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MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS- WEEKLY THE Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding \ 0L. 10, NO. 36. LAKEVfEW MANI^Y PILOT FIRST IN NEWS AND ADVERTISING of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, August 8, 1930. FIVE CENTS GULF OIL NOT TO ENTER PINEHURST RESTRICTED ZONE Recognizes Traditional Sanctity of Business Section and Peace Reigns TO OPERATE ON OUTSKIRTS Agi*eeable to the well established and well known sanctity of restric- ion in the village of Pinehurst, the Gulf Oil Company has abandoned its ];lan to erect a filling station in the l.eart of town, and all is quiet on the western front. Ground had been brok en for the Gulf station at the corner ii Magnolia and Chinquapin roads on land formerly owned by the late Fred erick Bruce. Construction work was jialted by an injunction pending dis cussion of the legal right of the com- any to build, under restrictive clauses in the deeds of the original Tufts pur- hases in Pinehurst. NoW comes an amicable settlement of the whole matter, and the peace and quiet of Pinehurst are in all probability forever insured. Richard Tufts, vice president of Pinehurst, Inc. in a letter to The Pilot, explains the situation: To The Pilot: I believe that about a year ago you carried an article announcing the erection of a filling station by the Gulf Refining Company on a lot which they purchased in the shopping dis trict of Pinehurst. We have just completed negotiotions with the Gulf Refining Company whereby they are to give up their plans for erecting a filling station on this lot and it seems to me that it might be of interest to your readers to carry an article announcing this change and furthermore that in view of the fact that this announcement had been made in your columns and that the erection of a building for such purposes, in this part of the town is wholly contrary to our policy, we are for these reasons, entitled to a correction in your columns, of the statement made in the former an nouncement. Unique Village The scheme of development of the village of Pinehurst is, we believe, al most unique. There are very few com munities of the size of Pinehurst which have not been incoiporated as a town under the laws of the state in which they are located and conse quently this fact alone makes Pine hurst unique. Furthermore, it has al ways been the scheme of the found ers and owners of Pinehurst to m.ain- tain Pinehurst as a country village, al lowing the erection of store buildings, constructing concrete curbing and gut ters and undertaking other improve ments, w^hich partake distinctly of the nature of city conditions, only when these improvements were absolutely necessary. We like to think of Pinehurst as a place of quiet where people can come and get away from the life of the city or anything that suggests city conditions. Obviously, a^filling sta tion is not a step in this direction and consequently our company has, through negotiations with the Gulf Refining Company, been opposing the erection of this station ever since the announcement was first made. The (Please turn to page 6) WARING JOINS BIDDLE IN INSURANCE BUSINESS Announcement was made during the past week by Livingston L. Biddle 2d, of Pinehurst, that Harry G. War ing of Pinehurst has become associat- e<i with him in the real estate and in surance business, Mr. Waring to have charge of the insurance department. Mr. Biddle has been in the real estate and insurance business for a number of years in Pinehurst, and Mr. War ing has long been a resident of the Sandhills, with various business in terests. Duponts Begin Construction of Log Hunting Lodge at Pfossgiel Record for Richard Mr. Tufts Shoots Roaring Gap Golf Course in 68 for Amateur M^rk Native Woods and Stone to be Utilized in Cabin Modern in Every Detail You’d never learn about it from Richard, but the news has come down from Roaring Gap that Richard Tufts, after complaining for a week or two of loss of control of his putter and ether sundry golf clubs, went out on the course there last Saturday and shattered the amateur record for the course all to smithereens. At the end 0+ the 18 holes his card showed a 68, and with Dick’s usual systematic way of doing things, the 68 was divided irito 17 putts out, 17 putts in, 17 wood shots and 17 irons. Here’s the card: Out:—4 2 5 4 5 4 4 4—34 In:— 44443434 4—34—68 The course record was set by Pal mer Maples two years ago, with a fine 67. E. G. Fitzgerald held the ama teur record until this summer, with a 7^; but Richard Tufts, Aubrey Brooks, and other crack players have been chipping strokes from this mark reg ularly. Pinehurst to Exhibit Prize Cattle at Fair Stacy Brewer Preparing Pre mium List for Exhibit at Carthage Oct. 14-18 Pinehurst, Inc., is not only interest ed in the Moore County Fair, but is ready to lend any assistance in making the project a success, according to a letter received from Richard S. Tufts by Sheriff C. J. McDonald,i the pres ident. Mr. Tufts says Pinehurst will be glad to exhibit some of its prize cattle and hogs and to offer prem iums for other exhibits. Pinehurst, Inc., it is recalled, used to stage the old Sandhills Fair and its officials know the immense value of a fair in stimulating more interest in better agriculture and livestock. In the meantime, work on the fair grounds on the Sanford highway is progressing satisfactorily. Most of the fence is up and