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X ext I I ]>eciali8ts A ITS Porch short ach, le in M. C. * • < O VOLUME THE PILOT NUNBER Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Address all communications to PILOT PRINTING COMPANY, VASS. N. C. iPiMISCENCES or BETHESDA CHURCH IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF LONG AGO Days When The Young People Knew How To and Did Obey Their Parents (Mrs. J. McK, Harrington) Betliesda Church Festival is the we were just giggling girls. We were first Sunday in July. What hallowed memories cling around that old church! Faces we never forget, fad ed lon^' ago under the coffin lid, rise all kin folks. In Mr. Shaw’s family were a number of fine looking boys. That night the young people were as sembled in the parlor. Charlie could before us. Songs we remember.! play the fiddle, and he had a younger Voices now silent. We hope there will j brother named Sam whom he liked be some few remaining who will sing | to tease. He was playing the fiddle “The Sweet Bye and Bye,” “Hail Mys- j and singing “Oh la Mammy, look at terious Glorious Science,” “The Bright! Sam! He’s eat all the meat and sop- Forever,” “Be Thankful and Go On,” “Beyond the Sunset’s Radiant Glow.” We shall miss the sweet voice of Mrs. ping out the pan.” We were all laughing rather uproariously at Sam’s expense when Mrs. Shaw (aunt Jane) Jackson Bethune, of Flora Graham, of j came to the door and said: “Father Sara Jane Ray; the wonderful so-1 says you are making too much noise, prano of Mary Shaw. We will miss j and there is too much foolishness go- the splendid tenor of Daniel McNeill, j ing on for Saturday evening before the deep rolling bass of Neill Blue and the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, and for you all to come around to my room with the old folks and sing some hymns. Charlie! Put up that fiddle.” John McNeill. Fifty years ago! That was a prosperous community in those days, and hospitable families kept open house. There was the fam ily of Maleom Blue, who lived within a stone’s throw of the church. There were the families of John B. Graham, Young people obeyed in those days. We went. Mr. Shaw handed around a hymn book or two, then he “raised Neill Graham, Archie Campbell, Capt. 1 the tune.” We sang “Jerusalem, My Archie Ray, Malcom McNeill, Duncan i Happy Home,” “High in Yonder Shaw, Wash Shaw, Peter Shaw, Ar chie Blue, Archie Buchan, J. M. John son and others whom I cannot now remember. Communion services that were held twice a year were great occasions. In some respects not un like Burn’s “Holy Fair;” they began on Saturdays. If the meeting was to Friends and relatives came from quite a distance, and from adjoinii^ coun ties in response to cordial invitations to attend the meeting and spend the ni§:ht of Saturday, and over Sunday. It reminds me of a time when cou sin Mattie Blue (afterwards Mrs. Neill McKay, and now a saint in heaven) and myself spent a Saturday night of a “meeting” at the home of Mr. Duncan Shaw’s. At that time Realms of light,” “Tis a Point I Long to Know,” “I Would Not Live Away.” After the singing the conversation turned on shouting; old folks talking, young folks listening. Mr. Shaw told of an old lady who used to shout her self to heaven and back at the “big meetings,” and on one occasion was be protracted it began on Friday4^BVproved by the pi:eatiiie$« She jump ed up and sang “Oh, Hinder Me Not, for I Will Serve the Lord and Praise Him till I Die.” In my next letter perhaps I’ll tell of the time cousin Mattie and I went to a meeting at Bethesda, driving the old “yaller” horse and spent the night at that dear old home of true southern hospitality, the home of Miss Belle Blue, now Mrs. Charles Pleasants, of Aberdeen. ABERDEEN VISITED BY RAILROAD AND AMERICAN EXPRESS REPRESENTATIVES Much Interest Being Taken in Music- Live Local News and Personals M. C. ♦ ♦ A delegation of six officials of the Seaboard and American Railroad Ex press companies were in Aberdeen Monday. They spent the whole day walking over the railroad’s property trying to find the best location for a proposed peach loading platform and an express siding. They finally set tled on a location j'ust west of the express office. Officials from both these carriers have come to Aberdeen each year in the past. They went through the same maneuvers, but nothing resulted. As far as loading conditions are concerned, they are the same when peach shipments first started. Last year the congestion in- terferred with the loading, and caused ^uch confusion. Crates had to be handled two and three times with in jury to the fruit. Perhaps the claims resulting will speed up the transpor tation companies to provide a means to prevent all this. This visit may hring the platform. Of late there has been a great ^lumber of musical irtetruments of ^'^ery description coming into Aber deen—the greater part being band instruments Several factors con tributed toward arousing this interest ^n music, the biggest perhaps being the course in music included in the curriculum of the consolidated schools rom the youngsters the interest spread to the older ones, and we will *^ot be surprised to hear band music on the Aberdeen streets by an Aber deen Band sometime. There is plen ty of good musical talent in the town to make up a brass band organization, as well as an orchestra unit. The Sandhills need to form at least a brass band organization in