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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 10, NO. 8.
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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 <lewater; Judy, by Faith Baldwin;
Patterson of Mineral Springs Town- ^ ne pi..i i. bon n«.itrhtprs of Eve. bv Gamaliel Brad-
An audience w’hich taxed the seat
ing capacity of the Civic Club to its
■'mit h^ard the concert given Tuesday
night for the benefit of the library,
'■'r Struthers Burt, president of the
library, spoke briefly of the value and
scored 671 points. B. H. Powers of grade teachers will ni^eet an ! the les-
Bennett was awarded third prize, will be taught by Miss Opheha
$100 in cash and a bronze medal; his - ^ i i
nnn o t>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-
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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.