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LCfMENT OF MOORE COUNTY
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VCL. XVIII. No. 15.
CARTHAGE, NCnTII C
, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1922
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVAr.CH
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7ILL WRITE BOOK
ON OLD CHURCH
GARTHAGE-TO VCI
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It-i Ifcs Dependable Supply of Good, Clear
' Water all the
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An enthusiastic -inhabitant v of
Moore county last week unfolded a
dream of Little River, a stream he
- say Moore county can expect a lot
J of profiHn- the days that are rtot too
fat ahead. . "Look, at the geography
f the county and of that stream," tie
' advised the newspaper man, "and
. see ewhat you can see. ' That stream
is practically all in the sandy section,
' . which tells you that it runs a clear
v stream all the time, and that it is less
affected by dry weather , than'. the
. streams thta are in the clay and the
shale., . V '
- "You come from Southern Pines,"
he continued; "and go out toward
- J Glendon; for instance, in a dry time.
You: notice, the ; Little river main
stream and feeders are running pret-
ty fair with water, but the minute
, you hit the streams above Carthage
i tha$ come1 froni 'the shale , and - clay
region and you see the dry bottoms of
- ' the f run. .' That"" continuous flow' of
.: water is one of the . most . valuable
features of Moore' county good for-
tune. The, X. water ,; powers on the
streams of the Sandhills are the most
permanent of any powers of " the
. State. The sandy soil is absorptive,
' and takes up the rain fall; The slate
! section is so close, that it sheds the
rairf and the water runs off." . Those
.streams sooirdry up in dry weather,
. But the sandy section gives, out the
. Water from -the springs ( and small
v heads and the streams are persistent
in their flow. For that reason, a small
' stream in the Sandhills make a much
more valuable water power than a
much larger stream any where else in
- the. State. , . ,-, .': -".'j'. '
S "''But that iW aU this ehtnuiilJ
, ast lurtner saio. - Borne 01 xnese aays
V the manufacturing establishments of
the North that are looking for South
; rn - locations; which is going on all
: the;time, will happen to discover that
' the water of Little river, coming out
of the sandy soil is always clear and
free, and fit for chemical and indus
trial uses. Did you ever think that
. all jover North Carolina a disadvan
: tage is met in the muddy water of too
many of the streams? ' But in the
r Sandhills the water is always clear.
.--Little river does, not know what mud
dy water means. Now suppose a pa
per? mill; or a chemical factory, or a
( Continued -on page Eight. ) ;
IMEtASCENEil
;;g FARCE
In Which Donald Clue Becomes
the D! jsLIjj Trida cf Chas.s; f
- , Deaton. . Well Acted.
'A' very amusing 'womanless wed
ding took place at Eureka school last
Friday jiisht'when Charlie ' Deaton
became the hen-pecked husband of
D. J. Blue. The bride looked to be a
good match for almost anybody, Jack
Dempsey included, and those who at
tended the wedding are quite - sure
that she will not allow two words for
one' from Charlie. ; ,
Every member of the bridal party
did his part well and P the . wedding
was a source of a great deal . of
amusement. A gootl sum was realized,
and the proceeds will go to the school
at that place.- ,
. Those who. made up. the .wedding
party were: " Preacher, C- R.' McDon
ald; bride, D. J. Blue; groom) Charlie
Deaton; mother of bride, Duncan
Clue; father, Martin Clue; ring bear
er, Zeb Blue; flower girl, Hugh Mc
Ca; kill and John McLeod; colored
mammy, F. L. Mabry; the two
twins, Willie Blue and Butler Cor
lett; maid of honor, Francis Dwight;
matron of honor, J. V. C. Cine; te
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SAD ACCIDENT :
." AT ABERDEEN
J.' A. McNeill and Little Grand
' son Fatally Injured When
Auto is Struck by Train. ",
-John A. McNeill and his .little
grandson, Willie McDonald, were al
most instantly; killed Saturday morn
ing at Aberdeen, 'when a car in which
they were riding, was struck by a
South-bound train.. The: accident
occurred at the railroad crossing on
Maple street, just a short distance
from the ..Aberdeen Crate and Box
factory. Young McDonald was driv-.
ing the car and it appears that sev
eral bo cars on a side : ; track ob
structed the. view of the on-coming
train. 1 The! car was completely demol
ished and the bodies of the two oc
cupanta badly mutilated.' ;1 Dr.-Alex
McLeod, rendered first aid and imme
diately placed them on the train for
the hospital at Hamlet, but both Mr.
