MOORE COUNTY’S
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NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 18, NO. 52.
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of the Sandhill Territory of Nortix Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. F'riday, November 25, 1938.
FIVE CENT8
HORSE SHOW RING
TO BE BUILT AT
COUNTRY CLUB
/Active Winter Season of Eques-
Irian Events Planned For
• 'Southern Pines
Peach Growers To Map Future
At Meeting in West End Monday
Improved Fruit, Higher Return,
Research, To Come Under
Discussion Monday
A Friend of All
SEAL SALE OPENS
FOR ANNUAL FIGHT
ON TUBERCULOSIS
TWO HORSE SHOWS
Southern Pines is to have a new
horse show and gymkhana ring, it
waa decided yesterday at a meeting
of the committee of the Chamber of
Commerce in charg* of the season’s
program of equestrian events. It will
be located on the grounds of the
Southern Pines Coimtry Club, to the
right of the road leading to the
■clubhouse, and work of building a
new ring and jumps will begin today.
The ring has been located on the old
road leading to Pinehurst, near the
baseball park.
An active program of events is
scheduled for the winter, with two
horbe ^ow|i and frequen't gymk_
hanas. The first gymkhana, christen
ing the new layout, will be held on
Friday, December 2d. The gymkhana
season opened yesterday with a big
Thanksgiving Day event in the ring
at The Carolina in Pinehurst, which
revealed that there is no dearth of
interest nor of horses and riders in
the section.
It is planned to have a horse show
in January and another in March,
with gymkhanas on alternate Fridays
in between and continuing into Ap_
ril.
The Chamber committee in charge
<of these events comprises Frederick
H. Burke, chairman; Eugene C, Ste-
vens, secretary and treasurer; Nel.
son C. Hyde, Almet Jenks and W. O.
Moss.
A meeting of North Carolina peach
growers will be held at West End
High School next Monday, November
28, it is announced by C. E. Mat
thews, chairman of the Industry Com
mittee of the growers and a promi
nent peach grower in Richmond coun
ty.
Consideration of measures to in
crease the returns from the fruit,
improvement of the grade of peaches
produced, advertisement of the im
portant Sandhill industry, and a j
larger research program is planned. i
The North Carolina Experiment |
Station at State College has asked an
allocation of $15,000 from the next !
General Assembly to study diseases
and insect control, fertilization, soil ^
building and other problems in con- |
nection with the production and mar- j
keting of peaches. The collection will ^
be represented at the n.oeting by
Prof. M. E. Gardner, head of the Hor
ticulture department; L. P. Watson,
extension horticulturist, and possibly
others.
The meeting will start at 10:30
o’clock in the morning with a discus
sion of organization. dinner at |
12:30 o’clock the following speakers
will be heard: Moses Richter, prom
inent fruit distributor of New York;
C. B. Dennam, agricultural consul of
the National Association of Food
Chains; W. Kerr Scott, N. C com-
mis.9ioner of agriculture; T. H. Cribb,
manager of the South Carolina Peach ' Pianist and Organist
'^'orkers Throughout County
Launch Drive For Funds to
Continue Great Work
President To Pass Through
Here; Nay Speak in Sanford
Agriculture Head
ORGANIZATION PRAISED
To Leave Special Train at San
ford, Motor To Chapei Hill
on December 5
Miss Charlotte Erson
CHARLOTTE ERSON,
RESIDENT HERE,
40 YEARS, DIES
Growers Association of Food Chains;
W. Kerr Scott, N. C. commissioner
of agriculture; T- H. Cribb, manager
of the South Carolina Peach Grow
ers Association, and Earl R. French,
national advertising director of the , ,7. n u- ^
. , „ ■ I Church of Wide Fellowship for one
Atlantic Comm ssion' Co., of New
in Hotels and Theatres Since
Days of Piney Woods
Impressive funeral sei-vices were
held last Sunday afternoon in the
County, Town, Church
Cooperation Praised : Yo^k city. Fred p. Abbott, assistant' of the best known and most beloved
! general agricultural agent of the ^ women in the Sandhills who passed
Dr. Jane S. McKimmon of Ral- ScaboarU Air Line Railway, will act
eigh Impressed by Moore Coun- chairman of the afternoon session.
