Pmge Two Fri-day, February 20, 193J THE PILOT Published every Friday by THE PILOT, Incorporated. Aberdeen, North Carolina THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen, North Carohna i cratic committee meets in Wash-1 a crossing and they stop. That i ington the day after Congress 1 is the difference between the ef- I adjourns. He is quick on his ficiency of operation by indivi- ' feet, with a good punch and an 1 duals or corporations as compar- eye that tells where to drop his | ed with the efficiency of opera* fiftv pound wei}?hts when he , tion by the law. The corporation HYHF Ten^rai Manager strikes out. He has in his swift 1 has authority over its employ- .NELSON C. HYDE, General Manager Washington regis-: es. The government has no au- BION H. BUTLER, Editor at crossings and smash each other’s equipment. They have collisions when the automobile that is run under state laws ig nores the stop law and collides with a train, but never when a train disregards the law. Cor poration efficiency would pre- tered for the big game, and thority that will enforce its laws, .vent accidents. State inefficiency JAMES BOYD STRUTHERS BURT Carolina knows that it Railroads do not have collisions I produces them. RALPH PAGE Contributing Editors will be in the head lines until af ter the next general election. THE TAX ON ELECTRIC COMPANIES Subscription Rates: One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 Three Months 50 Address all communications to Th«' the electric companies will be de- Pilot, Inc., Aberdeen. N. C. ■ bated m the legislature. Much 1 hot air will be injected into the Entered at the Postoffice at Aber- debate, but after all is said and deen, N. C., as second-class mail mat- done the situation will remain ter. I much unchanged. Logically it figured that if the peo • STRUTHERS BURT 'pie want to tax the electric POINTS THE WAY Presently the measures to tax * “WAGES,” THEN AND NOW pence halfpenny, a hen for a penny; g eight bushels of wheat for two shill- g ings, and a fat ox for six shillings GAMMACK & CO. Members New York Stock Exchange Pittsburgrh Stock Exchange Main Office 39 Broadway, New York City SOUTHERN PINES—NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE Telephones: Southern Pines 6751—Pinehurst 3821 When Struthers Burt came co ^f^ve the Sandhills he was quickly rec- ofrmVpH fl o-ooH asset for he on the gallon of gaso- h!s the sound sense to’ realize i ’i"®. ouaZrs' that the better the community, our taxes that way? The peo ple use the gasoline, they pay the tax. And if they want a ax on electric current or on tobac- ? In the twentieth chapter of Mat thew We find the j>rice of a day’s la- and eight-pence. In 1336, wheat per bor was a penny, a Roman coin worth | quarter 25; a fat sheep 6c; fat goose, seven-pence halfpenny, or seven- 2c; and a pig Ic. pence three farthings in our money. when I came to the Sandhills of This appears to have been the ordi- North Carolina in 1898 labor was nary price of a day’s labor at that plentiful at ten cents per hour. Rail- fight current as the tax gasolin - | about A. D. 29. In 1351 the section laborers were paid $12.50 may be as a place to live the bet-; ter he is served individually as well as all the rest of us. Being of an aggressive turn of mind he Foreign Missions Studied Circle No. 1 of the Woman’s Aux iliary of the Presbyterian Church, met last Tuesday afternoon, with Mrs. J. M. Guthrie, Miss Mamie Arnold presiding. After the devotional and a short program on Foreign Missions, the Bible Study was conducted by the takes hand in advocatmg this , anything else. Whv not thing of making the community, ^ more attractive, and whether themselves with the notion that be in Southern Pines, m Aber- j companies or the to- | r evenTaSr ^ onT.T I he is a missionary in the cause ' n® I ' of making North Carolina the ! we might as well get ri^ pleasant place to live which Na-• before we ride it to' ture has made nossible i ^ electric light com- But Mr. Burt can not do the I Ponies and the tobacco compan ,iob alone. He is carrying out his I^he gasolme companies ideas at his home in Southern '°ther companies have no Pines and by his work in the' , . , • , „ Chamber of Commerce there he,P'® *heir products, and chairman. A special collection was is influencing the village to: {‘’r foreign missions, the host- mighty successful efforts in the the corporations will — —- right line. If he lived in Aber taxes without collectmg the deen he would probably fire the i amount m the monthly bi it .s woods occasionally in this vil- T” lage. But it is not worth while to 1 to such sirra talk, leave everj'thing to the mission- i anybodj can find a way o arv or the engineer. Mr. Burt is i tax®* North Carolina ad course and a considerate enough to suggest to j ?