ANNUAL
SOUTHERN PINES
RESORT NUMBER
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 19, NO. 51.
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CORDIAL WELCOME
HOEY SPEAKS ON
PUBUC WELFARE
HERE ON NOV. 27
Governor on Program of Central
District Conference in
Carthage
BUSY DAY SCHEDULE
With "Public Welfare—A. Public
Service" as the theme and with Gov
ernor Clyde R. Hoey as the princi-
pal speaker, the Central District Wel
fare Conference will be held in the
Methodist church in Carthage on
Monday, November 27th, with Moore
and Lee counties as joint hosts,
Mrs. Lessie Brown, of Carthage, is
president of the district and John
D. Pegram of Sanford is secretary.
The program, as outlined by Mrs.
Brown, is as follows: 9:30 a. m.. Reg
istration: Invocation, the Rev. W. S.
<3olden; Greetings, S. R. JJoyle,
Moore county attorney; Response, J.
C. Pittman of Sanford; Annual mes
sage from the State As.sociation of
County Superintendents of Public
Welfare, Miss Mary Robinson, State
president, of Wadesboro; Address,,
^‘The Job Itself,’’ Mrs. W.
commissioner of public
Open Forum—"Service Through the
County Boards,” George Lawrence,
Chapel Hill, presiding; County Com
missioners W. H. Currie and J. W.
Willcox, county welfare board mem-
"bers, superintendents and field rep
resentatives participating.
Panel Discussion — 'Service to
Youth," with John A. Lang presid
ing and with the following participat.
ing: Tom Grier, State ^Supervisor
CCC; W. C. Ezell, director of insti-
REV. S. A. MAXWELL
NAMED PASTOR OF
ABERDEEN CHURCH
Succeeds Rev. S. J. Starnes at
Page Memorial in Exchange
of Pulpits
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Carolina. FridavJ^^K.:
of the Sandhill Htory of North Carolina
ft. ^»-
Steel Executive and Giant Plane at the KnoIIwood Airport
FIVE CBNTi
tutions and corrections;
Warren, chairman crippled children
Mrs. Wilbur Currie, chairman ma
ternity work; H. Lee Thomas, Miss
Flora McDonald and E. H. Garri
son, Jr.
Open Forum—"Public Service ver.
sus Public Spending,’’ with Nathan
H. Yelton, director public assist
ance, presiding, and with the coun
ty commissioners, Auditors John C.
Muse and Miss Maida Jenkins, Leg-1
Islators M. G. Boyette and W. R. I
Clegg participating. I
<}ov. Hoey’s Address j
At 12:00 o’clock Gov. Hoey will (
Ministerial appointments announc.
ed this week following the Methodist
Conference which met in Fayetteville
a week ago revealed the fact that
the Page Memorial Methodist Church
in Aberdeen and the Vass Methodist
Church will be served during the
coming year by the Rev. S. A. Max
well, former pastor at Williamston,
and that the Rev. S. J. Starnes, who
has ser\’ed the local churches for the
past two years, will replace Mr. Max
well in in Williamston.
Mr. Maxwell comes hore with the
highest recommendations.; Until a
year or so ago he had been on the fac.
ulty of a college in Tennessee, devot
ing several years to teaching. Upon
hia return to the minist.i'y he was ap
pointed to the Williamston ch<»rge and
has greatly endeared hims»clf to the
T Host ! there. He is reported to be an
welfare; j preacher and a man of ad
mirable qualities.
Mr. Starnes has made a great
many friends during his pastorate in
Aberdeen and Vass, both in his own
and other churches, and leaves with
the well wishes of a large following.
