VOLUME
8
THE
PILOT
NUMBER
Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Address all commuDicatioos to
THE PILOT PklMTlNG COMPANY. VASS. N C.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1927
KNOLLWOOD SEES BIG PROJECT AT iM’BRAYER TALKS
PROPHETIC week! JACKSON SPRINGS^ ON HEALTH WORK
, \
New Highway Project Biggest|^natorium For Treating Heart*Tells of Research and Progress
Thing in Years in | Disease to Be Established i Particularly in Tubercu-
Sandhills. At Once : losis
BION H. BUTLEK
Knollwood has been as busy in
the last week reading the tales of
the phophets as ^ny spot in this
community has ever known, and two
or three of the tales that are told
are major prophesies. The big one,
and that is one of the most import
ant announcements since James
Tufts came to Pinehurst, is that the
Midland road is to bei graded to a
width of 60 feet, with a track twenty
feet wide each side of the center,
which for the present will be left for
parking or other uses. This givete
a more ambitious scheme that the
residents of the Sandhills had
thoughts of, and goes b'eyond the
hope of anyone. The reason for
the grade 60 feet wijde is to make
the road from the start as nearly a
perfect engineering job as possible,
and there Frank Page and his en
gineers show their broad sense and
their courage in building on such an
extended base for the future, for in
the past it has been too much the
custom by community and state to
do the thing that would serve the
present and let the future tear up
and rebuild at big expense.
Mr. Page sees that the Midland
road is one of the great prospective
thoroughfares, not only for the com
munity, but as Warren M. Manning
predicted when he drew his plans
for the road, a great highway for
all the country from the North to
the' South by way of Greensboro
and the Sandhills. Were the two
roads to be graded as separate units
the time would soon come when con
nections would be required all along
the two ways, and speedily the pro
ject would have to be rebuilt to make
the grades conform, and work done
now would be thrown away., Mr.
Page sees this, and the highway com
mission have the wisdom to build
right from the start.
Route 702, the highway map calls
thie project, but to the people of the
Sandhills the Midland road will con
tinue to be the Midland road and to
become every day more and more of
a central artery that will serve all
the communities and be built up as
the great and attractive drive of the
resort section. It is not difficut
now to see that the future of the
Midland road is tremendous, for the
remarkable boulevard it will become
will attract the type of residents
and homebuilders that will develop
the groainds lining the road with the
best type of settlement of every kind.
With Pinehurst at one end. Southern
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DONATES TO NEAR
E. COLLEGE (m.
Advice Received of the Gift of
$1,000,000 from the Rocke-
fellow Foundation
Durham, N. C., Dec. 6.—Hon. J. El
mer Long. Chairman of the Near East
College Association, Incorporated, in
North Carolina, has just received ad
vice from Albert W. Staftib. American
Director of the Near East College As
sociation in which Mr. Staub an
nounces a gift of $1,000,000 from the
Rockefeller Foundation for building,
equipment and endowment of the
Medical School of the American Uni
versity of Beirut, at a dinner given
at Hotel Plaza, this evening, in honor
of the presidents of the six colleges
in the Near East, of which the Amer
ican University of Beirut is one.
In explaining the conditions of this
gift, Mr. Staub informed Chairman
Long that $250,000 of the gift is to be
used for building and equipping the
Medical School and may be appropri
ated at any time by the executive
committee of the Near East College
Association with the further under
standing that the remaining $750,-
000 shall be used towards endowment
of teaching in the Medical sciences.
In outlining the plan for bringing
the endowment of the six colleges
comprising the Near East College As
sociation group up to $15,000,000 in
^cordance with the plan worked out
oy the late Cleveland H. Dodge, Mr.
Staub's message to Chairman (x>ng
further states that $6,000,000 endow
ment has been secur^ and that a na
tion-wide campaign is now under way
to secure the $9,000,000 necessary to
lund the assets of the colleges and
put them on a permanemt financial
For some time a movement has
been on foot quietly to organize a
great sanatorium at Jackson Springs,
and this week the backers of the
proposition say the scheme has reach
ed a point where.it is definitely de
termined. The property of the old
Jackson Springs Hotel has been se
cured, including several hundred acres
of land, and for immediate present
the hotel will be remoldeled and fum*
ished, and a place for the treatment
of diseases of the heart will be open
ed within a few weeks. But ultimate
ly farther down the lake on the hill
side near the dam a magnificent new
building will be erected which will
house one of the most extensive things
of its kind in existence.
Heart disease and ailments of the
circulatory organs have been cured
and alleviated for years at Baid Nau-
heim in Germany. Today Bad Nau-
heim is known as th© only real heart
center in the world, and each year
thousands of Americans are sent
there by their physicians.
