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Two TOE Southerg Pines and Abwdeen, North CaroHn* Friday, January 19, i9S4f THE PILOT the product of more than an or dinary life time, and we cannot reforest overnight. Lumbering as a big industry as it has been is a thing of the past, and all our sophistry cannot call it back. But we can grow pine forests that will serve the needs of the community without providing the vast quantities of magnifi Published every Friday by i THE PILOT, Incorporated. ! Aberdeen and Southern Pines, N. C. | NELSON C. HYDE, ManaKing Editor! BION H. BUTLER, Editor | JAMES BOYD STRUTHERS BURTi Contributing Editors | Subscription Rates: | One Year f2.00! Six Months $L00 i Three Months 501 ~ ! ! Z ' which will be used along with Address all communications to The^ jjujifjjng material to make Piu)T, Inc., Southern Pines, N. C. ^ better buildings, for wood is not Entered at the Po.toffice at South-! a desirable material for any but ern Pines, N. C., as second-class mail | temporary construction. The for- I est of the days ahead is to be a i pine forest for other uses than the saw mill, and it can be of NEW HIGH RECORD IN KILLING Last week a group of men met in Charlotte to try to stop the increasing killing on the high ways. Moore county was repre sented by Richard Tufts, and the whole group was of that same high type of men. An in vestigation of figures ,from the state highway authorities shows The Week in Vass cent lumber that we have de- that last year we managed to vastated. We can raise paper'kill 850 people in automobile wood, and small bill stuff lum-j “accidents” in North Carolina, ber, and things of that sort 1 while between 25,000 and 30,000 others were injured. This list has passed beyond excuse or horror, or destructiveness. It has be come grotesque in the absurd fact that we tolerate it for a ^ g Graham, chairman of the civics de- minute. We talk about war, but partment, had charge of the program and readings in keeping with the new Baby Mary Emma Laub«cher went to Sunday School last Sunday for the first time, and while she was too tiny to know what it was all about, she was good as good could be through out the lesson period. But it is no wonder, for in the class room with her were here mother, Mrs. A. R. Laubscher; her grandmclhher, Mrs. Emma Laubscher, and her great grandmother, Mrs. Paul Gschwind. The Woman’s Club held its regu lar monthly meeting on Friday even ing at Hotel Charmella with Mrs. W. C. Leslie, Mrs. W. B. Graham and Mrs. H. A. Borst as hostess. Mrs. W. year were given by Mrs. C. L. Tyson, Mrs. Emma Laub.scher and Mrs. S. R. Smith. The club decided to hold THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES The announcement of tw if the other 47 states of the Un ion can average* the same ; fully as substantial use as far ] slaughter that North Carolina : as trees can be grown, for a has stacked up in the year the _ _ _ ' tree has more uses than simply i deaths on the highways will runSaturday of next to be sawed into boards. We are close to 50,000, and the injur- I going to learn that pine forests i ies to a million and a half. In' „ j , , • j are as valuable as a place to live: other words we have killed al-1 a, they are to devastate for the'most as many people as the whole i were invited in for re- I cheaper lumber purposes, and population of Nevada, and injur-1 j ;o ad-, with the volume of building ma-[?d as many as the whole Popuja-' visory committees to help thejlerial we have in the county j tion of South Carolina. To wipe, ‘ relief boards and the labor board building can be better done with ' out two states in one year is an t arker, son ot Air, a of the county in its new experi- other thingavthan to waste our achievement that even war can i ceieoiatea m mental work should command, pine trees fn that munntr. So, hardly boast. The tiuth is that ' • without any hesitation or de- the big sawmill having become the automobile makes war look' “ the support of the whole peo-. extinct we can raise pine trees like a child