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MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
of the SandJiill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, Nvember 13, 1936.
FIVE CENTS
PINEHURST SCENE
OFNATIONALRG.A.
EVENT NEXT WEEK
One Hundred Twenty of Coun
ty’s Leading Golfers Com
pete for $9,000 Purse
FIRST ROUND MONDAY
Annual Red Cross Roll Call
Starts in County on Sunday
Southern Pines Homes Will Be
Canvassed for Funds for Lo
cal and National Work
The Sandhills will be host to the
South’s first national golf champion
ship this coming week, the annual
tournament cf the Professional Golf
ers Association of America. One
hundred and twenty of the coimtry’s
leading professionals will t^e off
Monday morning in the first of two
18-hole qualifying rounds, after
which the tournament continues
through the week, with all matches
played on the famous No. 2 cham
pionship course of the Pinehurst
Country Club. The largest crowd ever
to follow golf events in Pinehurst,
which is saying a good deal, is ex
pected here all week.
All preparations for the event were
completed this week by Donald J.
Ross and his corps of assistants. The
course, with its new grass greens,
was never in better condition. New
parking arrangements for visitors
have been laid out, and a new en
trance gate erected in front of the
clubhouse. A daily fee of $1.10 is to
be charged from Monday through
Friday. The charge on Saturday and ;
Sunday will be $2.20. There is a sea- !
son rate for all days of $4.40. Admis- |
Sion will als5 be charged to the club- i
house during the tournament, for all
except members of the club and oth
ers with playing privileges there.
Tourtiey Information
The following information regard
ing admission to the P. G. A. Cham
pionship was given out yesterday by
R. S. Tufts, as follows:
Number 2 course will be fenced off
and an admission charge made during
the tournament to all spectators.
There will be no admission charge
during the practice rounds concluding
Sunday, November 15tk.
The Country Club building and the
practice putting greens in front will
be closed off from the general public
and only the following admitted:
Those purchasing admission to the
club house; Those with playing privi
leges at the country club; Pinehurst
cottage people (upon application to
Mr. Wilson at the desk.)
The main admission gate for Num
ber Two Course will be located on top
of the hill between the eighteenth
tee an4 green of No. One Course.
The admission gate to the country
club will be located at the front en
trance to the building.
Parking Areas
Club members and all cottagers and
fcotel guests will be supplied] with
wind-shield ^tickers for their cars
and the parking area around the club
will be closed to all cars except those
w’ith these stickers. The entrance
gate fcr this parking area will be
located on the road next to the Wo
men’s Exchange, opposite the Village
Chapel.
The road parallel to the first two
holes of Number 2 course will be clos
ed and those not having admission to
the parking space described above
will enter the grounds from the Aber
deen highway at the railroad crossing
located near the Country Club bam
and race track. Parking facilities will
be provided here at no charge.
No. 1 course will be closed Sunday
night, November 15th and No. 3
course only will be open during the
tournament. No play will be permit
ted on Number 2 except by contest
ants until Monday, November 23rd.
Car stickers will be supplied to cot-
ta:ge people and others entitled to re
ceive them, at the Country Club. Ho
tel guests wil obtain them at the ho
tel at which they are staying.
Beginning Sunday through Wed
nesday, canvassers will make their i
annual visits to the homes in South
ern Pines for the American Red
Cros,s Roll Call.
The greater part of the money rais
ed in this drive is kept right here
in Southern Pines—all but fifty
cents out of every subscription over
a dollar is used here to give milk to
the undernourished children in the
schools and elsewhere; if less than a
dollar is given, fifty per cent of that
subscription is kept here. This local
work is vital to the community and
is as extensive as the funds collect- |
ed will allow. Besides the local work, 1
the fifty cents collected for the na- !
tional organization goes to all sec
tions of the country to aid the dis
tressed in time of disaster. j
Miss Laura Kelsey is serving as
Roll Call chairman this year with!
