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THE IMLOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, February 28, 1936,
THE PILOT
Published each Friday by
THE PILOT, Imorporattd,
Southern I'iiies, X. C.
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NELSON C. HVDE
Editor
FRANCES FOLLEY
Advertising Manager
DAN S. RAY
Circulation Manager
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THE FI N IS
JUST STARTING
Since the dtparture of our un
invited and welcome guest, Mr,
Jupiter Pluvius at his worst, the
season in the Sandhills has
blossomed forth in all its old
time glory and, in the words of
the good old song, "Happy Days
Are Here Again.”
From now on things are go-j
ing to hum. If you can’t find
something to do or to watch in | government or under a dic-
the way of amusement ; ^ator. Whether we are to run our
here, its no fault of the lousinesses and our lives as in
arrangers of events. It must be puppets of a
just a chronic grouch, cr some- j dictatorial government. Wheth-
thing. Golt tournaments \ull fol- j continue our profli-
low goW 'vtournaments ,the re-: spending Who is there to
gainsay that the trend in Wash
ing in the past three years has
been of a nature to prompt such
questions.
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AN APPLE TRFE IN WILKES Ca IS SAI0 TO
BE THE 1AR6E5T APPLE TREE IN THE WORLD'
DIDYOUKNOWtmat
MORTri CAROIINA’UOBACO)
CROP HAS INCREASED IN
VAIUE FROM ^32,000,000
IH1932 TO 481.000,000 m
1933 TO ^116,000,000 IN 1954
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UP 50 A LE6AI PRC(f« (OUiO BE 5fRV£P
IM ^IN 1900 A MAM HERE iVAS POT OUT Of THE
/y CHURCH BECAUfE HE WAS A PEMOCRAT
DIDYOUKNOWwt
J05EPH HEWEJOFEDEHTOM,
ONE OF N.C sPflE6ATF5TO
TME rcOMTINENTAl CON
GRESS, WAS THE FIRST MAN
TO BRINC UP BE FORE ITTilF
QUESTION OF INDEPFNPENCE
?
•THE EDITORS OF CAi:c*c-
:3 iNvire YOU TO scno (n fNTeaesriNO facts adout youh comufury •
FOOD SALE FRIDAY
A food sale will be held at the
Civic Club, Southern Pines ,on Fri
day starting at 10:00 a. m. There
A’ill be all kinds of good things on
sale and shoppers will do well to ar
rive early for certain specialties.
Home-made ice cream and cake will
be ser\-ed in the afternoon. Those
desiring t» play bridge may arrange
their own tables. Hostesses will be
Mrs. McCord and Mrs. Morrel.
MISSION.XRV MEETING
KEAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
John \V. Furr and wife to Carrie J.
Medlin, property in Greenwood town
ship.
Curtis Bennett to O. D. Marsh and
wife, property in Greenwood town
ship.
Laney Garner and others to G. H.
Maness. property in Bcnsalem town
ship.
I. R. Williams and others to G. h.
Maness, pr perty in Bcnsalem town
ship.
A. D. Horner and others to G. H.
Maness, property in Bensalem town-
^ ship.
The missionary meeting of the
Willing Workers cf the Baptist^ Elizabeth Fay Harding, dra-
I Church will be held at the home of matic soprano, gave a pleasing re-
I Miss Lillian Roberts on Pennsylvania' cital at the Carolina Theatre in Pine-
i avenue next Tuesday at 3 p. m. All hurst on Sunday night for the bene-
: women are invited. fit of the Moore County Hospital.
GRAINS OF' SAND
re
mainder of the sea.son, and
there’s as good golf to follow
and behold going on right now
in Pinehurst as you can see any
where.
The tennis courts are busy.
Tom Frydell, at Pinehurst, who
spent some time this winter try- ing a warning. And coming from
ing to find out how his pet sport j a Democrat and the editor of a
could be played on snow, gave it! Democratic newspaper, it bears
up and went into hibernation, is ^he deepest thought and consid-
back on the job and promises ac-1 eration. IT IS time to put coun-
ti\dty from now henceforth. The try above part\. And here are a
gjnmkhana at Pinehurst Sunday fe\v I'easons why:
afternoon attracted a crowd it has cost the people of the
which lined the ring two deep United States as much to run
—and they saw a good show.! the government during the
There’ll be another tomorrow in present administration as was
the ring at Southern Pines. spent during all the administra-
The major horse event of the tions from President Washington
year is scheduled for March to President Taft, inclusive. The
14th, the second annual hunt annual reports of the Treasury
race meeting of the Sandhills Department show that expendi-
Steeplechase & Racing Associa- tures of the government in this
We knew all along that somewhere
in this favored land the sun was shin
ing blight, and that somewhere the
band was playing and somewhere
hearts were light. .And n w that the
snow is all gone we can look with a
different slant at things anti for the
first time figure out with enthusiasm
Dr. Miller was not making a
political speech to the people ot
this community. He was sound-
With a warm sun on vour should-
dollai's a month, adding happy years j
to your lif;. in magnificent scenery |
and cozy little cottages with gardens.
great many pe pl3, according to
the census report, have already solv
ed that problem with marked success.
Many ar: still puzzling over the mys
tery. But if you wiite for the "Won
der Spots" books it may throw some
light on the subject. The picture with
a man and his dog and gun leaning
on a pine stump with some more
ers vou are more v.illing to look tar- i Pines in the background looks as it
ther in the snow question and from
this distance can now see like many
other things, it did have its advan
tages. Fog and snow added protection
to human life on ths highway. Lock
ing at some tables where weather
and road conditions were given in re
gard to accidints, 85.6 happened on a
clear day, 2.6 dining fog, and 1.9 in
snow. If fog and snow can reduce
the death rate 83 percent, it is sure
ly something of a helpful agent on
the highways.
