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THE
PILOT
NUMBER
37
Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Address all communications to
the pilot printing company. VASS, N. C.
ilERT N. PAGE
COnON DIRECTOR
Looks on the Association Merely
as a Big and Strong
Broker
Robert N. Page, the new member of
the board of the cotton association,
says he regards the association as
sim{)ly an effort to create a strong
brokerage agency for the purpose of
selling the cotton of the member farm
ers to the best advantage, and that he
expects to bend every effort he can
to that end. Mr. Page figures that the
weak point with the cotton farmer is
that he has not been able to realize
from his crop its full value. The dis
tressed cotton in the fall is so well
known to everybody that it needs no
comment. Mr. Page is not sanguine
of relieving all the distressed cotton,
but he does hope that it can be helped
to greater or less extent, not all right
away, but by patient and persistent
attempts to lead the smaller farmer
out of the discouraging and ineffici
ent path of all the time walking be
hind his bank account or his bank in
debtedness instead of keeping up with
it or ahead.
There, Mr. Page thinks, is one of
the first troubles with the cotton crop.
Too much of it is mortgaged before
it is raised. It is a beggar the day it
sees the light and a fugitive until it
is turned over to the creditor, and the
frugal man is held in bondage by the
necessities of the unfrugal man, who
makes the first price on cotton every
fall by the urgency of his debts. When
the distressed cotton has to be sold
for what it will bring other cotton
cannot be sold at all. So there is one
thing Mr. Page would like to see
chased out of the market, and it will
have to be done by getting a hand un
der the shoulder of the small farmer
and helping him to his feet financially.
Then he thinks the association must
have power to market the balance of
the crop in business ways, and to sell
when the market is ready to take cot
ton and pay for it, and co sell as
much or as little any time to any
body as the conditions justify. In oth-
ther w-ords Mr. Page says the associ
ation should act just as any other
broker does, which is to sell at the
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1924
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
how Farm Life is making a place for
^ch children if they can be financed.
He drew a rather tragic picture of
some boys and girls who are growing
up in a limited atmosphere who would
like to be in Farm Life but lacked the
money necessary, and urged that
those who could would back the in
stitution in every way they can that
it may become the most successful
institution possible for the aims it has
set. The school is largely a vocational
school, teaching boys and girls things
they cannot learn other places, and it
fills a jog in what would otherwise be
an incomplete life.
The club scheduled the subject for
future consideration, as the whole
question of the school system of the
county and the help of the under-pri
vileged child in a general way is to
be further taken up at future meet
ings, the chief feature of the schedule
for the next three or four weeks turn-
ing in this direction. Mr. Hutcheson’s
talk about Farm Life set it in a new
light before most of the members, and
all were much interested.
NEILL A. NcNEILL
OF CAPeON DEAD
A Confederate Soldier and Was
Ninety-four Years
Old
(J. McK. Harrington)
Mr. Neill A. McNeill passed from
death unto life at his home near Cam
eron on the morning of July the 26th,
in the ninety-fourth year of his age.
Thus has passed a sturdy land-mark
in this section of Moore county. About
a year ago the correspondent wrote
a life sketch of Neill A. McNeill for
The Pilot.
In early life Mr. McNeill was hap
pily married to Miss Elizabeth Ar
nold, bought the plantation, built the
home where he always lived, and
where he died. He was affable in his
manner, hospitable in his home, suc-
The reason we always have the poor
with us is because they are not able
to afford costly operations.
They used to say: “What is home
without a mother,” but now they say
“What is home without a garage.”
KIWANIS HEARS OF
FARM LIFE SCHOOL
Mr. Hutcheson Tells of its Am
bitions, its Needs and
Work
At the Wednesday meeting of the
Kiwanis Club at Lakeview the main
features were a biography by Judge
Way, who told of his translation from
the badlands at Pittsburgh to the Val
halla regions of life, and R. G. Hutch
eson, of the Farm Life School. The
judge confessed that he started out to
be a chemist and wound up by becom
ing a judge of the courts in Pittst)urg
and then a banker in one of the big
institutions of that active industrial
hive, and that he kept on until he
landed in the Sandhills and now has
mighty little else to look forward to.
