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THE PILOT. Southern Pines. North Carolina
Friday, VHavqfy 10, 1944.
THE PILOT
PUBLISHED EACH FRIDAY B
pilot, INCORPORAlEO
NORTH Carolina
A Tribute
SOUTHERN PINES,
JAMES BOYD
PUBLISHER
DAN S. RAY - - - SENEBA'- MANAGER
BESSIE CAMERON SMITH - - - EDITOR
CHARLES MACAULEY - - CITY EDITOR
EDITH POATE HASSELL - SOCIETY EDITOR
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
HELEN K. BUTLER WALLACE IRWIN
By Sgt. Carl G. Thompson, Jr.
Former Editor The Pilot
Editorial Tributes
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TRUE TO FORM
Figures contained in a letter
on the front page from Eug^e C.
Stevens of Southern Pmes,
Moore County chairman ot the
Fourth War Loan drive, show
that the County made a record
in the campaign that is out
standing. , , .
That’s Moore County s way ot
doing things. Always Moore can
be counted on to see any worth
while undertaking to a success
ful conclusion. Part of the cred
it is due the leaders, part is due
the rank and file of the people,
who have a will to do the right.
We are now in the thick ot
another campaign, one in which
the County is asked to give $dy,-
000 to the American Red Cross,
one of the most humanitarian
projects in the world. ThO War
Bond drive was an investment in
dollars and cents; the present
one is an investment in human
lives. . , 1 1.4.
The fact that we have bought
war bonds is no reason why we
should not buy the chance-to-live
for,boys who are fighting for
those things we hold dear. These
boys fought during the War
Bond Drive, they’re fighting in
this one.
This quota will not be easy to
reach, but the leaders who have
undertaken to conduct the drive
have faith that the people will
run true to form.
VICTORY OVER
DEATH
The following are a few of the
medical advances that occurred
in 1943: Penicillin became widely
known and used; new types of
anesthesia were introduced; mos-
. quito control measures were
perfected to combat malaria;
new uses were found for the sul
fonamide drugs; intensive treat
ment centers were established
for syphilis; new facts about vit
amin B were discovered; treat
ment ■ of infected wounds and
shock was advanced.
' Each of. these developments
was a victory over death. The
medical profession is entitled to
banner headlines from one end
of the country to the other her
alding these life-saving accom
plishments.
"HEALTH" TIPS
Life and Health recently dis
cussed one of the most difficult
“health” problems in the coun
try—how to keep • from being
burned alive in your own home.
It asked readers: “Will your
home catch fire tomorrow? ‘Cer
tainly not!’ you will say.
“But tomorrow a thousand to
tally unexpected fires will break
out in American homes, destroy
ing property valued at about a
quarter of a million dollars and
killing more then ten people,
mostly women and children. This
happens day after day, year af
ter year, with the regularity of
clockwork. Why should not your
home be one of the next thous
and to burn?
“Very likely, there is no good
reason. The average American
home is all set for a fire,, and
only a favorable combination of
circumstances is required to start
one.
“But, by taking intelligent
care, you can make your home
an exceptionally safe one, be
cause, though some home fires
are due to causes beyond the con
trol of the occupants, the great
majority are the direct result of
careless or ignorant home man
agement.
“Here are some of the princi
pal steps that should be taken in
order to safeguard the lives of
your family and your property
from fire: Put hot ashes in metal,
not wooden containers, be sure
electrical equipment is in good
condition, keep available suit
able fire extinguishing equip
ment, get proper instruction on
using fire extinguishers, keep
Amid a crowd of young airmen
who sdon will be facing death in
enemy skies, I stood in the 850th
Bombardment Squadron’s mail room
and opened a telegram whose words
sickened me with a shock of disbe
lief and grief: “Jim died in Prince
ton this morning.”
Even in these times of daily world
wide sorrow, war and sudden death,
the unexpected loss through death
of someone close to you and to your
community leaves you dazed and
hurt and empty.
It’s difficult for me to write of
Jim. He was often kind enough to
criticize, in his own humorous and
constructive fashion, some of the
pieces I wrote, and I wish he could
help me. with this. Often we discus
sed between ourselves, in THE PI
LOT offices, how inadequate were
lines written in memory and honor
of softieone dead. We were always
agreed that such lines were usually
superfluous and inclined to be super
ficial, but, also, usually necessary.
And these lines for Jim are neces
sary to me, to help fill that horrible
empty feeling.
