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VOLUNE THE PILOT NUMBER 38 Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Address all commimicacions to the pilot printing company. VASS. N. C FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1926 SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 HIWAMANS HEAR ABOUT OUR WOODS Carthage Lumberman Makes Interesting Talk On Reforesti- zation; Exhibits Specimens Colin G. Spencer, of Carthage, was the speaker at the Kiwanis luncheon held at Lakeside Inn, Lakeview, on Wednesday of this week. He was assigned the subject of “Re- forestization,” one in which he is intensely interested, and Kiwanis mar veled at the masterful manner with which he handled it. Mr. Spencer is a citizen of many interests. Usually found on the con structive side of movements proposed for the betterment of his people. But, first and last he is a lumberman, and products of the forest came in for li goodly share of his time and tal ent. He is an example of the old saw; “Once a Lumberman, always a Lumberman.” A novel feature of his visit to Kiwanis was the display of native woods- He exhibited upwards of 30 samples, each bearing a label giving name and information as to growth, habits and uses. His display did not contain all the woods found in Moore county, but was confined to those which have, at this time, a commercial value for manufacturing purposes. It as Mr. Spencer^s plan to secure a spec imen of every wood grrown in this section, showing those in demand for ornamental and other purposes that create a market for the grower. The following is the gist of Mr. Spencer's talk on “Reforestization:’^ “Reforestization, the subject which ] am requested to talk about, is prob ably the biggest problem confronting Moore County, the subject not only in volves the wanton destruction of our famed pines which have been such a great source of attraction to thous ands of tourists who visit us annual ly, but a monetary loss running up into the hundreds of thousands of dol lars. As to aesthetic side of reforesti- zation question you gentlemen are too familiar with the necessity of pre serving our pines for me to dwell upon the subject, but allow me to say that we ought to call upon the officers of Tent Meeting In Progress The annual revival at the Pine- hurst Presbyterian church opened Thursday night of this week and will continue through Friday night, August 27. Services are being conducted by Joe. H. Carter, of Elkin, N. C., special evangelist of the Synod's committee. The song service, in charge of Mr. Williams, begins at 7:45 each evening. The tent, seating 600 people, is pitched on the Bliss lot near the Community House. Rev. W. M. ^MacLeod, pastor of the Pinehurst Presbyterian church, has perfect ed an organization that has been putting in some hard licks and do ing everything possible to make the meeting successful. Mr. Carter, who has been a great power for good in the work of the Christian Chautauqua, comes recommended as being a very forceful speaker. The Brotherhood has been very active in the preliminary work, placing heralds in the prominent places within a radius of forty miles of Pinehurst. TO HOLD CUNIC AT CARTHAGE Board Of Health To Conduct Tonsil and Adenoid Clinic In High School Building Landlessness And Crime SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION Attendance Not Up To Expecta tions; Splendid Program Giv en; Other Eureka News The Moore County Sunday School Convention, which was held at Eu reka Presbyterian church last week was well worth attending. The pro grams were good and both. Miss Davis and Miss McGee are able speakers and know their work. W« are sorry that more of the Sunday schools of the county did not take advantage of the convention by having delegates there. Mrs. Mary Blue left Saturday for Lumberton, where she will spend sometime with her daughters, Mrs. Roscoe Britt and Mrs. Haynes Britt. Mrs. John A. MacLeod is spending sometime with her son. Rev. R. A. MacLeod, of Hope Mills. Mrs. Mac Leod will visit her daughter, Mrs. James R. Seabeant, of Fayetteville, before returning home. Mrs. Geo. McDermott and children. The State Board of Health will con duct a tonsil and adenoid clinic in the high school building, beginning Tues day, August 31, running four days. This clinic is for school children only, between 6 and 12 years inclusive. A specialist selected by the County Board of Health will perform the op erations. The surgeon will be assist ed by a full