MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
THE
A Paper DevQted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 18, NO. 2.
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FIRST IN NEWS.
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, December 10, 1937.
FIVE CENTS
HOEY INVITED TO
SPEAKATBANQUET1
OF‘SANDHILLEERS’
All Chambers of Commerce in
County Unite For Dinner at
Carolina Hotel January 7
ALL CITZENRY INVITED
In Two Auto Wrecks Within an
Hour On Retnm From Funeral
Miss Ferguson and Hugh Mc
Pherson Injured in One Car,
Crash in Another
Governor Clyde R. Hoey is expect
ed to be the principal speaker at the
'‘Sandhilleers’’ banquet to be given
at the Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst
toy all the Chambers of Commerce
In Moore county on Friday, January
7th next. The banquet supplants the
annual dinner of the Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce, the larger af
fair being the outcome of an invi
tation from the local Chamber
to all similar groups in the Sand
hills to make this year’s event a me
morable occasion, “one for all, ail
for one.”
The invitation to speak was extend
ed to the Governor early this week
by Frank Buchan, of the banquet
committee, who reported at the
meeting of directors of the local
Chamber on Tuesday that “he didn’t
promise to come, but promised to
come if possible. I believe he’ll t)e
hr.-’e,” added Mr. Buchan.
The dinner is to be strictly infor
mal, and open to all in the county
desiring to attend. The main dining
room of the Carolina will be utilized,
and the plans also include dancing
and an entertainment in the Crytal
Room following the banquet. Tickets
will be one dollar.
The Chambers of Commerce of
Aberdeen, Carthage, Hemp, Pine
hurst, Vhss and Southern Pinea, aud
Bimilar civic organizations in Cam
eron, PinebUilf, West End, Eagle
Sprinjca, Jackson Springs, in fact
throughout the county, are sponsor
ing the big get-together, pnd large
groups of citizens will be present
from each section. Charles W. Fic-
quet is general chairman of arrange
ments.
Being in two serious automobile
wrecks within an hour and living
to tell the tale was the experience of
Miss Jean Ferguson of Chicago, III.,
a freshman at Queens-Chicora Col
lege in Charlotte, and her cousin,
Hugh McPherson, a student at Ban
ner Elk, last Sunday evening as
they were returning to Charlotte
from Cameron where they had that
afternoon attended the funeral of
their grandfather, H. P. McPherson.
Mias Ferguson and her cousin
were returning to school in the au
tomobile of their uncle, J. Mitchell
Guthrie, with his driver, John Caus
ey of Sanford, at the wheel. At about
6:00 o'clock as they were nearing
the Moore county line on the Carth-
age-Biscoe highway in the midst of
a driving rain, they ran into che
back of a Cadillac coupe being driv
en by a colored man from New Jer
sey. The Negro said that he waa
blinded by the lights of an approach
ing car and slowed up, but another
report is that he had no lights burn
ing.
McPherson and Causey were ren-;
dered unconscious by the crash and!
Miss Ferguson had one tooth knock- j
ed out, others loosened, and an uglyi
gash requiring eight stitches in her!
lip. After some effort, she succeed-1
ed in stopping a car which carried i
her and McPherson to Carthage, 18!
miles away. !
fiiy the time they reached Cartn-
age, McPherson was able to w'alk,
but was in a dazed condition. How
ever, he succeeded in making it At the regular monthly meeting of
known that Causey was in the wreck, the Board of County Commissionuis
so Deputy Sheriff Grimm and Pa-[held Monday, W. H. Currie, chair-
trolman Kelly set out for the scene; man of the board and trustee for
of the accident, leaving Grimm’s c ir Moore county holding titles to the
Mail Early!
Postmaster Buchan Urges Co
operation of Public to Fa-
cilitage Service
Mail your Christmas packages
early!
You hear it every year. The
Po3t Office Department is anx
ious to give the patrons the best
possible service at all times. \Ve
have only a short time, at beat,
to render you the service that
you desire in delivering your
Christmas packages on time. So
will you not bear this in mmd
and mail early!
