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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Friday. Septemher 1, 1950
THE PILOT
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Soulhern Pines. North Carolina
1941—JAMES BOYD, Publisher—1944
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body alike.”—James Boyd, May 23, 1941.
Strange Bedfellows
Anyone who doubts that politics makes
strange bedfellows should take a look at
the trio whose efforts are hampering our
China policy. There, side by side in uncom
fortable proximity, repose the three pro-
Chiang forces: the right wing of the Re
publican party, the Henry Luce gang, and
the gentlemen of the Kremlin working
through their Communist Agents.
These people are on the same side for dif
ferent reasons. Luce is there because this
is the policy he has been urging. Stemming
from a deep attachment to the land he
loves, whose cause he imagines to be bound
up in the fortunes of Chiang, his stand
could be abandoned only at the cost of seri
ous loss of prestige to his publications. To
imagine that Life, Time and Fortune could
be wrong would be positively catastrophic.
But while Luce’s friend. Senator Styles
Bridges, McCarthy and the rest of their
colleagues in Congress might be touched by
such a catastrophe, their chief reason for
backing Chiang is a different one. Party
politics is responsible for their stand. They
are out to emibarrass the Administration
as much as possible. The best way to do
that is to harp on the China muddle, admit
tedly the weakest spot in our foreign pol
icy. The danger that such tactics might get
us into a war which we could not win ap
parently does not bother them.
And the Russians? They are eager to
force us into support of Chiang because it
is the surest way to a Kremlin victory. It
would antagonize our Allies; it would raise
all of Asia against us; it would absorb all
of our power, leaving the rest of the world
and our own country defenseless. In Korea
we are still fighting desperately against a
foe who, in comparison with the erperi-
enced and vast armies of Northern China,
is weak and untrained. Who can doubt that
a war in China would be suicidal? No won
der that the Russians are using every wile
to lead us into such a trap. Harder than
Henry Liice, harder than Senator Bridges
are the leaders of the Soviets, working to
embroil us in war in China.
We can’t do anything about the Rus
sians’ efforts except to stand firm against
them, meanwhile earnestly praying that
our i>eople may be wilier than they, but the
other two in the “help Chiang” corner are
definitely our business. It is not possible
that they are unaware of the bad company
they are keeping. The fact that it does not
dampen their enthusiasm casts a lurid
light on their patriotism, and should warn
us to look sharp.
For there is great danger in this situa
tion and it is time that the public awoke to
it. The actions of these two grdups have
already shown striking results. There is no
doubt, for instance, that the decision to
fight in Korea was influenced by the know
ledge of what political capital would be
made of a contrary move. What cries of
“appeasement!” and “Communists in high
places!” would have gone up from the GOP
clan. Many other and more important fac
tors entered in, of course, but political
considerations played a part in the speed
of the decision. Again, the current encour
agement being given to Chiang springs far
more, we may be sure, from the desire to
win the votes of the pro-Chiang forces for
vitally necessary Administration measures
than it does from any conviction of the cor
rectness of this course of action.
It is time for the American people to call
these two groups to order. It is time to
make it unmistakably clear that we will
not stand for such dangerous meddling;
that neither the opinions of Henry) Luce
nor party politics shall be allowed to influ
ence the great decisions that face our pol
icy makers. Loss of prestige by the Luce
publications or loss of votes by the Repub
lican party should not count, when it comes
to the security of this country and the
peace of the world.
Closing The County Homes
Among the sweetest sounds to be heard
in the land today is the closing of the doors
of county'homes.
The Johnston County Home was closed
last week, as the inmates and potential in
mates had become so few, it was found
easier and more economical to care for
them in other ways.
Moore County’s gtand jury this month
recommended converting the County Home
to a boarding home. It contains at present
only five old people.
This was also recommended by Dr. Ellen
Winston, State Welfare Commissioner, on
a visit here some months ago, and by Mrs.
W. B. Cole, county superintendent of pub
lic welfare, in a report to the county, com
missioners. As a boarding home, they said,
the institution would be open to old people
of several counties, at modest fees to be
paid by themselves or their families. In the
case of the indigent the county would pay
the fee, totaling far less than the costs of
maintaining the whole institution at public
expense.
