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tw6 THE PILOT, Southicrn Pines and Abel’deen, North Carolina Friday, May 21, 1937. THE PILOT ^blished each Friday by THE PILOT, Incorporated, Southern Pines, N. C. NELSON C. HYDE Editor Ben Bowdeii, Katharine L. Boyd, Helen K. B«itler, Jean Edson, C'harles Macauley, O. 1>. Park, Dan S. Ray, Besftie Canieron Smith, Assoflates. tmm CARO-GRAPHICS by JomJR Subsorlption Rates ; One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 Three Months .50 Entered at the Postoffice at South ern Pines, N. C., as second class mail matter. MUSIC IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS It is said that former Presi dent Eliot of Harvard Univer sity was once asked this ques tion : “If it should become neces sary to give up every subject taught in Harvard University ex cept one which one would you retain? His reply was: “Music.” Whatever may have been his spe cific rea.sons for this' reply, at least it left no doubt as to the enoiTnous importance w'hich he attached to music in education. Fortunately this view^ is now shared by every progressive ed ucator w’ith the happy result that the old idea of music as an educational frill to be lopped off if funds run low or to be I’elegat- ed to an inferior position in the curriculum appears to have dis appeared for good. Certainly if you were fortu nate enough to be px'esent at the recent Southern Pines School Music Festival you not only en joyed a program of fine music admirably presented by the chil dren but you were convinced, if you had previously entertained any reservations on the subject, that to the “three Rs” must be added at least an “M” if you are to have anything approaching a satisfactory program of school education. For you realized that you were witnessing a group ac tivity involving intense concen tration on the matter in hand, mental alertness,, cooperation, and subordination of the indivi dual to the group, combined with obvious enjoyment of the whole proceeding. Moreover j’ou were conscious that these children, under the gifted leadership of Mr. Smith and his assistants, were acquiring a skill and a ca pacity to feel the beauty in at least one form of self expres sion which might very well al ter their w’hole scale of values in the years to come. Perhaps af ter all, you thoug'ht, Mr. Eliot’s reply did not overstate the case for music. DO YOU KtiOW YOURSTAIE? AT ONE TIME IH 1764 IT TOOK 600 H C, DOllAW TO fOUAl OHF (iOlO POllAR mmKtmrn. INI73IWHfN(K)VBURRINrr T0N\V0W()TRYT06n50M5 HE\VlAWJPA5^fP,THEA^JfM61Y WOUIDBAIK? HfWOUiPWfH 6fl MAD.AWOURNlTrORA WHIIF AND MN TRY AGAIN } JAMff B PUKE OF DURHAM CO., \S 5AIP TO HAVE MADE MORE MlillONAmEJ THAN ANY OTMER MAN IN AMERICA IN 1061 IlNfOiNTON lEVIfP A SPEOAl TAX ON SOME OF m ElEaEP COUNTY OFFlffW DIDYOUKNOWriAT N£W BERH’5 great FIRB OCCURRED IN 1922? IT Bi;RN£f>40B20CK5-4ND JOOO HOUSED WiTrf AN E5TIMATED $2^50.000 PAM- AGE^ • THfe KOITOHS OP CARO-CrtAPHiCS INVtTC YOU TO SEND IN iNtCReSTIMO fACT5 ABOUT YOO/l COMMONITY • COUNTV TEREACING UNIT | SMOOTHS CAMERON STREETS The town commissioners of Cam-1 eron have one prdblem off their, chests, that of abandoned streets. Heavy spring rains washed some of the streets so badly that parts be came impassable and had to be aban doned. However, W. G. Caldwell, as-1 sistant farm agent for the State Col-1 I lege Extension service in Moore coun-1 I ty, came to the I’esime and used the i county terracing unit to smooth outj the washed portions. ; The heavy equipment needed to re-1 pair the streets was not available be- j fore the terracing unit was brought I in. Now, the assistant agent declar-1 ed, other small towns in the county i are making inquiries as to the cost of getting their streets repaired. ' A F AMOUS MADE BY THE In 11 ^ OUPEST |J)\V DISTILLINIG FA WILY (j, MAJ^YLAND WIBrtT •INCC ' OOOO WHISKEY PRICED RIGHT bHERBI^ The Frank tVnght Distilling Company Baltimore, Maryland GPAINS €F %ANt) ROAD GANGS IN NORTH CAROLINA Last month on the Pinehurst road a group of men were work ing. Cars passing them slowed down. Some speeded up again rather quickly, others almo.st stopped. One that came by while the men W'ere eating lunch, stopped entirely and the occupants lowered the windows and craned their necks for a bet ter view. Most of the men paid no attention, but two or three glared defiantly back. The man beside them, leaning on his gun, smiled the tolerant, slig*htly contemptuou.s .smile of a keep er showing off hi'S lions to the crowd. Finally the car drove on. The next morning its occupants read with awe that two of the lions had escaped and werei ranging the country. There was humiliation of the brotherhood} have to supply secure prisons I jority of prison terms are short,, of man. And perhaps we ask; of the fortress type for harden-1 it will have to conduct a prog why they are sent out thei'e to j ed criminals, hospital prisons' i*am of education of which re be expo.sed to the public’s mor-! for the mentally and physically habilitation is the foundation | bid gaze, to make passersby un-1 ill, prison farms for the first stone. Only so can we have a| comfortable, to escape and men-! offenders. It will have to work system which will act as a| Kce the country-side, to be hunt-' out a parole system for those ^ crime deterrent and send men ed horribly witih bloodhounds, ^ able to uphold it. With the fact back into society better and not perhaps to commit some other gver in mind that the vast ma-;w’or.se than when they left it. desperate crime before they are,^ —-——— finally recaptured and dragged back. Well, the main reason the prisoners are on the road is be cause this state hasn’t room enough or money enough to keep them in prison. It doesn’t care enough about them to get the money needed, and it actually saves money by this system of using them to repair the state roads. The main reason the pris oners escape from these road gangs is because the state does not appropriate money enough to employ proper or sufficient men to guard them. The average prison guard, it was discovered at the Charlotte chain gang trial, gets around $33.00 a month. A man who would take such a job at such a wage can not be much. It is probable, in fact, that he is not very differ ent as to mentality or ambition from many of his charges. The practice of taking prisoners out of the overcrowded prisons and putting them to work outdoors is theoretically a splendid one, but as it is done in this state, it is neither successful nor salu tary for the prisoners or the public. Conditions in many of the prison camps are not much bet ter than those in the prisons and the opportunity to escape When out at work is too great. To put a man who is serving a long term out working, often within Dr. Francis L Owens ^l]ysician jiub jSurgcon ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF HIS OFFICES AT PINEHURST, NORTH CAROLINA Much favorable comment is heard , of the proposal made recently at a Chamber of Commerce meeting to organize a band among school chil dren of Southern Pines—or possibly drawn from a wider field. There is much sentiment for the band among the children themselves, many of-1 fering to buy their o\vti instruments if one can be launched here. There is no doubt but that it would be a fine thing for the young sters and that a good band would de velop into a community asset. It is to be hoped that those behind the movement will continue their efforts to organize the group. iiiiouiiceitieur . . . TliG PATUXENT corporation announces the opening of a branch office in Southern Pines, Rooms 3 and 1 in the Patch Building on Broad Street. Mr A. S. Newcomb will be the agent in charge, representing Pine Needles hotel, Pine- Needles realty and other activities of the Patux ent corporation. of the widespread circulation of The Pilot until his last sale. He adver tised the sale exclusively in The Pi lot and says that people came in not only from all sections of Moare coun ty hut from several adjacent coun ties. It’s also nice to hear that The Pi lot helped Aberdeen garages to prac tically close out all their used cars through recent advertising in these 1 columns. The principal office of the company will remain in Pinehurst in chai’ge of Mr. O. H. Stutts, General Manager, as heretofore. Southern Pines telephone number, 7324 A. Linde Fowler, Pinehurst public ity man for the past two years, was booked to fly to Europe on the “Hin- denburg” the night it burned up. We imagine Linde must have seen the The picture, "Turn Off The Moon,’’ great dirigible destroyed, as it was that played at the Southern Pine^ ■ due to sail two hours after landing theater the first of this week, was and he was in all probability at taken from a story of the same Lakehurst. Those scheduled to cross name written by Mildred Harrington on the "Hindenburg” were trtinsferred of Aberdeen. to the S. S. “Rex” and as far as we know Linde went along, as he want- Mr. Patch tells us he had no idea: ed to see the Coronation. CORRESPONDENCE NOTICE! All dogs not having ciity license by Monday, May 24th, will be rounded up by the dog catcher and placed in the city pound where they will be held 48 hours be fore being disposed of. License can be secured from the undersigned. > The owner should see that the dog is vaccinated against rabies. The penalty under the State Law for failure to vaccinate dogsi is $10.00 and costs. MRS. J. H. TILGHMAN, Tax Collector Municipal Building M.\TERNITY EDITORI.^L. Editor. The Pilot; I was deeply gratified by your ex cellent and inclusive article in last week’s Pilot on Moore County’s Ma- r'day’s'ridr of h'is“ home,'car's “ay i expr*,. passing frequently, thick woodsy”" on every side, is to put before him an irresistable temptation. When you add to that the fact that mo.st criminals are bold gamblers, quick to take a chance, and that the conditions of imprisonment from which they would escape are often well-nigh intolerable, it is a wonder more do not try it. We in Moore County have ■ terest and support in our efforts to better Moore county’s maternity care. This article is the best, in my opin ion, which has yet been carried by any of our local papers. For that rea son I am eager to send copies to a number of out-of-county people who are interested in our work. I should be so glad if you would send me a number of copies for this purpose; MRS. WILBUR H. CURRIE, considerable relief, perhaps not recaptured, a feeling of reason to be leary of the present chairman, Moore County Maternal penal system. There have been, four escapes from road gangs; in