THE NEWS-WEEKLY
OF
>IOORE COUNTY
THE
PILOT
FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
Is
VOLUME 9, NO. 14.
^Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territor^j^
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FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1929
SURVEY TO SHOW
OPPORTUNITY FOR
INDUSTRY HERE
Plan Presented to Southern
Pines Board by National
Concern under Consideration
SUCCESSFUL ELSEWHERE
The question of having an indus
trial survey made of some of the
tcwns of the Sandhills section looking
toward the bringing here of more in
dustries is being given consideration
by those in authority in these towns,
and the matter was presented in de-1
tail to the Board of Town Commis
sioners of Southern Pines at its Wed
nesday night mefcting. B. G. Curtis of j
Vass, representative of a national
concern which specializes in the plac
ing of manufacturing and other plants
in the south, explained the plan as ;
operated by his company. i
The company which Mr. Curtis
represents, the Ci*aig P. Gilbert Co.,
of Washington, supplements the work!
of local Chambers of Commerce and ’
such civic bodies in their efforts to
procure additional industry for their j
towns. It spends large sums in j
each year in ad verticils national ^
magazines such as the Textile World, j
Manufacturers Record, etc. To all in
quiries received it supplies a list of ^
all the towns of which it has made
surveys, so that textile concerns or
manufacturers may ascertain which
of the available localities best fulfils
their requirements. The company has
been highly successful because of the
fact that so much northern industry
has been moving south and s.?eking ■
sites for plants in the south in the j
last few years. !
All Phases Studied
The surveys made embody a study
of power resources, labor resouiees,;
natural resources and transportation ;
facilities, climate, health, laws and ^
taxation, cost of living, social and liv
ing conditions, industrial developmenr, •
local attitude toward new industries
and the trade territory in general.
The national advertising campaign
is designed to atiract new industries
to the territory, and manufacturers
are supplied with all necessary infor-1
th Carolina
LAYOUT OF GROUNDS OF NEW MOORE COUNTY
VASS, N. C
HOSPITAL
DRIVE
Best County Hospital
In Two Carolinas, Says
Duke Foundation Head
Dr. Rankin Has High Praise for Moore County
Institution Now Under Construction
at Pinehurst
BENEFIT CONCERT NEXT WEEK
t “The new Moore County Hospital
at Pinehurst will be hy far the best
county hospital in North or South
Carolina,” said Dr. W. S. Rankin,
chairman of the Board of Trustees of
the Duke Foundation, who met with
the trustees of the local hospital in
Pinehurst last Sunday.
Dr Rankin stopped
how the new
Paul Dana Inaugural
Guest of Mr. Hoover
Witnesses Ceremonies in Cap
itol and Attends First Re
ception in White House
PARKING SPACE IfcC*
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Plan showing Arrangement of Grounds of the Moore County Hospital as traced for The Pilot by
R. E. Wicker from Study made by Warren H. Manning, Landscape Architect, Cambridge, Mass.
Mr. Butler Reviews Bird Crowds Greet Rader, j
Book By Late Dr. Achorn ofS.e
Says story of Bird Life in the Sandhills Should
be in Hands of Every Resident Rader Speaks Before Church
and visitor f"”
Music in the Air
Real Estate Quartet Challeng-
ed by Medics and Trouble
Brew^s in Kiwanis
liy Bion H. Butler
In this day of dancing around to
the tune of the automobile and radio
and the stimulants of excitement we
don’t have the time to gn acquainted
TWO CROWDED HOUSES
Paul Dana of Pinehurst and
Hugrh Betterly of Southern Pines
were among those from the Sand
hills who attended the Hoover w
augxiration in w--’ *
’ Faul Dana served both in this
country and France under Mr.
Hoover, and the Hoover war organ
ization had its reunion in Washing
ton over last week-end. Some six
hundred attended, and tickets for
them were provided in the Capitol
for the inauguration ceremonitJS,
and a reception held late^ the
day in the White House, the men
filing past the utiW President and
First Lady as their first guests.
Mr. Dana says the occasion was
a memorable one, and thai he and
others of the reunion party were
particularly fortunate in being
close to the entrance to the Sen
ate Chamber when President
Coolidge, shortly followed by Mr.