There is nothing at Bad Nauheim
in Germany for the treatment of
heart disease that cannot be repro
duced here in America. Knowing
this, the greatest heart specialists in
this country have undertaken to es
tablish “Heartease,” th^ only place on
this continent where the famous Ger
man treatment can be given in the
most perfect manner. In this con
nection it is interesting to quote from
a recent interview with one of New
York’s most eminent heart special
ists. He says:
“There is no question but that we
can do everything in this country that
is done in Germany. The Nauheim
Treatment can be given here And it
can be done with even better results.
The fact that our patients do not have
to travel 3,000 miles will make the
American Bad Nauheim a sure suc
cess. We must have such u place—
It is the only way we can meet the
heart situation in America.”
The crisis brought on by the un
checked spread of heart affections in
this country is to be met by the es
tablishment of a Bad Nauheim in
America, in Moore County, North
Carolina, about nine miles from Pine
hurst, upon an extensive estate known
as Jackson Springs, where there are
medicinal springs, the curative prop
erties of which are of especial value
in the treatment of heart disease and
disorders of the circulatory system.
These springs have been famous for
more than three hundred years in the
South-land. i
A journey to the European baths j
entails many thousand dollars in ex
penses besides the worry of travel,
sea sickness, customs inspection and
all and sundry those vexatious exper
iences which only a seasoned traveler
can bear with equanimity. To these
must be added an exhausting railroad
journey of many hours’ duration and
often in undesirable company.
Patients are made worse by such
strain of travel and arrive with their
illness seriously aggravated. And
still more often the similar experi
ences upon the home journey destroy
all the good the “cure” has accom
plished.
To reach Bad Nauheim of America
only a few hours* railroad journey is
necessary and as this can be accom
plished in luxurious Pullman cars the
patient arrives in better condition and
returns home without impairment of
the health the stay at our Bad Nau
heim has given. It can be reached
conveniently from every part of the
United States and has a railroad sta
tion by which the visitor arrives on
the Company’s property. A train
taken in New York at 3 P. M. will
bring the visitor to Bad Nauheim at
8:30 A. M. the following morning.
There will be erected a thoroughly
moldem fire proof (brick and stone)
and architecturally impressive ’ build
ing which will contain the required
number or rooms with baths; a thea
tre with complete stage equipment
for high grade dramatic productions,
motion pictureip, lectures, concerts
and dancing-; a modem and complete
ly set-up clinic with all needed ap
pliances; a laboratory for research
in conjunction with a modem hos
pital especially designed for treat
ment of heiait /disease; a fountain
room where the medicinal waters of
Jackson Springs can be drunk in
the most delightful environment; a
loung« tastefully fumishted for rest
and social intercourse, writing’ rooms,
library and lavatories.
For patients who desire TCrmanent
residence for the waters, baths and
treatment, suitable bungalows will be
erecte'd to be eather rented or pur-
One of the most instructive talks
j ever given before the Kiwanis club
j was that by Dr. McBrayer at the
I meeting at the Southern Pines Civic
I club Wednesday. The doctor has
' long been connected with this line
' of work, to such an extent that he is
i recognized throughout the nation as
lone of the foremost men in heading
I off the grave plague this malady
j presents.
' He told of the organization, on a
• small scale some years ago of a
I group of medical and scientific men,
who sought to limit the ravages of
•the plague, and the help offered by
: some of the universities, with the
[result that a determined and united
!war was begun on tuberculosis, and
today this disease is un^er control
I and the lives saved by the work since
its inception can be estimated at
I well above a million individualsi.
I From the beginning it was a swift
I advance to clinical laboratories as
I well as research to find a way to ap-
iply what the investigators discover-
! ed, and remedies recommended and
I discovered were tried out on small
j animals until sufficient proof showed
that they were suitable to try on
human creatures, and the remarkable
success that has followed the years
of patient digging into the secrets
of this disease have ^id for the
cost of time and money oy taking the
great fear out of tuberculosis, for
it is now under control.
After the study had progressed a
certain distance it was \^en |bhat
children must be saved from its rav
ages, and that has been accomplish
ed very materially, and in doing that
it wase found that undernourish
ment has been one of the chief agen
cies of the hold the disease had on
the children. So to proprly nourish
the children and care for them has
been one of the big jobs of the asso
ciation, and that has brought out
,other things.wtil the work has^p^-
'tended all ovxr the nation and involv
ed the people of every community
and with results.
