Page Two THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, July 14, 1939. THE PILOl Published each Friday by THK PILOT, IncoriM>rated, Southern 1*11108. N. C. XKl>SOX (. IlMIK Kdltor CBARLES MACAL'LCY DAN S KAV Advertimng Circulation Helen K. Hutler. Ite.sMie ('amtrun Smith, 11. L. Kpp!«, AKrtoiMutea Subscription Kates: One Year $2.00 Blx Months $1.00 Three Months .50 Member Woody nrd Associates Entered at the Postoffice at South ern Pines, N. C., as second class ma;l matter. NOKTH CAROLINA A CENTl'RY AGO Ilousecleaninj? often exposes to the ligrht something interest ing- out of the past. The other day “Bob” Hayes turned up an old ifovernment publication, a Register of 1833. which revealed some things about North Car olina’s march of puogress in the past century. The postmaster at Fayette ville received the same compen sation as did the postmasters of New York and Philadelphia, each $2,000 a year, the highest paid to any postmaster in the United States. Wilmington and Raleigh were credited with slightly over half that amount. The postmaster of the little town of Greensboro, received $167.50 at that time, while Hills boro’s received three times as much. Durham was not even on the list of postoffices. The compensation of postmas ters was based upon the amount of business done in the office annually. Salem—before it be came attached to Winston— earned $852 18 for Postmaster Gottlieb Shober and his asso ciate in those days- Cornelius Dowd, of Carthage—the only office listed in what is now Moore county (,recei\ied $4^12 for his year’s work The post master of historic old Long- street was paid $10.73, with Asheboro topping this figure by 31 cents. The lowest sum men tioned in the way of a postmas ter’s compensation was three cents, claimed by Caledonia, Pa. A town in Maine exceeded this by two cents. Asheboro, Carthage. Long- street and Fayetteville were our nearest postoffices, accord ing to the Register. The work of a century expanded some of the towTi’s to cities, w’hile oth-1 ers remain towns, Longstreet is | an exception, passing out of ex-] istence, absorbed in the wilder-1 ness of the Fort Bragg Re.^ei-va-1 tion. As for Fayetteville, it’s j growed like Topsy, but it’s fal-1 len slightly behind New York and Philadelphia now. The Register, j\'ith its list of officials in governmental, mili tary and naval affairs, mentions familiar family names over the states, and affords an interest ing evening of entertaining reading. of KMOWLESCI:: 3/ TC. ? THe SAATiW’CH W- > NA\..;U ►oA Tvas .V^AN- HiO MA.v'c Kt I'iVENVeJ rv.S »• - '• ~ ' t-s u A. AT Or A e-N * -4 yyo-'c rf'AfV r.\ op 7. ccuit? f AT (3A.ABwE0 n ^ AK3 / y/ 7 IN TH& n /! . mumam /< Boqv*! C€':pitE i»«t0iCTi0N5 that Trt6 GLASS BOTTtS M6KJN& MA-HiNE OtSTttOV JOBS^ /r C/r£A7SD ofi AY.vaVwS. roCA^ MORS /VfSV oeuvBR bottlbo m/LK THAhi 7HB roTAL NUMBBR Ofi 61 ASS BLOWBRS Before THIS MACH/NE ^AS useo. lij Of THE SI9,000 ferOCKHOUOERS WHO OWH THE STEEL tNDUSTRV, 4<0 P£ft ceHT ARB ei^AiNS cr SANr In a late review of Saturday Even-: vveares her narrative with little er- ing Post fiction writers, thirty au thors were mentioned for doing the best work of the year. Almet Jenks, Southjern Pines resident^ was voted into the select number. Ruth Burr Sanborn has familiariz ed herself 'Aith many of our local in stitutions until she has accumulated probably more knowledge concerning some of our industries than many of us who have lived in the county all our lives, as her popular work in the current magazines prove. In col lecting material for her cotton, ptach and tobacco stories, Miss San born spent considerable time around a cotton mill, gin and the packhouse with an observant eye on everything from flying spindles to grading ma chines. She spent time in the fields, the tobacco barns and the warehouse. Conforming to local standards she ied, better balanced meals. And they kept on buying. When the farmer and the re tailer get together, everyone, in cluding the consumer, is benefit ed. - r I ror. Introducing a bit of roniajice ! throughout her pages she has produc- i ed pleasant entertainment. ■•Ingathering’' in a recent Satur day Evening Post is delightfully told I and characteristic of the harvest in gathering celebrated in a neighboring county church. Miss Sanborn’s read ers will be interested in a forth coming story located in the Clay, I pictuiing a potter and his wares. The sound of hammers on upper James creek is something of a nov elty as they are heard again today after a long period of years, A barn is being built on the edge of the old Buchan field to hold grain and farm implements of the Boyd estate. The log house of Archibald Buchan, his slave quarters and bam, were set up in the field of his plantation home on the Morganton road before the Civil War was thought of. In fact it was so long ago no one liv ing remembers anything about the