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VOLUME 8 THE PILOT niUPitldC 13 Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Address all communications to the pilot printing company. VASS, N C. last member of BIG TRIUMVERATE Death of James Barber Removes Third of Three Influen- tial Pioneers FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1928. Bion H. Butler A curious coincidence marks the career of three of the most influen tial men the Sandhills country has ever known. James Tufts, James Boyd and James Barber. These three men followed each other, possibly not knowing one another, each in his day possessed of an idea that was very similar in its fela,tion toward the new country to which they came, each working out his plans without, perhaps an expectation of its ulti mate magnitude, and each leaving behind him an impulse that has been of decisive force in the creation of the interesting community that these Sandhills resorts have become. James Tufts came first, with a commendable project in mind of helping humanity. His plans were not as adaptable as he had hoped, but they were based on such a broad foundation that he initiated something that he had not intended, yet which has been of mar velous power for that thing which he aspired to accomplish, the brighten ing of life on a wide scale. James Tufts is the father of one of the foremost recreation and vacation plans ever put at the disposal of man kind, a healthful, wholesome, inter esting outing field that has gained the admiration of the world. The structure that has arisen on his foun dation is still growing higher and wider and more substantial, and no one can guess where it is destined to reach yet, but no one doubts that the future is irfinitely ~ anything that has been attained so far. James Boyd followed. He came to find that thing which James Tufts had proposed, a winter retreat where enjoyment and comfort were to be had amid the most agreeable natural surroundings, and James Boyd saw into the future as James Tufts had done. James Boyd proceeded to add to his limited holdings by the pur chase of land that looked good to him, and like James Tufts he died leaving behind him the possibilities of a great expansion along the lines that have made Southern Pines and Pinehurst. James Boyd gathered the territory that has made Weymouth sir- SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 ?<OTRN PINES ll* ^^SmOPMENT Country Club Is Planning for Another 18 Holes and Large Expansion JAMES BARBER, PROMINENT SANDHILLS CAPITALIST, WHO DIED SATURDAY, FEB. 18 (Please turn to page 2) Archery Attracts Folks To North Carolina The last two or three weeks has seen a number of archers coming to the Sandhills; men who have made excellent records with the bow in many parts of the country. Wallace Bryant, former United States champion, dropped in to South ern Pines unexpectedly about two weeks ago, and bought the Ivy Cot tage after he had been in town less than 12 hours. Mr. Bryant not only is famous as an archer, but is also a noted portrait painter. George Nichols, from Chicago and Los Angeles, has moved to Greens boro with the North State Engraving Company. Mr Nichols was almost rai-s ed on archery as while he was a boy lie used to watch his father shoot in tournaments in and around Chicago. Mr. Nichols taught Mrs. Phillip Rounsevelle, of Pinehurst, to shoot, while he was staying in New Orleans, and most of the credit for her record breaking scores can be accounted for by his excellent instruction. William H. Palmer, Jr., of Phila delphia, recent national champion and recent president of the National Arch ery Association, came down for a niore or less extended stay, and is the ?uest of the Rounsevelles in their cot tage on Midlands road. Last Spring Mr. Palmer made a new record, shoot- at a tournament of the Mietro- Politan Archery Association, when he won the open mertopolitan champion ship. MOORE COUNTY iMIDLANDROAD FARM LIFE FARM NOTES: WHIRRING ALONG EXPRESS THANKS Lespedeza Should Be Planted Everything Active From Pine- Gratitude Expressed for Aid on All Southern j hurst to Southern Pines Coun- j Given to School in Fire Farms try Club and Knollwood Disaster One of the biggest projects in this section in a long time is that which Irving Johnson has fully mapped and ready for early construction in the expansion of the Southern Pines Coun try Club, and the complete revolution of golf in that neighborhood. The plan starts with a new club hoUse, the increase of the number of holes by another full eighteen holes, and by a miniature eighteen-hole course, which is something of an innovation in golf circles, but nevertheless a big fea ture. 'At the present the club facili ties consist of one eighteen hole course and one nine hole course. The new plan will have two eighteen-hole courses, one nine-hole course and the miniature eighteen-hole course. The new club house will be moved farther to the east and made larger, and the area of the Country Club enlarged by the addition of such acreage as will carry the grounds practically to the old Ray Mill property on the Bethesda road, from there past the Morrison home to near the Grover comer and from there with the Weymouth prop erty lines to the present lines of the Country Club. All of that fine ridge and rugged land east of the present links will be brought in, and in addi tion to the construction of the new holes, roads will be built through the club territory, intelligently planne^d by a skillful engineer, and the roads will connect the various parts of the club, and also be utilized as ap proaches to a considerable number of building lots th^t will be located throughout tl^ club grounds wh^ire the fairv/ays not