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Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory^f North Carolina
VOL. 9, NO. 2
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 14, 1928
ASKSMARKERS ,
TO GUIDE WAY TO
NEW AIRPORT
Irving Johnson Points Need of
Maps and Landmarks
for Aviators
IS AIDING GOVERNMENT
The Sandhill Post of the Amer
ican Lej^ion at its meeting Tues
day night took action favoring
the proposal of Irving Johnson
as outlined in the following in
terview, voting to sponsor the
movement to provide 200-foot ar
rows designating Southern Pines
and Pinehurst to airmen. It is
planned to locate the markers on
Seaboard property in Southern
Pines and property of Leonard
Tufts iki Pinehurst.
THE GIN HOUSE GANG GETS
UPSET ’BOUT MOTOR LICENSES
Boys Say What’s the Use o’ Following Instructions When
They Ain’t Nobody to Make You
Do Nothin’
*‘We are getting an airport, and it
is beginning to be noticed,” said Irv
ing Johnson, the engineer who is mak
ing the big surveys and mapping work
of this section. “But we have a lot
to do before our airport is a commer
cial utility. It is not on the maps.
On our maps, j’^s, but not on the
flying maps, and flying machines do
not know where to look for it.”
Mr. Johnson explained that because
the most of us who live in the Sand
hills know that a field has been created
on the Mill creek hills, that does not
signify that the three big marine
planes which came down this way the
other afternoon in the dense fog that
covered the hills and flats knew where
to look for the field in that deep fog.
They didn’t. They didn’t even know
where they were, and might as well
have been down in the cellar at night.
Of course this is an extreme case, but
planes that fly over the Sandhills
cannot know that Pinehurst is in one
location, Southern Pines in another,
the flying field out to the north of
the water pumping station, and Fort
Bragg over to the eastward from all
of it.
Wants Big Arrow
Mr. Johnson suggests that at South
ern Pines a sign be laid down on the
ground in plain sight that can be
seen from a couple of thousand feet in
the air, and in open enough place that
it can be seen from an angle over
head as well as directly above. He
proposes a group of letters spelling
“So. Pines,” or the full name would
be better, these letters to be not less
than thirty feet from top to bottom,
and four feet wide in the lines. They
should be laid down with the top
pointing to the direct north, and fiwii
them should be an arrpw several feet
long pointing to the landing place at
the field, and a figure indicating the
distance of the field from the village.
This figure should be several feet in
dimensions. The whole inscription
ought to be laid down on a field in
which the letters mad-^ of perhaps
big pebbles in yellowish shade would
be surrounded by a big b^ of cin
ders to create a contrast that the
letters might stand out in distinc
tion.
This sign would require a place big
enough that it would not be cut off
by trees, buildings or any other ob
struction, so that a pilot could pick
it up in flying somewhat low, or so
that he could see it in flying at a
distance in the sky. In Southern
Pines he mentioned the open space at
the side of the cut near Betterly‘s
warehouse, but across the track from
it, although, as he said, that was
merely one point that came to his
mind and many other better ones per
haps would be found on examination.
The man in the air wants, when he
starts to light gome information as
to where he is and where he can put
his feet on the ground, or if he is
going through he likes to know where
he is and the directions north and
south. Pinehurst should also be in
cluded in this idea of a marker to in
dicate the place. This search for a
landing has been noted two or three
times in the last few days, with much
difficulty, and one plane narrowly ex-
caped destruction on an elecijric light
high tension wire last week. Pine
hurst has good landing room for
emergencies, and also excellent oppor
tunities for big signs to indicate the
locality.
To Chart Whole Section
Mr. Johnson is working on plans to
provide the Bureau of Aeronautics of
the Federal Department of Commerce
A gioup of wagons were wait
ing their turn at the gin house on
a busy day, conditions under which
the Gin House Forum likes to get.
