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RED CROSS TO
RAISE QUOTA
HAHL.CV
PILOT
FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, January 23,1931.
I
^lade at Meeting in Pine-,
burst Thursday to Raise
Necessary Funds
NEED IS URGENT
all.- have been made by the Moore
/iTV Chapter of the American Red
to raise at once their quota
- .e-ief of the sufferers in drought
i :i\.. meeting was held yesterday
or: in the community church in
;t -t for the purpose of planning
^ ^ ^ e. methods of raising funds,
.' f llowing editorial from the
ork Times of January 17,
^ - rl.e question clearly:
rcers of the American Red
reported to President Hoover
t ; hy that the special appeal for
i lit!,COO is hampered by certain
■ . r lisunderstandings. One of
^ lates to the proposal in the
ena': -o appropriate $25,000,000 to
' ibuted to families left in des-
Eagle Kills Deer
And Then Falls Victim to Gun
of Hunter who Lays
In Wait
Ben Wood of Vass came oy
The Pilot office yesterday just be
fore we went to press and called
us out to view one of the largest
birds ever seen in this section.
It was an eagle, possibly a golden
eagle, and from wing tip to wing
tip would probably measure close
to seven feet. It weighed thirteen
pounds.
The big bird was shot by Neil
McCrimmon about four miles
south of Southern Pines near the
Fort Bragg boundary. ^
McCrimmon had found a deer
which had been killed and partly
eaten and built himself a blind and
waited for the slayer of the deer
to appear again. Yesterday morn
ing he got the culprit.
UNEMPLOYMENT
R0JEFHEREIS
PRACTICAL KIM)
Pineliurst Brotherhood Has Plan
Which Provides Worlt for a
Considerable Num)bc|r
WANT RELIEF, NOT WORK
FIVE CENTS
Festival,” Out Today, Term
Work From Pen of Struthers
st
■*
MASTER FARMERS
RECHVE AWARDS
AT KIWANIS MEET
Bernice Kenyon Gilkyson c^ils
New Novel Local Author’is
Finest Effort
need by last year's drought, | l^^^I Club Distributes $450
hrouerh the Red Cross or di- ^ ^ u
Prizes to Farmers of
Moore County
ei.ht through the Red Cross or di
re:- --y a Government agency. This
itainty is said to be slowing down
h: fiiling of the various Red Cross
■ja- as assigned. Another hindrance
-TC > out of the idea that the Red
in
T. FRANK CAMERON FIRST
Through the generosity of Leonard
r s- has a very large reserve fund, ; Tufts, of Pinehurst, the Aberdeen Ki-
up which it is unwilling to draw I wanis Club, at its luncheon Wednes-
One of the most practical efforts to
relieve the unemployment situations
in the Sandhills section has taken ef
fect in the Midland neighborhood be
tween Pinehurst and Knollwood. There
the Sandhills Brotherhood Relief As
sociation has begun to plant pine trees
on an elaborate scale. When the relief
movement reached Pinehurst the
Brotherhood cast about for some def
inite and practical plan that would
provide employment, yet which would
j make that employment sufficiently
[valuable to incline people to finance it,
j and to so operate that the money put
I into the employment fund return to
j the contributors a value that would
I justify its expenditure when viewed j
from a business point. That kind of | Directors Meet Next Week at
contributions, it was argued, would I Highland Pines Inn; To Hear
be more likely to raise funds than a ] Tufts Again Following Week
purely gift proposition, ^o the Broth-. |
ethood arranged a scheme whereby i The directois of the Southern Pines
the planting of pine trees on naked Chamber of Commerce held a meet-
land might be undertaken, the land i ing in the Country Club Tuesday noon
owners to pay a specified price foi- ' to elect officers for the coming year,
each hundred trees. Eighteen of the twenty-five were pres-
The price believed to be about right | ert. S. B. Richardson w^as elected to
for planting seems to run around six | the .presidency; R. L. Hart, vice-pres
cents a tree, with a possibility that ^ 'dent; Shields Cameron, secretary-
STRUTHERS BURT
Richardson Heads
Chamber of Commerce
By Bernice Kenyon Gilkyson
The njost interesting and most im
portant book that Struthers Burt has
' ever written, his new novel called
"‘Festival,’^ goes on sale at Claude,
Hayes’s Bookshop in Southern Pines
today, January 24th. The publication,
i of this book is a literary event of im-
I portance everywhere, but nowhere is
it of more importance than here in
^ the Sandhills, where everyone knows
■ Mr. Burt and looks forward to each
of his books with a feeling of excite
ment and anticipation.
