first in NEWS AND advertising THE PILOT Is •• AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY.' a Paper Devoted to the UpbBilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Car^;' VOL. 8, NO. 52. launch boom for frank page FOR GOVERNOR ( harlotte Business Men Would Have Him Succeed Max Gardner. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1928 O + VASS, N. C. The New Hospital for Moore County has remarkable record. Frank Page, of Aberdeen, chairman cf the North Carolina Highway Com mission and a brother of the late Walter Hines Page, Ambassador to Great Britain during the World War, i? being boomed to succeed 0. Max Gardner as Governor of the State by a group of prominent citizens of Charlotte. Mr. Page, under whose di rection the State has built a system (,f hard roads said to be unexcelled throughout the Nation, retires from his present position on December 31st of this year. There is no question that with Mr. Page's personal popularity and his record of service to the State he would have widespread support from all quarters, and especially from his o-wn Moore County where he is best known. An interview with a prominent rharlotte business man following the launching of the boom for Mr. Page, r.s published in the Charlotte Observ er. says: •Although Mr. Page has been dined extensively since the announcement of his forthcoming retirement I haven’t seen where anybody has thought of him as Max Gardner’s successor. A group of us v/ere talking today about Mr. Page’s great qualifications and we believe that if he were proposed, the suggestion would meet with wide spread approval throughout the State.” Is Well Qualified. “Frank Page has about everything necessary to make a gi-eat governor, jn oar opinion. is a buoiiies? man of great ability, as shown by his won derful record as highway commission chairman, he is a banker, a farmer and peach grower, he is really the author of North Carolina’s laws per taining to highways and in the nation his word on anything respecting high- ways and highway construction is ab solutely the law. He is from the eastern section of the State. Accord ing to North Carolina precedent, the next governor should come from the p:ast. He has every qualification. He i? a progressive and yet is conserva tive enough to direct with entire safety the financial affairs of the State. Everybody knows he is honest. He has supervised the spending of $175,000,000 and not a word of scandal has been at any time breathed against his tewardship of that vast sum. M /• / ' Li / /K ' T' .-1 I p 1 s f TO ASK U.S. FOR AIR MAH SERVICE HERE Local Interests Want New Air port Included on New York- Atlanta Route. TO AID BUSINESS MEN. Architect’s Sketch of Building for which Ground has been Broke n near Pinehurst on the Pinehurst-Carthage Road. PILOT MAN IN NIGHT FLIGHT OVER SMDHIILS No Where Such a Spectacle of Awe-Insp’ring Beauty, He Says. New Hospital Under Way As Building Fund Swells FULL MOON LIGHTS WAY MISS CALDWELL BRIDE OF WILLIAM MILAM The wedding of William Milam and Miss Billy Caldwell took place at Richmond last Wednesday. The couple left Southern Pines in the afternoon unbeknown to anyone ex cept a few friends and wcnt to Rich mond by motor. The bride is a popular member of hte younger set and is particularly pro minent in sports activities, holding the North Carolina State Tennis championship for women, which she won last spring. She has been a student of Peace Institute in Raleigh and has also attended N. C* C. W. at Greensboro. The groom has lived in Southern Pines for the past two years, coming here from Richmond, Virginia. At present he is operating a dairy farm (Please turn to Page 10) RED CROSS WORKERS URGED TO SPUR ON ROLL CALL Fearful that this year’s Red Cross Roll Call may not attain the record of a year ago, Mrs. Francis T. Kea ting has sent out word to the workers of Moore County to spur on their ef forts in listing memberships. Mrs. Keating is hoping for a gen erous response from visitors and part-year residents, however, to help swell the total. Those who have not as yet been approached or who have not contributed their dollar or more to the Red Cross for the coming year are urged to send their contributions to Mrs. Keating, who is the Moore county chairman. Her address is Pinehurst. BY. T. W. IRVIN, of The Pilot Staff Much has been said, and justly, re garding the beauty of the Sandhills at different seasons of the year and at various times of the day. It was | my good fortune on the night of Tues- i day, the 27th, to view the Sandhills' from Carlton Wicker’s plane by the light of a full moon and I firmly be-i lieve that nowhere, at any time, is there a spectacle more replete with awe-inspiring beauty. I With Pete Crawford as pilot, we j left the field about 10 o’clock that' night, with the moonlight and the I lights from a couple of automobiles! to take off by. Pete circled once or | twice, climbed a few hundred feet and , straightened out toward Aberdeen.! The earth below was bathed in the | dim radiance of the moon and the | lights of the towns and buildings | sparkled and glowed. As we passed' over farms and orchards the darker j patches of woods stood out in bold j relief against the lighter background of meadows and fields while the high way followed below us, a dark ribbon against the lighted earth. Swingring east and then north we [ passed over Pine Crest Manor, with | its red roofs