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NEWS-WEEKLY
MOORE COUNTY
HOSPITAL GIVES
REPORT FOR 1935
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, August U.
of the Sandhill Tr%^*^^ry of North Carolina
Miss Marjorie Skinner Bride of
Dr. Overcash at Elizabeth City
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1936.
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CARTHAGELAWYER$178,000 ’1^ ,3onds
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FIVE CENTS
New Winj? on Way to Comple*
tion; Expected to Be Ready
by End of November
HOSPITAL OPENED IN 1929
The report of the Moore County
Hospital of Pinehurst for the year
2935 has just been released and there
are facts contained in it that are in
teresting to the public generally. The
report wa.s delayed this year in order
that the booklet could present not
only a summary of the work during
193.5, but also an announcement that
the much-needed new wing had be
come a reality.
Several months ago the hospital re
ceived $25,629.00 as a grant from the
PWA funds to build a new wing, pro
vided that the balance needed could
be subscribed to from other sources.
The balance, $43,534.00, has been sub
scribed, but the minimum sum of $7,-
500.00 is still required for furnish
ings and equipment.
The new wing is well on its way to
being completed and it is now thought
that it win be ready for use by the
end of November.
The report brought out the fact
that in 1935 the number of In-patients
was greater than in any previous year
since the hospital was opened in 1929.
There were 1133 In-patients in 1935
I Popular Member of Southern
Pines Faculty and Head of
Sanatorium Wed Saturday
A wedding of interest took place
Saturday evening in Elizabeth City,
when Miss Marjorie Skinner and Dr.
William Earl Overcash of Southern
Pines were united in marriage. The
ceremony w’as perfoimed in the
Blackwell Memorial Baptist church
by Dr. J. Haymond Nelson, pastor of
the Druid Hill Baptist Church of Bal
timore, Md. He was assisted by the
Rev. E. H. Potts pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Elizabeth City.
A background of palms and ferns
was banked around the altar and
choir loft. Slender white cathedral |
tapers burned in pyramid candelabrae |
and around the circular chancel rail. ■
White hydrangeas, gladioloi, and Eas-'
ter lilies centered the setting. The
pews for members of the two famil
ies and intimate friends were marked
with tall slender candelabrae, with
large bows of tulle and lilies.
A program of wedding music was
presented by Mrs. Phil G. Sawyer.
The .selections included: "Marche Ro-
mainc” by Gounod. "Barcorolle” by
Tschaikowsky. "The King’s March"
by Gambrell and “Prelude No.4’’ by
Rosencrans, L. E. Skinner, Jr., bro
ther of the bride, was soloist. His
first selection was "At Dawning" by
Cadman, following which "Liebestra-
nm" by Liszt was played as a violin
Purchase Yacht
Three Aberdeen Men Buy
Cabin Cruiser; Owned by
Late C. C, Coddinston
Business MUST be picking up,
especially in Aberdeen, if buying
yachts is any sign of increasing
prosperity. Three prominent busi
ness men there, G. C. Seymour,
George Martin and A. L. Burney,
are the proud possessors of a 48
ft. craft, which they purchased
last week. It was formerly owned
by the late C. C. Coddington of
Charlotte, distributor of Buick au
tomobiles in the two Carolinas.
The cabin cruiser was sent from
New Bern to Fulcher’s Landing
near Sneed’s Ferry and is being
christened by one of the owners,
George Martin, and a party this
week. It is completely equipped
with nine bunks, kitchenette, baths
anti a canvass covered deck.
This is the second of Aberdeen
boats anchored at Sneed’s Fer
ry. Henry A. Page, Jr. has had
a house-boat there for several
years and many from the Sandhills
have frequently been guests on
fishing parties there.
Perhaps, W'e should get out
of this newspaper business and
get into some other field—^such
as hardwaring, automobiling, or
bottling (Coca Cola, you know.)
