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MOORE COUNTY’S leading news weekly THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 10, NO. 2. MAHI.EV PILOT FIRST IN NEWS AND ADVERTISING of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, December 13, 1929. FIVE CENTS GOOD FELLOWS” AND PILOT START CHRISTMAS FUND No Empty Stockings in Aber deen is Slogan of Campaign For Donations MEETING AT 4 TODAY Airplane Swoops to Tree Tops of Southern Pines, Frightens Children and Horses, and Endangers Lives Drops Flaming Torches Igniting Field on Weymouth Heights. Irate Citizens Wire Washington Seeking Revocation of License of Youthful Pilot A menace to the peace and quiet of the Sandhills appeared out of the heavens during the past week, caus ing the customary calm of citizens to turn to wrathful indignation, anVi justifiably. Not once, but several times, an air plane, piloted, according- to Pilot in formation, by a youth recently award- TOBACCO YIELD fflGHER, PRICK LOWER THAN 28 Sales Through November Total Over 400,000,00 Pounds at $21.43 Average JJDE PARKER ON THE LITORIAL PAGE TODAY by residences of some of the leading citizens of Southern Pines. So serious appeared the situation and so irate became the citizenry that a telegram was despatched to the Department of Commerce at Wash ington, another to Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation, F. Trubee Dav idson, requesting that the young ed his flying license by the U. S. De-1 man’s license to fly be revoked. What partment of Commerce, swooped down ■ action has been taken The Pilot does upon the village of Southern Pines, not know. flying so low as to seemingly brush j Low flying over inhabited country the long leaves of its stately pines, is against all rules of aviation, and and so noisily as to frighten children one of the most dangerous forms of and valuable horses on Weymouth navigation. No one knows this better Heights. I than an experienced pilot. Many On one occasion the youthful pi- cities and towns have ordinances for lot flew over the section as night ap- violations of which fliers may be pros- proached, and dropped flaming j ecuted, but in most cases where dan- torches, said to be a signal to friends gerous operation of airplane is re- that he was dining at their house that ported and proven to the Department eyen’hg. Fortunately the*se torches of Commerce at Washington, li- . . did not land on roofs where they censes of the guilty persons are re-! might have caused serious and irrem- voked or suspended. The future sue-1 listed on last months ediable damage, but sparks did ignite ; cess of aviation rests upon safely and ! u j . j . u grass growing in adjacent fields, close sanity. ' ^ tendency to push above the season average m the New I Bright Belt where they averaged j 22.98 for November on total pro- I "ucers’ sales of 59,119,724 pounds. In i the Old Bright Belt the average price 1 was lower, amounting to only 20.02 I a pound on total November sales of If the Good Fellows Club, aided by The Pilot, has its way, there will be no empty stockings in Aberdeen Christmas morning. The Good Fellows Club was organ ized a year ago to take care of needy cases, families which might be over looked because of stress of circum stances during the Christmas season. A goodly sum was raised and properly distributed where it would do the most toward making cheerful and warm a home which otherwise might spend a cheerless day. This afternon, Friday, at the offi ces of Johnson & Johnson in Aber deen, the Good Fellows Club will be reorganized to serve the same bene- ficient purpose for which it has its being, a meeting being called for 4 o’clock to which all those “good fel lows” of Aberdeen who are interest ed are invited. The Pilot will cooperate with the Good Fellows this season in accept ing gifts for distribution through the club to needy families, and is happy to start the fund with $10.00. John son & Johnson have added $10.00 to > ^ ^ t> • • u this, and among other contribntors to I Fastest Field Ever Physicians Pass Resolutions , belts ’were be”ow las^'^yLr” av°er^ LOCAL SALES 3,000,000 North Carolina prodxicers marketed 7,000,000 more pounds of tobacco through November than they had at the same date last year, but they re ceived more than a cent a pound less for it, the report of the State-Federal crop reporting service just made pub lic revealed. The report showed that the sea son’s