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NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
COTTON FARMERS
VOTE DEC. 9 ON
1940 MARKETING
Keferendiim To Determine
Whether Quotas Shall Be In
Effect Next Year
^thernj^es^ Abeij^ Carolina. Friday; December 1. 1939
First Photograph of New Brownson Church
POLLING PLACES LISTED
A mass meeting of cotton growers
■was held in Carthage courthouae
Tuesday afternoon and J. M. Hen
ley from the State Office at Raleigh
■was the principal speaker. Mr. Hen
ley explained the cotton marketing
referendum, which will he held Sat
urday, December 9th and outlined the
cotton situation aa it ig today.
The cotton referendum to he held
on December 9th is being conducted
so that it may be determined wheth
er or not cotton marketing quotas
will be in effect during the 1940-41
marketing year. All growers of cot
ton in 1939 are eligible to vote. No
•cotton farmer (whether an indivi
dual, partnership^ corporation, firm
or association) shall be entitled to
more than one vote in the referen
dum even though he may have been
engaged in 1939 in the production
of cotton on two or more farms or
in two or more communities, coun
ties or states.
- There shall be no voting by mail,
proxy, or agent, or in any manner
except the eligible voter personally
depositing his ballot marked by him
in the ballot box, but a duly author
ized officer of a corporation, firm,
association, or other legal entity, or
duly authorized member of a part
nership, may cast its vote.
In case several persons^ such as
"husband, wife, and children, partici
pated in the production of cotton in
1939 under the same rental or crop
ping agreement or Ica.se, onlj the
j)erson or persons who signed or en
tered into the rental or cropping
agreement or lease shall b<» eligible
to vote.
In the event two or more persons
engaged in producing cotton in 1939
not as members of a partnership but
as tenants in common or joint ten
ants or as owners of community
property, each such person is entit
led to vote.
THREE HELD FOR
PASSING BOGUS
$10 BILLS HERE
Charlie Olive. Durham, and Two
Negroes Caught After
“Working” Aberdeen
HEARING AT ROCKTNr”*'
FIVE CENTS
A Durham white man and two
negroes were given a hearing before
tr. S. Commiijsioner Carl McLean
in the federal ouilding at Rocking
ham Monday afternoon and weyre
bound over to Federal Court on
charges of possessing and passing
counterfeit $10 bills.
The white man, Charlie Olive is
being hold under $3,000 bond and:
the negroes, Andrew Williams andj
William King under $500 bond each.
Chief of Police R. H. Beck of
Aberdeen, where the bills were pass
ed, and the two negroe.s testified at
the hearing.
The negroes said they were ridden
from Durham to Aberdeen by Olive
and that he gave them four or five
bills each and told them to buy groc
eries and return with the change.
King was successful in passing
the bills but Williams was arrested
by Chief Beck on his first try at
passing the bogus money.
Williams is alleged to have made
a confession implicating Olive ard
Goerch Coming
The State Editor To Address
Alumni—Ladies Meeting
of Kiwanis
Carl Goerch, editor of The State
magazine, will be the principal
speaker at the annual Alumni
meeting and ladies' night of the
Sandhills Kiwiinis Club, to be held
at the Mid-Pines Club on Tuesday
evening, December 12th, it was an
nounced at yesterday’s Kiwanis
meeting In addition to Mr.
Goerch, former Governor J. C. B.
Ehringhaus has accepted an invi
tation to be present and say a
few words.
All alumni of Kiwanis and their
ladies are invited to this annual
get-together of present and for
mer members.
WEBSTER TELLS
I OF WINNING WAR
I ON TUBERCULOSIS
Tells Conference Here Too Many
Youths Are Being Sent
To Prison
VALUE OF SEAL SALE
Presbyterians Turn Another Milestone In Their Meteoric Career
in Southern Pines With Institution of New Heating Plant in I Arrests Negro
Ol_ _1 171
FIRST GYMKHANA
OF SEASON FRIDAY
INSOUTHERNPINES
Six Events on Opening Day Pro
gram at Show Ring at Coun
try Club
COMMITTEE IS ELECTED
May Street Edifice
Plans for the season’s gymkhana
horse show and hunter trial events
4. AK-f ! in Southern Pines were formulated
Williams was arrested in Aber-|_^
Another milestone was reached
this week in the progress of the
three-year old Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian Church of Southern
Pines, three years which have seen
- wcxc lurmuiaceci
ldecnSaturday'nig“htand'alter Secret! at a meting held Monday after-
* I. J Tintifiprt the office of City Clerk
Sei"vice Agents had been notified s-*- j tt. j iv, in-
entire building. The furnace was pur-! ® OoeraUve E N Rlten-! Howard F. Burns, and the committee
chased from and installed bv C, J ■; fn Durham and arrested j to an-ange for- the vsrtous
i our Durham ana j
Olive Sunday a ernoon. j Friday at the Horse
Alter the testimony had ’a^en^giv-; ... ■ - -
Wiggs, heating contractor of Fay
etteville at a cost of approximately
$2,000.
