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Friday, November 17, 1939.
THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina
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United Motors Service
TRAINED REPAIRMEN
SPECIALIZING ON
CARBURETOR
AND
ELECTRICAL UNITS
Telephone 5311
Colton & Ferguson Garage
Broad Street at Connecticut Avenue
HOLLYTREE NURSERIES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C.
The best equipped nursery in
locality.
Complete
Landscape Service
E. MORELL, HORTICULTURIST
Nurseries on Midand Road
Telephone 5253
Neighboring Fort Bragg One of
World^s Largest Artillery Ranges
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Government Found Here Ideal
location for Purpose.—An
Historical Sketch
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Evenings
Dine and
Dance
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The Dunes Club
You will enjoy the music and
Floor Shows at
11:00 and 1=00
BY HRLEN K. BUTLER
In the Sandhills your neighbors
are one of the most interesting:
features of your living arrangements.
As a rule Sandhill people are people
who have traveled about here and
there and seen considerable of the
world, and who make their settle
ment after taking into account cli
mate, geographical position, distance
from a man's business world, and all
the other things the head of the
house mulls over in selecting a per
manent home for the family. Sand
hills people are a selected people who
locate entirely from choice, which
speaks well for the community and
assures the stranger his neighbor is
not apt to be undesirable.
About three miles east of South
ern Pines begins a huge boundary
line, enclosing some 125,000 acres,
the equivalent of nearly 20 square
miles in which are stationed our
neighbors of Fort Bragg. Today one
of the largest artillery ranges in
the world adjoins us. The great
sweep of territory that lies between
Southern Pines and Fayetteville be
longs to the government^ excepting
a fringe of land bordering both towns,
on the east and west side.s. Locating
Fort Bragg was not an accidental
affair with Uncle Sam, any more
than it was with the individual set
tler. Government heads knew what
they wanted, if they could find it.
They wanted a broad tract of sandy
land in a rolling country. Under Col.
E. P. King a search was started and
the officer traveled over the conti
nent, rejecting evei'ything that was
presented until he heard of this par
ticular section of North Carolina.
The rest of the story is too well
Author and M. F. H.
JUDGE SINK TO PRESIDE
A term of Superior Court for the
trial of civil casea in Moore county
is scheduled for December 11 and
COTTON GINNING REPORT
The census report shows that 792
bales of cotton were ginned in Moore
county from the crop of 1939 prior
Judge H. Hoyle Sink is expected to^to November 1st, as compaied witli
preside. 349 bales for the crop of 1938.
JAMES BOYD
Author and Master of Foxhounds
with several couples of Moore County
Hounds which hunt the Southern
Pines country.
Tate's Beauty Shop
All Forms of Beauty Culture
Manor Building New Hampshire Avenue
Telephone 7505
one of the last encounters of the
wai. Lor^gstreet stands a lonely
watch, a forg’otten parade ground in
the sixties, the burial place of North
Carolina boy.s who lie under the an
cient cedars, shrine of the past. What
the hills of the evicted Highlander
will see again is sealed in the fu
ture. Guns rumble and roar as they
disgorge their terrific charges in the
general scheme of our national de
fense.
Fort Bragg is estpblished with all
the solidity of a lasting organization.
The War Department found what it
was looking for. It has the dimen-
sion.s for its long range guns and an
agreeable year ’round climate for an
army post, where training schools
known to go further into. Next door j a^id finishing schools for the artil-
were found the sandy slopes the gov- ^ jpj.y officer are about
For Every Member of the Family
Exquisite Lamps and Shades, Fine Silverware, Cut
Cr>’stal, Linens, Corticelli Silk Underwear, Daytime
and Evening Bags, Jewelry for all Occasions.
Elizabeth Arden Gift Boxes
The Shop that Solves Your Gift Problems
Welrlj (^ift Sl|np
Broad Street at Pennsylvania Ave. Southern Pines
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Hardware
To meet the requirements of our increasing patronage
we have enlarged our store, and added new lines to our
stock.
ernment approved of. Here was for
est for miles in any direction, not a
town in the proposed area larger
than a cross-road settlement and
farm homes few and far apart. The
land was condemned and farms were
evacuated, buildings were torn down
or destroyed by fire; a couple of old
ideal.
In the social life of the commun
ity the Fort Bragg neighbor fits into
the picture. He joins in the horse
show festivities, cheerfully lends an
enthusiastic hand to public functions,
and blends with all activities of the
j resort section. Our neighbors of Fort
Hardware—Kitchen Wares—Oil Stoves—Paints
Varnishes—Brushes—Electrical Goods—Glaf;s Cut
Fit any Opening
to
duns. Ammunition, Hunting Licenses
HARDWARE AND ELECTRIC CO.
