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VOL. 10, NO. 6.
LAKEVIEW
MAHL.EY
PINEBLUPP
PILOT
FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Ter^ ^y of North Carolina
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, January 10, 1930.
SALES, LEASES,
NEW BUILDINGS,
AT KNOLIWOOD
Season There Given Impetus
Through Activity During the
Past Week
Bailey’s Candidacy Likely to
Throw Monkey-Wrench in Wheels
Prophets Believe Peace in Demo
cratic Ranks Required to
Elect a Senator
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JOHNSON FOR SENATE?
OLMSTEAD TO BUILD NO. 4
Bion H. Butler
The announcement that Mrs. Sarah
Jeannette Fuller had bought the third
Olmstead house at Knollwood, follow
ing the lease of the Newcomb-Tufts-
Johnson house by Mrs. Campbell, and
the further statement that Olmstead
is having plans drawn for the fourth
house on Knollwood, gave the whole
Sandhills a pleasant jolt that will not
be forgotten this winter. Optimistic
men have been figuring that this is
to be a good season but it took just
such a climax of several things to
impress everybody with the facts.
Two years ago people were talking
about a house at Knollwood, and get
ting some neighbors for Judge Way.
Then Mr. Olmstead built a house, and
it was soon disposed of to a buyer
for a home. It was followed by the
second house by Olmstead, which was
also sold and occupied, and the third
followed and it is now placed. Every
one of these three have gone into
the hands of excellent folks, and the
judge is getting all the nighbors any
fair man could ask in this period of
time, and to go further, he has seen
the acquisition of neighbors getting
on such a footing that from now on
the movement is automatic. Knoll
wood and^5he Mid-Pines vicinity have
passed the point where they are con-
cerne;! about neighbors. They have
neighbors, and more are coming, and
it is no disparagement to any other
place to say the accumulation of
neighbors in the Knollwood area is
hard to beat.
There is no longer any doubt that
Knollwood Heights has completed its
permanent establishment, for it has
now so many neighbors of sound char
acter and standing that the only thing
that can happen over that w*ay is the
forward movement of the delightful
village. The home owners have friends
enough from whom to recruit more
settlers to carry Knollwood on if no
other forces were available. Then the
golf influences are strong for both
the courses there are of the highest
type, and the quiet of the courses is
an attraction to many players. The
location of homes in close contact with
the fairways increases the popularity
of the place. So many factors are
helping Knollwood now that it is ev
ident that natural expansion is suffi
cient to make the community that
ideal which is now destined to exceed
anything anticipated when Knollwood
was projected. Knollwood Heights and
the surroundings have ceased to be
a project and become a definite fact.
What was a promise has become a
certain realization. The whole re
gion from Pinehurst to Southern Pines
has passed from the speculative stage
to bscome an investment.
Two years ago a new hoiise at
Knollwood was a sensation. A year
ago it was an event. Today is is an
incident. When Olmstead built his
first house over there he was a pio
neer, not quite as bold as Columbus,
perhaps, but more talked about in
this section than Columbus has ever
been. Now that he is having plans
made for the fourth house on the
ridge but little comment is heard, for
another new house over there has been
the regular process until there has
been no day in two years that one or
more houses was not under construc
tion. Mr. Olmstead has still two loca
tions on Knollwood Heights and is
not certain on which one he will lo
cate the next house, 210 or 247. Both
are on Crest Road ,one nearly oppo
site the new Neidich house, which
is coming on nicely, and the other not
far from the Fownes and the Blue
homes. Either location is excellent.
FLORIDA WOMAN WON
RIFLE SHOOT WEDNESDAY
Miss Barbara Boylston of Lees
burg, Fla., won a rifle shoot tourna
ment of the Pinehurst Gun Club
Wednesday with the score of 138 out
of a possible 150. This is the best
score made by a woman in or. out
of competition here this season.
COVERT WINS TRAPSHOOT
EVENT AT GUN CLUB
B. V. Covert of Lockport with a
score of 88 off the gun and a total of
97 won the added bird trap shooting
tournament of the Pinehurst Gun Club
Wednesday.
C. A. Chandler of Atlanta with
69-8-76 was second and E. L. Scofield
of New York with 61-15 76 third.
