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Aberdeen, North Cari.h.M Friday. November 1, 1!).3.S.
Seasonal activity in Southern Pines
was reflected during the past week
in the reports of real estate agencies
on sales and rentals of houses and
apartments. Three sales were report
ed by Paul T. Barnum, the Drew
house on Indiana avenue to Warren
Smith of Troy, this state: the Greg
ory house, formerly known as the
Grover house, on Ridge Road to Cliff
Johnson, and the Richard Tarlton
house on Morganton Road to Miss
Mildred Hatfield, of Bradford, Pa.
Among seasonal rentals reported
aij these by the Barnum agency;
Nichols house on Hill Road, Country
Club, to John K. Weeks of New
York; Rowe hous>e on Ohio avenue
to D. C. Crotty, New York; Pettes
house on Ashe street to Mrs. Helen
S. Winters: an apartment in the
Resthaven to Fred I. Shares, New
Haven, Conn-; a Citizens Bank build-1
ing apartment to Paul E. Lamonde, j
Portsmouth, N. H.; Flynn apart
ment to R. E. Horne. Pinehurst; Koh.!
ring house, Leak street, to c. E. I AU Children and 26 of Their 29
Field, Southern Pines; Burgess house,} tirandchildren With Them at
Indiana avenue, to R. N. Hassell,
Southern Pines, the Manor house on
Ashe street to W. E. Kivett, Golds
boro, and the Henne house on liigh-
land road to Mrs. F. P. Starr of
Canada.
The E. C. Stevens agency reports
the lease of the Clyde S. "Wilson
house on Morgajiton Road, Weymouth
Heights, to Mr. and Mrs. George
Pulver, Washington, D. C.; the Miss
Birdelia Bair house on Connecticut
avenue to Mr. and Mrs. Harlow Pear
son of New York City, and the E. J.
Woodard house on Bennett street to
C, L. Klabbotz of Akron, Ohio. Mr.
and Mrs. Pulver and Mr. and Mrs.
Pearson have already arrived for
the season
It is understood that Mr. Tarlton,
who has sold his new and attractive
home, plans to build in the immediate
future, and other new residences are
in the hands of architects.
E. V. Kolb of California, who was
in the Howard Burns house on Mas
sachusetts avenue last winter, has
leased through Garland Pierce the
George Buttry house on East Maine
avenue. Mr. Pierce also reports the
lease of an apartment in The Belv®-
dere to Ralph C. Gall of Florida, for
the season.
The R. F. Potts agency announced
yesterday the lease of the Charles
Block house on Indiana avenue to
Mrs. Audrey L. Lee of New Ro
chelle, N. Y., for one year, and the
lease of an apartment of Mrs (i.ear-
son’s to Mrs. Bowdoin Plummer of
Bristol, N. H., for the season.
Paul T. Barnum yesterday closed a
deal for the purchase of a tract of
land on Drowning Creek, on which is
located the Fred C. Page log cabin,
by Dr. F. E. Motley of Charlotte, who
will ust it as a fishing camp,
Anniversary
Last Call for Payment
of Delinquent Taxes
Taxpayers Can Save Publication
Costs by Paying Bills Before
November 7
Owners of property in Moore coun
ty who have not yet paid their taxes
for 1937 will take notice that Novem
ber 7th has been set as the time
when the county will advertj.sf- the
delinquent tax list. Taypayers can
save themselves a lot of trouble and
annoyance and quite a bit of cost if
they will meet their obligations to
the county on or before November 5.
In order to give the people a
chanca to market their money crops
and thereby procure funds for pay
ing their taxes without the added
cost of advertising, the county com
missioners have postponed advertis
ing as long aSi possible, but it now
becomes neceasary for them to com
ply with the regulations and Novem
ber 5th has been set as the dead
line, after which the lists will be
made ready for next week’s Issues
of the county papers.
Mr. and Mrs. John McLeod cele
brated their 60th weUding anniver
sary last Saturday al'ternoon, with
all their seven children, and with 26
of their 29 grandchildren with them
at their home in the Eureka com
munity. In all there were some 100
guests, forty of immediate kinship.
