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THE PILOT, Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North Carolina
Frfday, December J8, 1931
THE PILOT
Published every Friday by
THE PILOT, Incorporated.
Aberdeen and Southern Pines. N. C.
method of creating paupers of
men who do not want to be pau
pers. but who are anxious to
be self-sustaining if they can be
g.ven a chance of any kind.
; Nearly everybody can help some
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or may be he can employ some
one for a brief period in doing
j something about his own place
people concerned 1n the securi- the state the railroads carry a
ties of the railroads, and the in
dustry that rests on railroad
prosperity.
In the last few days the New
York Central Railroad has pass
ed its dividend for the first time
tremendous proportion of the
taxes. But they are not allowed
to conduct their business on bus
iness principles, for they are
hedged about by restrictions of
law in rates they may charge,
ni sixty years. The New Haven arrangements for carrying traf-|
has passed its common dividend. in wage arrangements, in L
The Southern just announces schedules, in building- new lines]
the passing of its dividend, 'i’ abandoning unprofitable
From all directions comes the branches. They are taxed to pay I Keese
ewiew
OLD BALTIMORE
The folks in the country around i gjime story. For about the first, foi* roads to enable -competitive * R'n^hari. New 'Vork.
One Year $2.00 ^ Southern Pines can make some | time in their histr^rv the roads carriers like trucks, boats, and
Six Months |for folks in their neighbor-1 jjj{ of CO,.-anything that can mj)Ve loads •^•'•'ard Bennett.
Three Months 50 hood. Some clearing, or mending' g,, gf the people, and ^'•nd even in Southern Pines part
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THE SHAME OF
POLITICAL RANCOR
Either this country is in a ser
ious
and
discov
ar
of
the effort to bring about bet
ter conditions. If hell is so near
us as some aver, it is time to
cut out some of the bloviation of
partisan politics and turn hon-
good time to set plants and trees
around the place, and to embel
lish in that way. Rubbish can be
cleaned away, stumps dug out,
a hundred things done in the
way of little jobs that will add
i rtjy . , 1 L • V> ct \ U1 llLLIc JUUJ> lIlclL >VA1I
est effort tow aid bringi ^ ! materiallv to the employment of
^me move toward betterment. , , little things like
Mr. Hoover IS president o the N^is bv manv people will bulk
country, and presumably he is ^ ‘^^^al. It is a good
Review by Ann Hyde Allen
It has been a long time since we
have had to revNew a book that be
longs to the realm of English liter
ature, written in limpid prose by an
author of poetic sensitivity. The ex
perience of reading it is one of deep*
and quiet joy. It is lacking (sing
l^allelujah) in every element of ex
citement, of speed, of sensation seek
ing. There is only the important
“excitement” of the daily life of the
small village of Waverly, market
days, baking days, singing classes,
the doctor’s visit, glimpses into the
lives of the inhabitants of the old
York Road. In her descriptions of
vnnlr Jn tVio r>av , gardens and flowers Miss Reese
the fiont lank in the pay- gj. ^re now. Insane transcends herself and the page
Here in Moore county the' ^'^^niagogy is killing one of our j plows and trembles with the beauty
three chief taxpayers are the greatest and most necessary in- poured into it.
building, or fixing things that j ij^j.ggjy because the enormous of the railroad'right of way is
will have to be done sooner orjfigj^gg,. f.j(.gg the whole parking space for automobiles
later, will help to take some of i country if the roads are not able that travel roads the railroad
the unemployed of the com-1 to carry on has become appar- has been taxed to pave on its
munity off of the Southern j ^„t. Railroad bonds are the basis own ground. It is time the Inter-
Pines load. Orchard pruning in for the security of many of the state Commerce Commission is
tho outlying districts is begin-j ^anks,'of life insurance offering a suggestion that the
lung to afford some work. Folks i companies, of widows’ and- or- railroads get a fair run for their
>n town could with profit accum- i investment funds, of sink- nioney, for if they do not the
ulate a wood pile now, and if j funds" in towns, counties, nioney for new roads, new equip-
npfpssnrv apflirp a snt*nllis thflf i .x. _'Ti .i; i.: onrl now Pv'orv’fViincr else
on
Invest-
monev
ill
the employment of capital which not pay a return. Then the
means in industry, and they are stocks of the roads will go low-
in -
ing of taxes.
