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MOORE COUNTY’S leading news. WEEKLY THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 10, NO, 12. WftST 1 ^ alakevjew 6.NO J M MAHiAY JACKSOH SPRIMOS PlliCS AeERoeE>i ^ PINE9UJPF PILOT FIRST IN NEWS AND advertising Aberdeen, North Carolina of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Friday, February 21, 1930. FIVE CENTS aiNICS ARE HELD FOR CHILDREN OF PRE-SCHOOL AGE Parents and Various Organiza tions Cooperate to Make Cam paign a Success THANKS PRESS FOR AID The county wide pre-school clinics in which so many have taken a kindly and active interest are finished. Ex cept that through inclement weather and delay in the post there was some misunderstanding and those schools have been given other dates in the fu ture for children who could not turn iip at the clinics. Five days were devoted to cUncis for white children and four d-ays have been devoted to clinics for colored pre school children. In these nine days 369 pre-school children have been ex amined. 202 white children and 127 colored children. Some first grades were examined during that time at some of the scholos in addition to the number given above who had not been examined in any pre-school clinic, but these will be included in another re port. Of the white children 88 were boys and 114 girls. Each child was given a printed form with a statement of defects to carry to its parents. If the parents were present, these forms were hand, ed to them. Those suffering from de fects are recommended to their faml ily doctor for treatment, to dentists and to specialists and we hope that by the time school opens in the fall that many of them, if not all, will have been corrected. Vaccinations for smallpox were given to those child ren attending the clinic who had not been previously vaccinated. On the whole w’e feel that these clinics have been a success and well forth while, says Dr. Symington, Public Health officer. While at some centers on ac- '^^ount of the snow and bad roads fol- iowi g the ?now the attendance was not so ^reat as it would liave been otheiwise, at other centers we had splendid turn-outs, and the public health staff was worked hard dur- ingf the clinic week. One day a lot of energy was spent digging our oar out of the ditch. We are indebted to all those who interested themselves in the arranging of these clinics and who helped with their cars, otc., to bring the children to the clinics. Mrs. Keating made the ciinic*? wide ly known through the Health and Welfare Association and the Health and Welfare chairmen of the different districts took a deep interest in the arranging of these clinics. The thea tres published them. The editors to whom w'e are very deeply indebted also published them. The superintend ents of the schools, Mr. Thomas, the pri^'cipah? of the consoTTdated schools and the teachers of all the schools interested themselves. The Parent Teachers Association took an active interest. Those who gave valuable help are Mrs. Quale, Mr. Morton and teachers of Pinehurst, Mr. Sinclair and teachers of W’^est End, Mr. Bar rett. and teachers of Eagle Springs, Mr. Brady and teachers at Hemp, Mf. Allen and teachers at Southern Pines, Mr. Wright and teachers and Par- ent-Teachers Association of Aber deen, Miss Gilchrist and teachers of Glendon, Mr. Welch, Mrs. Curtis and her committee of Carthage, the teach ers of Cameron, Mr. McCrummen and teachers of Vass, and Mr. Kiser and teachers at Eureka. Mrs. Beverley W.| Linderman has joined Mr. Linderman for a few weeks !=tay in Southern Pines. ‘PEPSY** ON TODAY’S EDITORIAL PAGE “Pepsy” on the Editorial page today. Whoever he, she or they is or are, he, she or they is or are appreciative of what The Pi lot has done for her, him or them in launching her, him or them upon her, his or their literary ca reer. The Pilot is equally indebt ed for the opportunity. Next week Walter Gilkyson, au thor of two novels, “Oil” and “The Fool Adventurer,” and of a third, “Lights of Fame,’^ about to be published by Scribners, will discuss Facism in next week’s Pi lot. Mr. Gilkyson has been spend ing much of the winter in South ern Pines as the guest of Struthers Burt. REORGANIZATION ARCHERS CO. HAS BEEN EFFECTED AHENDANCE IN COUNTY SCHOOLS MUCH IMPROVED Wide Range of Improvement for December Was Found at Aberdeen THREE SCHOOLS SHOW LOSS Carl G. Thompson Named Presi dent and George Neidich Becomes Vice-President TO EXPAND BUSINESS Announcement was made Wednes day that the Archers Company of Pinehurst had been completely