The “young couple” received num
erous gifts.
Sons and daughters present for the
60th anniversary were Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Paul of Washington, this
state; Mr. and Mrs. W. AI. McLeod,
Carthage; Mr. and Mrs. John D. Mc
Leod, Aberdeen; Mr. and Mrs. John
D. Teabeaut, Fayetteville; Mr. and
Mrs. Cary McLeod, Ceirthage; Mr.
and Mrs. Carl McLeod, Lumberton,
and Mr. and Mrs. David McCollum,
Southern Pines. Among other rela
tives present were Mrs, Olive Mc
Leod of Maxton and Mr. and Mrs.
McLeod Freeman of Washington.
Mr. Freeman for several years was
affiliated with Thrower’s Pharmacy,
Southern Pines.
John McLeod, who is 85 years of
age, is probably the only living
American whose father was born be
fore the American Revolution.
In an article in The Pilot of May
5, 1933, John A. Leland, then a mem
ber of the editorial staff, wrote:
John McLeod, Jr., lives in the EXi-
reka section of Moore county, and is
79 years of age. He has seen this
country pass through three major
conflicts, which is in itself rather
unusual. But the unique, the remark
able, the almost unbelievable distinc
tion which John McLeod, Jr. pos
sesses, is that his father was born
before the American Revolution.
John McLeod, Sr., was born in
Scotland about 1770. The "about” is
authentic, since it is on his tomb
stone. Soon after his birth he was
brought to this country by hig par
ents, who settled on what is still
known as the McLeod place, near
Aberdeen. The house which John, Sr.
built when he was a young man, con
structing it out of sturdy beams and
limber held tightly together by wood
en pegs instead of nails, is occupied
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BRUCE H. LEWIS,
PROMINENT HERE
15 YEARS, DIES
Af torney and Supervisor »>f ABC
! Stores in County Had Been |
111 Several Months j
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FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY :
1 Following an illness of several '
j months Bruce H. Lewis, a resident !
I of Southern Pines for the past *51
I ypprs. died in his home on Bennett i
I street at 10:00 o’clock Wednesday
night. Funeral services conducted by
his pastor, the Rev. J. Fred Stimson,
assisted by the Rev. Voigt O. Taylor,
j and the Kev. Francis Osborne, W’ill be !
I held at the Powell Chapel at 3:30^
f o’clock this, Friday afternoon. Other |
I services will be held at Marion, N. j
C., where Mr. Lewis will be buried. i
Mr. Lewis was born in Scotland
Neck, 52 years ago, the son of John ;
H. and Martha S. Lewis. Graduating
from the University of North Caro- j
lina, Mr. Lewi.'j W’as principal of the ^
Brevard public schools tor several i
years, after which he again enter- |
£d the University for the law course. :
Following his graduation he came to
Southern Pines from Brevard and i
followed his profession in the county
until the affliction of deafness caus
ed his retirement. He was a member'
and deacon of the Baptist church of.
; Southern Pines, registrar of the pre-1
j cinct for several years, and supervis-'
j or of the Moore county A. B. C.
I Board. i
I Mr. Lewis married Miss Cora Lou
I I
I Butt of Marion at Asheville in 1915-
Mr. and Mrs. Thad S. Page, for-! He is .survived by his widow; a son, i
merly of Aberdeen, celebrated their Robert Br\ice Lewis, a student in the
sllvei wedding anniversary last Sat- Southern Pines High School; a dau-j
urday at their home in Alexandria, j ghter, Caroline Lewis, student at the '
Va. Tne administrative secretai y of ^ North Carolina College for Women |
the National Archives and his bride Greensboro; a brother, Edward
stepped to the altar on October 29, | Lewis, of Ahoskie, and four sisters, j
]913. I Mrs. C. E. Drake of Scotland Neck,
Present at the anniversary party | Mrs. R. J. Henderson of Maysville,
were Mr. Page's mother, Mrs. Robert ^ and the Misses Ida Margaret and |
N. Page of Aberdeen; his sister, Mrs. j Fannie of Scotland Neck. i
Page Biddle of Warrenton, Va., and Oi a quiet and retiring disposition
Mrs. Page’s sister, Mrs. John D. ^ Mr. Lewis was devoted to his fam-1
FIVE CENTS
Election Day Next Tuesday;
Close Vote Seen In Congress
And State Legislature Fight
Vctc Tuesday
I'oUing I'lacos
,\lK*rdeen—Aberdeen Hot^'l.
