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of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
VOL. 19, NO. 20.
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, April 14, 1939.
FIVE CENTB
THOMAS FAVORS
LONGER SCHOOL
YEAR. 12TH GRADE
County Superintendent Tells Ki-
wanis of Educational Prog
ress and Chief Needs.
6,060 NOW IN SCHOOLS
The great needs for the improve
ment of education In North Carolina
are more adequate buildings and
equipment with which to work, a
longer school year, and a 12th grade,
County Superintendent of| Public
Education H. Lee Thomas of Car
thage told members of the Sandhills
Kiwanis Club Wednesday noon at
their weekly meeting.
Mr. Thomas reviewed the growth
of educational facilities and the
spread of education in the county,
showing particularly what had been
accomplished in the last ten years.
In the school year of 1928-29 the
schools of tiiO county had 5,428 pu
pils. This year they have 6,060. The
Item of pupils transported to schools
has jumped 2,061 in the ten years,
to a present total of 3,741. There
are 44 percent more modem, steam-
heated classrooms today than a dec
ade ago, and the value of school prop
erty has jumped 11 percent to $1,-
100,000. On the other hand, the in
debtedness of all units in the coun
ty system has decreased from $652,-
550 to $450,000, or 31 percent.
The interest in vocational educa
tion has brought about a decided in
crease in facilities along that line.
Whereas there were but two home
economics teachers, one agricultural
teacher and no commercial course
teachers in the county ten years ago.
VASS DISSENTERS
REFUSED REUEF
IN TAX MATTER
Judge Phillips Rules Against De
linquents Who Object To
Water System
FILE NOTICE OF APPEAL
there are now eight instructing in[ together on the matter
In a hearing in Rockingham last
week to determine whether a tempor
ary order restraining W. D. Mat
thews, Commissioner, from foreclos
ure proceedings ag^ainst several Vass
residents for delinquent town taxes
should be made permanent. Judge F.
Donald Phillips declined to grant the
relief sought by the plaintiffs and
they gave notice of appeal to the
Supreme Court. They were given 60
days in which to perfect the appeal
arid bond in the amount of $100 was
required. The defendant was allowed
45 days in which to file his answer.
The plaintiffs. Dr. R. G. Rosser,
W. D. McCraney, J. M. Tyson and A.
K. Thompson, were represented by At
torneys Herbert F. Seawell, Jr., W.
R. Clegg and S. R. Hoyle. Attorney
U. L. Spence was counsel for the de
fendant.
The dissatisfaction arose from the
fact that the town board, without a
referendum, Issued bonds to finance
n water system for Vass back in 1927,
and for a number of years some of
those who opposed this action have
paid no town taxes. It is said.
In discussing the matter. Judge
Philips expressed sympathy for the
plaintiffs, telling them that he, too.
had had to pay taxes that he did not
feel were just, but that he had to pay
or have his property sold. He sug
gested that the two sides try to get
and settle
Nurses’ Home of Moore County Hospital Completed
(Ir'noto
Hemmer)
Finds Sandhills Nice Place To
Visit — If You Leave in a Hurry
“Guest” Borrows $600, “Buys”
Land, Fells Trees, Sells Logs,
Leases Cottage—But!
home economics, four In agricultural
pursuits and five In commercial sub
jects. There has been a big Increase
in rural schools.
More Books Needed
We need more school libraries and
more books In them. Mr. Thomas
stated, despite the fact that the to
tal volumes In school libraries have
increased from 6,318 to 11,316 in
ten years, “We should have 100^000
books available In the schools for
the children, and we are working on
this,” he said. He spoke of the im
proved qualifications of teachers in
the county and said that next year
the plan was to eliminate all teach
ers who had not had at least four
years of college work. "We must Im
prove the teachers to improve the
achools,” he said.
Mr. Thomas was presented to the
club by Judge Herbert F. Seawell of
Carthage, The club at Wednesday’s
meeting gave Charles W. Plcquet
Willard Dunlop and the rest of their
Music Committee a vote of thanks
for their efforts in connection with
the highly successful Music Festival
sponsored by Kiwanis last Sunday
night in the Church of Wide Fellow
ship, and also passed resolutions of
appreciation to the church and to
the members of the chorus for their
splendid cooperation. The meeting
was held in the Methodist Sunday
School building in Aberdeen.
