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Cf9lT. *arch 9, 1928. YS A tock e d lites bur best V e 1 2 pat- we Oil [han pgs, «rs, ttet- bay lat- t o pry- our we ture Why and hen pwn bav- liuimuiniintTT VOLUNE 8 THE PILOT NUMBER Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Address all commimicatioas to the pilot printing CX)MPANY. VASS. N C. building action AT KNOLLWOOD Two Houses Under Way, and Others Are Contemplat ed Soon FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1928 bion h. butler. When James Barber, Judge Way, Richard Tufts, Major Nettleton and those others who are pioneers at Knollwood, built their first houseiis they were clearly enough in the lead and equally clear enough they were ahead of the movement in that direc tion. But since the opening chapter of Genesis everything had a start, and always the start was the most lonesome phase of the job. Since the first buildings were planned at Knoll wood the earth has turned around a few times, and the difference then ANOTHER SALE OF MID-TOWNS LOTS Big Success at Recent Auction Leads to Further Offerings of Good Locations a: . SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 The success of the big auction sale of building lots at Mid-Towns, on the State Highway between Southern Pines and Aberdeen has led G. C. Seymour to authorize L. L. Johnson and the American Realty and Auction Company to stage a sale of another bunch of building lots, which will take place on Tuesdp.y, March 20. Some of these lots are on the highway and some are on the streets leading off from the main road and all are well located and convenient to both towns. Starting with the other sale 177 lots have been disposed of, and it ITERARY-HISTORICAL BODY HAS NEW HEAD and now is interesting. Pine Needles! is expected that the coming sale will was the outstanding signal last sum- j take a large additional number as the mer. This winter Judge Way built j neighborhood is in every way attrac- his fine greenhouses. Mr. Olmstead j tive, and the prices will be made by has his first new house on the Knoll- j the bids of the buyers. To give life wood Heights well along, and Mr. i the sale 25 lots are to be given Burgess has a good start on the at-, away. tractive building he is putting up for | Two minor sales will follow the Mr. Wood on the Pine Needles loca-|main sale at Mid-Towns, one in the j heart of Aberdeen and the other for Mr. Tufts has consolidated his hold-, colored folks in the Aberdeen neigh- ings by buying the vacant lot next borhod. All the land offered is looked to his house on Crest road and Mid- desirable by those familiar with land ro^ Frank Maples has secured |it, and the indications are that the a location across the Pee Dee road | whole transaction will be lively at all from his home and 34 other Knoll-1 three places wood Heights lots have passed into , jlr. Seymour has been getting his the hands of new ovmers besides , tract in good shapf to offer to buyers about 50 on the Pine Needles roads. | has a location that is tempting Some of those locations have been f^ora all view points. It is conven- bought as investments, some for; both Southern Pines and Ab- building later on, and some are now j^e main highway m the hands of owners who are con templating building at an early date. I have never been much in the habit of telling the plans of people of the State and Nation passing in front of the land. The highway is Federal Route ^No. 1. exti»ndinsr from - , . . northern boundary of Maine south- who contemplate improvement until that improvement has become a deli- | on the mte decision and ready to start. New,^ Southern Pines and Ab- ertheless it is not betrayhig any the expansion of both these towns it is becoming neces- I sary to have more room for folks who I are making new homes, and this is !the chance. BIBLE IN HOTELS MILITARY camps Scheme Presented to Kiwanis Club by Active Member of the Work At the Kiwanis meeting Wednes day at the Pinebluff Inn, Samuel R. Boggs, of Philadelphia, talked of the work the Gideon organization is do ing in placing Bibles in the hotels over the country. Mr. Boggs said that almost a million copies have been put in the rooms at the hotels from Enrollments Coming In Faster Than Ever for this Train ing Outing Paul Dana, of Pinehurst, who has in hand the enrollment of candidates for the military training camp sum mer schedule, says, “I have recently been dsignated Moore county chair man for the 1928 Citizens' Military Training camps which will be held this summer from June 17 to July 16. JAMES BOYD. James Boyd, of Southern Pines, who was elected this week president of the North Carolina Historical Commission. Mr. Boyd is author of two very popular books, “Drums,” and “Marching On.