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INES pn Monu- I, write Works c. itock of >n hand at and price* latest Bn by elec- i, one conditon. 68, Aber* |Nov. 6 tf.) ttttiuim L and Is of are I alter you loes h e ^our n d our ►n. y n tttxmmsxma T >nds |;i icial II the and ii [ON I Treaa. VOLUME THE PILOT Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North NUMBER Address all communications to THE PILOT PRINTING COMPANY, VASS, N. C. NODE HOUSE AT riNEIDRST SOLD Pennslyvania Man Says It Is His Ideal of a House The house built on the Midland road in the edge of Pinehurst during the past few months was last week sold to J. Frank Black, of Chester, Pennsylvania, and almost at first sight. Mr. Black has been a visitor in Pinehurst for several winters, and has been looking about to find some thing in which he could establish himself in a permanent winter home. A few days ago his eye caught the new house that the Pinehurst corpor ation and the several builders have been constructing as an ideal of plan ning and building and supply, and he at once concluded he was interest- fcd. The color on the outside was a little out of his liking, but the min ute he saw the inside he said he had found the one house to suit him to a nicety. He closed a deal for the place at once, taking two additional lots. The price runs above $30,000. The design was by Embury, and the work by the local builders and supply men of Pinehurst. Mrs. H. B. Emery supervised the decoration and fittings and furniture, and when Mr. Black looked through the house he found it ready to move into any minute witho>ut further ^ui|)ment of any kind, for even to the fancy chi ig:i on the mantel the job was complete. A new house built on the sano idea will follow at once as the •aiildv.TS rather missed in one of their calcu- (Continued on Page 8) FREEZING DAMAGED GEORGIA PEACHES March Cold Snap Cut Crop Probably A Third It is quite evident that the freeze of March 14, materially affected the Georgia peach crop, if advices received in this section are authentic*. Our latest information received from State Entomologist Leiby, is to the effect that the Georgia crop was re duced from a possible 15 to 18 thous and.car crop to a 10 to 12 thousand car crop, the reduction being great est in the Elberta, which was appar ently none to heavily provided with fruit’ buds at the beginning. Dr. Leiby’s further information from en tomologist O. I. Snapp, of the Fort Valley laboratory is that the injury was greatest in south Greorgia and (Continued on Page 8) IN MEMtii^AM The Woman's Auxiliary of Eu reka Presbyterian Church, Vass, N. C. No. 1, submits the following res olutions : Whereas, God in His infinite love and wisdom has called to her etern al reward our beloved friend and Co-worker, Mrs. Myrtle Ferguson Michael, we, the members of this Auxiliary desire to pay this tribute of love and appreciation to hear memory. Resolved First: That our Auxiliary has, by her death, sustained a great loss, be cause earth is emptier and heaven is fuller by her departure. Second; We commend those'who ‘ love her to Him who marks the sparrow’s fall, who loves and cares ftr. those who mourn, and whose great heart yearns to comfort them in their sorrw. / Third—That a copy of these ires-, olutions be sent to the bereaved family, a copy spreads on our min utes and a copy sent to the Pres byterian Standard and the Moore County papers for publication. BESSIE McCASKILL MARGARET BLUE. ESTELLE TILLMAN., Committee. JOHN WILLCOX Of The Horseshoe Mr. Willcox,^ Tuesday announced his candidacy for the nomination of Clerk of Court for Moore county. Prof. Clyde Kelly, of Cameron, made his an nouncement some weeks ago. Henry Graves of Carthage also makes his announcement this week. FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1926 SODTHERN PINES STANDARDS HIGH SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 Employs Chemist for and Water Sup ervision Milk CANERON OPTINISnC CONING TAX ELECTION Thinks Opposition Gives Way As Time Draws Nearer Opposition to the County-wide Plan for our public schools seems to be giving way and the chances of carry ing the election for this important measure seems to be improving as the election draws nearer. At first a great many wild and un founded assertions were made by per sons who were not familiar with the facts and who drew upon their imagi nation for arguments against the measure. A great many good people allowed themselves to be influenced j temporarily by the extravagant state ments of these self-appointed leaders of the opposition. But in all the vol ume of criticism nothing constructive has been offered, and no better plan has been presented. The sober com mon sense and patriotism of the con servative, fairminded men and women of the county will come to the rescue of the hundreds of children who are pleading for an equal opportunity. Most of our people recognize the fact that a well-trained intelligent citizenship is our greatest asset, and that to continue to condemn a large part of the children to inferior school advantages will not only be a great injustice to those children, but also a great econo^iic mistake. In some of the towns where, on ac count of conditions peculiar to those communities, a nine months' term is a necessity,- the fear of consequences that would result from reducing the term to eight months, has caused con siderable opposition. We are con fident that a sat isfactory solution of this problem can be worked out, and Southern Pines has taken one of the most progressive steps made by any small town in North Carolina in a long time. Last summer a new water plant was brought into use, and for a time the water was slow in clearing up and coming to stand ard. The town commmissioners got their heads together and concluded the thing to do was to secure a com petent chemical engineer and put him on the job permanently, and L. L. Hedgpeth, formerly in the Thomas- ville water