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THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, N<wth Carolina
Friday, November 9, 1934.
THE PILOT
Published every Friday by
THE PILOT, Incorporated,
Aberdeen and Southern I’lnm, N. O.
below. The leaves are brought I ure runs to 34 percent, or over
up on the wheel barrow, piled | a third of the whole people. This
about the garden and in due time high mark is followed by 27
turned under for the foundation
of the flower beds. That’s all.
The flowers show the results.
NKLSON C. HYDE, Manag^lng Editor
HION H. BUTLER, Editor
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NOW THE COUNTRY
WILL EXPECT RESULTS
Everybody knows what made per cent of their whole people.
I the great fertility of the western i North Carolina has 330,000 on
■ ' - . . relief^ which compares with
New York’s almost two million
and Pennsylvania’s million and
a,half. It is Vemont, Virginia,
New Hampshire and Delew^are
that have the lowest figure, not
exceeding seven per cent. The
eight states of New York, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Texas,
Massachusetts, California and
Michigan, have over eight mil
lion people on relief.
It is not a comforting thought,
for here in this country are ab
solutely unlimited resources. We
plains, and of our own flat lands
in this state—decaying leaves
and vegetation falling down to
be incorporated with the soil.
But here in the Sandhills we al
low fire to spread devastation
over everything and then scrape
our pockets to buy artificial fer
tilizer to plant cotton and tobac
co, and the result s'hows ♦the
folly of the fierce waste of na
tural fertility. As this is writ
ten a glimpse from the window
shows a cluster of cosmos and
testhonia flower stalks ten feet
Civic Loyalty Pays Big Dividends
STEPPING
STONES '
toabiggtramt ~
better comMmtu
LOYALTY
, high, on a bit of still clay ground j can provide so much food that
The election is over, and in j that a few years ago would not! we are forbidding the farmers
the nation a new Congress has
been chosen. In the state a new
Legislature is designated. It is
doubtful if a more responsible
task has faced state and nation
al lawmakers since the days of
1861 than awaits those who will
gather at their capitals in Jan
uary. We have come through a
long and rough wandering in
the deserts of late years and the
people are clamoring' now for
something tangible and the po
litical emotion is hardly likely
to be a sufficient factor to pre
serve hope much longer.
No good will come from deny
ing the fact that much of the
experiment with new policies has
not brought the returns the
sponsors promised. We might as
well face the unpleasant facts
and try to find the weak spots
and the real remedy. We are go
ing into another winter with un
employment as big as last year,
with an unmerciful expenditure
of money borrowed by the na
tion, with a tax bill ahead of us
that no one pretends to see the
end of, and a debt that is any
thing but inspiring. Business is
still hesitating because it is not
grow any more than the mid
dle of the road could support.
Nothing but dead leaves piled
up on the clay and dug in. But
to make as much as they would
like to. We are compelling a cut-
down in nearly everything but
prices and taxes, and are trying
with leaves must be mixed some I desperately to ma.ke everything
patience.
Presently a million dollars’
worth of the most valued ferti
lizer material will start to burn
in middle Nc|-th Carolina be-
cost more so those who are
short of things have more trou
ble to procure them. We are
preaching the doctrine of lessen
ing of iVoduction while folks
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FAITH
CO-CPE^TION
Sponsored by
EUGENE C. STEVENS
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cause it is too much bother tolf^*^^, something
gather it up and put it on the I we are taxing folks
farm ground rather than to burn | " ® more,
it in the woods. And in the i ,. ^5, most curious situa
tion that could be devised by
the most stupid people on earth.
