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NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Tev,"tory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. August (i, 1937.
MELVIN BROTHERS
AND BUHRY LEASE
NEW RAND STORES
Department Store and Grocery
To Occupy Quarters on Site of
Powell Building
DORNS TO DOUBLE SPACE
Within the passage of another
month East Broad street between
New Hampshire and Connecticut ave
nues may well be termed “Market
Row” with its new and enlarged
stores.
For Dorn's Market the vacant
Straka store adjoining is being re
built, and the removal of the partition
wall will double the capacity of the
present store, giving the establish
ment a frontage of 36 feet with a
depth of 70 feet. New fixtures to
match those now in use are on the
w'ay and when installed the Dorn
market will compare favorably wita
any in the state.
The new Rand building, replacing
the old Powell building on the cor
ner, is rapidly assuming shape, the
steel girders having arrived this
w'eek. It is understood that the in
side store, 17 by 70 feet will be oc
cupied by Melvin Brothers, and the
corner store, 30 by 50 feet by G. H.
Buttry, for long manager of the A. &
P. store. Mr. Buttrey plans to open
a modern store carrying the finest
grades of groceries displayed in the
latest model fixtures and show cases.
The Melvins also pian a modern lay
out for their store.
Permits have been issued for the
transformation of the Page Motor
Co. garage into the very latest com
bination of filling station and garage
with the romoval of the pumps from
the parkway. Up to this writing no
contract has been given out for the
work which it is said will amount
to nearly $5,000.
L. V. Perkinson is rushing the ad
dition to the Sandhill Drug Com
pany’s quarters, the outer walls be
ing well advanced. This addition of 15
by 34 feet will give the proprietors,
Merrill and Overton, a much needed
space for a stock room, allowing more
room for their display cases.
Seawell Tells Kiwanis
of Bankruptcy Cases
Assets of One Bankrupt F'ound
Buried Beside Deep River.—
Two Jewish Merchants
Herbert F. Seawell, Jr., of Carth
age, United States Referee in bank
ruptcy in this district, talked inform
ally and interestingly to members
of the Kiwanis Club on Wednesday
of his experiences in bankruptcy cas
es he has handled here since the day
when, at the age of 22, he was ap
pointed to the position. He was at
that time the youngest referee in
liankruptcy In the country.
One of Seawell’s cases necessitated
the calling in of J. Edgar Hoover’s
G-men to help out. The bankrupt re
fused to divulge any information a-
bout his assets to the referee who
had reason to believe there were
some. He was cited for contempt of
court and the Department of Justice
was called upon to “make him talk.’’
Two men came down to the Carthage
hotel from Washington and got thj
man in jail. He still wouldn’t taalk,
but they paid a visit to his home,
located a crude map, faced him with
it and told him they had him. The
map proved to be that of the loca
tion along Deep River of the spot
where he had buried several thous
and dollars worth of bonds.
"Within 48 hours after sending for
Hoover’s men we had recovered the
money,” Mr. Seawell ^ said.
He told of another case, of two
Jewish merchants who opened up a
store in this vicinity. They did a
rushing business their first Sat
urday, taking In some $1,200. At
closing time they stuck the money in
a bag and started home In their car,
the bag between them. When they
arrived at the house which they oc
cupied Jointly, they rushed in and
told their wives of their good for
tune.
“Where’s the money?” one asked.
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Resurfacing and Enlarging of
Knollwood Airport Completed
Ferree’s 63 Sets
New Course Record
Purvis Ferree of Aberdeen broke
the course record on the No. 3
course of the Pinehurst Country
Club, shooting the 18 holes in 63
strokes, two under the record es
tablished last Fall by Horton Smith
of Chicago, and seven strokes un
der par. Purvis, who is executive
secretary of the Carolina Golf As-
.‘!Ociation, had one eagle, five bir
dies and every other hole in par.
He was playing with Herbert Vail,
Frank Dupont and Melvin Me-
Caskill, all of Pinehurst, Tuesday.
His card:
Par, Out 444, 433, 444—34
Ferree, Out 444, 433, 343—32
Par, In 445, 434, 354—36—70
Ferree. In 443. 424, 343—31—63
$50,000 Project (iives Sandhills
One of Finest Landing Fields
in the South
COMMISSIONERS
NAMEH.H.FRYTO
SUCCEED BAILEY
Appointed To Fill Out I’nexpir
ed Term of Late County
Surveyor
TAX ADVERTISING VOTED
The County Commissioners, at their
regular meeting on Monday, ordered
Tax Collector W. T. Huntley to ad
vertise during the month of August
all delinquent tax payers owning real
estate in the county and to sell the
real estate for said taxes and costs
on the first Monday in September.
The Pilot was the low bidder for the
advertising and was awarded the con
tract.
