MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 18, NO. 32.
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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, July 22nd, 1938.
FIVE CENTS
STATE BOARD TO
PROBE ELECTION
IRREGULARITIES
Meets Today at Raleigh To Hear
Charges Concerning Deane-
Burgin Race
BURGIN LEAD CUT
Kiwanians Hear Norris Russell
on Miracle of Modern Telephony
Today, Friday, at 10:00 a. m
probably in the Hall of the House ot
Representatives at Raleigh, the
■State Board of Elections will convene
to hear specific charges of irregular
ities arising out of the balloting, par.
ticularly with reference to the poll
ing of absentee ballots, in the Con
cessional race in the Eighth District,
Ixtween C. B. Deane of Rockingham
and W. O. Burgin of Lexington, for
the seat soon to be vacated by Rep
resentative Walter Lambeth.
Since the second Democratic pri
mary, held on July 2nd, and in which
the official results as certified by
the various county election boards
liave cut Burgin’s lead to 72 votes,
there have been charges and counter-
^-.harges of fraud and other irregular
ities in connection with the ballot
ing. Recounts have been petitioned
lor and made In many of the coun
ties and workers for C, B. Deane
have been assaulted and intimidated
In their efforts to secure affidavits
as to Irregularities In the voting of
absentee ballots In Davidson, Bur-
S^ln’s home county.
In Richmond, Deane’s home coun
ty, Burgin workers unearthed Irreg
ularities and Deane has admitted
them and repudiated the actions of
the persons responsible- In Davidson
county, Burgin has repudiated the
tactics used on the Deane workers
attempting to checks the Davidson
county ballots and the alleged steal.
Ing of the records of their findings
t>efore they were assaulted and told
to get out of town.
Nevertheless, Deane will present
to the State Board of elections to
day 222 affidavits secured concern
ing irregularities in absentee ballot
ing and his specific charges will in
clude Union and Montgomery coun-
tes as well as Davidson.
Burgin’s lead of 152 votes was cut
down considerably last Saturday
•when the Union County Board of
Elections, acting under orders of the
State Board, recounted the ballots
alleged to have been cast for Deane,
hut Were tossed in the wrong box-
The Board contends that there were
670 votes in the box whereas the poll
books showed only 610. According
to the ruling handed down last Week
hy Attorney-General Harry McMullen,
the votes must be counted.
A recount of the Montgomery
Board last Friday night showed
'Deane to have 11 more votes than
•was tallied for him on election night.
Close supporters say that Deane wUl
appeal to the State Board to disallow
42 votes which were counted for
Burgin on the grounds of certain Ir.
regularities. This matter will be
heard by the Board today.
The State Board, however, will
jiot concern Itself with the assault
and Intimidation charges, as they are
matters to be taken to the criminal
courts.
Misses Bonanza
Cliff Johnson Nearly Has
$110.00 In Grasp, Then
Walks Away
Cliff Johnson of Southern Pines
had a tough break Wednesday
night and he hasn’t quite gotten
over It yet.
Every Wednesday night Is Cash
Night at the Aberdeen Theatre
and Cliff has his name in the
box from which the lucky win
ners of the prize are drawn. No
one had taken the prize for the
past 22 weeks—In fact, no one has
yet—and therein lies the story.
Wednesday evening there was
$110.00 up for the drawing and
Cliff, knowing a Will Rogers pic
ture was being shown, decided to
take in the show. He drove to
Aberdeen, saw that the picture
was one he had seen, and drove
away again.
And not more than five minutes
after he left the front of the
theater his name was called as the
winner of the prize—if he’d been
there.
Southern Bell Telephone Co. Ex
ecutive Traces Progress of
Communication System
U. S. LEADS WORLD
T..T. A. INS’TITUTE AT
CHAPEL mix AUG. 8-lt
Several hundred men and women,
who are cast for leading roles in
TJorth Carolina Parent-Teacher As
sociation work during the coming
school yeau", wiU assemble at Chapel
MU for the 11th annual training
school from August 8th to 12th.
