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|15, 1925 .OT. •UR iING th Our lESSER resser in Depart- rork, on clothes. LOP Is. N. C. V ids her :: I I dsm iomb my tried me torse lere rour Kdn»t lore, tould then In to ten [ghly eed. s VOLUME THE PILOT NUMBER 26 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, NAY 22, 1925 SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 KiWANIS ADDRESSED BY JUDGE HDNBER Official Tells About the New Moore County Court At the meeting of the Kiwanis club Wednesday at the Highland Lodge in Southern Pines Judge George Humber talked to the gathering about the new recorder’s court established a couple of months ago. The court has held one session, the first Monday of May, and disposed of nearly twenty cases. .Three or four times that many have come onto the docket since then, and the next court will have a full week’s business. The judge referred to the working of the court, its ability to afford a speedy trial for the accused, and the advantage that comes from quickly disposing of a criminal charge while it is before the people. He said that cases are now pending in the superior courts where men charged with crimi nal offense are waiting two or three years for trial, and that in such a case evidence is lost, interest is lost, and the influence of speedy trial and determination of the innocence or guilt, with the attendant punishment, are lost. Judge Humber told the club that he did not imagine the cost of the court would lessen the county’s ex penses materially, but he thought the prompt handling of the cases before the new court would impress those who might be offenders with the promptness and certainty of punish ment, and in that way be such a deterrent of crimes to give the county a great return for all the costs of the court. He also dwelt on the relations of the judge toward the people of the county, and toward the enforcement of the law and the relations of the law and the offender. His attitude toward the criminal was that of the thought ful judge seeking to prevent crime and to warn men away from the wrong road rather than that of the vengeful dispenser of punishment on the head of the man who has made the mistake of running against the law. But in weighing out justice to ward the criminal he claimed the backing of the citizens of the county, a willingness to give testimony, a readiness to uphold the hands of the court, which can do nothing without public sentiment and aid, and as a guarantee of his good intentions he promised the club members that if they ever came before him he would be like the darky candidate for coroner who promised to serve his supporters to the best of his ability if their votes elected him and he had occasion to act on them in his official capacity. The judge made a hit with the club, which is a little partial to him any way as he is the first head of the new court, which is practically a crea tion of the effort of the club, for Kiwanis started the movement that has brought the whole thing about. To give variety to the meeting a spelling match was arranged. Judge Way, Leonard Tufts, Dr. Cheatham (Continued on page 8) MAY SCHOOLS HOLD CONVENTION messages of vital interest at each meeting. On Saturday evening Miss Davis took for her subject, “Three in One.” She mentioned the three groups in Sunday school work, the children, the young people and the adults, and dwelt mainly on the subject of getting the third group into the Sunday schools, giving as ways of reaching them the organized Bible Class, the Home Department and Parents’ Training department. Mr. Sims spoke on “The Weak Link in the Sunday School,” saying that the children and adults had been pretty well provided for, but that the department for the young people was the weak link. He quoted some startling figures on the number of crimes committed by young people between the ages of fourteen and twenty, and drove home the im portance of looking after the work among this class. On Sunday morning Miss Davis made a splendid talk on “The Wide- Awake Sunday School.” She dis cussed the things that such a Sunday school has and does. It has an adapted building, an active Workers’ Council, and a competent corps of teachers and officers. It increases membership, trains for service and leads its pupils to Christ. At the con clusion of her talk, Mr. Sims asked Miss Davis to accompany the children of the congregation to the assembly room down stairs for a story-telling period, in order to make room in the main auditorium for the crowd that had assembled.. He then spoke on cooperation, discussing the four kinds (Continued on page 8) PRINTER OF KANE, LATER A PRIEST n the South He Does Good Work Among His People And Then Comes Untimely Death IN FAIR BRAZIL The Woman Auxiliary will present the pageant “In Fair Brazil” at the Presbyterian church, Vass, on Thurs day evening, May 28th, at 8:00 o’clock The public is cordially invited. An opportunity to contribute to missions will be given at the close of the pro gram. AN EDUCATIONAL TRIP TO WASHWGTON A Five-Day Tour Given Readers of The Pilot For a Little Work and No Cash Association Meets in Methodist Church Vass On last Saturday evening at the Vass Methodist Church the first ses sion of the annual convention of the Moore County Sunday School Asso ciation was held, with Mr. W. B. Graham, county president, in charge of the meeting. Seven Sunday schools Were represented at the opening meet- and many more joined in on Sunday. Mr. D. W. Sims, General Superintendent of the North Caro lina Sunday School Association, and Miss Flora Davis, Associate Superin tendent, were present and brought The Pilot has arranged for a re markable tour to Washington, D. C., on September 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, which is open to all readers and