THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 22l 19SS
THE PHX}T—Souihem Pines, Norlla Carolina
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>By LOCKIE PARKER
Some Looks At Books
JEFFERSON DAVIS, American
Palriot. 1808- 1861, by Hudson
Strode (Harcouit $6.75). A fresh
approach to a controversial sub
ject always makes interesting
reading but more so when the au
thor has had access to new sources
and when he writes as wel las Mr.
Strode. In this case the new ma
terial consisted in a store of fam
ily letters that were in the hands
of Mr. Davis’ direct descendants.
What emerges is an attractive
1858 he filled Faneuil Hall with
,an enthusiastic audience—and
that no ope worked harder than
he to preserve the Union, tho he
was adamant in his conviction
,that the constitution gave no sec
tion the right to dominate another
and enforce the ideas of a major
ity on a minority.
■ He also believed that slavery
had been beneficial to the Ne-
iove came late. The quality of his
^response to this experience is so
fine, so profound, and his efforts
to make the relationship a noble
one so untiring that one follows
the development of the situation
with almost painful intensity.
Here you have a book distin
guished both for style and sensi
tive appraisal of human personal
ities and'their interaction on each
other.
PIRATE QUEST by Nancy
Faulkner (Doubleday $2.75). Any
story about pifates premises ad
venture and, when the pirate is
Blackbeard, it has a double in
terest for North Carolinians. This
groes in bringing them into con-
wuai emcigcs la an aiuat-nvc, tact with Christianity and higher
picture of a Southern gentleman | civilization. He thought the Abol- one deals with the advantimes of
of warm heart and cultivated itionists were fanatics and hoped Jan McDonald of Edinburgh who
manners in private life and one until the last minute that the with his physician father was cap-
whese public life was marked by;South could make terms with the tured by pirates and carried tO
high principles and great integri- moderates in the North. As a re- their island base in the West In-
Jy. The more controversial part j suit he was attacked by ex- dies. How the two of them fared
of Jefferson Davis’s career is ■ tremists on both sides. Neverthe-1 and how fifteen-year-old Ian was
barely touched on, as this volume
takes us only up to the Civil War
and will be followed by a second, were unanimous in choosing him
for president of the Confederacy.
Mr. Strode has portrayed so
less when the break did come, the, later put ashore alone on the Vir-
delegates from the seceding states ginia coast and found his way to
Mr. Strode says that he was
stimulated into starting this re- , ,
search by a remark made by, f^ character tlmt one
Sigrid Undset on
attitude of the South, as well as
Ljv 4II.CIUC ujr I
“the grudging forward eagerly to his ac
makes a stirring
count of the climax of his hero’s
Williamsburg
tale.
Not less interesting is the de
velopment of Ian’s character in
the new situation, how he made
'friends and enemies, how he
sought revenge and was a part of
the final battle with Blackbeard
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International Uniform
Sunday School Lessonb
Bt: PR.lKENNETjft^J: FPRISMA
Backgrunnd Scrlptnrpi; Nehemiah 8
; 10:28-39: Ezekiel 20:19-20.
Devotional Reuiiingra: Ir^salm 19:7-14.
Lesson for September 25, 1955
familiar with the life of Robert E.
The evocation of mood and atmos-
the North, to Jefferson Davis,” i public life in a second volume,
and by his own discovery that j THE FARTHER SHORE by
while most educated people were M. Coates (Harcoutf $3.50). at Ocracoke Inlet but found the
boy eventually finds himself and
a better purpose in life than re
venge, the bock comes to a satis
fying end.
Miss Faulkner is to be con
gratulated on a book of adventure
Lee, the majority knew little such success in
about Davis. This reader was one j book that one is tempted to
of the latter, so I learned much ’ Poi«Pare it to music or poetry,
that was new to me about his '^® descriptions of the empty
services to the United States fromi^jSht streets of New Yorks West
his share in the Indian Wars, , _ ,
when Wisconsin was a frontier, l^et the tone of the whole book—;in which character plays a part
to his distinguished career in the the shabby little shops for but- as well as incident and on the
Senate and his term as Secretary I tens and linings, the obscure res-
of War under Franklin Pierce, [taurants shut and silent on the
The last was noteworthy for con-avenues and the gloomy rooming
siderable improvements in the .bouses on the side streets.
careful reconstruction of her his
torical background.
