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VOLUME THE PILOT NUMBER 13 Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Address all communicatioDS to the pilot printing company. VASS. N. C. PEACH PROSPECTS IN THE SANDHILLS Orchards Looks Well and the Orchard Men are Hopeful FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20,1925 (Bion H. Butler) During the winter I have talked with peach men in and out of the Sandhills, and the conclusions to be drawn are that the peach prospect is now, and will be a good one. Last year the prices were not as good as was desired, but it does not appear that low prices of last season have discouraged the men who are best posted as to the possibilities of the ci’op. Two years ago the late frost was disastrous. This was taken then and since then as one of the exigencies of the industry, and not likely to be repeated very often. Two unsatisfactory years in suc cession jolted many of the orchard men, but this spring sufficient money to finance the crop appears at hand from various agencies, and it seems that this condition is met. The trees have come through the winter and look well. Pruning has been carried on as rapidly as is believed to be wise, spraying has started, cutivation is commencing, and the orchards are preparing to handle a big crop. One thing I find in talking with the orchard men is the belief that the crop must be produced for lower costs than in the past. One observing and successful grower says we have al ways figured too much on the high price of our peaches and too little on what those peaches cost us to make. If we will pay more attention to pro ducing at the lowest possible cost the selling price will not be half so wor rying. The opinion of many of the growers is that the region must put a heavy foot on high costs of produc tion, and be abe to market good fruit at a price that will be attractive to the Luyer, for price is becoming more of a factor in the last two or three years than it was when everybody was throwing money around just to see it bounce. From a government bullentin it is discovered that the peach crop last year w'as not so big as to be trouble- ?onie. Three years ago a bigger crop was made in the country. The diffi culty last year was that Georgia put ton many inferior peaches into the market, and queered the whole game at ihe time Sandhill peaches appear ed. I am told that Georgia peaches are being neglected, and that there is a tendency for some of the orchards to dron out, and that is a condition that sbows to some extent in the S^a’^dhills. It is always to be expected tb^t some men will tire of their jobs neglect or quit production, and whi e the orchards as a rule in the dhilh are in excellent shape some them are falling before that natur al eler-tions which eliminates the suc- f’l] or the neglected institutio i, a: I some of the Sandhill orchards will go. But the bulk of them will p )bably stay and be properly main- '^^ed and prove successful. T^nless frost comes to damage the this year the outlook at pres- is that the biggest crop ever known will be made and that it will hf' of the highest possible quality. It a recognized fact that stress is “'^adily laid on the quality of the it in the Sandhills. Growers are vnir.g more about getting their * t in shane to sell, and it looks as "' e are getting a better rating in market as Moore county fruit is er known. ^ buying movement has been notic- ’ in the orchards, outsiders picking orchard property on a considerable ' ■ale. Around the store box philoso- ^ ’ f'r’s club I gather that the buyers orchard property are men of means ’ have looked into the peach situ- ‘ on in the Sandhills with much f 1:. AN' INSPIRATION However the battle is ended, Thougrh proudly the victor comes With fluttering- flags and prancing' nags And echoing roll of drums, Still truth proclaims this motto, In letters of living lig-ht— No question is ever settled, Until it is settled right. Though the heel of the strong oppressor May grind the weak to dust. And the voice of fame with one acclaim May call him great and just. Let those who applaud take warning. And keep this motto in sight— No question is ever settled Until it is settled right. O, man, bowed down with labor! A woman, young, yet old! 0, heart, oppressed in the toiler’s breast And crushed by the power of gold! Keep on with your weary battle Against triumphant might; No question is ever settled Until it is settled right. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. identical to that used in the cement gun, the patents of which are held by the McElroy-Shepherd laboratories. The present sprayer is an outgrowth of the steam cotton sprayer develop ed last summer in the Sandhills by these laboratories in co-operation with Entomologist Leiby. VASS-LAKEVIEW SCHOOL NOTES I Miss Olera McCraney spent Tues day night with Miss Mary Thompson. We are sorry to report that Miss Wylantha Byrd is absent from school this week. She is seriously ill with pneumonia. We hepe she will soon be better. Messrs. Royce Byrd and Farris Wil son have started to school this week. Misses Loula Eastwood and Grace Gardner went shopping in Sanford, Monday of this week. We are glad to say that we have a new member added to our high school, Mr. Dan Matthews. The girls basket ball team played the Jonesboro team last Friday af ternoon and won with a score of 23 to 16. We couldn^t have been enter tained more royally than we were. They served us a plate supper in the school house, and afterwards took us to the picture show. We congratu late these gitls on their splendid team work in basket ball, and also in other outside activities. Mr. F. M. Dwight and Loula East wood motored to Red Springs Monday evening. Miss Frances Blue, of Flora Mac Donald College, was a visitor in school Monday. The baseball team is putting in some good practice at present and from the looks, of things we are go ing to have a real team. SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 INFORNATION AS TOCOUNnCODRT Prof. Matthews Corrects Some of Doctor Poate’s State ments GAU WEEK AT THE CAROLINATHEATRES en in both Pinehurst and Southern Pines at 3:00 p. m., and the evening performances will begin promptly at 8:1'). Th is production is in twelve parts and there will be no preliminary reels. You will enjoy it much bet- Celebrating the Anniversary of ■ ter and will accomodate your neigh- the Opening of the Two Theatres Oh, Boy! How did you do it? That’s what is going to be said to the management at the end of next week by everybody who is so fortunate as to see “The Thundering Herd,’’ “The Thief of Bagdad,” and “Dick Turpin.’’ All of them good robust, healthy, red- blooded pictures, with no “eternal i , cured for Friday and Saturday none triangles, no love-sick scenes nor oth- bors if you make a special effort to be in your seats at 8:15. Reserved seats are now on sale at the usual places. On account of the excessive cost of this production we are com pelled to increase the admission, but they are still less than the city prices and the picture is well worth it. Then— to wind up the anniversary week in a blaze of glory we have se- STOP WAR OR WE BANIW WORLD John H. Fahey Tells Kiwanis Peace or Destruction is Fate of Globe The laws of North Carolina and names of beautiful young women are alike,—both change, some for better, some for worse. The attention of the readers of The Pilot is called to some errors in Dr. Poate’s discussion of the General County Court. 1. The salary of the judge of the General County Court is fixed by the county commissioners. It may be more or less than $3600 a year. The salary of the prosecuting attorney is also fixed by them. It may be more or less than $1000 a year. 2. The judge of the General Coun ty Court may practice law if he chooses, and he does not have to give his full time to the court. 3. To get a jury trial in criminal ac tions no deposit fee is required. 4. Appeals are made in the Gen eral County Court “in the same man ner as is now provided for appeals from justices of the peace.” North Carolina Constitution Article I. Sec tion 13. “No person shall be convicted of any crime but by the unanimous verdict of a jury of good and lawful men in open court. The Legislature may, however, provide other means of trial for petty misdemeanors, with the right of appeal.” This clearly shows that one has a constitutional right to appeal from a General Coun ty Court, not only from findings of law but also from findings of fact, because that court uses other means of conviction than “by the unanimous .verdict of a jury of good and law ful men in open court.” (Signed) W. D. MATTHEWS. ther objectionable features. Every one of them will send you away feel ing better for having seen them. On Monday and Tuesday the Zane Grey story, “The Thundering Herd,” will be the attraction and it is “there” in every sense of the word. With the best features of “The Covered Wag on,” “North of 36” and “Wanderer of the Wa&teland” combined into one picture, “The Thundering Herd,” is the best western the management has ever had the good fortune to screen. With its train of pararie wagons, its tribes of full blooded Indians, its tre mendous herd of Buffalo, its magnifi cent winter scenery in the Rockies, it surpasses all other western pictures. We wish we could go from house to house and tell you more about this picture because we know you will re gret it if you let it go by. On Wednesday and Thursday, the anniversary days, the greatest pic ture ever produced, “The Thief of Bagdad” with Douglas Fairbanks, which has just closed a wonderful en gagement in New York and has since been road-showed in all the largest cities, will be presented. Although this is our chief attraction of the week and by far the most expensive picture we have ever shown, it does not seem necessary to take up much space in describing it because every body knows all about it and everybody who have seen it, want to see it in his newest and best production, “Dick Turpin.” This production has just finished a two weeks run at the new Piccadilly Theatre, New York and is proclaimed by evei y New York paper to be Tom Mix’s greatest. Tom Mix as Dick At the Wednesday meeting of the Kiwanis Club ac the Southern Pines Country Club J. 11. Fahey, of New York and Boston was the speaker. Mr. Fahey is one of the foremost ed itors of the country, and has been in 'he past the president of the Cham ber of Commerce of the United States and