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VOL. 9, NO. 7.
FRIDAY, JANUARY' 18, 1929.
New Directors Elected and
Year’s Work Reviewed by
The Chamber of Commerce
Southern Pines’ Civic Body Holds Enthusiastic
Annual Meeting^ Addressed by
Mark Squire^
SECRETARY REPORTS PROGRESS
J. Talbot Johnson Home on Knollwood Sold
VASS, N. C.
preciative cheer for the president of
the Chamber, and the whirlwind re-
spon«»e showed Mr. Buchan that his
The Southern Pines Chamber of
Commerce held its annual meeting
at the Southern Pines Hotel Monday
evening. After listening- to the re- j friends realize what he is achieving,
ports of the officers concerning the even if it takes a lot of work and
work of the closed year and the elec-1 persistence.
tion of a board of directors for 1929, | Howard Burns, secretary, read the
an informal program of levity and j annual report of the finances of the
some more serious discussion held ‘ organization,
the boards. The meeting climaxed New Directors Elected
with an enlightening talk by the Hon., a board of directors was then
Mark ^C. Squires, e airman of the, for the coming year, includ-
ing the following names:
P. Frank Buchan, Struthers Burt,
Bion H. Butler, H. J. Betterly, John
I iy- -
■
Park Commission which has secured
for North Carolina and Tennessee the
fine national park in the Smoky moun
tain counties of the State.
Frank Buchan, president of the or-
N. Bloxjham, Jackson H. Boyd, Max
well Grey, Douglass Gregory, Nelson
MORRISON BUYS
JOHNSON HOUSE
ON KNOLLWOOD
Development Boomed by Sale of
Attractive Home to Pitts-
burg^h Family
TO OCCUPY AT ONCE
New Residence Purchased by Robert G. Mo rrison of Pittsburgh, Pa. for Winter Home
ganization, in his quiet and logical 1 c. Hyde, Frank Harrington, H. A.
way, told of the work of the organi- Jackman, Dr. L. B. McBrayer, George
zation during the year, of the prog-1 c. Moore, Charles Patch, J. N. Powell,
reas that has been made in the broad! Roy Pushee, Dr. E. M. Pdate, S. E.
plan of improvement of the village! Slay maker, D. H. Turner, Harry M.
which has commanded the attention! Vale, Judge William A. Way and
SOUND MOVIES
FORTHEATREAT
SOUTHERN PINES
of the Chamber, and he outlined in a
general way the ambition of the mem
bers to lift Southern Pines and the
Southern Pines community to that
higher plane of attractiveness that
now seems a certainty. He paid some
attention to the detail here and there,
to some of the difficulties encounter
ed in the tasks that present them
selves where a small neighborhood
undertakes to' make the best of its
restricted field, and he rejoiced in
what has been accomplished and in
what seems to be in store in the
immediate future. His sincere con
fidence in the work he has been carry
ing on stimulated Dr. McBrayer to
make a few remarks about Frank
Buchan, and later this was followed
by John Bloxham, who started an ap-
Hiram Westbrook. j
The business of the meeting having j
been dispatched, the committee of ar-1
rangements took charge of the even-j
ing and D. H. Turner, chairman ofl
the committee designated Bion H. |
Butler as a sort of announcer to pre-'
sent some of the w-orkers who could i
!Vfr. PIcquet Announces Installa
tion for “Talkies” in Near
Future
TO SHOW MODERN FILMS
Talking pictures are coming to the
Sandhills. j
Charles Picquet, manager of the |
Carolina Theatres in Pinehurst and |
speak of the progress the village has
made recently, and Sam Richardson
was asked to tell of the accomplish-, _ , ,
ments and hopes of the town. Pmes, announced at the
has been mayor so long that even
though superceded by Paul Bamum,
Chamber of Commerce dinner m
Southern Pines last Monday evening
that an order had been placed for the
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Chamber of Commerce
Program Costs $2,000
Sec. Bums Reports on Planting j
Improvements and Enter- i
tainment During 1928
Howard Bums, who serves with- j
out remuneration as the efficient sec-1
retary of the Chamber of Commerce |
of Southern Pines, made his annual '
report at the annual meeting held last j
Monday at the Southern Pines Hotel |
Mr. Burns is one of the busiest men]
in Southern Pines these days. Be- j
sides his duties with the Chamber of (
Commerce, he acts as Town Clerk, or]
secretary of the Board of Town Com
missioners, and has a newly created
post of Southern Pines publicity man.
