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THE PILOT. Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, April 29, 1938.
THE PILOT
Published each Friday by
THE PILOT, Incorporated,
Southern IMnes, N. C.
NELSOX C. HYDE
Editor
ei^AINS cr SAND
BEN BOWDEN
News Kditur
CHARLES MACAULEY
Adv«rtlftinff
JKAN C. EOSON
BusinfHS Manager
DAN S. RAY
Circulation
Belen K. Butler* Bessie Cameron Smith,
H. L. Epps, ABSociates
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Six Months $1.00
Three Months .50
Entered at the Postoffice at South
ern Pines, N. C., as second class mall
matter.
We have a way of setting aside
a week at a time in order to cele
brate some of our cultivated habits.
Human beings are victims of habits,
and it seems as if there is a scheme
on foot to revise a good many
of them. To keep up with the idea
which is growing in popularity, you
occasionally have to hunt up the
calendar in order to understand what
we are supposed to do next because,
if it isn’t National Cheese Week, it
may be Safety Week or something
else equally important. From the
24th to the 30th it happens to be
that is surpassed by nothing else in
the calendar year. Floral displays
are at their height. Gardens and for
ests are a delight at every turn.
Temperatures are mild and should
suit the most exacting. The golf
links, the tennis courts, the bridle
trails and the garden paths should
be found more enjoyable now than
ever. With the setting of the sun,
the nights are cool and stimulating.
And with the coming of night the
April sky shows its most brilliant
giants. Ten bright stars now add to
the light of the heavens. April ex-
Humane Week and for one week ceeds all other months, excepting
we are charged to observe the or
der, “Be Kind to Animals.” It is sug
gested that we don’t kick the dog
or chase the cat or scare the gold
fish or be rude to any animal for sev
en whole days.
A week is not long in which to
form a habit, but the American Hu
mane Federation has an idea that
in a week of training a tendency or
inclination toward a habit might be
developed among school children
which w'ould be of enormous value.
Repetition of an idea frequently
leads to spontaneous action. In
learning some of the rudiments of
March, in its starry display. With its
alternating periods of showers and
.sunshine it never ceases to be a
hopeful month.
AN ESSENTIAL
INDUSTRY
Legislation which unjustly
discriminates against or threat
ens a basic business or industry
with ultimate destruction, sim
ply knocks the pegs of prosper
ity from beneath the entire
economic structure.
The chain food stores, for ex
ample, purchase ?2,024,000,0001 the art of kindness to animals, a
worth of goods annually from ' learns more than the beatitude, j Democrat.
“Blessed are the merciful.” He learns
to extend consideration and fairness
not only to the beast but to the
man, a mlghtly Important factor iii
our complicated scheme of living.
Chances are three to one that the
name of the newspaper you lake Is
the News, according to the 1938 Car
olina Co-operator Yearbook and Al
manac.
“If it isn’t that,” says the Year
book and Almanac, “then most likely
it is the Times, and If not a paper
bearing that name, It may be either
the Journal or Herald. Then again
it may be the Tribune or the Rec
ord, the Republican or the Press, the
Robin Hood Farm To Be
Opened Near Here Soon
Vocational 'lYaining Project
Being Made Ready at 2,200
Acre Manice Farm
American manufacturers and
producers. In addition, they pay
$334,000,000 annually in w’ages
to 218,000 employes; $85,000,-
000 annually in rents to more
than 45,000 local property own
ers; $37,000,000 annually for
freight, trucking and other
transportation services; $52,-
000,000 annually for repairs,
supplies and other up-keep ex
it Isn't everyone that would se
lect a foggy day for starting out jon
an automobile trip. But If you are
Interested in traveling at a time
w'hen the elements of danger are
greatly reduced, pick out a time when
Startling and foolish as this may
seem, you are only taking 2.4
chances out of a hundred of being
returned home feet first. Driving In
a snow storm, offers even greater
safety, as your risk then Is at the
low ebb of 1.9 per cent. On a clear,
day with dry pavements, the danger
mark soars to the high percentage
of 83. The table that gives these
figures for weather and road ccndl- J
tions prevailing in accidents for i
1937 adds a moral to the bottom of
the page—“A little less speed, even
under the best of conditions, is ad
visable.” If we are to manage wlth-
the road Is blanketed with fog and
penses; $25,000,000 annually for Ivisabiiity is next to nothing,
advertising—practically all of it
locally; more than $13,000,000
annually for state and local
taxes exclusive of the real es
tate taxes paid in the form of
rent, and federal income taxes.
Thus, the total sum expended by
the food chains annualy in the
United States amounts to more
than $2,570,000,000!
Proponents of chain-killing
legislation seek to justify their
position largely on the ground
that, because of size and effi-
ciency, the chains are a danger- out the protection of fog and snow,
OUS monopoly. As a matter of; there are some of us wh would be
fact, the chain stores do a min- g-iad to see a little less speed on the
or percentage of total retail j highways,
business, and are far behind in
dependents in both number and
volume. Moreover, the chains
have no exclusive patent on ef
ficiency. Many independents op
erate in much the same manner
as the chains—so much so that
far-sighted independents pre
dict that the politicians will
soon be attacking them also.
Hence they are opposed to the
present attack on chain stores.
They fear the dangers of radi
cal taxation and regulation
more than they fear chain
store competition.
Those who would destroy the
chains w'ould simply destroy an
essential industry—not a mo
nopoly.
“For these are the ten most pop
ular name.*? for newspapers in Amer
ica. Next to the “Big Ten,” in the
order of popularity,
zette. Sun, Courier,
Telegram, Independent, Sentinel,
Chronicle, Bulletin and Dispatch.”
