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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 10, NO. 30.
MANUEY
PINEBLUPP
PILOT
FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, June 27, 1930.
FIVE CENTS
LAUNCH PLAN TO
PUT POULTRY ON
FIRM BASIS HERE
Producers and Consumers of Sec
tion to Get Together in Mar
keting Scheme
Equine Nomads Break into Laing Stables
in Quest of a Possible Overlooked Oat
Sextet of Paddock Horses Escape in Night and Visit Neighbor
ing Barn, Opening Door Themselves and Rummaging
Through Recently Vacated Stalls
ORGANIZATION PROBABLE
By Bion H. Butler
For some months a movement has
been under discussion that seems now
likely to climax in a scheme to en
courage the much increasde growth of
poultry in Moore county in a logical
and substantial way. Probably no
ether calling in the world has attract
ed as many people as what has been
called the chicken business, although
in almost every case it has been far
from a business. But two or three
things have entered into the proposi-
:ion that is now being entertained by
0 number of business people, as well
as by influences that include state ad
vice and instruction, and the interest
cf some of the progressive farmers of
1 he county, as well as the encourage-
,n-nt of the buyers of poultry for the
local trade.
.»Iany people have wondered why
with so much poultry and so many
eggs called for by the hotels and cot
tages in the winter season, and by the
home folks all the year round, more
iocally grown poultry products could
not be marketed in the villages of the
county, and one answer that has been
given to me when I have often asked
the question is that the producer does
not seem to realize what the market
not only asks for but what it must
have to satisfy the man who eats the
thing that is bought. A large amount
of poultry of the county does not suit
the taste of the guest at the hotels
or boarding: houses, or of many of the
vOttagers, and a large number of peo
ple who could raise poultry do not
understand what is demanded by the
buyer, and therefore do not have the
kind of stuff to sell when they offer
it for market, and disappointment
follows.
Many Already Successful
All of this been discussed by
the men who are back of the project
to find more of an outlet in the local
market, and who are proposing to en
list the farmer in a movement that
will establish poultry growing on a
basis of marketing that the buyers of
the county can encourage and stand
behind. Already some poultry pro
ducers of the county are making such
successes that it is evident others
can do as well, and the basis of the
success is found in meeting the mar
ket with what it calls for. Also at
times cars come through the county
stopping at different points to pick
up chickens, for which varying prices
are paid, but not such prices as should
be paid for the kind of poultry that
■would be sold locally if the desired
kind came on the market.
The proposition has not yet reach
ed a definite stage, but it has been
discussed in many of itfe angles, and
among the othelife is that at the
Pinehurst hotels is a market for more
than $20,000 worth of products, at the
boarding houses and cottages much
more is in demand probably as much
as $40,000 would be used in that vil
lage, and if an abundant supply of
high class stuff could be offered no
body is bold enough to predict what
would be taken. In Southern Pines a
large market exists, and in the other
villages, while it is presumed that if
a good supply of superior poultry
products were available a trade m
shipping that sort of stuff could be
developed, for grood material usually
fixes its own market and holds it and
at a price that is satisfactory.
Plan Organization
The scheme that is talked is an or
ganization that will be backed by
some men of means and business abil
ity, with experienced poultry men to
supervise operations, the state Agri
cultural department to advise and
lend such a hand as may be needed,
the county agricultural organization
to be enlisted to the widest extent
liOssible, and above all other forces
the farmers and poultry producers to
join with the organization to ensure
the kind of products needed, and to
make sure of a supply when, wanted
and to enable the market to depend on
The Laing Stables on Weymouth
Heights in Southern Pines were sur
reptitiously entered Monday night of
this week, and the culprits who broke
in, still there when a posse arrived,
were captured. They had done no
damage.
If you recall, last Monday was
pretty hot. V. B. Johnson, manager of
The Paddock stables at Southern
Pines, decided it was so hot he’d leave
his string of horses out in the cool
woods that night. The woods are
fenced in and it seemed safe enough.