The Seal Sale drive in Moore coun
ty gets under way this coming week,
with workers throughout the county
imbued with the spirit of continuing [
he .splendid record of the county both I
n raising funds and in the work of j
itamping out tuberculosis. Moore is
J’redited by the State association with
being its banner county, and a re-
ent association bulletin said:
"The story of Moore county is a
real inspiration. Mrs. Anna F. Cheat
ham, Pinehurst, is county chairman.
She has been chairman for ten years
and in this time has seen the fund
for carrying on tuberculosis work
grow from $700 to $3,600. A really
worthwhile cooperative prgram of
tuberculosis control is being carried
on.”
Out of the bank failures seteral
years ago came the re-birth of the
work here. Due to lack of funds
through the closing of banks patients
were being sent home from the State
Sanatorium. The County chairman
secured from the Health department
all possible information concerning
the tuberculosis situation and used
this information effectively in the
Seal Sale, and also in appealing to
the County Commission for public
funds to supplement the Seal Sale
proceeds.
Soon after this a County Tubercu-
MAJOR ADDRESS THERE
Henry X. Wallace
TO OUTLINE CROP
PROGRAM FOR ’39
AT TWO MEETINGS
Farmers Urged To Hear Secre
tary of Agriculture at Ral
eigh December 1st
“We have been advised here that
there will be two mass meetings held
in the State shortly,” says E. H.
Garri.son, Jr., Moore county farm
agent. “These will be for the pur
pose of explaining the 1939 pro
gram to the tobacco farmers in par-
losis Association was formed. An an. Micular. The first of these meetings
nual report is made to the Commis- wil be held at Lumberton on Tues-
sion. which now matches the Seal dav, November 29th at 2:00 p. m. I much talked.of term issue This will
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Sale collections dollar for dollar so ; in the High School auditorium. J. B.
Those in the Sandhills desiring to
see the President of the United
States may have that opportunity on
Monday, December 5 by driving 26
miles to Sanford. Franklin Roosevelt
will disembark from his special train,
en route from Warm Springs, Geor
gia to Chapel Hill, and may say a
few words before motoring to UnL
versity of North Carolina to address
the Carolina Political Union.
This will be the President’s first
appearance in this section since hk
brief stop in Southern Pines in Oc
tober, 1932 when he addressed a
huge crowd gathered in Broad street
to hear him predict a sweeping vic_
tory for the Democratic party in
the election that year.
President Roosevelt addresses the
Political Uonin, a non.partisan or
ganization at the State University
the night of December 5. He will
come to Sanford directly from his
annual Thanksgiving visit to th«
Warm Springs Foundation where he
has Thanksgiving d'nner with the In.
fantile sufferers. The hour of ar
rival of the Presidential SpeciPj in
Sanford is not known, but it is prob.
able it will be some time in the af
ternoon.
