ANNUAL SOUTHERN PINES RESORT NUMBER THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 19, NO. 51. SPAINCS •OUTMBRh PINK6LUM PILOT SOUTHERN PINES bids you a 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 * •!= 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*.

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