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Page Two THE PILOT, Sou&ern Pines, North Carolina THE PILOT FU8USHEO EACH FRIDAY BY THE PILOT. INCORPORATED SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA 1941 JAMES BOYD Publisher 1944 EDITOR EDITOR KATHARINE BOYD - - - VALERIE NICHOLSON ASST. DAN s. RAY - • General Manager BERT PREMO - - - -ADVERTISING , CHARLES MACAULEY - - CiTY EDITOR MARY BAXTER - - SOCIETY EDITOR SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR SIX MONTHS THREE MONTHS $3.00 $1.50 .75 ENTERED AT THE POSTOFFICE AT SOU. THERN PINES, N. C., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER. A TIME i-OR COURAGE As the school year comes to a close again, all over the nation youth is turning its eyes to the future. I There is not a doubt that, for most, this time so long looked forward to bring with it a good deal of dread. The school gates closing behind the graduating class no longer appear as bar riers to a beckoning world. Rather they have the aspect of safeguards between the known and the unknown. All of a sud den the days that are pait shine with a’ golden hue, while ahead the path is shadowed and beset with obstacles. The way is uncer tain, dangerous; it is hard to take the first step over the thres hold. It is easy to say: Be brave! Let that is the one sure thing that must be said. lAtelligence is needed and al ways will be, to judge how best to attack the obstacles that block the path, but these are not, after all, so hard to understand. Most of them are clear-cut as the light of day. What is needed is the courage to make the attack. In many parts of the world young people are facing prob lems of incredible difficulty. They are being forced to find some where in their tired minds and starving bodies the will to strive against almost insuperable odds. And not only are their trials tangible in the form of misery, starvation, suffering; there is al ways hovering ever over them the temptation to turn to evil, for relief, to take the tempting easier way of thievery and rebel lion, the false gods of dictator ship. In the South where our own young people face the world, the obstacles that block their path are not so visible. Not so drama tic are the temptations and cor ruptions against which they will have to fight. But the very fact that life here is comparatively order«d may be an added hurdle. How much easier to ignore are these familiar obstacles, lopg known; how easy to accept them as part of the usual pattern of life! How much harder it is to be brave when bravery is not forced upon you! Which will be the brave ones among the young people gradu ating this year? Which will be the ones to lead the way? Of which ones will it be said, for instance, in the future: “This man dared to fight for freedom and injustice for all the people of his state, black or white”? Or, “That girl, by her exposure of conditions in industry, raised the status of working women all over the South”? Or again, “That sena tor from North Carolina got the anit-filibuster bill through Con gress, assuring the functioning of our democratic government.” Or, “This man, by his firm stand for better schools and higher teach ers’ pay, was able to raise the level of education,” or, again: “This famous attorney risked his career and obtained the first con viction of a lynching gang in the South.” “This leading business man bucked the construction in terests and improved housing in North Carolina.”—“This other one brought cheap power to mil lions of farms in the South.” And perhaps there is another student whose horoscope might read: “This young man will be the statesman who, by his cour ageous stand, freed the South from the strangle-hold of corrupt politics and made the vote of every citizen a living power.” This is a time for courage, but it is a time, also, when the world is ready to welcome courage. There are many who are await ing the leadership which, per haps, only youth can supply. There will be many eager to meet the challenge with the young people, who are gradua ting today, and to fight by their sides in the battles that may lie ahead. outcome has been almost over looked. This would be a sorry attitude indeed for Southerners to adopt. It is true that Governor Thur mond, Judge Martin, Prosecutor Watt, and Sheriff Beardon and their assistants deserve every commendation for their courage and for the dignity with which , the trial was conducted. South Carolina may rightly be proud in the possession of such citizens, while the record of being the first Southern state in which lynchers have been brought to trial will brighten her annals. The tragedy is that the brightness should be so overshadowed by the sequel. Violence and lawlessness, even murder, performed in hot blood, though they cannot be condoned may at least be understood. But how shall we feel toward these men of the Greenville jury who, in pronouncing his self-confessed murderers “not guilty,” in effect repeated the murder of Willie Earle in the solemnity of a court founded