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Page Two THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen, North Carolina - - ■■^=== 'J» ' Friday, Ju],, p 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 j Subscription Rates: j One Year .•....$2.00 | Six Months $1.00 j Three Months 50 j 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. A DATE IN NORTH CAROLINA Thursday, July 1, is a day in North Carolina from which to make comparisons in grovem- ment administration and politi cal policy. On that day the State passed from the old Jefferson ian theories of individualism to the growing popularity of State administration or socialism in its modem manifestations. On that date the State took up the com plete administration of the for mer community functions of road administration, and the State supplanted the smaller community and dismissed the in dividual as a factor in govern ment. Incidentally the State also reached over to the control and responsibility of the school sys tem although to hardly so com plete a control. But once on the road it is not hard to turn every thing in the same direction. It is,an old doctrine, that of mass operation. Possibly it is the most logical. In all directions state socialism is making head way. Russia, with its Soviet five- year plan, Italy with its Fas cism, the United States with its dependence on state and federal treasury for ever>^thing, in Bri tain with its dole, everywhere with that same leaning on gov ernment responsibility, points to the same thing. It is an interest ing adventure into an unknown sea, but The Pilot believes it is a wise one. No government on earth today gives much evidence of ability^ efficiency or positive permanences. Our republic seems to be the most satisfac tory type, but the fact is that we have too many opinions and too little real interest in govern ment efficiency and fairness, and unless we can get better re sults from more centralization than we have been able to real ize through the local units of government on a local basis, we have reached a point where we have outgrown our machinery and equipment. It is not hard to believe that centralization is necessary for our further success. But one tihing must be forthcoming. Greater intelligence and efficien tly must be developed in many of the functions of government. Governor Gardner today becomes responsible for much more than he carried on his shoulders last week. The new system will re quire a far more business-like administration than the old one demanded. We are trying to en ter on a basis of real business mstead of political bluff. We must put at the head of affairs men who are business men and who realize the exactions the new job holds out for them.. Probably a new day has come in North Carolina politics, and one that will be wholesome, but it lies with the people to say so. If we stand by the State govern ment with its new burdens, back it to the highest with our en couragement and honest help, stop sticking our hands in jts pockets at every turn for an ap propriation of a political job, it will succeed. But the State has started out this week to be a business machine instead of a political graft. Great good can "»ome from this movement if we all stand by, and The Pilot is confident Moore county is go ing to do its damdest to be a help, rather than an obstruction. THE BEGINNING OF ECONOMY The budget memorandum from the governor asking a re duction in State expenditures in dicates the beginning of govern ment economy in North Carolina and probably marks the return of the doctrine of living within a reasonable State income. This is the point which many observ ing men have been expecting the State to reach, and had this doctrine been forcefully enough considered by the legislature and vigorously enough demanded by the people while the legislature was in session it is probable that less difficulty would have been experienced in iraming a tax measure. But now that the sit uation has been recognized the State will go forward on the basis that if you can’t make your income cover your expenses it is wise to undertake to keep your expenses within your in come. Both methods attain the same results. It is not going to be ^n easy matter to adjust expenses to in come, for we have been feeding ourselves up on the doctrine that “Little Johnnie Gilligan He’s as good as any man,” which is merely another way of saying that we have as much right as anybody to scatter our money everywhere and to buy everything that anybody else buys. That of course is correct if we have the money, but when the funds have to be raked out from every pocket, some of them with nothing to rake from, econ omy in course of time becomes a necessity because no more can be raked up. The