Page ?'ou» THE PILOT, Aberdeen and Southern Pines. Norlli Cairolina Friday, May 6, 1932. Horse Plays Important Part in Local Development, Kiwanis Hears “IS THIS FAIR 1‘LAY?’ Speaker Tells of Winning of Maryland Hunt Cup Steeple chase by Horse Schooled Here In a talk befoi’e the Kiwania Club at its weekly meeting held in the Sunday School building of the Aber deen Methodist Church Wednesday noon Nelson C. Hyde, told the mem bers of the winning of the Maryland Hunt Cup steeplechase by Noel Laing of Southern Pines last Saturday at Baltimore, and of how this section was rapidly developing *s "winter training grounds for horses of all types. “Trou blemaker,” the horse which Laing rode to victory, was schooled here all winter. Mr. Hyde said: “Last Saturday I watched a horse race at Baltimore. It was the 39th annual running of the Maryland Hunt Cup steeplechase, the biggest event of it? kind in America, the counterpart of the fSamous Grand National in England. It was a great race, won in record time—8 minutes, 51 3-5 sec onds for four miles over 20 fences, all four feet or higher. It was won by a grand horse. “That horse was trained all this winter in the North Carolina Sand- In an article entitled, “Is This Fair THE WEEK IN VASS Wanted: More Kellys D. H. of Near Cameron Finds Way to Beat This Depres sion Business Honored on Birthday Mrs. A. Cameron was the recipient Play?” in its this week’s issue the! of a beautiful courtesy on Tuesday Sandhill Citizen calls attention to the afternoon of last week when her fact that the Southern Pines delin- 1 quent tax list is published in The Pi- [ lot.“ Surely the local paper is entit led to the loyal support of the town daughters, gave her a surprise party in honor of her seventy-sixth birth day. After the guests had greeted returned with him for a week’s stay The Rev. C. A. Lawrence spent Sunday in Dunn, he and che Rev. A. R. McQueen having exchanged pulpits for the day. Mrs. \V. B. Graham and Miss Kath arine Graham were Sanford visitors It didn’t take but a few minutes to see that he is what you would call a progressive farmer. Mrs. Cameron and chatted for a while.i on Friday. *\] officials and why they should deliber- one of the daughters led the way to] Mrs. W. H. Keith and Mrs. S. R. ately slap it in the face by placing | the dining room where refreshments; Smith attended a home demonstration town advertising in an outside publi cation deserves an explanation, if one is possible,” the article says. It calls He and he is D. H. Kelly of near | attention to the fact that the Citizen Cameron-is not getting rich-he said | P«y « substantial sum in taxes , .... . , , . into the town treasury every year, and as much. Neither is he losing money, j His ready smile and brow unfurrowed | “Naturally the other two county of worry showed that. Living near the big dewberry mar-1 Southern Pines, being located in a ket of Cameron, of course Mr, Kelly different community.” were served. Lovly tulips, roses and snap dragons were used on the ta ble and buffet, and a large white birthday cake upon which was the number “76” made of pink candles in rose holders occupied the center of the table, resting on a handsome cro cheted centerpiece, the work of Mrs. paper? have no intimate relation with Cameron's own hands. An iced course Mr. Currie further adds: “The county tax collector, the county, aud itor, the county commissioners are all public servitors, and their work is open every day to anybody who care to look into the records. Every person has free access at any time to the county records, where all these facts are written plainly on the pages of the auditor’s books and the min utes of the meeting. It is not nec essary to be suspicious of any thing: done at the court house, as the tax- hills. It was riducn by a boy who; grows berries. But that he doesn’t gamble all on one crop could easily be seen that early morning this week. At the back of his well-kept bunga low stood a light truck, heavy with sweet milk, butter milk, chickens, vegetables and meats, read for market. “I try to live at home and then have a little of everything to sell,” he ex plained. “It helps a lot to have a lit tle money coming in all the time.” From his poultry house came the cheerful cheep of hundreds of leg horn and barred rock biddies, kept Let’s see about this. We’ve been un der the impression The Pilot had a fairly intimate relationship with Southern Pines. 