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Page Two THE PILOT. Southern Pines laA Aberdeen. North Carolina Friday, January 25, 1935, THE PILOT Published every Friday by THE PILOT, Inoorporat«Kl, Ab^rdet'n and Southern Pines, N. C. NKLSON C. HYDE, Managing Editor BION H. BUTLER, Editor JAMES BOYD STRl THERS BURT Contributing Editors Subscription Rates: One Year $2.00 Six Months . $1-00 Three Months -50 Address all communications to The Pilot, Inc., Southern Pines, N. C. Entered at the Postoffice at South ern Pines, N. C., as second-class mail matter. AN EXCELLENT APPOINTiMENT When Governor Ehnnghaus advanced A. A. F. Seavvell to be attorney general of the state to succeed Mr. Brummitt a proper selection was made. Mr. Seawell is from the adjoining county of Lee which captured him fro^ji Moore by the creation of Lee county. He is from that family of Seawells Which has been pretty well known in the upper part of this county for genera tions. The new attorney gener al is also known in his own right as well as by heredity. For he is one of the most philosophic and well posted men of the North Carolina bar. Mr. Seawell for years was a prominent trial lawyer and coun sellor of this part of the State. But it is as an analyst and a student of the State code and practices that he is at his best. He has a memory that is phe nomenal and a faculty for recog nizing at sight the basic points of any legal matter that comes before him, and with these he has the confidence of the peo- , pie, and the acquaintance of the Record from day to day per bar of North Carolina from thei^fPs ^efs a better insight into sea to the mountains. The ap- general in our own officials of the postoffice depart ment. In some quarters it is said that Frank was placed in the postof fice because of some political ac tivities. Probably there is truth in that statement. And also quite certainly it is not open to objection. In the days that are gone by, Frank has taken an ac tive hand in local politics. And most observers who are familiar with the inside wr.^i'kings will concede that he has used good judgment in his political affilia tions and been of much value in the influence he has exerted in the effort to back desirable men and desirable measures. Since assuming the responsibility of the public service he has been less active than previously but it is to his credit as a citizen that he has been an outspoken leader and right fairly identi fied with the measures of the welfare of the community. If every postoffice is as well serv ed as that at Southern Pines lit tle complaint need be heard. AN INTERESTING PUBLICATION Beyond a peradventure one of the most interesting and in structive daily publications on the face of the earth is the Con gressional Record. Possibly no thing that is printed is received among its readers with as many varying opinions. Yet nothing pertains to as wide and numer ous themes approached from as many conflicting view-points and as widely ramified in analy tical opinion. Some people re gard the Record as profound au- thorit}’, which is correct. Some look upon it as temporary flip pancy, some as purely political subterfuge, and others classify it as a compact of almost any thing to catch the eye of the speaker. Yet the man who dil- ligently traverses the pages of Civic Loyalty Pays Big Dividends SONG PROGRAM TO BE GIVEN BY WEST SO. PINES SCHOOL A program of negro spirituals will be given at the high school auditor ium by a group of students from the West Southern Pines school, next Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. A charge of 35c for adults and 15c for school children will be made. Many a house has been rented by a I Want Ad, The V AL.ET Cleaners and Pressers For the Sandhills Tel. 5651 Southern Pines Sponsored by JACK’S GRILL Try Your Home Town First GRAINS OF' SAND North Carolina has between 2,400 and 2.800 miles of inland waterways, touching, in one way or another, 43 of the state’s 100 counties. The bonus issue is again in the forefront in Congress. It is estimated that immediate payment of the ad justed service certificates to the World War veterans would mean $34,- 622,162 to North Carolina alone. The State of North Carolina this weeli awarded quite a list of con tracts for various supplies, among which we note Castor Oil, Epsom Salts and Prunes. The announcement does not tell for whom these are pur chased. We’ve always been told that these wild turkeys around here are hard to shoot. That’s why we w'agered two dollars with Lawrence B. Smith he wouldn’t get one when he went gunning the other day. He saw one turkey, had but one shot all day. But the former New York state trapshooting champion brought home the turk, and was around next morning for his two •dollars. Moral: Don’t bet against these ex champions. From the State Press pointment will highly approved. be generally country and much of the rest of | the world than is to be had from . any other known source. i The chief trouble with the | Congressional Record is that it' lacks an editor who could boil | it down. While it is a vast THE ABSENTEE BALLOT LAW The Legislature is considering the remodeling of the absentee j fountain of facts and philoso- ballot law. Probably the best; pj^y volume of words at times way to deal with that annoying i suggests a laxative, however, it problem is to wipe it out entire-1 jg accurate picture of condi- ly. The only thing it ^er had to i tions of all sorts throughout the , recommend it was a bit of sen-1 what ever it may' timent. And sentiment does not | have of flippancy is the flippancy! deal of ice in the | of the photograph which holds; field of practical polity. The up to the vision of the