MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 18, NO. 39.
KAOUB
SPRINO*
PINSS
yplMEBUlFI*
PILOT
FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, August 26, 1938.
PLACE CONTRACTS
FOR NURSES HOME
AT HOSPITAL HERE
Total Cost of New Building To
Be $60,217.50.—General Con
tract to H. L. Coble
WORK TO START SOON
The Board of County Commlsaion-
ers, In a special meeting held on Fri-
day of last week, ordered that con
tracts for the construction of a
Nurses’ Home for the Moore County
Hospital at Pinehurst be awarded as
follows: General contract for the
construction of the building, to H- L.
Coble of Greensboro at the sum of
547,877.50; heating, to Hunt Broth
ers of Greensboro at $5,318; plumb
ing, to J. L. Powers of Bennettsville,
S. C-, at $5,023; electrical, to Austin
Electric Company of Charlotte at
$1,999, making a total of $60,217.50-
Construction of the three-story build
ing is to be started at an early date.
This action of the Board brings
one step nearer to realizaition a
dream which has been in the minds
of the Hospital Board, the Auxiliary
and the commissioners for the past
several years. Being more familiar
with conditi''ns at this Moore county
institution than it was the privilege
of the fftneral citizenry of the coun
ty to be, these men and women felt
keenly the need of a suitable building
Miss Lois Swett Becomes Bride of
Howard Abbott in Ceremony Here
Signals Crossed
Vass and High Point Fami
lies spend Night in Each
Other’s Homes
Emmanuel Episcopal Church Is
Scene ol Beautiful Wedding
Saturday Evening
TO LIVE IN BOSTON
I
Mr. and Mrs. H- 0. Callahan of |
A brilliant and beautiful wedding
was solemnized in the Emmanuel
Episcopal Church of Southern Pines
Vasa decided to spend last week-end j on Saturday evening, August 20th,
at the home of his brother in High at 7 ;30 o’clock, when Miss Lois Swett
Point, so Saturday afternoon they i became the bride of Howard Hanscom
drove up. unannounced, to find Mass.
I The chancel was oanked with long
one at home exoept one son, who, i^^f pine and white gladioli interlac-
had remained to take care of things. | ed with ivy, with graduated stand-
They went in and spent the night, I ards of cathedral candles extending
but left for home early Sunday morn-1 length of the altar- Master Jos-
jjjg. i eph Swett, brother of the bride, was
’ , I acolyte and assisted the Rev. F.
Craighill Brt)wn, before whom the
found that the High Point family ^^^,3 ^^^e spoken.
had spent the night in Vass with the ^ g j^eith. organist pteyed' >ts eventual certification of Burgin’s
chUdren that they had left at home. | ^ program of wedding music prior to I opponent, C. B. Deane, as the nom-
~ the ceremony and John Barney, so-1 “lee.
Dorton .Annoiinces llolst, of Greensboro, sang “I Love o*'® point, counsel for Burgin
State Fair Plans'l? “■
RALEIGH HEARING
ON 8TH DISTRICT
RACE CONCLUDED
Court Decision on Dispute Be
tween Deane and Burgin Is
Expected Next Week
HEADED FOR HIGH COURT
Judge W. C- Harris ended late
Wednesday a hearing into W. O.
Burgin’s action for an order direct
ing the State Board of Elections to
declare him the winner of the con
gressional nomination in the eighth
district.
The end came after opposing coun.
sel had attacked and defended the
State board’s investigation of the
eighth district second primary and
dal chorus from Lohengrin was ren-
' dered for the processional and Men-
Divwsity of Entertainment Will delssohn’s March for the recession
Be Keynote at Raleigh
From October 11 to 15 !
accused the State board of having
upset Burgin’s apparent nomination
because of a “desperate effort” to
get rid of the absentee ballot-
Judge Harris directed the attor-
The bride was given in marriage , neys to submit briefs to him and in
by her father, James B. Swett. She i dicated that he would not reach a
Aberdeen
FIVE CENT8
-CO Market
To Open On *^p*^temher 13
A Baseball Treat
San Diego, Cal., and Detroit,
Mich., Meet at Charlotte in
Junior Legion Series
North Carolina Junior Legion
baseball fans have a treat in
store for them today, tomorrow
and Monday when, due to arrange
ments made by Junior Legion offi.
cials, because of the tremendous
interest in the State in Junior Le
gion baseball, the western and
northwestern semifinalists, San
Diego, Cal-, and Detroit, Mich.,
will play a three game series in
Charlotte to determine the finalist
to meet Spartanburg. S- C-, the
eastern winner, for the Little Wor
ld’s Championship.
