Page Two THE PILOT, Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North Carolina Friday, June 10, 1932 Tor P I I OX impress on' To its stockholders it is paying ^gether to demonstrate the sound- sity teaches us many methods i ^ i 1 1-j vr 1 I many minds a popularity of the 1 nothing now. Its stock last week ness of the proposition of the of inviting success. It is The Pi-1 ; primary. We have now to go j sold for less than seven dollars'North Carolina Sandhills as a lot's guess that out of the win-' through the affair again. Then!a share. Yet it is courageous! winter playground for the ter we have come through clear j we have the fall election. As a enough to stand out in front in American people. headed men see that the days j Published every Friday by THE PILOT, Incorporated. Aberdeen and Southern Pines, N. C. mass we vote for a long list of NELSON c. HYDE. Managing Editor people, many of them wholly un- BION H. BUTLER. Editor known to US. Many of the women JAMES BOYD STRUTHERS BURT who asked last week as to the RALPH PAGE fitness of candidates received Contributing Editors the answer that a considerable proportion of the names on the Subscription Rates: ^ ticket as far as any knowledge One Year them was concerned might as Six Months _....$1.00 wpU have been Moses and Adam. Three Months 50 largo proportion of the votes “77^ Tko cast last Saturday were cast as Address all communications to Ihe , u i t • i blmdly as if they had been pick ed from a hat in the dark. It is probably safe to say that Pilot, Inc., Aberdeen, N. C. Entered at the Postoffice at Aber deen, N. C., as second-class mail mat-, not two per cent of the voters ter. I in the state campaign were suf- ^ I ficiently informed to say wheth- THE RESUIiT OF j three candidates on the state THE ELECTION , ticket justified the vote they got all this financial turmoil and un-i The winter has been a whole- ahead are to be more promising dertake to rebuild its lines on some experience, for it w^as a and profitable, more of a gener- electrical basis, to continue em- j citical acid test of the situation, al and common working effort ploying its army of hands that and out of the analysis have and w'ith much greater commun- they may care for themselves, to i come many economic changes ity advancement and with some pay the interest on its bonded that practically guarantee the ideals that have not yet been at- debt, a fund widely held by wi dows and orphans than any other in the country, and to run its trains at a loss and employ future, and on a much sounder tained. And one reason is be- basis than the past has been at cause we have blown away much any time. It is doubtful if for of the froth and are planning a iong while we Will come back the future on work, economies, its amy of trainmen and serve to ride on the wild crest of the and with our feet on the ground the country with its high effi-|days that have gone, but it is instead of so high in the air. ciency in the most necessary re-1 quite certain that with the read- That which has already been quirement of transportation. jjustments that have been found No other project for relieving possible by the winter’s exper- the financial situation is half so intelligent and logical as one She Ark i!»outhrrn pinra, N. C. VIrs. Millicent A. Hayes, Principal A COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS Kindergarten through the 8th year A^USIC—ART—LANGUAGES RIDING—TENNIS—SWIMMING Limited Accommodations for Boarders that by loaning a little fund to builded is as i-eady for tomorrow as it was for yesterday and the future in all ours if we go on ience a greater prosperity on a solid basis is ahead of the Sand- hills than the prophets under the with intelligent and energetic ap- a reliable corporation as in this I old visions could foresee. Neces- plication, case enables it to carry out its! ‘ The backtvrs of Mr. Flinchum' as in opposition to the others on plans for big construction work, | may feel that it is tough to get, the ticket. A large proportion of land work that will be productive; so near the goal and then see the I the voters could not today say indefinitely. It beats public prize captured by so small a who the candidates are that they margin. But they can congratu-1 voted for, with the few' excep- late themselves on their cam- tions of the leaders on the tick- paign in which they made so ag- et. Representative elections, by gressive a struggle with so cap-. delegates in conventions, might able a man against them. Mr. have improved on that. Or may Currie was the candidate of the voters who felt the wisdom of taking no chances of swapping horses in the middle of the creek. He has been the chairman of the county board of commission be not. It is still the same old story, east or west, up or down. Popular government is not a great success in some respects. That it is probably better than any other form know'n to man GRAINS OF' SAND Night air mail service is now in building projects all to a frazzle, i for a public building simply | swallows up in money without | op<-">ation over the Richmond-Jack- returning it or returning inter-| sonvllle link of the Eastern Air Trans- est on it, or continuing employ- | ^ plane leaves Newark, N. J. ment after it is finished. A