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Page Two THE PILOT, Southern Pines and ‘Aberdeen, North Carolina THE PILOT Friday, February 21, 193& Published each Friday by THE PILOT, Incorporated, Southern Pines, N. C. NELSON C. HYDE Editor FR-\NCES FOLLEV Advertising Mana^'er DAN S. RAY Circulation Manager CARO-GRAPHICS ™ by Murray Jones, Jr. Subscription Kates: One Year Six Months Three Months $.2.00 „..$1 00 .50 Entered at the Postoffice at South, ern Pines, N. C., as second .class mail matter. ovnwii' DO YOU KNOW YOUR STATE? JOHN SEVIER, nRST GOVERHOR OF TfNHESSEE, WAS"WAI1TEP''IH THIS 6MTf NDYOUKNOWthat ITHASBFEHTriOlKiHTWflr 50ME0FTME AMCE5T0RS OF THE CROATAH INDIANS OFROBESOrtCO.\VERE MFM BfWOFTHE 105TC010MY or ROANOKE ? PrBLIClTY SAVES A FEW IJVES Publicity, like advertising, pays. For several months now the press of state and nation has. been making the public accident-1 conscious, with particular em-1 phasis upon the automobile and its tremendous toll of life. That! this campaign is meeting with some success in North Carolina ^ —' "■ ■ - ... - -■ ■- - is happilyj evidenced in reports begiimings the Barns- from the Division of Highwa> , Qjj (\)mpany grew to be- Safety. Sixty-one P^i'sons was | petroleum the stat s death toll in J^nu- country. From ary which, appalling as It seems, thousands of wells is the smallest number killd oj^^and a great network of pipe our highways in any one month meager beginnings since April, 134. (swelled into one of the out- In addition to 61 killed last: >jtanding refintries of the coun month, 59 persons were injured I try. in 42 accidents on the highways. ’ ‘Many of the old oil men of In January, 1935, the fatalities Penns.’dvania located here in the totalled 90, the injured 506. In' Sandhills. Oil, like many of the December we killed 115 around'other commodities, has had a the state. great romance. The early day Captain Farmer of the State operators changed the country Highway Patrol believes the bad , as if b.'i magic. Without that weather had much to do with courageou.'^ lot of explorers the the decrease last month. Driving country today would b e a was hazardous much of the mighty different place, time, and the drivers more care- McKinne;-, Barnsdall, How- ful. It shows, he said, that land, Ramage, and a long list of “people can drive carefully and others. They found a place here saflvi if they will.” GoGvernor to their liking—faith in the fu- Ehringhaus attributed the de- i ture, as in the past—all carry- crease to “making the people, ing on in the same spirit of en- more safety conscious” thi'ough : thusiasm and courage as they campaigns, and also to “better and their ancestors did in earli- enforcemerit arid observation of er tlays of America's growth the laws,” I —H. K There were 54 fatal accidents ‘ last month, and pedestrians were >IIN(il().N S involved in 26 of theni. There IHLhM.>L\ wer five children under 14 vears Moore county s tflicient and of age kilkd playing in the working health offictr. Dr. street.s. Symington, will have the sym- Speeding machines caused 12 pnicticall\ fatal and 44 non-fatal accidents f ^'iTone in the county in the di- Itmma in which he tinds him- AT THE PATTIE OF KIH65 MTH OPPOSING FORCES WORE AS PI$TIN6UISHIN0 MARK^ EITHER A PIKE OF TAPIR OR A 5PR16 OF PINF THERE WERE OVER 500 LOG SCHOOL HOUSES IN NORTH MROIINA IN 1905 DID YOU KNOW THAT CriE EARlY5TATFiA\V5AID TMATAFTFRAMAN HAD LIVED IN N.C roR5YEARV,Hff001D NOTBESUEPFORPEefT^MADE BEFORE HE EmEREPTHE5TATE ? PARK VIEW HOTEL Southern Pines, N. C. Modern, convenient, reasonable Write for Booklet; Rates CHARLES J. SADLER, Mgr. Southern Pines, N. C. • TH6 EOlTOftS OF CARO'CRAPHICS INVltr YOWTO SCNO HI INTCJiESTINO FACTS ABOUT YOOd COMMONITY • The Doctor and The Hotel Man Bv a Sandhills Hotel MaiiaRer Grains o! Sand B. while reckless driving caused nine deaths and injured 83. Skid ding resulted in six fatal acci dents and 64 non-fatal. Five fa tal and 16 non-fatal accidents were charged to hit-and-run drivers. Only three fatal accidents were caused by intoxicated drivers, compared with 13 in De cember. One daf mute was driv ing a machine involved in a fa tal accident. self. p]veryone who knows him ^ well knows that it is wholly im possible that Dr. Symington would knowingly violate any law. He is one of the most sub stantial citizens of the county , and beloved by everyone who knows him, and it is believid that if he violated any law, it was unwittingly done and for the purpose of relieving suffer ing regarded by him as most humanitarian. ' You know the old time doctor With his old time one hoss shay How the folks was sendin’ for him To come riu'^nin’ night and day. Uncle Si ha.s cut his ear off. Auntie Liz has got a rash, .Susie's gone and bust a finger, Little Bill was in a crash. Jo'’ i.s turnin’ kind o' greenish — Billy's swallowed down a pin— Selma's always kinila dizzy- - Mary's getting awful thin. Auntie Saiah's having labor, Better huiry guess it's twins. Johnny can not stop his hiccoughs, ITncle Jake is full of gin. Day and night in lain or sunshine He was going till he fell. But it's nothing to the jumpin' When you manage a hotel. Ther.'s no heat in my apartment - I There's a door that kinda squeaks. We are short of toilet paper— Fix the pipe that leaks and leaks. I Where's the .xtry chair y’ promised'.’ I Where's the music cornin' from'? Can't y' move my next door peignbor Or- bu.st up their youngster’s drum ? t Say, I’m going to give a party; Get some music, will y’—-cheap' Tell them guys in 907 To be quiet, I can't sleep. I How abut that job of paintin’? Say my steak was awful tough— Give my dough back get some menus Gee, your towels are awful rough. quick "How's my Cash this check credit ?” "Don’t you know, sir, who I am ? Th?re’s a bell hop hauling liquor—■ .\nd the night clerk’s in a jam. In only one fatal accident was a w’oman driver, involved, while thistle club’s v.\lf:ntink out-of-state cars were involved bridcje .a gkeat si ctess in four fatal and 49 non-fatal ^ wrecks. | The Valentine progressive bridge The hour between 7 and eight given by The Thistle Club for at night was the most danger- , members and their friends, was *^h>nk country doctors ous in January, nine fatal and I unqualified success. There were ® 52 non-fatal accidents occurring ' tables playing, and the nine high don’t know wha^s action in that period, while Mondays "^^de by the following: ' """ and Saturdays were the most P' Fitzgerald, Mrs. Eliza beth Davis, Mrs. Elmer Davis, Miss Mary Prizer, Mrs. E. Levis Prizer, Mrs. C. P. Everest, Mrs. H. E. Throw er, Mrs. Howard Buins and Mrs. Earl Merrill. Attractive prizes were award ed. The dcor prize, an appropriate basketball teams reaped sweet its most ^'®*'ntine box of sweets, was won by *'*^''enge wtien they took a double- dangerous da\»; with nine fatal accidents on those davs. Kept a goin’ to beat Hell rother, you doi Till j'o>i run a damn hotel. Oil rights reserved) SOI TIIKItX FINES GETS KEVEN<iE ON PINKHl UST Hemp and Glendon are preparing I for an onslaught against shiney noses. | New talc grinding plants have recent ly been installed, and the business en- I larged. Hemp can now produce | about 250 tons ci taic a day. Cars , moving out with the Moore county product go to northern points where it is reworked. An air of thriving in- du.stry is about the little mines. The hunting season came to a close last Saturday fcr all kinds of game. The law of averages balances again. The hunter has had a long ]oyous -slaughter. The animal now reaches his period of safety. Fort Bragg with its 122,000 acres of land affords a great shelter for wild life, and with such protection it multiplies despite the open seasons. We have had all kinds of excuses ' and reasons offered lor cur winter i weather of 1936. scientific and ether-1 •,vi.se. One old philosopher who re- ' gards himsclf as autnoiity, .says we | will have as many snows in the win- ; t:r as fogs in August, and takes! vour breath away by relating further that we had the staggering number of eleven fogs last August. Now if we can rig up some kind of a fog eliminate-r for use next summer, in case the man from Quewhiffle is right, We might save a lot of trou ble foi' ourselves. When the Westminster Kennel Club show openal last week in New York I it drew sociely from among man and beast. From the Carolines went the aristocrats of dogdom. Winstom-Sa- lem. High Point and Pinehurst were represented. Homo and Ursus were friends ages ago, and give every in dication of holding fast to the part nership. N PIUNBING and HEATIIMG Estimates Gladly Given FRIGIDAIRE OIL BURNERS IRON FIREMAN (Automatic Coal Burner) ESSOHEAT FUEL OIL L. V. O’CALLAGHAN FRIGID.MKE S.4LES AND SERVICE Telephone 5341 Southern Pines FligHland ]_iodlge A Quiet Home-Like Family Hotel Pleasantly Located on Vermont Avenue Near the Pines SEASON OCTOBER 1ST TO JUNE 1ST Nicely furnished comfortable apartments for rent Mrs. W. N. GREARSON Telephone 6933 Southern Pines, N. C. The Hollywood Hotel Corner Federal Highway No. J and New York Avenue Rooms are Large, Verandas Sunny. Rates Moderate. Call, write or wire J. L. Pottle & Son, SOUTHERN FINE Southern Pines, North |L'&i'olhi& Th? Southern Pines boys' and girls’ THE PASSING OF MR. BARNSDALL Once again Knollwood suffers in the loss of one of prominent and substantial citi- ‘'’Borman Day. zens. In the death of T. N. graciously pre- Barnsdall one of the pioneer ’’y Harry Gage and residents of the little settlement