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Page Two THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdpen, Nortii CaroMiut Friday, December 29, 1989 THE PILOT Published each Friday by THE PlIiOT, Incorporated, Southern IMnes, N. C. NELSON C. HYDE Editor DAN S. Ray, General Manager CHARLES MACAIXEY Advertising Manajjer Halcn K. Butler, Beuir Cameron Smith, H. L. Epps. Ai»ueiate« Subscription Rates: One Year $2.00 Six Months 1 $1.00 Three Months .50 Entered at the Postoffice at South- fcfn Pines, N. C„ as second class mail matter. CHIEF GARGIS Southern Pine.s has suffered a distinct loss in the death of its Chief of Police, J. A. Gar- gis. Mr. Garpfis has been an efficient and faithful public servant, a ffuardian of the peace of the community in whom the citizenry has had con fidence. During his tenure of office of some eight years crime has been at a minimum here, due primarily to the fact that the criminal element has recognized in the local Chief a man who through graining and experience knew the underworld and its tactics. Mr Gargis served on the po lice force of Raleigh for many years before coming here. His .service in a sizeable city ideally fitted him for the duties of a community such as Southern Pines where conditions call for both tact and severity. He mix ed these essentials well, main taining the peace with little rancor. ** Sudden death has come to the last three heads of the local po lice department. Fortunately, the fate which befell Chiefs Kelly and Beasley was spared Mr. Gargis, But like his prede cessors, he died in line of duty —at his post as he would have had it. He will be sorely misled. THE POCXETBOOK 0/ KNOWLEDGE Register of Deeds Also Enjoys ^Christmas Rush’ LET’S NOT NEGLECT THE HOME FRONT For several months American eyes have been fixed on war ring Europe. That is natural, but we must not forget that pressing as international prob lems may be, domestic problems cannot be overlooked. The Federal debt still rises dangerously in spite of exorbi tant taxes. The need for equit able labor legislation becomes more urgent. And the radical philosophy, which seeks to de stroy private business, is active as ever. It is the duty of Congress to make us secure from invasion. It is likewise the duty of Con gress to make us secure from the far more iminent perils that exist within our own borders. We need to do more looking at our own United States and less at nations three thousand miles away. TOOAV- cenrs A POUHO- wmm RtAcH Of fvtWBooy PRICES-’ THE PBlCe OF SAVOH HAS BSEN REPUCED FROM *<A60 A POC/MO M 1930 TO S7* TODAY— 4 «eSUi.T m^y MORE AMERICANS HAVB seef^ ABLe to use PRODUCTS made of RAVOfJ- CCOSE TO 300,000,000 POUNDS CP IT AR£ NOV! CONiUMBD ANNUAU't'. THC %MALLe«T TREE IN THE UNntP STATES TM* JUt^plNe WtlLOV/^ WHICH ■ NEVER OROWi MORE THAN 6 mCHSi HI6H soMTiMef poet NOT excsep one men HSierHT/ ' GRmmT y<BR6 sONArtEO BECAUSE THEVC3S0VV IN CLUSTERS LIKE GXAPeS- About *f0/9 OF THE FAKMfRS' AViHUAl. COTTON CROP CONSUMED BY IMPUSTRY POR U.S. RAII.'^OADS Tfxr/icS LAfT VBAK AmoUNT^O TO MORE. THAN our ofi £veRy DOLLAR OP HPtT OPGRATIN SIXAINS €r SAND Many Marriages of Both Races Occurred During ■ Holidays Dealers in candies and toys were not the only ones who saw a big in crease in their busine.ss last week, for there was unusual activity at the marriage license desk In the court house Ten sales were rung up from the 21st through the 23rd, six of them being made on the last busL ness day before Christmas The age of six of the prospective brides was given as 19 “The white couples were J. M. Prevost and Grace White of Raleigh; George P. Moss and Dallle Elizabeth McQueen^ both of Hemp; Arthur P. Hale of Aberdeen and Edith Bell Blake of Southern Pines; Leonard Sheffield of Plnehurst and Evelyn McDonald of Aberdeen; Ernest Ray Kennedy of Eagle Springs and Mary Gamer of Steeds Rout® 1; Paul Jor dan and Madie Mc^cill, both of Steeds. Colored couples who procured li censes were John D. Harrington of Cameron and Fannie Mae Frye of Vass; Fonzel Wooten and Lula Small, both of Cameron; Milton Potty and Bertha Mae Goins, both of Carth age, and Daniel McLauchlin of Car thage and Mary Lee McNeill of Cameron. THE CASE FOR PRIVATE ENTERPRISE All of us in America live by the labor of private enterprise. Private enterprise operates almsst 7,000,000 farms, 166,- 700 industrial plants, close to 40.000 oil wells and 250,000 miles of railroads. Private en terprise in this nation produces 34 per cent of the world’s coal; 32 per cent of its copper; 35 per cent of its electric power; 79 per cent of its automobiles; 67 per cent of its rubber goods; 