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Page Two THE IMJvOT, a i’aper With Character. Aberdeen, North Carditfia Friday, Oeeember 12, I93(j THE PILOT Published every Friday by THE PILOT, Incorporated. Aberdeen, North Carolina a price fhat will move it the great and developing Russian I nation is making a decided place I in the sun. In other things Rus- i sia is fast giving evidence of r>e- I coming a world competitor, and NELSON C. HYDE, General Manager | , Russia IS crazy will BION H. BUTLER, Editor i gelation that exists JAMES BOYD STRUTHERS BURT | between that land of unfathom- RALPH page ! natural resources and the Contributing Editors i (^^her countries. Rbssia and Subscription Rates: [South America are taking a hand Year $2.001establishmg the pace of the Six Months $1.00 'agricultural world, while the oth- Three Months “ 50 er European nations are improv- mg their agricultural production. I ciency to some extent, and lower his costs of production to some extent. But that will not solve I'the problem. He must have a I basis on which he can buy more I nearly in prices proportionate to * what he sells or he will, through forces wholly beyond his control, I wreck the whole industrial sit uation, not because he wants to but because the thing will work itself, and be independent of anything he wants or does not want to do. 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. BILL ALLEN, EDUCATOR The other day a group of wo-1 porting two-thirds as much pork Denmark is putting America's bacon export trade in the ditch. Where we last year exported 36 per cent less bacon than in the years before the war Denmark exported last year 149 per cent more than' before the war, and Denmark, a small country as compared with ours, is now ex- Grains of Sand Only ten shopping days before Christmas. Read the advertisements and start out. The local shops are full of attractive gifts for Ma, Pa and the baby. NAVY FLIERS HERE AFTER SEARCH FOR LOST AVIATRIX men were talking about their,as we are. Denmark raises the families as women often do, and, type of hog Europe wants. We with other things they reverted to the experience of the young sprouts in school. A rather har monious lead in the discussion was the approval of the Southern Pines School and the successful management under Mir. Allen, who is piloting the second gener ation through the intricate paths of knowledge in the village. Southern Pines School has a rep raise the type we want to raise and Europe is turning it down to buy the Danish pork. Our fartns have the world to compete with, and they are not paying the attention they should to the competition. We may talk all we want to about American standards, but the buying world buys on the basis of efficiency of the producer and the price of utation beyond the village, and j his product. That leaves the at the colleges students ari'iv-1 American farmer between the ing from Allen's bailiwick are devil and the deep sea, for while received with the approval of he can not sell his crops at the the institution to which they go. j prices that are proportionate to They are taken as the output of j what he has to pay for things a thorough and careful trainer, | he buys in his home market, he and as such the most of them. can not compete with the old make good. Allen was educated in that somewhat freshwater college of world farmer and pay the prices at home that he must pay for his supplies. Probably there is Bowdoin, Maine, founded 136 ^ the greatest single factor in our years ago, handling about 5001 disturbed business situation, or 600 students a year, but i The farm export market is turning out men who include | wrecked, and the low export Hawthorne, Longfellow, Fessen den, Reed, Frye, Franklin, Pierce, Justice Fuller, Gen. Ho- prices of his product fix the price which he must sell forr at home. This nation is affected ward, Prentiss, and that type, i by the low price of cotton in for- a rather long list taking one j eign markets and by the low year with another, but no great!price of tobacco, which is equal- number at any time. It has nev- j ly affected by the foreign trade, er set the river on fire, but it | The whole American farm re- has made a name for breadth j gion is crucified by the foreign and thoroughness and substan-1 price of wheat, com, pork and tial education that makes Bow-! other farm stuff that has de- doin known wherever a school j pended on the export trade for k carried on in more than elem- a large surplus above the L^nited entary manner. | States market. Allen came to Southern Pines It is doubtful ff business will in the^ early days of the towTi, j returned to what has been as- and with the exception of a few i sumed to be normal, if it ever re years when he went to a bigger i turns there, until the farm is place in the state, he has put in | placed on a fiair parity with a big portion of his life in the j other producers. Two influences t?ommunity. He has piloted the, conspire against recovery un public school from a small | less the farm recovers. They are •group of a few dozen students! the ruined purchasing power of lip to where in the schools of j the farm, and the increasing" mi- both colors in the Southern j jrration of the farm worker to Pines town he has jurisdiction | the industrial centers to enter ^ over more than 1,500 children' into competition with the indus- and their educational training. | trial worker. It is folly for the His rigfid methods at first! wage workers to magine they aroused some antagonisms, but c?n hold wages on a high level as the folks came to know him! with the steady inflow of wc^rk- his precise way was accepted,, f rs from the overburdened and each new class he turned | farms, and it is equally folly to out at the end of its school per-1 suppose that with the farmer iod was a bunch of