Ptige Two
THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Cr.rolina
Friday, March 10, 1939.
THE PILOT
Published each Friday by
THE PILOT, Incorporated,
Southern Pines, N. C.
NELSON <J. HYUK
Editor
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NEXT SATlRDAY
THE bk; day
What has come to be the
biggest evt'iit of the year in the
Sandhills from the standpoint of
popular ai)peal is scheduled for
a week from tomorrow, Satui’-
day. March I8th, on the proper
ty of the Barber estate on Mid
land Road. There is no estimat
ing the number of people who
annually attend these steeple
chase races of the Sandhills
Steeplechase and Racing Asso
ciation, but it runs up into_ the
many thousands, and the folks
come from all over North and
South Carolina.
The popularity of hunt racing
has increased each year since
Ihe organization of the local as
sociation and its first meeting in
March, 1935. The demand for
parking spaces this year has
been greater than ever, and the
picturesque course is expected to
be entirely surrounded by curs
when the starter sends off the
first event at 3:00 o’clock. There
are five races on the card, two
over brush, one over timber,
one over hurdles and one on the
flat, mjiking for a fine after
noon of sport. The purses for the
winning owners total $2,200.
The entries include some of
America’s finest blooded horses
of the steeplechase type, and
that there will be plenty of ex
citement when they ‘'ash over
the stiff fences goes without
saying. There’s a thiill to this
sport different from that of any
other. We don’t have to urge
you to be present. You’ll be fol
lowing the crowd next Satur
day.
Pinehurst has a traffic officer that
doesn't get paid a nickel, is more ef
ficient than most, and has four legs.
You can tell Ripley about him if you
want to.
Mrs, T. A. Cheatham attempted
to drive into a certain street in
town the other day, a street wheis
the children like to roller skate,
shoot marbles, and so on, A.s she
turned to enter, the four-legged of
ficer planted himself in front of her
car, wouldn’t let her move. It seema
he doesn’t let any cars enter that
block when the children are playin.r.
The officer belongs to John Hem-
nier, the ace photographer, and is
a very handsome police dog.
or at the steeplechase
our golf bag.
races tctii;,“
There's so much going on dtiting
Ihe next two or three weeks ;r rbe
Sandhills, Claude Hayes ought to be
doing a big business in engagemc’.'ii
pads. It’s really confusing, and v.-o
just know we’re going to land a*. i
bridge party in riding clothes or
a golf tournament in our dinner c^iut
That old-fashioned costume pa_
rade at the Pinehurst Country Club
tomorrow, Saturday afternoon sounds
like a lot of fun. If you want to see
what Mamma and Granny looked like
vhen they were your age, drop in.
It only costs fifty cents or a dol
lar, according to your immediate fi
nancial condition, and it’s for the
hospital.
There's a sizeable building in the
Sandhills that’s only occupied throe
days each year, and those three day;
are next week. It’s the 20-stall sta
ble at the Steeplechase courw.
But there’s a lot of investment in
there those three days.
Webster Knight Stables
Near The Paddock Burn
Firemen Stretch 1,500 Feet of
Hose, Save Part of Structure
Caught from Grass Fire
A constituent has written one of
the Congressmen a puzzling letter,
to wit; “Please send me at once a
list of everything that has not been
invented,”
REMINGTON
TYPEWRITERS
EATON’S SOCIAL
STATIONERY
CONGRESS FLAYING
C.4RDS
aiu sinc; our
N'ATCRAL RESOI RCES
The Pilot IS in rcceij)! oi a let
ter which should be given -ser
ious consideration by the resi
dents of Southern Pines and vi
cinity. We who are so depend
ent upon our winter guests
should bend every effort to co
operate in the removal of abuses
such as the one called to public
attention by “A Disgusted Visi
tor.” The letter follows:
Editor, The Pilot:
Can a letter from a winter visi
tor find a place in your paper?