Such a boarding home would be run on
a self-sustaining basis.
The poor we will have with us in certain
measure always, and the old and the ill who
cannot fend for themeslves must certainly
be cared for. However, the decline in their
number is a sign their problems are being
constructively solved to an appreciable de
gree.
The proposed “boarding home,” sup
planting the “poorhouse” of ancient, un
happy connotations, will provide for them
something much nearer a real home; and
alscv fill that even greater need of today, a
pleasant retreat for those who can pay
their way, where they may receive the care
and attention they need at the end of their
days.
THE PUBLIC SPEAKING
IN APPRECIATION
To the Pilot.
The summer recreation
pro-
others, they are as common and
low down as anyone can possibly
get to be, so if you want the de-
, iv. i! 4. cision here we will vote dry. And
gram is over. As a mother of two , ^ bootleg-
ittle girls who thoroughly en-1 Southern Pines would vote
joyed and benefited from the op- ^ ^ ^
portunities offered, I want to ex- ^ -
press my appreciation of the pro
gram and my sincerest thanks to ;
Mr. Dawson and aU those who °
helped him with the various ac
tivities.
A Wise Man Said . . .
Every man’s nature is a sufficient adver
tisement to him of the character of his fel
lows. My right and my wrong is their right
and their wrong. While I do what is fit for
me, and abstain from what is unfit, my
neighbor and I shall often agree in our
means, and work together for a time to one
end. But whenever I find my dominion
over myself not sufficient for me, and un
dertake the direction of him also, I over
step the truth, and come into false relations
with him.—Emerson, “On Politics.”
better fix today and we Wouldn’t
have to be having the election for
From Robbins: “How can you
use the word Christian in writing
to scores of people trying to get
The program was well rounded ^ ^ote for something the
and well planned, to fp iBible speaks against; simply this.
wine, and through strong drink
are out of the way; the priest and
the prophet have erred through
strong drink, they are swallowed
up of wine, they are out of the
way through strong drink; they
err in vision, they stumble in
judgment. For all tables are full
of vomit and filthiness, so that
there is not a place clean.” “If
meat causeth thy brother to of
fend, eat no more meat while the
world stands.” A tree is known by
its fruits.
MRS. S. H. AVERITT
Louisburg.
various interests. ^ My only criti
cism is that some'of the valuable
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is
raging, and who SO ever is deceiv.
activities came at the same time, thereby is not wise. Did you
i. e., swimming instruction and that our colored people skin
life saving, and sewing and cook-|^gg colored as an ill effect of
ing. My little girls wanted to do -yyine. Read Genesis.”
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From Carthage: “In a letter I
Tobacco Comes Next
What is a prohibitionist?
Ask the first ten people you see, and
nine of them probably will answer a pro
hibitionist is a ‘dry”—one who would pro
hibit by law the manufacture, sale and
use of beer, wine and hard liquor.
But their answer would be only partial
ly right. An all-out prohibitionist would
prohibit all of us by law from doing any
number of things of which he disapproves.
Smoking, for instance.
If you think that is far-fetched, you are
wrong. A campaign for the eventual pro-
hroition of the manufacture and sale of
tobacco products already is under way) in
this country. The constitution of at least
one national prohibitionist organization
is almost as opposed to tobacco as it is to
alcoholic beverages. And many another
dy^-in-the-wool prohibitionist, who does
not belong to that particular organization,
feels the same way. Ask some of them.
We hold no brief for cigarettes or beer,
cigars or wine, chewing tobacco or hard
liquor. Heavy drinking is more harmful
than heavy smoking, of 'course, but both
are harmful enough. Most of all, over-
indulgence is harmful. Moreover, it is not
our intention to get into the argument be
tween doctors as to just how harmful cig
arette smoking may be. Maybe there is
reason to warn the public, if tobacco does
all the harm a few say it does. There also
is a reason, we believe, to warn this tobac
co-growing, tobacco-manufacturing state of
ours that the anti-tobacco campaign—
though still quiet, somewhat Subtle and
half concealed—is already underway. (We
refer you, for instance, to the January and
April issues of the Readers Digest.)
Not long ago, down in an eastern North
Carolina county, they were having an elec
tion to decide whether or not to ban beer.