total for all markets through November this year was 400,083,645 pounds as compared with 393,129,039 for the same period in 1928 and that this year the producers have received an average of 21.43 cents a pound for it as compared with an average of 22.54 last year. The figures include markets that closed prior to November 1 and Barton’s Reminder Wins Feature Event In Wednesday’s Races Cooperation Pledged to New Hospital by Medical Society Here date are Robert N. Page, Gloma Charles, Ralph Page, Frank Sham- burger, G. C. Seymour, Hardin Gun ter, John G. Nichols, the Franklin Sales Company and others. A full list of contributors to the Good Fellows-Pilot Christmas Fund will be published in next week’s Pi lot. Send your contributions before next Wednesday to The Pilot, or to Murdoch M. Johnson, making checks payable to “Christmas Fund.” Let there be no empty stockings in Aberdeen December 25th. Assembled at The Local Race Track Appreciation for Work of Board of Trustees ages. i Wilson held its rank as the largest market with a season’s total of 66,- ^ ^ ' 838,944 pounds adn showed the high- STUNTS UNUSUALLY GOOD , STRESS VALUE TO COUNTY j est average price with 24.85 cents a i I pound, which was above last year’s ^ consistent contriW^HI^^^jl^l^gj^jl'day Even ing Post a!^MB|9|^^|sines un der the name^^^B^Sp Parker, writes for The Pilo^^p week on “The Cost of Column-Writing,” be ing the second of the series of ar ticles by Sandhills authors to ap pear weekly through the wiAter in this paper. Last week’s was by Struthers Burt. Next week Ralph Page offers a contribution. Later will come James Boyd, Almet Jenks, Kath arine Newlin Burt, Harriet Ogden, Dr. E. N. Poate, Gertrude Carver, and others. These articles appear on the edi torial page. PASTOR INJURED WHEN CAR HITS BUSATSANNORD Rev. G- B. Starling of Aberdeen Suffers Broken Rib and Gash in Head WEST END BOY HURT MOVIE OWNERS ORGANIZE FOR TWOCAROLINAS Elects Charles W. Pjicquet of Pinehurst President of New Association CONVENTION HERE ENDS The Rev. G. B. Starling, pastor of the Methodist churches in Aberdeen and Vass, suffered a broken rib and other injuries when the car he was driving collided with a Charlotte-Ral- eigh bus at about 6:30 o’clock Wed nesday night two miles north of San ford. He was rushed to the Scott Hos pital in Sanford where he is report ed as painfully though not serious ly hurt. Besides the broken rib he suf fered a deep gash in the head. Mr. Starling was returning from P^aleigh with a Mr. Alexander of Rockingham. The bus was northbound, and is said to have turned from the right side of the road to pass a wag on, the driver believing he had time to make it ahead of the approaching Starling car. Mr. Starling reports that he did not have time to stop before hitting the bus, nor passage room around the big vehicle. His car crashed into the bus and was bad- ; ly damaged. Mr. Alexander escaped Out of the convention of the North i injury. Carolina Theatre Owners Association * another accident in the vicinity at Pinehurst this week comes the West End, a boy was knocked down organization of an association to j severely injured. He was rushed cover both Carolinas, to be known as j new Moore County Hospital at the Theatre Owners Association of I Pinehurst and after a plucky battle North and South Carolina. Charles W. Picquet, head of the Pinehurst and Southern Pines theatres and vice-president of the National Thea tre Owners Association, was elected for his life is today reported as on; the road to recovery. Condition Improved These are the only accidents of im portance reported to The Pilot dur- Reminder, the bay gelding owned by B. Y. Barton of Akron, O., which won the feature running event at the nresidsnt. Mr. Picquet was presi- j ing the past week, giving rise to the d^nt of the North Carolina association hope that The Pilot’s campaign for which the new one supplants. Thiis one of the aims of the con vention here was accomplished. The careful driving on the highways is having some effect. That nothing of a permanent nature can be hoped for Dr. Clark, Native of The Moore County Medical Society i 23.77. met in a called session at the Moore i . -^^-^deen sales for the month to- County Hospital on the night of Mon- j 1,118,6C4 lbs., bringing the Thanksgiving meeting of Pinehurst: day, November 25th, 1929, the open-i sahs to Dec. 1st to 2,750,372 Jockey Club, repeated Wednesday in ing date of that institution