H. H. Fry was appointed to fill out
the unexpired term of M. McQueen
Bailey, county surveyor, who passed
away two weeks ago. Profound grief
over the death of Mr. Bailey was ex
pressed, and the board went on rec
ord as feeling that “the county has
lost an efficient officer and the com
munity an upright citizen.”
It was ordered that John B. Ken
nedy be awarded the contract for
twenty-three markers for county
home graves for $130. Other bido
were as follows; F. M. Hilliard,
$136.85; D. Carl Fry, $161.
The following recommendations to
the State Highway Commission were
ordered made: That it take over,
maintain and place on the county
(Please turn to page eight)
Hug-h Ray, of Pioneer
Family Here, Passes
Son of Original Owner of Much
of Fort Bragg Acreage Dies
in Florida
By BEN BOWDEN
Twenty months ago Knollwood Air
port was just a place where air
planes could land—just a reasonably
flat and level expanse of ground that
could be utilized for the purpose, if
necessary, with a hangar and a min
imum of servicing riccomodations
for such stray planes as should hap
pen to land there. But today the
picture has changed immeasurably
and, after nearly two years of intens
ive work and the expenditure of some
$50,000, the Sandhills can boast as
fine a landing field as can be found
anywhere in the south and perhaps,
except for its still limited hangar fa
cilities, in the country.
It all began when the officials of
Moore county came to the realizatio.i
that a modern airport would mean
increased convenience for prospective
and actual winter vacationists in the
area and started, in the fall of 1935,
to do something about it. A commit
tee consisting of Mayor D. G. Stutz
of Southern Pines, City Clerk How-
' ard Burns of Southern Pines, Richard
Tufts of Pinehurst, S. H. Miller of
Carthage and County Commissionei
Reynolds of Highfalls was appoint
ed to plan the development of the?
airport and oversee its operation,
and its first act was to recommend
the purchase of the airport site and
enough additional surrounding land
to allow for expansion.
$6000 Paid For Land
The land was purchased at a
total cost of $6000 and plans were
immediately drafted for the improve
ment of the property. Private dona
tions from Southern Pines and Pine
hurst were solicited to the extent of
$21,000 and $20,000 of WPA funds
were obtained with which to carry
on the project and, in December,
1935, the actual work was started.
(Please turn to page eight)
WALL CANDIDATE
FOR LEGION TEAM,
HOLD-UP SUSPECT
Star Catcher, Disqualified by
Age, Arrested for Highway
Robbery Near Cameron
CAUGHT AT SANFORD
FIVE CENTS
County TU:\ ^ for 1937
Tentatively Set at 89 Cents,
Increase of Ten Over 1936
Relatives in the state received
word of the death of Hugh Ray,
which occured last Tuesday at his
home in Baker, Fla. Funeral services
were held Wednesday at Baker. He
was 65 years old and had been ill
for a number of months.
Mr. Ray was the son of Flora and
Angus Ray, one of the prominent
pioneer families of Cumberland coun
ty. He was bom at the old Ray home
stead which later became Lumber-
dale. The Rays were large property
owners and held thousands of acres
of land which have all been absorbed
in Fort Bragg territory. Manly was
the lively trading center the family
looked to for such provisions as were
not raised on the farm 50 years ago,
as Southern Pines had not been
dreamed of when the young Rays
were getting their early start. Some
thirty years ago Mr. Ray moved to
Florida where he operated large tur
pentine and lumber interests with his
brother, Duncan Ray, who died a
year ago. Of a large famUy of four
boys and four girls, one brother,
Fairley Ray of Wagram and two sis
ters, Miss Flora Ray of Raleigh and
Mrs. Kate Ray of Baker, survive.
Other survivors are his wife and five
children, all of Baker.
Call Issued For Baseball
Candidates For ’38 Team
Sandhills Committee V^'^ants To
Line Up Prospective Players
Eligible For Mne
With the echoes of the 1937 Junior
Legion baseball season still ringing
in local ears in the form of reminis
cences of the team’s recent vacation
trip to Myrtle Beach, the American
Legion Baseball committee ,the town
sponsors and the coaches are already
laying plans for next year’s team.
Accordingly, a call has been issued
for all boy in Moore county who will
be within the legal age limit next
year (under 17 before March 31st,
1938) to report at the Southern
Pines ball park on Wednesday after
noon, August 11th, where they wii»
be met by the Legion Baseball com
mittee and Coach Joe DeBerry.
This year preparations for the
Junior Legion campaign were consid
erably hurried due to the fact that
the coaches and the committee had
no advance line on the prospective
candidates, and that is the situation
that they hope to overcome by hav
ing as many candidates as possible
turn out this coming Wednesday, and
on future Wednesdays. In that wav
the boys will have a chance to prac
tice together over a considerable
period of time and when the season
opens next year the coache.® will al
ready have had an advance idea of
the material available for the team.
