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Page Two TOE PILOT PUBUeHED EACH FRIDAY | BY THE PILOT, INCORPORATED SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA THE PILOT. Southern Pines, North Carolina 1941 JAMES BOYD Publisher 1944 KATHARINE BOYD . - - EDITOR VALERIE NICHOLSON ASST. EDITOR DAN S. RAY - - GENERAL MANAGER CHARLES MACAULEY, - CITY ADV. C G. COUNCIL . . ADVERTISING SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR . - - - SIX MONTHS . . . - THREE MONTHS • - - ■ S3.00 St.EO .78 entered at the postoffice at south ern PINES, N. C., as second CLASS MAIL MATTER. (tails but, by and large, we are I bound to feel the inauguration of carrier service would be a big step forward for the town, a con venience ’to many and a neces sary concomitant of progress. With the attainment of first class status one year ago, the Southern Pines post office be came one of the few in the coun try of this rank in which ‘‘going lor the mail” is everyone’s daily stint. 'Hhere .are many village (at tributes Southern Pines may re tain, with charm and credit, even as she grows beyond village pro portions. But there are some which become incongruous with growth, even as those of a lengthening lad whose mother still keeps him in curls and ruf fles because they once looked so cute. Grains of Sand MEMBER National Editorial Association AND N, C. Press Association FIRE CHASERS We are sure that all our citi zens are proud of our fire and police departments for really go ing after the fire-truck, chasers, and are heartily in support of the two arrests which have been made for this offense, and any others which may have to be made. Ordinarily no one rejoices at seeing a fellow being get in trouble with the law, no matter how well deserved, but in this case the authorities’ action can give nothing but satisfaction. The satisfaction is enhanced rather than otherwise by the fact that practically every one of us has been guilty of the offense, acting on impulses heightened by a sort of mob spirit as everybody else within view lights out for the fire at breakneck speed. In such a situation the sanest, most law abiding citizen yields spite of himself, while castigating himself mentally for his weak ness. The knowledge that there is an ordinance against it, and that the authorities are going to help all citizens to be mindful of it, even to the point of arrest, is highly comforting—especially when we reflect that it may be our house on fire next time. CARRIER SERVICE The congested situation at the Southern Pines Po5t office, which Pinebluff with 813 boxes and no possibili ty of expansion is serving almost 1,000 families, is called to our at tention by Mr. W. C. Hilderman, whose letter in an adjoining col^ limn states clearly a position we are sure is held by many. He presents the cause of those who must stand each day at the ABERDEEN BOND ISSUE Editor The Pilot Southern Pines, N. C. Dear Editor, Your editorial entitled, “Aber deen Bond Issue,” in this week’s issue of the Pilot was so eminent ly good, that I hasten to express to you my sincere personal ap preciation for it. You have done a great service to our cause in Pinebluff, and although I can not speak officially for the citi zens of Pinebluff, Adder and Sil ver Springs, I do feel that all of them are heartily in accord with my sentiments as to your fine support for our cause. You might be interested to know that it inspired a protest meeting for the purpose of organ- ^ izing a group to go to Carthage Monday afternoon and express our position at the time protests will be heard by the County com.- missioners. Once again let me express my profound thanks for lending edi torial influence of your very fine paper to help us in the cause that we feel is a noble and worth' while one. With kindest personal regards, I am Sincerely yours, W. LAMONT BROWN In starting our new column "h month ago we got over-ambitious and congratulated some of our friends on happy occasions of their lives a month early. . . So we’ll do it again now, for a double felicitation. . . It’s July, instead of June, when we say “Happy Birthday” to Danny Frassinetti, who was 18 last Sun day. . . and “Happy Anniversary” to Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Dawson, Jr., married seven years age Monday. And here are some more happy birthday wishes. . . To little Jimmy Pate, Jr., and Andrea Bachman, born the same day. . . July 21, 1947. . . and Lyle- Mc Donald, Jr., who also celebrates that day. . . Only he’s a big boy now. , . A veteran of navy serv ice. Sure wish that snapshot we got hold of, of Game Warden Alex Fields and his most recent big fish, had been good enough to print. . . Though the photo left much to be desired (for photoen graving purposes) the fish did not ... It’s a nine-pound bass, a perfect beauty. . . Caught at Swan lake about a week ago. . . They say the water went down about two inches when that ma jestic fish left on the end of the warden’s line. Claude L. Hayes Seen As Philosopher, Friend From the letter file: “We sleep under blankets every Aren’t I mean?” . . • You certain ly are, Mrs. McCain! . . . Wish we could be at Montreat with you . . . However, we note that she left there to attend the Dem ocratic convention ... Bet things v/ere hotter there • . . And here’s a card with a picture of Alcatraz , , Gave us kind of a start at first . . . “Having seen this (from a distance) have decided the paths of virtue had best be fol lowed. Wednesday is a great day for us (arrival of Pilot) . . .PTK” . . . Thanks, Mr. Kelsey! . . - So glad you didn’t write “Having wonderful time, wish you were HERE.” To the Editor, The Pilot; I speak for many neighbors in expressing thanks and admira tion for your editorial in last week’s Pilot, which discussed the proposed school bond election in Moore county and pointed out w 1 iiiusi Dvaiiii fhe justice and practicality of the general delivery window because j sustained fight for a grade sAool gcjiCidi lie. •' , , Ir. •fV.o TJinoWllff no boxes are available, and sug gests that the time is at hand for carrier service to be established here. On consultation with Acting Postmaster A. Garland Pierce, we find that the local office has been officially inspected and found to meet the basic require ments for carrier service; that, as a matter of fact, the Post Of fice department is anxious to put it in; that it is awaiting only a strong expression of public opinion, with willingness ex pressed by householders t<^ instal the necessary mailboxes or door- slots at their homes. Carrier service can then be be gun, probably in three to six months, in sections both within and without the city limits in the area the post office serves; where streets are improved, street signs and lights have been erected and the area is 50 percent or more built up. Mr. Pierce’s position is that of one who wishes to serve the peo ple insofar as they wish to be served, and he must have indica tion to present his superiors that the service is desired and desir able, before he can proceed. He suggests that some organized means of expression be found, as having more weight with the Post Office department. Failing that, letters or a petition should determine the issue. Correspondence on file shows that the late Postmaster Frank Buchan tried to secure the serv ice as far back as 1935, but an in spector found that “the people are apparently satisfied with the present arrangement” and action was dropped. He tried again late in 1946, and the local post office quali fied for the service. Mr. Buchan’s final illness, drawing on at about that time, was probably the rea- son nothing more was then done There are some disadvantages to the service which, in all fair ness, should be considered. In coming mail which now goes im mediately into boxes would, with carrier service, not be delivered until the following day (but those who prefer boxes may keep them, as alternative to deliverj’-) local letters which now cost one cent in postage for box delivery would cost three (and some busi ness firms with large mailing to be established in the Pinebluff community. This school has been long and badly ^needed, and plainly de served, by the children of Pine bluff and the neighboring com munities of Silver Springs and Addor. Your declaration of sym pathy and support doubles the al ready considerable determination of these united communities to continue and win the fight for their school. Your editorial is im portant additional evidence that the leaders, and indeed all think ing and fair-minded citizens of Moore county, are backing us and will see that justice is done us and our children. MANLY WADE WELLMAN Member, of the Committee for Establishment of School Facili ties in the Pinebluff Community, Pinebluff MAIL DELIVERY HERE? To The Editor, The Pilot My dear Madam;— I have several friends who came here recently to live, who Initials are the bane of a news paper person’s experience . . . Al ways a trap for the unwary . . . And often even for the wary! . . . Our acting postmaster has ■ at length (and most pleasantly) set us right on his name ... A. Gar land Pierce . . . For a long ^ime we called him Garland F. Pierce . Then changed it to Garland A. (and the phone hook backed us up in that) . . . And he says himself it matters little • . . That has always been a wandering A! ... Anyway, we’re glad to be right about it. . . Thanks Gar land! The late ABC Officer A. D. Jones was an example of the way owners of names often have to conform to popular usage . . . We always used the initials A. D. and he never said a word . . . And it’s A. D. in the phone book . . . His fellow officers say he always signed his reports A. D. Jones . • . When he died, his obituary re vealed his name as Adolphus Graham. Seems that from boyhood he was called Dolph . . . And from that grew a misconception as to his initials . . . Which he himself adopted, without protest. Which reminds us of a federal court trial we covered once, in which the defendant’s name was Woodrow . . . What his last name was doesn’t matter ... In fact, it didn’t matter then . . . From be ginning to end of the story we called him Woodrow Wilson. AN EDITORIAL Southern Pines last week in sorrow said goodbye to a valued friend and comrade of many years, Claude L. Hayes, a good citizen in the truest sense of the word, one whose contribution to the community was great, and whose going leaves a sad sense of loss. The sense of loss, in fact, ex tends far beyond the confines of the town, for many v/ho have visited here, or lived here for in tervals of varying length, during the past half century undoubted ly remember him well, and love the memory. For many of them to whom his bookstore was verily the heart of the town, he represented Southern Pines; in him were roll ed up the attributes for which they loved the town, the kind ness, the cordiality, the friendly humor and the emphasis on things of the mind. Now that he is gone, the stories of his quiet benevolences