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PMre Two THE PILOT, Southern Pines ud Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday^ June 9, 1939, THE PILOT Published each Friday by THE PILOT, Incorporated, Southern Pines, N. C. NELSON C. HYDE Editor CBARLES MACAULEY DAN S. RAT Advcrtiiinc Circulation K. Bntlcr, Beuit Camrron SaiiUt, H. L. Eppa. Auociatca Subscription Rates; Ob* Year J2.00 ■Ix Months $1.00 ntree Months 50 Member Woodyard AsBociates Entered at the Postoffice at South- wn Pines, N. C., as second class mail Mttcr. A LONG AND FKUITFUL LIFE The last chapter in the life of Mary Priest Cameron was reached Wednesday when a host of sympathetic friends read Finis with regret. But before the volume is laid aside The Pi lot adds its colophon, a bit of praise and commendation in the last inscription. Mrs. Cameron was a kindly creature of thoughtful and gen erous habits and her friends were scattered over the entire neighborhood and community. In her 86 years of life she saw amazing changes and surprising contrasts. Southern Pines and the country for miles around was virgin forest when Mrs. Cameron was a little girl. She saw Wheeler’s troops ride over her father’s plantation on James Creek a few miles northeast of the old Yadkin Road when a youngster of thirteen. She re membered the story of Kilpat rick’s visit when he called a halt to his brigade on the farm of her grandfather, Archibald Buchan, the postmaster of Col- emn Grove postoffice, and re called the knoll across the creek, covered with heavy timber where the soldiers camped, awaiting the arrival of the rest of the division of young Kilpat rick’s men. The com supply was nil at the Buchan house when the troops marched on. Grain trampled by the horses was gathwed up from the ground, washed and ground into meal. The empty larder at her grand father’s house after the depar ture of the uninvited visitors was an impressional bit of his tory for a young girl. Mrs. Cameron knew what re construction meant, as she grew into young womanhood during the lean years following the war. But out of those lean years she saw growth and develop ment. She saw the building of the railroad and heard the first locomotive whistle. She saw the magnificent timber mowed down and fed to hungry saws. She saw the naval stores and tur pentine business grow into a great industry. She saw the towns arrive and the pine knot give way to the candle and the kerosene lamp step aside for the electric. She lived to see war again. Anotlier score of years and a still later war demanded a son. heard the roar of Fort Bragg’s gims within a few days of her death and she saw the vast acres of condemned land return to the original wil derness she was first familiar with. . Mrs. Cameron watched with’ enthusiasm and intere;st the ar rival of modern inventions in a modern world. She kept abreast of every forward step and move ment with keen appreciation of an advancing world. The fine old philosopher found life sat isfactory in the simplicity of her earlier years as well as in the complicated events of the clos ing ones. Fate dealt kindly with her and her family in a gener ous extension of years granted as she finally realized the psalm ist’ promise—with long life, will I satisfy. —H.K.B. THE POCKETBOOK 0/KNOWtEDCEr^ TAXeS PAID LAST VIAR. ey THE RAILROADS WOULD 8CEN SOFPICIENT to A yCARS VMMffS FOR m,000 RAILROAD emOVEES. PINEHURST th« BeAunniL ‘atlm a»oth* HATIVrTO (NPIA.MVA. AMP CHINA, OrrCN HA» wiNO« A foar LONa / A ficufvo e* COMtSt COtTlHb 23 Cf HTC IN THE • U.s„ WOOLO COST ItaS »e««AKy AND ABOUT »t2 BuSSlA. •MKTtO tv TH« AHCIINT MltMS. (MCOUMMO c.tM TO m/SHT MVMTI2M6 NCW OtSHIS B»' WWMIOINft THtM wa TMClR ecNtpfTieWl Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Cunningham and son Bert of Zebulon have arrived to visit Mrs. Ethel Journey. Mr. and Mrs. Wert Sanders, who have been with Mrs. Journey for several weeks have gone to Nash ville, Tenn., where they are attend ing summer school at Peabody. Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Sledge spent Thursday at Myrtle Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Barr have closed their home, Silver Nidus, and gone north for the summer. Mr. and Mrs Robert Gouger spent Monday in Charlotte. Miss Olive Hennessee has return ed home from the Woman’s College of U. N. C., Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Nelson and children, Donald and Cf.rolyn Ann left Thursday for Boston and will Pay $25,896 Here in Hidden Taxes on Food COUNT THE EXTRA SMOKES IN Estimate Based on Census Fig-1 ures Showing 1935 Sales of , $332,000 in Southern Pines Families in Southern Pines pay an | estimated $25,896 in hidden taxes an-1 nually through their purchases of I food, a National Consumers Tax Com- 1 mission survey showed today. , "Nearly eight per cent of the to- j tal food