich
ard Salter Marks, aged 83 years, who
died at noon Tuesday. With his death
passed the oldest settler and citizen
of Southern Pines, a man noted for
his honesty, attention to business, and
unassuming irlendliness. Descended
from a long line of Colonial ances
tors long settled in Bladen couxity, ne
was born on his father's plantation in
Chatham county on the north side of
the Cape Fear river just above the
confluence of the Deep and Haw riv
ers, on November 30, 1843, the son of
Richard Salter Marks and Eliza Jane
Brown Marks.
I Mr. Marks with his wife and in
fant son came to Shaw’s Ridge, as
the site of Southern Pines was then
known, in the winter of 1881-2,. and
became a foreman for the firm of
Buchan and Bland who were then en-
•gaged in lumbering off the forest of
long leaf pines on a tract extending
from the Seaboard tracks to the old
Peedee road. With the advent of John
T. Patrick and the beginnings of the
village, he was the owner of a plot
extending from the present Rhode Is
land avenue down West Broad street
as far as Hayes’ store, and westward
to Bennett street and beyond. He
was then living In a small house,
now a part of the C. T. Patch resi
dence, but soon began farming on
an extensive acreage now comprised
in the Mid Pines club and Judge
Way’s property.
As Southern Pines began to grow
he operated one of the first general
stores In a small structure located on
Bennett street but his real vocation
•was farming and fruit culture, and
the raspberries and strawberries
raised In his gardens were always
eagerly sought, as were the products
of his farm at the head of the Rock-
fish.
{ He is survived by his widow and
one daughter, Miss Genevlve, a grad
uate of Salem College and a son by
his first wife, Durward Marks, who
for a number of years has been a
resident of Trenton, N. J.; one sister
Mrs. Ora Utley, of Corinth; a broth
er, A. H. Marks, and a half brother,
C. C. Harrington.
Following the services at the home
members of the family and many
friends attended the last ceremonies
at the grave at Mount Hope Ceme
tery,
Mrs. Frank Darling of Los Angeles,
California, is visiting Mr. and Mrs
Thos. B. Smith on Illinois Ave.
Veteran Railroad Man Well-
Known in Sandhills; Member
' S. A. L. Golf As«’n. for Years
FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon at St. Andrews
Hpiscoi>al Church, Norfolk, Va., for
Charles R. Capps who died at his
home in Norfolk last Friday, July
31st. The Rev. E. Ruffin Jones offi
ciated at the services.
Mr. Capps was born in Princess
Anne county, March 4th, 1871, the
son * of Leonard O. and Mary D.
James Capps. Educated at Roanoke
('ollege he entered the service of the
Seaboard and Roanoke railroad, then
the Seaboard Air Line as messenger
and in the space of seven years rose
to the position of general freight
agent.
Ill health led to his retirement on
July 16th as chief traffic officer of
the Seaboard Air Line railroad, a
position next to the receivers. He had
.served this line for 48 years, his en
tire railroad career rising from the
position of messenger to first vice-
president.
Mr. Capps in his official capacity,
and as an officer of the Seaboard
Golf Association made many friends
in the Sandhills territory and the
news of his passing was received with
much regret.
He is surviveii. by one sister. Miss
Fannie M. Capps of Portsmouth, Va.,
two half sisters. Mrs. Victor Boat
wright, Portsmouth and Miss Adele
Walker, Montclair, N. J.; and three
half brothers, Harry S. Walker,
Omaha. Neb., James L. Walker, Nora-
folk, Va., and Robert S. Walker, At
lanta, Ga.
Veterans Future Wars
Hold Initial Meieting
ADMINISTRATIVE j Peach Season Nears End at
UNITFORSCHOOLS I
IN PINEHURST*
Close to Million Dollar Crop
P^ntire'Schobl District to be Run
Separately from State Depart
ment. Morton Superintendent
TEACHERS NAMED
Sandhills Post Meeting Opened
by Cadwallader Benedict.
