THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1957
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
Page THREE
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Some Looks
At Books
By LOCKIE PARKER
THE FARMER AND HIS
CUSTOMERS by Ladd Haystead
(University of Oklahoma $2.75).
This clear and readable little
book has only onfe object—^that
country and city people may un
derstand each other better.
Like the author, I have several
times heard emotional outbursts
from city consumers who could
not see why at the prices they
paid for food the farmer should
need government subsidies in the
form of price supports, soil banks
or what-have-you.
This book explains not only
that the farmer probably gets no
more than 20 per cent of the
price you pay but that possibly
the very housewife who is com
plaining may be getting some of
the rest in her husband’s wages
if he works for a railroad, a
trucking company, a food pro
cessor, a manufacturer of agri
cultural machinery or even the
government, and that wages in
all these fields have gone up
much faster than farm income.
Then why doesn’t the farmer
do what our grandfathers did and
what the harrassed city dweller
often dreams of doing,—raise
most of his own food and live
relatively independent of the
industrial age?
There are several reasons. One
is that the rest of us would starve
if he did. Mr. Ladd estimates that
his grandfather who had that
kind of farm raised food for
about six people beside his own
family. Now with only 12 per
cent of our people on the land,
the farmer has to do a lot better
than that or the cities would go
hungry, and the answer is that
he specializes in what he can
raise best and has a sizeable
grocery bill himself.
And what about our surpluses?
Well, that is an interesting chap
ter, too, but we have not space
here to tell how much light this
book throws on many of our
common problems. Mr. Ladd has
the knack of making figures in
teresting, and he inspires confi
dence by being very definite
about his sources.
A GROWING WONDER by
Hildegarde Dolson (Random
House $2.50). This is Hildegarde
Dolson’s fifth book, the best
known being “We Shook the
Family Tree.’’ She is known to
us in this community for her col
laboration with Elizabeth Stev
enson Ives on “My Brother Ad-
lai.”
She has a keen sense of hu
mor emd in this novel takes great
pleasure in satirizing the foibles
of “avant garde’’ art and progres
sive schools. She is particularly
bitter about a young girl gradu
ate from a liberal college.
We do not learn the name of
the one who tells the story, but
she is a writer telling us about
three of her acquaintances. There
is her illustrator, Lolly, a lov
able and completely believable
character; then an artist. Joss,
and the girl, Jane. The conflict
is between these two women for
the love of Joss, and then there
is the struggle Of all of them
around the education of a talent
ed and adorable five-year-old,
Leo. Jane is Leo’s aunt and she,
with his father and stepmother,
are trying to make Leo conform
to the accepted child pattern.
On the jacket of the book Leo
is called a problem child but,
knowing Leo, we agree with
whoever said, “There are no
problem children, only problem
parents.’’ -JANE H. TOWNE
THE SCAPEGOAT by Daphne
duMaurier (Doubleday $3.95).
If you can accept the idea that
two strEingers can he more alike
than identical twins and that one
should be able to impersonate
the other with wife, mother,
child and mistress, you are in for
an interesting time with this
novel.
A Frenchman, anxious to es
cape his family ties, responsibili
ties and troubles, and an Eng-
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Ignition System
The Southern Pines volunteer
fire department answered a call
to MorgEmton Road about 9
o’clock Tuesday morning to help
extinguish a fire that had qaught
in the ignition of an automobile
owned by Fred Chappell.
The fire spread from the igni--
tion to the engine but did not
cause extensive damage. Chap
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of the Maxwell Gray residence
and Mrs. Gray had carried some
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lishman sad because of having
none exchange identities. It is
only for a week but in that time a
great deal happens, and the im
personator changes the lives of
all the people he meets. The ex
change seemed to me rather un
likely, but all the characters are
weU drawn and the situations
are interesting, so I enjqyed
reading about them. A good deal
of suspense is built up and there
is plenty of action along with
carefully drawn personalities and
atmosphere.
The book is exciting and holds
your interest even though it is
not another “Rebecca.”
—JULIA B. ATTEBERRY
TALL HOUSES IN WINTER
by Doris Betts (Putnam' $4,507.