painters are at work on the signs on, that part facing the highway. Compilation of the premium list is under way. Stacy Brewer, for- n\er publisher of The Pilot, has charge of this end of the fair activity. He is meeting with a wonderful re sponse in the sale of advertising space to business men of Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Southern Pines and Car thage. That the people of Moore county are becoming enthusiastic over the fair is indicated by the statement of Fred Underwood, superintendent of county roads. “I have traveled all over the county the past few days,” Mr. Un derwood said yesterday, “and I find people in every nook and cranny of Moore talking about the fair. I pre dict unusually good exhibits and a record-breaking attendance for the fair' during the week of October 14-18.” DR. MUNROE RETURNS Dr. Clement R. Munroe has re turned to his duties at the Moore County Hospital after spending sev eral weeks in the Polyclinic and Bel levue Hospitals in New York doing post-graduate work. 2,000 Cars is Total of State’s Peach Crop With a total of 759 cars of peaches cleared through Aberdeen and some 2,000 cars shipped from North Carolina, the 1930 peach season prac tically came to a close this week, ful filling every pre-season forecast of a “million dollar crop” in the Sand- liills. Experts here say the Sandhills crop sold for considerably over a mil lion. Shipments through Aberdeen last week totalled 52 cars, according to the Seaboard freight office. Possi bly one of the most satisfying results of the 1930 season is that despite the high prices paid for the| fruit, no complaints were received from any where on shipments from this sec tion. Prices held up to the end, and quality was maintained throughout the season. Besides the large train shipments, it is estimated that possi bly 20 per cent of the crop was haul ed away by motor trucks. Taking everything into consideration, the peach-shipping season locally has been eminently successful. When the Johnsons, father and son, projected the big Mossgiel farm on Drowning creek, they reached far ther into the future, and wider in their horizon of development than they could have anticipated by any possibility. They did not at the time know what growth this country was scheduled to make, nor how varied influences would broaden Mossgiel’s field. They made a great farm, a de lectable outing center, and they pre served a great territory which bears cne of the fine pine forests of this section of the state. Then came the entrance of the Duponts and their friends into the orgjiinization that grew up about the Mossgiel farm, and now Mossgiel is beginning what is ev idently a move that will change the whole physical and social conditions of that neighborhood. M. S. Weaver, the Aberdeen build er, has in course of construction for F. V. Dupont, of Wilmington, Dela ware, what they call a log cabin, but which is in reality a commodious and interesting house, built of cypress logs, rock and other material largely supplied by the community, and which will be a seat of much community growth and pleasure. A hunting lodge is the designation of the building. About 40 by 90 feet is the size of it, fashioned with modern equipment, bathrooms, electric lights, running wa ter, huge fire places,^ patterned after the old, but containing the comforts of the new. The cypress logs are cut in the vicinity. The split cypress shin gles that will cover the lodge come from down the creek not far from the building site. The Cypress shake that will serve as ceiliilg where ceilings are called for by the architect’splans are called for by the architect’s plans farther down the creek. Much of the lumber, for some lumber is used, is native near by. Even the stone that enters into the foundations and chim ney solidity is of the vicinity, coming from across Drowning creek on the large Buchan farm which lies par allel to Mossgiel several miles along the stream. The rock formation on the Buchan farm is one of the pecul iarities of the Sandhills, a region largely without stone of any sort on the surface except for this scattered bit of siliceous iron stone found on the high knobs, topping the sand and the clays of the widely extended Cret aceous strata of geology that is the common exhibit of the surface in all of the Sandhills. Joe Fuller has used considerable of this rock in his work, and found it valuable. The rock makes good chimney walls, foundations and buttresses, and gives a good effect. It is a feature in the log houses built by Talbot John son and Mrs. Hogg at Mossgiel, and (Please turn to Page 8) Farmers To Turn Out to Hear David R. Coker Noted Agriculturalist Will Ad dress Big Meeting at Car thage Wednesday Farmers ol the county and neigh boring counties plan to turn out en masse next Wednesday to greet David R. Coker, agricultural au thority, of Hartsville, South Caro lina when he comes to address them at the Court House in Carthage, un der the auspices of the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen. Looked up to as one of their own who has lear»:ed farming as a dirt farmer and made a success of it through study, experi ment and hard work, local planters want to hear what Dr. Coker has to tell them. He is known as a man who always has a r^l message, jmd is a splendid speaker. The meeting will be held in the Court room at 1:45 o’clock. Iwita- tions have been sent out to all farm ers in the vicinity, and all are wel come. Dr. Coker will be