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PILOT
NUMBER
44
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.
lOAT BIG ROTE
SEENS IN SIGHT
Architect Looks Over Site And
Starts to Draw The
Plans
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1925
“I am confident that this movement
will result in a fine new hotel in this
community without delay,” said Sterl
ing J. Joyner, of the Lockwood-Green
company who with Walter Cook, their
architect, and B. S. Atkins, was in
Southern Pines and Knollwood Sat
urday, picking a site for the proposed
building.
About a month ago, Mr. Joyner
came to Southern Pines from Char
lotte, where his company is under
taking a twenty-story bank building
for one of the big establishments
there, and he immediately on arriv
ing in Southern Pines told a few of
the prominent men of the community
that his folks were interested in a
big hotel in the Sandhills. He was
told of the preliminary work that had
been in progress looking in that direc
tion, of the subscriptions that have
been secured, and the proposal from
Knollwood of a site of some 250 acres
and of other things that have been
talked in connection with a big hotel
and Mr. Joyner said that his folks
would like to take the matter up and
bring it to a definite finish.
A number of conferences have taken
place here in the Sandhills as well as
in the North. On Saturday Mr. Joyner
and his associates arrived to secure in
formation on the ground that would
permit Mr. Cook to begin work on the
preliminary drawings. The afternoon
was occupied in connection with Judge
Way, A. S. Newcomb, J. N. Powell
and Bion H. Butler in going over the
proposed sites that Mr. Joyner and
his companions could get an under
standing of the prospective location
with regard to the surrounding coun
try and to enable Mr. Cook to deter
mine the type of building that would
suit the place.
The location that seems most favor
ed is on a high ridge of ground
a little more than half a mile north
east of the Mid-Pines club near the
head of Beaver dam branch of Mc-
Deeds creek. The ridge is high
enough to give an excellent view of
Southern Pines, Manley and all the
country around. The location would
take about two hundred and fifty
acres from that quarter of Knollwood
and four hundred acres adjoining ex
tending over towards Manley. The
building plan is a two hundred room
structure built of tile and possibly
some stone, and with concrete floors,
using practically no lumber in its
construction. In addition is planned
a building for the employes costing
about fifty thousand dollars. Mr.
Cook was enthusiastic over the site
and says it will make an excellent lo
cation and that the adjacent territory
is admirable for an eighteen hole golf
course that is projected in connec
tion with the hotel. He also figures
on a second golf course of eighteen
holes, which he says the lay of the
country will provide to good advan
tage. Between the hotel site and
Mid-Pines lies the number two golf
course of the Knollwood property.
The figures that Mr. Joyner puts
On the development is a million dol
lars for the finished project. The
hotel in itself is set down for $700,-
000. Francis Deaton is making a
detailed survey of the land in con
sideration and Mr. Cook left for New
York Saturday night saying that he
■would go to work at once on the
drawings for the building. Before he
eft he made inquiry as to the varie
ties of building stone that can be
found in the neighborhood and was
pleased with the samples of quartz
that were shown to him and the in
formation that within a reasonable
hauling distance could be found un
limited quantities of sand stone, trap
rocks and two or three other varieties.
Mr. Joyner said he expected to go
from Southern Pines to Poland
Springs, Maine for further conference
with the Ricker hotel company. Mr.
Newcomb of Pinehurst, Mr. Joyner
and members of the Ricker company
REVIVAL SERVICES
WELL ATTENDED
Rev, V. R. Ga.ston Is Delivering
Some Interesting
Messages
Revival Services began at the
Methodist Church last Sunday morn
ing and have been held at seven-
thirty o clock every evening during
the week, with Rev. V. R. Gaston,
pastor of the Aberdeen Pi*esbyterian
Church doing the preaching. Mr.
Gaston’s sermons have been interest
ing and helpeful, well timed for the
occasion as well as ably and forceful
ly delivered.
