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VOLUME
7
THE
PILOT
NUMBER
Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of Nort
THE PILOT PRINTING COMPANY, VASS. N. C
LUMBERTON
WOMAN WRITES
“There Is Nothing Sinful Except
Selfish Indulgence of
Man’^
Editor The Pilot:
Six thousand is not a very great
number when we think of it in con
nection with people and things. Six
thousand dollars is no more than
pocket change for a rich man. Six
thousand people dwell together in
hundreds of towns, yet no one thinks
of that many people as a great num-
’r. But, when we think of six thou
sand years! That is a long, long
* me. No human being can grasp and
remember all the history that has
been written in that time. Genera
tions have come and gone; great
cities have sprung up and decayed;
civilizations have thrived and died,
and yet humanity is still stumbling
in its own shadow, trying to reach
the heights by its own power only to
find itself, as usual, tangled in a
web of cowardice, hatred and selfish
ness that no leader nor group of lead
ers can unravel. The people finally
become so brutish that they fly into
a rage at the least provocation and
then blame Providence for permitting
wars!
It is no credit to man’s power and
intelligence that he is, after six thou
sand years of experience^ still trying
his own mettle and thinking that he
is able to govern the affairs of the
world, and of finding permanent
peace and happiness without ac
knowledging the power of the Al
mighty and without obeying His per
fect laws.
It is no credit to us if we think we
can find a hf-tter way than the ri»*ht
way, and every pei*son outside the
asylum knows Avhat “right” means.
But because it is slow and tedious,
restless, selfish, unpatriotic men
turn away from it and walk as
blindly into disaster as if they were
idiots.
Swift runners are not always win
ners. Often when we think we are
going up w’e are going down. A
person can swim down stream more
rapidly than he can swim up stream.
The slow people who value funda
mentals will hold fast to what they
have gained. They doit’t step on
thin ice nor build on quicksands.
One hundred years ago if every
person in this country had taken the
Golden Rule for his motto, and the
Ten Commandments for his guide, we
would now have a country so securely
prosperous and a people so happy
that the whole world would be
amazed. We would not have to send
missionaries to other countries; they
would be coming to us to learn first
hand how we did it. And if they
tried to pollute our land they’d soon
find themselves in the graveyard, for
no people are so jealous of their
country’s honor as the righteous are.
No people are so brave, courageous
and far-seeing as are God-fearing
haters of iniquity.
The killing of a few people in order
to protect our country^s honor and
safety is not half so inhuman as
wholesale murder carried on in war.
Any other than defensive war is a
curse, even that it, but of course it is
justifiable.
Who is there today with a mind
capable of relating the effects of
the late World War? The money
that was spent to carry on that war
would have made millionaires of
every person in the world, to say
nothing of the indescribable torture
that it caused mothers, the prolonged
suffering of helpless little children
and the slow, lingering illness of
brave men who are yet, and will be
for years and years, feeling the ef
fects of it. And what caused it all?
Who was it that threw a huge bomb
in the middle of the world and left
blind, dazed, insane, immoral, hu
manity groping and fighting in sor
row and sin?
The man who is responsible for
all that was not a worshipper of the
Most High; he was not a preacher
nor a farmer nor a builder. He was
a leader to whom the proper looked
for guidance, a selfish egotistical
monarch who wanted a thrill and
was willing to &et civilization back
500 years that he might test his pow
er!
The ruler of Germany was not
reared in a day; he has been in the
making for years, and the finished
product is no credit to Germany,
It doesn’t pay to be careless of
small beginnings. There is enough
fire in one little match to start a
conflagration that might destroy our
whole country. And if we don’t
mind seme of our centers of ^‘culture”
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1926
CHRISTMAS PLAY
OF fflGH TYPE
Practically a Sermon and Serv
ice From the
Pews
(Bion H. Butlr)
It is permitted at times for the
pews to preach, and for the stage to
understudy the pulpit. Forty years
ago in Haverly’s theatre Dr. Thomas
Sunday after Sunday held one of the
biggest congregations in Chicago in
the morning, even though a dramat-
will turn out another Kaiser Bill. troupe or opera used the stage in
Every generation has its blind lead- | the evening. Monday night Ells-
ers. About the time we overcame j worth Giles and his marvelous wife
the effects of one war some egotis- i expounded the faith from the stage
tical lord will step out on the stage 1 Carolina theatre in Southern
and declare to the world that he has
discovered a new easy, pleasant road
to perfection. But he hasn’t! All
these ideas that educators think
they discovet'ed are as old as the
hills. The idea of reaching happiness
through the doorway of self-expres
sion exploded so long ago, and so lotion of the evening little Jack Page
Pines, with a large sprinkling of the
population as acolytes. The text,
which saturated the sermon, appear
ed to be earnestness of service, not
magniture, and its preaching was the
automatic effort of the movement.
And to fix firmly the Christmas re-
completely that there was not even
one left to tell the story .
Self-expression leads to degrada
tion unless there is a noble “self”
back of the “expression.” Common
sense would teach us that that is
and Thad, the little one, not the
grown up,-sang a carol that illumined
the house.
