VOLUME
THE
PILOT
NUMBER
35
Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
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REV. C. B. CRAIG
AT PINEHURST
A General Revival for Church
" —Christian Endeavor Organ
ized—Live Local News
(Mrs. R. Pyron)
In the selection of Rev. C. B. Craig
pastor of the Presbyterian Church at
Laurinburg, N. C., to come to Pine-
hurst for the week of June 24th to
conduct a series of services each day
at the large and beautiful Community
House, which is the center of the
spiritual as well as the directed social
life of the people in and around Pine-
hurst who have come in here from
every state in the Union to have a
part* in carrying on the many depart
ments of work which are so success
fully planned for and carried on at
Pinehurst, Rev. W. L. Wilson, pastor
of the local church, made a wise
choice.
Mr. Craig came as a stranger, but
was literacy welcomed by hundreds of
residents, and the spirit of hospitali
ty was so prevalent that he could not
accept the shower of invitations that
were given him by the home keepers,
although he was in the different
homes not only to each of the three
meals each day, but at all hours dur
ing' the days.
This meeting was a success from
the first service. Large crowds at
tended, especially the open air gather
ings. The music was inspirational
and was led by Mr. Bruce Cameron,
a Presbyterian Elder of more than
local fame in musical circles, assisted
by .Mr. Craig, who also has a splendid
tenor voice with leading qualities
which he uses with great effect. One
of the most appropriate features of
the musical program was the selection
of the hymns, which was done by Mr.
Craig himself, selected for their ap-
propriatoTi9::< to the subjects of his
Bible mes>a->;es. and were all of the
type of songs which was an expres
sion of the iSoidiers of the Cross in
the battle for God and the right. His
sermons were very fine in subject
jnatter, full of thought and appropri
ate. They were in the main a call
to the church, calling men and women
as well as girls and boys to come to
the help of the Lord against the
mighty, and he stressed the witness
of the Holy Spirit in the lives of pro
fessing Christians, and the reading of
God’s word as the means of know
ing- the will of God.
His appeals to the church for those
who had taken the vows to be true
to God, being faithful had marked in
fluence which was particularly appro
priate at this time, as the Home Mis
sion Board of the Presbyterian church
of North Carolina, especially the Fay
etteville Presbytery with the local
members of this denomination are try
ing to perfect plans whereby they
may establish a strong church ^ at
Pinehurst with a minister serving full
time, which will mean much to the
religious sentiment of this communi-
tv.
Not only did Mr. Craig appeal to
the church members, but he won the
young people and the children who
came to these services, and his beau
tiful as well as interesting and deeply
spiritual sermons to the young people
as his very life seemed to say to
them “Follow me as I follow Christ,”
left a lasting influence. And the one
thing that seemed to appeal to saint
and sinner in this Godly man was the
wholesome normal, manly life he not
only seemed to live among men, but
the fact that he made following Jesus
the natural, most to be desired of all
things.
Quite a number have joined the
church as a result of these meetings
and more will join. The Sunday
School has received quite an impetus.
One young lady is contemplating go
ing to Moody Bible Schol to study for
Christian service, and a Christian En
deavor Society has been organized
''[ith twenty-six members, and on all
sides one hears talk of a new Pres
byterian church at no distant date.
Mrs. Sam P. Jones, Mrs. Laura J.
Sloan and Mr. Poster Jones, of Car-
tersville, are spending July with Mr.
and Mrs. R. Pyron who are at home
ihe Laurel Cottage for the sum-
nier. While in Pinehurst Mrs. Py-
ron’s guests are receiving many so
cial attentions.
Mrs. Homer Peacock entertained 8
guests in their honor on Wednesday
afternoon,July 11, at her apartment in
the Franklin flats.
On Friday evening Miss Callie
cantley and the ladies at the Hazel-
'vard entertained twenty-five guests
^ a swimming party and picnic sup-
a Lakeview, Mrs. Jones and Mrs.
^oan being the honor guests.
UiOKflay afternoon Mrs. Charlie
iccfuet had Mrs. Jones and Mrs.
and several guests at tea.
‘^Ir. and Mrs. Lloyd Gardner had as
neir week-end visitors, Mr. and Mrs.
' , J^’cks, of Rocky Mount. Mr.
f 1 I^icks have just returned
tonsil wedding trip to Washing-
'• p- Mrs. Gardner entertained
fj-i a number of her special
at a Progressive Party on
Sa^rday evening. They drove down
to Sweetheart Lake to an elegant sup
per, and then to Lakeview to the
dance.
