THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, November 27, 1936.
Busy Trading Area Here Caters
To Wants of Resident and Visitor
Excellent Shops Offer Wide Va
riety of Wares; In Fact, Any
thing Yob Are Seeking
Visitors to Southern Pines net real
izing the seasonal expansion from a
permanent population of some 2,555
to many times that number during
the winter months, wonder at the un
usual number of excellent shops dis
playing everything from the necessi
ties of life to the luxuries thereof for
a ccsmopolitan clientele.
But few of the establishments are
small, all being devised to supply
their wares to a constant stream of
customers. Several would be unique
in a large city for the variety and
completeness of their merchandise.
A complete census of those cater-
I ing to the wants of the public
I includes three drug stores, four mar-
, kets, seven groceries, a fruit store, a
i department store, one dry goods
i store, three ladies’ wear shops, one
I men’s wearing apparel, one children’s
\ wear, one tailoring establishment,
i two dry cleaners, one laundry, a gift
shop, twt) novelty shops, one “5 and
j 10,” five beauty parlors, one green
house. two florists, cne jeweler, two
shoe repairers, two barber .shops, two
' radio dealers, one photographer, one
, decorator, one book store, one billiard
' parlor, cne grain, feed and seed
house.
A IJttle Bit of Everything
There are seven real estate agents,
, four insurance offices, five builders, j
I one hardware store, three paint sup- j
COAL.
COKE
May We Have the Pleasure of
Serving You
Penn. Anthracite—(Nut and Stove Sizes)
Virginia Anthracite—(Nut and Stove Sizes)
West Virginia Splint—(Large Size)
Red Star—(Kentucky Red Ash)
Stoker Nut—(Dust Treated)
Pocohontas—(Dust Treated)
Coke—(Furnace Size)
Prompt and Courteous Delivery
Farrell Coal Company
Phone 58
Aberdeen, N. C.
ply houses, one plumber, two tin
smiths and furnace men, one oil heat
and refrigeration contractor, one elec
tricity shop, two furniture repair
shops, one second-hand furniture
store, five garages with capable me
chanics for repairs to ^11 makes of
cars, three riding stables, several taxi
sevices, three express and delivey
services, one lumber yard and cab
inet shop, one power and light com
pany, two telegraph offices, telephone
headquarters, a motion picturc thea
tre, a bank, two printing plants, two
newspapers, two undertakers, and an
'Alcoholic Beverage Control store.
Seven large hotels, four large
boarding houses, and twenty of smal
ler size, with several fine apartment
houses, serve to house a large num
ber of seasonal residents who also
have, when needed, the services of
five doctors, one chiropractor, one os
teopath, one eye and ear specialist,
four lawyers and two dentists.
There are six churches, a country
club, a men’s club, the Civic Club,-
lodges of the Masonic orders, I. O.
O. F.. Junior Order, U. A. M., Span
ish War Veterans, American Legion,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, D. A. R.,
Kiwanis Club, Chamber of Commerce
and Boy Scouts.
Union Service
First of Season Series in
Southern Pines at Wide
Fellowship Church Sunday
The first Sunday night union
service of the session in Southern
Pines will be held at the Church
of Wide Fellowship at 8:00 o’clock
next Sunday night, November 29.
The sermon will be delivered by
the Rev. J. Fred Stimson, pastor of
the First Baptist Church, on the
theme, “The Inevitable Query.”
Singers from all the churches are
invited to help lead in the musi
cal service. A general invitation Is
extended to all in the community
who have no other church appoint
ments to join in these union serv
ices.
PINEBLUFF
il
Let us check up on your Furnace and Flues Before
Cold W'eather Sets In.
We specialize in Hot Air Heating Systems and
Air Conditioning.
ELMER E. DAVIS
n Southern Pines, North Carolina
Mrs. Hazel Allison and Mrs. Gussy
Gibson spent Thursday in Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rexford of
. EarLville, N. Y., arrived , Saturday
for the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Swan and
I daught.^r. Miss Lucy Swan returned
I to their home here last week after
spending the summer in Earlville, N.
i Y.
