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MANUEV
PILOT
FIRST
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Fri lay, April 25, 1930.
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FIVE CENTS
\FURANCE COS.
< ONSOIIDATE IN
SOUTHERN PINES
Sam Richardson Has to Plove After
15 Years at the Same Old Stand
Has Been in Arcade Building,
Now to Be Remodeled,
Since It Was Built
“One Flight Up”
lul T. Barnum, Inc., is Merger
v>f Barnum and Richardson
Agencies
( APITAL IS $50,000
iii of the largest business consoli-
;..ns in the history of Southern
^e«-ame effective this week with
, granting’ of a charter to the
. . Kholders of Paul T. Barnum, Inc.,
•inized to do a general insurance
"t the new corporation being
;i last Wednesday evening with
t fc’tion of officers and directors,
mpany is a merger of the Bar-
Agency with the insurance de-
. of S. B. Richardson, Inc.,
f. rmer acquiring the latter by
\:a<e.
new company has an authorized
■ .al of $50,000.00, of w’hich a sub-
liiai amount has been subscribed
’■u.^iness men of Southern Pines,
aded in the list being A. I. Cream-
, M. H. Turner, W. E. Flynn, H. 0.
-an. J. J., J. E. and F. W. Har-
J L. Pottle and sons, J. S.
; ' Cora E. Reynolds, D. G. Stutz,
T. Patch, R. L. Hart, Dr. E. W.
u>Ah, T. S. Burgess, Dr. G. G. Herr,
V i? Lachine, R. L. Chandler, Roy
' . Pushee, John Reggies and P. T.
•' num. Mr. Barnum will be the
■ive head of the business.
Tne incorporators have acquired
h Barnum agency and the S. B.
uchardson agency, the latter having
or some time been managed by John
'loxham. The new' company will oc-
■upy the former offices of the Bar-
nm company in the Citizen’s Bank
ildlng. This new agency starts un-
he most auspicious circumstances
. with the large working capital
"lued w’ill develop into an insurance
tinnion for all time* in Southern
‘ ii being founded on tw^o of the
il: St insurance agnecies in South-
!n Pines. The S. B. Richardson com
an.’ was formed by Mr. Richardson
1920, and the Barnum agency was
• iirect successor of Page & Bar-
um, organized in 1925 to take over
^ e insurance business of F. W. Van
amp, who had been representing a
irl pr of companies since 1914 and
h',.. in turn, succeeded the old
& Beck agency started away
in 1895.
Sam Richardson says he’s going to
feel lost after May 1st. Sam’s been
m the same office in Southern Pines
for 15 years, ever since the Arcade
Building was put up on Broad street
by Mrs. Florence E. Beck. Mrs. Beck
^•old the building about a year ago
to Frank Welch, and the new owner
starts remodeling it into an up-to-dat^
store the lirst of next month.
So Sam has to get out. Much
against his v/ishes, and against the
wishes of many residents of South-
ti n Pines and vicinity who have made
Sam's office their meeting place for
years. Big and roomy and sunny, it
has been the scene of many a confab
on events transpiring in the Sand-
i'ills, that office has. It was the May
or’s office for years, for Sam was sort
of a perennial mayor until he decided
to retire a few^ years ago. It has been
the sales office for Knollwood and
Weymouth Heights and many other
local developments. It has been the
scene of many a peach conference,
many a rehearsal of the Sandhills
Sixteen, many a political gathering.
If you were looking for someone in
Southern Pines any time over the
last decade, vou looked in Sam’s of
fice first.
Now the genial real estate man is
moving. Not very far aw'a^y, but “it
won’t seem like home,” as Sam puts
it. He’s going upstairs in the front
offices of the Patch Building- next
door. It was with C. T. Patch that
he started in the Arcade building,
when the two operated a grocery
^tore there. He’s going to engage
solely in real estate, the insurance end
of the business of S. B. Richardson,
Inc., w’hich has been handled by John
Bloxham for some time, liguring in
■>he merger with Paul T. Barnum, Inc.,
f.nnounced in another column today.
Sam says the latch string will still
be out in the new location, but you’ll
just hj-.fe to climb a flight of stairs.
Sam will find those stairs will be
no obstacle. The gang will follow
Sam wherever he £roes.
