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Friday, jqly id, 1§34. THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina Page TlirM ®he Ark j^outhein l^tnrs, Hrs. Millicent A. Hsyes, Principal \ COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS Kindergarten through the 8th year MUSIC--ART—LANGUAGES Tutoring Arranged for Older Groups Limited Accommodationa for Boarders Will b« in hit offlca ovar tlM Post Office, Sanford, N. C., aTaiy Wadnesday, fqom 10:00 •. a. 8:00 p. m. Don’t fa& to Me him If foar ayta ara waak. | . DR. J. I. NEAL VETERINARIAN CaroUaa PtuLniiaey, Ptawliarat or A. S. SwlBBerton’a SteUes la Saotheni rinea E. V. PERKINSON General Contractor 8MUi«ni Pines, N. C. Tel. 503S Everett, Zane and Muse Certified Pablic Accountants Banford, N. C. Greensboro, N. C. J. C. Muse, C. P. A., RMident Partner J. N. POWELL, INC. Undertakinsr Embalming: Ambulance Service East Broad St., Soathem Pines The School Loan Question MORE INFOBM.\TION ASKED I read, with much interest notice of the special election to be held to de termine whether or not the county will borrow funds for building and repairing school houses. It occurs to me that the notice of the election does not give the com plete information as one would infer from that notice that the only amount to be borrowed is $166,000.00 to be used for new class rooms and that taxes might be increased only suffi ciently to pay off that indebtedness. I should like to ask the commis sioners if it is not true that their or. der also included a proposal to bor row additional funds from the State Literary Society for repairing certain school buildings, and also if it is not included in their order to consolidate all debt service. I should like to suggest that the County Commissioners or the County Board of Eklucation, or both jointly, set forth more clearly this proposi tion in detail. Would it not be well to let the public know whether or not the debt service will be consolidated, whether or not additional funds will be borrowed other than the amount mentioned in last week’s issue of the Moore County News, how much taxes would be increased and the rate of tax in each particular section of the county if these changes should go into effect ? —LESLIE GILLILAND. Pinehurst, July 17, 1934. “SQUARE DEAL” ASKED A. Lu ADAIVIS PA INTER — DBCORATOK PAPER HANGBK WALL PAPERS Phone 6922 MONTESANTI Featuring North Carolina Homespuns TAILORING, DRY CLEANING Tsl. S541 Subscribe To THE PILOT Moore County’s leading Weekly $2.00 Per Year In Advance Editor, The Pilot: In last week’s issue of The Moore County News, there was an article by H. Lee Thomas, our County Superin-, tendent of Education, purporting to explain the issues in the coming spec ial school election, the election being held to determine the attitude of vot ers towards a Federal loan of $232,- 000.00 and a consolidation of the debt service of the various school districts. Mr, Thoma3 practically explains nothing. But he does condemn the voters in Southern Pines and Pine hurst for their opposition to his pet measure. He accuses us of taking the wealth of the surrounding rural areas and appropriating it for our own use to the exclusion of the rural people. In fact, he implies we are exploiters of the poor. To say the least, such an idea is absurd. Southern Pines and Pinehurst derive at least ninety per rent of their income from tourists. In fact, there is hardly a person in Moore county gainfully employed that does not derive some benefit from the tourist trade attracted to these cen ters. The essence of our opposition to the measure as it now stands is not directed towards the Federil loan it self, but to the consolidation of the debt service of all the school districts. We are being asked to not only car ry our own debt, but to assume part of the debt of the other school dis tricts—debts over which we had not a word to say, nor did our represen tatives. Such a measure passed by our County Commissioners, or by our dis satisfied electorate, is beyond our COOL — COMFORTABLE — PLEASANT WAY TO CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXPOSITION CHICAGO, ILL. AIR-CONDITIONED TRAINS ALL THE WAY VIA WASHINGTON GOING SCHEDULES Lv. Hamlet, SAL 5:15AM 6:20PM Lv. Southern Pines, SAL 5:54AM 6:45PM Lv. Sanford, SAL ^ :31AM 7:29PM Lv. Raleigh, SAL 7:32AM 8:35PM Lv. Henderson, SAL 8:45AM 9:48PM Ar. Washington, RF&P 2:25PM a3:40AM Lv. Washington, PRR 4:10PM 12:00PM Ar. Chicago, PRR 8:30AM 7:00AM a—Occupy Washington Sleeper until 8:00 AM RETURN SCHEDULES Lv. Chicago, PRR 4:00Ktt 9:00PM Ar. Washington, PRR 12:40PM 6:30PM Lv. Washington, RF&P 2:20PM bl 1:59PM Ar. Henderson, SAL 7:55PM 5:43AM Ar. Raleigh, SAL 9:05PM 6:55AM Ar. Sanford, SAL 10:07PM 7:58AM Ar. Southern Pines, SAL 10:44PM 8:36AM Ar. Hamlet, SAL 11:2SPM 9:20AM b—Sleeper open for 10:00 P. M. occupancy INDIVIDUAL FARES From Above Points. Unrestricted Unrestricted Coach 18 Day Limit Season Limit 30 Day Limit $34.85 $44.65 $26.80 Party Coach Fares 25 or More Considerably Cheaper. For Information'Write H. E. PLEASANTS, D. P. A., 505 ODD FEULO\^ BUILDINO idea of justice. We are not looking for a new deal; all we ask is a squar,» deal. The consolidation of the debt serv ice is the ‘nigger in the \”o »dpile,’ about which our County Attorney did not mention in the notice of election, nor did Mr. Thomas in his so-called explanations. Whether this was de liberate or not remains to be seen. One of our County Commissioners in formed me that it certainly was will of the Commissioners that due and proper notice be given the electorate of all issues involved in the coming election. And why wasnt it? It is entirely possible that South ern Pines and Pinehurst would be in favor of the Federal loan if we didn’t have to swallow along with it the dead fish, e. g., consolidation of district school debts. Retro-active laws are rarely affirm ed by the Supreme Court, and the measure in the present set-up is no exception. Unfair and discriminatory legislation has no place in our repub lican form of government. —L. M. DANIELS. Southern Pines, July 16, 1934. HEAVY LOAD OF TAXATION LINE fCULWAY Editor, The Pilot: The voters of Moore County were informed last week that the registra tion