MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
TXX17
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 13, NO. 46.
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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen and Southern PinjES, North Carolina, Friday. October 13, % ‘*8.
NEW FORUM PLANS
PROGRAMS THRU
WINTER MONTHS
High School Glee Club to Give
Concert Before Gov. Ehringhaus
Many Join Movement to Present
Lecturer, Musician or Writer
Each Thursday Mght
MRS. ALP>ION ORGANIZER
An interesting feature of life in
Pinehurst during: the coming; season
will be The Forum of the Arts which
has been organized by Mrs. Edouard
Albion. A member.ship which includes
a large group of representative mem
bers of the winter colony will make
the forum of social as well as artis
tic interest.
Among the members are Dr. and
Mrs. J. S. Brown, Mr. and Mrs.
Struthers Burt, Mrs. Frank Easton,
Mrs. Eberhard Fabor, Mrs. II. N.
Dingley, Paul Dana, W. C. Fownes,
Mrs. II. P. Uotchkii'S, Nelson C.
Hyde, Mrs. .1. B. Lloyd, Mrs. Thomas
Morrison, Mrs. Heman Gilford, Mrs.
J. P. Stockton, Jlrs. (>corgo .Maurice,
Dr. and Mr:;. L. Prizci-, .Mrs.
Leonard Tufts. S. Y. Raniage, Percy
Thomson, Mr. and Mrs. llonior John
son, and others. Enuugh mcmbfrs
have ali-eady accepted to ii:mre iho
giving of a i)r<>gram cach 'I'liursday
evening during the season of three
months beginning the last of January.
Acceptances are still coming in, and
it is expected that the entire Sandhills
colony will be represented in the
Fo)'um membership.
A series of childreii’.s ))rograms
will be given at the Carolina Theatre
one Saturday morning in each month
to which children of Forum house
holds will be admitted as junior Fo
rum members.
The Forum programs will be of
widely varied intereats including lec
tures by outstanding lecturers and
writers as well as musicians. A full
announcement of these will not be
made until later.
Boy Scout Council
Here is Reorgranized
Meeting Held Wednesday Night
to Enlist Support for Two
Local Troops
The Southern Pines Boy Scout
Council convened Wednesday for the
'purpose of effecting a permanent re
organization of the old council. A large
number of parents attended and man
ifested their interest in accepting def
inite sponsorship for local Scout ac
tivities. The original plans of the
council were altered to the extent of
including the Girl Scout Troop as
well as the Boy Scout and Junior Cub
Troops in the work of the council.
A committee consisting of Frank
P. Buchan Chairman, C. L. Au.stin,
L. V. O’Callaghan and Dr. E. L. Pfi
zer was appointed to act as an Exe
cutive and Nominating Committee
and authorized to proceed to meet
with the officers of the former coun
cil to transact certain business
which would facilitate the organiza
tion of the new council. They are also
to prepare a list of proposed officers
for presentation at the next meeting.
The next meeting will be held in
the Scout Hall Thursday evening, Oc
tober 19th, at which time it is hoped
that those parents and friends which
have not taken a definite part in this
movement will present themselves as
well as those who have already en
listed in the movement.
Organization Which Won State
Recognition Last Year Starts
With 50 Pupils
U. S. APPROVAL SOUGHT FOR
FURTHER NO. 1 PAVING
Among a number of highway pro
jects approved by State authorities
and forwarded to Washington this
wet'k for federal approval were two of
local interest. One calls for the pav
ing of U. S. Route No. 1 in Richmond
county from Rockingham to the
junction of Route 204 with sand as
phalt surfacing. The work of paving
No. 1 from Aberdeen to one mile
south of Hoffman is already under
way. The approval of the Richmond
county stretch will leave only i few
miles of Route 1 between Aberdeen
and Rockingham unimproved.
The second project is for grading,
structures and surfacing on Route
705 from Hemp to the junction of
Route 70 near Seagrove, in Moote and
Randolph counties.
The Glee Club of the Southern
Pines High School is being recognized
throughout North Carolina as one of
the best High School music clubs in
the state. Under the expert direction
of Frederick Stanley Smith this or
ganization has made astonishing
progress in the comparatively short
time it has been in existence.