All congregations of the town have
been most cordially invited to enter in
to the services, with the result that the
meeting has been well attended and
has taken on the nature of a Union
revival. The singing is led by Mr. J.
M. Tyson, of the Baptist church.
On Wednesday morning at eleven
thirty, a special service was held in
the school auditorium. While this
service was intended primarily to
reach the school children, all were in
vited to attend. A second service will
be held at the school at the same hour
on Friday morning. No morning ser
vice will be held at the church. Mr.
McWhorter will preach Sunday night,
as Mr. Gaston will have to fill his ap
pointment in Aberdeen.
have had one or two conferences at
Poland Springs and in addition much
investigation of conditions ad pros
pects by the Ricker company has
been going on for several weeks. The
conferences looked on the operations
of the hotel by the Ricker company
which is one of the most successful
hotel companies in the world. Since
1796 the Ricker family has been
operating a hotel at Poland Springs.
The present Ricker company in
cludes three members of the older
generation and five of the younger.
For some time they have been looking
with favor on the Sandhills and ex
pressing a desire to get a hotel in
this neighborhood to supplement in
winter their main hotel which is a
summer operation.
The Lockwood Green company
specializes in engineering projects
that includes some of the largest
buildings of the country. They seem
to be much interested in this scheme
here in the Sandhills. They propose
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“THE IRON HORSr
AT THE CAROLINAS
Famous Sioux War Chief Was
One of the Greatest Lead
ers of Hostile Tribes
Now that the William Fox produc
tion, “The Iron Horse” is scheduled to
start an engagement at the Carolina
Theatres next Friday and Saturday
many thousands of people are wonder
ing how this picture obtained its name.
To those acquainted with the ways
of thinking of the American Aborigi-
nees, it is self-evident that the phrase,
“The Iron Horse,” is of Indian origin.
As a matter of fact, during the vast
amount of research done by the Fox
Scenario Department, it was found
that the originator of this phrase was
Sitting Bull, the great war chief of the
Sioux.
Sitting Bull was one of the most
indomitable leaders of the red revolt
against the invasion of the West by
the white man. As a youth in the
’50’s and ’60’s, he sought to arouse
his people to resist the invasion of
their lands and the destruction of the
game which was one of their chief
means of sustenance. Together with
Red Cloud and other war chiefs he led
the Sioux in numerous attempts to
stop the progress of the Central Pa
cific Railroad. The chief evidence in
this matter is to be found in the auto
biography of Colonel William F. Cody
(Buffalo Bill). In this he quotes what
was said to him personally by Sitting
Bull as follows:
“The white man has taken most of
our land. He has destroyed or given
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WESTERN RODEO;
ROYAL HIPPODROME
Will Lead All Free Acts At The
Sandhill Fair—Biggest At
traction Ever Offered
The papers last week contained the
suggestion that this week’s issue
would carry some “big news” on the
Sandhill Fair. The announcement was
not to be made until this week, so the
secretary couldn’t tell us about it
sooner,—^he just “whispered” that he
had secured the biggest attraction
ever offered at any Fair in the State.
He- simply couldn’t help throwing out
some hint; to be compelled to wait
much longer would cause an explosion.
To take the place of the Animal
Free Act, Mr. Picquet has more than
doubled the ante and booked Gus
Hornbrook’s Big 4 Combination, and
in telling us about it his enthusiasm
was so great as to cause him to stutter
at times. And when a showman of
Mr. Picquet’s calibre and experience
gets so “worked up” over an attrac
tion, it certainly must be a remarkable
offering.
Gus Hombrook’s Combinations
carry approximately fifteen people and
twenty-five head of stock, requiring
two special car movements. They are
bringing us Cow Boys that are Rodeo
Kings, Cow Girls that are Prairie
Queens, Chariot races of the sort that
made Rome cheer, and the kind of
running races that made Kentucky
famous. Wild and wooly Cow Boys
that battle with still wilder bronchos
and steers; an unbeatable assemblage
of Rodeo stars. Real battling races
that force the spectators in the grand
stands to their feet in an o'utburst of
frenzied excitement and wild cheer
ing.
