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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
MOORE TEACHERS
RISE RAPIDLY IN
SCHOLASTIC RANK
Climb From 76(h to 15th Place
Among 100 Counties in Stale
In Last Ten Years
ALEXANDER CO. LEADS
Southern Pines and Aberdeen. Nor)li Caroiinu. Friday. January 2(i, 1940.
Wed to County Solicitor
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That the average scholastic train.
Ing of North Carolina teachers Is
advancing: very rapidly is shown by
the January issue of State School
Facts, a sheet published monthly by
the State Department of Public In.
struction, and that Moore county
teachers and principals, including
both white and Negro, are not be.
Ing left behind is Indicated by fig.
ures which show that Moore county.
In the short period of ten years, has
jumped from 76th place in the list of
100 counties to 15th place.
Basing the standings on a rat
ing of 800 points as a perfect score, |
Moore cotmty teachers have risen i
from an index of 530.9 in 1928-29 toi
779.S in 19,38.39. This is only 17.,’>|
points below Alexander county, j
which hold.s po.'iition No. 1 among|
the counties of the State, with a high
of 797.3, or 2.7 below a perfect score, j
For the ten.year period the change.
In rank as to training of teachers for
Moore and some of the neighboring,
counties is given as follows the first, Jatict Davldgc Wiggitis Is
I LITTLE HOPE FOR
PERMANENT PEACE
SAYS PHILOSOPHER
; Dr. Cushman, in Scholarly Talk
To Kinwanians. l)i.scu.s.ses
World Condition.^ '
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
Dr, Herbert E, Cushman, Ph.
i
, of West Newton, Mass. ,a winter res.'
' 1
ident of Pinehurst, was guest speak-
, er at Wednesday’s meeting of the
' Sandhills Kiwanis Club which was
' held at the Holly Inn in Pim'liiirst'
j with John W. Howarth, preGident of;
j Ihe club^ presiding.
Dr. Cushman who has lectured in i
j'lVE CENT8
In Kace A grain
B. DKVNK
MACKS’ STORE TO
OCCUPY NEW HOME
HERE TOMORROW
(Jreatly Enlarged 5, 10 and 25e
Store Will Be One of Finest
in Chain of Twenty
MRS. HOLT, MANAGER
Macks’ 5, 10 and 2.^c Stores will
open their new store SalurUdy of
I this week in the modem building
! recently constructed on West Broad
! Street between the Arcade Building
! and the Hayes property.
I Construction of th*> building has
' just been completed by Frank Welch,
who also owns the adjoining At cade
Building which is occupied by Tots'
philosophy at Tufts College. Dart-; C. B. DEANE AGAIN I Toggery and Franjeans.
The lot was acquired from Bcr.
group of figures indicating the rank
ten years ago; the .second, the pres
ent standing, and the third^ the num.j
ber of points of improveiments:
Moore 76; 15; 61; Montgomery 28;
17; 11; 'Richmond: 52; 39; 13; Lee:
63; 43; 20; Harnett 25; 44; -19; Ran-
dolpn: 72; 46; 26; Hoke; 95; 64; 31;
Chntham: 90; 79; 11; Scotland: 92;
93; .1.
factors which indicr'te that pernm.;
neiit world peace i.s rot likely to be
i I t'll lizert.
Tn disrussiiig tlu' wars among tho'
^iirope.'Kis, Dr. Cushm.Tn raid that,
these struggles were largely (hie to,
the differ 'nro m the Uingungo.<i spok-;
rn by the 20 nations. He .st.itcd that
they fiviarreled bec.nise they did not
understand one another, and that
Uiniver.sal peace in Furope would be|
I postponed until one language is used
_ “People who live in pence must
Wed to W. A, Leland McKeithen >.nder.standingly .and hear un-
mouth and Harvard, gave a schol.; , — —oti,
ni'ly talk on "World War ami uorld Leavitt and was the location
Peace Conditions,” discuss.sinf, various , i Ijllij ll/lLEi T Ull ; of a wooden landmark which houstd
the telephone exchange until 1929.
