THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, June 7, 1935.
THE PILOT
Published each Friday by
THE PILOT, Incorporate^,
Soiifhern Tines, N. C.
NELSON C. HYDE, Editor
JAIVIES BOYD STRUTHEKS BURT
WALTER LIPP>L\NN
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I
THE Sl’PREME COURT
AND CONGRESS
The question of why it has
taken the United States Supreme
Court two years to decide that
the National Recovery Act is un
constitutional is one often ask
ed since the decision of two
weeks ago. The answer is ably
stated in an editorial in The Sy
racuse (N. Y.) Herald, which
says:
It might be put in one sen
tence: The Supreme Court is an
independent, wholly detached
branch of the Federal Govern
ment, and as such, it is disqual
ified, alike by the constitutional
intent and by an unbroken line
of precedents, from intervening,
even in an advisory capacity and
on request, in the legislative
process of Congress.
The duties and powers of the
Federal judiciary in general, and
of the Supreme Court in partic
ular, are specified in Sections
1 and 2, Article III, of the Con
stitution. One can overhaul these
sections for his own enlighten
ment. We need only repeat the
primary mandate “that the ju
dicial power shall extend to all
cases, in law or equity, arising
under this Constitutioiv, the
lavv’s of the United States, or
treaties made, or which shall be
made, under their authority.”
Since the first half of Chief Jus
tice Mai'shall’s long term, or for
more than a centur\i, this judi
cial power has included in its
exercise the nullification of acts
of Congress on grounds that
have been deemed unconstitu
tional by a majority of the Su
preme Court.
It is obvious that any fore
handed arrangement w o u 1 d
clothe the Supreme Court with
a decisive power over legisla
tion of a very important class.
If Senatoi's and Representatives
should “find out” in advance
from the Supreme Court wheth
er a proposed measure was con
stitutional, the information
would be controlling for pruden
tial reasons. But this would be
tantamount to arming the Court
with decisive authority and in
fluence ov»^er legislation in the
making. This would be a dualty
of legislative and judicial pow
er lodged in the Supreme Court
—a confusion of prerogatives
entirely opposed to the spirit
and intent of the Constitution.
Congress is elected to make
laws, and the Supreme Court
Justices are appointed for other
and distinct purposes, among
them the power to pass on the
validity of laws already enact
ed.
Among the settled traditions
of the Court has been its con
sistent aloofness from an act and
utterance that could be con
strued as an attempt to guide
the law-making power of Con
gress.
during its dewberry season, also
suffered from a dearth of ma
terial. There are plenty of
\'oungsters in the Sandhills who,
given an early start, will devel
op into good baseball players. In
the past they have not been giv
en this chance. They have play.-
ed on their school teams and
when school terms ended, their
baseball stopped. They were too
young to play in the countyi lea
gue, and there was no other.
The Legion’s Junior League
will, in time, make it possible
through development of these
youngsters to revive the Moore
County League, and summers
will again provide excitemen-
aplenty for the numerous fans
hereabouts. Meanwhile we can
get out and cheer on the coming
generation.
THE COOKING SCHOOL
AND THE PILOT
The success of The Pilot’s
cooking school last week was
very gratifying to its sponsors,
not alone because it revealed so
great an interest in that ai't
which stands first in the hearts
of man. but because it demon
strated how widely read The Pi
lot is. Naturally, as the school
w’as “our baby,” so to speak, the
announcements of time and
I place were carried solely in this
paper. One story appeared two
weeks before the school, one the
week before.
The school w'as crowded both
days, attracting close to 400 wo
men. They came from all sec
tions of Moore county, from out
of the way farms as well as from
the villages. It was a tribute to
the value of publicity and ad
vertising in general, and of Pi
lot coverage in particular.
And we want to take this oc-
I casion to thank all those who so
I generously cooperated with The
I Pilot in making the school a suc-
jcess, particularly the Carolina
j Power & Light Company which
furnished the necessary equip-
1 ment and its home economics ex-
jpert, Mrs. Bushong, as “teach
er.” Of course the final proof of
the pudding is in the application
of the lessons taught. Do things
taste any better, husbands?
Civic Loyalty Pays Big Dividends
Sponsored by
REINECKE COxMPANY
Try Your Home Town First
THE HEAVENS IN JUNE
Bv Rassie E. Wicker
Editor’s Note: Mr. Wicker has aRreod
to write a series of article}* on astron
omy. “not only for the information of
the public but in deference to the mem
ory of Mr. Hutlor,” as he puts it. Hlon
H. liutler, late editor of The Pilot, was
deeply interested in the stnrs and planets
and wrote numerous articles on the sub
ject.
