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Page Two THE PILOT, Aberdeen and Southern Pines. North Carolina Friday, January 1, 1932. THE PILOT Publisheil every Friday by THE I’JI.OT, Incorporated. Abffdoen and Southern Pines, N. C. the whole sentiment of the hu man race i.s rather to buy than to create. Wo i)roftss to detest work, and try to shorten hours of work, and to keep the chil dren from work, and to look on NEl.sox c. iiVDE, MauaKinK Editor work as drudgery rather than I510N H. lU'TLEK, Editor i as the means of production. JAMES HOYi) STia'THEKS lJUKT; What We want we like to get by KAiril PAGE (.’ontrilniting Editors Sulisfription Hates: One Year Six M«nlh> Three Months. $2.00 $1.00 .50 Ailditss all communications to The Pilot, Inc., Ahcrdeen, N. C. Entered at the Postoffice at Aber deen, X. C., as second-class mail mat ter. mnetep:n THIRTY-TWO Because the men who made the calendar ])ut the beginning of the year at a day which falls after the sun in its journey among the constellations appears to enter Saggitarius under the popular belief that it is Capri- cornus, the world arranges for a revolutionary date for Janu ary'!, and We hail a New \'ear. Aside from its purposes in keep ing tab on when the bills are due and the time to husk corn and how much wood is requir ed yet to get us through to the warm days of spring, N\>w Year ' going down into the pocket or by signing up on the document that tells the collector to come round the first of the month. Now that has lost its power to j.'roduce and the collector is coming more than the salesman. Tt is an afterthought and in many cases a painful one. Tt will remedy itself, for salesmen can not sell indefinitely without the reckoning, and uncollectable ac counts are not rated very high ’ 0'-: That means get to work, and make the buying bal- ' nee the wcr’dng, and fixing pay ('ay on buy day instead of next month. The thing you get when you pay for it is ahvays much more appreciated than the thing you got months ago when you have to pay for it. The dead horse excites no enthusiasm when the purchase price has to be paid after the death. And that is the situation now. So the man says we will be at the end of the de pression when we begin to pro duce to satisfy our wants in stead of buying on time to save the neces<sity of work and econ omy to match our incomes. He IS largely a matter tor emo ional I stmiulation. Cj-- grandiathers | used to_ swear off and make new resolutions and things like that at this season. But this is a progressive age and instead of swearing off we climb on a lit tle further, cuid as for resolu tions, that’s old .^tuff. It is always in order to lament come in the ordinarj’ course of affairs, for no man has ever yet lived who can beat the natural laws of economics and one of them is that wants can not be satisfied in any greater propor- Iti.s Uiuti LuuuueuL productiou is main- a httle over the departing old year, but as there is nothing for it to do but depart tears are no more in order than on any ether occasion, for never yet was the time when the old year went that the new year did not come, and thus all things balance. Pos sibly it will surprise some folks' to note a word of friendliness^ " HERE THE for the old year, but it is the'-'^^^EY GOES e 10 learn that we must produce something as well as buy .something, and the two in the long run have to bal ance. Depression consists large ly in having bought more than you can produce for sale. opinion of this modest scribe?, who has seen now the seventy-^ fifth of them, that this one is not much different from any of the rest. Probably ,Woodrow' Wilson was about right when he Figures from the census bu- leau have been received telling where North Carolina’s money goes. It seems that we spend annually $193,000,000 for gen- ral merchandise which includes called attention to a state of the department stores, drv goods mind. Life IS more or le.s.<i a ^ ^ , and their kind. Next to that ter another is a succession of mental states. Maybe not so much money has come this way in the last year as in the days when the big bull market of 1929 was rolling to the rafters, but money is another state of comes the automobile which pulls down about $137,000,000 a year. After we have provided for our automobile needs, wo take a look at the vittles and that cuts out another $133,000,000 mind. altlloirKh vol. vote unan- ‘he food imously that that is a fool state- it"/"" f f" ment. and let it ko at that. estabhshraents. people of the state have to care for. And this gives a pretty good idea of wJuif our money goes. THE NEW TAX COLLECTOR The resignation of J. I). Mc Lean as tax collector of