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the news-weekly OP MOORE COUNTY THE PILOT FIRST IN NEWS AND ADVERTISING ’s a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory ^^arolina VOL. 9, NO. 8. FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1929 VASS, N. C. Bridges of County Invite Grave Disaster, The Pilot Finds on Inspection Tour Many Crossings in Highly Dangerous Condition Usricuiturai & Commercial ciub ABERDEEN PLANS STIMULATION OF TOBACCO MARKET Heads Chamber of Commerce as Result of Floods of Last Fall, Mr. Butler Says (By Bion H. Butler) On Monday I happened in Carthage, and falling- in with Claude Leavitt on the street I asked him how the bridge question in Moore was coming. As Philip one time said to Nathaniel, he answered me, “Come and see.” I took him at his word, for already I had looked over a part of the county after the flood of the fall and had seen some of the damaged and wreck ed bridges, and I was rather anxious to go farther into the matter. So we m^ide a roundabout drive up in the hill country, down on Crane’s creek, over into the west side of the county, and we put in a right full day 'W'ithout wasting much time at any point, for what is to be seen can be seen at a glance. There is no question but that the flood left the bridges of Moore county in bad shape, and that some definite steps have to be taken pretty soon to care for those damaged bridgies. In addition to some that are already un dergoing replacement, for at differ ent points the crossings are in high ly dangerous condition, and it is mild to say they invite grave disaster. Bad Condition at Hemp • Possibly the most striking example is the crossing at Bear creek just be low Hemp. The old wooden bridge at Hemp went out, and a temporary crossing was put in about a thousand feet below the old piers. People drive over that temporary crossing, but I do not hesitate to say that I would not. Just out of the town of Hemp the detour turns up over a steep hill, so steep that the only car I saw try to make it stalled on the hill. It firally pulled up, but I would not ride up that hill, nor would I ride down it. to Endeavor to Increase Yield Locally 1929 OUTLOOK BRIGHT Horseshoe the bridges are in good shape, and for this reason. New I A number of folks in Aberdeen, roads have been built there recently, | chiefly of the Agricultural and Com- and in building the roads, the county j mercial club, held a meeting in Will has built substantial modem concrete j Blue’s office Tuesday afternoon to structures, and the floods had no ef-1 discuss the coming tobacco crop, and feet on them. I introduce this fact j see if anything could be undertaken to to show that the policy of temporizing | help increase the yield of leaf tobacco, with the old bridges is a mistaken one, j Many features were discussed, and for wherever the' county has put in j many phases of different proposi- good and substantial concrete work|ticns were broug)it out. The opinion it is not harmed. The bridges that j seemed to be that the tobacco crop are gone are the old wooden struc-1 is destined to increase as an agricul tures, or the flimsy concrete work tural factor in the county and the that was not properly built, or wooden adjoining counties, and that Aber- — deen will continue to increas<e in im- • portance as a tobacco market. I The season at the market has clos- j ed with nearly five million pounds I sold, which is the biggest amount on • record. Most of this sold at good prices, but some that came from bor- 1 der sections, and of not the best qual- jity, brought lower prices. Some of I the tobacco farmers were only mod- i erately successful, as is the case in “A Guide to Winter Birds of the' any line, but instances of highly grat (Please Turn to Page 7.) NEW BIRD BOOK , IS TRIBUTE TO DR.J.W.ACHORN North Carolina Sandhills” Published HE CAME HERE IN 1890 ifying success were cited, and the farmers who handled their crops in the most approved manner are men- t.oned as having profits of varying degree, some counting their earn ings in the thousands. The heavy StrutherS Burt iS DR. M‘BRAYER HEADSCHAMBER OF COMMENCE Elected by Southern Pines Direc tors to Succeed Frank Buch* an as President. 