They used to say that a prophet
was not without honor save in his
own country, nor a writer, for that
matter; but this could never be said in
the Sandhills, where the many local
writers are read and admired, and
their work discussed as vigorously
and intelligently as anywhere in the
world. Everyone who reads “Festival”
will want to discuss it. In the first
I place its interest is very wide, be-
! cause it is about modern society, the
i changing moral code, and above all
; about the instinct and desire for
* beauty which exists in every one of
I us. As another reviewer of this book
j has said, Mr. Burt does for the upp^r
class what Sinclair Lewis did for the
I
I middle class. He shows what the suc-
' cessful business man
' ern young society woman' are like
HEAD OF SIX
NATIONS HERE
ON BUSINESS
Iroquois Indian Chieftain Look
ing Intoi Old Leases Made
by Tuscaroras
By Bion H. Butler
MAKES ADDRESS HERE
his particular object. I day presented »$450 in gold as prizes j experience may reduce it somewhat, treasurer; and M. G. Nichols, Nation- \ i^^side, Avhat they really want out of
T-is matter w’as referred to in the j to the Master Farmers of Moore i but not certain yet. The beginnin”' { al Counselor. The retiring president. : what part of their desires
enate on Wednesday by Senator | County. was made on some of the Pinedah Dr. L. B. McBrayer, addressed the ' chance of being fulfilled. And
Th nas of Idaho, who spoke in a vein | The Master Farmers’ competition, lots, and from there it has spreavl
r all hostile to the Red Cross but ! a forerunner to Governor Gardner’s j to the Midland farms property,
desiring information. In fact, live-at-home program, has awakene i I where considerable t. ork has been
’ necessary details are given in farmers of Moore County to the val- contracted. The expectation is that
S annual report of the American ; ue of compiling mathematical data ; folks who have bare land will look
> ( ross for the year ending June about the crops to guide them in then-1 with favor on this hcheme and ar-
- U'SO. There it is shown that the farm operations. The object of thi | range for much planting during the
meeting. A. I, Creamer invited the
directors to meet with him next Tues
day at the Highland Pines Inn, at
which time committees will be named
for the year.
Richard Tufts has been invited cO
speak to the Chamber of Commerce
in the second place this’ book is per
sonal, the work of a man who is a
poet as well as a novelist,' and who
has written imaginatively and poeti-
call.v of what he things and feels.
Perhaps you may not agree with
An interesting visitor in Southern
Pines the first of the week was Chief
Pinetree, Chief Sachem of the League
of the Six Nations of the Iroquois
Indians, of Pennsylvania, New York
and Canada, who is in North Carolin i
looking into some claims the Tuscar-
ora tribe held on a large acreage of
land years ago during its stay in th«>
North Carolina colony. Chief Pine-
'tree is a Tuscarora chief, who was.
elevated to the head of the league a
few years ago, and he is the over
lord of the whole Iroquois federation
at the present time. His home and
headquarters are on the Tuscarora
reservation, not far from Lewistown.
and Niagara Falls, in New York. The
territory in which his claims are lo
cated is in the eastern part of the
state, and he is down here now look
ing over records and studying the rel
ation of the Tuscoroifa tribe to its
old time possessions.
On Thursday night Chief Pinetree
addressed a large audience at the Car
olina Theatre in Pinehurst, discuss-
ahd the mod- relations of the Iriquois tribe
' to the United States government, the
history o fthe tribe and other phases
of the life of the Red man.
