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Page Four THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen, North Carolinia Friday, Septembei Hoover to Declare for Light Wine and Beer, in Belief of Thad Page Schools at Southern Pines Open on Tuesday Much Support for Issue as Rem edy for Farmers and Aid to Federal Treasury Any School Books? Old Ones Wanted For Use of Children Unable To Buy New Ones Have you any school books on your shelves that will not be used by your children this year? If so they vi^oiild be apprecited by others who need them and have no cash on hand to buy new ones. Why not pass them on and help some child to do better work in school and some ambitious parents who are unable to furnish books for their children? “I will he glad to place books in deserving families if you will send them to me, or I will call for them if you have no way of send ing them,” write Olive Seagrove, nurse of the Moore County Health Department at Carthage. The national and international sit uations were cleared up for members of the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen ac the weekly meeting held Wednesday in the Community Church at Pine- hurst. The speakers were Thad S. Page, Senator Josiah H. Bailey’s secretary at Washington, and Dr. I. M. Medlin, just returned from a trip to Europe. Thad announced to the assemblage that there seemed to be an under current of feeling in Washington one or the other of the two politicaj par ties would embody a light wine and beer plank in next year’s presiden tial platform, that it wouldn’t sur-, prise him if President Hoover came out for such a change in the Volstead | Act before long. The issue has been. gaining ground lately as a farm re-, lief measure and as an aid to federal; revenue. There are many in both par- I — — ties, he said, who hold that the de-, position in Paris, where America's pression could be ended by legalizing : exhibit is a replica of Mt. Vernon, light w^ine and beer, thus furnishing j completely furnished. He visited the a tremendous outlet for farm sur- j battlefields of‘France, and the grave plus and bringing in millions in ex-; Allison Page, son of Frank Page, cise taxes to the government. I Aberdeen. Senator Bailey’s secretary spoke ^ briefly of the possibility of the Dem-' oeratic party organizing the next Sen-[ W. M. MILAN JR., ate, which, he said, would require the j PAROLE BY GOVE O aid of the progressives in the Sen-. ate. The fact that several of these, William M. Milam, Jr., of Southern Progressives hold important commit-1 Pines, convicted in the Recorder’^ tee chairmanships under Republican' Court at Carthage of violating the organization makes it appear doubtful prohibition laws and sentenced to that the Democrats will control the serve four months on the road, was Senate, he stated, these men being, last week granted a parole by Gov- loathe to give up their important ernor Gardner. posts. ! Milam, the parole states, is a world ; war veteran and comes from a good Visited ManyCouittries substantial family. He was gassed Dr. Medlin told of his trip abroad,. and wounded in France and since his which took in France, Switzerland,! return to the United States has suf- Supt. Alfen Starts 10th Year as Superintendent.—Some Thirty in Faculty Superintendent W. F. Allen starts his tenth year as superintendent with the opening of the Southern Pines School next Tuesday, September 15th, and the high school the following day. There will be some changes in the faculty. For the high school, W. F. Allen will be superintendent, Frank Gibbons, assistant principal, as science teacher; Miss Pauline Miller, French and English; Mrs. Sue Montgomery, Mathematics; Miss Helen Thomp son, Latin and English, and Mrs. W. B. Warner book-keeping. For the elementary grades the teachers will be Mrs. Allen Brown, Mrs. Laura Gibbons, Miss Emilie May Wilson, Miss Helen Sherrill, Miss Mary Montgomery, Miss Maidie Made, Miss Ann Willis, Miss Ann Huntington and Miss Susan Nall. Enrollment at Vass-Lakeview School Rev. C. A. Lawrence, Thomas, Matthews and McCrummen Speak at Opening Exercises Belgium, The Hague, Holland and England. He attended the interna tional dental convention, where 3,000 fered greatly. “The whiskey with which he was found at the time of the trouble was strictly for his own delegates registered, 800 from Amer-; consumption, I am told, and there is ica. He was one of two from North | no evidence whatever that he has ever Carolina. He took in the Colonial Ex- i sold whiskey.” The Wool Crepe and Polo Cloth JaeUet emphasizes this smart Co-ed Sports En- semble. At This Low Price 75 NEW FALL HATS At an amazing low price at the start of the season. Featuring the Empress Eugenie in all the new colors and styles. The Vass-Lakeview schools open ed on Tuesday, September 8, for the 1931-32 term with a most encourag ing enrollment and with a large num ber of patrons and friends of the school present, for the opening exer cises. The Rev. Charles A. Lawrence made a most inspiring talk and conducted the devotionals, after which County Superintendent H. Lee Thomas gave the students some good advice for making this a successful school year. W. Duncan Matthews was the third speaker. He touched upon the pecul iar conditions existing today, and urged that the boys and girls strive to get an education in order that they may be better fitted to cope witn such conditions. Supt. McCrimmon spoke briefly, and urged that the changed condi tions brought about by recent legis lation be forgotten and that everyone press forward and make of this school year the very best possible. Only five changes in the faculty have been made since last year. The new teachers are A. M. Calhoun of Laurinburg, Miss Lena Mae Palmer of Sanford, Miss Elizabeth Wood, of Newton, Miss Martha McKay fo Buie’s Creek and Miss Ruth McNeill of Vass. Aberdeen Schools To Open Next Wednesday Will Have Full Complement of Teachers, Supt. Wright Announces BANK OF VASS, CLOSES DOORS TEMPORARILY (Continued from page one) be sufficient to put the institution on t:n easy footing. It is the hope that within a month t;ie bank will open its doors, and rhat its prospects will be good, not t nly to care for all its depositors, but io carry on as before by giving cebtors a little time to clear up their obligations. The bank' owes nothing exr'ept to Its depositors at the pres ent, its small loan of $5,000 mention ed in the June statement having been paid some time ago. Its assets are