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MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS WEEKLY A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 10, NO. 4. MANUEV PitiCS PIKIEBLUPP FIRST IN NEWS AND ADVERTISING of the "ritory of North Carolina Aberdeen, North Carolina j^'riday, December 27, 1929. FIVE CENTS AMERICAN LEGION PLANS ORATORY CONTEST HERE High School Students of State To Compete on Subject, “Our Flag” OPEN TO BOYS AND GIRLS In order to aid in the dissemination of coiTect information regarding the history and meaning of the Ameri can flag and the courtesies that should be accorded the flag and in j order to create greater respect for hte flag and more universal obser vance of proper courtesies to the same, the American Legion, Depart ment of North Carolina, will conduct an Orator’s Contest among the stu dents of the high school in North Carolina on the subject, “Our Flag.” These contests and the prizes to be awarded therein will be governed by the rules outlined by the American Legion, Department of North Caro lina, as follows: ADVERTISERS UPSET THE PILOT VACATION Live news and live advertisers forced The Pilot to come out this week in spite of the announcement a week ago that we would not publish between Christmas and New Year’s Day. We appreciate the compliment these advertisers bestow in refusing to let a week go by without telling their stories to the public. Read their advertise ments for after-Christmas oppor tunities. We wish you all a Happy, Pros perous, Healthful New Year. —The Editor. NEW CHURCH IN PINEHURST TO BE READY APRIL 1 Brick Work on Edifice Will Be Completed Within A Week COST WILL BE $85,000 CHILDREN HURT IN CAR CRASH CHRISTMAS DAY Three Cut and Bruised, One Se verely, in Collision at Manlev The new Protestant church, which is being built for the community of Pinehurst, is now well under way and will, within a week’s time, have its brick work completed. This church of which the Rev Murdoch McLeod is pastor, will bring to all its members and many others, great joy in having at last, in Pinshurst, facilities for carrying on its extensive work. The builcing is situated one block north of the Midland Pines road on the eastern edi’e of the village, near the Pinehurst schools. The architect ure will be cf colonial type. Harry Barton of Gre nsboro is the architect, Christmas a Merry One in Sandhills With Needy Families Well Cared For Old Kris Kringle Mr. and Mrs. Thrower Hosts Christmas Tree Party in Southern Pines Charitable Institutions Distrib ute Cheer and Material Aid to Many By Kay Williams As strains of music floated through the air on Monday evening, air just crisp enough to remind one of those all white Christmas Days farther north, we wandered down down Broad Street. The Christmas music grew louder as we drew nearer, and mingled with it we could hear the shouts and laughter of many happy children’s voices, most of them too excited to join in the singing. There near the corner, outside the Thrower Pharmacy, stood a huge Christmas tree, reaching most to the sky, so it seemed at night. Lights of all colors glowed from amid its gay Christmas trimmings. Even the fairies from that famous “Crystal Palace,” must have helped, for who else would have hung a million tiny irridescent AUTO IS DEMOLISHED ' I every branch Christmas dav was anything but a (a) Any boy or girl in the seventh, merry one for the family of Fred . , ., / ,. \ 4.1 1 ^ Bowen of Dallas, N. C., near Gastonia, eightn, nmth, tenth or eleventh grade 3 , . i ® ^ . Mr. Bowen and his three children were ’ in any public or private school in victims of an automobile accident North Carolina for white children intersection of Highway No. shall be eligible for the Orator s -q road from Manley to Pine- ^ Contest. The oration must represent around 11 o’clock Wednesday the original work of the student and i-j-jornino-. this fact must be certified by the j Two cars came together in a head- student’s English instructor and by j collision, almost completely demol- the principal of the contestant s the Bow'en car after it had school. The oration may be as short | turned over several times. That the as the student wishes; the maximum i to the occupants were not , length of the oration must be such serious is miraculous. One child that it can be delivered within fifteen suffered severe cuts and an injury to minutes. ^hest, but the other members of (b) Each school will select one stu- the party escaped with minor cuts dent speaker to represent it in the ; and bruises. They were rushea to the contest. Each school will select its ; office of Dr. W. C. Mudgett i.i South-1 representative in the manner that it ern Pines and given first aid treatment prefers, and