to uphold liberty and justice? In shame at this deliberate be trayal of justice, few thoughtful Southerners can find cause for congratulations that, at least, a trial was held. It is well that it should bft so. We cannot afford to rest in the degrading position of having done all that could be expected of a backward land. No true South erner, with the fire of his ancient heritage in his veins and noble aspirations for his land in his heart, will accept such a position, while, already, thoughtful men are recognizing the terribly dan gerous precedent that has been set for the menace that it is. Out of this attempt that failed must arise a determination that there shall be no more failure: that no longer shall men be able to point the finger of scorn and horror at our fair land. Out of this failure of a few must cqme the determination of the many that the scarf that binds the eyes of Justice shall be as impermeable in the South as elsewhere; that a murder is murder, whether the victim’ skin be black or white; and that, in the South as in every other section of our nation, the Law shall be upheld. and JUSTICE BETRAYED The comment ih some papers on the acquittal of Greensville, S. C., last week, is symptomatic of the general attitude toward the South. The fact that the trial was held at aU was considered so extraordinary that the shocking ATTACK ON THE STATE (From the Raleigh News Observer). All good citizens will rejoice that North Carolina has been saved the horrpr of its first lynch jng since 1935. The Federal Bureau of Invest!' gation has once more demonstra tdd its efficiency by its quick work in locating and taking into protective custody Godwin (Buddy) Bush, the Negro who was taken forcibly from the North' ampton County jail early Friday morning and was believed have been lynched by the rriob which escorted him from the jail—where he was being held for trial and punishment for any crime he might have committed, But the happy circumstances that the Negro escaped from his would be murderers does not al ter the fact that the State of North Carolina hps again been the victim of mob violence. The North Carolina policy was correctly stated by the late Gov' ernor A. W. McLean, when exec utive clemency was requested for four white men who had been im prisoned following convictions for participating in an unsuccessful attempt in 1925 to reinove a Ne gro from the Buncombe County jail. In denying the request for clemency. Governor McLean said “When the State of North Car' olina takes a prisoner into cus' tody, it then becomes responsible for his safety, and that responsi bility remains until his case is disposed of in accordance with law. A prisoner in custody of the law is entitled to the same pro tection as is the judge on the bench, or the solicitor who rep resents the State in the prosecu tion.” There have been few failures of this State to meet its responsi bility. And as Governor Cherry said on last Friday, it has .been demonstrated that “North Caro lina will not tolerate lynchings and mob violence.” It is now nec essary that the State again dem onstrate its resolve not to tolerate :'nob violence. "The fact that Godwin Bush was agile enough to escape from the mob does not change the intent of those who composed the mob. Nor does the escape mitigate the crime actually committed by the mob. When the jail at Jackson was entered and a prisoner was re moved, the State itself was at tacked. Until those who commit ted an , attack upon the State are convicted and punished, the good name of North Carolina will re main tarnished. Veterans no longer have to hold their National Service Life Insurance term policies with Vet erans Administration one year before converting them to per manent plans; they may convert immediately under present laws. OPEN COVENANTS (From The Charlotte Observer) British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin would do well to catch rrom Secretary of State George Marshall the fundamen tal importance of reporting fully to the peoples of the world the deliberations among the great ijowers. Mr. Bevin is unaccustomed to a free press—in the sense we un derstand it in the United States. So when American newsmen at the recent Moscow Foreign Min- iecent conference reported a blow-by-blow account of the dis cussions, the British Foreign Sec retary felt impeded. He complain ed later that “one cannot even think out loud or make prelimi nary suggestions to one’s col leagues without it is hurled into headlines.” He inveighed against “the United States power of the press.” It is true the M'oscow confer ence led to little in the way of tangible agreements, but not even Mr. Bevin suggests that any thing else would have come out of it if the ministers of the four great powers had met in absolute secrecy. It wasn’t the press that stood in the way of agreement. It might be said with much reason that the absence of a free press in Russia was a major im peding factor. The difficulties at Moscow may have been much less perplexing and have