In the midst of abundance we
have to care for about one out
of six of our whole population,
and instead of stimulating them
in
spring a million dollars’ worth of
store fertilizer will be hauled out
to give* the crops their annual
spriiiif drunk of potash, nitro
gen and T.bosphorv^us in a bar
ren soil devoid of everything
else, an.d the cost will be as
great as the return. North Car
olina could be the greatest farm
to help themselves we are forc
ing folks to cut down on produc
tion lest we have too much. We
state of the Union, for we have! machinery to make
things in the way of climate and | u^J”^ited supplies of every-
otherwise that most of the! but we forbid that ma-
states lack. But we are crimi-! chinery to produce. \\ e have all
nal in our waste of thp natural i needed resources to pro-
Grains o! Sand
The young pines brush the autumn
glow with green aigrettes;
Erect, robust—their life is conserved
by the straw
That last year waved proud plumes
above its own forebears.
They unfold, reach toward He''.ven,
they shine, then fall and sleep.
—MARION MacNEILLE.
Mayor Stutz says he’s saving burnt
matches and small boxes. "There's no
telling when they may be marketa
ble’,’ he says.
being conducted by a committee
headed by Mrs. Richard P. Davidson,
with the cooperation of men and wo
men throughout the county.
A Red Cross membership costs only
$1. Do your part.
only bachelor congressman, wants aid
in locating the “wife and twins” as-
>signed to him in a nationally syndi
cated newspaper column, says the
Charlotte Observer.
Representative Lambeth disclosed
he had sent the following telegram
to Drew Pearson of Washington, L).
C., one of the writers of the column:
' "Just read Washington Merry-Go-
Round stating my wife had twins
stop This report slightly exaggerated
stop Please locate wife and twins."
Mr. Pearson’s confusion evident
ly arose. Representative Lambetti
pointed out, from a political line used
by his Republican opponent, Avalon
E. Hall, who became a father during
the campaign but declared he had
worried over the possibility of twins
and a "plow under’’ order. The Con
gressman smilingly declared that he
feared the story might injure his
prospects, not in the election, but In
the likelihood of surrendering bache
lorhood.
DISTRIBUTING COMPANJk' HERE
INCORPORATED AT RALEIGH
Walter Lambeth, North Carolina’s | charlotte Herr.
Among incorporations at Raleigti
this week was the Southern Pines
Distributing Company, with princi
pal office here. The charter permits
the purchase and sale of all kinds of
personal property "and to engage In
retail or wholesale business in carry
ing on the same.” The authorized cap-
It'' stock is $10,000, with $30 sub
scribed. Incorporating directors are
G. G. Herr, S. B. Richardson and
The Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C.
GEO. C. ABRAHAM, V. Pres. ETHEL S. JONES, Ass’t. Cashi«r
fertility of the soil, and we pay
for our wastefulness in our pov-
ert.v of production.
Now is the time to rake up
at all assured of the status it is I haul in leaves and plow
vide everybody with unlimited
abundance, but we forbid men
to work more than a limited
number of hours. We have ac
cess to everything that Nature
creates in inhaustible abund-
W’e know a young lady who went
into the polling place to vote and
found she wasn’t registered. She
just knew she was. It developed she
had registered for the recent school
didn't count for regular elections.
A tabulation of all the good works
U. s. POSTAL SAVINGS DEPOSITORY
A SAFE CONSERVATIVE BANK
that it would more than monopolize
our available space.
years the uealth of ler-; years ago an ingenious out that
t!>‘ X ;.-obimrs i i
to occupy, and until business is; them under. All winter long idle prevent people from of the R^d Cross would
hopeful it is useless to expect' time on the farms could Vf Lsharing in that generous provis-
that men with money will ven-j'oted to this form of soil im-; Nature. And then we
ture very far from shore with , Pio^ement, and jn tjie^ intelligent.
