MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWS-
WEEKLY
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 12, N0.4>i.
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NEW SCHOOL FOR
BOYS TO OPEN ON
KNOLLWOODHGTS.
W. F. Allen, Former Superin
tendent of Southern Pines
Schools, is Headmaster
BABCOCK HOUSE BOUGHT
WILL IT COME TO THIS?
W. Allen, of Southern I’ines, for
many years head of the schools of the
villafft', has taken the Galloway cot
tage at Knollwood, formerly known
as the Babcock house, at the aneet-
ing of Indian Trail, Fairway and
Crest Road, where he will open about
October 15, a preparatory school for
boys. Already a charter has been ob
tained for the “Pinehurst School for
Boys, Inc.,” with W. F. Allen, head
master, and Frank Wilder assistant
master. The purpose is to prepare
boys for college. Re^-ident and day
stmlents will be received, the boys to
be instructed in the seventh and
eighth grades of granjniar grades
and the four grades of high school tr
fit them for entrance to the statid
ard colleges North or South.
Mr. Allen will live at the cottage
and have immediate supervision over
the boys who are resident students.
To f^tart with about seven or eight
resident students can be accommodat
ed, and this with exiiected outside
students will be the start of the in
stitution. The aim is to build up a
boys’ school that will serve the pop
ulation of the Sandhills and give the
winter families the opportunity they
want of having their boys in a prop-,
er school, and also enabling the young
men to be at home with their par
ents in Pinehurst and Southern Pines
if the families are here in the win
ter.
Fine Place for School
It is believed that this immediate
neighborhood with its advantage of
climate, transportation facilities, e.x-
cellent social contact, with the fine
golf, t nnis, archery and other fa
cilities for wholesome sports, and the
clean surroundings will be factors in
building a school that will serve the
aim of this scheme.
Mr Allen expects to emphasize
thorcughness of instruction, in order
that the ycung men may go from his
•school to any institution later chosen
for higher education, and along with
tlieir education to build character
which is as essential as a knowledge
of books and of the philosophies. His
long experience and the succes result
ing from his work in Southern Pines
give him a standing as an educator
that makes the outlook good for a
highly promising start in the direc
tion of creating here in the Sand
hills a school that will be of great
weight and influence and fitting young
men for the future and for their
contacts with the world.
Judge—“A locomotive engineer, eh? What’s the charge,
officer?”
Cop—“Speedin’, yer Honor. He wuz try in’ to beat a bus to
the crossin’.”
—From the Locomotive Engineers .Journal.
Sees Huge Notor Trucks as Nenace
to Upkeep of North Carolina Roads
Frank Walker of Southern Pines
Tells Pilot What Has Hap
pened in Pennsylvania
Southern Pines O n
Air Saturday Night
Will Broadcast Program from
Charlotte Station.—Local
- Talent To Sing
F^-ank Walker, of Southern Pines,
who is home from a summer visit to
his folks in Pennsylvania, tells an
interesting story of the encroachment
of heavy truck on the road traffic, and
its effect on the railroad service. Mr.
Walker is not one of the drivers who
see automobiles for the first time in
his trip to Pennsylvania, for he was
a pioneer with the gas buggy, driving
when the Maxwell one-lunger was the
model of progress and excellence and
when a wind-shield was not dreamed
of, nor a top, nor any of the things
that are essential now. He was among
the old-timers in the development of
the modern traffic, so it is not a
mysterious thing that suddenly flash
ed on him. But he says, “From Clear
field west to the Ohio state line it is
not safe to travel on that main high
way.” Clearfield is a little west of the
'■t;nter of the state, and is on the
Lakes to Sea highway, the old Water
ford and Susquehanna turnpike, built
something over a century ago to open
the Ohio country to the settler and to
espedite the movement of troops and
material to the frontier where Perry
and the American soldiers were un
dertaking to save the W'est from the! A term of Superior Court for the
British in the war of 1812, and from , trial of civil cases convened in Car-
News From Home
That’s What the Boy and (Jirl
Away at School Want and
Here’s Your Opportunity
Do you want your boy or girl,
awn,y at school or college, to have
the news of the Sandhills while
they are gone? They can keep in
touch with home doings by receiv
ing The Pilot each week, and you
will be saved a lot of letter writ
ing.
Here’s a special offer for stu
dents: We will send The Pilot to
them weekly during their school
year for One Dollar. This includes
postage.