Chief Pinetree is interesting be
cause when the whites came to North
Carolina in 1670, more than 250 years
ago, the Tuscaroras weie one of the
strongest tribes of the neighborhood,
holding domination over much of the
eastern section, lording over the smal
ler tribes, and able to withstand an.v
= ros< has an endow’^ment fund ot ! contest was to educate the farmer winter. The Brotherhood undertakes at the meeting on the following Tues-
1,000,000, and also possesses a into kee«ping records, not only of the ! the job of planting, hiring the men, day.
ve in securities on which inter-' cash crops but of the crops grown and ; carrying on the j(*b, and collectin-i: —
: $1,178,377 accrued within tha i consumed on the farm. from the land owner. The number j J£q||;|0 DdtlOnstrfttiOIl
B I it is distinctly on the basis The program for the meeting was trees set to the acre varies. On some ! . 4. \r
h assets and such an assured in- : arianged by Gordon Cameron, chair- . jobs it has run as high as 600, which ^luD lYiCOlS V 3.SS
that the Red Cross was able to j man of the agricultural committee, I is pretty close together, and from that ■
' t ■ its budget for the current who introduced to the club more than j down to 190 to the acre. These num- 1 Mrs, Ryals Present and Meeting’
all Mr. Burt s philosophy, but every- . , a. j
, Ml • ^ 4- V. „ of the larger ones. Tradition and other
thing he says will interest you. You, . ^ . ...
will want to compart his opinion
a sum of $5,500,00 for “Relief
disasters.” In other words, it must
1 icpared to move quickly to meet
Proves of Unusual
Interest
«0MEN ARE ORGANIZING
indications allied them with the pow.
eivful Iioquois federation of N*e'v
Yoik and the North, the foremost In
dian group in many respects in 'th^-
eastern part of the continent. Thv‘
' Tuscaroras lived in a number of vil
lages in the Neuse River country, buT;
I hunted all over the Buffalo forests
i of Piedmont and eastern North Car-
i olina, ard were early in their con-
i tact with the white settlements. In
course of time conflicts broke out,
I which cubninated in 1711 in a bloody
and dravvnout war of two years. The
outcome was the defeat of the Tus-
i caroras and their withdrawal to New
. York where they joined the Five Na
tions and became the Six Nations.
1 Leased Land Here
j On leaving Noith Carolina the Tus-
I caroras made leases of their lands
W. Edwards, i cost of a hundred trees to the acre | prepared. “We believe in the South” but worthless foreigner, and a group 1 running over long periods, some of
with your own, and see just where yoa
agree and disagree, for the book is
extremely stimulating.
The Story
The story of “Festival” begins in
Philadelphia, where Dorn, a middle-
aged banker, decides to retire from
banking and an existence of meaning
less routine, and build up for him
self a life which will have moie sig
nificance in it than the mere getting
a dozen of Moore County’s leading | bers set the trees from about eight
farmers. T. Frank Cameron, of Green- | to 15 feet apart over the field which
wood Township, was awarded the first j makes a rather close cover. The
an unforeseen emergency. For spec- I prize of $200 in gold, a gold medal ! Brotherhood undertakes to make 00
instances of calamity like the Flor- | and a diploma, for meeting all the { per cent of the trees live, which en-
•ia hurricane, the Texas tornado and [ requirements set forth b.y the agii- I sures a fine forest in a short time.
> T.ouisiana flood it makes special I cultural committee.