each school participating there, after which they were sent to in the contest must select its repre-: their home in Dallas. ' sentative and report his or her name ^ Occupants of the other car escaped to Cale K. Burgess, Raleigh, N. C.,; injury and the car itself was able to not later than January 17, 1930. proceed on ics w’ay. The cause of the (c) On January 31, 1930, there will! collision is not known, and blame for be held in each county an elimination; the accident has not been placed. ^ contest. The representative from | ' each school in the county will partic ipate in this county elimination con test to be held at some high school in the county (place to be announced ; later), at which time the best speak-1 ’yyjjj Q^cupy Barber er will be selected to participate in York, who drew up the designs for the Pinehurst Chapol, w’as consulted. The plans have been well worked out and ^how that a gr^at ceal of atten tion has been paid to the interior arrangements. On the first floor is the auditorium, two stories high. Beyond this and running into a west wing are rooms for a complete graded church school. They provide for beginners, primary There stood Santa Claus by the tree with nearly five hundred little chil dren, dancing on tiptoe so that they might not miss seeing all there was to he se n. Between three and four hundred gifts of candy and fruit were given out to children ten years of age and under. Tuesday we heard that we should come again, so of course we wouldn’t miss it, ard this time the tree was and intermediate departments, each : surrounded, but with hundreds ^ith two or thiee small class rooms., little black faces, with eyes nearly On the east side is a large room with excitement, for be used as a chapel ana for the Mens; g^nta Claus hadn’t forgotten them Bible class. On the second floor are > gather rooms back of the auditorium for the ’ Though the warm sun of the day. Junior departmen^t. Thi* wings have i undone the work of the ice' no second story. The ground floor has , the tree still held its great I a very interestmg out.ay—th.- young' | people’s assembly and dming room, crooning little voices of the which runs under the auditorium, and the Boy Scouts’ room, to say nothin:^ of a kitchen, and fuel and boiler rooms. The Boy Scout’s room is 18 by 30 feet with a large open fire place, chilcren joined in singing Christmas carols. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Thrower of Southern Pines were the givers of so much happiness. They are true and is the gift of Mrs. Leonard Tufts, j fQUow0Y.s of “It is mor2 blessed to This church which at present, to receive.” Pennsylvania Senator Leases “Casa Blanca” occupies the small builiing known as “The Community House,” near the Manor, has foud its present equip- ment inadequate for the organization | (“hat' 'could cr'o\vdld 'around which the Rev. Mr. McLeod and the members have built up. This can be better understood when it is realized that there was an attendance of two hundred and fifteen in a room which the district contest. (d) On February 14, 1930, th« re presentatives from each county in each congressional district will par ticipate in a district elimination con test, at a place to be subsequently announced, at which time the best speaker will be selected to rer^resent each congressional district in state contest. Finals at Raleigh (e) On February 22, 1930, the final Estate Cottage.—Mr. Beck with Rents “Thistle Dhu” It has long been the dream of Mr. and Mrs. Thrower to have a great big Christmas tree and all the children it. Surely their dream came true on Monday and Tuesday evenings, and they were happy because of the happi ness they had given to others. Mr. Thrower said, “It w^as Mrs. should only hold a f■E^^- over one j Christmas present Senator and Mrs. Laning Harvey i of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., have leased I “Casa Blan:a” from the Barber es- i tate and will occupy the cottag? soon j the; after the first of the year for the | balance of the season. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey are very val uable additions to the cottagtj colony stat'-' contest will be held in Raleigh. \ and are most cordially welcomed. It The American Legion, Department is hoped that the two sons will be of North Carolina, will provide and able to join their parents for a por- hundred, at church school last week Secondly, there are ten denomina tions of the Protestant church on the roll. In all, the church has in every way outgrown its old building. The R2V. Mr. Cheatham of the Pinehurst Community Chapel indorses heartily { _ __ _ th3 undertaking, saying that he; JN6W Alleil KeiinelS knows the conditions and believes that this plant is greatly needed. On