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Page Two THE PILOT Published every Friday by THE PILOT, Incorporated. Aberdeen, North Carolina NELSON C. HYDE, General Manager BION H. BUTLER, Editor JAMES BOYD STRUTHERS BURT RALPH PAGE Contributing Editors Subscription Rates: One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 Three Months 50 Address all communications to The Pilot, Inc., Aberdeen, N. C. Entered at the Postoffice at Aber deen, N. C., as second-class mail mat ter. THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, August U 193^ THE REELECTION OF McLEAN The selection of J. D. McLean for tax collector for the coming year was a good job by the com missioners, yet one which The Pilot felt confident would be made, and solely because of the fitness of the candidate. It was argued in some quarters that some political antagonism might be created by this choice. But The Pilot asks all people to bear in mind this one thing—that no Democrat in the world can be a better Democrat than the man who in public office does a good job in his work. That is the only political test that should ever be recognized, for it is the only one that will not come out in the wash. And now that that job is dis posed of, the next thing in order is up to the people and the tax payers. Neither McLean nor the commissioners are to rest on a bed of roses this year. The com missioners are about to meet to prepare the budget for the county. First and foremost is the debt and interest which the county must face or go into bankruptcy. That is the big re quirement of our taxes. That item cannot be reduced or set aside except by paying down the debt. Therefore all economies must be made in other direc tions. From childhood to the grave the human race comes with its hand out and “gimme, gimme, gimme’’ on its tongue. Give us this and that and all things under the sun, and the re quest becomes a demand, and the demand comes from indivi dual, society, organization, club, district, and every imaginable combination of individuals. From now until they finish their term the commissioners will be beset by those who arrive in Carthage to ask for any old thing that money can buy. or that can be begged or stolen or coaxed. If the people really want an econ omic administration, which it is to be hoped the commissioners are determined to provide, the people must cut out some of this universal cry of give, must tie up the delegations that go in droves to Carthage, must get out of that “gimme” notion, and pare down their community needs to the bone. We may as well settle down now to pay our debts and get it into our heads that we can’t live any longer on borrowed money. A PINEHURST REVOLUTION It is not the custom of The Pilot to take out of the m.ouths of its advertisers the story they tell in their own department, but the appeal of the Pinehurst Warehouses to plant more grass seed this fall and to join in to make this Sandhillls country a joy and a temptation to strang ers to sojourn in our community excuses almost anything that is so admirable. When Pinehurst began its ex periments with the creation of grass lawns the most of us sim ply knew it couldn’t be done, be cause it had not been done. But so wise an old warrior as General Grant once remarked -to a man who said it couldn’t be done that “can’t” is not in the diction ary. And Pinehurst is as obsti nate in some things as Grant was. So Pinehurst had to be shown, and when Pinehurst was really satisfied that grass could be grown the experiments which had been persistently fol lowed provided fine swards and green covers in the Sandhills with a marvelous perfection and satisfaction. That now is a story of yester day. Pinehurst kept digging into the philosophy of growing grass, and tried out the varieties, and the fertilizer, and the time to sow the seed, and how to care for the lawns, and a multitude of things, some disappointing, some fairly promising, but a few positive in their reaction, and now the S^lndhill vttlagfes are among the most attractive be tween New York and New Or leans, and are known for their fresh and interesting appearance all the year by travelers from Hong Kong to San Francisco and London. Anybody now can have a fine green lawn and road side. Grass grows now as cheerfully in Moore county as in the meadows of the Blue Grass region of Ken tucky or the Valley of Virginia. A little grass seed and a little fertilizer costs but little money, and the returns are so great in the general improvement of the home and surroundings that every citizen should do his bit in covering the sandy soil with the cheering winter green that is so easily obtainable. It is pretty nearly time to prepare for win ter seeding. Beyond a doubt more grass seed will be planted this year than ever, for the real ization of what can be done with a little grass seed has become so common few people will let the winter go by without creating a sod around the home and vi cinity. A PITIFUL TRAVESTY When the United States gov ernment undertook to relieve the cotton situation by buying a lot of cotton to hold off the market and thereby induced the farmers to plant a larger crop they play ed the kind of a joke on the far mer that awakens pity rather than laughter. Experienced busi ness men knew very well what the only out^iome of such a pro cedure could be. The crop taken off the market could do nothing but hang above the head of the farmer until some real buyer took it again from the govern ment, and now when Germany has suggested taking a big share of government cotton a certain quarter puts up a cry against allowing Germany to have that particular cotton o nthe plea that it will prevent Germany from buying cotton of this year’s crop. But that is not the case, and if it were it makes no difference, as long as that cotton remains in government custody it is a threat against any advance in price, or any purchase of cotton bevond daily requirements. The candid fact, cold as it may seem, is that until the govern ment cotton is disposed of and actually out of the way, it is a persistent threat toward the market, and nobody who wants cotton will take the risk of pay ing a high