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MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS WEEKLY THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 9, NO. 50. VIEW MANUEY PINE. of the Sandhill Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, November 15, 1929. FIRST IN NEWS AND ADVERTISING North Carolina FIVE CENTS TO BUILD ROAD FROM PINEHURST TO NMRPORT Aid Seals Road Through Barber Estate Will Give Direct Improved Route SOME ANCIENT HISTORY It is announced from semi-official -iources that within the next three or four weeks work will be commenced on the Seals Road, runnino: from the Midland double road near Pinehurst, through the Barber property and past the Bart r club house to the Knoll- wood Aviation field on the Carthage and Southern Pines road. This road has been nrojectad for re'^uildirg for several years, but the disastrous floods which interrupted the county road program changed the plans, and it was only as the iniportance of the new field took shape that the county finally decided the v/ork would have to be done. A steady arrival of flyers all sum mer has given the new port a prom inence that tells of its immediate fu ture, and as it is now becoming a factor in the traffic between the Sand hills and distant places the road to connect Pinehurst with the port be came imperative. Southern Pines and Pine Needles neighborhoods are in right good shape now as far as a road goes, the old road being direct and pretty fair. But Pinehurst has been obliged to make the roundabout jour ney by the Southern Pines water works and by Knollwood. The seals road is direct, and well located and will be one of the interesting drives of the neighborhood. That interesting historian, Jim Johnson, of Aberdeen, tells The Pi lot the story of the Seals road, which is one of the ancient highways of Cen tral North Carolina. When this county was created in 1784 three local mag istrates or judges were a part of the government organization. These were Judge Joel McClendon, whose first name is preserved in the Joel road. The others were Flowers and Seals, but their first names have been lost. Judge McClendon lived well up on the head of McClendon’s creek, which bears his name. Roads Named for Judges When roads were projected the Joel road, the Flowers road and the Seals road were among the number, and they were given the names of the three judges. Because his last name was already given to the creek Judge McClendon’s road became the Joel road. These three limbs of the law lived in the Bensalem section, so the Seals road comes down from the Ben salem way to the country near Pine hurst and on to Lakeview, where it passes out toward Fayetteville. The Flowers road is also leasing ou+ from the Bensalem country, and down to ward Chei’aw, from which place Judge Flowers originally hailed. The Joel road comes out from the region up in Bensalem and out north of Eureka and Vass, and down toward Manches ter and Fayetteville, rather clos«e to the Seals road much of the way, but on the opposite side of Little river all the distance until Manchester is reached. And now after a century and a half the Seals road promises to be one of the chief roads of this sec tion, for the flying field has prospects and will be a likely center. Lands in Dewberries Airplane Out of Gasolina Drops Down on Field Near Cam eron. No One Hurt Lack of gasoline caused the forced landing of an airplane in a field near the home of Mrs. Pearl Thomas near Cameron last Mon day afternoon. The pilot, mistaking the dewberry field for a field of :orn, ran into the stakes and punch ed a large number of holes through the wings. One wheel and the propeller of the plane were brok en. The airplane, bound from Ashe ville north, carried one woman and two men, none of whom was in jured. SANDHIllS MEN WIN THRILL IN HUGE AIRPLANE Honored by Hoover Enjoy Trip from Charlotte to Knollwood Field in Tri- Motored Ford ALL OVER IN AN HOUR WOMAN LOSES LEG IN CRASH NEAR LAKEVIEW Hon. Herbert F. Seawell Car on Wrong Side of Road Somersaults after Collision with Another NARROW ESCAPE Mrs. D. C. L. Magan of Belmont, Mass. was the victim of an accident which nearly proved fatal when two cars came together on the highway between Manley and Lakeview at 9:30 o’clock last Saturday morning. Mrs. Magan’s leg had to be amputated above the knee, and her life was de spaired of for several days after the accident. She is somewhat improved at this writing, according to word from the Sanford hospital. Mrs. Magan, her husband and Miss Mary Greeley, all of Belmont, were motoring south in a Ford car, and ac cording to reliable reports, were on jthe wrong side of the highway wh^ ‘ John McDonald of Charlotte, driving ! a Studebaker, approached northbound. With Mr. McDonald were several mem bers of his family. He kept waiting for the Ford to move over on its own side of the road, but when almost upon it, steered his car off the road on the right hand side to let the Ford pass. The Ford ran into the rear end of Mr. McDonald’s car, and turned sev eral somersaults, landiing upturned on the left side of the highway. Mrs. Magan was pinned under the car, one leg almost severed and with other injuries which at the time ap peared to be fatal. She v/as rushed to I the hospital at Sanford. No one else I was seriously injured, though many I suffered