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THE PILOTS Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, January 8, 1937.
THE PILOT
Published each Friday by
THE PILOT, Incorporated,
Southern Pines, N. C.
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CARO-GRAPHICS
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NELSON C. HYDE
Editor
DAN S. KAY
Advertising Manager
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aratter.
SOUTHERN PINES
LIBRARY
By K. L. B.
When I first came to Southern
Pines to live I was invited to
join the Library and was sub
sequently made a trustee, I w’aa
glad because of my interest in
books to join in the work. I was
put on the Book Selection Com
mittee and I think I have been
on it ever since.
In those early days the Li-1
brary w'as a lively affair. Every-1 meeting and help us to make the
body was working to get books, i good Library we already have
to get members; everybody was j iJito a better one.
squabbling over his or her
choice for librarian, over the'THE BOYS OF
decoration of the rooms, over YESTERDAY
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turned to Huntersville where she is
teaching.
Friends are glad to hear Charlie
Kivette, who is undergoing treatment
at a veterans’ hospital in Illinois, is
greatly improved.
'•Miss Gladys Watson was a Carth
age visitor Sunday.
J. E. Muse, Jr., has gone to Ander-
sonville, S. C., where he will be con
nected with the Bowe Construction
Company.
Herbert Hultz, who Is attending a
law school in Washington, D. C., was
in town a few days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. U. L. Spence .sp’nt
Tuesday in Raleigh.
GEORGE R, ROSS ELECTED
STATE COLLEGE SECRETARY
Bargains in
ARBOR VITAE
I have between 2,000 and
3,000 Arbor Vitaes that I am
closing out.
CHEAP FOR CASH
10c to $L00 per tree—from 2
to 5 ft. tall. Several different
varieties. Also Umbrella Trees
Now is the time to set out
lovely evergreens to Beautify
Your Home.
W. F. FISHER
Carthage, Rt. 3
(On Carthage-Sanford Highway)
Grains of Sand
The News and Observer made a
survey of how North Carolina ranks
CARTHAGE
George R. Ross of Jackson Springs,
near Pinehurst, a member of the
class of 1911, was elected alumni
secretary of N. C. State college yes
terday by the executive committee of
the General Alumni association. Ross
! formerly worked in the state depart-
\ ment of agriculture, civil works, em
ergency relief and resettlement ad-
I ministrations in Raleigh. He is an
extensive landowner in the Jackson
j Springs section, and also ow’ner of
' the Sandhill Citizen, a weekly news
paper published in Aberdeen.
See me for your Shoes
H. E. CONANT
“The Shoe Man”
Market Square Pinehurst
Mrs. Roy Butner spent Monday in
Sanford,
Mrs. Holt McNeill has returned
home after a visit to her mother in
Dobson.
Mrs. R. L. Felton and daughters,
Misses Flora and Polly Felton of Fay
etteville spent Sunday with Dr. and
C IVIC CLUB TE.\ AND
SOCIAL HOUR FRIDAY
every imaginable issue. All the i A few short years ago three among the states in regard to many
trustees joined in cheerfully and ■ small boys of Southern Pines i of her outstanding features. The ap-
heatedly with every/ committee.; were boon companions. Almost proximate rating disclosed some in-
The Book Committee seemed to i any time you drove dowTi Maine : teresting information. According to
be tl target of their interest. I avenue you could see them out: their figures she leads everything Mrs. R. L.*Felton Jn
I kno a strict censorship was on the street w’here they lived, | in the Union by being first in the ’
exercises over it- I remember waving a white flag, in wig-wag i homicide list. And we thought we
one entire Trustees’ meeting signals. They were learnng the ! lived in a land of the utmost peace
passed in angry debate over the language of the Boy Scout flag,' and tranquility,
question of admitting tc( our i and thej"' w'ere most persistent j
pristine shelves a copy of “The in their ambition. The trio went j if our state distinguished herself
Little French Girl.” Incidentally to the town school. The first j by such a startling lead on one count,
the no’s won, by a big margin; thing you knew those young-: she drops to 47th place in per capita
The Rev. and Mrs. J. K. Roberts,
Jr., of Point Pleasant, West Va., vis
ited their mother, Mrs. J. K. Roberts
last week.
