Page Two The pilot, southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, May 25th, 1934. THE PILOT Published every Friday by TITE FILOT, ln< ori»oninp>d, Aberdeen luid Southern I'intw, N. C. i have them available to look af-S'oad;!. Now the horse is in the |ttr our interests in county and 'hands of his fi’iends who have state. made thorouK^h study of the san- THK DEATH OF Jl'DGE ADAMS cly pine woods as a place for his uses. This it; a paradise for the' Grains of Sand The News from Carthage NIXSON C. HYDE, ManitKinR Editor BION H. BI:TIJQK, Editor JAMEN BOYD STKl’THEKS Bl KT Contributinf; Editors Siibcicription Kaiet*: One Year ^2.00 Six Months 11.00 Three Months 50 Address all communications to The Pilot, Inc., Southern Pines, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Graves of “How many readers can remember Florence, S. C., spent Simday in Car- hor. '^®ne t e ess junction' sign wa a distinct shock to t e co - gardening and road Nick Wilson was Eintered at the Postoffice at South ern Pines, N. C., as second-class mail matter. THE COMING PRIMARY The Pilot is not a Republican newspaper nor is it a Democrat ic newspaper. It is interested in party politics only insofar as party politics relate to good gov ernment. It has carried little po litical news during the present pre-Primary campaign because there has been little news-plenty of the usual gossip and political palaver but little news. It has carried in its news columns the lists of candidates for the var ious offices, in its advertising columns the announcements of those offering them.selves in the Primary election of June 2d. The Pilot is interested in good government and able represen tation of the citizens of its ter ritory in Carthaj^'^. Raleigh aud Washington. And it ’*elieves the voters in making their decisions at the polls on Saturday of next week should be guided by the same elements of thought as they would call upon were they employing men for positions of responsibility in business or profession. Men who have serv ed and served well should be re warded ; men w'ho have been tried and found wanting should be discarded; men offering for their first governmental exper ience should be weighed oti the scales of their success in the management of past ent’eavors. In its estimate of the various candidates in the Democratic Primary—and as the constituen cy of this newspaper is domi nantly Democratic at the mo ment we will .speak here only of that party—The Pilot bespeaks the serious consideration of four men for four important posts. It regards U. L. Spence as best measuring up to the require ments for the State Senate. He served ably in the House, rising to the leadership of one of its most important committees, and would enter the Senate not as a neophyte but as an experienced legislator knowing the ropes and ready without initiation to fully represent his district. The Pilot believes Wilbur Cur rie has successfully guided Moore county through a trying period as chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. The county is in good financial con dition. It is not one of the ma jority of counties in North Car olina in default in obligations; it is among the few counties with a tax rate under $1.00. When a man of successful busi ness AND governmental exper ience is available to the elector ate to head its county govern ment there should be no ques tion of how to mark the ballot. In our more immediate district a thought should be given the representation on the county board of the larger centers of population — Aberdeen, Pine- hurst and Southern Pines. For tunately Southern Pines will in all probability enjoy the contin ued representation of Frank Cameron, of Cameron, who has done a good job on the board for the past two terms and is unop posed in his party Primary. Aberdeen and Pinehurst are in a district at present represented by another Cameron, Gordon, of Pinehurst. He has devoted much time to governmental duties dur ing his present term of office, has capably served his constit uency and his county and merits a return to the post he seeks. Law and order, it seems to The Pilot, 'has been well main tained in the county during the tenure of office of Sheriff Char les J. McDonald. He should be retained in office. Let us continue to benefit from the experience of men who have successfully proven their worth—and be thankful that