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THE PILOT. Soul)i«ra PinM. North Carolina Friday, September 11, 1942. THE PILOT Published each Friday by THE PILOT, Incorporalcd Southern Pinct, N. C. JAMES BOYD, Publishw CARL G. THOMPSON, JR.. Editor CHARLES MACAULEY AdTertUing Uan S. Ray. Mary Thompson, Hel«n K. Butler, Bessie CameroB Smith, Cbajrlat Cullingford. Associate Stop Beating That Drum Subscription Rates: One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 Three Months .50 Entered at the Postoffice at South ern Pines, N. C., as second class mail matter. THE PILOT welcomes contribu tions to its news columns, but re serves the right to distinguish be tween news and advertising. Final deadline for news items and adTer- tising is noon Thursday of each week. Cards of thanks are public notices and. as such, will be charged ior at regular advertising rates. Ex pressions of opinion are also wel come, but each communication must be signed, although the writer's name will be withheld upon request. Letters should be kept to 300 words or be subject to editing. No anony mous contributions will be consider ed. To give personal items, other i news, or for further information, tel- I •phone 7271, Rt/53IAN .AfD Yoting Bailey Decides that the Sandhills Have It All Over Highly Rated California Drawn especially for THE PILOT by Thomas Preston €F SAND The lady came into The PILOT ■ stock THE PRESIDENT GETS TOUGH Since the President’s speech Monday night, several people have offered the opinion that the “President certainly got tough with Congress.” They were unquestionably referring to the fact that the President declared in no uncer tain terms that inflation was go ing to be checked, using all means, including control of farm prices and wages. If Congress wouldn’t do it, he declared, he himself would. The President wasn’t getting tough with Congress. He was get ting tough with himself. And it’s about time. office. We showed here the calling ! cards in which she was interested. Then she chatted a little. "What is the significance of THE PILOT,” she asked. We explained that it was the name of our newspaper and printing shop. ■'I just wondered,” she said, pleas- Every feminine name from Anita to Zilla; masculine from Abner to Walter; with every diminutive there of; geographical names from Maine to Florida and California; cities, tovfns and creeks, and such fanciful ones as Ack Ack, Anita, Amoeba, Bounder, Bones Bus, Chief, Chant, ! Corporal Herrmann Grover, who’s been stationed at Herbert Smart Air- CRITICISM OF WAR ACTION Just because this is time of war doesnt mean that the citizens of the United States should give up their privilege and right of crit icism of government. It does mean, however, that they should exercise this right in the most useful and the most productive fashion. It does mean, we think, that criticism should be aimed at results, not at individuals. The average citizen cannot antly. ‘‘It's not a very common' Dixie, Hick, Hell on Wheels, Misery name.” Chase, Tat and Zip—all these and “No,” we said, going ahead with have been noted on the jeeps writing her name, so that we could trucks along Broad street dur- make out her visiting cards. “And ‘*^6 *he past few days. your name . . . ?” I — “Mrs. Gordon Winston t . , paused a moment. ^ I “Is that all?” ' ^ Macon, Ga., has now been "No. the last name is Pilot! Mrs. '^a., Gordon Winston Pilot,” ^ Station I Complement of the Wellston Air De- It was the first time we'd ever, run into that name. too. Captain and : « . ^ . Mrs. Pilot have just come here. Cap- ■ ® Atkmson (from the tain Pilot being assigned to Knoll- | °“Sht to be in the English wood Field. It was a peculiar sensa- Army) has been transferred from his tion to say,’ as she left the office of Louisiana to a new camp THE PILOT, “Goodby, Mrs. Pilot,. Tennessee. come again to see THE PILOT.” . 'rur DTT /->-r • .,100 u ' ^dith Matthews, now working at h t th ^ f ° ’ Knollwood Field, tells that the new Pllo. Army Auxiliary Corp., ! commonly called the “WAACS” has Mrs. J. H. Walton who, with her 1 confusion in certain husband. Major W’alton, U. S. A. re- i circles. She says that someone tired, returned to the Sandhills last' quartermaster outfit the week from Hawaii, where they have ^ hved for the past four years, said,"""^ around some WAACS.” possibly comprehend the maze of l that war has wrought considerable ' caller was informed that there Letter from Southern Pines Boy Describes Ironically Conditions in Far West inter-related difficulties which -confront a War Administration. John Citizen might and often change in beautiful Hawaii, Parks weren t any WAACS avail- now harbor air raid shelters. Public buildings are expertly camouflaged does, propose what seems to be with dirt and turf. Everything is a perfectly simple formula for I war activity. The Waltons returned solving some of our problems iin a convoy, through peaceful seas. But the chances are he doesn’t | the trip taking only seven days, com have the national perspective to see all the flaws and imperfec tions in his little scheme. How ever, he does see and know the end results to be accomplished. We believe that the public voice should be raised, loudly and clearly, in demanding re sults—results to win this war in the quickest and best way. Va gue smearing of the President pared with five days in normal times. There were very few of his origi nal friends left for Capt. W'. B. Wil liams to greet when he was in South ern Pines last week. Capt. and Mis. Williams, with their daughter, Ma.’