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THE PILOT
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THE TEMPEST
IN A TEAPOT.
A considerable number of hon
est people regard the defeat of
the Poole bill as a misfortune.
But it could hardly have been
otherwise, for it is evident that
a great mass of thinking people
have passed the place where
they look on the religion of
Jesus Christ or the religion of
Moses and David and Job as in
need of any defense from legis
lation. The Old Testament has
come through struggles beside
which this little affair is insigni
ficant, and the New Testament,
although it escaped the wars and
the persecutions and the antag
onisms of the Jewish develop
ment, arose from a condition
that was inconceivably hostile,
and it has lived through those
times of human history that we
of the present cannot visualize
from our limited experiences.
But in spite of all, the older,
the Jewish religion, is today one
of the foundations on which civ
ilization is firmly builded, and
the newer, the Christian relig
ion, is the basis of the highest
morality that man has probably
ever known. There are other re
ligions, and they have been a
wonderful influence for human
welfare, but the religions of the.
Bible have never lost their hold,
in spite of bitter contacts, and
in spite of internal strifes and
of jealousies and of divisions of
sects, and of diversities of in
terpretations.
The trifling power of legisla
tion is small as compared with
some of the forces the religions
as they stand today have en
countered, and wqre there no
strength other than in legisla
tion no religion now observed by
men would stand for a minute.
If Christianity, or the Jewish
tenets and history as attributed
to Moses, had to depend on legis
lative enactment we would have
no trace of either of these to
call to mind what they have rep
resented. In a civilized land
where we cannot enforce so sim
ple a law as the crossing act or
the prohibition laws, or the va
rious measures that fail to check
the wave of cnme, what could
legislation do with laws to com
pel religious opini:ns or ac
tions? If any man thinks the
religions of civilization are de
pendent on human laws as laid
down by legislation or by con
gresses he is fooled. If we can
not go deeper than that with our
influences and restraining pow
ers we might as well close the
churches tomorrow. To teach
an error never gives it a footing
of any account, and to fight the
truth never gets anywhere.
That’s the thing to remember.
The Bible needs no help.
THE FARMER’S
PLIGHT.
Max Gardner at Statesville
last week talked to the farmers
about conditions that are mak
ing farm prosperity difficult,
and it is a long time since a man
preached so much economic
sense, and talked so candidly to
a class of people who have been
fed up on absurd sophistries as
the farmers have in the last gen
eration. Mr. Gardner told his
hearers that it is not eleven cent
cotton, nor any other thing over
which he has no control that af
fects the farmer as. much as one
thing that he should control, and
that thing is debt.
Not long ago North Carolina
farms were reasonably free from
debt. Now they are loaded to the
muzzle with debts, and the chief
cry of the farm seems to be a
way to pile on more debt. Cor
porations are formed to make it
easy for the farmer to get worse
and worse into the helpless
slough and to tie around his neck
the millstone that is already
sinking many and will sink more
before the end comes.
The quack remedies that are
offered the farmer are the worst
sort of delusions, for while they
afford him no help they call his
attention away from the things
that would afford him relief. But
Max Gardner is outspoken. He
proposes no way to get rich
quick or easy, for the plight of
agriculture is one that can not
yield to nostrums, no matter
how pleasing the claims of those
who have the goods to offer. The
job that is ahead of the farmer
is a hard one, and it is useless
to try to persuade him that it is
not. It is harder than he thinks
or than most others think, for
it involves a lot of work, disap
pointment, struggle against ad
visers who are mouthier than
brainy, and to tell the truth The
Pilot is not hopeful of any early
remedies. The farmer does not
get a fair share in the industrial
world, but borrowing money will
not give him that fairness, nor
will any plans that propose to
get money for him in any way
but work. And if he can not
pay his debts, to get further in
debt is more certain suicide.
Debt is the great handicap of
the farmer of today, and unless
he gets rid of that burden he
can not be helped by any power,
for debt eats up his earnings
and keeps his nose tighter to the
grindstone. There is no way
out but to get rid of debts and
then to stay rid of them.
"^A few sound talks like this
will make Max Gardner gover
nor of North Carolina regard
less of any other help.
OUR HIGH
SCHCOOL GRADUATES.
Last week's issue of the Uni
versity News Letter notes that
Moore county ranks third in the
number of high school gradu
ates in proportion to the popu
lation. We have over 103 for
each ten thousand population,
while Washington has 105 and
Pamlico 117, Guilford 62, Bun
combe 54, Mecklenburg 53, Wake
47, Forsyth 41, Durham 40, and
the average of all the counties
of the State is 47, which puts
Moore up to double the average
and then some.
Moore county has. been mak
ing resolute efforts to show
progress in school matters, and
to the credit of the school board,
the school officials and teachers,
and the school patrons the coun
ty holds a high rank. Although
our county is not one of the pop
ulous or wealthy counties there
are only 14 other counties in the
State that graduated as many
children from the high schools
as Moore did. The article in the
News Letter also says that in
the Sandhills section is one
frroup of counties and in the
Northeast tidewater section is
•mother group of counties which
led all the rest of the State as
groups. These two centers of
educational effort stand out
prominently. Buncombe and
Guilford are the only two coun
ties with larger towns or cities
that lead Moore county’s record,
and New Hanover with its prom
inent city of Wilmingtofn has
only a rating of 30 as against
Moore county’s 103.
