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THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, January 31, 1936.
THE PILOT
Published each Friday by
THE PILiOT, Incorporated,
Southern Pines, N. C.
NELSON C. HYDE
Editor
FB.\NCES FOLUEY
Advertising Manager
DAN S. BAY
Circulation Manager
Subscription Rates:
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Entered at the Postoffice at South,
em Pines, N. C., as second..class mail
matter.
YOUR HOSPITAL;
AN OPI’ORTUNITY
“Expansion of the facilities of
Moore County Hospital is an ab
solute necessity if we are to take
care of the needs of the coun
ty,” Edwin McKeithan, the in
stitution’s business manager,
told the Kiwanis Club this week.
“It is almost a daily occurrence
to turn away persons w’ho need
hospitalization but are not emer
gency cases. We have one adult
bed per 1,000 of population in
the county. This is obviously in
sufficient.”
The federal government,
through the Public Works Ad
ministration. has authorized a
grant of 925,600 for a hospital
CARO-GRAPHICS — by
Jr.
«kOfTjqg
00 wu Know
YOUR STATE?
3 fiOVERHOR5 OF HC. VERF IMPWSOHfD, NiftVCAnQj^c
5\im REMOVEP. AND OHE RESIGNED
PIDYOUKNOWthat
PHUEMOM TH0MA5, A
MATIVf TARHEa.lEDWE
IMSURRECTION IH W£5T
FIORIPA WHICH WON IT
FROM SPAIN IN 1811
9
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS VOICANIC
ERUPTIONS IN WESTERN N.C. EVEN
AS lATf AS I8T4
PURIHGTHE REVOIOTIOH.TAR HEEL.
MADE RUM OUT OF CORNSTALKS
DIDYOUKNOWthat
OF THE 400.000-ODD
NORTH CAR01INIAN5IIV-
IfiG Ifi OTHER 5TAT£:>,
MORE THAN HALF IIVE
mVA,GA,AMr5.C.
?
'TH6 BtXTOftS OP CARO'flRAPHIC* IHV|T« YOWTO 9CM0 IN iNTCrtECriNC FACT5 AOOOT >««». CC’lincniTy •
ment.
A name may be found of
greater value. But Sandhills
means a name free from mud, a
!soil of great porosity, where
given consideration on the basis
of their worth, not made the
basis of a purely personal attack
upon the speaker. No man has
done more for the Democratic
party than A1 Smith. There is
probably no man less desirous of I rainfall sinks iii and leaves it
attacking his own party than A1 dry and comfortable for the
Smith. It has taken courage. ; golfer who is anxious to get
A1 Smith has done his party back on the fairway, pleasant
and the country a great service, for the hunter who follows the
addition w'hich would double the j His party, if it will accept as hounds, the horse secure in his
adult capacitv. The hospital hasK^f^ his cnticisms ami go hoii- footing, and all other activit.es
, •41 i.- „ i estly about their remedies; his that mean out of door life tor
available from private donations country, because he is champion- the sportsman, the winter visi-
to its building fund and from , . . . .
the county approximately $25,-
growth springing up in replace- united ages amounted to four hun-
Livingston Biddle’s folks were mak
ing an effort to save the youth of
two centuries ago. Under a literary
ing the cause of democratic gov-! tor, the children and everyone notice from the same old paper, the
ernment as conceived by our concerned. One advocate says— following w'as printed:
000. With the estimated cost of'/forefathers and builded under “^ou have only to go up in the “MEssrs. Key and Bidaie have just
the addition and necessary j that conceptioii into the world s , station of the county and published a valuable work under the
equipment and furnishing set at; ^i^eatest nation. j^^ide around in that old rc name "Aids to Mental Development.”
$65 000 the immediate need is 9 , w ^^®®'sned to furnish parents
^ WHAT THE , appreciate what the _sandhills ^
with the outlines of a more perfect
4\'nnil I <4 IMF AM mean, especially duiing such system of mental and moral instruc-
! weather as we have been having j tion than those now employed. The
There has been considerable | jwcrk contains conversation between
discussion lately as to whether! Sandnills have won by j a mother and her children, in which
dred years. They sat down to cards
at the good old fashioned hour of
four o’clock in the afternoon, and en
tering into the spirit of the game
did not separate until midnight."
The paragraph is copied from a yel
lowed old paper, Atkinson’s Satur
day Evening Post, printed in Phila
delphia April 12, 1834, a hundrtd and
two years ago.
Correspondence
the raising of $15,000. This must
be done within the next ten
days if the institution is to take
advantage of the PWA grant.
The treasurer of the Moore
County Hospital is Paul Dana.
His address is Pinehurst.
SOME FOOD
FOR THOUGHT
Since the address of former
the name Sandhills is appro-j^ ^ fair share of ; the principles of education are clev-
priate for this section. While the [ The late Dr. Fen- j erly €iucidated, and the beauties of
name might not be popular with ?. ^ outstanding nian the system developed, it win be a
some, just as many are in favor reseaich w^rk, both in this j valuable accession to
of holding to it, confident that
you would have to look a long
time before a better substitute
1 would present itself. We have
country and Europe knew the
value of the Sandhills and what
its name stood for. The name
has spread far enough abroad.