cuts and bruises. The Ford was completely wrecked, but the ? Studebaker suffered only slightly. I There have been several other min- I or automobile accidents during the I past week in this section, mostly due I to careless driving. SEAWELL NAMED TO U. S. BOARD OF TAX APPEALS Carthage Attorney Recipient of One of First Honors Con ferred Upon South By John W. Bloxham . Through the courtesy of Jim Mc- Colman, manager of the H. A. Page, Ford agency at Aberdeen, some six Sandhillers were treated to a trip from Charlotte to the Knollwood Air port yesterday, Thursday morning in one of the new huge Ford tri-motored plans. The lucky men were Arthur Newcomb, L. E. Pender, Dr. McLeod, Frank Shamburger, Gra*dy Bumey, John Bloxham, and of course Jim McColman went along. Some hastily scribbled impressions of one of the party are given, exactly as taken down. First glimpst of the Charlotte Air port—many planes, large and small —one tremendous one, all silvered, with three motors—must be ours—it is. They are refueling—using Good I Gulf gasoline—Shamburger wears a | APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT proud smile—two nattily dressed un iformed men are bustling about the plane—many bystanders are inspect ing the huge machine. Now they start the motors—all catch and run smoothly—we pile in— seats for fourteen—baggage depart ment, lavatory—small pilot room ahead for the two uniformed men. They are Chief Engineer Hightower and Pilot Ray Loonfiis—both of long experience in the air—serious, capa ble looking men. The Take Off We take off—no sensation when leaving the ground—^through the cab in windows we see the large balloon tires stop spinning, so we must be off—yes the ground draws away— men get smaller—then automobiles Highland Pines Inn to Open Next Wednesday The Highland Pines Inn, the Op ening of which always means the of ficial opening of the winter season in Southern Pines, will receive its first guests next Wednesday, November 20th. Workmen have been rushing to completion the improvements and i*enovations to the big hosteli'y on Weymouth Heights during the past Week and everything is ex^>ected to be in readiness wHen the guest register is opened. Painters have been hard at it during the past week putting a new coat on the roof of the build ing, and much has been done inside the inn in the way of redecoration and refurnishing. M. W. Turner of Cream er & Turner, proprietors, has been in Southern Pines for several weeks, and Andrew L Creamer is expected here next Week. Practically all Southetn Pines ho tels are now open and receiving guests and many cottages are Occupied by those who plan to spend the winter months here. Several shipments of horses have arrived in town duting the past week, and signs of seasonal activity are everywhere. Cites Home Ownership as Strike Preventative No Labor Troubles Where There Are Building & Loan Asso ciations, Says LaRocque O. K. LaRocque of Kinston toH the members of the Kiwanis Club of Aber deen something about the growth in size and importance of tjie building and loan associations of North Caro lina at the weekly luncheon held Wed nesday in the Church of Wide F':illow- ship at Southern Pines. There are now one hundred million dollare- of .is- sets in these associations in the state, he said, with 9,000 homes costing’ $27,- 000,000 aided under the building and loan plan. Nineteen houses were built in this section with the aid of the three local associations, Pinehurst, Aberdeen and Southern Pines, last year, he said. Mr. LaRocque stated that he had found that home ownership in a com munity made for better comnmnity spirit, and that his investigations had disclosed that in the parts of North Carolina where recent strike and la bor troubles had occurred, all the mill employes lived in rented houses where as in mill towns where mill hands owned their own homes, many built through building and loan associa tion aid, there had been no labor troubles. *‘Home owners make bet ter citizens than home renters,’^ he said. One of the first honors to come to the South from President Herbert Hoover found its way to Moore county last week when announcement was made of the apnointment of Herbert F. Seawell of Carthage as a member of the United States Board of Tax Aopeals. Mr. Seawell was the Repub lican candidate for Governor of North Carolina in the last election, is a widely known lawyer and a man held in high esteem throughout this section. Mr. Seawell was recently endorsed by the -North Carolina Republican State organization for appointment to the United States Court of Claims, a lifetime position paying $12,000 a year, b’lt the place went to and houses we are over Charlotte .Benjamin F. Littleton of Tennessee, -roper—cloudy overhead—somewhere former chairman of the Board of Tax We have read that fog is the worst j Appeals. Mr. Seaw?ll is named for the vacancy on the board. The Board of Tax Appeals is com posed of sixteen members, four of whom hold office for six years, four for eight vears. four for ten years and four for 12 years. It hears ap peals from income taxes assessed by the Commissioner of Internal Reve nue. Members of the Board receive an nual salaries of $10,000. If Mr. Sea well is confirmed for appointment by the United Sattes Senate, he will con tinue in office until June, 1936, prac tically seven years. Besides