MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS WEEKLY THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 11, NO. 48. I Necessity and Governor Gardner Conspire to Defeat Depression Here Farmers Forced To Raise Own Food for Lack of Funds. Con dition Better in Upper Moore NEED GREAT IN VILLAGES By Bion H. Butler Along with ,other people of the county I have been inquiring some infb the condition of the unemployed, the people wha will need relief during the winter, and the condition of the far mers and fother workers. Things seem to be turning out as they always do, which is the way you do not expect. Curiously enough the situation in one section of the county does not indi-1 cate the situation in another section, j Orii? bold man in the upper part of the county, who does not want to have his name used in connection with his statements, says in the Republican sec tion of the county things are pros perous, and that the depression is chiefly in the Dem,ocratic section, ■which is the south side. Most of the niBH who talked to me said, “You need j not ?ay I said this,” and in deference ! to their modesty I pass along whau i I ^eathered as a part of the general | >:ectioTial view of the situation. ! There is more |0r less of fact in what the one man remarked about the Republican section of the county, the upper townships. There, as in all the farming neighborhoods, the farmers have filled their corn cribs and their cellars, and they have their rations for the wij^ter. In some communities | iTiot so much meat is in evidence as might be desirable, but chickens will help out, w’hile some of the farms are pretty well provided with cattle and hogs to go through. One thing called to my attention was the small ^ amount of debt up that way. “Not i much money, but quantities ^f that I sort of stuff that would take money to j buy if it had not been made at home. “F.ollowing Governor Gardner’s ad vice to make their own supplies,” one infiormant said, but along with it they are following the advice of Nec-1 essity, which is the best counselor in the world, for when Necessity says to did you dig. Praise for Garrison'^ Another thing that was offered re garding the upper townships is that the folks up that way have fewer n^ortgages on their farms than is common in the lower townships. “Not much fear of foi’eclosure, and not much call for money to pay the in terest,” “We are getting more live stock up here,” said one substantial farmer. “Garris,on is a big help to Moore county in that respect.” Anoth er pointed to the silk mills at Hemp, the talc mines, the saw mills in that vicinity, and said that with payrolls of that magnitude and diversity de pression was more imaginary than real. “Of course,” said one farmer, “there are families in the upper town- f^hips who are in hard luck, but may be not many m^ore than common. Some places the men are gone to At lanta for bootlegging. That makes it hard on the women with little chil dren, and some of them need help. Folks that have sickness need help.” Around Hi^h Falls things might be wo-'se as the people tell the tale. L)0W water in the river has interrupted the operation of the mill somewhat, but it is still employing a fair number of hands, and the same tale of stuff in the barn and corn houses are heard. down the Horseshoe way the Pe,{)ple are caring for themselves pretty well in a general way. Some help will be needed, but not as much farther south. In Greenwood town- shir begins a different condition. An abundance of things to eat has been ^^ade. The dewberry crop did not hrirjT as much money as .was hoped, it helped, and cotton is bringing ^ little and tobacco. The farmers are ^^ported as being in shape to carry through the winter, but their accounts due for fertilizer and other things are the chief difficulty. As we\swing farther south we find the pains of farm reliefs s.howing more plainly. ^^3rt{?ages and interest are becom- iTfifOre of a factor as well as Your 73 Cents Education and Highways Get Largest Slice of County Taxpayer’s Money As announced in a recent issue of The Pilot, the /letv tax rate for Mo,ore county has been fixed at 73 cents. For the benefit of taxpay ers who are interested in knowing just how this money is used, we print the following. Of every 73 cents collected, 15c goes to the general county fund, 3c for county health, 5c f|0r the poor, 6c for court house bonds, 2c for county bonds, 15 l-2c for the current expense fund of the schools, 7c tfO capital outlay fulid