May Give 3d Term Hint
The chief executive’s address at
Chapel Hill is being looked forward
to, for it is felt by observers that
he will give some inkling as to his
political intentions concemiTig the
ty Achievement Day
I
In a statement prepared for the Orphanage Head TcllS
State press under the heading,; KiwaniaUS of WorK
“Where County, Town and the Church
Cooperate, ” Dr. Jane S. McKimmon Johnson of Barium ; lamented,
of Raleigh had this to say in connec- Springs Speaker at Annual
tion with her recent trip to Moore Thanksgiving Meeting
county to attend Achievement Day
of the home demonstratin club w'o. Joseph B. Johnson, superintendent swaddling' cloti M. She was a leader of
men: j of the Barium Springs Orphanage, | gj-son ti'io, engaged to furnish mu_
“In Moore county it was the co- niade an inspiring talk before mem. thriving Piney Woods' reports of the stamping out of
that the total raised in the county: Hutson of the tobacco section from
has increased from the $700 of ten I Washington, D. C., will conduct this
years ago to about $3,600. 'meeting. On December 1st at 11:00
The original tuberculosis commit-' a. m. Secretary of Agriculture Wal-
away the day before in the Moore | mittee of six has grown to some 20 lace will be in Raleigh for another
County Hospital. There has been no or more with chairmen or committees i meeting. This one will be held in
in nine communities. This committee the Memorial Auditorium,
keeps constantly in touch with the; -\Ve have been asked to make this
Health Department and nurses who | iv.formation public and to ask that
are most helpful in finding cases.vvho possibly can go should do
When a case of tuberculosis is found | ;o. This will bo one of the best
examinations are immediatelj' made
of all exposed members of the fam
ily, and the £ick ones, sent to the
Sanatorium.
That the funds raised have been
wisely spent is revealed by the splen-
resident of the Pinehurst-Southern
Pines section better known to all
.strata of society than Charlotte Er
son. She was a vital part of the com
munity, and her passing is widely
Charlotte Ers®n came to the Sand
hills in 1898 when Southern Pines
was in its infancy and Pinehurst in
operation of the church that impress- j ^ers of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club ^ Southern Pines. Charlotte was
ed me and the good talk of the Rev. ^ Wednesday noon at their annual | pianist. She had been the pianist of
Mr. Watts on the part of the church | Thanksgiving meeting in the home I community since then. When the
and the home in the child 8 life. There Qf J. R. Pag’e in Aberdeen. This ^ pjjjgy Woods burned down in 19H
was, too, the hospitality of the Rev. meeting is dedicated each year to moved to the Southern Pines Ho.
Mr. Golden who tendered the small jjje orphanage.
building in the church yard to wo- j «True happiness lies in doing things
men who brought the good lunch; he; o^^grs, and Thanksgiving is the
also asked God’s blessing on the
work farm women were doing.
“Both pastors ate lunch and talked
with us as w« sat on the sunny lawn
and they brought the regrets of the
season to consecrate to the service
of others,’’ he said. “Orphanage work
is a three-cornered partnership of
God, the people who aid by their
gifts, and those who aid by their
third town minister who could not | labors, and I’m going to talk today
be there on account of Illness in the ^ ja^t of these three-’’ Mr.
family,”
tel where she played for some time.
In 1915, she was engaged by Mana
ger Charles W. Picquet of the Car
olina Theatres to play for his enter
tainments in both Pinehurst and
Southern Pines, and remained with
Mr. Picquet at the latter theatre un
til, on October 17th, she suffered a
fall when returning to her apartment
in the Mudgett Building after the
Inter-Club Meeting of
Rotary Itoe Tuedsayj--“ ^
Southern Pines To Be Host To
TYoy, Laurinburg and
Wadesboro
Johnson went on to tell of the work performance.
in the institution he represents, stress. bom in Sweden. Just how
ing four poins which guide those who earfy came to New York
is not kno'vn, but it was from New
Vork that she came here. Her trio
The most important, he said, was had been playing in a New York
the inculcating in the minds of the ^ hotel and was engaged for a winter
youngsters a feeling of security, a | season here. That was just 40 years
knowledge that come what may they' ago, and she had oeen a Southern
are going to have a roof over their j Pines resident since that timei Her
heads and something to eat—a feel, age no one seems to know with any
The Southern Pines Rotary Club
•will be host to visiting Rotarians and
notary Anns from Troy, Laurinburg! ing which case many of them come to ’ degree of accuracy, but those closest
and Wadesboro clubs at an intercity 1 the institution without. Second, the * to her say she was about 80.
meeting on the evening of Tuesday, j imbuing in the minds of the work. | Suffered Fall
November 29th at the Southern Pines ers of the spirtt of affection which
tuberculosis throughout the county.
