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THE PILOT, Southern Pines, North Carolina
Friday, May 31, 1946.
THE PILOT
PUBLISHED EACH FRIDAY BY
THE PILOT, INCORPORATED
SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA
1941
JAMES BOYD
Publisher
1944
KATHARINE BOYD' .... EDITOR
DAN S. RAY .... General Manager
CHARLES MACAULEY - - - CITY EDITOI^
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MEMORIAL DAY
How sleep the brave, who sink
X to rest
By all thfeir country’s wishes
blest!
Memorial Day is the time, in
America, when we remember and
honour those who gave their lives
in war.
Our country has had its share
of war; it has had its share of
heroic dead. We honour them all
today, for their courage, for their
sacrifice. “Greater love hath no
man than this, that a man lay
down his life for his friends”.
All our great wars have been
tought in the cause of freedom,
but in the last two, the two World
Wars, inextricably woven Into
the fight for freedom was the
fight against war itself. War was
finally recognised, by the men
who were fighting it, as the evil
that it is, and in their fight for
freedom they were consciously
engaged in a fight to end all war.
We, the survivors of those wars,
the heirs of that great sacrifice,
now find ourselves only a year
after that last war engulfed in
black despair, with talk of anoth
er war on every lip. There is
little use in trying to analyse how
this came about, instead we must
concentrate our every effort in a
determination to resist this trend
of despair. We, the living, must
cease drifting toward the rocks of
destruction and wake up to face
our duty, the duty laid upon us by
our heroic dead when they fell,
to find a way to freedom and
justice and the end of war.
“With God’s help we now ded
icate ourselves:
To the preservation of our dear
ly bought and cherished freedoms,
for which such sacrifices of blood
have been made.
To the seeking and support of
all plans for the cooperation of
nations now estranged, and of all
efforts for the establishment of
a world order of justice and peace.
To such self discipline of our
minds through thought and study;
to such preparation of our hearts
through confession and prayer,
that we may take our part in re
alizing a world of justice and en
during peace.”
LErs GET TOGETHER
The to-do over the sale of the
Southern Pines Country Club is
unfortunate. It indicates some
thing unhealthy in the relation
ship between the town people
and their elected officers. It re
flects a lack of confidence that
cuts both ways: lack of confi
dence of the people in the town
officials and lack of confidence
of the officials in the people.
THE PILOT believes that when
the details of the sale are known
part of the lack of confidence
will prove to have been without
basis. It seems, on its face, rather
unreasonable. The men who were
elected to office had the confi
dence of the voters or they would
not have been chosen: they have
done nothing since to forfeit that
confidence. Elected on the basis
of character and proved business
experience, there is no reason to
doubt their qualifications to
handle such a matter as this, with
all necessary safe-guards, or to
think that the best interests of
the town have not been upper
most in their minds. The fact that
a real estate man and an engin
eer have had charge of the nego
tiations, as members of the Coun
try Club committee of the town
board, shows that it was in the
hands of those most qualified to
handle it.
Second thoughts will probably
convince most of the critics that
there is nothing to worry about.
On the other hand, the fact that
so much criticism arose indicates
that from a public relations
standpoint the incident was badly
handled and reflects a lack of
contact between the to'wn board
and the towi^people.
Any policy of secrecy by offi
cials is bad. It leads inevitably
to suspicion and the feeling that
a small gang is running things
with a high hand. This is only
mildly true of our town, where
all on the board are close friends
of most of the people, but there
exists a certain amount of feeling
that things are not talked over
enough, that no advance notice
of anything is given, ever, if it
can be avoided by the board. A
small case in point is the Aber
deen highway change. It came as
a complete surprise and many
have been heard to say that if
they had known of it, they would
have worked hard to try to have
the fine dogwoods along the right
of way moved back and saved.
But nobody was told; when the
roadmen appeared, it was too
late.
There is, quite properly, resent
ment when things are sprung on
the to^n. In the case of the Coun
try Club sale, rumors began long
ago. They finally reached the
press and were then partially and
reluctantly confirmed. As the sale
advanced, the town board con
sulted the Chamber of Commerce,
as representative of town opinion,
and received their O. K., but the
actual terms of the sale were then
apparently changed. The result
ant criticism might have been
foreseen.
To conduct such an affair with
four or five hundred people sit
ting in on the negotiations is, of
course, absurd: no business man
would dream of doing business in
that way, with all his stock
holders invited in to help him put
across a sale. Nevertheless this
case is. rather special. A town
election and a great deal of poli
ticking round was indulged in,
in order to buy the Club. The
people would have felt a good
deal better about the whole thing
if they had been allowed some
share in the decision to sell it.