Moore county and the ai'.pointment of IW. T. Huntley of Al)erdeen to succeed him, dispos(.s of a po litical situation that has been watched with more <'i’ less in- ttrest. When U became possible that a new collector would be ap- I jiointed many names wire in the I hat. The selection was not an ' easy one. A good tax collector i.'' not to be found on every bush. , The one fact that he is a good collector often ratts him with I many people as objectionable. That was one of ]\IcLean’s short comings as argued by some of them who objected to his ap- i)ointment in the past. His effi ciency was an objection. But be cause of his efficiency the com missioners stuck to him through the years he has served. Collec tors who follow him will have to make a record, and ])robably in the changed financial condi tion of the ])resent McLean would have been obliged to hus tle to maintain his established record. McLean was a good tax- collector, 3Ir. Huntley comes to the job v/ith much promise. He has been trained in financial affairs and in mixing with people. His rail road work has been a good school. He has had contact with people. He is well rated in his home town of Aberdeen, and all his life he has been an indus trious producer and handler of business. He was chosen because the commissioners looked on him ■IS a man fit for the job, and not i)Ocause he wanted the place or because his friends secured it for him. His appointment looks more like a business step than political sop. He will enter on the job with the expectation of the people that he will prov'e as capable as any man whose name was suggested after a rather wide inquiry into the list of pos- <^ible candidates and those that offered. The new employe has a big job in front of him. The salary is reduced in response to popu lar clamor, although possibly money might have been saved in other directions with more profit. But that will come also in season. The main thing is that the commissioners have made a good selection, and the new man is an employe of the whole people, and entitled to all consideration and help that can be gi’’en, for collecting taxes in this year of 1932 is to be no child’s play. live American centers of indus- !urther time to his debtors that war orphans committee; Mrs. Max G. try and activity and culturo. they may pay out, and thus the Hacker, social committee. It is a good lead from which strain over a considerable por- Succeeding Presidents were as fol- to study our school system, and tion of the community is reliev- lows: the balance between its costs c(l for the time. Mrs. N. A. Courtway, Mrs. its returns. And scarcely less in As the Little River Store is n. ,J. Betterley, l'.»25; Mrs. Robert that respect is the testimony of one of the outstanding concerns Lewis, i<)20 and l!»27; Mrs Max G. t'.'ose who stay at home and of the county its quick solution Backer, i'(28; Mrs. Roy Pushee, stand on a much broader footing of its (h'fficuity is a significant VJSO; Mrs, Tom Black, i!»3l and financially, intellectually and matter. ^Moreover its method Mrs. C. T. Waldie, 1932. very other way because of the of solutions is one that will jirob- The time of electing officers was school advantages that have ably have to be followed by chansre<l in li»3l, from November to been avu!ai)le in tlie recent other l)usiness institutions for ju.^t l^efore the State convention which vears. But the striking exhibit ii is plain enough that if fore- usually takes place in August, that tells the story of the school closure should be demanded in' The Auxiliary has been a real help work and the school teacher i.s all cases where dtbtors are slow; to Sandhill Post as well as to the dis- the holiday gathering of the in ])aying this country would be atled veterans at Oteen, who have many young folks home for their bankrupt from top to bottom, been remembered, in some way, every gayety of the season, from their Ample assets are back of the lia- accomplishments in the outside bilities of the Unitetl States, in fields to which their training dividually, collectively, privately Money is a lot of new toys to be thrown away uJien other new Probably we are too extrava gant in the matter of food when LJ14.W*>li ilCll UtliCl IICVV 1 1 \ t* • I ones come up. and possibly out f 'i "’“‘''’.r! “ of the necessities of the new year now climbing over the front door we ma\' i)e able to dig .some more valuable exper and education has given them an vntrv, \ TI RN IN THE TIDE The announcement that the Little Kiver Stores of Vass havi? or in government matters. But to attempt to realize on the assets month since the Auxiliary started. The next regular meetini' of the .