MOORE COUNTY’S leading news weekly THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 10, NO. 8. ^VCARTHAOE ^ MANI.CY SOUTHKRM PIMEBLUPP PILOT FIRST IN news and ADVERTISING of the Sandhill Terri North Carolina Aberdeen, North Carolina IW OFFICERS OF KIWANIS DISTRICT ARE INSTALLED Robert N. Page, Aberdeen, s;worn In as Lieutenant-Gov- ernor at Charlotte Meeting Two New Yorkers—Two Hunting Dogs—A Couple of Hobbies—Thereby Hangs a “Tail” First Visit to Sandhills on Hunting Trip Twenty Years Ago Marked Beginning of Two of Most Unique Anywhere in the Country COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. ARRANGES SCHOOL CIMCS Friday, January 24, 1930. FIVE CENTS George B. Currier and William M. lots of time to visualize the possibili- Harding, “Red Feather” and “Bob” ties of the “dream hobbies” finally —two well known New Yorkers and matured into successful realities and Dr. Symington and Nurses Plan Busy Week Looking after Next Year’s School Children T'ustees of the Carolina district of! favorite hunting dogs—a couple each year’s visit of these two nimrods | Qp FEBRUARY 3-7 Kiwanis International met at Char- L- te last Friday and installed the newly elected officers for the com ini year, among them the Hon. Rob- ei*t X. Page of Aberdeen as lisuten- nnt governor. The Carolina district covers both states. of hobbies, and—thereby hangs a have marked the steady and conserva- “tail” arouhid which the Sandhills tive growth of what was first con- have contributed some interesting ceived upon a hunting trip, romance. Every year, at about the same time, Mr. Harding and Mr. Currier ship an automobile down to Vass. then come Twenty years ago, Messrs. Currier and Harding, then respectively heads of the North American Dye Company train, take up their old It is important that all children, boys and girls, who will enter school for the first time next fall whose age" cire about 5 or 6 yeaj’s be ex- r .nined physically and clinics for TEMPERATURE—102,” On EDITORIAL PAGE TODAY “Temperature—102,” the ravings of an influenzaed mind, appears on the Editorial Page today, the coun terpane^ pencilings of a compara tively unknown writer who mo’d- estly sipns his efforts with ini tials only. There is no prize for those guessing the initials cor rectly. Many, many years ago his mother used to tell him they stood for “Never Comes Home.” Some w. k., h. to g. Sandhills authors will appear on ths Editor ial page next week. —THE EDITOR Allison W. Honeycutt of Hender-1 and the Gibson Company, of New ■nville, w’^as installed as governor. succeeding Tim Crew^s, of Spartan burg, S. C., who was presented with a past governor’s lapel button. Rod erick McDonald, of Columbia, S. C., was reinstalled as secretary-treasur- er. The more than 200 Kiwanis trustees present, representing 83 clubs in two states, were urged by Governor Hon eycutt in his installation address to lend their efforts to all movements to replace “economic pessimism with sound optimism.” To Governor O. Max Gardner, of North Carolina, himself a Kiwanian, the trustees pledged their aid in re lieving privation which has been de clared to exist in Eastern North Car olina. A resolution to this effect, in troduced by John S. McDonald, of Raleigh, a lieutenant governor, was adopted unanimously. Lieutenant governors installed were: C. P. Rogers, of Tryon; Plato Dur ham, of Gastonia; C. E. Brewer, of Reidsville; R. N. Page, of Aberdeen; J. S. McDonald, of Raleigh; M. W. Hayes, of Tarboro; Ralph Deal, of Greenville, S. C.; J. W. Davis, of Kingstree, S. C.; and L. L. Rice, of Anderson S. C. Recommendations for Kiwanis ac tivity during the coming year, made by Governo.- Honeycutt in his inau gural address, included work for the under-privileged child, promotion of Kiwanis ideals in business, creation of batter understanding between the farmer and residents of cities, and greater activity in vocational place ment work. Fred 0. W. Parker, international secretary of Kiwanis, assigned organ- izat'on of five new clubs in the dis trict as the major task for the trus tees during the comin? year. York, “discovered” the ’wonderful finding them com- bird-hunting possibilities around f°'tably established at the recent.y quarters and the hunt for birds is on, that purpose are being arranged. All defects should be detected if possible and these defects should bs remedied hereabouts. That first visit marked “Pe^ed Hotel