*■ ?ther place without col- | course. Aberdeen what can be done, nnd ’e^^ting it from the man who the value of doing it. He cannot' P?>'® ^he final bill that hopeful | Valentine Program carry out his plans by his single discoverer of something new ^ circle No. 2, met on Friday after- effort for he has neither the ^ great pioneer m tue | noon with Mrs. L, B. McKeithen, af- time, the authority or the other No money comes from i ter devotional and a short business qualifications forthp pxeoiition source to pay expenses of j meeting, a very helpful program was k the plans in a village in which ^^^^^hing else except from the | presented in Valentine form, which he does not live. consumer. The corporation that!was quite impressive. The hostess Thuf nnfG +V10 inh nn attempts to Operate on its own ■ served delicious refreshments. 1 “P. money will find the receiver or I gather with his example in his l f t ' i own home town should have a ingham were week end guef^ts of Mrs. marked influence on Aberdeen. •, ^ C)ugh to lay all the tax de-. Muse. Mrs. Gibson, unfortu- It would be a pity to allow his on the electric companies,, rumble seat hood fall or any other companies, but Wltn i ^er arm, causing her great pain e price of labor was regulated -by par- $13.00 per month, carpenters $1.25 liament; and “com-weeders and hay- p^j. goad quality rough lumber makers, without drink, or other cour- $5,00 per thousand feet, tesy demanded,” were to have one penny a day. In 1314 the pay of a chaplain to the Scotch bishops, who were then prisoners in 'England, was three halfpence per day. This was miserable wages, though things at that time were so cheap that 24 eggs People seemed to get along about as well then as they do now with th'i higher wages. —GEORGE E. WELLS, Pinebluff, N. C. NOTE:—Prices was taken from were sold for a penny; a pair of shoes Clarke’s Commentary, Volume V, page for four-pence, a fat goose for two- 195. Matthew, 22:2. Cameron and Community I-lome tor Sale in WEYMOUTH HEIGHTS Furnished 4 Master Bedrooms, 2 Baths; 2 Maids Bedrooms, 1 bath; Hall, Living room, Dining room, Pantry, Kitchen, Sun Terrace, Garage. Plenty of good closets. Over an Acre of Land. Near the Highland Pines Inn. EUGENE C. STEVENS Sole Agent Southern Pines, North €arc4iMa ess had prepared and sent out before the meeting red hearts as receptaclcs for the special collection. The sum of $19.55 was the result. Miss Mar garet Thomas assisted the hostess 111 menu. Numerous toasts and soners \ M were given throughout the banquet, g over which Miss Inez Wannamaker H presided. Prof. and Mrs. E. S. Tem ple and Mrs. M. D. Mclver were hon ored guests. The members of the senior class are Misses Flora Phillips, Jessie Thomas, Monte Pearl Bullock, Jessie Cooper. Eulah Flynn, Andrew Hemphill and Clovis McDonald. Personals Mrs. Flora Black and J. of Carthage were in town A. Davis Tuesday. serving delicious refreshments, a sal- jMrs. Black came especially to see Prof delectable sweet Mclver. PAE T. BARNUN, Inc. Insurance of All Kinds —At The— Citizens’ Bank Building Southern Pines, N. C. interests in this community to be ignored by failure to join in - with the betterment plans that f \u Uver no bones were broken. are active in all other Actions of f ^^le the county, or to be .satisfied ± "f. illustrated with any less than the most that a .-f i^''"' i can be done here. Aberdeen i. he most painles.s I (,f eight, the Junior-Senior Banquet cannot let Mr. Burt think his ^ money, no doubt,Science room of tha interest is not appreciated, nor ^ can the town go back on itself or na- tion must pay its own taxes un less it has a gun and is bi and suffering for a short while; how- Junior-Senior Banquet On Friday, February 13, at the hour go after his helpful counsel. f ^ny Cameron High School. The room, was beautifully decorated in patriotic col ors, with symbols of George Wash- ^ I ington. Games and contests were en- Mr. and Mrs. G. Y. McGraw of Car thage, were in town Sunday, guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E, Snow. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Tally, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McLean and Margaret Mc Lean spent Sunday in Red Springs with Mrs. McLean’s niece, a senior of Flora McDonald College. Sanford shoppers this week w<^re Misses Jacksie Muse, Elizabeth Ray, Thurla Cole, Annie Borst, Katie Har- ' H rington, Mr. anr] Mrs. W. G. Parker, ! H Mr. and Mrs. L. B. McKeitnen, Mrs. ! ^ N. C. McFadyen, Mrs. A. J. McRae | H and Mrs. J. E. Snow. ' H I n Mrs. J. A. BrowTi and E. K. Proc- 1 ♦♦ tor of Whiteville, Dr. and Mrs. J. D. I H I ♦♦ Muse and son of Hamlet were called j jJ to the bedside of Prof. B. C. Mclver i: Sunday, Prof. Mclver continues crit- i ically ill at the home of his sister, i H . ^ Mrs. Loula Muse on Carthage street. || ♦♦ Misses Maggie Wicker and Miss > || Stephens of Sanford were in town j H Sunday to see Prof. Mclver, and on I ♦♦ Monday Roger Mclver Watts of Ral- | j| eijrh called to see him. ! H Successors To PAUL T. BARNUM S. B. RICHARDSON, INC. SENATOR MORRISON SPEAKS HIS PIECE One thing -about Cameron Morrison is that he has his ton- eue with him when he under- Pnough to compel someone else, joyed throughout the evenmg. to deliver. Th. INDIVIDUALISM AND CENTRALIZATION Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Muse and chil- grand prize was won by Miss Monte dren were supper guests of Mr. and Pearl Bullock. At 10:15 a delightful Mrs. \V. M. Wooten Monday evening, two-course banquet was served in th? Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Overhouse, of music room. The class colors, rose Boston were in town on business Tue?:- 11| , H h ' Both State and national gov-j and silver, were prominent in the ta- day. ta es to say any mg, an a (W j gj-nments are wrestling with, the : decorations. The souvenirs were Mrs. D. B. Teague of Sanford spent 4- 1 -P^Vioo I operation of indus-: attractive booklets, containing the Thursday with her parents, the Rev. that keeps fairly awake. He has ^ individuals 1 class emblems, the program, and and Mrs M. D. McNeill, not been long in the Un ted | ^ government corpora- “ oJ'fvio (.nini-! Much argument ii5 heard on that the folks all ov -1 sides, some apparently log- try are ^ superficial to where North Carol na s. i for individualism and state so- SS a“ t™e' in Jhe SeLte,''"“™ THE PAGE TRUST COMPANY, ABERDEEN, N. C. A Bank of Proportions, of Service, of Safety. The signs seem to indicate that the country is starting to climb out of the depression in which it has recently been entangled. To accomplish that desired end requires the help of every individual. We must all be more productive of the things we need for our individual wants, and we must be more economical in the use of things we do not make for ourselves until we catch up with our obligations and see a clear sky ahead individually. The man who saved a little money for oints in his favor. He has al ready definitely nailed some de fiances to the wall, and in roll ing up his sleeve he has disclos are much in earnest. But an il lustration was offered the other day by a philosopher who thinks these things over. He was in a group talking about state and national operation of rail roads. The argument went along until a bolshevik spoke out and said that the whole thing is shown in the efficiency of state and national authority at the railroad crossing as compared with the authority of the private corporation at the same place. ! The state says to stop when | the automobile reaches a cross- j ing. The law requiring the auto- j mobile to stop at a crossing was | scarcely more than a joke while j it lasted, and today few people | give it any thought. The law to | stop at street intersections is i observed more or less frequent-: ly, and ignored more or less fre-1 COACH BUSINESS COUPE f. o. i. Detroit WEYMOUTH HEIGHTS SOUTHERN PINES performance of any six, r^aroiess ot price. It introduces Super- Six smoothness to the lowest price class. It looks like a far more expensive car. It is bigger, wider and roomier than many cars that sell for hundreds of dollars more. It is the Value Sensation in a year of sensational valuea RARE RIDING 1COMFORT tt n .1 a sizeable arm which nobody ^uently. State authority m re- ; , f f w ^ to stopping at crossings ' ! 'vork about like any other state vlr. Morrison has so positively | law. •‘oiined his attitude toward the pxt presidential election that he an outstanding warrior billed ■ or the next campaign, and the preliminary battle will take train disregards the law. Cor- place March 5 when the Demo- ^ But the proponent of the effi-' ciency of private operation arg-' ued, when it is a railroad train ! crossing a railroad the law re- j quiring a stop is effective. The j management of the railroad tells its locomotive drivers to stop at I V- V er / MARTIN MOTOR CO. ABERDEEN, N. C. Have you been on the rebuilt road from Pinehurst to Southern Pines? The old Morganton widened, regraded, curves taken out, new bridges—and to be a Sand-clay road indefinitely. That new old road leads directly from the track and stables at Pinehurst to Wey mouth, to the Paddock, the various stables in the Weymouth section, down to the Callery place. It will be the popular route with the horses. It will be a great road. All roads lead to Weymouth because Weymouth is a proper place to lead to. Home locations on Weymouth Heights. s. B. RICHARDSON Real Estate PATCH BUILDING Southern Pines. North Carolina a § H ttmtmtttmm