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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 17, NO. 44.
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WELCOME TO
ABERDEEN
of the Sandhill of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, September 24, 1937.
692,500 POUNDS,
OF TOBACCO SOLD
IN MOORE COUNTY
Aberdeen and Carthage Ware
houses Turn Nearly $180,000
Loose During First Week
BANNER YEAR FORESEEN
Child, 3, Sings Jesus Loves Me”; STATE BOARD TO
FIVE CENTS
Dies Hour Later in Auto Wreck
Little Leon Apple Had Proudly
Sung for Grandmother in Lake-
view Before Accident in Star
The Aberdeen tobacco market snap
ped back sharply yesterday morning-
after the slight attack of doldrums
that followed the biggest opening
day in Aberdeen history. All through
the early part of the week offerings,
while well above those of the last
few years, were considerably off from
what had been expected on the
strength of the opening day volume;
but yesterday morning there were
over 100,000 pounds on the two ware
house floors and it was thought that
the day’s average of slightly over 28
cents per pound would give other
markets something to shoot at for
some time to come.
At Covington’s Warehouse, the
McNeill Farming Company of Laur-
inburg sold 2,680 pounds at a price
that averaged between 37 and 38
cents. T. B. Upchurch of Raeford
had 5,500 pounds on the floor there
and when his offering had been sold
lie expressed himself as being high
ly satisfied with the result. The
highest price of the day went to Mr.
Taylor and to the McNeill company,
who both received 45 cents a pound
for small quantities of their top
grade.
At the close of the most success
ful opening week in the history of
Moore county tobacco markets—a
week that saw the markets at Aber
deen and Carthage sell a combined
total of approximately 692,500 pounds
of tobacco on the four warehouse
floors—farmers, buyers and ware
housemen are predicting a return to
“the good old days” after several
comparatively lean intervening years.
At Aberdeen official reports show
that the Aberdeen Warehouse and |
Covington’s Warehouse combined
sold 362,440 pounds for a total of
$86,655.06—an average pric.’ o:'
23.63 cents per pound. Unofficial es
timates from Carthage indicate that
the total sales there were slightly
higher than at Aberdeen" and that
there has been in the nighborhood
of 370,000 pounds pass over the
floors of the McConnell and the New
Sandhills warehouse. The total dollar
volume of this poundage is estimat
ed at around $93,000.00, showing an
average of approximately 24.50 cents
per pound.
While sales in Aberdeen have drop-
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Dr. Vardell Bethesda’s
Home Coming Speaker
President-Emeritus of Flor;i
Macdonald College To Preach
in Aberdeen October 3d
On Sunday, October 2rd, the an
nual Home Coming at Old Bethes-
da will be observed. Invitations are
being sent out over the country to
former members and descendants of
former members, and to the friends
of Old Bethesda, to return to the Old
Church to spend the day together
for old times’ sake.
The Rev. Charles G. Vardell, D. D.,
President-Emeritus and founder of
Flora MacDonald College, Hed
Springs, will deliver the sermon at
the morning hour of worship at 11:00
o’clock. The committee feels that
the presence of Dr. Vardell will en
rich the interest of this day. He is
widely known and greatly beloved
throughout the Carolinas. Many of
the alumnae of Flora MacDonald Col
lege in this section of the state will
doubtless be present to hear Dr. Var-
dell’s home coming message.
At the suggestion of many of the
older members of Bethesda, a com
munion service will follow the morn
ing sermon.
The public is cordially invited to
be present. Dinner will be spread in
the grove at 1:00 o’clock. Those who
come are requested to bring a basket
dinner that all may be provided for.
In the afternoon an old-time aong
service will feature the program.
By BESSIE CAMERON SMITH
Proudly, little Leon Apple, not
quite three, sang “Jesus Loves Me,
this I know,” for his grandmothei’
Sunday afternoon just to show her
that he had learned to sing, then
climbed onto the front seat of the
automobile along with his father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Apply,
to return to their home in Greensboro
after a pleasant week-end in Lake-
view with Mrs. Apple's mother, Mrs.
John McRae.
Two miles from Star, an automo
bile occupied by three allegedly in
toxicated men dashed onto the high
way from a side road, struck the Ap
ples’ car, and threw Leon through
the windshield to the pavement. He
stirred only once after they reached
him.
Mr. Apple suffered a crushed knee
and Mrs. Apple was badly cut about
the face. They *were taken to an
Asheboro Hospital for first aid, then
carried to a hospital in Greensboro.
Miss Leamon Crouse, Blainie Mc
Rae and little Margie Apple, who
were on the rear seat, escaped injury.
Two of the occupants of the sec
ond car were taken into custody and
placed in jail in Troy, according to
the report, while the other fled from
the scene of the accident but later
was located at a hospital.
