VOLUKE
THE
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NUMBER
!s a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North C^itblina
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IHE PILOT PRINTING COMPANY. VASS, N. C
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1927.
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SANDHILLS SIXTEEN SINGERS
MAKES SIX VICTOR RECORDS
Information from the Victor Talking Machine Company,
at Camden, New Jersey, notifies the Sandhills Sixteen that the
records they made for the phonograph when North a few weeks
ago have been acceptable, and all six of the records will be
manufactured on a large scale for distribution to the trade.
This is an unusual success, as the acceptance of the entire list
shows about as complete a high class performance as can be
accomplished. It is expected that the records will be on sale
at Hayes’ store in a short time as well as all over the world.
REV. M. D. McNEILL
of Cameron, will preach at Union
Church, Sunday, Aug. 21, at 11 a. m.
WATER ABUNDANT
AND EXCELLENT
MILLER SPEAKS ICOVERED WAGON
TOKIWANIANS PLAYS RETURN
j
! Charlotte Editor Refers to Per- j The Great Western Epic at
s. s. CONVENTION
HELD AT CAMERON
Class of *26 Have Reunion and
Other Cameron News of
Interest.
sonal Factor in Industry
and Business
Southern Pines and Pine-
hurst This Week.
^luihern Fines System One of
the Best in the
State.
The Kiwanians met at the Civic
Club in Southern Pines for their
weekly luncheon, where they listened
to an unusual address. Dr. McBray-
er introduced the speaker for the
day, Julian Miller, editor of the
Charlotte News, who brought a real
message to the Kiwanians and as
Dr. Dickie expressed it preached one
One of the things that was consid
ered seriously when the Pine Needles
Inn was projected at Knollwood was j,est sermons that he had ever |larity.
Still the picture of pictures—still
a novelty for the theatre going public
—still the greatest epic of the West
—“The Covered Wagon” has been
re-issued and is about to start out
on its second great sweep of the
American continent, thus starting to
rival that old but ever new picture.
The Birth of a Nation,” in popu-
DR. D. N. McLAUCHLIN
of Norfolk, Va., who will preach in
Vass Presbyterian Church the fourth
Sunday in this month.
TOBACCO OUTLOOK
BEST EVER KNOWN
Moore Cj'Vf ly Sunday con
vention was larg-ely attended, and
every one seemed to enjoy it. Th«
speaking was good. Mr. Sims told
us the way to reduce taxes, stop
murders, and all other crimes, boot
legging, stealing and to clear the
penitentiaries was to attend the Sun
day Schools. More than that, he
proved it. All denominations of
Cameron and community with hearty
co-operation, came with full baskets
and served an elegant and bountiful
dinner. Also, we had good music.
Southern Pines Baptist won the
pennant, with Union Presbyterian
church second. The Convention will
meet next year with Union.
Quality and Prices Keeping Up
With the Big Pro
duction.
the water supply, and the more it was | listened to.
considered the more satisfactoiy it i |^|j. Miller spoke of the chan^ng
proved to be, for Pine Needles is to I conditions, especially in this caun-
be hooked on to the big 12-inch mains jtry, that has compelled business men
of ilie Southern Pines system run- recognize the necessity of em-
ning from the pumping plant past
the new hotel direct to the storage
tanks on the hill at Weymouth
Heig'hts, This gives Pine Needles
th«r first chance at the entire water
supply of the system, for it is near
est the pumping plant, and on the
principal delivery pipes to all the employer and employe and that not- jand 1,000 Indians from six different
bodying the personal element and to
some extent the spiritual in modem
business intercourse and transac
tions.
He emphasized the fact that the
modern business man recognizes the
The record for “The Covered Wag
on” of 65 weeks in New York, 23
weeks in Boston,, 22 weeks in Chi
cago, 30 weeks in London, 6 weeks
in Paris and so on right around the
globe is a record for a picture never
before dreamed of and never since
touched. Is it any wonder that it is
1 still called “th^ picture of
all time?”
With its 500 prairie schooners, 100 '
brotherhood of man spirit between < horses, 600 oxen, hundreds of actors
rest of the territory served. A 12-
inch main with pressure enough to
put water over the top of the build
ing with a strong delivery at the
nozzle of the hose is one thing. An
other is the abundant supply of wat
er all the time, the capacity of the
pumping plant, which is sufficient
for three times the present needs of
the territory served, and the large
reserve of water in the reservoirs at
the plant, and the much greater re-
withstanding the tendency to depend j tribes, it is still one of the largest
largely on machinery for about every
thing We do, the personal element is
BION H. BUTLER.
The sudden advance in cotton and
the strengthening in tobacco with
the announcement of the short world
crop, and the increased demand for
cigarettes, have given to the Sand
hills country such a stimulus that
the optimist is once more the ac
credited prophet. ‘The opening of the
Southern tobacco markets strength-
jens the belief that tobacco prices
I this fall are to be better than last
jyear, a matter that gives the Sand
hill tobacco grower much encourage
ment. This is particularly true when
the quality of the leaf is considered
this summer, for farmers say the
still the principal factor in business.