Mrs. BJva M. Seward of London, a
member of the Associated Country
Women of the World, will be a guest
at the district meeting •
It.
To Unveil Plaque To
Late Dr. McBrayer
Memorial Ceremonies To Be Held
in Auditorium at State
Sanatorium
Borst Renominated
For Mayor of Vass
R. P. Beasley, S. R. Smith and
A. M. Cameron Named for
Commissioners
Ceremonies incident to the wed
ding of a plaque to the late Dr. L.
B. McBrayer will be held in the aud
itorium of the State Tuberculosis
Sanatorium^ at Sanatorium, Wednes
day, April 19, at 11 a. m., It was
announced here by Dr. Carl V. Rey
nolds, State Health Officer.
Dr. P. A. Yoder, of Winston-Salem,
president of the North Carolina Tu
berculosis Association, will introduce
the speaker, Dr. Paul Ringer, of
Asheville. At the conclusion of the
formal program, the audience will
adjourn to the lobby of the main
building, where the plaque will be
placed and unveiled by one of the
children of Dr. P. P. McCain, presi
dent of the Sanatorium and son-In
law of Dr. McBrayer.
Dr. Reynolds said he had been re
quested to annoumce through the
press that all persons interested in
the life and work of Dr. McBrayer
in the eradication of tuberculosis are
extended an Invitation to attend the
exercises and witness the unveiling.
J. J. Harrinirton Dies
in Littleton, N. H.
Former Owner of Southern Pines
Hotel Familiar Figure Here
Till Health Failed
At a town caucus held Monday
night In Vass, the follov^rlng ticket
was nominated to be voted on in the
election on May It: Mayor, H. A.
Borst; Commissioners R. P. Beas
ley, S. R. Smith and A. M. Cameron.
Borst has served aa mayor for hte
past four terms and Beasley and
Smith have been on the board for
two years.
W. B. Graham was elected chair
man and presided over the lively
meeting, which ended with plans for
a booster get-to-gether for the town
on Friday night of this week.
In falling health for the past few
years James J. Harrington died In
his home at Littleton, N. H., early
yesterday morning. He was about
70 years old.
Following a successful career In
the wholesale grocery business In
New Hampshire, Mr. Harrington be
came Interested In resort hotels, pur
chasing the old Southern Pines Ho
tel In 1924. The hotel was destroyed
by fire about ten years ago and was
nevef rebuilt. Part of the property
was sold a little over a year ago to
the government as a site for the
new postoffice, the balance more re
cently to the Town of Southern
Pines for a library.
Page Mr. Ponzi, He has nothing
on a recent “guest” of the Sandhills.
And ^‘guest” is the word.
So many things happened it’s dif
ficult to know just where to start
the story. Anyway, he arrived. In
gratiating himself with a well known
Southern Pines citizen, he borrowed
^600 from her. Now it iJ^ema that
the lady owned 600 acres of land on
the outskirts of Pinehurst, good tim
ber land, so he offered her $10 an
acre for five acres, giving her $50
of the $600 he’d borrowed from her.
In possession of five acres of the
600, he proceeded to hire some 15 men
to cut down trees on the property, not,
however, confining himself to his
five acres by a long shot. As the
trees were felled and turned into
logs Mr. “Guest" sold them to a Mr.
A, who paid him for them. Mr. A
also ordered more logs and advanced
the money for them. But Mr. “Guest”
delivered the additional logs to a Mr.
B, who, of course, also paid him for
them. In the meantime, nothing had
been paid to the 15 men who cut
down the trees. They were stalled
along presumably waiting for Mr.
‘Guest’’ to get his money from the
sale of the logs.
But hold on to your seats | The
best part is coming. Mr. “Guest” vis
ited the wife of Mr. A, who, it
seems, sells plants and who, know
ing that her husband was engaged
In a big log buying deal with him,
let him have $50 worth of plants on
xredit. He took the plants to an
employe of Mr.' A and sold them to
him, for cash I
Oh yes, we forgot to mention
that in the meantime Mr. "Guest"
leased a cottage in Pinehurst which
he and his wife occupied during
their brief visit. The formality of
paying In advance was waived—Mr,
Guest” was such a nice man, went
to church Sundays, and ever^hlng.
