MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWS
WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 10, NO. 16.
LAKE VIEW
MANLEY
PILOT
FIRST ]
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, March 21, 1930.
FIVE CENTS
MEREDITH GIRLS
SING FOR LOCAL
RIWANIS CLUB
Dr. Brewer of Meredith Deliver
ed Eloquent and Enteitain-
ing Address
Mid-South Threats
PUSHING LOAN FUND WORK
The Kiwanis Club met this week
at the Civic Club building in Southern
Pines. The club was entertained by a
number of young ladies from Mere-
{^ith College. They sang several selec
tions which were enjoyed by every
one present.
Dr. Brewer, president of Meredith
College, delivered a very eloquent and
entertaining- speech. Attention was
ci-lled to the visit of Governor Hunny-
utt of the Carolina District to the
Raleigh Club on Friday of this week,
r.nd a letter from the Raleigh Club
inviting and urging as many of th(
members, as possible to meet Govern
or Hunnycutt at Raleigh. Several
voiced their intentions to go.
RECTOR SANDHILLS
EPISCOPAL PARISH
PASSES TO REWARD
The Rev. Alaric James Drew
Died Wednesday After
Month’s Illness
Announces Candidacy
FUNERAL HELD TODAY
On Wednesday morning, March 19,
the community was shocked and griev
ed to learn of the death of the Rev.
Alarac James Drew, who passed on
to his eternal home at 1:45 a'., ml His
I t*emise followed after an illness of
{Ibout a month which assumed a ser
ious turn the week preceding’ his
I death.
The Rev. A. J. Drew was born at
Moira, N. Y., September 23, 1886,
where his boyhood years were spent.
Ralph
With
Takes Issue
X
Of The Pilot
An Editorial
w
r'P' .ions Absolute Accuracy of
Butler’s Statement that
“Prohibition Works.”
THE SLAUGHTER
KEEPS UP
Forty killed and 321 injured
by automobiles in February, is;
the list given out by the State!
authorities. This is less than the
number killed in January, but |
seven more than were killed in
February a year ago. The analy
sis says that three of the fatali-
CITES OWN EXPERIENCE
The the Editor of The Pilot:
My friend and mentor, the prophet
j of the Sandhills, Mr. Bion Butler
(may his shadow never grow less and
his kindly cheerful prophecies all be
fulfilled) appears to me to have com
mitted an error of fact. I regret the
r>
McLAUCHLIN
Candidate for State Senate
In the Parish Church there, when 12 Annual Kiwanis Ball
imperative that categorically demands
ties were caused by drivers who carping at this, because the Moore
were drunk, seven were exceed-1 Tsestor is a tolerant, exj>er-
Irg the speed limit three were I accurate observer of most
oiT the wrong side of the road, Icomedy-
three drove recklessly and fourj of
lost control. With three reckless, I ^ entertaining paper that PROHI-
three on the wrong side of the j ^^RKS.
Marion Tuipie Lake (bft) and Mis:
years of age, he was an altar boy and
j at that time he resolved to dedicate
I his life to the service of Christ and
enter the ministry when he reached
road, three drunk and seven ex-
Week From Today I seeding the speed limit, it is
I evident that 16 of the 40 fatali
ties came from blamable causes.
Booklets explaining the aims and ; Helen HicksT whose recenrexhibHVons |
Wel’ountv FoMdatTon Inc^Mch i S'"'*'’’ Annandale-
-viooie L ounry rounaation, inc., which : ^lost serious threats to the
!5th, 1908, he became united in mar-
Procceds Will Be Added to
Ch:b’s Fund for Underpriv
ileged Children
This is a plain, flat, unmodified
statement of fact. The truth or fal
lacy of this statement can be easily
ascertained. It is the only aspect of
if care had been used by the
drivers, and a fair law properly
observed.
-Tirl ha«? hePTi W i ' nage ne conrmuea nis mmisterial luc ocventu Aiinuai i ^ i i j i i.
for the oast entered in .he ,,,aies at St. Stevens College fron. | K'iwar is hal, to be held at the .hfTirw^i? “atrol
Forty per cent of these fatal I perplexing problem that can be
cases were evidently preventable j definitely determined
gTOWs out of the Students Loan Fund
cn-the-Hudson, N. Y. After his mar-' outstanding social events
aipremacy of Miss Glenna Collett, continued his ministerial Sandhills is the Seventh Annual
Women’s Mid-South championship
tourney, as is also Miss Collett.
club for the past several years were
placed in the hands of the members
ci the club. This organization is now
getting under way and it is hoped :
that n,any worthy girls and boys who ^ Mid-SoUth WomCn’S
nave heretofore been denied educa
tional advantages may receive train
ing through its bnefaction.