The choice of Charlotte, rather
than a western city, as the scene
of this western semi-final series,
is a distinct feather in the cap
of Tarheelia and those who find
it impossible to attend the games
may hear them broadcast over sta
tion WBT.
R. F. Carter Buys Out Coving
ton and Will Operate
Brick Warehouse
PROSPECTS LOOK GOOD
Grand Jury Gives
County Clean Slate
Ambitious plans for novel enter-, handsome gown of ivory sat- decision in the case until late next
ta nment attractions at the North' princess lines with week- Burgin's lawyers said they
Carolma State Fair which will be j ^ veil i might submit a brief by Saturday,
^ I caught with a tiara of orange bios-, and attorneys for the State board
^ ^°*"'|s0ms- Her flowers were a shower bou- said they might have theirs ready by
ton of Shelby, manager of the State-the ' Monday- Finds Offices and Institutions
operated exposition. I valley. i Returns originally certified by j Good Shape.—Makes Few
_ _ _ "taking every innovation 1 gusan Swett was her sister’s' county officials showed Burgin lead- Recommendations
to house the nurses, one in which it P«>ssible to assure patrons of differ-1 honor. She wore a gown of ing Deane by about 100 votes. After
would be possible for all of the nurs
ing staff to live close at hand and
a place where they could live under
conditions best calculated to safe
guard their health and comfort.
In December 1936, the County Com
missioners authorized the filing of
The opening of Moore county
ent entertainment from that offered ^ marquisette over taffeta and the State board’s investigation of
to them in monotonous measure dur-1 ^ bouquet of talisman roses, alleged u regularities, however, new | schools will find the county's trans.
ing the years before the State resum- j Marshall H Barney of Raleigh j returns were listed, giving Deane a 1 portatlon system in good condition,
ed operatic n of the Fair,” declared ^^tron of! 23-vote majority. ; according to a report made by Coun-
Tjr i . .1 i.^-31.- frv > u t
With tobacco barns in the Middle
Belt burning overtime these days and
with market prices on the Border
Belt showing progressively strong
tendenclM, preparations are now un
der way in Aberdeen for the open
ing of the tobacco market there, tbe
date for which has been set by the
Aberdeen Tobacco Board of Trade
for Tuesday, September 13th, and
already there is considerable activi*
ty around the two warehouses where
improvements and renovations are in
progress in anticipation of the im
pending chant of the auctioneer over
baskets of what appears in prospect
to be one of the finest tobacco crops
ever grown in this section.
Of primary interest to followers
of the Aberdeen market is the word
that C. W. Covington, who has op
erated warehouses there for the past
three years, has sold the big brick
warehouse, formerly known as Saun
ders’ Warehouse, to R. F- Carter of
Reidsville, who has moved hia fam
ily to Aberdeen and will operate the
warehouse himself- Mr. Carter, who
last year operated a warehouse at
Carthage, has been for some time
one of the largest operators on the
Reidsville market and he is bringing
with him to Aberdeen an experienced
crew from Reidsville, which he will
supplement with local men.
The Aberdeen Warehouse, some-
times known as the “tin warehouse,’'
will be operated this year, as last,
Dr. Dor'.on.
“Of course, we will keep our old
honor. Her gown was of hyacinth
standbys, such as harness racing and
organdy and her bouquet was
pink roses I what Judge Harris’ decision. How-1 is furnishing the county 17 replace-
„ _ The bridesmaids were Miss Elua-1 ever, it appeared Tuesday that the! ment school busses, Mr. Thomas
Emergency Administration of Pub-1 Lucky Teter to return with his sen- Grover Miss Ruth Swett and ' court might not get to the case before j stated, and with others put in repair
lie Works for a grant to aid in fi- i sational Hell Drivers, but patrons of! 3„j.i,ark Betterlev all of Sou- the week beginning September 6, in- j by the county mechanic, everything
an application through the Federal'a^to racing, and we have engaged
nancing the construction of a Nurses’ \ the 1938 fair will see a dilferent | Mjgg R^th Abbott
Home, and after due time the pro-1 midway and a different grandstand 1 Chicago, sister of the groom- Miss
. . . . .. J I show. I
Gracing the midway of the fair
ject was placed on the approved list.' show.
