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THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, Auguat 9 ,1935.
THE PILOT
Published each Friday by
THE PILOT, Incorporated,
Southern Pines, N. O.
NELSON C. HYDE, Editor
JAMES BOVD STRUTHERS BURT
WALTER LIPPML\NN
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DON’T LET THE HEAT
GET YOU DOWN
Real estate men tell us they
are having good inquiries for
houses for next winter. They
seem very optimistic over pros
pects for the season.
Many of the northern resort
hotels are doing well this sum
mer. People appear to be able to
get away for vacations.
The infantile paralysis epi
demic is decidedly! on the wane
in the state and the possibility
that schools might not open on
time now seems remote.
There is every reason to be
lieve that both Pinehurst and
Southern Pines will have legal
liquor dispensaries open before
the coming season.
These are just a few straws
w'hich show the way the wind
is blowing. It helps in this hot
weather to think about better
days ahead, and the indications
are that such days are coming.
Business reports gains along
most fronts; the trend is up
ward. This is bound to be re
flected here.
Locally the boys have had a
pretty good peach season. To
bacco prices have started off
high on those markets which
have opened. Uncle Sam is op
ening the purse strings for a
lot of new building, new pro
jects in the state. Unemploy
ment reduction is bound to re
sult.
All in all, things look pretty
good. Keep your chin up, a
smile on the face, and the hot
weather will soon be over.
industrial safety efforts, though
in part to the smaller number of
the employed), and in public ac
cidents, those in the home re
maining almost stationary. It is
death that ‘stalks the nation’s
highways' that is, aside from di
sease, the most to be feared and
most to be fought. In Holbein’s
famous series Death comes to
emperor and beggar alike, but
not as in the suddenness of an
accident. A depiction of the var
ied new ways by/ which Death
now comes in home, highway or
street, in office or shop or fac
tory, would even more fitly bear
Holbein’s title “The Dance of
Death.’ ”
Grains o! Sand
“THE DANCE
OF DEATH”
It is less than a month now
before you will be expected to
procure your driver’s license un
der the new State law. With
this law in force, plus the doub
ling in size of the State High
way Patrol, automobile acci
dents should begin to show a re
duction in the state.
“If all the accidents in the
United States spread through
the year 1934 were I’ecorded as
of one da>', it would be as if all
the people of the State of Penn
sylvania were suddenly laid low
by accident, one-half of the peo
ple of Pittsburgh crippled for
the rest of their lives and every
person in Allentown killed.” says
the New York Times. “This is
the vivid picture into which the
National Safety* Council has
translated the accident statis
tics for that year. The most
shocking item is the continuing
increase in deaths fx’om acci
dents. They were more than
twice as many as the number of
our men who were killed in ac
tion or who died of wounds in
the World War.
“The increase in fatal acci
dents as summarized by provis
ional State reports w'as from
91,087 in 1933 to 101,000 in
1934. The one gratifying fact is
that there was a considerable
decrease in the number of chil
dren meeting accidental deaths.
And yet from the age of 3 to 18,
accidents kill more than any di
sease. Only one state, and that
the smallest, showed a general
decrease in fatalities. Rhode Is
land thus takes the first place
among the states for the 1934
safety record. But the highest is
none too good. On the average,
taking the country over, one
person out of -every hundred
was injured in a motor-vehicle
accident, which means that un
less the rate is reduced, one in
everjT twenty will be injured or
killed in such an accident with
in five years. If things contin
ue after this fashion, there will
be as many motor-vehicle injur
ies in the next hundred years as
there are persons living in the
United States today.
“On the other hand, while,
auto accidents and fatalities in
crease, there has been in the last
five years a drop in occupation
al deaths (due partlj ' at least to
NORTH CAROLINA’S
BIRTH RATE
The birth rate in North Car
olina is not as high as it has
been in recent past years, but it
is still the second highest among
the states of the Union, or so
for the year 1934, the News
Letter of the University of
North Carolina tells us. For a
long period of time North Caro
lina held the record for births
in proportion to population. Re
cently due to the slight decline
in North Carolina, the state of
New Mexico has taken over
North Carolina’s customary po
sition. One other state, Utah,
was tied with North Carolina
for second place in 1934, and
several other states were not far
behind.
During the year 1934 North
Carolina reported 79,704 live
births, or an average of 24.1
births for every thousand inhab
itants. New Mexico with a birth
rate of 27.9 per thousand in
habitants, was well in the lead in
1934. The lowest birth rate was
in California. That state has ap
proximately twice the popula
tion of North Carolina but
North Carolina gave birth to
more children. The California
birth rate was onlv 12.7 per
thousand inhabitants.
