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VOLUME
THE
PILOT
NUNBER
Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Address all communications to
the pilot printing company. VASS. N. C.
FRIDAY, JUNE 8,1923
SUBSCRIPTION $1.S0
ABERDEEN FURNISHES MOST SUCCESSFUL
CHAUTAUQUA IN THE SANDHILL SECTION
The Governor Gets T. B. Wilder’s No.
“1” Auto License—Five Shriners
Go to Washington-Other News
Chautauqua has come and gone.
Necessarily a Chautauqua program
niust be arranged to satisfy the tastes
and preferences of as many people
as possible, for its main nature is to
bring up community ideas. Some of
the features that did not please one
were thoroughly enjoyed by some one
else. The lectures were all, every one
of them, instructive. Grove Hurbert’s
was popular though it contained a
message. Frank Dixon left the im
pression of a scholar. Both lecturers
concerned themselves with the out
side material world, which is now
trying to right itself again. Franl:
B. Pearson, however, evolved another
world—the individual world, the world
each one creates for himself—and be
fore leaving the platform sowed seeds
of perpetual good. The music fea
tures, too, were generally appreciated,
the Swiss Yodlers undoubtedly mak
ing the biggest hit. However, their
achievements did not excel those of
the other artists, some of whose ren
ditions were rare treats. Chautau
qua is assured again for next year.
Instead of coming with thirty signers
on its guarantee as it did this year,
it will be assured by fifty or more,—
the best indication that Chautauqua
is appreciated in Aberdeen and its
neighboring towns.
Tuesday’s News and Observer car
ried an item stating that the new au
to licenses were out and that No. 1.
license had been reserved for the Gov
ernor and that the next consecutive
numbers be given other state officials.
And thereby hangs a tale. For has
not our fellow townsman. Attorney
T. B. Wilder for lo these many years
been issued license No. 1 ? We un
derstand though that a conference
was necessary in order to get Mr.
Wilder to peacefully part with his
lone, lonesome little number. Rather
than have Mr. Wilder bolt the demo
cratic party or leave the state, the
Automobile Department of this great
state gave him all the I’s it could
on one license tag. Mr. Wilder’s
flivver will now be adorned with li
cense tag No. mill, and will have
the distinction of having more I’s
on his license tag than on any one
else in the state till the one million
point is reached in the number of
cars, which will not be during Mr.
Wilder’s lifetime.
Aberdeen contributes five to the
big crowd in Washington this week.
The Shriner’s Special on the Seaboard
was stopped at Aberdeen on Monday
and five local Shriners taken aboard
for the National Convention of
Shriners to be held in Washington
this week. The local Shriners attend
ing- are Dr. D. A. Charles, Dr. F. O.
Bell, John Fiddner, Qrady Burney
and Eldon Adams.
Bethesda church is making plans
for an interesting church festival to
be held the first Sunday in July at
old Bethesda church just outside of
Aberdeen, the cradle of Presbyterian-
ism in all this section. It is planned
to hold an old time service and con-
it just as it was conducted in
that identical building fifty years ago.
Ail the members of the church in old
en time will be induced to come from
far and wide, which will make it a
notable reunion. Every feature about
the service will conform to olden
times, just as nearly as possible. The
organ will be dispersed with, and an
oM time member will bring his tuning
fork, and will “hist the tune.” The
pastor will read a line of the hymn,
the congregation will sing it, when the
pastor will again give out another
line and so on until the hymn is finish
ed. The Pilot will bring further par
ticulars as the event draws nearer.
The Sandhill Kiwanis held their
i*egular meeting and luncheon in the
<iining room of the Aberdeen Hotel
last Thursday.. Good speaking and
entertainment featured the occasion.
Dr. E. M. Medlin, our new dentist,
with Mrs. Medlin spent Sunday in
Raleigh.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Miss Eugenia Brantley, of
Aberdeen to George Moser, of Raleigh,
N. C. The ceremony was performed
The excavation for the Farrel
house on Poplar street is now com
pleted, and as soon as brick arrives,
the foundation will be completed. It
will not be long till a $12,000.00 house
will grace the premises here.
