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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 19, NO. 43.
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NEWS-WEEKLY
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SouUiern l’inei^and Aberdeen,North Carolina. Friday, September 22, 1939.
SEN. BAILEY ASKS
PRESIDENT TO AID
TOBACCO FARMERS
Kiwanis 1940 Leader
Chief Executive Urged To In
fluence Return of Rritish
HuRyers To Market
SUG(iESTS U. S. LOANS
Relief for the tobacco farmer,
through influencing the return of
British buying or^ that failing,
through federal loans, is urged upon
President Roosevelt in a letter ad
dressed to him on Wednesday of this
week by United States Senator Jo-
siah \V. Bailey of North Carolina.
Senator Bailey wrote the President
as follows:
“Dear Mr. President:
"I am sure ^ou know that I hesi-1
tat(! to mention to you the situation ■
here in North Carolina with respect ^
to our tobacco crop at this mmoent ■
when matters of the gravest concern'
are demanding so much of your at-1
tention. But after conference with i
Governor Hoey, we have agreed that ^
the situation demands that we pre-'
sent it to you. j
“Our tobacco farmers, having made |
a great crop, in the midst of the sell-1
ing season have met with the sud
den withdrawal of the British buyers
from our market. Those buyers take,
as a rule^ about thirty-fivc percent
of our crop of bright tobacco. In con
sequence of tjiis withdrawal and the
rapid decline in prices, our sales
warehouses have been closed. The to
bacco is on the hands of the far
mers. They cannot hold it long, but
if they sell it, they will sell it at a
great loss. It is a question whether
a considerable portion could be sold
at all.
250,000 aFmillew .\ffected
"Another consequence of the with
drawal of the British buyers has been
the dismissal of from fifteen to twen
ty thousand people from their occu-|
pations in connection with the .sale
of this tobacco and the preparation
of it for export and for the manu-'
facturers. This refers largely to v’hat|
is known as the stemming of tobacco!
which provide."? seasonal employment
for a great number of people who
otherwise would have no oppoi tunity
to earn a livelihood. Already our
WPA Administrator has called upon,
the National Administration for
more assistance on this account. i
“As you know, the production of
tobacco is the principal occupation
of North Carolina farmers and the
drop in price and the closing of th.?
Warehouses affects^ I should say,j
about two hundred and fifty thous-j
and families. The situation presents
the prospect of a real calamity. |
‘It has occurred to me that we
should at once ascertain the specific
cause of the withdrawal of the Brit
ish buyers and should find out wheth
er the withdrawal is likely to last
many weeks or longer. The with-
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LEGION POST HERE
TO SPONSOR FIRST
! AID EDUCATION
'l'«enfy-Hour Course Arranjjed
by American Red Cross
Open to Public
New Library Invites New Members
FIVE CENTS
CLASSES START SEl’T. 28
JOHN .-VI. lIOW.MiTH
Mr. Howarth, engineer with the
Carolina Power and Light Company,
was last week elected president of
the SandhilK C.iwanis Club for the
year 10-10. He^ with J. Talbot John
son and Harry H. Pethick, will serve
as delegates from the Sandhills club
to the Carolinas district convention of
Kiwanis International which meets
in Raleigh next Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday.
ROTARY A.VITAL I
GOOD WILL FORCE
AMONG NATIONS
The Sandhill Post_ Ameiican le
gion will sponsor a First Aid cour.<ie
j":iven by the American Rei Cross, it
wa.s announced thi.<? week. Cla.sue.s
will begin at 7:.‘30 p. m. on Thursday.
September 28. for two or four hours'
per week until the standind couv.se I
of twenty houi's is completed. The
Standard First Aid Textbook will be
u.sed and the school is open to the
public. The only expense connected
with this will be that each student
will be required to secvu’e a text
book
The Moore County, chapter. Red'
Cross First Aid committee comprised :
Lloyd L. Woolley, Southern Pines,
chairman: Patrolman W .B. Kelly
Southern Pines; Gloma A. Charles,
Aberdeen; J. F’. Sinclair, West End.
and W. J. McLeod, Carthage. Any one
interested in taking the above course
is a?ked to contact a member of
the committee. It is the plan of the
committee to be able to establish
some Highway First Air stations in
the county some time in the future.
The first clas.s will be held at the
Legion Hut in Southern Pines under
the direction of Thomas S. Shinn,
Safety Engineer of the Carolina Pow
er & Light Company.
