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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
*‘OK, Fellows! Follow Me!”
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1962
Southern Pines North Carolina
“In taking over The Pilot no changes are contemplated. We will try to keep this a good
paper. We wiU try to make a little money tor all concerned. Wherever there seems to be
an occasion to use our influence for the public good we will try to do it. And we will
Teat everybody alike.”—James Boyd, May 23, 1941.
Important to Make Job Applications
Men and women who want work in the
big new industrial plant that is expected
to locate soon at Southern Pines will be
doing the community and themselves the
best possible service if they make their
applications for employment on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday of next week,
March 8, 9 and 10. The procedure is out
lined in full on today’s front page.
While the persons whose efforts are
bringing this industry here are confident
that ample personnel to operate this 600-
employee industry will be available from
an area of within some 25 miles of Sou
thern Pines, the response to the call for
job applications will carry great weight
with the management of the new plant.
As a company official said this week, the
available labor is the one factor—the one
test as to location of the plant here—on
which the firm is uncertain.
Persons who do not expect to apply
for themselves, throughout the area in
volved, should remind others about the
job application days. There may be per
sons (the company expects to employ
about half women, .half men) who need
and want work and are qualified, but who
might not happen to see an application
announcement.
There is not a man, woman or child in
the area who will not ultimately feel the
beneficial economic effects of this new
industry. It will be an important com
munity and area service to “spread the
good word” about the job application
days.
Flowers for the Future
Once more is proved the oft repeated
message to the Sandhills: “Encourage the
natural beauties of this area and let them
speak for themselves: it will be the best
advertising this section could have.”
In other words: “Cultivate your own
garden. Sandhills!”
The spectacular success of the three
gardens of Sandhills exhibitors at the
Southeastern Flower and Garden Show
at the State Fair grounds in Raleigh this
week is a tribute to hard work, to good
judgment and skillful gardening, and
to the climate of this section. And that
means not only its actual atmospheric
conditions, but the climate of opinion, of
appreciation of beauty, of intelligent
cultivation of the best in flowering plants
and trees that gives this area, around
Pinehurst and ^uthern Pines in parti
cular, the attraction that it exerts to
those who live here and the traveling
public.
The exhibits of the Carolina Orchid
Growers, Inc., Clarendon Gardens, and
Landscapes at Raleigh have won acclaim
well-deserved and enthusiastic. “Beauti
ful; exquisite; marvellous” are some of
the adjectives in the rave descriptions
from visitors to the show and the com
ments of professional gardeners and
hardboiled newspaper folk covering it.
In fact, in the latter case, the hard-boiled-
ness melted in a sea of gush: “bowled
over” was the term used by one observer.
This is good. No billboards or advertis
ing of any sort could be half so effective
as this publicity of the best possible kind
coming to this area through the out
standing work done by its professional
gardeners.
This is something to remember and
ponder. In a roundabout way, it em
phasizes the point stressed by Garden
Clubbers, conservationists, and tree-lov
ers hereabouts and voiced so frequently
by visitors and those in contact with
visitors. This is the conviction that to
cultivate this garden of the Sandhills, its
countryside, its towns, its roadsides—
and all that phrase implies in litter-clea-
ning-up and planting and the care of
planting—this should come first in the
lexicon of town and county officials and
all good citizens, as they make plans for
the future of the Sandhills community.
Improve and care for what we have here:
that’s ^he first thing to do.
Leadership Inspired by Integrity
When C. B. Deane, then in his 10th
year of distinguished service as a Con
gressman from North Carolina’s 8th
District, refused to sign the so-called
Southern Manifesto in March, 1956, this
newspaper praised the courage and
honesty shown by Mr. Deane and the
two other North Carolina Congressman
who did not sign: Reps. Chatham and
Cooley. Nineteen senators and 77 repre
sentatives, from Southern states, did
sign that “Declaration of Constitutional
Principles” which called the Supreme
Court’s 1954 school segregation decision
an abuse of judicial power and pledged
its signers to use every lawful means to
oppose the decision.
