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Page Two THE P I LOT Published every Friday by THE PILOT, Incorporated. Aberdeen and Southern Pines, N. C. NELSON C. HYDE, Managing Editor BION H. BUTLEK, fiditor JAMES BOYD STRUTHEKS BURT RALPH PAGE Contributing Editors Subscription Rates: One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 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. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF GIBBON The Pilot this week presents the announcement of Nicholas L. Gibbon as a candidate for the legislature. While this has been anticipated it adds to the compli cation of the situation. Mr. Gib bon is on a cruise through Eu rope and Asia, one object being to study the conditions of the people in those countries that are competitive producers as re lated to the producers of the United States. Whether he may be elected to the legislature or not he will bring back to Amer ica with him a fund of informa tion that will be valuable to him, and also to the people who may gather it from him, for the com petition of the foreign world with this country, especially the farm peculiarities abroad and their distressing influence on American farm export trade, is a startling threat that our folks do not understand. A short time ago he was in India, the most populous and poverty-stricken section of the globe, where religious prejudices, the narrowness of hereditary government, the lack of widely distributed resources and the ac cumulating poverty of agv^s, unite to make the condition of the people appalling. There is made the Indian cotton, and there are the Indian cotton mills, and there are the wages that are measured in cents instead of in dollars, and there is the compe titive struggle that half a bil lion people are making in agri culture and the industries in which our rjeople here at home are engaged. Mr. Gibbon may not be home in time to wage a very lengthy and vigorous campaign for the legislature, but if some of our farm organizations, and other groups of people would prevail on him when he comes back to deliver a series of informing talks over the county he wouhl be worth as much to the Sand hills as in anything he could en gage. He will fome home with a direct knowledge of what Ameri can agriculture and industry are facing on a gigantic scale in the old world, and will be able to put his finger on the sorest spot in human life, the misfit adminis tration of human affairs in In dia and CVina, and to a lesser extent in .lapan and most of Southern Europe, and in Egypt and other far eastern regions. World relations are a great problem for this country, and one that cannot be disposed of by a wave of the hand, by a tar iff, by a policy of holding aloof, or by much of anything else that has so far been offered. Nick Gibbon on his return will be the best informed man in .this coun try on some of the most vital things that concern mankind, and he should be asked to talk to gatherings of the people all over the county on these serious sub jects and urged until he com plies. THE riLOT, Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North CaroHrtft, Friday, April 29, 1932/ hardly giving the average man a chance to say where they are, for most folks like a little sport in guesshig out some of these hidden things. So that is passed up with the suggestion that af ter some of the danger factors are located some pressure be broug'ht against them in the hope of greater pt-ace of mind on the part of the community and greater pride in community appearance. Nearly every spot occupied by an old building that has run its course would be profitable if concerted into the site of some attractive and useful structure, and with a profit to the owner v.’ould come a community profit in the mutual and common good to the whole neighborhood. No better example of the soundness of this statement needs to be of fered than the region in South ern Pines between Broad and Bennett streets on Pennsylvania avenue. The old buildings on the north side of the avenue were pulled down. Modest efforts at parking the vacant area follow ed, and one of these days the neighborhood has been so much I improvetl that somebody will I take the land at a price worth ' while and put up there some buildings of decided benefit not only to Southern Pines but the whole Sandhill neighborhood. Dilapidated old buildings are dangerous, unprofitable, un- , sightly, and they stand in the ;way of better things. Jerry’s i suggestion is referred to tlie i commissioners or chamber of commerce or whoever is in the seats of the mighty, in every village and rural neig'hborhood in the Sandhills with the recom mendation that action be taken promptly. Correspondence A COUNTY HOME AGENT the trouble to learn just what the home agent costs? I have been told by those who ought to know that the Mineral Springs-Sandhills I county affairs in hia capacity as district and O. Tracy Parks, who a member of the Highway com- hails from the Deep River sec-! mission. His familiarity with the tion around Hallison. These men county is an asset, and his ex- are well known in their commun-1 penience in business operations ities and to their credit. Mr.! in the county add to his availa- — Parks is from the part of the ^ bility. Editor, The Pilot: county at present represented ; It is pretty well understood Americans have been taught to' average taxpayer’s share of this by Mr. Shaw, whose health has | that both these men have come | salary is less than the cost of one been so seriously affected that I into the field through the solici- ^ .i. • stick of chewing gum out of a five he doubts whether he can serve tation of’their neighbors who In this foim of government they give j on the board again. In that event! are anxious to secure a good tbe people the right to vote in order; Jt Average Man who would set who best know Mr. Park say he I county ticket, which is rather ® aside the demonstration work? is a man qualified for the work favnrnble sign as lo their selec- ^ A few years ago the. wo- ^Ve have a modest home agent who that is ahead of the commission-i f ‘ hrnnirht 1 , wants only the work put before the- ers. tlon, for tne man who is brought ^re a part of “the people.” It is people. She prefers ho h. in. is