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_ THE PILOT. Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina'
Friday, January 13, 1939.
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THE REVITALIZED
COUNTRY CLUB
The revival, if you want to
call it that, of the Southern
PinevS Country Club is most
gratifying. During the depres
sion years the club drifted
along. There was a lack of in
terest in golf. Doubtless due to
necessary economies on the part
of adherents of the game, and
this naturally resulted in a let
ting down at the club. Revenues
were insufficient for proper
maintenance and the necessary
stimulation of activities.
About two years ago an ex
periment was (decided upon.
The club ownership, hard
pressed to carry on, agreed to
turn the management and oper
ation over to the Tow^n of Sou
thern Pines, to see what it
could do. The Mayor, Board of
Commissioners, and City Clerk
Howard Burns w’ent to work to
make the clubhouse and golf
courses what they should be, the
gathering place of townsfolk
and visitor—not only for golf,
but for social affairs, bridge
parties, teas, dances, banquets.
There had been talk of need for
a community house of some
kind; the new management de
cided the Country Club should
fill that need. It was ably sup
ported in this program by or
ganizations allied to the club,
the Thistle Club of women, the
men’s Sandpipers group. New
blood came into these organiza
tions; new organizations such as
the Pine Dodgers, a club of wo
men golfers, sprang up; and
new spirit came into the Coun
try Club.
That the experiment has
proven successful is becoming
more apparent every day. The
clubhouse is a beehive of activ
ity now. The revamped golf
course, with its new grass
greens installed by the town
with its own employes and at
surprisingly little outlay, is
busy every day of the week,
not j ust on week-ends as was the
custom a few years back. There
are meetings, parties, gather
ings of all kinds out there reg
ularly. It’s the place to go and
get acquainted—and have a
good time.
The grassing of the greens,
completed during the past sum
mer, was followed up this fall
by the removal to the Coun
try Club property of the horse
show' ring for the winter’s se
ries of gymkhanas. This has
TH* FIR4T TSANS-CONTINENTAL
automobile Run, made im
1903. TOOK MORS THAN
two MONT Hi
. 7t)<»4y IT CM ae ihi
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AH AMERICAN FACTORY WORKER CAN
buy with one MOt/R’S WA6SS. POUA
T/Atf5 -AS MUCH FOOD AMP CiOTH/MS
AS A aepMAN vJOKxent TiMpt
Ai MUCH Ai an ITALIAN ANP MFARIV ,
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CoFFEH IV
CAllEP ‘MOCHA* FORj
THE ARASIAM
SEAPORT OF MOCHA, FROM WH(RE
NtAULV Aa THE SW0IH.DV COFFEE
WAS SHlPPEP ONTILTHE END
OF THE (7'"CF'<TURy
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IF ao/n "a/ hano •/
-THE AMS/HCAH OlPPEM. A
*IRB, PIVEJ UNPER THE WATER
AND muci AlOHS -me
rneAM eros in search
or Foop!
J
Sditor Writes of Visit !
To The Ark School
eCAINS Cf SANT i
diplomacy, and there can be no
real stability in the world, no
permanent rest for the nerves
of the troubled billions who in
habit it, so long as this is true.
Coming home to our own coun
try, 1938 opened with business de
clining on every hand, and with de
pression deepening. At the year's
tnd. one of the sharpest improve
ments in business in our history
was registered over a period of five
monjths, and the immediate jpros-
pects favor
trend. Some of the grave differences
between industry-at-large and the
National Administration seem to be
’learing reconcilement. The inevita
ble deduction to be made from the
one of those millions of families to
which the budget problem is an ever
present worry. Here, then, is anoth
er great issue, directly affecting us
all, that must be settled before na
tional stability can become a fact
instead of a hope.