Allen parti-j removed from the ranks of lib- sans. Few teachers any where | eral buyers the industrial pro- have a stronger bond of friend- i duct can find a market. OUR GROWING EXPENDITURES Ten years ago, or in the school period of 1919, the expenses of the schools of North Carolina were $6,768,062. Last year the total was $35,941,318, or five and a half times as mucn m ten years time. This is justified by an increase of from four to six months in the school year, an in crease of children in school, and an increase in building. In Ashe ville the annual cost of educating a pupil is $66.99; in Ctaswell county $18.53, in Moore county $29.67. Last year in Moore county our total expense for schools was $195,725.46. Of this $1,958.73 was for new construc tion, the rest for current school expenses. It is a pretty good thing for the people to study these figures a bit, as they tell where a ma jor slice of our money goes. The man who has a child in school and pays less than $29.67 in taxes is not paying that child's school costs. If he has three children in school and pays less than $8 in taxes he is not pay ing the eduoatioB costs. The Sea board, the Korfolk Southern, the Carolina Light & Power Comi^ny and Pinehurst,. Incor porated, are paying the school expenses of many hundred chil dren. With all our hunting and polo and riding around here, Moore county has only 652 horses, officially. They are valued at $37,348, or an average of $57.28 each, according to our Ral eigh correspondent’s weekly news-let ter. Mr. Dunnagan also gives figures on mules, sheep, hogs and cattle in the county. Read his letter from the Capital each week and learn more about your state and county. Captain Lancaster of the United States Navy, with Lieut. P. I. Gunn as pilot, landed here in a Voight Cor sair Thursday after a flight from Miami, Florida, where Captain Lan caster had engaged in the search for the missing- Mrs. Keith-Miller. The navy plan© refuelecl at Knollwood and proceeded on its way to Anacostia, D. C., the naval air station outside Wash ington. Mrs. Keith-Millerv it will or. recalled, landed in the Bahamas after being blown off her course from Ha- vana to Miami. Major Lloyd Yost and Student Pi. lot Henry Dingley flew to Pope Field on Monday. Twdnty-fivie telegraph target matches have been arranged on a tentative schedule for the University of Kentucky rifle team. You will note that Moore county has the lowest average value for cat tle in the state, $15.53, as against $56.28 high averag-e for Avery county. The way clothes and money have been coming in to the Christmas Dad dies the poor and needy of the county should be w^ll taken care of this Christn-/as. The more the merrier. Dig out that old suit and send it in. Old dresses,, to<!>, are needed. And toys, and books, and food, and MONEY. The need is greater than in years past. We know a man in the Sandhills who is buying stock, in ink coHQ)anies because' of the great demand thi* year for red ink. If electric current is^ a criterion of a successftft winter se^on in our re sort towns,, cheer up. ISalph Chand ler says we' are using more current than in past years. Frances FolTey, the piloteer of The Pilot^s baby Austin, tells uft that she parked for a mmnent on a' comer in [ . i Southern Pines the other <4ay and! But tins is on the side.. The i three people stopped and posted let- schools are one it«m that take | ters in the car. tax money. In the state and GAMMACK & CO. Members ^ New York Stock Exchang~e Pittsburgh Stock Exchange Main Office 39 Broadway, New York City SOUTHERN PINES—NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE Telephones: Southern Pines 6751—Pinehurst 3821 iiititwimttttmtttimnt tttnxmztxtmstntttm LIFE INSURANCE is the signal of the highest civilization yet reached. In olden times wives, mothers and women generally, witli their children, were accounted as mere chattels of prop erty. We have now risen to the height where wives and famileis are preferred partakers in the father's achieve ments and are the stronger monuments of his purpose in life. Have you made provision to care for your fam ily after your death? EUGENE C. STEVENS Representative, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada county we have others, the roads being the next in the Mg The Seaboard should be coiigi'atu- lated on its speedy work in removing and I th« wreckage of tlse freight train talre which met a disastrous end near item of cost. But state county are not all that taxes. The Federal government j Niagara Saturday morning. Despite! eats taxes, and it is easy to see j som« seventeen cars piled up on' what I where the money goes if we j was befone^ the crash the one and only | look. War is the great looter of | mairc track,, despite the downpour of Qur income, hot the Federal gov-j rain and the difficulty in getting; aear eniment and the local govern- i the wwit of the wreck with the wreck- ment are alike in that a cbn>-1 ing ti'uin, t&e debris was sufficiently stant clamor is put up for money ! cleared by nightfall to permit tlic from the public crib—for gifts, layimg of a new track, and the pass- loans, appropriatiohs in every ing of trains by 9 o’clock that nig.ht, direction until the forty acres and a mule after the Civil War’ is a feeble joke in comparison. The Congress just convened is already beset by calls for- money, and not a cent can be ap propriated unless it is taken frcm the taxpayer. Singularly liness with their scholars than Bill Allen, and from all sides they give him credit for raak’ng for them the most that the school facilities enabled him to bring about. The farm situation is not pleasant to behold, but it is fully as good as the industrial situa tion, for the one hangs to the heels of the other, and the farm can not suffer without the other dragging down ultimately to the same