SPEAKER, KIWANIS
MEET WEDNESDAY
' Mr. Sabiston Discus.ses Constitu
tional Amendments import
ant in Fall Election
INTRODUCED BY BURNS
Retired By Southern
Pines Since 1928
Convention Speaker
as compared with 1061 in 1934. Of solo by Kobert Fearing of Duke Un-
the.se there were 216 medical pa- iversity. K:. Skinner r'^ndered a sec-
tients, 204 obstetrical, 582 surgical; ond selection ‘Because’’ by D’Hard- I
and 331 other cases. Major operations elot. During the ceremony Mrs Saw-
totaled 283 and minor, 299. Babies yer played "Indian Love Call”. The '
born there during the year totaled oridal chorus from "Lohengrin" by
SO. ' Wagner was used as a processional:
The number of Out-patients was for the wedding party and Mendel- !
smaller than in any previous year, ^ ssohn's Wedding March as the recess-
there being 952 in 1935 as against ional.
1122 in 1934. It is felt by the dircc- The bride was attended by her sis-
tors that the steady decrease, since ter, Mrs. C. Raymond Evans of Eliz-
1932, in the number of Out-patients abeth City, as matron of honor. Mrs.
treated is an indication that the Hos- W. F. Jackson of Charlotte and Mrs
pital is functioning in its proper ' W. B. Welch of Canton, sisters of the
sphere. An institution such as this bride. Mrs. L. E. Skinner Jr., sister- j
should not interfere with, or intrude in-law of the bride. Miss Martha Pat I
upon, the work of private physicians. ; Archbell, Miss Mary Owens, and Miss
It should supplement the efforts of Sara Falkner of Goldsboro were the i dreams come true, and
physician.s, under their supervision bride’s other attendants. Little Char- realization of Pastor
and largely at their request. j les Raymond Evans, Jr.. nephew of becomes an accomplished
The New Wing | the bride, served as the ring bearer. i morning service the
FIRST SERVICE
IN NEW BAPTIST
CHUR^SUNDAY-
Basement Will lie Used Pending
the Completion of New
Edifice
BEAUTIFUL LOCATION
Twenty-six additional beds will be Little Wilbur Bryon Welch, Jr., of
Canton and Polly Lou Jackson of
Charlotte, nephew and niece of the
bride, acted as the miniature bride
and groom.
The bridegroom had as his best
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provided in the new wing, making a
total hospital capacity of sixty beds.
Two of the new beds will be in spec
ial rooms, where patients who devel
op contagious diseases after admis
sion may be safely and properly iso
lated. There will be twelve other pri
vate rooms, and three wards of four
beds each, with usual nurses’ stations
and diet kitchens.
Besides increasing thus the capac
ity of the hospital, the wing will pro- | W’eddin^
vide other facilities which are bad
ly needed. There w'ill be an office and
two examination rooms, for the use J —-
of any doctor on the staff. A record j Mrs George Francis Dodge of Sou-
congregation of the Baptist Church
of Southern Pines takes possession of
its new edifice on the south-east
corner of New York avenue and Ashe
street.
Erected
Marriage Announced
of Miss Glennes Dodge
to Cameron St. C.
Weeks of Tarboro Took
Place Last December
W'. D. Sabiston. Carthage attorney,
i in an address before the Kiwanis at
' Jack's Grill Wednesday discussed the
• five constitutional amendments which
I will come before the voters at the
next general election in November.
The first amendment calling the
cla.ssification of all taxable property,
including intangable property at the
same rate as real estate was the
principal rea.son more stocks, mort
gages, bonds and bank accounts were
never listed. If the amendment was
passed the tax authorities would be
able to set a rate in which intanga
ble property would not carry the
^ blunt of the tax burden, Mr. Sabiston
explained. As it is now, for example,
' only 8 percent of the bank accounts
arc listed. The tendency would be to
list more of this type personal prop
erty if the owners could be as.sured of
a low rate.
The second amendment is the debt
limitation. Under the amendment the
state, the counties and municipalities
could not issue bonds in excess of.
two-thirds of the amount retired dur
ing the past year. Mr. Sabiston point
ed out that this would w'ork a great
hardship on the counties and local
units due to the fact .some years no
I bonds come due. In the case of an
' emergency it would be impossible for
this particular county or municipality
j to issue any bonds. It would also be
impossible for a county or municipal-
r.i't having any bonded debt to
issue bonds at all.
