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Pa^e Two THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, July 26, IMO, THE PILOT Published each Friday by THE PlLiOT, lnoorporate<t, Southern Pines, N. C. THE POCKETBOOK of KNOWLEDGE NEISOX C. HVDE Editor DAN S. BAY (ieneral Manai^er chaki.es >l\cavley Advertising Manager Btltn K. Hutirr, Bruir <'am(ron Smith, CharlM Cullinifford, A8»ofi»te« SubM'ription Kates: One Year $2.00 j Six Months $1.00 Three Months 50 ThH« 'nt/ICe At MMMy motor VEHCLti IM 1Hl U S Af IN Mil rue /iesT OP THC WO»I.O Entered at the Postoffice at South ern Pines, N. C., as second class mail matter. AN AIRMAN TO HIS MOTHER Among the Qersopal belong ings of a young R. A. F. pilot in a Ibomber squadron who was re cently reported “Missing, believ ed killed,” was a letter to his mother—to be sent to her if he were killed. “This letter was perhaps the most amazin.'j one I have ever read: simple and di rect in its wording but splendid and uplifting in its outlook.’ says the young officer’s station commander. “It was inevitable that I iihould read it—in fact he must ViVv» intended this, for it was left/ open in order that I might be certain that no prohib ited information was disclosed. I sent the letter to the bereaved | mother, and asked her whether /959 TAXB6 ON THE n.KT«IC iNPUSTRy WERE 94t- X ateATEK tk*h in 1929, txough Nrr INCOME U3WEU. POOLERS A CURICXK BRiEEP RA14EP IW A A PAN AM\iOM/A ^AHMAMCP arrgn TUB eaypTiM goo AMMON. NfAS ' wHOse-TMPie AMMONIUM aaoRtoe wAf fOUNP AioRE TIMN OA/5 OUT OF Five JOBS IH THIS COUNTRY ARC PRCVIPED By \ Hu.rAcr. tMHUFACruRfm /MMSTfiy lifetime. Just now a little dog, a black cat, two kittens and a little pig make up an interesting outfit, pnd real friends they are. When the infant pig, the runt of the litter, came into this world it was destined to be the unfortunate who could never find room at his mother-’s dinner table, so was finally taken to the back door for artificial reenforcements. And there the puppy, the kittens, and $32,801 REDUCTION IN EDUCATION BOARD BUDGET The Board of Education of Moore county met this week and adopted a budget calling for $42,664.98 for cur rent expenses and $44,192.45 for cap-1 ital outlay. Last year's current ex pense allotment was $42,253.24, or EVELYN EDSON Notary Public Telephone Office N. H. At* $411.74 less than the new budget the kindly mother cat formed an alii- i calls for, but there is a decrease of ance with the orphan pig. The cat, 533212.73 in the capital outlay fund, a generous soul, invites the little pig $77,405.18 for last year, I (o join at mealtime in her meager sup- ply and those partaking are con- ^ reduction of $o2.800.99 genial and happy. • 1 Can it be the foster feline mother thus interprets the current talk of adopting refugees ? have lived and died an Englishman, trough. Nothing else matters one jot nor This has cost Us ten.' can anything ever change it. Jjon.s in taxe.-; and increased Fed- You must not grieve for me, if eral debt. Yet. serious as that Monday July 15, was St. Swinth- in’s day. According to legend, if rain falls on this day iBin is .scheduled for 40 days. No dripping clouds let go their .stock of moisture on this par ticular Monday over the village. Not wanting to a.ssail all traditional beliefs or institutions or adopt e. ’ot of er roneous ideas we set out to get the I straight of things and looked into this wateiy Sain’t day business cur ious to know whether we would be blown away in the heat and dust or succumb to mold and mildew. The Bi.shop of Winchester of ,'5‘>2 who later became St. Swithin fore casts drv weather for us now. It reenis that he had a great hankering for rainy days and one of his la.st ^ leqiie.sts was that he be buried un- ;dfr the eaves the rain might fall on of bll- }ij^ grave. When canonizcd a century later and exhumed and removed to the cathedral, tradition says he was T f 1 ■ TviQT Urin'tr' really believe in religion and al! problem is, it is the least inipor- niade forevei-unhappy when deposited entails: that would be hy- tant phase of trend. \ itally im- his new resting place following a pocrisy. I have no fear of death; only portant has been t'"'‘! change for violent storm. Poor old Saint, taken queer elation ... I would have it no the Wor.se in the Amei'icun char- jn out of the wet when all he asked ether way. The universe i.s so vast acter—the los.s of those tradi” for wa.s to sleep in the rain, and so ageless that the life of one tional characteristics of inde-, But to get on with our prognostica- only be justified by the pendence and self-reliance. De- tion. There were a number of other comfort to other mothers, and that every one in our country may fee) proud to read of the sen timents which support ‘an aver age airman’ in the execution of his present ardous duties. 