Start it now so they won’t miss
any numbers. Just write The Pi
lot, Aberdeen, and send your dol
lar.
REAL COUNTY FAIR
THIS YEAR IS AIM
SAYS 0. B. WELCH
Officials Optimistic Over Pros
pects for Bi gGathering at
Carthage Next .Month
TO OPEN ON OCT. llth
The directors and other officials of
the Moore County Fair feel very op-
timii-tic about the prospects for a
“Bigger and Better” fair foi’ l‘.)32.
.Jugding from the interest being shown
at present, the 11)32 Fair will have
more entries than either of the pre
vious fairs. Everybody seems to be
looking forward with interest to the
coming of the fair with the result
that the officials are swamped with
in(iuiries coming from all classes of
peoj.'le including bank presidents,
chain stoie merchants and one-gallus
farmers.
The officials are making a great
effort this year to bring to the peo
ple a li»32 Fair which they can be
justly proud of. There is no reason
why Moore county can’t have as fine
a small fair as any county in the
state and the officials are working to
the end of making it the best of its
kind in North C'ai’oliiyi. “It is true
that some fairs in the state will have
a larger percentage of peojjle from
the home county present,” says Man
ager 0. B. Welch. “Some county af
fairs may offer a larger variety of
entertainment, i'ncluding races, but
none will offer cleaner or more whole
some entertainment than will be of
fered at the Moore Countv Fair. This
Tobacco Market OpeiiK .ere
Tuesday with Prospects for
Best Season in Many Years
The “Stork” Market
Niagara Doing its Best to Put
North Carolina Back in First
Place on Birth Rate
From The Pilot’s wide-awake
•orrespondent in Niagara comes the
following item:
The “Stork” Market is still ris
ing here. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan
.^lacDonald’s stock rose to seven
with the arrival of a baby girl,
-Mary (Jrace, last Thursday. Nia
gara is doing its best to help North
Carolina, now in second place, to
regain the birth rate crown, said
to be held at present by New .Mex
ico.
H. B. Saunders and C. H. Hard
wick Will Operate Aberdeen’s
Two Large Warehouses
OPTIMIS!M IN THE AIR
The tobacco market will open for
the 1932 season in Aberdeen next
Tuesday, September 27th, and grow
ers, warehousemen, buyers and mer
chants are anticipating the best sea
son in several years. They l.ase their
optimism on rei)oi’ts from the mar
kets in the belts which have been op
erating sevei'al weeks, where prices
have been better than last year, and on
reports of good leaf in this section. A
high average is looked for in Aber
deen, wheie in all years up to the
past two tobacco has brought an av-
eiage price in excess of the average
for the state.
Both big warehouses here will be
in full operation this season. After a
.vear at Fuquay Springs B. B. Saun
ders, who operated in Aberdeen un
til iast season, returns to conduct the
business at the Aberdeen Warehouse,
near the Aberdeen & Rockfish of-
... , .... ^^aundeis’ return is expect-
ri\e-lear Old Found in Stokes ed tc stimulate business here. He has
BOLES BOY, WHO
SHOT PLAYMATE
BACK IN CUSTODY
County After Failure to Ap
pear for E.vamination
CASE IN SUPERIOR COl RT
Agnue Boles, nine-year-old alleged
slayer of his ten-year-old playmate,
being a day for searching for bar-1 ^Culler, is in the custody of
gains the officials have a real bar-1 -'loore county officers after having
been brought back Saturday by Sher
iff C. .J. McDonald from Stokes
county, where he is said to have been
gain to offer the people of the
couijty, in that they will be offeied
the privilesies of a high class fair
with an admission price from one-
third to one-half the price asked
elsewhere.”
To Open Oct. llth
The Fair will open officially at
10:0l) a. m. Tuesday, October llth and
will close at 11:00 p. m. Saturday,
October l.'ith. The opening day will be
designated as American Legion Day.
.A.11 Legionnaires are invited and re
quested to be present on this day youthfulness, he was not di
wearing the official Legion cap. The allowed to r
a wide acquaintance among tobacco
growers throughout this section, a
good reputation for square dealing
and efficient warehouse operation, and
a splendid selling record.
New Warehouseman Here
The big brick warehouse which
Saunders operated when he was here
bet ore will this year be in charge of
C. H. Hardwick of Loris, South Car
olina. Mr. Hardwick leased the build-
visiting his grandfather J. Mart Cui-'i"®’ opposite the Gulf he-
ler. Upon his return from Stokes Company’s storage tanks and
county, the lad was placed in ja.l so! Aberdeen with the
that proceedings would not be held'recommendations. He has
up further by his not being present r' f f "'^^-^houses in
when wanted.
