MOORE COUNTY’S
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding^
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VOL. 10. NO. 52
REV. G. B. STARLING
TRANSFERRED TO
CONWAY CHURCH
Pastor of Aberdeen-Vass Meth
odist Succeeded by Rev. W.
C. Ball, Franklinton
m CHANGE AT CARTHAGE
MAHUELV
PILOT
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IN THIS
ISSUE
Aberdeen, North Carolina
of the Sandhill Ter:
Friday. November 1930.
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FIVE cents
Hoover Endorses Christmas Seals
The Rev. 'W. C. Ball of Franklin-
ion comes to the pastorate of the
Aberdeen SLtid Vass Methodist
cl urches in the new assignment of
preachers announced by Bishop Mon-
zon at the annual conference which
ended its sessions at Henderson on
Monday. The present local incumbent,
the Rev. G. B. Starling, who has been
he e two years, goes to Conway. Mr.
Starling’s going will cause deep re-
->-et on the part of his congregations
both here and at Vass where he has
endeared to himself a wide circle of
friends.
Little is known here as yet of the
new pastor, Mr. Ball, except that he
comes with the highest recommenda
tion of his present congregation at|
franklinton.
The Rev. J. H. Buffaloe is contin
ued by the conference at his present
post in Carthage. Other assignments
to Moore county and nearby churches
'’re as follows:
Biscoe, J. H. Miller; Ellerbe, J. C.
Whedbee; Hamlet, B. P. Robertson;
Hemp, C. H. Caviness; Jonesboro, I.
T. Poole; Raeford, W. F. Trawick;
Red Springs, W. G. Pilcher; Rock
ingham, W. R. Royal; Sanford, S. A.
Cotton; Troy, A. S. Parker; West End,
N. B. Johnson:
The report of the statistical secre
tary at the conference showed that
during the year just past there was a
net gain in membership of 17.65, four
thousand were received into the
church on profession of faith. There
are now in the conference 226 pastoral
charges, 680 Sunday schools with 7,-
717 officers and teachers and 85,576
pupils. A total of $1,380,627 was
raised last year for all purposes.
Christmas ’‘Daddy”
Contributions Welcome
Charlie Picquet Will Add to
Fund by Benefit Picture
Dec. 18, 19, 20.
The committee representing the Ki-
wanis club are receiving daily pack
ages of discarded clothing to be dis
tributed Christmas among the needy
f the county. The ones who have sent
this clothing and the ones who are
t ' send it later will get a lot of sat
isfaction in knowing that these
lothes are helping to keep others
comfortable this winter, who perhaps
■hrough no fault of theirs, are not able
to buy clothes to keep them warm.
emember this committee does not
t-:ppct new clothes. They don’t have
to be in the latest style either—old
shoes, suits, dresses, sweaters or atiy-
ihing" in the way of clothing that
might keep others warm. The com
mittee will call anywhere for your
offering or you may leave it with
your merchant, any of them will de
liver your package to this committee.
If anyone feels like making a cash
contribution this committee will ap
preciate very much indeed any amount
! o matter how much or how little.
December 18, 19 and 20 Charlie
-quet is going to show “Along
Came Youth” featuring Buddy Rog
ers—three nights and one matinee.
Twenty per cent of the receipts from
this play will go to the Christmas
Daddy committee.
Gifts may be left with M. M. John
son, Aberdeen; Bill Dunlop, Pinehurst;
H. Lee Thomas, Carthage; John Blox-
ham, Knollwood or Frank Buchan,
■outhern Pines.
THc_white house
WASirll.NGTOI*
The ChPlstinas Seals of the Hatloiail
Tribercalosis Association which are sold at
Christmas time every year provide funds for one
or the most valuable of all services to mankind
in helping to prevent and destroy a disease whicb
threatens millions of homes and weakens millions
of the children and youth of the Nation* I
cctoBiend this yearly campaign to all our people.
