Priday, January 16, 1931.
All Around Merchant and Farmer
Answers Live at Home Problem
the pilot, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen. North CaroUna
I E. Smith Operates Store,
Dairy Meat Market as
Well .as Extensive Acreage
By Bion H. Butler
Out the Linden road from Pine-
hurst is a large concrete building
housing one of the biggest mercan
tile establishments of Moore county.
is carried on by L. E. Smith, a
substantial business man, as well as
a farmer of prominence, who is a
^^j.^j^ressive leader of industry in this
.section, and who has more or less
of an answer as to the future of
fanning in the Sandhills. Mr. Smith
follows diversified farming, for his
farm project includes field crops, a
big dairy, a general store, with meat
market, refrigeration, and all the big
and little things that an ingenious
man in a rural community can de
vise.
The dairy herd includes about 70
head of cattle. The cows are Guern-
Jersey and Ayrshire, slight at-
rention paid to the herd as a breed
ing herd, but much attention given
it as a milk producing organization.
It is a success in th^at respect and an
illustration of what dairying can do ;
in the hands of a man interested |
enough in the cattle to operate on 1
the right basis with the right bus-1
iness faculty and the right judgment |
in carrying on. i
But Mr. Smith as a farmer is more
than a dairyman. He is an advanced
grain farmer, not solely to raise
grain, but to raise grain to improve
the productive powers of his farm.
His farm is not so big as his opera
tion might indicate, but it is farmed |
more nearly to the limit than maiiy I
farms of the Sandhills. He has 1001
acres now in rye and 110 acres in i
barley. Barley is his best producer,
and in line with the experiments 'vith
barley in other parts of the Sandhills.
Mr. Smith says barley is one of the |
saving opportunities of the Moore i
county farmer. He finds it no trouble ■
to take off 36 bushels of barley to |
the acre, and follow that with 40 i
bushels of corn, as barley comes off I
early in the season, giving the corn :
ample time to make a good crop on |
the barley stubble. This year he will j
follow barley with soja beans, one of -
the best forage and grain crops that:
c<in be raised in the sand and a crop
that can be grown here with sue-1
cess and profit. !
Barley Best Crop |
Mr. Smith recently shipped a car |
load of rye and several hundred i
bushels of barley. The rye he grows |
partly because the straw makes good j
bedding for the cows and mules. Of i
grain he gets from 10 to 20 bushels j
to the acre, and sometimes a little!
morf;. But barley he regards as the:
best crop he knows of, for several I
reasons. It comes off early, preparing
the ground for a crop to follow. It'
yields a good return to the acre, and
barley straw is an excellent forage.
Mules eat it in preference to timothy
hays, as the straw is soft and
nourishing. The cattle also prefer
barley straw to hay. Barley is an
upbuilder of the land, probably as;
{rood as peas for a fertilizing crop
-^own early in the fall it holds the
A Gift Overcoat
From the Christmas Daddies
Leads To a New Industry
for Southern Pines
with the help of the crops he grows.
His bill for fertilizers is small, the
stubble, leguminous crops and barn
yard manure supplying the chief
needs. He hks some chickens and
pigs, and some small side lines. His
farm and store are outstanding feat
ures of the neighborhood in which
he operates.
One of Prank Buchan^s Santa
Claus v^fforts has resulted in a ro
mance. Floyd Miller, of Detroit, who
has been in Southern Pines before,
breezed into the settlement about the
time Frs.nk was handing out things,
and seeing that he needed it, and on
the advice of Andrew Creamer,
Frank gave Miller an overcoat. Stim
ulated by his Christmas reception
Miller nosed around town a little and
the next thing the folks knew he had
secured the old Ruggles building aod
he opened the new year with a hand
laundry which started by employing
three or four hands. Mr. Miller says
is going to employ more before he is
done. He finds in the brief period he
has been operating that a demand
exists for hand laundry work, and he
has met with encouragement from
some of the hotels and cottages. He
says he will get some equipment that
can be used to advantage in a hand
laundry and then he proposes to hire
some more folks and get to work
in earnest. He is a laundryman of
experience, land declares the Sand
hills has a trade for handwork that
will exist as long as good work is
done.