It is absolutely safe to say that
these shows will break all records for
the Sandhill Fair. It has not been
booked for any other point in the
State, and affords an excellent op
portunity for the folks in the Sand
hills to witness every known sport and
past time of the Western plains.
One of the many novelties they will
introduce is the exciting push ball
games, which will prove to be a great
treat to everybody.
Mr. Picquet has certainly gone be
yond any heights heretofore attained
in offering this 100 per cent aggrega
tion as a Free Act. As a matter of
fact, this attraction can give a full
afternoon’s performance alone. Its
equal has never been shown in this
part of the country, and to see this
outfit in action would, in itself, be
worth the trip to Pinehurst.
POOR OLD FLORIDA!
She’s All Dressed Up And No
Pliace To Go
To The Pilot
It is said that over 300,000 persons
hfve removed to Florida in the last
two years. One gentleman, who has
been there recently, reports that the
highways are crowded. “I have paid
20c,” he says, “for an orange and
$9.00 for a room that wasn’t worth
$2.00, and waited three hours to get
something to eat.”
To predict • that the so-called
“Florida^ Bubble” will burst shortly is
putting it a little too strong, for they
have interested a vast amount of
capital in their State that would not
permit a sudden break.
For two earlier centuries, the re
frain has been, “The place he hasn’t
seen yet always looks best to the
American,” and this present move
from other commonwealths into Flori
da would indicate that it has not par
ticularly changed.
However, the Carolinian who has
his home and means of livelihood will
do well to examine both sides of the
shield very closely before he joins the
almost endless procession now moving
southward. Every community holds
both advantages and disadvantages.
In some cases, the latter can be
altered by the expenditure of con
siderable time and money, but our own
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RETURNS FOR FIRST
WEEK OF BALLOTING
Miss Susie Page Pleasants of
Aberdeen Starts Off With
A Bang!
The returns from the first week of
balloting for the most popular yoimg
lady to represent “Miss Liberty” in
the Parade of All Nations, seem a
little meagre as we go to press, due
doubtless to the fact that it is not yet
fully understood that ballots must be
in the hands of the Secretary by Tues
day, A. M. of each week.
Aberdeen, however, “throws it’s hat
in the ring” with it’s most popular
young lady and incidentally the candi
date who nearly won out in a previous
contest; while Southern Pines offers
a popular candidate and Vass offers
two. None of the other towns have
been heard from.
Here is the vote:
Miss Susie Page Pleasants,
Aberdeen 510
Miss Algene Edson, So. Pines 260
Miss Mildred Thomas, Vass 10
Miss Eva Oldham, Vass 10
Send in your votes earlier this
week.
NEW COUNTY NURSE
Miss Margaret McQueen for two
years county nurse resigned on Sep
tember first. Miss McQueen did • a
vahiable lot of work in the field which
she so successfully covered during
that period. She was throughly liked
and was pretty near the Florence
Nightingale of Moore county. Just
being Margaret McQueen is epitaph
enough for anybody.
To take her place is Mrs. Lamar
Hazel of Austin, Texas. Mrs. Hazel
has been a state worker in Texas
specializing in tubercular conditions.
She has also been connected with
work of this type in West Virginia.
Mrs. Hazel’s parents, husband and
little girl are now in Texas, but hope
to join her here and make Moore
county their future home.
Mrs. Hazel outlines her plans to do
community and school health work.
She can be found in her office all day
Saturday at Carthage and wants to
encourage the people of the county to
bring all their health problems to her
there on that day.
SEABOARD PUHING
ON NEW TRAINS
New Trains Will Not Effect
Schedules of Regular
Trains
The heavy traffic to Florida this
year has caused the Seaboard Air
Line Railway to put on several ad
ditional trains. These special trains
will not stop in this section, accord
ing to J. T. West, division passenger
agent for the Seaboard.
