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THE PILOT
Published Each Friday By
THE PILOT, INCORPORATED
Southern Pines, North Carolina
THE PILOT, Southern Pines. North Carolina
■'i'riday, July 28, 1944
1941
JAMES BOYD
Publisher
1944
MRS. JAMES BOYD PUBLISHER
hching and the praying, is being
done.
From San Francisco, Mrs.
Fred Smith, the former greatly
loved Libby Rudel of Pinehurst
and Southern Pines, writes as
follows:
‘Two days a week I spend as a
Grey Lady in a hospital which
gets overseas cases' flown in
from the Pacific. Courage and
cheerfulness are common com
modities there, in the face of
dan S. bay - - - General Manager
BESSIE CAMERON SMITH - - - Editor
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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS horror cross my face, especially
HELEN K. BUTLER WALLACE IRWIN bumed cases, but as I got
Irgt. carl g. THOMPSON, JR. ' mofe control it was easier. If
•SGT. JAMES E. PATE they Can bear it, I can certainly
hook
the moment carry us away The Unit
ed States will live long after this el-
'ection and, no matter who is elected,
the destiny of our great country
Vill be such that all of us will be
il^roud and happy to be living in it.
Therefore let me hope that such
fen editorial policy as exemplified
last week was only a flash in the
^6an (of many of us) and that such is
'not to be a permanent policy of our
local paper.
Sincerely yours,
EUGENE C. STEVENS
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
ONE YEAR
BIX MONTHS . - - -
THREE MONTHS
at it. Wonderful people,
»3.«» Americans; some of them away
from home for three years, but: . -
" they haven’t forgotten anything Roosevelt, vice president milace.
To The Pilot:
To one life-long disciple of Wood-
row Wilson the editorial “Straws
in an Evil Wind” is an unhappy key
note lor a war-time campaign.
Obviously it could not have been
written or censored by President
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HKlLtfi MUXHIXIO ■ . I LAlCJf AAClV^,,Xi U J c
Entered at the Postoffice at Southern Pmea, boW it USCd tO be. My One aS
N C., as second class mail matter. set for the WOPk is that I’ve lived
» T TTV" t)T in almost every part of the coun-
THE EQUALITY PLANK except the north-west. When
The so-called “equality plank” in ^bey want to talk about home—
the Democratic platform, while ^bich is most of the time—the
it will cause dissention in the Lbances are fair that I’ve been
ranks of the party, will be wel-Ubere and can enthuse about it
corned by all intelligent men. Uqo.
Southern liberals have long “There is a magnificent direct-
maintained that the place to st^t about the ones just back
the work for amelioration of the ^ doesn’t get lost later
racial problems of this country born, I suppose, from living
was in the economic and educa- death, and the probability
tional field. If equal opportum- death for so long. Instead of
ties for education and economic Gg feeling protective toward
advancement are open to aUj them, they feel a responsibility
those capable of taking advan- Lq protect the home front, at
tage of them will do so and even- jg^g^ their own personal home
tually there will result a higher front, from the rough brutality
level of attainment, and the Lf they have lived through,
steady solid advance for which Ug g^e put it: ‘It doesn’t make
all peoples must hope. you any more of a hero to your
It has been said by many Sou- wife to write her that you al-
therners and Northerners, as most got it yesterday.’ ‘What
well, that education is the ruina- they don’t know thy are better
tion of the colored race. The re- off not knowing.’ Stout-hearted,
mark is usually made by the most but I wish I could see one pair
uneducated and unintelligent of eyes still with young hope and
members of our white society, expectancy shining there. I don’t
and apart from its palpable ab- know whether it is pain, or dope
surdity, is manifestly untrue, —or seeing too much—their
The “smart alecks” whose heads voices and faces are young, often
have been turned by a little gay, but their eyes are dull and
knowledge attained too quickly, old.”
who have been conspicuous and When we say the words Red
loud-talking, to the distress of Cross”, that is the real picture
their wiser brothers and to the we should see: the other end of
detriment of the cause they the line, those stout-hearted ones
plead, are in the great minority, who, despite the pain and hor-
By and large the colored race is ror which have taken the hope
just like any other race: made from their young eyes, are still
up of every sort of person, but fighting, still protecting the home
mostly, on the whole, of good- front, the things they love and
hearted, honest, quiet people. believe in. They have fought for
A statement made not long them, and lying there, they are
ago by one of our local police-1 still fighting.
men presents a very fair guage]
of the worth of education and
opportunity to a colored com
munity. He said: “The people
who give us the most help in
keeping order in West Southern
Pines are the men and women
of education and economic stand
ing. We can always count on
them to help and to cooperate
with us in everything we ask.
When we lost Professor Brown,
principal of the school, we lost
a citizen of outstanding ability
who was always working for the
betterment of the community.”