construction of the buildings,* as even the oldest settlers living in that vicin ity came long after the sound of Jiammer and saw had died away. REAL AID FOR AGRICULTURE A logical aid to the solution of the problem of agricultural surpluses, is increased consumer consumption. That such aid is practical and possible has been dramatically illustrated during the past tw'o or three years, in the many consumer-producer campaigns conducted on behalf of “distressed” crops by tens of thousands of American retail stores. The campaigns were inaugur ated by the food chains. After wards organized independents joined in. So did variety, hard* W'are, mail order stores and oth ers. Beef, lamb, fresh fruits, can ned fruits, nuts, poultry, citrus fruits, beans, dairy products— these are but a few of the pro ducts on whose behalf, at the request of the farmers concern ed, American retailing has gone to the bat And in most cases it has knocked out home runs. In no case has it struck out. During the campaign periods, ranging in length from a few days to weeks, consumption has been greatly increased at prices fair to all involved. Furthermore, it ha.s been proven that the.se drives were effective not only during the campaign time. Consumers dis covered new appetites and learned the pleasure of more var- WILL THERE BE I The R. S. Durants are glad to be A WAR SOON I back in the Sandhills. One of things The state of confusion exist- i they missed in their mid-western life ing among the experts over the I the lack of trees. Mr. Durant in burning que.stion of “Will there | timated that his respect for trees be a war soon?” can be judged "OW such that he never expects by two articles aj)pearing re-; ^ut a branch or do any pruning centlv in leading serious mag-; most necessary. Forest azines. Both articles were writ-, trees are limited to river courses in ten by men of repatation, with the great central prairie belt, hence a fair claim to being authorities i the reverence shown by the returned on events abroad. One was en-1 Caroimians. titled “There Will Be No War,” | Another comfortable feature about The other was entitled “Hitler j being home again was the restora- Must Fight.” ! tion of ebony hued Aunt Eliza in the One theory which is encour-! ^^tch^ aging to the beleaguered democ- ' ‘ racies of Eux’ope is that Hitler cannot afford a war for the rea- son that it would bring with it afternoon brought word an excellent chance of revolu tion at home—and that Hitler foreign to the southern woman. The foreign note, however, worked both ways. A white maid employed in the next morning she did not care to keep the job. Her sweetheart had Comings and Goings in Vass and J. G. McLeod of Raeford were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Honors lIoiLse Guest Honoring her house guest, Miss /ennie Holbrook of Huntersville, Mrs. ^ A, Wilson entertained at a de- ightful party Friday evening. Chi- ese checkers was played. High score rize was awarded Mrs. W. P. Par ser and a lovely gift was presented o the guest of honor. Miss Agnes ■’niith assisted the hostess in serving ^ frozen salad course. Those present were Miss Holbrook, Misses Agnes Smith, Myrtle McMil- lan_ Marjorie Leslie aqd Eloise Brooks, Mrs, W. E. Gladstone, Mrs. D. W. Wheeler, Mrs. B. M. Corbett, Mrs. C. L. Tyson. Mrs. C. P. Mc Millan, Jlrs. C. J. Temple, Mrs. Char les Gschwind, Mir W. P. Parker, Mrs. H. A. Borst. Mrs. S. R. Smith ind Mrs. D. A. Smith. Church Services The Kev. S. J. Starnes will preach in the Vass Methodist church this Suntlay moining at ll;00 o’clock. At 8:00 o’clock in the evening the ■;iev. J. S, Nesbit of Albemarle for f many years a missionary to Korea, will speak in the Vass Presbyterian church. • The public is cordially invited to attend these services. knows this, even as he and other, to seek work eise- Nazi officials attempt to dis-'"°t want her to credit it publicly Certainly an j“fo'^^ners.- excellent argument can be made, in support of the theory. The! Harian Miller clever columnist of Nazi regime has outlawed labor " unions. It has fought the churches, especially the Catho lic. It has imprisoned untold thousands of dissenters in con centration camps, and executed many. It has driven other thous ands into exile. The persecuted people have families, friends, connections. Not much is heard from these possible dissenters— the iron heel of the gestapo pre vents that—but it is logical to believe that a substantial pro portion of the German people hate the regime in power, and are waiting for the day when it may be destroyed. In the countries which Hitler has subjugated—such as Austria and the Czech provinces—condi tions rr^ still worse from the Nazi point of \iew; 'Production ’n factories has slowed dowTi, a tremerfdously expensive policing iob h.as become necessary, and well supported accounts of sabo tage are currc"^. the