McNeill and his grandson died when
Only a few miles out of Aberdeen.'
Mr.' McNeill wa 66 jrearSj of age
and a member of one of the oldest
anCmost prominent families in $ht
section. He lived on his farm about
two -miles from Aberdeen;
Willie McDonald was 11 -years old
and the son of 'Mr. and Mrs. ' A. p.
McDonald, of : Aberdeen. -; :K;
Interment took place at jBethesda
church Sunday morning X ,5
Mr. McNeill is survived by four
daughter,; 'Mrs, 'i Jr-n.' ' F""V,- f"
Tinea, Iiis. A; D. I- - , ox
deen," Mrs. A. P. McDonald, Of Yass,
and Mrs. Alonzo Blue, of Carthage;
one brother, M, B. McNeill, of Bed
Springs, and one sister, Miss Belle
McNeill, of Eed Springs.. . '
HOISTED FLAG ON THE 4th
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On the 4th, of July, the workmen
oh the new court house hoisted the
United States flag to a height of 60
feet, to the top of the high tower at
the ' building! 1 The flag was furnished
by W., A. Muse, inspector of the court
house, and was raised by D. M. Jones,
superintendent of the construdtion.
UNION REVIVAL
Rev. W. C Barrett Conducted
Two-Weeds' .Series . With
Very Much Success 6 '1 :
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' The union revival meeting, which
was conducted by Rev. W. C. Barrett,
of Gastohia, was brought to a close
Wednesday night,' after a -very ; suc
cessful series of meetings. The. ser
vices were 4 largely attended ; both
morning and night, and at times the
church, was crowded to its utmost ca
pacity. : . ' :v f:-'("' '
Each one of Rev. Barrett st-rmons
were forceful and they accomplished
great good' in the community. His
sermon to the old people will long be
remembered by all those who heard
It,' for the inspiration and, comfort
which it gave them. No less effective
.was his talk to the young people on
Tuesday1 morning," ' V t ' ,."
All of Rev. Barretes sermons were
marked by his characteristic frank
ness of speech. 4 He spared no effort
in making each of his sermons hit the
mark. I!o expressly urged more .ac
tivity an J devotion on he part of
church members, and scored those
who ore a"owirrj worl.Uiness to come
before CJ j i.i i'.Lir Uvea.
Many profu:. 1 f -!'-!' during the
wec'Jrtr, TI 1 1 ict V i revival,
however, can La ,..; ,ji- J r.vt culj by
I' j run.ler of rre'- 'ort, tut by a
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State Papers Give Hln
,For Ceir2 Cest Ar
: Pitcher, in No. Care
Bobby Bums got a big wr:
the State papers Sunday, wh ; a
gave him, credit' for oeing one
greatest, if not the greatest, of
teur basefcall pitchers in Nor'h (
Una. , Bobby is playing with t' a i
by team this summer, a team r '
of. college stjars and having far
tation of being the fastest ba
aggregation in the Western part
the Staiej and one of the best te;
in the State. - Young Burns has i
up a record with the Sheby team t! t
few, if any, amateur pitcherjj in t 3
State '.can wirnounW:Vflt, .V"- -4 '
Quoting the. Charlotte Observer:
"Young Burns of Carthage) jsvho, 1
the way is only l8 years old, is one c ;
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; A review of tne peach crop up
last . Saturday, shows that again t
peach crop has been greatly favo
by ideal weather conditions; ; Int
mittent rains and warm, suns'
days are speeding up k late Vh.
ties an.d putting size and color o'
the fruit being picked, or about
roll. There are still no indications
any-' number "of the second atch
curculio." This means worms will 1
reduced to a minimum an4 Brpwn t
an imprdbability. The excellent wo
of the government, men stationed i
the area s largely responsible for t!
elimination of the dreaded pest;
-Garmehs are- now rolling in
car
loads, the first car. moving from ,f -atorium
on the 29th, inspected e 1
IabeUed the' Redskin; BifandV' j 1 j
stock was good size. and highly c
ored, promising to hold the high sta
dard set in previous years by the
skin f (oncVos. ; Cl1,""' 1 C"
number moving from Eagle Springs.
