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Page Two THE pIlO Published every Friday by THE PILOT, Incorporated. Aberdeen, North Carolina NELSON C. HYDE, Managing Editor BION H. BUTLER, Editor ' JAMES BOYD STRUTHERS BURT RALPH PAGE Contributing Editors Subscription Rates: One Year $2.00 Six Months - $1.00 Three Months 50 Address all communications to The Pilot, Inc., Aberdeen, N. C. Entered at the Postoffice at Aber deen, N. C., as second-class mail mat ter. THE PENALTY OF PUBLIC SERVICE For the second time in a brief period Southern Pines sees a public officer killed by an of fender against the law. B. H. Beasley, head of the Southern Pines police force, some time ago apprehended Everett Mc Lean, a West Southern Pines Ne gro, for throwing his wife from a bridge to kill her. At the time of the murder Tuesday night, Beasley was with McLean in a car near Durham. Possibly the accurate details of the murder may not be obtainable, but the fact seems to be that the Negro shot the officer from behind and under conditions of surprise. But however the details may be debated the one things re mains clear—that the officer of the iaw as law is interpreted and administered these days is tak ing a long chance when he in terposes himself between crime and the people. Chief Beasley may have missed a prudent step when he allowed any op ening for a man of this sort to get the drop on him, but the general opinion was that the of ficer was a canny tactician and overlooked few chances of per sonal danger. But no officer can overlook everything, and the criminal found his advantage and used it. Two policemen killed in less than three years is a striking sensation for a town no larger than Southern Pines, for al though the second murder was not in the village it was at the hand of a member of the com munity and of an officer of the town force. The unfortunate situation is that this bloody illustration of prevailing conditions will appeal only to the limited territory in which it is a major matter be cause the victim is known and prominent. The rest of the coun try has its own problems and excitements and affairs. Even in Chicago a famous gangster tPiumbs his nose at the United States authorities and arranges for a winter in Florida while it is determined whether he sub mits to the decision of the court an:l goes to prison for a long period or goes free. Crime is a spirited game in all this coun try, a game established on its high position of safety to all concerned except the officer who tries to lessen it, established on that basis because public indif ference does not protest with sufficient vigor. What is the remedy ? Possi bly there may be a reme(J,y, but if that be the case the first step is to have public interest give the matter a little considera tion and decide whether crime is to be dismissed as it is com mitted as a momentary bit of excited sport, or lessened by the honest and determined effort of the people in thir resolute back ing of the officers. The law is man made and man enforced. It will always be as effective as men make it, or as chaotic as they allow it to be, for the criminal is not actuated by any indifference or emotional sympathy with the other fellow. AT SOME OF the CHURCHES When a newspaper man can be induced to drift within the sha dow of the churches three times in one day it is evidence some leavening is working. But those who were out Sunday are aware of the fact. At Bethesda Church Sunday afternoon Judge Shaw made two points that are ample payment for the time spent in getting there. As a lawyer and judge he has full knowledge of the prevalence and the quality of crime. He says it is but a small proportion of the people that come before his tribunal ac- THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen^jjorthjCyolina cused of offending. If he is right ly interpreted this world is noth ing like so bad as some folks have feared. And one reason he offers as the occasion for much indifference to law as he finds it is the failure of home tiain- ing. The judge did a good job at Bethesda. At Frank Buchan^s Bible class in Southern Pines Judge Wind ham argued that it should not be hard to be a Christian—^that all the incentive ought to be an encouragement and a pleasure rather'than a task and a diffi culty. He seemed to think that a righteous life need not be a the end of the rainbow without in places much larger than Pine- digging to get it, but he is to be hurst and in more populous sec- pitied if he has not enough op- tions, chiefly the cities, timism to hold out a hope that The Moore County Hospital if he saws wood with persistent was planned to be an eificient establishment, and built accord- energy he will have fuel to keep him warm when cold weather jing to the intention and de- comes as it always does. Tiiis, signs. It has been properly out- may or may not.be as good a fitted from the start, manned in wiilter as some of the years that capable fashion, and its results have gone, but it will be a bet-' have demonstrated efficiency ter one than some of the others. | and capable management. It suf- It is wise, as the old Scotchman | fers the one difficulty of being suggested, to send for the doc-! in a territory that is not endow- tor as well as to pray when you' ed with great wealth, which re wake up in the night with pneu-' suits in harrow financial leeway monia. I at times. But many friends have given financial aid, and the Friday, October 23, I931, GRAINS OF' SAND dreary one, and he could find FISH OR nothing in the requirements of Christian rules that ought to CUT BAIT The problem that faces the needs of the hospital have not been allowed to prohibit a broad helpfulness that ranks with the bring other than enjoyable ex- county, not only the Board of | P^'riences to the man who fol lows the teachings of the mas ter who says “My yoke is easy and my burden is light.’