North Carolina Newspapers

Pa^« Four THE PILOT, Sowthera Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, December 2, 198» Thomas Arthur Rice Dies Suddenly at 57 Native of Mecklenburg County Had Resided Near Pinebulff for Many Years The Week in Aberdeen Thomas Arthur Rice died at his home near Pinebluff on Wednesday night, November 23d, of angina pec toris. He had suffered a severe at. tack early in the morning but had rallied and spent a (airly comforta_ ble day. Hia daughter, Margaret, arrived about 8:30 from Eastern Carolina Teacher’s College, Green_ ville, tp spend the Thanksgiving holidays. Mr. Rice had his supper and chatted with his daughter. The at. tack came suddenly and Mrs. Rice had barely time to get in from an adjoining room when he breathed his last. Mr. Rice was 57 years of age, a native of Mecklenburg county. He Thomas H. McGraw of Pitsburgh, Miss Anne Stevenson in Henderson Pa., joined Mrs. McGraw at their this week. home on Cherokee Farm for the Miss Julia Brown of Charlotte Thanksgiving holidays. j spent the week.end in Aberdeen as Misses Lida Duke Blue and Doris guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Seymour. Edgar of Marjorie Webster School, j Miss Barbara Lipscomb of Dulith, Washington, D. C-, John A. Blue, W. Minn., a schoolmate of Miss Betsy J. Hutcheson and Misses Ruth Cooke Jean Johnson at Chapel Hill, was and Martha Ward of Charlotte were Miss Johnson’s guest over the week.end guests in the home of Mr.' Thanksgiving holidays. and Mrs. W. A. Blue. Edwin McKeithen ] Mrs. Jack Meadow is playing in attended the ^olf tournament at Pinehursl Army_Navy football game in Phila.' week, delphia last Saturday, accompanied Miss Bettie Martin of Greensboro by hia son, Edwin, Jr., who is a ^ spent the Thanksgiving holidays in graduate of the Naval Academy in Aberdeen visiting her cousin, Miss Annapolis. ■ Charlotte Miller, Charlton Huntley has returned to' Weaver, signal man on the Presbyterian College, Clinton, S. C.,' In Florida, spent after spending the Thanksgiving holi-parents, Mr. day with his parents. Little and Frank Batchelor of Philadelphia, and Mrs. M. S. Weaver. Mr. and Mrs. Laban Sticks and Bricks And Knives and Things Fig- use in Assault Cases in Recorder’s Court Moore Allotted 3,621 Acres of Cotton for ’39 State’s Quota is 931,031 Acres, Agricultural Authorities Announced . 7 ‘ I family spent the past weekend in 1910 and for! - ^P^'^dmg a few days in Aber-' came to this county in , some time managed the McLeod |‘^^^n this week visiting his brother. | plantation. He was married 21 years ago to Miss Mattie McLeod and they Mr. and Mrs. Reid A have one child, Miss Margaret Rice. He is survived by two brothers, Frank and Luther Rice of Lanham, Md. They were delayed in Washing, ton by a snow storm and could not get here for the funeral. The funeral service was held in Old Bethesda Church last Friday af. temoon at 2:00 o’clock, conducted by his pastor, the Rev. E. L. Barber, assisted by the Rev. E. M. Harris. Pallbearers were D. B. Herring, W. A Rosy, K. G. Deaton, Lee McLeod, Al bert Cameron and Harold Cameron. Flower girls were Mrs. D. B. Herring, Mrs. K. G. Deaton, Miss Alice Bryan, MiHses Evelyn and Mildred Thomas, iSaturday. 1 W. L. Batchelor. I , I daughter. Miss Katharine left for I Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wimberly of, gj, Petersburg, MonUa, this week Charlotte were Thanksgiving guests. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Maurer who I of their mother, Mrs. Julia Wimber. have been in Wilson for some tinie, ! passed through Aberdeen enroute to Miss Mabel Bethune, a student Richmond, Ky., where Mr. Maurer nurse at Thompson Memorial HospL'wiu be stationed in the tobacco mar- tal, Lumbehrton, and Bill Bethune, ^et for some time. Jeff Wall and Lloyd Warren from Billy Bums and Lawrence Rowe, the Naval Air Base at Norfolk, Va., who spent the Thanksgiving holidays were Thanksgiving guests of Mr. and jn Aberdeen, have returned to Chapel Mrs. C. C. Bethune. resume their school work at Mackie Caldwf'il, Mr. and Mrs.'the U. N. C. Malcolm Pleasants, Frank McCluer, Jr., Miss Betsy Jean Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. H. A. Page, Jr., and Mr. Billy Page, attended the Mr. and Mrs. John Brantly of Ral_ eigh were Thanksgiving guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Campbell. Ml-.) and Mns. Billy Huntley of Duke.Pitt football game in Durham | Chapel Hill were Thanksgiving guests Miss Ruth McLeod and Julia Mar-1 Gordon Keith and C. J. Johnson garet Bryan The floral y offerings : among the Aberdeen poople at_ i tending the Georgia Tech.State Col- were many and beautiful. At the Hotel Mr. and Mrs. Joe Steed of Southern Pines entertained a party of twelve tt an oyster roast Tuesday evening at Crystal Lake Hotel. