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NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Territorv of North Carolina
V^OL. 19, NO. 37.
Southern Pines and Aberdeen.North Carolina. Friday, August 9, 1940.
BETHESDA CHURCH p«cs NVA and CCC Youth Training MRS. F. H. BURRE OF
SESQUICENTENNIAL
TO BE MEMORABLE
Aberdeen Plans Real Celebra
tion of Anniversary on
September 29
MRS. PLEASANTS LEADER
As Important Factor for Defense SOUTHERN PINES
__ VERMONT
Mrs. Spilman, Vice Chairman of
N. C. Unemploympnt Commis
sion, Addresses Women Here
Dies at 29 Years
FIVE CENTS
——
Seven-Cent liiJ>, *6 in Tax
Rate in County, but Special
School Levies Are Absorbed
Bethesda Church is now 150 years
old, and in point of time ranks with
the oldest churches in this part of the
state. For many years, it has been the
custom to have an annual home
coming in the early fall, but this
jear it has been decided that the
homecoming be a real celebration
f.nd that the descendants of the ear
ly settlers be urgea to return not
only for spiritual worship but to
renew old acquaintances and ties
that bid fail- to be forgotten and lost
to posterity unless revived and hap
pily rejuvenated.
At a special joint meeting of the
Session and the Board of Deacons,
held in the Bothe.sda Chapel last Sun
day afternoon, special committees
were appointed and assignee! to |
duties looking to a big celebration i
Mrs. Belle Pleasants of Abeideen :
was unanimously elected honorary [
chairman and head of all commit
tees. She knows the history of this
chuich perhaps better than any liv
ing person. Throughout her life of
more than 80 years, she has devoted
a large portion of her time to the in
terests and welfare of this old meet
ing place. To her it is a shrine. All
committees will take orders direct
from Mn*. Pleasants. One of her
first .«!Uggestions was that an at
tempt be made to bring together, in
the nature of a meeting of the clan,
the descendant.^ of the early families I
taking a prominent part in the af- j
fairs of this church, Including the I
McNeills, Blues, Shaws, Rays, Gra-!
ham.*?, McKe^thens. Bethunes and!
The Civilian Cons .rvation Corps
and the National Youth Administra
tion are two youth organizations es
tablished and in operation for the
past few years throughout the coun
try by the national administration
which will have an important bear
ing on the present hurried plans for
the national defense. Mrs. J. B. Spil
man, vice-chairman of the N. C. Un
employment Compensation Commis
sion, told members of the Aberdeen
Woman's Club at the Southern Pines
Country Club Wedneday afternoon.
"Taking young boys off the
.streets and away fiom gathering
places which tend to bring out the
worst in them, and placing them in
CCC camps where they have been
engaged in healthful and supervised
activities, has prepared them not only
for normal life, but al.so has given
ihem strength and stamina which
which will be very valuable in pre-
ijaring for the defense of oui’ eotmtry
against any possible aggressor,” Mrs,
Spiiman said.
Mr.«. Spilman di.savowed any dc-
■sirc to raise her lioys, or those of
any other mothers, to be soldier.^,
but expressed complete accoid with
the preparation being made for the
national defen.se. She would not ob
ject to semi-military training in the
CCC camps, not only for developing
a first line of defense, but also for
the physical training it will provide SlK‘Ces.sful (ifoter
for youths who may never be re-
nuiied to enter military service In
defense of their country.
60,000 Boys Trained
In North Carolina, she pointed
out. between .'50,000 and 60,000 hoys
have attended one of the average of j
5C CCC camps that have been main-i
lamed in North Carolina in the five- {
Jacqueline. Daughter of Roy E.
Pushee Had Been in III Health
For Some Time
Heads Young G. O. P.
Seven-Cent Increase in Tax Rate
in County, But Special School
Taxes Are Absorbed
FUNERAL IN NEW JERSEY
News was received here on Mon
day of the death of Mrs. Frederick H.
Burke of Southern Pines in South
Woodstock, Vermont that day. Mrs.