This call for candidates encompas
ses boys from all over Moore coun
ty—Southern Pines, Pinehurst, West
End, Jackson Springs, Aberdeen,
Pinebluff, Manly, Lakevlew, Vass,
Cameron, Carthage, Eagle Springs,
Hemp. Glendon, Spies, Highfalls and
Carters Falls—and all Who are with
in the age limit and wish to try out
for the 1938 Junior Legion team are
urged to be on hand at the specified
time.
Other Junior Legion teauns in sur
rounding areas are already calling
out candidates for their next year’s
teams and Moore county’s aggrega
tion doesn’t intend to be caught nap
ping in this respect.
Charging that he was one of three
men who, on Monday afternoon held
up and robbed Haydn Horne truck
driver for a Fayeteville brewing con
cern, county officers are conducting
Curtis Wall of near Cameron on sus
picion of highway robbery.
Wall, a youth of barely 18, was the
sensational young catcher who tried
out for the Sandhills Junior American
Legion baseball team early this sum
mer and who played so inspiringiy
with the team in its practice gamoo
until it was found that he was over
the prescribed Junior Legion age lim
it and was dropped from the club
roster.
With Wall, officers also captur
ed George Wooten, a mem'ber of
a highly respected Cameron family, [
who, about two months ago complet- i
ed a ten year sentence at State Pris-1
on for killing a negro taxi driver, and
who is suspected of having planned
the hold-up. A third suspect. FreJ
Edmond, a cousin of the fugitive
Wall, was arrested at hi.s home on
Monday night and taken to jail ir
Carthage.
According to the version given of
ficers by Horne, driver of the beer
truck, he had made his last dellveiy
for the day in Cameron, and accom
panied by his colored helper had left
town by way of the Johnsonville road
enroute to Fayetteville.
Wall and Wooten were apprehended
late Wednesday in Sanford. They had
fled as far north as Richmond w’here
they met Wooten’s brother driving
a peach truck back south from the
northern markets, and they rode back
(Please turn to page eight)
County Tax Rates
Comparative Figures for Per
iod Since State Took Over
Roads Maintenance
The following figiires show
Moore county’s tax rate since 1931,
the year when the State took over
the maintenance of the highway
system. Previous to that the rate
was over $1.00.
1931—73 cents per $100 valua
tion.
1932—71 cents.
1933—70 cents.
1934—72 cents.
1935—75 cents.
1936—79 cents.
1937—89 cents (tentative).
4,000 HEAR HOEY
AT DEDICATION OF
SANDHILL PROJECT
Governor Calls It “Monument to
Intelligence and Foresight
of Our Government”
Boost Made Necessary to Meet
Social Security Demands,
Rebuild Schools
NO SALARY INCREASE
Cotton Farmer Must
Look to the President
Senator Bailey Says Congress
Has Done Its Part To Pro
vide Price Maintenance
In a letter to E. F. Arnold, execu
tive secretary of the North Carolina
Farm Bureau Federation, Senator
Josiah W. Bailey places responsibility
for relief of the cotton farmer up to
President Roosevelt and the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
After expressing his “regret that
the present prospect is not good for
constructive legislation in the inter
est of agriculture in the present ses
sion of Congress,” the Senator re
cites a long list of farm legislation
which has been passed by Congress.
This list includes legislation to bene
fit debtor farmers, promote soil con
servation, provide crop production
loans, assist tenant farmers, boost
prices, and initiate Rural Resettle
ment.
In surveying the beneficial results
of this legislation. Mr. Bailey quotes
as follows from the Department of
Agriculture reports;
“In the boom year of 1919 each
farmer had $1.59 for every $1.00 that
the city man had for living expenses.
But by 1921 the farmer had only 60
cents for each city dollar, after the
deflation of that year. In 1926 the
ratio was about 86 cents for the far
mer as contrasted with $1.00 for the
city man, but in 1932 the farmer had
only 35.6 cents for living compared
with the $1.00 for the city man.
“Today, in the now boom year for
agriculture, the farmer has approx
imately 90 cents for each dollar avai'.-
able to the average city dweller to
pay living expenses.”
Then, turning to the problem of
the cotton farmer, the Senator says*
“However, the cotton farmers have
not enjoyed a comparable Improve
ment in the price of lint cotton. The
price of cottonseed, thanks to the
amendment sponsored by me, is much
better. The worst feature of the farm
price picture is the downward ten
dency of the price of cotton. The
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GKEETIN(;S FROM LAMBETH
‘‘The Sandhills project will be a
monument to the intelligence and
foresight of our Government in pre
serving these resources for this and
future generations,” Governor Clyde
R. Hoey told from 3,000 to 4,000 peo
ple who gathered last Friday to ded
icate and inspect jobs which have
thus far been completed on that 62,-
000-acre forestry, wild life and rec-
recreation project which the Resettle
ment Administration of the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture is develop,
ing near Hoffman.