90 per cent of its movies ,and 30 per cent of its cotton. Private enterprise did not create our natural resources— they existed here in the time of primitive man. What private enterprise did was to develop them. A ton of coal beneath the earth’s surface is of no use to anyone. Not until it has been mined, processed, shipped and distributed does it cootribute to the maintenance and progress of society. That is what private enterprise does—it takes the resources nature has given us, and uses them to give us jobs, opportunities, necessities and luxi'.ries, and a constantly rising standard of living. That has been done better here than in any country the world has ever known. In the short space of a century and a half we rose from a third-rate power to the world’s foremost H.VrPY NEW YEAR What were the ten greatest news stories of 1939? The Associated Press picks these: 1. France and Great Britain de clare war on Germany. 2. British royalty visits Amer_ ica. 3. Congress repeal the arms em bargo. 4. Cardinals elect Paceili Pope Pius XII. .5. Assassin misses Hitler by It minutes. 6. Roosevelt to run—or not to run? 7. Thanksgiving debate. 8. Supreme Co\u’t outlaws the sit-down strike. 9. The Dies committee battles the “isms.” 10. Fascist Franco wins .Spanish civil war. The Admiral Graf Spee story would undoubtedly had been includ- I ed had not tlie list been completed before the Uraguayan incident. And the (JP) selects the foU;:wing as the ten big stories of the past decade: 1. Allies’ declaration of w'ar on Germany (1039). 2. Lindbergh kidnapping (1932). 3. Abdication of Edward VTII 4. Roosevelt bank holiday (1933). 5. Diplomatic victory of Hitler at Munich (1938). 6. Birth of the Dionne quintup lets (1934). 7. Repeal of prohibition (1933.) 8. Death of Will Rogers and Wil. ey Post (1935). 9 British royal tour of Amtrica (1939). The Tampa Morning Tribune suggests a change of namie to *‘The League of Indignations.” Got your licen.se plates? financial and industrial powec. That rise was the result of a system of government, the American system, which gave the greatest possible encourage ment to private individual en terprise, and caused it to use its abilities and energies to the limit in deelvoping a vast con tinent. Private enterprise has noth ing to do with size. The man who runs a shoe-shine stand of his own is as much of a private entrepreneur as the man who runs an electric plant. Private enterprise is an ideal—r. way of life—dedicated to the proposi tion that every man shall have the right to the fruits of his la bors, and shall go as far as his own brains and energies can take him. Private enterprise made this nation as we know it. And if ever private enterprise is killed, this nation will die with it. STAMPS FOR FOOD EXPERIMENT According to recent announce ments from government sources, the Food Stamp Plan, _ which has been extensively tried in certain localities, is to be ex tended. Under the p’an, persons on relief are given, in return for stamps issued them, various commodities of which there is a surplus, and which are held off the market by the Federal Surplus Commodities Corpora tion. Going by reports, the plan seems to have met with consid erable success. And one inter esting thing about it is that it hasn’t been necessary to build up a large new government bu reau to distribute the surplus foods. Instead, distribution has ’arcrel.v been made through ex" isting private facilities. When the plan wa? first suggested, thouaands of retail stores, in cluding both chains and inde- ’■>pndents. pledged their cooper ation. The pledges were accept- e<3 by the government authori ties involvedr and the result is a testimonial to the efficiency of distribution in this country. As a matter of fact, it would have been a remarkable thing had our American merchants failed in this or any other reas onable undertaking. No other .country in the world is so effi ciently served so far as mer chandising is concerned. Under the free competitive system, all kinds of merchants are con- [ stantly seeking to outdo each other. The cost of distribution is constantly declining, as the battle for still greater operating economy goes on. That means a better break for the consumer, and for the producer as well. If the Food Stamp Plan final ly meets with all the success that is hoped for it, American merchants must be given a con siderable share of the credit They have used their vast facil ities to the utmost in attempting to make the plan click. That has been a boon to the needy—and, as well, to the taxpayers, who would have had to bear the tremendous financial burden had