and pass-1 price average of $17.49. the principal flat race, the six fur-j ed the following resolutions without' Cavthage sales for November to- longs, Jocky Paul Jones also riding, dissent: ■ ^ season to- the winner again. Resolveo, 1st. That we consider ^ ® i association with the end in view of I North Carolina so far this year un- Fine warm weather brought a big' the planning, organization and con-' ^ . crowd to the . track, and exciting struction of the Moore County Hos- 20 lbs. to Dec. 1st, South Carolina movie men had no ! as a remedv for the condition which organization of their own and were | has cost over 2'>,000 liv'^s in the na- invited to meet with this state’s j tion and over 600 in the State of finishes marked all but me race. ' pital the answer to unquestionably average, $19.23. jRCksOn SDrinCTS Dies Amour, chestnut filliy owned by j the most imperative need of the com- i ^ i xxi • C. A. Davis of Columbus, O., won by munity. As physicians, we feel that i XiRpilSt ChUrCll CllOir Widely Known Evangelist Passes Away at His Home in Statesville several lengths the five furlong run- j from the standpoint of the benefits j :/iinj|' race with Jockey Charles Davis which we shall realize in being able | in the saddle. [ to do more intelligent work and gain- ^ Toinins: hands with its members in an til legislation is enacted requiring organization to work for the best ; operators of motor vehicles to prove of the profession in both their fitness to drive safely and sane- ctates. ^ The Pilot is convinced. This fact Th' th'atre men here for the con-1 is also recognized bv the head of the K-y’ T'Vl'TATIcr mention attended the premisre of the! State Highway Patrol, which, since Theatr at Pine^^u’st as a its orq:a:ization. has worked faithful- sound film house Mondav night, W, diligently and t'relersly to prevent The Mid-December Trot was won ing more satisfactory results no com-1 Pines Church Fillfd to i “Roxy.” well known New York | *h^ d.estructio^i of human life The people of Jackson Springs com- in heats by Gwendolyn Aubrey, ■ mercial value can be placed on the owned by H. M. Dingley of Auburn, , institution. Me., and the Midwinter Pace was al-1 Resolved, 2nd. That to these url- most within J2rr^!*p of Prodigal ^ tiring workers, the Board of Trustees, Capacity to Hear Hallelu jah Chorus munity are sorrowing with many, vi- Q'tl^ers in and out of the state because • Silk, owti^d by W. H. Watt of Fast ■ who undoubtedly at times with saC“ The First Baptist Church at South- th^atr? owner; Dr. Le? DoForsst, 1 T!-t Th? Pilot’s of forts are not go- phonofilm inventor; John Philip ing for nou?ht is evi':^enc-d by a Sousa, noted bandmaster; the Rev. letter rec'ived this wetk from the Murdoch McLeod of Pinehurst and I State Departmrnt of Revenue, Motor others addressed the audience. On > Vehicle Bureau, which read?, in part, of th« death of Dr. r Mack N. J„ when the horse broke j rifice of per;onal Interests have la-j ern Pine, was crowded to the | Tuesday these follow Statesville. After a prolonged illness,' entrance to the stretch and bored so steadily toward its comple-i Ipc-t Sunc’ay night to hear a fine choir Dr. Clark died on Saturday, December I third, yielding first place to | t’on and have realizrd the p'^rfect re-j of 35 mixed voiczs sing several of svlt which is before u?, we offer an the best sacred compositions 7, in hk heme in SUtesville. Dr, Clark \va^ w^ll known throughotit this state and others and was especially well known to all tbe people in JacV. son Springs and the O'anding country. The people loVed him devot edly, and feel the deepest grief M- cause of the loss of the friend' jni&ister. Dr, Clark was born 4|\ -/ackson Splings in J'lne, 1858. was the son of P'aniel C» Clark.lExnd Amanda Ps.tterson. He Went^to Union Home School an^ later t6 Davidson College. After graduMihg at Davidson, he wettt to Hampfen Sidney for three J^ears. His fbist pastorate was at Red ‘Springs, Hfe went afterwards to Mor» ristoij,. T6hn., and later to Texarkana arid, OkYahoma City. He became aft evan^^ist about eleven years ^nd moved to Statesville where RS *^nade his home until his death. During his ministry. Dr. Clark ^eld four meetings at Jackson Springs. The first was in 1906, and was held in ^ tent. The last was in 1925. The peo ple remember vividly tli® inspiring and powerful messages Dr._ Clark brought to this last meeting. He was to hold a meeting in Jackson