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NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. July 23, 1937.
FIVE CENTS
DR. OVERCASH TO
REMAIN AS HEAD
OF PINE CREST
Arranges Release From Accept
ance of Position With Connec
ticut State Sanatorium
SUCCEEDS DR. DICKIE
In an exclusive statement made to
The Pilot on Tuesday afternoon, Dr.
W. E. Overcash, who has been operat
ing Pine Crest Manor Sanatorium for
the past year during the absence of
the late Dr. Dickie, let it be known
that he has so arranged his affairi
that it will be possible for him to re
main in Southern Pines and carry on
the work so ably conducted by Dr.
Dickie for many years.
At the time of his death, Dr. Dickie
had just returned from a year of
post-graduate study of internal med
icine in northern schools and hospit
als with the intention of taking up
the active management and opera
tion of Pine Crest Manor, and Dr.
Overcash had accepted a position
that had been tendered him with the
Connecticutt State Sanatorium.
Dr. Dickie's untimely death left
affairs at Pine Crest Manor in a con
siderably upset state and it has been
only within the last few' days that
Dr. Overcash has been able to ar
range matters so that he will be able
to stay in Southern Pines.
It was, and is, common knowledge
that Dr. Dickie felt that Dr. Over
cash was the one person to carry on
the work at Pine Crest Manor and it
is with extreme pleasure that the
people of the community learn that
Dr. Overcash has found it possible to
carry on there as the founder of thi
sanatorium would have wished him to
do.
Dr. Overcash has made arrange
ments to lease Piue Crest Manor for
an indefinite period and will operate
it as he has been doing for the past
year. He plans no immediate chang
es in personnel or policy.
Local Entry For the Soap Box Derby
SIX LOSE LICENSES
AFTER ARREST FOR
fi
Search Abandoned
Fines and Revocations Meted
Out To Reckless Operators in
Recorder’s Court
67 KILLED IN JUNE
I'holo hy SANDHIUS CHOTO SIIOI'
U.\LTER BLUE, JR. in the Speedster In Which He Will Coni(>ete at Raleigh.
With the great day less than a
week away, Walter Blue, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Blue of Southern
Pines and the lone Sandhills entrant
in the Chevrolet Motor Company and
Raleigh News & Obsei'ver Soap Box
Derby elimination series to be held
in Raleigh on July 28th, is adding the
finishing touches to the car that he
will drive in the race and is putting
it through a series of trial runs in
order to develope the most speed
possible.
Last year Walter drove in the
Raleigh elimination series and finish-
ed second in his heat. That eliminated
him at once and he is going back this
year with a completely re-designeJ
I car that he hopes and believes will
carry him further than he went last
year. After that race he determined
that on his next try he would add
weight to his car and improve it with
the addition of ball bearings and
pneumatic tires on the w'heels, but the
new rules this year prohibit the use
of pneumatic tires and so W’alter has
had to be satisfied with the addition
al weight and the ball-bearings. But
at that he has a likely looking entry
and should go far in the elimination
series.
The winners in each such series go
to Akron, Ohio at a later date to
compete in the finals for the Soap
Box championship of America,
Big Celebration Saturday to
Mark Hemp’s Era of Progress
City To Borrow $5,000
To Improve Golf Course
Commissioners Plan To Make
Country Club Layout One of
Best in South
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Southern Pines Board of Com
missioners on Wednesday evening it
was voted to borrow $5,000 against
the anticipated levenue of the South
ern Pines Country Club and to start
work immeuldtely to make that golf
course one of the finest sand green
lay-outs in the South.
Already several tons of fertilizer
have been purchased and put down Oii
the course and work is now in prog
ress leveling off and trimming the
borders of the greens, but there is
still considerable painting and re
pairing to be done on the premises
and it is the intention of the Board
of Commissioners, now that the Town
of Southern Pines has taken over the
operation of the Country Club, to
overlook nothing that may ultimate
ly add to the attractiveness of the
property and result in additional rev
enue from its operation.
According to budget estimates it
will cost approximately $6,500 to put
the course and clubhouse in first
class condition and to operate them
throughout the coming season. This
amount will, of course, eventually be
self-liquidating through the medium
of revenues received but, in the ab
sence of an immediate cash balance
with which to start the preliminary
work, the board voted to secure the
first year’s operation through the
medium of the loan.