This group is in line at present for
still another honor. Definite negoti
ations are now under way for the
Glee Club to rentier a program bc'fore
Governor Ehringhaus in Raleigh. The
date tentatively set is November 10th.
Postmaster Buchan is in charge of
all arrangements and it is hoi)ed that
the date will be confirmed early next
week.
The club this year will be composed
of iibout fifty pupils, the great nia-
ji'rity of them “veti'rans” of last
} (-ar. Only two were lost thi-ough
gradunlii'n ami seveial excellent
ii!gtrs have come into the High
School fr( ;n the Seventh Grade this
fall. Mr. Smith states that ho hopes
ti> i)eifect the boys in four-part sing
ing and the girls in six-part this year.
Their iir.-t public appearance in
Southern Pines this season will prob
ably be in the annual Christmas
Pageant.
Under the direction of Miss Sara
Falkner the Dramatic Club has been
organized for another year and has
seventeen members. At present the
pupils are familiarizing themselves
with Shakesperian drama. They meet
every day. The school has voted to
give a school unit for dramatics this
year, although it is merely an honor
and has no definite effect on gradu
ation.
The casts for two one-act plays will
be announced in the near fuaure. It
is planned to present these to the
public some tiiue in November.
The school is appreciatively indebt
ed to the Southern Pines Library for
the book.' which have been loaned to
the sch0'.)l librarj', ajid also for the
use of the town library on Wednes
day afternoons. The school is also
indebted to Mrs. Towne for the gift
of a handsomely-bound set of the
Book of Knowledge.
The school will welcome the dona
tion of any standard books of fiction,
copies of the classics, or books to be
used for referenct work.
Last week Fire Prevention Week
was observed at the .school. Two fire
drills were held and many discussions
on fire prevention were held during
Home Room periotls.
Superintendent Webster announces
that any of the teachers will be glad
to come back to the school in the
afternoons to help any pupil who feels
that he or she is behind in work. This
practice has alreatly been started
here and many of the pupils are
availing themselves of the opportu
nity.
SOME 200,000 POUNDS OF
TOBACCO HERE FOR OPENING
Busy Motorist at 91
Hotel Guest Here Makes Trip
from St. Lawrence River
in Three Days
Mrs. J. B. Gifford motored to
Washington last Thursday v.here
she met Mr. Gilford, Miss Marga
ret and Mr. Gifford’s aunt, Mrs.
Delia (). Smith of Thousand
Island Park. Mrs. Smith ia in
her itlst year and made the trip
from Thousand Island Park by
motor in three days. She will
spend the winter at The Beverly.
“OLD SLAVE DAY ”
PLAN IS GREETED
WITH ENTHUSIASM
DAVID WILSON, JR.,
The Aberdeen tobacco market
opened Tuesday morning with the
first sales in the Cozart & Roberts
Aberdeen Warehouse where some
50,000 pounds of leaf was auctioned.
Selling at the big Saunders W'are-
house, where farmers had brought in
about 150,000 pounds, followed. Sales
were made all the way from two cents
to above 30 cents a pound, with the
average at around 12 cents. All the
principal tobacco companies are rep
resented on the Aberdeen market
again this year. A large crowd of
farmers and persons interested in to-
baco were in Aberdeen for the
opening.
LEWIS, MILLER CONFIRMED
AS CONVENTION DELEGATES
Bruce H, Lewis of Southern Pines
and S. H. Miller of Carthage were
confirmed by the County Board of
Elections on Monday as the nominees
from this county for the Wet and Dry
vote on November 7th. Lewis will
be the candidat« of the Repeal forces
for the State convention, Miller of the
anti-Repealists. Should a .convention
be voted the winning candidate will
cast the county’s ballot, Wet or Dry,
at the convention.
BALL TEAM, SHOT
Has Narrow Escape From Death
When IJulIet Lodges in
Chest
COLORED BOY ARRESTED
D'.'.vid WilsDn, Jr., we!! hn *wn
thviiughont the Sandhills for hi-'
work as catcher on tiu* Vass-I,ake-
view nine of the Moore County
League, had a narrow escape from
death late Saturday evening when a
ball from a 32-calibi'c pi.stol struck
him in the chest. Clarence King, col
ored, has admitting firing the shot,
but he denies knowing that anyone
was in its path.
