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VOL. 10, NO. 37.
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ALAKEVIEW
MANUCY
PILOT
FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, August 15, 1930.
FIVE CENTS
HEALTH, WELFARE
ASS’N. STRESSES
NEED OF CLINICS
Tonsil and Dental Work and
Quaker School Situation Feat
ure Quarterly Meeting
r PLENDID WORK REPORTED
By Mrs. S. R. Smith
“What North Carolina makes—
makes North Carolina,” one of Gov.
•u’dner’s live-at-home campaign slo-
^ was quoted by Dr. L. B. Mc-
Brayer as being: applicable to the
hiUlien of the state as well as to the
^.-arden and field crops. “People are not
ihirking’ in terms of making good cit-
iz ns of the children as they ought
V: think,” he continued, and in the
; id^, “making good citizens of the
-?iUh’en,” Dr. McBrayer struck the
hcynote of the quarterly meeting of
iie Moore County Health and Welfare
As-'^ociation before which he was
t aking in the Pinehurst Community
I-ruse on Tuesday afternoon. A dis-
: ’’ssion of plans for the physical good
+hese future men and women of the
ounty, with especial emphasis on ton-
: il and dental clinics and the Quaker
rome for children at High Falls, form
ed a major part of the program.
The meeting was called to order by
he president, Mrs. Francis T. Keat-
mg, who offered the invocation. Rou-
line business was then attended to*
Two or three quarters ago, it was
stated, the association voted to stand
back of a tonsil clinic, and an agree
ment was brought about whereby sev
eral of the doctors of the county
w^ould perform tonsil operations for
needy children for the sum of $12.50.
A nujnber of children have been cared
:or, it was stated, but there are still
many cases in the county that are
\ ery needy, and only a limited amount
■ f money in on hand for tonsil work.
Mrs. Whitaker suggested that a spec
ial fund be raised for earring on the
tcnsil work and that the most serious
cases be looked after if possible. Some
cf the local branches are endeavoring
to provide funds for their most indi
gent cases, it was said.
On account of the financial strin-
srency of the period through which we
are passing, the county commission
ers cut down on the appropriations
lor the health work and no appro
priation was made for a dental clinic
this year, reported Mrs. Keating.
However, a dental clinic has been
He Grows His Own
D. J. Black to Use Lumber
From His Farm in New
Home in Pinehurst
Charter Produce Company to Put
County on “Live-at-Home” Basis
Stimulation of Poultry Raising,
and Truck Farming Among
Organization’s Aims
A few days ago a charter was is
sued to the Moore County Produce
Company, which is the proposed or
ganization to take up the work con
templated by a group of men w^ho
have been working out the problem of
affording market facilities for poul- ^
try and other offerings of the farms
of this section of the state. While the ^
charter has been granted the plans |
of ^he corporation are not yet accom-1
plished, for the intention is to create .
an Institution that will be broad
enough to carry out several helpful
ideas. At first it was the intention to
make marketing of poultry the chief
function, but as the general scheme
is discussed more it is apparent that
ether things will be included and it is
hoped that much of the farm truck
may be included, and that perhaps the poultry, farm and garden stuff
some canning schemes may be set on that now comes to market. The belief
foot. I is that Moore county imports too
The organization of the company much stuff that might be provided at
will proceed as fast as possible, but home, and an attempt will be made to
one of the first objects is to include have that stuff grown at home, and
as stockholders as many farmers and probably ultimately to grow enough
poultrymen as can be interested in the ' that a surplus can be sent away to be
proposition, and also as many of the sold elsewhere.
hotel men and other business men of Stock will be offered for sale in
the county, in order that the new: ten dollar shares. Everybody who can
task may have the help of the people ' will be asked to join in the move-
D. J. Black is startftig a new
house on Dundee Road in Pine
hurst, not far from his present
home. It will be a house of six
rooms, p.nd the interesting feature
about it is that Mr. Black is using
lumber which he is bringing from
his own farm on Deep creep, not
far from Pinehurst. The house he
lives in was also built from lum
ber from the farm, some fifteen
years ago. The new house is to be
built from attractive plans, and
will be undertaken at once.
DR. COKEK TELLS
FARMERS HOW TO
MAKECROPSPAY
Noted Agriculturalist Addresses
Large Audience in Carthage
Court House
URGES FIGHT ON PELLAGRA
a? widely as is possible. The desire is
to find a way to market Moore county
products, and to stimulate the devel
opment of the best quality of every
thing and to get rid of the question
able quality that marks too much of
ment, for the stronger the company
in interested numbers the greater the
influence it will have in, encouraging
production of good wares. It is pretty
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cox DENIES HE
SAID ROADS HERE
ARE GOOD FJSOUGH
ACTIVITIES OF
SOUTHERN PINES
POUCE SCORED
Highway Commissioner Gave No ' Move Launched to Curb Fee Sys
“I have traveled pretty much and I
know of no place in the world where a
greater variety of the best natural
products can be raised as cheaply and
as successfully as here in the Caro-
linas.”