Then PWA expenditures were cut off.
Grover and Miss Swett wore identi
cal dresses of yellow organdy with
The case undoubtedly will go to i ty Superintendent H- Lee Thomas to [ Eugene Maynard of Aberdeen and
of ^ the State Supreme Court, no matter j the Grand Jury last werk. The state j Smith, president of the
otitne aiaLB | .7 ! Lumberton Tobacco Board of Trade.
As last year, Mr, Maynard will handle
the firm's interest at Aberdeen, while
Mr. Smith divides his time between
Aberdeen and Lumberton.
Thia year, too, all of the large
manufacturers and most of the job
bers will have buyers at Aberdeen and
already some of the buyers and rep
resentatives of both of the ware-
stead of the first week of the fall should be in ship shape by Septem
term beginning next Tuesday. ! ber 5, the opening date for some of
Burgin’s coimsel categorically de-' the county schoob.
nied an assertion by Attorney Gen- j when questioned as to the Inspec-
Hope was revived last spring when! "'*’1 the Johnny J. Jones Exposi. i talisman roses and Miss Betterley i eral Harry McMullan, appearing for j tion of school busses, Mr. Thomas
the President requested a new PWA | tion, one of the larger and more pro-' Abbott wore turquoise blue! the board, that the board was with- • gaid that an Inspection of all busses | contactine tobacco
appropriation, and the Hospital, gr^ssive carnivals, with an aggrega-; carried pink roses. I in Its legal rights In refusing to cer- jg made by the head mechanic about 1 . throughout the Middle Belt
Board held its breath while Congress 1 tion of 40 modern riding devices and brideirroom had Clifton M ! tify returns which it "knew to be every three weeks during the school
deliberated. In July a PWA grant of ' novel shows. The Jones Exposition has , of Wesrixbury M^^^^ as
S29 250 to finance not more than 45 i ”°t played the State Pair in a de-1 rr.,. .. I,
10 nnance noi m re i i ^ his best man. The ushers were Mar-. v, 1
per cent of the cost of the building, j cade or more. | ^ Barney and Frances Bar- ^ had asserted m arguments before by previous Grand Juries that the
was announced and accepted. In the i connection with midway plans,' ^ Raleigh Clifton Blue of Aber^ ^ Judge Harris, the board would be 1 lights on all school busses be kept
meantime the hospital officers andjl^*’- Dorton stressed his old policy r’ Tr. qhh Hp.-r.! “like ^ puppet emperor of Manchu-1 in repair, the State School Commls
fraudulent.”
Without that legal right McMullan
term, and reports made to him-
In answer to the recommendation
in an effort to secure as large a
volume of business as possible for the
local warehouses-
meaiuinic uie ' deen James B Swett Jr and Herr-
board members have raised the re-1 banning “gyp” artists and shows that 1 Southern Pines. ' anything
rtf flmnnnt hv I Hiig’ht pTove unplc&sBnt to fair visl-j _ _ . _ . ... but sign, and sig'n*”
mainder of the necessary amount by j might prove unpleasant to fair vlsi-
prlvate subscription, and the Nurses’
Home has become a certainty.
Vacation Bible School
Students Hold Picnic
Nearly 100 Youngsters Enjoy
Spread at Southern Pines
Municipal Park
Yesterday (Thursday) noon the
Municipal Park in Southern Pines
was the scene of a picnic—and what
a picnic!
From 11:30 until 1:00 o’clock some
100 children and their chaperones
look possession of the spacious
grounds on the occasion of the Church
of Wide Fellowship Dally Vacation
Bible School’s closing picnic. And the
entire group, from the tiny tots in
the primary classes to the grown up
girls and boys in the intermediate
group, munched sandwiches, drank
pop, munched more sandwiches, drank
more pop, and finally topped it all
off with—of all things—ice cream.