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MILK DELIVERIES
Marvin A. Ray Forms Retailing
Oryani/ation F'or Products
of Three Dairies
COOI‘ERAT!VE SAVING
Three of Southern Pines' largest
dairies closed negotiations thi.s week
with Marvin A. Ray of Southern
Pines for the retail distribution of
their milk, cream and other dairy
products beginning October 1st. Un-
dor the agreement. Mr. Ray, through
the Sandhill Cooperative Dairy which
he has organized, will become the
tolc retaij agent for the products of
Snipe’s Niagara Dairy, Richard
' Sugg's Osco Farms, and the Royalton
i Pines Daii y^ owned and operated by
I W. \V. Olive.
: The plan has been successfully op-
Thrown Out of (Jermany, Italy,
Recause of Its Power, Says
District Governor
URGES PEACE MOVEMENT
Over 4,000 Enroll in
County’s WhHe Schools
First W^eek Figures Released by
Superintendent Show
Good Start
First week enrollment figures for
the fall term in Moore county white
schools have been released by the
county superintendent and these in
dicate that the various schools in the
county have had a very successful
beginning. They are as follows;
Aberdeen—high, 167^ elementary
310; "Veiss-Lakeview, high 93, elemen
tary 325, Hemp, high 217, elemen
tary 588; Cameron, high 111, elemen
tary 349; West End, high 170, ele
mentary, 260; Carthage, high 171;
elementary 441; Farm Life, high, 65,
elementary 165; High Falls high, 100,
elemtary 236; Eagle Springs, elemen
tary, 128; Needham's Grove, elemen
tary 29; Dover, elementary, 29;
Moody, elementary, 101; Acorn
Ridge, elementary, 70; Melton, ele
mentary 78. Total, high 1,084, ele
mentary, 3,107.
Pinehurst and Southern Pines fig
ures are not included as these are
special nine-month fcvhools.
A. V. Gibson District Governor of
the 188th Rotai-y International Dis
trict, was present at Finday’.>? Rotary
luncheon, and made one of the best
talks Veai’d by Rotarians hei’e in a
long time. Governor Gibson said that
in a world torn by war, wearied
through internal strife of its peoples
and economic stresses incapable of
self adjustment, that America was
the one hope of the civilizcd people.
Rotary International occupies an
unique place he stated. Because it
is truly international in scope with
over ,")000 clubs in the Americas, Can
ada and 70 foreign countries. Rotary
can’ be, and is a force r-epresenting
unselfishness, a will for service to
prevent suffering, to allay misunder
standings, and to promote interna
tional peace and good will among
all. It is significant to note among
other things the dismemberment of
Rotary clubs in Germany and Italy,
Mr. Gibson said. And why? Hitler
gave tlhe answer, so did Mussolini—
that Rotary was subversive to the
better interests of the State—that
as a world-wide movement fraterniz
ing and closely related to the forms
of government of the democracies,
that it could not be permitted to
exist in their countries.
In concluding, he urged that a
peace movement engendered in the
hundreds of Rotary clubs in this coun
try could ^read rapidly throughout
the worid, and mi^ht even yet pre
vent the spread of the war that if not
stopped might well end in blotting
out civilization.
Fellowship Forum To
Present Play Sunday
“Joash” Will F'eature Vesper
Service in Assembly
Room of Church ‘
At a spcial vesper .sei-vice, to be
held Sunday evening at 7:30 by the
Fellowship Forum in the as.sembly
I’oom of the Church of Wide Fellow
ship, a play will be pr?.«entod:
‘■Joash." by Lillian George. The cast
is as follows:
Jehoiada. High Priest-Milford
Grantham; Zechariah_ his son, also a
Priest—Dwight Hoskin.s; Attendant
(>n the King—Will Wiggs?, Jr.; Joash,
King of Judah—Lloyd Woolley; A
Widow—Lois Hall; First Child—
Buddy Viall; Second Child—Ruth
Guin; Reader of the Prologue—
Blanche Sherman; Director^—Algene
Hoskins.
The time of the play is 810 B. C..
and the scene is in the Holy Place
in Solomon's Temple. Since it was
the first concern of Joash, upon his
ascension to the throne, to set the
Temple in order and restore its beau
ty, it is peculiarly fitting that the
collection from this sei-vice should be
the For-um’s gift to the redecoration
of the Sunday School room. Algene
Hoskins is the leader for this meet
ing. The public is cordially invited.
Southern I-ines ha.s a popul.TUon of approximately 3,000 .souls.
It has one of Lire finest 'ibr-ury buildings and libraries in the .= tate.
The Library As.'Ociafion has a total member.shi pof 2-15.
