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MOORE COUNTY’S leading news- WEEKLY THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 10, NO. 13. lOOTLEG LIQUOR OUTFIT SEIZED AT LAKEVIEW SPf^lNCS LAKEViSW MANLEY SOUTHERM PtMEBLUPP PILOT FIRST IN NEWS AND ADYERTISING Aberdeen, North Carolina of the Sandhill Terri Friday, February 28, 1930. North Carolina Cornerstone Will Be Laid Sunday FIVE CENTS Bottiing Plant, Labels, Coloring Matter and Operators CCaptured by Officers TWO OTHERS ARRESTED The most perfectly org^anized and boldest bootleg business ever carried on in this part of the state was un-, revered Wednesday night and Thurs- j aay morning when officers raided the | headquarters, located in a cottage of ^ the Barber Estate property right in 1 the heart of the residential section of j Lakeview. j About a week ago Gordon Young, j a white man of about 27 years of age | claiming' to be a nativ^e of Vermont, j rented a cottage in Lakeview for! five to seven months. At around 11:00 O'clock Wednesday night, Sheriff C. J. McDonald, Officers Slack, Kelly and Lambert, Deputy Marshal Brown ?nd Federal Prohibition Agent Harris went to Young’s place, and a search revealed that it was a regular bottling plant. The officers found 170 gallons of whiskey, gin, coloring, alcohol, caps and a capping outfit, frosting glass, 350 new quart bottles, kegs, chared sticks, a proof thermometer, funnels, wrapping paper and everything need ed for the business. Bootleg liquor was I The kind used, and it was doctored j v;ith chemicals of various kinds, col-' ored, labelled and sold for $12.00 a ' quart. One bottle of chemical prepar ation bore the notation that one ounce was sufficient for ten gallons. A large supply of various kinds of labels was on hand, some of which guaranteed that the product was more Vian twelve years old. “Export label,” “Bottled in London,^’ “Johnny Walk er/’ “William Penn,” “Gilbey’s Lon don Dry Gin/’ “Golden Wedding Pure Moore Has Food and Feed Deficiency of $1,394,446 Survey by State Dept, of Agriculture Shows that Farmers Rais ed Enough for Their Own Needs of Only Four Products— Irish and Sweet Potatoes, Poultry and Eggs Moore county farmers are helping 9,975 tons short; Irish potato produc- Architect^s Drawling of New Pinehurst Community Church VAIN AHEMPT MADE TO ROB BANK OF VASS Burn Holes Through Vault Door But Fail to Get Door Open BANK SUFFERS NO LOSS Many Improvements Made in Southern Pines Since Last Year among those which officers sav The unusually quiet little town of Vass wa« all astir with excitement Rye Whiskey bottled at the distillery j v. hen the news spread early Monday under Government supervision’ were ' morning that the Bank of Vass had used on the whiskey,; robbed, the first report having it , . J .p U 4.1 4. 4^4. T4. that the vault had been dynamited. In- cheapest 2:iade of bootleg stufl. It i was made to look like quality liquor vestigation proved that the bank» by the chemicals and coloring. last Pilot ad, which said ou don’t When the officers appeared on the lie awake worrying about your money | . cene. they found Young, Eleanor ; when it’s safe in the bank” would not Rives, and two Lakeview boys, Mack | to be cast aside for the money WALTER GILKYSON ON EDITORIAL PAGE This week Walter Gilkyson, not ed writer, discusses “Fascism” and its adaptation to American prob lems. Next we'sic Col. Donaldson Sloan has a column of “Stray Shots,” some of which hit the mark. Mr. Sloan is a reserve offi cer and thinks and describes what he observes in military terms. Work Has Been Very Economi cally Managed and Is Now Nearly Completed solve their agricultural problems by increasing their production of live stock and the grains, but they are still a long way from meeting even their own requirements let alone the re- cmirements of the county at large, ac cording to a survey made by the ex tension service of North Carolina State College in connection with the “Live at Home” program of Grovern- or 0. Max Gardner. This survey shows that in 1928 the farmers of Moore county did not raise cue single staple item of food and feed in quantities sufficient to meet the requirements of the total popula tion of the county and produced only four in quantities sufficient for their own requirements. These four items Vv^ere Irish and sweet potatoes and poultry and eggs. As a result there was a food and feed deficiency in Moore county at large in 1928 amounting in value to .