MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWS
WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 10., NO. 11.
CARTHAOE
LAKEV/tEW
FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territor^^ ^ q -rth Carolina
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, February 14, 1930.
FIVE CENTS
PLACES BLAME
ON SHOULDERS
PEACH GROW RS
CAN JOIN SOUTH
Announces as Candidate
OF PARENTS CAROLINA ASS’N
Kichard Tufts Says Boys and Will Give Them Contact with
.iris Should be Taught to Use Federal Farm Relief Through
Spare Time Rightly the Farm Board
PARENTS MUST AID SCHOOL TO FINANCE PRODUCTION
Richard S. Tufts, in a signed com-
lUnication to The Pilot, says:
I\Ir. J. McN. Johnson’s article on
.he front page of your issue of Feb
ruary Tth, interested me very much,
•particularly his reference to the ed
ucational problem. It seems to me
ihat there is something very serious-
'y at fault with our present education
al system and I should like to set
^'orth my ideas, inviting comment and
discussion.
In the first place, I believe that the
lifficulty is a fundamental one which
ioes hand and hand with recent
harges in the practice of living and is
not a fault w’hich w^e can lay partic
ularly on the shouldei's of those who
are responsible for our educational
system. To me, the problems may be
stated in these few words, “What are
we going to do with our spare time?”
To explain, let me commence, not
with the boy, but with the man that
he is to become. Compare the present
situation of the average working man
of today wnth the situation of the
same man ten or twenty years ago.
Economic production has made it
possible to pay this man several
times his former wage for an eight
hour day and a five day week as
compared with the old-time ten hour
day and six day week. With more
money to spend and more time to
-pend it in, what were previously lux
uries to this man have become in the
nature of necessities, as witness the
radio, the automobile, the movies, i
These new necessities have in turn j
aWed for increased manufacturing
activities, more employment, more
money to be spent on luxuries and |
still more time to spend it in. This j
cycle has bit by bit built up our |
modern prosperity and woe betide that j
class or group who have not taken ;
part in this ever increasing round of j
efficiency, as witness the present
plight of the farmer. ;
And it is here, as a part of the re
cent changed conditions that we meet |
our educational problems. In the
past, when the children of a family
had leached an age where there was
work that they could do, the econo-,
inic requirements of their family com
pelled them to work. The income from
their labors, however small, was need
ed in order that both ends might be
male to meet. The boy of today finds'
himself in a w^holly different situa- i
tion. Due to present prosperity there
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New Scout Executive
Takes Up Duties Here
Meeting for Organization Will
Be Held Tonight at Commun
ity House in Pinehurst
I At a meeting of the directors of
the South Carolina Peach Growers
Association which was held in Co
lumbia, Friday, February Tth, this
body extended an invitation to the
North Carolina peach growers to par
ticipate in the new^ contract which will
shortly be issued by the South Caro
lina Peach Growers Association in
conference with suggestions and in
structions of the Federal Farm
Board. The contract will be contin
uous -with a withdraw’al privilege in
October of each year. Should a suffi
ciently large enough tonnage of North
Carolina peaches be handled by the
South Carolina Peach Growlers Asso
ciation this year and if at the end
of the season, the North Carolina
growers so desire, the board of di
rectors passed a resolution stating
that they would recommend at the
annual meeting this fall, that the
name of the Association be changed to
the Carolinas Peach Association. The
directors agreed that they did not
have the power to change the name
of the organization and that tihis
power was vested in the membership
only inasmuch as it was not feasi
ble to call a special meeting of the
memb-^rship for this purpose, the
above arrangements will be in force.
The growers from North Carolina
points, however, will be requested to
elect representatives from each ship
ping point who will sit w’ith the di
rectors and advise with them on all
matters pertaining to the Peach As
sociation.
Plans -are about consumated w'hich
will permit the South Carolina Peach ^
Growers Association, through the 1
Federal Farm Board and Intermediate i
Credit Bank, to assist in production
finance where this service is needed
and conditions warrant.
Such North Carolina growers as |
are interested, should direct a com
munication immediately to the South ^
Carolina Peach Growers Association,
at Florence, S, C,, giving the poach
acreage, prospective yield and condi
tions of the orchard, together with a
statement as to w^hether or not fi-;
nancing will be necessary. W^here fi-:
nancing will not be required ,the con-'
tracts when ready for signature will i
be placed in the hands of those grow-1
ers rhaking requests. Where produc-!
tion financing is requested, it will be ;
necessary for the Loan Committee to
thorougVly inspect the orchard nad
secure certain data from the owner.
