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I”1 I * \ FIRST IN NEWS AND ADVERTISING THE PILOT Is AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY. VOL. 8, NO. 44. a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North "Carolina FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19,1928. HIGH RANK FOR ABERDEEN IN TOBACCO MART Federal Figures Show Heavy Sales at Prices Above Average. TOWN BECOMES LEADER. The North Carolina and the United States Departments of Agriculture in their joint report of the tobacco markets in September afford the Aberdeen market a gratifying rank. The Aberdeen sales averaged 15.74, as against an average in the State of $15.05. In the South Carolina belt, fiue-cured type, the prices averaged $13.90, Fairmont, with $15.12, being the highest. In the old bright belt, flue-cured type all the average was $13.67. This is the belt in which are Aberdeen, Carthage, Sanford, etc., and as will be noted by the table, Aberdeen led all the rest, and also came within 59 cents of equaling the average of this belt for last year. Only three other markets in the State equalled Aberdeen in price in Sep* tember, Tarboro, Wallace and Wil- liamston, at $16.13, 16.40 and $15.84. So much for prices at Abeindi^env The sales at Aberdeen for Septem ber were exceeded by five p^ilftls tft the belt, Durham, Fuquay, Hender son, Wendell and Zebulon. The table shows the numbes of pounds sold at the various mmrkets 1% belt In which Aberdeeft is located: Old Bright Belt fiue-ctffed type No. 11 Total Averaire Price Markets Sales 1928 1927 Aberdeen . ...... 629,460 $16.81 Carthage 262,606 1S.49 18.47 Durham 1,&T6(^176 14.40 17.16 Fuquay Sp .... -637,482 U2.63 17.46 Henderson .....;i,104,3U 14.40 16.50 LoMsburg 352,354 11.77 14.52 Oxford i«.Ti i«.ol iSanfopd 117v730 12.40 15.67 Warrenton i..,.. 160,638 12.56 13.92 Wendeli ............ ^9l^j940 12.54 15.91 Zebul® 7Ua,994 13.00 15.23 PINEHURST BAROMETER SHOWS BIG SEASON AHEAD There are definite figures to war rant the prediction on the part of the Pinehurst Corporation and Pinehurst real estate men that this winter is to be the biggest and best in the history of that winter haven, A year ago on October 1st, sev enteen houses had been rented for the season and there were 24 still available. On October 1st this year, thirty houses had been leased and there were only 15 available. These early season reservations for winter homes, plus early reser vations for winter accommodations at the Carolina and other Pinehurst hotels, are the annual barometer of winter business. We are in formed by the general offices at Pinehurst that the hotel reserva tions are heavier than in the past, so there is every reason to believe that the 1928-^29 winter season will be a record-breaking one. Charles P. Mason, of the real estate firm of Mason & Gardnef, states that inquiries for property to lease and to sell havfe been more numeltjus this sumjner and fall than in any previous year. VERMONT AVE. IMPROVED TO JOIN fflGHWAYS State’s Stesam Shove! Excavates to Ffj^pare for Hard Surface. DOUBLE-ROAD OPENED. Toial 7^18,390 $13.67 $16.39 State Fair Opens At Raleig'h Mondaj^ Rerord Attendance for Best Ex hibition in History lh*edicted. ’Wie North Carolina State Fair gives '0[pp<j]^nihity for expressing th« spirit of IRJorth Carolina in an ‘im pressive manner and for impressing on ifther states the true greatness off this commoirwealth, according to the opiicion expressed by Governor A-'W.. McLean to officials of th© fair. Tl« fair, TWfeich opens Monday, Oc- tobei 22, an>i continues throTagii thi: entire week in the fine new plsnt pro vided fby the State (Government, will be by far the greatest event of itF. kind ever h^Fd in this State, said W. S. Mcjtre, the secretary and manager. The tsffi-mendoiM number of eiriiibitB already gives -assurance that the fair will attain in ftte.first showing a plai?e ©f higfc importance among the means of educaaaaa^ ±he .residents of thii aii'fl other states conjfeeming the diversity, abundance, and (quality of North Car olina prodaicts. Bequests are eomls^ ih daily for «ffrtary iWtanks, this is es pecially tna® as ito the winners in many of th« wtasrty flairs. Almost unlimited (evidences of co operation by the public in the prepa rations for this fair, which will be housed in a plant powdded by the State Government at a cost of more than $200,000, are reg?»j«ied by fair officials as proof of ttie wisdom of the Legislature which created this in stitution, and of a record attendance, it was said by fair officials. The fair officials have not confined their efforts, however, to the prepa ration of a place for showing tike ex hibits and to encouraging the enter ing of exhibits. A great expense is incurred in arranging f«r a wide va riety of amusements, races, and va rious other contests, all for the pur pose of encouraging attendance. That activity was part of the great task of making the fair “an exposition that will be both educational and enter