we munity. Judge Adams been a familiar character about Carthage for so long that he be longed as a part of the fixt^d set'ang of life, a factor in the order of things to which most of the folks had grown up. His played golf (.so he called iti.r Fitz- visiting her daughter, Mrs We have by no means taken john was the local golf pro; the fracas Currie. hen the 'Pinehurst Mrs. Charles Nicoll, Mrs. Dan Car as put up; when ^ {pj, little Miss Margaret Neal . irtiiiu-<».ape gardening and road Nick Wilson was president of the ; barter spent a few days in Belmont " and lawn planting. The magnifi-j Country Club? To those who can I Jast week. cence we can create by an inten- ^ tip my hat and reverently say, I and Mrs. George D. Carter and , children spent a few days in Morris, beginning to be apparent, and , njspondent. that is to be expanded without limit in the days ahead, because the contagion has now developed And he adds: •'Since so many tourists are held unexpected death is a disruption example is in an infes- of the established order. rti\Viw N^^ V I cold weather in the north why not do Along %mh being a t’ixed ele- ^ind'enough'to the Sandhills that | ^ something to try to make ment in Moore county s life the't^em stay longer? Such as tennis %\as a stnkinglj ^^ost delightful spring and win- <^ou>naments, shuffleboard tourna-^ ■“ ments, a water carnival and some 1 more band concerts by the 17th Field , Artillery from Fort Bragg.” | At the Kiwanis meeting Wednesday mihxidiul He pos^essed world. Leonard a serenity that was pleasing to -pufts, Struthers Burt, Frank e\er\body and made friends of Ernest Morell and oth- the whole human atmosphere enthusiasm will see f that. Their army of helpers iq, t. Maness of Spies told how he al- her home in Erwin after a visit with I legion now, and their "’ork ! ^^ost lost $50 in gold because he'her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. tHl. and brightened ex eix con- offering that will not be i couldn't find his tact with e\ei\bod\ he encoun- overlooked when the next ^^tate- town, Tenn., last week. Mrs. W. B. Stronach of Raleigh was the guest of Mrs. Charles Bar ringer last week. Mrs. J. E. Muse, Mrs. R. L. Burns and Miss Emma Burns are visiting relatives in Wilson. Miss Margaret McLeod is spending a few days in Burlington with Mrs. F. S. Blue. Mrs. E. H. Morton and son, Em mett are visiting relatives in Raeford. Mrs. Earl Barber has returned to tered. He was a friendly neigh bor, patient, gentle, companion ment of attractions in the Sand way around Pine- Frye. It happened when he went : Mrs. Charles Barringer spent a few there to attend a Master Farmer , days in Charlotte last week. • 1 In in Vii ' u"npintinn- uni an announced. The alluring at which prizes were to be' Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Savage of in tVio ^pnmmnniK' in lii ' I’apidly increasing in at- awarded by the Kiwanians, through ' Greenville attended the funeral of ‘‘fi,- 1- V i tractiveness and in number, will j ({jg generosity of Leonard Tufts, to'judge W. J. Adams in Carthage Tues- be cited in the balance moj-e anfi more so each year. Our the aged jurist. !contacts with the establishment The week claimed a heavy toll of When the fates led thi.s man worth the closest cultivation. 'Moore county through the pa.^sing of to the bench it looked as if the V,. John Warren Achorn of Pinebluff lowed to exert an influence, for ypo,. ,yjii Kp followed bv some' Justice William J. Adams of his was broadly a.judicial tern-^ ’r exhib^s of the inteVe.st-1 Carthage, perament, combined with the ! Misses Cornie I visited relatives I week. belle Knight, bride-elect of Sanford, and Janie McLeod Mrs. F. H. Underwood was host- in Charlotte last ess to the members of her contract club and three additional tables at I Mr. and Mrs. William Henrick of bridge on Thursday afternoon. . T\ • 111 1 Next winter it i.S likely that |t\\o of it.s best known citizens, Mrs. Ajpyipo Citv Mex sDent Thursd&v Mrs Herbert Maness entprtaineH nt finger of Destiny had been al- ^Id slave reunion of this John Wanen Achorn of Pinebum'. spent Thursday Mrs Herbert Maness entertained at 1 1 - ^ J?-., uui icmiiun ui Liiin, and Friday with Dr. and Mrs. Alec a bridge and rook party on Friday Blue. afternoon. bers to the reemployment offices over the state for summer employment for | the four months, until schools start , again, Capus M. 