When one of the assemblage,
took occasion to remark that he had
received a notice to buy his license'
tag for his car for 1929. “I done_
sont my money down to Raleigh,”
said Mr. Jimple, “but I wrote to
Rufe Doughton that he got to make
other fellows put their new tags on
their cars or I be goed-to-thunder
if ril put mine on when it comes.
The dang buggers up there at Ral
eigh make a fuss about us putting,
new tags on the car, and then when
we get a tag and put it on they |
send out notice that if you don’t get I
youi* new tag before the second |
week in January they’ll arrest you,'
and then they send out notice that,
anybody that aint got no license by
the first of February is libel to be®
pulled, and then they say you got to
put on a new license by the first of
March, and that if you don’t have ^
but one light you’ll have hard knots
tied in your ears, and then they say
you got to get your lights fixed up
before com planting time or you get
heck. And dang me if you don’t
make me tired.” 1
“Aw, shucks,” piped up Dancy;
Prindly, “old Moribund Loper ain’t
had but one light on that flivver of
his’n all fall, and nobody don’t hurt
a hair of his head. Who’s a goin to
do anything? Who is going to do
anything anyhow about anything?
They said you git your lights ad
justed and pay a man 75 cents but
I didn’t get any adjusted. Dang few
of the folks down our way had them
yaller tags on their cars about lights.
An aint we just as good as anybody
down in Raleigh? Who says we got
to if they don’t do anything to make
anybody else do anything? By grab
I aint goin to get no more yellow
tags and pay 75 cents for lights.
Let ’em make some of the rest do
something. Then I’ll do my share.”
“Quit yer yawp, and come up here
with that wagon load o’ cotton,” a
voice called from the gin platform.
“If you Punkin holler outlaws buried
all the fellers you kill, talkin ’em
to death and otherwise Sawhorse
township would need a new cemetery
about every three weeks. Must be
turble to live down in that bloody
country.”
And the wagon moved toward the
gin platform and the pipe began to
unload the cotton.
Pinebluff Hotel to Theatre Owners of
Open Soon Under State to Fight
Its New Manager Film Censorship
Completely Refurnished, Inn No. Carolina Association Re-
About Ready for Influx of elects Picquet President
Winter Guests for 4th Term
MANY RESERVATIONS
“UPLIFT’ FILMS SCORED
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Pinebluff hotel is to occupy a more
prominent place in the winter busi
ness this season, as Edward Salmon,
from Beloit, Wisconsin, a hotel man
of prominence, is due to arrive in a
day or two, and will at once arrange
for his opening date. This will be
within a few days. He has a big fol
lowing in the resort world, and will
take the Pinebluff establishment un
der highly favorable conditions. He
starts with the acquaintance the house
has already made, and brings to his
iwn popularity. He g^oes further in
his efforts by having the house newly
furnished, with a quality of equip
ment that rank^ witfe the best that
has come into this part of the state.
The furniture comes from High Point
which has reached a standing among
furniture manufacturers that takes
second place to none. This is evi
denced by the big orders High Point
has placed in Pinehurst at the Caro
lina and Id Knollwood Village at the
Pine Needles within the last year.
Now comes the Pinebluff Inn with
another complete order to back the
Sandhill appreciation of High Point
products.
Mr. Salmon has a number of re
quests for reservations awaiting him,
some by mail, some by telegram, and
it is expected he will have no diffi
culty in filling his fine house and
keeping it filled. Its location on Rt.
50 gives it a splendid opportunity to
attract a big tourist patronagle.
hills will help t to secure.
VASS, N. C,
BION BUTLER New Development In
HONORED BY | SandhM Result of Years
KIWANIS CLUB of Experiment and Effort
Pilot Editor Presented Loving Before Discovery of PracticabiUty of Sand-Clay
Cup for Unselfish Service in
Upbuilding of Sandhills
Surface, It Took Leonard Tufts Three Days to
Drive to Raleigh
EULOGIZED BY MR. SPENCE
By BILL SCHROEDER
HONORED
By BION H. BUTLER
The near completion of the new
I road between Southern Pines and
j Pinehurst calls to the memory of the
! old-timers some of the tribulations
jthat have beset road development in
I this section, and the curious strug-
igles and ambitions which have final-
i ly led up to tihe excellent road sys-
I tem which serves the Sandhills
country in all directions.
