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MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, September 25, 1936.
U.S.NOJ.ASS’N.TO
SPEND $25,000 TO
AHRACT TOURISTS
Organization to Work for More
Dual and Multi-Lane High
way Along Route
BIG PROGRAM LAUNCHED
Information made public this week
by Folsom B. Taylor, recently elect
ed President of U. S. 1 Highway As
sociation at the annual meeting In
Fredricksburg, Va., August 20, re.
veals a new and coordinated program
for U. S. 1 well under way. This cam
paign will place the many advantag
es of the route together with its his
toric and scenic lore before the mil
lions of motorists travelling south
each winter.
At a meeting of the Executive
Committee held at the Willard Hotel
in Washington, August 29, a mini.
n"um qi ota of more than $25,00000
split proportionally among the var
ious states on U. S. 1, \yas assessed
and approved. This sum is being col
lected immediately, to be available
early in October. It represents the
amount deemed necessary to insti
tute and carry out an advertising
campaign adequate for the entire
highway.
A vigorous internal campaign has
been commenced to provide more ex.
tra width road over parts of the
highway now bearing heavy traffic.
It is the aim of the association to
press the construction of these new
links as rapidly as safety, comfort
and the demands of congestion re
quire.
Advertising Campaign
An executive session of the officers
and directors of the association to be
held in Washington on September
26th will recommend and approve an
advertising campaign designed to pro
mote the highway as a unit.
Officers for 1936-37 recently nam
ed and actively engaged in the affairs
of the U. S. 1 Highway Association
are: Excutive Vice President, Ken
neth Hyde of Richmond, Va.; State
Vice Presidents, Florida, Franklin W.
Sawyer, Cocoa; Georgia, L. S. Moody,
Augusta; South Carolina, Dr. B. U.
McClain, Aiken; North Carolina,
Robert Burns, Sanford; Virginia,
Charles E. Slagle, Alexandria, and
F. E. Watkins, South Hill; Maryland,
Harold Fink, Baltimore; District of
Columbia, Charles L. Hutchinson,
Washington; Pennslyvania, David
Provan, Philadelphia; New Jersey,
George L. Crocker, Trenton; New
York, George H. Wartman, New
York; Connecticut, William H. Hunt,
Bridgeport: Rhode Island, Duane
Wallick, Providence: Massachusetts,
Herbert A. Brooks, Jr., Boston.
Directors appointed for each state
were: Florida, Mayor John Alsop,
Jacksonville; Georgia, Judge John R.
Phillips, Louisville: South Carolina,
R. M. Kennedy, Camden; North Car
olina, R. A. Mumford, Raleigh; Vir
ginia, C. A. Abbey, Fredricksburg:
Maryland, Jacob Blaustein, Balti
more: District of Columbia, Charles
Gay, Washington: Pennsylvania, Sam
Early, Philadelphia; New Jersey,
Fredrick C. Hall, Montclair; New
York, Stuart C. Hawley, New York;
Connecticut, Craig LeVin, New Ha
ven; Massachusetts, Glenwood J.
Sherrard, Boston.
Governor Paroles Lucas, Serving ! ABERDEEN MART
Sentence in Reed Extortion Plot
With Howard Dean^ Prisoner
Had Demanded $5,000 on
Kidnapping Threat
Governor Ehringhaus this week
granted Joe Lucas, of the Roseland
section of Moore county, who has
been serving a 10 to 15 year senten-
cein State Prison for conspiracy to
kidnap some member of the Verner
Z. Reed, Jr. family in 1932.
Lucas was sentenced in August,
1932 and has served, with time allow
ances, more than half his minimum
sentence and has been in the honor
grade for two and one-half years.
Trial Judge John M, Oglesby and
Judge F. Don Phillips, the trial solic
itor, recommended the parole, and
the Governor has received a letter
from Mr. Reed favoting the parole.
In a statement issued in Raleigh the
Governor said:
“I am reliably informed that the
general opinion in this prisoner’s
home community is that this young
man would not have carried out his
threat to kidnap, for which crime he
was convicted.”