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. John Harrington, Mr. ‘I of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Huntley. Miss Margaret Brooks spent Thanksgiving in Troy as the guest of her sister, Mrs. Burnell Britt, in Raleigh on j Mr. and Mrs. Vance McBride spent last Thursday in Chapel Hill visit- Misses Betty and Sara Blue were j ing their son, Ralph McBride and shopping visitors in Fayetteville last j his family. Friday. | Richard David has had as his guest Mrs. H, L. Blue has returned to her! George Boscoskey of Washington, D. home on Route No. 1, Aberdeen af-: C. lege football game Thanksgiving Day. ter undergoing an operation at Mary j Mr, and Mrs. E. L. McBride and and Mrs. James Mullally, Mr. and i Elizabeth Hospital, Raleigh. j family spent Thanksgiving in Broad. Mrs. Edgar Getty, Mr. and Mrs. Otis! Miriam Johnson is visiting, way with relatives. Broome, Miss Lois Cameron, George Daniel, Charles Young and Walter Harper. , Mr, and Mrs. Paul Gerhart of Bal. timore, Md., have been guests at I Crystal Lake Hotel for the past ten ] turned days. They are returning to Balti. more today. Pinehurst Paragraphs Miss Frances Ehrhardt has re. to Queens-Chicora College, Charlotte and H. W. Ehrhardt, Jr., ^ to Greensboro after passing the Other recent guests at the hotel | Thanksgiving season with their par- have been Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Brick, j ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Ehrhardt. !and of Montreal, Canada; R. M. Par. | Mr. and Mrs. P. S. P. Randolph rott and H. C. Bowden of Raleigh; j of Hempstead, L, I., have arrived for J. C. Gurley of Norfolk, Va-; A L. j the season. Breen and C. E. Blankenbaker, both | of Washington, D. C., and Miss i Rev. Francis Underwood, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick, Cole, Mr and Mrs. J. I. O’Brien, Mrs. Cora Hopkins, Miss Ann Fitzgerald, Miss Elsie Baxendole and J. W. Bowker. Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Ross have as their guests at their home. Dor. noch, Mr. Ross’ daughter and son. in.law, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Pippitt Mrs. J. S. BrowTi, long a winter j Boston, resident, is not opening her Cottage' Wortday the Senior class of the Liquor, which figured in 75 per cent of the cases tried in Recorder’s court last week, took a spill to a little less than 50 per cent this week, mak. ing room for more variety on the docket. Donald Hill, white, of Lakeview, found guilty of assault and battery, inflicting serious injury on Ira Har. rington, colored, was given six months on the roads, this to be susu pended upon condition that he pay the costs and a fine of $100, $25 of which was to be for the use of Ira j in helping to pay his doctor bill and to reimburse him for thi loss of time from his work. Hill gave no tice of appeal and bond was fixed at $500. John Henry Dowd, colored, of Elastwood, was found guilty of tres. pass and the unlawful moving of an established land comer. He and the prosecuting witness, Ritter, were or dered to pay the expense of a sur. vey of the land about which the dis. pute arose. A fight in which Willie Thomas Cole struck Will Gaddy on the head with a stick and Gaddy slashed Cole on the neck with a knife resulted in a 60-day sentence for Gaddy and a SO.day road sentence for Cole, these to be suspended upon payment of the costs. Both are colored men of Pine, hurst. For assaulting Dan Dowdy with bricks, James Cagle, colored, of Carthage, was given a SO.day sen tence. to be suspended upon payment of the costs. Charlie Stewart, white, of the Eu reka community, who pleaded guilty to charges of operating a barber shop without first obtaining a certif icate and to violating sanitary laws, paid the costs and his 30-day sentence was suspended upon condition that he comply with the laws before practic. ing the trade of barber, Alex Gaddy, co’ored, was bound to Superior court under bond of $500 on a charge of secret assault on Al. bert McMillan, striking him in the face with a brick- Sam Marshall, white, of Aberdeen, was given four months on the roads for