It is interesting to note that
although North Carolina ranks
twelfth in total population, only
five states ranked ahead of us
in the number of children born.
There is no absolute rule as to
the location of states by birth
I rates. As a general rule the high-
I est positions are occupied by the
'southern states, due in part to
jthe Negro population. However
j white birth rates in the South
are generally close to the Ne-
|gro rates. The states that have
I low birth rates are mainly the
;City' states of the northeast, and
. far western states. However,
I some western states as Utah,
North Dakota, Idaho and Wyom
ing have fairly high birth rates,
while California, Oregon. Wash-
,ington and others have very low
birth rates. There is not a single
highly urban state that has a
high birth rate, or a rate as
ihigh as the national average,
! notwithstanding the fact that
(Cities have more than “their
share of people of childbearing
ages due to recent migrations of
youth to the city.
The birth rate for the United
States in 1934 was 17.1 per one
thousand inhabitants, a slight
gain over the previous year
when it was 16.6 per thousand
inhabitants. All of the states of
ithe Union except six reported
higher birth rates for 1934 than
for 1933.
It is interesting to note that
the North Carolina birth rate is
forty' percent higher than the
average for all the states, which
is the reason why North Caro
lina is gi auuallyt improving her
rank among the states in total
population. If all 'the people
born in North Carolina would
remain in the state, we would
shortly rank near the top in to
tal population.
A lower infant death rate
would also help a great deal. In
this respect our record is not so
creditable. During the year 1934
there were 6,169 deaths of in
fants under one years of age in
North Carolina, or a rate of
77.4 per one thousand live
births. There are only four
states that rank below North
Carolina, namely, Georgia and
South Carolina with their ex
cessive Negro ratios, and Ari
zona and New' Mexico with
their nomadic Mexicans and In
dians.
The Southern Pines Men’s Club
has taken on the appearance of a
nudist colony during the current heat.
It’s hard to tell who’s ahead in any
billiard game; all the players have
lost their shirts before the game is
half over.
The Week in Carthage
Stacy Brewer, former publisher of
The Pilot, now editor of the Chatham
Record at Pittsboro, is out for Sen
ator W. P. Horton for lieutenant gov-
ernor. Of him Stacy writes: “He has
been county attorney for 12 years,
which position he now holds; served
as chairman of the Democratic exe
cutive committee of Chatham county
for six years; secretary of the State
Democratic executive committee from
1930 to 1932; has been elected four
times to the State Senate, serving
with credit to himself and State.”
Carthage has been a thriving
metropolis during the past week. Su
perior Court has been in session, with
Judge Thomas J. Shaw of Greens
boro, brother of Mrs. Robert N.
Page of Aberdeen, presiding. Court
will continue through next week,
with Judge T. A. McElroy on the
bench.
This office is indebted to Dr. Proc.
^ tor, of the Home Hill Orchard, for
the best looking peaches we saw this
summer. The doctor, ever an efficient
orchardist, brought in a basket of
real ElberUd last week, and they
were as good as they looked.
Though North Carolina ranks first
among the states in variety of min
erals, she is near the bottom of the
list in value of output, 40th in 1933.
The leading mineral states in ’33 were,
in order, Pennsylvania, Texas, Cali
fornia, Oklahoma and West Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Caldwell, Jr.,
of Aberdeen spent the week-end in
Carthage with Mr. and Mrs. N. A.
McKeithen and family.
Mrs. Bill Barnes is getting along
nicely after undergoing an operation
for appendicitis in Lee County Hos
pital.
Mrs. W. J. Adams of Raleigh and
William Adams of Rocky Mount
spent the week-end at their home in
Carthage.
Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Underwood
spent Friday in Raleigh.
Mrs. O. D. Wallace, Mrs. Dan Car.
ter and little Margaret Neal Carter
spent Saturday afternoon in Fayette
ville.
Miss Frances McKeithen returned
home Saturday after an extended vis
it in Boston, Hartford and New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Seagroves of
Raleigh spent the week-end with
Mrs. Dora Seagroves.
Mrs. C. M. Stutts has returned
home after an extended visit with
I relatives in Norfolk,
j Mrs. Atwood Smith, Mrs. B. C. Wal-
! lace and Mrs. L. C. Wallace spent
i Thursday in Burlington,
j Mrs. Paul Tillery of Raleigh spent
a few days in Carthage last week,
! the guest of Mrs. U. L. Spence.