for schools; 5 l-2c for debt service for schools, and 14c for highway bonds. MANI.EY PILOT SELL YOUR ' TOBACCO ON THE ABERDEEN MARKET Aberdeen, North Carolina of the Sandhill Territ''^ c ' North Carolina O -a ___= Friday, October 30, 1931. FIVE CENTS AIR TI&-UP WITH RALEJGH GRANTED . BY GOVERNMENT “Shuttle Service” Between Knollwood and Eastern Air Transport Line Authorized AIR MAIL MAY RESULT Said the G. of N. C. to the G. o.f C. SOUTHERN PINES TO PLAN RELIEF WORK ON MONDAY M. G. Nichols, Unemployment Chairman Calls Meeting to Outline Winter Program HOOVER, GARDNER ASK AID M. G. Nichols, general chairman of the Unemployment and Relief Com mittee of Southern Pines, has called a meefing of the committee at the Southern Pines Country Club for next Monday evening, November 2d, at 8:15 o’clock. The purpose of the meeting, as stated in a letter sent out by Mr. Nichols, are: (1) To receive reports of the work done since the last meeting and to take such action as may be indi cated; (2) To decide how and when the funds now in hand shall be expend ed; (3) To decide whether the com- piittee favors some form of organized Unemployment and Relief work for the coming winter; Should the committee be in favor of continuing the relief work the fol lowing questions may arise: (a) Along what lines shall the relief be given? (b) Shall “The General Committee” as such be continued? (c) Shall the present members of the committee continue or shall the various town or ganizations be requested to appoint* new members to represent them ? “The President’s Emergency Com mittee for Employment” and the “Governor’s Council on Unemploy ment and Relief” are both urging that a campaign for relief work, adapt ed to the needs of the community, be organized at once' so that they can co-operate. Both organizations fear ing that the coming winter will bring great suffering to the poor unless by united effort we can assist. Regardless^ of future relief work, the officers and workers of last year’s organization, or their successors, should have the committee’s author ity to act, either in granting or re fusing the increasing number of ap peals for aid now being made. It is therefore necessary th^t the General Committee decide whether it will now bring its activities to a close or to decide upon some plan for further action. * The committee has a right to be proud of the splendid work accom plished last year and we owe to those who have carried most of the bur dens of the wK)rk that the present un certainty be removed as to the future and as to the wishes of the commit tee. ^ Authority has been granted by the United States Department of Com- j merce for the operation of a “shut-j tie service” by airplane between the ' Knollwood Airpiort and Raleigh this ■ winter. With the establishment of this I service, it will be possible to “take ^ off” from the Sandhills flying field at noon and enjoy your dinner in New York that evening. The “shuttle service” ties np with the main line of the Eastern Air Transport at Raleigh. Regular ser vice is maintained by this line daily in b)0th north and south directions. Modern air transports cover the dis tance between New York and Raleigh and Florida points and Raleigh in a few hours. It is probable that ar rangements will be made at the of fices of the Eastern Air Transport to notify the Knollwo\od field when pas sengers for Pinehurst, Southern Pines or other Sandhills points are booked, so that planes from Knollwood ;iay meet the transports at the Raieigh field and whisk the passengers here. The letter of authority for the “shuttle service” was dated in Wash ington October 21st and signed by Clarence M. Young, assistant secre tary of Commerce. May Mean Air Mail There is another phase to the grant ing of the license in addition to the proposed passenger service. It lopens the possibility of air mail for Sand hills points. Efforts have been made by Pinehurst and the Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce for several I years to provide air mail locally, but I the authorities have maintained that I there was n^ot sufficient mail of this j clasg either incoming or outgoing to I warrant establishing an air line to Knollwood. With the line now estab- I 1 lished, there is little doubt but ihat j an application will again be made to the Postoffice Department at Wash- ingtion for such service. The Knollwood Airport entertained a number of visitors djiring the past week. Two large tri-motored Ford planes dropped in on Thursday, one