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VOLUME
THE
PILOT
Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of
Address all communications to
THE PILOT PRINTING COMPANY. VASS, N C.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1927
NUMBER
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WHEN RAILROAD
REVENUE DROP
Then Biggest Market for Amer
ican Products Is
Crippled.
American railroads employ norm
ally about 1,800,000 people to whom
they pay three billion dollars a year
in wages, and through their pur
chases of fuel and materials and sup
plies, for which they spent last year
about $1,560,000,000, they furnish
employment to a vast army of other
workers in every comer of the land.
BLOXHAM PIONEER
NEW KNOLLWOOD
Buys the First Locations on the
Heights Above the Pine
Needles Inn.
John Bloxham is in a fair way to
become in later years the oldest in
habitant of the new Knollwood, as he
has bought the first locations on the
Heights, that portion of Knollwood
Village on the ridge top above the
Pine Needles Inn. This ancient in
habitant has secured lots 472, 473 and
474, a little cluster of three locations
NEAR EAST WORK
IN MOORE COUNTY
Miss Loula Eastwood Appointed
Chairman of Relief Or
ganization.
ABERDEEN LEAF
• MARKET BETTER
TRYING TO MAKE
HIGHWAYS SAFE
Averaging Around Twenty-five Kiwanis Clubs of Carolinas Take
to Twenty-eight Action in the Situa
tion.
Cents.
Miss Loula Eastwood, of Lakeview, Tobacco on the Aberdeen markets
has been notified by Lt. Gov. J. Elmer
Long, State Chairman of Near East
Relief College work of her appoint-
is improving decidedly in price, the
average for the last few days run
ning from 25 to 28 cents for the day’s
Anything, therefore, that affects the i set off by itself by the three roads,
railroads’ earning power is bound to
affect seriously many other indus
tries.
Railroads are like other kinds of
business. When their revenues are
adequate to their needs, they buy
freely of the things required in their
.operation. But when business is slack
and revenues drop they are forced to
economize. At such times their pur-
Swoope, Indian Trail and Fairway
drives, which are three of the princi
pal thoroughfares of the division.
The location is less than a quarter of
a mile from tee No. 1 of the Pine
Needles golf course, and an equal
distance from the Inn, and a third of
a mile from the Midland road near
Judge Way’s home. Already the wat
er mains have been connected with
chases of materials and supplies are | the main line of the Southern Pines
sharply reduced and the effect is im- i water supply, the junction being made
mediate and far reaching. last week near the Pine Needles Inn,
The railroads, for example, bought and on the day when water is needed
last year $507,000,000 worth of steel
rail and other iron and steel products.
on the property it will be there with
an excellent pressure from the tanks
ment as chairman of the work for | sales. Some of the individual sales
Moore County. The Near East Col- j have averaged up close to 40 cents,
lege Association includes six educa- ; and the farmers are much more en-
tional institutions in the Near East, | couraged. The type of leaf coming
that land devastated by war in South- | on the floors is better than during
i the month just closed, which has much
to do with the situation, hut the gen
eral tone of the tobacco market is
stronger. The government crop re
ports in the October Bulletin indicate
*a smaller tobacco crop than has been
I harvested in several years, but the
i biggest bright leaf crop ever gath
ered. Tennessee and Kentucky are
If reduced revenues caused by dull | over on the ridge above Southern
business or reductions in rates make ! Pines, or if for any reason that
it necessary for the roads to discon
tinue or sharply curtail their pur
chases, steel and iron working indus
tries are at once hard hit.
So with coal. So with lumber and
crossties; so with countless other in-
should interrupted the pumping plant
is only over the hill on the Carthage
road, and that will be available at all
times with its duplicate set of both
pumps and engines.
It is Mr. Bloxham’s intention
away down in the list, which means
a bigger call for North Carolina leaf
for cigarettes, while cigar types are
also shorter.
The October government forecast
is for a total production of 1,168,900,-
000 pounds, compared with 1,301,-
000,000 pounds harvested last year,
and is slightly above the September
1 forecast. Condition reports, cou
pled with preliminary information on
probable yields per acre, however, in-
eastem Europe and Asia. Governor dicate the need for revising the Sep-
Long writes: jtember 1 forecasts for certain types.
“In connection with these colleges, | Flue cured tobacco is now estimat-
to ! secondary schools have been estab-1 ed to produce 634,000,000 pounds, 12,-
dustries of whose output the railroads ! build on one of his lots during the 'lished, grammar schools, as well as 1000,000 pounds below the September
consume large amounts. j coming summer, and he has his plans | high schools, and the aim is to raise | forecast, compared with 565,000,000
It is easily apparent, therefore, that I ready, for he means to duplicate a | a small fund to gi>le tens of thou- , pounds produced last year; Burley is
industry as a whole is directly con-1 house which he sold when he left
eemed in the welfare of the railroads 1 Asheville a short time ago to come
because of their importance as con- back to Southern Pines. The house is
sands of boys and girls in the Near! estimated at 197,000,000 pounds.
sumers. But there reasons.
