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Page Two THE PILOT Published every Friday by THE PILOT, Incorporated. Aberdeen, North Carolina NELSON C. HYDE, General Manager BION H. BUTLER, Editor JAMES BOYD STRUTHERS BURT RALPH PAGE Contributing Editors Subscription Rates: One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 Three Months 50 Address all communications to The Pilot, Inc., Aberdeen, N. C. Entered at the Postoffice at Aber deen, N. C., as second-class mail mat ter. THE MOORE COUNTY FAIR AT CARTHAGE The American Leg'ion, Henson Post No. 12, has sponsored an agricultural fair at Carthage to be held the five days beginning October 14. When the Pinehurst fair was discontinued some years ago Carthage talked of undertak ing to carry on a fair, but as the venture takes work and money it was not established then. Now the soldiers have been interested in doing something to stimulate rural activities, and the outcome is the fair projected next month, and it is worth substantial backing by the people. As a fi nancial venture country fairs are not often found showering down big returns on the promoters, but the aim of such affairs is community benefit rather than coin. So those who are backing the new fair are undertaking a lot of work, knowing that it is work, and doing it for the com mon good. Therefore they are deserving of all the help any body can give in awaking an in terest in the coming meet, and in the way of bringing out ex hibits, a good attendance, and everything that will help to bring the folks and their prod ucts to the fair grounds that people and products and re sources of the county may “be come more familiar with each other. This fair will be more than a simple exhibit of farm stuff. It will be nevertheless a great op- lolks from all sections of the county, and some from other counties, a holiday outing with friends and neighbors, and that is a right good thing. It will be a home coming, and a study in home making, an insight into what is going on and what is doing in the county, and all the way around a pretty good scheme. The Pinehurst fair in its day was a great institution for the whole people of the county. The new fair at Carthage will be a little less elaborate, but it will be nveertheless a great op portunity to foregather and see what Moore county is and is do ing, and it will be worth the thirty-five cents admission and the drive to the attractive county seat in its picturesque setting on the hill tops of Moore county. THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, September 12, I930. THE RELIEF THE FARM NEEDS The Charlotte Observer, which is in fact an observer as well as in name, has been giving some thought to the farmer’s plight and to the possibilities of re lief from the tribulations that have overtaken farm and every body else, but particularly the farm, and the Observer presents ►some figures on taxation. In the last 25 years, from its state ments, our taxes have increased 700 per cent, our population about 50 per cent. That is to say our taxes have increased 14 times as much as our population, and the total at the present time of all state, national and local taxation annually is close to six billion dollars. Worse than that insupportable burden the taxes are still rising. Taxes have increased to 14 times what they were 25 years ago, according to the figures the Observer has presented. To un derstand the plight of the far mer it is only necessary to say that^ in the 25 years the prices of his commodities have increas ed in some things to double the prices at the beginning of the period while in some things the increase is barely nominal. The prices of cotton and tobacco this year promise to be not much higher than during the average lew years of the past, although t^ie taxes are 14 times higher I^P^acco furnishes an example*. It the farmer turned over to the state and national governments all the money he gets, for the sale of his tobacco it would not pay half the amount levied against tobacco in taxes. The to- b^acco crop of last year sold for $285,583,000. The tobacco tax was almost half a billion dollars, or almost double the value of the crop as sold by the farms. There is what kills the tobacco farmer. Take a parallel possi bility. Suppose the cotton far mer faced a tax of $100 on every fifty-dollar bale of cotton sold. How long would the farmer and the country survive ? Or the steel mill paying a tax of $60 on every ton of rails sold for $30, or what ever the price of rails might be, or the lumberman paying $40 tax on every thousand feet of lumber sold for $20. No industry can thrive when singled out to carry such enormous abnormal burdens. Then along comes another form of crucifying the farmer with taxes. A few days ago the papers w^ere telling of some sales of land for taxes in an adjoining county. With the rest was a pa thetic story of an old negro who saw his land offered for sale for possibly twenty dollars in taxes. He could not pay the amount, but some friends among his white neighbors paid the money for him and saved him from los ing his place. But some others of his neighbors were not so for tunate. It is an old story repeat ed every