in-tact, the difficulty being that the payments of loans due were too slow at this season to afford the fund necessary to meet the requirements of the people. A sentiment prevails in Vass to the effect that if necessary the people there will do what they can to help reopen the bank, and the opinion as expressed to The Pilot is that if the patrons will lend a friendly hanid little difficulty will he encountered. THE STORY OF TOBACCO AS TOLD BY MR, BUTLER (Continued from Page 1) American crop was $8.30 a hundred pounds. Two years later the price rose to $9.30, never to gain that high fig ure again for 14 years. But it went, as low as $6.00, and averaged about * $7.00 for that period. For the next' ten years tobacco averaged around $9.00, the highest being $12.80 in the ® lucky year of 1913, but to be follow- | ed by a slump to little more than nine cents in the following two years. Then came war, and in 1917 the price was up to $24, with a maximum high in ' 1919 of $39. Then war closed and as the world got back to agricultural i normality the price of tobacco fell | steadily until in 1930 it was down' around $14, and this year it seems to be in about the same place. j In this country we have increased our production in one period included in the above figures to over a billion ! and a half pounds from half a billion. | The rest of the world has increased j its crop. Our exports have increased , from 250 million pounds to 600 mil- j lion pounds, which piles up on the world’s supply, but also makes our own supply four times as much as | forty years ago. We have increased production vastly greater than pop-. ulation, and have increased our ex- : ports faster than the world popula- j tion has increased to call for our to- i bacco. But the world has also increas ed its tobacco crop faster than popula tion has increased, so we have piled up a surplus steadily which we are ! trying to crowd on an oversupplied world. To make matters worse for the to bacco farmer and manufacturer the world is saturated with the notion that tobacco is rich and that it can stand a tremendous burden of taxa tion. So in all countries the taxes on tobacco are beyond limit. North Car olina tobacco manufacturers pay al most a quarter of billion dollars in taxes' on the manufacured product of this state. An incident came to no tice a few days ago which illustrates the load tobacco carries. A man who is in government employ bought a package of cigarettes In this section and paid twice as much as he paid in I the navy, where the government store | supplies the sailors with tobacco free | from tax. | Probably no crop that is grown is ^ so hampered with taxes, competition i and various obstacles as the tobacco | crop. Certainly no big article of pro-, duction in this wide world is so | hedged about, and hogtied hand and foot from start to finish. And to make j the matter all the harder for the to- | bacco grower every thing he buys is ' ii. 1931. prop(frtionately higher than in'*^ days when hie tobacco sold ^oi- i prices in the past. Everythin^ comes from abroad to pay for the t bacco exported is subject to a tariff The theory is that the Industrie. -J make things in this countrv mu.- f encouraged to charge more £0^.^ things sold here that the worker- n have a higher wage than in the world. So the farmer pays the hir^w price for things in this countrv than he would pay if he could get \hm in exchange for the tobacco f makes and which is sold abroad. But instead of protecting the tobacco crop it is saddled with taxes that strangle it along with its deadly coil petition from every other country in the world, for tobacco is wherever the sun shines enough to warm the ground. The price of tobacco is affected b- the prices in every other tobacco growing country, for when prices are high more tobacco growing is stinm. lated in the other lands. It is also hampered by the high taxes of this country, and the place for the far mer to begin to work on the price of his tobacco is on the taxation and profligate expenditures in his own na- tion. TOBACCO GROWERS AND BUYERS A HEARTY WELCOME AWAITS YOU AT THIS PLACE We are equipped to give you the very best | service possible in cleaning’, pressing, re- i blocking. §tc. | ♦♦ Gordon Keith, the manager, has just | recently returned from Silver Springs, | Maryland, where he received a certificate | from The National Association of Dying | and Cleaning. | we So„e„ Pa.„„a.e | n ♦♦ KEITH DRY CLEANERS ABERDEEN, N .C. n CO-ED is the identifica tion mark of all that is smart in style at a low cost. Aberdeen schools will open next I Wednesday, September 16th, with a j full complement of teachers and j everything in readiness for the school 1 year, Superintendent N. E. Wright j announced yesterday. Mr. Wright stated he could not as yet announce the complete faculty for the two Aberdeen schools, but stated there would be no shortage of teachers here as some seemed to believe. The Teacherage is being put in first class condition in preparation for the influx of faculty members, and this year Mrs. L. L. Johnson will be in charge. Southern Pines Wins Twice From Ellerbe Takes Double Header on Labor Day.—C. Montesanti Stars Before Injury KNITTED SUITS KNITTED DRESSES $6.50 and $9.95 For Misses and Women —New Dark Colors -Right Weight -Right Styles Right Knit Labor Day in Southern Pines was celebrated with a baseball double- header and the opening of the new grand stand, bringing out the great est attendance seen on the Southern Pines ball 'grounds this season. The new structure was crowded with a colorful gathering of feminine fans who thoroughly enjoyed a fine game. Southern Pines scored nine runs to Ellerbe’s three in the first game. In the second inning Constantirto Mon tesanti with three men on the bags knocked out a home run. The second game was given up in the 5th in ning, Southern Pines having scored some ni»eteen runs. In this game C. Montesanti, sliding for second base, strained several ligaments in his right leg and is now confined to the house with the injured member in a plaster cast. Score of the first game: Only $6975 Some of the season’s newest suites for your living room. Upholstered in long wearing Jacquard figured velour with spring filled reversible cushions. Sofa and two chairs. Your Furniture Dollars Do Double Duty! A VISIT TO OUR STORE WILL PROVE IT! FLINCHUMS HAVE SON STANDARD STORE, INC. Pinehurst, N. C. = Mr. and Mrs. F. E. 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