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NUNBER
32
Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Address all communications to
IHE PILOT PRINTING COMPANY, VASS, N. C
FRroAY, JULY 22, 1927,
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
B. & L. ASS’N BACKS
MUCH BUILDING
lH»es Its Work in Quiet Way but
Responsible for Much Sand
hill Development.
TO CURB WANTON
PINE DESTROYERS
Kiwanians Will Try to Stop
Breaking Down of So Much
Of the Shrubbery.
DROWNING CREEK i MOORE COUNH
BIG PLAYGROUND' FARM NOTES
Tht Pilot,
Vass. N. C.
Dear Sirs; Know the interest The
Pilot takes in giving publicity to the
large, as well as to the lesser affairs
of the Sandhills, your attention Is
tailed to a concern amongst us, that, | during the
while it perhaps will not admit mem
bership with the otherwise small
businesses, it is a small institution,
the acomplishments of which, should
entitle it to be classed with the
large.
It has gone about in a quiet way
The Kiwanis Club at its meet in
Aberdeen Wednesday fully discuss
ed the matter of wanton destruction
of shrubbery along the highways of
the county, especially the pine trees
which have suffered persistently
summer. Folks come
from all directions into the Sand
hills at this season, and when they
pass on they like to carry away lit
tle pines. Some cars being loaded
until it looks as if they were in the
freight business.
Talk about signs was pronounced,
and without much ado, lending aid | on both sides, and also about ar-
t€ the development of the Sandhills | rests of the violation of the law
and Pinehurst. Aside from that, against moranding and destroying
there are perhaps among its mem
bership, those, who, have during its
the shrubbery and it was finally de
cided to ask the sheriff to see that
existence formed the habit of thrift. | the law against breaking the pines
Let it be noted also that what this | shall be more vigorously enforced,
organization has done is not the re
sult of the efforts of any single in-
Excuse was offered for those folks
who do not mean to be extreme in
dividual, but is the result of the co- | taking some of the little trees, but
operation of all of its membenehip.
What worth while was ever accom
plished without practical co-opera
tion?
The Pinehurst Building and Loan
the sentiment of the Club was that
it is time to try the law on those
who go too seriously into breaking
down young trees along the roads.
The matter of a new bridge on the
Clear, Running Water, Pleas
ant Woods, and Broad
Acreage.
BION H. BUTLER.
A few days ago reference was
made to the development Eldridge
Johnson is making on the big tract
of land he bought not long ago from
Carl Buchan. Further drifting around
in that Drowning Creek section dis-
Farmers’ Convention to Be Held
At State College on July
26, 27, and 28.
This year the Farmers’ Conven
tion will be held in Raleigh at the
State College on July 26, 27 and 28.
The teachers of this State Conven
tion: Dean I. 0. Schaub, director of
extension; J. W. Gray, assistant di
rector; C. F. McCrary, and B. Troy
closes the fact that for several miles j Ferguson, district agents, are mak-
down the creek are many opportun- i ing every effort to make this the
ities for the same kind of out-of- best convention that has yet been
door projects, for the valley of the held. An interesting program has
stream is a broad slightly rolling been arranged by these men and any
territory, forested with the new | farmer will find it time well spent,
growth of pine trees, mixed with i Rooms will be provided free of
more or less of hardwood, reached by I charge and meals may be had at
Association, the first of its kind to | highway over the railroad at South-
be formed in this section of the | ern Pines and the crossing at Aber-
Sandhills, was incorporated in De
cember 1920, and it began business
in January 1921. It is said that !
deen was taken up, with the hope
that some relief will be afforded.
The dinner given by the women
Accomplishment is the badge of 1 was for the benefit of Elise school.
t^uccess and usefulness.” An attempt | —
^iU be made to display the banner. | habit of thrift.