re organized. This unique institution has been more or less successful since its start several years ago. The great increase in interest in this branch of sport during the past few’ years has made it necessary for this company to expand to take care of the increased volume of business and the present reorganization is in answer to that demand. New officers have been elec ted as follows: president Carl G. Thompson; executive vice president, George Neidich; secretary-treasurer, ! B. W". Linderman. It is understood i that Mr. Phillip Rounsevelle is no I longer in any way connected with the ' company. i The new directors are the above of- ! ficers and M. M. Johnson and E. H. I Lorenson. Mr. Thompson, the newly elected president, is deeply interested in the sport of archery and is one of the j foremost archers of this country, I having w’on the Mid-Western, the Metropolitan Open and the New York State championships. He also won the recent Mid-Winter tournament * at Pinehurst. The new management expects to , continue to manufacture only the i very highest quality of this type of I goods and will strive to maintain the i same standards which have rr.ade the ' product of this plant famous w’here- ; ever archery is known. The attendance in the various public schools of Moore County during the month of December, 1929, was prob ably better than for the same period of any year in the history of public education in hte county. Of each 100 children enrolled for the month, 88.9 children attended every day in the county as a whole. This shows a range of improvement in attendance of 7.4 per cent over the same month in 1928. Only three schools, Cameron, Acorn Ridge and Dover, showed a falling off in attendance, while two, Highfalls and Cedar Hill remained the same as the corresponding .month last year. The widest range of improvement was found at Aberdeen, Ingram Branch, Eagle Springs and Mt. Zion, w?th an increase of 16 per cent, 19 per cent, 21 pre cent and 28 per cent, respec tively. All other reports show that considerable work has been done in the communities to stimulate interest in attendance. A complete list of the schools, show’- ing the percentages of atendance for each for December of the present Conventions and More Conventions Increased Number of Conventions Being Held in the Sandhills Resort Section Is Gradually Lengthening the Season (Please turn to page 5) Henry Cowell Will Give Recital Here Will i\ppear in Civic Club at Southern Pines, March 4 for Benefit of Library It is interesting to look back over the story of Pinehurst and note the lengthening of the season as shown by the opening and closing of the Car olina. In 1903 this house opened on January 15, and closed April 16, a period of three months and a day. This year the closing date will be May 17, or more than a month later, while the opening date for the fall of this year will be October 25 to 27 by the convention of the Ameri can Institute of Steel Construction. This is almost seven months of open house, or more than twice the length of the season when the Carolina en tered the field. The winter will wind up this year with a succession of six conventions including the State Medical Associa tion April 28 to May 1, the State Bar Assocaition following to May 3, the National Pipe and Supply Associa tion May 5 to 7, the State Bankers 8 to 10, American Cotton Manufac turers May 12 to 14, and the Federa tion of Womens* Clubs closing on May 17. Nine other conventions will have been included in the winter’s record by, the time the hotel closes, com mencing the first of last November. Already several conventions have been included in the winter’s record scheduled for the coming winter, in dicating a growing inclination for the Sandhills for these big' gatherings. Shrine Club Will Stage Annual Charity Ball Next Friday Night BOOK REVIEWS TO APPEAR AGAIN IN THE PILOT The Pilot’s book reviewer, Ann Hyde Allen, has returned to the fold after a lengthy vacation and her first review will be found on today’s Editorial Page. Mrs. Al len is the wife of Henry Allen, well known writer and poet, and is herself becoming prominent as a reviewer for the Broklyn Ea gle, Louisviille CourieH'-Joumal and other new’spapers in addition to The Pilot. Fund for Crippled and Under privileged Children to Benefit from Receipts Wanted—A Name John Bloxham offers a set of celluoid stove lids for the best name suggested for the new club organized Monday night at the Southern Pines Country Club. Article one of the Constitution reads as follows: “The name of