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VOL. 11, NO. 3.
CO-OP SELLING OF
CROP URGED ON
PEACH INSTITUTE
>[ember of Federal Farm Board
Addresses Local Growers
At West End
GEORGE ROSS PRESIDENT
George W. Ross, formerly of Jack
son Springs, now superintendent of
State-owned farms with headquarters
at Raleigh, was named president of
the Carolina Peach Institute at the
annual session of North and South
Carolina peach gTowers held in Colum
bia, S. C., on Tuesday. L. G. Guyon,
of South Carolina was renomii>ated
for vice-president ai^ Fred Aibbott,
of Hamlet, secretary and treasurer.
The nominations were confirmed at a
meeting held Wednesday in West
End.
At this meeting Charles Wilson,
fruit and vegetable member of the
Federal Farm Board and other farm
leaders addressed the Institute. Mr.
Wilson advised the growers of fruit
of the two Carolinas and Georgia to
form a regional cooperative with the
view of fitting it into a large body
later when such a body is formed. He
inierrogated members of the Insti
tute present to determine tlieir stand
on cooperative selling and was pleased
to find that every man present who
raised cotton sold it cooperatively. He
said he was looking for local infor
mation that would help him in advis
ing as to the cooperative selling of
iruits.
Mr. Wilson explained the Federal
marketing act and urged growers of
peaches to place their orchards on a
business basis just as industry had
done.
W. R. Tucker, of Atlanta, Ga., spoke
on “Quick Freezing of Fruits” and
served to members of the Institute
samples of fruit preserved by this
method.
W. F. Turner, of Fort Valley, Ga.,
in charare of phony peach eradication
in Georgia, treated this problem of
the peach grower. Dr. John W. Rob
erts, of the United States £)epart-
ment of Agriculture, discussed “Bac-
teriosis.” J. W. Park, also of the
United States department, submitted
>=ome views on the economies of pro
duction and distribution of peaches.
Dr. J. R. Magness, another represen
tative of the Federal department, com
mented On different methods of culti
vation of peaches as affecting their
borage qualities.
mahucy
SOUTHKRM
JACK90H
SPRINGS
PILOT
FIRST IN VI
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, December 19,
FIVE CENTS
Christmas Daddies Issue S. 0. S.
for More Clothing for Children
Santa Claus
p. FRANK BUCHAN
Chairman of Kiwanis Christmas Dad
dies Committee
1930 WILL BREAK
RECORDS IN AUTO
DEATHS IN STATE
Good Fellows Club
Active For Christma:
Elect Officers and Vote To Dis-
tribute Cash and Clothing
Through Kiwanis
The Aberdeen Good Fellows Club
has been active this week in raising
funds for its annual Christmas cheer
^0 those in need. At a meeting held
last Friday the members voted to give
nil V' 1
} of-e ds of its annual drive, up
^100., to the Kiwianis Christmas
L^t^ddies, and all clothing and food
ibut-d to the Good Fellows will
h‘ distributed this year through the
Kiwanis committee. Funds raised over
snd above the $100. will be retained
the Good Fellows for emergency
u.-e during the year.
F'Mnk Shamburger was elected
President at Friday’s meeting, M. H.
olley vice president and Dan I. Mc-
Keitnen secretary and treasurer. The
^ecutive committee comprises the
^^^icers, G. C. Seymour and M. M.
' in. Mrs. J. R. Page again heads
'he Charity Committee, and Gloma A.
the Distribution Committee.
Ton of 690 to Deo. 1st Equals
Number Killed in All
of 1929
102 NOVEMBER TOTAL
Jimmy West, of Rockingham, was
injured when his car collided with that
of Frank L. Henrici, of New York on
Route 50 albout a mile south of Aber
deen Sunday night. West’s car was
driven by William S. Scales of Rock-
in'gham. Many minor accidents oc
curred Wednesdays due to the heavy
snowfall.
