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tHHUiinmn VOLUME 6 THE PILOT NUMBER Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory Carolina Address all communications to the pilot printing company, VASS. N. C FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1926 RIPTION $2.00 ARCHERY NEW SPORT IN COUNTY Favored By All Nations As Defense At Some Time By HELEN K. BUTLER Over on the Mid-Lands road a building promises to go up that will be the creative home of bows and arrows. To what small boy or girl has not come at some time the charm of a bow and arrow? To those who have followed through Howard Pyle's delightful story of “Robin Hood” and become lost with that charming out law in the faimous Sherwood Forest, springs up an interest when words drift this way about a new building that will bring archery to where you can at least dream about it again. The small folks who have spent much of their spare time with Robin Hood in the land of fancy and follow ed along with other members of the King’s foresters and remembered that “no archer ever lived that could speed a gray shaft with such skill and cunning as his, nor were there ever such yoemen as the seven score merry men that roamed with him through the greenwood shades," will see archery come to life with more or or less interest. But archery wasn’t centered just about Robin Hood and created as an imaginary organism. Genesis tells of Ishmael who dwelt in the wilderness of Paran and became an archer. The Jews looked on their bows as their most valuable weapon. The Baby lonians with greater skill in the use of the bow overcame their Jewish neighbors. The rising Persians made use of the bow much to the advantage 0 ftheir neighbors, the Greeks, who let the Roman empire make use of their valuable lesson. The nations farther north vanquished the enemy by their superior skill as archers. His tory says that no nation or country discovered before the day of gun powder has been found without its bow and arrow, so universal was ar chery. When Columbus came to America he found the Indians here proficient with the bow. Da Gama en countered it in the East Indies, the Amazons of South America with it faced the invading Spaniards. From the pigmy races of Africa, a jump over to Brazil shows the bow there, and the Eskimos of the Arctic, all us ing the same weapon. The bow has decided the fate of many nations. At Crecy in 1346 English soldires of 40,000 met about 100.000 men of the French army, with 30.000 soldiers of the* French army killed or wounded in a terrific defeat. In this great battle, “One of the most honourable to English piroweiss k*e corded in history, perished the flower of the French chivalry.” At Poitiers some twelve or fourteen thousand English soldiers defeated 60.000 of King John’s men of France. The bloody battle of Agincourt, last ing about three hours brought victory to the English troops due to their archers. When gunpowder and other methods of warfare were coming in to use archery was no longer a national necessity. But in Queen Elizabeth’s reign she was able to offey to Charles IX, 6,000 soldiers, hal/ of them as archers. The won derful skill and feats of the archer have found a theme in a great many tales of adventure and authentic his tory. In Great Britian after the Vass Now Has Chevrolet Agency W. H. Keith, proprietor of Keith s Garage at Vass, has se cured the agency for products of The Chevrolet Motor company. His first consignment of cars ar rived about a week ago, and sev eral sales have been made from this lot. During the first fotir months of this year, The Chevrolet Motor company manufactured almost one-quarter of a million cars, said to be the highest number of three-speed transmission cars ever turned out by any manufac turer in a similar period. Chevro let is attaining one of the most spectacular successes in the au- (Continued on Page 4) FARM LIFE SCHOOL PLACES STUDENTS The Commercial Department Ends Its First Year (Continued on Page 5) (Continued on Page 8) PINEHURST C. E. OUTING About Fifty Members Sp«nd Week At Lake Waecamat? Rev. and Mrs. Murdock MacLeod, Mrs. Leonard Tufts, Prof. W. P. Morton and several members of the Hi|^ School faculty, accompanied about fwty young people to spend a week of camping at Lake Waccamaw. They left Pinehnrst the morning after the graduAtieii exercises at the high school and returned Tuesday evening of this vrmk. Naval Officer Tells of Govern ment In Phillip- pines One of the most interesting back- home events pulled in this section in a long time was the reception given Lieut. Leslie Johnson, of the United States navy, who was the speaker at the Kiwanis dinner at Aberdeen Wednesday. The officer was reared in Aberdeen, and from there appoint ed to the naval academy by Robert N. Page, then in congress from this dis trict. Mr. Page introduced the speaker, and told how he had appoint ed him because of the fine c^acter of the young chap, although as a rule he was appointing democrats instead of republicans. But he pointed with a certain satisfactloB to the young of- HOGS GREAT ASSET FOR GOOD FARMING Richard Tufts Says They Are Best Market For Corn The Commercial Department of the Sandhill Farm Life school is now clo^ng its first year’s work. This department was organized at the opening of the fall term last Septem ber. In this department for the year we have had seventeen students; eight of whom were from Moore County. The remaining nine have represented the following