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SEPTEMBER 17, 1226
CRIPTION $2.00
MOORE COUNTY’S
NEW CHURCHES
No Lack of Religions Considera
tion In County Building
j,. Opemiions
In these days of building activity
over the country some talk has been
beard regretting that churches are
Tiot keeping up with other types of
building, but in Moore county that
sort of expression seems groundless.
One of the finest new structures re
cently put up is the $100,000 village
ji.apel at Pinehurst, while the Cath
olics not long before set the example
with one of the most attractive church
buildings in the neighborhood. Up
near Cameron the Disciples have built
a nice new church on the state high
way. Carthage Baptists are about
to begin work on a new building that
will be creditable in all respects. At
Southern Pines the Congregationa-
lists are figuring on an addition to
their church, which has been so well
filled by the work of Dr. Searle in
the recent past that more room has
become a necessity. Then the steady
growth of both summer and winter
population is making a decisive de
mand on all the churches for greater
seating capacity.
Possibly the most pronounced ad
vantages are those by the Episcopal
congregation which the last of this
week will consider plans submitted by
their architects, Benton & Benton, for
a new parish house on their new lo
cation, where the complete plans con
template a parish house, rectory and
new’ church in one entire unit. The
site is on Massachusetts avenue, on
the rise towards the Highland Pines
Inn, where a well-designed group of
buildings will be highly impressive,
r. L. Hayes, in talking of the propos
ed construction, said that the work
will be a fine creation using Moore
county building stone, and planned to
fit in with that type of architecture
that is now developing in this section,
and which is giving an individual dis
tinction to Sandhills constructon.
Moore county stone meets the ap
proval of builders for the more pre
tentious style of buildings, and it is
said to be particularly fitted for ec
clesiastical construction, as well as to
harmonize with the surroundings of
the Sandhills village landscape.
Little Stories About The Natives
By MISS CONNIE CURRIE
Nose McDonald’s Commencement Shoes
Commencement time! Is there ever
a time so dear to the hearts of girls
and boys as commencement time ?
Even in this advanced age of mov
ing pictures, chautauquas and fairs,
there is a certain thrill about “school
breakings” that girls and boys get
from nothing else in life. There they
are literally speaking the center of
the stage—there the Tom, Dick and
Harrys, who were so disreputable
looking yesterday, step manfully out
into the center of the stage and speak
wisdom written by the sages of old.
There the most insignificant child in
school becomes a person of import
ance. Each boy is a future presi
dent—each girl a future president’s
wife. So it is today—what must it
have been many years ago when the
only things the children had to go to
for amusement were ‘spelling matches’
and ‘school breakings!’
Some years ago, the story runs,
Mose McDonald was a boy just so
wild about school breakings and spell
ing matches as his son “M. C.” is now
about the Sandhill fair. An “exhibi
tion” as it was called, was a thing
to be prepared for and talked over
for weekjs beforehand. And they
were some preparation, too! ’Twas
then, possibly, the mothers made the
boys their new suits that were to last
a year. ’Twas then the boys took the
leather they had tanned to the neigh
borhood shoemaker and had the shoes
made that were to last them for the
season. For you are to understand
that the “McDonald Store,” that was
to furnish so many commencement
shoes, was a thing of the future. Pos
sibly the nearest place farmers could
have gone to buy shoes would have
been to Fayetteville. At any rate,
instead of getting store shoes, young
McDonald took his leather to a neigh
bor to have a pair made and he had
dreams of getting a very stylish pair
of shoes. Indeed—he saw himself as he
hoped others would see him—a hand
some, young “Mister” McDonald, a-
walking around attracting a lot of at
tention and demanding the admira
tion of all in his new suit and his
new shoes.
The neighborhood shoe-maker was
very rushed and young Moses did not
get his shoes until the night before
the big day. They were wonderful
looking shoes, but when he tried them
on he found to his despair that the
shoe-maker had made a mistake and
made one of them on a number six
last and the other on a number five.
The tragedy of it was that Moses foot
was decidedly a number six foot and
absolutely refused to go into a number
five shoe without a great deal of pro
test. But as Moses had decided to go
to that commencement some time be
forehand, there was nothing else to
do but put that foot in, protest and
all and in it went. He was a deter
mined young guy even then.
Of course his. mother made various
suggestions^ as to how he might wear
his old shoes or even go barefooted,
but the boy scorned them all. He’d
had visions of himself at that “school
breakin’ for quite a spell and those
visions included neither a barefooted
Moses nor yet one that was in an old
pair of shoes. For the first time
that Cinderella story didn’t seem
quite so foolish. He could have
dispensed with a toe or a heel him
self without grieving so much. And
his mother being a wise woman, said
no more. So Moses went to com
mencement, shoes and all—clothed,
but scarcely in his right mind.
