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Page Two THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, Ncwember 10, 193& THE PIL 0 i Published each Friday by THK rHAVr, incorporated. Southern I’ines, X. C. NEiJSON t. iivni': Kdittir CHARLRS MACAL'LCT l)A\ S Advertiainir Cirnilnt i'tn Rel«‘n K. Hutler. npn.sie ('amerun Smith, H. I.. I'pps. AMsoriait-M THE POCKETBOOK of KNOWLEDGE Sniiorriptinii K-ites; On^ Year $2.00 Six Months ... $1.0* Thrpp Months .5f Entered at the Postoffice at SJUth- em Pines, N C., as second ciasa mail matter. AN EXAMIM.E OF COOPERATION During ihe piust week the Sandhills has had satisfying evidence of what can be done and done quickly, when there is cooperative effort. The Chambers of Commerce of Southern Pines and Pine- hurst met last Thursday in their respective towns. At each meet ing the dire need of additional hangar space at the Knoll wood Airpc.rt was emphasized, and committees appointed to seel what could be done about it. At the Southern Pines meeting. Clifford Sloan, who was the speaker of the day took it upon himself to pledge ^500 from the Knollwood-Pine Needles section. Result: The committees, working with officials controll ing the destiny of the Airport and with other governing bodies in the county- have arranged for the financing o.f a new $3,- 500 hangar which will house six planes. Pinehurst, Knoll- wood and Southern Pines have all contributed, with others. And it’s all been done in a week. “United we stand, divided we fall.” IHCOMB THI fARMIR DIPEHDS OH M/iM FOR /8 micfNr OP HIS iHCOMe. CAN NOH nMHMtrrRA miLK INTO ^MCOL, PW, COMBS, eurroMs, Af^o HUNOf^eOS Of orneR PWUCTS TMf T0TA4. VAkUATlOH Of ALU TMf AuTOMOdiLt$ PRODUCCn tH. 1900 ItSS than ooo. CAN f*OW PHOCUC9 $QwvALeNr VALUe /A/ / THISt QUieA WOOOtK SOUD siippeas wooN gy PtASANTS fH iHOlfV, AUt HiLO ON TXi rOOT 6V TMI WDO0C/V KHOB WHICH SLms BtTwettt TUB BIG TOB AMD rue one wxr ro ir. JOBS iH iHBOSTfty HAVC iNCiteASED 10 A POiNT WHtUt TCOAV MCAe PEOPI.C ARE E«P10>B0 IN THE OISTHIBunOH OPCOOOS than worked in ftvi. («MNUFACTUR|N& at tH6 1U«N OP tHS CENTUBV. Twi nwr mbhu 'mu IMVEsTBO in B/ A SCRM.AH NOBLEMAH, MEN9/ OP BRUNSWICK. WHO HAD HIS COOK IIST ALL THE POODS m THB ORDER OP THEIR swavics — sane COULD MS APPCTfrt rne t^ooos tie uxeo BesTj ! ;il:c the American producer and con-j almost $234,000,000, a rise of $18,- every opportunity. We spend more { sv.nior has a tremendous atcke in 000,000. That rise alone, disregarding for lu.xuries than the people of any ' -ctail (Utstribucon. j the total, would pay for 9.000 homes, other country because we earn and j .' icorvKuff to a rcccnt survey, the costing $2,00 each; give employment have more. And vve also spend more li iin stoi’es of the countiy alone to 18,000 men at a wage of more*| for the necessities—of which ade- \iy some 13o,600,000 a year in ren- lhan $80 per month, or build 1,800 quate financial protection is one of tal.s in the ‘IS plates and the District miles of highway at a cost of $10,-, the most vital. ; Columbia—a .sum which also in- OCO per mile. | I Culled from some visiting papers: We Americans have often been; An old-timer is the ore who can called a wasteful and improvident j remember when it was possible to It's true we often spend describe a woman’s hat. recklessly—but at the same *’ ♦ * time, when it comes to erecting fi-1 "The average man can tell you nancial .safeguards against the fu- all he knows in two hov.rs,” a Co- ture, wo have no competitors. , lumbia profess?or declares. Not if Firf'. '’.rf'iU dc.stroyer. is getting This country accounts for but we see him first, the irr f> on us again. 7 per cent of the world’s population.! .« k. * During the first nine months of And yet -.ve own 70 per cent of all th.;j German .subjects are told bluntly last year total fire loss was about world s life insurance. i to pull in the belt. The French—a $216,000,000. This year, loss for the So the fact is that we don’t scat- subtler people—decree the wasp first nine months ia estimated at ter our wherewithal to the winds at waist. 'hides the rental value of local prop- ■ties owned by the systems. Statis tics are not available foi’ the inde pendent ftores—but, inasmuch as they people, 'o about two-tliinis of a'l retad bus- money ! the fjr.ind total niui't be strat I ospheric. e.xist here, not to abuse the freedom we are granted. Thus Thanksgiving this year ought at once to be a day in which we count our blessings, and one on which we remembei' the responsibilities that aro ours. FROM .MI SCLE TO MOTOR I’OWER THE SEASON TO GIVE THANKS Thanksgiving approaches again this year, and on this oc casion the presence of war abroad makes more important than ever our American habir of pausing for a day and count ing our blessings. Even the dif ference of opinion this year concerning the date on which the event will be celebrated points to something American for which we ought to be thankful—the democratic right to disagree about matters in volving us solely as individuals. What, in 1939, are some of the things for which we ought to be thankful? Surely it is worthwhile to pause in what ever we are doing at the mo ment and list some of the reas-j ons we are glad that we are Americans. j We should be thankful, most of all, for two precious heritages our forefathers gave us, heri tages that it is worth every thing in the world for us to preserve. These two fundamen tals are freedom and opportun ity. They are characteristic of America in a manner and de- g:ree not matched in any other land. We should be thankful, in a world at war, that we are are at peace with all nations, and that