MONDAY NIGHT
ENDS 1ST PERIOD
PILOT CAMPAIGN
Subscriptions Count for' More
Votes In First Period Than
Later
A CLEAN CAMPAIGN
New Produced ssociation
to Stimulate Marketing
of Moore County Poultry
To Aid Farmers in Growing Product Here to Meet
Demands of Huge Local and Northern
Markets
Mayor Blue Calls on Citizens of
Aberdeen to ^Xlean Up” Town
•He
Has Narrow Escape
Falls in Well in Out of Way
Place But Gets Out
Unaided
valuable LOCATION ACQUIRED
1 Y STANDARD OIL COMPANY
Tuesday brought the news of the
^'losing of the deal for the corner lot
if the Farry property, West Broad
Street and Connecticut Avenue,
‘^’Outhem Pines, the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey being the
purchaser. It is understood that they
^’■'Ul erect one of their very latest type
filling stations to replace the ancient
tructure now standing on part of the
property. Their purchase runs one
hundred feet on Broad Street and one
hundred feet on the avenue
John Bowers, for several years a
soldier in the regular army, and a
veteran of the big war, who lives
near Southern Pines, had a narrow
escape from a serious adventure a
few days ago. He was out in the
woods, some distance from any neigh
borhood, and he came on an abandon
ed farm place. Drifting about the old
farm he noticed an abandoned well,
and put his foot on some logs that
covered *the hole. Unfortunately the
logs were so badly decayed that they
could not sustain the pressure of his
foot and they gave way beneath him,
«nd the surprised man found himself
in the bottom of a well, and four
,miles from a human habitation. The
situation would have been exceeding
ly serious except for the fact that as
he fell into the well some of the
timbers fell with him, and these alon»
v*’ith the curbing of the well enabled
him to arrange a sort of scaffold
which permitted him to climb out af
ter some skillful juggling with his,
supplies. Otherwise/he might have
remained a permanent prisoner in a
hold so far from any help, that death
would have been certain.
Baptist Minister Killed
By Fall From Truck
Rev. J. M. Arnett of Wagram
Falls Off Truck Near Ashley
Heig<hts—^Dies in Hospital
I
While riding on a truck from Wa
gram to Aberdeen and near Ashley
Heights, the Rev. J. M. Arnett, Bap
tist minister at Wagram, fell and was
fatally injured, dying in the Moore
County Hospital at Pinehurst Tues
day night.
' Dr. Arnett was riding on the rear
of the truck, driven by some boys, and
was wrapped in a quilt for warmth,
when he suddenly discovered the
quilt had caught on fire from the
exhaust pipe; and in trying to extri
cate himself from this quilt he fell
to the hard surface striking his head,
causing concussion of the brain and
breaking one arm in several places.
The accident occurred Tuesday
morning between 11 and 12 o’clock. Dr.
Arnett is a native of Moore county,
but we have no particulars as to his
family. He was a man of probably
60 yesica of age.
JUDGE AND MRS. SEA WELL
LEAVE FOR WASHINGTON
Says Town Can Be Made Beau
tiful and Attractive If All
Cooperate
Judge and Mrs. H. F. Seawell, have
gone to Washington, D. C., for a
stay of several months. Judge Seaw-
ell’s duties keep him in •Washington.
subscription may be the means of
gladdening some heart and may be
To the Home Owners, Property
Owners and Citizens generally of the
Town of Aberdeen:
Following a custom instituted some
years ago, and realizing that Civic
Cleanliness is one of the very best I ^ i
, . ' ' test‘ but one of actual production,
advertisements tnat the town can
have, and that it is so easy for a
town to be injured by unsightliness—
and in response to demands made by
Womeii’s Civic Organizations of the
Town, I, Henry McCoy Blue, Mayor
of the Town of Aberdeen, do hereby
denominate the week beginning Mon
day, December 1st, 1930 as ANNUAL
CLEAN-UP WEEK for the town of
Aberdeen—and I especially urge that
every property owner in the town
see to it that their premises are put
in order during that week, including
yards, side walks and vacant grounds.
The property owners on the west
side of the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
Road will please have all trash gath
ered ready for removal by not later
tlva'n Thursday morning, December
4th, and alt property owners on the
east side of the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad will have the trash from
their premises gathered and piled
ready, for removal not'later than Fri
day morning, December 5th.
The Book Club and the Chamber
of Commerce are vigorously co-op
erating with the town in this enter
prise, and it is the duty of every
loyal citizen to lend his or her full
co-operation.
Perhaps the greatest drawback to
our town has been the lack of civic
pride as evidenced by our property
owners and much property that could
be easily cleaned and beautified has
been allowed to remain an eye-sore.
The jmpression that visitors get in
looking over our town influences
their spending their money with us.
At least one-third of Aberdeen's rev
enue is derived from our winter visi
tors. How much more we would re
ceive if we would pay proper atten
tion to the beautification of our prem
ises can hardly be conjectured. When
cue visits Pinehurst and Southern
Pines and then comes back to Aber
deen the difference is so marked that
we can hardly help being heartily
^ashamed of ourselves.
Some effort and the expenditure of
a very little money will remove much
of the ugliness about our town, and
I am confident that our people will
give a whole-hearted response.
H. McC. BLUE, Mayor.
Aberdeen, N. C.,
November 25th, 1930.
Monday night, December 1st, ends
the first period in The Pilot’s Christ
mas Club Campaign. Only three more
days left to get the largest vote val
ue during the entire campaign. It is
any wonder that the contestants are
leaving no stone unturned jn order to
get every subscription possible by
that time ?