Ckarmella, with Host, as far as p x sible befor the chil-1 the initial beginning of what to-dav Snayely, at Vass. , dr:n enter school This w.11 be bet- In speaking of their ‘hobbies i tei for the health of the little one.3 neither of the guests wants for and it will save much of the time for KIWANIS PLAN MASTER C^TY POLITICS TALKED FREELY IN ALL SECTIONS Shaw, Seymour and Currie Have Been Mentioned as Prospec tive Commissioners CORDIAL TONE EVIDENT ■it 06^/> is nationally acknowledged as tw’o unique institutions, namely, a great school for the raising and study of the game birds, and the successful creation and maintainance of one of America’s most unusual humane socie ties. educational purposes during the fol lowing school session. Th- Public Health Officer and the enthusiasm over their respective suc cesses. Mr. Harding said that the humane society, at New Rochelle handled 1,200 canines and 2,200 cats | County nur? S3 will be present a*- these clinics to make the physical examinations. The school buses have been prom- FARMER TEST during the past year. He and his . . ... colleagues operate independently of love of hunting and the intimate municipality, but with the city’s handling of good dogs, along with a support—enforce to the letter all desire to help perpetuate the species governing the keeping of dogs— and contribu^te to the comfort of man s them to sleep when necessary— best friend found outlet in the have regular get-togethers of all pub- establishment of the acknowledged spirited citizens that sufficient foremost animal shelter of the coun- f^^ds are always available and new tiy and the only school, w’htre stu- irf^^ag are discussed and most effiiient- dents can be instructed in the success- jy niaintain an institution which has ful propagation of various game birds, attracted attention from all of New Mr. Harding is the active head of England, the Humane Society, of New Rochelle, The Game Conservation is located ' be a separate schedule for N. Y., the city distinguished by the at Clinton, N. J., ani aside from the | children. slogan “every home, with a dog and attention h? gives the supervision of j The schedule for thei white schools every dog, with a home,” while Mr. its manage nent, Mr. Currier is one j i^ as follows: Currier is chief executive of what is of the meivbers of the Atherton an J | Monday, Feb. 3. known as the Game Conservation, of Currier Advertising Agency, of New 8:30—Pinehurst. New Jersey, the latter embracing York, which co-operates with news-[ 11:00—West End (Jackson Springs, 1,200 acres of land devoted to the papers all over America, raising of pheasants, quail, partridges The two Sandhill boosters expect and mallard ducks, with an annual to remain at the Charmella for the output ''stinmted at approxhnate^y next thi*ee Applications Are Now in Order For Participation in This Contest STARTS FEBRUARY FIRST ised to convey the children to the different centers. Where there is no bvss in the community private own-! ^ , ers of cars are very kindly offering j Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen has to do their best to‘bring these pre-1 completed with great suc- school childre ' to the clinics. | ® Mazier Farmers’ Contest in Ths schedule means another busy i County, week for the Public Health staff and L P'®"® undertaking this contest is put on from February 3 to Feb-^f 1930 are now m preparation and ruary 7 for white children. There will' agricultural committee of the colored Politics in a mild form continues to interest the people to the extent of offering many suggestions for nom ination for the coming summer^s ticket. A substantial trio that has been mentioned for commissioner in cludes SayniDur of Aberdeen, Shaw of High Fal c and Currie of Carthage^ and the argument is presented that this would right fairly divide the county into three sections that would be represented by men who are among the strongest. Seymour would be ac ceptable to the folks in the lower sec tion of the county, as far as The Pilot has heard the discussion, while Currie at Carthage is regarded as a capable business man who would make a good member of the board. Shaw 'vas a member of the board for sev eral years and has been regarded as a substantial factor in county govern-, ment. All three of these men are pointed to as business men who are handling business affairs of magni tude in the county, and it is said club, in