price knowing that until that government cotton is disposed of it may come into the market to knock the bottom out from under any goods made of low priced cotton, whether it come from government or where. The farmer has been high-jacked with political delusion, and he has the penalty to pay. He has been led to plant more cotton than the world will take, and no body knows what cotton prices are to be. But it is a positive guess that until the government cotton is taken from the threat ening position it occupies it will be a sword on the neck of Amer ican business, for whatever hurts the whole cotton-growing population is vital in the welfare of the whole nation. We cannot eret around the effects of this blind piece pf folly. That govern ment cotton hangs over Ameri can industry, and it will stay there until we as a people have had time to learn our lesson that We can’t beat the natural laws of trade by selling tp ourselves a lot of stuff we do not want ar*d thinking we have disposed of it to advantage when we have not sold it at all. who is not of our way of think ing, which means chiefly not of our political affiliation. No oth er industry than government could stand so much bigoted jealousy, so much effort to dis credit the man who is trying to handle the job, so much ingen-^ uity in belittling any good thing the political opponent accom plishes. The only reason we do not as a nation kill ourselves with our constant and foolish yammer and quarrel with each other politically is the vast re sources of everything behind us and our flexible habit of ad justing ourselves to inefficient methods and to be satisfied with results that would be condemn ed in anything but public admin istration. As the foremost nation of the world in material achievement we tolerate so much that is inef ficient and inexcusable that we muddle through. But we might do so much better if we used a little intelligent judgment in our political plans and the adminis tration of them, and if we had some more commendable ambi tion than merely to capture the fleshpots and sit down to de vote the soiled and smelly loot that is won in the campaign. It is a curious light on the charac ter of our nation that we attri bute the principal stimulus of government to graft, and class ify all our business men as crooks, our public officials as incompetents and our standard of morals in public life as the standard of highwaymen, purse- snatchers and gutter thieves. It is only necessary to read the pa pers or to listen to the chatter on the comers to see what a gang of disreputables runs every government in the United States and minor divisions, and how in competent and thoroughly crooked and dishonest they all are. What an exhibit we make of ourselves by the reputation we give our officials! THE FAIR AT CARTHAGE The fair under the encour agement of the Moore county members of the American Le gion was so successful last fall that the people of the county have every reason to lend a hand in the work of duplicating and enlarging on the proposition that is offered for the fall ahead. A lot of new ideas, helpful and en tertaining, were presented last fall, showing the conception of a fair as held by the men who lay down the governing idea of the project, evidence that the man agement could see far enough ahead to arrange for something worth while. An outline of the coming event will be made public one of these days, and when the projectors begin to call for backers to put the fair over they deserve ener getic encouragement. Some lit tle complaint was offered last fall as to some minor features that crept in unexpectedly, but they were speedily suppressed, and it is not believed that any body will attempt this fall to string the management again. The whole effort of the move ment last fall was of the same high ambition that made the Sandhills, Fair at Pinehurst an outstanding example of clean en tertainment and instruction, and with the character of the men who are carrying on the affair at Carthage it is easy to figure that the meetings will be the kind you can recommend to any body. Good climate conditions have enabled the farmer to produce some things worth showing this fall. A broadening horizon in agricultural experience is likely to call out some new features and some new ideas. The fair brings folks together and broad ens acquaintance between the various sections of the county. It is time now to plan for the things that are to be taken to the fair and for the holiday that it will afford. A county thing of this sort is of great benefit in many ways, and with the mo mentum it gained last fall the presumption is that its gait this year will be enough to put the fair on a sound permanent foot ing. Lend a hand in helping it along. cahs like mine he^ps de Moo’ county l^ospital to play to crowded house. Spose A’hd be in heah if ah had been ridin’ in one o’ dem sixteen cylinder cahs lak Judge Way’s dat has to go out inter de bay to turn roun?” And the old darky smiled from be hind the bandages and stretched out in the bed in. a joyous sense pf tri umph. Must be those Samarcand girls have learned their lesson. The Raleigh prison is still standing. MOTHER OF TOM VANN DIES IN FAYETTEVILLE Mrs. Mattie C. Vann, widow of Ma jor John C. Vann and mother of Tom C. Vann of Southern Pines, died in Fayetteville Tuesday, August 4th. Death occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. M. Beasley, where funeral services were held |0n Thurs day. Eight children and three step children survive. $125,000 APPROPRIATED FOR ROCKINGHAM P. O. GRAINS OF" SAND The appropriation for the new postoffice building at Rockingham is $125,000, of which $18,000 is to be paid for the site at the comer ,of Franklin and Hancock streets. Rock ingham is |!’oing to try to get this ap propriation increased when Congress convenes. A new post|Office for Southern Pines is on the approved list for early building. Should the owners of the Southern Pines Hotel, recently de stroyed by fire, decide not to rebuild, considerable sentiment is expected to develope for that site for the fed structure. Some talk has also W heard of endeavoring to procure Federal Court