Young WMlson w4th his mother and
others of the family were members of
a party that had assembled at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Jessup
a mile out from Vass on the Lobelia
Road preparatory to going to Baker’s
Spring for an oyster stew and fish
fry. They were around a truck parked
back of the Jessup home when the
shot was fired. Three colored boys
were seen on the road.
Officers were notified and Clarence
King, Hurley McKeithan and Elvey
McAllister were rounded up and car
ried to the jail in Carthage. Hurley
and Elvey, aged 15 and 13, respec
tively, told officers that they knew
that King had a pistol before the
shooting occurred. They were in
front of King, they said, when he
called out that they had better wait
for him or he would open up a
gangway. It was after this that the
shot was fired. The pistol was found
by Policeman A. R. Laubscher where
it had been thrown from the road.
King is in jail in default of $1,000
bound and the boys are being held as
material witnes.ses.
Luckily, the bullet struck Wilson on
a rib and glanced around, stopping
a short distance before it reached his
spine. After having it removed, he
was able to return from the hospital
to his home near Vass, where he is
getting along satisfactorily.
NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION
WEEK OBSERVED LOCALLY
Gathering Would Prove of Great
I Historic Interest, The
j Pilot is Told
i NAMES, ADDRESSES ASKED
The suggestion made in The Pilot
two weeks ago that during the com
ing winter an “Old Slave Day” be
held in the Sandhills has met with an
i'xceptionally enthusiastic reception.
The Pilot is in receij)t of several com
munications voicing sentiments favor
able to the plan to bring together for
a day’s program the former slaves of
•Moore county, and many winter resi
dents have stated that they can think
of nothing which would prove of
greater historical interest here than
; uch a gathering. !
Tliat there Ui e in the county m.'.ny |
former slave.^ has bei'ii amply de-
nionf I rated sinci' The I'ilnt’s sugges
tion. Numerous names have been sent
in. The i’ilot reciuests all its ieadei>
who know of foi nier 'lavc's to write in
to the ]);iper, giving iheir names,
if known, wliiTe they live and
>-uch (ither facts about them as they
may be able to a. i i riain. A list will
he kejit preparat.>!y arrangement.'
t(’ transport the men h.‘re for "their
day in ccurt” when the time is set.
Details i>f a suitable program for that:
day will be woiked out in the near
future. j
Among the interesting communica
tions on the subject received this week j
by The Pilot is one from H. P. Me-'
I’herson of Cameron, who writes: !
“In answer to your inquiry for old j
slaves I have (. very reliable old timer I
living in a small house in my back
yard. He is up at daylight every
morning feeding the stock, getting in
stove wood, etc. He takes his meals in
our kitchen and selects his own jobs
around the yard. His name is Troy
Shaw. Says he was 10 years old when
set free. He belonged to Mr. Neill
(irahani who married a Miss Shaw
and lived a few miles southeast of
Aberdeen.
“Another of the faithful few is
Elias Hooker, who lives near Came
ron. He belonged to Captain Robert
Hatch and was reared in Chatham
cou!it>'. Says he is 78 years old, yet
he picked over 100 pounds of cotton
a day on my farm last week,” Mr.
McPher.son writes.
Former Sheriff D. Al. Blue has also
had information from the upper end
of the county which indicates a num
ber of older people up that way who
can be counted upon as a source from
which to draw some interesting fea
tures for the proposed event.
FIVE CENTS
There’s An
Use of Fireai.
City Lim.
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Mayor Stutz has been receiving
compaints of shooting squirrels
and birds within the town limits
of Southern Pines and he refers
to the town ordinance No. ](i3,
which says, “That it shall be un
lawful for any person to fire a
pistol, gun or other firearm in
town for sport or amusement.”
The squirrels that are met fre-
(juently on the lawns and amid the
trees are regarded as a pleasing
feature of Southern Pines life, as
are also the birds, which include
matiy quail, and the mayor says he
will tray to protect these lively
members of the community, inti
mating that if the ordinances
against such practices as killing
them ai'e not already strict enough
he will try to ))ut some teeth in
them. But he also says that public
sentiment needs to help in pn>tect-
ing the interesting wild life of the
comnnuiity, both in town and out.
