THE NEWS-WEEKLY
OF.
MOORE COUNTY
THE
PILOT
FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of Nctth Carolina
VOL. 9, NO. 10.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 1929.
ASK HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT TO
CHANGE DETOUR
Southern Pines Chamber of
Commerce Takes Steps to
Remedy Traffic Maddle
Cal Wilson Back, Worked | ROAD SIGN BAN
VASS. N. C
NEW MEMBERS ENROLL
Secretary Howard Bums reported
to the Board of Directors of the
Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce
at its wekly meeting lield Tuesday
noon in Jack’s Grill tinat the mem
bership drive was meeting with
splendid response on the part of the
business men and citizens of South
ern Pines, and predicted that before
the close of the campaign for new
members the organization would he
Way Around The World
Shipped on Freighters, Marooned in Manila, Fin
ally Landing Job as Able Seaman Home-
bound on “President Harrison”
Something over a year ago Cal- boat. WTien the “Garfield” came in
vert Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. i there were no vacancies but he was
Frank Wilson of Southern Pines, left allowed to stay on the boat as far as
home to gratify a long cherished de- ^ Manila on the possibility that a va-
sire to see the world. Cal was twenty- ^ eancy might occur there. When none
one years old then and had already did he attempted to stow away but
attended Annapolis Naval Academy was found as the ship passed the
TOBEENFORCH), ,
SAYS D.H. TURNER:
New Chairman of Chamber of
Commerce Committee Plans
Active Campaign
AIDED BY STATE LAWS
able to sbow Uie necessary funds *o
D. H. Turner has been appointed
chairman of the committee on con
trol of highway signs by President L.
for two years. After the precedent bieakwater and sent ashore in a pilot|
set by the famed Horace Greely and boat,
followed by several other local boys'
he went west to Riverside, Califor-'
nia, where he enlisted as a flying Manila, broke, no friends and no | mittee last year in the removal of ob-
cadet in the U. S. Army Air Service leaving, Cal says he spent j jeetionable signs in the vicinity of
at Marph fViA T most miserable three weeks of i Southern Pines. Mr. Turner announces
'bersh, Z weeks “on[that this work will be pursued with
Broke in Manila
Cham|3er of Commerce, succeedinjg
Struthers Burt, last year’s chairman.
Much was accomplished by this com
: the bench” he managed to ship as I renewed vigor this year.
continuation of the planting along
Broad street, further planting to in
clude beautification of the May street
boulevard, further efforts in the line
of publicity, continuation of the
BOYS, YOU’RE LETTING Tki^-
STATE SLIP IN MARRIAGES
Step up, boys, and give the lit
tle girls a chance.
The Department of Commerce
announces that there were 22,-
204 marriages in North Carolina
in 1927 as compared with 22,691 in
1926, a decrease of 487, or 2.1 per
cent Away back in 1916 there were
21,337 performed.
Don’t be bashful, m’lads. Pop the
question for the old Tar Heel
state.
Of course what may be worrying
the boys is the fact that in 1927
there were 1,642 divorces grant
ed in the state as compared with
1,591 in 1926, an increase of 51, or
3.2 per cent.
On the basis of estimated pop
ulation, the number of marriages
per 1,000 of population was 7.7 in
1927, 7.9 in 1926.
, 1 ^ j-.yers received their primary train-i
carry out the proposed work for j aviation. able seaman on the S. S. “President In a survey of state laws govem-
1929, At the school various mental and bound for Singapore and I ing commercial advertising signfe
This program for the year includes p|,ysj^.Qi ju rapid succes- York. This boat brought him' along public highways mads by the
4. -1 until, at the end of three months,' Singapore, Penang, Colombo, ^ bureau of public roads of the United
only 83 students, Cal among them, re- Canal, Port States Department of Agriculture, it
mained of the original 800 who began. -^^exandria, Naples, Genoa and _ was found that such laws range all
Finally he too was eliminated after throuj’h th3 Straights of thr way from the most general of
getting in 35 hours of solo flvine and out into the Atlantic for lules and regulations to certain well
.spring b»nd con^rts and other pro- i„Ldiately signed on T s S ^ew York. , defined stipulations. Only seven,
jects, all destined to make the to^ ^ Lawrence Jr.” at San Pedro When the “Florida” sent out her, are without state regulation—I - ,
attractive to present and prospective | Shanghai. fii'st distress signal the “President ‘ South Carolina, Arkansas, Texas,; "
Harrison” was only ninety miles New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and
SPENCE BILL
TO TEACH EVILS
OF DRINK PASSES
residents.
