SOUTHERN PINES
ANNUAL RESORT
NUMBER
A Papsr Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL ISA, NO. 52
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MOORE COUNTY’S
LEA DING
NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Territory of Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, November 22, 1935
PILOT COMPLETES
15 YEARS SERVICE
IN MOORE COUNTY
Pubicatian W^as Started by
Stacy Hrewer in Vass on
November 2(i, 1929
BION H. BUTLER EDITOR
With this issue The Pilot completes
its 15th year of regular weekly pub
lication in Moore county, tifteen
years "devoted to the upbuilding of
the Sandhill territory of North Car
olina,” the slogan adopted by its
founders and appearing in ths mast
head since that November day in
1920 when Stacy Brewer and the
late Bion H. Butler brought out their
first issue.
The Pilot started in Vass, with
Brew’er, Butler and the late A. Cam
eron its guiding force. It was own
ed by Mr. Brewer until 1928 when a
corporation was formed which ac
quired control and in 1929 moved the
plant to Aberdeen that the publioa-
tion office might be nearer the cen
ter of Sandhills activities and news
sources. Three years ago The Pilot,
Incorporated, purchased the planl of
the Sandhill Citizen in Southern
Pines, and removed its headquarters
to Moore county's largest municipal
ity.
Wrote Mr. Butler, who until his
death last February was editor of the
paper from its inception, in the tenth
birthday issue of 1930:
“Healthy and Husky”
“The Pilot was little when it start
ed, but it W03 healthy, and husky,
and confident of its po.sition, sw'ayed
by nothing but the judgment of its
management, determined to give
everybody a fair shake, and open to
any man on any subject in proper
discussion. I have never in my sixty
years of newspaper work connected
with a paper, big or little', that had
such a positive standing for veracity
and integrity in its community, for
the general impression was that when
The Pilot printed anything it was a
fact. In all its career I do not now re
call a time when The Pilot has been
called upon to explain that what it
had said in a previous issue was not
reliable.
“The Pilot is ten years old, a rugged,
upright youth, sincere in its aims and
promising for the future. It has seen
some rather thin spots in the ice in
some periods of its existence, but it
appears now to be on a firm foot
ing and with its acquaintance, the
vigor of youth, the service it is ren-
Sixth Anniversary
NEW PLANT GIVES
CARTHAGE BETTER
’PHONE SERVICE
O' o
FIVE CENTS
President
NEW PRE.^IDENT
OF STEEPLECHASE
Main Entrance to Moore County Hospital at Pinehurst
Moore County Hospital
Has Birthday on Monday
Sandhills Guest
Institution Which First Opened
Its Doors on November 25,
1S29 Now Indispensable
New Cables, New Central Of-
Office Announced by Cen
tral Carolina Company
HEADQUARTERS HERE
The Central Carolina Telephone'
Company has, for several weeks,'
been engaged in rscting a new ca
ble distribution plant in the town
of Carthage. On Sunday morning,
N vember 17th, the new telephone'
plant was placed in service. Ths Cen-!
tral office has been relocated from'
second floor of the McDonald bv\ilcl-1
ing to the now quarters in the resi
dence of Miss Bessie McLeod, at the
corner of Monrje and Pinehurst,
streets. '
'liie old telephone plant, erected
several years ago is being disman
tled and when this woik has been
compleled there will not ba any tele
phone poles on the main business
stre:t. The telephone company, s-
far as possible, placed the poles for
the new plant in the rear of the bus-
iness hou.ses in the business section Residents Urjred to Contribute
of the town.
A noticeable improvement has
born made in the telephone service
and the favorable ccniments received , COUNTY GETS 50 PERCENT
at the company’s office indicate that
their customers are pleaseii with the The annual Red Cross Roll Call ia
change. n pi- gress in the county, and funds
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HOMER S. CUMMINGS
The Attorney General of the
United States is a guest Lhis week
in Pinehurst, enjoying a needed rest
dering, and its sincere intent to deal I and recreation on the golf course,
fairly in everything to the best of With him here are several of his as-
its knowledge, another ten years
ought to be a period of happy con
tact with a good people, and a ca
reer of usefulness.