W. C. FOWNES, JR.
BUYS SEVEN MORE
KNOLLWOOD LOTS
Purchases . Entire Block
Which Residence Is
Now Located
On
Friends Surprise Bion ."Butler to
Do Him Homage at Testimonial
Dinner at Highland Pines Inn
Friends Honor Him
Cap in Hand, Editor Wanders
into Hotel to Find Sixty Gath
ered To Greet Him
TO ENLARGE HIS HOME
S. B. RICHARDSON
G. L GALLERY OF
PITTSBURGH BUYS
LARGE ACREAGE
Acquires 73 Acres on Rockfish
Creek Some Two Miles Out
of Southern Pines
TO IMPROVE PROPERTY
MUSICAL PROGRAM
PLEASES KIWANIANS
EKK LMPROVEMENT OF
OLD ROAD TO CARTHAGE^
Improvement of the Southern j
’ines-Carthage road through Knoll-1
ood and out past the air poii: is
• inu' asked of the county by the
‘Uthern Pines Chamber of Com-
■T( rce. Efforts are being made to have
I ' road crew now at work in the |
V ' inity of Thaggards continue on in j
i' section until they have put the;
to Carthage in bettre condition, j
The old Seals Road is being extend-
* ‘ by Herbert Jackson, superintend-
n+ of construction on Moore county
•i^hways, from the flying field out
t the Southern Pines-Carthage road
nf ar Pad Kelly’s home. The road will
ultimately go on to Lakeview as that
the line of the ancient thoro-
lare
IMrROVED INCOMING MAIL
SERVICE SOUGHT FOR HERE
v/ith the termination of the season-
^ *un of thS Pinehurst-Southern
crack train, “The Carolina
olfer,’' one less mail per day is com-
ig into the Sandhills. The Southern
^Tj€s Chamber of Commerce passed
■evolution Tuesday calling upon
■stmaster Powell to ask that ser-
-€ be provided on the train now ar-
’ ving from the north at 8:42, to re-
Jace the service furnished by the
Golfer.”
A musical treat was in store fori
the members of the Kiwanis Club
who attended this week’s meeting at |
the Civic Club in Southern Pines. I
Mis. Raymond Kennedy of Southern
Pines sang several solos delightfully,
being accompanied on the violin by'
}ier husband and on the piano by Mrs.
E. E, Giles. Charles Pierre of New
York rendered several pleasing se
lections on the cello and was heartily
encored, and Miss May Lee Way of
Moorehead City pleased with several
vocal selections.
Plans for Ladies Night next Wed
nesday at the Pinehurst Country Club
were discussed at the meeting. Dinner
will be served at 8:00 o’clock, the
committee announced, and there will
be a prominent speaker, a stunt pro-
giam, the award of the annual Kiwan- j
is Cup for the man i
is Cup for the man who has during j
the past year done most for the Sand-1
hills, and dancing.
NEW PINEHURST COMPANY
Among incorporations of the week
^ Raleigh was the following:
Proprety at Pinehurst, Inc., of Pine-
lurst, N. C. To acquire land, build
U'uctures and operate same. Author-
7.ed capital stock 30 shares no par,
value; subscribed stock, 30 shares;
y Percy W. Thompson and Maude S.
-hompson, of St. Georges Bermuda;
William C. Holleyman, Jr., of Greens
boro, N, C., and others.
Thanks, Say We
Editor of The Pilot,
Aberdeen, N. C.
A unanimous vote of thanks by
the Board of Directors of the
Southern Pines Chamber of Com
merce was extended to your paper
today in appreciation of the full
page ad that you carried in a re
cent issue of your most progressive
weekly.
I feel sure that every member of
the Southern Pines Chamber of
Commerce joins the Directors in
this appreciation. Your paper, and
every person connected with it,
have always shoWn the finest spirit
of co-operation with Southern
Pines in any worthy project for
bettering the community and mak-
ing it a more popular winter re.
sort.
We hope for a continuance of
this spirit of co-operation.
ShielkJte Cameron, Secr^tiary.
One of the most important transac
tions of the lasit few days w’as the
sale by S. B, Richaidson of 73 acres
of land for Frank Buchan to G. L.
