Friday, April 17, 1931.
THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen, North Carolii»
Page. Nine
New Road shid Bridge to Roanoke
Island Thrown Opei^to Public
State Highway System Provides
Dare County, Long Isolated,
With Scenic Route
The primary purpose of North Car-
■lina’s highway program was achiev
ed just 10 years after its adoption
when, on Wednesday evening, the as
phalt road connecting the Dare county
end of the Wright Memorial Bridge
across Currituck Sound with Roanoke
Island, was thrown open to traffic and
an unique ocean-shore drive added to
the scenic highways of the stats.
By the opening of the new road
Maiiteo, Dare county-seat • and the
last county capital in the state to be
isolated has been linked with its fel-
’ nvs scattered westward on out in
Murphy in Cherokee by a continuous
•hair of State maintained highways,
which carry out the first provisions
of the Highway Act of 1921, which
began, “The purpose of this act is to
create a State system of highways
connecting, first, the several county-
^eats of the State ...”
The completion and opening last
tall by private enterprise of the
Wright Mmorial Bridge, spanning
the three-mile width of Currituck
Sound fi’om Point Harbor to a point
nvo miles above Kitty Hawk, on the
Dare county shore, made possible the
construction by the State of the ocean-
shore road, extending southward for
nearly 20 miles within sight of the
coaming- breakers of the Atlantic
Ocean and passing en route Kill Dev
il Hill upon the summit of which the
Government memorial to the Wright
brothers is about to arise; the scene
of the first mechanical flight by man,
the Nags Head summer resort, the
reg’ularly spaced U. S. Coast Guard
stations, and on across the Roanoke
Sound Bridge to Manteo and Fort
Raleigh^ the site of the Lost Colony
.■n Roanoke Island.
Follows the Ocean
Upon crossing the Wright Memor
ial Bridge the road passes first
through a dense jungle of viegetation,
live oaks and scrub pine and dog-wood
which within two weeks will transform
'he area into a pageant of white bios-
Promising Youngster
Woodward, High School Boy,
Wins Second Division
Honors in Pinehqrst Golf
Competing in a field of 153
golfers, young William J. Wood-
vard, student in the Southern Pines
High School, won the Second Di
vision honors o fthe 31st Annual
United North and South tourna
ment played over the Pinehurst
links last week. Scoring an 83 on-
Monday the first day of play and
an 89 Tuesday his 172 for the 36
holes was only 27 more than the
145 made by Dunlap, the tourna
ment winner, and only 6 more than
the tail-enders of the championship
division.
Young Woodward’s final elimi
nation of the contestants of the
Second Division won him the Gov
ernor’s prize, a very handsome per
petual clock and marked him as
one of the leaders of local golfers.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
J. Woodward, of Bennett street,
Southern Pines and is undoubtedly
a coming contestant for high hon
ors in the golfing world.
Extra!! Two Pair Pajamas Saved
Legislature Has at test Done ^mething In Consolidating
i^tate Universities, Says Carl Goerch—Suggests New
Taxing Talkative Barbers and Others
ing celebrations. Plans are already
under way to entertain large num
bers of tourists at that time as well
as a large proportion of the 2,500 or
more Dare county ci*:izens who live
in other parts of the country.
Commercial Students
Hear Barber, Butler
Preacher and Editor on Interest
ing Program Put on by Aber
deen High Students
The Commercial department of the
Aberdeen High School, with the post
graduates taking part, gave a special
chapel program in the school auditor
ium on Tuesday morning.
The Rev, E. L. Barber and Bion H.
