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Page Two THE PILOT. Southern Pines, North Cirolina Friday, August 30. 1946 THE PILOT PUBLISHED EACH FRIDAY BY THE PILOT. INCORPORATED SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA JAMES BOYD 1941 « 1.1- u PulsUsher KATHARINE BOYD' .... EDITOR DAN s. RAY .... General Manager THOMAS G. JOHNSTON. Ass'T EDITOR BERT PREMO ... ADVERTISING CHARLES MACAULEY - - - CITY EDITOB •SlSGT. DANIEL S. RAY. Ill SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE Y'EAR - $3.00 SIX MONTHS SI.SO THREE MONTHS . - .75 . t; 7 ENTERED AT THE POSTOFFICE AT SOU- THERN Pines. N. C., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER. atories of Duchenwald, in the ruins of Rotterdam. The real pro- lem of German is the problem of the German character- This Low cartoon is a sign that we are forgetting that essential fact. If that is indeed the case, our peace cannot last long. SIGNS OF THE TIMES On the front page of the New York Times Magazine, recently, there appeared a drawing by the famous English cartoonist. Low. It shows a young man spread- eagled on the ground, pinned down by barbed wire and heavy stakes. Behind are the ruins of a bombed town and near by four men are huddled together. They are well-dressed in black suits, and a glance shows them to be the four statesmen, Byrnes, Mol otov, Bevin and Bidault. The young man, of course, is Ger many. Underneath, the caption reads: “If we don’t let him work, who’s going to keep him?” It is strange to look at this Low cartoon and to think back to those he was drawing during the war, only a short while ago. He was drawing pictures of Germans then, too. They were in uniform: great hulking brutes, their dull heavy faces stupid to the point of bestiality, or, if they were offic ers, arrogant and cruel- This new German pictured shackled to the ground is entirely different- His expression is strained, tormented: there is a yearning about him that is touching; his big hands, stretched out helplessly, are sen sitive as well as strong. , In stracking contrast to the figure of the shackled German, are the four statesmen- Backs turned to his appeal, they stand in a huddle, gesticulating wildly. Their expressions are grasping and yet bewildered, their eyes mean, their figures gross. They are arguing about the fate of and getting Ihelpless Qermiany, nowhere. True as the message of the car toon may be, the implication in the artist’s change of attitude is disturbing. Low is one of the greatest cartoonists, probably the greatest, of our times. Aside from a cartonist’s talent, his genius lies in his ability to hit the nail on the head: to understand the inner meaning of a situation, or a public figure,- and to feel, in stinctively, the public’s reaction to it. “How true that is!” is the instant response to a really fine cartoon. Perhaps the drawing question: of the shackeled Germany and the gesticulating statemen, is not up to Low’s standard. Per haps he has missed the nail, and this is not a correct interpretation of the present-day feeling about Germany and our leaders- But, on the other hand. Low may be right again. In which case, here is a sign that things are changing very fast, and in a way that must be giving the ghost of Mr. Hitler, for one, a delightful surprise. Or perhaps he is not surprised at all but merely happily rubbing his hands over the situation which he fully anticipated. For he sees the world bewildered before the problem of his country...just as always. With faith in its leaders becoming more and more shakey, the nations turn wondering eyes toward Germany; wondering what is to happen, looking at that strong young figure and see ing not the brutal Nazi but the simple peasant, and wondering if perhaps, next time, he might be an ally instead of a foe. It is true that the problem of Germany is at the heart of the problem of the world. It is only too true, also, that if the nations quarrel over that problem it will prove the spark to light another war. But it is terribly important that we do not allow ourselves to be fooled as to the nature of that problem. It lies not only in the coal of the Saar, or the industries of the Ruhr, or the fair market-garden of the Rhineland, or in Europe’s need for these things. It lies also and p.redominantly in the spjeeches of a madman and the roars of “Heil!” that greeted thena, in the cellers of Dachau and the crem- CONFUSION CONFOUNDED ^ Two curiously contradictory items appeared not long ago, on the same day, in a national daily. They both concerned the shoe business, but each painted a diametrically opposite picture. Comparison of the two