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FRTOAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1926
REYNOLDS IN
THE
FIELD
Official Announcement of Candi
dacy for United States
Senate
To the Editor of The Pilot:
Enclised herewith I am taking the
liberty of sending you announcement
of my candidacy for the Democratic
nomination for United States Senator
in the primary of June next.
I assure you that I shall be most
grateful if you see fit to make publi
cation of announcement in the col
umns of your newspaper for I realize
that the success of one’s candidacy de
pends largely upon the amount of fav
orable publicity that one’s candidacy
receives.
And at this time, the opportunity is
seized to go further and solicit most
respectfully your personal support and
co-operation in aiding me to bring
about the realization of my ambition.
In soliciting your aid permit me to
say that you could not support anyone
who would be more appreciative of
your help than myself.
Thanking you in advance for the
publication of my announcement,
trusting that I may be so fortunate as
to have your support and hoping that
I may receive favorable response, I
beg to be.
Cordially yours,
ROBERT R. REYNOLDS.
Asheville, February 22.
To the Democratic Voters of North
Carolina:
I am a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for United States Senator
for North Carolina. If you intend to
participate in the Democratic primary
next June, you will please consider
this an earnest personal request to
vote for me for United States Sena
tor. This plain blunt announcement
of my candidacy and personal appeal
for your support may or may not tic
kle the ears of the groundlings and
may cause the judicious and dignified
in and around Washington City to
grieve. However this may be, “my
hat is in the ring” and I shall carry
on a vigorous campaign throughout
the State ’till the election is over..
I am writing to a great many of my
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POPULAR CARTHAGE
GIRL JjARRIED
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Muse—Other County Seat
News
A quiet, but beautiful wedding was
solemnized Friday evening at eight
o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
James Edward Muse, when their only
daughter, Miss Margaret Atkinson
Muse, became the bride of Mr. Bradley
Denning, of Lakeland, Florida. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. John
Monroe Wright, of the Methodist
church. The bride was smartly at
tired in a tan going-away gown of
handpainted crepe de chine and with
matching accessories. Only members
of the two families and a few close
friends were present to witness the
ceremony.
Mrs. Denning, a popular member of
the younger social set, belongs to an
old and prominent family, which traces
its ancestry back to colonial days. Mr.
Denning, formerly of Benson, is a
young man of splendid qualities, which
won him many friends during his res
idence here.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr.
and Mrs. Denning left for Benson,
where they took the mid-night train
for Lakeland, Florida. The many
friends of this young couple wish them
»mch happiness in their new home.
Miss Sara Burns, of Louisburg col
lege spent the week-end with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bums.
Mrs. Nelia Black has returned from
Pinehurst, where she spent three
weeks with her daughter, Mrs. A. P.
Thompson.
I>r. and Mrs. F. H. Underwood were
called to Roseboro to attend the fun
eral of Dr. Underwood’s mother last
Sunday morning.
Friends of Mrs. J. P. Bingham are
glad to see her out again, after a re
cent illness.
Miss Belle Smith is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Janie Tyson.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Camp spent
Friday in Fayetteville.
Mrs. John Beasley is spending a
week at her home in Monroe.
Miss Katy Bess Anderson, of Char
lotte was the week-end guset of Miss
Ruth Anthony.
Mr. and Mrs. U. L. Spence, spent
several days in Charlotte this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Kennedy of
Aberdeen were in town Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald McDonald and
family of Cameron, were the Sunday
guests of^ Mr. J. H. McDonald.
Mr. Wilbur Currie spent Sunday
in Gastonia.
Miss Mildred Williams, of Meredith
college, Raleigh, spent the week-end
with her parents. Rev. and Mrs. W. W.
Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blue spent Sun
day and Morday in Raeford.
Friends of Mrs. C. F. Leavitt regret
to learn that she has returned to the
Sanford hospital.
Mrs. C. E. Pleasants and Mr. and
Mrs. M. B. Pleasants, of Aberdeen
were visitors in town Sunday.
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mPORTANT LAND
SALEONNDLAND
Jack Boyd and Others Buy
Baines Prop
erty
Jack Boyd, Sam Richardson and
Frank Buchan this week closed a deal
for the Baines property, a 167-acre
tract on the Midland road opposite the
riding stables this side of Pinehurst.
The price was $50,000, which is an in
dication of the tendency of prices in
that quarter. This land fronts on
the Midland road, and runs back to
ward the Bilyeu farm. It has an or
chard in bearing stage, which will be
cared for this season, but probably
after this year the trees will be taken
up to afford building room, as build
ing sites in that neighborhood are be
coming more valuable than orchard
lands.
Mr. Buchan said he had no definite
idea of what the buyers would do with
the land, as they bought it because
they thought it was worth the money,
and that it will be satisfactory to
them to hold it, to sell it, to cut it into
individual building sites, or perhaps
to do some improving themselves. He
is not concerned over what he and his
associates will do with the land. They
figured that at the price the one thing
they could not do was to let it get
past them, and they gathered it in. As
the land stands them about $300 an
acre they are not worrying any as to
the outcome of the transaction, for
this takes from the market nearly all
the frontage bn the Midland road be
tween Pinehurst and Knollwood vil
lage. One thing Mr. Buchan said
could be counted as a certainty. The
next sale of land on that road will be
at a higher price.
