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Address all communicatioDB to
IHE PILOT PRINTING COMPANY, VASS, N. C
FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1927.
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
VETS URGED TO
CONVERT POLICHS
The Necessary Formalities Must
Be Carried Out Before
July 2nd.
To American Legion Posts,
Department of North Carolina:
I am sure all leggionnaires and vet-
trans in your commiinity will be in
terested to learn of the opinion of
one of the largest old line legal re
serve insurance companies in the
country as to the value of Govern
ment Insurance, in connection with
which your attention Is invited to the
attached copy of an advertisement of
that company which has been ap
pearing in various magazines and
newspapers throughout the country,
during the months of May and June,
1927.
They might also be interested to
leam of the opinion of Government
Insurance as expressed by the As
sociation of Life Insurance Presi
dents, a copy of a resohition of that
organization being also enclosed.
In other words, those who are real
ly well informed on Government In
surance, all agree, that it is the very
EARLY DAYS IN
THE SANDHILLS
The Beginning of Pinehurst, .Which
Is Now One Of The Outstanding
Winter Resorts Of The South
By HON. ROBERT N. PAGE.
Blue’s Crossing with its turpentine still, saw mill and a store, the
property of Mr. N. A. McKeithen who had bought out Mr. Malcolm Blue,
who was the first resident of the locality, began to attract new business, be
came a municipality, with a drug^ store and a hotel, felt itself worthy of a
better name. Larg’ely because of its native Scotch population the name of
^ Aberdeen was selected and the name of the post
uffice changed. Its early population was largely
Blue, McKeithen, Page, and then J. McN. John
son, druggist, not lawyer, came upon the scene,
he too, was a Moore County Scotchman and
seems ever since to have been perfectly at home.
About 1888 the first iron rails were laid on the
Page logging road, running west toward Pine
hurst, superceeding the log tram road. At first
and for some time its sole freight consisted of
logs for the mill located on the creek, and cars
of lumber from the portable saw mills that had
been placed up in the present locality of Pine
hurst. For some time it was not a common car
rier. As the timber was cut, gradually it was
extended west until in the early nineties West
End was reached, so named because of a considerable time it was the west-
best life msurance protection that j terminus of the road. It was then duly chartered by the State and be-
can be obtained, and it is earnestly
hoped that between now and July 2,
1927, (the final date), every ex-serv
ice person, in your community, will
at least be afforded an opportunity,
through publicity of your own Post,
to make application for reinstate
ment and conversion.
Remember: There is no armistice
came a common carrier, known as the Aberdeen and West End Railroad. The
long leaf pine belt extended for miles in the same direction, and besides a
vast territory without transportation facilities. Gradually it was extended
and every day brought train loads of lumber and turpentine to the Seaboard
at Aberdeen; in the middle nineties it had reached the town of Asheboro in
Randolph County, 56 miles away and become the Aberdeen and Asheboro.
At Asheboro connection was made with the Southern Railroad. This was
so operated, with branches connecting Troy, the county seat of Montgomery
County, and Mt. Gilead in the southern end of that county, this branch go-
nith death; reinstate your Govern-from Biscoe. Another went south from Candor to the village
•nent Insurance NOW. j Ellerbe Springs in Richmond County, until 1911, when it was sold to the
J. S, PITTMAN, I Southern, who now own and operate it in connection with their Ral-
PROMINENT VASS MAN DIES
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
This entire section was sad
dened this morning by the news
of the passing- of J. R. (Bob)
Thomas. Mr. Thomas had been
in bad health for several months,
but in the past few weeks he
had shown much improvement,
and his death came as a shock
to this community.
Up to the time we go to press
funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Mr. Thomas is survived by his
wife and six children. Particu
lars of his death will be given
next week.
MOORE COUNTY
FARM NOTES
Urges Farmers to Grow More
Com on Fewer
Acres.
Regional Manager.
Reproduction of an advertisement
of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company of New York, appearing in
various magazines and newspapers,
May and June, 1927:
C 0 M P A N E E—’t e n-shun!
When Uncle Sam mustered his
irreatest Army and Navy to fight
overseas, he arranged to supply every
eigh-Charlotte line. In the late nineties, Mr. John Blue constructed what is
now the Aberdeen and Rockfish railroad, from Aberdeen, east to Raeford and
ttcV’Hv. * ** «hoy»* und small manuffieturin^,
or repair enterprises to Aberdeen, while the new and increased population
made possible schools and churches.
Railroad building beame epidemic
in the setion. The Tarbell Lumber
Company constructed, at first a tram
from their mills in Aberdeen, south
west by Roseland and across Drown-
one in Service with life insurance at i Creek into Richmond County,
LESS THAN ITS COST to the gov- j terminus being Craigrownie,
emment—a lower rate than could be {what is now the Derby orchard,
offered by any life insurance com- i tram was superseded soon by iron
pany in America. The Government , ^ locomotive. This road was
had no taxes to pay and made no chartered by the State, and its am-
charge for overhead expenses. ibition was to build to Troy, the coun-
More than 139,000,000,000 of in- jty seat of Montgomery. It served its
surance was taken by 4,500,000 serv- ‘ ^ lumber road, and when the
A TREAT FOR
MUSIC LOVERS
Moore County Growing More Com.