Mr. Reed received a note on June 8,
General Manager
OPENS WITH PRICE
AVERAGE OF 27/^
Farmers, Warehousemen and
Buyers Well Pleased With
Start of Season Here
8 CENTS OVER ’35 AVERAGE
The Aberdeen tobacco market had
its best opening day in several sea.
sons on Tuesday when the Middle
Belt markets of North Carolina got
under way,- Nearly 125,000 pounds
of bright leaf brought an average of
27 1-2 cents a pound in the two ware
houses, eight cents a pound higher
than the Middle Belt average last
year. Farmers, warehousemen and
buyers were all well pleased with the
opening here, and predict a highly
successful season for the Aberdeen
market.
Tuesday’s opening sales were fol
lowed up on Wednesday with small
er quantities but with the price hold-
in up, the average for the day being
FIVE CENTS
We Pay the k* ;V SOUTHERN PINES
UDGET ADOPTED;
Moore County Leads in ».
tral Part of State in Sales
Tax Collections
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Business is looking up.
Moore led all counties in the cen
tral part of the state in State sales
tax collections during the fiscal
year ending June 30. The collec
tions totalled $94,863 09,
Lee was second with $92,363;
then followed Chatham, $31,323;
Harnett, $18,538, and Hoke, $17,-
321.
^65 TAX RATE
Tot^. of $67,798.93 Approxi
mately the Same as For
Previous Fiscal Year
BOND PAYMENTS HEAVY
H. .\. BENTON
Mr. Benton, a native of Monroe, j only a cent off the previous day’s
was recently appointed to succeed the figure. Some 50,000 pounds were on
late E. C. Bagwell as the “big boss” | the Covington and Saunders floors
1932 demanding $5,000 on threat of. of the Seaboard Air Line Railway. I on Wednesday. The quality of leaf
The newly adopted budget of the
Town of Southern Pines, approved at
the last meeting of the Board of
Commissioners, calls for $67,798.93
for the fiscal year ending June 30tli
i next, approximately the same as last
I year. The tax rate remains the same
1 as last year, $2.65- The total valua.
tion of property within the town’s
j limit is placed at $2,537,000.
I The budget as passed by the board
I reveals the following:
Total amount to be raised by taxes
- - - for year July 1st, 1936 to June 30,
One of Largest Gatherings in ! 1937- $67,798.93.
Long History of Church I This amount is allocated as fol-
Marks Home-Coming | lows:
I General Fund—
156 ANNIVERSARY
OFOLDBETHESDA
HAPPY OCCASION
kidnaping one of his children or him
self. He was told to place the money i • x* rp • •
in small bills in a box and drive past i-'nriStian 1 raining
“Old Deep Krick Church” at 9:00 ScHool in Aberdeen
o’clock that night, tossing the box j
coming to Aberdeen looks better than
Old Bethesda had one of the larg
est turn-outs in its long and historic
career in celebration of its 156th an.
niversary last Sunday, and the day
was a happy occasion for all present.
out as he passed the church. Mr. | Classes To Be Held All Next
Reed and Ted Nederfield, an employ-1 Week in Page Memorial
ee, carried out the instructions, Methodist Church
throwing" a box containing $10.00 in: i opening sale, reporting an average
one dollar bills from the car. Lucas ^ Christian Worker’s Training 28 cents for Tuesday, 25 1.2 cents
soon appeared on the scene and as he ^ school will be held in the Page Mem- i for Wednesday.
bent over to pick up the package Dep. Methodist Church of Aberdeen ! Today, Friday, is expected to see
uty Sheriff W'. H. Currie, now post
master at Pinehurst, who had con
cealed himself in a nearby bush,
jumped upon him.