1 have received the mother’s permis sion. and I hope this letter may man can measure of his sp.?rifice. We are sent pendence always breeds dictator- old boys who are supposed to be af- to this world to acquire a person- ijhip. Dependence always men- fiUated with the weather bureau. In \ 1 1 r>r, -ci'KlQ ^ character to take with us jjces liberty, and the democratic Fiance the Sth and 19th davs of Jime h2 read b> the greate.st possible ^hat can never be taken from us. ,vay of life. | are Saints days that have to do with Those who just eat and sleep, pros-j ]f democracy is to live, the the weather. The rainy saint in Flan- per and procreate are no better than, (Jpniocratic virtues of t-elf-reli-1 ders is St. Godelieve who leigns over home and abroad. Dearest Mother—Though 1 feel no'animals if all their lives they are at ance I mov-1 Pface premoni*'"!. a* all. events are :ng iipidly, and I have instructed' that this letter be forwarded to you : come I firmly and that evil things absolutely believe ernment must again be confined are sent into the, to thosa duties given it by the should I fail to return from one'of, Con.-^titution. Indus,fry and in- , erately by our Creator to test our dividuals ' " and independence must the 6th of July, while Germany cele- back into their own. Gov- brates its Seven Sleepers on the 27th of this month and predicts seven weeks rain if rain falls on that day If We shift out the forecasts of them all we will probably find our usual normal weather conditions of hot and cool waves, of dry and wet periods, and Jo Jo will chalk up on his bulletin board figures that run a lit tle above and a trifle below normal, • figures that run about the same as always, year after year. ! Qunmd (DirectotP' 24 HOUR AMBULANCE SERVICE PHONE 6161-SOUTHERN PINES To lerie tho«e who o«ll opoa m to die be«t of our ability amt Kith thoughtful falrncM to bMls upon which our orynlmUoa U foniwd. U. G. McEUlO¥ Manager CMC owner* report 15* to 40* »avingi! Mileate Meter Te*t» PROVE that CMC SUPER-DUTY Engine!, with their many •xcluftiv?, outfc'tanding advancementii giv!* mo»( miltd per gallon—»i*e for »ire, H«re’> the truck ‘‘buy’’ of 1940. SSSfe-’ .THl tRUCK or VAlUik Tim, poym.n). throuoh our own YMAC Plon o> q>ojLoblt_ro^. Osborne Motor Co. Broad Street Southern Pines the raids which we shall shortly be;'*"""'-'' uu. ciivuiuais must realize again called upon to undertake. You j^ust that they can no longer expect hope on for a month, but at the endl^"'’ manna from Washington for sus- of that time vou must accept the fact : tenance. Then that democracy that I have handed my task over principles. of which we talk .so much in the extremely capable hands of my' ^ fortunate in that i,|le phrases will really survive. comrades of the Royal Air Force, as ^ country and Then we shall be strong and se-' so many splendid feliows have already! cure. I final test of war I consider my, ^ r 1 fiillv developed. Thus at First, it Will comfort vnu to know I * that mv role in this war' has been of,'"'’ the greatest impoi tance. Our patrols | ^ am prepared to far I lit over the N'oi th sea have help- I ed to keep the tiade routes clear for, GMC TRUCKS GASOLINE die with just one repi'et, and one cnly—that I could not ^levote my.self to making your declining years more happy by being with you: but will live in pence and freedom and I shall have ■ diiectly contributed my life may not' I'.ave been in vain. Yotir Loving .Son. Grains 0! Sand our convoys and supply .^hip.-s, and c.i one oeca.sion our information was jiistrumental in .saving the lives of the men i.T a crippled lighthouse ve-' lief .sh.p. Though it will be difficult; for you, you will disappoint me if j you do not at least try to accept the facts dispassionately, for I shall hjive done my duty to the utmost of my rbility. No man can do more, and noj one calling himself a man could do ® j itied, devoted to the proposition jthat here, if nowhere else in the world, democracy shall be THE MEANING I)EMO( RACY OF There was a day when a single air plane over the .Sandhills attiacte.i a lot of attention. Today is diffe>ont. Today only numbers in graceful fly ing formation cause an upward glance of appreciation. But the big army dirigible, more diffident and not nearly so well known, still brings out the enti’-e family when sailing out of clouds. Today this country stands un» I have always admired your