BAD FIRE IN
SOUTHERN PINES
Saturday morning a fire in the roof
of the fine dwelling on Weymouth
Heights in Southern Pines built a few
years ago by Mrs. Dull, burned the
roof of from a big part of the house
and destroyed the upper story. The
losses entailed will probably run about
two to fifteen thousand dollars, and
is covered by insurance. James Boyd
said that until the insurance adjust
ers would look over the house the
exact loss could not be stated. The
house will be repaired which can be
done by rebuilding a part of the up
per floor and putting on a new roof.
The origin of the fire was not deter
mined. The firemen handled the sit
uation very well whne they arrived,
wiiich was promptly. The new en
gine and the new water plant proved
their value to the community.
HEALTH AND
WELFARE FUND
Mrs. Melkmald Says the Asso
ciation Is Anxious to
Raise Budget
(Mrs. M. C. McDonald)
The Moore County Health and Wel
fare association, as its name implies,
is an organization intended to benefit
health and educational conditions in
our county. Welfare members have
a budget they are anxious to raise in
order that they may respond to as
many of the worthy calls for help as
possible, and relieve real needs as they
are called to the attention of the as
sociation by our county nurse and wel
fare officer.
The association is very much indebt
ed to the Christmas seal sale program
put on by the State and National Tu
berculosis association, for funds to
carry on its work. So far a large
part of the money expended has come
from this source. Sevenly-five cents
out of every dollar’s worth of stamps
sold is used for health work in the
county. “Whatever encourages or in
creases general health, also helps to
conquer tuberculosis.” Among the ex
penditures recommended by the North
Carolina Tuberculosis association are
literature for health education, milk
and other food for undernourished
children, appropriation for public
health nurse, etc. From Mrs. Chas.
R. Whitaker, Southern Pines, county
chairman, we get the following report
of seal sale for December, 1925:
Southern Pines $190.81
Aberdeen 50.00
Pinehurst 163.50
Eagle Springs 10.65
Lakeview 12.20
Hemp 11.73
West End 10.00
Carthage 11.24
Pinebluff 7.13
Spies 43
Jackson Springs 10.00
Cameron 5.07
High Falls 5.27
Vass 22.26
Total $510.29
Less 1-4 State and
National Dues $127.57
Amount for Moore County
Health and Tuberculosis
work $382.72
THOMAS-SMITH
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Smith, of Niagra
announces the marriage of their
daughter, Alice Lee, to Mr. Joe Calvin
Thomas, of Jackson Springs, January
3, 1926. Bennettsville, S. C.
PARTY OF MAINE VISITORS
IN THE SANDHILLS
Last Thursday a party of 135 visi
tors from Maine including Governor
Brewster, landed in Southern Pines,
after breakfast at the Highland Pines
Inn were taken to Pinehurst for din
ner at the Carolina. After a consider
able period in that community they
came back to a dance and supper at
the Highlnad Pines before going for
ward on the train for their homes in
the North. They had been in Florida
North. They had been in Florida
on a look around expedition, and want
ed a look at the Sandhills before go
ing North. The Kiwanis club and the
hotel folks and the citizens of the
entire region saw that they found
what they came after.
«DON Q, SON OP ZORO'’ BACK
AT CAROLINA THEATRES
The demand for the return of Doug
las Fairbanks in “Don Q,” has be
come so insistant by the many who
have not seen it, that the management
of the Carolina Theatres, has broken
their policy of “no return dates” and
has re-booked this wonderful picture
for the anniversary night at the Car
olina Theatre at Pinehurst.
Three years ago on the 26th, of
February, the Pinehurst Theatre was
opened to the public. Last year this
occasion was celebrated with the Fair
banks picture, “The Thief of Bag
dad” and it seems fitting that a Fair
banks picture should again have the
honor.
It may surprise many of our patrons
to leam that “Don Q,” which we pre
sented last summer, had its premiere
shownig in Los Angeles on January
28th., at which time Douglas and Mary
appeared in person.
There are many of the large cities
in this country that have not yet seen
this production and it is out of con
sideration of our guests from these
northern cities that it is re-booked at
this time.
There will be no advance in the reg
ular admission price.
On Monday and Tuesday the Giant
Special of the Sea, entitled “Sea
Horses” will be presented, with Jack
Holt and Florence Vidor in the leading
roles. This story is by Francis Brett
Young who is being proclaimed a
worthy successor to Joseph Conrad,
the peer of sea stories. It is laid
off the east coast of Africa and con
tains one of the finest reproductions
of a great typhoon which the manage
ment has ever seen. This storm
scene alone is well worth seeing.
On Wednesday and Thursday, the
s|)ecial production of the stage suc
cess “The Far Cry,’' will be presented,
this being the production which was
advertised before but which was not
finished in time for our play dates.
