Friday, May 8, 1931.
THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen, North Camlinfl
Terracing Will Save Your Most
Fertile Soil, Garrison Tells Farmers
Page Nine
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Water Allowed to Run Over
Land Carries Off Most of
Plant Food
• No one piece of work which I have
done in the county has been more
^satisfactory or has shown up better
than the small amount of terracing
work which has been done,’’ said E.
H. Garrison, Jr., county agent the
other day. “It is absolutely impossible
Living- at Home
Farmers Getting On a Better
Cash Basis and Working
Harder to Beat the Game
Fertilizer sales indicate a smaller
application this spring, but more cash
purchases than customary. The con-
0 build up a piece of land without elusion is that farmers are getting
terraces unless the land is practically closer to a hardpan basis, and that
flat, and very little of our soil is that , a shift from the extremely loose
'vay. Sometimes these terraces will
reak with exceptionally heavy rains
but this is rather unusual where they
2^1 well b’lilt up to begin with and
eiven reasonable oare after that time,
'^ome seem to think that unless gul-
credit custom of the past is going on.
Less cotton is planted, more things to
eat and use on the farms, more in
tense effort in farming is apparent,
and more aggressive cultivation is re-
i.- -A . 1 I ported. Comment from different
lie? are washmg mto a piece of land it r . ,, , , . ^ ,
, ^ : neighborhoods is to the effect that
does not need terracing, but we find
that sheet waslung is just about as
injurious. She«t washing is a term
applied to land v/hich water runs over
v.ithout any apparent damage, us
ually land which lies well.
•‘Some of thfi best demonstrations
y: terracing work are to be found in
the farms of D. A« Dunlap, J. R. Dun-
ap, S. L. Brown, O. T. Park, C. C.
Dunlap, Walter Dunlap, J. L. Rice and
many others. The field on which D.
A. Dunlap made his yield of 86 bush
el? of corn was a few years ago badly
washed in gullies. By the use of cover
crops in connection with the terrac
ing work, these men have been able
-G build up some good land.
'Every farmer in the county should
this year make an effort to get in
all the Soy Beans, Velvet Beans, Cow growth. Geologists now say that near-
Peas and other legumes he can this ly half of Louisianna once lay hun-
summer. Put all com in six foot rows j dred of miles up the Mississippi Val-
and Soy or Velvet Beans in the mid- ; ley and its tributaries as the fertile
^les. This will tend to help hold it to- ' \.op soil of thousands of acres of
eether during the summer and also 1 good farming land.
high standard of living is giving way
to vigorous standard of working and
cutting cost comers, of depending on
efforts at home instead of increase of
debt, and a pronounced opinion is en
countered to the effect that the farm
outlook is better than at any time
since the era of unbounded borrow
ing set in. One of the most observ
ant men from one of the townships
remarked this week that debt is los
ing its attraction and that the doc
trine that the gods help them that
help themselves is gaining in mr-
al approval. The suggestion that the
The Week in Southern Pines
Social ■ try Club for eighty members and
The Round Dozen Bridge Club will Commerce directors were their guests
meet on Tuesday afternoon at The j guests Tuesday. The Chamber of
Rangeley with Mrs. B. F. Pye and as well as husbands of the Thistle
Re*app6inted
CARTHAGE
Mr
C. L. Worsheim as joint host
esses.
Club member?.. Mrs. Emmett French
and Mrs. H. A. Gould won the prizes
at bridge during the afternoon. Put-
The second Complimentary Con- ting contests were also enjoyed. Mrs.
cert to be given this week will be held ^ J* C. Barron and Mrs. E. A. Tracy
at the Southern Pines Country Club w ere members of the committee in
Friday evening, May 8th, at 8:30
o’clock. These concerts are given un
der the auspices of the Sandhills Ac
tivities, composed of the Town of
Southern Pines, the Chamber of Com
merce and the Southern Pines Coun
try Club. The first concert was held
at the Civic Club Thursday afternoon.
charge.
On Saturday afternoon the mem
bers of the teachers’ cottage on Mass
achusetts avenue gave a bridge party
to announce the engagement of Miss
Sadie Temple, of Lakeview, S. C., to
L. F. Grinnell, of Little Compton,
Rhode Island. The house was beauti
fully decorated with sweet peas,
roses and mock orange blossoms.
