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Friday, June 26, 1926.
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BUILDING AND
LOAN FIGURES
A bulletin from the State In
surance Department gives some
figures about building and loan
progress in Moore county along
with other counties of the state,
and the figures show five asso
ciations in the county and all
of them thriving. Southern
Pines shows that 29 homes have
been built through the help of
the association, at a cost of $45,-
000. In Pinehurst seven homes
represent an outlay of over $27,-
000. Vass accounts for two
homes with $1,600. Carthage
gives no figures in this respect.
Aberdeen has built seven homes
costing $18,000. Nearly a
hundred thousand dollars gone
into the building of 45 homes,
with other work done on the side
is the record. But that is not
the whole thing. These homes
are built by men of limited
means who could not finance
operations in any other way,
and as a result nearly fifty fam
ilies are living in their own
houses instead of paying rent,
and the communities have all the
benefits that come from making
a household independent in its
control of its home. Besides
that advantage the associations
are teaching people of moderate
means either to build for
themselves or to loan through
the associations to others
who want to build and lack
the funds. The hundred
thousand in the building and
loan houses signify that those
who have done the building are
saving a hundred thousand, for
they will have the houses. And
also the members who have sup
plied the money will have saved
a hundred thousand for they get
their money back in the accum
ulated sums it amounts to.
The building and loan associa
tion is the agency to help per
sons of limited income, and par
ticularly it should appeal to the
younger folks. The ledger as
sets of the five associations of
the county show $425,000, all of
it in the hands of the members,
and an increase over the year
preceding of more than 25 per
cent. The growth is substan
tial. But it is not by any means
what it should be for more
houses would be built if more
money could be obtained from
the associations. The payments
are made in small sums weekly,
which becomes a simple matter
of saving and acquiring the sav
ing habit, and the associations
could be of much greater use if
the people would take a broader
interest in them. Many per
sons could join this group of de
velopers, and with positive finan
cial gain. Money can be paid
in weekly installment, or any
one who wants to pay in full for
one or more shares of $100 each
will get interest on the money
while it remains in the associa
tion, and can recall the money at
any time on short notice. Five
communities of the county have
associations, and at the five dif
ferent points money can be paid
into them. Those who’like to
see houses built in their towns
ought to be interested in doing
some missionary work to bring
more members into the associa
tions, while persons who want
to build houses for themselves
through the associations can
help their ambitions to be realiz
ed by drumming up some new
members who will take stock.
Money enough is afloat in small
amounts in every one of these
communities to build more
houses and people enough are
wanting houses to use all the
money that could be gathered
up in this manner. If those who
can will contribute small sums
weekly a change can come over
building operations all over
Moore county that will continue
for a number of years. Every
body is interested in realizing
on this chance. It is the chance
to get more money into action,
and to provide a cctnsiderable
number of additional homes for
families that are anxious to have
them.
PILOT
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FOR A CLEAN
COURT HOUSE
At the Kiwanis meeting last
week the matter of keeping the
costly new court house clean and
presentable, with the report of
the University representative
making a survey of the county,
was brought up, as he referred
to the unfavorable plight in
which he found the building. It
is not a very pleasant subject
to discuss, but as a mild bit of
criticism has been directed to
ward one or two of the men
who have been trying to get the
matter in shape to win action
The Pilot feels disposed to back
up these men and to even be a
little more emphatfc in urging a
thorough and rigid rule that the
$150,000 invested in the fine
big building shall not be permit-
ed to become a joke through the
neglect of the sanitation and the
apperance of the building.
The old court house was con
siderable of a reproach. The
new one starts out with every
thing in its favor that can be
imagined, except that Mr. Green
says it should be kept cleaner.
It is no use to complain of what
Mr. Green says for that he
comes from outside of the
county has nothing to do with
the justness of his utterance. It
is not his discovery that makes
the court house need tidying up,
but the untidy condition of the
building, and the man who finds
the trouble and points it out is
a friend.
Many of the visitors who come
to the county drift around at
some time or other to the court
house. If they get there an un
favorable impression it does this
county no good. But a good
impression has a value. Now it
might be argued that the condi
tion of the court house is attri-.
butable to the commissioners.
The Pilot does not think so. It
is true the commissioners can
issue orders and provide money
to keep the building clean, but
the chief offender is that distin
guished body which includes.
