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'l' f 111 i .V,-, :'-n ■■ ■■ FIUST IN NEWS, CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING VOL. 21—NO. 9 CARTMA06 'O eACi.fs 5PAINC8 y^' #LAK6\/iCW manlev JACKSOh SPC^IhOS *OUTMC»H PmES ASMuev HEiCHTS AecRoc.c.H P(M&&LUFP CUVXl\'S llading v.UKKLV 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 fv 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.