The Pilot has great confi
dence in the future, but lai’ge-
ly because that future can px'of-
it by the missteps that have been ,
taken in the past, ana because of i terest in the fann, three things
the belief that the country will ^ that are not as thoroughly cul-
rectify the wrong moves that j tivated as they mig'ht be. Town
have been made. The men who' gardens can profit in the same' ijusineL wav thev set a new ex
represent this state in Congress ; "’ay. Rake the lawn and garden, I jg rfficien >v in war ‘
are men of ability, and they have I and bury ^the leaves instead of | p,,^ American synl!
dicate with its hands unfetter- i
farm relief and poverty. But it American
tal(es work ami patience and ,n- men were given the con
the annual Koll
Call, and that this Roll Call is now
tract to carry on a war that had j
been originated between this;
country and another, and in a
on their shoulders an enormous | burning them,
responsibility. The men who go
to the Legislature have an equal-
ly serious task. No possible ex-: Vu r mi. t
cuse will suffice if both Congress „ the death of Thomas L..
and the Legislature do not take Burgess the community sustains ^bout the iob in such a svste- > H
a loss that is serious. He was a! aooui tne joo_in sucn a_ sjste-1
ed by governmental interference
could be given a contract to set
this country on its feet indus
trially and commercially it would
some definite and positive steps | makinc^ittie\)i4Ten"' ^^tic and effective way that we
to bring about sound business I man, making little pi eten brought out of our
conditions, to end the in.suf fer-: .-n. but a 5 ; absurd tangle in‘six° weeks. No
able state m which state and na-: S continual dig some- Evolved in the
thing worthwhile. Mr. Burgess hole mess except that nobodj
^tion find themselves, and this is
not politics but the plain God’s
truth. We have here the most
resourceful country on earth
was a builder in the broad sense
of the word. He not only con-
with able men and women to structed buildings (for others,
but as he accumulated some
money he had the confidence
and judgment in his work and
in the community to build for
himself' some of the conspicu
ous structures of the town. He
produce in greatest abundance
all the things that any of us
need, but we have at the pres
ent time 17,000,000 people on
relief and no solution of the
problem in hand. It is an ab- . .
surd and impossible scheme and!ji^°®^ with tne progressive in-
it is not to our credit that we fJuences oi the village and neigh-
have failed to salve the prob- borhood, backing his own affairs
and encouraging those of others,
’ ; friendly to all who sought to
INEXCUSABLE WASTE i he enjoyed a cer-
OF FARM RESOURCES [tam rating in his territory that
This is the season of the year «n^^&ht envy,
when we begin in this country; Burgess was not given to
is willing to let anybody do any
thing anybody wants to do ex
cept with everybody else.
A syndicate with a half doz
en men like Henry Ford, Andrew
Mellon, Henry Morganthau, and |
some others of their type, could
plan a successful industrial and
financial scheme that would
work, and that would start from |
the minute the men were pick-i|
ed. But they would have to be | ‘
given free play, for the minute i
everybody was allowed to butt |
in their whole project would die i
a certain and definite death that i p
would be hopeless. We have tried ' -
everthing in this matter of look-!
ing after the nation except plain i
DEPOSITS INSURED
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporalion
run so long
WASHINGTON
we have room to point
SURANCE
EACH DEPOSITOR
all the Red Cross work is
Currant
Pure
Jelly
Grape Jt'lly
Uuava Jelly
Pure Appl<
Jelly, » oz
2 for 35c,
!>1 .'/!5 per doz.
Best you
\'emiont
Maple
Syrup a?ul
j^vmiALITY ST0REE1
White Clover
Honey in
all sizes.
ever
tasted
Fine
quality at
te: ^
very low
prices.
All kinds of
rinc JatTi.s at
extremely
low
prices.
the insiifferable waste of farm ’ much bass drum work but he management by capa-.
wealth m the process of burn-: was on hand to have a finger m ^ ble business men, and until we!
mg the grass and leaves that any substantial thing that was something like that we are
cover the ground. A few days on the lists, taking hold where; j
ago a farmer remarked that he ihe could help along without mak-1 ^pondancy and eat a skimpy diet
had made forty-five bushels of | ing any fuss, and leav^^^^ baked corn bread and ..
sweet potatoes, and some one ^ anything that fell to his lot., molasses and be glad to get even H
Tom Burpss didn t have a very i ^ | |
big whistle and you couldn t hear! i
him making a noise coming down i jury list drawn fob
asked him what fertilizer he
used. Hi.s answer was, “Leaves.”
