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p. VOLUME 8 THE PILOT NUMBER Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina A(idr»*ss all cotnmunications to thk pilot pkintinc company. VASS N C FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1928 srissn:’!'rv.'N «2.co EXPERT OPINION ASTORNOLLWOOD Purchase By Men of Judgment Good Indication of Values of Place THE TREES 0& BY J. McN. JOHNSON. MOORE COUNTY HOSPITAL SURE IN PINEHURST Subscriptions Not All In Yet, but Enougrh to Determine a Success Bion H. Butler The thing that I am charged with that pleases me most is optimism. I am a believer. I never did think hell fire is the most important factor in existence. Two days after I saw the ■ Sandhills for the first time I made' a check for some acreage. I have never yet seen the time that I have! thought it was a mistake So much for a beginning. I have, used a lot of paper telling of my views of the Sandhills. I have never, Mary McGirt, Jonesboro High yet had to recall any of my opin- School, who will represent Lee ions. And they get more comprehen- County in the d’strict finals of the Bive every day, for as we broaden we National and International Oratorical have more to sustain the optimism Contest in Carthage at 8 o*clock Pri- that the Sandhills justify. It is al- day April 20. ways pleasing to see men come to this section and be favorably im pressed. It means two things. It confirms my optimism, and it re-1 ciniits some more folks to help make the Sandhills the most pleasant place in the world to live. It is more pleasing when a success ful business man joins in and becomes a part of the movement, a man like Edward J. Barber, or Michael Mee- . han, or Clinton Dow, or Herbert There is no doubt of the hospital Jackson, or Mr. Sylvester of the Na- Pinehurst, as enough money has tional City Bank of New York. It is subscribed to warrant the be- flattering to feel that men of that ginning of the project. More will be type confirm your judgment by to brin^ the nn-ount up to "be final total required, but enough is Mr.' Barber is a man to study in warrant the commencement this connection He comes to the undertaking. A circular from community to look over his father's Pinehurst has been received explain- investments, and after carefully in- ^ ® situation and calling for a vest’gating the situation he buys more meetmg to further pursue tne land. He returns to New York, where reads: he is an extremely busy man. Last Pinehurst, N. C. week he was down again and he ad- April 16, 1928. ded to his Knollwood investment by committee in charge of the the purchase of four more lots. He Sandhills Hospital takes pleasure in had recently bought seven. There is announcing that sufficient funds ^’’e but one connection. Mr. Barber sees definitely in sight to warrant the in this section a decided prospect for official organization of a corporat.on the future, otherwise he would not to take over the work of proceeding put money in, and especially more with actual plans for the constiuc- money. tion and equipment of an A-1 hos- His father’s estate owned a lot of pital, to be located on a site just Sandhills land. But he wanted more, outside of Pinehurst on the Carthage and he secured it. He sees in invest- surface road, ments and home mak’ng opportuni-l order to effect th’s organization ties a definite and reasonably cer- enable the hospital plans to be tain value. He backs his judgment carried forward as soon as possible, with money and bases his judgment ^ meeting of all subscribers and on his wide business experience. Right others interested in the hospital will there is one of the most hopeful con- j the Pinehurst Country ditions that confront this section oi ^^ub on the evening of Tuesday, April 24th, at eight o’clock It is hoped to have a large attendance from the whole county. Your pres ence and any suggestions that you may have to offer will be greatly ap preciated. Yours very sincerely, (Signed)Leonard Tufts, John D. Chapman, Eldrdge R. Johnson, Henry Chapter III APPLES: Let us put a good taste in our mouths to begin with; for the Apple is pre-eminently the choic est fruit in the world. It sounds al most irreverent to say the Apple is a man-made fruit; hut it is true that if we are to give the Botanical Name of th's Tree, we must hark back to the wild Crab-Apple Tree to find it: Malus Coronaria. Probably the science of horticul ture has done nothing that has prov en a greater blessing to mankind since Cain became a tiller of the soil, than to evolve our present luscious apples from the common Wild Crab Apple still to be found in its wild state in our woods and hedges in Moore County, and still used by our Nursery Men to good advantage as grafting stock. It would be like carrying coals to Newcastle for me to presume to de scribe our apple trees—for they are in your very door-yards; but it will not be out