whole test in individual budget as well as in state, county and nation is how to pay for all the things ^e think we have a right to procure. When we find that the pocket is too empty to pay we gradually realize that we must limit the buying, and what is of far more consequence we discover that we can get along on much less than in our hilarity we thought was essential. The State has now confessed that the way to lessen taxes is not to shift taxation to some other imagined source of revenue, blit to stop a lot of the needless ex penditure until we have the money to pay. This thing of go ing after the money where it is sounds good, but it seems that it isn’t where it was supposed to be. It isn’t any place in quantity to pay the expenses we have been entailing. And the end of the spending era has come. Corn bread, bacon and greens will come into fashion again in public affairs and caviar and goose livers and cocktails will have a rest. We have a lot of state, county and national debt to pay off, but we are going to cut down on a lot of the fanciful things that we had grown to be lieve were necessities. Debt and interest will keep sufficient load on our necks for the next few years. Economy in other lines will be necessary to enable the payment of those fixed burdens. Governor Gardner will find a backing of the people in his at tempt to change our financial practices, for necessity is help ing to carry out his proposition. “Ten acres and a mule, the old flag and an appropriation,” will once again lose its virulence as a battle cry. AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY On July 1 a new law took ef fect which makes drivers of au tomobiles for hire responsible for damage to person or prop erty. To give that responsibility standing of substantial charac ter the driver of a vehicle for hire must carry insurance or post a bond that will cover per sonal damage to the extent of $5,000 to $10,000 and property damage to $1,000. Drivers of private cars will be denied li cense if they inflict damage and do not make settlement. This is only a beginning of what is certain to follow, for with the murderous policy of the automobile and the vast damage steadily piled up it is becoming tiresome to the people, and the sentiment is growing that the driver who is guilty of damage must be made to assume the re sponsibility and the cost that fol- lov/s. An automobile is a heavy, swift and dangerous projectile, rivaling the big guns of the ar mies, but unlike them, carrying on in times of peace and under the guise of the banner of inof fensiveness. There is no more sense in pe^Tnitting swift-run ning cars to race up and down the roads and absolve the driv ers from responsibility for the damages they are duly inflicting than to call off the penalties laid on the railroad when a rail road car is guilty of a similar of fense like those that are making the automobile the gravest dan ger of the modem day. It is wholly needless to drive as indifferently and hoggishly as many of the drivers seem to think is their right and their re quirement. The thousands of lake shore, and similar accounts Walla, Washington, 113; Boise, come from various sections. Idaho, 111; Miles City, Montana, Yuma, Arizona, is th only place 111; Williston, North Dakota, in the South that is in the heat 107; St. Paul, Minnesota, 104, class with the extreme North, and the dispatches i^ay last week and Yuma is the neighborhood i at Red Wing, Minnesota, the fig- that has the distinction of riv aling itself. Mark Twain told a story about a soldier who died and went to the future retreat ure was 106; LaCrosse, Wiscon sin, 104; Marquette, Michigan, 108; Portland, Maine, 103; Con cord, New Hampshire, 102; Co- people killed by automobiles and the millions that are injured serve no purpose in their mis haps. The car that does the dam age should be held responsible. If bonds will not provide the rem edy, or insurance, then surely the car that is guilty of aggres sion should be barred from the roads. No man has a right to be a public menace, for it is en tirely unnecessary. And that be ing the case every driver on the road should be required to es tablish such financial responsi bility by bond, insurance, or the satisfaction of the State license department that he can pay damages in case of accident or he should not be given a license for his car. Private rights to kill are not greater than public rights of safety. THE SOUTHERN PINES CURB MARKET It is a matter of .satisfaction a. lot of degrees were passed out, Barber is listed as Boy Scout, Attor- that the Southern Pines farm by the colleges and universities dur- ney Bob Denny of Pinehurst as writ- curb market is making prog- | ing June. The highest degree, how- | er, and Assemblyman