In arriving at the end of his story he
g^ave land speculators a hot shot, and
all the folks looked toward Frank
Buchan at the opposite end of the
table, but after the dinner Frank and
the judge were glued together on the
porch talking as if they had a scheme
on, and they threatened to bring the
subject of land speculation before the
club in the near future for a round
table discussion. Judge Way is a
comparatively new recruit in the
Sandhills but he is taking the degrees
^J&ht fast, and has already been ac
cepted as an old inhabitant. He is
billed for further discussion before the
club.
Mr. Hutcheson talked about the
arm life school and the work it is
doing. He laid emphasis on the un-
6r-privileged child who has no chance
0 get properly placed at other schools
®cause of various conditions and told
OLD BELT CO-OPS
GET TP Nn,LION
Association Opens 40 Markets in
South Carolina Belt Tues
day, August 5th
The Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative
Association began distributing $2,-
300,000 Saturday, July 26, to the 50,-
000 farmers of the old belt of North
Carolina and Virginia who delivered
tobacco of the 1923 crop. Large
crowds of the associated farmers
gathered at the co-operative ware
houses all the way from Hamlet, N.
C., to Petersburg, Va., to take home
the money which comes at the most
convenient time to assist them in car
ing for the crop of 1924.
The payment of millions of dol
lars by the association to its members
in the Carolinas and Virginia has be
come so common an occurance that
the organized farmers showed little
excitement over the division of two
and a quarter millions last week. There
was real satisfaction evident among
the crowds who gathered at the asso
ciation’s receiving points, due to the
fact that this payment has come ear
lier than many anticipated and is to
be followed in the near future by an
other equal payment, according to the
latest ne^vs from headquarters of the
tobacco co-operatives.
Merchantis, bankers and business
men of western North Carolina and
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seemed to be a meek happiness upon
him, gentle and cheerful.
He is survived by his invalid wife
and four children, H. A. McNeill, of
Florala, who has spent the last two
years with his parents, faithful, ten
der and thoughtful of them in their
affliction. W. D. McNeill, of Bishop-
ville, s. C.; Kay McNeill, of Alabama;
one daughter. Miss Mary, who has
been a ministering angel in the home,
careful, tender and loving, one who
renounced the pleasures of youth to
care for her parents in their declining
years.
The funeral services were held Sun
day from the Presbyterian church,
conducted by the pastor. Rev. M. D.
McNeill. Nephews and grand-nephews
acted as pallbearers. D. W. McNeill,
-Will McLauchlin, Horace Morribon, J.
K. McLeod, Edward McLeod, Corneli
us Dunlap. A large concourse of peo
ple were present. The church and
Sunday School rooms were packed,
and many had to remain out of doors.
Such a large family connection and
friends. They were here from Car
thage, Vass, Lemon Springs, Apex,
Aberdeen, Hamlet, Jonesboro, San
ford, Raeford, Red Springs, Dundar-
roch, Smoaks and Bishopville, South
Carolina.
“The old,- old-fashion death! Oh
thank God all who see it, for that or
der fashion yet of Immortality.”
TYSON AND JONES
WILL REORGANIZE
Corporation to Expand in Cap
ital, Stockholders and
Product
NEILL A. McNEILL
cessful as a farmer and business man,
A man of means, one of the largest
land-holders in this section of coun
try. He had m^ny friends. He took
a lively interest in affairs of State and
County, enjoyed seeing the progress of
the County, and once remarked that
while he knew it was not in the course
of nature for him to live much long
er, yet he would like to add twenty
more years to his existence just to
see what people could accomplish and
the progress they would make. He
was a philosopher. He enjoyed life
and lived an honorable and useful one.
He enjoyed farm life, was industrious,
and he loved the open air with -he
sweetest influences about him, the sky,
the trees, the gree^ sward, the g ow
ing things with the breath of God up
on them. He was a Confederate vet
eran, a lieutenant in the Company of
Capt. N. McK. McNe 1 , f^nd eave' an
honorable war record. He was an el
der in Cameron Presbyterian church,
and a faithful attendant as long as he
was fit physicaFy to travel. He re
tained his mental faculties as long as
he lived, and in his last years there
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STANDARD PEACHES
GOING JO MARKET
Belles and Elbertas Move, and
Prices are More
Promising
Tyson and Jones, the most influen
tial industry ever established in this
section of .North Carolina, will be at
once reorganized, taking in new stock
holders, - new capital and expanding
the line of products manufactured.
