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THE WEEKLY PILOT Published every Friday morning by the Pilot Printing Company. STACY BREWER, Manager Entered at the Postoffice at Vass, N. C., as second-class mail matter FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1922^ THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION On the first M'onday in Janu ary the commissioners of the county will appoint a new high way commission to serve for the coming term. It is not believed that many changes will be made in the board as constituted at present, as it was chosen with much judgment. But as is usual in practically every case where men serve the community or the country some suggestions have been made of changes in the membership. Whether the county commissioners will make changes or not is perhaps de pendent on two things. One will be the willingness of the present members to continue, and the other will be the sentiment of the people of the county as to their choice of representatives on the board. From The Pilot’s viewpoint the board has done good work. Taken as a body it has function ed to its credit, and should every man on the board be succeeded by new ones the job the present board has accomplished is worth to the county more than has been paid to the board which is nothing, or more than would have been paid if the members had been paid at all. From the little talk that drifts this way it looks as if the changes in the board will not be many, yet The Pilot has not gone into the sub ject very far, believing that the county commissioners will cre ate a good board at its coming meeting. There is this to be said, however, and the commis sioners have expressed their de sire to that extent, that the peo ple shall let their opinions be known if any man is favored in any district. It is possible that changes might be made that would strengthen the board, and also it is possible that mistakes might be made in making changes unless public opinion is made known to the commission ers. As each township is repre sented on the road board any one in any township can offer to the commissioners the name of a favored candidate, and the reasons for regarding the can didate as a suitable man. But in recommending any man for t^e road board just one quali fication should be kept in mind. Is the man the best man availa ble for a place on the road board? He will pass in judg ment on the entire road work in the county and ought to be a road man, seeing the whole county as well as the mile of road past his own house, and a man who has time and willing ness to serve. Recommend no one except the best, and play no favorites. If you don’t know a good man and a reason for his appointment don't bother the commissioners at all. They have troubles enough as it is. GOOD LEAD Some of the papers lay stress on the message of the president to congress last week, and say that enforcement of the prohi bition law as he has laid it down in his official document is Mr. Harding's big bid for a second term, with prohibition enforce ment as the method by which he expects to make a hit with the people. Mr. Harding is president of the United States, and the chief executive therefore of the law. That he should recommend stringent enforcement of a law that involves as much as the prohibition law does is entirely suitable to the office he holds, and if other communities are like this one the president will awaken a response in every pre cinct in the country for his out spoken attitude. If he makes law enforcement a republican campaign cry, it is certain he could have done much worse if it is to go into politics his po litical ' antagonists could do worse than to jump into the ring with him equally decisive demands for law enforcement. Moore county has been call ing for enforcement of law. The enforcement of law is of more importance than the success of political parties. If Mr. Harding proposes to be a candidate again on the enforcement of law he has probably picked about the best campaign starter that is in the deck. But he should not for get that to win on that basis he must do more than talk about law enforcement. To talk and not to act will be to insure de feat. Having put his hand to the plow he cannot turn back North Carolina is democratic. Moore county is democratic. But both are in favor of the law of the state and nation. Presuma bly the dominant party in this state will undertake to beat Mr. Harding to the goal he has an nounced as his ambition. Mr. McDonald and Mr. Ross who will go to Raleigh in a short time to the forthcoming session of the legislature, are both democrats. They mi^t impress on their fellow partisians that is not too late for North Carolina demo crats to take from Mr. Harding the thunder that he is making about enforcing the prohibition law. It is mighty powerful thunder, and just now it belongs to anybody who can make it work. Mr. Harding played a mighty good lead in that card of law enforcement, and if the democrats allow him to have it for his own he is not licked in 1924 by a long shot. It is up to democratic states to beat him to his play by enforcing the laws before Mr. Harding gets to it. THE SQUAB FARM Raising squabs is not a new occupation, in some places, but it is rather an innovation in this section. The . proposition to establish a farm on which to bring young pigeons to sufficient maturity to put them on the market looks like a good move. With the decline in the supply of wild birds the demand for a substitute has for some time been calling for young pigeons. The fact is that some time ago the thing became more or less of a fad, and many persons ven tured into the unknown work of raising squabs, the most of them to venture out as soon as they found that it was like any other work that must be attended in telligently and energetically if it is to thrive. And there the whole matter turns. Mr. Parrott and his aS- vsociates are not figuring on any pot of gold at the end of a rain bow that is to be had for the digging. They are planning to raise young pigeons just as they would raise pigs, cattle, chickens or any other thing on the farm, making work and attention count with a product that will find a place in the market. Raising squabs is probably like raising anything