taining.” The program of horse races is one of the fair’s most im portant offerings. One of the State Highway depart Bte^bn has spen^iril? the week excavating in Ver mont avenue, Southern Pines, prepa-’ ratf^ry to hard-surfacing this street, the new connecting link betwef?h Route 50, the main highv^ay, atid koute 792, the road from Pinehxtrst. IThis improvement is being made 'by the^tate as the result of a peftkion rfiled recently by Ae Southern T^nes I tiommissioners, as announced in 'The f«>il6t. i With the completion of thfe im- I'provement, mot®r traffic wiH 'more j readily be diverted into and lihrough jthe business section of Sotithern j j*ines, and motorists with 'Pinehurst as their destination "find a bet ter connection the new doiflMe road. The lighted slijn whrcti noiv calls the I attention of tla^ toranmg -populace to ' the business section -of town ^rom its 1 location at tJie corncr of lft»y street j and New Hanapshhr avenue will be : transferred t» th^e comeT 'May and I Vermont as a©on as the 'hard-surfac ing has been conrpaeted. The head of the State Hi^way Commission, ! Frank Page, exp^ects to open the new ithorofare to tfie puhlic %efore the I winter season is imder 'way. It is expected ISaat tixe -work of im- tproving the sotrtfeem end of Broad street from Pemttsylvan'ia avenue to :ferewer’s Servic® Station 'will be un- •dertaken by the Southern IPmes com missioners in the very neat' future. Trafffic is now open thrcnigh from Svnthem Pines to Pinehnrst on the reaairfaoed double road, waiicih lacks orilj the top dressing for cianpletion. The only trouble with the !OCw road is, i^ccording to some of -©nr high- powered friends, it’s too great -a temptation to “open her up and see what i^he’ll do.” FINEST AIR nELD IN IIS, SAYS EXPERT Representative of Big Airways Corporation Praises Local Site. HAD HOPED TO LEASE IT. “This is the best aviation field I have seen in the Uifited States,” said Joseph E. Kerrigan, representative of the Massachusetts Airways Corpora tion, Springfield, Mass., who visited the field in company with Dr. W. C. Mudgett early in the week. “If you carry out the plans you have in mind for the development of this field, you will have something to be proud of and fliers will not find a better landing spot in the country.” Mr. Kerrigan came here as the rep resentative of his company with the hope that he might be able to take over the local field, picturesquely lo cated on Knollwood Heights just be yond the Southern Pines water works The Massachusetrts Airways Corpora tion operates passengsr planes in va rious parts of the East, and is mak ing 'arrangements for landing fields along the Atlantic Coast from Maine to Florida. Many fields have already been taken over for the company’s use, and Mr. Kerrigan was disap pointed that for the present, at least, those in charge of the local develop ment were unable to lease the field to him. L. 0. Yost, who has had charge of fiyin© operations in Piae- hMrst, will he here again this winter and will inaugurate the new field, opera^i^ng sev^al planes from there, both for sight-seeing and for hurried I trip^ of business men or others to dis-Kl should like to sit once more taJi^t points. ! in the church. In Perfect OHiditiofk Where I .sat in days of yore Mf.- Kitmlsm mU ^at While 4ie search ^ . ,'^of “Old Union VASS, N. C. SEASON ON AS CAROLINA OPENS DOORS MONDAY Pinehurst to Greet Officials of American Telephone and Telegraph Co. RECORD WINTER EXPECTED Old Union Church Forty Years Ago Recollections of the Early Preachers and Congre- jpitions—Impressive Communion Services Twice Each Year. BY THE LATE MRS. J. MsacK. HARRINGTON. |.^umeys around tiie various aviatiron centers of the co^try he had yet to find such turf and landing po»ibili- ties as on th* new Kndllwood field. The field is ia perfect con^^ion at present, the IKermuda grass <cut very closely an<d the soil hard ^nd level The higher trees near landinjr area will ^ thinned out lU) eliminate danger aircraft undeifiinning com- j ing in <«mtact with braiftihes in land-, ing or tgdking off- In tifliie flood lights ■ and a ^Efiant beacon wiit be erected to) Of the pastor for the hymn, Laoking throuf.h his glass rim, Gave a chance for gfances shy From the girls. For the blushes sweet and faint, From the maid who was no saint Yet had little human taint To her pearls, Pearls of love and joy. That time cannot destroy, Woman’s truth.” he gave out the hymn, “Crown Him Lord of All,” from memory, and his face was so lighted with emotion that I was flatly impressed, and after wards memorized the hymn. Soon after that he was killed by lightning Early Day.s. The first preacher i remember was The season in the Sandhills opens officially next Monday when the Car olina receives the hundred or more members of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company who are com ing to the convention which runs through the entire week. Forces have been busy connecting up one room in the hotel in booths and