“I speak in this familiar and per
sonal tone because I am still, as 1
have beefa from the first day of its
existence, a sort of foster-father of
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Arthur P. Rowe Dies
Here at Age of 83
Former Owner of Cedar Pines
Villa Had Resided Here
Since 1923
Funtral services were conducted
by the Rev. J. Fred Stimson, at three
o’clock Monday afternoon, for Ar
thur P. Rowe, aged 83 years, who
died in his home on Ohio avenue in
Southern Pines Sunday night. Bom in
Huntington, Mass., July 6, 1852, Mr.
Rowe retired from active business in
Bethlehem, N. H., some 10 years ago,
coming to Southern Pines in 1923,
and making a winter home here. With
H. A. Lewis he bought Cedar Pines
Villa in 1924, but withing three years
sold the property to Struthers Burt.
Though leading a retired hfe Mr.
Rowe was well known to the business
men, and to all winter residents com
ing from New Hampshire, and his
kindly smile and pleasant greeting
will be missed.
Funeral services were also held in
Bethlehem, N. H., interment in the
family plot following. Mr. Rowe is
survived by his daughter Miss Clara
K. Rowe of Southern Pines, and s:n,
William Rowe of New York, ten
grandchildren and one great grand
child.
Nfxt Monday is the sixth birthday
of ihe Moore County Hospital. The
institution was opened on November
25th, 1929, and has served the peo
ple of the county faithfully and well
since that day. It has cared for more
‘han 5,000 in-patients, treated near
ly 10,000 out-patients, \velcomed to
he commua*iy some 300 babies, and
earned the right to be a single de-
.^criptive word, “indispensable."
The hospital was started with gen
erous contributions by individuals in
terested in seeing in the Sandhills
and Moore county a modern institu-
ti:n for the care of the sick, and
by the aid of the Duke Endowment,
"ounded by the late James B. Duke
for the establishment and mainten-
nance of well managed hospitals in
he two Carolinas. Like all institu
tions of the kind in a community
which has a sizeable population of
limited means, the Moore County
Hospital operates at a loss, but each
year this has been cared for by sub
scriptions from individuals and from
the dollar per-day-per-charity-^)atient
given by the Duke Foundation.
The institution has, in the past two
years, found its 39-bed capacity in
adequate to care for the needs of the
county, and efforts were made this
year to enlarge with the aid of fed
eral funds. Unfortunately this pro
ject fell through, and leaves the hos
pital with its three objectives set
forth in its annual reports:
1. An Additional Wing - - This
wou'd expand facilities generally and
jwouij provide, among other improve-
Professional Best Ball Event To ments, more space for paylng-pa-
sociates in the Department of Jus
tice.
P. G. A. CONFIRMS
MARCH 23 FOR
SOUTHERN PINES
Be Played at Country
Club
Confirmation was received yester
day from Robert Harlow, representa
tive of the Professional Golfers As
sociation of America, of the date for
a piof**.<is'r>ns,! best ball tournament
at the Southern Pines Country Club
on Monday, March 23rd, 1936. This
will be the first professional tourna
ment held on the course here, and is
expected to be the forerunner of an
annual event.
Most of the country’s leading pro
fessionals will be in the Sandhills at
that time, as they tee off the fol
lowing day in the 34th annual Unit
ed North & South Open Champion
ship at the Pinehurst Country Club.
It is probable, therefore, that South
ern Pines may look for a big entry
list for its premiere professional
event. The match here will be at 18
holes over the No. 1 course.
S CROSS ROLL
CALL TO BE MADE
HERE NEXT WEEK
Liberally in Annual Drive for
Funds
: Sandhills Association Elects Of
ficers and Plans For
Season’s Racinjf
COURSE MUCH IMPROVED
Verner Z. Reed, jr., of Pinehurst
was elected president of the Sand
hills Steeplechase and Racing Asso
ciation at a meeting on Monday after
noon in the Village Court building.
Nelson C. Hyde cf Southern Pines
wa.s elected vice president, Living
ston L. Biddle II of Pinehurst, treas
urer, and Noel Liang, Southern Pines,
secretary. An executive committee
will be named at the next meeting.
Plans were discussed for this year's
racing. Much work has been done
jn the race course on the Midland
Pvoad since the meeting last year and
it is reported in excellent ccndition.
It is probable that the outside fences
will be put in place in the near future.
