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Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
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THE PILOT PRINTING COMPANY. VA8S, N. C
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1927.
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SOME TROUBLES
WITH SCHOOI^
Parents, Teachers, Methods and
Other Agencies at
Fault.
I read with a good deal of interest
the editorial on schools in last week’s
Pilot. Since the editor left the mat
ter open as to many of the causes, I
feel that it might be illuminating
for some of the patrons to give their
views of the trouble with our schools,
for trouble there is, was, has been
and will be. Of course we never get
any business or work perfected and
there are new problems as we come
upon new days. I believe that a
great many will agree with the edi
tor when he says, “it may be an un
justifiable question, but many will
be disposed to inquire if the schools
are doing the best they could do with
the money at their command.”
There is no dotibt but that a great
enforcement of discipline good work
cannot be done Next there have
been too many things introduced into
the school work—too much extrane
ous matter. Our schools as every
thing else are afflicted with “Thing-
itis” and not enough attention given
to the fundamentals, the three Rs
which will never go out of style.
Now I have not placed the blame
but will do that. Most of it lies with
the man who pays the taxes—the
parents, some of it with the teachers,
but usually with the folks back
home. With the right attitude Ihe
teachers will come across or some
can be had who will. I never taught
school, but know enough about it to
know that to do the best work the
teachers must have the co-operation
of the homes from which children
come. I have made it a practice for
many years to go to the principal of
the school, tell him to see that my
children prepared th&ir lessons and
gave no trouble, or if they did I
would be at his hack and work with
him in whatever was best to do. I
told my children if they got a switch
ing at school I would jrive them one
SCHOOL NOTEJ
FROM PINEHURST
Recital of Piano and Expression
Pupils Next On
Program.
deal of the latter is being spent in
buildings, operating and equipment. | at home for getting it. I suspect
A very small per cent of those grad- | they have gotten some but they nev
uating from high school ever even
try to go to college and they never
know how little they do know for
they are not subjected to the test
that the college work brings. We
cannot any more go back than we
could put a chicken back into an egg
but we can look back at the old-fleld
school that many of us older people
attended and see that they did a
work that is not being done today.
I am not one either that thinks all
the thinfs of the past were the best
or loii42« the good old tim«s when
We sat bn smt %it||^iio back
for a bench aad pround an
open fire place ana boy
squeezed you to gtt hiiH:*'
self, but they did have some thinirfl
that is not done today and that it
takes to get an education. There was
one thing that was needed then, and
is needed now, and will be needed a
hundred years from now, whatever
the problems then will be, that is
hard work It took work to master
er told me about It, so they saved
themselves this one. Still believe
in the rod, for that is the Bible way,
up to certain ages. After that it may
be some new grounds need clearing
or other work done that would hurt
a big coarse boy more than a beat
ing, which is not wise to put on a
man in size, seldom if ever, in school.
Let us not forget that from the Old
field school, belittle it as some may,
and its crudity, there sprang from
it many mighty spirits. It^ limited
education often gave inspiration to
n^^ive talwit and strufrgling genuis
and hundiseds of: our trreatest men
n^er h^ anyfeliipg' an old^^eki
^ueatloft, and l^t tis not think .tliat
there is some magic power whereby
we may get an education without
persistent effort, and thi|t it must be
worked out if not hy tile candle by
the electric Ifght and thit we cannot
eat our cake'..and istfll have it.
A Parent
The next program in the closing
exercises of the Pinehurst schools
will be the recital of the piano and
expression pupils under the direction
of Mrs. W. C. Moore, head of these
departments. She will present these
pupils in recital on Thursday eve
ning, May 19, at 8:15 o’clock. Mrs.
Moore has a large class and this re
cital promises to be unusually in
teresting.
On Friday morning, May 20, at 10
o’clock, the annual Senior Class ex
ercises will be held as follows:
Salutation, Emily Bosworth. Class
History, Mary Medlin. Class Proph
ecy, Annabelle MacNab. Class Will,
Pauline Campbell Class Musician,
Mary Vick. Class Poem, Lee Williams.
Class Giftorian, Ethel Homer. Class
Oration, Palmer Maples. Class Val
edictorian, Will Francis Journey.
This class program will be |,inter-
spersed with some very deligbtful
music.
At the conclusion of the Senior
Class exercises, the Perfect Attend*
ance and Reading Certificates will
he presented And also some of the
prizes will be awarded.
After a chorus by the Junior High,
Superintendent A. B, Cameron, of
Carthage, will present certificates to
the following candidates: Joseph
place. Rev. T. A. Cheatham, of
Pinehurst, will make the literary ad
dress. After the conclusion of this
address the diplomas will be present
ed to the senior class by Mrs. (Jer-.
trude W. Tufts, a member of the
school board. After which Superin
tendent W. P. Morton will award the
prizes, honors and medals.
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
STARTING ON HOTEL.
RIVER TOWNSHIPS
ARE INTRODUCED
Rev. Mr. Clarke Appeals to Ki-
wanis For Roa^ in Up
per Moore.