two railroads and Pinehurst. In' dustries and utilities.
trying to improve conditions. In
any little jimcrow corporation
that has met up with trouble
should the chief officer submit
to his board of directors that in-
GRAINS OF' SAND
time for everybody to furbish up
and improve, for in the long run
it will be a good investment. | One more week till Christmas. Bet- farm for her children and herself
Everybody can help this thingter get at that list. Shops are full another year, minus chickens and
"ith a few dollars and no of things for Pa, Ma and the Baby
telhgent action be taken to get whpr-*.!
out of the
tar barrel the di
rectors would discuss ways and
means rather than leading a bil
lingsgate assault on the man
agement, who would be ejected
from the head of the operation
if unfit.
Unfortunately our bombastic
style of politics permits little
but noisy partisan demagogy,
and already the thing is becom
ing boisterous in Washington
and over the conntry. If condi
tions are as bad as some say,
we are in urgent need of sensi
ble suggestion and energetic ac
tion. If they are as bad as some
place ca na dollar be put where |
it will be better spent.
THE CONSTITI TION AS
BETWEEN FRIENDS
North Carolina is undertak
ing to provide a new State con
stitution. Possibly the move
ment may be wise. Nevertheless
it may be remembered with
profit that a new constitution
needs as much consideration as
has been given the old one. In
this day of unlimited law accum
ulation our greatest danger in
making a constitution is that it
will be overloaded and submerg-
ay it admits no djspute that ed in useless litte.-of law which
4-Ur. „i has no business in a fundamen-
some of the managers should be
in the penitentiary. But the
truth is that the noisiest blovia-
tors do not believe a word they
say, but are simply talking to
the galleries of their own party
for buncombe. This would not be
so bad, but the country has to
suffer for all this bunk. That i.=?
one of the most convincing signs
that things are not as bad as
some say. If we are in a grave
predicament those who make
the disfister a political game for
self political betterment are not
very good citizens. The man who
cannot stand by his country if it
is really in grave peril is not to
be recommended for very much.
Personally Thie Pilot does not
believe the situation is as ser
ious as it might be. It doubts
if many prominent men would
tal law of the state.
Some years ago when the as
tute political boss, Matt Quay,
of Pennsylvania, encountered
some obstacle in the constitu
tion which infringed on his leg
al right to something that he
wanted to do he inquired, “What
is the constitution between
friends?” While that intei"preta-
tion of the organic law of the
land was followed by much crit
icism, Quay’s interpretation was
not so far wrong as a surprised
constituency imagined. The con
stitution should be no obstacle
as between friends or anybody
else, for its sole excuse for ex
istence is to define the relation
of the nation or of the state to
the individual in his personal
general rights, and in no way to
things sold to make tax money .
That rtas for 11)28. Now come 1929
and 1030, and in a short time the
books for 1031 will be ready for col-
Two more weeks till New Y’ear’s.
Better get at those resolutions, and
in the meantime don’t forget to get lection. Widow has paid the amount
your 1932 license plates. the farm sold for to redeem it. Must
proceed to pay again and again and
With Senator Morrison on the Ap- again. County commissioner asks
propriation committee of the Senate, “What is the answer?”
and Senator Bailey on the Committee
on Postoffices, Southern Pines ought
to have a pretty good chance to get
that federal building during the
present session of Congress. It needs
the postoffice, and it would give a
lot of people employment.
While this is a book of clear, spark-
lingly live reminsicence, there is no
intrusion of the personal. Here are
bright memories on a more univer
sal scale of a world that has past, a
world for which many a lonely in
habitant of ihis Scientific Era is
homesick; hungry for its lost peace
and security.