The Vacation School, which has
been in session for the past two
weeks, included youngsters and older
boys and girls fron all of the
churches In Southern Pines and a guid
ance staff composed of Miss Dorothy
Tate, T. Sloan Guy, David Prilliman,
Maryjane Prilliman, the Misses Dor
othy and Ruth Richardson, Miss Pau
line Poe, Mlss Caroline Lewis, Miss
Louise Crain, Miss Louise Blue, Miss
Edith Matliiews and the Rev. and
Mrs. V. O. Taylor-
STATK RANKS TIHKD
Mrs. Swett, mother of the bride,
wore hyacinth chiffon with a shpul-
tors.
A dozen of the world’s most thrDl-, , ,
, . . u!„i. der corsage of white orchids. Mrs-
ing hippodrome acts, none of which; °
. . t J i i.1. ' Abbott, mother of the groom, wore
has ever been presented at the State, ,,
Fair, have been engaged for the 1 chiffon with a shoulder
grandstand arena. These acts were I houquet o ore i s.
secured by George A. Hamid, Inter- i Following the ceremony a recep-
natlonally-known impresario, whose I tlon was held at the home of the
sole orders from Manager Dorton bride’s parents for the bridal party,
sion advised Mr. Thomas that inas
much as the busses are legally used
Renovation Work On
Scout Hall Is Started
Attorneys for Burgin declared that only in daylight hours, they saw no I ju^jor Chamber of Commerce
relatives, intimate friends and out-
of-town guests. Receiving with Mr.
and Mrs. Swett were members of the
bridal party and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
E. Abbott of West Roxbury, Mass.,
(Please turn to page 6)
were “Get something new and make
it good.” The same orders applied
to a glittering revue which will be
presented nightly.
Lucky Teter’s thrill show< featuring
a score of motorized daredevils, will
return to the State Fair for the third j ——
consecutive year, with a number 1 STATE BUYS EXHIBIT SPACE
of new thrill sensations added to its} AT NEW YORK WORLD’S F.\IR
program.
North Carolina Tuesday bought a
REV. AND MBS. \V- I* WAFFORD | dl'splay space at the New York
ARE GREETED AT C.\RTH.\OE World's Fair of 1939 and launched
plans for construction of a $100,000
Honoring the Rev. and Mrs- Walter
L. Wafford, who recently moved
from Lexington to Carthage, the
ladies of the Woman’s Missionary
Society of the Carthage Baptist
Church held a reception in the j Raleigh by members of the Commis-
church Friday evening. sion on North Carolina Participation
Mrs. R. L- Tyson greeted the guests in the fair. They will be delivered,
North Carolina exhibit for the expo
sition.
Contracts for 4,500 square feet of
space within the State buildings area
of the fairgrounds were signed in
North Carolina ranks third in the
cash Income from crops and 20th in
the total crop acreage among the
states in the Union, reports the State
Department of Agriculture.
and introduced them to the receiv
ing line, which was composed of the
church officers, Circle chairmen, the
Rev. and Mrs. Wafford, the Rev.
and Mrs. W- S- Golden and the Rev.
and Mrs. L. A. Watts.
The town orchestra played several
numbers. Vocal duets were rendered
by Dickie Thornton and Carolyn
Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Seawell,
Jr., and Mrs. Currie Horne and
Mrs. R. S. Thornton. Miss Meade
Seawell read one of Kipling’s poems.
Mrs. John Beasley played an Instru
mental solo.
Punch and wafers were served by
the young ladies of the church.
Around 75 guests were present.
the board had no authority to throw
out votes cast in the July 2 primary
after the votes had been certified
as legal by county boards of election.
Attorney General McMullan told
Judge Harris that the question be
fore him was not whether any fraud
ulent votes were Included in the fin
al tabulation, but whether the State
board ‘‘must approve returns” which
it knows to be fraudulent.”
He said he was convinced that the
State board could refuse to certify
votes "when fraud rears its ugly
iiead before it.” He cited a case
which came before the Supreme
Court in 1934, when the State board
discharged the Polk county board for
alleged misconduct of an election-
In Need of Funds To
Complete Project
need of going to the expense of keep
ing the headlights in repair.
