MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS WEEKLY A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 10, NO. 1. MANt.cy of the Sandhill Territory Aberdeen. North Carolina Friday, December 6, 1925 27,000 wm BE YEARS TOLL OF AUTO, SAYS AAA Heavy Sacrifice Throughout tion Gives Concern to Na^ tional Organization Average Income From Farms ot North Carolina $1,3S1, Survey Shows ^ore County Farmers Earn' ed an Average of Only $29 on Investment THE PILOT C0MMENDE1> A TJnited Press despatcli tb ’The Pilot yesterday stated t>iat the death toll in the United States from "auto mobiles would probably reacb 27,000 persons this year, according to rec ords compiled by the American Auto- (By Bion H. Butler) The PilcDt lias just received ^ copy of th^ reudrt of the North Ca'TOlirm tax commission which not long ag;o made a ^udy of the farm und tax situatitm in a number of counties of tha state, among the number includ ing D^oore county. In phaiies of the probhm werfe studied, one the peach situation aTid 'thfe other th-e general farm eoTidltit)!!. As the peach problem was somt'wlrat abnor mal as concerns farming i£hat is not so much of a question from the farm SmUTHERS BURT ON THE EDITORIAL PAGE TODAY Struthers introduces the series of columns to be written for The Pilot this winter by prominent authors residing in the Sandhills in an article to be found on the Edi torial Page of this issue. It is on the subject of “Columns and Col umnists,” Katharine Newlin Burt is the “Assignmgnt Editor” for this weekly Pilot feature and ^^nll offer an article either by herself, Maude Parker Child, Almet Jenks, James Boyd, .Ralph Page, Harriet Ogden 31* some of our distingmshed neig^ bors this week. REV. E. L. BARBER EXTENDED CALL TO LOCAL CHURCH FIRST IN NEWS AND ADVERTISING Carolina FIVE CENTS mobile Association. This exceeds by several thousand the ■deatbs last year, | view point. But the study of general it was stated, I farming in the county as'well "as in ' —— Accidents througbout North H)arolina I other counties of tb-e stjite is ?ome-!ment tm the farm. Five ^f the el^en continued to be reported in 1;he press j what illuminating. jTireas surveyed showsd no raturn on South Carolinian Asked to Ae* cept Pastorate at Aberdeen and Wagram “Work” That Will Solve Ills of Coun- try Real and Imaginary, Says Hoover TO SUCCEED MR. GASTON ' of the state during the past *wieek. A’i- though many of these were charge able to slippery roads, due to the The Rev. E. L. Barber of Carrolto^, Georgia, has been extended a call to the pastorate of the Aberdeen Pres byterian Church as a result of the meeting of the congregation follow ing services last Sunctey morning. He has been asked to serve the Wagram cliurcli in addition to the local charge, and word of his acceptance is expected at any moment. Mr. Barber pretcched at Aberdeen and at Wsfgram some time ago, creat ing a most favoral3le impression upon his listen^jrs. After services here Sun- To begin with a b'ultetin from the ,th farm for investment. In Moore State Agricultural depaHmeiit says county 51 farms wer» surveyed. Hb;e the average income t>f the farms oi ln:t irjcome to the farmers avcraj^ed cold weather, free-zing ram and sleet | North Carolina is Th- aver- '$337. Allowing five ^per cent interest, as it fell on the pavements, a large age cash income •a-f tli^'farms of North on t’ise investment m the farm ^he ' number of casualties were repcrted | Carolina for the yrar 1928 Was $854. | pTuffts on these farms averaged $29 i ? T’ due to carelessness and some to intox- Out of this comes taxes, fertiliser, to tli'e farmer. The?