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t*a^ Two THE PILOT Published each Friday by THE PILOT, Inoorporatfd, Southern Pines, X. C. NELSON C. HVUE Editor FRANCES FOLLEY Advertisinjf Manager DAN S. BAY Circulation Manager SubHoription Rates: One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 Three Months .50 THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, Ntorth Carolina CARO-GRAPHICS by Murray Jones, Jr. Fridr.y, July 10, 1936. al as in the disappearance from pub lic office of an official whose critical DO YOU KNOW YOUR 5TATf ? Jl Entered at the Postoffice at South ern Pines, N. C., as second.class mail matter. SAFTEY FIRST There are many ways in which a town can be i’amoui?. Evan ston, Illinois, has chosen a way which might well be copied by other towns- It i.s known as the citv* w’here they have fewer auto mobile accidents than anywhere eJse in the country. The mayor of Evanston, the police, and the citizens have cooperated to at tain this enviable rtputation- The driving laws are carefully framed, the police-force is ad equate, and the citizens give that backing of public opinion and public action necessary for the successful enforcement of any legal measure. As a result Evanston is a safe town. The measures by which it has enter ed this blessed state are not u;i- usual. They comprise regular ex amination of all cars, strict li cense requirements and sensible speed and traffic law^s, the ob vious neccessities, as most peo ple will agree, to safe driving. The main thing that Evanston has done, and the new’ thing, is to see that the laws are enforced. When there is an accident, the policeman acts on the theory that one driver is always re sponsible; often that two are; passersby are willing to testify; the case is thoroughly invest r Wiy. POLK 6RAPt/ATfP FttCM 1H{ HOBTtt lAaoUNAWITft HI6Hf.<T DIDYDUKNOWtmt )Nr75960V P0PB5WAMTfl> TMf5TATfTOHAVf2£APJT(«). £PRfrOH AND Wll MIHCTOM > THFPlAMfAILFPmALffSOr jfAioufvrnmn TMf nvo fKTim, m Mfw Bf RN m ffua£!> f f m l9d2,mMIH6T0N ms VKTIM or A YfLlOW FEVER fPtDEMiC WTTHm 3 MOHW APP 20% OF M POP mV BFTtVEEN ie9«& 1927. TMf VAlUf OF N C FAOORY PROPttm INCREAtf P 13 TiMK WPYWKNOWthat JOJFPH WHjH« Of fPfNTOH Of1fOFM.Ci paf6ATF5 TO MCOHTllieNTAlCONOm msM fiR^onnoBRm UP TUF PR0P03ITI0N0P IHDfP£NP£NCr o [ eorro<soFCAQo-6ftA«>wic5 mvirv to sew> in ninjiesnmo i^crs mout Yooa co««oNiTy GR^VINS OF' S^IVD From State Press quarters, and had iheir money in the A SEllVK F: to the STATE .... next mail back. It was quick work, j To the victor belongs not only the spoils but the satisfaction of triumph. But even in his defeat on Saturday And some of the money disappeared just boys” say the nhniit ns Dr. Ralph W, McDonald is entitled to I the appreciation of the people of ^^'ruption. And the man who provides I ^ it Via*..> Uio 1 »- U!- -i-*- Xorth Carolina. lie deserves the thanks not only of those who had him Five killed. 14 injured. That was the Fourth of .Tuly toll in N'orth Carolina. An airplane crash, a drowning and four automobile acci dents accounted for the total. The nation’s celebration of its 160th [quickly birthday took the heaviest toll in five | years, no less than 251 persons paying I In case you do not know it, your , with their lives for the holiday. Motor i Democratic candidates for the Stale ^^^.der but also of all the peo- accidents and drowning were account- ; Senate are Ryan McBryde of Hoke i ^he State however they may able for most. Few were the fire-, county and H. L. Ingram of Ran-,ballots. dolph. Moore, one of four counties North Carolina may neither need in the 12th Senatorial district ,is al- {nor wish Dr. McDonal(> as Govemor lowed a candidate of its own only jof North Carolina. But it will be a every other election~-which deprives us of the service at Raleigh of Sena tor U. L. Spence this coming session. independence assured the people of re vealing comment on the government of their State. Such a man is needed. Such men are needed. Intelligent op position is the only safeguard of good government and the only corrective of bad government. This is particularly '-inie in North Carolina and other Southern States where one party government, neces sary as it is. deprives the people of the safeguards which lie in the two ”.irty system. Rob the Democratic Party in North Carolina of division within the party and health within the party will disappear. Its strength, its character, its power lie in the fact that it’s programs are shaped in c .nflict by men of diverse convictions. It was a superficial comment which regretted the bitterness of the recent campaifrn. Undoubtedly now that the heat has passed Dr. McDonald regrets , some of the epithets he flung at Mr. Hoey and undoubtedly, too. Mr. Hoey I regrets some of the epithets he flung ■>t Dr. McDonald. But both are men '•nd neither had any business in pol itics if he lacked the hide to bear the blows. Men do not fight over their convictions with feathers. Orators use words to draw blood. Much as the peaceful would prefer it. there is no other way. A democ racy reeds conflict to keep the blood of government from sluggishness and SPECIAL OFFER :oupo 7 Send one dime with coupon below and get POMPEIAN