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THE PILOT
Published Each Friday by
THE PILOT. INCORPORATED
Southern Pines. North Carolina
- 1941—JAMES BOYD. Publisher—1944
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The Garden Tour
This town’s most important asset, the feature
which people probably talk about more than
any other, is its charm. The tree-lined sitreets,
the gardens and the planted yards, with their
magnolias and hollies, and flowering shrubs,
constitute without doubt our first claim to fame.
It is therefore a pleasure to record that one or
ganization is making the most of this asset and
using it for sound promotion.
The Southern Pines Garden Club is the or
ganization. Next week marks the second of the
garden tours arranged by this group to bring
visitors to our town and show them our prettiest
sights. Most of the finest gardens will be on
view, with members of the Garden Club in at
tendance to greet the visitors and show them
around. In a few cases the house, as well as the
grounds, will be opened to the public. The tour
includes drives around town and refreshments
at the Shaw House, famed old-world dwelling
at the southern gateway.
This is good promotion. It is the sort of adver
tising that will do our town the mio3t good with
all sorts of people, especially with the kind.we
most want to attract here. Furthermore, it is
promotion which promotes in both directions.
There could be nothing that will more effective
ly encourage better gardening and awaken local
pride than such a garden tour.
It was only a few weeks ago that the beauties
of Southern Pines received prominent mention
in the press, the Greensboro Daily News calling
us “the prettiest town in the state.” We have
a high reputaftion to maintain: to be pretty and
to stay pretty. That means more planting of
flowers and hedges and blossoming shrubs, it
means guarding our big trees, the magnolias
and pines, from ruthless slaughter such as was
perpetrated on the block south of the post office
last year, it means the exercise of scientific
care in the pruning of town, plantings^ and it
means, too, the cleaning up of unsightly lots.
We are fortunate to have a Garden Club cog
nizant of this town asset and alert to its possi
bilities. The interest and guidance of this group
can mean much, while the advertising value of
such a tour as this which they are sponsoring is
inestimable.
We Can Have Both
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. Norin uarpnna
Friday. March 31. 1950
Needed: A Senator Vandenberg
The Republican attack on Secretary Acheson
has moved into high gear, this week. It is a
sorry spectacle. But it is a great deal more than
sorry or a spectacle. It is as dangerous a thing
as has happened to our country. For the
strength and fury Of the attack and the fact
that leading men in the Republican party are
taking part in it is - evidence of a split in this
country which may be disastrous.
Every responsible commfintator, as well as
recognized leaders among our‘ public-spirited
men and statesmen everywhere, have condemn
ed these tactics; they have labelled them “dirty
politics”, an attempt to discredit the administra
tion at all costs. Men such as Stimson, Marshall,
and Eisenhower have minced no words in point
ing out just what those costs might be: the des
truction of our foreign policy and, with that, all
chance of bringing to an end the cold war and, .
perhaps, of avoiding the real one. Focus of their
criticism, of course, is Senator McCarthy, the
one who touched off this attack.
The average citizen feels helpless in this cri
sis. He looks in vain for such a leader as Sena
tor Vandenberg, the man who, by the force pf
his wise' and courageous personality was able
to coordinate the parties into a working har
mony during the war and through the critical
days of the formation of the United Nations.
Senator Vandenberg is not well; he has played
his great part. In this crisis, we look, so far, in
vain for another to perfonrii this desperately
needed task, to stop, somehow, this irresponsible
action in the Senate and bring our legislators
back to their senses and to the need of attend
ing to the business of the country and the World
which lies in their hands.
In this crisis, perhaps we should take a firm
er part. Clearly, it is up to President Truman to
act and assume the leadership which is his duty.
But if, as seems likely, he will not do so, we
must look elsewhere. There are men in the
Sfenate who could step forward if they were
assured of the backing of the public: Senator
Paul Douglas of Illinois is one, our own Frank
Graham, who despite his short stay in the Sen
ate has already made a bright name for himself,
is another; probably Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.,
Senator Fulbright, Senator Ives of New York,
could be counted on to back a move for har
mony.
Let these men stand forth and then let us,
the people, bapk them to the limit in an at
tempt to bring order and decency out of the
chaos that now exists in Washington and that,
if it continues, may well prove the downfall of
our hopes and the world’s.
The Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce,
a descendant of the original group which was
responsible for so much of the beauty and
progress of this town, is following in the foot
steps of its forerunner. At a meeting held Mon
day night, to which were invited the leading
business .people of the community, this group
led in action which will continue, we believe,
to keep the town at the forefront of progress
in the state.
The subject discussed was whether or not
the community desired industry to locate oh
its outskirts, and the decision reached was that
it did. But with reservations = the industry must
be of a desirable sort and, preferably, small;
and it must be located at a suitable distance
from town. In other words, while the payroll,
which such a projec;t will bring here, is highly
desirable and the impetus which a progressive
force such as an up-to-date industry gives to a
community will njean much to keep us abreast
of the times, it was clearly evident that these
business people appreciated what we have in
the way of attraction for visitors and there is
every indication that they wish to preserve it.
