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FIRST IN NEWS, CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 16, NO. 47. aAOUB SPRINC* B.NO I ilAdCStiN SPRIN09 ■ '■•OUTHBRN P«NS yplNB»LUri» Sirp 11 i9i^ ^OOAf PILOT MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Southern Pines and AberdecnrNorth Carolina, Friday, September II, 193(5. COUNTY AUDITOR TO MARE SURVEY RECORDER’S COURT Commissioners Ask for Cost and Income to Ascertain Advisa bility of Continuing Court BUDGET ADOPTED Old Bethesda’s 156th Anniversary September 20th H’ FIVE CENTS Highlights of the regular meeting of the Board of County Commission, ers held on Monday were the adop tion of the budget for the year and the ordering of a survey by the coun ty auditor, J. C. Muse, of the various items of cost and income of the Re corder’s Court for the purpose of taking under consideration the ad- visabil’ty of abolishing this court. The budget estimate as advertised was adopted without change and calls for a tax rate of 79 cents on the $100 valuation, an increase of six cents which was made necessary by the Increased demands on the county for the needs of the poor and for re pairs to school bullrings. The investigation into the status of the Recorder’s court is not being made because of any dissatisfaction as to the way in which the court is being conducted, but merely as a business proposition to learn wheth er it is paying the taxpayers of the county in dollars and cents. The Recorder’s Court was estab lished in May, 1925, with the thought in the minds of its advocates that it could meet the ends of justice more speedily and at much less expense to the county than the system in force at that time. Previous to its estab lishment, it was pointed out, men ac cused of crime and who were not able to give bond for their appearance at court were of necessity lodged in jail to be fed and cared for by the county until the next term of Super ior court, which called for a large outlay of money in many cas^p. But, according to those who have given th meatter much study, the may ors of the various towns of the coun ty have fallen into the way of send ing to the recorder’s court so many of the trivial cases that should be tried in mayor’s or magistrate’s courts that the costs are being run up so much higher than would be the case if these were handled in the less er courts, and so much of the costs is not paid. Then, too, so many of the cases tried are appealed to the Su perior court, thus increasing the num ber of inmates of the jail. At any rate, the commisioners de_ cided that it would be a good thing to know just where the county was standing in dealing with its lawbreak ers and so ordered the survey. The Commisioners voted to ask the State Highway Commision to oil sur face the county road from Southern Pines at Pine Needles Inn to Route 15 at Hillcreast out of a special fund recently set aside by the Governor out of the State Highway Fund sur plus for improvement of county roads. Tobacco Nun Pilot To Get Out Annual bacco Issue Next Week, ^ Market Opens on 22nd Next week’s Pilot will be a spec ial edition for the opening of the tobacco markets in the Middle Belt, of which Aberdeen and Car thage are among the towns in this belt. It will be distributed among all the tobacco farmers through out this and adjoining sections in addition to its regular mailing list. Prospects for the biggest season yet appear bright, with both towns making every pos.siible effort to bring tobacco to their markets. The market opens on Tuesday, September 22nd. ??>^>i'Death Stops SAL Golfers Tournament All Contests Scheduled for Labor Day C’ancelled Upon Announce ment Passing of Bagwell LARGE ATTENDANCE WILLIAM WINDLE, PASSES TUESDAY AMaS BROADWAY IN HOSPITAL FOLLOWING AFFRAY S.\TURDAY Another shooting affray took place in West Southern Pines late on Sat urday night when Amos Broadway one of the best known characters of ♦hat section was shot and seriously wounded. Attempting to eject two negrroes from his cafe, it is alleged that Alec Morrison, formerly of Jim- town, but now of Wilson, using an old model 38 calibre revolver, fired upon Broadway, one shot taking ef fect in the leg, and one in the hip of the victim severing an artery and causing such a loss of blood that he was immediately rushed to the Moore County Hospital where for a time his condition was considered serious. Morrison, and his brother were ar rested by officers Gargis and New. ton, shortly after