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PILOT
MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, June 18, 1937.
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CITY TO LOOK INTO
PROPERTY USTING
FOR TAX PURPOSES
Wide Variance in Declarations
By Business Concerns of
Southern Pines Found
APPRAISALS FORESEEN
Since the meeting of the Southern
Pines Board of City Commissioners
Wednesday night all signs seem to
point to a more or less general
housecleaning In the matter of per
sonal property valuation listing for
tax purposes m Southern Pines.
When the subject was injected into
the meeting it was only as a casual
point of discussion informally pre
sented, but eventually one of thp
commissioners called for the records
and some of the cases that came to
light made the Board sit up and
take notice.
One of the first cases was that of
a down-town hotel with a capacity
of 75 guests which listed only $400.00
as th evaluation of its furniture and
fixtures for 1937 tax purposes.
Another instance, closely akin to the
first, was a property containing five
nicely furnished apartments—the fur
nishings include electric ranges and
electric refrigerators—upon which the
owner placed a valuation of $1,200.00.
Then there was the case of three
Broad Street merchants, all engaged
in the same line of business whose
separate personal property llstln^^a
afforded a most Interesting compar
ison. One of these merchants listed
his stock of goods and his fixtures
at $7,500. The other two listed theirs
at $3,000 and $2,500 respectively, a
total of considerably less than the
first merchant, and one of the two
latter stores carries an even larger
stock of good» on hand than the on«.
that turned in the highest personal
property valuation.
Far Out of Line
Another case that was brought to
light was that of another Broad
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Sandhill Juniors Lose to Dunn
After Avenging Raleigh Defeat
Costly Errors and Failure to Hit
Prove Too Great a Strain on
Youthful Temperaments
Whole Giant Team
Signs Ball For Pilot
It’s the Prize in Contest For
Nickname For Sandhills Jun
ior Legion Team
A week ago The Pilot announced a
prize contest for the purpose of se
lecting a suitable newspaper nick
name for the Sandhills Junior Amer
ican Legion baseball team.
According to the rules of the con
test any boy or girl who lives in
Moore county is eligible to submit
one suggested nickname for the team
and the decision as to the choice of
the winning name is to rest with the
American Legion baseball committee.
But remember, only names of one
word will be considered.
At the time we announced the con
test we stated that the prize would
be a baseball autographed by Cail
Hubbell or Dizzy Dean, or perhaps
both, but at the time we had not com
pleted the final arrangements and we
could not state definitely by whom
the ball would be signed.
A few days ago we heard from
Bill Terry, manager of the New York
Giants and he informed us that he
was fifling us a baseball autogrraph-
ed by the entire Giant team. That
waa far beyond our fondest expecta
tions and that is the baseball that
will be given to the boy or girl whose
suggestion Is selected as the winner.
The baseball is now on display in
the front window of The Pilot office
and among the names on the ball are
those of some of the g^reatest stars
in major league baseball. Carl Hub
bell, Mel Ott, Clyde CasUeman, Gua
Mancuso, Dick Bartell, Jimmie Rip
ple, Bill Terry and Hal Schumacher;
those are only a few that adorn the
ball expressly autographed for the
winner of this contest.
The contest closes Saturday night
and there are not so many entries
sow but that yours has a good
chance of winning. So send In your
entries to The Pilot office in South
ern Pines and by Monday night
and some fortunate boy or girl wlii
the owner of the baseball.
By BEN BOWDEX
Baseball is a funny game. That's
been proven time and time again. But
seldom has more outright evidence
of the fact been forthcoming than
that placed on display last Tuesday
afternoon when the Sandhills Junior
Amei’lcan Legion baseball team drop
ped a 7 to 1 decision to Dunn-Erwin
at the Southern Pines ball park.
Two weeks previously the "June-
bugs” had lost their first game of the
practice season to a Raleigh team
that looked to be unbeatable behind
the effective pitching of Horton and
"Peanut” Doak. Then, on the follow
ing Friday afternoon, they journeyed
to Troy and Buss Thomas, who had
yet to hit his stride, held the opposi
tion to three scnnt singles and the
“Junebugs” chalked up a 3 to 1 vic
tory.
On that occasion the team worked
together with the smoothness and
precision of a squad of veterans. Cur
tis Wall, who had been counted on
to supply a bulwark of strength be
hind the plate, had just been declar
ed ineligible for the team and Junior
(Shanty) Dees stepped into the gap
and gave an exhibition of catching
that made the fans and coaches for
get all about Wall for the time be
ing. Then, following the Troy game.