The fact that the' Chamber of Commerce has
just lately released a booklet devoted solely to
the resort features of the town is an indication
they understand that it is essential to preserve
its charm and informality, those attractions
which bring visitors here each season, and have
induced so many fine people to settle here.
“Southern Pines is a village of simple charm,”
says the booklet. . . “Visitors return year after
year once they fall under the spell of its pleas
ant homes and friendly people, who have mov
ed here from every part of the earth.” The
booklet even makes a point of the fact that
“there is no industry,” thus clearly indicating
the realization of this group that while industry
may, as was decided Monday night, he highly
desirable, it must not be the sort that might de
tract from Southern Pines’ “old-fashioned
charm.”
The Pilot is in accord 'with both these senti
ments. We believe that this commupity is rather
unique in its atmosphere of quiet beauty and
friendliness, and is also a superb place for those
superb sports of golf, riding, hunting, prime at
tractions everywhere they exist. But we have
always felt that there is a parasitic quality to a
purely resort area; it is not the healthiest at
mosphere in which to bring up young people,
for instance, and when they are grown up they
have to go away to find a real job to do.
The Pilot welcomes this latest move to ex
plore the possibilities of locating a small, or
several small, industries on one side of town,
at a suitable distance. It should give us the
payroll we need, the job incentive for our young
people, and we can still keep the quiet charm
and the sporting facilities which, particularly
in the field of hunting and racing, are once
more coming to the fore in the Sandhills.
Grains of Sand
Safety First: Two cute little
girls about sik—looked like twins
—were an interested part of the
crowd that watched Saturday’s
safety demonstration in front of
the city hall. While waiting for
"Lucky Teeter" Griffin to pull
another braking feat, one sitepped
down off the curbstone to peer
excitedly down the block. The
other snatched her sister back,
saying firmly: “Watch out now,
don’t you get run over, pr else
Mother will find out how far we
Came.”
Our New Gym: A Community Asset
A “Chuckle” last week in the
daily paper brought several an
swering chuckles from here, with
the definition “Winter Resort—A
place where nobody knows how
very unimportant you are at
home.”
phony when it payed at Meredith
college last Friday evening. . .
Mir. Cousins, who teaches music
at the Morganton High school,
played trumpet with the Sym
phony for two seasons. . . His
composition is called “Interlude
for Trqmpet and Strings”—
which reminds us, why does the
imagination of composers so often
give out when it comes to naming
their Works?
We think that giving a hearing
to ‘native compositions is one of
the best things a altate-supported
symphony can do, and hope that
at least one of them—^maybe the
“Interlude”—will be on the pro
gram when the Symphony plays
here May 3.
The holding of two week-long basketball
events in the new Southern Pines school gym
nasium has started this excellent building off
on a public career during which, ilt can easily
be foreseen, it will more than justify its exis-
tense as a sports center and an asset to this
community.
Its cost was considerable and Southern Pines
taxpayers will be working off the bonds by
degrees for the next 20 years. However, more
tournaments like the two just held there will
return all of this money to the community and
more, besides affording a handsome and practi
cal setting for basketball practice and local
games, and other indoor athletics.
The Moore County tournaments brought play
ers and their friends and parents flocking from
all over the county. The All-State tournament
of 16 top girls’ teams brought large groups from
all over the state. Besides actual money that
was spent with restaurants and hotels, the pub
licity value was enormous, and great good will
engendered.
Little money accrued after expenses of the
teams and tournaments were paid, However,
there was some, and with more added from
ensuing events the gym will gradually acquire
more, equipment and become even , more of an
1 asset to athletic youth and sports-loving Specta
tors.
And it is said that one reason
General Marshall likes to live in
Pinehurst is that nobody over
there bothers him, or e'ven turns
their head to look at him when
he walks down the street. Every
body thinks they’re just as impor
tant as he is.
Which reminds us, that aggre
gation of congenial celebrities
which visits the Sandhills semi
annually for golf and fun—Gen.
Homer Cummings' golf party of
judges, senators, governors and
the like—will be at the Mid Pines
the weekend of April 28. We ve
never understood how the judi
cial, legislative and executive
branches all keep going while this
merry party of big-shots vaca
tions away from the scenes of
their customary labors.
That will be a big weekend for
us here: Homer Cummings and
Notice the Chamber of Com
merce lists seven golf courses
within a six mile radius of
Southern Pines.
Well, there’s the local cburse,
and then there’s the Pine Needles
and the Mid Pines: that makes
three. Wonder where on earth, or
in the Sandhills, those other four
courses could be?