Each chaptier is preceded by a new
poem. “Life-Everlasting” for in
stance is the introduction to an en
chanting essay on herbs and their al
most forgotten medicinal uses.
‘■'A withered white it grew
In a green place I knew.
A grey and silver {)lace
Made up of wind and space.
Tho wind blew and the air
Was music evei’ywhere.
The wind ceased, pain in sight
Naught but that withered white.”
it is an essay on the art of poetry
to compare this poem with prose
description a few pages farther on
of “A place where life-everlasting
grew, a flat, gray pace, made up of
wind and sky.”
“The Y'ork Road” might be called
a modern “Our VHlage” by a sensi
tive, keenly humorous Miss Milford
with universay sympathy for her fel
low man.
Lizette Woordorth Reese ,of Balti
more has long been recognized, by
those who can tell the difference be
tween the noise of publicity and the
((uiet but sure voice of fame, as the
noblest of American women poets now
living. In her autobiography, “A Vic
torian Village,” published some time
ag/i and in this new book, “The York
Road,” which is a kindred volume, she
also shows herself as a mistress of
easy narrative in lovely prose.
m Ark
i!»oulhrrn ^Binrs, ?». £.
Mrs. Millicent A. Hayes, Principal
A COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS
Kindergarten through the 8th year
MUSIC—ART—LANGUAGES
RIDING—TENNIS—SWIMMING
Limited Accommodations for
Boarders
With one exception, the Moore
County Hospital appears to be com
pletely ecjuipped. What it lacks is a
paternity room, where expectant
fathers can pace the floor all they
want to without disturbing the medi-
ckl staff, the nurses a^d all the |
other patients. If we ever get weal
thy, we will endow such a room.
Think of the poor and needy in
planning your Christmas. Giv'e until
it helps.
Bernard Leavitt went over to the
hospital. The doctors looked him over
and told him he would have to stay
there until he gained 15 pounds. He
smiled that smile that has made him
a lot of friends around here and ven
tured the doubt of such a stay. “My
gracious. In more than thirty years
that I have lived in the Sandhills I
haven’t gained that much.”
Give Them
a Treat
DELICATESSEN SHOP
for the
Chickens, Cows and
Horses
U4.- -i-u 1 '6t up a statute law to reach to
waste time fighting with each^j^e detail of government.
T r' The constitution as between
mg to the safety of the country |,ut ijme. The
confronted us and with grave
need of adoption. That the cry
of “Wolf” if continued too long
without the approach of the
The details of an incident. Widow
woman failed to pay 1928 taxes. In
due time advertised for sale. Sold.
Year elapses. Bid in by county. Per
iod of grace elapses. Widow comes
before commissioners with amount of
taxes, having sold her chickens and
loose plunder and raised the $30,
which was approximately the amount
of the tax. But costs had accumulated
and woman lacked enough to pay the
bill. Commissioners finally whittled
dovifn some of the costs a'id accepted
law signifies no more. It is as
impossible to enforce the absurd
multitude of laws that now exist
,, f 1 as to govern the rain drops or
wolf or the realization of danger j shifting of the sands on the
from !t 1.S reactionary is worth | ^hore. We have not the courts,
remembering For it is possible | the officers, the jails, the pen-
to cry ^'olf until the P^'op^c htentiaries. But what is vastly
know no wolf is in sight, and the I j^Q^e difficult is that we have
whole business is for scaring the interest of the people in j what she had. Couldn’t gret the same
purposes. A pretty pod Pojicy ; the enforcement of a myriad of money for the farm if offered to any
IS to discover the wolf and boldly I that are of but slight in- one else and the county wants money,
chase it away or shut up. jt.rest to the great majority of
! ] eople. The law has run away
citizen, who has no no-
E!WFL0\MEN1 PROJECTS ' tion of attempting to keep up
The unemployment committee, ^^.jth it, and constitution, statute
which is attempting to carry on i qj. anvthing else than popular
in Southern Pines has arrang-1 j^gntiment will never make
not farms. W'idow’s taxes bigger than
value ,of farm. Commissioners fixed
it so she could go home and have the
LIST HOLIDAY ARTICLES
MADE IN NORTH CAROLINA
ed a schedule that is working in | things different. ' Possibly we
two ways. It is providing a cer-1 ^eed a new constitution, but if
tain amount of work that ena-1 j,, written it should be of the
bles men to find something to, pjj^p]gj,t form and confined to
maintain them at least a portion, the fundamentals of state gov-
of their time, and it conti'ibutes j grnment. Otherwise we will have
to the improvement of the vil-; organic law that will have as
lage and the surroundings, Njttie weight with the mass of
which IS a benefit to the whole; the people as the statute law
community. The wage that is , has at the present time. As be-
paid is fixed at a figure to chs- j tween friends law is a right
courage outsiders from coming, harmless thing, as Quay said
this way, and while it is not | j^^out the constitution.
