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THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Vass, Noith Carolina.
Friday, April 27, 1928
URGES TAR HEELS TO
RESPOND MORE READILY.
(Continued from Page 1)
been, or as generous as Virginia and
other sister states. North Carolina
is apparently falling short of her
work of nature that we will have 52
weeks of interest manifested along
these I’nes because every boy and
girl will have the advantages of be
ing instructed in our public schools
and colleges along with agriculture,
quota, although this quota is only | stock-raising and other practical vo-
two-thirds of one per cent of the na- cations. Then too we will probably
tional quota The quota of Virginia
is one per cent of the national quota,
and a successful campaign is now
under way in that state.
“I believe the people of North Car
olina will rally to this great cause.
mer season.
A very interesting account in which
bows and arrows are made at the
GuUd Shop of the Archers Company
is described in the May issue of the
Scientific American.
develop someone that can assist Mr.
J. McN. Johnson in expounding the
gospel of Forestry. So far Mr, John
son 's the first and only man that has
seen fit to give his time and talents
to importing to the people of Moore
declares Governor Long, “for I can i County the much needed information
hardly see how they could neglect so I about our depleted forest. A record
great an opportunity for service. Ar-, of his letters is being kept on file by
menians and Turks alike are being!the department for the scientific
educated through the six colleges of 1 knowledge contained in them, Sure-
the Near East College Association,; ly the pen is m’ghtier than the
and the gospel of Chr st is being j sword.”
spread through the medium of edu- j Protect the trees that are here and
cation. Leaders are being educated to plant more.
H. H. FRY,
Forest Warden
lead these people in the Near East
out of their yoke of bondage which
has held them for so many centuries,
and it is only through the aid of UPPER MOORE MAN
Americans and North Carolinians I PASSES THURSDAY
that this work can be continued. | (Continued from Page One.)
Turks, Bulgarians, Syrians, Armen-i Thomas Kidd, of Highfalls. Mrs Hui-
ians, Greeks, Palestinians, and Jews | ley Purvis of Bennett; Floyd Brewer,
are being educated then Christianized i of Siler City; Fred and Grady Brew-
through these six colleges, and over er, of Highfalls and G. E. Brewer
three thousand homes are being in- of Carthage.
fluenced through these institutions, | He is survived by his children also
directly each year. The six colleges two sisters and two brothers, aiid a
THE TREES OF MOORE COUNTY
(Continued from page One.)
Linneaus because of this similaiity.
The Robinia part of the name was
given ’’n honor of the French Bota
nist, Robin.
The Black Locust bears its seeds
in a pod, four or five inches long,
with some half a dozen very hard
seed to each pod The pods burst
when they are ripe in autumn; but
most of the seeds still adhere to the
edges of the bursted hull even after
Political Announcement^
Black Locust! and these thorns are
often branched themselves—several
thorns on a thorn. | For House of Representatives.
The name of the Honey Locust is ^ very large number of my friends
given because of the thick vic’d mu- have requested me to be a candidate
cilaginous substance that surrounds member of the House of Repre-
(Please turn to page
Another Sale.
The Pilot ^‘s in receipt of the fol
lowing letter:
Aberdeen, April 26, 1928.
Dear Mr. Brewer;
Please let the readers of your val
uable paper know that next week I
am going to have a full page “Ad.”
in The Pilot giving full details of our
final auction sale of “Mid-Towns Sub
division” lots on the highway between
they have fallen to the ground, and | Aberdeen and Southern P'nes.