-During its six and one-half years : To give some idea as to the enorm-
ol existence, 61 of its 150 members 1 i^y of the Building and Loan busi-
gftltlOT
tiave received direct financial aid in
acquiring or building a home and at
an outlay on the part of the Associa
tion of $145,000. From accumulated
savings, it has loaned back to its
members $36,000, or a total of $181,-
000. There has passed through its
hands during that period upwtirds
of $200,000. This seems almost un
believable when we stop and realize
that the greater portion of this
amount is the accumulation of small
weekly payments and comes not
from the outside, or to use the more
commonplace expression, it is not
'‘outside capital,” but it came from
the Sandhills.
Mention of this organization is
not prompted altogether by reason
of its past acomplishments or its
hopes for the future, but it may be
of some interest to know that during
this week the Association is to ma
ture or pay off its first series of
stock, consisting of 530 shares, hav
ing a par value of $53,000. In this
process some of its members become
home owners without encumbrance.
Many of us have, no doubt, .experi
enced that feeling of relief that
comes when the words “fully paid
and satisfied” are written across the
face of a mortgage. Others will
have and perhaps their first, savings
account.
There is not better time than the
present to again remind the young
as well as the older readers of your
columns, the advantages and oppor
tunities offered by Building and Loan
Associations for a safe, convenient
and systematic method of saving.
An investment with an association
earns a greater interest return than
IS offered by the average institution
handling savings account. Further
more, money intrusted with an as
sociation is so handled by it that thte
greatest good comes to the commun
ity it serves, as well as the county,
state and nation. It offers to those
seeking to become home owners,
terms for borrowing and repaying
money, extended by no other insti
tution. A Building and Loan Asso
ciation is not a profit-making busi
ness; not so intended. It is what
the name implies. It is the pooling
of the savings and efforts of its in
dividual members, with but two ends
in view. First to enable its mem
bers, who so desire, to become home
owners, and second, to foster the
ness it is necessary to quote some
statistics. It is regretted that the
1926 report figures are not available,
but the 1925 figures will suffice to
show the Jpart that this business has
taken in the building up of this
good roads from all directions, and
only a few miles from Pinehurst and
Southern Pines.
Immediately adjoining the 'John
son tract are the holdings of Dr.
McLeod and of Sheriff Blue, embrac
ing some 3,000 acres, and these are
almost wholly in woods, with the
prospect they will continue that way,
for both these men realize that a
pine-covered area is more likely now
to appeal to the folks who will in
habit this section in the future than
any other type of land. With all the
talk of reclaiming land for farming
uses it is probable that all the land
needed for farming has ben put un
der the plow to serve for a number
of years, and no better crop can be
made for a time to come than the
growing pines that not only bring
the college for 25 cents each. Any
farmer who has not had a vacation
this year and is thinking of taking
one would make no mistake to make
this trip. By getting Several to
gether the trip can be made very
cheaply.
Red Spider Doing Some Damage.
Red spiders are beginning to do
some damage in the county now.
Damage of this kind is usually in
spots and looks like places where
lightning has struck. If the leaves
are looked at closely you will find
small webs on the underside of the
leaf. These are not always visible
then to the naked eye.
Cotton red spider can be controll
ed by putting on one or two appli^
cations of regular dusting sulphur,
which can be had from most of the
S. A. L GIVES
NEW SERVICE
Through Sleeper Service From
Wilmington to Ruth-
erfordton.
a profitable crop, but make a highly j insecticide companies,
attractive country while they grow. | The sulphur should be dusted on
Another interesting development jthg same way that calcium arsenate
farther down Drowning Creek is the
Buchan farm, commenced by John
Buchan, one of the substantial pio
neers of Moore county industries.
He had a couple of thousand acres of
timber land there on the creek, and
great nation of ours. The first ; when he cut the trees he put several
Building and Loan Association was j hundred acres into a fine big farm,
formed in this country in . January | But the estate has in woods much
is dusted on the plants for boll wee
vil. Use at the rate of 8 to 10 lbs.
per acre, taking care to put the ma
terial on during the heat of the day
when the air is very calm. During
the heat of the day the gas comes
off quickly and a quicker kill is ob
tained.
