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^ Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Ca
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FOLLOWING JACK
BOYD’S COUNSEL
Frank Buchan Making Sand
hills a Pleasant Place
To Live
FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1927
NUMBER
SUBSCRiraON $2.C0
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Making the Sandhills a pleasant
place to live has caught the com
munity, and Frank Buchan, who has
for a long time been advocating the
idea that Jack Boyd recently put into
a comniunity trade sentiment, has
been giving a lot of attention to util
izing the idea. Frank is president of
the Chamber of Commerce in South
ern Pines, and with his constant de
sire to accomplish something he has
been planting shrubbery and trees
along the west side of the railroad
and about the station and from there
clear down to the overhead crossing
of the highway toward Aberdeen.
In driving up the road the other
day Mr. Buchan explained that it was
his ambition to see Broad street lined
with shrubbery all the way through
the village, and then as far into the
country as could be undertaken. The
parks that are developing about the
station is a part of the plan the
Chamber of Commerce and the town
authorities together are working out,
and Mr. Buchan is urging the resi
dents on the other streets to beautify
their holdings in similar manner. He
has awakened a lot of interest, and
since the work has started he has
been encouraged by a number of
checks, some of considerable amount,
to be applied to further advance of
the task the Chamber of Commerce
has set on foot. Struthers Burt, who
has become an ardent Sandhiller, in
forwarded a financial boost, also add
ed a verl>al encouragemer t, for
said that the best way to spend money
in advertising the town is to spend
that money in making the town at
tractive to the visitors. A pleased
guest talks more about what he has
found, and to more advantage, than
most 0 fthe printed material that
falls on too many uninterested vis
ions.
The foundation of planting in this
fiection is the pine tree, gall berry,
bushes, dog woods, holly tre''s, and
the shrubs that can be obtained at
small cost at the nurseries. With such
abundance of plants that can be had
practically for taking them the resort
villages can beautify the surround
ings for small outlay of money, and
Mr. Buchan says he wants to see a
planting epidemic break out over the
entire region and become so persist
ent that here will be the most delight
ful spot in the State.
When Eureka Swiped
By MISS CONNIE CURRIE
An Extra Dinner
KIWANIS DANCE
ON APRIL FIRST
Benefit for the Underprivilefired
Children at
School
Some ten or twelve years ago when
Fessor** McLeod decided to have one
of those new fangeled county com
mencements, he set the whole of
Moore county to work.
Teachers argued. Quarreled, prais
ed, drilled and crammed every “si>ec”
of knowledge available into any head
that presented itself. Children march
ed, sang, yelled, declaimed and ab
sorbed wisdom like sponges. Mothers
washed, starched, ironed, sewed, bak
ed and brewed—and everybody in the
county made exhibits fantically.
Now among the schools that “went
to work” was Eureka. Whatever Eu
reka does, she does with a vim and
Eureka was in favor of that com
mencement so, as I said, she “went
to work.” True, there was not much
inducement to work—only two meas-
ley little prizes offered and they,
I much to the children’s disgust, were
for “essays.” “But,” argued the
teachers, “if essays are the only
things prizes are to be given for, you
just as well write essays. More than
that if the other schools are to have
speeches and songs just to ‘show off’
you might as well have songs and
speeches and ‘show off’ as big as any
body.” So as I said before Eureka
“went to work.”
'Twas «» time, but at last It
was over and the great day dawned
bright and clear. ’Twas one of those
beautiful spring days that makes a
FOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT
IN THE LOST CAUSE.
fellow want to get out and chirp
with the birds. Consequently all roads
leading to Carthage that day were
full—filled with wagons, buggies,
carry-alls, automobiles and what
nots—all loaded with bright-faced,
happy, yelling, singing children.
’Twas a great day. No one had
ever dreamed there were so many
children. ’Tis an inspiring sight to
see all the children of a county
hunched together a “showin’ off” (for,
as one old lady expresed it “the chil
dren done well”) and by dinner time
everybody was inspired. Proud papas
and mamas walked around with their
heads held high—^but as for the Eu
reka people they were swelled up like
toy balloons—almost they rivalled the
proverbial toad so full were they of
pride for much to their amazement
not only had their children marched,
sung, yelled and declaimed as well as
any of them but glory be! they had
gotten the two prizes and honorable
mention.
Now the court house of Carthage is
some distance from the school house
and thereby hangs the tale. For, as
the children had marched from the
court house to the school house, na
turally their conveyances had been
left down town and when noon came
the people found thjft'
one end of town and their dinner in
the other. Then it was that Mr. Pal-
j mer, the owner of the one automo
bile the Eureka community boasted
of at that time, stepped to the front
and gallantly offered to haul up the
dinner. Back and forth like a shut-
tle-cock fiew his little car. All a body
needed to do to have his dinner haul
ed up was to set it in the car. Twas
not his business to remember whose
it was, ^twas his business to haul and
haul he did.