Burke was the foi mer Jacqueline i
Pii.shee, daughter of Roy E. Pushee
ft' Southern Pines and Mrs. J. Edward
Tompkins of Long Island, N. Y.
Mrs, Burke, though but 29 years of
age, had been in ill health for some
time,
Mrs. Burke, born in West New
ton, Mass., on November 28, 1910.
first came to Southern Pines with
I'.i r parents in 192,">. F'rom childhood
.'-he mdeared her.self to all with whom
. l'n> rani(' ill contact by her beauty
' (i charm. In 19.30 she married Gil-
'ii i t S. Vale, .son of Ml', and Mrs.
H,n ty M. Vale of Weymouth Heights,
Oinieit Vale died suddenly in Haiti.
•\'t,st Indies, in .luly. 1936.
Following her marriage to Mr.
Iiitke in 193S. she and Mr. Burke
H( tjuirt'd the attractive estate of Mr.
r.urke's brother. Stanley W. Burke
Ilf Millbrook. N. Y,, on Young’s
Ro.-nl in Southorn Pines and they
I'.nve made their home there for the
past two years. Last winter they
' i>ui( hased a farm in South Wood-
in Southern .:;tnck, Vermont, and it was there on
Pines I ntil His Ketirenient Monday that Mi^, Burke passed
in 1925 ifiuietly away after being in a .serious
j cr.>Kiition for several weeks. Mrs.
Edwin \\ alter Men ill, i8. in grad- Vale and her daughter Miss
ually failing health for the past two jruf,, „.p,.p there with Mr. Burke at
years, died in his home on New Yoik time of her passing.
MUS. I'UKDKKU K H. lU UKK
EDWIN W. MERRILL,
RESIDENT HERE
33 YEARS, DIES
TOTAL ESTIMATE $339,.555
COLIV G. S1*KN( KIJ, .lU.
VOliNG REPUBLICAN
CLUB OF COUNTY
ELECTS SPENCER
Organize and Choose Officers at
Meeting- in Carlha>;e
Courthouse
, avenue. Southern Pines, Monday
Tt 1 1. .. * i y*'***’ Period since 193.'5. These boys,
others. It is her suggestion that some! . . “ o' ■
■ sincc the camps started in 1933, un
der general supen-ision of technical
member of cach of these and various
other old families bo appointed for
the express purpose of having his or
her particular branch of family well
represented.
M. H. Folley is in charge of the
grounds and property. It is his plan
and purpose to have both the old
and the new cemetery renovated and
in attractive condition, and in this
connection It is hoped that all per
sons having loved ones buried In Old
Bethesda will, at an early date, ar
range to have their plots put In at
tractive condition. It was pointed out
that if Italian Rye grass Is planted by
the middle of September, the plots
could be green and attractive by
Homecoming Day. All interested per
sona are urged to put flowers on the
graves of their families or friends and
to lend a helping hand in making th«
place beautiful.
Prominent Speaker
To the Rev. Ernest Lowry Barber
has been delegated the duty of ob
taining an outstanding speaker, cap
able of bringing a message appro-
prlafe to the occasion. The names
of a large number have been sug
gested. Including Dr. Walter LIngle
of Davidson College and Dr. Julian
Miller, editor o? the Charlotte Ob
server. m'm
A publicity committee was ap.
pointed, compo.«ied of H. Clifton Blue,
editor of The Sandhill Citizen; Nel
son C. Hyde, editor of The Pilot;
Mrs. C. C. Bethune and Howard
Bums as local correspondents; Dan
Farrell, president of the Aberdeen
I.<ons Club, an'1 O. Leon Seymour,
serretary of the Aberdeen Chamber
of Commerce. J. Talbot Johnson was
(Pleate turn to ^age five)
Funeral sei’\’lces were held private
ly at the Burke family home in
Plainfield, N. J., on Wednesday af
ternoon. In addition to her husband
and her father and mother. Mrs.
