^ THURSDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1956 THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Caroling Page THREE c' Some Looks At Books By LOCKIE PARKER OTHNEIL JONES by John Le- land (Lippincotl $3.75). Review ed by KalhiiTine Boyd. This is a good book: good to read, good to think over again afterwards. As you think, the .scenes, the characters come back to you and you know that it’s a book to keep by you, to read again. It’s a good book, first of all because it’s a good story. The eighteen-year-old Othneil Jones lives with his mother on the frontier of Carolina. Following her heroic and tragic death, he leaves her “to go to the Low Country,’’ as she has wished. On the way he gets tangled up in the Revolution, a tangle that be comes the rest of the story. He has some close brushes with the British, joins up with Marion’s men in the great swamps, takes part in the heroic capture of the British wilderness fort. He final ly gets to Charleston, where he finds The Girl and sees the Brit ish at closer quarters than any of them like. All ends on a note of true love rewarded, but not without a strong sense of furth er adventures to come. If will be seen that this is a real story: one that will delight young as well as old, for it is full of action and drama that follows quick and fast, sometimes, in Wolmanized^ PRESSURE-TREATED LUMBER STOPS ROT AND TERMITES Sandhill Builders Supply Corporation Service-Qualily-DependabilUy TeL Windsor 4-2516 Pinehurst Rd. ti Aberdeen, N. C. fact, with an unruly aptness. But it should not by any means be imagined that this is a “juve nile.’’ Mr. Leland’s writing is ma ture, his character-study con vincing and his understanding is deep: he can paint men in ac tion, in simple comradeship, in anguish of mind or body; the sensitive poet-patriot, the jovial but shrewd militiaman, the wise and courtly gentleman of the Low Country plantation, who, under duress, entertained the British colonel in his pEirlor the while his servants and his daughter. The Girl, move the rice from the cellar to send it to Gen eral Marion’s starving brigades. Mr. Leland paints them all with honesty and skill. His touch is sure and his colors true. He goes deeper, farther, and evokes the feeling of the people and the country; the feeling of the Revolution. Needing to check on a name, we looked for the book again. Not here? Where then. . . oh yes: right where we had put it, in the middle row of shelves marked: .“American novels: Keep.” We slipped it from its place be tween Kenneth Roberts’ “West ern Passage” and “The Year ling,” looked up the name and then put it back. (Alter this review was written and set in type, the news of Mr. Leland’s death was received in Southern Pines. An obituary appears elsewhere in today’s Pilot— of particular interest because of Mr. Leland’s close person al connection with the Sand hills.) GAUTAMA, the Story of Lord Buddha as told by Shakuntalai , Masani (Blackie $1.50). This I slender, exquisite book was print- |ed and bound in India. I have , never seen so attractive and sim- |ple a presentation of the life of this great religious leader and his principles of the Four Truths land the Eightfold Path of right , living and right thinking. Nor for I all its simplicity is the book ! without the decoration of Orien tal imagery, for flowers are' A profitable place to . . . 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Buddhism has sometimes developed corrupt forms and had corrupt followers, but here we see it in its early morning purity when the gentle Siddhartha—shocked by his first sight of age, illness and death,— gives up wealth, family, royal status to go away and seek Truth and Peace. The story of his long search, of his temptations in the wilder ness, and how complete enlight enment finally came to him make the first half of the book. The second tells of the followers that he gathered Eiround him, how he taught them and told them to go and teach others un til many were converted and how finally in the fullness of time he left them, attaining that state of endless peace and joy which is Nirvana. Some very distinguished line drawings by Nina von Leyden il lustrate this book, and there are numerous decorations with Oriental motifs, including the uncom'monly handsome initial letters. WHITEY ROPES AND RIDES, wiiiten and illustrated by Glen Rounds (Holiday $2,251). This au thor, erstwhile of Pinebluff but now with one foot in Southern Pines, has written another first- rate book for boys. Whitey, that doughty young cowboy is riding the plains again, but this time —believe it or not—there is a girl in the cast. Whitey didn’t think much of it when he heard Josie was coming to stay with them, he even threatened to pack and leave; for he and Uncle Tor- wal had been keeping house for years without any interference from womenfolk. But Uncle Tor- wal explained to him that the gal wouldn’t ever learn anything if brought up in town, so Whitey agreed to tolerate her. She turn ed out to be right handy at chores and respectful of his prowess in ranch matters. 