FAa CREAMS and POWDERS FOR TRIAL Send that coupon now. Try the new PompcUn 4-ltdturc Face Powikr. It Sivet you fine Icxlurc, enchtnling odor, piopct ihade and “dins" .... all (none powder. And the face creami ... tiisue, cleantlns and matsage ...they'll leave your ikin thoroughly cleanied, imooth at tilk and supple. OKer explics after July 15th, 1936. Regular tizes at your drug counter 55c and 65c POMPEIAN COMPANY, BlaomHild, N. J. Enctsicd find 10c (or which picti* itnd mt 7 Pomptltn F«cc Crttmi <nd Powdtri. Name AJdrtH' ■■ -■ CMy. AVOID EMBARRASSMENT OF FALSE TEETH DROPPING OR SLIPPING Don’t be embarrasspj again by hav ing your false teeth slip or drop when you eat, talk, laugh or snwze. Just sprinkle a little FASTEETH on your plates. This now. extremely fln** pow der gives a wonderful sense of comfort and security. No gummy, gooey taste or feeling. Get FAS- ^ TEETH today at any good drug store. it—hate his ideaSj hate his statements as we will—is entitled to otir grat itude. —RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER cracker casualties. Moore county escaped. This county gave Dr. McDonald a plurality in both primaries. 231 in last Saturday’s vote. There are ap parently 1,893 Democratic voters in Moore who believe the State machine needs some overhauling. FiEAL EST.VTE TR.AXSFERS M. G. Boyette, commissioner, to Frank Ritter, Harold Green and Nick Repatas; property in Sandhills town ship. T. E. Johnson, commissioner, to Earl Martin, property in Moore coun ty. Postmaster Buchan and his staff j are to be congratulated on their hand ling of the “bonus” bonds here in ..J --- • — Southern Pines. The “boys” received igated and the offender or of-j their bonds in one mail, endorsed fenders punished. jthem. handed them back to the post- The enforcement of this type has office for despatch to Raleigh head- not been popular in the past. Then j ~~ the policeman who picked up a res- j pened to Sam if the curb of the high-1 is no getting around the fact that the ; pectable citizen for fast driving was I "’ay had been a little higher or they' road is a dangerous one to travel as I apt to be bawled out by his chief. If | had been a little slower in turning, i well as to traverse. It is important,] the citizen was big enough he might In the gcod old days before half for the safety of all, that cars should j LI MBER rOXCERN OPENS OFFIC ES IN HART Bl lLDlNG I _____ G. W. Haines and his son, M. C. dangerous time in this or any other | Baines, have leased an office in the democracy when there is no voice lift- ed loi|d and strong in dissent. Every operating a wholesale lumber thoughtful student cf democratic gov- company, under the name of the G. ernment realizes this. Virtuous as w. Haines Sales Company. Mr may be the party or the portion of a party in power, the safety of the peo ple depends upon a critical oppos ition able and unafraid to point the faults of policy and performance of j those in public office and those aspir- j ing to it. When Dennis G. Brummit died the Haines was formerly associated with the Troy Lumber Buyers and Sales Company, which firm has it’s office in the Patch Building. George R. Ross and wife to Fred L. ” Blue and wife, property in Aberdeen. 1 State lay not so much in I the death of an able Attorney Gener- Visit the Curb Market today, Friday for your food supplies. See our half price Hayes.’ book table— When your baby comes you will need Mennen Antiseptic Oil for him ; so get it now and start using it cn yourself. Rub it into the skin of your abdomen, or wherever the skin is tight or dry from swelling. Noticc how tautness, dryness disap pear. Then after baby arrivea, give him a daily body rub with Mennen Oil. It's antiseptic— , will protect him against germs. See your druggist—todmy. ' MENNEN Antiseptic OIL even lose his job. Or, take another case, if tourists driving through a town broke a traffic regulation and paying a fine, they were likely to be pretty mad. That was poor business for the local cop. It got the town in wrong, gave folks a bad impression the people one knew had been in motor accidents, in those days when motoring was a pleasure and not a dangerous terror, that story was typ ical of much that went on. It seemed i drive slowly on it. The speed limit of our town must be enforced. That is true not only of ' the highway but of all the other' streets across whose intersection cars ; then a pretty fair way of dealing! and delivery trucks speed recklessly. ^ _ with such an affair- a cra.sh where ; It may be that our police force is not Public opinion was against the police-1 no one was hurt, where both parties ’ adequate: we may need more traffic man instead of with him. The result were in the wrong. Probably ten years jcops but there is more to it than that, was that, instead of making arrests, ago public opinion would have back- [ as the citizens of Southern the aim of every policeman was to; ed up such a lack of action on the i Pines, must be ready to back up our avoid making them. If a crash oc-, part of the police. We submit that; Po'ice and our mayor to the limit in cured^between two cars, the police-[ that is not true today. Here was a the law. man appeared in the role of mediator. “Sure. I guess maybe you were going a bit too fast, but .so was he. Well, nobody w-as hurt. You don’t w'ant to bring charges. Mister. Just be more careful how you drive next time.’