This work, of course, will consume j
some time and growers interested in '
this phc^^e should promptly handle the ■
matter. I
M. M. Johnson Announces
Candidacy for State Senate
Turtle Soup
Favored Dish May Become
Common if New Venture
at Mossgiel Thrives
Pledges Himself to Work for Tax
Reform and Reduction of
Auto Accidents
PLATFORM STATED
MURDOCH M. JOHNSON
Aberdeen attorney, v.-ho this we'k makes his announcement as a can
didate for the Demo.ratic nomination for State Senator.
State Geologist Bryson Says N. C.
Coal Fields Hold Big Opportunities
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Popular Support of This Local
Enterprise Would Mean
Much to State
A Costly Match
One efficient match costing about
.018 part of a mill, and carelessly
dropped in the dry grass expanded
into a lively brush fire valued at $23
w'hen summed up last week by Alex
Fields, fire warden, Nat Buckley and
Harry Marks when summoned to ac
count for the fire on the Pinehurst
golf course were as careless as the
match so the fire warden hastened to
Carthage and procured a summons
from Justice J. P. Muse and the
lightees paid just under two dozen
whole iron dollars as the co'l of ex
tinguishing. their spreading blaze.
Southern Pines Fire Co,
Saves Cheatham House
ABERDEEN PASTOR WILL
BE INSTALLED SUNDAY
Mr. Rivers is here, as Scout Exe- |
■ ’-vlive for the Sandhills, The execu-1
tive office will be located in the Grey
hnilding over the Western Union of
fice in Southern Pines, Pinehurst and
Southern Pines have sufficient funds
on hand to operate for three months.
Scouting in the Sandhills is in for a
real intensive try-out.
The first move is a meeting for
organization, which will be held at
the Community House in Pinehurst,
Friday, February 14th, at 7:30 p.
It will be a short meeting and we
earnestly hope that every one inter
ested in the Boy and Girl Scout work
will attend. If you do not h^ive means
of transportation telephone any of
the above officers and it will be a
pleasure to have some one call for
you. If you have a car won’t you
please arrange to take others with
you.
Rev\ E, L. Barber will be installed i
pastor of the Bethesda Presbyterian |
Church on next Sunday morning at
11:15 o’clock by a commission ap
pointed by the Fayetteville Presby
tery,
The commission is composed of the
following: Rev. W, M, McLeod of
Pinehurst, who will preside and pro
pound the constitutional questions;
Dr. C. G. Vardell of Flora McDonald
College, who will preach the sermon;
Dr, E. C, Moorehouse of Laurinburg,
who will charge the congregation.
The public is cordially invited.
Rev. E. L. Barber will preach at
the evening service.
Grass Fires Come Near Causing
Loss of Several Homes
Wednesday
SECOND AUTHOR’S READING AT
CIVIC CLUB, FEBRUARY 20.
SOUTHERN PINES GOLFERS
TO ORGANIZE CLUB
Some of the regulars who come to
Southern Pines every year to play
&olf have decided to form a club sim
ilar to the Tin Whistles at Pinehurst.
A meeting of those so minded will be
l^eld at the Southern Pines Country
Club next Monday evening at 8:00
o’clock, Robert N. Page and Tom
Kelley, who are both' Tin Whistles of
many years’ standing, will be there j
to explain how the Pinehurst organi
zation is conducted. All who are in
terested. are urged to be at the meet
ing Monday evening, February 17.
The second of the series of author’s
readings being given at the Civic
Club in Southern Pines on successive
Thursday afternoons will occur on
February 20 at 4:30.
These readings are presented by the
Southern Pines Library Association.
Mr. Struthers Burt, who will give the
next reading, is too well known na
tionally as well as locally to require
any introduction. As one of the most
talented and versatile of contempo
rary writers, poet, novelist, essayist,
short story writer, he commands a
wide public. Mr. Burt will read one
of his short stories.
Through the generosity of the va
rious writers who contribute these
readings the entire proceeds go to
wards the support of the library. Ad
mission tickets are 75 cents and are
on sals at the office of E. C. Stevens,
Southern Pines and at the door.
A grass fire starting south of the
old Cheatham residence on the High- ;
way in Manly shortly after two o’-1
clock Wednesday destroyed ?ome of j
the smaller outbuildings and worked |
into the barn where it was checked by j
the chemical apparatus of Southern
Pines manned by firemen O’Callaghan,
Kennedy, Gregory, Stewart, Newton
and Day,
Two hours later both pieces of
apparatus were summoned to Massa
chusetts avenue between Broad and
Bennett street where a brisk grass
fire had communcated to woodpiles
and other small structures in the rear
of the Souders, Aschlieman, and
Lewis dwellings, the companies arri
ving just in time to keep the fire out
of the Souders house.