^ That Sunday morning group ought to have a much bigger attendance, for it is a higlhly interesting session. Then in the evening at the Baptist church Mr. Stimson read some scriptural citations to show that the Kingdom of Heav en is within man, that it is here around about us, and that much of it consists of doing unto oth ers as we want them to do to us, which means a consideration for mankind. His idea of service | be asked to help are themselves was illustrated by the humility j on their uppers The work can- and kindly consideration of the 1 not be long postponed, which Messiah who as one of his last acts washed the feet of the dis ciples. There is another place that is presenting a high quality of instruction and wholesome counsel, and which is worth giv ing up the hour that it occupies. Next Sunday night Mr. Stim son will further pursue the sim plification of the interpretation of the kingdom of heaven, and if acts must be faced, and not with •1 1 j_l J'% J_1 1 •ji i • ‘n Commissioners, bul? the tax-pay-1 a territory of limit er, the individual, the local com-' financial strength munities, every man who has a the Moore County Hospital will neighbor, is one that the com- require all the help that can be missioners will tackle at their secured in holding up its ^ effi- next meeting when they take up; name, and because it is do- Chairman Curriers report of his' ^ work that is worth while attendance at the meeting in and beyond the ambition of most Raleigh called by the Governor: hospitals of its sui^roujidings to devise methods of helping the' it must from time needy in the counties. Unfortu-j^^ time appeal to those Who ap- nately the matter is not one that | preciate what it is doing to come can be disposed of in any flip-'^^ ^^e rescue. The case that pant manner, for it is a case of comes to the hospital Is cared necessity that the needy be ex-; Costs are considered after tended a reasonable hand, while | a cure is effected, and many many of those who are likely to i are unable to bear the ex pense of their tratment. Only one recourse remains. The hos pital has no means of earning means that the plans must be' nioney except through its work, made at the earliest possible j and when the work is not paid moment, and be broad enough to! ^^r a deficit must follow except reach to everv coroner of Ithe i where expenses are deferred by county. Winter will soon be on I private contribution. So good us, and many people will be in I friends are carrying a fair por- need. I tion of the charity account. But It is useless to magnify the lathers can always find an avail- situation, and equally useless to able place for an odd dollar try to minimize it. The actual; there. possibly there are others than newspaper men who might get an idea by sitting at his feet. Of course the other churches were digging in the vineyard Sunday, but after a man has been around to three places in the one day he is not expected to extend his re search. Even the old-timers do not beat that record much. THIS WEEK DE FACTO, NEXT WEEK DE JURE With the unofficial opening j depend to the limit of local re theory, but with action that will afford relief. This is not time to go to the commissioners, and in the condition the treasury finds itself, to ask for money. Rather it is necessary for every body to lend a hand to take as much possible of the burden from the shoulders of the commission ers. It is up to each community to be ready to carry out any plan the commissioners may propose, and in carrying out to Agnes Dorothy's Beauty Shoppe All Branches of Beauty Work Also Carry a Full Line of GALVE PREPARATIONS Over Broad Street Pharmacy Phone 5131 Southern Pines, N. C. of the winter season with the Ki- wanis convention at the Carolina is presented the prelude of the official season which begins sources, for the public treasury, if it has to bear the load, can only do so by going to the local communities, which means the next Monday when the big hotel | People, in the final collection, is started on its winter run. Not! It is probable that each neigh- long ago a wise man remarked that he who is an optimist this winter is a fool. In spite of the soundness of that statement it is borhood will have to roll"^up its sleeves and undertake to depend much on its own efforts, for there is no other place for re- EYESlCHTSPt^lAliST Will be in his office over the Post Office, Sanford, N. C., every Wednesday, friom 10:00 a. m. to 3:00 p. m. Don’t fail to see him if your eyes are weak. safe to go further and say that i Hef to come from. The task will! without optimism the Carolina ! not be too big for any commun- i would not open, that nothing of consequence would ever be achieved, and that life without hope, which is optimism, would be dreary and a final failure. So ity if two or three thinking lead ers get a movement started and then urge everybody to help to the extent of their ability and the extent of the needs. Monev is it !s w’}se to fortify yourself with | i^ot the sole requisite. Many optimism, but not be a fool-in an extreme of illusion. In our measures of progress and success we look to preceding years to find a basis. Possibly it is a human attribute to insist that today surpasses yesterday. Possibly that can be kept up in definitely, but in most of life and philosophy the stars in their courses and the tides in their restlessness swine: one way and things that can be spared by one household can be used in anoth-1 er, and it is things that can be used that are necessary. All that money