MOORE COL'NTY’S
■ EADIXG NEWS
WEEKLY
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL- 10, NO. 20.
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PIKiEBUlPP
PILOT
FIRST IN 1
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, April 18, 1930.
Body of Walter H. Page Moved to
Oak Topped Hill of Old Bethesda
N. ted Diplomat, America’s and Aberdeen’s Distinguished Citi
zen, in Final Resting Place in Truly
Picturesque Setting
FIVE CENTS
PINEHURST ENTERTAINS DAVIS CUP TEAM ASP?^
BION H. BUTLER’S TRIBUTE REPRINTED
/ ^ter resting in its orig-inal grave old building, friendly in its ancient
!d Bethesda Cemetery since 1918, demeanor, preaches its silent sermon
lody of Americans and Aberdeen’s ' oi human fellowship. To the old
■ r.:!uished citizen, Walter Hines' church came the settlers, paying
^e, was moved last week to the their homage and linking their lives
\v lot recently acquired by the sur- ' ^^'ith its guidance and leadership.
G of the noted diplomat, on the Here young men and maidens join-
’ topped hill south of the old hands, and here the children were
r- h. There, among some of the (consecrated. Here lie the fathers and
I and largest oak trees in the ^-lothers of the neighborhood. Here
t - n, hard by the church which ' have been experienced the joys and
ant so much to him in his youth the sorrows and the humanities that
1 ater years, lies the great stone ^'‘'>ake up life. Here is the beginning
’ r which marks the grave of a the end;- here is the ambition, the i
who made local, state, national round about are the ac-|
J V orld history. i tors in the drama that has run ;
t truly a picturesque setting,' generations.
: highest point of Old Bethesda the man who has stood among
:etery. The recently completed hings, who has been the arbitrator of i
ulter Hines Page Memorial High- I'-ations, the spokesman of a govern-; Leading- tennis players of the country are contestants in the annual North and South Championships on the
skirts the mound on the left, a which through his hand has ; Pinehurst Country Club Courts this week, among them eight of the first ten ranking star's of 1929. In the photo-
aik of stone slabs leading up to l^^t millions of armed men into con- graph, with Captain Dixon of the Davis Cup team on the extreme left, are from left to right, Francis T. Hunter,
grave from the roadway. It is which the world has engaged,! John Doeg, George Lott, John Van Ryn, Fritz Mercur, Wilmer Allison, Berkley Bell and Gregory Mangin, standing
-.t* typical Southern setting which the representative of this vast popu- jn the order of theii national ranking. —Photo by Hemmer.
■. Page would have himself chosen whose resources have decided]
^ his final resting place—surround- * the result of the armageddon in which | ' '
Dv the trees he loved, the historic the civilization has been strug- ’ 17 fW A \[IQ f'TIFCTQ
urch, the old Bethesda road, and ends his task and comes back. Ill f?uUJuul^
ith negro shacks within a stone’s to quaint, old-fashioned, unpre- :
; tentious Bethesda, away from the
The original maAer, a slab of na- ' ceremony and the em-
. stone, was moved to the new' of the hurly-burly, and
and around the entire plot in fashioned for him
hich one day will rest the other i ‘’’e T'
G. C. SEYMOUR IS
CANDIDATE FOR
COMMISSIONER
Former Mayor of Aberdeen Urg
ed to Make Race for
County Board
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
HEAR WHAT CLUB
DOES FOR SECTION
.members of Mr. Page’s family, a
all of the same stone has been laid,
no shrubs and plants and trees
ave been set out. The late Ambas-
plicity of the primeval he begins that Accomplishments Recited by
long sleep which is the determination Committee Chairman at Meet
of the profound mystery-existf^nce. in Pinehurst Country Club
, The morning sun rises over Bethes-
r.dor to the Court of St. James, who pencil of light throws on a lit- $1,700.00 TO AID STUDENTS
;ayed such a prominent part in the mound an outline of the sacred
''o :1 War, is at present the only -'“tiucture. The moving shadow; A large number of winter visitors
- 1 sting’ on the little hill. reaches another mound- Another and to the Sandhills heard what the Ki-
Tr„ t’e has been some talk of a anothei. The burial place of the for- ’vvanis Club of Aberdeen is doing in
, cnument to more prominently mark ^“^hed in the same community as guests of
;> t^iave of so distinguished a cit- ‘’’at falls on the mound
of his country, but it is under- ‘hat covers the greatest of the sleep- luncheon meeting held
;-od that memtfers of the Pajge i is the democracy of Nature. Wednesday noon at the Pinehurst
GIRLS WILL BE BOYS
Vass-Lakeview girls won over
the Carthage lassies, 26 to 10, in
the first game of baseball between
girls^ teams ever played in this
section. Thelma Baker proved the
•slugging star of the contest, se
curing a triple, three doubles and
two singles in seven times at bat,
while fielding honors were taken
by Misses Laubscher and Morgan.