Born at Barton Landing, now Or
leans. Vt.. June 16, 1862, the son of
Grin Merrill and Nancy Hanson Mer
rill, he was a graduate of the Iowa ^ Burke is survived by a brother, John
agencies of the Depaitment of Agri- -^‘«^^ thelRdward Pushee.
culture and the Department of the |
needy families approximately $13,-
000,000 in allotments from their pay.
In the fiscal year 1935-36, North
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Mrs. Kirk Drowned at
Hyannisport, Cape Cod
Well Known Pinehurst Winter
Guest W’aa Visiting Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Fownes, Jr.
RED CROSS NEEDS AID
IN PACKING OARMENTS
The Moore County Red Cross is
preparing another shipment of Red
Cross Refugee garments. There is
considerable work involved in press
ing and packing these garments, es
pecially the layettes, and anyone in-
tereted in helping with this part of
the work is asked by the committee
to go to the Civic Club, Southern
Pines, between 10:00 and 12:00
o'clock Tuesday morning, Auf^ust 13.
Mrs. Thomas Kirk of Oakmont, Pa.,
who spent last winter in Pinehurst
as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Fownes, Jr., was drowned at Hyan
nisport, Mass., last Friday, accord.
Ing to word received here from Mrs.
Edwin Scofield of Pinehurst. Mrs.
Kirk and Mrs. Scofield were house
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fownes at
their summer home on the Cape.
Mrs. Kirk is reported as having
been in a flat bottomed rowboat with
another lady and her son. In some
manner the boat overturned. The
other two occupants were able to
swim to shore, but Mrs. Kirk Is be
lieved to have suffered a heart at
tack In her attempt to reach safety.
She WPS about 40 years old, had been
a close friend of the Fownes and of
Mrs. Scofield for many years, and
had spent much time in the Sand
hills where she had endeared htr-
self to a wide circle of friends. A
widow, Mrs. Kirk had no close rela
tives.
jvars were spent as a superintend
ent of .schools in Iowa, and in Or
leans. Vt. On March 6, 1886. Mr.
Menill was united in marriage with
Young Republican:; met in the
county courthouse In Carthage la.st
, Thursday night and elected Colin G.
Spencer, Jr.. of Carthage as presi
dent of the club for Moore county.
Miss Margaret EIogTe of Southern
Pines was elected .';ocretary, and L.
C. Thomas of Cameron treasurer.
The next meeting will be held at
the Civic Club in Southern Pines on
'Thursday night. August 17th at 8:00
I o'clock. At this meeting committees
MacDonald Given New will be appointed and further actlv-
Unemployment Post announced. Young
: Republicans interested in attending
Mi.s.s Minnie Chase’at Sheffield, vt. ^futhern Pine.S Attorney Wins a^d radio party at Ora-
With his famllv he came to Sou-1 Promotion by Compensation Inland Augijst l.th are request-
I pd to get in touch with the president
; of the club.
H. F. Seawell, Jr., G. O. P. coun-
A. Carlton MacDonald of Southern ,
them Pines in 1907. and five years,
later built a home on New York ave
nue on a lot purchased almost before |
Southern Pines was named. Starting! was sworn in Wednesday morn, ty chairman, advised the Yc ng Re-
a successful grocery business on East|‘"8: as appeals deputy for the N. C., publicans not to be too smart, wam-
Broad street in 1917, he sold out and Unemployment Compaasation Com-1 ing them that the organization is
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WIDENING r. S.
BETU-EEN
NO. 1
VASS-CAMERON
A WPA crew of 165 men has
started work on the U. S. Highway 1
widening project 1)etween Cameron
and Vass. Pouring of concerete has
begun.
The highway is to be widened by
four feet the entire distance t?tweeni Mr. and Mrs. R. S. DuRant^ an-
the two towns. The addiflonal width; nounce the engafEment of their dau
retired In 1925. Four years ago
many friends and relatives gathered
at the home to celebrate the 50th an
niversary of their happy marriage.
Mr. Merrill was a member of the
Masonic fraternity, Knights of Py
thias and a charter member of the
Men's Club of which he was the first
secretary-treasurer. He was a lead-'
ing roque player.