Mrs. M. F. Butner and Mrs. Purvis
! Ferree spent Tuesday in High Point
■ and Greensboro.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Kruggs and
Mrs. Mary Morehouse of West Long
Branch, N. J., arrived in town Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schack of
Danbury, Conn., are occupying the
Blue Bird.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Horne were j
callers tc their home in Valdosta, i
Ga., last week by the death of Mr. I
Horn’s brother. j
Mrs. Groulan McCaskill of Candor i Springs,
spent several days last week with Little Eloise Adcox, daughter of
i her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. ; Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Adcox, celebrated
Lampley. | her third birthday anniversary last
Mrs. W. D. Shannon, Miss Helen j Tuesday, Gamf.s and contests were
Dearborn and Mrs. J. H. Suttenfield ^ enjoyed and later ice cream and cake
attended Achievement Day held by served. There were 18 guests pres-
the Lee County Demonstration Clubs ent.
Sandhills Land Development
One of Major Federal Projects
in Sanfo!d Thursday.
T. A. Rice is improving after an
automobile accident last week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Remington of Caz-
enovia, N. Y., arrived at their home
here Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Doughty and
children spent the weekend in Kin
ston with relatives.
Mr, and Mrs. J. W. McMullen of
Bo.ston, Mass., arrived at their home
here Friday after spending the sum
mer in the north.
Mrs. J. H. Suttenfield, Mrs. A. L.
Van Boskerk and Mrs. Marvin Kin-
law attended Achievement Day in
Rockingham Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wells and Mrs.
Laura Austin of Friendship, N. Y.,
arrived in town Monday for the win
ter.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis of
Cazenovia, N. Y„ arrived in town
Friday. They will occupy Dr. Royce’s
cottage this winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Deyoe of Bel
fast, N. Y., are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Deyoe.
Mrs. Lawton Foushee and daughter
of Richmond spent last week with
Mrs. Foushee’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Lampley.
Miss Mildred Brooks of Hamlet is
visiting Mrs. C. L. Jackson.
Mrs. Hazel Allison and Mrs. Rob
ert Stuart spent Friday in Red
The Curb Market
is developing into an institution of which
the community may well be proud.
It servf»s a double purpose:
L It brings the women of Moore Coun- |
ty farms into town once each week,
gives them an opportunity to market
their produce at a fair return and in > {
turn to make needed purchase at lo
cal stores.
2, It presents to the Southern Pines •
housewives an opportunity to pro
cure fresh-from-the-farm produce,
financially aiding their neighbors
from the farm and at the same time
getting acquainted with the fine coun
try folk who live 'round about us.
Southern Pines market each Saturday morning
8:30—I ;00
TPIE CURB MARKET MAKES FOR
COUNTY SOLIDARITY THROUGH
COMMUNITY OF INTERESTS
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Shoe Repairing
DYEING
SHINING
HOLLYTREE NURSERIES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C.
The best equipped nursery in
V this locality
Professional Horticulture
and
Landscape Service
E. MORELL, HORTICULTURIST
Nurseries on Midland Road
Telephone 7071
Motor Service Company
Authorize Chrysler and Plymouth
S.\LES -\ND SEKVICE
CwENERAL REPAIRING
GAS and OIL EXIDE BATTERIES
Telephone 7791
East Broad and Vermont Avenue Southern Pines
Ladies’ Soles Cemented by Latest
Process— No Nails
Satisfactory Work, Promptly Finished
BILL’S SHOE SERVICE
>\'est Broad Street
Southern Pines
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II-DRIVE IT
CLARK’S GARAGE
Specializing in
STANDARD ESSO SERVICE
AND
ELECTRICAL SERVICING
RELIABLE REPAIR SERVICE
GAS—OIL—TIRES—ACCESSORIES—STORAGE
West Broad St. and Conn. Ave.