This young North Carolina
writer received high praise from
the critics on the publication Of
her first book as “a voice to be
listened to with respect in the
future.” This was not only be
cause her short stories had liter
ary quality but because she had
written of the small Southern
town without either the excesses
of decadence or the sentimental
ity of the magnolia-and-white-
columns school.
Now her first novel establish
es her ability to maintain these
qualities in a work of more am
bitious length. “Tall Houses in
Winter” is a close-up view of a
small Southern town as seen by
a native returning after several
years’ absence, a sensitive and
rather fastidious man, a scholar
and professor.
But the book is more than the
study of a town. Against this
background we have the person
al and poignant story of Ryan
Godwin who ceime “home” to
make a decision as to whether he
would undergo major siurgery
with all its risks or accept a def
initely shortened term of life.
Understandably self - centered
with this problem, Ryan has no
thought except to rest, meditate,
write a little—he believes there
is no one left in Stoneville with
whom he has any strong emo
tional ties.
So he thinks as he approaches
the town, but life seizes hold of
him again in unexpected ways.
Chiefly there is the boy. Fen,
orphaned by an automobile acci
dent and being brought up by
Ryan’s dour sister; Fen, wdio has
the eyes and the ways of a wom
an Ryan had once loved passion
ately and who quite possibly is
Ryan’s own son. The wistful,
sometimes awkward appeal of
this twelve-year-old boy for un
derstanding and love from a man
who has suddenly brought new
dimensions into his world and
Ryan’s resistance to any new in
volvement with life are sensi
tively and convincingly des
cribed by the author. ’The slow
development of the relation be
tween them forms the structure
of the book rather than a con
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BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN
Backgroand Serlptare: Matthew 16:13
-17:27.
Devotional Reading: ^Tohn 3:14*21.
Who Is This?
Lesson for Msnrch 3, 1957
Dr. Foreman
W E ALL like to know what
people think of us, but some
times all we really want is compli
ments, or else we ask out of idle
curiosity. Jesus asked the same
question most people ask some
time or other: Who do men say
t am? But it was not curiosity or
oride, with him. He knew better
than any one that
vhat men thought
if him was vital
—not to him, but
to them. What
people think of (
Christ affects |
their whole lives.
Is he no more
than a pictur
esque figure out
of the past? Then
we can safely ignore him. Is he
a wise teacher, no more? Then we
can put his teachings together with
those of other great teachers and
add a few nuggets of ideas from
him to the wealth of the ages. But
suppose he is more—?
They Thought They Had Seen Him
Nobody in Jesus’ lifetime thought
of him as a priest. The priests
were professional religionists: but
Jesus did not make that sort of
impression. He reminded people
of no priest,—rather of prophets.
Many spoke of him by the name
of well known prophets—John the
Baptizer, Elijah, Jeremiah. Of
course they did not literally think
these men had risen from the
dead; but it was almost as if they
had. Incidentally, the modern
reader might look up the three
prophets whom Jesus was thought
to resemble. They were anything
but gentle, meek and mild. At all
events, they were men whose au
thority did not come to them from
a position, an institution. They
were men whose power and au
thority came from within; men
carrying their commissions direct
from God.
The One Lord
One might think that no higher
category could be found for Jesus
than Prophet,—one sent by God,
speaking the word of God. But
Jesus once called himself “more
than a prophet.” So it was his
closest friends thought of him.
Peter’s “Great Confession” is weU
, known. Speaking not for himself
but for aU—for the question was
put to the group, Simon Peter said
(as Matthew reports it) “Thou art
the Christ, the Son of the Living
God.” ’The words should not lose
their force because of familiarity.
Peter does not use the language
later theqlogians were to devise.
He does use words which a Jewish
man of the first century could use
—but they were not words Peter
could have applied to any one else.
Christ means Messiah, King, God’s
special chosen King, to usher in
the World’s New Age. No Jew
looked for two Messiahs. Peter
was saying to Christ: There have
been many prophets; but there
will never be more Christs than
one. You stand alone, with none
to match you, none beside you.
For Messiah was not only a unique
title, there was nothing above it.