time anaesthetician who is a physician. Eight registered nurses and a hospital orderly belong to the regular staff. An emergency hospi tal equipment is moved by truck from county to county. About 13,000 children have been op erated in these clinics in the past few years. The children are kept over night under the care of a nurse. Parents are permitted to remain with their children if they care to do so. The nominal fee of $12.50 is charg ed every parent able to pay. Those unable to pay for the treatment will get the entire service free. The state nurse is now in the county to receive applications and ar range for the clinic. Parents may apply to the County Welfare Super intendent and County Superintendent of Schools. ^ Cameron are visiting Mrs. McDer- mott’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. the law to enfore the North Carolma ; Statute which forbids the destruction MacCallum. Miss Grecial Cheeck, of Siler City, of young timber along the highways, i is visiting Misses Doris and Mary and if necessary secure an appropria- i tt tt • .. - u- L i. 1 X T • ^ I Miss Haynes Harrmgton is visit- tion for highway patrol to eliminate | jugg Estelle Tilman this week. such, but it is upon reforestization as | j. A. MacLeod and H. M. MacDon- an investment that I wish to contri- | aid, were in Fayetteville last Friday bute a few remarks for the considera- ' business. « o i? j • • i* 4.1, o juMi 1 Miss Lucy Monroe, of Sanford, is tion of the Kiwanis of the Sandhills. | spending this week with her aunts, It may sound almost unbelievable to j Misses Lydia and Sallie Ray. you, but upon careful calculation bas- ! Misses Rozelle MacCallum and ed upon government estimates of the I MacLeod were Pinehurst vis- 1 ^1. Tisjxt- 4. 1 tors Saturday afternoon annual growth of timber, I find that MfloT.pnH Frppm- The ownership of land tethers a man to law and order better than all the laws of the statute books. It breeds in him a sense of personal worth and family pride. It identifies him with the community he lives in and gives him a proprietary interest in the church, the school, and other organizations and enter prises of his home town or home community. It enables him to hold his family together, makes him a better father, a better neighbor, and a better citizen, mainly because it makes him a stable, responsible member of so ciety. Landless men, white or black, in town or country areas, tend to be restless, roving and ir responsible; and the restless, rov ing, irresponsible multitudes of America are a fundamental men ace to society.—E. C. Branson. Lff E SAVING INSTRUCTOR Course To Be Given At Aberdeen By Capt. John Lewis Reese, August 26-28 C.E. UNION FOR MOORE COUNTY an acre of timber land without any cultivation or extra ordinaijy Care will yield a return of $2.00 per acre annually in growth at the minimum figure, and in many cases runs as high as $4.00 per acre. We have 316,000 acres in woodland with an average growth of 400 feet per acre, Master MacLeod Freeman is spend ing some time with his aunt, Mrs. James R. Seabeant, of Fayetteville. Tom McKenzie and sisters. Misses Idell and Estelle, of Pinehurst called on their aunts, Misses Lydia and Sal lie Ray, Sunday afternoon. ly. The second growth long leaf pine is making a desperate effort to or approximately 90,000,000 feet for reseed itself and if properly protect- say that if you will use care in log- greater demand for lumber has brought a market and its usage. The uses are numerous and the market is the world. Russia, since the World War, has used little on accout of her vast timber holdings which are great er than any other country, yet she pays-producers for vast amounts of crating used in export to the coun try, making her a consumer. The rapid growth of our native pine is marvelous. If you will allow me I will tell you of a little of my per sonal experience and knowledge about our second growth pines. In 1907 I was just large enough to drive a log ging team, but was not strong enough to load my wagon. The other team sters agreed that if I would water and feed the mules, they would swing the logs under my wagon. The tim ber on this land brought $1,200.00. In 1917 we bought the second growth timber on the same land, paying $3,000.00 and during this year I traded for the land and timber, manufactured the lumber and sold the land, making you will notice three cuttings in 20 years. One other instance, I recall; my first trade for lumber was man ufactured by other parties was