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MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
Vol. 18, NO. 27.
SPRING*
8PRIMOS
PILOT
FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandh^^'^^-iitory of North Carolina
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Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, June 17, 1938-
FIVE CENTS
SOUTHERN PINES
OPENS BASEBALL
SEASON A LOSER
liefirion Juniors Shut Out By
Pitcher James of Hamlet
in Premiere
Rassie Wicker Launches Move To
Save Jackson’s Covered Bridge
New Structure Threatens Doom
of One of Few Remaining Old
Time Bridges
FEEL LOSS OF VETERANS
By BEN BOWDEN
The Peaches, the Sandhills Amer
ican Legion Junior baneball team,
opened their season Wednesday af
ternoon at Hamlet and succumbed to
the pitching wizardry of Lefty James,
the Hamlet portaider, by a score of
2-0. James gave up only four hits
during the course of the proceedings
and was never in danger.
Howard Auman, on the mound for
the Sandhills aggregation, was equal
ly effective, but errors in the field,
three in succession in the sixth in^
ing, gave Hamlet their two run ad-
vaintage—one that was good through
out the remainder of the game. The
disappointment of the afternoon was
heavy-hitter Author Pate’s hitless
day. In the two practice games that
the Peaches played prior to Wed
nesday’s official opener, Pate had
been hitting to all corners of the
ball park, but Wednesday, with the
chips down and official averages in
the balance, Arthur whiffed inglor-
lously on all three trips to the plate.
This year’s Sandhills outfit haa
but five veterans on the roster; Pate,
Buchan, Neil Melvin, Clyde Alexan
der, and Auman. Sorely missed are
Ed Newton, star catcher and first
baseman of last year, who made his
tory at Lenoir-Rhyne College this
spring when, in his freshman year,
he beat out the team captain for
the first base post and led the team
in batting averages; "June” Wil
liams, last year’s star third base
man, who is presently debating with
himself the wisdom of signing a pro
ffered contract with the Philadel
phia Athletics or taking advantage
of an offer of a college education
at Duke University, and Pitcher
Buss Thomas, now too old to play in
the league.
The present roster, however, in
cludes several new stars who figure
to make local fans forget last year's
Juminaries. Chief among them are
right fielder and clean-up hitter Ed
Shields of High Falls and second
:baseman Charley Cole, of Carthage;
15-year old Harold Upchurch, pit
ching star, and short-stop Junior
Kidd, both of High Falls.
Catcher Needed
The one weakness of the team this
year, as last year, is the absence of
a first rate regular catcher- In the
two practice games the team play
ed prior to Wednesday’s league op
ener, Graham Hussey was behind the
plate and turned in a fine perform
ance except for an alarming weak
ness in his pegs to second base in at
tempts to cut off base runners
stealing from first. To try to rem-
(Pleaae turn to page four)
Join the "Association to Save
Jackson's Bridge”
Rassie E. Wicker of Pinehurst is
temporary chairman and calls upon
all those of the community interest
ed in preserving one of America’s
few remaining covered bridges for
posterity to use their influence with
the powers that be. In a letter to
The Pilot Mr. Wicker says:
"Many residents of the Sandhills
have explored the hills and valleys of
upper Moore county, and remember
with pleasure the rugged and pictur
esque covered bridge across Deep
River, between McConnell and High
Falls.
“It appears that the State Highway
Commission is preparing to rebuild,
or relocate the High Falls Road, and
will construct a modem concrete
bridge across the river at another
point- As a result of the proposal,
our County Commissioners have been
asked to authorize the removal of
the old bridge.
“One of our New England states
has formed an association for the
purpose of preserving the few re
maining covered bridges in that state,
and to expedite matters, the writer
of this letter appoints himself tem
porary Chairman of the ‘Association
to Save Jackson’s Bridge.’
"Fortunately, we have a Board of
Commissioners composed of discern
ing men, and I am sure that if there
is sufficient interest shown in the
matter, they will take the steps nec
essary to preserve it. If any readers
are interested in this matter, which
incidentally, shouldn’t cost anything,
they should immediately write either
the undersigned, or Wilbur Currie,
Chairman of the Board, Carthage,
expressing their views.
