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Pag’e Two THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen, North Caroliiia_ Frida y 8. 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 do what everybody wants them to. No use to get after them with stones and dead cats and revile- ment. They can be reached by a little reasonable argument any time, and will probably be glad to discuss public measures with the people any time when they have sufficient leisure. But their Subscription Rates: job is not to defend their poli- One Year $2.00 cjeg ^o carry on the govem- Six Months $1.00 rnent. Having placed them in of fice they are entitled to our en- most of us in not being as wise j to create winter homes and as serpents all the time, and | hunting estates in North Caro- they will not always be able to lina. 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. thusiastic backing. In that way they will be encouraged to do their most vigorous best, for any man likes to accomplish a good job. Moore county was never in better shape under its new laws to have a good county adminis- THE COUNTY’S NEW tration and if such k not the GOVERNMENT t' i-k Tvyr ^ n ^4-u i responsible. A \6t of hard work On Monday at Cartbap the ^^e job is chiefly a thank-you affair, a bit County Board of Commissioners met together for the first time. The elected members had* been in session previously, but the new members, Cameron and Seymour, were both on hand Monday, which was the first session of the full new board. A critical analysis of the new gov ernment is altogether in its fav or. Matheson and Shaw are members of previous boards. Currie, the new chairman, comes to his task with an alacrity that is decidedly promising. G. C. Seymour and Fmnk Cameron are men of that type of intelli gence that gains the approval of the people. Taking it all around of encouragement once in a while will get a lot of good re sults. The man who does not stand by the administration drives nails in his own coffin, for no employe will work like thunder, furnish all the enthu siasm, and all the smiles for nothing, and let everybody else kick all the time. A CONSUMER’S MARKET One of the redeeming features about a financial depression such as we have at the present time is the multiplicity of theories re garding it, and the many reme- the fivr meTIrl regarded “by dies thatare offered, and the bulk the county generally as an excel lent board. Accepting them as such the next thing is to recognize the big job which they have under taken to carry out. The drift of the county to a more logical bus iness base, which has come about during the rule of preced ing boards, gives the new com missioners a clearer field of op eration, at the same time plac ing on them more complex re sponsibilities. The growth of the Around Hemp the enlarge ment of the silk mills is having its influences. New building at the mill is under way, and many new houses. All this encourages activity of a substantial kind. At Olendon the saw mills are sing ing their tune of production. Here and there along the good roads the farms indicate a ten dency to home improvement as well as the production of crops. An occasional new farm house, the repair of the old one, plant- ng things to give an air of thrift around the place, and down to ward Eagle Springs the big farms and orchards are taking on a more hopeful air. The Carolina Power company at the transformer station near West End has caught the infec tion of planting, and so unemo tional an institution as a trans former pliant has been made one of the show places of the county. grains OF' SAND Carthago delenda est. No, no! Samarcand ignito jail But she no go. Those girls at Carthage seem to have a burning passion to get out of .I’ail. Senators Johnson of Moore knd Johnson of Duplin have introduced a bill in the Assembly authorizing the removal of belligerent girls at Samar cand to the State Prison at Raleigh when the occasion demands. Don’t these legislators know that the State Prison is not fireproof? Said the Charlotte Observer, editor ially, in a recent issue: “Southern Pines is perhaps the best example of the modem town, a fact appreciated by travelers over State Highway No. 50. Southern Pines is an excellent example of what it is possible to accomplish through civic pride.” Splendid Work Done " Cai^on School InteresUng Figures for «« Just Ended Are Revile^"*®" Principal Temple ’^garding t-u. ."’