■\rxiliary will be next Monday night, January 4th at the Civic Club. An in teresting meeting is planned and of the country to the extent of everyone is urged to attend. The liquidation of all debt would be I Misses Mary, Gussie anr^ Lena Cam- impossible, to be followed by an I t-i'on are in charge of refre.shments. untangling chaos. | Little River Stores will now Did you know: opened their doors again after proceed to function, and in do-j j„ 1920-27, a five million en closing a couple of weeks ago is ing it will wijie out their debt | ,;owment fund was raised by Legion one of the first positive signs of over a long period of time, and po^ts throughout the country to help a better condition of business, what is of more conseciuence. Here is an institution which, those who owe the store com- though carried on in a sound irnny, largely farmers, are get ting into better shape to pay outl noUR? than thej' have been. They have faced the fact that to pay they must observe certain economies, certain industry, certain busi ness methods that the whole na- business manner, was caught in the general situation that has entangled the whole country. But Duncan IMcCrimmon, the mana ger of the corporation, was able tc inteii’est the creditoi's in a take care of the thirty thousand or- hans of veterans? And that Sandhill Post secured its quota in ONE proposition to continue the tion has been honoring in the stores with an extension of time breach rather than in the ob- lor paying the indebtedness, and servance, and it is possii)le that his candid and energetic style this announcement by Mr. Mc- won the approval of the business Crimmon marks the beginning men concerned and a year’s ex- of the new pra of business ))ros- tension has been granted. The perity in Moore county. It is a stores go ahead. The assets are .''tart to dig in and pay instead large as compared with the lia- of borrowing and spending, and bilities, but like practically looking to the future for the in- every other business institution, lome to liquidate. iNIoore county much of the asset r.iue of the now st.irts to s(iuare off its ac- ledger is represented by accounts cumulation of debt, and facing and .securities that are not im- the fact means that the job is mediately collectable. It is Mr. wall on the way to accomplish- McCrimmon’s intent to extend ment. GRAINS OF' SAND A Happy, Prosperous New Year to you. Better get those 1932 license plates on in a hurry. The motor cops’ll get you ef you don’t watch out. But when it comes to other "’ngs we are more economical. iences than simply whisking a -Apparel for men, women and bill off of the roll and buying holds under $40,- some new plavthing or cultivat- **00,000, or much less than a ing another folly. Certainly the what the automobile new year is bringing us some re- up against us, and for sponsibilities and some definite fui’^^'ture and household equip- tasks that will occupy our time with about a and serve .some useful end. Like of what we pay for joy- enough it will be as good as any the serious uses of the year and perhaps if you can f^'itoiiiobilp. Lumber also tags comprehend, as bad as any, and *ri about a fifth of the cost not so bad at that. Much of the ^ automobiles, and lumber in- w'hole business is imagination, '^^Jes all building materials in ?.nd things are never as bad or ^I’l’iving at totals, as good as Ave make them seem. The report says that our store Anyway nineteen thirty two is ’’ills for a year amount to $744,- entitled* to a decent welcome, and 000,000 in the state. Of this sum it will be good if you have the ;'bout one dollar in five goes to mental qualities that make it so. ^^uy and operate cars, which does : !’.ot include the funeral expenses THE END OF I hundreds of persons kill- THE l)iiI>RESS10N /fj "J''' ! jntal bills and the damages in Two men were the other day! other ca.ses where death did not discu.ssing the financial depres- follow. However, although the sion and the probable end of it. One, who prefaced his story by the statement that he was neither optimi.stic nor the con trary, said it depended on wheth er we mean by the end of ihe depression another period of w'ild inflation and piling up of debt, or an acceptance of the automotive stores and estab lishments sold a bigger total of products than the food stores it must not be forgotten that the farms and gardens provided a lot of things to eat at home that did not get to the stores, for North Carolina is a rural state and much of its food sup- probable fact that we will have ply, both on the'farms and in the to get down to more work and j towns, comes from the farm less Vanity Fair. He may be| without going to the .stores, right