-- garet. were visiting the Rev, and Mrs. W. E. Cox, and Captain Wil liams enjoyed looking over the town through which he used to go over and anv of his co-workers will j 50 years ago as a conductor on the not do this job. The thing to de-1 old Seaboard railway, mand is action with results, I.et 1 Capt. Williams chatted with Frank those who are in command today I Buchan about his father, whom he determine the best way of achieving the results but let us, who are paying for the action, demand that they be achieved. William Knudsen could not or ganize production in a war econ omy. Donald Nelson can do the job, if he will. If the public clam ors loudly and strongly enough, perhaps he will do the job. If he does not, then let us clamor until someone is placed in that job who not only can but will. Similarly, with price control and averting inflation. We be lieve that no one in this country is better qualified, either by learning, expeiience or person al unselfishness, to do this job than is Leon Henderson, Thus far, he has been hampered by lack of action from Congress, by refusal, on occasion, of the Pres ident to back him up, and by neglect, on the part of the citi zenry in whole or in part, to sup port him. Let us clamor that Henderson be given control of the reins which will direct our civilian economy during war. And with War strategy. If we clamor loudly enough, we will soon find ourselves operating un der a command which will not be chary of inter - department jealousies—be they Army, Navy or the Airminded. But we will have a command to win the war. And that is what we want. The public screamed bloody murder when Congress recently voted itself a pension scheme which was no worse, in fact, not as good, as many pension plans for public servants. The voice of knew down at Manly, and remem bered when he brought ’Dolph Bug gies to the little station here and helped to get his baggage off the train. This was when Mr .Ruggles came here to settle. Capt. Williams has been retired for some time, now, but reminisces with a remarkable memory about the old days of the Seaboard. At a time long ago when the world was, a happier place, Stephen Vincent Benet wrote; “I have fallen in love with American names The sharp names that never get fat The snakeskin - titles of mining- claims. The plumed war-bonnet of Medicine Hat, Tucson and Deadwood and Lost MuV Flat.” If you think we have lost our happy facility for using names, keep vour eyes on our Army’s rolling able, that they were still in train ing at Des Moines. “No. no,” said the voice, “we don’t want WAACS. We want wax—floor wax.” Frankie Buchan, son of the post master, came back from Raleigh last week a mighty disappointed young man. He was all prepared to enter the U. S. Navy and figured there was nothing to keep him out. But he was turned down because of some thing he never suspected he had and still doesn’t realize any effect from it—a perforated ear drum which, he learned, is bad if you have to sleep on the ground. Frankie had his mind set for sleeping on ships, in the Navy, but the Navy medics said “No.” However, he wasn't in as bad a shape as another young fellow who was turned away for the same reas on. This man was so set on getting in the Navy that he had sold all his possessions, including every shred of clothing except what he had on his back to get to the en listing office. He didn’t even have on a pair of socks! And he was turn ed down. the people finally killed this pen sion plan for Congress, even though it was probably a well- deserved, and cert^nly not a i SOLDIERS RENDER MUSIC To the Editor: In the last issue (August 28) of your weekly paper, which I sub scribe to, I read an article entitled “A Time to Speak” on page 2, col umn 1, which I thought was a mas terful explanation of our present condition. I have mailed it to one of my friends and would like to have a copy for myself. Am herewith, en closing ten cents to cover cost ot same. —NORWOOD JOHNSTON. Pittsburgh, Pa. greatly extravagant, plan. Yet this same public which yelled so loudly over this comparatively insignificant action, sits calmly back in armchairs and lets Coii- gress quibble over the tax bill, over inflation measures, over other important war measures. Let Our voices be lifted now for action—and then let each loy al American support action which will bring results . FOR BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE Sgt. Samuel Scales of New Jersey and Corporal Harold Stover of Phil adelphia, Pa., both stationed at Fort Bragg, were guests of the Baptist Training Union last Sunday evening and rendered special music in songs and gave talks to the young people. Following the regular meeting, the soldiers led the members in group singing of hymns. Douglas Keith Bailey, 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Bailey of Southern Pines, has been in relig ious work in California for about a year, after graduating from Southern Pines High School a few years ago. The following letter from young Bailey was received by THE PILOT this week and should be of interest to the folks in the Sandhills; To The Pilot; Being as I am by birth a Tar-heel I should very much like to tell you a bit about a very beautiful land . . , a rather queer land where I now re side , . , namely, California, and more particularly southern Califor nia, I will admit that this will be very annoying to the Chamber of Commerce(!), though the beauty of North Carolina, or shall I say South ern Pines, is such a very different beauty than the deserts and mount- tains of southern California. I came here with the same spirit I believe that most come here with. Yes, I really saw a cowboy (the emphasis there is on the “a”) but I wasn’t thrilled much. Their horses, or to be consistent, his horse was of a more modern type . , . chrome and with those scarce shoes; by the way they haven’t rationed “hay” out here as yet. Shortly after my disappoint ment of Buffalo Bill’s ancestors, I began to look for the stars. I should have known that they were all in the sky. Nowhere could I find Hedy; nowhere could I find Myrna; even Garbo was in Brooklyn. Los Angeles—City