The committee in charge of the
membership drive, comprising Frank
Buchan, Struthers Burt and Harry
Vail, is calling on all merchants and
leading citizens to interest them in
what the Chamber is trying to ac
complish. Mr. Buchan reports sev
eral new members as the result of
the first week’s efforts, a large num
ber of renewal memberships and sev
eral increased subscriptions. One
resident of Southern Pines doubled
hi? subscription over last year.
The Traffic Muddle
The Board of Directors took steps
at the Tuesday meeting to remedy
On Slow Freighter
The “Lawrence” was a slow old
freighter and after 38 days, had to
put in at Kobe, Japan for coal. Ko<be i
is not a regular port of call but the
boat needed coal so the captain ne-
jrotiated for an amount sufficient to
take them to Shanghai. It was a
rainy day and the pile of coal, wet and
av/ay but was not able to locate the
Florida, since the “Harrison” was
not equipped with a radio compass.
The “Florida,” it will be remembered,
was finally found by the heroic Cap
tain Fried.
Wyoming.
Connecticut, Massachusetts and
Vermont have the best defined and
most rigid laws. Before any agency
can erect commercial a)dverti8iiig
signs in these states, it must be li
censed by state authorities at cer
tain annual fees, and if it does not
reside in the state a bond must be
struction on Alcoholism
and Narcotism
For several days high seas and
hurrican winds buffeted the “Pres-
black, was dumped into the bunkers | ident Harrison,” carrying away one
! and the boat got under way. | life boat and smashing two more. No! furnished. Each license must show
I As the “coal” dried out it proved ^ fires were possible in the galley stove | a number an:l the date of expira-
I to be a mixture of soft coal dust,lt’u? to high sea and pasiengers andi^ion.
i slate and dirt with practically no heat-1 crew lived on cold food for two days. ] Connecticut levies a license fee of
ing qualities. Eventually, however. Five days late, the boat reached $100 per year, and an annual permit
they made Shanghai, thence to Nag-jNtw York. There Cal met an oldlfe|t of $3 for. every 300 square feet or
asaki. At Nagasaki Cal was paid off I friend and school-mate, Menedyth
the situation^ arising out of the clos- j immediately returned to Shang- Seri of Southern Pines, recently re-
ing to traffic of the road between |about a hundred dollars. Five; turned from a trip to India. Inciden-
Sanford and Vass, thereby shunting | (jays later he was broke and, after; tally Meredyth is expected in South-
traffic around Southern Pines vainly looking for a salary job, went, err. Pines within a few weeks,
stead of through it. j work with the Asia Life Insurance Cal has an interesting collection of
At the request of the Chamber of a salesman and stayed anecdotes regarding his round-the-
of Commerce Commissioner J. El- j four months. ; world trip but space here does not
i^'ood Cox of the State Highway de-, Anxious to continue traveling he, permit mention of them. He has
partment sent District Engineer J. i signed on the S S. *^President McKin-. brought back with him innumerable
W. Mills <to Southern Pines to investi
gate, with the result that he signs
now deouring traffic around the town
are to be removed as soon as possi
ble, and in the meantime other signs
will be erected at vital spots to show
tourists that the route hrough South-
em Pines is open from Pinehurst over
and from Aberdeen over, giving them
the option of including Southern Qovemor Gardner and Legisla- Cen. Holbrook, Now in
Pines in their route but not forcing ture Working Out Provision Phillippines, to Succeed
the extra mileage on them. | New Law Buttner
Secretary Bums reported that he
The coming summex will see a
less of advertising space to $9 for
between 600 and 900 square feet.