illustrates, as well as anything could, the confusion which exigtg tPday in niuch of Ihe business world. One of the items was headed: “Shoe Producers Advocate Ban On Hide Exports”, and was a re port of the National Shoe Manu facturers’ Association. In a bulle tin isued to its members the Asso ciation made the statement that the export of hides must be stopp ed for at least three months, “un til supplies are restored to normal levels.” The other item was a short re port issued by the Bureau of Cen sus. It showed that shoe product ion for May had been just under the all-time high figure of 49,000, 000 pairs which had been reach ed in April. It was 12-6 percent higher than the figure for May, 1945. What are we to think of this strange discrepancy? Is it confu sion on the part of the shoe manu facturers or is it a deliberate attempt to mislead the public? Both factors, clearly, are present, but back of both is the grta fight for bigger and better profits- That this is true is shown by further quotation from the bulletin. The reports assert that there is danger that the Department of Commer ce may yield to pressure to foster growth of the export trade be cause “this policy would fit in with their own (the Depart ment’s) program of fostering fore ign trade and can be justified on the grounds of releiving short ages and alleviating hardships thoughout the world.” In this report the shoe manu facturers have set themselves up as experts in their field, offering counsel as such to their fellow- members. It behoves us, then, to judge them solely in that capa city, on their merits as business men, with “business is business” our criterion of judgement. 'And if we do so. We are brought to the rather surprising conclus ion that our businessmen are not only shady, to put it mildly, but are not good businesmen- For, making no mention whatsoever of the fact that their business has just completed a month which registered an all-time high in production, they plead for res triction of foreign trade on the grounds of scarcity. Furthermore, unwilling as they are to tell the truth about their industry and its profits, they are apparently also unable to understand the signif- cance of the present business out look to realize that only through foreign trade will their profits continue. World recovery is essential to continued prosperity in America. One world is One World, now; we cannot get away from it. Huge profits in one country at the ex- penze of any profits in another means the ruin of both- Eventu ally the barefoot child in Vienna means a barefot child in Char lotte- The “relieving of shortages and alleviating of hardships throughout the world”, at which these businessmen sneer, is act ually the soundest business in Which they could engage. Such pronouncements as this bulletin of the shoe manufactur ers, as well as similar reports of the National Association of Man ufacturers, indicate a state of mind that is still back in the pre-war era. Numerous and in fluential as they are, the under standing and active cooperation of these men is essential in the great struggle for world recovery that lies before us. It is one of the darkest spots on the horizen that, to date, confusion of mind and smallness of outlook monopolizes the thinking of so much of the business world. RANDOM REMINUISANCES OF AN EX-TOWN FATHER Editor The Pilot: Why the sarcastic and slurring remarks on our exceptionally capable and recently appointed Solicitor M. G. Boyette of Car thage. N. C- as appeared in your issue of August 15th? Mr. Boyette doesn’t have to pinch hit for any one, but when he does you will find he usually ends up on first base witlj a clean hit. He is also one of the leading lawyers in the state, I’m quite sure, as time gG£J Cm the Pilot will have ample op portunity to profussley ahd pub licly apologize to Mr. Boyette for the insinuations as contained in your issue August 15. According to the Pilot the V- E. Day Celebration in Southern Pines was a flop. However, no event could have been such a failure, as the Pilots publicity in connectipn with a celebration in which all veterans of World War I and II were so interested. The whole write up was entirely un called for., For your information Army Regulations (600-25) and F- M, 26-5 will give full information in regard to Formal Guard Mount ing and Color Guard. Julian T. Bishop 1st Lt. A. C. Res- On the Land NEW FROZEN PEAK is expect- to be reached this year in com mercially frozen vegetables, up to five percent greater than last year. Only carrots and asparagus are expected to fall below last year’s level. YOU’LL STILL EAT vegetables at “reasonable prices” is