Frank is rejoicing because he says
that many a field of work is untouch
ed in this community because nobody
thinks to occupy it, and that the best
cart of Christmas is that which helps
folks to help themselves, as is the
outcome of the Christmas Daddy ef
fort in this case.
land in good shape during the win
ter and is off in time for a foUow
crop. Barley sells well, and is becom
ing poipular all over the sandy re
gion. George Maurice is planting free
ly, the Roseland section raises a lot
of it, the Chapin orchard is raising
it, and ov’’er the sandy part of * 'ae
county it is becoming a favorite soil
improver and cash crop as well as a
feed staple. On land that has been
planted in barley in the fall a crop
of feed and bread crop is produced,
and the land is then in shape to fol
low with corn, cotton or tobacco, witn
the prospect of a good crop through
the fertilizing agency of the barley.
It brings a good price as grain, sell
ing for $1.50 to $1.75.
Mr. Smith makes more silage than
he needs for his herds, but prefers
to have more than enough rather
than less. He operates his farm as a
farm, not as a luxury, so he makes his
feed crops on the farm and has a
surplus to sell. He farms about 250
acres, but as he does not have that
much land of his own he rents a con
siderable acreage, and he rents it be
cause it is profitable to do so. One
of his silo crops is soja- beans. He
does not plant peas to any great ex
tent since the weevil bothers them.
He has a good market for his milk,
and from his cattle he is able to main
tain the fertility of his farm along
Fiarures Show “Live at
Home” Program Gains
Farmers Have Added to Acre-
age in 14 Importamt Food
and Feed Crops
Governor Gardner^s “Live-at-Home”
campaign broadcast through the state
in 1930 and being followed up this
year with another extensive cam
paign is bringing actual results in
increased acreages planted in food
and feed crops.
Figures compiled by C. A. Shef
field, assistant extension director at
State College, for 1930, show that
farmers have added to acreage plant
ed in 14 important food and feed
crops since 1929. As a result, a to
tal placed at $19,000,000 was added
to the value of these crops.
While adding thousands of acres
to food and feed crops the acreage
planted in cotton \^as cut from 1,-
878,000 acres in 1929 to 1,644.000
acres in 1930, a decrease of 234,000
acres and a percentage decrease of
12 for the entire state.
Particularly encouraging to the
“Live-at-Home” workers is the in
crease in home gardens on farms,
more than 10,000 acres being added
in 1930 for a. percentage increase of
above 10.
Other food and feed crops which
show gains in Mr, Sheffield’s tabu
lations follow:
Corn—271,000 acres added; 12 per
cent gain.
Oats—28,000 acres added; 11 per
cent gain.
Barley—3,000 acres added'; 8 per
cent gain.
Hay—66,000 acres added; 7 per
cent gain.
Soy Beans—72,000 acres added; 35
per cent gain.
Cowpeas—13,000 acres added; 10
per cent gain.
Irish Potatoes—16,000 acres added;
21 per cent gain.
Sweet Potatoes—20,000 acres ad
ded; 25 per cent gain.
Sorgum—10,000 acres added; 10
per cent gain.
Truck Crops (Com)—11,810 acres
added; 6 per cent gain.
Laying Hens—230,246 birds added;
4 per cent gain.
Dairy Cows—24,000 head added;
9 per cent gain.
Dr. Symington Talks on
Ounce o f Prevention
Central Presbyterian church, Kansas tttttlXXtt
Cir.y, Mo., and F. L. Jackson, treas
urer of Davidson* College, as speak
ers of the evening.
The day sessions, which will begin
at 11 a. m., Thursday, with an ad
dress by Dr. Anderson, will be con
cluded Friday at noon with another
message from Dr. Anderson. Leading
educators and church officials from
many parts of the south appear on
the announced program. Many from
the Sandhills plan to attend.
FOR BETTER MEATS AT LOWER
PRICES
COME TO
SANITARY CASH MARKET
Aberdeen, South Street E. B. Maynasd, Mgr, f:
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF IHE
BANK OF PINEHURST
at Pinehurst, NorthCaroUna, to the Corporation Commission.