counties: Lee, Chatham, Hoke, Halifax, Cumberland and Wake. In this work we have been offering three distinct courses: The secretarial, or the entire course, which includes shorthand, bookkeeping, Typewriting, dictation and transcription practice, rapid calculation, business English penmanship, spelling, business forms; the bookkeeping course which makes bookkeeping work, rapid calculation, and commercial law its chief work; and the stenographic course which specializes in shorthand, typewriting, dictation and transcrption and bus- ness Englsh. In the secretarial course for the year we have enrolled twelve stu dents; in the bookkeeping course we have enrolled four boys; and in the stenographic course we have enrolled one girl. Each of these courses pre pare the students for a definite work. The .secretarial training in bookkeep ing and gneral office work. The bookkeeping colirse seeks to prepare bookkeepers. It givies 4ntensive practice in this work, as well as commercial arithmetic, business forms thorough training in penmanship, and the like. This course takes up the three types of business organiza tions and gives the students prac tice in the accounting woi^ of each. The first course in bookkeeping takes a business owned and run by a single proprietor; the second course takes up KIWANIS HEARS LT. JOHNSON Richard Tufts, of Pinehurst, has for a number of years been an en thusiast over the Berkshire herd maintained at Pinehurst, and to his attention is due much of the success of the herd of late years. In com menting on the recent advance in hogs and slump in corn, Mr. Tufts said: “The farmers of this state, and I guess the nation for that matter, have been very foolish. When the prices of corn went up and the price of pork down they sold every hog they had on the farm including the brood sows. I suppose this is an example of mob phychology or something. Anyhow it naturally resulted that the prices of hogs are way up now and that feeder pigs can’t be bought. We are selling at pretty steep prices and yet we are selling everything we have. We made a nice profit on the pigs we fed out this winter, having anticipated the conditions and bought our feeder hogs when they could be bought. “Why don’t farmers learn that year in and year out the hog is a profitable thing to have around the farm and whereas at times it may be easier to sell corn direct rather than feed it to hogs it never pays to kill the breeding stock as the very fact that prices would seem to indicate that this should be done means that a change in the market may be ex pected. “In addition to the above, there are two big reasons for having hogs on, the farm that the farmieti^ neVetr seem to be able to appreciate. First the hog is an improvement to the land (which is a considerable item) and second the possible increase in acreage which can be profitably han dled. If a farmer plants his land in cotton there are just so many acres which he is able to handle and this limits him to the size of his farm and to the size of his income since he can expect to make a profit of only so much per acre on his crop. By the use of live stock this acreage can be increased as it reduces the amount of hand labor which has to be done around a farm, because the live stock harvests the crop. “Of course, this proportionately in creases the potential profits which can be made. It certainly is too bad that farmers of this state don’t wake up and learn these things as there is an excellent opportunity, agricurtally, for us in the future. Farmers are leaving the farms just the way they killed their brood sows last year and it won’t be long until the law of sup- uly and demand makes farming a pretty profitable occupation and it will be the fellow who has his farm in shape who will make the money, (Continued on Page 8) Just A Word Political campaigning is something new to me, and I am not allied with any candidate or faction, but I go on the theory that if I have any virtues that make me worth while to the peo ple of the county in the legislature I am well enough known that it is use less to pretend to anything I am not or to claim traits of character that I lack. I have a wide acquaintance in the county, and I am of the opinion that that acquaintance gives me the knowledge of our local affairs suffi cient to enable me to take the right stand on any legislation likely to be proposed at the next session of the legislature. I believe my contact with the people and my course in my paper, The Pilot, havq given my readers a pretty fair idea of my views on public matters. The Pilot has undertaken to be a factor in the general welfare, a spokesman for those things that are desirable, and Jackson Springs Will Be Ready To Open Soon . Carpenters, plumbers, painters, and others are working over time to get the Jackson Springs Hotel ready for the formal opening about June 10. A few guests are registered at the hotel at this time and by the opening date the management expects to have suf ficient reservations to get them away to a good start for the 1926 season. Dr. McDonald is giving his at tention to the development, hav ing recently disposed of the Drug Store, which is now being operat ed as the Jackson Springs Phar macy. It is the intention of the new proprietor, Mr. Smith, to Continued on Page 4) BROTHERHOOD TO ERECT BUttDING Present Quarters Entirely Too Small; Committees Appointed By W. Raymond Johnson The Sandhill Brotherhood, of Pine hurst held a most interesting