the wind carries them forth “on the
half-shell” for long distances, thus
scattering them on the earth for re
forestation. This tree ’s armed with
We have had wonderful success in
the sale of these lots out here since
Mr. Seymour took the property over;
sharp spines that used to serve our I them have been conveyed al-
Scottish Ancestors as Sliawl ping | ready and almost every day new pur-
for their “Paisley Shawls.” 'chasers show up. They are moving
rp, J , X 1 1 more rapidly than either Mr. Sey-
The wood has great lasting qual-i \ j
, I • J w TTT ' niour or I even hoped m the begin-
ity, and makes ideal fence posts. We, . ^
are told the wood of this tree makes j
the best insulator brackets for tele-1 ^n Friday, May 11, we are going
phone poles, hut farmers have a dread have our final auction sale and at
of this tree because of its numerous | going to give away
sprouts from the roots for acres!a Chevrolet Sedan and
around a large tree or a new stump. | seven more building lots absolutely
who have pooled their interests to-1 host of friends. j HONEY LOCUST: ..Gleditsia Tri-j^ree. I hope you can make it conven-
ward securing funds for operations. He was a loyal member of the Fall i acanthos—Called in some sections of j with us on this date be-
from Christ’ans in America are; C»et^k Bapt’st church sim*3 early | the country, “St. John’s Bread” fromj^^^®® ^ going to have
Athens College, International College cl.iluhood and was aUva. -: ready to the erroneous idea that the “Locust” I a*' enormous crowd from all over this
of Smyrna, Sofia American Schools, do hi& part in any kind of church
Robert College at Constantinople,
Constantinople Woman’s College, and
the American University of Beirut.
work.
Funeral services was conducted at
eaten by John, the Baptist while a re- entire section,
cluse in the wilderness, was the
fruit of this tree; but our Biblical
Fall Creek church by his pastor. Rev. i Scholars tell us that St. John actual
ly fared forth on a bug like that we
now call The Seventeen Year Lo
cust
L, L. JOHNSON.
Say men we have a few
more dozen good blue over
alls for only $1.00 a pair.
Stroud & Hubbard
Sanford, N. C.
sentatives in the next General As
sembly and having given th's matter
consideration I have decided to be
come a candidate for th’s position in
the next Democratic Primary and
shall very much appreciate the sup
port of the people for the office.
U. L. SPENCE.
For House of Representatives.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for House of Representatives,
subject to the action of Democratic
primaries, June 2.
STACY BREWER.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for County Commissioner, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary, June 2nd.
W. E. PORTER.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for re-nomination for County
Commissioner for Moore County, sub
ject to the Democratic primai^. I
pledge my best efforts in service to
the county if elected.
M. C. MCDONALD.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for re-nomination for County
Commissioner for Moore County, sub
ject to the Democratic primaiy. I
pledge my best efforts in service to
the county if elected.
G. C. SHAW.
Regularly each year since their j. c. Kidd, of EeimeL-, assi.sted bv
foundation, these colleges have sent Rev. Mr. Pickett, of llij-hfalls and
forth their graduates imbued with I Rev. Mr. McFariand, of Elen College.
the sp’rit and courage of Christian The Jr. O. U. A. M., Deep River Coun-' Like the Black Locust, the Honey
idealism and trained for effective cil No. 306 of Highfalls of whii Locust, has small leaves pointed at
service—educational, medical, social he was a faithful member conclud-J both ends, but crowded more thickly
and civic. ed the funeral services at tho ?eme-ion the stem than the Black Locust
It is only through the financial aid tery and his remains were liad to I leaves. It also has sharp thorns,
of Americans that this service can be rest in Fall Creek cemetery. The many I much larger than the thorns of the
continued, and North Carol'nians have and beautiful floral offerings, and the |
been called upon to furnish a small ^ large attendance marked the es-'
share of this support. Leaders m re- teemed friendship in which Mr. Brew- i H
ligious, civic, business, and public life er was held.
over America have interested them-1
selves in this work, and Governor POULTRY MARKET TO
Long expresses the hope that the; gg ESTABLISHED
people of the Old North State will, (Continued from Page 1)
fall in I'ne with these. jgoc each; eggs fresh and clean, 22c
^ dozen; Hams, under 25 lbs., 25c
RAILROADS MORE hams, over 25 lbs, 20c lb. side
EFFICIENT NOW. meat, cured, lb, 16c.
(Continued From Page 1) ^ny further information in regards
ond is the cost of material. These | to this sale will be gladly given you.
