THE PILOT
Published each Friday by
THE P1L.OT, Ineorporated,-
Southern I’lnes, N. C.
NELSON V. IIVUK j
Editor I
CHARLES MArAULEY DAN S. UAY ;
Advrrtisintr rimilatioii
Helen K. Hutler. lleAHii* ('ameron Smith. '
H. L. FppH, Axfioriates i
THE'POCKETBOpK:
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One Year $2.00'
Blx Months $1.00
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em Pines, N. C., as second class mail |
matter.
THIS PROJECT
PROVES ITS VALI E |
I
Last summer with the charac-'
teristie eneriry of young men in
a growing organization, the
Southern Pines Junior Chamber
of Commerce initiated an ex
ceedingly worthwhile enterprise.
Searching about for a project
that would help someone less for
tunate than themselves, they
turned their thoughts to the
State tuberculosis hospital in
the adjoining county.
Was it possible that while the
Jay-Cees were blessed with
health and pleasant associations
there were sick people nearby
without the means of enjoying
the simplest recreation? Would
a collection of books and mag
azines be acceptable in relieving
the tedium of the many hours
spent in bed each day?
An inquiry brought an inter
ested reply from Sanatorium of
ficials. Dr. P. P. McCain, Sup
erintendent of the Sanatorium,
said:
“Reading is one of the main
sources of amusement for the
patient. When he is confined to
bed for months upon months,
time drags slowly without some
form of entertainment. Reading
not only enlivens the long hours
of the cure, but also helps the
patient to overcome the inclina
tion to worry about his cond!-|
tion. It is a profitable as well!
as a pleasurable recreation. |
“Practically all of the 550 pa-1
tients at the Sanatorium arej
physically able to read as much |
as they wish, but the library j
has in recent years been unable j
to meet the demands for suit- i
able literature. Most of the |
books are old and constant use'
has gradually worn them out. |
For the 70 children who are pa
tients there is little modern li-!
brary material, there being
practically none for the younger
children under twelve years of
age.” J
An appeal w^as made to peo-'
pie throughout the state for,
books no longer being used by |
the owners. The Pilot, several i
city and county newspapers, and I
the patients’ publication, The
Sanatorium Sun, published arti
cles describing the project.
As a result of the publicity
donations of books and maga- j
zines have been received from |
libraries, women’s clubs and'
other organizations, as well as
from individuals, in the state.:
The Southern Pines Junior
Chamber of Commerce con
sented to act a‘J ’'eceivers for
those who wished to make their
donations through the organiza
tion. This organization alone has
brought 66 books and numer
ous copies of magazines of all'
kinds to the Sanatorium library.'
Repeated expressions of grat- ]
itude have come from Sanator-;
ium officials on behalf of the |
patients. They are appreciative
not only of the generosity of
all who have presented books but
also of the kindness of the
young men who have collected
them. I
The Jay-Cees sponsors urge
their friends to keep up their in- j
terest in the Sanatorium 11- j
brary. If any are puzzled as toi
the type of literature that pa-j
tients enjoy, the Sanatorium li
brarian can offer some helpful
advice. She makes weekly
rounds of each ward, distribut
ing her supply of books from a
double-decker wagon and con
sulting with each one about his
reading preferences. She states
that patients are very much in
terested in news, pictures and
fiction magazines; in books of
travel and popular fiction of all
kinds, and in works on occupa
tional therapy, which create an
interest in hobbies and handi
crafts that can be followed in
bed.
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MUCH AS AN ITALIAN WORKEQ.
GRAINS or SAND
A bill has been introduced in the
State Legislature at Raleigh class
ing horses and mules as vehicles un
der State law.
Vehicles, under the law, must carry
tail lights.
It’s going to be picturesque if we
stage a night gymkhana around here.
Although the Sandhills steeplechase
races are sax weeks off applications
are already pouring in for parking
spaces, the officials report. This af
fair here attracts a larger crowd
each year, and from a constantly
widening territory.
Better hurry if you want to shoot
quail or rabbits. The season closes
February 16th.
The Silver Meteor, Seaboard’s new
stainless steel streamlined chair car
train, has been on exhibition in the
Pennsylvania Station in New York
this week, and was formally chris
tened at the World's Fair grounds
as the “Train of Tomorrow” by the
"Gir! of Tomorrow” yesterday. All
HIGHWAY ACCIDENT
HOSPITALIZATION
The North Carolina Hospital
Association has prepared and
will have introduced into the
General Assembly within the
next few days a bill to be known
as the North Carolina Highw'ay
Accident Hospitalization Fund.
Under the provisions of this
Act, becoming effective with the
issuance of license for motor
driven vehicles for 1940, there
would be levied against each li
cense so issued a charge of 50c.
The fund so created would be
turned over to the State Treas
urer and would be known as
“Highwajy Accidjent /Hospitali
zation Fund.” The fund will
amount, it is estimated, to $300,-
000.00 annually and would be
used to reimburse hospitals for
the care of highway accident
cases at the rate of $3.00 per
day. In indigent cases this
amount would cover full charge
for hospital service. In the case
of the injured patient who is
able to pay his bill, there would
be a credit of $3.00 per day for
each day spent in the hospital.