For several ye^rs I have come to
ro'ithcin Pints, and greatly enjoy
walkirg and riding horseback through
Vi)iK bej'itifui 'v<i0d.‘5. In many places
these are defaced by “dumps”—piles
of garbage, tin cans, papers etc. I
have been told by several landowners
that trucks and wagons drive out
from town and leave these unsightly,
and often unhealtny, messes, when
nc- on.i is looking. Your town pro.
vi.'ies, I understand, an adequate dis
posal plant. Wo i:'’n’t it be wort!i
v\hile for everyone employing the
ai’iver of a wagon oi a truck to carry
off 1-is rubbish, to insist on the loa»
'■2 ng taken to the disposal plant,
in‘it tad of leaving its destination to
the convenience of the driver?
Your woods are the greatest at
traction this community has for
many visitors, but they will not be
so for long, unless some effort is
made to stop this dumping.
Very truly yours,
—A DISGUSTED VISITOR.
Today every one of that fam
ily except one boy is on some
kind of relief and now Ihe thiul
generation is marrying and
bringing children into the world
as fast as possible in order to
get their share of this good
thing while it lasts.
"You cannot get one of them
now to work on the farms. They
don’t like the farm. They would
rather woik for Uncle Sam and
that is just what they are do
ing.
“The farmers around here
cannot get adequate help any
more, and if these peojjle do
work they want a wage higher
than can be afforded on the
farm and leave anything for the
owner’s own work and invest
ment. Most of the old-time farm
labor, the class who always
earned their living working cn
the farms, is now on some form
of relief.”
There is nothing elaborate in
this farm wife’s economics, nor
does she submit a maze cf
charts and figures to argue her
case. It is a simple, sound argu
ment that some people won't
work for a living so long as they
can live without working.
I FT’S SPRING
: CLEANING TI.ME
I It's Springtime—and Spring
I cleaning time!
I And Spring cleaning should
! not mean just shaking out the
I rugs, washing the curtains, and
I dusting that little-u.sed spare
: bedroom. It should mean a defi-
I nite, planned program for put-
j ting property in apple-pie order.
I not only to improve its value and
appearance, but to help prevent
that dread destroyer that strikes
when we least expect it fire.
Trash-filled outbuildings are
perfect incubators for fire from
a carelessly dropped match or
cigarette. Check over fireplaces
and chimney.s—from now on,
such incidental heating units will
be used more and central sys
tems less. As warm, sunny days
come, be especially careful to
keep grass cut and fields clear
of debris. Never burn brush
The Federal deficit of the years
1931-1939 amounts to more than to
tal government expenditures for the
125 years, 1789-1913,
Four months had elapsed since the
Southern Pines Fire Company receiv
ed a call for assistance outside of the
town limits, but shortly after 11:00
o’clock Wednesday morning, it was
called to the Webster Knight estate
located near The Paddock. There a
fire getting beyond the control of
a crew employed in burning off the
grass had communicated to the ex
tensive stables.
The firemen, finding the nearest
hydrant located at The Paddock were
‘compelled to stretch 1,500 feet of
hose up the hill before a stream
ctiuld be turned on the blazing struc.
ture, the main part of whcih was
then all ablaze. By hard work and
skillful management by the firemen
about half of the wide structure was
.saved, A number of vehicles remini
scent of early coaching days highly
prized by Mr. Knight were also saved
from the fire.
Erected about eight years ago
when Mr, Knight acquired the for.
nier Maples farm the damaged build
ing was insured with the A. S, New
comb agency. Mr. Newcomb e.9ti-
mates the loss as at least $2,000. jH
Lawton Hatch, in charge of thej:;
crew, suffered severe gashes on his
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Nine out of ten of tlie top execu
tives in the American steel industry
have worked their way up from the
ranks of the company m which they , wrist when trying to enter the barn,
started their careers. There's a
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“They say” the next Governor of
, North Carolina was in our midst
here la.'^t Wednesday when the Legis
lature visited Charlotte,
But "they say’’ not who it was,
nor can ‘ they,” nor anybody elso.
The 1940 contest is going to be an
indiscriminate scramble.
You can tell that much because
of the wiae variety of the “availables ’
and because, primarily, not one of
tlic more than half a dozen who are
lighting their torches for the office
has so far been able to get the jump
on the pack.
That is not as it used to be.
For some years now it has been
possible, almost easy, to sing’e out
the man who would be Governor in
the course of a definite number of
years,
I Sueh certainty prevailed in the
' case of Bickett, of McLean, of Gard
ner, of Ehringhaus and Hoey, al
though the latter, through the devel
opment of unexpected shift in politi
cal psychology, was threatened.
But at this moment nob'dy can
find a decisive veering of the winds
in favor either of such men as Com
missioner Maxwell, or Auditor Pou,
or Secretary of State Eure, or At
torney J. M. Broughton, or Congre.'^s-
' man Lindsay Warren, or Lieut,-Gov
ernor Horton, or any of the others
from the East whose hat is at least
: tilted toward the ring.
The next Governor of North Car.
; olina was very probably a visitor to
Charlotte the other day, but we dare
a man in North Carolina to name
himi —Charlotte Observer.
Our shop is filled to overflowing with clothes you
will need now and later.
Suits,
Shirts, Sweaters
and Skirts
Jl’NIOR \VILLIN<i WORKERS
PRESENT PL.VY M.VRCH SI
The Junior Willing Workers of tf’e
Southern Pines Baptist Church will
present the play, “Snowbound,” by
• "j * * Tom Taggart at the High School aud-
when there is a wind and have
itonum on Friday evenmg, March
water handy in case matters
get beyond control.
Above all, go through the
house from cellar to attic on an ;
inclusive “junk-disposing” pro-i
gram. Those old newspapers and
magazines you’ve put carefully
away and w’ill never look at
again—that broken furniture
SI St.
FOOD SALE
There will be a Food Sale tomor-
I row, Saturday morning at Mrs. Gif-
I ford's Flower Shop, conducted by
; the Youth Fellowship League of the
Church of Wide Fellowship for the
A FARM WIFE’S
COMPLAINT
A Michigan farm wife has
given the Congressman of her
district something to think
about. She complains in a let
ter, which has been printed in
the Congressional Record, that
the government policy of indis
criminate relief ^spending has
boomeranged. That should be
something for everybody to
think about.
Here is her letter, in part:
“I know one family case very
well, and it is indicative of thous
ands of families throughout the
land. This family worked for my
family three generations ago.
1 1 Au J. ' benefit of their summer young peo-
that belongs to the worst per- j- ‘s
. J J? J • ., 1 1 , P*® 3 assembly.
lod of design—those odds and . :
ends of “gay nineties’
—that jumble of worthless, in
flammable knicknacks in the hall |
closets: Get rid of them all. Give
them to a charitable organiza-1
tion or the junkman. And you’ll |
materially reduce the chance of :
a fire hitting your home, |
A number of progressive com-!
munities carry on general Spring !
clean-ups each year as a civic '
function. Parkings are tended}
and beautified, fences repaired, |
and old firetraps are torn down.
Fire departments and other mu-
nicipal bureaus cooperate and
direct the drives. The result i« i
a more attractive and safer I«
town—and a town whose resi- j ||
dents may feel proud of it. IH
Every community which doesn’t i«
lo that now should think it over |
—and start the idea going «
iround. It pays dividends in dol- P
'ars as well as less tangible va)
•les.
Sport and Dress
Coats
Morning, afternoon, all day, dinner and evening
Dresses, Costumes and
Hats
All at prices consistent with quality
You are cordially invited to visit
MRS.
HAYES’ SHOP
Southern Pines, N. C.
SXONYOROOK S'TABL.ES, Inc
Youngs Road, Southern Pines * |
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Horse Headquarters of the Sandhills for Hunters, Hacks, Ponies, Instruction v .• I
Jumping-. Horses Boarded and Schnni J ni Riding: and ^
Boarded and Schooled.
Telephone 6502