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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 19, NO. 40.
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MOORE COUNTY’S
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NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Terri “ North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, September 1, 1939.
4 KILLED IN AUTO
WRECK AT HEMP;
THREE INJURED
Car CarrylnK: Employes of Silk
Mill Crashes Into Huffalo
Creek Hridne
19.U) FATALITIES NOW 7
“Bob” Reynolds Lost Somewhere |TOBACCO MARKET
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FIVE CENTS
In Europe; Has Friends Worried
No Word From (ilobo Trotter
Since He Departed For Italy
as Congress Adjourned
Senator Silent
With four months to go, the mo
tor traffic toll in Moore coimty
jumped aheatl of Ht3h thiH vvoek with
the death of four perHiniH in the ui>per
part of the county oii Mondiiv Three
others were s<>riou8ly in* on the
c'harlotte-HiiU'ifrh hlRh' two milea
south of Hemp.
Mrs. Jim Williams, 2r>. an.l Charlie
Morgan, 23, died shortly alter reach
ing the Moore County lioHpital, to
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Seven killed^ 16 injured.
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Four killed, 19 injured.
1937
Nine Killed, 1? injured.
which all of the victims were rushed
by ambulance. Mlsg Ruby Garner, 19,
died Monday night and Herbert Rit
ter succumbed Tuesday.
The remaining three, the first two
of w’hom are given little chance to
recover, are Jim Williams, husband
of the dead woman, Mrs. Lettie Dav
is and PeMi Williams, brother of Jim
Williams.
The seven worked on the third
shift in the mill in Hemp and had
come off duty at 7:00 o’clock. The
accident occurred before 7 ;30. There
where no eye witness to the crash,
but tracks made by the car before
the wreck led officers to believe that
It left the highway approximately 100
feet before crashing into the bridge.
The car was owned by Paul Williams.
Auto Demolished
The automobile was practically de
molished. The motor was driven back
against the front seat and the wind
shield was knocked out completely,
but not one occupant of the car
was thrown out. All except one were
unconscious when discovered by a
passing motorist. Although the cause
of the accident has not been estab-
lished, some think from the track
made that the driver dozed momen
tarily.
Hundreds of people have visited the
scene of the accident ^hich brought;
such widespread sorrow to the com
munity. There are said to have been
from 25 to 100 peaople at the bridge
all day Monday and groups have con
tinued to gather to view the scene
and discuss the tragedy. This is the
bridge where Mrs. James and baby
of Troy were killed less than two
years ago.
Southern Pines and
Pinehurst Tie in Tennis
Where is ‘‘Our Bob?"
That’s the que.stion that’s puzzling
the many friends of United States
Senator Robert R. ReynoUls of North
Carolina. ‘Somewhere in Europe ” ii?
all they know, and they are con-
cern«»d about him.
Nothinj; has been heard officially
from the North Carolinian since he
packed up before Congress adjourned
and left for Italy with the statement
that he WouUl pass some months
studying the Kuropean .“ituation and
it.s rolatiuii to American neutiality.
As a member of the F’oreign Rela- '
tions Committee^ Senator Reynolds
was one of the twelve members who
voted to sidetiack revision of the
neutrality act. He is the only member
of the committee who decided to sur
vey the situation at first hand. '
Prominent in the Explorers’ Club
and kindred organizations. Senator
Reynolds has been the Senate’s fore
most globe-trotter. His departure, ac- :
companied by his daughter, Miss!
Frances Reynolds, elicted no surprise.
Rather, the concern has been over his
long silence.
Hospital Lauded in
Letters From Institute
OPENING DATE
SEPTEMBER 11
Heads Jr. Democrats
KOBEBRT li. UEVNOLDS
SCHOOL DAYS TO
START UP AGAIN
NEXT WEDNESDAY
“An Insi^iration to Students Just
to See It,” Writes Director
Graham L. Davis
With New Superintendent in
Charjye and Faculty Ready,
Term Opens Sept. 6
BUILDING NEWLY PAINTED
Each Tear- Wi- • Singles
Matches, .With Doubles Halted
By Darkness
Pinehurst and Southern Pines ten
nis teams played to a draw Wednes
day afternoon on the courts of the
Pinehurst Country Club, each team
taking three singles matches and the
doubles being uncompleted on account
of darkness.
Winners for Southern Pines were
Angelo Montesanti over Tom Cole
6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Charles Hackney over
J. Cole 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. and John Bow
man ov?r Tom Currie 6-3, 6-3. For
Pinehurst, Edward King defeated
Chari js T. Patch, Jr. 6-0, 3; Leland
McKeithen defeated c. Hyde
6-?, 6-0, and J MontlBsantl defeated
James Tvoss V-5, 3-6, 8-6.
