MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY ■TTZEd J. flJCr A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 13 NO. 44 ^ >^CARTHAOE V EAGUe SPtMNQS l>K EVIEW MAHL6Y southern Ptn£8 PIMEBLUPP PILOT FIRST IN NEWS, CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING /V Q of the Sandhill J ’ of North Carolina . Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North ('arolina, Friday, September 29, 1933 -'it FIVE CENTS SPRINKLER HEADS TO SPRAY ENTIRE NO. 2 GOLF COURSE Pinehurst Country Club Provides for Rye Grass to Supplement Bermuda Fairways MILES OF PIPE LAID The Pinehurst Country Club has just tompleted an improvement to its No. 2 championsh’j) golf course which will add further to the fame of that course among leading golfers of the country. The course has been coni|)letely pip ed for a special sprinkler system which permits the watering of the fairways over the entire 18-hole layout. Sprin kler heads which throw a sizeable spray over a radius of 75 feet have already been delivered and have start ed their work of keeping the grass in A-1 condition. The underground pipes, laid along the center of each fairway from tee to green, have connections for the sprinkler heads at regular in tervals, intervals which permit the overlapping of the spray so that there is no chance of any spot on the open course not receiving its share of irri gation. There is a double purpose in the in stallation of this new system. Besides providing watering facilities for the course the project involves the plant ing of the fairways with rye grass seed to supplement the Bermuda grass with a green cover during the winter. Bermuda has proven its greatest val ue as a cover grass and a turf foun dation during its season, but the rye grass will give color and life during the months when Bermuda is more or less dormant. About two and one-half miles of new six and eight inch mains and a lot of small pipe is involved in the job to put the water on the fairways in sufficient quantity to feed the thirs ty Italian rye. So far the No. 2 course is the only one to be equipped with the sprinkler system, but if the ex pectations for it are fulfilled the three other courses may be so equipped in the future. While plans are not worked out so far into the future as to be definite it may be possible that eventually a dam will be built across Muster Branch of Aberdeen Creek above the crossing of the sand-clay road be tween Southern Pines and Pinehurst, and a pipe line system laid that will reach the other courses. A dam not far above the rt>ad crossing would back water over a large acreage of ground, and in addition to supplying a vast amount of water it would be a possible opportunity to improve the territory adjacent in the vicinity and change the face of that immediate section. Parents See Danger to Children on Highway Through School Bus Law Vass-Lakeview Pupils Must Walk Alonff U. S. No. 1 De spite Half Empty Busses There is much dissatisfaction in the Lakeview community over the State School Commission’s ruling that n« children living within two miles of the school shall be allowed to ride school buses, and a number of the patrons are making an earnest effoi't to see what can be done about the matter. I The principal of the Vass-Lakeview school, the school board and the county superintendent are in full sympathy with this part of the dis trict and feel that the Lakeview child ren should be allowed to ride, but until the State School Commission sees tit to change the ruling, there is' nothing that the local authorities can do, lawfully, but enforce the order. | County Superintendent H. Lee Thomas wrote the commission several, days ago asking that a repi’esentative Under 10 Percent Three Thousand Persons Re ceived Aid in County Dur ing August, Report Shows Relief expenditures in Mooi’e county during August, according to Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, head of the State relief, totalled ?3,007. Sev en hundred families, or a total of 3,007 persons, received aid, which is ;».!) percent of the county’s pop ulation. COUNTY BUDGETS $16,882 FOR AID OF INSTITUTIONS MAY PLAN “OLD SLAVE DAY” HERE DURING WINTER “You’re All Invited” IVoposal M;ide to Invite Pre- Emancipation Residents of County io Gathering FOR SUITABLE EXERCISES Southern Pines has an asset i,hat has a value in interesting its winter visitors which it has never yet uti lized nor appreciated, and that is the quaint and unusual feature found in its colored element. Several gene rations of negroes have grown up in this section, passing through the va- ri(tus historical climaxes of early set tlement, the Revolution, the develoj)- nient of the timber and cotton and turpentine eras, the Civil War, the Klu Kki\ the emancipation, the re construction, and then the modern era in which the caddy is the out standing feature. No other winter Tax Rate of $2.60 Adopted by Board ol Southern Pines Slightly Under Last Year’s $2.10 Through 20 Percent i Reduction in Valuations $38,000 FOR OPERATION Civic Club To Open Employment Office Those Out of Jobs May Register and Those Seeking Help Apply There be sent down to go over the situation County Home Gets $4,20U, Out-1 resort has a population that embraces with leaders from Lakeview, but the side Poor $4,750, Hospital . the negro of so many geenrations of