pro- P- Raleigh at 8:40 p. ers through a strenuous period ■ •‘^till leaves it open for improve- which has not yet reached dry,^^iit, but the difficulty is to land, and to bring in an inex- know how^ to irnprove it, for a perienced man at this juncture i stream i annot rise higher than seemed a risk, which, while it its source. No doubt our form of might have been wise, still pre- j selection of public officials is as sented that matter of a man|^ood as our colti leecv unknown as a leader in this job,: ^ood as our collective ability to and Mr. Cuvrie was retained. It | do anything. May be there is the w’as the prudent act. i Pl^ice to commence to improve Gordon Cameron and Patter-'any of our weaknesses. It is a son put on an interesting en- i big story, dating from the first ject like this railroad loan stim ulates employment, pays back the money borrowed, pays inter est on the money, and further extends an industry that will continue indefinitely to employ men and serve the industries of the nation and carry on our com merce and transportation with still greater efficiency. It is time to brush away some ni., Miami at 5:50 a. m. Northbound, plane leaves Miami at 7:30 p. m., ar rives Raleigh at 4:45 a. m., Newark at 10:05 a. ni. Sandhills mail deliv ery is not much benefitted by the ser- for Morrison 308,151 and for vice. presidential electors 305,447. any of the best political forecasters dreamed of a primary vote of 380,- 000 or more. The Gaidner poll in 1928 was 362,- 009. The next highest of record prior to last Saturday was the vote for Bailey in 1930, which was 324,393, in his contest with Pritchard. In 1920, the vote for Overman was 310,504; Cox LIVE At home' BUtTERClPV ICE CREAM and BUTTER “It'S FAMOUS bceausM IT'S-GOOD - 0 SPECIAL THIS WEEK French Vanilla-Gold In Pints Vanilla-Gold in Bulk Church membership increased 433,656 The first issue of “The Carolinas,” in 1931, according to ?tatistics pre- a magazine “to promote the hesources pared by the Christian Herald, which of the Carolina®," came to hand this sees evidence that people are turn-! week, an interesting publication with of the cobwebs of ignorance and ' ing to religion during this present halftones and stories of various histor ical, agricultural and mercantile points of interest in the two states. It contains articles by Governors antagonism and to look with a' crisis, little intelligence into the facts. This country is in no danger if we use our brains a little, but it is in serious danger if we allow’ the demogog and the political Gardner and Blackwood, by David Coker, Dr. Jeter, Dr. Luther Little, Dr. Frank Graham and many others. In running through it hurriedly we find but one objection to this initial There were 72,059 ra lios owned by families in North Carolina April 1, 1930, the census bureau reports. Out of the 180,440 urban families, counter. It would not have made' Pages of Genesis and men have; pie-counter grafters to prejudice 41,326, or 22.9 per cent, reported a any particular difference in: been busy on it from that day to the people to such an extent that radio. Of the 298,922 ruial-farm fam- their case if the contest had been this. It may be some time before 'they will tolerate the raiding of ilies, 9,217 had radios, 3.1 per cent of issue: There is no mention of the the other way, for both are cap- the question is satisfactorily set- the treasury for every plausible the total. Of the 164,667 rural non-! Sandhills, able men, and both untried in , tied. scheme that will be temporary i farm families, 21,516, or 13.1 per cent,' the office to whic’h they aspired. in its slight benefit to the reci-: had sets. IVIr. Cameron has gained the ex-1 THE PLIGHT OF pient, that will have no lasting perience in county government i THE RAILROADS o effect on the common good, and that comes from several years . on the road commission. In the | tions are out of the w'ay and we'that is handed out. Money mere The primary’s over, but we probably won’t get rid of all the political pa- Har- laver until after the national conven- , .-^s in past elections, Will J Now that the primary elec- ^ that will not return the money' rington received more votes than any tions and the second primary on July other candidate in the Democratic 2d. case of Matheson it w*as much i will not be so busy castigating ly put in circulation is one thing, primary last Saturday, winning ove^- like that of Currie. Matheson | the multitude of rascals that W’e but that is money taken from his nearest rival by more than 2,000, “John Hemmer, the picture man, has had long experience on the; set up for slaughter in election the taxpayer to give away, votes. “Efficient and courteous service got a good eye, but sorry smelling board and while McCrimmon is ’ periods it is in order for the Money loaned to industry to put in the office of the Register of Deeds” power,” said Dunkle McDunk. “Got a big'hly regarded the old warrior •'^^^crican people to give some men to work and save their self- was ad%’anced by one citizen as the lot of jugs down at the pot shop to appeared to be favored. Rey- little attention to an honest and'respect, to carry on indefinitely reason for the big vote for Mr. liar- make lamps and fancy tiicks for rich nolds is a new man, but one of, Jnteliigent discus.sion of the'into the future, to be paid back, rington. ' folks to buy, and he showed me some experience in county matters, grave problems that confront with interest, and to establish of ’em. One funny jug with its mouth and with Frank Cameron coni-jthe country. One of these is the industry that will be a perma-' Xot the least of the surprises de- ,on one side had a kind of familiar ing in w'ith^ no opposition it is a iftihoads. The loan of some $27,-!nent source of employment and veloped from the primary was the smell to it and I says to him pity he right promising board. 