The Manifesto was a fraudulent and
dangerous document because it held out
Town-County Cooperation
We think it would be of benefit to
both town and county officials if they
could get together now and then to dis
cuss ways in which they could help each
other or take action that would jointly
benefit the towns and the county as a
whole.
Because towns take all their tax valu
ations from county, there is already
frequent communication between tax
officials. The county welfare and health
departments have clients in all the towns
and the county dog warden operates in
all the towns as well as outside them.
Southern Pines town officials are now
very much concerned about a proposal—
which they favor—to divide the present
overgrown, unwieldly Southern Pines
voting precinct into two or more smaller
precincts: a matter that is primarily the
concern of the county board of elections
yet which is also, because of the general
welfare, the concern of the county com
missioners. Yet, so far as we know, the
commissioners have never sat down with
the local town council and the board of
elections to discuss the proposal.
Matters such as civil defense, which in
volve actions in the same field by both
towns and county, could be much more
adequately handled, it seems, if discussed
jointly by governmental units.
Law enforcement officers, with a
county - wide organization embracing
town police, sheriff’s department, high
way, patrol and other agencies and meet
ing monthly, have achieved just the sort
of cooperation that we think would be
good on the level of town and county
governing boards. We are sure that law
enforcement in the county has benefited
because of the Officers’ association.
Who will make the first move?
false hopes that the Supreme Court’s de
cision could be reversed by legal means
and because, as Mr. Deane commented at
the time, the United States could not af
ford the disunity fomented by the
Manifesto as this nation vied with com
munism around the world for the minds
and wills of men.
When Mr. Deane was defeated in the
May primary following the March mani
festo, this newspaper predicted that his
stature would increase as years went by.
Now, nearly five years later, this is prov
ing true.
In a recent statement, issued when he
decided he would not be a candidate for
Congress this year, Mr. Deane says that
he is grateful for the honesty of numer
ous persons who have told him they
would support him now although they
were against him in 1956.
“I feel,” he wrote in the statement,
which appears in full on this page, “that
together we have won a great victory in
our hearts if not at the ballot box.”
And, as The Pilot also pointed out in
1956, such victories are the ones that
history remembers and honors.
In his recent statement, Mr. Deane
went on to voice an opinion that, if true,
is indeed a milestone in North Carolina
politics:
“It is my conviction that the progressive
citizenship of North Carolina will here
after reject any candidate who attempts
to project race, as well as creeds, into a
political race.”
If this is true, it is because of the leader
ship and rhoral integrity of men like
Mr. Deane who did not sway with the
winds of outmoded bigotry or popular
hysteria. We can be grateful that Mr.
Deane made his recent statement as
political campaigns begin to warm up
over the state. His words may serve as
guideposts to numerous voters who are
perhaps only now waking up to the basic
immorality in the political exploitation
of racial issues.
It is good, too, that Mr. Deane pointed
out other guideposts in the statement re
printed on this page: support of President
Kennedy in his domestic and foreign ef
forts, recognition of the menace of ultra
rightist groups and rejection of such hare
brained notions as abolition of the in
come tax and repudiation of the United
Nations.
We hope that Mr. Deane continues to
speak out on these and other matters. By
his integrity, in and out of office, he has
won increasing respect. The areas of
crisis in which he has forthrightly stated
his convictions, now and in the past, can
not be ignored by any candidate for
national office.
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'A GREAT VICTORY IN OUR HEARTS . , . '
Change in Attitudes Noted by Deane
In announcing ret^nlly that
he would not be a candidate
for the Democratic nomina
tion for 8th District Congress
man in May'. Charles B:,
Deane of Rockingham issued
a statement that was of wider
significance than simply to
tell of his intention not to
run. Mr. Deane, who was 8ih
District Congressman for 10
years, before his defeat by
Repi A. Paul Kitchin in the
1S56 primary, sees a moiiien-
tous change taking place in
the altitude of North Caro
lina voters and warns against
some of the dangers he sees
on the national scene. The
complete statement, which is
further discussed in an edi
torial on this page, follows:
“I will not be a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
Congress from the 8th North Car
olina Congressional District.