Following the shooting, which oc-!f "
curred last March, the child was tried ^
in Recorder’s court and bound to Su-!
period court. On account of his ex-
Oath Administered to
Three New Attorneys
Adams, Risner and McCluer
Sworn Before Judge Ogles
by in Superior Court
Southern Pines will be on the air
from the Charlotte radio station from
7:30 to So’clock tomorrow, Saturday
night in a program sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce and arranged
by P. Frank Buchan. On the program
will be Miss Madie Lee Wade, soloist;
Miss Helen Thompson, piano soloist,
and J. B. Gifford and Stuart Camer
on, male soloists. Dr. George G. Herr,
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, will make a brief talk on
Southern Pines and its attractions and
advantages as a winter resort.
RAIN HALTS BALL GAME
OF KIWANIS CLUB TEAMS
The arrival of the Equinoxial
storm ahead of time halt ;d the ba'^e-
ball game between two Kiwanis teams
in the last of the second inning at
The Paddock grounds Wednesday af
ternoon with Dan McKeithen’s team
leading Bill Dunlop’s ftbout 10 to 3.
The features of the game .were A.
Montesanti’s hitting and fielding and
Lloyd Clark’s base running. Loyd hit
out what would have been a clean
single, but forgot to run to first base
until too late. The game v/ill prob
ably be played over again later in
the fall.
the Indians.
“Normally the traffic is heavy on
that road,” said Mr. Walker, “and
many cars for the sake of safety and
to make time are taking to the par
allel roads on the side, which have
much less traffic and are maintained
in good condition. But the chief dif
ficulty is the tremendous volume of
traffic by the big trucks that crowd
the road day and night. In the little
village of Sandy Lake, where I stay
ed several days, it seemed that with
the exception of a slight slowing
down of traffic about one o’clock in
the morning there was no cessation.
The big trucks pound through by
night to reach a destination in the
morning and to benefit by the opener
road than is available in day time.
Ruining the Highways
“The size of the trucks is highly
objectionable to the driver of a pas-
of the road, and a large number of
senger car, the width taking much
thage on Monday with Judge John
M. Oglesby of Concord presiding.
Three young attorneys who had re
cently been granted license to prac
tice law were introduced to the court
and the oath was administered to
them. W'illiam Jackson Adams, Jr., of
Carthage was presented by George
H. Humber, Judge of the Recorder’s
Court and Mr. Humber was appointed
by the Court to administer the oath
to him. Enzy Eaton Risner of South
ern Pines was introduced by W. D.
Matthews, who was appointed to ad
minister the oath to him. The third
was Frank Wilson McCluer, Jr., of
Aberdeen, who was presented and
given the oath by J. Talbot John
son of Aberdeen.
Several divorce cases were on the
docket for the opening day. Stephen
Sanders was granted a divorce from
W'illie Sanders. A judgment for non
suit was entered in the case of Mary
Williams versus J. Mack W’illiams,
another case in which a divorce was
feature of the day will be a Kooky
Squad Drill by members of the Le
gion. A 1932-33 legion card will admit
any Legionnaire to the fair grounds.
W'ednesday, October 12th is desig
nated as School Day. Every school
child in the county will be presented
with a ticket which will be good for
one admission on Wednesday the
12th. The .schools of the county are
showing a great interest in the fair
by n:aking preparations for the school
exhibits and most of the schools are
planning to declare a holiday on the
12th in order that the children may
be able to attend the fair.
On Thursdav October 13th the Fair
smaller South Carolina markets Mr.
detain I this year have ex
ceeded those on nianv of the larger
eturn “
home with his father who w'as to keep
watch over him. At the next term of
criminal court, the case was remand-1
ed to the Juvenile court of which -
John Willcox is the judge.
Mr Willcox, having already heard
the evidence that was brought out
in the Recorder’s and Superior court
did not think it necessary to incur
markets, and with good returns to
i the farmers. ITe will have affiliated
with him here Neill McKeithen, who
for the past two years has looked af
ter the local interests of Edwards,
Lewis and Williams, former operators
of the Aberdeen Warehouse.
It is understood that Eugene B.