soms. Emerging from the woods the j Butler, editor of The Pilot, gave some
splendid points on the subject, “What
is Required of a Young Man or W’o-
man in the Business World.” Mr. Bar
ber spoke about the character of the
young people and Mr. Butler remind-
voad curves southward and for the
rest f its length traverses the white
sands of the North Banks, the ocean
surf almost continuously in view on
the east while at intervals the waters
of the Albemarle Sound can be seen ' ed them of their opportunities to
to the west of the narrow strip of | make better business men and women,
coastland. j Miss Fannie Morton gave a reci-
The Paul Gamiels Hill Coast Guard : tation, “A Message to Garcie.” Miss
Station, with its cluster of weather-! Josephine Weaver a piano solo,
beaten buildings around it, is passed ' “Fifth Nocturne” and Miss La Nilta
.'oon after leaving the woodland while i imberly a vocal solo, “Bo^nnie
Kill Devil Hill, with its slopes plant- j Heather.” Miss Wimberly showed the
ed in grass in order to anchor its ; young people a sprig of heather that
shifting sands in place so as to form i 'vas sent over by Burns’ great great
£ pedestal for the granite shaft of ! granddaughter to J. McN. Johnson
the Wright Memorial, is a landmark ' several years ago from Scotland,
seen from miles distant. By sharp con- ; “Bor>nie Heather” was dedicated in
trast with the g^reen slopes of Kill | memory of Mr. Johnson, who was
Devil are the other sand dunes pass- ! dean of lawyers and Poet Laureate of
ed all along the way, their great i Moore county, a warm friend to all,
By Carl Goerch
The reason the legislature is stay
ing in session so long is because most
of the boys know that this is going
to be their last chance at doing work
of this nature. And they’re not so far
wrong at that. It’ll be a long time
before some of them will ever get sent
up to Raleigh again.
It’s easy to understand now why
the State pays them only for the first
sixty days. After that length of time,
a legislature just naturally becomes
absolutely useless and hopeless. There
would be no sense in paying them
anything. Not even attention.
The revenue bill is still up for con
sideration. There seems to be just
about as much chance of financing the
MacLean law as- there would be of
trying to erect a Ku Klux monument
in Jerusalem. The senate tore things
to pieces last week and is trying to
mend them this week, which means
that the house will promptly proceed
to do a little tearing on its own ac
count.
So far as the best interests of the
State are concerned, it might be a
good idea to send the whole gang up
to Dix Hill for a week and let some
of the inmates of the latter institution
try their hand at legislating. They
certainly couldn’t do any worse.
Final action has been taken rela
tive to bringing about a consolida
tion of the University, State College
and N. C. C. W. That’s one measure
that went through a-kiting. It s go
ing to mean a big saving to the State.
Under the old system, whenever Dr.
Foust got a new pair of pajamas, Dr.
Graham and Dr. Brooks immediately
put in requistions for the same things.
Neither of the educational institutions
wanted the other to get ahead of it,
and they watched one another like
hawks. The new plan is going to do
away with all that kind of comr,edi
tion, and it is going to bring about
not only more economy but also more
efficiency. Ten, fifteen and twenty
years from now, it is going to be
considered the greatest thing that
Governor Gardner recommended to the
legislature. Nobody doubts that the
consolidation was a wise move.
There is now serious doubt that any
satisfactory solution of the tax prob
lem will be reached. It may 'be that the
there would be a terrible argument
over every last one of them, with
the exception of gendeevuses. The
proposal to place a substantial tax on
all gendeevuses in North Carolina
might go through ( because none of
the legislators know what the word
means. As a matter of fact, there is
no such word; I made it up myself.
So it may be that a bill, agreeing
to tax all gendeevsus, might go
through. Any other tax bill stands
a mighty slim chance.
Last Major Golf Event of
Season Starts Friday
The 21st annual Mid-April golf
tournament of the Pinehurst Country
club starts Friday with the qualify
ing round and ends Tuesday of next
week. The best championship division
in the history of the tournament is
expected to compete for the title won
last year by George T. Dunlap, Jr.
Princeton star, who recently annex
ed the North and South Amateur
title. Dunlap also won the qualifying
round last year after tying with
Richard Wilson of Southern Pines,
Georgetown University linksman, de
feating Wilson in the play-off.
The Mid-April tournament is the
last major golf event of the season
at Pinehurst.
MRS. VITTUM TELLS OF
VISIT TO LION FARM
Samarcand Girls Set
Fire to Robenson Jail
* • *
Jailer and Fire Chief Injured in
Attempt to Subdue Young
Rebels
CITIZENS WANT EXPRESS
DELIVERY, BUT NOT MAIL
A large audience greeted Mrs. Al
bert Vittum of Southern Pines in her
travelogue talk in the Assembly room
of the Church of Wide Fellowship on
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Vittum took
her listener^ across the country to
the Grand Canyon, on to California,
told about the lion farm where hun
dreds pf lions are raised annually. She
gave much interesting information on
how the animals are rearer, and
their commercial value, especially for
the movies.