But when he went to get his six ani
mals in the morning, they weren’t
there.
Hoofprints showed that one of the
horses had led his mates to the gate
way, let the top bar down with his
teeth, and issued a declaration of in
dependence. “It’s the land of the free
and the home of the brave,” he neigh-
fcd, and away they went, up through
A1 Yeoman’s old peach orchard, out
toward Mr. Gallery’s new development,
then back along the road the county is
about to improve, past Mrs. Hayes’
Ark school and on toward Southern
Pines.
Now it so happens that the leader
of the equine band spent a winter in
Mr. Laing’s stable two years ago.
Recollections of the oats of a by
gone day, homesickness, or something,
must have crept into his consciousnes,
for he led his brethern to the door of
the old homestead. Dan lemon, who
looks after the Laing emporium when
Mr. Laing is summering in the north,
had fastened the portal, but that
didn’t bother this roaming band out
for a lark. One of them twisted the
wire from the hasp, nosed the door
open, and in they all went. Fresh
hoofprints were all over the stable.
They visited each stall to investigate
the mangers. Mayhap a toothsome
oat had been overlooked by the win
ter boarders.
Johnson and his aide, Lem Cash,
trailed their lost livestock to their
lair, and^ found them peacefully nib
bling grass outside the barn. They
had ravaged the interior unsuccess
fully, and fallen back on the proven
der of Mother Earth. They’d made a
night of it, that sextet, and a little
sheepishly they bowed their heads in
capture, submitting once again to a
haltered existence. And they trod back
home.
BIG PLANS MADE
FOR COUNTY FAffi
OCTOBER 14-18
Great White Way Shows Engag
ed and Army May Send
Stunt Squadron
MANY FARM EXHIBITS
CONTRACTLETFOR
ANDREWS HOUSE,
WEYMOUTH HTS.
LEGISLATURE TO
STUDY COUNTY
GOVERNMENT
Jewell-Riddle to Build Handsome
Residence on Outskirts of
Southern Pines
Governor’s Advisory Committee
Drafts Recommendations
for Consideration
BOUNDARY IS EXTENDED TAXES IN INSTALLMENTS?
(Please turn to page 4)
A contract was let last Saturday to j
the Jewell-Riddle Company of San- i
ford for the erection of the new
house Airs. Andrews is about to build
t
on the Connecticut avenue extension '
on the east side of Weymouth
Heights, Southern Pines. The plans
have been made by A. B. Yeomans,
v/ho is thoroughly familiar with the ,
character of building in this section, '
and the harmonies that the style of
architecture requires from the topo
graphy and location. Mr. Yeomans
studies his ground, his surroundings, |
and the possibi^ties of outlook and
construction, and makes his designs
to unite all the factors in the best
combination. In the Andrews location
he has the advantage of a sweeping
prospect down a wide valley, and a
surrounding pine forest on the hills
of three sides of the neighborhood.
Mrs. Andrews has authorized a house
that will justify the expenditure of
ample money to bring out the effects
the architect has sought for, and it
is safe to say that this new home de
velopment is the most ambitious that
has been undertaken on the east ’side
of the Weymouth ridge.
Carl Lohman, secretary of Yale Un
iversity, at New Haven, Conn., is a
son-in-law of Mrs. Andrev/s and with
Mrs. Lohman plans to spend his win
tered from any little gust that might
Mr. Lohman is a close friend of
James and Jackson Boyd, from whom
the property was purchased.
While the new building is located
down the slope of the ridge it is not
far from the summit, yet far enough
to be under the crest, and to be shel
tered from any little gustt that might
top the hill. It is fortunate in its
possession of some twenty acres as
a part of the project, giving the range
for a liberal exhibition of landscap
ing skill which Mr. Yeomans is cer
tain to turn to advantage. The new
house moves the boundaries of the
village a full mile from the heart of
town at the railroad statidn, and
with its conspicuous lines on the open
hillside it will be a prominent figure in
the picture as seen far down the road,
and even on he opposite hills of Fort
Bragg, the other side of James creek.
