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THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North CaroHna
Friday, October 18, 1935,
THE PILOT
Published each Friday by
THE PILOT, Ineorporat«d,
Southern Pines, N. C.
NELSON C. HYDE
Editor
FRANCES FOLLEY
Advertising Manager
DAN S. RAY
Circulation Manager
Subscription Kates:
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.
IS THE SPRING BLOSSOM
FESTIVAL AN ASSET
Since the launching in South
ern Pines of the Spring Blos
som Festival there have been
two schools of thought on its
advisability and advertising val
ue. One group looked upon it as
a means to attract visitors who
would spend monev with local
merchants and local hotels and
might develope into something
attaining national repute, there
by leading eventually to a great
incursion of people to spend an
entire week here. The other
jrroup looked upon it as cheap
ening to a village which has not
catered to the class of people
which carnivals and festivals
attract. They objected to the
ballyhoo.
There is, of course, much to
be said on both sides. Many of
our seasonal residents come
here for peace and quiet, prob
ably the larger percentage of
them. The Festival did not ap
peal to these people. On the
other hand, the shops and res
taurants and hotels need all the
business they can get.
Now it appears that even
many of the latter class ques
tion the value of the enterprise.
The Festival has not developed
as expected. It has attracted
largely from nearby points, has
been local in character. It has
attained national publicity only
through its one original offer
ing, the annual Old Slave Day.
This has been worth while, and
should be continued.
The Chamber of Commerce is
weighing the advisability of dis
continuing the Festival. The
Pilot favors its discontinuance,
but would retain its feature
event as long as there are sur
vivors of slavery to bring here
each year to tell of their exper
iences. This is educational. It
might also be a good plan to
continue what has come to be
called Sports Day. Old and
young, here during the winter,
like to see a good baseball game,
some equestrian events, some
fast tennis, an exhibition of
golf. A program covering two or
possibly three days of events of
this type, produced for the en
tertainment and diversion of
residents and guests, would
prove satisfactory to all. And
get us away» from the ballyhoc
and carnival spirit to which so
many object.
UNEMPLOYMENT:
A CONCRETE CASE
Cameron is having quite a
time over a resident physician
and it’s esteemed citizen, Mrs.
J. M. Guthrie, has sort of put
it up to the medical profession
to provide one. It seems that
when a recent statement eman
ating from the American Med
ical Association was published,
to the effect that there were
several thousand unemployed
physicians in the country, Mrs.
Guthrie wrote asking that one
be assigned to Cameron. The
reply suggested that she write
to certain agencies, which she
did to no effect. Cameron is
still without a physician, or
even a prospect.
In her letter to Dr. William
D. Cutter, Chicago secretary of
the Council on Medical Educa
tion and Hospitals of the Amer
ican Medical Asscfciation, ask
ing that he ‘locate for us a
North Carolina physician —
Protestant—one who is willing
to undertake country practice,”
she said in part:
“That sounds like an easyi or
der. We have trfed faithfully
for five months to fill it and
cannot. Until you are able to
do so, do you think that your
attitude of removing—or sanc
tioning the removal of two of
our medical schools from the
State because of an overproduc
tion of doctors is a consistent
one ?”
Mrs. Guthrie raises several
points in her campaign. One is
that present day graduates of
medical schools fight shj' of
“country practice.” The old
horse and buggy days—6ven
given the modern automobile—
are gone so far as they are con
cerned. They have no hanker
ing for being aroused in the
middle of the night and driving
over lonely roads to ill-lit farm
houses to render aid. Their idea
is the up-to-the-minute office in
town, with the folks coming to
! see them; only the occasional
I visits, over city pavements, to
homes and hospitals. For that
have they been educated in the
'big medical schools of the day.
j But Mrs. Guthrie’s campaign
jgoes farther afield than the
medical profession. The coun
try is full of unemployed, in
all walks of life. But have you
tried to employ some of the un
employed? No matter what the
line of their endeavor, no mat
ter what the apparent degree
of their immediate poverty,
they do not want just “A job.”
They want “THE job,” the job
which appeals to them. They
I are specialists, it seems, even
I in their dire need, just as these
i physicians, though jobless,
fight shy of “country practice.”
Is the fault due to the age of
specialization in which we are
living? Or to the fact that to-
daj’fs unemployed have been
given to believe a generous
government is going to keep
them from starvation; that they
can afford to wait for THE job?
Or is it a little of both?
Grains o! Sand
Pupils Free Again
Tomorrow at Fair
{ In seel<ing the home of friends on
I the outskirts of Southern Pines the
other day a motoring party ran into
' soft sand and stuck. The wheels
I would not take hold, and they were
forced to abandon their car, give
up the Idea of finding the home they
j were seeking, and walk to the near
’ est house to telephone for a wreck,
er. They cut through woods, finally
came upon a house, asked the maid
if they might use the telephone.
