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" Jrt Southern pines RESORT NUMBER VOL. 10. NO. 51. A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding HANUEY PILOT SOUTHERN PINES RESORT^ NUMBER of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, November 21, 1930. FIVE CENTS Sandhills Have “It,” Says Struthers Burt in Scoring Fake Advertising Have ToU iiv< Less Lies About Themselves Than Any Place in United States FEW ‘GOOSE-KILLERS’ HERE BY STRUTHERS BURT (Reprinted from The Pinehurst Out- ^look, by permission). To attempt to describe the place in which you live, provided you have chosen this place of your own free will, presents an immediate danger. It is obvious that you like this place or you wouldn’t have chosen it, but it is equally obvious that if you too publicly state your liking, without due reservations and restraints, you are likely to become a “booster,” both in fact and in manner. And of all the curses which afflicted Job, and of all the dangers to which a community can be subjected, a “booster,” in my humble opinion, is the worst and the most dangerous. “Boost, don’t knock,” is the sillest and most stultifying slogan ever in vented. Thank goodness that during the past five years it has become less and less popular in the more civilized portions of the United States, and bids fair before long to be entirely discred ited. Particularly within the past two years have we seen where this slo gan leads; it has led to panic, unem ployment, stock depression and the ruin of community after community, indeed, in some instances, to the ruin almost of entire states. Now, this has nothing to do with a clear-eyed optimism or with being a leally constructive member of your town or countryside. The construc tive man knows that only through in telligent criticism is any sort of worthwhile growth possible; he knows that only by constantly checking up on himself, and everyone and everything else, can he possibly retain his per spective. If you think you’re perffHit there isn’t much hope for you. It’s a safe bet that those who imagine that they are chosen by God, are just the ones who aren’t. To take a simple ex ample, the outcome of which we see all around us, the parent who sub scribes to the boosters’ doctrine in bringing up his children, usually finds himself with a little brood of drunk ards or gunmen on his hands, depend ing upon to which class of society he belongs. Unadulterated and indiscrim inate praise is as harmful to the mo rale as constant thoughtless and nag ging criticism. Any fool can tell the difference between criticism that arises from an earnest desire to better things and criticism that arises from acid stomach. '' Don’t Kill the Goose It has been my lot to live, for the most part, not only in the United States but in Europe, in exceptional ly beautiful countries and, therefore, countries sought out by the tourist and the lover of beauty, and I have bffen a good deal depressed by the truth of the statement that each man kills the thing he loves and the trag ic fact that no sooner does a man come into possession of that valuable animal, the Golden Goose, but he pro ceeds to wring its neck. Indeed, there are moments when any man concern ed, even ever so little with conser vation and civic improvement, must feel that the one important cry is, “Don’t, oh don’t kill the goose who lays the golden eggs! Just from the most obvious business standpoint, yt)U won’t get half as many golden eggs if you do.^ Clearly, and quite naturally, there are in every community numerous ex cellent citizens who, because of their professions, find it difficult to accept this point of view. It is all very well for the man wbo has no real estate to sell to talk loftily about selling real estate in the proper sized par cels, with the proper restrictions, to the proper people; it is all very well for the rich man, who wouldn’t run a gas station anyhow, to bemoan the hideousness of most g^s stations run by men who barely make a living at best (although the great gas com panies make a living). Theodore Roosevelt said the last word on this subject when he said that in this World, as now constituted, every man’s Noted Authors Here The Southern Pines JAMES BOYD The peace and quiet of Scguthem Pines, its opportunities for rest, rec reation and reaction from the confin ing work of writing, and its accessi bility to the publishing houses of New York and Philadielphia have lur ed numerous autnors to the Sandhills village, resulting in a literary colony of considerable magnitude. Among the famous writers of books and magazine articles residing in the village are James Boyd, author of '“Drums,” “Marching On,” and “Long Hunt;”' Struthers Burt, author of many works of fiction as well as poetry and essays; Katharine Newlin Burt, equally prominent in the world of letters; Dr. Ernest M. Poate, mas ter of detective stories and other fic tion; Maude Parker Child and Almet Jenks, regular contributors to the pages of the Saturday Evening Post; Walter Gilkyson, novelist, and his wife, Bernice Kenyon, a' poet of note and a former member of the editor ial staff of Scribners Magazine. Hugh Kahler, whose frequent magazine stories make his name well known to all, is a large landowner on the out skirts of town and spends occasional periods here, as does Donald Herring, another prominent writer. Most of these authors have perma nent winter homes in Souchorn Pines, and their number is growing each year. Alnr.ct Jenks is among the new recruits, having just completed a handsome residence on Youngs Road. Few Stores Left in Southern Pines of Those Advertised in “Free Press” of Nov- 23, 1900 Patch and Hayels Still Doing Business, but Time and Progress Have Made Many Changes Since Days of Editor Oslin’s Little Newspaper primary job was to make an honest living for himself and his family. Of course it is There is no argument al3out it. Fortunately, however, there is such a thing as short-sighted busi ness and far-sighted business; as be ing penny wise and pound foolish; as abusing your