VOLUHE
8
THE
PILOT
NUMBER
36
Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Address all communicatiocs to
the pilot printing company. VASS. N C.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10,1928.
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
Tom Kelly Widens
Knollwood Heights
Puts a Red Line on the Map
Around Several More
Building Sites.
When Tom Kelly went to Norfolk
^ast week to say a few words about
Knollwood H*»ights he hardly expect
ed to place four building sites before
the week end, but that is his record,
and possibly before this is printed
the record will be expanded material
ly. He was received with so much in
terest by Mr. Capps, of the traffic de
partment of the Seaboard, that he
was nearly taken off of his feet, for
and the good ones
ARE STILL COMING
TO THE CAROLINAS.
The Carolina Theatres are making
good on the promise to show the best
of attmctions in spite of the hot
weather and dull season in the Sand
hills and the next two attractions will
prove the rule.
On Friday and Saturday, the popu
lar athletic star, Richard Dix, is ap
pearing in his new and timely produc
tion, ‘“Warming Up.” If you are, in
any sense, a baseball fan, don’t miss
“Warming Up.” If you like your en
tertainment in the form of romance,
the same tip holds good. Dix comes
Mr. Capps is decidedly appreciative , to the Carolina Theatres m a screen
of the Sandhills both as an invest-! story which, in all appearances, will
• ment field and likewise as a source of be ranked alongside of “The Quarter-
business for his road. He selected back,” one of his best. In “Warming
three building sites quickly, and in , Up” he is the same athletic, lovable
addition he told Tom of his high ap- Dix, but this time his toe is in the
proval of every move for the develop- pitcher’s box. Many colorful figures
ment of the neighborhood and the. de- of the diamond are seen in support of
terminatin of the Seaboard to further Richard Dix, including Mike Donlin,
every move that has the good of this ^ the famous Giant of other days, Mike
section as its aim. Ready, the oldest living professional
From Norfolk Tom went over to and many others.
C I Jean Arthur, playing opposite Dix,
S. B. Murdock, of the passenger de- the first time, has a chance to
ipartment m New York, ami m a hi.o5 ^
; talk, as Mr. Murdock was about to f^j. loving her
embark on a steamer for a brief Eu-
IN MEMORIAM.
In sad and loving memory of our
dear husband and father, William
Daniel McCrimmon, who departed
this life one year ago today, August
8, 1927. Peaceful be thy rest, dear
father.
It is sweet to breathe thy name.
In life we loved you dearly,
In death we do the same.
The moon and stars are shining
On the lone and silent grave,
Beneath I lies one we always loved.
But whom we could not save.
There are some who still will linger
At the spot where you are laid
Who will ^ome and scatter flowers
On the grave that Christ has made.
WIFE and CHILDREN.
REVIEW.
TO PREACL.
Prof. R. G. Hutchij. lli^i^nduct
services at Lakeview
church Sunday, Aug. 12, at ,
and at Vass Presbyterian chtiJT ^
8 p. m. the same day. ^
D. MONROE.
Kiwanians Hear
Miss McNausrhton
Head of Samarcand School Talks
^ of Reclamation Work at
♦ the Institution.
VISITS IN EAGLE SPRINGS.
Farmers of Wilson county estab
lished a curb market at Wilson on
Saturday, July 31.
Kiwanis next week holds its meet
ing at Lakeview, the occasion being
a basket picnic at 6 o’clock to be at
tended by the members and their fa>n-
ilies, and possibly on the part of tKe
bachelors of those favored individ
uals who are figuring on becoming'
members of the families. On Wed
nesday also the Kiwanians are invit
ed to drop in on the Boy Scouts at
More cows than needed to supply their camp over on the Cape Pear
a condensery were found i na recent River, where the boys are having a
Miss Hatie Byrd McKenzie, of De
Funiak Springs, Fla., and Miss Una
McKenzie, of Black, Ala., who have
been the guests of their cousin. Miss
Flora Morrison, of Eagle Springs, re
turned to their homes last week.
survey made in Alamance and sur
rounding counties. It is proposed
that the condensery be located
Mebane.
ropean journey, another red line was
put on the map. Mr. Murdock is
fully as enthusiastic over the Sand
hills as Mr. Capps, and being the head
of the passenger business in New
York he is in such situation that he
• recruits many travelers for this part
of the territory. The selection of
As an added attraction the two-part
Great Authors and Stars special,
“Walls Have Ears,” will be shown
with Madge Kennedy and other nota
ble stage stars. This was scheduled
for last week but did not get out of
the labratory in time.
