FRIDAY. APRIL 15. 1955
THE PILOT—Souihern Pines. North Carolina
PAGE T^EB
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By locks PARKER
Some Looks At Books
THE SCOTSWOMAN by Inglis
Fletcher (Bobbs. Merrill, $3.95).
This book successfully revives a
chapter of history lost to many
Americans. Its central character
is Flora MacDonald, the Scottish
heroine known as the savior of
Bonnie Prince Charles Stuart
whose forces suffered complete
rout at the battle of CuUoden and
on whose head the British king
placed a price of thirty thousand
pounds. Not only did this fateful
day end the hope of the House of
Stuart for regaining the British
throne, but it ended also the Clan
system which had existed in Scot
land for centuries. From a land
of agriculture under the Clan
Chief, it became a land of herds
men, with consequent disappear
ance of the tacksmen and crofters.
Unemployment was so wide
spread, it was necessary for many
to seek a' livelihood elsewhere.
Thousands of these Scots looked
with great hope to the valley of
the Cape Fear. Among these were
Allan MacDonald, tacksman of
Kingsburgh, and his wife, Flora.
The Hebridean Isle of Skye is
the locale of the’ first chapters.
The life, culture, customs and Clan
loyalty of the Highlanders are
here depicted as could be done
only by one who knew the Isle
and had traveled through its high
lands. Related are the prepara
tions for departure, the sorrow of
leaving kinsfolk, friends, and
their loved Cuillins, the glens and
ihoors. And then there is the
grand farewell gatherings of the
MacDonalds at Flodigarry, ending
with the dance to the skirling of
the pipes. The atmosphere here
is vividly described for the reader.
The voyage follows, during
which there is an encounter with
pirates, a storm at sea, life aboard
a sailing ship of that time. Here,
too, are duelling, intrigues and the
beginnings of romances to follow.
After landing at the mouth of the
Cape Fear, Flora and her party
are carried to Newberh where the
Royal Governor entertains at the
Mansion. At Cross Creek an en
thusiastic welcome is given by the
Scots who had preceded their
heroine. In due time, land was
purchased and a home established.
This was in the Autumn of 1774.
Instead of the peace and tranquil
ity sought, political unrest^^
abounded on all sides. The Gov
ernor of the Frovince and his
Council were in disagreement.
The Governor’s influence was on
the wane and his delegated au
thority ignored. There was the
same unrest in Massachusetts,
with Lexington not many months
away. Rebellion was in the air.
Lines were being drawn. Were
you a Loyalist or a Patriot?
Flora’s sentiment was for neu
trality. Had they not come to
America to regain their fortunes,
to create an estate for themselves
and their children? They were
newcomers and this was not their
fight Allan, accustomed to wars,
stood for the crown and a fight if
necessary. Governor Martin of
fered him a commission and plac
ed upon him responsibility of re-
jcruitment. Troops were raised
‘ and marching orders given to join
I General Gates at Wilmington. At
; Moore’s Creek Bridge, the Loyal
ists were intercepted by the Whigs
and decisively, defeated. Allan was
among the captured, carried away
to prison, never to see North Car
olina again. Flora remained a
short time at her home, Killegray,
until it was confiscated, before go
ing to Glendale to be with her
daughter, Anne. Later she re
turned to Scotland.
The book deals honestly with a
struggle between loyalties, the
soul-searching fight of Flora to re
main loyal to her husband, the
harsh and at times barbaric treat
ment of the Tories by the victori
ous Whigs. Her characters are so
portrayed you live with them. You
sorrow with Flora in her disap
pointments and you grieve with
Moira at the sad going of Dougald.
This story should be of great in
terest to Moore County people.
Some of us had ancestors at
Moore’s Creek. Some are familiar
with the locations of Glendale and
Kenneth Black’s, near-by, and Mt.
Pleasant and Killegray, not far
away. “The Scotswoman’’ will
probably prove to be Mrs. Fletch
er’s greatest achievement.
—E. T. McKEITHEN.
THE BRIDE OF INISFALLEN
by Eudora Weliy (Harcourt $3.00).
Those of us who admire Eudora
Welty’s work may be disappoint
ed in this collection of stories—
not in the writing; for no one in
America today writes more beau
tifully than she, nor can anyone
write better descriptions of per
sons and places. V^at is lacking
in this book is the warmth and
love of the people of whom she
wrote in “A Curtain of Green’’
and in “The Ponder Heart.’’ In
her earlier books the setting was
the Mississippi Delta, and perhaps
that is what we miss in this book.
Only two of these stories are in
that familiar setting and, clever
as all her stories are, these are the
most appealing. Nevertheless,
anything Miss Welty writes is
worth reading, and this book is no
exception. —JANE H. TOWNE.
THE BOY WHO HAD NO
HEART by Maud and Miska Pe
tersham (Macmillan $2.75). A new
picture book by the Petershams is
always a pleasure to the eye with
its sound but not too literal draw
ings and its glowing colors. Amer
ican history and animals have
been favorite subjects in their
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Scheduled Here
’The Rev. Joe Flora, minister to
youth at the First Presbyterian
Church of Greensboro, will con
duct a series of services for yoimg
people at Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian Church, from 7 to 9
p.m., April 25-29, it was an
nounced this week.