the shooting and held without bail by Mayor Stutz for their appearance before the re corders Court in Carthage on Mon day, September 14th. RUGOLES HAVE SON Mr. and Mrs- John S. Ruggles an nounce the birth of a son, Thomas Plummer on Monday, September 7th, in Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. Ruggles are former residents of Southern Pines. Julian Miller and Dr. .1. M. Walker on Home Coming Program Sons and daughters of Old Beth- esda, from far and near, will gather on Sunday, September 20th to cel ebrate the 156th anniversary of their church. This annual homecoming is one looked foi’ward to throughout the year by the members and friends of this historic place of worship, and a larger crowd than ever before is expected to attend the services Sun day morning, enjoy baskf»t lunches on the grounds at njon and stay for the program in the afternoon. In the morning at eleven o’clock, the. Rev. J. M. Walker, D. D., pastor of the Old Steele Creek Presbyterian Church of Charlotte, the largest coun try church in the south, will deliver the homecoming sermon. Dr. Walker has recently been elected Moderator of the Synod of North Carolina, an honor that goes to the mo.st promi nent minister in the State. Dr. Julian Miller, editor of the Charlotte Observer, will speak in the afternoon at 3:00 o’clock. Mr. Miller has many friends here and although he has been a Sandhills guest many times this is his first occasion to be a guest speaker at Bethesda. He is an Elder in the Presbyterian Church in Charlotte. All members, former members and friends of Bethesda are invited to bring a full basket lunch and attend these services. \ Brief History Bethe.sda church is the chief his. toric edifice in the community, and while much of the early history of the congregation is obscured in the mists of a far-off time, there is no doubt that from the days of the Rev olution a congregation first gathered for worship under a rude shelter at the spring at the head of the Rock- fish. As the visits of itinerant minis ters became more frequent the con gregation expanded in numbers suf ficiently to erect a log church on the cedar grown mound, now the old cem etery. Beginning with the missionary vis. its of the Rev. James Campbell of Longstreet Church to the pastorate of the Rev. Colin Lindsay, fifth min ister of that church and one of the first of Bethesda’s in its newMoca- tion, the congregation outgrew its first edifice and rebuilt in 1835, The present church begun in 1859 was fin ished in 1864. It was built largely from timbers sawed at the old Ray mill. With the loss of the greater portion of the early records of the church, (Please tui'ti to pag« 4) E. C. Bagwell, S. A. L. Official, Dies Here of Heart Attack Late Sunday ■■■ ■■■■' 4t Sudden Passing of Seaboard’s General Manager Comes as Great Shock to All Prominent Textile Manufacturer Dies Suddenly at Summer Home in North Passes Here FIF'TY-TWO YEARS OLD E C. BAGWELL GILLIAM BEELER TO SPEAK ON TOWNSEND PLAN HERE Gilliam Beeler of Charlotte, State organizer for the Townsend Old Age Revolving Pension, will be at tno Civic Club In Southern Pines, Sunday, September 13th at 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon to give a lecture on this much discussed issue. Everyone interested in knowing what the Townsend plan is should come out and hear Mr. Beeler and get the facts aoncerning Old Age retire ment annuities. Mrs. Christian McNeill, 84, Passes on Monday Beloved Resident Hoke County Well Known to Many in This Section After an illness of several weeks, Mrs. Christian E. McNeill, 84, beloved resident of upper Hoke county, pas sed away at her home on Monday. The funeral service was held at Cypress church at 11:00 o’clock Tues day with the pastor, the Rev. W. A. Brown of Olivia, officiating. Mr. Brown paid a high tribute to the life of Mrs. McNeill. The body was laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery be. side that of the husband, Andrew McNeill, who passed away seventeen years ago. Mrs. McNeill was the third oldest Smith and Rebecca Stewart Smith and spent her entire life in the Cy press church section. In early life she united with this historic church and remained a faithful and loyal member throughout the years. Mrs. McNeill is survived by three sons, William Lauchlin McNeill, last j heard of in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., I Robert and Charlie McNeill of the I home community, and by two sisters, 1 Mrs. D. C. McGill