Funeral service for Leon was held
in Greensboro Tuesday afternoon.
Those from Moore county who attend
ed were Mrs. John McRae, Mr. and
Mrs. George McRae of Lakeview;
Mrs. Colin McR^ie, Russell McRae
and Miss Raynor Crouse of Vass;
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Keith of Cam
eron, and Mr. and Mrs. Louise Need
ham of Hemp.
The child is survived by his par
ents, one sister, and numerous other
relatives.
No Trace of Owners of
Burned Car Found
54 Grandchildren
Father'of Mrs. A. Montesanti
Dies in North, Leaving 74
Direct Descendants
Called to Boston by the death of
her father, Salvatoit Gaultiere,
who died Saturday night, Mrs. A.
Montesanti, accompanied by her
daughter, Theresa, left Southern
Pines Sunday for the funeral ser
vices held in Malden, Mass., on
Tuesday.
Her father, Born in Italy 82
years ago, was long a respected
resident and citizen of the United
States. He is survived by all his
children, eleven daughters and one
son, 54 grandchildren, and eight
great grandchildren.
REVIEW SANDHILL
TELEPHONE RATES
Southern Pines Board Refers
Question of Decrease To
Utilities Commission
RATES FAIR SAYS DURANT
1938 Budget'' .dopted by
Southern Pines Board of
Commissioners; Rate Same
SANDHILLS TO JOIN
IN CELEBRATION
OF AIR MAIL WEEK
Letters in Special Cachets To
Be Picked Up by Pilots at
Knollwood Airport
BUCHAN NAMES AIDES
New Ford, Gutted By Fire, Was
40 Yards in Woods Off Aber-
deen-Laurinburg Highway
A “mystery" automobile, bullet-rid
dled and completely gutted by fire,
was found 40 yards in the woods off
the Aberdeen-Laurinburg road about
two miles south of Aberdeen early on
Sunday morning.
When found the car, a new 1937
Ford coach, was still hot and every
thing inflammable on and in it was
reduced to ashes. The motor was par-
tilly melted from the terrific heat
the fire had generated and the trunk
cover, rear right fender and right
hand door were punctured with a
total of seven bullet holes. There was
no clue as to the driver or any pos
sible occupants. The only certainty
was that there was no one in the
car at the time the wreck and fire
occurred.
Highway Patrolman W. B. Kelly,
who has been investigating the fire
and wreck, told The Pilot that there
has as yet been no definite informa
tion received that would help to
solve the mystery. The registration
number, 241-075, was issued to G. C.
Shaw of High Point, but inquiries re
veal that he is unknown there and
that his only connection with the
town is a postoffice box rented in
that name. Another report received
by Patrolman Kelly has the car list
ed as having been stolen in Hoffman
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PARKING AliRANGEMENTS ON
EAST BROAD STREET CHANGED
The parking system on East
Broad street, between Pennsylvania
and New Hampshire avenues, was
changed this week. Parking is to
be just the reverse of formerly, with
straight parking along the west side
of the street an'l head-in parking a-
gainst the curbing on the east side.
This will permit more cars to park
in front of the numerous shops In
this block. No parking is permitted
directly in front pf ,the Carolina
Theatre.
Postmaster P. Frank Buchan of
Southern Pines has appointed a com
mittee headed by Mayor D. G. Stutz
and consisting of Robert L. Hart.
Howard Bums, Charles Macauley and
Ben Bowden to work with a similar
committee yet to be appointed from
Pinehurst by Postmaster F. T. Cur
rie to insure the success of North
Carolina Air Mail Week, October 11
to 16. Plans are being made for the
reception at the Knollwood Airport of
the air mail planes which will stop
here on October 12 to pick up letterj
mailed here in specially prepared
cachets.
Postmasters of North Carolina are
entering enthusiastically into the
plans for celebration of North Caro
lina Air Mail Week, according to
Postmaster Paul R. Younts of Char
lotte, who has been named chairman
of the Air Mail Week committee.
The observance of Air Mail Week,
which has for its purpose making
North Carolina air mail conscious
and to impress upon business men the
great value of the use of air mail,
is being sponsored by the North Car
olina Association of Postmasters,
with the full cooperation of Eastern
Air Lines and the Postoffice depart
ment.
President Wythe Peyton of Ashe
ville appointed Major Younts gener-
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101 Fatal Automobile
Accidents in August
Raises To 659 the Number Kill
ed on Nbrth Carolina High
ways This Year
Automobiles killed 101 persons in
North Carolina last Month to set a
new record for August and exceed the
fatalities total for any other month
this year.
dents which injured 776 persons, the
monthly report of the Motor Vehicle
bureau shows. The total sent to 658
the number killed on highways this
year. Only 601 had been fatally injur
ed in car wrecks through August
last year.