'Then when they set out to practice for the Calf and Steer Riding events at the Cheyenne Rodeo, she pro duced some useful ideas. Their main trouble came in getting the stock on the ranch to cooperate, especially their pet calf that had grown into a steer. How arrange ments were made for them to get practice without damage'to the stock or themselves makes an amusing ending to an enjoyable tale. The drawings are in that su perb line we have come to ex pect from the Old Master,—alive, expressive, economical. I remem ber watching another artist study a Rounds drawing, sigh and shake his head, “If I could draw just one line like that—” Should it never have occurred to you that drawings can express more than photography, look at the cows on page thirty-two. In fact, look at them anyway, though they will probably out- stare you. nr PUBLIC NOTICE Public notice is hereby given that the Town of Southern Pines will receive written bids on or before the close of our working day the 15th of October, 1956, on one one-half ton truck equipped with utility type body. For detail specifications and bid instruc tions contact the undersigned. The Town of Southern Pines, through its City Manager re serves the right to reject any and all bids. LOUIS SCHEIPERS, JR. City Clerk oil Get Better Sleep ON A BETTER MATTRESS Let us make your old mattress over like new! Any size, any type made to order. 1 DAY SERVICE MRS. D. C. THOMAS Southern Pines Lee Bedding and Manufacturing Co. LAUREL HILL, N. C. Makers of “LAUREL QUEEN” BEDDING BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN 21. Background Scrtpiurc: Sxodus 20:1-- Devotional Reading: Psalm 19:7-14. Why God Says No! Lesson for October 14, 1956 Dr. Foreman A QUESTION often asked about the Ten Commandments is this: Why are they aU in the neg ative? It aU seems to be “Don’t, don’t.” Does God hang chains on us to hamper our freedom? Is God more interested in stopping us from what we want to do than in show ing us what to do? Why the em phasis on the neg ative? Isn’t Chris tian morality, ' right living be fore God, a posi tive thing? Can a set of prohibitions be a solid base for life today? “Don’t” Is a Useful Word Let’s look at this a little. For one thing, it must be remembered that the Ten Commandments, as they are called, were not invented by Moses or first revealed to him. We know that centuries before Moses, wise men were saying it already, and it is pretty safe to suppose that most people knew it,—namely that stealing and killing and adult ery are wrong. The reason Moses gave the Ten Commandments was not that either he or God had just discovered them. These Command ments came out in their present form (dr possibly a shorter form, enlarged later) for the benefit and guidance of a very primitive peo ple, just out of slavery where they and their forefathers had been for generations. For people like that “Don’t” is easier to understand than “Do.” A little child can be saved from being hurt or killed just by learning the meaning of the lit tle word NO. “Don’t” is a useful word. It is simpler, too, to say “Don’t” than “Do.” Learning to do well takes time, and brains too. You don’t have to learn to stop. You don’t have to be a “brain” to stop doing wrong. So the Ten Com mandments begin at the right end, the simple end. “Thou shalt not,” or “Don’t,” in other words, is not the whole of what goodness means; but it is a good place to begin. Under Control Nowadays it is not popular to jnention such words or ideas as discipline, self-control, temperance, or restraint; but these are good things in their place, and no life is good that ignores them. Doing what you want to do when you feel like doing it without asking any body is a small boy’s dream, but it is no way for a grown man or woman to live. This is another rea son why so many of the Ten Com mandments begin with “Don’t.” Brakes say “No” to a car, and a car without brakes isn’t safe for a minute. Stakes say “No” to sprawl ing vines, but the vines are the better for being tied up. Pruning shears say “No” to grape-vines; but unpruned grapevines soon run down. Rails say “No” to train wheels; and when the wheels (so to speak) decide to go where they please, you have a wreck. “Doing what comes naturally” may be silly, sinful, even criminal. -Im pulses can be harmful and hateful. Instincts may be warped or ex aggerated. The disciplined, self- controlled life is not a life of mere repression; but if there is no re pression anywhere, if there is no response and obedience when God says “No,” then life becomes a tangle like an untrimmed grape vine, a smash-up like a train that tries to cross a field without rails. Every Don’t Has a Do! Every “don’t” has a matdhing “do” of some kind. Thou shalt not steal means also. Thou shalt not waste property. Thou shalt con serve the earth’s resources. Thou shalt respect property. When you see a farmer using intelligent methods to prevent or cure soil erosion, you may think about it, and he may not; but he is trying to prevent stealing or wasting the land on which future