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of the Sandhill Terr. of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. PYiday. February 11, 1938.
FIVE CENTS
4 Counties Unite in Effort
To Bring U. S. Hospital Here
Hoke, Moore, Richmond and
Scotland to Offer Choice of
Sites to Government
Securities Tsar
COMMITTEE ORGANIZED
An enthusiastic group of boosters
from the counties of Scotland, Hoke,
Richmond and Moore met at the Rec-
reation Hall of the Federal Resettle
ment project at Hoffman Monday
night and discussed plans for bring
ing the $1,500,000. Veteran’s General
Hospital to the Sandhills., A steering
committee, headed by C. B. Dean,
prominent Rockingham attorney, with
key men from each of the four coun
ties will set the machinery in mo
tion at once. On the committee from
Richmond county are Howell Ingram
and Dr. Caddell; from Hoke county,
John McGoodgin, Russ McBride and
Ranton Thomas; from Scotland, Ed
win Pait and John Blue; and from
Moore, Frank Buchan and Howard
Bums of Southern Pines and G. C.
Seymour of Aberdeen. In addition,
the presidents of the medical socie
ties of the several counties will act
ex-officio.
A letter was read from Congress
man Walter Lambeth advising that
the House of Representatives had
passed the bill but the current anti-
lyuching bill fillibuster in the Senate
bid blockei any action to date; hov/-
ever, as soon as this is out of Ithe
way the bill is expected to pass
there. Mr. Lambeth advised that
funds would not be available until
after July 1st.
United Effort
There were no particular sites dis
cussed but it was the aim of the
group of 75 men to concentrate their
efforts on bringing the project to
the Sandhills at which time a num
ber of sites would be presented.
Dr. P. P. McCain of the State
Sanatarium discussed the advantages,
fiom a health standpoint, of the mild
climate this section had vo offer, as
compared to the eastern section of
Norh Carolina. Joining Ln iho discus
sion was Superior Court Judge Don
Fhillips of Rockingham who stated
that there were 150,000 veterans in
North Carolina. Joining in the discus-
would be a central point for both the
eastern and western parts of the
state, and the convenience to the vet
erans would largely determine the
location of the ho.spital.
Others joining the discussion in
cluded Robert L. Hart, president of
the Southern Pines Chamber of Com
merce, Postmaster Frank Buchan,
and Shields Cameron, commander of
the Sandhills Post, American Legion.
In conclusion, Judge Phillips sug
gested the organization of a Sand
hills Chamber of Commerce, compris
ing the counties in this immediate
vicinity.
The committe*' is anxious to have
clubs, civic bodies, American Legion
posts and similar organizations
throughout the four counties adopt
resolutions urging the Sandhills as
their choice for the hospital, copifes
of these resolutions to be sent to
C. B. Deane at Rockingham for for-
w'arding to Senators Bailey and Rey
nolds, Congressman Lambeth and the
Veterans Administration at Washing,
ton.
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O. MAX GARDNKR
MAX GARDNER TO
BE PRESIDENT OF
STOCK EXCHANGE
SEVEN EVENTS ON PROGRAM
FOB TODAY’S GYMKHANA
Seven events are listed on the pro
gram for this afternoon’s Gymkhana
at the Southern Pines Horse Show
Ring, including a continuation of the
series of broom polo grames between
teams representing Pinehurst and
Southern Pines. Other events will be
a Jimior Horsemanship class, a
Doughnut race. Scarf Jumping, a
Sack race. Hunt teams over the out
side course, and Open Jumping in
the ring. The show starts at 3:00
o’clock.
INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE TO
BE GIVEN HEBE ON MABCH 2
Notico was received this week from
the office of the Collector, Internal
Revenue Sei-vice, Treasury Depart
ment. in Greensboro that a represen-
tat’l'5<' from that office will be at the
Southern Pines postoffice all day on
Wednesday, March 2nd, to assist tax
payers in filing their income tax re
turns.
Former Governor of North Car
olina Reported Selected for
$75,500 Post
MUCH ACTIVITY IN
REAL ESTATE IN
SOUTHERN PINES
Miss Ruth Presbrey and Rein-
ecke To Build on Property
at Country Club
O. Max Gardner, a close friend
of President Roosevelt and Govern
or of North .Carolina during the
first four years of the depre.«.«ion, is
to be selected to fill the newly creat
ed post of president of the New
York Stock Exchange, the first paid
president in the history of the insti
tution, says the New York Herald-
Tribune. Official action tendering the
post to Mr. Gardner awaits only the
meeting of the newly constituted
board of governors of the Exchange,
to be formed as a result of the recent
study completed by the so-called
Conway Committee, which delved
into the proposed reorganization of
the Exchange.