Few milestones are left to bring
I * cw iiiiicotuiics are leit 10 Dring
not only the organization of the | to completion the new home of the
church but the erection of a hand
some edifice on South May street.
A new heating plant has been in
stalled during the past week and
cally-controlled oil burning, hot air
I niodel, made by the Lenox F*umace
Polls will be opened at 8:00 a. m. Syracuse, N. Y., said
Saturday morning. December 9th manufactur-
Presbyterians. The pressing needs are
plastering the walls and overhead,
hardwood floors throughout, comple
tion of chancel, installation of pews,
. I and a concrete floor for the base-
will be ready for use this coming |
Sunday, the Rev. Ernest L. Barber. The church is in a healthy condi-
pastor, announced yesterday. The tion, as week-by-week reports show
plant is a modem, automatic, eljctri- a decided gain over last year and re-
pniiv-f'nnf-rr.nofi /^ii V..."‘-I veal that much Is being accomplished.
If the congregation can show as
en against him. Olive spoke to Com
missioner Mcljean and asked len
iency but apparently the judge placed
little belief in the white man’s claim
that the negroes were “telling plain
lies.”
Olive admitted that he had been
and will be closed at 5:00 o’clock
Saturday afternoon. The following
places in each township have been
dfHlgnategl for voters to cost their
ballots. All voters are requested to
vote in township in which they re
side.
Carthage towoishlp, Carthage
courthouse; Deep River. Mrs. W. J.
Harrington’s; Greenwood Towmship,
Cameron; McNeill Township, Eureka
School; Mineral Springs, West E3nd;
Sandhill Township, Pinebluff; Rit
ters Township, McConnell; Sheffields
Township, Moody school house.
Dr. Herr Broadcasts
Southern Pines Talk
Tells WBIG Radio Audience
Why We Are Growing
in Popularity
Referring to its as a "village which
is rapidly becoming one of Americas
well’ known winter resorts,” Dr.
George G. Herr told a radio aud
ience from Station WBIG at Greens
boro all about Southern Pines at 1 ;30
o’clock on ’Tuesday afternoon. He
proved himself an excellent broad
caster.
Dr. Herr gave 15 minutes of inter
esting facts about why Southern
Pines is growing in popularity, about
its climate,' its facilities for golf, rid
ing and other sports, about its
schools, its attractive building and
homes, and quoted Dr. Luther Little
of Charlotte who a few years ago
referred to the town as "the bouquet
city of North Carolina.”
ing firm in the country. The furnace
will have ample capacity to heat the
I dealing in pin-ball machines
much development in the next feW|
years as it has in the past three i
or four, it shall have every reason, TkT i
to be thankful | Govcmor Sees Need
Show grounds of the Country Club.
Frederick H. Burke was elected
chairman of the committee, with the
following aides; Mrs. Ralph K. Trix,
Miss Ellen Vale^ Miss Nancy John-1
son, W. O. Moss, the Rev. J. Fred
Stimsoh, Nelson C. Hyde, Howard
arrested before on a federal liquor Scheipers, Eugene
charge and that he had been out on j Stevens and Will J. Stratton.
probation on that count. ; following events were sched-
rm, u * .J J * * I^iday’s gymkhana: 1st,
The white defendant operates v, • ^
.... ^ ^ . 1 Class for beginners, the youngsters
slot machine busmess out of Durham. t • _ t •
, ..... ... , 2nd, Junior Jumping, for the young
dealine- m nin-ball machmps and , ..i. .
I to be judged for their riding ability;
[ people old enough to take mounts
I over small obstacles; 3rd, Bgg and
' Spoon race_ an event which alw’ays
Seal Sale Chairmen | E. S. Blodgett Heads
Named; Goal, $2,000 Pinehurst Chamber
County Tuberculosis Committee OfElelt~ed^ at Annual
Hopes f<y $119 More Than Meeting Held in Com-
Last Year munity Church -
On the eve of the start of the | Edwin S. Blodgett, manager of the
annual Christmas Seal Sale for funds president of
to continue the successful work be-, chamber of Commerce of Pine-
of Home Discloline I plenty of excitement for
” i both rider and spectator; 4th, Work-
_ I ing Huntters over the outside cour-
Mon V A ses; 5th, Knock Down and Out class
Man,v_ Youths Are Beins I ot water
Tells
Sent To Prison
Leonard Tufts of Pinehurst war
re-elected president of the Carolina
Virg^inia Ayrshire Breeders Club,
others named were C. G. Grinnell of
Central Experiment Station, first
vlr<» president; Miss Grace Robesor
•f Samarcand, second vice president,
«nd James Bell of Sanatorium, see
Jfrtnry.
ing accomplished in the fight against
tuberculosis, Mrs. T. A. Cheatham
of Pinehurst, county chairman, an
nounced yesterday the local chair
men in the various sections of the
county, had set a goal of $2,000 for
the 1939 drive whioii opens today.