With the death of T. B. Tyson not
long ago, the last of the active man-
I agers of the older period passed away,
I and just what would be the future of
the concern that has introduced the
name of Carthage to a great portion
of the South, was uncertain. But ne-
i gotiations between the company and
H. A. Page, Jr., and J. R. McQueen,
led to a p^an whereby the corporation
will be expanded, refinanced, and new
machinery and equipment added for
an extended line of work, as well as
I for the continued manufacture of bug-
I gies.
I The organization will include prac-
t’cally all of the p^ese.it stockholders,
a liniitei nuiiber of new ones, most of
the old employees, and such new ones
i as are necessary to increase the out-
, -^iit and estabUsh the new lines. Bug
gies are not yet di iven out of the busi
ness of the world. A recent order that
came to the fac ory called for a hun
dred of the reliable vehicles the old
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With the opening of the week
Georgia Belles began to move toward
the market, and Elbertas sent a lim
ited number forward. Next week the
Elbertas will go in free supply, and
the Belles will wind up. For the next
two or three weeks peaches will be
active in the Sandhills. S. B. Richard
son, who is the biggest shipper in the
Sandhills, told The Pilot this week
that he is right well satisfied with the
conditions, and that he expects the
rest of the movement will bring a lot
of money into the community.
Georgia has about wound up its lit
tle ball of yarn, and now with that
big nightmare out of the way, and
with the inferior peaches all disposed
of, the field appears to be clear for the
really good Sandhill fruit, and it is
the best peach product that is made
on the face of the earth. It is esti
mated that Georgia will have sent to
market by the time the hat drops on
that crop close to eight thousand cars.
That big stock has been absorbed, not
at the best prices, but nevertheless it
is out of the way. North Carolina will
not have at any time more than a
quarter to a third the daily shipments
that Georgia has flooded the market
with, and Mr. Richardson says that
with the much smaller supply and the
decidedly better quality of fruit the
North Carolina fruit will bring a price
that should be satisfactory to the
growers.
A good many of the earlier peaches
have not proven profitable this year
to the orchard men, as they had the
peak of the Georgia crop to contend
with, and it is well known that the
early fruit is not of a type that will
command a market in the face of se
rious competition. But the fruit that
goes forward from now on will be of
the kind that can go to the fruit store
with anything, and as that is the
character of the main crop of Sandhill
fruit the sale is yet in front. In the
next few days this district will see
(Continued on page 8)
LAKEVIEW LAND
BEGINS MOVING
McNeill, Gibbon and Stutts
Starts ‘Ball Rolling’—Buy
Home Sites
A VIEW OF THE TYSON & JONES BUGGY COMPANY AT CARTHAGE
In the last week several home sites
have been bought in the park at Lake
view, and the outlook is that before
long a stimulus will be felt in build
ing and growth in that cheery quar
ter that will give things around the
lake a new appearance.
Among the buyers are Harrison
Stutts, three lots; W. H. McNeill, one;
and N. L. Gibbon one. It is the in
tention of the Lakeview corporation to
offer locations to people who want to
establish themselves at Lakeview, and
the sentiment seems to be that many
other sales are likely to follow before
long.
JOBHOLDERS
Figures from authoritative sources
assert that nearly $4,000,000,000 is
paid out in the United States every
year to public officials, active and re
tired.
These figures are not surprising
when we know that nearly 3,500,000
persons are on the public payroll, fed
eral, state and local.
Nearly one-half of the $8,500,000,-
000 spent yearly by our government
goes to officials and former officials.
Every tax payer should understand
that almost one-half of his taxes go to
support office-holders.
One of Mussolini’s first acts was to
dismiss 100,000 men from the public
paj^oll.
Our trouble is that the job-holder is
the backbone of every political party.
Jobs are the currency in which party
debts are paid. And this currency is
at present inflated.
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