“The writer also expects to appear
before the board at its next meeting,
relative to this proposal, and would
appreciate the presence and support
of others who may be able to be pres
ent.”
k’s June!
You Can Tell By the Activ
ity at the Marriage License
Bureau
Leaves $1,000 To Aid
in Educating Youth
Mrs. Weed’s WiU Establishes
Loan Fund. Episcopal Church
Bequeathed $200
In the will of Flinda V. Weed, late
of Southern Pines, which has been
filed for probate in the office of the
Clerk of the Court of Moore county,
it is directed that $1,000 from her
estate be deposited in the Ddnk of
Pinehurst in a special account to be
known as "The Weed Fund” to be
used exclusively as a loan fund to aid
worthy children in obtaining an ed
ucation. The executive committee of
the bank is empowered to lend from
said fund "to any worthy children
of good character and merit who
w’ould otherwise be denied the op
portunity of attending boarding
school or college" at an interest rate
not to exceed five per cent per an
num, and it was the intention of
Mrs. Weed that the fund be perpet-
ual-
The Emmanuel Episcopal Church
was remembered with a gift of |200
and the remainder of the ©state, the
whole of which was valued at about
'|5,300, was • bequethed to relatives
and Mends- J. Talb«| Johnson was
,nam«d exeautor.
Payne and Ttirner Pay
Death Penalty July 1
Penn Murderers Lose Their Ap
peal to Supreme Court; Only
Governor Can Save Them
Bill Payne and Wa.sb Turner heard
with no show of emotion Wednes
day night, that they had lost their
appeal to the Supreme Court and
were facing death by asphyxiation on
Friday, July 1, . for the murder of
George Penn of Carthage, State
Highway Patrolman, near Asheville
last August.
“Don’t reckon there’s anything to
say,” tersely remarked Turner, also
known as Jack Borden, as he stared
through the bars of his death cell
at Warden Hugh Wilson who inform
ed him o' tlie Supreme Court de
cision.
“I’m not surprised,” Bill Payne,
slighter of the two, said calmly.
“It’s no more than I ejipected.”
Unless Governor Hcey Intervenes
the two men, who s'.ccessfully evad
ed a series of police traps from the
time they made t spectacular escape
from Caledonia Prison camp in Feb
ruary, 1937, until cornered and cap
tured by G-men in Sanford Janufiry
3, wiU pay for their greatest crime
by inhaling lethal ga« in the State’s
death chamber on the first of July,
nearly six months from the date of
their capture.
STATE SENATOR INGRAM
SEEKS LEGION COMMAND
State Senator Henry L. Ingram of
the Moore, Randolph, Hoke and
Harnett district, is a candidate for
12th district commander of the
American Legion. Ingram is a whole
sale distributor of petroleum prod
ucts in Asheboro, has long been ac
tive in Legion affairs, and Is a for
mer president of the Asheboro Cham
ber of Commerce, He was an Infan
try captain In the World War and
wounded hi the Meuae.Argonn* of-
fenslv*.
That June is really "the month
of brides” is brought to mind by
the increased activity in the
marriage license office in Carth
age. During the past week licen
ses have been Issued from the of
fice ot Mias Bess McCaskill, Reg
ister of Deeds, to the following
white couples; W. R. Kennedy,
Jr., of Hemp and Wyllne Stutts
of Glendon; J. V. Cole of Pine
hurst and Blennie Mae Martin of
Carthage Route 3; M. L. Owen of
Steeds and Marie Gamer of
Hemp; J. W. Phillips of Glendon
ind Ola King Cowing of Carthage;
Walter James Wyatt, Jr., of Wake
Forest and Ethel Kathryn Day of
Southern Pines; M. A. Ray and
Virginia Stevick, both of South-
jrn Pines; Paul C- Micheaux and
Geneva Cooper, both of Sanford;
Walter Jerome Smith of Schenec
tady, N- Y., and Helen Elizabeth
Packard of Southern Pines.
