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P^ge ivo THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberd^ti, North Carolina Friday, February 13, 19S7^ THE PILOT PublLshed each Friday by THE PILOT, Incorporated, Southern Pines, N. C. NELSON C. HYDE < Editor DAN S. BAY Advertining Manager Subscription Rates: One Year $2.00 Six Months 11.00 Three Months .50 nURRAY CARO-GRAPHICS by Jom,jR Entered at the Postoffice at South. MU Pines, N. C., as second.class mail natter. FIRE LANES AS A PROTECTION The fire-lookouts, the organiz ed method of fighting fire and the work of the CCC men on roads where fire lanes have been made and kept in shape has meant a great reduction in our annual loss of timber and gen eral destruction from yearly forest fires. When flames began to roll up over the McNeill and Robinson lands southeast of Southern Pines early this week, a force of men were soon out and in the curse of a few hours had the fire under control. Without such protection and the high wind that was sweeping the blaze along, the fire would have sur rounded the entire territory in a few hours. We have conclusive proof of what protection means now in comparison to the older method I where each landowner DO YOU KNOW YOUR 5TATF? TriERE WFRE 0NLV3B.B HCURf Of )UN^HINE IN RAlFiaHlAfT MONTH PIDYOUKNdWm UPTiU FR5f NSOROfJ INN.C.(0UIP VOTE? 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I , i., ^ of McPherson mountain for gun fire. ^he picture of the old post-office' regular meeting of the The lookout tow^er stands on one side ^ in the Lockey block was responsible | of the highest elevations in the res- for some comparisons. The evening ervation and will command a view ■ journey for the mail was a trip un- of the big circle where guns can be | dertaken but one way, on foot, car- fires ' stationed, dropping their terrific rying a lantern, as Southern Pines around his own holdings and ‘Charges into an area where less dan- ^ did not always have electric lights. In then let it go without restraint.! ^ encountered. As , fact she didn’t have anything but Such fires under favorable con- ' has been, shells were discharged ditions would often cover from wooded sections where fire twenty to forty miles or more were continually a subject before dying out. Fire in in- j of annoyance, as a constant watch flamable wire grass and heavT maintained to see that pine needles is not given to loit- ering. Protecting North Carolina stationed. forests lands from ravaging fire has been one of the Slate’s most progressive steps. With such a safety zone establish- kerosene until she was something of a budding village. Then the w^alks were all made of sand, deep sand too, according to the narrator, where you ploughed through and, sand really sifted into your shoes, The streets were also sandy thoroughfares and no one drove up to the post-cffice be- ed it is hoped to reduce the number j cause they had nothing to drive up of fires that spread through so many jn. The fastest things in town were acres of forest land in Fort Bragg; isham Edgerton’s horses, located at THE GROUNDHOG: territory. It will also mean less dan-; his livery stable at the lower edge HIS DAY ' those living on the outskirts of Pennsylvania avenue. People didn’t Tuesday, Februarv 2nd, was the reservation where fires fre-1 depend on a horse and buggy then noted in the almanac as “Can- through. |to transport them as they had legs dlemas Day,” meaning the day' i that operated in a capable fashion devoted to the feast of the Pur- i L^®t Sunday the colored folks cel-1 according to the old timer. The com- ification of the Virgin Mary.” ebrated in honor of one of their ben- Popularly the day is widely' efactors, Julius Rosenwald. The cer- known as “Ground Hog Day” emony ranged from South to North though here in the Sandhills and included ra ’io programs where specimens of Marmota monax, negro spirituals wore sung in ccn- the common Woodchuck are Sideration of their friendly helper. ments caused by the old pictures are frequently worth listening to. From East Aurora, N. Y. comes the story of four hunters who rode to hounds by motor car, dropping I teen took place Monday night at the Baptist church in Southern Pines where 18 members of the renowned local chorus signified their inten tions of trying for a place in the group. Five of the men at the meet ing were from Pinehurst and the re mainder were Southern Pines resi dents. Although the group will continue to be known as the "Sixteen,” the chorus will not be limited to that number. There are already 20 names on the roster and there are expecta tions that there will be 24 before all hands are heard from. Every man in the chorus has had several years experience and, with tw'o exceptions they are all members of local church choirs. At the Monday evening meeting the group that will sing Sunday ev ening at the Union Service in the Baptist church rehearsed their num bers and anyone would have thought that they had been singing together for weeks. Mrs. Laurie Williams is the accompanist for the group. A glance over the names of the COMMITTEES ANNOUNCED FOB SOUTHERN PINES UBRABY MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS At a