Slappeys are also moving- in snjall
lote and the early part of week car
REVIEW
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ARE'MOMINATED
La'rg
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e vote Last ana
Phillips Has 5000
' Those wha predicted a lack of in
terest and a small, vote in the second
Democratic primary held last Satur
day, were greatly surprised. " Not on
ly was there an increased interest
shown in ths primary, but 101 more
votes were' cast in the second than in
the first primary. ,'' The pTintary was
closely contested and the majorities
received exceptionally, small, i v.
The closest race was that fd? sher i
iff, R. O. Fry receiving the nomina
tion by a majority of only 42 votes
over his opponent, T, A Cole. .. ;
J. ' Alton Mclrer wss nominated as
clerk of the court for a fifth teimby
a, majority of 192 votes over his op
ponent, A. B. Cameron. , 'i y !
"A total of 2,222 votes were east.
The vote by precinct -follows: ;
East Carthage: ; Fry- 168 Cole
118, Mclver 159, Cameron 127. v ; "
West Carthage: Fry 307,' Cole
100,' Mclver 206, Cameron 195. 7 '
Bensalem: Fry 132, Cole 81, Mc
lver 147, Cameron 64.' "r; '
Spencerville; Fry 8, Cole 10 Mc
lver 10, Cameron 8.v
i Spies: Fry 15, Cole 6, Mclver 14,
Cameron 7. .'' :' -'7 ; I ;"v
1 .Acorn Ridge : v Fry 1 38,' Cole : 82,
Mclver 34, Cameron 33. ;; 1 '"'.
Rittersi Fry Z2K Cole 42, Mclver
29, Cameron 33. - , . i '
, rrof'perity; , Fry 20, Cole 66,' Mc
lver 64, Cameron 28.' ' '" J .
Deep Liver: Fry 27, Cole 70, Mc
lver Id, Cameron S8. .' " ''.'
Cunierons Fry Cole 85, Mc
lver 73, Cferon 125. ,
I! ' : rry.38, Ctle,49, Mclver
ZZ, C. -cron C3. .: '.' :
Xi s: 1 ry 24, Cole 66, Mclver 40,
C ron 49. ' . ' .. ,.
f ' vorn ri-ps: ' Fry 32, Cole 123,
r El, C. -Ton 72. ". : , -
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'. S. Blue Gathering Material
For History of Sandy Grove
Church and Section. .
Frank Blue, of Carthage, is gathr
ering material for a book on the San
dy Grove section over in Hoke coun
ty. , Sandy Grove was one of that
chain of old churches that was .estab
lished in. the upper Cape Fear coun
try early in the last century, and
from which many able men and wo
men went out into the bigger world.
It is a big factor in the history of the
development of the section in' which
it arose, and: now that Camp Bragg
has taken the land on which the old
Sandy Grove church stands, and scat
tered the people of all that territory
to the four directions, the folks who
were associated with the church, and
with the life of the Sandy Grove re
(Continued on page Eight.) ,
I PEACH CROP
loads will move from Southern Pines
and Hoffman.' r , f
Hileys start about the third of July
the largest quantity of this variety
being located near Pinehurst. There
will be a limited number of cars scat
tered over the, area, and practically
all of them have been sold on a f. o.
b. basis.1 , They promise to be an ex
cellent size and ff high, color, and
quality, iy'4'iiv:3V-'V::V'VT';-
Belles, Elbertas and Hales are ex
pecte4 around the 16th, 20tV - nd
25th respectively'.: Already packers
and help are drifting into ..the area
getting ready to handle the big move
ment of these, varieties to the best of
their advantage." y "Belles,' iri ? some
blocks,- promise to. have more color
than usual for this variety. Careful
pruning,' during the past - dormant
season, has given the trees greater
dread, and, should the abundant sun-
: - . "'Te-EkHdniUs,
tuvie is LUu tlouwi L ut-'t .. E !! 3
will have a higher percent of color
than never before '. J', iJ-it'.J-l::;r ,
t TtJ ';. . sl
ine ivace is uuse.