Southerners who deplore the
“equality plank” in the Demo
cratic platform would do well to
think twice. They will find, ar
rayed against them, not only the
most intelligent and far-sighted
in the educational field, but also
the men who have the knowledge
which comes from practical deal
ings with all classes of men, in
all types of conditions and situ
ations.
candidate Truman, “Jack” Garner
or James Farley.
If the “tycoons of Big Business”
who “control the wealth of the coun
try”, pay such a heavy share of the
taxes, buy so large proportion of the
300 billion war debt—or whatever
the final figures may be—and, when
they die, turn over such substantial
estate taxes, are unwise enough to
spend campaign funds in Texas, why
not rejoice that they are going to
waste it?
Are there not enough rich men
down there who are not “tycoons”,
for sooth, because they are not Re
publicans, to hold Texas in line?
One who won twice with tWilson,
not in bets but in deep satisfaction,
W. F. SHELDON
THE
Public Speaking
(Note: Mrs. James Boyd wish^
it known that she was the writer
of the editorial to which the
following letters refer.—Ed.)
'Dear Editor:
Knowing you, as I do, to be a
’pleasant, quiet, fair-minded, gentle
woman who has always appeared to
be very much interested in the up
building of Southern Pines and the
Sandhills, I am certainly shocked
tha1> you would print such a vicious
editorial as was displayed in The
'Pilot last week.
I will not go into the dubious ma
terial, alleged facts and shameful) To the Editor:
inferences of this editorial, as bad as
they are, but I would like to ask
fevhether The Pilot has changed its
4)olicy of upbuilding the Sandhills country who feel that while the pres
"RED CROSS" -
If we are unimaginative that
title calls to mind visions of la
dies dolled up in veils, bending
over tables, hands busily fold
ing bandages, sewing on khaki
kits, knitting sweaters and socks.
Or the same ladies surprisingly
attired in natty uniforms, strut
ting about the streets, running
fcars, talking about “cases” and
** drives^.
If we are imaginative we see
a different picture, in fact two
different pictures. We see wo
men whose busy hands and busy
tongues, whose veils and uni
forms, are the masks behind
which lie the emotions they must
keep in check: the hearts aching
with anxiety or sorrow, the surg
ing, overpowering wish to do
something, anything, to help.
The other picture is of the
other end of the line; the receiv
ing end. Elsewhere we print
ion a cooperative basis of all of us
Concerned, for the uplift and friend-
To THE PILOT
When a paper, which has always
bonsistently remained aloof from
ipartisan politics prints an editorial
which starts off with the assumption
that there is no room for any dif
ference of opinion regarding the po
litical aspect of our country, its
readers certainly sustain a surprise
to put it mildly. How anyone who
'pretends to know anything at all
about our present political condi
tion can calmly state his opinion that
there is no room for honest differ
ence of opinion is just not under-
'standable.
I am not a Republican but surely
in all fairness we must admit that,
•measured by the standard of integ
rity and citizenship, both Hoover
and Taft stand immeasurably above
the Kellys, the Hagues, the Flynns
et al who did so much for the so-call
ed Democratic Convention recently
hqld in Chicago. We grant that the
last named gentlemen are past mas
ters at putting over a slick political
Ideal, but I think it is generally con-
Iceded that an excess of greedy, sel
ffish politicians and a deartli of un
iself ish statesmen the world over is
j largely, if not altogether, responsi-
fble for the unholy mess we are
I now in.
1 If the ability to play a sharp po
litical game is to be the yard-stick
for the selection of our Leaders, I
can only say, with apologies to the
immortal Gray,
“Ill fares the land, to hastening
ills a prey
Where BOSSES grow, and MEN
, decay”.
We can get all the politics we need
from the BIG CITY DAILIES. Can t
Ve have our nice home paper free
from at least the partisan brand?
An interested Reader
doubtless read and bcause she has
lately been made the heroine of
several novels, though you may
not have been aware of it, as au
thors usually use fictitious names
as did a friend of mine who wrote
a story about a dog. The scene was
laid in the Arctic Circle, but just
why, I can’t imagine. It always
makes me shiver to read of the
Arctic Circle. Still, they say the
Aurora Borealis is beautiful there.
Too bad, with nobody to see it but
esquimos. But then, in the langu
age of Robert Browning (or was it
Edgar Guest?):
“Full many a gem of purest rays
serene
The dark unfathomed caves of
ocean bear.
Full many a flower is born to
blush unseen
And waste its sweetness on the
desert air.”
How true that is, and how well
I know it. Isn’t it strange how we
can always find quotations that ap
ply to us, especially if we are
young and attractive? I have a
friend who went to Camden, and
inside of three months she mar
ried a millionaire. I was so glad be
cause I don’t know of anyone who
needs a helpmeet more than a
widower with a glass eye and a
hairlip, especially if he can only
. see out of one of them.
