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Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
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FRIDAY. OCTOBER S. 1024
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CYPRESS REVIVAL
A GREAT SUCCESS
Preachin<4 Done By Reverand
(\r\ Craig, of
Laurinburg
Sunday, with preaching in the
morning-, afternon and night, brought
to a close a wonderfully good series
of revival services at Cypress Pres
byterian church, of which Rev. M. D.
jicNeill is pastor. The weather was
not favorable—only one fair day dur
ing the week—but the people of Cy
press community were not looking
for excuses for remaining at home;
they were fired with a determination
^ go to church, regardless of a few
inconveniences in the form of rain
and muddy roads, and go they did.
The morning- congregrations were^an
inspiration, for so often empty pews
made up a g:reat part of morning au
diences, and in the evening the
church was filled almost to its cap
acity.
The preaching was done by Rev.
Carl Crag, of Laurinburg. There was
nothing of the sensational or emo
tional in his messages; they were
plain gospel sermons, the kind that
lifts one up and makes him aspire to
higher and nobler living, that makes
him see more plainly his own and
his brother’s weaknesses and gives
him greater sympathy and desire to
be of service to others. Rev. Craig is
a man of pleasing personality and
delivers his sermons in a quiet,
heart-to-heart way witii sincerity
that makes one feel that he is their
friend. The Cypress congregration
liked him and they liked his messages
and as a result of his earnest work, a
doodly number were led to Chrish,
some whom were nering the sunset of
Life's day, and others with the
greater part of life before them. The
church will doubtless be greatly
strengthened by this revival.
McLean to Talk at Carthage, Friday,
October the 10th
PRICE ADVERTISING
The attractiveness of the known |
price is one of the fundamental fac
tors of merchandising whether it is
merchandising of services or of com
modities, but that is a factor which
many merchants overlook. In some
cases they have gone to the length
gth of entering into agreements not
to give prices in their advertising. In
doing this they are not only robbing
their advertising (*f much of its ef
fectiveness, but they are also playing
into the hands of the mail-order house
competition, for a large part of the
attractiveness of the mail-order price
is due to the fnct thai it is a known
price.—Ex.
A. W, McLean, candidate of the democrats for governor, and
by that token the next governor of North Carolina, will attend a.
meeting at Carthage, in Moore County, Friday night, October 10th,
and talk to the people. As Mr. McLean is a sound reasoner and an
experienced business man his talk may be expected to be one of
enlightenment and information, and wholly away from the bun-
comb that has too much of a place in politics. He was nominated
because of his ability as an effective andcapable executive in every
thing where he has had experience, and it is clearly apparent that
his election will be with one of the most emphatic majorities the
state has ever seen. His address will be worth hearing, for it
will be an instructive talk of industrial and government economics,
educational and strictly free from demagogy.
Ever notice how quickly a political
candidate starts going to church after
^le’s nominated?
WEEVIL IN STALKS
SHOULD BE KILLED
Dr. Leiby Says the Cotton Pest
Should Not Go Through
Winter
(^H-MKMAN d. al. blue
Democratic Executive Committee
At a meeting of the democratic
county executive committee at its
last Saturday in Carthage
^’janiniously elected ex-sheriff D. Al.
chairman. His work in previous
met with the _approval of
fe^ no oppoeiMoit of-
chairman has be^ an' ^
^‘^^^ager of county democratic
that^I* committee figured
this f 1 keep things moving
At least 15 per cent of the cotton
crop has been ruined by the rainy
weather of the past few weeks, says
entomologist, R. W. Lieby, of the
State’s weevil laboratory at Aberdeen.
The reduction is due to the lint be
coming dirty, the sprouting of seed,
and the rotting of unopened and parti
ally opened bolls. In addition to these
causes, he exhibits small undevel oped
bolls which are rotted at the stem
end to the extent that they can never
mature.
The weevils too are on ihe increase
being favored in their development l-.y
the weather. However, they are not
likely to inflict any further damage to
cotton in the Sandhills, except where
the cotton is unusually late as it is in
the northern part of the state, he
says.
The picking of all cotton as early
as is humanly possible is urged by
Leiby, so that the stalks may be de
stroyed some time before frost, ihis
stalk destruction is I
the weevils remainmg m the field will
be forced to seek their winter hiding
islZ Z an empty stomach which
causes a very high percentage of them
to fail to survive the winter and thus
preventing 4^
thlt^ stalk destruction
not always practiwble, P
out thit it is decWely worth while, if
Vcaii be'd«m<?.* weevils, he says
think about finding a sleepinp plate
“r the winter, when they exper.ence
the fi»t frost. If co^n is
fvSe before the first frost they
are apt to migrate in search of the
plant and a hungry weevil has much
less chance of going through the win
ter successfully than one that is fed
up. Stalk destruction before frost
and as long before frost as possible
is regarded by progressive cotton
growers as well as the entomologist,
as one of the measures in the control
of the boll weevil.
TOBACCO MEN HEAR
SENATOR SMITH
Talks to Big Crowd of Co-ops
At Lakeview
In spite of a rainy day more than a
thousand tobacco men and other in
terested persons gathered at Lake
view Saturday to join in the affair
staged by the co-operatives and to
eat barbecue dinner and hear Senator
Smith, of South Carolina talk of the
advantages of co-operation. Owing to
the weather the meeting place was
changed from Thaggards to Lake
view, and the change proved wise, but
the main thing was the logical and in
structive address made by Senator
Smith.