One hundred and two persons were
killed by automobiles in North Car
olina last month. This is but four be
low the record of 106 fatalities in De
cember, 1928, the largest number in
any month since the motor vehicle bu
reau of the State Department of
Revenue began tabulating motor fa
talities in July, 1927.
In announcing the report, Spragae
Silver, head of the motor vehicle bu
reau, pointed to the fact that 35 or
more than a third of the persons killed
by automobiles last month were pe
destrians. An additional 45 pedestrians
were injured. Five children playing in
the street, and eight persons walking
beside the highway were included in
the pedestrians killed.
November’s toll brings the total for
the year to 690 deaths, which is the
exact number killed during the en
tire 12 months of last year. With De
cember yet to go, indications are that
this year’s fatalities will materially
exceed those of last year. A total of
68 deaths were reported in December
1929.
There were 24 deaths and 223 in
jured as a result of collisions between
automobiles last mor^, the report
shows. Seven deaths and 16 injured^
resulted from automobile train colli
sions, and one death and eight injured
from automobile and horse drawn ‘/o-
hicle collisions. Non-collision accidents
and collisions with fixed objects ac
counted for other deaths.
Four Hundred Needy Yougsters
Must Be Provided For By,
Kiwanis Committee
ELEVENTH HOUR APPEAL
The Christmas Daddy appeal sent
out hurriedly from headquarters night
before last resulted in the gift of sub
stantial checks and many children's
clothes yesterday, P. Frank Buchan,
chairman of the Kiv\ranis committee,
announced last night. Among the gifts
was a check from Pinehurst, Inc., for
$100. Despite the generous response
to he appeal published in Thursday
morning’s Sandhills Daily News, still
more clothes are needed, Mr. Buchan
said, as the committee is still re
ceiving urgent demands from needy
families for aid.
The cold snap has brought unus
ual hardships to the children of pa
rents out of work and the committee
is aiming to take care of these fam
ilies as nearly 100 per cent as possi
ble.
Mr. Buchan stated at the commit
tee’s store in Southern Pines last
night that the demand for relief, es
pecially in the line of children's gar
ments, had been coming in all day,
and as fast as the staff of workers
could put up sets of clothing from
the stock already collected or pur
chased, in would come demands to
exceed the supply. Both chilldren’s
and women’s garments are needed,
but mostly clothing for children
ranging from 6 to 14 years of ag3.
This last hiinute demand is over
and above the some 600 people the
Kiwanis Daddies are providing with
POULTRY SHOW
AT VASS PROVES
GREAT SUCCESS
Growth of Industry in Section
Revealed in Wide Variety
of Exhibits
MANY PRIZES AWARDED
The first Sandhill Poultry Show held
in Vass on Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday of last weeft was a success, even
beyond the exipectations of the pro
moters. The attendance was good, the
cash receipts took care of the expense
with some to spare, and the eyes of
the public were opened as to the possi
bilities of poultry raising in this sec
tion. Indications are that the show as
an annual event is firmly established.
Few people around realized the
growth that had been made in the last
year or two in the poultry industry in
this county, so the won<}erful display
of fowls of various popular breeds
proved to be an eye-opener and
brought home to the beholders a real
ization of the fact that it is not at
all necessary to pack up and trek to a
far distant land in order to be suc
cessful in poultry raising, but that
just as good fowls can be grown right
here as in any other locality.
The show was opened on Thursday
afternoon with an address by Lieut—
j Gov. R. T. Fountain, who urged the
I farmers to turn away from a cotton-
I tobacco program and place their hope
in livestock and poultry, something
that can be eaten by the family in
^ case the market falls through.
' Lieut.-Govemor Speaks
Gov. Fountain was the principal af-
NEXT WEEiv^
ILOT TO
BE ISSUulD WEDNESDAY
In accordance with its policy to
give the staff a holiday on Christ
mas Day. The Pilot will be pub
lished on Wednesday of next week.