Miss Eleanor Barron as roll call di- i
rector. Miss Barron will be in charge '
of the canvassers who will take ac- i
tive part in the campaign. |
The Roll Call will be carried on ;
throughout the county by other lo
cal groups in the variuos towns.
Up in Smoke
Mrs. Hall Hid the Reverend’s
Salary in the Stove—
Unfortunately
The Rev. L. M. Hall of the Aber
deen Methodist Church received
$126 in bills to apply on his sal
ary account last Friday. He took
it home, turned it over to Mrs.
Hall for safekeeping.
That evening he motored to Vass,
where he is also pastor of the
Vass Methodist Ciairch. Fearing
something might happen to the
money, Mrs. Hall decided to hide
it. She chose the oil burner, where
she figured thieves would never
look.
Mr. Hall arose early the next
morning, lighted the oil burner.
Which ended the salary and ends
the story.
GEORGE C. GRAVES |
DIES IN CARTHAGE!
84 YEARS OF AGE
Overnight Guest
Prominent Business Man Was
One of Oldest Druggists in
North Carolina
LEAVES LARGE FAMILY
I.
COUNTY QUALIFIES
FOR CONTINUATION
OF FEDERAL RELIEF
Rowe Says Dangerous
nrivintr Mii«f ^ Commission Votes To Pay Half
uriving Must Mop
^ , II I- rr I Worker, Miss McQueen
Orders Police Officers To Get
After Operators of Trucks
Speeding Through County
Atkins—Christmas
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker of
Southern Pines, announce the marr
iage of their sister, Ruth Eleanor At
kins, to George M. Christmas, son of
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Christmas, of
Lotta, South Carolina, on Sunday,
November 8(th. The marriage was
performed by the bride’s pastor, the
Rev. Father Thomas Williamsi.
There are worse crimes than being
found in possession of a pint of illicit
liquor, and it’s time to do something
about them, Judge J. Vance Rowe
of Aberdeen told police officers as
sembled in Recorder’s Court during
the trial of petty cases on Monday.
A colored woman had just been
brought in and arraigned on the li
quor charge when Judge Rowe took
occasion to issue his proclamation
against what he termed one cf the
most serious situations in Moore
county today, the fast driving of mo
tor vehicles, particularly trucks.
With the recent fatal accident in
Aberdeen fresh in his mind, he told
the officers it was time to call a halt
to the high rate of speed at which
heavy trucks, particularly oil trucks
and trailers, travel through the coun
ty. He reminded them that there is a
30 mile-an-hoi'.r speed limit on vehi
cles with commercial trailers, the
kind of vehicle which caused the
death of a young driver here re
cently, and that 35 miles is the lim
it for other trucks. "But they dash
along our highway at 50, 60 and bet
ter, with no one stopping them," he
said.
Officers were instructed to get out
on the roads and put an end to this
dangerous condition, rather than put
in all their time on petty violations
of minor laws.
Christen New Church
Auditorium Nov. 21
In order that Mocre county may
continue to participate in the Feder
al relief work and enjoy the bene
fits thereof, the County Commission
ers at their November meeting ap
proved the paying of one-half the
salary, not exceeding $50 per month,
of a full-time certifying case work
er, the other half of the salary to
be furnished by the State. Mi.ss Flora
McQueen is in charge of this work.
It was ordered that the unpaid tax
list for 1933 be turned over to the
county attorney, S. R. Hoyle, for col
lection and foreclosure.
The clerk was instructed to for
ward to the District Superintendent
cf the State Highway Commission
with the board’s approval a petition
from neighborhood citizens for im
provement of the West-End-Hoffman
road between the E. C. Bliss farm and
the Wilson orchard.
George C. Graves, leading citizen
of Carthage, died yesterday at his
home there at the age cf 84 years. He
had been in comparatively good heal
th for one of his years until he fell
victim to an attack of pneumonia j
last week.
