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CAROfifVA
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MOORE COUNTY’S
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NEWS-WEEKLY
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of the Sandhill Ten! ^ of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, October 16. 1936.
Rally Speaker
DEMOCRATS OPEN
CAMPAIGN WITH
2 RALLIES HERE
Young Voters Meet in Southern
Pines; Ijambeth and McDon
ald Speak in Carthage
TRIBUTE, LATE R. N. PAGE
A Roosevelt and Hoey rally under
the auspices of the Young Demo
cratic Club of Southern Pines was
held in the High School building here
last night with a good crowd, large
ly young men and women of the coun
ty, present. Miss Mae Oliver of San
ford, State Vice-President of Young
Democratic Clubs; W. D. Sabiston of
Carthage and Robert E. Denny of
Pinehurst were among the speakers.
Congressman Walter Lambeth and i
Dr. Ralph McDonald were the speak- j
ers at the county’s largest political i VAITTIJ PR AM
rally of the present campaign, held | 1.
last Saturday afternoon in Carthage. i
The meeting was well attended de-1
spite the inclement weather, and |
those present rewarded with ringing:
pleas for support of the Democratic i
ticket, national and State, on Novem-1
ber 3d. Solicitor M. G. Boyette, chair- j
man of the Democratic county execu- j
tive committee, presided. I
Congressman Ljunbeth discussed
what he termed the two vital issues j
of the coming campaign, the tariff |
question and the subject of America’s
neutrality in event of another war.
He paid tribute to the late Robert N.
Page, Congressman from this district,
who, he asserted, sacrificed his polit
ical future for the cause of peace.
Dr. McDonald spoke in a humorous
vein of the Republican efforts to find
an issue for the oncoming fight, and
WALTER LAMBETH
WELL UNDER WAY
IN MOORE COUNTY
Employment Sought For Needy
Young Men and Women of
18 to 20 Years
MRS. SWETT SUPERVISOR
The program of the National Youth
Administration is getting well under
way in Moore county. This program
is carried on by the Federal Govern
ment with the earnest purpose of
giving employment, where possible,
to young men and women from 18
to 20 years of age, of assisting in
their educational and work problems,
held up as absurb and unreasonable | of arousing the communities to the
the efforts being made to bring the I needs of these youths, and of helping
biigabear of Communism into the
arena, or to charge Roosevelt with
being a dictator. Asserting that Com
munism is caused only when condi
tions are so intolerable and unbear
able for the masses of people that
they will turn to anything that offers
a promise of relief, however false. Dr.
McDonald said that the only way to
build up Communism in American
was to turn back the clock four
years, and again to grind the aver
age man down under the heels of a
depression. In answering charges that
Roosevelt would like to become a
dictator, he reminded his hearers
that the first step toward attaining
a dictatorship is to suppress all crit
icism from any source, especially that
of the press, and averred that Mr.
Roosevelt’s policy was just the oppo
site.
Frank Presbrey, Noted
Advertising Man, Dies
Father of Dr. Alice Presbrey of
Pinehurst Passes at 82 in
Greenwich, Conn
Frank Presbrey, chairman of the
board of the Frank Presbrey Com-
them to find their rightful place in
the community.
Only youths certified by the WPA
may be placed at work on projects,
but a vital interest is felt in all. It
is hoped that educational and voca
tional classes may be formed and that
those so taught may be helped to find
private employment.
In the past few years, when it
has been difficult for heads of fam
ilies to find employment, the youths
in such families have suffered deep
ly. In many instance.-j they have been
forced to stop attending school, their
clothing has been inadequate to go
out to hunt the work whtci they
might possibly have found, they have
had insufficient food and recreation;
so, left to themselves, they have liv
ed on the border line of self respect
I They have sought the things they
need and crave in the only ways they
knew, and it is not strange if delin
quency has frequently followed.
The NYA aims to show them a
way out, a way to become self re
specting and at least partially inde
pendent. It solicits the sympathetic
interest and cooperation of the entire
community to make this effort a suc-
pany, advertising agency, one of the I cess.
most prominent advertising men in ]
the United States, died in Greenwich, j
Conn. last Saturday. He was 82 years
old.
