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THE PILOT Published every Friday by the PILOT PRINTING COMPANY Vass, Narth Carolina STACY BREWER, Owncf ~ Subscription Rates: One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 Address all communications to The Pilot Printing Co., Vass, N. C. Advertising Rates on Application Entered at tlie Postoffice at Vass, N. C., as second-class mail matter. THE DEATH OF T. B. TYSON The death of T. B. Tyson, of Carthage, marks the transition from the days of the past to those of the future. Mr. Tyson was the final factor in the most prominent individual industry the county has known since its creation, and the industry and the man both give way to the new and changed conditions. The buggy has been superseded by the automobile, and Moore county is no longer known all over the south by the excellence of its vehicles. For three gen erations the name of Tyson & Jones was familiar to the people from Virginia to the gulf. But the buggy factory has seen the climax of its activity, and with those busy days gone by the master of many years has gone with the institution. Mr. Tyson was a man whose name was appreciated over a wide range of country, and whose influence in his home com munity was helpful and sound. He had the friendship of every body, because he deserved it. He was a man of sincere interest in his neighbors and his communi ty, and without ostentation he did a much more comprehensive work than merely to operate a factory and produce good wares, and carry on a payroll that was the important source of revenue of the village over many years. He was a kindly, neighborly man, and on the books of the Re cording Angel he has many a little credit that most folks know nothing about. Besides making the material pathway smoother for many of the people of the Carthage industrial community he dropped many a little favor along the road to lighten the way for those who followed. He was of the generation that has almost passed, and with the change from the old to the new he goes out with his companions of the older day. It is to be de plored that he goes before in the fullness of years he should be who are of the Prostestant faith, regardless of the subdivisions of denomination so common. The Pilot does not know the denomination of Mr. Cheatham, the pastor of the church at Pine- hurst, and is not in the laest con cerned in what it may be. But it does know that he and his as sociation are offering to the vis itors and residents of Pinehurst one of the finest church buildings in the state, and that the build ing will not be troubled with that malady too prevalent in many churches, the empty pew, for Mr. Cheatham will have wel come for all comers and they will all feel the cordiality that the absence of denominational re striction will afford them. Pine hurst will have a strong congre gation, for it will have all, and it will not struggle with the prob lem of trying to maintain in one small place churches enough for ten times the people of the com munity, but will confine its en ergy and money to making a compact and aggressive militant religious power of the people in the range of its influence. It is doubtful if any church in North Carolina will be more of a factor in serving its field than the chapel at Pinehurst. a SEE THAT WE GET GOOD MEN Up at Eagle Springs lives philosopher, McI. Kennedy, who in a little discussion of county politics last week argued that the main thing is to get sub stantial men in the county offices to be filled, as well as in the places higher up. Mr. Kennedy has his political affiliations, but he goes on the theory that while it is logical for a voter to have his political preferences it is good sense to see that the first requisite in filling a public place is that the man or woman chosen shall be fit. It is a popular sport to kick about the public official. But after all is said we have no legit imate kick coming, for every man elected to office is the crea tion of the people, which is all of us. If we have good officials it is because we have chosen erood ones, and if we have indif ferent men in public office it is because we have used poor j udg- ment in selecting them. When election time comes along the wise step is to look at a candi date’s fitness to do the work that is to be required. It is of very little importance that he is somebody’s relative, or that he is a good fellow, or that he ought to have an office. The thing to n j u 4. 