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THE PILOT, Aberdeen*and Southern Pines, North Carolina
Friday, September 26, 1932.
THE PILOT
earn money to repay the fuiidjod of investing county tax mon-|ers shouldn’t have their disputes, es-l
borrowed. The highway does notiey that has been collected from (pecially minor cases, decidcd at the
Published every Friday by
THE PILOT, Incorporated.
Aberdeen and Southern Pines, N.
— borrow money from the govern
! ment with the expectation of re-
_ I paying. Its plan is to let the
" 1 government in the future charge
Recorder’s court, since it would cost;
them so much less. 1 can’t see.
Couldn’t some good argufier induce
the lawyers to get their clients to
the people to pay off bonds when
due, but which instead of being
applied to bond payments has
been loaned on security that will
NELSON C. HYDE, Manasing Editor j against the state the money giv- not bring it back. So the taxpay-jhuve Judge Humber decide on most
BION H. BUTLER, Editor ^n for the new roads building, er has paid his money to retire|of their civil cases? There are, a.s I
JAMES BOYD STRUTHEKS BURT i and the taxpayer will foot the the bonds which have not been I under.stand it over 500 cases on this
KALPH PAGE 1'fhe taxpayer is tying more retired, and now it appears that Superior docket now. Probably
Contributing Editors {stones around his neck in all 'he will have to pay another sim-
these transactions, just as he is'ilar sum for the same purpose.
Subscription Rates: i jn all of the affairs that arrange
One Year $2.00 for the payment of money from
Six Months $1.00'thg federal treasury that does
Three Months SO not have a definite arrangement
will,
be tried, leaving 475 to await the
next sitting of the civil court. Out
side of lawyer’s fees the average civ-
And he has no redress. It is the
taxpayer who owes all the pub-jii ease costs for both parties about
lie bills and who must provide ] Sis. When tried at the Recorder’s
all the money for the operation j court and $30 at the Superior court.
: for positive repayment. The only I of government, local, state andj As a means of saving the county
place the state, national or national, and the only limit islanl state money would it be prop-
county government can get'how much is cared for. He hasjer before the next criminal court sits
Entm-ed at the Postoffice at Aber-; money is from the taxpayer. i no voice in saying how much i to petition the judge to help us out
dcen, N. C., as second-class mail mat-^ Every day a new piece of road’tax shall be collected, how much j by working overtime? And couldn’t
ter.
Address all communications to The
Pilot, Inc., Aberdeen, N. C.
THE OPENING
TOIiACCO MARKET
Us built by federal government money be spent, nor in any way
the people have an additional can he act except to pay
the judge run through those 500
cases at the next civil court and dis
pose of some of them some way?
co
ened
satisfactory in its results. The
price of tobacco is not as high
as it has been, neither is it at its
mortgage laid on every dollar’s j That is why taxpayers’ lea-
worth of property they owm. for' gup?, are being organized all over ^Vould it do to suggest in some way to
the taxing power is a mortgage j the United States. The taxpay-|the disputants in the minor civil
■e not tired of increasing leases that they could get their cases
They are far beyond thatjtriea for half price by the Recorder’-'^,
They are helpless and at: court ? Or for half of even that if
Shivar Ale
10 Cents. .$1.15 Per Doz.
BROAD STREET PHARMACY
R. L. Hart. Prop.
Broad Street
Southern Pines
WE ALWAYS SELL THE BEST
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and by tax foreclosure sell what; the end of the string,
he has and take everything. But ’
the railroads if they build roads
Grains of Sand
lowest It has regamet j collect the cost from the
some ot its slump, but it has j people. That is the difference in
gone back to.the wild heights ot plans of road financing by
the days of intlation, and government. One is repaid,
ably never will again in the life-i^j^^ other is paid bv the taxpay-
time ot the men who are now |
planting tobacco. Assuming that! ’
to be t‘he case the situation NEW .lENKS
not a.s gloomy as some would ^ypyMOUTH
have folks believe. The crop!
this year is not of the best, yeti The announcement ot a large
it is not of the worst. It house on \\ej mouth foi ; TypoKi'aphical errors are usually
made with less cash outlay,most untimely and uncalled for. This
which is one of the first things Keach, Mich., is one of the niost ,veek\s Kiwanis Weekly Letter, which
that must be considered in ^^^ts of information this'informs member.-j of the place of
ing a crop or anything else if The plans call for a type of ^^^t meeting, sprung one not
it is to be profitable. While the, that will be an out- (.gUpd ^^r but timely. Congressman
price is not the 'highest, the'''Standing architectural creation. | Walter Lambeth was to be speaker of
It looked like old times in town on
I Tuesday. B. B. Saunders was welcom
ed back to Aberdeen by more tobac
co than there was room for on the
floor of the Aberdeen Warehouse. The
season started off with a bang.
before a justice of the peace,
I am the last one in the county to
bring this up for I haven’t been in
side of a court room for 25 years and
probably knoAV less about it than any
one.