introduced by either Bion H. Butler, editor of The Pilot,^or by Murdoch M. John son, Democratic candidate for the State Senate in this district, who is mainly responsible for bringing iiim to the Sandhills at this time. 150-FOOTDAMTO PROVIDE LAKE ON CALLERY ESTATE State l^'^hway Commission Acts l*^^''rably on Plea for CompS^'^s ^ ol U. S. No. 1 Water To Be Backed Up Stream 600 Feet to Give Good Depth NEW ROAD IS COMPLETE! On Monday S. B. Richardson, who has the management of the Callery de velopment out on RockfishI creek, re ceived from George L. Callry a let ter instructing him to start the con struction of a dam on the property. The work commenced Tuesday morn ing. James Swett had made a survey and provided figures on which the cost of the job was estimated, and Mr. Cal lery approved. The dam will be about ei^ht faet high, and extend from hill to hill across the stream about 150 feet. Wa ter will be backed up stream prob ably 600 feet, giving a good depth of water all the way, and creating what will probably be a fish pond as well as a bit of delightful addition to the natural scenery. The hills at the location are high and picturesque, and while the pond will not be as large as some of the other artificial bodies of water in the neighborhood it is hard to recall another that is as interesting in its romantic features. The site of the dam is at the east boundary of the property. On either side of the stream the hills rise back from the water, topped by a succes sion o;f knobs, the whole area covered by open forests of pine and a variety of hardwood trees, large and small, with open ways here and there in all directions. All the undergrowth ex cept a little in spots where it can be left to advantage, has been re moved. A number of springs with rocky surroundings have been sav ed, and give a generous flow of wa ter. Bridle paths are being cut here and there by the stream and else where. The new road has been open ed from the Bethesda road all the v/ay out to the property, and almost to the Fort Bragg line, which it will probably reach in the future. Mr. Callery is expected down from Pittsburgh as soon as he arrives home from Europe and when he sees what his new purchase looks like it is ex pected that he will disclose his in tentions as to his further plans for its utilization. Visitors can drive out now and see the place. Agrees to Concrete ^Vliles of Unpaved Sec tion of Highway Through Lee, Moore and Richmond Counties LARGE DELEGAfiON DEMANDS ACTION Dr. Mudgett to Leave For Study in Scotland Will Take Special Course in Diagnosis in University at Edinburgh Dr. W. C. Mudgett of Southern Pines, will leave next week for Scot land, to enter the Edinburgh Univer sity for a period of a few weeks, for the study of diagnosis_of the ailments of the human interior. It is his cus tom as often as he can get away to go to some of the great medical and sur gical institutions in this country and the old world for special study, and this trip to Scotland is in line. . The University of Edinburg is one of the most famous among European educational establishments, dating from 1588. In 1685, the College of Medicine of the University was creat ed, and from that day to this it has been accomplishing. The / library, founded 350 years ago, contains over a quarter of a million volumes, an epitome of the wisdom of the wide world. The University is of such im portance in British affairs that along with St. Andrews it is allowed a mem ber in the British parliament, the equivalent in our country of having a Congressman. Its graduates include a long list of names of men famous throughout all lines of effort in the "big world. The doctor will be back in October. HEALTH & WELFARE ASS’N. MEETING NEXT TUESDAY The quarterly meeting of the Moore County Health & Welfare As sociation will be held next Tuesday at 2:30 o’clock in the Pinehurst Communiify House. Sev^ei^al special features are on the program and a good attendance is urged. U. S. Highway No. 1, a concrete pavement from Maine to Miami except through Lee, Moore and Richmond counties in North Carolina, is to be paved over this missing link, the State Highway Commission decided after listening to a large delegation from the three counties at its meeting in Raleigh on Wednesday. District Highway Commissioners John Sprunt Hill, J. Elwood Cox and James L. McNair, in whose districts the counties are located, agreed to place the project in line for the near future, and it is probable that the work will be started at the close of the coming winter tourist season. The unpaved sections, aggregating about 32 miles between Sanford and Rock ingham, will be paved at one time, it w^as agreed. With the paving now under way in South Carolina between Camden and the North Carolina line, to be finish ed before this winter season, U. S. No. 1 will present to the tourist an un broken lane of concrete from Can ada to the Gulf, and means a restor ation of traffic through the Sandhills which has been seriously impaired the last two winters due to tourist de flection over the other highways south, especially the Coastal Highway through Fayetteville and Lumberton. How much this deflection of traffic has cost this section in dollars is in estimable. Joint Action Needed The demand upon the Highway Commission came about through ef forts of- the Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce, which sponsored a meet ing held at the Southern Pines Coun try Club two weeks ago. This meet ing