recent meeting of the trustees i of the Southern Pines Library, the standing commltte for the ensuing year were announced as follows. Book and Administration: Frank Webster, chairman, Mrs. James Bo yd, Mrs. Struthers Burt, Almet Jenks, Mrs. J. H. Town, Miss Ruth Burr Sanborn, Mrs. George Jenks; Publicity: Miss Ruth Burr Sanborn, Dr. E. Lewis Prizer; Finance and Membership: B. C. Stevens, chair man, Miss Birdilia Bair, Struthers Burt, Mrs. Norris L. Hodgkins, Mrs. William C. Mudgett, A. B. Yeomans; Ways and Means: Mrs. James Swett chairman. Miss Birdilia Bair, Rev. Craighill Brown, Mrs. N. L. Hodg kins, Mrs. William C. Mudgett, Mrs. Cob,urn Musser, A. B. Yeomans. Any member of these committees will be glad to recleve any suggest ions which may help to make the library of greater service to the town. TO ATTEND CONFERENCE The monthly meeting of the Wo man's Missionary Society of t^e Wide Fellowship, will be held at the home of Mrs. R. F. Potts, East Ver mont Avenue, on Wednesday Feb ruary 17th , at 3:30 P. M. An inter esting piogram has been preparedi and a cordial invitation is exteinded to all women. AGNEW DIVORCE GRANTED In Superior Court for the trial of civil cases in Carthage on Monday, with Judge . V. Cowper presiding, William C. Agnew of Pinehurst was granted a divorce, from Clarine W. Agnew, of Southern Pines. See me for your Shoes H. E. CONANT "The Shoe Man” Market Square Finehont Moore county teachers will visit the EJlerbe school in Richmond county and attend a regional confer ence on Saturday, February 13. This will count as a regular school day and will take the place of a teachers meeting, Supt. H. Lee Thomas an nounces. THE ARK Southern Pines, N. C. A Country Day and Boarding School for children under fourteen years. Open air classes, and all out-door activities. Music - Art - Handicrafts MILLICENT A. HAYES Principal I FEEL LIKE A MILLION SINCE ITOOK PURSANC / Yms, Pursang contains, in properly balanced proportions, such proven ele ments as organic copper and iron. Quickly stimulates appetite and aids nature in building rich, red blood even in cases of simple anemia. When this happens, energy and strength usually return. You feel like new. Get Pursang from your druggist. filllllllHII SANDHILL DRUG CO. Southern Pines ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ The Hollywood Hotel Corner Federal Highway No. 1 and New York Avenue rarely seen and it devolves upon Rosenwald was the founder of many their quarry by rifle shot, from an nien in chorus shows a great diversity serious organization like the colored schools throughout the coun- automobile. Those auto fox hunters | every day occupations. A preach. Slumbering Groundhog Lodge of t* y and established over two dozen say the horse is out of date, and that , a teacher, a doctor, an under- Quarryville, Pa., to investigate Y. M. C. a. and Y. W. C. A. build- the automobile will eventually replace taker, a dentist, a high school prin- the truth or falsity of the old i for colored people. A little school the horse. Cruising around over cipal, a postmaster, an ex-mayor, an adage. “If Candlemas Day be house and Sunday school in opera- crowded highways and country roads . insurance agent, two hotel propriet- bright and fair, there’ll be twa ] tion out in the Ben Leslie neighbor- in g. high powered gas buggy may be a painter, two electricians, a tel- winters in the year.” Or in plain hood before consolidated schools be- some persons distorted idea of sport, 1 ephone company manager, a gardner, English, if the Ground Hog's came the rule remembered the day but not a real fox hunters. It’s a|a dairy farm manager and several coming out of their dens to sur- in memorial as well as some of the wonder they never thought of air- j salesmen and by the time the com- vey the weather on February 2nd, see their shadows, then prepare for six more weeks of winter. And,their day this year was brilliant with sunlight, a typical North Carolina day in the Sandhills, a pleasant breeze, and comfortable schools not so far out in the back woods. planes or some other fantastic form | plete returns are in there will be of hunting where they would lose | several others in the linup. All in all Digging up old pictures has not been without amusement for the ones rummaging through old collections but has been a thing of interest to temperature, i the older residents. Each picture will making for happy smiles upon start any one of them off with a “Do the faces of a host of folks in you remember when’’ sort of an op- the streets, and on the links. j ening and then they are launched on However, the traditions seem a long distortation of calling to mind hunt. to be reversed hereabouts, for — eleven Candlemas Days since ways their unaffectedness and completely the idea and the dignity of the ancient sport of antiquity. Here in our our country where a paradise has been created for the horse and his running companion the dog. horse and dog and man would all snort with disgust at the idea of an automobile transplanting the horse in an honest-to-goodness fox a most representative cross section of this or any other community. EUREKA STUTTS—T.