At the Close of Business on the 31st Day of December, 1930.
«
RESOURCES
-oans and Discounts. - $625,848.96
)verdrafts - -
United States Bonds -
\11 Other Stocks and Bonds 10,500.0
Banking House - - -
t' urniture and Fixtures — — - - — *
Cash in Vault c*nd Amounts Due from Depository Banks 180,156.73
Other Real Estate - - - — 1,013.09
TOTAL
.$901,575.60
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock Paid In — - -
Surplus Fund - -
Undi\rided Profits (Net Amount)
Other Deposits Subject to Check — -
Other Deposits Secured by a Pledge of Assets or Depos
Bond - - -
Cashier’s Checks Outstanding —
Cfrtified Checks Outstanding
Time Certificates of Deposit (Due on or After 30 Days)
ings Deposits (Due on or After 30 Days)
r?v
total
100,000.00
33,000.00
7,848.20
440,580.79
48,290.30
1,109.43
273.11
4,100.00
266,373.77
901,575.60
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Tate of north Carolina,
^\TY OF MOORE.
B. U. Richardson, Cashier, Richard S. Tufts, Director, and A. S.
u’ -omb, Director of the Bank of Pinehurst, each personally appeared
‘fre me this day, and, being duly sworn, each for himself, says that
foregoing report is true to* the best of his knowledge and belief.
. B. U. RICHARDSON,
v'orn to and subscribed before me this Cashier.
* 12th day of January, 1931. RICHARD S. TUFTS,
FRED B. MONROE, Director.
y Commission expires Apr. 12, 1932.
Notary Public. ^ ^ NE.WCOMB,
Director.
Now is Time For Treatment
Against Diphtheria and For
That Vaccination
“As we begin another year prob
ably nothing more appropriate could
be discussed than to offer some sug
gestions as to how to begin the new
year with a little bit of practical
health insurance,” says Public Health
Officer, Dr. J. Symington.
1. Now is a good time to treat
any child in the family who has not
been protected with the treatment
against diphtheria. The treatment
may be obtained at the office of any
competent practicing physician or in
any of the whole time health depart
ment offices. As a good part of the
world ought to know by now, a min
imum of three treatments at inter
vals of one week should be given each
child from six months old to six
years who has not previously receiv
ed the treatment. When the treat
ment is given ,the summer and fall
months may come on without bring
ing any anxiety to parents concern
ing an outbreak of diphtheria, which
is always expensive and dangerous.
2. 'It is always a good tifroem
people who have never been success
fully vaccinated against smallpox to
have that little item attended to. It
may save a lot of trouble later on.
If the two foregoing items are at
tended to by every susceptible indiv
idual in the state early in the year, a
great deal of trouble and many deaths
will be prevented.
LOCAL PRESBYTERIANS TO
HEAR NOTED SPEAKERS
Former Governor A. W. Mcliean of
Lumberton will preside over the even
ing session of the conj^erence of Pres
byterian men to meet at the First
Presbyterian Church in Greensboro
on Thursday and Friday, the 2:ind
and 23rd, and will present to the gath
ering the Rev. Wm. Anderson, Jr.,
D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, Dallas, Texas, the Rev. J.
Layton Mauze, O. D., pastor of the
Nidiand Fanns Acreage
It sounds funny in this country of what seems much
wild land to talk about a shortage of acreage as a pos
sible early prospect-
But if you think a minute the acreage lands are
rapidly going into hands that will not care to dispose of
what they acquire.
Then the man who wants to buy will have to pay
different prices than those prevailing now.
That is why Midland Farms Acreage Is a Present
Day Opportunity.
Just a few hundred feet back from the Midland
road, on the high ground overlooking the valley for
miles, on the rim of the world, and in handshaking dis
tance of two or three of the building neighborhoods of
the heart of the Sandhills.
White’s improvement close by, the sale of the Don
ald Ross Knollwood property, the building activity on
Crest Road, all tell what is ahead.
IT IS A GOOD TIME TO SEE MR. EMERY, AT THE GENERAL
OFFICE, PINEHURST, N. C.
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