Other appointments of interest
here, as announced this week^ are:
Superintendent of Fayetteville Dis
trict, the Rev. W. V. MCRae, for
mer Aberdeen pastor; Carthage Me
thodist Church, the Rev. W. G, Far
rar; Glondon, the P^ev. R. W, Bar-
►SCOTCH CELEBRATE
TWO CENTURIES IN
CAPEFEARVALLEY
Fayetteville To Be Scene of Ob
servance, With Parades
and Pageants
FORMER STATE CAPITAL
BY BESSIE CAIHERON SMITH
Tw’o centuries ago into the Capa
Fear Valley came the first migra
tion of the Highland Clans to Amer
ica, when Scotland become inhospi.
table to them after the Rising of
1715, and 30 years later these were
followed by more than 20,000 Scots,
making of the Valley a second Scot
land. ,
On the river they built a town
which the older folk of today in their
childhood knew as "Town,” a term
which to them was synonymous with
"Fayetteville.” To that place was
moved the capital of North Carolina
after the Revolution and there was
I held the first General Assembly un-
' der the Constitution. There was grav
en North Carolina's tardy ratifica
tion of the Federal Constitution;
there was ceded the State of Tennes
see to the United States; there was
(chartered the first State University
^ j in America.
Tom A. Girdler' Republic Steef Corporation Head. Former Southern Pines Winter Resident, Pays descendants of these
Visit to the Sandhills ®
iSSSXSSii
Charles’ . r^ev. n. w, tfar-i
hildrpn-I fSupply); Ht*mp, the Rev. J.
MISS CAMPBELL
REELECTED HEAD
OF CIVIC CLUB
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Tnprecedented Early Season Ac
tivity at Airport.—New Han
gar To Rise Soon
.r ^ ’ - I',
D. Robinson; Pinebiuff, the Rev. w. Officers and Directors Cliosen
A. Parsons; West E5id, ihe Rev. w.i at Annual Meeting Held
F. Keeler. j Last Friday
JITNIOR CHAMBER SKTS j Florance Campbell wag re-j
OUT CHRISTMAS TREES elected president of the Southern
! Pines Civic Club at the annual meet
The Christmas Lighting program
of the Junior Chamber of Commerce
is now under way, and this week saw
the new trees set out in the park
ways. The trees are being funiished
and pl'dinted by Stanley Dunn, opera
tor of the Southern Pines Nurseries.
The response by the merchants and
response oy me merchants and
address the conference. He will be townspeople to the request for funds
introduced by U. L. Spence.
Wilbur H. Currie, chairman of the
Moore county board of commission
ers, will preside at the luncheon,
which will be served by ladies of the
Carthage Methodist Church. Busi
ness will be attended to at the lun
cheon hour and music will be a fea
ture. Adjournment will follow.
J. E. Covinj^n Killed
When Struck By Car
Prominent Montro.se Merchant
Dies in Moore County Hospi
tal Following Accident
J. E. Covington, 70, merchant of
Montrose, Hoke county, was fatally
injured when struck by an automobile
Wednesday night on the Aberdeen-
Raeford highway.
The automobile, said to have been
owned by R. L. Rulnlck of Fayette
ville, was being driven, it was report
ed, by Lonnie Holmes, negro, Rul-
nick’s chauffeur. Rulnick is free on
bond, but Holmes is being held in the
Raeford jail.
Mr. Covington was rushed to the
Moore County Hospital but died soon
niter he arrived.
Rulnick said that Covington ap_
parently became confused and made
no effect to get out of the path of
the automobile.
Mr. Covington is survived by the
widow; a son. Wall Covington, who
has been an employee of the Aberdeen
Grocery Company here for many
has been prompt and moat gratify
ing to the sponsors. It is believed
that another week will be enough to
complete the project.
Ing held last Friday. Other officers
chosen were: 1st Vice-President,
Mrs. Alice Burt Hunt; 2nd Vice-Pres
ident, Mrs. William E. McCord; 3rd
Vice-President, Dr. Isabel Graves
Treasurer, Mrs. Norris Hodgkins
Recording Secretary, Mrs. D. D
Shields Cameron; Cor. Secretary,
Mrs. Paul Barnum; Junior Civic
Club, Miss Virginia Thomas.
Board of Directors Mrs. Carlton
t
Wicker, Mrs. Maude Grearson, Mrs.
fPlease turn to page eight)
From eaily seasonal activity at
KnoIIwood Airport, it is apparent
that the field which serves the Sand
hills jfi to be a popular and busy one
throughout the winter, and that the
immediate construction of a new han,
gar at a co.it of some $3,000 is jus
tifiable.