A musical program was arranged
by Mrs. Charles M. Grey and includ
ed piano selections by Miss Ruth
Thompson and violin selections by
Miss Hazel Getchel, with Mrs. Grey
as accompanist. A pleasing feature of
the program was a humorous reading
by Miss May Pearson.
The Robeson county jail at Lum-
berton was a scene of insurrection
Wednesday afternoon when six of the
sixteen girls held there for burning
two buildings at Samarcand, state in
stitution for delinquent girls, set
their bunks on fire and attacked of
ficers and firemen who came to res
cue them.
These girls had been placed in a
cell when they rebelled in a less vio
lent manner, and the next day they
led the worst insurrection in the his
tory of this section.
Hastening to their rescue when he
discovered the fire, Jailer Austin
Smith turned them out in the so-called
“run-around” to prevent their smoth
ering. They dashed to the windows,
tearing out panes of glass and sash,
with which they attacked the jailer,
cutting one finger almost off and
filling his face with glass.
Sheriff P. S. Kornegay was attack
ed in the same way when he arrived,
though not injured. Responding to a
call, the Lumberton fire department
was accorded the same treatment.
Fire Chief Ed Glover also getting a
cut hand. Profanity rent the air.
By physical force the girls were
brought under control, while fire
men extinguished the fire and attend
ants cleared a new cell for them.
They were put in this after being
searched. Every piece of furniture was
taken out.
No reason is assigned for their
acts. Time and again the girls had
expressed keen appreciation for the
courteous treatment of Jailer Smith
and the interest Lumberton people
had taken in them. Those not taking
part expressed shame and indignation
for what has happened.
Taking part were Margaret Prid
gen, Wilmington; Virginia Hayes,
Leaksville; Marion Mfercer, Ayden;
Josephine French, Haw River; De-
lorise Sewell, Cove City; Rosa Mull,
Rutherford.
In the Chamber of Commerce ref
erendum in Southern Pines regarding
mail and express delivery, 211 an
swers had been received up to Wed
nesday, with the following result:
For express delivery, 172; against,
43.
For mail delivery, 60; against, 148.
TOBACCO TALK ON RADIO
I. 0. Schaub, dean of the Extension
Department of N. C. State College,
will address the fanners of North
Carolina over Radio station W. P. T.
F., from Raleigh at 12:20 p. m. today,
Friday. Dean Schaub’s address will
be furtherance of Governor Gardner’s
“Live At Home Program,” and espec
ially in the interest of the campaign
for a reduction of tobacco acreage.
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Let Us Help You
Build Right!
When you buy Lumber from
us you do so with the assur
ance that it is the highest
quality obtainable plus the
proper kind of seasoning.
That gives you Lumber that
you can rely upon—Lumber
that workmen find it easier
to handle. And when you or
der you are certain of quick
and efficient service.
FOLLEY’S LUMBER
YARDS
Aberdeen, N. C.
masses of shining white sand moulded
and rippled by the wind which stead
ily rrioves them to leeward year by
year
and one of the finest business men
Aberdeen has known.
Miss Effie Ellen Butler is director
o fthe Commercial department and the
Just to the north of Kill Devil hill ! department has done splendid work
is the granite boulder which marks | during the past year and deserves
the actual site of Wilbur and Orville
Wright’s first successful airplane
^ight, at that time on the slope of
the hill which has moved about three
quarters of a mile to the southw^est
j^ince 1903.
After passing within sight of the
wrecks of the steamers Carl Gerhard
and Paraguay and the schooner Irmia,
the road reaches the new Kill Devil
Hill Coast Guard Station and a few
miles further on passes through the
Nags Head summer resort, where the
‘"^trip of coast between the Albemarle
Sound and the Atlantic Ocean nar
rows down and cottages are evenly di
vided between ocean and sound shores.
Coast Guard Station
South of the resort is the Nags
Head Coast Guard Station and the
road extends on to make a juncture
" ith the causeway and bridge across
Koanoke Sound to Roanoke Island and
into Manleo.