Misses May Dalton and Anna Foo-
ley, of Bridgeport, Conn., are the
charming guests of Mrs. Sam Hennes-
lee. ^ While here they are being ex
tensively entertained.
Stutts with
Mrs. Thompson and children left Sat
urday for Boston in their new Essex
for a two week’s trip.
Mr. Richard Tufts spent “Friday
13 in Charlotte. He made the trip
in record time finding the condition
of the roads 100 per cent perfect. He
drove over in 3 hours and 15 minutes,
and back in 3 hours and 20 minutes.
Counting times he stopped at rail
road crossings.
^ Mr. R. Pyron spent Saturday and
>unday in Winston-Salem, guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Viv Slacnk who are at
Reynalda for the summer months
where Mrs. Slacnk has quite a flourish
ing class of polo.
The Sunday School picnic of the
Pinehurst Sunday School which was
held at Lakeview on the 10th was an
all day success.
Mrs. R. Pyron entertained Sunday
evening Misses McNaughton, Camp
and Evans of the faculty at Samar-
cand Blanor.
Mr. Bruce Cameron who has been
quite sick is able to be out again to
the delight of his many friends.
Mr. Craig and family and Mrs.
Frazier spent Sunday at Johnsonville
with friends. Mrs. Kivett returned
to Pinehurst with them to be their
guest for a week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jamse Welch spent
Tuesday in Charlotte.
Miss Hester Battley spent Satur
day at McConnell Hospital where she
went to take her young brother John
for a minor operation.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Picquet spent
Sunday in Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bliss motor
ed to Charlotte Sunday night with
friends to dinner.
Miss Frances Grey left Wednesday
for her summer home in New Hamp
shire.
Rev. C. B. Craig, of Laurinburg,
spent a short while in Pinehurst Mon
day.
Mr. Stacy Brewer, the genial editor
of The Pilot, visited friends in Pine
hurst Monday.
Special Missionary Meeting on Sun
day evening at 8 o’clock at the Com-
munitv House in Pinehurst. There
will be a special program given by
the Woman’s Auxiliary of the chnrch.
At this meeting will be held the an
nual election of officers. Everyone
.will be welcome.
Miss Nora Bradford, Moore county
demonstration agent, will give can
ning demonstrations at the Communi
ty House Friday afternoon at 1:30.
The ladies and girls of Pinehurst
school district are urged to attend this
demonstration.
FRIDAY, JULY 20,1923
JOHNSON WRITES
MORE OF KANSAS
Says State in Some Respects
Greatest in Union—Pro
duces Best Grasses
PICNIC AT MT. PLEASANT
Everybody is invited to attend the
annual Sunday School picnic at Mount
Pleasant church, Saturday, July 28.
I closed last week’s letter with the
story of Manuel, and the terrible re
tribution that overtook him for fish
ing on Sunday, and the story was in
duced by seeing one lone boy going
fishing on Sunday in the Great State
of Kansas; and my closing sentence
was a promise to write on Colorado,
but it has occurred to me that I would
not be justified in slurring over Kan
sas in this way, so a part, at least of
this letter must be given to the Sun
flower state.
It is easy to see how the State got
this name for hundreds of miles the
right of way is a mass of sunflowers
—not planted by man, but indigenous
to the soil, and growing as naturally
as dog fennel grows in Florida.
In many respects, Kansas is the
very greatest and richest state in the
Union, and the secret of its greatness
lies in the fact that its soils produces
the best grasses to perfection. There
are no mountains or lakes to inter
fere, no surface rocks to remove, and
no stumps to be pulled, level surface,
and naturally fertile soil, with 90 per
cent of the whole state fit for plow-
land. How could such a state escape
greatness ?
More acres under cultivation than
any other state except Texas, and this
only sixty years ofter the first fur
row was plowed in its virgin soil. The
market value of the Kansas crops in
1921 was over seven hundred million
dollars; while the value of the eggs
shipped in 1921 was twenty-one mil
lion dollars, or six million dollars
more than the price paid for the whole
Louisiana Purchase, of which the state
' of Kansas is a small part!
I In the production of wheat Kansas
' raises one-seventh of all the wheat
of the United States, and has the
second largest meat packing industry
in the world. In this industry it is
surpassed only by Chicago.