s toy pie. Here is a list of fourteen of in this part of the world and And the funny thing about the capable men of the county, have them for something more; the whole business is that this and it is inconceivable that useful than to make boards, they would do anything but ~ ~ ' work for the common good, or ASTRONOMERS that the organization which they , ENGINEERS undertake to advise should be Twenty-two million Ameri- i state and this nation are stupid enough to pay no attention to the inconceivable slaughter and de struction. To make matters worse, if and Mrs. his third on last Thursday by enter- nuniber of his small friends lit a party. There was a pretty birth day cake with three candles, and re freshments suitable for little tots, aii(J each guest was given a doll. Those enjoying Jo.seph's party were John Franklin Evans, -Alice Evans, Marian and Ruth Bailey, Leatrice and Eleanor Simpson, Edgar and Bobby Klingcnschmidt and Bobby Evans Woman’s Exchange Members Hold Meet Schedule of SaleBwomeii lor the" Season is Completed—Mrs. H. H. Beckwith Hostess A large and enthusiastic meetirig j of the members of the Woman’s Ex- Miss Mary Beasley at the Beasley Apartine^nt.s. In the afternoon the party enjoyed a trip to Pinehurst. Mrs. Paul Gschwind and Mrs. W. J. Cameron spent Wednesday after noon with Mrs. Mattie Davi.'? of route! 1. »» , „ 1 II J! change was held Friday at the home Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hutton and - n „ i, , . . baby, Barbara Ann, of Greensboro and ' ere weie Alex MtGIll ot Maxton spent Sun.l.y t*”"' "'‘"’J' ""f"' with Mr. „„J Mr.. Arch McGill /( the M.-., Beckw^k, . , served tea, the business meetincr be- route 2. . , ^. coming a delightful social affair, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Wilson went to ^ The schedule of saleswomen wa& Columbia, S. C. the first of the week completed, and is given below, there to spend a few days, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Griffin and t-hildren of Hamlet were in town Sun day and in the afternoon they ami Mr. and Mrs. G. \V. Griffin went to San ford to call on Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Griffin. by enabling everyone to make pur chases from her favorite saleswoman; Monday morning, Mesdames Rein- ecke, 'Ward, *Vail, Gamache; after noon, *Hyatt, Phillips, Stockton. Tuesday morning, ♦Powdrell, Lloyd, Eckert; afternoon, ♦Ross, Hotchkiss, W. H. Keith spent Thursday and, Vgii^ Trousdale Friday of last week in Durham attend- ^ Wednesday morning, Tyrrell, *Sledge, MacLeod; afternoon, Child, Miss Lena Mae Palmer of Sanford *Ewin, Barr, was a visitor here Sunday. i Thursday morning, *Mudgett, Busk,. Misses Sallie and Bessie Cameron, Bronson, Warren, Davidson; after- were Sanford visitors Saturday. noon, Stevens, Towne, Hyde, Mc- Mis. Mary McLeod has returned; ]vii]]an. to her home in Raeford after spend- Friday morning, Beckwith, * Ding ing some time with her sister, Mrs. Emerv, Windle; Afternoon, *Cai^ Annie Chappell. ter, Taft, Sherrerd, Safford. Miss Eloi.‘«e Brooks of Lemon Satifrday morning, Keating Pray, Springs spent the week-end with her -«Wheeler, Hogsett; afternoon, mother, Mrs. G. W. Brooks. *Crocker, Chapman, Hawes, Mc- Mi. and Mrs. A. M. Cameron and Knight. Note: Stars (*) indicate per- tamily visited relativ'es in Buie’s sons in charge. Creek Sunday. BwKBbR(K It Pays to Advertise in The Pilot. allowed to do anything contrary! cjjji citizens—one out of every worse can be possible, we have j | p (,f to their judgment and counsel. io_are drawing cash out of the set a new record in the past j have recently welcomed a |i If these committees are not to Federal Treasury and are direct- year. We have killed more than be entruste<i with the big task ly dependent upon President ever, and worse yet, have done the county is facing we are m ^ Roosevelt and New Deal agen- the increased killing and injurycomplete hard luck. -cies for all or part of their live- with a much smaller number of baseball team. But that is a proposition that'lihood. cars. In 