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\ Friday, September 11, 1931. TriE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen, North Carolina Page Eleven Sandhills Building and Real Estate Activities RAYON INDOSTRY KEEPS 300 BUSY IN NUl AT HEMP ■ore Than 200 Looms Operat- in£? to Lick Depression in Upper Moore County SOME GOLD PROSPECTING At least one spot in Moore county I. not worrying much about the finan- •ial depression, and Edgar Brown miles as he talks about Hoover prosperity. He has built a score of new houses at Hemp, and will prob ably build more, for the increasing number of employes at the Pinehurst silk Mills at Hemp calls for houses a. well as for hands. The 264 looms now in operation at the mills find work for about 300 hands, which number of people is recruited from* out of the village as well as in, and not enough new houses are yet avail able and some of the hands live in other places and come and go in their -ars. ‘,When the new management took hold of the plant last year 96 looms were in place. Since then a larjre addition has been built to the mill, making room for the extra ma chinery. and also enabling the plant to undertake its own throwing of yarn under its own roof, which em ploys a force of hands in that de partment. The expectation is that the number of looms will be increased, for the demand for the woven goods is active, about 90,000 yards of cloth going out weekly. This mater ial is moved to New York entire ly by trucks running on express schedule. The mill runs day and night. The whole product if> woven goods, and the inroad that rayon is making on cotton cloth is apparent if you stop to think how long it is since you have seen ginghams used for any purpose. Rayon is the com moner textile. Good Living Conditions The mill at Hemp has been enlarg ed because various conditions make it desirable to operate at this point. Intelligent, energetic labor is avail able, and the neighborhood is one in which farm products are raised in quantities, which means that living is reasonably cheap. The mild cli mate enables the employes to live at less cost than where cold winters re quire much heavier clothing, more fuel, more expensive houses, and many other things. The rolling, hilly country with its excellent water, sunshine and air are conducive to health. Many of the folks at Hemp own their homes, but a number of houses have been built by the citizens, so that the mills have no housing prob lem on their hands. More will be built, as the substantial status of the mill indicates a long life for the industry with its occompanying need of shel ter far into the future. Hemp is surrounded by a commun ity of solid folks. It is from some- ivhat farther north that Mr. Hoover’s liinsmen came and Joseph G. Cameron, for many years the picturesque speak er of the national House of Represen tatives. Quakers are encountered in the Deep River here and there, and with them the dscendants of good English stock, Scotch-Irish, Pennsyl vania migrants who followed down the Cumberland valley and the Shen^. andoah, Germans among them, hardy, industrious pioneers, who builded broadly in the wilderness and laid some of the most substantial founda tions of North Carolina. The farms up that way are fertile. The fields of grain are generous in their offering. Many good cattle are on the hills. And many an odd dollar is tucked away in the treasury of some of the old householders against that prover bial day when it may be needed. At the talc mines some forty or fif ty hands are digging up from two or three hundred feet below the sur face a couple of car-loads of the 2:r(»und product that goes all over ■ he country to meet a great variety of dei;iands. Possibly the talc you put in your tire comes from Hemp, and possibly the white sediment you wash from your rice has the same origin. Maybe you put in on your face after it has gone to New York and come back with ^ fanciful name on the package. Maybe you use it for a hun dred things. Gold Prospecting Not far from the talc mines several hundred thousand dollars’ worth of gold has been mined in the days gone by, the old mill equipment showing at two or three places where the treasure was yielded up to the com fort of the older generations. A lot of gold is still in the ground up that perhaps in quantity to pay for LHJ Housa Pattarn 326 A. B. SALLY CONTRACTOR Estimates furnished on request Pinehurst Phone 4291 ABERDEEN BUILDING AND LOAN ASSO. New Series Opens September BE THRIFTY—JOIN COLONIAL CHARACTERISTIC OF SECOND FLOOR OVERHANG CONSERVATIVE architectural handling of New England Colonial types of houses is always appreciated, it is the simpleness and plainness of these houses that make them so appealing. Painting of these houses is never a problem, for nothing ought to be used but white and green. And, on the inside, when it comes time to furnish, there are available in every furniture store just the right things to have. Complete harmony of background is possible. House No. 326, designed by a Boston 1,--- PORCH i TERRACE 9*13' ; DINING ROOM LIVING ROOI^^ KITCHEN GARAGE 10'* 17' architect, carries the proper traditions of its ancestors. And at the same time is so laid out that the modern family finds nothing wanting for convenience and comfort. Complete building plans and specifications are available for this house for $1.00. In cluded with the plans is a cardboard cut-out model of the house, architecturally