was attended by representatives of towns along the route between San ford and Rockingham, and enthusiasm was engendered for a drive upon the commission and a plea for remedial measures “regardless of expense.” In other words, efforts of each county to have its unpaved sections of road paved had proved" unavailing because “the county didn’t have enough money due it from State highway funds.” Joint action of all the counties was needed, and was brought about at the meeting in Southern Pines. It was stressed that the paving of this main artery of traffic was not a county jjroposition, but a State proposition, and that Federal Aid funds should be utilized for the purpose. Father of Good Roads Wednesday of this week a delega tion headed by Dr. William C. Mud gett of Southern Pines arid compris ing prominent citizens of Rockingham, Aberdeen, Southern Pines, Vass, Lake- vi^ and Sanford, fortified by repre sentatives of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, waited on the Highway Commission. Bion H. Butler, editor of The Pilot, presided at this meeting held in the commission’s rooms in Ral eigh and called upon various speak ers from the different towns along the route to state their cases for the road improvement. Robert N. Page of Aberdeen, former member of Con gress, was the principal spokesman, delving into the history of roads in the state and showing the commission how Moore county and this section de served some consideration because it had been the father of road building in North Carolina. The discovery of the sa'nd-clay mixture for road-making purposes was made here, and the first improved roads in the state were those of this county, the late James Tufts and his son, Leonard Tufts, of Pinehurst, being pioneers in the con struction of hard roads hereabouts. Mr. Page made a stirring appeal. Prominent Speakers Dr. Mudgett read the resolution passed at the joint meeting held two weeks ago in Southern Pines, and was followed by talks by Mayor W. G. Pittman, of Rockingham; W. R. Jones, of Rockingham, State Senatorial nominee; Mayor Warren Williams,'of Sanford, John A. Park, editor of the Raleigh Times; Assemblyman Union L. Spence, of Carthage; Murdoch M. Johnson. Aberdeen Senatorial nomi- ree from this district and I. C. Sledge, representing Pinehurst, Inc. Comprising the delegation from this ccunty, besides Mr. Butler, Mr. Page, Mr. Sledge, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Spence and Dr. Mudgett, were R. L. Hart, J. N. Powell, F. E. Travis, S. B. Rich ardson, John Bloxham, John Jordan, Frank Goodwill, Frank Buchan, Charles Macauley, A. B. Yeomans, Hiram Westbrook, H. A. Lewis, J. F. Morris and the Rev. J. Fred Stim- son of Southern Pines, J. Talbot Johnson, Edwin McKeithen, Frank Shamburger and G. A. Charles of Aberdeen, W. D. Matthews of Vass, and Arthur Newcomb of Lakeview. There were about fifty in the dele gation from the three counties. Favorable action by the Highway Commission was announced after the meeting. Financial reports were read at the Commission’s meeting showing the surplus available for construction purposes in the state from State funds to be $3,428,815. The Federal aid road fund for this State during the past year was $1,- 716,919, and during the present fiscal year will be $2,871,122. These funds 'must bej met not only dollar for dol lar by the State if they are claimed, but owing to additional restrictions set up by the Federal government, in the majority of projects must be met by more than dollar for dollar by the State. New Figures Reduce Aberdeen Population Revision Shows Total of 1,224 Instead of 1,382 in First Announcement Revised population figures received during the week from the Supervisor of the Census for this district, A. I. Ferree of Asheboro, reduce the pop ulation of Aberdeen by 158. The revis ed figures give Aberdeen 1,2?4 as against the preliminary announcen’ent of 1,382. Southern Pines population is increased in these new figures from 2,514 to 2,518, which, with the West Southern Pines figures added, give that town a total of 3,324 persons. Carthage figures remain at 1129. Figures for Sandhill township are reduced in the revisions from the orig inal announcement of 4,549 to 4,396, while McNeill’s gains five, going from 6,035 to 6,040. The new figures give Mineral Springs 4,060. These figures were incomplete in the original an nouncement. Ritters gains 26 persons in the recount, the corrected total be ing 1,542. Other revised figures do not vary much from the original, be ing as follows: Carthage Township, 3,985; Bensalem 2,493; Sheffields, 2,74^ Deep River, 738; Greenwood, 2,047. FRANKLIN SALES LEASES SOUTHERN PINES GARAGE Jesse W. Page, Jr., has leased for the Franklin Sales Company of Aber deen the corner garage and filling station now occupied by Beck’s Ga rage, corner of East Broad street and New Hampshire avenue. Southern Pines, and will there operate a branch of the Franklin Sales Company. Ex tensive improvements are to be made to the property, which is owned by Thomas Burgess. Mr. Page, general manager of the Frank^n company, ex pects to take possession the first of September. Coincident with the above announce ment Beck’s Garage announces its move to the Bailey-Polston Garage at the comer of West Broad street and Vermont avenue, where it will con tinue to serve its large clientele. The contractor for the reiplica of the William Byrd “Westover” colon ial house to be built at KnoHwood will be selected tomorrow* -