community under the mistaken idea that you are benefit ing yourself, or using your commun ity. so that eventually you will have a solid place in it. And as a general rule if you can explain to a man that twenty dollars, in a lump sum on Tuesday, is better than ten dollars in fifty cent pieces scattered through the week, he will agree with you. Furthermore, the t^vo methods of bus- ness do not mix, and it is upon the preponderance of one or the other that the future of a community depends. If the goose-killers get control, pretty soon there aren’t any more golden eggs, just dimes and quarters. One of the things I particularly like about the Sandhills is that there are so few goose-killers. In fact, I hardly know any. As far as I can make out, from one end of the Sand hills to the other, there is a general sentiment, steadily increasing, that sl6w and solid growth is better than forced growth, that one good citizen is i better than two bad ones, and that oi|e good check is vorth more than hMlf a dozen returned from the bank. All these ideas, strange as it may setenl, have been, for the past twenty y^^arSi, origrinial and hostile ones in the United States, and the man who ut tered them has been looked at as- kafnce by the rest of his community. / ■ ■ '■* (Please tran to Page 8) As we look over a yellowed copy of the “Free Press” of Southern Pines for November 23rd, 1900 we wonder what editor, scribe or cor- lespondent will be able to compare this issue of The Pilot with the one for November 23rd, 1960. Size 15x11 inches, four columns wide, eight pages, with plenty of “boiler plate” filler, this number 3, of Volume 3 of Editor Oslin’s child nevertheless carried news and adver tising interesting even now. C. T. Patch had a half-page, noting among other things “Lewis wear-re- sister shoes,” the advance agents of prosperity. The shoes are gone but Patch and prosperity are still with us. So is C. L. Hayes with his News Depot, as are D. P. Kelly, C. B. Grout and W. F. Junge, though they are not now individually interested in Fish and Oysters, Feed, or Real Estate. Dolph Ruggles now buys groceries instead of selling- them. The Geyer’s no longer run a bank, (’tis now the town jail), nor does John Powell sell furniture, while Frank Harrington now has the Southern Pines Hotel, once Giles.’ Huffines, once a dry goods store, is gone, stock and store; also Ordway’s, though Fred Ordway comes down from his northern home once in a while to see the new Southern Pines. The S. S. Thomas Hardware Store advertises wood heaters of all sizes where now the Highland Hard ware House sells the latest in oil burners. Gone are the Johnson Phar macy, then in the present Maze build ing; the Peoples Cash Grocery of Win- estine’s, and Siadlelson’s Phlamlacy, t?ien in the building now the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Bennett street. Alpha Lodge, I. O. O. F. ad vertised a meeting every Tuesday night. The signers, L. S. Johnson, Noble Grand, and A. M. Clark, Sec retary have passed away, as have Edwin Gladmon, C. C. and W. D. Eruhn, Keeper of Records of Lodge 109, Knights of Pythias. As for news, Editor Oslin notes that the Board of Commissioners met on November 22 with Mayor Gladmon in the chair. Commissioners H. L. Thurston, E. D. Oslin and R. E. Gey- er present; Dr. Louis F. Hugh of the New York Polyclinic Hospital arriv ed Tuesday and will be resident physi cian at Piney Woods Inn; the depot is still receiving improvements, a car load of granite screenings scattered over the entire front ground and the painters have also been at work paint ing the inside of the building; Dr. and Mrs. B. Von Herff are again guests of the Pirtey Woods Inn; B. W. Leav itt, H. S. Gi^ay and J. W. Jones form ed a musical trio for the guests of the Southern Pines Hotel; I. H. Hall is with us again (so he is this year), an “old fashioned spelling bee” is to be held in Kings Daughter’s Hall, as also an election for officers of the Village Improvement Society. Chamber of Commerce Important Cog in Wheel of Civic Progress No city of any size seems to be able to get along without a Chamber of Commerce, and Southern Pines is no exception to the rule. The difference, however, between the Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce and nu)st such organizations is this: the S. P. C. of C. is not the aggressive, booming, go- get-’em type. It operates conservative ly along the lines of a better South ern Pimes rather than a bigger South ern Pines. Its principal claim to fame is in daily evidence to the residents and visitors to the city. Southern Pines is noted for its planting, its park ways and shrubbery, its well kept lawns and attractive landscaping. These are features o)n which the Chamber of Commerce has concen trated its greatest effort. If for*no other reason it has warranted its ex istence on the results of this program alone. But it has other claims to fame. It is constantly on the watch for ways to improve not only the looks of the town, but the comfort and happiness of citizen and visitor. It acts as a check on ill-advised development, on extravagance and waste; a year or so ago it saved the citizens thous ands of dollars in telephone rates, through a successful fight against in creased, seemingly unjustified rates. The Chamber of Commerce is sup ported by the membership dues, and most of the business and professional men of the city are members. It is governed by a busy board of directors which meets every other week throughout the year, and usually weekly during the winter season. Dr. I B. McBrayer is president, Struth ers Burt and Gteorge C. Moore vice- presidents, Shields Cameron, secre tary and treasurer. Southern Pines—Port of Entry of Charmed Region of Sandhills ■:ic City Administrator MAYOR D. G. STUTZ Serving his second term. Mayor Dorsey G. Stutz heads the city ad ministration in Southern Pines. The management of the town’s affairs are in the hands of a Board of Commis sioners, over which the mayor pre sides. Party politics play no' part in the election of mayor and the com