There were eight taWes of bridge.
Prizes were won by Mrs. Brennan
first, Mrs. A. C. Grover second, Mrs.
F. E. Gibbons third, high cut to Mrs.
John Howarth and a guest of honor
prize, a beautiful luncheon set, to
Miss Temple. A color scheme of pink
and white was carried out in the dec
orations and refreshments. Molded
ice cream in forms of roses, wedding
farm i headed for better conditions i bells and wedding slippers were serv-
is heard from various directions in with heartshaped cakes. An an-
the county. nouncement slip reading “S. E. T. to
L. F. G. June, 1931” was found in a
rose on each plate. Out of town g^uests
present were Mrs. L. W. Temple and
Miss Alimae Temple, of Lakeview, S.
C., Mrs. J. W. Davenport and Mrs. W.
H. Fitts of Sanford and Mrs. Bren
nan of New York city.
add a world of humus and other
plant food. Then terrace the land this
fall. If water is allowed to run over
:he land, it 'will take out as much
Dlant food in one season as it will
“The United States is letting its
soil deteriorate through wasteful pro
cesses, a!nd one of the most wasteful
is the failure to protect fields from
erosion. Still rich in virgin soil, this
require to make six crops. Expert au- j country has not awakened to the dan-
:iiorities of the national government j ger threatening its arable lands,
make the statement that every year | “Reforestation, terracing, cover
:f normal rainfall the United States crops and careful farming methods
.oses $200,000,000 by soil erosion, al- |will save the soil and at the same time
most equal to the value of fertilizers j save the tillers of the soil much
applied annually to our farm soil.
'‘Delving further into this matter of
soil wastage, these experts give us
‘ ig figures. For instance, they say
:hat more than half a billion tons of
soil are carried out into the ocean
every year by the rivers of America.
This is more earth, by a considerable
margin, than was moved in digging
:he Panama Canal, and these same
experts claim that fully 10,000,000
acres of once fertile land have been
made barren by water running over
slopes stripped of their protective
vegretation.
worry and money,” said Mr. Garrison.
SOUTHERN PINES GOLFERS
TAKE DURHAM INTO CAMP
Following a luncheon as guests of
A. I. Creamer of the Highland Pines
Inn the visiting golfers of the Durham
High School with their opponents of
the Southern Pines High School ad
journed to the Number 1 course of
the Southern Pines Country Club
where the home four took the visitors
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Pye entertained
several friends at a bridge party Sat
urday evening at The Rangeley hon
oring Mrs. Jessie L. Rogers and Mrs.
Nettie Ayres. Mrs. Irene Millar won
the high score prize, Miss Ethel Jones
second and Mrs. John Fasnacht re
ceived consolation prize. Guests in
cluded, besides the honor guests, Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs.
Leon York, Mrs. Irene Millar, Miss
Ethel Jones, Mrs. John Fasnacht,
Robert Ryder and Miss Ethel Jones.
A gingham girl party was given by
Miss Doris Eddy Thursday evening at
her home on Massachusetts avenue
which was a surprise kitchen shower
for Miss Dorothy Case, bride-elect.
The guests met at the Eddy residence
and went in a group carrying umbrel
las to escort Miss Case down through
Broad street to the party. Appropriate
gam.es and contests were played in
which Miss Emile May Wilson and
into camp with 17 points out of a
possible 18. Bill Woodward scored a | Miss Doris Van Camp were prize win-
■‘Earth washed into the ocean, river | 72, 34 out—38 in, and the other ners. A sort of treasure hunt was then
eds and swamps is rich top soil, with- , members, Gifford, Grover and Harris enjoyed in which Miss Dorothy Case
out which no crop can have heathy j all won their matches. found a string and by following it
through the house and into the yard
discovered cleverly wrapped packages
containing useful kitchen gifts hidden
in unusual places. The string ended
attached to an apron hidden in the
kitchen. In answer to the dorbell Miss
Case found the refreshments in indiv
idual grocery bags which were mark
ed by names on gingham place cards
and instructions to look in the oven
for the cakes and in the refrigerator
for the punch. After being seated the
guests enjoyed the merriment of the
unique refreshment service. Guests in
cluded Miss Case, Miss Emile May
Wilson, Miss Helen Butler, Miss Eve
lyn Lyford, Miss Dorothy Stutz,
Mrs. John Howarth, Mrs. Earle Mer
rill, Miss Doris VanCamp, Miss Al-
gene Edson, Miss Katharine Wiley,
Miss Dorothy Pottle, Mrs. John Rug-
gles, Mrs. Vinson Johnson, Mrs. H. F.
