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Friday, August 2, 1935. THE PILQT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina Page ThrM Teachers To Get 20% Increase for 7 Months Size of Check For Eighth Month Will Depend on Bal ance in School Fund Teachers in public schools of the state will get. the full 20 percent in crease in salaries next year, in addi tion to increases from earned incre- ments and advanced certificates, for the first seven months and as much as is available for salaries the eighth month, the State School Commission has decided, a decision approved by the State Board of Education. The commission found that it will not have money enough in the appro priation to make full individual 20 percent increases for the entire year, due to a larger than usual number of teachers who raised their certifi cates by work during the summers and also due to the fact that practi cally all new teachers entering the profession are college graduates and therefore start as grade A teachers, even though without experience. The shortage of a full 20 percent increase, in addition to increments, will not exceed one percent of the total by much, and will not exceed $280,000 on the more than $16,000,- 000 going to teacher salaries. Esti mates are that if no additional funds are available, the teachers may have to take 10 to 15 percent cut on the last month. However, all savings pos sible are being made on other school items, and some of the big-jump in crements will be pared down, so no teacher will get more than a 36 per. cent Increase. This, with possibility of funds from other sources, may re- suit in the full increase for all of the eight months. Average increases ■will be about 22 percent. The commission meets again Au- gust 9 to plan for fall school open ings. Tl'FTS .AND THOM.AS WIN YADKIN CLUB EVENT Richard S. Tufts of Pinehurst and J. B. Thomas of Raeford won the Yadkin Golf Club’s weekly tourna- ment medal play, total of pair, with a net of 140. This was played over the picturesque No. 1 course at Pine hurst. Hubert McCaskill of Pine hurst and Bill Woodward of South ern Pines teamed up to land in sec- ond place w’ith a 141. She Ark i&outhnrn ]3inrs. N. <L Mra. Millicent A. Hayes, Principal K COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS Kindergarten through the 8th year MUSIC—ART—LANGUAGES Tutoring Arranged for Older Groups Limited Accommodationa for Boarders Will be in hia office over the Poat Office, Sanford, N. C., •▼•ry Wedneaday, fnom 10:00 a. m. to t:00 p. m. Don’t fail to tee him If yoar eyte are weak. J. N. POWELL, INC. Funeral Directing Embalming Ambulance Service Day and Night Phone 6161 East Broad St., Southern Pines Service Since 1895 NcLean Furniture Co. COMPLETE HOME FURNISHERS CASH OR CBEDIT SOUTHERN PINES Drs. Neal and Stewart VETENARIANS Swinnerton’s on Mondays Carolina Pharmacy, Pinehurst, Fridays E. V. PERKINSON General Contractor Storage B—til cm Pines, N. C. TeL 5038 A. L.. ADAMS PAINTBR — DECORATOB PAPER HAKGBB WALL PAPERS Phone 6922 A Major Prophet, Daniels Calls Bion H. Butler in Testimonial Late Editor Revealed the Op* portunities of North Car olina To Its Own People (By Jonathan Daniels) Bion H. Butler, a familiar figure in North Carolina journalism for a third of a century, died at his home, Valhalla, near Southern Pines, Feb ruary 21, 1935. Ill health overtook him a few months before his death, but he continued in harness v/hde in bed, dictating editorials for The Pilot, pub lished at Southern Pines, of which he was editor. He was in his 78th year. In the presence of a large assem blage, he was buried the following day at Old Bethesda church, a few miles from Aberdeen, near the tomb of Walter Hines Page, late ambassa dor to the Court of St. James. Born June 28, 1857, in Brockville, Pa., the son of Lieut. Col. Cyrus But ler and Elizabeth Butler, he attended schools in Pittsburgh in early youth, later going to a military academy at Titusville in that state. While still in school, at the age of 12, he learned to set type, and the ink he got on his hands then was never rubbed off. At the age of 19, he established the Courier at Dubois, Pa., which contin ues to thrive until this day. Moving to larger fields, he worked on the Pittsburgh Times and during that connection what until then was the longest individual assignment to a re porter, that of making a