Hoover, entered just prior to tha
inaugural ceremony proper. They
had an excellent view of all the
governmental notables and of all
the rites of installing: the na
tion’s new executive. Mr. Dana
said the parade was so impressive
one forgot it was raining.
greet him and discuss plans. The
Duke Foundation has made generous
contributions to the building fund,
making possible the erection of the
hospital which Dr. Rankin so highly
[praises. He spoke in the highest
terms of the building as it has pro
gressed thus far and the plans as
made by the trustees for its comple
tion, arrangements and equipment.
“Nothing has been done which condi
tions here do not warrant, and ap
parently everything which they do
■warrant,” he told the board.
The meeting was a most enthusias-
■ tie one. All but $40,000 of the nec-
I essary amount to complete and equip
the hospital is now in sight, it is said,
land efforts to raise this necessary
additional amount are being pushed
with renewed vigor now tWat the
j stamp of approval has h'en placed
i upon the institution by the head of
the Duke Foundation.
^ Concert Next Thursday
The ticket sale for the grand con-
I cert to be given for the benefit of the
■buildin? fund of the hospital next
Thursday evening, March 14th, at 8:30
o’clock by artists of he National
, Broadcasting Oomiiiny is meeting
with a ready response on the part of
th public. This will be the artisHc
event of the winter season in the
Mis. John Y. Boyd
Dies After Operation
An AuthoritT^ Bible. Mrs.' S»"dhills, and bo h music lovers a..d
Boyd Taught Class of 200
Men in Harrisburg. Pa.
Pinehurst, on that evening.
The artists will ha G nia Zielinska,
Mrs. Joyd Boyd of Sou.hei.i coloratura soprano; Guiseppe De
Last Saturday morning an official
announcement was issued in Southern
Pines saying the meeting with Dr.
with our neighbors and the riches ihat Ra^®l* and Homer Rodeheav. r in the
come from contact with our own peo- Co'^regational church had .o he
pie and the things they are doing, t ino'***d up to nine o’clock in the morn-
, John Bloxham, Frank Buchan, Sam And so a frreat many people in the | Jnj* instead of three in the afternoon
mation about the sertion in which Richardson and Shields Cameron have Sandhills aid not know that philos- as ^odeheaver had to be in Miami,
they may show interest. been comprising themselves a quar- apher and scholar, Dr. John Warren Florida, on Sunday, and to get there I
When necessary, special surveys are, tet for the musical edification of the Achorn, who lived for many years at reqyired going away on the moinin,;-,
made to show specific resources or I Kiwanis Club for some little time. Pincbluff, and who was a student and trait'*. But ihe church was filled an.i j
conditions particularly adapted to | now. It’s been getting so that every i a leader in things of out-door life. the two won the approbation of thv I
specialized manufacturers. ^ time President Murdoch Johnson calls Before his death Dr. Achorn wa^lbig- cvowd. Rodeheaver is a singer ^ pebruarv 28th, 1928, in R, n detto, tenor; Arcadie Birkenho'/;,
Aberdeen had such an industrial on Songr Leader Bloxham to lead the d.eply interested in the birds of the , „f l^lent and reputation, which did. Memorial Hospital in Bal-1 viclinist and Loli a Gabrare Gains-
siirvey made some three months ago.. club in song, John introduces his Sandhills and through his association | „ot :;irffer any during his brief stay in opeiUed on borg, pianist, all of wh.'se names ar:
Other towns in this Sic.ion of the quartet. And the foursome has done , with other students of bird life he n, Southern Pines. In .he afternoon aL^ ’ ' familiar to radio f jns throughout tha
state having such surveys available “right smart well,” too, as Murdoch responsible for a broad study and the sche^'-Wd Dr. Rader held a meetina: ■ daughter of the lat= c untry. Thev are coming h re in
for interestd parties are Raeford, would say. creation of a remarkably informing | at tb*- hour a.opointed, and again the; Gilmore Herr, person, giving the concert for their