During the past week several large
planes have arrived here, one dash
ing down from New York to pick up
m • •
_ ^ thur Ramsey of Washington and Sou-|
Tom A. Girdler, head of Republic| Uiern Pines was received here
Steel Corporation and famed for his*
winning fight against the C. I. O.
two years ago. Arriving from Flor.
ida in a small plane accompanied by, „
, Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey first came
Mrs. Girdler. the steel executive tel- , „ .
1- J , X. !-• V.1 T 1 to Southern Pines from Washmgton
ephoned New York for his big Lock- , , . , ’
where they operated a well known
heed to meet him here and take him
™ ... . , finishing school for young ladies,
to Cleveland, Ohio, 'Republic head- . ^ .
J, • J 1. about 20 years ago, spending sever-
quarters. Mrs. Girdler remained here _ at- t.
i colorful observance that will bring
back into reality two centuries of
the Highlanders in America, Through
the entire week the celebration will
j continue, reaching Its climax with
1 the re-enactment of the historic rat-
, ification scene from the west balcony
' of the ancient Market House which
' stands on the site of the State’s first
„ 0-4 I J • U'apltal. Fifty thousand people are
Cable From Switzerland Brings ^ i
XT- £■ Cl jj n it ‘ expected to witness the splendid pa-
News of Sudden Death in : . k- u o
p ^ , geant over which Hon. Clyde R.
»ene\ a ^ Hoey, Governor of North Carolina,
The sad news of the sudden death governors
^ „ of the 13 original States and Ten-
in Geneva, Switzerland of Dr. At, '_
ARTHUR RAMSEY,
EX-PRESIDENT OF
S. P LIBRARY, DIES
nessee are expected to attend.
Sunday, November 19th at 3:30 p.
tbis I ni., the celebration will begin with
Ramsey passed away on j a service in the First Presbyterian
Church,
I week. Di
November 10th, from what cause
1 cable received here did not state.
Bids 80 Cents For Tobacco; Gets Fired
for seveial days. Mr. and Mrs. Gird
ler spent a winter in Southern Pines
T few yenrs ago, leasing the Wey
mouth residence of the late Dr. Ar
thur Ramsey.
Mrs. Frederick S. Belden and her
daughter, Mrs. Kathleen Belden
Rice, arrived from their home in
Hartford, Conn., in another big
Lockheed plane early this week and
have opened their winter home on
Highland Road.
Work on the new hangar to house
six planes is expected to get ’inder
way within the next week.
al winters until 1936, going to Swit-
zezland each summer. Dr. Ramsey
ROBrRTSON ArTHOR
The Government At Your Serv
ice,” -a handbook of federal help for
the citizen, by Archie Robertson,
former editor of The Outlook in
Pinehurst, was published tliis week
by the Houghton Mifflin Company,
Boston.
I < iimaiiiii I
S. E. Comstock of Rochester. N. Y., Guest at The Carolina, in Cen
ter; Warehouseman Clarence Smith on Left, Auctioneer “Gene”
Maynard on Right, in Aberdeen Warehouse.
Stephen E. Comstock of Roches- ^ forthwith invited him to one of the
ter, N. Y., chairman of the board of, Aberdeen warehouses for Monday’s
directors of the Snider Packing Com- j sale. Meanwhile, Mr. Johnson had ar-
. . ^ , .1 , . ® — I mcuuwmu!. Air. .lonns
years; a sister, Mrs. J. J. Beard of pany and president of Comstock | ranged the stage settir-
Robeson county; and two brothers,
W. T. Covington and Rennert and
Allen Covington of Mount Gilead.
J. T. Overton, proprietor of the
Sandhill Drug Company, Southern
Pines, was injured early yesterday
morning when his car turned over.
Mr. Overton was returning from a
hunting expedition and traveling
alony an Improvired road when the
car upaet.
Canneries, found himself In a new' Upon arrival at the warehouse, ac-
role last Monday morning, and many' companied by Mrs. Comstock and a
tobacco growers of these parts are number of friends^ Mr. Comstock was
i^till wondering what it was all ^ led to the head of the first row of
about. 1 piles of tobaccx>. "Timmv" Crawford,
Mr. Comstock, who is stopping at | buyer for the . J Reynolds Tobac-
First Issue Nov. 26
Sandhills Daily News Starts
Publication For Sea.son
Week From Sunday
The Carolina In Pinehurst, confided
to friends last week that hi* had nev-
•r witnessed a tobacco auction. J.