Tx^-enty-five years ago W. L. Spoon,
of the Road Department of the Fed
eral government, was assigned to a
study of an experimental idea of
building roads of a combination of
sand and clay. Mr. Spoon later be
came the head of a movement to
huild a road from Washington to At
lanta, and through this section had a
wide acquaintance by his connection
with the effort to secure that road,
which is now Federal Highway No.
1 as well as North Carolina Route 50.
Mr. Spoon’s studies led up to the
construction between Pinehurst and
Southern Pines of a bit of sand-clay
road, following what is now known
as the old road, passing out from
Southern Pines near the old Chandler
factory and reaching Pinehurst near
others at ease—amid the glitter of { The following families will have a | the fair ground. While this resulted
dinner glasses, favors, dinner dress, | cheerless Christmas, say^ Miss Lu-1 in a crude road, it was so much bet-
tuxi»Goes—and unconsciously proved | cille M. Eifort, Superintendent of the 1 ter than the old sand trails that an
himself the brilliant raconteur he is i Department of Charities, unless those j ®iithusiasm was awakened which led
on a street corner, in a walk in the! of us who are more fortunate pro- j to the construction of many miles of
woods, in a hotel lobby, on his porch, j vide for them: , sand-clay roads in the neighborhood,
at a directors’ meeting. He said just i No. 1—Mother and eight children. i and as Leonard Tufts was an earnest
a few words, joshed his gallery, and!....No, 2—Four elderly sisters. advocate of good roads he came to
3—Widow and three children, j have a leading hand in t>he plan of a
4—Widow and four chiMien. j road from Washington to Piwehurst,
5—Widow and thfree children. I and many a dollar he put into good
Bion H. Butler, beloved dean of the
Sandhill’s host of newspapermen and
literati, was laden with the love of
his neighbors of Moore county, band
ed together in the Kiwanis Club, at
the gala annual dinner at the Pine
hurst Country Club Wednesday night, j
U. L. Spence, Carthage, Moore ^
county’s legislative spokesman, pre
sented a beautiful loving cup to Bion
in behalf of the club for the most
unselfish and meritorius work in the
interest of the Sandhills. The club
members and their ladies echoed thej
heaping praise of the spokesman and*
rose applauding around the gay ban
quet tablesu
Paul Dana, Pinehurst, retiring pres- >
ident of the club, introduced the sim-j
pie, little heartfelt ceremony as thel
climax of the year’s communion—and]
Spence and Bion did a little talking!
—but the response of the members, ^ Miss Eifort Appeals
<»>■ Needy PamiUes
BION H. BUTLER
Bion, himself, lanky, keen, slooped I Twenty-Two CaseS Deserv-
up from his seat and gangling with j Support and Christ-
the cup, rose, cap characteristically' mas Cheer
in pocket, always at ease—putting
157 LIQUOR PLANTS IN
NORTH CAROLINA SEIZED
Three hundred and seven liquor
manufactuing plants in Virginia,
North Carolina and South Carolina
fell into the hands of federal prohi
bition agents of the 18th district dur
ing November, R. Q. Merrick, district
administrator, announced.
Seventy-two plants were discovered
in Virginia, 157 in North Carolina and
78 in South Carolina. Property val
ued at more than $200,000 was seiz
ed, Mr. Merrick said, and more than
4,000 gallons of liquor were distroy-
ed.
SUCCEEDS U. L. SPENCE
Dr. Fred M. Hanes, of Winston-
Salem has been appointed a member
of the board of directors for the
North Carolina sanatarium for the
treatment of tuberculosis by Grovernor
McLean. He succeeds U. L. Spence,
of Cartlmge, resigned.