else. A considerable number of the birds will find sale here at the win ter resorts during the season. In the summer a less number will be called for in the same area. .But over the state a field is open for them, and farther away still bigger markets are available. Pigeons seem to thrive iii this climate. In the villages they are so plentiful that they come to be more or less of a nuisance, and they raise themselves in spite of the draw backs put up against them by the people who get tired of too many of them around. But a wild peach tree and a profitable Elberta in the orchard are two different things, and so it is with pigeons. The farm that raises squabs will follow a course of close attention and feeding, and there the whole thing will turn. But it is to be presumed that the system will be successful, and that the squab farm will be a feature of Vass farm life. Should the one venture prove satisfactory pos sibly it may lead others to fol low, for the world is big and many people are constant^’’ looking for something to eat. Incidentally it may be observ ed that Vass is also alive to the new things, and that here in this corner of the Sandhills we originate our share of the fea tures that give zest to existence. TAXES IN NEW JERSEY Some people in North Carolina who thii^c they are being heavily taxed giving no thoughts to the benefits de rived from that taxation, ought to move about a bit and make observa tions. Certainly they would find com fort in the tax -figures from New Jersey, where the aggregate of taxes levied for the year 1922 amount to the comfortable sum of $169,944,939. Making analysis of the New Jer sey situation, Mr. McCready Sykes, vsTiting in Commerce and Finance^ says that this is $17,000,000 more than was ever before paid for similar purposes in that state. It includes the taxes levied by local assessors, coun ty tax boards, and state boards. Local or municipal taxes account for $95,- 609,276. State school taxes are $9,- 775,031; state road taxes in one year amount to nearly $4,000,000; county purposes call for more than $24,000,- 000. New Jersey has a population of 3,- 155,900, so that her state, county and local taxes alone amount to the stag gering sum of $51 per capita. On the statistical average of five persons to the family these figures seem incred-, ible. It seems impossible that the average family should be paying over $250 per year in these local taxes alone, exclusive of all income taxes and federal taxes of every kind. New Jersey suffers an additional burden from the fact that a large part of her people make their living in New York and are compelled to pay income taxes there. The average rate of taxation in New Jersey, as Sykes has it, is $3,561 per $100. Compare that with the comparative ly low rate in North Carolina, set ting the North Carolina rate against the benefits secured, and be happy.— Charlotte Observer. Bring us your job work. DR. T. A. CAMPBELL DENTIST Offices, 1 and 2 Johnson Building Phone 31 ABERDEEN' N. C. HONDHENTS & TOHBSTONES If you are interested in Monu ments or Tombstones, Write Rockingham Narble Works ROCKINGHAn, N. C. —Or See— D. CARL FRY, Carthage, N. C. A large and well selected stock of monuments, tablets, etc. on hand at all times. Quality, work and prices guaranteed. Equipped with latest pneumatic machinery driven bv electricity. LAKEVIEW STORE COHTAMY Feeds The Place where QUALITY Cannot be Beaten We carry the famous CHECKERBOARD and the BALANCE of the LAKEVIEW MILLS with a Guarantee on Every Bag. FANCY GROCERIES, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES A fresh stock on hand at all times Ouiild^ng Supplies Lime, Cement, Brick, Extra Clear Cedar Shingles, etc. ABRUZZI RYE and FULGUM TURF OATS LAKEVIEW STORE COMPANY LAKEVIEW, N. C. SEED PERSONALS AND BR] Mr. Jack Phillips, of Camen in town last Friday. Mr. J. M. Tyson is a visitor eigh this week. Mr. R. E. Boyd, of Fan School, was in town Tuesday. Miss Ethel Coats spent the| end in Raleigh. Misses Bessie Cameron and Monroe went to Raleigh, Satj Mr. J. A. Hulin, of Troy, Vass, Wednesday. Mr. John A. Gunter “visit son, H. A. Gunter, of Aberde< Y^our photo makes a good mas present. The fellow you] to can’t give it away. Messrs. John A. and W. Leod, of Eureka section, were last Wednesday. A Vass woman can powder nose—but a man can’t do tl thing with a shiny pair of tr< Mr. Joe Bundy, of Raleig^ the week-end with his sist( A. G. Edwards. Another nice thing about an old overcoat is you don’t] worry about somebody steal] Mr. A. Cameron attended ing of Stewards of Rockingl trict at Aberdeen Tuesday. And among other beautifi in' the English language wj point to these: “Pay to the o| Mrs. Carl Maynard, of visited her parents near week. Another thing this count] is a good nickel cigar that five cents. Messrs. W. D. Smith, H. thews and J. A. Keith spen| of last week deer hunting h county. Nothing takes the joy out man’s life quicker than seeini woman wearing a hat just l| Mesdames Helen Mar D’^ Sidney Gardner, of Lakevi^ in Vass Wednesday, and Pilot office a call. OYSTER SUPPEl There will be an oystei given in the auditorium of graded school building toni^ day), at 7:30 o’clock. Evei cordially invited to attend ceeds will be for the Sbenei Community Club. W. N. INGOLD SUCCEEDS LIME About seven years ago Mj who lives in the Big Dal started to use lime on land duced only 20 bushels of bushels of wheat per acre. He applied two tons of bj per acre which is equal to of ground limestone. He ph land in alfalfa during the September. He mowed th| twice the first year and thj the second year. In the spri third year he turned it planted oats. From thesel cut two tons of hay. In the fall of the thir( planted wheat without the fertilizer and in spite of freezes during the winter hf bushels; while his other ij beside this plot made only els per acre. In the spring of the foi he planted corn and this mal that year of 48 bushels pe/ the spring of the 5th year planted it in alfalfa, this,| oid not do well because th4 practically killed the grol fact he did not get anythij mentioning on account off alfalfa in the spring; but in ter he gave his alfalfa a li( cation of stable manure ab( per acre. The 6th year, oi cutting hay from
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