Bill White was also found to be In
eligible but the "Junebugs,” undis
mayed, went to Raleigh to play a
return game, and swarmed all over
the boys from the Capital City. Base
hits and home runs rang merrily
from the “Junebug” bata and as the
runs registered at the plate the Ral
eigh pitchers, who two weeks before
had held the "Junebugs” mesmerized,
retreated one by one for the showers.
When it was all over and the reckon
ing was complete the "Junebugs” had
piled up an avenging score of 22 to
8 and they treked back to the Sand
hills like conquering heroes.
Attack of Temperament
But last Tuesday afternoon they
were anything but conquering he
roes. And the fault didn’t lie so
much with their baseball as with the
individual temperaments of some of
the players.
The night before the game, in ac
cordance with the Junior American
Legion central office rules as to the
date of choosing the 15 players who
are to represent each team throughout
the campalgrn, the final squad was
chosen and perhaps that went to some
of the boys’ heads. Certainly it was
responsible for two bad cases of
nerves, but that is to be condoned.
No youngster is to be blamed for the
errors he commits under such circum
stances. But, by the same token, at
tacks of temperament that result in
slovenly play on the field are not to
be condoned.
To be absolutely fair with the boys
they were facing no-hlt pitching for
eight innings and, under the circum
stances, couldn’t be expected to ac
cumulate a bt ak of runs, but even
that doesn’t excuse the very obvious
let-down on the pnrt of more than
half the team when they saw the
game slipping from their grasp. The
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The Squad
Mtteen Selected tor Season
Play on Sandhills Junior
American Legion Team
Coaches and the committee of
representatives of the various civ
ic organizations sponsoring the
Sandhills Junior American Legion
basebi ’ team met Monday night
to pick the squad of 15 boys who
will represent the club throughout
the season. Here they are:
Ed Newton, Frank Buchan, Ar
thur Pate, Clyde Alexander and
Herbert (Alec) Cameron, all of
Southern Pines; Archie (Junior)
Dees and Courtney (Tony) Hunt
ley, both of Aberdeen; Junius Wil
liams and Ernest Brown, both of
Hemp, and Howard Auman, Meek
Barnette, L. G. Melvin, Nell Mel
vin, Bob Richardson and Busa
Thomas, all of West End.
CITY BOARD ASKS
FOR REDUCTION IN
TEEPHONE RATES
Claims Charges in Southern
Pines Out of Line With Rates
in Other Resort Areas
BOARDS ARE APPOINTED
HONORS PILE UP
ONLOCAL FIREMEN
AT SANFORD MEET
$6.00
5.00
5.00
Hand Set
$4.50
4.00
3.00
Rowell Selected Ass’n. President,
Miss Ward “Queen,” South
ern Pines 1938 Meeting City
1ST, IN CHEMICAL CONTEST
P. O. Bid $49,790
Charlottesville, Va. Contractor
Awarded Contract: Work to
Be Under Way Soon
James I. Barnes, Charlottesville,
Virginia, last Friday submitted the
low bid for construction of ths
new Southern Pines postoffice
building. His bid was $49,790.
With this final step in the long
drawn-out effort to provide a fed
eral building here completed, work
will start on the site on West
Broad street, between Pennsylvan
ia and New York avenues, prob
ably by the first of July, with
completion of the structure, from
plans suggested by Aymar Em
bury and approved by the Treas
ury Department, expected late this
year or eariy In 1938.
Refreshed from their combat with
the recent smoky fire In Baker’s
market members of the Southern
Pines Volunteer Fire Company jour
neyed up to Sanford on Wednesday,
June 9th, for the 11th annual meet
ing and convention of the Sandhill
Firemen’s Association.
They returned Thursday night
singing paeans of victory, having
won one first and one second prize,
been honored by the election of their
assistant chief, L. S. Rowell, to the
office of president of the association,
having the judges select their candi
date, Miss Maybelle Ward, as Queen
of the convention, and, to pile Pelion
on Ossa, having Southern Pines
chosen as the meeting place for the
convention to be held In June, 1938.
The fire companies of Rocking
ham, Red Springs, Fayetteville, Rae-
ford, St. Paul, Hamlet, Carthage,
Pinebluff, Pinehurst, Aberdeen, and
the new members of the association,
Blscoe, Plttsboro, Whltevllle and Ta
bor City were represented. Only five
companies entered for the contests,
Pinehurst, Pinebluff, Plttsboro, St.
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Dewberry Market Now
at Peak; Prices Up
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Four Thousand Crates Sold at
Cameron Saturday; Season
Has Ten Days To Run
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Southern Pines Board of City
Commissioners, held Wednesday
night at the Municipal Building, the
Board voted to take up with the Cen
tral Carolina Telephone Company the
matter of reducing the rates for tel
ephone service in Southern Pines to
a level comparative with the rates In
effect In other resort towns In the
area the Telephone Company serves.
