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VOLUME
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THE
PILOT
Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of N
Address all communications to
THE PILOT PRINTING COMPANY. VASS, N. C
FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1926.
NUMBER
N $2.00
OPINIONS OF
WOMAN VOTER
Criticises A Number Of Things
And Condi
tions
(Margaret A. Kittrell)
I do not know whether you allow
your women voters to express their
views in The Pilot or not, but this
scribe went politicking, (if I may be
allowed to coin a word) with Mrs.
Brown and Miss Monroe, of Carthage,
at least I understood they were from
Carthage, who came here to Pine-
bluflf to interest us in the nomination
of Mr. Graves. We did not know either
Mr. Graves or Mr. Willcox, both men
were well spoken of in the papers,
but the fact that Mr. Graves was a
soldier boy, interested us right away,
for we all worked and knit, and sang
and prayed for them a few years ago.
So we rode from house to house and
asked all to go. We called on one
farmer, a good Southerner and a dem
ocrat, one of our best citizens who
refused to go and vote the democratic
ticket; said he was sore with his
party, and when pressed for the reas
on said that a few years ago a good
measure was voted and carried to ex
empt interest being paid on farm
mortgages, but that when it reached
Raleigh it was tabled or pigeonholed
and has never seen the light of day
since, as it was smothered and killed
in infancy. Thus a few men that the
democrat people of the state elected
and sent to Raleigh to execute their
wishes, nullified them, and offended
their constituents. Mr. Farmer said
there were several other minor of-
enses his party had committed which
helped to make him sore, and he never
expected to vote the Democratic ticket
again until they were rectified. And
he did not care if the Republican
party did get into power, perhaps it
would work out for the best. He said
he was not alone, that there were
many others that felt as he did.
And us women folks were taking
lessons in politics and I remembered
reading several times recently arti
cles in different periodicals com
plaining because the people did not
get out and vote at the primaries
and hold up their party better, and
I wondered why. But now I under
stand. They are sore with their
party and stay at home. It made
me think of what Judge Wm. Taft
said when he was President, if I re
member correctly. He said that the
mass of our people were not educated
and therefore were not capable of hold
ing office or taking part in govern
mental aflfairs. He said he believed in
the select few governing the many. It
would seem that a few men get it
into their heads that they are the
only ones that are really educated
and capable of holding an office, so
they pick their jobs and all the odds
they ask of the people is the privi-
School Salaries And
Cost Of Instruction
Figures for Moore County
schools, taken from July 15 issue
of State School Facts, are as fol
lows:
Salaries paid, $75,739.01; num
ber of teachers, 96; average an
nual salary, $788,94; per capita
cost of instruction, $26.26; Rank
On Per Capita, 23. In the State
the range of cost of instruction in
the rural white schools was all
the way from $41.69 in New Han
over to $13.55 in Cherokee. The
average per capita cost in the
state is $25.36.
MOORE COUNTY TO
HAVE LIFE SAVER
ALBEMARLE GIRLS
ON HOUSE PARTY
Find Lakeview Admirable Lo
cation; Plan To Return
Next Season
Comes At Request Of Moore
County Chapter of
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In response to a request from the
Moore County Chapter of the Amer
ican Red Cross, that a man be sent
us from National headquarters to give
instructions in life saving and exami
nations for accredited Red Cross Life
Savers, we were recently notified that
John Lewis Reese would be sent to
the county, to be there August 26,
through the 28. Mr. Reese makes no
charge for his services. Similar work
is being done by Red Cross workers
all over the United States. There
are two tests to be passed—as Senior
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With Mrs. G. D. B. Reynolds as
their chaperon, the following young
ladies from Albemarle occupied one
of the Lakeview Cottages last week:
Clare Hunnicutt, Ruth Talbert, John
nie Mabry, Pauline Helms, Marguer
ite Kennedy, Cora, Lillian and Mary
Louise Patterson.
The entire party favored The Pilot
office with a short visit Saturday, and
expressed delight at the camping fa
cilities offered at Lakeview.
Mr. Reynolds, a former citizen of
Moore County, joined the party for
the week-end.
The Lakeview management made
such excellent provision for their com
fort, that they are looking forward to
another stay next season with very
keen anticipation.
SANDHttL POST 134
MEETING & DANCE
Water Shortage Causes
Change In Baptist Meet
On account of a shortage of
water at Mars Hill the Baptist
Mountain Assembly will be held
at Ridgecrest this year. On ac
count of another meeting being in
progress at Ridgecrest now the
Mountain Assembly will not begin
until July 23. Special rates
have been secured at the hotel for
those who want to take their own
bedding and for those who want
full hotel accommodations. Be
sure in getting your railroad
ticket to ask for the special sum
mer rates.
B. S. BEACH,
Bonlee, N. C.
STATE THffiD
PEACH GROWER
CROP OUTLOOK
IS EXCELLENT
Everything Doing
Well But
Gardens
Right
California and Georgia The
Big Produc
ers
Commander Dana Urges Large
Attendance; Will Choose Dele
gate to Convention
On Wednesday, July 28, there will
be an important meeting of Sandhill
Post 134 at the Southern Pines Coun-
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Figures from the Market News ser
vice of the Department of Agriculture
at the Aberdeen station disclose the
fact that North Carolina ranks about
third in the production of peaches.
The total shipments last year were
from California, 12,694 cars, from
Georgia, 13,498, and from North Car
olina, 2,024. In trees North Car
olina is about fifth. California has
16,792,320, Georgia, 7,980,940, New
Jersey, 2,296,907, Michigan, 2,215,392
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Sylviculturist Makes
Interesting Report
B. H. Paul of the Forest Products
Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin,
spent a few days during the latter
part of May in company with H. H.