Before the advent of the railroads
the old Santa Fe Trail between Mis
souri and the Rocky Mountains fur
nished the highway for Caravan and
schooner wagons—“Ships of the Des
ert,” and the course of the railroad
closely follows the notable trail. The
Santa Fe Railway reached Santa Fe,
New Mexico, in 1880, and the trail
; became a thing of the past. In sev-
; eral places we can see this old trail
: from the observation car.
' As we journeyed I took note of a
I great number of towns in Kansas. At
I the little town of Turner, which seems
I largely devoted to gardening and
; fruit culture, I noticed thv2 first gar-
I den that was prettier than my gar-
I den at home; and I felt a sort of
! jealousy, not to be explained, except
I as one of the gnarls of human nature,
j At the town of Weaver there are
‘ great broad fields of Irish potatoes,
i that must have contained five hundred
I acres, when I said to my lady, I
thought this man would make more
than enough to “do” him, and that he
would have some to sell. When I was
a boy on the farm in Moore county,
for a farmer to make more than
enough to “do” him, was the very
height and climax of prosperity.
At Topeka we get the first sight
of North American Indians, a boy and
a girl standing on the paved side
walk near our car window. I scan
ned them closely—especially the girl
—(I always make a specialty of that).
Her features were really attractive;
small hands and feet, long slender
fingers, well formed mouth, soft black
eyes, and long coarse black hair. Her
teeth were imaculate, and her coun
tenance was entirely free from either
forwardness or vindictiveness. The
fact that the Anglo-Saxon race did
not assimilate this splendid race is an
absolute guarantee that we shall nev
er assimilate an alien race.
After a more critical inspection of
the Hopi Indians of Arizona I was
obliged to dismiss most of my ad
miration for the Indian women; but
the above was written before I saw
the Hopies; but “What I have vn’itten,
I have written.”
Wheat! Wheat! Wheat! Corn!
Wheat! Alfalfa! all in such profusion
that I almost have scenic indigestion,
and am glad when night comes—(But
I do wish they would not work on Sun
day!!)
Standish, now a rolling prairie, with
numberless sheep grazing, interspers
ed with Guernsey cattle.
Hardin. Now we begin to see Sin
clair Oil Co’s tanks, take the place
of the Standard. Thank God for that.
Now it is level plain again, and as
far as the eye can see the prospect is
one interminable wheat field.
Dodge City: • Here we see a herd
of some 500 Hereford cattle; pass
through a veritable forest of oil der
ricks. In the pastures are young
mules by the thousands.
Now we pass Newton, and are com
ing into the Buckwheat country. This
rich grain and stock country used to
be known as the “Bad Lands of Kan
sas.” Thirty years ago these lands
were a marshy glade, and covered
over with crawfish holes, six to eight
feet deep, that stood full of water
all the year. Some genius conceived
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BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN
VASS
Mr. D. G. Ridenhour is beginning
the erection of a nice bungalow on
the street opposite the Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. Guy H. Simpson’s residence on
Alma Street is nearing completion,
as is also Mr. Paul W. Joyner’s on
the same street.
Mr. R. P. Beasley is erecting an-
o'her store building next to the Drug
Stor#.
The new postoflice building is now
ready for the roof. When completed
it will be occupied by the postoflice
and Vass Mercantile Dry Goods de
partment.
Mr. Will McCraney is having the
finishing touches put on his dwelling
preparatory to moving to Vass in the
very near future.
Community (lood Roads Picnic
H
ERE is an announcement that everyone will be interested in and an event
that nobody will want to miss:
On Thursday, July 26th, the people of Moore County will gather at
Southern Pines, in the Municipal Park, for a Community-Good-Roads-
Basket Picnic.
Even the most hardened skeptic of yesterday is loud in his praise today
of our better roads and acknowledges that no factor has been more re
sponsible for the development of our section than these same good roads.
What could be more in keeping with the spirit of the times, therefore,
than a real old-fashioned basket picnic in honor of the men who have done
such wonderful things and who are planning even more wonderful things
for our roads.
Hon. Frank Page and Hon. Elwood Cox,of the State Highway Com
mission, are to be our guests of honor on this day. General E. J. Bow-
ley, Commander of Fort Bragg, has also been extended an invitation and
has expressed himself as being anxious to be with us.. A program of
music by the 17th Regiment Band, speeches and sports is bemg ar
ranged which will fill the day from the time the crowd gets there until
they leave;
Preparations are being made to take care of at least two thousand
people and it will be a day fraught with good fellowship and jollification.
Everybody is invited to come and bring their lunch baskets with them.