bill represents shifted taxes i buried in the price of every purchase,’’ | the report shtated. "These unseen j levies, for example, take 11 per cent | of butter costs, 6 1-2 per cent of | bread costs, 10 1-2 per cent of sliced bacon and 14 1-2 per cent of the i cost of coffee.” OUMEIS r By burning 25% sfower than the average of th« 15 othar of th« larg*st> selling brands tested-slower thaa any of them - CAMELS ghre saokare the equlvalant of The report was made public through go'fr^m th"e7e to Little' Compton, R>rs- William T. Hannah, of Wa>^s- I. for the summer. State director, who leads NCTC Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Razook and s^udy groups in about 110 Uorth Car- »y law, ON TMC l«Le OF MAOClRA, rvEnyoNE vtMo ctny POWN A *ntR HMVf PLANT IM IT4 PLACE — lamps and stoves in the daylight so youi can see what you are do ing. Store kerosene and all oth er flammable liquids outside the house. Use a tank or drum that has a drip-proof faucet and keep a drip pan under the faucet. Never start or hasten a fire with kerosene or any other flammable liquid. If a portable kerosene heater is to be used, make sure it is one listed by the Underwriters’ Laboratories. Don’t make improper altera tions or extensions of electric wiring. Guard against over-heat ing of stoves which are near woodwork; the usual sheet of metal attached to the woodwork is of little value in protecting against ignition. Smokepipes should not pass through walls or partitions of wood or with wood lath. Bum accumulations of rub bish and litter in a metal incin erator. When fires are started outdoors never leave them un attended. Because summer homes ‘and camps usually are remote from fire departments, and since wa- ter is not always readily avail able, keep fire pails and pump tanks or fire extinguishers on hand and know how to use them. If there is an extinguisher in your car, that too affords val uable fire protection to the sum mer home as well as on the road or in the garage. And speaking of automobiles, if you value your life, don’t burn up the roads and don’t bum up the countryside. Throw ing lighted cigarettes and cigars out of the windows of your car as you pass along the road, may cause great loss of life and property. Use the ashtrays pr<^- vided by the car manufacturer for disposing of stubs and ashes. And be sure you have plenty of ashtrays around that summer camp or cottage. Do your part to protect your life, your property, and the great outdoors against fire. Grains of Sand Thirty-four states, the District of Columbia, China, Canada, Canal Zone, England, Germany, Hawaii, Persia and Cuba were represented among the student body of he tUniversity of North Carolina during the past year. Strangely, eliminating North Caro lina, there were more students from the North than from the South. New York ranked second to this state with 260, followed by New Jersey with 121, Pennsylvania with 78. The total for South Carolina, Georgia Virginia, Florida, Tennessee, Ala bama, Mississippi, West Virginia, Louisiana and Texas was only 265. North Carolina had 2,505 of the total of 3,509 enrolled at Chapel Hill during the college year just ended. family have gone to Lake Placid, N. Y., for the 'summer. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E^irhardt, Jr., have returned from their wed ding trip in the western part of tbe state and have gone to Greensboro. Mrs. David Coffey entertained the Friday Afternoon Bridge Club and several guests at the Coffey House in Lakeviev-’ last week. Those play ing were Mrs. Eric Nelson, Mrs. Thomas R. Cole, Mrs. I. C. Sledge, Mrs. A. P. Thompson, Mrs. Byron U. ilichardson, Mrs. W. L. Dunlop, Mrs. Nick Gibbon and Mrs. W. Raymond Johnson. Mrs. Clement came in for tea. James Cole of Washington, D. C., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hulon Cole. LAKEVIEW There were nine fatal traffic acci dents in Moore county during 1937, and persons were seriously injured in 13 other accidents that year. Four perpons were kille^}, 19 in jured in traffic accidents in the county during 1938. Thus far U'tia year (to May Ij three have been killed, 13 injured in auto accidents. Drive carefully from now on. Keep Moore county out of the fatality headlines. SUMMETTIME FIRE HAZARDS The pleasure and profit to be gained from summer homes and camps can be transformed easily into tragedy and loss by fire. These temporary homes, by their very nature, call for greater vig ilance during week-end and va cation occupancy. The use of kerosene for lamps and stoves is a common source of fire. But if a few sim ple rules are observed, the dan ger can be greatly reduced. Fill PREPARDEDNESS IS COSTLY Those economists who are wondering just how much longer the world can go on building up iLs armaments without entering bankruptcy are getting more and more food for sober thought