Hamlet, Vass, Rockingham, Sanford ^ But it seems there are other voices ^ book on the subject, which is but re-[ house w?s full, people coming fronv ' ' ' . , widow of ac ual expenses only, for the benefit
and Laurinburg. Laurinburg ha.^ had, in the Kiwanis Club, and we thought, cently off of the press. Milton . | Carthnge, Raeford, Pinehurst anu j Yeoman's Bovd who died in of the local hospital. The Carolina
three inquiries from big mills in the | some of their owners were stirring, Skinner and Edmund J. Sawyer were : tlistant places. After the ! Theatre has also been donated for th2
last few weeks as a result of the Gil-j a little uneasily in their seats the, sccured to write and illustrate this n.eetlP.g Dr. Rader lefi for his homo | ' Saturday occasion. All proceeds from the sale
bert company advertising and hopes; last time the four realtors climbed' u.^ique publication along the lines i pear Pittsboro, going from there Sun- . ' over and above th.- rail-
to acquire at least one new industrial ion the stage. Perhaps it was jealousy, j.hat had been projected by Dr. .Achoni, I day talk to the inmates of the
concem from them. but more likely the good old spirit and the result is a book that ought | penitentiary and on Monday Frank
General Survey Possible competition. Jealousy doesn’t to be in the hands of every house- Page; picked him up for an address
The Town Board of Southern Pines figure among Kiwanians. Any- holder who can appreciate the living | hefor* the a*. Raleigh. j
several books on the Old Tes- cessful occasion from both artistic and
has the matter under consideration. I way, the real estators aren't going to I creatures of this community. At the afternoon session Sou h- stories fcr Children.' financial standpoints.
One member of the hoard has made i ^ ^ . ^ ^ While living in Harrisburg she Tickets for th concer. are on sale
the ^uggestmn to The Piloi that it 1 has' noZed Zrit"'ne locaTbook has ’ (Please tui^TTTPage Four) t«ught in the Pine Street Presbyterian =.t the Carolina Hotel and the Carolina
might be advisable to have a more iduicia. , j . -i. *
morning. o^ tickets over and above thj rail-
She was well known in North Caro- road exipenses of the ar.ists will go
lina and Pennsylvania as a student to help swell the hospital fund, and
and teacher of the Bible, and had pub- Mr. Picquet anticipates a most suc-
general survey made of the entire
Sandhill section, showing the ad
vantages of the section as a whola
been organized to glorify American | the one advantage that it is about
music our own feathered folks, the little j GOV. GARDNER GUEST AT i- ix -u u ^
The uprising has been inaugurated people that live in the pine trees just BUFFET SUPPER IN CAPITAL Huai power are still felt throughout
Church a weekly class of iwo huii- Phaimacy in Pinehurst and at the
dred men, and her influence and spir-
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by the medical profession, and three. oul the windows and in the gardrn
ol the quartet are doctors. They’re , and in the swamp and by the roadside
the community.
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Former Congressman and Mr^ ( For the last terv years she has livid Floods Halt Traffic
and wherever we turn. Mr. Skinner ijchn H. Small gave a buffett supper!''* Southern Pines. She is survive
,, ,, , if 4.U u* J , ; bv two sons, James and Jackson Boy u.
has told the story of the birds we Monday evemng at their home ini ■ Mr.. .Tnhn Coir
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State Commander of
Lefirion Cominfir Here pioneer auto man here;
j gave KNOLLWOOD ITS name'may recognize them. But they have a Qn ff l
To Visit Sandhill Post on March I ' <>one much more than merely wri.e j <>1- Gordon Smitji, Don _Scott .id
all see and know and Mr. Sawyei | \yashington in honor of Governor
has drawn their pictures so that we i
in South Carolina
and two daughters, Mrs. John Colt.
of Princeton, N. J., and Mrs. Thomas Nineteen State Highways Closed
Graham. by Highwater and Washed
Out Bridges
25th, District Commander
Dana Announces.