The announcement by J. W. Bailey
that he will be a candidate for the
United States Senate in opposition to
Senator Simmons, has set the politi
cal machine in motion in the state.
It is too soon to crystallize opinion as
to the extent of Bailey’s campaign,
b”t a divided opinion is plain. Some
of the papers encourage Bailey, but
it looks as if the more conservative
editors are not enthusiastic over his
announcement.
The note that is sounded by some is
to the effect that just at the pres
ent is not a good time for the Demo
cratic party to divide itself, and that
Bailey is introducing a dangjerous
policy when Republican aggression is
likely to take advantage of every mis
step made by the Democrats. The ar
gument is that North Carolina came
too near the danger line last fall to
make it safe to stir up any further
warfare within the party organization
merely for the sake of rapping Sim
mons over the knuckles. The Char
lotte Observer goes so far as to in
timate that if Simmons does not re
turn to Washington he will be fol
lowed by a Republican, and many ob
serving people seem to agree with
it. The state Republicans and Repub
licans elsewhere are watching the sit
uation with much interest, and it looks
as if they are polishing up the old
tomahawk with right much hope.
North Carolina has grown to be an
industrial state of decided prominence,
and industralism and tariff run to
gether. The Republican idol of a pro
tective tariff has been a strong thing
to conjure with, as the last presiden
tial election as well as many others
that have gone before, affords evi
dence.
No Time for War
Simmons is the most prominent an
tagonist in Congress of the high tar
iff Republican influences. It is argued
that he would leave Bailey with no de
cisive party policy to espouse, while
if the campaign is based on warfare
on Simmons the Republicans are will
ing to go to battle on that score, but
without worrying for the safety of
Bailey. The outlook as observers ap
pear to interpret it as far as is ap
parent so far is that North Carolina
is set for an undesirable political
war and one based largely on ran
cor rather than on common good. The
refusal of Brogden and Stacy to op
pose Simmons is regarded as an in
dication that the conservative Demo
crat is not favorable to war at this
time and that in the showdown Bail
ey is likely to fall outside the breast
works. On the other hand it is not
hard to find men who believe that the
Smith followers are hot enough to
do a good job of political blood let
ting in the Simmons ranks.
Some thoughtful prophets assert
that last fall’s election shows that
North Carolina is a Democratic state,
for the vote was delivered to Hoover
by Democrats, and not by. Republi
cans, and the Democrats proved their
politicall alignment in the vote for
Gardner and the state ticket. Nothing
is in the air to indicate that the votes
cast for Hoover are to be counted as
Republican votes if they are not ford
ed thereb y party division, which is
why some observers regret the Bailey
announcement. It is regarded as run
ning up the red flag at a time when
peace is in sight if a peace policy is
encouraged.
But it is a pretty certain guess
that North Carolina this summer is
to see a lively campaign, and that the
preliminaries are to start pretty
soon.
Johnson for Senate
In local matters the signs point to
a fairly conservative campaign al
though interest is already showing.
Some names have been offered for
the coming primaries, that of Mur
doch Johnson, for State Senate, sug
gested by some of his friends, awak
ening considerable attention. Mur
doch has had several years of legis
lative experience, and is spoken of
with friendly comment. Other names
for other offices are suggested, but
so far most of the jockeying is rath
er as a feeler. The next two or three
weeks will clear the sky considrably,
for once the brush is fired the sky
begins to light up.
GUESTS IN SOUTHERN PINES
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Morton of Wil-
limantic, Conn., stopped off in
Southern Pines en route to Florida,
and were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
E. A. Tracy.
Miss Mina Hines of Wyalusing, Pa.,
is spending the winter with Mrs. E. A.
Tracy.
SUGGESTED FOR SENATE
ROSS AND ABBOn
PEACH DELEGATES
TO U. S. MEE^NG
FIVE CENTS
Growers to Create National Or
ganization under Federal
Farm Board
MEMBERShiP HERE URGED
Murdoch M. Johnson
of Aberdeen
COMMERCE BODY
TO ENJOY ANNUAL
BANQUET TONIGHT
Inspiring and Entertaining Eve
ning is Promised by the
Three B’s.