charge of J. E. Hewston of Pinehurst, is now anxious to receive their follow'ing' would be strong. Mr. McDonald of West End says Ingram Branch) at West End. 2:00—Eagle Springs. Tuesday, Feb. 4 8:30—Hill, Acorn 'vc'ikn, ¥. irrUT)^ ana ix~ 15,000 birds, shipped to all parts of ploring and participating in some of, Rjdg;” GrOTe)Tt the United States. the golf enjoyment at Southern Pines 1 H:00 — Melton (Dover, Moody, Hunting days in the Sandhills, with and Pinehurst. , grown Chapel, West and East Phila., and Mt. Zion) at Melton. applications from the farmers of Moore County who wish to enter this contest. Applications should be sent to J. E. Hewston, Pinehurst, N. C. or to E. H. Garrison, County Farm Dem onstration Agent, Carthage, N. C., as promptly as possible. The participants will be limited tc- one from each of the nine townships of the' county, but applications may be submitted by all who wish to par ticipate. This year particular stress will be County Master Farmers Weekly Group Meetings: ' bookkrrpini*” and '’the'^^’rot^tfon'^°of I other plans which will be ' formulated and completed so that the I contest will begin by February 1st. Meet with Kiwanians of Tec c!; ers of County Listen to An Address on “Farm- Being' He d Every Saturday at ing” by Dr. E. C. Brooks of State Collegre Carthage to Give Emphasis to Reading’ and Language fiible School) at High falls. Wednesday, Feb. 5 8:30—Cameron. 11:00—Vass. 2.00—Eureka. Thursday, Feb. 6. 9:00—Southern Pines. 1:30—Aberdeen (Pinebluff, Ross- This year in the public schools of at Aberdeen. Friday, Feb. 7. Carthage (Plank ,,,, . . It was Master Farmers Day at the . - - . ... ’"tern^tional aspects of _egylar Wednesday Kiwanis lunch- Moore Couity, Supt. H. Lee Thomp^ Kiwanis, he urged in an address. “Be | which was held at the Pinehurst is placing especial emphasis on ths the creative leaders that you have; (^:iub. Fourteen Moore County teaching of leading and lan.L-^uage the opportunity of being.” ^ | farmers were guests of the Kiwanis work, and as an aid in putting this secretary McDonald m his annual. on this occasion and rii report told of reorganization ot clubs ! presented with dip 9:00 - SpringfieM) ^ Carthage. 1:30—Glendon. Road, nine of program across, he has planne 1 plomas weekly group meetings for the teacli at L jmberton. Cheraw, S. C., and Con- eonfering on them the degree of ers of the various grades, in whic h way S. C., during the past year. Master Farmer. The diplomas, medals demonstration lessons will he taught, The Hickory club was announced as j prizes wtre aw’arded to these follow'ed by round table disf'Ti.-^sions. leadin.T in percentage attendance dur-! Farmers by Robert N. Page These meetings will be hel’ in the I stressed the inr:ortance of the Carthage Graded School building at occasion and also the industry and 9:30 on Saturday mornings, ability of the men who earned these awards. S OUTHERN PINES LIBRARY ADDS MANY NEW BOOKS Three Now Entered In Oratory Contest Will Compete January 31st in Moore County Elimination Event for “Our Flag” The following is the list of new books in the library for January, 1930. Benefit Concert for Library Big Success D A. Dunlap of Sheffield Tow’n.'hip . . was'awarded First prize, $200 in gold onstration lesson in reading whu h On last Saturday, a large number of i , 7 first grade teachers assembled, and ! >7'keeping; All Out Yesterdays, by much interest was shown in the dam- Tomilson; Coronet, by Manuel Komroft; The- Black, by Edgar Wal- Tuesday’s Program Spr ship was awarded the second prize. $150 in cash and a silver medal; he work. This wec’^, thc' second and thi’d Scufhern Pines Library Realizes . an7 T'g^ld“ medal,''hr’wTroi^dlted condnctnd Pe'^arsonf SUir'w^^^^^ F^^Van- ■ ’jhstantial Sum as Result of ' the contest. D. very helpfd V-ison in langua!