One new train was put into opera
tion several weeks ago and another
is to go on on October 5. This is an
other section of the present “Caro-
lina-Florida Special.”
The “Seaboard Florida Limited”
will go into service on Deceniber 6.
This train is being operated this year
several weeks earlier than has for
merly been the case.
SUBSCRIPTION 92.00
JUDGE WAY TALKS
TO KIWANIS CLUB
Thinks Too Much Land Specu
lation in Com
munity
At the Kiwanis club dinner at Pine-
hnrst Wednesday President Talbot
Johnson said The Pilot had been dis
cussing land speculation in Florida
and he detailed Judge Way to say
something about land speculation in
the Sandhills. The Judge did it. He
says speculation too largely holds back
development, as people who would de
velop do not like to pay high prices
for land to build up a neighborhood
in which men profit who will not help
to create the values that speculation
looks for. He would like to see ener
getic improvement rather than specu
lation, for it is development that
makes it possible for the community
to create a return on investment and
which must be the ultimate aim of all
investment, speculative, or otherwise.
The judge stirred up a subject that
set the whole meeting to thinking and
talking, and further consideration of
the matter was set for next week,
when it is probable that a number of
members will take part. As the judge
is a good deal of a developer himself
he was heard with a lot of interest
and attention.
Charlie Picquet overwhelmed the
meeting with the statemnt that he had
been to Columbia looking into the
prospects of the district convention
of the Kiwanis clubs at Pinehurst
November 5 and 6, and he says it
looks as if the crowd will be the
biggest that ever met at Pinehurst
in convention of any sort. Raleigh
promises to come almost as a solid
delegation, making the meeting at
Pinehurst its regular weekly meet
ing, and Greensboro, Wilmington in
dicate about the same free outpour
ing. Other towns say they will come
in big numbers instead of sending
merely a few delegates, and the re
ports are that most of the visitors
will bring their wives. Altogether a
crowd is expected, and the golf tour
nament to take place at that time
promises to be an interesting game.
Nick Gibbon was called on for the
story of his career, and he began by
offering the first glimpse of light at
Charlotte, and the one teacher log
school house. But he got to State
college finally and was turned out as
a textile engineer. His education dis
appointed him at first but he prog
ressed until he became a builder of
cotton mills, and he told of several
years of experience all over the mill
country until he finally landed in
Lake view and' Vass and then in the
hardware business in Southern Pines.
The war promoted him to the army,
from there he went into the govern
ment service and was sent over the
country in the Greological^ survey work,
and then in other lines until he got
tired of all that and finally came back
to Pinehurst where he says he means
to stay.
DR. ROSSER GOER TO ST.
LOUIS FOR SHORT TIME
Dr. Rosser is leaving for a post
graduate course at St. Louis, and dur
ing his absence Dr. O’Brien will sub
stitute for him in Vass and vicinity.
Dr. O’Brian’s office hours in Vass will
be from one to three in the afternoon.
If he is wanted at other times he
can b reached by telephone call to his
office at Cameron.
Variety in the diet is essential to
health and growth, so recent experi
ments show.
A cow that produces 30 pounds or
more of milk per day requires a
ration rich in lime. Clovers or other
legumes will supply this need.
MEETING OF MANLEY
COMMUNITY CLUB
The Southern Community Club of
Manley held its regular meeting Mon
day night, September twenty-first.
The work of this club is really in
spiring.
In July, just after its organization,
the Moore County School Board gave
the club written permission to use the
old Manley schoolhouse for a Com
munity center. The building had been
disgracefully neglected. Pillagers had
destroyed the new curtains that Miss
Wilson worked so hard to buy a year
or so ago. Chairs and desks were
broken. A great bookcase of valuable
books had been stolen and those left
were mutilated beyond repair. Twenty
five window panes were broken out.
The smoky lamps, some wickless, some
with broken chimneys, were hanging
loosely to the walls. Filth of every
description was over the floors and
the stench was unbearable.
But during the two months of this
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