in 1916 | from A. L. Needham. This lumber i was manufactured one year previous i from his home land. In 1920 I bought the timber on the same land and in this year have just received the lum ber for the third cutting making three cuttings since 1915, or one cutting about every five years. Please un derstand, I don’t mean to say that pine grows from the bud to merchan table timber in five years, but I do Organized Last Sunday At Southern Pines And Elect ed Officers the county, which is worth at present 1 ed from fire and butchery we will low prices around $360,000.00; basing this on $20.00 per acre valuation cost price average you first have six per cent interest on $20.00 or $1.20 plus your taxes for woodland, the average of which is $12.00 per acre valuation for the county, or 13 cents taxes on each acre. The interest plus the taxes equal $1.33. The annual growth again enjoy the uses of this wood. In January 1924 the Winston-Salem Sen- tinal carried an article flaying the people who passed through this sec tion and destroying by breaking and carrying away on automobiles our beautiful long leaf pines. In August of last year Mr. Tufts wrote an ar ticle for the local paper urging that of timber equals $2.00 per acre or a i something be done to prevent this gain of 67 cents per acre over and slaughter of our native pine in this above taxes and interest on invest- j section. ment, or to speak of it in other terms you have a gross income of ten per cent on $20.00 per acre valuation. Well selected tracts of land with vigorous young growth pine timber will pro duce more than the above given fig ures and personals or syndicates may make sure gains on timber land from the timber growth, saying nothing of the steady increase of North Carolina and Moore County land values. Long leaf pine is becoming extinct from year to year for manufac turing purposes, the original growth being manufactured previous- Short leaf second growth pine is our most important timber crop and we have thousands of acres in Moore ging and not cut timber under eight or ten inches at the stump, you can on most soils in Moore County reap a harvest every five to ten years. Pine does not grow as fast out in thick oak wood land or land which has never been in cultivation. Anyone wishing to clear land for farming I would suggest that they, where it is practicable, clear wood land and al low the old fields to grow up in sec ond growth pines, because pine does not re-seed itself thickly in wooded land and in most cases a very poor stand is obtainable. The farmer gets poorer results from clearing old fields On Sunday afternoon, August 15, at 3:00 o’clock, about 100 of the Chris tian Endeavors of Moore County met in the Congregational Church at Southern Pines to organize a Moore County Christian Endeavor Union. A buffet supper was served in the Baptist Church at 6:00 o’clock. At 7:15 o’clock in the Baptist Church in stallation of officers and regular Christian Endeavor meeting was held. The Endeavors were very fortunate in having so many of the State and District officers present at this meet ing, among whom were Miss Hester L. Steele, State Monthly Service Pro gram Superintendent, Mooresville, N. C.; Mrs. Bess Monroe, State Secre tary, Maxton, N. C. The Sandhill Dis trict officers present were Herbert Warlick, President, Monroe, N. C.; Edwin P. Gibson, Vice-President, Laurel Hill, N. C.; Miss Julia Duke, Secretary, Hamlet, N. C.; Mr. Ray mond B. Wicker, Tenth Legion and Mission Superintendent. The following for the County Union were elected: President, Rev. W. M. MacLeod, Pinehurst; Vice-President, Gordon Cameron, Pinehurst; Secre tary and Treasurer, Miss Algene Ed- son, Southern Pines; Intermediate Superintendent, Miss Bessie Martin, Aberdeen; Junior Superintendent, E. 0. Howard, Southern Pines; Assist ant Junior Superintendent, Raymond Wicker, Southern Pines. One enjoyable feature of the pro gram was the music furnished by the Christian Endeavor Orchestra of the Baptist church, composed of Mrs. W. S. Bushbee, cornet; Miss Zilla Adams, piano; Myron Adams, trumpet; George Richardson, saxaphone. The song services were led by Herbert Warlick, of Monroe, N. C. A communication from Mrs. J. R. Page states that Capt John Lewis Reese, American Red Cross Life Sav ing Field Representative will visit the Moore County Chapter August 26- 28, putting classes through a course of instruction at Aberdeen. Captain Reese has engaged in life saving and water safety work for many years. Before joining the staff of the American National Red Cross life saving service, as field representa tive, he did volunteer life saving work for the organization, and is an exper ienced and capable life saving instruc tor. Since becoming a national represen tative of the American Red Cross Life Saving Corps, Captain Reese has instructed hundreds of men and wo men, and boys and girls, in the south in Red Cross life saving methods. In stances are not uncommon where rescues have been made by Red Cross life savers almost immediately after receiving this instruction. A strik ing instance of this was furnished re.