MOORE COUNTY’S
leading NEWS
WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 10, NO. 35.
LAKEViEW
PILOT
FIRST IN “^1
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, August 1, 1930.
FIVE CENTS
Delegation to
Stress Need of
Paving U.S.-l
Towns Along Highway to Send
Prominent Men to Petition
Highway Board
BYRD COLONIAL MANSION TO BE DUPLICATED' HERE
R. N. PAGE SPOKESMAN
A «trong delegation of representa-
ve citizens of Southern Pines, Aber
deen. Pinehurst, Sanford, Apex. Rock
ingham, Vass and other towns along
U. S. Highway No. 1 will move upon
Raleig’h next Wednesday, August 6th,
v.ith a concerted demand upon the
S^tate Highway Commission to com-
p cte the concrete surfacing of this
iii.ofhway through the State of North
Carolina. A petition, unanimously
passed at an enthusiastic meeting held
Tuesday of this week in the Southern
Pines Country Club, will be presented
to the Commission by Dr. W. C. >Iud-
gett of Southern Pines, chairman of
Jie delegation, and former Congress
man Robert N. Page of Aberdeen will
act as spokesman of the delegation
before the commission.
With the exception of a few miles
south of Cheraw, jiow under con
struction and to be finished by win
ter, U. S. Highway No. 1 is said to
be a continuous concrete pavement
from Canada to Miami, Florida with
the exception of several stretches
through this state. The oil and grav
el bed road now in use in these
stretches is breaking up and full of
holes, especially in Richmond county
between Drowning Creek and Rock
ingham. There are also stretches be
tween Southern Pines and Sanford
not concreted.
Of National Importance
Speaking at Tuesday’s meeting, Mr.
Page said this was not a local mat
ter, nor just a State matter, but na
tional; that U. S. Highway No. 1 is
one of the designated thorofares
‘hrough the country from Canada to
the gulf, and that there is no reason
under the sun why attention should
rot be paid to this road by the high
way commission. Representatives of
the Rockingham Chamber of Com-
nu?rce spoke of the urgent need for re
surfacing the highway through Rich
mond county, William G. Pittman of
Rockingham stating that in places the
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Architect’s Sketch of Fine Old Type of Virginia Home to Rise on Heights of Knollwood
LEADING QTIZENS
EMJSTED TO AID
OF COUNTY FAIR
Every Township Represented
Among Fair Marshals Ap
pointed by Pres. McDonald
ADVISORY BOARD NAMED
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Mrs. Buchan, One of
Earliest Settlers, Dies
Leading citizens in every township
of Moore county ha^^e been drafted
for service in connection with the
Moore County Ag^'icultural Fair, to
be held October 14th through October
18th this year at Carthage. President
Charles J. McDonald of the fair as
sociation announced this week the list
of Fair Marshals and Citizens Ad
visory Committee, and says in his
announcement:
“Joseph G. Henson Post, American
Legion, desiring to render a service
to our community, has inaugurated
and is sponsoring a county-wide Fair
to be held at Carthage this fall. If
our venture is to a/ttain the full
measure of success we expect, the
good-will and cooperation of all sec
tions of our county must be secured.
With this thought in mind and this
object in view, we have drafted lead
ing citizens in every township to act
as Fair Marshals. Knowing those we
have selected to be public spirited
and always ready to serve for the
benefit of the community, we have tak
en their acceptance for granted.”
Those appointed Fair Marshals ^e
You Can’t Trust ’Em
Editor Park of Raleigh Times
Proves Need of Watching
These Newspaper Fellows
John A. Park, editor of the Ral
eigh Times, paid a visit to South
ern Pines Tuesday to attend a
meeting to arouse enthusiasm for
impmving U. S. Route No. 1
through North Carolina.
George D. Elliott of Southern
Pines provided some fine water
melons for the meeting, supposed
ly to be eaten on the spot.
Now we don’t like to say any
thing about our fellow editors, but
when last seen, headed north in
his automobile, this same John A.
Park had the biggest watermelon
of Mr. Elliott’s collection stowed
away in the back seat of his car.
It only goes to show that you
can’t trust these newspaper fel
lows.