On Monday and Tuesday, the exocit
THE TREES OF
BY J. McN. JOHNSON.
MOORE COUNTY
building sites by men like this is of star, Greta Garbo, of “The
more significance than merely the '^^"^Ptress,” “Flesh and the Devil,”
transfer of land to strangers. These Love*’ fame will be seen in her
men are digging in to create busi- production, “The Mysterious
ness for this section and to expand supported by the popular lead-
the facilities here for caring for more Conrad Nagel. “The Mys-
people and to establish the Southern Lady” is an adaptation of the
Pines and Pinehurst area on a stead- story, “War In the Dark”
ily broadening basis. That they go Ludwig Wolff, directed by Fred
far enough to put fheir money on the world famous for his
prospects here tells that they are go- “Ben Hur.” “The Mys-
ing to do all in their power to make Lady is a story of the spy
business for their road and the com- which prevailed in Russia and
munity they are concerned in. Austria before the war and besides
Tom Kelly has made a good mis- *^®st beautiful star’s en-
sionary on this trip, as he has other j romance, is a fascinating
transactions in negotiation, which; ^®^j^d-the-scenes revelation of the
may be finished before this paper is ®®P^onage system that riddles con-
printed, and along with what he has Europe.
closed he has told a lot of his New ——
York friends of what is going on here McKAYS HAVE REUNION.
during the summer.
There was a time when summer t i oo n# xt -n nr rr a
1 „ . J . XI. On July 22, Mr. Neill McKay, of
was looked on as a dull period in the
Sandhills, but the transfers of build- •children and grandchildren
ing sites, and the pronounced activity gathered at old Union church for a
in building this summer point to the family reunion. The pleasure of the
fact that summer is an active season' event being added to by meeting so
as well as winter. The whole range i* • j i.u j ^ 4.u ^
- T> J, , - , , , many friends gathered for the mom-
irom Reed’s house bevond Pinehurst
to the Weymouth ridge, is now in the worship. A delightful picnic din-
CHAPTER XIX
The Tulip Tree: Liriodendron Tulipifera: Yellow
Poplar and other nick names. This is, one of Moore
County’s thriftest tree. It grows to great size in
every part of the county where it can “smelF’ water.
In the northern and western parts of the county we
find it even on the sides of high hills; but in our Sand
hills, it is almost exclusively confined to the swamps of
the creeks and branches and around spring heads.
lot of fun and outdoor life,
Mr. Hutcheson, from the Farm Life
at I School, announced the closing of the
j school and paid a little tribute to tiie
club for the help it had given this
work. He goes away regretted by
the club.
Miss Agnes McNaughton, of the
Samarcand School, addressed the
meeting on the progress of her work,
and she was cordially received for
she had a record to offer that * ap
pealed to the audience. She started
out by an enthusiastic word for her
board of directors, and also for Pihe-
hurst in laying the foundations -Itor
the herd of cattle at the scHeol,
which is one of the finest herds : of
Ayrshires in the country. But • she
explained that everybody helps Sam
arcand, and because it is worth while
to help train the girls there to be
good members of society and good
citizens.
From the illustrations she gav^^ as
to the ■ course the girls pursue after
they leave the school there is no
doubt but that the work is successful.