Remember that Christmas
comes this year on Saturday and
there will be no delivery of mail
(except perishable and special de
livery) on that day and the follow
ing day, Sunday If you are one
of the late mailers and your pack
age reaches its destination Friday
night it will not be delivered un
til Monday.
—Frank Buchan, Postmaster.
WOMAN KILLED IN
PINEBLUFF WHEN
AUTOS COLUDE
Mrs. Alice Dow, 61, of Dover—
Foxcroft, Maine, Victim of
Accident Wednesday
MAN 70 IN HOSPITAL
Pioneer and Leader
MAY SELL LANDS
ACQUIRED UNDER
TAX FORECLOSURE
Chairman Currie Authorized to
Accept Taxes, Interest and
Costs For County Property
High School To Stage
Christmas Pa gear t
Music and Dramatic Depart
ments Will Present “The Vis
ion” Next Thursday Evening
The music and dramatic depart
ments of the Southern Pines High
School will make their entry into the
field of pageantry when the Christ
mas pageant, “The Vision,” will be
offered the public Thursday evening,
December 16, at 8:30 o’clock. Direc
tors of the production announce that
elaborate lighting and costuming ef
fects will be used to mount the
Nativity scenea.
Ernestine Bailey and James Ross
■will be soloists for the following
chorus: Henrietta Andrews, Ernes
tine Bailey, Edith Blake, Louise Blue,
■Virginia Broom, Catherine Fergu-
aon, Charles Hackney, Phillis Har
well, Catherine Hilderman, Helea
HUderman, Lawrence Johnson, ^lob-
«rt Kolb, Jane Grant Mann, Jessie
jylcDonald, Hannah Moger, Lois Mor-
rison, Irene Olive, Colin Osborne,
Charles Phillips, Dorothy Phillips,
Barbara Plumer, WUma Rorle, Mai-
^ret Jane Rosendale, James Ross,
Mary Blunt Rumley, Polly Coble,
Mary Alice Tate, Dana UUey and
Anna Walker.
Members of the Dramatic Club who
•will tell the story in pantomine and
dialogue are: Shepherd, Hoss Grey;
Shepherdess and Star Spirit, Sue Ann
Mlillken; Prologue, James Spring;
Shepherds, Edward Prlzer, Boyd
Jones, Douglas Bailey; Kings, James
Spring, Edgar Parker and Robert
Kolb; Mary, Ernestine Bailey; Chor
us of Worshippers, Peggy Graves
Clara Hall, Rosalin Baker, Rebecca
Neal and Nancy Wrenn.
with George Fry to take the injur
ed pair to the Moore County Hospi
tal.
At Blue’s Siding, as Fry was
speeding toward Pinehurst with his
charges, he erashed into a Foid
roadster, \*rhich a colored man had
left parked without lights on the
highway, and turned over, down an
embankment, practically demolishing
the officer’s automobile and further
injuring the two young people. Fry
sustained only minor scratches.
The three were soon picked up by
passing motorists and carried to the
hospital ’;vithout further mishap, in
addition to Miss Ferguson’s Injuries,
McPherson suffered a knee injury.
Miss Ferguson, in the care of a
trained nurse, was removed on Tues
day to the home of Mr. and Mrs- J.
M. Guthrie In Cameron, and McPher
son to the home of his mother, Mrs.
Orene McPherson.
Before Officers Grlmm and Kelly
reached the scene of the accident.
Causey was removed from the
wreckage and carried to the hospi
tal, where he Is confined with a
brain concussion.
The automobile of Deputy Grlmui
is said to be as completely demolish
ed as that of Preston Blue which
figured in the triple automoblle-
truck accident near Hemp recently
In which Mrs. W, Brooks James and
her Infant son of Troy were fatally
Injured.
lands purchased for delinquent tax
foreclosures, was authorized to sell
any of the lands so purchased for
the amount of taxes, interest and
cost due Moore county thereon if in
his discretion he deems such a trans
action advisable for the best Interest
cf the county, and to execute deeds
therefor to the purchaser upon the
payment of the purchase price into
the office of the county accountant.
It was ordered that the resolution
authorizing the $40,000 school bond
passed on Its final reading last Sep
tember 6 be amended to reduce the
interest authorized to be paid on said
bond issue from four per cent per
annum to three per cent.