“This decision has not been an
easy one. It becomes most diffi
cult when I think of many urgent
requests from unsolicited neigh
bors and friends in my County of
Richmond and beyond: I shall be
forever grateful for the .honesty
of numerous individuals who
would support me now but voted
against me in 1956 when I declin
ed to sign the Southern Mani
festo. I am tremendously grateful
for this change in the attitude of
so many and I feel that together
we have won a great victory m
our hearts if not at the ballot box.
“I have a number of personal
reasons for not standing for this
Democratic nomination but have
put them aside to reach a decision
on the basis of what was right for
me to do. It is my conviction that
I can best serve and perhaps help
to meet some of the serious issues
we face in my community, my
state and my nation, not as a can
didate for Congress but as an in
dividual citizen.
“Let me commend the citizen
ship of North Carolina for the
growing statesmanship in the
matter of race. It is my conviction
that the progressive citizenship of
North Carolina will hereafter re
ject any candidate who attempts
to project race, as well as creeds
into a political race.
“I am concerned with the enor
mous responsibility facing Presi
dent Kennedy and what he is try
ing to do for the American people
and in his efforts to ease and re
solve tensions around the world.
He certainly has my support.
“If I were a candidate in the
May 1962 primary I would urge
North Carolinians to avoid the
plague of the John Birch Society
and the rest of these ultra right
ist groups. If these people could
successfully project their ulti
mate aims through civic, chirrch
and military groups it would be a
menace to the democracy of this
nation.
“As a tax-paying citizen I am
alarmed when responsible men
like Captain Eddie Rickenbacker
from key platforms attempt to
spread the philosophy that the
Federal Income Tax be abolished
and that we repudiate the United
Nations. To follow such leader
ship would destroy the financial
structure and security of this na
tion, not to mention the material
hopes and peaceful aspirations of
millions of Americans.
“My statement could well end
with these words from William
Penn, who wisely observed:.‘That
men must choose to be either gov
erned by God or they condemn
themselves to be ruled by ty
rants.’ ”
REMEMBERED HISTORY FASCINATES CHILDREN
Parents Will Be Asked about Glenn^s Flight
From The Chapel Hill Weekly
Now that the United States has
sent a man aloft to jockey for
Space with the sun and moon, we
have a suggestion to make—to
people who glowed as they watch
ed Colonel Glenn lift off at Cape
Canaveral; whose blood tingled
as they thought of a man being
high enough to see the entire
southeast of this country; in
whose hearts a little butterfly of
worry fluttered when the Friend
ship Seven began to yaw over the
Indian Ocean.
We suggest that you remember
as much of Tuesday’s space news
as possible; preferably even clip
the newspaper wrap-up stories
and keep them. Some day you will
want to tell about the day an
American first orbited the earth,
and while it is unlikely that your
contemporaries will care to listen
(they, too, probably spent Tues-
GO AWAY
Every now and then, go away
have a little relaxation for when
you come back to your work your
judgment will be surer, since to
remain constantly at work will
cause you to lose power of judg
ment. Go some distance away
because theii the work appears
smaller, arid more of it can be
taken in at a glance, and a lack
of harmony or proportion is more
readily seen.
—LEONARDO DA VINCI
dav scampering from television
set to radio trying to keep uo
with Colonel Glenn), your chil
dren will probably be fascinated.
There are few things that irri
tate a curious child more than an
adult who can’t remember. Being
able to give a detailed first o-
even second-hand account of a his
toric event gives a parent a dia
mond-like quality hard to attain
in any other way short of becom
ing a historical event himself. A
year or so ago we recall noticing
that a boy who had reached the
age of normal contempt for his
parents suddenly became enthral
led when his father described in
some detail the events of Decem
ber 7, 1941, and his own relation
to them.
Orbiting the earth will be com
monplace pretty soon. Your chil
dren may even plan to orbit the
earth themselves. But this will
never tarnish the shiny fascina
tion of the first time an Ameri
can did it—suppose your father
had seen the Wright brothers fly
at Kitty Hawk, wouldn’t he have
been something special? Natural
ly, many more people watched
the Glenn flight than were pres
ent at Kill Devil Hill on Decem
ber 17, 1903. But that makes no
difference to a child. If either one
or both of his parents can remem
ber that first, magnificent orbit,
it makes them special.
