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Ptge Two THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, May 31, 1935. THE PILOTi Published each B’riday by THE PILOT, Incorporated, Southern Pines, N. C. NELSON C. HYDE, Editor JAMES BOYD STRUTHERS BURT WALTER LIPP>LVN\ Contributing Editors Subscription Rates: One Year $2.00 Six Months' $1.00 Three Months .50 Entered at the Postoffice at South ern Pines, N, C., as second-class mail matter. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? A unanimous ruling of the United States Supi'eme Court that the National Industrial Re covery Act was unconstitutional threw new turmoil into a trou bled America on Monday. Bus iness men, operating under codes for the past two jiears, knew not where to turn. Congress, in the midst of a feverish fight on the subject of extending the lease of life of the NRA, was halt ed dead in its tracks. Proponent and opponent of the system un der w'hich President Roosevelt has been attempting to lead the nation back to prosperity were alike in seeking the answer, “Whei’e do we go from here?” It is too early at this writing to know’ what will be the out come of the Supreme Court’s de cision. Codes are not enforcable; that we have from the lips of Donald Richberg, the President’s NRA spokesman. If they are suddenly thrown wholesale into the discard, there is no telling what w’ill result. Ther'e is no gainsaying the fact that in many instances the codes have been helpful. But while they have boosted some lines of industry, they have hurt others. It would probably be too much to hope for that those favorably affect ed will voluntarily continue code operation, the others return to systems better fitted to provide a fair return on their invest ments. The grave danger lies in the possibility of increased unmploy- ment. Manufacturers have been forced to give employment to thousands they would not have needed under pre-NRA sche dules. If they return to former hours of employment it must necessarily follow that men will be throwTi out of work. Opponents of the NRA have been steadily preaching that business will pick up along the line with the removal of the code authorities. They have asked a return to the old law of supply and demand, untramelled by gov ernment int(*rference. Their Tiour of trial appears to have come. And as everyone pitched in at the start to aid the fight for a return to better times via the NRA, it behooves all to assist in every possible way now to help bring order out of chaos in the face of the decision of the Su preme Court. BUSINESS BOOMS IN ABERDEEN Business is booming in Aber deen. The question of unemploy ment there this summer w’ould appear to be solved. As exclu sively announced in The Pilot last week, the Big Brick Ware house is being turned into a fab ricating plant for the manufac ture of CCC camp buildings. W. K,. Paxton of the Paxton Engi neering Corporation of Knox ville, Tenn., who is in charge of the w'ork as sub-contractor under Worsham Brothers of Knoxville, states that the weekly payroll "will be between $2,500 and $3,- 000, that some 200 men will be employed, probably through Au gust. This good news, on top of the reports of a bumper peach crop in this section, is cheering. The peaches started moving in small volume this week, and Aberdeen, railroad center of the Sandhills, always profits by this. And when peaches and fabricating end, it will be about time for the open ing of the tobacco season. Aber deen’s two warehouses did excep tionally w’ell last year and there is everj7 reason to believe they will have another profitable to bacco season in 1935. Aberdeen is the logical indus trial community of the Sandhills section. It appears to be coming into its own as such. Let the good work go on. MR. PLEASANTS MOVES FORWARD Ordinarily there is no pleas ure in reporting a community loss, but we can but delight in the news of the promotion which takes Herman Pleasants, one of our-own boys, away from us. Herman, who claims Aber deen as his home, has done such a fine job as division passenger agent of the Seaboard railroad during the past five years, that he has been made assistant gen- leral passenger agent of the road, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. This is a big promotion, and a deserved one. We congratulate the Seaboard, envy Atlanta, and soundly pat Brother Pleasants on his broad back. This division of the road, with headquarters at Raleigh, is losing a valuable asset. As division passenger agent here, Herman Pleasants has done more than just handle his job. He has had the best in terests of the communities his division serves at heart all the time. He has been a booster for the Sandhills particularly, has cooperated in all things which the villages along his line of travel have endeavored to ac complish. And he’s proven himself a top-notch railroader. It’s nice to have ability and perseverence recognized by the “big boss.” N'EW AUTOMOBILE LEGISLATION Much has been said and writ ten about the hit-or-miss legis lation enacted by the recent General Assembly. It is true that the boys in Raleigh march ed up the hill and down again a good many times in their ef forts to solve the age-old riddle of making income meet outgo; that they performed some strange antics on the liquor question, and that lawyers have been spending sleepless nights trying to unfathom some of the new statutes as written into the law of the state. But honor where honor is due. There was one subject which ap- !pears to have been wisely and in- jtelligently handled by our rep- I resentatives. We refer to automo- Ibile legislation. The Pilot ha.