SOUTHERN PINES DRAINING
PINEY WOODS LAKE
Carrying out the enginering plans
authorized by the Mayoi: and Board
of Commissioners of Southern Pines
Clerk Howard Burns is supervising
the work of installing a drain in the
remains of Piney Woods Lake. A cul
vert, or drain five feet square is be
ing built about midway under the
roadway leading from New York ave
nue and Page street to the Pines
Woods hill, and placed three feet be
low the level of the old pond so as
to adquately drain the seepage water.
To facilitate this drainage a ditch
will be cut from the former head of
the lake thus forming a channel for
the proper flow of the springs and
surface water.
Reserves of millions of tons of coal
in the Deep River field of North Car-
oli'a hold opportunities not only of
production, tut also for other indus
tries in developing its by-products,
State Geologist H, J, Bryson said
Mondaq,
Proximity of the Deep River field
to manufacturing centers of the State
gives it advantage over fuel from
other fields, the State Geolo'ist said,
“Th'e Deep River field,” he contin
ued, “is situated in almost the geo
graphical center of North Carolina,
In an aiiline it is less than 100 miles
from the manufacturing centers of
the State, including Charlotte, High
Point, Greensboro, Winston-Salem,
Durham, Burlington, Raleigh, Golds
boro, Albemarle, Rockingham, Fay
etteville, Wadesboro, and Monroe, No
other coal field in America could
compete in price on account of the
freight rates rates to these towns.”
Glass and chinaware plants, Mr.
Bryson said, would probably locate in
North Carolina ii* the development of
the coal field region were carried out
by making by-products from the coal,
which he declared to be of good qual
ity for this purpose, being high in
volatiles.
By-products which he said could be
used advantageously in the State
were coke, gas, ammonium sulphate,
coal tar, manufactured gas, which, if
gas were produced, he said would
lead to the establishment of indus
tries.
J. Stuart Grove of Wilmington,
Delaware, member of the Mossgiel
club at the Mossgiel Farm on Drown
ing creek, has brought his offer
ing that gives him standing in the
Sandhills forever. The first of the
week he liberated at the farm ten
red-bellied terrapin, that famed prod
uct of the old Blue-hen country, and
it is expected that these ten will mul
tiply in their new home until they
make Mossgiel as famous for its ter
rapin dinners as any section of Mary
land or Delaware.
The ten new arrivals were turned
loose in the upper edge of the lake at
the Mossgiel club and they at once
proceeded to dig themselves into the
mud of the marshes along the upper
shore, which means that they accept
ed the new home. These turtles are
somewhat gamy creatures, and know
how to take care of themselves in a
venture with an enemy, but their dis
tinguishing characteristic is the fav
or they hold at the table. As long as
the country has been settled the ter
rapin has ben foremost as one of the
delicacies, and if the newcomers
thrive in the wholesome waters of the
Sandhills it is possible that a new
game bird has been added to the
piiiey woods list of sports. The ter
rapin is a good breeder, and fall is
expected to see a lot of little peets
running around the edge of the lake
on sunshiny afternoons or sitting on
a log if one can be found out in the
water,
Cecil Backus and John Bancroft, of
Wilmington, are at the M(^sgiel club
this week and Mr, Groves, Angus
Echols, treasurer of the duPont Pow-
'er company, and Frank -duPont, are
to arrive in a few days. The prospects
a/t* that Mo^spiel will be a mther
lively s ot during the balance of the
''eason. as sp ing is about ready to put
the w’eLome touches on the enrirc
range the club holds in that section.
Forest Association
Holds Meeting Today
Will Meet in Annual Session at
Piniehurst Community
House at 2 P. M.
GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA
VACATIONING IN PINEHURST
Feeling the need of a short respite
from arduous official duties which
have been keeping him very busy of
late, Governor Gardner is taking a
short vacation. This being Live-at-
Home Week the governor decided to
take his vacation at a North Carolina
resort and left Raliegh yesterday for
Pinehurst, where he will remain for
a few days of rest and golf.
The Southern Pines Country Club
was honored with the appearance of
the Governor Thursday afternoon
when he played a round of 18 holes
with Mrs. William Chase Mudgett and
Miss Kay Williams.
Game Warden Alex Fields conveyed
a party of gunners, A. L. Shappe and
F. L, Baker, of New York, Jack Lane,
Sheriff of Chatham, W. A. Peterson,
District Fire Warden, and Guy Bailey
to Fair Bluff Thursday afternoon,
and in the course of a few hours the
sportsmen put up fifteen coveys of
quail, returning to Southern Pines
with a remarkably good bag.
The annual meeting of the Moore
Couiity ForC't Protective Association
members will bo held at the Commun
ity House at Pinehur?t at 2:30 thi^
afternoon. The meeting will be call
ed to order at the time stated and as
matters of utmost importance to the
members will come up it is hoped
that every one that can possibly -do
so will attend, and bring some inter
ested guest with him. The meeting is
open to the general public an3 any
one not now a member, but who is
interested in preserving the beauty
of the woodlands and preventing their
cestruction by fire is cordially invit
ed to attend the meeting.