Mr. Graves had lived in Carthage !
practically all his life, and figured '
prominently in both business and pol- I
itics in his active years. He operated 1
a dry goods store, hardware store, !
drug store and several farms at var- |
ious times, and is said to have been !
one of the oldest living druggists in
the state at the time of his death.
He was a lifelong Democrat and
served at one time as postmaster.
Servrees will be held this afternoon,
Friday, at 2:00 o’clock in the Carth
age Presbyterian Church, with the
Rev. W. S. Golden officiating. Active
bearers will include Henry Seawell,
H. F. Seawell, Jr., George Graves, 3d,
Union Spence and Cyde Shaw.
In addition to his widow, Mr.
Graves is survived by five daughters,
Mrs. Gilliam Brown, Mrs. Cabel Penn,
and Mrs. Charles T. Grier of Carth
age, Mrs. Robert N. Page, Jr., of
Aberdeen, Mrs. Worth Miller of New
Bern and Mrs. George Heinisch of
Chapel Hill; by two sons, George C.,
Jr., of Asheboro and Henry L. Graves
f Goldsboro, and several grandchil- ]
dren.
CHAMBER GROUP
VOTES APPROVAL
OF CIVIC CENTER
Col. Frank Knox
Col. Knox of Chicago, Republican
vice-presidential candidate in the re
cent campaign, with Mrs. Knox, stop
ped off in Southern Pines last night
on their way to Florida by motor.
They spent the night at the Parkview
Hotel.
Struthers Burt Heads Commit
tee to Cooperate with Town
Board in Avquiring Site
FAVOR YEOMAN PROPOSAL
PEACE ONLY WHEN
REALISTS ACCEPT
IDE ALISTIC VIEW
Rev. E, L. Barber Makes Armis
tice Day Plea in T.^lk Before
Kiwanis Club
Elec Thrift Campaign
Prizes Announced
Miss Gordon, Chandler
Address Club Women
Thirteen of 18 Clubs in County
Represented at Annual
Achievement Day
“The Woman’s Place in the Home”
was the subject of an address made
by Miss Pauline E. Gordon, Home
Management Specialist, of Raleigh
before Moore County home demon
stration club women when they met
for their annual achievement day in
the court house on Thursday of last
week.
Mis Gordon impressed upon her
hearers that in addition to feeding
Baptists Choir Preparing Spec- | and clothing her family, the woman
ial Musical Program For the home should fill a larger
First Service ■ teaching affection, hospitality,
I providing recreation, keeping up the
The first service in the main aud- ; home traditions of courtesy, patience,
itorium of the new Southern Pines i confidence and honesty, looking after
Baptist Church has been postponed j the spiritual development of the
until November 21st. Announcement ‘ children, teaching them to assume
was made last Sunday that the morn- j responsibilities.
ing service would be upstairs on No- R. L. Chandler of Southern Pines
vember 14th, but it has been deemed and district manager of the Carolina
advisable to let the finish work be ; Power and Light Company, spoke on
Mrs. J. A. Smith of Southern
Pines Takes Grand Award
of $25.00; Many Winners
Mr. Elec Thrift was duly elected to
whatever he was running for, but
that is not what you are interested
in so much as who won the prizes
distributed by the Carolina Power
& Light Company and local electri
cal dealers when the drawings were
made last Saturday. Mayor Dorsey
G. Stutz of Southern Pines drew the
names, with Judge J. Vance Rowe of
Aberdeen acting as judge of the elec
tion.
Mrs. J. A. Smith of Southern Pines
won the big prize, $25.00 in cash.
Mary G. Cole of Carthage drew tlM(
second prize, $15.00, and Mrs. Dan
Carter of Carthage won $10. Five
dollar awards went to the following:
Mrs. M. W. Swearingen of Southern
Pines, Mrs. B. F. Whitlock of Car
thage, B. G. Peterson of Aberdeen,
Francis McKeithen of Carthage and
Tom A. Miller of Southern Pines.
The $2.50 awards went to Mrs-
Colin Shaw, Raeford; Mrs. Ella D.