^1,394,446 and a farm food and feed deficiency amounting in value to ^496,378. These amounts represent the value of staple food and feed items which lesi dents of Moore county either bought outside their borders or did without—and in doing without lived tion 14,730 bushels short; sweet po tato production 34,109 bushels short; beef production 1,297,080 pounds short; pork production 1,450,780 pounds short; milk production 2,061,- 169 gallons short; poultry production 218,468 pounds short; egg production 122,698 dozens short; and mutton pro duction 100,875 pounds short. For the farm population only there was a shortage of production of 5,- 212 bushels of corn; 22,058 bushels of wheat; 99,560 pounds of beef, 583,- 879 gallons of milk; and 35,360 pounds of mutton. There were farm surpluses of 8,- 393 bushels of Irish potatoes, 8,282 bushels of sweet potatoes; 16,762 pounds of poultry; and 94,399 dozens of eggs. Milk and hay were the most costly deficiencies the county-wide value of the milk deficiency being $412,234, and the value of the hay deficiency $219,450. Some Increases Noted More optimistic are the increases shown in various items during the period between 1920 and 1928. Corn production was increased from 335,000 bushels to 366 000 bushels; wheat production from f;S,- Parsons and Winfred Causey, playing Community Church to Lay Cornerstone Ceremony Will Take Place Sun day Afternoon at 3 O’Clock in Pinehurst Winter guests and householders re turning to Southern Pines for the «-'“ason ar^ commenting upon the changes and improvements inaugur ated by the present efficient town riianagemrnt, and this comment elicit- c-,1 by many of th:se public works has l>een so favorable that The Pilot has f-^lt constrained to obtain from the Mayor and Commissioners data con- c:ining their nature, extent and cost ior the benefit of its readers. Commenced in the autumn of 1929, ^he construLtion of curbing, gutterihg and sanitary sew:r lines is now vir tually complete with the exception of a small amount of grading. Thirteen thousand, six hundred and sixty- below the standards of the average | 000 bushels to 71,000 bushels; oat pro- American citizen. 1 duction from 13,000 bushels to 41,- Moore No EException , 000 bushels; Irish potato production This condition, unfortunately, is | from 10,000 bushels to 30,000 bushels; not peculiar to any one North Caro-1 pork production from 472,000 pounds lina county but is widespread through-1 to 620,000 pounds; beef production cut the state, and it was recently from 104,000 pounds to 428,000 '>rouoht out that hundreds of millions of tlcilars a year are bSing sent out of North Carolina for staple items of pounds; milk production frorji 757,000 gallons to 774,000 gallons; and egg* production from 221,000 dozsn to 294,- food and feed which might have been i 000 dozen. : v*as still safe as were the other val- card:-. Young made no resistance, whatever. The Lakeview boys seems ^^hles. -0 be the victims of circumstance as ; The robbers gained entrance by cut- they had just been invited in for the | ting the screen and prizing open the evening and knew nothing of the na- 'ure of the place, the bottling plant being in the rear rooms of the house. Officers are said to be convinced that they had nothing to do with the bus iness, and Young absolved them of window nearest the front on the side next to the Vass Mercantile Com pany’s grocery Dioduced in the state. It is the contention of Govsrnor Gardner and the agricultural lead- '^rs of the state that this constant (’.rain of money out of North Caro lina constitutes a problem which is tipping and undermining basic agri- cuHuial pros.*:erity of the stats. To remedy this condition they are advising that every North Carolina The following decreases were re vealed between 1920 and 1928: Hay 5,094 tons to 3,349 tons; sweet potatoes 73,000 bushels to 47,000 bush-h; poultry 310,000 pounds to 229,000 pounds; and mutton 31,000 ’pounds to 25,000 pounds. Cotton and Tobacco During the period between 1920 and 1928 that production of tobacco in store. There- is just Each Place; Two Others Escape Two raids made on two days dur ing last week resulted in the capture of two stills and two men and the get-away of two other men. Announcement has has been made ; three feet of concrete curb and gut- of the cornerstone laying of the Pine-1 ter have been placed, the greater part hurst Community Church to take place j of this work being on Ridge and Ashe Sunday afternoon, March 2, at 3:00 streets, and to properly drain the area p. m. This ceremony marks a defi-, coversd, 5,220 feet of storm drains nite step in th3 religious life of the | ranging in size from 15 to 30 inches community and is of wide interest to , }^ad to be installed, both the residents and visitors here. | The total cost of these improvt- a narrow passage between the build-| Mr. McLeod has plugged along for | ments amounts to $22,527.00, all of ings at that place. W^ith an acetylore | years working at a great disadvantage I which is assessed against the abut- torch they attempted to burn the | because of lack of room and to seejti-g property owners, except the cost combination lock from the vault, and ! the new church nearing completion is of the street intersections which is succeeded in burning two holes though ! r. source of gi’eat satisfaction. 