-re divul,;,d thi' When Vice President Curtis comes to the Sandhills to visit his son-in- law he will have an attractive home Interesting facts Caneron school week .by Principal R sT.Lle n ’ ?ive some idea of t)u- ma^it,', l tne work done the pan yoat- 1 . acquaint the patrons of the il""' W’th its work. During the school v. Hard times do not seem to affect be done on two acres of sand the Aberdeen Sand Company. It ship ped 125 cars in one week. Mayhap what the rest of us lack in f)ur fight against Old Man Poverty is sand. to a close April 24 to stop in. E. Webster Knight l^as | ei.rolled. Of these 345 ^ ' " ’ schoDl .->gh school. Nine .:!eme„tarv l! three high school t»<ich!c^ wn,„ iloyed. The average daily attendar" in the elemntary sol.ool was 2(il2 " in high school 74.S, a total for transformed the old Walter Maples place on Bethesda Road into a pic turesque winter residence of charm and comfort. He has shown what can ca and You have to go to the Seaboard A drive up that way pays for it- station m Southern Pmes for all ■1,. • I... fifkpt.s. Even the towns Doliti of recommendation as to what may not be done as well as what I back to the lower section. Give may be. Washington is now said | Lizzie a tank of gas and turn to be admonishing employers not | her head toward the clay hills, to cut wages, which is an admir- | and she will come home grate- able attitude if it can be made j ful for the outing, and so will to work. Unfortunately, while I you. nobody wants to cut wages it is self if nothing else is gained but a glimpse of the planting and shrubbery work about the sta- , . -i. j Southern Pmes has a good city ad- The north side of the county has a fine system of good roads and judgment by re-elect.ng it. now, some of the hills and val leys as picturesque as can be de sired for an outing ride. These sprinig days with the dogwood and the Judas trees and the woodland blossoms covering the ground it is a delight to go out by the Horseshoe, Glendon, Mc Connell, Hemp and work” around to the Eagle Springs road by Big Oak, Bensalem or Mt. Car mel, or in fact any way to get Murdoch M. Johnson is back in Aberdeen renewing acquaintances af ter an extended visit to Raleigh, The oldest living legislator never spent more time during one session of the legislature than has Murloch in his tickets. Even the town’s political tick- one term at Raleigh, et is made up there. And now come the days when more North Carolina automobile license plates are in evidence in the Sandhills than those of other states. not a question of desire that brings wage cuts, but of the readiness of the buyer of com- THE QUESTION OF ASSESSMENTS One of the most important TAXES Editor, The Pilot: One of the county papers last week % carried a headline entitled: “Huge Property Tax Reduction Now in Sight.” As Mutt would say to Jeff: “Interesting is true.” The only truth in it is that we still owe the money, or ifi? going to take so much money to carry us across and where cm we get it ? Taking the burden off the right shoulder and placing it on the left may be restful but the burden There is nothing gaudy or brilliant in it, but his figure is well proportion- i ed and I’ve been so close as to notice the animation in his eyes and he is j really a handsome bird. The ease, ele- I gance and rapidity of his move ments and the intelligence he displays is really surprising. An old colored auntie used to stay with me—her name was Kate Bing ham (all who have lived in Aberdeen as long as I have remember “Aunt Kate.”) She died about three years ago, and she had a mocking bird in a cage, which she carried with her. modities to pay a sufficient matters that is to come before continues to bear down. It is impossi- , . . , . , n 1 bringing him with her in the morning ble to fool all the people all the , . ^ ^ j. t i and carrying him home at night. I price for his purchases to enable the producer to pay high wages, county and the ° increase of i This is best seen on the farms, county business adds to the 1 for farms constitute a large burden. The financial condition' number of employers, and the of the country brings a serious jfarm has cut wages widely over _ ^ _ complication, while the change ' the country because the prico: ganization for assessments dis- in tax methods in state and for farm stuff will iwt permit mussed with the county commis- county adds to all the troubles paying high wages. The farm ^ , XL- J. • XI. xi. sioners the wisdom of having the perplexing job of reorganiz- has been the goat m the matter i field to make a per- ing the county administration, a of wages much of the time, farm , gonal inquiry into the value of stuff bringing a price smaller i estate, and that feature proportionately than most man-, next week. In ufactured stuff, which in turn ^ Sandhills township this method of assessment has been given observed by watching this bird that The great trick of the Legislature I pay his tax in a j^y confinement. When he would that of assessments of property I painless if pos- commence his career of song it would in the county. At the meeting nuisance tax is a ^e impossible for me to stand by un- last Monday Mr. Cameron, who'?.