' ,y ,■ Special- t Ch«iir8 C., every eadach€ yestral:i. t ex*iT!- flta you satisfmc- carrect. d receive child 10 Sanford A. M. to O.-i VOLUME NUMBER ======== —' ■ ' ==?■ £> Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of ~ ' ' ■' » ~~ " ^ iViN " ~ - Address all communications to J.HE PILOT PRINTING COMPANY, VASS, N. C FRIDAY, SEPT. 16, 1927. ' ^ ^Description $2.co COUNTY FINANCES IN Gm SHAPE Situation In Better Shape Now Than Ever in History of Moore County. BION H. BUTLER. I was over in Carthage the first of the week, and when I go to Carthage I generally fall in with folks who want to talk about county affairs. This trip the subject that came up most frequently was the statement of the county general expenses for the past two years and th© budget CHAUTAUQUA AT EUREKA SCHOOL Eminent Educators and Leaders at the Sand hill Farm Life School Four Days Next Week Dr. Carl C. Taylor, of N. C. State College, who will speak at the Farm Life School will next week imunity some of the advantages that present an educational Chautauqua an institution of this sort can afford program which will be an event in \ the neighborhood. The speakers are county educational circles. jail closely identified with educational On Tuesday night, September 20, work, Governor McLean being, of the first number will begin promptly course head of all educational activ- at 8 o’clock in the Auditorium and ities in the State. And no one will for the present year. The statement | continue through four evenings, and resent the classification when Mrs. shows an increase of expenditure in leach program will furnish an oppor- Jane McKimmon is mentioned next the year just closed of over $18,000, jtunity for the citizens of the county in order, for no man needs to be and some of the folks wonder why to hear an address by a speaker of ashamed to give precedence in a bio- AU'i T? T'-r G A incrcase. An examination of the State-wide prominence. The speak- graphical paragraph to Mrs. Mc- Sandhill arm Life Sc ool Tuesday | statement shows that the recorder’s ers for the four nights are as fol- Kimmon. Possibly she has been of night, September 20. court added one item of cost, al-'lows: |more help to the people of North * f\f\£\ |\¥ Tfpf t\iYiZ ' reducing the cost of the su- , Tuesday, September 20, at 8. p. Carolina in her days of public effort IIIK AI 1,11 IIIJ I |j|HI|Y 1 P®rior court by a material figure. ; m., Dr. Carl C. Taylor, dean of the than any man in the boundaries, for Another moderate increase was the graduate department of N. C. State her work has been among the wom- V police, while the court house 'College. en, and especially the women who 1-iiV 1 liLiiTlLiLi 1 I and grounds accounted for another | Wednesday?, Se^ember 21, 8. p. have most needed what she can do material increase of expense. But !m., Dr. J. Henry Highsmith, State for them. Aberdeen Warehouses Look for * largest item was that which pro- j High School Supervisor, Dr. Taylor, who opens the pro- Record Breaker Next vided for the audit of the office of I Thursday, September 22, 8 p. m., gram on Tuesday night is one of the clerk of court, and the indexing |Mrs. Jane McKimmon, State Super- the brightest thinkers in the State, of the work at the clerk’s office. As j visor of Home Demonstration Work, and while he is not a native he has That the tobacco opening at Aber- jthe three items, the court house ' Friday, September 23, 8 p. m., made himself a place in educational deen on Tuesday will be the biggest grounds, the audit and indexing, will IGrovernor Angus W. McLean. work that is enviable, and which is ever known in the county is the ex- be required this year, nor any | The central location of the Sand- appreciated by those who know him. pectation of those best informed as ^ other year, it is seen that these were jhill Farm Life School makes it pos- Dr. Highsmith, the State School to market conditions. The new , temporary items, and it is plain warehouse can take care of about enough to those who will look into 150,000 pounds, which will be in ad- the matter that they were necessary, dition to the floor capacity of the two To take the court house grounds old warehouses. But prophets are first, that cost was entailed by the saying that the inquiries indicate | walks, shrubbery, lawns, etc., which that both old and new will have all .were created around the building af- they can handle on the opening day, ter the excellent plan made by Fran- and that the sales will see the big- cis Deaton. The county got its gest movement of brigiit leaf ever i money’s worth there. That job had recorded in this section. to be done, for it would be absurd ti An interesting phase of the situa- leave the court house standing in- tion is the inquiry from planters at definitely in rubbish and chaos as some distance who seem to have a j was the case after the building was favorable conception of the Aberdeen Put up and before the grounds were market. It looks now as if more to- improved. bacco will come from farther away The indexing at the court house is than at any time in the past, while the biggest item, and if it had been the increased amount in the immed- ^done years ago much money would iate vicinity will swell the quantity ihave been saved. But when Judge handled. An enthusiasm has been Mclver retired from the office he kindled concerning Sandhills tobac- carried with him a knowledge ihat CO, and that has attracted attention had to be replaced in some manner over a wide area. Many strangers and the only way it could be done are expected next week to look over |was by putting in a system of in- the market, and to study the quality dexes that information which for of leaf grown in this section, and years he has carried in his head, for they seem to be of the tribe of Reu- the common welfare of every one ben and of the tribe of Simeon, and having business at the county seat. The index system was for the clerk’s office