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/ 'ij me, and HU be tract khan, jfined wife Feb- In the I, and said land INS, jioner. JNG ref- VOLUME THE PILOT^I^ Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Address ail communications to THE PILOT PRINTING COMPANY, VASS. N. C FRIDAY JULY 16, 1926 SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 MOORE COUNTY TIMBER SURVEY Dr. J. S. Holmes Makes Report On Timber Supply; Holds Great Possibilities (By Dr. J. S. Holmes) The Forest There are two principal forest re gions in the county separated by a transition belt, the forest type vary ing in accordance with the changes in the type of the soil. Shortleaf Pine Regions The northern part of the county has a clayey soil. Shortleaf pine is the characteristic timber tree of this re gion. It forms the principal part of the second growth forests and is mixed in greater or less quantity with the hardwoods in the original forest land. Approximately 40 per cent of the forest area of the county is of this type. Probably one-third of the area of this region is originfil forest, consisting of different species of oak with a mixture of other hard woods and containing a considerable percentage of second growth shortleaf pine. It is from this type that the cross ties are being cut. The hard woods grow slowly in many places; trees taking from 80 to 100 yearii to Not Responding To Free Treatment Elsewhere in this issue will be found an article written by Dr. R. G. Rosser, County Quarantine Officer, admonishing our people against the dangers of typhoid and diphtheria. The state furn ishes materials free of charge and also pays the physicians who are making an effort to meet the peo ple in all sections of the county for vaccination against these di seases. Dr. Rosser states that it would cost more to combat one case of either of these very malignant maladies than it would to immunize an entire commun ity agains.t them. NEW WAREHOUSE AT PINEHURST Space of the Old Ones Has Be come Insuffi' dent PAGE DEFENDS CONSTABULARY Editor Of World’s Work Does Not Subscribe To Sudgen’s Version (Please turn to page 9) A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE PAID Death Of Mrs. H. P. Bilyeu Recalls Loyalty Evidenced During Dark Days At Elise HEMP, July 15.—The news of the death of Mrs. H. P. Bilyeu, who was before her marriage some years ago, Miss Margaret Ray, daughter of the late D. S. Ray and Mrs. Lura Pleas ants Ray, of Carthage, was received by the people of this vicinity with deepest regret. We think back to the year of 1916 when she came to us as a teacher of English in Elise High school in the fall after her graduation at Flora McDonald College, she was but a slip of a girl, and beautiful in the glory of her youth. She assumed her duties like a vet eran and it may be said that “she served with vigor” as the war came on and the shortage of money cur tailed the staff of teachers so this made the work of the teachers em ployed, hard, almost double. At times it seemed that the school would have to close its doors and it is largely due to the services ren dered by “Miss Ray” and the be loved lady principal, Mis^ Isabelle MacLeod, who came to us with Miss Ray and still toils, that the school was held together through those trying years of war, flu and general upheavel. During the first and second ppe- demics of influenza, she gave her self unsparingly, almost recklessly to the sick in the school, the town and country until finally in the last epe- demic she was stricken sorely her self. In 1918 she was married to H. P. Bilyeu, of Pinehurst, where they lived for a couple of years. They moved from there to Greensboro where they have resided since. Mrs. Bilyeu leaves a husband and two children, Master H. P. Bilyeu, Jr., and little Margaret Ray Bilyeu, of Greensboro. A mother, Mrs. Lura Ray, and three sisters, Misses Eliza beth and Rebecca Ray, of Cameron, and Mrs. O. F. Taylor, of Cheraw, S. C., and brothers, E. L. Ray, of Ashe- boro; Norfleet P. Ray, of Pinehurst, and Dan S. Ray, of Vass, and a host of friends whose lives will ever be encircled by having loved her, and her influence of dauntless courage, as will her sweet spirit remain with them to bless them. Surely God could not have plucked from earth for himself a lovlier, sweeter flower. The Pinehurst Warehouses last week gave to A. B. Sally a contract for a large, two-story brick ware house, adjoining the big one built last fall, and work is already making a be ginning. The new building will stand west of the one now occupied near the station, between the rail road and the highway as the other one does, and will be a duplicate in ground plans of the other one. But the new one will be two-stories in most of its space. A court will be left between the two for convenience in approaching from all s.ides. The space to be occupied is 100 feet on each side, with a jog like the pres ent ^ warehouse has, for faciliifting loading and unloading, and the two will be different and similar units of the one big project, which, by the way, will probably not be finished when this second unit is built. The lower story of the new unit will be largely for machinery, trac tors, etc., and the upper part will be for general stock, with possibly the expansion of some of the lines now (Please turn to page 