In the thickly populated sections and
their environs the disease has been
almost completely elminated. There
are several communities without a
single case. In a recent adult clinic,
of 206 examined only one case was
found.
In isolated parts of the county not
reached Ly clinic, Seal Sale chair,
men and county nurses have uncov.
erad four new cases which are be
ing cared for. Financial aid is given
affllcated families where necessary.
In one recent case a husband was
found to be going without proper
shoes and clothing that his earnings
might be used for the treatment of
his wife. Aid is rendered in such
events.
Southern Pines will have its Seal
Sale next Monday. Plans for the cam
paign were completed at a meeting
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FOOf» SAUK AND FLOWER
SHOW CLEARED $105
The regular monthly meeting of the
Pinehurst Community Church Auxfl.
Miss Erson had not been in good > iary was held in the church parlor
Country Club. It will be a dinner! the children need and crave. Thirdly, | health during the past year. She con- j Tuesday evening. Miss Fannie Gray
affair and H. Glenn Lee, past presl. ! the youngsters are hnbued with the itinued, however, to attend to her musi-^ reported $34.00 realteed from the re
dent of the Rotary Club of Troy, will i idea of work. They are given, and' cal duties at the Southern Pines thea. ^ cent food sale and Mrs. Lewis Kelly
be toastmaster. Katherine Buchan appreciate, the right to work, and | tre at every performance, walking reported $71.00 cleared on the flow-
and Wilbur Whitlock will furnish the
musical interlude- Several prominent
speakers will be pn the program.
when given that right are most co- ' slowly over from her one-room apart
operative and surprisingly efficient.! ment over Dr. Mudgett’s office before
Fourth, they are taught the pleasure ^ each matinee and evening perform-
cf doing something for others. Mr. * ance, and trudging back when the
Johnson was presented to the club lights of the playhouse were dimmed.
at
Jack’s Grill, sometimes at Mrs. Chis-
well’s coffer Shop, frequently at the
IK.S. GRINNELL’S FATHER home of friendk. Dr. and Mrs. Mud-
DIES IN LAKEVIEW, S. C. gttt were ^.lobably her closest friends.
ROWE ORDERS CAPIASES
AG.^INST DELINQUENTS by the Rev. E. L. Barber of Aber- Sne ate her meals, sometimes
j deen.
In Recorder’s Court on Monday
Judge -I. Vance Rowe instructe. the j
Clerk of Court to issue capiases im-1
mediately against all defendants who!
have not complied with the judgment
hance.s that we shall have to get
first hand information on the pro
gram for 1939. I hope that as many
as possibly can will attend one or
both of these meetings. Very little in.
'ormation has been put out yet on
the program, and I feel that all
should be as well advised on the sub
ject as possible before the vote is
cast, From all the information we
have right now, this will probably
be held at the same time as the
vote on the cotton program. This
election we know will be held on De
cember 10th.
"All growers in this county will
receive notice of their tobacco acrea-
age and poundage some time during
the first days of December, and
probably as early as the last days of
November. There has been some dis
satisfaction with the program as it
now stands. If you can take in one
of the above mentlonr d meetings you
can possibly get some of these points
cleared up that may be confusing
you or at least have a better under
standing o fthe program when you
cast your ballot this time.”
To Furnish Library As
Memorial to Daughter
Vlr. and Mrs. F. B. Howland of
Southern Pines Make Gift to
Hospital Nurses’ Horae
be his first major address since the
elections of November 8 when Re
publicans registered wide gains in
jnany sections of the country.
The last time Mr. Rosevelt was
here he was Govenior of New York.
Probably the largest crowd ever to
gather in the Sandhill ssection to see
a Presidential candidate crowded
around the special train and heard
him discuss briefly the issues of the
campaign and his prediction of Dem.
ocratic victory.