The sale last year totaled $1,881.
The community chairmen are the
following:
Aberdeen, Mrs. W. A. Blue; Addor,
Mrs. Henry Addor; Cameron, Mrs.
J. E. Snow; Carthage, J. Hurwitz;
Eagle Springs, Miss Virginia Watson;
Eureka, Miss Mary Black; Hemp,
Mrs. E. A. West; High Falls, Miss
Lucy Reynolds; Jackson Springs,
Miss Lola Carter; Mt. Holly, Mrs.
G. P. Jones; Pinebluff, Mrs. Mary
Dana Jannaris; Pinehurst, Mrs. C.
M. Rudel; Roseland, Mrs. Kirk;
Samarcand, Miss Virginia Fulton;
'Silver Springs, Mrs. W, D. Shannon;
Manley, Mrs. G. Gordon; Southern
Pines, Mrs. George London; Spring,
field, Mrs. W. Thomas; Vass-Lake
hurst at the luncheon meeting held
Tuesday at the Community Church.
I. C. Sledge, treasurer of Pinehurst
Incorporated, was elected vice-pres
ident.
B. tJ. Richardson and W, A. L.
McKeithen were elected treasurer
and secretary respectively. while
Wesley Vlall, L. L. Biddle H, and W.
R. Dunlop, all past presidents, were
voted to the board of directors.
Robert Knowles, amateur golfer,
and H. M. Parshall, harness horse
racer, were guests of the Chamber.
ANNUAL. PRE-CHRISTMAS
SAM NEXT WEDNESDAY
An address on the theme, “Pub
lic Welfare—a Public Service,* by
North Carolina’s chief executive,
Governor Clyde R. Hoey, featured the
Central District Welfare Conference
held Monday in the Methodist Cliurch
in Carthage with the district presi
dent, Mrs. Lessie G. Brown, presid
ing. State and county officials, wel
fare workers and visitors to the num
ber of 310 registered and many oth
ers were present for the Governor’s |
address. Included in the number
were around 50 colored workers.
Deploring the fact that so many
young people are being sent to pris
on .. . there are 58 between the
ages of 15 and 17 in our State Pris
on at present, he said . . . Gov.
Hoey emphasized the importance of
home discipline in the early years
of a child’s life. Nearly always the
violations are by people who were
let run wild at home, the speaker
said, and he expressed his belief in
Race, in which the contestants mount
ed, are led zig-zag about the ring
carrying a cup of water in one hand,
the blue ribbon going to the one who
finishes the event with the most
water still in the cup.
Season parking spaces are to be
sold for the various gymkhanas and
other events to be held periodically
at the show ring, and there will also
be fifty cent parking spaces avail
able for others. There will be no gen
eral admission fee
It was reported by some of those
at [Monday’s meeting that more
children than usual are riding here
this season, and that they are look
ing forward to taking part in the
classes for which they are eligible
in the gymkhanas, so that with the
usual number of entries in hunter and
jumper events there should be good
entertainment for all who like to
see horses and riders in action.
The opening gymkhana on Friday
of this week will start promptly at
3:00 o’clock. Chairman Burke an.
nounced.
The annual Pre-Christmas Sale^ „ ——o «•
given by the Woman’s Society of the | the efficacy of applying the switch
Church of Wide Fellowship, will be j to children when other methods of
held on Wednesday, December 6, In j discipline fall. j COMJIUNITY DANCES ST.\RT
the church Assembly Room. The sale j -r},g Governor also advanced em-j AT CIVIC CLUB FRIDAY
begins at 10:00 o'clock and contin- Lioyment, not the kinds that would
ues throughout the day. with a tur- j prove injurious to health, as a deter
kev dinnpr nnrt oil tVio I
:ieia, Mrs. w. Thomas; Vass-Lake- , ^ i prove injurious to health, as a deter,
view. School Principal Nix; West nner and all the fixin’s—price -ent to crime in youth expressing
irinH Tifiao cents—at 12:30. i .
End, Miss Alberta Monroe
Edna Taylor of Taylortown has
been named county chairman for
he drive among the colored people,
ind the colored teachers of the
ounty will act as community chair-
nen.
The Board of County Commission-
75 cents—at 12:30.
