North Carolina Newspapers

THE NEWS-WEEKLY OF MOORE COUNTY THE PILOT FIRST IN NEWS AND ADVERTISING xs a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina VOL. 9 NO. 5. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1929. VASS, N. C. Need of More Parks of Paramount Importance Says Struthers Burt 3,000 FAVOR STATE PATROL OF fflGHWAYS NEW TRAFFIC RULES IN FORCE I IN SO. PINES SCORES NATION Beauty, Cleanliness and Order Cannot Be Overlooked Development of a Resort if it Is Long to Survive I Overwhelming Majority for West and East-Bound Cars In! Proposed Measure in , Must Come to Stop 1 Referendum | at Highway RECOMMENDS THREE SITES WANT DRIVERS LICENSED! TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS By STRUTHERS BURT I More than three thousand motor- j Frequently of automobile accidents I ists of the state, voting in a refieren- fil highway crossings through Southern . , . \ ] T I . ^ . I submitted by thf? Carolina Motor, Pines has brought about a change in Wrthm the past five years slowly has long since outgrov™ its present club, favor the establishment of the | traffic regulations which, if strictly but surely—and now with increas-^ park. That is being used by the „,.op„,ed State highway patrol which' enforced and conscientiously adhered ing momentum—the idea has been i ^ ^ ® ^ as it s ou ^ 'I The Pilot has lonjr advocated. Over-j to by the motoring public will prevent gaining ground throughout the United i “P o" i >eiurrences of such tragedies. | MurdOCh JohnSOIl NCW came immed- of these fatal I PAGE SEES NO , UW SOLVING FARM PROBLEM Tells Master Farmers at Kiwanis Luncheon Solution Is Up to Them OLLIE CURRY WINNER Hon. Rooert N. Page eaining ground throughout the United' , ^ , . “"("helming majorities were piled up on i recurrences of such tr btates that beauty, cleanliness and : ^ ® especially this question, on the question of leg-1 The new reg-ulations ;ome degree of orier are good things.I the latest it might ‘'“y “>is is proving a and for the safl3ty responsibility collisions, that of a week ago whenj !:nmnrv' Tr» SmiThPrn Minoc PQ»-a#\n_ , t . . _ ! Ur until about five yeare ago i. ....^... Southern Pines. Person- have been said, and I think with jus- j to see the town pur cars driven by Dr. William E. Me-! President Aberdeen j Commercial Club! tice, that the average American was " not ^ne'narVsUe’ but sevwal f Pines and Tom: Working With \isually numb. He did not seem to holding them for the fu ^ ^ while ^Morris, colored, of Lakeview, met at j Women For Beautification realize that his streets were dirty, his ' confident that a bond is i state driver s law and, the intersection of May street andi Village residence quarters laid out without ' this purrse woL be^Lti ' ‘ Discussion of the Oonnecticutt avenue. Morris’ car, af- plan and without regard to the gen- '-eensing act has disclosed,ter turning completely around, turned! TO IMPROVE HIGHWAY mtprpsts of all residents. his . ‘ ^ »t it w^ld that the proposed iiv'asuiic does not over, pinning 13-year old Naomi Mor- how important they were. He had ^ simple, oixlinary rules|thrce men in the Morris car were cut'ficers were elected: Murdoch Johnson, been givVn one of the most beautiful splendid park sites. The land oppo- of the road. and bruised and the car practically I President; E. T. McKeithen, vice-pres- ountries in the world and, in his school, extending up to- To Place Responsibility demolished. Dr. McCoi d escaped in- j W. A. Blue, secretary- treasurer. The directors chosen for haste to earn a living—a laudable in- Highland Pines Inn, the cor- On the safety responsibility act the. jury, and his car was but slightly tcntion but not everything—he had motion-pic- vot? is 3,622 for and 466 against, damaged. | the coming year a/e G. C. Seymour, T. made out of that country something. theatre, and the beautiful tract Many inquiries ri^garding additional j New Stop Signs ; D. MacLean, John Nichols, and M. verv much like a pig-sty. So long' ^ right of the double information on this proposed measure: Large signs reading “Stop” havei^' ^ as he could plant a few flowers Pinehurst. I be- w^ere received. It provides for the j now been plaeed at the corners where ’ MASTER FARMER AWARDS 1st Prize, $200.00 Ollie Currie, Mineral Springs 2nd Prize, $150.00 Walter McCaskill, McNeills Township 3rd Prize, $100.00 0. T. Maness, Sheffield and A. L. Keith, Sandhills tied. Medals of Honor J. M. Davis, McNeills D. A. Dunlap, SheffieMs A. C. Carter, Mineral Springs L. R. Reynolds, Ritters Diplomas Fuller Monroe, Bensalem J. L. Kirk, Sandhills M. P. Connell, Carthage W. A. Tyson, Deep River At the Kiwanis dinner at the Civic club building in Southern Pines Wed nesday the chief feature was the award of prizes to the master farm- Folley. This organization