who become readers, the expenses of which will be taken care of by the paper in ex change for a little work that can be done by anybody. Several of the state have joined in this movement, the purpose being to secure for the people a desirable educational outing to the Nation’s capital, especially for high school children and the younger folks who are out of school and who have never been to Washington or who desire to go there again and have time and facilities to see the points of interest in the city. The cost of the entire trip from the time of leaving home until the return will be paid by The Pilot. The ex cursionist will be asked to do some work in the way of securing new sub scriptions or extending those already on the rolls, the details of the plan being told to any one who cares to make the effort. One or two active persons in each community in the county can by this plan provide a highly interesting and educational out ing for themselves by a small amount of work, and the party going from the state will be interested and inter esting group of sight-seeing travelers. The plans wil be perfected in a few days when further announcement will be made. (By Bion H. Butler in Bradford, Pa., Herald) Possibly more than a quarter of a century ago to the Leader newspaper office in Kane, Pennsylvania, came a slender lad who announced that he wanted to be a printer. The editor knew the young chap, Jimmie Kava- naugh as a likely boy and after a few questions a deal was made whereby the young chap was engaged to sweep the office, wash the rollers, fold papers, learn the boxes in the type case and those various other primary features of the mystery of printing. That chapter of the story was soon told. Jimmie Kavanaugh had come from good old Irish stock and was properly brought up by a proper mother. He made a dependable ap prentice and a dependable printer and the editor figured he had a dependable young man growing into the business. Then one day Jimmie Kavanaugh came into the office with a surprise. The newspaper after all was not the field in which he desired to serve man kind. He had been talking to the priest and he was going to school to prepare himself to enter the church. Not Very Robust Jimmie Kavanaugh was not very robust as a boy nor was he more so as a young man. It was believed the milder climate of North Carolina would be better for him than the se vere winters of the North. So he came to Belmont, North Carolina, the center of Catholic influence in a large portion of the South. The young fel low was a gentle and kindly soul who made many friends. He progressed in his studies and finally was advanc ed to his official capacity in the church. One day some friends from the neighborhood of Kane, in Penn sylvania, were visiting at my house and on the street in Southern Pines 1 I noticed coming toward us the new Catholic priest. He had been recently assigned to our section and this was my first glimpse of him. I was sur prised to see one of the women of our party look at him, then hold out both hands and start toward him, exclaim ing “Why Jimmy Kavanough, where in the world have you been all these years, and where did you come from and what have you been doing?” I could not remember whether I knew Jimmie Kavanaugh or not as a boy in the printing office, although count given afterward by Helen, aged 7, suddenly reached for some object she saw floating in the water, lost her balance, and fell into the water. Her father plunged in after her, the force of his leap knocking Helen out of the boat. She managed to get back into the boat and was saved. Mr. Thompson swam about twenty feet, then disappeared from view. Mrs. Thompson and Mr. Joe Thomp son knew nothing of the accident until he decided to investigate as they were staying longer than he had expected them to stay. When he reached a place where he could see the boat, he was horrified to see only little Helen, clinging to a bush to keep the boat from floating on. She told him that her daddy and little sister were gone. Mr. Thompson had to go about a quarter of a mile to procure another boat, and when he reached the child, she collapsed. Scores of men worked all night trying to recover the bodies, but it about the middle of the day PINEHURSr FINANCE CORPORATION WORK Concern Has Put Out Nearly Two Thousand Dollars was Monday before they were found, clasped in each others arms. The funeral was held in Ramseur Tuesday afternoon, and was attended by a great crowd of sorrowing friends and relatives. Besides his wife and daughter, Mr. Thompson leaves his mother, Mrs. Bryant Thompson, of Cameron; two sisters, Mrs. W. D. McCraney, of Vass and Mrs. W. D. Hunter, of Goldsboro; and seven brothers, Rev. B. C. Thomp son, of Mt. Gilead; G. W. and H. L. Thompson, of Hamlet; Roby Thomp son, of Aberdeen; A. K. and J. M. Thompson, of Vass and E. B. Thomp son, of Cameron. INSTALLATION SERVICES A Commission of Fayetteville Pres bytery composed of Ministers M. D. McNeill, R. A. McLeod, C. H. Rowan and Elder A. B. Cameron will install Rev. D. McD. Monroe at Vass, Union, ^d Lakeview, Sunday, May 24. Rev. C. H. Rowan will preach at Vass at 11 A. M.; Rev. M. D. McNeill at Union at 330; and Rev. R. A. McLeod at Lakeview at 8 P. M. PREPARING FOR ROAD BUILDING Contractors Expect to Start in Two nr Three Weeks The contractors who will build the road from Southern Pines to Vass are making their preliminary arrange ments, and it is expected that between about‘his‘darther7l was'editor o7a first and the middle of the coining morning paper in a city close by. But they will begin active work, a number of people that I had known came to Southern Pines and Pinehurst and because we talked shop and about the papers we had been familiar with and the country we had left up there, one of the warmest friendships