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voir leT NO. Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, October 9, 1936.
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MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
NATIONAL P. G. A.
OPENING EVENT OF
PINEHURST SEASON
Leading Professionals To Be
Here For South’s First Ma
jor Championship
ALL HOTEIvS TO OPEN
The South’s first national golf
tournament opens Pinehurst’s season
this fall, and with the event but a
little over a month off all hands are
busily engaged in preparations. The
professional Golfers’ Association.
championship will bring to the Sand
hills all the leading professionals of ^
the country for a week’s stay, and
every hotel in both Pinehurst and'
Southern Pines Is expected to be
jammed for the duration of the tour- j
nament. The event runs through the
week of November 16th. |
Johnny Revolta, who won the PGA
championship last October in Okla- j
homa City, will be here to defend,
his title. Other famous pros entered |
for the title and prizes aggregating
over $7,000 in cash will be the na-1
tional open champion, Tony Manero, j
Paul Runyan, Joe Turnesa, Victor!
Ghezzi, Billy Burke, Orville White,;
Jimmy Hines, Walter Hagen, Gene
Sarazen, A1 Watrous, Sam Parks,
Jr., Harry Cooper, Horton Smith,
Henry Picard, Ray Mangrum, Den
ney Shute, Ed Dudley, Dick Metz,!
Ky Laffoon, Ted Turner, Tommy Ar- i
mour and Willie Klein, to mention
only a few of the better known. Tom- '
my Armour was runner up to Re-!
volta in last year’s event. |
The matches will be played on the j
championship, grassed.greened No. 2
course, which will be closed to all ex
cept tournament entrants until af
ter the championship.
Other Events
Pinehurst’s 1st Son
Otto Katzenstein, Jr., Returns
Here, First Male Child
Born in Village
Pinehurst'a first son returned
last week to his birtJiplace.
Otto Katzenstein, Jr., of Atlanta,
Georgia, was the week-end g^est
of Mr. and Mrs. Foster Kelly, Mr.
Katzenstein has the honor of be
ing the first male child bom in
tihe village of Pinehurst. His father,
the late Otto Katzenstein, came
here in 1895 as representative of
the firm of Olmstead and Elliott,
Boston, landscape architects, and
assisted in the laying out of Pine
hurst. Ten years later he went to
Atlanta, Ga., where he planned
Druid Hills, a beautiful residential
section of that city. Later, he es
tablished a wholesale tree, seed
and nursery business which has a
world-wide reputation. This busi
ness is now carried on by the son,,
who was for years associated with
his father.
DR. ANGUS R. SHAW
OF PIONEER FAMILY
HERE PASSES ON
SEAWELL FORES.
DIST. AHORNEY
IF LANDON WINS
Noted Clergyman Was Son of Carthage Republican Expected
FIVE cEfirfS
Make CivSv^^Jenter of Block
Housing 1 ' Postoffice is
A. B. Y eon 1.^ *ts’ Suggestion
Early Settlers of Shaw’s
Ridge Section
To Receive Appointment
For Middle District
U. s. Attorney?
MRS. R. N. PAGE A SISTER FATHER SERVED TAFT
Funeral services were held in Char-; In the event of the election of Al-
lotte yesterday for the Rev. Angus fred M. Landon to the presidency and
Robertson Shaw, D. D., retired Pres, i return of the Republican party to
byterian minister, who died about 9
ALL IN READINESS
FOR COUNTY FAIR
OPENING TUESDAY
o’clock Tuesday night at Montreat,
where he was spending a few days
with his sister. Miss Cornelia Shaw,
! Dr. Edgar G. Gammon, pastor of the
j Myers Park Presbyterian Church, and
; the Rev. E. A. Dillard, pastor of the
; Tenth Avenue Presbyterian Church,
officiated.