'Vaynick, director ' for North Carolina, states. The bad i character that can analyze the thou^ht^and^action”of the colored school teachers,* because of situations that court Pi’actice who constitute a valua-1 brings before the tribunal. Not member of the Sandhills win-' m large num-1 often is the court fortified with iJerTifrihe Ne^^ ...... ...... .... the .lurisdiction of a 3udg( rnoie example of swift broadly equipped with all those fj-om barbarism on a great attributes that enable him to world has ever bring to his command all the 1song, at phases of justice that fairness presenting some pic- f. , . ‘ . i?ast a penultimate uiuiation. Meaning calls for. And as a fellow villager „f Jreat interest Also ' number applying for work, and neighbor he was one of the probable that;^^"’ real things of existence. Ine jy^Qre stress will be laid on the NINTH OF A SERIES OF ARTICLES FROM THE BACK SEAT By DR. ERNEST M. POATE Prediction is freely made that with- (like the story of the deaf old lady, who brought a speaking-trumpet into the Scotch church; “One toot”—af- memory of Jl’dge Adams W'lll be pioneers have played in 'in a short time Governor Ehringhaus ter this one, that is—"and I'm oot,”) an influence that will persist in development of this region,'will act favorably on the position of wholesome fashion during the ^ picturesque ' Mrs. Luke Lea, Sr., Nashville, Tenn., lifetime of that generation that work in building here the founda- j for executive clemency for her step is now old enough to have an acquaintance with him. for he w'ill be a man of weig'ht in Moore county years after the grass is green above him. tions of the nation that has aris- ‘ son and npphew, Luke Lea, Jr., now I en in the wilderness. In two cen-'serving a sentence in state's Prison, turles a wilderness has been along with his father, Col. Luke Lea, transformed into the foremost for their part in violating state bank- nation of the world, and the in- ing laws in connection with activities dividual touch is still so recent thought to be responsible for fail- [that the line of contact is mod- ure of the Central Bank & Trust Co.. meaning, that I haven’t quite quit, but that I shall quit quite soon > This whole columning business has gone sour on me. Weltschmerz is what I've got. And ennui. I am be coming blase. Mine is a sensitive spirit, easily crushed by whatever it is that does crush sensitive spirits: in my case, usually a financial deficit: I'm really just a nasty Old Dealer at heart, I'm afraid. Try as I will (or would if I THE ANNUAL INVENTORY , i At the end of his fiscal year ti’" anti unbroken history. W e Asheville, in 1931. t'he prudent business man at* should have a historical feature | Hundreds of petitions for clemency oncp starts to pull things down'to pre.serve for the information ' are being received by Governor Eh-Ijjjj. but /don't even try) I can't get from the shelves and take his an- pleasure of the people the j ringhaus and Parole Commissioner 1 ,.ijj tj,e Profit Motive, nual inventory that he may find ■'"tory of w-hat has been done by Edwin Gill from high and low, rich; ^ Motive. As could if what stock he has on hand, and who trailed the path to and poor, prominent and lowly. Ten- , profits themselves, I ndf] his stock valup>-'. to his rash this region. , nesseans and North Carolinians. I . tiuu iiih xrtiucv Lu Ilia o i. ^ 1 get nd of them very, very easily and receivable accounts and bal- ^ hese merely suggest the None have been received opposing 1, ij u d * * 1, tinu icLciNduic rfi-LuuiiLa rtiiu - <=0 , . ® any there should be. But, to make my breadth of the task that is ahead considered as having been a dutiful of treatment might prove fatal, spec ialists state. Governor Ehringhaus has not expressed himself, but parole at an early date would not be a sur prise. The young man’s plight seems ance his ledger page. In the Sandhills the vear’s for next spring, and the mag- busine.ss has closed. The first nitude is sufficient reason for step now to be taken is the in- once beginning on the job. ventory that we may know what Pinehurst with its excellent or- we have done in the past twelve J=anization is always at work on months and to plan for the year things and Southern Pines that is now beginning. For want '"’ith its aggressive Chamber of of tangible figures on everything Commerce and its many active .some