Mr. Presbrey who has been a Pine
hurst visitor over a long period of
years, started his advertising agency
In 1896. One of the first things he
did was to invent “the cruise”. He
suggested to the Hamburg-Amerlca
Line that it conduct a cruise to the
West Indies. His suggestion was suc
cessfully adopted and as he said once
■himself, “revolutionized travel in
America”.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Stella Spalding, of Louisville; a son,
Charles Presbrey, who has been pres
ident of the Presbrey Company since
1930, and two daughters. Miss Mar
guerite Presbrey, of Greenwich and
New York, and Dr. Alice Presbrey, of
Pinehurst.
SEA WELL ON SPECIAL TRAIN
WITH G. O. P. CANDIDATE
Herbert F. Seawell, Jr., of Carth
age was among a group of some
25 prominent Republicans of the
state invited to join Col. Frank Knox,
G. O. P, candidate for Vice-President,
on his special train en route to Ashe
ville this week. Col. Knox made sev
eral platform talks and addressed a
lirge gathering at Asheville. Mr.
Seawell was with the party from
Bur ington to Greensboro and reports
beina: greatly impressed with the can
didate.
Mrs. Swett Supervisor
Mrs. James B. Swett of Southern
Pines has been appointed Supervisor
for Moore county. She has at pres
ent an office in her home and one in
the courthouse at Carthage. She will
be glad at all times, by appointment,
to con.sult with any of these young
people regarding their problems.
At present there are about 25
working in the county. Those who
are unskilled are engaged in work
about public buildings as cleaners and
caretakers, where under wise super
vision, they are learning- to be respon
sible. The more skilled are engaged
in clerical work or as assistant li
brarians. One group, scattered over
different sections of the county, is
assisting Miss Flora McDonald, the
County Home Demonstration Agent,
in the organization and work of 4-H
Clubs. Some are assisting in school
programs. All are learning the while
they are earning.
VIDA BELLE HEFXJN, 17,
DISAPPEARS FROM HOME
Miss Vida Belle Heflin, 17-year old
Aberdeen girl, disappeared from her
home t)n the Aberdeen-Southern Pines
road last Sunday morning and her
family has had no word of her where
abouts since. She left home Sunday
morning, presumably for Sunday
School, but failed to return. She was
a pupil Ih Aberdeen High School.
MOORE TOBACCO
MARKETS LEADING
STATE IN PRICES
Middle Belt Leaf Selling Higher
Than Any Other, With Aber
deen and Carthage “Top”
QUANTITY BELOW 1935
FIVE CENTS
State Federation Head Calls For ^ *
Crusade to Save Country's Youth
Lights Out
Entire Sandhills Section in the
Dark Monday Night as
Power Line Fails
Line trouble between the Caro
lina Power and Light Company’s
plant at West End and Aberdeen
threw the entire community into
darkness last Monday night, the
first serious suspension of service
in a long time here. Power was
off for more than an hour, and
intermittent during a large part of
the night while necessary repairs
were being made. Motion picture
theatres had to suspend perform
ances due to the trouble.
Middle Belt tobacco prices have
been higher since the markets of
this belt got under way than in any
other belt, figures of the Federal
State Crop Reporting Service show.
And Aberdeen and Carthage are lead
ers among the nine Middle Belt mar
kets, their prices averaging through
September around 26 cents. Higher
grade tobacco in this section accounts
for the better prices here than else
where.
Aberdeen sold 408,718 pounds at an
average of $25.29 a hundred during
September; Carthage sold 454,942 at
an average of $26.10. The Middle Belt
average was $24.76.
Despite generally higher prices this
year than last. North Carolina tobac
co growers received through Septem
ber 30 nearly seven million dollars i
less for their crop than in the same | game that has been long await-
period last yepr. The price ran three i fans of this section when two
cents a pound higher. Sales for the | major elevens come up to a mid
season on the Bright, Middle and! October clash with the perfect rec-
Border Uelt markets were 150,562,- j ords of being undefeated, untied and
995 pounds, about one-third of the j unscored on will be reeled off in
estimated North Carolina crop. This ^uke stadium Saturday afternoon at
amounts to more than sixty million 2:30 o’clock when Georgia Tech s
less than the figure for 1935, when I Golden Tornado goes against Duke s
211,005,683 pounds were sold through Devils.