The third amendment Is to limit
the income tax on incomes to 10 per- I
cent. The speaker pointed out if this
i amendment was passed it wovdd no
; doubt drive many new residents from
; the state, especially in this section of
• the Sandhills where numbers of vis-
^ itors are holding off in making North
Carolina their legal resident due to
I high income taxes.
The fourth amendment is to in
crease the members of the supreme
I coui t from five to seven. Mr. Sabis-
j ton .said this was the most important
I of any of tne amendments, explaining
* during the past year the .supreme
court of North Carolina handed down
86 decisions. It is impossible with the
few number of .iudges to render de-
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IIOW.VKI)
BIUNS
Not Necessary to Borrow Funds
This Summer Establishing
Record of Fifteen Years
SOI ND FINANCIALLY
Establishing a record which the
town has been unable to equal any
time during the past fifteen years, it
will not be necessary for the Town to
float a loan this summer to cover ex-
pen.ses and retirement of bonds dur
ing the summer months. It has been
necessary for the town, every summer
during the past fifteen years, to bor
row from five to twenty thousand
dollars to cover unpaid taxes carried
over during the summer months. In
addition to not having to borrow
funds, the town paid out in bonds and
interest during the past month of
June the sum of $7,350.00 to cover
bonds and interest due July 1st. On
the 15th of July the town forwarded
funds to the Chase National Bank,
New York, in the amount of $9,850.00
covering bonds and interest coming
due August 1st. On August 8th funds
in the amount of $11,900.00 were for
warded to the Chcr»iical Bank and
Trust Co.. of New York to cover
bonds and interest due September l3t.
The 10th annual convention of the'
U. S. No. 1 Highway Association, Inc.,
will be held in Fredericksburg, Va.,
ne.xt Thursday, August 20th at the
Princess Anne Hotel. An invitation is . - —
extended to those interested in the O" the .same day another check was
promotion of tourist traffic from j the Federal Emergency
Maine to Florida. Among the speak-1 Administration of Public Works in the
ers at the meeting will be Howard F. | amount of $800.00 covering the semi-
Burns of Southern Pines. j payment of interest due Sep-
A banquet to he V.eld on Thursday ! Member 1st at the Federal Reserve
■ - complimentary to | Richmond. Out of the total
' amount of $29,900.00 paid out for
bonds and interest between June 15,
1936 and August 8, 1936, $17,000.00
of this amount is in the retirement of
bonds while the remainder of $12,-
900.00 is in payment of semi-annual
interest.
During the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 1935 and ending June 30.
1936 the treasurer has
Now York banks the
evening will
everyone
be
BORDER MARKET
OPENED WITH
GOOD PRICES
Warehou.ses Packed with Brijfht
Leaf as Buyers and Farmers
Await Gong- Yesterday 1
LUMBERTON REf’ORTS 1
under the supervision of
E, W. Reinecke, with some of the
labor contributed, the structure is,
' severely classical in design. It fronts ' ^ ^
. New York avenue with a width of Five Injured In
forty feet, and a depth of seven.y ,
I feet, is of frame construction rest-,
ing upon a brick foundation of suf-1
ficient height to afford a commo- \
diovxs basement. It is this basement
where services will be held for a few
weeks, the main floor of the church
paid to
sum of $63,-
365.00 to cover bonds and interest;
$31,000.00 of this amount went to
ward retirement of bonds while $32,-
365.00 was in payment of interest.
I The gro.ss bonded debt of the town
North Carolina tobacco| on August 8. 1936, is $528,000.00. The
in the Border Belt opened i gross debt of the town on April 15,
yesterday morning with the bright-! 1928, was $604,000.00. Between April
cst prospects for "good" breaks in [ 15, 1928 and September 1, 1934 the
years. There was quite a stir of bus- [ town has issued $20,000.00 in Water
iness on the eve of the opening as Bonds, $40,000.00 in Public Improve-
tobacco buyers, growers, auctioneers i ment Bonds .\nd $42,000.00 in Water
and followers of the annual market- i and Sewer Bonds. During the period
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Seven
markets
Automobile Wreck
Accident Occurs Near Pinebluff
W’hen Two Cars Meet on
Curve
ing season prepared to move in to the
I opening sales. In the Border Belt are
Lumberton, Fairmont. Whiteville,
Chadbourn. Clarkton, Fair Bluff and
' Tabor City.
