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AMO JmCI iuBtrtgB orn now Chil- Pair y IHT 50 and \twith ^hts—- reified to be speci- lights [ise. light 50 CbMh Har« , 2 Mmi« f dealffttdt our VOLUME THE PILOT NUnBER Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina \^firpss ail communications to Jgc pilot reiNT'NG COMPANY, VASS, N. C. ^RDEEN REAL estate firm n.iainess as Moore-Hoke Realty *>»'"cC;a4-Office in Hot«I Block 4 new real estate firm started doing ucinps^ in Aberdeen Monday, Octo- 1 st Theo Berg, formerly with the o/nnles Realty & Insurance Company, ^ thp \berdeen correspondent for fh Pilot will be in charge of the .a He has associated with him B. f Saunders, Dr. A. H. McLeod and will have offices in the Ali?rdcen Hotel Block, just opposite fhP Page Trust Company. The vacant fL.rooni next to the barber shop ill be divided into several offices, of ihich it will use the front one. It will operate under the name of Moore-Hoke Realty Co., and conAne Its operations principally to selhng land and writing insurance in these ^w’o counties. Chandler Makes Suggestion Recently Ralph Chandler, who is at present the county auditor, wrote to the county commissioners and to Leonard Tufts of the county highway commission, submitting a suggestion as to certain changes in county af fairs. In his letter Mr. Chandler said:— Southern Pines, N. C., August 24th, 1923. Mr. H. P. McPherson, Chairman, Cameron, North Carolina Dear Sir:—During the past few months 1 have given considerable thought and some little attention to the County tinancial affairs and the running of the County in general. Af ter thinking the matter over I have come to the conclusion that it would be to the best advantage of all con cerned for the County to engage an all-time comptroller, auditor, or what ever you desire to call him and let him really be the business manager ior the county, under the supervision of the County Commissioners. The County is handling hundreds of thousands of dollars per year through the several funds with which no one is entiiely familiar, for in stance, there are .$83,000 worth of short term notes outstanding of which the county treasurer officially has no advice. 1 cannot imagine any private enterprise that could possibly exist for more than a few months if conducted on this same plan that our County affairs aie. To my mind it would be the very best money the County could invest to select a good, competent man, pay him a good salary, and let him have absolute knowledge and a certain amount of authority over the receipts and disbursements of the County, he to also be the purchasing agent which, I believe would be a financial gain to the County and which, of course, ^vould require a man of considerable ability. ily idea is that he could do the purchasing, not only for the general lounty expenditures, but for the highway aiul possibly the schools also. It strikes me that there is plenty of room for such a man in the operation w our County affairs. My opinion is that It would be well to put him on e beginning of the new year, De- cember 1, and let him work with “e Certified Public Account who au- hs the (’ounty records for the year enaing November 30, 1923. To eliminate the idea that possibly u- in trying to create a po- f himself, will state, that I not an applicant for the position, oeiieve this matter is worthy of ‘ ^consideration and that I the support of the High- flinn and School Board these lines. ours very truly, UALPH l. chandler, Cnn,. i , County Auditor. \'l' V D. A. McLauchlin, H«h G- C. Shaw, j Chandler’s letter met with the ppioval of the commissioners, and shli- Hamp- lovv Tufts, who the time, responded as fol- Meredith, N. H. -Mr p..I 1 r September 4, 1923. SoutK Chandler, ^^Uther,, Pines, N. C. Chandler:—Your letter of you h,, . 1 ''^*^'®^ved, and I cannot tell have ih I agree with you. I i I' many times and ^he ^ meeting of be or ho there was to in? r.fi. ^ passed authoriz- ^ niana^l^. employ somebody as auditor, accountant, or ^ort. I am sure ev- niissi(>j ^ Highway Com- su^gesti delighted with your j o i, H)j] ^ business as the County’s is conducted as well as ours is with really no account ing department, as we understand ac- Kntf. a normal My impression is that the county is doing a business of something like i dollars, and outside of the Recorder’s records, and the Reg ister of Deeds office and possibly one or two in the sheriff’s office, there isn t a clerk employed. It is natural therefore that it should be difficult to ^11 what is happening. You take the Highway Department, for example, <>f something like J100,TOO or more a year. It has no book-keeping department. Mr. Mau- nce does some work and Mr. McDon ald does some work on it. We need, as you say,, a man who will spend his entire time on the ac counting of the county’s business and who will open a distribution ledger for the proper distribution of the ac- ^unts of the different departments. You^r suggestion that he start work with the auditor is fine. If they are going to employ a man, however, they ^ould employ a competent man. rhere are several men at Pinehurst familmr with auditing, whose advice the Commissioners could get* men like Mr. Angus Mason, Mr. Paul Dana and Mr. Sledge. Very truly yours, LEONARD TUFTS, JLj X Cys: County Commissioners. The Pilot has brought this subject before a number of the people of the county and the result has been a fa vorable attitude on the part of nearly every man approached. The letters are presented to the readers of the paper that the subject may have the