‘The second period begins Tuesday,
December 2nd, at which time the vote
schedule reduces considerably.
This week is a big week for all
contestants and they are taking ad
vantage of its possibilities of carrying
them high in their standing in the
campaign.
Exciting Stage
The campaign has reached an ex
citing stage, and enthusiasm has
grown throughout Moore county to the
extent that nearly every resident has
lined up behind their favorite candi
date and has either given them their
subscription or promised them at an
early date.
A Clean Campaign
Rules and regulations of this cam
paign are so arranged that this has
been and will be one of the clean
est cut campaigns ever staged in this
section of the country. It has gained
the utmost confidence of every con
testant as to their getting fair and j sell. The hope is to so stimulate the
impartial treatment. They have real-1 production of fowls that Moore county
ized that this is not a popularity con- j can find within its own borders a
j sufficient supply for the winter trade,
j and also in the summer find an out-
Race Closely Contested ; ],o^ f^j. poultry products so that the
The race has settled down to a | grower of fowls may realize a profit
closely contested margin and no one j from hi?, work, and help to make farm
is far enough in the lead that just j life mo/#^ satisfactory than it
one week could bring the lowest | times,
standing contestant to the top. Your
Moore county is about to enter on
an experiment that will have much to
do in determining the possibilities of
agriculture, for the proposition is one
that will try out definitely_the will
ingness of the farmers of the county
or the ability of county facilities to
produce poultry that will meet the
demands of a cash market for prop
er stuff, which is about to be creat
ed.
The Moore County Produce Asso
ciation, chartered some time ago by
chicks for sale to the farmers, that
they may raise the birds and have
them ready for fall trade. Other lines
will be considered as the project is
worked out. But it will be just ^ such
a success as farm cooj>eration per
mits.
fTremendoius Mjarket
To show the Moore county farmer
what the world is willing to do in the
way of buying poultry if the right
kind is made, here are some figures
from Washington concerning the poul-
the state, is now far enough along in ^ ^ i
.. , XT. . -J. V try industry. New York city bought
its arrangements so that it has or- , *
dered an outfit of batteries for feed
ing and fattening poultry^ which will
be set up at some point in Pinehurst,
probably in the vicinity of the power
plant, and there the work of buying
and fitting poultry for the markef
will be commenced as soon as the
equipment is installed. The neW un-
^dertaking will be under the .super
vision of Joseph W. Blue, one of the
progressive "farmers of the Eureka
section, and is backed by a corpora
tion composed of men who are inter
ested in the task ahead. The “first
thing to be undertaken is the buying
of ^uch poultry as can be obtained in
the county, of the type that can be
made suitable for the demands of the
market, and putting that poultry in
the condition that will enable it to
Must Meet Requirements
This is to be no illusive dieam. It
the source of them winning a latest | largely for its success on two
model automobile or some other val-
last year 10,500 car loads of live
poultry and 197,000,000 pounds olf
dressed poultry. New York is the big
gest market, but Ffiiladelphia and
Boston are two other big markets in
the East buying poultry. North Car
olina sent last year to New York 240
cars of live poultry. No records of
dressed poultry are found. Texas,
more than twice as far "away, sent
348 cars to New York, Oklahonia sent
New York 835 cars, Missouri, twice
as far away from New York as North
Carolina is, sent New York 1,874 cars
of live poultry; Nebraska, still farther
than Missouri, sent 1,165 cars, Ten
nessee, 884 cars. And so from dis
tant states, most of them much far
ther than North Carolina. New York
city alone bought more than forty
times as many chickens as from North
Carolina, almost under her nose. The
reason ‘the other states msde the
poultry anjd sent it to market, and
of such a type that the markets would
buy.
The inference is that the market
awaits the supply if Moore county is
is at i and able to produce the fowls
! rnd send them north at such times
j as local wants cannot consume the
nrcidiTct. But this is lo be reiriember-
the markets <»f the North want
what they want, just as the locai
Mr. and Mrs. James Walden and
children of Charlotte, will spend the
Thanksgiving holidays in Aberdeen as
guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burney.
Mrs. A. K. Pennington is spending a
few days at Ridgeway, visiting her
sister.
uable prize. Pick out your favorite,
and help push them forward.
Standing of Contestants
Below is a comparatively standing
of contestants up to Wednesday, Nov
ember 25th. If your favorite isn’t
up amongst the leaders this we'tek,
help them get there by next week.