The building is modern in
struction and was built to the sp-,
( ifications of Macks’. It is one
Huririn and N'ewlon Arc Known|
Contenders: Lan" and Sleele
Are Mcndoned
SEAT IN CONGRESS
-MKS. \V. A. LELAM) .MiKEITHEN
Flames Totally Destroy
MeCraney Home In Vass
Members of I»rominent Families,
United in Lovely Ceremony
Last Saturday |
Miss Janet Wiggins, daughter of!
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wiggins, ofi
Middletown, N. Y. and Warren All-}
ston LeLand McKeithen, son of Mr.!
and Mrs. Edwin T. McKeithen of!
Aberdeen, were jm^rried Saturday,'
January 20, at 4:00 p. m., in Grace'
o , ,x. J I • ■ ’^P*-‘’c<’Pal church in Middletown with ^
‘he Rector, the Rev. Harold L. An.
\\ all of Sick Child s K(K>m; ; dregg officiating.
No Insurance j ti,c bride who was escorted to
The home of Mr, and Mrs. W. D.'
McCraney of Vass, one of the largest. * gown with bodice of old
residences, in town was totally de-iP"!"^ ^
. , r, , i Skirt ending in a long train. Her
stroyed by fire early Sunday morn. ^
4 .,u .1, * ti full-length tulle veil was held in place
mg together with the greater portion ... «
- . u* rr.1- ' I ^ narrow' band of orange blossoms '
of the furnishing.s. There was no in. „. . , , * ,
I She carried white orchids and liUies
surance.
of the valley. i
Mrs, Duncan McGill, a daughter of, , m i j ,r „ ,
, , , r nn' Mr.s, Richard H. Voorhis sister of
the AlcCraneys, got up before 5:00 .
I tne bl'iup. who Wns mntrnn i
o’clock to minister to her .«mn)i -son,,' .. , ’ ‘ , fn.”ron-ot-nonor, •
1. .1, in 1 u four bridal attendants wore
■who WHS ill with influenza, and sho. , « n
i , ■ , r I "niiP- Mrs. Voorhis at whose mar-
noticed that smoke wa-j issuing from •„ r>, u
„ r .u • 1. J /•■... Pinehurst last April Mr.
the wall of the room in which fire ... * ,
^ 1 McKeithen was an usher, waa attired I —
had been kept throughout the night lui _ _
.. r arcordion pleated, long.sleeved ^ Z~ —
on account of the child .s ill.ness. The Sni*iiirr CU rn
... . ; frock of crepe. She wore t green, os.I •••K xlOrSe ISnOW TO
flames spread with unbelieable rap- , . . , i
* .u u f ‘ trich feather hat and carried white
iditv through the two-story frame ,
, . . u 4 .. cream African daisies. :
dwelling and m a sV-rt time the attendant., were ^ P . •
enure building was enveloped in ^ Middletown | v"!';?
-I I Mrs. James Hathaway. Los Angeles’i 0„rke
One bedroom suite the electric nr „ ™ ,, ...
, , ’ . , , ! - Rdwm T. arcKeithen. Jr.,
range, and a few other pieces of fur- . v- , , ^ ,
^ ^ I York, sister.in-l.iw of the
nitiire were removed, but the greater ■ .^ , „
bridegroom, and Mr.s. Ralph V. B.
portion 31 the first floor furnishings , -. , , I
* ... , , I Martin, of Newark, N. .T. Their gowns
and everything on the sccond story,
, "’ere of white crepe with bracelet
were burned.
Fiery Discussion
Churchmen Discover Church
Ablaze As They Discuss
Buying Insurance
Several members of the Vas.s
Baptist Church lingereil after
.Sunday.'' School last Sunday to
di.scu.ss matters pertaining to the
church, among them being the ad-
visibility of taking out some fire
insurance.
