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VOLUME THE PI OT NUMBER 32 Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Address all communications to the P.LOT printing COMPANY. VASS. N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 27,1924 SUBSCRIPTION 92.00 ANNnAL KIWANIS CLUB CONVENnON 6 000 Delegates and Members ’ Irom United States and Canada Meet Denver, Colo., June 24th.— Over 6 000 ielegates and members repres- eritinvi 1-50 Kiwanis clubs in the Un ited Stotes and Canada were meet ing in Denver last week for the 8th Annu.il Convention of that organiza tion. By train and automobile cara van they came in from all sections to. this ^‘mile-high” city, gaily decora ted from one end to the other. In his keynote address in opening the convention, President Edmund F. Arrai=!, of Columbus, Ohio, urged that the organization work to devel op in all communities a more sound public opinion on national questions and to develop higher standards in the business and social life of the George 0. Wolf, of Denver, Inter national Trustee and General Chair man of the Convention, reported on the convention program. William R. Brown, of Pasadena, reported on the educational outlook; Charles W. Gold, of Greensboro, North Carolina, reported on the need for higher busi ness standards and methods; A. L. Shuman, of Fort Worth, reported on publicity; Robert N. Young, of Salt Lake, reported on the necessity for adhering to strict classification rules for membership; Past-President Ha rry E. Karr, of Baltimore, reported on the work of the Kiwanis constitu tional convention and the new org anization constitution which was pre sented. One of the important reports was that on Inter-Club Relations, pre sented by Ernest L. Chase, of Kan sas City, Mo. The functions of the many inter^club meetings held thru- out the year are to help wipe out sectional jealousies and animosities, increase the spirit of toleration and liberality, and to spread the spirit of a sound patriotism. Two outstand ing means of focusing attention to these aims that were adopted are an annual district inter-club day, at which time all the 28 districts in Ki wanis hold simultaneous meetings of all their clubs, and an annual inter national inter-club day, at which time all of the clubs in the entire or ganization hold a simultaneous meeting. The various musical organizations (Continued on page 8) WEYMOUTH HEIGHTS OPENS MORE LOTS Ridge Back of Highland Pines Inn Now In Hands of Engineers The remarkable success of the ^Veymouth Heights addition to South ern Pines has led to the plotting of another extension to this part of the village. All of the original tract has been sold, with the exception of a- hout five lots, and as these are likely go at any time, it was seen to be i^ecessary to open further acreage. Adjacent to the lots already sold, and just boyond the Highland Pines Inn IS a r-^markably interesting bit of pine on top of the hill looking out ov*jr Fort Bragg, and at the ^’ght s a ridge extending farther down toward the old Duncan Shaw property. Qn the ridge R. A. 01m- s^ead IS preparing to build a fine onie on a five-acre lot that t^ps the ighest part of the rise, and he will one of the most pretentious places in the Sandhills. The outlook the Olmstead site is a picture going miles to see. About fifty to seventy-five acres 1 be included in the new plan of running with the property line ® the Weymouth property on the side next to the country club, and to the road that goes from the Inn down toward Fort Bragg, taking the ground on both sides of the road un til the road has dropped down into the valley. This is going to make another extension of the Weymouth Heights development, and it will be fully as desirable for building loca tions as the older section, especially the pine grove beyond the Inn and the ridge on which the Olmstead home will be built. S. B. Richardson, who has been selling the Weymouth Heights property, says he looks for a rapid movement in these tracts as soon as the surveying is completed, and the lots are ready to offer buy ers. The activity in building all thru the Sandhills is such that he looks for a big winter’s business in all lines of real estate, and with the advantages that are found in the new Weymouth extension he will not be surprised if the ridge running to the eastward is alive with new houses within another two or three years. It is not known when the new property will be ready for buyers, but it will be within the next few weeks. The work is being hurried as the closing out of all but four or five of the lots of .the old sections makes it necessary to have some thing pretty soon for those who are looking for locations. FRANK PAGE ASKS FOR INFORMATION If Bermuda Grass Is Not to Be Planted Along The Roads What Is Advised Some time ago the announcement was made that Frank Page had pro posed to plant Bermuda grass along side the pavement on the hard roads to keep the soft dirt at the should ers of the road from washing away. The announcement gave rise to con siderable objection on the part of some of the farmers, and a request came to write to Mr. Page and pro test against the plan. In answer to a letter, the following letter came from Mr. Page: Mr. Bion H. Butler, Southern Pines, N. C. My dear Sir: Your letter received relative to Bermuda grass along the road side. I anticipated that some farmers would object to Bermuda grass a- long side the road, but as a matter of fact I know of very few farms in North Carolina where Bermuda grass is not already on the farm, and it was my purpose to get it off the farm and put it on the road side so I thought I was going to help the farmer rather than hurt him. Wonder if you have any sug gestion as to any other type of vegetation that will