our county this very winter,! and it is only a few years since Dietz, the murdered of Police-1 man Kelly, escaped from the j State Farm. Though all the men Welfare Committee. EDITOR’S NOTE: The editor ial in question was written by Katharine Lamont Boyd of The Pilot staff. unmixed with sympathy, When news came of their arrest. The penal problem in this country i.s immeasurably com plex and difficult and it is for the most part utterly ignored by the public. Most of us never think of our tremendous prison population, except when we read of a riot, or the commission of some honible crime by a for mer convict or one on parole. Then we wax indignant over a system which turns such men loose to prey on an innocent pub lic. But occasionally, here in North Carolina, we experience the vaguely shocking sensation of seeing a group of men in stripes working on a road where we are driving. Then, it may be that we notice that these men look much like anyone else, and .suddenly we are ashamed to see them there, to see the guard leaning on his rifle, and prob ably we drive on quickly, trying to forget that glimpse of the insecurity remams. It is easy to suggest glibly that these prisoners should be put in prison and kept there. Even if this were possible it would be no solution of the problem. It is becoming more •LOOK ABOUT YOU” Editor. The Pilot: The woman was sayiing, "These are perfectly beautiful ... I’d no idea such talent was buried in those woods.” But there is talent, culture and more evident that incarcer- and ability these days seemingly hid- ation as a crime deterrent has den away. The most unexpectedly failed. Despite all our prisons, crude or remote place may be the crime is increasing at an appall- abode of another Edgar Poe or Rem- ing rate. In the Chciago peni- brandt. Those of artistic or tempera- tentiary the number of in- mental temperament are seeking re- carve fish, mount them and paint them. You feel sure the real thing is before your eyes. These fish are caught in old cypress stumps—or at lesist they are carved of such. The placque on which they are mounted is also cypress that was floated down the stream to the landing point. There is usually in good fishing weather a nice tow of fish to be i placed in the live box and await their turn for the table. Life seems to go smoothly—beau tifully on for most of these people. North Carolina is full of them—look about and you will see. The shops that feature North Carolina hand made products carry a unique line of craft and art work. One has only to look about them—inquire a bit—and they will find the unusual and beau tiful. —NONNIE SLATE SKIDMORE. Wagram, May 12, 1937. PINEY WOODS here IT IS SEPTEMBER You're m u BLAME US DIDN’T GET k^ROWENA mm. mates increased during the last decade by 77.15%. It is not enougli to urge that, for our own protection, the road gangs should be sent back to prision. We must look toward the future wihen these men will be freed. First of all, prison ad ministrations must be taken out of politics- It must be a career work for trained persons. Sec ondly, we must work for a re formed system which will di vide our great prison popula tion into suitable groups. It will life from the din of what is our mod ern civillaation. Most people exist without feeling —nothing upsets them come what may. But the few who feel things— who are sensitized in the highest sta tus have relief from too much out ward disturbance and contacts. There is a man who canoes, fishes and amuses himself on the banks of the “old Lumbeo”—or at this point called “Drowning Creek” (it is deep) who is just such a person as we are speaking about. One of the most in teresting things is his ability to Editor, The Pilot; I would like to draw your atten tion and that of your subscribers to a misnomer. Only the land formerly belonging to the Piney Woods Inn, later bought by my father, the late Edmund Millen, is and should be known as Piney Woods. Several peo ple living on adjoining property have called their homes as in Piney Woods. But this is incorrect. GLADYS V. MILLEN. Southern Pines, May 14, 1937. LOWER TELEGR.\PH R.\TES On the Nest Early and Often T5IG UNIFORM PULLETS ready to loy sorly in the fall—that'! what every poultryiran want*. And that'* what you g«t when you feed Punna Growena, the all-in-one growing feed that con tains Pur-a-tenel If you feed youi pullets groin 01 untested mashes they take 7 or 8 months to come into laying. You miss the faU months when egg prices are highest. Don t take chances this year—start your chicks on Staitena, grow them on Growena. You'll have big, well-developed pullets in S months, you'll get eggs during the fall months when egg prices are highest. See na today for a snpply of flortoBa cmd Orowoaa., Drastic reductions in rates for overnight telegraph service, effect- tive June 1st, Nvere announced this week by Mrs. Mann of the Western Union office here. Night letters, for example, may thereafter be sent to New York for 42 cents per 25 words, 90 cents per 100 words; to New Eng land states for .48 and $1.11 respec tively; to North Carolina point for .24 and .39 respectively. Partem «HOWEW McNEni & COMPANY FEED and SEED STORES SOUTHERN PINES Phone 6244 FAYETTEVnXE Phone 455
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