While a long list of candidates has
been considered by the members of
the board who must eventually make
the appointment of what has come to
be termed a czar of Wall Street,”
it has been definitely established that
all but Mr. Gardner have been elimi-
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RICHARDSON LAND SOLD
The Southern Pines real estate
market is more active than it has
been in some time, and presages a
building campaign of sizeable pro
portions.
Miss Ruth Presbrey of Boston,
Mass., has closed a deal through the
P. T. Barnum agency for the pur
chase of one of the Country Club
lots and will build an attractive home
at the corner of Country Club Drive
and Morganton Road, opposite the
new house now under construction
for John M. Howarth.
E. W. Reinecke, who recently pur
chased the property known as the
Herr-Bush tract, near the Country
Club, and is making extensive plans
for its development into attractive
building sites. A new road is to be
cut through, providing more lots;
Ernest Morell has a contract for
landscaping the property, and Mr.
Reinecke plans to build one or two
houses in the immediate future.
Miss Gussie Cameron has purchased
the former S. B. Richardson resi
dence on North Bennett street and
plans to build a home soon. The
property contains 15 lots.
Buys “Company ^House”
Dr. John Berry, retired Greens
boro physician, has acquired the
‘ house at the corner of Ridge street
and Pennsylvania avenue, known as
“the company house,"* and is hav
ing it remodeled by E. V. Perkinson
for a permanent home for himself
and family. This house which was
owned by the Southern Pines Build
ing Company, has been occupied in
the past by two prominent authors,
Wallace Irwin and Walter Gilkyson.
Lloyd Clark has closed a deal
through the Barnum agency for the
Bruce Lewis property which his fun
eral home has been occupying on a
rental basig for some time.
A number of rentals have also been
reported by the Barnum agency,
among them the following.
Frank White, Philadelphia, the
Ogden cottage on West Illinois ave
nue; R. N. Hayes, the Holmes house
on South Ashe street; Mrs. Ivy R.
Morton, South Paris, Maine, the Lew
is cottage on Maine avenue; H. W.
Lange, Penacock, N. H., the Rude
house on Morganton Road, and Dr.
R. M. Bowls, Garden City, L. I., the
Sadler house on East Illinois avenue.
STATE ASKED FOR
IMPROVED ROADS
IN RESORT AREA
County Commis.sion Recom
mends Resurfacing Sections of
U. S. HiKh ways 15 and 311
WANT AIRPORT RI). OILED
Walter Lt «> .^eth to Retire
As 8th. Dist. Congressman
Not a Candidate
A campaign for better roads in
the resort area of Moore county was
launched at the regular meeting of
the Board of County Commissioners,
held on Monday in Carthage. The
board voted to recommend recon
struction of a number of the prin
cipal highways through this section
to the State Highway & Public
Works Department. Principal among
the recommendations were:
The hard-surfacing of the road
from Carthage to Aberdeen by way
of Pinehurst, a part of U. S. High-
^vay No. 15 which is a main thoro-
fare from the north almost to Flor
ida and carries a heavy tourist traf
fic throughout the winter season.
This section of the highv/aj', between
Carthage and Aberdeen, has been in
bad condition for some time and is
considered dangerous in spots.
Hard-surfacing of the road from
Aberdeen to Ether, which is pirt of
U. S. Highway No. 311 and the
main artery leading from the Sand
hills to Greensboro, High Point, Win
ston-Salem and the mountain section
around Roaring Gap. Thia road lias
been patched up many times over
a period of years, but is sorely in
need of rebuUding.
Oil-treatment of road from South
ern Pines to Carthage by way of
Knollwood Airport. This road from
this section to the county seat is
much used and though a "fair” sanrt-
clay road in dry weather, )s danger
ous following rains. There have neen
a numt)er of accidents due lo slides
and, deep holes.
The board also recommended that
the State maintain the road startin"
at the Bible School and running west
one-half mile to a road running from
the High Falls-Bennett road to the
Lassiter place, going by the Spinx
Maness road in Ritters township.
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Not a Candidate To Succeed
Him.self, He Announces in
Washington
HAS SERVED 4 TERMS
W.VLTER LA>IBETH
ASHLEY JACKMAN
OF JACK’S GRILL
FAME DIES AT 72
Came to Southern Pines in 1904
to Join Staff of Patch
Grocery Store
Noted Baptist Preacher
Here All Next Week
Seal Sale Drive in Moore County
Nets Record Total of $1,683.80
Receipts for Fight Against Tu
berculosis Exceed Previous
Year by $141.34
The 1937 Tuberculosis Seed Sale In
Moore county went $141.34 ahead of
the record receipts of the previous
year, the report of Mrs. T. A. Cheat
ham, county chairman, reveals. The
grand total for .the county was $1,-
683.80, the report shows. Mrs. Cheat
ham wishes to express her apprecia
tion to the various local chairmen
for their fine work in making the
sale so successful, and also to those
throughout the county who contrib
uted so generously.