the consulting committee are three -n names always linked with Pinehurst’s j Some of Best Bred Pointer DogS to each other, and it was well worth it. And as long as there is love, gen erosity and a spirit of romance in the world, there will always be a Santa Claus.” Nearing Completion award the following prizes to the j tion of the season. The older son best speakers in the final contest: | is a former holder of the Junior A gold medal and $50.00 in cash j Amateur National Trap Shooting to the b“St speaker, and $25.00 in i championship. With the arrival of cash to the second best speaker. j the Harveys, W'ilkesbarre will have a progress, Leonard Tufts, S. B. Chap in and T. A. Cheatham. This building will cost approxi mately $85,500, about $C>0,000 of which has been subscribed already. It should ^e completed and ready for use April first. in Country to Be Quartered at Pinehurst The two American Legion Posts in Moore County, the Joseph G. Henson splendid representation by having four of its prominent families in- Post No. 12 at Carthage and the f eluded in the Pinehurst cottage colo- Sandhills Post No. 134 at Southern j ny for the pre?ient season. Pines, will jointly award $25.00 to be j H. H. Beckwith *of Newcastle, N. divided betw'een the best and second i H., and Brookline, Mass., has rented best speaker in Moore County. “Thistle Dhu,” the home of the late There will also be suitable prizes,} James Barber, and with his family not yet announced, for the winners | will occupy the cottage soon after the in the district contest. j first of 'the year. Mr. and Mrs. Beck- In addition to the foregoing prizes ! with have been coming to Pinehurst it is hoped that other patriotic citi- i for many years, spending much time zens in each community will provide j at the Carolina Hotel and Pine Need- suitable prizes to be awarded to the les Inn, an dare warmly welcomed to best speakers in each school. { the cottage colony. It is hoped that MANAGER OF PINEHURST FINANCE COMPANY WEDS Through its Americanism v/ork the Legion has sought to combat the spread of radicalism, pacifism, com munism and other subversive move ments inimical to the welfare of the country, with a program of good citi zenship. The Legion s«eks to bring about a higher appreciation of what it means to be an American citizen. I. C. Sledge of Pinehurst, Ameri canism officer of Sandhills Post, Am erican Legion, has charge of the con test for Moore County. STACY BREWER BUYS THE APEX COURIER-JOURNAL Stacy Brewer, former owner and publisher of The Pilot, has purchased control of the Courier-Joumal of Apex, N. C., which he will operate. A new corporation has filed papers at Raleigh, to be known as the Courier- Journal, Inc.; authorized capital stock, $50,000; subscribed stock, $2,- 500; incorporators, Stacy Brewer and Margaret Brewer of Vass and A. V. Baucom, Apex. the younger members of the family will be able to spend a considerable portion of the time with their par ents during the season. Both of these rentals were effected through the office of H. B. Emery in Pinehurst. SCHOFIELD WINS SHOOT AT PINEHURST GUN CLUB Miss Janie Fletcher and Fred B. Monroe of West End, were quietly married at Main Street Methodist Church, Gastonia, at 10:30 a. m., Saturday, December 21st, the Rev. J. B. Craven officiating. The bride, who is a daughter of Mrs. T. J. Fletcher, West End, is a graduate of Louisburg College and a popular, member of the Aberdeen school faculty. She wore a beauti ful dress of blue chiffon velvet with blue accessories. Mr. Monroe is the son of Mr. and The Allen kennels on the Midland road near Pinehurst are about com pleted, and they constitute one of the most elaborate outfits of the kind in the South. Mr. Allen has some of the best bred pointer dogs in the country, which he has located at Pinehurst be cause this section affords desirable opportunity for training and field trials, of which he is an enthusiastic follo"^/er. A five-acre run has been pro vided for the dogs, with wire fencing, high and tight, to shelter them, and at the central point of the establish ment is a big structure that holds a series of kennels built in most modern fashion, with substantial construction and all the necessary furnishings that contribute to the safety and comfort of the dogs. In connection with the kennels is a home for the manager, space for It was a Merry Christmas all around in the Sandhills. The weather, the shops and Uncle Sam’s mail all contributed to smiling faces and well filled stockings. But this is not the best of it. Thanks to the efforts of charitable and civic organizations and the generosity of the public, needy families throughout the community have been* provided with Christmas cheer. Food cloth