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THE PILOT
Published every Friday by the
PILOT PRINTING COMPANY
Vass, North Carolina
STACY BREWER, Owner
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THE PLIGHT OF
THE FARMER.
On all hai^ds the situation of
the farmer is considered, and
the many remedies that are of
fered are enough to cure all the
ills the human family has been
afflicted with since the day
when Adam encountered the ap
ple and laid the foundation for
all human ailments. But it is
hardly too much to say that not
one of the remedies suggested
gives any promise, because none
goes to the bottom of the trou
ble and determines the cause.
It is well enough known to
those who keep tab on selling
prices that what the farmer
sells is 'low in proportion to
what he buys. The last monthly
crop report from the Depart
ment of Agriculture shows that
the advance in farm prices over
those of days before the war has
been 30 per cent. In other things
than farm products the advance
has. been 61 per cent. Now there
is the situation.' What the rem
edy is is another question, but
as long as the farmer has to pay
61 per cent more than previous
prices and gets an advance of
only 30 per cent he is 31 per cent
at a disadvantage. He may have
all the credits the government
can give him, which is simply a
way to get a bigger burden on
his back, but the more credits
he gets with the selling price of
his stuff so proportionately low
er than the price of the things
he buys he can never get his
feet under him.
He gets the short end of the
stick all the time, and Haugen
bills, or government subsidy of
the yield would not have been so
big as to overload the consunip-
tive demand. Under normal cir
cumstances it is hardly likely
that a big acreage would make
an unwieldly crop again this
year. Therefore, the acreage to
be planted must be carefully
considered, from both view
points.
But a thing for the fanner to
consider most seriously is the
cost of making his crop. No oth
er business in the world pays so
little attention to the economic
phases of production as farm
ing. Too much land that is not
suitable for cotton is planted to
cotton, and it never can make
cotton at a profitable price. Too
much indifference to the crop
also plays havoc with the profits
of cotton. Cotton ought to make
500 pounds to the acre, which is
evident by the fact that it does
make more than that on same
acres, and land that will not
make that much is not efficient
land. It could make six or seven
or eight hundred, and if Henry
Ford should undertake to grow
cotton he would make his land
bring that much. Farming is
too indifferent in its methods,
and in its rigidness of operation.
No manufacturing concern in
the world could succeed with the
vast amount of lost motion that
characterizes farming.
A fine example of making cot
ton is always seen on the farms
operated by A. Cameron at Vass.
He makes more cotton to the
acre and to the dollar of expen
diture than very many men in
this section. But he makes his
crop year after year, and were
he a younger man it is safe to
predict that he would make his
crops for less money each suc
ceeding year, for he applies to
his farm the same principles of
management that he does to his
mills. What we need is better
cotton operation, and then the
acreage will take care of itself,
and so will the prices.
DR. PC ATE AND
FARM LIFE SCHOOL
If there is a man in Moore
county who is entitled to the ad-
and there a bit of forest, and
just such things as are coming
along all the time and foreshad
owing what Moore county can
become if we give it a little
help.
Two factors in advancing the
county have been Southern
Pines and Pinehurst, for here
are two villages that are a
pleasure to the eye, and a com
fort to the resident. The sat
isfying architecture, the land
scape, gardening, the effect of
the natural forests around the
villages, the streets, and all the
features are working in the di
rection Mr. Boyd speaks of. But
we can all do a great deal more
toward making the county what
it can be. With the opening
:f another Tiotel at Knollwood
that section will have additional
help in the work the Mid-Pines
club has been doing in lending
attractiveness to the picture,
but everybody on every road
and on every farm and on every , , ^ ^ • i.u d i
village lot can do still more than | has spent the ^nnter m the Back-
has been done toward making!®*'® cottage on ^iladelp la venue,
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Butler, in Clinton, N. C., returned to
her home here on Sunday last.
Mrs. C. C. Lampley and daughter,
Louisee, of Albemarle, are spending
a few weeks with her sister, Mrs.
Homer Gibson.
A letter from Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Barry who left here for Florida last
spring and settled at Bithlo, 17 miles
from Orlando, states that times are
slow and dull down there, but that
his asthma is so much better that he
has taken off his clothes and gone to
bed at night for the first time in 40
years.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Watson, of
Erie, Pa., who have toured Florida
for the past eight months, arrived
here last week and are stopping with
their old friend, Mr. Fletcher Piece,
for a few weeks on their return trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Brewster J. Allison,
m., by Rev. C. L. Jackson. Prayer-
meeting on Thursday evening at the
residence of Miss M. A. Payne at 7:30
p. m.
At the M. E. Church January 30,
Sabbath school at 9:45 a. m. Preach
ing by Rev. Nathan Trivitt at 11 a.
m. Young People’s meeting at 7 p. m.
Prayermeeting on Thursday at 7:30
p. m.