The balloon burst when the men
who cut down the trees complained
to someone they hadn’t been paid.
They grew suspicious, which started
a round of suspicion resulting In a
call at the home In Pinehurst. There
it wag found that Mr. and Mrs.
“Guest" had left In something of a
hurry. The breakfast dishes were
still on the table. Mrs. “Guest’s”
evening dresses—some nice ones, too
—^were hanging In the closet. No at
tempt had been made to pack. The
visitors had just gone, thnt’s all.
And how much they took out of
the Sandhills In the w«y of legal ten-
(^er we’ll have to leave it to you to
'lerure out. We just haven't time.
To Speak Here
JOHN
LANG
HOME FEDERATION
GROUP TO MEET
HERE ON TUESDAY
John A. Lang, State NYA Ad
ministrator Speaker in
Pinehurst Theatre
NURSES’HOME AT
HOSPITAL TO OPEN
DOORS SATURDAY
Public Invited To Inspect $65,-
000 Building, Now Ready
For Occupancy
RECEPTION FROM 3 to 6
FOUR COUN’riES COMING
Rotary Conference To
Bring 1,000 to Sandhills
Southern Pines Club Host To
District Meeting in Pine
hurst May 4, 5
The Southern Pines Rotary Club
will act host at t'>e second an
nual Conference of the 188th District,
Rotary International, at the Carolina
Hotel in Pinehurst on May 4th and
5th. This district comprises 46 clubs
In the two Carolinas, with a total
membership of 1,600, and at least
1,000 Rotarians and Rotary-Anns are
expected at the conference.
Paul Harris of Chicago, founder of
Rotary, will be among the distin
guished guests present on this occa-
."lon. Conference officers are J. Mack
Hatch of Belmont, District Governor;
Cleveland Thayer, Asheboro, chair
man; O. P. Makepeace, Sanford, vice-
chairman; Garland Pierce, Southern
Pines, secretary; M. F. Grantham,
Southern Pines, treasurer; Roy Suth
erland, Laurlnburg, historian; Major
L R. Ashe, Fayetteville, sergeant
at-arms; June A. Phillips, host club
president; Mrs. Garland Pierce, chair
man of ladles’ entertainment.
The 10th annual meeting of the
Ninth District North Carolina Feder
ation of Home Demonstration Clubs
will be held In the Pinehurst Thea
ter on April 18, beginning at 10:00
o’clock, and the program has all in
dications of being one of the best. The
principal speaker, John A. Lang, and
the place of meeting will attract many
visitors from the four counties which
compose the district, Montgomery,
Richmond, Lee and Moore, and in
addition, Miss Ruth Current, State
Home Demonstration Agent; Mrs.
W. E. Neill, president of the State
Federation of Home Demonstration
Clubs; State College specialists, and
presidents of Women’s clubs are ex
pected to attend.
The Invitation has been extended
to include n'1 women in Moore coun
ty who are Interested, whether they
are demonstration club members or
not, provided they carry a picnic
lunch.
The program for the day includes
the following:
Devotional, Rev. T. A. Cheatham;
Welcome to Moore county, Wilbur H.
Currie, chairman Board of County
Commissioners; Welcome, Mrs, Lee
Comer, president of Moore County
Federation; Response, Mrs. E. B.
Faulk, Lte county; Greetings, Miss
Ruth Current, State Home Demon
stration Agent, Extension Service,
State College; Mrs. Esther G. Willis,
Southwestern District Agent; Mrs.
W. E. Neill, President, State Feder
ation of H. D. Clubs; Introduction of
Speaker, Senator M. G. Boyette; Ad
dress John A. Lang, State Direc
tor of National Youth Administra
tion, Raleigh; Song: Reports by
Counties; Presentation of Visitors;
Announcements and Club Collect.
Go see the new Nurses’ Home and
Its furnishings, at the Moore County
Hospital, on Saturday afternoon, Ap
ril 15th, from 3:00 until 6:00 o’clock.
All friends of the hospital, whether
residents of the county or visitors^
are cordially invited to attend. There
will be simple refreshments, and
there will be no mention or thought
of money.