protect the shoulders of the road and at the same time not be objectionable to the farmers? Awaiting your reply, and with best wishes, I am, Yours very truly, FRANK PAGE, Chairman, State High- way Commission. Now in fairness to Mr. Page, who has made a right good case it is up to those who object to Bermuda grass to let him know their reason for objecting, and to suggest, as President McKinley used to tell the office-seekers, something equally as good. Mr. Page says he intends to take the grass from the farms and irut it on the roads. He is certainly correct when he says Bermuda is getting on all the farms as it is. Evidently he will be glad to hear from the people, and the Pilot will also be glad to have opinions on this subject, for Mr. Page wants to do what is best for the roads and the farms, but he must have all the in- foLation that can be gWen him Suggestions can be written to the Pilot, or better yet will be to write direct to Frank Page, Highway Commission, Raleigh, for he is the man who will act on the matter. FRANK BUCHAN IN NUMEROUS SALES Moves Stuff at Manly, Edgemore Heights, Southern Pines and Midland Farms Frank Buchan has been hitting on all four in the last few days, nego tiating sales at Manly, Southern Pines, Edgemoore Heights, and Mid land Farms. The Midland transac tion involved one of the five-acre lots, which has gone to Robert Shaw, who is already a holder of a consid erable acreage in that section. Mr. Shaw bought the lot across the road east from his present holdings and west of the stables. He keeps on add ing to his possessions in the Midland area for he knows the value of that property, and the certainty that it is never going to be lower. At Manly Frank has sold the Price place, near the Presbyterian church, of two or three acres and the house to Jasper Swearingen, and not far distant Mr. Chisholm bought a tract of about the same size, on which he will at once begin a new house. This is on the same street, leading out to ward the Edgemoore lots and the old Blue farm house. Along the highway leading in to ward Southern Pines from Manly Mr. Buchan has disposed of ten or twelve lots. But it is out on the road to ward the Young farm that he has been doing his heavy work. Beyond the tract that John Chilcott sold to Robert Beadle Mr. Buchan has sold to Mrs. Cameron seven acres, and to Stanley Dunn four acres. He will build a house right away on his land. Mr. Tracy buys eleven acres in that same vicinity. Between them this part of the Edgemoore property is rapidly slipping out of the market, and Frank Buchan has mighty near sold all the Edgemoore frontage from the Willis Young farm into Southern Pines. He has also closed up practically everything along the highway from Southern Pines to Manly that belonged to the Edge moore tract, and the trades that take place in that vicinity from now on will be in buying from those who were fortunate enough to get in on the ground floor. Mr. Buchan is also selling lots near the Sugg farm, on the highway out the Aberdeen way. He says real estate is moving in a highly satisfac tory manner around Southern Pines and Midland Farms this summer, and he is enthusiastic over the pros pects for the coming season. ANGUS E. MASON — A TRIBUTE By Roger A. Derby Angus E. Mason, who died at Pinehurst on Wednesday, June 18th, came to the Sandhills in 1912, when the present large agricultural devel opment was in its beginnings. By profession he was an accountant. Theodore Price, maker and breaker of cotton markets a decade ago, in whose employ Mason was before coming here, pronounced him the most valuable man in his line he had ever come in contact with. Those who have known of Mason’s work down here can bear testimony to his high efficiency and know that Price’s estimate of him was not an over statement. He came here broken in health and at first took charge of Ralph Page’s accounts. At that time Ralph Page was active in a number of large de velopments at various points in the section, the most important of them being at Hoffman and Marston. Ma son moved to Marston and for more than a year ruled the House of Com mons there in such a highly efficient manner that he was spontaneously named the General, a title that some times embarrassed him but which stuck to him for the remainder of his days. Mason was not a person who would put up with slipshod methods or with things being done half-way. He always insisted, in those rather (Continued on page 8) primitive days down here, on proper cooking and on food being cleanly and decently served. He was re sponsible, to a large degree, for the fact that the inmates of the House of Commons did not ruin their di gestions at an early age. Also he carried this benevolent supervision of diet out in the homes of various bachelors whom he. visited when looking after their accounts. Though Page’s work amounted to a good deal, Mason soon took on oth er accounts and before long became the recognized authority on farm ac counting in this region. No one who knows the difficulty of keeping track of the costs of the various op erations on a developing farm could belittle what Mason did. He went at the task in a whole-hearted man ner. He got to know every last de tail of every operation on Page’s, Derby’s, Pumpelly’s plantations. The superintendent who tried to conceal anything or who was careless with his accounts had an unpleasant in terview with this fiery little man and left with the feelings of a schoolboy who had been thoroughly dressed down by an irate master. Mason commanded the respect of all that he came in contact with. His experience with so many large developments made him invaluable as a critic of methods of operation. (Continued on page 8) PEACHES DO WELL; DEWBERRIES SLOW Fruit Season Moving