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THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, A^deen, North Carohna
Bishop and Pleasants Pulled First
Train into Carthage Back in 88
Scores Legislators
*■
Mrs. Minnie Tyson, a Passenger,
Recalls Initial Trip on What is
Now the Moore Central R. R.
Fewest Aliens
North Carolina Maintains Re
cord for Small Number of
Foreign Born Citizens
One of the most exciting events in
the history of this part of Moore
county was the operation of the
first scheduled train over the rail- i
road between Cameron and Carthage, Census Bureau at Washington
in August of 1888, according to Mrs. ^ report on the population of
Minnie Tyson, who was a passenger. North Carolina by color, nativity and
She was a little lass then, and her State maintains its record
father, the late S. G. Holleman, was
the engineer in charge of the con
struction of the branch line that has
since come to be known as the Moore
Central. It then, as now, connected
with the main line of the Seaboard
at Cameron.
Court week always attracted hun
dreds here in those days, and the of
ficials decided upon the first Monday
in August, when the criminal ^-crr.i of
court began, as the date for the first
scheduled train over the road, and by
dint of hard work, Mr. Holleman had
everything ship-shape on the line by
that day. The train left Cameron at
10 o’clock and was composed of one
coach, with two compartments—one
for the passengers, the other for the
mail and express. A little “dinky” en
gine furnished power.
The crew that manned the train,
Mrs. Tyson recalls, was composed of
W. R. Pleasants, a brother of Mrs.
N. A. McKeithen, fireman; W. R.
Bishop, engineer, who also acted as
conductor, collecting the fares be
fore pulling the throttle that sent
the little engine puffing on its way
to Carthage. Besides Mrs. Tyson, the
judge who presided at the August
1888 term of Moore County court,
several lawyers and a few local peo
ple, who took the ride for the thrill
of the experience, were passengers.
First Iron Horse
Both sides of 'the track between
Cameron and Carthage were lined
with people to see the train pass, says
Mrs. Tyson. They reached Carthage
without mishap, about 11 o’clock.
People had come all the way from
upper Moore county to see the iron
horse, and they were so im*patient
that when it did not arrive when they
expected, they ran down the track to
meet it. They were wild-eyed, be
wildered folk when the train came
pulling in.
R. A. Honeycutt was the agent at
Carthage and Mr. Holland had charge
of the upkeep of the road. Only four
men were required to run the rail
road.
A few years later the road was leas
ed to the late Major W. C. Petty, then
of Manly, for a term of 99 years. Mr.
Petty was an extensive turpentine op
erator and conducted a large mercan
tile business, but after taking over
the railroad, he disposed of bis Manly
holdings and moved to Carthage.
One of the new owTier’s first acts
was to send to New York and have a
special engine made to order. It was
often referred to as the “little coffee
pot.” Its whistle was very shrill. It
could be heard a long distance and
the engineer took great pride in blow
ing it loud and long. The fireman took I
for the fewest aliens. The percent be
ing 0.1.
An interesting fact is that negro
women outnumber negro men 25,647,
indicating that many colored males
come North to work and leave their
wives and other womenfolk behind.
The surplus of negro females gives
North Carolina more women than
men.
The native white population of the
state in 1930 was 70.2 per cent com
pared with 69.7 per cent in 1920.
North Carolina has a scattering pop
ulation composed of 10 Mexicans,
16,579 Indians, 68 Chinese, 17 Japan
ese, 6 Filipinos and 1 Korean.
The report of the Census Bureau
for the 1930 enumeration gives the
total population of the State on April
(last year) as 3,170,276, comprising
1,575,208 males and 1,595,068 females.
There were in the State 2,234,948
white persons 918,647 negroes, and
AUT0M0BIL7 LICENSE LAl^-
SLAIN TO KEEP COMPANY
WITH HIGHWAY VICTIMS
HON. ROBERT N. PAGE
DREAD TOBACCO DISEASE
DISCOVERED IN STATE
Downy mildew, known scientifically
to plant disease investigators as “to
bacco blue mold” has made its ap
pearance in North Carolina, having
been recognized in at least two coun
ties, Green and Robeson, says Dr. S.
G. Lehman, plant pathologist for the
North Carolina Experiment Station.
