VOLUME
8
THE
PILOT
NUMBER
18
Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory l<^',prth Carolina
Address all communications to
THK PILOT PRIVTING rOVfPANY. VASS N (.
FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1928
SUBSCRIPTION S2.C0
CONTEST FOR
LOWER GRADES
Contests Will Be Held At Car
thage Graded School Build
ing April 13.
Seed All Gone;
Orders Ad Out.
The following letter is published
to merely show the value of advertis
ing in The Pilot:
“March 27, 1928.
“The Editor,
^ 1, • • 4- n 1 ^ Editor of The Pilot.
The following intellectual contests «v N r
will be held in the graded school
building at Carthage on April 13,
THE TREES OF
BY J. McN. JOHNSON.
MOORE COUNTY
Chapter 1.-
“Dear Sir:
Which Must Serve As A
Foreword
When I had almost made up my
mind to write a Treatise on this sub
ject I first asked my friend through
1928, at 2 p. m. Everybody interest-L. ^ writing to ask you to please
j ^ discontinue my ad for cotton seed as
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Every school may enter each nura- , ® vertised in your
ber or as many numbers as may bel^Pf'’“ hun-jthe medium of the county papers to
desired. Different pupils will have d” t -Cleve-1 advise me of the wisdom or nnwis-
to be selected for each number as “ Boll Cotton Seed for sale, dom of the undertaking. The first
several contests will be going on at ® i aPP^oach me on the subject
orvio fiTYiA .most three hundred bushels. How-1 had this comment to make: “What
the same time.
First grade-Silent reading from a wth orders, | do you want to do that for?” And
standard test. Dramatization previ-i®"^ and | the first comment of another friend
ouslv worked out by children from ^ ‘nquines commg every day. , was this: “Well I sympathize with
blind selfish owner who sees in the
destruction of the trees by fire as
only the loss of so many paltry dol
lars.
Another friend—and a real friend—
has given me pause with this ques
tion: “Have you thought of the fact
that a teacher cannot impart knowl
edge that he does not have himself,
and are you certain that you are
well enough acquainted with your
subject to become a real teacher.”
Th’s is really a troublesome question.
fcJlDHILLS-FROM
HALF MILE UP
Folks See Wonderful Picture of
the Interesting Com
munity
story reading by them. Any number i commend your paper for you.” These fr ends are really not j and one that in all honesty I must
, , rp- T -i. o • i. getting results through its ads.
of children. Time limit, 8 minutes. | best wishes 1? am
Points in judging: Interpretation,! ’
... I “Yours very truly,
enunciation. | ^ HUTCHESON,
Second grade — Silent reading, 4. i ^ c. j * ^ •
standard test. Game, illustrating phy-| Eureka Cotton Seed As- forward m greater numbers, and ex-
sical exercises, 5 minutes. Points in^ s»<=>ation. .tended me such a glad hand I can
SO hopeless as are indicated by these
stunning comments, and after some
discussion had kinder things to say.
Besides other friends have come
judging, physical interpretation, lead-. ^ . \TrkIIII f O riF'fT
ership, team-work. Any number of x/l^|l|-||l I V I.H I
children.
Third grade—Silent reading, stand
ard test, spelling-written, 25 words
from Mastery of Words Book II.
Fourth grade—Silent reading, a lyiodern Establishment Practi- -
procedure. Story read by pupils. —ii-. a 1 r»_, very joy of the work. My second
NEW HOSPITAL
well afford to overlook these first
rebuffs.
Answering the abrupt question of
my friend as to why I want to make
this tabulation of the Trees of Moore
County I must admit that my first
reason is a selfish one—^this is, for
Questions on story answered by pu
pils in writing. Points in judging:
Accuracy in thought-getting.
cally Assured By Duke
Fund Aid
reason is that I know of no more
useful manner to spend my declining
years than in trying to instill what
have for trees into
young.
^ ... C--C « The meeting of the Kiwan’s Club, . , ^ ,
Fifth grade-Arithmetic, subjects carthag* Wednesday marked one'fhe m"nds Tf the
addition, subtraction, multiphcation, 1 ^ ^ «
division, a procedure. Examples ty^-i^oore CoLty, for unless some mis-i- «■■■•
written. Answers in writing. One’. interferes it was nracticallv' ®
subject is to be completed before an- determined that a fine new hospital: h ’“r''®
other .-s given. Definite time. Pomts vicinity, i Z Zt
In judging: Speed and accuracy. beg-'n in two orj--.. tn nro?<! fhi> nnw»r« thut hp
Sixth grade: Story reproduction, a ^his information was “f
procedure. Story is read to pupils.' g. B. Chapin who is one ^ fl,:1ffrrttr ZesfTs!