The monthly telephone rental rates
currently effective in Southern Pines
are as follows:
Residence
Wall Desk Hand Set
1 Party $5.50 $5.75
2 Party 5.00 5.25
4 Party 4.50 4.75
Business
Wall Desk
1 Party , $4.00 $4.25
2 Party . .. 3.50 3.75
4 Party 2.50 2.75
These rates, It was pointed out,
are much higher than rates for sim
ilar classes in other resort areas ana
it is the intention of the Board to
exert every effort to induce the Cen
tral Carolina Telephone Company to
reduce the rates in Southern Pines to
a point comparative with those in
other resort towns.
What effect these reductions, if
they are obtained, will have on rates
In towns adjoining Southern Pines is
a matter for conjecture and it may
be that corresponding rate reductions
all over the Sandhills will follow.
In the matter of the Town of Sou
thern Pines taking over the opera
tion of the Southern Pines Country
Club under lease, it was brought out
that there was some question as to
the legality of a municipality using
municipal funds and pledging muni
cipal credit for such an enterprise.
Accordingly, further discussion of the
matter was postponed until it can
be referred to the Local Government
Commission at Raleigh for a decis
ion.
As a final, point of business the
board took up the mater of the re
appointment of the members of the
Board of Adjustments and the Zon
ing Board, ail of whose appointments
expired on May 1.
Dr. William C. Mudgett and A. B.
Yeomans were re-appointed to the
Zoning Board for a term of three years
from May 1, 1937, and (Jeorge W.
Case was appointed to replace Eugene
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Scout Court of Honor
Is Held in Pinehurst
FIVE CENTS
Peach Sca^*
^ 'n Sandhills
Opens with%> p £>stimated
Greater Than Last Year
To Turn 1st Spade
Shipments of 1,500 Cars Ex
pected; Georgia Fruit Serious
ly Affected by Cold
EARLY PRICES GOOD
The latest available reports from
the dewberry auction platforms at
Vass and Cameron indicate the mar
ket for dewberries is remaining un
usually firm. During the past few
days there has been a shortage of
berries due to the fact that they are
ripening In the fields more slowly
than they have previously, and this
fact has had a tendency to increase
the price slightly.
At Vass, Bill Burney, a veteran of
20 years on the produce markets, has
taken over the auctioneer’s duties
and is turning over from 1,800 to 2,-
000 twenty-four quart crates a day
at prices ranging from $1.80 to |2.00
a crate. This represents a slight ia
crease over the average prices since
the Vass auction market opened. Lacy
Tate, secretary of the (Jhadboume
Marketing Association which oper
ates the Vass auction platform, esti
mates that the dewberry set\^n will
last about ten days lon&er and that,
In the absence o' »jsy untoward de^
velopments, prices should remain at
the same general level that they
have been holding.
At Ciameron current prices of
from $1.65 to $2.10 per 24-quart crate
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DR. M.\RCUS A. BROWNSON
TO BREAK GROUND
FOR NEW CHURCH
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Special Program Arranged for
Brownson Memorial Services at
May St. and Indiana Ave.
START BUILDING IN JULY
Boys of Five Troops in County
Among Those Winning
Awards and Badges
On Monday evening the second
Court of Honor under the recently or
ganized Moore County Boy Scout
Committee was held In Pinehurst at
the (immunity Church. The five Boy
Scout troops of the county were In
attendance with their Scoutmasters.
Robert E. Denny of Pinehurst call
ed the meeting to order. The Rev. W.
S. Golden of Carthage offered the
opening prayer. Dr. E. Levis Prizer,
the permanent chairman of the Court
of Honor, spoke asking for the co
operation of all in making future
courts a success. James E. Steere,
Scout Executive of this area, dis
cussed the Merit Badge system and
the coming National Jamboree. ’The
Rev. L. M. Hall of Aberdeen offered
the closing prayer.
The following received awards;
Tenderfoot, Wrenn Creel, Aberdeen
and A. B. Sally, Pinehurst; Second
Class, Porter Wimberly, Bobby Hoop
er and Kelsie Norris of Aberdeen;
Angelo Montesanti, Daniei Boyd and
Ernest Maler of Troop 1, Southern
Pines; Douglas Bailey, Allison FMds
and Robert Bailey of Troop 2, South
em Pines. First Class, Forrest Lock-
ey, Aberdeen, Jack Taylor of Pine-
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Ground will be broken next Wed
nesday afternoon for Southern Pines
first Presbyterian Church edifice,
the Brownson Memorial Church. In
services starting at 4:00 o’clock the
Rev. Dr. Marcus A. Brownson, for
whom the new church here is named,
will turn the flut shovel of dirt on
the property recently acquired at the
corner of South May street and In
diana avenue. It is hoped to start
work on the building early next
month.