You may have heard of him. He
was the man who got rich in the
stock market before Roosevelt
spoiled it all. I used to know him
but had forgotten all about him.
Isn’t it strange how the wheel of
fortune turns round and round un
til a corner of it hits somebody
you know? That must have been
20 years ago. My John Archibald
is 25, and it was before that. He’s
in the army now, but goodness
knows where. His letters are post
marked Alcatraz but of course his
whereabouts is a military secret to
keep spies off the track. He says
there is a grate view from his win
dow. Strange how long it takes
boys to learn to spell correctly.
He says he expects to be sent over
soon.
Well, I have gone into details so
that you will know just what infor
mation I desire. Hoping to hear
from you by return mail, I am
Cordially yours,
(Name withheld to prevent suit).
P. S. Southern Pines isn’t a
health resort, is it? I don’t mind
glass eyes and harelips, but I like
to be among healthy folks, espec
ially men.
P. P. S.’ Are women permitted
about the Golf Club?
The first time I read this it seem
ed as clear as the average inquiry
and exceptionally well expressed, so
I sat right down at my typewriter
to drum out a reply. But I immed
iately found it necessary to read it
again. This time it seemed rather
involved. The third time I would
have torn my hair if I had any. I
have read it eleven times since, and
now I can’t eat or sleep with my us
ual relish.
Congratulations on the editorial
of last week. The views which it
expressed are those of many in the
ent administration has made many
'mistakes it is still the one we must
At the risk of exposing crash ig
norance, I confess that I can’t make
out what Mrs. Didbank, and the dog,
and the Arctic Circle, and the Au
rora Borealis and glass eyes and
harelips have to do with it. Nor can
I determine whether the writer
wants a description of Southern
Pines or the men in it.
Can any reader more erudite than
I elucidate and thus save me from
the rigors of a padded cell? Jf so, I
have other inquiries I would like to
have deciphered.
'-'-'LaGCX liCVAj J-KJX U1J.V, SAiAv* .» llXiOI/tiiVX-Lj iV
ly betterment of Southern Pines as i look to to handle the issues of the
a nice place in which to live, or coming peace. The isolationist rec-
whether you have, like so many hrd of the Republican party and
Big City papers, gone into Politics their turning against their interna-
in a Big Way? tionally-minded leader, Willkie,
If you have done so, I think it is
a great mistake and a great disser
vice to the cotnmunity,—no matter
what political party you love so
furiously. Southern Pines has al-
•ways been a neighborly, friendly
Sort of town and when anything
good has been done here it has been
feccomplished by the cooperation of
Vnost of its citizens. Now, of all times,
'we need unity: our similarities, not
bur differences, should be stressed.
I dare say most of us here already
know for whom we shall vote in the
'fall and no good purpose will come
bf acrid debate or dispute, pro or
feon, in the matter of fall elections.
Indeed a great harm will be the only
legacy of such, differences between
citizens will only be widened and
'feelings on both sides will be hurt.
show them to be unfitted for lead
ing the country in the coming peace.
CHARLES S. PATCH
LIKES SERVICEMEN NEWS
“I would miss the ‘Pilot’ more
*than any other paper that comes in
to the house. I especially like to read
of those in uniform that I have
known”.
(Extract from letter from Mrs. J.
Elmer Boynton, Laconia, N. H.)
nig eiiu. jiiiacwiicLc wc ™ - —
the words of a doctor at the front ^Let us not do or say anything from
who prayed desperately for ban
dages to save the lives of the boys
in his care and whose prayers
were answered. Below we give
a quotation from the letter of a
Grey Lady who working in a
large general hospital, which is
a receiving center for overseas
wounded , tells of the patiffnts
’who are at the other end of the
Red Cross line, the ones for
whom all the bandaging, the sew-
either side that will cause our hu
'man temperatures to boil over and
fcause any explosions—it is much
too hot for that now.
Our families are worried enough
febout their sons and daughters, our
businessmen and women are under
an extraordinary pressure hereto
fore unknown and even our loafers
are apt to be crabby; hence let us
all, including The Pilot, try to be
temperate, cool and even-tempered
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NOTE: Last week I stated that the
U. S. C. & G- azimuth mark is in the
sidewalk of New Hampshire Avenue.
This was a lapsus plume, or rather
typewriter. It is in the Connecticut
Avenue sidewalk. Another error ap
peared ih the same column. The lat
itude and longitude of Southern
Pines as shown on the buried govern
ment mark are North 35 degrees, 10
'minutes, 26.352 seconds and W 79
degrees, 23 minutes and 25.352 sec
onds, which made it appear that I
couldn’t answer my own question
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Southern Pines, N. C.
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