This development makes Bethesda
Road the frontier of Southern Pines
now, instead of Highland road, join
ing with the Merrill, the McKinney,
the Robinson houses and The Pad
dock in pushing the line of settle
ment well to the east.
When the next Legislature con
venes at Raleigh, it will have laid
before it by Governor Gardner, pre
sumably, a report of the County Gov
ernment Advisory Commission, re
cently formulated after much study
of the subject of county government,
taxation and other problems. Among
the recommendations is one looking
to provision for paying taxes in in
stallments rather than in a lump sum,
also for elimination of cert&in county
officers. Tax-payers and voters gen
erally should be interested in the rec
ommendations of the Advisory Com
mission, which were drafted in the
form of a list of matters with which
the “General Assembly ought to be
made acquainted,” as follows:
1. The condition of the general
fund of each county and the difficul
ties the counties are laboring under
to make this fund meet the necessary
requirements as imposed on them by
law.
2. The condition of the sinking
fund investments, the methods em
ployed by many county commission
ers in investing such funds.
3. The bonds of, county officials
and county depositories, whether the
law should be changed so as to make
the bonds cover morei nearly the lia
bilities that the counties may have
better protection.
4. Partial payment of taxes. This
was discussed at length and it was
agreed to set up for the public the
advantages to be derived from such a
scheme and the difficulties in the
way of working out such a program
without making t^he expenses too
heavy for the benefits derived there
from.
Accounting Efficiency
5. The advisability of amending
the law so that county accountants
may be selected by county commis
sioners and pres<nribe certain mini
mum qualifications for county ac
countants, in order to raise the ef
ficiency of this officer. The question
of the reports the county accountants
should make to th« commissioners
and to the county government advis
ory commission and a better unifica
tion of the bookkeeping in the county
government under the supervision of
the county accountant, were consid
ered at length.
6. The advantages to be derived
from elimination of all township pro
grams as county units.
A contract signed in Carthage this
week with the Great White Way
Shows, of Patterson, N. J., will bring
six riding devices, such as ferris
wheel, merry-go-round and whip, eight
shows and between fifty and eighty
midway concessions, for the amuse
ment of the folks at the Moore County
Fair here the week of October 14-18.
“Since this is one of the largest
amusement outfits on the road, play
ing only to the larger fairs,” said
Sheriff TC. J. McDonald, president of
the fair association, “the succes of
the fair association, “the success of
of amusement. In addition to these
shows, free acts and fireworks are be
ing arranged for the big days of the
fair.”
The Great White Way Shows, now
playing Pennsylvania points, will
come here from Lexington, which has
one of the biggest fairs in the state.
A squadron of airplanes from Fort
Bragg, too, may execute a few tnaneu-
vers in the sky for the edification of
the fair crowds. Sheriff McDonald last
week requested Hon. W. C. Hammer,
seventh district congressman, to se
cure the permission of the War De
partment for the flight here for the
partment for the flight here and a
letter from Mr. Hammer, received
Thursday, states that the request has
to the chief of the Air Service with
request for favorable action.
Those who saw the Raleigh negro
drum and bugle corps performs at the
last convention of the American Le
gion will be interested to learn that
an effort will be made to get them to
“strut their stuff” on American Le-
j?;ion day at the fair. This is the same
drum and bugle* corp which won na
tional acclaim at the Louisville, Ky.,
convention of the American Legion.
Many Farm Exhibits '
E. H. Garrison, Jr., the county dem
onstration agent,. vice-president ^nd
general manager of the fair, is already
lining up exhibits of agricultural prod
ucts, live-stock and chickens for the
show. “The people are deeply inter
ested in the fair,” Mr. Garrison said
this morning, “and seem delighted
over the opportunity to exhibit from
their ‘brag patches.’ The Vass-Lake-
view Poultry Association has agreed
to exhibit poultry and I predict most
Moore people are going* to be agree
ably surprised over the strides made
by this industry in recent months.
There are ten or twelve especially
fine cows that will be on exhibit. Mrs.
