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SOUTHERN PINES ANNUAL WINTER RESORT NUMBER THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding CARTHAOE SPRINCS L/NKEVIEW PI LOT SOUTHERN IMNES ANNUAL WINTER RESORT NUMBER of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina VOL. 16, N0.^>r3"g Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, November 27, 1936. SECOND SECTION Another Winter Season Opens Auspiciously in Southern Pines Historic Roads Played An Important Part in the Development of Sandhills A Prize of the Hunting Season Only Sections of Yadkin, Peedee and Morganton Remain in Use Today TWO WERE INDIAN TRAILS! By ('harles Macauley Now forty eight minutes to Fay- ‘ etteville. Once upon a time in the njt so long ago, 48 hours consumed ; in conveying a light load was consid- j ered fairly rapid transit. Why Fay- i etteville as an illustration ? Because | under the name of Campbelltown, i Cross Creeks, or Fayetteville, that , city was the point of departure for | many of the settlers in the Sandhills, and their market, and more and more roads converged there as the tide of settlement spread. A prestige not im paired until the thrust southward in the early seventies of the Raleigh and Augusta Railrcad. now the Seaboard, and when that road reached the Sand- hills our contigious territory contain ed no villages. The present Vass, Pinebluff, Pinehurst, Niagara, South ern Pines, Manly and Aberdeen were non existent. In our vicinity thicp roads are historic, the "Peedee”, the "Yadkin" and the "Morganton”. The Peedee road, the highway from South Caro lina to Virginia; the Yadkin road, the highway from Fayetteville to the West; the Morganton road, a Stat« planned road from Fayetteville to the mountein* Tonn»»«ec. The first two were possibly buffalo trails in pre-historic times; they were ac tually well defined Indian traces long in use when found by the roving hunt ers and trappers preceding the ad vent of settlers. The seasonal resident of our Sand hill territory motoring in cars run ning miles to miniftes over wide, hard surfaced roads, rarely sees and perhaps never thinks of the "roads" of the pioneers; sandy trails con necting widely separated homesteads, and leading to a market town, to which a journey was planned and outfitted almost as an exploring par ty being well equipped with forage for the mules, provender and bedding f:r the drivers, for it was not al ways possible to gain the ever wel come hospi‘ality of a roadside dwel ler by nightfall. Deeply rutted’ sandy trails, climb ing long hills to pass stream heads, long slopes descending to treacher ous fords, sometimes impassable dur ing heavy rains, the haunt of swarms of enormous Hies, a menace to all live stock, weary trails frr even the well mounted horseman. The Yadkin Roail The "Yadkin", followed by the aborigines from far beyond the head waters of the Yadkin River to the sounds and bays of the coast was a trail traversed and fashioned into a road, first as the "Wagon Road" an(! then as the "Cape Fear Road" by the first settlers penetrating the wild erness bey:nd "Cross Creeks", now Fayetteville, and into the present counties of Cumberland, Hoke, Moore, llichmond and Montgomery. The Mor avian settlers at Bethebara sent their wagons laden with produce to ex change for salt in Fayetteville, and clown its way marched Flora Mc Donald's contingent for the battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge, followed a few years later by the stragglers from Cornwallis’ army in the retreat from Guilford Court House. Following the years of the Revolution both old and new settlers used this read to trans port their produce, wheat, corn, cot ton, beeves, sheep, hogs, honey, tal low and beeswax to their only mar ket. Still later, their tobacco packed in hogsheads was literally rolled to the iame market, and with the es tablishment of many post offices in 1832 the Yadkin became a post road. The Yadkin trail ccming out from^ Fayetteville was settled for several miles by early Scotch settlers, the Smiths, Munroes, McKays, and Rays Modern Airport Improved Flying Field Here Brings North, South and West Close to Sandhills with the assistance of the Works Progress