Advertisers and correspondents are
requested to have their copy ready
one day earli^ than usual.
—THE EDITOR.
DIETZ REPORTED IN
[GUN FIGHT WITH
CANTON OFFICERS
Trailed to Cabin, Suspect Open
ed Fire on Police of Hay
wood County
ESCAPED IN WOODS
food and clothii^, At the weekly j |^ej._(jinner speaker at a most enjoyable
meeting of the club, held yesterday
noon at the Pinehurst Country Club,
Mr. Buchan reported the applications
of 170 families numbering 600 men,
women and children, all of whom will
PAGE TRUST CO.
ADDS ZEBULON
TO GROWING UST
Local Institution Named Liqui
dating Agent of Trust Com
pany There
WILL OPERATE BRANCH
Page Trust Company of A.berdeen
last Saturday added Zebulon to the
constantly growing list of North Car
olina cities served by his institution.
The bank was named liquidating agent
for the Zebulon Banking and Trust
Company, which closed its doors on
December 3.
Page Trust, which entered Rale
igh in September following the failure
of the Raleigh Banking and Trust
Company, and is now acting as liqui
dating a>gent for that bank, will open
a branch in Zebulon, providing bank
ing facilities for a community with
out such facilities since the failure of
the Zebulon institution.
A special despatch to The Pilot from
Canton, in Haywood county, states
that three Canton police officers en
gaged in a running gun fight Iasi)
Sunday morning with a man believetl
to 'be* Granville A. Dietz, slayer of
Chief of Police Joseph Kelly of South
ern Pines and escaped prisoner from
the State Prison Farm at Caledonia.
The officers were'on the trail of a
suspicious character they believed to
be Dietz and trailed him to to a
cabin. Arriving in sight of the cabin,
the report states, the officers stop
ped their car. A lone figure from a
peak some 800 yards distant watched
the officers approach. As two of the-
officers brought Winchester rifles to
their shoulders the man started run
ning toward the cabin.
The officers separated and were in
the act of surrounding the cabin when
the man appeared in the rear door and
started shooting at the policemen. Af
ter firing five shots the man started
running toward a small patch of
woods. The officers returned the fire
and believed they wounded their man,
though he made good his escape.
There is nothing in the report to
indicate on what the officers bas3
Announcing the opening of the Ze
bulon branch, which makes the twelfth 1 their supposition that the man in
branch of the Page Trust Company, I question was Granville Dietz, who, on
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TICKETS ON SALE FOR
AMERICAN LEGION BAL[.
Tickets have gone on sale for the
annual American Legion ball, to be
held at the Southern Pines Country
iaHst? tV judge 7he“7xhibitr," anrin-
stead of his making a talk on Friday
capon banquet held at Hotel Char-
mella in the evening^ and attended by
some three-score representative men
pnd women from this and adjoining
counties. Senator-elect Murdoch M,
Johnson acted as toastmaster in his
usual happy manner. Both Gov. Foun
tain ard Senator Johnson praised Mr.
Mayfield, secretary of the show, and
the school for their work in stimulat
ing the poultry industry in the Sand
hills.
The committee was fortunate in pro
curing Paul Sease, State poultry spec-
Executive Vice-President John Nich
ols issued the following statement:
“After caieful inspection of Zebulon
in eastern Wake county where the
only bank closed a little more than a
March 20, 1929, shot and killed the
Southern Pines Chief of Police at the»
corn^ of Massachusetts avenue ar»d_
May street in that city and who, af
ter trial at Carthage, was sentencsdf
ber 30th under the auspices of Sand
hill Post. Members of the post and of
the woman’s auxiliary of the post, as
well as patronesses selected for the
ball, have them for sale. The dance
is scheduled to start at 10 o’clock,
and many ar planning to attend after
the concert to be held that evening at
the Civic Club in Southern Pines un
der the auspices of the Southern
Pines Library,
The proceeds of the Legion Ball are
used for charitable purposes, a larg-e
proportion of the money going to the
post’s Oteen Disabled Veterans’ Fund.