Everyone is requested to enter by
the front door of the Home. The lad
ies of the Hospital Auxiliary are in
charge of the afternoon, at the spe
cial request of the Board of Direc
tors. If you wish, you may have a
guide to show you around and answer
your questions.
The Home is well worth inspection.
It has been designed as a modem
fireproof dwelling place for the
nursing staff of the Hospital. By pro-
vidmg living accommodation close to
their work and proper facilities for
study and relaxation it will increase
the efficiency of all nurses and thus
add to the well-being and satisfac
tion of all patients.
Begun in September. 1938, the
Home cost $65,000.00 to build. Of
this .sum $29,250.00 was a grant from
the Federal Administration of Pub
lic Works. The new building can be
operated more economically than Is
the case with the present nurses’
cottages in the village of Pinehur.‘^t,
and thus there will be an annual sav
ing of real importance.
$6,500 in Furnishings
Furnishings, exclusive of special
donations, have cost $6,500.00. This
amount has been contributed by the
Auxiliary. Thirty of the forty bed
rooms have been furnished at this
time, the others will be put into ser
vice. Within the limits of simplicity
and economy, the aim has been to
have the new building look like a
home, and not like an institutional
annex.
The grounds are being cleaned up
and planted, with the assistance of
the Works Progress Administration.
There will ultimately be brick walls
connecting the Home with the hospi
tal proper, and the road which now
passes between the new building and
the hospital will be moved to the
Pinehurst side of the pro{)erty. But
go on Saturday afternoon between
3:00 and 6:00 and see everything for
yoursebf.
EVERINGTON TRAVEL HOUR
AT CrVIC CLUB SATURDAY
FLORA MACDONALD CX)LLEGE
OLKE CLUB HERE
World’s Fair Group To
Visit Sandhills Sunday
Miss Miriam Johnson Aber
deen Heads Host and Hostens
Delegation for M>rth Carolina
REOiaTRATION BOOKS OPEN
Reeristration books are now open
for the electlen of a Mayor and Board
of Commissioners In Southern Plnea
cn May 2d. The town caucus will be
held April 28th.
The Civic Club will present the
Everlngton Travel Hour at its chib-
house In Southern Pines tomorrow,
Saturday night, at 8:00 o’clock. Dr.
and Mrs. John Everlngton have been
here before with their colored pic
tures. and this time are showing “Old-
Time England," a tour of England’s
most historic and interesting places^
T study of its old-time life and cus
toms.
As an added attraction the Yeo
mans Trio will offer several instru
mental numbers. A charge of 35
cents will be made at the door.
On Sunday evening at
Flora Macdonald College
will present a program
music at the Brownson
Presbyterian Church In the Carolina
The delegation of youiig men -and
women who will be the attendants at
the North Carolina exhibit at the
New York World’s Fair, headed by
Miss Miriam Johnson of Aberdeen,
chief hostess, will pay a visit to
Southern Pines on Sunday morning
at 11:15 o’clock. A delegation of the
I Chamber of Commerce will guide
SUND.\Y the party of four young ladies and
four men around town, showing them
7:30, the' its attractions and making thehi
Glee Club “Southern Pines conscious’’" that tiiey'
of sacred i may have a good word to say for
Memorial ■ the town at the Fair.
Theatre. The Glee Club consists of
about 50 voices under the direction
of Professor Ebeily, the head of the
Music Department of Flora Macdon
ald College.
This program will be given within
the hour of worship and there will be
no admission charge and no offer
ing will be taken for the Glee Club,
this being the regular evening hour
of worship for the church. The reg
ular church offering will be receiv
ed. The public Is cordiallv Invited to
worship with thl» congregation.
The group will also pay a visit to
Pinehurst where It will be entertain
ed by the Chamber of Commerce
there. The party has been makintj a
tour of the state to acquaint itself
with all its attractions and resources.
Comprising the group are M'ss Jo^^-
son, Miss Emma Bellamy Willir”»i-
son of Wilmington, Mi,«w Anna Co-
rinne Jones of Nashville. Mia^ Fr'^n-
ces Roughton of Old Fort, Paul L“-
Roy Lambert of Cherokee, George
Clarence Courtney, Jr., of Lenoir,
Volt Gilmore of Winston-Salem, rnd
U. Benton Blalock of WadesJiC/ro.