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TVIOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY iT*TJX? j. jnjC/ A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 16. NO. 52 ejkCCK SPAINCS lakkvibw MAMlBV SPRINGS INCORRECT DATE Correct Date ^ A ' r s. PILOT FIRST IP^ NEWS, ADVERTISING CIRCULATION & of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, November J'i, J • «». FIVE CENTS Christmas Seal Sale Opens Drive Against Tuberculosis Gratifying Inroads Made by Work of County Association from Annual Seal Funds At the present rate of progress, tuberculosis will soon be a thing: of the past in Moore county, thanks to the valiant, untiring effojts of the County Tuberculosis Association of which Mrs. T. A. Cheatham of Pine- hurst is the guiding genius. And thanks to the annual sale of Christmas Seals, which started this ■week throughout the community. It is the proceeds from these sales at this time each year that the work of the association is made possible. Last year the Seal Sale drive netted $1,- 392 which augmented by an annual appropriation from County funds of $1,200, and refunds from patients, g:ives the committee the means to t;arry on its fight. These funds are used to care for tubercular cases found among the ponr and needy of the county, for preventative measures, for the exam- ination of all suspects, and for educa tion along health lines. Since the for mation of the association and the start of its strenuous year ’round campaign against the ravages of the disease, tuberculosis has steadily de clined here, and Mrs. Cheatham re ports this fall that at least ane com- ■munity. Pinehurst, is now entirely rid of it. Annual Sale Now On The Seal Sale Drive has just start ed throughout the county, as it has throughout he country. Pinehurst has Its Seal Sale Day this Saturday to launch its fund campaign, and Sou thern Pines is having one on Monday. The little seals which cost but a penny will be on sale in every com munity for the next few weeks. It is these pennies which mount up to the thousand-odd dollars which spell suc cess in the fight. The general committee of the Coun ty Tuberculosis Association comprises the following representatives of the various communities; Aberdeen, Mrs. J. Talbot Johnson; Carthage, Mrs. J. S. Symington; Pinebluff, Mrs- Viola Fiddner; Pinehurst, Mrs. T. A. Cheat ham. and Southern Pines, Preston T. Kelsey. The list of chairmen for the Seal Sale Drive in the various town ships. and the association’s financial report, will be announced in next week’s Pilot. Of the fund raised in the county, 75 percent is retained for the f'glit in the county, the balance going to the work of the national associaion, some of which also comes ba*jk here. Mrs- Cheatham tells us that durin*; the past year every auspicious c.tse in the county has been rushed to the State Sanatoriiun fot examination; that of eight ariciitod cases r«^lea:--td after treatm«nit Miere. thi n ha.i boen but one relapse T*i» number is now very low per 'ap'ta, anc getting low er each year due to the precauti onary and edicat^'^nal wr.rk done by t'le as set iatior. “Our goal this year is to cross i\e $1,500 mark in the Seal Sale drive," says Mrs. Cheatham. “There is much more work we can do with additional funds, and the efforts of the com mittee thus far have proven what can "be done toward the eradication of the <lisease in Moore county.” IVork Araonjf Children Diagnosis, treatment and preven tion of tuberculosis in children ia one of the outstanding pieces of tubercu losis work in our state in particular ■and more or less throughout the Unit ed States. More than 200,000 children in our state have Ijeen examined, thanks to the Extension work of the ■State Sanatorium. The rapid decline of deaths and infection from tuherculosis in North Carolina has been piloted by the State Sanatorium and the State Tu berculosis Association, aided and abet, ted at all times by the State Board of Health and the medical profession. The State Tuberculosis Association, through its constant affiliation with the National Tuberculosis Association has had access to and participated in (Pleaae turn to page 8) Save the Pieces The Rev. Mr. Hall Sent Ashes of His Burned $126 to U. S. and Recovers If you have money to burn, and burn it, save the ashes. It was on November 6th that the Rev. L. M. Hall of Aberdeen turn ed over $126 in bills to Mrs. Hall for safekeeping while he motored to a church meeting in Vass. Mrs. Hall worried about it, decided to put it where burglars might least expect to find it. She