Fees apply to each side of each
panel. Signs of more than 900 square
feet are not permitted. In Massa
chusetts the fee is fixed with regard
to administrative costs and varies
throughout the state. Vermont levies
A bill introduced in the State Leg
islature hy the Hon. U. L. Spence, of
Carthage, Moore county’s representa
tive in the General Assembly, author
izing the instruction in North Caro
lina schools of the harmfulness of
“alcoholic drinks and other narcotics,”
was passed in the lower house on
Monday. The bill was sponsored by
Governor Gardner.
The State Superintendent of Pub-
liC Instruction is directed to prepare
a course of study for the use of teach^
ers on the effect of alcoholism and
other narcotism on the human system.
This accomplished, teachers are re
quired under the bill to instruct the
children of the state in at least ten
lessons in any one grade in any one
year. Text books are to be used ini
.BETTER
ABERDEEN GOAL
OF ORGANIZATION
Commercial and Agricultural
Club Launches Aggressive
Campagn of Expansion
NEW MEMBERS SOUGHT
The recently newly elected officers
of the Aberdeen Commercial and
Agricultural Club are beginning to
make this organization a real power
for good in that thriving town, and
The Pilot is pleased to have the
privilege this week of aiding in its
campaign for new members for the
year 3 929.
Aberdeen is awakening to the po
tentialities of its town as the com
mercial and agricultural center of the
Sandhills section, and is planning an
aggressive campaign from now on
to make it such. Its progressive cit
izens are 100 per cent behind the
move recently launched to make
Aberdeen one of the biggest tabac-
co markets in the state. The Com
mercial club is working with tobacco
interests along this line. Efforts
are also to be actively made to bring
new industries into Aberdeen. It
is ideally situated for industrial lo
cations, with three railroads meeting*
,^there, with its position on main high
ways, and its central locaton in the
heart of an expensive agriculturlal
territory. The shopping center of
Aberdeen is the shopping center of a
large territory. Parking space on
Saturdays is already at a premium. A
little effort in lines of civic adver
tising and publicity will double the
trade in no time, the Commercial club
officers believe, and no stonss are
to be left unturned to bring f.Js ad
ditional business into the town.
ley,” bound for Hong Kong. In Hong articles, souvenirs and what-nots from
Kong he waited a week in hopes of; the various cities he has visited and
landing a berth on the S. S. “Pres-^ hi plans, within a short while, to
ident Garfield,” a ^ound-^he-world take another trip somewhere.
Australian Ballot New Fort Bragg C. O.
Assured for State Led Brigade in War
an annual license fee of three cents I the upper grades. After July 1st,
for each square foot of advertising I li>30, no teacher is to be licensed for
space. j te&ching in the public schools unless
State authorities of these three
To Beautify Town ‘
Beautification of Aberdeen is also
on the program of the organization,
around public buildings and on bare
spots here and there. In the more
diftant future, but as soon as possi
ble, the club has in mind an effoit
to make some street changes for the
sake of more expeditious traffic, in
creased parking facilities and a more
progressive general appearance.
As much as possible of its expan-
was receiving nearly 100 letters a
week from northerners inquiring as
to hotel accomodations, cottages, etc.
in Southern Pines, all of which are
answered each day by the Chamber
of Commerce office. "Maps issued by
the Chamber ^f Commerce and the
Town Commissioners of Southern
Pines are being used exclusively in
many resorts south of here to route
automobile traffic through Southern
Pines, he stated, and the value of
these maps would be nil if the High
way Cooimission’s signs at Aberdeen
and Pinehurst make it appear that
Southern Pines is unavailable because
of traffic conditions, ii^ich, ctf course,
it is not.
President L. B. McBrayer appoint
ed Frank Buchan chairiuan of the
Planting committee for 1^29, Nelson
C. Hyde ehairman of the Publicity
committee, and Jolm Bloxham chair
man of the Budget £ommitte«^
PRE-LENTEN DANCE
There is now little question of the
, ^ ^ - change m command at Fort Bragg, for
adoption of the Australian ballot for _ , i -c i j i.