Elizabeth Keith and Catharine Mc
Millan pitched for the Vass and
Georgia Bell Morgan caught, New
ell Shields and Florence Battley
headed the visitors as pitcher and
catcher, respectively.
YEARLY LUMBER
WASTE IN COUNTY
OVER 1.800 CARS
Government Survey Shows
Moore Most Extravagant in
the State
ALEX M. PAGE RETURNS
G. C. Seymour of Aberdeen today
announced his candidacy for coun/ty
commissioner in the forthcoming elec
tion. Friends of Mr. Seymour have
been urging him for some time to
run for this office because of his
especial fitness for the place. Mr.
Seymour served for some time as
mayor of Aberdeen and is the execu
tive head of the Coca-Cola Bottling
plant in Aberdeen.
It has been some time since the
three towns of Pinehurst, Southern
Pines and Aberdeen have had a rep
resentative on .the county board, and
it was decided some time ago that
some candidate should be offered from
one of the towns at the next election.
They urged Mr. Seymour to become
a candidate.
With the announcements va week
ago of Wilbur H. Currie of Carthage,
C. G. Shaw of High Falls and E. C.
Matheson, Eagle Springs, there are
now four candidates for the three
places on the board.
Sheriff Charles McDonald, Clerk of
Court John Wilcox and Register of
Deeds W. J. Harrington are announc
ing themselves as candidates for re-
election in this issue of The Pilot.
M. G. Boyette’s announcement as
prosecuting attorney is also due this
week.
Candidates for other offices who
'nave made their public announcmeents
are;
For State Senate, Murdoch M.
Johnson, Aberdeen; Shields Cameron,
Southern Pines; D. A. McLauchlin,
Vass.
For Recorder, George H. Humber
end D. A. McDonald.
For Sheriff. William M. Seawell.
illy have discouraged the plans of before God all are of common Country Club. Committee chairmen f\I ^ ^
• iious patriotic and other organiza-!common right. were called upon to make reports of
OF CARTHAGE TO
RUN FOR CONGRESS
upon to make reports
n? to alter in any way the simplic- j Walter Page gave his life to make committee work consisted
’ which they feel Mr. Page himself: the world safe for democracy, for ,hu- ap^rvmplished
- have preferred. The Memorial i man right, for human sympathy v.’ith seven years of local en-
H i hway, a tribute from his native human struggle, and that he was sin- and what plans the various
is, they believe, sufficient , cere is manifest by his return to bis committees had for the future,
ur.lic acknowledgement of what Mr. own people, to the simple sanctuary, Pa^] Dana of Pinehurst reporting
: a^e did for and meant to North and the plain folks, equally the work VuhWc Relations committee,! at Republican Dis-
a>olina and its citizens. | of the creator, and equallv favored accomplishments of the
-0 fine a tribute was paid to Mr. ■ of the Lord. club for the welfare of the commun-
age at the time of his interment j w^indows of heaven were op- ity: 1, the securing of a Recorder’s
Old Bethesda Cemetery, by Bion , December clouds piured Court at Carthage; 2, the securing
Butler, editor of The Pilot, that | their torrents as the man of God . of the double highway between Pine-
here reprint it, on the occasion j ^i^-tered his words of hope and in^pir- | hurst and Southern Pines and the
trict Convention Held Wed
nesday in Lexington
NAMED BY ACCI.AMAT10N
' Alex M. Page, a former lumber-
1
jiman of this section when he was en-
I gaged with the Page brothers in
manufacturing the pine in the Sand-
! hills years ago, is in Aberdeen from
Oreg’on, where he has for years been
active in the lumber world. Since
leaving this section he has had a
hand in lumbering in various states,
and he says in that lengthy period he
has helped to waste a great deal of
good timber as well as make much
good lumber. Mr. Page is interested
row in utiliziog lumber instead of in
wasting so much of it, having a
scheme which saws a log in a man- Mindful of the many serious fires
iier that produces less slab and edg- i which have occurred of late through-
ir.g wood, a larger footage of clear < ut the state, the Moore County For-
Colin G. Spencer of Carthage, was
41 Killed by Fire
in State in March
Moore County Forest Protective
Association Issues Warning to
Golfers, Riders, Farmers
stuff and also a larger number of
ieet to the log. He is showing his
est Protective Association is issu
ing Vv^arnings throughout this section
scheme to lumbermen in this neigh-; ^^Jiairst caielessness and reckless
the removal of the body to its last | “I am the ressurrection vnd i lianting in connection therewith; 3, | nominated as the Republican candi- j borhood
-N. C. H.