® . anesthetic to lull one into be- would run ever the heving he isnt paying anything much. little ,^nary, f the average man realized that about ^nd with such superior execution and | that a very large per cent of those thirty percent of what he pays for ^hat the mortified little canary I who attend regularly are promoted gasoline is tax and this thirty percent ^ould feel his own inferiority and be- 1 that those who do not attend reg- the county commissioners at their meeting next Monday is is at the head of the county or- in the elemntary yjliod was 204.2 school of 338.9. Out of tlrenrlw of 432 for the school, 253 were in th, I compulsory attendance age 7 Vj ■ elusive. The average daily attendance of this group was 223.7. a per cen- in attendance of 91.3. The per cent in attendance for the whole school was The membership of the school at the end of the year was 364. Of this num. ber 288 were in the elementary school and 76 in high school. 199 of the 288 in the elementary school were pro- moted, a percentage of 72.6. Of the memberhip of 76 at the end of the year in the high chool, 62 were pro- moted, a percentage of 72.6. Of the membership of 76 at the end of the year in the high school, 62 wer« pro moted, a percentage of 81.6. A total of 261 were promoted, a percenta^t for the school of 71.7. According to the October, 1930 issue of State School Facts, published by the State Super- intendent of Public Instruction, ths per cent promoted in 1928-29 in the rural schools of the state war, 65, and in Moore county 65.6. Cameron’s per cent of promotion is a little higher than for the state. The chief cause of non-promotion is poor attendance. Of the 199 promoted this year in the Cameron elementary school, 149 attended 140-160 days and 30 attended 120-139 days. Of the 62 promoted in high school, 54 attended 140-160 days and 6 attended r20-139 days. In. other words 203 of the 261 promoted in the school attended 140- 160 days, and 36 attended 120-139 days. It is very apparent, therefore, thing in itself sufficient without anything else to give the mem bers a run for their money. Therefore the people of the started many hands from farm county have something to think o factory, and that in turn tend- about. The Board of Commis-,ed to affect wages in the fac- sioners can not work miracles, jtory. It was the abundance of They will be beset every meet-i farm labor in the South that ing day by numbers who come i drew New England’s cotton in to urge various measures, some dustry to this and adjoining was presented to him at the end of come entirely silent. During the exhi- every year in the form of a billed no- bition of his powers, he would spread tice for taxes due, the moaning and ^ings, expand his tail, and throw groanmg would jar the foundations of himself around the cage in ecstacy our so-called Bulwark of Liberty and ,^nd enthusiasm, and not only would Freedom. This anesthetic method, dance to his own music, however, is very good and what a , ^ sportsman once told me that he man doesn t feel generally doesn’t jjggjj deceived many times by the ^ ^ hurt him. The truth about it is, taxes mocking bird, that the mocking bird and long years of experience in j higher next year than they j search of birds that fixing property values, says the I been. The Legislature ■ perhaps were not in miles of him, but township board in a brief jour-j ^ create a lot of commissions vvhose notes he exactly imitates. Last | traveled daily by the busses was ap- much consideration, and Mr. McKeithen, who has wide ac quaintance with the township ularly are those who fail or are not promoted. Among other causes of non-promo tion might be mentioned mental and physical defects, poor preparation for the grade, over-loaded teachers and lack of diligence in study by the pu pils. The average number of pupils trans ported daily to and from school was 260. The average number of miles except tne local or person-j me uuyer oi guous turns spent in looking al desire for favors; to criticise, southern products and the New | around this way personally by I thing that has pestered this to condemn, to approve, and f^r England mill cannot pay old time j the township board 1^^^^ Legislature is that they’re about many purposes that actuate the New England wages and sell the | local assessors are