At the annual convention of the
North Carolina Motion Picture Thea
tre Owners*^ Association in Char
lotte which closed on Tuesday last
Charles Picquet of Pinehurst was
elected for the fourth time i^resident
of the association. His fellow-offi-
cers are H. E. Buchan, of Sylva, first
vice president, and U. K. Rice, of Win
ston Salem, second vice president.
Mr. Picquet’s first duty is to name
a committee to represent North Car
olina at the general assembly of mo
tion pictur? theatre owners. One of
the most important questions to ba
taken up at this meeting is that of
censorship. A resolution was finally
passed at the convention in Char
lotte that control in this matter should
come from within. In an interview
with Mr. Picquet, he defined the pol
icy more closely, saying that theatre
owners and producers are best fitted
to prevent pictures conccming sex
and immorality from reaching the
public.
Score Uplift Films
Opposition against so-called ‘up
lift’ pictures is the first step. A few
small companies filming stories of
the type of ‘The Road to Ruin’ and
‘Why Young Girls Go Wrong’ are the
worst offenders, in that they pre
sent an unnatural and distorted idea
of life and its pitfalls. They work
through local protective societies to
get these pictures into the theatres
and then follow up with an extensive
advertising campaign consisting of
performances for ladies only and glar
ing posters depicting wild life in the
big cities, etc. Although the num-
mers of these pictures are small and
backed only by minor companies, they
reflect upon the whole industry and
aire responsible for a large element
of cheapness in the movies.
The owners of theatres in North
Carolina have agreed to co-ordinate
with the producers in an attempt to
put before the public only pictures
of a clean, harmless type. Mir. Pic
quet for years has booked pictures
on this policy. He reviews private
ly every film before accepting it for
the Carolina Theatre in Pinehurst.
From the many pictures sent him, he
takes only the best;. He does not
set himself up as a guardian of the
public mo*rals, but tries only to please
his patrons and to delete all offen
siveness. The public, not knawing
of the existence of ‘immoral pictures/
does not demand them. They pre
fer the big productions of famous
concluded that he just couldn’t sayj No.
how mu^h he felt over the heap of i No.
lov'e, molded into loving cup fashion. J No.
Unselfish Service | No.
“The Builders Club Presented toi No.
Bion H. Butler by the Kiwanis Club j No.
of Aberdeen in lecognition of bis un-i No.
selfish services in the upbuilding of |
6—Widow and three children.
7—Widow and two children.
8—Widow and four children.
9—Widow and five girls.
roads from the Sandhills and as far
as away up in Virginia.
Early Samdhills Roads
No. 10—Four small girls; mother I John McQueen, I. F. Chandler and
the Sandhill Section, 1928.” That is I in state institution. . Cameron were a road board that
the wording on the cup. ^ No. 11 Two small boys living with undertook to secure better roads in
‘For 40 years Bion Butler has been i grandmother. | Moore county, and as the sandy sec-
with us since he left newspaper work No. 12 Widow and six children, the place easiest to work and
in Pittsburgh,” Mr. Spence said. “Asi (colored) .most clamorous for loads a road was
editor of the Pilot, as a writer fai
and wide, Mr. Butler has done more
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No. 13—Widow and one little girl. Planned from Aberdeen to Southern
No. 14—Father, mother and three' and Vass, another to Carthage,
probably than any one man in his | little girls. Father unable to work. i from Southern Pines to Rae-
optimism, hrs forgetfulness of self, | No. 15 Mother and two small Bottom, going out
his devotion to the Sandhills. | children father unable to work. | Southern Pines through the Boyd
‘ That is the upshot of this | No. 16 Mother and three children. 1 property. This road from Raeford
No. 17—Mother and four children.! extended to Fayetteville, and in
man’s life: simple and at the same |
time brilliant, unswerving love for the
Sandhills and a daily, faithful, unre
mitting working, a weaving of his j
pen, and an appreciation of what has grandmother.
No. 18—Mother and sev^en children.
No. 19—Mother and four children.