•
Miss Hazel Frye 85,300
Miss Elizabeth Keith 85,300
Mrs. Annie Laurie Weaver 84,700
Mrs. N. M. McKeithen 84,000
Miss Alline Thomas 77,00,0
Mrs. E. E. Merrill 76,400
Miss Sallie Matthews 44,000
Mrs. Ethel Howie 28,000
Miss Mittie Greene 10,000
Mrs. F. L. duPont 10,000
Miss Edyth Wicker 10,000
Miss Berta Rivers 10,000
Mr. J. B. Kennedy 10,000
Raid in Greenwood
Nets 50-Gallon Still
market will if poultry is produced to
or three things. One is the market in Waiting mbu:hs
the summer, for it is well known that |
l^jght and sold at the ri°ht price.
at that season of the year the county
does rot buy liberally o'f poultry prod
ucts. Byt it is hoped that summer
products may be placed in the city
markets in such quantities as to carry
the trade over the dull period and
enable it to be in good production as ! ^
the fall demands opens in the resort: j^Joted HorSeman TO
hotels and homes. But this may not
be the greatest difficulty, for one of
the essential things is the quality of
poultry that is produced. In many
circles it is believed that a chicken
is a chicken, and that is all there is
to it, which is a grave mistake. If the
Moore county farms are to make n jg hard to keep up with the pro
poultry and get the best results, or j phetic developments of the Sandhills,
to create a market that will be de- i This fall comes to Pinehurst E. Ro-
pendable .and profitable, some radi-j i^^d Harriman, of New York, bring-
cal changes are necessary in the ; jng a string of 24 horses to winter
methods on many farms. j in the Sandhills, and to work out 12
The first thing for any farmer to | colts that are among the number. Mr.
do if he wants to profit by this new 1 Harriman is an enthusiast over good
Those who are interested can find an
operJng for their farm s^iiff if they
will take the matter up with Mr. Blue
and the time to begin ib row.
Train String Here
E. Ro'and Harriman of New
York Selects Pinehurst as
Training Ground
Three White Men Arrested and
Held Under Heavy
^ Bonds
A raid made on the old Caviness
place near Mt. Holly school house in
Greenwood township on Monday by
IV^oore county officers Slack, Lambert
and Kelly an dtwo Federal officers
netted a complete steamer outfit of
fifty-gallon capacity, about 800 gal
lons of beer, and three white men,
Pete Goins and Howard Donathan of
market which is about to open is to
see Mr. Blue or E. H. Garrison, county
agent, and learn about the require
ments of the market in buying its
supplies. In handling fowls and eggs
horses, and has selected Pinehurst
because of the natural advantages af
forded by the climate, the sandy soil,
the excellent footing on the track and
the country sand-clay roads and the
the new Pi'bduce association can han- bridle paths. Likewise the distance
die only the kinds that its customers
w^ant. Hotel and restaurant demands
have fixed themselves on certain types
of fowls, and as the hotel is govern
ed by what the patrons will buy and
pay for the hotel is as powerless as
the market men will be in saying what
will be bought. This brings the whole
matter to the farmer. He must make
the sort of chicken the patron of the
hotel or restaurant wants, for the man
Moore county and Luther Phijlips of
Lee county. The'still was not in op- who eats will have only what he wants
oration. Officers came upon Donathai and no other, and the hotel that does
in a bam where he was engaged in
making a beer box, and arrested him,
w’hereupon he told them all about the
business. Goins came up to the house
and was arrested and the officers then
sent to Lee county for Phillips, who
has the Caviness farm in charge.
A hearing was held that night be
fore Federal Commissioner J. A. Lang
and the three were bovnd to Federal
court, Phillips’ band being fixed at
$1000 and Goins’ and Donfethan’s-at
$500 each. In default of bond all were
committed to the county jail.
not provide for him what .he wants
will not very long provide anything
for him. Therefore it is wise for any
farmer who cares to raise fowls for
the Produce association market to at
once talk over the matter with Mr.
Blue or Mr. Garrison or some other
poultry man familiar witlj hotel and
restaurant reeds.
For the present the association will
devote its efforts to buying suitable
fowls and putting them in condition,
to.market. Likely a little later it will
put in a^ hatchery and produce young
from New York is short, and the var
ious accommodations for horses at
Pinehurst are of the sort that interest
the owner of a stable of any magni
tude. Also here are gathering an in
creasing number of owners of horses,
and the general influence goes to
make Pinehurst an - outstanding cen
ter for horse training and develop
ment. The improvement in the tracks
has had its influences this season,
while the long stretches of sandhill
soft roads provide an ideal country
scope for working out horsfes that has
few rivals in the United Slates. Mr.
Harriman is a prominent leader among
interested horsemen. He brings with
him William K. Dickerson, who is
known the country over as Bill Dick
erson, who will be a permanent res
ident during the winter. The Harri-
nian horses have been in Florida for
three or four years, but for various
reasons they have been moved to
Pinehurst, and if things are as they
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