wealth by any means it is much j ^
better than nothing. Ten cents PROTECTION FOR
an hour beats no bread. j I’HE RAILROADS
The actual magnitude of the i
unemployed situation in this sec- ■ The Interstate Commerce
tion is not definitely known, but Commission asks Congress to
it is certain that many families j protect the railroads from un
need help in the way of employ-' fair competition, a move that is
ment, and some in the v:s.y of JI- as interesting in showing the
roct charity. As Frank Buchan' veering attitude of the commis-
argues, employment is a neces- sion and public opinion as it is
^ity unless the ^community is in it'^, effort to do something to
willing to resort to a direct dole,' protect thd basic transporta-
which is not justifiable from any tion system of the country, the
view point, foi; it i» the basing men employed by the roads, the j strings all the more.”
In furtherance of its efforts to ac
quaint the people with and to encour
age the use of North Carolina-made
goods by North Carolinians, the State
Department of Conservation and De
velopment has been stributin% to
merchants of the state specially pre
pared lists of “North Carolina-made
articles for the Holidays.” The list
includes wearing apparel and acces
sories, things for the home, toys,
books, and other articles designed to
bring pleasure to their users.
A statement accompanying the list
points out that Christmas shoppers
are going to be buying useful things
this year and that “North Carolina
made goods, being largely of this
type, will make a strong appeal to
the buyer. All the home-made goods
bought by our home merchants will
give manufacturing plants additional
working time, create more wa^es and
more buying power. This will give
everybody a more cheerful outlook
and serve to loiosen up the purse
Eggs are Eggs from now until spring, and eggs are made by prop
er feeding of the right feed.
The Spartan Line of Poultry Feeds
Made by the Spartan Grain and Mill company, of Spartanburg,
South Carolina, is showing remarkable records of egg production
all over the Carolinas, and is encouraged by the Agricultural De
partments and growers all over the states.
' Good Stuff—The reason we handle it is because it is the best
we can find.
For the Dairy the Warehouses have a complete line of Products of
The Quaker Oats Mills
Quaker Oats feeds the human population* of the United
States, and makes them mighty good folks.
The Quaker Oats line of feeds cares for the dairy cattle, and
when you see a cow who stands up to regular diet of Quaker Oats
Products you see a happy, productive cow. The milk buckets of the
country are the testimonials from grateful cows. Read them in your
own pails.
Another car of Famous Lancaster County Oats from the
Famous Pennsylvania Oats belt. The horse fed on Lancaster oats
whinnies his thanks every time he is called to dinner.
Lima Hay—Just as Oliver Twist at dinner time kept asking
for more so your horse intimates another forkful of Lima Tim
othy. Hence another car of .Ohio hay. No trash left in the manger
when he has Lhna Timothy for lunch.
The satisfied Chickens and Cows and Horses are the references
offered as to these lines. See what they have to say.
THEPINEHURSTWAREHOUSES
PINEHURST, N. C.