1929 PROGRAM DISCUSSED. By Laura Butterfield With the release last week of ‘A \ rains did a lot of damage to the crops Guide to the Winter Birds of the of 1928, and some of the planters' North Carolina Sandhills,’ Milton P.were seriously affected in that way.; i Skinner and Edmund J. Sawyer ful- But taking the year as a whole it filled a dream of John Warren Achom ^ saw close to a million dollars’ worth' who all of his life strove to protect of tobacco sold on the Aberdeen ware- the dumb creatures of this earth, so house floors, and this tobacco added i Library President Author Elected at Annual Meet ing of Southern Pines Association Dr. L. B. McBrayer was unanimous ly elected President of the Chamber of Commerce of Southern Pines at the first meeting of the newly ekct- ed Board of Directors held at Jack’s Grill Tuesday night. Efforts to in duce the retiring President, Frank Buchan, to serve another term having failed, the nomination of Dr. Mc Brayer was enthusiastically received ar^d the gavel turned over to him. Struthers Burt was elected vice president, and Howard Bumsa gain chosen as secretary and treasurer. The directors discussed plans for increasing the membership of the Chamber during the year, and mwy suggestions for launching a campaign drive were made. Program is Recommended. The Planning Committee, of which John Bloxham was chairman and comprising Dr. McBrayjer and Mr. Burt submitted recommendations for the work of the Chamber during 1929, among them the following: Continuation of the planting pro gram along Broad street and an ex tension of the work to include May “street. Encouragement of individiial plant ing by residents. Resumption of SuncVy afternoon Mother of MrTsTB Richardson | Had. Lived 19 Years in ^ _ Formation of a real estate hoaiNi. Electric traffic signals on Miy Dr. L. B. McBrayer Mrs. Hinds, Long a Resident Here, Dies Southern Pines Mrs. Ida May Hinds, for nineteen. street at Massachusetts, New York, yeiMES-'-a-resident of Southern Pines, j P^^^'sylvania, New Hiampshire, Goh- died at her home on Bennett street j necticutt and Vermont avenue intct*- last Monday. During; her stay in sections. Southern Pln?s Mrs. Hinds had made , Struthers Burt was elected Presi- beloved by him, who for many; materially to the salvation of the ’ Southern Pines Library years made the Sandhills his home, agricultural area of the Sandhills. sociation at the annual meeting of the It was through his initial efforts that The meeting at Aberdeen Tuesday j Trustees held in the Library the volume, containing a few chap-1 discussed many of the sides of to- building on Broad street last Mon- ters of his own, was begun, and it. bacco culture, and will be followed i evening. Mrs. James Boyd was! her home with her daughter, Mrs. S. if is ste^p,’cTOoked, lined with trees, in memory of him that the work by timely efforts later on to l«nd | Vice-President, A. B. | B. Richardson. and not an ideal automobile road. Buti^^® completed. i whatever aid can be given to the far- Yeomans, Second Vice-President; Eu-i Mrs. Hinds was born in Eastport, on reaching the top the road goes 1 Dr. Achom first came to the Sand- niers, for the revenue from the crop q Stevens, Third Vice-President! Maine, March 23rd, 1859. She movcd down a still worse hill, crooked, steep, some time around 1890 when he, is looked on in Aberdeen as of the Howard Burns, Secretary and * to Boston at the age of ten where narrow, and rounds a short steep I studying the various climates on highest value to the territory. ' j^hn K. Walker, Treasurer. , she resided until her marriage, in cur\’e on to a bridge laid just abovecontinent in the interests of med- The farmers are getting the beds gix new members W3re elected to, 1879, to G?orge W. Hinds of Calais, BISHOP DU MOULIN TO the water on a fragile foundation. Iji^ine. As a famous specialist in ner-^ ready now for spring planting, and g^^rd of Trustees, Frank Gibbons {Maine. In Calais she spent the -early PREACH SUNDAY MORNING judge the descent of the hill is nearly j vous and abdominal disorders, who the outlook is for a good acreage, and yg^r, John Bloxham for two i yeai*s of her married life and later Grossing signal at Connectieutt avenue and Seaboard tracks where freight station hides approaching traf fic. Support for Community Airport. Support for Community Park. a foot in four, steep enough so that in wet weather a car oan easily slide down with all brakes set, and in wet weather cannot pull up. Trees along had received his medical education in as storms do not come every year the years, Augustine Healy, Nelson C. 'moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where The Right Rev. Frank DuMloulin, Maine, Boston and Berlin, he was! prophets are hoping for a better Hyde, Harry Vale and Dr. Marcus! she and her husband lived until his D. D., formerly Bishop Coadjutor of searching for an environment milder; grade and quantity of leaf to the Brownson for three years. Other di-; ill health neosssitated their coming the Diocese of Ohio, now Rector of than the tempestuous coasts of New acre this season. rtctors are Miss Anna Jenks, Miss [to Southern Pines. Here they lived the Church of the Saviour, adjoining Mary Schwarberg, Miss Ethel Jones, | until his death in November of 1917. the campus of ths University of Penii- XFaw Olmstead, Mrs. D. H. j Mrs. Hinds is survived by two sylvania, Philadelphia, is to be the ixew rreilCIl Turner and Mrs. Charles R. Whita-1 daughters, Miss Louise Hinds, of Bos- special preacher at the 11:00 a- m. HoIIS6 NCRFly FimShcd ker. ton and Mrs. S. B. Richardson of service next Sunday, January 27th, Reports showed