order to have music at is public celebrations. We cite only the last celebration of Me morial Day when the Legion endeav ored to get a band here for their cere monies, but were unable to do so be cause of the prohibitive price and ex pense involved. Speaking of music and musical in struments we don’t want to overlook mentioning that our Sycamore Street grocer, Marcus Wimberly, has just received another shipment of Jews Harps. This gives everybody an op portunity to try out his musical tal ents. If you can’t own a piano, saxa- phone or cornet, get a Jews Harp. Does advertising in The Pilot pay ? Ask C. L. Johnson, proprietor of the Aberdeen Electric Shoe Shop. Mr. tTohnson states that immediately af ter advertising his electric shoe re pairing establishment in The Pilot his shoe repairing business almost im mediately doubled. Then he conclud ed to add other departments—vulcan izing, upholstering and harness re pairing. He advertised that fact in The Pilot and right from the start he has been kept busy with work coming to him out of the territory in which The Pilot circulates. Mr. Johnson at first hesitated in placing his adver- FRIDAY, JUNE 15,1923 tising with the Pilot, but results have made him a staunch believer in adver tising, and a booster for The Pilot. Miss Katharine Goodman, of Ral eigh, who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. H. A. Keith, returned home Sat urday. The colored teacherage being built by the consolidated district on the Berkley school grounds is nearing completion. Rev. Jesse Blalock of Rich Square, N. C., who recently accepted the pas torate of the Baptist church of this city and who was expected to assume his duties with last Sunday, was pre vented from coming here by the death of his eighteen months old child. It seems that the child was in good health up to and just after the house hold furniture had been packed and put into transit. It very soon, though, thereafter became seriously ill and af ter a few days died. The new pas tor will arrive here the latter part of this week after having taken his wife home to her parents in the mountains, and it will be several weeks before she will follow him to Aberdeen. The Baptist church congregation has expended $500.00 in repairing and remodeling its parsonage. The new cafe and restaurant now being installed by R. C. Farrell, gro- er, in his store room adjoining his grocery, is expected to be completed and ready to open for business in about ten days. Mr. Farrell has se cured the services of R. K. Corbett, an expert restaurant man from Wil mington to manage the same. From the appearances of the improvements and the furniture and fixtures going in, it is safe to predict that Aberdeen may well expect to be proud of its cafe. L. L. Johnson and Hugh A. Page left Tuesday morning for Morganton, N. C. to attend the State Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. John son goes as delegate from the Aber deen Lodge, and Mr. Page attends as Grand Lodge member, being Grand Master-at-Arms. Mr. Johnson took Mrs. Johnson and the boys, Leroy and Richard with him to enjoy the moun tain breezes with him up there. Jim Low, a well known and re spected negro of the Addor section, died there last Thursday. Mrs. A. F. Yates is back home from her recent operation at a Fayetteville hospital. She will stay two weeks and will go back again for a short time before being fully discharged. Mrs. A. W. Cain, of Durham, is visiting her brother, Capt. A. F. Yates. Mrs. J. R. Allen, of Albemarle, and Miss Laura A. Saunders, of Lilesville, spent the week-end with Mrs. C. J. Johnson. Mrs. Fred Weaver and two children who have been away on a four week’s visit with her parents in Johnson City, Tenn., are expected to return here next Saturday. Mr. Weaver will meet them at Charlotte and bring them safely home. Mrs B. J. Moss and children, of Raleigh, are visiting Mrs. Jess Carter, Sr. Dr. H. E. Bowman who met with a rather painful accident fishing last week is out on the streets again and attending to his professional duties. The Doctor in some way fell out of the boat and ran a contraption of a dozen or more fish hooks in his leg. The Ona Williams Comedy Compa ny, a tent show, which pays us a visit annually, is showing here this week. Mrs. Alma Louise Dumeer, and Mrs. Vivian Freeman, both of Ham’let, are visiting with Mrs. J. H. King. Dr. F. 0. Bell and Henry Addor left Monday noon for Charlotte, and will bring back to this town at least two brand new Hupmobiles. Dr. Bell will pick out one for his own use and purposes, and Henry will put one in stock for Addor and McLeod, Moore county dealers. Bridges-Boone & Company are ad vertising one of their periodical sales to start Saturday of this week. Turn to their ad in this issue. A. C. McDonald is moving his fill ing station across the highwawy piece meal to the lots he recently bought (Continued on page eight) SUBSCRIPTION $1.S0 CONHUNITY SPHtrr OF PAST YEARS SHOWN AT PINEHURST IN SCHOOL HOUSE WORK DAY The Good Women Furnish Dinner and Men and Boys Do a Good Day’s Work On Tuesday of this week, the peo ple of Pinehurst turned out en masse to evidence their interest in the new school property by putting in a real honest-to-goodness day’s work an the grounds. The entire plot was cleared and put in proper shape for practical ly all branches of athletics in which the boys and girls of the school will engage. Promptly at seven o’clock, men and teams