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THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, July 19, IMO.
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THE VOTE IN
JOHNSTON COUNTY
Johnston county, by an over
whelming majority, voted to do
away with its A. B. C. liquor
stores. •
Johnston county has a perfect
right to do as it pleases in con
nection with this matter, but we
must confess that we can't ex
actly understand the attitude of
the voters as expressed in the
recent election, ' writes Carl
Goerch in The State Magazine.
Of course everyone will admit
that the results of the election
will in no way eliminate the
consumption of liquor. The peo
ple of Johnston i.re going to
drink just as they did before.
That being so, what has
Johnston county to gain, and
what has it to lose?
Let’s look into the matter just
a moment.
The A.B.C. stores have been
done away with. They were op*
erated under State and county
supervsiion. No liquor was sold
to minors or to inebriates. No
drinking was allowed on the
premises.
As we said a moment ago,
the people of Johnston are go
ing to keep right on drinking—
stores or no stores. With thej
removal of the stores, liquor will.
be obtained through other chan-!
nels. In some cases, people willj
drive to the adjoining countiesj
of Wake and Wilson and will buy,
their supplj'i there. In other]
cases—and here’s the really!
bad feature as we see it—a hun-1
dred or more bootleg places will
spring up in all section of the
county. Liquor will be sold to
anyone who I'nas th(3 price toj
pay for it and there will be nO|
restrictions whatsoever.
And so, summing it all up, we|
find that Johnston county has
lost: I
1. Orderly sale of liquor un
der proper supervision. {
2. Revenue with which to
help the county run its affairs, j
And Johnston county has ob-j
tained for itself. |
1. Sale of liq;!or without anyj
restrictions. I
2. A return of bootlegging on
a large scale. !
We repeat that Johnston coun-!
ty is entitled to follow whatever!
course it desires in this matter, |
but at the same time we can’t
help but wonder how the county
expects to improve conditions by|
the action it has taken concludes
Mr. Goerch.
INTERPRETING THE
MONROE DOCTRINi:
The acidly polite debate recent
ly carried on between the Unit
ed States and German govern
ments concerning the Monroe
Doctrine reveals that this tradi
tional Amorican policy is subject
to widely varying interpreta
tions. It is also evident that Hit
ler is giving the Doctrine an in
terpretation which was never
imagined by President Monroe.
The Monroe Doctrine did not
come into existence as a long
considered, carefully thoiyfht out
statement of U. S. policy. Rath
er, it was swiftly conceived to
meet a condition v.’hich, in 1823,
menaced the sovereignty of this
nation. At that time 'the three
great European states of Rus
sia, Prussia and Austria had
formed a “holly jilliance” to
crush a revolution in Spain, and
v.’ere casting covetous glances on
Spain’s many possessions in the
W'estem Hemisphere. In addi
tion, Russia, which then owned
Alaska, was attempting to domi
nate the Northwestern coast of
this continent in the interest of,
her merchant ships. So President
Monroe issued an official warn
ing in which he said that the
Americas “are henceforth not to
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We were on our way to the post-
bffice.
Suddenly, behind us, we heard the
Democratic national convention go
ing on in full force. We looked back.
There Norris Hodgkins, the bank
er, and E. L. Lorenson, the account
ant, were strolling along carrying a
portable radio between them.
Taxes now take 21 percent of the
national Income, whereas they took
just six percent in 1913, according to
latest Statistical study.
Three of the last five Presidents
have had alliterative names: Woodrow
Wilson, Herbert Hoover and Calvin
Coolidge. Making it four out of six
is the job of the Republican party.
Not since Grover Cleveland have
we had a President without double
letters in his name: William McKin
ley, Theodore ■Roosevelt, W'illiam Taft,
Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding,
Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover,
Franklin Roosevelt.
Now comes a candidate with dou
ble letters in both first and last
names: Wendell Willkie.
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be considered as subjects of fu
ture colonization by aiiy Euro
pean powers.” In other words,
the status quo was to be main
tained so far as Europe was con
cerned. Afterwards, the policy
which had been declared to meet
the emergency of the moment,
became a convenient instrument
for protecting American inter
ests m subsequent crises. We in-
\ oked it to drive the French from
Mexico after the Civil War, to
give the U. S. absolute instead
of di\ided control over the Pan
ama Canal, and to force England
to come to terms when a border
fight arose between Venezuela
and British Guiana.
Today it is obvious that the
Doctrine is to be used to provide
legal grounds for preventing the
Axis powers from seizing New
\\ orld possessions belonging to
the Democracies, Germany has
met this challenge by asserting
that the Doctrine must work
two w.'iys if others are expected
to observe it—that in brief, the
U. S. must stop interfering with
European affairs if Europe is to
keep out of the Americas. And
here is where the vast differ
ence of interpretation appears.
For the Doctrine, as we have
always understood and applied
it, deals only with physical
transfers of territory, not wtih
political activity. We have never
used it to deny a European pow
er the right to carry on political
or diplomatic \/ork in our sphere
of influence. Hitler seems to
want to interpret the Doctrine to
include "moral suasion” no less
than military force.