generations may depend. He is obeying the Eighth Commandment. But such a farmer shows that right living con sists not merely in refusing to com mit a certain smaU list of selected crimes: right living is not only not stealing land (for example) from the rising generation, right living includes also doing all one can to pass on to those who shall come after, land that shall have become —because wisely used—more fer tile and fruitful,than it was before. In the same way with all other commandments, every Don’t! has a Do! Thou shalt not kill means not only committing no murder, shortening no life; it means con tributing to life and health all we can, wherever we can. “Temper ance” is not mere restriction, it is not life-denying; it is life-building. (Based on outlines copyrig:hted by the Division of Christian Education, Na tional Council of the Churches of Christ in the TJ. S. A. Released by Community Press Service.) Bookmobile Schedule Tuesday-^. D. Lewis, 9:30;^ Michaels Store, 9:45; Paul Green,! 1():15; Ben Blue, 10:30; Farm Life School, 10:45; Miss Velma Prim, 12; John Blue, 12:15; C. F. "Wlicker, 12:30; H. A. Blue, 12:45; Leves Store, 1:15; E. B. Cook, 1:45; Miss Flora Blue, 2:15. Thursday—W. G. Inman, 10; Highfalls School, 10:30; High- falls, 11:15; Putnam, 12:15; Glen- don, 2:45; L. W. Edwards, 1:15; R. F. Wilcox, 1:45; Miss Irene Nicholson, 2:15; Carthage, 2:45. Friday—W. E. Graham, 10; Jackson Springs Post Office, 10:30; J. C. Blue, 10:45; James Hicks, 11; Carl Tucker, 11:15; Miss Margaret Smith, 11:30; J. W. Blake, 11:45; Miss Adele McDon ald, 12:15; George Hunt, 12:30; Garren Hill Road, 12:45. CONTRACT PAINTING "IT COSTS MORE NOT TO PAINT" SHAW PAINT & WALL PAPER CO. Phone 2-7601 SOUTHERN PINES Highlands, North Carolina, is the highest (3,835 feet) incorpor ated town in Eastern America. CHRISTMAS CARDS ARE HERE! Elegant English Cards Religious Cards Smart Modern Designs CALENDARS, too! ... Something to every taste Bennett & Penna. Ave. Telephone 2-3211 Attend The Church of Your Choice Next Sunday THiy WONT B1 LATT ! Maybe they were slow in dressing ... probably they dawdled a bit over breakfast. . . but if you know the gait of those little legs you can be sure they won’t be late. This is one of the fascinating paradoxes of youth. A child may have to be prodded to get to school on time—yet he doesn’t want to be late! And the paradox has implication for parents as they plan the religious education of their children. Jimmy may seem reluctant about his first trip to Church School . . . and Susan may shed a tear when Mother “leaves” her in the Beginners’ Department. But wise parents never delay their youngsters’ religious training. Tt is unfair to handicap a child with a late start in the vital process of moral and spiritual growth. ' Inquire at the church of your choice, and bring your child to Church School as soon as he is of age. And, remember, parents need religious train ing too! If you do not now attend Church regu larly, start with Jimmy and Susan. THE CHURCH FOR AU. . . . AU FOR THE CHURCH The Church is the greatest fac tor on earth for the building of character and good citizenship.' It is o storehouse ol spiritual values. Without a strong Church, neither democracy nor civilization can survive. There are lour sound reasons lehy 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. (4) 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. Chapter Verses hyoday Habakkufc 2 1-20 Monday II Timothy 3 i-iy Tuesday.... Matthew 6 9-24 Wednesd’y Matthew 7 i.ta Thursday... Philippians 2 1-18 n Timothy 1 i-is Saturday.,. .1 John 2 1-17 Copyright 1956, Keister Adr. Service, Strasburg, 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 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 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. EMMANUEL CHURCH (Episcopal) East Massachusetts Ave. Martin Caldwell, Rector Holy Communion, 8 a.m. (First Sundays and Holy Days, 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.) Family Service, 9:30 a.m. Church School, 10 a.m. Morning Service, 11 a.m. Young Peoples’ Service League, 6:30 p.m. Holy Communion, Wednesdays and Holy Days, 10 a.m. and Fri day, 9 a.m. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH New York Ave. at South Atha David Hoke Coon. Minister Bible School, 9:45 a.m. Worship H 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 CHtiRCH 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. ST. ANTHONY'S (CathoUe) 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 p.m. 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. —This Space Donated in the GRAVES MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. CITIZENS BANK & TRUST CO. CLARK & BRADSHAW SANDHILL DRUG CO. SHAW PAINT 8z WALLPAPER CO. CHARLES W. PICQUET MODERN MARKET W. E. Blue JACK'S GRILL & RESTAURANT Interest of the Churches by— CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO. UNITED TELEPHONE CO. JACKSON MOTORS. Inc. Your FORD Dealer McNEILL'S SERVICE STATION Gulf Service PERKINSON'S, Inc. Jeweler SOUTHERN PINES MOTOR CO. A & P TEA CO.