MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 17, NO. 3.
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of the Sandhill Territory o* ^ Carolina
Bouthern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday. December 18, 1936.
FIVE CENTS
SITE PURCHASED
BY PRESBYTERIANS
FOR NEW CHIRCH
Brownson Memorial, Newly Or
ganized To Locate at May St.
And Indiana Ave-
BROWNSON MEMORIAL CHURCH
TO BE BUILT NEXT SPRING
Negotiations were closed this week
for the purchase of a site for the re
cently organized Brownson Memor
ial Presbyterian church of Southern
Pines, and plans have already been
prepared for the erection of a hand
some edifice in the near future.
A deed was executed on Wednes
day morning and a check covering
the purchase price of the property
was passed. The site embraces lots
Nos. 1 and 2 on May street (U. S.
Highway No. 1) and lots Nos. 22, 23
and 24 on Indiana avenue. This prop
erty was formerly a part of the
Gould estate, and was purchased by
the church from Tracy B. Gardner,
of Backus, Minn.
Much interest is being manifest
here in the project of a new Presby
terian church. It was organized only
last March, and since then the mem
bership has grown rapidly and the
attitude of both residents and visitors
toward the work has been most en
couraging to the sponsors. During the
organization period the congregation
has been meeting each Sunday in the
Civic Club building. The Rev. Ernest
L. Barber is pastor.
Plans are going forward looking to
the building of an adequate, attractive
edifice in keeping with the prevail
ing architecture and fitting into the
beauty of Southern Pines. A beauti
ful brochure setting forth the ideals,
plans and needs of the organization is
now' in the hands of the publishers,
a.s well as a booklet, “The Ideal of
Our Church," from the pen of Dr.
Marcus A. Brownson, for whom the
church is named. The manuscript of
this booklet is bound up in the first
sessional record of the church. It is
the plan of the church officials to be
gin work on the new building, plans
for which have been already drawn,
as shown in this issue, early this
Spring.
SONGS, GIFTS IN
ABERDEEN SUNDAY
Citizens To Gather in New Cen
tral Playground to Fittingly
Observe Christmas
PROCLAMATION BY MAYOR
Mrs. John WillcoXf Wife of Moore
County^s Clerk of Courty Passes
You Are Invited
To A Christmas Parly at the
Southern Pines Ci\ic Club
Next Tuesday
There will be a Christmas party for
Southern Pines residents and their
friends at the Civic Club on next
Tuesday night, the 22nd at 8:00
o’clock, and this is the only invita
tion. extended to all alike.
Mr. and Mrs. James Boyd will be
the hosts and are the moving spirits
of the Southern Pines Music associa
tion, and with this group the Civic
Club joins on this occasion to make
merry in the good old English way,
just for Christmas spirit.
A program of carols and Christmas
music which will last for about an
hour, has been prepared, and if you
cannot stay to join in the general
singing later, come in for the early
music. The Women's Choral Club
will wear Christmas costumes in
their numbers. The orchestra group
will do their part, and the popualr
quartet, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. McKel-
way and Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Gibson,
have promised to give several num
bers. Frederick Stanley Smith will be
the program manager.
The Civic Club committee under
Miss Campbell’s leadership will dec
orate the club and dispence the hospi
tality of the club house, and after the
program all are to join in singing the
old familiar carols and have a cup
of coffee before calling merry Christ
mas and good night.
Sad Death Due To Tetanus In
fection Following Slight
Ankle Injury
The death of Mrs. John Willcox. 45,
\ wife of the Clerk of Court of Moore
1 county and beloved lady of ‘‘The
I House in the Horseshoe,” which oc-
] curred around m.iinight Sunday in
I the Moore County Hospital, stirred
j the emotions of the people of Carth-
j age and the county at large as few
I deaths have. A tetanus infection re-
I suiting from a slight ankle injury
was the cause of her pas.sing.
Superior Court adjourned at nocn
Monday out of respect to Mrs. Will
cox and did not re-convene until 2:00
o’clock Tuesday afternoon. All offi-
! cers in the court house were closed
, during the funeral hour. Mr. Willcox
has been confined to his home by ill
ness for two weeks and was not able
to attend the funeral.
On Saturday, a week before her
I death, Mrs. Willcox stepped upon a
I piece of cable wire, the end of which
I struck her on the foot and caused a
' slight abrasion- After a few days she
I began to suffer severe pain in her
body, but did not associate it with
the wire uijury, which seemed to be
' healing. On Friday, she was carried
I to the hospital where later in the day
I she lapsed into unconsciousness from
j which she did not rally.