It w’^as David R. Coker, internation
ally famous agriculturalist, talking
before some 200 farmers in the Court
House at Carthage on Wednesday, at
the meeting sponsored by the Kiwanis
Club of Aberdeen. And it was an in
terested audience before him, for Dr.
Coker had told them at the start that
if they would pay attention to
v/hat he had to say, and make use of
the practical suggestions he had to
give them, he would “make you boys
some money.”
‘The Importance of Small Things in
Agriculture,” was t;he subject of the
talk. And to emphasize the value of
s.nall things in farming. Dr. Coker
informed his hearers that one cotton
seed would in nine years multiply into
enough cotton seed to plant all the
acreage in the World at present plant
ed in cotton. He went on to tell of the
importance of plant breeding, which
he showed was almost identical with
animal breeding but which he said
was given much less attention be
cause it was less spectacular. A man
sells a blooded bull with a good rec
ord for $6,000, as he had done, and it
is something to talk about. A good
seed is just as important in plant
value of selectivity of seed to procure
breeding, and he told the farmers of
Nation:
Behind ^ ;n Fight to
Gain 7 th Congr«,ssional Dist.
In Congrress Fight
Moore County’s Candidate Con
vinces Party There is Bright
Hope of Victory
AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN
COLIN G. SPENCER
Greensboro Contractor
To Build Byrd Home
Work on Replica of Old Colonial
Mansion on Kncllwood Heights
to Begin Soon
Interview to Press, He Writes
M. M. Johnson
tem and Confine Territory to
City Proper
TO INSPECT ROAD SOON HEARING TO BE HELD
A purported interview with Dis- Objections raised by citizens of
trict State Highway Commissioner J. Southern Pines to the fee system in
Elwood Cox of High Point published operation in the dispensation of jus-
last Saturday in the Greensboro Daily tice there were brought to the atten-
News, coming as it did right on top tion of the Chamber of Commerce at
o' favorable action by tbe commission | its regular meeting at the Southern
on the request of this section for the Pines Country Club on Tuesday and a
completion of paving U. S. Highway' committee head by P. Frank Buchan
planned by the association, and ac- caused such a storm of surprise-was appointed to take the matter up
^ indignation in the Sandhills that with the Board of Town Commission-
leiters were hastily despatched to Mr. ers.
Cox by Senatorial Nominee Murdoch , The point was raised that the two
M. Johnson, Robert N. Page and policemen employed by the Town of
others. The interview, or what was re- Southern Pines are not confining their
ported as an interview, stated that Mr. police activities to the town in ac-
Jox said the highway through the | cordance with village regulations, but
Sandhills was good enough as it is,! are doing considerable deputy sheriff
which seemed a complete turn-about work, much of it inconsequential, much
after the favorable consideration evi- i cf it at considerable waste of the
dericed at the Raleigh meeting of a | town’s time, and most of it produc-
week ago. tive of costs which are ultimately di-
The storm snbsided on Tuesday vided between the Justice of tbe
uDon receipt by Mr. Johnson of a let- Peach hearing the case and the police
cording to a letter from Dr. Henderson
which was read by the president, the
details as planned seem very com
plete.
Dr. Symington has been asked to
make a survey of the county to ascer
tain just who is entitled to free treat-
nient from the clinic, who is able to
pay one-fourth, pne-half or three
fourths of the expenses, and those who
are able to pay any amount will be
required to do so. Those who are able
to pay in full for their dental work
will be referred to their family den
tist.
Funds for Clinic
The clinic, according to the plan, is
to be a continuous one, and will be
held at the Moore County Hospital,
which is equipped with a dental of-
lice, on each Saturday morning from
1* o’clock until 12. The Pinehurst
Blanch of the Association has estab
lished a fund of $500 for the clinic,
csnd whatever amounts the patients are
able to pay will be turned into this
running expense fund, making the
clinic self-supporting.
The question of transporting the
children to the hospital arose, and
Mrs. Suttenfield assured the associa
tion of the hearty cooperation of the
various branches of the motor corps
in this work.
The first clinic will be held on Sat
urday of this week with Dr. Down of
Carthage in charge; Dr. Underwood
will serve in September, and Dr. Hen
derson of Pinehurst in November, it
was announced.
According to Dr. Symington, bad
teeth are one of the causes of enlarg
ed tonsils, and ‘ we can’t emphasize
too much the value of the dental clin
ic,” said he.