hid it in the oil stove. Next morning Mr. Hall was first up. He lighted the stove. The greenbacks turned red, then white. When he learnei^what had happen ed, Mr. Hall fished out the pieces. He sent them to the Treasury De partment in Washington, wrote them a nice letter. This week he received a govern ment check for his $126. Engragement is Announced REV. L M. HALL RETURNS TO VASS ABERDEEN CHARGE Community Grateful for Reas signment of Popular Pastor of Churches Here HOSPITAL WING IS LAUNCHMOVETO NEAR COMPLETION! HONOR MEMORY ON 7TH BIRTHDAY OF NOEL LAING Institution Will Nearly Double Bed Capacity When Addition Is Equipped Friends, Admirers Would Name Sandhills Steeplechase Course F'or Late Secretarv $207 FROM BIRTHDAY CLUB BURIED IN WARRENTON This week marks the 7th anniver sary of the opening of the Moore Co unty Hospital. It also secs the pract ical completion of the new wing of the building near Pinehurst, an add ition which will, when finished and A movement was launched here this week by the many friends and admirers of the late Noel Laing -and that encompasses all who knew him to honor his memory by naming the Midland Road race course of the MISS DOROTHY MOOKK MR. DURHAM AT CARTHAGE The people of Aberdeen and Vass were delighted this week at the news from the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, that the Rev. L- M. Hall, pas tor of the Page Memorial Church in Aberdeen and of the Vass Methodist Church, had been returned to them for another term of sei"vice. Mr. Hall has endeared himself not only to the | flowers. On the dining people of his own churches but the ! ^ white centerpiece entire populace since coming to Moore | p^as and lilies. Silver county. He has taken an active part | t^e family for In civic affairs, and is mainly re- used. sponsible for the new public play- 1 „ . • r.f ^ K I- J I rpjjg receiving line was made up 01 ground for children in Aberdeen, a , Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Miss Mooie, her project which his enthusiasm for and , ir ^ •’ fiance, Mr. Patterson, and Mrs. fc. Miss Dorothy Moore to Wed Bynum Patterson of Mississippi Engasenient of Daughter o^ Mr. and Mrs. George C. Moore An nounced at Large Tea One of the most brilliant events of the season was the tea and cocktail party given last Thursday by Mi-, and Mrs. George C. Moore announcinlg the engagement of their daughter. Doro thy to Arthur Bynum Patterson of Philadelphia, Miss., and Southern Pines. The house was beautifully decorat- interest in youth has successfully car ried through. Carthage is also well pleased over the reassignment of its Methodist K. Copeland of Boston, Mass., grand- irtother of the bride-elect. Mrs. Moore wore a green and black gown. Miss Moore was in burnt orange chiffon preacher, the Rev E. C. Durham, to | and Mrs. Copeland wore black. Cor- his church. The only other Methodist church in the county is that at Hemp, to which the Rev. W. I. Dawson has been assigned, for which the people of Hemp are gratefuul. D. E. Earnhardt has been named sages of orchids were worn l)y each. At the tea table were Mrs. H. H. Beckwith, Mrs. William Chase Mud- gett and Mrs. Frank Shamburger. In the living room Mrs. Clara Pushee and Mrs. M. G. Nichols welcomed the Funeral Services Held For Miss Sarah Shaw Funeral services were conducted on Thursday morning in Old Be- thesda Church for Miss Sarah p;*esiding elder of the Fayetteville dis- j guests. Mrs. E. V. Perkinson and trict, in which Moore county churches Mrs. George D. Elliott, Jr., of Fay- are located etteville bid the guests good-bye. At i the punch table were Mrs- W. R. I Royall, Jr., Mrs. George Rose and ' Miss Mary Swett. One hundred and fifty guests call ed during the hours between four an 1 six-thirty. No date has as yet been set for the wedding. Miss Moore attended Salem College, Shaw, sister of Mrs. Robert N. Page j winston-Salem, and was graduated of Aberdeen, who died on Tuesday | t^e Garland Finishing School in night at 6:00 o’clock at Mrs. Page's | Patterson Is home where she had resided for sev- | connected with the firm of J. S. Wa- eral years. The Rev. E. L. Barber | ^ of Boston. officiated, assisted by the Rev. j Angus McQueen. Interment follow- ^11 j tt ed in Bethesda Cemetery. TaX Collector HuntiCy Miss Page, who was 80 years of | Sued by Wife f.or $15,000 age, had been in ill health since suf- fering a fall which resulted in a brok-1 Moore county’s tax collector, W. T. en hip about three years ago. She la i Huntley of Aberdeen, is defendent in Birthday With this issue ihe