Friday, February 22, 1929.
Pagre Two
TH E PILOT
North Carotina
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WHY WE
NEED SCHOOLS
Moore county is making fair
progress in the public schools,
but some loose ends still need
tightening up. We should havei
eight months for every child in*
the county. The reason for a'
longer school term is that chil
dren must look in the future to
A better equipment for the
pf oadening tasks that are ahead
them. The primitive of the
fid days has gone. Machinery
as taken the place of human
<^nergy in industry, and in the
Jays ahead life is more of a
Jjrains effort than a manual job.
The child that can do nothing
perea i?3Achine cannot do is ham-
The more a ^
-read an dthink the ffix,able to
able to accomplish. Goinj^ Vi
school is, in a plain sense, open
ing f}he road for children to read
and understand books and print
ed information. Books are the
accumulated knowledge of man
kind through all ages. The child
that can read can leam any
thing its brain capacity permits.
The child that can read and un
derstand what it reads can find
out almost anything that the
world has so far discovered.
That is what education is. The
child that goes to school knows
unlimited things that the child
denit^d the school privilege does
not know. The one is equipped
with knowledge. The other is
shut out.
This is a world of facts, and
those facts are dug out by hu
man observation and study. Two
way^ are before all of us who
w?rK to know things. One is
to dig them out slowly our
selves. The other is to go to
boof-.^ where the digging of the
whole period of human existence
is recorded on the printed page.
Education in school is the pro
cess of mpJc'ng the child famil
iar with the things others hav«
•dug out instead of going over
the slow task of making the in-
ve*! tigations itself. An educat-
c'd man may profit by the work
t>f a million investigators. An
uneducated m?n d^p:nd? on hi<
own '0rv limited field of exper-
That’s the d fference,
and t is a crime to denv the
chil(‘ ^he power to r-ad and know
V'h, *■ i-v»o evpovience of others
thM* himself has been. An edu
cated nation is the greatest
row<^r in the world.
GOVERNOR
MAK GARDNER
The logical attitude taken by
Gi»rdner on the various
things that come before him,
anfl in the publiV m?^tteii=;
Vhich he evinces an interest,
Varrant the expectation that he
Is '-'•'■ing to be one of the effi
cient men who have held the r«-
frj)f>r* ible rosition of g-eneral
.^er of North Carolina. Mr.
Gardner was chosen to his pres
ent ''b i'^ ^n exciting period,
t>iit lis acquaintance with the
o‘=^pbh‘shed a confidence
in hi.s ability, pnd he came
tnent with a vote that showed
him *:o be solid with his consti-
tu(' He f^oes ?bont his work
' capable and efficient man
ager who has the job of his op
eration in full view of his- eyes,
and if he nlavs anv politics it
Ts done in such complete accord
wlt>^ t*^e puhlir' welfare that it
% b-,yond objection or criti
cism.
Max Gprdner appears to go
on the assumption that to do the
right thing is the right thing
lo do. If that be politics more
^ower to the man who pursues
that course. Yet it n:ay be the
fcest type of politics, in which
case more credit to the man. For
the pui-pose of a governor is to
So manage the affairs of the
state that it shall be in fact as
in name a commonwealth, in-
^cluding all the people, and if in
managing his state he carries on
in such a way as to meet the
approval 'of the people it will be
fitting if they remeimber him
later on and find something else
for him to do when his work in
Raleijjrh is finished.
Not that The Pilot believes where in this part of the state. It! it is nearing the tinie when’
Max oLdner is playing to the lar piece of grass So many are|beds should be prepared for thei
‘Caller es. He is too big a man is needless to cite any particu-, leas hardy flow ,
for that. He is diplomatic in encountered now every where' The
trying to bring about the ends eral fact is enough. that has been made a ong the
he has in mind. He keeps in, that a mere reference to the gen-1 railroad m Southern Pines and
mind the opinions of his adver-' The lesson from the stopr|on some of the strets there, as
saries and undertakes to deal should be to encourage the: well as the ext ed mass ofi
fairly and kindly with them. He planting of much stuff of
is no fire-eater, but a cool-head- sort, beginmng right now, for the ought to be sufficient stimulus,
ed advocate of things that look winter has advanced so far that to more ^ings
logical to him and helpful to the as rapidly as planting can be planted. The mwan^ club, the.