—JOHN SMITH.
LOCAL AUTHORS TO ATTEND
GATHERING AT CHARLESTON
comparative price is not as low
as might seem, for a pound of
tobacco will buy more stuff with
the low price, for all other
Some 30 Southern writers will j
meet in Charleston, S. C., October 21 j
and 22 for a house party similar to I
the gathering held last October at j
the University of Virginia, accord-1
ing to UuBose Heyward of Hender-1
sonville. |
Although plans for the event are |
not complete, among those who have I
accepted invitations are Ellen Glas-1
gow, Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Stallings, j
James Boyd, Donald Davidson, Eliza-
bet r Maddox Roberts, Mr. and Mrs.
Martistan Chapman, Mr. and Mrs.
Struthers Burt, in addition to Mr.
and Mrs. Heyward. Among the Char
leston writers expected to attend are
Mr. and Mrs. Clements Ripley, for-j
merly of Pinehurst.
The program will be informal. The
The two-acie tiact ot land gives day, the meeting to be held in
anijlle room toi a pioper .setting.' Congregational Church in South-
But one of the most pleasing | Pi^es. The letter announced the
features is that the building has I piaee of meeting as “Congressional
things are low now. It is not asj^'^cli a site on the summit of the j church.”
if tobacco had fallen and other Weymouth ridge that its outlook
things remained high. [covers all_ of the eastern coun-i ^ Democrats the other
These things the farmers arejti’y, and in return it is visible, discussing a possible meet-
considering. Hence the tone of {I'o™ the w'hole trontier out over j ^ Democratic rallv in
the mai^ket is fairly c'heerful. Fort Bragg and trom the north ^ Southern Pines. Mrs. E. A. Tracy,
The crop does not seem to be and south of the resen-ation.!
large as compared with some!eymouth is .so situated at the,
of the previous crops. The de-!head of the James creek valley .^^hy don’t you meet in Shields nHniroL lA'be" cZtr?sidT
mand for tobacco has not fallen! that the panorama from the I c^^.eron’s office,” she said. “All the
off as much as the crop has de- i J^nks location is one of the most democrats in town can get in there.”
creased in volume. Possibly the comprehensive in the Sandhills, I perchance you don’t know
tobacco returns this year will i <^nd also in such manner that'
be belter than in some previous i the picture as seen from the
years in which the results weve ;^Ioore county eastward bound-j
accepted as satisfactory. In thejiHT is a complete layout of thei
seven year.^ beginning with 19091 escarpment of the hill for tw'O: (Thomasville), Congressman
the price of tobacco averaged a: or three miles in its sweep'
shght fraction over ten cents, | around the head ot the valley.
and farmers planted it right; With this new house the cir-, |
along and figured that it was'c-le of homes is almost full from
you
Shields Cameron’s office, it is about
nine by twelve feet.
Business is on the increase in his
plantations in the country side.
One Dollar will keep the son
daughter posted on home doings while
away at school. Send him—or her-
The Pilot. I
Available for Season
(Owner away for a year)
Beautiful home on Weymouth Heights near Highland Pines Inn
and Southern Pines Country Club.
Acre and one-half of grounds.
First Floor: Two living rooms, library, dining room (each with
fireplace); piano, radio; kitchen, butler’s pantry, laundry, two
lavatories; General Electric refrigerator, gas range.
Second Floor: Six master’s bedrooms, four with fireplaces; four
bathrooms; dressing room.
Two double servants rooms with bath. .Attic over entire
house.
Garage for two cars.
House channingly furnished, newly redecorated.
$2,SOO
Apply to
Paul T. liarnum or Eugene C. Stevens, Southern Pines
Sandhill Awning Co.
Manufacturers of
Awnings and
Waterproof Covers
Loomis Building
Pennsylvania Avenue
Southern Pines
uaaatmtta;
profitable. Possibly with the re
adjustments of general condi
tions tobacco is to come into its
owTi again, although, along with
all other things, on a lower price
basis than that of the high years, on
At any rate it is wise for every
body to try to fall in with con
ditions that prevail, for as they
in the past brought a reasonable
prosperity it is to be assumed
that they will again. It is not to
be supposed that we will starve
today on what we lived on com
fortably a few years ago. The
probabilities are that things gen
erally are improving and that vve
are adjusting affairs to the con
ditions that are to prevail, and
w'hich will not be so bad when
the adjustments are completed.
the John Y. Boyd home, pa.st thei occasional rams of the past j
group to the immediate .,outh;t’!'® f
around to the McKinney and! '
Merrill houses, and at night!