Majority in District ,
.-West End: . Fry 80, Cole 64; Mc
lver 107, Cameron 39. . ; ;
Total: . Fry 1132, Cole 1090, Mc
lver 1205, Cameron 1013, Phillips
1362, Russell 724. , ' ..
j,.'Jt appears that Phillips has been
nominated Solicitor for the district
by a majority of about 5,000 votes.
FEDERATED MEETING OF ' :
,i THE COMMUNITY CLUBS
The Community Clubs of v Moore
County will hold a federated meeting
in the office of the Carthage Board of
Trade Saturday," July 8th,' at U :00
mV for the purpose' of outlining a
definite program of work for. the
county clubs and deciding on dates
for the community fairs...
Representatives of any commun
ity which has not as" yet organized a
club are invited to attend this meet
ing and- get information and assist
ance in holding a fair i they so-wish.
- ' MARION Wi WALL BACK; A
Ilia many friends are glad to see
M. W, Wall back again, after an ab
sence of several weeks. . Mr. Wall
has been at his horns in South Caro
Una recuperating from his recent ill
ness. Though still a bit weak, his
characteristic pep is noJacking, and
he states that in a short while he will
be able to fully assume the duties vf
his oee.- - Arrangements have been
made for, Mr. Parrott to remain until
Mr. Va'l has regained his' strength
connJeteiy.
Mr. Wall has scores of friends over
the county and especially In Cartbnjre
and they are all mighty glad to have
him back. , , x ".
'ZZ'J: - - FRY MAKES IT 2ZZ
ry i i f-u med his 225th
umony liibt week, when
.fpy. Howard Ken
s 1. : .'..'ice Lane, both
$65,000 Bond Election
. V July Uth:
BOYS AND GIRLS
GO INTO CAMP
The Club Will Study Many In
teresting Subjects During 4 ;
. Days' at Parsons School. .' ,
The boys and, girls clubs under the
supervision of Miss Nora .Bradford;
home demonstration agent, and " M.
W. Wall and E. L. Parrott,' county
agents, began their four ' . days' en
campment ' Tuesday at the, Parson's
school near Pinehurst. ' The member
ship is made up of about fifty boys
and girls from all over' the county.
The Parson's school is an ideal: place
for the encampment as it is a large
building, sufficient to comfortably
house a' large ' number with lots of
room for demonstration, and indoor
work and the grounds are ' ' large
enough to afford a wide range of outx
door work and recreation. t
A very interesting . program has
been outlined for, the four days. .The
club v members will ; be ,4 instructed
alt-ng x neral lines in farm ,,work,
stock raising and judging, canning,
domestic, science, interior and ex
terior planning and decorating, plant
life, and recreational games. . Those
in charge have so planned . the en
campment that the boys and girls will
have expert instruction and at the
same time they will have., plenty of
time for good, clean recreation and
sports. ! ' -
-.. During the encampment, members
of the. State Department will deliver
lectures and give Instruction ton va
rf club wotki..
. Ai detailed report of the club en
campment will follow in the next is
sue jof. the News. ' .
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CURING TOBACCO . .
The farmers over the county are
firing up their tobacco barns and soon
another crop of tobacco will have
been chred. The frequent rains have
caused the. weed to ripen early and
from now. on. it will be a busy time
with the tobacco farmers. The tobac
co outlook is good this year and the
prospects are that a good grade of
weed will be produced generally and
will command a good price.
ASSOCIATION BUYS :
F.&P.WARMOUSE
J. L., Matthews, of Clay Road
Farm Will Manage House .
' For Co-operative Ass'n. .
The Co-operative Marketing. Asso
ciation last week bought the Farmers
and Planters tobacco warehouse at
Carthage and secured the services of
J. L. Matthews, owner, of the Clay
Boad farm, as manager of the house
under .the co-operative ; marketing
plan. J ;::rfvi:;.;!'Vi'::;. ;".
;Mr. Matthews needs no , introduc
tion to the farmers of the commun
ity and county as he is one of, the
largest and best tobacco farmers in
tb ecounty. His life-long experience
with tobacco has acquainted him
thoroughly with every phase of the
business and the association could not
have done better in selecting him as
manager bf the Carthage warehouse.
