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MOORE COUNTY’S LEADIiNG NEWS WEEKLY THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding , OL. 9, NO. 43. 22 PAGES VIEW MANLEY pine &LUFP PILOT SELL YOUR TOBACCO IN ABERDEEN of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, September 27, 1929. 22 UR EXPRESS TO PROVIDE SERVICE FOR KNOLLWOOD HORSES—HORSES—HORSES Riding, Hunting and Polo Seasons in Sandhills Expected to Break All Records jRES FIVE CENTS SbffsANDHILL Off to Good Start With President of Eastern Air Ex press Approves Service for Sandhills Towns high praise for field The Knollwood Airport, serving Pinehurst, Southern Pines and Aber deen, will become a “call stop” at once and a regular stop if traffic warrants, according to Warren W. Lewis, pres ident of Eastern Air Express, Inc., who paid a visit to the field while en route from Florida to New York in one of the company’s big Bellanca monoplanes Wednesday. “One of the most wonderful fields I have ever seen. There is nothing to beat it,” Mr. Lewis told O. A. Black- welder of Pinehurst, who was at the field to greet him. “There are lots of bigger fields but no better ones.” Mr. Lewis arrived with two planes, two pilots, and one passenger. He dropped down on Knollwood at noon Wednesday because the weather look ed threatening, and was so agreeably surprised by the condition of the new field that he told Mr. Blackwelder he saw no reason why the Sandhills should not become a “call stop” on their regular schedule. This means that passengers will be accepted from other points for Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen and this section, and that passengers will be picked up here on notice to either Raleigh or Camden, S. C., that a stop is desired. Should sufficient traffic develop, the planes of the company will make reg ular stops during the winter months, he stated. The present intermediate stops on the run from Naw York to Florida are Washinjgton, Richmond and Raleigh. Fare About $60 The fare, Mr. Lewis stated, would be approximately $60. from New York to Knollwood, and the trip will be made in six hours. Three ships are in oper ation now, but within thirty days there will be nine on the run. They are all Bellanca six-passenger mon oplanes. Mr. Blackwelder took the party into Southern Pines for lunch in his car, and they left Wednesday afternoon when the weather looked as if it would clear up. They were bound from Florida to New York. The two ships which landed at Knollwood were “Miss Columb^” and “Miss Savannah.” The sarife ships landed here last Fri day en Sute south, but delayed only long enough to make some slight re pairs. It is beloved here that airplanes (Pleas*^ turn to page 5) Shamburg^er, McBrayer Kiwahis Delegates Wlli Represent Local Club at District Convention in Greenville The last winter season broke all records in the Sandhills for horses shipped in and out, but indications point to a bigger season this year. Word comes from W. A. Laing, who conducts the Halcyon Hall stables at Southern Pines, that he will send a shipment of riding horses here dur ing October. This is a full month earlier than heretofore, and is due primarily to the building of the new “Ark,” Mrs. Millicent A. Hayes’ school, now nearing completion on the Grover property on Bethesda Road. Mrs. Hayes will feature rid ing as a form of sport and exercise for the fifty student which have reg istered for “The Ark” this fall, and plans regular rides twice a week. Will Stratton, assistant to Mr. Laing, will have charge of the riding for the school, and is expected to arrive in Southern Pines with the first lot of horses around the 21st of October. Mrs. Hayes’ school opens on that date. Both Mr. Laing and “The Paddock” ^tables report many reservations for private horses for the winter, mostly hunters which will be used by those who ride with the Moore County Hounds, the Boyd pack at Southern Pines. Thomas & Alexander and the Pine- ' hurst Stables expect to open early I for the winter season. Riding was at ‘ its height in Pinehurst last winter, I with parties going out on almost daily , trips through the picturesque bridle paths in that vicinity, and with a ^ number of informal fox hunts thrown in. Polo will play its usual impor tant part in the equestrian program ^ for the winter months, with many new faces participating in the games on Pinehurst’s three excellent polo fields. WINTER SEASON Earlier Invasion Expected, More Conventions Booked, More New Homes CAROLINA OPENS OCT. 28 Jack-in-the-Box Snake Pops on D. A. Me- Lauchlin as He Opens Door of Smokehouse D. A. McLauchlin, well known Moore county banker, had a “Jack- in-the-Box” stunt pulled on him Tuesday evening when he opened his smokehouse door to get some grain for his chickens. Just as he pushed the door open, a snake dropped from the top of the door stnd landed squarely across his fore arm. Quite a little excitement fol lowed, the snake finally entering into a pea(»eful slumber. TO BUILD NEW FREIGHT DEPOT IN Fireproof Structure Will Be Completed in Timej for Winter Rush Boy Rider Injured as Mule is Killed Dewey Thompson Has Narrow Escape from Death When Car Hits Animal Frank Shamburg^r and Dr. L. M. McBrayer were elected delegates from the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen to the