4-1,^ consider is whether he has the intelligence, the fairness and the IHE PILOT ing election. Practically the old administration was selected, a matter that has given rise to some criticism. But the critics have not much on which to hang their objections. The caucus is said to have been packed. As The Pilot was not in attendance it has no opinion as to the facts. But it is likely that those op posed to the old administration couM have packed the meeting just as easily as those who fa vored it, for in these days of outspoken privilege it is rather hard to run away with a meeting unless the majority are so dis posed. And if the minority can not predominate it is because it is the minority. The Pilot realizes that South ern Pines is a district of its own in which the outsider has no standing. Nevertheless the pre- deliction of this paper to gossip about most anything that strikes a fancy leads to the confession that it has admired the admin istration up at Southern Pines because in the past three or four years that village has climbed along to a point where it is in an impregnable position at the pres ent. To be sure it has a lot to do yet, and it will face a plenty of demand for things that it cannot yet accomplish, for money has to be put up every time a new street is opened or a new water pipe laid. But the old adminis tration has made a village that compels the admiration of the peoplie who see it, and has han dled the finances in a business way. There are some things that Southern Pines needs to do yet, and that is no joke. But it is not what has not been done, but what has been done that really makes up a record of achieve ment. As far as can be seen by a fellow in another district look ing over the fence. Southern Pines has come mighty near a place in the honor class in the last three or four years, and the job has been done under many serious handicaps. Taxes are moderately high up there, and will be for probably the next five hundred years, as is the case in every town that grows, but the main point is that Southern Pines has got the things the tax money has been used to secure. And the town would not swap off its conveniences to get the money back. The public im provements made in Southern Pines by the present administra tion will long be a monument to the breath of sense of the men who have broughnt it about. Friday, May 2. I STILL WORRYING ABOUT CHILD LABOR Congress is stll worrying about child labor, and it is in timated that the fuss is an ef fort of the whiskey advocates of the north to get back at the south for voting for the prohi bition amendment. If that be the case let the game proceed. The south has identically the same child labor laws that the north has, but in all the states children are allowed to work on the farms. Now it is proposed to limit the age of labor to eigh teen years and to include farms in the new amendment. That will suit the south as well as the north for more farms are in the north than in the south, and it is impossible to make a law that is not nation-wide. Of course to try to prevent a child from working until it is eighteen years old is impossible, for the seventeen-year-old mouth is going to eat just the same as the older one, and society is not going to feed the robut boy and girl of seventeen just for the sake of keeping them idle. A boy of eighteen is acceptable as a soldier to fight the country’s battles, and by that test of abil ity he will see that he has a right to work and feed himself. But the notion that a child may not be taught habits of work and industry until it is eighteen years old is so stupid and so un fair to the child that it cannot be made to prevail, and the north will no more submit to such a procedure than the south. As far as industrial results are con cerned the thing is a two-edged sword. If the north wants to pay for making cotton, tobacco and other southern products at the higher wage price that such a step would compel, the south can stand the increased costs for the buyer of the product wilj pay. But as the north will not stand such higher costs, and as boys and girls will work if they feel disposed before they are eighteen years old, both north and south, and as the problem will be as pertinent in the north where folks have to work as in the south, it is easy to think the whole thing is a useless bluff and bluffs in this way do not go very far. TWO GOOD MILCH COWS sale. R. G. HUTCHESON, Vass, route one. 24*25 R. a ROSSER, M. IT Physician and Surgeon Beasley Building, - VASS, N. C. FOR JUNIPER Fence Posts and Phone Poles Veneer Timbers, Creo- soted Dewberry Stakes for next Spring delivery. Commu nicate with us. We Guarantee Satis faction. Prices on any of the above gladly furnished on application. WE SOLICIT YOUR ORDERS A. C. SMITH, 22*25 Vass, N. C., Rt. 2 SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY Trains leave Southern Pines, N. C., as follows, cor rected to December 3rd, 1923: has been done» and he has drift ed out with the receding tide of the industrial period of which he was chief representative in his time. The turf above him will remain green for many a year, but no more than the memory warmly cherished by all who have known him. THE NEW CHURCH AT PINEHURST courage, along with the willing ness to do the work for the best interests of the county, state or nation. A job in the public service is in too many cases given as a re word or as a favor. That is the principal cause of the failures to have good work done in public office where there is a failure. In private business a man to get and hold a job must be fit to hold SOUTHBOUND No. 