1. The Pilot is an Aberdeen and Southern Pines paper, if you will ob serve the date line on the front page each week. 2. The Pilot is owned by a corpor ation, with 75 per cent of the stock held by residents of Southern Pines. Among these stockholders are six of the largest Southern Pines taxpayers. 3. The Pilot’s audited paid circu- half of each year. It was owned by constructed himself according to a woman who has selected this sec- > specifications sent out this year by tion as ideal for the winter schooling extension department. Quick to of horses to be raced in steeplechase j^to practice new ideas—another events all over the country. Mrs. T. progressiveness. H. Somerville of the Wilmington du-; rm and comfortable by heat from Southern Pines is equal to or greater than the circulation of any other newspaper. 5. The Pilot’s payroll in Southern Pines is equal to or greater than that of an yother county paper. fi. The Pilot carries more news of What this country needs is more with the birthday cake was served. Upon retiring to the living room, Mrs. Cameron opened the collection j of gifts which has been showered upon her. Those present were Mrs. \V. C. Leslie, Mrs. W. B. Graham, Mrsi W. D. Matthews, Mrs. C. J. Templet Mrs. H. A. Horst, Mrs. C. L. Tysoll, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Cameron, Miss Kath arine Graham, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cameron, Mrs. S. R. Smith and Miss Martha McKay. council luncheon at Carthage f»om payer has full authority to demand twelve to three o’clock Friday. full hearing if anything should be Riley B. Reece of Durham spent the denied him in the way of informa- week-end with his family at the home tion. Thp newspapers know this and. of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Oldham. come inquiring at the offices contin- ually, and it may be said of them that RASSIE WICKER ASKS FOR if information were denied them they SO.ME COUNTY' INFORMATION would speedily get it. There can be' ' no secrets at the court house concern.- (Continued from page 1) , ing public affairs that belong to the his part appear immediately in an: As to questions 8 and 9 Mr. Cur- Miss Rose Cox of Wadesboro has returned home after spending several days with Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Cox. Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Cameron ac companied Miss Anna Edgerton to Littleton Sunday, where she remained for a visit with relatives. Miss Agnes Smith, Mrs. D. A. Smith. Mrs. R. L. Oldham, Mrs. Ber- Southern Pines and its citizens than j tie L. Matthews and Mrs. G. W. ; of any other county paper. ! Brooks were Sanford visitors on Fri- Pont family. Mrs. Somerville winter-, Kellys. ed all of her best steeplechasers here ‘ this past season. Noel Laing rode , ! The Pilot is not given to explaining day. them. monds and the Callerys, a 11 of w-hom anything, but the above facts are I ^iss Glennie Keivh and Horton “The horse is beginning to give golf J®'’® ; cited in justification of the action of: Keith of Raleigh spent the week-end a little competition for sports lead- they find it ideal for their the Town Commissioners in placing ^t home, ership in this section. You are be-1 the tax list this year with The Pilot. ^ ginning to hear about Pinehurst and t^r colony for selves. Hajidly To go farther, The Pilot was the only L Southern Pines as riding, hunting, » "''nter passes that someone does paper which a.sked the Town Commis-j TOpincT nriil nnln -is well as coiiie down to hunt Or play polo sionei’s for this advertising. It was ; Tlre,vl">n ™til ,h, ta. li.t >va, I .y,.c in! '"-f Maplal.n. who s an 000 neonle at least at that race meet- ^ The Paddock was built by , The Pilot office that the other South- i fttt'ndant at the State Hospital in ine lait Saturday ’ ‘Who is this Noel' “ ‘"'""P horsemen anil horseivomen, pi„js p„pe, demanil upon' visitinj friends and rcla- "^nlr ntnv asLd^^S.L^a „e™ -"-I ' P™dic,_,ha, there »ill be con- hoard for it. "«• c.m.nunuy «nd attending. Laing?’ many asked. Noel had never ridden in this important racing clas-! „ . . . , , u- small groups banding together m co- sic hciore. He s one of the whips r . mi —THE EDITOR. at MbssnLakeview operative winter homes or clubs. The DENDY first winter we had The Paddock we had stalls for 12 horses. We have had to add stalls everv winter since of the Moore County Hounds down at Southern Pines, North Carolina,’ they were informed. One instance of horse publicity. Another—this year’s Pine- i , hurst Horse Show attracted a class of f"'^ every winter. W'e entries never before attained in the state—horses from leading stables in BROTHERS TO HOLD SERVICES HERE W, (Continued from Page One) many parts of the country. The New York papers carried the awards in the various classes fully. Many north ern papers used photographs of some of the classes. The Horse Show is coming into its own. This means more to us here than you realize. It isn’t that it at tracts a few' horse lovers to Pine hurst for the two days of the show. hi'.ve between 30 and 40 horses there all winter, all privately owned by northerners sold on the Sandhills for winter sport of this kind. Think of what these horses, here for four to live months mean in dollars anr’ and also lead the singing for the evening services. W. Clay Dendy, the youngest broth er, will have charge of the Daily Va cation Rible School as the leader of commencement school. Ernest Rivenbark and of Hamlet visited Mr. and Mrs. G Griffin Sunday. Mrs. Gice Allen, .Mrs. Edna Glos- son, (!ice .\llen, Jr., and Alex .Mc Neill of Allen are visiting Mrs. .Al len’s father, E. L. McNeill, during commencement week. Misses Eula Hamilton and Jewell Jackson, Mack and Vernon Hamilton and Mr. Jackson of Godwin spent (4) Why was this particular in cident not discovered by the auditor; or wa.<< it so discovered; and if so, Was it reported by her, and if not: why not? (5) Upon what date was this dis crepancy first reported to the County Commissioners, and by w hom ? (6) Was the question publicly dis cussed by the commissioners sitting as a board? Was it so discused pri vately ? (7) Is it customary, or even le gal, for county commissioners to go into private session ? (8) Did the commissioners as a body request or suggest that the newspapers of the county refrain from reporting the matter or its’s discus sion ? (9) Did the commissioners as a body at any time refuse to give the details of this matter to the news papers. (10) In the event of the refusal of the bonding company to accept responsibility, what chance has the county to recover except through the i li- longer. More for the boarding houses, told me friends of hers nnich as these young men are well pre- the groceries, etc. ordered others from seeing hers, pared for their work as ministers in “James and Jackson Boyd have de- the Presbyterian Church. veloped one of the finest hunts in the' course we haven’t half onum- country here, a hunt talked about! ^'^ted the value ol the horse, bu. everywhere, listed in British as well that this section is going as American sporting journals as have a big future growth, and that among the best. One man who has: horse is going to play a major hunted with the best pack of hounds in England, France and America told me this winter that the Boyds had the nere aiong me ime oi me am- programs will be given. .Special best drag hunt in the world. That’s couise. Whether the time is ripe efforts are being made to have every the kind of publicity we want—the, this no one knows. It is being niember of the church present for best. |iooked into. If it would attract wealthy these services. The Sunday school will “But aside from the publicity angle, owners to winter their horses have a special Mother’s Day devo- . how manj' of you realize what the ^’Pend some time here it will tional period at the beginning of the i horse has done for property here, for >'^‘|'^®^^tedly be brought about. Stee- school houi\ All the departments of * ^ real estate development time to go into detail, acreage, ed valuation, but I can give ,>wu cl * —- ."vl tinr 11 u l’iuciv nuui meie wm • i v i * ■ fairly accurate list of permanent set- ^ attempted unless it can be done be special music, short talks on the unn on , tiers here who became permanent resi-'and be made to pay for itself, spiritual growth of the church and a ^ j* i Q“®®tion 10 is answered automat- dents and extensive landc wners almost! ^^“*^ting is constantly on the grow', financial report for a half year’s if by the settlement of the claim solely because of the ideal condi-| hunt here work. Mr. Ball will preach on the ‘ Round Trip ABERDEEN TO Portsmouth (Norfolk) $2.50 Richmond $2.50 Tickets On Sale for All Trains at Ag-ency Sta tions Hamlet to Norlina May 13-14 and Morning Train 15th and May 27- 28 and morning trains ^ discuss some things in private ses- oiiii