They drove to the school grounds in
a w^agon and by keeping his foot prop
ped up high it didn’t hurt so bad, but
that was one day he wore a pained ex
pression on his usually pleasant face.
He was of the “grin and bear it”
type, but his grin was rather sickly.
He kept hoping that when the exer
cises began he might forget his foot
but no such luck. All day long he
hobbled from place to place or sat
under the arbor with his foot propped
up. When he should have been get
ting inspiration from “Mark An
thony’s speech, or “Lincoln’s Gettys
burg Address,” he could think of
nothing more elevating than heels and
toes. Even the dinner was taste
less. Anyone that is subject to corns
will understand that.
At last the day was over and they
started home. Once in the wagon he
ea&ed off his shoe but the pain for
a while was worse than ever, tears
would come. Right then he develop
ed a great sympathy for all Chinese
wolnM;
Thus was spoiled for Mose McDon
ald a “commencement day” But after
all he remembered that day when he
forgot the others.
P. S.—I didn’t hear whether those
shoes were ever worn out or not.
Fourteen silos were built by farm
ers in Buncombe County in the fall of
1925.
RIWANIS REPORT
ON LAW SYSTEM
ANOTHER LINK IN
CAROLINA CHAIN
Picquet Takes Over Theatre At
Hamlet, Formerly Known As
Hamlet Opera House
Not Enough Positive Attention
to the Details of
of Law
The meeting of the Kiwanis club
Wednesday was given largely to the
report of a committee to inquire into
the gossip that has been going about
jn the county concernnig various
phases of law enforcement. The re
port presented said:
“The committee appointed by the
president to investigate certain re
ports concerning the operations of the
law enforcement off^icers of the County,
holding minor offices, together with
the system under which they work,
beg leave to report that they have
found the investigation no small task,
this being caused by the fact, that in
many instances, the records appear to
be incomplete. It appears that un
der the law, the Justices of the Peace
are required to make detailed reports
to the Clerk of Court, before each
term of the Superior Court (Crimi
nal) and to pay over the fines collect
ed by them to the County Auditor.
We find that in some instances, no
reports have been filed with the
Clerk of Court, for several terms of
court, and that some of the Justices
turn their money over to the County
Treasurer, some over to the County
Auditor and some of them turn the
money over to the Clerk of Court.
Charles W. Picquet, the man who
“brought the show business to this
country with him,” recently closed a
deal whereby he becomes the man
ager of the Hamlet Opera House, to
be known henceforth as “Carolina
Theatre, Hamlet, N. C.
He immediately put a force of
workmen on the job remodeling the
place, which when finished will have
all the refinements belonging to a
metropolitan theatre of the first
class.
His plan calls for a ladies’ reception
room, with maid in attendance, gentle
men’s smoking room, public telephone
service, sanitary drinking fountains,
and many other appointments not of
ten found in theatres outside the lar
gest cities. Employees in every ca
pacity will be selected for previous
known efficiency and courtesy.
Any town fortunate enough to in
terest a showman of Mr. Picquet’s
calibre is to be congratulated. In
addition to many other important
posts, he is President of the Motion
Picture Theatre Owners of North Car
olina, having been re-elected unoppos
ed at their Annual Meeting held a
short time ago.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their many gifts and
kindness shown us in the illness and
death of our husband and father, W.
H. Chestnut. May the Lord*s richest
blessings rest on them all.
THE FAMILY.
Thirty-five scrub bulls have been re
placed and 21 pure bred animals
brought into Jackson County during
the past summer. .
Page Trust Company
Assisting Land Owners
Last spring the Page Trust
company undertook to increase
the tobacco crop more particular
ly in quality than in quantity, by
the employment of Archie Tapps,
who was engaged to help the
farmers in the selection of their
seed, in preparing the plant beds,
the ground for setting, and in car
ing for the crops all the way to
the finished leaf on the warehouse
floors. The results were so good
that the crop is an excellent one
and the price promised to be above
the average.
That led the banking company
to plan a further scheme, which
is to interest landowners in of
fering to possible renters suit
able land for increased acreage
in tobacco. The growing de
mand for cigarettes has made a
good market this fall with a pros
pect that more Sandhill leaf can
be absorbed, and with the success
that has come to the tobacco men
who have conie to Moore county
from other sections the Page
folks believe more new men can
be brought here to utilize the un-
u«ed acres. The company is will
ing to lend its influence to this
thing, and it invites landowners
to inform it of what they will do
in providing land if the company
secures farmers.