WHEN IS TOMORROW? by
Nancy Dingman Watson (Knopf
equipment, organization and pay| The main characters are of and,$2.00). Here is a beautiful and
of the army and for numerous ijrom this environment. You feel Jielpful book for the very young.
that inclu- 'you may have passe.d them a i “Tomorrow we are going to
internal improvements that
ded the building of an aqueduct
fromHhe Ito'tomac Falls to Wash
ington. p. C. and the “reconais-
sance of routes” for transconti
nental railroads,^ a project which
he considered vital to the growth
and unity of the nation.
The thesis of this book jis that
Davis had shown in many ways
his intelligent devotion to the
good of the country as a whole,
that he had a host of admirers
both North and South—as late as
Joreign-looking man with the
dark hair and deepset eyes and
the slim, fair-haired waitress a
hundred times there—that heavy. Squirrel Island,” said Linda. But
when the family reached the is
land and Linda said. “Is this to-
piorrow?”, she was told, “No, this
bit worn and sharp but with .a jg today.”
quick warmth in her smile. How this problem may be really
Yes, you may have met them puzzling to a child has been un-
and wondered, but Robert Coates derstood and sensitively handled
wondered more deeply and has
created characters that it will be
bard to forget. The more appeal
ing is Cormoris, a middle-agedhappy use of soft color
Hungarian piano tuner to whom j-e^apture the feeling of summer
by the sea and include just the
jh this charming picture book
about a week on a Maine Islamd.
Aldren Watson’s fine line draw-
Surgical Supplies
We are now, by appoint
ment, a member of the
SURGICAL
PHARMACY
GUILD
and are expanding our
services to our commun
ity and to the medical profession by making
available invalid and sickroom supplies.
Wheel Chairs . , . Crutches . . . Back Rests . . . Invalid
Walkers . . . Commode Chairs . . . Canes . . . Colostomy-
Supplies . . . Enamelware . . . Bed Trays . . . and many
other sickroom requirements.
Many items may be had on a rental basis.
Southern Pines Pharmacy
The Friendly Drug Store
GRAHAM CULBRETH. R.Ph.
Phone 2-5321
sort of details that children no
tice.
Bacteria count in wet dairy
equipment increases nearly 700
times in 24 hours.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that A.
C. REED heretofore doing busi
ness in the Town of Southern
Pines, North Carolina, under the
trade name of BELVEDERE HO
TEL, ceased to operate said Bel
vedere Hotel as of midnight Au
gust 31st, 1955.
The operation of the Belvedere
Hotel heretofore conducted by A.
C. Reed wiU in the future be con
ducted by someone other than the
undersigned, and the undersigned
will have no further interest
therein.
This the 1st day of September,
1955
81,8,15,22c A. C. REED.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
NOTICE OF SUMMONS
AT ONCE
Women inlerested in light bench work
in the air-conditioned plant of Cornell-
Dubilier Electric Corp., Sanford, may
learn all details by reporting to the
Employment Service Office, 234 Car
thage St., Sanford, N. C. Monday
through Friday from 8:30 a. m. to 5:00
p. m.
sl5,22,29,o6
FREE STORAGE FOR YOUR
WINTER CLOTHES
The
Valet
D. C. JENSEN
Where Cleaning and Prices Are Better!
North Carolina, Moore County;
MOORE COUNTY
vs.
Melvin Williams, Mildred Wil
liams & husband Williams,
Inez Williams, Guardian, Inez
Lytch & husband Willie Lytch,
Minnie Blue & husband
Blue
The above, defendants, will take
notice that an action as above en
titled has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Moore County,
North Carolina, for the purpose of
foreclosing certain liens for taxes
for the year 1952, owned and held
by Moore County, and for other
taxes, costs and interest and pen
alties due Moore County, which
are liens upon that certain tract,
lot or parcel of land listed for the
year 1952 and other years shown
in the complaint in said action in
the name of Willie Lytch, Melvin
& Mildred Williams in McNeill
Township, Moore County, North
Carolina, described as follows:
House and Lot No. 1 in Block
K-13 in the Town of Southern
Pines. Reference Book of Wills
O Page 594, Office of the Clerk of
Court for Moore County.