and Miss Mary I Smith of Vass. j Mrs. D. P. McDonald and Mr. and I Mrs. Leon McDonald of Olivia, Mrs. Byrd Spivey of Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Salmon of White Hill and Mrs. Maggie McDonald of Rock ingham were among those frftm other communities who attended the fun eral. MRS. WARNER TO H.WE ADULT COMMERCIAL CI^\SSES HERE Everyone interested in Commercial classes for adults are asked to meet in the Southern Pines High School Auditorium on Monday afternoon at 3.'30, with Mrs. Ruth W. Warner, commercial teacher. Charges will be the same as last year. Funeral services for Eugene Cleve land Bagwell, general manager of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, were held at eleven o’clock Tuesday morning at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Nor folk, Va. Burial took place in the Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh at five o’clock the same afternooiv Mr. Bagwell, seized with a sudden heart attack .shortly after eleven o’clock Sunday evening, expired at 11.40 at the Highland Pines Inn here where he was attending the tenth annual gathering of the Seaboard Golf Association. He was 52 years old. Mr. Bagwell, through his assoc iation with the railway and the golf ers, was knowTi to nearly everyone in Southern Pines and was most high, ly esteemed for his frank and pleas ing personality, as well as for his in terest in all that concerned Southern Pines and the Sandhills territory. The news of his death came as a distinct shock, not only to his num erous friends, but to all. A message of condolence was sent to Mrs. Bag- well by the mayor and town commis sioners and Mayor Stutz attended the burial services In Raleigh. Born in Raleigh, Mr. Bagwell grad uated from the Hugh Morson School for Boys and from State College, as a construction engineer. He immed iately joined the C. H. and N. Rail road, became its superintendent in 1908 and the next year became the Seaboard’s resident engineer at Plant City, Fla. Rising steadily, Bagwell served as principal assistant engineer, assistant to the president, superintendent of various divisions, and head of the op erating department before becoming general manager of the entire sys tem in May, 1928. Surviving Mr. Bagwell is his wife, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bagwell and two sons, Eugene C. Bagwell, jr., and Prince Bagwell. Services in Norfolk, whe;*« Mr. Bagwell has resided for a number of years, were conducted by the Rev. Dr. E. Ruffin Jones, rector of St. An drews, The Rev. C. E. Knickle, rec tor of Christ Episcopal Church in Raleigh had charge of services at the grave in Oakwood cemetary. Operations over the entire system of the Seaboard railway were stopped at 11 o’clock for one minute, in hon or of the service of Bagwell to the line during the thirty years in which he had been affiliated with it. j This is the second time within five weeks that death has taken an out- ; standing official of the Seaboard Air Line. Charles R. Capps, chief traffic officer, died on July 31, about two ! weeks after his retirement from ac tive duty on July 16, because of 111 health. TIN WHISTLE MEMBER Death this week took another of Pinehurst’s leadinsf winter resident®, in the passing of William VV’. Windlt at his summer home at Nantucket. Mr. W’indle died suddenly Tuesday af ternoon following a heart attack. He was 65 years old. Mr. Windle spent most of his life in Millbury, Mass., where he had served as Selectman and president of the Millbury Savings Bank and was a leading textile manufacturer of that city. In his younger days, Mr. Windle won fame on the bicycle track, win ning championship races in this coun try, Canada and the British Isles. His home contained hundreds of trophies he won with the old-style high wheel. Mr. Windle maintained a winter lesidence in Pinehurst for a number of years. He has been a member of the Tin Whistles since 1920 and serv ed as president of the association sev eral years ago. Always interested in the unbuilding of Pinehurst, Mr. Win dle will be greatly missed and the community has lost one of its best boosters. Mr. Windle is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen Copp Windle and three children, William W. Jr., Winfred W. and Joy Windle. Veterans Future Wars to Hear Regional Head Public Invited to Hear Birming ham Speaker Next Tuesday Evening at Civic Club The Executive Committee of the Sandhills Post of the Veterans of Fu ture Wars has recently received