Reckless driving brings about 13
Al;x Fields had dropped down to rest
when the camera man came along.
The same magazine has a picture
and story about Duslina Girnini mak
ing a formal de.but at the M tiopoli-
tan Opera House in New York last
week. When Duslina was about 19
yea;s old she sang on two different
ocra.si ns in the Pinehurst opera
house, through the interest of Charlie
Picquet, and was the guest of the
Montesanti’s in Southern Pines.
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I PARK VIEW HOTEL
When the National Folk Festival
opens in the late spring at Dallas,
Texas, it will have some noted Caro
linians on hand. Paul Green is head
of the festival; from Duke, Chapel
Hill and Asheville will go represen
tative pe pie who will serve on the
board. Folk lore is becoming a sub
ject of widespread interest and is a
of the ancient customs
and beliefs will build up a department
of antiquities that will mean a great
deal to th3 Carolinas in historical
matter. Our Tar Heel state is rich in
such mateiial.
tion. Five races are listed, four 125-year period were $24,845,-
steeplechases and a flat race. UOO,UOO. W e have spent an equal P'*’ cf the fatalities, so the table
It’s going to be a big day, the amount since March 4, 1933. reads. But 31 per cent comes from
cream of tne steeplechasers cir- The numerous income and ex- f^st driving. The driver who speeds
cling the brush and timber cise taxes now imposed b\( the down the road with the foolish atgu-
courses on the Midland Road un- F'edera! Government are only that his speed many times is
der America’s leading amateur sufficient to pay one-half the cause of preventing accidents
jockeys and, if we don’t miss our cost of the New Deal's spending "’ouid have a hard time in upholding
guess, with at least 10,000 per-1 program. In the first half of the argument when statistics show valuable factor in preservmg the ear-
sons looking on. Nearlvf $1,500 current fiscal year, the Treasury more lives are lost by fast driv- ^ music, dances, traditions and pre-
in purses are at stake that after- has collected $1,902,000,000 and ing than any other cause. They clo.se ju^>ces of the^people. To save from
noon. Preceding the races hun- disbursed $3,782,000,000. This their story with sound advice. "A lit- "^^cay some
ter trials, for the numerous hun- practice of spending $2 for each tie less speed most all the time would
ters here this winter, will be $1 collected in taxes has been so along way toward safeguarding
held over a picturesque course going on ever since the present •if® limb.
across the road from the steeple- administration took office, and
chase course-, that morning. will have resulted in an accumu- An advertisement in Time says
There is more interest in the lated deficit of $11,000,000,000 y®^ can live in health-giving North
Pinehurst Horse Show this year!in the three-\'ear period between Carolina—in the land of the long
than for some time. Entries are July 1, 1933, and June 30, 1936. comfortably on a hundred
coming in from far and near, ■ In his annual mes'sage to Con-' — — -
possibly on rumors of sizeable gress on January^ 3d, the Presi-
purses for the saddle and hun-1 dent stated that “We approach a|
ter classes, more probably be- balance of the national budget,” j
cause horse owners always have! and asserted his “belief” that no
a good time—and fair treatment new taxes would be necessary. I
from the judges—at Pinehurst. Yet in the fiscal year 1934, the:
The Horse Show will be on budget was $4,000,000,000 in the
March 31st and April 1st. I’ed; in 1935, $3,600,000,000; and
The big golf and tennis tour- this year’s estimated deficit will |
naments for the creme de la; be in the neighborhood of $3,-j
creme of the country, aren’t far 300,000,000. The President’s j
off now. Budget Message for 1937, which ,
All these things, right in our has recently been presented, in-,
midst—to mention only the ma- dicates a further deficit of as |
jor activities. ' much as $3,000,000,000. Thus it 1
Stick around, folks. The fun’s does not appear that there will I
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DR. MILLER SOUNDS
A WARNING
A sensible talk was delivered
in Southern Pines on Tuesday
night, and it is the belief of The
be a balance of receipts against
expenditures for some time to!
come. I
These are not statements I
from Dr. Miller’s speech, but |
brought in to emphasize his ar
guments. Dr. Miller was not ar
guing against the present admin
Pilot that the sentiments ex- igtration, nor is The Pilot. The
pressed by the speaker, Julian 1 conditions may or may not bs
Miller, editor of our esteenied ■ chargeable entirely to this ad-
contemporary. The Charlotte Ob- lyijj^ij^tration. That is not the
server, were the sentiments of | point. The point is, the condi-
a large majority! of those pres-j tions exist,
ent. Of course, in a hide-bound ^nd the sum and substance of
Democratic community, it is to
be expected that there would
be, in any audience, those who
marveled at and vigorously ob
Tuesday night’s address was—,
that the American people must
stop now and consider whither
! thej" are going—or it may be
jected to the expression of any j too late. To this The Pilot sub
views which were not in com- j scribes.
plete accord with Mr. Roosevelt! —!
and his administration. And toj At a dinner party in
hear a discordant note from the! pines
lips of the editor of the largest
newspaper in the two Carolinas
was, for them, difficult to digest.
For this veryi reason, his words
carried weight.
Dr. Miller says it is no time to
put party above patriotism. Is
there any disputing this point?
He said the country faces a
grave decision, whether to car-
rj^ on under a democratic form
on Washington’s
Southern
Birthday
small American flags were used as
table decorations. Each bore six white
stripes, six red—bad enough. But, if
you explored further you also discov
ered, in small type, the words: “Made
in Japsm.”
Books for Children at Hayes.'
Fresh stock tennis balls at Hayes.'
Parker Vacumatlc Pens at Hayes.
Fine Social Stationery at Hayes.'
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