PRESBYTERIANS TO
SELL TOWN SITES
A Fine Bunch of Building Lots
to Go At
Auction
On Friday, March 5, the tract of
land on which is located the Presby
terian manse at Vass, including about
lT”acres wrfTl^ offeretf for sale at
auction to the highest bidder. The
land has been mapped by a capable
engineer and is laid out in suitable
building lots for house building or for
investment, and is offered as one of
the most attractive bits of property
in this section. A number of houses
are on the property, along with the
excellent building lots, and the loca
tion out in the vicinity of the Pres
byterian church, on the main road to
ward Lobelia and Overhills is one of
the best in this growing village.
The sale will oe conducted in a live
ly business manner, with a chance for
everybody to secure any piece of the
property desired, and the terms will
be such as should be an incentive to
buy. A fourth down, and the balance
on semi-annual payments until the
price has been accounted for. The
property is offered as one of the best
opportunities in this growing town of
Vass, which is becoming known to the
world as a prosperous and progres
sive town, and there is no reason why
an investment in this tract of build
ing sites will not be had on inquiry of
any of the trustees of the Vass Pres
byterian church or any business man
in Vass.
GOOD SALE IN
SOUTHERN PINES
Frank Buchan has bought from
Mrs. Perkins a seventy-seven foot
front of land on Pennsylvania avenue,
in Southern Pines, opposite the post
office. The price is $10,000, and is re
garded as a cheap bit of land. Mr.
Buchan is not decided as to what he
will do with the land, as he bought it
because he thought it cheap at the
price, but the possibility is that he
may put up a handsome building with
store rooms for rent. If he does it
will be out of the ordinary, and some
thing that will improve that section
of the town.
There is no best breed of chickens.
It will pay the grower to have a pure
bred flock and to keep it improved by
constant selection and culling rather
than to be wasting shopping around
for a best breed.
SUBSCRIPTION $2.0Q
MANY NHJJONS GO
IN TRAIN SERVICE
Orange Bkssom Trains Costs
About Half
Million
(Bion H. Butler)
A northern railroad man stood on
the platform at Southern Pines one
day last week as the Orange Blossom
special on the Seaboard went by. “Did
you ever think?” he asked a man
standing beside him, “what a train
like that represents in cash?” The
companion shook his head. %
“There,” continued the railroad man,
“are eleven Pullman cars. They cost
about $40,000 each. That is 440,000,
and the engine stands about $80,000
more. That train means close to half
a million dollars. The other that
comes back on the return schedule
means another half million. Tomor
row another pair of these trains on
this run will go through here. There
is another million. And as it takes
a train fully four days to make the
run from New York to Palm Beach
and back it requires at least fours
trains, must be running every day
in this service. But the cars can not
be immediately reversed at New York
or Palm Beach for they do not get
in in time to at once make the return
trip and extra cars are necessary. So
at least five pairs of outfits must be
counted, which means at least two and
a half million dollars for the invest
ment that runs in this Orange Blos
som special. You see it takes money
to run big trains on a railroad.
The discussion brought some other
men into it. They took up the sev
eral special trains that are now run
ning in the Florida service on the Sea
board, and also on the Bou^em &nd
the Coast Line. The Seaboard has
three or four regular trains now in
the Florida service each way, and fre
quently runs extra sections, so that
you can see the service runs into mil
lions for its equipment, and the equip
ment on the other roads running
through this state will pile up in out
lay until probably the three lines are
using close to fifteen million dollars
in this Florida business.
Then to make it possible to carry on
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HOSPITAL HEETING
DRAWS BIG CROWD
James B^ber Buys More Land
—Other Pinehurst
News
A woman sjwnd 2200 hours a year
at work in the kitchen, says a home
demonstration worker, and therefore
should have her sink and tables at the
right height. ^
Several hundred people attended
a meeting at the Carolina Theatre,
Pinehurst, Tuesday night, to hear and
discuss plans for a hospital in the
Sandhills. Mr. H. B. Swoope, in
calling the meeting to order, stated
the purpose for which it was called
and expressed the hope that the gen
eral public would acquiesce in tenta
tive plans which had been made to
establish a Grade “A” hospital in this
section.
Dr. J. S. Brown intended to present
the plans, but was taken very ill a
few days prior to the meeting and
was unable to attend. He had dic
tated a paper, which was read by
Rev. Cheatham, giving a brief out
line of the project. Dr. Brown’s ab
sence, and the fact that Mr. Swoope
had to leave on the night train,
placed the committee taking charge
of the meeting at a decided disad
vantage, as they were wholly unpre
pared to answer the questions pro
pounded by some of the audience
seeking concrete information rela
tive to the proposition.
Mr. Homer Johnson, Mr. James
Barber, and others who had been con
nected with hospitals, through serv-
mg on boards of trustees, etc., gave
accounts of their experiences as to
costs, and described institutions sim
ilar to the one proposed by the Sand
hills, which were located in - metro
politan districts and had hard sled-
ding to keep going. However, it
IS believed Jthat the plans Dr. Brown
and his as^iates have in miod con
template adequate financing of an in
stitution of arufficient size to meet
the demands of this community for
sometime to come. At any rate, the
splendid spirit displayed by the gen
tlemen fostering the movement will
not be denied; they can be asstv^
that the population of the Sandhills
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