It was not intended that religious
services should be undertaken at the
theatre. Rather a Christmas panto-
true even if history did not prove it. ‘mine had been staged to secure some
History proves that man has re- | nioney to furthe the work on the new
peatedly tried every way except God’s church structure the Episcopalians
alone.” “Why improve?” or words to
that effect, but the few faithful stuck
to their argument until the county
as a whole was converted. Then
everything went >^ell for the Educa
tional Industry.
Second: 25 to 30 years ago the
second public industry of Moore
County underwent the same public
criticism. The people of the rural
district said, “Just let us alone. The
roads that our fathers blazed out
through the forest in the pioneer
days were good enough for them.
They have served us sufficiently;
then why improve?” This was an
argument that a few of the wise
men who stood for improvement
were confronted with, but all this
failed to daunt the courageous pio
neers of road-building. The people
stood by and watched a few demon
strate the case on the ground, they
believed, then they followed. Now
the question of good roads is the
household talk, even in the most re
mote communities. And the ques
tion arises again. What are we do
ing?
Third. We are representing the
Conservation and Development of
this county, are nursing the third in
fant industry that has taken root in
the county within the last 40 years.
It is up to us to hold on, givi-
ing the work the proper attention at
all times, just as the generation in
the past surrendered their time and
talent to the necessities that con-
froned them. Suppose that they
tried that is because he has not and Mrs. Giles, and incidentally a
does not now, desire peace and hap- ; ^ot of others, lifted the affair to a
piness to the extent that he is will- j higher plane, and if the clergy on
ing to do his share of the world’s Sunday do any better from a lay-
work and suffering till it comes. That
is the acid test that tries his patriot
ism and unselfishness. He has been
weighed in the balance and found
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(KK)D MINSTREL
AT PLNEHURST
This Show Will Appear At
Pinehurst On December
30th
The management of the Carolina
theatre takes pleasure in announcing
Facts and Figures Concckiiinsr
The Fattening of
of Hogs
Mr. Lyon Puts good Gains on his Pigs
A. B. Lyon of the Cameron section
has put some good gains on his hogs
in the last five weeks. On Novem
ber 2, I personally assisted him in
weighing two of his pigs, helped him
mix the feed and started him with
the feed test. The period of feed
ing was to run for thirty four days.
At the beginning of the test these
two pigs weighed 188 pounds. These
two pigs were then separated from
the others and were fed according
to feeding instructions put out by
Mr. Shay of the State College who
has charge of the office of swine ex
tension. On December !6, I saw
these two pigs weighed again and
the total weights of the two was 291
pounds or a gain of 103 pounds in the
thirty-four days that they were fed.
This was an average daily gain of a
little over one and a half T>ounds per
day for each of the pigs. The ra
tion fed was a home mixture and
was as follows: tankage 26 pounds;
com meal 104 pounds and wheat
shorts 26 pounds. This mixture will
vary some with different weight pigs.
The first week of the test they were
fed four and one-half pounds of this
mixture as a slop mixture in the
morning and four and one half
pounds of shelled corn at night.
These pigs are now on their last
five weeks of the feeding test and in
dications are that they are going to
better their record of gains this
time. When they have finished up
this feeding period they will be fin-%
^!5necl“ap reany'to Kiii. In this par
ticular case Mr. Lyon will get about
1.65 per bushel for the corn fed to
these pigs.
Wnat Mr. Lyon has done others
can do. Let’s get busy and pro
duce more of this good pork for
home use. Feed sheets will gladly
furnished you from the office.
Poultry! Meetings Very Successfw
Last week marked another series
of Poultry meetings. Five meetings
were held in the county and the to
tal attendance ran to around two
hundred and forty. Even during
the bad weather the crowds came out
just the same. Plans for about six
more houses were mailrd out. Some
that is clamoring to be recognized as tiide is a mistake. The farm life i of these for laying houses and some
music and adoration. The fact is | school is one in which young folks | for brooder houses. At the rate
we are wasting a lot of good mus- ; who have missed school in early we are going now it will not be long
ical talent in not using it more than , years are able to gain an* education
way. And the reason why he hasn’t have undertaken in Southern Pines, i i^ad fallen down on their job, what
man’s view point of ecclesiastical
achievement they will have to reach
the people in their forthcoming ser
vices.
would have been the result ? “Dis
aster.” Remember that every public
improvement or public industry is
for the good of the county as a whole
and that they never mature, neither
does anyone reap financial value or
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-PR. BOATE SPEAKS
nudicncc Will get many times what fl/\n 11 A nUir ¥ ¥1111
rUK MKM Lirfc
they paid for the lesson that was put
before them. I hardly set down this j
thing as an entertainment. In a way
the
it may be so rated, but in the main i Asks Kiwanis to Help
it was on a so much higher plane that j School to Suo-
it gave many persons occasion to | cess
think about some things they have ,
bsen passing ov®r lightly. i the Kiwanis dinner at the Pine-
Southern Pines has a lot of folks hurst Country club Dr. Poate, of
who can sing that better type of Southern Pines spoke in interested
songs that appeals to the more ser- ! manner of the good work the school
,ious sides of the mental emotion, is doing for the boys and girls of
the appearance of John R. Van Ar- that some of the sublimer . this section. He said he had been
nams superior minstrels for one night ! ,musical compositions can be pre- ' told that we have enough schools
at Pinehurst. | sented by the soloists and choirs as and that Farm Life is not needed,
Van Arnam's Minstrels, while only | well as the surplus of modern mush but he showed that such an atti
on their seventh season, comes with
an enviable reputation of having
played two consecutive years as a
headline attraction over the B. F.
