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SOUTHERN PINES ANNUAL RESORT NUMBER THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL 15A, NO. 52 ►yVJr ^kiAHTHAOe aACue SPAINC8 LAKEVIEW JACKSOH SPRINOS PINEBLUFF PILOT SECTION TWO of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, November 22, 1935 FIVE CENTS Southern Pines Looks For the Greatest Season in its History HORSE IS RAPIDLY BECOMING KING IN SANDHIl^SECTION Steeplechase Races in March j Feature Event of Winter j Season Here Over Brush in the Inaugural Meeting of the Sandhills Steeplechase THREE PACKS OF HOUNDS The Horse is rapidly becoming king in the Sandhills. Old Dobbin is giv ing the game of golf a close race for top honors in Interest among the large seasonal population, and each season sees more and more states brought here for the winter, more events in which the horse plays his part to thrill participant and specta tor. Some 5,000 persons witnessed the first race meeting of the Sandhills Steeplechase & Racing Association on its new course on the Midland Road, between Southern Fines and Pinehurst, last March. They saw three exciting races, two over brush fences, one over stalwart timber. They saw one of America’s famed steeplechasers. Charioteer, entered by Mrs. Jackson H. Boyd of Southern Pines and ridden by Richard Wal- lach, well known amateur rider, come into possession of the Sand hills Cup, donated by Mrs. Verner Z. Reed, Jr., of Pinehurst, after a close and thrilling two mile g^allop over timber, with Noel Laing on Mrs. T. H. Somerville’s Oliver C leading un til the final stretch. They saw Gov ernor Enringnaua of Nc/rtii canTtiin* present the trophy at the close of a memorable opening day for the new race course. This race meeting will be repeat ed this coming March, over the same course but much improved since its christening. The groundwork has been laid for one of the finest steeple chase courses in the country, and each year is expected to see more of the leading steeplechase horses of America competing in the Sandhills meet. The definite date for the 1936 meeting has not been set, but it will come along in March. Frequent Gymkhanas The gymkhana events, held in Southern Pines in the new horse show ring and in the Carolina Hotel ring in Pinehurst on alternate weeks, create great interest and furnish much excitement throughout the win ter. Men, women, boys and girls, all ages and sizes, take part in the po tato races, the broomstick polo games, the costume stunts on horse back and the jumping events on the program at each of these gymk hanas, and there’s fun for everyone. The first of these events will be held on Thanksgiving Day at Pinehurst, to be followed the following Friday afternoon at Southern Pines. The gymkhanas are free to all, partici pant and spectator alike. Southern Pines takes much interest in the Moore County Hounds, a pack maintained here by James and Jack son Boyd. This pack hunts the coun try in the vicinity of town on Mon days, Wednesdays and Saturdays from Thanksgiving until March. Hunting with these hounds is by in vitation only. Another organized pack in the Si ndhills is that of Mr. and Mrs. Verner Z. Reed, Jr., of Pine hurst, also an invitation hunt. Lloyd Tate of Pinehurst maintains a pack which hunts fox during the winter season, these hunts being open to those riding from any of the riding stables in either town. The Sandhills is covered with pic turesque bridle trails and riders dot the landscape throughout the season. It is ideal country for the horse, many prominent owners of important stables .sending thfiir mounts here to winter. More horses winter in and about Southern Pines and Pinehurst than in any other section of the Car- olinas. I ; ' A . Noel Laing of Southern Pines on Fairy Lore and Lyman Wright of Aiken, S. C., on Dock Light neck and neck over one of the huge brus'h jumps during the race meeting of the Sandhills Stee. pieehase A RAaing- Association here last March. CarroU K. Bassett of Camden, S. C., on Musko gee in background about to jump. BUSY SEASON OF SPORTS OF ALL KINDS SCHEDULED Prosperity No Longer Just Around Corner; It is Here P. G. A. Golf Tourney and Steeplechase Race Meeting Feature 1936 Program SHUFFLEBOARD Tournaments wil be held weekly throughout the winter season on the Municipal Park grounds. Open to all. The busiest season of sports in his tory is promised for Southern Pines this winter, with a newly scheduled Open Golf tournament sponsored by the Professional Golfers’ Association and the second annual race meeting of the Sandhills Steeplechase & Rac ing Association featuring the pro gram. Golf, tennis, roque, shuffleboard, baseball, horses racing and gymk hana events make up the schedule which opens with an equestrian gymkhana the first week of Decem ber. There are numerous golf tourna ments in addition to the events which will bring leading professionals of the country here in March; various tourneys will be held at the Mid- Pines Club and over the Pine Needles course as well as at the Southern Pines Country Club. College teams from institutions of North Carolina will be seen in action on the tennis courts and baseball