: als and receives special contribu- ! W. B. Fisher, of Carthage Town- | Woi-k will be provided for as many : son, presiding over the business se;^ u 1 +•
- But for the seady conduct of ' ship, was awarded second prize of | as can be employed, and naturally if ' sion. The attendance was good and I him and to others a symbol ot perma-
" ■ ereat and indispensable work, it ! ,$150 in gold and a diploma. Frank I many are to be employed it will be j the meeting pioved to be one of un-, nent loveliness and chaim, in a ti
u?’ have a i-eserve fund and a rev- | S. Cox, of Mineral Springs Township, | determined by the number of land | usual interest. \vhich is singularly bare of these qua -
I received the third prize of $100 in | owners who are willing to have their 1 Mrs. W. L. Ryals, home demonstr^- | ities. But Dorn has a selfish wife who
(Please turn to Page 8) ' gold and a diploma. Others receiving | lands set to young trees. The cost is j tion agent, was (present and gave out | fails to understand him; a daughter,
I diplomas were George H. Purvis, jf | easy to figure. At six cent each the | attractive year books which she had Delice, who has married an engaging
Ritters Township, L
The Vass Home Demonstration
Club held its first meeting for the
new year on Monday afternoon, with of money and sharing in a set social
i Hands are paid two dollars a day. the vice-president, Mrs. A. K. Thomo- life. As Dorn sees it, he wants to make
a garden—a garden that will be to
in the j them, according to documents Chief
A»TVQ I of Deep River Township, W. M. Ros- i would be six dollars. This would cov- i was sung and the club collect read, i of friends; and as it happens
" " ley,'of Sandhill Township, and David er an acre with trees about 20 feet j and in response to roll call the mem-' story, their lives are so entangled | Pinetree has with him, coming up j
-'a;
McCallum, of McNeill Township'.
I. 0. Schaub, director of agriculture
of State College, Raleigh, was the
In
V '>rk of the hospital by form-; address he stated that the Ki-
ane the directors of the hos-
asked certain ladies in each 0.1
■Nvns of the county to cooperate speaker at the luncheon.
n (i-dch community a chapter of
"oore County Hospital Auxiliary.
town has responded to this
ati so far. A short time ag6,
■ h.
organized and on January
■It . Marr was elected chairman,
1 hompson, vice-chairman, Mrs.
I ;a.surer, and Mrs. Keith, sec-
that will need to be done sooner or.
later around homes, or wild lands.
wanis Club was rendering a most val
uable service to Moore County and
the state in sponsoring a “better
farmers” contest. The speaker furth-
the leadership of Mrs. Tufts, j ^.tated that to aid the farmer along
i nehurst Chapter of the Auxil- better methods of farm
ing and to keep acurate records is
one of the most important steps.
The judges of the (V>n4:est were E.
H. Garrison and H. C. Thomas, o.f
Carthage, and Ollie 1. Currie, of
urpose of this Auxiliary is toj'jackson Springs. On the committee; —
ihe policy of the hospital and | were Gordon Cameron, of Pinehuist, | SUNDAY SCHOOL SURVEY
way possible to work for the ! named chairman following the death | IN ABERDEEN SU
-f the patient. To this end of J. E. Hew’ston in Pinehurst in ;
asked to join and to con- j November; E. H. Garrii^on, H. C. j On Wednesday evening a
;>th
*;thei
apart. Small tracts would not run | bers told of things which they did in with his own that he seems never to ■ 1931. The tribe has an opinion that
very far into money if planted open- | an effort to keep well. The time of ! have the chance to make his garden, {the lands are still the legitimate piop-
ly. It is said by some of the planters ^ meeting was changed from the thir^ ; His life becomes a compromise be-1 erty of the Tuscaroi as, and the chief
that some of the projects are planted j Monday to the second Wednesday in | tween reality and his desire, made en-| came dow^n from his Ne\V \oik re->
too thick I each month. | durable because of the one deeply hu-1 ervation to look over the prospects.
The Brotherhood also considers oth- j Mrs. Ryals gave a very interesting i man element in it. Dorn’s love for his j The Six Nations are still a nume?-
ei’ things in connection with finding i lesson on meal planning and discussed j daughter and his attempt to under- \ ous and somewhat influential boO> of
employment. It is proposed to under-j the preparation of stuffed cabbage, j stand her and help her in her diffi-j .eople in New ^ ork and Canada, with
take to clean up lots, make various | after which each member was asked | culty. The relationship between father I some of their tribes on reservations
improvements in various directions of |to write menus for three well balanced and daughter is movingly draw^n, and 1 and elsewheie in the countiy. Duiing
that sort, or to do anything that can | meals. * the story of Delice’s marriage and its , the Revolution they were divided in
employ unskilled men at useful work Members of the club expressed their ■ outcome provides the plot for an en-, their friendship for the colonies as
pleasure at having Mrs. Ryals back ! grossing novel. they had been in the Fiench and In-
for another year, as it had been feai- ' A full third of the book is laid in dian vvar proceeding, and their fights
ed that her work w’as going to be ■ Italy, on Lake Como; and Mr. Buit
with each other on the opposing sides
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discontinued.