Space does not permit the listing
of the 45 chairmen who helped in
the 1937 Christmas Seal Sale, but
the following is the report in full
for all places contributing In Moore
county:
Joint return from Aberdeen, Addor,
Pinebluff, Silver Springs, $144.15;
Cameron, $44.40; Carthage, $119.03;
Eagle Springs, $30.00; Eureka, $10.07;
Glendon, $7.26; Hemp, $53.60; High-
falls, $7.50; Jackson Springs, $2.00;
Lakeview, $3.00; Manley, .80; Mount
Holly, $2.80;^ Putnam, $1.25; Pine
hurst, $857.62; Roseland, 3.00; Sam-
arcand Manor, 13.00; Southern Pines,
332.42; Spies, 3.00;, Springfield,
$2.80; Vass, $23.91; West End, $22.79;
total, $1,683.80.
As has been stated in a former Is
sue of The Pilot, $252.49 was col
lected through the colored schools.
Married in 1884
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Thomas
Celebrate 54th Anniversary
at Home in Jackson Springs
Married on January 29th in
1884, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Thomas
Delebrated their 54th wedding an
niversary at their home in Jack
son Springs on that date last
month. The children, in-laws and
grandchildren of “the young cou
ple” helped them celebrate the oc
casion, with approximately 60
guests joining in the festivities.
All the following children, with
their wives or husbands, and their
children were present: Mr. and
Mrs. Charles B. Thomas of Greens
boro; Guy Thomas and children,
Harold Grey and Dorothy, Aber
deen; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Thom
as, Jackson Springs; Mrs. Roy
Lee and daughters Juanita and
Betty, of High Point; Mrs. Reta
Currie of Burlington; Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Hall and baby Franklin
Gray, of Troy; Miss Birdie Thom
as, Elrie and Ted Thomas of
Jackson Springs, and Mrs. S. D.
Thomas of Eagii, Springs.
Last year’s total WM $1,542.46 which
makes an Increase this year of
$141.34.
Dr. J. Elwood Welsh of Orange
burg, S. C., To Conduct Ser
vices Morning and Night
Beginning Monday evening at 8:00
o’clock Dr. J. Elwood Welsh will
preach at the Baptist Church for
one week. Dr. Welsh is a native of
Philadelphia and ministerially a
product of Russell Conwell and his
famous church, Grace Baptist Tem
ple. Dr. Welsch holds degrees from
the University of Richmond, the Un
iversity of Pennsylvania, Crozer Semi
nary, and Southern Baptist Theol
ogical Seminary. He has held such
prominent pastorates in the South as
First Baptist Church of Durham,
Court Street Church of Orangeburg,
S. C., where he is now serving. He
has held more than 100 special meet
ings in the Church of the southeast.
His first sermon in Southern Pines
will be at 8:00 o’clock Monday even
ing. Thereafter he will preach each
morning at 10:00 and each evening
at 8:00 o’clock. The public is cordial
ly invited to hear him.
BISHOP PENICK TO FRE.\CH
SUND.\Y IN SOUTHERN PINES
The Rt. Rev. Edwin A. Penick, D.
D., Bishop of North Carolina, will
make his regular visitation to Em
manuel Episcopal Church on Sunday,
February 13th. At the 11:00 o’clock
service on that day Bishop Penick
will preach and administer the Apos
tolic Rite of Confirmation to a class
of six persons. The public is most
cordially Invited to attend this ser
vice.
On Saturday evening, February
12th, Bishop Penick will be the guest
of honor and speaker at a dinner to
be tendered him by the members of
Emmanuel Church. It is expected that
a large number of the members of the
parish will attend this dinner to be
held at the Southern Pines Country
Club at 7:00 o’clock.
With the passing of H. Ashley
Jackman last Friday morning, Sou
thern Pines suffers not only the loss
of one of the few remaining pioneers
of the pre-war era, but one of the
town’s most versatile and colorful
characters. As the proprietor of
■‘Jack's Grill” for nearly 17 years, he
was known to his fellow townsmen
and thousands of tourists from all
over the world as "Jack.”
Suffering from a serious and, as
it proved, fatal heart ailment, Mr
Jackman had been a patient at the
Moore County Hospital for two
weeks, but at his own request was
removed to his long time home on
New Hampshire avenue on Monday.
Funeral services were held in the
Powell Funeral Home at 3:00 o’clock
on Sunday a. ternoon. The Rev.