W. C. FOWNES TO
SPEND $50,000
ENLARGING HONE
To Develop Site Which Occupies
Nine Knollwood Lots on
Midland Road
LANDSCAPING A FEATURE
$1.05 TAX RATE
ANNOUNCED BY
COMMISSIONERS
Levy on Real Estate Reduced by
Three Cents by County
Board
STATE ALLOTS $13,243
Mother of P. Frank Buchan,
Southern Pines, Passes Away
at Age of 79 Years
The death of Mrs. Eliza Katherine
Buchan on Tuesday at the home of
er daughter in Norfolk, Va., takes
f^ne of the oldest residents of the
■ andhills neighborhood. Mrs. Buchan
vas born 79 years ago at the old Shaw
home, now a part of the Weymouth
tate, the daughter of Duncan Shaw
ar d his wife, who was the daughter
- Archie Blue, the neighbor on the
■-rm adjoining, now a part of the
>’ >uthern Pines community. Katherine
haw married Benjamin F. Buchan, a
young man reared on the old Buchan
farm, on James Creek, now of the
V eymouth estate. Thus the three fam-
were brought together, and they
•ccupied a conspicuous place in the
velopment of this neighbothood.
Benjamin Buchan died forty years
leaving the widow with four
hildren that are now living. These
are P. Frank Buchan, of Southern
Pines, A. A. Buchan, of Kinston, Mrs.
■aney Copeland, of Chatham county,
■^vho is still remembered in this
^neighborhood where she made her
home before her miarriage, and Mrs.
'T. W. Clark, of Norfolk. The family
was reared in Manly, where Benja-
niin Buchan set up irt business, mer
cantile, turpentine and. lumbering,
and where he stayed for a time un
til he went to Jackson Springs. After
his death Mrs. Buchan came to Manly
8nd there she spent the balance of her
long years witli the exception of a
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Watson Invites Public
To Swim in New Lake
Eastern Bei^ch on Estate Thrown
Open to Those With Guest
Cards
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John Warren Watson, who has
converted the old Williams place into
a veritable paradise, consisting very
largely of a 62-acre lake, has gener
ously arranged for the people of the
Sandhills to made use of a portion
of the lake during the summer
months What he calls “Eastern
Beach” has been cleaned up and sand
ed. A diving raft has been built and
anchored a safe distance from the
shore and two new boats have been
placed on the beach.
The use of the beach will be restrict
ed to those presenting cards, to in
sure the keeping of the rules and reg
ulations which Mr. Watson has nec
essarily been forced to lay down. It
is intended that the beach shall be
kept for the pleasure of the many and
not, as too often happens, for the few
that thoughtlessly take possession of
any situation to the annoyance and
dismay of others.
Mr. Watson lays down no social or
financial iv^strictions in the issuance
of invitations, but only asks that the
holders of cards he those who will
keep his hospitality inviolate, in other
words, gentlemen and gentlewomen.
John Bloxham has the cards of invi
tation and will be glad to distribute
them in accordance with Mr. Watson s
instructions^
The rate per $100 of real estate val
uation in Moore county for 1930 was
established at $1.05 at the meeting
of the County Board of Commission
ers held Monday at Carthage’ for the
adoption of the annual budget. The
rate last year was $1.08, the reduc
tion being three cents per hundred.
The budget as submitted was adopt
ed with but a few minor changes, fig
ures being shifted about without al
tering the total. The levy is appor
tioned as follows:
For the county general fund—15
cents.
Health department—2 cents.
Outside poor—2 cents.
County funding bonds—2 cents.
Court house bonds—5 cents.
County roads—23 cents.
Current expense, schools—46 cents.
Capital outlay, schools— 5 1-2 cents.
Debt service, schools—4 1^2 cents.
Property valuation figures have not
yet been made available, but will be
announced in the near future.
The State Board of Equalization an-
ziounced on Wednesday the amount of
State money allotted to each county
from the $1,250,000 fund available.
Moore county’s share is given as $13,
243.10. Lee county gets $8,812, Hoke
county $3,736, Montgomery $11,839,
Richmond $12,335, Scotland $6,225 and
Chatham $10,428.
