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THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Vaas, North Carolina
Friday, April 19,
THE PILOT
Published every Friday by
THE PILOT, Incorporated.
Vass, North Carolina.
NELSON C. HYDE, General Manager
BION H. BUTLER, Editor
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A REVOLUTION
IN TAXATION
For some time The Pilot has
been of the opinion that a peace
ful revolution in taxation has
been approaching, and the ac
tion of the recent session of the
legislature confirms that opin
ion. It commenced some years
ago when the state released to
the counties and small civil units
the privilege of taxing lands and
real property, reserving as the
field for state income the other
assets, such as industries, li
censes, etc. The recent legfela-
ture emphasized the previous
step by including in state fi
nancing a more considerable pro
portion of the sdhool costs and
of the road costs, and it now
looks as if the movement to re
lease land still farther is in the
offing.
Much discussion has been
heard over the school law, and
it was discussed by the attorney
general of the state at the din
ner of the Kiwanis Club last
week. That discussion made
noise was made about the pro
test by the teachers than the
affair actually justified, and tftiat
not much complaint was really
heard. But that does not change
the situation in regard to the
tendency of the taxpayer to in
sist that more relief shall be
given to land property and that
more money must come event
ually from other sources. The
farmer, and that ’includes all
landed property, has been given
recognition, and it may be ac
cepted that he will not in the
future pay so much money for
what he gets in return for his
taxation, and that otflier sources
must help him pay what he pays.
The forecast is that the basis
for taxes is to be broader, and
that a larger number of people
are to be brought under the ju-
riisd’iction of the tax collector,
and that by doing it more in
terest will be felt by all people
in the manner of spending tax
money collected. It will not be a
quick or painless operation, for
public affairs move too slowly.
But nearly always they move
effectively <in the long run.
The new school law is adopt
ed. It will work some changes,
and from what The Pilot can
see they will be for tftie common
good of the whole people of the
state. But back of all that is on
the surface now the most prob
able result of this new law is a
revoluion before long in our
whole tax system for a more
fair and satisfactory measure.
We have not yet reached the.
point we are heading for.
A SEASON OF
ADVERTISING
Those w*ho know say this has
, . ^ XI- X X been the best season the Sand-
clear some pointe that were not j j,iHs have ever known. Those
well understood by a large num- the papers say that
ber of the people, and one is
that the state is undertaking to
standardize the schools, and to
help carry a portion of the bur
den of their costs from the state
exchequer. Having once assumed ;
an organization control of the!
schools, to greater or less de-1
gree as may seem wise, the'
what is cooling the hot gullets
of the Sandhill thdrsty is brought
from some other places. Oharlie
McDonald seems to have inter
preted the law to mean what
it says, that infractio^ns shall
be prevented as far as preven
tive action is possible. If he is
given the encouragement of the
people he will change the status
of the illicit production of liquor
in the county, and the signs are
that he vnll be encouraged by
his people.
Moore county showed last fall
that the voters do not favor a
free flow of Whisky. While the
pronounced vote cast against
Smith in the county was not
entirely because of liis stand on
whisky that had a lot to do with
the pronounced reversal of pub
lic action in the election. Moore
county is not favorable to the
production of whisky. Oharlie
McDonald takes the attitude
that the people are for law en
forcement, and he is going about
that business in earnest. It is
not the easiest thing in the
world to enforce law, especially
in such a day as this wfhen whis
ky and the automobile have both
m^de it somewhat fashionable
to laugh at law. But with a man
like Sheriff McDonald showing
a determination to lessen boot
legging, and with the state start
ing to establish 'its highway pa
trol it is reasonable to assume
that we as a county and state
are heading toward a more vig
orous enforcement of the two
laws these things suggest, and
that if the people will help now
in the effort to make the roads
safe for the vast bulk of careful
drivers, and especially safe from
the drunken driver, life w«ill not
be as much of a speculation
eveiy time the citizen sets off
down the pike in his gas buggy.
The sheriff is not going to have
plain sailing all the way. He will
that the members get from Mrs.
Ryals, the club has done much to
back up recent needs of the school.
The library requirements have bean
met, helped by the club, and this
determined group of women stands
ready to help the school in every
way possible. There is every assur
ance that Farm Life School will have
a large number of boarding students
next year. Our men are handy with
the saw and hammer and generous
with their time, so when school opens
next fall, the hoys’ dormitory, which
is not being used this year, \nill be
in good shape for the boys. All the
hospital dormitory space will be used
for the girls and teachers. The nec
essary equipment will be there, too.
Another fact may be mentioned.
Mrs. Mamie Bailey is expected to re
turn. The studetns have had excel
lent meals at fifteen dollars a month.
Only a few people can serve good
meals at that price.
