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Mi)ORE tOl'NTY’S
LKADING
NKWS-WKEivI.Y
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
Soul horn Pines and Aberdeen. t;i ( aiolina. I ’riduy. ,lanuar>
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
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HENRY M LONDON,
STATE LIBRARIAN, |
PASSES IN RALEIGH
State Leader Dies
Knew As Much About North
Carolina As Any Man
of His Time
SON A RKSIDKNT HERE
Henry Miiupor London, fi North
Carolinian who knew about as
much about his state as any other
man of hia time an^ who served in
many and varied npacities. died last
Saturday at his home, 301 North
Rloiiiit street. Rrileijrh. He was the
father of Cieorge Klliott London of
Southern Pines, and leaves a host of
admiring friends in the Sandhills. He
vas GO years of aRe.
Known amons: his friends as ‘‘the
secretary of serretaries,” Mr. London
since 1919 had been State LcRisla-
tive Reference Librarian and had been
actively identified with the official
life of the state.
F’lincral services were held in Hal-
<iRh iSunday afternoon at the
Church of the Good Shepherd. The
Rt. Rev. E. A, Penii k, Bishop of the
Diocese of North Carolina, and the
Rev. Jameg McDowell Dick, lector
of the church, conducted services.
Later that aftrinoon brief services
were held in St. Bartholomew’.^ Epi.s.
copa) Church in Pittshoro with bur
ial in the church yam there, Mr.
London’s father and prandfnther are
buried there; The Pittsboro .service
was conducted by the Rev. f{.oyal
Shannonhoiise the rector, and the
Rev. Thad A. Cheatham of Pinehurat.
XatliP of I’Iffslinro
500 EXi'hClED TO TILTON. MNALLY
MMBERS QJIIETEl). TAKEN
JAN. 12 NORTH P,V POLICE
V'
' A ^
KIVK <
New Pm6J ^rhool Building
Assured Athern Pines
•Indite Siler, McKehvay - Cibson .Man \Vh<»se .Arrest Here Was
No. 3 For (Governor
(Juarlet, Dunes ('lub
Orchestra on Program
AT CAROLINA HOTEL
F(il!«)wed by Chief Canals'
Death, Rec(n>;nizes |’ri<>nd
WRIX'KKD HIS ( I:LL
lU’.NUV M. I.ONDON
RECOGNITION FOR
BOY SCOUTS OF
Accompanied by thnv officer.s i
fiom his home, KImei- H. Tilton of i
Ifolconib .V. Y,. a tourist who be-1
i'an\e (ieraiiKed ta.<?t week as he was
'iti his w.iy to Flr>rida, left the
j Five himdred persons from all
I parts of Moore county are expected
j to attend next Friday's annual ban-
(juet of the Chambers of Commerce
of Aberdeen, Carthage, Pin>'hurst and
Southern Pines, to be held in the i.„unty jai] last Friday to re-,
main dining room of the Carolina Ho. ,,j,. interrupted vacation
tel in Pinehursf. There has been a ti-jp
brisk demand for titket.s, and the Tilti)n’.s mother, si.ster and no.
biggest affair of its kind in th.' pi,pw arrived in ('nrthage Wednes-■
county’s history is anticipated. The ’
Southern Pines Senior and Junior , , ,
, ,, :mil leariing of his condition wired
Chambers t)f Conmieree are spon- ,
.soring this 1910 banquet. | Thur.sday
Former Superior Court Judge VVal-
tor D. Siler^ reputedly one of the One of the New York deputies
best after dinner speakers in the ^vas John liiley, an old friend whom
state, will make the addres.s of the
evening. Jerry Mack's Dunes Club
i Orchestra will play during dinner, an^i
' the McKelway-Gib.son quartet com-
MOORE COUNTY . prising the Hev. and Mrs. A. J. Me- sooi' as the l.-itter could
Tilton bail known for >ears. Along
with Sheriff McDonald Mr. Kiloy
vent ti) Tilton’s cell door Thur.sdav
County Commission and Educa-
cafion FJoard .\ppn»\e Project
For tirades and Auditorium
TO START LV .H’LY l‘»41
A new public school building for
Southern Pines has been approved
by the Moore County Board of Com
missioners and County Board of
Commissioners and County Board of
Kducation, accordinj' to announce
ment made yesterday by Dr. Cieorge
G. Herr, chairniar of the Southern
Pines School Board
A ten-room fiivproof building will
be erected, the work to start in
.luly, 1911, Dr. Herr stated, it will
be utilized by the primary and elem.
cntary grades, and will contain in
addition a new auditorium to scat
.«ix hundred. Construction will be
modern in every detail, fireproof
ihroughout, and with the last word
in heating, lighting and ventilation.
