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X THE PILOT PUBUSHED EACH FRIDAY BY THE PILOT. INCORPORATED SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA 1941 JAMES, POYD 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 - - - - $3;00 SIX MONTHS - - SI.50 THREE MONTHS • .75 ENTERED AT THE POSTOFFICE AT SOU- THERN PINES, N. C., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER. ' GOOD TIME Well, the great day has come and gone and Moore county, and especially Carthage, has sunk back with a sigh of weary satis faction. It was fun, it was pretty, it was a beautiful day, everybody had a good time. Nicest thing about this year’s Fourth, as celebrated under the leadership of Carthage’s zealous Jaycees^ was the way everybody turned out for it. It was clear that there was no doubt, in any body’s mind that it might not be a rousing success. And, of course, that fact made success certain. That was surely a good-natured, happy crowd that lined the streets to cheer the floats, whistle and whoop over the favorite Beauty Queens, swamp them selves with cokes and pop, and roar with laughter ■ at the pie- eaters. As congratulate Carthage whole-heartedly on the, success of the program Friday, we would stress the hope that future cele brations will emphasize the local aspect. To u^, the little old home- decorated automobiles and the pretty team of mules were high lights in the parade, while the absence of old-time fiddlers was a real disappointment, generally felt in the crowd that had^i gath ered to hear them. Every ^effort ought to be made, we feel, to bring out our local fun- and dis courage conunercialized enter tainment, for an extension of the “made-to-order” thing, the lav ishly decorated floats, string bands and so forth, will be bound to scare off the local talent. That would be too bad. If any doubt the popularity of local, home-grown participation, 'we would refer him to the exper- ■ ience of the western rodeo men who quickly learned the lesson that it is the riding and roping of the local cowboys and not the highly-paid trick riders that dra^s the crowd. Congratulations to the Jaycees for putting on a fine celebration; and to the mayor and officials of Carthage for backing them in it. It was' a great affair, and showed conclusively what hard work for the enjoyment of all can do. It showed, also, hovf much our people like doing something to gether and how united in spirit we' really are, despite all the chat about “the upper end” and “the resort end” of the county. This is something we should en courage. The Pilot uses up a good deal of space harping on unity, but its value is something every-' body, surely, is convinced of. Certainly there can be no doubt of the mutual advantages to be gained by close contacts between e^ery section of our Sandhills. If anything were needed to prove it, it was this Fourth of July cele bration. Our people will be the better for all such occasions in which we participate as a county. If only because we have such a good time when we get together! vice for them, everybody is in convenienced. It would seem that a bus to serve these people could be run at a reasonable profit either by an individual or by the town and that it would constitute a con venience and a saving to all •parties. The embldyment agency is a project long needed and which has been under consideration at various times without any action .bein^ taken. The details of this enterprise are simple; an office, file of names and references. An agency of this sort would help the good workers, and good employers and discour age the poor ones; it would cut down on the unreliability of some of* our domestic workers, too casual about the way they trans fer from one employer to an other. The insistence on having letters of reference would stop much of that Domestic help is always a prob lem in a transient population, such as ours. People come for a few months and foolishly pay wages far beyond the accustom ed scale either because they don’t know any better or don’t care. Also they leave with little warn ing -and their maids are left adrift. An employment agency where references were insisted on wages and length of employ ment listed, would be a salutary business' for all concerned. Here are two simple entirely practical things to do to help our people on both sides of the tracks. Also, both projects would be evidence to our visitors of Southern Pines’ desire, to make itself a pleasant, convenient, up- to-date place to live. To the harrassed housewife in need of a happy healthful winter vacation, ease in securing reli able help would act like a third off on the rent. There could not be better advertising. can be no real .peace. But that does not. mean that there will be war. 'We must re member that the Western world’s relations with Russia have been one Ipng sea of stormy weather. That is likely to go on for a long time and we must resign our selves to I it. We must keep a level head in the difficult times in which we are living, while never letting up on our determination to win a way to peace and friendship, even with this most difficult neighbor. Statement On Hospital Organization Issued For Enlightenment Of Public The Moore County Hospital matters and the formulation of TWO NEEDS There are two projects, dealing with the subject of household help, which might well be studied by those interested in our residents. One is the possibility of a morning and evening bus from West Southern Pines to the Broad Street section with, possi bly, an extension route up onto the Heights. The other is an em ployment agency or registration bureau in West Southern Pines Both these prdjects would be helpful in securing steady reli able domestic help. They would benefit both workers and em ployers. As things are now, the majori ty of household workers have no cars and either walk to work, hire a taxi or are dependent on their employer to come and get them and take them home again. If they walk, they arrive tired and face the long walk home at the end of the day. In hot weather this is a real trial and in stormy weather it results in their staying at home. They lose their wages and their employers are stranded without, help. If they pay for a taxi it eats badlji STORMY WEATHER The feeling of exasperation with the Russians gets almost overpowering at times. To those who are actually dealing with them it must be doubly so. The last failure of the Soviet to cooperate is the hardest to un derstand. We submit, however, that it can be understood and that it is up to us to try to un- derst;and it in order to keep oh trying, as we must, to arrive at some form of cooperation with this enorinous, unwieldy, diffi cult, and powerful country. are in into their wages. If their employ er runs the fetch-and-carry ser- their lights. Until»they do