l*age Two
THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina
JJ’riday, October 4, 1935.
THE PILOT
Published each Friday by
TETE PILOT, Incorporated,
Southern Pines, N. C.
NELSON C. HYDE, Editor
JAAfES BOYD STRLTHERS BURT
WALTER LIPP>L\NN
Contributing Editors
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A STORY IN
HEADLINES
What has the federal govern
ment got against North Caro
lina? What is becoming of the
more than a billion dollar ap
propriation for relief measures?
The following headlines in pa
pers of the state during the past
few days cause one to ponder:
SMALL PWA FUND
COMING TO STATE
North Carolina Gets Only Three
Millions; Mere Fraction
of Total Sought
PROGRESS IS SLOW
IN CUTTING DOLE
FOR THIS STATE
Eastern route and endeavor to malte
water run up Hill—Chapel Hill or
what Hill have you. A blind, deaf
and dumb man, even though he were
a member of the highway commis.
sion, would linow In one journey
which of the two routes was best
suited for trunlt line travel, which
line had gone to infinite expense and
trouble to build its traffic and
which line on account of impediments
—insurmountable—put there by na.
ture, made one better than the other.
Yet these considerations count for
nothing with a body of men who
draw fat salaries at the expense of
the tax payers—who have tal<en
oaths to do their full duty as public
officials of this state.
The people of this section had no
desire to rob another section of its
highway—the matter was not of their
choosing and if 401 had been let
alone no complaint would have been
heard. Then when there was merit
in the claims of both sides a possible
solution was offered when the sugges.
tion was made that one route be
marked West and the other East.
This left each line on its merits and
old 401 was willing to stand on its
merits or not at all. Everyone ex.
pected that the two courses would
be so marked but when the signs
come up a few days ago with 15 go.
ing by John Sprunt Hill and other
points and 15A by Raeford a most
violent reaction set in. Old 401 is
not satisfied to be an alternate to
any other road and the last of it
will not be heard until a change
is made either in the marking or in
the personnel of the body that per.
petuated this outrage. And to add
insult to injury, where it is custo.
mary to put E or W in smaller type
than the number the commission in
this instance put the A in the same
size type as the 15 and the casual
observer would take it the be 154.
This journal cannot vouch for
how but one person will vote in the
primary next June, but it is a safe
bet that if any one of the five can.
didates for governor will promise to
fire every member of the highway
commission, he will get the unani.
mous vote of Hoke county.
We are inclined to the belief
that the Raeford News-Journ-
al misunderstands the 15A
As for Moore county, the only i which appears on the roadsigns
project, under either Public, through its bailiwick. One
Works Administration or Works! would gather from its diatribe
Progress Administration, so ' that it is laboring under the de-
far under way is rebuilding the i lusion it stands for 15-Alter-
Aberdeen lake dame for which i nate. Of course we over here in
$4,111 of federal funds were Moore county all know' it means
bllowed. That was a WTA 15-Almost.
grant. Of PWA projects we read '
in a Washington despatch of' OUR B. & L.
last Saturday*: | ASSOCIATIONS
“Final North Carolina PWA I It is not the forte of a news-
aHotments, containing only $2,-1 paper to recommend invest-
999,862 in direct federal grants,; ments. There could be no more
or only about one-eighth of the ' dangerous step for the public
sum requested, were made pub- ■ press to take. But where a type
lie today.” None of this sum j of investment has stood the test
comes to Moore county. I of time, The Pilot sees no rea-
! son why' it should not speak out.
THE WRATH OF i It niay be doing someone a ser-
RAEFORD jvice to mention it.
The Pilot hereby! extends its | We have here in the Sandhills
sympathy to the State Highway several building and loan asso-
WPA Program Taking Definite
Form But Only §100,000
Actually Received
STATE IS LOSING
$7,000,000 HOPE
Waynick Told Federal Funds
Expected for Road Work Will
Not Materialize
ROOSEVELT CALLS
INDUSTRY TO BE.\R
HUGE RELIEF LOAD
Says Time Has Come for Prl.
Mite Business to Provide More
Emploj-ment
Commission. By their decision
to let U. S. Highway No. 15
ciations. They are fine institu
tions, because they combine, if
traverse its old original course we can judge by their records,
through this section, the com- i safety of investable funds with
missioners have brought down community upbuilding, with the
upon their heads the wrath of' providing of homes for persons
Raeford. And if one can w’ade | in the lower brackets of earning
through the invective produced i power. Throughout the Depres-
b:< the pen of the editor of the I sion these associations stood
Raeford News-Joumal, there (like the proverbial Rock eg Gi-
seems litile doubt but that said | braltor, meeting all obligations,
heads are in dire jeopardy. Even jbuild.'ng up their reserves, pi*o-
the next gubernatorial election tecting their clientele, aiding
is to be settled by Hoke county
if the NewS'Journal has its way.