Work Will Soon Start
On McPherson House
which he was graduated in 1910 and i Country Club on Friday even-
later in 1913 he became a graduate iMarch 28. The dance as in the
of the Berkeley Divinity School. Hi. looked forward to by many of
f rst charge was the Episcopal Church i hotels as well as mem-
in Ransaler, N. Y., where he remained ' younger set. The music
ChaniDionshiD Monday years; and for eight years occasion will be furnished by
I previous to his coming to Southern Waldo-Lp.motte eleven piece or-
Will Be 54-Hole Medal Play Pi^es was Rector of the Eoiscopal , ^a^ce
Over Couhse of Southern ^ Church in Cambridge, N. Y. A ser- underprivileged child-
Pines Countrv^ Club illness required that he move to ^5” Moore County. It is expected
Consider the imponderable con
troversies atendant on this noble ex
periment, which cannot be mathemat
ically determined. For example:
Is wine a sacrament, as contented
most of the comment concerning i ^ ^ Christians, or a sacrilege, as
the patrol is highly commend- i the Mohammedans and
able, but the probability is that I Wilson.
the officers of the state force; I^oes the demand create the sup-
are doing an immense lot of > Stuart Mill’s
good in holding collisions down | or does the supply foster
to the figure where it is. The one
a less rigorous climate.
that there will be an unusually large
The second Annual Mid-South Golf On November 1, 1925, he with his '-^^^'^dance foi this brilliant event.
trouble with the patrol is that
too few officers are asked to
cover a territory that is far too
big for the number of officers
to care for .‘t. The unbiased re
ed by the “whiskey ring” (names and
addresses omitted), Andrew Mellon
and the Republican party create the
demand, as so ably edmonstrated by
Mr. Josephus Daniels?
Is it better to force people to adopt
New House on Midland Road chTcmpinnship-staTt?? the Soutii- family came* to Southern Pines,, at the ball can he obtained (^ ^ 1^^^ customis with pistols and mag-
ern Pines Country Club course next | which time Emmanuel Episcopal members of the ' PortS mat Come to J he Fllot m-, „
\SU! Be Built of White
Quartz and Slate
Monday. The tournament will be 54- Church w’as without a Rector. After
hole medal play. The championship' a probationary term of six months.
Aberdeen Kiwanis Club or from the
following patronesses: Mrs. R. L.
Hart, Mrs. Frank Goo:’will, Mrs. John
J. A. McPherson, the builder has trophy given by the Southern Pines the Rev. Alaric James Drew was un-
been getting material on the ground ^ Country Club will be awarded to the i «nimously called to become Rector of an:^ Mr^ Dickie
f-n his lot bought from Jerry Healy, j low gross score for the 54 holes. In > Sandhills Parish. The services were
on the Midland road between South- i addition there will be a second and
crn Pines and the MceDeds creek i third low gross prize for the 54 holes
then held in the old chapel, a frame
structure, on Page Street. Mr. Drew
of Sounthern Pines; Mrs. Richard S
Tufts, Mrs. W. L. Dunlop, Mrs. I. C.
Sledge, Mrs. L. L. Biddle, Mrs. Her-
crossing. He will in a short time be- and a low gross prize for each 18 j being a man of vision, realized that McNab and
gin work on a new house that will, boles. There will be several low net i this growing community needed a Pinehurst; Mrs.
he an interesting use of some not | trophies as well as those for the larger and more suitable church build- Shambuiger, Mrs. Jesse W.
very common material for house walls, I special event. While the need for this had long Mrs. Robert N. Page and Mrs.
the white quartz rock that is so abun- , Entries already received include | heen recognized no leader hitherto had Nichols of Aberdeen, Mrs.
dant in many parts of this county, ; Glenna Collett, Virginia Van Wie, j appeared who had th gift for organ- Garri-
yet which is but little used on any ; Maureen Orcutt, Helen Hicks, Edith | illation and executive ability that were j Carthage,
considerable scale. The location is up | Quier, Marion Turpie Lake, Louise , necessary for the undertaking. Mr. ! ~ , "
the hill not far from the dam, on the ' Fordyce, Mrs. Sarah Fownes Wads-1 Drew’s health having greatly improv-! Babl6S ^Vllf PeatUFC
dicate that the patrol is doing a |
remarkablv effective work, and i,Tzar and
, that the success of their efforts Methodist Bishops) or to persuade
iiustifies J decided increase in ! by example and loymg kindness
i their numbers. The patrol has j ^
been organized on an intelligent
' basis, tne men engaged are cor-
j ^ial and helpful, they try to help
i drivers to keep within the law%
! and to impress on them the nec-
; essity of care in driving. But no
I officers can control drivers who
liillfiide of the road, overlooking much
of the valley, and in a position that
will give a good picture of the new
worth, Louise Elkins, Mrs. Quier and j ed he threw his whole heart and soul 1
Mr=. Hunter Eckert. j into securing the funds necessary for ;
Pairings and starting times will be : the erection of a church on lots al
Next Week’s Races
(the major premise of the gospel ac-
^7
If a legislature enacts laws most
people won’t obey. Who is to blame,
the legislators or the people?
