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r 13, 1925 Irmon Me- Thursday, n was in nd Luther sitors here- Vass spent. family of' anly Sun- invited to the Manly , November is for the- lub. e are often - ny I No. 5 3, pins, ings. VOLUnE THE PILOT NUMBER 52 Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Address all commonications to the pilot printing company, vass. n. a FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1928 SUBSCRIPTION 92.00 -F-- i- \ * ^ ^ s \ ■ •'t >. ■■ ■ • ^ . » .S - >V . - . . si"* .. . • r\4 ■ r- . 'Sif \ . tl ■ . - ■ .s • ■ '•••--■ v' ■» ■■ « ■-fif M.V S*m: . - f JOJOJtb \\ * LouyK»ft « Oo. bojron The Pilot here presents a picture^ of the proposed new hotel to be built at Knollwood by the Lockwood-Green Company, for the Ricker Hotel Company, of South Poland, Maine. This fine structure, standing on one of the knobs of the Knollwood area, will be visible for miles in all directions, and will be one of the most striking landmarks in this part of the South. From the Seaboard trains its entire front will be in plain sight, and at night it will be a commanding picture. During the day its massive size will be conspicuous, and as it will stand far enough back from the observer, its size and line proportions and architectural style will be a thing not quickly forgotten. BIG NEW HOTEL ALMOST ASSURRED Will be Located on the Enoll- wood Ridge Between Vass and Pinehurst NEW THEATRE LIKELY IN SOUTHERN PINES (Bion H. Butler) It is almost a certainty that by the first of January the Lockwood-Green company will have contractors on the ground beginning work on the new hotel that the Ricker Hotel company is arranging to build at Knollwood. Charles W. Ricker, James W. Ricker and Sterling R. Joyner, representing the two companies, came to Southern Pines last Friday morning, and after conferences with the Mid-South De velopment company and going over the ground and .all the details an agreement was signed on the part of the local people and delivered to the Rickers for submission to their board of directors for scrutiny and final ac tion at once. The trio left for the North Wednesday, and then will pro ceed to Boston to finish the final de tails. Should no question arise as to the terms of the contract it is ex pected that it will be closed within the next two or three weeks and that a building contract will follow at once. Both Mr. Joyner and the Rickers were plain spoken regarding the out look. “I am very enthusiastic over the prospect,” Charles W. Ricker said, **and those of our board who have been down to look over the situation are thoroughly sold on the proposition. I am in hopes that we can quickly ratify the agreement the local people here have signed, and that we can see a start made on the ground by the first of January. Of course a board of directors may bring up some details that may delay the work, but I am not expecting anything of the kind.” Mr. Joyner was equally confi dent, saying, *^e have not been com ing down here and negotiating with your people just for the fun of it. We are all busy men, and when we come we come with the idea of doing business. I have never doubted the results since the first day I was here, after we went into the matter and I realized the conditions that prevailed.” Before going North the Rickers and Joyner had had a conference with Mr. Capps of the Seaboard at Aberdeen, where he came* on business connected with the road. He was enthusiastic, and said he would have a heating plant put in at Southern Pines so (CDntinued on page eight) It is not yet certain that a new theatre will be built in Southern Pines, for some of those unlooked for things may arise that break up the best of schemes, but it is so nearly a certainty than an option has been secured on one of the best locations in the town, and men of ample means are figuring on plans. Also one of the best the atrical and picture men in North Caro lina is connected with the project, and if the new house is built it will be of the highest possible type, and main tained on the same high plane that the theatres at Pinehurst and South ern Pines have established and main tained The projectors of the scheme would neither confirm nor deny the rumor, when asked about it, but offered no objection to mention of the negotiations that are in progress, which The Pilot interprets as a sig nificant sign that something is likely to develop. CONSERVATION BOARD MEETS IN CARTHAGE Starts off With Several Projects Submitte to The Convention ADVERTISING COMMITTEE PLACES ITS CONTRACTS KIWANIS CLUB TO ENCOURAGE SCHOOL Will Make Personal Visits To Those of Small Attendance Talbot Johnson is a mighty good presiding officer at the Kiwanis club meeting and Bob Page is a long headed master of the gavel, but Sam Richardson, who guided the organi zation through the Wednesday dinner at the Southern Pines house this week gets a hand about as often as the older rulers. That Sam forgot to have the minutes read until the close of the meeting, and forgot to present his own guest, John Bloxham, are idiosin- crasies not worth bearing down on too severely, for everybody in good society as well perhaps as some others know John, and the club had made the minutes a week ago. So what's the use? Judge Way had rheu^tism, which gave the other insurgents a chance to pay off some old scores, and the judge could not get up and down fast enough to parry and shed blood where blood shed was deserved. So the real event of the meeting was the silver cup that is to be given the school that has the best attendance during the year. The Kiwanians have spit on their hands in this thing, and are going out to see that as many schools (Continued on page eight) The board of conservation and de velopment met in Carthage Monday afternoon and several things were brought up by the members. Zeb Blue, from the Eureka section, offered a paper telling that the farmers there are arranging to organize a cream route, and a number