In jail at Carthage it was found: 50 minute class periods, and 20 min-
that Lucas could not write, so it be- [ ute worship service. These worship
came self-evidant that he had an ac- j services will be led by different mem- ' One of Oldest Settlers of South-
complice. Investigation led to the ar- j bers of the school and ministers at. ’ C*"” Pines Passes Away at
rest of Howard Deans, also of the tending. Three courses will be given. Age of 76 Years
Roseland section near the Verner ^he courses, the instructors, and ^ ^
Reed estate, Deane is said to have ‘ . Funeral services conducted by the
that seen on any of the earlier mar- ! They heard an inspiring sermon by
kets, buyers state, which accounts' Rev. Dr. J. M. Walker of the
for a price average of around five i Steel Creek Presbyterian Church,
cents a pound over other belt prices. I near Charlotte, at the morning serv-
Throughout the Middle Belt the' enjoyed a picnic lunch at noon
Administrative, $4,013.00
Fire Depart- .... 8,087.01
Police 4,664 00
Street, Lighting
and Sewers .14,149.60
Miscellaneous 6,821.75
Total $37,735.36
Serial Bond Fund 27,230.07
Maintenance, Municipal
Parks and Buildings . 1,273 50
i price average for the opening day beneath the stately trees that border | Maintenance, Mount Hope
was 25 cents. Carthage had a good
during the week of September 27 to ' large quantities on the local floors.
October 2. Classes will begin Sunday I
evening at 7:30 and continue through MfS. YOUng", Resident
Frida, evening. There will be two; Hei'C SlHCe’86, DlCS
the church, and listened to a stirring
and timely address by Dr. Julian S
Miller, editor of The Charlotte Ob
server, in the afternoon. Mrs. Reid
A. Page of Aberdeen sang a solo dur
ing the morning service. The Rev.
E. L. Barber, pastor of Bethesda
Church, officiated.
Sons and daughters of the old
560.00
Cemetery
Deficit, Fire Department
Building 1,000.00
Grand Total $67,798.93
During the year the town will re
tire $23,000 in bonds and pay out
$31,110 in interest, a total of $54,110.
Funds to meet these payments will
come from:
engineered the plot, and to have lur. : j j “Personal Religion’’ taught' Stimson were held in the
iows. 1. t-ersonai nengion , laugni, p^neral Home at 3:(
j ed Lucas into it. Deans is still ser
ving time.
Pinebluff Site Donated
For Boy Scout Camp
Mrs. MacGlachlin is Donor
Property Dedicated to
Worthy Cause
of
RESUME WINTER SCHEDULE
AT LIBRARY ON OCT.lB'l’.
The regular winter schedule at the
Southern Pines Library will be re
sumed next wsek, Thursday, October
1. Remember the new hours: ten to
twelve A. M., two to five P. M., daily.
Remember also that new member
ships taken out on or after Octoberl,
are operative not only during the re.
mainder of this year but throughout
1937.
HOME-COMING AT PINEBLUFF
METHODIST CHURCH, SEPT. 27
The Methodist Church of Pine
bluff will have a Home-Coming Sun
day September 27. All members and
friends of the church are especially
invited to this service at 11:00
o’clock. A brief history of the church,
annual roll call and the pastor will
preach on “’rhe Significance of The
Bible In American Life.”
Through the thoughtful gift of Mrs.
Anna MacGlaughlin of Pinebluff, the
Moore County Boy Scouts of Amer
ica have recently had deeded to them
a fine site for a camp on the edge of
Pinebluff. It is within 100 feet of a
fine stream of water where a swim
ming pool can be constructed by the
Scouts. On the ground are trees which
can be used for building cabins. This
woodland of more than half a city
block is not within sight of a house.
The Boys can make much noise and
yet not disturb the citizens.
"We take this means of notifying
the Boy Scouts of the County (and
others interested in them) of this
camping ground”, says the Rev C.
O. Newell.
“We wish to congratulate the Boy
Scouts for this opportune gift and,
on their behalf, we wish to thank
Mrs. MacGlaughlin for her kind and
considerate gift to a worthy cause,
character building. Those interested
should see Dr. Edward F. Green, Sou
thern Pines, the Rev. L, M. Hall of
Aberdeen or myself at Pineblufr’.
DENNY KIWANIS CLUB
SPEAKER ON “CONSTITUTION’'
j by Mrs, Earl W. Brian, Director of
I Young People’s Work of the North
■ Carolina Conference. This course is
I intended for young people 12 to 24
years of age only. Because of the na
ture of the course the enrollment is
limited to young people only. The aim
of the course is to help young people
achieve a better understanding of the
Christian way of life, to discover
what it means to live the Christian
life, and to realize that the Christ
ian life is one of growth and devel
opment. Textbook to be used will be,
“What May I Believe” by Soper.