Gallery of Pittsburgh. The tract lies
on Rockfish Creek ,east of the Marks
farm, now owned by James Boyd, and
belonged prior to its acquisition by
Mr. Buchan to Alex Blue and thi*
McNeill family. It lies on both side.-;
of Rockfish Creek, about two miles
tut of Southern Pines, not far from
The Paddock. It includes one of th.^
most picturesque bits of country in
the section east of the Weymourii
ridge, being a hiUv bit of territoiy,
with the creek traversing an interest
ing’ low ground, and the whole treat
well covered with pines. It is reached
by the load out past Mr.s Haye-'’
school and the Grover place, toward
the Ben Le'lie farm on the county
line.
It is said to be Mr. Gallery’s inten
tion to improve the property by the
lemoval of the undesired undei’brush.
the construdlion of a large dam on
the stieam, the widening of the road,
and by such other steps as will add to
its attractiveness. For this purpose
nothing could be beltter as the stream
is almost free from swamp and is
v, ell defined by high rocky bluffs on
either side, and can laise a fine head
of water over a large flat without
any difficulty.
The Circle Grows
This purchase pushes the frontlet'
of development farther out over the
Weymouth ridge and beyond the
Country Club and brings the land
into possession of another apprecia-
tiv'e owner of means sufficient to
make of his holding whatever may
please him. Mr. Gallery is a Pitts
burgh man of standing in every re
spect, and of the type that makes a
valuable acuisition to the Sandhills
community. He and his family have
spent the last two winters in South
ern Pines, and Mr. Callery is in-
teiested both in the hunting there
?nd the horse racing at Pinehurst.
He has a string of fine troltters and
is of considerable prominence in
equine circles.
At a meeting of the stockhold'ers
ot Knollwood, Incorporated this week
the old board of officers and directors |
was re-elected with the exception of!
the substitution of Oakley J. Wood, j
tf New York for Mrs. H. B. Swoope |
of Pinehurst. The annual report was |
receiveci with interest, especially as |
with it came the announcement of |
the sale of seven Knollwood lots to W.
C. Fownes, Jr., of Pittsburgh, in the
I lock in which his house stands.
Mr. Fownes gets the remainder of
the block bounded by Midlands Road,
the Peedee road and Daffodil road,
i.nd embraces lots 201A, 201B, 202,
203, 205A, 205B, and 206A. As this
covers the entire block it gives Mr.
Fownes possession of the hilltop, and
he proposes to hold it as a solid tract
as an adjunct to his preent home. He
^vill at once proceed to build an ad
dition to his house a»d to improve the
entire holding to make of it one of
the most interesting spotfe in the
Knollwood section, and the entrance
to Knolhvood Heights will be r -’ang- j
td in attractive manner there by his |
bouse and from the hill top. '
Mr. Fownes in making this pur-'
chase has no notion of reselling any ■
portion of the tract, but will carry out ^
the idea that is becoming prevalent I
(,n large tracts, of making a country ^
home with the village surroundings,
and his plans are comprehensive in
this respect. It is believed that the
example is to be followed by others
in the Knollwood ?ec:ion.
Officers Re-elected
The officers anJ dircetors of
Knollwood, Incoipoi rted, as. elected
at the annual meeting, are as follows:
Richard Tufts, Pinehuist, piesiclcnt;
F:lward J. Barbsr, New York, vice-
} i'esident; J. Talbot John'on, Abei-
f!een, vice piesident and treasurer;
Aithur S. Newcomb, Lakeview, sac-
letaiy; the officers are Oakley J. '
Wood, New York, H. H. Rackham,
Detroit, Donald J. Ross. Pinehurst,
T. A. Kelly, Southern Pines, H. A.
Page, Jr., Aberdeen and S. B. Rich
ardson, Southern Pines, directors.
MEMORABLE OCCASION
BION H. BUTLER
Wired Felicitations
The following telegrams, addressed
to Andrew I. Creamer, toastmaster,
were read at the dinner to Mr. But
ler:
✓
“Only an important business en
gagement could prevent my being
v-'ith y<^u tonight at your testimonial
oinner to Bion Butler. This man has
done much for his community and
adopted state in preaching good cheer
and telling the w^orld of the good
things that he sees in his neighbors
and home town. With all good
wishes.”