Burns, Miss Ruth Sergeant. Guests
lor refreshments were Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Case, Mr. and Mrs. S. Rug-
gles and Albert Ruggles.
Prompt, Courteous and
Efficient Service
Your patronage respectfully
solicited
H. A. PAGE, JR.
Aberdeen,
North Carolina
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Jimmy Pye entertained ten of his
friends at a birthday party Tuesday
_ ^ afternoon at The Rangeley. The
HI guests enjoyed a theatre party before
gj returning home for games and re
freshments in the grove. Guests were
Lucile and Herman Grover, Walter
Spaeth, Ruth Thompson, Harlow,
Charlotte Henderson, Robert Beck and
Raymond Yorke.
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Mrs. Myron Adams entertained at
two tables of bridge Tuesday after
noon at her home on Vermont ave
nue. Mrs. George Buttry won the
high score prize and Mrs. R. T. Mills
the low score prize. Guests included
Mrs. George Buttry, Mrs. Virgil
Clarke, Mrs. C. L. Worsheim, Mrs. J.
D. Sitterson, Mrs. R. T. Mills, Mrs.
L. M. Daniels and Mrs. Albert
Adams
The Night Club will be entertained
Friday night by Mr. and Mrs. E. V.
Perkinson at their home on Pennsyl
vania avenue.
The Thistle Club held a picnic lun-
Locals
Miss Lillian Malonzo left Tuesday
for Boston where she will spend a
week visiting relatives before retum-
ing to her home in Pembroke, New
Hampshire.
Miss Marion Schwab has returned
to Washington after spending the win
ter season *at The Rangeley.
Miss Emily Richardson, student of
N. C. C. W. Greensboro, spent the
past week-end with her parents and
had as guests Miss Virginia Hassell
of Burlington and Miss Anne Sharpe
and Miss Winifred Murphy of Win
ston-Salem.
Shields Cameron was a delegate to
the National Chamber of Commerce
convention held in Washington this
week.
Mrs. E. P. Goodwin and Mrs. Bertha
Howell will leave Saturday for Port
land^ Maine, to spend the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Goodman have
returned north for the summer af
ter spending the season in their home
on May street.
Miss Gussie Cameron and Miss
Lena Cameron spent Thursday in Rai-
eigh.
Miss Dorothy Richardson returned
Tuesday from Washington where she
was a page in the recent D. A. R.
convention. While there she was the
guest of her brother, George Richard
son.
Mrs. Carl Turning returned Satur
day from Meriden, Conn., where she
has been spending the past four
months.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McBride of Ral
eigh were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
E. W. Merrill over the week-end.
Robert Ryder of Harrisburg left
for his home Sunday after a several
weeks stay at The Rangeley. Mr.
Ryder plans to return to Southem
Pines next season.
The Rev. and Mrs. W. G. Woodall
have closed their home on May street
and left via motor for Port Henry,
N. Y., on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Ruggles and
Prof. and Mrs. Robert E. Brown of
Raleigh were gnests Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. A. S. Ruggles.
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. King and chil
dren who have been occupying the
Dr. Herr house left Monday for Kal
amazoo, Mich.
Maurice Jarratt of the State Board of
Health was in town Friday.
Dr. G. G. Herr and Dr. L. M. Dan
iels attended the North Carolina Den
tal Society whiclfi convened in its
57th annual convention in Winston-
Salem Tuesday.
Mrs. Jessie L. Rogers and Mrs.