year in all the counties. Land sold for taxes, and a farm worth $2,000 may be sold for thirty or forty dollars to se cure that amount to pay the taxes. The unrighteousness of the whole thing is seen readily if we follow it a little way. If the farm will not sell for more than say’$40, it is preposterous to collect $40 in taxes on it. And the price the farm brings is the best evidence in the world of the value of the place. A farm that is sold from its owner for $40 should have assessed against‘it not $40, but probably a dollar or two. To take from a rhan his farm as his contribution to the year’s taxes is simply a con fiscation of the whole property, and it is hard to imagine any thing that is more inexcusable or more like absolute piracy. How the constitution of North Carolina can be interpreted to sanction such blackjacking is inconceivable. Probably three-fourths of the evils that beset the farmer can be traced directly to the plainly unfair and burdensome taxes laid on his shoulders, and the uneven chance he has to get for his products a reasonable price as compared with what he has to pay for what he buys. Every body is taxed to pay all these ^^ast sums, and from the consum er comes the indirect taxes like the tobacco tax, but money thus taken makes it more difficult for the consumer to buy, and thus le&sens the price and the market for what the farmer makes. Last year North Carolina rais ed approximately $100,000,000 worth of tobacco. It is one of our boasts that the government col lected from the manufacturers around $200,000,000 in taxes on the tobacco manufactured in this state, or twice as much as the state crp was worth. And with this, state taxes on tobacco in one form or another added more. The crop this year seems like!y to bring less, but the taxes will be the same or maybe larger. That looks like the hole the pig went out under the fence. idea to let Mr. Qardner explain. Insurance will be worth a great deal to the human race if the bulk of the people will have the subject of insurance and its var ious phases more fully explain ed, and Lloyd Gardner, as evi denced by his pointed advertis ing, is the man who can explain the benefits it offers. In addi tion to their relation to insur ance the Midsouth Agency’s ad vertisements offer good illustra tions of pointed advertising that might appeal to business men in other lines for Mr. Gardner has developed an advertising style that is (adaptable to any line. Grains of Sand Dune McCrimmon says his red cot ton is opening up as good as it looks, and that be has lots of visitors to see it. The boll weevil is the only chap that does not seem to be interested. The Carthage fair offers a premium tc the Moore county farmer bringing the biggest family to the fair. The idea is a little late getting started, hut it isn’t a bad scheme for these days when families are sort of becoming old-fash ioned. At any rate the signs are that the farm cow is to have more home-made rations this year than usual. We may not be using as much gasoline as in the years just gone by but the soja bean product will be bigger. The western part of the state is fix ing on fifty cents a hundred pounds for picking cotton. If you ever picked cotton you know whether that is too much or not. The labor unions have ont passed an opinion on this subject. Court House News Superior Court Begins A two weeks’ term of Superiar Court for the trial of civil cases will begin in Carthage on next Monday, j Judge McElray is schedule dto pre side during the first week. Let us put your car in good condition before going on your vacation. PROMPT, COURTEOUS, EFFICIENT SERVICE Officers Attend Federal Court | A number o fthe county officers are I in Rockingham this week, attending I Federal Court. Twenty-^even cases I have been sent up to this court since the, last term, which was held in ; March. ! Aberdeen, H. A. PAGE, JR. North Carolina Real Estate Transfers Page Trust Co., Inc., to Colin G. Spencer: land in Carthage township. A. D. Davis and wife, Fannie Davis, to Page Trust Co.: land in Carthage township. We will soon be through kicking about the hot weather, and have to be gin to kick about the cold weather. Life is a busy round of tribulation and .suggesting things that ought to be righted. Some of the young folks do not get very enthusiastic over Max Gardner’s proposition of trying to live at home. “Want to kill us?” asked one auto mobile driver to another who had bumped him. “Didn’t see as it would do any harm,” said the other. works in a coffin factory and I likes to help trade along legitimate if I can.” There are boys in school now who never had a chance to pass the wa ter or help the teacher sweep the school house. A BIT OF UNIQUE ADVERTISING For the past few months the Midsouth Insurance Agency at Pinehurst has been printing in The Pilot a series of advertise ments that are out of the ordi nary. They tell various phases of insurance, and so many that the average man is surprised by the wide field insurance covers. These advertisements come from Lloyd Gardner, and anybody who has been reading them real izes that Mr. Gardner has un covered !a new lead in advertising business. Insurance is a wonder fully