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VOLUME 8 THE PILOT NUMBER Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of NoS?%r<irolina Address all communications to hk pilot printing company. VASS N C FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1928. Q ♦iSCRIPTION S2.C0 Asking for Subscriptions To the New Hospital At a meeting of about 70 represen tative persons at Pinehurst Tuesday an organization to carry on the hos pital plans was formed. While money enough has been subscribed to go ahead with the work it is desired to gather in a few thousand more, and a board consisting of the following was given the matter in hand to carry on. D. A. McLauchlin, G. C. Sey mour, S. B. Richardson, Leonard WEST END WIU H. H. Pry Writes On Forest Week Praises J. McN. Johnson on His Work —Keeps Pile of His Letters. Uli kllT} fl¥TniiT¥nn¥T¥%Ti People doubtless will wonder why MAKE FURNITURE I “ *he gov. emment for the protection and prop- Force Starts Work on Big Railroad Yards-Aberdeen RAILROADS MORE Va r agation of the forest. I will say first , „ . V on l^annans Build Plant for that because the practice and knowl- I In Spite of Higher Labor Costs that is to come with the big new ic- Th'ngs are breaking wide open at Aberdeen. The Seaboard has its en- nw^¥^¥n¥nmTm mi^¥¥7 ^ineer, L. N. Riggan, on the ground rrrll lriNI NflW tracks * iv/iiJi 1 J. X 1V/ ? f three-fourths of a mile long for the new storage yards for the icing plan New Industry In County. edge of forestry up to the present time has been very meagre. Service Much Better at Same Price. The traveler ing plant that is also to be built at once. Sutton Brothers, contractoi^ of Jacksonville, moved their equipment 4. •C' J i-i- Scientific farming, animal husban-i _ _ XT r. • c w , , . dry, geology, botanv and manv other! At the Kiwanis dinner Wednesday on the ground Monday, and are ready Tufts, W. H. Cume, S. B. Chapin, | ast few weeks has noticed a group of [scientific subjects have been given Pinehurst Country Club, John 'to throw dirt today. They have a big John D. Chapman, Harry Vial,,n^w buildings not far from the sta-, Reserved and necessary place in the*^®"^®^» Engineer of Main- steam shovel on the job, and their Struthers Burt, Jackson ^yd, U. L.,tioii and there has commenced an m- public schools and colleges, so much'^®^^^^® Cen-^ string of camp cars with their hands. Spence, H. F. Seawell, Robert N. ^ dustry that promises to be of import- t^at they need not to be always Railway system told the audi- , They will have the job ready for the Page, A. S. Newcomb and George ance in the county. The Sandhills before the public by request and re-! ence some of the problems of rail-1 summer’s shipment of peaches. Their Maurice. i company of which J. B. Von' minders of their importance from the! reading. Mr. Neubert has to keep in | work will provide room for 392 cars, An effort will be made now to col-1 is president and Fred Von!fact that they have been taught in lect further subscriptions, and these Cannon secretary and manager, has public institutions as a part of the may be given to any of the men above ' establ'shed itself there, and is al- I educational system, but as everyone or to any bank, in any sums, big or, ready turning out beds of high qual- knows the subject of forestry in its little as it is desired to have the 'n- ity and in considerable numbers. Mod- true sense is a comparatively new etitution a community hospital, in ern machinery has been placed, and study and practice. So far it could!nearly half a billion dollars. As it j This work will have to be pushed which all will be interested. The hos- 25 hands are at work. This number be termed as an “unreporteJd battle”kakes more than a million dollars alas rapidly as men and machines can pital will have 40 to 45 beds, a class will be increased to two or three manned by a small army of people, | week to carry on his department it j carry it on, and it will mean the A institution for wh’te and colored, ^ times that many, which will have an considering the area that is demand- and open to everybody. ^appreciable effect on the activity of ing attention. These are some of The committee above named will thriving commun’ty. j the reasons that a week each year has extend the subscriptions, and at a The Von Cannons are not new to|*^®en set aside for “Forestry Week” later meeting will consider plans for West End industry where they have The department is asking everybody fjjing the enoromous increase of the construction of the building, of business for many years, and t to do something that will improve,' wages, which is the great cost of ope- which more will be known in a short the outlook is that they will create, protect or propagate a part or any j mating any big industry, and the sec time. ! parts of the forest. Assist nature inj I (Please turn to page [rebuilding the waste places made [/\IAT T llfAAn H/l A 1T17C! 8rreedy commercial industry IVllULL W UUU 1t1 Upper Moore Man I % demon of the forest recoi,!