There will be tables for aprons,
big and little; hnndkerchiefs, also
big and little; food, for big and lit
tle appetites; candy of every kind
you can imagine, and fancy work
of more kinds than you can possibly
imagine until you see them. The day
the opinion that people who do not
The Thanlflsgiving Assembly on
Friday night will open the winter
series of Community dances which
work before the age of 18 will not; will be held every Friday night as
vk^rk afterwards.
Gov. Hoey asked the aid of re
sponsible persons in the various
areas in finding employment for pa
roled prisoners who have paid their
uebt to society by serving time be
hind prison walls. Many of these
I will furnish an excellent opporttm-1 mna prison walls. Many of
will, as usual match dollar for ^ ity to cross a few items off your ] people desire to go straight, but
..liar the revenue from the an’iun ' !irii-*nas list, to meet your ol<i they find this a difficult problem vm*
salo of the little Chrtstinas Seals. fileuda, an'* to make new ones. | (Pttaam turn ta pcjre ftp«)
long as the people of the SandhilsI
show by their attendance that they
w'ant them. There has been a de
mand for dances open to all ages,
with good music and under reliable
sponsorship. A four-piece orchestra
of prn^??efon- I muertclgns will play
I “Progress but not victory,” is the
I way Frank W. Webster summarized
the fight against tuberculcsl& in a
talk before the Sandhills Kiv/anls
Club Wednesday noon at the home of
Mrs. J. R. Page in Aberdeen. This
was the club’s annual Thanksgiving
meeting, with proceeds going to the
Barium Springs Orphanage, and
the former Southern Pines Superin
tendent of Schools, now Managing
Director of the State Tuberculosis
Association, had been invited to make
the address.
His .talk was instructive to the 46
members and guests present, for he
told in a nutshell the facts of the
fight being waged here and else
where against the dread disease.
“Tuberculosis is a story of a bat
tlefield. a battlefield not where lives
are lost, but where lives are saved ’*
It is a war against one of the dead
liest enemies of mankind, a vicious
foe which today in the U. S. alone
killed 175 ...nericans. Yesterday, this
relentless enemy killed 175 persons
in this country; tomorrow 175 more
will fall. One hundred and seventy-
five a day mostly between the ages
of 15 and 45, in the midst of their
most productive years.
“Thirty-two years ago the first
Chri.-Jtmas 'Seal wns jfc'd, inen in
1907 every day 425 people died from
tuberculosis In the United States.
Now in 1939 there are still every day
175 victims to this age-old enemy:
425 then—175 today. Thats progress,
hut not victory. ’
ReaJ LifeHaving
“In 32 years real progress has
been made. Today there are 90,000
persons alive in the U. S. who last
year would have died from tubercu-
losis. if that year had been 1907. In
1907, 179 out of every 100,000 per-
.<?ons died of tuijercul(*is in the U.
S. while in 1938 this number was
cut down to 40 out of each 100-
OOO. ’
“Hence, tb ’ Christmas Seal cam
paign, started in 3907 by Mias Em-
iiy P. Bissel to save the Mves of a
few tuberculosis patients in a sma'l
hospital in Wilmington, Del., has been
the chief instrument during the suc
ceeding years in the saving of over
2,000,000 lives.
‘In North Carolina in 1928, 2,447
persons died from tuberculosis. La.'it
year the deaths from this disease in
this state were 1,853. Fhundred and
ninety-four lives have been saved in
this state were 1,853. Five hundred
ten years based on the death rate
of 1928, or a total number of 5,940
lives for the past ten years—the
population of Southern Pines.
“In Moore county in 1928, 21 per-
sons died from tuberculosis. Last
year the mortality from this dread
disease was 12. Nine lives have been
saved each year for the last ten
years based on the 1938 death rate
from tuberculosis. In 10 years’ time
this amounts to 90 human beings
saved from death by tuberculosis.
The Seal gale Dollar
“If ever a dollar is strstchcd a
long way, it is the dolar with which
you buy your Christmas seals. For
that dollar has brought to life a
battle-cry which in thtc early days
of the campaign was, ‘percent Tuber- j,
culosis,’ later became ‘Cure Tubercu- i
losis.’ Now as the big rush gathers
force and new objectives are won,
the rallying call to arms is ‘Tuber
culosis can be B^adicated.’
“The enemy retreats. The war goes
on,' We are all on the battle front ,
wlien we buy and uae Chrtrtaas
SeaLs—the ammunition that is pro
tecting our home from tuberculoate,
the ammunition for !}^ie war to save
human lives.
“KForth Carolina last ytmr sold *
per capita of CTe and cne-balf fMt^4 4
That is the total amount o£ taiils
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for dant’ng, a^d the CSvlo Club house; sold ir doBars and cent* divided by
in Southern has been chosen asj the popislatio-’ Each person In Worth
the ; the time, 9:00 to 1:00. | (Please tttfn to p«fe six)