“Co-operation is a principle,” said
Senator Smith. “It is not effected by
legislation or opposition and each man
has the choice of either co-operating
or standing aside to let it pass.”
Pointing out how all commerce is
built on co-operation. Senator Smith
declared the farmer must either co
operate to controle his product and
have his product and himself con
trolled by others. ^ *
^‘Li&ke single drops of water,*'he
said, “individual farmers can accom
plish nothing in marketing their crops
but gathered into co-operative associ
ations they have a resistless power
like the mighty streams of water
which turn the turbines and produce
clectricityitia»» industry■
(Continued on page S)
MOORE COUNTY’S
ROAD PROBLEM
The recent rains in their dam
age to the roads of the state and
the county have brought the peo
ple a situation that must be
faced candidly, and met with some
scheme that will handle the pro
blem.
The States roads are in the
hands of a capable highway com
mission, which is going forward,
with ample funds at its com
mand to do what is needed... The
county has a capable ^ highway
commission, but unfortunately-
the county commission ' has to
count its money every time any
thing is proposed, and that is one
reason why the county must be
more careful to make fewer mis
takes than the state might make
and get away with it.
- Mr.- McDonald,, the superin
tendent of rOads, said recently tO
The Pilot that he believed the
roads of the county, in their
present state of advancement,
can be handled more economically
and more effectively now with
the use of tractors than with no
power but mules. ..In too many
cases mules have to be hired,
and with the drivers," and often
when help is wanted it is not
forthcoming, and in that way
work is not accomplished when it
should be.
Much of the road work now
consists of maintenance, which is
largely a mechanical proposition.
The state has found that tractors
are more economical and effect
ive than mules for upkeep, and
the county would probably profit
by the state’s example.
‘ Next Monday the highway com
mission will have this subject be
fore it for discussion. To buy
some tractors will take some mon
ey, but the tractors will save
money in their work, and in the
long run it is believed they will
give better roads for less outlay.
Moore county has gone beyond
the day when everything was
done with a bit of hay wire. Mule
labor and man labor cost too much
these days to hire too much of it.
This county wants as much for
the dollar it spends as the state
or any other employer gets for
its money, and when the state
has shown that a tractor is a
money saver on the roads, the
county might as well profit by
fh? state’s experience.
Machinery does much more for
a dollar than hand labor, and the
sooner we get to machinery and
do away with the more expensive
kind of labor the sooner we are
farther on the road toward com
munity prosperity.
L L BIDDLE TELLS
STORY FOR KlWANIS
Bumped Into Obstacles at Many
Corners but Reached
The Sandhills
There are quite a few remarkable
boys, but we’ve never yet heard of
one who washes his ears voluntarily.
During the world war Germany
thought it paid to hate. Now she
hates to pay.
At the Kiwanis dinner at Lakeview
Wednesday, L. L. Biddle told an int^- .
esting tale of adventure that sounded
as if he had been colliding with jolts
most of the way. He was born in Phil
adelphia in 1899, which is not so long
ago, but the trouble is that he was
unable, when he went to look for it,
to find the certificate of his birth^
and then to make matters worse, even
though he has evidence himself that
he has been born, he discovered that
while he was intended to be Edward
Biddle he seems to have turned out
to be L. L. Biddle, and even though
he may accept as evidence that he
was born he is not evidenct as to
whether he is Edward Biddle, as he
started out to be or L. L. Biddle as he
has'become. -
But he got that fixed all right, and
then he went to school and through
Princeton, aad then when war came on
he enlisted in the marines and was
sent down in South Carolina into
camp. About the time he arrived and
got his first ration of clothing con
sisting of a towel and suit of pajamas
recruiting was stopped, and the ten of
the bunch he was in were isolated be
cause they were not enough to‘'fofm
a company. About the time he xon-"
eluded to desert and get into some ac
tive branch of service he was called
on by the program committee of the
camp to put on gloves and meet some
shifty Sady from another company,, as
he had a reputation of being handy on
his feet because his father had done
some amateur work in that line. L. L.
denies ability as a welter weight, and
fortunately he was last on the pro
gram. Before the final event the Y.
M. C. A. men running things announc
ed prayer services, and being long on
his staying qualities the Y. man made
his prayer so long that the hour for
dismissal was up before Biddle got
the floor and he was saved. As he has
been to a puglist for some instruc
tion to get ready for his bout and had
recieved a p'mch in the eye that put
him bad he thinks he escaped in lucky
fashion, and has much respect for the
virtues of prayer.' But the eye was
badly injured and instad of going to
France he went to the hospital with
it, and it was nine months before that
e'-e was ready for drty.- It>put him
back another period later, but finally
war ended and Biddle had not killed
many Germans. He embarked in a
mercantile life and was in the way of
making a successful salesman when a
bundle of merchandise fell from a
high she^f and phit his bad eye in quod
again. Then he concluded that farm
ilife was the life for him and about
that time he had a suggestion from
Frank McGraw to come south and
(Continued from page 3)
Automobile Races at the Sandhill Fair
Larry Stone, one of the veteran jrace pilots who has entered
a Simplex in the aatoiiobil#'races rschedulfed fot *|^eiday,^ W
28th, during the ^Sandhill Stofte, who ma^ hds^reilatation
while driving"the'^famous Bliteen B^nfw^s 'cdyi^hif' goih^ for a
record over the Eastern States Exposition Track at Springfield,
Massachusetts.