The group voted to exempt William
H. Presler, disabled World War vet
eran of Hemp, from the payment of
Schedule B. taxes in the county for
the year, and to recommend that the
State Commissioner of Revenue do
likewise as to the State tax.
The report of the home agent was
read and accepted, and J. H. Mon
roe of Biscoe, Route 1, was allowed
$5 per month.
Present at the meeting were Chair
man Wilbur H. Currie, D. D. Mc-
Crlmmon, T. F. Cameron and Gor
don Cameron.
Kiwanis To Lend Aid in
Venereal Disease Fight
Club Hears Rev. Craighill
Brown.—Ladies’ Night and
Alumni Meeting Next Week
DR. HEBR RE-ELECTED HEAD OF
SOUTHERN PINES IVDEN’S CLUII
I
At the annual meeting of the
Southern Pines Men’s Club held In
the clubhouse on Monday evening, Dr.
George G. Herr was reelected pres
ident for 1938, Walter T. Ives vice
president, and Charles Macauley sec
retary and treasurer. W. S. Spaeth
■was re-|Jected a trustee for a three-
year
LOCAL BOYS ATTEND Y. M. C. A.
CONFERENCE IN CHARLESTON
A move to make the present cam
paign against venereal disease, start
ed some time ago in Wefit Southern
Pines, a county-wide one, was laun
ched Wednesday by the Sandhills Ki
wanis Club at Its weekly meeting in
the 'Methodist Church Sunday School
building in Aberdeen. The members
heard the Rev F. Craighill Brown of
the Emmanuel Episcopal Church,
Southern Pines, outline what has been
accomplished to date in the fight he
and his committee have been wag
ing in this section, and adopted a
resolution endorsing this work and
Its spread throughout the county.
Willard Dunlop of Pinehurst an
nounced at the meeting that ar
rangements had been completed for
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A large number of boys from
Aberdeen and Southern Pines attend
ed the Y. M C. A. Older Boys’ con
ference held last Saturday in Char
leston, S- C. Some 400 boys In all,
representing Hl-Y clubs of North
and South Carolina, heard promi
nent speakers discuss subjects of vi
tal Interest to youth.
Aberdeen boys attending, accom
panied by Prof. Ipock, were Thurs
ton Davis, Lawrence Rowe, Hal Kirk,
^ck Lampley, Garman Smith, June
Howie and W. H. McNeill, Jr. Present
from Southern Pines were Alfred
Chiswell, Edward Prlzer, Jame-s
Spring, James Ritchie, James Milll-
ken and their leader, D. W. Gamble
of the high school faculty. They re
turned Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Alice Dow, 61, years old, of
Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, was instant
ly killed in a collision of two auto
mobiles shortly after 5:00 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon In the heart of
^Pinebluff.
T. J. Jellison of Dover-Foxcroft,
who is 70 years of age, was injured,
though not seriously, and taken to
Ihe Moore County Hospital The driv
er of the Maine car, a Chevrolet
coach, William Reece, 25, escaped
injury.
The car overturned three times
when struck by a Pontiac coupe driv
en by Miss Mannie McDowell of
Pinebluff. Miss McDowell, according
to witnesses, entered U. S. Hig*!-
way No. 1 from a side road and
drove into the path of the south
bound car, the collision resulting.
At a coroner’s inquest conducted
yesterday by CoVoner D. Carl Fry
Cl Carthage, Miss McDowell wa.s
Otclaved in fault. There were several
witnesses to the accident, all of
whom testified at the incjuest.
Mrs. Dow was enroute to Florija
lo visit her son. Her neck was brok
en and Dr. J. P. Bowen of Aberdeen,
who was called to the scene of the
fccident, stated that death was in-
4-tantaneous.
Miss a?-Dowo1I sufierea a cut on
tlj{ head. The injuries to Mr Jclli-
;>oi* 'vere rope ie.i at the hospital as
minor. The Jellison car was com
pletely demolished.
Tells Need of Support
of Christmas Seal Sale
p. T. Kelsey Outlines Work Done
by Tuberculosis Commitee in
Talk at Southern Pines
Speaking of the importance of the
Christmas Seal Sale campaign m
Southern Pines before the Chamber
of Commerce on Tuesday, Proston C.