meet ing last Sunday with a large percent of its members present. The lesson was discussed pro and con and the leader for the day, A. C. McDonald, enlightened the members on several questions that were discussed. It goes without sasring that Mr. McDon ald is one of the best known spiritual leaders in the section and it was with an attentive ear<,tihat the class re<»iv- ed his message on last Sunday. The class greatly missed its reg ular leader. Rev. W. M. McLeod, who is away with the young folks on a camping trip to Lake Waccamaw. We look forward to his return and the message he will bring on next Sun day. The Brotherhood has outgrown its present quarters and have under way plans for a new building which will be built in connection with the Sunday school and church. Ths building will take care of the needs for years to come as it will be a building of con siderable size and will afford the com fort that only the city church can afford. The various committees for the building have been appointed and are: building committee, G. M. Cam eron, chairman; H. W. Ehrhardt, H. B. Fry, W.. P. Morton, T. H. Craig; finance committee: Raymond Johnson, chairman, A. P. Thompson, F. T. Cur rie, D. A. Currie, Ellis Fields; lo cation committee: T. E. Currie, chair man, Rassie E. Wicker, G. A. Woods; equipment committee: A. C. McDon ald, chairman, J. B. Cameron; pub licity committee: W. M. McLeod, also ex-officio member of all committees. OPEN Affi THEATRE AT LAKEVIEW Novel Arrangement Will In sure Maximum Of Com fort To Patrons (Contliiued on Page 8) (Contnued on Page 6) What was formerly the dancing pa vilion at Lakeview is now being changed into a theatre, in which mo tion pictures will be shown three nights a week throughout the season. A force of men are now working on the building, which they hope to have ready for business about June 15. A small stage and dressing rooms will be provided also, made •nitable for plays, concerts, etc. As planned, the place will seat three hun<hred and fifty people. The seating spu*e ex tends out over the lake, is ofen on three sides, which will insure the max imum amount of comfort from the lake breezes. New picture machines are being installed and the best pic tures obtainable will be shown. WEST’RN FORESTER VISITS THE COUNTY Thinks Pine Trees Crop Then Peaches Better By H. H. FRY County Forest Warden Sometime ago the Board of Con servation and Development of Moore county asked for a scientific survey of the resources of Moore county. Soon after this got into the air Dr. Holmes, the State Forester, decided to see what was in the hills and dales. He came, figured, looked and left with the old Bibical phrase on his lips, “That the half has never been told.** Then Dr. Stuckey not quite believing the Holmes’ story attempted to prove that everything was just a little bit “fishy.” He came down looking over the situation, expecially the mineral interest. He camped around with Stacy Brewer, Bion H. Butler and other breezy dispensers of what we had in store. He found that Moore County had the goods, his only query being, “How had we so successfully kept our light under a bushel so long.” He found all and more than he had heard of. Then Prof. Paul from far away Wisconsin, while on a scientific re search for the laboratories of Frank fort, Wis., of the University of Wis consin, realizing that it would be a hard matter to travel through the South without going through North Carolina, came to Raleigh. He being a member of the Government Forest organization, looked up Dr. Holmes* office. Dr. Holmes being away he fell in with the (Wild Cat from Idaho), Mr. McComuck, Assistant State Forests. Prof. Paul unbun dled his troubles to Mr. McCormick, who knowing that Moore County was interested and had an organization working along the lines of conserva tion and development, at once direct ed him with a letter of introduction to the County Forest Warden. As Moore county is the only county in the state that has launched into this work. For two days the County Warden accompanied Prof. Paul over the timber sections of the county. Af ter locating and deciding the kinds of timber he wanted to make an ex periment on he procured tools, help and a truck. Then we sawed (krwn twenty pine trees of different, ages^ growth that could be found on differ ent types of soil in the county. These he shipped to the University of Wis consin for scientfic analyss. Prof- Paul is very much interested in our different types and characters of tim ber, and under such diifferent types of soil. In conversation he said from the looks of everj^thing to him he would prefer pines in this county to (Continued on Page 8) THE DONTTf FOR BATHERS Timely Advice For FrequeliteilB Of Watering Places Don’t go in where there is no life guard. Don’t go beyond your depth; the best swimmers get cramps. Don’t go bathing less than two hours after esiting. Don’t go in alone. Don’t struggle against an under tow if you are caught; go with it and call for help. Don’t wade with your hands above your head. You'll go down like a plunmiet in deep water. . Don’t yell “Help” unless you need it. Remember the boy who called “Wolf.” Don’t drink liquor and then go bath ing. Don’t svdm with inner tnbea or water wings. They are treadicr- out ) Don’t forget you are endowed with common sense. Use it! These rules were given by beach directors from Atlantic (^ty. Ocean City, Cape May and Wildwood.
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