MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS WEEKLY A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding )L. 10. NO. 18. LAKEView MANl-EY PILOT FIRST IN NEWS AND ADVERTISING of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, April 4, 1930. )pportunity For Boys To BOY SCOUBTO Enter Junior Olympic j LEND HAND IN Games Offered By Pilot! CLEAN UP WORK NEW INSURANCE AGENCY FORMED BY LOCAL MEN , "iest Developed Athletes in I un V To Go to Charlotte for Sectional Finals An Editorial Aberdeen Troop Will Cooperate With Chamber of Commerce In Campaign NY PRIZES OFFERED ■ y boy in Moore county, less s'xteen years of age is to be giv- a.'. opportunity to participate in , unior Olympic games by The Pi- ;ind The Charlotte Observer. ■ lat means that all boys in this ’ ;.ty will take part in one of the athletic movements for ju- ile<. this spring, with winners from - . unty going to Charlotte with ■,.ad or bus fare paid, for sec- ■a! finals. And the two winners at e finals, will be sent to participate iher in trials which will lead to national contest to be held next V in Atlantic City, N. J. There will be plenty of prizes, of v with the firat and only contest t-d on list athletics ever devised. / e games develop character as well bodies and, too, permit the young- boy to successfully compete ..ainst his older rivals, since a copy- iihted system of handicaps or coef- ients give the smaller youth ad- ntages con-esponding to his age and ■ilities athletically. County finals will be held in Moore aunty under auspices of The Observ- and The Pilot and each week a fur- • notice of the dveelopment and or- tion of the games will appear in ■ 'limns. Th:- 1 ing for every boy to do right V - to enroll for the games. Just , ur school principal about it, and :i will find how easy it is to join 'r.is big movement. Tne games comprize five events; s venty-five yard dash, chinning ar. the standing broad jump, the ' eball throw for distance, and the asketball free throw. Each is an -y, natural activity that every boy delight in and there is nothing ■a> n for any contestant. Iizes will be worthwhile, too: a anr-e at a free trip to the sectional 'als and a further chance for a ee trip to the national finals, at ^l!artic City, ‘‘America’s Play- > und.” ‘ <■ -ee your school principal today - «et all details of this big move nt. For this is an opportunity, r ught to all boys of this coutny for first time through these newspap. s that cannot be overlooked by a ^ gle boy in the county. Every boy -ier sixteen years of age is eligi- and all are welcome. So hurry ■i \roKS ENTERTAIN FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS ' he Junior Class of Aberdeen High > h‘ol entertained the Seniors at a ' quet held on Tuesday evening at Pinebluff Inn. The tables were l ated in green and white, the col- ■ of the Senior class, and the color ' me was carried out in the favors : h were miniature green and baskets filled' with mints and in the form of roses, the Senior s flower. Ihe program was as follows: (^Icomie^—Douglas Allison, presi- Junior class; Response, Lou ‘tin Miller, president, Senior a s; To the Faculty, Miriam John- n; Response, Superintendent ' right; To the Girls, Henry Butner; sponse, Frances Pleasants; To the ^ool, Katherine Melvin; Response, r. Coble; Farewell, Doug’las Alli- ■ n, liecitations were ffiven by Fran- ' Wimberley, Margaret Miller and lizabeth Ferree. A DIFFERENT SORT OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE There is much food for thought in an article by one “Heloise” which appeared in last week’s Pilot. She tells us how we are all the time killing the things we love by endeavoring to change them into something we do not love, and that is some thing we have often thought of about a Chamber of Commerce. A Chamber of Commerce, in m.ost towns, is for the purpose of making the tow^n grow. Through publicity it keeps the name of the town before th public, tells of its attractiveness, and en deavors in every possible w^ay to win more residents. A great many towns need a Chamber of Commerce of this type, but there are many which do not. Southern Pines is attractive to its residents because it is a simple, villagey sort of place, bereft knows everyone else by his first name. It is a garden spot. It could easily be killed by those who love it, and made what those who love it do not love. Then they would pull stakes and find a place such as Southern Pines was when they loved it. So it would be a tragedy for a Chamber of Commerce to go loo far in its efforts to change it by increased population. But fortunately, the Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce is not the booming sort. It is not like most organizations of its kind. Its functions and aims are primarily to make better the natural and picturesque things which have attracted the many residents who have settled there from distant places- It concen trates its efforts on beautifying the town through planting, through good train service, good mail facilities, park and play ground features, through