® farm? did not dn-1 r. ^ ^ ^ icated condition "on the iJart of driv-| wages for hired help, the wa^es aV elude the p^acb orchards which w^ere I I? o vo e upon e 1 j 4.V -u ^ X '1 ^ ^ ^1 mi w i question of calling a successor to the ^ ; lowed the whole family working ^on xjonsrdered separately. The IHoor''; i . tj ^'r 'I P r f d ’t Conditions weTe considerably im-ithe farm, and evrry other expense > comity farms surveyed showed s=n av-^ ^ j ^ Tt/r ^ proved locally, no accidents of any | In the bnlletln -un&r consideration it' crage tax charge of $83. The taxos! severity being repoi'te'd to ~Tne Pi- appears that t)f the farms in the sur- took 19.80 per cent, or just abcrat one ^ is a ou lot in this sec^ticm. |v:y the net casli mcome on the av- fifth of the farmer’s net income. On . f The Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen, 1 erage farm in the survey totaled reiited fanns in this district the taxes ^ i ^ comprising membership throughout ^-;270 to the farm'^Pcer all the"expen pub lic buildings bill introduced in the House early in the week, lists the fol lowing North Carolina cities as be ing in line for federal structures un der the sought-for appropriations: Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Sanford, Albemarle, Dunn, Kannapolis, North Wilkesboro, Mount Olive and Ruth- erfordton. A sum of $215,000,000 is asked for construction of postoffices and ether federal . buildings throughout the country, which would bring the total authorized fund available for con-^ Ofrrcers and Directors Elected | struction work under the govern- ' ment s program up to $463,000,000. F. D. SHA.MBURGER NEW PRESIDENT OF THE KIWANIS CLUB At Annual Meeting Held Wed nesday in PinehTirst the Sandhills, toolc official cognizance of the campaign whicTi TheTilot has been waging for a law to license op erators of motor vehicles in the pas sage of a resolution at its annual meeting Wednesday night. 'The res olution warmly commended the po sition taken by this newspaper in its efforts to curb highway recklessness, occupation than'farming and the net |The three important crops were to-i-^^ -^"^ « omgcx. vear ly.iu, s and in addition to thanking The Pi-j cash income of "a representative nnm-|bacco, 'cotton and dewberries. yiaxy^^quStet^ ^^at^ theologkal ] Chairman Elliott estimates that this I would be sufficient to care for pro- i posed new buildings in the District I of Columbia and postoffices for all IVIUCH ACCOMPLISHED IN ’29 ! country having postal re- j ceipts of $20,000 or more annually not j at present equipped with suitable Frank Shamburger of Ab:rdeen | buildings. of Aberdeen. Fran’c Vis wife being a graduate of Winthrop ^as Wednesday unanimously elected | Southern Pines and Pinehurst have ^ ^ machii^ry ^i59 and fend South Carolina. Mr. Bar- r^rpsident of the Kiwanis Club for the ^^en quietly working for inclusion in uross receip^^ | ber is a singer of exceptional merit, i vear 1930, succesding Murdoch M. ■I'havi ’ - . i lot, expressed the-club’s ^appreciation! her of pwsuns in various counties oflfarms not include the peach or- of Southern Fines was elect-j reports f.om Washington. Similar thard^ The three importaitt crops re^ ; vie; president, I. C. Sledgj of [ bills were introduced in b»th House turned an yei^ge nf $1,451, and tjie of-Pinrt^^ - ' - ' the next postoffice building program for some time, and the officials of both towns are encouraged over the of the efforts of tne Hon. Robert N. ^ any state should disclose a net cash Page, Hon. U. L. Spence and Bion; income of $270 to the family the up- H. Butler for their individual efforts j lifters would be out on the streets de- both in connection with the establish-! nouncing everything for the situa- ment of a State Highway "Patrol, in | tion. which the club played na-prominent ; It is agnred 'that the farmer has part, and for their active interest in his home to live in and that he bas further amending the IBtitte highway j his garden to help out in his living, laws. i but any otber man can have his gar- xpenses of the farms averaged $1, regular fi^low/ 256. IVages and fertilizers were the «liief expenses. Almost ia fourth ^of the ' expenses went for f-rtilizers. The Ifflusical Treat for I'Rsb mcome averaged $555. The aver age tax payments ivere $83. This tbrows considerable Irght on *a Knehurst, treasurer, and Richard