Reductions in freight rates that ma
terially lower rail revenues automat
ically reduce the carriers’ purchas
ing power. When railroads are not
properly maintained there is a rapid
loss of efficiency and the point is
reached where they cannot render
first class service. This means delay
in delivering shipment sand annoy
ance and loss of money to business
men everywhere.
So it comes about that rate reduc
tions secured by industries or sec
tions may, through decreases in sales
to the roads or through loss of busi
ness due to poor service, result in se
rious losses to those same industries
or sections.
Good business depends upon good
railroad service, and good railroad
service depends upon adequate reve
nues. If business is poor the fact is
immediately reflected in decreased
rail revenues, and if rail service is
poor business is inevitably slowed
down. Prosperous railroads render
good service and give an added im-
an attractive one, and will fit on the
hill top in fine style.
Work on the Pine Needles is ad
vancing every day. The floors are
progressing, and the windows frames
East an opportunity to secure an edu
cation.
“These people are very ignorant,
due to the fact that they have not
had an opportunity of attending
schools as there are but few schools
slightly below last month’s fig*ure and
104,000,000 pounds below the esti
mate for 1926; the fire-cured group is
estimated at 121,442,000 pounds com
pared with 124,000,000 pounds last
month and 183,000,000 pounds in 1926.
The Green River outlook has improv-
in these countries and there are few-
and sash are in place in some of the er school teachers. All the schools j®d from 21,000,000 pounds on Sep-
rooms. Plumbing is well along. Grad- in the Near East at this time are'^®^^®^ 1 ^o 26,500,000 pounds on Oc-
ers and planters are at work on the'private schools, and those who at-'tober 1. Notable improvement in ci-
grounds surrounding the building, tend must pay their way. There are j prospects was made during
and as the plans unfold they are seen no free or public schools and these month. The outlook on Septem-
to be in keeping with the building. | orphaned boys and girls who were ber 1 was for a production of 130,-
Across the Midland road comes the i Picl^ed up as little children, dying and 000,000 pounds. The preseSit esti
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anno*uncement of the accesion to
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‘The Comical Country Cousins.”
The Womans Auxiliary of Manley
Presbyterian church will give a com
ical play entitled “The Comical Coun
try Cousins,” on Monday evening,
November 7, at 8 o’clock at the Com
munity House.
Everybody come. You’ll have the
Representativerj from the existing
parent-teachers’ associations met at
the West End school building last
laugh of the season watching the | Friday afternoon for the purpose of
organizing a County Council of Pa-
accesion
membership in the Mid Pines club of
Charles Ault, of Auburn, Maine. The
interest shown by inquiry concerning
the club points to a growth of mem
bership there this winter, as the in
fluence of the Pine Needles is stimu
lating everything in the Knollwood
vicinity.
Over on the Midland road Mr.
Stroud is making swift headway on
the new house for Colonel Hawes, and
expects to have it ready for occupa
tion by the middle of December. It
is a model structure, brick and tile,
fireproof throughout, and of hand
some design. It will be one
attractive places along the road, and
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ARCHERY SCORES
mate is 140,000,000 pounds compared
with 145,000,000 pounds in 1926.
PINEHURST OPENS WITH
BEST SEASON YET.
At the Kiwanis Club dinner at
Aberdeen Wednesday R. N. Page
made a report of the convention of
the two states held in Durham last
week, and as his principal topic was
the action of the convention on the
subject of making the highways safe
for travel he was listened to with in
terest. The Durham convention en
thusiastically took up the proposition
of the Aberdeen club lo make the
highways safe, and asked Mr. Page
to address the meeting on the sub
ject. He was applauded as a repre-
senative of Aberdeen when he took
the floor, for Durham appreciated
that he had brought a highly import
ant matter for submission.
Mr. Page illustrated his argument
with a few figures, one reference to
Maryland showing our dangerous
condition. Maryland last year had
in round nhimbers 100,000 applica
tions for drivers licenses. Of this
number 18,000 were refused licenses
after examination. Of the remaind
er who were granted licenses between
three and four thousand had their li
censes revoked, leaving out of the
100.000 applicants somewhat over
78.000 who were allowed to continue
on the roads. Twenty-one per cent
of the applicants were rated as not
sufficiently skilled or intelligent to
be trusted with so dangerous a ma
chine as an automobile on the high
ways at high speed in the midst of
traffic. Mr. Page then called atten
tion to the 400,000 automobiles driv
en in this State, which means over
4(M),000 drivers. As it is hardly logi
cal, to say we have a more intelligent
population than Maryland, it is to be
injferred that 21 per cent of our driv
ers are probaMy not proper persons
to drive cars on the highways. To
take out that percenta^ would re
duce the drivers by 85,000, and no one
doubts for a minute that if the 85,-
000 most incompetent drivers were
taken from the road the safety of the
highways would be much greater. But
we have no test in our State for the
fitness of men placed behind the
steering wheel, and our record of
accidents shows it. In July, August
and September in North Carolina fa
tal accidents took an average of 50
persons monthly and 411 others were
Pinehurst Archers Make
Records in the Tour
ney.
Good
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THE TIFFANY MALE QUARTET.