reply that he i-eceived was to thej $2,.500 For Year | contact with the white folks, nor of effect that this was not considered : —■—— 1 contact with the w’hite folks of both worth while. | Budgets of the 100 counties in the | North and South. A delegation plans to meet with state for relief, charity and poor for | The negro is a branch of the human the County Board of Education on the year 1933-34 are being compiled [ race peculiar in his character and his Friday, The Pilot was informed by ^ by the office of Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, 1 tlevelopment and habit, intensely in- the county superintendent. Mr. State relief administrator, through a ’ teresting in his peculiarities, of many Thomas says that while the board will questionnaire sent to county auditors I exceedingly amiable characteristics, be glad for the delegation to meet to by Ronald Wilson, most of the reports : one of the most striking novelties of discuss the matter, he feels that there having been received. ' ethnologj- as compared with his is nothing it can do about it as it is The figures include the amounts | white companion. To the man from entirely up to the State School Com-, budgeted to the county home for the North he is a perennial well- mission. i maintenance, outside poor relief, | spring of astonishment and mystery. Walk Along “Speedway” [mother’s aid, hospital care of charity; His persistent gcmd-nature, his re- If any community in the state has patients, salaries and expenses of ^ gard for his white folks, his adapta- just cause for gi-ievance, it is the welfare departments and emergency I bility, his loyalty where loyalty is Lakeview community, and those fa-!i'elief, with the totals .of these essential, his apparent shiftleness at railiar with the situation are hoping' amounts. They also show whether ^ times, his quick wit, his musical that it will win out. The highway I the sums are derived from general j ability and many other traits make connecting the v’illage and the school ‘ county funds or special levies, or i him one of the most valuable elements is a national highway, Federal Route both. The assessed valuation of the | of life in the South. But he has never 1, over which a large portion of thej real property in the county is also north-south tourist traffic is routed, and which is a “.speedway” for high powered cars. Much of the territory is swampy, there being a river and a branch along the route, and there is no place for the children to walk ex cept on the pavement or on the nar row shoulders. If forced to leave the highway, they would encounter an given, usually estimated. Moore county, the compilation .shows, will spend a total of $16,882.00 for all such causes the coming year, the main dividends being as follows: been given the recognition he de serves. Depict Olden Times It has been proposed to The Pilot that a plan be laid before the people of the Sandhills to have this fall or winter, when the strangers are here maintenance of county home, $4, 200.00; outside poor relief, $4,750.00; i r" , ’ i irom the North, an old slavery day mothers aid, $684.00; hospital care I r . ’ , gathering at which as many as pos- for charity patients, $2,500.00; sala-L,:Li„ /, „ .. , u ,. , the one-time slaves might be embankment of several feet as the; nes and expenses of welfare depart-' the county, roadbed has been built up along much ment, $1,248.00; emergency relief, «i>oroDriate exercise-? of the way involved. Then, too, there $3,500.00. This total is derived, $13,-1 .Rowing something of the old life and is a dangerous S curve between the 382.00 from the general county fund r^i^tions between master and slave, points, and so frequent were wrecks along this stretch that more than a year ago a local woman’s organiza tion placed the matter before the and $3,500.00 from a special levy. f n , ■ / the path the negro has followed in The county s estimated real pro-iu; i i ^ nis rise from .slavery to freedom, and pertv valuation is $20,000,000. ,„ ^ .u • • .. j j? i. * ' v , , incidents and features that ■ ' go with this remarkable revolution of State Highway Commission to see if,431 Enrollcd in ^he relation of the two races and the something could be done about it,- »i«‘'ked transformation of the colored with the result that guard railings | OOUthem riUeS fciChOOi f^om the barbarism of his crude and additional signs were erected. , Falkner Reolaces Miss Africa to the marvelous status It would be little short of criminal, ^,„pies t.Kiay. It is s^id that to force little children to walk this, Start Soon i ® place for such an expo- ! A. H. (S.