i and Senate, and with the President Tifts, Pinehurst, trustee. The follow-i Secretary of the Treasury com- ■ ing were elected to the board of di-i a building program at this r:-ctors: J. W. Bloxham Dr. J W. i unemployment and sta- Dickie anc R. L. Hart of Soulhern ^ cor> itions through- out ire co^'ntrv th-r" is relieved to be SaoDdhins on Sunday Pines, W, L, Dunlo^ and J, F. Tay lor of Pinehurst, Dr. E. M Me 1 n ^ liklihooi that the measures will ^vend their wav through the intri- ;den and his bouse as well as the far- ,the farm situation in Moore county- * or Ab3rd en and U. L. Spence of Car-, / t , -p i Tnrkpv rillh A rrane-PS ms*- T1>« is that the farmer’s md the state, and as the farms survev- Ups ation. The need juciiey ^luu Arrtinges „„„„„„ Baptist Church in South- ^ p<>''2J'^>"ent bmidmgs designed Special Race Meet average net cash income is $270 af- i ed were average farms the story is ter all his costs of operating his far.^n probably fairly I'epresentat'ive of are counted. According to the figure:^ i agriculture in the state, and as North Trotting, Pacing aird Running sur^^y Moore county farms CaroTma IS one of the leaders in farm- T> w 11 /-< 1 u ' average of $29 on the farm irg in the country it is probably an Races as nell las Gymkhana l^s an investment. Many coanties of informative statement for the whole i Next Wednesday i state earned nothing as an invest-' nation. R pcits w.re mad? by the office'^s . ^ , d committee cha rmen on the work cern Pines -by the dub during the past Pinehurst and South- vrrr, Pres'dent-ekct Shamburger | The second of the season’s even- th? past accomplishment gpffrr mailing facilities for the Sandhills is another matter which the I - , of the club and his hopes of carrvine: ; n« musicaJ sar.vicas given under the _ „ b:en ac i c’epartment has up for con- ' direction of E. Ellsworth Giles at comnlished thmno-limit i sideiation, and it is probable that a I the Southern Pines Baptist Church ' ~ th aft. of the Chambers of Com- ; wflj take place .Soinday evening next luticn of thanks to R. N. Page, U. L. i cities of the Sandhills hur.'t Jockey Club has th:re been ; - . . ! at 7-45 o’clock ^ Snene:, Bion H. ButUr and The Pilot i such a field of high class race horses, FinalS IH PinchUTSt Golf ToUmey ' A really gr«it .choir of some i’Te "nerrT,ture“to\wfmoT» J< ‘ I State law curbing reckles?r.ess on the i ‘ lutuie to pi«ad lor more 1 voices has been assembled for the oc- ,-blir> hio-Viwenrc <- I ice from and to the north. Never in the history of the Pine- ^ Mrs. Emmet French Wins Way to ir.'t Jockey Club has th:re been ‘ ' at the Pinshurst race track. Because of this fact the Jockey Club has de- Mrs. John 13. Chapman of Graen- lO'h, and taking tbe next two claimed cided to offer a special race meet , not originally included in the i Conn., meets Mrs. Emmet prgnp}, 55* ,554 aar^u schedule French of Southern Pines in the final . ' _ '' . V ^ -r.. ^ ^^^ss Mom?on 6^7 6 j5 456—49 A very attractive card ras been ; of the Pinehurst Country Club s ninth French 645 arranged for Wednesday, Decrmber ; genual Carolina tournament for worn- Miss Morrison 656 11th, at 2:45 p. m., whicb will in-j . . elude trotting, pacing and running ; rri, ainpionship Division races and an amusing program of : Mr- Chapman scored a 3 and 2 vie- The summary: equestrian gymkhana stunts. The harness events will include 'W. H. Watt’s “Forest Girl” and “Prodigal Silk;” J. D. Callerys “Marcella , r.blic highways. Seer ary Herbert, casion, and some of the best church Vail listed tbs club’s accomplishments | music written for full choir will be during the past year, principal among Rill 13resented with accomp.animent by two them being its efforts toward a State j >lli pianos and organ, , highwav patrol, the establishment of The full choir will sing Handel’s ' ?n gcucational tru t funD, the master! Chorus"’ from the oratorio The Mes- farmer movement, its work during ' siah, “Unfold Ye >?ortalji” from , the fruit fly