widest possible publicity, in the hope that something may come out of it. TLME TO BE CAREFUL President Collidge has lived in the country, and has also spent a good part of his time in small towns. So he knows what he is talking about when he declares that fires in rural sections and in smaller towns are the greatest menace that a people can face. He referred to it but a few days ago when he called attention to the fact that we are now entering the dangerous period, when leaves, weeds and grasses are becoming dry highly inflamable. All of us know how easy it is for a camp fire or even the fragments of a cigar or cigarette carelessly dropped in the woods to start a fire that will destroy many hundreds of dollarsh worth of timber, and quite frequently dwelling houses and barns. Citizens of the Sandhiills realize that the sea son iis here when it is neccssary to in spect all chimneys and flues before starting a fire in the stove, grate or furnace, and they should not need a second warning along this line. Water may or may not be plentiful— fires are not always easily quenched even when the water supply is un limited. We do not particularly need a “fire prevention day” to remind us of our duty. We can make a fire prevention day by cleaning up dry rubbish in yards and alleways; by seeing that summer rains have not endangered chimneys jor rusted holes in flues and stove pipes and by cleaning them out before starting a fire in the house. The old proverb about an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure must have been spoken first of fire prevention. At least it fits it mighty well—and right now would be a good time to put it into practice. MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY A reader hands us an essay on “Man,” clipped from an old newspa per. Maybe you’ve read it—if so it’s worth reading again. If you haven’t read it, do so and pass it on to a neighbor. “Man comes into this world without his consent and leaves it without his will. In infancy he is an angel; in boyhood he’s a devil; in manhood ev erything from a lizard up.* If he rais es a family he’s a churnp, adn if he raises a check he’s a thief, and then the law raises Cain with him. If he is a poor man he’s a bad manager and has no sense, but if he is rich he is considered a smart financier. If he’s in politics you can’t place hini. If he goes to church he’s a hypocrite and if he stays away he’s a sinner. When he first comes into the world every body wants to kiss him; before he goes out everybody wants to kick him. If he dies young there was always a great future before him; if he lives to a ripe old age he’s in the way and only living to save funeral expenses. This life is a funny road—but every body seems glad of the chance to travel it in preference to taking chances on another one. Plasterers are now getting $105 a week in New York. When men hear that they understand why more boys don't study for the ministry And perhaps after all ^ more interested in the drop of gaso line than the undertaker. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1923 ANOTHER NEW COTTON FIRM Aberdeen Taking its Place as a Cot ton Market—T. J. Horton & Co. Open Offices to Buy Cotton Several weeks ago The Pilot brought the announcement that Ross & Mc Kinnon had opened offices in Aberdeen to buy spot cotton. T. J. Horton then had under consideration the opening of a cotton buying office and had his arrangements to represent some of the largest exporting firms almost completed. He began doing business this week. This gives Aberdeen two virile cot ton buying concerns. The individuals of both firms having been closely iden tified with the production of cotton and the marketing of it from more than one angle. Everything points favorably now to *^crease in the cotton acreage in the Sandhills, for it has been demon strated that our land*will produce a good yield of cotton. The boll weevil too, cannot make the inroads on our sand that he d^es in other soils, and large cotton growers are already turning their attention to this sec tion. The future of the Aberdeen market therefore, is assured. The next move now in the line of progress will be the construction of a modernly equipped suction gin in Aberdeen, or the equipping of the gins already there with modern machinery. The activities of the new cotton buying firms ought to make capital readily available for this. THE FLORAL PARADE AT SANDHILL FAIR That it was wisdom to continue with the Floral idea and to broaden the scope of it to include business houses, orders and civic organizations is evinced by the generous response^, that have been received at the Sand hill Fair office. It was generally conceded that last year’s parade was the best in the his- torv of the fair, but this year’s pa rade promises to far eclipse it, both in quality and quantity. The following are expected to par ticipate::—Mrs. S. W. Wilson, West End; Mrs. W. B. Graham, Vass; Mrs. .John Ellis, and Mrs. A. A. McDonald, Jackson Springs; Miss Nora Bradford and Mrs. Charles T. Grier, Carthage; Mr. Hutchison, Farm Life School; Miss Lila Hutchins, Pinebluff; Mrs. N. Gibbons, Lakeview; Sandhill Fruit Growers’ Association, Aberdeen; S^an- '^ard Fruit Growers’ Association, Pinehurst; Coco-Cola Bottling Works, \berdeen; Davis Motor Co., Southern ^ines; Brown-Buick Service Station, Sanford, Pinehurst Garage, Pinehurst; Ford Motor Co., Aberdeen; Franklin Sales Co., Aberdeen; Lewis’s Market, Southern Pines; Page Trust Co., Ab erdeen; Cumberland Nurseries, Win chester, Tenn.; Gulf Refining Co., Ab