Funeral services conducted by the
Rev. Voigt O. Taylor of the Church
of Wide Fellowship assisted by the
Rev. J. Fred Stimson of the First
Baptist Church were held in his late
home at 5:00 o'clock Tuesday after
noon. With Mre. Charles M. Gray
at the organ Miss Dorothy Richard
son sang “Lead Kindly Light." Mrs.
Merrill and Mrs. Thomas McBryde
accompanied tlie body to OfTeans for
interment in the family plot at Iras-
burg, Vermont.
Survivors are his wife. Mrs. Min
nie Merrill; three daughters. Mrs.
Neva Paine and Mrs. Bessie Vann of
Miami, Fla., and Mrs Thomas Mc
Bryde of Raleigh, and a son, Earl
E. Merrill of Miami; a sister, Mrs.
C. D. Folson of Reidsville, Mass., and
six grandchildren.
Pallbearers were L. E. Grover, M.
Y. Poe, Frank Viall. Charles Aus
tin, W. A. Moore and W. A. Moore,,
Jr. '
MISS SARA DURANT TO
WT:D R.XLPH 1* CHANDLER, R.
mission to handle the eastern half of ^ fjrst of all a patriotic one and that
the state, in a brief ceremony in the
office of Mrs. J. B. Spilman. vice-
chairman, in the Central UCC build
ing, Raleigh. The oath was admin
istered by Chairman Charles G. Pow
ell, in the PiSesenia; of a group of
friends.
Mr. MacDonald has been a claims
deputy for about two and a half
years of the operation of the Un
employment Compensation Law,
handling appeals for the counties in
the most important job is to get
people away from the careless Indif
ference into which the country has
drifted with respect to affairs of
government.
Speaking of third term ambitions
Mr. Seawell stated: "Mr. Roosevelt
has always had the earmarks of a
dictator. This reached the climax
when he had his New Deal conven
tion draft him for a third term by
long distance telephone instfilled at
the Raleigh area. His promotion is in i his office in Washington prior to
recognition of the ability he has the actual drafting. In addition to
drafting himself Mr. Roosevelt forc
ed his pre-arranged convention to ac-
(Pleage turn to pa[e tight)
shown in handling these controveT-
sial cases.
In his new position he will handle
appeals from decisions of claims dep- j
uties in the eastern area, while; ,u;roRS DR.WT'N FOR CIVIL
Charles U. Harris, of Raleigh, whoj TERM OF SUPERIOR COURT
has had the entire state as appeals i
deputy, will now handle the appeals | The following have been drawn for
in thf> Aept*fmber term
Court for the trial of
in the western half of the state. The
creation of the new position was re
quired by the large number of ap
peals from decisiolira lit unemployment.
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MISS SE.XWELL TO .\DDRESS
WOMEN’S WILLKIE CLI’B
The WMllkle-for-Piesldent Wom
en’s Club of Southern Pines will meet
next Monday night, Augu.st 12th aT
7:30 o’clock In the Trade Store.
W’est Pennsylvania avenue and Ben
nett street, at which time Miss
Meade Seawell of Carthage will be
the speaker. Miss Seawell is a talent-! Snipes, Jack D. Blue,
ed speaker and has an interesting. Sandhill; D. E. Blalock, L,
jury service
of Superioi
civil cases:
Carthage township: J. J. Hender
son, L. C. Wallace, James C. Mor-
lison, J. L. Wallace, L. R. McDon
ald and P. T. Lamm.
Sheffield: Arlie Kennedy. C. E.
West.
Bensalem: J. W. Richardson.
Ritter: Carson Phillips, R. W'. Mc
Intosh.
Deep River: Roy Shields.
Greenwood: W. N. Sneed. Edgar
Slmpmon,
McNeill: John A. Ferguson, J. V.
An increase from 88 cents to 95
cents per $100 valuation is revealed
In the annual budget estimate for
Moore county for the fiscal year be
ginning July 1st. The budget totals
§339,555, and the tax rate is based
upon a property valuation of $20,-
800.000. A summary of the budget
eppearson another page of The Pilot.