Because this seems out of line, the association is launching a cam
paign next Monday to enroll more niemlxrs, which should not be difficult lo ated in many cities. It calls for the
in view o*’ the new and attractive home, with its cheery reading r-oom, its delivery in cans of milk and cream
comfortable furniture its homey fireplace?, its wide offering of books^fiom the three cooperating dairies to
and magazines. It would seem as i*" twice as many r’esidents of the com- the Royalton Pines Dairy, where it
munity would deair-e to avail themselves of the facilities of sitch an in- will be bottled by Mr. Ray for deliv-
stitution. er'v to customers throughout the im-
Tiie tru?tees of the library have formed themselves into a commit. ^ f^fdiate vicinity of Souther’n Pines,
tee to invite one and all to “join up.” They will meet Monday morning at plans to operate the pas-
the library and start the campaign, with Miss Birdilia Bair- as chairman t^i'rizing plant at the Royalton Pines
of the committee. Dairy for those desiring pasteurized
The library offers four classifications of membership. Patron member--
ships are $2ii.00 a year-, Contributing .$10.00, Sustaining $5.00 and Annual “At pr-esent,’’ Mr. flay .said yes.
memberships, $1.00. These member-ship fees provide the sole support of terday, “all three dairies are operat-
the institution, which means the purchase of books and the upkeep of the >ng delivei-y trucks and covenng
building. much of the same ground each day.
Incidentally, have you paid a visit to the new building? If not, you : Ei^ch dairy has its collections to
should for it must be seen to be appreciated. There is notliing like it in ■ make. This cooperative arrangement
the part of North Carolina. And its advantages s-hould be the pride and ''■ill permit the dairymen to devote
pleasure of all citizens of Southern Pines. ! their entire time to their herds and
- ~- ' dairy barns, will eliminate the du-
4 1., • IT" 1 1 1 plicating of routes, will put collec-
Allimni, Hlffh School hand instead of thr-ee.
Plan Pinehurst Dane ^ and should effect a considerable sav-
^ ing all aroimd. Up to now- local dairy.
Dosjwood in Bloom
Leading; T<> Prediction We Are
To Have No Winter
in Sandhills
Jame.s Schwartz of Souiher-n
Pines is of the opinion that we are
to have no Winter in the Sand
hills but will jump right from Fall
into Spring. To pr-ove his conten
tion he broirght into The Pilot of
fice yesterday a spring of dog\vood
in full bloom, with leaves shar-ply
tinted with r-ed. It'.«> usually early
April befor-e one finds a blossom
ing dogwood here. It was found
neat- Manley.
FIVE DIVORCES GRANTED
HERE; ONE NON-SUITED
On the opening day of Superior
Court this week, divorces were grant
ed in the following cases, all of which
were based on two years’ separa
tion: T. H. Carter versus Louise W.
Carter; Ruth Brafford Keller versus
Glen Keller: Dallas J. Green versus
Evelyn Kennedy Green; Carl Parrish
versus Emma Mae Parrish; Marie
Stone versus R. L. Stone. Mrs.
Stone was awarded custody of their
child. R. L. Stone, Jr.
In the case of Ruth Hunsucker
Sheffield versus John Lacy Sheffield,
a judgment of non-suit was render
ed, it appearing that the defendant
accepted service of th* summons and
compla’rt, and that such service is
contrary to law In a divorce action.
.\BEHDEENIANS PETITION
CONGRESS ON NEUTR.XLITY
M. H. Folley of Aberdeen spent
the past week procuring signatures
to a petition to North Carolina Sen
ators and -Repreiientatives in Congress
for a revision of the Neutrality Act
along lines suggested and recom
mended by President JRoosevedt.
Many names were affixed to the doc
uments which went to Washington
for the opening of Congress. Many
letters and telegrams from all sections
of the county have also been sent to
Washington during the past week,
both for and against the President’s
plan.
Two Sales, One Lease
Announced by Stevens
Clifton Johnson and Charles
Rlock Purchase Property, G.
Evans eases Home
JUDGE A. A. F. SEA WELL TO
ADDRESS DISTKKT BAR
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Johnson have
purchased the home of the late Dan.
iel Hepburn, through the agency of
Eugene C. Stevens. This property is
located on West New York avenue
and consists of a two-story brick
dwelling and garage with a nice yard.
After making some changes and do
ing some decorating, Mr. and Mrs.
Johnson will move into the new
house about October 1st.