This bit of information is not
printed as a desire to boast; for
education is still far enough be
hind what it should be, and it is
unnecessary to get too chesty
over what has been done. But it
is gratifying to know thatMoore
county is on the right track, and
that its educational forces are
accomplishing something that
puts the county third on the list
among the counties of the State.
Moreover in the colleges of the
State Moore county delegations
f^re important and high in col
legiate standing. In the same
breath it seems meet to refer a
minute to John McQueen, a man
who lives largely for others, and
particularly for the younger
members of the social body, not
only of Moore county, but wher
ever he can put his finger on
some one in need of sound en
couragement, and alonof with
McQueen good old Lawhon. n^w
gone to his everlasting rest, for
he too, was one of the mi^jsi'^n-
'^ries in this work. On t^e ^rmb-
'='tones of t^pse two m^n
these stones are raised soine
day, should be carved the legend,
'‘Fiat Lux,” from Genesis 1, 3.
OUT THE
WEYMOUTH RIDGE.
The Pilot this week announces
the purchase by the Weymouth
interests of the Knoll wood tract
of land out the ridge toward the
Kahler and Butler lands and be
yond the Yeoman and Grover
orchards. This is regarded as
one of the most interesting
transfers in a considerable time
in that section, for it brftigs
into the Boyd hands the contin
uation of the ridge land, and
that has been a feature in all
the Weymouth development. The
sale last week to Mrs. Rose was
the sale, not of a bit of land,
but of a home site on the sum
mit of Weymouth Heighte, a
fine outlook over all this inter
esting country, and a setting on
top of the world.
Jackson and James Boyd have
been watching that extended
ridge for sometime, and when
they bought the Grover ridge it
was natural that folks should
look for them to annex the oth
er. That gives them the ridges
on each side of the James creek
water shed, and the enclosed
valley, and puts them in posses
sion of the eastern outlet from
Southern Pines. As Jack Boyd
has said, it is their desire to see
that neighborhood grow into a
pleasant place to live, and it is
to be presumed that as Wey
mouth needs room to expand
they will put the extending
ridge at the disposal of people
who want more room out in the
country to make those interest
ing homes that the ridges afford
room for.
That Knollwood ridge is ono
of the most delightful parts of
the Sandhills, and The Pilot
looks forward to the day when
home-makers will be selecting
sites there in two or three or
five or ten acre tracts, and may
be larger, and creating a type
of rural homes that will be one
of the strongest features of this
fine home-making territory. The
tract contains about 200 acres,
and fits better in the Weymouth
project of expansion than in
that of Knollwood, as it is de
tached from anything else Knoll
wood has. The land is not
bought as a speculative venture,
and will not be thrust on the
market. James Boyd said the
other day that he liked the loca
tion and thought it a good piece
of ground to have. He also add
ed that it is a good factor in
helping to make that pleasant
community that he and his
brother desire. But when folks
ramble over that ridge and see
the possibilities of it it is a good
guess that Weymouth will be
asked to make a price on build
ing acreage out that way. Inci
dentally there would be a won
derful hotel site.
CARraAGE
On Thursday afternoon, February
17, Mrs. H. F. Sea well entertained
the Married Ladies’ Bridge club.
The house was beautifully decorat
ed with spring flowers. The George
Washington idea being carried out
in the score cards, favors and baskets
filled with candies.
Those present were Mesdames W.
R. Clegg, C. G. Spencer, W. H. Cur
rie, U. L. Spence, 0. B. Welch, R.
G. Wallace, C. O. Bell, R. W. Pleas
ants, F. S. Cole, G. G. Grier, G. C.
Penn, W. S. Shields, W. T. Overman,
John Beasley, Henry Seawell, T. B.
Tyson, C. L. Tyson, James Davis, H.
Underwood, and Miss Augusta Mc-
Friday, February 25, 1927
Keithen.
Mrs. Seawell was assisted by Miss
Meade Seawell in serving a delicious
salad course and coffee^
The Round Dozen Music club met
with Mrs. J. G. Downing, Friday af
ternoon, February 18.
There were eleven members pres
ent: Meisdames C. G. Spencer, H.
F. Seawell, R. W. Pleasants, R. L.
Tyson, R. L. Bums, 1, W. Wlliamson,
F. S. Blue, M. G. Dalrymple, J. G.
Downing, Misses Zora Lee Frye, and
Augusta McKeithen. Mrs. Downing
served a delicious salad course.
Frank Blue spent Tuetsday and
Wednesday in Raeford.
Mrs. Roy Harrington, of Lakeview
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Nelia
Black.
Misses May and Bess Stuart have
returned from Charlotte where they
spent a few days.
' C. E. Clark and family visited
friends at Hemp lust Tuesday.
Mrs. D. B. Dennings, of Lakeland
j Florida, who has been visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Muse,
lejft Saturday to visit relatives in
Fayetteville
E. J. Woodley and daughter were
in tovm Wednesday.
Sorry to have Toni Dawson on the
sitk list this week.
Miss Me«de SeaweU spent Satur-
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