Limits Don't beiieve them when they tell you that San Francisco is the most lively, most fantastic city on the West Coast. The unvarnished truth is that Los Angeles holds that spot. Why? The majority of the people that ever come to this fair state ar rive first in Los Angeles, To allow the agent to route you otherwise would be an aberration unforgivable. I am told that this great city is over forty square miles in size. It takes in every cow pasture and neg lected filling-station. An American sailor tells me that on a recent stop in Shanghai he was attracted by a small sign on the outskirts of the city which he thought read “Los ! Angeles”—sure ’nuf, it was the words; but upon a more careful ex amination he made out the words “City Limits” beneath. I have been out here long enough to be able to subsist for over a week on a pure fruit diet. There is an end less variety to choose from. There is a great number of fruits here on the markets that I had never heard of till arriving. But I will say that the east has the west beat by far when farming is concerned. Eastern farm ing is much easier. One of my first mistakes after arriving here was try ing to apply to the soil my knowl edge of farming that I had gathered in the east. Every thing must be ir rigated, and water here in Santa Bar bara isn’t very cheap. Difference in Grass Grass is plentiful, both the culti vated and irritable. Grass lawns are pretty but there is something that one recalls with interest on being able to see the spring here and there. One misses that certain ressurection of nature from beneath the white, that is that part of nature includ ing the beautiful eastern grass; it appears much greener. Here it is the same old story year after year and one really has to love California to stay here—at least as long as there are places on the map such as South ern Pines and elsewhere. The desert and sage and whatnot is the.spine of interest in beauty in California. Truly there is nothing quite so de lectable and awe inspiring. As most know, southern Califor nia is busy with defense work. And over every such section of place v.’here >vork of national importance is progressing, one sees, with me moirs of London running through his mind, a great many balloons hoisted in advantageous spots near-by the plants and places of activity. Freak Religions To cover the field of religion I can say unsectarianly (if there is such a word) that I never expect to see a better breeding ground for so many freakish religions. The town where I stay has a Buddah temple. Beside the conventional popular re ligions, we have the numerous sects which seem to have a large follow ing. Recently appearing in the local! news sheet was an item to the effect that if Rev. So-and-So didn’t receive ■ $500 soon he would walk out on his ^ JUTTING STEEL BEAM STRIKES VASS BRIDGE Three Poles Snapped By Impact from Freighl The upper railroad bridge in Vass- was badly wrecked last Wednesday night when a piece of steel on a flat car became dislodged and extended far enough to strike the bridge framework. Three large supporting poles were knocked down, two of them snapped like reeds, although they were around 12 inches in diameter. One of the wide steel braces was badly bent, and the north side of tbe bridge sagged considerably. The crew of the passing train did not know of the damage wrought un til they reached Hamlet, but the night policeman and others heard the wreck and barricaded the bridge. A railroad crew wa‘3 on the job early Thursday morning, but it will probably be the last of this week before the bridge will be open to any traffic except pedestrian. own following. While there are jivers out here as well as elsewhere, there is a better hope for the survival of the endear ing classics. The recent western pro duction of “Fantasia” well illustrates the extreme that the Monskies and Torstinkies have gone in gracious ef fort to bring the public around to the fact that classic music is just a bit better than any “One Dozen Roses” or any “Shoot the Girdle to me, Myrtle.” “I could rave on with more, per haps I should have said less. Any way if you have read this far it is your own fault, and more than that if you aren’t wise enough to stay in Southern Pines then that also is your own undoing. Really, come out here for a while, at least; see for yourself i^ Clark Gable’s mustache is real, see if there really is a “Hollywood,” see if there is a lemon tree in each back yard ... I haven't. Yours for a better America, —DOUGLAS KEITH BAILEY. 1617 Castillo Street. Santa Barbara, California. 'Dr. J. I. Neal VETERINARIAN Southern Pines. N. C. / Public Speaking .,.You can spot it every time I IKE “winning a letter”, keeping out in front of the others takes an extra something. Coca-Cola has it, —in taste ... in quality ... in refreshment. The finished art that comes from 57 years of practice goes into the making of Coca'Cola. A special blend ■ of flavor-essences merges all the ingredients of Coca'Cola into a unique, original taste of its own. £ver>'body recognizes this clean, exciting quality taste in Coca'Cola. There are many ways to quench your thirst, but only Coca'Cola refreshes like Coca'Cola. Contentment comes when you connect with a Coke. It’s natural for popular name* to acquire friendly abbreviations. That’s why you hear Coca.Cola called Coke. Coca.Cola and Coke mean the same thing . . . the real thing... “a single thing coming from a single source, and well known to the community’*. I With war, there’s less Coca.Cola. So CocitCola, first choice, sells out first— sometimes may not be In the red cooler. Worth waiting for...those times when The ‘Coke’s’ in” The best is always the better buy! BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY COCA-COLA BOTTLING C0« ABERDEEN. N. C.
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