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THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen. North Carolina
Friday, September 13, 1935.
THE PILOT
Published each Friday by
THE PILOT, Incorporated,
Southern Pines, N. C.
NELSON C. HYDE, Editor
JAMES BOYD STRVTHERS BURT
WALTER L1PP.U\NN
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ANOTHKU TOBACCO
SEASON AT HAM)
The unintelligible murmur-
ings of the inimitable “Gene”
Maynard, ace auctioneer, will
launch the Aberdeen tobacco
market on another season next
Tuesday morning, and all is in
readiness for the influx of to
bacco growers, tobacco buyers
and tobacco. Abtrdeen will have
both its warehouses doing bus-
intss at the old stands, with
competent warehousemen and
staffs.
A gboil season is anticipated,
and not without foundation
for the optimism. The crop this
year is estimated at 20 percent
above that of a year ago, but
(lesi)ite this sizeabL^ increase in
production, prices have been
holding up well in those border
markets already in operation.^
Aberde>. n merchants and citi
zens are eager to extend the
giad hand ot‘ welcome to t ;e
farmers and the representatives
of the big tobacco companies
who will be “comin’ to town”
for the next few months. And
The Pilot takts this occasion to
say a word of greeting to the
visitors, and to wish for all a
happy, successful marketing
season.
on during these base years determin.
ed the acreage you are allowed; if
you were not planting these years
you are out.
"I, alone with a number of my
friends, have farms I think equally
1 as good as any the Durham Joint
I Stock Land Bank advertises in the
[News and Obsei-ver. They offer this
j land for sale plus the base acreage
1 asset. I do not want to sell the
I farm on which I live. (It may be
I sold from under me even though it
1 carries no base acreage asset). I
I would like to live here in this com.
; munity as my forebears have for
i generations. I feel that I am entit.
' led to some benefits for my land as
j offered by the land banks in their
: advertisements.
I "If I am to meet my obligations
: and face current expenses, I need
' four or five acres on my two-mule
farm. These allotments of three,
fourths, one, one and one.half and
' two acres to a farmer is practically
, telling him to get out of the game,
for he cannot grow such patches
profitably. He should at least have
, enough to run one barn. I for a long
time felt the need for co.operation
among farmers in production and
marketing: was active in support of
the Cotton Co-operative Association;
' was a member of the Tobacco Co.
: operative Mai keting movement of a
i few years past and I was, and am
! still favorable to the present con.
j trolled organization, but there are
' injustices and weaknesses that must
be corrected and dangers as pointed
out in the above mentioned editor.
, iai that must be avoided if it i.s to
eniiuro
j "For two years wc '‘Tohacco Patch"
; men have .=:ought relief from and
thnnigh our County Agent without
sati.-ifactoiy results. We feel that we
should at least have been given an
opi?ortimity to present our position
■ and claims when Mr. K. Y. Flnysl
come.s to rur county, to discuss prob-
li’His similar to ours with some of
the larger growers."
GRAINS
The feminine touch is creeping into
the automotive Industry. There’s a
filling station between here and San.
ford by the name of "Ye Gasse
Shoppe.”
We were motoring along a high
way in New York state recently
when another car with a North Car.
olina license pulled up alongside.
“Where you from,” he queried.
“Southern Pines. And you?”
“Charlotte. Say,” he said. “Do you
know Charlie Picquet?”
You just can’t get away from
Charlie wherever you travel.
EUREKA
After several years of ranking
second only to New York in total
Federal revenue collections. North
Carolina dropped to third place for
the year ending July 30. 193.5. We’ve
been nosed out by Illinois. Our re.
ceipts showed an increase of nine
perccnt over collection.^ for the pre
vious year, but Illinois jumped its
revenue up 50 percent. We can't meet
that sort of competition, no matter
how many cigarettes we smoke.
The kids are off to school again
and it seems kind o' quiet around the
house.