One of the party inquired whose
house they were in. Yes. you’re
right. It was the home of the friends
they had been hunting.
County Exhibition Proving Pop
ular; Gubernatorial Candi
date is Speaker
Jack Johnson walked out of
Jack’s Grill after supper the other
evening, climbed into his car, noticed
a bulge in one of the door pockets.
Reaching his hand in he pulled out
a brand new bottle of gin. Someone
had made a purchase at the ABC
store, mistaken Johnson's car for his
own.
THE BETTER AND
THE BEST
Robert Browning's idea of
hell was that men, content with
the lesser goods of life, should
have forever what they are now
seeking. “Let such men rest
content with what they judged
the best.” To escape this hell of
a life filled with the lesser
goods, so that we shall not be
forever what we now are, we
must turn away our ambitions
from merely good aims and seek
the best that life offers.
Civilization has progressed so
far that most of us are not in
peril of becoming drunkards,
murderers, or thieves. The gros
ser vices do not allure the av
erage man. We are content sim
ply to waste our lives, not in
“riotous living,” but in aiming
at nothing and hitting it. The
demand of the immediate con
sumes our days. “I want what
I want when I want it.” Pres
ent privation for the sake of the
larger life ^eems too great a
hardship. When good things
I become the rivals of the best
I things and fill our horizon of
hope and effort, we in effect
I forfeit heaven. Paul, the Apos
tle, like his Master was poor in
the things that many esteem as
riches. Hungry often, persecut
ed continually, a prisoner in
chains, finally executed, he was
; always rich beyond the dreams
'of avarice. The secret of his
wealth is indicated in his words
when he said: “Desire earnest
ly the greater gifts and more
over I go on to show you a still
higher path.” Then follows his
famous chapter on love, the
greatest thing that life offers.
Love prevents conceit, decad
ence, and envy. The spiritual
destitution which is man’s worst
enemy is replaced by this gift of
love which gives an eternal goal
of effort. All the resources of
art, science, philosophy, and re
ligion are his who has learned
how to substitute love for self
ishness, Grenfell of the Labra
dor is only one of the modern
saints in his demonstration that
the service of others in self-
forgetful love is the pathway to
peace, joy and lasting success.
—C. R. R.
“Beware of “G” Men is the big
red.letter poster warning that has
been sent for prominent display in
all banks in North Carolina which
are members of the Federal Depos.
it Insurance Corporation by Paul P,
Brown, secretary of the N. C. Bank,
ers Association. The poster reminds
I that robbery of a bank having de.
posits insured with FDIC is a Fed.
eral offense and punishable up to 20
years, and that killing any person or
forcing them to accompany a ban.
dit in his escape after such an of.
fense is punishable by death. All
banks in this State, except one com.
mercial and a few industrial banks
have their deposits insured up to
$5,000.
So popular was School Children’s
Day at the Moore County Fair in
Carthage on Tuesday the fair offi.
cials have decided to again open the
grounds free to school children, of
both colors, tomorrow, Saturday.
They will be admitted to the grounds
without charge up to 5:00 o’clock in
the afternoon, and will have an op.
portunity to witness the thrilling
free acts, Mille Lgng in her aerial
acrobatic stunts, Ben Reno, the
I “Man on the Chair in the Air,” and
■ others.
The fair has been attracting a good
(crowd all week. Dr. Ralph W. Me.
j Donald, Winston.Salem legislator,
officially opened the exhibition Tues.
iday morning with a stirring address.
'Dr. McDonald is in the field for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomination
on an anti.sales tax platform.
In addition to the many and var.
led entertainment features at the
fair there are a large number of
agricultural and educational exhibits
worth while looking over. Judges
(passed upon the various entries on
I Tuesday and W'ednesday and the
premiums, totalling some $600, were
paid to the exhibitors on Wednesday.
There is some talk of having the
county fair in another section of the
county next year, and those in
charge have been invited to several
other towns. It may come about that
it will move each year, giving each
part of the county an opportunity of
sponsoring the exhibition.
“No, suh, not me. I'll not wear that
thing,” said a young negro man.
“If that thing stays in this house.
I'll not stay,” said his mother. The
young negro had lost his hand and
lower forearm in an industrial acci.
I dent, and, as the Workmen's Com.
jpensation law provides, the N. C.
I Industrial Commission had awarded
jhim an artificial hand and forearm.
An agent had taken mesurements
'and no objection was raised, but
when the hand was delivered, both
he and his mother objected to the
“spooky” thing. So, the letter of the
law was frustrated.
Somebody appreciates us.
Former Governor Francis of Mis.
souri sums it up this way:
“Each year the local paper gives
j from $500 to $1,000 in free lines to
, the community in which it is located.
! The editor, in proportion to his
; means, does more for his own town
j than any other ten men. and in all
1 fairness he ought to be supported,
i not because you like him or admire
I his writings, but because the local
I paper is the best investment a corn.