to be housed in a new S,outhern Pines building. PUNCTUAUTT PROMPTNESS PRECISION if Put the Roast in the oven turn the fire very low, and your time is your own Latest Word in Roasting No Searing No Basting No Watching Seientifie Cooks Say So! Our Roasts Will Please LAMB PORK VLJLT Sanitary Cash Market E. B. Nayaard, Prop. SOUTH ST. ABERDEEN Dan McKeithen says we must have been pretty hard up last week to put the story about his telling the Kiwanians it was the first Sunday <of the month on a Wednesday noon on the first page, but Dan should take into consideration that when a 'bank cashier makes a mistake, that’s news. church treasurer, who supplied the lad with envelopes, and for months r^ow he has been a regular contribu tor. The church will be in pretty good hands when such youngsters as these grow up to take their places as lead ers. The peach season is about ovev- except at the seashore. HOTHOUSE RHYMES Of all inventions made by man, Give me the good old ’lectric fan. Thkt’s a big imprjovement Brother Patch has made in the department store. Removing the stairs appears to increase the floor space 100 per cent, and does increase it enough to provide i^VeraJ m(Vi’e counters for the display of gjoods. Business has picked up since the folks got paid off for peach picking and packing. Cy Butler, down from Kingsport, Tenn., to visit his dad, the sage of Valhalla, says the rayon business up there is bc|0ming. They are also tak ing on more hands at Hemp, we hear. We haven’t worn any yet that we know of, but this rayon must be pretty good stuff. Friends of Colin Spencer of Car thage started something when they advanced the recent Republican can didate for Congress for the United 1 States marshalship for this district. Others quickly leapt into the field, ^ arvpng them J. T. Prevette. And there I is said to be no reason to believe that , the present marshal, L. L. Jenkins of , Siler City, will retire without a I fight. However, should Jenkins slide I or be slipped out, Colin is believed to ! have the inside track. He deserves I party reward, and would make an ef ficient marshal. THE GREATEST VALUE EVER BUILT INTO A Ford Car It’s }OTily ten weeks before the Car olina at Pinehurst opens. Tempus aviates. THE USELESS MEANNESS OF POLITICS We are heading toward anoth er political campaign, and one of the most seripus that has con fronted this state and nation in a long time, for it involves the industrial and financfial condi tion of the whole people. But we approach the preliminaries in that same old habit of meanness and of useless antagonism and hateful criticism without (re gard for whether it has anything to do with the case or not. Whol ly overlooking the needs of the country, the value of possible movements that might be worth while, or the logic that applies at any point or at any time, we devote most of our energy to op posing everything and discredit ing everything the man does The annual convention of the Car- olinas district, Kiwanis International, opens the Carolina season this year, the last of October. The local Kiwan ians will entertain the clubs pf both Carolinas for three days. We were driving in from the coun try Sunday evening and as we were passing the Leslie farm, we saw a small boy, perspirati,on standing out on his face as he hurried toward town. We stopped and picked him up. “My! you’re hot!” we said to him. “Why have you been Mining?’" another asked. “I was afraid I w,ould be late for B. Y. P. U.” he replied. He was then about a mile from the church and had already come a mile or more. Mjonday’s rains broke the heat spell and Tuesday we saw more men with coats on than since early last spring. “She has to have her money for her church envelope, whatever else happens,” said a lady the other day in speaking about her eleven-year-old daughter. We kr!(Ow of a Vass youngster, five years old, who was very much hurt when his older sister was given envel^- ^Pes for her church offering and he did not receive any. So much sand did he raise that his dad appealed to the In an article in the Charlotte Ob server last Sunday ,on North Car olina’s summer resorts appears the following: From Statesville, we might go to Charlotte, “Queen City of the S,outh,” and from there on to Pinehurst and Southern Pines, to Raleigh. There are people in remote corners of the Unit ed States to whom Njorth Carolina means just Pinehurst or Southern Pines. For many years these two re sorts were better known to thousands of northern people than to native North Carolinians. People come from far and near to rest or play in these famed winter resorts, yet there must be many North Carolina mjotorist who have never visited these famous spots. The Beautiful Ford Tudor Sedan Frequently now a traveler comes back from up in God’s country and confesses that it was* so blooming hot up in Pennsylvania and New England and the rest of the intemperate belt that he had to hit the trail for the cpoling influences of the Sandhills. So it runs that in due season we at some time turn from following false gods. “Why, Sam, you know you had no business on the road with an ,old rat tletrap of a car like that. They ought to barred from the highway.” “Laws, Misto Lawson, you fo’ gets H90 \ (,F» O. B, Detroit^ plus freight and deliverY^ Bumpers and spare tire extra at low cost,') WHEN you buy a Ford car today, you buy what is unquestionably the greatest value in the history of the Ford Motor Company. Never before has so much beauty, comfort, safety and performance been offered at such a low price. The low price of the Ford is something to think about because it means an immediate saving of many dollars — always an important consideration. But far more significant than price alone is what you get for that price. When high quality is combined with loiv' price, you may justly t^e pride In having found a most satisfactory purchase. See the Ford — ride in it — leant something about the value that is built into every part. The more you know about it, the more certain you will be that it is the car for you. It is literally true that when you ‘‘get the facts you will get a Ford.”
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