I Dr. Shaw was born on December 6,
1858, the son of one of the foremost
residents of Shaw’s Ridge, Peter Cor
nelius Shaw, and Rebekah Kelly
Shaw. He was a graduate of the Un
iversity of North Carolina and of the
Theological Seminary at Princeton,
N. J., in the following years he be-
i came one of the outstanding clergy-
I men of the South, his pastorates in
cluding Carthage, Portsmouth, Va.,
' Waco, Texas and for many years the
Tenth Avenue Presbyterian Church
in Charlotte. In addition to his many
ministerial duties he was for a time
professor of Theology in Theological
Seminary at Nashville, Tenn. His last
sermon was before the congregation
of the Steel Street Presbyterian
Church in Charlotte where he relieved
Next week is County Fair week, j Dr. Walker for the recent home-com-
The big show at Carthage opens ing service at Bethesda.
on Tuesday, and on that day all chil- j Dr. Shaw is survived by a son, A.
dren will be admitted free to the Shaw, of Charlotte; a daughter.
Children W’ill Be Admitted Free
to Grounds First Day of
Busy Week
MANY MIDWAY FEATURES
grounds, the guests of the Fair as-! Harrisburg, Pa.;
sociation. Everything on the fair
Carthage is expected to receive the
appointment of the United States
District Attorney for the Middle Dis
trict of North Carolina, The Pilot
learned upon good authority this
week. Mr. Seawell is said to have the
backing of all the prominent Repub.
I Means deemed necessary to assure
I him of the post, and his ability and
qualifications from the legal stand
point, politics aside, would, it is felt,
receive the endorsement of such men
as Judge John J. Parker, Judge John
son J. Hayes and other leading mem
bers of the State Bar.
Should the appointment come
about, Mr. Seawell would be follow
ing in the footsteps of his father,
who was United States District At
torney for the Eastern District of the
state during the Taft administration.
His father recently retired as a mem
ber of the United States Board of
Tax Appeals in Washington.
The younger Seawell has served
for the past nine years as United , /-< i ■ i ^
r, , » . .u Chamber Celebrates First Birth-
States Referee m Bankruptcy m this
district. At the time of his appoint-
■ment to that post he was the young-
est person holding such office in the ■
country. He was 21 years of age when '
appointed. |
Seawell is one of the leading Re. i
HERBERT F. SEAWELL, JR.
WILLARD DUNLOP
HEADS PINEHURST
COMMERCE GROUP
day With Good Reports of
Year’s Activities
ELECTS. OFFICERS
The Pinehurst Chamber of Com
merce, at its annual meeting last
Recommends Architecture of
Mudgett Building, Town’s Pur
chase of Adjoining Land
FOR LIBRARY, CITY OFFICE
A civic center with buildings fol
lowing out the style of architecture of
the present Mudgett Building, is the
proposal of Alfred B. Yeomans, ar
chitect and a former town commis
sioner, in an.swer to The Pilot’s re
quest of last week for ideas for
Southern Pines’ new postoffice. Mr.
Yeomans suggests the prompt ac
quisition by the town of the prop
erty between the Mudgett Building
and the postoffice site, that it may
be available at the proper time for a
new library or municipal office build
ing. His letter to The Pilot follows:
] Editor, The Pilot:
I You have asked for expression of
I opinion in regard to the architecture
of the new post office. The site select
ed for the postoffice makes it possi
ble to have eventually on the south
half of the block between Pennsyl
vania and New York avenues a group
of three buildings of distinguished and
harmonious architectural character
worthy of any town of our size. One
of these would be Dr. Mudgett’s pres
ent office building. Between this
building and the post office lot is a
site eminently suitable for a public
library or a town office building. In
Dr. Mudgett’s building we have a
type of architecture particularly
pleasing and appropriate to this sec-
three sisters Mrs. R. N. Paee and i Moore county, and is on Thu,.gday evening, celebrated its first ' tion of the country. It could very well
_ ^ ^ „fv,o- „,a grounds will be marked down for the
The dates for Pinehurst s other ma- & ^
youngsters, that they may make their
nickels, dimes &nd quarters go a
long way. The Greater Brantley
Shows, this year’s midway entertain
ment feature, will charge them only
five cents for rides on the various
riding devices.
jor tournaments of the season are:
35th annual United North and
South Open, March 23, 24 and 25.