drawn to scale. The model can be. colored, and it will visualize for you exactly what the completed house will look like. Address your requests for plans and model to the editor of this paper, LHJ House Pattern Number 326. BATH ROOjVj ROOM ROOM FIRST FLOOR. PL AN SECOND FLOOR PLAN PICKLER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS PINEBLUFF, N. C. Southern Pines, E. V. PERKINSON General Contractor Telephone 5033 North Carolina HIGHLAND HARDWARE HOUSE SOUTHERN PINES, N. C. Everythingr in Hardware state distributors for Petro and Nokol Oil Burners. H. H. H. • H. H. H. L. V. O’CALLAGHAN Plumbing and Heating Contractor SOUTHERN PINES, N. C. Electro! and Williams Oil-O-Matic Oil Burners Frigidaire Mastoker C. J. SIMONS Electrical Contractor SOUTHERN PINES, N. C. General Electric Wiring System C. L. AUSTIN GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER License No. 783 SOUTHERN PINES, N. C. Phone 5935 COLIN G. SPENCER Building Stone and Lumber CARTHAGE, N. C. SANFORD SASH AND BLIND COMPANY Sash, Doors, and General Millwork Phone 28 Sanford, N. C. further mining, perhaps not. At the present prospectors are looking into the possibilities. For many years the shipment of poultry and other prod ucts from the Hemp country helped the south end of the county along, but of late Hemp has been providing the market for a lot of the country stuff, and the farmers are corres- pondingly happy. Hemp is happy in its good schools, the Presbyterian institution in the village working with the local school board in affording high school privileges to all the chil dren of the district. This is the community that is pre paring to hold a fair in a few weeks, and to make that fair interesting. Building Notes SANFORD FIRM TO BUILD NEW PINEHURST SCHOOL A. L. Boykin & Son of Sanford were awarded the contract for con struction of the new Pinehurst col ored school this week, under authori zation of the County Board of Educa tion. The cost will run slightly undei $12,000, it is said. Work will bs started at once on a modern, fire proof school building. • • • let US jsl&ow you wty GOOD pays! SKnm^iLUAM^ ^nsAHfr^^Amsm The tearing down of the Southern Pines Hotel, destroyed by fire last Spring, will begin next week. E. V. Perkinson, contractor, has the job. Mr. Perkinson says he has some bargain lumber, bathroom fixtures, etc., for anyone contemplating build ing in the near future. SOUTHERN PINES WAREHOUSES, INC. EVERYTHING FOR THE BUILDER Telephone 7131 Truck Delivery M. H. FOLLEY LUMBER YARDS Lath, Plaster, Millwork, Builders’ Supplies ABERDEEN, N. C. Show Cards — Banners — Bill Boards WILSON SIGNS—BOX 463—SO. PINES At Shop, Aberdeen to So. Pines Road, evenings Silk Stencils for Large Number Sign Cards, Boards, etc. SOUTHERN PINES BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION SERIES ALWAYS OPEN HELPS YOU SAVE The new swimming pool constructed by E. Webster Knight II on his Beth- esda Road estate outside Southern Pines has been completed and filled with water. The pool is hooked up with the Southern Pines water supply. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Pavenstedt plan to move into their newly remod eled house near the Southern Pines Country Club on their return from Roaring Gap, where they are spend ing September. Mrs. Pavenstedt pur chased the Herring house about a year ago and has made a number of changes under the supervision of Ar chitect A. B. Yeomans. Austin was the contractor. ♦♦ IX ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ Dr. I.*M. Medlin expects to be in his new office building in Aberdeen before November 1st. The attractive building on Poplar street is nearly completed under the direction of Con tractor Pickier of Pinebluff. Mr. Pickier has a number of new jobs pending. tt ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ Good Time to paint your Home With SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINTS. Inside and out. Big stock colors to select from. BUILDING SUPPLIES FOR THAT NEW OR OLD JOB Yale Locks and Hinges Asphalt Shingles (3 designs and colors) Asphalt and felt for Flat Roofs Green and Red Slate Roof Plumbing Supplies Pipe, Black and Galvanized LARGE STOCK TO SELECT FROM BDKNEY HAKDWJUtE CO. H ♦♦ ti Aberdeen, North Carolina SELL YOUR TOBACCO IN ABERDEEN Prospects are said to be bright for an early start on a new' Postoffice building for Southern Pines. All pub lic building authorized by Congress is to be rushed to provide employment for the idle, and Southern Pines is on the preferred list. A site is yet to be selected. ♦♦ Distributors of ~"YALE"“ Locks and Hardware Weymouth Heights Is what the folks specify who write in to the agencies to inquire about houses for the winter in the Sandhills. On Weymouth Heights, where they are away from the down jumble, off of the main highways, where they are among the pines and the shrubbery, where they have ample room about the house and grounds. On Weymouth Heights, where you have the neighbors you know you will like to see about you, where you have the har monious surroundings that go to make the desirable community you look for when you pick your winter home. On Weymouth Heights, the locations are being reserved, which says the best way to be sure always of what you want on Weymouth is to procure a building spot and have your own house for all time. s. B. RICHARDSON Real Estate ^ Southern Pines. North Carolina t
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