The association went on record as
being morally behind the continuoios
ter from Commissioner Cox to the
effect that he gave out! no interview
cn the subject, and stating that he will
be away for a short time but that on
his return he will pay a visit to this
section, go over the ground involved
in the demands for improved highway
conditions, make a thorough study of
the situation and do what he can on
that section of the road which lies in
bis territory as soon as money is
available., Mr. Cox controls the sec
tion of U. S. 1, or North Carolina
Route 50, which crosses Moore county.
The Southern Pines Chamber of
Commerce, which sponsored the meet
ing held in Raleigh a week ago when
representatives from Rockingham,
Aberdeen, Southern Pines, Sanford
and Raleigh made demands for paving
Route 1 across Lee, Moore and Rich
mond counties, the only unpaved links
in the highway from Maine to Florida,
further discussed the issue at its
meeting Tuesday and voted to leave
no stone unturned in following up the
good work done before the commis
sion, until work is actually commenc
ed. Similar action has been taken by
the civic bodies of the other towns
along the route, and it is probable
that life will be made miserable for
Highway Commissioners Cox, McNair
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officer making the arrest. Several in
stances were cited at the meeting
where an officer had spent much of a
cay working on cases where nothing
much was involved other than “costs.”
It seemed to be the desire of the
directors of the Chamber of Commerce
that the fee system as applicable to
town officers be removed, and that
they work on a straight salary basis;
that where costs are involved in a
case the-^ proceeds should go to the
Town or such fun4 as may be prop
er.
The question was also raised as to
whether there is a close enough tie-
up in Southern Pines between the ex-
cutive branch of government and the
judicial branch. The laws are passed
by the Board of Town Commissioners,
but the observance of the laws falls
in the hands of others than the Mayor
and members of the Board. That the
Mayor and board members should be
cognizant at all times of violations of
ordinances, arrests and disposition
of criminal case® in the town seemed
to be the opinion of those present at
Tuesday’s meeting.
It is probable that the whole matter
will be threshed out at a hearing be
fore the Town Board, and that such
steps will be taken as seem expedient
Things move swiftly at Knollwood
these days. Two weeks ago The Pi
lot announced the intention of a group
of men to build a copy of the fine old
Westover mansion in Virginia, - and
this week the contract is let for the
work to the Angle-Blackford Com-
Moore county something about the i Greensboio, one of the foie-
regulaiity in their crops. | ^‘‘'^ost builders of the South. This con-
More Food and Feed ' $3,000,000 of
Much of Dr. Coker’s talk was on hf"struction m the Soiith, includmK
the raising of cotton, but he urped j b’l'Idmgs at the University of
his audience to raise more food and I Tennessee, a twelve-story struc ure
feed and gave as one principal. reas
on for the need of this the prevalence
of pellagra throughout this and other
states. “Pellagra,” he said, “is caused
by malnutrition and ignorance.” He
argued for the balanced ‘ diet, the
growing of truck essential to the bal
anced diet, sw^eet potatoes, onions and
other fresh vegetables. He states that
dairy and chicken raising could be
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Cary Celebrates Birth
of its Illustrious Son
Tribute by Burton J. Hendrick to
Be Read at Anniversary
Exercises Tonight
and Hill until the new road is tin- ii; the light of evidence presented at
tier way. that time.
Many Aberdeen relatives and
friends'of the late Walter Hines Page
plan to attend the exercises commem-
oratvie of the seventy-fifth anniver
sary of the ambassador’s birth, to be
held in the town of his birth, Cary,
this, Friday, evening. The exercises
take place in the High School audi
torium at 8 o’clock. Among the speak
ers will be Fred A. Olds, State Histor
ian, Congressman William C. Ham
mer, Walter D. Siler, assistant attor-
ney general and possibly George M.
Pritchard, Republican candidate for
United States Senator, and Dr. W. P.
Few, president of Duke University.
Communications appraising the con
tribution of Mr. Page to the State of
North Carolina and to the country
have been received by the committee
at Cary in charge of the exercises
from Governor Gardner, Congressman
Jonas, Senator Overman, Lindsay C.
Warren and others, to be read at the
gathering, together with the follow
ing letter from Burton J. Hendrick,
author of “The Life and Letters of
Walter H. Page:”
‘I greatly regret that I can not
come to Cary on August 15 to pay
a personal tribute to the memory of
Walter Hines Page. I am most im
pressed by the fitness of observing
this anniversary. The fact that Wal
ter Page spent his early yoars in
your community should always be ar.
inspiration to good citizenship and the
highest personal and political ideals.
in Atlanta, the Lundsford-Richardson
home in G’^eensboro to cost a quarter
of a million, and others. They are
highly skilled in their work, and are
fitted to do this big job at Knollwood.