Keith Circuit of Vaudeville Theatres, ; we do, and the church might be the ’ later on, even though they start in
before Moore County will be able
to boost of some as good birds as
being the only production giving the leader in more of the class of work classes that would be out of bar- j can be fund in the state on most any
with ! mony with their ages in the public j farm.
If yu are going to grow out any
broilers for next spring it is time to
begin thinking about them. Mr,
Hutchison at the Farm Life school is
entire show on ^he Keith Circuit.
Mr. Van Arnam also has the only
Minstrel Show on the road today
playing to popular prices. He be
lieves in crowded houses and pleas
ing the public.
Sweet Singers, Nimble Dancers,
Funny Comedians with new jokes,
wonderful music by their own orches
tra, together with brilliant costumes
and beautiful scenery combine to
make the first part of Van Arnams
Minstrels an entertainment of in
terest and a feast to the eye. While
the second part of the show or Olio,
consists of Seven separate novelty
acts, each one different from any of
the others.
Every day just before 12:00 oclock
noon, at the town in which they are
showing, John R. Van Amam’s Min
strel band, led hy their escort, all in
new uniforms, leave their private car
“Betty Jane” at the depot for a pa
rade of the business streets. The
band also gives a free concert in
front of the theatre before each
perforn^ance, consisting of a pro
gram including not only the new
numbers, but many of the old fav
orites.
This Minstrel Show will appear at
Pinehurst on Thursday, December
30th, at 8:15.
Reserved seats now on sale at Car
olina Hotel and Carolina Pharmacy
Pinehurst. Broad Street Pharmacy
Southern Pine and Fox Drug Com
pany, Aberdeen.
indicated Monday night and
good results. | school, and the doctor cited young
The house was full. It was fool- : men and women who have come from
ed. It went there to pay- a little j Farm Life to important and success-
money to the building of the new ful stations in the vicinity,
church. It got more than the worth
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CHAIRMAN^
GOES ‘WAY BACK
He deplored the fact that instead j planning to set his mammoth incu-
of training young men and women bator about the first of January and
for active and useful lives we allow ! wherever you can you will find it
Compares Educational, Indus
trial and Development Now
and Forty Years Ago-
To All District Fire Wardens:
Doubtless we go along month af
ter month doing what is mapped out
for us to do, without becoming very
much interested about what we are
doing, or what will be the final out
come or the results of efforts and
sacrifices. The best illustration of
what we are attempting to do is a
look in the past for a period of 40
years.
First: 35 to 40 years ago the edu
cational condition in the rural dis
tricts of the county were in a de
plorable condition, just a few peo
ple at that time could see in the fu
ture. Better school houses, higher-
grade teachers, better equipment of
every kind, but they were handi
capped by the old saying, “Let us
The
too many of them to drift until they
land at Stonewall Jackson School,
Samarcand and other places where | possible,
education costs more and is less sat
isfactory, and he argued that the best
way is to start the education at a
place like Eureka and turn the young
folks in the right lines rather than
let them drift and land in the wrong
places or even suffer them to carry
the burden of ignorance through their
whole lives.
Talbot Johnson had a gratifying
bit of news to hand out. J. Ellwood
Cox tells Mr. Johnson that a short
bit of road from the hill top at
Aberdeen out to Bethesda church,
where Walter Pages is buried, will
be taken up by the state as a prat of
memorial to what is already a na
tional shrine, for many pilgrims come
annually to the grave of the Moore
county hero of the recent war. Mr.
Cox also intimates that in early
spring he hopes to have the state
crew at work oiling the road from
Pinehurst northward to the county
line, and when that is done the road
will be hardtopped to the Virginia
state line on the road to both Lynch
burg and Roanoke.
much more satisfactory to get your
baby chicks hatched as close home as.
E. H. GARRISON, JR.
County Agent.
YALE GLEE aUB
DRAWS BIG CROWD
Boys Proved To
Good Enter
tainers
Be
Saturday night the Yale Glee club
entertained a well filled house at the
Carolina theatre in Pinehurst. About
38 in number make up this glee and
banjo club. The sandhills were fav
ored by having them stop off here on
the Christmas trip. When they ap
peared several years ago on Christ
mas night standing room was sold
to the late comers, proving about the
most popular attraction ever held in
the theatre. Those who had heard
them on their first appearance were:
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