! Misses Cornie and Janie McLeod
j are spending a few days in Kerners-
i ville visiting the Rev. and Mrs. E. P.
j Billups.
Little Jimmie and Jane Davis vis-
ited their uncle, T. C. Black in Jones
boro last week. j
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Carter .spent
the week-end at Myrtle Beach. |
Mrs. M. J. McPhail of Sanford and
Mrs. Pifer W^athersby of Louisville,!
Ky., visited friends and relatives here j
j Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Wallace and
family spent Sunday in Warsaw with |
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Bartlett. !
C. C. Kennedy returned to New
York Sunday after a visit with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Kennedy.
A group of young peopte compris-
ing Misses Mary Worthy Spence,
Emma Muse Burns, Rica Griffin,
Lorraine and Margaret Willcox,
Eleanor Hurwitz, Lucille Harrington,
Rose Underwood, Elizabeth Anne
Spencer and A. D. Way, Jr., Williard
Griffin, R. G. Frye, A. E. Underwood
and Mayor Ginsburg with Mrs. C.
T. Grier and Mrs. Ed Simpson as
chaperones returned home Sunday af
ter a week at Myrtle Beach.
Mrs. J. L. Currie left Tuesday to
spend several weeks at Montreat.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brooks of Bur
lington spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. C. F. Leavitt.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Barnes and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hen
derson and family are spending the
week at Ocean Drive.
Mrs. S. B. Bartlett is visiting her
son, S. B. Bartlett. Jr., in Warsaw.
Miss Margaret Clegg spent the
week-end in Richmond with her
mother.
Mrs. Tully Blair and Miss Ressie
Wicker of Winston-Salem spent Fri
day with their aunt, Mrs. J. T. Sin
clair.
J. L. McGraw and little daughter
Harriette are spending a few days at
Sullivan’s Island, S. C.
Robert Sheffield of WinstonSalem
spent the week-end at his home in
Carthage.
I. N. Clegg, Jr. spent the week-end
in Snow Hill.
Kelly Baker, T. Sloan Guy, Charles
Barringer and Francis McLeod are
spending a few days at Ocean Drive.
Mrs. J. E. Muse and Mrs. Bradley
Denning are visiting relatives in
Fayetteville.
Mrs. J. A. Davis was hostess to her
contract club on Friday afternoon.
iHigh score prize for club members
was awarded to Mrs. L. R. Sugg of
Sanford and for guests to Mrs. Brad
ley Denning of Lakeland, Fla., guest
of Mrs. J. E. Muse. Special guests of
the club were Mrs. J. E. Muse, Mrs.
Joe Allen, Mrs. Ralph Mohr of New
York City and Mrs. Bradley Derming
of Lakeland, Fla.
Miss Mary Robert Shields enter
tained at bridge Friday evening hoiu
oring Mrs. Appainitis and Mrs. T. L.
Frye, recent brides, and Miss Flossie
Dunn, bride-elect. High score prize
was won by Miss Rozelle Williamson.
A shower of gifts was made to Mrs.
Appainitis and the hostess presented
the honorees with beautiful linen
handkerchiefs.
WEST END
Miss Frances Lewis is at the home
of her mother, Mrs. Nola Lewis, for
a two weeks’ vacation. Miss Lewis is
in training at the City Memorial Hos
pital, Winston-Salem.
Miss Alice Gaddis of Chapel Hill is
the house guest of her sister, Mrs.
! J. F. Sinclair.
i Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Eifort and chil-
j dren left Sunday for a two weeks’
visit with relatives in Sebrlng, Ohio,
j They were accompanied by Mrs. Ei-
i fort’s aunt, Miss Anna McClymonds.
j Lafayette Smith of Lexington is
I spending the month of August with
I his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
, W. Ritter.
I Mr. and Mrs. Hobson Tucker had
' as their guest for the week-end Miss
I Pauline Barber of Biscoe.
! B. W. Pulliam has recovered from
I injuries received in an automobile ac-
j cident some weeks ago and has re-
! turned to his work in Charlotte.
Shelton Poole, who has been visit
ing his brother, Hawley Poole, left
Wednesday to join his wife at the
home of her parents in Gardneis, Pa.
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ON CRUISE TO NOVA SCOTIA
Herbert F. Seawell, Jr., is joining
the cruise which the Bar Association
of North Carolina is taking to Nova
Scotia, leaving New York on the
17th. He will be accompanied by Mrs.
Seawell.
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