Mrs. C. S. McArthur and two chil
dren returned home Monday from a
three week’s visit at Guilford College
with her parents. Mr. McArthur
joined them for the week-end and
brought them back.
Lee Pickier has bought of H. S.
Green his residence on Poplar street
adjoining L. L. Johnson’s. The deal
was consummated Tuesday. Mr.
Green will move out to his farm on
the Pee Dee Road, and will give this
all of his attention in the future.
Mrs. Keith attended the 50th An
niversary of Peace Institute last week
in connection with the reunion of her
class. The festivities lasted the big
gest part of the week.
Katharine Koodman, of Raleigh, is
visiting with her aunt, Mrs. H. A.
Keith, and is improving her visit by
attending Chautauqua.
Mrs. J. C. Adams of Linden is visit
ing Mrs. E. J. Macon.
The fire extinguishers placed in va
rious garages and business houses
here sometime ago have been put to
their first test. Last Tuesday morn-
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THE PINEBLUFF WATER
EQUIPMENT IN TRANSIT
available to start with the erection
of the first house, and a loan of $2,-
000.00 was furnished to Cecil Farrell,
the local grocer, just recently mar
ried.
Mr. Farrell experienced a little
difficulty in straightening out title
irregularities on two lots which he
had bought shortly before, as the
Building and Loan Association is very
exacting on this point. However, all
the title difficulties are now out of
the way and the foundations for the
first building and loan house in Pine-
bluff are completed. Contractor 1,.
G. Wylie has the work in charge, and
he hopes to have the house completed
in a very short while. With house
No. 1 started, Pinebluff is hoping
that sufficient funds will be accumu
lated to put another house into the
town through the agency of the build
ing and loan before the expiration of
the year.
W. D. Shannon, our plumbing and
heating contractor, has just been ad
vised that he was awarded the plumb
ing and heating contract on the new
$40,000.00 Country Club to be erected
at Southern Pines. This makes the
second big prize that Mr. Shannon
has landed in a very short time, the
other being the installation of the
plumbing and heating in the new con
solidated school building now in
course of erection in Aberdeen,
evening
At the Baptist church, June 10th,
Sabbath school at 11:30 a. m.. Com
munity Prayer Service at 7:30 p. m.,
and Prayer meeting at 7:30 p. m. on
Thursday evening.
On June 3rd, Rev. George Sloan re
turned to his former charge with the
M. E. church as supply during the
vacation period, the Baptist congr?pa-
tion joining the Pinebluff community
in supporting the supply. Rev. Sloan
is an earnest Christian man and
preaches the word of God with power.
Mr. John Adams returned from his
northern trip much sooner than he
expected to, a wiser man by his ex
perience. He will begin to build his
brother Albert’s new house in South
ern Pines as soon as the material
is ready.
Mrs. Nellie Mayhew and her friend,
Mrs. Tarbor have rented the Fletcher
Pierce cottage and will enjoy the
watermelon season in the sunny
south. Mrs. Mayhew, who is an old
resident of Pinebluff, was accompani
ed south by her neice, Mrs. Ceor9,e
M. Rich, of Boston, Mass., with whom
she makes her home. Mrs. Rich is of
a very pleasing personality and was
I very much pleased with Pinebluff.
The town commissioners have just , other daces but
received advices that the new water , t^at Pinebluff has the finest
tank and other pumpmg eqipment | location at all.
have been put in transit. In the
YOUNG m ACCIDENTAUY SHOT AND
KILLED NEAR CANERON A GREAT SHOCK
Childrens’ Day Exercises at Presby
terian Church Very Interesting—
Rural Letter Carriers Meet
Boy Scouts Busy Cleaning Out
Lake—Building & Loan
Starts Building—
Local Items
A tragedy occured Saturday after
noon at the home of Mr. Adkins on
route 2 when Cliff Carlisle, a youth
of sixteen was accidentally shot and
killed. The young man was in a
room with another boy, a relative.
They opened a suit case in which was
an automatic. The Carlisle boy pick
ed it up, when it discharged in some
manner, killing him.