It is presumed that work will be
started at an early date, and hurried
thiough, and that the rising struc
ture will be one of the conspicuous
features on the Knollwood summit
during the fall.
The interest that has been awakened
in this new house is more than or
dinal y, the “model”' feature of it
drawing much attention to a pro
ject gf its size on the model house
basis. The selection of the Westover
home as the design, and the adapta
tion of the Carrollton wings have
stimulated further appreciation, for
the idea of fitting the old Colonial
architecture to the Sandhills has been
a sentiment in this section for a long
time. Aymar Embury undertook to
create a Sandhills type of construc
tion, and went far in bringing in the
colonial influences, but the definite
reproduction of the Westover home is
the most pronounced attempt to in
troduce a positive colonial from ac-
troduce a positive colonial from actul
The erection of the house will be
watched by a great many admirers of
good architecture, as well as by the
liome folks who like to see such an ex
tended expansion of community de-
\elopment. o
REPUBLICANS MEET TO
ORGANIZE IN ABERDEEN
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A Republican organization meeting
was held last night in the Dixie Thea
tre in Aberdeen at which Colin G.
Spencer, candidate for Congress
against William H. Hammer, Demo
cratic incumbent, and W. H. Foster
of the Republican State Executive
committee were the principal speakers.
Mr. Spencer told local Republicans of
the bright prospects of his election
over Hammer and urged their active
support in his campaign. The possi
bilities of electing Pritchard to the
United States Senate over Bailey were
also discussed.
Niagara residents have raised a
fund of $26. for the Southern Pines
Firemen for their prompt response to
an alarm of fire in Niagara recently.
Can Colin G. Spencer of Carthage
carry the Seventh North Carolina
Congressional district? He says he
thinks he can. On Tuesday night a
gathering of Republicans in Jack’s
organized a Republican club and se
lected a committee to organize
Southern Pines and vicinity. During
the process statements were made by
Mr. Spencer and by W. H. Foster, of
the State Executive Committee, that
are startling if they are based on
what Mr. Spencer and Mr. Foster be
lieve to be facts.
Mr. Spencer remarked that not long
ago The Pilot in speaking of his cam
paign said he was a capable man,
and would have some following among
his friends in this county outside of
his party because he has a popularity
where he is known, but that he would
not have much chance to be elected to
Congress. He said at the meeting that
The Pilot could look deeper into the
situation, and it would see that he
has a chance and that he is likely to
be victorious in November.
His argument is interesting, and if
he is correct in his views he fore
casts a lively contest in this district
in the next ten weeks. He had with
him at the meeting a large stack of
documents, showing that he has been
gathering information, coming in con
tact with the voters over the district,
and organizing the campaign on a
most thorough basis. And that or
ganization is w^at brought him and
Mr. Foster to Southern Pines Tues
day. Before his nomination Colin said
he had gone over tie possibilities in
the district, and he accepted the nom
ination only ofter his investigation
led him to believe that election was
possible. Then he says he accepted
the nomination and cleared the decks
for action.
National G. O. P. in Fight
State and National Republican or
ganizations offered him aid, and he
was called to Washington to discuss
the situation with the National mana
gers. It was decided to put on a cam
paign that would have for its purpose
^he capture of the Seventh district,
and arguments were brought forth to
indicate that it can be done. At the
piesent the Republicans have two
districts, the Ninth and Tenth, and
a struggle is to be made by the State
Committee and by the National Com
mittee to hold these and add the Sev
enth. W. H. Foster, of the State Com
mittee, told the gathering that more
effort would be made to gain the
Seventh because it is a likely pros
pect, and that the outlook here seems
good to the State and National man
agers. The way the story was pre
sented Tuesday night a number of
elements afford encouragement to the
contestants. Pritchard, who is a can
didate for the Federal Senate against
Bailey, has already started to shell
the woods in eastern North Carolina,
according to the speakers, and from
now on he is to be active. He is ex
pected to visit Moore county in Sep
tember, and the speakers said he is
making a lusty campaign. Then
stress is laid on the industrial devel
opment of this district, which is be
coming active in manufacturing, and
Mr. Spencer says is asking for its
share of the benefits of the protec
tive tariff and that, he thinks, is in
clining folks to the Republican tick
et.
At any rate Mr. Spencer and Mr.
Foster both say The Pilot was look
ing out the wrong side of its eye when
it said Mr. Spencer would not have
mucli chance of election, and they say
with the dissatisfaction that exists
with present political conditions and
the backing of State and National or
ganizations the prospects are good
for Republican victory, and that the
State organization counts on the Sev
enth as one of the districts that give
the most promise of success. A vig
orous campaigTi oi organization is to
be carried on in every township of
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