occupy the ai Some time ago J. N. Powell secured a considerable amount of the stock of the club, and later F. F. Travis, of New Jersey, also bought into the or ganization. These two with the other stockholders have concluded that the golf facilities of Southern Pines need expansion, and for some time they have been working on the project of adding the needed room and also to plot some building sites that might be sold to help defray the expenses of such a pronounced increase of golf accommodations. With this end in view the directors first decided on the zale of additional stock to provide revenue to help carry on the work and the two-fold incentive of the bene- Agricultural authorities everywhere agree that lespedeza has no equal as a combination, pasture, hay and soil building crop. The use of alfalfa, red clover and other legumes that require lime should be encouraged, but when the average Southern farmer decides to improve his soil, especially on a large scale, lespedeza should be his first choice, because it does not require lime, in oculation or any special preparation. Practically all our soils are already inoculated for their clover and it will make a pretty good growth on prac tically any of our soils. It is one of our clovers that reseeds itself very satisfactorily, making the seeding cost per acre cheaper than any of the legumes. As a part time or perma nent pasture mixture, no other le- gfume can even approach lespedeza. When mixed with carpet and Dallis grass it affords excellent grazing from early spring until late in the fall. Those who tried this combination last spring were highly pleased with re sults obtained. One acre of pretty good low grround in this combination is sufficient for one cow. Telling the story of the unfolding action in the Sandhills is a good deal like the old Jewish chronicles when you move forward a few verses and read that another forty-and-two thou sand were slain in another battle. Each week in the Sandhills some new advances stand out like the creation of a new world in our miniature way, and the stage is set by every advance to make the next one simple and easy. The big thing this week is the plan for the enlargement of the Southern Pines Country Club, which is told elsewhere in this issue. Out toward Pine Needles the land along the road (Please turn to page 3) BABY CLINIC TO BE HELD IN PINEHURST. The monthly baby clinic under the auspices of the Parent-Teachers' As sociation, will be held on the after noon of Wednesday, Maich 7, at 8 o’clock at the Pinehurst High School. (Please turn to Page 3) Likes Sandhills Better Than Any The superintendent, eachers and students of Farm Life School wish to (express their gratitude of the many expressions of friendship and good will which have come to them from all over Moore County and the sur rounding section since the fire of Jan uary 21. We feel very grateful to all of the individuals and organiza tions for their interest and help. Had it not been for the immediate aid of- , fered from many sources, it would , have been impossible for the school I to continue its work without consider- I able loss of time, as it was, this co- ' operation kept us from losing a single day. We feel especially indebted to j the fire companies of Carthage and ! Southern Pines and to the American One of the interesting sales of! home sites was made last ^eek whenj Arthur Newcomb sold one of his Pine-1 hurst lots on the Midland road to i Charles S. Stroud, of Biddeford, Me. The location is next to Charley Ma son’s house near the fairway of No. 2 golf course, and Mr. Stroud expects to build there this summer The strik ing phase about this transaction is that Mr. Stroud, who is a golfer, has played golf all over the United States, from Florida and California to the North and Saat, and has included Europe and nearly any other place that has golf in prominence, but he (Please turn to page 2) (Please turn to page 2) Vass To Have Water System The Town Commissioners on Tuesday awarded a contract to Dowdy & Butler for an eight-inch deep well to supply water .to the village of Vass and vicinity The work of drilling is to start at once, and the contractors will be here in a day or so with their biggest machine, one capable of drilling a 12-inch hole 1,500 feet deep. Not that this size is neces sary, but it means that the ma chine is dupable doing what is to be done, and doing it qiilclily and welL (Please turn to page 2) Toxin-Antitoxin For Diphtheria Dr. Symington, county health offi cer, is prepared to administer the toxin-anti toxin treatment for the pre vention of diphtheria, and will visit the schools for this purpose at an early date It is the purpose of the board of health to make his service available to all the children in the county without charge, so that this much-dreaded disease may be stamped out. When this is done the schools can run with out the interruption and confusion that always result when a case of diphtheria is reported in the commun ity; the children and their parents, will be relieved of the dread and ap prehension, and the community and the county as a whole will be saved from considerable loss. We trust that every teacher and every patron of the schools will use their best eiforts to make this a 100 per cent undertaking. It will be a source of much satis faction to parents, and to the children themselves, to know that they can attend church and Sunday school, or any other public gathering without fear of diphtheria, and it will be a fine thing if we can begin our next term of school without any thought of diphtheria, knowing that every pupil IS immune. A* B. CAMERON, Secy. Board of Health.
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