plant, a graduate of State College chemical engineering de partment, was secured and given charge. Mr. Hedgpeth is a man with a good record at State and also at Thomasville where he has been at work, and he has been proving his I ability since coming to Southern Pines. He commenced with a study of water conditions in the town, and soon found that a slight acidity prevails in the waters of the Sandhills and that the acid in the pipes tends to precipitate iron and that while Sandhill water is normally quite free from the bac teria of disease it has a tendency to acid and iron which must be disposed of in order to provide the character of water that is needed. This is more particularly the case where the water comes from a surface reservoir than where it is from springs. So Mr. Hedgpeth proceeded to precipi- (Continued on Page 8) mm TDFTS M FORNEWSCHOOLPLAN Thinks School Tax and Manage ment Should Be Strongly Localized (Continued on Page 8) The Pilot last week seems to have given a wi'ong idea to Leonard Tufts’ position on the school situation for he is not favorable to the scheme. He thinks the school tax and management should be strongly localized—each community handlirtg' its own prob lems and that each comiiiunity should decide how much tax they are able and willing to pay and. that while the richer sections of the county should be taxed to partially support the school districts of the country sec tions it is unjust to do this if those districts that have already voted extra taxes will be unable to maintain a<s good schools as they now have, and he is convinced that the special schools will not be as good under the proposed plan as they are now. As to some readers his talk at the Kiwanis last week was not as explicit as might have been in The Pilot last week this further statement is made to make his attitude clear. CHARLIE W. PICQUET Governor McLean appointed Mr. Picquet to organize chorus of singers to represent North Carolina at Sesqui- Centennial at Philadelphia on July the 4th. Mr. Picquet is well fitted for the job. ARRANGING It) CARE FOR SHRINERS MEET Pinehurst Looks for Big Con vention of Red Hats In May JUDGE WAV BUYS KNOLLWOOD LANDS Increases His Holdings B y Another Five Acres With this end of the tournament season approaching at Pinehurst the spring finds a succession of conven tions scheduled up until the middle of May, The biggest of these will be the gathering of Oasis Temple of the Shriners at Pinefrurst May 13 and 14, at which an attendance of probably three thousand people is expected. As Pinehurst is close to the border that separates the territory of Oasis from that of Soudan many visitors will be present from the eastern section of the state to witness the various cer emonials and to have a glimpse of Pinehurst in its spring attire and sports. Monday night the different local committee having arrangements in charge met at the Pinehurst Country club and laid the plans for the meet ing in May. The officials of the Temple indicate a ferge number of Judge W. A. Way has made an im portant purchase at Knollwood village. It exceeds five acres in extent. The location is at the crossing of the Mid land and the Carthage roads and gives the Judge everything' on the top^ of the hill on the southeast side of the Midlands road not previous ly sold. The new purchase adjoing his other property, formerly the Hud son tract, and gives hm practically the entire hill top fronting on the golf couses beyond Major Nettleton’* house. Judge Way is the most important individual holder of Knollwood vil lage/ property. He is also the most conspicuous developer. When asked his object in buying this addi tional acreage he simply said that Knollwood frontage looks cheap to him. He regards the Knollwood lo cation as the finest place in the world to build a home, and he figures that where land can be bought for moderate acreage prices it is a cer tain profitable investment. - He r ar gues that the man who wants to build a home in this excellent location will willingly pay more for a sufficient frontage than any price that has been asked yet, for the cost of a building- site is the small part of the cost of the building of. a house. Judge Way says many people glad ly pay for building sites in small com- (Continued cm Page t) Tom Tarheel says every _ time he tries some new idea in good farming, some fellow laughs at him. Aberdeen, N. C. April 13,1926. The Pilot, Vass, N. C. - f Gentlemen: ifc With apologies to the writers of a few very excellent articles on the subject, and I would like to cite, apropos the coming school elec tion: Job 38:2. J. McN. JOHNSON. Editor’s N5te:—The Bible verse referred to, reads as follows: “Who is this that darkenth counsel by words without knowl edge?” (Continued on Page 5) COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS Miss Eifort to Investigate Several Needy Cjases The Commissioners met April 5^ 1926. All members of the board were present, D. A. McLauchlin, chairman, M. C. McDonald and John Wilcox. Minutes of last meeting read and approved. On motion it is ordered that Miss Eifort investigate the needs of Patsy Matthews and Exie Matthews, who have only received one half of the amount alowed them on June 2, 1924, and make a satisfactory settlement. It is ordered that the real estate value of H. H. Fry, administrator, be investigated by Mr. Bell. It is ordered that A. R. Morris be relieved of all tax on valuation in excess of $200 on lot in Jackson Springs on account of House being brmed. Duplicate of order of Jahuaxy- 7, 1924. On motion it was oi*dered that the valuation on s'03k of gobds, S. Shears, Sandhills township, be"^ ordered to $3,700 on account of error in listing. It is ordered that the family of (Continued on Page 4) OASIS TEMPLE PATROL Oasis Temple Patrol which will take part in the .Shrine ceremonial at Pinehurst, May 13 and 14. ' ; if' ' :'i • h i! ill ii’
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