The Childrens’ Day exercises at the
Presbyterian church Sunday was very
pretty and very interesting. The altar
was beautifully decorated.. Much
credit is due Mrs. J. D. McLean and
Miss Vera McLean for the success
of the entertainment.
The Rural Letter Carriers Associ
ation of Moore, Lee and Montgom
ery counties met in Cameron last
week. A fine looking and intelligent
body of men. As follows their names
and routes: N. A. Clark, Archie Blue,
Jackson Springs; A. J. Black, Can
dor; D. J. McLeod, Biscoe; John W.
Monroe, Eagle Springs; Virgil A.
Kidd, McConnell; N. T. Blue, Thag-
gard; Alonzo Blue, J. M. Barrett,
Carthage; J. R. Sloan, Broadway; J.
W. Johnson, Cumnock; E. B. Cole,
T. C. Riddick, Sanford; Watson, San
ford; W. 0. Yarborough, Jonesboro;
W. L. Robertson, Jonesboro; F. P.
Womack, W. C Spivey, L. F. Hartsell,
Cameron. They dined at the Green
wood Inn, and gave a rising vote of
thanks for the very excellent dinner
served them by the proprietress, Miss
Chrissie McLean.
Joe Harrington, an industrious and
likeable young man, who is right
hand man for H. P. McPherson, was
arrested and fined Monday for speed
ing with a truck in which he hauled
THE TOBACCO GROWERS’
FIGHT FOR ASSOCIATION
meantime the work of laying founda
tions and building the necessary
structures is being rapidly proceeded
with, and it will not be long till Pine
bluff will be served by its new water
system. The outgoing commission
ers turned over the completion of the
water works system to the newly
elected commissioners Monday night,
and they will at once take hold and
push the work along.
It was at first expected that the
new town commissioners would as
sume office last Thursday night. Be
cause of the fact that the old board
could not complete its audit, the event
was postponed till Monday night. The
new officers are men of standing in
the community, and the town hopes
for much from them.
The Boy Scouts under the direction
of commissioner J. Vance Adams, are
cleaning out the lake and putting it in
shape for summer bathing and swim
ming. The boys are filling big bur
lap sacks with sand and patching up
the dam. Hard work, but the fun
ahead makes it an easy task.
Mention was made in these col
umns sometime ago of the fact that
a Pinebluff branch of the Aberdeen
Building and Loan Association had
been perfected under a working ar
rangement giving the town of Pine
bluff all the benefit in loans for the
money coming out of it on stock sub
scribed to by the people of Pinebluff.
Quite a number paid up their stock
in full and almost immediately after
the organization enough funds were
dewberries to the station. Mr. Mc
Pherson is thinking of placing his
truck on the race track next year.
This should be a warning to the many
car speeders we have in town, and
cars that are seen without lights. On
Sundays we have quite a number of
speeders of both races.
The first picking of dewberries be
gan Monday, and two heavy carloads
were shipped.
Mrs. B. J. Smith and granddaughter
Miss Sallie Maud Lancaster, of Vance-
boro, arrived Tuesday evening for
a visit to Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McLean,
Rev. and Mrs. J. O. Fulbright stop
ped over Monday night with Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. Thomas enroute to Wil
mington.
Mr. Claude Doss, of Winston-Salem,
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
T. Doss this week.
Mr. D. M. McDonald made a busi
ness trip to Carthage, Wednesday.
Miss Vera McLean and L. F. Hart
sell were callers an evening of last
week at the home of Miss Flora Mc
Donald, of Carthage.
Mr. Edward Buchan, of Sanford,
was in town, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. McDermott
were shopping in Sanford Thursday.
Mr. J. M. Doss and son, Randolph,
of Winston-Salem, are guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Doss.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McCallum, Miss
Rosa McCallum, Mr. David McCallum,
of Eureka were guests, Sunday, of
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. McDermott. Mrs.