Just what time the President will
pass through Aberdeen and Southern
Pines en route to Sanford will not
be know’n until his departure .from
Warm Springs.
Officers Elected By
Sons of the Legion
Lloyd Woolley, Jr. President of
New Organization.—Char
ter Presented by Stephenson
The newly organized Sons of Amer
ican Legion met at the Legion Hut
on Thursday, November 17th for the
purpose of electing officers and re^
celving their charter. The following
officers were elected;
Captain, Loyd Woolley, Jr.; 1st
Lieutenant, Bill Boney; 2nd Lleuten.
ant, David Cameron; Adjutant, Joe
O’Callaghan; Finance Officer, Calvin
Stephenson; Sergeant-at-Arms, Frank
Wilson, and Chaplain, Leo O’Callag.
han, Jr.
The charter was presented by John
Stephenson of Southern Pines, who
among others was instrumental in or
ganising the local squadron. The Sons
of the American Legion, as indicated
by the title, is made up of the sons
of World War veterans and has has
for its purpose the following:
"To uphold and defend the Consti
tution of the United States of Amer.
Mr and Mrs. Fred B. Howland of j„aintain law and order; to
Southern Pines and Titusville, Pa.,
will furnish the library of tlie new
Nurses’ Home of the Moore County
Hospital, now under construction at
Pinehurst, as a memorial to their
daug:h*er, Mrs. Charles (Lois How
land) Mason, it was announced by
officials of the hospital yesterday.
I and Charlotte frequently vlaltetl in
Word was received here on Wednes. their home. Mrs. Henry M. Dingley,
of the court, requiring them to ap_ | nay of the sudden death in Lakevlew,' Jr., the former Lucille Muilgott, was in
pear in court Monday, November 28, C., of L. W. Teriple, mother of charge of the funeral arrangements,
and show cause why they should not Mrs. Roy Orlnnell r’‘''outhem Pines.! S^-’-victs Wtie helu ii' °:00 o’clock
be committed to prison for their fail. Mr. Tt-mple dropped J.-iu if a heart ^ ! .-iftemoon ir; i u Church of
-ure to comply with the judgment. i attack on Tues.!' j (Pka.'so turn to 6)
er show, which with regular collec.
tlons put the treasury in good condL
tion. The rummage sales will be re-
.■9umed for at least two Saturdays, in
December. Not only church members
but everyone in the community is
urged to ■send iisable articles of Pinehnr.'t where her husband was ac-
clothing and household furnishings' tive in real estate and Insurance,
to Mrs. Tom Craig, to be sold very i died in 1933.
reasonably. 1
The 'members of the auxiliary will | An effort was laimched in Raleigh
again be hostssseg at tea each Thurs.' ;iiis week to secure for North Caro,
day afternoon during the winter in; lina, which now has only tt»ee air
the church parlor, beginning Decem. | tops to a population of 3,500,000, an
' •■r l it, with Mr.", I. C. S'odpr •, Mrs.: dr i iail and pasf-^nger service on a
F, F. P.'irtridge and Mrs. H. A. r with services in othor ans? svaalL
Cf*mpbell sei-vlng on that d.i! er states. *
foster and perpetuate a true spirit
of Americanism: to preserve the
memories and incidents of the asso
ciation of our forefathers In the
Great War; to Inculcate a sense of
individual obligation to the commun
ity, state and nation; to combat the
autocracy of both the classes and
Mrs. Masun, a former resident of the masses; to make right the mas.
ter of might; to promote peace and
good will on earth; to safe guard
I and transmit to posteiiLy the prin :1-
ples f justice, freedom and memory-
racy; to consecrate and sanctify our
f'-ondship by our devotion to mutual
^.fll.rulnes»^; to adopt in l. ttor and
spi’it .T,ll the pr^at pi’n iples fi'r
wh*- T', the American I.cgifin slpn^’H;
and t" assist in cari-ying on for I'l.l
raid Country."