Mr. Matthews is a man who can com
bine personality and good business
judgment with years of practical' ex
perience and he will no doubt prove
a valuable asset to the association. .
j Until the market opens, Mr. Mat
thews will devote his time to increas
ing the number of members in the
association. He states that to date
about 80 per cent of the 'tobacco
farmers have signed up and the per
centage is increasing daily.
FARMERS L'JZY HARVESTING
Bernie Un
called at t' i
and said t' 1
way are r ' '
the wheat cr
crop 1 : " I'
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-y f :-"tu f. ies, T.oute 1,
! ,,s or. a Vi'r ' - p- 'ay
i l the fanners vr 1 is
' busy now lrv ' '
p. lie says tie ' t
) yenr and a. I tec r
t a t h V - till
to be Held, Tecchy,
Needed
The' registration book for the Car
thage school bond election was closed
Saturday with a total of 401 regis-
tered. ; Next Tuesday,' July 11th, the
election will Te held and the people
will vote for or against an Issue of
$65,000 in coupon bonds of - the
erection of a school building adequate
to meet the needs of the town and
community. j
If ever a town needed better school '
facilities Carthage needs them. The
school building is inadequate to say
the least, and Conditions are fast ap
proaching a dejplorable state. Those
who have, attended the ; commence
ment exercises for the last few years
have had reason to realize that the
auditorium is too small, but this fact
is the least serious part of the situa
tion. 0 Commencement" only ", comes
once a year, and even the" fact that
one-third of. the students ' have , to
stand up in chapel every morning be
cause, there is no room to sit down, '
might be passed up without consid
erable thought, but if all those, who
attend the cdmmencement exercises
could have or would have paid a visit
to the school during the last' term and
seen the' crowded conditions of ' the
school rooms, and the handicaps uo-'
der : which both teachers and pupils
labored the bond election would go '
over the top' without a ' dissenting
vote. 'Every available space in the
building, except - the 'furnace room,
the attic,' the belfry, and the front
porch, has been converted into class
rooms. ' The two . basement' rooms,'
which were never intended for class
rooms,' are being used as such. These
rooms are poorly ventilated, they'
are-damp andit Is almost Impdssil' i
,'J.to heat them comfortably. The t
small dressing roonis back of C j
ditorium, . have been turned ' into &
class-room. Yet, even with this ad
ditional room, poor it is it, ' it was
necessary . in several instances last
year for two pupils to occupy a single-seated
desk, and for three pupils
to occupy a two-seated desk, and sev
eral had to be denied the privilege of
attending the school because there '
was, noroOnf for them. Is this a
healthy state of affairsf What can
a community expect of its boys and
girls under such conditions? Situa
tions like this tend to paralyze the ef-
(Continued on page Eight.) . '
LAY PLANS Ml
: APPLE PPiOJZC?
Many Locations Offered at Ag-
ricuiiurai uoara iviecupj.
I Expert to Choose Site. .
Quite a big, discussion tookplac
in the county agent's office last Mon
day! when the Board of .Agriculture
took, up. plans for putting in son a
demonstration ' apple orchards it
Mofre county. , The Board Was rr t
by many farmers who bave grown in
terested in the propositiori.f , , J
The general plan i to, select one
or more farms of , fifty acres of
adaptable land and plant this fall
such early maturing varieties S3 v. "I
bring best results. Several propo i
tions.were offered. ( by individu 'j
from Hemp, Glendoiy HaUson a I
Carthage and many, more will co i
in a few days. The idea now is t
organize an apple growers' . associ .i
tion which will take control of c?
or more of the larger tracts and i
the meantime encourage v all t
smaller farmers to plant from 5 ti 1
or more acres of apples and kt 1'
orchards be under the eupervL' i
the association,. ,
it will be necessary to erorl
expert to look after the pror
A specialist along with U.-; (
agent and one or more sf '
era will visit and .make a "
of the locations now f f.
Board. They will report '
inffs at an early ( '- i
meantime they v 1 ! '
gate any propi rf y or r
would be suit ' ' ) f r "
orchard. Af r r ' ;
fuller report vl.l s
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