the Club shall be and it is formed for social purposes and to promote an interest in the game of golf at Southern Pines, N. C.” Twenty-five enthusiastic golfers, composed of Southern Pines and Aberdeen business men and winter visitors have organized this club, elected officers and are planing a series of tournaments for the rest 5f this season. The officers are Mr. J. C. Barron, President; Mr. Frank Shamburger, vice president, Mr. John Bloxham, sec-treas. All they need is a name and John Bloxham will appreciate suggestions, either written or tele phoned. Artillery Chang-es Affect Fort Bragg Number of Troops at Army Post Will Be Reduced By Reorganization Like every other form of art music j has its trailbreakers—composers who • believe that, as an expression of con temporary as well as past civilizations, music should not be bound hand and I foot by traditional forms and ideas. ; Henry Cow’ell, who will give a lec ture recital of modern piano music at the Civic Club in Southern Pines on the evening of March 4, is one of the leading exponents of modern trends in music. He has made several European concert tours and is now giving lecture recitals at the new school for social research in New York, and in various parts of the country. Preparatory to his appear ance with the Conductorless Symphony Orchestra of New York and recitals in Boston and at the University of Pitts-burgh, Mr. Cowell will be in Southern Pines for a short rest and has very graciously consented to give this recital for the benefit of the Southern Pines Library Association under whose auspices this very un usual musical event will take place. Stolen Goods Found In Vacant House Police Catchf Thieves Asleep near Putnam and Make Rich Haul Combined Choirs to Present Music Service Fayetteville, Feb. 15.—A reduction in the number of troops now station ed at Fort Bragg will be brought about by the re-organization of the field artillery of the United States army, according to official informa tion received at Fort Bragg from Washington today. A communication from the w^ar de partment received at headquarters of the military post this morning states that the entire United States field artillery will undergo a process of re organization in the near future. It naturally follows, in view of the fact that Fort Bragg is primarily a field artillery post, that several of the units now stationed here will be ma terially affected, both for the purpose of maintaining such troops as have been specified for the permanent gar rison at Fort Bragg as well as to sup ply the necessary personnel and equipment for certain units to be established elsewhere, in accordance with the provisions of this project. While the exact effective dates of these changes have not as yet been officially announced by the war de partment, it is believed that they will take place in the late spring and ear ly summer. This re-organization will material ly reduce the number of troops now stationed at Fort Bragg. TO ENTERTAIN Will Also Give Program Next Tuesday Night at Southern Pines Hour Over WPTF The combined choir of the Sand hill Churches will present a musi cal service at the Baptist Church at Southem Pines Sunday evening, next, at 7:45 o’clock. This augmented choir under the di rection of Mr. Giles will sing the celebrated Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s “Messiah” and the dramat ic “Babylon’s Wave” by Gounod. This same choir consisting of some 40 voices will go to Raleigh Tuesday night and broadcast over WPTF in the regular “Southern Pines Hour.” The soloist for the special church service will be by Miss Madie Wade, soprano, w’ho has just come here to join the choir to remain for the cur rent season. Rev. L. E. Wheeler, D. D., will deliver the short sermon. ALMET JENKS TO BUILD HOME IN SOUTHERN PINES Invitations have been issued by Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Burke of New York to a party, to he given at the South-' ern Pines Country Club, Saturday evening. Almet Jenks, short story writer for the Saturday Evening Post and oth er magazines, has purchllsed seven teen acres of land from Augustine Healy and will make his permanent home in Southern Pines. The prop erty is situated on the western boun dary of Mr. Healy’s Firleigh Farm, on Youngs Road, that part of the Healy holdings nearest to Southern Pines proper. Mr. and Mrs. Jenks are having plans drawn for a house to be built during the summer and ready for their occupancy in the fall. They have been residing during the present winter in Mr. Cook’s bun galow