can do is to buy things. The situation must be given earnest and sWift thought, so that after the commissioners have held their meeting any plarf they may propose can be put into action promptly and decidedly. It would not be a bad idea for a DR. E. D. HARBOUR OPTOMETRIST will be at Tarlton's Jewelry Store, Aberdeen, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 1 to 4 p. m. There’s a big papier mache dog in front of Hayos’ bO(0k store in South ern Pines this week, calling attention to the big sale inside. A puppy wan dered along Broad street, came sud denly upon the big make-believe. He jumped back, barked, scampered about, barked some more and took to his heels. Incidentally, there is a piolice tag hanging on a string around the ad vertising dog’s neck with “Parking Longer Than 15 Minutes in 15-Min ute Zone” checked and the dog cited to appear before Mayor Stutz. Struthers Burt got back from the west just in time to run into a big billboard argument at his first Cham ber of Commerce meeting in Southern Pines. “Home again,” he said. <3 cents. Of course we were ,only trying to save you another pen^y The Hemp fair’s over, the County fair’s over, the State fair the fair weather continues with s over, but us. The Pilot erred typographically last week in referring to this year’s tax rate as 72 cents. It should have read The Red Cross will have its 50th anniversary roll call from November 11th to 26th this year. The M,oore County chapter is active in arranging its drive for funds, but if there is any institution which should not have to “drive” for funds it is the Red Cross. It is a 100 per cent invest ment in humanity, and an investment in humanity tops any other kind of investment. Don’t wait to be called ,on by Red Cross workers. Send your dol lar, or more if you can afford it, to Mrs. J. H. Suttenfield, Pinebluff county chairman. Tobacco’s selling better, and it’s surprising what a different l^ook it puts on the faces of these farmers that come to town with their crop. 666 LIQUID OR TABLETS Relieves a Headache or Nenralgia in to minutes, checks a Cold for the rirst day, and checks Malaria in three lays. 6 6 6 Salve for Baby’s Cold Dr. J. I. Neal Veterinarian at Swinnerton’B on Mondays at Pinehurst Dairy on Thursdays Ark S0Utherit?Jfnrs, (!L. Mrs. Millicent A. Hayes, Principal A COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS Kindergarten through the 8th year MUSIC—ART—LANGUAGES RIDING—TENNIS—SWIMMING Limited Accommodations for Boarders I New F all :: Sportswear IX t: THE SAXON-WEAVE SUIT $25.00 Latest colors and styles with caps to match. Combination Sweater and Leather jacket with Hose to match. Out fit - ?15.00 Combination Sweater and Hose $6.00 Wool Sweaters. All colors with caps to match $6.00 Golf Hose, big assortment— $1.00 to $8.50 The Spur Roy ale Tie, “It Sleeps off Wrinkles’^ $1.50 n :: n PINEHURST DEPARTOT STORE PINEHURST Bakers’ Food Store then the other. When you go f^w men and women in each down you go up, for existence is community to hold preliminary a law of averages and it is as meetings and canvas the neigh- far from west to east as it is borhoods and get some definite E^verytHing Good to Eiat Sou^Hern Pines from east to west. So if each ^^ear is not bigger than the year before that is not surprising. Probably no time in the history of the Sandhills appeared more satisfying than ten years ago or twenty years ago, or thirty years ago, for while far below the present in the size of the vard stick used as a measure, those days were ahead of the The announcement by the days preceding, and as all things! American College of Surgeons of knowledge of the needs of their localities and then plans could be made to fit. Right now is the time to get things in motion. And the success of the work will depend on the support given by the people in each community. AN EXCELLENT HOSPITAL are relative the comparisons of long ago were as satisfactory as the comparisons of two or three ^^e?rs ago. The truth is that the Sandhills have made a wonder ful advance, that even with the nresent depression they are in excellent position, that the ^ fu ture is going up hill some more, and that if we do not go much farther this year than last year we are still moving onward, and proceeding cautiously for a time we will find that we are shap ing up for the future, and build- ng here that desirable winter community that will always be attractive to visitors and to per- menent residents. ^ No doubt a man is a fool who is optimistic enough to think hat he will find a pot of gold at the standard awarded the Moore County Hospital at Pinehurst is ^ bit of information that should impress the people of this part ^f the state with the fact that this institution is of a high type. The rating is that of an insti tution fully approved in person nel, management and equipment to meet the high standard re quired by the College of Sur- ’•eons for the care of the sick. About a score of other hospitals are in this class in North Caro- Un3. those in the hun^dred miles reach of Aberdeen being at Fay- ^ttevJI, High Point, Greensboro, Durham and Winston-Salm. It is seen that the Moore’ County Hospital is in rigidly classified society, all the other hospitals Tivcn the approved rating being Your Pennies will feel wise at Baker’s, Your Home Store. Compare Our Prices. Free Delivery Every Day 9:30 in the Morning 3:30 in the Afternoon Free Saturday—1 lb. 25c Candy with each $2.50 Purchase of Groceries. Butter Fat Backs 1931 Spring Brookfield Special, lb.—8c Lamb Legs Lb.—37c and 39c Lard,lb. 7 l-2c lb.—25c Pure Coffee, our spec- isl. Lb 12 l-2c Maxwell House, lb. 33c Flour, Good Self-Rising. 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