The Eureka ladies were amazed at
the amount of dinner they had—like
the loaves and the fishes it seemed to
increase, but there it was—and never
was there such a dinner. The Eureka
folks ate and praised each other and
praised each other and ate. The idea
was advanced that since they had
such smart children they had better
build ’em a high school at home and
stop sending ^em to Carthage and
Elise—and they ate on and praised
on. One dish that attracted attention
was a nice dish of roast beef. Several
wondered who in the community had
killed a beef—and they praised on
and ate on.
After so long a time one man took
a long breath and lowed that he had
et about enough but there was just
so much good stuff there that ’twas
a pity for it to waste so he guessed
they had better eat it to save it, and
hiA* Oh. Ot>-o^Aii5n 19 Jba-
reka’s strong word and if that dinner
The Kiwanis club at their Wednes
day dinner at Aberdeen gave their
principal attention to the subject of
a dance on April first, which Shields
Cameron is sponsoring with his usual
vigor and success. The purpose of
dance is to aid the educational fund
that is sought to help those children
who are in any way hindred by con
ditions in their chance at an educa
tion. The club has done much in
helping along the work at the Eureka
Life school, but the call for funds is
persistent, and the committee having
in charge the educational matters
have projected the dance to help swell
the fund.
The Country Club at Pinehurst has
been secured as the place, and one of
the best orchestras in the South will
provide the music. The club is tak
ing an active hand in the prepara
tions, and with the enthusiastic back
ing of the members individually it
promises to be one of the big events
of the season socially, and also as a
lift toward a deserving charity, that
of assisting that group of children
who are handicapped in the start in
life’s race.
Tickets will be on sale almost every
place, and by the members of the club
and Shields intimates that any one
who does not care to dance but who
is interested in aiding this class of
children is at liberty to buy a ticket
or as many tickets as may be desired
and forget the dance, as the money
goes into the educational fund and
serves a good purpose.
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J FULTON COI^
DIES-78 YEARS OLD
He Was Last Survivor of the
Wagon” Tom Cole
Family
IT
The enrollment of all living Con
federate veterans, numbering ap
proximately 40,000, in a special
“Gold Star” section of the Book of
Memory, is being backed by two of
the most extensive organizations in
the South, the Sons of Confederate
Veterans and the Confederated South
ern Memorial Association.
Lucius L. Moss, of Lake Charles,
La., commander-in-chief, Sons of Vet
erans, and Mrs. A. McD. Wilson,
president general of the Confederated
Southern Memorial Association, of
Atlanta, have both pledged the sup
port and co-operation of their organ
izations in the enrollment
Many counties over the South have
already completed the enrollment of
all living veterans, and it is hoped
by sponsors of the movement that
every living veteran will be enrolled
by the first of April, at which time
the annual convention will be held in
Tampa, Fla.
A special medal, triple-plated in
pure gold, and designed by Augrustus
Lukeman, sculptor of the Stone
Mountain Memorial, will be given to
each veteran as his name is enrolled
iu the Book of Memory. These names
will also be preceeded by a gold star.
Mrs. Wilson has characterized the
enrollment of veterans as **the most
Wonderful movement yet undertaken
by the Stone Mountain Memorial As
sociation.”
J. Fulton Cole, one of the few re
maining patriarchs of the town of
Carthage, passed away at 4:13 a. m.
Friday the 18th. Bom in February
1849 he was in his 78th year. He
was the son of Thomas and Margaret
Matthews Cole who moved from near
Vass to Carthage in his youth. Mr
Cole was never married and was the
last survivor of the “Wagon” Tom
Cole family. He died at the old home
stead near town, the funeral was con
ducted by Rev. J. M. Wright and was
buried at the Cross Hill Cemetery by
the Carthage Lodge of Masons.
The measure of a man is the good
he does, the mark of Fulton Cole re-
ma-’is to posterity while he sleeps in
the light of his God. Too modest to
mention his benefactions there are
many to attest to his sympathetic
deeds of kindness and material help
fulness in times of trouble. Con
sidered safe, his was a fountain of
good advise to old and young which
was manifested by the numerous ac
knowledgments from far and near
during his declining years. There
are many who revere his memory as
their old school master. He was at
one time County surveyor.
In material things Mr. Cole was
progressive, the Law, McDonald and
Page Trust buildings were a pride
to him and the community, tele
phones, cotton gin, warehouses, good
roads, good schools and good churches
received his active support. He
survived the ups and downs of the
drug business till, becoming weary,
rested his burden on others which un
fortunately hurried his call to that
bourne from whence no traveller re
turns.
The town, the county, the state,
yes, the world would be bettered by
^he God given guidance of more men
of the character of our departed
friend and brother, J. Pulton Cole.