The Grand Jury founa the county
offices and institutions in good shape. The renovating of the Boy Scout
but recommended a number of im- Hall was begun this week by the
provemants- Fire extinguishers in the j Junior Chamber of Commerce, spon-
court house had not been charged j sors of the project. The new steps and
since 1933 and they recommended porch, replacing the old, badly-rotted
TROOP 4 BOY SCOUTS
,\T C.\MP THIS WEEK
along with the rental fee, next week.
‘‘North Carolina has selected a
most desirable space and the com
mittee is very enthusiastic over the
prospects,” declared W. E. Fenner
of Rocky Mount, chairman of the
fair committee.
Director R. Bruce Etheridge of
the Department of Conservation and
Development conferred with the five-
member committee all day, formu
lating plans on which the North Car
olina exhibit will be based-
Coleman W. Roberts of Charlotte,
committee member, was designated The State Department of Agriculture
exhibit director. He will deliver the co-operates in developing about 170
contract for space in New York City j different reports on crops and live-
next Week and negotiate with art de- j stock during the year.
Several members of Boy Scout
Troop No. 4 are this week enjoying
camp life at Camp Connally, located
about ten mUes from Raeford. This
outing was arranged by the sponsors
of the troop, the Junior Chamber
of Commerce, and the boys are under
the supervision of Scoutmaster Ben
Bradln.
Camp Connally is well fitted for
all types of Boy Scout life a*id a full
program for the week was arranged
by the Scout Committee of the Jun
ior Chamber.
The boys now enjoying this outing
include Alexander Busick, James
Whittington, Yates Poe, Jr., Danny
Ray, and George Van Camp, and
special guests are Cub Scouts Walter
-Vlllson and Steve Van Camp.
that this be attended to once each
year and that additional extinguish
ers be placed in the building.
At the county home, one old two-
room building occupied by three
white men was found to be In a very
bad state and not worth repairing.
The group recommended that an ad
dition be made to the main building
if space is not available there.
It was recommended that the
County Commissioners examine, at
least each quarter year, the court
house building and especially the
boiler room, janitor’s store room and
vault under the office of the Regis
ter of Deeds.
G. C. Seymour was foreman of
the Grand Jury.
COLE DESCENDANTS
IN .\NNU.\L REUNION
The children and grandchildren of
Mrs. Mary Jane Cole and the late J.
W. Cole gathered at the Carthage
hoiwe of Ml'S. Cole Sunday for their
annual reunion.
A picnic dinner was enjoyed by Mr.
and Mrs. Joe W’llcox, Mrs. D. A.
Shields, D. A Shields, Jr., Mr. and
Mrs. Joe iiough, W- M- Cole, Mrs.
Mary Jane Cole, Mrs. Milton Mclver
and Miss Bess McLeod of Carthage,
Tom Cole of Columbia, S. C., Dr
and Mrs. J. F. Davis of Hemp, James
McCallum of Miami, Fla., Mr. and
Mrs- James Bunkemeyer of Jones
boro, Miss Katie Lee McLeod and
Tommy McL«od of Ricbmoud, Va.
lumber, are now in place and the first
coat of stain and paint for the ex
terior has been applied- It is hoped
that the exterior work may be com
pleted this week-
The sponsors find, however, that
their expense's are considerably
heavier than anticipated, and it Is
hoped that funds in the form of do
nations may be available to help them
to finish this project. The interior
work, which Includes some much
needed repairs to the wiring of the
building, has not been started and,
with the funds nov/ available, it is
doubtful if all of the neces.sary work
can be done.
Donations of money or materials
may be left with either J. D. Arey,
Jr., or M. F. Grantham. All labor
is being furnished by members of t'le
Junior Chamber-
ABERDEEN MAN IS STUIt-iKEN
SUDDENTLY IN FAYET'. liVILL":
Word was received by The Pilot
yesterday of the death in Fayettevillt
of J. M. Clark, Jr., aged 30, of Abf
deen, manager of the Pender Sto -e
there. Mr. and Mrs. Clark had le t
Aberdeen at noon for Fayettev’d-’
where he was stricken with a heart
attack and died suddenly. Mr. Clar’;
was a brother of Virgil Clark o '
Southern Pines.
Services will be held today, Fri
day, at the Rogers Funeral Home in
Sanford at 11:00 o’clock. Burial at
Buffalo Church, in Sanford.