state. He has been long enough carried out the genial days ^11. Sou them Chamber of Com-
in command to show he under- be taking care of everything merce and the Aberdeen Coin-j
,«itands his responsibilities and that goes into the ground. Shrub-mercial club are extending their |
knows the rules of his craft, bery in large masses can be set planting schemes, but they can i
Probably that is the best kind of t with the expectation of its | be imitated or encouraged by i
politics, the kind that gets ben-'growth, and bulbs and spring others to the great benefit of
eficial results and establishes | flowers should go into the i the whole region. Wonderful
with the beneficiaries the knowl-i ground in quantity if they are progress has been made up to
edge that the man who accom- not there already. Trees mayithe present, but nothing like:
plishes is worth while. Four, be put out any time, and the, what us ahead and practically m|
years is a somewhat long period, sooner the better. Evergreens,!sight. A season of planting iSi
and we will hear the thunder | hollies, dogwoods, the shrubs ofjas certain as spring, and it wilr
several times before his day in all types, native and imported, be a great thing if the move,
Raleigh is up, but if Max Gard- are due now in the ground, and could be made unanimous. i
ner goes on as he is going, which
seems likely, he will make a rec
ord that will be known and en
during.
DR. L. M. DANIELS
DENTIST
Office First Floor Hotel Elberta
elephone Southern Pines
DR. GEORGE G. HERR
DENTIST
idgett Building. Southern Pines.
THE RECORD OF
.1. D. McLEAN
PATCH’S
Dress Sale
The man who asked the Chamber
of Commerce to inquire into the
of some things in Southern
The statement by pines will be watched by several peo-
token from the repite of the
State Auditor, showing that J.
D. McLean had collected the
taxes of Moore county for a tri
fle above one per cent, or to be
answer.
Although the first aributus blossoms 1
came in a week ag'o more first ones j
will continue to come for the next |
three or four weeks. !
You are allowed to hunt turkeys,]
quail and rabbits yet. You are alsoj
allowed to kill rabbits. You don’t'
have to hunt them. j
They are telling the peach growers
now to practice diversified farmin-g.
Trying to diversify farming is what
made peach growers of them
Some oi the folks who dug their
wells deeper after the dry season a
explicit, 1.12 per cent, ought to-couple of years e«g«4re growling now
giv the taxpayers of the county about too much ram, which they say
ift^ething to think about. ^In | is not ne«ded.
ured aslfi9§.^i'"® is fig-.
age to allow tHetdi^^t percent- After all that has been said in the
Mr. Spence’s recent letter legislature about the Australian bal-
Pilot he makes the statement, ’irf ^o see why they persist
that under the old general law | things aboiix®v®®^^^ ballot. If any-
the collection of the taxes for it will be before th§°J.7® .
the year of which Mr. McLean’s \ ed.
per centage is figured would |
have cost about $11,638, and he; John Bloxham says when he starts j the summ? ^ T'-’^ade each way to
An Event Unusual
GROUP 1
Splendid quality flat crepe, crepe de chine, georgette
and prints are the materials used in the frocks we are
offering in this remarkable sale.
2 DitteSSES $15.00
GROUP 2
Flat crepes and imported materials, sizes 16 to 46,
regularly sold as higih as $49.50—
SPECAL $27.50
GROUP 3
One or two piece models in crepes or georgettes reg
ularly $25.00 to $35.00—
SPECAL $16.95
No charges ALL SALES FINAL No Returns
Dorsey Stutts says the Seaboard is
still hauling more freighi up and:
down the road and more people. Folks ;
who complain that the trains make,
j too much noise as they go through j
I Southern Pines are reminded that the
I'Ot..
shows that the saving would pav North or anywhere else
the^ shenff s fees for collections knows where he is going to stop
beside the collector S fees and j every night. So do most of the rest
still ha\ e a couple of thousand l j^j^e cases out of ten we
don’t get there. That’s the differ-
The fact is that Mr. McLean
has done two things that are ofl
value to the tax payer. He has; „ u- ^ n
lowered the cost of collection bv^ ” Washington really
several thousand dollars and he T
his birthday a moveable day like
• New Hampshire ave-
r.ue, and that anyooo,, ^vould bowl if
they l^ad to continually be i*^^r0£ising i
the burden to be pulled over that hill.
A locomotive is not very different
f»'om any other white folks
has collected the taxes down to'^- ^ ^ j
« tt i Kaster, so it could come on Sunday
a hardly reducible minimum. He j i ^ i
pot the money and at the lowest'^ f ‘he postoff.ee close
cost. His low rate is exceeded'"" *"y
bv orly seven counties in the ^
state, and the number of delin-|
quents is among the smallest!
The way the horses are increasing
wanted to: in the Sandhills it would be a joke if
the automobiles will some day have
;r keep off the riding roads and leave;
the horses to the enjoyment of their;
privileges. The flying machine and'
the riding horse may have their dayl
P’etty soon.
among the counties of the state.
