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Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Terr^ry of North Carolina
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the pilot printing company. VASS. N. C
FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1927.
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MOORE COUNTY
FARM NOTES
Mexican Bean Beetle Make Ap
pearance In
County.
MISS LUCILE EIFORT TO
SPEAK IN CHAPEL HILL.
The Mexican Bean Beetle has put
iXi his appearance in the county. The
mBect^ are j^st noticed as small
fuzzy, yellow worms on the under
sidde of the bean leaf. The leaf is
practically all consumed in a short
time. Only a few of the stems and
jiiid ribs of the leaves being left.
Mexican Bean Beetles may be con
trolled by dusting with one pound
of calcium arsenate to nine pounds
of hydrated lime. Old beans will
8tand one pound of calcium arsenate
to five pounds of hydrated lime.
Watchful waiting and faithful
fighting are needed to keep in con
trol the various insect enemies of
garden plants in mid-summer. Mex
ican bean beetles, tomato Ifruit
worms, cabbage worms, (Jucumber
beetles, squash bugs, fleat beetles,
and red spidens are -some of the
pests that may be prevented from
doing destructive damage. Tomato
fruit worms are controlled by spray
ing or dusting with one pound of
calcium arsenate to five pounds of
hydrated lime.
Cabbage worms are controlled by
dusting with one pound of calcium
arsenate to five pounds of hydrated
lime. Harlequim cabbage bugs are
best controlled by hand picking all
stages of the insect and destroying
them.
Squash bugs are best controlled
hy the same method.
Cucumber beetles are )contilDlled
by dusting with nicotine dust or
sprayirr* w^h a Bordeaux mixture.
Red spiders, which may attack a
variety of garden crops, can be con
trolled by dusting with flowers of
sulphuir, or a diluted i^olution of
lime sulphur in the liquid form. This
should be applied when the spiders
are just noticed as it is hard to save
plants after they become covered
with the web.
Save Your Grain From Insects.
Now that the harvest season is
about over and the grain will soon
be threshed out, the next question
will be saving the crop from worms
of different kinds.
Three of the most common pests
that we have to deal with are the
little worms which attack the wheat
after it has been threshed are the
bean and pea weevils. Bean and
pea weevils are by no means new
pests. They belong to a class of in-
Bects that cause a loss to farmers
and merchants of many millions of
dollars annually. One Province in
Canada alone suffered from the
Ravages of the pea weevil to the
extent of over $1,000,000 in a single
year.
The first indication of trouble with
wheat is noticing of small black
bugs scattered through it. In a
^ihort while then we notice a great
quantity of very small white worms
which work rapidly in the wheat
and in a short while if something
is not done the grain has been dam-
i^tged to a great extent.
One of the safest and easiest ways
^ get rid of thees insects in the
wheat and the weevils in the peas
2»nd beans is to spHnkle a sniiall
amount of carbon disulphide over
the grain and then cover it up with
a few old bays. This can be done
best when the grain is in barrels or
boxes or a tight bin. Carbon disul
phide comes in a liquid form, put
up in pound cans and usually at a
cost of about 50 to 60 cents per
<an. This liquid can be purchased
at most any drug store. A pound
of this liquid should treat 75 to 100
bushels of grain. Be sure first that
the grain is in tight bins then ap
ply the liquid and keep fire and
lights away. The material bums
easily but will show no evil effect
on the grain. In some cases a sec-
<>nd application may have to be made
The eighth annual public health
and welfare institute for the State
will be held July 18 to 25, at Chapel
Hill. Miss Lucile Eifort, our repre
sentative, will speak on the aims and
accomplishments of the Moore Coun
ty Health and Welfare Association.
This organization has received
much favorable comment from prom
inent State workers, and was cited
in the 1926 report as a model for
other counties. Such a tribute will
be gratifying to all those who have
been interested in and have contri
buted to the association, and we hope
it will stimulate further interest
among those who, heretofore, have
not realized the scope and import
ance of the work.
GRAPE INDUSTRY
STRENGTHENED
Says Grape Industry Is the Sur
est Fruit Crop That can
Be Grown in Sandhills.
PINE NEEDLES
CLIMBING FAST
Army Working on Structure,
Walls, Floors and
Everything.
SWANIS HEARS
DR. E. C. BROOKS
College President Talks on Evo
lution of County
Government.
The possibilities that the Sandhill
territory of North and South Caro
lina holds for the future develop
ment of the European grape industry
is still further streiigthened in a let
ter recently addressed to Mr. J. N.
McBride, general agricultural agent
Seaboard Air Line Railway, by Mr.
A. E. Schilletter, extension horticul
turist of the State of South Carolina.