the con sensus of opinion of those who are supposed to know. They did n’t mention meat or butter. MOORE NEEDS MORE. Dr. William Moore, head of the state Veterinay Division of the Agric. Dept, says: “We find it virtually impossible to secure men, because the average young veterinarian can make at least one-third more in private practice than in work ing for the State.” Nine veterinar ians are needed and there will only be five Sept- 1- OLDEST SHEEPMAN is what J. A. Norris from near Boone claims he is “from point of service, any way. ” Says he has been growling sheep since he was 8, and that was eighty years ago. Lambs now bring him $17.50 per hundred, while in his boyhood days “good sheep hardly ever brought over $3 a head.” RECORD BREAKING prices were received last month for most of the farmer’s varied out put, except for peaches and com mercial apples. And from the looks of field after field of water melons rotting from lack of pick ers, these will join the peach- apple class. HIGHEST SINCE ‘20 were the prices of all grains. Corn was at $1.98 per bushel, wjieat at $2-25, rye averaged $2.14, oats $1.08, and barley climbed to $1.70 Among the excellent civic pro jects originating with the Cham ber of Commerce was the spring festival. Timed to coincide with the bloom of the dogwoods the festival was, during its all too brief career, a source of great pleasure to the residents and guests from out of town. For three or four days a battery from Ft. Bragg was encamped on the present site of the post office and library. The battery gave us an exhibition drill on the country club grounds and an army band regaled u§ with frequent concerts- One day was devoted to sports. My recollections of this part of the program are very vague, but I do remember that one year there was a baseball game be tween Duke and State with Phil Weaver playing first base for Duke. Of course, Duke wno- Then came “Music Day” and my memory of the fine singing of the school children under the skillful and inspiring leadership of Fred Smith is still very vivid; and such fine music too. Fred came to us iwithout experience in school music but was so suc cessful here that Raleigh soon grabbed him, to our everlasting regret. Mrs. Dalrymple’s school chorus from Carthage made a notable contribution to the music and Charlie Picquet’s admirably trained festival chorus brought the day to a highly successful end. “Old Slave Day” followed with its special patron, Frank Buchan, presiding. With his rare gift for establishing friendly relation ships with our West Southern Pines neighbors. Frank got their full cooperation. Recounting of personal experiences by the few surviving old slaves, a sermon and singing of spirituals, and dinner in the park occupied the morning. In the afternoon the young West Southern Piners took over and entertained us with an exhibition of crap shooting, dancing, boxing, and watermelon eating contests etcf Old Slave Day was perhaps the most inter esting of all, especially to our out of town friends. Somewhere in the program a place was found for a procession of floats, a masquerade ball, cro wning of the queen of the festival (and similar features during which, when not otherwise occu pied, Frank Buchan completely disqualified himself for a serious role in subsequent proceedings by impersonating “Andy” with Omer Williams as “Amos” either in a “fresh air taxi” or on a bic ycle towing Amos on roller skat es. That was the trouble with Frank Magnificently equipped, both physically and otherwise, to appear as an “important person age” he never could because he didn’t give a tinker’s dam about his own or, for that matter, about any one else’s personal dignity. There was also a “State’s Day” when all the damyankees, in cluding myself, foregathered in the park to renew their old home ties (and Restore their pristine vigor with baked beans prepared by Jackman (Jack’s Grill) and D. H. Turner. Speakers who were not too full for utterance spoke their pieces- Others, lacking any thing stronger, drank in their words of wisdom. Finally came “Military Day” and on this day, not inappropi- ately, I was to meet my Waterloo. The battery and band from Ft- Bragg, Boy and Girl Scouts, and others made up the parade which was to be reviewed by the Mayor and commissioners from a spec ial stand erected on Broad St- near the station. In order to in crease the parade to more impre ssive dimensions all the business houses in town were invited to have their trucks in the line of march. The response was enthus iastic. Among others a public spirited undertaker contributed his hearse. With a somewhat som ber sense of humor the