Vox Populi, Old Citizen, Voter,
Constant Reader and the rest of
the gang. It is they who do the
damage and their indifference
that permits it to continue. We
might as well recognize these
unpleasant things, and all of us
join together in trying to rem
edy them. That is why The
Pilot is now calling attention to
the situation. We have paid
a whale of a big pile of money
for that building. It is costing
us about eight or nine thousand
a year interest and further sums
in carrying it on. With that in
mind we ought to have some con
cern in its appearance, and the
man who apprises us of these
things that we may do better is
a benefactor.
The Commissioners will prob
ably jack up the negligence at
their next meeting, but when
they do what they can it is a
matter for every other fellow to
lend a hand in keeping the court
house something to be proud of
rather than ashamed. That is
one thing we have on exhibition
all the time, and for all strangers
in the county. The least we
can do with it is to make is pre
sentable and keep it that way.
AN IMPORTANT
GROWING INDUSTRY
One of the things that sur
prised Dr. Stuckey in his sur
vey; of Moore county was the
rapid expansion of the sand in
dustry, and the volume of bus
iness to which it has attained.
The shipments of sand are cen
tered chiefly on the Norfolk
Southern railroad between Aber
deen and Candor, but the
amount of tonnage loaded is
measured now practically by
trains and not by tons nor cars.
Two or three years ago it was
not suspected that such a busi
ness could be established as to
make the Aberdeen branch of
the railroad one of the chief pro
ducers of the heavy freight of
the road, but this particular
stretch of line has become one
that keeps itself active in mov
ing the sand freight it origi
nates. When the peach move
ment starts in a short time the
Norfolk Southern road between
Aberdeen and Star will be one of
the busiest pieces of the system.
The sand that is loaded is of a
quality that was not suspected
until recently, when as was the
case with other Moore county
products, it was found that the
type of sand taken out is excel
lent, and it is now believed that
as fast as the consuming world
becomes more acquainted with
Moore county pit sand the calls
for it will be much greater than
now, and that is predicting an
increase that is big. In many
sections of the county the sand
deposits are too irregular to be
of value for shipping on a big
scale, as clay is laid down in in
terfering deposits in such a way
that no considerable quantity of
sand can be separated. But on
the great dividing ridge running
north from Aberdeen it appears
that the forces that laid down
the sand were of such a charac
ter that it was deposited in
bodies of much greater area
than in the other sections where
sand and clay are too much mix
ed with each other to be satis
factory.
The depth of the deposits on
the Norfolk Southern are also
more regular and greater, so
that a sand pit that is loading in
that section excavates a great
volume of material before the
machines are moved. The size
of the pits already worked gives
some idea of the magniture
of the industry, for they show
the bulk that has been taken
away, as well as that which re
mains on the sides and below for
further production.
Building hard top roads has
been one of the big outlets for
Moore county sand. When con
tractors came to hunt for sand
for concrete purposes they real
ized that it is not to be had by
the train load every place in a
shape that permits cheap pro
duction. So they began to call
for sand from Moore county, and
as it is so abundant that a steam
shovel will load cars as fast as
tonnage can be moved the out
put grew at an astonishing
speed. Now the business is one
of the big ones of the county,
and if road and building work
continues in the state as at pres
ent the sand industry has a big
ger future ahead.
R. E. MANN
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Pinehurst-Southern Pines
PRESENT
The only man the world
loves more than a lover—is
a good sport!
CONWAY TEARLE
with
BARBARA BEDFORD
in
wfjHE
SPORTING
LOVER”
Adapted from the Drury
Lane melodrama, “Good
Luck.”
HATS OFF—
to the king of good fellows
—a prince among men—
who can ride like a fool—
fight like the devil—and
love!!
One lone girl — with
everything that life
make worth while stakes it
on a man—-does he come
through? You've never
cheered more for a win
than you will this time!
Also; Bobby Vernon in a
Two Part Comedy, ‘‘Broken
China” and the Fox News.
Pinehurst
Friday, June 25th.
8:20
Southern Pines
Saturday, June 26th
Beautiful,
Dramatic,
Thrilling.
LEATRICE JOY
and
WILLIAM BOYD
in
“EAVFS
LEAVES”
A delightful entertaining
Comedy-Drama.
A story thoroughly hu-
maai, with oriental
background, chock full of
thrills and laughs—a pic
ture filled with stirring ac
tion and with a smashing
novel climax that will
amaze you.
The li:fe roniance ofl (a
spirited girl who wears
baggy pants, woolen shirt
and cute little cap until—
Special; A technicolor pic
ture of beautiful Lake Lan-
fer, a Fables, a Review and
the new Fox News.
Pinehurst
Monday, June 28th
8:20
Southern Pines
Tuesday, June 29th
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