Rev. C. L. Jackson preached for the
colored Presbyterians at Carthage on
Sunday last.
Mrs. C. L. Jackson entertained a
party of young married ladies from
Wadesboro last Saturday afternoon in
honor of her daughter, Mrs. Raymond
Warden, of New York City.
Miss Alice Hancock, who has been
visiting her father, Mr. David Han
cock, has returned to her home in
Danbury, Conn.
Mr. and 'virs. J. B. Eiford and ; ^toney Point, on the Hudson River,
daughter. Miss Lucile, were guests of i N- Y„ were guests of his sister-in-
Rev. C. L. Jackson and family on ' ^^w, Mrs. Haratio Allison and family
Sunday last.
Dr. Geddes, from Massachusetts,
Moore a big park, a delight to
the resident, and a marvel to
the stranger. And it is worth
while to remember that the
stranger is a factor in the com
munity. Caring for his needs
is one of the chief industries,
and he likes to see pretty sur
roundings. If we make a
pleasant place for him we also
have a pleasant place for our
selves, and an earning capacity
as a resort neighborhood. Na
ture made Moore county a great
possibility. Let us use the op
portunity and make it the most
delightful place in the world to
live.
PINEBLUFF
At the Baptist church January 30,
Sabbath school at 10 a. m., at Assem
bly Hall, preaching service at 11 a.
died at 7 o’clock Monday morning.
Mrs. 0. D. Sandyson who has spent
the past month with her mother, Mrs.
on Sunday last.
Mr. H. W. Skipper, of Albemarle,
spjnt last week-end with his sister,
Mrs. Homer Gibson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lampley and
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R. G. HUTCHESON
SANDHILL FARM LIFE SCHOOL
Vass, N. C., Route 1.
miration of the people it is Dr.
any sort, or credit or anything earnest effort to
else will not help him, for you j Farm Life school at
can^t help him while he has
pay so much more for what he is engaged m. Those
buys than he gets for what he ! lu circumstances
sells. The farm dollar is worth |, school has had
about 80 cents when it comes to i__ , fu f fu its inception,
buying things. He does not need generosity of some
more m:ney. He needs more j ^ commun-
for his money. All the other in- t if ? to survive. Dr.
dustries but farming pay more j ^ observed the situa-
money and that simply means ^
that other industries give big- •
ger wages, or if you want to f a w ^
turn it around higher wages school on a
make higher selling prices and ; J hLp I f
the farmer has to pav higher for ! ^ e maintain useful-
what he buvs than he leU for i ^he most
what he selll This is the situa- ! institutions
tion. What the remedy is is an
other affair. But it is useless
to hunt for a remedy until the
in Moore county.
The connection of John Mc
Queen with the school is. com-
Per Cent
On Your Savings
Invest Your SAVINGS In
Pinehurst Incorporated
Preferred Stock
is the trouble. The farmer gets
the little end of the dollar.
FIGURING ON
THE COTTON CROP.
It is apparent that the cotton
crop of 1926 was too big for the
demands of the people who buy
cotton, but before too much re
duction of acreage is considered
several things should be held in
mind. The crop was the result
of a complete harmony of vary
iiuix. xux a xcxixcy uiiui tut: j knowledge. The hone of
trouble IS recognized, and here Poate is that othere may
align themselves with' a move
ment to put the school on a more
certain footing, and lessen the
responsibility of those who have
stood for it from the start,
which is the only fair plan. Dr.
Poate is trying to arouse public
sentiment, and the figures and
facts he brings out ought to
command such attention as to
get results. Farm Life school
is a big asset to the county. It
has made successful young men
ing conditions that were all in j and women of a number who
favor of the p-owth and produc- would have had hard sledding
tion of the plant. Weather was i had it not been for the facilities
admirable, boll weevil for some
reason did little damage, top
crop was permitted to ripen,
picking season was long, and it
is not likely that in another 20
years will all things work to
gether for such a crop. The
acreage in 1926 was 47,653,000
acres as compared with 46,053,-
000 the year before, or only
about 3 per cent of an increase.
But the crop in 1926 was about' school
two and a half millions bales
more than the crop of 1926. The
yield to the acre was nearly 20
per cent greater. There is what
made the big crop of cotton.
Both last year and the year
previous big acreages of cotton
were planted, but the yield of
1925 was taken by the trade.
Had the conditions been the
same as regards the crop in 1926
offered at the school, and that is
a great gain for the county. It
nils a place in the educational
scheme that seems to be neces
sary for a time yet in this
county, and if Dr. Poate can stir
up such a sentiment as will put
the school on a better footing
he will be one of the benefactors
of this community, as he is in
other ways aside from the
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Jack Boyd says he is interest
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of the most pleasant places in
the world to live, and with that
aim in view he would like to
see the whole county a big park,
with attractive homes, interest
ing roads, pleasant farms, here
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