ELECT NEW DIRECTORS
The annual *feast of the f*harhbe^
of Commerce of Southern Pines takes j
place tonight, Friday, in the dining |
room of the Southern Pines Hotel at i
7:30 o’clock. Besides the election of j
a new Board of Directors to serve
during 1930, other matters of impor- i
tance to the citizens of the city will j
be taken up, addresses made by prom-1
inent citizens and winter residents,;
and entertainment features introduc
ed. The fact that the famous three
B’s, Buchan, Burt and Betterley, com
prise the committee on arrangements
for the dinner, assure an ins;:inng
and entertaining evening.
Howard Burns, secretary, will read
the annual report of the Chamber’s
activities during the past year, and
Dr. L. B. McBrayer will give his pres-
i"l ntial report and recommendations
for the future of the organization.
Struthers Burt is on the program as
well as others of the winter colony.
Some out of town talent is also on the
list, and a sprinkling of musical num
bers, both amateur and professional.
In all, it bids fair to be one of the
pleasant evenings of the winter for
the residents of Southern Pines, all of
whom are invited whether or not they
are members of the Chamber of
Commerce.
Dinner will be served promptly at
7:30, according to Frank Harrington,
proprietor of the Southern Pines Ho
tel. The tickets which have been on
sale all week at $1.25 each, have been
going rapidly and a large crowd is
expected. Officers of the Chamber
are not elected at the meeting, but
‘sjo:^D3aiQ JO pjBoq i^q uasoi{0
which will be selected tonight.
The recently organized Carolina
Peach Institute will be represented
by George Ross of the Sandhills,
President, and Fred P. Abbott of Ham
let, Secretary, in a national meeting
of 'deciduous fruit growers and in
terests which will be held in Washing
ton, D. C., January 14th. The move
ment towards this meeting was in
augurated by the Indiana Horticultur
al Society and at this time, accept
ances from a large number of states
have already been received and a suc
cessful meeting is anticipated.
The purpose of this meeting is to
bring into closer union the decidous
fruit interest of the country. To form
contact with the Federal Farm Board
and to ascertain its attitude towards
the cooperation of fruit growers for
the marketing of their products and
regulating production thereof. To
create a national organization and to
endeavor to esatblish a “spokesman”
foi* the deciduous fruit industry. To
get squarely behind the movement to
obtain adequate funds from Congress
to meet the emergency created by the
Oriental Fruit Moth and to demand
rnompt and effective measures to com
bat, control or eradicate that which
has already cost the peach industry
millions of dollars and offers a more
serious threat to apples and other
fruits. It is believed that in view of
the appropriation already made to
eradicate the Mediterranean Fruit 1
Fly and the further appropria- ^
tion of more than fifteen million dol- i
lars about to be made for the same I
pmose, that tlje deciduous fruit in
terests have fafiec
DR. E. M. POATE ON THE
EDITORIAL PAGE TODAY
Dr. E. M. Poate, noted writer of
fiction and master of the detective
story, regular contributor to lead
ing m'agazines under various ap
pellations, appears on the Editor
ial Page of this number of The
Pilot with some thoughts which he
calls “Scatterings.”
An article by James Boyd, au
thor of “Drums” and “Marching
On,” will appear on the Editorial
Page next week.
HRE PROTECTIVE
ASSOCIATION m
SUCCESSFUL YEAR
/"RANK BUCHAN
NOTCANDffiATE
FOR COMMISSION
But Believes This End of
County Should Have Repre
sentative on Board
SUGGESTS G. C. SEYMOUR
Pine in Abundance as Result of
Careful Surveillance by
Forest Wardens
32 FIRES EXTINGUIHSED
to receive the
proper recognition.
Applications for membership in tho
Carolinas Peach Institute have been
coming in gradually in response to a
letter directed to aH peach glowers in
the Carolinas on December 21st. T ■
those growers who hav? not yet exe
cuted and returned their application
for membership, it is strongly urged ,
that they give this matter their,
prompt and immediate attention. This i
organization must have one hundred |
per cent membership of the peach :
growers of the Carolinas if it is t"»l
accomplish the most effective work
in the interest of the growers. If any
grower was inadvertly omitted from
the mailing list, it is requested that
th^y write the Carolinas Peach Insti
tute at Hamlet who will immediately
furnish them application card for
membership. No membership dues are
assessed in this organization.