has j ers of the county for their year’s verv mucn iiKe a pig-»ty- ou x i. i. t u . I oi,up i • ^ ^ ji. ,. i.., s'he could plant a few flowers Pmehurst. I be- \v^sre received. It provides for the now been plaeed at the corners where ^ running for two years and has j achievement. A committee of judges Lound his own house and down town ”®'® e-tablishm«nt of financial responsi- May street, which is the main high-j*^®" j" P'’'>"«>‘™e tobacco i consisting of Gordon Cameron, H. P. make money he did not care. All this, Purchased, in fact I know that the'hility for the safe operation of motor :„ay north and south through South-!attracting out of town, McPherson, Z. V. Blue, and E. H. however, is’changing. You can see ®®" *>® P“«hased, and, as vehicles on the highways. It has era Pines, intersects with Massachu-1 *'“®’'‘‘<'" Aberdeen. | Gamson, the county agent, hsd ex- fvidPTirPs of this chance everywhere ^ concerned, I hope it will been evolved by a national committe.? setts, New York, Pennsylvania. New ^ The business transacted at this amined the work done and made the "he“ is beginLg totalize purchased after a two years intensive study of. Hampshire. _ _ _ Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticutt * concerned the Civic commit-1 sehction from among the candidates. tb7t b^auurdeanliness and order are ' ^ ^“mP«lsory liability insurance which and Maine avenues, on both sides of^^^^ headed by D. I. McKeithen. The I Robert N. Page was asked to present amongst the bigg^t business assets,Southern Pines would go out has I'esulted in an admitted failure the avenues. The regulations call for ^'oni^’ittee works in conjunction with the prizes to the successful farmers, a town or city can possess, outside, ^ beautiful in tb? only state where it was enaeted a complete stop by motorists before'^he ladies’ civic organization of the. who had been invited to attend the of the fact that they make his own T^””^ water, a lake, a mag- into law. The safety r?sponsibility entering or crossing May street at t°wn in an effort to beautify the vil- meeting, and it was agreed that Mr. life leasanter to live. ' nifieent stand of trees. 1 think, too, measure will be introduced in 42 leg- these comera. It is the duty of the interest mer-, Page’s brief address was one of the . V V, /I PI f ' terms of the purchase should be i^latures during the coming year. driver to bring his car to a halt and chants and lot-holders in setting out I outstanding talks on the subject of There is much to be done. t clearly understood. From what I. The vote on the remaining meas- look both directions before proceed- * shrubbery and trees to care for the | agriculture that the club has heard;. Ameri^ ran compare o ! have heard they are not generally un- ures on the motor club’s program ing. Adhei'ence to this rule obvious-' around the public buildings* Mr. Page introduced hU lines by countries m man-made beauty or i s j <jeritood. is: *lv will prevent any collision. ap-‘ comparing the economic relation of Paramount Importance Elimination of obstructions at TraffiV lUo,,' callings, and he asserted that for the good of the nation it is essential that fann ing h? on a better basis. In this betterment all are concerned, for all man-made beauty can compare to its h^Tbiil^^lllbave erwed Knollwood, which owns this I^ crossroads: for 4,229; being largely’through north,*'"™- many plans made for the future. To- of land, is willing to sell it very i o ^ 4.- i* 4. u- 1 i* south traffic, has right of way.' day, for example, the residence cheaply to the town of Southern I wd"'of”each quarterof CVOSS Roll Call KnoUwood, as n.he year; f;r 3,8.57; against 346. NctS 884 MembcrS increase of wealth is from natui^ resources, coming from the earth. He town are increasing annually in value ^ understand it, will pocket a loss of | prohibiting use ^of light bulbs in and looks, while on the other hand, several thousand dollars. As a mat- excess of 21 candle power otn motoi aie going up grade when proceding ea.^t and do not wish to slow down, . necessitating a change of gfar, or Diverting any portion of present .1 . , u-n u ways been, that is, an eye-sore and „f the expenses. It is obvious, there-, pui poses other than ‘ a positive liability. * « — the average business quarter of these ter of fact, by so doing it will be I 3^875. against 233 same towns, remains what it has al- coming close t» paying almost a half I Divprtinu- anv nnrtinn nf n ceeding west and do not wish to use Total Receipts of $1,640 Shown .referred to the many remedies of- in Report of Chairman, Mrs. fered for the relief of the farmer, and Sllttenfield. insisted that the remedy that depends on legislation is impossible as well Beauty a Vital Need fore, that this willingness to sell can- j },ig.hway construction and mainten- i~~~. ? . iT*^” ~**m '* «ov report of Mrs. J. H. Suttenfield as uncertain. The remedy is deeper not be selfishness on their part, ^"jaTice: for 610: a&uinst 2,697. 