are coming out; the aid he rendered those in distress, in ways the limelight never discovered. For one who knew him only a short while, this writer is per haps presumptuous in attempting to write of one known so well to many better qualified to do so and goes to the Pilot files to find night! the job better done. Yes, it has been done by master—and we can do no better now than to reprint two articles first published in November, 1946, when the golden anniver sary of Hayes’ Bookshop was just around the corner, and Mr- and Mrs. Hayes were also to cel ebrate their golden wedding. Struthers Burt wrote about Claude Hayes, and his friend an swered—both in the light vein of men who know and love one another; yet the serious note is there for all who read with their hearts as well as with their eyes. BURT WRITES OF HAYES By Struthers. Burt, November 22, 1946: ers, of the >fine civic enterprises that make this town a fine place to live. Therefore, he is a wise man, as well as a good one, and so to the word philosopher. I’ll add the word sage. Claude is also a sage I have just one thing against him. Years ago he promiised to put a fireplace in his shop, and some easy chairs around it, in which his friends, or interested strangers or tourists, could sit and talk, and smoke, and read, on rainy or winter afternoons. He’s never done it. Sometime in the next 20 years, when building materials get more plentiful, I wish he would. It would be the final touch to a splendid store. A real opportunity to talk to a splendid citizen. HAYES ANSWERS BURT That comeback,” by Claude Hayes, November 29, 1946: Friday, ■'July 23, 1948 All Summer Long Particular People Can Get Distinctive Accommodation at ^ PINE CONE LODGE 225 Weymouth Road ' Telephone 7264 Southern Pines Fascinating book, “George Hor ace Lorimer and the Saturday Evening Post,” by John Tebber, have not been able to rent boxes; now at the Southern Pines hhra- at the Post Office, and I know ry ... Or at least it will be back of one who has been here since January, and is still unable to rent a post office box. _ I notice that the “Post Office Ends Year of Growth and Wins High Rating,” and in fact the article in the current Pilot states that the receipts for the past two years places it in the first class. In view of the long waiting list lor boxes, which I am told is constantly growing, I should like to ask just what are the chances for the Southern Pines Post Of fice to have carrier service in the town, at least. Carrier service, I am sure, is just what a majority of the residents in Southern Pines want, and if a petition to this effect signed by a large num ber of citizens, is what is neces sary to secure carrier service, it is my idea that the Chamber of Commerce should take steps to have such a petition presented to the Post Office department, with a sufficient number of sig natures to secure such service. There is a large number of people who have to go daily to the general delivery window, and sometimes have to stand in line' foD quite long periods to get the and their mail and I am sure every lists may ^ eifpecit^ to object.) j one of these would sign a petiti^ wovTWoiHh Road There are numerous other de- requesting that earner service be Weyiriouth Road there as soon as we’ve finished our absorbed perusal ... We haven’t yet come across names of Struthers Burt James Boyd, both of whom shone brightly in the Post’s firmament . But then, the book is con cerned mainly with the political writings and topical news which the Post carried from the day Lorimer took over as editor The name of our friend and fel low townsman Wallace Irwin keeps cropping up . . . One of the greatest of the country’s political journalists and satirists. instituted here. There are many towns in the United States smaller than our town in population which have had the benefit of carrier seiwice for many years, and I am writing this letter hoping that you will be good enough to publish it and if possible start a movement that will give Southern Pines the car rier mail service that it should have, and the institution of which I am sure will eliminate the long waiting list now at the post office for boxes. ' Sincerely, W. C. HILDERMAN Pine Cone Lodge, This is an important week in the life of Claude Hayes, and therefore in the life of Southern Pines. By happy coincidence, or rather, happy planning and fore sight on his part, Claude is cel ebrating in the same week two major events; his Golden Wed ding, fifty years as proprietor of one of the best book shops in the United States. That’s half a cen tury in both instances. Lots of men can’t keep a wife that long; still fewer—a mere handful— can run a successful book shop for five decades. A first class hook shop is a risky venture. People have to get used to it, and at first are shy. You have to lead them to it until it becomes a habit. Claude, thank goodness, is a modest man. When you praise him he looks away, shifts from one foot to another, laughs, and makes some witticism, or tells an appropriate anecdote. He’s as (joing filled with appropriate anecdotes as Abraham Lincoln. He is a witty man, also a philosopher. But now I have him at an ad vantage. He doesn’t even know I’m writing this.. I’m going to shoot the works. And it’s a labor of love. I should know about book shops. I’m a writer, my wife is a writer, and now my only son, also a musician, and just back from the navy and the Pacific, is a writer, too. His first book will be published in the