ing toys for the children,—all these things have been delivered to those ' families which the various institutions have found needy and deserving, and if any such cases have escaped the attention of the charity workers, it is not through any lack of effort and energy on their part. The Good Fellows Club of Aberdeen took care of twenty-eight families with food and other essentials as well as some toys and seasonal gifts. Mrs. J. R. Page headed the charity committee investigating these fami lies, and Gloma A. Charles super vised the purchasing. Murdoch M. Johnson is president of this organiza tion which sprang into being a year ago at this time and was recently made permanent. The Kiwanis Club fund which wa^ turned over to the County Welfare Department was made good use of, accordng to the report of Dr. J. Symington to The Pilot. The fine gift of over $188.00 from the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen to Miss MacLeod, Assistant county Welfare Officer, made it possible to bring joy and comfort to many of the needy homss in Moore county, says Dr. J. Symington, Countv Health Officer. It was wonderful also how ^^^e prpils of the high school of Carthage responded to an app:al made b’'" Mr. Welch for help for those in w-’nt at this s:ason of the year. Mr. We^ch trrned up at the Public Health Offi'3 with his car loaded with a lib''ral supply of groceries and clothes which was the result of the contribution made bv the children of th' hi'^'h school of Carthage and their principal seemed very proud of his pupils. One of the rooms of the Pub lic Health Office was turned in to something resembling the combina tion of a grocery store and dry goo is store. Miss MacLeod has had some very busv days. The public Health sta^ and Mrs. H, F. Scawell, Sr., Mrs. Seaw-ell, Jr., Mrs. 0. D. Wallace, and Miss McLean of Carthage not only contributed gifts but offered their cars in the distrih'ition of the same. Cameron people also contributed fruit and clothing. Other interested friends offered their cars. The Pub’ic Health staff, nurses and other nurses skidded into a ditch twice in one day and might have been there yet if it had not been for a gentleman acompany- ing them. Mrs. Blair of Southern Pines also sent gifts and a lady from Pinehurst, whose name we could not get over the telephone this morning. Others are continuing to send. We expect by this evening that the gifts of all the doners will have reached their objectives bringing cheer and com fort to many hearts and bodies in this Christmas season and for which there have been many heartv expressions of gratitude. Dr. Symington said. STANDARD STORE BURGLARIZED ON CHRISTMi^ EVE Thieves Make Rich Haul of Suits and Dresses in Aberdeen Shop LOSS IS OVER $$i,ooa The Standard Store in Aberdeen was the victim of one of the boldest burglaries in the Sandhills in years sometime during the night before Christmas. Goods valued at well over $1,000 were taken from the shelves and racks, piled into a truck standing in front of the store and hauled away without anyone knowing what was going on. Entrance was forced through the rear door, which abuts on the alley way back of the Hotel Aberdeen, the Standard and other stores and en trance on the street, as evidenced by the discovery of clothes, shoes, stock ings and neckwear apparently aban doned in haste beside the front door when something probably frightened the thieves and hurried their escape. Among the loot were some dozen suits of men’s clothes, 35 to 40 wo men’s dresses, ten or twelve raincoats, women’s stockings, all the $1.50 neck wear in the store, men’s shoes and oth?r articles of wearing apparel. C. L. Johnson, manager of the Standard Store, is unable until inventory has been completeed to state definitely just how great was the haul. No trace of Thieves Discovery of the burglary was made' about 9 o’clock Christmas morning. The front door of the store was found, unlocked, and a pile of dress and suit hangers dumped beside the door show ed Mr. Johnson when he opened up the store that something had hap pened. Then he found neckwear, suits, men’s shoes piled beside the door as if dropp:d in haste. A hurried exam ination disclosed the fact that a con siderable quantity of goods had dis appeared, and the police of Aberdeen and sheriff’s office at Carthage were at once notified. No trace of the bur glars had been discovered up to time of going to press. This is the second robbery suffered by the Standard Store this year, goods valued at around $150 beisg stolen in- January. No burglary insurance was carried by the company. Chapmans Again Win Fatlie: & Son Tourney Twenty Teams in Annual Compe tition of Papa and the Boy at Pinehurst Mrs. John A. Monroe, of West End He