\YLOK LUMBER COMPAN k' INCOKPORATEO A certificate of incorporation of the Stutts-Taylor Lumber Conipany 1920, have been clear and bright,: their lack of pretense. They and with few exceptions during don’t imitate any serious or pro- that period, has the b,n!ance of found style that entails anv winter been severe. As this is great talent. They don’t attempt written we have but thirty-six, things that are over their heads pnncipai office m the town of calendar days until the coming nor venture too far Wond their' been filed with the Clerk .7'^ of the court.The authorized capital stock as $25,000 and subscribed stock $11,000, with the following named as stockholders: F. L Taylor, R. A. Stutts, F. W. Taylor, Myrtle Taylor nd Florence Leslie. RE.\L ESTATE TRANSFERS of Spring, through from the ap- depths, nor do they tackle things pearance of our emerald grass, the over ambitious singer fre- and the profusion of blossoms, ^ quently wades into. The Sand- winter jasmin, jonquils, violets, j hin^ Sixteen are popular because flowering quinces, hydrinths and of their dignity and that they the pear trees in the park, just adhere to the simple favorites ready to burst into bloom, I the people like. They sing with ! Spring is not even that far away.; a force and clearness and handle,; Happily, so far, while enduring. the negro folk-songs in a most*! janie Williamson to G. w. Grubbs a surplus of moisture, and an un- | skillful manner, keeping the sim- j and wife: property in Bensaim usual absence of sunshine, tern-! plicity that makes the negro township. perature averages during De-, spiritual the outstanding thing n .j Melton and wife to G. w. cember and January were much,it is. I Grubbs and wife: property in Ben- higher than the normal expecta-; it may be they do not sing ' saiem town.<thip. _p- I with absolute perfection. There ; j. r. Key and wdfe to G. w. Brubbs ! may not be a genius amongf the ; and wife property in Bensalem town. ! number. But they do have ^n | ship. I easy grace and charm all their; Thomas a. Campbell and wife to The re-birth of the Sandhills i own. When Thad Page would I g. w. Grubbs and wife: property in i JiU 1 J. 1 1. '..A. I WELCOME TO THE SANDHILLS SIXTEEN Sixteen will be met with hearty enthusiasm among the people wherever they were previously known. The group will be made up of many of the old members with here and there new faces to strengthen the vacancies left where ones have dropped out or moved away. One of the most pleasing qual JAFONICA BLOOMS back up against the piano, far I Bensalem township, from self-conscious, and lead his followers off with “Shine on Me,” they opened up with a me lodious harmony, minus any frills, that made them mighty popular. The Sandhill Sixteen offer pleasant entertainment at any time. The entire community will ities about the members was al- rejoice over the re-organization. Due to the mild weather Mrs. L. F. Chandler’s famous Camelia Japonica has been in bloom for the past three weeks. Its evergreen, laurel-like fol iage, agleam with more than a hun dred of the rose tinted blosoms Is attracting numerous visitors. Mrs. Sally Rowles of Jackson Springs is spending some time in this section with her daughter Mrs. J. B, Ray and her sister Mrs. A. A. Mc- Caskill. Misses Ruth, Mauis, and Helen McLendon and Mr. Travis McLen don of Durham called on friends at Eureka dormitory Sunday after noon. Miss Mildred Blue of Southern Pines Spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Blue and family. Miss Annie McCaskill returned to her home here Saturday after spend ing a few days in Carthage with her sister Mrs. Ralph Blue. I Misa Lillie Hardy of Carthage i spent the week end with Miss Win- j doro Hardy. : Mrs. A. L. Blue, Misses Mildred ! and NeUie Blue and Jack Blue Att- j ended a surprise shower in’ honor of | Mrs. Roscoe Myrick of Carthage Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Britt and baby of Hemp are spending some time with Mrs. Britt’s mother, Mrs. Annie Eliya Wicker. 4 Rooms are Large, Verandas Sunny. Rates Moderate. Call, write or wire J. L. Pottle & Son Southern Fines, North Oarcllna HIGHLAND PINES INN AND COTTAGES (WEYMOUTH HEIGHTS) SOUTHERN PINES SEASON DECEMBER TO MAY Highland Pines Inn with its Splendid Dining Room Service and its Cheerful Homelike Atmosphere Caters to the Require ments of those Occupjring Winter Homes in the Pine Tree Sec tion. The Hotel is Situated on Weymouth Heights (^Massachu- setts Avenue) Amid Delightful Surroundings. Good Parking Space is Available for Motorists. All Features of First Class Hotels are Includes at Highland Pines Inn. Best of Everything. M. H. TURNER, Manager JACKSON SPRINGS Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Carter and daughter were guests of Miss Cath erine Thomas in Pinehurst Sunday. Miss Waldo Stubbs is visiting in Gastonia this week. Miss Lelon Patterson of Pinehurst visited her mother Mrs. Doro Patt erson last Friday. Mrs. Doro Patterson spent last week with her daughter Mrs. B. A. Cox in Ellerbre. L V, O’CALLAGHAN PLUMBING AND HEATING CONTRACTOR OIL BURNERS ESSOHEAT FURNACE OIL IRON FIREMAN STOKER EASY WASHERS and IRONERS Frigidaire Sales and Service Telephone 5S41 SontlieTB i
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