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Friday, July 26, 1935. THE PILOT. Southern Pines and Aberdeen. North Carolina Page Thrw The End of a Period By WALTER LIPPMANN The feeling of Congress about the tax program is like that of the man who was packing his suit cases for a journey and had with the greatest difficulty just managed to jam into them more than they were meant to hold. By jumping on the lids he had almost closed them. With the help of in the last analysis a belief in the Constitution must include the belief that the government has all the pow. er necessary to defend the nation against disaster. But the authority to draw upon what Mr. Hoover called "the reserve powers” must, in a free country, be relinquished as soon as the threat of I needs a vacation because it is tired. The President needs it even more so that he may have the leisure to re examine his position to look back over the road he has come, to weigh his achievements and his failures, j rope, extra straps and pieces of wire disaster has passed. It haa passed. But he had made them look as if they might stay closed. Grunting and sweating with the effort, and more than a little worried whether he could handle his baggage, he was yet reason ably pleased with himself when along came a kind friend bringing him a bowl of gold fish, a cage with a pair of cooing doves, and an encyclopedia. Though he loved his friend, though his heart was pure and he was fond of fish and birds, and in fact of all other pets and of nature in general, though he loved books and all the no ble means of self-improvement, at that precise moment he could think of nothing better to do than to sit down on the floor and cry for mercy. Congress, however, is not merely too tired, too hot, and too unprepared to write a major tax law now. It is moved by a revulsion which comes from the people at home. This revul sion may be ascribed, I think, to a g;rowing conviction that the President is prolonging the emergency and post, poning a restoration of the normal processes of government. It is to Mr. Roosevelt’s everlasting credit that in the winter of 1933 he judged correctly the extreme gravity of the deflationary crisis, that he had the insight to see that the crisis called it Is not yet clear that Mr. Roosevelt realizes it. His alarming predictions as to what might happen if some of his emergency establishments were dismantled, the fanatical atmosphere of the utility browl, the indecent and diorderly haste about the tax pro. gram, the uncompromising demand for the dubious powers of the Guffey bill, the Wagner bill, the A. A. A. and T. V. A. amendments—the driv ing insistence upon enacting all these laws without adequate hearing or de. bate indicate a disposition to act in the summer of 1935 as if it were still the dark winter of 1933. The question is not whether these measures are good or bad. The ques tion is whether salvation depends upon railroading them through Con. gress. If it does not, then the only way to I’ind out whether the measures are good or bad is to return to the slow, educative process of democratic debate. Men wno nave exercised extraor dinary powers almost always find it hard to relinquish them. I put no stock whatever in the wild charges that Mr. Roosevelt has the ambition to be a dictator. Having seen real dictatorships in action, this talk seems to me absurd. But I do believe and then to readjust his mind and his spirit to the fact that he has con quered the crisis and must now pro ceed by the normal methods of the American government. (Copyright, 1935, for The Pilot) pedigreed black Aberdeen Angus cat. tie for breeding and show purposes. Both she and Mr. McLane are active members of the Millbrook Hunt. Mr. McLane attended St. Paul’s School, Concord, N. H., and was graduated from Yale in 1927. The Week in Vass national power in order to bring jswift conviction to the people that in the midst of the general demoraliza tion they could rally around a gov ernment, possessed of great resources, that was ready and afraid of nothing. There was no doubt about the reality or about the seriousness of the emer gency, and no one who understood it was disposed to question the author ity of the President to meet it. For m Ark i^utbern ^titrs, N. (L Mn. Millicent A. Hayes, Principal k COUN.TRY DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS Kindergarten through the 8th year MUSIC—ART—LANGUAGES Tutoring Arranged for Older Groups Limited Accommodationi for Boarders Will be in his office over the Post Office, Sanford, N. C., every Wednesday, fvom 10:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. Don’t fall to see him if yoar eyea are weak. for an indisputable assertion of the Mr. Roosevelt has reached a point in his career where, if he does not re adjust his mind, he will become the victim of tempting delusions that in variably beset men who have played a great role on the world’s stage. There is the tendency to feel that, having achieved a sensational suc cess by dramatic strokes, the result can only be perpetuated by repeating the strokes. In little affairs and in large ones there is a strong human tendency to believe that because one has saved a situation one