nng place. life.” From back of tho clouds | the elimination of advertising signs
he compelled the confidence of prom- ! on the outskirts of Southern Pines
ise. From statesmen and kings and j and Pinehurst; 4, the building of a
Bethesda j scholars comes to Bethesda ' Boy Scout camp through the club’s
' the wayside, under the shade j message of condolence and appre- I financial aid; 5, the Educational Loan
an oak grove, one of the first tem- ^^j^tion, but no responding voice breaks
the virgil of this silent democracy
Man to man, facing eternity on the
of God, a sentinel keeping guard
er the quiet little city of those who
i ^ gone the long road, stands Be-
l.e-da church, on the low hills near
•^‘bt'ideen. Successor of predecessors
(iate for Congress at the Seventh Con
gressional district convention held
at Lexington Wednesday. The nom
ination of Mr. Spencer was acclaim-
fund through which students have ed
cne
Azrael, the angel of death, they await
aching back into two centuries the the morning.
Autos Take Toll of
52 Lives in Month
Reckless Driving Again Respon-
‘^ible for Most of Violent
Deaths in State
^ ‘tomobile accidents took a toll of
- lives in North Carolina during
arch, again heading the list of vio-
■I deaths, issued each month by
t State Board of Health. As usual
f kless driving caused mos»t of these
f=ths. The need of an operators’
‘n?e law is becoming more and
= '•e pronounced in the state each
onth.
The report alsa shows 18 homicides
- 17 suicides during March. There
'’‘^re two fatal airplane accidents,
• >ur railroad accidents, ten accidental
-'Tishot wounds, and four died from
uwning. A total of 601 children
' d babies under tv/o years of age
t?d during the month. Influenza took
' lives, tuberculosis 228 and pneu-
onia 386. Forty-one persons were
"" ’led by fire.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Buchan of Kin-
^on were in Vass on Tuesday to at-
tnd the funeral of John McCallum.
been enabled to continue their educa
tion; 6, the signs placed about the
great level laid by that dread | community calling attention to the
fines for destroying shrubbery and
pine trees, and 7, the aid rendered
by the club toward the erection of
the Moore County Hospital.
Edwin McKeithen, president of the
Moore County Educational Founda
tion, Inc., a Kiwanis outgrowth, re-
would be a credit to the party and
himself.
H. F. Seawell, Jr., of Carthage
placed Mr. Spencer in nomination.
Mr. Spencer is 39 years old. He was
manager for some time of the Ty-
ported that 31 young people had been son & Jones furniture plant at Car-
Defeats Somerville in Finals to | aided in schools and colleges by Ki- { thage until its recent sale to outside
interests. He is looked upon as one
of the most progressive and alert
young men in his party in the county,
Homans Winner of
North & South Golf
Mr. Spencer accepted the nomina
tion in brief remarks and declared
Lumbering as it is carried on in
m.ost placets is one' of the most wast^.
ful industries in the world. That
comes from the great abundance of
timber in this whole country, and
the habit of cutting good trees to
get the best lumber at the least out
lay of effort. As timber has been
slaughtered in the fashion the orig-
I burning of debris, etc. It has been car-
lying front page notices of warning
in the Sandhills Daily New*!; all this
week, reading;
“Equestrians and Golfers. Please
be Careful with Cigarettes and
Matches. The Woods are Inflamma
ble.”
The farmers are also being warned
to watch craefully for the start of
he would conduct a campaign that established it has become I smudge which might develop into
Take Title Long Held by
George Voight
Eugene Homans, of Englewood, N.