He quoted Roger Babson who has
recently stated that unless we em
body the teaching of the “Sermon on
the Mount” in business our business
will put us all in Hell.
Mr. Miller caused his address with
a fine tribute to the late James B.
Duke who in his later years had a
serves at the storage basin up the jkeen realization of the spirit of the
creek, where about three years' sup- New Testament, as regards the
ply of water is held in custody. j brotherhood of man, and who wished
It is hard to imagrine conditions for ^ remembered not as the head of
many years where the community
could be short of water unless the
plant should break down, and that
is difficult to conceive, for duplicate
a great tobacco trust or the builder
of a giant power trust, but as a bene
factor who gave the bulk of his for
tune for the uplift of his fellow Car-
pumps are at the plant, one driven olinians in a spirit of brotherly love.
p!L,fr tte I CARTHAGE MAN APPEALS
Caitohna Power Company and the wAWMU'nQ
other by an enormous gasoline engine |
ev.r presented to a motion picture
audience section, in quality as well as
J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson, j Q^^^*^t;ity, and they are expecting
Ernest Torrence, Charles Ogle, Tully that will compare with some
Marshall, Alan Hae, Guy Oliver and
John Fox are the principal players I Considerable has been said recent-
and who will ever forget those de- |ly about developing the tobacco in-
licious comedy scenes between Em- dustry of the Sandhills, and the
est Torrence and Tully Marshall and i movement has reached the place
the masterly acting of that juvenile, 'where it appears to be running of its
John Pox? Those who saw it on i"s jown momentum. The area in tobac-
original visit can well afford to see jco this summer indicates that bright
it again but those who missed it that ileaf is esiablished as a staple and an
time cannot afford to miss it again! increasing crop, and from the inquiry
The Pinehurst Theatre will again for land for next year the signs are
be re-opened for this special engage- jthat next summer will see a bigger
ment on Friday night, August 19th, .crop. And this all points to a leaf
and the picture will be repeated at | market of considerable importance in
Southern Pines on Saturday night, jthe Sandhills. One thing that will { their outstanding loyalty, co-
August 20th. ihelp this consummation is the action | operative spirit and class unity, and
of the growers. If they will stand | expressed a hope that the reunion
The class of 1926, Cameron High
School, celebrated its first reunion
on SatAirday evening, August 13th,
with a delicious three-course dinner
served in the Lakeside I*in, Lake-
view.
The members of the class met at
the lake about five o’clock and spent
a delightful two hours reviewing
school days, swapping experiencots,
making kodak pictures, bathing and
boating.
At seven-thirty the attractive din
ing '•oom of the Lakeside Inn, wMeh
had been reserved and decorated in
the class colors, was opened and the
guests found their places at the beau
tifully decorated table by dainty
place cards' in the class colors.
After the guests were seated Mas
ter James Clyde Kelly, Jr., mascot
of the class, gave a toast to which
Miss Ethel Dou^l/bss, p^e^ident of
the class, responded with a few well
chosen words.
A delicious dinner was then serv
ed, consisting of fried chicken, cream
ed potatoes, butter beans, hot rolls
and butter, iced tea, fruit salad on'
lettuce, ice cream and cake.
The president then called the roll
of the class and ecah member re
sponded with an interesting sketch
of his or her experiences and achieve
ments since graduating. Mrs. J. L.
McGraw, teacher of History, gave
some recent history and reviewed
quite a few old and interesting*
“dates” of the class to the delight
of all.
Prof. J. Clyde Kelly, in a short
talk to the class, commended them
which can drive up to the tanks on
Weymouth Heights more water in a
few hours than the towns connected
with the system use in two or three
days.
As the system is still new it was
decided a few weeks ago to flush out
the receiving pipes that bring water
from the dam to the pumping plant,
and also to wash out the reservoir
a-bove the dam as more or less or
ganic matter has been settling in the
pool since the dam was built and the
water began to collect. So the gates
at the bottom of the dam were open
ed and the water flowed through for
two or three days, lowering the level
in the surface the pool a. foot and a
half or so, and thoroughly washing
<*tit the sediment that had been ac
cumulating. In that time a great
deal more water was wasted than is
used by the towns, and with the daily
supply to all the customers, and the
waste for the period the water sur
face was lowered so little th^t it
would take months to drain the dam
entirely and leave no supply there.
Then when the gates were closed
»gain the pool began to recover its
Wei, showing that the inflow of wat
er in the dry season that hlis pre-
'vailed all summer is enough to rap
idly regain all the loss that has been
Carthage, N. C., August 10, 1927.