And this led Dr. McBrayer to thfe
I purpose of the Christmas seals that
.are offered for sale at this season of
the year. Over five million dollars a
'year is now offered by the people for
the Christmas seals, and that money
goes to help with the work of pre
venting disease and for health and
I welfare work. The amount that is
i collected in each community is large-
I ly used in the community, 75 per-
I cent of Moore County’s collections
stopping in this county. Some of
[this goes to help tubercular patients
jwho are in need, some to help in the
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SUBSCRIPTION S2.M
MONTHLY
CLINIC
WELFARE ASSTN.
SELUNG SEALS
To Be Held Under the Auspice; ieventy-Five Percent of Gross
of the Parmt-Teacher f Receipts Remains for Use
Association. j jn County
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LOCAL CONCERN
WANTS TARGETS
Archery Manufacturers Are
Seeking Individuals to Make
Targets of Rye Straw
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The Archers Company, makers of
fine bows and arrows, on Midlands
Rodd, between Pinehurst and South
ern Pines is looking for someone who
raises rye straw to make archery
targets. These targets are now be
ing made in New Jersey by former
manufacturers of horse collar^.
Since rye straw is so abundant in
the locality there is no reason why
these targets should not be made
at home. They are rather a diffi
cult job, but it strikes us that any
one will be well repaid for making
them. Particularly as The Archers
Company can use a steady quantity
of them throughout the year.
The rye straw has to be flailed by
hand so as not to-break the stalks,
but merely to remove the greater
portion of the grain. It must not
be run through a threshing machine.
The target is then made oy sewing
this straw round and round in a
large pad about five or six inches
thick. The finished tar^t is four
feet in diameter and weighs about
fifty-six pounds.
Interested parties are requested to
communicate with Mr. Jacicson at
The Archers Company.
It is necessary that the person who
makes these targets be able to make
t^m at his own place as the Archers
Company has, no space available for
their -manufacture.
CABI> OP THANKS
We wish to tiank onr friends and
neighbors, for their help and many
tfitonghffiit kindnesses om? recent
faBseavenezit. .
J. P. Chappell and famUy.
Last May under the Auspices of
the Parent-Teacher Association, an
experimental Baby Clinic was held in
Pinehurst at the Community House,
where two doctors, the Public Health
Nurse, and other helpfer weighed
measured and thoroughly examined
all babies brought to the clinic. It
was well attended by mothers and
their babies, not only from Pinehurst
but also from other towns, and there
was every intention of holding a
clinic once a month. However, this
intention was frustrated by an epi
demic of whooping cou£^, which on
account of risk of exposure made it
seem inadvisable to bring a number
of babies together.
Now, however, that risk no longer
exists and the first Baby Clinic of
the season was held at the Pineftiurst
High School on the aftemoon of De
cember 1. Ten babiees were exam
ined and for the most part were
found to be in very good condition.
It is well to state at once that the
purpose of the clinic is the preven
tion of illness among babies, the im
provement of their general l^alth.
Suppose, for instance that a mother
thought that her baby was in normal
health but decided to be perfectly
sure and so took him to the clinic
where after thorough examination he
was found to be underweight. The
first step would be to discover the
cduse, the second, to correct it. Pos
sibly it might be a question of diet
in which case competent and au
thentic ad’sice would be given as to
the right kind of food to improve the
health of that particular baby. Or
suppose the baby was not feeling
quite up to par and the cause was
found to be enlarged tonsils. If this
were the case, and if the mother
would return to the monthly meeting
of the clinic, proper watch of the ton
sils would be kept and if it seemed
nv^ct^^sary to i*emove them, the pny-
sician would advise the mother to
that effect.
This brings us to the next import
ant point. The chief value of the
monthly clinic lies in the regularity
with which it is attended, and so a
prize is to be offered to the mother
who comes with her baby most reg
ularly to the clinic, which will be
held monthly at the Pinehurst High
School during the school year. A
record of each baby will be kept, its
increase in weight and in height be
ing noted each month. Therefore
don’t be satisfied to bring your baby
just once, but continue to come and in
this way check up on your child’s
weight, height, condition and general
improvement. Notice of the date of
the next clinic will be given later.
Special thanks are due to Dr.
Myron Marr of Pinehurst, Mrs.
Kelly, President of the Clinic, and
Miss Hilda Merryman, Red Cross
Public Health Nurse, who, although
the Clinic is held under the auspice|s
of the Parent-Teacher Association
and not under those of the Red Cross
or the Health and Welfare Associa
tion, has kindly consented to help
and cooperate in any way she can.
For any further information in re
gard to the baby clinic, apply to Mrs.
H. F. Kelly, of Pinehurst.
Marcia H. Haskell.
The Moore County Health and
Welfare Association is selling seals
throughout the county. Seventy-five
percent of the g^ross receipts remains
with the local association for use in
this county. During the past year
the $368.42 has been used for milk
and hot lunches for undernourished
children, to pay part of the salary
of the Moore County Public Health
Nurse, to maintain some patients at
the State Sanatorium, to help at the
county sanatorium, and to help the
county Welfare Officer with certain
cases, etc.