] "A telegraphic report from Lum-
j berton, one of the largest markets,
1 received by The Pilot yesterday af-
I ternoon stated:
fondest hopes of the city’s most op'
timistic tobacconists. Common tobac
cos are much higher than reports
from Georgia led local warehousemen
to expect, while anything that looks
As the result of an automobile ac-
. 1 v ‘ cident which occurred late Wednesday ' "Lumberton’s tobacco market op-
• II to-b-.. r>nr<» nf documcntu i them Pmes announces the marriage ■ proper being as yet unfinished except i ,
room will take care o. _ w ' fnr tho n, • i,* i I afternoon near Pinebluff, five persons ened in a blaze of glory today at
I t ntnrpri in the inac- of her daughter, Miss Glennes Wor-1 tor the installation of the eight large „ . , . b j j
that must noj. in- then Dodge, to Cameron St. Claire , windows, four each on the east and , Hospi-' eleven o clock with every warehouse
-- Weeks ot Tarboro, on December 18, i wcat side., w.ll to wall. Price, on all
* It is alleged that Lee Tyner of types of the weed are exceeding the
On Sunday the congregation aban-, pi^ebluff was attempting to pass ‘
dons their 35 year old home, the first.
unit of the church having been erect- i
ed in the spring of 1899. The Rev. J.
Fred Stimson has served the congre
gation for eight years, eleven minis- ^ occupants. Tracks of the Macon car < like a smoker is selling from three
ters having preceeded his pastorate. i -■ - ■ '
of whom the Rev. Frederick Mack
Gardner ministered to the church
from 1910 until 1926. From the first | at the scene shortly after it
ston-Salem, and is a former resident year of his ministry here Pastor 1 occurred and is investigating the ac-
of Athol, Massachusetts. She was ed- Stimson has labored for a new edi- ^ident
ucated at Salem Academy and Win- fice to house his congregation.
gate Junior College and was a grad-' Work on the building will continue
uate of the University of North Car- j and It is expected to be acceptable
olina in 1933. Mrs. Weeks is a former \ for winter services.
member of the faulty of the Lemon |
Springs High School. During the
past winter she was a student at
Columbia University in New York.
Mr
cessible attic. Other
elude a new dental room and a class
room for student nurses and several
smaller ones.
Charles C. Hartman of Greensboro
is the architect for the new wing. The
Building Committee in charge of con
struction is composed of Col. George
P. Hawes, Jr.. chairman; George H.
Maurice and L. E. Pender.
“Class A” Hospital
The Moore County Hospital is rat
ed "Class A" by the American Col
lege of Surgeons and has as directors
some of the county’s most prominent
men. The officers for 1935 were Ver-
ner Z. Reed, Jr., president; George H.
Maurice, vice-president; M. G. Nich
ols, vice-president: and G. C. Sey- j
mour, all vice-presidents; and Paul
Dana, secretary and treasurer. Dr.
Clement R. Monroe is the medicsd
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1935, at the Baptist Parsonage in
Hillsboro. The ceremony was per- ]
formed by the Rev. C. A. Caldwell. i
Jerome Clark, Jr., son of Congress- |
man Clark of Fayetteville, acted as ,
best man. i
Mrs. Weeks is the daughter of the
late Dr. George Francis Dodge, and j
Mrs. Dodge of Southern Pines. She is
the sister of Dr. Eva Dodge of Win-
WP.S
' another automobile on a curve about
a mile from the Pinebluff Sanator-
1 ium when he hit a car from Macon,
Ga„ headed north in which were four ,
occupants. Tracks of the Macon car
showed that it was far on its side ot
the road, really on the shoulders.