The association is at present com-
':osed of landowners in the vicinity of
Southern Pines and Pinehurst who
are trying to protect their forests
from the fire danger. The work is car
ried on in cooperation with the Fed
eral and State governments, and in
the short time the organization has
been functioning it has made a splen
did record. Each cooperating land
owner contributes two cents per acre
on the land entered for protection,
and to this amount the State and
Federal Governments contribute a
like amount. At the present time
been signed up and it is hoped that
about 17,000 or 18,000 acres have
this can be increased to 30,000 acres
during the present fiscal year.
The money contributed is expend
ed for fire fighting equipment, pay
ing the salary of a fire lookout, who
is kept on the tower of the Carolina
Hotel at Pinehurst through the
worst of the fire season and in pay
ing telephone charges and other in
cidental expenses in connection with
the carrying on of the work. A ton
and a quarter truck properly equip
ped has been purchased for use in
combatting forest fires and upon not
ification of a fire from the lookout
man the truck is sent immediately to
the scene of the fire with men and
equipment. This has been aided ma
terially in cutting down the burned
area in the association area. Equip
ment has also been distributed to
wardens on lands of the cooperating
This week marks the real open-
I ing of the political campaign in the
I county. Two men, D, D. Shields Cam-
i eron of Southern Pines, and Mur-
I doch M. Johnson of Aberdeen, an
nounce for the Senate, as candidates
for the Democratic nomination. Mr.
! Cameron makes only a formal state-
I ment of his candidacy, while Mr.
' Johnson reviews the general situa-
! tion in the ^""ate and pledges his ef-
\ forts if elected to the solution of some
of the problems which confront the
farmer, particularly with regard to
taxes, and also promises to lend his
assistance to the movement to curb
reckless use of the highways by au
tomobile drivers. His statement fol
lows:
“From time to time during the past
several months friends have kindly
approached me with the request that
I offer for the State Senate from
this District, and after mature deliber
ation, and because I would live very
much to serve in that capacity. I have
decided to become a candidate for that
office in the approaching Democratic
Primary,
The Tax Problem
It would take more space than I
may be permitted to use to dwell
upon the many problems that will
confront your next General Assembly,
and I shall not here attempt such a
discussion. This period of depression
has brought us most forcibly to a
realization of the fact tha't taxes have
mounted so high until, in many in
stances at least, it amounts to con
fiscation. I personally know of num
bers of farmers whose taxes for last
year amounted to more than they
made on their frams, and every mem
ber of the next General Assembly
should go to Raleigh with the fixe^
purpose of giving the landowners re
lief, It is quite true that the whole
remedy does not lie with the law mak
ing bodies, but if each county will se
lect commissioners who will hold the
expenditures in their counties to the
very minimum, and will see to it that
the tax valuations put upon real prop
erty ai’e in keeping with the actual
value, instead of being two or three
! times as much as the property ^ould
bring, as now obtains in many cases,
and if they will send to the Senate
and the House of Repi^esentatives
' only those men w’ho are honestly and
ernestly committed to a program of
the strictest economy, and to easing,
as much as possible of the burden of
taxation from the back of the farmer,
some relief may be expected—and
certainly, some relief must come if the
farmer is to -survive. While I nm a
I thorough believer in gooi roads and
good schools, I do not believe that
j we ought to bankrupt the people to
I get them, ana if there ever was a
, time when a halt should be called, it
i is now.
I Auto Accidents
' Another matter which to my mind
is important: The fast increasing list
of casualties from automobile acci-
dents impresses on me more and more
I the great need of an automobile driv-
' er^s license law, with teeth in it, I be
lieve that every person who drives
a motor vehicle ought to stand an
examination and be licensed, and that
his license should be subject to rev-
; ocation and suspension for cause, and
j that any person found driving an au-
! tomobile while under the influence
of liquor should be summarily dealt
I with, and his drivers license r'^vok-
I ed, not to be restored until he is able
' to satisfy the authorities that he no
I longer indulges in alcoholic drink.
I The Highway Patrol has, in my opin
ion, been as much a success as it
could be jvith the limited force used.
I believe, in the interest of safety,
that it is necessary to increase the
force to respectable proportions, if
this can be done without too great an
expenditure of the taxpayers money,
“As before stated, the matters that
must be dealt with by the next
Legislature are legion. Our present
school system, our institutions of
higher learning, our state depart
ments and our highways must all
have consideration. New sources of
revenue will probably have to be tap
ped for the relief of the landowner,
and many believe that our criminal
code should be amended in such man
ner as to afford a more speedy and
economical administration of justice
--and whoever the people may elect
should, in the interest of the people,
be able to intelligently cope with
these questions as they arise. If I
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