showing plainly and an | occasional light gjovdng in a cottiagej window. The fairways of the Coun-1 try Club golf courses stood out clearly, i light green patches In among the | dark trees, every tee, green and trapj plainly visible. Passing over the golf j course and the lighted club house we i followed an easterly course which took us over the Highland Pines Inn, a wonderful sight, with its roof glow ing red in the moonlight and its light ed windows shining in the night. Next we were directly over the town of Southern Pines. The reflection of the street lights gave the streets the appearance of being almost white, shining lines drawn across a checker board. The new lights themselves were wonderful to look at with the lighted buildings presenting the as pect of a well-arranged toy village. The Bank building especially showed up extremely well, aS did “^e hotels along Broad street and some of the lighted homes. Passing over the Mid-Pines Country club and grounds and the new Pine SAM PLANS HISSELF A NICE THANKSGIVIN’ PAHTY, “Whah yah gwan with all them packages, Sam?” “Theys gwan have a Thanks- givin’ feast down to the chuch an’ [’se been collectin.” “Whatall ya been collectin?” “Chickun an’ yams an’ all the trimmins an’ everythin.” “Who’s givin’ evahthin for the feast, Ise asking yah?” “Evabody in da chuch am givin’ sumthin.” “What you-all givin’, Sam?” “Well, yp. see it’s a Thanksgivin pahty and they’s so many givahs I thought it all ovah and I’se decided they ought to be some thankers, so I’se gwine to give thanks. County-Wide Interest ShoAn as Value to Community is Appreciated. “Sports Daily” Starts Publication Monday Enlarged and Improved “What to Do and See Daily” Will Serve Whole Section. The “Sandhills Sports Daily” will commence publication on Monday of next week, December 3d, with com plete information of all scheduled sporting events in the Sandhills and reports of all transpired events of the pi*evious day. This paper, which formerly appeared under the title of “What to Do and See Daily in Pine hurst” will be enlarged in form and circulated throughout the entire win ter resort area. In addition to its sporting features, the paper will carry a stock market letter and closing quotations on prin cipal stocks, items of local interest throughout the Sandhills, interviews with and sidelights on prominent visi tors, and such general news and fea tures as serve to make up a readable and informative daily paper. FOWNES LOW SCORER IN TIN WHISTLE TOURNEY (Please turn to Paft 10) William C. Fownes, of Pittsburgh, former president of the United States Golf association, was low scorer in the weekly tournament of the Tin Whistles, played over the No. 2 course at Pinehurst on Tues- dey. Mr. Fownes turned in a card of 73. The event was a best ball four some against par, and was won by four golfers from Youngstown, Ohio, A. E. Adams, Donald Parson, Rich ard €kirlic and R. C. Steese. With excavation work under way and the campaign to raise needed ad ditional funds for its completion in | full swing, interest in the new bospi- j tal for Moore County is at its height. Every evidence is at hand to show that the people of the entire section which the institution will serve are beginning to appreciate what it is to mean to them and their familes. , The response to the appeal for ^ funds made in each of the churches of the county by various citizens inter- j ested in the hospital was very grati fying. The Pilot is informed. Many pledges were signed at the time and many more taken home to be sent in after family conferences. It is re-' ported that more than one thousand, dollars was subscribed “on the spot” j by the members of the various con-1 gregations last Sunday. It is likely. that at least another thousand dol-| lars will come in from prospective I pledges. ! The County hospital is a necessity j under modern conditions of medicine.! There has been such an advancement' I in medical science in the last few years that the old country doctor who | used to drive his buggy to your door ^ a few hours after you had sent forj him can no longer meet modern re-' quirements. The hospital is the de- j velopment of medical discoveries and inventions, and is an indispensable ad junct to any community. ' Institution for All. People in the country are now tak- [ iiig their sick to the hospitals wher-, ever hospitals are available. When" the McConnell hospital was in com mission at the Farm Life school it' did a work that rendered the greatest | service to all of Moore County. Its | closing was a calamity. But today a new hospital has been started near Pinehurst, to be the hospital of the county and of the neighborhood to which it is convenient. It is thorough ly cosmopolitan, open to all, rich and poor, those able to pay and those un able, so far as funds will permit; to black and white, the one requirement being that the person coming to the hospital needs hospital care and treat ment. Never was a more helpful pro ject designed on a broder basis to ac complish its purpose. A mistakffli notion has been held by some persons that this hospital is to be an institution for the wealthy winter residents of the Sandhills. Air mail delivery via the Pinehurst- Southem Pines airport to Pinehurst, Southern Pines and Aberdeen post- offices, thus permitting more rapid communication with their home of fices for the thousands of Northerners who sojourn in the Sandhills