35th annual North and South In
vitation for Women, March 29, 30,
31, April 1 and 2.
27th annual North and South In
vitation Amateur championship, Ap
ril 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
Miss Sarah Shaw, both of Aberdeen,!^’’.® for Insurance Com-, be accepted as a standard of beauty
and Miss Cornelia Shaw, for 30 years ' practices law in Car-1 yg^r’s activities and election of of- and good taste to which the other two
librarian of Davidson College, and a
brother. Judge Thomas J. Shaw, of:
Greensboro. Miss Cornelia Phillips of
Southern Pines is a niece.
Services attended by a large con
course of relatives, friends, and for_
mer parishoners were held at the
thage.
,Rowe Shuts Down on
Driving” When Drunk
ficers and directors for the new year. ! buildings would conform, each having,
It chose Willard L. Dunlop as pr<?s- j of course, its own individual character
ident, and the following other of-1 expressive of its particular function
ficers: j in the community, but all using the
Howard G- Phillips, 1st vice.pres-
Issues Order Fines and Costs vice-
Must Be Paid on Spot ^ president; B. U. Richardson, tresur-
Or It’s Jail
same building materials and follow-
the
The gates will be open at 2:00
o'clock, and the fair will continue ^ Beihesda Cemetery at 2:30
Fourteen other tournaments are on through the week, with day and night j yesterday within sight of the
the season’s schedule, for men and | performances. Hundreds of farm and| ^t^ure where the beloved, ^^Arthur i «ce lot and Dr. Mudgett’s property,
minister had greeted home-coming i to go driving in Moore county, he! Wesley R- Viall, Arthur S. New- ^ . ... , ,,
i IT- TP i Failure to do this might very well
may as well take along his suit case comb, John F. Taylor, Robert E. Gou- ■
ing, without slavishly copying,
same architectural tradition,
er, and Robert E. L'enny, secretary. 1 With this possibility in view it is
The officers and the following will highly important that the town should
acquire the area between the postof-
When an intoxicated person decides serve as the new board of direct-.
women. | domestic exhibits will be displayed in
The 19th annual United North and the huge portable building, showing' 'congregations so many times
South tennis tournament is scheduled all comers what Moore county has to
this season for April 11, 12, 13, the! offer. The building in itself is worth
week of April 12th. The 20th annual [ a visit to the fair, the officials state.
Horse Show is slated for March 30: It will be erected over the week-end,
and 31, the fifth annual Dog Show
for April 3 and 4.
O. C. Daniels Acquires
Burgess Property Here
Brother of City Commissioner
Bids in Broad St. and New
Hampshire Ave. Buildings
Downtown real estate in Southern
Pines sold at bargain prices at the
auction sale of the holdings of the
late T. L. Burgess yesterday. The sale
was conducted by Herbert F. Seawell,
Jr., of Carthage, trustee.
The building at present occupied by
the Elite Dress Shop on East Broad
street was purchased by O. C. Daniels
of Oriental, a brother of Dr. L. M.
Daniels, city commissioner, for $1,
300. The Curb Market Building, oc
cupied by Ed’s Cafe, also went to Mr,
Daniels for $1,300. Mr. Daniels also
acquired the Home Variety Store for
$1,575, and bid in the building occu
pied by The Valet, dry cleaners, on
East Now Hampshire avenue, for $1,-
300.
E. V. Pefkinson bought the Burgess
half interest in the Burgess-Perkin-
son building on New Hampshire ave
nue, occupied by the Central Carolina
Telephone Company, for $2,025.
Several pieces of residential prop
erty were sold to various bidders dur
ing the sale which lasted all day.