All young peoplq.in the seventh
through 12th grades are invited to
attend the services which wUl be
sponsored by all local Protestant
churches.
Further details will be an
nounced.
FERTILIZING COTTON
Cotton needs fertilizer early in
the season to thrive, the National
Cotton Council advises cotton
farmers. The cotton plant absorbs
the greater part of its nutrients
during the first half of its grow
ing period, a Cotton Council
spokesman pointed out. He said
fertilizers should be applied be
fore planting and often during the
early growing season. A side
dressing with nitrogen is highly
beneficial when plants are about
six to 10 inches tall or during the
first cultivation after chopping
especially in light sandy or sandy
loam soils.
earlier conversations with chil
dren. I use the last term because
there is always the effect of per
sonal and sympathetic communi
cation in their books. The present
one is a story with a moral. It was
supposed for a time that children
did not approve of these, but let
an old'storyteller assure you that
when honestly done there are few
things that give them as much
satisfaction. This story will be
particularly reassuring to the six-
and eight-year olds for Whom it is
intended, for in it the problem of
a cocky little boy at odds with his
comrades is convincingly worked
out, and peace and happiness
reign again.
Legal Notkes
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF MOORE
NOTICE
The undersigned having duly
qualified as the Administratrix,
C. T. A. of the Estate of Mary Eva
Thwing, deceased, ^ late of the
above named county and state
all persons having claims cJ
whatsoever nature against the
said Mary Eva Thwing, deceased,
are hereby notified to exhibit the
said claim or claims to the under
signed on or before the 16th day
of March, 1956, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their recov
ery. All persons indebted to the
said Mary Eva Thwing, deceased,
are hereby requested to pay the
said indebtedness to the under
signed immediately.
’This the 16th day of March,
1955.
GRACE E. THWING, Adminis
GRACE E. THWING
Administratrix, C. T. A.
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With concrete subfloors
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Sunday School Lessons
BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN
Sorlptore: II Chronicles 10—13; I
Kings 12.
Devotional Beading: Proverbs 2:1-10.
No Greater Fool
Lesson for April 17, 1955
Dr. Foreman
T T WAS the day of • the great
mass-meeting. The new admin
istration was meeting the voters
face to face. At least, the man
who hoped and expected to be the
administration was facing the peo
ple he hoped to rule. The right
word is “rule,”
for this was in the
days when kings
were kings and
not mere signers
of other men’s J
documents. And ,i
this particular
king was none
other than the son.
the one and only
son, of the famous
King Solomon. His name was
Rehoboam, and if ever a greater
fool lived on this earth, history
has lost record. As a matter of
fact, he could not be king auto
matically. The nation had not
been a kingdom very long; there
had been only three kings in all,
Saul, David and Solomon. And in
every case, the king had been
elected by vote of the people. It
was what we would call techni
cally an elective monarchy, not
yet a hereditary one. So Reho
boam had to persuade the people
that he was worthing electing. He
could not be king of any tribe if
that tribe did not vote for him.
A Rayal FmI
Rehoboam now proceeded to do
everything wrong. The people
asked him the perennial question:
What about taxes? Solomon’s reign
had been magnificent—if you lived
in the palace. If you lived out in
the villages or on a farm it looked
different. The royal officers were
everywhere, bleeding the people
for aU the taxes and all the forced
labor that the royal magnificence
required for its upkeep. The peo
ple told Rehoboam that Solomon’s
yoke was grievous; they begged
him to make it lighter. Rehoboam
asks for time to think. He spends
that time asking advice. The older
counsellors, his father’s trusted
wise men, tell him to go light on
the people. In fact they give him
the whole theory of good govern
ment in a nutshell; “If you will
be a servant unto this people , . .
then they will be your servants
for ever.” Then Rehoboam asks
the younger men, his own con
temporaries, what he shall do.
They give him the completely
foolish advice to bear down on
the people, treat ’em rough, teU
them nothing good. So the feckless
Rehoboam goes out and says in
effect, “You took a beating in
my father’s time—^but you haven't
seen anything yet. If he beat you
with whips, I’ll beat you with
scorpions.”
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Of course Rehoboam lost the
election. Only one tribe stood by
him. The rest went off and elect
ed another king of their own. A
kingdom that David bad won by
courage and Solomon had held
by wisdom, was kicked away by
Rehoboam out of' sheer foolish
ness. What made Rehoboam such
a fool? It was not his youth. At
the time of this episode be was
forty years old, and if a man has
no sense by the time he is forty,
it is too late to hope. Part of the
trouble may have been his 999
stepmothers. Solomon was mar
ried a thousand times, but we
have no record of any children
except this man Rehoboam. Con
sidering what harem intrigues
are like in the Orient, and con
sidering the fact that most if not
all of Solomon’s immense harem
were heathen women, it would
not be surprising if Rehoboam’s
mother (who herself was a heath
en from Ammon) was over-sup
plied with bad advice from Re-
hoboam’s nosy stepmothers. Some
fools are born, some are made.
