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P&)?e Two THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, April 26, 1935. THE PILOT Published each Friday by THE PILOT, ln<-orporat«Hl, Southern Fines, N. C. NELSON C. HYDE, Editor JAMES BOYD STRI THERS BL’KT WALTER LlPr>L\NN Contributing Editors Subscription Rates: One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 Three Months .50 Entered at the Postoffice at South ern Pines, N. C., as second-class mail matter. STRESA AND GENEVA BY W ALTER LIPPMANN The public announcements from Stresa reflect faithfully the present situation in Europe. They were vague, because no one knows precisely when the danger may come to a head. They were non-committal, be cause no great power in Europe today has a government which knows how far it can commit its people. They were subject to several interpretations, because within each nation concerned and among the nations at the conference there are wide diver gences of opinion and of inter est. These things are true not only of Britain, France and Italy, who were represented at Stresa, but of Germany, Russia, Poland and the Little Entente, who were absent. It is by this very uncertainty that for the time being the peace of Eu rope is being preserved. The peace does not rest upon a feeling of secur ity derived from contentment and good will. It does not rest upon the settlement or a prospect of the set tlement of the vital issues that di vide the vanquished from the victors. It does not rest upon respect for law and order or upon a collective system capable of enforcing law and order. It does not rest upon a balance of power or upon overwhelmingly supe rior power prepared to hold the peace. It rests upon the fact that nobody is ready to challenge any one else be cause no one feels sure that his arma- ments are ready, that his people are prepared to march, or that his alli ances are Ln order. It is true that all the governments, including the German, p rot ess to be working for peace. And in one sense, a very Pickwickian, that is true. All of them would rather gain their pur poses without war than by war. But the Germans will not renounce their purpose to dominate Central Europe and the lands to the east of them, and the former allies will not sur render to Germany an imperial do main. What is more, the Germans know this and the Allies know it. Therefore, the German peace program is to become so strong that no one will dare to resist Germany. The Al lied peace program is to become so strong that the Germans will not dare to move. The German contribution to peace will, therefore, consist in the develop ment of the greatest army in Europe, in subversive propaganda and intri gue in Austria and elsewhere along the line of her intended conquests, and of diplomatic maneuvers designed to prevent the former Allies from re constructing their alliance. The French, Italian and Russian contribu tions to peace will consist in develop ing their military forces, in fitting them together for some sort of uni fied action, in countering the Ger- m£in penetration of Central Europe, and in persuading and maneuvering to bring Great Britain into the coali tion. The British contribution vnu consist in strengthening her fbrces, and, by refraining from making full commitments to any one, in preserv ing precariously a balance of pow er. All but Britain and to some extent Poland, which is in an uncomfortable squeeze, are working for peace on their own terms. Their method is to prepare for war. Communist Russia as she made one with Czarist Russia? Can Flandid and Laval survive politically the im pending breakdown of the gold bloc and the intensified deflation in France? Will the French people go to war if the attack is on Austria or Lithuania ? Is the Russian army dependable as a military force outside of Russia ? Is the Russian planned economy well enough planned to supply an army? Is Russia free to fight in Europe with out being attacked in Asia? Who is going to be in power in Great Britain a year hence? Will the isolationists control British policy ? Or will they merely influence it enough to repeat 1914, and put Bri tain in a position where she cannot use her power to prevent war though she is inextricably entangled it war comes? These are the few of the many deep uncertainties in Europe today, and they help to explain the hesitations and the ambiguities of the public an nouncements and of public policy. (Copyright, 193.5, for The Pilot) THE FORTHCOMING MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS Althoug'h a good warm muni cipal election makes for excite ment, it is a health}! sign when the electorate appears satisfied jwith its administrative regime and fails to produce the essen tials for a contest, rival candi- I dates. In at least two of the {Sandhills villages there appears I to be a unanimity of opinion for ithe continuance in office of their j present chief officers. Aberdeen has renominated its mayor, Henry McCoy Blue, and to date The Pilot has heard of no oppo sition in Southern Pines to May- : or Dorsey G. Stutz. 