At the first anriual tournament of
the Carolina Archers at Sedgefield
Inn, between Greensboro and High
Charles Mason, of Mason & Gard-!
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ner, tells us that the Pinehurst sea- i
son is opening with a very success-1
ful outlook. There have been an un
usually large number of cottages and
apartments rented for the season and | Advance advertising now in evi-
; indications point to the best season j dence in our shop windows and else-
i Pinehnrst has ever had. where reminds us that the first num-
The Pinehurst cottage colony is
growing steadily and the past sum
mer has seen a number of most at-
of~the engaged in the contest,!
coming from Pinehurst, Greensboro,! *
Point, Gastonia, and numerous f ^ number
With its acreage will awaken much ^ , v-. of the cottagers have come down un-
J • i i. other localities. ,, , , . , , ^
attention and mterest. Rounsevelle, of Pine-i"""®”^ early and with the Carolina
hurst, for first place, leading her near- ;
est competitor, Mrs. Garland Alder-i the town presents an almost mid
man, of High Point, by a good mar- i appearance, particularly as
Mrs. Rounsevelle is holder of Carolina has been having a large
PARENT-TEACHERS’ ASSO-
CIATION ORGANIZED.
antics of the “poor old maids,” Old
Aunt Samanthy, Sis, Sukey, Jane and
Cecilia. See “Mopsy and Topsy,” the
Charleston Champeens and black
Ma’y Jenney with her balking mule.
Don’t forget the date, Monday, No
vember 7, and the time, 8 o’clock, p.
m., and the admission, 15 and 25 cents,
and the place. Community House,
Manley.
2,550 BALES COTTON GINNED
IN MOORE UP TO OCT. 18.
There were 2,550 bales of cotton
ginned in Moore county from the crop
of 1927 prior to October 18, 1927, as
compared with 3,574 bales ginned to
October 18, 1926.
W. McC. BLUE,
Special Agent for Moore Co.
rent-Teachers’ Association. The fol
lowing were elected as officers: Mrs.
E. T. McKeithen, Aberdeen, president;
Mrs. M. C. McDonald, West End, vice
president; Mrs. H. F. Seawell, Carth
age, corresponding secretary; Mrs. G.
H. Maurice, Eagle Springs, secretary
and treasurer.
UNION.
On next Sunday morning, Novem
ber 6, the Sacrament of the Lord’s
Supper will be celebrated at Union.
At this hour, Prof. R. G. Hutcheson,
of Farm Life School, will sing for us.
We hope that the entire member
ship can be present, and all former
members and frieAds are cordially in
vited.
ber of our lyceum series is due on
Saturday, Nov. 12. The Tiffany Male
Quartet is the name and there is noth
ing better than a good quartet of
male voices when they really can sing.
The Piedmont Bureau of Asheville,
which is furnishing our lyceum num
bers this season, sends us the advance
assurance that the young men in this
quartet are all professional musicians
the'womVn’s"o7en mrt7opolit7n7ham^™"''«"«°" ^r^ests spent ajwho have had years of experience in
lot of time on the golf courses and concert and lyceum work and that
pionship, and championship of the
South as well. Out of 144 arrows, 84
at each distance of 30, 40 and 50
yards, she missed the target only
once.
Mrs. Alderman made the score of
124-648, which is unusual since she
been shooting not over three
months. Miss Frances Bowles, of
Pinehurst, took third place, with a
score of 99-433.
Jamas W. Greeslin, Scout executive
of Greensboro, was the dark horse in
the tournament, with an easy victory
over Scott Robertson, the favorite.
Robertson was sixth in the national
tournament at Boston, while Mr. Gees-
lin got only 40th, so that everybody
expected that Robertson would win
the championship. Geeslin’s steady
shooting brought him victory with
good margin. Following Robert-
about the town.
The attractive new Chalfonte Ho
tel, locate^ just out of Pinehurst on
the Aberdeen Road, is jtist being
completed and adds another link in
the development of the section into
a resort area second to none in the
South.
RELIEF REPRESENTATIVE
VISITS MOORE COUNTY.
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On Friday of last week Miss Ella
Jane Hardcastle, executive director of song is making' other
Child Welfare Department of the
Near East Relief, was in this county
observing methods of handling cases
in rural districts. Miss Hardcastle
spent three days in the State and was
sent for one of these days, by the
State Welfare Department, to Moore
Ckyunty. Her work in the Near East
is largely with the Armenians.
they surely can sing.
During recent weeks their engage
ments have been about equally divid
ed between college communities, com
mercial centers and the average
Southern town. The reports follow
ing their engagements indicate that
they have pleased equally well before
the various groups. The young men
themselves are friendly, likeable fel
lows, sincerely interested in their
work and never quite so happy as
when they are conscious that their
folk
bappy-
An evening of healthful, heartening
entertainr^ent is good life insurance.
A season ticket to the lyceum is lots
cheaper than a funeral. Let’s go.
Tickets go on sale early next week.
(Jet yours. Price in reach of every
body. Season tickets, adtilts, $1.50;
school children, 75 cents.
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