Its work for the undernourished
child is valuable beyond compare, and
they hope to extend this work until
it reaches every such child in the
county in or out of school. They
have recently provided the Welfare
Officer, Miss tucile Eifort, with a
portable scale so that she may dis
cover the undernourished children in
the homes of the cotanty. They have
also provided her with cod liver oil
for this same class of children.
This organization is making for
itself an impoi^nt and valuable
place^ in the civic life of our county,
and is rapidly becoming one of the
most valuable civic organizations in
the county as well as one of the
most fmitful. It was orig^inally or
ganized by Mrs. Charles R. Whitaker,
at the suggestion of the State TNiber-
culosis Association.
The State and National Tubercu
losis Associations divide the remain
ing twenty-five per cent of the re
ceipts of the Seal Sale, but it will
take another sto^ to tell of their
splendid accomplishments.
The seals are on sale from Thanks
giving to Christmas; the following
are chairmen for the various .com
mittees of the country:
Scnithem Pines, Mrs. H^h Better-
ly; Pinehurst. Mrs. Chas W. Picquet;
Aberdeen, Mrs. W. H. Purdy; Vass,
Mrs. H. A. Borst; Eagle Springs,
Mrs. J. H. Maurice; Carthage, Mra.
R. L. Phillips; Lake view, Mrs. C. W.
Speers; Pinebluff ,Mrs. Walter Mac-
Neill; West End, Mrs. M. M. Mc
Donald; Jackson Springs, Mr. R. G.
Matheson; Cameron, Mrs. J. E.
Snow; Hemp, Miss Virginia Carter;
Farm Life School, Mrs. D. J. Blue,
Vass, R. 1.
See one of these and “Buy Christ
mas Seals and Fight Tuberculosis.”
CANCER CONTROL
North Carolina is joining the other
states in a definite effort to combat
the steadily increasing death toll of
cancer. Dr. H. H. Bass, of Durham
has been appointed director for the
State of the American Society for the
Control of Cancer.
In North Carolina deaths from
cancer have almost doubled in ten
years. In 1914 the total number of
of cancer victims was 821. In 1926
this total had grown to 1,367, an in
crease that placed cancer among the
five leading causes of death in the
State. The point has been reached
where one person out of e/very nine
who. lives to be beyond the age of
forty is dying with cancer.
Cancer is neither infectious, con
tagious, nor communicable. It is
curable* if discoveired in time for
proper treatment. An annual or
semi-annual physical examination by
competent physicians would in a few
years greatly reduce cancer as a
cause of death.
It will be the purpose of Dr. Bass
as director for the state of the
Ameincan Society for the ControB
of Cancer to endeavor to spifeiad
among the people tte known facts
aboi^ this disease which is so stead-
growing year bty year. In ^i«
he will have the • active cooperation
of the St^te Medical ‘ Society and the
State Board of Health. • ■
In thinning the farm woodlot, all
that is needed is to follow Nature’s
plan and advice, states Mr. Graeber.
All the dead, crippl^i, diseased and
over-crowded trees are cut out leav
ing only the strong, straight, thrifty
trees to grow into high class timber.
selmaIemmt
AT PINEHURST
Will Appear In School Building
Tuesday Evening, Dec
ember 13.
Selma Lenhart will be at the Pine
hurst School building, Tuesday even
ing*, December 13th, eight o’clock.
Certain critics, who have heard
the most famous monologists, havie
vant?ured the strong assertion that
Miss Lenhart excels her contem
poraries in the matter of differen
tiating her characters. She has the
dignity necessary for the heavi€«t
parts and at the same tinte is sur
prisingly competent in simulating
lighter characters. It is possible
for her to draw such a mpked dis
tinction between seven or eight mem
bers of a cast that an audience can
easily follow the entire play without
a line of explanation.
Since her fourteenth year. Miss
Lenhart has been doing dramatic
^ork—not common place dramatics,
but dramatics of a type stamping
her as unique in her profession. She
devoted several seasons to directing
and taking leads in plays in her home
city of Pittsburgh. At the same
time she was equipping herself
through private stuidy and training
at the King School of Dramatic Art.
Her first work for the Redpath Bu
reau was done in 1920 when she ap
peared on co>urse which have hooked
such not^les as Katharine Ridge
way, Gfe^y MacLaren. and Strickland
diliilan.
There is enough open land in North
Qarolina now and the best way to
get the supply of wood for the
ter is not to clear up another strip
but to thin out the trees througlioot
t^e woodlot.
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