But we will not keep you lon
ger in suspense. 'Here it is, clip
ped from the last issue of our
esteemed contemporary' to the
east:
As an ironical termination, if it be
a termination, to the childish squab,
ble by the present highway commis
sion over the location of U. S. 15
through North Carolina old 401, the
route through this state that carried
more North.South travel last sea.
son than any other road in the
state, now has the disgrace of car.
rying on all its markers the num.
ber 15A, something of an alternate
detour, it may be taken, to the death
trap through Sanford, Chapel Hill and
the seat of power of the mighty Dur.
hamite, of liquor and hotel fame.
What was thought to have been an
honest approach to the solution of
a difficult problem by the highway
commission has turned out to be
but another of those things that
nearly caused the change In a gub.
ernatorial contest last election and
would have if the voters had had
but another week or two to really
learn the stack.up of the commia.
sion in politics. Which is another
way of saying that instead of mark,
ing 15 through Sanford and other
points as 15W and through Raeford
as I5E the commission has seen fit,
in all its majesty, glory and power,
to short.change and two.tlme the
deser'J^ed ones to own their own
dwellings.
Some of these associations are
starting new series for sub
scriptions at this time, which
prompts this editorial.
“There is no material invest
ment based on a more solid
foundation,” says the advertise
ment of one of them, and con
tinues: “Safe, because secured
by real estate valued at twice
the loans made. Non-taxable,
adding from two to three per
cent over other investments.”
Sound institutions soundly ad
ministered by respected busi
ness men of the community de
serve an accasional pat on the
back. Hence a word for the B.
& L,
Grains of Sand
North Carolina collected 44 per.
cent more sales tax during the first
quarter of the present fiscal year,
which ended Monday, than it did
during the first quarter of the pre.
vious fiscal year. This, of course,
due to the elimination of exemptions,
increased business, better collection
methods.
Frank McCluer of Aberdeen has
done a great job on the clearing of
the little lake on Bethesda Road fa.
miliarly known as Powell’s Pond.
What was almost an eyesore from
neglect is now a community beauty
spot. If you haven’t driven out Be.
thesda Road lately, go by and ob.
serve the transformation.
East Pennsylvania avenue, South,
ern Pines, is developing a little bus.
iness colony of its own. Or perhaps I
we should say professional colony. Dr j
Daniels started it with a building on j
the corner of the alleyway leading to
the Men's Club. Then E. W. Reinecke
put up a building to b? used jointly
by his contracting coucern and At.
torney W. D. Matthews. Now Dr. P.
J. Chester is planning another build,
ing for his offices.
The Village Court Building in Pine,
hurst has been enlarged to provide
sizeable quarters for the Carolina
Pharmacy. The O’Brien Pharmacy,
formerly occupying the quarters, has
moved into the Pinehurst Department
Store building, putting Pinehurst’s
two drug stores within a stone’s
throw of one another. The ABC store ;
has its sign up on Market Square
near the store vacated by the Caro,
lina Pharmacy. ;
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. and so lived
happily ever after .
Charlie Picquet has named his new
estate on the double road “Wayon.
dah.”
Forestry projects will be inaugur,
ated mainly to demonstrate to pri.
vate land owners in the State the
value of farm forests as a perma.
nent development, James M. Gray,
regional of the Resettlement Adminis.
tration’s Land Utilization Division.
Plans for these projects will be an.
nounced soon. Land classed as un_
suited for agricultural purpose will
be used, the projects to be scattered
to give opportunity for farmers all
over the State to observe the work,
some of the areas will be used for
recreational, grazing and wild lite
sanctuary purposes. Landowners will
have opportunity to sell iheir land in
areas selected, based on expert ap.
praisal, and aid will be given fami.
lies selling their land to the govern,
ment in settling elsewhere, Mr.
Gray said.
Only 49 forest fires, burning over
1,786 acres of land and doing dam.
ages of only $4,593 were reported by
the 56 counties cooperating in for
est fires.
In A House Built by Savings
Building and Loan Stock Is Safe
Tested and Tried
THERE IS NO MATERIAL INVESTMENT BASED ON A MORE
SOLID FOUNDATION
SAFE—Because secured by real estate valued at
twice loans made.
NON-TAXABLE—Adding from two to three per
cent over other investments.
We are opening the 49th Series for Subscriptions on October 5th.
Paid up stock is available in even shares of
$100.00, paying dividends of 5 per cent. Install
ment stock is available in amounts from 25c and
upwards per week.
Established in 1922. The Southern Pines Building
and Loan Association is now entering its 14th
year and 49th series.
On the security of its proven service, this sound
institution invites your membership.
Come in and let us discuss our convenient plan.
TRY SAVING FOR A DEFINITE PURPOSE
SOUTHERN PINES BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
A. S. Ruggles, President
P. F. Buchan, Vice-President
R. L. Chandler, Secretary-Treasurer
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