amaz ing courage in the face of continual retbacks; in the way you have given me as good an education and back ground as any one in the countrj’; and always kept up appearances with out ever losing faith in the future. Salesmen who travel over the Carolinas and are faiViiliar with the stores of the two states report that Dorns grocery store of Southein >ei \ ed and made secure. Pines is not only tiie first, but still And the people are coming to has the honor of being the only groc- realize that the preservation of fiy in either North or south Carolina the democratic S,vstem involves to have an air-cooling system, within more i^han merely spending bil- its closed front doors. To be in har. My death would not mean that your lions for military weapons, im- niony of progress with the far dis- struggle has been in vain. Far from portant as that is. The preserva- tant city grocer speaks well for it. It means that your sacrifice is lion of democrac.V' mean.S that Dorn's and Southern Pines. as great as mine. Those who ser.e'we must again analyze the mean-1 England must expect nothing from, ing of democracy—and again re- An interesting little incident occur- her; we debase ourselves if we regard turn to those principles on which ^ed on a country road recently that our country as merely a place in which the nation \ya.S founded. brought to mind rather forcefully, to eat and sleep. Those principles are simple some of the worthwhile things a Boy History resounds with illustrious and basic. Certain powers were Scout leams. A car rounded a cuire names who have given all, yet their [piven to government—the pow-'and headed down a hill on a sandy .■sacrifice has resulted in the British, er over currency, over national, road little traveled. Directly ahead of Empire, where there is a measure of defense, over foreign policy, and | the automobile a group of Scouts had so on. The balance of powers. scattered out over the road, setting were reserved to the people. The | forth on a hike. There was r’o confu- founders realized that govern-1 sion whatever at the first signal of ment is a non-producer—that all 1 the approaching car. There was no peace, justice and freedom for all, p.nd where a higher standard of civ- i’ization has evolved, and is still evolv ing, than anywhere else. But this is not^ only concerning our own land, j production and creation must 'come from the individual. And they realized'That strict limita tion of the activities of govern ment was necessary if freedom was to live. In recent years we have been drifting away from true demo cratic government. We have put government into bu.siness. We have all but de.stroyed the rights of the states. We have gone a long way toward the ruinous theory that ffovefrnment owes everyone a living. We have de- s tiyed local independence, lo cal pride, local self-sufficiency. We have become a nation of beg gars, feeding at the public Today we are faced with the great est organized challenge to Christian, ity and civilization that the world has ever seen, and 1 count myself lucky and honored to be the right fge and fully trained to throw my full weight into the soale. For this I have to thank you. Yet there is more work for you to do. The home front will still have to stand united for years after the war is won. For all that can be said against it, I still mahitain that this war is a vejy good thing; every individual is having the^ chance to give and dare all for his principle like the martyrs of old. However long the time may be, one tiling can ncTer be altered—shall wild scattering to right or left, with the final division leaving boys on each side of the road for the motorist to thread through. With swift precis ion and the grace and beauty of a trained military movement, they were assembled in single file on the right as they continued their march in safety without a backward glance. The young Boy Scout has not only learned the valuable lesson of protect- irg himself, but at the same time hae made it safe for the automobile driver who cannot be held responsible for all the accidents to pedestrians /, Small Proctor Goldsmith is a little boy who likes animals and who has had a varied list of pets in hie ehort The refreshing experience of millions has made Coca-Cola the drink everybody knows. Four gener ations have approved its ’’delicious and refreshing” taste ... have found in ice-cold Coca-Cola a distinctive after-sense of happy refreshment. PAUSE THAT (REFRESHES BOTTIED under authority of THE COCA-COU CO. BY COCA-COLA BOTTLINXi COMPANY, ABERDEEN N C
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