on Indiana avenue. Last week a phone call notified ^ the Sheriff’s office in Carthage that stores in Candor and Biscoe had been i broken into and robbed and an au tomobile stolen. Loter they received I a clue as to the whereabouts of the | thieves, so on Friday night at about i 10:30, Sheriff McDonald an'1 Offi- ! cers Kelly, Lambert and Slack went to an old vacant house on the creek near Putnam, and there they found their man, asleep on beds of broom straw and old sacks. Stored in the loft over the kitchen w’as the loot, two cases of shoes, two dozen shirts, 100 pounds of ground coffee, a quarter of beef, and a quantity of cann:d goods. The car, an old Ford, was nearby. The men, Alex Wallace, Charlie Sheffield, and Curtis Davis, all white, were lodged in the jail at Carthage for safe keeping and the following day officers from Mont gomery county came for them and carried them to Troy. George Davidson, who had been dodging the law for a number of years, was captured at his home about seven miles east of Carthage on February 9th by Federal and Moore and Lee county officers. Dav idson was wanted for violating the prohibition law. He was placed in jail, but two days later gave bond in the amount of $2,500 for his ap pearance at Rockingham on March 3d before the Federal Court. The Sandhills Shrine Club will hold its seventh annual dance at the Pine hurst Country Club Friday night, Feb ruary 28th. There will be dancing from 9:00 until 2:00. The proceeds of this dance will be added to the crippled children’s fund of the Sandhill Shrine Club. One hun dred and thirteen crippled and un derprivileged qlyldren were cured or relieved from the proceeds of last year’s dance. The patronesses for the danct* are Mrs. Donald J. Ross, Mrs. John J. Fitzgerald, Pinehurst; Mrs. L. W. Bredbeck, Mrs. M. H. Turner, South ern Pines; Mrs. John G. Ni-hols. Mrs. G. A. Charirs, Aberdeen; Mrs. W. P. Dyer, Jr., Sanford; Mrs. Jesse Leigh, Hamlet; Mrs. J. B. Thomas, Raeford; Mrs. W. N. Robertson, Laurinburg; Mrs. Chester O. Bell. Raleigh; Mrs. W. L. Pierce, Mrs. L. A. Folger and Mrs. A. J. Gocking, Charlotte, Mrs. W. Y. Warren, Gastonia; and Mrs. C. F. Harris, Fayetteville. There will be special entertainment features by the Divan and uniformed bodies of the Oasis Temple. Tickets may be secured from any of the pa tronesses or from the ticket commit tee. On the ticket committe are Don ald J. Ross, H. B. Emery, W. J. Mac- Nab, John J. Fitzgerald, Eric Nelson, and M. D. Crandall, Pinehurst; L. W. Bredbeck, H. J. Betterley, R. L. Chandler, and M. H. Turner, South ern Pines; G. A. Charles, John G. Nichols, G. J. Burney and Murdoch M. Johnson, Aberdeen; H. Lee Thomas, Carthage; John Fiddner Pinebliiff; and Alton Cameron, Vass. Almet Jenks Next In Library Readini^s Writer Will Read One of His Saturday Evening Post Stories Feb. 27th '^CAMPAIGN FOR MEMBERSHIP A Much Has Been Accomplished in Past Year and Work Will Be Continued J5,000.00 NEEDED THIS YEAR The Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce, one of the most efficient and wide awake bodies of its kind in North Carolina is commencing its spring drvie for memberhsip, and in a circular letter to its members has set forth its accomplishments in 1929, and its aims for 1930. Accomplished in the past year was the saving to subscribers of $4,500 in telephone rates, the proper listing of the Knollwood Airport with the Unit ed States Department of Commerce, making Southem Pines more accessi ble through the medium of the Sea board’s exclusive “Carolina Golfer;” the continuance of the shrubbery and grass plantings, and the furnishings of some five tons of grass seed to xhe citizens of the town at cost. Naturally the parkway plantings stand forth as a concrete example of an accomplishment, and this desirbale work will be continued by the Cham ber in 1930, the expense for the im provement and beautification of the town last year being $3,100, none of which was paid to any member for personal services.. Added to this work is the contemplated cooperation with the town commissioners in providing potential winter guests with infor mat inoon all subjects pertaining to Southern Pines thus helping in at tracting desirable additions either as winter residents or perman-nt citi zens. We cannot afford to be without a Chamber of Commerce, but it is only with your cooperation and financial i !