district convention to be held at Greenville, S'. C., November 6th, 7th and 8th, at the weekly meeting of the club Wednesday noon. The meeting was held in the Gichner-Johnson Building in Aberdeen. Robert N. Page of Aberdeen will have the support of the local club and of others of this vicinity for lieuten ant governor of the Carolinas dis trict when the convention meets, and H is expected that a large number of Kiwanians from here will go to Green ville in behalf of Mr. Page’s candi dacy. Mr. Page reported at tha meeting? that progress in the organization of the Educational Trust Fund is being ^iiade, the committee elected at the Kiwanis meeting a week ago having met Wednesday to discuss available candidates in the Sandhills for the three vacancies on the Board of Trus tees. The club passed a vote of sympathy for its president, Murdoch M. John son, who is ill in a Charlotte hos pital, and despatched flowers to him. In his absence Vice President J. V. Healy presided. Dewey Thompson, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thompson, who lives between Vass and Cameron, narrow ly escaped serious injury or death when the mule he was riding was struck by an automobile and killed. The accident occurred about eight o’clock Tuesday night on highway 50 near the Peele place three miles north of Vass. Dewey was on his way home, his mule walking just off the edge of the hard surface on the right hand side of the road. A car traveling in the same direction struck the mule, fatally injuring it and throwing the boy to the paved road, inflicting in juries which, however, are not thought to be serious. It was a very misty night and the occupants of the car, two Monroe boys from the Springfield section, are said not to have seen the mule until the car struck it. DR. M’BRAYER RETURNS FROM L O. O. F. CONVENTION Dr. L. B. McBrayer, president of the Southern Pines Chamber of Com merce, has returned from Houston,, Texas, where he represented the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, I. O. O. F. at the sessions of the Sov ereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. There were between 3,000 and 4,000 at the convention. Dr. McBrayer stated, among them representative from twenty countries. The doctor found Texas “good and hot.” MURDOCH M. JOHNSON IN CHARLOTTE HOSPITAL ' TO COST ABOUT $15,000 I —' " I Plans have been prepared and bids asked for a new freight station for Southern Pines. I The building, to cost in the neigh borhood of $15,000, wtW be of brick ! construction, and will be located mid- jWay in the block between Connecti- jcut and Vermont avenues, between the Seaboard tracks and Broad street. The present wooden structure is lo- i rated at the corner of Connecticut avenue and Broad street. I Mayor D. G. Stutz of Southern Pines, repiesentative there of the Sea board Air Line Railway, received word 1 of the determinination to erect the i new building early in the week. He ! told The Pilot representative yester- jday that work was expected to begin as soon as. the contracts had been let, j and that the specifications had al ready been given to builders for es timates. The building, he said, woi.’.ld be a credit to the city and the railroad, j On the track side a platform 150 ^eet j long will extend, and there will be large doors at either end of the struc- jture for the loading and unloading of I freight. I Aids Beauty and Safety i The decision to build the new freight i depot at this time is most gratifying I to the residents of Southern Pines I who have long urged a change in tha presetit structure both from the 'standpoint of beauty and safety. The i present building obstructs the viev/ I of automobile drivers approacliin;? i the corner of Broad street and Con necticut avenue, causing several col lisions and many near accident? at that point. Mr. Stutz states that the new building will be the full length of the present building from the corner. The new building is expeced to be completed and ready for use by the time th wintr rush starts. Painters are busy this week redec orating the passenger s^tation at Southern Pines, which has also been in need of repairs. When completed, the building will be much lighter and brighter than it has been for some time. Murdoch M. Johnson, president of the Kiw'anis Club of Aberdeen and of the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce, is undergoing examination and treat ment in a Charlotte hospital for a disordered condition of the stomach. The illness developed while Mr. John son was attending court in Carthage last week, and he left at the end of the week for Charlotte. He is expected to return the latter part of this week. Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Emerson and small daughter, of Crescent City, Flor ida, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Irv ing Johnson in Pinehurst. BURGLARIES REPORTED A number of minor burglaries have been reported in Southern Pines dur ing the last few days and Chief of Police Beasley has incr«jased his force. The Board of Commissioners is' planning to have the residential section of Weymouth Heights regu larly patrolled from now on. Edwin McKeithen dropped in last week and ordered The Pilot sent to his two sons who are away at school. That’s a good way for all parents to keep their children posted on what’s going on at home. If your boys and girls are away have The Pilot sent them every week. That prospects for the winter sea son in the Sandhills arfe brighter than ever seems to be the prevailing opin ion of those whose interests keep them in close touch with the situation. The cooler weather of the past week has started the talk of the coming of “the season” a little earlier than us ual. It has also started the winter in vasion earlier, for southbound trains are carrying more passengers, nore automobiles are traveling the high ways, more people are stopping at hotels and restaurants, more winter homes are opening up. An atmosphere of optimism for a record winter season pervades both Pinehurst and Southern Pines. Those “on the inside” cite numerous reas ons for this optimism. In both towns l ouses are unusually well rented for this time of year. More big conven tions are slated for Pinehurst than for any previous season. The Caro lina opens at Pinehurst October 28th, with a heavy early booking. The new houses built during the winter will bring a large number of new lu me owners for the entire season. The com pletion within the next few weeks 'f “The Paddock” at Southern Pines '.''mH bring many mem'bers of this "lub earlier and more often and for ’^nger stays. The new Seaboard schedule will have its effect. The “Carolina Golfer,” w’r come *0 Pinehurst and Southern Pines at an earlier hour, givin*/ the arrivals plenty of time for a full morning round of golf. This adds 'nuch to the availabl? time of vaca tioners for week-end visits, and will ^'’t as a lure to more northerners ''inke the trip down for short yev- iods. Northern Prosperity Aids Business conditions in the North •^’e good. Bank clearings for the week ending September 14 wer? 19 ner cent ahead of a year a<^:o, and the “Financial Chronicle,, notes that while the volume of business on the Stock Exchange is four per cent higher now than during the first six months of the year, the volume of bank clearings is higher in the same comparison of six months than the volume of stock transactions. Al though stock market prices were not so high last week as they have been during the year, it is only by a small difference, and they are much high2r than a year ago, industrials being over 30 per cent higher, utilities twice as high and railroads 30 per cent high er. Business proiits have shewn n gain of 33 per cent over the fir=?t part of the last year as compared with this year, and it is estimated in New York that business profits this "’^ear will exceed three billion dol lars. Only six weeks of the year be ginning last October has business shown a lower total than this year, and eleven weeks of that period the increase over the corresponding week a year ago has been twenty per cent. Forty-three weeks have seen a de cided gain over the corresponding week the previous year. All this shows how much more able the folks of the North are to come South, and especially that class that likes to winter in the Sandhills coun try and to come here for play and recreation. Never in the history of this country or any other was such a volume of business and such a wealth of profits and so much money being made as at present, or so much wealth available for the uses of a large, number of people who have the time ana the inclination to use their money for vacation and enjoyment. That’s why the outlook is ex 'eptionally good for the season now about to open with a full head of steam. ABERDEEN LOSES Aberdeen High School’s football team lost its first home game of the season to Apex on Tuesday afternoon by the score of 13 to 7. The team was beaten at Raeford a week ago in its first out-of-town game. 300,000 Lb. Sold to Date Ra'n Marred Opening Tuesday but Warehouse Floors Were Well Covered Yesterday.— Mostly Inferior Leaf Thus Far BETTER GRADES BRINGING GOOD PRICES Close to 150,000 pounds of tobacco was sold on the floors of Aberdeen’s two big warehouses yesterday, the first day of sunshine since the open ing of the local market on Tuesday. This exceeded by approximately 65,000 pounds the total sales of the rainy opening day, and also more than doubled the Wednesday sales. About 300.000 pounds were sold the first three days. Both warehouses were well filled yesterday, and Auctioneer Dunn, who is serving both, had a long and busy day. It was well along in the after noon before the floors were cleared in the Saunders building where some 100.000 pounds of bright leaf were disposed of. Prices are not what the farmer would like, but the better grade leaf is bringing better returns than on earlier markets, and inferior tobacco holding its own with the markets v,-hich opened ahead of Aberdeen. To date most of the leaf which has come to the local floors has been of the looking stuff has been sold. Lots looking stuff has been sld. Lots brought as high as fifty cents on the opening day Tuesday. Some sold for as low as 2 cents yesterday. Big Increase Predicted Indications point to a greatly in- ’rofi'^ed tonnage on sales over a year ''fro, when nearly 4,500,000 pounds were disposed of at the Saunders and Warren warehouses. B. B. Saunders ’''ok? for a two-million increase over last year, and this figure is conser vative based on the quantities which have come in during the first three