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Page Two THE PILOT. Southern Pines, North Carolina Friday, September 12, 1941. THE PILOT Published each Friday by THE PILOT, Incorporated, Southern Pines, N. C. JAMES BOYD, Publisher CAKL O. THOMPSON, JR., Editor CHARLES MACAULEY, AdvertisinR H«!en K. Butler, Virginia Cre«l, BesBie Cam«ron Smith. Charles Cullingford, Aflsociates. Subscription Rates: One Year $2.00 Blx Months $1.00 Three Months 50 Entered at the Postoffice at South ern Pines, N. C., as second class mall matter. THE SAME OLD ARMY The army is all around this territory these clays. It is the first real army this country has ever had outside of war times. In that sense it is something new to us. And it seems like a new army: the uniforms and equipment are new, the men are young', the officers are mostly young. But the Army is not young: the American Army has existed since the Revolution. And armies do not change much even in a hundred and seventy years; the British army is much like it always was, so is the Ger man, the Italian, the Russian. So this is a good time to re member w'hat kind of an army the American Army has always this country, at least, you can only get the highest efficiency in the services by a discipline that is based on a moderation and fairness that maintains a man’s self-respect and self-re liance. Not all officers, however well trained, measure up to this standard and among those com missioned for temporary .serv ice many others will prove unfit. Where such unfitness is proven we can, in this tfree country, and should, give it unsparing publicity. The power of com mand is a terrific one, and we will do well, to watch it closely. The troops around us are as yet an army that is being form ed. There will be mistakes and wrongs, there will be dismissals snd retirements. But in the end wo will see an army like our American Armies of the past; well trained, well disciplined, self-reliant, perpetually crab bing, and as good troops as any i nation could ask for. The oldj Army, whatever its shortcom-i ings and human failings, has this j tradition in its bones and if we! give it support, it will produce | an army like the great Ameri-i can Armies of the past. But it j must have our support. No na- i tional army can be better than; the nation it represents. France' has tragiitiilly proven that. If we refuse to back up the men who have been trained to lead us. if we refuse to accej)t the grave and strict necessities of GI^AINS cr SANE DELAYED SOMEWHERE BE- tween engraver and Pilot office was this picture of Governor Broughton expertly holding the winning mules at the Hemp Livestock Show. The team of championship mules is own- (d by G. H. Purvis, who farms near Hemp, and the champion single mule is that of Jasper Hussey. After pos ing, the Governor remarked; "I'm no mule deale»; but I'll try anything." He quickly turned the reins over to the owners. NO MI LE DEAIJ':k been, what are its distinctive characteristics. \Ve can be sure niilitary service as part of our that this army will not be much duty to our country, we will have an army like the French, cr like the regiment that Kip ling describes in his terrible It got beyond all orders and it got, beyond all 'ope, j It got to shammin' wounded and re-1 tirin’ from the halt, ’Ole companies was lookin’ for the nearest road to slope. It was just a bloomin’ knock-out: and our far.lt. different. The outstanding characteris tic of American soldiers has al ways been the combination of j poem “That Day.” initiative and discipline. Certain amateur military organizations of ours in the past have given a poor account of themselves, but whenever trained American of ficers have had command they have developed that combination of qualities !in their troops. They could do it because they had troops in which that com bination could be developed. As v\’e was 'iding under bedsteads more a result of this material and this j than ’arf a march away idea of leadership the trained we wa.s lyin’ up like rabbits over ail American soldier had a high j the country-side, reputation: as high as any in And our Colonel cursed hi.s Maker the world. Untrained Americans, j ’cause he lived to see that day when they have met trained, And our Major broke his sword troops, have often been defeated, i acrost and cried, sometimes disgracefully, but no I regiment of United States reg- was rotten ’fore we started, we iilars has ever been routed and | never disciplined, our citizen soldiers, whenever -we made it out a favor if an order properly trained and officered, | was obeyed have a record equally impres- oh, every little drummer 'ad his sive. I rights and wrongs to mind, Now the American Army’s sSo we 'ad to pay for teachin.’ And conception of this training has j we paid, been a little different from that j i i of any other army. The di.sci-] f^o troops can be better than SURPRISINGLY LARGE NUM- bers of Young Democrats from the ■ Eighth Congressional District pour- Ied (in some cases literally) into tlie j VVilrik Hotel in Sanford last Friday night for a pre-State-convention ral ly. Poor Alex Wilkins, in charge of the W51rik's dining room, was prepar ed for about 25 or 30 guests; instead, well over 100 showed up, with more than 25 from Moore County alone. Almost every YDCer present at one time or another went into huddles over political adjustments within the organization, either for the county or for the forth-coming State conven tion. PRETTY DEFINITELY DECIDED was presidency of the Moore County Young Democratic Club, which at this writing is slatvd definitely for Clif ton Blue, Aberdeen newspaper man, whose faithful adherence to YDC ac tivities is to be rewarded. The slate will be filled in from oth er towns in the County, with a young lady from Southern Pines protjebly getting the bid for vice-presidency. CARTHAGE’S JOHN LANG, whose job as State NYA Administrator keeps him from direct participation in political activities, was well in evi dence at the Sanford rally, with a large entourage of other NYA-ers from Raleigh office and from Eighth District counties- From at least one county, only Young Democrats in ev idence were employed by the NYA, WHATEVER THE OUTCOME OF elections at the State YDC Conven tion in Winston-Salem the Septem ber 19 week-end, there was definite assurance of' the “biggist and best convention ever” from W. S. "Bill” Davis, convention chairman. Highspot of the convention, sup posedly, is the now widely publicized party to be thrown by Dick Reynolds at Winston-Salem’s park. This is def initely on the convention program. ABERDEEN Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Windham, of Raleigh, were visitors in town Tues day. Mrs. W. D. Caviness went to Dur- liF.m Sunday to be with Mr. Caviness who is receiving treatment at Duke Hospital- Miss Margaret Miller Is spending this week with relatives in Greens boro. J. A, Harris returned to Raleigh Thursday after spending a few days .n town. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Thomas of Greensboro, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pleasants Tuesday. Mrs. Dan Farrell returned from Moore County Hospital last Sunday. Dr- and Mrs. G. B. Kirkman, of Preensboro were guests in the homo of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Pleasants last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Lockey and Forrest, Jr., returned Monday from a v.rek’s stay in New York City. Mrs, G. C. Seymour returned home Tuesday after spending the Summer months with her mother at Bethel. Miss Cora Worsley left last week for Elon College to begin her Sopho more year. The Woman’s Club held its regular .monthly meeting at the Comr"unity House on Weanesdnv aftt'norn -vith Mrs- Cummings. Mrs. Medlin anc^ Mrs. Kirk as hostess. An interesting program on Mexico was given by Mrs'. L. J. Dawkins, Le'slie Burdick, one >f the young soldiers in camp nere. delighted the club members and guests with several piano selections. The hostesses served punch and cook ies. 1 ACPRl'MnS I Miss Gaynelle Hogan and Elton Ho- J Al_/.iV&UrN 0-1 Ellerbe visited Mr. and Mrs. ■ H. C. Carter Sunday. Mrs. E. W. Bruton and daughter, i ^ ^ Henderson and daughter, Geraldine, are on a two-weeks vaca- ■ juanita, spent last week-end in Durham with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. tion with relatives in Daytona Beach, Fla, Mrs, L, B- Henson and children, and Miss Florence Henson returned from a visit with Mrs. E. E. Edge in Groveland, Fla., Mrs. Edge and Mrs. Sallie Henson returning with them. They were called home earlier than expected because of serious illness of' Uieir brother and uncle, J. F. Pat terson. Miss Kathleen Carpenter has re turned from a visit with relatives in Lumberton and Aberdeen, Lonnie Blue and children enjoyed a tiip through the mountains of we.st- crn North Carolina during last week end, Oscar Richardsim, Jr-, and William .spent Sunday in Charlotte with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mauney. Ralph Thomas of Camp Stewart. Oa., and Lacy Thomas of Charlotte, .^pent Sunday with their parents. Mr. and Mr.s. T. C. Thomas. Ralph is a first cook and has a third specialist rating in his work now. Albert Carter of Ft. Jackson, S. C., and Elmer Blue of Ft. Prreven, Ga-, spent the week-end with their parents. Mrs. W. E. Graham and children, Julia Moe and W, E. Jr., returned .Sunday from a two-week visit with her father, Mr, Autry in Autryviile, Mr. and Mrs. W H. Crawley visited .•Wr. E. W. Bruton last week-end. Miss Evelyn Holidny has returned to her school in Belmont, Purvis. Mrs. Ada Hendrellte is visiting her d.nughter, Mrs. A- B. Latta in Hills boro. Miss Waldo Stubbs returned Friday from a visit with her sister, Mrs. B. Cooke in Rowley, Mass. Glad You Bought A 5-E Relrigerator ^ A Month siiaAnaa $13.16 )| J.0J $4»,]3 0« your G-E »ou) «t today’* price*! This new big 7 cu. ft, with Perfected Conditioned Aic Mve* DO food, >ave» oa current. Mvcs you mooey tbromgb tb* ; gen£bai.9eisctric Gouger & Veno Electric Shop Plnehurst, N. C. CUT FLOWERS PLANTS FLOWERS FUNERAL WREATHS CHANDLER CxREENHOUSES CORSAGES SPRAYS telephone 8111 STRAK;F1T AMBULANCE SERVICE C^Hucml c oim’ Patterson’s Mutual Burial Ass’n. A. B- Patterson, Director Southern Pines By law.” cracked Lang, as he in- pline