Mrs. Ralph Brake, and sons, Ralph
and Tommy of Rowland spent Sunday
with Mrs. George Muse.
The program meeting scheduled
for this Friday at the Southern Pines
Civic Club has been postponed until
the following Friday, January 15.
There will be a board meeting this
Friday at 3:00 o’clock, followed by
tea and a social hour at 4:00 to
which all are invited.
around father.
this week.
Miss Agnes Evans of Rowland
spent Sunday in Carthage. She was
too, and Mrs. Sedgwick waited sters were out and gone. Tommy j expenditure per school child. Anoth-
several vears before <?he eained Walker, William Motre and Lin- i er record we will not go around
TpS betide Tempte Baiters coin Nott. Titles of greater dig-jbo.«l„g .f,
Maria Edgew'orth. Every Trus-; njty soon replace the abbrevia-
tees’ meeting lasted for hours I tions familiar terms used in I A warning from the Department
and usually ended in some sort ^ addressing them as children. j of Agriculture says the price of food accompanied by her mother who re-
of ruckus with half the folks ^ Thomas E. Walker will; may rise ten per cent. W’hether it
threatening to resign, and the jrraduate from the Lincoln, does or whether it doesn’t, there aie
other half daring them to. I sup- School of Chiropractors in In-1 a lot of back yards and plenty of
pose actually no fists were shak- f^ianapolis. Indiana. The Rev. vacant ground that could be profit-
en and no hysterical females William Moultrie Moore emerges; ably converted into vegetable gar-
dragged out by the heels, but I a South Carolina seminary, | dens. The seed cataiouge are being
have dim visions of both those I to Lincoln Nott goes the 1 scattered around gnrously in the mail
happenings. At any rate, I know honor of being made one of the boxes and they have a lot of worth.
Mr. Macauley, Mr. Westbrook, * king’s Guards, the elite of the | while material that is worth more
Mrs. Walker and others will bear' ^^^tish troops. Lincoln Nott, the' than a casual glance, it will soon be
me out that those were exciting Harry Nott, for a long i time to put in the early seeds of har-
days for the Librarv;. But amus- ’ time in charge of the Moore J dy plants, and they might overcome
ing as it is to look back on them Countv' Hounds, w-as an English- ^ some of the anxiety of soaring prices,' eigh.
one must admit that though we went back to the: although our popular theory is to
all fought most of the time we ancestors and be- j avoid too strenuous tasks, dodging
got awav to a good start On the ^ body-guard of the for- : the hoe and applying more pressure
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Mrs. Carrie M. Viall
wishes to express its appreciation to
all those • who helped in many
thoughtful and sympathetic ways
Miss Peggy Hayes is visitii^ her j during her last illness and at the
Phillip Hayes in Tennessee . of her death.
mained for a visit with Misses May
and Bess Stuart.
Dr. and Mrs. John Symington re
turned home on Thursday after
spending the holidays in New York.
Miss Margaret Kelly of Pinehurst
spent the weok-end at her home in
Carthage.
Miss Dorothy Cole of Raleigh, spent
the week-end at home.
Mrs. W'. R. Clegg and Mary Mc-
Keithen Clegg spent Monday in Ral-
SPECIAL
14 Months Each of
Woman’s Home Companion
The American Magazine
and Cillier’s Wekly
for only
$4.00 I
Mrs. Z. V. Blue t
Carthage, N. C. ||
THE ARK
Southern Pines, N. C.
A Country Day and
Boarding School
for children under fourteen years.
Open air classes, and all
out-door activities.