The construction company whicfi
will build the new hotel at the Pine
Needles is on hand, and has made a
beginning in the erection of a tall
derrick that will handle the steel in
the work of building. The founda
tions are completed, the grading is
far enough along to give an idea of
what the completed building will
look like, and as material arrives for
the advancement of the structure the
plans will unfold rapidly
The roads throughout the Pine
Needles property are all in good con
dition now, and they afford a drive
for the curious which takes a lot of
people over into that section every
day. The new route to Carthage
through the place is also a popular
short cut.
ICE CREAM SUPPER
A DECIDED SUCCESS.
Mrs. T. E. Johnson and family
wish to thank their friends for their
co-operation with them Saturday
night at the ice cream supper at
their home near Cameron.
Sam Hill got the prize for guess-
Harold Frye, William Neal Lymon, | ing the number of grains of com in
Edward ^Iph Mcij^nzie, James Don- j a pint bottle.
aid Quail, Alexander Stewart Esther I Thomas MedKn got the prize for
Mae CamplKlI, Mar|»rie Cole, Orene ! the lucky number.
Fim^m Frycj <yiie llerviel, McDoii-|
aI4 Gladys Eli*^ ^ _ rAM> W THANKS.
beth Primm, Lillie Margaret lal- | . *
bert. I
On Friday evening, May 20, at 8:15 I
o’clock the annual medal contest in
We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their many acts of
vitc ... sympathy shown us
Declamation and Readmg will take i . xi. -n j j xi. ^
through the illness and death of our
place These medals are given an
nually by Rev. T. A- Cheatham, of
Pinehurst. The folowing boys have
those problems that were submitted , CAROLINA THEATRES TO CLOSE I entered the Declamation niedal: Her-
when a fellow was half frozen sitting
on a board and in a school house
without any glass windows and we
may not think that now because we
sit in a truck and drive over good
roads where we used to stumble
along through mud and through
woods miles to a school, getting up
before day and getting back about
night, now in a steam heated house
with all city conveniences—we may
not think that because of all this we
will just absorb an education some
how. These very things may prove
our undoing for it may seem to
make it easier, and after all going
to school is not a hard job, usually
the harder the job the greater ef
fort has to be put forth and when
you get it you know how it came and
you know what it is worth.
It is no doubt well that we have
given much attention to the recrea
tion feature of our school work, but
may not this be overdone, in fact is
it not already being overdone? There
is no doubt in my mind but that here
is a cause for mtich of the lack. It
is disconceiting and distracting,
there are, too many match games of
ball, too much going and coming, too
many “plays” and too many “par
ties,” so many in fact that our young
people, most of whom are of poor
parentage are. being s|)oiled and seem
to think that life all is to have a
good time. The edge really is being
worn off of such pleasure by having
so much of it that the child calls
continually for something new and
something different ,on the same
principle that the boy who has few
toys and little time for play enjoys
what he does have and gets more
than the boy who is loaded by fond
and indulgent parents, who is sickly
and peevish about his play. All work
and no play, it is true, makes Jack
a dull boy, but all play or more play
than is wise makes him a “no count
boy.”
Then again the discipline of the
old time school is a thing of the past
in many of the schools, and this is
lialf the battle. Without order and
Charlie Picquet advises us that the
Pinehurst Theatre will close on the
night of May 30, for the remainder
of the summer unless some big film
attraction should be available which
would require its re-opening for one
night.
The Southern Pines Theatre will
close on the night of May 31, for two
weeks, re-opening on Tuesday, June
14, with the famous stage comedian,
Ed. Wynn, in “Rubber Heels.”
The closing attraction in both
theatres will he Charlie Murray and
Georgre Sidney in one of the biggest
and funniest war comedies of the
year, “Lost at the Front,” which will
be shown at Pinehurst on Monday,
May 30, and at Southern Pines Tues
day, May 31.
Mr. Picquet says that he hopes to
be able to keep the Southern Pines
Theatre open twice a week during
the summer, showing on Tuesdays
and Saturdays, but expects to keep
the Pinehurst Theatre closed until
October 3, when it will re-open with
the big production, “The Rough Rid
ers,” now having an extended run in
New York.
bert Ehrhardt, “A Message To Gar-
dear husband and father.
Mrs. D. I. McFadyen and Children.
Tom Tarheel says lime and alfalfa
seed are both cheaper this year and
cia.' Herbert McCaskill, “The Rid- j that’s why he liicks this s a good
er of the Black Horse.” Alton Wick- | time to plant a field to the crop,
er, “Southern Spirit.” Palmer Ma- j Adviser says it s too
pies, “The Unknown Speaker.” How- j much trouble to mix feeds at home;
ard Woods, “Happiness and Liber- i them in the sack even if it does
^y. » I cost more.
The following girls have entered I
for the Reading medal: Betty Bar- I The present scarcity of breeding
rett, “The Call of Bells.” Pauline | sheep in North Carolina is the best
Currie, “Ole Mistis.” Clatherine ‘ reason for saving the ewe lambs this
Cole, “Telephone Romance.” Levoria | year.