“It will be a building of which
.Southern Pines may be justly proud,”
formally entered the race for the;j,,,j(j Herr
.ta to highest of lice in an announce- -pf,,, jocal school board has been
AM.KN .1. MAWNKi.l.
Mr. .\la.\wfll, for many year.“ North
Carolina's Cornnii.ssit)ner of Revenue
ami in 1032 a candidate for Governor
District Taken In To Occonee-
chee Council With lleadquar-
(f*rs in It^ileiffh
‘■U’e are now' part of the Oca
Kelway of Pinehurst an(^ the Rev. he questioned enough to hear Kiley's
j and Mrs. \. Gibson of Sanford voice, he recognized it.
I will sing. A few words of greetinj;
1 from each of the Chambers of Com-
I
I merce will t-ome from the Rev. S
: A, Maxwell repre.senting Aberdeen
, W. D. Sabi.ston representing- Carth- teen afraid to e.it, Sln riff .McDonald
nient eaily this week. He is the third for a new building for
to annuonce, Lieut. Gov. W P. Hor- primary and elementary grades
ton of Pittsboro and Attorney J. M the past seven years. During that
Broughton of Raleigh having tos.sed t^ese grades have had make-
liiley was the first one who was their hats in the ring previously. quarters, the first and second
able to calm the unfortunate man.
HOSPITAL GROUP
neeche Council with headquarters in'age, the Hev. Dr. T. A. Cheatham of lelaticl. for fear of being doped. He 0]^ WORK
the city of Raleigh" Rev. Thomas A. f’inehurst and the Rev. J. Fred Stim- accepteii an orange from .\Ir. Riley \/l* lu Uil fl l/llfl
^ son of Southern Pinc's. Charles \V
Williams of the Moore County Boy
Mr. Irondon was boir. in Pitts- Scouts announced this week. “We
and immediately began eating it. Lo- f\f|pi\lP D A CT VI? A D
Picquet will be master of ceremonies, cal ofiii’eis had been unable to get l/l jlilny I 1 I I j/llt
boro April It, 1K79, son of Major have been anxiou.'ily awaiting this'j|,^.
Tickets are on sale by members of, him to give up i> small piece of iron
Henry Armand London and Betty news for some time. Now that it (img stores and newsstands at SI. 10
Jackson London. He received his A. ,,,,,
B. degree from the Univer.'^itv of
^ I- . , ‘ gratitude by attending the first an- — ■
North Carolina in 1890 and was • ^ i i ■> i i-
permanent president of that cla.'^s. meeting of oui (.ouncil sincc' OeS 1 Iltlfllv 1 llOiiO
He studied at George Wa.shingtor. our acceptance .-us a part of the (")cco. ^oi" ('hristllKlS Liffhtirijl^’
(Please turn to page two) i neec hoe Council." ;
I Moore c-c.iuity will play an impor- Mrs-Hayes’Shop Awarded First
Howarth Takes Office *■' store rrize, anci .Mrs (leorj-e 1$-
\u Kivi-iiiic '^’illianis .-.aid submitting the follow- (jraff First Residential I’rize
1 1 CSKlt. Ill program for the services to be
held at Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, The members of the Junior Cham-
Tuesday, January 9: bor of Coninierce are sincerely grate-
‘J.OO p. m., Registration: 2:30 p. fui to the merchants and citizens of
uganizations and at which he had taken from a plumbing
Club Members Hear Reports
From Corttmittee Leaders
on .Activities
fixture, but at Riley’s command, he
handed it over.
Siiperhuinaii Strength
Sheriff McDonald .said that he be
lieved Tilton was the strongest man
he had ever seen, .\fter he had wreck.
Ill the fir.st c’ell in which he was
■onfined. it required four or five Moore County llo.<.-pit:ii Auxiliary,
men to remove him to another cell.