1029 when 520,000 cars! ^ McXeill, well known resident will not invite debate. Here is So declares the Washington ' were licensed by North Carolina' community, fell at the door of a group of the most capable men correspondent of the Chicago we killed 690. In 1933 with Satuniay morning and sus- in the county, backed also by the Tribune after a survey of Gov- slightly over 400,000 t-ars we school board and the county com- eminent reports. raised the killing record to 850. i broken some ribs, missioners, taking on their The grand total, he says, will We have raised our kill- shoulders the responsibility for, jump to almost 24,000,000^ when [ mg record more than 26 percent. ^ sprain. Mrs. what is to be done to bring a bet- the Government starts sending ■ With two to three thousand j McNeill fractured a hip in a fall sev- ter financial state in the county. | checks to farmers in the Middle people killed and injured every'eral months ago and has suffered in- They are decisive in their state-; West who are participating in month by automobiles it would ^ tensely the y:>oater part of the time ment that they propose to urge ^ the corn-hog production control, ,<eem that North Carolina'would' since. Mi s Hffie Bailey of the Un- an aggressive policy and work ] program. ^ take some steps to stop this ion community is with the McNeills, the job to its highest possibility ( Here are the figures which bloodshed. _ The Charlotte com-^ Miss Hlissabeth Cob spent last of good. They will stand for no the writer says were taken from mittee is trying to change condi- i week-end with her sister at Elon Col- foolishness, they ask for an out-. official Government reports: ^ tions. But it is the people of the i lege. spoken candor from all the peo ple, for the unlimited ai(5 from everybody in every w'ay that sue-' cess may crown the work that is to be done. This new experi ment must be recognized as an experiment. But with the experi ment must also be conceded the evident fact that the situation’ SWELL NEWS FOR BARGAIN HDNTERS I Early in the week we announced a clear- | ance sale on I Nen’s Wool Knickers § Uegular Divisions Executive departments and agencies Military units luc'icial staff I.enislative employees ' state who will have to do what Miss Lois Buchan, Mrs. A. D. Mc- is to be done. The automobile Lauchlin and Mary McLauchlin visited .‘>88 03.T is the advance agent for the cof- relatives in Broadway during the 214,117 3,301 8,435 They have been reduced to as low as $1.00. We have just a few left. Next Tuesday, we commence a sale on all Manhattan Shirts Come early if you want to get your size. Pinehurst Dept. Store Pinehurst, N. C. I- fin trade, and will be if we so week-end. elect. PINEBLUFF Total 813.888 now becomes a trial test on the i ’ Kxcitement was created in Pine- Relief and Special Agencies bluff on Wednesday of last week ^art of men "ho aie competent 4,1.39,000 when Carmine, the eight year old to WOlk it out if it IS WOlkable, vvorks 1,000,000 daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. E. G. and of men who aie going to the army 297,000 ■■'dams, ran into the side of a car mat With every phase ot the mat- passing on the highway. The car was Hifih School, on account of their high ter. No politics, no funny busi- .=i,43(),000 owned and driven by C. B. Sanderson i Kiades during the fall term, were ex- ness, no favoritism, no bunco on Recipients of Cash Benefits of Shirley, Mass. Mr. Sanderson was ! empt from examination on all sub- Mr. and Mrs. f'loyd Keith and son of Raeford called on Mrs. Jane Keith Sunday afternoon. Mrs. 