000,000 by the government to production is another. And that size of the Democratic vote, surpass- emptied that ’fore he handed it out Another thing that is to be the Pennsylvania company to is what the loan to the Pennsyl- ing by not far from 20.000 the num- to me. He says been nothing in that kept in mind regarding this new enable it to go on with its job|Vania railroad is. ber of December ballots cast for jug hut water, and I says to him, board i.s that the recent exper- equippi^ng its lines from Bos-i It is things like these that the Gardner in the election of 1928, which golamighty, show me the spring ience of the board and the cam- ton to ashington electrically people need to think about more, i registered high water mark for all where you got the water that was in paign which they ha\e just come that it may be a more economi-i This is a crisis in which it is time until last Saturday, says the it. And John says lemme see that jug, through has put them on their and efficient traffic carrier more profitable to use our think toes, and it is an easy guess that has been made the subject of ers more than we use oui they are going to saw wood to •mich half-baked criticism. It mouths, the best of their ability during has been argued that in.stead of, — the next term. This is positive, giving money to the railroads, THE SALE AT and for several reasons. The last the amount .should be handed KNOLLWOOI) legislature made their work as o>;'t to the “little man,” to help With the lowering of the fi Low Round Trip Excursion Fares June 16th ABERDEEN TO Washington $ 8.50 *Baltimore $ 9.50 xBaltimore $10.50 Richmond $ 6.25 Portsmouth $ .6.25 *Via Norfolk and Boat. xVia all rail. Tickets Limited June 21st For Information See Ticket Agent H. E. Pleasants, D. P. A., Raleigh, N. C. Phone 2700 505 Odd Fellows Bldg. MK LINE. RMLWAY Charlotte Obsei’ver. It is doubtful if 1 aint smjlt it yet.” a county government more defi- him in his day of short rations, nancial clouds it has been appar nite than it ever was before. The j -^t^d that is the thing that i ^nt that the climax at Knoll- present board has set on foot to be better understood, wood on Monday was inevitable, improvements that as their sue- No money is given to the Penn- The original plan of Knollwooti cessors they will carry farther sylvania railroad. The sum ad- was soundly conceived and intel- forward. Tlie people 'have be- is a lonn to I)e repaidj ligently carried forw'ard to such come more exacting in regard to i with interest. It will be at once a degree that the community is good government, and with the: to employ men and the en- established on a basis that,'for !■ better laws and with the better: ^'>'6 amount will be increased b.v various reasons, can not with thei+]. business methods that have been further sums from the road’s progress and the breadrh of its established the opportunitw for <^wn treasury- and from other, foundation be a failure now or the new board is better than any l<^ans from the b,anks, and that at any time in the future previous board ever had. i money will be used to employ The next thing is for the peo- The w'hole project is one pie to stand by and give them that will increase employment, all the encouragement they de-! which employment will by the serve, and we will have a good fiistp’^ution of the money "earn- government in the two years i^d a. wages employ still other ahead of us. men, 1 he allotment by Congress Correspondence SPECIAL LOW ROUND TRIP FARES ABERDEEN TO NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. June 2, 10, 16, 24, 30, July 8, 14, 22, 28, August 5, 11, 19, 25, September 2, 8, 16. $31.80 ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, August 5, 12, 19, 26, September 2, 9, 16. $21.90 On a general principle it is fortunate that the projectors of Knollwood builded solidly as they progressed and put down a basis that is to be regarded as enduring indefinitely. All that ever was at Knollwood in the ENDORSES TICKET , uable paper, I desire to express my deepest appreciation to the people of I Editor, The Pilot: Aberdeen and Moore county for the ! Through your column I want to I splendid vote they gave me on last j thank the people of the county for the Saturday for Judge of Recorder’s ; fine vote given me in my race for Court. I am deeply grateful to my ^ the county commission, and to go on j many friends for their expression of | record as endorsing the Democratic ■ confidence, and even though I failed | cket selected in the p^’imaries, from op to bottom. —D. D. McCRIMMON. Hemp, June 8th, 1932. THANKS SUPPORTERS Editor, The Pilot: Through the medium of your val- Aberdeen, June 8, 