erdeen; Bank of Pinehurst, Pinehurst; Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of South ern Pines and Carthage; Odd FeMows Order, Aberdeen; Civic Club, Southern Pines; Chamber of Commerce, South ern Pines; American Legion, of Car thage and Southern Pines; Chambe' of Commerce, Carthage, Kiwaii> Club, of Aberdeen. NINE YEARS’ WORK IN MOORE COUNTY, N .C. In May, 1914, I came to the Ben- salem group, consisting then of Ben- salem, Culdee and Elise churches, with the following mission points Rock Hill, Oak Grove, Eagle Sorings, Holly Grove, Pineview and Morris School House. Most of these mission points were discontinued after a time as more promising work opened. I filled these appointments by walking until the fall of 1918, when I bought a Ford, which added greatly to my ef ficiency. Early in 1917 a committee from Pinehurst came to Culdee to ask me to give Pinehurst regular services, which I did. At this time Jackson Springs was isolated and could not be included in any of the groups, so to remedy this situation, at the call of ^he Jackson Springs church, I moved there, retaining my former work and adding Jackson Springs and Mt. Her- mon. In November, 1919, on the death of Rev. R. S. Arrowood, I added West End church to my group. Both Cul dee and West End were then prepar ing to build churches, and Culdee built a new church about this time and West End later. Early in 1920 I became interested in the fine work of the State Home for Girls, at Samarcand Manor, and fiindirig there was no regular preach ing there, I accepted the invitation of the superintendent and opened regular work there, drawing the attention of both Synod and Presbytery to the spiritual needs of the institution. With these additions, the field be came too large for one man, and in April, 1920, Presbytery made two groups. This was made possible be cause Synod agreed to finance the work at Samarcand Manor, which is near Jackson Springs, so that Jack son Springs could be made the cen ter of a group, consisting of Culdee, West End, Mt. Hermon and Samar cand Manor, now served by Rev. R. G. Matheson. Because of the need of Elise High School for pastoral work, I retained the group consisting of Elise and Bensalem, with Eagle Springss, Pine hurst and Spies as mission points, moving to Hemp. I had preached at West Philadelphia and Piney Grove, near Spies, but although for two years an urgent invitation to preach at Spies had been extended to me, pressure of work had prevented me from doing so, but now I was able to begin re^lar work at Spies. The Pinehurst work had been de veloping in every way, and in June, 1920, a church was organized at Pine hurst. At a meeting held recently by Rev. C. B. Craig, eight were added to the church, making the membership 56. Pinehurst has a good C. E., Sun day School and Woman’s Auxiliary. A church building is needed and Mr. Leonard Tufts has offered a fine lot. If the present plan to give Pinehurst the full time of a pastor is carried out, this church will grow rapidly, and, after the erection of a building, will reach self-support. Pinehurst was one of the 15 churches in the Synod which contributed its full quota to beneficence last year. It needs help in the ssupport of a pastor, and the erec tion of a suitable church. Eagle Springs church was organiz ed June 10, 1922, and has a member ship of 33, with an excellent C. E. Society, Sunday School and Woman’s Auxiliary. Eagle Springs is a rap idly growing town in the peach sec tion. An acre lot in a fine location was kindly offered by Miss Agnes Graham, of Jackson Springs, at a very low price, and Mr. McI. Mc- Kennedy, of Bensalem, kindly bought and presented it to this church. The plan to erect a church building on it this summer fell through because of the failure of the peach crop, but the congregation hopes to erect one soon and needs help to do so. Spies church is the result of years of mission Sunday school work by Messrs. I. F. and A. T. Monroe, Spies is a very small town on the Norfolk Southern, wit prospects of future ’growth through a cotton mill and the development of the surrounding terri tory. Spies church was organized November 9, 1921, with seven mem bers. These barve folks decided they must have a church home, and Mr. Bebee presented a choice lot. They built a modern church wh fur Sun day School class rooms opening into it. The church is completed, but needs painting, and has a debt of $270 on a property worth at least $4,000. This is a worthy work and help should be given to wipe out this debt. It has now a membership of 10, a Sunday School of 74, and a weekly prayer meeting with good attendance. Elise Church, though small and '•veak, has supporled and cherished Elise High School in its religious work, but has been badly handicapped by the lack of a church building. A huge avdltorium, impossible to heat In winter, used for plays, movies, etc., does not make an acceptable house of worship, and Elise is now trying <o erect a modern church, with Sunday School rooms, which will be a power ful aid in Ihe t'-aining of the E'''c Tgh fclchool s.udents. The trustees have presented to the church a co.’ne lot, and work on a church biiildinfr has been smarted, though a great deal of help will have to be given before it can be finished. Bensalem is the self-supporting mother church of the group, and has held its own, in spite of giving mem bers to start the other churches. Fifty-one members were received in this group last year. I a malso pastor at Elise High School and taught Bible in the school for two years. Much of the success of this work is due to the cordial co-operation and sunport of the Home Mission Com mittees of Fayetteville Presbytery and the Synod in every forward move. I can say with Paul: I planted, Apollos watered, but God giveth the increase.