1 chairman of the Moore County Chap- than legislation, “When Leonard ft is not very necessary, however, cause, if they held the land, within to preach such doctrines to a town five years they could make a hand- YEAR RECEPTION TO like Southern Pines. To it, since it is some profit from it. As to the oh- a tourist town, more clearly even' jection f| have hleard that one t>r than to most other towns, beauty, two citizens of Southern Pines are cleanliness and ordcfi: are assets, making real-«state commissions from many serious and a number fatal, have resulted durin gthe past few years. ter of the American Red Cross Roll Tufts sponsored this movement of Call for 1928-1929 shows a total of 1 awarding a prize of r3cognition to • REV. J. FRED STIMSON Warnings Disregarded members as the result of the re- the superior farmer,” said Mr. Page,, During the regime of S. B. Richard- cent drive. Mrs. Suttenfield’s report j “he was on the right line, and from* The Rev. J. Fred Stimson, the new son as mayor, warning markers were follows: lit must come much hope of im- pastor of the First Baptist Church plaeed in the middle of all of thes-e | Twelve supporting memberships at 1 of farm conditions. Men They are more than assets, they are i the transaction, that, if I may say so, | of Southern Pines, was tendered a intersections that motorists might' ^25, $300. ' be induced to put better effort vital needs. Without them, norw and seems to me rather absurd. These |New Years reception by members of recognize danger at these points, but; gWen sustaining memberships at'"'to agriculture and to get their in- increasingly, a town like Southern .gentlemen have no official position, jljis congregation and guests from these nsd mounds in the middle of the i Idustry on a business basis instead of . ^ V "V'fT’j iI "“‘T', =“ nual memberships at $1, $833. Mr. Page plainly characterized the needs but to make plans for its fu- j think the buying of this tract of land | Adams. The church was artistically j few even (lake this trouble to <fo, Donations !|I277 50 McNary-Haugen measure as a canio ‘ paramount importance to the, decorated for the occasion by the com-: this . *1640,50 which can lead only to dbr.pl Southern Pines needs a great many/utu*-® Southern Kines. It is no mittee in charge of Mrs. A. McNeil j Chief of Police Kelly of Southern ^e above membership5,'pointment, for it offers nothing tan- things, all of which I hope, as time;distance away in these days of auto- Blair, and all in all the reception was Pmes is now spending much of his *442 g„es to the American Red Cross gible. Better business. Mr Pa-e goes on, it will procure. Certainly a most enjoyable one and testified to time at the corners where the new national fund, the balance says, is the necessity on the'farm if So, too, does the buying of two te popularity of the new pastor. Stop signals have been placed, and Lf 50 being retained for the use the industry is to be successful, Pnd Other tracts I have mentioned, or sim- ' detaining motorists who do not ob-1 Moore County Chapter. the fact that men this year in sr>ite ilar tracts, seems to me to be of par- KIWANIS PLANS DINNER TO serve the signs until he has explain-! shows the follow'inr'of w'eather conditions, crop condi- the Town Commissioners are heroi cally doing their best; so too is the Chamber of Commerce, the latter with as little general financial help as any amount importance. The land near excellent body of its kind I have ever the motion-picture theatre Is ideally seen FRANK PAGE THIS MONTH ed to them ^e necsiasity for the reg-1^i|g^j.j|jytion of membership: tions, price conditions, or any other .*v-..v avo * —~ r ' I <Di 4f +1, r + V I Aberdeen, 51 members $107.001 adverse influence, have made monev Fiirthermore, Southern Knefe situated for elderly people, it is ad-| 'Tf I" p7c. ‘htemselves with theiAddor, 17 members 20.20 on their farms is indication that it is about as clear-sighted a small town jacent to the roque courts, and its; ° ® traffic rule, arrests for "on-ob-' 43 members 43.00 can be done. “The farmer must edu- as it has ever been my pleasure to beautification would advertise South-! _ inng ea 0 e servance of the signals will follow. | Carthage, 79 members 79.00 cate himself in his line,” said Mr. come across. It knows what it wants ern Pines to every passenger on ^ ~ .Eagle Springs, 55 members 105.30 Page, ‘and we have in the county men and for the most part has laid plans Seaboard Air Line, just as the plant-1 ^ ® ^ i," mi LATIMER AND Hemp, 15 members 15.00 who are doing that and they are solv- to get it. It has succumbed neither ing along the railway tracks by the ^ a<^vised the club members that he will to the Wter’—Florida’s enemy- Chamber of Commerce has done. On delighted to attend the affair, and the committee in charge of Talbot M.K3. ECKERT WINNERS Jackson Springs, 15 members.. 