another; into the campaign because he is hard for some of our women to feel ers. Gordon Cameron its itiiutnei | ^o be suitable for the i it is a duty to take part in public man whose record and acq a "j i ^ much to rec- but it has been much harder ance is decided in his favor. He|'voik to be done ha^ mucn to has learned the \voiking ofjomment im. | their rightful place when they express an opinion on public af fairs. The Moore county women have felt this keenly when they mention GRAINS OF' SAND A pleasing sight on the road be-' from the place since it was bought,” i county home demonstration work to tween Southern Pines and Carthage saul the informant, but through ex- some people. ■ Last year there was EYE SORES AND FIRE HAZARDS Jerry Healy sends The Pilot a copy of “The Industrial News Review,” marking an article which calls attention to the dan ger that is threatened by old buildings in the villages by rea son of the likelihood of fire in them with the attendant risk of extension to others in case the old structure is set. The article also discusses the objection to abandoned buildings which have no likely purpose except to be someday torn down if they es cape burning, classing the kind as threatening to the safety of the community in which they are found, and a nuisance among people who like to have their neighborhoods attractive and stimulating. Jen*y cited some examples within less than a thousand miles of the Sandhills, but it is THE ODD CONDITION OF TOBACCO If the tobacco planters will play the game according to the way the cards seem to be run ning this ought to be one of a series of years that may lead back toward prosperity. From all the information that is to be had at the present time the acreage is destined to be mater ially limited, and the plants in the beds seem to be so widely af fected by di.seases that it is now estimated that the harvest next fall will not exceed 50 per cent I of last year’s production. It is isaid the season has so far ad- I vanced that it is impossible to make new plantings and thus in crease the available plants for setting, hence th? compulsory ' reduction of acreage. This should indicate a decided reduc- ! tion in the crop yield next fall, ' whidh will automatically have something to do with the price of leaf. But if every farmer will do his best to make a type of ; tobacco that will bring a bet- ' ter price through its better qual ity this will add materially to the reward that looks now to be within the farmer’s reach. ' f"ar to much inferior tobacco comes to the warehouse floors in the day of marketing, and that inferior leaf kills the better quality, for with so much that 1 is of little account buyers sup- jplement the better type with too much of the undesirable, which serves certain purposes and avoids the necessity of buying the better leaf for that use. Some markets are governed ma terially by a low price rather than by a quality of wares, and while a better leaf would find a market if none of the poorer quality offered instead, it ij us ually the case that if no low grade leaf is on the market the better stuff will sell more read ily, and so on to the top of the list. The situation is more in the hands of the grower now than it has been for several years. If the farmer will be particular about his crop, even though he cannot be all powerful in con trolling weather, and the var ious influences that affect the making of the crop, he will get more money for his summer’s work than if he allows indiffer ence to put his crop in the lower range of quality. This is a time when extra effort is to be at tempted, for a possible smaller crop means a better outlook on the market, and to get the best of that market requires the best of leaf. The job is not as easy as it might be thought, but it is worth trying to get the best out of it. is the alfalfa field on the old Mc Lean farm, now a part of the big stock farm Leonard Tufts has been creating out there on the river. As the road comes into the old Pinehurst- Eureka road the field is at the right, and on top of the hill. The crop is a solid mass on the ground, looking like a foot high or more, and a deep gi'een indicating a healthy plant. Mr. Tufts says alfalfa is a pasture crop that will make money for any good farmer who will plant it right and care for it. When once a stand is secured two or three hay crops can be put in a season, followed by pasturing and further hay crops in the following spring. At Pinehurst the alfalfa fields have been a big fac tor in maintaining the dairy herd and in increasing the nitrogenous fertil ity of the ground. It is worth while for every farmer in the county to visit the Pinehurst alfalfa farms to see what this crop can do for live stock farming. cessive taxatioji several times the ^ great cry for a v^elfare worker for actual worth of the place has been ; Moore county to set aside the home taken from the owners, and now in “P^nt to give her salary to the wel- addition the whole place is to be; worker. No doubt we seriously thrown into the fire with what has ! need a welfare worker and I sincerely already gone theve. “.\nd there is no' wish we could afford one but how hope of us if ve get up the money to could we at the price of giving up pay the taxts due, for further taxes , oui’ home demonstration agent? The will sr<oner or later take the place any- home agent’s work is to help people way, and it looks like a waste of to help themselves. I know a number money to try to save it for the sake of continuing to pay move taxes on it only to lose it eventui .ly. They tell us i.even or eight hundred ‘tax sales threaten to be foreclosed in the county this year, so we are not alone. But what do you make of it?” .1. W. BRISTOW, CHARTER MEMBER OF JR. (). U. A. M., DIES of families who were saved the humil iation of asking county help last year because of the garden and canning help given them by our home agent, and no doubt our farm agent could show an equal number or more for his work is of longer standing. If any resident of Moore county has not gotten help from these two work ers it is because they have not ask- tion agent ed it. I want especially to mention the people. She prefers to be always in' the background but she reserves per sonal mention, therefore must