Washington Post, classified prom inent members of the House and Senate in his June 30th column. Mil ler rates Senator Bai’ey as “best ex temporaneous speaker” in the Senate. This high honor to North Carolina is offset, however by Miller’s estimate of Senator Reynolds, to whom he credits the "guadiest gift of gab.” Most likely Presidential candidate is Senator Vanderburg, in the column ist’s opinion. A lot of good stories are coming 'rom the World’s Fair. Real Admir- il Clark H. Woodward, command ant of the Third Naval District, is telling a joke on himself. To attend •>n official function at the Fair, the admirrJ arrived in full uniform. Mis taking him for an attendant, visi tor stopped him and said, “ Call me one of those motor chaii'S.” “Bu* I’m an admiral in the United States Navy,” said the astonished sail- •>r. "All : 't,l.l, then,” th2 v'*itor snan- ned "call me a boat.” To hito Liilie Mr. nnd Mrs. W. E. Gladstone. A. Mac Cameron, Curtis Bettini, John Alex Smith and O. J. Wooten went White Lake Monday for a week’s stay. \ iiss IVrsonals Miss Tucker Lynch returned to Goldsboro Thursday after spending several days with Mrs. C. P. McMil lan. Mr. and Mrs. Fairley Cameron .^pent last week at the home of his mother. Mrs. Dan Camei'on, on Cam eron route. Wilbur Edwards, son of Mr, and Mrs. A. G. Edwards, is on a tour which will take him in to many of ;;he states. He has alreaiiy vioited the World’s Fair, and stopped in Kansas City on his way to California He plans to visit his aunt, Mrs. E. L. Buie at San Antonio. Texas before returning home. H. A, Borst, Marvin Davis and W. H. ry as representatives of the Vass Methodist Church were guests of the Methodist Orphanage in Raleigh Sun day at a barbecue dinner whicli was given in honor of laymen from throughout Fayetteville District. A program by children of the orphan age v.as greatly enjoyed. Lewis Fry was a member of the party, also. ?Ir. and Airs. A. L. Nunnery and son, Glenn, of Roseboro and Mr. and Mrs. H. Clifton Blue and daughter Df ..Xberdeen were Sunday dinner guests of Mr, and Mrs. D. M. Cor bett. Miss Janet Rosser spent a night 'ast week with her coi-.sin. Miss Edith Harrington, of Broadway. ■ Dock Hudson has b>;cn on the sick list for the past several days. H. L. Thompson and son. Jack, of Hamlet, are spending some time at the W. D. McCraney and A. K, Thompson homes. Mr and Mrs. Bill Elfis of Bur lington were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Thompson. Miss Juanita Thompson, who had been vis iting in Burlington since the fourth, returned to Vass with them. R. P. Beasley of Vass, Mr. and Mrs. Blair Beasley of Carthage and Misses Mary Katrina Beasley of Apex left Saturday night for New York to attend the World’s Fair. Miss Doris Byrd is spending a few days in Greensboro with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Byrd, Jr. Billy Bob McGill celebrated hia eighth birthday last Friday by en tertaining several of his young friends at a party. Hia guests were Leon and Bobby Crabtree, Hugh McLean, Jack Thompson, Andy Hemphill, Junior McGill and Vivian McMillan. Mrs. G. W. Brooks and Miss Eloise Brooks enent Sunday with Miss Jes sie Brooks at Duke University, Dur ham. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Smith and T. R. Moffitt of Sanford visited rela tives here Sunday evening. Mrs. W. B. Graham, Mrs. W. C. Leslie. Mrs. H. A. Borst and Albert Graham visited Miss Kathartne Gra ham at Watts Hospital, Durham, Fri day afternoon and found her getting along nicely. Kenneth Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hodpin of High Point were Sunday dinner guests of Mr.' and Mrs. H. C. Callahan. Eemice Graham of Chester, S. C spent the weekend v/ith his mother M"s. W. B. Graham. _ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gschwind spent iSunday w'ith relative,4 near Mullins. S. C. Their little nieces Bobbie Jean and Barbara Stanton, re- pMcLauchlin Sunday evening, urned with them to spend a month. L. B. Craig spent Sunday in Sou- hern Pines. I Mrs. W. T. Richardson and chil-j ren visited in High Point a day ast week. ^ Miss Johnsie Patterson has return ed after a w'eeks visit in Rocking- !am, Mrs. W. T. Davis of High Point Iis3 Evelyn Burney of Laurlnburg I>K. PLEAS.^NTS LICENSED TO PRACTICE DENISTKY Among 30 successful applicants for licenses to practice denistry in North Carolina who took the State examination given in Raleigh June 26, 29 was John Edward Pleasants, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Pleas ants ;Jr. of Aberdeen. ADVERTISE IN THE PILOT. REPORT OF CONDITION OF BANK OF PINEHIIRST Pinehurst, Aberdeen and Carthage in Ihe Stale of N C. at the close of business on |Iune 30, 1931). ASSETS Loans and discounts 5 259,806.14 United States Government obligations^ direct and guaranteed 113,175.00 Obligations of States and political subdivisions 297,915.00 Other b