The date for the second annual
race meeting of the association has
not been definitely set, but it will
probably be held on Saturday, March
21st, the week before the Carolina
Cup meeting at Camden, S. C. Four
Events instead of three as last year
are being arranged, with the possi
bility cf one of these races being for
officers of the United States Army.
Present at the meting Monday
were Dr. C. W. Mudgett, E. C. Stev-
Within the past year, the teUphone -viH be solicited in S«.th:rn Pines
company erected a new copper wire, coming week. A house-to-hous-
toll route between Southern Pines canvass will be made, as in past
and Carthage; also a new copper wire years, and residents are requested to
route has b.en completed between 'lave their contributions—as laige as
Caithage and Hemp, and with the '■hsy can consistently make th?m —
new cable distributicn plant within' •’eady for the young ladies who will
the city limits of Carthage, the citi- i
zens of Moore county can be assured! Moore county has a sizeable quota
of dependable telephone service to; raise. The fund collected here
gar T. Chapman, Will J. Stratton and
Nelson C. Hyde of South3rn Pines,
and N. S. Hurd, James W. Tufts, Col.
G. P. Hawes, Corbett Alexander, John
Thomas. L. L. Biddle II. Mr. and Mrs
Verner Z. Reed, jr., and Charles W.
Picqu:t from Pinehurst.
IS
ienc to national headquarters in 1
Washington, and on?-half the amount.
then returned for use in the county.!
This half is apportioned among the
various Red Cress chapters in the
county.
Funds of the Southern Pines group
are used for the purchase of and dis
tribution to needy and undernourish
ed school children in local schools. A
large proportion of this goes to the
colored school in West Southern
Pines.
The half of the Red Cross dollar
field, Jefferson McBee, Pageland 1retained by the national or-
and Ruby, South Carolina. R. S. Du- ganization goes into the general fund
Rant, vice president and general is called upon in great nation-
manager of the Centradl Carolina Tel-1 emergencies, such as floods, hur-
ephone Company and the Coastal Tel- j ‘"‘canes, conflagrations which bring
ephone Company, maintains his of- j suffering to the stricken
fice and residence in Southern Pines. I communities. The Red Cross asks the
The office staff comprises Miss Mary Pi^blic to open its purse but once a
and from th:ir county scat.
Southern l*ines Main Office
The headquarters of this company,
for its properties situated within the
states of North and South L-jrolina,
are located in Southern Pines. The
Central Carolina Telephone Company
provides telephone service in the
communities of Angler, Ansonville,
Bonlee, Carthage Gibsonville, Ker-
nersville, Lilesville, Marshville, Nor
wood, Pinehurst, Pittsboro, Siler City,
Southern Pines, Summerfield( Varina!
and Vass North Carolina and Chester-
Swett, secretary; and Ocorgo Rose,
local commercial manager for South-,
ern Pines and Pinehurst.
Standard Oil Men
at Pine Needles Inn
year, the period of the annual Roll
Call between Armistice Day and
Thanksgiving. The call should be gen
erously answered.
NOTICE
With next Thursday Thanksgiving,
a legal holiday. The Pilot will be pub
lished on Wednesday of next week.
Correspondents and advertisers are
requested to have their copy in the
office on Tuesday—Wednesday morn
ing at the latest.
tients, thus bettering the hospital's
annual financial position.
Until all the space in the projef>ted
wing became otherwise required, it
might be possible to use some of the
rooms as a temporary Nurses’ Home.
The problem o{ proper accommoda
tions for nurses is at present a diffi
cult one.
2. An Increased Endowment Fund
—A beginning has been made in the
matter of an Endowment, but the
Fund at the end of 1933 amounted to
less than three hundred dollars.
Every ^*ft to the Endowment Fur.d
means regular future income for the
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HIOHL.\ND PINES FOIIM.AL
OPENING ON DEC. I4TH
The Highland Pines Inn will open
f;;rmally on Saturday, December
14th, Heaton I. Treadway announced
1 this week. The Inn will take guests
upon reservation, however, from
Sunday, December 1st, on, he said.
Mr. Treadway arrived here this week
but was called back to Stockbridge,
Mass., by the sudden death of his
wife’s mother. He will return early
next week, bringing with him the
staff of the Red Lion Inn at Stock
bridge which will be at the Highland
Pines through the season.
