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THE
Friday, November 18 1927.
THE PILOT
STACY BREWER, Owner
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THE NEED OF
HIGHWAY POLICE.
A little thinking over the
need for State highway police, if
freed from prejudice or fear,
would quickly determine the ab
solute necessity for such law en
forcement officers. North Car
olina’s application of her road
laws is a joke as the thing
stands now, but is threatening
to become a grave tragedy, for
our shiftless indifference to our
road laws is carrying us directly
into anarchy.
Who pays attention any more
to the road laws. It was notice
able at one time that certain
patriotic individuals tried to ob
serve the laws because such a
course is right and fair. But as
the men who observe laws see
that others do not, and that
nothing comes of it we are as
a people beginning to argue that
it is too one-sided for a few to
carry out the laws while a )ot
more do not and are none the
worse for it. Take the light law.
How many cars do you meet in
the day time that have yellow
tags to indicate that their li^rhts
have been adjusted? And bow
many arrests have you noted be
cause of lights not adjusted?
How many men are willing to
pay their money to have then'
lights adjusted, and then see
that they must meet other cars
that have not adjusted lights,
and that do not tote fair on the
road through their
their holdings rather than to be drops a good man. He was not
content with a single house site, only a good man in the compii-
even though the sizes at Knoll- mentary use of the phrase, Dut
wood are four or five times as he was an efficient employe ot
biir as the common building lot the State m bringing to tne at-
of the towns. tention of the people the signi-
Each of the purchasers men-1 ficance of the office which he oc-
tioned have cut out over twojcupied. In his department came
acres, which in a community like many things that were ot pr^
nounced importance, and he
used good horse sense and sub
stantial backbone in handling
the various problems and in
carrying out the laws of the
State and the laws of good judg-
the coming Knollwood Village
will beyond a doubt ultimately
be divided to give one or maybe
two other locations in the block.
Or, if it be desired to hold the
entire piece for one home it will
be the site for a magnificent 1 ment and public welfare at tne
place. And thus the Judge is I same time.
justified in looking for soine Stacey Wade gave a new slant
claims a competent successor,
which seems to correspond with
public opinion.
Friday, N(
Farmers of Duplin county have or
dered their second car of pyrotol for
blasting tramp stumps.
BLANCHE RING
Noted Star of the Stage
more good neighbors, which is
the thing he came to Knollwood
to cast his fate with, and which
he seems to be finding in the
Sandhills to his satisfaction. In
cidentally the Judge may not be
aware of it, but in picking a
place where he could find good
neighbors he contributed a good
neighbor to his community, and
neighbors are much a product
of the neighborhood. Judge
Way is finding a community of
good neighbors because good
fellows are attracted by the tyve
of which the limb of the law is
a fine example, and they drop in
around him because they, too,
like a community of desirable
folks. Mr. Olmstead is another
Pennsylvania lawyer, but since
he came to North Carolina a few
years ago he has not been work
ing at it much harder than
Judge Way does.
THE FARMERS’
AMUSING WOES.
Some of the prophets of grief
are beginning to discover that
life is not as doleful as they have
imagined, and particularly that
it is hard to predict the course
of the cotton market and hit it
right. From Raleigh comes the
information that this cotton
crop that was to bankrupt
everybody who had anything to
to the interpretation of those
laws and customs that permit or
prevent buncoing people through
the many devices known to men
who live by their wits at the ex
pense of people of modest
means, and he stood at times
against right vigorous antagon
ism that sought to break down
his defenses. But he kept his
nose above water and saved
many a small financier from dis
aster through the skin games
that are always laid for the un
wary. His story in this respect
is well known, because the howls
of the individuals he held up al
ways called attention to their
predicament.
He lifted insurance to a high
er place, and he broadcasted in
one way or another a lot of sen
timent and information concern
ing the terrible cost of the care
lessness that encourages fires.
He was a worker in all his lines,
and he pushed his lines far in
advance of old outposts, and
brought North Carolina to the
front in the habit of thought
that deals with safety of life,
property and peace of mind. It
is a pity that such a man is lost
to the State administration, but
as he still stays at Durham he
is not so far away but that he
is available at any time in the
councils of the Commonwealth.
And unfortunately the State has
not yet reached the point where
writes:
**The life of an actress is
one of nerve-strain. If she
sings, also,her worries are
doubled* Her audiences
reflect her moods. If she is
mentally tired, she cannot
help but convey her fa
tigue to those out in front
and the result is a form
of ennui on both sides of
the footlights, I have
found a sure cure for such
fatigue, on the part of
the player, is a good ciga»
rette^ For years I have
smoked Lucky Strikes and
the mental balm and real
enjoyment I have derived
from them have helped
me marvelously* Ina^i»
tion they have protect^
my voice* I use no other
brand*^^
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do with it, is going to yield more
glaring I money than the bigger crop last
lights? How long are law-ob-1year, and the difference is now':;'
serving men going to continue j put at about $12,000,000 more that private industry is
to observe law where it is all so | in the State than last year. ^ ^
one-sided?^ This thing is daily iMoreover, the crop is estimated
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forcing fair-minded men to a i
disgust for that law which puts 112,213,000 bales or
MADE OF
THE CREAM OF
THE TOBACCO CROP
willing to pay for him.