connected in other prominent v/a''s with public affairs. Mr. Fa hey took for his theme the Dawes p’an that has been adopted for set- t'ing the financial affairs of Germany, particularly with regard to the deb s owed the other nations, and he had WEEKLY MARKET NOTE& Turpin is as hard riding, as two fisted, ! not proceeded very far before he inl and as quick with the pistol as of yore i pressed on his audience that (lermany and the public has set its approval on | can pay its debts and maintain its “Dick Turpin,” utterly delightful and establishment if it is allowed to car- romantic and thrilling. Celebrate with us and feast on week of real entertainment. a TO TEST NEW SPRAY SCHEME AT HAMLET 'in^ and are making the investments ' . The story as it runs is At Pmehurst, m the 'loratelv. '‘'t the men who are buying have y 1 ^ W the Dlaving of the Carolina •'•one over the situation throughout „.;n ■ United States and decided that ^ ^ pea^h business is not overdone, (Continued on page 8) evening, the nroduction will be greatly enhanced Or chestra, who will use the special or chestration which was used during its New York run. Matinees will be giv- The latest development in orchard spraying machinery is a cold steam process sprayer which delivers a liquid material from a nozzle in a mist as fine as steam. This machine is at present being perfected by the McEl- ory-Shepherd Engineering Labora tories, of Charlottesville, Va., in co operation with entomologist R. W. Leiby, of the Peach Insect laboratory. A demonstration of the sprayer is to be given from ten to twelve o’clock on Friday, February 20, at Hoffman Farms, to which all peach growers and others interested are invited. According to entomologist Leiby the delivery of a spray material under steam pressure is a new and radical idea. Orchardists who have seen the machine in operation are enthusiastic over its merits because no gasoline engine or air pump are required, these i . j i-. being always the bane of the now used ! plan will work out and Ger large orchard spraying machines. It is understood that the principle ry on business in a way that money can be earned. But if Germany is not permitted to engage in -world wide trade, and to earn money no power on earth can restore Germany, make Germany able to pay her debts, or get rid of her as a threatening fac tor in world peace or continued civili zation. The Dawes plan practically put Germany in the hands of a receiver, taking her railroads and her indus tries under bond for payment of her debt. The operation of collecting and paying is in the hands of an agent, Parker Gilbert, an American, to car ry out the plan a German national bank with a capital of $100,000,000 patterned after our Federal reserve system, has been created. The next step is to permit Germany to enter into world trade that she may have a market for her products, and earn money to pay with. And there turns the whole proposition. If Germany is encouraged to establish her indus tries and to recover her prosperity pnd to enter the world’s fields of gen eral industrv Mr. Fahev thinks the A movement is now under way to organize all the truck products of eastern North Carolina by districts so that the sale of these products will be put on a sound basis and a steady market provided! for them throughout the entire year, reports George R. Rofs, chief of the State Division of Markets. “There will probably be eight of these local associations formed,” says ?/Tr. Ross, “with one central organiza tion made rp of the different locals. Ea^’h lo^'al will operate under a sep arate charter but will sell their pro- di^ce throurrh the same di'^'tributor and w’’l enroll their members under the ‘^a'ne fo^m of contract. “Ultimately all the units will be formed into a Federation with a view ^o organized and selling for the entire grour), but for the present each association is to be an indepen dent rn't, identified wi'^h the others o^lv in the employment of a common distributor. - “A committee has already met and adopted plans for the organisation of an a‘=’socintion at New Be»'n, to be known as the New Bern Tr” ’k Grow ers’ Association and it is e'^pert^d that other associations will be forfned later at Chadbourn, Clarkton, Wil mington, Wallace, War-nw, Mt. Olive, Beaufort and Kinston.” Following up the wo k done last fall, when around 2,000 head of cattle I were placed on the farms of western ! North Carolina, Virginia and South I Carolina, the State Division of Mar kets .is now helping the feelers to I sell these cattle. The work h under ! the direct supervision of Mr. T. L. ! Gwvn, who has had practical experi- ience in marketing catt-e. If there are (Others in the State who desire assis tance in selling their cattle, a letter to the Division of Markets, N. C. Department of Agriculture, Raleigh, N. C., will receive prompt attention. used in the cold steam sprayer is i many will thrive and pay her debts to the allied nations. But if Ger- (Continued on page 8) An Edgecombe farmer learned through his county agent that he could get the best cotton seed in North Carolina right in his own county and he bought 300 bushels /rom the Edge combe Seed Breeders’ Association.
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