Howard has been doing excellent
work in this latter sphere, and dur
ing December had numerous pictures
of the Mid-South resort and over six
columns of reading matter about
Southern Pines in various papers
throughout the country. He is fast
acquainting northerners with the ad
vantages of his bailiwick a* a win
ter or permanent home, and the re
sults are beginning to show.
Mr. Burns* report to the Chamber
members on the finances of that body
for 1928 shows the following: _
Receipts
Cash Balance Citizen Bank &
Trust Co. Jan. 1, 1928 $ 69.59
Receipts from Memberrfiip
Appliable to year 1927 100.00
Receipts from Memberships
Appliable to year 1928 1,450.00
Sale of Grass Seed ,154.50
Misc. Receipts 61.48
Temporary Loan 200.00
who was kept at home by sickness, . „ . . ,,
, • .-11 1 1 J „ ! installation of the necessary equip-
he IS still looked on as hereditary ana, . . ^
„ J -J u .i ment to produce sound pictures in the
permanent counsellor and guide by ^ o r,- n,,.
J , , J V „ ^,,11 theatre at Southern Pines. This
many, and he presented some hopeful, .
equipment is expected any day, and
announcement of the first “talkies”
will be made soon.
The demand for talking picture
equipment throughout the country has 1
been so great that Mr. Picquet, I
though working on a plan for ins*^al-!
lation in one or both of his theatres i
for some months, has only just sue- .
ceeded in getting a promise from
manufacturers of early delivery. |
Southern Pines is the only town of
its size in the country to attempt the
improves! order of cinema.
The installation of sound equip
ment will permit the playgoers to see
and hear the latest movies in their
entirety with all the incidental ef
fects. “Interference” was to have
FAITHFUL FERRYMAN HAS
RIDDEN HIS LAST HUNT
Ferryman has gone.
Never was there a more faith
ful or more appropriately named
horse than Ferryman.
Harry Nott will tell you. Nott,
whip of the Moore County Hounds,
has been riding old Ferryman be
hind the Boyd hounds for many
seasons. No matter how many
times a week hounds went out on
fox hunts or drags. Ferryman was
ever ready to carry the intrepid
Nott over country, over fences,
through bogs, wherever hounds led.
But Perryman grew old, and a
few weeks ago Dr. Giltner, the
well known veterinary of Pine
hurst, pronounced that his career
as a hunter was ended. His heart
hud given way under the strain.
And last week they had to put
Ferryman away.
That is why Harry Nott has been
looking so sad of late. He’s lost
his old pal.
STATE HIGHWAY
PATROL BHl
BEFORE SENATE
Measure Provides Driver’s Li
cense Fee to Meet Cost of
Police Force
160 OFFICERS WANTED
A bll to provide for a state high
way patrol of 160 men, who will be
paid by the revenue derived from the
sale of auto drivers’ licenses, was
introduced into the State Senate this
week by Senator Lloyd Lawrence,
Democrat, of Hertford, who intro
duced a similar bill two years ago,
only to see it die in committee
Senator Lawrence, however, has i
eleminated the provision that driv
ers whose vision or hearing is two
per cent or more defective shall be
prohibited from driving, which was
attacked by many opponents of the
bill two years ago.
By Bion H. Butler
J. Talbot Johnson on Tuesday ne
gotiated one of the most important
transactions that have been accom
plished in the Sandhills for a long
time. This was the sale to Robert
G. Morrison and Mary W. Morrison,
of Pittsburgh, of the fine new home
that Talbot has created in Knollwood.
The first feature of the importance of
this affair lies in the quality of the
citizenship that the buyers bring to
the new community, for the Morri
sons are one of the outstanding fami
lies of Pittsburgh. They have been
associated with the industrial and so
cial atmosphere of that progressive
city for a long period, and they
come to the Sandhills to make here
a permanent home. The addition
this makes to the Knollwood commun
ity is of immense importance. And
of significance is the further fact
that they will be followed by further
additions to the Pittsburgh colony
that is rapidly growing in the vicinity,
for not only will these people bring
their neighbors with them hut the
same attractions that appealed to
them will appeal to others from that
live Pittsburgh region.