Other business at the meeting In
cluded the awarding of the contract
for the 1937-38 municipal audit to
Everett, Zane and Muse, certified
public accountants of Sanford, and
the decision to instruct Chief of Po
lice Gargas to start immediately to
enforce the local ordinance prohibit
ing the scattering of hand-bills,
throw-aways and advertising circu
lars In parked automobiles, along the
town parkways and In the hedges
and on the lawns of property owners.
Southern Pines has always b«en prou9
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All-Day Program to Commem
orate Opening of Water Sys
tem and Municipal Building
LT. GOV. HORTON^ SPEAKER
Tomorrow, Saturday, the town of
Hemp will celebrate the official open
ing of its water system and munici
pal building, and commemorating the
progress made in the past few years
of Moore county’s mining and indus
trial village.
Expectations are that a crowd ex
ceeding 5,000 will be on hand. Prin
cipal speaker for the occasion will be
Lieutenant-Governor W. P. Hortoi:
who hails from the neighboring
county of Chatham. Others who will
make short addresses at the celebra
tion are George W. Coan, Jr., WPA
State Administrator; Stanley H.
Wright, State PWA Director; War
ren H. Booker, director of the State
Division of Sanitary Engineering, and
Thomas D, Rose, State PWA Engi
neer Inspector.
Arrangements have been made to
have Jimmy O’Hara’s Auction Club
band of Albemarle give several con
certs during the day. The full pro
gram is as follows; a water battle on
Main street at 9:00 o’clock in the
morning; a parade of progress at
10:00 o’clock, the parade to consist
of several floats of business establish
ments of upper Moore county; a bi
cycle parade, a costumes’ section de
picting the styles worn during the
past forty years, and a “pet” section.
Following the parade will come the
speaking engagements; at 12:30 d
band concert; at 2:00 o’clock there
will be several contests followed by
the giving away of a bed-room suite
by The Plain Dealer, and a Chevro
let automobile donated by the Hemp
Fire Department; at 3:30 a ball game
between the Hemp team and the Wis-
cassett Club of Albemarle, followed
by a band concert and a dance at
night.
Many notables from every section
of the state have announced their In
tention of being present. Among them
all members of Moore county’s offi
cial family. Everyone is invited tc
attend and local committees on the
celebration are making preparations
to receive the largest crowd ever as
sembled In the upper end of the coun
ty.
FULLERS HAVE DAUGHTER
Mr. anu Mrs. W. W. Fuller, II, of
Chapel Hill and Brlarcllff, N. Y., an
nounce the birth of a daugliter at
Duke Hospital, Durham, on Wednes
day, July 21. Mrs. Fuller was before
her marriage Miss Helen Thompson
of Southern Pines.
Wins Scholarship
John Rush, Son of Former
Resident Here, To Study
Medicine at Vermont
Harolu John Rush, of Newport,
Vt., grandson of Mrs. Mildred Rush
of Southern Pines and a nephew
of Mrs. Charles W. Picquet, sang
his way to a $150 scholarship :n
the University of Vermont in a
recent contest at St. Johnsbury,
Vt. He was first among students
of several high schools in that sec
tion. At 17 he has won enough in
scholarships to pay nearly two
years of his tuition at the univer
sity which he enters this Fall to
begin studying medicine.
John is a son of the late Ray
Rush, former resident of South
ern Pines and is one of four child
ren who are making their own
way in the world since the death
of their father nine years ago.
Contracts Let For New
School at Highfalls
Jewell of Sanford Low Bidder
for Construction, O’Callaghan
For Heating
The general contract for the con
struction of a new graded and high
school building at Highfalls was let
by the Moore County Board of Edu
cation at a special meeting at the
courthouse on Friday, July 16th. W.
L. Jewell of Sanford was the low
bidder and was awarded the general
contract at $37,975.00, subject to cer
tain deductions which will reduce the
total to approximately S36,.500.0»'>
The contract on the steam heating
system was let to L. V. O’Callaghaa
of Southern Pines at $3,506.00. W. M.
Wiggins and Company of Wilson was
awarded the contract for the plumb
ing at $1,657.00.
Construction will begin about July
20th and the work will be rushed to
completion. It is estimated by school
authorities that the new building will
be ready for occupancy by the begin
ning of the term in January, 1938.
