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Page Two THK a t^aper witn THE PILOT Published every Friday by THE PILOT» Incorporated. Aberdeen, North Carolina f^NELSON C. HYDE, Managing Editor. BION H. BUTLER, Editor JAMES BOYD STRUTHERS BURT RALPH PAGE Contributing Editors Subscription Rates: the people in search of the pic turesque. And when the pictur esque adds to its charm of the picture that power to create wealth in quantities it is doubly valuable. Every unused acre in the Sandhills should be encour aged to grow pine trees in its greatest volume. Long leaf, short leaf, any kind, for all will make lumber and pulp wood, be- I sides being a thing of unmatched I adornment for the commnuity. Year $2.00 THE CONVENTIONS One Six Months $1.00 Three Months ^ 50 Address all communications to The Pilot, Inc., Aberdeen, N. C. Advertising Rates on Application. Entered at the Postoffice at Aber' | its winter headqupters in this deen, N. C., as second-class mail mat- section, and tennis joins the I southward movement, and I horses and dogs, and the hunt ' clubs anchor their fortunes to I the sandy black jack knobs and I the marshy edges of the stream AT PINEHURST It has become common enough to appraise the Sandhills of North Carolina as a place to play and make use of winter va cations and to find a desirable winter home. So golf -has made ter. A PROMISING POLITICAL ASPIRANT Many persons who know Colin ‘ and we rejoice over the Spencer of Carthage, would be ^ increasing number of visitors pleased were the prospects fav-j are lured to the community orable for him to be elected to, these varied agencies. But Congress, for which he has an-1 another that is becoming pro nounced himself as a candidate ! np^nced in its effects is the mul- on the Republican ticket- If Mr. * t}Pl'’^ng number of big conven- Spencer had the wide acquaint- burning to ance ov^er the district that he has then annual or in Moore county he would give ^^^^^’ meetings, Mr. Hammer a very interesting) nearly a month this race , this fall, for the Moore of mag^^^^ county man is of good material, ha\ e been almost continuous or of sound judgment and business, ability, and with good standing J i? S?" in his own community, one of of the last third of the the best credentials a man can possess. But he is facing such ; state, from over odds that a giant would be nec- ^ nation, and each separate essary to overcome them, and he : ^^^^p brings together in Pine- is contending with a Democrat- “Urst from one to several hun- ic aspirant who has had much i congenial persons, affiliat- experience in Congress, and who ? ^ business or other has likewise many friends and influences that tend to enthuse staunch followers. Though Mr-i ^ each other and Spencer may not make the rec-itheir surroundings- They ord in this contest that a man of' ^ttend to their tasks in connec- his character deserves, it will I |^J®n ^ith their gatherings, and be none to his discredit. He will ^nd suffer nothing in the esteem of . ^ games in progress dur- his people, for they will contin-1 stay. They observe the ue to have the same high appre-1 '''^father conditions, the peculiar ciation of his valuable traits i ^^^nery of the Sandhills, the that have made him prominent! ^^^nfiguration of the knobs and enough in his county to be of-* '^ . roads, the fine fered for such a task as making ^ interesting villages, | the Congressional race. I they go away with agree- I able remembrances of their stay r»T AiviTiivir Tuir ^ country. FiiNii. iKh.li. and meanwhile they will all tell From time to time comes talk j the folks at home of the agree- of paper mills in the South, a ■ able outing surroundings they theme that has been up for a found, and the fame of the number of years and one that j sandy barrens, well provided is making cc^nsiderable prog-1 with all that goes to make a less. It will be given much more j ^tay in this neighborhood pleas- pttention in the days to come, I ant for a longer or shorter time- tor in the South is a great asset j The conventions bring a lot of | in the swiftness of the growth folks that are of a good type, of trees. With tlie longer season and from whose ranks it is de- a tree in the Southern Coastal sirable to recruit new settlers plain makes much greater ad-! cind neighbors. Delegates to a I dition to its size than in any of j convention are as a rule selected | the country from which paper folks from their communities, i material is taken in any quan- and when a big bunch of them ^ tity at the present time- A crop sweeps in at once it is a welcom-1 of wood will yield a merchanta- ed and valuec^ arrival. The con-1 ble supply in Moore county every ^ vention movement is gathering \ ten or a dozen years, while in > strength, and its momentum is much of the North that same quantity of wood will not be available in three times the per iod. So it is apparent that ulti mately a large wood resource for pulp and viscose mills is to be big truck, hauling a trailer of I large size, both of them wider ' than the automobiles, and lon- ' ger. The truck and its trailer I occupied the road so that Mr- I Dillon could not see beyond I them, to know what was ahead: of them. As he approached the ■ ■ truck which was not running as | fast as he desired to proceed he turned to pass them. At the same time the truck turned to | ! pass a car in front of it. The ‘ i Dillon car w’as drawing along j side of the trailer as the truck j tumed to the left to pass the I car in front, and as the trailer i was of more than ordinary; width the driver of the truck | could not see what was coming | behind to govern his movements, | and Mr. Dillon was faced by a j choice of running into the tral- i er or going over the bank, which | latter alternative he took. Father Dillon very justly fig ures that the large bulk of the people of North Carolina have j luiilt the public highways for | 1 general use and safety, and that | if they are to be turned over to | freight traffic that traffic i should be confined to vehicles of I a size not large enough to ob struct either the vision of other] drivers or the traffic. Transpor- I tation concerns that move ' freight for hire should either provide their own roads and maintain them as the railroads do, or they should keep within the same bounds of safety and of size of vehicles that the bulk of the people make use of. If the highways