d&ys, especially when it is taken into consideration that it rained on the first two days. At no time last year was there as much tobacco on the floor of the Aberdeen War3hou.ses. operated this year bv Edwards, Lewis Williams of Mullins, S. C., as there was yesterday. The price average, on the other hand, will fall considerably short of a year ago, as it has throughout the state and entire tobacco belt. Aber deen sales averaged $18.91 for the 1928 season, as against a state average of $18.15. The local market this year is expected to average above the average for the entire state, as it always has, but will not approximate the last sea son figure. There is some talk that buying com panies, realizing the probability of co operative marketing next year, are “making a killing” this year. Because of the necessity for organization among the growers in order to bene fit under the terms of the new Fed eral Farm Loan Act, there is almost a certainty that some kind of a co operative marketing association will be formed before the dawn of anoth er marketing season. Big growers are meeting within the next few days in Washington to confer with federal au thorities on the best method of or ganizing and marketing their crop another season. Other Markets The 85,000 pounds of tobacco which sold here on the opening day brought an average of about 13 1-2 centh. This was mostly inferior grade leaf. Some 100,000 pounds were disposed of at Carthage the opening day at a slightly higher average, some good quality tobacco finding ready buyers cn the floors of Carthage’s two ware houses. The Sanford opening is report ed as having been entirely satisfac tory, ntarly 100,000 pounds being sold for around 16 cents. Bad weather af fected sales all over the Old Bright Belt, though Durham reported a block, with 750,000 pounds sold and another 250,000 pounds remaining un touched. Henderson sold between 300,- 000 and 400,000 on Tuesday, and over 160.000 pounds passed from grower to buyer at Fuquay Springs. Crowds have attended the sales each day on the local market, and tobacc» rolled into the Saunders Warehouse yesterday in such quantity that it looked almost like a block for a time. All the big companies are represented here, and the buyers put in a hot time of it yesterday walking up and down the aisles with beaSCXVds ofST down the aisles with beads of per spiration driplping from their brows as they shouted their bids into the ears of Mr. Dunn of Reidsville. No estimate of yesterday’s aver age price could be obtained at the time The Pilot went to press, the buying still being in. progress ort Saunder’s floors. Several good lots brought above 30 cents, but there was^ a lot of leaf disposed of under teir cents. Much weather-damaged tobac co is coming in. Many growers of high grade leaf have not yet put in appearance, though they are know’n to be headed here with their crops. The average price will taka a big- jump when these better lots arrive oiv the floors. Tobat '...^wn Make Hotel Headquarters Warehousemen, Buyers and Growers Amofi^ Those Regis tered at The Aberdeen The Aberdeen Hotel is the head quarters for the group of tobacco men who are here for the market, some fifteen being registered from among” the warehousemen, buyers and grow ers. On the list are the following:: W. R. Reade, Greensboro, buyer for American Tobacco Co.; L. T. “Judge” Avery, Pinebluff, represent ing the Export Tobacco Co.; Fred ^ord. London. England, bookkeeper with Export Tobacco Co.; J. V. Win ston, Creedmoor, buyer for Imper- ‘?>1 Tobac-^o Co.; Henry Abernathy, Jr., Hopkinsville, Ky., bookkeeper. Imperial Tobacco Co.; C. L. Rascoe, Mebane, buyer for Liggett-Meyers Tobacco Co.: A. H. Mebane, Jr.. Meb ane, bookkeeper for Liggett-Meyers Tobacco Co.; J. R. Dunn, Reidsville*, auctioneer for Aberdeen and Saund ers Warehouses; B. B. Saunders, own er of Saunders Warehouse; Garland L. Wheeler, Alachua, Fla., tobacco grower; J. K. Williams, Mullins, S. C., general manager of Aberdeen Warehouse; P. D. Herndon, Mullins, S. C., bookkeeper for Aberdeen Ware house; A. J. Malone, Mullins, S. C., sales manager, Aberdeen Warehouse W’. C. Frink, Mullins, S. C., bookkeep er Aberdeen Warehouse, and H. B. Harrington, Mullins, S. C., assistant salesmanager, Aberdeen Warehouse. J. J. Jones, R. R. Reaves and D. T. Reaves, Jr., of South Boston, Va., at tended the opening at the Saunders and Aberdeen Warehouses. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Glisson, Savan nah, Ga., ars guests at Aberdeen Ho- ted during tobacco season. LOCAL POULTRY MEN TO MARKET COOPERATIVELY The Vass-Lakeview Poultry Asso ciation is the name of a newly formed organization which has as its aim the promotion of the poultry industry in this section of Moore county. H. A. Borst of Vass is president and L. H. Blue of Eureka, vice-president. Around fifty members have been en rolled, and the association’s aim is one hundred members in five years. Meetings will be held monthly. Buying and selling will be done co operatively and every member must grow pure bred poultry. R. L. May field, teacher of vocational agriculture in the Vass-Lakeview school, has been untiring in his -efforts, and through his leadership the interest in pure bred poultry has received quite a boost.
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