appeared upon the scene and sailed into the task at hand, fn plan ning for the day, several foreman were appointed and crews were as signed to each. The work was robbed of its irksomeness by an exchange of tasks between crews every two and one-half hours. A bounteous repast was prepared and served by the women’s committee of the Pinehurst Community Club, and the interest displayed during the hour from twelve to one did not suf fer greatly by comparison with any of the others! All in all, the result of the day’s work exceeded the fondest hopes and expectations of the school committee, who fostered the movement, and gave a striking example of just what gen uine co-operation can accomplish in a short time. Time was, (and not so very many years ago) when it was the custom to do things of this kind in this way. Most of us can remem ber “log rollings,” “rail splittings,” “corn huskings,” “quilting bees,” and a number of other customs, the an nouncement of which was the signal for everyone in the countryside to plan to atend and put the best foot forward in whatever there was to do. These institutions have very largely been thrown into the discard, and with the change we have encountered labor troubles and similiar ills which were unknown in the former days. Perhaps the new way we have adopt ed spells progress. We hope so. But the patrons of the Pinehurst school are experiencing a peculiar sense of ownership in their new school prop erty which could not come thru hav ing the work done in the modern way. The committee is to be congratu lated upon the businesslike manner in which the entire project was handled. The ladies excelled themselves in pre paring and serving the picnic din ner, and can be assured of a liberal patronage around any banquet board entrusted to their care. The boys and girls of the school should also come in for a large share of appreciation for the part they played in the pro gram. Construction of the new high school building is progressing rapidly and contractor Sally tells us that, bar ring something unforeseen, it will be ready for occupancy by the time the next term begins. ANNOUNCEMENT The PILOT wishes to announce that Mrs. J. McK. .Harrington has consented to write exclusive ly for the PILOT. Mrs. .Harring ton will cover the Cameron terri tory locally and from time to time will contribute other inter esting articles. LOCAL INCORPORATIONS Maness Hotel Company, of Sanford, with $150,000 authorized capital and $40,000 subscribed by W. A. Maness, of Sanford, and W. E. Porter and B. C. Wallace, of Carthage. Amendment was filed to the charter of the Pinehurst? Plateau Company, of Pinehurst, increasing the capital stock from $75,000 to $100,000. YOUNG PEOPLE OF JACKSON SPRINGS AT DAVIDSON ATTENDING RELIGIOUS NEETMG Senior Christian Endeavor Society Hold Field Day Exercises—Items Miss Irene Woodley with Herbert Carter, Donglas Matheson and Edgar Graham left Tuesday for Davidson College to attend the young peoples’ convention of the Presbyterian church. These young people represent the lo cal Presbyterian church, Sunday school and Christian Endeavor Socie ty, and will be joined by Holt and Miss Myrtie McKenzie of the Culdee church, and Misses Margaret Thomp son and Treva Auman, and William Jackson and Dwight Richardson of the West End church. All the churches are located in Mineral Springs town ship and means much better church work in the future by sending dele gates to this conference. John McCrimmon is at his home near West End from Davidson Col lege where he graduated this year. Mr. McCrimmon is a former high school student here, going to Davidson college from the Tenth grade. R. G. Matheson, Jr., is a*t home from Columbia, S. C., where he has taught English in the city high school and coached all athletics of freshmen for the past two years. He will be assistant coach for the high school foot ball and base ball teams next year. In addition he has been taking work at the University of South Car olina that will lead to another col lege degree. After a two weeks va cation he will leave for Camp Tran sylvania at Brevard where he will be athletic director this summer. Miss Dorothy Jones who holds an important position in Durham is at home for a few days vacation. Miss Robena McCracken was car ried to the Charlotte Sanatorium early Sunday morning where she was op erated on for appendicitis. Late re ports are that she is getting along nicely. We have epidemics of measles, etc., and for the past several days it looks as if we were going to have an epi demic of appendicitis. Miss Mc Cracken is the second one to go to the hospital from the Manice or chards in the past few days. All cases are getting along well. The Junior Christian Endeavor So- i ciety held a picnic on the Manse I ground Saturday afternoon. Many I games were played, after which the children enjoyed their supper and re turned to their homes. All had a good time. Shelton Poole left Monday for Blacksburg, Va., in response to a tele gram offering him a place in Dairy Extension work in Virginia. Ne was not sure he would stay in Virginia as he had other propositions before him. Graduates of technical colleges are offered good positions at good sal aries. A large crowd was here for the hotel opening and dance on Saturday evening. The Senior Christian Endeavor So- j ciety held their field day exercises on (Continued on page seven)
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