Howi ver. he showed no i t sistance
when the lime came to start home.
Officor Kili'V handed him some
At its weekly meeting held in Ab_
erdeen Weclnesdaay. the Sandhills Ki-
wanis Club heard reports from chair,
meu of the various committees, cov_
‘ring the group's activities during
1939. Also at the meeting President
Vance Rowe who has served as
head of the local Kiwanians for the
past year, turned over the office to
lohn Howarth. recently elected pres. Ho(,ver Committee
‘‘■‘"“t. tion of Silver Beaver: C:00
In reliuqui.shing his office. Judge j..^_
m., C.eneral As.sembly and Welcome this eommunily whose coo^ioration
to Chapel Hill; 3:00 p. m.. Ciroup jmd supjiort made possible the suc-
Conferencc's Group 1, Scoutmasters ,.,.ss (-f the Jay-Cees' Christmas
:-nd Troop Committeemen; Group 2, ijfrhting program.
Ccmncil and Di.-^trict Officials: 1:30 I'lje organization wi.sV.e.'! especially j,, .Southern Pines Ih.il Chief
p. m., Itece.ss. i,, thank the donors numbering in alli^^j. j \ Car^is 'hoppe l dead
At ,"rOO p. m.. Rusine.ss meeting of iu>aiiv 100, whose financial aid '.as ('firislm.i.-' d.iv.
Council Groups 1 and 2 together: „,,|t,.rially responsible for the in-1
Reports of Committees: Executives ,.j.,>;jsed scope of thi.5 ye:irs’ project.
Rej.ort: Report of Nomin.iting Com- Christmas decorations in homes ' nailintM' 10 ^P^)llS<»l ^
mittee: Kloftion of Officers: Report ,j,jj (jusine.s.s hon.ses in Southern I'jJlstCl* Sun!"l'>t' St'TN ICC
Elec- pi„ps this year were all so well done
P- Ih.'it it took members of the Garden Kitr I‘'ii)irf Comnmnily
ce.’^s: ti:rjO p. m .
Tenth Anniver.
Club of Alierileen, who ac ted
Rowe expre.ssed his appredation to spon.sored by the Ki- j„,jg,,s j,, the Jay-Cc'e contc*st [of the
the member.M for their loyal support j^,,^ary Clubs of Chapel holiday displays, five trips to
during his term of office. Mr. How- jnve.=titure of Afoore County as
warth, in as.suming his new dute.s, of the Council; Highli-rhts
promised continuance of the work Picture, Song and Story;
(luring the last year and outlined cjjjvp,. no.-iver Pre.sentation; Installa-
his policies for 1910. officers; Anniversary .\d-
rtalph Ch.indler was elected as a p,,. Frank P. Graham.
director of the club, to fill the va. ’ _ ,
cancy caused by the resignation of <j. TIIOMl’SOV, .IK.
Eugene Stevens, who said he was UKSlfiNS NV.\ POSITION
unable to serve. I
town before the.v finally decided upon An Ka.stcr -Sunn.se service v. ill bo
held during Ivistor Week in South-
In the residential class. Mrs. Geo- i-rn l’uu;^ it was decided ye.sterday
rge B. Graff won the first prize of nt a meeting of the directius of the
.S.'j.OO while duplicate sc'cond prizes Chamber of Commerce. Th
grades in the old Baptist Church
! building on West Vermont .avenue,
others in the building erected four
ears ago on Ridge street for
courses in home eccmomic.'i and in-
iiistrial arts. This latter structure
will he available for its intended
puri)ose upon completion of the new
building, and the old Baptist Church
(^ount>' .Viixiliar>’ Complimented building, acquired by the School
|{y Hospital President Board by Purchase several years
on 1 Record .'igo, can be sold.
— The main school building on May
Impressive repoT'ts of vork :iccom. .•.‘ii-et. after 1011, will bo used exclu-
pli.shcd diiiiiig 193!' were ii .'d Wed. .'-ively for high school purposes.
ne.sday at the annual n.c ting of the change's and alterations will be made
lo provide a complete plant.
The fine educational rc'cord of the
.M 'tnbi'i's of the or«::uitz:ition wore . . , , , .