The disease may be in plant beds of
other counties but as yet has been un
recognized.
“Growers should watch their beds
closely for the appearance of a bluish
mold on the leaves of the young
plants,” says Dr. Lehman. “When this
is seen, prompt measures should be
taken to prevent further spread. Us-
lually the disease appears in spots.
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the club. What the committee was
I able to accomplish is best told in Mr.
I Page’s report, which reads as fol
lows:
To Directors, Aberdeen, Kiwanis
Club:
Your committee on Automobile leg
islation, a standing committee, that,
insofar as its chairman is concern
ed, has stood a long time, and accom
plished very little, begs to submit this
report of its activities during the
now happily expiring General Assem
bly.
Two of the three members of the
Committee are also members of the
General Assembly; the third member
has spent the winter in Raleigh dur
ing the entire session; it would seem
to have occupied a strategic position
for favorable approach to the Solons.
lowing named territory:
1. Original, exclusive, and con
current jurisdiction, as the case
may be, of all the offences| com
mitted within the corporate limits .tuitions ca
of the municipality which are now j course, hasten or retard the d
Friday,_fey
Peaches m the Hamlet area are
in the same stage of development
the Newman section which terrl''
had a normtl crop last year
Local weather condition. ’
pro.
or may hereafter be given to justices ment of peaches in each sectio
of ■ the peace under the constitution With the apparent increased
and general laws of the state, includ- | duction in the United State
ing all offences of which the mayor last season and considering tli
crease in buying power grower! ct
only hope to realize a profit from
year’s efforts by producing
peaches, well colored and of excp^^ !
quality If the crop will mature in Z
order ,n which it has developed t
o.r other municipal court now has jur
isdiction.
2. Original and concurrent juris
diction with justices of the peace of
all offences committed putside the
corporate limits of the municipality
and within a radius of five miles | date it should be moved to ^he m
thereof, which is now or may hereaf- | kets without the confusion that
ter be given to justices of the peace I suited last year with so nianv
under the constitution and general j tions coming In together.
laws of the state. j If you would meet with success thi
3. Exclusive, original jurisdiction | year it is esstmtial that you—
re-
sec-
of all other criminal offences com
mitted within the corporate limits of
such municipality and outside, but
within a radius of five miles thereof,
which are below the grade of a fel-
For the first month of the session | ony as now defined* by law, and the
16,681 of other races, the last in-| Under conditions of rainy weather,
or under cool dewy nights alternat
ing with warm days, the disease
spreads rapidly through a hed killing
the plants about the time they are
ready to set in the field. All plants
in the diseased spots should be de
stroyed.”
The best way to destroy the effect
ed areas is to soak the plants and
the soil in the diseased area and a
few feet around it with a solution
made by mixing one part of formaly-
dehyde to 25 parts of water, recom
mends Dr. Lehman. Cover this area
with soil. Next spray the entire bed
with Bordeaux Mixture, made up by
mixing 2 pounds of Copper Sulphate
and 2 pounds of Stone Lime in 50
gallons of water.
Dr. Lehman says this protective
spray should be applied daily during
the rainy weather and every two or
three days when it is not raining. Also
give the young plants plenty of air
and sunlight and transplant to the
open field as soon as possible. How
ever, no diseased plants should be put
in the field.
eluding Mexicans, Indians, Chinese,
Japanese, etc. As compared with the
number in 1920 (1,783,779), the white
population shows an increase of 25.3
per cent, while the negro population
(which numbered 763,407 in 1920)
shows an increase of 20.3 per cent.
The white population included 2,-
208,563 natives of native parentage,
17,c97 natives of foreign or mixed
parentage and 8,788 foreign horn. Of
the whole number of foreign born,
5,463 were naturalized, 603 had tak
en out their first papers, and 1,780
were returned as alien, with reports
on citizenship missing for 942. Alien
foreign born whites represented one-
tenth of one per cent of the popula
tion in 1930, the same proportion as
in 1920.
The population 21 years of age
and over numbered 1,542,125, or 48.6
per cent of the total. The foreign-born
white population 21 years of age and
over amounted to 8,290, of which
number 1,549 w^ere returned as
alien.
all indications seemed most favora
ble to the enactment of a Driver’s
License law, and in fact it did pass
one body, the Senate; but the House
would have none of it, very promptly
defeating it in spite of the earnest
and eloquent pleas of Representative
same are hereby declared to be petty
misdemeanors.