MAIN BUILDINGS
OF FELIX ADDOR
PLACE BURNED
117- ACRE TRACT
ON YOUNGS ROAD
SOLD TO SICARD
New Yorker To Improve Prop
erty for Country Estate. Bar-
num Builds on Bethesda Rd-
2 SADLER HOUSES SOLD
Police Chief Week
Gargis of Southern Pines
Sprains Ankle in Chase;
Carthage Chief in Toils
Fire Sweeps Through Log Cab
ins Containing Family Relics
and Mementos
The main structures of the quaint
old Felix Addor place, notable in the
annals of Moore county, were de
stroyed by fire Saturday morning,
Mr. Addor suffering the loss of many
cherished family relics and memen
tos, as Well as personal effects and
money.
Flames communicated from a
lamp in the kitchen shortly before
11:00 o’clock, swept rapidly through
the old original log cabin built some
25 years agq, and from this struc
ture to the adjoining building. Mr-
Addor, notified by a colored boy, the
only attendant aboUt the place, was
unable to enter his offlcS or bedroom
in the old building, being driven back
by the suffocating smoke.
The Pinebluff Fire Company An
swered an alarm and was able by
using water from the lake to keep
the flames away from adjoining
buildings, including the picture gal
lery and dance hall- Among the fur.
nishings of the razed building were
two fine pianos, a grand and a
modern upright, the pride of Mr. Ad
dor, long noted as a fine musician-
Located to the left of U. S. High
way No. 1, about two miles below
Pinebluff and one and one-half miles
west of the Seaboard station of Ad
dor, (formerly the village of Keyser),
the home place of Felix Addor is a
strvlval of the now almost forgotten
colonists, once refugees from the
battlefields of the Franco-Prussian
war, who came into the Sandhills of
North Carolina to establish a gmpe
culture more than a half century
ago.
TOB.VCCO HARVEST SOON
TO GET UNDER WAY
A number of real estate deals
which were started during the winter
season in Southern Pines have been
closed during the past week or two|
principal among which is the sale of
Che former Goodwill property on
Youngs Road to Hugh Sicard of New
York City. Mr. Sicard, through the
E. C. Stevens agency, has purchased
117 acres of the GoodwUl and old
Scott farm property from the Moore
County Company, which acquired it
several years ago-
Mr. Sicard spent some time here
last winter and visualized the Good
will property m having great possi
bilities for a country estate. ’The
property has both woodland, arable
farm land, small lake and a log
house, in addition to a few farm
buildings. The main house burned to
the ground about two years ago.
The new ov. ner is rebuilding the log
house on the lake for a winter home,
with C. L. Austin as the contractor
and Miss Catherine Pierson the in
terior decorator. James Swett is in
charge of improving the grounds, and
has laid out a new entrance road
from Youngs Road in tP th^ log
house- Much new post and rail fence
has been placed here and there about
the property. The dwelling known as
“the high house” on the Scott farm
is also being renovated.
Mr. Sicard has contracted for ex
tensive lines carrying electricity to
his new home, as well as for a tel
ephone connection.
To Build Winter Home
W. H. Bamum of New York, who
with his family spent a large part
of the winter at the Pine Needles
Inn, is starting construction within
the next feW week* on a winter home
on the four acres of land he re
cently acquired on Bethesda Road,
situated between The Ark School
and The Paddock. The Barnums oc
cupied the Skinner house in the Wey
mouth Heights section one winter
The property was sold through E. C,
Stevens.
The R. Fi Potts agency informs
The Pilot of two interesting trans.
action in the sale of dwellings for
the Sadler estate- Chan page, pro
prietor of the Page Motor Company,
bought No. 108 South Ridge street,
the former home of the late C. J.
Sadler. This large dwelling of ten
rooms and basement is located just
south of Illinois avenue, facing the
extensive property now under devel-
(Pleaae turn to page eight)
This was not a good week for
Chiefs of Police of Moore county.
Chief J. A. Gargis of Southern
Pines stumbled and severely sprain
ed his ankle while pursuing a sus
pected chicken thief in West South
ern Pines last Saturday morning. He
had to be taken to the Moore Coun-
ty Hospital for treatment.
Seen being assisted into a car by
two stalwart men, the colored gen
try of "Jimtown” spread the rumor
“the J-men got Gargis.” What got
him was an obstruction in his path
while chasing his prey.