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Ev^ns of
Great Falls Montana, have leased
the Wilson ’ property on Orchard
Road for the season and will occupy
it at once. Mr. Evans now retired
from active business, was formerly
connected with the Anaconda Cop
per Company. This rental was also
made through Stevens Agency.
Charles Block has purchased the
'To He Held in (Jyninasium Next
Fridav; Proceeds F^or j these items to add pasteurizing to
Basket ball Suits their schedirles. This wil] become an
important part of the new scheme.”
The Pinehur-st Alumni Association Mr. Ray placed an order this week
in conjunction with the Pinehur-st ‘^Pl very truck, and will
High Schf)o! is sponsoring its firsst contacts with customers
J . next week so that all who desire
annual square and round dance in the' ,
pasteurized milk may be sure of re.
^ig 1 school gymnasium, F riday night, ■ ceiving this service promptly.
3(ntimbcr 29th, beginning at 9:00 Marvin Ray came here from Fay-
,1 clock. ; ptteville sevei’al years ago and has
For several year-s those two or- ^^^^n identified with the grocery bus-
ganizations have been planning some' Southern Pines, and for the
entertainment for the beginninE of ^^’’^^
, sham's Modern Market on East Broad
ter-m. ^Ihis vear moppv ■ i tt -i .. ■
ytdi moi.ey street He will terminate his connec-
is needed for the purchasing of uni- tion there tomorrow preparatory to
launching the Sandhill Cooperative
Dairy on its career on October 1st.
forms for both boys' and girls' bas
ketball teams.
Music for the square dance will be
furnished by one of the best square
dance bands in Moore county. For
round dancing, arrangements have
been made for the use of the latest
hit records transmitted by remote
control through a public address sys
tem. This will bring out the full tone
of the music which is consridered by
many as being superior to a regular
orchestra.
More “Silver Meteors,”
More Diesels for SAL
Fingerprints Identify
Robber of Postoffices
Bonnie Earl .lackson of Jones
boro Arrested for .Tobs in
Vass, Carthage, Cameron
Seaboard’s New Equipment To
Provide Daily N .Y. to Flor-
ida Streamliner
Seaboard Railway has announced
the purchase of two additional ‘Sil
ver Meteors”—streamhned, stainless-
steel, seven-car, reserved seat coach
trains, and nine 2,000 horsepower
diesel-electric locomotives. The new
streamliner-s will be placed in opera-
Herbert F. Sewell, Jr., of Car
thage, president of the 13th District
Bar Association, has announced that
Judge A. A. F.’ Seawell of the Su
preme Court has accepted the Bar's
invitation to speak at the District
meeting to be held at Crystal Lake
Hotel this Saturday, September 23.
beginning at 4:00 o’clock. All mem
bers of the Bar are expected.
Home Owners Loan Corporation | tion about December 1st, and provide
property at the corner of Broad dally “Silver Meteor’ service between
Street and Indiana avenue from the' New York and Miami, and every
same agency, which firm is the lo-! third day between New York and St
cal representative of that corpora- { Petersburg.
tion. Mr. Block bought this property
for investment purposes and will ren
ovate the buildings for rental.
DR. NEAL BITILDING
Dr. J. I. Neal of Southern Pines
has started construction of his new
home on the Midland Ro;id adjacent
to his veterimary hospital.
The diesel-electric locomotives will
power the new ‘‘Silver Meteors ” be
tween Washlngto*; p.nd lorida destl.
nations and the west coast “Orange
Blossom Special'’ between Washing
ton and St. Petersburg. The Pennsyl
vania Railroad electric locomotives
are used on these trains between New
York and Washington.
Information has been received in
the Sheriff's office in Carthage from
the Bureau of Investigation in Ral
eigh that fingerprints found In the
Carthage postoffice following the re-
cent robbery have been positively
Identified as those of Bonnie Earl
Jackson, of Jonesboro
This finding Is believed to have
solved the identity of the person who
entered several other places in Moore
county Including the postoffices at
Cameron and Vass, Fishers Service
Station and others.
Jackson was arrested by Sanford
officers a few nights ago in the Sea
board depot, which he is alleged to
have broken and entered. Earlier In
the night the Atlantic Coast Line
depot had also been entered.
Deputy Sheriff Herman Grimm
stated Tuesday that there was suf.
ficient evidence t oconvict Jackson
of entering Fisher's service station
nnd the Standard Oil place in Car*
thage. He said that if It was agi'ee-
able with Lee county officers, Jack
son would be turned over to Federal
authorities for trial. A postoffice ir-
spectator was in charge early L‘»l«
week making an Investigation.