U. L. Spence as ress. That it brings to the farm wives an addition to their cash income is one good feature. That it affords the village a certain supply of country stuff is another. But beyond that is a still more important one; it brings into the town on Satur day morning a bunch of intelli gent women from the country and affords a social contact that is of the greatest value. Country women lead a life of some isola- VY CliAl 1/ l/V-f J.. w«. w , _ where the fires are not quenched, lumbus, Ohio, 104, while North and the first thing he did after Carolina has to strain to get up getting there was to ask the of- to the lowest figure shown by ficials in charge to send back to any of these states mentioned in Yuma for his blankets. He miss- ^ the northern frontier of the na- ed the hot weather he had left. tion. And while fifty persons It is curious how the North died from the heat last week in deludes itself into the notion one day a single death from, heat that the South is hot in summer I Is rarely, if ever, heard of in time. But here are some official | North Carolina. North Carolina records of heat in states of the | will ultimately be a summer re tier that front on Canada: Walla- sort of great prominence. for the true and exact facts to U stated in matters of public ' Carthage, N. C., July 1, 1931. J* grains OF" SAND LAKEVIEW Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas L, left Wednesday by motor for Bi-aa. ford Pool; Maine, where the:, spend the months of July gust. Miss Johnsie Cameron and L.- Gill of Pvockingham were dinner guests. Sunday of Mr. and Mr-,, C. Smith. Other visitors at the home included Mr. and Mrs. Karl will ai'd Au. ard 16 'th- ever, was attained by the theromom- , High Sheriff, eter. WeVe always considered the Fam ily Laundry up-to-date, but they’re getting ahead of us now. We received their September calendar in yester day’s mail. Mebbe it’s the heat. Midnight musings— It doesn’t take but one fly to seem like a million when you’re half awake and trying to sleep. It just shows how much trouble for the rest of us the least of us can make. If you can make a little noise and move around quick ly, you’ll find the going easy, for most of us are either half awake and try ing to sleep or half asleep and try- Kelly and children of Laurel Hill anc’ Mr. and Mrs. Norman Day of em Pines. Mrs. Robert T. Woodruff was the luncheon guest of Mrs. Hudson at her country Pinehurst Tuesday. Char place xes B. near Cross returned Monday to hi; Lu nis home in Charlotte after visiting Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Gibbon for weeks. three Secretary Herbert Vail of the Ki- wanis Club has issued a club directory tion7 bur when they the names, residences and i„“ to wake. Where a, continually changing members Pmehurst ^ population of those crowd surrounds them they have ! ° P- * who need to be swatted and those too an outlet for their social inclina- j 24,' Southern Pmes IS ^ tions that is good for them, and ^ quaintance, if we were a fly we could mighty wholesome for the folks sev#,n and West End one, a to- ^ in town. After all is said about tal membership of 61. many we’d have to avoid, the progress of town life the j , . ^embersh.p is limited m fQpf io fliQf flio Tinman ' classification of vocations, there are with iti^eet on the erounf classifications noted in Her- The stores will be closed - Monday. From the country touch with | list. Frinstance, the Rev. E. L. Buy more food on Saturday. Nature comes the stimulus that carries the race through, and on the soil is the anchor that holds human kind to its course. The curb market is a sort of mental clearing house for town and country women alike. The two mingle there and discuss affairs from their separate viewpoints, PRAISES McLEAN Editor, The Pilot— I have noted with much interest the which provide the true perspec-' article by Mr. Bion Butler in which tive of life, for the more we all he endorses heartily our present Tax see through the eyes of a, Collector, Mr. J. D. McLean, neighbor the more we reach the i a property holder in Moore to appreciate at its full worth both average of accuracy of vision I County I want to add my endorsement | the improvements that we shall be which must be the guiding rule l Mr. McLean. It would be a very I able to make in the maintenance of I myseli' believe that the new road law marks the embarkation upon another state policy that will main tain North Carolina’s established po sition as “the good roads state” in the eyes of the nation. I also believe that our own citizens will soon come local roads and the substantial de crease that we shall effectuate in our property tax burden. May I express my whole-hearted ap preciation of the able assistance that the daily and weekly