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THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, March 17, 1939.
THE PILOT
Published each Friday by
THE PILOT, Incorporated,
Southern Pines, N, C.
NELSON C. HYDK
Editor
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ern Pines, N. C., as second class mail
matter.
OUR BUSY
WEEK AHEAD
Southern Pines and the Sand
hills section cordially welcome
the throng here for the major
sporting events of the next
week.
Today, Friday, the second an
nual Hunter Trials will attract
horse lovers to the course at
The Paddock where some 50
fine looking animals will go
through their paces over the
fences of typical hunting coun
try, to be judged for way of go
ing. This event is for the bene
fit of Moore county Maternity
Clinics.
Tomorrow, Saturday, comes
the big annual steeplechase
meeting on the Midland Road
midway between Pinehurst and
Southern Pines, an event which
attracts some 15,000 persons.
On Monday the annual Mid-
South golf tournament for wo
men starts at the Southern
Pines Country Club, with the
entries including the national
champion. Miss Patty Berg, and
other luminaries of the links.
These are busy days, with
much to offer the visitor in the
way of enteitainment and thrills.
We hope you will enjoy all that
is going on. And then stay a
few weeks longer for the peach
blossoms the dogwood and oth
er beauties of Springtime in the
Sandhills.
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of KNOWLEDGE
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THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FOR /7 YfARS AFTER HIS TERM
IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
Correspondence
KDITOR, THE PILOT
In these days when freedom and
lemocracy have been taken away
from so many people, and even our
own, we feel, are in peril, it is in
spiring to hear the graphic presenta
tions of what the stalwart charac
ters in the Bible did under difficult
circumstances, which Dr. J. EUwood
Welsh is giving at the Southern Pines
Baptist Church.
We feel that we need their wisdom
and indomitable courage in these dif
ficult days.
Dr. Welsh is speaking Friday morn
ing at 10:30 and, in the evening, at
8:00 o’clock. He will have no s»ervice
on Saturday but will speak at the
Sunday services at the Baptist
Church. E>veryone is cordially invit
ed to all these services.
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GI^AINS CrSAND
Foreign automobile tags from all
parts of the United States are not an
uncommon sight in North Carolina
during the winter months. Neither
will they be in approaching summer
s;.'asons. as we are fast becoming
known as all-around resort State. Our
great National Park is now on the
screen. A moving picture has been
made of our mountain country with
colored views. The North Carolina
Society of Washington, D. C., en
joyed showing diplomatic Washington
this week some of the rugged beauty
of our Great Smokies.
THE AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENT BILL
We agree with the Hickory
(N. C.) Daily Record which is
of the opinion that the automo
bile accident bill which seeks to
provide funds for taking care
of hospital bills of highway ac
cident victims should be passed
at this se.ssion of the General
Assembly. If people understood
thoroughly the measure and
what it would provide in the
way of relief from present con
ditions, it could be passed, says
the Record.
Practically every student of
the highway accident situation
in this state realizes that some
measure of protection should be
afforded the innocent victims of
automobile accidents. The Rec
ord favors a law compelling all
automobile owners to carry pub
lic liability insurance — hut,
pending that happy day, we cer
tainly favor the step in that di
rection which could be taken by
setting up the proposed North
Carolina Highway Accident Hos
pitalization fund, as provided
for under the terms of a meas
ure now pending, known as Sen
ate Bill 185.
This measure calls for an ad
dition of only fifty cents to the
annual license tag or auto plate
fee to build up an accident fund.
Under the provisions of the
proposed law, every resident of
the state who is injured in an
automobile accident would re
ceive a maximum of $63 out of
this fund’ ($3 per day for 21
days). Any and all accidents
would be covered, so that a per
son might be injured in several
states, but for each he would
receive hospitalization payment.
The Record suggests that
county commissioners and wel
fare superintendents might well
interest themselves in seeing
that this bill gets a favorable
report following public hearings.
Many of the victims of the
highway accidents requiring hos
pitalization have to be accepted
as charity cases, and the public
must shoulder the burden. In
many other cases the hospitals
are made the “goats”—where;;s,
if the pending measure were
enacted, there would be funds
not only to pay for these char
ity cases, but also others, al
though financially able, would
The official date of Spring is less
than a week away. Blossoming park
ways and gardens intimate that
Spring has been right active for sev
eral weeks. Impatient daffodils, pear
and peach trees and flowering
shrubs can’t be persuaded to wait
until a mark on the calendar says
when to unfurl in full bloom. We are
already well initiated in the ways
of Spring and the recent blizzards,
sleet and ice storms and floods of
the North and West seem about as
remote and far away from us as the
trouble and woe inJicated in Euro
pean headlines.