fine shape to greet the first influx |
When the lights are
in the.se homes the bril-l the double road.,
liant illumination is visible for|‘™»V^«"thern Pmes to P.nehurst, the
many miles to the ea.-^tward. The | P'«'«hurst-Aberdeen highway and u.
entire hilltop, following IJrom Aheijieen to Southern
Highlands road, is swiftlv work-, Highway Comm.s-
ing over to become a well-kept ^ plant along the..e roads {
park, open for all who care toi'^ funds can be secured for the j
walk or drive along the roads ofThe Kiwan.s Cluo,
the vicinity. This new house willj'^ V.oikmg on this problem and de-l
emphasize the underlying motive 1 • j
of design and creation, and it is| i
certain to be followed by the few] |
other houses that the still un- i “•'^tork” .Market this week. Has any- i
occupied space will give room' ^he big bird? j
for. I
It is hard to imagine anything
more attractive than the home
crejition that has been the
‘Steady outcome of Weymouth
PAGE TRUST COMPANY
“A Complete Financial Service”
TWO KINDS
OF ROAD JOBS
In the.se days of high taxes from the beginning. The Jenks
it is interesting to listen to the!home S^^es the development one
various criticisms of government iits most substantial advances,
policies. Money has been loaned'^t a time when it can be
to the Pennsylvania Railroad toj’T'f>'‘^t appreciated.
build some box cars. It is to be'
repaid possibly, but by the tax- POUTICS AND
payers. Or if not repaid it will ^^I'SINESS
be paid by the taxpayers who Wake county finds it.^elf in
Correspondence
COURT COSTS—A REMEDY
pay the federal taxes.
The railroad in its rebuilding
program employs labor. It has
an unplea.sant plight because its
sinking funds set aside for the
ultimate redemption of county
pursued a policy of employing la-;bonds as they mature have been
bor since it.s first rails were invested in various loans on se-
laid nearly a century ago. Un-jcurity that turns out to be of lit-
til the depression made curtail-i tie value, and the county seems
ment a necessity the mainte
nance and improvement of the
road employed 30,000 hands,
which the road paid for not with
money from the taxpayers but
with money from its own eam-
ings. For a number of years af
ter 1925 it w’as laying annual
ly over 200,000 tons of new
steel rails, the making of which
employed thousands of hands
These things it paid for. It
and cost vast sums of money,
bought ties in enormous quanti
ties to carry the heavier new
rails laid, and put down more
stone ballast under tie and rail,
and paid for these things from
its own money. And to continue
its improvements it borrows
money from the relief fund
which it will repay.
But it has to do business to
to be several hundred thousand
dollars loser because the loans
have defaulted on both interest
and principal. Money that was
to have been available when the
bonds became due is not avail
able because the securities are
not paid, and it is reported that
they cannot be paid.
It is said that the loans 'have
been made through political
friendships, that small atten
tion has been given to collecting
interest or to retiring the loans
wher due, and that the county
is in bad financial plight because
of what has seemingly become
impossible financial policy. How
much may be salvaged is not
known, but it looks as if the
taxpayers of Wake county stand
to lose upwards of a million dol
lars from this indifferent meth-
Editor, The Pilot: j
During these hard times wouldn’t |
it be possible to induce the Superior I
Court Judge to hold court for a cou-1
pie of hours more a day. Court now j
sits for six hours except on Monday |
when since the judge i.s usually late j
it sits for about 4 1-2 hours, and |
on Saturday it often closes at noon.
At a recent criminal court there
were 43 cases on the docket and 22
cases were continued, making less
than half the cases tried. The court
sat for six days or about 32 hours
and it costs the County $100.00 for
jury fees, witness fees, sheriff fees,
stenographer fees, etc., or .$45 a case.
If the judge had been willing to work
48 hours probably the cost could be
cut to $30 a case.
From what I learn this was about
an average performance. Before we
had a Recorder’s Court sometimes the
Superior Court would have a docket
of over 450 cases. This illustrates
what a .saving the Recorder’s Court
has been but over and above the di
rect saving the saving in the prompt
dispensing of justice is probably even
greater. I don’t know much about
law and courts nor how much the
civil court costs the county or state,
but not of course anywhere near as
much as the criminal courts. Most
of the bills in civil actions as I un
derstand it are paid by the fellow
that gets licked and why the contend.
Since the day the tobacco industry
was first established in this section,
this bank has been at the service of
the tobacco growers in every way.
With the financial sky looking bet
ter, prices appear more satisfactory
and it is to be expected that a better
day is ahead of the fanner as well as
everybody else.
With this prospect in view, the ef
forts of this bank will continue to be
for the maintenance of the markets
of Aberdeen and for the service of its
patrons.
PAGETRUSTCOMPM
NORTH CAHOLINA