FRIDAY. AUGUST 27. 1954
THE PILOT, Southern Pines, North GaroHn*
Some Looks At Books
BY LOCKIE PARKER
GENERAL JO SHELBY, Unde-
fealed Rebel by Daniel O'Flaher
ty (University of North Carolina
Press, $6.00). 'This is an exciting
book about a great romantic, and
the author has a most contagious
enthusiasm for his subject. Mod
estly disclaiming any qualifica
tions as a scholar or military ex
pert, Mr. O’Flaherty still seems
to have done a reasonable amount
cf research and he does not scant
the accounts of battle tactics and
campaign strategy. His chief
triumph, however, is to have giv
en us a full length portrait of one
of the most glamorous and least!
the civilization of the Old South
could be reconstructed. He was
istill young, a vigorous thirty-
five, full of enthusiasm and
dauntless courage. When one plan
failed, he tried another. There is
both comedy and tragedy in those
Mexican years, but they ended,
of course, with the end of Maxi
milian.
His last three decades were
spent at his home in Missouri but
were far from dull. He still had
his flair for doing things in the
grand manner and to the last, liv
ed up to his chivalrous code, the
code which in 1865 had caused
him to refuse to take from the
known figures of the Civil War. (Governor of Texas any O'f the
Among General Shelby’s claims
to fame, as set forth by his biog
rapher, are that “He marched and
money in the subtreasury which
he and his long unpaid soldiers
had just rescued from guerrillas.
raided more miles than any other explained this action to his
Confederate cavalryman”, followers by saying. We
was the only ranking Confederate, race. Let us
commander on active duty in! ^ well.”
1865, never to surrender” and THE MAMMAL GUIDE, Mam-
“even without his whirlwind North America north of
passage through the Civil War. . Mexico, by Ralph Sw Palmer
his life was one of high adventure (Doubleday $4.95). This is some-
never matched by any of his thing for which we have been
countrymen before or since.” waiting. There have been bird
Actually this life began, pro-[ guides , and flower guides, and
saically enough. Jo Shelby was even handy little books for the
born in Kentucky of a distin-1 identification of insects and
guished Bluegrass family. His snakes, but this is the first good
stepfather gave himi a good edu- handbook on animals; so if you
cation and taught him the hemp have been seeing some interest-
business, a major industry injing creatures around your place
Kentucky in those days. When! nnd want to know more about
he reached twenty-one and came them, here it is. It covers every-
UNC Students
To Leave Soon
Students in this county who are
planning to attend the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
this year have been advised that
registration for the fall termi will
be held September 14-15 and that
class work* will start September
16.
The orientation period for
Freshmen will'begin Friday, Sep
tember 10, and continue through
the following Monday.
Many of the new men are plan
ning to attend the annual YMCA
Freshman Camp to be held at
New Hope Camp near Chapel
Hill September 6-10. Total en
rollment at the University for the
fall semester is expected to be
around 6,000, an increase of some
300 over the corresponding period
last year.
into his inheritance, he was eager
to start in business for himself.
Like many young men he went
West, with a cousin, he started
manufacturing hemp at Waverly,
Missouri and, for a few'years, the
firm was prosJ>erous.
'Then came the bitter and
bloody fights over the Territory
of Kansas with Shelby in the
forefront of those who were de
termined that Kansas should not
be yielded to the abolitionists.
The events of those years showed
his talents as fighter and leader
but were nothing to the achieve
ments of the young cavalry offi
cer in the Civil War itself where
he amazed and sometimes annoy
ed his superiors. His daring raids
into enemy territory, his improb
able escapes, his brilliant jman-
euvers as the rear guard of har-
rassed troops form perhaps the
climax of the book.
But a close second is the Mexi
can chapter. Disgusted by the
surrender of .the Confederate
army, Shelby led several hundred
of his troops into Mexico and of
fered their services to Emperor
Maximilian. He dreamed of mak
ing Mexico a haven for other
souls unreconciled to the out
come of the war, a place \^ere
thing from mice to bison and
whales.
There are 250 figures in full
color and information on tracks,
habitat, range (with maps), re
production and even suggestions
on when and how to stalk them
to get a closer look yourself. As
a sample, there are three pages
on the beaver that include suc
cinct data on their feeding habits
and emonomic status as well as
the points mentioned above.
The author is State Zoologist
of the New York State Museum
and State Science Service. He has
written for several scientific and
technical journals
THE MYTERY OF THE RUIN
ED ABBEY by William MacKel-
lar (Whitilesey $2,75). A young
American, an escaped convict, a
mad piper and a haunted abbey
are the ingredients of this thriller
designed for the teen age. As you
may guess from the author’^
name, the Scotch background is
genuine. It has the special flavor
of a youthful relish for outdoor
life in the highlands.
The tale moves fast from the
moment when the fat little con
stable of the quiet community
comes bursting out of his cottage
and races for the village. No one
remembers that they have ever
seen Sandy MacLean run before.