15.00 ing their problem, which mu-t be solv- tne cummitiee iii ciiax c ux . Lakcview, 28 members 33.25 ^ed by the farmer for himself.” ncr to ‘high pressure salesmanship,’ the whole. Southern Pines turns ^ George T. Dunlap, Jr., of New'Niagara, 18 members 18.00, Mr. Page closed his preliminary which as a general rule, call the best worst face to the thousands of rail- month. ^ sophomore at Princeton Pinehurst, 126 members 633.25‘talk by the announcement of the win- prospective settlers away from a road travellers, and it’s a pretty bad | * ^^^as the winner of the twenty-sixth' Pinebluff, 102 members 119.25 ners. In the number of contestants But on the other hand—and face. Andi don’t forget that many of i place. I am going to say it frankly—South- ^bese travellers are tourists going ern Pines has also about as large a south—to South Carolina, to Georgia, MISS MCNEILL DIF^ Relatives and friends of Miss Belle McNeill were shocked to leam of her proportion of ‘let George do ,t’ cit- to Florida where, whatever ^he home of her niece, Mrs. izens as any place I have ever been,be said, ^eTr^««*<»■ Batson, near Red Springs in. There is a nucleus of hard-work- the foresight at least to make their, morning. Miss McNeill, mg, altruistic and farsighted men approaches and mam street tempt-1 daughter of Malcolm McNeill of Sandhills Township, con- annual Mid-Winter Golf tournament Southern Pines, 244 members.. 390.75 j were eighteen, two from each town- of the Pinehurst Country Club, de-*Vass, 27 members 27.50 ship, and he said that the work this feating Forbes K. Wilson, of York West End, 34 members 34 00 and women, and for the rest of it, the town sits back and watches them work. Perhaps I am mistaken. I hope I am. The Needs of Parks Now, it seems to me that one of the most obvious needs of a town like Southern Pines is parks and lots of them. And it also seems to me that now is the time to procure them even if for a while little can be done to improve them. If the land is not bought soon it will be almost im possible to buy it later on. The town me. Total $1640.50 Harbor, Maine and Yale University, in the final round played last Mon day. Dunlap won 5 to 3. — In the fifteenth annual Southern MR. JACKMAN RECOVERING Pines Country Club tournament, J. W. As for the third site, the site op- j „ j ^uich resulted in her i ^atimei- a member of the Flossmore posite the high school, that is a beau- ^he funeral services were I ^^^^try Club of Chicago and a stu- tiful tract of woods, is centrally lo- Tuesday at Antioch Church. Collegie Galesburg,' Jack’s Grill in Southern Pines, was ♦ county for the year. He is followed year showed an increased interest over the last year, as the scheme had become better known. The leader of the farmers was Ollie Currie, of Min eral Springs, who was given a gold FROM OPERATION ON EYE l medal, a diploma and $200 in cash. He I becomes the selection of the judges Ashley Jackman, proprietor of Us the most ideal farmer of the cated for the residents of Weymouth 111., was returned the champion, de-i successfully operated upon for an af- Height^, and can be developed slow-1 The Women’s Auxiliary of the' Seating Bert Weatherspoon in the fection of the eye in the Charlotte ly. To begin with all it needs is a few benches. These three parks would take care of every section of the town and for good, and the Knollwood park would be a show place to which every visitor could be Manley Presbyterian Church will ; finals 3 and 2. serve an old-fashioned chicken dinner Mrs. Hunter Eckert of Reading, at the Tea Tray Wednesday evening [ Pa. was the winner of the Kicker’s from 7:00 to 10:30 next week. The j Handicap tournament played on the (Please turn to page 5) charge is fifty cents per plate and the proceeds will go for the benefit of the foreign missions. The public is invited Southern Pines course with a gross of 51, handicap 6, net 45. Miss Blair of Sewickley, Pa. was second with a net 44. Hospital last Sunday, and is rapidly on the road to recovery. He is ex pected to be back at his familiar post by Walter McCaskill, of McNeills township, who is awarded a gold medal, a diploma and $150. O. T. Maness of Sheffield and A. L. Keith of Sandhills divided $100- as they were in the popular restaurant next week, tied in the award, and received a sil- Considerable alarm was felt con- ver medal and a diploma. A. C. Car- ceming Mr. Jackman until report ter, of Mineral Springs and L. R. came of the success of the opera- tion. (Please turn to page 5)