NC.
VOLUME
THE
PILOT
NUNBER
Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territo^^ 't:th* Carolina
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Address all communications to
THE PILOT PRINTING COMPANY. VASS, N C.
FRIDAY, OCT. 28, 1927.
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JUDGE WAY’S NEW
FLORAL INDUSTRY
FARM PRODUCTS
IN BEHER SHAPE
NIAGARA TAKES IPINEHURST OPEN
ON NEW ACTION WITH FINE START
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The Model Greenhouse of the General Price Schedule Advance The Development at Pine Nee-'Steel Men in Convention From
Whole Countrv Over at I Greater Than in Eisrh- 1 dies Rouses the Villacrp I All Sections Begin the
Activity.
Knollwood Village.
teen Years.
to Hustle.
The Carolina opened Monday with a
convention of steel workers, and a
right full house from all over the in
dustrial region of the nation. The
“Death is the crown of life; were
death denied; to live would not be
life; death wounds to cure, we fall,
We rise, we reign; the King of Terrors
BION H. BUTLER | A special news letter from the Fed- j J. A. Wood, who is right well ac-
“It has to be the most modern, for ^ral Department of Agriculture says j quainted with Niagara, says things
it is making use of everything that is the average of farm prices on Sep- in that village are showing a new
new and useful up to the present min- tember 15 at 140 per cent of the pre- hopefulness since the Pine Needles
ute,’’ Judge Way said about his new war average was 8 points higher than hotel across the creek has become a
greenhouse, over at Knollwood vil- August 15 and 6 points higher than | reality. Niagara is one of the old time
lage, which is in the hands of the September, 1926. The advance be-j communities, coming into existence _____
foremost greenhouse builders in the’tween August and September was un-1 when a bunch of the early settlers |week. The reconstructed roads, the (Mount hospital to his home in Cam
United States, with the instruction to | usual. It was the greatest advance | started the Niagara vineyard, which i new buildings and the gradual expan- ' eron on the evening of October 22,
make it the last word in greenhouse 'in any of the past 10 years. .in its day was one of the biggest'sion of the village look good to the land laid to rest in the family plot in
constrliction as long as the job is in j The unusual rise between August. grape plantations in the South. Time | wanderers who have come back, and | Cameron Cemetery October 23 Mr.
progress. Then the new things that; and September this year was due j dealt somewhat harshly with the | of especial interest are the two new | Borst was bom December 10, 1858 in
FUNERAL OF
E. M. BORST
He Was Connected With the
A. C. L. for ThirtyNine
Years.
schedule keeps the visitors the big, is the Prince of Peace.”
end of the week, and gives Pinehurst | All that was mortal of Everette
the lively atmosphere of a mid-winter j M. Borst was brought from Rocky
come up will be added when the next | chiefly to an unusual rise in cotton grape crop, as insect pests and dis-
unit is built, for this is an “industry” I prices by the middle of Septernber, eases worked havoc with the plants
that is planned in units, to care for i and to advances in hogs, cattle, but- ■ and the fruit, and ultimately peaches
the expansion that the project is i ter and eggs, which more than offset and pecan trees succeeded the grape
based on.
Three or four years ago Judge Way
commenced to raise orchids along
the lower prices in most of the other crop. The peaches had their day, and
products incltided in the index. are pretty well of the past in the old
During September business condi- Niagara section, although farther
with other flowers, and he was so suc^ materially different over on the highway some good or-
cessful and his work was so interest-1 the situation in August. Among | chards are yet producing excellent
ing that he continued to expand until I production industries steel output | fruit. The pecan orchards have thriv-
now he has reached a point where he|^.^® improved and steel prices con- led and are bearing now.
has been compelled to build a plant to |tinued to weaken, pig iron production,] village grew as the industries
care for the thousands of plants that i usually increases during Sep-! thrived, and held on when the orch-
he has grown or has coming on, and i tember, this year declined nearly 33 , began to decline. The village is
the new plant in the circle ear the cent; automobile production dur-i located on the slope of a rise
Hudson house is the result. There is | September, with decreased sales ^ ground, and is supplied with water,
rising a set of buildings designed and ; reduction in employment, proba- ^ piped to the houses, electric lights,
built singly and specially for the cul- j ^ot improve over the August' easy contact with the highway, low
tivation of orchids, and there is not | output. These major industries are taxes, good neighbors, village church
between Washington and New Or-| each operating below last year’s level. pastor’s service every Sunday,
leans the equal of it in the South, andl'^^^^s situation is further reflected in ! coj^^fo^table homes, moderate rents, , and Pinehurst, which is also
probably not between Washington and 1^^^ volume of goods distributed by j that to be said of Southern Pines. The
the railroads. Car leadings continue . jY^^ke a small community a pleasant' State and County highways leading
to be less than that of last year. | pjace to live. Mr. Marston’s “Way- to the resorts are in the pink of per-
Building activity as evidenced by the 1 takes care of those who fection, much new work having been
hotels, the Chalfonte out the Aberdeen ’Petersburg, Va. His mother was
road a short distance, and a little | Miss Annie Williams, of Norfolk. His
farther out the historic Midland road, father, Henry Frederick Borst, of
the new Pine Needles Inn, which is
rapidly approaching its finish.