newspapers in of action. i unwise move on the part of the County Town life is the illustration of i dismiss a man who has been so ef- mass action. Country life is in-1 ficient in the handling of our tax dividualism. Mass action is the collections. principle of socialism and com- County politics too often results in munism. Farm life is the princi- | insufficient calibre being in pie of every fellow for himself. | responsible positions and the North Carolina rendered the admin- There on a miniature scale is the | County is to be congratulated in hav- istration in the effort to work out this whole story of the division of j ^ McLean in office. major program. No other body of our social lineup. The curb market | ^ willing to wager that if a citizenship anywhere cntributed more weaves these lines together, and .change is made in this office now with to inform the public of the issues in mixes the two influences. It i conditions as they are the County will this question and of the desirability tends as far as it reaches to i ^ ^ot more than the saving in of fixing responsibility for the main- make the two types of social' friary it might effect through offer- tenance of all roads in one organiza- habit more of a unit in its ef-1 job to another less efficient tion so as to be able to apply the forts and achievements, bene- j pei’son. most efficient and economical admin- fitting each by the touch of the | I have great respect for the County, istration possible in the maintenance other, and 'it is possible that j Commissioners and believe they will of all roads, state and county, the effect of the contacts on 1 continue in office the man who has \\rith genuine appreciation and with Saturday morning is more | given his wholehearted effort to the highest regards, I am wholesome.for all concerned than collection of our taxes at a very low MAX GARDNER, the financial returns. Town and | cost and in a most capable manner. i Governor, country have a chance to makej CHARLES P. MASON, of the Saturday meeting a big i' Greenwich, Conn., social event, one in which all can i 27, 1931. profit, for a closer acquaintance! between the town and country! LAND APPRAISAL women will give to each a line I Raleigh, N. C., June 26, 1931. TAX COLLECTION COSTS of friends'hips that is decidedly j Editor, The Pilot; worth cultivating, and which if established will be a possession of lifelong duration and of the greatest possible satisfaction. That group of intelligent, clean faced, clear'headed country wo men at the curb market Satur day morning is worth knowing well and cordially. REFERRED TO i ANDREW CREAMER That hopeful brother, Andy Creamer, who. insists that the Sandhills should become a sum mer resort as well as a haven in the winter, will find much com fort in the fact that here in Moore county we are able to en joy comparatively cool weather when we are reading the reports from the North telling of ex treme heat, especially last Sat urday when nearly 50 dead was the toll. South Dakota, far to ward the extreme north of the United States, tells of a high temperature of 108, Iowa and Minnesota, hung up a record of 106, the farmers in Iowa aban doning work in the fields dur ing the day, and preferring to wojrk at night. Wisconsin repori> ed eight dead from the heat; Minnesota, like Wisconsin, far thest north states fronting on the Canadian line, had five dead. Ten deaths occurred in the one city of Chicago, there on the ! Editor, The Pilot— Please allow us space in your val- In your last issue of The Pilot it uable paper to say we have thorough- seems that you are far from the facts ly cruised the rea^ estate of Sand-^ in regard to the actual cost of Tax hill township, tried our best to find collection in Moore County. Now I am and list every piece of it at compar- sure that The Pilot does not wish to ative prices. Our able aim has been be misleading and so I am sending “Equalization,” not a re-valuation, you the facts as they appear in the 6oubtIess we have made errors, and Moore County Audit for June 30th, shall take pleasure in trying to cor- 1930. If you will look on page 28 of rect them where found, .but should i this audit, you will find the foliow- any find their land values raised, it ing itemized statements of the costs should console them to know that of collecting the 1929 taxes: they have been paying less than the Clerical assistance, $94.75; Tax other fellow. Or if values are low- Collector’s Salary, $3,000.00. Office ered it is because they have had; Supplies, $18.94; Stationery and highest values. We have done our best. Printing, $67.92; Postage, $731.93; We have not known anyone only as Advertising, $363.20; Bond for Tax a good citizen. We have kept faith, Collector, $660.00;; Total, $4,93^.74. remembering