has been strict; our mili- tyipir discipline, no disciplineitroduced Natian Yeiton, secretary of tary leaders—and this country, |-,e better than the officers. |the state School Commission, "all i North and South, has produced , ,Vapoleon meant this when he ^ can do is to tell a joke and introduce some of the greatest in historyU.,y ()iat an army of sheep led,someone else to do the talking,” —know that victory in war, like jjy a lion could beat an army of 1 And that's about all Lang had to safety at sea, depends in the lions led by a sheep. To develop say, publicly. But before and after first inf^tance on obedience to officers and non-coms for our dinner conferences found him often in orders. Obedience will not in-; enormously expanded army is a sure victory, but without it dis- formidable taslf. The art of " aster is certain. And though is a hiphly specialized one and American troops are not consid- never more so than today. In the ered ea.«!y to handle, they have four-e of this great undertaking had, whenever well commanded. i;ia(ieouaev and incompetence a high reputation for discipline, -.re bound to be present for a is apparently slated for an NY'A job. Tn fact the American soldier, (jme. They should be taken both | In evidence at the Sanford rally Mc- w’hile considering it his privi- by soldiers and civilians as part'Donald’s supporters conferred fre- loge and even his duty to object of the price we m.ust pay for re-jquently with Administrator Lang., vociferously to di.scipline, has al- fusal to set up an adequa.te! when the nya chief departed for ways shown a marked preference j training program in times of Raleigh, c. McDonald and friend.s for organisations ?(vhose disci- peace. For real abuses there!.seemed happier. the handle. SOUTHERN PINES’ CARLTON McDonald, who is no longer with the State Unemployment Compensation incompetence Commission, since the reorganization, pline was highest and a fierce pride in belonging to them. But discipline alone is not enough. If it were it could be ob tained by harshness. The prob lem is to instill di.scipline and keep initiative. Here the tradi tional policy of the Army has been: strict and prompt penalties but not severe ones. A hundred years ago the American Army abandoned flogging when il was common in other armies. In the last war, the American Army was the drily one that never ex ecuted a man. Not only are our soldiers and sailors the best paid, clothed, and fed in the world but they are the best protected from abuse. In consequence we have the only navy that has never had a mutiny and an army where the worst thing that can be said of an officer is that “he does not take care of his men.” All this is due, not to moral superiority but to the fact that both army and navy have always been governed by men highly trained and drawn from every walk of life. They know the art of war and they know the Amer should be no tolerance, but, in | treneral. instead of luxuriating} although the eighth dis- in trivial complaints we should itrict clubs definitely endorsed Ralph thank our fortune that we have . Monger, Jr., of Sanford, president of lime to organize. The American Army is the same old American Army, and its history and the names on its battle flags are tes timony that the Army training around us today will tomorrow bo the same old American Army still. nya APPROVE.S LOCAL PRO.IBCT The State office of the National Youth Administration announced the approval of a $2,320.80 project to em ploy 10 youths as hospital attendants in Moore County. Field Marshall Peter Stuart I^Iey, one of Napoleon’s greatest leaders, ac- cor<lijng to an ancient tombstone is buried near Cleveland, N. C. Although land in farms was great er than ever before, the 1940 Census reported a 3-1 percent decline in the number of farms since 1930. The new total is 6,096,789, compared with 6,812,350 in 1935 and 6,288,648 In ican people. They know that in 1930. Lee YDC, for secretary of the State organization, there was no little grumbling about Monger’s back tracking on his original candidiicy for presidency. Apparently scared out by a Hux hex. Monger traded off a chance at the presidency for a sure-shot at the secretaryship—and there were some who were predicting that the trade might backfire, especially since the “unopposed” slate is no longer stand ing up so well. This backfire is not likely, however, but there were plenty of Monger supporters whose ardor had cooled. WHEN THE RALLYING YDC-ers endorsed Leonidas Hux of Halifax for the State presidency, Billy Clegg of Carthage rose to question whether this endorsement was binding ugon the county clubs. Cousin Newton Clegg, likewise of Carthage, ruled Cousin Billy's question out of order; but the crowd had caught the drift of some opposition to committing county clubs to a definite lineup be hind the Hux slate. Its first;call TRADE-MAR>^^ In this work'a>day world, the pause that refreshes with ice- cold Coca-Cola is a welcome moment on the sunny side of things in anybody’s busy day. It takes but a minute to enjoy re- . freshment right out of the bottle. 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