George Buttry. Among the is taken. Mr. Barnsdall saw &u<’Sts brought by members were much of the growth and devel- Shields of the opment of Knollwood and was Highland Pines inn, Mrs. Davidson active in all advancement. His Hollywood, home, not far from the fine big Moseley of the Southland, Miss hotel, i.s one of the attractive ^ew York, Mrs. w. places ^n the village. Mr. Barns- ; Fitzgerald of California and others, dall joined the forces that were! ^ ®ood fellowship prevailed, ^Umg with the local boys hitting building and added much to the'^"'^ was over, every This was the worst community. He was an enthu-i°”® grateful for the opportunity “®^eat the Pinehurst boys had suf- siastic archer and helped make; become better acquainted. archery one of the features of I this section. | state nltritionist to Pioneering and lending a hand; dk-monstrate in carthage Piayed here Tuesday night, while the to a growing country was a! Barnsdall . characteristic. . For Mary E. Thomas, Extension header from Pinehurst Friday on the local court. The girls’ score was 33- 38. Maples led the locals with nine points, and Cameron was close be hind with eight. McKenzie paced the Pinehunst girls with 17. The score of the boys’ game was 29-11. Beck and Newton were top scorers for Southern Pines, while ! devious route the little dog'Vad'trrv- Mortcn was most effective for Pine- hurst. Both games were fast and ex- "Ursus was a man, Homo was a wolf. Their dispositions tallied. It was the man who christened the wolt Having found Ursus fit for himself, he had found Homo fit fcr the beast.” The bond between Homo and Ursus is an interesting one. Last week a fine young pointer arrived for tie winter from the North. He immed iately became confused in the new surroundings, and was soon helpless ly lost. The entire neighborhood of fered a hand in the dog’s recovery, but to no t'V.Til. The acquaintance was made in the dog’s effort to locate ; one familiar scent. His injuiries took ! him over much of the countryside. He found friends 'out not the right ‘ cnes. The same time a small spaniel | ventured too far from the home fire- ' side. After three days of exposure the owner was located. Pneumonia con cluded the life of the cocker. A feel ing of regret traveled back over the JOHNSON HOUSE Sunny, Attractive Rooms A home-like place to spend the night or season. Tasty Food. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Hadwen 84 E. Massachusetts Ave. Phone 7265 Southern Pines fered this year. Southern Pines girls defeated Car thage 52 to 11 in the double header boys’ team won in a walk, 41 to 9. several generations the Barns-; ^^ut^tionist ot Raleigh, win give a dall men were the leaders in the' d®"^onstration in the Home Demon- TO DEMONSTRATE HERE oil country where they, made a name that is now famous. Sev enty-five years ago T, N. Barns- dall’s grandfather, Wm, Barns dall, drilled the country’s second oil well. Soon after this success was recognized he created Am erica’s first oil refinery. And the name of Barnsdall still stands as the remaining pioneer name of the oil industryx From stration office in Carthage on Tues-1 Mary L. Bradburn, a repre day morning, February 25th at 10:30 sentative of the Hudnut Company of o’clock on "The Care of Milk in the York, will spend next week in Home.” She will discuss the food val- Southern Pines and will be at the ue of milk and its uses as well as Sandhills Drug Company’s store on give a demonstration on the use of West Broad street each da yto ex milk and cheese. Every is invited plain to the public the various pro to attend this demonstration. , ducts sold by her company. Cotton production tin the South dropped sharply during the ClvU war. You can get on Easy Street if you go to Birmingham, Ala. eled in its confusion, too late for permanent rescue. A few nights ago a handsome setter was brought up to the door for identification. A call to The Paddock, and another wander er was returned. Homo and Ursus are friends for keeps. When one of the partnership is lost It awakens consideration in the neighborhood and every effort is made to restore the broken alliance. The Gertrude Circle served the Ki- wanis Club luncheon Wednesday at the Baptiste hurch. Riding Instruction Horses and Hunters Stony Brook Stables Telephone 7451 or 7961 Yotinff’s Boad (off U. S. No. 1) new Boyd’s Kennels WOOD’S-^^^g Sold by these Dealers SOUTHERN PINES McNeill & Co. ABERDEEN Burney Hardware Co. Aberdeen Hdwe. Co. PINEHURST Pinehurst Dept. Store Pinehurst Warehouses, Inc. Smith & Ritter VASS C. & p. store A. W. McNeill FREE ! The South's Favorite SEED CATALOG. Mail a post card to T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va.
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