The related problems of debt, tax
ation and fiscal policy are likewise
a drag on progress. Though we are
carrying the heaviest tax burden in
c.ur history, the national debt goes
steadily higher. Investors are fright-
a continuation of this ened, money needed for industrial
expansion cannot be obtained in
adequate amounts—and again de
pression is furthered. The average in
dividual does not yet realize that
I when a treasury check is signed in
important off-year elections in No-, Washington it is in effect drawn
against his own savings and income.
?raises Tennis Instruction of to date it's a tie in the 1939 Oov-
Children by Coaches King lernor s stakes, a tie at Pinehurst 1,
and Sherrerd I southern Pines 1.
I Pinehurst had Goveraor Harry A.
•■While in Pinehurst in November jgrsey for a nice visit
visited a school in Southern Pines year’s. He had a grand
ailed The Ark.” writes S. W. Mer-, ^^e place, had his picture
ihew, editor of American Lawn ’ departed saying he'd be
.’ennis Magazine in the current is- j
ue. “It had come to my knowledge ‘'southern Pineg has had Governor
that twice a week two lawn tennis ^ g “Happy” Chandler of Ken-
:.nthusiasts, Edward King and Don ^ at the Pine
hcrrerd, put a selected group of ^ad a grand time, loved
children through a course of sprouts, taken, and
I e, teach them the rudiments of the ^ ^e back,
vame. The Ark has a very fair ^ difference in the set-up
:ourt and when we arrived the pu- Moore had his
picture taken on a horse; Governor
^ . I Chandler had his taken swinging a
time and the ball was batted back .
J , i golf club,
ind forth, now one stroke and then I
mother being made, forehand, back-1 ^ g«od
land, sjerves, and occasional lobs, the
“feeding of the ball being in the,
hands of King or Sherrerd or both
Then actual games were played and
vhe score kept.
court and when we arrived the pu
pils were ready and waiting. They
vent on the couit two or three at a
Sales of 1939 automobile license
plates have passed the 400,000 mark,
which leaves 192,000 of last year’s
registered cars in the state still trav
elling under ’38 plates, or parked be
hind the barn.
Some seven roads come together
at the entrance to the Southern Pines
Country Club, where Roy Grinnell
suffered a broken collarbone recent
ly. We a.sked Roy about this danger
spot the other day:
“Say, you got to be a Rhodes
.scholar to get by,” was his come
back.
story by Struthers Burt, "Guns m
the South.”
No, it wasn’t a Civil War story,
I but about a ^louse party in the
shadow of the Pyranees.
vember is that the thinking of the
electorate is turning ttoward the
consecutive side. Spokesmen for man-
jfacturing industry publicly express
confidence. All this is highly en
couraging. It gives great cause for
liope that a depression a decade long
may be at las tnearing its end. But,
even though this is true, it would
be folly to overlook, or to underes
timate, the many vital and unsettled
problems that the American people
still face.
Our largest single industry, rail-
loading, finds its condition growing
steadily worse. Better business dur
ing recent months has naturally re
sulted in some increase in railroad
traffic. But the basic difficulties fac
ing the lines—rate problems, evces-
sively .stringent regulartion, heavy
taxation, and direct and indirect
.tiubsidization by government of their
principal Icompetitors—remain the
same. There can be no real pros
perity in America so long as an in
dustry which spends a billion a year
'or supplies in normal times, which
employs hundreds of thou.«*ands of
well-paid workers, and on which we
proven a wise move. The old I great bulk of the products of our
course, near the basebail field, I farms and factories, can look for-
W as out of the W’ay, not pS'l'tic-1 ^Jgpend for the transportation of the
ularly attl active scenically, dif-l^^-arj to nothing save increasing def-
ficult of upkeep. The new; j^its.
course is an excellent layout,! „ , ,, .. „
J ,, . . 1 > 1 1 The political problems affectmg
and the two events which have ,. ^ •
, 11 1. 11 1 /. - the public service industrie.s are
already been held have attract-1 . . rrv, v, 1, «
J , -I , I similarly unsolved. There has been
ed more horses, riders and spec-* u 1 ..