is a graduate of State College and j several automobiles, all the conven- is manager of the Pinehurst Finance! iences in the house essential to a Corporation at Pinehurst. Mr. and Mrs. Moore left immedia tely after the cerem6ny for a tour of Western North Carolina. E. L. Scofield of Pinehurst won the Christmas trap shoot of the Pine- hiirst Gun Club Tuesday, when the biggest line-up of the season compet ed in an added bird competition. Sco field broke 71 targets, and with his handicap tallied a 91. The best score off the gun was the 82 of Albert S. Tufts of Pine hurst, with B. V. Covert of Lockport and Martin McVay of New York next with 81. Leading scores: E. L. Scofield, Pinehurst, 71 20 91. B. V. Covert, Lockport, 81 9 90. A. S. Tufts, Pinehurst, 82 8 90. Martin McVay, New York, 81 8 89. TEXAS* FIRST SON YEAR OLD; MOODY ENTERTAIN Austin, Tex., Dec* 26.—(UP)—Open house at the Governor’s maision on New Year’s Day and a series of re ceptions will mark the return of the historic old residence to scenes of so cial activity. With Dan Moody, Jr., arriving at the age of a full year on January 6, Mrs. Moody vrill have a series of re ceptions. The first, given Dec. 10, was made the occasion to formally enter tain the wives of a ntiinber of new state officials and have them meet Austin people. home of its type in the Pinehurst neighborhood, planned with ample grounds to make the place attractive as an addition to the community. Col. Hawes has had oversight of the con struction and plans, which is one way to determine the quality of the work done. It is Mr. Allen’s expectation to build for himself a home of some mag nitude on the tract of 20 acres which the property embraces. The kennels will be one of the interesting' points on Midland road and the vicinity. TAKES “HIS DUE” Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 26.—(UP)— A pastor of a prominent church here recently preached a sermon on “Giv ing the Devil his Due,” while a rob ber ransacked his home, escaping with money and heirlooms. Mount Helicon Solemn Grove Academy Was Near There in 1804, But Just Where Was It? Milton Brewer this week brought in another one for Jim Johnson or perhaps Dr. Bethune. Milton found in an old story of Moore county, reprinted in the North Carolina Historical Review, a statement of the organization in 1804 of Sol emn Grove Academy, which was located near the present site of “The Paddock,” the new hunt club .^st of Southern Pines on the elope of Wejrmouth Ridge. The lo *;ion as described in the law aui' rizing the creation of the aca ^my is identified by its prox- imi. ' to Mount Helicon. Solemn Gro e is pretty fairly located at the present time, but possibly the historians mentioned above can say where is Mount Helicon. The trustees of the academy were Hector McNeill, Neill Smith, Dun can Patterson, Archibald McBride, William Martin, Jacob Gastor, Alexander Graham, the Rev. Mal colm McNair and Daniel Brown. Successfully defending their title against the largest field ever to tee up in the event, John D. Chapman, of Gr:enwich, Conn., and his 17-3-ear-old son, Richard, won the eighth annual father and son tournament of the Pinehurst Country club Wednesday.. They covered the No. 1 course in 80 strokes in the Scotch foresome compe tition to beat out by one stroke James D. Hunter and James T. Hunter of North Adams, Mass., who scored an 81. Low net prize went to Dr. C. V. Paterno, of New York, teamed with his 20-year-old son. Carlo M. Paterno^ who is a student at Yale, their net tally being 68, from a gross of 89, C. M. Rudel, of Montreal and his son. Jack Rudel, tied with the Hunter team for second place in the net count with 69. Twenty teams started out, most of the dads being old-time stars and al most all the sons being collegiate linksme^i;of note. A stellar t«am 'not in the college ranks was that of H. C. Fownes and William C. Fownes, Jr., of Pittsburgh, former national amateur champion. One team, Henry Swan and Henry Swan, Jr., came from as far west as Denver, Colo. The Chapmans last year won with a score of 75, and this year, came near to breaking 80, a narrowly miss ed putt on the 18th losing a 79 for them. They had an'inward nine of 38 strokes. Richard Chapman is a student at Pomfret school, Pomfret, Conn. MILLION IN TEETH Chicago, Dec. 26.—(UP) — GoM teeth and bridge work valued at $100,- 000 will form part of the $100,000 worth of dental equipment and sup plies that will be shown at the 66th annual convention of the Chicago Dental society at the Stevens hotel January 13, 1929. Nearly 100 leading American dentists will convene for three days and discuss every phase of dental science and dental public health work.
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