people! absent voter has never been nu- the facts as they exist. Possib-' merous enough to have any per-1 ly at no time from the day of! ceptible influence m any elec- its first issue has the Record i tion decision that has come be-1 as fascinating as now. It: fore this state. The w’ork of col-[ embraces everything. It makes | lecting such ballots is wholly out i Sir Thomas More’s Utopia look ’ of proportion to any results that Hke a first pencil sketch of the ! could be gamed, while the ob- Utopia we are talking at pres- jection to the whole principle is enough to justify wiping out A bill is pending in Raleigh to dou. ble the taxes on hotels in this state. We cannot think of any industry which has fared worse during the past few years than the hotel busi ness, but up there they have reached a point, apparently, where they are turning to anything for revenue. In our humble opinion, it wouldn’t net much in this case. More hotels would be forced to close under added taxa tion than would be in a position to bear the burden. ent. Alice in Wonderland is a , , , . , - child’s book of which the Con- comp etely the law that governs gressional Record is a classic the absentee ballot. The whole question of popular suffrage is burdened with many things that are permitted prin cipally as an effort to encourage for grown ups. The old time, legends and dreams of antiquity i are soothing and ripened prede-' cessors of the dreams and vis-} ions we can read today in the a sense of fairness. The sole Record, and so with nearly purpose of the popular vote is to reach the desire of the people as to what shall be the attitude of the voter toward public ac tion. It is a rare thing that a majority would be so close that any of the minor phases of suf frage would affect the decision. FRANK BUCHAN AS POSTMASTER The announcement that Frank Buchan has been given a per manent appointment as postmas ter at Southern Pines is merely what was anticipated by every body. During the period that he was filling the vacancy by tem porary appointment he has dem onstrated his ability and fitness so well that the people of South ern Pines would not have look ed with favor on anything but placing him permanently in charge of the office. Frank Buchan is a man of bus iness teinperment and realizes the importance of the business methods that are followed in the postoffice. He has been closely connected for years with the de velopment of this community and his whole ambition is to make the public service in the postoffice and everywhere else every other phase of life and literature. Life was never so richly worth living as at the present time and nothing else in the form of literature was ' ever so broadly fascinating and | so appealing to the imagination' with its striking dashes of hu- ^ mor and sensation. The com- bined imagination of politicians, scientists, business men, dream ers, antagonists, protagonists, and everybody, shines up through the paragraphs of the Record. If all the printing presses were to cease except those that print the Record, we would still be producing a litera ture that is marvelous. EVEN A RICH MAN CAN EAT ONLY SO MUCH In his talk to the Kiwanis Club Wednesday Mr. Frank Bris coe struck a very clear note when he made the observation that there w'as a “limit to the wants of the rich.” After a man spends a certain amount of money he has ac quired all that money can pro cure for him. To supply even the rnost extravagant wants of the rich would keep the machin- . . - , ery of industry turning only an in the community of the most exceedingly small portion of the useful character. Frank is a log ical fellow who has the faculty of discussing affairs with peo ple, of showing the reason for what he does, or for what he de clines to do. And it is said by those who seem to know that his ' time. The great outlet for the prod ucts of industry is to be found in the purchase of those prod ucts by the great masses of the common people. Even the sup plying of the necessities of life handling of the postoffice is for the masses of the people is a highly approved by the higher | tremendous undertaking and one which has not yet been sat isfactorily accomplished. Federal Relief Administrator Harry L, Hopkins stated a few days ago that there were now more than 19,500,000 persons in the United States on the relief rolls. Figures like this indicate that we are yet a long way from supplying even the simple neces sities of life in sufficient amount. It would be a tremen dous step-up for industry if even this could be done. If, in addi tion to providing these persons with the means of obtaining the necessities of life, we could in addition assist them to obtain only a small percent of their wants, the step-up in produc tion would exceed anything w’e have imagined. Various share - the - wealth theories have been advocated, most of them without being thought through, and impracti cal of application. It is evident that productive wealth—that is wealth invested in factories, farms, and other industrial en terprises—must be kept intact. Only as capital is put to use in production is it of any value. Jobs of all kinds and positions of all types are dependent upon capital in action for their exist ence. What seems to be needed is a system of distribution w'hich will, without impairing service rendered, eliminate so much profit-taking by non-producing members of society in the gap between the producer and the ultimate consumer; a system which will give to the producer his proper share of the dollar paid by the final user of the product; a system which will prevent the concentration of un productive wealth and provide for the recapture and distribu