Sixty per cent of those who go away
from the school reach stations atove
It is not unusual to see this tree a j head is green,
hundred feet high, with not a sug- i Miss Rogers describes this curious
gestion of a limb for eighty feet of ' evolution, which is so life-like, as fol-
the distance, but these are old trees, lows:
The young trees grow with a cone- | “As the leaf grows to maturity the j the average, another 20 per cent ^ive
shape, and their tulip-like blossoms basal palms of its protecting bag | g^^d account of themselves, less than
have given the tree its name. shrink and fall away, leaving the ring | 20 per cent give the management any
The Tulip Tree is a valuable lum- scar around the leaf base. uneasiness. The reports of some of
ber tree—and the trade persists in “Now the growing shoot has car- girls was remarkably pleasing,
tailing it poplar. I shall explain this 1 ried up the second bag, which opens | growing that the school is one of the
further on in this letter. This is a dis- and another leaf expands, sheds its i great factors in social influence in
tinctive American tree. It was not leafy stiples, and a third fol- the State, and doing all that can be
known in Europe till the early colon- lows. The studies of this unique ver- expected from it.
ists transported it; but our English nation delight children and grown-1 The school is a training school,
cousins took to it at once, and now ups. It is absolutely unmatched in ' teaching the girls the things ordinar-
it is a prime favorite in all European the world of trees.” jjy learned in school, and also adding
countries as a shade and park tree, This is a longer quotation than I | a vocational training that fits them
and it is fast becoming popular here usually make, but the subject matter (to depend on themselves for comfort-
at home for the same purposes; for is so curiously interesting, my read- able support after they have gone out
no other tree grows so straight and ers are entitled to the best to be had to active life. Housework, field work,
symmetrical as the young Tulip tree, in showing up the Tulip tree. sewing, nursing, farming and garden
There are many species of Poplar The leaves of the Tulip tree are work, and all the factors that give
trees in Europe, and there is one— leathery blades, four or five inches real training in industry with train-
the wood of which resembles our broad—something larger in young j ing in books, belong to the schedule,
Tulip tree; but so different otherwise trees, and are fitted with basal lobes, , and along with the rest is a line of
as to be botanically no kin. But our and the ends are chopped off square, j play and recreation, and especial ^at-
early colonists noticing the resemb- This shape varies a little, but usually tention to health and sanitation,
lance in the wood, pounced on the the leaf is true to form, and is'singu- The story of the success of the
name Poplar, and called it by that larly free from utilation, and are lus- schoo'l brought out hearty applause
height of a busy period, and more ner was spread in the church fri-ove | name. So tight did name stick that trous all summer. In the fall the from the members present and made
new building is projected in all the in. under the large old oaks. Mr. McKay 11 venture to assert that nine men out leaves turn to a clear yellow before friends for Samarcand.
tervening territory. The road force formerly lived in this community and of every ten in Moore County now they fall to the ground. - —
which is rebuilding the double road reared his family here, but for sev-| know this Tulip tree as a Poplar. The Tulip tree seeds are winged,^ VSSS 311(1 ComiTlllllity#
has reached a point where the new eral years has made his home in Har-1 The wood of the Tulip tree is very but are not edible by man or beast, ^
road is now showing what it will be nett county. Those present for this soft and workable, but the last quali- and the seeds fall first from the top Misses Jewell Edwards and Agnes
when finished, and it is going to car- happy occasion were Mr. Neill Me- ties of the yellow heart wood are of the cones, and are carried far away Smith were shopping in Sanford M‘on-
ry out Manning’s dream perfectly. It Kay, Erwin children, Mrs. J. H. most excellent. It wears away by the by the winds, as the blades of the day.
is easy enough to see that when this Brown, Lynchburg, Va., Mrs. Sam action of rain; but it never decays seed wings are broad and flat, and Superintendent A. B. Cameron,' of
road is turned over to the State this Trogdon, Seagrove, Mr. and Mrs. Car-i from rot. This tree is described at very light, for there is no kernel of Carthage, was in town Tuesday. ?