level. It is true that the farm must learn much greater Someone at the scene of the wreck estimated thiact if placed end to end, th-s oranges and grapefruit scatter ed! over the ground would make a deuce of a lot of cocktails. The only trouble with that idea would be In trymg ta place' oranges and grape-: enough we do not think about | ^ ill some bright j stopping the holes w'here inform, tea^-j money goes out.. We are all there I ^ ^ grapefruit ? with our backets THE PAGE TRUST COMPANY, ABERDEEN, N. C. If you use your money to pay your debts that money goes into circulation just as positively as if you buy something else with it. If you put in the banks the money you are not us ing that money goes into circulation, for it is immed iately loaned out to some one who makes use of it in the community. And the best of all is that when you want it for some of your own needs your check gets it out of the bank. Capital is always needed in any growing commun ity, and the use of capital in the community makes the community thrive. n THE PAGE TRUST COMPANY, ABERDEEN, N. C. THE SLUMP IN BUSINESS The New York publication, | efficiency and economy of oper- “The Week in Business” last I ation, but that is only one phase week noted a definite although | of the trouble. The farm cannot a not very great increase in bus-! thrive and live while the farm iness in the general lines. The j prices will not maintain a reas- comparative index showed 811 enable parity with prices of oth- per cent of normal, a gain over i er things and farm wages com- to get our shire, and the Congressman who can get something- for his dis trict is a hero and a popular pi rate. If we want taxes lowered the first thing to do is to de mand that expenditures be low ered, and that is the whofe thing, and to encompass that we' must stop clamoring for a hand:- oat, no ntatter what for, from county, state or national treas^ ury. Give Books this Year Cwrespondence the preceding two weeks, and reports that indicate further improvement. General trade is cited as making seasonal gain above the normal, demand for small homes is stimulating con struction, net railway earnings show gains, money turn-over is rising, and other things indicate a better outlook. But in spite of the more hope ful note one thing remains to af ford disquiet and that is the farm position. Wheat is the sick brother, for in spite of the ^^bnormal and probably impos sible attempt of the Federal government to raise the price of wheat, the market at Winni peg, across the Canadig,n border, is about twenty-five cents a bushel less in open trade than in the government-boosted mar kets of the United States. The world is long on wheat. Russia, in the past a wheat exporter, is in shape to sell wheat again, and in spite of the growl because Kussia chooses to ?oll wheat at pare reasonably with wages in other callings. It is impossible for this country to have pros perity while the farm worker is forced to be content with a third to a half as much for his day^s work as the average employe in other industries. The farm is the fly in the ointment, and the w'hole national fabric must con cern itself about bringing a more reasonable relation between the farm incom^e and the prices the farm must pay for what it buys, or we are damned beyond hope. Getting the farmer into debt has not helped him. It has loaded him with burdens. Buying his wheat at unnatural prices will not help him. It niay stimulate more wheat growing and in crease the damage, and it will call on him along with other tax payers to dig up more money to put into the Federal treasury to pay for the wheat. The local far mer is about to prepare forXhis, coming crops of cotton and to bacco. He can increase his effi- THE HOSPFTAL POUNDING Editor, The Pilot: On behalf of the Directors of the Hospital, I wish to extend our most grateful thanks for the happy inspir- had in suggesting in the issue of No- stion which you and your organization vemher 21st of The Pilot, that the community reco*gnize the First Anni versary of the opening of the Mooore County Hospital by a County-wide birthday celebration. The people ra- sponded very generously and the conti ibutions made of food and groc eries were most acceptable. Your idea was certainly a splendid one, and we desire to express to you our deep appreciation for your splendid efforts and the fine publicity given us in the miatte-r. —PAUL DANA, Treasurer. THANKS COUNTY PRESS I want to take this opportunity to personally thank you for the publicity which you recently gave the hospital in reference to the pounding. I fee! sure the valuable store of food which the hospital received is thte result of the publicity througjh the columns of The Pilot and through the other pa pers of the county. —DR. CLEMENT MONROE, Surgeon-Manager. Xmas Dollars go Further O Books for Everyone O A Value Far beyond Price K. Make Shoppinsr a Joy S Get them at SANDHILLS BOOK SHOP Southern Pines, N. C. PINEHURST LUMBER YARDS Pinehurst, N. C. ANOTHER CAR OF OAK FLOORING A popular favorite with builders of sub stantial houses. ANOTHER CAR OF YELLOW PINE FINISHING LUMBER In all lengths and sizes, and of various types and patterns. It is gratifying to note the friendly regard shown by contractors on good jobs with the Pinehurst Lumber Yards. It is a common event for the Lumber Yards to sell high class stuff to go to points far be yond the county borders where the con tractors working in this section have jobs other places. These men find in Pine hurst the quality and selection that suits them and they have Lumber Yard supplies follow them in many directions. A ship ment loaded out for points fifty to a hun dred miles away says the material is right. ’Nuf said. PINEHURST LUMBER YARDS Pinehurst, N. C. ed 376 all mis 571 396
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