It would be difficult for me to
try to estimate the life of Jim Boyd.
It would, knowing Jim, be much
more difficult to eulogize him lav
ishly. He has done much, nationally,
to contribute to American life, and,
locally, to build the Sandhills com
munity. Quarter of a century ago, he
served in France in our first defense
of democracy. Although he wasn’t
able to serve in this war, his two
sons demonstrated the spirit of their
father by joining up. And even so,
Jim was not idle. He contributed
money, time and effort (and the lat
ter two when he was sick and in
pain) for the war effort. His radio
series, “The Free Company”, a few
years ago was a definite contribution
to the spiritual, racial and politi
cal unity of this country, something
soon to be greatly needed in the cri
sis which came in 1941. His writings
of early America and his more
current essays and poems are gen
uine parts of American literature.
But to me, and I believe to Jim
himself, his most important role and
certainly his most enjoyed role was
as a citizen of Southern Pines and
of humankind. In his homey fashion,
he wandered the streets and sandy
byways to chat with and come to
know his fellows. Unpretentious and
understanding, he would join a dis
cussion of compatriots on any sub
ject, contributing humor and keen
’insight, calling occasionally upon
lis parachuting red bandana, tucked
n his breast pocket, to help him
jpse the curse of sinus which fol-
owed him and kept him in illness
or years.
Jim knew history and current af-
airs and trends, but most of all, he
ust plain knew people and liked
people, and people liked him. His
leing depended upon being a part
)f his community. That, first of all,
neant the Sandhills, but it also
neant his state and nation, and most
f all, the community of mankind.
4nd any such man is a loss of hu-
nanity.
I don’t like to think about South
ern Pines and the Sandhills without
Jim Boyd. But I guess that’s where
hhve an advantage over you folks
vho are still there and will more
quickly and more vividly notice the
gap which Jim’s death leaves. For
me, at this time and distance, that
gap doesn’t exist. For in my thoughts
of “back home”, Jim will still be
there, because Jim was home folks.
JAMES BOYD
We lament the passing of our
neighbor and fellow - publisher,
James Boyd.
He was a- man of letters who had
JAMES BOYD
North Carolina, and themation suf
fered a deep loss in the sudden death
of James Boyd. Mr. Boyd, who had
spent most of his life in the state.
accomplished much. He was one of
the nation’s leading novelists and
was one of Moore County’s most out
standing citizens.
About a couple of years ago he
purchased our esteemed contempor
ary, The Pilot. Under his guidance
the. paper was judged one of the
leading weeklies in the state at the
press meeting held in January.
Despite his attainments, Jim Boyd
did not lose the common touch. His
life and works was an asset and his
country is the loser in his sudden
death.
—The Sandhill Citizen.
was
far more than an author—
though his “Drums”, “Marching
On,” “Long Hunt”, “Roll River”,
‘Bitter Creek” were surely the de
light of every schoolboy and stand
ard as historical novels.
No, the great contribution of
James Boyd was in his intellectual
leadership. A veteran of the first
world war, he saw very clearly the
needs of the world, and in close col
laboration with his great and good
friend, Struthers Burt, he fought a
fight for liberalization and human
ity.
One of his first loves was the un
iversity at Chapel Hill; he held it to
be a really great university, and his
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JAMES BOYD
James Boyd, who died last week in interest in it never flagged.
Princeton at the age of 55, won fame
as a writer of historical novels, but
before he became known to the
great public he was known to the
people at Southern Pines as a public-
spirited citizen and as a warm-heart
ed neighbor. He came to North Car
olina from Philadelphia in his boy
hood, and the extent to which he
identified himself with his new home
is suggested by a sentence in his ar
ticle, “The South and the Fight,” in
the February Atlantic: “Many who
are accustomed to the South’s amen
ities find transportation to another
social climate almost an ordeal.”
He was a frequent visitor in
Chapel Hill, and he sent his son to
the University here. He made his
ast visit here a few weeks ago at „„
the midwinter meeting of the North' America.
Carolina Press Association, and his
lively humor and his engaging
manners are fresh and sweet in the
memory of his friends here.
—The Chapel Hill Weekly.
He had, as his novels indicate, an
abiding curiosity for American his
tory, and his legions of readers will
reflect, now that he is gone, that he
was not impressed with the grandeur
of passing time; he saw very clearly
hat mankind in every era is essen-
ially the same. He devoted his life
work to an intelligent study of man-
rind in the American of the past,
nd he gave his full energies to the
letterment of men in his own time.