of the Grains of the vear individuals is much alive to the: to touch all heart strings. tLt Ce iusf closed musi be broa.ier possibilities, and from set down as intangibles, although the joint action of the two cen-1 x.vmed b.ank examiner they are of as great value as any ters a virile preparation of a! for st.ate of new York of the cash earnings, for it is the ' broad program is to be expected I intangibles that point the way. ^or the coming season. Never] Albert E. Clark, formerly of Aber. Thi.s has been a satisfactory the prospect more encourag-1 deen and Sanford, who has been con- year, although in the figures at or the field wider. j nected with the Guaranty Trust Com- the bottom of the page the to- pany. New York, for the past four tals may not be as great. But au 04. .4. r» ' years, has been appointed bank ex in the things that are not cash- r x OITI tnC StAi6 r F6SS | aminer for the Federal Deposit Insur. , ed in but W’hich have their im- . ance Corporation for the state of ' measurable values this has I ji:stice adams i New York. probably been the best year the I j Mr. Clark, who is the son of Mrs. Sandhill country has ever , Tributes paid the late Associate Bertha Clark of Sanford, was con- know'n, for we have learned i Adams whose unexpected ' nected with the Page Trust Conipany, some things and realized the * death shocks the state pivot about his I Aberdeen office, before going with value of some assets that we had i classical culture,' the Guaranty Trust Company and en- not yet measured up in the past, j that, to be sure, is where the | joys a wide circle of friends in the Beyond any doubt the Spring ; •I'ster of his learning belongs. Festival opened the eyes of the I Adams was pre-eminently a Sandhill folks to one of the great! student of law, a student assets of this section. We have discovered here in the Carolina piney woods some quaint feat ures which are practically exclu sive to this neighborhood. We who live here have taken these , self finally and pellucidly clear, I son to a dominant father. He is suffer-I , . v, .. . I don t in the least object to offering mg from a malignant disease, cancer 1 - , - * 1 t “ ® ’ food for thought, as long as I can of the lower intestines, which with lack of history, a student of literature, a student of human nature. And it re quires all of these [efficiencies in knowledge to make the kind of ;iur. ist he became. Sandhills who will be delighted to hear of his appointment. DR. POATE TO READ PAPER AT PSYCHIATRIC MEETING Dr. Ernest M. Poate will leave for New York City next Monday to at- Erudite in the law, brilliant in his tend the annual meeting of the Amer- ' things for granted, forgetful j interpretations, he was, nevertheless,' icen Pyychiatric Association at the i that people w'ho come this way ' Poetical in his purpose of applying I Waldorf-Astoria May 29th to June ' do not look with the same indif- ! technique of jurisprudence to ist. He will present a paper before ference on what seems to us com- i everyday matters in such a way as j the association on Thursday, the 31st, monplace. It has been left to the 1 >5ecome more than a mere case-1 entitled "Fantasy of the Divine Lov- ■ visiting horsemen to really dis- legalist, with his opinions taken ex-' er( as seen in Schizophrenics.” Dis- : cover the virutes of the Sand- clusively from law books on the shel- cussion will be opened by Dr. Mario hills for all manner of relations library. ! julla of Porto Rico and Dr. Michael I to the horse. Pinehurst began to | And he had all of the profound stu- j Thornton of New York City. I encourage horses with a modest I dents’ classical carriage, refined in : i track and with polo; games, I speech, chaste in his language, b.\NKS CLOSED WEDNESDAY I Southern Pines followed with i dignified in his bearing and a gentle-1 fox hunting. Back in the earlier Chesterfieldlan proportions. | The Citizens Bank and Trust Com- ' day a few' horses were kept for! Supreme Court has not often pany of Southern Pines and the hacking in the sand, but it was called to its high service a lawyer and : Bank of Pinehurst, with branches in left for the lover of horses to de- ^ citizen and a character of such' Aberdeen and Carthage, will be cloB- velop that pleasure, which fol- composition of brilliancy and human- * ed, Memorial Day and a legal hol lowed the creation of sandclay combined.