In a way, it is almost incum
bent on a parent to enable him
self to describe in detail the
events of February 20, 1962. To
a child who is just discovering
things, nobody but a parent can
make a description of history
quite so personal.
Grains of Sand
Not That Glen
Dingaling!
“Hi! Did you know they picked
up Glen?”
“What d’you mean? What’s he
done? Is he in jail?”
“In jail! What do YOU mean?
He’s gone around three times,
that’s what he’s done.”
“Oh,” (pause)—“I guess you ,
meant Glenn the astronaut, didn’t
you? I thought you meant Glen
Rounds. Was getting all set to
call up the vigilantes and spring
him.”
Pass the Dramamine
Read the other day that among
attractions to the forthcoming
World’s Fair Exposition to be
held in Seattle next year will be
a chance to eat in a restaurant
perched on top of a pole.
Nothing to do with St. Simeon
Stylites. Just so patrons can go
into orbit while eating their din
ner. The pole is 550 feet high and
the restaurant will revolve slowly
while you eat.
No. Nothing was said about
food out of squeeze-bottles. And
you eat sitting up—if you can
take it.
And hold it.
What Happens?
The National Science Foimda-
tion claims that women are bom
with just as much brain power as
men.
Male comment: “But then what
happens to it?”
Answer: “It gets worn out try
ing to cope with men.”
Inferior or Superior?
A Washington psychologist
states that if you feel inferior
you are probably superior. Ergo:
if you feel superior you are prob
ably really inferior.
In other words: you can’t win.
Or can you? At this point we feel
confused—and what does that
Signs of The Times
Notices were sent around last
week of a meeting of the N. C.
Forestry Association in Carthage:
Subject: “to promote sawmill and
logging safety and thereby earn
reductions in workmen’s compen
sation insurance rates.”
Sawmill owners, safety engin
eers and insurance men were
urged to attend “and all interest
ed in earning such rate reduc
tions.”
Well. We were under the im
pression that safety devices were
installed to keep employees from
getting hurt. These workers get
about the lowest wages in the
state; they are also frequently
laid off and they quite often get
badly injured. A sawmill logging
accident is almost always a bad
one.
Looks as if an employer was
under obligation to install safety
devices regardless of whether or
not he saves money by doing so,
doesn’t it? Still and all, as long
as he puts them in it’s likely the
hands don’t care why he does it.
And if that’s the only way to
persuade him to do it, more pow
er to the rate reducers.
Wayward Spring
Was there ever a lovelier
Spring day than Saturday? Birds
shouting, bulbs popping up, soft
breeze smelling of pines and new
mown grass and daphne and
sweet - breath - of-spring. Horses
cavorting, dogs running in wild
circles; everybody on tiptoes.
And then. . .!
Every year we jump with joy
when Spring first peeps over the
bushes; and every year, she takes
off, the hussy, leaving us in the
depths. Remember? Remember
what happened last year and the
year before and the year before
that?
But take heart.
Remember how she came back
.smiling, and stayed.
The PILOT
Published Every Thursday by
THE PILOT. Incorporated
Southern Pines, North Carolina
1941—JAMES BOYD—1944
The Public Speaking
Reader Disagrees About
Kilchin's Voting Record
To the Editor:
I have just rea-d your editorial
of February 22 concerning the
“real issues” of the Congressional
primary.
I cannot agree with you on
Kitchin’s voting record. I think
Paul Kitchin has one of the best
voting records in Congress.
Paul Kitchin votes for what he
thinks is best for all the people
and not what is best for the
Party. He is trying to keep the
Government from going broke.
Ihe Government is no different
from any other business. If you
keep borrowing money and not
paying it back, sooner or later
your credit is cut off. . . then you
are out of business. That is when
the Commies take over. That is
what the Liberals in our Govern
ment are doing. If we had many
more men like Paul Kitchin in
Congress, this would not happen.
You have a very good newspa
per and I enjoy reading it, except
your editorials On politics, and
we just don’t see eye to eye on
that.
J. W. FOLLEY
Aberdeen
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