Mr. Schilletter has been actively en-
gagfid* in h/Dirtidiltur^ extension
work in South Carolina for the past
ten years and has carefully watched
each step in tht European grape ex*
periment now being conducted at
McBee, S. C. From Mr. Schillet-
ter’s past experience in the develop
ment of new agricultural enterprises
together with his knowledge of what
is now being accomplished with Eu
ropean grapes in the Sandhill terri
tory, it is felt that he is in a position
to speak with considerable authority
on this subject. Mr. Schilletter’s let
ter is quoted as follows:
“I am pleased to have your letter
of recent date telling me of your in
tentions to put before the people of
the Sandhill section the results of
your grape experiment at McBee.
You know I have always been very
interested in this work and have al
ways delighted in the opportunity of
following it step by step. There is
no question in my mind that you
have done a fine piece of experi
mental work.
The grape is unquestionably the
surest fruit crop that can be grown
in the Sandhill section. The crops
throughout the entire territory are
hardly ever injured by late frost and
if properly handled you are practic
ally certain of a good crop each
year. The grape is also most useful
for the table and for making juices
and jellies. The latter two products
always help the farmer in disposing
with his culls. Your work at McBee
shows very clearly that this section
is well adapted for grape growing
and that there are a number of new
varieties thait h|fere|of ore p were
thought worthless for this state arc
now proving of value and will have
a tendency of revolutionizing the
grape indiustry in this State.
I would not advise, however, for
anyone to plant too heavily to this
new crop or in f^ct any other new
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TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS
IN LIFE SAVING.
An army of men is working now
on all lines at the Pine Needles Inn
and it is taking shape rapidly. The
steel work is almost finished to the
fifth floor, and from there up it will
be raised with the use of the big
derrick which has carried up the
frame to that distance. Already a
string of brick layers is at work all
around the frame, and the walls are
rising like Jonah’s gourd. Hands
commenced the first of the week to
put down the third floor, the first and
second having been under way last
week.
The brick work rising from the
ground gives a perfect idea of what
the finished house is to look like, just
as the frame work has done for the
past two weeks. In another week or
so the walls will all look like a fin
ished structure. In a building of
this sort men can be working at the
roof while others are on the floors
or on the walls, and the whole thing
goes along together. For this rea
son enofugh men can be employed at
the various kinds of work to make
it evident that by the time the house
is to be delivered to the owners it
can be ready.
The golf courses are as green as
any in the golf region, with the pros
pect that the season will find them
popular and busy. All of the roads
leading to the hotel are in the best
of condition. Everything now points
to the new house being in commis-
son as soon as the coming of winter
calls for it. ’ ^ '
The brick In the new building is
from the factories of the Borden
Company near Sanford, several hun
dred thousand being required. The
material is of excellent quality,
which shapes into a brick that holds
its form in the mill and in the kiln,
and burns hard, and tough, of good
density to keep out moisture, and
takes a good color. The tile comes
from the Hood factories near Cum
nock, in similar qujantiti€^>. It is
made of similar shale, and resists
damage better than most of the tile
that comes to this section. The clay
products were supplied by the Pine-
hurst Warehouses, an institution
that is buying and distributing in
this section thousfinds of dollars*
wort of the products of industry of
Central North Carolina. The new
hotel inside and out will be a pleas
ing monument to the skill and in
dustry of the region in and immed
iately around the Sandhills, for a
large proportion of the material that
goes into the construction comes from
the factories and mills and mines of
the neighborhood, while the furni
ture with which the house will be
equipped will be North Carolina
made to the extent of at least $100,-
000. Pine Needles is not only keep
ing employed the men who are on the
job at the building, but another big
army who are making the things
that the hotel Is built of and equip
ped with. The many car loads of
sand used will be produced on the
hotel grounds, largely from the
basement of the buildings, for sand
is abundant there.
It is apparent that^the Pine Nee
dles hotel will be not only a home
financed and operated establishment,
but one built largely from material
from the vicincity, and furnished
with the same type of North Caro
lina handicraft.
BOX PARTY.
DR. E. C. BROOKS,
President of State College, who ad
dressed the Kiwanis Club at South
ern Pines Wednesday.
ADJUSTING TAX
RATES IN COUNTY
Board Makes Slow Progress in
County Gathering
At Carthage.
John L. Reese, life saving field rep
resentative, American Red Cross,
will be in Aberdeen July 25 and 26.
All whk) wish to take the life saving
tests will please be on hand. A. L.
Adams, Southern Pines, is instruc
tor for our Chapter.
MRS. R. N. PAGE,
Acting President Chapter.
The county tax assessors and the
county commissioners met in Car
thage Wednesday to go over the as
sessments of the county property
and adjust the valuations of the dif
ferent townships, but the full mem
bership of assessors did not come,
and those that did found that the
job is a big one and that more than
one meeting will be required to com
plete the task. Some of the assess
ments seem to be right thoroughly
done, while some do not give evi
dence of the same careful consider
ation of values, and it looks from
the viewpoint of the outsider as
though much work will have to be
done in order to get a real equaliza
tion between properties and also be
tween townships on a general basis.