It is hard to see where such a
natural proceeding would have
jeopardised the sale. When there
is no possibility of keeping some
thing secret it is only the part of
good sense to bring it into the
open in the best possible light,
and at the earliest possible mo
ment.
It was voted at the last Town
Meeting that regular town board
meetings be held open to the
public. But as things have gone,
the time of meetings is often
changed and no notice of them is
ever published. The impression
is strong that the public is not
wanted. And it is a fair guess
that that is the exact feeling of
most of the board. The reason is
understandable: it is much easier
to work quietly than in a blare
of publicity; by having unpubli
cized meetings the board avoids
all the cranks, chronic kickers,
crackpots with crazy schemes
who would otherwise take up
their precious time. But this pres
ent policy has also serious dis
advantages: valuable citizen help
in getting needed things done is
lost, and a strong suspicion is
created that there are things go
ing on that need airing, a short
step to the conviction that things,
of Which the people would not
approve, are being concealed.
That is a step taken by very few
here, but there is no doubt that
a great many people would wel
come more participation in the
affairs of the town, more consul
tation between the town board
and the townspeople.
It might well be that a New
England type of town meeting
held regularly, perhaps four
times a year, would be a very
good thing to start in Southern
Pines.
Brief Gimpse Of
What Our County
Welfare Dept. Does
By Mrs. Walter B« Cole
Supt. of Public Welfare
When WPA and CCC were op
erating in North Carolina it was
necessary for the County Welfare
Department to interview each
applicant for work in those agen
cies and to refer them to the
agency if they were found eli
gible for that type of aid.
When these programs closed
with the beginning of heavy war
preparations these investigations
were replaced by another type
for selective service boards. Many
prospective draftees who crlaimed
exemption because of dependents
were referred to the Welfare De
partment for thorough investiga
tion of their situations.
This work necessitated person
al contacts to establish the valid-
ity of the draftee’s claim that he
supported some member of his
family. The Welfare Department
never made a recommendation as
to whether the youth should be
drafted or not, but reported the
facts as found to the selective ser
vice board which then made its
own decision as to deferment.
NIAGARA
L. D. Williams of Greensboro
and Curtis Williams of Charles
ton, S. C., were in Niagara last
weekend.
J. H. Smith of Raleigh visited
at the home of Mt. and Mrs. B. C.
Morgan this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Cameron
of Winston-Salem /were callers
here one day the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Burney Garner
and family visited relatives near
Robbins Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Maness of Rob
bins called on Mr. and Mrs. El-
wood Parker Sunday.
One might think this proce
dure simple and not very time-
consuming, but with county wel
fare staffs all over North Caro
lina insufficient to care for the
normal amount of work, these in
vestigations put an additional
load on most county units. And
there were other jobs—
, Take for instance the case of a
wife of a service man who came
to a county to meet her husband
and was unable to make contact
with him. Many of these women
had no acquaintances, could find
no place to stay, their money
about to run out. Something had
to be done to help them get
straightened out ... so they were
routed to the Welfare Office.
There were many instances in
Moore County where home dislo
cations were caused by fathers
working elsewhere and having
very little time to see their fam
ilies. Naturally this caused some
unrest in the home and either
the father or his family wanted
to make some arrangement
whereby they could be together
longer or more often. Here again,
the welfare caseworker was often
called on for advice and help in
working out their plans.
Naturally all boys and girls
are going to get into mischief at
one time or another. Sometimes
this leads to more serious conse
quences and is called juvenile
delinquency. These cases can be
handled best by remaining in
their myn homes under supervi'
sion of members of their family
or by being put under the super
vision of some one else in the
county. tFof extreme cases of de
linquency, the state has made in
stitutional provision whereby de
linquents can be re-trained into
useful law-abiding citizens.
The County Welfare Officer is
the chief probation officer for the
juvenile court in Moore County
and working with these cases of
ten calls for much careful thought
and time if the child is to be
steered back into the proper paths
of daily life. She works coopera
tively with John Willcox, Juve
nile Court Judge, who is greatly
interested in the social welfare
of each and every child, and who
readily gives a child a second
chance under the supervision of
the Welfare Officer. Juvenile de
linquency has decreased in Moore
County in the last two years.
Even during the war years, when
delinquency was increasing in
America, it was not on an in
crease in North Carolina as a
whole.
courses before December 31, 1946.
No experience is required for
this examination. The maximum
age limit of 35 years will be waiv
ed for persons entitled to veteran
preference.
The closing date for acceptance
of applications is June 6, 1946.