The congregation of the Brownson
church has had remarkable growth
the first year of its existence as an
organization, having received 125
members into the fold. There are 128
enrolled in the Bible School. The rap
id growth has spurred efforts to get
the church’s home under way, and
with a number of substantial gifts
plus the appliance of Sunday offer
ings to the building fund the church
leaders feel justified in laying th<*
cornerstone within the next few
weeks. Another reason for the early
building is that there is a possibility
that the Civic Club, where services
have been held during the organiza
tion days, may not be available this
coming winter.
Ground Breaking Program
A fitting program has been ar
ranged for the "Ground Breaking”
next Wednesday, as follows:
Trombone Solos — “Ein Feste
Burg,” Luther; "Adeste Fideles,”
Rlppon; Ottls Franklin Stilwell.
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JOHN F. STEVENS HONORED
BY POLYTECHNIC INSTTTUTE
I Advance information from highly au-
j thoratatlve sources In the West End-
I Candor - Samarcand - Hoffman peach
i growing area of the Sandhills is In-
j dicative of a most successful season
1 for the section. Weather conditions
j throughout the area since the trees
I first began to blossom have been
: generally most satisfactory and ear-
I ly estimates are to the effect that
I the peach crop this year will be
about 20 percent greater than last
, year.
! In 1936 growers throughout the
area harvested on an average of 50
I percent of a full crop. This year the
estimate runs slightly over 60 per
cent of a full crop and prices realiz
ed on early shipments are most en
couraging for future prices on the
Inter peaches when they ripen and
are shipped.
Georgia peaches, the principal com
petitors of the Sandhills crop, suffer
ed seriously from cold weather early
In the setison and the best estimates
that are available indicate that the
Georgia crop will be only about one-
third of last year’s volume which
should favorably affect the price of
peaches in this area.
During the past week about 4,500
bushels of early peaches have been
shipped by truck out of the West
End-Candor area and they have
brought prices in New York ranging
from $2.00 per bushel for very wasty
Mayflowers to $4.75 per bushel for
extra fancy Red Birds with the aver
age price for good peaches consistent
ly between $3.75 and $4.00. These
are, of course, gross returns and are
subject to a deduction of from 75
cents to $1.25 a bushel for freight
and commission.
As yet only one refrigerator car
has left the Sandhills with earlv
peaches and that car wa.= sh’rped
from Wadesboro on June 5th.
Carload figures for last year show
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Maximum Hours, Child
Labor Laws Explained
Department of Labor Inspector
Here To Acquaint Employers
With Provisions
The Polytechnic Institute, Brook
lyn, N, Y., one of the h'ading scien
tific educational institutions in the
country, on Wednesday conferred the
honorary degree of Doctor of Engi
neering on John F. Stevens of South
ern Pines. Mr. Stevens, chief engineer
of the Panama Canal during its con
struction, and head of the American
Railway Mission to Russia during the
World War, is che father of EXigene
C. Stevens, of the Southern Pines
Board of Commissioners and recent
ly acquired the former residence of
Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee on Penn
sylvania avenue for a home.
Mr. Stevens has been the recipient
of honorary degrees from other in
stitutions in the past, among them
the University of North Carolina, the
University of Michigan and Bates
College in Maine.
Mrs. Gilliam Brown, superintendent
of Welfare in Moore county, announc
ed this week that Fred J. Coke. Jr.,
inspector of the Department of La
bor has been in the welfare office for
the purpose of explaining provisions
of the new maximum hours and child
labor laws.
The Inspector was here to acquaint
the County Welfare Superintendent
and members of the staff with rules
and regulations prescribed by Major
A. L. Fletjher, State Commissioner
of Labor, to govern the administra
tion of the new statutes, enacted by
the last Legislature and effective
July 1.
The hour law provides h naximum
work-week of 48 hours for women
and 55 hours for men employed in
certain North Carolina industries
The maximum work-day is nine hours
for women and ten hours for men.
This act also requires time and pay
roll records of employment and en
forcement features that are particu
larly progressive in nature. The Di
vision of Standards and Inspections
of the Department of Labor will b»
in charge of its enforcement.
The new child labor law provides
a minimum age limit of 16 for the
full-time or regular employment ot
children, with exceptions made for
employment of children in the home
or the farm. All minors under 18
are required to have an employment
certificate before engaging In any
type of employment. Features of
this statute also i>ermit 12 to 14-
year old boys to sell or deliver pa
pers or magazines under certain re
strictions. Children 14 to 16 are al
lowed to work In non-manufacturing
j(As when school is not in session.
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