Music - Art - Handicrafts
MILLICENT A. HAYES
Principal
FOR SALE
8 Nice Building Lots located on
South edge of Southern Pines in
Block Q-7 all for
$300.00
CHAN PAGE
at Page Motor Co.,
Southern Pines
E. V. PERKINSON
General Contractor
Storage
Southern Pines, N. C. Tel 5033
Drs. Neal, Beard
and Wright
VETERINARIANS
Pinehurst Race Trace Phone 3040
whole good books w'ere chosen.
The Library filled an important
place in the community and the
organization ran it, if not har- i
moniously, at least most effec-!
tively. I
There finally came one last
glorious upheaval and the Board
mer sovereign, Edward VIII. ! to the gas lever.
Time has a. strange way of |
doing curious things to the | a group of Sandhillers foimd them-
small boy of yesterday. j selves in the Capital city one day
REMEMBER WHEN
WE HAD ONE?
' this week. As has been the custom
i of late, the Weather Man sent rain.
An attempt was made in three or W. H. Jackson.
Little Miss Margaret Ann Felton
returned home Sunday after visiting
her grandmother in Fayetteville.
Miss Mildred Petway and Mrs. Ed-
w'ard Sherwitte of Enfield visited
Miss Frances McKeithen on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lane returned
to their home in Union, S. C., on
Tuesday after visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Friends will be glad to learn that
^ Last week. North Carolina’s j four of the big department stores to
collapsed into an exhausted, but ^^^^ prominent city, Winston-j buy an umbrella. They were very Mrs. R. G. Wallace is getting along |
tranquil, state. Things grewL^^^^^’ ^^lebrated the demise of j sorry, but the stock couldn’t fill the nicely after an operation at the'
more placable. The meetings now' I street car in a colorful pa- ; demand. After discouraging attempts Moore County Hospital on Monday,
are not nearly as exciting as North Carolina has been
they used to be, but I think ^'^^t P^ogi essive in a great
things run as well. At least, the things. Forty-six vears our village department stores.
Trustees spend more time on w’hen the entire Lnited
books and less on politics. But f
if the exitement has died down, miles of track, \\ inston-
so in a way has the Library; at v'?/ gunning street cars
least, it has not grown as we > through its to^. Last week she
hoped into a vital force in the with pomp and cere-
town. For though it seems to me the street railway and
to 'have been growing consistent- the substitution of the
ly in u.«efulness, the people for ^"^ej-n buses. ^
whom it exists seem to be grow-1 % service once con-^ ^
ing more and more indifferent, ^ ou hern Pines and Pine-, .^vere sent out. The incoming ones
to it. Even in the old days prac-1 j A, so long ago only | averaged about the same number.
tically no one ever attended the ^ ^ fu tell you where i From our small village the town of-
annual meeting; none at all have^ forgotten trolley | fice was responsible for over 1200
come for several vears. In the ^ into the vil- happy connections.
lage and about when it made its
final trip- The street car play-
I-Iighland 1-iodge
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 local telephone is a great dis
tance compressor. It did more to
unite those who were separated from
the group around the Christmas tree
than any other thing we can think
of. On Christmas eve, up until mid
night, the Southern Pines telephone
office despatched 594 long distance
calls. The day following 400 more
meantime various lending librar
ies have been started in town
Some ladies, I am told, are form
ed an important part in the ro-
ing a club ti bur books and lend
the. to ea.h other. While this is : ^tls o","today
going on, one hears on the oth- t
er hand a deal of critici.sm of the
I Two for California and one for St.
I Johns, New Brunswick were the most
I distant points touched. Messages
I were scattered over the middle west-
I ern states, those south of us, states
j adjoining us, and most of the north-
j ern and New England states. The
Monday following Christmas the
number of out-going calls reached
i 600. These were of a business na-
Robert Yow and wife, Canary Yow, I *ure generally. The office, served not
to W. J. McNeill, property in Moore i business world, but it did
with the building, the system of county. ' i far more than that. It provided one
organization, inefficient meth- Carolina Bible Training School, j of the greatest gifts of the entire
ods; we would like to buy ten inc., property in Ritter,s township, j Joyous season, the reunion of mem-
times as many books; above all Gurney p. Hood, Commissioner of families who could not have
we would like this to be a public Banks, ex-rel Page Trust Company, | t>®en included otherwise. The tele
library. But how' can we hope to to J. D. Parker, property in Moore i Phone company was influential in
administration of the library, of
the choice of trustees.