diamond. The schedule, tentative at this date, shows the following events in var- oius sports for the season: GOLF At Country Club Saturday, January 5— New Year’s Handicap, 18 holes medal play. Saturday, February 15— , St. Valentine’s Sweepstakes, 18 holes Handicap Medal play. Saturday, February 22— Washington’s Birthday Flag, Tour nament, 18 holes handicap. Saturday, Febri^ry 29— Leap Year Kickers Handicap, 18 holes Medal Play. Saturday, March 7— Spring Sweepstakes, 18 holes Med al Play Handicap. Saturday, March 14— March Sweepstakes Handicap, 18 holes Match Play against Par. Monday, March 28— P. G. A. Open Tournament to be announced later. Wednesday, Thursday, April 1 and 2— Eighth Annual Women’s Mid- (Pkase turn to Page 8) Fear, Fifty Percent of All De pressions, is I’assing, Says Struthers Burt By Struthers Burt No one knows how a major depres sion begins or why it ends. The fac tors involved are too complicated and too elusive, and often, on the surface least, too self-contradictory, and the spirals of the descending and de flated balloon are too vague and giddy for any human mind, however well informed, to trace. To say that the depression from which we are emerg ing, from which, as a matter of fact, we have already emerged, was due to the waste of the war is not enough. To say that it wa.° due to post-war over-expansion; to financial athlete’s chest; to Wall Street; to the inherent human mania for gamb ling; or any one of half a dozen oth er contributing caupes is not enough either. It is like saying that a hur ricane starts by a whirl of wind in the Caribbean. A hurricane does start by a whirl of wind in the Carribean, just as a forest-fire starts because of a cerelessly thrown match, or a flash of lightning, but back of both the whirl of wind and the careless match, or where the forest-fire is concerned, the lightning, are the wide and unknown sky and a multitude of conflicting air currents, or what foresters know as “fire conditions.” The roots of a major depression prob ably start to take hold long before the generations which suffer the ma jor depressions are born. I, for one, believe that among the strongest of these roots has been our reckless, ruthless, drunken handling of the land. But about every depression three things do stiind out fairly clearly: first, that economists in realty know nothing, and that political economy if it is anything is a purely experi mental art and not a science; sec ond, that all depressions in time cure themselves; third, that fifty percent of all depressions is fear. Fear that grows like a snowball; fear that runs on the ground like a prairie fire; fear that burrows underground like a mil lion blind, but squeaking moles. Fear that feeds upon Itself and produces that curious dreadful inner stagna- (Pleaae turn to Section 3) Sees Hurricane Over STRUTHERS BURT Advertising Campaign For U. S. No. 1 Route Association Launches Extensive Program to Keep Tourist on Famous Highway The U. S. Highway No. 1 Associa tion, of which Dr. L. B. McBrayer and D. D. Shields Cameron of South ern Pines are officers, is embarking this year upon its most extensive program. General headquarters have been established in Sanford, where the president, R. L. Burns, resides, and from there literature will be broadcast throughout the country outlining the attractions of this Main to Florida route for tourist travel. Both the radio and newspapers are to be used in advertising. U. S. No. 1 is the main artery of motor traffic through Southern Pines, and its use means much to this section. With so many compet ing North-South routes the associa tion has found it necessary to keep No, 1 in the mind of the traveler that the towns along the famous highway may get their fair share of the tour ist dollar. Mid-South’s Popular Resort Ready and Awaiting the Northern Invasion At a Glance FAMED FOR ITS BEAUTY Southern Pines has a Commission form of government with D. G. Stutz, Mayor; H. F. Burns, Clerk-Treasurer. Commissioners: E. C. Stevens, George W. Case, Dr. L. M. Daniels, L. V. O'Callaghan, Charles S. Patch. Chief of Police, J. A. Gargis. Chief of Fire Department, L. V. O’Callaghan. Tax Collector, Mrs, J, H, Tilghman, Civic Bodies Chamber of Commerce-- H, J, Bet- terley president; D, D. Shields Cam eron, secretary. Southern Pines Civ ic Club—Miss Mary Adaline Cook, president; Mrs. H, W, Gage, secre tary, Aberdeen Kiwanis Club—Wil- Lard L, Dunlop, president; Herbert D. Vail secretary. Pinehurst and Aberdeen included in this club. Ail- States Association, D. H, Turner, president. Churches Emmanuel Episcopal, First Bap tist, Church of Wide Fellowship, Ro man Catholic, Christian Science and Presbyterian Mission, For hours of services see elsewhere in this issue. Schools Southern Pines Public School, high and graded. Frank Webster principal, with 15 teachers and an enrollment of 500. The Ark, a private school with Mrs. M. A. Hayes, principal. South ern Pines School for Girls, a private school. Miss Valene Doucher, princi pal. The Home School, kindergarten, first and second grades. Miss Laura M. Jenks, principal. Library Mrs. Nellie S. Fisher, Librarian. Hours 10:00 a. m to 12 M. and 2:00 