The Pine Needles will be a Pine
hurst hotel, although it is beyond the
boundaries of the village, but being
under the management of Pinehurst
it will fit in with Pinehurst opera
tion, and will be a unit in the gen
eral Pinehurst service. The new
building is plastered now to the top
floor, and the trim is going on and
the finishing work is well under way.
Outside the grading is in progress,
and preparations are made for get
ting grass seed and shrubbery in the
ground. The golf grounds are in the
finest possible conditioh, both at Pine
the Pacific ocean, for the Judge is go
ing at this thing with all the determ
ination and understanding that char
acterizes a Pittsburgh man with
money when he sets out to do any
thing.
The nucleus of the plant is the
three story building of hollow tile
that will house the thoroughly modem
boiler and heating plant, the office,
the packing house, and storage quar
ters, as well as a place for the man
in charge of the equipment. That is
a fire-proof structure, with a base
ment 14 feet deep, a modem hot-
water heating plant capable of car
ing for probably a dozen glass cov
ered flower houses, of which two are
now pretty well along toward com
pletion. As fast as others are re
quired they will be added, as the plan
includes location for the full num
ber, all cared for by the central heat
ing station that is central, and to be
surrounded by the flower houses.
value of contracts awarded during
September was about 6 per cent be
low that of August this year and of
September a year ago.
The United States cotton crop is
now estimated at 12,678,000 bales.
This is 14,000 bales below the fore
cast of a month ago, and approximate
ly 5,300,000 bales below production
stay a while or who do not have a <^one during the season,
home of their own in which to stay i ^t both Pinehurst and Southern
indefinitely. ' Pines the prospects are for the best
Southern Pines is but k short dis
tance away from Niagara, and the
ponds at Lakeview, Thagffards and
j Chanlcirs are convenient for those who
' like to fish, or row, or in summer |
care for swimmming or the attrac-•
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DISTRICT CONFERENCES
Petersburg, Va. Mr. Borst came to
Cameron quite a young man in 1881.
In 1882 he was happily married to
Miss Lizzie Blue, a lovely young
woman and reigning beauty of Cam
eron. The greater part of his life
was spent in the rail road service.
His first work was for the Seaboard.
Afterwards for the A. C. L., in which
capacity he served for 39 years. He
was a high-toned gentleman, a clean
man, refined in his manner, cultured,
a member of the Episcopal church.
For some time he was quite ill at his
home here, where he was tenderly
cared for and carefully nursed hy his
wife and daughter, Annie, until his
physician thought best that he be
carried to a hospital.
Although his business kept him
away from home, he never failed to
come each week end to his home if
only to spend a few hours with his
family and beloved grand children.
Each Sunday he was a familiar figure
going to the train in the evening to
be on the job on Monday morning at
Wilmington.
We shall see him no more, and we
FAYETTEVILLE PRESBYTERY i shall miss him pleasant greeting. He
I leaves a widow, two sons, H. A. Borst,
District conferences in Fayette- ^ of Vass, Mason C. Borst, of Wilming-
last year. The condition of the crop, . j i.u
, - _. „ ^ Uions those places afford. With the
IS now reported as 54.2 per cent com- | development over on the Presbyterial will be held as fol- ton, who was his constant compan-
pared with a ten-year average Needles side of the creek the lows: November 1, Smyma, Scotland j ion and faithful son, two daughters,
I Niagara folks are in hopes that soon- County; November 2, St. Pauls, Robe-j Miss Annie Borst and Mrs. W, G.
During September prospects for i ^ ^ opened son County; November 3, Shiloh, I Parker, of Cameron, and four grand
cotton improved substantially i across the valley through the Niagara Hoke County; November 8, Aberdeen, ichildren, two brothers and two sis-
neighborhood to the highway, giving Moore County; November 9, Ephesus, jters survive him, Charles E. and Ver-
a short cut from Pine Needles and Harnett County; November 10, Four non Borst, of Petersburg, Va., Mrs.
Pinehurst to points up the road in Oaks, Johnston County County; No- Wyatt Cavin, of Rocky Mount, Mrs.
this county, or farther if desir.d. Mr. vember 15, Sardis, Cumberland coun- J. G. Council, of Norfolk, Va. Many
telegrams from various cities were
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Lou
isiana and Arkansas, where warm and
fairly dry weather prevailed during
most of September, but improved
prospects in these states are more ’ i. i , tv
^ , Wood IS much pleased with the pros- ^y*
than offset by losses from insects and
rains in Oklahoma and Texas and by
pects in his village.