winning popular favor local ly, the naming of Mr. Seawell comes just at a time when Republican lead ers throughout the state were becom ing discouraged over being ignored in presidential appointments, and has greatly cheered up the state organiza tion. Reign of Recklessness p On Highways Demands New Auto License Law “Cannot Curb Accidents Until State Exercises Control Over Who Shall Operate Vehicles,” Says Hij^hway Patrol Head Raleiffh Gets Next Kiwanis Convention Robert N. Page Elected Lieut enant Governor of Carolinas District at Greenville enemy to airplaning—hope it doesn’t get worse—now we leave the city— must be about 1000 feet up—houses disappear—small patches of v/ood= and large patches of fields—irregu lar in shape—Pete Pender, seated near the pilot room, peers through the door and tells us we are going about 85 miles per hour—we thought it was less—there is no sensation of speed. Now everyone is walking around— there is plenty or room—v/e have lost the uneasy feeling that we had at the ^tgrt—country is all alik"^—few roads —now a crooked yellow dirty river— must be the Pee Dee—no towns—the air line must be between the Albe marle and Monroe highways—it is getting a little rocky now, over the river—sun is trying to break through the clouds—we can’t see very far in any direction except down—we are completely lost—^expected we could recognize landmarks—wait, there is the new dam at Norwood and the town just over the river must be Mt. Gilead. Tried to take some moving pictures with my Eastman, but can’t seem to work the thing through the cabin windows—better climb out on the wing—No, Mr. Hightower won’t let me—says it is dangerous. Now we see a peach orchard—must be near home—yes, there is Samar- cand Manor—now the Carolina Hotel —now everything is familiar—The Chalfonte—Aberdeen Pond—^the Ford Allison W. Honeycutt of Hender sonville was elected Governor of the Carolinas District of the Internation al Kiwanis Clubs at the annual con vention held in Greenville, S. C., last week Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day, and Raleigh was selected as the 1930 meeting place for the conven tion. The Hon. Robert N. Page of Aber deen was elected lieutenant governor for the 4th district. R. H. McDonald of Columbia, S. C., was reelected secre tary and treasurer. Murdoch M. Johnson of Aberdeen, president of the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen, extended an invitation to the Carolinas District clubs to meet next year at Pinehurst, but as Pine hurst had already had the convention on one occasion and it had never been held in Raleigh, the invitation of the Raleigh club was accepted. The convention voted to do away with state lines in the election of governor in the future. In the past it has been the custom to alternate the honor between North and South Car olina. Those representing the local club at the meeting in Greenville were John Bloxham, Murdoch Johnson, Wil lard Dunlap, Frank Buchan, Gloma Charles, Shields Cameron , Gordon Cameron, Frank Shamburger and Her bert Vail. TRAGEDIES FILL PRESS Unsafe Conditions on Roads Proven in Every Issue of State Papers. Weight of Ki wanis Club Influence Needed Behind Move for Remedial Legislation. WILLIE KLEIN WINS OPEN GOLF EVENT AT PINEHURST (Please turn to page 4) Mayor Stutz Elected Boy Scout President Southern Pines Council Chooses New Officers at Enthusiastic Meeting The Southern Pines Local Council Boy Scouts of America is now organ ized for the coming season. An en thusiastic group of men met at Jack’s Grill last Tuesday night, with Hugh Betterley acting as chairman. He out lined the past work of the council in NATIVE OF COUNTY WINS Scouting, the present conditions, and HIGH POSITION IN STATE future. I The following officers were elect- Charles A. Sheiffield, newly ap- | ed for the ensuing year. Mayor^D. G. pointed Assistant Director of Exten Willie Klein of Wheatley Hills, Long Island, was the winner of the tenth annual Mid-South open golf tourna ment held this week on the No. 2 course of the Pinehurst Country Club, shooting 36 holes in 138, put together with a 72 and a phenomenal 66. In the best-ball event for pairs the day before, three teams tied for first with cards of 66: Tom Boyd and Pat Doyle, A1 Heron and William Leach and A1 Ciuci and Roland Hancock. They divided the first three prizes, to taling $1,300. The tournament was the most suc cessful open event ever held at Pine hurst, with more than seventy com peting, among them practically all the leading professionals of the coun try. MR. COX INSPECTS NEW PAGE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY POLO SEASON ON Polo games have begun at Pine hurst, with many of the regular play ers of other seasons back and some new faces among the riders. sion Service in the State, with head quarters at Raleigh, is a native of Moore county, having been brought up in Sheffield township. Mr. Sheffield comes to his new post with the high est of recommendations and has a promising future ahead of him as an agricultural leader in North Carolina. The Pilot hopes to have a more com plete story on his career and ap pointment next week. INSURANCE MEN HERE The North Carolina Insurance Fed eration, newly organized association which includes both company men and local agents throughout the state, is in session the latter half of this