or he may be wrong, but at Moreover, much of the food sup- least his idea of what may be a ply made on the farms goes to remedy will do no harm if it help pay for the outlay for au- might be applied. For thr past tew years a great army of high pressure salesmen has been urging every body to buy—to make business livelj' by buying to the limit, and to be candid, it did not take overurging in many cases, for tomobiles. So does lumber, ap parel, furniture and other things made in North Carolina. They all also help to pay the big tax bill that is required to care for debt and interest on road bonds and upkeep, for our tax bill is one of the big expenses that the the TEST OF THE PUDDING The test of the pudding is chewing the bag string if one of the wise men of earlier days is to be believed. By that measure ment the pre.sent period of the year is an indication of the suc cess of the Moore county schools. F'rom out in the big world this week come numerous young folks who have been pas.sed through the various schools of the villages, thence to higher in stitutions of learning in the state or elsewhere, and finally into the active operations of bus iness and industry all over the countiw. This week former school mates greet and talk libout the older days and about the new'er surroundings in var ious parts of the great nation, north, south, east and west, for boys and girls of Moore county have found places for them selves in all directions. In many different callings the ciaduates from the local schools are functioning with ci'iedit and profit, and with a bright outlook for the future. On the streets these days they greet vou with the confidence and the interest of young folks slipping back to the parent hive for a holiday interim. They have an air of success about them, and in their demeanor they tell in positive note that the village schoolmasters have done a good iob. It would be an interesting list if the names of the young folks who have gone out from the community schools could be gathered and presented to those of us w'ho have stayed at home and limited our vision to the boundaries in the immediate vi cinity, The many points to which letters go out from Moore county from the old folks to the young folks who have left in their swarming would make a fairly well scattered and select ed list of names of representa- Josephus, dryest of the drys, says the Democrats can win if they nomi nate a liberal, and Jeb Whiffkins wants to know if there is such a thing as a dry and a liberal rolled into one man. H. L Phillips, colyumist of the New York Sun, is over at Pinehurst. Hi thinks up his colyums between shots on the golf course, and his paragraphs are almost as funny as his shots. Howdy, Hi? We are glad to report that the only resemblance between the son and Ghandi is in the clothing. Dr. Kaupp, former State College I’oultry expert, tolti Vass fai'mers the other day that poultry is the best arm crop. The cotton and tobacco men present did not disagree with him. The Southern Pines Unemployment body has had some colored men at work cleaning up Mount Hope Cem etery OA^er there. There was quite a liStle ti.) do, and Chairman /Frank Buchan uocided the other day to put on a night shift. He approached the boss negro. “What, work here at night?” “Y^s, we can pay you a little more than the day rate.” “Say, boss, I been chased by them things before. One got me by the leg (inct and I had to run for miles till I como to some water. They won’t follow you through water.” “That’s bad,” said Frank, “cause there ain’t any water near this cem etery.” “No sir, but it wouldn’t take me long to make Watson’s Lake if one got hold o’ me. No sii'. I don’t jest believe I wants to work here at night.” That through its National Amer icanism Commission, the American Legion works for the better educa tion of illiterates and foreign-born? That this same commission has de- ■ided upon the promotion of safety 1!- one of its major activities in 1932? Safety campaigns will be staged by posts in an attempt to cut down es pecially the terrific death rate caus ed by automobiles. That there gathered in Indianapolis lust week, three hundred legionnaires, a typical cross-section of the Legion in the U. S. and it.-* dependencies? The gatherinif was composed of, first, the National Executive Committee, con- .