during the winter months, may be brought about in the near future. Efforts in this direction are being made by business, political and resi dent interests in the three towns af fected, and strong pressure is to be brought to bear upon officials at Washington to procure this additional service to the people of this section. The new airport on Knollwood Heights, considered one of the finest landing fields in the country, is not far off the flight path of the present New York-Washington-Atlanta air mail route. By changing the course at Greensboro, mail planes would travel almost due South to the local field instead of as at present flying Southwest to Columbia, S. C. After dropping and taking on mail at the Pinehurst-Southern Pines airport, the planes would then continue Southwest to Columbia. The Northern route would reverse the same line of flight. The added mileage is not considered as too excessive to preclude the pos sibility or feasibility of the plan. Overnight Service New York business men would then receive in the morning the mail from their offices dropped in air mail boxes the night before, shortening by hours iijjr m 1^^^ present time of delivery. That A lll/lWi IjO \ ? w^«ld mean much to thi wini^r j colony of the section ig. self-evident. Every additional service which brings Rev. Murdorh McLeod Defends j Pinehurst and Southern Pines and the j winter resort section as a whole ' closer to the big business centers from which come most of their permanent jand transient residents is one more j reason for these Northern guests j coming to the Sandhills and spending I more time here. Proximity by rail to I New York, Philadelphia, Boston and I the larger Northeastern cities has been a primary cause for the growth jand fame of the section. “If we can j attain closer proximity through mail , service, why not do it,” say those who are sponsoring the move, j Definite action looking toward bringing about the desired service will I be taken at a meeting to be held by j prominent citizens of the three towns affected in the course of the next few I days, it is said, j Praise for Airport. I In the meantime, additional praise I for the new local airport has come from the first private party to make use of the Knollwood field since it was completed. A week ago a large, five-passenger Bellanca monoplane- dropped down on the smooth Bermuda' grass of the runway. Piloted by LEADS FIGHT AGAINST U. S. Motion Picture Industry in Washing ten Speech. INSULT TO AMERICANS The speech of the Rev. Murdoch McLeod, of Pinehurst, at the hear ing on the bill before Congress for federal control and censorsh'p of motion pictures was carried in ful’. by The Associated Press and ap peared in the leading newspapers throughout the country. That it was regarded hy the cinema in dustry as a noteworthy utterance is evidenced by a fact which The Pilot has just learned from Charles Picquet, vice president of the Na tional Motion Picture Theatre Owners’ asso.iation. Mr. Picquet states that an offer to associate himself permanently with the in dustry has been made to Mr. Mc Leod by Will H. Hays, national administrator. Declaring it an insult to the intel ligence of the American people that federal censorship can accomplish Shirley Short of the Bellanca com more in the control of the moving picture industry than intelligent and decent public opinion, the Rev. Mur- pany, it carried as passengers Mrsi, C. J. Ramsey, of Newcastle, Del., and R. R. Redington, of the Bellanca Air- doch McLeod of the Pinehurst Pres-1 ways corporation. The party (Ple«fc tnrn to W) byterian Church at Pinehurst, led the fight against the Hudson bill, now before the House of Representatives, at a hearing in Washington on Mon day of this week. The occasion was the sixth annual convention of the Federal Council of Motion Pictures in America Mr. Mc Leod challenged the right of that body of any other to commit the min isters of the country to the federal censorship of motion pictures as planned in the bill introduced in the House by Representative Grant M. Hudson, of Michigan. Representative Hudson was among the speakers at the meeting, as was Senator Smith M. Brookhart, of Iowa. Efforts were being made at the convention to pass a motion favoring the Hudson bill, which contains provisions for com plete federal censorship, the fixing by the government of all film rentals and the operation of the industry in gen eral by a federal commission appoint ed for life. *‘We are getting clean pictures now,” Rev. Mr. McLeod said. “We are getting them by and witii the ad vice and help of the motion picture * ^ was gomg duck hunting at Georgetown, S. C., and stopped off here to pick up C A. Chandler, of Atlanta, who has a cottage in Pinehurst and spends much time here. The plane returned here Monday last, dropping Mr. Chandler. It was the largest plane to make use of the new airport, and the runway was found to b^ ample in width for landing and tak ing off. The party highly praised the condition and picturesque location of the port. LARGE CROWD AT RACES ON PINEHURST TRACK. (Pleasa Turn to PMg§ 7.) The Pinehurst racing season start ed off- yesterday with the Thanksgiv- mg day program of events arranged by Charles Picquet, a large crowd surrounding the track and filling the grandstand seats. Besides the trot ting races, there were the usual num#> ber of “stunts” on the program. The Misses Butterfield, Julia, Helen and L