epidemic, and others. i difficult and great “Hallelujah , The meeting was held at the Caro-1 Is Passed by House tory over Mrs. S. F. Wadsworth of Mrs. J. D. Chapman, Greenwich, J QQ^no^^’g j^edemption and the dramat-, lina Hotel in Pinshurst and Pittsburgh by a display of steady defeated Mrs. S. F. Wads- golf and indomitablensss for Which worth, Pittsburgh, 3 to 2 the diminutive Greenwich player is ' Mrs. Emmet French, Youngstown, was ic Babylon’s Wave” by tbe aame com-, largely attended, poser. I ^ Admmistration Measure Lop ping off $160,000 00!) Goes to the Senate Mrs^ Kennedy, Mr. Giles and Tom ■ Sportlight * Equipment Records , Hoover, was passed by the House of «. —- X--..— - J e ^ triple quartet of men will sing a 'R-gr»o Trilin Scott; T. S. Wheeler’s “Dona Vola , noted. She went out in 45 to the 49 r.*’ ^®^^^ted Miss Helen B. Morrison,; setting of Bishop Kewman’s' • i Peter; ’ H. M. Dingley’s ‘‘BuHbles” ! of her opponent to stand 3 up, after Pittsburgh 7 and 6. ^ j Kindly Light, composed by Dud-1 Oil JVlOSSgiel PreSerV6 and “Gwendolyn Aubrey,” Henry i a weak start in which trap troubles Consolation j ley Buck for the Brooldyn Apollo 1 Scotts “Bob Bingen” and others, j caused her to mark down 6s on the Miss Helen Wearing, defeated Mrs. | Club, while he was its director, while the running races will be fill- ; par 4 second and third holes. She in- G. S. Anderson, 3 and 1. ed with the classiest bunch of step-1 creased the margin to 4 up 'On the Mrs. H. V. Maxwell, defeated Miss pers ever seen on the Pinehurst 110th after an unusual break. Mrs. Ethel Bartlett, 3 and 2 track. I Wadsworth, attempting a long putt Second Division Two hours of great sport and fun : for a count of 5, knocked Mrs. 'Chap- ^ Mj-s. w. L. Pierce defeated Mrs. H. are guaranteed for Wednesday., ; man’s ball into the cup from a par- ; Halsell 6 and 4. December 11th at 2:45 p. m. ! tial stymie, and though Mrs. Wads- | Mrs. W. C. Denison defeated Miss C. ! worth’s ball also ran into the tup,' Stanley 4 and 3. CLUB TO HOLD WEEKLY i Mrs. Chapman got an unearned 4 to 1__ Wp‘?hnio*ton. Dec. 5, — HTP)—The $160,000,000 tax reduction bill, recom- m^^nded bv S-cretary of the Tr-a'^ury I Mellen and sponsored bv President AUCHERY TOURNAMENTS win the hole. Mrs. Wadsworth had cut, CLUB TO PUT At a meeting of the Southern Pines ! the C^reenwich woman’s lead to 2 up COMEDY TONIGHT Archery Club held Tuesday night at j going to the 15th, and on this hole, | the home of Carl Thom.pson, it was j Mrs. Chapman laid her opponent a ' . . , . . , , decided to hold weekly tournaments j stymie when a win for the latter 'play*^‘‘The for members on Saturday afternoons | par 5 sseme 3 imminent, ^d the hole , ^ e ^ the University of Ex throughout the season. A new range was halved in 6. Fate pursued the , Pittsburgh Tlayer again on the Book Club, wUl be given when her pitch to the green landed , ,, . , , tt* u o u i her ball in a soft spot, embedding it, ; Aberdeen High Schol Auditor- and Mrs. Chapman to the hole m !Friday. It is hoped that par 4 to win the mathc. : “ attendance will be present. 46 on the Country Club grounds will be used. The officers of the club were reelected for the year. CLEARED ON CHARGES OF MURDER OF ROTHSTEIN New York, Dec. 5. — (UP)—The case against George McManus on charges of complicity in the murder of Arnold Rothstein of New York ter minated today when Judge Charles C. Nott, Jr., instructed the jury to acquit the defendant for lack of evi dence. Kelly will sing the brilliant trio from Attila by Verdie, a mixed oclet will sing the gentle “Soft Floating on the Air,” by root with organ and piano support. A solo for soprano or tenor will complete the musical program. Actual Work of Dogs in Quest of Quail Representatives today, making a rec ord run through the usually choppy legislative sea. The bill war^ onl'y dropped in the hopper on Monday when Congress convened. It will now The Grantland Rice Sportlight mo- ^ xr. o v i 4.