- ^ ~ , ed as “Forest F’res.” The State Con- DECIDED RECORD passes Thursday servatlon and Development is putting shape the second largest railroad in and shifting facilities. The site i« the world, and to maintain his road i half a mile south of Aberdeen, the in such condition that it can with ex- | yard on one side of the track next pedition, economy and promptness j the creek, the icing plant to be on handle yearly a business that earns' other. will be seen that he has no small job i greatest activity Aberdeen has seen on his hands, a long time. Mr. Neubert spoke of the problem the war laid on the roads. The big (Please turn to page 2) Archers Company Runs Two Shifts. Investments There During the Winter Exceed Every thing Known. I on a campaign along these lines this | High Falls Section Saddened by the, week. We are asking everybody to This Week Death of A. B. Brewer. do something, especially give it your thought and consideration. Every body can be careful with fire. We ask Starts on Program of Seventeen Hours a Day—Demand for the New Take-Apart Bows. SOUTHERN PIN! TALKS OF FUTURE Chamber of Commerce Meets Seaboard Advertising Rep resentative. tions at Knollwood Heights to Mr. Sutherland by Mason & Gardner, the total of Knollwood locations for the On Thursday evening, April 12th, this t^ be your first duty. Plant trees, I So great has been the demand for With the sale of two building loca- j a gloom was cast over Highfalls by i both ornamental and commercial, take, bows and arrows and particularly for the sudden death of A. B. Brewer, a j care of the ones that are here, plant the new take-apart bows with jointed widely known citizen of this section, and prune the trees around your handles and the fine target arrows His death occurred early in the after-1 home, on the roads both publ'c and which are made out of old vii^'n season reaches eighty-one, which is noon. It was reported that he went private, don't forget the public growth Carolina pine at the Archers not a record for the community in its to the post office and called for his ! grounds of your school-houses and Company at Pinehurst, beginning volume and value, but is likewise a paper, and had gone out to the book-1 churches. You doubtless will never Monday of this week the Guild shops surprise far beyond the expectation keeper’s office to read his paper j see them as large and well developed will go on two shifts a day. of the most optimistic. The man hold' when death occurred. His health i but someone will be benefited by our Sales are almost three times the enough to predict fifty transfers there; had been decl’ning for sometime, but j work. Remember that the world is volume of business over the corres- was looked on as a prophet without I seemed to be in his usual health un- not coming to an end just because we ponding time of last year. As the any great foundation for his hopeful- j til the end. ! will soon be transferred to the other capacity of the shops have been taxed ness, while many folks doubted if; God saw fit to take him from this shore. Other people will take our to the limH since every piece of twenty-five could be placed. But j earthly life to receive his well-earn-j eighty-one ^s the total at this writing, | ed reward of eternal life in the | (Please turn to page 2) ! (Please turn to page 2) and negotiations are proceeding with'land where there is no night and no! others, and it is now believed that i death. His departure was like the ^ ^ • before another season opens half of | life he lived, beautiful and happy and X3ollHrS TllC JPrlCC all the sites on the ridges above the his beautiful life will be long remem- £ JD T Pine Needles that were plotted and bered ! Oil 2,200 ACVeS 01 BarDCr LanOS prepared for market will have been He was horn January 12, 1861, be-' . . • x i • u • ^ a taken. The attitude of the people j ing 67 years of age at the time of There is no m.stakmg the bus-ness property and move forward wth de- and the community toward the Pine j his death. He was the son of Tyr- qualities of Edward Barber. A opm Needles area has changed from one j rell Brewer who went to the war of coulple of days ago a representative of possibil’ty to that of confident! the sixties, and never returned. , Qf ^he biggest real estate con-i out from Knollwood Heights, as On Apr! 4th, 1886 he was united . T, , , , . . planned on the maps, a big new lake (Please turn to page 8) in marriage to Mary Myrick and theyj'®™® built below the small one near the ‘ liyed happily together until August \ Stone club house, a double road will The Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday at a dinner at Jack^s' discussed with a Seaboard representative the future of the Sand* hUls and the range of advertising the town and the road should do in mak- ing more widely known, the advan tages of the community Mr. Turner, of the railroad, said the road was anxious to help in all ways, and ask ed suggestions from the members present, and he was