King and J. Cole had set in and
led 5-1 in the second set of the
doubles against Patch and Bowman,
but the latter pulled out the set to
even matters when play was called
off. In the other doubles match dart
ed, A. Montesanti and Hyde took
the first set from McKeithen and
Tom CoU, but lost the second. The
event <Mll be played off at ft later
date.
Two letters received in Pinehurst
this week were pleasing to officials
and staff of the Moore Coudiy Hos
pital and to members of the Hospital
Auxiliary. They were from Graham
L. Davis, director of Southern
Institute for Hospital Admin
istrators, Duke University, and tell
their own story.
To Mrs. Paul Dana, president of
the Auxiliary, Mr. Davis wrote:
In my contacts with the students
at the Institute I heard more com
ment on the demonstration conducted
by you and the other ladies of the
Women’s Auxiliary at the Moore
County Hospital than any other dem
onstration during the twjo weeks. You
got across a w'orthwhile object les
son to a fine group of hospital ad
ministrators from sixteen states. You
will probably never know how much
you have influenced development of
similar organizations in these states
and throughout the nation for that
matter.
I w’ant you to know how' much we
appreciate what you did and please
convey my thanks to all of the ladies
who assisted you.
The other letter addressed to E. T.
McKeithen, business manager of the
hospital, reads as follows:
Since you wore a student at the
Institute and know the reaction in
general of the other students, it is
unnecessary for me to say that the
contribution of the Moore County
Hospital was outstanding. You have
such p. fine institution^ both from the
standpoint of plant and administra
tion, that it was an inspiration to
the students just to see it. I think
perhaps I heard more comment about
the demonstration by Mrs. Dana
than any other demonstrati.on dur
ing the Institute. She and the ladies
associated with her did a fine job
and all of us appreciate this contri-!
bution to the success of the Institute, j
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MUST BE SIX TO ENROLL I
IN MOORR COUNTY SCHOOLS '
The Southern Pines schools will
open next Wednesday, September 6th
at 8:15 o’clock with Philip J. Wea
ver recently with the Darlington
Preparatory School, Darlington, S. C..
and at one time instructor in the
high school here as superintendent
succeeding Frank W. Webster who
held the office for seven years. Mr.
Webster resigned in the spring to
become Secretary of the North Car.
olina Tuberculosis Association.
The faculty tor the term is as fol
lows:
Philip J. Weaver, superintendent:
Miss Sarah L. Ellis, English; Miss
Pauline Miller, English; Ruth
W. Warner, Commercial; MTj Aline
Todd, Mathematics and Physical Ed
ucation;. Miss Elizabeth Scarborough,
Latin and Mathematics; E. N. Stire-
walt. Science and Mathematics; D.
W. Gamble, French and Social
Science; Amos C. Dav'son, Geogra
phy, History, Physical Education, and
Miss Martha Davis, librarian.
The grade assignments are the
same as last year: Mrs. Jessie W.
Dwight, 1st grade; Miss Emili'* Mae
Wilson, 1st, and 2nd grades; Miss
Sophie Howie, 2nd grade; Miss Abbie
Sutherland, 3rd grade; Miss Bess Mc
Intyre, 4th grade; Miss Jessie Fitz
gerald, 3rd and 4th grades. Miss
Mary Bucknel, 5th grade; Miss Selma
StepaJl, 5th grade and Miss Ann P.
Huntington 6th grade.
'.V'hile registn'tion figures for tfie
cor ling term at not yet available they
arp expcctcd to exceed those of last
year when 464 pupils enrolled, 170
pupils for the High school, 294 for
the elementary grades; the total for
th2 year rising to just under 600.
Considerable work has been done
about the building, this including
painting the exterior, the auditorium
and the superintendent’s office.
A her Icon f^ooks For I{ij>' Year!
With 5,000,000 Pounds Set
As Goal
AD ERTISINC; CAMPAIGN
Th Aberdeen cobacco market will
open in Monday, September 1 Uh in
stead of next Thursday, the original
date scheduled for this belt. The
chaUf. in the oi)enin;,^ date was made
in a conference at Durham last Sat-
urJa; , and was due to the late clos
ing ( ■ t!;e border markets and the
hcav ■ volume which they are ex-
prrie eing. The big tobacco' cmii-
panie; desired the change because
of ii- ufficient buy.Ms to handle the
volun • on the border, middle and old
belt warehouse floors.
Pi^o.spects were never brighter for
;!io Aberdeen market this year, in
the opinion of all interested parties,
farmers, \'arehousemen and buyers
alike. There has never been such a
volume of good leaf in this section as
this year, and with the price range
about the same on all markets it is
believed the growers will bring their
tobacco here rather than take it to
more distant points hoping for higher
prices. They cannot, it is believed,
get enough more for it on any other
market to offset the cost of trans
porting it the greater distance.