tion—to the producing members of society—of those surpluses which under our present system accrue to such an extent as to result in providing some even in excess of their wants. Communism has never proven itself a satisfactory answer to the problem—neither in the early days of the church nor in the numerous attempts during the centuries down to our owti times. The answer is more likely to be found in the philosophy of the prosperity of plenty than in the forced high prices of an artificial scarcity. QUESTIONABLE HASTE The eagerness of the lower House at Raleigh to go on record as demand- j ing the passage of the bonus in spitf I of the President’s opposition is rather 1 perplexing, if not annoying. ^ The rules being suspended, that i body approved without a record vote I a memorializing resolution requesting j the 11 congressmen of the State and the two Senators from North Caro lina to work for and to vote for the immediate payment of the bonus. The upper chamber was not quite so hasty or pell-mell in its procedure. It took a great deal of the snap and fire out of the resolution when it reached its consideration and inserted enough "ifs” and "provideds” to make it drastically a different memorial than that so hastily passed by the House. This is a matter of such National importance that the expediency of thi^ action will be widely questioned in the State. Handling of the bonus is a con gressional duty and the members of the National Legislature from North Carolina should be allowed to ap proach this issue uninfluenced by the sentimental urging.s of the General Assembly of their own State. It is a question with so many ram ifications and contingencies of a purely National nature that duty could conceivably compel them to lay aside whatever may be their pure’y sentimentr.l at'-itudes and at least go part of tl.e way with the President in his position that to pay the bonus would mean to strike a disbalance in the National budget which would be difficult to control. —Chirlotte Observer. NIAGARA ' Pinehurst BERKSHIRE Sausage Product of Pinehurst Farms This Fresh, Pure Pork Sausage Sold Only in the Sandhills. Ask for this High Grade Product at Your Market or Hotel You’re Missing Something if You Haven’t Tried It. The Citizens Bank and Trust Co. SOUTHERN PINES, N. C. GEO. C. ABRAHAM, V. Pres. ETHEL S. JONES. Ass’t. Cashi«r U. s. POSTAL SAVINGS DEPOSITORY A SAFE CONSERVATIVE BANK DEPOSITS INSURED BY The Federal Deposit Insurance Cerporation $5000 WASHINGTON, D. C. MAXIMUM INSURANCE FOR EACH OEPOSITOR $5000 STATEMENT OF CONDITION ^oiitl|crn ^tnes ^uilbtng an& |[lLian JVssDciation of Southern Pines, N. C., as of December 31st, 1934. (Copy of Sworn Statement Submitted to Insurance Commissioner as Re quired by La w.) ASSETS The Association Owns; Cash on Hand and in Banks $ stock in Federal Home Loan Bank Mortgage Loans Money loaned to shareholders for the purpose of enabling them to own their homes. Each loan secured by first mortgage on local im proved real estate. stock Loans Advances made to our shareholders against their stock. No loan exceeds 90% of amount actually paid in. Accounts Receivable Temporary Advances for Insurance, Tsutes.v Etc. Office Furniture and Fixtures Other Assets 5,711.83 1,500.00 129,181.18 1,100.00 Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Wilson spent the week-end in Pinebluff. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Stanyan and little Barbara, who spent the sum mer in Maine arrived the past week and are located in their home here for the winter months. J. V. Snipes and party went to Raleigh on business Saturday. Little Lula May Morgan who has spent the past week or two visiting friends here, has returned to her home near Chapel Hill. Mrs. R. A. Smith is spending some time visiting relatives in Raleigh. B. C. Morgan and party motored to Chapel Hill on Sunday. J. P. Turnley of Cameron is spend ing some time here with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Dutton. There will be preaching by the pas tor at the Village church next Sun day morning at 11 o’clock. Mrs. S. T. Finer has been on the sick list for some weeks but is re ported improved. Miss Virginia Pierce of Cameron is spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Dutton. The windmill project has been com pleted and Niagara is now getting the best of water, according to reports from Raleigh where samples are sent each month. C. L. Dutton and J. P. Tumley have opened a small factory in Nia gara to manufacture potato chips. (4.25) 531.00 2,125.00 TOTAL $ 140,144.76 LIABILITIES The Association Owes^ To Shareholders ' Funds entrusted to our care in the form of payments on stock as follows: Installment Stock $30,048.31 Running Stock 3,215.77 Paid-up Stock 82,900.00 $ 116,164.08 Notes Payable, Federal Home Loan Bank 10,005.00 Notes Payable, Other 7,500.00 ’ Money borrowed for use in making loans to members, or retiring matured stock. Each note approved by at least two-thirds of entire Board of Directors as required by law. Undivided Profits 4,331.88 Earnings held in trust for distribution to shareholders at maturity of stock. Other Liabilities, (Reserve) 2,143.80 TOTAL $ 140,144.76 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF MOORE. R. L. Chandler, Secretary-Treasurer-of the above named Association personally appeared before me this day, and being duly sworn, says that the foregoing report is true to the best of his knowledge and belief. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this' 17th day of January, 1935. ALGENE E. HOSKINS, \ R- L. CHANDLER. Notary Public. ( My commission Expires Febnaary 14, 1936. SWtssSt-viWie
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