SANDHILL LEGIONNAIRE
IS AWARDED CITATION.
Charlotte, March 22.—The first
citation for peace-time service for
members of the North Carolina
department of the American Le
gion was forwarded today from
department headquarters here to
Paul Dana, commander of Sand
hill post, at Pinehurst and L. V.
Healey, a member of the same
post of “loyal and efficient ser\"-
ice” in securing members.
NEW DEVELTMENT
AT PINEHURST
Fine Homes Where the Old
Station Formerly
Stood
QTIZENS’ BANK
IS RE-ORGANIZED
New Board and Many New
Stockholders the
Program
On Tuesday the Citizens’ Bank and
Trust Company at Southern Pines was
reorganized by the election of the
following officers and board of direc
tors:
Directors: G. C. Abraham, J. E.
Bernstein, Dr. Blair, Frank Buchan,
T. S. Burgiss, E. W. Bush, Ralph
Chandler, A. I. Creamer, Emmett
French, ^J. J. Harrington, Dr. Herr,
J. T. Johnson, Dr. Mudgett, A. S.
Newcomb, R. W. Page, C. T. Patch,
J. N. Powell, R. E. Pushee, S. R.
Richardson, H. 0. Riggan, D. G.
Stutz, M. H. Turner, Way, Frank
Welch, Jr., James Barber.
President, H. O. Riggan; vice pres
idents, Judge Way, James Barber, C.
T. Patch, J. E. Bernstein, and Ralph
Page; secretary, Ralph Chandler and
Miss Jones, assistant.
This constitutes one of the strong
est group of financiers at the head of
any country bank in the State of
North Carolina, as many of these men
have had experience in big banks else
where, and it also represents a large
financial strength. A number of new
stockholders have joined the bank,
and an increase of capital stock to
$50,000 has been made.
One of the most emphatic changes
and significant signs of progress in
the Sandhills is the metamorphosis of
that section of Pinehurst where the
old station and the warehouses stood
a year ago. With the railroad moved
away and the buildings taken down a
group of streets has been laid out and
planted with shrubbery, and grades
established and the streets opened.
Near where the station stood are now
almost completed two of the fine mod
em homes of Pinehurst, one belong
ing to Mr. Rudele and one to Mr.
Dunlap, and they are of such a type
of architecture that they give tone
at once to the vicinity and a substan
tial character to that quarter of the
village.
While the station stood in that part
of the town it was a railroad neigh
borhood ,but now that the tracks have
been moved several hundred feet to
the westward the ground has been
redeemed in such manner that it is
one of the most interesting sites for
home making that Pinehurst affords,
and that is saying much. It has the
highways, a slight rolling surface,
convenience to everything in the vil
lage, and with the homes that are
springing up and those which are
conveniently near by the year’s de
velopment is highly pleasing and it
is also prophetic.
It looks as if this part of Pinehurst
is to see a marked development, and
that the result will be a modern ad
dition to the village that will be strik
ing in its progressiveness. With Mr.
Johnson*s new house soon to be built
on the Greensboro road not far north
^he north and south highway through
Pinehurst is going to be one of the
show places of Middle North Caro
lina.
SANDHILL POST NO. 134,
AMERICAN LEGION.
On Thursday evening, April 7th.
1927, at 8:00 p. m., the next meeting
of Sandhill Post No. 134, will be held
at the Civic Club in Southern Pines,
and will be a most important meet
ing.
At that time we expect to make
the drawing for the lucky member
who goes to France in September,
and your committee is also planning
on a splendid program for that oc-
cmsion.
Dr. Poate, chairman of the emerg
ency relief committee, would greatly
appreciate some co-operation from
those members of the Post who were
requested to send him a list of the
members of their relief units. This
is important and urgenc, so please get
busy.
Our Post Membership for 1927 is
now well over 100 but there are still
some stray ex-service men in this
section who should be members, and
we want them lined up before April
7th.
PAUL DANA, Commander.
AN UNUSUAL RECORD
OF FINANCIAL STRENGTH.
Jerry Healy attended a meeting of
the Joint Stock Land Bank at Dur
ham Tuesday and he comes home
with a remarkable bit of news. Of
all the money that is loaned in this
section by this bank he reports not a
foreclo^re. Also he says this ap
plies to the five counties of Moore,
Lee, Hoke, Montgomery and Rich
mond. Such a territory with so few
financial disasters is out of the ordi
nary, considering the general mone
tary situation in much of the farming
country of the United States.
TWO JUNIOR ORDER MEETINGS
The Junior Order o:( Vass and
Lakeview Co.. No. 119 held two meet
ings this weekj on being a call meet
ing and one a regular meeting. Two
candidates were taken in. After
the business of the regular meetings
was transacted delightful refresh
ments were served.
All members are urged to be pres
ent at the next meeting.
Jr. O. U. A. M.