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Page Two THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen^ North Cayolirta Friday, June S, 1934. THE PILOT Published every Friday by Tin: PILOT, Incorporated, THE HI MOR OF KILLING PEOPLE j Prof. Harry Tucker, of State ! College, has been trying to in- Abe rdt* en iind Southern Pinw, N. c.' terest people in an effoit to stop I killing and in.iunng people on NELSON c. hvdf:, Manaffing ]<:ditor | the highways. He makes out a BION H. BiTLEK, Editor j goocl case, or rather the case -lAMEs BOYD STUt’THEKS BL’KT j makfc's itself, and he shows that Contributing; Edit-ors j war is a piker conipareil with Subscrii>tion Rates: the. automobile in as far as kill- One Year $2.00! ing and injuring people is con- Six Months $1.00 Three Months 50 Address all communications to The Pilot, Inc., Southern Pines, N. C. Entered at the Postoffice at South ern Pines, N. C., as second-class mail matter. cerned. But in spite of all that is said, about not raising the quiet enough to weigh serious ly some of the grave affairs that confront us. One of them is our mounting taxation, which shows na signs of logical limitation. We have not been as noisy in this county over taxation as in some sections, but we have our share of the loads to bear in county, state and nation as well as other sections do, and the crisis that is ahead is shaping for us along with the rest. Much talk has been spent over the bovs to'be soldiers, we are w'on- ative manifestation. The real dering when the next war is coming, and ignoring the fact that the automobile slaughter right now is far exceeding any thing this country has ever ex perienced in the destruction of wars. But who cares? As a na tion we have become wholly in fact is that we have piled up debts and we have them either to pay or repudiate, and it is not altogether certain which that will be. Some ^‘lear thinkers and close ob.<ervers doubt whether wt will ever pay off all the debts NO NEED FOR SECOND PRIMARY ^ .. . Onp nf thp ntmnti-^fqctnrv fe*i tomobile killings yearly and the , ashtition^ that oui One ot the unsati.stactoi> ^undrods of thousands of injur-1 will never c.etau t in its tures ot the primary law is that ■ obligations. Its very cool dispo- burden of a second primary that frequently is encouraged to the cost and bother of another elec tion. It seems to be the senti-1 ^ x- -x- 4. ment of the and tho taxiuta "'/ivillTo diclates „ tlH. count.v at I oWise.l to resmt present that a second primary i.s til tho times comes ha we tlat- useless. Of course the second ^ion. but every day we become announce oui inabi!it> to p<ij primary might change condi-i definitely more individualized. "'S tions, but it would probablv ! and that is the troul)le with our cinch thing, th-vt the first one complete disregard tm-laws, for' tuture as many people think, cinch thiiife.s that the one 1 lu^ that property sales aie indicates, and it i.s a > i-esponsibilities toward each | or rathu-property ot- question as to whether the cost difficult ^ *'ot con.sum- is justified by the results. ! phase that confronts all efforts! •'*^‘*ted when the county otfers The Pilot has made rather ex-4o make the roads safe for trav-! ^o^’ e\ident sign the county can different to the thousands of au- i hanging over us in sp'te of the rtion that iver def les and the millions of dollars’;‘’hligation.s. Its \ ei\ worth of property destruction,: of ' for the whole thing has become; color to then aigument. a matter of common expt'ctation.' It is useless to protest the We have reached a curious ■ tax, or an\ othei tax for that it is not how we pay but that we are whipped along to try to pay more than we possibly can pay that is undermining the whole industrial and financial structure. There is no use to blind ourselves to the fact that we have already gone too far, and a bitter dose awaits us if we do not soon clamp on the brakes in this fanatical financial illusion that we can borrow' and tax ourselves back to prosperity. Prosperity comes only from in dustry and economy, two things we are still to become better ac quainted with if we are to get on the sound road, and until we get there we are making things worse every day. We must re- dirce our taxes or they will re duce themselves, and the only way to reduce taxes is to reduce expenses. There is the thing we are to chew on for the next few years, spending public money is what makes taxes. That must be stop ped if we want to stop taxes or we will repudiate public debts through the necessity of being unable to pay. The taxpay er is no everlasting pool of un limited money. From the State Press Jl’DOE ST.VCK’S KETIKEMENT One of the distinct surprises of Saturday’s primaries in the state was retirement of Judge Stack, of Un ion county, in favor of Don Phillipa, of Richmond county, who carried all the counties in his district except the home county of Judge