^o things shot out of sight, and it Poultry Car to Stop at Vass
is only of late that the roads have \ Another poultry car, the second for
been able to catch up with them- the season, will stop at Vass on Wed-
selves, and this has been possible by nesday. May 2nd. The hours for load-
a system of economy, of tremendous
ly increased efficiency in every thing
used by the roads, and of the utiliza
tion of every device for aiding pro
duction that can be devised. He re-
fered to the item of lumber as an ex
ample. His work calls for about 70
million feet of lumber annually in
ties, budding stuff, and a thousand
various items. Before the war ties
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for re-nomination for County
Commissioner for Moore County, sub
ject to the Democratic pr.maiy. I
pledge my best efforts in service to
the county if elected.
D. A. McLAUCHLIN.
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PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
ing will be about as usual, from 9:00
a. m. until 2 a. m. Prices at th's time
are slightly better than on the other
car. If you have anything to dis
pose of this would be a fine time to
unload. Prices on this car will be
as follows:
Colored hens, 22c; leghorn hens,
19c; colored broilers, 38c; leghorn
broilers, 33c; colored chicks, 21c; leg-
were expected to last five, six, eight horn chicks, 10c; roosters, 10c; ca-
or ten years Today the roads would, pons, 7 lbs. and up, 28c; capons, un-
be bankrupted if they could not get der 7 lbs., 23c; ducks, 10c; geese, 8c;
ties to last longer, so by creosoting, young turkeys, 25c; old toms, 20c;
the life of the tie has been brought 1 guineas, each 30c. *
up to twelve, to fifteen, to twenty, | Th’s sale will be conducted in co-
and some of them now are promising, operation with the Division of Mar-
25 years. This makes a big differ-! kets.
ence \n the use of lumber. It is so i
with every thing. Where the first; ARCHERS COMPANY
train on the New York Central was i RUNS TWO SHIFTS
hauled five miles an hour by an en-| (Continued from page 1)
gine weighing three tons, loads now equipment has been worked to the ut-
reach 100 tons to the single car and j most, it has been decided that the
speed, service and safety have never | only way to satisfy the demands of
been equalled. High wages are paid, | the trade has been to work seven-
business is served, and costs are now i teen hours a day.
not much different to the traveler | Another one of the new departures
than when low wages prevailed, and | of the Archers Company is the new
the roads are now wholly different | Arrow Box, containing a full dozen
from the roads of a dozen years ago. | arrows so arranged that there are
He was received with much interest, j no loose parts to become misplaced
The question of road signs was dis- when the arrows have been taken out,
cussed again, and the fight against I yet every arrow is automatically
them will go on, reljring on the hope freed for use by the raising of the
Men’s and Young Men’s Dress
Straw Hats
Our selection is very good this season, including
something for the old as well as the young man.
A wide price range.
of bringing public sentiment to the
help of the highway as against the
signs.
H. H. FRY WRITES
ON FOREST WEEK.
(Continued from page 1)
place but they can never have the
opportunity of protecting our natural
resources because the speed that we
are setting along all lines of waste
our forest will be far from what
their needs will demand.
The people of Moore County are to
be commended for their splendid co
operation in assisting the department
in suppiession of forest fires. I am
predicting in the near future that in
stead of one week set aside for this
box lid. This is said to be the first
radical change in methods of pack
ing arrows in five hundred years, as
the previous method commonly used
was almost identical with the way in
which the Yeoman of old carried their
spare arrows in time of war. At that
time a spare box of arrows was called
a sheaf and as a rule held twenty
four war arrows.
Archery is rapidly becoming one
of the major sports of the day and
it is rumored that Mrs. Phillip Roun-
sevelle and her assistant, Miss Maxine
Schadenberger who has been instruct
ing at the Pinehurst Country Club
this winter have offered their ser
vices to a selected list of Northern
country clubs during part of the sum-
New Shipment of
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and Sport Oxfords
Both strap and plain pumps. White and Rose
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Get yours now.
Don’t forget our Specials in Dress Shirts and
Underwear.
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