abandonment of his wife and \ children and failure to provide ade. quate support for them. For public drunkenness and disorderly conduct, he was given 30 days, to run concur, rently with the first sentence. Thomas Clayton Spells, white, James Chriscoe, white, and Ira Dun. lap, colored, were given road genten. ces or fines for drunken driving and Moore county’s cotton acreage al. lotment for 1939 is 3,621 acres it was announced in Raleigh by E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive officer at State Col lege- This allotment represents this county's share of the 931,031 cotton acres allotted to North Carolina for 1939 under the federal farm program. Of this total, 882,647 acres have been divided among the state’s cotton- growing counties. Of the balance, 16,_ 128 acres have b»en held In reserve or allotment to new growers and 12,256 acres have been reserved to be used to give all farmers in the state who have been producing as much as five acres an allotment of ive acres, and the remainder is to be used to give all farms an equal share of the county allotment. In addition to the original quota, this county will receive its propor- tionate share of the 32,256 acres and also will be allotted the number of acres required to give each individual .producer an allotment equal to 50 per cent of the 1937 planted, plus di. verted acreage of cotton. Cotton allotments to individual farmers already have been worked >ut for all counties by county AAA ommittees composed of local farm, rs. Cotton and flue.cured tobacco dlotments to individual farmers in ill counties are expected to be made before the December 10 referenda on narkting quotas. ARE YOU LOOKLVG FOR SO>IETHING FOR CHRISTMAS WANT'S FOR SALE; Hay, peavine, lespedeza and bean hay, all bright. Also shelled com. C. W. Childrew, Rae- ford, Route 1. Dec 2. FOR SALE; Buick Sedan, 1938 mod. el, A-1 condition. Owner’s illness reason for selling. May be seen by appointment. Box 655, Southero Pines or telephone 5894. tf. PIANO: Upright piano medium size, looks and plays like new. Will transfer to any responsible party for the balance owing on the ac count. This piano carries our stan dard guarantee and can be seen by writing Credit Manager, Lee Piano Co., Lynchburg, Va. Dec9^ Pilot Want Ads are becoming In creasingly popular because advertis ers are getting results. They are one Cent a word, minimum 25 cents. FOR RENT; Pleasant centrally lo_ cated three.room apartment. Also single room. Lilian A. Roberts, Penn. Avenue, Opposite Public Ten_ nis Courts. FREE RENT: Elderly lady will give a nice two.room apartment to congen. ial woman as she does not wish to live alone. No service requird. Box 306, Southern Pines. FOR SALE; 6 lots and dwelling across from church in Manly For information see J. L. Swearingen, Southern Pines, N. C. POSITION WANTED: Young lady with several years experience in law office. Can furnish best of ref_ erences. Address postoffice box 471, Southern Pines, N. C. Louise Ricker, Miss Kate Hadley and , season !-^<=hool entertained at a surprise ] Mrs. Eunice Newhall, all of Swamps.' ' • • • ' ° ''"Of cott, Mass, ■ ' WrMohHls at the Magnolia. Recent guests of Dr. Francis S. Owens were and ! shower in honor of their teacher, ’ Mrs. Willis K. Kramer, nee Miss MU, for a year. For public drunkenness and tres- Mr. and Petway. Mr«. 1. C, Sledge assist- j passing on the property of Mrs. M. Miss Edna Earle Richardson ol j Mrs. John Owens and son, Walter, Greensboro spent the Thanksgiving holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Richardson. Miss Jeanette Harry was her guest Thanksgiving. Miss Marjorie Coore returned to Greensboro Saturday after a short stay with her parents Misses Rebecca Bacon and Alice Littlefield left Wednesday for Mount Dora, Fla., where they will spend the winter, Mib» Louise Ricker of Swamps. cott, Mais., arrived Friday night to end Miss Clare Dynor of Johnstown, Pa Mirs Katherine Cagle has returned to Ramseur after being the guest of Mrs. Casper McDonald. Mr. and Mrs. J. Allan Grubbs of Winston.Salem and Mr. and Mrs Wert Sanders of Star were holiday guests of Mrs. Ethel Journey. Miss Margaret Lawrence of Ham- 'et is the guest of her sister, Mrs. C. M. Thomas. Randolph Scott, moving picture ed the Seniors In entertaining. Other; G. Nichols in Southern Pines, George spend the winter in her home here.! star, was the luncheon guest Friday She was accompanied by i^rs. Eu nice Newhall and Miss Kate Hade- !y, who are her house guests. Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Bsdlard and sons of Angier spent Thanksgiving Day with Mrs. T. K. Gunter. Mrs. Ballard and sons remained until Sun. day. Donald Hill spent the week.end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Hill of High Point and attended the Duke.Pitt football game Satur. day. Coker Blue of Brooklyn, N. Y., spent the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Blue. Mr. and Mrs. C- H. Causey of Pfeiffer College and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Causey of Southern Pines spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Causey. Mrs. Oris Seagroves and daughters of Raleigh were week.end guests of W. H. and G. C. Richardson. Mias Mildred Gunter came Sunday for a visit with her mother, Mrs. T. K. Gunter. SECRETARY OF STATE TO ADDRESS JAY.CEE DINNER of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tufts and in the afternoon played golf with Jack Heath, George Dunlap, Jr., and Herbert Vail. Mrs. Jjolui Tuckerman of Boston is expected during the week.end, com. guests were members of th faculty i A. Watson, white, was given 30 days i and Mr. Kramer. | in jail, to be sruspended upon payment Miss Helen Kohler of Glen Cove, L. j of the costs. (Continued from par/e ovc) would be all right to turn up some chairs, so we can all sit together? I always like to be at this table near the arch so I can smell the turkey. Imagine: turkey dinner, with all the fixins(s, my dear, for seventy.five cents; I don’t see how they do it> I’m sure I can’t at home .... I’ve got to have a lot of aprons. They have the sweetest maids' aprons —hand hemstitched all the way across, and caps to match. I’d like a dozen. And the cutest hostess aprons. They always have some big ones too. And cook; my dear, enor. mous. They say, it’s a sign we feed her well, But she simply bursts out everything I buy her .... I always say if there’s anything j'ot haven’t found yet, it's on the miscellaneous table. Yes, cute for a bridge prize, isn’t it? . . . Teal I’m simple famished. I think shopping always makes you hungry, don’t you? The Reliance Club is serving tea this year. Like a party, isn’t it, now they’ve done the Parlor over—all that chintz and the Vene, i tian blinds. I've reserved a couple I of tables; awfully original way to TWO BUSINESS LOTS on Broad Street. Will exchange for dwelling. J. E. Polston, Mullins, S. C. D22. SPECIALIZING in Dam Buildings and Termite Exterminating. Pre paring and repairing buildings. Have had vast experience in the above. I was Mr. Joe Fuller's fore man for 15 years. Roy Jackson, Box 443, or Call 4572, Pinehurst, N. C. LEAVE YOUR ORDERS for Xmas trees with Mrs. N. W. Crain, or write me at Sanford, N. C., Route 4, Mrs. D. D. Cameron. I., has returned for the winter. Mrs, Russell Hoogerhyde, wife of the national archery champion and their two children, Kaye Don and Donna Jean, were yjuels.ts seveml lays last week of Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. DuPont. Mrs. Hoogerhyde's sister, Mrs. Edward B. Miller was also their guest. Mr- Hoogerhyde was in Pinehurst to take part in the Sportscope being made by RKO- Pathe. Mr. and Mrs. DuPont entertained in honor of their guests Friday even- | heM.\N GIFFORD NEW ing at a buffet supper at their home. i STEEPLECH.4SE HK)AI> Mrs. J. Pryor Williamson will be j at Howard Sheffield, white, of Pine, hurst, who was given 30 days on the loads, to be suspended upon payment of the costs, for using vile and pro. fane language, gave notice of appeal to the higher court and bond was i fixed at $100. I Arpus Blue, white, of the Eureka community, for public drunkenness in Southern Pines, was given a 30.day sentence, to be suspended upon pay. ment of the costs. the Manor Hotel each Monday ing especially for the Parson.Hunt (niorning throughout the season to (Continued from page one) from clubs all over the state is ex pected to be here for thi event, at. week by the Charter Night commit, to follow. The locals are planning to make their Charter Night a me. morable one for all, a fitting climax to their first and very successful year of activity- wedding December 5th. Mrs. Tucker, man will b the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Love ring. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J- Drexel Biddle have returned to Philadelphia after being the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Livingston L. Biddle, II. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harbison and children, Jimmy and Martha, have returned from visiting relatives in Morganton. Mrs. Charles Ross of Lillington was the guest Tuesday of Mrs. A. J. McKelway. The Afternoon Circle of the Com. nunity Church will meet Tuesday at 3:00 o’clock at the home of Mrs. E. B. Keith. Beginning Sunday evening night services will be resumed for the win ter at the Community Church. The hour is 8:00 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Brewster Hudson have returned to New York after vis iting Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Hud. son. Miss Caroline Battley had as her quests for luncheon at the Commun. ity Club Frfday Mr, and Mrs. Frank i. O’Keefe and Miss Ruth O’Keefe of Warrenton, Va. F. H. Krebs entertained at dinner Thanksgiving at his home, The Oaks. Guests were Father J. W. Dilllon, the assist in the art of knitting and cro_ cheting for all those interested. Mrs. W. H- Best, Jr., returned to Goldsboro Wednesday after being the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Nelson the past week. KIWANIS CLUB HEARS H. H. FETHICK OX (IIIXA Harry H. Pethick of Southern Pines, recently returned from China where he represented the Standard Oil Company for more than 20 years, told members of the Sandhills Kiwan. is Club Wednesday some of his in. teresting and exciting experiences during his residence there. The club’s weekly meeting wag held in the Berkshire Hotel in Pinehurst. M. F. BUTNER DIES AT HOME IN PINEBLUFF (Continued from page one) children, Mr Kemp Atkinson, Mr- Ml! lard Barnes and Mr. Z. Tucker of Winston Salem; Mrs. J. S. Atkinson and Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Atkinson of SUoam; Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Atkinson and children of Elkin, Frank Atkin son of Charlotte, and Richard Atkin, son of Mars HOI, Bess and Ella Leh. man of Bethanla, N. D. Reece and son of Jackson Springs. entertain, don't you think? But let's .iust have a cup of tea before the others come and some of those little things over there—they couldn’t be fattening, could they, when they look so good? , . . The tree’s pretty, isn’t it? Nan’s bringing the children down later. And a grab bag; I think that’s so nice— it keeps them entertained. There’s a grab bag for grown.ups too. See, I've got just a couple of quarters left. Quite a coincidence, wasn't it? Cream or lemon ? THE PILOT ON BIRTHD.\Y SALUTES FIRST SUBSCRIBER osnioV" \\ Ur ''’*'' KIWANIS CLUB TO MEET AT SAMARCJAND MANOR does regularly As we start out on our 19th year, we extend to Mr. Allen, our thanks for his loyalty in the past, and ex. press the hope that we’ll travel along together for many more seasons. (Continued from page one) (Coiifinued from page one) his home, Mr. Allen does not get that day calls for a timber race, two | much satisfaction fi'om listening to brush races, a hurdle event and onejgermons over the air, preferring to flat race, the same as last year. j^^lk a mile to his church the Meth-i Mr. Reed was given a vote of ap- odist, to attend services, which he predation for the splendid work and t jpport given the association during his incumbncy as president. Mr. Wallach., who came down from Warrenton to attend the meet ing, expressed confidence of splendid entries in all races this spring, and stated that he believed timber racing was "‘staging a comeback” and that there would be more than the usual number of entries in this event this year. He said there were nine start ers in the Meadowbrook Cup timber event, £Uid that a number of promi. nent hunt race horse owners were patting timber horses in training again after a falling off in interest which has threatened this branch of the sport the past two years. The association will maintain head, quarters offices in Pinehurst from now until the race meeting in March ..bauhen MAURIACE is a tragedy as oW as man kind. Modern Science is accomplishing miracles in its cure and the situation is far from hopeless. Read the amazingly frank article this all-important sub- JANlIAr on • • ject, in PICTOUIAL review —— FOR SALE 4’ Slab Wood 75c per cord; 1-2x4-18 Prime Cypress Shin gles $5.50 Per M at Mill, 7 Miles South of Aberdeen on Laurinburg Highway. At its meeting Wednesday the Sandhills Kiwanis Club accepted an invitation to lunch at Samarcand Manor and Inspect the school there at an early date. Naynard Lumber Co. Cheraw, South Carolina