When is a law not a law? And
why?
Is the prohibition amendment the
do not show anv inclination in 1 law against
themselves of making the high- f
that one forbidding parking in ishady
lanes? Is there any difference?
Do those worthy people who aschew
rum and fill the savings banks with
building as well as affording a good published in the Sandhills Daily News i ready owned by the Parish on Ridge
picture from the house.
Mr. McPherson expects to build a
house that will cost about $15,000. It
iii from plans that Mr. Yeoman is
shaping for him from ske^tches by
Mr. McPherson, whose experience in
building has given him ideas of what
he wants to incorporate in the new
structure. With the two of those men
working together the result will be a
house that will be a valuable addition
to the neighborhood, and with the ma
terial that is to be used it will prob
ably be an example in the further
of stone. Along with the white
Quartz rock a considerable amount of
the slates from Colin Spencer’s quar
ries will be utilized in gettirg the ef-
^ that Mr. McPlierson wants, and
the combination will be brought out
plainly in the conspicuous location the
house will occupy.
^laterial is pretty well on the
Pi'ound, and after Mr. McPherson
comes hack from a brief trip north
he will make preparations to start
^'ork. Talk is heard of other build-
in that vicinity, which is logical
^or the hillside along the road from
the railroad down to the creek con
tains a lot of building sites that are
regarded by those familiar with real
estate attractions as among the most
desirable in the community. This
house at one end of the Midland road,
l^r. Jones building at the Pinehurst
and the Morrell house in the
Midland Farms section, will make the
^idland road a lively section dur-
the summer.
HOLD MASS MEETING
oi Sunday, March 23.
Father Gabacan Makes
Appeal for Persecuted
Discusses Conditions in Russia
in Connection with . Special
Prayer Service
Citizens of Aberdeen in consider
able number attended a mass meet-
i^ig held at the call of the retail mer
chants of Aberdeen. H. C. Renegar
of Sanford addressed the gathering.
In accordance with the appeal of
Pope Pius XI special prayers were of.
fered, in connection with Lenten Ser
vices for the persecuted Christians
and Jews in Russia. Father Vincent
Gabacan, who is assisting Father Dil
lon, in comm iting upon this situa
tion, said:
“The plight of these victims of
inhuman persecution .should appeal to
the sympathy of the civilized world.
Triumphant Communism in Soviet
Russia is subjecting believers in God
to a persecution equalled to any the
pagan Roman Emperors inflicted on
the early Christians. Thousands have
been exiled to Siberia for their re
ligion to suffer and die of extreme
hardship. Thousands have been bru
tally tortured for their belief in God.
Six thousand have been cruelly exe
cuted for religious convictions.
In pursuance of the anti-religious
campaign the Soviet gavemment of
Russia has destroyed churches and
synagogues or turned them into mu
seums, places of amusement or social
clubs. The boast of the atheistic lead
ers of the communism in Russia is
that the nation will be godless by
1933. An anti-God sys.tem of educa
tion is in operation to pervert the
minds of the young and turn them
against God and religion. Organized
athesim is dominant in this unhappy
land. All is done in the name of
breaking the shackles of supersti
tions.
j Street and Massachusetts Avenue. |
* Despite discouragments that would I
! have daunted a less courageous and !
optimistic man, he worked with un-1
remitting zeal and within a period '
of about a year work was commenced
and now a dignified and substantial
structure of North Carolina granite,
the first completed united of the
church home, stands as a perpetual
memorial to the faith and the courage | jj^Vses^ will
and tireless ends of Alaric James i
1
Drew. His indomitable will and am- i
Youngsters from Stables of H.
Stacy Smith Will Appear on
Track for First Time
ways safe.
The death list and the long
roster of injuries is due to the
people w^ho drive the cars, and , ^ ,
only two ways will reach them. School w.th
A very interesting feature of the
races next Wednesday will be a race
in which the contestants are tw'o year
olds and three year olds from the
Stables of H. Stacy Smith. These colts
have been training at Pinehurst this
v/inter and for the first time in the
history of the race track, these baby
seen in a race.