Lambeth and Cooley at
Carthage Rally Today
and the various exhibits put in place| Congressmen'to^DIscuss Issues
^ of Campaign.—Grissom May
Be Here Later
Paul Waddill, who is managing the
County Fair, says that no time or
money is being spared this year to
make this the biggest and best fair
ever held in the county. He states that
the grounds will be well policed and
that everything possible will be done
to insure an entertaining and instruc
tive visit for those who attend. Seas
on tickets, good for every afternoon
and night, are on sale at $1.00.
The Herman Brantley Shows will
offer during the week 12 sideshow
attractions and ten rides of various
kinds. Some of the acts are free, in
cluding La Frances and her stunt 110
feet in the air. Si and Ebner with
their educated mule. Jones’ educated
dogs, Levine and Company on the
wire, and so on.
MRS. WILL BLUE LEFT
$10,000 BY MRS. DUKE
or a sizeable bank roll, for the chancse &er, John G- Hemmer, L. L. Biddle,
are that he will need one or the oth- E. S. Blodgett. Ralph W. Sutton,
er before he returns home. Judge ' J- I- O’Brien, Joseph Montesanti and
J. Vance Rowe of the Recorder’s F. T. Keating.
Court issued an ultimatum on Mon-. Secretary Francis Keating, report-1
day and here it is. | ing on the activities of the organ. 1
“Beginning November 1st, 1936 ' ization during the summer months, j
make it impossible to create at this
point a little civic center which would
be a source of enduring satisfaction
to ourselves and those who come af
ter us.
Yours very truly,
—ALFRED B. YEOMANS.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED OF
NELLIE LOUISE LEAVITT
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard W. Leavitt
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Nellie Louise, to Paul Leav
itt Nye of Bradford, Vermont. Miss
Leavitt attended Southern Pines
School but was graduated from Brad
ford Academy. Last year she attend
ed the Sargent School of Physical
Education of Boston University.
Mrs. Will A. Blue of Aberdeen is
among the beneficiaries named in the
will of the late Mrs. Benjamin Duke,
filed this week In Surrogate’s Court
In New York. Mrs. Blue, nee Maud
Angier, a niece, is left $10,000. The
value of Mrs. Duke’s estate is esti
mated at $12,000,000. The largeest
"bequest is $1,000,000 to Duke Univer
sity at Durham.
TEN PERCENT DIVIDEND
FOR PAGE TRUST DEl’OSITORS
Congressman Walter Lambeth of
this district and Congressman Harold
D. Cooley of the Fourth District will
launch the Democratic campaign in
Moore county for the re-election of
President Roosevelt at a rally in the
courthouse at Carthage this after
noon, Friday, at 2:30 o’clock. Both
will speak on the issues of the cam
paign, and in support of the State
as well as the national ticket.
From the Republican camp comes j
word that an effort is being made to
have Gilliam Grissom, G. O. P. can
didate for Governor, address a coun
ty-wide Republican rally in Carthage
in thp near future.
Registration books throughout the
county will be open each Saturday
from now on through October 24th,
and those not registered must do so
on one of the three remaining Satur
days if they are to vote on ejection
day, November 3.
every defendant convicted of driving
a motor vehicle on the highways of
the State while under the influence
of intoxicating liquor will be required
to comply with the judgment of the
court on the date of the trial, and no
person will be allowed any time to
Indiana Ave. Extension
summed up in the following manner j . . ~ , ,
the Pinehurst summer status: "There j^Sl^ IState tO ])laintain
seems to have been on the part of
some of us, a feeling that with the
closing of the hotels for the resort
season, we drift into summer inertia.
Of course Pinehurst is primarily a
get up the costs and no person will health and recreation center, but it
be allowed to leave the court without | is nevertheless an all year ’round
paying the fine imposed unless he fur-1 village- Every convenience and suit-
nishes a good and sufficient bond ^ able recreation is maintained through-
guaranteeing the payment of the fine! out the year, so Pinehurst has devel-
County Board Seeks Improve
ment of Road Leading
To Ark School
Depositors of the defunct Page
Trust Company of Aberdeen last week
received a tenpercent dividend, releas
ing a large amount of cash in the
Sandhills section. The State Banking
Department had previously author
ized and paid a 20 percent dividend.