Stack. It brings Mr. Phillips to the front as a judicial figure of commanding popularity. Judge Stack had reputa tion as a jurist who was never in clined to make compromise with crime and while some of the judg ments handed down by him w'ere re garded as severe, the records will show, by analysis, that they were in the exact line of meeting the re quirements of justice. It had been the comment in times past that the State bench needed more judges like Stack. Evil-doers had come to fear his court, and his influences had been exerted in main tenance of the majesty of the law. It is a distince compliment to his succcssor, Don Phillips, that he was able to bring about retirement of a judge like Stack. MAY WEATHER The high temperatures and long continued drought of the early days of May seemed to promise another month as hot as that of 1933, but a decided change in temperature reduc ed the averages. For the first 13 days of the month we had no rain, which with the 11 days ending the month, of April in which only one quarter of an inch of rainfall was measured gave us a real dry spell of 24 days. Only 2.80 inches of rain fell during the entire month, 1.37 inches less less than normal, and bringing our rain fall for the first five months of the year to 1.13 inches less than normal. Last May’s' high temperature was 98 on the 25th, and lowest 50 on the 4th. This year we registered 95 on the 7th, and 40 on the 27th. The low temperatures of the latter part of the month brought the average to less than May, 1933, and one-half degree less than long time normal. Long tine Max. Min. Average Average 82.8 58 70.4 1933 86.9 62.5 74.2 1934 83.2 56.7 69.9 Grains oi Sand That was a warlike battle bet .veen Matheson and McCrimmon. Result Matheson 1776; McCrimmon 1812. tended inciuiry over tho county as to the sentiment concerning a second prim:u\v and the an swers that conif in are positive phase that confronts all efforts to make the roads safe for trav elers. I’rof. Tucker should havv- the backing of everyl)0(ly. for itve all threatened alike by we the [:iut enough and numerous enough ('.angers of the autoniobik'. to make it apparent that the ' while he gets a nod of the ht' id agencies that might call for a from a fairly large proiiortion second primary will merely l-iiM of the people'we all mentally re- for a storm about their head Past experience has not prove( I lands for sale jthat whether ' reall.v collect its levied taxes is | , a matter of doubt. Not because' :of any law in the cas-^. but be-! cause law is not the power we! have been assuming. Law can do; only what the people are able to ■ accomplish. Law has never yet j I l)etn able to collect taxes where' «-vo th. 1-igljt to ilriY. as ,,, * , like, tor we all know that each ^ ■ second primaries very profit-; of us indivitlually can drive any-. f,, oiK T1 r 41,: — ..1 ... ..— .-1 wliich oul \\ liole ^c^tmt ^^ecms 1 Sales of new automobiles and trucks in North Carolina in May to- talliHl -1.7()1, compared with 2,657 in May 1033 anil for the first five months of this year sales were more than twice a.s man,y in the same pei- icii last year, the State Motor Vehi cle bwroau reports. Theie were 3,890 new cars and S71 trucks sold last month in the state to make the total of 4,761 ve- hicle.^. KE.VL ESTATE TUANSKEKS The following transfers of real es tate have been recorded in the of fice of the Register of Deeds of Moore county: Donald J. Ross and wife to Geo. M. Howard, property in Pinehurst. Robert B. Stutts and wife to G. K. Phillips, property in Deep River township. PAYS !S5 FOR DAM.VtJES TO JAIL IX ABERDEEN' C. B. Black, charged with public drunkenness and malicious injury to jail property at Aberdeen, pleaded guilty in Recorder’s Court on Mon day. He was taxed with the cost and required to pay .?5 to the jail for re pairs to window sash and radiator. V. M. McIntosh, white of Eastwood, was fined $50 and the costs for driv ing an automobile while intoxicated, and his right to drive was taken away for 90 days. ttttnttmmmttittmstxuiitutttttttmmimutittiuntnttutuuxtiiimtnatuitttxttmnm FLY TIME! alb to contenders. Undoubtedly there are a large number of dis j thing any place at any speed and under any conditions and i)e to be leading us. .Moreover the appointed voters as the minority perfectly .<afe. That is the of om> group of prop- lists indicate, but that does not zlv humor of the whole m.itter. ’ owihm's gi\t.