V Four THE Plior Friday, June 18, 1926. THE PILOT Published every Friday by the PILOT PRINTING COMPANY Vass, North Carolina STACY BREWER, Ownwr Subscription Rates: One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 Address all commiiuicationi to The Pilot Printing Co., Vass, N. C. AdTertising Rates on Application Entered at the Postoffice at Vass. N. C., as second-class mail matter. HELPING THE FARMER One of the most vjaluable weekly publications in North Carolina is the News Letter printed at Chapel Hill. Last week’s issue had a story on ten ant farming, and just now when the whole country is having a spasm over helping the farmer the article fits in with the rest of the movement. But it has one limitation that is almost fatal. It tells about the disadvanages of tenant farming and of the vast mass of landless people, but it does not offer a suggestion as to why, nor a remedy. The men who are at the head of the News Letter have certain facilities for investigation, and they ^ men capable of trail ing causes to their source and of drawing logical conclusions. With the machinery at their command The Pilot proposes that they inquire into the why of the tenant farmer and do the work so thoroughly that when it is done it may be sufficiently il luminating to tell the country why the tenant farmer exists and increases. Surely it is more important to discover the cause of increasing tenancy and there by a possible remedy than to exhibit these mere statistics of tenantry. It is probable that the ten ant system has features that are not desirable, although like ly enough it has some things to its credit. But to be able to judge rationally of its draw backs and benefits the underly ing influences need to be more fully known, and when they are found it is possible they will have pointed out other active factors that need to be studied. Today a lot of quack remedies are offered the farmer, and some of these remedies are in danger of being forced on him re^rd- less of whether they are benefi cial or not. The political ten dency is to offer a remedy that will benefit politics, not the pa tient. And that is one reason why unbiased men and trained investigators should study the case with a desire to properly present a diagnosis. Why are so many tenants on farms, and why are they increas ing and why are so many in the South ? The questions are worth asking and worth following to the end that they may be an swered truthfully and intelli gently, and no one is better able to do this than the men who print the News Letter at Chapel Hill. The matter is referred to Mr. Branson with the plea that he start something. THE SANDHILLS SIXTEEN The entertainment by the Sandhills Sixteen last Friday night in Southern Pines was one of the most interesting things ever staged in this section, and it was more than simply a musi cal entertainment. It was a demonstration of certain re sources that are worth realiz ing. Here in the community are a lot of folks who can sign,, and who can do better than that, for they can give the natural in terpretation to the selections they present. This is no at tempt to review the singing. It is rather an effort to point out the fact that on our own people we can tlepend for enertainment of a type that is an unusual and high character, and which ought to be called on more frequently, for nothing comes this way from the outside that is more enjoy able. It is an old claim that a pro phet is not without honor save in his own country, and that is explained by the statement that we are too familiar with our own prophets to accord them the merits they have. Frank Buchan, Bob Page, and the boys who grew up here lack the ele ment of surprise that a stranger has to help him when he comes, and we first have to comprehend that it is our own familiar neigh bors who are doing the good work. No use to mention a long list of names. The appre ciation shown Friday night at tends to that. But we do need to fix this thing firmly in our minds. We have in the Sand hills a bunch of intelligent, cap able entertainers who can prob ably put on an evening’s pro gram that will appeal more heartily to more people than anything that can be brought in from the outside. Possibly more accomplished singers can be secured, and possibly a more profound program might be ar ranged, but that is not the point. Our own folks have plenty of ability and plenty of adaptability, and they know the kind of goods we want in this neighborhood, and they deliver the material that is appreciated. The Sandhills Sixteen is a better organization than even that is appreciated. The Sandhills Six teen is a better organization than even the members them selves suspect. It has more ability than they are aware of, but it has what is better yet than ability, and that is the har mony of understanding of the community and the power to fit into what is wanted. The Sand hills Sixteen gives an audience a fuller return for its money than any niusical group The Pilot has ever known to sing in public in Southern Pines. A POSITIVE ASSET The attention that is drawn toward the upper end of Moore county deserves more emphasis by more of the people, for the disclosures show that instead of being a liability as has been too often argued the northern town ships give promise of being one of the most valuable assets of all of North Carolina. In a way the worth of the upper townships has been known for many years, and in the older days the upper section led in the development of Moore. It was only when the resort indus try began to put the Sandhills in the light of public vision that the upper section lost its lead. But that did not lessen the nat ural wealth of the northern townships. The power of the Deep river is one of the most useful nat ural gifts to the people of this section. For years that has made the community of High Falls one of the most thrifty in the county, and the thrift does not depend on the drift of people this way from the North. It is a power within the command of the people, and they use it. With the manufacturing commu'nity the farming industries and help-, and the prosperity is more wide ly extended in this way. The mills at Hemp were established to utilize more power from Deep river, but when the Sandhill Power company was absorbed by the Carolina company the power of the Deep river was turned into the general lines of the bigger company, and the mills run now by that power from the general source. But the power is there and much more can be generated on the river. The interest shown in build ing stone