THE PILOT
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THE SIGN OF
RELIEF.
Bion H. Butler.
I am not one of the folks who
believe the country is going to
the bowwows, for being an ex
aggerated optimist I am of the
contrary opinion. It has never
occurred to me that this big job
of creation is a failure, and that
it is to be followed by destruc
tion, for although we may not
have full knowledge of the draw
ings and specifications, it seems
to go along without our aid.
We do not read enough of the
fundamentals, and we yammer
too much about the things that
^re sudsy. Every once in a while
I dig up Pilgrim’s Progress, for
it is a fountain of quaint but
substantial wisdom, and Bunyan
in his simple fashion covered a
world of philosophy in his dis
course, and we may profit if we
read more of it than we do.
This is suggested by the fact
that we are about to leam that
the farmer in climbing up the
hill of difficulties has arrived at
the place where Timorous and
Mistrust saw the lions in the
way, and turned back. Chris
tian, with that fine optimism,
which some call faith, pursued
his way, and when he arrived
near the lions he saw they were
chained.
That is the experience in this
world. Most of the lions are
chained. And that is why we
get as far as we do. The farmer
is now in sight of the lions, and
if he will look close he will see
that they are chained. Or, to in
terpret Bunyan’s dream, things
are never as terrible as we in
our alarms assume them to be.
Cotton is selling now around
13 cents. It has been soaring
wildly in the neighborhood of 40,
but the reason was apparent at
the time, and the occasion was
one that we hope never to see
again. War disarjranges rela*-
tions in many respects. War al
ways does, but rarely perma
nently to any disadvantage. War
is over, and readjustments are
gradually taking place. Cotton
before the war was looked on as
highly satisfactory if the price
reached 12 or 13 cents. It would
be satisfactory now if other
things were in proportion. But
it seems that the proportionate
prices of other things are grad
ually adjusting themselves to 13
cent cotton. Fertilizer, the big
item in the expense account, is
this spring taking a decided
drop. Fertilizer men say the
price is to compare with the fig
ures of before the war, and pos
sibly the comparison will be in
the farmer’s favor. If cotton
holds around 15 cents, and fer
tilizer goes to a price approxim
ate with that of 12 years ago it
is a certainty that the lions in
the way of the farmer will be
found to be chained when he ar
rives where he is to pass them.
As far as, The Pilot can de
termine the fertilizer prices are
not yet absolutely fixed, but the
old 8-2-2 basis seems to be as
low at the ports as before the
war, with little difference in
freights or costs of handling,
and with the better arrange
ments for financing the supply
the cost is to be rather in the
farmer's favor. In other things
the price tendency seems to be
downward to accord with the
price of farm things, although
the farm products have had a
much harder paring in price
than most commodities. There
the farmer still has a reasonable
cause to be afraid of the lions,
for many manufactured prod
ucts, freight rates, mail rates,
and things he buys are not
priced on the same basis as the
things he sells. But time will
no doubt adjust these ratios and
meanwhile the farmer is wise
who will fit his own position to
the conditions^ He can do this
largely by prudent buying, by
making use of his home facili
ties to supply more than he does,
for he buys many things he
should provide on his own place,
and with the tendency to scale
down costs of what he must se
cure from others his prospects
are much better than they have
been.
The farmer has suffered from
the unnatural prices of war
time, for he lost his head and
his feet both under the unnatur
al conditions. With fertilizers
making the decided shift that
seems indicated, and with other
con^modities heading in the
same direction it looks as if this
should be one of the most fa
vorable years the farm has had
since the war began, and his at
titude should be that the world
is his if he goes after it.
The lions are chained if we
have the nerve to travel the
road, and the coming summer
gives promise of being one of
the best all around that the
Sandhills have ever seen. But
we must be optimists and play
the game to win, and not let
Faintheart delay us on the road.
THE PINE
NEEDLE INN.