Moore County needs to grow more
com but we need to grow this com
on fewer acres.
There *are three things that farm
ers can do to increase their com
yield. First, carefully select and pre
pare the soil, second, plant good
seed, and third, fertilize properly.
We are conducting several demon
strations this season, stressing bet
ter fertilization, better preparation
of land and better cultural methods.
The purpose of these demonstrations
is to show the importance of heavy
fertilization in increasing yields per
acre and thus reducing the per bush
el cost.
An abundance of com on every
farm is essential, for the mainten
ance of the necessary livestock re
quired in a well balanced farm pro-
DEVELOPMENT ON
DROWNING CREEK
Eldredge Johnson Beginning a
Big Scheme of Forestry
and Rural Work.
ice men and women. After the war,
holders were invited to convert them
into policies on a level premium, le
gal reserve basis such as is employ
ed by Americans large life insurance
companies.
But, UNFORTUNATELY, many
policies were allowed to lapse. And
now the officials at Washington,
GRATEFULLY Jtem<embering the
way the Government was supported
m time of need, offer veterans a
FINAL CHANCE to restore PRO
TECTION TO THEIR FAMILIES
with life insurance at rates BELOW
ACTUAL COST. All service men
and women who lapsed their term
policies may have their insurance re
instated by the payment of one
month^s back premium when accom-
j:*anied by a certificate of good health
which any physician may give. Or
they may now take out smaller pol
icies at the same special rates. But
--the NECESSARY FORMALI
TIES MUST BE CARRIED OUT
BEFORE July 2, 1927.
One of the common misconceptions
in the public mind regarding life in-
i^urance is that lapsed -policies are a
J^ource of profit to insurance com-
mnies and therefore are desired by
Faculty Members of Conserva
tory of Music to Appear
In Dinner Concert.
(Continued on Page Three.)
ABERDEEN STARTS
NEW WAREHOUSE
The Prospective Crop Makes
More Floor Space Press
ing Necessity.
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the EUREKA DISTRICT
ELECTION IS CARRIED.
The election to enlarge the Eureka
school district was carried this week
the advocates of the Thi®
means the enlargement of the dis
trict, and the material strengthening
<jf the school.
lumbering was finished was tom up
and scrapped. About- the same time
a railroad builder, a Mr. Brown,
started out to build a railroad from
Southem Pines to Fayetteville, in
stead of a private enterprise, he sold
stock to various and sundry, mostly
maiden ladies and widows having a
bank account. He actually graded
the road bed out some distance from
Southem Pines, evidences of his work
still can be seen on the road leading
out from the Highland Pines Inn to
Mr. Grover’s, the present road using
the old road bed of the Brown grade.
After a few months the road build
ing ceased, Mr. Brown took his de
parture and the trusting ladies took
their loss and soon the Southem
Pines and Fayetteville Air Line was
a memory. In justice to Mr. Brown
be it said, the general understanding
of those who knew most about it was
he left no richer than he came. It
was merely an ill conceived dream.
With the growth of the lumber
manufacturing came a diminition of
the volume of Naval stores, each
year saw the cutting of vast areas
of timber; millions upon millions of
feet of the finest pine timber the
South had was converted, during the
eighties and early nineties, into lum
ber and distributed over a wide area.
Wholesale people from all the East
ern markets constantly had their
representatives in the territory, and
a train load of lumber a day from
the one station of Aberdeen became
the rule.
The prices, quality considered were
ridiculously low, so low ti»t few
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The management at Lakeview an
nounces the appearance of mem.bers
of the faculty from the Sou hern
Conservatory of Music at Durham in
a dinner concert program Saturday
evening, June 25, from 6:30 to 10
o’clock in the Lakeside Inn dining
room at Lakeview. Announcements
are being sent out this week ta all
music lovers in the Sandhills.
The program promises to be a rare
treat and as yet all the numbers have
not been decided upon definitely, how
ever, enough is given here to afford
a good idea of wh*ii it will be like.
There will be instmmental selections
by Mrs. Max W. Bryant, violinist,
with Miss Mary Todd, pianist and ac
companist. Vocal selections by Miss
Louise Cook, contralto soloist, with
violin obligato by Mrs. Bryant, Mrs.
Max W. Bryant will also appear
alone.
The musicians mentioned above are
noted and popular in the Conserva
tory and over the State as well.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Turner are ar
ranging the dinner service and will
be glad to reserve, upon request,
places for dinner and at what ever
time person or persons would like to
be served. Dinner per plate, $1. ,
Conveniences are being planned to
care for those who will be in the
park to come upon the veranda and
enjoy the concert.