Furthermore, the word Christ im
plied a great deal more than Pro
phet. You could take a prophet or
leave him,—his messages might
not be for you at aU. But the Christ
was to be every man’s Master,
Lord of Israel, Lord of the world.
Before a prophet a man may keep
the silence of respect. In the pres
ence of the one Lord a man must
bow in reverence, asking. What
wilt thou have me to do?
Eyis of Faith
What did Jesus mean when he
said to Peter, “Flesh and blood
has not revealed this to you, but
my Father who is in heaven”? He
meant that Peter and the rest of
the Twelve (not Judas!) could see
with eyes of faith what the Phari
sees and priests never saw. It is
always possible to doubt the full
meaning of Jesus Christ. In his
life time there were a great many
who listened to his teaching and
watched his miracles and never
believed in him at all. Belief in
Christ is never forced. It is not
like believing that two and two
are four, or that the paper you
are reading is printed in black
ink. ’The deity and lordship of
Christ can never be demon
strated like a proposition in logic
or a theorem in geometry. Our
relation to him must be personal.
All personal relations are car
ried on by faith, not mathematical
demonstration. A man and his
wife, a father and his son, even
a merchant and his customer,
live with each other and trust
each other by faith. The eye of
love, the eye of loving faith, sees
what mere sunlight never shows.
(Based SB •uiliaes eopyrighted hj the
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iloBal CoBnell of the Chnrehes of Christ
la the U. 8. A. Released by Community
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trees, your mind may skip ahead and picture green
grass, abundant foliage, and a rippling stream. The very
thought brings happiness. Spring makes the difference.
As grass, trees, and streams are fettered by winter, so
some lives are bound by doubt, unbelief, lack of faith, and
false ideas. When they come in contact with the Church, the
love of God sets them free. They see new beauty in every
thing about them, and others see new beauty in their lives.
As spring brings all nature to new life, so God’s love
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No matter how strong the fetters which bind
you, freedom can be yours through the Church
and the message it brings to all. Why
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CHURCH (PrMbvlMiui)
ChavM K. Ligon. hOaiiter
Sunday School 9:45 am. Wor
ship service, 11 a.m. Women of
the Church meeting, 8 pm. Mon-
diw following third Sunday.
'Die Youth Fellowships meet at
7 o’clock eadi Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Wednesday,
7:15 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
New Hampshire Ave.
Sunday Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday School, 11 am.
Wednesday Service, 8 pm.
ReadingRoom in Qhurch Build
ing open Wednesday 3-5 pm.
iHE CHURCH OF WIDE
FELLOWSHIP (Congregational)
Cor. Bennett and New Hampshire
Wofford C. Timmons, Ministax
Sunday School, 9:45 am.
Worship Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday, 6:30 p.m., Pilgrim Fel
lowship (Young people).
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EMMANUEL CHURCH
(Episcopal)
East Massachusetts Ave.
Martin Caldwell, Rector
Holy Communion, 8 a.m. (First
Sundays and Holy Days, 8 a.m.
and 11 a.m.)
Family -Service, 9:30 a.m.
Church School, 10 a.m.
Morning Service, 11 a.m.
Young Peoples’ Service League,
6 p. m.
Holy Communion, Wednesdays
and Holy Days, 10 a.m. and Fri
day, 9:30.
Saturday—6 p. m. Penance.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
New York Ave. at South Aaho
David Hoke Coon. Minister
Bible School, 9:45 a.m. Worship
11 am. 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 pm.
Missionary meeting, first and
third Tuesdays, 8 pm. Church
and family suppers, second niurs-
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MANLY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Grover C. Curriej, Minster
Sunday School 10 am.
Worship Service, 2nd and 3id
Sunday evenings, 7:30. Fourtt
Sunday morning, 11 am.
Wcxnen of the Chtuch meeting;
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Mid-week service ’Thursday al
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ST. ANTHONY’S (Catholic
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Father Peter M. Deiigee
Sunday masses 8 and 1<)»0 ej".;
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5-6 and 7:30-8:30 pm.
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Midland Road
Robert L. Berne, Minjjider
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