The Johnson home at Knollwood ia
the most striking piece of construc
tion in the Knollwood area, except, of
course the Pine Needles Inn and the
Mid-Pines Club house. It was a bold
conception when Mr. Johnson pro
posed his venture, and he gave his
I architect a free hand, which was fol
lowed by the same wide latitude for
the decorators and furnishers. In
consequence the result was one of the
most prominent of the new buildings
I of this section of the state. From
Total Cash Receipts of the
year $2,035.57
Disbursements
Planting on Broad Street... 854.52
Band Concerts 534.91
Payment Grass Seed 154.50
Payment on Note 100.00
Interest on Note
Appropriation Children’s
Playground Equipment
Printing & Supplies .r—
Prunning Shrubbery on Broad
Street
Dues U. S. Chamber of Com-
11.63
113.46
64.91
17.80
mm, 14
YEARS OLD, HAS
PROUD RECORD
Founded in Detroit in 1915,
Now Has 1767 Clubs,
102,000 Members
the beginning of work on the build-
.J ^ ^^.ii*g it has been watched by interest-
The bill provides that a fee of $1.50: / - .u -4. 4? -4.
, „ , „ , , , . . I ed residents of the community, for it
shall be collected for a driver’s li- i- j n/r t u
, „ was realized that Mr. Johnson was
cense or a p easure car an $ oi . advanced step, and some
a license to drive commenMal cars, ^er had ventured too far.
But his faith in the p'osne^t of the
Knollwood community has been ver
ified. When Mr. Morrison saw the
place he realized its unique value and
interest, ard he beean a critical in--
vestigation of the t’etail of the ,whole
including trucks, taxis, and all cars
used for business purposes. The re
newal fee will be $1 for pleasure cars i
and $3 for business cars.
Man In Each County
The highway patrol will cansist ofl
approximately 160 men, one man be-!
, . nropf>sition. The examination was
, mg allowed for every 40 miles of .^ti.f^ctory, and when Mrs. Morri-
State highway, and a minimum of onr
HOWARD BURNS
meree and Carolina Motor
Club (
20.00
Telegraph and Telephone ....
18.55
Supplies Wrapping Bureau
1927
10.34
Insurance 4- —
7.40
Postage
16.50
Drayage
16.00
Clerical Help
4.00
Misc. Expense 4
27.00
Cash Balance Citizen Bank &
Trust Co. Dec. 31, 1928 ....
84.05
Total Disbursements for
year including Cash Bal
ance $2,035.57
BISHOP de MOULIN TO
SPEAK IN SO-
PINES
Kiwanis International, of which man for each county. Some counties
the Aberdeen Kiwanis Club is a part, vvju have as many as three patrolmen,
been the first all-talking picture in j jg fourteen years old on January 21st,|,jnder this system, the author of the
this section and it was unfortunate! and Secretary Herbert Vail of the' i,iii said.
that it had to be run as a silent film,' i^cal club, in reviewing the funda-1 The patrolmen will work under a |
since the change left the acting in-1 mentals of the organization and what | superintendent, who will be chosen i
complete and made the whole tempo Ijt stands for says: by the patrol commission. This com-
“Kiwanis International will be 14 niission will consist of the governor, ‘ tremendous. It puts a further rating
years old on January '21st^ Its . the attorney general, the highway | on the whole Pine Needks and Knoll-
birth-place is Detroit, where a group ^ commissioner, the commissioner of j 'vood Heights development, and leaves
, of business men held the first Ki- revenue, and the secretary of state. I possible c-oubt of the popularity of
help out the dramatic action,^ as well ^ wanis meeting back in 1915. , according to the bill. | that part of the Sandhill region. The
as those in which the voice is faith-1 «Prom one club the orgianiiation i «‘The sole obiect of this bill is in substantial character of the new build-
seem slow Every type of picture
will be booked, those having special
musical arrangements, with dialogue
and souTid effects added where they
son had agreed with his i^’dgment a
deed was called for and (’eliv?red. The
new owners will at once occupv the
house, which it is sa?d, they will ex-,
tend by some additions. '
Future is Assured ’
The influence of this sale will be
fully recorded. Vaudeville skits and
numbers by famous singers and come
dians will be run as additional short
features.
PINEHURST BANK RE-ELECTS
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
Bishop Frank de Moulin of Phila
delphia will speak at the service* in
the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in
Southern Pines Sunday morning
January 27th. Bishop de Moulin is
a winter visitor and made the prin
cipal -address at the annual gathering
of members and friendte of the Em
manuel church at the Highland Pines
Inn last week.
There will be a box party at Derby
School Friday night, January 18th.