among dope. If the old hypo- bulk of people. If we can get it i output. Low farm wages had to most imDortant mpTnhpr«« nf method fails, the Fall of R..me county government. It is im perative that they shall be men of judgment, and have a knowl edge of their townships. It is in our heads at the start that do with lower cotton mill wages this board , until the county is in the South, which in turn has organized under the new laws ' taken the trade from New Eng- on a smoothly working basis, will i land, and it is hard to see how have its hands full, and let the i the New England mill can pay | ^ selection commissioners alone as much as | higher wages and run. ^e buy- j assessors has been made possible, and determine to help , er of goods will not toy the .throughout the county. But it them rather than to ride them | higher priced New England jg argued, and will be again next to distraction, we Will be bettter ;goods. It is a buyers market, Mondav fhaf in served and the county will be land the New England mill must much better off. These men are ' produce at a cost as low as the giving a close and serious study j South does or not produce at all. to county problems. They are ' And it looks as if wages in the more familiar with affairs than South, on the farm and else- the most of us; they are just as honest, just as capable, and just as anxious as any of us. But they know two things. The things asked for must be paid for. They, can not call for too much money in taxes without imposing a burden on the county too heavy to bear. To the extent that Pt^propr^ations -are asked for we must be willing to pay the taxes to provide the money. To the extent that we are not willing to pay the taxes we must not ask for the expenditure of money. There is one thing we must always be willing to bal ance, the income and the out go. Two ways permit the lessen ing of taxes, the lessening of ex penses to call for more money, and the definite refusal to col lect the money that might be asked for. If we lessen taxes by collecting less money we are forced to spend less. If we spend less we are able to get along by collecting less. Same thing in +he long run, and that is the chief job that confronts the commis sioners. These men want to serve the county wisely. They are like the where must be put up before wages in other sections can be held at a higher level, no mat ter what Washington or any other influence may attempt to secure. The day the farm wage fell below a reasonable equili- brim wages every place invited this disaster. It may not be pleasant, but it is hard to see how to alter it. UP THE DEEP RIVER WAY Farming in the upper end of the county is making excellent pro/gress. Wheat especially is coming forward in vigorous manner, the fields showing a good stand, with well filled heads. Plowing has made good headway. Peach orchards indi cate a big yield now that the danger of frost has passed. The interest shown in the Deep River valley by northern folks points to a development of much prom ise that way. The Wilcox farm will apparently stimulate fur ther interest in the multiplica tion of wild life, to be followed by additional purchases of wood land by men of means who want every township should be in structed to give themselves per sonal familiarity with the prop erty on which they are to fix values. Undoubtedly Mr. Mc Keithen is correct when he says that the time spent in household visits by the assessors will more than pay its cost in bringing to notice enough untaxed property to more than pay the small out lay. And what is of equal im portance a personal comparison of properties will permit many equalizations of values that will be followed by more fairness in the taxes called for. Such visits allow inquiry on the ground, and discussiopi with owners. Thev won’t be a circumstance to some things and wrath will surely take the camp. The only sure method of re- ducias: taxes is to reduce expendi tures. It sounds easy but it’s hard. The bird with the broken pinion never flies as high again and the pinions in North Carolina are truly in a strain. Fooling the people won’t w'crk all the t me, no matter what thn head lines may read; and it’s about time to apply the asbestos on this joy ride. Wh3n the old dope gives out. Oh grave where is thy victory, oh death where is thy sting! It has been said that another difference his admirable song would rise pre- possible by county-owned and operated eminent over every other bird. This , school busses. Approximately enough same bird on the same chimney dur- j was saved this year, accord in.? to ing the solemn stillness of night, as 'prices previously paid to