*' one ocean to the other, and that the ’ undoubtedly aware of the work is going forward at the rate of i value arid benefit of these camps 100,000 Bibles a year in this country co-operation will be greatly and that all the rest of the world is | ^PP*"6ciated in assisting us to secure a field the society is expecting ultim-! publicity and candidates for at- ately to work in. tendance at these camps. In discussing the results of this' “The enrollments are coming in much faster this year than formerly and all those wilshing to attend will LIVE CHICKEN SHffMENT BIG Farmers Load Out Five Tons of Poultry at Good Cash Returns I task Mr. Boggs dwelt on the value I of character in people, and attributes some of the character met with to the influences of the Bibles that have been provided for the stranger who finds th lonesomeness of the hotel staring him in th face many a time on his arrival in astrange place. He told of Morgan’s appraisal of a man who came to his bank to borrow money, and the decision of Morgan that character is a far safer basis on which to negotiate a loan than col iteral is. Frank Buchan was chosen as dele gate to the International convention of the Kiwanis society to meet in Seattle, on the Pacific coast, in a couple of months. Frank has been one of the active workers in the local club since its organization, and his companions were glad to award him the recognition that a trip to the Pa cific coast implies. Nelson Courtway, another member who is rated among (Please turn to page Ten) WILL ROGERS IS ON HIS WAY TO PINEHURST Will Rogers, the world^s greatest humorist, whose commentaries on everyone and everything in general have made him the most sought after entertainer in the country, will ap pear at the Carolina theatre, Pine hurst, on Friday night, March 23, at 8:20 o’clock. Mr. Rogers has recently returned ointment. Making Fight On Peach Freight Rate. When the new rate on peaches to the North was announced a short time ago the peach men figured that they were sitting on the top of the world, but a fly has been discovered in the have to be prompt in submitting their applications.” Much has been said about the mili tary training camps, but it seems that the young men who attend them come back with favorable conception of what has been done there for them, and Mr. Dana, and most of the other fellows who have had a hand in the practical side of war, seem to think that if we are better prepared for war we are leiss likely to have some one step on the tails of our coat. Information can be had from Dana at any time and arrangements made for attending the eamps this sunmier. The date is from June 17 to July 16, and a choice of six camps in the Car- olinas, Georgia and Florida seem to be at the disposal of the young man who would like to have a summer va cation at the expense of his Uncle Sam. Just write to Paul at Pineburat; or drop lii and see him. — ■ -i On Tuesday the poultry market car came to Vass and when it went away it carried along about five tons of live chickens, and left about $1,800 to be distributed aniong the farmers. The prices were not as high as have been realized some times, but the shipment wa-5 about the largest that has gone! topnotchers,-«M« ifihosen alternate out from this neighborhood and it |case Frank does not choose to make cleans up the sui^plus fowls, and gives the trip. the sellers a fair bunch of money at I The announcement that arrange- this season when nothing else is | *«ents for the club dance are practic-1 To Paul Dana, • bringing much to the farms. I made, and that it will be held | Address Pinehurst, N. C. The farmers are finding in chick-i^0 awakened interest, and the! send me information as to ens a pretty satisfactory source of!shows a good attendance, small but continuous income, for eggs | are plentiful now, and many of them are coming to market steadily. With Citizens’ Military Training Camp In formation Blank. the old hens and roosters out of the way the spring campaign will see a large crop of young chickens hatched The “Easy Mark” Is Coming To Pinehurst ‘The Easy Mark” is a comedy of life in the middle west. It deals with how I can enroll in one of the six .Citizens’ Military Training Camps to I be held this summer. Name Street Address City from Mexico where he went as unof ficial ambassador for the United States and his new program is sure to contain much about the country which will be interesting and amus ing. The organized fi*uit growers of { for the next summer and fall, and!^^^^^^ small-town folks, their for-1 NEW FUNITURE FACTORY the mterest in chickens is growing misfortunes, joys and sor- IN THE SANDHILLS, more pronounced as the farmers see that they can raise their poultry stock and find a market for it with cash on delivery here at the station. Georgia have filed a motion with the j APPROVE Interstate Commerce Commission re questing them to vacate and set aside its order. Various carries are consid- COMMUNITY CHURCH PLAN. In Pinehurst, the community has There is no question but that Will 'this^ime they also have entered such! commHtee ^^®*”ifrom the coils of fate, displays Rogers occupies a unique place in the political and social life of the country today. His rapid fire comment on politics, his keen unwavering judg ment together with a wit which pen etrates deeply and quickly to the heart of any situation is unsurpassed and it is not unusual for audiences to keep him for an hour or so after the scheduled time, pleading for more of his inimitable monologue which leaps so spontaneously. This is Will Rogers’ third appear ance in Pinehurst and all indications are that the crowd will tax the ca pacity of the Carolina