“LIVE AT HOME’’
VS. RASE ACREAGE
In a communication to The
Pilot this week a prominent
Moore county farmer brings out
a point which may, and undoubt,
edly does, explain the straits in
which numbers of our farmers
find themselves. If you recall,
Governor Max Gardner, wh?n
in office, waged a strenujus
campaign throughout the state
for his “Live at Home” prog
ram. Farmers were having dif
ficulty in I’ealizing on their
crops and it was the governor’s
idea that the way for them to
subsist during the depression
was to grow their own suste
nance, become self-sufficient in
sofar as their daily provender
was concerned.
That was all very well then.
His campaign 'was regarded as
highly successful, was written
up in the press of the country.
But Mr. Blue in his communica
tion cites what it has meant to
certain farmers now that the
base acreage program of the
federal government is in force.
The acreage is based on crop
production in certain years.
Those were the very years when
the Gardner Live - at - Home
program was on, and the years
when numerous faj*mc);s were
growing truck for their tables
instead of basis commodities for
the market.
But let the letter of Z. V.
Blue of the Eureka section tell
the story;
“Last Thursday’s issue of the
News and Observer carried an editor
ial suggested by an advertisement
by the Durham Joint Stock Land
Bank, advertising farms for sale,
plus so many base acreages.
“For 35 or 40 years I have grown
tobacco as a money crop when I
felt I could grow it profitably, I had
two curing barns. In an attempt to
make a go of it I follow'ed Govern
or Gardner’s 'Live At Home Pro
gram,’ with trucking as money crop.
Then good roads made it possible
for the trucks to flood the local
markets with earlier vegetables than
I could produce and I could not com.
pete profitably.
“During these base years, I went
further than the tobacco administra
tion is now doing; I reduced to zero
and now under this new set.up I
find myself one among a larg« num.
ber without a base acreage. I con.
tend that the method used in deter
mining the acreage each farmer
shall plant, to be unjust.
"Our tobacco base acreage today
is in a large measure based on the
speculation and gamble of farmers,
merchants, professional men, etc.,
who took a igambler’s chance on
making money by planting tobacco
in large acreages. The scale you were
HAI'PY DAYS ARE
HERE AGAIN’
Houses darl't for months
flooded with light.
! Children rushing to school,
i C.rocijry stores, shops, 'bus^f
with buyers.
' G;Jsoline sales incrtasing.
Heavy demand for Coca Colas.
Agents showing real estate,
,houses to rent.
I The season of the returning
' winterite is upon us. Old famil
iar facos are appearing on the
streets. “What kind of a sum
mer did you have?” heard all
j about.
Put that old record on the
j Victrola, you know, “Happy
, Days Are Here Again,” and
: let’s have a dance!
■ We're pretty mad at Senator •'Bo’o”
Reynolds.
! Thi' Senntov was supposed to join
Messrs. Ehringhau.'*, Bailey and
1 Doughton in Washington Tuesday to
' argue with the PWA for release of
I funds for North Carolina projects.
But ho was on that tom- I’.e's tak.
i ing ’in hi.s trailer, seeing how far
ho can go on a hundred dollais, and
wrote the Governor he couldn't join
' the party.
I "I'm busy distributing literature
from Chambers of Commerce in
I North Carolina :dl over the coimtry,
helping adveiti.se the state," he
j wrote by vvay of an I'xcu.'-o,
j That’s where our wrath comes in.
: .Secretary Shields Cameron of th?
Snuthern Pines Chamber say><
; • "Fightin’ Bob" hasn't taken any of
jur folders with him."
Misses Mary and Louise Hendren
of Hoffman are visiting their grand,
mother, Mrs. Mary Blue.
Miss Florence Hinson of Jackson
Springs spent the week.end with
her sister, Mrs. J. B. Ray.
Miss Kittle Blue spent Saturday
night with her sister, Mrs. H. M.
McCaskill.
Clifton McLean of Eagle Springs
spent part of last week with his
aunt. Mrs. Will Blue.
Ben Arnett spent the week.end at
Myrtle Beach.
Mr., and Mrs. Worth Blue an
nounce the birth of a daughter, Wil.
ma Grey, on Wednesday, September
4, at the Moore County Hospital.
Miss Margaret McLeod left Mon.
day for Flora Macdonald College,
Red Springs, where she is a sopho.
more.