When he reports that Red Dougal,
convict and murderer, is loose on
the hills, the men of the village
turn out to find him, including
the local laird. As the pursuit
lengthens to days, a series of rob
beries occur and the mystery
deepens.
Chip and Neal, the two boys
around whom the story centers,
have an active part in events.
They follow clues of their own,
have some close calls with dan
ger, save Laird Morton from
quick death, and Chip gets arrest
ed for robbery. Readers who like
to work out their own solutions
get enough data to do it, but for
myself, I was greatly surprised
at the outcome.
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Schedule
DRIVE CAREFULLY — SAVE A LIFE!
International Uniform
Sunday School Lessons
BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN;
Scripture: Acts 10:38; Galatians
6:1-2; James 1:22, 26-27 ; 2:14-17; 1
John 3:16-18.
Devotional Beading: Matthew 10:40-42.
Schedule of the Moore County
bookmobile for next week, when
I the bookmobile will operate only
two days, Monday and 'Tuesday,
I follows;
Monday—Routh’s service sta
tion, Hy. One, north, 1 p. m.; in
and around Cameron, 1:30 to 4:15;
Paul Thomas service station, 4:20
I to 4:30.
Tuesday — Wesley 'Thomas
I home, 1:15 p. m.; Lammi’s Grove
neighborhood, 1:30 to 2:15; White
Hill section 2:20 to 3:15; across
old plank road to Highway One,
13:15 to 3:30; Barnes service sta-
I tion, 3:30; back to Southern Pines
to make a Christian? In s^veTal I ®tops, 3:40 to 4:30.
places in the New Testament a Wednesday — Mrs. Dorothy
plain NO is given to this question. Avery, county librarian, will
Some One
Needs You
Lesson for August 29, 1954
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SOUTHERN PINES
Phone 2-6531
We ses/ sr eittgaMoitf
For one thing, there is the exam
ple of Jesus. The
first biography of
him we have is the
thumb-nail sketch
from Peter’s ser
mon at Caesarea, ;
spoken (of course) :
years before the i
gospels were writ
ten doy?n: “He
went about doing
good.” Jesus not Dr. Foreman
only was good, he did good, he
spent his time helping people.
What can we say of a “Christian”
who makes no effort to do as
Christ did? Then James and John,
different types though they were,
agree on the same point. James
says flatly that faith without works
is dead, and a look at the whole
paragraph where he says this,
shows that the “works” he is
thinking of are just the giving of
“things needed for the body,” to
those who are ill-clad and in need
of daily food. As for John, he
makes the same point: if a man
sees his brother in need and closes
his heart to him, how can the love
of God be in such a man?
Need for Bread
Some one needs you. This is as
certain as that you are a human
being. Nowhere in the New Testa
ment is it suggested that any one
should be so super-generous ns to
make a pauper out of himself. But
all through the New Testament it
is strongly suggested that if there
is a need in the world that we
can supply, we do riot have to ask
ourselves. What shall I do? but
only How can I help? The sim
plest needs are physical. There are
children in our own families; there
are the perpetually poor, the un
employables, the defectives, in
every community. There are peo
ple without work, hard-up people.
even in the best of times. These
are people you can see.
And you do not have to travel
farther than the nearest church
to be reminded of hungry people
you will never see but whom you
can help through that church. In
Korea, for example, missionaries
in every church that is at work |
there have been spending a large
part of their time, in these last
few years, in famine relief.
Through “Church World Service,”
CROP and other interdenomina
tional agencies you are offered the
chance to help widows and or
phans who without your help would
simply starve. When your church
helps to support “agricultural mis
sions” you are helping people in
backward countries to farm more
intelligently and feed more people
on the same amount of land.
Not by Bread Alone . . .
But man does not live by bread
alone, though to be sure he does
live by bread. Just because he is
man and not brute, he has' needs
which are mental and spiritual.
Every minister of a prosperous
congregation knows families that
never have needed help to pay
their bills; they have aU the money
they need and all that money can
buy. But these may be among
the most needy families of the
congregation, ,their lives may be
empty, or filled with fear and
despair. Physically, well-fed, spirit
ually starving people are all
around us. In these days in par
ticular there is need for cheer
and courage. We are certainly liv
ing in the darkest hours of human
history, and Aiany believe these
are the last hours of the human
race. At such a time men’s hearts
melt within them.
Sharing and Bearing
There are also the needs of
those who have missed the mark,
who have been (to quote Paul
“overtaken in a fault” and need
above all to have their spiritua:
health restored, they need to “gei
right” with God and man. Herr
again is a need which Christiana
supply not only to those whom,
they personally know, but—through
the missionary work of the church
which they support — to others
around the globe. Wherever, in
mid-Africa or in a lonely western
mining - camp, or anywhere else,
the message of Christ is hrough!
by those who are supported by
churches such as those in your ..
community, there the Christians
in the home churches are helping
the deepest human needs perhaps
better than they could if they were
there themselves. Each of us has
his own load of responsibility to
bear; but also each of us can
share some of the burdens of the
heavy-laden, 'near and far.