Kelsey of tne County Tuberculosis
Committee, stated that 72 persons :n
the Southern Pines section are now
receiving benefits from funds dis
pensed by the committee. He made
the report to emphasize the need
of generous public response to the
Seal Sale here, irrespective of the
County-wide response.
Of these 72 persons, there are three
now In thf! State Sanatorium at the
expense of the committee, four in
homes awaiting admission to the
Sanatorium, five in homes under
care and obser\ation, and 60 members
of families of patients under surveil
lance and requiring periodical exam
inations.
Mr. Kelsey stated that less tl\an
seven cents of every dollar received
here from the sale of the seals leaves
here, and that not one cent goes t>>-
ward overhead expense.
‘‘Because Pinehurst has been or-
gan\*’.ed longer and actively cam
paigning against the disease f'>r
years, tuberculosis has been almost
completely stamped out in that vi
cinity," he stated- "We are gradual
ly stamping it out here, and will do
so In time. Every suspect case Is
known, and every new case immed
iately reported to us. Given the nec
essary funds to carry on our fight
we will win. And we ask these funds
but once a year, through the agen
cy of the little Christmas Seal.”
HU(JH P. McPherson
H. P. McPherson
DIES, outstanding
CITIZEN OF COUNTY
Former Chairman of Board of
Commissioners Was Pioneer in
Dewberry Industry of Section
BION BUTLER’S TRIBUTE
ORGANIZED HERE
Roy A. Grinnell Heads Civic
Body of Young Citizens
of Southern Pines
At a meeting held Tuesday evening
at Jack’s Grill in Southern Pines and
attended by approximately 50 of the
town’s young men and a delegation
of invited guests from the Charlotte
Junior Chamber of Commerce, a
Southern Pines Junior Chamber of
Commerce was formed and officers
elected.
Roy A. Grinnelrf^as elected pres
ident, James A. WiUiamson, fir'll
vice-president; Robert Dorn, second
vice-president; J, D. Arey, Jr., sec
retary and M. F. Grantham, treas
urer-
The out-of-town guests were A. L
Bechtold, president of the Charlotti
Junior Chamber of Commerce; Mr.
Laneze, vice-president of the organi
zation; and Mr. Wright and Mr.
Kirkpatrick, directors, and they took
the lead in the preliminary discus
sion of the aims, purposes, duties
and possibilities of such an organi
zation.
Robert L. Hart and Hugh J. Bet-
terley, president and secretary, re
spectively of the Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce, presided at
the meeting, and were elected hon
orary members of the Junior Cham
ber.
Plans were made for another meet
ing within the next two weeks and
the Charlotte Junior Chamber invit
ed the Southern Pines group to d.?
present at a meeting in Charlotte ci
December 21, at which time the na
tional president of the Association
of Junior Chambers of Commerce
will address the gathering.
S. p. Gymkhanas
To Start Next Friday
Frederick H. Burke Elected
Chairman of Committee To Ar-
ran«:e Bi-^Weekly Events
MILLS car RKOOVEBHa)
The automobile of Ralph MilU,
head of the Southern Pines Water
Department, stolen from in front of
the City Clerk’s office early in the
week, was found abandoned in the
woods near town yesterday after
noon.
JUNIORS WIN INTEB-CL.\SS
BASKETB.^LL TOURNAMENT
In the interclass basketball tour
nament at Southern Pines School last
week. Miss Todd’s seventh] grade
boys' team and girl’s team won from
Mr. Gamble’s group. The high school
classes had a series of games to
determine the champions. On the
first day, the sophomore teams were
successful In winning from the
freshmen. The seniors were defeated
by the juniors in the second day
games. In the finals, the juniors took
the championship.
The equestrian gymkhana season
wOl open In Southern Pines ne"'' Fri
day afternoon, December 17^ a
meeting of the Gymkhana { , nit-
tee of the Chamber of Commerce, at
tended by W. O. Moss, Herbert Cam
eron, Will J. Stratton and Frederick
H, Burke, held Wednesday afternoon
at Stony Brook Stables, Mr- Burke
was elected chairman and Nelson C.