Rev. Stim«on Speaks
The first meeting of the Veterans
of Future Wars, Sandhills Post, was
held at the home of Stuart Cameron
last Tuesday night at which time sev
eral new members were signed up.
The meeting opened with Cadwal
lader Benedict of Pinebluff giving a
short talk explaining the aims and
objectives of the organization to the
members, after which there was open
discussion and questioning by those
present in doubt as to various points.
These were duly explained and an
swered by Mr. Benedict. Copies of the
Manifesto were distributed and com
mented upon with the observation
made that It was written before the
bonus was paid. Mr. Benedict again
pointed out that the present objec-,
tives of the organization is the get
ting of a more and reasonable pen
sion from the government 'or the
widows and orphans of the last war.
The speaker of the evening was
the Rev. J. Fred Stlmson who gave
a talk on the horrors and unreason
ableness of war and the fact that the
next war will undoubtedly go a long
way towards wiping out civilization.
Mr. Stlmson said he was greatly in
favor of any movement to promote
peace without pacificism, and that we
had In our hands a great opportunity
for sane and clear thinking for the
good of the world.
The meeting shortly afterwards
adjourned to be held two weeks from
Tuesday, August 18. There was a gen
eral spirit of enthusiasm among the
members for the new organization
and the hope expressed that It may
continue its growth and purpose.
Along with an increasing number
of other schools in the State, the
Pinehurst Public Schools have been
set up as an Administrative Unit by
the State School Commission, ac
cording to W. P. Morton, principal
of the Pinehurst Schools for a num
ber of years. Mr. Morton has been
elected Superintendent of the new
unit and he will have direct .supei-vis-
lon of the Pinehurst White Schools,
the Academy Heights Colored School
and the Eastwood Colored School. All
three of these schools are in the
Pinehurst District.
The opening date for the Fall term
has been set for Monday, September
7th with practically the same facul
ty as last year. The increased aver
age attendance gives the Pinehurst
white school an additional teacher.
Lacy Adcox of Pinebluff, a Davidson
graduate of two years experience,
has been elected to fill the vacancy
made by the resignation of A. C,
Hall, who has accepted a position in
the Lexington. Ky., high school. The
services of Miss Elmer May of Boone
have been acquired for the Opportun
ity department. She comes highly rec
ommended.
The complete teacher list follows:
Miss Sara Cobb, first grade; Miss
Evelyn Glllam, first and second
grades; Miss Lillian Moore, second
grade; Miss Velma Smith, third
grade; Miss Elmer May, Opportunity
room. Miss Vesta Young, fourth
grade; Mi.ss Eunice Gibson, fifth
grade; Miss Edla Best, sixth grade.
Departmental work will be done in
the seventh grade by the seventh
grade teacher and the high school
teachers. In the high school are Lacy
Adcox. Mathematics and Science; W.
L. Cunningham, English and History;
Miss Virginia Simkins, English.
French and Latin; Miss Callle Jones,
English and Science; Mrs. Robert
Shaw, Jr., Home Economics and Li-
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LEg-ion to Meet at
Hut Next Tuesday
Ras'sie Wicker, New Command
er, to be Installed; Other
, Business Transitions
“Thanks!”
Men Hold l^p Guard at Local
Orchard at Point of Gun and
Make Way with Peaches
There have been hold-ups and
hold-ups- -since Adam sneaked in
the Garden of Eden—'but to our
knowledge it's the first time In
history that a peach orchard has
been the target of a regular first-
class hold-up. But, that’s exactly
what happened Monday afternoon
at the Chapin Orchard, located
not far from Pinehurst on the
Aberdeen-Pinehurst highway. The
managers of the large orchard had
a guard installed in the orchard
to prevent pettj’ stealing, but alas,
this sad Monday he didn’t have his
gun handy and was completely
or almost—knocked off his feet
when along came two men in a
truck, one white, one colored.