The maximum period of care
provided in the bill is 21 days.
The act provides safeguards
so that neither the patient nor
the hospital can impose upon
this fund.
A careful survey shows that
the hospitals of the state are
losing about $160,000 per year
in caring for indigent highway
accident cases and for that reas
on the Hospital Association ap
pointed a committee to draft an
Act to relieve the hospitals of
this heavy loss. The bill herein
mentioned is the result of much
time spent in work and study by
this committee, and with the
aid of qualified legal talent. It
should merit the support of all
good citizens, end they should
communicate thi ir views to Sen
ator M. G. Boyttte and Repre
sentative W. R. Clegg at Ral
eigh within the next* few lays.
Senates of Two States
Compared by Johnson
Only Senator To Serve in Both
Carolina Bodies Sees S. C.
Personnel Superior
kinds of dignitaries were present, and
most of the high officials of the
Seaboard. It starts its first run to
Florida today, but the Sandhills will
have to stay up late if it wants to
see it. Passes through here, south
bound, around 2:00 a. m.
We’re a nation of readers. In 1880
the per capita consumption of paper
in the United States was 20 pounds
a year. Today, avid reading Ameri
cans have increased the consumption
to 220 pounds per capita.
Most persistant asker of questions
on the appropriations committee is
Representative W. R. Clegg of Moore
says the Raleigh News and Observer.
The veteran law maker from the
Sandhills usually asks at least one
question of every person who ap
pears before the committee, is
questioning usually is done much
in the manner used by attorneys in
court and he frequently addresses the
chairman as “your honor," or "may
it please your honor."
The judicial tone introduced by
Representative Clegg made itself felt
in final appropriations committee
hearings in these respects:
Representative John Kerr, Jr., of
Warren, addressing a queistion to
Chaiman John Caffey—"Mr. Chair
man, or in Mr. Clegg’s manner, may
it please your honor.”
Representative Gregg Cherry, a
member of the textbook commission,
who was asked if lie had anything
to say about free textbooks—"I’m
not going to let Brother Clegg cross
examine me.’’
Paroles Commissioner Edwin Gill,
after summing up his request for ap
propriations—“Gentlemen, th« prts-
oner is now in the dock for cross ex
amination.”
Chairman Caffey, addressing
Clegg—“Mr. Clegg, do you care to
take the witness now?”
MOORE COUNTY SERVICE
CLUB ENJOYS MEETINiJ
On Thursday evening, January 19
a meeting of the Moore County Ser
vice Club was held in Miss Flora I
Macdonald's office in the court house.
The program for the evening was
based on discussion of economic
problems of the south. There were
genei'al discussion of water, labor
and housing. It has been found that
40 percent of the houses need paint
ing and that only 66 percent of them
have living rooms. Charles Merrill
discussed soil conservation and Bar
bara FYye talked on wages. A com
mittee was appointed to plan the an
nual banquet to be held for service
club members. Serving on this com
mittee and Charles Merrill, Grady
Caddell, Bascom Muse, Helena Mor
gan, Barbara Frye and Lillian Flin-
cbum.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Marriage licenses have been issued
from the office of the Register of
Deeds of Moore county to the fol-
folinw: Ronald Lee Autrey and Lola
Faye Collins, both of Cameron Route
2; F. Rudolph Womack, Jr., of High
Point and Dorothy Rae Brown of
Hemp; Thomas John Keers, Jr., and
Victoria Pardee, both of New York
City.
The Senate of South Carolina is
"probably somewhat superior in per
sonnel" to that of North Carolina,
says Murdoch M. Johnson of Cam-
Jen, S. C., formerly of Aberdeen.
Senator Johnson of Kershaw coun-
y—priibably the only living man to
have been a senator in both the Caro-
'in.'’P ''.nl.ninpd that this was
"largely because of experience,” since
.he .-ixdiUi Carolina senators can
.sutcfod Ihrmselvts.
Outside of experience, however,
.Johnson saw httle differcr;,’oe be-
Uveen the two bodies.
"There’s very little difference in
the juocedure here and in the North
Carolina Senate,’’ he said in an in
terview at Columbia, capital of South
Carclinn. 1 do find that there is
aiore order and decorum in the South
Carolina Senate than there was when
I serveiFat Raleigh in 1931.”
Johnson, Camden attorney who
went to the South Carolina Senate
this year after having served in the
House of Representatives from 1918
through 1922, representing the 12th
North Carolina senatorial district,
comprising the counties of Moore,
Hoke, Harnett and Randolph, when
he lived and practiced law at Aber
deen for several years. He returned
to his native state only a few years
ago.
'‘The seniority rule,” he said "did
not have nearly so much force in
North Carolina as here. The reason
for that is that in North Carol." r a,
except for the larger counties, the
senators are elected from senatorial
districts composed of from two to
four counties, elected alternately.
RUSSELL SCARBORO HURT,
HIT BY FALLING TREE !
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i| Southern Pines, N. C.
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Russell Scarboro, young white
man of Vass, was injured Wednes
day morning when a tree, which he
and a colored man were felling in
the swamp near Jessup’s filling sta
tion just south of town, struck him
on the back. He was rushed by am
bulance to the Moore County Hospi
tal. The extent of his injuries has
not been learned here.
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