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Friday, January 9, 1942. THE PILOT, Southern Pines, North Carolina Page S*’.*] “Eternal Vigilance” W(TH SQUARED SHOULDERS, set chin and clear mind and heart, Americans are marching- forward tog-ether into the new year of 1942. We are not happy about the present. Peace is more to be desired. Rut we are at War, and we are confident of the future. Grimly and wholeheartedly we have set our strength and our resources and our hope toward one gfreat g’oal of VICTORY. There is none in our country, no matter what his status, who cannot con tribute to this total effoit. If no more, each of us must strive to do his own. present job better than ever before. W'e cannot all be at the front lines. Behind these, thei e is work to be done. The life of our nation must forge ahead and be prepared for that which will come—VICTORY. In wartime, as in peace, the press of our nation, from weekly news journ als, such as THE PILOT, to the grreat meti-opolitan dailies, is an institution devotee! largrely to public information and public improvement. Indeed, the free press is one of our major freedoms which we are fig-htin^ to maintain. It exists only in VICTORY. In wartime, the press has a pecu liar duty. It becomes, more than ev«r, the focusingr point of public opinion. It pro vides an encyclopedia of public informa tion. It lays the foundation of public mo- I'ale. It lends itself to propaganda, not of single or vested interests, but propaganda for and of the people and their movements. This is not less true of The Pilot, for its being a weekly paper, than of our more esteemed and larger dailies. In fact, it may be more essential that such a paper as The Pilot lend itself to the people. Often our larger papers are too concerned with national and international affairs to fo cus proper attention upon small commun ities. In these, no matter how small, are miniatures of the world’s problems. In considering how best The Pilot can contribute in full measure to our lo cal efforts during this period, certain dif ficulties were confronted. These are not, by any means, peculiar to The Pilot or the newspaper field in general. But what af fects any other business, affects the news paper. There are such things as short ages—of paper, for instance. Further, there are such things as loss of national advertising contracts. No more automo biles. That hurts automobile dealers— and the newspaper. No more tires. That hurts tire dealers — and the newspaper. Fewer refrigerators, stoves, radios and other consumer commodities—this hurts the dealers—and the newspaper. Adver tising from national manufacturers did constitute an important source of revenue for The Pilot. This has been greatly de creased. The Pilot’s revenue is now being constantly expended for essential ex penses of publishing a paper and main taining a first class printing establish ment. Any excess was to be, and was be ing, turned back for further improvement of The Pilot and our printing facilities. ‘. .■ These are facts. We place these facts before our readers in full frankness. We do not yet know their full impoit. They I may mean that occasionally The Pilot will t issue only four pages weekly instead of its usual eight or more. This will be only one manifestation. But they will not mean a lessening in effort on our pait continu ously to improve upon our year-in, year- out, season-in, season-out effort to give the best paper and the best printing pos sible. Whatever the portent of these factors, we of The Pilot will endeavoi- to contribute our best to national defense through our own local efforts in Moore County, and to our eventual VICTORY by doing oui* job better than ever before. Throughout the yeai-, from its beginning to its end, as in the past, The Pilct will be a factor, lending—giving—itself to rorn- munity efforts. To this we pletJg^'- THE TASK OF THE FREE PRESS IS NEVER FULFILLED SO LONG AS FREE MEN MUST FIGHT FOR LIP3RTY. “Eternal Vigilance Is tHe Price of L-iiberty” THE PILOT, Inc. i»..r Print ers -> Puil>lisl\ei*s PHONE 7271 W. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SOUTHERN PINES, N. C. I i -
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