to 5:00 p. m. daily except Sunday. Banks Citizens Bank and Trust Company, N. L, Hodgkins; Cashier. Hours 9 to 2; Saturday, 9 to 12. Railroad Schedule North Bound The New York-Florida Limited, Train 192 for Richmond, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York leaves Southern Pines 7:19 p. m. The Robert E. Lee, Train 6, for Richmond, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia end New York leaves Southern Pines 10:17 p. m. Southbound The Southern States Special, Train 107—The Cotton States Special, Train 107-9, for Columbia, Savannah, Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, St. Petersburg and other Florida points, also for Athens, Atlanta, Birming ham, and the West leaves Southern Pines 10:17 p. m. The New York-Florida Limited, Train 191, for Columbia, Savannah, Jacksonville, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Miami and other Florida points leaves Southern Pines 11:03 a. m. The Robert E. Lee, Train 5, for Athens, Atlanta, Birmingham, Mem phis with excellent connections for the West and Southwest leaves Southern Pines 7:06 a. m. Postoffice Mails in boxes at Postoffice: From the North, 8:00 a. m., 12:00 M., 8:30 P. M.; From the South; 8:00 a. m., 12:00 m. Mails close at postoffice: For the North: 10:30 a. m., 6:00 p. m., 9:00 p. m.,; For the South; 6:00 p. m., 9:00 p. m. General Delivery window opens at 8:00 a. mX, closes at 6:00 p. m. Note: If 7:30 p, mX train from the north is over one hour late the mail will not be distributed until the following morning, ROQrjE Tournamentd will be held weekly throughout tae winter season on the courtp of the Southern Pines Men’s Olu'o. Open to all. I Sports Program Includes Golf j Tournaments, Horse Racing and Gymkhanas, Tennis and Less Active Pastimes For Old and Young.—Hotels, Cottages Filling Up. By Howard F. Burns Southern Pines and the Sandhills are preparing for what is expected ; to be the busiest winter in many years. W’ith improved business con ditions about the country the minds of people are turning again to winter vacations, and the attractions of the Mid-South will lure thousands here to enjoy the pleasurable activities of the mild winter months. Cottages are already filling up, and the hotels reporting many guests and unusually heavy booking, from the coming holidays on through Ap ril. As each year passes Southern Pines is becoming more widely known for its beauty, its grassy parkways and abundance of green shrubbery. The city fathers have taken great pride in keeping the streets clean and free from the trash and rubbish found in so many places. It is recog- nized as one of the most beautiful spots in the Carolinas. Winter plant ing has reached its highest peak here, and the blossoms of the dogwood in springtime are compared to the ap ple blossoms of the Shenandoah Val ley or the cherry blossoms of Wash ington. The town is surrounded with forests of virgin pine. Mother Nature is in her splendor and the lover of the great outdoors enjoys the singing of birds as well as the beauty of the woodlands. Southern Pines is considered by the traveling public as one of the princi- pie winter resorts of the South. Its location on the main line of the Sea board Air Line Railway, halfway between New York and Florida, and within one night of the principal cities of the East, is one of its dis tinct advantages. Federal Highway One, the all-paved route from the North to the South, is the main ar tery of travel this season. The high way runs within two blocks of the center of town. Wint*‘r Golfing Center Located in the heart of the fore most golfing center in the country, Southern Pines has two country clubs and four golf courses. The Southern Pines Country Club, located on the east side of town, has one eighteen-hole and one nine-hole course. These are two of the pret tiest courses to be found anywhere. On the west side of town is the spa cious Mid-Pines Country Club and Inn with one eighteen-hole course which is one of the trickiest in the Sandhills. This year the Pine Needles Inn is again open and its excellent 18-hole course in perfect condition. Only five miles away is the Pine hurst Country Club with four very beautiful courses. Here in the Sand hills the nation’s golf s^ars gather er for various tournaments luring each winter season. It was here that George T. Dunlap, Jr., former na tional champion, learned the game. The horse takes no small part in the resort life in the Sandhills, It is said by leading horsemen »hat the mild climate and sandy soil make It an ideal spot for all kinds of hor.se events. The woods are dotted with scenic trails ahd here and there is to be found the old rail fence. Hunt ing of all kinds is attracting wide at tention, James and Jackson Boyd maintain a private pack of fox hounds here and their friends hunt with them three times a week dur ing the winter. The Chamber of Com- merce and the town have recently completed a gymkhana field located on the athletic grounds and eques trian events will be held throughout the winter. The first of the events on the calendar is scheduled for earfy (Please turn to page 8)
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