fall a new feature of Sandhill crea- los McLeod, Sanford, Mr. and Mrs. some length in Poe’s “Goldburg.” I any appreciable weight to pull them Miss Effie Monroe, of Norfolk, :^a.,
tion will have been introduced, for J. B. McDonald, Erwin, Mr. and Mrs.! believe I gained my first interest in down swiftly. The tree holds a rem- spent Sunday with her sister, IVfiss
that road is certain to be lined’with F. P. Holland, Buie’s Creek, Mr. and i and esteem for the Tulip tree from nant of these seed cones far into win- Pearl Monroe, at Hotel Vass. {
new houses with a rapidity that will Mrs. J. D. McLeod, Red Springs, Mr. reading the book. It will be remem- ter, and they give the naked tree the Mrs. Alcie Thompson is underg^ng
surprise the folks and Mrs. Neill McKay, Atlanta, Ga., bered that Capt. Kidd’s treasure was appearance of being in bloom. treatment at a Sanford hospital .|his
It is not time to dwell much on the grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. found by dropping a plumb bob The Tulip tree is now largely con- week. 'l
plans that are entertained by the in- Hurley, Abner, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil through the socket of the right eye sumed in the manufacture of paper | R. 0. Beasley and Miss Mary B^'as-
terests that own the lands* between Trogdon, Asheboro, Mr. and Mrs. R. of a skull nailed to the limb of a pulp. Our ordinary postal cards are ley, with their mother, of Apex, and
Pinehurst and Southern Pines but it E. Whatly, Wade, Neill, Seth, Paul, Tulip tree. “Liriodendron Tulipifera.” made from the pulp of this tree; but Mrs. Butts, of Louisburg, were yis-
is safe to figure that those folks are Edith, Florence and Mattie Trogdon, The vegetation of the Tulip tree is no pulp mills have yet been set up m ^ itors in town last Friday,
not asleep They are making their SeagTove, Neill D., Alton, Norman, curious and interesting. The winter Moore County, now so far as I know, . Edward Griffin, of Durham, spjent
plans and when conditions are right Martha, Sarah and Isabel McLeod, twigs are set with blunt leaf buds, in any of the adjoining counties. the week end at home. ^
the forces that will be set at work will Sanford, James, Neill B., Janet, and The terminal bud containing the flow- The bark of the younpr Tulip tree Miss Anna Edgerton, of Warren-
be of the kind that do things The Edith McDonald, Erwin, John D., er, that is in trees old enough t<f is said to yield a medical substance ton, is visiting her sister, Mrs. T.
engineers are rapidly closing up on Martha, Sarati and Sandy McLeod,, bloom. It is the young saplings that that the pharmacopoea recommends | Frank Cameron.
the map work that will tie the whole Red Springs, Jean, Neill W.. and Wil-' best show this formation Two green as a heart stimulant. \ Mrs. A. M ^meron and children,
country together, and when the maps liam McKay, Atlanta, Ga., great leaves with palms face to face as m By far the greatest A^Mac, are sending sev-
and the plans are finished more talk grandchildren, Paul and Eugene Hur- posture of pr^er, form a flat sack Tulip tree wood Erne’s Creek with rela-
will be heard about the Sandhills than ley, and R. E. Whatley, Jr., other that encloses the new «hoot Jf you ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ -
ever in the history of this country relatives and friends, Mr. and Mrs. hold this sack up to the light you bottoms, and fruit baskets. Mr. and Mrs. Will McRaney Ind
From what can he ^thered of the John Blue and children, Graham, Mrs. may see the shadow within like an ^ Its softness and workability, and ^ Mrs. Duncan McGill accompanied
schemes that are con^dered the next J M. Hankly and daughter, Verna !“X” Ray, the new leaves making the ease in which it ^y ^ steamed, their guest. Miss McRaney, to her
Nathalin, Va., Messrs. E. B. and D. | ready for the year’s work. After a especially recommend it for veneer-
year will be a lively one.
J. McNeill, Raeford, Misses Cathe-
Farmers of Terra Ceia in Beaufort j rine, Elizabeth nad Margaret Mc-
county, shipped their first car of snap \ I^uchlin, John and William McLauc
beans co-opeifatively l^t ’Week. llin, of Cafthajre.
time this sack opens along its edge ing. The Tulip tree grows very rap-
seam, and the new leaf stem straight- | idly under favorable conditions, and
ens out like opening your hand. This the future is sure to see it largely
process is kept up till the whole tree
tiSed 'as shade and park trees.
home in Raeford Monday evening;
C. L. Tyson spent Sunday in Dur
ham.
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