4. , ,, , . , much talk for mstance, of "accords
tator.s than at any previous' ... v. ^ 1
, V rrn- i and “conciliations’ whereby the Fed-
gymkhanas. These events arei
staged every two weeks, and the
only worry of those in charge at
present is that there won’t be
parking space enough for all
comers as the popularity of the
shows increases.
Continued patronage of the
activities of the Country Club
means a self-supporting asset
for Southern Pines in the near
future. And given good service,
well kept golf courses, enjoy
able social events and equestrian
program^, patronage will con
tinue, and will increase.
SALVATION IN
NEW UNDERSTANDING
The year just closed was a
momentous one, not only for
the United States but for the
entire civilized world. It was a
year of crises dramatic and
far-reaching changes in the
strirr^^ure of governments and
peoples. By the narrowest of
markins, a woHd war that
seemed certain Avas averted.
Yet, at the same time, major,
though undeclared wars are in
progress on two of the conti
nents, brute force has become
the principal weapon of modem
socialization program of subsidizing
nublicly-owned gas and electric sys
tems. But there has been no definite
action. Such agencies as the TVA
continue their astounding policy of
refusing third-party arbitration of
the prices to be paid for private prop
el ties they wish to purchase, and to
hold the threat of building duplicate
plants and transmission lines over
the heads of utilities \»hich refuse
to sell at prices which would entail
■€riou,9 losses to their bond and
stockholders. As a result, Utility
spending remains at lo webb and
this great industry, which could do
<■•0 much toward revitalizing Amer
ica, must mark time, while its own
ers and workers wonder what an un
predictable future will bring.
A cloud of price-boosting legisla
tion hangs over that field 'in which
the consumer is most directly involv
cd: retail distribution. The mass dis
tribution agencies of the nation
which have n.ade such notable
fti'kles in reducing costs of almost
every necessity and luxury of life
are under attack. Should these
igencies be destroyed, as some ex-
l.rcmista in Congress and elsewhere
seem to desire, the effect will be to
reduce the standard of living of every
In spite of our vast expenditures
for relief, in spite of improvement in
business, little if any debit has been
made in the number of • the unem
ployed. Not until private business is
able to absorb a majority of reliefers,
thus reducing the weight of the re
lief millstone on productive industry,
can genuine recovery and stability
be possible.
This brief summing-up can touch
on but a few of the great domestic
problems that confront us. We may
take heart from the progress we
have made in the year just closed,
hut we must bring new understand
ing to bear if we are to make needed
progress in the future.
PINEBLUFF
“The children ranged in age be
tween nine and twelve, girls predom-j Outlook, published in ae-
inating. Some of them played better [ g ^ jeilison, brought out
than others, of course, and a few j 4?lrd volume last
appeared to have a real talent for g^turday We understand The Out-
the game. Most impressive, however, resort magazine
was the keenness of all and their United States. One of the
concentraUon on the task to which interesting stories in the current
they were addressing themselves., ^ goings-on here
When they made faulty strokes they ^ from Outlook
frequently knew the cause of them
and made it plain that they were de-
I termined to do better. In concentra- January we can
tion they were all really remark- ^j^^^ts were seen on the
ible. Their interest never flagged. Southern Pines. The giris
Mrs. Hayes, the principal of the advantage of the clement weath-
school, was on the side lines and, give free-
took great interest in the play. She' ^he last January
is most appreciative of the fine work {here for
being done by the amateur coaches, 1 ^ame Fashion’s
Messrs King and Sherrerd, and each, jj^g^^tion of the limbs of the ladies,
visitation is waited for eagerly by
her and their pupils.” ^ade
chairman of the important Commit
tee on Commerce of the United States
Senate, which probably means a lot
of fun for the newly appointed Sec
retary of Commerce, up for confirm
ation. Mr. Bailey is not one of Mr.
Hopkins’ admirers.