.Southern Pines .school during recent
hi>;hly ( (impl.mentcil by C.eoige II. has been establi.shed under the
-M.iurici', ;>! .'siili’nt o! the Hi'.spitaJ. f;..i;i(iicap of tompcrnry qiiarter.s. and
“U ttieir siili'ndi'l riToril. .M".;. Paul '!io annour.centent of the new build-
cli'thc-s ,iiul told him to pi ' ni . tiring ;i.'! pri'.sident of the j^g putting the grade i)iipil>-’ all un-
.\uxili;iry alter thrci’ terni;: nf :«'i'V- i-nof, leaving the high school
ice, V.<■!(unicil thi' new i^ia.rniar, j(.; ,,-^vn building, will be i-eceived
.Mis. .1. M( Ki'lw.iy. vith enthusiasm. The School Board,
I'ui'Mi).; Il'ie p.i.':t yc’ar, from dues, v.iiich comprises Dr. Heir. Mrs. ,1.
I'MitI'il'utiops. .ii'.d thi' proc'cds oi ^ MilUken. Krank Maples. X. L.
uiont.y-raisin^ acfivifii'S. the Auxii- Hcdf'ki'.is and John Hownrt’i, is to
iaiy ii’c.'iv'd I."lO.(10. It made a con.gratulated on the success of
I.lirin.uo cash donation to the hos. i(. (>ff(,rts. The County Cmimission
j'it;\l, whirli w:'s uscil chiefly for| p|,^| ;^(.hool Board are due the thank.'^
fiirnishing the new .Viir.--s’ Home. f,f South'-rn Pines for authorizing
Tl\.' Kquioment C.inimitt' c, headed; )],p fund.s nece.ssary for the much
by Mrs Preston T. Kelsey, sjient' project,
reiu'lv .s.'i.OOO OO in mlding to and im-
provin- the equipm.'nt nf Uu' H.v- QuotaS I'or
jiit.il propi'i-. .\ vry siici essful to- t t •
rntor was in.stalled. tho oift of a wStatC I )U0 ,Ian!»aTV 1.)
.Ml ir.ber. Al. ei'.mu’l waro through.;
or.t thi- liiii’.p.irr '.as repi.ued with Flue-Cured .\i!olen(s tor '^'ear
stainless steel. : Are Expected to Yield IKi,-
Mrs. 11. P. Hotchki.ss, chairman' Stil.OOO Pounds
.seivii'C "f the Supi.ly Committee, reported
which he did .'ilid he folliiWed the
cfficers ijiui'tly. Thoy planned to
take him dir.', tly to ;i ho.spital, Sher.
iff Mi Do-iidii .said.
It was I'ollowi i^ the .am .st of 1 i'-
I’lanned al Meetinu of
Southern Tines (Jroup
were awarded to Mrs. George Moore will be for thr
Mnen : Flue-cureii tobacco allotments un.
entire community, ^'n expenditure of $1,200.00 for Mr
. . bhnk.ts towels and similar irator-ider the Agricultural Conservation
and Mrs. James Spring. Honorable and the program is in the capabh^ ^ ^ ^ of -rogram will he in the hands of in-
mention in this class went to Mrs, K. haml.s of Charles W. • The meeting ex-' dividual growers by Jamiary 15, it
A. Tracy, L. D. McDonald. Mrs. Km- , will .select his own committee of appreciation of the was announced yesterday by E. Y.
mett French and Louis Scheipers. i sistant.';. i' , , . ^ v,,- \ a pvomtivo officer of
a„nou„c..a Ih.i th. «».ker: j,. «tni»
■d nmd.s* for^.stration. in repairing and making! will give growers ample time to make
r ,11= inn linen This work wa.s done with-; their farm plans for the coming pro-
Home wa.s awarded second prize of, planting during the year, and lis-|up
(Please turn to Page Four! | cussod other pnyect.^ for 19(0.
at next week’s meeting will be Allen Pine.s re.signod as Assistant State | ^^.OO for its Madonna ’ Scmthern Pines Country Club, the di-.pii'ls of the National Ymith
window display. Clark’s I''uneral ‘ rectors also appropriate
No Epidemic
J. Maxwell, a yearly Pinehurst visi-, j^j„,inistrator of the National 'Youth
tor, who has thrown his hat into'y\j],^j„i^t.ration to accept a position
the ring for the North Carolina gub-|(jc| field representative of the Southern
crnatorial nomination. | Summer School for Workers with
The club’s budget was read by the; headquarters at High Point. Thomp-
executive secretary at yesterday’s son formerly was n.ssistant city edl-
business meeting and was formally j tor of the Raleigh News and Observ-
accepted. | er.