The Carthage Chief of Police is
in more serious trouble- He, Jesse L.
Caviness, was arrested in Raleigh
on a charge of reckless driving fol
lowing an automobile accident near
Cary. Ben S. McKeel, a Raleigh in
surance agent, was injured in the
accident. Caviness had a taste of the
medicine he frequently administers.
He spent a few hours in jail.
SOUTHERN PINES,
ABERDEEN HOSTS
TO FIRE FIGHTERS
18 Departments Represented at
Convention of Sandhills
Association
BROCKWELL IS SPEAKER
Southern Pines and Aberdeen play,
ed host to firemen from 18 North
Carolina cities on Wednesday, spend
ing the day in the two Sandhills
towns transacting such business as
needed it, listening to fine talks by
fire leaders of the state, enjoying
contests, a supper at the Aberdeen
Lake, and the annual ball of the
Sandhills Firemen’s Association in
the evening at the Southern Pines
Country Club.
There were representatives here
from the following departments:
Durham, Concord, Elizabeth City, Red
Springs, Pinehurst, Hamlet, Hamlet
Shops, Rockingham, Raleigh, Char,
lotte, Sanford, Biscoe, St. Pauls,
Carthage, Pittsboro and Pinebluff.
And also present were Sherwood
Brockwell, State Fire Marshal, J. B.
Flora of Elizabeth City, president of
the State Firemen’s Association, and
John L. Miller, secretary of the State
Association, rr©n> Charlotte came
Chief W, H, Palmer, and frQnt\ |tai-
eigh. Chief W, E- Holland, though
the Charlotte and Raleigh depart
ments aze not members ef the Sand,
hills association. ,j> ^
Fire Marshal Brockwell made a
FURNITURE PLANT
ADDITION, OTHER
BUILDING IN V ASS
Morristown Mfg. Co. Adding 14,-
000 Square Fe«t,—New
Standard Service Station
BEASLEY REMODELS BLOCK;
More building activity is in evidence | audience was par-
in Vass at present than at any time ^ interested in his story of
within the past several months. 1 8*-eatest school disaster to the
Work was begun the first of the j f
week on a modern brick building to! Texas about a year ago,
be used as a Standard service sta-1 f*' * ° ^ recent hotel fire In At.
tion, on -the site which until la«t I ^
week was occupied by the Keith Mo-f ‘ ^ , personally Investlgat.
tor Company on Highway 1. The, -J A1
old building has been razed to make ffrani at School
way for the new. ceremonies at «he ;Bchool
A. M. Cameron, local Standard oU ^ ‘^e Rev. J.
distributor, and H. R. Down of Fay-1 Mayor
ett«yiUe are having the building i Southern Pines and
erected and it is ex[>ected to be com- i , Shamburger of Aber-
pJeted within about six weeks- I corned the visitors. Addresses
The brick building opposite Hotel I
Charmella, originally the Ford Sales! owe of Aberdeen and Eu-^
place, which was recently purchased' ^ ", Member of the
by R. P. Beasley, has been completely i Commissioners of Southern
! lemodeled and is now having the! owed by talks Hy Ur.
I finishing touches added. Partitlans , Mr. Miller, and
by L. S. Rowell, of the Southern
Pii.-'s department, president of the
Sandhills Firemen's Association.
(Please turn to page four)
Put the Money Into a
Town Hall, Jayme Says
finishing touches added. Partitlans
I have been built, dividing the inter-
j ior into spaces suitable for various
kinds of business, and Mr. Beasley
hopes tc see an up-to-date furniture
store located in the building in the
near future.
An addition of 14,000 square feet
of floor .space is being made to the
Har\'est >>f North Carolina's prin
cipal cash crop—flue-cured tobacco—
will begin within the next week on
the southeastern, or border belt, sec
tion of the state.
Meanwhile, farmers anxiously are
awaiting the opening of the market
ing season to determine the effect
on prices of the new crop control
law. Border belt markets will open
early in August, with other belts
following at Intervals of two or three
weeks.
