X, •lOORE COUNTY’S leading news- weekly TMTh 1. jn.jz/ 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