marked progress the crooked descent show here and | England and less tropical than Flor- there where cars have bumped into _ ^da. Through John T. Patrick, the them, and I am told that accidents' original owner of most of Pine Bluff have happened there. Luckily a new and Silver Springs, who came to him bridge is in progress at that point, Boston as a patient, he found the ^ ^ u o* ■ ‘ ~ and when finished it will he an excel-. c^’*^ate that seemed to him ideal for PiMieer Homes on Southern Pines by the association during the past Country Club Sites Have Rare Views lent crossing. The man who lives on | his purpose an4 semi-wi|d natural the north side of the creek, and de-1 surroundings in which dwelt his many sires to go to Hemp may cross the | friends of the stream and the for- dangerous place, or he may go around est. | E. V. Perkinson has nearly com- by Spies about 17 miles, or he may Cabin His Retreat pleted for Emmet French on the hill- work his way through some other A little cabin in Pine Bluff became roads at a shorter distance. But the | his retreat for occasional happy visits school bus cannot go 17 miles around,' until he came here for the winter in and it should not be allowed to cross 1911 with Mrs. Achorn. A roomy this bridge with a load of children, house was added to the original cabin ; year, the Southern Pines library main top at the eastern side of the South em Pines Country club one of the finest rural homes in this section and on one of the finest sites. It is a brick structure two stories, of ample Southern Pines; a son-in-law, S. B. at Emanuel Church. Richardson, and four grand-children. This will be made a Rally Day far George Hinds Richardson, Emilie Sandhills Paiish, and all are most cor- taining its high T<ecord for the State j Litchfield Richardson, Dorothy Bond dially invited to attend the s-srvice. in circulation of books per capita of ■ Richardson and Ruth Morse Richard- The choir will provide special music, population. Plans for the new year | son, all of Southern Pines. . Bishop DuMoulin made a most re- were discussed. I Mrs. Hinds was a member of the markable address on very short no- Mrs.Park Fisher is the efficient li- i Congregational Church of Calais and tice, when word came that Bishop brarian of the Southern Pines asso ciation. They can walk across the bridge and! and soon became famous in the Sand-! dimension, representing probably walk to the school, but to drive over j hills as a home of friendliness and, when completed $20,000, and in a ii? decidedly and needlessly danger-1 hospitality for all kinds and classes j location that gives an outlook over ous. of people. That first winter, one of | the entire country on all sides. To Dangerous Points unusual mildness and warmth, con-1 the east is Fort Bragg, visible for This is the worst bridge I saw. But vineed the Achoms that Pine Bluff m.les, while around the south and west I crossed half a dozen that I would must be their winter home from that not allow a child to cross in a bus if I had any voice in the matter. At Glade on the Cool Springs road the bridge was dropped off to the lower side of the piers, where it sets close by the water. The road approaches the bridge down a steep hill from either side, and since the bridge has been dropped from the piers the structure is still lower down in the hollow, and off to one side, making the descent dangerous from either way. Over Richland creek on the same road a long span has been laid on round pine logs, and one side is lowier than the other, and the bridge springy and dangerous. The pine logs are not durable, but they had to be used be cause nothing else is available. At Buffalo on the road 'Irom Hemp to McConnell is another structure that is a death trap, and the school bus should never use it. The old tim bers are so rotten that a knife blade will shove into the wood its full length, and the bents looks as if they had been made for a rail fence. The bridge at Thaggard’s is a magnificent and picturesque wreck. It is worthy of note that in the time on. The doctor turned his of fices over to an assistant and decided that his patients could come to him. And come they did, as well as many northern friends and associates to en joy the stimulus of an out-of-door life and a keen mind. The Midwinter Canoe Club, which attended the first Baptist Church here, penick, due to illness, could not speak During her stay in Southern Pines she' at the recent Churchmen’s Dinner at made a host of friends and was known Highland Pines Inn. It is generally as* one of the most loved and respect-: conceded that Bishop DuMoulin is one ed residents of the community. De- , the foremost preachers in the Epls. spite her nearly three score and ten'copai Church, and a helpful and Irf- years she was active in church work ■ spiring sermon is assured. Recently a ^oup of represientative j ^ member of the Willing! men of the community met and out-1 ’Workers at the time of her death. PROGRAM OUTLINED BY I AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE the outlook sweeps the entire cir cle. Mr. French will have the land scape handled in a manner to bring out to the best advantage the possi bilities of the location, and he will profit by the roads that have been built, and by the golf courses, of which two are within a couple of hun- he established o* his own property! <ired feet of his lawns. Down one along; the Lumber River, was one oijOf the fairways the open vista covers Doctor Achom’s most interesting ex- i the hills of the ridge out toward periments along the lines of his hobby and a souiice of pleasure to the whole community. He cleared the river suf ficiently for a canoe trip to Georg»e- town on the coast, provided guides, and himself took parties through the jungle-like forests, opening up wide opportunities for the study of wild life in this section. The trips varied in length according to the wishes of the party and somietimes included an overnight camping on the river’s banks. . A Great Tribute liia innate love of all living things led to many ob^rvations on the habits of birds and animals in the Sand- (Please turn to Page S) Montrose, and forther to the west another fairway extends toward the •Aberdeen hbrizon, Highland! Pines Inn is but a short distance to the north, and the Weymouth homes are still closer. Indiana avenue ex- tenfidon leads up to the property, while roads coming through the Coun try club grounds give further out lets in all directions. John Nichols will soon be getting into his new locations in the home sec tion there near the club house, and is an attractive two story brick house. The signs indicate an extensive de velopment of the building territory that flanks the golf courses at the club grounds, apid all of it of a, high class. lined a program of work to be spoa- sored by the Vocational Agriculture Department in the Vass-Lakeview High SchoL The mfembers of the committee are E. L. McNeill, W. C. Smith, D. A. McLauchlin, James Evans, T. Frank Cameron, John Mc- Crummen and H. L. Seagrove. MaOny Floral Tributes { Funeral services were held at her home at three o'clock Wednesday af ternoon under the direction of Mr. Powell. The Rev. J. Fred Stimson, pastor of the Baptist Church, officiat ed. The casket was banked high with beautiful floral offerings from her DR. JUDD DIES SUDDENLY IN SOUTHERN PINES first steps to take in carrying out the program was to hold weekly meetings of the farmers during the next two months before farm work begins in earnest. All farmers in the community are invited and urged to attend these meetings, which will be held on Wednesday nights at 7:30 p. m. The program drawn in the form of a four-year objective includes buy ing, improvement of crops, rotation of crops, buying and selling of seed, proper housing, feeding and caring for poultry and cooperative buying of supplies for same, better dairjring, cooperative buying of all bee supplies and improved farm manag«ment. The many friends of Dr. J. E. Judd will regrrat to learn of his suddsn death which occurred Monday night at seven-thirty. Dr. Judd was born in Holly Springs, Waka County, N. ^ J . J J - i - IC. He practiced denistlry here In The committee decided one of the p,any friends and the service was, Southern Pines twenty years ago, then beautiful. Interment was at Mount | ^he Sandhills for the north but Hope Cemetery. | again returned several years ago and In the passing of Mrs. Hinds the | ginc© then has been practicing his community loses one of its most es-1 pj-Q^ession. Funeral services were teemed residents. Mrs. Hinds wasjjjg]^ Wednesday at the Undertaking loved by young and old alike and was.Rooms by the Knights of Pythias most highly regarded by all who knew Lodge of Aberdeen. The Rev. J. Fred her. She was a faithful and devoted wife and a true and untiring mother. The greatest tribute that we can pay to. her memory is that taken from Proverbs, 31:31; which the pastor used at the service, **Let her own works praise her at the gates.” Next to making a profit in busi ness these days, the next hardest job is distributing your income in such a way that your family is happy. THISTLE CLUB TEA AT SO. PINES COUNTRY CLUB The ladies of the Thistle club are giving a Tea at the Southern Pines Country Club on Saturday afternoon, January 26th, from four until six o’clock. Music by the Highland Pines Orchestra. No charge for tea. Stimson officiated. Interment was made in the Bethesda Cemetery. Sur viving Dr. Judd is one brother, Carl Judd, of Detroit, Iffich. AT YATES-THAGGARD CHURCH Rev. Charles N. Ransom, of South ern Pines, missionary in South Af rica for 38 years, will preach at Yates-Thaggard Baptist Church next Sunday morning, January 27th, at 11:00 o’clock Sunday Sunday at 10:00 o’clock. A cordial invitation is extended to aU.
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