1 A situation such as this re- ■ fleets great credit upon the in cumbent officials. Taxpayers are a hard lot to satisfy. It is ob vious that in these two instances, : if they have undue tax burdens, jthey do not attribute them to their municipal governments. It is true that we hear little com plaint of the management of .municipal affairs in Southern Pines and Aberdeen. It is com mendable that the elecorate rec ognizes jobs well done, and re wards the doers. Curbstone talk would seem to indicate possible changes in the i Board of Commissioners in j Southern Pines. One incumbent 'is reported as retiring from the j board. There will be a number of j candidates for his place. The I board, with the mayior, is the city’s governing body. After nominations are closed at the forthcoming caucus, give due consideration to the list. Five commissioners will be elected for two years; let us have the ablest five we can muster into civic ser vice for a big but; thankless task. Civic Loyalty Pays Big Dividends Your home town iti I U/ill will eitJlCK^Q, ,|IRVV| foKvvat'ci. OK I IxichyvoK^ M: M High Prices of Cotthn Reacting Against Farmer and Manufacturer Crisis at Point Where Something Must Break or Be Done, Says Mark Sullivan Sponsored by GARLAND A. PIERCE—Insurance Try Your Home Town First GRAINS OF' SAND I The late Frank Page of Aberdeen, father of North Carolina’s splendid : highway system, was posthumously honored by the General Assembly in ‘ session at Raleigh during the past week. Both House and Senate adopted ' resolutions to erect a suitable tablet to his memory, either in the Capitol or in the new State Highway Build- ' ing if that building becomes a real ity. Frank Page has a lasting monu ment in the road system of this state, but merits this additional tribute from North Carolina’s legislative body. A California despatch this week would appear to dim the hopes of North Carolina for the acquisition of the motion picture producing indus try. The “movies” have been threat ening to leave the western seacoast because of proposed taxation meas ures. Recently representatives of the producers visited this state and look ed over its possibilities. Now comes the report that the proposed measures seeking additional revenue from the industry for California had been drop ped. The Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst had more guests this week than at any time in its history for this time of the year, and there are said to be twice as many people in Pinehurst at present than there were a year ago now. The campaign to extend the sea. son in the Sandhills seems to be bear ing fruit. The Seaboard’s newest and largest locomotive, which hauls a fast freight through Southern Pines each morn ing around 10 o'clock, has been at tracting much attention. It is r mammoth machine. with Mr. and Mrs. W'alter Bronson. Miss Ruth Mclver Barrington spent Monday in Charlotte. Mrs. Bumgardner of Raleigh is vis iting her sister, Mrs. R. Ij. Phillips. W. F. Wood has returned to his home in Marion after spending a few days here with his daughter, Mrs. O. B. Welch. TO SPEAK AT CAMERON I J. M. Allardyce of San Antonio, I Texas will speak on “Stewardship” at the Presbyterian Church in Camer- ' on today, Friday, at 8 p. m.. A cor dial invitation is extended to every one to be present. CEDAK HILL SCHOOL GETS KIW.XNIS CLl B AWARD I The Kiwanis Cl’tb of Aberdeen vot ed at its meeting Wtdnesday, held in the Berkshire Hotel, Mnehurst, to give the Cedar Hill School permanent pos- I session of the Kiwanis School At- ^ tendance Cup, which has been award- , ed each year, for one year, to the school in the county having the best attendance record. Cedar Hill has won the trophy three times in succession. It is probable that the club will pur. chase a new cup that the competition may be continued. MELVINS HAVE DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Melvin of Jack son Springs announced the birth of a I daughter, Patricia Ann on April 20th. MANAGES WINNING CREW CARTHAGE Pilot AdvertUlng Pays. “Billy” Mudget, son of Dr. and Mrs. William C. Mudgett of Southern Pine.s, is manager of the Choate School crew which defeated a Colum- I bia University freshman crew in the j regatta in New York City last Sat urday. BY IVLVRK SULLIVAN The condition which newspaper dis patches describe, accurately, as "the cotton crisis” Js at a point where something must break or be done. Either the Administration must take a step backward from A. A. A., or it must go forward, adding another to the body of binding restrictions which triple A already is. More than cotton is involved and more than triple A. The whole con ception of the New Deal, of "national planning,” Is involved. Within a short ! time will be decided whether we shall begin to abandon "national planning” I or go farther and farther into it. For understanding of the present sit uation an extremely brief and neces- i sarlly Incomplete statement is desir able. I The situation begins with a policy laid down by Mr., Roosevelt in his I campaign for the Presidency. On Sep tember 14, 1932, at Topeka, Kan., he gald: “We must have . . . national planning In agriculture.” . . . Then on March 16, 1933, Mr. Roosevelt, at that time less than two weeks in of fice, sent to Congress the bill for farm relief. In his message accom panying the bill Mr. Roosevelt said to Congress: "I tell you frankly that It Is a new and untrod path. ... If a fair ad ministrative trial of it is made and it does not produce the hoped-for-re- sults, I shall be the first to acknowl- edge it and advise you.” The bill was passed and the Agri cultural Adjustment Administration was set up. The first farm commodity dealt with was cotton. Farmers were paid to plaw under one acre out of every four that had been planted. For the next season, farmers were paid to plant less acre age than they had been planting. Price Guaranty Farmers were paid to plow under for cotton. The guaranty takes this form: The government lends 12 cents a pound on cotton, and promises to take the cotton off the farmer’s hands if the price is less than 1’<J cents when the loan comes due. To procure the money paid to the farmer, the Administration put a “processing tax” of 4.2 cents a pound on cotton, to be