Administration, the Knollwood Airport has been en larged and Improved during the past year, making It a field ap proved by the Department of Com merce for all types of planes from the smallest to the great Imers which fly the commercial airways. It Is only a question of time be fore the regular air lines make the Plnehurst-Southern Pines field a regular stop on their schedule dur ing the winter season, bringing the far west, the midwesi and the north Into closer proximity than ever with the Sandhills winter re sorts. Hotels^ Homes Prepare For Annual Invasion of Visitors From the North At a Glance Southern Pines has a Commission i form of government with D. G. Stutz, Mayor; H. F. Burns, Clty-Treasurer. Commissioners: E. C. Stevens, George W. Case, Dr, L- M, Daniels, L. V. j O'Callaghan, Charles S Patch. Chief | of Police. J. A. Gargls. Chief of Fire Department, L. V. O’Callaghan, Tax Collector, Mrs- J. H, Tilghman, C'lvic Bodies Chamber of Commerce ■ b'nlelds Cameron president, H, J. Betterley, secretary; Southern Pines Civic Club Miss Florence Campbell, pres ident, Mrs, H, W. Gage, secre- Aberdeen Klwanis Club- J, tary. Hyde, secretary. Pinehurst Aberdeen Included in this club. Busy Program of Sports and Entertainment Arranged for Old and Young (OITAGES IN BIG DEMAND By Howard F'. Bums With the outlook for a good sea son the brightest In many years, preparations are being made for the busiest winter in Southern Pines since the record-breaking one of 1929. ACTIVE SEASON IN REAL ESTATE IN SOUTHERN PINES Many New Homes Constructedj Many Sales of Residences, and Numerous Rentals From week to week more and more rentals of houses and apartments In Southern Pines have been noted, all .showing an Increased influx of peo ple for the winter season. Adding to this upward trend has been a mark ed increase both in building, and the acquirement by purchase of homes numberless ca.sks of turkey by former renters- breaj‘s. all other portions of the no- Beginning early in the summer . jjjg being thrown away or fed to Reinecke & Dlllehay began the con Already most of the cottages have been taken, a record for the early season, A number of new houses have been built during the summer and others are under construction at the present. Among them are the Wled- erseim house on Indiana avenue, the Richard P. Davidson home in* Wey- Fred Stlmson, president; Nelson C. |Heights, the Lee Page and I the Patuxent D- -elopment Co. cot- I tages in Knollwood, the J, W, Atkln- ; son home on West Broad street, the C hurc'hes i p Potts cottage on Vermont ave- Emmanuel Episcopal, First Bap- j Henry Dorn cottage on tlst, Church of Wide Fellowship, Ro- | Indiana avenue. man Catholic. Christian Science and j spacious new Pine Needles Presbyterian, For hours of services , ballroom have been com- see elsewhere In this issue. i pieted for the opening of the season. Schools ] They were erected by Charles Austin Southern Pines Public School, high ; according to plans drawn by Alfred and graded. Frank Webster principal, | B, Yeomans. The club has been com- wlth 15 teachers and an enrollment I Pletely furnished in maple and will. This fine specimen weighing 209 pounds and with nine points was shot down recently near Southern Pines by George Colton, left, and Ben Bradln. two enthusiastic local hunters- The Animal is one of many reported j ^ , no doubt, be one of the social centers in the section since the opening of the season on October 1st. The local of oOO The Aik. a p ! hpro season Closes December 31st. | Mrs. M, A. Hayes, principal. South- here th.s win er. ern Pines School for Girls, a private (lOlfing Center school. Miss Valerie Doucher. princl- i Southern Pines, in addition to be- pal. The Home School, kindergarten, j ing one of the prettiest towns in the first and second grades, Miss Laura | mid-south, is noted especially for Its M, Jenks. principal. i grassy parkways and abundance of Library ^ shrubbery. It Is located on the main ^ i line of the Seaboard Air Line Rail- Mr,. Nellie S. r„her. Ubranan^! ^ ^ ^ ^ Hours 10,00 a. m. to 1 m. an | between New York and Jackson- to 5:00 p. m. daily except Sunday. ; jg ^^e of the Banks greatest golfing centers in the w^orld. Citizens Bank and Trust Company. Southern Pines offers the visiting N, L, Hodgkins, Cashier. Hours 9 to | gv?)fer the choice of four picturesque 2; Saturday. 