One good lady, an active dry and a local
leader in one of the national organizations,
was verj^ successful in her efforts to per
suade the tobacco farmers of that section
to vote against beer. We wonder how many
of them would have gone along with the
lady if they had kno'wn that the second
goal of her organization was to ban tobac
co. We wonder, also, how many people
whose money came from the manufacture
of tobacco products contributed to this
same organization.
To be personally dry, and to preach both
abstinence and temperance, is one thing;
to be a prohibitionist is another. The same
is true of those who believe smoking is
seriously harmful. The evils of prohibition,
we believe, often are greater than the evil
of that which the law seeks to prohibit.
It is time for the tobacco growers, the
tobacco manufacturers and the tobacco
sellers of North Carolina to realize this
fact: Though liquor, wine and beer are
the first targets of the all-out prohibition
ists, tobacco comes next,
—^High Point Enterprise
them all. I appreciate the point
that probably the “overlapping”
morning
cases wuld be few, but it mig _ asked some questions that I
be worth considering. going to answer for you. You
The main poin^ of commenda- ■ g^g^e that ‘we in Moore County
tion is the fact that all the offer- been forced to vote upon an
ed activities were not only fun, Jgg^g dividing sober, thoughtful
but definitely coMtructive teach-.^^JJo should be united.’
ing. Certainly swimming for fun, only ones that have been di-
and life saving are most valuable g^g sober, thoughtful Chris-
recreational activities. I’m glad .tiaug and the drunkards and beer
that my daughters had that op-'
portunity. I There is obvious evidence of the
The' dancing classes for the galibre of the writers of such let-
youngsters were a wholesome out- |.gj.g^ especially in their abuse of
let for their energies, and also^^j^g Scriptures. What can you eX'
had the added value of some so-ip^g^ from such an electorate?
cial training. I would like to sug-i ^ ,
gest that a class in social dancing 1 ' ^ ^ ^ ’
for these pre-adolescents would' JOHN S. RUGGLES
be a valuable addition to the pro- Southern Pines.
gram. A qualified teacher of danc-
ing could do much, besides giving j QUOTES SCRIPTURE
technical instruction in correct the Pilot:
dancing, to give the children prop- j judging from the attacks made
er standards of social behaviour ypgji j^e by M!r. Ruggles in your
at such activities. I paper, it seems that he is out for
When my little daughters came the scalps of everyone who does
home from sewing lessons with not accept his views on Legal Con-
dirndl skirts and pretty aprons, j trol, including preachers’ ^ong
and from cooking lessons with ap-^^ith mine. He assumes my stand
pie pies, cinnamon biins and cook- niay just as well be for legal or
ies, I again offered thanks for the illegal control on wine and beer,
opportunities for such valuable since some people will drink in
ways in which to spend their,spite of any law, but he is wrong,
time. That is the keynote of the i am 100 per cent against drink,
program, as I see it. Fun, happy legal or illegal. The difference is
and healthful activities, yes, but that with Legal Control, our na-
more. . . a constructive educa- j tion is responsible to God for all
tion, and I hope, a growing habit who are slain by alcoholic bever-
of wholesome recreation. A town ages, and that brings punishment
SHOULD offer that to its young J for all, while if a person will
people. I am proud that Southern drink, even if he has to make it.
Pines is doing such a splendid job. [the punishment rests upon him
Again, my thanks and apprecia-' alone.
tion. I Mr. Ruggles criticised others
GRACE E. THWING who do not take the stand he has,
'and can’t see that he gives no
I ground whatsoever based upon
!our highest authority, the Bible,
With the following letters
received since the county
beer-wine vote. The Pilot de
clares the issue at an end as
far as the Public Speaking
space is concerned, unless and
until it is reopened as matter
for public action.
We feel everyone has now
had a chance to have his or
her fair say. The vote has
been held, the issue decided
for the present.—Ed.
and seemingly expects others to
' acknowledge he is absolutely
right. Since Mr. Ruggles picked
my remarks and quotations con
cerning drink out from all the
others, I will cohfine my present
remarks to that field. I will sel
ect my quotations from the Bible,
my'sole source of authority. Mt.