No. 20—Five children living with
been done.
the course of time it was made the
Washington and Atlanta highway, for
while it was much longer than the
present route it connected at Fay-
‘ He has told the world about it as j County T. B. Sanatorium.
No. 21—Six patients at the Moore etteville with a road that could be
no other man has. He has had the
hardest part: the foundation work,
the building of public sentiment, the
writing of words across the sky that
has produced this wonderful section
of ours, this close knitting of his
folks from all over the world.
“All Love Him”
“We all know him. We all love
him. His has been a leadership un-
obstrusive, skillful, effective. His
has been a role which has been a
daily, uncomplaining grind. He has
won the devotion of all of us. The
Kiwanis Club is proud to make this
presentation.”
And then applause broke that
meant applause, that sprung from
many hearts and which the grand
old man, young in spirit as the youn
gest, took with characteristic grace.
Indeed, Pete Woodhull, New York
No. 22—Two elderly sisters.
Hotel Vass Is Now
In New Hands
Bert C. Curtis Succeeds Mr.
and Mrs. Seagrove as
Manager
traveled to Raleigh, while it was im
possible to get through by way of
Sanford, the route followed now. Mr.
I Spoon was the head of the roac's of
; the territory at that time, and he
i was through here many times m be-
I half of the prospect.
Mr. Tufts had tried to route the
road by Sanford, but the first ti ne he
undertook to negotiate that ' route
led to making Sanford as the first
day’s run. There he stayed over-
j Bert C. Curtis, of Aberdeen, Wis.,
j representative in this section of the, . , _
Craig P. Gilbert Co., of Washington,'
!d. C., industrial engineers, has taken i “P ‘*>6 road toward Raleigh
over the management of the Hotel i ^ taking the evening train
Vass, succeeding Mr. and Mrs. H. l. reached Raleigh to stay overnight,
Seagroves, who have been in charge! back on the morning
for the past three months. Mr. and |
Mrs. Seagroves have returned to the for the t.iird night. Now
Joyner House. !® 'I'stance in
Mr. Curtis plans to operate a first i bou^, and John McQueen and
class inn, catering for winter busi- j Butler a few weeks ago left
.. , , ness in the Sandhills. He has put I ^akeview m the morning, drove to
City, president of tho National ieveral innovations into effect for L! transacted the
ture Assocation speaker of the «venj^^^^^ hotel!to attend to, and
mg, later told the dmers that ^ Wking |T
Spences presentation and Bions ^ The
sponse were the two outstanding and ^ P.nehurst.Southern Pines route serv-
resident guests and is daily doing a *** ?*, ®
large business in its restaurant, its '““tu-n the cost at
table being popular with those ac-
quainted with it.
Aside from his hotel duties, Mr.
Curtis has charge of the contact
work for the Gilbert company in the
outside field.
“best” he had ever heard at a ban
quet table-and he has heard thousands
of them in the nature of his position.
“Simplicity and sincerity,” are rare
gifts, Mr. Woodhull amplified.
KIWANIS LADIES’ NIGHT
PROVES HAPPY OCCASION
WITH GIFTS FOR EVERYONE
The women dominated the meet
ing of the Kiwanis club at the Pine
hurst country club dinner Wednes
day night, and they were out in num
bers and were certainly appreciated.
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REP. HAMMER HAS FLU
Congressman W. C. Hammer of
this district, who was called to his
home in Asheboro last week, is suffer
ing with an attack of the flu, but ex
pects to return to his duties in the
House of Representatives as soon as
he -recovers.
But with the multiplication of good
sand-clay roads automobiles began to
swarm in the country, and a few
years ago under the new highway
system the harder roads, on better
foundations, began to come to Moore
county, and the double road from
Pinehurst to Southern Pines is one
of the outgrowths of the greater de
mand for better surfaces.
Surveyed by Deatoa
Meanwhile other counties saw the
wisdom of the work of road buil^nfif
in Moore and Hoke counties and in