Construction will be of common brick
backed up by tile. The building will
contain 12 standard classrooms sized
22x32. In addition there will be a
library work room 12x22, a princi
pal’s office 12x22, a first aid room
12x22, a dining room 14x16, two toil
et rooms 12x22 and an auditorium
to seat 506 persons. The building
will have hardwood floors throughout
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Highway deaths in North Car
olina during the first six months
of 1937 totaled 462. an increase
of 23 over the first six months
of 1936.
The State Highway Patrol re
ported that there were 67 killed,
and 550 injured in 501 accidents
during June.
Drunken driving again held first
place in the list of offenses heard
in Moore County’s Recorders Court
on Monday, and six defendants were
required to forfeit their drivers li
censes for twelve months each.
H. R. Baucom, white, of Hoke
county paid a fine of $50 and the
costs for driving while intoxicated,
and his 60-day sentence was sus
pended.
John Arnold, colored, of Aberdeen,
was given three months to be sus
pended upon payment of a fine of
$50 and the costs.
In addition to being charged with
drunken driving, Howard Sheffield,
white, of Pinehurst, was charged
with careless and reckless driving-
and driving without a driver's license.
At the close of the State’s evidence
a motion for non-suit on the no-li-
cense charge was allowed, but the
defendant was found guilty of the
other two. He was given 60 days for
drunken driving and 30 for careless
and reckless operation of a car, to
run concurrently, the road sentences
to be suspended upon payment of a
fine of $50 and the costs.
Bill Muse and Will Dalyrymple of
Carthage, charged with careless,
reckless and drunken driving and
Muse w’lth driving without a license,
were given 30 days on the roads, to
be suspended upon payment of a fine
of $50 and one-half the costs, each
Muse, according to the evidence, w'as
driving Dalrymple’s car in which the
owners were riding. Dalrymple gave
notice of appeal to the Superior
Court and bond was fixed at $200. It
appearing to the court that Muse
had violated the conditions of the
judgment in a former case, it was or
dered that he be committed to th>
county jail to work on the highways
for 30 days named therein to begin
at the expiration of the sentence in
this case.
All of the above had their licenses
revoked.
The court ordered that the license
of W. G. Smith, white, of Aberdeen,
be revoked for twelve months and
that the remainder of his sentence
be continued until next Monday on
account of the absence of his attor
neys from the county.
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AMELIA EARHART
VISITED HERE IN
AUTOGIRO IN ’31
Noted Flier, Lost in Pacific,
Greeted by Hundreds at
Knollwood Airport
CL.\UDE HARRIS SUFFERS
BUOKEN LEG IN ACCIDENT
Just after the start of work yes
terday morning on the new building
to occupy the former site of the
Powell Building, Claude M. Harris of
Durham, timekeeper on the job, suf
fered a broken leg when a large
timber unexpectedly broke loose from
the second story construction and fell
directly on him, pinning him beneath
it.
B. W. Harris, the builder in charge
of the operation and the father of
the injured man, said that the In
jury was a splinter fracture of the
left leg just above the knee and that
no other injuries were apparent at the
present time.
1923 BOND ISSUE FOR
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS PAID
A check for $10,640 was sent to
the Chase National Bank in New
York last week by the Town of Sou
thern Pines in payment of the $8,000
principal and $2,640 interest due Au
gust 1st on 6 percent Public Im
provement bonds of 1923. The bond
issue was for street improvements
and sewer work.
Abandonment this week of the
search for Amelia Earhart, (Mrs.
George Palmer Putnam) noted flier
who with her navigator, Fred Noonan,
dropped into the Psuific ocean on
July 3d, recalled to hundreds in the
Sandhills the visit of Miss Earhart
to the Knollwood Airport on Wednes
day, November 11, 1931. She brought
the first autogiro, or helicopter type
of airship, to this section, under the
sponsorship of the Beechnut Packing
Company.
The Pilot of November 13, 1931,
said:
“Miss Earhart brought her plane
gracefully down on the Knollwood
flying field, rose up in the cockpit
and apologized for being late. Sht,
was greeted by officials of the field,
the Mayor and Commissioners of
Southern Pines, representatives of
Pinehurst, and by Mrs. W. C. Arkeil,
wife of the president of the Beech
nut Packing Company, sponsors of
the acquaintance trip.
“The trans-Atlantic flier flew here
from Fayetteville, spent labout 25
minutes at the field, shook hands with
scores of people, gave her autograph
to numerous small boys and girls,
supervised the refueling of her wierd
looking autogiro, took the ship al
most vertically into the air and de
parted.”
All hope of finding Miss Earhart
and Noonan has been abandoned af
ter search by the U. S. Navy.