bear with some public statements. It is only fair to Mrs. Ryals, our present home agent and to the public that the public know she has furnished all her working equipment whereas other county agents call on the county for it. She has saved the Moore county rural women more money in making' over ha*s and in making' hats than she has cost the county. The amount she has saved in helping make over clothing can not be valued in cents and dollars. The curb market alone has brought over three thousand dollars into the Moore/ county farm homes. It seems to me that we need this kind of work as never before. I have heard that some of our Moore county people think we should have a Moore county woman as our home agent; yet we know of no Moore county woman asking for the place. I hope our county commissioners will act on the judgment of well in formed voters when they come to the budget for a county home demonstra- —A WO.MAN. A number of cases of whooping W. Bristow of Pinehurst passed home demonstration work because it MEN OF PRESBYTERIAN away early Sunday morning after a seems to me it is not so well under- CHl’RCH HAVE MEETING lingering illness. The funeral was con- stood as the farm agent's work. About ducted at Culdee Church on Monday this time of year when the county The men of the Presbyterian church afternoon under the auspices of the budget is being made out is when held their regular monthly meeting Junior Order of American Meehan- burdened taxpayers go to our com- last P’riday night, Apwl 2!5rd in the ci n Pines leads a man of considerable caugh measles and similar ailments i Council No. 1!»3, with missioners and ask that all possible parlors of the Aberdeen Presbyterian of childhood in the schools of South- “f "'""^^ers in attendance cuts for tax calls be made. Church. .\lr. Hnstow was a charter member of Let us count the cost before we; An enjoyable supper was served by 30 at This meet ful. women of the county have gotten to-1 ing under the direction of John D. Besides a wife and two children he gether and had it put on again. I j McLeod. The Rev. Murdoch McLeoH interest in the schools to suggest that organization, and one of its most ask that our hotv.c nfeen* be left out j the Woman’s .Auxiliary at it would not be a bad idea to cut out faithful members. The flor- of our budget. Everytime ilie work | which 21 men were present, some of the crowding in the busses offerings were many and beauti- has been set aside the progressive | was followed by an inspirational ling that bring children to school, and for tha: and other reasons to have more of them walk than is the cus tom now. He argues that stress is laid on athletic exercises as a part of school training, but that no exer cise is more wholesome than walking, and that the contact with things along the road is an education fac tor that is too slightly value these days. He also proposes that the school house at Manly could be used to good advantage by carrying on school there for a number of the smaller children who could be cared for there as well as to bring them to Southern Pines, helpinjr in that way to lessen the number of children crowded into the busses and also limiting the number who are in danger of accidents in the vehicles, a matter that is worthy of consideration. is survived by four brothers, J. S. feel they won't ever give it up and Bristow, R. B. Bristow, K. D. Bris- the breaking into the w'ork only hin- tow, B. M. Bristow, ana three sisters, ders the progress and makes the work Misses Eula, Alice and Sadie Bristow cost more. all of Pinehurst. How many taxpayers have taken of Pinehurst made a splendid talk on the subject of “The Church's Work In Our .State Institutions.” These church meetings are proving very in teresting. TWO CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONER The PiFot this week announces the names of two good men for county commissioner, Gordon Cameron, who would represent Complaints continue to come in from the farmers concerning the mold of the plants in the beds. It is now evident that the result will be de cided lessening of the acreage set, for it is too late to make any more plants and the number available, as far as information from the country comes in, is not large enough to set the acreage that had been contem plated, even though the acreage has been planned on a lowered scale. Re ports are heard of farmers cancell ing fertilizer orders because their plants are so reduced that it will be impossible to supply the acreage for which the fertiliser was engaged. It will be several days yet before muth planting will be done, and if the sit uation 'does not improve in that time much damage will follow. A. little story of tax confiscation drifts in along with other stuff that comes to The Pilot. Back before the war a man bought a tract of land for which he paid a thousand dollars. It had some timber, which in time he cut. It afforded him a little employ ment, and that was probably about the extent of the profit in it. Year by year he paid taxes on the place, which was about the limit of the financial transaction concerning it. Then war came and taxes began to climb up. Roads, schools, and all the things that called for money called harder and harder. The valuation of the place was jacked up year by year, the tax rate increased in burdensome fashion. The man died, having paid in taxes nearly five times the original purchase price of the place, and the heirs are still paying taxes. Or they have been trying to pay. But at a re cent tax sale the place was bid off by the county on failure of the owners to pay. The tax has grown to such a figure that the present owners could not pay, and the accrued purchase price with the taxes that have been paid for years goes into the discard. “Nothing in the way of returns ii Final Tax Notice The Attorney General of North Carolina ha\ing ruled that the Town Commissioners do not have the authority to postpone the Sale for Taxes, this is to notify taxpayers that all delinquent property will be advertis ed during- May for Sale. Pay Your Taxes by May First and Avoid Further Penalties ALL STREET ASSESSMENTS and INTEREST MUST BE SETTLED TO DATE. William Maurer, K. G. Deaton, .Town Clerk Collector.
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