The girls are invited to bring a box
and their friends to bring them.
Everybody come.
The Bank of Pinehurst at its 14th
annual meeting re-elected all officers
and the following directors:
John R. McQueen, Mose« C. McDon
ald, Arthur S'. Newcomb, I. C. Sledge,
O. H. Stutts, W. James McNab, J. M.
Brown, S. G. Gamer, F. W. VonCanon,
Richard S. Tufts, E. C. Fitzgerald and
J. Talbot Johnson.
The officers are Mr. McQueen, pres
ident; Messrs. McDonald and New
comb, vice presidents; F. W. Von
Canon, cashier, and B. U. Richardson,
assistant cashier.
The bank's gtatement as of Decem
ber 31st, 1928, showed total resources
of $1,090,260, and deposits of $944,-
302.
RELIGIOUS SOCIETY ELECTS.
*The sole object of this bill is to
has grown mitil at present there are | reduce the appalling number of au-
ings in the surrounding quatters of
Knollwood Heights and the type of
people who are making permanent
1767 clubs with a membership in ex-1 tomobile ac*<idlents which have re^
cess of 102,000. Clubs are located' suited from the disregard of the
ill all parts of the United States »ndj highway and motor laws. For this j *^^®tions there for themselves end
Canada. , reason, I do not believe that the discussions as to who will be the
'Kiwanis is a successful orgajiiza> highway patrolmen should have neighbors in the Knollwood boundary,
tion,” declared O. S. Cummings, of' power to enforce any laws except Knollwood has passed the period of
Kansas City, president of the organ-1 the highway and motor vehicle laws, uncertainty and becomes establish-
ization, in a special message to the j Although other states give similar
membership, Howiever, just as the | bodies the power to enforce the pro-
true estimate of the success of an in-1 hihition laws, for example, and use
dividual cannot be measured by his ^ them in case of riots, I believe that
pros^rity, neither can the success the North Carolina highway patrol i flanking each other on opposite sides
of Kiwanis be measured in material i should be thoroughly organized and • Midland road were not in ad-
values. j prove its value on the highways be- vance of their time They merely saw
“Proud as we are of ihe number , fore any attempt is made to assign
of clubs and the size of the member-j other duties to it,” Senator Law-
ship, our profound satisfaction is in I pence said.
our succMs in the fields of the human I XMe Hertford senator’s bill is
and spiritual. j drawn on the model of the Pennsyl-
ed as one of the conspicuous units of
the winter home and recreation belt
of the Mid-South. The men who pro
jected the two superior golf courses
At the annual meeting of the Pine
hurst Religious Association, Georgie
W. Statezell was elected president,
Simeon B. Chapin, vice president, Paul
Dana treasurer, Charles Mason as
sistant treasurer and the Rev. T. A.
Cheattom secretary.
“Kiwanis is the modem social ex
periment in the development of the
individual afid the application of his
talents to the ser^ce of humanity.
A Kiwanis club is a laboratory in the
field of human experience.
“Activities for clubs during the
coming year will include: Under-priv-
iledged child assistance, instruction
in citizenship, development of busi
ness standards, urban-rural relations
work, vocational guidance and place
ment for students, and many other
diversified endeavors. During 1928
over 35,000 individual social and civic
activities were accomplished by all
the clubs.
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HON. PETER JAY SERIOUSLY
ILL IN SOUTHERN PINES
The Hon. Peter Jay, former United
States Minister to Roumania and to
the Argentine a brother-in-law of Mrs.
Jackson Boyd, has been sertously ffl
in the house which he recently leased
for the season, that of L. H. Cherry,
Jr., on Cross street. Southern Pines.
His condition is reported as improv
ed, however. He has been under the
care of Dr. Mudgett and two trained
nurses, who report that the crisis
is past.
the need for such facilities and pro
vided them, and the people are com
ing in to avail themselves of the ma
chinery that has been created. These
two places will help out with Pine-
hurst's and Southem Pineaf en
deavors to care for the growing win
ter population, and in proving their
fitness they will invite other newcom
ers, which in tum will press further
on Sandhills resources and help in
further development.
Knollwood Heights has passed out
of the state of a speculative project.
It is now a positive home-makhig
proposition, and it will speedily be
come one of the most effective of
all agencies in impi^ssing on the in
creasing stream of winter visitors
the excellence of the Sandhills as a
place of winter residence and recrea
tion.