pretty freely an swered. The work the company has done was approved by the meeting, and both interests assured the other that financial backing and cordial help would be given the other in those schemes that either engages in. Mayor Richardson expressed his opin ion that the Sandhills community has passed its period of hard strug gle and reached a place where much (Please tnrr. to page 8) Urges Tar Heels To Respond More Readily Indian Trail Drive is to be extend- "^hie People of North Carolbia Have Not Been As Liberal As Other States. Poultry Market To Be Established 25, 1927, when GJod saw fit to take west of Knollwood and the Midland i cross on the dam, which will impound from him his wife and good compan- I road. Mr. Barber called a conferencce' a lake much bigger than the smaller ion Since 1902 he has made his home' of his associates in the Barber es- one above, and the whole tract will Another Poultry Car to Stop at Vass, Wednesday, May 2nd. Efforts are being put forth to es tablish a permanent poultry and egg market in Carthage. If we succeed in getting this it will enable us to market a great many of our surplus products which we have heretofore been unable to handle. (Jeorge Carter has kindly consented to let us use his tobacco warehouse, which was originally the Farmer’s Warehouse. Buyers will be here Tuesday morning, ^ay 1, for the first sale. Upon the outcome of the aiale will dfplend largely how long it will continue here. If the sale is a success it will be conducted every two weeks. This will ^ve us a ready market for a great "iany things A list of products to be bought and prices for same are as follows: Colored hens, 20c; leghorn hens, 16c; roosters, 10c; broilers, heavy breeds, 1 1-2 to 2 3-4 lb, 35c; turkeys, 25c; geese, 11c; ducks, 16c; guineas, in Highfalls. To this union n’ne children were bom, all of which are living. They are Mrs. C. L. Brady, Mrs J. B. Ken nedy, Mrs. W. H. Brady and Mrs. tate, and after consMeration of the I be studied with regard for the future matter made a price, and announced ‘ of ’ts development. (Please turn to page 2) VASS-LAKEVIEW SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES that it was open for acceptance or rejection. The figures was one mil- Mr. Barber has taken an extremely broad view of his father’s investments lion dollars. The figure is open for in the Sandhills, and proposes to a short time, but it does not change I make of them all his father foresaw. conditions on the Barber territory at all, for one of the prominent engi neers of New ork has come down here to take engineering charge of the It is a movement that is highly satis factory to everybody, for it is ac cepted as a gigantic influence for the immediate future. (Please turn to page 2) Programe by Primary grades, Thursday night, Aprl 26, at 8:00 o’clock. Operetta by Grammar grades Fri day night, April 27, at 8:00 o”clock. Baccalaureate. sermon. Rev. W. M. McLeod, Pinehurst, Sunday morning,, April 29, at 11:00 o’clock. Declamation and Recitation con test, Monday night, April 30, at 8:00 o’clock. Commencement Address, Dr, Carl C. Taylor, N. C. State College. Presentation of Diplomas, MedWs ai«i Certificates, Tuesday mormng, May 1, at 11:00 o’clock. H'gh School Play, “It Happened in June,” Tuesday niflit, May 1, at 8:00 o’clock. Admission 25 and 35 cents. THE TREES OF BY J. McN. JOHNSON. MOORE COUNTY “The Near East has just experienc ed a tremendous upheaval, and it is essential that we capitalize at once the aspirations, hopes, and self-re liance of the young men and women in that section of the world,” accord? ing to L'eutenant Governor J. Elmer Long, chairman of the Near East Col lege Association campaign in North Carolina, in urging that the people of the Tar Heel state respond more readily to the cause of education in the Near East. Governor Long de clares that it is only through the ed ucation of these people, hitherto reared in illiteracy and ignorance, that universal peace will be possi ble. The response made by the people of North Carolina has not been a* ready and liberal as it should have Chapter IV ! County, but in no part of the Coimty “Know Trees, and you know the |is it very plentiful. It is closely re- most beautiful and useful things in jlated to the Acacia Tree mentioned life.” (Please turn to pag« 2) SINGING OF NEGRO SPIRITUALS The American Forestry Association * ers and leaves are quite Wee the I Acacia—^indeed so Mke it, its Bot- BLACK LOCUST: Rofcinia Pseuda-1 anical name, Pseudaci^a, (meaning casia-Sometimea caHed Yellow Lo- Acacia) was given th^s tree by There will he a special musical program rendered Sunday evening, in my last week’s letter; and its flow- j ^ ^ E. Zion church cust. This tree grows all over Moore (Please turn to page 2) of VaM, at 3:00 o’clock p. m. The program will be composed of negro apiritual, melodtes of one of Moore county’s best quartettes. Our white friends are eordiaUy invited to at tend.
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