week ago leaving the community with- serve a long term in State’s pris-
out banking facilities, and upon in-1 Dietz escaped after serving but
vitation of many of the leading citi- ! a ^ew months of his sentence and has
zens of the town and community, the; not been heard from since. The re-
Page Trust Company will, in order to j wards for his capture, which occurred
meet the needs and in line with its i Maine some weeks after the rnur-
policy of giving to small communi- , der, were paid by the Southern Pines
ties the benefit of large facilities, open i Board of Commissioners a few weeks
a branch office in Zebulon Monday I a^o. The present reward for his cap-
morning, occupying the quaiters for- ture and return to the State prison is
CrOUNTY TAX COLLECTIONS
LESS THAN YEAR AGO
FIRES CAUSE DAMAGE IN
SOUTHERN PINES HOMES
of Aberdeen have been gen-
in their response to the appeals
’ivadn to them through the Charity
Committee during the past week, and
needy families of the Aberdeen
^€(^tion will be cared for during the
holiday through the combined efforts
the Christmas Daddies and the
^ood Fellows.
TO SING CHRISTMAS EVE
The Civic Club of Southern Pines
have a musical program Christ
mas Eve at the clubhouse at 7:30 t«
^hich all are invited. There will be
^arol singing by 20 girls, and a
string orchestra.
Two fires in Southern Pines yes
terday morning did damage amount
ing to several hundred dollars. The
residence of Mrs. Condit on the
northeast corner of Vermont avenue
and Leake street suffered the most
damage and necessitated two runs to
the scene by the department. The fire
men answered a still alarm but could
find no fire; upon being called back
flames originating in the kitchen were
found to have penetrated the second
flocr.x
The other fire, in the Van Turen
house on Vermont avenue between
Bennett and Pag streets, also started
in the kitchen. The family, aided by
neighbors and fire extinguishers, put:
out the blaze after damage of around
$100. Both the houses were covered by
insurance carried with the Bamum
agency.
According to figures compiled m
the office of J. D. McLean, county
tax collector for Moore County, tax
collections for the period ending No
vember 1, 1930 are only slightly be
low the collections for last year up to
the same date, taking the reduced levy
into consideration.
The levy for this year is $415,796-
.81, and the report of Nov. 1 shows
that $132,821.46 has been collected.
Last year’s levy' was $428,801.27,
and on November 1 the collections
were $139,562.14.
NEW AIR SQUADRON FOR
FORT BRAGG ORDERED
Fort Bragg is to have a new air
squadron, according to announcement
from Washington. A despatch to The
Pilot says that Secretary of War Hur
ley has directed that a special service
school air detachment be organized
as Flight C, 16th Observation Squad
ron at the nearby artillery fort. ^
The squadron will have five offi
cers, twenty-five men and two planes.
Don't miss the picture, “Along
Came Youth,” starring^Buddy Rogers
this week at the Carolina Theatre,
Southern Pines. Not only is it a%good
picture, but 20 percent of the proceeds
go to the Kiwanis* Christmas Daddies
toward their work in making Christ
mas a merry one for the poor and
needy of this section.
afternoon as was scheduled, Mr.
Sease conducted a most helpful round
table discussion, explaining to the ex
hibitors the points considered in
judging poultry and answering their
questions on various subjects.
The awarding of prizes was the
feature of Saturday’s program and
Mr. Mayfield had the pleasure of dis
tributing around one hundred dollars
in cash and other valuable prizes to
the winner.
On Thursday evening, the Vass-
Lakeview boys and girls defeated the
teams from Sandhill Farm Life
School in exciting games of basket-
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merly used by the Zebulon bank.”
President Robert N. Page took per
sonal charge of the Zebulon branch
for the opening.