The bank did not reopen after the
general banking holiday in March,
1933.
RFC HAS DISTRIBUTED
$311,000 IN MOORE COUNTY
The Reconstruction Finance Corpor
ation during the period from TTebru-
ary 2, 193C to June 30, 1936 distri
buted the sum of $311,015.00 in
Moore county, according to informa
tion received by Robert M. Gantt,
state director for the national emer
gency council for North Carolina.
BLUE A COUNCILOR
Paul Blue, of Southern Pines, has
been elected a floor councilor in Steele
dormitory at the University of North
Carolina, according to official returns
which were released early this week
Blue is a sophomore at the Univer
sity.
Improvement to and upkeep of In
diana avenue, Southern Pines, from
the city line near the residence of
Kenneth Trousdale out past Bethesda
within a time specified by the court | oped into an established year ’round j Road, The Ark School and Turner’s
“The clerk of court is ordered and home and business community and | Spring to the Moore county line is
directed to write a letter to every amply justifies our hearty coopera-
person convicted in this court who! tion to make perpetually desirable,
has not complied with the judgment Let us do our part.”
of the court, and advise him that the i in addition to assisting in secur-
judgment mu*it be complied with by ing the convention of the North Car-
November 1, 1936, otherwise the pris- j olina Association of Insurance Agents
on sentence imposed will immediately j for Pinehurst next May the secretary
be put into force.” j reported considerable activity of the
The decree was signed by Judge J. | body during the summer.
Vance Rowe. | Against Wood Shingles
Heretofore more or less leniency | The committee for the establish,
has Ijeen shown and if a defendant' ment of the anti-wood shingle sta-
was unable to pay his fine and costs {tute reported progress in its work
in full, he was allowed a certain and that County Attorney S. R.
amount of time in which to raise the
balance.
HIGHLAND PINES INN TO
OPEN ABOUT NO\nEMBER 1
Hoyle had agreed to prepare a pro
per bill to be presented to the com
ing legislature.
President Wesley Viall presided and
appointed a committee composed of
I Dunlop, Dupont and Denny to ren-
The Highland Pines Inn will open | der all assistance possible to Pine-
on or about November 1st, it was | hurst Inc. in connection with the
stated this week, and will be ready Professional Golf Association toum.
for an anticipated crowd during the
Professional Golfers Association Na
tional tournament the week of No
vember 16th in Pinehurst.
BASEBALL TODAY
Southern Pines and Vass will clash
on the baseball diamond in the first
game of the fall season here this,
Friday, afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.
ament to be held in Pinehurst, be
ginning November 16th.
The only unhappy note of the ses
sion was the announcement by Sec
retary Francis Keating that he could
no longer act as secretary of the
Chamber. His retirement was accept
ed and the membership unanimously
stood to express their appreciation of
the prompt, efficient and wise sum-
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foreseen in action taken Monday by
the Board of County Commissioners.
The board voted to ask the Str.te
Highway Commission Lo place the
ioad on the State system. This ex
tension of Indiana avenue beyond the
city limits is much used, as it leads
not only to The Ark, but to The Pad
dock, residence in the Country Club
Estates, and other outlying homes.
It has been in poor repair for some
time^
A new modem school building is to
be erected at Highfalls before next
year’s school term, according to ac
tion taken by the commissioners at
Monday’s meeting. The cost of the
building has not been settled.
“On premises” beer and wine H- ^
cense v’&s approved for L. S. Jessup
of near Vass and “on premises” beer
license for Roscoe Myrick of Carth
age.
The reports of Mrs. Lessie Brown,
head of the welfare department, and
Miss Flora McDonald, home agent,
were heard and approved.
An allowance of $4 per month was
made to John Foushee and wife;
Scott Roberts was ordered admitted
to the county home, and sentence of
Lindsay Minter and Arthur Leak to
work at the county home were ap.
proved.