Friday, October 10, 1930. THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen, North Carolina Page Fiv« wo SWEEPSTAKE EVENTS at southern pines, N. C. With the return of Mrs. E. Ells- ^^M•th Giles to Southern Pines, golf .:,rivity is getting under way at the i\-untry Club there. Mrs. Giles is to 1 charge this winter of arranging aihlt’tic programs for residents of ;.ftl visitors to Southern Pines, and is waiting off tlvs week with two golf ,' ,'nts on Saturday. There will be a mixed foursome . voipstake event at 18 holes, medal . '.i v. under the handicap system, and a handicap sweepstakes event for ; ^ n at 18 holes medal play, both of ;! so events being open to club mem- s. Tournaments of various kinds . to be held regularly throughout; V winter months, and other ath- •ic activities are to be arranged , m time to time both at the Coun- V Club and on the town’s .tennis V. urts. UNDERGOES OPERATION Mrs. Alex Smith, well known and ivhly esteemed lady of Vass, is in Moore iPounty Hospital where ^ t underwent an operation on Tues- iay of this week. While she is quite i’l, Mrs. Smith is said to be doing well as could be expected. HELEN WARING WII4S GOLF tourney at GREENSBORO Miss Helen Waring of Pinehurst was low scorer in an invitation golf tournament at the Greensboro Coun try Club last week. This extra large field included represent actives from the state’s leading clubs, as well as Danville, Va. This tourney was pri marily a handicap event, but Miss Waring scored a 95 to win gross hon ors. Miss Waring played from scratc i. Mrs. William Phipps, of Greensboro, was a stroke behind with 96. The low net trophy went to Mrs. Edwin Earle, Jr., of Salisbury, with an 82. Mrs. T. J. Gold, Jr., High Point, and Mrs. Ben C^ooper, Statesville, tied for the runner-up place with 83’s. OFFICERS RAID STILL AND CAPTURE COLORED MAN Wherein Claude Leavitt Finds Building a Picturesque Mill Isn’t All For Art’s Sake His Retirement from Active Life is Being Constantly Inter rupted by Folks with Sacks of Meal To Be Ground on the Historic Old Wheel Officers Kelly and Lambert, assist ed by Messrs. Womack and Under wood on last Thursday made a raid in the colored district just west of Carthage, which netted one man, Lu- cien Taylor, one distillery, and two barrels of beer. A second man made his escape. The still was in opera tion when discovered. H THAT SOCIAL OBLIGATION Why not discharge that social obliga tion the easiest way. We have provided a place for your convenience. Use it in any way you like. SEABOARD GOLF COURSE Open afternoons and evenings except Sunday. Aberdeein Sycamore Street When Claude Leavitt left Carthage to build his home at Black’s Mills near Pinehurst he thought he had retired from active life to become a rural habitant and raise big com, and visit with the mules and look after his fish pond, and his clubhuose there by the dam, and pursue a mellowing advance into quiet old age. But he built a corn mill at the dam that he might see the water go over the wheel, and grind his grist and perhaps run a few grists for his near neighbors. And the neighbors came with a sack of meal, and stood around and talked until it was ground, and Leavitt put the meal in the sack,‘-taking his toll in a friendly way,probably push ing his thumb down on the scale as the honest miller is said to do, and v^hen his customers had gone they sent others. There is a legend that Water-ground meal is in a favored grade of its own, and there at the I.eavitt mill the wheel goes round and ^he water splashes over the buckets and the gears grumble as the com falls between the stones, and all is highly picturesque. So more of the neighbors came with corn, and the miller hoisted the sacks up to the hop per, and ground the grain and took his toll, and held his thumb on the scales, and asked questions of the old settlers about water, and listenedi to fish stories and all were happy. And the neighbors came with sacks of meal, and although Friday, which is fish day, had been appointed as § ♦♦ s it ♦♦ ♦« n SEED RYE Abruzzi Variety Small Lots, Bushel i $1.75 10 Bushel Lots, Bushel $1.60 50 Bushel Lots, Bushel $1.50 Aberdeen Hardware Co. Aberdeen, N. C. the day on w’^hich to grind, they, ctime on other days, and the miller ground the grist and took the toll and pushed his thumb down on the scales, and all were happy, for Leavitt is the making of a cordial miller, and he can tell a good story and talk about the happenings up and down the branch, and the ancient history of the valley, and the place is a delightful spot in which to while away an hour or two while the chattering wheel sings its roundelay. And the neighbors came with sacks of meal because each who went away told testimonials of the nutty flavor of the water-ground grist, and the miller found his acquaintance grow ing and his favor broadening, until they come