of signatures were attached to the document. George Ross, of the Department of Agri culture, said he would try to get John Arey down to the county to help or ganize a cream scheme, and Mr. Blue said he thought the project would be favorably received by a sufficient number of folks in his neighborhood to put it over. Dr. JohnJ Warren Achorn, of Pine- bluff talked about bird life in the county, and aroused a reat deal of interest by his information. He will prepare a paper on the subject to be added to the permanent files of the board. K. E. Kimball, the district warden, went over the possibilities of timber and other resources of the county with reference to the dangers of fire, and was assured the backing of the board in controlling the fire hazards of the county. He will also prepare a document of the situation that may be added to the files. Bion H. Butler had been instructed to inquire into the geology of the county and offered a paper telling of the mineral resources and the geologi cal influences on climate, water sup ply,, soil, etc., which was filed. The discussion that followed brought out a proposition to invite Prof. Greaves- Walker, head of the Ceramic Depart ment at state college to come to Moore and go into the matter at some early date, and the professor said he would be glad to make such an appointment at his earliest convenience. Inci dentally he said Moore county has some of the best shales in the world and in great quantities, and he ex pects to see in the county plants that will make high-class floor tile, roofing tile, clay shingles- that will take the place of some of the other roofing ma terials now in use, and also fine face brick, and sooner or later to use the big quantities of pyrophyllite found in the upper part of the county. Dr. (Continued on page eight) The advertising committee desig nated by the Kiwanis club held a meet ing in Southern Pines Friday night and closed a contract with a Wilming ton agency to place about ten thousand dollars’ worth of business in papers in New York, Boston, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Cleveland and Detroit, and in some Florida papers and some papers in the state. The aim is to catch the northern business now, the Florida traffic later and to get in touch with possible farmers from our own state who might join in the agricultural development of the county. The money is coming in fairly well, but it should be coming still better. SANDHILL WOMAN’S EXCHANGE The Sandhill Woman’s Exchange at the Log House in Pinehurst, is now open for business. Drop in and see their stock. THE TRI-U’S CLASS OVER AT PINEHURST Unity, Usefulness and Unsel fishness—Other Pinehurst News CAMERON HOSTESS TO GROUP CONFERENCE Most all Auxiliaries in County Represented—Other Cameron News Cameron Church was hostess to the Group’s Conference last Wednesday. Mrs. Robert Stewart, district chair man, presided with grace and dignity. Mrs. J. R. Page, president of the Pres- byterial was present, also two other former presidents, Mrs. R. N. Page of Southern Pines and Mrs. John Mc- Iver. of Gulf. Mrs. Suttenfield of Aberdeen made a fine talk on religion in the home, and also presented in an able manner the cause of literature, having many striking and informing posters and a wealth of free leaflets, tracts, etc. rMs. Rankin of Fayette ville told of Elise High School and its needs, and of the great work it has done in the past, and of the present splendid work being done. Mrs. R. N. Page explained fully the duties of our comparatively new secretary of community service, showing plainly the great help she can be in any com munity. Our Mission Study Book, “Out of the Wilderness” was presented by Mrs. McLeod of Pinehurst. She made the first chapter so intensely inter esting that we are anxious to know the rest. Mrs. W. S. Lacy was an- (Continued on page three) We thought there was a catch in it some where. While much has been said about the phenominal growth of the Brotherhood, we find that the best half of the story has not been told. In visiting around and discussing Sunday School and Church matters, we learned that the ladies of Pinehurst have organized themselves into a class that now numbers more than the entire membership of the Sunday School was up to a short time ago. As usual, they took their own way about it, not asking odds nor help from anyone. The first line in the head of this ar ticle is the name of the class; the second denotes the business in which they are engaged. While some of the words in their adopted slogan might be self-coined and not included in the dictionaries of the day, nevertheless the group expressed very eloquently the spirit of the Master’s teachings. The Tri-U class started last August with five members From this humble beginning, it has grown in the short space of three months to a class of over fifty. Mrs. Gordon Cameron is the President; Mrs. Bertha Freeman, Vice-President; Mrs. H. E. Conant, Secretary and Treasurer; Mrs. Mur dock MacLeod, Teacher. One who should be in a position to know, states that his better two-thirds is giving the Tri-U’s better instruction than the Brotherhood is receiving. (Perhaps they will * exchange classes some Sunday morning and give us an op portunity to check up on this state ment.) If the ladies of this community do all that is necessary to get one hundred men on their way to Sunday School and iJurvive, that’s about all that could be reasonably expected from them. How they can do more will never be understood Their du ties and responsibilities are appalling; yet they carry on without complaint and exhibit a brand of efficiency that would put some • of the highly ad vertised efficiency “experts” to shame. Man is said to be the handiwork of God and that should be worth some thing as a start. A few seek to evade this Divine authorship and cry from the housetops that they are “self- (0>ntinued on page eight)
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