—FRANK PAGE.
Physicians of State
Gather at Pinehurst
Medical Society Convenes Mon
day for Three Day Session
at Carolina
IZAAC WALTON LEAGUE
CHARTER GRANTED HERE
A charter for the Sandhills branch
of the Izaac Walton League was re
ceived Monday. The local club under
the presidency of George Moore, is
preparing to render a most valuable
service to this section of the county.
Many of the prominent sportsman of
the Sandhills have signified' their sup
port by taking a membership and an
active interest in the league.
SOUTHERN PINES BASEBALL
TEAM DEFEATS HOFFMAN
The Southern Pines High School
played a close ball game Wednesday
afternoon with the Hoffman High
High school at Southern Pines. The
local boys defeated the visitors 4
to 2 in a seven inning game. The bat-
•t-eries for Southern Pines were Don
aldson and Miller; for Hoffman, Fal-
mer and Robertson.
The Medical Society of the State
of North Carolina convenes at the
Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst on next
Monday for a three day session. The
officers of the association are Dr.
L. A. Crowell, Lincolnton; president;
Drs. W. B. Murphy, Snow Hill, Wil
liam E. Warren, Williamson and N.
B. Adams, Murphy, • vice presidents,
and Dr. L. B. McBrayer, Southern
Pines, secretary and treasurer.
Dr. W. C. Mud'gett of Southern
Pines will call the meeting to order
in the first general session next Tues
day morning at 9:30, and the Rev.
T, A. Cheatham of Pinehurst will give
the invocation. Le*ading 'physicianis
and surgeons from all over the state,
and some from other parts of the
country, will be on the program.
The Womfein’<^ Auxiliary will be
welcomed to Pinehurst by Mrs. James
W. Dickie of Southern Pines ^nd will
have its own sessions during the con
vention period.
Dr. A. H. McLeod Abredeen, is
Moore county delegate to the con
vention, with Dr. M. E. Street of
Glendon alternate. Dr. Mud'gett is
chairman of the entertainment com
mittee, and has arranged a trap
shooting tournament for Tuesday,
with special prizes, and a golf tour
nament to start on Tuesday.
“I am tied--d«-w« to the 9ffice to-
oay else I would be among the first
to be seated at the testimonial dinner
U) Bion Butler. The people of the
l^^itndhills honor themselves in thus
I'onoiing Butler. In my opinion he has
done more than any other individual
citizen thiouph his paper in the de
velopment of the resources of that
section. Besides, he is a mighty lov
able man, a s::lendid citizen and an
all a)ound good fellow. Extend him
hearty greetings and wishes for many
moie years of usefulness to his fel
low men.”
—WADE H. HARRIS,
Editor, Charlotte Observer.
“All North Carolina owes a lasting
debt of appreciation and gratitude to
Bion Butler. He came to us before
the Sandhills had become our pride
and the mecca of pleasure and health
seekers. He interpreted its beauty and
advantage to North Carolinians as
well as. to residents of other states.
His faith and practical optimism, his
zsal for development and progress,
and his devotion to right ideals has
caused us. to regard him as a beloved
native son. I regret I cannot be pres
ent in the flesh.”
JOSEPHUS DANIELS.
MOTHER OF DR. MEDLIN
DIES AT ZEBULON, N. C.
Mrs. J.' M. Medlin, mother of Dr.
E. M. Medlin of Aberdeen, died at her
home in Zebulon "Wednesday night af
ter an extended illness. She was 58
years of age. Dr. Medlin left yester
day to attend the funeral, which will
be held at Zebulon today, Friday.
“Deeply regret cannot attend din
ner tonight. Best wishes for a happy
and significant occasion.”
—0. MAX GARDNER.
“Sandhillers honor themselves when
they honor Bion H. Butler, the booster
with the pioneer spirit. Long may his
tribe continue.”
—HERBERT F. SEAWELL.
HIGHLAND PINES INN CO.