1 assumed by the town. The cost per the door, one of them large enough to | The program for the day includes foot for curb, gutter and storm drains several selections by the Sandhills was $1.79 1-2 per running foot, the Choir, acong them “Unfold Ye Por- lowest cost construction ever effect- tals Everlasting” and the “Hallelu- ed in Southern Pines, such work in jah Chorus” from the “Messiah.” the past having ranged from $2.17 to There will be addresses by the Rev. T. .$2.50 per foot. This saving was gain- Cedar Hill School A. Cheatham, Richard Tufts, the Rev. ^ gd by having the work done in a W. M. McLeod and Homer John- slack time for the contractors, eleven Some think that perhaps a noise from j son. | bids being under former costs, this building frightened the robber.'? 1 AnnDuncement was recently made of i Twelve thousand and thirty-two feet (Please Turn to Page Ten.) OffiC6rS Get Two j ^^silv admit a man’s hand. Stills in County Why they gave up their plans just I at this stage of the game has been de- Also Capture Two Men; One at 1 bated much. There is an apartment building next door to the bank and only a few feet away, and at this time it is occupied by a number of men. farmer plan first to raise sufficient : Moore county was increased from 1,- food and feed to me.t his own re-, 726,000 pounds to 3,761,000 pounds and quirements and the requirements of the production of cotton from 3,- his family and his live-stock before | 558 bales to 4,621 bales. There was putting a single acre into the so-called | also a tremendous increase in peach “money crop-:.” They want the North | production during this period to al- Carolina farmers to be freed from the j mo'^t one m’llion bushels, economic burd n of selling at “farm” | Total value of money crops, was price=^ and buying at “store” prices. | ‘r‘1,780,591 in Moore in 1928 classified To point out the production short- ' as follows: tobacco $7‘)2,268; cotton comings of the various counties was i .S419,870; psaihes $547,304; cowpeas the purpose of the survey made by the r‘47,925; soybeans $12,408; and water- extension service. | melons $816. Amount of Shortages Net value of crops after deducting' The survey of Moore county shows : for fertilizer, rent and farm food and that corn production fell 16,580 bush els short of meeting the total county requirements; wheat production fell feed requirements was $249,863. This represented about $21 for every member of the Moore county 62,627 bushels short; oat production ; farm population; or about $105 per 99,566 bushels short; hay production j farm family of five. away, w^hile others offer the opinion that thev were rushed for time to On Thursday, officers Slack and j complete the job. Water was standing Lambert, surprised William Black at a stiU within about 350 yards of the I'^ome of his father, Angus Black, a ■''ell known colored man who resides between Vass and Carthage, and suc ceeded in catching him. A second n^an whom officers recognized as An gus Black, the father, made good his escape. The still, a copper outfit, was ^lot in operation, but the blockaders ^<^ere “mashing in” as the officers ex press it, making beer ready for a I'^n. The elder Black went to Car thage on the day following. He denied at the still and claimed not to liave known that it was there. The ^oy stated that he was on his way to take in some traps and just stopped ^y. The case was heard in Recorder’s ^ou'^t on Monday, but was left open. On Friday, Sheriff McDonald and Officers Kelly, Lambert and Slack ^lade a raid in Bensalem township and ^ und a still running at full blast, ''”0 gallons of beer and six and one- bal^ gallons of ‘whiskey. Oliver Bean, a white man who lives near the Mont gomery county line, was captured and ^ s cond white man escaped. on the floor around the vault door and the fumes from the torch were still strong when the attempted ro'bbery was discovered by D. A. McLauchlin, cashier, who was leaving town on a short business trip and stopped in at the bank about 7:00 o’clock. The draw ers of the desks had been ransacked, but nothing of value was kept outside the vault. The bank opened as usual at nine o’clock and business was transacted, despite the fact that the vault door could not be opened, as