Funeral on Tuesday
I The funeral service was held in
j the Carthage Presbyterian Churoh at
111:00 o’clock Tuesday morning, and,
I despite the rain, many more people
j than could be seated wei^ there.
■ Hymns were sung by a selected choir,
and an impressive service conducted
by the pastor of Euphronia Presby
terian Church, of which Mrs. Willcox
I was an active member, and the Pres-
i byterian ministers of Carthage and
Gulf.
Scores of floral designs were
banked in the church, forming one of
the largest and most beautiful dis-
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JULIAN BISHOP PAYS VISIT
TO “HORSESHOE” QUAIL FARM
Newspapers Merge
The Pilot Acquires Dixie Her
ald To More Completely
Cover Aberdeen Field
The Pilot tuke«« plea.sure in an
nouncing that it has acquired the
weekly paper publiHhed in Aber
deen under the name of “The Dixie
Herald,” and that after this week
the two papers will be merged. The
Pilot will maintain an office in
Aberdeen, and will publish an
•Vberdeen SiH’tlon of The Pilot eaeh
week. Many of the nienilN>ns of the
staff of the Dixie Herald will be
affiliated with The Pilot ,and every
effort made to completely cover
the Aberdeen field.
j Aberdeen is to celebrate Christmas
j in more than its usual manner. For
j years, through the Home and Garden
: Club, it has observed the Yuletide by
j seasonal decorations of homes, offer-
I ing prizes for the best decorated
I trees, the best Christmas lighting ef-
I fects, the best scenic effects depict-
i ing the spirit of the occasion.
1 This year, in addition, it plans a
! gathering of its citizens—old and
I young -at the Central Playground,
j this coming Sunday at 6:00 o’clock,
; “for the purpose of worshiping and
i praising God, and to sing Christmas
j carols, and to offer gifts in the form
! of a W'hite Christmas for others,”
j to quote from the proclamation of
Mayor Henry McCoy Blue, issued this
' week.
’ The Mayor’s proclamation outlines
, the program and purpose. It reads:
“Since Christmas is the birthday
' of our Lord, and since it has been
a long established custom for people
on this occasion to share with others;
and to gather together as groups for
the purpose of singing and praising
God;
“NOW, THEREFORE. I. Henry
McCoy Blue, Mayor of the Town of
I Aberdeen, call upon all of the people
I of Aberdeen and surrounding com
munity, churches, lodges. Boy and
Girl Scouts, and clubs, to gather at
the Central Playground Sunday after
noon, December 20th, at six o’clock,
for the purpose of worshipping and
praising God, and to sing Christmas
Honored
l)K. HUCJH E. BOWMAN
MARCH 13TH SET
AS DATE FOR 3D
STEEPLECHASE
‘Noel Laing Memorial Trophy’
To Be Competed For in One
of Feature Races
BRYAN RACING SECRETARY
KIWANIS AWARDS
BUILDER’S CUP TO
DR. H. E. BOWMAN
Pre.sentation Made to Aberdeen
Physician at Annual Alumni
Banquet
JAMES BOYD SPEAKER
Saturday, March 13th, 1937 has
been set by the officials of the Sand
hills Steeplechase & Racing Associa
tion for the third annual race meet
of this organization or. the X,iidland
course- This v^atc is subject to con
firmation by the Midland Associjftion.
The officers of the association dis
cussed plans for the meet at a
meeting held this week at the home
of the president, Verner Z. Reed, Jr.
Owing to the recent death of the
DR. LEIBY. STATE
ENTOMOLOGIST,
OUT AFTER JAN. I
Former Resident of Aberdeen
Advised by Kerr Scott He Will
Not Be Reappointed
GEORGE ROSS CHANGES
Carols, and to offer gifts in the form j secretary of the organization, Noel
of a White Christmas for OTHERS.' Laing, it was decided to ask Frank
“Let the Community Christmas i J- Bryan, racing secretary of the
Tree be officially lighted at the be-' National Steeplechase & Hunt Asso-
ginning of the above service, and with | ciation in New York, to act as rac-
this act I therefore declare the be-1 ‘"S’ secretary for the meeting here,
ginning of our Christmas season. and to have the national association
•‘It is requested that gifts con- make the necessary preliminary ar-
sisting of books, magazines and good rangements for the various races to
literature be given for inmates of our
correctional institutions of the State;
clothing, new and worn, for the un-
I fortunates in our own county; toys,
fruits and confectioneries for the
: children of our community,
j “Done at the City of Aberdeen, this
fourteenth day of December, in the
year of our Lord one thansand nine
hundred and thirty-six, in the 161st
year of American Independence.”