9 to 12. | golf courses. Adjoining the Wey- Lawson, travelling through North Carolina shortly after 1700, found game of all kinds here, particularly deer, turkeys and quail. The Indiana ! seldom used more than a club to kill I enough to supply their wants. Olm- i stead shortly before the Civil War, found the inns along the post roads ; structlon of the Lee R. Page home In Knollwood, as well as a house for i the Patuxent Corporation. The Page house is a copy' of a New Bern resi- i dence of 100 years ago; the company house Is a monterery type. Not far , from these buildings, and near the i Pine Needles Inn, is the new golf | clubhouse designed by A. B. Yeo mans and constructed by C. L. Austin I of Southern Pines, These three build- ; , ■ i„. action the slogan “Mid-South Resort ’ mgs are finished and make a consider- i . . - produces in the mmd of a the local pine forests, game was so plentiful In the Sandhills that the veriest tyro armed with an old muz zle-loading gun could within a few hours supply enough for a family, but their came a time when a day’s tramp might or might not secure a turkey or a brace of birds. Now, ow ing to the protection afforded by Fort Bragg and the establishment of many protected areas, and shoi t open seasons with a strict legal enforce- the slaves. Until the destruction of | ment, game Is coming back. The Sandhills Weather Story Temperature a Happy Mean, With Plenty of Sunshine, Not Too Much Rain, Occasional Snow That Rarely Lasts— The Past Year’s Figures Railroad Schedule Northbound The New York-Florlda Limited Train 192 for Richmond, Washington. Baltimore. Philadelphia and New mouth Heights section Is the South ern Pines Country Club with fast eighteen-hole and nine-hole courses. During the past summer the manage- ! ment has completely resodded a number of the fairways. In addition. One By Charles Macauley sometimes wonders what re- able addition to the Knollwood sec tion. In Southern Pines proper R. F. Potts has under construction, and pros- i pectlve visitor to our favored Sand hills. Does he, or shee, as it may be, visualize a land of per petual sunshine, where snow and I nearly finished, a handsome Cape cod j cottage located on Vermont avenue, : ^ near May street. Contractor Austin ; pe,.petual succession of mild and has completed the rebuilding of the i charming days, summer amid a wln- Lachlne house on Pine Gro\o road for , qj. (joes this prospective visit or’s cautious mind revert to that oft- sung line "In Dixie Land— early on one frosty morning," and prepare (Please turn to page k) year by the way. with a much cold- er winter than normal, and four snowfalls to Its discredit. Month Aver. High Low Dec. 52 73 25 Jan. 33.6 61 10 Feb, 25 61 06 Mar, 53.5 85 25 Apr. 56 86 25 May 71 95 42 June 77 103 52 July 81 102 61 Aug, 80 98 62 Sept. 73,6 91 46 Oct, 61 85 39 N..vember’s temperature was .nor- York leaves Southern Pines 7:17 p. i grass tees have been built around the m. ! entire No. 1 course. The course is in The Robert E, Lee. Train 6, for i excellent condition. Richmond. Washington. Baltimore, | On the northern edge of town In Philadelphia and New York leaves; the Knollwood section overlooking Southern Pines 10:47 I Southern Pines is the new Pine Nee- No. 4 Local for Washington and dies Club with another beautiful Norfolk leave Southern Pines i0:45 e‘ghteen-hole layout, rated by experts p. m. Southbound as one of the finest golf courses in the section. The entire course has , been retrapped and revamped during The Southern States Special, Train ^^e past summer, particularly the last for the heglra southward with cloth- ' but December fell 11 degrees be ing enough for an Artie voyage? ^he long-time averages. Janu- ' ary’s abnormal fall of 19 degrees, It so happens that we enjoy a hap- p^^ruarv’s 4 degrees, and April’s py mean. We lack the dewy eves, ; ^ shattered records of long but we have rainfall enough to fresh- ] who built good dwellings and opened up the red top lands. This stretch of road suggested the name of "Long- street” from whence, upon its