Backus, Pinebluff; Mrs. G. M. Muse,
Carthage; J. W. Causey, Lakeview;
Edgar Jenkins. Carthage; Mrs. B. G-
Peterson, Aberdeen; Col. George P.
I Hawes, Pinehurst: Mrs. Walter Wil
liamson, Carthage; Mrs. J. B. Thom
as, Raeford and Alton Scott, South
ern Pines.
more nearly complete before going
into the main auditorium.
The choir is preparing a special
musical program and this opening
service will be inspiring and helpful.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all.
"CRAZY CAPER” PROGRAM
On Wednesday, November 18 at
8:00 P. M. the Blue Ridge Buddies
(Shorty, Mac, Hillbilly Kid, Si. and
Uncle Tom) are presenting a “Crazy
Caper” program sponsored by the
Eagle Springs School. There will be
good music and clean comedy for
rural electrification and then infor
mally discussed with the women the
questions which they wished to ask.
Both Mr. Chandler and Mrs. Gordon
stressed the importance of having
reliable electricians wire houses for
Blights. It was said there are men
going through the country soliciting
work of this kind and asking for a
down payment and that some of their
work is not meeting requirements for
sarety.
In a very impressive candle-lighted
ceremony, the following county offi
cers were installed for the coming
year: President, Mrs. Ben Gulledge,
everybody. Admissions will be 15 Cameron; Vice-president, Mrs. J. M.
cents for children under 14 and 25 Kelly, Vass; secretary-treasurer, Mrs-
cents for adults. W. J. Harrington, Jr., Glendon.
Dr. Howard of U. N. C.
Addresses Teachers
Third County-Wide Teachers’
Meeting of Year Held Thurs
day at Carthage
Dr. George Howard of the Univer-
<^ity of North Carolina made the prin
cipal address at the third county-
wide teachers’ meeting of the year,
which was held i nthe Carthage school
auditorium on Thursday afternoon of
last week with excellent attendance.
A study of the new curriculum is
being made this year, and "Health”
and "Social Science" were the sub
jects of the interesting program,
which was presented by Mrs. L. P.
Tyson of Carthage. Miss Mary Lou
Rankin cf West End, Miss Nellie Wil
liams, of Cameron, Worth L. Kiser
of Eureka and R. C. Zimmerman of
Aberdeen.
Six of these county-wide meetings
have been planned for the school
year.
HOMAGE PAID W. H. PAGE
"We are going to have wars until
realists apply to peace-making the
same hard-headed methods they have
I applied to war making,” the Rev.
j E. L. Barber of Aberdeen told mem-
j bers of the Kiwanis Club in an Ar-
I mistice Day talk at their meeting
I held Wednesday noon in the Aberdeen
I Community House.
I “The war system must pass
I through the same transition that oth-
! er innovations have gone through, the
! struggle between the idealists and the
1 realists. The realists scoffed at the
1 first telegraph instrument as conceiv-
I ed by the idealist; at attempts to fly.
But the idealists have won out, and
the same idealistic efforts that gave
us international communication and
commerce will win through to inter
national peace. The world is progress
ing with its peace program.
"There are those that feel we must
fight for our world trade. But peace
ful commerce, not political possession,
is the secret of success in the world.
Our fighting should be for peace, for
the country to stay out of war; not
j fighting among nations for posses-
I sions as attainable by peaceful meth-
t cds as by those whoch cost millions
I of lives in the World War terminat-
i ed by the Armistice signed 18 years
j ago today.”
i The club paid homage at its meet-
i ing to the late Walter Hines Page,
wartime ambassador to Great Britain,
whose body lies in nearby Bethes-
da Cemetery and whose flag-drapped
portrait looked down upon the mem
bers from a wall of the Community
House .The members stood at atten-
I tion and sang the Star Spangled Ban-
j ner facing the likeness of one of the
I war’s greatest casualties.