Maynard of Aberdeen W'ill act as auc-
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Chamber of Commerce
Launches Campaign
Southern Pines Body to Promote
Clean-Up, Paint-up and
Plant Grass Week
them haul trailers which makes it i being sought. The plaintiff was call-
dangerous to pass them, for while the ed and failed to answer so the above
big truck may give a little of the
road the trailer cannot turn out
quickly as it is following the truck,
and begins to yield the road only
when the big truck has pulled com
pletely over to the outside. Then
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judgment was entered and she was
taxed with the costs.
E. A. 1RACY, 82 SUNDAY
E. A. Tracy, well known resident
of Southern Pines, will celebrate his
82d birthday this Sunday.
With three members who have been
away much of the summer p.'esent,
the Board of Directors of the Southern
Pines Chamber of Commerce met
Tuesday noon at Jack’s Grill and dis
cussed fall activities to be sponsored
by the organization. President George
Herr was back from New England re-
parting improved conditions there;
M. G. Nichols returned from Asheville
stating that the western part of the
state was feeling much happier, and
George Moore w-as back from Vir
ginia with a smile that betokened
better times everywhere.
The first thing the Chamber plans
for the fall is a Clean-Up, Paint-Up
and Plant Grass Seed W'eek the first
of October. A campaign along these
lines was launched and a committee
appointed to make necessary arrange
ments for the cooperation of the cit
izens. Funds were appropriated by the
Chamber to aid in the grass planting
of certain parkways in town. Adver
tising for the winter was discussed
and a plan to stimulate the resort
business referred to the Publicit:
Committee.
the added expense of summoning a! warehouses this sea-
large number of witnesses to tell ^
again what had already been brought
out, so, with the consent of the par
ents of the lad and the father of the
girl victim, it is said, this was dis
pensed with at the Juvenile hearing
and the parents were allowed to take
the child home with them, Mr. Willcox
deferring the pronouncement of sen
tence until he could talk the matter
agar at the Hardwick warehouse. Mr.
Hardwick will be here throughout the
season, as will Neill McKeithen. For
mer associates of Mr. Saunders will
assist him in conducting the sales at
his warehouse.
Big Companies Represented
All the regular line companies, Rey
nolds, American Tobacco, Lorillard,
over with the Superior Court judge Liggett, Imperial, American Export
and get his opinion on the case. | and others, will have buyers here as
In August, Mr. Willcox did this and usual, many old faces among them.
the Judge advised that the boy be
sent to the Jackson Training School f.t
Concord. After procuring the neces
sary commitment papers, the Juve
nile Judge wrote the lad’s father to
bring him to Carthage for a physical
exaniination which was required be
fore his entrance to the school. On
the appomted day, the boy was not
on hand, so after waiting a few days
for him to appear, Mr. Willcox sent
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J. REYCRAFT SUCCUMBS
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Following a brief illness, W. J. Rey-
craft died at the Moore County Hos
pital on Saturday morning, September
17. He was born in Highgate, Ontario
where he spent his earlier life, later
living in Petoskey, Mich., and com
ing from there to Pinehurst about
eight years ago. He lived in the East
wood section.
In response to news of his fath
er’s illness, a son, D. H. Reycraft ar
rived Saturday morning. He accom
panied the remains to the former in
Petoskey, leaving on Saturday night.
Besides his son, the deceased is sur
vived by his widow and one sister,
Mrs. Beatrice of Highgate, Ontario.
A number of independent buyers will
also be on the local market, repre
senting many of the smaller compan
ies. Monday will see an influx of the
representatives of the manufacturing
trade. Some are already here.
Prices have been holding up •well
on the border markets during the past
week. Goldsboro reported an aver
age of 12.58 W'ednesday, W'hiteville
12.12, Lumberton 12.02, Smith 11.32,
Wendell 10.73, Wilson 10.07, Kinston
10.0.5. The market opened up here last
year with first day sales of 150,000
pounds at an average around 11 cents.
A big break is looked for to start the
season off next Tuesday, at a better
price than a year ago.
Other markets opening next Tues
day along with Aberdeen are Carth
age, Henderson, Durham, Oxford
Sanford, Fuquay Springs, Warren-
ton, Louisburg and Roxboro.
M. H. FOLLEY IMPROVED
M. H. Folley, who suffered the loss
of his right forearm in his planing
mill in Aberdeen two weeks ago, has
returned to his home from the Moore
County Hospital and is well on the
road to recovery. He is able to sit
on the por ' in a chair, and expects
to be about in a few days.