Stutts Loses Both
Legs Under Train
Convention of Sales Depart-;^, , „
ment of Carolinas District ! Glendon Resident Falls Beneath
Opens Here Wheels in Attempt to
Board Car
Mary J. Welch Bride
of Richard Royall
Popular' Southern Pines Girl
Weds Son of Rockingham
Clergyman
Mrs. J. D. Welch of Southern Pines
has anuoum cu tne marriage of her
daughter, Ma:y Judd, to Richard
Royall of Rockingham, which took
place Saturday night in Halifax, Va.
The ycung couple attended the Duke-
Carolina game in Durham and motor
ed to Virginia afterwards.
Mrs. Royall is the youngest daugh
ter of Mrs. Welch and has made Sou
thern Pines her home for several
years. She attended the "Woman’s
College, University of North Caro
lina, in Greensboro and for the past
year she has been in the office of
Paul T. Barnum of Southern Pines.
She is one of the Sandhills’ most at
tractive and popular young women.
Mr. Royall is a son of Rev. and
Mrs. W. R. Royall of Rockingham and
is a graduate of Duke University,
Durham. He is prominently connect
ed in business in Rockingham.
After a trip to New Orleans and
other Southern cities, the couple will
make their home in Rockingham.
A two day convention of the sales
department of the Standard Oil Com- Millard Stutts of Glendon suffer-
pany of New Jersey, Carolinas Dis-! both legs on Sunday
trict, opened this morning at Pine | attempted to catch a Nor
Needles Irm with thirty officials at-' Southern train and fell beneath
tending.
C. M. Buyers of Charlotte was the
principle speaker .on the morning'
program and a talk was also made i town and he oftens catches the
by H. R. Dowd of Charlotte. The pro- i as it slowly climbs the grade
gram continued in the afternoon with ' and rides into town, where he
a golf tournament played over the'employed as relief foreman. Seeing
Mr. Stutts by the track and knowing
of his custom, the conductor, Captain
Pee, looked back to see if he had
the wheels. He sustained a severe cut
on the head, also.
Mr. Stutts resides about a mile
new Pine Needles course. The even
ing session opened with a banquet,
and sales talks are scheduled for to
morrow morning.
MISS FORD DIES, SISTER OF
MliS. JOHN L. McKINNEY
Local friends were advised this
week of the death of Miss Mignonne
Ford, sister of Mrs. John L. McKin
ley cf New York and Southern
Pines, which occurred at Hartford,
C!onn. Miss Ford was taken ill ear-
'y this month with pluerisy, which
’.atir developed into pneumonia, caus-
ng her death in a hospital In that
oity on November 15th.
Miss Ford had been a frequent
juest of Mrs. McKinney here, and
All-States Ass^i. To
Meet at Hollywood
Members Will Be Guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Pottle for Cards
and Program
The November meeting of the All-
States Association promises to be one
of the best for the members are all
back and certainly no better place
could be offered for the meeting. Mr.
and Mrs. Pottle have invited the as
sociation to the Hollywood Hotel on
Monday evening, November 25th, at
•'aught the train safely, and to this 18:00 o’clock.
.;he injured man probably owes his i There will be a program of. inter-
life. The train was brought to a' est to all which will precede the card
top and the conductor, who had j games, and as usual there will be a
had training as a nurse, rendered j prize for every table. It is not nec-
-irst aid. Mr. Etutts was then carried essary to form tables before coming
to the Moore County Hospital, where unless you wish to do so. All visitors
he is doing p.s well as co dd be ex-1 in the cottages and hotels are invit-
ected. Both limbs wers amputated
low the knee.
Mr. Stutts is married and has sev-
ed to join with the members of the
All-States Association on this even
ing, and a cordial invitation is ex-
iral children ranging in age from tended to those who will remain for
three months to fourteen years.
some time in Southern Pines, to be
come members of this association,
which was organized solely in the
desire to have frequent meetings for
GYMKH.\NA TH.\NKSG1VING
The first of the season’s equestrian'
Caro-' pleasure and good fellowship. A gala
Ld many friends both'’in southern 1 Hotel show ring on l hanksgiving j meeting is
Pines and Pinebluff. afternoon. ” ' ’
'will be served, following the games.