the various requirements for talking all over the earth, and the members of the con vention when they arrive can hook up with their home offices in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, or anywhere else and talk as much they want to. The convention will keep the Carolina occupied for the opening week,*^ al- thougjh along with the telephone fofts will arrive a number of other patroiis, for the Carolina has a certain right permanent clientele, which seems to head this way earlier each year a* the hotel opens earlier . The book- - ings are excellent, and Mr. PitzgeraM'^ says all the signs point to a bigge*^- house count this year than last yeaof^ which was the biggest in the histi>fy of the house. Many Improvements. • Pinehurst has a fashion of each summer making vast improvemaits, involving the outlay of thousands of dollars and this year has been no ex^ ception. A new appr'oach to the build ing has been created, giving a whol ly different appearance, and probably making a more satisfactory scheme f«r handling the increasing daily traf fic. But while the outside has been materially changed, the house inside is largely a new equipment. Over 60 rooms have been remodeled, with nfw oak floor, neiw walls, and with a com plete refurnishing. The furniture and riages, horses, but most conspicous, of all, a great many preachers m tall | Carthage and boarded with my silk hats, riding in Sulkies,’’ If I j teacher, Miss Cattie Robertsoi^ 1 hands of the carnenters painters and remerabeT correctly, tMs date was ’67jjards Mrs Martin other workmen, Mr. Fitzgerald says or ’€8. That was a great event in the ^ went to the Methodist chuich history of my childhoiod. Preparation i when the time came to My first recollections of Preebyter desiga^te the field plateily from above 'are associated with Old Union: Aj^ ten years old before I was ever and 'Make night landing safe and|g<reat crowd of people, bug*gies, car-j church but the Presby- fea^le. terian. I entered the female academy It is expected tfcate the new flying fieM will become cmt of the gathering plares of the claass inuring the winter season, as well m show place for thp steady stream »f visitors who come to the SaT^d^ills. There has been little qmes!taian%hat it is the finest fit Id in the couKtrj- from a picturesque acnd scenic sfcamdp»int, and to heaT Irom an aisttfcorlty that it was perfect from the pratfticril point of vie^ of «*perators eft mrcmft was partlcmlajp- ly pleasing t® Wtwse who • have feeen interested in ffits Mfcation and dewlof)- cnent. Rev. Mr. Russell. He was a bachelor,, ... ^i. and boarded with my grand-uncle, d^'^P^^ies aje m keeping with the Maj. Kov McNeill. I was very fond , <=ha«cter of the place and one of the of him, and used to sit on his lap, and I features is that the bulk of listen to the chickens in his watch.! ‘he new furn.ture came the fac- My father and grandfather were eld-:‘«"e® « J"!’'!'! ers in Union church. They died many years ago, and lie buried in the fam- ! ily burying grouad, now at Lakeview. some of the best furniture made in the world. Different groups of rooms have been provided with different pat terns of furniture, yet the groups are large so that a harmony runs through the whole project, and more or less of similarity is apparent While the building is still in the The Pilot is on sale each Friday in Hayee’ Book Store, Southern Pines; Fox Drug Company, Aberdeen, and Dupont’s Newstand, Pinehurst. NEW YWK STYLE SHOP IK m PINES BURGLARIZED. The New York Style Shop on Broad street in Southern Pines was entered through a rear window last Saturday night and gowis of the value of ap proximately $W0 stolen. The window was removed a» several others in the vicinity have been of late. The stdlen goods included the new stock of coats, dresses, lingerie and hosiery which had just arrived for the open ing of the store’s winter season. were g®mg tom thou^t the time would neveT come, f(*r I was to g© Saturday and Sonday. The minister we were to entertain was Eer, Dnraran ISflack, a friend of my grandfaLther’s. 1 don’t rememher TivitaSt I ’WfM'e, II ’had -n«t 3>egun t© tfeiialc of how 1 looked, as yet, I wasted to 39^ IPraeAFjtfeery, and what it looked like. I remember Hev. Fairley, Me- ! liBayde, Black aofcd McXinnon. Rev, JHIGHWAY COMMISSION SPEEDS jja-aattin MdlQueen Avas pastor. On Sun- j UP ID0fAl> REPAIR WC®M-. jday, Hev. IVIr. McKinnon preached in ! I tih® <groYe l?rom tlie '“stamd.” I was The Connty Hij^way commisaknii- 5s yx>\mg to ivmembtr the nernion, but doing a good j»b iin getting Uie irofads > for weeks and I, Pray, I stood up. I looked around, saw every one kneeling, (they knelt in ; that on the day of opening the skies will be as clear as a noonday sun, and all in readiness for the coming crowds. these days.) For a moment I was | By. ‘he time the telegraphers have tliurrier struck. Then I quietly knelt I the.r week of work and play . , Y- the books indicate that enough of the down, feelmg like a