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VOL. XVI. NO: 36.
With the erection of a new force of
county officials the' old board of com
missioners will give way to a new one
at least in parts The retiring boaru
has done a lot of good work for the
county. but -probably that which will)
ii ..' win -.f.w.-ev.
ment of a new state road across the
cnunt'v from the Montpomerv lkfe to .
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construction, and work , on it will be
expanded more aggressively in a short
time when more help will be available.
This "road takes a bigger amount of
money than the county has been asked
to contribute to anything in ! recent
- years, amHt-wa a-rather courageous
step for the board to take. Bat they
' accepted the responsibility and ordered
the road, and in doing it set the county
on the way to a much broader develop
ment ; v . '"" ;v: ,.'
. , The new road as far as it has been
worked up by the force now on the
job shows that it wjll be one of the
'- best roads in this" part of the state. It
will bring Moore, county on the main
v, line from Raleigh to Charlotte as well
as from the North to the South. But
the type of construction is: in advance
of anything that has been undertaken
in the county so far. The character of
the work sets' an example for road
building in this part of the State. Better-
grades, better alignment, greater
-width,; solider construction, better
bridges, and every thrag'that goes to
make' a good road, have entered into
' this new system, and the1 other roads ;
that will follow will always nave tnis
. one to aerve as a model fdr construc
tion. v W':5 V-"fi:- '-i
- Other -" things . the - commiasipners
. "have done to win the approval of the
county. In dealing with the farm
work, the -homedemonstration,' with
road work wherever they could lend a
hand, with thejeounty : home; and with
every problem that hadfor, -its solur
tion the welfare of the county,' Mr.
McPherson,: Mr. Blue and Mr. Tyson
Tiave dealt intelligently and with the
county's progress in mind. v .They have
aeen.the county xpand much 'in their
term of office, and grow to something
hal different thank was when they
took charge of its business affairs.
.-w .v.... it. finainMS affairs.
It is a pleasure for the News. to pre
aent the pictures of the retiring com
missioners this week. They are pic
tures, of three, substantial business
men of the county who have applied
business methods to, , county j affairs
and got business results. .
DEATH MOZELLE HENNINGS
- On' Wednesday' morning, October
27th, the death angel took from the
home of Mr. and Mrs. H; T. Hennings
their bright and attractive daughter,
Mozelle. if -lyt::, ;.C'-v-She
was confined to her "bed for the
past four weeks with typhoid fever.
During her illness her friends and
loved ones did all that they could, but
it seemed that her work on earth was
finished and her Savior saw fit to' take
her to a better world. , 'i
Although her life , 'Jl. this world
aeemed so short for she was spared to
her loved-ones only sixteen years, yet
she' gained the friendship of all who
knew her i For several years she had
attended the Thaggardsville school,
and won the highest praise and com
mendation -of her teacher and fellow
students. We feel confident that'she
is safe in the arms of Jesus as we
iraxed at the calm and peaceful ex-
, pression on her faces she lay in her
hMntifnl whita' casket for on her
leath bed she said sle loved her Sa
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She leaves a father, inotherH sevek
"brothers and. four' sisters to mourn
their loss, and their many friends ex
tend to them their deepest sympathy
' in thie sad hour,', . - , ; r
-, The funeial service Was held at Un-
, ion church on Thursday morning and
was conducted by Rev. J. E. Ayscoe
- of Carthage. -'. :. .-f.''-:': '
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tCSEE DEER
' Henry Matthews and two or three
others last week went down into the
Little Kivef .country and the party
tame home with three deer that they
encountered in that section. They are
stepping high as the result of their
-catch. . ,
DWORKi
. CARTHAGE ROUTE FOUR ,v
Mr.1 lert Flinchum attended the pie
and cake supper at Mt Carmel Sat-
u'dfty niht, ,He also paid a visit to
the family of Mrs. John Hancock. - -
Mr. Joel Flinchum spent Saturday
"lKn"
with Mr. .'Oliver Flinchum. at
Mooshauhee.
Mr. Ralph Riddle has just returned
f rom Cassett, S. C . iMr. Riddle took
a load of people to the "faith doctor."