September. | The records of the two teams for
For this year’s sales, the service the current campaign:
reported, farmers were paid ?|33,-1 Georgia Tech 55, Presbyterian Col-
018,304.80 at an average price of legeO.
When Crime-Age Drops to Teens
Problem Becomes Challenge
to W^omen of America
ENGINEER HERE TO
SURVEY SITE FOR
NEW POSTOFFICE
l^eaves With Topographic Map,
Soil Samples, Diagram of
Proposed Civic Center
HOPE TO SAVE MAGNOLIAS
Guy W. Bradford, a government
engineer, has been in Southern Pines
this week making a topographic sur
vey of the site selected for the new
postoffice, the old Southern Pines Ho
tel property on West Broad street
Duke-Georgia Tech
Game To Get Crowd
Teams Meet Saturday Undefeat
ed, Untied and Unscored On
For the Season
BY MRS. S .R. SMITH
“Why, you ask, should club women
be interested in crime ? And I answer.
Because of its devastating ravages
upon young people between the ages
of ten and twenty. When the age
of the law-breaker drops to sixteen,
fourteen, twelve, and even ten, the
problem becomes a challenge to the
women of America who are responsi
ble for the guidance of youth.”
Thus Mrs. George E. Marshall, , and New York avenue. He was as-
president of the North Carolina Fed- sisted in the survey by E. V. Perkin-
eration of Women’s Clubs, launched son and James Swett, and left for
her annual address to club women of Washington with the necessary maps
the Ninth District in Aberdeen on and several photographs made by E.
j Wednesday when she spoke on “Crime ' c, Eddy.
and Youth Today,” in one of the most | under Mr. Bradford’^ direction five
powerful addresses heard in a dis- | pj^g were dug and bormgs made to
trict meeting in the state in recent | determine the type of soil the gov-
I ' ernment will have to contend with in
The speaker cited the increase in, erecting the new federal building
here. Samples of the soil were sent
the number of criminals and gave as
contributing factors: unemployment,
low standards of ideals in the home,
and lack of respect for the law on
the part of parents.
“The task of supreme importance,"
Mrs. Marshall uoclarod, “is to reach
the boy before he ^oes to the reform
atory. Then, and then only, can we
stamp out crime and save boys as
well. This is the crusade to which I
wish to challenge law-abiding
to Washington in sealed cans. The
borings disclosed, beneath two feet of
top soil, three feet of yellow sand,
! two feet of pure white sand and be
neath this a stratum of the finest
j clay in the county.
I!radford asrrced with local cit-
j izens that an effort should be made
in locating the new building to avoid
I destruction of the magnolia trees on
club the nite. These trees are believed to
21.93 cents a pound, compared with
a total of $39,816,772.60 at an average
of 18.87 cents a pound for 1935 sales.
To Meet To Perfect
Boy Scout Organization
Representative of National
Headquarters To Speak Here
on Tuesday
The following notice was sent out
this week to residents of Southern
Pines and vicinity known to be in
terested in Boy Scouts:
"A ship without a chartered course
is useless. It may have the best of
construction, perfect engines and
equipment, a well staffed crew and a
competent captain but unless a course
is planned the use of the ship is lim
ited.
“The Boy Scouts of Moore County
need organization, need guidance and
advice. To perfect this end a special
meeting is called for Tuesday even
ing, October 20, at eight o’clock in
the Southern Pines High School Aud
itorium. The National Office of the
Boy Scouts is sending Mr. Claude
Humphreys the Scout Executive of
Occoneechee Council together with
his staff to assist in the forming of
our organization.
“The Boys need the wisdom of older
boys to train them. May we count
on you to be there?
—The Boy Scouts of Moore County.”
James Douglas’ Widow
Gets $3,361 Award
Kennel Huntsman of Moore Co.