Spr^i^ the first we«k in KWember, 1929, but was prevented ness of himself and of his 'i j i. The funeral services were held at his home in Statesville. Dr. Rhyihal, pastor, was assisted „by Dr. Brow and Dr. White. l>r. Whife siicce^s Dr. Clark in the evangelistic work. In terment was inade^. in, the cemetery at Statesville. l)r. C^rk is survived by his wife, wHto. priorjto her n^rriage was Miss liOiTy Anderson of Bolmer, Tenn.; three si^terj Mrs. ^Ida McKen zie of Jtidk^on Sprihgs, Mrs. Nettie McLean of Broadway, and Mrs. Dan McDuffie Of Jackson Springs; and two brothers, Martm McKenzie^ of Texas and Dan McKenzie of Rocking ham, Tltose ^people from Jackson Springs who attended the services in Stali5\^Ile7w?re."%. ^and Mrs. Dan McDuffie, Neil M^uffie and O. S, Ricihar^son. (PIe§se tiii-h to Page 4) Final Plans Made For “Biddy Factory Vass-Lakeview Hatchfeify td Be gin Hatching Baby Chicks on Jan. 17th At a recent meeting 6f the Vaia* Lakeview Poultrjr As'sbciatioft ftnal plans fo? the hatching of fcahy chicks were cdittpieted. Yt was decided to be- expression of our most sincere ap preciation of their efforts and pledge to the institution our entire support, cooperation and patronage. Resolved, 3rd. We feel, that the whole community which this hospital is designed td Serve is with us in this expression g^ratitude and apprecia tion, Sighed, J. W. Dickie, M. D., President; R. G. Rosser, M. D. Secre tary Thanks The Pilot “The Ganergl Assembly of I92T passed an act requiring th^ Motor Ve hicle Bvreau, of the Rev:nue Depart- m:nt to secure, tabulate and analyze motor vehicle accidents. In compll- ance with this act we have b:en striv- Mi«« Mf>rrimfln RenoHs on Thar- 1 necessary Tata and MISS Merriman KeporlS on cnar rEport with the greatest in the moving picture industry spoke at the banquet held in the Carolina County Red Cross Elects New Officers Dr. Mudgett Chief Of Hospital Staff best sacred compositions for choral work written. E. E. GUes had assisting voices from Aberdeen, Pine hurst and Sanatorium making about the best choir, vocally, gathered in the Sandhills in a long time. j The majestic Hallelujah chorus from the Messiah, by Handel, closed the program with the large congrega tion standing throughout its inspir ing rendition. The Baptist Church choir IS now I Xllt; iW-UUlC CIia.pi/C:i vji 1 ^ , » ir -f prepsving advent and Christmas music j AmericaT Red Cross hdd its Novem-i this kind. ^ b-r meeting at the Courthouse in! North Carolina have contnbatea con ity Cases and Chairmen on Roll Call Work degree of accuracy possible, under the circumstances. “One great drawback found from the beginning of this work is the The Moore County chapter of the | general lack of interest iir a thing of gin operating the hatchery on Jan- McLeod ChOSftft Vice Chair^ ua^y l7th. The machine which the as sociation purchased has a 2300 egg i Capacity, and space for 10,400 eggs ■ ^as already been signed for, which | means that the “biddy factory’'^ can. accommodate only 1,100 additional j eggs during its first fifteen weeks. man at Medical Meeting.- Ambulance Ordered Dr. William C. Mudgett of South ern Pin^ was named chairman of the Beginning around the middle of, niedical. «taff of the new Moore January an eight weeks* ponltry Cdiihty Hospital at the meeting of course will be given, covering all the Moore County Medical Soc^ty phases of poultry work. R. L. my-'held early this week. Dr. Alex Mc- “ ■ - • ' •- Leod of Aberdeen is vice-chairman. to be rendered during the next three weeks. Sunday they will sing Gou nod’s “Nazareth,"’ Bartlett’s “Beth lehem,” a setting of HaTidel’s Largo for women’s voices, and the gorgeous duet, “The Crucifix” for baritone and tenor sung fey J. B. Gifford and Mr. Giles. Carthage on the 26th with a good at-1 J^iderably in arrousii^ the int rest of tendance, especially of the local chair-1 both the public officials, who msn and roll call workers, Sevlen i ish us with theis information, and the RED CROSS ROLL CALL NETS $145 IN ABERDEEN field, vocational teacher in Vass- Lakeview High School, will haVe charge of the work, but expeclTs to and Dr. Clement Monroe, Pinehurst, secretary. Dr. Monroe is the resident have speakers from’ irtliet pTaceS % physician in charge at the hospital. ^ Committees of physicians will be named for the various hospital activ^ ities by the above officers. A new Studebaker ambulance has been ordered by the hospital, to be delivered