Pilot closes its 16th year. It was founded in Vass in 1920 by Stacy Brewer, and under his management and the editorial sup ervision of the late Bion H. Butler, it prospered from the start and steadily expanded in scope until it became an influential county-wide paper. The Pilot spent several en joyable years in Aberdeen, moved to Southern Pines upon the acquis ition of the physical assets of the old Sandhill Citizen. MATERNITY WORK IN COUNTY GREAT SUCCESS TO DATE Women Interested in Clinics, Pleased at Results, Plan More Far-Reaching Efforts Leading women from various sec tions of the county where maternity clinics have been established met at the home of Mrs. Wilbur H. Currie in Carthage on Monday afternoon to take a backward look at what has been accomplished and to devise plans for making the work more far-reach ing. Miss Margaret McQueen, maternity and infant nurse for Moore county, : gave a report of the work done since the first clinic was set up In June. While those most interested in the ] equipped, practically double the bed ! Sandhills Steeplechase & Racing As- capacity of the institution. The value sociation “The Noel Laing Memorial of the hospital to the community is ! Course,’’ Mr. Laing was mainly re best exemplified by thf» need for this ' sponsible for the success of the or- additional space in such a compar- ' ganization which has held two meet- ativeiy short existence. , >ng over the course, and was secre- Its birthday on Wednesday was the association at the time of marked by the receipt of a check for death on November 18th in Wash- $207.83 from the Pinehurst Birthday | *^Ston, D. C. club, of which Miss Mary Ward is | is understood that the proposal president. This organization is one of j " presented at the annual meet- several throughout the county which i ^he association, to be held in makes the hospital its principal char- | future. ity. In addition to Hospital Auxiliaries j Laing, in the racing colors in in several towns of the county, j he won glory and reknown, there is a Southern Pines Birthday 1 resting place by Club which makes regular contnbu- I beside whom he had ridden tiona, and the Kiwanis Club and other ' hard-fought race o’er turf civic organizations annually contri- | timber. His body rests in the i bute generously toward the maintt- , Warrenton, Virginia, i nance funri Amissville home of his par- ; The new' wing was made p.s..b,e ' ; through the beneficence of large | ^raighill Brown of inumbers of individual donors, the Performed the ).st rites. Ktice Friends Bearers The pallbearers were all friends of the hunt racing world, names well- known in steeplechase circles; R® dolph Duffy, Anderson Fowler, C roll K. Bassett, James E. Ryan, Hei $43,534 wa^ subscribed by orgamza- ry W. Frost, Jr., Robert Davis, Rob tions and individuals. There is further ert Young, Richard Wallach, Joht need, however, for additional funds 1 Skinner, Raymrnd G. Wolfe, William for furnishings and equipment for! h. Street and William F. Almy. Manj the new addition. of them have ridden beside Noel ii The hospital is regularly rated the meetings of the Sandhills Steeple “Class A’’ by the American College : chase and Racing Association here of Surgeons which annually makes a and all have been friendly enemie thorough inspection of me institu- of the racing game in meets els. tion where. — ; Noel’s horses ran in the annua. Ark SchfiK)! Children Montpelier races last Saturday, the rr»l- 1 • • ^^ter his burial. The night be- Observe Thanksgiving l fore he died in the Emergency Hos- The children of The Ark School' Washington, stricken down under the direction of Mrs. Millicent i " ^9th birthday. A. Hayes, presented a delightful instruction to “Andy” Thanksgiving program of songs stor ies and poems and plays, at the school Wednesday morning. The large room was decorated with autumn leaves, and a large quantity of colorful friuts which the children brought to be sent to the Moore Coun ty Hospital. The Nursery Group pre- I tration. The contract for the new | wing was let at $69,163, of which ! amount $25,620 was received as a ' grant from VW.V funds. The ’aalancf. ' sentod a charming harvest song and dance, the older pupils an original play, “The Birth of Thanksgiving,” which was taken from their studies in American History. All cha.