State Highway Patrolman Kelly ar-
SOUTHERN PINES FIREMEN
ATTEND CONVENTION
Three members of the Southern
Pines Fire Company, Tom Vann, Os
car Michael and J. H. Cashion left
for Raleigh on Tuesday to represent
the company in the 49th annual con
vention of the North Carolina State
Firemen’s Association in session dur
ing the week.
LICENSE SALES P.4SS
H.\LF- >nLLION M.\RK
Weeks is the son of the late , Sales of automobile license plates
George Earle Weeks, D. D, S., and! for 1936 passed the half-million mark
Mrs. Weeks and is a graduate of the Monday, as expected, and will exceed
TT-! all-time high record of sales set
Those in the car from Macon, Ga.,
were Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Birch, Mrs.
Elizabeth Bowdre and small son, John
Bowdre. Mrs. Birch sustained a frac
tured leg and knee injury; Mrs. Bow
dre, a broken arm and severe bruises
to $’0 higher than it did on last
year’s opening. There is much com
mon toba-jco on the market today,
however estimates on the day’s aver
age rauge from $2.‘> to $30 per hun
dred. Sixty dollars per hundred was
the high water marl^ or i jces while
other fancy grades sold for $52, $54
and $56 per hundred. Big baskets
of tobacco cleanly graded step up
competition as tobacco graded in this
mannrif is in great demand. It is
•and Mr. Birch and John Bowdre were j truly tu- greatest opening day in the
University of North Carolina Law
School. He was president of the
Young Democrats Club of Chapel
Hill, Since his graduation he has been
engaged in the practice of law at
Tarboro.
. After an extended wedding tour
thiough the north, Mr. and Mrs.
Weeks will be at home on Battle Ave
nue, Tarboro.
badly bruised. Tyner sustained a brok
en jaw and bruises. The condition of
none was considered criticat.
in 1935 sometime late this month or
early in September.
Through August 10, the Motor Ve
hicle Bureau reported total sales of
501,673, as compared with 456,184
during the .same period in 1935—a
gain of 43,489. Sales to date are only
10,503 short of the 1935 record of
512,176.
M.4RRI.VGE .ANNOUNCED
Announcement has been made of
the marrieg on August 8th of Leroy
Johnson of Seat Pleasant, Maryland
to Miss Margaret McBride of Wash
ington, D. C. Mr. .Tohnson is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Johnson, for
mer Aberdeen residents. The young
couple will make their home In Seat
Pleasant, Md.
history of this tobacco marketing
city. All indications lead local ware-
housement to believe that their ware
house floors will be cleared and ready
for Monday’s break.”
The Tar Heel markets handled 80,-
446,170 pounds of tobacco last year,
compared with 50,329,207 pounds in
1934-35 with the figures including
growers sales and dealers resales.
North Carolina’s 40 markets, in
cluding those on the border belt, had
total sales of 618,681,090 pounds last
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from April 15, 1928 to August 8,
1936 the town has retired $178,000.00
of its bonds, leaving the debt on Au-
j gust 8th at $528,000.00. This will give
I a fair idea of the retirement of bonds
during the past eight years.
The larger part of the present debt
is for water and sewer bonds. The
bulk of it was spent in building a new
water plant and reservoir in 1924.
The reason it is not necessary for
the town to borrow' funds to operate
on this summer is due to better bus
iness conditions and the efficiency
with which the Mayor and Commis
sioners have operated the town, liv
ing strictly within its budget. The
town is now in the best finalcial con
dition since first incorporated.
The town has been notified by the
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
that on Monday the Public Works Ad
ministration had cancelled $5,000.00
of the Water and Sewer Bonds of
1934, thii.s reducing the gross debt of
the town to $523,000.00.
leland a. mckeithen among
STl DEN'TS PASSING STATE BAB
Eighty out of the class of 165 law
license applicants, the highest per
centage to pass since the last Su
preme Court examinations three
years ago, were successful in the ex
amination given last week by the
board of law examiners of the State
Bar. The percentage of those succesa-
ful was 48 1-4, as compared with 23
per cent in last January's test.
Among those passing was Leland
A. McKeithen, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin T. McKeithen of Aberdeen. Mr.
McKeithen is a graduate of DavidBon
College and received his degree in
Law from Duke University
spring.
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