_ ... Colonel Buttner is to be replaced by
use in North Carolina elections in the p, igadier General L. R. Holbrook,
future. The General Assembly at who is at present finishing up his
Raleigh has been working during the, duties in the Philippines,
past week on the provisions of the General Holbrook comes to this
measures to be enacted, with Govern- post witb a long record of past
or Gardner endeavoring to see that achievements in the service of his
the secrecy of the ballot is preserv- country. A native of Wisconsin, he
ed. graduated from West Point with a
The bill as it stood in committee at i eomraissioii in the cavalry. He serv-
the time Jhis article was written pro-, ed in departments of the General
vided for the printing of all ballots j staff, the Quartermaster and the
by the state, taking the burden off i Commissary and is a graduate of the
the counties; for five ballots instead i Infantry Cavalry School and of the
of three, viz., presidential electors, 1 General Staff Collefe.
state officers, county officers, town- | He has seen active service in Cuba
ship officers and constitutional amend- i and the Philippines and went to
ments. Congressional candidates are i France In 1927 with the Fifth Field
to appear on the state ticket, while Artillery Brigade as a colonel in
state senatorial candidates, superior j command of one of the regiments,
court judges and solicitors will ap- The following: year he was promoted
pear on county tickets. | to the rank of general, heading the
I entire brigade. In view of his attain-
1>R. flADER TO SPEAK ON ! ments, which include the Distinguish
states — Connecticut, Massachusetts
I and Vermont—have the right to ex-
I act fines for non-conforming signs
{and to remove them. The cost of
removal, after due notice has been
served, is collected from the agencies
or from the sureties on bonds. Con
necticut imposes a fine of $100 for
e?ich non-conforming sign; Massachu
setts, a fine of not more than $100
with a further $500 for continued
violation; Vermont, a fine of $100, or
imprisonment of 30 days, or both.
Also In Connecticut, any person
who shall deposit, throw, affix or
maintain any advertisement within
limits of any public highway or on
private property without consent of
owners is subject to a fine of not
more than $50 or imprisonment of
not more than six months, or both.
Seven other states, Florida, Geor
gia, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada,
North Carolina and Tennessee—im
pose fees for advertising sings. Mis
sissippi collects a fee of 75 cents for
each sign of from 10 to 100 square
feet of area, $1.50 for an area of
between 100 and 300 square feet,
and $2.60 for an area of more than
300 square feet.
North Carolina exacts an annual
fee based on population of cities and
towns; from $5 in cities of 5,000 in
habitants to $50 in cities more than
35,000.
her prehminarv work shall show her, . , ,
, , , J . 11 Sion and beautification program will
to have been prepared in college or , . , . ^ ,
, , , ® ; be carried out this year as funds wll
normal school for the necessary work, l ... . ^
I permit, and the officers of the Com-
Kiwanlans Hear of
Conditions in Tangier
Rev. Mr. McConnell of New Jer
sey Speaks on Morocco at
Club Luncheon
At the Kiwanis dinner Wednesday
at the Country Club at Southern
Pines John Bloxham’s quartet made
a decided hit with one or two old re
ligious songs, as well as others less
mercial and Agricultural Club are now
making a drive to make membership
in the organization 100 per cent among
the business interests and citizenry of
Aberdeen. In the two years of its
existence the club has growr from
some thirty business men to include
most of those in town, but all are be
ing shown at this time how every
penny expended for the civic good
is an investment for the future pros
perity of each citizen and each mer
chant. *
Present officers of the Ab rdeen
Club
serious.
Some discussions was awakened by | Commercial and Agricultural
the proposition to endorse Miss Ei-|aie: Murdoch Johnson, president; E.
fort for the position of welfare work- T. McKeithen, vica-president; W. A.
Blue, secretary and treasurer. Be
sides the officers, the following are
ei for the coming year, and while
the club as a club seemed favorable
to her it was decided that it would
not be wise to take action as a body,
but that individual appeal by mem
bers to the commissioners would be
a better way to show the appreciation
felt for this capable worker.
Col. Percy Hawes was instructed
to go to Raleigh to appear at the
hearing of the committee in the leg
islature dealing with automobile li
censes and a state highway patrol.
The Rev. Murdoch McLeod an
nounced the date of Dr. L. M. Dader’s
trJk at Pinehurst at the Community'
Also no advertising si.^/ns | <^lub as Tuesday, February 12, at|
directors: G. C. Seymour, T. D Mc
Lean, John Nichols and M. H. Folley.