cont’’actor£, soon as the moon would rise, would jto pay for the school busses, and begin his delightful solo, and he 'much better means of transportation would serenade us all night long. I jwere provided. This saving is largely would Vr'ake in the night and he would | due to the efficient county superin still be displaying his vocal powers, j tendent, H. Lee Thomas. For the effi- Some people’s opinion is that this j cient and successful operation of the excessive fondness for variety injures j school busses, much credit should be his song, but I don’t think so. j given to the capable drivers, who were MRS. A. A. McKEITHEN. school boys. No complaints whatever were received in regard to the busies and no child was injured. This is an excellent record. COMMENCEMENT AT FLORA MacDONALD NEXT ^lEEK Plans are going forward at Flora MacDonald College at Red Springs for an unusually interesting Com- between i mencement season from May 16th to death and taxes is tha death doesn’t 20th. The Senior Class Day exercises get worse every time the Legislature jwill be on Saturday afternoon at 6;45 meets. I on the campus. On Sunday morning Yo 1 can draw your own conclusions, jthe Baccalaureate sermon will be de but eventually you will arrive at this j livered by Dr. H. Tucker Graham of answer: Taxes next year will be a | Florence, S. C., who will also sreak little higher. This thing called ignor- | again that night at the Presbyterian ance is a simple thing but, it’s darn Church. The Vesper Service, so dear JEFFRESS HEADS STATE’S NEW* HIGHWAY give direct information that en- j Carhage, N. C., dangerous. The great problem con fronting our politicians today is ad ministering the anestheic. H. F. SEAWELL, JR. May 4, 1931. THE MOCKING BIRD ables comparsions of neighbor hood values with each other. The present systemf of all of Jewry going up to Jerusalem to be taxed is archaic and too far out of date. No man knows what his property is worth un til it has been compared with a wide range of other properties, Monday meeting and threshed and he can not tell the assessor | out. The Pilot’s opinion is that anything about it in any other! it is worth the small cost it en- way than by comparisons and personal observation by the as sessors. The attitude of the If the mocking bird had nothing but his plumage to recommend him, he would scarcely be entitled to notice. to the hearts of returning alum.nae, will be conducted as usual by Dr. Var- ; E. B. Jeffress, Greensboro, publish er of two jdaily newspapers, former mayor and present legislator, has been named by Governor Gardner as chairman of the new State Highway Commission, for a four-year term. Governor Gardner has named the other commission members as lows: James H. Clark, Clarkton, Bla den county; T. L. Bland, Raleigh, and C. A. Cannon, Concord for terms dell. The annual concert, which prom- |of two years, and N. L. Stedman, Hal county commissioners at the last meeting was one of interest in this particular proposition, and it will be discussed at the next tails to have the assessors look over their territory personally. A greater revenue will- result, | iors, the largest graduating class in ises to be of an especially high order, will be given on Monday night. The alumnae luncheon at 1 o’clock will be followed by the business meeting. At 4 o’clock the reception and exhibits of the Department of Home Econo mics will take place and that nigh-: the Senior play, Sheridan’s “A School for Scandal” will be given. Dr. Henry Louis Smith, President Emeritus of Washington-Lee College will deliver the address to the grad uating class on Wednesday morning, exercises beginning at 10 o’clock. Di plomas will be presented to 51 sen- and probably a much greater * the history of the college. An inter satisfaction of the people and esting feature of the morning’s pro- a greater fairness in compara- ' gram will be the installation of Pres- I tive values of all property. | ident H. G. Bedinger. ifax; James L. McNair, present mem ber, Laurinburg and Will W. Marion, for terms of four years. The new commission held its meeting this week to take over the State highway activities, including 40,000 miles of county roads to main tain. Governor Gardner has re-appoint ed present members of the State Prison Board and sent the names to the Senate for confirmation Monda} night. The members are J. Bunn, Raleigh; J. R. Smith, Mour Airy, and A. S. Copeland, Kinston, for four years; L. F. Abernat }• Hickory, and E. B. Bridges, Char lotte, for three years, and D. Bames, Murfresboro, and B. B. E'e- ett. Palmyra, for two years. C
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