Mr. Riddle reports the - doctor .to be a
wonderful man. He also reports that
banner, crops .were made ii), the Pal
metto State fchis year.;, !. , V
Corn shuckihgs are in full .sway
this Fall, "dancing is one of the main
features, preferably he , old Virginia
reel. v All this, taken with the tables
heaped high with 'possum and taters
and other good things, remind one of
days gone by,' and makes one think
that the old H. C. L.' is" routed per
manently, j Td ' the sentimental it
brings James Whitcpmb Riley's lyric
into reality :,',,"p it sets my heart a
clickin. Like the tickin of a clock.
When the frost is on the pumpkin And ' '
the fodder's in the shock.''- , ' , rv t"
The farmers tn the vicinity of Fay:
community are much gratified over the '
election -results They feel 'that the
Republican victory is a token of four
years of unbounded prosperity '
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er of a new 1920 model Harley-David-
son motorcycle,
Mr. Charlie Dowdy and Miss Sallie
CTrabtree - were among ;those - who
went to, the corn shucking at Mr. Oli-
et-4Brdyy-PrlyiightrV
Mr WiUio Irmaji and Joel Flinchum
who took a load of tobacco to Winston
have returned.:' They report that the
prices 9fvthe;Jeaa, slightly better , jfeBults,ndr.athought times .om
than thatof the local market, bujt that" criticisirri" was hear reirardin the
they were richer byf the fact that they
witnessed a fight over a political dis
pute, and that they were tendered a
banquet on the warehouse floor.
i Fay is to have a new enterprise,
Mr. J. T. Flinchum and Mr. . Ralph
Riddle are the owners of what is to
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present they are purchasing equip-
ment and expect to be. ready for bus-
iness on or before December 15th.
Z. V. Blue, Member Board
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' Commissioners
ROADS IN THE RIYER SECTION '
D. J. Blue who has been appointed:
superintendent of road work in the
county by the new road commissioners
will devote as much of his attention as
possible to the townships of the upper
counties until winter drives him out
from there; , He has been looking over'
the river townships, and says that the
roads up there can be made good with
less cost than has been suspected, and
that they can be kept in good shape by
timely attention when they need work.
' At a meeting of the commission last
week the whole question of roads was
gone over from every point of view,
and the first Jolt that came up was the
lack of funds. But it was decided te
try to fix up the roads ia the various
townships to hold them together until
money could be brought in, and then
to plan a general county compaijjn, the
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CARTHAGE, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11,1920. . -
Miss Geneva Seawell who represents
' SaRdtii
f . GENEVA SEAWELi. .
j When Charlie Picquet proposed to
have a county election - to ' pick
the
"lwr county, gin wno snoum oe ine mr,?ricquev so announcea. ine omer
repmentatlye .of 'Amei-ica,4rithe,i:;.eoQtesja88ited cordially an4 th
geant at the Sandhills Fair, it .was young1 Woman was informed that she
. g intepeatinsr a conteat aa it di(1' Prom
the start the balloting was livelvJ and
towards the close it was about as keen
8 a horse race. Good riatured compel
;tion' on the part of tho8e who favored
enthusiasm, and a big' votecame out.! .
The papers: of the county printed the
ballots each? week and- announced "the
cohtesV the News gladly testiSes that
Mr. Picquet carired on the whole canv
paign with absolute fairness. For' a
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if in it T.imii i nn ruHiiir. wm h tti nniinr. sinri
different candidates at times appeared
likely to win. ' Each of the girls had
a lot of good friends, afad every one of
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their behalf for any of, the whele lot,
would have served with the . highest
predit in the place for which they were
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McPherson, Chairman Board of ,
i County Commissioners . -;
of County
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fig'wofk Vt"first"tooe'Jn"the town-
.hin. tht hivA-'tha JMi ' lmnrov-1
roads. Some
that cannot be
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VICTORY MEDALS FOR SOLDIERS
tt N.m lumt
week of medals offered the soldiers by
the State calls 16 mind that the medals
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ofrercd by the government are cauea
for but .fcwly. At . rftent meetr'
of the Red Cross this came up and It .
wM .uo-o-eiitiwl that an effort be made
was suggested nas an cuwn i uu
to get the boy. interested In calling
for their medals from the government
as vell as from the SUte. '
Some cf the loldien have already
of the government trucks T. A, , Cole, commander of the Legion naving ior as . . K
used to advatttage will at Carthage, or with J. Alton Mclver flier wno is entiuea w one u- -A'it
elmtA .f r.-ft,.Mi. nr with the nost at Aber- momento of a great experience that ne
merica In Parade of all Nations at the
Fair. v " i - -
competing1. 7 '' "
The last vote decided that Miss Ge-
nev Seawell should be the victor and
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;' Geneva Seawell is young woman
of fthe fethlehem section.' - She lives
some four miles out of Cartilage and
Bt school in Carthage.