Hounds Adjudged in Line of
Duty When Fatally Burned
Pearline Douglas, widow of James
Douglas, burned to death last sum
mer In building connected with the
kennels of the Moore County Hounds
on the James Boyd property in South
ern Pines, will receive $3,361 for his
death, the State Industrial Commis
sion approving the award this week.
Associate Commissioner Buren Jur-
ney decided that Douglas, kennel
huntsman for the Boyds, was in the
course of his employment when the
tragedy occurred.
Douglas was found dead in the
ruins of the building after the fire on
June 15th. He had been cooking a
liquid preparation in which the
hounds are dipped when the mixture
is believed to have exploded, killing
him instantly. He left his widow and
several children.
Cal McDonald, well known colored
man of Aberdeen, died in Rk;bmond,
Virginia, on Tuesday. , .♦
Georgia Tech 58, Sewanee 0.
Georgia Tech 34, Kentucky 0.
Duke 13, Davidson 0.
Duke 6, Colgate 0.
Duke 21, South Carolina 0.
Duke 25, Clemson 0.
Those games show Tech has one of
the greatest offensive attacks in the
country. They use a razzle-dazzle at
tack that is a razzle dazzle attack.
Three of their five touchdowns again
st Kentucky’s great eleven last week
were scored by forward-lateral pass
es. On a long drive for the fourth
touchdown, the Jackets used all the
hipper-dipper stuff so much has been
written about, shovel passes, for
wards and laterals.
While Duke’s defensive record for
the season is just as impressive as
Tech’s offensive mark, the Blue Dev
ils have not gone up against a team
that drives with the straight power
and at the same time with the tricky
abandon of these iboys |who form
Tech’s 1936 Golden Tornado. It un
doubtedly will be one of the greatest
football games ever staged in North
Carolina. Never before have two
teams played a game in this section
offering perfect records for the sea-
.son.
RECEPTION FOR TEACHERS
AT CIVIC CLUB OCT. 29TH
women who are willing to work for t^ie first magnolias planted in
a law-abiding community. ^ Southern Pines, put in by Frank Page^
“Every community has its potential 3r.. in about 1887. To save the trees
criminals if it has underprivileged, ! it will be necessary to set the build-
undernourished, ignorant, diseased, ing back from the sidewalk about
wayward boys and girls. This is the | 40 feet.
soil in which crime flourishes. Give A. B. Yeomnna, architect, has pre-
the children of this environment a p^rcd a diagram of the civic center
chance to have a sound mind in a
sound body. . . . Let’s spend our mon-
I ey, our time, our efforts, to beat
crime rather than to correct the
criminal, to get to the boy before he
gets to the reformatory,” the speaker
continued.
Mrs. Johnson Presides
The meeting was held in the Page in laying out the postoffice.
Memorial Church with the district | —
president. Mrs. J. Talbot Johnson, Camival of Cut-UpS
presiding. Followmg the mvocation by
the Rev. E. L. Barber, Mrs- H. W.
Doub, president of the Walter Hines
Page Book Club, the hostess club,
spoke gracious words of welcome to
which Miss Mary Beasley, president
of the Vass Woman’s Club, respond- 1
ed. Mrs. J. H. Suttenfield brought | Stunt Night, the annual signal for
greetings from the Home Demonstra-1 frolicsome fun at the Southern Pines
he proposes for the property extend
ing from the present Mudgett Build
ing to the corner of New York ave
nue, to include a prospective public
library building and a municipal of
fice building, and this plan has also
■)een sent to Washington as a guide
to the Supervising Architect’s fofice
Stunt Nighfs Title
Clever Program Arranged by
Tofs and Teens of High School
For October 23
tion Clubs.
Mrs. T. B. Upchurch of Raeford,
General Federation contact chair
man, discussed the benefits to be de
rived from membership in the Gen
eral Federation and stressed the im
portance of subscribing to the nation
al publication, "The Clubwoman.”
High School. The student body in
vites all friends and patrons to join
in its 1936 “Carnival of Cut-ups” on
Friday night, October 23, at 8:00 p.
m- at the high school auditorium.