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Benjamin Briscoe one of the pio- things about the birds and make draw-|^^^^^^^ P- -son an, >>• C-S™ C
BASKETBALL CHAMi the forepart of
neers iii the automobile business, ori
ginator of the one-time famous Max- !
ings of them. These artists have | T. K Fountain,
gene into the family history of thv^ The affair, which was informal, was
iginator of the one-time tamous Max- gene into the family history ot tno x.... ^ waters, wash'd
R. G. Cherry, commander of the well-Briscoe Company whic^h later be-i heroes and heroines of their j f"®“Xnds^°lhich^ includ^^ the”foU Carolina State College is the ^^idges or damaged roadwtays
American Legion for the Department | came a part of the Chrysler organi- and they tell us what of t e bir North Carolinians' Commis-i "‘‘w basketball champion of the following the heavy rains,
of North Carolina, and his adjutant, I-«on, has been spending a few days that live here all the time, that 17„trnarRev^^^^^^^^ and Mr^ Southern Conference. The Raleigh
James M. Caldwell, will attend the j in Lakeview, accompanied by Mrs. friends and compamons every jS'oner rf Internal Revenue ; i _ ilniv.rsWv ir.
meeting of the Sandhill Post on Mon-! Briscoe They were the guests nf
day evening, March 25th, according | Mrs. Fuller, who is spending a large
to announcement of Paul Dana, sev-1 of winter there.
our irienus ana compaiuuua cvcij j t-j TTmVoi-si+v in
day of the year, and which come and David Blair Cong.essm.n Lindsay Duke Un v ^
enth district commander.
Plans are under way by Command
er Roy Pushee of Sandhill Post and
Charles P. Everest, both of Southern
Pines, to give the State Commander
a big reception on the occasion of his
official visit. The exact time and
place are to be announced soon, as
^ell as the entertainment program
which Mr. Everest has in charge.
Sandhill Post comprises legion-
iiaires in Southern Pines, Pinehurst
and Aberdeen. Commander Cherry
and Adjutant Caldwell ape from Gas
tonia.
To Mr. Briscoe is credited the name
“Knollwood” as applied to the de
velopment between Pinehurst and
Southern Pines. Mr. Briscoe and Mr.
Boomer, the New York hotel man,
head of the Waldorf and other big
metropolitan hostelries, were being
shown over the Knollwood site soon
after its purchase, and Mr. Briscoe
said to Talbot Johnson that the loca
tion reminded him of a new expansive
club development in New Jersey call
ed Knollwood. When it came later to
naming the local development, Knoll
wood was decided upon..
go like the winter population at Pine
hurst and Southern Pines, and which
come regularly, like the winter cot
tagers, and which come intermitten-
ly nke the week enders, until the
reader who starts to skim over the
book as most of us do with any new
book, finds himself tied up with ic
and reading it here and there, pick
ing up little things that are a wonder
in their power to hold attention.
But this book is more than a thing
to give something to read in an idle
minute. It is the story of the birds
that are found in the Sandhils, and
Warren, Congressman and Mrs. the finals of the ninth annual confei -
Charles L. Abernethy, Mr. and Mrs. j ence tournament held at Atlanta, Ga.,
Charles L. Abernethy, Jr., Mr. and on Tuesday night. The score was
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Mrs. Robert H McNeill, Dr. and Mrs
Gilmer Brenizer, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Miller, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. C. Bryant,
Mr and Mrs. Jesse Harrington, Mrs.
Julia Davenport, Mr and Mrs. J. Gil
mer Korner, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mar
tin, Mrs. John Blount, Mrs. Leonora
Blount Stell, Mr. and Mrs. Garland
S. Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. P. M.
Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Wilson,
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bonner, Mr.
and Mrs. P. M. Wilson, Dr. and Mrs.
Worth Daniels and John A. Living
stone.
44 to 35. None of North Carolinas
entries were defeated during the tour
nament by entries from other states,
the third, the University of N. C.,
being eliminated before the finals by
Duke. ^
MEETS WEDNESDAY MORNINGS
The Adams physical educational
class meets at 10 o’clock every Wed
nesday morning at The Church of
Wide Fellowship. Mrs. Bernard
Leavitt is the teacher.
following the heavy rains.
Reports of flood ccnditions for
rivers in eastern and central South
Carolina were contained in warnings
issued hy R. H. Sullivan, meteorologi??c
in charge of the United States bu
reau at Columbia, when he predicted
flood crests for the Board, Saluda,
Congaree and Wateree rivers.
Included among the highways clos
ed was the Columbia-Greenville route.
The Broad River temporary bridge
just outside of Columbia had a 75
foot section washed out last week
and high waters have hindered re
placement.
The weather bureau did not include
the Pee Dee River in its warning hot
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