paid by all manufac turers of cotton goods. As respects the farmer, all these steps were voluntary. He could take the money from the Administration and reduce his crop, or he could re ject the money and plant as much as he pleased. But all the voluntary steps turned out to be not enough. Not as much reduction was accom plished as the Administration had 2,361 Farms Gain of 299 in Moore County in Five Years, Census Re port Shows The number of farms in Moore county, as shown by a preliminary count of the returns of the Super visor of the 1935 Census of Agri culture, inventory as of January 1, 1935, is 2,361, as compared with 2,062 on April 1, 1930. The 1935 figure ^is preliminary and subject to correction, Daniel J. Carter, Supervisor of Census, an nounces. planned. Thereupon the reduction was made compulsory. As a consequence of these steps, several conditions have arisen. The high price of American cotton, about 12 cents a pound, has caused forelg^n manufacturers to buy from other countries. It should be said that Secretary Wallace claims the diminished sale of American cotton abroad is not wholly due to triple A. But it should also be said that disinterested author ities assert strongly and generally that triple A is the cause. Unemployment Results As another consequence, flowing from the artificial high price and the processing tax, the cost of manufac tured cotton goods in America, cloth ing or what not, has increased. Be cause of the increase in cost, con sumers are buying less. Because con sumers buy less, mills are closing down partly or wholly, and unemploy ment results. As another consequence, farm tenants and share-croppers in the South, not needed when the crop is restricted, are thrown on relief. As yet another consequence, Japan, able to buy forelgn-ralsed cotton at a lower price than America, is able to undersell American cotton manu facturers in America. This adds another to the causes of unemploy ment. The sum of all these conditions ' compose the cotton crisis. There i3 outcry from practically every inter- ^ est affected by cotton. The remedies suggested are too many to enumerate here. Most of the possible remedies fall under one of two heads. The ways out are either retreat from triple A or else greater and greater control of cotton raising, of dealing in cotton j and of cotton manufacture. The evident disposition of the Ad ministration is to go on. There is no sign of Mr. Roosevelt taking advan tage of his suggestion of two years ago, that if triple A should not suc ceed he would acknowledge the fail ure. The course of events is likely to be determined by the relatives rate of rearmament, by the rate at which alliances are made or fall to be made, by accidents like assassinations or palace revolutions, and by political changes in the various countries dic tated by economic and social pres sure. Can Schacht find the materials not only for the whole German rearma ment, but to sustain a war in which Germany would almost surely be blockaded ? Can Hitler hold the Nazis and himself in check until Schacht and the army chieftains say they are ready ? Can France make an alliance with CARTHAGE Mrs. H. F. Seawell, Jr., entertained at her home, ‘Comfort Corner” on Saturday morning at a bridge break, fast honoring Mrs. Bob Cagle, a re cent bride. After a delicious break, fast, contract was played at four ta bles. Mrs. L. W. Barlow was high scorer and was awarded first prize. To the honoree, Mrs. Cagle the host ess presented a beautiful piece of lin en. Mrs. E. L. Larkin and children of Washington, N. C., are the guests of Mrs. Larkin’s sister, Mrs. Charles Cox and Mrs. R. G. Wallace. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Carter, Mrs. N. A. McKeithen and Mrs. S. H. Miller spent Saturday in Lexington with Mrs. J. P. Bingham. H. F. Seawell, Sr., of Washington. D. C., is spending a few days In Car- thage with his family. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brooks of Liberty spent the Easter holiday^ in Carthage with Mrs. Brooks’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Leavitt. Albert Humphrey and Miss Ruby McGoogan of Fayetteville spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Muse. Miss Edith Rucker of Wilmington and Miss Betty Jones of Augusta, former Carthage teachers, visited Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Poole over the week.end. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ledbetter of Rockingham visited Mrs. Tom Jone: Sunday. Mrs. N. A. McKeithen, Mrs. W. R. Clegg and Mrs. Frances Nicoll at. tended a lunch at the home of Mrs. T. B. Wilder in Aberdeen on Wed. nesday, given in honor of Miss Effle Leland, bride-elect. Miss Bess McLeod is visiting her sister. Miss Kate McLeod in Rich mond. Mrs. Malcolm Withers and children of Abingdon, Va., are visiting Mrs. Wither’s mother, Mrs. May Gardner. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wood of Goldsboro spent the Easter holidays You can't do better than a Pontiac— and that goes for (fz^ccmmn^ too Pontiac owners tell an amazing economy story—how the big Pontiac uses less gas and oil than the small, light cars they have owned . . . how the sealed chassis reduces repairs ... how^ne car quality keeps the Pontiac thrifty all its long life. So follow your natural desires and buy the most beautiful thing on wheels. Wonderful econ omy plus very low price make it one of the easiest cars in the world to buy and own. $ 615 A Oeneral Motors Value lAat prices at Ponliac., Michigan^ heginut$6lSfar theSixand^SO for the Eight {Bubject to change tcithout notice), Staruiard group of ac» cessoriea extra. 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