lent themselves more easily to solu tion if the press of the world had reported freely the deliberations whi(rfi took place at Teheran, Yalta, and Potsdam (save that which pertained to wartime se curity). Fortunately, Secretary Mar shall doesn’t agree with Mr. Bevin—and in that disagreement between the two one sees a reve lation of the bigness of the man now in charge of this country’s foreign relations. Though his en tire background is military, and thus given to much secrecy. Sec retary Marshall seems to embrace the philosophy of a free press in the same sense which led Presi dent Woodrow Wilson to plead for “open covenants openly ar rived at” after World War I. Mr. Marshall told his news conference in Washington a few days ago that he considers general news coverage of conferences among the world powers to be very imr portant. The Foreign Ministers at Mos cow twice tried secret sessions. Secretary Marshall revealed, and both were wholly unproductive. STUMPS IN THE WAY OF FOOD PRODUCTION lUrmULFARM SAFETY WEEK July 21-27,1346 NATIONAl SAFETY COUNCIL Clubwomen Work For Prevention Home Aeeidents JACQUES BUSBEE Jugtbwn Pottery is known far and wide, in this country and in foreign lands. Yet the man who created it was comparatively little known. It is the way Jacques Busbee would have wished. Instinctively retiring, pouring his whole, soul into the art which was his joy, his thought was always of the creation, never of the hand or the eye that did the work. He would show his designs without the slightest pride, and never were they “his” designs. Always it was “'modelled after an ancient Chinese jar”, or, “the Egyptians made their ewers in this shape.” He was a keen stu dent of his art or trade. . . prob ably he would have preferred the latter term ioT\ he disdained anything that smacked of being “arty”. He learned how the earliest pottery had been made in this country and kept to the old ways, while, going back again into the east, he studied the dif ferent types of glazes used and experimented to see which would be most suitable for Moore Coun ty clay. The results of his labors had a fare beauty; purity of line, soft glow of tint; a strong feel ing of the orient. Jacques Busbee was more than an artist in the making of pot tery. In his charming house in the clay country back of Steeds are many of the sketches and etch-, ings he made before he came to Moore county. They show un doubted talent of a high order. And near the rambling old house is the iris garden which was his great joy, and which brought such joy to all those fortunate enough to see it in iris time. Its fame was widespread, flower-lovers botanists, and just plain garden ers coming to see and study the innumerable varieties of iris growing there. In thp death of this man, Moore county has lost a valuable friend. Many interesting people have lived in the county, but none more colorful, none who put his talents to greater use for his community than Jacques Busbee, aiftist, potter, scholar, botanist, good citizen. The Moore county home dem onstrations clubs recently held a contest on the rem.oval of haz ards from inside and around the homes with prizes awarded to one member of each club who had removed the most hazards. Two women in the county re ported removal of a total of 63 hazards. Mrs. Bertha Stone of the Stanton Hill club removed 37 and Miss Lola Thomasson, also of the Stanton Hill club removed 26, it was reported by Miss Flora Me Donald, home demonstration agent. The program was built around the program, sanitation in rela tion to health. “About half of the accidents that occur in our county happen in our homes,” warns Miss Mc Donald, “and nearly all home aC' cidents can be prevented by bom' mon sense and forethought. They are usually caused by careless ness, haste, fatigue, poor house keeping practices and poor judg ment. Home hazards are costly in pain, grief and money.” Some of the hazards removed from the two homes were as fol lows: Fire Hazards: 1. Careful with ash trays. 2. Checked coffee pot and kettle handles. 3. Kept kettle of boiling water in safe place on stove. 4. Kept matches where small children could not get to them. 5. Kept kerosene out of hot stove or heater. 6. Was care ful with pressure cooker. 7. Care ful to put out fire at wash pot when washing. 8. Kept lamp away from curtains. 9. Didn’t leave hot iron on ironing board. Nails, glass: 1. Picked up 160 pieces of broken glass. 2. Picked up nails foimd in pards and car routes. 3. Picked up boards with nails in them. 4. Beat down all nail heads in hog pens and stables. 5. Threw away broken and cracked dishes. 6. Buried ra zor blades. Others: 1. Kept the yard clear of wire and wire hoops. 2. Put rakes, pitch forks, hoes and shov els under house with prongs down. 3. Kept door steps in good condi' tion. 4. Repainted and repaired porch floors. 5. Labeled all poison ous medicines. 6. Kept well top always closed. 