—The Charlotte News.
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Nationally, the late James Boyd
was famed as the author of histor-
cal novels like “Drums” and
“Marching On,” which did much to
rekindle an interest in the pioneers
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Southern Pines, N. C.
JAMES BOYD
It is natural enough to think of
James Boyd, who died recently at
Princeton, as first of all a sensi
tive and .articulate interpreter of
the South. His roots were in the
South, where his Scotch-Irish ances
tors settled long ago; he was, in
the most precise sense of the term,
a Southern gentleman. But he was
a great deal more than that. He was
profoundly stirred, over many years,
by those peculiar aspects of our na
tional character and those moving
incidents in our history, which make
the United States in so many re
spects unique—and, James Boyd felt,
admirable. He thought of himself as
a democrat, and last year defined
what he meant in a paragraph which
has been translated into many lan
guages and sent to many lands:
The belief that leads to de
mocracy is this: that every man
has something sacred about him.
This sacredness is held to be in
herent and perpetual; no ruler,
no government is justified in
violating it. It is the first princi
pal of man’s life and nothing
takes precedence over it.
In his own town. Southern Pines,
N. C., where he was publisher of
‘The Pilot,” he was a powerful force,
lis scholarship was sound. His nov
els earned wide
But his contribution to Moore
county, his beloved home for many
years, was much more personal. His
constructive helpfulness in all mat
ters, his quiet, friendly and demo
cratic manner, without the shadow
of pretense, endeared him to his
neighbors and fellow citizens in the
Sandhills. To them he was simply
Jim Boyd, a good, all-around fellow.
And The Moore County News is
grieved at the passing of this excep
tional contemporary. Mr. Boyd was
publisher of the Southern Pines Pi
lot, and never in our long newspaper
experience have we known a more
co-operative or more accommodating
fellow-publisher.
Moore county has lost a distin
guished citizen and the country a
steadfast and brilliant patriot. A
lieutenant on active duty in the first
world war, Mr. Boyd had gladly re
sponded to every call on his services
in this conflict, and was at Princeton
University preparing to lecture on
Americanism before a group of Brit
ish officers when he was fatally
sricken. —Moore County News.
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John and Gilbert McCaskill will continue to operate
the Royal P- Muse business on the same basis.
Feed—Seed—Country Produce
Bought and Exchanged
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respect. Mr. Boyd
was a man of independent means,
noreover, his health had been bad
ver since the first world war. Neith-
r of these facts seemed in any way
9 deter him from his whole-hearted
participation in life or to diminish
lis extraordinary zest in examining
he nature and the background
NEW SHOE STAMP SOON
Another ration stamp, will be made
good for one pair of shoes beginnig
BUY WAR BONDS
Dr. J. I. Neal
VETERINARIAN
Southern Pines. N. C.
Saturday, March 11
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'OVERLAND MAIL ROBBERY'
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Sunday. March 12
Frank Albertson and Lorna Grey in
'O. MY DARLING CLEMENTINE"
Monday and Tuesday- March 13- 14
Pat O'Brien and Ruth Warrick in
"THE IRON MAJOR"
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Wednesday. March 15
'VV'ar Documentary
'BATTLE OF RUSSIA"
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our clearest voices, and one of our
bravest.
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1. the Raleigh District Office of
Price Administration has announced.
The previous coupon. Airplane
Stamp I in War Ration Book Three,
will overlap the new stamp and will
continue to be good indefinitely.
However, stamp 18 in Book One will
be terminated on April 30.
No announcement was made as
to which new stamp will be used, but
rationing officials said that OPA will
designate the valid coupon shortly
before May 1. Assurance that there
will be a new stamp on that date is
being given in advance so that the
public and the shoe trade can plan
accordingly.
YOUR LOVBD ONE
RETURN TO YOU AT
WAR’S END BECAUSE
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TO SAVE HIM FROM DYING
THAT’S REASON ENOUGH
FOR GIVING TO |THE 1944
WAR FUND.
matches out of reach of small
children, never let combustible
rubbish accumulate in \the
home.”
These are “health” tips that no
one can afford to neglect.
SCOTTIE’
Dance in this Completely Renovated Tavern to the Music of
and His 8-Piace Orchestra
This Orchestra, the only one playing nightly in the Sandhills, has recently had engagements in
New York and is here for a month on the way to Florida.
NEW POLICY: Couples, only will be admitted to the Ballroom