are to go much farther in admitting freight traffic it is not hard to foresee that they must be recast for such traffic, and that ordinary vehicles will either have to be provided with new roads for their separate use, or be con tent with an unsatisfactory place on the general road. This is a matter that must be threshed out before long, and it might as well be started right away. • Shop windows are full of bathing suits and the week-end exodus to the beaches and neaiby lakes has begun. There wasn’t anything” more excit ing in the Southern Pines caucus than the motion to adjourn. Somewhat dif ferent from a year ago when fiery speeches kept everyone on the edge of his seat, and not until the last vote was counted was it known who was Mayor and who the commissioners. Most of the criticism one hears of Aberdeen in traveling about the state is of its unsightly approaches due to billboard advertising, and its need of paint on buildings and houses. These are easily remedied. How abou\ d >- ing- something about them ? tx H 8 shown just at the right time, in the fall before the usual season has entered on its busy period, and in the spring as many of the winter visitors are gone. These meetings extend the season ma- found in North Carolina^' low J terially each year and at each grounds and sandhills- j end. Moore county is one of the Three men in Henderson were heavily fined for selling quart fruit jars con taining water instead of corn liquor. North Carolina protects the custo mer regardless of commodity. fortunate pine producing coun ties. It has been said that the Deep river valley makes wood on the pine tree at a more rap id gait than in almost any oth- AN IMPOSITION ON THE TAXPAYERS From Aberdeen to Raleigh, as trom point to point elsewhere in the state, are two lines of trav- The Pilot last week reported the ^ 5-eeming laxity in census enumeration j in and about Southern Pines, and ye | ed. was waited upon a few hours af- j ter the paper came out. It pays t-o j advertise! er place of similar latitude, j el. One is the railroad, the other Throughout the whole of Moore j the highway for smaller vehicles ^ county, and for that matter in ■ operated by individuals. On the ^ the immediately adjoining coun-1 railroad facilities are provided ties, pine reproducs rapidly. An by the company that owns it for attempt to determine the growth moving freight and passenger added to pine trees was made | traffic at fixed rates of pay- during the week with the result ment, and the railroad affords There are 10,297 churches of 67 re ligious denominations in North Caro lina, with 1,406,883 members. The ;:ioperty valuation is over $90,000,000, and annual expenditures- nearly $18,- 000,000. that some stumps two feet in diameter showed in their ring count an age of from twenty- five to thirty years, and in one exceptional tree a ring growth of over an inch on a side was found, or an addition of two in- the service, pays the costs, I builds the road it travels, keeps i it up, is responsible for damages' done people, and in every way is! subject to state law. On the | highway the individual drives j his ow^n vehicle. The road is Decrease in resources of $59,491,- 000 was shown by the State and Na- j tional banks in North Carolina at the j end of the first quarter as compared v/ith the same period last year, fig“- | ures based on the call of March 27, > made public by Chief State Bank Ex aminer John Mitchell revealed. I “The decrease in resources shown by the banks of North Carolina are , in line and comparable to the decrease ! shown by banks for the United States ! at a whole,” Examiner Mitchell said. ches in the diameter of the tree built with the money of the tax- with one season's contribution. Such a growth as this is excep tional, and in fact this is the only one recalled in the examina tion of a great many stumps and logs. But it shows the wonder ful faculty of Sandhills timber to reproduce. Pine is not the only tree that grows rapidly in this latitude, but it is the chief tree, and it is one that deserves to be encour aged, because along with its vir- payers. It is kept up with the same money. Damage done to life and property on the high way is not remunerated as simi lar damage done by the rail roads is. Rules that govern the railroads are rigid and those that govern the hig^hways are lax, resulting in reckless driv ing, a heavy death roll, and end less injuries to people and dam age to property. This flow of words is brought In Scotland County 3300 bushels of pedigreed cotton seed has been bought cooperatively this season. Also enough commercial material to treat cotton , g pur- I g seed for chased. 6000 acres has been Two hundred pounds of cucumber | seed have been delivered to growers • in Hoke county. More than 150 acres | of the crop will be grown this seas- | s on. tues of producing lumber or i out by an experience that over pulp wood It is a magnificent look Rev. W. J. Dillon, of South- tree to add to the attractive ap pearance of the region. A piney woods is always sought out by ern Pines, while driving in his I automobile on the road near Wil - j mington. In front of him was a All available farm tenant houses in Burke county are occupied and more land has been broken for crops than in any year since the Great War, re ports county agent R. L. Sloan. Bargains in Service DURING MAY, JUNE AND JULY WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LEAF OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT STORE BOOK AND HAVE Special Bargain Weeks DURING THESE WEEKS YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CAR SER VICED AT REDUCED PRICES NEXT WEEK IS BRAKE UNWG WEEK Bring in your Chrysler, Franklin or What-Have-You in the way of an au tomobile and we will repair and ad just your brake linings at a 20 Per Cent Reduction from the Flat Rate. Valve Grinding and Carbon Removing will also be on Next Week’s Bargain List—again at 20 Per Cent of the us ual cost of this work. Take Advantage of these Bargain Weeks and have your car fit for the Summer months. Nonday through Saturday of Next Week 20 Per Cent Off on Brake Lining Service 20 Per Cent Off on Valve Grinding 20 Per Cent Off on Carbon Removal on all makes of automobiles. > Franklin Sales Company, Inc. Phone 10 Aberdeen, N. C. FRANKLIN AND CHRYSLER SALES AND SERVICE I I I
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