The boards will fix a date for a
further meeting in a few days, and
they will try to get together on a
footing that will make valuations in
the county as nearly equal to each
other as possible, and while they
have no hope that the task will be
quickly accomplished the sentimen.t
of those who were present indicated
that a desire is evident among all
of those having the work in hand to
do it is logically as a difficult task
of this sort can be done. In a gen
eral way the valuations do not dif
fer greatly from four years ag>, al
though some townships have advanc
ed a little and some are a little low
er. No very great variations ate
noticed in a causal observation.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT
KIWANIS CLUB MEETING.
Everyone Is invited to come to the
box party at George Johnson’s, near
Cameron, on Route 1, Saturday
nighty July 16. Beautiful music will
be rendered. Proceeds will go to
help pay for the new church near
here. Everyone come and have a
good time at the same help a good
cause.
Whereas it has come to the atten
tion of the Club that in order for the
continued operation of the Elise
High School a new building must be
erected costing not less than $30,000.
And Whereas, the situation is such
that the building can only be erected
if there is a spontaneous public re
sponse to the appeal for financial
help to augment such sum as the
Presbyterian church may find itself
able to set aside for this purpose;
And Whereas, the Kiwanis Club of
Aberdeen is mindful of the magnifi
cent work the school has done and is
doing for the cultural and religious
development of the boys and girls
who have come under its influence;
Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved,
That the Kiwanis Cl^b of Aberdeen
do most heartily endorse the cam
paign to obtain the $30,000 for the
erection of a modem building for
Elise High School, and that the
members individually contribute such
amounts as their respective circum
stances permit to this worthy cause.
Resolve further, that a copy of
these resolutions be furnished to
Fayetteville Presbytery, the Trus
tees of Elise High School and each
of the newspapers of this section.
At the dinner of the Kiwanis Club
at Southern Pines Wednesday, Dr.
E. C. Brooks, president of North
Carolina Suxte College, talked about
.he changing conditions that have
been coming over county govern
ment, and the need to be awake to
the situation unless we want to see
local county government lose itself
in State or National adininistration
of local affairs. With the president
of State coming to talk to the club
an invitation had been extended to
a number of college men to be pres
ent, and the various institutions of
the State were right well repre
sented.
Dr. Brooks got at the meat of his
story without any stbries or jokes to
fill in the time which he figured could
be better spent in delivering some
plain facts, and he laid the founda
tion of his analysis of conditions by
calling attention to the fact that
from the Federal government is com
ing yearly now millions of dollars
to the State, to be increased by
State appropriation, to be passed
down along to the counties to help
with schools, roads, health, farm
practices, economics, and all publie
functions, until we can hardly un
dertake any public task in the town
ship without State and Nation hav
ing a hand in financing the opera
tion. And there arises a complica
tion.
Years ago government donsisted
of a aiild form of protectioik of life
and property by a sheriff, and very
little else except the collection of a
nominal sum in taxes to carry on the
formal outline of coujjty admjinist-
tration, which needed little as the
officers were paid in fees. But now
we have a different county govern
ment, for we undertake to do every
thing for the child, for the adult, for
the farmer, for the mothers, for the
roads, for the schools, and we have
an army of employes, in teaching,
road building, in the various bureaus
and boards of the county, and a vast
sum of money is necesasry.
But with much of that money com
ing from State and Nation, and of
course it is our own money coming
back to us, which is all any State
or Federal money is. State and Na
tion insist in having a hand in the
expenditure of that money. So we
are more or less under State con
trol and Federal control, and if we
are to keep on depending more and
more on State and Nation we are
certain to get farther from local gov-'
ernment unless we build up the type
of business government that will
suit State and National oversight,
and that has to be a business gov
ernment. A sheriff and three coun
ty commissioners no longer serve
the needs of the county, so we have
boards of one thing or another to
help make a government that will
care for the multiplying duties, and
in many counties efficient b’lsinees
organization has commenced. Moore
county, according to Dr. Brooks, is
farther ahead in this direction than
most counties of the State, and is
progressing towards a business ad
ministration. He expressed pleas
ure that we have realized that pub
lic business mnst be carried on in
business way, and that with the
amount of money we collect locally
in addition to that contributed by
State and Federal govtemment we
must have further business meth
ods, and he pointed out that all the
counties must get tog^ather more ra
tionally on their relations toward
es^ other or State will inch into
local affairs until State controls.
The doctor is not much alarmed
about the direction society is mov
ing, for he says he is an optimist,
and that what most people fear is
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