Watch for posters for more particulars, and don’t forget that the date
is Thursday, July 26th, and the place is the Municipal Park, Southern
Pines. Let’s Go!
SUBSCRIPTION $1.80
MORE fflSTORY OF
BETHESDA CHURCH
Members Had to Give an Ac
count of Themselves Twice
Yearly
i
A custom that prevailed in this
church until about 1825 that was
brought over by these Scots was that
of Communion occasions, twice an
nually. The service preparatory began
on Friday with preaching. On Sat
urday the members were expected to
meet the session and render a satis
factory examination as to their faith
and practices, given a “token” as a
passport, so to speak, to the Com
munion on Sabbath. These “tokens”
were made of some metal and usually
had the name of the church stamped
upon them. This church I think in
dicated its independency as suggested
by the letters on their token, “K. SJ*
being for “Kirk ’0 Scotland.” A few
of these original tokens are still in ex
istence.
The first building erected here is
said to have stood on the apex of the
old cemetery. The second a few yards
east of first. This was constructed of
long pine poles, seats of split pine.
The rear of the building had the wall
removed and the roof and seating ex
tended, the ascent of the hill making
the view to preacher and congregation
clear.
The third building was a frame
structure just within the present cem
etery enclosure. At the occupancy and
dedication of the present church build
ing in 1862 the old building was re
moved. The present church is there
fore the 4th structure and has been
in use sixty years. But let me not
digress. During the period covering
about forty years, 1790-1830, only a
preacher who could adapt himself to
use of both Gaelic and English need
apply to the Scots as a minister who
preached in both Gaelic and English.
Following McIntyre the Rev. Colin
Mclver served this church for several
years, most probably as stated supply.
The Rev. Archibald Buie supplied the
church in 1830-31.
Rev. Evander McNair was licensed
by Presbytery 1833 and on December
22, 1833 was installed pastor. He
served about three years and moved
into the bounds of Long Street and
Cypress congregations.
During the period 1833-6 we find
that more than thirty persons, princi-
’:>allv heads of families, were dismiss
ed by Certificates of Membership to
Alabama and other sections and were
“Recommanded to the Christian fel
lowship of those where God in His
Providence may cast their lot.”
The minutes under date of Septem
ber 13, 1840, an entry “In consequence
of the absence of the Book for a part
of the time and the frequent changes
of ministers as Stated Supplies no
entry was made since November
1855.” “In this interim a number of
persons were received as members, al
so baptisms administered, whose
names may be found in the roll.” Also
during this period we find that the
following persons were added to the
Eldership: Alex Ray, John McLeod,
Daniel Patterson, Lauchlin McKinnon,
Daniel Martin, Daniel McNeill, Chas.
C. Shaw and M. M. Blue.
Rev. M. McLaurin in 1840 moderat
ed the sessions, who it is probable as
supply as he preached and targht an
academical school at Jackson Springs
covering this period.
From 1842 to 1851, Rev. Archibald
Smith, D. D., supplied the church. In
1852-4-5-6 Rev. Samuel Paisley sup
plied the church.
From the autumn of 1857 to close
of 1865 Rev. James McQueen was pas
tor. Rev. Jas. H. Cotton supplied dur
ing the years 1866 and 1887.
Rev. k. M. McIntyre was pastor
from April 1868 to April 1873.
Rev. Martin McQueen supplied from
1874 to spring of 1881.
Rev. E. McNair, D. D., supplied
from autumn 1881 till his death in
1885, closing his ministerial work of
more than fifty years, with the church
in which he began his great work.
In the year 1886 Rev. A. R. Shaw
supplied the church during the sum
mer vacation of Seminary. Rev. W.
M. Eldridge, also a Seminary student,
supplied in 1887.
In the autumn of 1887 Rev. A. M.
Watson as supply came to Bethestda
but was removed by death May 20th,
1888.
In January, 1889 Rev. J. W. John
son of the Presbytery of Albany, N.
Y., in search of a climate less rigor
ous than that of the north, accepted
work as supply. He was received by
Presbytery April 11th, 1889 and serv
ed with great acceptance until the au
tumn of 1896, when from failing
health he was compelled to retire, and
after long and patient waiting his
life on earth closed March 19th, 1898.
In February the Rev. Chas. H.
Dobbs began and served as supply till
spring of 1901. For a year the church
had a temporary supply by T. F.
Haney, of Columbia Seminary. On
July 15th, 1902 by order of Presby-
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