found ing in 1758 the Presbyterian church of this settlement becamu knovii— first as McKay’s Meeting, then as Longstreet Church. From this locality, cnce known as Argyle, the road went on to Nichol son’s creek where one of the Mun- roe’s erected a mill upon the proper ty known as "Battlefield J^arm ’, , . , ^ _, them Pines, Housed In the Munlcl- thence through the pass i „hs-I Building on East Broad street, it Blue’s and .Johnson’s mountains, and 1 ^ored m magnificent c.ystal ghs P en the air and keep the foliage green; once In a great while a snow storm to transform our hollies, pines, cedars and m.agnollas t'o towering castles of green and white beauty, but alas, ’tls gone all too quickly; or rarely, an ice storm wherein every tree. standing. CITY C LERK’S OFFICE IS BUREAU OF INFORM.\TION The office of the City Clerk serves as a Bureau of Information In Sou- around the heads of Plney Bottom, where In 1781 occurred the “Plney Bottom Massacre", to the fords of Silver Run and James Creek, thence to the present Young’s homestead where It made a sharp left turn then through Manley, non existent then, to the homes of the McArthurs and Munroes just this side of the fcrd of McDeed’s creek, and then up the hill nearly as the present Midland road where it crossed the Peedee road, thence to the John Allen McDonald tening in the sunshine. But these rare days are infre-' formation for those passing through quent, and the bright days with an as well as fo, information pertaining utter lack of the keen and bolster- I hotels, boarding houses and resi- ous winds of the Northland make' fences for .sale and rent, Howard out-of-door walks or pastimes a real Burns, City Clerk, is in charge, pleasure, i'or o. snowfall lasts but a The Southern Pines Library Is also few hours, and the sand Is never located in the Municipal Building, muddy. Lcng time weather averages Mrs. Park Fisher is the librarian. have been recorded In The Pilot for years, so by the way of change let us transcribe the actual records of the past year, month by month. A 107 The Cotton States Special, Train 107-9, for Columbia, Savannah, i Jacksonville, Miami. Tampa, St- Pe tersburg and other Florida points. ' also for Athens. Atlanta. Birming ham. and the West leaves Southern Pines 10:17 p, m, j The New York-FIorlda 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. Liee, Train 5, for Athens, Atlanta, Birmingham, Mem phis with excellent connections for. the West and Southwest leaves South- ^ ern Pines 7:06 a. m Postoffice Mails in boxes at Ppstoffice; From the North. 8:30 a. m., 12:00 m., 8:30 p. m.; From the South: 8:00 a. m., 12:00 m- I nine holes which have been resodded with Bermuda turf, Ralph Kennedy of the Winged Foot Golf Club, of New York, when playing his fifteen hundred and fifty-fourth golf course in this country and Europe, stated that the eleventh hole at Pine Needles was the best designed hole of any on all the golf courses he had ever play ed. Across the road from the Pine Needles is the Mid-Pines Club own ed by John Sprunt Hill and his asso ciates of Durham and operated by John J. Fitzgerald The el'ghteen-hole course at the Mid-Pines is one of the most scenic to be found anywhere. It requires the steadiest of golf by the best golfers to equal par, yet the average golfer gets plenty of thrills while playing the course. Ideal Hors** Country It is said by leading horsemen that Mails close at postoffice: For the ^he sandy soli and mild climate of the Sandhills are ideal for all kinds of horse events. The building of th»» new steeplechase course on Midland Road has done more to stimulate bringing horses to Southern Pines than any- North: 10:15 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. m., closes at 6:00 p. m. I Note: If 7:30 p. m. train from the chase meet, of which the main event The estimated population of Moore north is over one hour late the mail is for the Sandhills Cup, three miles county, of which Southern Pinci is will not be distributed until the fol- over timber, will be held in early the largest municipality ia 30,000 lowing morning. [ (Please turn to page U) thing else. The Third Annual Steeple-
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