Though the budget, released for
publication by the Board of County
Commis.sioners, shows an Increase of
seven cents in the rate over last
yrw, it Is explained by John C. Muse,
County Auditor, that actually there
Is a decrease for most of the county,
in that special school bond indebted-
ne.ss taxes previously levied separate
ly to met the interest on capital bor
rowings for new .school buildings have
this year been absorbed in the bud-
f.et proper. These special taxes have
varied in various township of the
count.v, depending upon the schools
indebtedness in the.se townships.
Townships, therefore, with heavy in
i'' htednr.ss due to new buildings, will
save more than others. Oddly
erough. the i.nc township. Bensalem,
which has no .such indebtedness b“-
cause it has be^n iinsuccessful In a^.-
c,Hiring a much needed new school,
will be penalized to the full extent
of the srven-cent tax Increase, there
being no special tax for the cojnty
to absorb. It will have the full 95-
ccnt tax to pay and still be without
a school.
Slight Saving Hero
It is estimated that under the new
system by which the County Is tak
ing over the school bond indebtedness
Southern Pines will pay $1,25 this
year as against $1.28 last year. Ad
ded to last year's 88-eent county tax
w-as 30 cents for the ninth month of
school, and ten cents special school
indebtedne.ss tax, making a total of
$1.28. This year the county rate will
be 95 cents, to which will be added
the 30 cents for support of *:he extra
month of school totaling $1.25. And
there is a po.<»sibility of this total
being further lowered by a reduction
in the 30 cents for support of the
school term. Pinehurst will effect a
little greater saving In that its spec
ial tax for bond Indebtedness has been
larger than that of Southern Plnea.
The highest special tax has been that
of Cameron, which will therefore en
joy the largest reduction. The Aber
deen total tax cannot be figured un
til it is known what its newly voted
special school charter district—nine
months and 12 grades—will cost.
The Items of the new budget show
Increases all along the line. General
county expense, Including courts.
Jumps from 8.5 percent of last year’s
total budget to 15 percent. Health
jumps from 2.5 to four percent. Wel
fare work from 8 to 9.5 and Poor
from 3.5 to seven percent. Current
school expanses is raised from 6.3
percent to 9.5. and debt service from
12 to 25 i>ercent. But Capital Outlay
for schools is decreased from 25.5
pcvcent to two percent.
The total elstimated requirement
to run the county from July 1st,
1941 Is $339,555, as against a total
the previous year of $317,913.
P. Kel-
will be added to one side only, the ghter Sara Elizabeth to Ralph Leland message for those who attend the, lis, R. C. Zimmerman.
side varying with the curves. The
crew started work at Vass and is
moving toward Cameron.
Chandler, Jr., of Southern Pines and
Fayetteville. The "wedding will take
place early in September.
meeting. All women'in the county are I Mineral Springs: V. L. Richardson,
cordially invited by the club mem-^D. A. Patterson. F A. W’icker, W. A.
bers, and men will also be welcome.' Fry.
PINEHURST GOLFERS WIN
FROM CAROLIN.4 PINES
Pinehurst golfers defeabM‘Carolina
Pine« of Raleigh 17 l-2'tS*'l2 1-2 at'
Pinehurst Wednesday airtemoon., It
was the. defeat of the yeai^or
t^, Josefs. Herbert Vail a ^71 and
PuWis Ferree with 73 w?re, low
scorers. Others playing for Pinehura|:
were F. L. Dupont. Henson Maples.'
F, M. McCaskin. Dr. E. M. Medli'ti,
Bill Dunlop, Frank Maplfj,
Seawell, Jr., W. I. ^arW^ur, George
Wallace, Er*'erson Humphries, Dr.
Frank 0\\’ens, Halbert J. Blue. Ed
Swarlngen. H. B. Emery’, Tom Black,
J. F. Taylor, Bruce Spivey and T. C.
Pawnell.
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