hearse was placed last in the line to mark with unquestionable final ity “THE END” of the show- Now there are plenty of people who enjoy playing the part of a distinguished official in a. parade, whether on the Broadway ticker tape or on the Broad St. paper cup scale. But I am not one of them and when I was notified that a brand new Lincoln limou sine with a uniformed chauffeur would be at the point of format ion for my exclusive use in the parade, my heart sank- Overcome by a conviction, almost religious in its intensity, of my total in competence either to look or act the" part of an important public official I repaired to the design ated point with profound mis givings hoping that the uniform ed chauffeur might have fallen dead and gone to his reward in full regalia or that some kindly communist might have blown up the car. No such luck; there he and it were. Now the mere thought of sit ting alone on the back seat of that car responding with lifted hat and frozen smile to the wild (applause which greeted every body and everything from the soldiers down to the hearse was just too much. I sat down next to the chauffeur on the chance that I might be taken for a one of his persnal friends thumbing ride or that we might jointly pass as the public spirited undertaker and his assistant. I could qualify as the assistant all right but the chauffeur looked much too cheer ful for his role. With the slow progress of the parade my inferiority complex grew by leaps and bounds until I could endure it no longer. I res solved to escape by fair means or foul from my dreadful predica ment. Halted for a moment at crossing by traffic I flung open the door of the car gave a Holly wood leap out into the crowd of spectators and ran home leaving the chauffeur to explain that like Elijah, his dignitary had been translated to a higher sphere. I was never called to account for my pusillanimous conduct on this occasion but no doubt it was partly responsible for my defeat at the next town election when I was permanently retired from the political arena. For one town father that was unquestionably THE END The drone bee has no sting, so all you have to do to be on the safe side of a drone bee is to fig ure out which bees are drones- Disc receivers for women’s hearing aids now are being con cealed in attractively styled jew eled earings connected by cords with a hidden microphone. The new single unit hearing aiss have been made possible by the development of compact “Mini- Max” batteries which gave im portant service in various fields during the war. Six out of every seven counties in the United States are predomi nantly rural. SAD SAG BRACED. Wholesale prices of broilers were in a sorry state of sag until a Government purchase order came- through for a quarter million pounds of broil ers for overseas troops. This con siderably braced the sag in the Chatham area. 13 MILLION $$ were reaped in 1945 by Tarheel farmers in the poultry meat industry. And it is expected to exceed that figure this year, ' since individual in comes are still high. FERTILIZERLY SPEAKING “the time is not far distant when quality will come back into its own again” said G. T. Scott, dir ector of State Production and Marketing Administration at recent fertilizer meeting. SWEETS PROGRAM by the Government last year included price-support, and this is still in effect for ‘46. This program pro vides for the purchase of sweet potatoes from September 1 thr ough Nov. 15, and for loans from Nove.nber through January 15, 1947. (Indiana Avenue Extension) SOUTHERN PINES. N. C. A Country Day'School for Children from Pinehurst and Southern Pines. Thorough prep aration. Music - Handicrafts - Sports AS SEEN IN VOGUE ■ ‘'MAO* Qf A i pactfh. V FAMIC It RESIDENT PUPILS ACCEPTED SEASON OPENS OCTOBER SEVENTH When your windshield fogs up, rub half an onion over it inside and outside. Presto, no fog. MRS. MILLICENT A. HAYES. Principal ETTA GAYNES gives soft contours to this collarless coat. Beautifully tailored in a PACIFIC 100% wool. Quality rayon lined with EARL-GLO. Black, green, winter white, and brown. Included in our showing of FALL ATTIRE Mrs. Hayes Shop Southern Pines, N. C. u n t: H I: xt «♦ H ♦♦ ♦e :: n The Officers of l^roftmson Memorial Regretfully Announce that 1 Due to circumstances over which we have no § control, it does not seem wise for us to estab lish a Kindergarten in Southern Pines at this time. Carolina Power & Light Company \ \ i [ NEW YORK i Common Stock Bought — Sold — Quoted Inquiries Invited tORCHOFEit samm INSURANCE BUILDING, RALEIGH, N. C. Telephone 2-3711 CHARLOTTE \
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