This week men and teams are
busy at work grading out the
foundation for the new hotel at
Knollwood, the Pine Needle. Ma
terial has been ordered, and de
liveries are to be made by Feb
ruary 15, that work may start
on the substructure at once.
This new hotel is a pretty
good thing for folks interested
in the Sandhills of North Caro
lina to study. It was projected
by the Pinehurst Corporation
and set on foot by that organi
zation, an organization fully fa
miliar with conditions in this
part of the country. When Pine
hurst decided to expend another
million or so in providing facil
ities for more people in this
neighborhood it may be taken as
a certainty that the outlay is
warranted.
This is not Pinehurst’s affair,
entirely, for many other people
are interested in the proper
forecast of the future here. But
those other fplks are quite will
ing to accept Pinehurst’s guess.
They know very well that Pine
hurst has access to more infor
mation on which to base its fig
ures than any one else has, and
also that Pinehurst does not
start many things it does not
carry out in proper form. There
is a double assurance that Knoll
wood, and with it all the rest of
the neighborhood, is in for a
much broader expansion of win
ter business, and a much greater
winter and permanent popula
tion. The Pilot has often re
verted to Main street, the big
road from the Carolina to the
Highland Pines. That big road,
that Main street of Middle North
Carolina, is more definitely de
termined now than ever.
That this big Main street will
have an interesting detour at
the expanded Knollwood is all
the more pleasing, and that de
tour will not be long in dotting
another section of the Sandhills
with interesting homes, and the
probability is that the better
type of homes will be the pre
dominating kind, for. all along
Main street the day of the small
experiment has gone by. A new
era has come in the Sandhills,
and the speed will be greater
just as the pressure is greater.
Main street will be all you care
to expect of it.
THE PILOT
constant talk about its objec
tions. But work is the one thing
we may all depend on for our
subsistence, our material pros
perity, and much of our happi
ness. Possibly the attitude so
ciety is manifesting toward
work is one of the reasons why
we complain so much and with
some justness of the flippancy
with which so many people re
gard the necessities of life, and
try so energetically to avoid
them. Work should be a pleas
ure if we look on it rightly, for
it enables us to obtain the thing3
we want, and unless we cultivate
the habit of regarding work as
undesirable it has little in it to
protest against.
However, we all have to work,
and the sooner the child leams
to work intelligently and effici
ently and with pleasure in the
occupation the more that child's
life is destined to be a success.
Education is one of the most to
be desired acquisitions of man,
and the children should have all
the opportunities they can be
given to leam all they can, but
in that education should be a
thorough knowledge of how to
work, and to work productively,
and with pleasure in the task.
School that cuts out work, and
that makes work look objection
able to the child is just as open
to criticism as work that cuts
out school. The most unfortun
ate child in this county is the
one who is. not taught to work
and to appreciate the pleasure
of being able to provide for him
self and his dependent by his
work, and to find pleasure in the
accomplishment that work per
mits. To keep children idle un
til they are eighteen is a grave
mistake and serious wrong.
CAMERON
“Hail to thy returning festival—old
Bishop Valentine! Thou comest at
tended with thousands and ten thou
sands little loves, and the air is
brushed with the hiss of rustling
wings. Singing Cupids aie thy chor
isters. The mystical arrow is borne
before thee.”
The first person you meet on the
morning of February the 14th wiU be
your valentine.
W. M. Wooten and family spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
P. W. Joyner in Fayettteville.
J. A. Phillips made a business trip
to Winston-Salem Monday, selling his
1926 tobacco
After spending several weeks at
home with her mother. Miss Kate
Harrington returned Sunday to Char
lotte via Biscoe, to spend a night with
her sister, Mrs. A. W. Burt.
W. D. Smith, of Vass, was a caller
in town Sunday afternoon
A large crowd at the school audi
torium Friday night to see the
“Wren” given by the Dramatic Club,
Cameron High, and directed by Miss
Louise Johnson. Door receipts were
$60.65.