^ to othei ta\- say that another vote would We are agreed that the drunk- it is eas> to bring any balm to anyone, and en driver "should be kept off of the cost would be wholly out of 1 the road, but w'ho is going to , i”^cetious proportion to any gains that,that if one of us has not r’^'e^ently tnose who pay will the taxes, and ilf a dozen years without paying. It is not a matter of the ethics of the thing, but the human atti- gains that I v^av that if one of us has not y-- - ■ x■■■■ decision to! taken prutt^st agai.ist paying whil,. oth sluKs of red eye he can «'s are allowed V, run lor lial drive as well as the soberest parson. Am I my brother’s keeper? Brother savs not, and . , . wliats the use to arfiie ahout V't ‘ i K ” f 1" it? We all are perfectly wllllnK '* "'.'l'''* *•’* to restrict the other fellow from ^ endangering the roads, but as It is probable that we are at- agrees with Pope who tells us foi' our.'elves, everybody knows. tempting to collect more taxes that “whatever is is right,” t1iat we are not careless drivers than the people can pay, and which is merely the layman's I <^ven though we hit up to eighty there is only one way out of that way of accepting the Calvinist i niiles an hour, or cut In one the i scheme, and that is failure. It is doctrine of foreordination. But curves or pass on tho hill tops seriously to be doubted as to Persiflage out of the question or do other gymnastic stunts , whether the people of this coun- we have to accept the decision of that we know we can pull off! try can pay the county, state the people if we are adhers to w’ith the ease of an acrobat, and national taxes that are now the doctrine of democratic forms Public indifference is the first asked for. and if wo continue proportion to any would follow. The waive a second primary is a wise one. THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION This is a good old Scotch Presbyterian community, which through its religious affiliations Open .season for ail kinds of fish- ' ing in the state will start ne.xt Mon day, June 11, when probably a large] part of tho some 300,000 anglers in the state will begin their ac^vities. A lesident may fish in his home : county without a license, except in . 20-odd counties, where a local license i is required, costing 'vSl.lO for the : season, the regular fee, or 50 cents a day. The State-wide licenses for state residents are $2.10, ,and li censes cd^it non-residents S5.10 for the season, or 60 cents a day. Moore has no county license so if you have your State permit go to it. Cameron Morrison mu.st have squirmed a little in his chair when they read him the citation accom-|; panying the degree of Doctor of Laws conferred upon him at Syracuse Un iversity on Monday. It said: "Through two terms Governor of the State of North Carolina.” I‘URIN.\ FLY AND MOSQlflTO SPRAY For household use is guaranteed to kill flies, mosquitoes, fleas, moths an.I silver bugs. Will not stain the most delicate fabrics. We also carry Purina spray for live stock, all sold under a money back guarantee. BLUE RIBBON PORTABLE SPRAYER Just what you need for garden, house hold and farm use. McNEILL & COMPANY BROAD STREET SOUTHERN PINES great feature in our road to pile up taxes it takes a bright- ^laughter. Conceit of the indiv- visioned man to .see how we arej idual driver is another, along going to meet the tax collector’s! with complete disregard for the demand.-. Once the people begin j persistence in the to show a lack of interest ini orr«ri’r llttVp • the part of each driv-‘ paying their taxes a serious sit-! opposition can be raised against' that he is supreme in his in- nation will confront the coun it from any source, for while the t^'Tietation ot laws and .]usti- trv, for property of any kind of government. The nomination of the county ticket in ]\Ioore is rather equiv- axlent to election in the fall cam paign. The personel of the dem- repub'iican vote will stand by its own candidates that is not in any way a questioning attitude toward the democratic tilcket collectively or as individual lied in disregard of any that do has a value only because some not meet his complete pleasure.! body is willing to buy and pay No doubt we will have some | for it. When the times comes laws concerning driving when i that a topheavy tax proposition the legislature convenes again, i threatens pything a man may but practically a party move- no doubt most of the laws j buy, he w’ill hesitate very long inent, and not threatening. ^ propo.sed will be opposed in the^^bout buying anything in an in- The candidates who were de-' legislative discussions. H^uman-1 vestment w'ay. feated in the Saturday election I ^ kickers. But we | These things are not deter- need have no concern over the outcome, for it merely says that of the various men offered for the voter’s choice a selection had to be made, and that the defeat- wili never make the roads as ; mined by legislative or congres- safe even as war is until we come | sional enactment. The more land to the point where we recognize j that is dumped on the market the authority of laws after we | jn tax sales the legs value land of make them by the hundred* i any kind will have, and it Is so ed candidates were given a cred- tucker is on the right, j with anything that c?.n be sold itable vote is a substantial cre dential to every one of them of the confidence in which they are held by