Arranged by Mrs. J. Buren Sidbury,
past president of P.-T. A., and R. M.
Grumman, University Extension Di
rector, ^e program offers last-mln-
ute Information on educational trends
for old as well as new leaders.
Outstanding speakers are Sanford
Bates, national Boys’ Club executive;
Dr. J. Henry Highsmith, R. Mayne
Albright, Dr. Carl Reynolds, and
Miss Clarice Wade, national P.-T.
A. publicity chairman.
Taxes will be increased by the
next Congress—even beyond the
President’s present demamds- The big
hole In the U. S. Treasure miust be
filled to keep up with Mcpenses-
J. D. Sittetson, Jr., Is
Sworn In at West Point
Local Youth Assigned To 2nd
Company, New Cadet Class,
For Preliminary Training
John D. Sltterson, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. John D. Sltteraon, Sr., of
Southern Pines, who was sworn in as
Cadet in the United States Military
Academy on July 1st, has beei! as
signed to the 2nd Company, New
Cadet Class, by Brigadier General
Jay L. Benedict, Superintendent. He
is one of a group of 432 new Cadets
who have just been enrolled In the
1942 class.
For the next three weeks, Cadet
Slttenson and his classmates will re
ceive an Intensive course of Instruc
tion In military subjects designed to
fit them for formal entrance into
the Corps of Cadets. Today (Friday)
the class will be absorbed Into the
Corps and will participate with the
upper classes In routine activities, in
cluding the impressive parades for
which the Military Academy Is so
famous. During the m^onth of August
the entire Corps, less the second
class,* which is on furlough, will be
encamped In the tent camp In Fort
Clinton.
’The last week In Augrust will be
devoted to a dismounted practice
march through the mountains south
west of West Point The New Cadets
will be required to live in shelter
tents during thia pelod, and vUl re
ceive their initiation to meals serv.
ed from the Army rolling kitchen.
September 1st wBl see the entire
Corps commencing itjs academic
work for the year, having moved Into
barracks upon the return from the
practice march. Classroom work
will extend from 8:00 a. m. to 3:00
p. m., with an hour’s Intermission
for lunch. Drills and compulsory Inr
tramural athletics will take up ano
ther hour in the afternoon.
’The new class will be divided Into
sections of from ten to fourteen men
for the academic work In conformity
to the Military Academy system of
Instruction, and each Cadet will be
required to recite in each subject
every day.
CX)NSIBERING lANDSCAPING
FOB FOS'TOFFICJE PBOPERTl’
Southern Pines Postmaster P.
Frank Buchan was advised by the
Postoffice Department on Thursday
that some time within the next ten
days a representative of the Treas
ury Department will visit the local
postoffice to consult with A. B. Yeo
mans relative to planting a land
scaped lawn around the building.
Recent bids received here for seed
ing the lawn have been rejected by
the Treasury Department.
In the meantime, it is intended
to build a temporary fence around
the grounds to keep persons coming
to the Postoffice off the griss plots
and on the sidewalk.
“If you think our modern tele
phone service and equipment repre
sents the ultimate in invention and
engineering, you should visit the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company’s ten-atory building in
New York City, where a staff of en
gineers and technical experts are
constantly engaged In devising and
developing new methods and equip
ment to enable ‘the telephone of
today to talk with the telephone of
tomorrow.’ ”
So stated Norrlg Russell, Division
Sales Manager of the Southern Bell
Telephone Company, with offices at
Charlo^tte, in a talk before tht Sand
hills kiwanis Club at the meeting
held Wednesday noon at the South
ern Pines Baptist Church.
Mr. Russell, flanked by displays of
equipment dating from a replica of
the first instrument invented by
Alexander Graham Bell to examples
of the latest engineering marvels of
the A. T. and T laboratories, enter,
tained the members of the club for
a half an hour or so with an inter-
esting and informative talk on “The
Miracle of Modem Telephony,” and
then devoted an additional period to
the demonstration of some of the un.
usual appliances he had on display.
He traced the development of tel
ephone communication from the first
crude Instrument over which Mr.