At a meeting of the Aberdeen
Chamber of Commerce last Friday
night plans were discussed for ad
vertising the local makret looking
tov.' ard total sales of 5,000,000
pounds this season. Aberdeen has
sold that poundage in the past, but
not for some years, and strenuous
efforts are to be made this season to
return the market to its peak years.
G. C. Seymour, A. L. Burney and
Clifford Johnson were appointed a
committee to formulate a definite
program of advertising and public
ity, and the committee will meet om
the return of Mr. Burney from his
vacation. The postponement of the
opening date has allowed more time
for the formulation of plans.
The two Aberdeen warehouses are
being put in tiptop condition for
the rush oi tobacco to their floora
when the auctioneer first .sounds off
a week from Monday.
The Carthage market opens simul
taneously w'ith^*Aberdeen on Septem
ber 11th.
LONDON TAXI DRIVER HERE
GUEST OF W. C. FOWNES
St/.iiOARD HEADS
GOiF WEEK-END
Four Hundred FJxpected For
13th Tournament at
Country Club
W..'\. Iceland McKeithen
LANG IS ENDORSED
FOR CONGRESS BY
YOUNG DEMOCR ATS
Heated Oratory Over Action
Features Annual Meeting; of
Moore County Organization
McKEITHEN IS PRESIDENT
E. Barnes, London taxi driver who
accompanied Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Fownes of Knollwood and Pittsburgh
on their return to America a week
ago, is a guest in Pinehurst. Mr.
Barnes is deeply interested in anti
ques and guided the Fownes family
on several expeditions in quest of odd
pieces during their stay in England.
He made the trip to the states as a
guest of Mr. Fownes.
SOUTHERN riNES WINS
In a team match at the Southern
Pines Country Club on Wednesday
afternoon Southern Pines defeated
Laurinburg 12 1-2 to 8 1-2. Seven
foursomes competed.
John A. Lang, jr., of Carthage,
National Youth Administration di
rector for North Carolina, won the
endorsement of the Young Democrats
of Moore County for the Democratic
nomination for Congress from the
eighth district at the anuual meeting
of the organization held last Friday
night in the county courthouse.
But it was only after heated ora
tory and two votes that the Young
Democrats went on record for their
fellow citizen. The first vote, giving
outright endorsement to Lang at this
time, failed to carry. Then someone
moved that ‘when, as and if’ he an
nounced to oppose Congressman W.
O. Burgin of Lexington, Lang be giv-
en the club’s endorsement, and this
carried. There was much to be said
on both sides during the course of de
bate, and much of it was said with
vehemence.
W. A. Leland McKeithen of Aber
deen and Pinehurst, the county’s
prosecuting attorney, was elected
president of the Young Democrats
for this year, with Miss Aureade
Fry of Hemp vice-president, and J.
Hubert McCaskill of Pinehurst sec
retary and treasurer. It was voted
to send uninstructed delegates to the
State convention in Charlotte Sep
tember 7 to 9.
The resolution endorsing Lang
stated that he was well qualified by
heritage, training and experience to
repre.sent this district in Congress;
that he had proved himself worthy
of the confidence and trust placed in
him by the Roosevelt administration
in its efforts to conser\’e in: a fit and
suitable manner the bulwark of the
young manhood of the country,
through the NYA. It was urged that
every effort be made next year to
avoid any contest for Democratic
nominatioixs such as split the party in
the Deane-Burgin battle of 1938.
advance GlIAHI) ARRIVES
Once again the ever welcome
"Peaboai'd Golfei.«" and their guests
are arriving in Southern Pines for
their annual tournament to be play
ed over the courses of the Southern
Pines Country Club on Saturday,
Sunday and Monday. This is their
13th visit.
A few of the advance guard came
in last night and many more will ar.
rive today, through the main contin
gent i.s not expected until Saturday
when special Pullman cars are due
to arrive from Atlanta, Birmingham,
Jacksonville, Savannah, Norfolk and
Washington. Many members from
nearer points will use their own con
veyances.
With nearly 300 attending last
year arrangements have been made
for 400 for this tournament. Among
this number are nearly all the rank
ing executives and officials of the
Seaboard Air Line Flailroad includ
ing, L. R. Powell, Jr., C. H. Gattis,
J. C. Wroten. R. T. Etheridge, C. E.
Bell. J. C. Brady and H. A. Benton
and officials from many other im
portant transportation systems. The
crowd will be accommodated at the
Belvedere, the Park View and other
local hotels.