FIGURES REVEAL
TELEPHONE RATES
HERE OUT OF LINE
Board of Commissioners To Act
To Make Charges Comparable
\Mth Neighboring Towns
CONFERENCE ARRANGED
CU,MBERL.AND COUNTY
VOTES FOR .\BC STORES
Cumberland county voted for coun
ty liquor stores in Its referendum
on the subject held on Tuesday of
this week. The majority for the wets
was nearly 1,000 votes. The county
voted against repeal of the 18th
amendment in November, 1933.
Cumberland becomes the 24th coun
ty in the state to legalize liquor
stores since the General Assembly
passed the liquor question on to the
counties.
Moore county ABC stores will un
doubtedly feel considerable effect
from the legalization of stores in
Cumberland, many citizens of Fay
etteville and residents of Fort Bragg
having been patronizing the Pinehurst
and Southern Pines stores since they
were opened.
MAGICIAN ENTERTAINS
KIWANIS CLUB MEMBERS
W'illiam Cox of Southern Pines en
tertained members of the Kiwanls
Club at their weekly meeting held
Wednesday noon In the Methodist
Sunday School Building, Aberdeen,
with an exhibition of prestidigitation,
completely baffling moat of those
present with his slight of hand and
card tricks. The program, arranged
by George Rose, was much enjoy
ed.
Determined to force the issue of
reduced telephone rates in Southern
Pines, the Board of Commissioners
some time ago requested of the State
Utilities Commission a summary of
rates in effect in towns in the im
mediate vicinity on Southern Pines and
on W'ednesday night, at the regular
monthly meeting of the board, tlie
members listened to the reading of
that information. On the basis of the
comparison of those rates with the
rates in effect in Southern Pines, they
agreed that concerted action in the
matter was necessary to bring the
charges more equitably in line.
The monthly telephone rental rates
currently effective in Southern Pines
and those in neighboring communities
are as follow's:
SOUTHERN PINES*
' 1-Party 2-Party 4-Party
Business $5.75 S5.25 $4.75
Re.sidence $4.25 $3.75 $2.75
"^Note—The rate quoted is for desk
phones. Wall phones are 25c per
month less and hand sets are 25c per
month more.
ROCKINGHAM
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Business $3.50
Residence $2.25
HAMLET
1-Part;
Business $3.50
Residence $2.25
RAEFORD
1-Part3
B'isiness $3.00
Residence $2.00
SANFORD
l-Partj
Business $4.00
Residence $2.75
At the conclusion of the discussion of
the matter. Mayor D. G. Stutz in
formed the board that he had been
in communication with the home of
fice of the Central Carolina Telephone
Company and that one of its high ot-
ficials would be in Southern Pines
early in September for the express
purpose of discussing the existing
rates here. In the meantime the May
or suggested that the board marshal
as strong a case as possible in or
der that, when the time arrives, there
can be no question as to the ulti
mate outcome.
2-Party
4-Party
$3.00
$1.75
$1.50
2-Party
4-Party
$3.00
$1.75
$1.50
2-Party
4-Party
$2.50
$1.50
2-Party
4-Party
$3.50
$3.00
$2.50
$'2.00
Howarth and Medlin
on Foundation Board
student Aid Organization Adds
Two New Members, Reelects
E. T. McKeithen President
John M. Howarth of Southern Pines
and Dr. E. M. Medlin of Aberdeen
were elected to the board of direc
tors of the Moore County Education
al Foundation at the annual meet
ing of the board held Wednesday.
They succeeded Dan I. McKeithen,
formerly of Aberdeen, and the late
Dr. Jamie W. Dickie.
Officers were elected as roUows:
President, Edwin T. McKeithen of
Aberdeen; Secretary, Paul Dana.
Pinehurst, and Treasurer, Richard
Tufts, Pinehurst. The officers, with
Nelson C. Hyde, Frank Buchan and
Howarth and Medlin comprise the
board.
Treasurer Tufts reported that the
foundation has $1,183 In the bank at
the present time. Applications for
student loans for this fall are now
being considered by the Loan Commit
tee.
CLINIC IN PINEHURST
A clinic under the direction of Dr.
J. Symington, County Health Officer,
will commence this morning, Friday,
at 9:30 o’clock at the Little Com
munity House in Pinehurst. Typhoid
fever and small pox inoculations and
vaccinations will be free and diph
theria inoculations will be 15c.