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Potts of Al
bemarle visited in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed McCaskill Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Pauls of
Washington. N. C., after spending
several weeks in Now York City,
Toronto, Canada, and other places of
interest, are visiting Mrs. Poole’s
parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Me.
Lcod.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hinson and
children visited Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
Blue Sunday afternoon.
The many fiienils of Mi-, and Mr.;.
Fd McCaskill will be gln.d to know
that thrii' little .=on, Ed, Jr., who
has been quite ill for the past week,
is now much improved.
31ARR1AGE LICENSE
A marriage license has been Issued
from the office of the Register of
Deeds of Moore county to Isaac J.
FI inchum and Ruth Pressley, both
of Carthage.
It’s the Quality in Grass Seed
that counts. Pinehurst
Warehouses.
MY EXPERIENCE '
SHOWS THAT CAMELS
ARE SO MILO
they DONT AFFEa
MY WIND AND
ENDURANCE. AND
CAMELS GIVE MY
ENERGY A 'LIFT
I GET A LIFT
WITH A CAMEL
TOO. CAMELS
EASE the
STRAIN,
CHEER ME UP
WHENEVER
FEEL tired
OR listless
MEL OTT
Famous Baseball Scar
HOTEL MANAGER
James H. McCabe
Correspondence
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HCILDING BOOM
IN THE OFFING
‘ ^luch new building in the
i Sandhills, which means much
I employment for needy hands,
awaits action by^ Public Works
. Administration officials in
I Washington, and it is to be hop-
ied that this action will be fav-
iorable and .soon.
The project for a new wing
! for the Moore County Hospital
I has been appl’oved insofar as
jthe State of North Carolina is
; concerned, and forwarded on to
I Washington for consideration
! by the “higher-ups.” This in-
j volves the expenditure of more
I than $60,000 and will mean, if
approved, the putting to w’ork
jof a large number of persons in
jthe section.
! Word comes from Raleigh
I this week that the Local Gov
ernment Commission’s execu
tive committee last week ap
proved bond issues for several
local units for improvements to
be financed by the bonds and
grants from the federal gov
ernment. Included among those
approved w-as a bond issue of
$12,000 for the Southern Pines
School District which, with the
addition of hoped-for funds
from Uncle Sam, w’ill be used
for erection of the proposed
gymnasium and auditorium at
our local school.
Now if we can get action on
a new postoffice building for
Southern Pines, get the program
for additions and improvements
to schools of the county under
way, and a few new houses go
ing up, we should find oursel
ves in the midst of an active
building program over the next
year or two. The sound of ham
mers will seem good again af
ter the quietude of a few de
pression years.
A total of 1,861 persons paid ad.
mission to the Southern Pines Thea
tre last week to see the late lament
ed Will Rogers’ latest picture. Man
ager Picquet armounces. Seven per
formances were given.
The youngsters had a scavenger
hunt in Aberdeen the other night. A
scavenger hunt calls for procuring a
lot of strange articles difficult to ob
tain, the one getting the most of
those on the list winning the prize.
On the list in this case was a nic.
ture of the Mayor of Southern Pines.
Naturally, many of the contestants
went to Mayor Stutz’ home asking
pictures. Naturally, if you know Mr.
Stutz at all, they didn’t get them.
But there was one wise one in the
group. He sought out a member of
The Pilot staff, gained entry into
this office, went through the old pa.
pers, found a photo reproduction of
the Mayor, and returned to Aber.
deen victorious.
I THA.NK.S TO THE PILOT
Editin’. The Pilot:
; I wi.-sh to take this opportunity to
thank you for the very pleasant arti.
cle which appeared in the August
30th edition of your paper with re.
' gard to the Seaboard Air Line Golf
Ass riation’s Ninth Annual Tourna
ment at the Southern Pines Country
Club.
j I trust that The Pilot and the
Sandhill .Section will receive benefits
in proportion to the pleasant recol
lections which the members of the
I (.Jolf As.sociation and their friend.^
have the past week.end.
j-J. C. BRADY,
I Secretary.Treas\irer Seaboard Air
I Line Golf Association.