Bell talked with an associate, in
another room two stories above
him in the same building, to the preS
ent day marvel of communication, by
means of which persons may talk
completely around the world over a
system combining the use of wires,
radio and submarine cable and over
which voice impulses are transmitted
over the complete circuit of the
globe in one-quarter of a second.
So thorough was Mr. Russell’s
knowledge of his subject that he was
able to translate the highly techni
cal subject matter of his talk into
easily understandable comparisons
as he showed the similarity of the
mouth-piece and ear-phone of the
telephone to a mechanical ear and a
mechanical mouth, respectively, and
explained the manner in which elec
trical Impulses, corresponding to
sounds of the voice, are carried over
the communication system, and the
manner in which they are boosted in
volume at periodic stages in order
that they may be heard at the other
end of the line. As an example, he
stated that trans-Pacific messages
are started on their journey with an
800 horsepower charge behind them.
When they reach their destination
they have dwindfed to less than “one
flea power” and are “boosted” by
equipment there so that the voice is
as strong to the listener as when
it left California. In transit, he ex
plained, messages are “scrambled”
to maintain secrecy. The necessity
for this arises out of the fact that,
while conversations sent over wires
can be kept secret by isolaing ahe
wirfe, when radio and the air is used
anyone with a radio set can listen
In on a conversation unless some
thing Is done to make it unintelligi
ble. There are several methods such
as sending the Impulses of the con
versation over the air in reverse, up
side-down or with the high impulses
lowered and the low one stepped up,
and the method is changed every
20 seconds in order that no one lis
tening in may have time to keep up
with It. Of course the receiving ap.
paratus at the other end of the con
versation Is synchronized with the
sending apparatus and the conversa
tion Is straightened out again before
it goes on the wires to Its ultimate
destination.
Mr. Russell displayed and demon
strated two relatively new materials
that have been responsible for some
of the greatest advances in tele
phony; Permalloy, a magnetic alloy
that has revolutionized the trans
mission of messages by submarine
cable, and cobalt steel, an alloy with
magnetic properties that made pos
sible the practical use of the mod-
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BLUE FAMILY
REUNION HELD
ATUKEVIEW^
Meet On Land Granted Ances
tor in 1770 By King George,
III,; Many Present
BRIEF HISTORY READ
Voters of Southern Pines
Favor Civic Center Bond
Issue at Special Election
On land granted to their ancestor,
Duncan Blue, of Argylshire, Scot
land, in 1770, by King George, III,
land which has been in the family
continuously since that time, members
of the Blue family gathered in Dun
can's Park in Lakeview Sunday for
their annual family reunion.
At the noon hour they assembled
around a long table in the grove and
enjoyed a sumptuous picnic dinner.
The invocation was spoken by A. B.
Cameron of Carthage.
After the election of officers for
the coming year, which resulted in
the choosing of D. A1 Blue of Sou-
their Pines as president and Pauline
Blue of Lakeview as secretary to
succeed Duncan C. Blue of Lakeview
and H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen, the
older members of the group formed
a circle beneath a huge tree in Dun
can Blue’s yard to talk over old
times while the younger members of
the clan enjoyed the occasion in
other ways.
A brief history of the Blue family,
compiled by D. A1 Blue, was of es
pecial interest to the older members.
The first Blue family to come over,
according to D. A1 Blue, came about
the year 1748 and settled at Long-
street Church In Cumberland county.
This old Blue homestead is now a
part of the Fort Bragg reservation.
The next was the Duncan Blue
family, which came about 176D with
the McNeill colony to Wilmington,
thence to Fayetteville, and then up
Little River to what is now Lp.ke-
vlew. Duncan’s wife was Margaret
Campbell and at least one of their
six children was born before they
left the mother country. Their chil
dren were John, Patrick, Duncan
Campbell, Catherine, Sarah and Ef-
fie. A land grant with the signa
ture of King George III is still in
possession of descendants of this
early settler.
In 1800, the next family of Blues
came over and settled at Pinebluff,
where their old mill pond is still
kept up and used as a swimming
pool. This family later moved farther
south.