Jibrary.
every family
Pilot Advertising Pays.
THE “SLOGAN” QUESTION
Editor, The Pilot:
Pertaining to a new slogan for
Southern Pines.
The seeking of a n:w slogan for
Southern Pines is both amusing and
enlightening. It is not amusing by
reason of the objectives sought; for
the quest of such might be most com
mendable, but in its profound reason
which perhaps is not intended to
be obvious—it is. '
We mildly comment that the slo
gan “Mid-South Resort" does not
seem adequate for a purpose; and, I
might add, for a possible growmg
ccnviction. The present slogan does
not contribute much to the Itinerant
mind except a vague geopraphical lo
cation. When Southern Pines, N. C.,
is used as a caption, it does not of
fer much more—I mean information
as to what kind tf'a resort.
Perhaps though, this was expedient
in ths older days, that is, to keep the
public guessing. But frankly, we did
fill a mission In those days, until a
new conception was formed as to
what it took to make a rescrt. We
demand more today—a change has
taken place.
The admission of a need for a new
slogan, like whispering voices, sharp
ens our ears; and we learn the truth
as it filters through the obscurity
into the obvicus light: that there is
need of a cause for a s.logan, instead
of a n-w slogan.
It is a lovable trait of the human, j
to see it cling to old loves and ideals.
This, in a sense, is just. Often though
its tenacity by reason cf some prac
tical urge, proves a stubborn object
in the path of attainment.
If we do not recognize a cause, and
drift away in aesthetic proclaim of
murmuring pines and crystal air, we
will wake again of a morn, with the
wide-eyed wonder of children, to
stare at the empty life cf a pretty
slogan. We would then be to the out
side world as O. Henry described:
“She was like the air he breathed,
necessary but scarcely noticed.
truer meaning of the word slogan:
Gael, sluagh-ghairm, or, sluagh-army
plus galrm-a call. The war cry, or
gathering word, of a Scottish High
land clan,
—GEO. S. NEVINS, JR.,
Southern Pines,
January 27, 1936.
BUILDING AND LOAN
HOLD ANNUAL MEETING
The annual stockholders meeting
f the Pineh irst Building and Loan
\ssociation was held at the High
School Tuesday evening, and a very
successful year was reported.
Directors of ths Association are
John F. Taylor, I. C. Sledge, A. P..
Th:mpson, Gordon Cameron, Wesley
Viall, B. U. Richardson. James W.
Tufts, Willard Dunlop and Robert
Gouger. Officers for the year will
be electrd at the next meeting. Pres
ent officers are James W. Tufts, pres
ident, .John F. Taylor, vice president,
and B. U. Richardson, secretary-treas.
urer.
KEV. MYRON AD.VMS TO
ADDRESS WILLING WORKERS
The Willing Workers of the Baptist
Church will hold their monthly mis
sionary meeting next Tuesday, Feb
ruary 4 at 3:00 o’clock at the Holly-
w od Hotel. The Rev. Myron Adams
will be the speaker. A cordial invita
tion is extended to all women
IN RECORDER’S COURT
Harvey Smith, white of Aberdeen,
pleaded guilty to charges of non-sup
port of his wife and five children and
public drunkenness. He was given a
60-day sentence.
Hubert Smith, white cf High Falls,
pleaded nolo contendere to a charge
of failure to support his children. His
three-month sentence was ordered
suspended on condition that he make
every reasonable effort possible to
take care of the children, get a home
for them and live with them, and It
was ordered that the costs cf this ac
tion be paid to the children under the
A slogan w'ithout evidence of true l , ■ . ^ „
. . . '•‘^^Vgeneral supervision of J. H. Scott
basic reason of bemg, is just about |
as effective to the wise as a celluloid
dog chasing an asbestos kitty through
a portion of Dante’s Dream.
We must acknowledge with due re
gard, the good that has been done,
and the future which demands a
greater conception. However, our
^'>««t]f7ndanrr‘attorney~ •-''-“-de-
Lacy R. McCann, white, was found
guilty of violating the worthless
check law and was given 60 days on
the roads, to be suspended upon con
dition that he pay the check and pro
test fees and the costs of the»actlon.
He gave notice of appeal and bond
rnvprnnr Alfrprl F Smith of known and listed too long i numerous publications and
Lrovemor Alired 1^.. femitn ot , fn pViano-o into the minds of many people,
Saturday night ^ “‘he Sand^ to’change.
problem is imminent, and there is a
I was fixed at $250.
formation.
—H. K. B.
statements inconsistent with,
view’s expressed by him in years
gone by; in .«ihort, he’s a rene
gade, pure and simple.