The latest acquisition gives the
Page '^frust Company offices at Ze
bulon, Raleigh, Aberdeen, Raeford.
Thomasville, Hamlet, Sanford, Apex
Liberty, Carthage, Siler City and
Ramseur.
SCHOOLS CLOSE
only twenty-five dollars, it is said.
Chief of Police R. W. Beasley of
Southern Pines, Kelly’s successor, is
investigating the report of Dietz’s,
presence in Haywood county.
Curb Market Opens
In Southern Pines
Schools have closed for the Christ
mas holidays, to open again on Jan
uary 5th. I'n. some instances in the
county they were closed before the
scheduled time on accovint of the>
snow. No complaints were register
ed by the pupils.
Thrilling Race for Christmas Club
Prizes Ends Monday Afternoon
Last Minute Subscriptidns to Pi
lot to Determine Winners of
Ford, Etc.
Someone wins a brand new Ford
sedan next Monday. Someone else de
posits $200. in the bank. Another owns
a new radio, another a diamond ring,
and another a wrist watch. And so
on. For the Pilot’s Christmas Club
campaign ends that day when the
judges, U. L. \Spence of Carthage, G.
C. Seymour of Aberdeen and M. C.
McDonald of West End open the box
in the Page Trust Company in which
late returns are deposited by contes
tants.
The second period of the compaign
closed Monday night, December 15.
.The close was very exciting and sev
eral changes were made in the stand
ing of the contestants.
There are only three more days
left for the candidates to get* subscrip
tions which will enable them to earn
one of the valuable prizes The Pilot
has so liberally offered. A glance at
the list of contestants will show that
there is a prize for ^inost everyone
of them. The race has narrowed down
The Standing
Close Finish Apparent in Pi
lot Christmas Club Race
for Big Prizes
The relative standing of contest
ants at close of the second period,
ending December 15th was as fol
lows :
Mrs. F. L. DuPont ....429,100
Mrs. E. E. Merrill 400,100
Mrs. N. M. McKeithen 398,500
Mrs. Annie Laurie Weaver 382,000
Miss Hazel Frye 252,500
Mrs. S. R. Ransdell 250,500
Miss Elizabeth Keith 230,800
Miss Alline Thomas 218,4bO
Miss Sallie Matthew^s 151,000
Mrs. Ethel Howie 132,300
Mr. J. B. Kennedy 53,000
First Sale of Surplus Farm and
Home Products Scheduled
for Tomorrow
Tomorrow, Saturday is the date set
for the opening of the Southern Pines
Curb Market, sponsored by the Cham
ber of Commerce. Surplus home and
farm products from the vicinity are
to be marketed directly to the Con
sumer and eggs, chickens, canned
goods, home-made sausage, garden
products, flowers, shrubs, candies,
cakes, etc., will be among the offer
ings. ^
The market will be operated in tha
vrcant lot on Pennsylvania avenue op
posite the Postoffice, and is expected
to be a boon to housewives in South
ern Pines and nearby towns. Mrs, W.
L. Ryals, County Home Demonstration
Ag^ent, and E. H, Garrison, County
Farm Agent, are assisting the Cham-
ebr of Commerce in getting the mar
ket under way, and both urge the
support of Home Demonstration Club
members and farmers of the county
in launching the enterprise. _
NEW 1931 LICENSE PLATES
READY FOR YOUR CAR
to a small number of active candi
dates.
The Pilot realizes that the active
candidates are workinsg diligently and
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The new 1931 North Carolina li
cense plates are putting in their ap
pearance, orange numerals on a black
background. The sale of plates and
new licenses are on sale by Bruce
Cameron at his residence opposite the
Pinehurst Garage in Pinehurst. They
may be placed on cars at once, and
must be on before January 1st. There
is no change in registration fees,
plates running from $12.50 for pas
senger cars of under 25 horsepower
to $40 for cars over 40 horsepower.
Truck plates range from $15 up
wards.