I have ever known grew up between the young priest and me and to me he was never anything but Jimmie Kava naugh. Met Old Friends He came to my house often, for of- (Continued on page 8) The Pinehurst Finance Corporation is not as old as the big round world, but in its brief existence it has been doing a good work in the Sandhills community. So far it has placed around $200,000 in loans, and is now getting in shape to help out with the relief of some of the long time credits that have been troubling the folks of this neighborhood. The corporation is officered by John R. McQueen, presi dent, Leonard Tufts, vice-president, James Barber, vice-president, (Jeorge T. Dunlop, vice-president, I. C. Sledge, secretary, Talbot Johnson, treasurer. The board of directors includes the officers and F. W. Voncannon, 0. H.. Stutts and N. L. Gibbon. The oflSce is in the Bank of Pinehurst building at Pinehurst, and the corporation has friendly relations with the bank. The paid in capital is $150,000. The chief object is to relieve the frozen credits of the Sandhills, and the method is by taking care of those loans the banks do not want to carry because they run for a longer term than the banks are permitted to tie up their funds. The concern had its origin about a year ago with Stutts, Sledge and Gibbon, who figured that it would be a wise idea to devise a plan to get outside money into the Sandhills on some basis that would make it avail able for longer terms than banking rules allow. They enlisted Mr. Barber and the others, and with the enlarged number and the increased financial strength they have reached a point where the corporation is in position to interest money from other sections and place it in the Sandhill country, with the time of payment running so long that there is no danger of recall of the money without ample notice and opportunity to care for it. Banks are expected to make their paper thirty, sixty, or perhaps ninety days. The new corporation will offer loans on six months, nine months, a year or two years, with a monthly payment to extinguish the loan if desired, the purpose being to help the borrower to have time enough to turn around com fortably, but likewise to get his account retired in reasonable period, and to keep the money afloat as broad ly as possible. The corporation does not mean to undertake banking business, but to supplement the work of the banks by taking from them paper that would run too long to be desired for banks ♦^o carry, and allow the banks to con- The State Highway commission has opened an office in Southern Pines, and are ready to start staking out fine themselves to the short time work. ONE MORE DAY TO LIST TAXES On next Saturday, May 23, will be the last day this year in which to list your Taxes; after that date the Tax List for Vass and community will be closed. Attention is also called to the fact, that failing to list will result in your being severely i>enalized. DOUBLE DROWNING NEAR GOLDSBORO Former Moore County and Daughter Victims Man The news of the death of Fred Thompson and little five-year-old daughter, Julia Mae, of Goldsboro, has brought sorrow to the entire com munity. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and little daughters and Mr. Joe Thompson of this place, who was visiting them, went out Sunday afternoon for a drive, returning by Stevens’ mill pond. The little girls spied a boat, and began begging their father to take them for a ride. He finally con sented, and left Mrs. Thompson and his brother in the car. Julia Mae, according to the ac- the paving- work as soon as the con tractors call for working detail. The original intention was to build from Southern Pines to Lakeview, but two or three citizens of Vass brought to Frank Page’s notice the fact that it would be a good scheme to include Vass along with Lakeview in the pav ing project, and it has been so ordered. The pavements will come to the cross roads at the Keith garage, or perhaps to the top of the hill above the old school house depending yet on some conditions connected with character of the road and of material affecting the construction of the oiled road that is to continue from the end of the pave ment. But in either event Vass will have a good road to Southern Pines, and in the oiled road a good road to Sanford. The question of detours between Vass and Southern Pines has been looked into by the Highway force at Southern Pines, and a good way out presents itself. The old road past Niagara will be used from Southern Pines to Max Backer’s orchard and from there the detour will probably be by Sweetheart lake and down the new road toward Vass, cutting into Lakeview by the new road there. From Lakeview the old road to Vass is an excellent detour. It is the desire to keep the road open to Lakeview during (Continued on page 8) Where satisfactory paper is outstand ing for a period of months and the holder derires to realize on it such paper will be acceptable to the cor- pora^tion. Its relations are such with men of means in other sections of the country that it expects to be able to secure funds to handle a considerable amount of money, and to pla(^ it (Continued on page 8) ' J. W. PHILLIP DIES SUDDENLY AT MANLY Was Working in Field—Born at Carthage and Educated at Union Home School (M. A. P.) Our town was shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Mr. John W. Phillips, Saturday morning about 9:00 o’clock. Mr. Phillips was working in the field near his house, when it was noticed that he had fallen. When help reached him he was dead. Mr. Phillips was in his sixty-fifth year. He was bom March 21, 1861, at Carthage. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W’. A. Phillips. His educa tion was received at old Union school. 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