Pupils reproduce story in wr»tmg leading contributors toward the efforts for forest pres
within 15 minutes. Points in judg- movement, and who has been active
ing: Paragraphing, punctuation, sent- ^ number of others in pushing
ence-structur.. it through. Mr. Chapin announced ^
Seventh grade-Spelling, 100 words foundation, with moneycontemplate God s
from Mastery of Words Book II, j^e' handiwork in the wonders of the for-
^.Titten. Rec-tations, time limit 8 ^25,000 to be though I own no property rights
minutes. Declamations, time limit 8 3^3:,^ble as soon as the community ^ ‘^e woods—than to be the poor,
minutes. Points in judging: Manner subscribed $125,000 additional,
answer in the negative.
But if I do not know my subject I
copy what other men and women have
said that do know the subject, and
in copying what others have said I
become no more a plagiarist than all
botanists have been since the Great
Linneaus opened the great door to
Botany that had been closed since
Adam and Eve sported in the Garden
of Eden, for they have all copied
Linneaus.
In my present un|dertaking I shall
make free to copy the works of
other men and women, but I shall
g^’ve them credit wherever it is
practicable without interfering with
the description of the trees I am
discussing.
Of these botanists I shall give Lin
neaus the first place. Probably the
next most important author for the
purpose I have in mind is a lady,
Julia E. Rogers, who wrote “Trees”
for the Little Nature L'brary. Then
I am indebted largely to Professor
Sargent, and others, not forgetting
John Weir, a self-educated man, who
I would a thousand t’mes rather be I is probably the most useful botanist
the United States has ever produc
ed.
of delivery, interpretation, enuncia
tion.
All grades—Writing. In each con
test requiring any writ’ng, the best
specimen will be chosen.
Committee on primary contest:
Misses Monroe, McLeod, McCallum.
Committee on grammar grade con-
BION H. BUTLER.
Sixty years ago in Breckwayville,
Peensylvania, I had two boys com
panions, John Chilcott, now a resident
of Southern Pines, and Fred Lane,
who at t^mes drops down here to see
us and stay a few days in the com
munity. Fred has been with us re
cently, and while at my house this
week he was interested in the many
flying machines that are from time
to time to he seen. On one occasion
while he was with us flying was active
at Fort Bragg, which adjoins our
place, and one Sunday afternoon we
saw a group of four planes flying to
gether over the house, and a little
later a group of three. Fred lives in
Pennsylvania on the route of the New
York and San Francisco air mail, and
there he sees the planes flying over
head on their way from ocean to
ocean. He was therefore concerned
when he heard that at Pinehurst is
Mr. Yost, and old mail flier from the
Pennsylvania division of the New
York to Chicago route, and he thought
he would run over to Pinehurst to see
the Pennsylvania neighbor.
At the same time at the house was
Miss Abce Hasty, of Maxton, who
comes over frequently to visit my
daughter, Helen Butler. The girls
wanted to go to Pinehurst to look at
the golf tournament and to see the
peaches and to catch a glimpse of the
Pinehurst crowds at this busy season.
So Fred made a third one of the
party, for he has always been looked
on by my young ones as a member of
the older generation of our family.
The three went to Pinehurst. When
they got over there and fell in with
Yost the first thing they knew they
were talking about flying, and the
next thing they were in his b'g plane,
It IS true that most of his work, ^^d scurrying down the field in the
rise to the air.
An hour or two later they came
home, and if I can believe them they
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and he said that all of the $125,000 i
subscribed as quickly as possible, and
he asked the Kiwanis membership to
join with the hospital committee to
gather up the money. He was as-
^ ^ sured that an effort would be made,
tests: Misses Shaw, McCrumen, Me- ^
META LILES, Pres.. ™ «**ort time.
ANNIE HOWELL, Sec.
was forthcoming except about $11,000. j ANNUAL MEETING JAMES BARBER’S
■" ■" *° * N. C. S. S. ASS’N.; WttL IS FttED
Will
Held At
C., April
11 and 12
have discovered the Sandhills from
a view point that gives this section
an entirely new interest. None of the
three had ever been off the ground be
fore, and for a brief period that ex-
per'ence was exciting. But presently
Concord, Big Holdings Go to His Famiiy ^discovered that a flying machine
10, Through Trustees Condi- as smooth a way of travel
• tionally discovered, and then
jthey began to look out the windows
at the new world they had entered.
