JPBIL 28, 1921
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SUMMER TO BE A BUSY ONE inS winter homes iii the peach belt are
IN SAND HILLS DEVEL- als0 takinS in some peach interests, sat
OPMENT
isfied that here is not only a good place
to put in a winter, but also to invest
some money for a good and a safe return,
Moore county development will be more Road building in the Sandhill country
advanced this summer than in any one is planned on a liberal scale for the sum
year in its history. The big thing is the mer. State and county both have proi
Mid-Pines Country Club, where already ects in view and it is presumed that fall
in the neighborhood of a hundred men will see good roads into communities that
are at work on the preliminaries for the so far have been out in the woods, and
big new club house, on the golf grounds that roads previously improved will be
and on the various jobs that hinge on made better during the summer.
the advancement of the golf course and Taking it all together Moore county
the buildings. has a season of busy work ahead, and
C. F. Ballard, with a crew of hands, from the advance signs it looks as if next
has begun the fine new building, which winter will be the best the county has
he has staked out. Men and teams are ever seen.
on the excavation with scrapers and
SAND HILL REGION ES
CAPES DAMAGE
picks, and they are moving dirt like a
construction crew on a railroad job. A
number of temporary shanties have been
i ' no . 1 i.fi O i ,i .
put up ior omce uses mm sneiier. ma- ot.vt.re injury to tne peacn crop
terial is coming on the ground in stacks, throughout the state was general with
As fast as more men can be employed the exception of the Sand Hill Region
they will be added and in a few weeks where little or no injury is reported, but
the Mid-Pines area will be a .community instead a crop of over 500 carloads which
in itself in the big number of its work- will be the largest ever harvested provided
men. it is not reduced before gathering time.
From the club house location to the Reports from other parts of the State to
top of the hill near the Osborne farm a the North Carolina Division of Horticul
number of building sites have been sold, ture indicate a loss ranging from 50 per
and the row of stakes with the "sold" cent injury to total destruction.
sign on them indicate that the south side Peach growers in injured sections are
of the road is about sold out. Building advised by the Extension Service to make
will begin on these lots in a short time, careful and painstaking inspection of
and this will add to the activity in the each variety in every part of the tree
vicinity of the club house. throughout the orchard to determine the
Around Pinehurst considerable new exact amount of injury,
building, and of a good class will be un- ' ' This information is necessary for the
dertaken, as a number of good lots have economical conduct of the orchard during
been sold to buyers who want to establish the remainder of the year. It requires
winter homes for themselves. Over at only about 20 to 30 per cent of the nor
Southern Pines the. development of the mal bloom to produce a full crop of
Weymouth Heights territory is progress- peaches. If 10 per cent of the fruit is
ing in a way that is surprising, and alive the remainder of the usual spray
building has already commenced there on ing schedule should be given. From
a rather large scale. The Weymouth present indications, prices will be suffi
buildings will all be of a type rather ciently high to justify the adoption of
above the average in Southern Pines, and all available means of protecting this
the town appears to be heading into a portion of the crop which still remains.
real building boom.
The peach prospect now seems to be During the seventy-five years or more
the best the county has ever seen. New the telegraph has been in use in America
orchards that will give their first consid- its ramifications have increased mightily,
erable crop this year will swell the total Everything, from Presidential messages
production, and the orchard men look to flowers for one 's sweetheart and checks
for fifty per cent more fruit to be sent from home, are flashed to us arranged
to market this year than ever. It is an for via the wire.
interesting fact that while the Moore Every one is aware of the versatility
County crop has escaped the frosts all and arduous errands required of the mes
around and all over the whole country senger boys who deliver these urgent mis
fruit and vegetables have been much sives, but few have heard of the latest
damaged by frosts, so that here will be test to which his abilities have been put
almost the only perfect production. The and the most novel service which has yet
peach crop in Moore county is rarely de- been attempted by telegraph,
stroyed by frosts, owing to the pecul- M. E. Whiting, manager of the West
iarity of the air drainage of the hills, em Union Telegraph Company at Bakers
The harm to other fruit sections points field, Calif., himself was astounded when
now to the advantage of this section, as 7-year-old Johnnie Caldewood arrived
the curtailment of other fields gives a from Rutland, Vermont, care of the Wes
price incentive to the Moore county belt, tern Union, and specially marked for de
The peach men are feeling right good livery to his parents at Oildale, a town
over the outlook, and commission men near Bakersfield. Johnnie's Vermont
say the prices will be good. relatives, after having put him on the
All this means that an interest is awak- train and duly tagging him, placed faith
ening in more orchards and fruit land ful trust for final delivery in the tele
is bringing good prices with many in- graph? Johnnie was promptly transmit
quiries from new sources. Observers be- ted to Oildale, but the manager neglected
lieve that the peach development of the to say whether he was handled as a night
county is going forward as fast as the letter or a straight day message. San
town advancement. Many who are mak- Francisco Chronicle.
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