me li and Mrs. Aeschelmann and Mrs. ^ usually at times when no one is art in it. Some talk has been heard , o’clock ser vice at''the Page Memorial of Southern Pines attended, the office during a board meet- 29th Limited Retum- ately of building a steeplechase Church Sunday appropriate Mother’s' | , “t the Vass ^vhile we cannot cite any lega': • i J MaV ■ourse here along the line of the Cam- Day programs will be given. Special Tuesday morn-!authority for it we know that at times A i III dllU itiay i it is wise and that so eminent an ex- A baby daughter was born to Mr. ] the United States Senate and Mrs. Ben \\ . \\ ood on Saturday, \ transacts much business in executive April 30. The little lady has not yet | session, which is strictly private, be cause frequnetly public business is Misses Elizabeth and Jeannette | better served in that manner. Neith- Baggett and their cousin, all I haven’t : » growing sport, and the schoc’ will take part in this pro- f ^ tneir cousin all authority ige, assess- excitinj; one. It would be popular jrram. unn, spent Saturday night and Sun- aj^ainst private sessions, rive .vou a expensive and should not At the 11 o’clock hour there will ‘^^y with Mrs. Mary E. Edw'ards. They: Questions 8 and 0 were answered. of tions here for riding, hunting, polo, racing. Verner Reed’s big investment in the Sandhills is entirely attributa ble to the horse. He was first inter ested through polo at Pinehurst, then , . _ in the hunting at Southern Pines, then I an expensive sport. A man, with acquired his own pack of hounds and now has his own hunt on his own and adjacent lands. Augustine Healy came The Rev. E. G. McKay of Dunn th, public. The,e hunt. wi„ T, A ^ ^ "< Mrs. C. J. Temple, Mrs. H. A. j ] son and Mrs. \V. I). Matthews were visitors to San-. ford on Friday afternoon. Mrs. A. G. Edwards and children! spent last week-end in Raleigh with j against the collector. 31st For Information See TICKET ACJENT H. E. Pleasants, D. l\ A. Riileig'h, N. C. I’hone 2700 505 Odd Pillows Hldjf. Seaboaid LIXME RAILWAY now, two by invitation, two open to general theme, “An Old World Opens the public. These hunts will grow. To A New Woman.” Th( for there is no place where conditions are open to the public and the. m winter are more ideal. Polo will : church extends a most cordial invita-^n* T Tv come back with a return to normalcy.; tion to all Korsi, Mr.. l. ij, luck, can hunt one horse all season,' but it takes anywhere from four ponies up to play polo, and they re- ELECTED CLASS POET •’ • • ,.,11. \. Carter, Jr., of Aberdeen has narents Mr and Mrs J S Rnnflv i- down to grow peaches. He brought a; nursing like babies. Trotting been elected class poet bv the grad-1 tv r nf a horse. The peaches failed but Gus ; ^'"ding the Pinehurst track ; rating class of Davidson College. The .u ?Ln IT S ; U and the horse are still here, and the J®*' winter training and that ^ elections took place at the final j their little daughter Mary Lou ’ I! horse kept him here, the horse and the | the game will grow. The i smoker last week. Young Carter is a ’ ’ [ '■ Boyd hounds. He wouldn’t miss a | P'lehurst Horse Show will continue j son of Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Carter. He j : H hunt during the winter if Steel shot t® attract more and finer horses has made a fine record through his, each year, as it has done in the' college course. ' past. ! back to par some day on his ticker and the office was swamped with or ders to buy. Gus has extensive acre age east of Southern Pines. “Almet Jenks came down to visit Jim Boyd. He rode with the hounds. He came again, brought his family. They bought a place, built a fine house, acquired a string of horses. This is their permanent home. Harry V'ale is another Burrell White anoth- er,#and Phil Randolph and the Ray- “Don’t discount Old Dobbin in fig uring the future growth of the Sand hills.” BUCKLEYS HAVE DAUGHTER A daughter was bom to Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Buckley of Southern Pines at the Moore County Hospital on Tuesday, May 3d. Mrs. John Garland Pollard, wife of the Governor of Virginia, died Wed nesday night at the execution man sion, the victim of arthritis. Governor Pollard spent a week recently in Southern Pines. The Highland Pines Inn at Southern Pines closed for the season last Sat urday. ^•outhrrn ^Jinrs, N. (C. Mrs. Millicent A. 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