Sunday was the deadliest day v;ith
24 fatalities. Between 7 and 8 o’clock
in the evening was the most fatal
hour with nine automobile accidents.
Thirty-nine of the dead were pedes
trians. Twenty-six persons were kill
ed in collisions with other automo
biles, two with trains, four with fix
ed objects and three with bicycles.
Drunken driving was blamed for
four deaths and hit-and-run driving
for 12. Two drunken pedestrians, 11
children playing in the streets, and
16 persons walking on the highways
were killed. Seven fatalities occurred
in cities and 77 in rural sections.
! At a meeting of the Board of Town
I Commissioners of Southern Pines,
I held Wednesday night at the office
I of the City Clerk and attended by
Robert E. Denny and the Rev. T. A.
Cheatham as representatives Of the
I Pinehurst Chamber of Commerce, the
City Clerk was instructed to commun
icate with Town Attorney U. L.
Spence for the purpose of drawing up
plans to take the matter of South
ern Pines telephone rates before the
Public Utilities Commission in Ral
eigh for a rate hearing.
At the request of local telephone
subscribers, the Board of Commis
sioners had long been considering the
I matter of local telephone rates and
I a few weeks ago a special meeting
! of the Board of Commissioners was
i called to confer with R. S. Durant,
1 manager of the Central Carolina Tel
ephone Company. At that time Mr.
Durant made it quite clear to the
Board that the telephone company, i
felt the rates in effect here were just
and reasonable and that no reduc
tion was in order.
Mr. Durant read to the Board a
statement covering receipts and dis
bursements of the telephone com
pany’s office in Southern Pines and
also a statement showing the invest
ment the telephone company has in
this town. He pointed out that, in re
sponse to a petition by the Town
Board, the company had installed a
new and better telephone system in
Southern Pines a few years ago and
that the maintenance of that system
was a factor in the present schedule
of rates.
Mr. Durant also stated that the
telephone company had always tried
to cooperate with the people of South
ern Pines in every way. This policy,
he pointed out, calls for quite an ad
ditional capital investment here and,
due to the fact that business drops off
considerably during the summer
months when a large percentage of
the population goes north and due to
the type of telephone system in use
here, which called for a large lay
out of funds, it is utterly impossible
to decrease telephone rates in South
ern Pines unless we wish to have the
all year round rates reduced and the
winter resident’s rates increased to
make up for the resulting loss of
revenue. This plan, Mr. Durant be
lieved, would do more harm than
good and would tend to antagonize
the winter residents.
The question was raised as to why
the rates could not be reduced in an
ticipation of an increase in business
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His Crop Stolen
L. B. McKeithen Finds Tobac
co on Fairmont Market, For
Sale By Missing Tenant
Last week a tenant on one of L.
B. McKeithen’s farms near Cam
eron moved away without his
knowledge, carrying off all of his
possessions as well as the entire
tobacco crop, thus leaving Mr. Mc-
Keithen “in the hole.” However.
Mr. McKeithen got busy, and was
soon on his trail and, with the help
of J. E. Snow, found the tobacco
on the floor of a warehouse in
Fairmont. Fortunately it was not
sold and Mr, McKeithen reached
Fairmont in time to prevent the
tenant from selling the tobacco
and absconding with the money.
Tax Remains at $2.65 per $100.
of Valuation; Revenue Esti
mated at $68,812
Sheriff Confident of
Arrests in Murder Case
McDonald Forwards Warrants in
Carraway Slaying To Po
lice of New York City
Sheriff C. J. McDonald, who has
been quietly putting forth every ef
fort to locate the slayers of J. E. Car-
raway, Connecticut Camp operator,
who -was found brutally murdered
near the Southern Pines-Pinehurst
road a few weeks ago, returned Sun
day evening from New York city
where he had been for the greater
part of the week following up a
clue which officers firmly believe is
the correct one.
Sheriff McDonald feels confident
that he knows who Carraway’s slay
ers are, and has this week forward
ed warrants for their arrest to New
York officers. Three detectives are
working on the case and the Moore
county sheriff is hopeful of getting
the wanted parties for identification.
McDonald was deeply impressed by
the police organization of the metro
polis. “They have a real police force,”
he said, "and if the men can be found,
I think that they will find them.”
The New York officers are working
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NORTH CAROLINA
TEACHERS VOTED
10 PERCENT RAISE
Salaries Scale Increased From
$87.50 Minimum, $112.50 Max
imum, to $96 and $123.75
THOMAS TO GET $2,532
Legalized by a bill passed in the
last North Carolina General Assem
bly, the salaries of all teachers, prin
cipals and superintendents of State
schools were on Monday of this
1 VALUATION: $2,573,117
I The Board of Town Commisslon-
j ers of the Town of Southern Pines,
i at its meeting Wednesday night,
j adopted the town budget for the
I period beginning July 1, 1937 and
ending June 30, 1938.