the extreme heat had caused the lock to stick. It v;as nearly four o’clock before the door was opened, S. R. Smi+h, asssit- ant cashier, finally succeeding in working the combination. During the early hours of the day a steady stream of interested persors from throughout the community and nearby towns visited the bank to learn the particulars of the affair, this being the first time in the history of the institution that an attempt had been made to enter he vault. The slight damage is fully covered by insur ance. gift of a fine pipe organ for the: of eight and ten-inch sanitary sewer church as a memorial, and at the Imes have been installed, largely cov- same time it was stated that a mat-1 ering the south east and Weymouth ter of only $15,000 more would en- j Heights sections of Southern Pines able the church to be dedicated free ' long suffering a discrimination as of debt. It is hoped that this goal | against other sections. The cost of may be realized. ; this work including forty-six man —— holes and connections for the proper- Mrs Ado E* Rockwell ' $13,864.00 but it eliminates tp., • ^ I nuisance of septic tanks. UlCS in. I^OIinCCllCll t j south Broad stret, an eyesore and dust heap for many years has been oil paved from Massachusetts avenue south to the town line, and intersec tion of N. C. route 50; Massachusetts avenue in better shape, but needing resurfacing also being oil treated both at a cost of 25c per square yard, and Ashe, Ridge, Rhode Island, Page, Ben nett, Highland, Old Field, Morganton and other avenues being reclayed and gravelled, from forty to fifty tons of Gets Attendance Cup Trophy Awarded by Kiwanis Club on Display in Office of County Superintendent The handsome loving cup offered by Mrs. Burt Will Give Next Author’s Reading Will Appear for Benefit of Li brary Next Thursday Afternoon The next author’s reading in the se- the Kiwanis Club to the school in the lies being presented by the Southern Pines Library Association will be giv- One of Earliest Southern Pines Residents and Teacher of First School Here Mrs. Ada E. Rockwell an old resi dent of Southern Pines died at Wil- liamantic, Conn., February 21st, aged 86 years. With her husband, S. N. Rockwell, Mrs. Rockwell came to Southern Pines in 1887, being among our earliest residents, and being” a | latter material from the Munici- cultured woman opened our first school | pj^g ]jgjjjg placed every working then in a small building on the lot now j surfacing in connection with the concrete curbs and gutters elimi nates the old problem of \surfaoe drainage so long oTie of the heaviest expenses borne by the town. Replacing the electric traffic lights occupied by the S. B. Richardson res idence. This building was also used for church services by the Rev. Rob ert T. Thorne an Episcopal minister. Mrs. Rockwell will be remembered by many of the old residents and by her pupils who cherish her memory. (Please Turn to Page Ten.) county making the highest average attendance for three years is on dis play in the office of the County Sup erintendent of Schools in Carthage and is attracting quite a bit of atten tion. It is of sterling silver and stands 20 inches high and is a most beautiful trophy. Cedar Hill School has led all schools in the county in the percent age of attendance for three years in succession and is now the proud owner of the cup. Cedar Hill is a two teacher country school located between Hemp and High Falls in the upper part of the county. Prof. C. R. Jones has been principal for three years and his assistant this year is Miss Pearl Dowd of Carthage. The teachers and the parents of the Cedar Hill com munity are to be congratulated on the good work they are doing. Per manent records show that a number of the children have records of from en by Katharine Newlin Burt on next Thursday afternoon, March 6 at half past four. Being one of the most widely read of contemporary American novelists and short story writers, Mrs. Burt’s reading will be an event of very un usual interest. Her published novels in clude “The Branding Iron,” “Snow Blind,” “Hidden Creek,” “Quest,” and “Cock’s Feather.’ She has contributed many short stories to the Saturday Evening Post, The Ladies Home Jour nal, Cosmopolitan, and has written scenarios for many motion pictures. E. Ellsworth Giles, tenor, with Mrs. Giles at the piano will contrib ute the musical prelude. The entire proceeds go to the Li brary. Admission tickets at 75c are on sale at the door. Miss Hazel Hackney of Southern Pines, spent the past week-end in five to seven years perfect attend-1 town as the guest of Miss Edythe Wicker. ance.
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