Stating that he was reared on a
farm and is familiar with the strug
gles which a man on the farm meetj,
the Governor said, "I am glad we
have a Government which tries to in
terpret and meet the needs of the
farmer.” He then added that in his
opinion the Government’s program ol
conservation and home ownership are
the two outstanding phases of the
entire rehabilitation program of tne
administration.
Miss Jane Pratt, Secretary to Coa-
gressman Walter Lambeth, brought
a message from Mr. Lambeth. “He
would be present, Miss Pratt said, had
he not been sent abroad by his (gov
ernment to do honor to our dear boy3
who offered their lives for us in the
World War.”
Congratulates Eatman
Congressman Harold Cooley also
brought a message from Mr. Lambeth
stating that his colleague had ex
pressed to him before leaving for
France his keen interest in the pro
ject and his regrets at not being able
to be present on this important occa
sion, "I know that the entire North
Carolina delegation in Congress is
vitally interested in the work being
done on this project,” Cooley stated.
"Your presence here is an indication
of your appreciation of the efforts
which have been put forth,” he told
the crowds which surrounded the
speakers’ stand which had been erect
ed near the edge of Indian Camp
Lake. Mr. Cooley publicly commended
and congratulated Project Managei
Frank Eatman for the successful
work which he has done in the de
velopment of this project.
C. B. Deane of Rockingham, Chair
man of the Citizens’ Dedication Com
mittee, presided and the Rev. J, B,
Willis of Hamlet pronounced the in
vocation. Others on the program in
cluded Regional Director George S.
Mitchell and Assistant Regional Di
rector James M. Gray, both of the
Resettlement Administration office In
Raleigh; Frank W. Boatman, Project
Manager; Dean I. O. Schaub, of
State College, Raleigh; C. F. Clayton,
Chief of the Planning Section, Land
Utilization Division, RA, Washington;
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The tax rate for Moore county for
1937 was tentatively set at 89 cents
on the $100 valuation by the mem
bers of the Board of County Com
missioners as they sat in regular
session Monday.
This ia an increase of ten cents
over last year’s 79-cent rate, an in
crease which was necessary in or
der to meet the county’s part of the
Social Security program, approxi
mately $19,000, and to furnish addi
tional funds for school purposes, it
appearing that any other policy
would have been “penny wise and
pound foolish.” as some of the build
ings were being damaged so great
ly on account of needed repairs.
The commissioners turned thumbs
down on any increases in salaries of
county employees and were forced
to refuse requests of a number of
delegations which met w’ith them in
the interest of certain local com
munities in order to avoid a greater
rise in the rate.
The new rate is twenty-nine cents
below that of ten years ago when
the high point of $1.18 was reached.
Three years later, in 1930, $1.05 was
necessary to meet the requirements
of the county, but after the State
assumed control of both roads and
schools, the county’s rate dropped
to a low of 70 cents in 1933 and 1934.
County Finances Healthy
While Moore county’s rate has bee^
within a medium radius, a little hign-
er than that of some counties and a
bit lower than that of others, the
county has been in excellent financial
condition for the past several years
and at the same time has made con
sistent progress.
Citizens of the county may well
take pride in the health program that
has been put over. Through the clit
ics and otherwise a continuous fight
has been waged against contagious
diseases until certain of these have
been practically stamped out. Tne
saving in suffering and financial ex
pense of these preventable diseasea
has been worth many times the val
ue of the few cents of each dollar
that has been allotted to this health
work and the county has been made
a safer place for its citizens.
A drive through the county will
show the progress that has been
made in farming. With the help of
the county agent and by the use of
the terracing machine w'hich was
procured a year or two ago, much
has been done al6ng the line of soil
conservation.
Interest in home management and
all that this implies has been stimu
lated through the home demonstra
tion club work and many rural homes
have been improved.
Altogether a pretty creditable job
of spending the taxpayer’s seventv-
nine cents has been done and those
at the helm will probably make the
additional ten cents do just as good
a'job in serving the aged and tha
blind and the dependent children, and
in helping the youth of the county
to equip itself for useful citizenship.
250 EXPECTED FOR S. A. L.
GOLF TOURNAMENT HERE
With the regular annual Seaboard
Airline golf tournament scheduled for
Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Sep
tember 4th, 5th and 6th at Souther i
Pines Country Club, Mayor D. G.
Stutz and Seaboard officials from
Norfolk and Washington are making
plans to accommodate the large.st
turn-out this tournament has ever
drawn, approximately 250.
On Tuesday, E. M. Tucker, th«
Seaboard’s assistant superintendent
of dining car service, visited South
ern Pines to look over the Highland
Pines Inn and inspect the facilities
which his staff will operate under
lease for the three days of the tour
nament.