and argument. We are the righest country in the world, and our $1,126,000,- 000 national defense bill for the next fiscal year is the largest in our peace time history. Yet this is hardly a drop in the bucket compared to what Europe and Asia are spending. Great Bri tain’s budget is close to $3,000,- 000,000. Japan’s is over $1,500,- 000. France’s is about the same as ours. Italy’s is $611,000,000 and will pfobably be increased. Germany doesn’t publish figures of this nature, but her arms ex pense is huge. Last—hold your breath here —^the U. S. S. R. has announc ed a defence budget running to the almost unbelievable sum of $7,700,000,000. That is creating olenty of headaches among Rus sia’s potential enemies. And it Although North Carolina ranks third among the states in farm cash income from crops sold last season, it ranks first in the value of only one crop—tobacco. Of interest here is the atmounce- ment that Polo Magazine, Inc., pub lisher of the mag:azine Horse and Horseman, has purchased Country Life magazine. The title Horse and Horseman will be dropped and Coun try Life continued as a publication featuring the horse but retaining many of the present features. The merged mag^ne is to be edited by Peter Vischer, a frequent visitor to Southern Pines, formerly e^tor of Horse and Iforseman. ., Among the most outstanding stu dents of this year graduating class of the Woman’s College of the Uni versity of North Carolina was Miss Isabel Pelton of Southern Pines, who received an A. B. degree with a double major in English and History. In addition to being an honor grad uate, MSiss I^elton participated ;in many phases of campus life, including the Adelphian Society, chairman of the Speakers’ Club, Education Club, Le Cercle Francala, chairman of In ternational Relations Club, Hout<e vice-president. Hall proctor Young Democrats Club, Inter-Faith Council, Y. W. C. A., Playllkers, president of Congregational Students group. Chap el committee. comes as encouraging n|ws to the European democracies, which hope to enlist “the bear that walks like a man” as an ally. These figures show why the standard of living abroad is steadily dropping. In Germany, it is said, one-fourth of the en tire national income goes for arms and public works, neither of which is edible. Some 75 members of the Rural Carriers of Moore, Lee, Montgomery Chatham and Harnett counties, and their families and friends, attended the association s annual convention held on Decoration Day at Crystal Lake Hotel. A picnic was spread in the hotel park fronting the lake and was followed in the afternoon by a business meeting. Other recent guests at the hotel were F. W. Claybrook, Culpepper, Va.; W, H. May and Paul William son, Durham; M. A. Owens, J. H. Schlagg and Mr and Mrs. A. W. Walker, Greensboro; Mrs Harry Howell Sr., Mr. and Mrs. olina communities in the educational crusade against "unnecessary con sumer-penalizing taxes.’ The report added; “Chief offenders and those that t fall most heavily on lower income families, are hidden taxes. These are levied originally against the produc er, manufacturer, shipper and distrib utor. Unable to absorb the load, each must pass on a share of its taxes and the consumer ultimately paya them, usually without knowing it.” The commission, in whose non partisan crusade groups in 4,600 communities have launched tax study programs, said the hidden tax fig ure does not include the many other hidden and direct taxes families here have to pay. The food tax estimate was com puted from, NCTC averages based on last available U. S. Bureau of the Census figures which placed 1936 food sales in Southern Pines at $332,- 000. Government estimates of total sales in the country last year ap proximate the total in the 1935 study, the NCTC said. MRS. HAFER’S PIANO CLASS ENTERTAINED AT RECITAL CAMELS COSTUER TOBACCOS pfNNV fon PiNNY yOUR sesr aoAiUTTi tinrf Bi SURE TO OBT AN AMERICA’S STANDARD TIMEI Mrs. Claud Hafer's piano class gave a recital at the home of Dr. and Mrs. E. L. Bush last Friday evening. The following pupils played: Jane Farrel, Margaret McNeill, Fannie Mae Dunn, Gladys Hussey, Jacqueline Worsham, Harry Ethel Blue Britt, Albert Gminder, S. Howell, Jr. and Frank Howell, al- eigh; H. C. Bowden, I^leigh and J. W. Ryder, Richmond, Va. W. C. Edmund, Chadboum; F, L. J. Starnes, Linn Lee Hart, Arnette Avery, Joan Silver, Gladys Snipes, Evelyn Gamer, Catherine Rowe, Clara Kirk; Gloria Medlln, Dorothy Phil- Smith, Wyoming, Del.; W. I. Peal and and Jean Chester. B W. Peal, all working on the Vass I Clara Kirk won the scholarship for dewberry market, will be guests at the class In Aberden and Jean Ches- Crystal Lake Hotel throughout the' ter won in Southern Pines, with Dor- dewberry season. ADVERTISE IN THE PILOT. othy Phillips second. 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