what the index system is in the recorder’s office, a complete list of titles, and information as to where to find any thing pertaining to the transactions that have taken place in court. Judge Mclver took the court work when the county had but little 'business compared with what it is Schedule of Work for This Fall now, and in a time when indexes had j Is Now Taking Satisfae- 'not reached the perfection that is | tory Shape. < necessary at the present time. As | —■ !the county affairs grew he continued Moore county has started in the his personal acquaintance with them, new year with increased interest. We | and while he acted as clerk he was are not contented with our credita- ■ a mighty capable index. But the ble showing that was established last |time came when he tired of the year. Our ambition and plans are steadily growing burden of the office to hold our place in the sun. Our and he announced his intention of schedule of work for this fall is now , retiring. Everybody connected with taking very satisfactory shape, we j the court house knew exactly what are tighening up our organization would happen when Mclver stepped along all lines, also we are weeding I out. He ^ would have to step in for out some who have not shown the | consultation day after day about rec- proper spirit and quailifying new mem | ords and proce^ings, for had a Solo- bers in their place on account of the I mon with all his wisdom come to the game and fish work being assigned office it would have been impossible Mrs. Jane McKimmon, State Super visor of Home Demonstration Work, who will make a talk at the Sandhill Farm Life School Thurs day, night, September 22. SALLY REMODELS JOHNSON HOUSE Begins on Big Job of Recon struction at Pinehurst Dwelling. (Contiinued on page 2) MOORE COUNTY FOREST NOTES to US We are forced to employ more for him in a long time to gather up people. In the danger fire section of jthe this county we are organizing groups of men in parts of the county where it is possible under the agreement that they stand ready at all times to go and take charge of forest fires on a minute’s notice. These groups are known to the work as “Minute Men.” Moore county has recently under gone a thorough inspection by the district forester and chief forest wfir- den, J. A. D. McCormick. He was very much impressed with the condi- (Please turn to pafire 2) fice. John Wilcox is making a high ly acceptable clerk, but that the af fairs of the office have been indexed makes it possible for him to quickly gather up the thread of affairs, for no man could do it quickly in any other way. Fortunately Judge Mh “will furnish entertainment^ There will be no admission charges. Farm Life School is advancing ma terially under its new relation to the county, its opening term starting off with practically a full house in the various departments, both high school and vocational schools having a large attendance. The attempt to broaden with the Chautauqua pro gram has for its aim to give the stu dents a varied selection of educa tional features on the side with the regular daily instruction, and also to bring before the People of tiie com- for they are doing a progressive work over there that is emphatical ly worth while. It’s surprising how many things a. girl can learn at a boarding school that will never be any use to her. The weight of a woman’s first bak ing is usually equal to twice the weight of the ingredients. If a young man sows wild oats mixed with old rye he is reasonably gure to raise m (iisturbance. I A. B. Sally, who is finishing up the ! Dunlap house at* Pinehurst, one of ithe finest dwellings in Central North I Carolina, this week has started on another extensive contract, that of remodeling the Redfield property which Eldridge Johnson bought in ithe spring before going North. The ! Redfield house is a big and interest- jing old place, being one of the first i large houses in Pinehurst. Besides being large and comfortable and in- jteresting its years have given it the j advantage of a wonderful collection iof trees and shrubbery on its large I space, and that shrubbery is a factor in the remodeling of the building, i Mr. Johnson would probably have I torn down the present house and built a new one, but to do that would have I been to inflict much damage on the trees and plants and he would not ' permit that to be done. I So Mr. Sally is overhauling the in terior of the big house and reshap ing many of the rooms and changing partitions and rebuilding many of the walls, and giving portions of the roof a new design, and when he is through with a cost of sixty or seventy thou sand dollars the Redfield home which has been one of the outstanding homes of Middle North Carolina, will have become the Eldridge Johnson home, still one of the foremost homes of Central Carolina, and also an out standing and interesting feature of Pinehurst. The work will go forward as fast as men and material can push it along, and it will be ready for use possible during the latter part of the season. Pinehurst has made some radical changes which will meet the approv al of the winter colony as well as of the home folks. Francis Deaton has relocated street lines and side walks all over the village, and curbs and gutters have been pushed back farther toward the building lines, giv ing more street and walk room, and street and walk lines have been de- i fined, s|brubb|ery rejocated and : brought out more strikingly, until the whole central part of the village and the main roads leading to the country have been brought oiit in a wholly new dress. Around the Car olina brick piers have been set up to define the entrances to the hotel grounds, and a picturesque appear ance marks that section of the vil lage. All around the village new houses have added to the £p:owing signs. The State has improved the Carthage road, and the road to Greensboro, and also taken hold of the road by Midlands to S