Ryals, the home demonstration agent,
has promised her co-operation in se
curing exhibits of canned goods and
handiwork.”
L. W. Barlow, secretary and treas
urer of the fair, is securing bids this
week for the erection of the fair
plant, which will be located on the old
Barrett place on Route 74. A repre
sentative of the Great White Way
Shows declared the site was ideal for
a fair.
FRANKLIN SALES COMPANY
, ACQUIRES AUSTIN AGENCY
News
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a news
This has been
week.
Admiral Byrd returned to New
York;, from the South Pole and was
given a royal welcome.
A son was born to Col. and Mrs.
Charles A. Lindbergh at the home
of Ambassador Dwight Morrow,
father of Mrs. Lindbergh, at En
glewood, N. J. The child had not
been named at time of going to
press.
Captain Charles Kingsford-
Smith, with a crew of three, suc
cessfully flew across the Atlantic,.
east to west, landing at Harbor
Grace, N. F., Wednesday morning.
After refueling, the plane, “South
ern Ci“oss,” proceeded on to New
York.
Locally, the chief subject of con
versation has been the heat wave,
the temperature during the week
staying around 100 in the shade
much of the daytime.
MILUON DOLLAR
PEACH CROP IS
PREDICTION HERE
Fruit Large, Color Excellent,
Cullings Negligible and Buy
ing Movement Good
SALES MOSTLY SPOT CASH
Mrs. Powell, Mother
of Postmaster, Dies
Widow of Henry H. Powell and
Former Moore County Resi
dent Passes in Durham
(Please turn to page 4)
Jesse W. Page, Jr., of the Frank
lin Sales Company announced on
Wednesday the addition of the Amer
ican Austin automobile to the line
now exclusively handled here by his
firm, the Chrysler and Franklin. The
American Austin, designed after the
little English Austip, is the small
est car built in this country today,
having a wheel base considerably
shorter than others, and a narrow
tread, tt is in the $500 price range.
Mr. Page announces a showing of the
first model to come into the Sandhills
at the company’s showrooms in Aber
deen next Thursday.
The Franklin Sales Company has
the exclusive agency for the Austin
in Moore and Richmond counties, and
is making arrangements for branch
offices in Rockingham and Hamlet.
TO SUMMER IN MICHIGAN
Grier Stutz left for Charlevoix,
Mich., where he will spend the sum
mer.
Mrs. Fanny Powell, aged eighty
years, widow of Henry Hinton Powell,
and mother of Postmaster John N.
Powell of Southern Pines passed
away early Wednesday morning fol
lowing a brief illness in the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Keenan Rand, Dur
ham, N. C., where she had made her
home for several years. Funeral ser
vices were conducted by the pastor of
her church, the First Baptist of Dur
ham, Thursday afternoon, being at
tended by her surviving children John
N. Powell, Henry H. Powell of Wash
ington, D. C., and Mrs. Mary Powell
Rand, and a large number of distant
relrtives paying their last respects to
this beloved woman.
Following the services the casket
covered with flowers was taken to Ral
eigh, the interment being in the fam
ily plot in that city. Mr. and Mrs.
Powell were long residents of Moore
county, coming to Aberdeen in 1887
to carry on a saw-milling business.
Later they became interested in the
hotel there, building up an institution
that was sought by travelers from all
directions.
Mr. Powell, a Confederate veteran
died in 1911, having resided in Aber
deen and Sanford for many years.
Mrs. Powell, born Fanny Myatt, came
from a family long established in
Wake county. Attending the funeral
from Southern Pines were her grand
daughter, Mrs. Mary Powell Black,
Thomas Black and f!harles Macauley.
C. W. SEYMOUR IN CHARGE OF
NEW SERVICE STATION HERE
The peach season is getting off to
& good start, with the optimism for
what one grower terms “ a million
dollar crop” still pervading the Sand
hills. The past week Carmens came on
the market in quantities and have
been selling at the packhouses at
around $2.00, motor trucks taking
practically the whole supply at spot
cash.