KALEIGH GOLFERS PLAY HERE
Pinehurst Country Club golfers
will strive for revenge on the team
from the Carolina Country Club, Ral
eigh, on the Pinehurst course to
morrow, Saturday. Raleigh gave them
a bad beating when the two ^ teams
met at Raleigh recently.
’V\Tiat appears to be the beginning of
a big wave of activity at Knollwood
Heights is seen in the start on the
reconstruction of the W. C. Fownes,
Jr., home by the W. L. Jewell forces.
This is one of the prominent homes on
the ridge. Mr. Fownes recently
secured the entire block of territory
lying between the Midland double
road. Daffodil road. Crest road and
the Pee Dee road, and in accordance
with a desire to improve the entire
area in a comprehensive home scheme
he gave the contract for the rebuild
ing and enlargement of the house as
it has existed, and the workmen are
carrying out the plans.
About $50,000 will be spent in en
larging and remodeling the house,
making it a commanding figure there
on the hill top, where it has a look
out over the valleys in all directions.
Mid-Pines Club house and golf course
are just under the hill. Pine Needles
Inn and golf course are below to the
eastward. Across the valley are
Southern Pines and the Country Club
golf courses, and Pinehurst with its
multiplicity of golf, polo, tennis and
other attractions is a few minutes out
the double hard road to the west
ward.
The Fownes site embraces nine of
the Knollwood building sites, but they
are to be kept intact as a feature, of
the enlarged residence, the first group
of lots on the west of the house to be
developed as a garden. The land
scape architect has drawn a set of
plans that include everything that
can be utilized in the fine location, and
gardens, walks, flowers, fountain,
pool, and planting and shrubbery of
all sorts will be called upon to con
tribute to the complete project.
The house when rebuilt will be more
than twice as large as at present,
with a commanding architectural
style, and an interior that will class
it among the fine homes that are
building now in this section and that
are to be built. The whole block of
ground will be improved, making the
hilltop a pleasing center of the con-
Replica of^^yrd Mansion
Heads Building
Program"^ J>nollwood
Pinehurst Model
House Plan Proved
Highly Successful
Idea for Reproducing ‘West-
over” Came from ftevious
Venture Here
“Westover,” One of Architectur
al Masterpieces of. America,
to Be Duplicated Here
BUILT COOPERATIVELY
When the proposition to build a
big new house on Crest road at
Knollwood was suggested the exper
ience of a previous venture at Pine
hurst, the Model house was called up,
and it was mentioned as an idea for
the Westover duplicate. The thought
met with instant favor, and when
broached to various persons it was
taken up by a number of builders and
others, including L. V. O’Callaghan,
Southern Pines; Pinehurst, Inc., Pine
hurst; J. L. Lawshe, Wilson; Borden
Brick & Tile Co., Sanford; R. L. Pais
ley, Pinehurst; M. H. Folley, Aber
deen; Southern Pines Warehouse,
Southern Pines; Lorenson-Harbottle
Company, Aberdeen; Carolina Power
& Light Company, Southern Pines;
Page Trust Company, Aberdeen;
Bushby Electric Company, Southern
Pines; Mid-South Insurance Company,
Pinehurst; The Pilot, Inc., Aberdeen,
and two or three others still to be an
nounced.
The Model house at Pinehuijst was
built on such ta basis that it had a
reputation from the start of being the
Announcement Comes Simulta
neously with That of $50,000
Improvements to Home of W.
C. Fownes Jr. and Erection of
New Residence by R. A. Olm-
stead.
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Olmstead to Build His
4th Knollwood House
Chooses Location on Heights of
Crest Road for $15,000
Residence
Farther out Crest Road, but in the
vicinity of the Fownes and the West-
over projects R. A. Olmstead has
plans for another new house on loca
tion No. 247. This is at the intersec
tion of Swoope drive and opposite
the Neidich house, now about com
pleted. It is also close, by two of the
other houses Mr. Olmstead has built
on the Indian Trail. This will be 01m-
stead’s fouith house bn Knollwood
Heights, the third bei^ig on Fairway
drive facing Fairway No. 18. This
new house will be of the type Mr.
Olmstead has been building, costing
around $15,000 and of the attractive
character that marks the other three.