Rapidly And Much Stuff Going Out to Market The fruit movement has been fair ly large, and with a curious contra diction of conditions. The dewberry movement has been the most prom inent, and the end of the shipments are not far off, for two or three re asons,. For one the price has not been as encouraging as shippers have I desired, and to make matters worse I some ailment of the berries has de veloped, making a red unripened end in the berry which has made a con siderable proportion not of good qual ity to forward to market. Some of the planters have withdrawn from the market because of low prices and others because of the low quality of the berries. Yet a large amount of money has come into the territory from dewberries. Another drawback is that berries have been coming from farther South, the diversification cry having led cotton planters in South Carolina and other sections to put out a great many dewberries, and those have reached the markets in advance of North Carolina berries. Then the financial si uation at the North is affected this summer by much idle ness of factories and many men are out of work with money not as plen- jtiful to buy with. But on the other hand, peaches have been selling for good prices. From $3.25 to $4.50 has been real ized for the early fruit, which is nev er of attractive character, but this year it has sold as well as anybody expects it to, and the growers of ear ly peaches have sent in a right good crop and made money. The Red Birds and that type are going in now and the returns that have come be fore the Pilot are encouraging. It seems that peaches are freer from worms this season than almost ever known, and the outlook for a fine type of Elbertas and Belles 15 satisfactory. From now on the change from early varieties to the later fruit will go on rapidly, and it will not be long now until the real peach harvest has commenced. Growers are shaping up their ar rangements for the forces to take off the crop, and for moving and mar keting a crop that will be a record maker for the state. Orchard men are hopeful of a profitable season, and if the prices are in any way sat isfactory this section this summer will have the biggest cash income it has ever known. JUDGE SYKES ON RECORDER’S COURT Durham Jurist Tells Kiwanis Club How Justice May Be Expedited Judge R. H. Sykes, of Durham, was the speaker at the meeting of the Kiwanis Club Wednesday at the Ab erdeen meeting. His subject was the benefits the recorder’s court confers on the county and community. He re ferred to the offenses against the laws of traffic by the automobiles, and against the prohibition laws, and the apparent helplessness of the laws to keep up with the increasing man ifestation of crime, and showed the club that quick and effective determi nation of crime is important. The present congestion of legislation is a grave situation, and the recorder’s court is the solution. Speedy trial of a prisoner is guar anteed by the constitution of the state, but he rarely gets it under ex isting conditions, as the courts are too slow. Prompt and certain jus tice would be effective in reducing crime and in reducing the costs of the courts and the present jail sys tem to the county, for where an of fender can be arrested and tried and sentenced, if he is guilty, within a day or two of committing the offense men are likely to hesitate longer be fore they violate the laws. Judge Sykes said that in Durham' the recorder’s court had paid tremen dously in wiping out crime, and also in the returns in fines and penalties it brought, which ran far above the cost of carrying on the courts, and that lawlessness in his county is now much less than when the court was established. The court also takes from the superior court a great deal of the business of minor charac ter and in that way reduces the coun ty expenses very materially. He al so said that few men tried by this court appeal to the higher court, al though they may if they like. Wher ever the courts have been established they have made a decided hit. Frank Buchan was called on to tell all he knows about himself. He did not tell all, but he told enough in a candid style that he made a hit with the meeting. Jerry Healy and Shields Cameron were just home from Denver and were asked for a brief report, but President Page would not let them talk long after they got started, and promised them that next Wednesday they could have another tryout. The boys stood the journe^r well, and hav ing return tickets got back home all right. They said when they left Pikes Peak they still had four cents, which is a good record for young men going to Denver for the first time. TOBACCO GROWERS UPHOLD CONTRACT Again Protect Members; Win 83 per cent of Cases Tried By Jury The success of the organizedd to bacco growers in protecting their contract in the counts is set forth in the latest statement from the legal department of the Tobacco Growers Co-operative Association which shows that the Association has won 82 per cent of the cases that have gone be fore the Supreme Court of North Ca rolina and more than 83 per cent of the cases contested before juries in the Carolinas and Virginia, no cases having yet reached the Supreme Courts of Virginia arid South Caro lina. The associated growers have taken judgment in 172 cases and have re ceived permanent injunctions in 126 cases, having settled 131 cases with out trial upon the terms of the asso ciation which include the collection of liquidated damages, attorney’s fees and court costs. (Continued on page 8) cities in which the clubs are located. A number of international committee reports were presented, summing up the work of the organization during- the past convention year.
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