; The gross estimated income, on a
j valuation of $2,573,117 and including
, poll taxes and dog taxes, will be
$68,812.60, based on a rate of $2.65
per $100.00—the same rate that has
prevailed for the past three years.
The lestimated expense of the
town for the period is as follows-:
Administrative $ 4,400.00
Fire Department 7,516.03
Police Dep’t. 4,714.96
Repairing and Painting
Country Club 1,000.00
Maintenance of Streets,
Sewers, Lighting and
Planting Parkways 17,059.66
Misc. (including Resort Ad
vertising, Printing: ,Ex
penses, Maintenance of
Billboards and Legal Ex
penses 7,031.42
Maintenance of Parks and
Buildings 1,710.50
Maintenance Mt. Hope Cem
etery 630.00
Deficit Fire House Build
ing 1,067.94
Debt Service 23 682.09
$68,812.60
To Operate Countrj’ Club
Following the adoption of the bud-
, , get, the Board of Commissioners ap-
week mcreased ten percent by the I . .... .
•' pointed a committee consisting
State School Commission
For teachers with Class A certifi
cates the salary scale was formerly
$87.50 to $112.50 depending upon
the amount of experience they had
had. Under the \rew schedule the
scale will start at $96,00 with $123,75
as the top salary.
The new bill will mean that county
superintendents of schools will re
ceive salaries totaling $254,889. H.
Lee Thomas, superintendent of
schools for Moore county will re
ceive $2,532.
In Southern Pines and Pinehurst
the rate of pay will be slightly high
er than the scale established by the
state because, in addition to the basic
state salary, the local school board
pay their teachers additional com
pensation to cover the nine months
term in these two towns.
Schedule of Salaries
Following is the maximum salary
scale set by the Commission, with
the prevailing scale given first and
last year’s salary in the same di
vision given in parentheses:
Class A certificates: No experience.
$96 ($87.50), one year $99.50 ($90.50),
two years $103 ($94), three years
$106.50 ($97), four years $110 ($100),
five years $113.50 ($103), six years
$116.50 ($106), seven years $120
($109.50), eight years $123.75 ($112,-
50).
Class B certificates: No experience
$82 ($75), one year $85.50 ($78), two
years $89 ($81), three years, $92.50
($84.50), four years $96 ($87.50),
five years $99.50 ($90.50), six years
$103 ($94).
Class C certificates: no experience;
$75.50 ($69), one year $79 ($72), two
years $82.50 ($75), three years $85.50
($78), four years $89 (|81).
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DIRECTORS MEET TUESD<IY
President Robert L. Hart of the
Southern Pines Chamber of Cojr
merce announced yesterday tha.
first fall meeting of the bo«(fS of d;
rectors would be held next Tuesday
noon at Jack’s Grill, at which time
plans for the season will be discussed.
Among Immediate plans to be made
are those for the reception of the
representatives of northern tourist
agencies and advertijsing concerns who
wiU be here early next month.
Eugene C. Stevens, Howard Buru^
and J. C. Barron to take over the
operation of the Southern Pines
Country Club under the supervision
of the board. Their immediate task
is to fix a schedule of rates for play
and to settle on the matter of a new
professional for the coming season,
and these will probably be attended
to by the first of next week.
The remainder of the meeting was
taken up with routine business ex
cept for the matter that the bOard
voted to send Chief of Police J. A.
Gargis and Patrolman Ed Newton
to the two-day Police Training
School that is being held today and
tomorrow |in Winston-Salem under
the auspices of the North Carolina
Municipal Government Association,
of which the Town of Southern Pines
is a member.
Bob Harlow To Handle
Publicity at Pinehuist
Former P. G. A. Tournament
Manager Succeeds Linde Fow
ler.—New Holly Inn Manager
Announcement was made this week
by Richard S. Tufts, president of
Pinehurst, Inc. that Pinehurst has se
cured the services of Bob Harlow, na
tionally known golf writer and for
mer Professional Golf Association
tournament manager, as head of the
Pinehurst publicity staff for the com
ing year. He will succeed A. Linde
Fowler, well known Boston. Mass.
golf writer, who has handled thp
Pinehurst publicity for the past two
years.
Harlow was at one time Walter
Hagen’s tournament manager and ar
ranged all of "The Haig’s” tourna
ments when he was at the height of
his career. The experience he gaini
at that time fitted him ideally for the
position of P. G. A. tournament man
ager to which he later succeeded anl
held until a year ago. S-^nce leavln’
the P. G. A. Harlow has promoted
several profitable professional golf
tournaments, including the $]0,000
“circus” held in Chicago this past
spring and has filled In his spare
time writing a periodic-.I golf col
umn that has been syndicated nation
ally.' He is well known throughout the
golfing world and to newspaper edi-
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