<rpport that the body can continue in j its good work, or that its officers { and committ;es voluntarily sp/ving j without compensation can feel that they have the goodwill and backing oi: I their townsfolk. Third Broadcast Enjoyed by Fans Leters Coming from Distant Points Express Appreciation of Programs JUNIORS FAVOR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BILL At it’s regular meeting Tuesday, February 10th at 8:00 p. m. the Aber deen Council of the Junior Order United American Mechanics went on record as favoring the Capper-Rob- inson bill to create a Department of Public Education. A petition has been prepared and forwarded to Hon. John M. Robinson, co-author of the bill, and letters have been written to Representative Wm. C. Hammer and Senator F. M. Sim mons urging them to support the bill when presented before the Congress and Senate. VERDICT IN SWEETHEART LAKE CASE SET ASIDE The verdict in the case of Sweet heart Lake, Inc., versus Percy L. Gardner which was rendered in favor of the defendant during a civil term of court last week, was set aside and a new trial ordered. This case has at tracted quite a bit of attention throughout this part of the country. Sweetheart Lake, Inc., was suing Mr. Gardner for damages as a result of a fire which the plaintiff alleged spread to its place from the land of the de fendant, causing great damage. Almet Jenks will be the next read er in the Southern Pines Library’s se ries of readings by local authors, read ing one of his stories published- last year in the Saturday Evening Post at the Civic Club Thursday, February 27th at 4:30 o’clock in the afternoon. These re'Sdings are open to the pub lic and have the source of considerable revenue for the support of the local in stitution. Mr. Jenks was born in Brooklyn in 1892 and was graduated from Hotchkiss School in 1910, from Yale in 1914. He studied for the law at Co lumbia University, being graduated in 1917, after which he entered the coun try’s service for the Great War. He served as 1st lieutenant with the 2d Cavalry, A. E. F. in 1918 and 1919. After discharge from the service he practiced law in New York from 1919 to 1927. Since his decision to become a writer he has lived in the Antibes, Cannes in France, and Bermuda, and has been a frequent contributor to Harpers, the Saturday Evening Post and The Golden Book Magazines. Mr. and Mrs. * Jenks came to Southern Pines for the winter and place as a permanent resident that place as a permanent residnece that they have purchased land here and will build during the summer. Both are ardent hunters and ride regu larly with the Moore County Hounds. C. E. CONVENTION A Sandhills District Convention of Christian Endeavor Society was held in the Presbyterian Church in Ham let February 15th and 16th. The third radio brodacast under the auspices of the Southern Pines Cham ber of Commerce coming from Ral eigh Tuesday evening was greatly en joyed by our local radio owners. The opsning numbers, “In the Evening” and “Dixie” were by th? tuneful Sandhills Sixteen, followed by a duet. Haven’s “Will You Go,” by Mrs. L. V. Henderson and E. Ellsworth Giles. Number four, “Soldiers’ Chorus” from Faust, by the Sixteen, then “These Bones gonna rise again,” by the Six teen with Thad Page, soloist. Num ber six, a duet from Verdi’s “Force of Destiny,” Mr. Giles and Mr. Kelly, then Mr. Dunlop, solo, with the Six teen, “Standing in the Need of Pray er,” the Sixteen following with “Hush, Hush” and “Beautiful Land.” Letters are coming in from points as far away as Maine noting the fine recep- tionj and plesSsure givlen by these concerts. TRANSFER PRISONERS TO DURHAM COUNTY On Tuesday of this week, Sheriff Charlie McDonald transferred three prisoners, convicted in Recorder’s court, from the county jail to Dur ham county to work on the roads. Th?y are Jesse McFayden, colored, who was sentenced to two years on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon; Lawrence McLean, also colored, who was before the court on three charge' of assault with deadly weapon and one of larceny of a check ano who received a two year sentence; and Robert Hudson, white, who drew six months on a non support charge. NOTICE To the Patrons of the Aberdeen .... Postoffice In order to provide better pro tection for the postoffice quarters, the department has ordered that the lobby be closed at night, there fore, beginning March 1, 1930, and continuing thereafter, the lobby will be closed daily from 10:00 p. m. to 6:00 a. m. A letter-slot and receptacle will be provided at the front door where mail may he deposited during the hours stated above. —J. F. DEATON, Postmaster Aberdeen, N. C., Feb. 20, 1930.
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