I’ineliurst — Little C'oniniiinity
Ilou.se.
Southern Pines—Store former-
I.V occupied by Clark Flower
Shop, West Broad street.
Polls Ojien
From Sunrise, 6:45 a. m., to
Sundown, 5:20 p. lu. on Tuesday,
November 8, 1938.
Jt^hn McLeod, Whose Father Was Born Before the Revolution,
Observes, With His Wife, His 60th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. John McLeod of
Eureka Wed Sixty Years Ago
Silver Wedding
!Vlr. and Mrs. Thad Page Cel
ebrate Anniversary at Home
in Alexandria, Va.
I>EMOCR.\TlC TIC KET
U. s. Senator—IJobert K. liey-
nolds, .-Vsheville.
I'. S. Congress—W. O. Burgin,
Lexington.
.Stale Senator—M. G. Boyette,
Carthage.
County Conmilssioners—Frank
Cameron, Cameron; (iordon Cam
eron, Pinehurst; Wilbur H. Cur
rie, Carthage; I>. MeCrliiunon,
Hemp; Quentin Ueynolds, High
tails.
Sheriff—Charles J- >Irnonald,
C'artliiige.
County Judge—J. Vance Kowe,
.Xljerdeen.
Solicitor—\V. .A. I..eland Mc-
Keithen, I’inehurst.
Clerk of Court—,Iohn Willco.x.
Ilegister of Deeds—.Miss Bess
McCaskill, Carthage.
Surveyor—Heywood Fry, Car
thage.
Coroner—K. G. Fry, .Ir., Car
thage. ^
K.
Cooper of Henderson, who was maid
of honor at the wedding.
Mrs. Page, attired in a black gown
ly and home life, while his public ac-,
tivities made a wide circle of friends '
whose sympathy goes forth to his
of gold trimming, was assisted by j family in their bereavement.
Mrs. R. D. W. Connor, Miss Marporie Pallbearers will be members of the
Terrill, Mrs. Mary Upchurch and Mrs. A. B. C. Board and employees: D. G.
Johnson Avery. The guests included | Stutz, E. R. Brown, J. W. Tufts. E.
Mr. and Mrs. .Johnson Avery, Gen- j J- Woodward, J. B. Harris, Jr., G.
cral and Mrs. Albert L. Cox, Mr. and [ M. Christmas, Talmadge Shaw, T R.
Mrs. Murray Borden, Mr. and Mrs j McKenzie, H. H. Thompson and Alton
Randolph Preston, Dr. and Mrs. R.' Matthews, and Dr. J. P- Bowen and
D. W. Conno, and Judge and Mrs.
N. A. Townsend-
HOWARTHELKTED
TO SCHOOL BOARD
Will Fill Out Unexpired Term
of Late Dr. Prizer in
Southern Pines
Dr. M. G. Stutz.
Mrs. J. Harold Pag*et
Passes in Plnebluff
Daughter of Admiral Little Had
^en 111 Since Husband’s
Death in February
Mrs. J. Harold Paget died in her
home in Pinebluff on Tuesday after
noon after a lingering illness. Her-
John N. Howarth was unanimously | husband, former manager of opera-
elected by the Southern Pines Scliool! tions of the Carolina Pow'er & Light
REPUBLICAN
U. S- Senator—Charles
Jonas, Llneolnton.
U. S. Congress—John K. Jones,
North Wilkesboro.
Representative — Herbert F.