- J. . -n 1- -.Li • ^ ero to the Senate where early action , vie feature will show withm a few . f f Mrs. L. W. Williams, the regular pictures taken last Sunday . ^ V r-i, . +0 organist will be assisted by Mrs. Ells- hunting reservation of the Moss- ■ j, worth Giles and Mrs. Lucy Cameron.; giel Club south of Aberdeen. This.^^”/^^ classes of income, individ^ 1^ 1.. X . .L /. *x 1 . J land corporate, individual taxes being rru I was the first picture of its kind ever, j x „n The Choir , , , . , . reduced one oercent all along the line. ^ taken, showing and recording in; m.- . .I,: Sopranos, Miss Ethel Jones, Mrs.j,^y„jj movement of birds, the This is th_ first important piece of Raymond Kennedy, Mrs. Grady Bur- hunters, the commands n>2y, Mrsi Edjwin McKeithen, 'Mrs. hunting dogs, the reports of Reba Kennedy, Mrs. E. V. Perkin- nfjg guns, the dogs retrieving, all son, Mrs. Frank Goodwill, Miss Doro- j winding up with a scene before the thy Richardson, Miss Evleyn Rhodes, j fjre in the lodge, with a negro mam- Mrs. Irene Miller, Miss Anna Hunt- i jYiy serving a tray of quail on toast, ington, Mrs. Gordon Cameron, Miss quartet nearby softly singing. nroposed legislation passed by the House in the 71st Congress. SANDHILLS BEATEN IN PRACTICE POLO GAME MR. JOHNSON ILL J. McN. Johnson of Aberdeen has not been quite so well this Week, and returned to the Presbyterian Hospi tal in Charlotte on Thursd&y for treatment, Mrs. Chapman 566 555 356 Mrs. Wadsworth 665 654 467—49 Mrs. Chapman 445 556 4 Mrs. Wadsworth 544 356 5 Mrs. French eliminated Miss Helen Morrison of Pittsburgh 7 and 6, in a tussle that was very one-sided. The Southern Pines star, playing straight down the fairway throughout the match, and flashing a clever short game, went out in 44 strokes to stand 5 up. She had a birdie 4 on the 8th. Miss Morrison was driving weakly, and missed many short putts to use The proceeds will be used for educa tional purposes. MID-PINES CLUB OPENS FOR SEASON SATURDAY The Mid-Pines Club will open for the season tomorrow, Saturday, with John Fitzgerald again in charge. This and Mr. Fitzgerald’s third as its is the sixth season for Mid-Pines, head. The Pinebluff Inn is scheduled to open for the winter months on Decem- up 49 strokes. Coming back, Mrs. j her 15th, with Edward Salmon again French allowed one halved hole, the j in charge, Lillian Roberts. Contraltos, Mrs. J. W. Dickie, Mrs. Myron G. Adams, Mrs. W. N. Grear- son, Mrs. L. C. Smilie, Mrs. A L. In a bristling session of polo yes- “Nothing could be finer than to be in | terday, in a challenge event serving Carolina.” i as a warm-up for the Sandhills invi- Ted Eaton, head of the Sportlight tation meet next week, Spring Lake, . reproducing staff which was here to * N J., defeated Sandhills by 8 goals Adams, Miss Zilla Adams, Mrs. L. V. take these pictures as well as those I to 4 at Pinehurst. Henderson, Mrs. Sneidiger, Mrs. Edith | of the gymkhana at Pinehurst on! Harry V. Maxwell of the Spring Wood, Mrs. Gibson. j Thanksgiving, says the completed . Lake four was the outstanding scorer, Tenors, S. B. Richardson, A. L. picture v/ill be ready for release Adams, John Crawshaw, Mr. Mills, David Packard, Levi Packard, Mr. Giles. Basses, J. B. Gifford, Myron G. Adams, Dr. J. W. Dickie, T. A. Kel ley, Dr. L. B. McBrayer, Lewis Mc- Brayer, Frank Buchan, John Blox ham, Shields Cameron, Mr Adams, J. N. Lillie. around December 16th. The equip ment with which the picture was tak en and the sound recorded weighed over 10,000 pounds. The big truck spent several days in the Sandhills. The DuPonts of Wilmington are prominent in the affairs of the Moss- giel Club, of which J. Talbot John son of Aberdeen is secretary. his tally of 5 goals serving alone to conquer the Sandhills squad. Vemer Z. Reed of Brookville, L. I., starred for Sandhills. The goals: Spring Lake, Maxwell Nederfield, Denver, Col., 1. Sandhills, 5, Alex Bullock, New York 2, Tod Reed 2, W. I. Raymond, Stamford, Conn., and W. Vivian Slocock, Dar ien, Conn., 1 each.