>4 i„« of the PiHehurst schools w score w'as G67 points. L. rJ. blue oi ^ ^ :i„ McNeills township made fourth place, 0. T. Maness of Sheffield Townshi’^ Daughters of Eve, by Gamaliel Brad ford; The Life of an Ordinary Wom an, by Anne Ellis; New World’s to Conquer by Richard Haliburton; Snow and Miss Frances McKeithen ^ grandmother Brown’s One Hundred i+h Pine-> Years by H. C. Brown; White House 1 Gang, by Earl Looker; Mother’s Cry, hurst children as pupils. ds of tiie library, and, by his an- registered fifth and A. L- Keith of ou; cements of the various numbers n the program, contributed to the d-Hg'htful atmosphere of informality whi h characterized the evening. The services of all participants hav ing been donated, a substantial sum realized for the library. Given entirely by local talent, an ’ ' Usual evening of vocal and instru- ntal music rewarded the audience, ’^’rs. Gertrude W. Page, as mezzo •oprano; Margaret Bifihop, violin; hailes Pier, cello; Mrs. E. Ells- rth Giles, piano; A. B. Yeomans, vliss Yeomans and Miss Jekyl, re iving numerous encores. Besides the olo parts, Mr. and Mrs. Yeomans, >Tiss Bishop and Mr. Pier played as n instrumental quartet, and with the •'ddition of Miss Jekyl as a quintet. ^Expressions of approval were fre quent as were many requests for a future repetition. LAUNDRY WAR CEASES The incipient war looming between ^he various laundries of the Sandhills v'^ill not get beyond the first skirmish line, negotiations having led to a '-essation of hostilities, and cordial re lations have been reestablished. The Family Laundry will continue to seek business in Southern Pines, the Pine hurst Laundry in Pinehurst, and the Hamlet Laundry in Hamlet. Vass inade sixth place in the contest and these three men were awarded bronze medals. L. R. Reynolds of Mc Connell, William Cole of Carthage, Tucker Currie of Mineral Springs and W. A. Tyson of Greenwood received diplomas. Following the presentation of the PROMPT ACTION AVERTS FIRE IN LOCAL STORE About t] ree o’clock Sunday morn ing, Mr. Stew^art of the Gregory and Bushby Co., passing Grey’s store on Broad street detected the tang of smoke, and peering in the store win dows saw the rear light, fortunate- , • ly burning, partially obscured by prizes and diplomas Dr. McBrayer in-1 eddying upward from the floor, troduced Dr. E. C. Brooks, president j officer Gargas standing near- of State College in Raleigh as the i they called out Mr. Dunn and speaker of the day. Dr Brooks made | chemical truck and brought Mr. an especially fine address. Stating ; Grey down to the store, which how greatly impressed he had been I entrance was found to be filled with the presentation of the various smoke, apparently from the by Helen G. Carlyle; Fugitive’s Re turn, by Susan Glaspell; Shepherds in Sackcloth by Shelia Kaj^e-Smith: Victim and Victor, by John Oliver; Books as Windows by Mary L. Bee- t£r; Fish Preferred, by P. C. Wode- house; Lone Free, by Harry L. Wil son. I. C. Sledge, Americanism Officer of the Sandhill Post, in charge of the conte&t in Moore County, states that the entrance of three contestants in the “Our Flag” oratorical contest, be ing conducted by the North Carolina Department of the American Legion, has been recorded from the Moore County schools. These are as follows: Carthage, Miss Jimmie Cooper; Southern Pines, Miss Natalie L. Wheeler; Pinehurst, Donald Quale. The alternates are as follows: Carthage, Armstead Hilliard; Pine hurst, Herbert Ehrhardt and Roder ick Innes. These contestants and others se lected from the high schools of the county are to meet January 31st at 3 p. m. in the auditorium of the Pinehurst High School to determine the winner in the county, who will compete in the District meet to be he will not be a candidate again.. McLauchlin of Vass, present chair man, has not been heard from by The Pilot. Both these men were highly acceptable and made a good record. Mathewson has not been heard from; as to his intention of running again. He has also had much experience as a member of the board and has many friends. It is expected as far as inquiries are h:ard that Spence will go to the legi lature again. His record scems to be satisfactory, and no st on7, oppo sition appears possible as far as the curr nt talk is heard. McLarchlin of Vasr i talked some in connection with the ^tate senate but The Pilot has not i-eard any direct statement from him that would determine his course. Shields Cameron of Southern Pines har rlso a following in the same di rection. A rather definite sentimer: seems to p lint to a desiie on the part of the eople to f£t a good ticket, and also to have the cou .ty fairly rep resented in all sections. Wl.at will comp of it is still too far in the fu ture but a cordial tone seemr evident in county politics at this tim.'