by th« Mmrtih Motor Com pany of Aberdeen within the neitt two weeks. assist him. Mr. Mayfield reported that ihem- bers of the association had already sold one hundred capons on the Southern Pines 'and l^iriehurk mar kets for which they received forty cents pier potiftd. He also furnished a record of the poultry project of Mar tin Cameron, a high, ^school boy, which wotild indicate that there is profit in poultry. In the spring, Mar tin bouglit 100 baby chicks, ninety three o^ which He'succeeded in rais ing, From,tills flock he has sold $.35!o0 iworth of capons and has ground ,$15".d0 worth yet to market. Twehty-five of these chicks are now hens, producihg around seven, dozen eggs"Wch week for which Martin re ceives fifty cents a dozen. A splendid iecoTd, say we! COLORED WOMEN ATTEMPT THEFT IN MELVIN STOHE Two colored women were appre hended leaving Melvin's Department Store with dresses under tlieir coats the other day. J. K. Melvin 'StiSpeiited them and threw open their coats to find in addition to their Wvn dresses, that each had one of his. They were from Pinehurst. After appearance in local court they weTfe Ualten -t® Car thage for trial. Mrs. H. A. Gunter, district chair man, reports that the annual Red Cross Roll Call, which begain on Armistice Day and ended on Thanks giving Day, was generously respond ed to in Aberdeen with a total amount of $145.00 coming into the Treasury. This is an increase over last year, when ^107.00 was taken. Mrs. Gunter wishes to thank all tbose who in any way helped make the drive a success. Special thanks and •appreciation is extended to tbe Bryan Drug Company, who very gen erously gave window space for adver tising; to Superintendent Wright, wh® added materially in a number of ways and to the workers who made faithful solicitation. PUFFS OF PUBLICITY FOR SOUTHERN PINES A puff for Southern Pines came over the air from Raleigh, Station W. P. T. F., the other night. While broadcasting news, the voice said £hat Southern Pines is a very beantyful place and well worth visiting. branches were represented. Officers were electd as follows; Chapter Chairman, Mrs. J. H. Sut- tenfield, Pinebluff; vice- chairman, Mrs. R, N, Page, Aberdeen; Mrs. George Maurice, Eagle Springs, and Mrs. Herbert F. Seawell, Jr., Car thage; treasurer, Francis Pleasants, Aberdeen. The Roll Call chairmen reported the drive nearly finished and the re ports from all the local branches will soon be in the hands of the chapter roll call chairman. Local conditions and the stock market crash may some what affect the final sum-up of re ceipts, but it is expected that the coxinty will maintain its good stand- •aid ©f several years past. Miss Merriman gave an interesting report of her varied activities, which Included one eye case taken to Fay etteville for correction, one crippled child taken to the Orthopedic Hospi tal and thirtf-five children 0. K.'ed for corrective operations at the new Mo«ore County HospiUl through the generosity of the Shriners’ Club. Miss Merriman also put on an interesting pantomime by children of the Pine hurst school, vividly bringing out the practical uses of the knowledge gain ed in the Home Hygiene and First Aid classes. The March meeting of the County Red Cross will be held with Mrs. George Maurice at Eagle Springs. general public as well. “Your pap'teT* has been especiaffy helpful in thfs- work through your reg ular news columns and your editorial page. We wish to express our appre ciation for your contribution towards the education of the citizenship of' this State with respect to the enor mous loss of life and property occa sioned annually through the negligent operation of motor vehicles.” GREEN-MILLIKBN WEDDING IN OCTOBER ANNOUNCED The wedding on October 30th of Miss Flavy Milliken of Hamlet and Hobart Green of Aberdeen was an nounced last Saturday by the young people. They wer« quietly married in BennettsvtMe, S. €., hat had kept the event a secret ^€ia» Flavy is em ployed by the Southe#* Be» Tele phone Co., at 'Hamlet and Mr. Grwn operates one of Aberdeen’s ftHing stations. They are reikRng in Ham let. 158 HOSIERY MILLS IN NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina has 158 hosiery mills, 31 of which are full fashioned plants. A number of expansions and new mills are being built. Amount of money spent this year and to be spent next year is estimated at $10,000,^)00,
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