pop ularizing its country club. It does not spend any of its in come, donated by the good cit izens of Southern Pines, in ef forts to attract new business or in gaining more than a reason able and proper increase in pop ulation. It does not maintain a publicity department, and it does not advertise. It is not try ing to kill the thing the people love. The Southern Pines Cham ber of Commerce is now engag ed in raising its annual operat ing fund. It serves every penny which the citizens can see fit to donate. These pennies will go in the right direction—to maintain, not to kill, what has made Southern Pines. Its books are open to the public. It merits the support of every resident, win ter and permanent. NEW PEP IN TROOPS Prominent Citizens of Pinehurst on Board of Mid-South Corporation Another clean-up campaign is under discu£(Slon for Aberdvren, with tWa local Boy Scout troop playing an important part in the projected pro gram. President M. M. Johnson of the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce and Scout Commissioner W. W. Rivers cf the Walter Hinas Page Council are making the arrangements, Mr. Rivers having offered the services of his Aberdeen troop in the work. “I want to see how many tin cans tbos'3 boys can bring me,” Mr. Rivers said to The Pilot yesterday. “I be lieve they can make a decided change in the looks of some of the local catch-all, and with the cooperation of m‘2mbers of the Chamber of Com merce and other local organizations I know we can I'eally ‘clean up.’ ” Just when the campaign will start has not been decid'ed upon, but will be an- T'ounced in The Pilot. J. F. Taylor has be?n made g*eneral chairman of the Pinehurst district of the Page council, and Dan I. Me- ! Keithen of the Aberdeen district. I Ralph Chandler was elected general chairman for Southern Pines last month. The scout work is going on nobly hereabouts. Two new troops w.re organized in March, so that i Mooi>3 county now has five troops and j 98 Scouts. Three old troops have been i (Please turn to Page 8) 1;ANKERS OF GROUP 7 MEET NEXT WEEK AT HAMLET Group 7 of the North Carolina Bankers Association, of which Dan , I. McKsithen of Aberdeen is chair man, will hold a dinner meeting in ! Kiwanis Hall, Hamlet, on Friday -eve ning, April 11th, at 7:30 o’clock, to ^ which all officers and employes of | banks in this group are invited. An | attractive program has been arrang ed for this gathering. TAYLOR TO BE MANAGER The Mid-South Insurance Agency is the name of a new corponation an nounced this week at Pinehurst. This enterprisfs- will deal in all kinds of insurance over a wide territory. The corporation is formed by a number of men conspicuous in local and state business affairs, including Richard S. Tufts, I. C. Sledge, and A. P. Thompson, vice-priasidelnt, treasurer and office manager of Pinehurst, In corporated; O. H. Stutts, treasurer of Pinehurst Warehouses, Inc.; J. F. Taylor, president, and H. D. Vail, lo cal manager of ihe Pinehurst Invest ment company and Walker Taylor, in surance man of Wilmington. The lat ter operates the largest and one of the most successful insurance agencies in NOith Carolina. Walker Taylor, who will be an ac tive factor in the new concern, is? widely known as one of the most ag gressive insurance men of the sn- tir? South, and it is expected that the new agency at Pinehunst will be mod eled after the tyle of the big agen cy at Wilmington and operated along the lines which have made it such a prominent success. This new company will open offices immediately at Pinehurst, and be un der the direct managemznt of Walker Taylor, whose thirty years of insur ance experience: and success will be one of the strong assets of the con cern. This, coupled with the company’s strong connections, is expected to plac? it in a position to furnish ex ceptionally expert and comprehensive iiisurance service throughout thjl' Sandhills section. ANNUAL TENNIS TOURNEEY OPENS HERE ON MONDAY FOX MOVIETONa. FIVE CENTS PICTURES - ' Of IE The pictures taken by the Fox Movietone people during the course of the exhibition match at South ern Pines last Saturday, when Glenna Collett and Virginia Van Wie defeated Helen Hicks and Maureen Orcutt, are -being shown the balance of this week at the Carolina Theatre in Southern Pines. If you were in the cix)wd and want to see yourself in the movies, and see thrilling golf shots re-enacted, and hear the cheering and buzz of excitement, the silver screen of Charlie Picquet’s Bro-ad street playhouse has a treat for you. 13TH PINEHURST HORSE SHOW IS RECORD BREAKER Crowds Gathered at Ringside Both Days for Splendid Exhibition ARMY TEAMS FEATURE 2,000 Follow Golf Exhibition Match See Glenna Collett and Van Wie Defeat Hicks and Orcutt At Southern Pines JUDGE BARNHILL IS SPEAKER AT KIWANIS Judge M. V. .Barnhill, presiding in court at Carthage this week, was the .speaker at the weekly Kiwanis Club luncheon on Wed*neiday. Judge Barn hill presided over the court which re cently tri^d the Gastonia murder cases, 'and his remarks before the Ki- wansi