SANDHILL BROTHERHOOD
HAVING BUSY TIMES
uses the rich background to great ad- ^ were bloody and destructive. But even
vantage, and makes you feel as if you ! with the dissensions among them tha
had been in those scenes yourself, ' Six Nations of the Iroquois Indians
and had had a charlce, with Dorn, to constitute today a federal govern-
compare the beliefs and manners of i ment that is one of the finest exam-
the old w'orld with our own. The end j pies of representative governments in
world, and twice as old as our
of the United States,
before Columbus came t >
A ^ T-i J i reiierious survey wnicn is oeuif4 spui.- 1 cory rignt at me preseni nine. v./uiii- , 1 x-- - —t — x-
more successful a hospital is , End. ; churches of the | mittees are at work on relief and ! one, is given to the problems of the America the Five Nations had organ-
Union ' The Sandhill Brotherhood is having’
' help it must have. Work
) io(i up which the staff itself can-
nule and demands are becom-
inf'i! asingly great. Will you not,
join this organization,
your contribution to Mrs.
-^ana, treasurer, bearing mind
to become a power for good in
community the auxiliary must
hav
a full treasury. Will you also
_ " ' your name to Mrs. J. P. Wil-
’amson, chairman of the Supply
ommittee, or to Mrs. Murdoch Mc-
Leod, chairman of the Social Service
’mmittee, signifying your willing-
to help in active service.
B & L. STOCKHOLDERS
TO MEET NEXT THURSDAY
The annual stockholders’ meeting
of the Aberdeen Building and Loan
Association will be held in the High
School auditorium Thursday evening,
January 29th at 7:30 o’clock. A re-
.port will be made by Dan I. McKeith-
en, secretary-treasurer, after whicn
there will be an election of the Board
of Directors and Officers.
The Association has done splendid
work during the past year and it is
hoped that all the stockholders will
be present at this meeting.
town. The three Sunday School Sup- | unemployment. These are big under- ' subtle and comple^ story,
erintendents, acting* as a committee, 1 takings but the men niean business
have divided the community into nine
sections and each has selected six
persons to assist in this work.
This canvas will be made on next
Sunday afternoon beginning at two
o’clock, and residents of the commun
ity are asked to remain at home until
the 'workers call and to co-operate in
giving the desired information. When
completed ,the census will furnish
facts that will prove exceedingly help
ful to the churches in their evangelis
tic work.
and it is expected that much will be
accomplished along these lines with-
Strong Characters
Mr. Burt wi*ites more' beautifuly
now than ever before. In “Festival”
in the next few weeks. A number of his philosophic digressions, and his
substantial donations were most; passages of pure poetry, are fused
gratefully received in the last week, i with the story itself. They do not
Every man in the community is in
vited to become a member of this all-
embracing, all-year organization. Any
one who has not heard Mr. Robert S.
Denny deliver his lectures each Sun
day morning has been missing too
much. He is most interesting and in
spiring.
stand apart, but are woven into the
fabric of the book. The characters,
even the incidental ones ,are strongly
drawn and very real. You will find
Delice exquisite, and her husband
strange and exotic, and the irresolute
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ized, and their chiefs to the numb.?r
of fifty or more met in regular ses
sion at their chief capital at Onon
daga, New York, to shape the gen
eral policy of the affiliated tribes.
They had attained a degree of civili
zation and progress surpassed only
by some of the Indians of the Mexi
can and Arizona country, had dis
covered that one God ruled the uni
verse, knew many of the most suc
cessful arts of w''ar, and.^ as farmers
were well advanced in the produc-
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