-acters were taken from the orife.nal Pil grim Fathers with the following cast: Present Day Boy, David Drexel. Governor Bradford, Nancy Lewis. Elder Bradford. Winthrop Wilson. John Alden, Helen Wicker. Prs'cilla Alden, Jane Moore. . Miles Standish, Patricia Lewis. Patience Winslow, Peggy Ewing. Fowler, who has been carrying cn in the training of horses under Noel’s charge, and insisted that the mounts he had entered for the meeting at Mrs. Randolph’s Scott’s estate, the former James Madison home, face the starter, regardless of his condi tion. It was a sad assignment for “Andy,” and a difficult position for Mrs. Scctt, for whom Noel has long trained timber and brush horses. But they carried on in accordance with his wishes. And his entries won a first, a second and a third in the six races. Many residents of the Sandhills at tended the funeral rites at Warren ton. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. Jackson H. Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. James Boyd, Ml-, and Mrs. Verner Z. Reed, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Almet Jenks, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson C Hyde, Augustinf Healy, David Carnahan, Mrs. Gract Eustis, James Townsend, Pimest I. survived by two sisters, Mrs. Robert N. Page of Aberdeen and Miss Cor nelia Shaw, librarian emeritus of Davidson College, and one brother. Judge T. J,. Sha,v of Greensboro. An other brother. Dr, Angus R. Shaw of Charlotte, died early last month. Officers of the Bethesda Presbyter ian Church in Aberdeen served as the honorary bearers, with the fol lowing active bearers: Frank Buchan, Clyde Shaw, Frank Shamburger, Henry A. Page, Jr., Robateau Wild er and Lee Page. a $15,000 damage suit instituted by his wife, Della C. Huntley, who suf fered a broken leg and. shoulder in juries in an accident in her hus band’s car near Monroe last March. Though Mrs. Huntley was driving at the time, her complaint alleges that the wreck was caused by the defend ant who. the papers in the case state,’’ was carelessly, negligently ana unlawfully grabbed the steering wheel of the automobile which the plaintiff was driving and jerked said car off the road.” Squanto. Nancy Boyd. Pilgrim Children, Ethel Lewis and | White and Richard Wallach. Seieral clinics are not giving the work full j^^ry French. j “P from Camden, S. C., vhere credit for this, they are very much, Among the parents and friends at- Carolina Cup and gratified that so far as they are able , tending were Mrs. M. G. Nichols, Mrs.' important races during hia ca- to learn no mother in the county has j Drexel. Mrs. James Boyd, Mrs. them Harry D. K*k- died in childbirth since the clinics carleton Wicker, Mrs. Nelson C. have have been in operation, whereas, | Hyde, Mrs. Edgar Ewiu^, Mrs. E. T. the first half of the year, four Latting, Mrs. George Moore, Mrs. in mothers lost ther lives from tills or-1 william C. Mudgett, Mrs. H. H. Beck- i with, Mrs. Alice B. Hunt, Mrs. George The question of how to reach the mothers and get them to the clinics ' was discu.ssed informally. i Those in attendance at this meeting included Mrs. James Boyd and Mrs., James Swett of Southern Pines, Mrs. Maurice, Mrs. Charles Morris, Mrs. Paul Dana, Mrs, Donald Sherrerd, Mrs. Myron W Marr, Mrs. Clyde Wilson, Dr. Vide McLeod, Mrs. Em met French, Bynum Patterson, Miss Dorothy Moore, Mrs. Copeland, Dan Talbot Johnson and Mrs. Edwin Me-1 Boyd and Mrs. Gunning. Keithen of Aberdeen, Mrs. Leonard I _- — Tufts of Pinehurst, Mrs. W. O. Saun- | SHUTE WINS N.\T10NAL. P.O..\. deis of Hemp. Mrs. J. M. Guthrie and Densmore Shute of Newton, Mass., over, formerly of Pinehurst. KIWANIS HONORS MEMOR1' Mrs. H. P. McPherson of Cameron, Miss Grace Robinson and Miss Till man of Samarcand, Mrs. Walter Mc- Neille of Pinebluff, Mrs. Maurice and daughter of Eagle Springs. Miss Mar garet McQueen, Mrs. Alonzo Blue and Mrs. Wilbur H. Currie of Carthage. was the winner of the annual cham pionship of the Professional Golfers Association of America in last week’s national tournament at Pinehurst. Shute defeated Jimmy Thomson of Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pa., in the fin al round. OP R. N. PAGE, BION Bl IX.EB J The Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen paid tribute to two of Its deceased mem bers, the late Robert N. Pagfe and Bion H. Butler, at its Thanksgiving Day meeting held Wednesday in the home of Mrs. J. R. Page in Aber deen. Acting upop the suggestion of Frank Buchan, resolutions were a- dopted commemorating the activities in Kiwanis and civic affairs in the communtly during the lifetime of these two outstanding citizens. Wednesday’s meeting was dedicated to support of the Barium Springs Orphanage, and all receipts turned over to Mrs. J. R. Page, whose hos pitality the members enjoyed.