HOOVER TO CONSERVE OIL
more stuff has been printed in
state and local papers about, -x- . ,
Pinehurst and Southern pines I with opposition in clamping
than ever before and that pa-: ^®wn the hd, but if the people
pers in other sections have had I ?
more to say about this commu-' -^^b done, and we will all be the
nity than at any previous time. ^®r it, for whisky is no re-
Never were so many reports of of persons. A drunken
XX -n V, ^1 1 + • gnmes and tournaments, never’”1^” as dangerous as a case
state will hardly let go again. accounts of social af- f f^ynaniite an^d not safe to be
It wil be a matter of public ap-Ifinvolved people loose where other people
f has been p^^i^^ing the to him.
token, as fast as it is fully stories, and never so many pi*^-1 jy ^ a
derstood. And the minute the | so many papers of big' ReCOrd
rural population sees that the> cirfulation throughout
state IS relieving country prop-1 xu p^untrv
erty from the full load of the- pinehurst has become common
sc ools, country influence, along sporting pages of the pa
pers in the smaller cities. One
President Hoover has stated that
there will he complete conservation
of oil in his administration and that
unless a mandatory act is passed by
Congress, no aditional permits for
oil prospecting on public lands will
be issued. In cases where permits
have already been issued the admin
istration will, if oil is discovered,
carry out the provisions of the gen-
eial leasing act of 1920 which re
quires that the department of the in
terior shall call for bids on lands
adjacent to those on which the oil
has been found.
This is unquestionably the great
est constructive step yet made to
ward solving the problem of oil
waste. Responsible producers, through
the American Petroleum Institute and
other organizations, have been mak
ing intensive efforts to curtail over
production and effect co-operative de
velopment of pools. They have made
slow progress because of uncontrolled
competition.
Now, with official action, it would
seem as if we were on the verge of
0 solution at last. Production has ex
ceeded consumption for many years:
£ vast amount of surplus oil has
either been placed in storage or wast
ed to the detriment of both the in
dustry and the public. President Hoo
ver’s effort to correct this condition
should have far-reaching berefits.
DR. McBRAYEE ADDRESSES
STATE MEDICAL MEETING
Dr. L. B. McBrayer of Southern
Pines addressed the delegates and
guests at the annual meeting of the
North Carolina Medical Society at
Greensboro on Monday last on the
subject of “Making the School Child
Healthy.” Dr. McBrayer is secretary! the meeting.
and treasurer of the society. Dr. Hc
Brayer declared that the problem ►•
the undemourihed child is the }■]
thing in North Carolina, and
valuable suggestions for the
provement of conditions throuphour
the state.
Dr. P. P. McCain, superintenden-i
cf the State Sanatorium near Aber.
deen was among other speaker® v
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NOT THE LARGEST—-although we claim
write more different kinds of 'insurance, nor
that
we
NOT THE OLDEST—although we have been in the
insurance business longer than the present proprietors
of the so-called oldest agency in the Sandhills, but
THE BEST INSURANCE AGENCY IN THE
SANDHILLS
John Bloxahm is the manager of the Insurance
Department and he KNOWS insurance
s. B. HCHUtDSON, IRC.
Rea! Estate and Insurance
Southern Pines
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I EVERYTHING FOR THE FISHERNAN;
Made By Farm Life
School During Year
with city fairness, will stand by
the new measures, and likewise .. . . .v
«'•" of 15,000 inhabi-
introduced of levy^.ng a greater Pinehurst date
Overcame Handicap of Burned
Dormitory and Operated
Without a Loss
Subscribe to The Pilot—$2.00 Per
Year in Advance.
A whirr—as you cast your line far out into the swirling
river waters, a jerk and a tightened line as some un
wary fish snaps your bait, then a battle royal as you
land him.
Make sure you obtain the most joy and the best possible
results from your favorite sport this year. You will
if you use our exceptionally fine quality tackle and ac
cessories. Very low priced.
BURNEY HARDWARE CO.
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PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHT
now^to'lhe stete" ,
Tf 1 ? \ 4^ on some occasions two or three*
• • f x-^ ^ xl u date lines. Other papers of | A little more than a year ago the
is in tribulation, and through | places have their ^hare I largest dormitory at Sandhill Farm
fault of its own. Changing con
ditions have left the farmer with
the bag to hold, and he has not
of such material. These smaller | Life School was burned. Hope of con-
papers from all directions as | tinuing the boarding department was
they float into The Pilot indi-; practically abandoned during the
terest in Sandhill affairs. South- who did not give up.
succeeded in doing 'it. The rea-1 same broadening of in-1 summer. But there was one person
sons are not necessary just now
to debate. The fact is sufficient, Pines is increasing the
for it IS the fact that will impel | amount of space captured by the
the farm to stand by the greater ^ movement in various lines,
demand for relief from farmj jg ^ Pine-
taxes and the greater payment | j^y^st just credit for much of
of taxes for state purposes by j ^Yiis work, for Pinehurst pours
other forms of wealth a^d pro-. ^ut money for advertising, and
duction especially production, | ^ is a dollar
^^^*" 'that calls attention to the en-
wealth. And this brings up one
subject that has been called to
the attention of The Pilot from
As the opening of school drew near,
Mrs. W. McC. Blue did two or three
days of intensive investigating and
then called a mass meeting of the
people of the community. Mrs. Blue
stated that room in the hospital
building was available, and that
enough equipment could be gotten to-
gethtr to care for a number of stu-
tire community, for no one ever' dents, as well as the teachers. She
"Omes to any Moore county re- ■ also had a capable woman in view tJ
^nrt without seefing more or le?Sjtake charge of the boarding depart-
tff all of the territory. Pinehurst' ment. The men and women saw that
is so situated that it must spend j it could be done, and were most en-
a lot of money for advertising, thusiastic. They rented the hospital
, , , ^. vet it has reached that stage in
mg t)he new school law. Always ^jjpquaintance w-here a vast
price has to deal ^ amount is done now because the! building in readiness.