must keep on saving it. This feeling easily be. comes a sense of personal indispensa bility, such as men have who do not “dare” to take a vacation or to retire when their time is up, and from there the downward slope to delusions of grandeur is slippery and is steep. In governments this dangerous ten dency to press and press is rein^'orcc.O by officials, especially unseasoned and temporary officials, who want to make a name for themselves, or at least to justify their ow-n continuance In office. The President undoubtedly has on his hands a large number of amateur officers who would like him to invade Ethopia for the sake of the adventure, the glory, and the abolition of slavery. They are not the typical bureaucrats interested in obeying the rountine and holding their jobs as inconspicuously as possible for as long as possible. They are an active, inventive, pushing bureau cracy, with many achievements to their credit that would have been be yond the imagination of an ordinary bureaucracy. But they will become a nuisance to the President if he does not promote the good ones to the status of ordinary officials and send the rest of them home with love and kisses. j The real difficulty, I imagine, lies in distinguishing between a national emergency, like that of 1933, and the gross abuses and injustices of human society. Looked at close to and full comprehended, the evils which men undergo seem so intolerably unneces. sary that a sensitive man must at once do something to remedy them. A terrible abuse easily presents itself as an emergency. Mr. Roosevelt is a sensitive man with an unuual knowledge of the lives of the people, and a brave man’s contempt for the prudence that feeds on complacency. He is surrounded by men and women who might have lived easy and worldly lives and are instead trying to help their bellow men. There is great strength in this, but also, in the head of a government, a dangerous weakness. Its strength is to make the government deeply re sponsive to the people and by that, not merely to help them but to give them confidence in their institutions. Its weakness Is that an overpower ing desire for the improvement of so ciety leads to policies which put too great a strain on institutions, which transcend the administrative capacity of officials, which surpass the under standing of the people. Then a sense of righteousness takes the place of right policy, then indignation takes the place of thorough investigation, impatience with abuses takes the place of considered action. Before he knows it, the messianic delusion has seized the public man. Once that happens, it is the begin, ning of the end for him and for his mandate and for his reforms. So It is not only Congress that J. N. POWELL, INC. Funeral Directing £mbalmlng Ambulance Service Day and Night Phone 6161 £ast Broad St, Southern Fines . Service Since 1893 HcLean Furniture Co. COMPLETE HOME FURNISHERS CASH OB CREDIT SOUTHERN PINES CLARK’S FUNERAL HOME Ambulance Service Telephone 7401 Drs. Neal and Stewart VETENARIANS 'Swinnerton’s on Mondays Carolina Pharmacy, Pinehurst, Fridays E. V. PERKINSON General Contractor Storage 1—tliifirn Ptnoi, N. C. Trf. 6038 A. L.. ADAMS PAINTER — DBCOBATOS PAPES HAKGB WALL PAPERS <Phone 6921 A week’s series of union revival ser vices came to a close with the Sunday evening service at which time the largest crowd of the week was assem- bled at the tabernacle where the ser. vices were held. The Rev. L. M. Hall of the Metho dist church and the Rev. C. A. Law rence, Presbyterian minister, brought the messages, and James Copeland, student of the Duke University school of religion, lead the music. Especial emphasis was placed upon Bible read ing, and a goodly number completed a systematic reading of the Book of Luke during the week. Mrs. Hall gave interesting talks on Luke at two of the services. The attendance manifest, ed by the various denominations, and it is felt that much good was accom plished. A fine baby boy weighing eight pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Wood on Wednesday, July 17th. He is the third child and the second son. Marilyn, the eldest, is already feeling the responsibility of her position. The first time she was permitted to see her new brother, she took her stand by the crib and every time that he put his fist to his mouth, she prompt ly removed it. “I'm tending to the baby,” she announced. A score or more of grown-ups ac. ccpted the invitation of the members of the Good Times Club to attend a fish fry at Happy Hollow Lodge af ter the tabernacle sei'vice on Friday evening of last week, the time for the club’s regular fortnightly meeting, and the occasion proved a most enjoyable one. Robert Laubscher was chief cook and with the aid of his helpers from the club had things in fine shape by the time .the crowd arrived, so they did not have time to become impa tient before the serving began. The Good Timers were bright enough to “pass the hat” while the air was fill, ed with the appetizing odor of frying fish and steaming hot coffee,.with the result that the treasury came through in good sahpe. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Smith left the first of the week to visit Mr. Smith’s sister in Fair Hope, Alabama, whom she has not seen since she removed to that state in 1898. They will have much to relate. Mr. Smith can tell her of his wedding, of his two daught ers, and if he desires to get to more recent events, of the two grand daughters to whom he is so devoted. Miss Marian Cameron returned Sun. day from a visit w'ith relatives in Buie’s Creek and Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs, L. C. Wallace of Car thage visited Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ty son Sunday afternoon. Richard Gorham and his friend, Delmar Dufty, both of Brooklyn, N. Y., stopped one day last week for a brief visit with the former’s sister, Mrs. Charles A. Lawrence, as they wero en route to Alabama to visit relatives. Miss Eva Caddell returned Satur. day from Greensboro where she had been for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. John Jones and fam ily of Columbia, S, C.. visited Dr. and Mrs, D. H. McNeill Saturday. Mrs. Homer Pendergraph and Jack Alexander of Durham visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Alexan der Sunday. Mrs. James McNeill and Mr. and Mrs. Paul McNeill of Nederland, Tex. as, and Miss Margaret Walker of Brown Summit were guests at the Leslie-Taylor home several days last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hicks and chil dren of Raleigh were at home several days last week on account of the ill. ness of Mr. Hick’s father, A. F. Hicks, who at Ihio writing is more com fortable. J. L. Hicks was a member of the Raleigh police force, and has never recovered sufficiently from in juries sustained several months ago in an elevator drop to resume his dut ies. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Moore and lit- tie son returned Sunday from Lincoln- ton where they spent a week’s vaca tion. Miss Margaret Cameron of Olivia visited her cousin, Miss Sara Cameron, at her home on Route 2 last week. A. M. Cameron went to Buie’ Creek Saturday and Mr. Cameron and A. Mac, who had been visiting relatives for ten days, returned with him Sun day afternoon. Billy, E. B., Jr., and Katharine Keith of Pinehurst were guests of their grandmother, Mrs. Jane Keith, from Thursday until Sunday. Mrs. G. W. Brooks, Mrs. Bertie L. Matthews and Miss Eloise Brooks vis ited their aunt, Mrs. Carlton Mat thews of Lemon Springs Sunday Misses Agnes Smith, Myrtle and Catharine McMillan and Mrs. D. A. Smith visited Miss Neolia McCrum- men of West End Sunday afternoon. Mias Glennie Keith of Raleigh vis. ited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. j Fisher, librarian Keith, during the week-end. j ~ — Mr. and Mrs. Richard Griffin and family of Hamlet spent the week-end with Mr, and Mrs. G. W. Griffin. Rich ard is in the employ of the Seaboard, but woodworking is his hobby and he has become an expert in the use of carpenter’s tools. He has recently completed a house trailer, fully equip ped for taking care of his family of five. It has folding beds, an ice box, oil stove and everything necessary for comfortable camping trips. “BILL” FISHER, NEW ARMV PILOT, P.AYS VISIT HERE “Bill” Fisher, son of Mrs. Park of the Southern Pines Library, made a surprise visit to Southern Pines last Friday evening, dropping out of the clouds in one of Uncle Sam’s military pursuit planes after circling over the town. He land, ed at Knollwood Airport, spent Sat urday here and left for Mitchell Field, L, I., N. Y„ Sunday. “Bill” recently completed his tests and training for a pilot’s license at Kelly Field in Texas, is not stationed at Mitchell Field. I MISS THERESE THORNE IS BKIDE AT MILLBROOK, N. V. VWAIVV^VUVWW%WW • _ _ , UNLOADING A CAR of Purina Chows Miss Therese Thorne, daughter of Mrs, William Van Schoonhoven Thorne, of 810 Fifth Avenue, New York, and the late Mr. Thorne, was married last Saturday afternoon in St. Peter’s Church, Lithgow, Millbrook, to Huntington McLane, son of Mrs. Henry Richards McLane, of Mill brook, and the late Mr. McLane, Miss Thorne, an enthusiastic horse, woman, has spent several winter sea sons in Southern Pines, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. Smith. The bride was given In marriage by her brother, S. Keyser Thorne, of Paris, who recently came from France for the wedding. She wore her moth er’s wedding gown of Brussels lace and carried gardenias and lilies-of- the.valley. Miss Leonie de B, Lyon was maid of honor. She wore a gown of green and white taffeta, Henry R. McLane was his brother’s best man. The ushers were John C. Cooley, of Hartford, Conn.; Howard C. Davidson, Donald Jones and W. Curzon Taylor, of New York. A reception was held at Schoon hoven Farm, Millbrook, where the couple will reside after their wedding trip. The bride is a member of the Col ony Club, of New York, and the Na tional Society of Colonial Dames, The Thorne family has liven in Mill brook for many generations. The bride has passed much of her time on Schoonhoven Farm, where she raises Everything for the production of better stock This car includes Laying* Mash, Scratch Feed and Broiler Chow, Purina Dairy and Hog' Feed and Purina Omoline for horses. Omoline i s actually cheaper than raw oats. 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