Seeing the Sandhills from the air
_ Two or three sites for the building xhe N. C. Sunday School Associa- The will of James Barber has been
nf TCle- have been discussed, but it is prob- tion will hold its annual meeting at filed at Carthage, and d'scloses the , . . , , „
nwfrv TeX« able that a location offered free by Concord, N. C., April 10, 11 and 12. facts that the big estate goes to
Pinehurst, between the Carthage and We are very anxious to have a large family chiefly, his son, Edward J. i ^ expenences. ey sai e
over the dairy farm and then circled
two or three times over the golf
courses where this week the big tour
naments are in progress. Down be-
THE new PEACH RATE Midland roads about half a mile j^yj^^er of delegates from Moore Barber, and Oakley Wood being trus-
STAYS BUT STARTS MAY 10 ‘ east of Pinehurst will be chosen. attend this meeting. The cost tees to carry out the provisions. Her-
* i Tentative plans were shown at thej^jjj small as you w'll be giv- man Goldman, of New York, is the
A letter from the State Corporation ; meeting of a mighty attractive build-p^^^ entertainment free of charge. ‘ attorney in New York, and Johnson'
Commission to Hon. R. N. Page, says|ing that will not only be modern, but| The meeting will he moi;e than ^ & Johnson, of Aberdeen, are the local ^ hundred other famous women
the rate oh peaches from North Car-j in every possible respect wi worth your time and effort and yoUjS omeys. 'golfers were carrying on one of the
olina to distant points goes as was‘modem that few hospitals now exist-j^re entitled to go if you are inter-] Mr. Barber gave bequests to some national matches for which Pine-
ordered not long ago, but that in or-I ing will be as strictly in keeping with ested in Sunday School work. relatives and friends, but the estate famous. From the sky it
der to allow the roads time to make ! the new one that is about to be start- j asking each county or town-' is left almost in bulk to be handled
arrangements to handle the traffic the ed. It will be equipped with every- ^ Sun-1 by the trustees until the death of his
date for the rate to take effect is _ . • i
changed to May 1 instsead of April 28. proved, and it will pay especia a
The letter notes the order that reads tention to diagnosis as well as to
as follows: | treatment of disease, and it will un-
Upon consideration of petition filed dertake to carry along surgical work
by the Georgia Peach Growers’ Ex-1 on the highest basis,
change, and of the record \n the above The intention is to have the hospi-
entitled proceedings: tal under the management of a capa-
It is order. That the order entered ble hospital man, open to reputable
in these proceedings on February 14, physicians from aH the commun ty.
th’ng that modern methods have ap- School people and take them to 1 son, at which time the trust shall end.
at least a part of this program. When | The income from property is to be
you are there please let the chair- ^ apportioned among the children and hundred players were on the
man know that you are from this the widow. | various courses. Far more than that
looked as if creation had turned out
to watch the progress of these games.
Crowds followed the players from tee
to tee. Cars filled the roads. Two or
county.
There will be
some nation-wide
seven
The document was made
years ago and signed in the presence
1928, by which rates, estimated
weights per package, and minimum
carload weights were prescribed for
application on fresh peaches, in car
loads, from points in Georgia, North
Carolina, and South Carolina, to des
tinations described in said order,
which was by its terms made effec
tive on April 20, 1928, be, and it is
hereby, modified so as to become ef-
^ And it is further order, That said
order of February 14, 1928, aball in
all other respects remain in full, force
and effect.
By the commission,
fective on May 10, 1928.
GEORGE B. McGINTY,
M tMV
and in every way provided with
every thing that can be helpful in the
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speakers and Sunday school workers!of friends in New York. While Mr.
present, so please try and hear some Barber did not leave any large sums
of them when you have the privilege as legacies to beneficiaries it was be-
to do so, and th’S is your best chance, cause he had anticipated things of
4. that sort in large gifts before h's
I cannot urge you too strongly to ® • xu*
, . .. T death, his distribution in this respect
attend this meeting, so I am asking | » J* . „
you with the greatest hope and de- amounting to a great deal of money.
sire, that you will make a special
effort and respond to this worth while
TRANSFORMATION OF THE
“OLD MAIDS” AT MANLY
You cannot afford to miss seeing
Prof. Makemeux transform the ®ld
maids of “The Old Maids Association
into flappers at the Ma|^
ity Clnb fcolMiiiK H»rad»y night,
April 12, 8t 8:00 o’cl^
PiMceds for the benefit of t
Ladies’ Au»B»ry. Admission 36
and 20
call. Please let me know by return
mail that you are going to attend
this meeting.
F. M. DWIGHT,
Pres. Moore Co. S. S. Ass'n.
More than 100,000,000 r^bit skins
were imported into the United States
during ttie past yew. Which indi
cates that more seal and sable coats
than uawd are to be worn*
During his life time he was a man
of open hand, but not one who made
much noise about his gifts and dona-
many spectators followed each pair
of contestants.
Over the Carolina, over the village,
over the peach orchards now in full
blossom, thousands and thousands of
trees, a wonderful spectacle of bril
liance, over the farms, out the old
road toward Southern Pines, witii the
crowds of people moving restlessly
back and forth, looking for all the
world from the sky view point like a
string of ants on its daily aimless
tions. In th^ Pinehurst section he mission. Over Monte's little Italy
has been generous, and in New York
and vicinity his dispensations are of
importance. Some of tiie big institu
tions of the city are possible largely
by reason of Mr. Barber^s* liberality.
ETOlution is said to have produc
ed a kind of weasel & Louis
iana, but the critter is not likely to
cross the Mississippi.
lake and farm, over Jimtow^ over
Southern Pines, up on the Weymouth
ridge with the wonderful view of the
great artillery range of Fort Bmgg
which is just beyond Southern Pines
village, glimpsing the Seaboard fast
trains just coining Into the Southern
Pines station, on <^er the Mid Ptees
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