Page Two THE PILOT, Southern Pines. North Carolina Friday, March 15, 1946 THE PILOT PUBLISHED EACH FRIDAY BY THE PILOT, INCORPORATED SOUTHER!^ PINES, NORTH CAROLINA 1941 JAMES BOYD Publisher 1944 KATHARINE BOYD .... EDITOR DAN S. RAY .... GENERAL MANAOER JACK BILYEU . . NEWS & ADVERTISING CHARLES MACAULEY • - • CITY EOITOB •SGT. DANIEL S. RAY, III SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR . . - $3.00 SIX MONTHS .... $1.50 THREE MONTHS 75 ENTERED AT THE POSTOFFICE AT SOU. TKERN Pines, n. c., as second class MAIL MATTER. THE OLD SHAW PLACE There are two very fine books in existance giving the history and showing photographs of old North Carolina homes. It is sig nificant that in those books there is not one house mentioned rep resentative of the early Scottish settlers of Moore County. There are a few log cabins and there are a great many fine town houses, and a few fine country ones, but there is no example of the sturdy, well-built, gracefully proportion ed house of these parts. There are of course not many of them still in existance, but there is one right at the edge of Southern Pines, and it is this house which was the subject of the interesting meeting last week. The Old Shaw Place stands at the southern end of town, be hind towering sycamores and a few old cedars, ivy twines over it and honeysuckle nearly smothers it and, in the summer, old-fashioned rose bushes bloom in the yard. Inside, the wide pine boards are mellow and the small rooms are graced by two lovely carved pine mantles. Many peo ple, well-known in these parts, lived there or played in the yard as children, or some of their kin did. The Shaw and Ray families know it best for it was home to many of them, but to the Buch ans, McKeithens, Blues, Camer ons, Campbells and other Scots families of Moore County, it is an old friend. The idea of buying this old house and restoring it and pre serving it is a stirring one. It should appeal strongly to those who have {he history of this county in their blood, and to all who are proud of America’s past and Moore County’s past. It should appeal, as well, to all who are lovers of old things; col lectors, historians. There is an opportunity, here, to recreate something beautiful and fine and 1 world today, of enduring value. It will be an! attraction to visitors, but, much! more important, it will be an in spiration to all who call Moore County home. policy, at the suggestion of Churchill, our government has dealt the internationalists a mean wallop. For though this attitude may work now, so long as we have the bomb and Russia, pre sumably, hasn’t, what will hap pen afterwards? Supposing that Russia quits threatening all these places for a time and that UNO has a chance to really start func tioning; what will happen? We must not forget that, so far, UNO has headed more and more to ward being a Britisn-American block aimed against Russia. It may be Russia’s fault that this is so, but there has been little, thus far, to make Russia feel comfortable in UNO. She has been consistently outvoted, with Britain and America lining up against her, time after time. We have the bomb; Russia has not; the British and American Joint Chiefs of Staff have never been disbanded. Many will say: thank God, they haven’t. Yes; perhaps but if we were Russians how would we feel about it? How would we feel about UNO’s truly international character? There is one thing that would do more th^ anything else to help in the present disastrous state of affairs. That is, if Britain would make one single slight ges ture toward giving up one of the many key-points which she holds. If she would suggest the internationalizing of Malta, or- Gibralter, the Suez Canal, or even Hong Kong; if she would offer to turn one of these strategic points over to UNO, a way m.ight be ppened to peace. For this, surely, >s the way to ward unity: To take the strategic bases of the world, includ.ing, of course, the Dardenelles, the Pan ama Canal, the Pacific bases, out of the hands of individual na tions; and put them into the hands of the overall, world or ganization. The sending of warships may work a ’ temporary settlement, but until we convince our medi- evil and suspicious team-mates that we are not so medieval as they and that there is something behind the guns on those war ships than a desire to reinforce the status quo, to keep commun ism in its place and save the British empire, the truce will on ly be temporary. We must keep before our eyes and the eyes of the world our be lief in the possibility of world government through UNO. This is our only hope. Russia’s goal, the communism of the world, is an idea; to fight an idea you need another, greater idea. Peace with justice and freedom is that idea. And it is that, instead of services. But when you turn on’ god’s true word, you don’t get no services. S6 the confusion of the nations today, comes because of disobe- diance. Because people will not submit thereselves to the STAN DARD OF GOD’S WORD. (Signed) Bro. McLairi preacher for 25 Yrs.) (A Oyez! Oyez! (Day In Court) Every Monday at . nine-thirty the Courthouse bell in Carthage tolls deep-throatedly and late comers drift in through the big swinging doors, taking seats with those already seated in the high ceilinged courtroom. The law enforcers these last two Mondays had “light days.’’ The Recordeds Court was sitting and the majority of cases were' for drunken driving. But the other cases covered everything from pistol pointing to pocketing another man’s pocketbook. , Judge J. Vance Rowe presided. Soon after he comes in from the back the Court is ordered to stand. Then follows the age-old and almost unintelligible ritual of the Court Clerk calling out: “Oyez! Oyez! mumble, mumble, mumble. Be seated!” The Court has been called to order and is ready for business. “WEAVING AND SPEEDING ning in the air. No one badly hurt. Two passengers well shaken—one in truck, one in pas senger car. Highlight! of the lengthy and heated cross-examining came when farmer Brown’s wife took the stand. Attorney Boyette, at tempted to confuse Mrs. Brown about whether or not Brown made the proper signal when he turned. Snapped Mrs. Brown: “I could see his hand sticking out there just as plain as I can see you. Hit was certainly out there, a-plenty, too!” Then, asked if she knew whether the rear view mir ror was working or not, Mrs. Brown succintly summed the mat ter up: “I gues it were,” she said. “Works every time you look in it.” Asked earlier if she was sit ting close to Mr. Brown, Mrs. Brown snortingly replied: “We don’t often sit so close together no more.” Judge Rowe ably sifted the conflicting testimony with: “I’m satisfied beyond any doubt Ken nedy was speeding. But I don’t know any reason in the world why a man would try to pass like that if he saw a hand out.” Judgment; Kennedy—Guilty. 60 days on Rpad, suspended on payment of $25 and costs. Brown —Not C?uilty. PISTOL POINTER Charlie Mc Neill ran afoul of some “strange liquor” that some soldiers had forced on him. Taxi driver Mc Neill, from Pinehurst, was up on two charges. “Operating a ve- Pete, however, didn’t get out of the car when he 'got there He “was too tired.” When he did get out, his pocketbook was no longer with him. George Smith, paU bearer, who rode in the car with Worthy and Williams, testi fied to seeing a black pocketbook lying on back seat as they were getting out on return from the funeral and said “Any of you la dies or gentlemen leave your pocketbook?” Worthy accept ed it gracefully saying “Oh yes,’ thank you a thousand, boy.” A few seconds later up drove an other taxi with Williams, thoroughly revived, wanting to know had anyone seen his pock etbook. It was' pointed out Worthy had picked one up, but the one Worthy showed as hav ing picked up was, according to Smith, tan instead of black. How “Jellyfish” got into the case your reporter could never quite make out, as the action got a little too rapid for clear note taking. De fense attorney Johnson came, like a bolt out of the blue, with the surprise theory that “Jelly fish” and George Smith were in cahoots and had the pocketbook between them. Judge Rowe side stepped like a practiced broken- field runner and bound the case over to the Superior Court, as the pocketbook had a claimed $60, whereas the limit for the Record ers Court is $50. And so ended another day. HOME FROM JAPAN Capt. Daniel Cornwell will ar rive next week from Japan to join Mrs. Cornwell at 'the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph K. Trix as their guest for several weeks. Expert Floor Sanding Service AMOS A. KELLIS Modern Methods and Equipment THOROUGH EXPERIENCE Phone 7501 Southern Pines THE BEST HOG FEED, CHICKEN FEED CORN MEAL AND FLOUR Manufactured in Siler City SANDHILL GROCERY C. H. Strickland West Southern Pines was Officer Kennedy’s des-i^^^^J® influence cription of, Robert Washburn’s driving when told by Solicitor McKeithen to “go ahead and tell the Court just how you saw him, ^ ^ r, , and all about it.” “He come overBu'tler , of the hill, weaving and speed-1 colored, ing.” “Did he give you any j Charlie McNeil is a well known of intoxicating liquors, or narcot ic drugs.” and carrying on his per son “a deadly weapon, drawing same, and threatening to shoot Southern trouble at all?” “No, sir. Very nice.” “Ever been up before that you know of?” “No, sir.” “All right.” And that was that— quick and simple. Net result: Found guilty as charged. 