4. Concurrent jurisdiction with
justices of the peace to hear and bind
over to the superior court all per
sons charged with any crime committ
ed within the territory above mention-
1. Control worms and other de
feets.
2. Produce only large peaches 2x1
or 2x2 size. ’ ’
3. Grade and pack your fruit care-
fully and attractively.
AFTERNOON MUSIC ALE
A number of the younger musicians
of the Sandhills were heard Thursday
afternoon. May 7th, at the Civic Club
I Southern Pines, when an afternoon
Spence. The majority of the mem- j of which the recorder s court is musicale, observing National Music
bership became so worked up over | not herein given final jurisdiction. ' Week, was given,
the plight of the poor down-trodden . 5. All jurisdiction given by the ; The musicians were presented by
taxpayer, he could not hear to think j g^eneral laws of the state to justices the Sandhills Activities and the use
of charging fifty cents to the own- of the peace, or to the superior court, I of the Civic Club was very kindly giv-
to punish for contempt, to issue writs j en by the club directors. Appearing on
ad testificandum, and other processes the program were students from the
to require the attendance of witnesses studios of Mrs. Claude Hafev Mrs
Eugene A. Bariteau, Miss Gleason and
Mr. Charles Pier, and included Ruth
Cameron, Barbara Hoyt, Susan Swett,
Barbara Pearce, Jeannette Hoyt,
Evelyn Edson, Bertha Fowler, Jack
Page, Jamie Boyd, William Klump
and Charles Everest, Jr.
THANKS THE PILOTT
er of a $50 second hand Ford that he
was licensed to operate a deadly wea
pon on the highw'ay. So the timid
Solon, more concerned about the vote jand to enforce the orders and judg-
of the said Ford owner, than for the | ments of the courts,
lives of men. women and children,
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shouted; “On with the Slaughter,”
and the License law was slain, to
keep company with the victims of the
highways.
The same fate was meted out to
the bill increasing the patrol.
Therefore, your committee has
BUMPER PEACH CROP IN
PROSPECT FOR 1931 SEASON
(Continued from page 1)
drop. Nevertheless growers will have
to thin heavily if they are to produce
shamefacedly^to rej)ort no progress increased produc-
tion will be largely Elbertas and some
early fruit and will come principally
and asks to be dicharged.
Respectfully submitted.
-ROBERT N. PAGE,
Chairman.
For the Committee.
May 5, 1931.
RECORDERS’ COURT SUSPENDS;
MAYOR TO TRY ALL CASES
from the Thomaston-Macon sections
and south through Ft. Valley. The
Cornelia section will have about a
300-car increase over last year.
As indicated by the present devel-
Editor, The Pilot:
At the last meeting of our General
Committee the work accomplished
thus far in the aid of unemployment
was reviewed, and the assistance so
generously given by you and others
was discussed.
By motion, unanimously carried, I
opment of the crops in the various was instructed to convey to you the
sections it wo^d be the writer’s opin- ; sincere thanks of the Committee for
ion that the Cornelia section is about the publicity which the Pilot so kind-
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COMMENCEMENT AT ELISE
ACADEMY MAY 22 to 26
m.-
m.-
The program of events at the An
nual Elise Academy Commencement
is to be as follows:
Friday, May 22th—8:00 p.
Musical Recital.
Saturday, May 23rdJ8:00 p.
Motion Pictures.
Sunday, May 24th—11:0 a. m.—
Baccalaureate Sermon by Dr. H. G.
Bedinger, president of Flora MacDon
ald College, Red Springs.
8:00 p. m.—Christian Endeavor
Sermon by Rev. R. A. MacLeod, pres-
DENTAL SOCIETY MEETING
BEST YET, SAYS MEDLIN
act provided for the referendum, but
no act of the legislature was neces
sary for the court’s establishment.
The general laws of North Carolina
permit any town with a population
of 1,000 or more to create a munici
pal recorder’s court, without special
act and without appeal to the voters.
It will be of interest to recite here
the law of the state bearing upon
the question.
Sub Chapter 4, Article 18, Section
1536 of the General Laws of North
Carolina reads:
In each city and town in the state,
which has acquired a population of
15 days; Newnan-Woodbury section
about 10 days and Thomaston section
about 5 days behind Ft. Valley.
ly furnished.
—ETHEL BURNHAM,
Secretary.
Dr. 1. M. Medlin of Aberdeen re
ports the most successful meeting at
Winston-Salem the N. C. Dental So
ciety has ever held, both in attend
ance and type of program. Taking
into consideration the North Carolina
State Society is considered one of the
most progressive in the union, this
is saying a good deal. | thousand or over by the last fed- ^ §
eral census, a recorder’s
n
equal delight, too, in ringing the lit- | Maxton Junior College.
tie bell. In those days cattle ran at
large and the train would have to
stop accasionally to let a cow or hog
pass before it could proceed on its
way.
A Thriving Business
During Mr. Petty’s management
the road was axtended to Hallison,
giving rail facilities to the people
of that section. The road did a thriv
ing business. There was much tim
ber shipped in those days, and the
dewberry business was at its zenith.
This accommodating little train would
stop at any point to take on a load
of berries.
Following the death of Mr. Petty
the road was taken over by W. T.
Shedd of New York, then R. M. Cald
well of Concord, father of Ralph Cald
well of Aberdeen, who worked as con
ductor during his father’s manage
ment. It later fell into the hands of
Judge McConnell of New York,
who extended the road to McConnell.
Judge McConnell managed the road
for many years, and while here he
made many friends and he was living
in Carthage when his son, Jim Mc
Connell,'enlisted in the French army.
Lieutenant McConnell was killed in
action while flying for France, and
there is a fine monument erected to
his honor in the county.
Mr. Holleman was superintendent
of the road during most of its ex
istence, quitting only when advanced
age incapacitated him for active work.
m.-
Monday May 25th—1:00 p
Annual Alumni Luncheon.
4:00 p. m.—Baseball Game.
Tuesday, May 26th—10:30 a. m.—
Class Day Exercises, “In the Garden
of Tomorrow!”
2:30 p. m.—Graduation Exercises,
by Dr. Lacy L. Little.
8:00 p. m.—Annual Senior Plaj%
“Mother Mine.”
With regard to the Annual Alumni
Luncheon, all former Elise students
are eligible to attend, as well as in
terested friends. Price per plate, 75c.
It would be advisable to notify the
school in advance if you can attend,
but failure to do so should not deter
one from attending.
PICQUET TO LEAD ALL
FAYETTEVILLE CHOIRS
Charles W. Picquet of Pinehurst,
manager of the Carolina Theatres, is
to lead the combined choirs of all
Fayetteville churches in a joint music
service to be held in the Methodist
Church at Fayetteville on Sunday
night, May 10th.
MUSICALE TONIGHT AT
SO. P. COUNTRY CLUB
Observing National Music Week,
which was inaugurated several years
ago by the National Federation of
Music Clubs to stimulate and increase
interest in music, a musical evening
will be given this Friday, May 8th,
at 8:30 o’clock in the Southern Pines
Country Club. There will be no ad
mission charge nor will there be any
offering taken and everyone is very
cordially invited to be present.
The concert is given under the au-
pices of the Sandhills Activities and
the use of the Country Club was very
kindly given by the directors of the
club. Appearing on the program for
the first time in a number of years
will be the Sandhills Chorus, singing
two popular thoral numbers. ThosG
appearing on the program include the
Sandhills Sixteen, Charles Pier, cel
list, the Sandhills Women’s Double
Quartette, Mrs. Raymond Kennedy
and Mrs. Grady Bumey, sopranos,
Mrs. Charles Grey and Mrs. R. F.
Beasley, pianists, and Mrs . Reid
Pleasants, contralto.
The out of state clinicians were
Bunting, authority on diet. University
of Michigan School of Dentistry; Dr.
Ivey of Philadelphia, internationally
famous for Oral Surgery; Dr. J. Ben
Robinson, Dean of the School of Den
tistry, University of Maryland; Dr.
William Souder, Chief of Dental
Laboratory, National Bureau of
Standards, Washington, D. C., and Dr.
Holiday, on Radiodontia (X-ray),
from Columbia University.
Dr. Medlin states that it was his
privilege to discuss the lantern slide
lecture of Dr. Holliday, and to give
his clinic on Radiodontia Tuesday a.
m. He regrets to report however,
failure in an effort to get the next
State meeting to be held in Pinehurst
by 6 votes. The vote was 75 for Eliz
abeth City to 69 for Pinehurst. All the
Sandhills dentists attended the con
vention, Drs. Herr and Daniels of
Southern Pines and Dr. Henderson of
Pinehurst in addition to Dr. Medlin.
NIAGARA
census, a recorder's court for
such municipality may be established,
which shall be a court of record and
shall be maintained pursuant to the
provisions of this subchapter.
Sec. 1537—The court shall be pre
sided over by a recorder, who may
be a licensed attorney at law, and
who shall be of good moral character
and, at the time of his appointment
or election, a qualified elector of the
municipality. The first recorder,
upon the establishment of such court,
shall be elected by the governing
body of the municipality, either at the
time of the establishment of the court
or within thirty days thereafter, and
he shall hold office until the next
municipal election and until his suc
cessor is duly elected and qualified.
If a vacancy occur in the office at
any time, the same shall be filled by
the election of the municipality, at the
regular or special meeting called for
that purpose. After the first elected
recorded each succeeding recorder
shall be nominated and elected in the
municipality in the same manner and
at the same time as is now provided
by law for the elective officers of the
DON’T GIVE THOSE PESKY
FLIES A LOOK-IN
You don’t want any kind of intruders buttin’ into
your home life....especially those pesky flies that flit
from garbage can to baby’s crib or to your soap. Better
fortify your home with screens now screens that say
‘'no trespass.” We build them to fit any door—at prices
that are very reasonable.
We will build you a trellis or pergola, too.
M. H. FOLLEY LUMBER YARDS
Lumber, Millwork & Builders Supplies
Aberdeen, N. C. Phone 129
MORE BIG DOLLAR DAY SPECIALS
Wear-Ever Aluminum Sauce Pans, Regular Price, $L00,
on Monday and Tuesday 3 for $1.00
50 Feet 5-8-inch Rubber Garden Hose with Nozzle, com
plete, on Monday and Tuesday $3.50
Space-Saver Refrigerator Sets Greatly Reduced
MONDAY AND TUESDAY ONLY
HIGHLAND HARDWARE HOUSE
SOUTHERN PINES
NOTHERS DAY at the NARION SHOP
The Rev. M. M. Adams and wife,
who have spent some time in Niagara
as guests of Mr. and Mrs; L. D. Wil- j municipality, and in the general elec-
liams, left Saturday for a trip north. |tion for such officers. Before entering |
Miss Nettie Williams has returned j upon the duties of his office, the re-
from a trip to Orange, N. J. corder shall take and subscribe to an
Millard Reynolds and family spent j oath of office as is now provided by
a day or two in Charlotte the past ■ law for a justice of the peace, and
week. shall file the same with the clerk of
J. V. Snipes and two boys, Robert the board of the city or town,
and Leroy, and John Smith went to | The salary of the recorder shall be
Raleigh on business Saturday. j determined and fixed in advance by
W. F. Smith and Miss Mabel Smith j the governing body of the city or
town, and shall be paid out of the
Just returned from New York this
week, have purchased up to the min
ute Styles in Ladies Dresses and
Hats.
Come in and select your New Summer
Dress and Hats. Prices are the low
est on New Dresses and Hats that
have ever been.
200 New Ladies Hats to select from.
300 New Dresses.
of Raleigh spent the week-end with
relatives in this section.
Mrs. Hartford and daughter, who
have spent part of the winter in Pine
hurst, and Miss Leona Patten, who
has been in Southern Pines have now
returned to their home here in the
New York cottage.
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Blake left Mon
day for a motor trip to Vermont for
a few weeks.
funds of the municipality; Provided,
that the governing body of such city
or town is hereby authorized to pro
vide a schedule of fees to be charged
by said recorder; Provided further,
that the recorder may also be the
mayor of the municipality.
Section 1541 deals with jurisdiction,
as follows: The court shall have the
following jurisdiction within the fol-
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