^th the payer and the receiver, i^eaders of the papers all over | It was decided to have a boarding j
While the teachers have the; country want to know what! department and just two weeks be-
fnendly sympathy of the peo- ^ going on Un the Pinehurst j fore school opened twelve boarding
matter of wages, and j of action. Pinehurst prob-
of the amount of work they are! gets today more advertis-
different sources, and that is
the statement that the teachers
of the state have been somewhat
active in their attitude concem-
and equipment. Then they went to
work and put the hospital and school
called pn to do, the other side. ^ the whole world than
which IS the pa.yer of the wages,! single community in
also has a claim to be heard. • United States, for more pa-
If it comes to a matter of sym- every day print lengthy ac-
pathy, probably the farmer who | ^„„nts of every day's proceed-
pays a fair .share of the rural | jj,gg gome of the big oities print
taxes that go to maintain | i^^al sport stuff in their
schools, IS harder pushed to pro- pages, but all the cities, big
vide the money to pay high sal
aries than the teacher is who re
ceives lower salaries. Every sal
ary paid means some source
from which to draw the money,
and in this particular case the
farmer is the least able of all
persons to contribute to big sal
aries for any purpose.
One letter to The Pilot lays
stress on the fact that the teach
ers and the school employes are
employes, not lawmakers, and
that the people who pay the tax
are the payers and have a voice
in sayfing wihether they will or
not. However, this is a matter
that has been disposed of, and
it is mentioned only because it
IS water under the bridge, and
because Mr. Brummitt said
at the Kiwanis dinner that more
and little, every day print piles
of stuff from Pinehiirst, and the
total is amazing. There is one
of the assets of thiis section. The
world wants to know what is
croing on ’here, and it takes hun
dreds of pages every day to tell
it.
NEW SHERIFF
ENFORCING LAW
Gossip around Carthage says
Charlie McDonald, the new sher
iff, is enforcing the law against
moonshining. It is told that he
keeps the jail full, and that he
is putting the fear of God in
the hearts of the lawless. The
same reports appear to oome
from other sections of the coun
ty. The general tenor is that
less liquor is made, and that
students enrolled. The school has had
the usual expenses of pump repairs, j g
light bills, grocery bills, rent and I
general repair and upkeep bills, but'
has made no debts this year due to |
the good business management of |
Mr. Kiser. j
The faculty is as follows: J. P. i
Kiser, principal; Miss Ola Cowing,
Miss Velma Carpenter, Hiss Mary
Ann Black, Mrs. D. J. Blue, Miss
Marion Shields, Miss Mabel Potts and
Miss Georgia Wilson. Mrs. Bertie
Mae Sugg teaches music. Good and
thorough work is being done by this
faithful corps of teachers who are
cheerfully making the best of every
thing.
Through the 4-H Clubs, Mrs. Ryals
is giving the girls helpful lessons
in home economics. They are study
ing clothing this year.
The enthusiasm manifested at the
mass meeting just before school
opened has not waned. Early in ths
fall a Parent-Teacher Association
was formed that has helped to re
build the school. Along with other
worthwhile thins it has rgeplaced the
piano that was burned.
A Woman’s Club was organized in
December. Besides the valuable help
Summer Porch and
Lawn Furniture
at The Pinehurst Warehouses
With summer in sight the Pinehurst Warehouses have
introduced some interesting novelties in
PORCH AND LAWN FURNITURE
These include the Troy Sunshades and Sunshade Chairs.
Rockers, etc., in many attractive designs and fanciful
colorings.
The Huttig Cypress Lawn, Porch and Outdoor Chairs.
Swings, Settees, etc. A comfortable and durable nov
elty, in natural wood and in colors.
Deauville Spring Chairs—a surprise in their comfort
and in their substantial make.
Big Sunshades and Umbrellas, hand-painted, catching
and artistic.
A summer necessity is the—
PYROFAX GAS RANGE AND GAS SYSTEM
This section has passed along from the pine knot stage
to hard wood and to coal, and steam and to oil heating,
but the perfection of heat is found in gas, the fuel that
is clean, easily conveyed, always ready, simply open the
valve and turn on the light.
are now to be had at the
Pmehurst Warehouses, and Pyrofax gas to supply the
range comes in drums that merely need to be coupled
to the pipe, the task of a minute. Pyrofax is a deriva
tive of the natural gas of the oil country, with all its
desirable qualities, and comes in drums of 5,000 feet,
ready for immediate use.
We take care of your supply.
Pyrofax is the summertime heat.
The||Pinehurst Lumber Yards
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