1—6:50 a. m., for Colum bia, Savannah and Jacksonville. No. 3—7:28 p. m., for Colum bia, Savannah and Jacksonville ....No. 5—5:52 a. m., for Monroe, Atlanta and Birmingham. No. 11—6:33 p. m., for Ham let, Monroe and Atlanta. No. 41—11:22 a. m., for Ham let, Charlotte and Wilmington. NORTHBOUND No. 2—9:53 p. m., for Rich mond, Washington and New York. No. 4—9:35 a. m., for Rich mond, Washington and New York. No. 302—7:07 p. m., for Washington, Philadelphia and New York. No. 12—8:50 a. m., for Ral eigh, Henderson and Norfolk. No. 44—2:02 p. m., for Ral- eigh-Weldon. Train No. 6—11:23 p. m. stops on flag for pas sengers for North of Norlina. JOHN T. WEST, Div. P. A., Raleigh. N. C. H. A. BORST, Agent, Vass, N. C. In these days when the fun- the place. This county is getting damentalists are quarreling with the modernists, and the people of one faith or one de nomination with those of anoth er, it is interesting to note the building of a larger new chapel at Pinehurst which is possible through the work of the Pine hurst Religious Association, an organization that has so little regard for the antagonisms that are permitted to spring up be tween denominations that the Pinehurst association provided for many a year for a building that sheltered a Catholic priest in one end and a Prostestant preacher in the other. The Religious Association was formed to provide a building that might serve for church uses, but not to serve for any denomination. So the chapel secured was made to serve for the two basic divisions of the Christian church in the United States, and as they could not be brought together as one body they were enabled to come un der one roof until the Catholics w’ere able to provide a house for themselves a few years ago. Now the Prostestants will have their own large modem building, and there the association will hold open house for all those on a pretty sound financial foot ing. It is becoming more of a business organization than ever in its history. Good sense will keep it that way, and the way to do it is to have the best men in county employ that can be se cured. If the voters of the coun ty will follow Mr. Kennedy’s rule, and apply to every candidate the one test of how fit he is likely to be for the work that is required in the office we will have a good crew of county officials. But if we go on the plan of picking some man because we want him to have the office we are right there interfering with public business and with efficiency in county affairs. If you ask your self when you come to vote in the primary if you are about to vote for the best person for the office and then answer yourself hon estly, you will do your share in running this county right for the next official term. Otherwse you will not, and you cannot escape your responsibility for any fail ure you help to public place. Just Received # Rex Guano Distributors and Parts Smith Plows and Parts All kinds of Repairs for Plows NOW IS THE TIME TO THE CAUCUS AT SOUTHERN PINES Last Friday night the voters held a causus at Southern Pines to outline a ticket for the com- WE HAVE A FULL LINE OF PAINTS, STAINS, VARNISHES, LEADS, OIL, TURPENTINE, COLORS AND BRUSHES McKeithan & Co. Vass, North Carolina VASS A1 Mrs. J- with Mrs. G. Miss Retha +he week-end s. R. Smith. Misses Lul Freda Gschw went to Cam attend Ae " Mr. W. Simpson madi view Wednesj Masters Kc ten, of C^e- Mrs. P. W. . York, the firs Mr. A. M. C trip a Mr. Will S in town Mrs. J* Mel McPherson a pherson, of Tuesday. , Miss Stac3 visited her ur the last of th Miss MyrtJ ern Pines Tu Mrs. Mis J of near Carti Miss A. Sci is spending friends, Mrs. E. Dunkhorsj Mrs. Dunkhc and her firs Wednesday n fer says tha children her€ Mrs. W. I Graham mot< Tuesday. Mr. J. M. Carthage Tu« A little ne of Mr. and. Clay Road, S Miss Bessi roUte one, s with Mr. an^ Mr. Elsie a visitor in Mr. G. H. boro Friday ing. Messrs. Brewer and ed a Kiwan] hurst Count! Mr. and MJ Miss Retha ern Pines ai ernoon. A number] the senior p] day night. Miss Allei Mr. and Mrj Point, was one day last] not seriousl: ly cut aboui lived here sej friends wish covery. Mrs. Neil] John Blue a^ were shoppii Mr. and I Miss Mariai Creek with Cameron’s Baltimore, also. Mr. C. L. itor Monday] Mr. Verm Va., represel MiUs, Inc., 1 town Wedne^ If you ar( minutes, yoi gry, now, f<i have openedI meat marke| receive proi tion. Mr. rienced ca: charge. G Friends oi Patterson their little si pneumonia ij Mr. and route two, Beasley MotJ Mr. and M and Mrs. A. near White communion Mr. Geor job in The . rest in Cartl, Messrs. jJ and Mr. W. part of last! on the Hotel Mr. G. S. «rn Pines Ti ^ Mr. and I J- M. Tysoi Sunday. Mr. Irvin caller in to'^ .Mrs. J. ^ and Master ^rs. A. J. Mr. Rj Bamford, o1 guests of IV Mr. and little son, o Mrs. W. E Mr. J. M. a position ii , Mr. and ^ildren, of ; McCranei ternoon. Rev. M. ^as in town . Mrs. Jane. A- C. Camerl nills, were day. Mr. and n Jr., visil Monday nigl Mr. and M attractive Ii1 ^Wo, were ii Joon on the they will si
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