While the white man held a large
doubled gun in the guard’s face,
the darky stripped two trees of
the finest quality Elbertas and
loaded them in the truck.
After a very polite “tli^nk3”
they hurriefJly drovf «w»y and
that’s the last that’s been heard of
them.
Yield Estimated at SO'! of I.<ast
Y'ear’s P'igure; Excellent Qual
ity and High Prices Prevail
GROWERS WELL PLEASED
ABERDEEN NEGRO
BOY CONFESSES TO
BRUTAL MURDER
Parents of Frank Briggs, 14,
Now Serving Sentences in
Prison for Luckv’s Death
BOY IN JAIL
JIM PLEAS.ANTS HERE TUESD.W
Friends of James Pleasants, nia-
miliarly known as “Jim,” were de
lighted to see him In town the first
of this week, accompanied by Mrs.
Pleasants. Mr. Pleasants was serious
ly injured in an automobile accident
In April and, after liis dismissal from
the Moore County Hospital, has been
recuperating at the home of his aunt,
Mrs. Frank Blue of Burlington. He
expects to return to his duties in the
Resettlement Admlnlstratk>n at Hoff
man In the near future.
The Sandhills Bost No. 134 of the
American Legion will hold its meet
ing In the new clubhouse next Thurs
day evening, August 13 at eight
o’clock. The new Commander, Rassie
E. Wicker of Pinehurst and other of
ficers elected will be installed at that
time. All veterans are cordially invit
ed to attend.
All members of the post and the
Auxiliary were pleased at the news
that an officer from both organiza
tions was elected to head the 12th
District, during the State Convention
at Asheville last week. U. S. Marshall
John Stephenson of Southern Pines
was elected District Commander and
Mrs. F. M. Dwight of Lakevlew, pres
ident of the Legion Auxiliary. Both
Mrs. Dwight and Stephenson are ac
tive and very popular members of
the local posts and their election was
regarded favorably by all members.
The 12th District includes the
towns of Southern Pines, Carthage,
Wadesboro, Asheboro, Hamlet, Mt.
Gilead, Troy and Hemp. The Sand
hill Post, with the Hut at Southern
Pines, covers the nearby Towns of
Aberdeen, Pinehurst, West End,
Lakevlew, Pinebluff, Ashley Heights,
Vass and several smaller places.
Other than the Installation of of
ficers, reports will be heard from
Convention delegates and various pro
jects of the Legion will be discussed.
The Junior Baseball committee ex
pects the various teams to resume
the ball games, as the peax;h season
is at an end and the boys will be
through with their work.
It is also the plan of the local post
to organize in the near future, the
Sons of the Legion Post in this sec
tion.
Frank Briggs, fourteen year old
colored boy of Aljerdeen, this week
confessed to the kerosene murder of
Robert Lucky, colored, on the night
of last November 13th, according to
Policeman J. F. Deaton to whom the
confession was made l£ist Sunday,
and, for which Ed and MamTe orlggs
are now confined In the State peni-
tentary.
Last January when the case came
up in Superior Court in Carthage, a
jury rendered a verdict of guilty of
second degree murder against Ed
Briggs and Mamie Briggs, parents
of the child. It was one of the most
sensational murder cases tried in the
county in recent years. Briggs was
sentenced to serve from 15 to 25
years in State Prison at hard labor
for the burning to death of Robert
Lucky. Mamie Briggs plead guilty of
the felony of accessory after the fact
of murder, which plea was accepted
by the State and she was sentenced
to serve from three to five years In
State’s Prison.
Lucky, who Is said to have been
drinking, was fatally burned in the
yard of the Briggs home in Aberdeen
last November, and when officers
reached the ,:'’one there was the odor
of kerosene on (»'s clothing and on the
ground where the burning took place.
Officers Dees f(5und an oil can in the
closet of the bedroom of Ed and Ma
mie Briggs, with oil on the can and
on the floor. Lucky succumbed in a
hospital a short while later.