Hei father is J.'.Wesley Seawell, and
the family is one weQ regarded in their
"neighborh6ooVi!Thb friends and neigh
ivfcter the county. is
gratified that it has carried- off the
prhe iri the contest; for it shows that
the Sandhills Fair is Hot overlooking1
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r no ii riTisiv nu ft. sit rnt iihiiii.v in ilk a ii .
terests in the people. , Miss Seawell's
champions promise to see that she is
given welcome at the Fair that she
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right apparent that others than her
acquaintances will be ; giving "her a
word of commendation in her triumph,
caUed for both, but those who have
not annlied can see or ret in touch with
j. '. '
mm entlUea M ue meoani w.-v
'government shouu sena ,wwn.-;wn H and If he is backward about
thout application on f f. f? SSSTlLTf JlMto te
those entitled tothenvout this is imil. . , , .... .u. ct.f
' possible. -The government has, not
been able to find a large number of the
' 1 .1 ! L l. Lawa KaM RrO!.
uiuio wnu of . . - . ,
and agents have been in Moore county Sheriff Blue lias Urted out after
tn search of .me of them ,withouVthe Uxe. and will put ta mosV ol '
avail. It is necessary for the govern
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ment to know where to find the men
.to have them make application wau. er w. Zi 1 that it
I will then be furnished which whentheVroads 'and, other things that it
J. ent Into the persons named above w
: One. of the finest locations in the
county goes, on sale over near South
ern. Pines,, Pinehurst and 'Aberdeen.
This is the 600-acre tract owned by W.
A Blue, and M. N. Sugg, fronting on
the : road ; that leads from Southern
Pines to Aberdeen, and on the two
cross roads that run through the tract
connecting with the roads from Aber
deen and Southern Pines to Pinehurst
This tract is within two or three
miles of Aberdeen and Pinehurst and
is' at the edge of Southern Pines, ad
joining the Sugg home and the Abra
ham and Sweezy orchard, and a short
distance from the lower end of the
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i cuuiiny tiuo ai ooucnern rines ai ine
eastern end,, and "not far from Pine
hurst golf courses at their eastern ex
tension, near the West end of ,tse
tract. s , v
Clay roads'have been-made, frcm
the Aberdeen and Southern Pir.ei
road one to connect with she. Pineht rs:
road near the " Wickfr,. place-and the
other comes out on the read from
Aberdeen to Pinehurst near the Sweet:
Valley planfj These roads are destin
ed to be much traveled routes, even
tually for they are of excellent grade
and they run to points -, that , are of
constant interest the towns and the
big orchards, the golf links and the
farms.
Along the road fronts a number of I
small sites have been cut for building
spots, these running from three or
acres .'.? round ten acres-
er tracts are-laid Out for farms
J1" rcharda- rac
118, tract 'T1
makes f the- JP?8. !n
the ontypreMtons beuig
ew small ones that toe fheanches
f the, st.rea thatwateri the tract on
rne,. g ,
As a farming proposition
S?Son "StiS'
one of the best in the
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afe beitak5tt"p b f
of moderate size for fruit and for
homes outside the towns.
:i: As a home prospect this
tract is
short dis-
finely, located.
It is but a
Unce from the country club at' Soutn-
A. v.
ern rines, noi over .uuu.jeevro "
corner of the property from the holes
on the golf links, while both Aberdeen
wi G.Tyson. M'ember Board of County,
t ' . Commissioners .
to' tho Red Cross any place will get
the medals. These medals are worth
will be proud of as long at ne lives.
, hJ u Mom9i at to the
his medals, both to the State and the
Nation.