None are quicker than the
Trustees to admit gi’ounds for
criticism. We are dissatisfied
are the development of the re
tired vehicle.
REAL ESTATE TR.XNSFERS
overcome any of these handicaps county,
if the people W'hose library it a. L. McNeill and others to Robert
is take so little interest in it? Yow and wife, property in Moore
The general meeting of the
Library is to be held Monday at
five o’clock. I would like to ask,
even to beg with all earnestness,
the members of the Library As
sociation and others interested
to attend this meeting. Please,
fellow townsfolk, don’t criticise
behind our backs, don’t get up
rival organizations. Come t'' the
county.
Walter Dunlap and others to W. J.
McNeill and wife, Lona McNeill, prop-
ei’ty in Moore county.
Arthur W, Page and wife to O.
Leon Seymour, property in Aber
deen.
Pinehurst, Inc., to Orchard Invest
ment Co., property in Mineral
Springs township.
the quest was dropped. Competing; Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Larkin of
with the elements isn’t any task for W’ashinp:ton, visited relatives in Car
thage last week.
Misses Lama Spencer, and Flora
Mclver Cox returned home Sunday af.
ter visiting Miss Mickey Larkin in
Washington.
Mrs. N. A. McKeithen and Mrs.
Frances McKeithen visited relatives
in Aberdeen last week.
Mrs. H. M. Caviness has returned
home after visiting relatives in Vir
ginia.
McConnell Kivette of Newl York
City spent the week.end with his
mother, Mrs. W. M. Kivette.
Cecil A ppleberry of Wrightsville
Beach was a guest of Miss Betty
Jane Seawell during the holidays.
Miss Sarah Hurwitz of New York
Ci'ty is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Hurwitz.
Miss Montie Muse has returned to
her .school in Greensboro after spend
ing the holidays at home.
Mrs. U. L. Spence visited friends in
Raleigh last wek.
Mrs. Tom Black of Jonesboro vis
ited Mrs. James Davis Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Grimm Caldwell, who
have been living in the Union Church
community have recently moved to
Carthage. They are occupying the
Asycue home.
Mis. Frank Wood of Southern
Pines vi.sited Mrs. O. B. Welch this
week.
Royal Muse spent Saturday in Win
ston-Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Currie return
ed home Friday after being- the holi^
day guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
W'oltz of Gastonia. Mr. and Mrs. Cur
rie were forced to remain longer than
they entended because of Mrs. Cur
rie’s illness.
Miss Recca Frances and Williard
Griffin of Roxboro visited fHends in
town last week.
Miss Mary Fowler Spencer has re-
HIGHLAND PINES INN
AND COTTAGES
(WEYMOUTH HEIGHTS)
SOUTHERN PINES
SEASON DECEMBER TO MAY
Highland Pines Inn with its Splendid Dining Room Service
and its Cheerful Homelike Atmosphere Caters to the Require
ments of those Occupying Winter Homes in the Pine Tree Sec
tion. The Hotel is Situated on Weymouth Heights (Massachu
setts Avenue) AmJ^d Delightful Surroundings. Good Parking
Space is Available for Motorists. All Features of First Class
Hotels are Includes at Highland Pines Inn. Best of Everything.
M. H. TURNER, Manager
making the Christmas holidays decid
edly happier by its ability to tie in
the home circle a little closer. Its
far reaching and sweeping contacts
surely rivaled some of the noble work
of old St. Nicholas himself.
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GET FIRST 1937 LICENSE
Marriage license Number One for
1937 in this county was issued to C.
W. Brewer and Osha Morgan, both
of Eagle Springs, Route 1.
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