"I believe it’s on fire now," a
member of the group exclaimed.
An investigation proved that he
was not mistaken.
The pulpit furniture^ piano and
auditorium chair.s were hastily re
moved fr> m the building, but the
flames were extinguished before
they had spread far from the
wall adjacent to the furnace chim.
ney, where they originate !. The
damage was confined to the Sun.
day Scho(.l rooms.
derstandingly," Dr, Cushmen contin.
ued.
The speaker was introduced by Dr.
T. A. Cheatham of Pinehurst.
Mr. Howarth announced the ap
pointment of committees and chair
men for th? year lft40 They are.:
Achievement report, J. Vance
Row'e, chairman; agriculture, J. M.
Taylor, chairman: attendance and re.
reption, Leon Seymour, chairman;
hoj's and girl.s work, J. F. Taylor,
chairman; finance^ P. T. Kelsey,
chairman: inter-club relations Roy
Orinnell, chairman: Kiwanis cduca-
tion_ ,1. Vance Rowe, chairman: pub.
licity, H. F. Burns, chairman; mem.
her.'ship and classification, K. C. Ste-|he is very strongly considoring run.
vcns, chairman; music, Charles W
DEANE M.SKES STATEMENT
C, B. Deane of 'itockingham, one
of the contenders in the 193S race
for Congre.ss from the Eighth Dis
trict, which goes down in history as
one of the bitterest and most pro.
longed fights ever seen in the State,
has announced that he will again
?eek election.
Representative W. O. Burgin of
Lexington, Deane’.K opponent in the
history-making fight is expected
to make formal announcement of
his candidacy before the end of the
week, and Giles Y. Newton of Gib
son has already filed.
Tt is rumored that John Lang,
formerly of Carthage, who is North
Carolina director of the National
Youth Administration, will enter the
race and friends of Bob Steele of
.‘?tory construction and the size i.‘
approximately 32 by 100 feet.
The new store which Macka’ will
open in this building S.aturday inorri_
Ing will be one of the most nioderi-
and attractive in North Carolina, and
definitely an asset, both to Southern
Pines and the owners.
Macks’ 5, 10 and 25c Store5i is (■
Southern concern with headquarter?
in Sanford. There are 20 stares uT the
chain, located throughout North Ou-
clina, South Carolina and Virginia.
They have operated a store in Sou
thern Pines since 1927, and this new
Ifjrge, modern store stands as proof
of the important part which the
original Southern Pines store (the
fifth store to be opened by the
chain) has played in making the ex-
(Please turn to Page Four)
$15,000 Damage Suit
Filed in Superior Court
Picquct, chairman.
I’^ihlic affairs, D”. E. M, Medlin,
Please turn to jmge four
Re Held Feb- 22, 23
marips. Following the controversy
i!;iOO Suit Filed For ' and its di.sclosurc.>?^ the IMS) legis-
rtf PrtlliA voting in pri.
I/earn ol f rize ^ <>»"<^ marie.s and adopted other election re
form measures.
Refers fo 1938 Fight
'■ Dennc
way Express Aircncy, Inc.