Might save a laugh if they’d
tell. . . as well as win a friend or
two in you-guess-where.
his party of 40 or
Pines, the state AA convention
everywhere else and the Sandhills
Horse show. We’re afraid we
won’t be able to keep up with all
the news, and are apt to go to bed
and pull the covers up over our
head in self-defense.
As it is, the handsome gynmasium, splendidly
fitted out with new-style bleachers and back-
boards equal to the best in the state, is a matter
for real pride in Southern Pines and ^ore
county.
We'd Count 'Em Again, And Fast
We are distressed by the turn taken by the
affairs of the NCEA, which in trying to get a
president elected is pre'senting a pretty sorry
spectacle and is losing much good ground re
cently gained. We are especially sorry because
we came to have great respect and liking for
this organization when in 1948 it was headed by
Southern Pines’ A. C. Dawson, Jr. He found it
in disunity, and in the year of his presidency
pulled it together, gave it unity and power and
set its feet firmly on the path to accomplish
ment.
Now it has fallen apart again— in three parts,
this time, like all Gaul, and a grand muddle it
is. Mrs. Margaret McDermott, one presidential
candidate, received on the first coun-lj a majority
of 14 votes out of some 18,000. A recount gave
C. M. Abernathy 18 votes. The pld president
resigned buit the secretary says she can’t, offi
cially, till a new president is in. The Abernathy
contingent says one is. The McDermott con
tingent demands a recount. The election com
mittee can’t recount because the chairman won’t
call on it to do so. And there you are.
We are glad to have one point made clear, by
Mrs. Lucile Allen of Hendersonville, making
a speech at Raleigh last week. She said the mo
tive for the demand for a recount was plain—
“to restore to power by a thin majority the
politics and leadership repudiated by the rank
and file.”
So we know now the difference between a
victory “by a thin majority,” and a victory by
a vote of the “rank and file:” four votes, that is
all.
Everybody’s talking about ad
vertising the town, these days.
And a good idea, too. But one
conversation had its funny side.
The subject was several recent
articles which have appeared in
various publications on Southern
Pines hunting. A leading Broad
Street businessman was praising
them as being just the sort of pro
motion to bring people to South
ern Pines.
"Why,” he said, “those articles
are already proving their worth!
50 m it& Mid They’re bringing some fine people
ou at itne ivua; — „ , .,yr
In the Mailbag: “I want to con
gratulate you on your paper. I
enjoy the Sandhill news. It is a
fine little publication. . . Please
continue my subscription for six
months. 1 am almost bedridden
with arthritis and may be in the
deserts of Arizona or New Mex
ico for treatment before that date.
F. K. Thomson, Fayetteville.”
Glad we’ve been able to bring you
pleasure, sir, and we hope to con
tinue to do so for a long time—
also hope you’ll be much better
soon. If you go to the Southwest,
remember. The Pilot will be glad
to follow you out there. We do
follow many of our friends (to far
places—33 states at last counting,
and four or five foreign countries.
“Smutt,” small black pooch be
longing to the S. D. Fobes family,
a smart canine who has made
news for The Pilot before, has
presented her youthful owners
with nine young ’uns of assorted
colors and markings but, we are
told ,of uniform charm and beau
ty.
Johnny Cornwell is keeping Sa
tan, Donald Walter retains Cin
der and Arden Fobes is holding
onto Abe. Homes are being
sought for Tarbaby and Ebony,
who are as black as their names
indicate; Cupid, who has a white
star on his brow; “Lil Smutt,”
all-black with white blaze, and
White flecked paws, and the spot
ted twins Cinderella and Prince
charming.
Here’s your chance, folks—step
right up.
here. Have you met Mt. and Mrs.
X? They are lovely people who
have come down this winter.”
He was certainly right, they are
lovely people and they have come
down this winter. Only it just
happens that they came down last
winter, too, and the one before
that and so on right back to some
time around 1928 or 29, several
years before the man who was
talking had come to town himself.
A case, maybe, of not counting
ithe chickens that are already
hatched.
A composition by a North Qnro-
lina composer, Thomas Cousins of
Morganton, was on the concert
program of the N. C. Little Sym-
The Public
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The cottage' where, Woodrow
Wilson and his bride spent their
honeymoon is still popular with
newlyweds at Arden, in the
mountains of western North Car
olina.
To the Pilot:
On the basis of approximately
75 per cent of final and tentative
reports from county chairmen, the
1950 March of Dimes campaign in
North Carolina will realize, we
believe, somewhere between
$850,000 and $900,000.
For the past eight years, since
the beginning of my association
with the infantile paralysis work
in this state, our weekly newspa
pers have given unstinting sup
port to our annual fund-raising
drive.
I am convinced that your co
operation has contributed in a
very large measure to our contin
uing success in persuading the
people to give generously to this
cause.
Please accept our sincere grati
tude for your help. Cordially,
MAE RUSSELL.
(Mrs. Phillips Russell)
Director of Organization
C. March of Dimes
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