All signs point to a crowded week
of major events. The Tin Wistues
have their annual celebration. The
Steeplechase and Hunter’s Trials ap
proach. A dance or two and special
things at the movies all add to the
crowded schedule. And then the
mysterious planet Mercury. Old Ca-
pernicus, the astronomer, died in
grief because he never beheld Mer
cury. In case anyone in the Sand
hills has shed any tears over the
shy planet, this should be a happy
week. A few good views in a life
time are all that any ordinary mortal
can hope for, says one noted author
ity. So after the golf clubs have been
put away and the honses stabled, you
may round out a noble week when
Mercury puts in an appearance a
little south of west immediately af
ter sunset on the nights of the 16th
through the 18th. Few persons have
seen Mercury, due to its nearness to
the sun. It is now at its farthest di.3.
tance from the sun, and will be in
view for a short while after sunset,
for all who care to life their eyes
heavenward,
NIAGARA
The following letter was received
this week at The Pilot office from
Elinor Fisher, librarian at Moriah
School in Cleveland county, express-
mg her appreciation and the appre.
elation of the children at the school
there for the local response to her
request for book.H and magazines for
the school library:
Dear Friends:
I've been making an effort to
w^rite you individual letters, but the
Library work keeps me so busy I
see I shall not get this done. I ex
pect to be in Southern Pines for a
few days very soon, and then hope
to see each one and tell you how
eager the school children and their
parents are for the books and mag
azines, and what a splendid circula
tion we have.
KEV. F. CKAUillllX BKOWN
KEC’OVEKEI) I'KOM ILLNESS
The Rev. K. Craighill Brown, who
has been confined to his home because
of illness, is much improved and
will conduct services at Emmanuel
Church as usual, beginning today,
March 17th.
BOOKS
•
Hunting and Racing Books
Books about Horses and Dogs
\
Instructive books on Riding and The Care
of Horses
Hand Colored Copper Plate Sporting
Prints
at
HAYES’ SANDHILL BOOR SHOP
Southern Pines, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Wood spent Sun.
day in Raleigh.
Earl Henry attended a chi;rch con
ference in Columbia, S. C., last week
end.
The Misses Treva and Zelda King of
Carthage route were guests of Mrs.
A. C. Ferguswn last week.
A mock trial was held at the li.
brary last Friday night.
Funeral services were conducted
by the Rev. E. L. Barber of Aber
deen for little Coy Brown Fergu
son, 22 .months old. Coy was the son
of Mr. ind Mrs. F. A. Ferguson of
Niagara. He died in the Moore Coun
ty Hospital March 9th, after a short
illness.
Mrs. Alice Rogers of Cranesville,
be given help in defraying their
expenses.
The fact that at present al
most 55 per cent of all automo
bile wreck victims are unable
to pay for their hospital treat
ment ought to make eveiyone
eager to provide the accident
fund which a fifty-cent addi
tion to our auto plate fees would
guarantee.
This is a simple, easy way to
do something towards correct
ing a very bad situation. Write
your Raleigh representative at
once.
WHO PAYS FOR
HIGHWAYS
What is probably the most
complete study yet made of
highway costs has recently been
issued by the Association of
American Railroads. But the
study is not of railroad origin.
It was prepared by three ex
perts with national reputations
in their field—Clifford Older,
head of the Illinois State High
way Departmenet; Charles R.
Breed, head of the School of
Civil Engineering of Massachu
setts Institute of Technology,
and W. S. Downs, professor of
highway engineering at the Un
iversity of West Virginia.
Their study was undertaken
to determine three things of vi
tal importance to the taxpayers
of America—first, the total an
nual cost of roads and streets;
second, what part of these costs
is borne by the general taxpay-
^ er and what part by motor ve-
I hides; third, what should be the
I equitable division of costs be-
I tween these two groups. The
survey covers the 12 years from
1921 to 1932. This period was
chosen because the records for
years before 1921 are incom
plete, and no comprehensive data
is available for years following
11932.
] The study goes into great de
tail, and includes charts, graphs,
tables, etc. It seems to be as
scientifically accurate as is hu
manly possible. And here is its
startling conclusion:
During the 12-year period, the
total annual cost of streets and
! roads was $20,876,146,000. Of
Ithis total general taxes should
I have paid $5,087,797,000 and
motor vehicles should have paid
$15,788,349,000.
However, motor vehicles ac
tually paid only $6,031,895,000
—and general taxes paid the re
maining $14,844,751,000.
In other words, over a repre
sentative 12-year period, the
taxpayers subsidized motor ve
hicles to the tune of almost $10,-
000,000,000!
Surveys made by various bod
ies in individual states have
come to similar findings. The
problem of highway costs, and
who should pay them, is some
thing that hits every pocket-
book and that deserves a great
deal more public attention than
it has received.
Pa., is visiting her sister, Mrs. L. W.
Rhodes.
Mr. and Mr.«. L. D, Williams and
son, Cvalis, and Mr. and Mrs. John
Cameron spent Friday in Barium
Springs-
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springs are relieved of driving and
braking strains.
ONLY CAR with semi-centrifugal
clutch selling for less lihan $956.
ONLY CAR with front radius rods
selling for less than $898.*
LARGEST hydraulic brake-lining
area per pound of car weight in any
car selling for less than $840.* Largest
emergency brake-lining area of any
car selling for less than $840.*
LARGER diameter brake drums than
in any car selling for less than $956.*
MORE floor-to-roof height than in
any other low-price car. WIDEST rear
seat of any low-price car.
HIGHEST horsepower-to-weight ratio
of any csr selling for less than $806.*
GREATEST fuel economy in miles
per gallon of any standard-drrve car
with more than four cylinders^ proved
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