McCallum remained over for a week’s
visit to her daughter, Mrs. McDer
mott.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. McDonald and
children, and Miss Cattie McDonald
motored to Carthage, Sunday after
noon for a call at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. jMcDonald. Mrs. Mc
Donald returned with them, for a
weeks visit to relatives in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kaylor and
Declare Landlord Members Ob- litt’e son, Charles Blue, of Raleigh,
ligated to Deliver Total passed through town Sunday and gave
Crop‘ Win More correspondent a brief but pleas-
’ ant call.
Suits
With apologies to the author of
“The Little Busy Bee” and also to
Lewis Carroll:
How doth the little Piccaninn
Implore his shining pick,
I In picking berries all the day,
I From every laden stick.,
sociation shall not compete on the j jjqw skillfully his carrier takes,
auction market with tobacco placed ii' I he packs his cups,
the farmer s pool. ^ labors hard the live long day.
Officials of the local units of the | Then counts his checks, all up.”
Tobacco Growers Co-operative As- j ]V[rs. W. K. Simpson, of Cypress
sociation in Alamance County met on j community was a guest Saturday of
June 2, at Burlington and adopted the ; Tyjj.g pj Doss.
following resolution: j yow Brothers are running a neat
“We, Farmers of Alamance county, j and convenient Cafe next door to
Members of the Tobacco Growers’ I Hartsell‘s Garage.
Hundreds of members of the To
bacco Growers’ Co-operative Associa
tion, backing up the decision of their
directors have declared that the to
bacco of tenants on the farms of land
lords who are members of their as-
Mrs. Simpson and sister are ex
pected home from their western trip
in the near future.
The many friends of Mrs. Alice
P. Puckett will be pleased to leiirn
that she is in the mountairs in the
western part of this state, having a
room in Lenoir and enjoying the
mountain air and beautiful scenery.
She expects her children, Virginia,
Sadie and William to spend their va
cation with her there.
Mrs. Glover and sister, Miss Whip- , ^ 4.- \ u • i »
/ , 1 , . I00+ Association (Co-operative), being as-; Mrs. A. M. Snipes has returned
p e, w o ran e erg o *3 sembled at Burlington, Alamance i from a visit to relatives in Chatham
season, report reachmg Little.on, N. ^
meeting; do wish to go on record Mr. W. D. Smith, a popular and
in
H. in the budding of the springtime.
They are planting gardens and pre
paring to enjoy their second spring
this season.
OPENING DANCE AT LAKEVIEW
The dance at Lakeview Tuesday
night was the opening dance of this
famous resort, and was well attended.
Teefy’s orchestra of Richmond, which
will play the entire season, furnished
the music, which met with favorable
comment, both dancers and spectators.
While there was not as many pres
ent as was expected those who attend
ed thoroughly enjoyed the evening.
There will be three dances a week,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
nights, until July 1st, when the regu
lar nightly dances will start except
ing Sunday.
Sunday afternoons there will be
free concerts.
our
wish to
as supporting our association to the i wealthy bachelor of Vass, was
very fullest in its efforts to enforce | town Friday.
I each and every term of the contest j Miss Lula McPherson returned Sun-
signed by our members. We have in i day from Sanford, accompanied by
mind at this time, especially, that j Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Monroe and Miss
part of the contract which holds each | Katharine Monroe, at whose home
landlord member for all the tobacco j she had been a week-end guest,
produced on his land. | Messrs. Neill McKeithan, of Vass,
“Further, we wish to thank our di-1 and D. J. McNeill, of Union, called
rectors and officials for so frankly j Sunday at the home of Rev. and Mrs.
stating their position in this matter, | M. D. McNeill.
and for all the other many great Mr. James Rogers and Nonnie Nor
things they have accomplished for us. man were touring Moore county by
“And we feel that the Association auto Sunday afternoon,
has acted wisely in not borrowing 1 Mr. and Mrs. Rassie Wicker, of
money to make additional payments ! Pinehurst, spent Sunday with Mrs.
up to this time and we realize that
if our tobacco is sold in an orderly
manner we will have to wait a reason
able time for a full settlement.
“Copy to be sent to our Associa
tion’s Secretary at Raleigh, North
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Wicker’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Loving.
The Pilot asked me for my picture!
When I was a little girl—^a long time
ago—I was taught that little folks
(meaning children) must be seen and
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