—W. L. Wilson in Home Mission News. FIDDLERS’ CONVENTION AND BOX SUPPER AT SUMMER HILL SCHOOL HOUSE There will be an old fiddlers’ con vention and box supper at Summer Hill School House on Saturday night, October 13th, to which the public is cordially invited. The school is in charge of Miss Flossie Phillips, and a pleasant evening is assured. The average girl may not want you to kiss her, but she would hardly be human if she didn’t want you to want to kiss her. When it takes a bushel of wheat to pay for a haircut, you can’t blame the farmer for growing lesss wheat and more hair. You men who are always rapping the young people for spooning in their automobiles ought to think back a few years to some of the buggy rides you took along dusty roads with the lines wrapped around the whip sock et. SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 PART OF WHITEHOUSE HEIGHTS SOLD Superintendent Yancy County Schools Buys Fifty Acres—Will Clear and Improve it at Once W. A. Blue, owner of the White- house land just out of Southern Pines on the highway, has just concluded a deal with R. W. Isley, superintendent of the Yancy County schools, for fif ty acres of the tract located just op posite the Clyde Davis Orchard. Mr. Isley will begin at once to clear the land and to build the necessary im provements to begin farming it with next spring. While he will continue to live in Yancy county for the pres ent, he says that he is much impres sed with the Sandhill climate and our opportunities that he will eventually locate here himself. FLOWERS AT STATE FAIR Flowers of many varieties will be exhibited at the North Carolina State Fair by the florists of the State dur ing the week of October 15-20, but one of the most interesting exhibits will be the one that Mrs. Edith Van derbilt, president of the state fair, has provided in the way of natural flow ers. Mrs. Vanderbilt is strong for flow ers and her estate at Biltmore has a world of them, but when she took charge of the State Fair two years ago the grounds were barre nof any thing that even smacked of beauty. Today it is very different. Zennias of all grades and varieties have been planted around Floral Hall, the cen tral building at the State Fair grounds, and they have been pruned down with a view to having them in full bloom when the fair comes on. They will provide a wealth of color. '^ere is a world of dahlias, too, which will be blooming at fair time in all their myriad colors while in front of the buildings will be flower beds with the stately cannas in bright red and yellow to furnish a mellow setting for the scarlet sage and the unique dusty miller, which is used to produce the white to offset the bright er colors. In planting these flowers a color scheme has been observed with a view to showing how flowers can be used to make beautiful premises, so that those visiting the fair can learn something about how to make their home yards atractive. At least that is the idea of Mrs. Vanderbilt, who wants to see Nor'h Ca' olina a place of beauty as well as of enterprise and industry. THIS YEAR’S CROPS Experts say that for the fifth time in history this country will harvest a 3,000,000 bushel corn crop. Consider ing the jump in price over a year ago it means prosperity in many states, and will mark a break in ag ricultural depression. Cotton and to bacco are two money crops which "how a fair increase. These things 'vill not he’p the western and north western wheat farmers, but it will ' olster the bank balance of the south ern and easstern growers and that some consolation—the entire coun- ':;’y won’t be hit at ihe same time. It sn t going to restore the farmers of his country to their rrosperous con dition of war time, but it is an ad vance over the depression of 1921, for which the entire nation can be thar;k- frl. ■ It is also evidence that the farm- "^^s of h^ country are winning back some of their lost ground. We may :iot be faring as well around this vi cinity as some sections. Bu'; we can at least be thankful that we are get- "^ins: bv all right, and that all indi- caions point to a prosperity by next season that will affect all sections alike. KNOW YOUR TOWN Many a citizen who brags about his own community speaks from faith rather than knowledge. A local man suggests it would be a good idea to “know your home town” and he asked us to print a few questions. Here they are. Study them, post yourself on them, and the next time you go o boast about the town you’re proud of you’ll be in position to back up the argument. Here are the questions: What is the population? How did the site of the town happened to be selected? How did it get its name? What is the birth ra"^e? What is the death rate? What are our chief nat ural resources? Do most of the cit izens own their own homes? What per cent are renters? What about our water? Is the supply adequate to meet all emergencies, and is the water pure ? Is there proper ventila tion and light in our school houses in this community? What 'kind of schools have we ? Are they receiving the co-operation of our citizens that they deserve? What have we here to OTier the man with a family who is seeking a permanent home? Some men s idea of a good conver- sationahst is one who lets them do all the talking.
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