Attractive posters giving details of
time, place and prices are to be seen
throughout the business district.
Mrs. John D. Robinson, chairman Take a look at them on your next
of districts of the State federation, i shopping trip.
The Civic Club of Southern Pines
will inaugurate its season of activi
ties on Thursday night, October 29th
at 8:00 o’clock, with a reception in
honor of the Southern Pines teachers
and the members of the Board of
Education.
This will introduce the new mem
bers of the faculty, and also new res
idents to the entire teaching force.
The president of the Civic Club, Miss
Florence Campbell, and the Educa
tional Committee, Mrs. E. Levis Prl-
zer chairman, assisted by Mrs. J. S.
Milliken, Dr. Isabel Graves and Mrs.
J. C. Musser, have plans to make this
the real reunion of Southern Pines,
following the separations of the sum
mer.
Civic Club members are asking all
of the churches to join with them on
this occasion as assisting hosts, to
entertain all of the parents and their
friends, and new residents.
CAUCUS TO FILL VACANCIES
ON ABERDEEN SCHOOL BOARD
spoke of the departmental work and
led a round table discussion.
Mrs. Marshall conducted a quiz on
the constitution of the North Caro
lina Federation of Women’s Clubs.
Miss Daisy Young, assistant super
intendent of the correctional school
Variety is the keynote of the pro
gram. Clever is its one word descrip
tion. Here’s the title, but then what's
in a name? Seeing will be believing
the novelty of this performance.
There will be Hallowe’en Hobgob
lins, Bandana Minstreley, Japanese
at Samarcand, gave an interesting j Dancers, Athletic “feets,” Ye Old
talk on the work of this State in
stitution.
Miss Margaret McQueen, maternity
nurse for Moore county, told briefly
of the pre-natal clinics being held in
the county and of the club women’s
cooperation in the work.
Favor Flngerpulntlng
Resolutions were passed advocat-! Grade, Bandana Minstrel; Seventh
ing State aid for libraries; more at- , Grade, The Queen of the Out of
tention to the selection of candidates Doors; Eighth Grade, A Modem
for office; a study of conditions In j Fairy Tale; Ninth Grade, The Villain
local jails; the expansion of parental | Pursuer; Tenth Grade, Special Fifty-
education, and universal finger print- nige, and Eleventh Grade, Contest of
j Time Millow-drammer, Choristers,
! and Baby Wonders.
, The program for Stunt Night ia
! as follows:
; First and Second Grades, Songs;
I Third Grade, Seasonal Fantasy;
j Fourth Grade, October Highlights;
I Fifth Grade, Colorful Tones; Sixth
There will be a caucus Monday
night, October 19th, at 8:00 in the
Aberdeen High School building for
the purpose of selecting nominees to
fill two places on the Aberdeen Grad
ed School Board, one to be elected
from Aberdeen and one from Pine-
bluff, in the coming general election.
ing. A fingerprint expert was on band
during a part of the day tc make fin
gerprints for the club women who de
sired this service.
Reports were given by the various
club presidents and these showed evi
dence of much activity in the district.
The attendance prize, based on the to
tal number of miles traveled, weis
awarded the Coats Book Club. San
ford was named as the place of nieet-
Two vocal trios by members of the
Raeford club were greatly enjoyed,
and lovely arrangements of dahlias
and other flowers added to the pleas
ure of the occasion. Beautiful cor
sages, the gift of th« Home and Gar-
the Cuties.
LANDON K. THORNE. JR.
TO WED IN SCOTLAND
(Please turn to page 8)
Landon K. Thome, Jr., of New
York, a frequent visitor to Southern
Pines, sailed this week for the Brit
ish Isles where on October 29th he :
will wed Miss Veronica Boswell Eliott,
daughter of Sir Gilbert Alexander,
Boswell Eliott and Lady Eliott of.j
Wolfelee, Hawick, Roxburghshire,
Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Landon K.
Thorne, who spend much time at The >
Paddock here during winter seasons,"
accontpanied their son. Young
Thome is well known here as an e*-"
pert horseman.