there exists in this country a public will to peace. We should be grateful for our system of representative democracy, which guarantees the fact that this public will to peace will be heed ed. V/e should be thankful for the high standard of living this country possesses; for the fact that its real wealth, which is measured in terms of automo biles and radios and the mater ial objects that all Americans can use and enjoy is more wide ly distributed than that of any other nation. We should be even more thankful that the system under which we live is design ed to raise those standards even higher in the future. While other nations are at war, or remain precarious neu trals with armies poised on their borders, we in America look for ward to a future growing be fore our eyes in the laborator ies of industry, where new prod ucts and new services are be ing developed that will mean more jobs and payrolls. But we must not merely be thankful., This opportunity is also an obligation. That obliga tion lies in our making every effort to u^e the advantages we have here to the utmost— not to be fainthearted, not to neglect the opportunities that Grains of Sand Tliose who forecast that the frank anli-iiictatorship sentiment of the American people would rapidly lead \is into war once it broke out abroad (and many matie exactly that foi'e- cast during the past few years I seem to have backed a losing horse. Going by the be.='t evidence available, the martial spirit has not increas ed a whit in this country since the war be^an. A late Fortune poll is of excep tional interest. Accordirg to this When James Watt permitted steam to pass into the cylinder of his now-fangled steam engine one day in 1760, he started, something. ' But it remained for voung, Samuel Slater, another mechan-'P«“' P^**' People icallv-minded VOUng man. to ap-' '^^-'^ved we should enter the war on oly this force in America’s first October. K manufacturing enterprise, jj^'^'here 2.3 per cent thought we 1790. He used it with a cotton i September. Slightly over K spinning machine that promis-l^® per cent thoMght we should join h ed to turn out a better product jAlhes if it looks as if they are than was being imported from'worst of it, where 13.5 England at the time. Here and,P^*' approved of that course the r THE: PINE NEEDLES KNOLLWOOD there other signs of interest in this new mechanical power ap peared. In 1819 precision meth ods were made possible by the month before. This overwhelming is^ olationist spirt obtains even though, according to the same poll, more :: than 84 per cent of our people want ^ SOUTHERN PINES RE-OPENS TODAY-NOVEMBER 10 introduction of the first profile: France and their lathe. Production technique advanc ed steadily. W’ith each new de velopment came new job oppor tunities, not only in the making of new and better products but also in marketing, retailing, ser vicing, etc. In the automobile industry, for instance, countless opportunities have been made available in all the many trades, occupations and businesses that are based on highway transpor tation. Figures just released in GM FOLKS, monthly publication for all General Motors employes, show that in the 60 years follow ing 1870 the horsepower at the disposal of the average work man in American plants increas ed four times. During the same period, job opportunities in manufacturng and service in dustries multiplied more than six times. Fifty years ago, few men in the buggy industry could af ford to ride to work in their own buggies. Today, a large per centage of automobile workers drive their own cars, because better methods and tools im proved quality and lowered prices. The GM FOLKS article also points out: In the last 25 years the av erage hourly rate paid to work-^ ers in 25 major industries has risen from 25 cents psr hour to 72 cents. The automobile indus try today is well above this average. . Just as important is the in creased amount of leisure time for the workers made possible, by the more wide.spread use ofj power tools on the hard jobs.j Weekly hours in this countrvj have been reduced by about 201 T)er cent since 1914. j Man’s ingenuity in utilizing i nature’s gift of mechanical pow-j '^r has made possible most of the things we have for better living today. Customers are always looking for new values ... for better products at prices they can pay. friends to win, and only 1.3 per cent w^ant Germany and her friends to win (the balance replied that they ^ favored neither side, or know^) didn’t ti \\ The American property owner— and, so long as men are at work trying to find out ways and means for doin<r more things, their desires will be fulfilled. We ha>'o fl»vir)le sources of power and. if we choose to use them wisely, the further devel- „ opment of American industry « will fare well in the deca:les to^ come. ALL THE Al'TRIBUTES OF A PRIVATE CLUB OUR OWN 18-HOLE GOLF AND PUTTING COURSES SURROUND HOTEL Hunting Preserve for Exclusive Use of Our Guests LOW EARLY SEASON RATES COMPLETELY FIREPROOF EMMETT E. BOONE, Manager Southern Pines, North Carolina CORRECT GLASSES PROPER LIGHT means BETTER VISION If there is the slightest question obout eyestrain there ore two things for you to do immediately., First^ave your eyes ex amined by an eye specialist then have your home lighting checked by your Electric Dealer or our representative. CAROLINA POW E R The corrective benefit of properly fitted flosses is invaluable BUT for the BE'' T EEING RESULTS you MUST also he j PROPER LIGHT! Remember, Sight is Pric-- less—PROPER Light is CHEAP! LIGHT CO.MPAtj I
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