7. Kept rugs smooth on floor. A Tribute To Flora Shaw Page 1866—1947 “Arabian Fantasy” To Be Colorful Class Night Play PICKLE DEMONSTRATION Miss Ruby Schols, specialist in food conservation from State col lege, will give a pickle making demonstration in the home agent’s office at Carthage, Tuesday at ‘ p. m. The public is invited, according to announcement by Miss Flora McDonald, home demonstration gent. ' ’The colorful theme, “Arabian Fantasy,” will present the talents, toasts and testament of the Sou thern Pines High school senior class, in an original Class Night play by Lewis Pate, president, to be presented at the school Mon day at 8:15 p. m. The public is invited to what promises to be an evening of rare entretainment, with under currents of sentiment and sadness as the students say farewell to high school fim. The place is Arabia—^the Oasis City of Southern Pines, High- stanbul; the time—June, 1947; the plot, a potpoLuri of legend and fairy tale into which school book subjects wander strangely. A production group has been busy all week on a stage set which is called a medley of color and charm, a background for the following characters who will play out the Class Night theme: Reader, Jean Schaefer (saluta- torian); queen of the village, Joyce Anderson; Abdul Weavo, Bobby Harrington; Dr. Sinbad Herr, Alton Blue; Prime Minis ter, T. K. Campbell; peddler, Robert McLeod; baker, Elmer Renegar; snake charmer, Stephen Van Camp; prophet. Tommy Another club year is about to begin. As we come to the close of this year, we pause to pay tribute to our oldest member who will be with us no more, to our dear Flora Shaw Page, who has gone to her reward. Her fine Christian character and never-failing interest in this, her club, the Walter Hines Page Book club, always gave us pleasure and encouragement. Let us not grieve because she is gone. Let us rejoice for having had her with us so long. She gave her last full measure of de votion to her church, her club and to humanity. • As we pause to pay this last tribute to her life of unselfish service, may we take from her “the torch and lift it high.” Sor rows and iUness, which so often interrupt the joy of living, need not make us lose courage. She was always courageous in her affiliations. Strength is given to break the storm, as well as to sail the Ship of Life on the calm waters of a tranquil sea. With unfaltering trust in (jrod’s wis dom, we can have courage to keep on, to think, and plan to preserve and fulfill. Beyond the Horizon When men go down to the sea in ships, ’Tis not to the sea they go; Some isle or pole, the mariner’s goal. When down to the sea they go. When SOULS go down to the sea by ships,. And the dark, ship’s name is Death, Why mourn and wail at the vanishing sail? Though outward bound, God’s world is round. And only a ship is Death. —Bertha O. Bowman WALTER HINES PAGE BOOK CLUB Aberdeen ! • On this happy occasion we want to caKpreiS | onr pride in our sdbool and ^ splendid* young people who are graduating from it ® One school of learning is now behind you. Ahead of you are the bigger schools of higher education and experience. Which ever road you take, you can be sure our best wishes are with you. PACK MEE-nNC Southern Pines’ first Cub Scout pack meeting will be held at 7:30 tonight (Friday) at the school building, according to announce ment by A. L. Blimey, cubmaster, who added that all friends and parents, and most especially the dads, are asked to attend. A cake will be given the den having the largest attendance of parents. Articles made at den meetings will be displayed, and official Cub Scout pins indicating the Bobcat rank will be given the boys. Four dens compose the pack. They have been in operation about six weeks. TRUSTEES' MEETING State Senator Wilbur H. Currie, of Carthage, spent Tuesday at State college, Raleigh, attending a meeting of the board of trus tees of the Greater University of North Carolina, to which he was appointed by the 1947 General Assembly. He was installed as a member at this meeting, along with 27 other new appointees who will fill vacancies created by the expiration of terms of their pre decessors on the 100-man board. Mrs. Hayes’ Shop Tots’ Toggery IJour 2blpic oma is more than a mwe pardunenL It is tiw key to your future, as wdl as a badge e£ merit testifying to long bard years of conscientious study and devotion to duty. « We com^iment every one ^ you wMi the hope that the coming yean wiH bring ample rewards. Mrs. Paul T. Barnum Barnum Realty Co. Grey; Shelah the singer, Jean Olive; algebra, Audrey West Brown; Geometry, Burton Per- haro; Spanish, Nellie Ward; Bookkeeping, Ruth (oiiin; Chem istry, Anne Perkinson; messen ger, Rebecca McCue; historian, Carolyn Heame; chief of police, Bobby Straka; page, Betty Har rington; valedictorian, Jean Oilve; citizens, Peggy Jean Cam eron, Jeanne Sadler, Ruth Klein- spehn, Ollie Mae Bowers, Emma Louise Hackney, Kathleen Mc Donald, Geraldine Smith. GOOD LUCK GRADS OF -"47” Bill’s Shoe Shop . .............. "7‘TTTTlTnilllirTftfWlTTt1TltnilinillltlllllllllllllllllL
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