books would open July 21st for the purpose of a special registration to vote on a proposed bond issue of $232,000 on August 25th for the building of new school buildings in various parts of the county. Protest has been made by many of the larger taxpayers as to any addi tional debt being added to the now heavy debt of the county. The school debt at the present, not including the above proposed issue, is $552,800 and in addition to this is the county debt of $520,500 or a total county and school debt of $1,073,300. The inter est rate on the present debt is ap proximately 5 3-4 percent, or an an nual payment for interest alone of approximately $62,000. To this is to be added the annual payment toward the retirement of bonds. The bond election if carried will mean an addi tional issue of bonds amounting to approximately $232,000. The tax payers are now burdened 10 the point where it is almost Impos- siWe to pay the high taxes levied against their property without assum ing any additional tax. There is also a very large percentage of the peo ple that have, not been able to pay their 1931 and 1932 taxes which stand as a first lien against their property. The County Commissioners propose a county wide rate of about forty cents on the hundred dollars valua tion for debt service for school pur poses which does not include the debt service for the county general debt, such as court house bonds and road bonds and the like. Anyone that is fa miliar with the levying of taxes knows that this is just the beginning, as the tendency is the rate will have to be Increased in the near future. These are a few of the facts that the tax payers should consider before voting any additional bonds to the now al ready tremendous debt the people are struggling to pay. The County Board of Education should as a last resort see if it is not possible to make some enlargement of buildings where over-crowded conditions exist and forestall for a few years at least the further issuance of bonds, as there is no hope of taxes ever being reduced if we continue floating bonds. Every citizen should make a spec ial effort to see that he is properly registered and vote against any fur ther bond issues. HOWARD F. BURNS. Southern Pines, July 18, 1934. RASSIE WICKER’S VIEWS Relief Authorities that unless North Carolina begins supplementing the Federal funds that our share will be seriously reduced. These same offi cials suggested that A COUNTY TAX OF FROM FOUR TO FIVE CENTS be levied to provide this supplement. The total I<’ederal expenditures for relief nov/ amount to the enormous sum of >)Vc>r iwo ijillion, one hundred and fifty million collars wn'cn wt, the publir have spent, and whtch we, the public will also have to repay. In many ic.spccts the relief prob lem is alini’st a,'^ Ferious todny as in the darkest period of the depression. A look around will convince you that the apparent rc-co'’ery in tn’s and most other sections can be traced di rectly to tnt s'pending of tbis vast sum of borrowed money. Who in your neighborhood but will have to go without some of the common necessities of life in order to pay this year’s taxes? There are limits to the obligations we should assvme. ev^n for so vii- thy a cause as education, and this briugs up the ^.uestion of Ihp absolute necessity of the building program ad vocated by the County Board of Ed ucation. The State and the County have wasted a great deal of money in their building program. Some of this waste can be attributed to poor de sign, some ti poor building superin tendence and the resultant poor workmanship and material.^ ,and sonio to poor maintenance—or none at all, —but mostly it can be laid to the driving urge to “Keep up with the Jones,.” This evil is evident in other matters, and it is not surprising to find it cropping out in the schools. If Quewhiffle taxes themselves out of house and home for a big Audi torium, or a Gymnasium, or Steam Heat, then; in the minda of those of the adjoining districts, a schoolhouse without these relatively unimportant features is not worth a tinker's dam, and their lack is a reflection upon their Loyalty to their Children, and indicates a poor Community Spirit, even though that community is bank rupt and their children hungry and poorly clad. In the past it appeared that the people in the north end of the county were more sensible *in this respect than those in the south end. but it now seems that a J. Rufus Wallingford has been amongst them, and that they too are determined to have auditoriums which, by the way. iiipi AND THIN SHE SMOKED A CAMELI INTHEDUMPS- After riding...tennis...work...any time when you’re “all io.” light a Camel. Smoking a Camel drives away fatigue and irritability...within a few minutes. Enioy this delighr- ful “lift” as often as you wish! 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Priomm mubjaet to ehanga without no- Editor, The Pilot, Granting for the present that the County needs the additional school facilities set out in their proposal to borrow two h- ndred and thirty two thousand dollars; we should: in turn, question the possibility of repaying it. We must remember that we have -been collecting only three fburths of the taxes levied. This condition auto- matically raises our tax rate 25 per cent, does it not? W’e must remem ber that the C!ounty bought more than twenty-eight hundred pieces of land at the last tax sale, the taxes on many of which had not been paid for years. What the Commissioners will do with these homes, neither they nor anyone else knows. Remember also that the PWA and the FERA sent into Moore County this past twelve months, the enor mous sum of one hundred and seventy- one thousand, nine hundred and fiftj*- five dollars, cash payroll money, and did not include the sums paid tor ma terial, or for food and clothing dis tributed as direct relief. Attention should also be paid to the recent announcement by Federal BUYS A CAR LIKE THIS ■* I why drive anything but d PONTIAC 8 So much more for so little more. Owners say 16 to 18 miles to the gallon. See it.. Drivv it. . Compare prices! PAGE MOTOR COMPANY SOUTHERN PINES, N. C. MARTIN MOTOR COMPANY ABERDEEN, N. C.
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