CITIZENS TRAFFIC
PATROL TO HELP
CURB ACCIDENTS
Pilot Sponsors Movement Joint
ly With Carolina Motor Club
to Promote Safety
TENNIS TOURNEY
OF COUNTY OCT. 23
Men’s Singles, Doubles and Mix-
.ed Doubles Arranged for
Courts in Southern Pines
ENTRIES CLOSE OCT. 21
National Fire Prevention Week is
being celebrated locally, with the va
rious town authorities setting an ex
ample to the residents by cleaning up
rubbish heaps and other points of
danger. All property owners are be
ing urged to clean out their attics,
the corners of their yards where
trash accumulates, to have their chim
ney flues inspected, dried leaves re
moved from close proximity to build
ings, etc.
Notices have been sent to property
owners in Pinehurst informing them
that Martin Wicker will inspect flues
for them and Will Frye haul trash
away if the authorities are notified.
In Southern Pines all buildings in
the fire district are being inspected
by Charles Everest, building inspec
tor and such changes called to the
.ittention of owners as seen necessary.
Three fire drills were held during the
past week in the Southern Pines
schools and a number of lectures on
fire prevention made to the child
ren.
Mr. and Mrs. James Boyd are ex
pected soon and will spend the fall
at their Weymouth Heightjs home.
Child, 4, Fires Hay;
Barn, Mules, Fig Burn
Clay Road Family Suffers Heavy
Loss as the Result of
Youngster’s Prank
“Come out and look at my fire,”
called Luke Bibey, aged four, to his
little four-year-old cousin, Wilma
Bibey, who was playing inside the
barn of Luke’s father, R. L. Bibey.
Wilma came out and looked at the
fire which her little playmate had
lighted in the hay scattered outside
the barn door. Then the carefree tots
scampered off to find other interest
ing things to do.
When grown-ups of the family who
were working at tobacco in a pack
shed a short distance away di.scovered
the fire, the entire building was enve
loped in flames. In it perished two
mules and a pig, and the entire year’s
crop of hay was consumed.
The one cause for gratitude is that
little W'ilma answered Luke’s call and
escaped being trapped in the barn.
The Bibcy families live at Clay Road.
Tennis players of Moore county are
to meet in the first big tournament
scheduled in some time, starting on
the Southern Pines courts on Mon
day morning, October 23d. Suitable
I prizes are being arranged for the
j winners in men’s singles, men’s dou
bles and mixed doubles. Play will
' continue through the week, with the
, finals in the various events scheduled
i for Saturday the 28th.
j Nelson C. Hyde is chairman of the
I committee in charge and will be as-
j sisted in running off the events by
; Malcolm Grover and Tom Millar. All
, players in the county are invited to
compete, and entries should be sent
1 to Mr. Hyde, care The Pilot, Southern
: Pines, prior to Saturday, October
: 21st. The drawings will be made that
; afternoon. It is planned to run off
j matches in the morning where pos-
I sible to permit school pupils who are
competing to play their matches in
the afternoon. There will be an en
trance fee of 50 cents for the sin
gles, and 25 cents per person for the
doubles events, the proceeds provid
ing for purchase of balls. A number
of merchants have consented to do
nate prizes.
It is hoped to make this an annual
Fall County tournament, and already
much interest has been shown among
players in Aberdeen, Carthage, Pine
hurst and Southern Pines.
VOLUNTEERS ARE WANTED
In an effort to reduce the appalling
toll of lives, injuries and property
damage in the Carolinas each year
The Pilot is jointly sponsoring with
the Carolina Motor club a Citizens
Traffic Patrol.
Members of the Citizens Traffic Pa
trol are not vested with legal autho
rity. Their duties are to observe vio-
] lations of traffic laws and report same
1 on a form furnished them. A courte
ous k'tter will be forwarded to the
alleged oll'eiiders, describing the vio-
iafioii an 1 r((iuosting the future e.i>-
' (i\ieration of the car owner or opera-
' tor.
i Thi- Citizi'Tis Tratiie Patrol was ap-
i;:i>ve(i at a recent meeting in Char-
liitti of the joint Highway Com
mittees of the Carolinas. The plan
was endorsi'd as one important phase
■ I' the coniniittee'.s intensi%’e crusade
of safety education among drivers,
; v^lestrians and schonl children. Past
I q.cri^neo indicates that a majority
!■ motorists who rcceive letters call
ing traflico violations to their atten-
1 ti‘-n genuinely ai)preciate the inter-
' esi and courlejy and seldom repeat
the offense cited.