spring by Scribner’s. That’s three writ ers in , one family, and writers know about book shops. Book shops are what sell the work of writers after the writer and his publisher are through with it, Only book shPps can sell books. And most book shops are pretty bad. In the majority of small towns they are just half a coun ter in a drug store. For a town the size of Southern Pines to have a really first class hook shop—repeat, one of the best in the dountry—is exceptional It’s almost a miracle. So you just accept that, Claude Hayes, God bless yqu. and don’t come back with a wise-crack. But then, you see, the proprie tor of this book shop is an ex ceptional man. It takes one to run a first class book shop. I’ve said he was a philosopher. So he is. I’ve said he was a wit. So he is. I’ve said he tells pointed and amusing anecdotes. So he does, But he’s also a first class critic. He reads the books he seUs- most booksellers don’t—abd if one’s good, he sends out those little mimeographed criticisms of his. If he tells you to buy a book; you’d better buy it. It’s good. Finally, he is that most neces sary thing, a first class citizen ever generous, but always hiding his generosity, behind every good movement and opposed to every siUy. one, a participant in, or, in the past, often one of the found Now as to Struthers Burt— Most people must die to have the fine things said about them thati are in his wrlterup. Struthers is forthright, candid and honest in his opinions, never lets popularity color them, cares not a jot as to what John Q. Public thinks, and there is what I have to live up to. If a man die the books are closed, his friends say; peace to his memory, and that is THAT. But God Willing I may live for a goodly number of minutes, hours or years, trying to live up to his estimate. I will be inadequate as always. It reminds me of a story of a millionaire very much in love with his stenographer. He asked her to marry him, was desolated by her refusal, stating she had picked out a fellow with a mod erate salary. When she married the wealthy one turned up, cheerful. Asked if he had recov ered, he said “I fixed that So- and-So. I gave him a $5,000 side board for a wedding present, and he will be busted for the next 20 years trying to live up to it.” It looks as though Struthers may have presented me with a $5,000 sideboard. Along with a keen appreciation of and affection for my goodly number of friends, I have an in ordinate pride in my home town, “A Thing of Beauty is a Joy For ever” and to me Southern Pines is a joy. Now Southern Pines was originally made of a shoe string and unlimited sand. A few of us furnished the shoestring and beleive me, brother, it took sand and plenty of it. Many have gone to their reward, wonderful men and wonderful friends, like Dr. W. P. Swett, R. E. Wiley, and Bion Butler and others. But ask Sam Richardson. Doc Mudgett, Dolph Ruggles, Arthur New- comb. Dr. Herr, Dr. Bush, and Freddy Van Camp were also present; Dorsey Stutz came . in, in the fourth quarter, and carried the ball for a good gain. Well, we started things and it is now a very great pleasure that so many of our young people are fine work in all the churches, in The Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis, Rotary, and recently an Elks Club, all to make Southern Pines a more de sirable place to live. And now, my dear friends, i am growing o^d more or less in humility thankful that so many young people are my friends. But m older—-especially in- toler ance. One should never find fault with others, reserving the fault finding for oneself alone. Sincerely Claude L. Hayes From the Pilot files; TEN YEARS AGO Southern Pines voters special election (321 to 182) favor bond issue for purchase of prop erty next to ’ post office for civic center. John D. Sitterson, Jr., is sworn in as a cadet at West Point. Sandhills Kiwanis, meeting at the Southern Pines Baptist church, hears talk on the modern telephone by Norris Russell, of the Southern Bell company. WE OFFER YOU COMPLETE DRY-CLEANING SERVICE FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY AT MODERATE COST. PROMPT SERVICE EVERY DAY RETURNS IN THREE DAYS Carter’s Laundry and Cleaners Tel 6101 West New York Avenue SOUTHERN PINES SKYUNE AIRPORT SOUTHERN PINES 3 MUes North On No. 1 Highway Sales — CESSNA — Service CHARTER TRIPS INSTRUCTION SIGHTSEEING HAROLD BACHMAN Play Golf at the PINE NEEDLES GOLF CLUR OPEN YEAR ROUND Summer Greens Fees—$1.50 per day Memberships Available ’GOLF LESSONS CLUB REPAIRS twenty years ago J. McN. Johnson, Bethesda Cemetery secretary and treasur er, announces plans for beautifi cation of the cemetery. with re moval of the body of Walter Hines Page to a beautifully land scaped resting place. The Kiwanis club, meeting at the Community building at Pinehurst, hears a talk by Frank Buchan on his trip to Seattle. Four Boy Scouts are elected to the Fils d’honneur, honor organ ization, at the Campfire program at Panuksi, summer camp of the Walter Hines Page council. They are Fred Weaver, Jones Macon .. and Mackie Caldwell, of Aber- - deen, and Joe Wilkins, Sanford. ■ ANNOUNCING THAT Wendel T. Chaffin Has Assumed The Management Of The Carthage Hardware Incorporated We Appreciate The Patronage Given Us In The Past And Assure You There Will Be No Change Of Policy. We Will Continue To Offer Ouality Merchandise At Reasonable Prices. SEE US FOR YOUR HARDWARE NEEDS Carthage Hardware Incorporated*
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