-- cently at Bradenton, Fla., where two girls, one eighteen and the other thirteen, saved six people from drown ing several days after the Red Ciross life saving instructor had trained them. Captain Reese declares that every person should know life saving and should be qualified to act intelligently and effectively when emergencies con front him. TO CHANGE CONCERT NIGHT TO MONDAY County which were at one time cul- for farming purposes. The low tivated by the early settlers and their slaves, the war between the states re duced this acreage. The abandoned acreage immediately grew up with scond growth pines. I well remem ber in 1907 this class of wood was worthless and in logging we never bothered with it on account of its quality. Since that time the orig inal growth pine has been consumed and a more )7*:eral use of paint and a lands through the sandhills and clay section of this county will grow short leaf or loblolly pines with surprising rapidity, especially in the brown stone section. There are thousands of acres of land which may be had at a very reasonable price that in my opin ion will make a good investment in timber production, provided the prop er care is taken in selecting the land and timber growing thereon.” Many requests have been made that the band change their concert nights from Thursday to Monday. So next week the concert will be given on Monday night with the following pro gram: Two step—“New Band March”; March—“Tourist Club”; Overture— “Electric Park”; March—“When You and I Were Young Maggie”; Cake Walk—“Ma Coo Coo Lady”; March— “Front Section”; March—“Soldier Boys”; Baritone Solo — “Autumn Leaved’; Two Step—“Auto Cliub'’ and “The Star Sprangled Banner.” Three cars of lime have been order ed cooperatively by farmers of Hen derson County. PINE3BLUFF At the Baptist church August 2, Sabbath school at the Ives cottage, 9:45 a. m. At the M. E. church, August 22, and Sabbath school at 9:45 a. m. Young Peoples meeting at 9:45 a. m. Itev. Dewight H. Ives and family, left their home in Louisville, Ky., last Friday morning. W. B. Sayre left last week for the mountains in western North Caro lina, where he will spend a few days before returning to his home in War wick, N. Y. He expects to reach Pinebluff for the winter season. Mrs. M. E. Gooden, of Elizabeth, N* C., spent a few days last week visit ing her friends, Jesse Newell and fam ily. Miss Attie Newell spent the week end with his friend. Miss Ruth Bowen at Red Springs, going from there to aunt for a week, then on to Bladenton, Lumberton, where she will visit her where she will spend the rest of her vacation with friends and relatives. Prof. S. Albert Ives and family of Greenville, S. C., spent a few days with his mother, Mrs. Alice Ives last week. Going on to Murfresboro, N. C. to visit his wife’s people for a few days and will return and stop a few days more with his mother before beginning his work in Furnum Uni versity, Greenville, S. C. Mr. Butner and family have re turned from their visit in the Land of the Sky. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Adams enter tained a party of young people at their new home last week in honor of Rev. Dewight Ives and family. Music, hymns and songs were enjoyed with games for a few hours, then ice cream and cake were served and old acquaint- pnces renewed. Mr. and Mrs. Van Huel, of West Long Branch, N. Y, have rented the Justin cottage on Grape street and will reach Pinebluff about September 1 so as to place their children in school for the season. Mrs. M. N. Jameris is making ex tensive repairs on her home on the corner of New England avenue and Grape street. Mr. Charlie Austin has the job well in hand« Mr. Morgan, of Vina Vista has bought the Robert Christopher prop erty on Juniper creek and will open a store there this fall, also a filling station.
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