EDWIN McKEITHEN, JR. WINS
ANNAPOLIS APPOINTMENT
HENRY A. VINTON DIES
AT HOME IN LAKEVIEW
The death of Henry A. Vinton comes
as a great loss to his many friends in
Lakeview, as well as in New York
and Mt. Dora, Florida .
Mr. Vinton died at 3:00 o’clock
Thursday morning, following an ill
ness of nearly three weeks. He was
born in Charlestown, Boston, Mass.,
on June 25, 1843. At the age of four
teen his family moved to New York
City where he lived until 1884, then
moving to Bedford, N. Y. During this
time Mr. Vinton traveled extensively
throughout the United States and for
eign countries.
In 1897 he married Josephine Dus-
inberre, of Bedford, N. Y. In 1909 he
came to Lakeview, making it his per-
menant home, though after going to
Florida for part of the winter and
north in the summer.
Mr. Vinton was a man of splendid
character and was highly esteemed by
all who knew him. He is survived by
his wife, and one brother, Frederick
Vinton, of Bedford, N. Y.
Funeral services will be held at
4:30 p. m. on Sunday at the Lake
view Church. Friends are invited.
Edwin T. McKeithen, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin T. McKeithen of i
Aberdeen, has received an appoint
ment to the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis through Con
gressman William C. Hammer of this j
Congressior.al district. He will enter i
the Academy in June.
Young McKeithen has been with his
twin brother, Leland, at Davidson
Colleg'e since September, but has now
withdrawn to enter a preparatory
school at Annapolis until time to en
ter the academy. This is the first
time the twin brothers have been sep
arated.
The Moore County Fire Protective
Association at the meeting of district
fire wardens at Carthage Thursday
rendered a right encouraging report
from the past year’s record.
The season has been uncommonly
good for reseeding of «the pine for
ests, the crop of pine mast being out
of the ordinary in its abundance,
while the abundant rainfall has stim
ulated growth of all the pine, big and
little.
Thirty-two fires were put out very
quickly by the association on the asso
ciation area last winter, and eighteen
have been put out so far this win
ter.
The association has put out a great
many fires on land which is not in the
association area.
Through economical management
and with the aid of the County and
State, association has' purchased
a new mo^el “A” Ford truck com
plete’”’ pqui ped for Forest fire fight
ing. This truck carries all of the
enuipment which has proved success
ful in rutting out Forest fires in this
section.
The truck plus equipment was paid
for as follows:
Association $350.25
State and Fec’eral Government- 175.13
County 175.12
Total Cost 700.50
There is a look-out tower stationed
on the Carolina Hotel, equipped with
a telephone by which all the Wardens
can be reached, who have bren ap
pointed throughout this section.
A tower-man is stationed on this
tower at all times, and when a fire
is spotted, he calls the Warden lo
cated nearest the location of the fire,
and calls the driver of the truck.
This Warden is then responsible for
the fire, and also he can take down the
names of the people who assist in
fighting the fire so they will be re
imbursed for their time. In this way,
the fire fighting of this organization
has been very effective.
Very truly yours,
L. L. BIDDLE, II.
Editor, The Pilot:
In a local newspaper last week
there was an article stating that I
was a candidate for the office of
County Commissioner in the coming
Primary. This is absolutely untrue, I
have no aspirations for any county or
publi: office whatsoever. I appreciate
very much that some of my friends
have enough confidence in me to want
me to become a candidate, however,
for reasons of my own I could not
consider it under any circumstances.
I do feel, however, that this gives
me a chance to express some of the
views that I have had in mind for
a long time. Ever since I became a
voter, which dates back a good many
years, this end of the county, and I
might say the tourist section of the
county, has never been an office seek
ing section. While we have not always
agreed with the other sections of the
county in the Primaries, v.^e have
whole-heartedly supported the nomi
nee of the Democratic party. We
have in Southern Pines alone, hun
dreds of voters who were normally
Republicans and now vote the Na
tional Republican ticket while sup
porting the county and state Demo
cratic ticket.