They are home-made, many of
them. One of the best ways to
produce a fool in your family is
to listen to all the stupid advice
the neighbors can give you.
The Voice of Inexperience
Another thing was wrong with
Rehoboam, and for this we can
not blame his mother nor his con
gregation of stepmothers. It was
his own fault that he preferred
to listen to the men his own age,
men who like himself had grown
up in the luxury of the court, men
vho knew nothing of practical af-
airs, preferred to listen to them,
he voices of inexperience, rath-
r than to the older men whose
advice Solomon had tried and pre
sumably found good. Rehoboam
being himself without experience
could not tell, of course, before
hand, whether the older or young
er men were right.
(Based on outlines copFrichted by the
Division of Christian Education, Na
tional Council of the Churches of Christ
in the U- S. A. Released by Community
Press Service.)
Bookmobile
Schedule
Schedule of the Moore County
bookmobile for the week April
18-22 has been announced as fol:
lows:
Monday—^Through Niagara to
Union church with stops at Kelly
Darnell and Briggs homes, 2:15 to
3:15; paved road to Vass with
home stops, 3:15 to 4:15; W. F
Smith and K. W. Henning homes,
4:30.
Tuesday—^Doubs Chapel route
1:30 to 4:30 p. m.
■Wednesday — Jackson Springs:
W. E. Graham’s, 2:20; postoffice,
2:35; West End, 3:15 to 4:30;
Branson home near power station.
4:40.
Thursday — Carthage Library,
11:30 to 12:30; Glendon route with
stops at Joe Pressley, L. W. Ed
wards, Carl Oldham and Nichol
son homes, 1:45 to 3:30.
Friday — Eagle Springs school,
10:30 a. m:.; Vineland school, 11:15
a. m.
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Naturally, they’re pleased about it—it’s
their first bankbook. This is something
they’ve managed together. They’ve saved
for the things they want, and also for that
“rainy day.”
It’s wise to save for a rainy day. But it’s
also wise to remember that drought can be
just as devastating as rain ... particularly
spiritual drought.
Faith is the balance you’ll find in your
spiritual bankbook. It is something that
you can renew, something that you can
add to, and something that will pay you
immeasurable dividends. Where else can
such faith be renewed and developed than
in the House of the Lord—your Church?
THE CHURCH FOR AU . . .
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Th. Church Is ih, graat„, fa-.
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BROWNSON MNMORIAL
(RniBCH (pNiMMiHi)
Chiovw K. I WlwiMer
Siuiday School 9:45 aun. Wor
ship service, 11 a.m. Women of
ttie €fi<irch meeting, 8 pun. Mon
day following third'Sunday.
The Youth Fellowships meet at
7 o’cloek each Sunday evening.
Mid-weeik service, Wednesday,
7:15 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
New Hampshire Ave.
Simday Service, 11 a.m.
Sjinday School, 11 a.m.
Wednesday Service, 8 p.m.
Reading Room in Churdi Build
ing open Wednesday 3-5 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF WIDE
FELLOWSHIP (Congregalional)
Cor. Bennett and New Hampshire
Wofford C. Timmons, Minister
Sunday School, 9:45 aun.
Wor^ip Service, 11 aun.
Sunday, 6:30 p.m.. Pilgrim Fel
lowship (Young people).
Sunday, 8:00 p.m., Ilie Forum.
MANLY PRSnYTBRlAN
OHURCNI
Orever C. Cunie. Minister
Sunday School 10 aun.
Worship Service, 2nd and 3rd
Sunday evenings, 7:30. Fourth
Sunday morning, 11 a.m.
Women of the Church meeting,
8 p-m., second 'Tuesday.
Mid-week service ’Thursday at
8 p.m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
New York Ave. at South Ashe
David Hoke Ooon. Minister
Bible Scho^ 9:45 aun. Worship
11 a.m. Training Union, 7 p.m.
Evening Worship, 8 p.m.
Scout Troop 224, Monday, 7:30
p.m.; mid-week worship, Wednes
day 7:30 p.m.: choir practice
Wednesday 8:15 p.m.
Missionary meetmg, first and
third Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Church
and family suppers, second Thurs
days, 7 p.m.
EMMANUEL CHURCH
(bdaeopal)
Charles V. CeveEL Rector
Holy Commimion, 8 a.ni. (except
first Sunday).
Church S^ool and Family Ser
vice, 9:45 a.m.
Morning Pr^qr, 11 a.m. Uloly
Communion, fitst Sunday).
Wednesday, 10 a.m., Hily Com
mimion.
ST. ANTHONY'S (Catholic)
Vermont Ave. at Ashe
Father Peter M. Dengea
Sunday masses 8 and ajn.;
Holy Day masses 7 and 9 a,m.:
weekday mass at 8 a.m. Ce^es-
aions heard on Saturday betwIeB
5-6 and 7:30-8:30 p.m.
SOUTHERN PINES
METHODIST CHUliCH
Robert L. Same, Minister
(Services held tempora^f}^ at
Civic Clilb, Ashe Straeu
Church School, 9:45 aun.
Worship Service, 11 a. m.;
W. S. C. S. meets each first Tues
day at 8 p. m.
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