Grains of Sand
‘Two steam-heated officers for
rent,” were advertised in the classi
fied columns of the Durham Sun the
other day. A local wag sent the ad
vertiser a postal card reading:
“How about two air-cooled cops?”
North Carolina’s senior Senator,
I Josiah W. Bailey, and the dean of the
I Tar Heel delegation in the House,
I Robert L. Doughton, head of the list
I of speakers who will address North
I Carolina public officials at the 1935
sessions of the Institute of Govern
ment at Chapel Hill next Monday and
[Tuesday. Among those who will speak
on the same program Monday night
are Mrs. Thomas W. O’Berry, direc
tor of the North Carolina ERA, and
Herman G. Baity, state engineer for
the PVVA,
LEGION TO REVIVE
LOCAL BASEBALL
The Sandhill Post of the Amer
ican Legion has done the com
munity a good turn in organizing
a baseball league for the young
er bo:-/.^ this summer. The dis
banding of the Moore County
League has been a disappoint
ment to many lovers of the na
tional game. They have been
wondering why this older organ
ization has not sprung to life this
year. The best answer is that
there has been no such junior
league in the section in the past
as the Legion is now sponsoring
and launching on what is hoped
to be a successful career. Had
there been some organization
for the youngsters, there would
now be grown-up ball players
enough in the community to con
tinue the “big” league. It has
died for lack of playing mater
ial. ,
Southern Pines, for example,
had great difficulty all last
summer in producing nine play
ers for its scheduled games.
Other teams, especially Vass
Moore county ranks 23d in the
state in number of inhabitants per
automobile—for the year 1934. Reg
istered were 3,550 passenger cars
and 850 trucks, or 7.9 inhabitants
per vehicle. In 1929 Moore had 4,094
passenger cars. 615 trucks, a total of
4,709. The depression apparently cost
us 309 cars in the six years.
The state as a whole had 493,028
cars, both pleasure and truck, regis
tered in 1929, as against 471,092 in
1934, a loss of 21,136 in the period.
But trucks jumped from 56,535 in
j '29 to 88,125 in ’34, revealing how
great the decrease in passenger car
registration.
If you are about to enter the sher
iffs office in Carthage and discover
that you are in a place almost total
ly unfamiliar, don’t decide that there
is something wrong with your head.
The place really is different. A PWA
project has transformed the former
large room into two attractive offices,
thus giving the Sheriff a private of
fice in which he can transact busi
ness or hold conferences without the
public’s being in on everything. It’s
a great improvement.
PRESBYTERIAN CONFERENCE
AT RED SPRINGS NEXT WEEK
The Intermediate Conference of
the Fayetteville Presbytery will be
held at Flora Macdonald College, Red
Springs, from Monday, June 10th
through Saturday, June 15th, for all
boys and girls of 12 through 15 years.
The leaders are expecting a large en
rollment and a fine confer jice.
The three-month period of summer
begins this month, the earth in its
majestic sweep around the sun hav
ing on the 22nd reached that position
where its axis is at right angles to a
line from the sun to the earth. At
this time the sun, which has been ap
parently travelling north since De
cember. stands motionless for an in
stant, and then begins its return
journey southward. However, in our
latitude the sun never reaches a
point vertically above us, and we
should have to travel over eight hun
dred miles southward to have the sun
directly over our heads at noon on
the 22nd. This is the longest day of
the year; the sun in this latitude ris
ing at 4:46 a. m. and setting at 7:17.
This gives us a little more than four
teen and a half hours of sunlight, or
about sixteen hours from dawn to
dusk. An industrious person can ac
complish much on that day.
If the stars could be seen in day
time, we could look this month across
the billions of miles of space which
separates us from them, and see, im
mediately around the sun, that group
of stars known as ‘Taurus” or “The
Bull.” By the end of the month we
would have found him moved over
into the next constellation “Gemini”
or “The Twins.” That rustic oath:
“By Jimminy!” has its origin in the
old Pagan practice of swearing by
the heavenly bodies in this case “The
Twins”—that is: “By Gemmi!” By
December the sun will have apparent
ly moved around into the opposite
constellation “Scorpio” and the con
stellations now around the sun at
midday will be overhead at mid
night.
Mercury is in inferior conjunction
with the sun on the 21st, and because
they rise and set together, will be
lost to our observation the entire
month, Venus continues as a very
brilliant evening star in the western
sky from just after sunset until about
9:30 p. m. This is the planet which
was occulated by the moon last
month. They will be very near togeth
er again this month on the 4th, at
7:30 p. m. Don't fail to see them.
Also remember that Venus and Mer
cury, both of which revolve around
the sun within the earth’s orbit, go
through apparent changes in shape or
“phases” just as does the moon.