—Charlotte Observer, jiday. Just the same, it’s a dirty trick to- resort to foreign languages in order to call folks names. Like saying, "Homo sapiens.” Because homo—as everybody knows—means “like.” Ex amples, homo-logous, homo-nomous, &c. Whereas, “sapiens' isn't really Latin: it is derived from the Roman, or Rommany, w'ord "Sap,” meaning a snake. Hence, by a^aiogy, a sap be- corhes a life-preserver, or any flexi ble, loaded club: a black-jack. And by extending the analogy, to sap a man means to stun him and a man thus siunn°d is called a "sap,” because his senses have been knocked out of him. Hence a "sap" is a lunk-head, a dumb person ... And "Homo sapiens” really means, "like a sap”—a fool. If you don't believe that, look it up. And then you won't believe it. Some folks are so stubborn! WTiich reminds me that I have been reading a book. Another book: not the ones I have already abused. This one is called "Angel Pave ment,” and it was written by J. B. Priestley, the English author who came to this country a while back, and told us all what poor boobs we are. Standardized, what I mean. Without individuality. Mr. Priestley writes about London. He claims to know all about London. Maybe he does: but if so I'd awfully hate to live in London ... It puzzles me, sometimes, these English author- persons who come over here and go all snooty, and then go home and write books about dirty, slovenly, squirrel-faced and adenoidal half-wits, carefully pointing out that all Eng lish people of the lower, lower-mid dle, middle, uppermiddle and what have you classes are just like that. Most Americans wash—occasional- Am I to suggest that my audience, jy^ least. Maybe we're standardiz- the Great American People, lack the , p(j that way: maybe you can’t he education to grasp even the most both picturesque and reasonably erudite of my references ? If any of; clean ... But if Mister Priestley's my references are erudite, instead of picture ol London is accurate, I won- being four-flushes. ,jer jjow he had the nerve to find I hold that it would be slander; 1 fa-,it with these United States. trade my thoughts for food. But not otherwise. Moreover, 1 have been jeered at. Carped at by carping carpers. Accus ed of pedantry, and so forth and so on. I deny it. I am not recondite: my prose is never sesquipedalian: you will look in vain throughout these transcriptions of my esoteric lucubra tions without ever discovering unnec essary polysyllables. — Well, hardly ever. I mean, I do not use long words. I mean, my preference is for crisp and stalwart and practically monosyllabic vocables. And what if I did use long words, if I do? Shall I traduce the intelli gence and the literacy of My Public? that the most snobbish and irritat ing trick which any writer can play is to “write down” to his audience: to say, in effect, "My dear, dumb pals, I know darn well you’re so thick that all my really choice cracks would be lost upon you. Wherefore, Teacher will explain it all nicely and simply, just like the primer.” These writers aren’t so much: they only think so. And they condescend, all the while thinking, ‘‘I am unique. Sui generis.” (Now this is a Latin phrase, meaning, “descendant of pigs.” —Sus, sui—old Anglo-Saxon, sooey or sookey—of course, means pig. Whereas, generis means to be bom: hence the word “generation.”) So, you see, whenever I do get technical, I always stop to explain. You must remember how often, In the past, 1 have offered such brief translations: and all of them have been quite as accurate as the one just given. If you haven’t read the book, don’t. There’s not one really likable person in it. The author pushes all his poor, half-alive, adenoidal crea tures into the sewer, and leaves them there, drowning. While his Mr. Gols pie—who is an impossible bounder (as Dershingham correctly points out)—goes sailing away to South America, rejoining in his own dirty tricks. And leaving everyone else out of a job, teetering otx the edge of starvation and contemplating sui cide ... He has been compared with Dickens; Mister Priestley has, I mean. Well, Dickens also abused Americans . . . But you’d have to di lute Dickens with at least a hundied parts of sewage to get Priestley. And then add a jigger of ipecac. Now, aren’t you all going to be awfully, awfully sorry, when I stop making faces at Prominent Authors? Because that will be soon.