Nettie Ayres, who have been spending
the past two weeks at The Rangeley,
have left for Manchester, N. H., mo
toring up. They were accompanied
as far as Peekskill, N. Y., by Mrs.
Mary Hurlbert.
Dr. and Mrs. Colin Carter left for
New York this week after spending
the season here.
Miss Alice Stutz spent the week-end
with her parents.
Miss Julia Morton is spending a
week in Southern Pines enroute to
her home in Maine after spending the
winter in Florida.
Mrs. George Calderwood and Miss
Calderwood have closed their home on
Massachusetts avenue and retumed
to Maine to spend the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Cherry, Jr., and
daughter, Martha Louise moved to
High Point Friday to make their
home. Mrs. Charles Everest was their
guest Friday and Saturday, returning
home Saturday with Mr. Everest and
daughter Eloise.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pottle and Miss
Dorothy Pottle left Wednesday for
Jefferon Highlands, N. H.
The summer Thursday night dances
at I. 0. O. F. Hall in Southern Pines
start next Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. fiutchins, with
Mrs. Hutchins’ sister. Miss Lydia Ma
son, will leave for Forest Lake, N.
H., Sunday night.
Mrs. N. W. Conyers left for Beacon,
N. Y., Sunday night to attend the
funeral services of her father. She ex
pects to return to the Pines within
a week.
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Eckert are mo
toring northward to their home in
Reading, Pa., having left the Pines
Tuesday.
Miss Lillian Malonza left Tuesday
evening for Concord, N. H.
HOWARD BURNS
City Clerk of Southem Pines
RECORD VOTE OUT TO
SETTLE COURT FIGHT
(Continued from page 1)
announced by the secretary was: Yeo
mans, 129; O'Callaghan, 127; Case,
122; Stevens, 122; Patch, 98; Van
Camp, 67; Clark, 58; Woodward, 56
Mrs. Cabell Penn was hostess to the
Tuesday evening Bridge Club at the
home of Mrs. (Gr. C. Graves, her moth
er. Special guests of the evening were
Mesdames M. G. Dairymple, Colin
Spencer, E. H. Morton, Nellie Under
wood, of Fayetteville, and house guest
of Mrs. Will Reid, and Miss Meado
Seawell. Mrs. Underwood took the
guest prize; low score prize went to
Mrs. Colin Spencer and high score
prize was cut for by Mrs. H. G. Poole
and Mrs. F. H. Underwood.
Little Marguerite Wallace, daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Wallace,
who has been in a Faytteville Hos
pital for several weeks for ear treat
ment, has returned home. Mrs. Wal
lace remained with her daughter while
she was confined to the hospital.
Mrs. Flora Black who has been ill
at her Carthage home for several
days, is improving slowly.
Mrs. G. C. Wallace and two little
daughters are visiting Mrs. Ernest
Larkin of Washington, N. C.
Mrs. Jack Lane has returned from
a visit to Virginia.
Mrs. E. B. Withers and little
daughter, who have been visiting
Mrs. Withers’ mother, Mrs. May Gard
ner for several weeks, retumed to
their home in Detroit last week.
Miss Eliza Green has returned from
and Maze, 45, All the members of. . , .
the present board won by a large mar- ^ Raleigh, while there she was
gin over the contestants.
During the counting of the ballots
Judge Poate of the new Recorder’s
Court offered his resignation if the
voters present so desired. In a warm
ly applauded speech he defended the
creation of the court, stating that the
very men who had' been agitating the
establishment of a court were now
demanding its abolishment.
ATTENDING COURT
Sheriff C. J. McDonald of Carthage
went to Winston-Salem Tuesday to
appear as a witness in court.
guest of Miss Elizabeth Green.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Phillips and
children have retumed to their home
in Blackie, Ky., after spending sev
eral weeks in Carthage and Moore
county seeing friends and relatives.
Mrs. N. A. McKeithen and Mrs.
Charles Nicoll, in company with Mrs.
N. A. McKeithen, Jr., were in Char
lotte Monday.
Mrs. J. H. Rose and son Jim of
Cumnock were here Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Preslar of
Peachland have moved to the home of
Mrs. Presler’s father, G. A. Martin.
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week was purchased by Frank Wil
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