60 days on the Road, sentence suspended upon payment of $50 fine and Court costs. Driver’s license re voked for a period of twelve months. taxi driver in the Pinehurst-Sou- thern Pines territory and has evi dently never run amuck. This time, his luck quit him dead. Brown, employed at Resort Airlines, saw the car ahead of him zig-za^ing down the road. He and McNeil were driving up W. Pennsylvania toward West Southern Pines. McNeil stopped and Brown stopped behind him. AS^ULT AND BATTERY i but McNeil’s car rolled back into with a deadly weapon, to wit—a bim. They started up and the plank, was the next case called. thing happened a second Linnie Ritter had wielded the plank and done “serious injury on the body of L. T. Brown,” then entered a plea of nolo contendere. Attorney Herb Seawell, for the defendant, arose and said: “Your Honor, I believe this is a family matter. I’ve talked to the son-in- law. He’s willing to pay every thing; coming to a total of WILL IT WORK? How easily do the Russians scare: that is, today, the $64.00 question. In the answer to that question lies, if we are to believe our po liticos and writers, the fate of the world. Yet only last month marked the beginning of the Uni ted Nations Organization, the body upon which, it had been said, the hope of that same world rested. There is no blinking the fact that the outlook for internation alism looks very black. When such an eminent authority as Walter Lippmann can write some thousand words on our foreign policy without once mentioning UNO, as he did'in his recent “USS Missouri,” there is ample excuse for pessimism. Every thoughtful person must be pro foundly discouraged over the present trend. How inconsistent it is! We have it hammered into us that the Rus sian conception of world affairs is medieval, pre-Tzar, yet, when Churchill tells us that the Rus sians only respect force we promptly take up this medieval pre-Tzar policy ourselves, and send the USS Missouri, bearing the innocuous bogy of the Turk ish ambassador’s corpse in her state cabin, to say “Boo!” at the Kremlin. This is supposed to strike such terror into Russian hearts that they will promptly abandon their territorial ambi tions and once more subside be hind their steppes. While we do this our reporters plead to he allowed to enter Rus sia and our statesmen assure her that we really are entirely friendly, and just want her to stop spreading communiorn around. around $300.” the threat of power, which we, states Attorney McKeithen should be sending around the Lj.ose and stated: “I have talked jto Mr. Brown. This is agreeable to him. But he does want some strict penalty imposed, and sus- : pended during good behavior, so I it can be held over Ritter.” , The Court found him guilty as charged. Sentence: 60 days on the Road, suspended in accordance with agreement between State at request of prosecuting witness and defendant upon payment of $200 to L. T. Brown.” Added was the catch: “be of good behavior and not violate the law for two years.” No planks, no nothin’ .'. . . for two years. “JUST GOES CRAZY when he gets a drink in him” was the reason given for Negro ex-sailor The following contribution from one of our older colored preachers was brought to The Pilot by his wife, Rosetta Holman McLean. We print it, certain that many of us share the confusion of which Brother McLean speaks. There is a great deal of truth and wisdom in these words, written simply but with deepest faith. Dear Editor: Please find space enough in your paper, for these remarks. This comes from West Southern Pines. The Negro has religion, he know everything, he has been ev erywhere, he is got everything. But after all, it don’t seem like that they have sense enough to live together and treat each other right. I was in a city a few days ago, and me and my wife boarded a subway train going down town. Only white peoples were in this coach, and there was only one vacant seat, and course I permit ted my wife to sit down. And there was one white lady, that was so full of sympathy, that she got up and ask me to sit down and rest my feet. I am still wondering: when shall we make a race. A little ed ucation, and little piece of land. And some second-handed furni ture and a second hand car turns the most of our peoples half crazy. And_most of the time, they are living on something that some dead person worked out be fore they died. The nations of the world, now, is in one of the most tumults that it never witness before. It time for everybody to wake up, and time. Being near a school, with school children playing outside. Brown got out and asked McNeil “you drunk, crazy, or what?” McNeil 1 They need your Red Cross M 4and for many tomorrows! V T hey lie in hospitals, thousands of our finest—sick, cruelly maimed. Who is to write their letters, hear their troubles, answer when they call for "Mom”? Mom can’t be there. But your Red Cross can, and must be there. Many thousands more Americans, still overseas, must count on the Red Cross for comfort and cheer. So won’t you give to the Red Cross? This is your chance to say, "Thanks, Soldier, for all you’ve done!” YOUR Red Cross CARRY ON We Are At Your Service Sunday, March 17th Hours 9 to 1-3 to 7 SandLKill Drug Company SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA