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THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, Slarch 15, 1940r.
THE PILOT
Published each Friday by
THE PILOT, IncorjMrated,
Southern Pines, N. C.
NELSON C. HViTk
Kdltor
DAN S. Itay,
General Manager
CHARLES MACAILEY
AdvertNin); Manager
l«l«B K, Rutlrr. Mfnni# Cameron Smith,
Associateft
Subsrrlptlon R-ites:
One Tear *2.00
Wx Months $1.00
Tliree Months 50
Entered at the Postoffice at South-
fcni Pines, N, C,, as second class mail
Batter.
WE’RE GLAD
TO SEE YOU
A hearty welcome to the thou
sands here in the Sandhills for
the big events of the next few
weekS' Starting with this after
noon’s polo match between Pine-
hurst and Aiken, and tomorrow
afternoon’s exciting steeplechase
races on the Midland Road, there
will be something of major im
portance going on for some time
to come.
You will see some of the
country’s best polo players in
action at Pinehurst. You will
watch many of the leading hunt
race horses take hurdles and
bru.sh and timber fences. Next
week golf at its best may be
watched, with two former na
tional women champions taking
part in the tournament which
starts Monday in Southern Pines.
From then on golf stars of both
sexes will be competing in the
big Pinehurst tournaments, sche
duled for the next few weeks-
Later come such tennis lights
as Don Budge. Fred Perry and
others. Aiid Pinehurst Ithrows
in a horse show for good meas
ure.
No wonder, with such a pro-'
gram, the hotels and homes are
full of folks. Enjoy yourselves.
We’re glad to see you-
BOTH PARTIES
WELL DIVIDED
It was recently pointed out
that this is one of the extreme
ly few general election years
since the Civil War in which the
public hasn’t had a pretty sound
idea of who the Presidential can
didates would be- Generally the
country has known long in ad
vance who was going to be bat
tling for the White House—the
nominations of Hoover, Wilson.
Hughes, Franklin Roosevelt, A1
Smith, etc.. were practically
dead certainties many months
before the conventions were call
ed to order. Single recent ex
ception to thi.s rule was when
dark horses Cox and Harding
opposed each other
The rumor always goes
around about this time that
some vague and immensely pow
erful political bosses have the
key to the puzzle, and will put
their candidates over with ease
and dispatch when the time
comes. But if that is so, every
political observer in the country
has been fooled Both parties
are divided within themselves to
an abnormal degree And the
ranks of both are alive with self
starters, favorite sons and oth
ers who are simply itching to
take the oath of office from
Chief Justice Hughes next year.
Starting out with the party
in power, everything hinges on
what the President will do If he
wants the nomination, it is hard
to see how he can be kept from
getting it. despite the growing
disaffection o* .nany prominent
Democrats in public office.
Working on the assumption,
which many do, that the Pres
ident does not plan to run again,
and is keeping silent only be
cause he wants to keep his
party under control, the outlook
for the Democrats producing a
solidly backed candidate is not
bright- The McNutt candidacy
seems to have blown up. Garner
could carry the Solid South and
would get considerable conserva
tive support, but he is not
warmly regarded by the strong
New Dealers There was consid
erable talk about the possibility
of running Robert Jackson some
time back, but he does not seem
to have attracted any consider
able public following. Frank
Murphy, who used to be talked
about also, is on the Supreme
Court and supposed to be out of
active pdlitics. Secretary Hull
would probably have the best
chance of cementing together
the warring wings of the party
but, due to his job, he has had
nothing to do with domestic
questions for eight years, and
his stand on many big issues of
the (lay is not known- At the;
moment, however, Hull and Gar
ner seem to have the inside
track.
On the Republican side. Tom
Dewey has started his campaign
in earnest- It has long been said
of him that no one knew much
about his views save in the mat
ter of criminal law enforce
ment. and he is offsetting this
by making a series of major
speeches covering our principal
problem.-^- Strongly in his favor
is his voice and radio per.sonali-
ty- Against him is the fact that
men high in Republican coun
cils would prefer some one older,
and with a longer and more va-1
ried record in public office- So
far, the political experts .say he;
ha.< been no whirlwind in whip-1
ping up general enthusiasm for|
the cause of the GOP. but he has
done better than anyone else I
Vanderburg is out for thei
nomination—and he has the ad-,
vantage of a long and capable
record in the Senate, plu.s an es
tablished machine- But he, like
Senator Taft, lacks color, which ■
in this da.v of the radio has be
come one of the most important
political assets. At the moment
the.se three men are in the lead. i
with the other prospects far
behind in the race- But, as in,
Ihe case of the Democrats, any-'
thing can happen. There is an off
chance that a deadlock might i
result in the Republican conven-l
tion and lead to the nomination |
of some extremely dark horse ■
The recent polls indicate that |
the Democrats still have the edgp'
in popular fancy. They also indi
cate that the President is still!