* A friendly grin, and off they go to drive until the next crash comes. An accident of this sort occurred a while ago. Mr. A. and his wife left their two months old baby, Sam. and drove down town to get the mail. Their route led out onto a highway. They stopped as they neared it, then, as there was no car in sight, they turn ed slowly out and headed down the road. Before they were entirely straightened out, a car came up be hind them, hit them and knocked them across the road. Both cars crashed. The policeman came and made a thorough investigation. He listened to both stories: he measur ed the tracks of the second car from where the brakes had been applied. He estimated that it was ,fojng at least sixty miles an hour, which tal lied with Mr. A.’s and his wife’s story. He conferred with both drivers. It was plain that the second car was exceed ing the speed limit; Mr. A. had a clear case of damage. But unfortun ately Mr. A. w'as in a fix. He had sent for his driver’s license, but for some reason it had not come. He was driving without a license. Here then was a case where both participants were legally in the wrong. What did the policeman do? He warned Mr. A. that he would be wiser not to sue, and he warned Mr. B. that he had better go slower net time. Mr. ft drove gay- ly on with a passing thought of grat itude to the slowness of license is suers, and Mr. A. and his wife sadly called the wrecking crew and then went home to Sam. They gazed at him, one may Imagine, with a slight clutch at the heart. Perhaps they wondered just what would have hap- clear case of wrong doing on the part of both partie.s: one was driv ing recklessly, one was driving with out a license. Both should have been ptmished though, obviously, the pnn- i.shment of the driver responsible for I the crash should have been by far the j most severe. We believe that the peo ple of that tow'n would have applaud- I ed such action on the part of the po- ■ lice. We in Southern Pines are intense ly patriotic; we are constantly point- ; ing with pride to this or that; we try : to think up town imprwements that we can be proud of. I would like to suggest a new aim for Southern Pines: Safety. There have been several close calls on Route 1 going through town. It is, necessarily, half street, half highway, unsatisfactory and unsafe as either. Cars must be parked in front of houses, turn into and out of narrow entrances; traffic to and from town must cross it constantly. The stop signs along it are perhaps c. legal necessity but unfortunately they sel dom serve their purpose. The towns people, of course, know of the road’s existence and the danger of crossing it blindly. Stop signs are c>f little use to them, and to the passing motorist, they are too often a signal that It is safe for him to speed. To counteract this impression there should be more speed limit signs on the road. The planting which adds so much to the attraction of the highway also makes for some extremely dangerous comers, should be thinned out and with It care this could be done effectively without destroying its beauty. The little turning knobs that look at night like manholes to Hades. Irave perhaps the scare value of all unknown ob jects lying in a road. They mystify and therefore sometimes slow up the approaching driver and to that ex tent are doubtless useful. But there There are many ways in which we can help and we must not blind our selves to the fact that self discipline is the most important. It is also, par adoxically. perhaps the most diffi- jcult. There is a curious neurosis hang ing over motorists; not one in a hun dred realizes or at least will admit his owTi faults. Who ever hoard a man confess to being an absent-minded driver or a reckless one? And have we not all groaned to hear, again and again, notorious speedsters or bad drivers complain of the other fel low’s faults ? In any safety campaign, control of one’s own driving must come first and after that willingness to report other offenders. Even if it is your next door neighbor who goes charging across your path, or the delivery boy who will toe j bawled out at the store if he doesn’t i finish his delivers on time—it matters 1 not. Neighborliness and mistaken kindness have no place in this cam paign. The friend must be remonstra ted with and the proprietor of the store owning the truck must be seen. In this connection there is no doubt that the merchants of this town could do it a real service by laying down strict rules against speeding for their drivers. No matter who it is if necessary, the offender must be re ported and appeared against in court. We don’t like doing a thing like that. We are a friendly, kind-hearted, easy going people. We like to be good na tured; but in this case it is well to remember that this casualness and good nature is costing America 36,000 lives a year. Southern Pines must have adequate regulations and we must obey them and back up our police in enforcing them. 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