our oaths to our County Total taxes collected in 1929, see and one another. page 23, $386,925.22. This is our only apology. We re- The above statement will apply to vived property not on books solely for all the years since the tax collector the help to all. was put on the job. The expenses at- A. A. McKEITHEN, tached to the office might vary more J. W. PICKLER, I or less but the salary has remained J. B. O’QUINN, the same, $3,000.00 per year, or Appraisers. $250.00 per month for twelve months. If the receipting of the tax collector THANKS THE PRESS IS part of the duty of the collector, this is an additional expense. The tax Editor, The Pilot: | receipts are made, out for every item On the eve of the State’s taking of tax on the tax books by the County over’ the full responsibility for the j Auditor and paid for by the County maintenance and construction of and turned over to the tax collector I county roads, I should like for the cit- who only has to sign his name when izens of every section of the state tp receipted. Now, I hope that no one be advised about the change and to will think for one moment that I gain some adequate knowledge of the I am prejudiced against our tax collec- new set-up. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McKeili and Mrs. John McQueen spent Fndav Raleigh. ^ Miss Helene Dougherty of Sanfor- is the house guest of Miss Rebecca Bacon for two weeks. Wilson Caddell has returned to hk j home in Carthage after visiting his sister, Mrs. Arthur Causey. Mr. and Mrs. Archie CaWron an- nounce the birth of a daughter at thelt home near Lakeview, Wednesday Juna 24th. ‘ John A. Gunter, T. K. Gunter and Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Ballard attended a reunion of the Gunter family at Lemon Springs Sunday. Jesse Gardner spent the week-end at Dunn, with his sister, Mrs. R, p, Andrews. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Sharpe of Greensboro were in Lakeview for the day Sunday. Returning with them for a week’s visit were Misses Edna Earl Richardson and Lorraine Blue. W. E. Miller and daughter, Miss Mary Miller of Rock Hill, South Can- olina have returned to their home af ter a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Worth Miller. Palmer Causey was a business vis itor in Rockingham Tuesday. Miss Johnsie Eastwood and Cliff Johnson of Southern Pines spent .Mon day in Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Poole and Bar bara Poole of Carthage were guesta of Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Gibbon Sun day. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dan S. Ray were Mr. and Mrs. Ervin L. Ray of Asheboro, Mr. and Mrs. 0. F. Taylor and young son, Ray, of Win ston-Salem, Mrs. D. S. Ray and Miss Elizabeth Ray of Cameron and H. P. Bilyeu of Greensboro. H. P. Jr., who has spent some time in Lakeview re turned to Greensboro with his fath er. Dune McCrimmon spent Sunday with friends in Fayetteville. Bob Andrews of Charlotte is the guest of George Graves, Jr., for two weeks. Camping parties in Lakeview this week include girls from Raleigh, chaperoned by Mrs. Roberts; Albe marle girls with Mrs. Marr in charge; Mrs. Mary Barrett Williamson of Car thage is here with a large party, and Mrs. Mann and Mrs. Womble are chap eroning the girls of the Jonesboro Methodist Sunday School. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Gard ner over the week-end included Joe Gardner of Angier, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Gardner of Patrick, S. C., Mr. and Mrs. Knox Carroll and children of Cheraw, S. C., Mrs. D. A. Gardner and children of Orangeburg, S. C., who have been here for a week, left ou Monday for Norfolk, Va., where they will visit rs. Gardner’s people. Mrs. R. T. Woodruff was hostes? to the members of the Lakeview Contract Club last Friday at her home by tb? lake. Mrs. W. L. Dunlop of Pinehur.=;t; and Mrs. Charles T. Grier of Carthage were special guests on this delightfu. occasion. The Birthday Pageant of the men’s Auxiliary was given by Girls’ Circle of the local organi%ii*^iou Sunday evening in the Lakeviev'' Church under the able direction of Mrs. D. S. Ballard. The presentation was very good* and our younp’ are to be congratulated on the splend id work and co-operation shown i’l annual observance of this Missionary Pageant. An offering was talker, a. the close of the service. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS J. Talbot Johnson to Pinehuri' Realty Co.: property in McNeill town ship. J. H. Williamson to Martha Ann Williamson: property in Shef^i^’^ township.,. E. R. Brown and wife, Brown, to J. H. Williamson tor. He has made good. But I do like | in Sheffield township. Ida pror»e^*^5*
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