study of the oil industry in Russia. Returning to his native state, he became a special writer on oil, coal and other industries in Pennsylvania, but the wanderlust was strong in him and he completed him education by touring North America as reporter and tramp printer. He travelled as far as the Pacific Coast. Although he became a cosmopolitan, he never lost the common touch. Kindly, toler ant, modest, he liked nothing better than to add to his store of knowledge. Keenly observant, he delighted in writing down his impressions. In short, he was a newspaperman, who found his greatest joy in his work. Heudx .South After following the injunction of Horace Greeley to go West, he turn ed his eyes towards the South. It was in the late nineties when John T. Patrick and others were advertising the healthful qualities of the atmos- phere in the Sandhills that he and his wife went to Southern Pines to estab- lish their permanent home. He con tinued to write both for newspapers in North Carolina and out of the state and also for the magazines. For a number of years he wrote a feature article for the Raleigh News and Ob server each Sunday on some phase of the State's agricultural, industrial or commercial life. During the latter portion of the administration of Sec retary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, he was an assistant editorial writer on the News and Observer, hailing his editorials each day from his home. He also did work oli local papers in Southern Pines and vicinity. It was during his active period as a writer on industrial subjects in North Carolina that he coined the phrase, “North Carolina Slopping Over with Opportunities," which be came almost as widely known as Ir vin Cobb’s phrase, “What North Car. olina Needs is a Press Agent.” Bion Butler was in fact press agent for •North Carolina, not primarily for people outside of the state, but for the people within the state, for he revealed the opportunities of North Carolina to its people. An outsider himself, he saw the possibilities in the state, and with an enthusiasm that never cooled, he shouted the glories of the Old North State from the housetops. It was necessary in the days of his active career to shout loudly to awaken a slumbering peo ple. A Major Prophet He was In fact a major prophet, who never offended our pride or stir red our prejudice. Frankly recogniz ing our shortcomings, his sympathet. ic viewpoint prevented resentment from being aroused, and he became a prophet who was honored in his own country, for North Carolina became as truly his state as it was of any na tive. He was honored by being made a vice president of the North Caro, lina Press Association and could have been president had his modesty not prevented his being considered for the job. He was awarded a loving cup by the Kiwanis Club at Southern Pines for having been the most use ful citizen in the Sandhills. Shortly after reaching the age of three score years and ten, he was the guest of honor at a testimonial dinner at which tributes were read from Jose phus Daniels and many State officials. While his typewriter was ever kept active, his voluminous writings found their way into newspapers and other periodicals but he found time to write a couple of books, “The Church on Quintuple Mountain,” and “Old Be- The Skies in August Big Gain in Autos in Moore County in Year 300 More Pleasure Vehicles and 100 More Trucks Than June 30, 19.34 WEST END Editur’a Note: Mr. Wicker haH «Kree<i to write a series of iirticleH on astron omy, ‘‘not only for the information of the public but in deference to the mem ory of Mr. Hutlcr," na he mitu it. Hion H. IJutler, iate editor of The Pilot, was deeply interested in the stars and planetH and wrote numerous articles on the sub ject. By Rassle E. Wicker Some philosopher has said if the stars of the Heavens were visible only one night each year, that the whole human race would be up for the show. To the writer it is a sad commen tary on the state of the human race that more pleasure, appreciation and resultant education is not had by sim ply exercising the mind upon the problems presented by nature, and which lies within arm’s reach of every person on earth. Pick up a grain of sand—what is it? Well, scientists by the score would like to know—are puzzling over just that problem, and are coming nearer to its solution every day. Pick up a