The Ninth Annual 5 1-2 Furlong
, , . , , Running Race for the President’s
bit.on carried him beyond his physi-j Cup, is the fsatur® race of the day
cal strength for besides organizing
and carrying on the work of the
Parish in Southern Pines, he conduct
ed services at regular intervals at
Pinebluff, Samarcand Manor, Pine
Crest Manor and the State Sanator
ium. Mr. Drew was a member of the
Kiwanis Club and was always deeply
interested in any plans for the bet
terment of the community. The many
messages of sympathy receivd by his
family testify to the high esteem and
deep affection in which he was held
and the 6th Annual Springtime 7 Fur
long and the 6th Annual Getaway
Race for non-winners completes the
running program. The harness events
vnth the fast contenders of Mr.
Watt, Mr. Callery, Mr. Tyson and Mr.
Scott will be sure to give us many
thrills. A special program of eques
trian gymkhana events is being pre
pared. This is the last race day of
the season
' children do so because they are com-
J he one is an mcimation on the i „ , , • • , . .
veiled by a criminal staute or for
some other reason?
part of all drivers to make the
roads safe, which means the con
demnation of unsafe drivers no
matter who they are, and the
other is a big enough force of
patrolmen to put the fear of the
law in the hearts of thereckless
and lawless driver.
All the?e deep and perplexing prob
lems can be handled with assurance
by anybody.
But to say that Fri'ohibition
j Works:!
Here we get out of the clouds to
j the most elementary piece of common
information, which anyone can find
out by a most haphazard observation.
This statemer^ can only mean that
That Taft smile that wont come off Volstead Ac't actualPy do«« forci-
is glued on Charlie Picquet’s face a | “’’P^eeiable number of
litle tighter this T< e?k by the receipt I drinking any-
PICQUET RECEIVES MERITED
RECOGNITION FOR THEATRE
of a tablet about a foot square
v/hich is inscribed:
on
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DONALD J. ROSS IS
HONORED BY FRIENDS
Donald J. Ross, veteran golf ar
chitect, who for thirty years has been
connected with Pinehurst Golf, was
Thursday night tendered a banquet
by about two hundred of his friends
in celebration of his completion of
this period of service. Many of those
in attendance had come from distant
parts of the county for this purpose.
Mr. Ross was presented with a chest
of 72 pieces of silver. The principal
speaker of the evening was John
Fahy of Washington, D. C., former
president of the U. S. Chamber of
Commerce.
Dr. Hopkins of New
York Passes Away
Had Been Regular Winter Resi
dent Here for Many
Seasons
Mrs. Beatrice EHwards jand hfar
brother, Samuel Porter Hopkins, were
called unexpectedly to New York the
first of the week to the funeral of
their father, Dr. Hopkins. Dr. Hopkins
who has been quite ill for the past
year and one half passed away on
Saturday.
Although Sam Hopkins is the
only member of the family here all
this winter, for many seasons past.
Dr. and Mrs. Hopkins have occupied
a house here and have a great num
ber of friends in the Sandhills.
A MARK OF HONOR
HAS BEEN AWARDED
THIS THEATRE FOR
THE HIGH QUALITY
OF ITS PRODUCTION
OF SOUND PICTURES
BY
EXHIBITORS WORLD-HERALD
The high standard that Mr. Picquet
has established and maintained in his
picture shows has been attracting at-1
thing containing more than one half
rer cent of alcohol.
Well, I call the bet.
And I will state in refutation the
following absolutely undeniable facts,
every one of which is drawn from
my own immediate experience.
It has not prevented one from
drinking on any occasion, anywhere
in the United States. It has not even
inconvenienced me one single time
that I wanted a drink during all these
years.
I have a fairly large acquaintnce.
tention from many directions, and and I travel around quite a bit. And
frequently approval of this sort comes
from tha?e who have been noting what
Southern Pines and Pinehurst are of
fering in the way of amusements.
NEW AIR RAIL SERVICE
PROPOSED FOR SANDHILLS
There is some talk of an air-rail
service for the Sandhills. The secre
tary of the Southern Pines Chamber
of Commerce gathered a group of
representative men of the Sandhills
ill the Country Club Tuesday noon to
hear Mr. Thread gill, formerly of the
Raleigh airport outline a scheme for
8 flying service with the Seaboard
R. R. to start at Southern Pines for
Jacksonville, Tampa and Miami.
I make a point of asking almost
everyone I see if the Volstead Act
has prevented them from drinking or
if they had ever seen or heard of any
one it prevented.
This question I have propounded to
bishops, governors, jiJd^s, district
attorney, social workers, amiable old
ladies, preachers, sheriffs, policemen,
bootleggers, school children, convicts
in jail, college professors and Presby
terian Elders. And in not one single
case have any of these ever heard of
a man woman or child that was pre
vented by this Act from drinking any
time, any place.
True, a number didn’t drink. But
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