in the upper town ships is one of the wholesome signs. If stone production is to be developed farmers will have work many days during the year when they are not needed on the farms, and much of the revenue from the sale price of stone will go to the people liv ing in the vicinity of the quar ries. Also will come to the farmer the sale price of the stone in the ledge. In a square vard of stone are approximate ly two tons as it is solid in the ledge, and that means nearly ten thousand tons to the acre for every yard in depth, which is equivalent to a thousand dol lars If sold at ten cents a ton, or five hundred dollars if sold at ten cents a cubic yard. And it seems there is no limit to the amount of stone in sight. The only thing is the finding suffi cient market. Ten cents, a yard is so low as to be of little consequence to the buyer of stone, but it is a big price if the whole acre can be used for the production of stone. W’hat has been sold recently has brought much more than ten cents, but with the vast amount available it is doubtful if high prices can be maintained. And in quantity production they would not need to. The stone of Moore county is so valuable that every effort should be made to hei.p that sec tion develop this tremendous re source. Pinehurst is wisely leading in the movement, and is so well pleased with what has been done so far that it looks now as if the work already un dertaken will bring results. In addition to the stone it is gradually becoming apparent that the timber industry of the upper part of the county is a continuing one. Several years ago Dr. Street called attention to the successive crops of pine lum ber taken from the same tract, and since then as the demand for lumber increases it has be come common knowledge that a bunch of pine trees will stand cutting several times in the life of one operator, for the little pines left when the big ones are taken soon become another saw mill crop. Forest lands in up- Moore are growing into money more rapidly and surely than al most and other t^e of land in the county, and will have a last ing and extended influence on the industries of the county as far in the future as can be seen at the present. This also af fords an outlet to the farm la bor at times when it is not need ed on the farm, and indicates a substantial industry in the tim ber section as well as in the neighborhoods where stone is to be produced. As timber and stone go together up there, the one thing needed is simply to put the stone on the market. To widen the market the up per townships need the vigor ous help of all the rest of the county, and that help will pay those who extend it, for if by all joining together we can stim ulate business and industry in the river townships that section will improve in many ways and become one of the most attrac tive points for Sandhill visitors and an asset to the south side of the county as a place for strangers to driye and visit. The south side can help the upper townships from selfish motives if from no other, and gain by the help. Moore county prof its in all sections every time any section moves forward. PINEHURST A marriage of interest to a num ber of people in the Pinehurst com munity was that of Miss Eudine Meadows and True Cheney, which took place last week it the home of the bride in Georgia. Miss Meadows was a valued member of the faculty of the Pinehurst school. Mr. Cheney has been identified with Pinehurst for a number of years. They are very comfortably domiciled in the Arlington Cottage at Pinehurst. # ♦ 4^ Clan Cameron has been increased. Gordon Bevins Cameron, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. McG. Cameron, was bom at the home of his parents in Pine hurst last week. Both mother and babe are doing nicely, and hopes are entertained for the proud father’s re turn from walking on air to terra firma in ample time for his first born to receive the benefit of the in struction planned for him. ♦ ♦ ♦ * J. I. O'Brien, of Pinehurst Phar macy fame, has been spending a few weeks visiting relatives in New Eng- land and taking a much needed rest, well earned by his participation in the most strenuous winter season Pine hurst ever experienced. ♦ 4i Members of the Brotherhood, and a number of their friends, enjoyed an outing and fish fry at Thaggard’s Tuesday night. ♦ « ♦ For several years The Pilot has en joyed a very substantial subscription list at Pinehurst. This has been improved by the addition of several names recently. C. W. McKenzie is the youngest member of our family of readers at Pinehurst, having recently pledged us his support. Any others? ♦ ♦ ♦ Miss Ruby Craig, of Vass, spent Wednesday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Picquet. ♦ ♦ * Much regret is being experienced at the sudden illness of H. W. Ehre- hardt, of The Electric Shop force. It was suspected that an operation was necessary and he was taken to a hos pital in Columbia, S. C. A host of friends hope for his speedy recovery. « « « Fifty Berkshire pigs were sent out from the Pinehurst Farm this week, forty to be used in Pig Club work in Montgomery County and ten for the same purpose went to Rockingham. The demand for Berkshires greatly ex ceeded the supply this year. 41 M » Chief among several improvements to be made at Pinehurst this summer is the installation of a 200,000 gallon tank to furnish water for the village. The tank now in use will be convert ed into a heater for the new sprinkler system at the Carolina. Sixty ad ditional bath-rooms are being ^ put in the Carolina during the repair season. Have your Mjm Biaiiiiiied by Expert. Cost is No Mort POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT My opponent has requested a sec ond primary for the office of Clerk of Court, to be held on July 3. I appreciate the splendid vote I re ceived on June 5, and earnestly solicit your support in this second primary. JOHN WILCOX. One community in Alamance County is now shipping 9,000 gallons of milk per month from which an in come of $2,250 is being secured. DR. J. C. MANN, ^esiglit Spedal- ist and Optkian wiU be at Chean Jewelry Stor«, Sanford, N. C., evary Wedn^day in each week. Headache relieved when caused by Eyestrain. Office equipped with the latest exam ining instnunenta. When he fits jou with glasses you have the satisfae- tion of knowing that they are correct Weak eyes of children should receive expert attention; take your child to him. Remember that he is in Sanford Every Wednesday from 10 A. M. to 3 P• JM. A. 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