bug—if you are not afraid of them, and study not only its habits, but its make-up. In the word.s of the poet: "O flower in the crannied wall—etc” which to me aint much poetry, but a lot of wis dom. If half of the time wasted in fig. uring out the intricacies of the game of bridge was spent in contemplation of commonplace but fascinating prob lems lying about us by the tens of millions, ther^ would be greater cause for continued existence and less down right criticism of the mentality of your partners real or fancied errors in playing that futile game. Sit out tonight under the stars, and if you can’t think, then just sit there. It will help you, no matter how good or how badly you feel. Mercury is on a vacation this month; passing beyond the Sun on the 9th, and will be invisible until about the middle of September. Venus is at her greatest brilliancy during the first few days of the Month; hanging low in the western sky just after sunset, but is setting earlier each day, and will be practi cally invisible by the end of the month. Earth is now in th sign Aquarius, or the constellation Capricornus, and on the seventh will be half way be tween the summer solstict and the au tumnal equinox—summer will have been half gone. Mars continues as an evening star in the southwesterly sky—1st mag- niture, and easily found by its dark reddish hue. Jupiter, the other bright star in the southern skj’ will be at quadrature, or just south of us at sunset on the 7th, Saturn is in opposition to the Sun on the 30th; that is. it rises just as the Sun sets on that date, and is con sequently in view all night during the last few days of the month. Uranus is still a morning star, but cannot be distinguished unless one knows just where to look for it. Neptune cannot well be seen this month, even through a telescope, al though it comes within a sixth of a degree (very close) of Mercury on the 24th. Moon is in the first quarter on the 7th, full on the 14th, last quarter on the 20th, and new on the 28th. Moore county had 3,225 automobiles and 750 trucks as of June 30, as com pared W'ith 2,925 automobiles and 650 trucks a year before ana with 2,680 automobiles and 575 trlicks three months before. Director L. S. Harris, of the Motor Vehicle Bureau, reports. These figures are obtained by meas- uring a given number of registration cards on file in the office, then using! that unit to measure all of the cards for the county. The figures are with in a dozen of accurate, he states. North Carolina licenses issued to June 30 this year showed 423.636 mo tor vehicles operating In the state, in cluding 348,145 automobiles, 74,425 trucks and 1,056 motorcycles. This is an inciease of about 40,000 vehicles over the registration a year before,; June 30, 1934, when the total was 384,438 vehicles, including 317,137 au.; tomobiles, 67,301 trucks and 1,0361 motorcycles, and an Increase of about 54,000 over the registration three ^ months before of 369,160 motor vehi-' cles, including 304,087 automobiles,. 65,073 trucks and 708 motorcycles. 1 Guilford leads in cars and trucks, I with 22,850 cars and 3,550 trucks; j Mecklenburg has 19,501 cars and 3, 350 trucks; Forsyth 16,375 cars and 2,475 trucks; Buncombe 13,300 cars and 2,025 trucks; Wake 13,000 cars and 3,175 trucks; Durham 10,300 cars and 1,800 trucks. Clay county has only 200 cars and 40 trucks; Gra ham 275 cars and 55 trucks; Dare and Aveiy have 450 cars each. Dare 50 trucks and Avery 225 trucks. MK.S. C. M. GREY’S SISTER I DIES IN LITTLETON, N. H. Mrs. B. W. Pulliam and Miss Phoe. be Pulliam entertained at their home Monday evening, giving a surprise birthday dinner in honor of Mr. Pul liam's birthday. Guests were relatives and friends of the family. Mr. Pulliam is convalescing from injuries received in an automobile accident near Char, lotte about three weeks ago. Miss Patricia Willcox, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Willcox of W’est End, has accepted a position as a director of plays with the American Educational Company of Fairfield, Iowa. She leaves August 2. Miss Margaret Davis of Carthage was the* house guest of Miss Eva Rit ter during the week-end. Dr. C. R. Monroe, surgeon in charge of the Moore County Hospital, has re turned to his duties after spending a three weeks' vacation with his par ents, Mr. and Mis. J. A. Monroe of West End, and a week spent in Rich mond visiting