of place for me to re late that there are four native kinds of these Crab Apples in North Amer ica, and about 20 others in Europe and Asia, but there is only one kind that I know of in Moore County. It was found that by crossing these nat’ve Crabs, the hybrid resulting would often be found decidedly su perior to either of its parents. When this fact was established, then ex perimenting began in earnest, and continued through the centuries un til we now have Albemarle Pippin, Grimes Golden. The Limber Twig, The Spitzbergen, The Baldwin, The W’nesap, The Hause Apple (this Hause Apple was originated by an old Dutch Farmer named Hause in New York State—it is generally call ed “Horse Apple”)—and a hundred other varieties. But it is only fair to say that while this is the result cf man’s ingenuity, yet the laws of inheritance are God^s laws, and all that man has done was to discover these laws. But in one respect, man has utter ly fa’led to make an improvement on the Wild Crab Apple—^that is to say; in its fragrance; for while the Apple Blossoms of all kinds have a delightful aroma, yet it is not to be compared with the deUghtful spicy fragrance of the Wi'd Crab Apple. However this evolution of the Ap- pl<» Tree has taken a long, long time, for Ridpath, the Historian, tells us .)f excellent apples in ancient Media five hundred years before tie Chris tian Era. Now throw away the core, and let , u? pass on to another Moore County Tree. Alders: We will find nothing to eat in the Alder. Indeed the only A'der we havie in Moore County: Almus Maritima, hardly deserves to be called a Tree. But it has many r ear relatives all over the world that are important trees, and its first cous • ir., our Hornbeam, or Ironwood, is a Moore County Tree, and will next hereafter appear in this letter. The Alder bushes on the brook banks and in the marshes of Moore County are only a bush. It is called Sea S’de Alder—a misnomer, for it does not grow in salt or brackish 'water. It has the distinction of bear ing its flower, golden catkins, and ripening its fruit, at the same time; and that rather late in the summer or early autumn; while the fruit of the Alder is nothing but a little dead burr with a few small seeds in it. I It holds on to its fruit during the < •‘Vjjsp tMvn to '"age 8* Margaret Phillips, Sandhill Farm Life School, who will represent Moore County in the National and Interna tional Oratorical Contest at Carthage Friday, April 20 at 8:00 p. m. RENTING HOUSES FOR NEXT SEASON Buying Lots and Preparing to Build New Homes at Pinehurst TO WASHINGTON ! PLANTING LONG WITHOLT COST STAPLE COHON Everybody has become aware of the fact that this has’been an excep tionally good w’*nter in the Sandhills. But Charlie Mason, of Mason & Gard ner, of Pinehurst, says his firm is renting houses already for next win ter. The folks who have been at Pinehurst during the winter seem to have become still more enthusiastic over the Sandhills, and instead of waiting unt'l fall to tie up their res ervations for-the coming winter they are closing their contracts before they leave for the North. Mason & Gardner have had a good winter, their sales running up into big figures, and Pilot Offers Free Trip to Na-'Farmers Improving Character tional Capital for a | of Line, with Prospect of Little Work I More Money (Please turn to page 6) DEATH OF A I KFITH xZL # 0 A Hik H A £ JL The Body Was Laid To Rest In The Cameron Cemetery, Monday, April 16. (Please turn to page 6) HOLMES TALKS OF FORESTRY Tells Kiwanis Folks What State j a. Page, Jr., Jackson H. Boyd, Sim- Is Doing for This Industry eon B. Chapin, General Committee. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our many friends for the kindness shown us during the sickness and death of our dear hus band and father. Mrs. A. J. Keitle and Children. Dr. J. S. Holmes was the speaker at the Kiwanis dinner at Southern Pines Wednesday, and he told some interesting things about the progress of forestry in Moore County. He commended the work Carl Buchan is doing at the Eldridge Johnson place | WHY ONE BOY LEFT THE FARM on Drowning Creek, where hundreds 11 left my dad, his farm, his plow, of thousands of young trees have Because my calf became his cow; been put out, and showed how other 11 left my dad—'twas wrong of course, big men can profit by following the I Because my colt became his horse, example A survey has been made of 11 left my dad to sow and reap the forest prospects of Moore Coun-1 Because my lamb became his sheep;' ty, which is one of the few in the j I dropped my hoe and stuck my fork State that have received this atten tion, and Dr. Holmes says North Car olina is one of two states in the Union to attract the detailed interest of the Federal government to its for ests. He spoke of the desire to es tablish facilities for using the waste of the forest lands, and to create in dustrial