Frye, County Fire Warden, making a
study of forestry conditions in Moore
County. Mr. Paul was interested in
finding out what conditions of growth
influenced the rate of growth of the
trees and the strength of the wood
produced. He made examinations of
several forest stands in Moore Count
and collected samples from several
trees and sent them to Wisconsin for
further study of the structure and
properties of the wood.
Mr. Paul and Mr. Frye examined a
50-year old stand of shortleaf pine
north of McClennon’s Creek. They
found that the trees in parts of this
stand were growing too slowly be
cause of the crowded condition of the
trees. In other portions of the stand
a number of trees were cut out 11
years ago, lesr.lt'ng in s thinning of
the forest. In such places the re
maining trees have made a rapid in
crease in rate of growth as is shown
in the accompanying illustrations.
It was possible to look backward
into the history of the growth of these
trees through the aid of an “increment
borer,” a small auger-like instrument
with which a small core may be cut,
extending from the outside to the
heart of a tree. By the use of this
instrument it is easy to detect what
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PLOT CHIEF K
AWAY THIS WEEK
Discharging Railroad Duties
and Attending Press
Meeting
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Mr. Brewer left Tuesday morning to
be absent from the office about one
week. On Tuesday, he met with
other officials of the A. & N. C. R. R.
Co. for a conference with Governor
McLean.
From there he went to Hickory to
attend the annual meeting of the
North Carolina Press Association. He
is a member of the committee to work
out the plan on conditions of the
award to newspapers, made possible
by the generous offer of Mr. Separk.
This committee will meet at Hickory
one day this week. Friday, the last
day of the convention, will be spent
at Blowing Rock, where officers and
committees will be named for the en
suing year. ^
the growing conditions of the trees in
a forest have been over a long period
of years.
An examination of isolated long-
leaf pine trees on the present areas
of waste sand and oak lands showed
that these trees also have made a con
siderable increase in growth since the
time the stands were opened up by the
turpentine workers and lumbermen.
These areas, if again restocked to
longleaf pine, would, undoubtedly,
grow a very satisfactory forest of
longleaf pine, especially if forest fires
are kept down.
Moore County possesses great pos
sibilities for forest production. The
native tree species are valuable and
will grow rapidly if given a chance.
It should not be forgotten that a for
est tree is a plant in every sense of
the word and that forest crops will
respond to care and cultivation as
readily as crops of corn, cotton, or
fruit.
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SHORTLEAF PINE
Upper portion shows slow growth,
caused by overcrowding the stand.
Lower portion shows rapid growth
before stand became crowded.
LONGLEAF PINE
Upper portion shows rapid growth af
ter removal of surrounding trees.
Lower portion shows slow growth
under crowded forest conditions.
SHORTLEAF PINE
Top shows rapid growth after thin
ning. Middle shows slow . growth
from crowding.
Bottom shows rapid growth before
stand became crowded.
In spite of the unfavorable start the
crops had in the spring, it looks now
as if the yield will be up to the av
erage of this section, or better. The
gardens were harmed by the cold
spring, and by the drouth, but the
other crops have caught on, and are
coming in satisfactory manner. Cot
ton gives promise of one of the big
gest crops ever picked, and corn is
coming along in good shape. The
average cotton field is setting a good
enumber of bolls, possibly more than
ordinary, while the warm weather is
hustling the growth. Boll weevil is
found in all the quantity needed, but
at that it is not so abundant as was
probably expected. Farmers have
been putting soda on the crop, and are
feeling right much encouraged with
it. The dry weather has permitted
plowing and getting rid of grass.
Corn has been making good growth
where it was given good attention and
sufficient fertilized, and on many
farms the condition is better than it
has been frequently in the past. It
indicates a good yield of grain and:
forage. Tobacco looks right good.
Dewberries gave a fairly good crop
although they suffered from the lack
of rain.
Peaches are better than was antic
ipated after the frosts had been con
sidered in the spring. Nearly a nor
mal crop will go out of the district,
although in some sections the dam
age was greater than in others. Some
orchards are full. Some are almost
failures. The- Camen pea^*Jiet have
not sold for a satisfactory price, but
as they are few in number that is not
of so much consequence except to the
man who owns those few trees. The
Carman trees in the district are not
more than three or four per cent of
the total number of all varieties.
Georgia is shooting peaches into the
markets now in enormous quantities.
Around 500 cars a day of an average
have been going to market from
Georgia for days, Hileys and Belles
have been bringing low prices, some
of them under a dollar. Last week
Hileys were selling in New York for
from 75 cents to $1.75, Belles $1.00 to
$2.00, Elbertas $1.00 to $2.25. In
other markets the prices were even
lower. The demand has been better
for Elbertas than for white peaches,
and as the white varieties in Georgia
are nearing a finish it is likely the
Elbertas will strengthen in the mar
ket unless the shipments are too large.
At the close of the week Georgia had
already forwarded 8,236 cars as
against a total of 13,488 for all of
last year. Elbertas have not moved
very freely yet from down that way
so it is likely a right good lot of
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NEW INDUSTRY
FOR SANDHILLS
W. Raymond Johnson Arranges
For Establishment Of Tent
and Awning Works
August 1 is about the date that
the Sandhil Awning company will be
gin the manufacturere of awnings^
tents, tarpaulines, and canvas covers
of all kinds.
This new factory will be located in
the Daniels block at Southern Pines,
occupying the ground floor.
The necessary machinery is enroute
ianndO
and installation will begin within a
few days.
H. W. Cockfield, of Greensboro, and
W. Raymond Johnson, of Pinehurst,
are promoting the new venture. An
expert workman will be in charge to
see that all work is done properly
and the products of the factory in-
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