That the others he built were quickly
cHsposed of is evidence of his ability
to guage popular taste in tl>e matter
of a home on Knollwood Heights.
The location is one of the highest on
the ridge, with a wide outlook in all
directions, >and with neighbors already
sprinkled around on all sides. The
Crest road and the Indian trail give
Sandhill real estate activity
took one of its greatest strides
forward this week with the com
bined announcements of the pro
posed construction on Knollwood
Heights of a replica of the fa
mous William Byrd home in Vir
ginia, ‘‘Westover,” ("to cost dn
the neighborhood of $100,000;
the complete remodeling and en
larging of the W. C. Fownes, Jr.,
residence on Midland Road,
Knollwood, to cost apprqpcimately
$50,000, and the erection of a
new $15,000 house on Crest
Road, Knollwood by R. A. Olm
stead of Southern Pines. These,
coming on top of an already busy
building program in Pinehurst
and Southern Pines, spell for
this section one of its greatest
years of development.
For some time the question has
been asked by strangers froin the
North as to where are those old
Colonial mansions encountered in lit
erature and fiction written about the
old South. The vast majority of sub
stantial homes built in the Sandhills
have been patterned after the modem
types and most of them the types ^at
have prevailed in the North. But few
Colonial examples of architecture are
found in this neighborhood. J. Tal-
hot Johnson, who has been an ob
server of the features of home-mak-
! ing in various parts of the older
; South, has of late been keeping his
1 eye on the old houses he has en-
I countered, and from the combination
I of various suggestions a plan is about
j crystallized that has for its aim the
I duplication of some of the old prin-
I ciples that were predominant a cen-
I tury or more ago. From this begin-
I ning it is likely now that on the hills
j of Knollwood will arise a copy of the
famous old Westover home of William
Byrd, the founder of Richmond, and
the father of the Virginia-Carolina
boundary lin?, as well as the ancestor
cl Richard Byrd, whq has triumphed
over the mysteries of the North and
' South poles, and of Governor Harry
Byid, now chief magistrate of Vir-
gmia.
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Build New Methodist
Church at Pinebluff
The Byrds came to Virginia so
early in Colonial history that William
Byrd was born at Westover in 1674,
his father being a colonial * officer
possessing a vast estate on the James,
I William lived in lordly stale on his
I plantation at Westover, whi^ch was fa-
; mous throughout the colonies. His li-
Growth of Sunday School Forces
Expansion to Cost About
$7,000
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COMMISSIONERS ORDER
TAX LIST PUBLICATION
The Board of County Commission
ers on Monday of this week~ ordered
that the tax collector of the county ad
vertise as provided by law and sell
all real estate upon which default
has been made in the payment of
taxes, to satisfy the taxes duo in
this manner provided by law, provid
ed the injunction against such sale
ordered by the court shall have been
dissolved.
New electric switches are being -in
stalied in Abedreen by the Seaboard.
Ground has been broken for the
new Methodist Church' at Pinebluff
and actual construction work will get
under way in the next few weeks. The
new building will be a brick and tile
structure and has been planned to
accommodate the . Sunday School work
which has grown until it has been
found necessary to use the* pavilion
and the graded school building in
order to accommodate the classes.
The new edifice will be built on to
what is now the rear of the old build
ing and will become the main audi
torium, with a basement underneath,
while the present auditorium will be
Arranged for Sunday School class
rooms in such a manner that the
whole may be used in connection with
the main auditorium when necessary.
No contract will be let as much of
the work will be done by local help,
but at a meeting of the building com-
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Heavy Shipments as
Peach Season V/anes
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The peach season reached its peak
in the Sandhills this week, 168 car
loads being shipped out of Aberdeen
from Monday through Wednesday be
sides a large number routed west from
the Candor belt and large numbers
of motor truck shipments. The total
of carload shipments cleared through
Aberdeen this season, through Wed
nesday, was 834.
Prices have held up firmly from
the start, alid the quality of the fruit
has been the best in years. In fact
the season as a whole has been the
best since the “good old days” of
several years ago, many growers
“making'a killing.” Some of the or
chards are entirely cleaned up now,
and another week will see the 1930
crop pretty completely marketed.
The heat wave of the past two
weeks was^ finally abated Wednesday