the government gone widely into the business of distribution. JOHN McCRIMMON DIES, LIFELONG RESIDENT HERE John McCrimmon of Aberdeen, a lifelong resident of this section died at the home of his brother-in-law, Will Frye, near Ci^rthage Monday night. He was 78 years old and had been in failing health for some months. He is survived by four sons. Her man of Aberdeen, John, of Jackson ville, Fla., Milton and Bill, of near Carthage. Funeral services were held at 11 o’clock Wednesday morning in Be- Ihesda Prebyterian Church, with in terment in the Old Bethesda ceme tery, near which Mr. McCrimmen had lived for many years. WILLING WORKERS TO MEET The Junior Willing Workers will meet Monday evening^ January 1st at 8:00 with Mrs. Myron Adamg on Vermont avenue NIAGARA Christmas has come and gone leaving pleasant memories of greet ings and gifts of old friends and new. Bill Williams of V/hite River Junction, Vt., arrived Sunday to spend the Christmas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Wil liams. Jimmy Duggan is visiting his sis ter in Winston.Salem. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hudson and daughter Miss Evelyn of Savannah, Ga., Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hudson and children of Glenville, Ga., were visi tors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Frank through the Christmas holidays. George H. Colby arrived Saturday frQiK Bartonsville, Vt., to spend the remainder of the winter here. Mr. and Mrs. Frances Beaton are visiting Mr. and Mrs. .Tohn Camer on. G. H. Monroe of Raleigh and C. R. Monroe of Richmond, Va., spent Christmas with their mother, Mrs. W. D. Monroe. Miss Dot Morgan is spending this week in Raleigh visiting relatievs. Guests of Mrs. D. S. Ray and Miss Elizabeth Ray during the Christmas holidays were Mr. and Mrs O. F. Taylor and son Ray of Winston. Salem. Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Huggins and children of Chapel Hill; H. P. Bilyeu, his mother and two chil- oren of Greensboro, and E. L. Flay of Asheboro. W. F. Smith of Raleigh spent the week.end here. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Frank and daughter Anita of Lumberton were visitors Christmas day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Frank. D. A. Graham and daughters Dor othy Mae and Geraldine of Ruffin, S. C., called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Morgan Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. R B Smith of Ral eigh visited relatives here during the Christmas holidays We Icam with regret of the sud den death of Chief Gargis of South ern Pines who is the father of Mrs. A. C. Woods of Niagara. NORTH CAROLINA BAJ«fKS SERVING CREDIT NEEDS That banks in North Carolina are actively serving the credit needs of their communities is evidenced by the results of a survey of bank lend, ing activity announced by the Amer. ican Bankers Association indicating that the commercial banks of the state made more than 220,000 new loans totaling $100,000,000 to busi ness firms and individuals during the first six months of 1939 ,and renew ed 215,000 out.standing loans totaling $245,000,000 during the same period. The survey also reveals that bus. iness firms in the state are using only one-half of the “open lines of credit” maintained for their use on the books of the banks. These estimated figures are bas ed on reports received from 45 banks in North Carolina, or 20 per cent of the 225 commercial banks in the .atate, and make allowance for the concentration of lending activity In Winston—Salem and other large cities. (Blab ^ear to Mrs. Hayes’ Shop KEmNQTON EATON’S SOCIAL CONGRESS PLAYINO TYPEWRITERS STATIONERY CARDS Buy The Best R.C.A. R A D I 0 s • H AYES’ SANDHIL.L.S QOOK SHOF* SOUTHERN PINES, N. C. PARKER P E N S BANCROFT’S B. & P. ART STMCL TENNIS RACKETS BLANK BOOKS FlIJNG CABINETS atitmtittttntttmttttttmtxtxitmimxmt ADVERTISE IN THE PILOT. HERB’S DOT and BOB Sandwiches Our Specialty Bar-B-Q — Hamburg — Hot Dogs, Freshly brewed (Chase and Sanborn’s) Coffee, (DoNut Dunking by Permission of Emily Post) Home-Made Pie (the real thing) Have You Tried Virginia Kittle Brittle? Tel. 6972 Opposite Fire Station II MODERN CONVENIENCE Bring your bathroom and kitchen up-to-date with all the modern facilities. Or, if you’re converting your at tic or basement into usable rooms, you’ll want the latest in fine fixtures at low cost. We are equipped to handle your needs. OIL BURNERS IRON FIREMEN (Automatic Coal Burners) ESSO-HEAT FUEL OIL L. V. OmiAGHAN PLUMBING AND HEATING CONTRACTOR relephone 5S41 Southern Pines
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