“Bob” P'^ynolds has been appoint
ed to the Senate Committee on For
eign Affairs, for which his travels
Pilot Want Ads are becoming in- “Bob” is one of those who
TO MEET TUESD.W
The Willing Workers of the Sou
thern Pines Baptist Church will meet
Tuesday, January 17, at 3:00 p. m.
with Miss Anne Huntington at Hunt
ington Lodge. All women who are In
terested are cordially invited to at
tend this meeting.
Eddy the photographer took a
picture of a foursome at the Pine
Needles recently, former Congress
man Walter Lambeth, Emmett E.
Boone and a couple of others. It
was so good of Mr. Boone, Pine
Needles manager, that a friend sent
it to one of the leading hotel trade
journals with instructions to cut out
the others and use the picture of
Mr. Boone.
The magazine came out. There, in
bold relief, stood Walter Lambeth,
with Mr. Boone’s name beneath.
Now bald Mr. Boone is getting
letters from his friends around the
country asking him what hair tonic
he’s been using.
A big Buick with Kentucky li
cense plate No. 1 on it attracted
considerable attention around town
curing the past week, not only be
cause it belonged to the Governor
of that state and was unusually ac
companied by State Highway Patrol
cars, but for another odd reason.
The car has nine lamps in front,
three in the rear.
KIWANIS CLUB SPONSORS
SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL
creasingly popular because advertis
ers are getting results. They are one
'•pnt a word, minimum 25 cents.
thinks Germany isn’t as bad as we
paint it over here.
In an endeavor to stimulate in
terest in music and music apprecia
tion throughout the community, the
Sandhills Kiwanis Club is sponsor
ing a spring festival in the form of
an Easter cantata.
It is expected that more than 100
voices will be heard in the cantata
which will be directed by Charles W.
Picquet. The music has already been
selected and ordered.
The first rehearsal was held at the
Church of the Wide Fellowship, Sou
thern Ptnes, last night.
iuxiisvxftttti
Mrs. Ralph Leach, Jr. and child
ren of Aberdeen and Mrs. M. F. But-
ner spent the week-end in Siloam
and Winaton-Salem with relatives,
Mrs. Mary Campbell and Mrs. Bell
Pleasants of Aberdeen were dinner
guests Sunday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Sutonfield.
Misses Virginia and Helen Little
left Wednesday for Palnr Beach, Fla.,
where they will spend the winter.
Mrs. Lawton Foushee and children
returned to their home in Sanford
Sunday after spending the past week
with Mrs. Foushee’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Lampley.
Mi.s.i Ella Backus returned to her
home here Sunday after spending
several weeks with relatives in Nor
folk, Va.
The Rev. L. Lewis and Andy Al.
croft spent Sunday and Monday at
Mr. Lewis' home in Morehead City.
Mrs. J. J. Folley and son Janies
Folley left Monday for Florida lo
spend the winter.
Mrs. Groland McCaskill returned
to her home in Candor Sunday after
spending several days with her par
ents Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Lampley.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Trollinger of
Laurinburg were guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Shannon on
Sunday.
The Rev. and Mrs. Loui Lewis of
Pinebluff announce the birth of a
son, Walter Owen on Tuesday Jan
uary 3rd at the Moore County Hos-
piatl.
I'IIIK\ RS GET $400 H.\UL
AT FILLING STATION
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They Are
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From
Southern Pines
Notes in the
Sandhills News-Press
Friday, January 6
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The W. H. McNeill filling station
near the Aberdeen park was robbed
'ast Monday night of 650 gallons of
ga."!, 290 gallons of oil, and 275 lbs.
of grease, the loss appraised at
1 round $400.00. Car tracks were
leen around the station, but no
inite clues have been discovered.
Demand for Cottages and Apartments in Southern
Pines is Revealed in the News Columns. But the Supply
is not exhausted. Several attractive winter residences
still available.
Paul T. Barnum
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