It is the intention of the Conserv
atory to put on a program each or
every two weeks, should this first
event prove successful. It all de
pends on tMs first program and the
thing to do Is come to the concert
Saturday evening and in that way
start a movement in tliis territory
that wfll mean more and better nunric
for Iht pMfle.
Aberdeen is starting a new tobac
co warehouse which is to be ready
for the crop that is now shaping,
luid which promises to be the big
gest ever raised in the Aberdeen
belt. The warehouse is financed by
local capital, with G. C. Seymour at
its head. The building will be 60x
2j0 feet in size, located on the east
side of the two railroads, and easy
of access from all roads.
For some time the growth of the
tobacco crop has been encroaching
on the warehouse facilities of Aber
deen, until it was determined that
more room must be had, and when
Mr. Saunders, who runs the present
house suggested that the citizens
build another one to help care for
the busine^ the proposition was
promptly taken up in earnest.
The crop this year is bigger in
acreage than was ever planted be
fore, while the condition is better
also, and the expectation is that pos
sibly the amount to be marketed
will run up to four million pounds.
This cannot be handled with the old
facilities, and as the Aberdeen folks
have concluded to take care of the
tobacco industry but one way was
left for them to proceed. So the
new building was begun, and it is
moving along swiftly. The building
has already been leased for five
years to J. H. Warren, of Burling
ton, who is described by Saund
ers as being a hustler, who will get
business, and as every body knows
that Saunders is a real tobacco
man there is no doubt that sharp
competition between the two houses
will bring the business.
The cigarette men want Sand
hills tohacoo It seems, for it is said
to m particularly good mater-
BION H. BUTLER,
One of the most important projects
undertaken in Moore County is now
underway in that section of country
between Drowning Creek and Horse’s
Creek, south of the clay road from
Pine Bluff to Markham’s bridge, on
the farm which Carl Buchan during
the winter sold to Eldredge Johnson,
of Philadelphia. Mr. Johnson has
planned to make the 1,600 acre tract
an agreeable place to live whenever
he wants to go there, and in plan
ning he was laid out his schemes on
a broad basis, and one that will have
an influence in the entire Sandhills
community.
While the place has about 500 or
600 acres of land in farming condi
tion, that area will continue to be
farmed but farming will not be the
main purpose of the property, nor
will it be eximnded as a farm. On
the contrary the farm will be a rath
er secondary affair, and will be con
tinued to help make the place attrac
tive as well as to produce a crop. J.
B. O’Quinn has been, engaged as farm
manager, and he will have probably
15 to 20 tenant farmers, who will
undertake to make of the farm as
good a farm as is possible. The land
is good and Carl Buchan raised ex
cellent crops there until he sold the
place to Mr. Johnson. Mr. Buchan
continues with the property, now as
general manager. Knowing the place
he will lend all his influence toward
making it a good farm.
But beyond that the main purpose
of the property will be to develop a
friends can find pleasure in stayiiig
for a longer or shorter period, and
there is where the interest in this
proposition will be apparent. The
land lies well on the north side of
Drowning Creek, and much of it is
covered with growing young pines
and other forest trees. It is adjoin
ed by similar land and similar for
ests, owned by men able to follow
Mr. Johnson’s example in developing
the forests, which will be one of the
first things attempted. W. F. Cook,
for a long time with the J. Van Lind-
ley orchard, has been appointed game
and forestry overseer, and Mr. Cook
will be charged with the task of im
proving the condition of the forests
and of increasing the native game
inimals on the big acreage.
Mr. Cook will begin by planting
rees wherever there is room for
.h^m, and chiefly the kinds will be
such as are native in the Sandhills,
for fortunately here are found such
a variety of desirable trees that it
is needless to look elsewhere for
much to supplement native stock.
The pine tree will be the chief tree
for the higher grounds where the
pines flourish, and in the wet lands
the poplar will he given all encour
agement, for the poplar tree is a
valuable timber source. Oaks, hard
woods that will thrive, maples, and
everything that has a value will be
stimulated. Especially will black
walmit be depended on, for here is
a tree that grows well in the sand,
and which comes along fast, and
miakes a lumber that always brings
high prices. Then it can be looked
to for a crop of nuts with great reg
ularity. The forestry plans will be
worked out as fast as possible and
the work pushed along.
With tfie development of tree
growth Mr. Cook will pay much at
tention to the multiplication of wild
life on the place, and in this it is ex
pected that owners of property ad
joining will help. Deer, turkeys,
quail and other game animals are
fairly plentiful now on the ten or
twelve thousand acres of land in tlie
neighborhood. It will be the inten
tion to increase the numbers by pro
tecting the wild life by a scheme of
shelter that is borrowed from Penn-
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