criminal, expect- ^ i. . , ^ . . V « X I regular guests will be on hand to give mg my teacher to reprove me, butj ^ ® , t J-J oi. 1 T „ i the usual Carolina air to the house, she didn’t. She knew I was a good , ^ ^ I Pres’byteTian. ' prospects are unusually good The first time I ever saw Rev. Mar tin Mc^Queen was a my uncle’s, Capt. Bine, of Union Church. One after noon a gentleman rode up to the •gate, and inquired the way to Dr. ((Please Turn to Page Twelve) in good shape agaan after the storms, j Pilgrims fr^ The Pilot ofHee h»r*J been making tire Itracks over a gw>d share of the cotms^ in the last week <or two, and it is surprising at the SHOWS aXEOlDED DECREASE. THANKS, SAY WE. To The Pilot: I wish to commend highly the staff of The Pilot for the very excellent paper which they printed last week. It was a credit to both themselves and the Sandhills and I congratulate the new owner. B. E. P., Southern Pines. quick restoration that has taken place In much of the roads. Of course some of it is not yet niekle-plated, nor up to the standard of six months ago, hut it is better than tthe most hopeful citizen anticipated, a*d it is getting 1)etter every day Pretty good outfit, those road commissioners and their gang, and this is a ^ood time to recognize it. SAJJDY CREEK ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE TO MEET. The executive committee of the Sandy Creek Association is to meet in Sanford next Wednesday, October at 10 o’clock. This notice is given k) remind the churches that if they have any business to bring before the committee, they will have it in readi ness for that meetiiig. All applica tions for meetingip must come before the committee. Blanks on which tQ apply for it may be had by writing to Dr. C. E. Mad- drey, Raleigh, N. C., or to 0. A. Kel ler, Janesboro, N. C, The deaUh a»te ;in ISorth 'Carolina in 1^27 da*>pped ;!»• H.S6 per Hihoiisaiad as a^inst » rate of 12.0.S in 1:92!6. The greatest decr^ftue was Sn pneumonia, which daimed only victims in 1927, 2^€77 in lt26. Sate from in fluenza fell from 06..6 per 10^,000 to 37.6. Heart disease claimed 3,85^ in 1927, 3,869 in 192^5< Nephritis also declined slightly, the rate hdng 100.7 to 94.4. Tuberculosis causetf 2,578 deaths in 1927 as against in 1920'. up to the Christmas holidays when a lull always takes place as many peo ple go back home for the year end. After that the season starts off again in full blast for the balance of the winter, and the signs are that a new record will be made with the winter now ahead. , . OPEN SANDHILLS WOMAN’S mCHANGE ABOUT NOV. 15. BLACKS, BACK FROM TRIP, PLAN HOME IN PINEDALE. The Sandhills Woman’s Exchange win open for the season about the fifteenth of Naveraber, the exact date depending upon the completion of the nrw wing- No consignments should be sent in before that date. Many new and attractive articles have been made during the summer, and will be on sale w’hen the shop opens. The Committee has decided to accept no broom-»traw brushes this year, and wishes to call the attention ti# ccnsdgnors to this notice. The Tom Blacks, who have returned from their wedding journey, are set tling on the Midland road, not far frolm Col. Hawes, who will be their next neighbor. A little later they ex pect to build for themselves a housup in the Pinedale section where Harri son Stutts and Isham Sledge have opened a group of building sites not far from ftie Hawes home. They will make fine neighbors, for Mary Powell wag ona of the most admirable girls of Southern Pines. OXFORD ORPHANAGE SINGERS TO APPEAR IN ABERDEEN. HUNTlNd LICENSES, IN Kv ^ " DEMAND, SAYS WAftDENt Alex Fields, game warden for Moore County, says he has already issued more hunting licenses so far than were taken out altogether last year, and that he encounter but littte opposition to the enforcement of the new laws. He is confident that the proper protection of wild life will permit, it to multiply decidedly in «.e county, and that before long Moore County will be full of game animals again, and a better hunting field than m a long time. He has been obliged to make a few violators walk the plank, but he do^ it with no com- pnctions of conscience and says it is having its effects. The Oxford Orphanage Singing Class, with a new personnel and an attractive program of music, songs, recitations, drills and an operetta, will appear in the Aberdeen High School Auditorium Friday evening, October 26th at 8 o’clock. G. A. Charles, chairman of the committee of ar rangements, states the evening will be one of rare enjoyment. “Enjoy tha children while they help the Home,” he says. ■ PROMPT TAX PAYMENTS URGED TO HELP RO^nd SChS n chief of the ra- ceipt of taxes at Carth«i^o T money i** starting + * th© money 1. staging to come in freelv aHd perhaps better than at any ous year at this time But L **“d-"*‘® "Ti* the sehools are and that he hae a tax receipt ready to si^ for every one who will m»ke a quick contribution.
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