'W. D. Matthews and children and Henry Borst, Jr., visited Dr. M. L. Matthews of Sanford and the I Bainhardt family of Jonesboro Sun day afternoon. F’our students of Vass-Lakeview the part of those who ask relief or employment, no anything but *Farmers serious and honest effort to bet- Veterans apparently driving at a moderate rate J^^'ts when examinations were held 1,700,000 of speed, otherwise, Carmine would 1 week. These outstanding pupils 1.061,700 undoubtedly have been killed when | ^:va Callahan and Emily Laub- 13,000,000 she hite the car. Mr, Sander.son rush-, scher of the senior class, Robert — ed her to the Moore County Hospital , Rosser of the tenth grade and Sara ter the situation. But the sue- Direct relief cases cess of this experiment depends as always largely on the backing Total it gets from the people. Bring your troubles to the committees. Grand total be free to discuss anything with *.Soon to be rai.sed t them in an honest w’ay, and you bringing grand total to can count on them to help. Open criticism and advice and inquiry The Tribune correspondent' iSouthern Pines tale.nt will gi-He 15,7()1,700 Where she stayed until Monday. She ^^'^^ Matthews of the eighth grade. I is recovering nicely from her acci- Many others were exempt on one or 22,011,588 dent. subjects. An average of as high 3,400,000, Miss Florence Fowle is entertaining term is required for 23,700,000. the young people of Pinebluff next f’femption. j Saturday night at the Firemen’s Hall. Mrs. Alex Smith, Mrs. L. B. Fry and Rebecca and Ruth Fry is solicited that they may know goes on to say that every group puppet show after which there will be '’^'ted relatives in Bynum Sunday what is going on and what peo- in this list cashes a checi< drawn'dancing. Ray Goodwin, pie think, but along with that, on the Government directly, ex- ! Misses Margaret Rice and Helen Madge Nichols, Miss Mamie stend by to help make things cept the relief group and a part Fiddner were hostesses to about 35 and Miss Katrina Beasley, all right if any are wrong. Better of the public works employes. | young people of Pinebluff and Aber- Apex, were Sunday dinner guests of ideas are al;»;ay.s invited. Help The relief cases get their aid' Ln Jl Th„r.*,y nighl »t .he Firo. to make tne thing win. and their Federal money through men’s Hall. BEN SHIELDS OF CARTHAGE 1/fXTr’ A ” State relief agencies and a small! Robert Carrington of Raleigh spent: DIES FOLLOWING STROKE iTTiUDiro group of the public works em- thfl week-end with Mrs. Carrington at : LL IrloCiK COUNiKY ployes working on projects un- the home of her parents Mr. and i Ben Shields, a resident of Carthage, That this is ever again to be pi'i^’nte contractors get thoir Mrs. Ray McCaskill. died following a stroke of paralysis a lumber country is impossible., ’^oney from the contractors. | Miss Gladys Strickland of Durh am at the former home of his brother. We started tw’o centuries.ago order to rush out these and Miss Elizabeth Rad.-,drll of Bre- the late Doug Shields, on Thui-sday in the American colonies to (Jg. . ^‘h^cks, sajs the Tribune writer, vard were guests of Miss Margaret >norning, January 11th. Funeral ser- stroy the finest forests that civ- j Treasurei S office has had j Gibson Friday and Saturday. They vices were held at the Carthage Pres- ilizer modern nations have ever , renv, a whole floor in a pri- '\yere old guests at Miss Gibson’s byterian Church on Friday at 2:30 encountered, and we have pret- owned Washington build-■ home at Laurel Hill Sunday. o’clock with the Rev. W. s. Golden Cy completely accomplished the 1hire hundreds of extra j The Ladies’ Aid of the Methodist officiating. Burial followed at the job. This country no longer hasj*" ^ The Bureau ^of ^ Printing ChurA will hold a baked food sale ; Presbyterian cemetery. Mr. Shields had long been a faith ful member of the Carthage Pres- great forests, and it is not in ! Engraving has had to work i Friday afternoon at .1. L. DeY condition that it can ever again I overtime printing check forms | store. produce great forests. We can never again hope to have the prodigal abundance of lumber that we have wasted, for it does not grow anything like as fast as we have been destroying it. If we could not make a great sup ply like we inherited satisfy our needs and provide for the future it is easy to see ^ the impossi bility of providing those needs with the remain.