Dr. A. A. McFadyen, of China, will sent to the family expressing their
be the principle speaker, and a splen-! love and sympathy for their^ friend
At the present the institution in- | heavy damage from the boll weevil! Something new in a cotton county <iid program is being arranged. A ! and comradeif. One especially I would
eludes a couple of smaller houses near
Judge Way’s house, but these have
been so completely outgrown that ex
pansion was necessary, and as* soon
as the first unit of the new plant is
able to house the flowers in the old
establishment the old houses will be
taken down and moved over to add to
the growing establishment. This will
give a space of 160 feet in length,
and about 40 feet in width, and will
care for several thousand plants. But
one of the purposes of the institution
is to grow more plants as well as
more flowers, so in a little box a cou
ple of feet square are seedlings that
will probably develop in three or four
years into a thousand new plants, and
from time to time the Judge sows
more seed, and every once in a while
he will have a thousand new plants
coming on. Now a thousand neiw
plants take up a pretty good sized
space under glass, and about once a
year with a new crop coming it will
be necessary to add another building
or two under glass. This thing is
much like crime*, for when you start
on a career of it it perpetuates itself,
and there is no place to stop, and
that is why the Judge has planned
the central plant with the space about
it to add a couple of glass covered
bouses each year. If he should live
long enough there is no telling where
the thing would endi.
But he has already under way one
of the interesting occupations of the
Sandhills. His plant has reached such
proportions that he has several thou-
lunch.
in the Carolines. | happened recently when a car of large crowd is expected to attend, and like to give in this writing: “Members
There is general complaint that the mater ial was orderpd bv far- the women will please take a box of employes of the freight traffic de-
weevils have practically prevented | “of ^oke countr partment all attend funeral of belov-
the formation of a top crop this sea- ■
son, except along the northern and
western edge of the belt where the
boll weevil is not a serious factor in
cotton production. However, in most
sections except South Carolina, east
ern Oklahoma and Missouri, early
The Big Days of
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PROTECT CHILDREN
AGAINST DIPTHERIA.
The last two cases of diptheria
occuring in Moore County in the
month of October, 1927, proved
fatal. In neither case could the
source from which it came be
traced. However, they both had
it and died as dead as if source
could have been traced up.
As a precaution against future
developments of diptheria I would
suggest and advise all schools in
Moore County, with the co-opera
tion of all parents who send their
children to school, to have them
emunized against diptheria by
having some physician administer
three doses by hypodermic, one
week apart, of toxine anti-toxine,
popularly called dipthteria vaccine.
To do this for whole county will
be cheaper than loosing one child
from futtire cases, and it is with
out doubt a good protection.
R G. ROSSER, Q. 0.
ed Captain, and if you desire they
' will act as pall bearers.”
I It is needless to say they were bid-
— • den to come. They sent a handsome
Vh 1 m t ‘floral offering. The names of the pall
■ ^11 Ld. Lu.XXXJLxl.wXxL bearers: H. P. Montgomery, B. H.
-Cobb, R. A. Davis, B. J. Chapman, R.
The Piedmont Harvest Festival Has Been Booked I b. wamer, w. h. Henderson, of wii-
for Vass-Lakeview for Saturday, Monday
Among the tel grams of condolence
and Tuesday, November 12,14 and 15. were one from the vice president of
^ the Seaboard and one from the vice
Announcement is made that the lor the first progran^. president of the A. C. L.
Piedmont Harvest Festival has been ^ On the two successive days pro-;
booked for Vass-Lakeview for dates'grams will b« presented on each af-:
Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, No- temoon as well as night and will in-!
vember 12, 14 and 15, and that plans elude as musical and entertaining MRS. FANNIE BLUE
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are
The attractions have been carefully! appear
selected and includes only people of cleverest
long records of Lyceum and Chautau- “ an^here on any
qua successes. A splendid vareity of' platfo*™- e wo sis rs wor
entertainment is pH” ided for in the I gether as one and offer original selec-
arrangement of the program. tions and sketches that never fail to
already under way for making numbers, the Boys and Katherine DIES AT ABERDEEN.
the event one of the largest and most Gutchell, in a great combination pro-
successful of its kind that has ever gram of songs, music, impersonations Mrs. Fannie A. Blue died at her
been held in this community. ' '^nd plays. This company has just home at Aberdeen at 5 o’clock Mon-
The Festival extends over a period » great and successful summer day morning She was the widow of
of three days and includes a total i with the Loar Chautauquas of Bloom- the late John Blue, and died at the
of five programs of quality talent.! G"®w^l^ Sis- age of 73 years. .
. _ ^ of the Mrs. gfug has been in fkilmg health
since the death of her husband five
years ago and the end was not un
expected by her friends and rela
tives. Surviving her are three sons:
W. A. Blue, Halburt J. Blue, and
Henry McCoy Blue; and two daugh
ters, Mrs. J. W. Graham and Miss
Louise Blue, all of Aberdeen.
Interment will be made at Bethes-
da cemetery near Aberdeen Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Blue was
one of the most exemplary charac
ters this community ever known.
Th opening program will be pre
sented by the Tiffany Male Quartet
of Chicago. This quartet is a singing
organization and possesses voices that
will at once make strong appeal to
any audience. Male voices are always
popular and it was a happy thought
that places the Tiffary Quartet down
please. In a tour of the South under
Piedmont direction two years ago,
they received 100 per cent markings
everywhereu In addition to the num
bers mentiond there will also be two
other speakers and entertainers and
a trained supervisor to assist the lo
cal people in the work.