The grass greens at the Co\;ntry
Club, new to the visitors last year,
are in excellent condition due to the
copious rains of the past few weeks,
and every preparation for the com
fort of the guests and contestants
has been made by the officials and
employees of the club.
The officers of the Seaboard Golf
Association are: C. H. Gattis, presi
dent; C. A. Earnest, vice president;
H. A. Benton, 2nd vice president;
J. C. Brady, secretary and treasurer.
The tournament committee is C. A.
Earnest, chairman, R. S. Etheridge,
R. L. Bunting, W. F. Ehle and J. C.
Brady.
Club Hears of Wheat
From Field to Bread
Rotary Speaker at W’eekly Lun
cheon is Roy Sutherland of
r LaurinbMrsr Mills
PROMINENT SPEAKERS HERE
FOR C. P. & L. GATHERING
I
“Are you six years old, or will you i
be six by October 1
‘Have you been vaccinated a^lnst ^
small-pox?" I
These are two queatioi.s >yhich will [
have to be answered in the affirma-1
tlve by youngsters seeking to be en- j
rolled In the Moore county schools,
the greater number of which will j
open on September 11, one week
from next Monday. Children whose
sixth birthday comes later than Oc
tober 1 will have to wait until next
year to be enrolled, .‘<chool officialB
say.
Electrical dealers of this sales
i^istrict of the Carolina Power and
Light Company, together with offi
cials of that organization, gathered
on Wednesday night at the Church
of Wide Fellowship in Southern Pines
to map out plans for a fall campaign
for light conditioning and household
appliances. Eight countie.s were rep
resented, with some 140 in attend-
Principal speakers were Dr. George
Allison of the Modern Kitchen Bu
reau New York; H. H. Green of the
General Electric Compajiy; • S. P.
Vecker, general sales manager cf
the Carolina Power and Light Com
pany, and H. G. Isley, *resldential
and commercial sales manag^er of the
same company. Mr. Isley presided.
Life
Roger McDonald, Jackson
Springs, Cited for Bravery
By Secretary of N'avy
Acting Secretary of the Navy
Charles EJdison sent letters of
commendation to six enlisted men
of the navy last week for their ac
tions in rescuing persons from
drowning. Among those honored
was Seaman Roger Latshaw Mc
Donald of Jackson Springs, at
tached to the U. S. S. Tuscaloosa,
the ship which just carried Pres
ident Roosevelt on his northern
cruise.
McDona’d was cited for rescu-
ins: Coxswain Broadus Cliffton
Barber attached to the Tuscaloosa,
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from drowning in Gunatanamo
Bay, Cuba, on January 25th of
this year.
GETTIE WINS PROMOTION
FROM C.\ROLINA P. AND L.
Honor came to a Sp-.thern Pines
resident this week in the appointment
of E)dgar Gettle, of the engineering
department of the Carolina Power
and Light Company’s Southern Pines
office, as district engineer for the
South Carolina district, with head
quarters in Florence. Mr. Gettie has
made a great many friends here dxir-
ing his residence of several years.
•Roy Sutherland, Secretary & Treas
urer of the Laurinburg Milling Com
pany of Laurinburg, spoke to the Ro
tary Club at Friday’s luncheon, his
talk being on “Wheat and Flour.” He
traced wheat from field throagh
its various processes until it reached
the consumer, and remarked that at
this time probably his subject was
fitting as the imminent war in Eu
rope couldn’t be fought without the
precious wheat and bread; that it was
more highly regarded at the moment
than munitions or man power.
Mr. Sutherland made an interest,
ing observation on self-rising flour
and the calcium phosphate mixed
with it. He said that at the present
market prices of calcium phosphate
tablets sold at all drug stores, the
value of that ingredient in one bar
rel of self-rising flour w'as $480.00.
Visiting Rotarians were George
McCullough, of Minneapolis, Minn.,
L. R. Harrill, Raleigh, and D. D.
Cahmblee of Zebulon. Guests of Ro
tarians were T. B. Smiley of Raleigh,
and the Rev. Cecil Thomas of Broad
way.
TO WIDEN U. S. 1
The five and one-half miles of U.
S. Highway No. 1 between Sanford
and the intersection of the Carthage
highway (U. S. 15) will be widened
four feet under State Highway con
tracts awarded last week. The work
Is expected to get under way soon.
The North Carolina State Fair is
scheduled for October 10th through
the 14th.
Peace or War!
At the time of going )>nww th©
situation In Europe v.a,H still unset
tled, bat with reported slightly le««
hope for peace. Great Britain yester
day ordered complete mobilization of
Its Navy, Army and Mr Corps; Ger
many had 2,000,000 men under arms,
as did Poland. Russia wa« nmsslng
men on Its western front, and France
on its eamtem.
The dtwlsioii lay with Hitter.