As it now appears, the boy has
been worrying about the murder for
some time and this week, on his own
accord, made a complete confession.
He has already served three times in
a training school for delinquent and
wayward boys. Officers took him to
Carthage, where he is now placed in
jail, pending convening of the next
term of court.
Sheriff Charlie McDonald stated
yesterday that he did not know what
action the State would take in re
leasing the Briggs couple from
State’s Prison. It will be entirely in
the hands of the jrdge, before whom
the boy will appear.
Following is the boy's confession In
full:
"George Ross and Nubby Thomas
came to my father’s house (Ed
Briggs > about nine or nine-thirty
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Another peach sea3on in the Sand
hills has come and gone, and with
only one break in the market price
and this drop immediately followed
by rapidly ascending quotations and
increasing demand, the peach grow
ers of the 5>andhills belt of North
Carolina now see the end of a most
profitable season approaching.
For the past month, the peach has
been living in all the excitcment of
its day. Everything centered around
the harvest of the handsome fruit.
Pnmiinent peach men from various
points of the country, railroads,
packhouses, a horde of experienced
j>eople, on down the line to the quiet
mule teams, all had a share In the
busy activities that have been sur-
I'oundlng the peach.
’ The appeal of fine quality, extra
size and beautiful appearance of the
local product this year, brought a
well merited reward for the excellent
standard enforced by universal con
sent. Average prices ran fifty per
cent over the 193!^ market, and for
some orchardists who were fortunate
enough to escape shipping during the
drop in price, seventy per cent.
I Growers e.stlmate that there wag
I about kS per cent of last year’s croj).
Approximately lOOO earn have been
I shipped over the rails of the Norfolk
I and Southern, the Seaboard Air Line
j and A. & R. railways. It is Impossi-
I ble to state the number of truck
j loads, but the figures would be well
1 over those shipped by rail.
. Albert Burker, member of the firm
of Burker and Company, well-known
commi.ssion merchants with offices in
Pinehurst. stated this week that he
was very pleased with this year’s re
sults. “It’s the finest we’ve had in
a number of year» and has been a
good money crop,” he said. Accord*
ing to his figures, he estimated the
! total crop would run around $750,000.
j Other peach men were of the opinion
I that' it was nearer $1,000,000.
Average prices received for car lot
I shipments, F. O. B. were Early Rose
and Red Birds, $2.50; Carmens, $1.25;
Hileys, $1.75 to $2.50; Belles, $1.50;
and Elbertas, $1..50 to $2.00. While
these are average prices, many grow
ers were able to catch the market
i at a very handsome advance over the
i above figures.
S. p. Schools to Have
New Athletic Coach
J. s. Baumgarner of Hickory
Replaces Phillip J. Weaver,
Resigned
Faced with an unexpected resigna
tion from the faculty of the South
ern Pines School, Superintendent
Frank Webster was called from his
studies at Columbia University, New
! York and arrived in town early last
week for the purpose of filling the
vacancy left open by the resignation
of Phllllp J. Weaver, who has accept
ed a very flattering offlr from the
University of North Carolina. Mr.
W'eaver, for the past two years an in
structor in history and supervisor of
boys’ athletics, was a valued mem
ber of the teaching staff of the school,
and his resignation was received with
regret coupled with a fine consider
ation for promotion which will also
enable him to obtain his Master's De
gree.
Mr. Webster, confronted by the
near approach of the opening of the
schools for the Fall term, was for
tunately able to secure the services
of J. S. Baumgarner of Hickory. Mr.
Baumgarner Is a graduate of Lenoir-
Rhyne College and a three-letter man
In sports. Including baseball, football
and basketball. He comes highly rec
ommended.
GEORGIA M.\RKETS OPENED
The first 1936 tobacco auctions in
the nation began on Monday in
South Georgia and growers reported
prices good^ Opening prices ranged
from five cents a pound for trash
grades to more than 50 cents a pound
for choice tobacco.