\NI)Y) GRAHAM I Lieut. (Jovernor of North Carolina I A. H. (Sandy) (Jraham, lieuten- I ant governor of North Carolina, I headed the State Fair booster dele gation which arrived in Southern ] Pines shortly before noon on Wed- ^ nesday to invite one and all to this I year’s exposition opening October ' 9th at Raleigh. Arriving in limou- ! sine, three busses and a special loud ^ .speaker car, the Raleighites in their ^ white hats i)roceded to mak^ merry I with their State College band, their ! good fellowship and their distribution of State Fair and other adverti.sing paraphernalia. Introduced by Dr. George G. Herr president of the Chamber of Com merce, Lieutenant Governor Graham I spoke from the top of one of the I busses, telling of the many attrac- I tions of this year’s fair, “a gigantic ■show window of North Carolina p-o- j ducts.” He not only urged all to at- j tend, but the farmers, horticulturists I and others to exhibit. He mentioned the agricultural exhibits, the educa tional features, the numerous enter tainment features, among them the nightly W'inter Garden Revue, the horse races, the World of Mirth shows, the horse races and the auto mobile and motorcycle races on Sat urday, the final day. I An enthusiastic local crowd re- I ceived the boosters, who circulated j among them in front of the town hall, I passed out copies of the State Fair I Special News, “all about the big i fair,” and gave away pencils, pads, I mirrors and what-not. The band I played and it was a gay gathering • for the few minutes the party lasted. The bot>sters made stops at Came- j r(/n, Vass, Southern Pines, Aberdeen I and Pineblutf in Moore county, her alding the coming fair in each town. HOLD ORGANIZ.VTION MEETING FOR BOY SCOUT TROOl’ highway for the sake of saving a few dollars, but in this case even that would not be accomplished. Two buses sition, for here are all the characters! The Public Welfare Department of | the Civic Club is launching its cam-; paign for work this fall *^y opening! an Employment Bureau during the month of Octo’cer, where all those out| of work may register for employment i without paying any fees. The Civic [ Club will be open every morning of' the week, except Saturday, from 10 a. m. until 12 noon beginning Monday, October 2nd., Monday and Tuesday morning will be reserved for the reg istration of white people and Wednes day, Thursday and Friday for col ored people. During the same hours and at the place anyone desiring to employ help of any kind, either men or women, is requested to apply at the Employment Bureau and every effort will be put forth bj those in charge to select from tho.se registered satisfactory help. Miss Birdelia Bair is in charge of the bureau as office manager. Miss Bair asssited by other ladies of the community are kindly contributing their services for this most worthy cause. The total enrollment for the South-1 enter into the scheme. Here are ♦u'^i^rn Pines school is steadily climbing. I people from the North who have le required for transporting the,^^^ increa.se of nine is shown for the; ^een helping in the transition of i.dren who live beyond Lakeview., bringing! community in all its developing the total enrollment to 431, 313 in the 1 ^ere are the interested Elementary school and 118 in High "'^o would appreciate the school. This is also a considerable in- | f^®''®lty and the humanities of such a crease over last year. spectacle. One more change in the faculty has j Nothing has been offered as a been made. Miss Sara Falkner of Probable piogram. or as an outline as Golasboro replaced Miss H e I e n | the plan and scope of the project. Dortch as sixth grade teacher and j That if done can be done through the dramatic coach. Miss Dortch having tho.se who may be inter accepted a position with the famous i csted. But it is argued that the idea Jitney Players. Miss Falkner One operates in the west side of the village and out the airport road, the other serves the seciion out the Southern Pines road. Only thirty- eight children are in this territorv (Please turn to page 4) ROWE INSTALLED AS HEAD OF LEGION POST J. Vance Rowe, mayor of Aberdeen, was installed as commander of Sand- A number of citizens and parents met in the Boy Scout Hall, Southern Pines Wednesday evening to consider plans for the benefit of the Boy Scout troop, and to organize a club troop. Another meeting is called for Wed nesday evening, October 11th for the purpose of enrolling at least fifty members as sponsors for the orga nizations, and to raise $100 to carry on the work during the winter. At this coming meeting Scout Masters and assistants will be appointed for the Scouts and for the Cubs. The Rev. A. J. Groves of Sanford •will preach in the Vass Methodist Church at 11 o’clock next Sunday graduate of N. C. University and al- hill Post No. 134 at the meeting of, so St. Mary’s and comes highly re- the post held last Wednesday in the | commended both as a teacher and dra- Boy Scout hall in Southern Pines, j matic coach. Rowe succeeds L. L. Woolley. Shields i The school gratefully acknowledges Cameron was installed as adjutant to I the gift of fifty beautiful reproduc-j country would turn this way to succeed J. F. Sinclair. I tions of famous masterpieces, to be | pictures and the newspaper re- The Rev. Frank Blue of Carthage | used in the study of art. These were i Pf'rts that would filter out. ! forms the basis of one of the most striking meetings that could be con ceived for the entertainment of white and blacks alike, from all sections of the country, and it could be laid on such a broad foundation that the L. W. BARLOW APPOINTKl) TO FEDERAL EXAMINERSHIP gave an interesting World War talk illustrated by lantern slides. The lo cal post is inaugurating a member ship drive to run from now until the inauguration of the new State com mander, Tom Daniels, ou October 20th. TO ATTEND U. S. NO. 1 MEETING IN ROCKINGHAM Dr. L. B, McBrayer, Shields Came ron and a representative from the Southern Pines Board of Commission ers will attend a meeting of the Exe- donated