I At Wednesday’s meeting the club
I voted to sponsor a "Go to Church
I Month” and President J. Fred Stim-
I son named the following committee
I to plan a campaign to stimulate
I church attendance throughout the
community during the month of
I Christ’s nativity: W. C. McAvoy,
I Southern Pines, chairman; Donald
Sherrerd, Pinehurst, J. Vance Rowe,
Aberdeen, and Charles J. McDonald
of Carthage- The movement was sug
gested as a club project in a letter
from Dr. E. Levis Prizer cf Southern
Pines which was read at the meet
ing.
Miss Eleanor Knight, 18 years old,
recently of Sruthern Pines, passed
away last week at her home in Dor
chester, Mass., according to word re
ceived here this week. She attended
the Southern Pines School. Her moth
er, Mrs. Humphrey Knight, survives.
At an enthusiastic meeting of its
directors the Southern Pines Cham
ber of Commerce Tuesday noon went
on record as approving the plan for
a civic center, prepared by Alfred
B. Yeomans and recently submitted
to the government in connection with
the proposed new postoffice here, and
asked its Planning Committee to co
operate with the Mayor and Board
of City Commissioners in efforts to
acquire the property necessary to
complete development.
The plan calls for acquisition of
land between the Mudgett Building on
West Broad Street and the site pur
chased by the governrtient for the
rew postoffice, and its development
into a landscaped area with build
ings for a public library and munici
pal building as well as the federal
building. Mr. Yeoman’s proposal waa
sent to the office of the Supervising
Archtect of the Treasury Department
in Washington as a suggestion to
guide the government in the archi
tecture of the new postoffice and its
location on the property, with a view
to the civic center development.
Struthers Burt heads the commit
tee of the Chamber which will co
operate with city officials in attempt
ing to bring about the desired re
sult, and serving with him a^e E. W.
Reinecke and Frank Buchan.
Chamber directors also discussed
Tuesday the advisability of estab
lishing an information bureau and
town h:stess in an office in the Car
olina Theatr# building on East Broad
street. The matter was referred to
a committee comprising Nelson C.
Hyde, chairman; Dr. George G, Herr
and Howard F. Burns.
Charles W. Picquet was appointed
President by Shields Cameron, chair
man of a committee |o arrange for
the annual meeting and banquet of
the Chamber of Commerce, to be held
during January.
Mrs. Chatfield to
Talk on Weaving
Will Be Guest Speaker at Civic
Club Gathering Here
This Afternoon
This Eifternoon, Friday the direc
tors of the Civic Club will meet at
2.00 o’clock at the clubhouse, and at
3:00 o’clock the monthly business and
program meeting will be held in the
auditorium of the Civic Club. Thia
meeting is open to the public and a
cordial welcome is extended.
The guest speaker of the after
noon will be Mrs. H. G. Chatfield of
the Anglow Tweeds Woolen Mill,
j soon to open on the Midland Road.
I As weaving and hand looms are a
i hobby as well as a business to her,
I Mrs. Chatfield will make her subject
I very interesting to her audience. ’The
I club is glad to welcome Mr. and Mrs.
j Chatfield and their son to Southern
Pines.
Miss Ruth Thompson will give a
military dance accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. Carl Thompson, and 12
young women from the High School
will give a modern dance pantomime.
On Tuesday, November 20th the
club will not meet as usual in the
club house, but will be the guest of
the Highland Lodge. Mrs. Maude
Grearson and her committee will give
a luncheon at 1:00 o’clock, followed
by bridge, at a total cost of 50
cents- All are invited—and ,please
make reservations now to Mrs. Grear
son.
On Friday, November 27th the
Club will be open informally all the
afternoon, and tea will be served at
4:00 o’clock. On Friday night, the
27th, there will be a young people’s
Thanksgiving Holiday dance at the
club for Southern Pines residents
only.
The Baptist Men’s Club of South
ern Pines will meet in the church
basement next Tuesday night, Nov
ember 17th at 8:00 o’clock-