Mr. Editor:—I feel so much inter
est in the success of the Cotton As
sociation in North Carolina, that I
have thought for some time that I
would write you a letter and ask you
if you would be kind enough to pub
lish it in your paper.
BOY SCOUT EXECUTIVE iby the local markets the buyers will
WINS ARCHERY PRIZE ibe glad to concentrate in this section,
ultimate policy will be dry-
James W. Geeslin, Boy Scout exe- jijjg houses, and other establishments
cutive, of Greensboro, has been |for preparing the leaf for final ship-
awarded the prize offer^ by the ment and use, and here will become
Archers' Company of Pinehurst, in j assembling center that will not
the form of a free trip to the Na- j afford facilities for the complete
tional Archery Tournament at Bos- j handling of leaf, but which will stim-
ton, Mass., August 23 to 26. In win- | ^^te the further production of Sand-
ning this prize Mr. Geeshn has done types of tobacco.
When I think of the fact that all some of the best shooting that has distributed influence of tobac
business enterprises are organized j ever been done by a Wortn Carolina
except farmers I am really astonish- man
ed that a great number of farmers jwas 538.
will not join the Cotton Association. | North Carolina will have a large
I have never seen but very few men | contingent of archers at the touma-
who do not say that the Cotton As- ment. Fourteen altogether are ex-
sociation is a good thing hut still i pected to leave over land Wednesday
they hesitate to join. It has gone morning. They are as follows;
through five years and has establish
ed to the world a record for honesty.
The men who have directed the af
fairs, including the board of direc
tors, have done everything in their
power to benefit the agricultural
class. The board of directors who
are men of known business ability
and standing in their respective com
munities, have practically given their
time and their services in an effort
to better conditions of the cotton
grower. Now dnce the cotton is out
at the hBMdB of the farmers it-hss
advanced to the prices of nearly M
cents and with a government esti
mate of only about thirteen and one-
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Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Rounseveele,
of Pinehurst, who are sponsoring the
trip; Harold Rohm, of Pinehurst;
Miss Mary Alice Patterson, Manley;
Miss Frances Bowles, Pinehurst;
James W. Geeslin, Greensboro; Gar
land Alderman, High Point; Mrs.
Garland Alderman, High Point;
Owen Bice, Chimney Rock; Dan
Lewis, Pinehurst; Stephen A. Doug
lass, Greensboro; Robert Hubbard,
High Point, and Scott Robinson,
Greensboro. ^
Dr. O. G. Barker, of Asheville, is
also expecting to go, but will make
the journey by rail.
Archeiy has made rapid strides in
)een uuuc growing is to be observed. It is
and his best American round 1 ^ ^ n
“ * o V confined to any one small area,
but in all directions from Raeford to
West End, from Cameron to Carth
age, up and down Little River, on
Drowning Creek and in the intermed
iate communities- fine crops of to
bacco are now going in the bams,
proving the adaptability of the whole
Sandhills range for the crop. The
old peach lands appear to be the fin
est kind of tobacco soil, and if the
land that has served its uses for
peaches can now be put in some other
equally profitable crop the outlook
in the Sandhills is exceedingly good.
Wherever tobacco has been en-
thnisiasticaly backed uq by the peo
ple t>f the whole neigidborhood much
pvofit has resulted, Wilson, Kinston,
Winston-Saleni^ Durham and other
iplaces ai» sufficient evidence. It
looks as if the Sandhills can do as
well in this respect as any of the
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might be an annual affair. This met
the hearty approval of the class and
a mo-ion was carried to have the re
union next July 4th in the Cameron
High school building. The class thten
gathered around the piano for a few
old time melodies and closed with
Auld' Lang Syne.
Of the 18 members of the class the.
following 15 were present: Misses
Ethel Douglass, Minnie Cameron^'
Ola Frye, Saidee Bodgett, Cjleti^,
Jackson, of Cameron; Miss Edi^a
O'Briant, of Durham; Miss . Ethel
Phillips and Mrs. Edna Handcock^
and husband, of Raleigh; Mess^}.
Wade Collins, Tom Smitl^ i Charlie
Smith, Edwin Gilchrist, ; Heywood •
Snipes, of Cameron; and Currie Spi
vey, of Guilford College; Prof. and.
Mrs. J. Clyde Kelly and son, James
Clyde, Jr.; Mrs. J. L. McGraw and
daughter, Harriet, of Cameron.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Johnson and
children, of Raleigh, were callers last
week of Rev. and Mrs. M. D. Mc-
NeilL
Mrs. Laura Rogers and daughter.
Miss Lula, spent a day last week
with Mrs. Carl Gulledge and Mrs.
Ben Gulledge, on Rt. 2.
“ Mi«s .Mollie McKeithen, of Aber
deen, sflent Sunday mght with: Mr.
and Mrs. M. McL. McKeithen.
' Mrs. E. M. Borst and daughter.
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