And the relief demanded con
sists wholly or partly in excluding
all persons from any actual inter
est or lien in or to said lands.
And the defendants will further
take notice that they are required
to appear before the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Moore County,
North Carolina, at his office in
Carthage, within 20 days after the
5th day of October, 1955, and an
swer or demur to the complaint
filed in said action or the plaintiff
will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
This the 3rd day of September,
1955. '
G. C. KENNEDY,
' Clerk of the Superior Court
,s8,15.22,29c ~
W H-y support churches? The
first thing we need to un
derstand about this, as Christians,
is that support of the church is not
optional, but a “must.” During a
year’s time every citizen is con
fronted with more “causes” than
most of us can
keep up with. We ' ' '' '
are invited to
share in many
good works; or
phanages, schools
for the blind,
boys’ towns,
foundations for
the study of vari
ous diseases,
hospitals for D*"* Foreman
crippled children, the Red Cross,
all sorts of things. Most of us have
to decide which we shall send our
few dollars to, and which not. But
if a Christian thinks he has a right
to decide whether or not to sup
port the church, he does aot un
derstand what the church is. The
central reason why the church
calls for the support of the people
of God is that it is the “house of
our God.”
Here The)r Know You
If those poor people In ancient
Jerusalem pledged themselves to
support the house of God, we who
are Christians have even more
reason to do so. For one thing, the
church is where we really oelong.
Where else in the world is a per
son recognized for what he is, a
child of God? Elsewhere you are
a statistic, a consumer, a custo
mer, a tax-payer, a cost item, a
voter. These may be important
facts about you. But the most im
portant fact about any human be
ing is not that he is kin to the hu
man race, important though that is.
The big fact is that every human
being is made by God, for fellow
ship with him. Every man alive is
a child of God. Either he knows
that or he does not know it. Vast
numbers of the human race live
as if they were orphans of the
storm, they live pigs’ lives Ulte
the prodigal in Jesus’ parable.
But no one will tell them they are
children of God. No one will tell
them of the Father’s house, no one
will recognize, them for what they
are. Only in the house of our God.”
Hers Citizens Are Trained
There are very shortsighted
people who may teU- you that
money put into support of the
church could better be spent in
civic improvement, such as bet
ter schools or sanitation. On the
contrary, supporting the church is
the best thing that can be done
for the betterment of society. It
cannot be said too often: even if
the church were only a listening
post, even if a church did noth
ing at all but hold a meeting on
Sunday, even- if a church might
as well be laid fiat in ashes six
days in the week, for aU the work
it does—still, even if it did no
more than hear God’s messages
once a week, it would be doing a
great and unique thing. For the
people who hear those messages
and believe them would come to
know their true relation to God
and their duty in his sight; they
would live pot as animals, not as
the “beasts that perish” but as
immortal sons and daughters of
the Most High. Then if the church
is more than a listening post, if it
puts its members to work, they
will be actuaUy taught and trained
in' Christian living.
Here God’s Will Is
Sought and Taught
Are we talking about the real
church or are we idealizing it?
■Well, of course no church is quite
ideal. But taking the church by
and large, these things are true,
the church at its best wants them
to come true, this is what it is
driving at. For the church is the
only place in town where large
groups of people join in trying to
know the will of God, and how to
find it and how to do it. The
church is the place where prob
lems, personal and/or social, can
and ought to be discussed in the
light of God’s Word and WiU. It is
the place where life is looked at
in the light of heaven. A church
that does not live up to its high
calling is hardly worth support;
but a church where there is a sin
cere effort to know what God
wants for this community and for
our part in it, a church where
there is brave and honest oppor
tunity for minister and people to
think and to study and to speak
out for God and his ways, a church
which by prayer and service keeps
the door open toward God, such a
church is indeed a House of God;
how can a Christian refuse to sup
port it?
(Based an antlines eapTrlghted br the
Division at Christian Ednaation, Na
tional Connell at tho Chnrohes ot Christ
In the IT. S. A. Released hr Community
Bress Service.)
Naval Reserve Now
Taking Enlistments
Applications for enlistment in
fhe Naval Reserve are now being
accepted from males between the
ages of 17 and 31, it was announc-
pd today by the Navy recruiting
station in Raleigh.