2. “Evangelism in the Church
School”, taught by the Rev. Robert
W. Bradshaw, Executive Secretary of
the North Carolina Board of Christ
ian Education. The purpose of this
church came from far and near for ' Special Si.reet Assessments $ 2,123.75
the home-coming and left late in the I Water Fund 17,122-53
day with happy recollections of anoth-1 Rent, ABC Store 1,400.00
er anniversary celebration. 1 F'rom Sinking Fund 6,233,65
I From Budgett Appropria-
WEST SOUTHERN PINES SCHOOL tion 27,230.07
TO OPEN MONDAY MORNINCw ! Total 54,110.00
j The gross bonded debt of Southern
The West Southern Pines School Pines on June 30, 1936 was $565,-
will open for the 1936.37 school term j 000.00. The Sinking Fund totals $68,-
76 years, who died in Moore County | on Monday, September 28, at 8:45 a. ' 229-14, invested in bonds of the Town
Hospital Sunday night. j m Parents and friends are invited Southern Pines, Southern Pines
In point of age and residence Mrs- | to come to the opening along with ' Building & Loan Association \
Young was one of the oldest settlers j their children. Parents are asked to i the building occupied by the
:00 o’clock
I Monday for Mrs. Azuba Young, aged
ABC
in the new town of Southern Pines,
having arrived here in 1886 with the
family of J. T. Wilson, one of the
Store, and uncollected taxes.
send their children at the beginning
and plan to keep them in school reg
ularly in order to enable the children
town’s first merchants. In the half | to do the work required by the State
century of her residence she has liv- Department of Education. Their co
ed to see the passing of nearly all operation is needed to help put over i , j * r* r» i
of her contemporaries. j a constructive school program during n^own Arraigned^ „
Born in West Topsham, Vt., on | the term 1936-37.
June 8, 1860, the daughter of Eras-
tus Huntley and Emma Smith Hunt-1 GEORGE ELLIOT LONDON TO
Man Who Shot Dees
Held for Superior Court
From Hospital Following
Fight With Officer
ley, she became the bride of Charles
P. Young. For many years she made
her home with a nephew, Willis J.
Farm on Young’s Road east of
rours“e7s"to”help teacWs'to acquire' Southern Pines. The body, accom-
an increased appreciation and under- i ^r. Young, was taken to
* *1. 1 I Franconia, N, H„ for interment
standmg of the meaning and nature:
of evangelism, and to understand family p ot,
that evangelism is essentially educa. I
tional. Two major questions are faced |
in the course. How do we become i
WED MISS PENDLETON
in
TOH7^SEND RECOVERY CLUB
IS OR6.4NIZED LOCALLY
The engagement was announced
last week of Miss Mary Frances Pen.
leton of Raleigh, daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Andrew Lewis Pendleton of
Elizabeth City, to George Elliot Lon
don of Southern Pines, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry M. London of Ra
leigh. The wedding will be solemn
ized on Saturday, October 24, in
1 Christ Church, Elizabeth City.
Christians? How may we help others '
in becoming Christians? The text | Townsend National Recovery | Mr. London is affiliated here with
book to be used is, "Evangelism in
Attorney Robert E. Denny of Pine
hurst told members of the Kiwanis
Club at their weekly meeting held
Wednesday in the Pinehurst Com
munity Church something about the
constitutions of the United States and
North Carolina, and the various a-
mendments thereto.
The club voted to proceed with ar-
rtingements for having the parkway
along the double road between Sou
thern Pines and Pinehurst seeded with
rye grass for the winter, and refer
red the matter to L. E. Pender, chair
man of the Agricultural committee,
for action.
the Sunday School” by Chappell.
3. “The Negro in America”, taught
by Mrs. Leon M. Hall of Aberdeen.