HENRY McCOY BLUE.
The new, that Dr. R W. Lelby ; Capt. B. G. PctCrSOn
State Entomologist for the past 11 i
years and connected 'with the State |
Department of Agriculture for the last
Passes in Aberdeen
be run. It is probable that the card
will be similar to last Spring’s, with
one timber race, one hurdle race, one
flat race and two brush races.
Invitations are to be sent out soon
after the first of the year by the
Sandhills association to friends and
^ admirers of Noel Laing asking those
who would like to do so to subscribe
to a "Noel Laing Memorial Trophy”
i to be competed for annually in one
of the major events on the race card.
; The cup will be a permanent one, the
I name of each year’s winner to be
I engraved upon it, with a piece of
plate going to the owner in addition.
I The course on the Midland Road
21 years, would .etire from his posti"®** Known Seaboard Conductor! is in perfect condition and the pros
at thP nf thP vpar «<. n ^ '^3 Ycars Scrvice Dies of 1 pects appear bright for a most suc-
Heart Disease | cessful meeting.
Julian Bishop, who gained nation
wide notoriety by stating that if
Presdent Roosevelt wm reelected he
would migrate to Canada, visited his
game farm in “the Horseshoe,” near
Carthage, last week. He told friends
at the close of the year came as a
great surprise to his many friends'
here. It was announced in Raleigh on j
Monday that W'. Kerr Scott, incom
ing Commissioner of Agriculture, i
had informed Dr. Lieby he would not ^
be reappointed when Scott takes of
fice next month.
Leiby is one of nearly a dozen
whose heads have fallen since Scott’s
election. Scott during his campaign
had announced that at least 20 of
the more than 100 employes of the
department would not be reappointed.
No reason has been given for his
treatment of Dr. Leiby.
Captain B. G. Peterson, 56, well-
! known Seaboard Air Line Railway
conductor, died at his home in Aber
deen last Friday following a three
weeks’ illness of heart disease. He
had been in the service of the Sea
board tfor 33 years and came to
Aberdeen with his family about 12
years ago.
Surviving him are his widow and
two stepchildren, Harry and Alma
Louise Du Meer.
Funeral services conducted at the
The “Under the Dome” column of home Sunday morning at 11 o’clock
political chat in the Raleigh News & ■^®>'e largely attended. His pastor,
Observer calls Dr. Leiby, who resided Hall, officiated, after I be sent here within the next few
1*L.\N FOR POST OFFU^E
HERE WELL UNDER W.\Y
Alfred B. Yeomaps, Southern Pines
architect, returned from Washington
on Wednesday and reports the plans
for the new postoffice here as well
imder way, with a most attractive de.
sign prepared for the building, and its
location in accordance with the
wishes of the residents here. It will be
40 feet back from the sidewalk on
Broad street, 22 feet from the New
York avenue sidewalk, and 30 feet
from the north property line on the
Mudgett Building side. A prospectus
An humble man, whose life has been
devoted to his fellow man without
thought of self, of personal sacrifice,
of reward, of recompense, was appro,
piately honored last Friday night.
Dr. Hugh Edgar Bowman of Aber
deen was presented the Builder’s Cup
of the Kiwanis Club in appreciation of
his unselfish service to humanity
through a lifetime of devotion to duty
as he has seen it. The award, sym
bolic of such scrvice, was made at
the annual Alumni banquet of the
Kiwanis organization, held at the Pine
Needles Inn and attended by close to
150 persons, present and past Kiwan-
ians and their ladies.
In pre.senting the cup, the Rev. J.
Fred Stimson, president of the club,
told of the major project of the In
ternational Kiwanis organization, un
derprivileged child work, and of the
basis upon which this year's award of
a Builder’s Cup was made, recounting
the altruistic service of the man who
had been chosen to receive the trophy.
Not until his name was called did
Dr. Bowman know of his selection,
and his embarrassed acknowledge,
ment of the award was the impres
sive feature of the occasion. The ap
plause which greeted the announce*
ment of the club’s choice to receive
the cup, the sixth to be presented in
appreciation of service to the com-
muniy. was both a tribute to Dr.