Before applying the sulphur, it
1831. Up to January 1, 1926, there i niore than in farm, and will for a i ^f^ay be wise to examine the fields to
was credited to the efforts of this in
stitution the building of more than
3,000,000 homes. It is a physical im
possibility to figure in dollars and
cents what this has added to our
government in national wealth and
satisfied citizens. It is reasonable
to assume that a great many of the
now home owners would be renters,
tenants, wards of the government or
people, or otherwise, had it not been
for the efforts of Building and Loan
Association. Investments in Build
ing and Loan Associations as of Jan
uary 1, 1926, were well in excess of
$6,000,000,000; and in North Caro
lina as of that date the assets of
her Building and Lean Asociations
were $79,000,000. During the year
1925 more than 75,000 homes were
built in North Carolina with the aid
extended by its associations at a
cost of $18,000,000.
In discussing any matter of busi
ness it seems the most natural thing
to do and that is turn to the ques
tion of taxation and its relation to
the business under discussion. Tax
ation was more in the past and still
is adverse to the Building and Loan
business. No other business has a
more justified claim for relief from
all taxation, whether advalorem, in
come or privilege. The only tax
that should be imposed upon these
organizations is an amount sufficient
for maintaining strict government
supervision of their operation.
Do the figures quoted not justify
the confidence and support of us all?
long time be growing pine trees and i
see if this pest is still doing dam-
improving the rural conditions as
well as carrying on the farm. And
on down toward Wagram are other
big acreages, Henry Blue a couple
of thousand acres, the Currie heirs
another thousand, John McKay a j spiders spread
coKiple of thousand or more, John- | plants.
son and Johnson some three thou- i Annual Club Encampment
sand, James Barber a holding that | 2, 3 and 4.
he is improving and will make a The annual club encampment for
pleasant place to drop in on, and a boys and girls will be held this year
age, as often after a good rain the
pest disappears, but some times they
persist for a long time. Polk weed,
violets and other weeds should be
kept down around the cotton fields
from these
August
lot of others.
The three thousand
acres
j at the Sand Hill Farm Life School,
owned | This will be a joint club encamp-
(Please turn to page 2)
J. W. WOLFF TO PREACH AT
TAYLOR MEMORIAL CHURCH
J. W. Wolff, of Asheboro, brother
of our “Sandhill Booster,” J. A. P.
Wolff, will speak Sunday at 2:45 p.
m., JHily 24, at Taylor Memorial
church, at the intersection of Rose-
land, West End and Hoffman roads.
Everybody cordially invited.
by Jim and Talbot Johnson is one of
the noted places on the creek. It
has about 3,000 acres, but the own
ers are bringing it into shape to
have it pay its way and also to pro
vide one of the most interesting
country places in this section. A
farm is mighty near a model, with
its fine crops, its hogs, sheep, its at
tractive buildings, and its lodge and
pool for bathing, fishing, its cottages
for week end outings, and its full
range of modern conveniences. It
was at this cabin, the mossgiel re- |
treat, that Gloria Swanson a couple
of years ago made her sensational
moving picture show that put the
Sandhills on the screen in one of the
lively bits of action that Gloria is
famous for.
The Johnson Mossgiel farm is as
interesting in its history as in its
present or its prospective future.
Here before the war lived Malcolm
Blue, and his army of 300 slaves, a
master so well liked by his bonds
men that when the war emancipat
ed them they refused to leave him.
They said the farm was their home,
that they had no wish to go else
where, no desire to leave the man
they had lived with all their lives,
and practically all of them finished
out their careers on the familiar
ground, and ultimately came to sleep
in the cemetery on the place, where
scores of the dead are either slaves
ment of boys and girs from Lee,
Montgomery and Moore counties.
We are hoping that every boy and
girl who is doing club w^jrk will
make an effort to attend the camp
this year.