missioners, one or more tickets being prefsented annually without regurd to party affiliations. The result is that the voters select their adminis trators from the standpoint of quali fication rather than from political par tisanship. The present Board 'of Commission ers, reelected last Spring comprises Charles S. Patch, E. C. Stevens, A. B. Yeomans, L. V. O’Callaghati and Georg^e W, Case. Howard Burns is clerk to the board and jack of all trades in carrying out the mandates of his superiors. He also acts as the town’s publicity man, seeing "that the news of Southern Pines is properly broadcast to the world. The town maintains an administra tion building on East Broad street, ir. which Mr. Burns has his office. The Library is located in the same build ing. Visitors to Southern Pines are invited to make use of this office when in quest of information, with sugges tions for civic improvements or for the registry of complaints. Sportsmen Coming For Shooting Season Here Mossgiel Club, Among Others, Expects Many Parties Seeking Birds The' opening of the hunting season brings the announcement of the ex pected arrival of a number of visi tors from the North for the shooting that promises on the various game reservations of private game associa tions or big estates here . On the Mossgiel Club territory much atten tion has been paid to the care of wild life, with the result that birds are in good numbers and deer are mul tiplying freely. Turkeys are in evi dence here and there. The new club house maikes the third commodious building on the grounds. Many improvements havte been added for the comfort and in terest of the visitors, and the woods at this time show one of the most in teresting conditions that this section is familiar with. The Mossgiel lands are heavily timbered, yet open enough to permit satisfactory hunting, ^e grain and other ^ crops planted throughout the hundreds of acres of forest land have afforded much feed for the wild life, which permits them to come Bnto the winter in good shape. A The creation of private es.tates and the care of game creatures'with due regard for their feeding and multi plication is making such change in the supply that hunting is attracting more folks, with the probable out come of putting: much more land un der the protection of game laws and practices in the future. Ranks Hig'h in Homes, iki Churches, in Schools, in Parks, in ShopB AND PASTIMES FOR ALL Southern Pines—The port of entry to the charmed region of the North Carolina Sandhill country. Latitude at the government bench mark at the Seaboard station, 35 degrees, 10 min utes, 29 seconds; longitude, 79 de grees, 23 minutes, 26 seconds; altitude, 612.4 feet. Approached by the main line of the Seaboard Air Line Rail road, one of the best services in the country, and by three state and na tional highways, coming in three dif ferent directions from the North, and from the West and South offering equally good service. Airport at Knollwood and at Pinehurst. Easy of access from ai^ place in any wry, and when you are here you are not concerned about means of egress, for you don’t want to go away until you have to. Southern Pines is the municipal center of the Sandhills, the political and business unit of a considerable area of the central part of North Carolina. In several ways it has es tablished itself as a community heart, particularly in its prominence as a trading "base and the seat of amuse ments and the refinements of life. With the rapid growth of popula tion folks from all direction turn to ward Southern Pines as the place where their wants can be satisfied, and as the tastes of a large share of the people who live or visit in Southern Pines are on a high plane the merchandising conditions of the place satisfy the wants of a much broader and more particular patron age than is the case in other towns of similar size. So buyers who are looking for superior quality in goods ttnd this way, as they do when in search of the better things at the theatre, at the sports and athletic fields and the various features that are provided in the towns for the entertainment and pleasure of the peopl^. The schools rank high. The churches are in the hands of men of ability and training. It is doubtful if another town in ^orth Carolina equal in size, spends as much money for the parking of its lawns and streets and walks, or for -new paint, or for technically trained men at its water works or for its other public utilities, or in building and maintain ing homes of such character, or in the expansion of its town develop ment. A Sport for All Millionaires and men of modest means alike find in Southern Pines the things that meet their require ments. Men of culture find associates of their kind. Business men from all ever the country foregather here, and if the occasion requires they can transact business with each other, or through direct telegraph and tele phone communication with all parts of the world. Southern Pines is not yet out of the woods. Here is a town of some three thousand people whiich has within its municipal limits a pine forest that is yet untouched by the axe, big pines that were here w'hen the first settler came and are here yet. Homes are building among these trees, but the trees remain. Young er forests are growing up in other sections of the town where tl^e orig inal growth has been removed by the lumberman in days gone by. South ern Pines will always be in the woods, for the trees grow faster than they arc removed. Weymouth Ridge is the height of land in the Southern Pines section. The summit is about a hundred feet above the business heart of the town, and from the ridge the water drains into three separate streams, twe of them reaching the Atlantic by dif- forest routes. There is a succession of striking homes, the^^reation of the past eight or ten years, the fore shadow of the next eight or ten, and the field for the man who wants to read the future. Fort Bragg out over the ridge bears testimony that when the United States wanted the best lo- (Please turn to page 4) f