a laige number of peo ple in a competition of men who are broug'ht out as the substan tial representatives of the coun ty. But men have been crucified for, for taxes. The mere threat of a being right. His w’eak spot is that the general sentiment is that no great harm is done in killing a neighbor on the high way provided you are not the neighbor. The daily automobile casualty lis'ts do not excite com- it was a clean and friendlv i ’^ent any more. They are not campaign, such as all campaigns should be, and few political dead are left to bury. That is one of the best signs of the whole cam paign. W'e seem to be getting away from the old-time cus toms of assuming it a crime for tax sale lowers values on every thing. Nation, state or county can offer a man’s ytroperty for sales, but it cannot compel any body to pay more money and buy such offering, and money is the only thing that has any val ue to the tax collector. There is no .'^hadow of doubt that "o are certainly killing the goose that i lays the golden egg. Taxes can sensational enough to be longer of interest. The one thing we have to learn before anything else is of j come only from profits from tiie any use is tl" at laws made for = operation of property, and to de- the common good of all people | stroy property values is plainly must be obeyed if w'e are to i the destruction of any possible a man to be a candidate and of the benefit.s of civilization ' .sources of taxation. We may be classing him as a blatherskite: civilized society, and that j a long way from the climax of and outlaw if he does not hap- ■ ^^‘^t have regard for, this thing, or we may be pretty pen to be with our crowd in the [ common opinions, and not be close to it. But this is positive, campaign. And now tha/t the Iwrapped up in our ow'n de-|Xhg farther we go toward the matter is decided the really es-to do a.-< we feel in- • • - ’ - sential thing is to stand man-' fashion by the men who are to y'^loPMollroroTAXis administrative period and help them to give us the best that they are capable of. Even an of fice holder is entitled to some cordial nelghborliness and back ing if he is to be kept in a cheerful and efficient mood. With the primary elections ashes. crisis the more desperate it be comes. Also the sooner we reach the crisis the sooner we will meet it, get our licking and be ready to climb up out of the concluded and freedom to con* sider things without the com plication of emotionalism that attends political bias and excite ment, we maj’’ ’i.tve time and But this is easy to realize. Vv'bother we are compelled to pay Ho a sales tax, a property tax or any other tax, the whole thing whittles down to the fact The class which was graduated - from Southern Pines High School on Monday night claims daughters of two former School Board members, < sons of two present members of the i board; Miss Katherine Buchan,: daughter of Postmaster Frank Buch- i an; Miss Helene Kelley, daughter of I Thomas A. Kelley: Ralph Chandler, | Jr., son of the present secretary of the board, and Henson Eugene Ma ples, son of Frank Maples. Also winning a diploma this ytar was the daughter of a former city attorney. Miss Edith Poate. Moore county was well represented in the graduating class at the Wo man’s College of the University of North Carolina, those winning their diplonas being Miss Evelyn Clark Holliday of Jackson Springs, Miss Frances Pleasants of Aberdeen, Miss Anne Elizabeth McDonald of Pine hurst and Miss Laivora Sally of Pine hurst, who took B. A. degrees: and Miss Margaret Louise Pleasants of Aberdeen, Bachelor of Science in Music. The large vote cast for S. H. Mil ler of Carthage for the State Senate would indicate considerable anti-sales tax sentiment in Moore county. Mr. Miller openly opposed the sales tax in his campaign. The Literary Digest poll continues to record strong support of Presi dent’s policies throughout the coun try. •lOHX MEDLIN OF CRANES CREEK SECTION PASSES John Medlin, 76, died Monday morn ing at his home in the Cranes Creek section following an extended illness of cancer. The funeral service was held Tuesday at Piney Grove church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. M. J. McNeill of Vass and Mrs. Sar ah Ann Larrimore of Cameron Route 1 and three sons, Frank, Tod and Alex Medlin, all of Cameron Route 1. The Citizens Bank and Trust Co. SOUTHERN PINES, N. C. GEO. C, ABRAHAM, V. Pres. ETHEL S. JONES, A.is’t. Cashier U. s. POSTAL SAVINGS DEPOSITORY A SAFE CONSERVATIVE BANK WE SOLICIT AND APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS Deposits Gueran teed Up to $2,500. Safe Deposit Boxes and Storage Space All Departments Commercial Banking: NEW BANKING HOURS Mon. to Fri., 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Sat. 9 a. m. to 12 noon wiMtantwintniWMwaaMwwMiwMmiuiHniiiiimmiiMHiHm Noore Motor Company • Ralph N. 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