The buying movement has been
good and next week will see the Car
mens practically cleaned up, it is
•said. The fruit is large and the color
fine. Cullings are negligible, not five
bushels to a hundred, one important
grower stated. The truck demand has
greatly exceeded previous years, with
the result that carload shipments
from the Sandhills have not been what
they formerly were but spot money
coming in much more freely than for
merly. The peaches have been pack
ed mostly 2-1 and 2-2.
One prominent peach man made an
inspection trip of orchards through
out this section during the week and
reported to The Pilot that he had
never seen a better looking crop, that
the peaches “looked like a million
dollars,” and that the pest of last
year did not have any foothold.
After the clean-up of the crop of
Carmens, the marketing of Hiley
Belles will begin, probably around.
July 6th. Georgia Belles come on the
market around July 15th, fallowed by
the Elhertas on July 20th.
A few shippers who have sent early
fruit north have had excellent re-
, turns from them. Some have sold as
\ hip-h as $7. in New York, and $5. has
I been paid for several shipments from
i here.
} Representatives of the S. A. Ger-
rard Company of Cincinnati, big buy
ers locally, are in Aberdeen, making
their headquarters in the Page Trust
Company building. The Atlantic Com
mission Company has opened its
headquarters on Broa d street in
Southern Pines.
Walter GilVyson is
Speaker at Kiwanis
^
Author Tells Members of Fascis-
tic Regime fn Italy Under
Mussolini
The South Street Service Station,
in the attractive new building just
completed by G. C. Seymour adjoin
ing the Coca Cola Bottling plant in
Aberdeen, will be opened for business
next Tuesday, July 1st, according to
announcement made today. The sta
tion will be in charge of C. W. Sey
mour, brother of Aberdeen’s former
mayor, and will specialize in Gulf Re
fining Company products, gasoline,
oils, grease. The company emphasizes
the convenient location, quick service
and quality products in its anonunce-
ment.
CONGRESSMAN HAMMER TO
ADDRESS KIWANIS CLUB
Congressman William* C. Hammer
of the Seventh district. North Caro
lina, which includes the Sandhills, will
speak before the Kiwanis Club of
Aberdeen on Wednesday, July 30th.
Mr. Hammer is Democratic candi
date for re-election this fall, running
in opposition to Moore county’s own
candidate, Colin G. Spencer, Republi
can.
NOTED ENGINEER HERE
John F. Stevens, noted engineer ar
rived from Baltimore Wednesday
morning to spend a few days with his
son, E. C. Stevens in Southern Pines.
One of the more recent additions to
the colony of writers residing in
Southern Pines, Walter Gilkyson, was
the speaker at the weekly Kiwanis
luncheon held at the home of Mrs. J.
R. Page on Page Hill in Aberdeen
Wednesday noon. Mr. Gilkyson is the
author of “Lights of Fame,” one of
the most successful of Scribner’s
publications of the year, a novel of
life about Philadelphia which has
been very highly praised in recent re
views. Other books by Mr. Gilkyson
include “Oil” and “The Lost Adven
turer.”
After telling the Kiwanians the val
ue of understanding, through asso
ciation, between business men and
writers, Mr. Gilkyson told something
of the workings of Fascism in Italy,
where he spent two years before com
ing to Southern Pines. The subordi
nation of the individual to the state,
the Fascistic program, he said, would
never work in this country where the
whole democratic ideal is the develop
ment of the individual through his
own effort.
Mr. Gilkyson spoke in high praise
of the ideals of the Kiwanis Club, and
referred to the members as “you men
who run the Sandhills. ”
James Tufts took up at the meet
ing the matter of the club’s exert
ing some effort to have the Knollwood
Airport designated as part of a
through government airway now in
contemplation between New York and
Miami, the entire distance of which
is to be lighted at points thirty miles
apart as a guide to night fliers. The
matter was referred to the Public
Affairs conunittee. The Rev. J. Fred
Stimson was named chairman of the
Program committee for July.