In a way these people have had no
voice in county government. It is true
that several years ago M. N. Sugg
of this place served one term as
County Commissioner. I do not mean
to say that a Commissioner should
come from Southern Pines but I da
think that Southern Pines, Pinehurst
and Aberdeen, which three towns pay
a large percentage of the taxes of
Moore County, should be representd
on th County Board of Commissioners,,
and I also think that the e three towns
should have the privilege of naming*
the man they want to serve them
on the Board. Personally, after talk
ing to a number of people in Southern
Pines, Pinehurst and Aberdeen, I am
convinced that G. C. Seymour, for
mer mayor of Aberdeen, would have
the whole-hearted support of this sec
tion of the county if he will agree to
become a candidate.
To be perfectly plain and frank
with you, if the Democrats in the
other sections of the county do not
help Us this year in nominating a
Democrat who will be acceptable to
(Please turn to Page 8)
Sees Brighter Prospect
for 19:0 Peach Crop
M. C. McDonald Optimistic for
Those Who Have Cared
for Their Orchards
ELECTRICITY KILLS SON
OF F. E. GODDARD, NIAGARA
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Goddard of Nia
gara recently received a telegram an
nouncing the instant death of their
son, who was dean of State College in
New Mexico. Mr. Goddard came in
contact with a live wire and death
was instantaneous, according to the
message. No further particulars of
the tragic event were given. Mr. and
Mrs. Goddard have the sympathy of
the entire community in their bereave
ment.
Watson Buys More
Sandhills Property
Adjoins Development Site and
Will Be Used As Hunting
Preserve
MANY NEW PUPILS ENTER
THE ARK AFTER CHRISTMAS
New pupils entering The Ark at
Southern Pines after the Christmas
holidays are: Eleanor Tompkins,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. A.
Tompkins of New York, who is room
ing with Ann Hyde, Alice Page Lor-
ing, Phyllis Levering, Patsy Fouller,
Janet Walling, Ann Walling, and Bar
bara Hunter.
Rev. E. L. Barber of Carrolton,
Georgia, who has accepted the call to
the Presbyterian Church in Aberdeen
is expected next week and will oc
cupy the pulpit on the third Sunday
Charlie Williams has secured for
John Warren Watson another tract
of land to be added to the Watson
development on the upper reaches of
the Aberdeen creek, the property be
ing that owned by the Page inter
ests btween the dam and the vine
yards on the Pinehurst-Aberdeen
road. It covers the hill from the
stream back toward the vineyards,
and the most of it will for the pres
ent be left in the forest cover to af
ford a place to hunt. Where it ap
proaches the stream a narrow fringe
will be cleared up, as is being done
with the rest of the big tract.
The dam walls are now completed,
and water could be turned into the
pond if the other work along the
shores had been completed, but as
considerable is yet to be done it will
be three or four weeks before the
pool is allowed to fill up. The land
around the edges of the pond is clear
ed out, and park effects are now ob
tained, to be further improved as
fast as men can do it. The beaches in
long stretches are well defined and
growing more extensive as work pro
presses.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Johnson an
nounce the birth of a daughter, Elsie
Jean on January 2, at the Moore
County Hospital.
Moses C. McDonald, of West End,
on a visit down this way, told The Pi
lot that things look right fair for a
good peach crop this year in the or
chards that have been cared for, and
he hopes that a reasonably dry sum
mer is to follow the two wet summers,
which will be helpful for the fruit. He
is much of an optimist, mixing with
his faith the old admonition of keeping
your powder dry, on ths theory that
faith without works is liable to meet
with trouble. But he says that he has
a confidence in the summer, and for
one reason because he ses pople more
in arnst about som of their work.
Where folks have things more than
ordinarily easy they some times fail
to dig vigorously. But Mr. McDonald
says he sees where it is necessary to
dig a little now where digging could
be dodged in the past and he believes
when a man begins to cig h finds times
getting better. Things at the furniture
factory up in West End are steadily
broadening, with a good sale for the
produtc, and the futuer looking prom
ising in that line. More employes ap
pear to be at work, and he regards the
factory as a good institution for the
community. Cotton up tha tway was
not so good and tobacco nothing to
boast of, but Mr. McDonald figures
that night does not last always, and
looks for better crops this year be
cause he thinks the folks will profit
some by the conditions of last year,
and get better results. Mr. McDonald
is one of the county commissioners
who have put the country on a bet
ter business basis since the time of
his entrance to office. His friends pre
dict that he will continue on the
hoard another term, and base his pros
pect on his service.