It seems to The Pilot that
there was much food for
thought in what Mr. Smith had Carolina, but it is wholly signi-
to say. If this is so, what mat- i of our formation and the
New York on msi.u ^ • i , i riuiKii
last The Pilot has heard much . ■ and econom- instilled are easier re-
condemnation of Mr. Smith,"'i''Physical geogra- ® than forgotte™ You
noiinri “-Ronnriinf A _ ! phies, aud other technical books ! u i. V
heard him called Benedict Ar- ,, , <*hange the name, but not the
nold,” “party deserter,” this,: »e revised, and |
that and t’other, by the straight would be something of a
line Roosevelt Democrats of the i ‘ physiagraphic descrip-
community. All the attacks have given as sandhills, and
been based upon the speaker, not ‘^^^(^hills we will always be. Isa-
the speech. He has been accus- person who can
ed of forsaking the common peo-i "'^rld, and under
pie, courting the rich, making ■ terrific upheav^al or cen-
iwjfh tui’ies of work Will she make us
over. Otherwise we will be what
we are, sandhills.
The name perhaps is mislead
ing to the stranger who knows
nothing whatsoever about North
Grains of Sand
relation to the rest of the state.
The Sandhill section is a narrow
strip covering portions of Rich
mond, Scotland, Moore, Cumber-
i land and Harnett counties.
ters the source?
Is is not a fact that the Dem
ocratic party, with two excep
tions, Stock Exchange .regula
tion and Prohibition, deserted
the main platform on which Mr. ^'^^ose rolling hills vary in
Roosevelt was elected Presi-• from two to around five
dent? [hundred feet. They are not a
Is it not a fact that govern-{^°ose incoherent mass of fine
mental expenditures have reach- Quai’tz grains that float and
ed a high peak in spite of the, the wind into dunes of
platform’s promise of ‘eliminat- shifting landscape, but a soil
ing extravagance to accomplish; '^ade up of gravel, sands and
a saving of not less than 25 per- ^^ays, the Patuxent formation,
cent.” I anchored down betw’een the
Is it not a fact that despite plateau and the east-
the huge expenditures of the ‘ country known as the
past three years, the agricultur-1 Coastal Plain,
al and unemployment problems i In the geological world North
are still with us? i Carolina has had a checkered
Is it not a fact that the Pres- ^ and complicated history. Moore
ident and the Congress havecounty’s rocks are among the
disregarded constitutionality, oldest above sea level. Ages ago
fostered disrespect of the Unit-' much higher hills extended
W'hen the sky was dark and heavy
the ether night we sent a warning
note to Aunt Hannah what would
happen if she let her cat wash up
again and bring any more snow. A
feeling of horror and dismay swept
over us when she said, “Oh Lawd,
chile, she done washed again’ dis
mawnin.’’ Nothing could be done.
The elements have been active in
about every state in the Union, bear
ing dcwn with discomforting weight
in some form or other. We escaped
without damage although we miss
some of our lofty pines and oaks that
were sacrificed in the boisterous
wind which swept over the low hills.
Drci'ping cut—"As when a lordly ce
dar grooii with boughs, goes dowTi
with great shout upon the hills and
leaves a lonesome place against the
sky.”
ed States Supreme Court, dur
ing the past three years?
southwest to a northwest
through the county. The story is
The Pilot is not saying that j told in her soils. It is not a bar
much that has been done during len and poverty stricken land,
this administration has not been
necessary, nor beneficial. It has.
And the speech would have been
but a composition of materials
carried down b swift moving
streams unloading their deposits
stronger had the speaker given j of decomposed crystalline rocks,
credit where credit is due. We j of schists, gneisses, granites and
are not defending Al Smith. j other sediment in their hurried
What we do maintain is this, j f\ow to the lowest coastal re-
Mr. Smith has given the public I gions. The result is not an un
something to think about. His
thoughts are the thoughts of
millions in this country. His ut
terances, coming from a man
who has served as Governor of
the Stale of New York longer
than any other incunibent, who
has been his party’s leader over
a long period, who has been his
party’s candidate for the high
est office in the land, should be
fertile land of sand piles, bare
and wind swept. But sandhills,
nevertheies.'i, fn all acquainted
with this section of Norrh Caro
lina. Ou? giintle undulating hills
produced in their sandy and
loamy soil a pine and oak forest
that covered the territory until
man and his deva'jtating saw
were introduced. We can refor
est again as is seen in the rapid
Cheer up I In about six months the
noisy little cicada will be pounding
out his energetic song on warm sum
mer nights in exchange for the pat
ter of what has been coming down
in either solid or liquid form on your
roof.
“Twas not ever thus. A clipping
from The Pilot’s weather report for
January, 1933 said the maximum
temperature was 60-2, minimum 39-2.
For the year previous, maximum
61-2; minimum 43. Not a frost for
either January.
Peony-flowered asters, goldenrod
poppies, cactus flowered zinnias and
scabiosa and dahlia flowered zinnias,
a poinsetta geranium, hollyhocks,
carnation flowered, balsam camellia
flowered and godetias, azalea flow
ered, and so on the catolojp: reads. Be
wildering combinations of reliable old
Llmcr:*. Has the printer gone on a
jag Cl is it real confusion of an
cestry
"A widow lady of Stamford on
Monday assembled a Christmas par
ty to engage in a game of whilst,
which consisted of four ladies whose
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H. A. LEWIS
INSURANCE
Southern Pines
North Carolina