Any reputable white citizen, who is
I familiar wdth the fundamental traffic
laws, is eligible for ajipointment as a
1 member of the Citizen’s Traffic Pa-
, trol by meeting the simple qualifica
tions set forth in the blank on page 2.
There is no cost nor dues con'rfected
with appointment as a member of the
Citizens Traffic Patiol. Simply fill out
the blank on page 2 of this issue and
mail to this ncwsi)aper or to Carolina
Motor Club.
PriJsent plans contemplate a state
wide organization in each of the
Carolinas with a Colenel in command
in each state. Local units will be
formed in verious communities
throughout the two states with a
captain in command.
Yeggs Blow Doub Co.
Safe, Get Only $2.50
Drawers Removed Contained
Insurance Policies, Papers
and Gold Piece
CHOROL CLUB STARTS
REHEARSALS FOR SEASON
LOCAL AUDIENCE HEARS
DR. HENRY LOUIS SMITH
An audience of about one hundred
and seventy-five interested people
gathered in the Southern Pines High
School Auditorium last Monday even
ing to hear Dr. Henry Louis Smith
speak on the repeal of th^ 18th
.^Tnendment. Dr. Smith, former pres
ident of Davidson College, represent
ed the United Dry Forces of North
Carolina, of which Dr. William Po-
teat of Wake Forest is the president,
and his address enthused his audience.
The Choral Club started rehearsals
for the season on Tuesday evening in
the Southern Pines School auditorium.
A very creditable number was pres
ent and an hour was spent in review
ing some of the compositions sung last
year. Next week rehearsals begin in
^ earnest for the Christmas concert
' and all members are urged to be on
hand without fail at eight o’clock.
, Those who sang last year under the
inspiring leadership and genial per
sonality of Frederick Stanley Smith
: consider it a rare privilege to be
able to enjoy another season of fine
j choral music and new members will
be cordially welcomed. Ability to carry
a tune is the only qualification and the
' dues for the season are one dollar.
A series of monthly community
sings is under consideration for this
season and further announcement
with reference to this will appear la
ter. All those interested in further
ing the cause of good music in this
and ntiphboring communities are in
vited to translate their interest into
:tction by joining the Music Society.
Dues are ?1.00 for active members,
$5.00 for sustaining members and
$2.5.00 for patron n^^bers.
The safe in the office of the H. W.
Doub Supply Company in Aberdeen
was blown at about 4 o’clock yester
day morning by yeggs who escaped in
an automobile before those hearing
the report of the explosion could
reach the .scene. The net result of
the daring robbery was $2.50 in gold
for the thieves and a lot of inconven
ience for the Doub company.
After blowing the safe the thieves
removed the drawers, apparently
tossing them in their car and hurry
ing off. The only thing of value to
them in the drawers was the gold
piece. Other articles included papers,
insurance policies, etc., of no value
to anyone except Mr. Doub and
others of the company force. No clue
to the perpetrators of the crime has
been discovered.
A week ago another attempt was
made to enter the Standard Store in
Aberdeen, which has been burglarized
on several previous occasions. This
time the smashing of a front window
was heard at the Seaboard station,
w'hereupon an alarm was sounded and
the thieves frightened away. Pro
prietor Johnson says he suffered no
loss.
.MANY ATTEND COUNTY
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
Delegation.:, representing nearly
every Sunday School in Moore county
were present at the Priest Hill Pres
byterian Church Sunday, October
8th for the annual convention of
Moore County Sunday Schools, mak
ing one of the largest gatherings in
years.
The principal speaker wap the Rev.
Shuford Peeler, the general secretary
of the State Sunday School Associa
tion. Local speakers included Super
intendent of Schools, W. P. Morton
of Pinehurst and J. F. Sinclair of
West End.