Rockingham are of the opiiion that;^^" Ballard, ln.ilired in Auto
Collision. Charges Trio
ning. j Nefflifirence
The eighth district election dispute —
of two years ago hinged on alleged j Asking damages in the of
irrrgularitios in the. Democratic pri.l Sir'.OOO for injuries alleged to have
Is General Chairman
Plans are rapidly being whipped
into .shape for making the .spring
j horse show to be held at the horse
I „ , , ‘ n,ni‘‘*f'ow grounds at the Southern Pines
i length .sleeves and gold trim at the ^
Due to the shortage of houses inj Their hat.s were of red ostrich : C^'mtry Club one of the outstanding
'.Voro--^ P. Hawes. .Tr. Cliarires
Neulitrcnce on Part ol Hail- Deane, a resident r-f Rockingham,
made the.se referenee.s to the 1!)38
; fjjj, formal announcement
For the death of Sunnybank Laird
Ken.s]5ur, a very valuable'collie dog, j “jrir.«t. I want to expre.ss my deepj northward toKvard Lakeview was
George P. Hakes. ,Ir., dog breeder j appreciation again for the loyalty of struck by the car of Vick which was
of Southern Pines, i.t; .seeking to re. niy friends during the campaign two being driven at a reckless rate of
been sustained in an automobile ac
cident in December, R. M. Ballard
of Moore county has st.^rted suit in
Moore county Siipevior court p gainst
Mary E. Bolin of Clover, S. C,, Jes
se L. Satterfield and ?f. Vick, of
Union. S. C.
Ballard charges thal the automo.
bile in which he was riding with
Stacy Ritter on Highway 1 going
cover $100 from the Railway Kxpre.ss
\gency_ Tnc._ alleging negligence on
the part of the defendant in handling
the dog when he was being shipped
froHT Southern Pines to Atlanta last
.‘\pril for entry in dog .shows.
years ago ,Tnd to acknowledge with
speed by Mary E. Bolin, who, Ballard
was informed was being taught to
drive by Satterfield. The plaintiff al.
Vass, Mr. and Mrs. McGill and their
two children had been making their
home with the MclCraneys for the
past few months and they lost a
Plo4v.se turn fo page four
FOHMKU S.ANDIIILLS HOTEL
MAN.VGFJl DIF.S IN FLOUII>.V
J. Milton Robinson, 89, died ia
Lake Worth, Fla,, January 17th, fol
lowing an operation. For many years
Mr. Robinson was one of the most
popular hotel men of the Sandhills,
having managed hotels In Pinehurst
and Southern Pines, and the Chis
wick. at Littleton, N. H. As owner
and manager of the famous Piney
Woods Inn, of Southern Pines. It was
his ill fortune to see the hotel de
stroyed by fire as it was being pre
pared for the opening of the season
of 1910.11.
With C. H. McLaughlin he bnllt a
number of houses in Southern Pines,
1921.26, and then removed tij Lake
Worth. He is survived by his widow.
Eleanor, and 3 sons, Fletcher and
Carl of Boston. and Gardner
of North Reading', Mass.
feathers, their bouquets of red roses
and red African daisies.
The bridegroom had his twin bro-
ther, Edwin T. McKeithen, Jr., as
best man. Ushers were Michael A.
Hoev and Dr. Alexander Preston of
t
Middletown; Richard H. Voorhis of
New York; Jere McKeithen of Aber
deen. brother of the bridegroom; Neil
McKeithen of Lumberton, uncle of
the bridegroom, and E. Hoover Taft,
of Greenville.
The bride, whose father was a mem.
ber of the 1915 Constitutional Con
vention, is a mdmber of the Junio'
Please turn to page four
BENEFIT CONCERT FEB. 26TH
A comin^f musical event of out.
standing importance in Southern
Pines will be a recital sponsored by
the Southern Pines Library Associa
tion. by Earl Spicer, baritone, of New
York, on the evening of February
26th. Mr. Snicer. known as "Ameri
ca's foremost ballad singer," will pre.
sent a prosram of old English and | ders. The ring has recently been ea-
event.s of the kind in this section of
the mid,.south.
♦ Frederick H, Burke of New York
general chairman of the equestrian
committee, has announced Thursday
and Friday, Feb. 22 and 23, as the
dates for the show.
The committee is composed of Miss
Nancy Johnson, dajighter of Mrs.
George W. Johnson of New York, in
charge of programs and judges
cards; Mrs. Frederick H. Burke of
New York, in charge of trophies;
EugeiiC C. Stevens, in charge of
grounds; William J. Stratton of
Princeton and Nick Crotty of Bos
ton in charge of obtaining judges;
Mrs. Ralph K. Trix of Lake Placid,
assisted by Mrs. Almet Jenks, Mrs.