While on Roanoke Island the mo
torist can ride on hardsurfaced roads
to the north end of the island where in
natural amphitheatre in the woods,
-arpeted with pine-needles and reached
through memorial gates, is the site of
Sir Walter Raleigh’s Lost Colony of
Hoanoke Island, The road also ex
tends to the southern tip of the island
where is the fishing village of Wan-
chese, from which can be seen across
•be upper part of the Pamlicp Sound
Bodie Island light and the narro'vs’’
width of Oregon Inlet, the famed
fishing ground of Northeastern North
Carolina.
With the newly opened coast section
within two hours ride of Elizabeth
City and Norfolk automobile traffic
over the new road is increasing daily
and is expected to reach its culmi
nation next August when Dare county
will hold the second of its home-com-
much credit for this good program.
Large Entry Is Expected for
North and South Target Shoot
An entry of more than fifty men
and women marksmen is expected for
the 13th annual United North and
South amateur target tournament,
which starts at the Pinehurst Coun-
Club Monday and concludes the follow
ing Saturday.
The tournament winds up the seas
on’s trapshoot activities of the re
sort, and the last two days of com
petition comprise the North Carolina
state championship tournaments. On
ly residents of North Carolina are
eligible for the state event. D. H.
McCullough of Charlotte is defending
champion in the singles contest and
the handicap championship. W. F.
Hall of Concord is state doubles
champion, and will he here to de
fend his title.
From th>3 North Carolina entry
five men will be picked to represent
the state at the Grand American
tournament.
APPROACHING CONTEST
Guests of the Highland Lodge
played in an approaching and putting
contest last Monday afternoon, on
the 18-hole miniature course in the
Lodge Grove. Charles R. Newton of
Stafford Springs, Conn., was master
of ceremonies and awarded the low
score trophy, presented by Mrs. Grear-
son to Mrs. Haskell of Princess Anne,
Maryland, who had the low score of
53. Low gross honors went to George
B. Taylor of Erie and Mr. Newton,
who tied with 46. A special trophy
was presented to the Rev. J. Fred
Stimson, architect and builder of the
course.
legislature will have to adjourn and
be called back later in special session.
Probably around the first of July. It
is doubtful, however, whether much
sen^e could be drilled into then dur
ing that brief interval. I *♦
There ought to be a law passed, ' H
providing for all members of the Gen- ;
eral Assembly to pass intelligence
tests. Such tests would automatically
throw out at least three-fourths of the
entire mem'bership and perhaps the
balance could settle down to work
and accomplish something.
Whatever else happens, there is one
thing that is absolutely certain; no
one is ever going to brag about hav
ing been a member of this particular
session of the legislature.
The farmers of the State, for the
most part, have allowed the Gener
al Assembly to pass from their minds,
and are now occupying themselves
with getting another year’s crop in
readiness. Indications are that cotton,
tobacco and other crops are going to
sell at a much lower figure this fall
than last year. It looks as though
there isn’t going to be any material
reduction in taxes. From now on the
average farmer probably will regard
floods, droughts and legislators as
his worst enemies. And the greatest
of these is the legislator! The damage
done by the boll weevil this summer
won’t be anything in comparison with
what the General Assembly is doing
at the present time.
The whole trouble lies in failure to
agree on some form of taxation would
provide sufficient revenue to take
care of the provisions of the Mac-
Lean law. The house doesn’t want
the equalization fund, and the sen
ate doesn’t want the Hinsdale or the
Day bill. There are about a ^thous
and other things they don’t want,
and not a single thing on which they
can agree.
“There’s got to be some way of
raising the money,” said Senator
Ward last week. “If we can’t raise
it one way, we must raise it in some
other way.”
Absolutely correct. I suggest that
consideration be given to putting into
effect some of the following taxes:
Tax on talkative barbers.
Tax on honorary pallbearers.
Tax on folks who eat chitterlings.
Tax on men who tell you the bright
things their children say.
Tax on boresome members of the
legislature.
Tax on gendeevuses.
If those propositions were submitt
ed to the General Assembly for con
sideration, I’m willing to bet that
TO TAXPAYERS:
Town taxes are now past
due and I have been author
ized to advertise property
the first of May for sale for
delinquent taxes. This will
%
add considerable cost. Pay
now and avoid penalty and
embarassment
J. T. HARRINGTON,
Town Tax Collector