establishments on the forest resources, and also the relation of tax ation to forestry practices and the growth of trees. The State is now Working on a taxation schedule that (Please turn to paire 8) Because my pig became his pork. The garden truck I made to grow Was his to sell and mine to hoe. WHY ANOTHER ONE DIDN’T With dad and me it^s half and half— The cow I own was once his calf; No town for mine, I will not bolt, Because my horse was on<^ hia colt; I’m going to stick right where I am Because my sheep was once his lamb; I’ll stay with dad—he gets my vote, Because my hog was once his shote; It's “fifty-fifty” with dad and me— A profit-sharing company. As will he seen by the announce ment elsewhere The Pilot offers to anybody who cares to do a little work for a free trip to Washington, which involves not a cent of outlay, and wh’Ch is open to all comers who would like to see the most interest ing city in the world. The chance is open to those who will help to se cure more subscribers for The Pilot, and collect the renewals from those already subscribers And should not enough subscriptions new or old be secured to reach the number called for to win the trip, cash payments will be given instead to those who do not get the full number. The work necessary to secure the trip is merely to procure renewals or new subscrbers to the value of $160. You are out nothing in the work, for The Pilot pays the cost of the Washington trip, and all you have to do is to secure a certain number of subscriptions. The jour ney will be through Greensboro, by the Shenandoah Valley, the most in teresting section of country in the Eastern United States, through the historical territory made famous by all the big wars the United States has engaged in, through a wonderful farming country, and several days in Washington, the home of the gov- A. D. Ennett, of the Cotton Grow ers’ Association, during a visit to Vass, said the association has on a campaign to induce farmers to plant ’eed of the varieties that will give a longer lint, and he thinks the signs po’nt to double the amount of longer staple this year over any year in the history of cotton planting, counting a minimum of inch length. The as sociation is in position to get a top price for staple of these better lengths in its direct contact w th the mills. Last season North Carolina produced only one-fourth of the better lengths used in the State, but he looks for three-fourths of the product this sea son to be of the longer staple varie ties. Such an event would bring many thousands of dollars of extra money (Please turn to page 6) GARDNER GETS LAKEVIEW FOR THE SUMMER SEASON All that was mortal of Andrew Jackson Keith, who died at his home .'near Cameron early Sunday morning, j was tenderly laid to rest in the fam- j ily plot at the Cameron cemetery, • Monday, April 16. The funeral serv ices were conducted from the Presby terian church by Rev. M. D. McNeUl, pastor of the deceased, assisted by Rev. D McD. Monroe, of Vass. I A large crowd of relatives and friends assembled to pay their last I tribute of respect to Mr. Keith, a man Lked by all who knew him; an [upright, honest Christian gentleman, and Confederate soldier. I (Please turn to page 6) COMMISSIONERS APPOINT LIST TAKERS FOR 1928 (Please turn to page 6) - — - . I MtSIC RBCITAL FRIDAY ! NIGHT, APRIL 20—8:15 The public is cordially invited to the music recital, given by pupils of Miss Marie Newton, Friday night, April £0 at 8:15 o’clock Lloyd Gardner announces that he hsa leased Lakeview for the -summer sea son and will operate it as an attrac tive resort, much on the plans of last year, and he will undertake to keep it on a high, clean plane that will interest everybody. All the fa cilities of bathing, boating, amuse ments, etc., that the location affords will he at the pleasure of t^' visi tors, and Mr. Gardner anticipates a good crowd, of the right kind of peo ple, and a summer amusement enter prise that will be attractive to the folks who can come )Kt ^y tipie during the warm weather and find the rest and pleasures they are looknig for. The following have been appointed by the Board of County Commission ers to I’st property for taxation for the year 1928: Carthage Township, N. A. Mc- Keithen; Bensalem, B. Deaton; Shef field, Miss Virginia Carter; Ritter, Miss Alice Ritter; Deep River, W. M. Fields; Greenwood, Miss Mamie Ar nold; McNeill, Mrs. D. J. Blue; Sand hill, Levi Packard; M’neral Springs, Mrs. Victoria C. McKenzie. These list-takers will begin the work of listing property on May 8 and continue same through June d. Please see the list-taker of the town ship in which you live and return to him all real and personal property you own on the first day of May. Failure to list your property will re sult in your being double taaud. MAIDA JENKINS, Tax Supervisor.
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