were highly interesting. Young ladies from Southern Pines delightful ly entertained with several musical numbers. No business was transacted. The twelfth annual United North rind South Tennis Tournament starts on Monday on the courts of the Pine- hurst Country Club, with candidates for America’s Davis Cup team among the contestants. Some brilliant tsnnis will be seen at Pinehurst all week, both in men’s singles, men’s doubles, Vv^^omen’s singles and doubles and mix- -d doubles, The're is a large entry list of both national and statewide prom inence. P’inal rounds will be played next Saturday. Among the stars due here for the opening round Monday are Doeg, No. 3 in the American ranking, George Lott, No. 4, and others of the first twenty, in addi tion to some of the leading women players of the country. Struthers Burt Appeals To Civic Spirit For Support Of Library Butner to Command Post at Fort Eustis POLO TOURNAMENT ON The annual Spring Polo tourna- nt of the Sandhill Polo Club is or> ' Pinehurst, with mfeiny brilliant po- ’ -'s on hand for the matches. Spring uke and Sandhill meet tomorrow, “turday afternoon in what is expeci- ^0 be the best game of the toum- ^nent. Newly Appointed Brigadier to Leave Fort Bragg for Virginia Assignment Brigadiier-General Henry W. But ner, recently promoted to that grade by the President, has been assigned to command of Fort Eutis, Va. Gen eral Butner has been stationed at Fort Bragg for the past few years ' as president of the Field Board and served as post commander from the time of General Bowley^s departure until tl^e arrival of General Holbrook last August. He is considered an au thority on field artillery. Before reporting at Fort Eutis, General Butner will take a coursie in the Air Corps Tactical School at Langley Field and a refresher course in the Coast Artillery School at Fortress Monroe. He has left for Langley Field. General Butner is a Tar Heel, a native of Forsyth County, and a brother of Mr. M. F. Butner of Pinebluff. Kditor, Thej Pilot: Through your columns I would like to make an appeal to every citizen and resident of Southern Pines for a more consistent and earnest annual support of The Library Association. The Library is one of the best of its kind in the state, it is steadily growing, it is constantly adding to its resources, and every year it is be ing used by more people, but financial ly it is running, and has always run, cn a shoe string. Small as arte' its expenses, and small as they are kept by the Board of Directors, each year The Library Association is just able to meet these expenses. This is un dignified and not fair to the small group of public spirited people who, at the sacrifice of much time, main tain the library for the benefit of the whole community. A library is not a luxury, it is a necessity. It is not a liability, it is an asset. A good library is one of the greatest advertisements any town can have, especially a resort town. Money to it is returned many times. Even if you never take a book out yourself, a dollar subscribed will find its way some day back to your pocket with interest, material or spiritual. There are three kinds of member ship; Patron Memberships, $25.00 I per year; Sustaining Mem\)erships; ! $5.00 per year; Annual Memberships, I Jf^l.OO per year. Our list at present is I 140 annual members, 22 sustaining, I and 4 patron members, not a very .proud record for a town the size of Southern Pines with a library as ex cellent as the Southern Pines Li brary is. There should be at least 40 patron members, 100 sustaining mem bers, and considerably more annual members. The library should".not only be able to pay all its expenses, but should be able each year to put a surplus into a sinking fund for the eventual election of an adequate building which will be fireproof and an ornament to the town. At present there is a most valuable collection of books, over 8000, brought to gether in a building that is not fireproof. Were a fire to occur the loss would be irreparable. I trust that Southern Pines with its usual splendid spirit of cooperation will take into consideration better sup port of this, one of the finest of its institutions. A check mailed to me to day and made out to The Southern Pines Library Association will save thinking about it in the future. —STRUTHERS BURT. President, The Southern Pines Library Association. One of the largest galleries in the history of golf in thie Sandhills fol- thelowed America’s four leading wo- nien golfers around the course of the Southern Pines Country Club last Sat urday afteiQioon, the number being estimated as close to 2,000 persons. Besides seeing the national champion, Glenna Collett; New York’s metro politan champion and the winner of the recent Mid-South tournament here, Maureen Orcutt, the brilliant H' len Hicks and her equally brilliant compatriot, Virginia Van Wie, play excellent golf. The crowd had its pic ture taken by the Fox Movietone* peo ple, and these pictures are now on xhibition at the Southern Pines Car olina Theatre. ColleJc and Van Wi