DOROTHY PHILLIPS WINS
2ND IN MI^SIC CONTEST
After winning first place at Dur
ham, In the district music contest,
Dorothy Phillips, of Southern Pines
entered the state contest at Greens
boro and won second honors there.
Dorothy is not yet a high school
student, but entered the contest play
ing against students older than she.
Her friends and Mrs. Hafer, her
teacher, are justly proud of the
showing she has made this spring
In the two contests.
\i.\RRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED
Marriage licenses have been Issued
from the office of the Register of
Deeds of Moore county to the fol
lowing: Dillard Hardy of Carthage
Route 3 and Mildred Blue of Carth
age; Paul Eugene Lamonde of Ports
mouth. N. H. and Ruth Lee Oemmer
of Rockingham.
Providing vocational training for
high school graduates without funds
to attend college is the purpose Of
a new project being developed in the
Sandhills.
The 2,200 acre Manice farm, sit
uated six miles west of Pinehurst
and for many years one of the larg
est peach orchai-ds in the section,
has been purchased and Is now being
made ready for the early occupancy
of this group of young farmers.
Known as the Robin Hood
Farms, this novel idea was devel
oped by Thomas L. Vaughan, former
citizen of Winston-Salem^ tobacco
nist, businessman, and farm opera
tor, who, with several associates,
procured a North Carolina charter
for a non-profit corporation to carry
on these activities.
Colonel John Harrelson, adminis
trative dean at State College, was
high in praise of this effort to pro
vide vocational training for younjf
farmers who cannot attend college.
There will be no charge for tui
tion or living expenses each student
paying for his training and suste
nance through the production of
marketable products.
Being educational in ' scope and
are: The Ga-j with a provision that prohibits pay.
Post, Leader, | ments of dividends, the corporation
is exempt from taxation. All earnings
and accruals will go into further ex
pansion of the service.
The Manice farm property con
tains the largest barn in North
Carolina and 16 other buildings and
Is Ideally equipped for the purpose
for which It is to be used.
Remember
- to Send
Mother’s Day Cards
Also
A BOOK SHE WILL LIKE
and
Some very nice Note Paper
One of the new Parker Pens would be fine
CARDS AND GIFTS FOR MOTHER’S DAY
HAYES’ SANDHILL BOOK SHOP
SOUTHERN
FINES, N, C.
COURT OF AWARDS FOR
MOORE COUNTY SCOUTS
A Court of Awards for the Boy
j Scouts of Moore County will be held
in the auditorium of the Southern
Pines High School next Tuesday
I evening. May 30th, at 8:15 o’clock.
Many scouts are reported ready for
awards and a full attendance is ex
pected. The public is cordially invit
ed to be present.
Every doUar spent with The
Pilot for printing helps in the-
productlon of a better newspaper
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AGENT
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SPAETH IN KAPPA SIGM.V
When Greensboro opened its 19th
annual High School music contest
last week it drew over 4,000 students
from the state’s schools. The Girl's j Walter Spaeth, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Spaeth of Southern
Mutual Insurance
Glee Club of Southern Pines was in
first place along with such rank
ing schools as Red Springs and Char
lotte. Mr. Smith has developed tal
ent and brought recognition to the
town. Mrs. Claude Hafer, another
music teacher of ability, has had the
satisfaction of seeing two of her
pupils, Jean Chester and Dorothy
Phillips, win honors away from home.
April in the Sandhills is a month
Pines, was recently initiated into
Kappa Sigma, national college fra.
temlty, at Trinity College, Duke Un-
iversiy, where he is a member of
Vie Pophomore class. He la a grad
uate of Southern Pines High Schpol.
Miss Catharine McMillan and Ben
Beasley of Raleigh called at the N,
A. McMillan home in Vass Satur
day afternoon.
SPRING’S A GOOD TIME
TO STAY ALIVE!
Spring is a happy season,
with old mother nature reawak
ening. You can add to the joy
by making a contribution to
safety in your own home.
There is a real need for this
after the long winter months,
when many dangerous condi
tions develop. Now is the time
to clear out all accumulations
of papers and rubbish from at
tics and cellars, before they
cause a serious fire.
When burning trash and pa
pers outside, an incinerator
should always be used. Field
grass and papers should not be
burned on windy days, and nev
er without close supervision.
Now is also a good time to
make a complete check-up of
anything else that might cause
fire. Look for such hazards as
defective electrical equipment,
frayed and worn wiring, pen
nies behind blown fuses, defec
tive heating plants and chim
neys, fireplaces without screens
and hot ashes in wooden ash
containers. Cleaning with gaso
line is very dangerous.
After painting jobs, which
many do in the spring, be sure
to dispose of oil or paint soak
ed rags and clothing. A warn
ing from the National Board of
Fire Underwriters states that
many homes are burned by
spontaneous ignition fires from
paint rags left in a heap.
For results advertise in The Pilot,
Have You A
Garden?
A
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If you have you realize how inef
ficient rusty, worn-out tools are. Gar
dening becomes a pleasure when '
you’re equipped with a set of our
new, inexpensive garden implements.
Stutts Supply Company
(SUCCESSORS TO PINEHURST WAREHOUSES)
Pinehurst, N. C. Phone 3412
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The above letter signed by Attorney General Seawell proclaims the soundness and
security of non-assessable policies issued by Mutual Insurance Companies.
The Northwestern Mutual and the Lumbermens Mutual write absolutely non-as
sessable policies and pay 25 per cent dividends on all premiums.
A. LEWIS
Mutual Insurance Agency
Southern Fines, N. C.