Voight O. Taylor of the Church of
Wide Fellowship was assisted by the
Rev. J. Fred Stimson of the Baptist
church, and a former pastor, the
Rev. Samuel Holden. With Mrs. L. D.
Williams at the piano, a quartet com
prising the Miss Ethel Jones, Miss
Maidie Lee Wade, S. B. Richardson
and J. B. Gifford rendered a song
service.
Born in Bath, N. H., April 19, 1866,
the son of G. W. Jackson and Mary
Ann Green Jackman, Ashley Jack
man early engaged in the grocery
and market business in Littleton,
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The Field
Many Mentioned as Candi
dates for Congress to Suc
ceed Walter Lambeth
Mentioned to date as possible
landidates for the Democratic
lomination for Member of Con
gress to succeed Representative
A^alter Lambeth are the follow-
ng:
Miss Jane Pratt, Laurinburg,
Hr. Lambeth’s secretary.
M. G. Boyette, Carthage, Coun-
iy Solicitor.
George R. Ross, Jackson
Springs.
Hinton James, Mr. Lambeth’s
predecessor in Congress.
Gordon Hackett, North Wil-
tesboro.
C. B. Deane, Rockingham.
J. C. Pittman, Sanford.
Judge Clawson Williams, San-
!ord.
Judge Don Phillips, Rocking-
lam. . \ ;
J. A. Patterson, Scotland coun-
y-
H. P. Taylor, Wadesboro.
Roland S. Pruitt, Wadesboro.
Robert McNeil. Mocksville.
Roland Beasley, Monroe.
J. A. Rausseau, Wilkesboro.
J. C. M. Vann, Monroe.
Walter Lambeth, now serving his
fourth consecutive term as Represen
tative in Congiess from this Eighth
district of North Carolina, tossed a
bombshell into the political arena on
Monday of this week with the an
nouncement from Washington that
he would not be a candidate to suc
ceed himself in the next Congress.
Mr. I.ambeth’s announcement was a
complete surprise, and a bitter dis
appointment to his multitude of
friends throughout his district. His
popularity is attended by the fact
that he has never had opposition for
the Democratic nomination in the
district.
Mr. Lambeth has served with
marked distinction throughout his
eight years in office. He has played
a prominent part in the counsels of
the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
and has the distinction of being the
first member of the House ever to
become chairman of the Joint Com
mittee on Printing, a position always
held by a Senator until Mr. Lam
beth’s election last year. He repre
sented the House on the Battle Monu
ments Commission in France last
summer.
Friend of Sandhills
Walter Lambeth has been partic
ularly close to the Sandhills section
during his incumbency of office, go
ing out of his way in the intei'ests of
this section. He has endeared him
self to his constituency here through
frequent visits and many thoughtful
acts. He was not expected to have
opposition in his party for a fifth
nomination this spring.
His announcement, given to the
press in Washington last Sunday
night, read:
“Aftnr careful and deliberate
thought, I have decided that I will
not be a candidate for reelection to
Congress; and now, in fairness to all
concerned, I wish to make public my
decision.
“Eight years of my life have been
devoted to the service of the people
of my district. I doubt if any Con
gressman ever had a finer, more
loyal or more considerate constitu
ency; and I shall always be grate
ful to the good people of the Eighth
District for their friendship and
support during the four terms it has
been my privilege to serve as their
representative."
Floodgates Opened
Naturally, the announcement re
leased the floodgates of political as
pirations on the part "of leading Dem
ocrats throughout the Eighth dis
trict. Among those first thought of
as a possible candidate was the son
of Mr. Lambeth’s predecessor in
Congress, the late Robert N. Page,
but Thad, who is now executive sec
retary of the National Archives, a
lifetime position, immediately re
moved himself from consideration in
a statement in Washington. Miss
Jane Pratt, Mr. Lfimbeth’s efficient
secretary, was also mentioned but is
understood to have stated she would
not enter the lists.
Two in Moore county have been
among those mentioned, George R.
Ross of Jackson Springs and M. G.
Bcyette of Carthage, county solicitor
and au announced candidate for the
State Senate. A list of all mention
ed to date appears in another col
umn.
Mr. Lambeth has not stated what
his plans for the future are, but
is expected to return to his home
city of Thomasville to look after his
business interests.
TO CELEBRATE GOLDEN
HTIDDING HERE TUESDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Lloyd of
Wingham, Ontario, Canada, will cel
ebrate their 50th wedding anniver
sary at their home in Weymouth
Heights, Southern Pines, on Febru
ary 15th.^jpr. Lloyd is head of fthe
firm of Lloyd and Sons, Ltd.,
Wingham Ont. The Winghama a»
here for their second season, occupy
ing the H. A. Gould residence.
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