J., won the 30th annual North and
South Amateur golf tournament last
Saturday, defeating C. Ross Somer
ville of London, Ontario, in the final
round, 3 and 1. Conceding him a par
4 on the unplayed 36th hole, the new
ly crovmed champion shot rounds of
72 and 68 in the finals. Homans sup-
wanis funds, and told of donations
to the foundation of $1,200 during
the past week, all secured from local
citizens by P. Frank Buchan, a clu?)
member. A vote of thanks was ex
tended to Mr. Buchan, and also to
R. L. Hart, Southern Pines, who was
chairman of the committee which
turned in $500, in addition to the
above donations, as a result of the
annual Kiwanis ball, held recently.
Robert N. Page of Aberdeen re-
>ported on the success the club had
plants George Voight, who had won
the tournament four seasons in a row i made in securing legislation spon-
and who was defeated in this year’s , sored by the organization for a
fcvent by Sommerville after a thrilling | State Highway Patrol, and predicted
battle which went one extra hol.e
Low scores featured the tourna
ment throughout, in fact the ama
teurs carded lower marks than did
the professionals during the recent
open tournament.
Rev. G. B. Starling will preach at
the Methodist church in Vass on
Sunday morning at llrOO and in the
evening at 7:30. All are cordially in
vited’ to attend these services.
that another club project, a State
law requiring operators’ licenses for
all drivers of motor vehicles, would
be passed at the next session of the
legislature. He also believes that the
success of the highway patrol to date
will mean a greatly increased force
in the near future.
Others to report at the meeting
were the Rev., J. Fred Stimson on
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much scarcer, but the old plans of
sawmilling have persisted, and we
something more serious.
Forty-one persons were killed by
waste today an inexcusable-propor-‘ North Carolina last month,
tion of the forest product. j ^‘Ccording to the monthly report of
Tremendous Waste i the Bure^au of Vifel S*tatiistics of
On this subject comes a bulletin
from the State Department of Con
servation presenting the report of
a committee that has been making a
survey of North Carolina to obtain
information regarding the nonutilized
with a strong personality and a host j wood in this state. The report indi-
of friends. ■ cates that from a saw log in North
Among the eleven state committee-
Carolina about 46 per cent is recover_
men chosen at the district convention form of seasoned lumber
was Mrs. Herbert Seawell, Sr., of 1
Carthage, representing Moore County.
John N. Powell, George W. Case and
D. H. Turner of Southern Pines were
among those who left yesterday for
Ohar’iotte to attend the State Repub
lican convention.
HIT BY BALL BAT
Edison CaJahan, son of H. C. Cala-
han, is improving from injuries sus
tained the first of the week when he
was accidentally struck on the head
with a baseball bat when it slipped
from the hands of one of his play
mates. Edison was carried to the
Moore County Hospital to have an
X-ray picture made, but was able to
return to his home.
%
that is largely wasted. In Sweden
they get 69 per cent of useful lum
ber or fifty per cent more than we
do. The survey says that in this
state we waste 33,000 cars of wood
products a year, and Moore county
reports the biggest waste of any
county in the state, 1,828 car^. This
is in edgings, sawdust, slabs, shav
ings from the planers, law grade lum.
ber, veneer wasted and cores and va
rious other things. The survey says
much of this stuff might be utilized,
although location of the mill plant,
transportation and the possible mar
ket for the waste stuff material have
to do with the use of it. That Moore
county wastes nearly two thousand
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the State Board of Health. The num
ber includes both those who were
turned to death and those who were
killed in conflagration accidents. The
property damage was also high, it is
said.
SPECIAL EASTER SERVICES
AT OLD BETHESDA CHURCH
An Easter Service will be held at
old Bethesda Church Sunday morning
at 11:15 o’clock. This service is al
ways looked forward to, not only by
the present members of the Presby
terian Church, but by those who at
tended this church many yeafs ago.
The Rev. E. L. Barber will take for
his subject, “The Resurrection.” T^e
choir will sing ^‘Victory Bells” from
Holton for the special music. A large
congregation is expected as this is
one of the most impressive services
of the year.
The regular evening service will be
at the Presbyterian Church, at 7:30
o’clock. The subject is “Behold the
Lilies of the Field.” The choir will
sing “All Hail to Christ.” Everyone
is cordially invited to come and wor
ship at this evening hour.
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