W. P. Hedrick, tobacco marketing
specialist for the State Agriculture
department says prospects are
“bright for an eicctfllent quality leaf"
in the Border belt. E, Y. Floyd,
State AAA officer, said the quality
of tt>bEu;co was tmusually good
thnoughout North Can^a. It looks
good In the ShndhlUs iection.
Burns Calls Second
Primary For Solicitor
Carthajfe Attorney, Runner>Up
to McKeithen on June 4,
To Try Again
Edward J. Bums of Carthage, sec
ond man In the Democratic primary
j-ace for Prosecuting Attorney of
the Recorder’s Court, announced this
week his decision to call a second
primary. Mr. Burns polled 1,103 votes
to 1,735 for Leland McKeithen of
AVirdeen a.id Pinehurst in the June
4th primary, with J. H. Scott trail,
ing with 878 votes.
In a statement to The Pilot Mr.
Burns said; “I wish to let the Dem
ocrats of Moore county know that I
have -decided to enter a second pri
mary for the office of Prosecutor of
the Recorder's Court. To do so will
not put our county to any addition
al expense in view of the fact that
a second primary has been called by
the second high man in the Congres
sional race. I appreciate the support
given my candidacy in the first pri
mary and shall be deeply .grateful
to my friends for their v^tef; and as
sistance on the 2d day of July.”
This contest will be the only
county one in the second primary,
but the race for Congress between
C. B. Deane of Rockingham and W.
O. Burgln of Lexington la expect
ed to get the voters out a second
time.
Morrison Manufacturing Company's i „
furniture plant here to take care of ^P*”*'®spondent Calls CivIC
furniture plant here to take care of
the increased business of the firm.
The new part will be used as a fin
ishing room, Herman Meiselman stat
ed. The company has already opened
a warehouse in Boston and plans are
underway for opening several more
in other northern cities.
J. H. Abernathy, who a couple of
years or so ago purchased the old
Devereau Johnson farm just outside
the town limits out the Byrd’s Bridge
way, lastt week moved into his at
tractive new six-room bungalow
which overlooks the old Johnson
home, one of the oldest houses in the
community, near which stands the
grave of Colonel Matthews of Revo
lutionary prominence.
Mrs. Bertie L, Matthews and the
W. C. Leslie family have recently
completed additions to their resi
dences and numerous homes in the
village and community have been
improved by new coats of paint.
. R. S. TUFTS A DIRECIOR
Center Idea Artistic But
Not Practical
At the annual meeting of the
Southern Golf Association held Wed
nesday at Ponte Verda Beach In Flor
ida Richard Tufts of Pinehurst was
one of two North Carolinians elected
to the board of directors,, the other
being John M. Scott of Charlotte.
WINB GOLF NVMEKALS
team this past year.
"Attention, Mr. Potts and Tax
payers.” writes John Jayme of Sou
thern Pines to The Pilot.
“Why buy the $9,000 lot? It will
cost you, to carry the vacant lot,
$1,000 for nine years, plus average
interest $217.75, a total of $1,217.75,
plus loss of tax Oft the <>t now be
ing pild, $166.75. or a grand total
yearly cost of $1,384.50 for nine
years.
“A building to house the Town
offices and a building to house the
library, such as Mr. Yeomans’
sketch In The Pilot shows would
probably mean $10,000 to $12,000 and
add probably enough to' above charge
to run the cost of yearly payments,
plus Interest, plus loss of tax, up to
$3,000 or more, plus upkeep.
“What Southern Pines needs bad
ly, an< at once, is a Town Hall, with
seating capacity of 500 to 1,000, on
the design of the Pinehurst Carolina
Theatre. This would give Southern
Pines a chance to bid for conventions,
etc., and the Town Hall cauld be used
for concerts, community sings,
dances, basketball and other high
school activities. The school hall could
easily be converted into much need
ed classrooms.
“The library .coaid us^ the old City
Building, or combine its actlkriti^T
with thf Civic Club, a« both appeal
to L>ne tourists amd home people. The
Lilxtiry Assoclatton has a dwie of
George W. Pottle of Southern
Pines has been awatxled his frerti-
man numerals at Cornell University
as a member of the Golf ‘lot buying,’ having $3,000 aqng la
(Pleme turn to page f»ur)