Bowman and to those who had elected
! to pay him homage. Previous Build-
, er’s Cups have been presented to John
R. McQueen, Leonard Tufts, Bion H.
Butler, Simeon B. Chapin and P.
Frank Buchan.
Tales of Hunting
James Boyd, author, was the prin-
I cipal speaker at the Kiwanis gather
ing, and interested his audience with
' reminiscencses of fox hunting and of
, the early days of the Moore County
Hounds, and he told the reasons for
the traditional hunting raiment, why
scarlet coats, white breeches and
hard hats are worn.
A quartet from Southern Pines
School, directed by Frederick Stanley
Smith, sang several numbers; Miss
Ruth Thomson was roundly applaud
ed for her lap dances, and Miss Millie
Monte.santi contributed to the occa-
Sion with a solo. “Charlie” Picquet led
several old favorites for all to sing.
Vice-President Ralph Chandler re.
counted the club’s accomplishments
during the past year the support of
a bed in the children’s ward of the
Moore County Hospital, planting of
the double road between Southern
Pines and Pinehurst, vocational guid.
ance work in the schools, efforts to
influence church attendance and oth
er projects.
for several years in Aberdeen, “one ! which the body was carried to Ham-
of the ablest and most popular men where burial services were held
In the department,” and goes on to ‘he Order of Railway Conductors,
while here that he expected to equip i “Dr. Leiby made bugs make Junior Order and the Masonic
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS
The Pilot will be published on Wed
nesday of next week, that the staff
may have an opportunity to enjoy a
Merry Christmas. Advertisers and cor
respondents are asked to have all
copy in the office by Tuesday night.
—The Editor.
his farm with electricity to aid in
the rasing of quail.
P. O. TO REMAIN OPEN
Postmaster Frank Buchan announ.
ces that the Southern Pines postof.
fice will remain open tomorrow, Sat
urday, until 6:00 p. m. for the pur
chase of stamps, and for mailing and
receiving parcels. The package win-
low will also be kept open late Christ
mas eve for last minute requests for
parcels.
news, and he came as near bringing Lodge,
romance to a job of that kind as any-1
one ever did. Capitol newsmen coula
be sure of copy from Dr. Leiby’s de
partment. It might be the Florida
fruit fly, or the 17-year locust. Once
it was the lice in the upholstered
THISTLE CLUB TO GIVE
TE.\-D.4NCE ON DEC.
SO
The Thistle Club of Southern Pines
is planning a tea dance for its asso-
seats of a theatre that sent patrons ciate members at the Southern Pines
scratching to the management in des-' Country Club on Wednesday, Decem-
peration to Dr. Leiby. He got rid of ber 30th. Associate members are the
the lice.” junior daughters of the active mem.
Continuing, the column said: “All bers. The affair will be an invitation
dance, with full particulars to be an-
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weeks.
FORMER CONGRESSMAN
.'\DDRESSES KIW.XNIANS
The value of the depression was
the theme of an inspirational talk
made before the Kiwanis Club at its
weekly meeting held yesterday noon
in the Berkshire Hotel in Pinehurst.
The speaker was William Willett, a
former member of Congress from
New' York, now’ manager of the Out-
of-Town Auction Department of Jos-
eph P. Day, Inc., New York. Mr. Wil-
let is here in connection with the sale
on Saturday of the Walter Halliwell
estate on Youngs Road.
Tobacco Sales in
State Running' Behind
Price Better Than Year Ago,
With Aberdeen and Carthage
Around 20 Cents
The Aberdeen tobacco market clos
ed on Tuesday of this week, with sales
for the season totaling 2,842,466
pounds. The average price was ap
proximately 20 cents, which is about
three cents a pound better than last
year.
In Carthage the season’s sales to
the first of the month had totalled 2,.
100,956 pounds at an average of
$22.92, nearly $6.00 better than last
year- November sales were 498,344
pounds. Aberdeen and Carthage each
has two warehouses. The average
price is the Old Bright Belt, in which
these markets are located, is $22.81
for the year as against $20.81 last
year.
Tobacco sales in North Carolina
this year are running approximately
100,000,000 pounds behind 1935. A to
tal of 394,606,290 pounds had been
sold by Tarheel producers up to De
cember 1st, compared to 494,698,414
to the same period last year.