In addition, high German of
ficials have intimated that they
deem it proper to apply a Mon
roe Doctrine of their own to Cen
tral Europe They argue they
have as much_right to do this as
we have to apply the original
Doctrine througout the Ameri
cas. And again, there is a great
difference in interpretation. For
we have not used the Doctrine as
an excuse for imperial expansion
and geographical aggression.
We have not believed that it
gave us the right toenslave and
oppress other peoples. To the
contrary, we argue, we have used
it only to protect weaker na
tions from the possible oppres
sion of potential conquerors.
The President said on July 7th
that Europe and Asia should ap
ply the principles of the Monroe
Doctrine as a means of reach
ing agreement on the disposition
of possessions of the conquered
powers—that all should get to
gether and settle the attendant
problems, rather than allow them
to be decided by the victor. That
looks now like an academic opin
ion, which will find no favor
whatsoever among the swagger
ing Axis powers.
Germany ha.s said in re.sponse
to State Department warnings,
that inasmuch a.s she has shown
no desire to seize British and
French possessions in this hem
isphere we hav’e nothing to kick
about yet. But Washington au
thorities feel certain that Ger-j
many will make moves in our
direction in time, and then the
leal test of the Monroe Doctrine
will come. It cannot be effective
unless the 20 Latin American Re
publics back it up with us. We
are working feverishly south of
the Rio Grande now in an at
tempt to bolster our influences
there, and enlist both the con
tinents in the crusade to save
democracy in this hemisphere.
THE TOBACCO
REFERENDUM
Flue-cured tobacco growers of
the state vote tomorrow, Satur
day, on whether they want
three-year marketing quotas,
one-year quotas or no quotas at
all. They will also decide by their
ballots pretty much what price
they will receive for their 1940
tobacco.
If quotas are approved for a
three-year period, 1941 through
194.3, the federal government
has promised to protect prices
of the 1940 crop “at or slightly
above last year’s 14.9 cents per
pcund level.” The triple-A of
ficials also have announced that
if three-year quotas are voted,
the allotments in 1941 will be
the same a.s in 1940. Recent
amendments to the Crop Con
trol Law provide that no quota
can be reduced more than 10
per cent from the 1940 allotment
during the next three years.
If one-year quotas are voted,
the federal government will not
be able to protect, prices at the
14.9 cents level the 1939 crop
brought, and allotments for 1941
will be reduced ten per cent.j
Without any quotas, predictions!
pf the price the 1940 crop would |
bring range from 5 to 10 cents!
per pound. j
CORRESPONDENCE
Washington, national capital, has;
increased 36.3 percent in population
in ten year.s; now has 663,153. Wash-j
ington has more than doubled its pop- j
Illation since the days when Woodiow '
Wilson was serving his firt term as i
President. | :
"Bees grow where the honey is.” i
It cost C. B. Deane nearly twice as
much XOT to get elected to Congress |
as it cost W. O. Burgin TO get elect
ed.
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PILOT EXTR.\ EDITIOX.S
Editor, The Pilot:
On two occasions during the past
few weeks The Pilot has published;
extra editions giving its readers im-1
portant, though sad, news. As I can
not figure out how any financial gain
accrues to you in these extras, I am
curious to know why you issue them,
much as they are appreciated.
—SUBSCRIBER.
(Editor's Note—The Pilot publishes
an extra edition when it deems that
current news warr'^ntw it, solely as
p service to its rea ^ers. You are cor
rect that there Is no revenue from
these extra editions, but there is a
satisfaction in seizing our constit
uency. We are repaid by your ap
preciation.)
TR.VFFIC AC'CroEXTS SHOW
DEdiLlNE FIRST 6 MONTHS
Five thousand unmarried young
men between 19 and 26 years with two
years of college will have a chajice
this summer to cruise 30 days on a
Navy warship, expense free, and qual
ify for commissions as reserve En
signs.
Appjjications are being taken at
Naval District and Naval Reserve
headquarters and at Navy Recruiting
ftations. As part of the Navy e.xpan-
sion program, the Government will
pay travel expenses and stand the
cost of food, lodging, uniforms and
other equipment.
Candidates ■'viio successfully com
plete the 30-day cruise are eligible
for appointment as Naval Reserve
Midshipmen and enrollment in a 90-
day course on shore to qualify them
for appointment as Ensigns in the
Volunteer Reserve. .
The first cruise will begin about
July 16 on the USS Wyoming and
additional cruLses will begin periodi-
caly until January 15, 1941. Gunnery,
ravigation, engineering, communica
tions, and other technical skills will
be taught.
> During the three-months shore
course, candidates ■wijl receive the
sa|^e pay and allowances as Mid
shipmen of the regular Navy. This
course, however, may be postponed
in order not to interfere with college
courses or other civilian activities.
The nation's motor vehicle traffic
took a toll of 32,600 lives in 1939.
Traffic deaths in North Carolina
numbered only 363 the first six
months of this year, the lowest toll
in several years, the highway safety
division reported this week,
June deaths were only 61. a 20
per cent drop under the 77 of June,
1939.
The six months toll was nine pei-
cent below the 396 deaths in the
first six months of last year. The
worst record for the six months was
in 1935, when 480 were killed.
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