bringing twelve Kiwanians from Kin ston flor the Carolinas convention at Pinehurst, the otlier carrying ten Rockingham business^ men who drop ped down at the local field for a short stay. Pilot Paul Davis of High Point also arrived on Thursday with two Ki- wanis delegates fi^om his town. He flew a Curtin Robin. On Saturday noon. Pilot Mitchell and two passengers en route to Flor ence, S. C., stopped off at Knollwood in a Wright-powered Curtis Robin K.ortation facilities it can af- historic meeting of the governors of ford under the State standard budg,et, it can indulge in more expensive transportation, but it must pay the difference. If a county is not satis fied with the number of teachers al lotted t^ it by the State, it can have the two states on another occasion, both discussed seriously the problems facing their respective states and the country as a whole at this tim'fe, and called for the wholehearted support of Assistant Chief of Police, J. A. Gar gas of Southern Pines was promoted to chief of police by the Board of Qommissioners of that town at their meeting on Wednesday night of this week. At the same time, it was voted to add Walter F. Doby of Durham to the police force as assistant to the chief. Gargas succeeds his late superior officer, B. H. Beasley, shot and kill ed by a negro, Everett McLean, wh|Om he was^ attempting to aid in having charges for which Beasley had arrest ed him set aside. Beasley was the sec ond successive chief of police of South ern Pines to be killed during his ten ure of that position. It was at the time of the murder of Chief Joseph Kelly by Granville A. Dietz, now an es caped convict, that Gargas came here as night policeman under Chief Beas ley. Gargas w’as for many years one of the most efficient officers on the Raleigh police force, and has made a splendid record since c,oming to Southern Pines. Walter F. Doby comes here with the highest of recommendations. From 1922 to 1930 he was chief of police of the city of Durham. From 1902 t,o 1905 he served in the United States Calvary, and was captain of the Con stabulary in the Dominican Republic, He served for several years as assis^;- ant chief of police in .Porto Rico, and was for some time chief of police of the Virgin Islands. Experienced Officer The Southern Pines cc;iimissicners feel that they have the man to meet their i^oblems in Doby, a fearless of ficer, of wide experience with all classes, a man of executive ability. They feel that Chief-Gargas with the able assistance of his new aide will be able to put an 'end to troubles which have been besetting the town and neighborhood f,or some time, and that with Doby’s acquaintance wjth the criminal element of the state through his long connection^ with the police force at Durham, there will be little opportunity for the perpetrati,on of serious crimes in the town. Doby is already on the job, acquainting him self with the territory and conditions. Mayor D. G. Stutz and Commission er L. V. O’Callaghan accompanied the body of the late Chief Beasley to Portsmouth, Virginia, last Friday for the burial service there. There was a large gathering at the grave, which was banked with floral tributes from the many friends of the officer. A Marine Corps guard fired a final sa lute to their former member as the coffin of the martyr to duty was low ered into his last resting place. ABERDEEN BOYS HURT IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT Kiw’anis in conquering the current more, and pay them itself, spirit of unrest and defeatism. The gtate Superintendent-of Schools several hundred gathered ground the j)j. a. T. Allen told members of the tables in the big Carolina ballroom Kiwanis Club of A]>erdeen at their nose as one man when District Gov-'* weekly meeting held Wednesday in ernor Tom Pruitt called ^pr volun- < Aberdeen Community House. In- teers to answer the virile challenge of troduced by Conrad T. Waldie, Dr. the time, as set forth in the guberna- Allen proceeded to make the new edi>- torial addresses. cation law of the state clear in the Other speakers at the banquet were minds of those present. He went into General Manus McCloskey, command- ; the history of the school system of ing officer at Fort Bragg and E. B. North Carolina back to 1885 when Jeffress, chairman of the State High way Commission. To Meet at Columbia Columbia, S. C., was selected for the 1932 convention, definite dates for which will ^ be set later by the counties were first ordered to finance ^ four months s