DECLARES GOOD DIVIDEND
The postponed meeting of the
stockholders and directors of the
Highland Pines Inn Company was
held in F. W. Van Camp’s office Wed
nesday afternoon. A substantial div-
ident was declared for the year, the
hotel having a very satisfactory sea
son. Officers and directors elected
for the year were S. B. Richardson,
president; Dr. W. C. Mudgett, vice-
president; F. W. Van Camp, secre
tary and A. I. Creamer, M. H. Tur
ner, D. G. Stutz, Dr. E. I. Bush and
C. T. Patch, directors.
MISS RIGGAN HONORED
A Southern Pines girl, Miss Le-
nora Riggan, has been elected pres
ident of the student government body
at Salem College, Winston-Salem, one
of the highest honors in college. She
is a daughter of H. 0. Riggan, pres
ident of the Citizens Bank & Trust
Comipany here.
The love and honor which his Sand
hills friends—and they are legion—■
bear toward Bion H. Butler, editor
of The Pilot, were heaped upon his
shoulders on Tuesday evening of this
week, when a testimonial dinner, a
complete surprise to the patriarch
and philosopher, was given in his
honor at the Highland Pines Inn in
Southern Pines. With cap in hand he
wandered into the hotel, presumably
to attend a “Booster Meeting,” only
tc find some sixty leading citizens of
his neighborhood there to greet him
and do him homage.
It was a memorable occasion—me
morable for Mr. Butler, embarrassed
though he was in his usual modesty
—memorable for those come to pay
their respects. For seldom in the his
tory of the Sandhills has there been
such a gathering of the clans. As re
marked by speakers and in telegrams
from afar, “to honor Mr. Butler was
to honor the Sandhills,” and thev
had come, his friends and admirers,
from every nook and cranny of th^e
county.
The occasion was the outgrowth of
a long simmering plan in the m^nds
and hearts of his friends to tell Bion
v/hat they thought of him, and w^as
brought to fruition when Andrew I.
Creamer, of the Highland Pines
Inn, and P. Frank Buchan conferi ed
a week ago and decided to invite those
who have been closest to Mr, Butler
over his long period of residence here.
Mr. Creamer was the dinner ho^t
and toastmaster, Mr. Buchan the
chaiiman of the coriimittee on ar
rangements, Probably the most diffi
cult task of the committee was in
preparing' the list of invited guests,
for everyone in the Sandhills i;? a
friend of Bion Butler, and Bion But^
ler a friend of eve:yone in the Sand
hills.
Complete Surprise
It was not until all were seatea at
the big trble in the hotel’s mala o.iri^
ing joom that Mr. Butler knew the
occasion was in his honor. Mr.
Creamer’s arnouncernent was a com-
jiete surprise. Following this Hunter
Eckert, of Southern Pines, offered a
blessing, followed by the reading of a
rjUmber of telegrams from piominent
invited guests unable to be present,
Gov. O. Max Gardner, Josephus Dan
iels, Wade H. Harris, editor of the
Ghpilotte Observer, Frank Page,
Judge Herbert Seaw^ell; notes of re
gret from Leonard Tufts, Simeon B.
Chapin and others.
The Rev. Thaddeus A. Cheatham of
Pinehurst spoke of the respect and
admiration in which the guest of hon
or is held by the entire community,
cf his unselfish devotion to the up
building of the section, and of his
example in righteous living. The Hon.
Robert N. Page of Aberdeen told oi
his years of acquaintance with Bion
Butler, and following fulsome praise
for his old friend, he presented the
handsome gold watch which those
gathered about the banquet board
had asked him to hand the genial ed
itor as a lasting memorial of the oc
casion. Mr. Butler in his response
showed the depth of the feeling which
the occasion prompted. “I am the
richest man in the world,’* he said,
“rich in the friends I see here about
me, riches I would not exchange for
all the other wealth there is.”
Many Pay Tribute
Judge William A. Way chastised
his newspaper friend for once callin,^
him, in the public print, “a bald-
headed old geezer,” but allowed that
otherwise Mr. Butler was a pretty
good sort, and emphasized his value
and unselfish devotion to the com
munity which he has helped to build
up through his vision and optimism.
Union L. Spence of Carthage spoke
9f his long acquaintance with Mr.
Butler and what Mr. Butler had meant
to him and this section. Others call
ed upon by Mr. Creamer for brief
remarks were James Boyd, John Mc-
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