Norfolk, Va.,
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EBIGIMM
A GENERAL MOTORS VALUE
1935
SUPER-SERIES
Holds
One-Quarter
More Food
Freezes ]\Iore
Ice
L. V. O’CALLAGHAN
FiSUilD.VHlE S.VLES AND SERVICE
Tell phone .i.S41 Southern Pines
j We quote from the application '
blanks for drivers’ licenses: “The i
above named person is hereby li.
censed to operate a motor vehicle un. 1
j til suspended, revoked or cancelled.” j
Someone suggests in the Sanford :
Herald the addition of: ‘‘or rubbed
lout in an automobile accident.” !
BAKERS’ FOOD STORE
Phone 5681 Southern Pines, N. C. Phone 5681
EVERYTHING GOOD TO EAT
A Home-Owned Store—Ready to Serve Our People and
Community
Delivery Service—Any Kind of Service
Welcome School Teachers — Welcome to All
SPECIALS FRIDAY and SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th & 14th
I A question in the application which
I may puzzle you is this: “Do you
jread, speak and understand the Eng.
I lish language?”
PINEBLUFF
Mr. and Mrs. John Fiddner and
sons June and Dighton are spending
the week at Long Point.
Mrs. Hazel Allison and daughter
Sally returned Wednescday after
spending the summer in New York
state.
Douglas Allison of Mt. Gilead
spent the week.end with his moth
er.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Dickinson
and daughter Dorothy and Mrs. May
Brotherton of the Seamount section
of Wayne county spent Friday with
their sister, Mrs. W. D. Shannon.
Mrs. J. R. Lampley spent the
week.end in Sanford with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Lawton Foushee.
Miss Sally Allison returned to
Flora Macdonald College Tuesday to
resume her studies.
Mrs. Earl Lampley and J. R
Lampley spent Sunday with Mrs.
Lawton Foushee in Sanford.
Mrs. Vf. D. Shannon is spending the
week with relatives in Wajme coun.
ty.
Mrs. Carlton Porter returned to
her home in Charlotte after visiting
Mrs. J. R. Suttenfield.
Mrs. H. E. Gumey of Charlotte
was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Sutten
field last week.
Dr. and Mrs. Lonzo Myers and
children of Charlotte spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Suttenfield.
Kenneth Melvin returned to his
home in Rocky Mount after visiting
his brother, J. B. Melvin.
Miss Margaret Eice left Monday
for Wingate to enter Wingate Jun
ior College. I
Maxwell House
Coffee
1 lb. to a Customer
Lb.—25c
Brookfield Cream
Cheese
2 Pkts.—15c
Veal Chops, lb.—19c
Lard, lb.—14c
f '
Fat Backs
Lb.—19c
O^^^K-Top Round—lb. 25c
T Rama CfnAl/ 97n
ulvuKSBottom, lb. 21c
1 "liOnC Ot68K lb U 1 C
MARKET SPECIALS
Veal Steak, lb 25c
Spare Ribs, lb 20c
Hamburger Steak, lb 15c
Pork Chops, lb 29c
Smoked Sausage, lb 21c
Franks, (Hot Dogs), lb 21c
Clover Bloom Bacon, lb 39c
Pot Roast, lb 15c
Croaker Fish, lb 5c
GROCERY SAVINGS
Campbells* Pork and Beans 5c
Grape Fruit Juice, No. 2 Can 11c
Tuna Fish, White, 2 for 25c
Sun-Brite Cleanser, 2 for 9c
Miracle Whip-Salad Dressing^
1-2 Pint Jar 15c
Pint Jar .'i,. 24c
Quart Jar 39c
Ginger Snaps, 2 lbs 25c
Sausage, large can (2 1-2 lb.) 21c
Cigarettes, 2 for 24c
Laundry Soap
Pure Loose Coffee
Good Brooms
4 1-lb. Bars
Lb.—13c
Libby’s Milk,
Special
15c
3 for 10c
24c
FLOUR EVERY BAG CDARANTEED FLOUR
— 12 lb. Bag -45c; 24 lb. Bag .85c i
Good Corn Meal, 10 lbs 25c
HOT SHOT— SPECIALS —H O T SHOT
A Grade M^lk, (Mr. Davis’ Best), Quart 13c
Snow Drift—The Perfect Shortening, 6 lb. 93c
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