Salley, “Humoresque.'’ Eula Bris- |
tow, “Naughty Zell.” Bessie Cam- | Cotton mills of North Carolina are
eron, “According to Faith.” There using four times as much medium
will also be some strong musical 1 length cotton as is produced in North
numbers on this program. Carolina. There appears to be a
On Sunday morning at 11, o’clock ! good demand for inch to inch and
in the High School Auditorium, the | one-eighth staple,
baccalaureate sermon will be preach-
At the Kiwanis Club dinner Wed
nesday at the Burgess building in
Southern Pines an important subject
that came up was presented by Rev.
Charles E. Clark, of the Carthage
Presbyterian church, who spoke of
the need of better roads in the north
ern townships of the county. Mr.
Clarke has occasion frequently to
travel those roads, and while much
improvement has been done up in
that section much remains to be done
to bring the country roads into as
good shape as the roads of the Sand
hills.
This is pretty well known to all
folks who go up into that part of
the county, but Mr. Clarke brought
out the fact that is not so well known,
that the river townships of Moore
county are one of the greatest assets
Moore county possesses, and its de
velopment means the development of
an empire that is the outlying terri
tory of the Sandhills. The ruggeder
nature of the landscape and the pic
turesque features that would be ac
cessible to the visitors of the Sand
hills are of sufficient importanee to
the Sandhills folks to enconrage their
aid, and beyond this that section of
the county is fertile in its soils, and
capable of a great production, and
the broadening of a great popula
tion that would rebound to the ad
vantage of the people of the Sand
hills if we could get closer togethet.
Mr. Clarke’s talk interested the
folks present, and it is likely that
result will be a closer intmst of
Klw«rm» in Utf!4: foati tbr
He also referred to the work the Boy
Scouts are doing, which is backed by
the club.
Charlie McDonald and Mose Mc
Donald told of the work the commis
sioners and the road commissioners
are doing to stop the destruction of
shrubbery along the highways and
a lot of cards, big and little were dis
tributed to be posted in various
places and to be hahded out to the
people to help in the work of pre
serving the shrubbery, and it looks
as if the work on that line has been
started.
PREPARING FOR BIG
COTTON AND TOBACCO CROP.
Vass and Community
J. M. Tyson and 0. Winkelman
made a business trip to Tabor Mon
day.
A. Cameron, A. M. Cameron and
W. D. Matthews were business vis
itors to Durham Monday.
Mrs. S. Howard Creech and chil
dren, Jack and Clarice, are spendhig
a few days with relatives in Greens
boro.
Mrs. Alton Chappell returned Mon
day to her home in Manley, after
spending some time at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J* E.
Byrd.
Mrs. Hardin Gunter and children,
of Aberdeen, Mrs. Floyd Gunter and
little daughter, of Richmond, Va.,
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ed by the Rev. W. M. McLeod, of
Pinehurst.
On Monday evening at 8:30 o’clock
the graduation exercises will take
Farmers of Craven County have
received about $42,000 in spot cash
for their hog feeding operations this
spring.
Moore County Goes Over
Top In Flood Relief Drive
Statement of receipts and disbursements of contributions donated to Mis
sissippi Flood Sufferers from Moore County Chapter American Red Cross.
Receipts.
Farmers are setting out a big to
bacco crop, and the weather has been
of the kind to get a good stand in
planting. The prices of tobacco last
fall are encouraging a liberal acre
age. Cotton is also planted in fair
amount, and the plants are coming up
to show one of the best stands seen
in the county in a long time The
situation at the present indicates a
good crop of both products. More
rain would not hurt anything, for the
ground below the surface is dry, but
nearer the surface it is moist enough
to push the crops along. The peach
prospect looks right good for the ter
ritory on the Norfolk Southern, but
on the Seaboard the outlook is not so
good. It is figured that probably 1,-
500 cars will be sent out this sum
mer.
Aberdeen
Cameron
Carthage
Eagle Springs
Hemp
Jackson Springs
Pine Bluff
Pinehurst
224.37
66.30
400.74
66.75
24.51
48.00
125.00
1,895.11
Samarcand Manor -
Southern Pines »
West End
65.94
Total
Contributed from Moore Coiwity $4,284.98
EHsbursements.
Cr. by amount previously sent in to National Headquarters ..$4,117.87
5-16-27 Cr. by check - 167.11
Total Disbursements - —$4,284.98
Moore Coimty Chapter American Red Cross,
W. T. Overman, Treas.
Carthage, N. C., May 17, 1927.
CAMERON
Miss Vera McLean attended com
mencement exercises at Elise Mon
day.
Mrs. D. S. Ray and Miss Elizabeth
Ray spent Sunday at Pinehurst.
Mrs. Alec Blue and granddaugh
ter, Miss Marguerite Cameron, of
Raeford, are guests this week of Mrs.
E. M. Borst and Miss Annie Borst.
Mrs. A. M. Snipes is on a visit to
her sister, Mrs. Richard Maples, of
Durham.
Gus Clark, of Florida, was in town
Saturday, calling on old friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan McKeithen and
little daughter, Elinor, Mrs. A. A.'
McKeithen, of Aberdeen, were recent
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