Mrs. J. D. McLean was hostess at a
three course luncheon at her home on
Thursday of last week at 2:30 o-clock,
a blue and white color scheme, the
center piece being a beautiful nar
cissus in a China bowl of blue. Her
guests were Mesdames Lula Muse, J.
E. Snow, Jewel Hemphll, and Miss
Kate Harrington.
The John McNeill Society met last
week with Mrs. Jewel Hemphill. A
splendid program with Miss Flora
Phillips—the youngest member—as
leader. Subject: “Being true to our
Covenant.”
The subject was discussed by four
able speakers, Mesdames J. E. Mc-
Graw, W. G. Parker, Jewel Hemphill
and Miss Ruth Wooten. Dismissed
vdth prayer for Mexico by Mrs. Loula
Muse.
Frank C. McNeill, of Richmond, Va.,
Friday, February 11, 1927.
last week.
Miss Beulah Thomas who teaches
at Broadway came home for the week
end.
Mrs. Janie Muse, Miss Mamie Muse
and W. A. Muse visited Mrs. Fannie
Muse near Carthage Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Wicker, of Pine
hurst, were in town Sunday.
Miss Mary McLean, of Raleigh, was
home for the week end.
Dorothy and Frank Swett, students
at Hemp, were home for the week
end.
Miss Margaret Thomas has return
ed from a visit to Tampa.
D. C. Buie and family, of Hamlet,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Hu
bert Phillips.
Miss Annie McDonald, of Durham,
visited relatives in town Sunday.
M. D. McLean was a business visitor
in Aberdeen Saturday.
Mrs. Ben Gulledge and niece, Miss
Mary Redfem, of South Carolina,-
were in town Saturday.
Mrs. E. M. Borst, Mrs. H. D. Tally,
Miss Annie Borst, Miss Hellen Park
er, and brother, William Parker, spent
Sunday afternoon with Mrs Alec
Blue, and Mrs. J. A. Cameron and
family at Raeford.
Mrs. Mamie Snipes and daughters.
Misses Margaret and Hazel, of Clio,
S. C., spent Saturday with Mrs. D.
W. McNeill.
Mrs. Charles Grier, of Carthage,
was a Cameron visitor Tuesday of
last week.
Little Laura Grace Rogers who is
spending some time with her grand
spent the week end with his parents,' mother, Mrs. Laura Rogers, went to
Rev. and Mrs. M. D. McNeill. , Sanford Sunday to visit her mother,
Mrs. Mattie Cameron came down Mrs. J. C. Rogers and Jr. R., Jr.
from High Point Saturday for a visit i Miss Mary Gibson, of Hamlet, is
to her dauhter, Mrs. S. W. Rohards. I visiting Mrs. Ben Gulledge, on Rt. 2.
Mr. and Mrs. John Vivk and baby,' W. A. Muse, Miss Margaret Greene,
of Pennsylvania, are visiting Mr. , Dwight Chalmers and Miss Louise
Vick’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rome Johnson spent an evening last week
Vick, on Rt. 2. | at Pinehurst.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Guthrie spent | Miss Lucile Loving spent the week
Wednesday at Fort Bragg, the guest
of Sgt. and Mrs. Lemuel Williams
H. P. McPherson left Monday on a
business trip to Ocala, Fla.
Mesdames J. A. McPherson, Geor-
gie Matthews, J. M. Guthrie, Miss
end with Miss Eva Graham on Rt. 1.
Miss Lola Belle Thomas, of Broad
way, spent Friday night with the
Misses Rogers and attended the play
at the Cameron school.
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Boaz went to
Meta Davis were shopping Friday in ; Fayetteville Saturday, returning with
Sanford. ; Miss Ethel Boaz, who was taken quite
Msses Annie Hartsell, Vera Me- ill after reaching home, but is re-
Lean, Thurla Cole were visitors of | ported some better at the present
Misses Efiie and Margaret Gilchrist i writing.
at their home on Rt. 2 an evening of (Please turn to page 5)
Little River Stores Company, Inc.