1932. by a small margin to receive the nomination, I was richly rewarded by the overwhelniing majority which my home people so generously gave me, and I assure you and them that I can never forget this splendid expression of their confidence. VANCE ROWE. was one of the most helpful that 'way of pleasant attraction and I could be devised, for the money | natural asset is there yet and I goes to work at once, and it is; will be, for nothing is shoddy or went, north and south, up and down, in and out, positive and negative, individualism and mass action, democracy and fedaral- ism, representative government or popular government, and neither positive or negative proves to be better thar the Mr. and Mrs. N. E small son, Junior, spent Sunday in Lumber Bridge, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilson and fam ily spent Sunday with relatives at Cameron. THE PRIMARY ELECTION SYSTEM „ ^ Since the morning of creation, j »iot given to the roads, but loan-! temporal^. The* builders"'made when “male and female created j ed, and the taxpayer is not bur- but one error, that of not per- he them,” this world has been j dened with the load as would be ceiving the financial cyclone that operated on the basis of east and the case were a dole given out to | was in the air, an error that any little man or any big man, i some other folks around the or to some of the mistaken pro-lw’ide norld seem to have regis- jects that were presumed at the'tered aho-’* ■’ ^ Rut finan- time of their undertaking to bejcial flurries, although severe on helpful, but w’hich have proven i the individual always clear useless and expensive fizzles. |away, and in this case the crea- The railroads are the greatest | tion that has been accomph>hod of l^bor at good wages,is of a character that it remains, . . u ^ other, for there can be no east I m the nation. They are the, and is ready to begin the nextl^“' ^ Congregation Sun where there is no west and no | greatest buyers of merchandise step of progress. Jackson Springs last out where there is no in, and so; and manufactured products. The wirter we came through i on an infinitum. jThey are the foremost taxpav'- has been a gratifying revelation! Mrs. Walter Blue and chil- The primary election is de-'ers. During the last fiscal year of the fact that the Sandhills re-|‘*''®" Southern Pines called at Mr. cidedly unsatisfactory in many for which figures are complete | sorts appeal more grippingly ways. Yet the old delegate system they paid out in wages and op-1 people than many other resorts! Cameron ana family spent MANLY Miss Elizabeth Cameron was the dinner guest of Miss Henrietta An- Andrews and Sunday. Rebecca Patterson is spending the w'eek with her grandmother, Mrs. Jane Keith of Cameron Route 1. Edward Cameron is at home for his vacation from U. N. C., Chapel Hill. Mrs. Jane Keith and son, Aubrey Mrs., D. E. Jonas, with Harry Jones of Fayetteville went to Oteen to ac-' Sunday with her daughter. company D. E. Jones from the hospi tal where he has been for several months. Miss Mabel W'ilson attended a pic- was SO unsatisfactory that prac- erating expenses more than four tically throughout the United j billion dollars, and they paid into States it has given way to pop-j the funds of the life insurance ular elections. That popular elec-1 companies, to widows’ and or- tion of United States Senators i phans’ investment funds and to has improved t'he character of'other security holders of that the senate is to be doubted. May | type a vast sum that w’ent to a be the method is not a better million different people. The Mrs. R. E. Patterson. Mrs. A. W. McNeill, Mrs. John Mc Millan and Miss Lois Cameron spent a day in Fayetteville last week and called to see Mary Alice Weatherly, who is in the hospital there. Elish Neal Monroe of Southern Pines spent Sunday with John D. Chisholm. Church services at the Presbyterian church next Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Preaching by the pastor, the at other places and that here I Sunday afternoon in Vass with Mr. Rev. M. D. McNeill. Sunday school at one, but the result is hardly re garded as a better one. The ex perience in the state and county Pennsylvania road, the benefi ciary of this recent loan, pays to everybody, with one exception. during the past winter the de- | • J- Cameron’s family, dine in business was less mark-1 Keith and sons, Billy and E. ed than in most other places ini® > J*"-' callers at Mrs. Patter- similar line. Convenience to nor- j Sunday. them points W’as a decided bene-1 Alex Cameron is visiting rel- fit, the great establishment of atives in Carthage, winter play grounds, the golf. the hunts, the race track, the polo fields, and the accompany ing minor factors all worked to- This is Baseball weather. You can get the best at the Sandhills Book Shop—Adv, 2 o’clock, C. E. at 7:30. Topic, “How to Spend Our Leisure Time'.” Lead er, J. B. Cameron. Hayes has a full line of Tennis goods at reasonable prices—Adv. The Sandhills Book Shop is offer ing an RCA Radio Combination for less than half price—Adv. Tickets Limited 18 days Rates to many other New Jersey Resorts Stop-overs Allow’ed For Information See A. K. PENNINGTON Ticket Agent H. E. Plea.sants, D. P. A. Raleigh, N. C. Phone 2700 Seaboaid