When viewed thraugh even a small
telescope, Venus now appears as a
thin crescent—a miniature “new
moon”
Mars continues as a prominent eve
ning star, to be found in the early
evening in the upper southwest sky.
, Because of his size and reddish tint
he is easily located. The moon passes
a short distance south of him at mid
night of the 11th. Satui-n is a morn
ing star, at “quadrature” that is, sets
! at midday on the 1st, rising about
midnight, Uranus and Neptune be-
I ing telescopic subjects, will not be
. mentioned.
PULVERIZER COMPANY AND
H. F. SEA WELL, JR. WIN CASE
A hotly contested suit in civil court
last week was that of Raymond
Brothers Impact Pulverizer Company
and H. F. Seawell, Jr., versus Joseph
Levy and others, which was brought
in the form of a creditors’ bill to
have certain deeds made by Joseph
Levy and wife to Sadie Goldman and
others and finally to the North Car
olina Corporation set aside on ac
count of fraud. Property to thfe val
ue of $65,000 was involved, this be
ing the talc property at Glendon. The
court decided the case in favor of
the plaintiffs after devoting the time
from Wednesday to Fiiday to the
hearing. The plaintiffs were repre
sented by K. R. Hoyle and W. R.
Clegg and the defendants by W. L.
Spencer of the Raleigh bar and M.
G. Boyette.
REAL EST.4TE TRANSFERS
J. E. Hasty to Bessie Hasty and
others, property in McNeill township.
, Mary F. Brown and others to Mary
Keller Wintyen, property in McNeill
township.
Richard W. Browr. to William T.
Brown and Mary F. Brown, proper
ty in Southern Pines.
A, J. Buie and wife to Bessie A.
Hasty, property in Southern Pines.
Simeon B. Chapin and wife to
George H. Betts and wife, property in
Moore county.
Ralph Notargiacomo to Joe Notar-
giacomo and wife, property in McNeill
! township.
{ Alex Graham and Susie Graham,
his wife, to Curtis McGregor and
wife, property in Sandhills towTiship.
HEALTH OFFIC ER URGES
INOCULATION OF DOGS
Owing to the prevalence of rabies
in dogs in the United States, includ
ing North Carolina, and reports of its
presence near and in Moore county,
it is advisable that all owners of dogs
have them vaccinated against rabies
immediately, says Dr. J. Symington,
Public Health Officer.
All unkr.owti dogs should be shot,
! and it is hoped that all owners and
j lovers of dogs will take steps to have
; their dogs given the preventative
j treatment without delay. The veter
inary surgeon will be only too glad
to do this at a nominal cost.
M.ARRIAGE LICENSES
Marriage licenses have been issued
from the office of the Register of
Deeds to the following: Kenneth Jun
ior Sheppard of Washington, D. C.,
j and Dora McKenzie of Hemp; El-
wood Parker of Pinehurst and Pauline
■ Moore of Hemp; W. C. Fields of Pine
hurst and Mary E. Frye of West End;
Marvin Cockman of Hallison and El
len Brown of Eagle Springs; Carl
I Whitaker and Lillie Bibey, both of
Vass route 1. Elbert Caddell, Carth
age and Nonie Williams, Eagle
Springs; Mack Sineath, West End,
and Ethel Christman, Carthage.
MISS WILLI.XMS WEDS
I Announcements have been received
I in Carthage of the marriage of Miss
1 Louisa Williams to Dr. Isham Faison
Hick.s on Saturday, June 1st in Fay
etteville. Miss Williams was a for
mer Carthage school teacher.
MAY WEATHER
May. like April, gave us less than
normal temperatures, dropping to a
' low cf 66-7, 3-7 degrees less than the
long time average. 3-2 degrees lower
than last May, and nearly touching
the low of May, 1931. The highest
i temperature recorded for the month
■ was reached on the 31st, the thermo
meter registering 94, and the lowest,
44 on the 25th, the high and low for
last May being 95 and 40.
Fifteen days were clear and 12
partly cloudy, the first 14 days of the
month being without rain, which to
taled only 2.42 inches, a loss of an
inch and three-quarters, and a defi
ciency for the first five months of the
year of one and one-half inches.
Long time Max. Min. Aver,
average 82.8 58.0 70.4
1934 83.2 56.7 69.9
1935 81,1 52.3 66.7
The Home School
and Playground
Under the Direction of
MISS L.\UR\ M. JENKS
Will re-open Oct. 8, 1935
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In last week’s term of civil court, i
the High Falls Manufacturing Com- !
pany was finally dissolved as a cor- ;
poration and its charter canceled.
] Harvey B. Jones was receiver of this
I company, which was at one time one
of the important business concerns of
The Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C.
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