Ruggles says he was brought up
in the church; so was I. He says
he heard the Scriptures explained
by experts; so did I, some of them
at the very top, and whom I
To the Pilot.
Shout hosannas! The Millen ,
nium is here. The solid citizens of knew well. He claims he has stud-
Moore county, in all their aroused,ied the Bible many years and has
righteousnes and abundant wis- f “better than average _ layman s
dom, have voted the county offi- knowledge of the Bible. The lat-
cially, legally, and, perhaps, ir- ter I could not claim ^
revocably “DRY.” , I have studied the Bible daily for
With the outlawing of all alco- years, and taught it many
holic beverages (with the excep-'ye^’^®> ^
tion of whiskey, rum, gin, and' amateur Mr. Ruggles labeled
brandy, which, of course, do not would I be so presurap-
count) Moore county can become tuous as to make such a claim
known as a “County without were I to study the Scriptures 165
Sin.” Let me offer this suggestion ye^s.
to all merchants in the county I I would appreciate very much
who sell yard goods: stock up im-® copy of the Intemational S^-
mediately with all the white cloth jday School lesson of which m.
you can get, as we good people accuses me of copying,
Shan doubtless wish to go about , I. myself, have never seen
attired in white robes, in keeping I am a shut-in, and seldom see
a copy of a Sunday School Quar
terly: however, as I quoted with
There are two points worth mentioning
in connection with a news item which ap
peared this week in the Raleigh News and
Observer, as follows:
“A big increase in liquor cases in supe
rior courts of the state, from 11,813 to 14,-
700, shows Mecklenburg and Wake having
most crimes with Currituck having the
fewest.” ‘
The first is that Mecklenburg and Wake
are big-population counties containing
large cities, while Currituck, on the coast,
is mostly swamps and woods.
The other is that this item was in the
news of 25 years ago—under Na'tional Pro
hibition.
with our newly-won saintly sta
tus, and in anticipation of the v,-,, • < * t
ttoe when we shall sprout ^y Bible m front of me I would
wings from our shoulder blades ^^ume that the International les-
^ - sons were taken from the same
Since Mr. Ruggles does
and join the other angels
Sincerely,
RUSSELL E. POWELL
CHAIRMAN GETS MAIL
To the Pilot. - '
It is gratifying that Southern
Pines, Pinehurst and Aberdeen
voted so overwhelmingly FOR
the legal sale of beer and wine.
source.
not “relish” my “demanding” that
he accept my “■'own interpreta
tions,” I wish to state that he is
assuming too much to think that
my remarks or quotations were
directed at himself any more than
anyone whose shoe fits the foot.
Seeing where our nation is
me " —-’jjjeading, legalizing so many
with a majority of 73 per cent. It
is also interesting to note that the
property owners in this area pay
a major portion of the total taxes
in Moore county.
In spite of all our efforts to
sin, I, like many others, wished
to call the people’s attention to
the danger before it is too late, for
God has always punished His peo
ple when they kept on in that
keep the campaign on a high level, I which He forbade. We have only
the opposition that carried the to read “Chronicles” to see that,
county is typified by the follow- Though Mr. Ruggles claims to
ing excerpts from letters address- have more than the average
knowledge of the Bible, nowhere
have I ever seen anything in it ap-
ied to me:
From "Yass: “We find your let
ter a great insult to all the citizens
in Moore County or to the citizens
that is something and not like
those who try to be something and
is not. And this letter of yours
brings down the reputation of
Southern Pines to have such a cit
izen (or so-called) citizen in their
present. If the County becomes
dry the bootleggers will not take
as big a hold as you write about.
I say again I think the letter was
an insult to all the citizens in
Moore County that has some res
proving drinking, but much
condemning it. Although I am just
an amateur, I dare to offend Mr.
Ruggles by quoting from the
Bible. God is Omnipotent, and His
Word is true. “Wine is a mocker,
strong dring is raging, and whoso
ever is deceived thereby is not
wise.” “Woe unto him that put-
teth drink to his neighbor’s lips;
“Look not on the wine when it is
red, when it giveth its color in the
cup, for in the end it biteth like
a serpent, and stingeth like an ad-
;rcrforthrCountr AHor tue^dor.” “But they also erred through
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