Sea well, Jr., Carthage.
County Conunissloners—Cleve
land C'agle, Carthage; George VV.
Case, Southern Fines; Bennie
Powers, Highfalls; Henry B.
Frye, Pinehurst; Q. >. Williams,
Hemp.
Sheriff—Coy S. Lewis, Hemp.
County Judge—A. H. Trotter,
Hemp.
Solicitor—W. Clement Barrett,
Carthage.
Register oi Deeds—A. B. At
kins, Cameron.
Sur\’eyor—D. K. McKenzie,
Pinehurst.
Coroner—Dr. J. W. WlUcox,
West End.
Burgin-Jones and Clegg-Seawell
Contests at Polls Feature
.^loore County Voting
POLLS OPEN AT 6:45 A. M.
Next Tuesday is Election Day. Reg-
, istered voters of Moore county will
cast their ballots for a United States
. Senator, for a Representative in Con-
I
gress, for a Senator and Representa.
live in the State government, and for
county offices. Ballots w'ill also con
tain the names of candidates for As
sociate Justices of the State Supreme
Court, for Attorney General, for
i Commi.ssioner of Labor, Utilities
> Commissioner, and for District Judges
of the Superior Court.
I
The chief interest in the Sandhills
appeals to be in Lho election of a
Member of Congress to succeed Wal
ter Lambeth. A close vote is expect,
i ed between the Democratic condidate,
VV. O. Burgin of Lexington, and the
: Republican nominee, John R. Jones of
North Wilkesboro. Second to this in
, local interest is the election of a rep
resentative in the lower house of the
General Assembly at Raleigh, for
which W. R. Clegg, Democrat, and
j Herbert F. Seawell, Jr., Republican,
both of Carthage, are candidates. Mr.
Seawell has waged his campaign
against Mr. Clegg on the issue that
bis opponent is not entitled to repre
sent Moore county in the Legislature
because he has paid no taxes here for
17 years. A close vote is predicted.
Polls in the county will open at 6:45
a. m. and close at 5:30 p. m- The
vote will be tabulated at Carthage
and results s’lould be known by mid
night Tuesdf.y.
Board on Wednesday night to fill out
the unexpired term of the late Dr.
E. Levis Prizer as a member of the
board.
Mr. Howarth, associated with the
Carolina Power & Light Company,
has been active in educational work
Company, passed aw^ay on February
2d of this year and Mrs. Paget had
not been well since that time.
The daughter of the late Admiral
William Nelson Little, and Mrs. Lit
tle, Mrs. Paget had made her home
in the Sandhills for 30 years and had
BROUGHTON AND
BURGIN SPEAKERS
Democratic Rally Hears Raleigh
Attorney and Candidate
For Congress
; Attorney J. M. Broughton of Ral-
I eigh was the principal speaker at a
I Democratic rally held W'ednesday
i night in Aberdeen, and with him on
I the platform was the Democratic
j nominee for Representative in Con-
j gress from the 8th district, William
I O. Burgin of Lexington. Mr. Burgin
i spent Wednesday night at The Bel-
I vedere in Southern Pines and met
; a number of prominent local Demo.
j crats here yesterday morning.
Mr. Broughton praised the Demo-
I cratic party for its humanitarianism
i and for its arising to all national
emergencies. At critical times in our
here for the past three years. As been active in the life and upbuilding
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SANDHILLS NEWS-PRESS
STARTS SEASON NOV. 15
chairman oif the Sandhills Kiwanis
Club’s Committee on Vocational
Guidance, he has built up Vocational
Guidance Day in the county to a
of the community and particularly of
her home town, Pinebluff. She was
for some time president of the Pine
bluff Library; she served during the
I
point where upwards of 300 pupils ^ war and for many years after as
from the various schools of the' chairman of Pinebluff’s Red Cross
county gather here annually for vo- committee; she was active in the
cational talks by prominent men and Moore County Hospital Auxiliary and
women in all walks of life, and at the time of her death was a mem-
The Sandhills News-Press will start
daily publication for the season on
Tuesday morning, November 15. The
editorial office will be in Southern
Pines, the business and advertising of.
flee in Pinehurst. S. R. Jellison is
business manager and Nelson C.