The State as an administra-
at the last report to be around i,.
looiQftnn Koil„ somewhat^ But the
the burden on the man who is | bigger than was anticipated, and \ organization
willing to observe it, and does ion the ann"uncement of the re-'
not protect him from the man I port last week cotton in the mar-
who is not willing. One man|ket broke several dollars a bale,
may observe all the rules of care
while driving, and suffer from
the daily annoyances ^f the man
who doe? not pay attention to
The crop of the whole United
States is now figured as worth
$177,000,000 more than the crop
^ . of last year.
If ? *11^ Instead of going to destruc-
it. That thmg will not last for-1 cotton farmer seems to
ever, and year by year the high- better condition than when
way laws are getting farther ^isid the big crop last year,
into contempt. That’s the first thing to bear in
Unless we pretty soon have a | mind. And the second is that
law-enforcement agency ini the man who has all the time
North Carolina we are as cer-jbeen advising to buy cotton be-
tainly headed for anarchy as j cause it would surely go up on
Russia, for the regard for law i the strength of the small crop
;that puts all the observance of it | i? not now so cocksure about his
on the shoulders of the fair-1 forecast of the market, and he
minded man will get a iolt that | is beginning to see that his fore
will be suicidal when that type sight is no better than any-
of man turns and defies law in body’s. The truth is that noiJ;
the manner that he will. We one knows what the cotton mar-
are dangerously near the edge ket is going to do at any time,
of the precipice now, and law in for if anybody did he would buy
this State is hanging by its cotton for a rise or sell it for a
bigger field he enters will not
lessen his interest in the place
he turns over to a man he pro-
It's toasted
No Throat Irritation-No Cou^h.
The Carolina Theatres
Pinehurst Southern Pines
teeth.
JUDGE WAY’S
NEW NEIGHBORS,
Judge Way, the high spigur-
nel of Knollwood Village, will
look with complacency on the
progress his bailiwick is making
in rounding up for him the pos
sibility of new neighbors. John
Bloxham was the first to regis-
fall, and clean up fabulous for
tunes on it. Anybody can guess,
but the fact that mighty few
guess themselves rich on cotton,
although everybody can guess
who wants to, is a fair sign that
the guessing is not really high
ly profitable.
The cotton crop seems to be
a pretty fair one on the whole,
and bringing a fair price as ag
ricultural products go. The price
ter in the new project across ^
Midland road on the heights j appears to be ranging about
above Pine Needles, and then {where the facts justify, and the
comes R. A. Olmstead, and it is j Devil does not have the world
noteworthy that each of these by the heels as some of the pro
men thought well enough of the
outlook to secure for himself a
block of three building sites
there on the hill top.
The significant thing about
both these transactions is that
Bloxham and Olmstead harked
back to the days of the “Hoosier
Schoolmaster,” and in buying
their land concluded to *‘git a
plenty while yer gittin.” Here
tofore one building site «f the
dimensions of those offering
around Knollwood has been look
ed on as big enough for a man
about ordinary size. But some
psychological impulse seems to
phets have assumed for the last
few months. The farm is not
giving as good return as it
might, but it is a positive fact
that conditions are growing bet
ter on the farm every day, and
that they are better now than
for several years. Better farm
ing and less weeping by profes
sional weepers is the solution for
the farm problems and that
seems to be developing.
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IN
Romance of Youth—with
riotous comedy to rescue
you always from the verge
of tears. A gay, thrilling
tale of love and laughter.
ADMINISTRATION
LOSES GOOD MAN.
The retirement of Stacey
_ . -- Wade from the office of the
be advising buyers to broaden State Insurance Commissioner
Guaranteed to be Mary
Pickford’s best production
in seven years!
PRESENT
Mystery! Thrills!
Suspense!!
Note: This piceture will
be shown in connection with
the Chautauqua at South
ern Pines.
At Pinehurst
Friday, Nov. 18th
Reserved Seats
At Southern Pines
Saturday, Nov. 19th.
8 iXS
Reserved Seats
Presenting
LIONEL
BARRYMORE
and an all star cast iE
“The
Thirteenth
Hour”
assisted by
“NAPOLEON”
the famous Police Dog, the
>nly rival of Rin Tin Tin.
^iidnight — a mysterious
person in black—^a robbery
-7a woman’s scream—a
girl’s love for a boy—a
dog’s hatred for a crook!!
Note: This will also be
shown in connection with
the Chautauqua at South-
em Pines.
At Pinehurst
Monday, Nov. 21st.
Reserved Seats.
At Southern Pines
Tuesday, Nov. 22nd
8:15
Reserved Seats
Colic ge
‘‘College” is the highest de
gree of mirth ever confer
red on a dumb student el
bowing his way toward the
mirage of success.
At Pinehurst
Wednesday, Nov. 23
Reserved Seats.
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At Southern Pines
Ttiursday, Nov. 24th
8:15
Reserved Seats.
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