Theatre even niore than a year ago. McNeill township sunday SCHOOL association MEET a plea. In speaking of the situation „ - ^ unM. I visiting churches in u:^ iovpH hv «11 Jerry ea y sai ® ^ ® ^ three states, traveling many hundreds I “The Easv Mark” tells a* human specialize in limited styles ^ ine Ji.asy Mark tells a Human, furniture most popular and most gripping story with many new and I rooms of Amer- highly comical twists. The play is, 5^^,^ Qnly the best gum rows. Jack Larrio, the author, wasj for several yeais connected with news j Another addition to the manufac- papers in the middle west. He knows | during industry in our county is the hfe he depicts so humanly and so ^nd. The Sandhill humorously, and sticks closely to the ^ facts ^ , completely equipped with all modem Sam Crane t e Easy Mark, electric furniture machinery. Several t roi^h the play Sam, stumbling, j grade hardwoods have I arrived, and soon cars of fine fumi- . . an m- move away, gratiatmg sense of humor that makes Sandhill Furniture Corporation powers m this section are sitting studying and revising many back with folded hands-a disorgan-: building committee invites ized group. They all believe this rat«: ^ case has been definitely settled and that the new rates will go mto effect: ^ this coming season. If the Sandhill Fruit Growers organization was func- labors, tioning in its proper way it would be There will be a meeting of the Mc Neill Township Sunday School Asso ciation at the Manley Presbjrterian Church Sunday afternoon, March 18 3:00. It is the desire of all in terested in Sunday school work to have every Sunday lachool in the Township present. There will be an interesting pro- prepared by the township of ficers so it will be worth your time to make a special effort to be pres ent. F. M. DWIGHT, Pres. Moore County S. S. Ass'n. in a position to request that the rates authorized by the Commission be permitted to stand and not be set aside or modified. The Sandhill Fruit Growers organization, however, is practically out of existence, and un less this work is done by a few men who are still interestefd in this Asso ciation nothing will be done at all. It The committee desires to give an invitation to the people of the entire Sandhill section to be present for this important meeting. The entire village of Pinehurst and community should welcome this opportunity of seeing the picture complete, and of studying the plans of their committe in detail. The committee is happy to present this particular building, for it is ex- would certainly do no harm to broad ^ -x • j cast the true state of affairs to the i ^ growers through the medium of your center. good paper.’' This seems to give a wholly differ ent aspect to’ the situation, and one that will have to be recognized if the results are to be realized. Further information can be obtained froin Mr. Healy who hits gone into the mat ter to considerable extent. He can be reached at Aberdeen. So plan to he at the Community House next Tuesday night, March 20, for the meeting of the building com mittee. Show your interest and have your soul edified. REV. W. M. MacLEOD. rich in laughter, thrills and suspense.} will be used. The t wi 1 be presented at the Carolina fumiture raanufactnred is expecte(d Theatre in Pinehurst by a splendid professional cast of New York actors. One night only. Thursday, April 5th. to rank with the best furniture made in North Carolina. Designs have been originated with antique beauty, yet certain features SEAI^ARD OFFICIALS prove an advanced step in the most PLEASED WITH SANDHILLS, modem conveniences ever built in Possibly a chess player is merely a fiag-pole sitter with a college edu cation. Inmates of the Weist Ham poor- house in London will no longer be supplied with beer on Sunday, as has been the custom. L. R. Powell, Jr., the new president of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, with H. G. Moulton and W. W. Col- pitts, of New York, were at the Car olina this week looking over Seaboand interests in this section. Mr. Powell is highly enthusiastic over the bus iness of his road in this territory and expressed himself as being willing to do everything that can be done to foster and improve business in every way The Pinehurst and Southem Pines passenger service is excellent now, and the trains are bringing in big delegations in both direcMons every day, as the hotel re^sters in- fdicate. A French manufacturer expects a heavy demand for men’s lipsticks next year. furniture. FAMILY REUNION. Six of our children with their fam ilies met at our home Sunday, March 11, at a family reunion and a birth day dinner, which occasion was great ly enjoyed by all present. Those pres ent outside the family were J. E. Crowson and wife, Lonnie Patterson and two daughters, of Seminol, Har nett county. Some of them brought us dinner, which was glaldly receiv ed. Rev. Perkina came from Sanford with W. B. Dowdy^s family, and after dinner was over Rev. Perkins held a short service, reading the 23rd Psalm, making some very appropriate re marks about the gathering. This was my 73rd birthday. JAS. M, PATmmm. * u ^ ’ I It t i 'i 'ti' P r 111 -Ji
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