Three years later, Daniel Blue’s
family settled on Drowning Creek
near Blue’s Bridge, and in 1804 Don
ald Blue and family came to this
country to make their home-
All of the Blue families that come
to America and 'settled in North
Carolina from 1748 to 1804 were
from the same part of Scotland, as
far as the Blue historian knows, and
are thought to have been related.
The record of the origlnit will of
Duncan Blue, whose descendants
were In reunion Sunday, was found a
short time ago In Book "A” of wlUs
in the Moore county court house.
This record was thought to have
been destroyed when the court house
burned about 50 year^: ago.
The oldest son was bequeathed
the sum of ‘Three Hundred and
Fifty Spanish MUled Dollars;” to
each of the other sons was willed
large tracts of land and “movable
effects,” which Included six negroes,
Fidmond, Big Tom, Hagor, Haimah,
Little Tom and Jude; horses, cattle,
hogs and household furniture. To
each daughter was bequeathed four
cows and calves or forty dollars.
This will was ordered recorded at
the February term of court in 1815.
Among those from a distance pres
ent for the reunion were Mr. and
Mrs. J. Shelton Blue and son of
Rocky Mount, Carl Blue of Char
leston, W. Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Be
thea and children of DUlon, S. C.;
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Buchan of Kin
ston, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Sharpe,
Mrs. Florence Glllls and Miss Myrtle
Glllis, all of Greensboro; Mr. and
Mrs. A. V. Autrey and family and
Mrs. Martin Autrey of Varlna; Will
Keith of Lakeland, Fla.; Mr. and
Mrs. Garland Thompson and family
of Durham, and Mrs. Cashville and
family of Whitefield. Numerous
members of the family from Hoke
and Moore counties attended.
Price Accepted
J. J. Harrington, Present Ow
ner, Confirms $9,000 Civic
Center Price
In a telegram received here
Wednesday afternoon from Little
john, N. H., J. J. Harrington, the
present owner of the property ad
jacent to the postoffice, informed
Southern Pines City Clerk Howard
Burns of his acceptance of the $9,-
000 purchase price of the proper
ty, as voted in the special elec
tion held on Tuesday
Earlier in the day Mr. Burns had
notified Mr. Harrington of the
outcome of the election and Mr.
Harrington’s wire was in the na
ture of a confirmation of previous
discussions held on the matter.
Rotarians To Celebrate
Charter Night Thursday
Newly Organized Club Will Re
ceive Charter From Dis
trict Cfovernor
Next Thursday evening, July 28th,
the newly organized Rotary Club of
Southern Pines will observe its
“Charter Night” at the Highland
Pines Inn in Southern Pines, on
which occasion District Rotary Gov
ernor J. Mack Hatch, of Belmont, will
be present to present the club with
its newly issued charter.
An interesting program. Including
several notable speakers, has been
arranged and Rotarians and Rotar/
Anns from all of the surrounding
clubs in this district, which comprises
the southern part of the State, have
been invited to attend.
President June A. Phillips antici
pates that the local club will be host
to some 150 guests that evening.
Jobless Compensation
Helps, Press Is Told
state Commissioner of Labor
Addresses North Carolina
Press Association
$9,000 Issue For Purchase of
Property Next To Postoffice
Passed by 321-182 Vote
ORDINANCE PASSED
Passing the proposal by an offi
cial vote of 32i to 182, the voters
of Southern Pines went on record at
the polls Tuesday as being in favor
of the issuance of the proposed $9,-
000 municipal bond issue for the
purchase of the property adjacent
to the new Postoffice as a p>ossible
future site for a Civic Center. The
majority In favor of the bond issue
was 49 votes.
Of the 417 names on the registra
tion books, poll holders on Tuesday
found three cases of duplicate regis
trations which cut the official regis
tration down to 414. Of this number
231 voted in favor of the bond issue,
84 cast ballots against the bond is
sue and 1 spoiled ballot was found
for a total of 316 votes cast* Ac.
cording to the rules of the election
all persons who registered and who
failed to ”Ote w?*'e counted as being
opposPil +o the bond issr.e, and thus
an additional 98 ballots were added
to the opposition total. This brought
the official count to 231 to 182.