by the Arrington Fund, es tablished a few years ago in Raleigh. Miss Emily Richardson and Miss Jean Lane will be in charge of this department of the school. Teachers and pupils alike are now getting into the routine of school life. Soon the clubs, athletic and dra matic teams, eic., will be organized and an announcement of their plans for the first half of the year may be expected in the near future. The Pilot passes the scheme along to CJViamber of Commerce, town com missioners, citizens, individuals, any- bod in checking national banks pre paratory to their becoming members of the Deposit Guaranty Corporation. Mr. Barlow has long been connected with the Page Trust Company. L. B. Tutwiler of Burlington, another for mer Page official, was also named. WAR DEPARTMENT TO SPEND $2,267,350 AT FT. BRAGG A tax rate of $2.60 for South ern Pines wa.s adopted by the Board of Commissioners at its meeetlng Wednesday night. The rate last year was $2.10 on the hundred dollar valuation This year it is $2.60 on an $80 valuation, the assessed valua tion of Southern Pines property havinjr been reduced 20 percent. For comparative purposes, thei’efore, the new rate is $2.08 per hundred as against $2.10 a year ago. The new budget as passed after consideration by the board shows operating expenses of $38,000 as against $41,764 last year. The total expenses, which include bond inter est and retirements as well as the operating cost.s, are set at $65,951 as against $65,1)72 last year. During the past year $19,000 in bonds were retired. This year this item will again be $19,000, with 000 interest charges to be met. The operating expenses are split up as follows; Admini.^tration Department, $3,- 943. Fire Department, $7,371. Police Department, $4,460. Streets. Lights, Sewage, $14,594. Miscellaneous, $8,374. The budget provide.^ a special item of $1,062 for parks and buildings and one of $690 for Mount Hope Ceme tery. The 20 percent horizontal reduction in real estate values lops some $628,- 000 off the town’s total valuation, making the $2.60 rate necessary as an offset. The actual saving to the Southern Pines taxpayer is 20 cents per $1,000 valuation. School Tax Not Included The tax for supplementing State funds for the support of the school district’s added month of school and supplements necessary to continue Southern Pines as a fully accredited institution is not involved in the lo cal tax, but will be taken care of in the county tax bills. The rate will not exceed 30 cents, the maximum voted by the residents of the school dis trict at the rrcf'nt special election. It is not expected that the Schot>l Board will find it necessary to call for the full 30 cents. The county tax rate, not inclusive of the special school district tax, will be 70 cents this year as against 71 cents last year. But this is consider able more than a one cent saving, due to the 20 percent cut in valua tion of property throughout the coun ty. The person who owned property valued at $5,000 last year paid a county tax of $35.50. On this same property this year the tax will be $28.00. Assuming the School Bos(Td does levy the full 30 cents for support of the special charter district, the total taxes to be paid per $1,000 valuation by property owners of the school dis trict whose property is within the city limits of Southern PSnes will be $28.80. Last year it was $33.60, a saving of $4.80. ALFRED MOORE CHAPTER TO MEET TUES. IN CARTHAGE The Yadkin Club tournament for the week ending September 23rd, cutive Committee of the U. S. High-) match play individual vs. par, ended way No. 1 Association in Rocking ham this Friday, afternoon to plan the campaign for promoting travel over this route this winter season. with Purvis Ferree and Jack Taylor of Aberdeen tied for st place, be ing six down to par, and was won in the play off by Ferree. Announcement was made this week by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Woodward of the marriage of their daughter, Charlotte Clarke, to Dr, George G. Herr, president of the Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the Southern Pines School Board. The ceremony took place in Madisoti, New York on Thursday, September 21st, with the Rev. Dr. Abrams offi ciating. The War Department has approved the program for the expenditure of $2,267,350 for barracks, roads and other improvements at Fort Bragg, it was learned this week. Thus Fort Bragg becomes one of the major posts of the country. One hundred thousand dollars will be put into the repairing of present buildings, the balance goes into nfcw construction and for the improvement of the airport. The Alfred Moore Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion will hold the first meeting of the season at the home of Mrs Herbert F. Seawell in Carthage, on Tuesday af- j ternoon, October 3d at 2:30 o’clock. 1 All members and visiting daughters are urged and invited to attend. Mrs. j Seawell will preside. This is the only social organization . which brings together the woman- j hood of the whole county; its object is to preserve the history of the country, . to keep alive the memory of those ; who helped to build and shape it ; and to educate the youth of today, I If there ate any who would woe to J join please notify Mrs. J. B. Swett, chairman of the membership com-* ■mittce, or any member.