Telephone 7171
Southern Pines
The Sandhills Land Development
Project was approved for purchase
in August, 1934, by the Land Util
ization Division of the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration of the De
partment of Agriculture. The sum of
$925,000 was approved for the pur
chase of 100,000 acres of land. This
was later revised and to date 63,000
acres have been acquired, or are being
1 acquired as fast as the title work
can be cleared, at an average price
of $8.77 per acre. To Dr. R. Y. Win
ters, Director of the North Carolina
Agricultural Experiment Station, Ra-
‘ leigh, A. D. Robertscn. Agricultural
■ agent, Richmond county. E. H. Gar-
ri.son. Agricultural agent, Moore |
county, and the untiring efforts of
former Regional Director Carl C. ,
Tay the responsibility for the initia- I
tion of the Sandhills Land Project, j
The project is located in parts of
Richm'nd, Moore and Scotland
counties about 15 miles from the
world-renowned winter resorts of
Pinehurst and Southern Pines, 15
miles from Hamlet, the main termi
nal of the Seaboard Air Line Rail
way, and about 15 miles from the in-
dustrial centers of Rockingham and
Laurinburg
The purchase Area of this project
lies in the heart of the Sandhills
Problem Area of North Carolina.
This Problem Area of approximately
1.830,000 acres constitutes the larg- i
est submarginal land area designated
for evacuation of population, in the ,
report on North Carolina to the Na
tional Resources Board. It includes
parts of Richmond, Montgomery, |
Moore and Scotland counties and
comprises approximately 425,000
acres.
For the Sandhills Project, it was
proposed to acquire in the Problem
Area 65,000 acres of land which
could be blocked up into suitable for
est and wild life unit.
Due to the sterile nature of the
s.il, the area is submarginal for ag
ricultural production, notwithstand
ing the fact it is located in a region
of long, frost-free, growing seasons
and ample rainfall. The soils run suf
ficiently near the surface to make
spots within the depth of thirty feet.
Agriculture has been practiced in
the area for well over one hundred
years and was capable of sustaining
the population that lived within the
area when faiming was not supple
mented by cash income from the tur-
, pentine industries.
The population trends in the area
are marked" by three phases. The
area was first settled during the late
, Colonial period, at which time, and
' for approximately one hundred years,
■ thereafter, farmers practiced sub
sistence farming on the creek bot
toms and in the area at that time.
The increase in population beyond
the present capacity of the soil to
support it came from two chief
sources: those who moved into the
area as laborers in the turpentine in
dustry and the lumber industry, and
those who followed the unwise pro
motion of cotton, dewberries, peaches
and tobacco within the area. These
agricultural commodities were never
paying enterprises exoept in periods
of excessively high prices, and some
of them have been almost completely
abandoned within the area. As a re
sult of the abandonment or failure of
these farming enterprises, there are
hundreds of families now within the
area who find themselves without ad
equate means of support.
In tl»e heart of the area, however,
has been developed recreational pro-
jcts at Pinehurst and Southern Pines
which are of national renown. The
population trends of the area in re
cent times do not reflect the true
facts concerning those who must take
their living from the .soils, for many
residents of the area are fn fact
n:n-rccidc7.ts v.'ho are connected with
or are only visitors to these winter
resorts.
Therefore, the families who are not
dependent upon tourist trade, or who
do not have profitable farms and
whose only means of livelihood is the
cultivation of worn-out soil, must
give up and resign themselves to
starvation or move to some other
locality to start life anew. The Re
settlement Administration makes It
possible for these people to begin a
better life in another community
where they may enjoy greater advan.
tages from profitable enterprises.
REINECKE—DILLEHAY, INC.
Sandhill Representatives
JOHNS-MANVILLE
Home Insulation
A Cool House in Summer
A Warm House in Winter
TeliepHone 6975‘
Southern Pines, N. C.
BILLIARDS
NEW EQUIPMENT
The new purple eye rest cloth, and solid
color balls, make for enjoyable playing.
VISITORS WELC.OME
THE CAROLINA BILLIARD ROOM
George R. Stralia, Manager.
Broad Street
Southern Pines
REINECKE, DILLEHAY, INC.
Builders
PROFESSIONAL ROW
Pennsylvania avenue
Southern Pines.
Ill III iitntn
E. H. LORENSON & CO.
ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS
Audits Systems
Tax Service Investigations
Telephone 6974 E. Penn. ave. Southern Pines