Members of the Citizen’s Civic
Center Committee, who worked so
industriously for the passage of the
issue, on Wednesday expressed grat
ification over the outcome of the
balloting and lauded the progressive
attitude of the voters in connection
with the proi>ositlon before them.
They were unanimous in their con
viction that the property adjacent
to the Postoffice will be a distinct
asset to the Town of Southern Pines
and that the completed project will
be a great step forward in the
beautification of the town, already
nationally famous in this respect.
On Wednesday evening, at their
regular monthly meeting, the South
ern Pines Board of Commissioners
passed the bond ordinance and the
matter now will be passed on to the
Local Government Commission at
Raleigh for final disposition- They
will issue and sell the bonds and
the proceeds will be turned over to
the Town of Southern Pines within
the next six week to two months
for consumation of the purchase.
“I, for one, can testify that the
present Unemployment Compensation
laws helps and I am not prepared
now to join with those who oppose
the ‘pooled plan.’ After all, we are
our brothers’ keepers and while It
may hurt to contribute as the law
requires, it may be the best for the
community and, in the end, best for
the individuals who contribute.”
This is a statement from the ad.
dress of Major A. L. Fletcher, mem
ber of the N. C. Unemployment Com
pensation Commission and State Com
missioner of Labor, at the annual
meeting of the N. C. Press Associa
tion at Blowing Rock last Saturday.
Major Fletcher was referring to the
problem of whether or not the Nca-th
Carolina law should be changed from
its present “pooled plan” to the “re
serve account” and “merit rating”
provisions under which the stable em.
ployers would pay less and the im*
stable ones more under the Unem.
ployment Compensation Act.
Many of the publishers have taken
the position, as expressed by their
attorney, WiKiam C- Lassiter, of Ral.
elgh, that the “Individual employer
account” er “reserve account” plan,
with “merit rating” provisions,
should be adopted, on the ground that
the publishers head a stable employ,
ment and their rates should be re
duced, while other fprms of industry
are not stable and rates for those
should be increased, to take care of
their unemployment.
Major Fletcher said that for gen
erations people have talked, but none
had done anything until
Roosevelt electrified the world In
1C33 with his prog^ram of recovery,
not the least important of which was
embraced in the Social Security Act.
“Nothing even remotely approaching
It in sheer drama had'*«ver taken
place in this nation of ours,” he said.
DR. W. E. OVERCASH ADDRESSES
WAKE COUNTY MEDICAL MEN
Dr. W. E Overcash, director of
the Pine Crest Manor sanatorium,
read a paper last Thursday evening in
Raleigh, before the Wake County
Medical Society, on the treatment of
tuberculosis by artifk;lal pneumo
thorax. The lecture was Illustrated
by a motion picture, made by Dr.
Overcash, showing the technique, and
by a serios of X-ray films showing
the results of this type of treatment.
Recently Dr. Overcash gave a sim
ilar lecture In Tarboro.
ROTARY CLUB MEETS TODAY
The Rotary Club ef Southern Plnes
wUl hold their regular weekly lun
cheon meeting today at 12:15 at
Jack’s Grill on West Broad street.
The Rotary Club will meet regularly,
every Friday, at the same place.
JUNIOR ORDER MEETS •
The Junior Order of United Amer
ican Mechanics had i^ regular
monthly supper in the home of
A. C. McDonald in Aberdeen on
Tuesday night.
About a dozen members of the lo
cal council were present and the
fried chicken supper was enjoyed by
all members present.
After supper the council discussed
the needs of the local lodge and then
adjourned until the next regular
meetin" the Lodge Hall on Tues-
day night, July 26th.
“If the New Deal embarks upon a
course of foreign meddling, it is no
longer the New Deal,” is a sample
Maury Mlaverlck epigram- He' Is
Congressman from Texas, serving his
^rst< term.
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