Lawrence B, Smith and Mrs. Reid
Healey, in charge of entertainment:
Nick Crotty, show manager and How.
ard F. Bums, secretary.treasurer.
The plan of the committee is to
make the show strictly a non.com-
^nerclal event open to amateur ri.
gratitude numerous assurances of
their continui'd support. To tho.se who
roulil not join us I hold nothing but j leges that he was hurled from the
the kindliest feelings and trust that j car and severely injured. Seawell and
as the campaign progresses and as j Seawell are attorneys for the plain.
Tit insure the safe t’-ansportation| we become bettor acqu.iinted they, ^ tiff.
of the dog a special fee was paid,: foo, will join in my nomination. j ,■
the plantiff alleges, but when thoj “The voters of the district. I feel,; STKl'TIIERS RrUT WILL
collie arriv’ed in Atlanta on the fol-j){now my position on public matters,
lowing cay. there was a gash in the^ f„rn fn Haht)
rrate, and the dog was in a frigh
SOl'THERN PINKS TE,\MS
LOvSE TWO ,\T HOFF.AIAX
tened, nervous and feverish condi
tion. The plaintiff alleges that the
defendant dropped the crate or al
lowed some heavy object to fall. The Southern Pines High School
against it, giving the dog a terrible j basketball teams had a tough time
SPE.'S.K AT CIVIC rU'B
shock which resulted in a high fever,
und death three days later.
of it down In Hoffman last Friday
night. They lost their games in a
very cold building. The .score of the
ClI.XKLF^i H. McL.XI’OHLlX DIES,girig’ game was something like a
,\T .VOE OF EIGHTY . THREE | baseball score, Hoffman winning 12
to 6, with Fowler accounting for 5
of the 6 points.
The boys lost their game by a
score of 20 to 7. It seemed that they
could not get going against the Hoff-
Charles H. McLaughlin. 83, died
in his home at Putnam Station. N,
Y., on .Tanuary 13th. Funeral .ser.
vices were conducted at the United
Presbyterian church of which he had i man boys
American ballads. Further
] will be announced later.
details
larged and new Jumps erected on
the outside courses.
been an elder for 52 years.
Mr. McLaughlin was a winter res.
ident of Southern Pines for many
vears until advancing age some three
years ago cau.sed his retirement.
From *921 until 1926, in partnership
with J. M.* Robinson, whose death it
also noted in this issue of The Pilot,
he wafi r.ctlve in building a number
of houses in Southern Pines.
He is survived by hi* widow.
Bonnie Barnum, star guard of the
local girls’ team, is out for a part
of the season with a bad ankle which
she hurt in the game with Cameron
last Tuesday night.
The local team will take on their
old rival, Pinehurst, tonight, Friday,
at 7:30 o’clock in the local school
auditorium. These games prove to
be the best of the season for both
Southern Pines and Pinehurst.
Struthers Burt will nc the speak
er at the Civic Club meeting at 3:00
o’clock Friday afternoon, February 2,
the president. Miss Florence Camp,
bell, has announced. Mr. Burt will
discu.ss his “Powder River” and the
River series. The public is invited.
Fifteen tables have already been
formed for the bridge tea at the
Hollyw'ood this afternoon. Friday,
but there is room for others.
CARL'TON H. PALMER OF NEW
YORK LEASES THE CORRAL
The firm of A. S. Newcomb Real,
ty announces the rental of The Cor.
lal, the property of Webster Knight
2nd, located off the Bcthesda Road
not far from The Paddock, to Carl
ton H. Palmer of New York. Mr.
Palmer, who leased this property a
few years ago, will arrive with his
f'^m.lly February 1 to remain the
rest of the season. He wll bring his
groom and several homes with him.
to participate in the Sandhills eques.
trtan activlHes.