medical clinics. D. A. Patterson is now D. A. Pat terson, Sr. Mrs. Patterson presented him W'ith a nine and one-half pound .son, D. A. Patterson, Jr., on W'ednes- day, July 24. Mrs. Floyd Uphold and Master Lar ry Lee Uphold are visiting relatives in Baltimore, Md. Ml’, and Mrs. Vivian Tucker were "shivareed” by friends Monday night. The Tuckers are now in their new home on the Eastwood road. Mrs. Tucker was formerly Miss Grace Thomas of Jonesboro and Eagle Springs. Lesitr rc.li, who has been serving: as the assistant pastor of the M. E. ! Church, South, left this week for Hoffman where he will assist the minister with revival service. Mr. FeiT, a student minister in the Duke ; University Theological School, made ; many friends during the short time ' he was here. He was a special fav- 'orite of the young people for whom he has been conducting a Cokesbury , school. NIAGARA Dee and Doc Thompson of Chat ham county were visitors here Mon day. Mr. and Mrs. «H. P. Bilyeu of Greensboro were visitors In Niagara the past week. Miss Margaret Ray Bilyeu and Perrine Bilyeu of Greensboro are spending some time with their grand mother, Mrs. D. S. Ray. Everything in this section has been in a rush due to peaches for Some weeks, but all will be over this week. The nice rains for the past few weeks have made crops pick up won derfully. People are feeling hopeful of good crops this year. Roy Smith and family of ’^.aleigh visited relatives here the past week. Ray Taylor of Winston-Salem is spending a vacation with his grand mother, Mrs. D. S. Ray at the Pine Tree cottage. 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 Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Grey were j called to Littleton, N. H., on Thurs--| day last by the sudden illness and | death of Mrs. Grey’s sister, Mrs. Hat-1 tie Bingham, wife of Charles F. Bingham, a prominent resident of' that town. Funeral services were held in her late home at 3 o’clock Sun day afternoon. Mr. Bingham is well known in Southern Pmes, having been part owner of the Grey-McBray- er building when it was destroyed by fire. U. S. POSTAL SAVINGS DEPOSITORY A SAFE CONSERVATIVE BANK Buy at the Curb Market Satur- j days and save money. ^ DEPOSITS INSURED by The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation $5000 WASHINGTON. D. C. MAXIMUM INSURANCE FOR EACH DEPOSITOR $5000 !«»t!K«»:mn» Keeping Bossy in Smiles is an Art JACKSON SPRINGS Mrs. W. M. McKenzie has returned home from the Moore County Hospi tal where she has been taking treat ment for arthritis. Theron McLeod returned to Sails- bury Sunday after spending a w'eek with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. A. McLeod. Mr. and Mrs. Lacy Thomas of Charlotte spent S •'day with Mr. Thomas’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lee and children of High Point were with Mrs. Lee’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Thomas, for the weekend. W. D, Thomas motored to Harts- vllle, S. C., Sunday to see his brother, Marvin Thomas. Ralph Thomas is in the Moore County Hospital suffering from injur ies to his left hand and arm, the re sult of a car wreck Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Melvin spent Monday afternoon in Aberdeen. Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Myrick. July 26, a son, in the Moore County Hospital. tliat we found the secret for years ago. Contented cows are well-fed cows, and the very best brand of feed we can re commend is the Spartan Grains Dairy Feed Tried and tested by leading dairymen who know the value of a balanced feed. More milk—Better health—Economical. And Growing Chicks Have a Yen for Spartan Grains Growing Mash thesda,” the latter a history of the Sandhills. He was survived by his widow, Mrs. Anna Elizabeth (Schwem) But ler, a native of Luthersburg, Pa., and three children. Miss Helen K. Butler, of Southern Plne.s; Howard M. But ler, of Sanford, and Cyrus Butler, of Kingsport, Tenn. Pilot Advertising Pays. Well-developed pullets that will be ready to lay this fall and winter when eggs are high, are only possible when they have been properly fed. Spartan Grains But termilk and Cod Liver Oil Growing" Mash is the proper growing and develop ing feed. A good habit to acquire—buy only Spartan Dairy and Poultry Feeds. Pinehurst Wareiiouses, Inc. Pinehurst, N. C.
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