The club works in cooperation with
the ladies’ civic organization, the
Parent-Teachers Association and all
other bodies looking for the town’s
betterment, and that the joint efforts
of these organizations spell a bigger
and better Aberdeen there is not the
slightest doubt.
ABERDEEN COMPANY PLANT
COMPi.ETED AT 812,000 COST
The ladies of the Pinehurst Cath
olic church are giving a pre-Lenten
entertainment and dance at the Pine
hurst Country Club on the evening
of February 12th. There will be a
specialty act, “Three Oil Kings," and
music by Kelly’s Jazz band of Fay
etteville.
WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT ON
TUESDAY IN PINEHURST j ed Service Medal he was appointed; are places on private property with-
I Brigadier General in the regular army out consent of owner and no signs
The annual St. Valentine’s tourna
ment for women is now being play
ed at Pinehurst with a large entry list
of prominent golfers The play was
to have started Tuesday, but was
postponed until yesterday owing to
the inclement weather.
Or, L. M. Bader, who recently scor
ed such a decided hit in an address
before the Kiwanis Clilb of Aber
deen, is addressing the supper-meet
ing of the Sandhills Brotherhood at
the Community Houie in Pinehurst
next Tuesday evening. Supper is to
bu served at 6.30 o'clock, and all are
invited, both men and women, but
the committee requires advance no
tice that it may know for how many
to prepare. The Rev. Murdoch Mc
Leod may be telephoned to for reser
vations.
The farmer who knows when the
market for farm produce is going to
be highest doesnt need to join a co
operative marketing association.
in October, 1925.
The love of army life seems to
have gotten into the blood and has
been handed on to his son, a lieu
tenant in the artillery, who was re
cently transferred from Fort Bragg
to the Philippines. Mrs. Holbrook is
expected with the General, but the
date of their arrival is not yet defi
nite.
are placed within limits of highways
on penalty of a fine of $50 or impris
onment of not more than 30 days.
Local authorities regulate advertising
signs within ^eir jurisdiction.
GIRL SCOUTS TO GIVE
TEA AT CIVIC CLUB
Mr. James J. Wadsworth, of (Jen-
eseo, N. Y., internationally known
horseman, and master of the Gene
see Valley Hunt Club, registered at
the Highland Pineg Inn Thursday.
Mr. Donald McPherson has rejoined
Mrs. McPheraon, of the bungalow col
ony,
The Girl Scouts will give a Silver
Tea and Candy Sale tomorrow, from
four until six at the Civic Club. The
object is two-fold: first to raise
money for new uniforms and equip
ment and to supply the funds needed
for the work of the Cheer Commit
tees; second, to enable the people of
Southern Pines to become better ac
quainted with their Girl Scouts.
The Lorenson-Harbottle Comji^ny
6:30. A full house is expected. |(‘f Absrdeeii, makers of ornamental
Paul Dana presented in a clever ap- iron and sheet metal articles, now
preciation speech a certificate to have a c arjlfctea plant which repre-
Frank Shamburger for his 100 per sents a . investment in property
cent attendance during the year, and machinery of over $12,000. Ac-
which Frank said was all gain to him,
as he got from the club full measure.
The Rev. Mr. J. McConnell of Bel-
mar, N. J., told the club of a visit
to Tangier, in Morocco, and he was
not over friendly to the place. He
set it down as dirty, dishonest, pov
erty-stricken and undesirable, and a
good place to stay away from. War
i-umors were prevailing while he was
there, and for a time he was not
sure but that he was headed for
trouble, but the skies cleared and he
got back all right to Spain and
safety. But he will not go to Mo
rocco again.
coiding to Mr. Lorenson work has
been done in all sections of the Sand
hills and includes such jobs as radia
tor covers, ornamental fences, stairs,
grilles and other work.
General machine work, electric
motor and armature rebuilding and
rewinding is also handled and the
firm is now handling the entire motor
work of the State Sanatorium, the
Pinehurst Electric Co., the Carolina
Power and Light Co. and many other
Sandhill firms. Their latest job is
the installation of the iron work for
the Atlantic Refining Co. at Man
ley.