He at odd times rakes up dead
leaves and piles them in heaps
with a little dirt thrown over I everybody knew he was carry-
them to hasten decay and to ing his load and delivering the
prevent them from blowing goods. While his death is a loss
away. At other odd times he his years in the Sandhills have
'hauls those leaves to his fields j been one of the valued influences
and plows them under. He hauls in the gains this section has en-
raany loads of leaves to his poor-1 joyed,
er ground all the time and hei
makes crops that are not sunk OUR MISFIT
in paying for commercial ferti-1 SITUATION
lizer. But he works, and he I A recent map of the United
the road, but when he came! December superior court
works his head along with his
hands.
Another similar instance is the
case of a country woman who
'has a flower garden that ap
peals to her friends. To the
St.?tes, based on the latest of
ficial information, shows the re
lief population of all the states
and the totals indicate that
about 17,000,000 persons are re
ceiving help from government,
The following have been drawn to
serve as jurors in the term of Su- j {j
perior Court for the trial of civil H
cases, which begins on Dec. 10: t)-! g
McTnnis, Malcolm Morgan, Ben H.; ||
Wood, O. E. Hussey. O. N. Williams, j||
: K. M. Gamer, G. C. Brown, F! A. j S
‘ Atkins, D. W. McNeil!, J. G. Camp- , H
1 bell, J. J. Williams, A. L. Wicker, J. iJ:
I M. Melton, C. S. Chriscoe, D. T. Ma-
; pies, Dwight A. Haskins, C. A. Me- H
Neill, Andrew S. Speight, D. T. Har- | y
rington, Luther A. Dunn, Jesse K. I h
Moore, W. L. McDonald, J. Hawley ^ H
Poole and G. C. Cockmati. 1
MARRIAGE LICENSES
question of fertility of her gar-1 State, local or national. It is
den she makes the same answer gratifing that in North Caro-
that the potato man gave.
Leaves gathered up from the
little thickly wooded valley just
lina the proportion is only ten
per cent of the whole population,
while in South Dakota the fig-
Marriage licenses have been issued
to the following: Grady Frye 'ind El- ||
sie Crutchfield, both of Cameron;
John Ellis Johnson and Carrie Biby,
both of Vass. it
Pilot Advertising Pays.
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WtrST BROAD STREET
Have pei'sonally selected in New York a wonderful stock of the
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No better goods packed. We invite you to inspect this showing- of
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25c a dozen. Just try them,
A large stock of Nuts, Figs, Dates, and Prunes, by the pound—5
pounds in box.
Bulk pitted dates only 19c, 5 lbs, 85c Layer Figs, Pulled Figs, Bulk
Mission Figs, Apricots and Mixed Fruits.
We carry a splendid line of Burnham & Morril’s products, and
Batch elder & Snyder s, of Boston. Hams baked in Maple Syrup,
Skinless Frankfurters, Bacon, etc.
ROYAL SCARLET COFFEE
Finest ever, try it and be convinced.
Have just unloaded a car of U. S. No. 1 Maine Potatoes, and they
are nice.
Plenty of those Northern Apples, Squash, Carrots, Yellow Tur
nips, and Pumpkins.
Large assortment of Pickles and Olives in pints, quarts and gallons
ORANGES AND GRAPEFRUIT DIRECT FROM FLORIDA
Fresh every week. Dozen, Peck or Bushel.
Oh, That New York State Cheese, how delicious. Old fashioned.
Pop Corn Cakes, and Peanut Brittle. Have you tried them?
YOU ALWAYS GET VALUE IN ROYAL SCARLET PRODUCTS
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