big field, and one that is profitable to the man who car ries insurance, and also profita ble to the man who looks into the wide subject to understand how completely, practically everything can be cared for by the simple method of having the insurance agency hold the bag. Frequently Mr. Gardner winds lip his suggestion by the admon ition, “Let us explain.These hot days when not much else is crowding the citizen it is a good Birds and the other winter resi dents are beginning to appear in the Sandhills from the higher latitudes. Once get your foot in the Tar bar rel! you ’bliged to come back and s=ee how come ? Read McLean Furniture Co.’s letter. NOTICE We wish to state that we do not, nor ever have owned any stock in BAKERS’ FOOD STORE, Southern Pines, N. C., and have never been connected with them in any way. Signed: HOWARD-BOBBITT /CO., Sanford, N. C. yor youv Vacation COACH FARES ^ off T« 4ii Scaboijd poinis and destinations East <Ji ihe Mtsstsstppi and South of and including C«rw> cinnati, St. Louis, and Washington. A few samples of these low round trip fare* arer Jacksonville $17,57 Miami $32.05 Norfolk $ 9.77 St. Petersburg $26.87 Tallahassee $21.77 Washington $13.71 Every Friday Saturday dur ing September 15 days return limit. For fares to other points inquire— H. E. PLEASANTS, D. P. A. Raleigh, N. C. Seaboaid AIK LINE BAUJWAY Recorder’s Court Cases Henry Little and Ernest Nichols, | colored boys, pleaded guilty to a tres-i pass charge in Recorder’s Court on i Monday, and were sentenced to six months on the roads. The boys were charged with stealing a Fard car, driving it to Ro ck ignhaamnblcacd driving it to Rockingham and back to Moore County and abandoning it. W. S. Ring, white, was fined $10 and the costs for public drunkenness after he had been arrested near the warehouse where Cyclone Mack was preaching in Carthage. Avery Hester and om Michael, white of High Point, were before the court accused of the larceny of an automobile horn. Hester w’^as found guilty and sentenced to four months on the roads. He gave notice of ap peal to Superior Court and bond was fixed at $400. Michael was found not guilty. A case against D. J. McLeod, charg ed with driving an automobile while under the influence of intoxicating li quor, was continued for the defendant to September 29th. xt H According to Dr. Milliken fj^lks j live longer than they used to. They ! get sick as much but not as serious ly, and by more careful attention and taking the matter in hand sooner they are pulled through better. The doctors appear to be doing a good job. Federals court is enabling folk from Moore to get acquainted in | Rockingham, and it doesn’t seem to i be a bad place to know once in a | while. Vaccine was used by County Agent J. W. Sanders to control an outbreak of fowl typhoid in a standard bred flock owned by A. J. Check of Vance county. '* T. A. Brook3 of Beaufort county S has 110 hogs in a fine corn field har- § vesting the grain and adding weight S for future sale. XI PINEHURST LUMBER YARDS Pinehurst, N. C. IN THIS WEEK A CAR OF WOOD LATH Some of the best houses in the neigh borhood use wood lath in construction. Often you need some wood lath for repairs and alterations. You can always find a stock on hand at the Lumber Yards. ANOTHER CAR OF FINISHING LUMBER In tHis car is a fine assortment of Yel- ley Pine, Select Grain, Selected Heart stuff. Yellow Pine is one of Nature’s most interesting contributions to the inside fin ish of the house. This car arriving- has been chosen es pecially for the handsome grain effects. PINEHURST LUMBER YARDS Pinehurst, N. C. Always the Things You Want Are In Stock. Read McLean Furniture Co.’s letter. S THE PINEHURST WAREHOUSES Pinehurst, N. C. What makes Pinehurst so green in winter? THAT IS AN INQUIRY THAT COMES TO A PINEHURST RESIDENT FROM AN INTERESTED VISITOR DOWN THIS WAY FROM RICHMOND This is the answer that was given him, Pinehurst Special Mixture Lawn Grass Seed. Italian Rye Grass Niaco Fertilizer Dressing Cotton Seed Meal For years Pinehurst has been studying the problem of green lawns in winter. Everybody knows that problem has been solved. Most everybody knows it is Pinehurst seed and the special fertilizer mixtures used with the right seed. But all seed or all fertilizer will not do the work. Pinehurst has learned after much work and cost that Naco Dressing and Cotton Seed Meal, and Pinehurst Special Lawn Grass Seed and selected and recleaned Rye Grass will^make Pinehurst Lawns. % But be sure that you get the genuine Rye grass seed, and par ticularly the lecleaned seed. If your seed is half dirt and chaff you cannot look for a green lawn. Nor will inferior fertilizer make it. At the Pinehurst Warehouses, Pinehurst, N. C., you get Re cleaned Rye grass seed, grown in this country. 9 cents a pound in 100 pound lots. 10 cents a pound in less than 100 pound lots. Test your seed. One bad lot, one spoiled lawn through poor seed costs a lot of money and spoils a whole neighborhod. p ordinary-farm run You can’t afford to buy that kind. Good seed costs so little that poor seed is like a fire in the town PINEHURST WAREHOUSES Pinehurst, N. C.
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