^ of the wreck age of forests that we now have. Pine trees grow rapidly in the Sandhills, but not the valuable long leaf pine that has been van ished. The faa(t-growing tSrees are not the type that make the good old lumber we find in the old buildings. A big pine tree is BIRD CLUB INAUGURATES ITS SEASON AUSPICIOUSI,Y j Sinclair of Carthage and Mrs. Mc- ^ El wain of Monroe; one brother, Dan ? Shields of Gastonia. If all Tuesday mornings will pro vide as delightful sunshine and as pleasant occupation as the members of the Bird Club enjoyed on their first outing last Tuesday, the dozen who gatiiered at the New England House will soon be augumented. Native lov ers, whether transient or winter res idents, are cordially welcomed to this long established and enthusiastic lit tle club. The hunt in the^Bird Sanc tuary begins shortly after nine o’clock. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE and tile AAA (Agricultural i Miss I..ouise Oats of Fayetteville byterian Church. He will be greatly Adjustment Administration) has | was a guest at the home of Warren missed by a host of friends, had to install machines to sign! a. Smith Sunday. i Sur viving are two sisters, Mrs. John checks. The writer adds: By pouring much of the $lG,ii00,- 000,000 which he promises to spend in the current and coming fiscal years into the hands of these and perhaps more people President Roosevelt hopes to inflate mass purchasing power at the expense of the Treas ury. When one considers that the Administration proposes to spend more than 160 thousand millions of dollars one begins to wonder whether the President and his advisers are astronomers or financiers. Service Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock in the church on East New Hamp.shire aveni*>. The subject of the lesson-sermon for next Sunday, January 21, will be “Life.” The read ing poem in the church ing room in the church is opien every Wednesday afternoon from 3 until 5 o’clock. A cordial invitation is ex tended to all to attend the service and to use the readini; room. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE ^anfe of at Pinehur.st, North Carolina, to the Commissioner of Banks. At the Clo.se of Business on the 30th dav of December RESOURCES Cash, Checks for Clearing and Transit Items $ 38,666.42 Due from Approved Depository Banks 119,639.61 N. C. State Bonds in Escrow (For Exemption of Common Stock from Assessment) 25,000.00 United States Bonds, Notes, Etc 50.00 North Carolina State Bonds, Notes, Etc 4,830.14 North Carolina Political Subdivisions Bonds and Notes 14,013.97 Other Stocks and Bonds 180.00 Loans and Discounts—Other 344,679.39 Banking House rind Site 50,000.00 Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment 7,‘500.00 Other Real Estate , 11,266,25 Stock Assessment 34,255.75 Total Resources $650,081.53 LIABILITIES and CAPITAL Demand Deposits—Due Public Officials ... 23,788.58 Demand Deposits—Due Others 231,062.77 Cashiers Checks, Certified Checks and Divi dend Checks 1,987.93 Accrued Expenses, Taxes and Interest 156.33 Time Certificates of Deposit—Due Others 2,500.00 Savings Deposits—Due Public Officials .... 11,248.78 Savings Deposits—Due Others 68,715.29 Bills Payable 54,745.27 Total Liabilities $394,204.95 Capital Stock—Common 50,000.00 Capital Stock—Preferred 6% Cumulative .... 66,000.00 Surplu.s—Appropriated for Exemption of Common Stocli from Assessment 25,000.00 Surplus—Unappropriated 23,444.25 Undivided Promts 6,617.58 Reserve for Losses 50,559.00 Reserve for Stock Assessment .34,255.75 Total Capital 650,081.53 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF MOORE. B. U. Richardson, Cashier, F. W. Von Canon, Di rector. and Paul Dana, Director of the Bank of Pine hurst, each personally appeared before me this day, and being duly sworn, each for himself, says that the fcJregoing report is true to the best of his knowledge and belief. Sworn to and subscribed before me\B. U. RICHARDSON, thi. the 13lh d.y of J.nu.ry, ,934. ^ GEO. P. HAWES, JR., V*-. vy. Notary Public. My commission expires Sept. 29th, 1934.; Director. PAUL DANA, Director.
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