Hyde treasurer.
The show ring near the Southern
Pines baseball field is to be put in
top-notch condition at once in prep
aration for a full program next Fri
day. The events during the season
will Include open jumping, pair jump
ing, best boy horsemanship, best
girl horsemanship, amateur jump
ing and trick jumping, as well as the
usual—and some unusual—stunts and
contests. Many of these events wiU
be run off the opening day. Prizes
and ribbons are to be awarded dur
ing the season in the various classes.
As In the past, no charge will be
made for watching the gymkhanas,
but there w'lll be a parking charge
for cars around the ringside. Season
parking spaces will be on sale next
week. The funds realized take care of
the expenses incidental to keeping
the show ring and jumps in repair
and the prizes and ribbons.
Hugh P. McPherson, one of Moore
county’s most useful and highly es
teemed citizens, passed away at his
home in Cameron at 6:00 o'clock last
Friday evening, following an illness
of 13 weeks. He would have been 78
years of age had he lived until tae
following day.
Funeral services in the Cameron
Presbyterian Church at 2:30 o’clock
Sunday afternoon were conducted bv
a life-long friend, the Rev. M. D. Mc
Neill, who recently retired as pastor
there, assisted by the Rev. A. V.
Gibson, Presbyterian minister of San
ford.
Long before time for the service
every unresei’ved seat in the church
was filled and many persons stood
outside, waiting to pay their last
tribute of respect to one of whose
going was to them a personal loss.
Musical numbers were sung by a
large choir of young people and Dr.
M. L. Matthews of Sanford sang “In
the Land Where We’ll Never Grow
Old.”
A number of county officials and
other close friends served as honorary
bearers and the foUowing as active
bearers: L. B. McKeithen, J. W. Rog
ers, W. D. McNeill, H. J. Gilchrist,
W. A. Muse and T- Frank Cameron.
The body was laid to rest in Uie cem
etery near the church, arid the
mound was banked with floral designs
of rare beauty.
Mr. McPherson was born in Cum
berland county, one of the seven chil
dren of James D. and Catharine Ann
McDuffie McPherson, and at the age
of 15 years moved with the •fuinily to
the Cameron community where hp
became a substantial farmer, mer
chant and civic leader.
He wa3 one of the pioneers m
dewberry growing in Moore county
and had a large part in making Can-
eron the famous dewberry center
that it is today. In addition, he cul
tivated a large acreage of other
crops and carried on a successful
wholesale grocery business.
Chairman County Board
Mr. McPherson’s progressiveness
and fine business judgment brouglit
him to the attention of the public,
despite the fact that he was of a
modest and somewhat retiring dispo
sition, and he was called upon to
serve as a county commissioner at a
time when there was a peculiar nee<^
for strong men at the helm of coun
ty affairs. In this capacity he serv
ed for 14 years, much of the time
as chairman of the board, and It was
during his administration that the
present imposing court house was
erected. His wisdom and tact fair-
mindedness and loyalty to his con
victions were tjalts which well fit
ted him for this service. Mr. McPher
son also had served for several years
as a director of the Moore County
Hospital.
Mr. McPherson’s religion was a
vital part of his life. He weus the
last surviving charter member of the
Cameron Presbyterian Church and
through the years had served In var
ious capacities. Ordained as a deacon,
he filled the office of church treas
urer and was later made a ruling:
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MEMBER OF DUKE FACULTY
IS UNION SERVICE SPEAKEIl
At the Sunday evening union ser
vice, held by the Baptist Church and
the Church of Wide Fellowhisp, Ui-.
Gilbert T. Rowe, Professor of Chr 3-
tian Doctrine of the Duke Univc* ■
sity School of Religion, will be ;
speaker. The meeting this week Is ;
the Church of Wide Fel’owhip, a" J
o’clock. Dr. Rowe is widely known x
a teacher, a preacher, .and an :i ’-
thor. His presence In Southern Pi.icd
offers an exceptional opportunity ko
hear in person a man already fain 1-
lar to many through his book: “Real
ity in Religion." A very cordial invi
tation to attend this service is ex
tended to the public.