word from Mr. U. J. P. Rushton, of Birm ingham, Ala., Regional Cammander for the South, that he will be in Sou thern Pines on the evening of Tues day, September 15 to address the regular biweekly meeting of the Sandhills Future Veterans. In view of the wide-spread inter est in this flourishing new youth movement, this meeting, which will be held at the Civic Club at 8:30 will be open to the public. The people of the Sandhills are fortunate in having this opportun ity to |hear Commander Rushton speak. He is a member of the Na tional Council of the Veterans of Fu ture Wars, and, since the founding of the organization early this year, has been actively engaged in build ing it to its present position of Na tional scope and importance. At Princeton, where Mr. Rushton was graduated in June, he roomed with Lewis J. Gordin Jr., the actual orig inator of the Future Veterans, and author of Patriotism Prepaid”. Mr. Rushton will trace the excit ing and unprecedented development of the Veterans of Future Wars from the early days of the movement’s ex istence, when it was dismissed as a "schoolboy prank”, to a point where it is now recognized as a potent (Please turn to pag« 4) Death put a sudden stop to the ten th annual tournament of the Sea board Golf Association on Sunday night when E. C. Bagwell, Chief Op- ^erating Officer of the Seaboard Air Line railway, succumbed in the High land Pines Inn shortly before mid night- As a high executive officer of the line, and one of the chief propon ents of the Association, upon its for mation some ten years ago, Mr. Bag- well was known to not only the mem- bt'rs anti their guests, but to many of the citizens of Southern Pines, and a.s the distressing news of his pass ing was announced a feeling of sad ness over the loss of a good friend grew upon all, Many friends and associates left for their homes within a few hours, and the concluding contests schedul ed for Labor Day were all cancelled. , The cups and other prizes displayed I before presentation to the winners of the vai’ious events were withdrawn to be held for the meet next year. W'ith an almost perfect weather score for the ten years of their con tests over the links^ of the Southern Pines Country Club, nature never gave them three such absolutely gor geous September days; bright sun shine, cool breezes, and absence of showers made for perfect playing I hours, all reflected by many of the low scores noted for contestants ■ Saturday and Sunday. With an anticipated attendance of 2,'>0 members and guests the High land Pines Inn their headquarters, the Park View and the Belvedere took good care of their ‘allotments. Among the principal officers of the Seaboard noted were; W. V. Gres-" ham. assistant (to the late Mr. v'apps; G. B. Rice, freight traffic )r;inager, E. T. Etheridge, a.ssistant freight traffic manager, W. A. Mar shall, general freight agent, C- L. Senter, assistant general freight ! agent; C. E. Bell, passenger traffic manager; C. H. Gattis, general pas senger agent; R. S. Jennings, super intendent dining cars; and assistant general managers, H, A. Benton and G. R. Carlton. Officers of the Association for the tournament were C. E. Miller, pres ident; W. D. Simpson, 1st vice pres ident; C. H. Gattis, 2nd vice pres ident; and J. C. Brady, secretary and tresurer. L. A. McKeithen Opens Law Office in Pinehurst Graduate of Duke Past Spring Takes Oath Before Judge Parker in Raeford Leland A. McKeithen, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. McKeithen of Aber deen, opened his law office in Ptne- hurst la,st week. He is located in the Village Court building adjoining the offices of Paul Dana. Mr. McKeithen was Introduced to the court in Raeford two weeks ago by McNair Smith and took his oath before presiding Judge Hunt Park er. He is a graduate of Davidson Ccrf- lege and Duke University, receiving his degree in Law there this spring. He recently passed the State Bar examination in Raleigh. Mr. McKeith en made exceptionally high honors while in school and his debut as an at. torney will be welcomed by his many friends in the entire county. MRS. DOWNING MARSH.4LL AT RALLY IN CHARLOTTE Mrs. J. G. Downing of Carthage was appointed a marshall for the Green Pastures rally, which was held in Charlotte yesterday In honor of President Roosevelt. The duties of the various marshals include assisting in entertaining the president and other distinguished guests.
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