Hyde editor. The paper will be pub
lished each morning except Monday
during the winter seaison, and will as
usual carry Associated Press world
news as well as Pinehurst and South
ern Pines society and sports news and
local happenings.
through other efforts has stimulated
an interest among students in early
selection of and proper preparation I
for their business or professional ca
reers. He was vice-president of the
Kiwanis Club last year, is active in
affairs of the Emmanuel Episcopal
Church, and in other organizations.
The School Board comprised Dr.
G. G. Herr, chairman; Mrs. James
Milliken, Frank Maples, Norris Hodg
kins and Mr. Howarth.
C. H. Tuttle of Nantucket, Mass.,
was here this week to confer with
owners of the Highland Pines Inn.
J^egotiatioiu for the sale of the
inn to Mr. Tuttle are atUl pending.
her of the House Committee at the
hospital. Her passing: is mourned by
a host of friends throughout the en
tire section.
Private funeral services were held
yesterday afternoon in the Powell
Chapel in Southern Pines, with bur
ial following in Old Bethesda Ceme
tery.
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EDWIN THORNE WEDS
Miss Helen Alice Grand, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Grand of
Mlllbrook, New York, were married
In Mlllbrook last Saturday. Both
bride and groom are well known
here. Mr. Thome has spent much time
at The Paddock, in Southern Pinea.
DIESEL MONSTER
HRR P TOlVfOR R OW t party has pro
llljillj I V/iflV/ll/liV 7f ouced Jackson, Cleveland, Wilson and
I Franklin Roosevelt to calm the trou-
World’s Largest and Mightiest | Wed waters.
Locomotive To Be in Southern : Mr. Burgin deplored the long pri-
Pines at 4:40 P. M. I mary contest with C. B. Deane of
I Rockingham but said that all was
Southern Pines wUl play host to- quiet and serene now, that the party
morrow, Saturday afternoon, to the; bigger than anyone man arid
largest and mightiest Diesel-Electric j necessitated sacrifices, and that Mr.
locomotive in the world, and the i Deane was supporting him 100 per-
Sandhills is invited to the reception, j ^gnt. “If he can, you can,” he told
The new 6,000 horsepower electric ^ },ig listeners
monster will arrive here at 4 ;40 ^ County Judge J. Vance Rowe pre
o’clock and remain uritil 6:10 p. m. i sided at the meeting and presented
when it will chug on to Aberdeen i practically all candidates for office
for another reception there. j the Democratic county ticket.
Nine Diesel-Electric locomotives , some of whom made a few remarks,
were ordered for the Seaboard Air
Line Railway from the Electric Mo-i IftOO
tive Corporation. The first to be com- , OCCS I?
pleted is the one arriving here to
morrow. With it will be example of i
modern coaches, dining, sleeping and' County Chairman Pra'ses Par-
lounge cars operating from now on ■ —
Seaboard trains.
Through its progressive policies,
the Seaboard has kept pace with the
advance of the South during its 106
years of service, service which has
been inseparably linked with the de.
velopment of the empire. In recent
years, the Seaboard has pioneered in
air-conditioning, installation of reclin.
ing Seat coaches, and other improve
ments and new developments. Now
the Seaboard dedicates the world’s
largest and most powerful, streannlin.
ed, Diesel-Electric locomotices to the
South.
Democratic M a jority
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ty Record and Says People
Will Approve at Polls
“It is my opinion that the Demo
cratic majority in Moore County on
November 8th, v/ill run between 1,.
000 and 1,500,” Democratic County
Chairman M. G. Boyette told The
Pilot yesterday. "Two years ago the
majority was around 2,000. Nothing
has intervented in the past two
years which, In my opinion, would
cause any Democrat to decline to
vote for a nominee of the Democrat
ic party. Thia li what is usually call-
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