Its arguiiieiic is that idle land
returns nothing to its owners,
but that cultivated land produces -
a crop worth possibly $150 or
more to the acre will help toward
a high degree of prosperity for
the whole neighborhood. At
least the Page influence is will
ing to try to put this project
across if the land is to be had.
As the project is outlined there are
no strings to it, no schemes to sell
BASKET PICNIC AT
CAMERON HHI
AIRING WATER
AT NEW PLANT
Forest Wardens and Members of
Board of Conservation and
Development Participate
The annual basket picnic by the
Cameron Hill Community in Harne;t
county has long been an event loo iced
fonvard ^o by all the people of a wide
area in and around Johnsonville town
ship. Thi' year the festive cv*ca-
sion will be held at the Camt'ron Hill
church on Saturday, September 18.
There will be singing and speaking
and at 12:30 P. M. a basket lunch.
“Nuf said.’’’ Everybody knov|^ the
best cooks in Eastern Carolina arc
in the sand hills of Harnett County.
This year District 3 of the State
Forest Service is giving a picnic joint
ly with the Cameron Hill C.)mmunty
in celebration of the comjiletion of
the Cameron Hill fire lookout tow’er
which the cooperation of the land
owners of the regio.i made po.ssibU*.
At 2:00 P. M. there v/ill be speakini^-
at the tower. Members of the N. C.
Department of Conservation and De
velopment and many forest wardea-s
and their families will be prseent.
Everybody welcome. Get a fine
view from the tower and renew old
friendships. Cameron Hill is near
Pineview in Harnett County.
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SEABOARD AFTER STONE
Officials of the Seaboard Railroad
have been at Carthage and with Colin
Spencer looking into the character of
Moore county building stone, and they
took away with them a number of
samples which they will test out as
material for flag walks at stations and
elsewhere. They have taken some
building stone, half a dozen different
types, which they will submit to the
men who handle the building and de
signing of structures. They were
much pleased with what they found.
Southern Pines Has Expanded
System to Further Purify
Supply
It is said that North Carolina is
making more progress in raising the
standard of water and milk supplies
than any other state of the Union.
The State Health Department is en
couraging the towns, big and little, to
establish better types of water plants
and dairy equipment, and rapidly the
new work is taking hold. The aim is
to get rid of typhoid fever, tubercu
losis and other diseases that are com
municated by contaminated water,
milk or other food commodities.
Southern Pines is one of the most
active small towns of the state in
this work. Recently a fine new water
plant was installed, and this week it
has added the initiative of L. L.
Hedgepeth, the superintendent, a sys
tem for serating the water after it
has been cleared by filtering and cos-
gulation of all suspended foreign ma
terial. The plant was built origi
nally by White, of Durham, and is a
model, but Hedgepeth decided to in
stall the aeration system to get rid
of occasional gassy odors that are
found at times in any water that
comes from running streams that
flow through forest areas and picks
up falling leaves and organic mater
ial. He installed a pump that forces
all the water through a group of whirl
ing nozzels that will deliver 600 gal
lons a minute, and that water is spray
ed in fine mist in the air, and all
traces of gases removed.
State officials have been down to
look over the operation of the sys
tem and it is likely it will be reconw
mended to other water supply sta
tions. It is believed this puts
Southern Pines in advance of almost
any other small community in the
country in the perfection of its water
purification system. Mr. Hedgepeth
IS a product of State College’s Chem
ical Engineering departm.ent, as is:
his assistant Cyrus 0. Butler, and
State is making special effort to pro
vide trained men to carry on the work
the State Health Board is outlining
for the higher standard of health in.
North Carolina. From the coast to
the mountains calls are coming to
s ate for more men to go out to the
towns that are establishing water
plants of this modern type.
VASS-IAKEVIEW
SCHOOL OPENING
Prospects Very Bright For Ban
ner Year. Wonderful Co-Op-
erative Spirit In Evidence
On Monday, September 6, the Vass-
Lakeview public school opened its
dooio for its regular eight month’s
session. Already the students, about
300 strong, have assumed their var
ious tasks with a remarkably good
spirit in spite of the fact that a num
ber of changes have been instilled in
the organization of the high school de
partment. The changes are due to
the new plan arranged by Dr. John.
Henry Highsmith for all the high
schools in the state. According tO'
this plan, fewer and fewer subjects
are allowed in the school curriculum.
Formerly four years of foreign lan
guage and four years of mathematics
have been required for high school
graduation but now only two years of
foreign language and only three years
of mathematics are permitted.
There are several advantages in this
new system. More time is afforded
the pupils for study in school and for
the use of the school library; less en
ergy will be used in changing from
one subject to another and therefore
more fresh energy will be available
to every pupil in the preparation of
the few subjects studied and greater
thoroughness in the work of pupils,
and teachers may be expected.
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