the most popular candidate- But!
tlrey do not give him ary over-|
whelming majority—if he did '
win, the polls say, it would be
by a comparatively tight
squeeze. Rarely has it been so
difficut to forecast whether the
next administration will be Re
publican or Democratic-
• BIU/’ nSHER S.^ILS FOR
WHEELER FIEIJJ IN HAW AII
First Lieutenant William B'isher,
or just plain ‘•Bill” Flshcv to his
friend.# here, sailed from New York
on the TJ. S. Transport Republic on
February 20th for a tour of duty
in Hawaii, He is due to arrive there
March 20th. and will be stationed
at Wheeler Field, Oahu. "Bill’ has
been transferred from Mitchell Field
at Mineola, L. I., where he has been
on fl.ving- duty for some tim«. His
mother^ Mrs, Park W, Fisher, is
.spending some time in Southern Pines
with Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Merrill.
ter-elect of the new North Carolina
Preparatory School for Boys, and
with others interested in the school
on the plans for th* proposed school
building, to be located south of the
Midland Itoad between Southern
Pines and Pinehurst.
I'RE-EA.STE RSALE
TownsenI Club No. 1 will hold a
Pre-Easter Sale, March 21, 22, 23
In the Chandler block, formerly oc
cupied ty Mack’s, Fancy articles,
giHb and mystery table and rum
mage sale. Prices will be reasonable.
.\Rt HITECT HERE TO TUAN
BOVS S( HOOL BnLUING
H, Raym('nd Weeks, of the anchi.
tectural film of Atwxjod & Weeks,
Chapel Hill and Durham, was in
Southern Pines last week conferr
ing with Thomas Burton, headmas-
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Another Bargain
Two storj’ franic house on Mass. .Vve., Southern Pines; three
l>«drooniA and bath on Heoond floor; entry hall, IhinK room, sun
room, (iininfr room, kltrhen, l>edroom and batHi on first floor. Oil
burning st^m heat furna<’«', eleictrle hot water heater.
Lot 100 by 250—beautiful trees, In finest location, near High
land pines Inn and Southern Pines Country C’lub.
Eugene C. Stevens
SALES AGENT
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WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES
ARE BUILT
BUICK WILL BUILD THEM
Why lug die Dram ntip
yon can M dieBatonI
you never yet saw a band come
down the street without someone
out m front setting the tempo, while
someone back in the crowd obediently
thumped in time.
So, why drive a car that’s along just for
the march—when you can pilot a Buick
and shov/ tiie others the way?
Maybe someday the others will have
engines like velvet because they’re elec
trically balanced after assembly; but
Buick has them now.
Maybe tomorrow they will have coil
springs all around, and Knee-Ac-
tion in front that “gives” to the
bumps—but Buick has them today.
as standard equipment — but you get
those on Buick this year.
Maybe someday you’ll get a car as long
as Buick for the money, or with a frame
as heavy without paying more.
But why take a chance on those maybes
when this honey’s here, ready for you
to take over right now?
So drop in on your Buick dealer. Drop
in to talk facts and figures, or drop in
to see what next year’s cars will try to
look like. But drop in! Soon!
Maybe sometime you’ll get the five-
foot front seat room and Foamtex
cushions of the Super and direc
tion signals with automatic cut-oll
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start at «935—
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Transportation band on
rail raus, state and local
taxes (if any), optional
equipment and autsso-
ries-extra. Prices subject
to change vjithout notice.
on dark frocki
of tha new
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Men beware — when women wear froclcs like thess. Provoca
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Mrs. Hayes’ Shop
NEW ENGLAND HOUSE
A HOME FOR WINTER GUESTS
AT REASONABLE RATES
New Equipment and Furnishing
MRS J. F. MORRIS
Bennett Street One Bfock from Library
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