. Si pes ior Court Has Much ^^'^ork to Do Mn y Larccny Cases Are Be- fere the Court at This Session Ju Ige Walter E. Moore is pre.sid- ing wsr the term of SunsTi " Court for the trial of criminal case?;, w^hich is in session at Moore County’s hall of justice this week, and the week promises to be a busy one. Jr':n Marshall, colored, wa charg ed i?i four different indictme its with bresking and entering. John, i' -^eems, held on February 14th, and the winner i cove ed property cortain^d in the therein meets district chamnion.-> at i homes of Dr. Blair, Dr. Sc(.Lt, Mrs. Raleigh February 22. awards, he paid a fine tribute to Mr Leonard Tufts who had originated the Master Farmer Plan in Moore County and whose liberal generosity had given the plan the big boost that it needed to go over. He then drew attention to the man ner in which sociology has rapidly gained ground in the United States in the last thirty years. Originally the Federal Government had simply guaranteed protection to life and property but during the last thirty years it had fostered education, high way building, health and welfare work and agricultural aid to the va rious states which had in turn added their quota to the Federal contri- (Please Turn to Page 7.) basement which was entereo with difficulty. Here the furnace was found to be going at full blast with the fire door open, which given a little breath of air might have started the entire building in a blaze. This was averted by the prompt and prais- w^orthy action of the men so quickly on the spot. UNDERGOES OPERATION Miss Susan McLean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. McLean, under went an operation for appendicits Wednesday afternoon at the High Point Hospital, High Point. She stood the operation very well. Miss McLean is a junior at Greensboro College this year. NO. FIRE LOSS AT LOCAL Ft ominent Tobacco Man Dies Here TOWNS DURING DECEMBER ^ j, b. Rountree of Winston-Sa- I lem Died This Morning at North Carolina’s fire loss in 1929 totalled $4,992,412 compared with a 1928 loss of $4,912,925, Dan C. Boney, Sfate insurance commissioner, announced Tuesday. The annual statistical review now in process of tabulation, he added, will show continual improvement in the fire loss records of nearly all the larger cities of the State for last year. This review will include two four-year periods, covering the past eight years, demonstrating the actual steady decline of fire loss each period in all the protected larger towns, and improvement in State per capita loss, which was $3.21 in 1922 as compared with $1.66 in 1929- Seventeen towns reporting no fire loss in December were: Washington, Selma, Thomasville, Spencer, Roa noke Rapids, Southern Pines, Gra ham, Farmville, Elm City, Sylva, Gib- sonville, Moreh*ead| City, Ahoskie, East Spen#er, Southport, Pinehurst and Bryson City. 11:00 O’clock J. B. Rountree, an official of the Imp Trial Tobacco Company, Winston- Salem, died here this morning at 11 o’clock. He is to be buried at his home town, Wilson, N. C. He leaves a wife, a daughter, Elizabeth, and tow sonsj Anderson and James. Mr. Rountree about a year ago pur chased and remodeled the Carl Buch an place, known as the Old Yadkin House, on the Midland double road. George C. Webster, 37, who lived on Indiana avenue in Southern Pines also died this morning. The body has been shipped to McKeesport, Pa., for interment. He is'survived by hsi wife and two sisters. Miss Ida Belle Everett of Blue Rid^e Summitt, Pa., has returned to Southern Pines anci is at at the Jef ferson Inn. Davis and Mr. Ferguson, all of Southein Pines. He plead g lilty to the charges. Sentence was deferred. Alex Fry and Lex Presnell, young white men of Pinehurst, plead guilty to breaking and entering the store of Smith and Ritter in Taylor Town, from which they removed a large qua. tity of shoes, clothing, tobacco and cigarettes. Worth Hancock was tried' for the larceny of a case of shoss from a car in Pinehurst, also for rhe lar ceny of an automobile. Sentences on these cases had not been parsed. TRUE BILL IS RETURNED AGAINST DR. McCAIN A true bill for manslaughter was returned by the grand jury against Dr. P. P. McCain, superintendent of the North Carolina Sanatorium for the accidental killing of Jerome Biles, 17-year-old boy of Marston, on High way No. 50, near Pinebluff, on the night of November 5. Johnson and Johnson, attorneys of Aberdeen, U. L. Spence, of Carthage and W. D. Matthews of Vass, represent the de fendant, while Douglass and Douglass of Raleigh, are assisting Solicitor F. D. Phillips. The trial will not be held at this term of court.