^i* 'long been preaching for legisla tive steps to curtain the destruc- . tion of life on the highways of I North Carolina. The figures, iboth deaths and injuries, have ;been mounting each year, with I little attempt to halt the casual- I ties. This Legislature* has pass- ied two measures along this line. I First, the establishment of a I statewide drivers’ license law, effective November 1st. This piece of legislation should, if rigidly enforced, save numerous I lives on our highways. Primar- ! ily, one must prove his fitness to j operate a motor vehicle before being granted a license. Second- Civic Loyalty Pays Big Dividends iiM m It would be no tcothcr in your hat to fjjye it Qdmtiscd thjt ^our home tonn OOOb BUSINESS ' MAKES A LIVE TOWN townships of this county no election is necessary, but a majority petition of qualified voters must be presented. The need of an auditorium in South ern Pines was again demonstrated this weelt. The Pilot’s Cooking School, held in the Curb Market building for ; want of a larger space, was jammed to overflowing. Grains of Sand ‘Roll River," James Boyd's new nov el, is now among the five best sellers in the country, according to reports from New York. Sponsored by THE VALET—DRY CLEANERS Try Your Home Town First roads. i The increase of the State Highway Patrol is the second of these constructive enactments. Not only has our present patrol, ^comprising less than one pati’ol- man per county, been inadequate but its effectiveness has been further curtailed by the saddling of extraneous duties on the shoulders of the men in uniform, collection, inspection and other iodd jobs which kept the full 1 force from properly patrolling I the highways. The new law in- I creases the patrol to 121 men, nearly double the present active force, and relieves it from all duties other than effectively pa trolling the highways on the lookout for violations of motor vehicle laws and for reckless driving. It is also gratifying to those who have come through the de pression still in possession of a motor vehicle that the Legisla ture reduced the license fees this year 27 1-2 percent. In 1936 the registration of your car will cost 40 cents per hundred-weight as against the present 55 cents, meaning a saving to the motor ing public of the state of be tween $1,000,000 and $2,000,000. Of your representatives in Cong ress. Senator Bailey and Congress- I man Lambeth voted to uphold the ; President on his veto of the Bonus : bill; Senator Reynolds voted to over, ride the veto. The House voted to override by a large majority, but the Senate sustained President Roosevelt ! and, for the present at least, the bo nus issue is dead. Dewberry growers have their trou bles, but some of them are quite in teresting. On Tuesday, J. M. Tyson, Vass grower, moved a colored family from a neighboring community into a ten ant house on his place for the dew berry season. The following day he moved them home again. It was like this: Bright and early Wednesday morn ing the family, consisting of the mother and several children, and the dog appeared at Mr, Tyson’s door, greatly excited and somewhat dis gruntled, “You ought to have told me that house was like that,” the mother com plained. “I haven’t slept a wink,” and so on and on. When the astonished man got a chance to get in a word edgewise, he inquired what was wrong. "The noises were terrible. The place is ‘hanted’,” the woman said, ‘‘I told the children to let’s pray and we prayed, but they got so sleepy I told them to go to sleep if they could, that I couldn’t. If you have another house that we. could move into. I'd be glad to pick berries for you.” “Go on back and stay a little while. I reckon the ghosts wont bother you in the day time, and I’ll take you back to' Southern Pines today,” she was told. "Coitiels never get on my nerves!" The status of John Barleycorn in I North Carolina remains unchanged, in j so far as his constitutionality is con- ! cerned. Attorney General A. A. F. Seawell said he would leave the sta- I tus of the 18 counties and two town- ; ships to the Supreme Court, and that ' body probably will not act until next : fall. j Meanwhile, up to Saturday 10 of , the 18 counties had set dates for elec- I tions on whether or not they will have i legal liquor, and another, Nash, was I expected to call an election this week. 1 In McNeill and Mineral Springs Fresh vegetables and fruits at the Curb Market in Southern Pines Sat urday morning. ^ Camels are made from nner, wc^Rf fixpiNsivE TOBACtOS>. .Turkiih ond Oomeshc . thdn ony other popularvbrahd. (Sisned) R. ). REYNQU>$ TOBACCO COMPANY W}N$TOM<SAL£M, N.C. CHAS. J. S.XDLEK. Mirr. Park View Hotel FINE LOCATION GOOD KOOMS OPEN ALL YEAR RATES MODERATE ly, should a driver, after receiv- |ing a license, repeatedly violate ithe laws of safety and common 'sense, his license can be sus- ipended or taken away from him i and a menace removed from the Summer Service For the convenience of our patrons we will give our regular laundry ser vice on Monday’s, Tues day’s, Wednesday’s and Friday’s of each week. THE FAMILY LAUNDRY. INC. u Telephone 6101 Southern Pines The Citizens Bank and Trust Co. SOUTHERN PINES, N. C. D. G. STUTZ, President N, L. HODGKINS, Cashier GEO. C. ABRAHAM, V.-Pres. ETHEL S. JONES, Ass’t. Cashier U. s. POSTAL SAVINGS DEPOSITORY A SAFE CONSERVATIVE BANK DEPOSITS INSURED BY The Federal Deposit Insurance Gorporation ^ WASHINGTON, D. 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