I munity can make. Today the editors
j of the local papers do the most for
I the least money of any people on
earth.”
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Let Kiiss
M. R, BOURGOIN
help you to
attain the new beauty
demanded today
We have engaged Miss Bourgoin to
discuss with you your own individual
beauty problems i
She comes here at our expense, di
rect from personal training by Lang-
lois, world-famous beauty authority.
"Without charge to you she will give
you a 45-minute consultation, includ
ing a restful Cara Nome facial, a skin
diagnosis, and a glorifying make-up;
and will help you outline your daily
complexion care. You incur no obli
gation in accepting this consultation.
It is one of the many services we de
light in planning for our customers.
Phone for an appointment now. Only
10 consultations a day can be given—
between the hours 9 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
Cara Nome Beauty Week
Beginning Monday, October 28th
THROWER’S PHARMACY
e/xaJZ D R U
HIGHLAND PINES INN
MAN.\GER HERE ON VISIT
Heaton Treadway, the new man.
ager of the Highland Pines Inn, ar.
rived in Southern Pines yesterday
for a short business conference, and
will return to Stockbridge tonight.
HERE FOR THIRD WINTER
Mr. and Mrs. Preston T. Kelsey
of Montclair, N. J., have arrived and
I taken possession of the Kraffert
I house on Highland Road, for the
season. This is Mr. Kelsey's third
winter in Southern Pines.
FRESH EVERY DAY
THE BEST IN VEGETABLES
Brussels Sprouts, Lima Beans, Wax Beans, California
Peas, Spinach, Cauliflower, Lettuce, Beets, Parsnips,
Cucumbers, Radishes, Salsify, Tomatoes, Celery, Cab
bage, Idaho Baking Potatoes, Yams
Apples, Grapes, Avacado Pears, Cranberries, Honey
Dew Melons, Pears, Bananas, Oranges, Lemons,
Plums.
Fresh fruits and vegetables at the u
Curb Market here Saturdays.
SELECT FISH and OYSTERS
VERMONT MARKET
Telephone 6911 • Delivery Service
EUREKA
REVIVAL SERVICES AT
LAKEVIEW PRESBYTERIAN
A series of revival services will be.
gin in the Lakeview Presbyterian
Church on this Sunday evening, Oc.
tober 20th, according' to announce,
ment made by the pastor, the Rev.
C. A. Lawr’nce. Rev. Malcolm CaL
houn of St. Paul will come on Mon.
day and will preach on Monday even,
ing and each evening thereafter
through the fourth Sunday, the ser.
vices beginning at 7:30 o’clock.
THREE PLAYS PRESENTED
The Sauline Players gave a group
of three plays in the Vass.Lakeview
school auditorium last week, “Huckle
berry Finn” on Friday afternoon,
"Spooks That Walk” on Friday even
ing, and “Have a Heart” on Satur
day evening. This is the second year
that these players have visited Vass
and they were greeted by good.sized
crowds at each performance.
Mr. and Mrs. James Teachean and
children of Fayetteville spent the
week-end with Mrs. Teachean’s par.
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John A, McLeod.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Horne will regret to know their
J little son, Hugh Paul is very sick at
Duke Hospital, Durham.
Lawrence McLeod ot Raleigh vis.
ited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. McLeod during the week.end.
Mrs. Mary Blue is visiting Miss
Mary McKenzie of near West Ei^
Mr. and Mrs. Dolton Mclnnis and
family of West End visited relatives
in this section Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Blue and fam.
ily and Mr. and Mrs. Alton Blue
visited Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Evans of
Vass Sunday
Miss Bettie McDonald of Carth.
age visited Mrs. Nannie and Miss
Annis McCaskill last week.
K. W. McCaskill of Jackson
Springs, Mrs. F. W. Voncanon of
West End, Mrs. Dolph Blue of Car.
thage and Mrs. A. L. Blue, Hugh Me.
Caskill and Angus McCaskill of this
section spent Saturday with Mrs.
Nannie McCaskill.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl McLeod and
children of Charlotte visited his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. McLeod
over the week.end.
NOTICE
To Tax Payers
3L\RRIAGE LICENSES
Marriage licenses have been issued
from the office of the Register of
Deeds of Moore county to the fol
lowing: Walter J. Bilyeu of Carthage
route 3 and Maggie Stutts of Carth.
age; William A. Capers of Lilling-
ton and Juanita'Bruton of Jackson
Springs; Everett Garner and Maggie
Steadman, both of Spies; Charles
Peterson and Agnes Hentschel, both
of New York.
Your 1934 county taxes will be advertised
In November and sold on the first Monday in
December.
You can save penalty, cost, and the em
barrassment of being advertised, by paying
your taxes in October.
Wages will be attached and personal
property levied upon and sold after October,
if taxes have not been paid.
Yours very truly,
W. T. Huntley
TAX COLLECTOR
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