-i.'ting of one representative from ach stalt and foreign division, fifty- eight in all. Then the Commanders and Adjutants of the fifty-seven Le gion departments with a Rehabilita tion officer from each. In the same week, there met the National Finance Conuiiittee, the Directors of the Le gion Publishing Co., the American ism Committee, Child Welfare Com mittee and the National Rehabilita tion Committee. These organizations, at that time, received their battle or ders for the coming year. It indicates :iii advance along all fronts. That nearly one hundred thousand more legionnaires have been enrolled up-to-date for 1932 than were enroll ed a year ago at this time? ACTIVITIES OF SANDHILL POST NO. 134 AMERICAN LEGION Book Review HAPPiLY EVER AFTER Hy Sandy Po.st Havre to a “rest camp?” Better r.till. By the time these items reach the the ride fr«,m the Brest docks to the press, 1931 will be retreating rapidly Leviathan in midstream, pointed to- ir.to the background. The zero hour of ward the Statue of Liberty? Those the membership drive is twelve, mid- songs overcame many a real depres- night, on December 31st. We shall sion in those days and perhaps a real either be “over the top” and report- song-fest at the next meeting will ing our objective gamed in member- put a dent in the present one. Don’t ship or retreating under fire from let your 1932 dignity over-rule your the enemy, General Depression, com- H'lE enthusiasm. A forty-two civi- manding, with Colonels Indifference, lian waist measure ought to furnish Forgetfulness and Sloth in their sad- more volume than a thirty-six 0. D., dies, booted and spurred. 1918 style. December 31st does not mean the end of the drive, for their is no end The American Legion Auxiliary, until the quota is reached or exceed- composed of wives, sisters and moth- ed. Each Legionnaire has received an ers of veterans is rapidly assuming individual plea by mail this week from the first position among womens’ or- S. V. Hooker, chairman Membership ganizations in the nation. How and ommittee, to scout the territory over when did the Sandhill Auxiliary get and bring in all the ex-service men with paid-up memberships. Each one means a boost for the National, State and local organizatios. ts start? Sandhill Unit No. 134 American Le gion Auxiliary was organized in N,o- vember 1922, with fifteen charter members, Mrs. J. E. Polston acting as The January date for post meet- president until the charter was Be ing has not been set but it is inter- cured. On January 18, 1923, it held its esting and entertaining. The enter- first meeting and elected the follow- tainment committee is on the job and ing officers: it hopes to report next issue, a defi- Mrs. J. E. Polston, president; Mrs. nite program. We have it on good au- J. S. Milliken, vice president; Mrs. R. tbority, that a piano player will be N. Page, chaplain; Miss Gussie Cam- there who has not forgotten the tech- eror, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. mique of “Ka-Ka-Ka-Katy,” “Over C. P. Everest, Sergnant-at-Arms; Mrs. There” and “A Long, Long Trail.” N. F. Wilson, historian; Mrs. N. A. Do you remember that march from| Courtway, legislative committee; Miss the Liverpool docks to the train ? Or Lucile Eifort, membership and pub- from Brest to Pontenezan? Or Le licity committee; Mrs. Frank Page, I ife Is Such a Rush. By Christine Jope-Slade. Bobbs Merrill. $2.50. New York. Reviewed by .\nn Hyde Allen This novel of modern marriage com pels attention. Although drawn on a small canvass, with few figures and little plot, in emotional sweep its en compasses the span of the marriage ol calm Loraine Bevan and her dy- I namic, fascinating husband, with il- ! luminating understanding. I The story begins where most fairy tales end. “.\nd so they were married and lived happily ever after.” Miss Jope-Slade analyses with subtlety and finesse the many emotional and spir itual adjustments necessary in mar riage even when two people sincre- ly love one another. To her the rem edy for a slight marital malady is not immediate amputation, but rath er a dose of Time. Nicholas Bevan is a young English publisher, intensely dynamic, vitally interested in people, in things, in ideas—but able always by a mask of impersonality to conceal his real self, to let the passing world see only the person he wishes it to see. Lorain, author of charming essays and two delightful sons, is less sub tle, simpler because she chooses to be. She cares little for the mad so cial rush through which Nicholas whirls her. She alone touches the real Nicholas. The emotional crisis engen dered when she unwittingly exposes this person to prying outside eyes, is both violent and touching. Miss Jope-Slade will be familiar to many through her stories in Ameri can magazines. Her home is in Lon don, but she says, at least on the blurb, that America is her spiritual home. “Life is Such a Rush” might apply equally well to both shores of the Atlantic. 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