8) JEFFERSON STANDARD AIDS Greensboro Company Produces Large Volume at Pinehurst In our issue of June 25, there ap peared an article by H. W. Sugden, formerly of Moore County and now connected with the Asheville Citizen, in which the writer opposed the es tablishment of a State Constabulary. Arthur W. Page, editor of World's Work, disagrees with Sugden's views, as evidenced by the following letter to Mr. Brewer: July 7, 1926. Dear Sir: I read in your esteemed paper a contribution by H. W. Sugden against the establishment of a state police. He contends (1) that the police pow er is local and that it is un-American for the state to act in this matter. The Ck>vernor of North Carolina oc casionally calls out the militia to do police work. It is no more un- American and unconstitutional to have a force trained in police work at the state command than to use one train ed for military purposes in police work. Moreover, in those states which have state police, the police do not supersede, they cooperate with the county sheriffs and the city police (2) Mr. Sugden says that the Pennsylvania police are anti-labor. The police do not originate the pol- (Please turn to page 2) BUILDS HOTEL AT^KNOLLWOOD Pinehurst Maizes Agreement And Buys Lo cation During a recent visit to the Pine hurst Warehouses, a representative of The Pilot had the pleasure of meet- Messrs. Green and Perkins, of the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company. We were advised that this North Carolina concern had written well over 275,000.00 worth of life insurance in Pinthurst during the past year. Also, that their Loan Department had placed $86,700.00 there, this being the amount loaned on homes in Pine hurst during the same period, the greater percentage of which are own ed by employees. Their local representatives at Pine hurst are O. H. Stutts and I. C. Sledge. It is said that their loan plan provides money at about the lowest rate of interest in effect at this time. The figures quoted above would seem to indicate that these peo ple have performed Ja great service in the Pinehurst section. Knollwood gets the new hotel that has been talked about for a consid erable period. Last Friday after noon at a meeting of some duration an agreement was concluded by the directors of Knollwood and by Pine hurst whereby the Pinehurst corpor ation has secured 500 acres of land across the Midland road from the Mid- Pines club, on which Pinehurst has agreed to erect a modern new hotel and an 18-hole golf course, to be ready for use in the fall of 1927. In making this agreement Knoll wood contributes 250 acres of ground, as has been the proposition in the preceding negotiations, and Pinehurst buys an additional 250 acres at $600 an acre to give greater room for the project. The land runs to the north from the Midlands road more than a mile, and from the creek at the foot of the hill across from the Barber dam up to the neighborhood of the Richardson property, but not coming to the Midlands road on the upper end, and excepting a considerable territory on the ridge out past the old experi- Vass Enjoying’ Splendid Trade The half dozen good roads lead ing into Vass have been lined with cars recently, bringing in loads of shoppers. The privilege of going into stores that are clean and inviting, that are conveniently and pleasantly located, where courteous and obliging salespeo ple are willing to render the speediest and most effcient serv ice is an item that can not be fig ured in dollars and cents. The stores in Vass strive to carry the goods and greet their customers in a manner that makes shopping a real pleasure. PATCH STORE WILL ENLARGE Work Started Last Week On Another Big Addition OUR CORPS OF CORRESPONDENTS Capable Staff Ready To Cover Items Of Interest To Readers The Pilot is justly proud of the cor respondents who contribute weekly the local news of their respective communities. For the information of our readers, we are giving a list of these workers, with the request that you co-operate with them in their effort to cover the news of your com munity. Cameron, Mrs. J. McK. Harrington. Carthage, Dorothy Beckwith Ty son. Pinebluff, Margaret A. Kittrell. Aberdeen, Emma Page Wilder. Vass, Mrs. S. R, Smith. Lakeview, Johnsie Eastwood. Manley, Mary Alice Patterson. Pinehurst, Caroline M. Battley. Niagra, J. V. Snipes. Lobelia, A. C. Smith. It is not always possible for them to get over their territory each week. If you will telephone or write regard ing items in which you and the com munity are interested it will be of great assistance to them in their ef fort to make a good newspaper better. We might also add that these rep resentatives will be glad to relieve you of the detail of sending in your subscriptions. Thanks! OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE (Please turn to page 2) ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC MEETS FRIDAY, JULY 16 ONE-DAY CONFERENCE AT UNION CHURCH FRIDAY There will be a one-day conference at Union Church, Friday, July 23, for the Presbyterian Young People of Moore County. It is very much hoped that every church in the county will be well represented. We are promised a really worth while program. The morning session will be from 10:30 to 12:30. Dinner! Don’t forget that every one is ex pected to bring a basket of “sure nuf” eats. The afternoon session will be from 2 until 4. If you are not there you will miss a whole lot. The Rotary Orthopaedic clinic be ing held in the Baptist church at San ford will have its next meeting on Friday, July 16th. Dr. Walter Cole, one of the leading orthopaedic surpeons of ^ the state, will be present for the purpose of ex amining all cripples without charge and providing free treatment to in digent cases. A representative of the State Vo cational Rehabilitation Department will also attend the clinic for the pur pose of advising and arranging train ing for the handicapped people who are in need of such service. All cripples in this county who have not availed themselves of this splen did opportunity for improving their physical condition and preparing themselves for earning a livelihood are urged to attend the dinic. State Board Of Health Must Have Co-Opera- tion (By R. G. Rosser, M. D.) The State Board of Health is now putting out a campaign of vaccinating against typhoid fever and diptheria. Two very deadly and dreaded diseases. Anyone may meet the one administer ing the vaccine at the appointed place at proper time and have himself immunized and then live sanitarily thereafter and be immune to both di seases. This cost him nothing. Why not take it ? It is harmless and does not disable one from work. Typhoid does. Why not become immune without cost. If everybody would do this typhoid and diptheria would soon be things of the past. When the board of health tries to stamp it out it becomes the duty of the public to cooperate and assist by everybody coming out and immunizing against it, and appreciate it. Stamp out typhoid and diptheria! Meeting places are as follows: Soathern Pines, Tuesdays, 2 to 4. Pinehurst, Thursdays, 2 to 4. Vass, Saturdays, 2 to 4. In addition to the above, all physi cians in the county will meet the pub lic in their offices Saturday after noons, to render this service. Last week the Patch store at South ern Pines, already one of the big commercial establishments of the Sandhills, commenced the work of another addition, which will greatly enlarge the capacity of the institu tion. When the Citizens Bank and Trust company moved to its new loca tion Mr. Patch bought the old bank building, and he occupied it during the winter as an addition to the store. Now he is pulling it down and will build two stories on the site, running back to the section of the store build ing that was put up a year ago, and the entire ground space will be brought under one roof, two stories, fronting on the two streets. The Patch stores have grown up through a series of years until they are among the foremost mercantile institutions of Central Carolina, and Mr. Patch says he could find no place to stop growing, so he had to secure the new piece of ground when the bank vacated, and construct this ad dition. In talking about this bit (Please turn to page 8) WATCH TOWER AT CAMERON mi Commands View Of Large Area; To Locate Forest Fires The first watch tower erected by the State Department of Conserva tion and Development is located at Cameron Hill, in west Harnett, about twelve miles east from Vass. This tower will be in charge of a man for about six months of the year, whose duty it shall be to keep on the look out for forest fires and give the alarm whenever one is located. Cameron Hill is the highest point in that section. Surmounted by a tower sixty-five feet in height, gives an unobstructed view of a vast area of territory. The tower will be equipped with telephones, so that the moment a fire is spotted the keeper of the tower can communicate vdth someone in the threatened neighbor hood and avert the great loss which would obtain if the fire were allowed to get under headway before being discovered. Visitors are welcome to inspect the tower at any time, except during ser vices at Cameron Hill church. Six flights of stairs are provided, which can be negotiated comfortably to the top of the tower. However, notices are posted on the property to warn visitors that the State will not be re sponsible on account of any Injuries sustained in connection with inspec tions of the tower. It is the plan of the State to triangulate this tower by the erection of similar equipment at Pinehurst and Carthage. North Carolina farmers will gather at State College, July 27, 28 and 2*J for their aniiiial convention. A well planned program has been prepar ed. Coffins Move In Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Coffin, their son, Edwin, and Mrs. Coffin's mother took possession Tuesday of the house on Park Place recently left by the Gerald Johnsons. The next mOm- ing Mr. Coffin went back to Roanoke Rapids, where he is serving tempor arily as editor and manager of the Herald. He expects to be at North western University, near Chicagro, for a while tlj^ summer, obsservSng methods pursued in the school of Journalism there.—Chapel Hill Week ly* . Our whole marketing structure now rests upon graded commodities, say expert^s in agiicultural economics. Farm products pass through many hands in moving from centers of pro duction to the world's markets. It is essential to have a common language between buyers and sellers. ill ' * P. t j,l f 1 ^ ' 'I i M - it i )• n t I (fi ill
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