East Broad Street R. W. Tate and Son Southern Pines
churches, historical landmarks, weie one of the important ac-
preserved. Aside from the a>^cient | Sandhills.
shrines no further sign of civilian life | - -■; .u_ , . ,.j.
is left. Swallowed in the wilderness
the country returned to its original
PATRICIA WILLIAMS
' SONGS
INEZ LA VAIL,
DANCEUR
JERRY MACK’S ORCHESTRA
The Dunes Club
Midland Road
Tel.—Pinehurst 4604
Taxi and U-Drive-It Service
STORAGE
SOUTHERN PINES GARAGE
STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS
Expert Body and Fender Work—General Auto Repairing
Packard Service
Telephone 6141 Southern Pines, N. C.
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PINEHURST DEPARTMENT STORE
BAKERY
Now Open
state. Fort Bragg stands lord of
the forest. Miles of boulevards have
been opened, cutting a hundred foot
swath in their various directions.
Closed to the public, these roads
w'ere built for military purposes.
New bridges have replaced old ones,
and as the army moves in practice
maneuvers, the heavy guns of the
artillery roll over improved sand-
clay roads.
Stirring Times
The historian if allowed an ordi
nary amount of imagination can find
no end of amusement in roaming the
forbidden hills, as Cumberland and
Hoke counties witnessed some rath-
er stirring chapters in the makint!
of a nation. Viewing the scene that
stretches away from the summit of
Johnson or McPherson mountains the
eye roams over an interesting panor
ama. The miniature hills with the
young growth of pines and black
jacks outline a horizon that is hard
to surpass.
The Cape Fear Scotch drifted up
into the Rockfish country from Wil
mington. They staked out just about
what they wanted in boundary
lines, for land was to be had for lit
tle more than the asking at that tl
time. Farms came into existence and
here and there a church was estab- J
lished. If Cornwallis followed all the ^
roads he was accredited with he was
one of the worlds greatest tramps;
however, tradition says that in his
retreat to Wilmington he traveled
down the road that led to Fayette
ville. Piney Bottom, only about seven
miles away, was the scene of a live
ly skirmish between the Tories and
Whigs during the Revolution when
a number were engaged in an en
counter that cost the lives of half
dozen or more men at the time when
David Fanning, chief of the Tory
leaders^ was a much talked of man.
Fanning on his bay mare "Bay Doe,"
had the reputation for all kinds of |
rascality and infamous deeds, prob- |
ably the most remembered the cap- H
turing of the governor of North
Carolina, Thomas Burke.
Quiet came at last to the harrass-
ed Highlander, but not for long. In
the path of Cornwallis, Civil War
troops were to march down the
same road. On the Morganton road
Kilpatrick was moving men east-
w'ard. Hardees outfit was a few miles
away on the Yadkin road. On the
Neil S. Blue farm a battle took place,
28 Years
0£ Service
This week marks the beginning of the 28th year
that the Montesanti firm has been located in South
ern Pines.
A. Montesanti came to Southern Pines in 1912 at
the insistence of the late Mr. A. I. Creamer, for many
years the manager of the Highland Pines Inn and was
1^0 much impressed with the Sandhills he decided to
make it his permanent home, and moved his family
here from Boston.
Since that day, Montesanti has expanded and pro
gressed with Southern Pines. Their plant is well known
all through the East and South for its fine Tailoring
and Dry Cleaning Services, and enjoys a fine mail order
trade in its dry cleaning department.
The Montesanti plant has alw'ays kept abreast of
the changes and times in the industry, and has added
equipment from time to time to expand and improve
its services. Bes.Ules a complete tailoring and dry clean
ing establishment, it is equipped for Rug, Drapery and
Furniture cleaning, and De-Mothing services.'
Dante Montesanti is associated \vith his father in
Southern Pines. He is a graduate of the Southern Pines
High School, and attended the Institute Cleaning
School in Silver Springs, Maryland, where he took a
complete Dry Cleaning course in 1928. He has returned
there from time to time to do post-graduate work. Last
July, Dante Montesanti was elected President of the
N. C. Association of Cleaners and Dyers for 1939-40, af
ter having served as a director for four years. He is
also past president of the Seaboard Association of Clean
ers and Launderers.
Mr. Montesanti and his family have always taken
an active interest in local affairs, and supported every
riove to help the progress of Southern Pines and the
Sandhills.
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