Talbnt Johnson, president of the
Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce,
CO Compan,’ c, Winaton-Salora,
promptly stepped o it of the group
of bidders repregcn'Ing otlier lead
ing tobacco manufacturing cotnpan-
(Pl«at« to page *ight)
The Saiulh'jlls riaily News,
“Old Reliable’’ in the daily field
here for the past 13 years, will
publish ll.s flrnt edition of the
season on Sunday n^orninR, No-
vemiier 26th. Ne«*»‘ssary iiicrhanl,
ral M|H.‘pnient has failed to arrive
In time for a first issue on Tues
day, the 21st, as originally plan-
ned and aniiounced.
The Sandhills iJally News will
cover the entire section complete
ly and Interestingly. Its staff uill
comprise prominent writers in
many flehls. Tn addition, the paper
will be served by T!ie Associated
Pros*.
one of the oldest churches
in America, conducted by a celebrat
ed Scottish clergyman.
Monday night at 8:30 and for five
nights at the same hour will be pre
sented a great Scotch historic drama
written by Paul Green, author of
“The Lost Colony.”
Tuesday at 11:00 a. m. a color-
was deeply interested in the proceed- j parade will be an outstanding
ings of the League of Nations in'feature. Thi.s will be followed by an
Geneva. open-air drama at the old Market
I T-^oiise
He was one of the original trustees
of the newly organized Southern Wednesday SootK’ Day
Pines Library in 1922, and served as! Wednesday at 10:00 a. m. the
president of the institution from 1924: Scotch Clans will gather
to 1926. He was active in civic, char-!Central School and form in sep-
itable and social affairs during hisi^''ate clans to march to the inter-
residence here, and leaves a host Old and Hay Streets,
friends in the Sandhils to mourn his'''*'®^® memorial marker to
pa.ssing. His widow, Mrs. Mabel Hart the Scotch will be unveiled.
Ramsey, survives. < *'‘8b schol will fea-
: tiire both afternoons.-
1^11' T * #1 A (At the Y. M, C. A. will be on dis-
! iVlrS. ililllS In JUreCl as ■ piay from Monday through Fri.day
I Bus and Truck Collide , the greatest collection of Scotch rel-
I I ics ever gathered together in Amer-
! Popular Southern Pines High ica.
1 School Teacher in Accident At the old Market House there
! Costing Two IJves ' ^ Scotch register where all
j , persons of Scotch blood can regis-
En route to her home in Darling- j ter their names and family history,
ton. S. C., from Southern Pines la.st, This register will be placed In the
Friday, Mr?. A. L. Kllis,, member of State Librai-y as a permanent reg-
the faculty of Southerff Pines High ister of the Scotch people of this
School for the past s.'veral years. i section.
was severely injured when the bus In this old Market House, H. F.
in which she was riding collided with. Seawell, Sr.^ of Carthage was In 1892
a laundry truck at Doversville, S. nominated for Solicitor and elected.
C. He was the last Republican solicitor
The driven of the truck and one'elected in this district, whirli at that
child a passenger in the bus, wei’e time extended all the way to South-
killed in the accident. ! Port on the coast. Mr. Seawell had
j Mrs. Ellis suffered injuries to her to cover the territory traveling by
iface and the loss of several teeth.; l''>rse and buggy, and sometime spent
i School authorities here state that j two or three days in going from one
she will not be back at her desk j courthouse to another.
until January 2d. In addition to herj— —
regular teaching assignments in the
high school Mrs. Ellis is the able
and efficient coach of dramatics,
and is one of the most popular mem
bers of the fac'iITy.
’The population ol <Jie SandAllIs
will drop perceptibly tomorrow, Sat
urday, for several hours. Reason:
Carolina V8. JDukt.
Over the Top!
' The Southern Pines Red Cross
Roll Call is about finished and
'final reports will ^oon be ready,
t<,.pplng last year. Miss Florence
Campbell, local chairman, re
port*.