The Pilot calls attention to
this matter because in some cir
cles criticism is heard of Mr. Mc
Lean. Possibly McLean is no
more perfect in some things than
the rest of us, but in collecting
taxes he seems to be an emphat
ic- succes. He gets the money,
what we have a tax col-
The only real scientific system of
taxes seems to be the one that will
provide some way that the other fel
low shall do the paying.
G. Washington may have been the
father of this country, but H. Hoover
is the parent the crowd are looking
to at the present minute.
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and strongest companies in the world.
Our Health policies do NOT require a physical exam
ination.
Our Claim service is prompt and efficient. Our com
pany allows us to settle all but the largest and most com
plicated cases ourselves.
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Real Estate and Insurance
Southern Pines
SIGNS
\ny kind—Showcard to Electric and
Roof Signs.
SWIFTS SANDHILL SIGN SHOP
lector for. that and nothing else.‘Grey Bldg. Southern Pinesi
That is the thing for the peo-i
pie to remember. It is possible
other men might do as well, but|i|
that is a possibility and not ai|:
certainty. The one think of im- j«
portanre is that he delivers the Jj
goods at the lowest figure reach-1
ed by almost any other collec-i
tor in the state, and that noth-l
ing is to be said against him in!
his work. That being the casej
it is right apparent that theig
commissioners made a }^od se-|*|
l-rfion when he wps appointed,i H
and that they will do a good*H
job in continuing him as long H
as he does this kind of work, for g
the object in paying any tax g
collector a salary is to get the «
work done which is assigned «
him, and not to provide some-il|
body a job. This is his record. ||
Collected all but 4 28 per cent «
of the taxes levied without fore- H
ed sale, and collected the taxes |§
for 1.12 per cent. That is aiS
r ord that another rran will S
>'^ve to keep before him all the ♦*
time, for that is a record the 8
DR. E. W. BUSH
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
■Southern Pines, N. C.
NEW HOMES
AND WHAT BULT THEM
Last week The Pilot had four pages of pic
tures of fine new buildings at Knollwood. They
showed the wonderful progress the Knollwood
Section is making.
But one thing that helps to make all those
buildings look so attractive is that practically
everyone of them was built wholly or in part
with material supplied by
THE PINEHURST LUMBER YARDS
Pinehurst, N. C.
people will not allow to be for
gotten.
TIME TO PLAN
SPRING PLANTING
The agreeable progress the
Sandhills have made in the last
few years in planting roadsides,
lawns and other places is a rev
elation to most folks, for the
sandy belt of North Carolina was
until recently accepted as a bar
ren territory with no possibili-'
ties of improvement. The re-i
cent experience shows emphat-j
ically the contrary. Many a time*
some stranger has come into the
neighborhood and insisted that
“you can't make grass grow here
in the thin sand.” Now, while
it is true that here is not a ver
dant pasturage region it is a
facts that grass sufficient for
all needs. The grass spots here
and there about all the villages
is sufficient evidence, and the
transformation that grass has
wrought is one of the interesting
exhibits that greet the eye any- «
In the list are the Ross house, the Van
Keuren, the Pushee, the Johnson, the Wood, the
Vail, the Fownes, the Keating, the Way, the
Ogden, practically all the material in our line in
the Pine Needles, etc.
At the same time other fine homes are com
ing to the Pinehurst Lumber Yard for supplies,
as the McKinney, the Henne, the Kraffaart, and
houses in Southern Pines, the Ashley Heigfhts
school, the Pinehurst scihool, the, Pinehurst
Hospital, the Reed, Buckminster, Given, Batson,
Chapin, Harris, and other houses in Pinehurst.
Good Houses call for Good Material
They get it a tthe
THE PINEHURST LUMBER YARDS
Pinehurst, N. C.
THE SOUTHERN PINES HOTEL
AMERICAN PLAN
75 Rooms
The Southern Pines Hotel extends to the winter resi
dents of the Sandhill section a cordial invitation to make
this hotel their headquarters while downtown.
FRANK HARRINGTON, MANAGER
The Southern Pines Hotel, Southern Pines, N. C. |
The Sea View Inn Biddeford Pool, Maine |
Announcement
Announcement is made of the sale of the business of
the Hardware and Eelectric Co. to Huske Hardware House
of Fayetteville, N. C. All accounts up to the close of bus
iness Feb. 9, are payable to Hardwaire and Electric Co.
This concern has enjoyed the patronage and con
fidence of this community and its guests for thirty years
and takes this opportunity to th^k the public for its
patronage and good will.
The management is particularly pleased that in sell
ing its business it has been able to sell to a concern well
adapted to taking care of its former patrons and is very
glad that the purchaser intends to increase the lines
handled.
In thanking its former patrons it desires to invite
them to continue their patronage at the store.
HARDWARE and ELECTRIC COMPANY
By N. L. GIBBON
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