Good instructors have been prom
ised us and we hope to make the
course of instruction worth while in
addition to having lots of fun.
Let’s make this the best club en
campment that has yet been held.
E. H. GARRISON, JR.
County Agent.
For the first time in the history
of the Seaboard Air Line they are
operating through sleeping cars and
dining cars to Rutherfordton. On
this train, which leaves Hamlet at
6:45 A. M. daily, they operate a
through sleeper from Portsmouth to
Charlotte, a through sleeper from
Wilmington to Rutherfordton, and
through sleeping cars from Florida
points to Rutherfordton. In addi
tion to this, they have their own din
ing car service through from Ham
let to Rutherfordton. The schedule
of this train is:
Lv. Hamlet 6:45 A.M.
Ar. Charlotte 10:00 A.M.
Ar. Lincolnton 11:15 A.M.
Ar. Shelby 11:50 A.M.
Ar. Rutherfordton 1:00 P.M.
from which point they operate par
lor motor buses to Lake Lure, Chim
ney Rock and Bat Cave. These
busses are operated on one of North
Carolina’s most scenic highways,
Route 20. These buses connect at
Rutherfordton with the Seaboard,
make a round trip to the mountains,
coming back connecting with the
out-going train.
The Seaboard is spending a lot of
money advertising their new sleep
ing car lines and also this new bus
line that they have established.
A trip to the Chimney RocV
Mountains over the Seaboard Air
Line and Motor Transportation Com
pany’s buses from Rutherfordton is
indeed a wonderful trip. The moun
tains of Western North Carolina af
ford as wonderful scenic view as any
where in the United States and to
get a view of these mountains is
made possible by the establishment
of this new motor bus service.
Lake Lure Dam was built less
than a year ago and is of reinforced
concrete structmre and is 107 feet
high. Lake Lure itself covers 1,500
acres of mountain country. Chimney
Rock Mountains, Inc., own in addi
tion to its Lake, 7j000 acres of land.
The Lake itself is beautiful and mil
lions and millions of fish have been
imported and put in this lake. In
the next two or three years a fisher
man will find wonderful ^port in
this mountain lake.
This service that the Seaboard
has inaugurated not only affords the
tourist an opportunity to visit the
moun ain section of North Carolina
but also gives to such places as Mt.
Holly, Lincolnton, Cherryville, Shel
by and Rutherfordton sleeping car
service and connections to the East
ern section of the United States, as
well as to all Florida points. When
this service becomes thoroughly ad
vertised, there is no doubt but that
the people will take advantage of the
opportunity and visit a most won
derful section of the State of North
Carolina, Chimney Rock Mountains.
SANDHIL SIXTEEN
GOES NORTH TO SING.
RETURNS FROM A MOST
SUCCESSFUL FISHING TRIP.
(Contlinued on page 2)
The Sandhill Sixteen went to New
York and Philadelphia this week
where they sing for several radio
broadcast events, and on Thursday
were scheduled to sing in Camden,
N. J., for the Victor Talking Ma
chine records. They will sing for
a number of performances on the
radio, rendering the Southern songs,
for which they are famous. About
a dozen of the members are in the
group.
Neal Usher, local insurance agent,
returned this week from a fishing
trip at Wrightsville Beach, together
with several other insurance agents
of this district. Mr. Usher states
that they caught several hundred on
this trip, and |ust before leaving
Wilmington he was made the re
cipient of a liar’s license for fisher
men, by the grand seal of Ananias,
prince of liars.
Many a true word is spoken by
mistake.
A compliment always passes for
more than its face value.
Before giving advice a wise man
prepares to dodge the consequences.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to express our apprecia
tion to our friends and relatives for
the kindness and sympathy shown
us following tii^ sudden deatli of
Gfcir dear wife, daughter and sister.
J. L. Coleman, High Point, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Barber and Fam
ily, Carthage, N. C.