This course is the regular Mission
Study course for the fall. The purpose |
of this course is to bring about a ^
better understanding of the negro as |
a citizen and help establish a Christ-'
ian attitude toward him. The text
book to be used is, "A Preface to
Racial Understanding”, by Johnson.
Members of other churches in
Aberdeen and nearby towns are cor.
Club has been organized in Southern
Pines, with the Rev. Edward F. Green
as president. The club will hold week
ly meetings in the Scout Hall on
Monday evenings at 7:30 o’clock. All
i those interested are cordially invited
to attend these meetings, and those
not interested will be welcome.
the Carolina Power & Light Com
pany. His father is State Librarian.
Oliver Brown, colored, who shot
Police Officer A. F. Dees of Aber
deen several weeks ago when the of
ficer attempted to arrest him and
who has been in a hospital recover,
ing from wounds inflicted by the of
ficer in subduing him, was on Sat
urday in Recorder’s court bound to
the Superior Court on a charge of
assault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill. On the lesser charges
of carrying a concealed weapon and
resisting arrest, he waa given four
months in jail.
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER J
APPOINTED AT PINEHURST ,
SIX DIVORCES GRANTED IN
CIVIL TERM AT CARTH.\GE
GREENSBORO MOORE’S
NAVY RECRUITING STATION
In a reallocation of the U. S. Wavy
recruiting districts in the State of
North Carolina the navy recruiting
dially Invited to attend these classes. ; station located in the postoffice build.
j ing at Greensboro has in its district
SON BORN IN CAMDEN, S. C. | the following counties: Person, Or-
TO THE MURDOCH JOHNSONS ^ ange, Lee, Montgomery, Randolph,
. „ , ^ I Guilford, Forsythe, Stokes, Moore,
A son was born on Tuesday to Mr. I „ ., . _ , .
- Chatham, Alamance and Rocklng-
and Mrs. Murdoch M. Johnson of i
Camden, S- C., former residents of
Aberdeen. Mrs. Johnson was former
ly Miss Annie Belle Thompson. Mr.
Johnson was a member of the law
firm of Johnson & Johnson in Aber
deen and served one term as State
Senator from this district. He Is now
a member of the South Carolina Leg
islature.
Upon the recommendation of Post
master Currie, the Post Office De
partment has promoted P. F. Allen
clerk In the Pinehurst post office, to
assistant postmaster, effective Octo
ber 1. 1936.
REV. LAWRENCE HERE
JOINT STOCK LAND BANK
OPENS BRANCH OFFICE HERE
The North Carolina Joint Stock
Land Bank of Durham has opened
a branch office In the Hart Building
Southern Pines, under the manage
ment of C. S. Routh.
The Rev. C. A. Lawrence of Falk
land was in the county the first of
the weeAc attending Presbytery at
Carthage. Between sessions he called
on friends in the Vass and Union com
munities and was the overnight
guest of Mr. and Mrs. N. N. McLean.
REP.4IR RESERV.'^TION ROAD
Plans are under way by the State
Highway Department to repair the
road through the Fort Bragg Reserva
tion, the old Vass-Raeford road, much
used by Moore and Hoke residents.
A term of Superior Court for the
trial of civil cases convened In Car
thage on Monday with Judge J. A.
Rousseau presiding.
, I The greater part of the opening:
day’s business consisted in the hear
ing of divorce cases, all of which
were based on two years’ separation.
Divorces were granted In the follow
ing suits: Georgia Hancock Howell
versus Yancey Howell; James M-
Green versus Lillian M. Green; H, J.
Maples versus Daisy Loving Maples;
Margaret S. Rowland versus Roscoe
A, Jlowland; R. H. Brady versus
Mary Ann Brady; J. F. Key versus
Mary B. Key.
The following cases were continued:
Mrs. Mary McN. Stewart versus Nina
M. Monroe; Frank G. Taylor et al
versus Peter G. Ferguson et al; I>.
A. McDonald versus A. P. Jordan; J.
B. Colt Co. versus R. A. Dowd; Gil
ford J. Salmon versus Mary Carter
Salmon; Nell M. Rountree versus P.’t
O. Rountree.