Chairmen of committees who pre-1
.scnted their year's reports were; Ag
riculture, Peter Pender; Sandhilleers;
Charles W. Picquet; .Vocational gui.
ance, John Howarth; Publicity, How.
ard Bums; Public affairs and pro
gram, R. L. Chandler; Underprivi
leged children, the Rev T; A. Cheat
ham; Church attendance, Eugene
Stevens; Educational, the Rev. J. |
Fred Stimson (read by Judge Rowe); |
inter.chih relations, J. Talbot John-|
son; Membership and Classification,
Dr. E. M. Mi diin. )
I'ick Tai’ton, giving the treasur-^
e-'s -. foit. said Uie club was in ex-,
celler;. financial condition. |
Little Influenza in Moore
County, Physicians Inform
School Board
Rpports from the doctors of the
County Board of Kducation this
Department in a stattiment to the
f'Miiily Boadr of Education this
we. k indicates that there is very
htt!'? influen7a in Moore county
yt tnis time. Schools will not
close ‘■'^r the timo being.
out cost to thP Auxiliary or the hos.iduction year, and to prepare plant
pital.
: beds to a’.'>et their requirements.
Award Of Automobile To Close
Aberdeen Community House Drive ^
The Social Service Committee as-1 The State's flue-cured allotment
sistcd 10 discharged pauent.s by gifts will be .509,534 acres, expected to
Cr/crt/K? fitm to pope three) yield 446,861,000 pounds on the basis
of 877 pounds per acre, Floyd said.
AL MEETINTi S. I*. LlBHARVj The national acreage allotment is
The culmination of an intensive
drive for funds to complete the new
Aberdeen Community Hou.se building
will be the awarding of a brand
new 1940 automobile at a public
gathering in the Aberdeen Theatre on
Saturday afteraoon, January 13th.
following the regular matinee. The
money Is being raised through the
.sale of tickets at one dollar and at
the conclusion of the meeting in
choice.
Tickets are on sale throughout the
county—in Southern Pines at the
Franjean shop and the Welch Gift
Shop.
The New Aberdeen Community
House was designed by Aymar Em
bury II of New York and is under
constniction by tlie National Youth
Administration. The campaign is be
ing waged in a most worthy cause.
the theatre, someone will drive off'The building will answer a long felt
in a F(,rd or Chi Violet fresh from neorl, not only for Aberdeen but for
the stork o'" the Moore Motor Com-'the commi.nity as i \'hole. A gener.
pany or MM ^’oI•th Motors, Inc. The ous rc'sponsc by ci‘iz*ns throughout
fortunate one will have hi." -or her the section is anticipated.
ASS’N. WI1.L BE HEI.n MONDAY
749,660 acres, expected to yield 663,.
558.000 pounds.
The Annual meeting of the South,
ern Pines Library A.s.sociation will .XNNITAI. MEETING MEN'S
be held at the Library on Monday,, C'H'B KL.KCTION OF OFFICERS
■Tanuarv' 8th at 5:00 o’clock in the af-j
temoon. Reports of the trustees will: The annual meeting of the Men’s
ho made and elections h«>ld. Four [ Hub of Southern Pines wns held in
trustees to serve for three terms. I the club house at four o’c’ock New
.^nd all the officer* are to he elect- Year's f^'V. All the officers and
pj I trustees v.e'.e i‘'elected. Dr. George
All members of the Library are, G. Herr. },n.!*ident, Walter T. Ives,
’iv virtue of their mrmbership. en- vice pre.sidcMit, E. J. Woodward, s«c-
Mtled to 9. -'ote in the meeting; and retpry-tr isi rer and C. W. Keslam,
<t 1s ho-e- t' nt there will be a S. B. Richardson and E. W. Barton,
full atteniiar. . ; trustees.