THE CHILD
WHO WORKS.
In the school discussion one
phase has not been sufficiently
emphasized, although it is
brought out in every argument
that is put up for or against an
increased school period for the
children in the rural schools.
That phase is the right of the
child to be taught to work. In
some of the misguided interest
in the children the sentiment
seems to be put forth that chil
dren should not be allowed to
work seriously until they reach
the age of eighteen. Probably
the only characterization of such
an attitude is that it is a crime
against the child.
Work is no hardship. The
thing that makes it hard is the
VASS
Meat Market
General Merchandise
Building Supplies and
Fertilizer
DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT
OFFERS YOU
Unbleached muslin L. L. at, yd. 10
Pure Thread Silk Hosiery, full fash
ioned, at, pr $1.59
Silk Hosiery, the $1.00 kind, pr 89
Costume Slips, all colors, each ..$1.19
Tablets and Composition books,
each 04
Leatherette Suit Cases, with
straps $1.95
Gold Seal Congoleum Rugs—
6x 9 $ 9.00
8x10 10.50
9x12 15.00
By the yard 80
NEW HATS WEEKLY OF THE
NEWEST STYLES
LAKEVIEW
Fancy Groceries and
Feeds, Fertilizer and
Pure Bred Pigs, (Big
Bone Poland China)
Bread Big Loaf ^ 09
Choice Grade Saurkraut 15
Campbell Soups 4. 12
Choice Dessert Peaches, No. 3
can 30
Golden Crown Syrup 40
Eagle Brand Milk 23
Sugar, any quantity ' 7 1-2
String Beans, No. 2 can 15
English Peas, No. 2, .18
Sweet Corn, No. 2, .15
Georgia Ribbon Cane Syrup, gal»..85
Coving Fancy Molasses ,.85
Lakeview Meal and Checkboard Feeds
for all the animals and flock.
SOUTHERN PINES
Feeds and Seeds
Fertilizer and Materials
Pea Green Alfalfa Hay from Irri
gated fields, richest for milk....38.00
Choice Timothy Hay, per ton 35.00
Cow Chow, per bag $2.85
Omoline, per bag $2.80
Pig Chow, per bag $3.40
Chowder, per bag $3.85
Hen Chow, per bag $3.00
Baby Chic Chow $3.85
Beet Pulp, per bag $2.45
C. S. Meal, per bag $1.75
Seed Oats, per bag $4.00
Feed Oats, per bag $3.75
Red Dog, per bag $2.75
Stock Salt .$2.50
Fresh country eggs brought in daily
PRICE ALWAYS RIGHT
FERTILIZER
CASH PRICES
Per Ton
8-2-2
8-3-3
24.50
8-4.4
8-3-5
9-4-5
6-4-0
Acid 16 Percent
16.15
Kanit 12 Percent
17.00
Soda 18 Percent
60.90
Manura Salts
19.65
What you Save by
using Cotton Seed..
Meal is easy to see, as
you can take the price
of the Acid Kanit and
Soda and your meal and
make a good cheap
Fertilizer
A GOOD CORN GUANO
6-4-0
MIXED TO MAKE THIS:
4 sacks, 16 percent acid.
1 sack, 20 percent soda.
10 sacks, 7 percent C. S. Meal.
A GOOD COTTON GUANO
8-3-3
Mixed:
900 lbs., 16 percent acid.
500 lbs. 7 percent S. S. MeaL
150 lbs. 18 percent Soda.
450 lbs. 12 percent Kanit.
A GOOD COTTON GUANO
8-4-4
Mixed;
900 lbs. acid.
500 lbs. C. S. Meal.
250 lbs. Soda.
350 lbs. Manura Salts.
Little River Stores Company, Inc.