Application Card Form 5000-AB
must be received in the Commis
sion’s Washington office on or
before that date.
Interested persons should ask
for further information and get
Card Form 5000-AB from the
Fourth U. S. Civil Service Re
gional Office. Winston-Salem 3,
North Carolina, or the U. S. Civil
Service Commission, Washing
ton 25, D. C.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
BY COMMISSIONER.
Notice is hereby given that by
virtue of the Interlocutory Order
of Foreclosure made and entered
by the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Moore County, North
Carolina, on the 6th. day of May
1946 in the matter of TOWN OF
SOUTHERN PINES, Plaintiff, vs
LETA McBRIDE, ADMINIS-
TRIX OF THE' ESTATE OF
FLORENCE WHEELER, DE
CEASED, DEFENDANT, same
being recorded in Land Tax
Sales Judgment Docket No. 10, at
page 138, and being Judgment No.
3012, in the office of the Clerk of
the Superior Court of Moore
County, th(e undersigned Comr
missioner, will, on,
MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1946, at
12 o’clock NOON
at the Court House door in Car
thage, Moore County, North Car
olina, sell at public outcry to the
highest bidder for cash, the fol
lowing described lands:
LOT No. 23 and alley between
Lots 22 and 23 in Block H&l, as
shown oni a map entitled “A
MAP of the Town of Southern
Pines, N. C., said map is duly re
corded in the Moore County Reg
istry.
Dated this 8th. day of May 1946.
J. VANCE ROWE, Commissioner.
May 17,24,31,J7
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATOR
Having qualified this day as
Administrator of the Estate of
Clara A. Wilson, deceased, this
is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate to pre
sent them to the undersigned
Administrator within twelve
months from this date, otherwise
this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons in
debted to the said estate will
please make immediate payment.
Dated this 6th day of May,
1946.
WILLIAM H. WILSON,
Administrator of the Estate of
Clara A. Wilson, deceased.
MIO, 17, 24, 31, J. 1, 14.
John C
Parrish
Plumbing & Heating
Tel. 8621
We Wish there was some magic
way to make all our wishes come
true. If there were such a way the
success and happiness of each of you
graduates would be fully assured.
We join with your many other
friends in extending hearty congrat
ulations on your graduation.
Aberdeen, N. C.
J. AUBREY SMITH
Jeweler
Watch Repairing
T«L 8531 Aberdeen. N. C.
To The Voters of Moore County:
1 would like to use this means of
Mrs. Hayes Shop
We Were Glad To Come
We Are Sorry To Leave
AS OUR MANY YEARS IN SOUTHERN
thanking all my friends for the
splendid vote cast in my favor Satur
day for the office of County Com
missioner, District No. 2.
Sincerely,
W. H. (Bill) Jackson, Jr.
Civil Service Exams
Announced For Forester
Range Conservationist
PRAISES TEEN-ACTRS
Miss Flora McDonald, in charge
of sending the collections of can
ned food to UNRRA, said that
while most communities in the
Sandhills are responding gener
ously in the present Emergency
Food Drive, no group has equal
led the excellent work done by
the Southern Pines Teen-Agers.
This Club was the organization
which helped the American Vet
erans Committee Food Drive.
Examinations will soon be held
for probational appointments to
Forester and Range Conserva
tionist positions in the Depart
ment of Agriculture and the De
partment of Interior. These posi
tions pay $2,320 a year and are lo
cated throughout the country,
chiefly in the Western part, of the
United States. Most of the vaca-
cencies are in the Department of
Agriculture.
In addition to qualifying in
the written test, persons applying
for the Forester and Range Con
servationist examinations must
show the completion of specified
courses of study in the approjri-
ate subjects. Applications will be
accepted, however, from senior
students who will complete these
To The Voters of Moore County.
The vote you gave me Saturday
makes me feel very humhle, and
Very proud of the friends who made
it possible for me to be re-nominated |
if
for the office of Register of Deeds. |
I again pledge my best efforts for |
I
our Party, and to serve the people to |
the best of my ability and judgment.
Sincerely yours.
PINES HAVE GAINED US A HOST OF
FRIENDS TO WHOM WE MUST NOW BID
FAREWELL.
WITH ALL APPRECIATION OF YOUR
PATRONAGE AND FRIENDSHIP.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Eddy
Vcmbiltnenk
■i
and very best wishes for your success
in the days which lie ahead. -
GEORGE G. HERR
AND
EVERY GOOD
WISH
FOR YOUR
SUCCESS IN THE
FUTURE
Bessie McCaskill
GRADS‘’F 46
HARDWARE & ELECTRIC CO.