(Based on outlines copyrightod by the
Division pf Christian Education, Na
tional Council of the Churches of Christ
in the ,IJ. S. A. Released- by Community
Press Service.)
leave on her vacation; Bookmo
bile will not/run until her return.
North Carolina’s 1954 lamb
crop (lambs living On Jtme 1 or
sold before June 1) totaled 41,000
head, compared with 39,000 a
year earlier. '
NAPOLI RESTAURANT
Fine Italian Food and Pizza Pie
OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND
Murdocks villa Road off Route 211
Phone 3963 Pinehurst. N. C.
Phone 2-5804
GEORGE W. TYNER
PAINTING & WALLPAPERING
205 Midland Road
SOUTHERN PINES. N. C.
L. V. O’CALLAGHAN
PLUMBING & HEATING SHEET METAL WORK
Telephone 2-4341
Attend The Church of Your Choice Next Sunday
TUllJK IT OVER!
This little fellow has gotten himself all
tangled up—just romping around—but he’s
not so dumb. He has sense enough to sit
down and think things over. Chances are
someone will come along and give him a
hand. Alone he might have worked himself
into a panic.
Isn’t that the way with our daily prob
lems? Some have simple solutions; some
require the help of true friends, and oft-
times divine guidance. So often our prob
lems have moral implications, for there is a
“right” and a “wrong” way to accomplish
almost every task. That is why it is so very
important that each little problem be solved
correctly.
The tightest snarls of life can be un
tangled and our difficulties overcome if we
sit down quietly and consider each in the
light of God’s wisdom. Why should we be
confused when we have the Bible and the
Church as our unfailing guides?
the church for all
all for the church ‘I
character anW ^uiMing of
- a It
Without a strono S" u'
democracy nor^
survive. There can
reasons why ev^Z
attend services rea should
' port the Church ® ^“P-
ThU/r’’'^ own sate m ‘f*'
children’s sake nt r
o' h.s communhv „ Z"
For the sake of ^hrCh'!°''P'’'
which needs his L i
terial support*^ Ph, .
church reguiarlv ^ 'o
Bible -daily. ^ ‘'oocl your
Sunday. ®*'*Pter Verses
Tuesday ..Acts 18-30
Wednesd’y Acts iZ 22-31
?ri“d"y f Corinthian, "f
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Copyright 1954, Keister Adv. Service, Strasburg, V». ^
BROWNSON MEMORIAL
CHURCH (Presbyteiian)
Cheves K. Ligon, Minister
Simday School 9:45 a.m. Wor
ship service, 11 a.m. Women of
the Church meeting, 8 p.m. Mon
day following third Sunday.
The Youth Fellowships meet at
7 o’clock each Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Wednesday,
7:15 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
Ne’w Hampshire Ave.
Sunday Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday School, 11 ajn.
Wednesday Service, 8 p.m.
Reading Room in Churdi Build
ing open Wednesday 3-5 p.m.
EMMANUEL CHURCH
(Episcopal)
Charles V. Covell. Rector
(Lay Readers during August, in
absence of Rector.)
Morning Prayer Service, with
Children’s Program, 10 a.m.
THE CHURCH OF WIDE
FELLOWSHIP (Congregational)
Cor. Bennett and New Hampshire
Wofford C. Timmons, Minister
William H. HilL Interim Minister
June 27-Aug. 29
Combined Church and Sunday
School services during August, 10
a.m.
Sunday, 6:30 pjn., Pilgrim Fel
lowship (Young people).
Sunday, 8:00 p.m.. The Forum.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
New "York Ave. at South Ashe
David Hoke Coon, Minister
Bible School, 9:45 a.m. Worship
11 a.m. Training Union, 7 p.m.
Evening Worship, 8 p.m.
Scout Troop 224, Monday, 7:30
p.m.; mid-week worship, Wednes
day 7:30 p.m.; choir practice
Wednesday 8:15 p.m.
Missionary meeting, first and
third Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Church
and family suppers, second Thurs
days, 7 p.m.
MANLY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Grover C. Currie, Minister
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Worship Service, 2nd and 3rd
Sunday evenings, 7:30. Fourth
Sunday morning, 11 a.m.
Women of the Church meeting,
8 p.m., second Tuesday.
Mid-week service 'Thursday at
8 p.m.
SOUTHERN PINES
METHODIST CHURCH
E. E. Whitley, Minister
(Services held temporarily
Community building on May St.)
Combined Church and Sunday
School services, 10 a.m.
at
ST. ANTHONY'S (Catholic)
"Vermont Ave. at Ashe
Father Peter M. Denges
Sunday masses 8 and 10:30 a.m.;
Holy Day masses 7 and 9 a.m.;
weekday mass at 8 a.m. Confu
sions heard on Saturday between
5-6 and 7:30-8:30 p.m. '
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