week at the Carolina Hotel at Pine hurst. Discussion of insurance prob lems and golf are dividing the time of the delegates to the convention. ' Stutz, president, James B. Swett, vice president; John S. Ruggles, sec retary and Ralph Chandler, treasurer. Max Backer was re-elected Scoutmas ter and a sincere vote of appreciation extendd to him by th council for his activ work inScouting for the past seven years. This appreciation is felt throughout the community among the parents, not forgetting the boys them selves. General discussion followed among all the members present, including A. B. Yeomans and Frank Buchan, who have been active in the Boy Scout work for a number ofyears. President Stutz is making appointments immed iately which will include committees on Camping, Finance, Organization, and a Court of Honor to award Merit badges to the Scouts. Regular month ly meetings will be held throughout the year and everyone interested is urged to attend. J. Elwood Cox, Division Highway Commissioner for this section, visit ed Aberdeen yesterday and inspected the new Walter Hines Page Memorial Highway, laid by the State of North Carolina in memory of Aberdeen’s distinguished citizen. Mr. Cox address ed the gathering of insurance men at Pinehurst last night. BISHOP DuMOULIN TO PREACH HERE ON SUNDAY Bishop Frank DuMoulin of Phila delphia, Pa., one of the foremost preachers in the Episcopal Church, will preach at the 11 o’clock service in the Emmanuel Church at Southern Pines on Sunday morning. Bishop Du Moulin was the principal speaker at the annual dinner given by the Em manuel Church, of which the Rev. Alaric J. Drew is rector, last winter, and has also preached in Pinehurfct. The public is invited to hear him on Sunday morning. MUCH TOBACCO SOLD Approximately 100,000 pounds of tobacco was sold on the floors of the Saunders and Aberdeen Warehouses yesterday, with prices ranging from ten to 40 cents a pound. Both Ware houses have enjoyed good breaks dur ing the past week. “Jerome Biles Killed When Autos Collide.” “Two Girls Die When Train and Auto Collide.” “Nine-Year-Old Child Killed by Auto.” “Painfully Hurt When Auto Hits Cart.” “Three Dobson Boys Injured in Crash.” Newspapers from throughout North Carolina come to The Pilot each week. Picking up five at random from one day’s batch reveals the above front page headlines. It’s the same practi cally every day. Within the last two weeks a young man has been killed in one automobile accident, a woman lies at death’^s door as the result of another, here in Moore county. A representative of The Pilot drove to Raleigh last Saturday and passed five automobiles upturned and wrecked alongside the road. He narrowly escaped being run into three times by reckless drivers who darted into the main highways from side roads at high speed, or cut across in front of him in passing. A woman in Southern Pines drove to Raleigh one day last week on an important mission. The reckless driving of other cars on the road so unnerved her by the time she had reached her destination she was unable to perform her errand. Anyone May Drive North Carolina has a hundred mil lion dollar investment in improved highways, a reputation throughout the country for its roads. It has speed laws. It has a State Highway Patrol force. But it permits Tom, Dick and Harry, Minnie, Mable and Maud, re gardless of fitness, education, physi cal or mental condition to operate motor vehicles. That the highways are unsafe is proven in practically every issue of every newspaper in North Carolina. They are unsafe because North Car olina has no law requiring proven fitness in the operation of a motor ve hicle. In other advanced states an op erator’s license is required of every driver. An applicant for a driver’s li cense must pass a test of mental and physical capacity, including an actual demonstration behind the wheel of his fitness to operate on the public highways. The age limit under which no licenses are granted varies in dif ferent states. The rules under which licenses are revoked or suspended vary. Long lists appear weekly in New York state papers of licenses re voked or suspended for violations of traffic and speed laws. The law is even more strict in Pennsylvania. It is possible that given a large force of men for State-wide patrol duty, the head of the new State High way Patrol could curb recklessness and prevent many accidents under the existing laws in North Carolina. At present, however, there is less than one patrolman for each three counties in the state. One rarely sees a State motorcycle on the highways. The natrol has functioned splendidly, and has done all that could be expected of a force of some thirty men in a state of lOO counties. But it already recog nizes the impossibility of enforcing the laws, of preventing accidents and carelessness and destruction. Police Admit Defeat Before the Lions Club of Raleigh Monday Captain Charles D. Farmer, head of the State Highway Patrol said: “We can never hope to curb acci dents until the State exercises some control over who operates a motoi’ vehicle.” He stated that his patrolmen were doing all they can to encourage safe driving, but pointed out their increas ing task of promoting safety in the fact that during the time the patrol (Pleaae turn to page 4)
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