' month on his errand. The faster we
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come .cross wi h th. ' ony th f dek-
lakes money to prgv.u. . , -
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$2.00 A YEAR JN ADVANCE
GOES ON SALE
and Southern Pinea railroad stations,
postoffices and other institutions are
convenient - ; -. ' r , .
The ground in the tract is high
enough for good peach orchards, and
it is also good tobacco land, -with 'a
market only a couple of miles distant
at Aberdeen. ,- It is in this tract that
Clyde Davis bought his" farm 73
acres, after he had seen all the Sand- '
hill country and known where to pick
the 'piece of land that salted him best ;
The sale of this block of, land will '
open about the last big acreage in the
Southern Pines section, and will have V
a tendency to extend the town out into '
the country between the two towns
of Aberdeen and. Southern Pine3 and
to connect them much as the Midlands
and Knoliwobd" developments will con-"
nect Southern Pines ' and Pinehurst
with an intermediate and continuous 1
settlement. " '
CHRISTMAS PRESENT
TO CARTHAGE SCHOOL
The pupils of the elementary school
want a library and have decided to:
give one to the school for a Christmas
present. Each pupil from the second
grade to the seventh inclusive, has
promised to contribute fifty cents to
this fund. They have never given a.
Christmas to the school and by this
means every pupil will get the benefits
or tms' gut. we nave two nundrect
and twenty-four pupils in the . lower
grades. . This means that we will get
one hundred and twelve dollars with
which to purchase hooks. . Of course..
we will use some of this, fund to pur- ,
chase the book-case. .We will put' a'
little metal late ' on the book-case.
"Presented by the Elementary Grades
1920." We want' this fund paid- in "
soon so we may-get c the - books ' by,
Christmas. : i . , 'pift:
Mr. Hardie Autry of Roseboro spent -'
Thursday night at Mr. C. H. Phillips'.
Mr. W. A. Matthews left Saturday y
for Hamlet. '-
Mrs. S. E. Tillman spent Sunday afy
ternoon at Mr. J. H. Nail's: -.
" Mr. Dewey Phillips of Glendon spent
a while at Mr. J. W, Davis' Sunday.
.M;. and Mrs. John W. Nail of Carl .
thage Star Route spent Sunday with,
their people here. , , , 1
Mrs. N. L. Johnson spent a while on
Sunday at Mo J- L. Warren's. V
Mr. J C Fields of Glendon and Mr. .
T. T.' Fields visited friends here Sun-' :
day nfght - - -
Mrs. R. E. Brown of Hamlet is via- ,
iting her people here this week.,
Mr. J. C. Nail and mother went, to
Carthage Monday, v 1 ' '
' Mrs. Lula Smith went to Greensboro
last Tuesday to spend a few days. ;
Mr. A. A. McLeod of Cnrbonton
made a business trip her,e Monday.
i HILLCREST , . ,
; Mr. Thaddeus Fry, who is in school
at Wa!:e Torest, visited home folk and
friends reer.'.iy. .' - ,
Mrs. Ban Fry, who has been very ill.
Is much better, we are glad to statu.
Mrs. W. ' C, Hough spent Sunday
evening with Mrs. Salmon. ' i i . ,
,Mr, Salmon asked his neighbors to
a corn shucking last week. After
shucking, all enjoyed a good supper. 4.
The school at Summer K&1 is pro-,
gressing nicely, with Miss Bessie Hol
ly and Miss Edith Markham as teach
ers." CARTHAGE STAR ROUTE
Mr. Edd Wilcox of Route Four
a visitor at Mr. O. .'Alexander's on
Sunday. -. ' '
Mr. June Harrington of Elise High
School, epent the week-end at home.
Mr. Frank Candor and , daughter.
Miss Daisy of Tramway, spent Sunday
with Mrs. W. B. Matthews. .
Mr.' and Mrs. Coy Fields of Route
Four visited at Mr. H. A. McCallum'a 1
Sunday afternoon. i , " '
Miss Katie Campbell of Carthage
spent the week-end at home. '
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Harrington vis
ited relatives near Glendon Sunday.
Miss Margaret Yow of Elise High
School spent the week-end with home
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Mr. Leon Fields of Route 4, was a
visitor 6n this route Sunday.
, Mr. Gilbert Councilman of Ttq , r
ity called on this route Euturday.
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