Applicants who have not been
ordered to report for induction
into the Armed Forces under the
UMT&S Act may be enlisted into
the Naval Reserve for a period of
six years.
Draft-liable persons between
the ages of 18 1-2 and 31 will be
enlisted in the Naval Reserve for
immediate active duty only, and
placed in the active status pool
pending processing of Orders to
active duty. Persons between the
ages of 17 and 18 1-2 who request
active duty will also be placed in
Jhis pool. /
Persons interested in this pro
gram are urged to contact the
Navy Recruiter in the post office
building at Raleigh.
DRIVE CAREFULLY—SAVE A LIFE
EASTMAN, DILLON & CO,
Members New York Stock Exchange
105 East Pennsylvania Avenue
Southern Pines, N. C.
Telephone: Southern Pines 2-3731 and 2-3781
Complete Investment and Brokerage Facilities
Direct Wire to our Main Office in New York
A. E. RHINEHART
Resident Manager
Consultations by appointment on Saturdays
SALES — RENTALS — BUILDING
GEORGE H. LEONARD. Jr.. President ;
Hart Building Soulhern Pines
c ® Phone 2-2152
Attend The Church of Your Choice Next Sunday
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THE CHURCH FOR AU . . .
AU FOR THE CHURCH
The Chufch is the greatest fac
tor on earth for the building of
character and good citizenship. It
is a storehouse of spiritual values.
Without a strong Church, neither
democracy nor civilization can
survive. There are lour sound
reasons why every person should
attend services regularly and sup
port the Church. They are: (1)
For his own sake. (2) For his
children's sake. (3) For the sake
of his community and nation. C4)
For the sake of the Church itself,
which needs his moral and ma
terial support. Plan to go to
church regularly and read your
Bible daily.
Book Chapter Verses
Deuteronomy 31 6-8
3
Day
Sunday....
Monday. - .1 Samuel 3 1-9
Tuesday. . Psalms 121 1-8
Wednesd’y Mark 4 1-20
Thursday. Mark 8 31-38
FridayII Timothy 3 10-17
Saturday . Numbers 6 22-27
1.4
Copyrik'ht 1955, Keister Adv. Service', Strasburgr, Va. ’
BROWNSON MEMORIAL
CHURCH (Presbyterian)
Cheves K. Ligon, Minister
Sunday School 9:45 a.m. 'Wor
ship service, 11 a.m. Women of
the Church meeting, 8 p.m. Mon
day foUowing third Sunday.
The Youth Fellowships meet at
7 o’clock each Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Wednesday,
7:15 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
, New Hampshire Ave.
' Sunday Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday School, 11 a.m.
Wednesday Service, 8 p.m.
Reading Room in Church Build
ing open Wednesday 3-5 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF WIDE
FELLOWSHIP (Congregational)
Cor. Bennett and New Hampshire
Wofford C. Timmons, Minister
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday, 6:30 p.m.. Pilgrim Fel
lowship (Young people).
Sunday, 8:00 p.m.. The Forum.
MANLY PRESBYTERIAN
' CHURCH
Grover C. Currie, Minister
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Worship Servie’e, 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.
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.mi
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.
EMMANUEL CHURCH
(Episcopal)
Charles V. CovelL Redox
Holy Communion, 8 a.m. (except
first Sunday).
Parish Service, 10 a. m.
Wednesday, 10 a.m., Holy Com
munion.
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. Confes
sions heard on Saturday between
5-6 and 7:30-8:30 pjn.
SOUTHERN PINES
METHODIST CHURCH
Robert L. Bame, Minister
(Services held temporarily at
Civic Club, Ashe Street)
Church School, 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service, 11 a. m.;
W. S. C. S. meets each first Tues
day at 8 p. m.
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SANDHILL AWNING CO.
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SANDHILL DRUG CO.
SHAW PAINT & WALLPAPER CO.
CHARLES W. PICQUET
MODERN MARKET
W. E. Blue
HOLLIDAY'S RESTAURANT &
COFFEE SHOP
JACK'S GRILL
CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO.
CITIZENS BANK & TRUST CO.
UNITED TELEPHONE CO.
JACKSON MOTORS. Inc.
j,Your FORD Dealer
McNEILL'S SERVICE STATION
Gulf Service
PERKINSON'S, Inc.
Jeweler
SOUTHERN PINES MOTOR CO.
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