there course of action: to make Com munism succeed. As Russia is the demonstration before the World of the communist idealogy, her fate is of supreme importance. Beyond that, her leaders love their country as passionately as any American loves his native land. They want to see their land great and good,, as they under stand those words. The first thing that faces them is the fact that, tlussia was years behind the more advanced nations before the war, and bn top of that suffered terrific devasta tion: Six million dead, 25 million homes destroyed. Their prime ob jective must be to rebuild their, country and then go on and raise her standard of living as quickly as they possibly can. The only way they can do it is to prod their people on to further sacri fices .and greater labors. And the only way they think they can do that is to play up fear of war. That is what they are doing. Part of the fear is thought to be sincere. The Soviet, leaders have been born and bred to distrust the capitalistic nations; their country has been invaded ovpr and over again by them. On top of that, they have seen how de pression and economic chaos has swept the West, involving all in the succeeding ruin. They are convinced that this is bound to happen again and this is certain ly One perfectly honest reason for their wanting to steer clear of any intanglement with us. The other reason, both finding ex pression in the “iron curtain,” is that if they have any close deal ings with us the Russian people will find out how much better off the' democracies are than Russia and they will lose faith in their leaders and the communist doc trine. ■The reason, then, that the Soviet leaders walked out on the Mar* shall plan was because to enter into it would have b'een a con fession of weakness and that is something they cannot ever ad mit if they and Communism are •io survive. It would also have been a denial of their professed belief that the democracies are a threat to their existence. Out of the win dow would go the fear of war, the motivation power for the latest Five Year plan, if Molotov had sighed up for the Marshall plan. Exasperating as they are, we are forced to admit that, accord ing to their lights, the Russians have acted logically. The ques tion is: how on earth are we go ing to persuade them to change WHAT IS THE PLAN? The tobacco referendum set for this Saturday, In which farmers are to. vote whether or not to tax themselves ten cents per acre in an attempt to build up the export market, is attracting a great deal of attention. , Moore County growers are in terested to the tune of around $1- 560,000, the amount tobacco farm ers received for their exported tobacco last year, and County Farm Bureau president T. Clyde Auman of West End, is urging all tobacco growers to go to the polls. He points out that in the past 40 percent of tobacco pro fits have come from foreign mar kets and that strenuous efforts should be niade to revive this dropping! trade. Governor Cherry, in a radio .address Monday link ed the referendum with our in ternational objectives of an ex panding wo;ld trade and peace ful world order. What is lacking in this debate is a simple statement of a few facts. For instance, nothing has been said about how the funds so raised are to be spent. What is the plan’: What are the details? It would seem that the voters had a right to know. A full explanation is in order. For one thing, what is the reason for the crisis in the tobacco ex port market? Governor Cherry suggests, as one reason, Britain’s newly raised import duty and says, “the situation is not bright in- other countries which normal ly buy large quantities of tobacco from us.” It strikes us that the Governor might have stopped after those first five words, “the situation is not bright,” an un derstatement if we ever heard one. , ' In the face of that unbright sit uation what are the tobacco peo ple planning? To propagandize miserable people who must al ready long for tobacco as well as for every other pleasant thing? Are they goiM to try to under- mine Britain’^fforts to persuade im- Those who are in power Russia are committed to a certain ^he7 people “to cur dow/on ports and buy only the essentials of living? 'Will they use our scarce shipping to send tobacco instead of clothes, food and fuel overseas? Are they planning, per haps, with tiie funds they raise to work out some sort of recipro cal tradei agreement, or foreign subsidy, so these countries can afford to buy? These are a few questions to which answers would be weldom- ed by many. The tobacco situation is an other of those tangled up things into which so many factors enter you don’t know where to start. It looks to us as if it pointed again to the heed for an over-all plan, for the welfare of the to bacco farmer in'Moore County is inextrickbly tied in with' his brother farmers everywhere, as well as with the business men, the shipping people, and* the just plain folks that do the eating, the smoking, and wear out the clothes in every part of the globe. If you' help one at the expense of the other, in the end they both go down; if you can hblp them all, everybody will 'be that bit of a step ahead. has issued a statement in which is given a description of the pro fessional lorganization of a hospi tal and its relationship to the governing board, as carried out, in current hospital practice. At tached to the statement is a con densed copy of the application blank submitted by all physicians who apply for appointment to the Moore County Hospital, staff. The statement has been re leased b^ the-hospital’s publicity review committee, in the belief that the liospital as well as the public will benefit by the fullest possible understanding of this county or ganization. Members of the com mittee' are: Mrs. James Boyd, chairman, and John Fiddner and W. D. Sabiston, directors, H. Clif ton Blue, Robert Harlow and John Beasley. The statement fol io ws. Hospital Organization The American College of Sur geon's has established minimum standards for the approval of hos pitals. One provision is that phy sicians and surgeons privileged to,practice in the hospital shall be organized as a definite Medi cal Staff. Such organization has nothing to do with the question as to whether th^ hospital is “open” or “closed” nor need it affect the various existing types of Medical Staff Organization. Definite staff status whether honorary, active, courtesy, or consulting must be given to every physician who is permitted to work in the hospital. Privileges to work in a hospital must be ac companied by acceptance of sub mission to the by-laws, rules, and all policies laid down by the Med ical Staff and approved by the Governing Board. The Governing Boa^d. The Governing Board is legally responsible for the exercise of due care in the appointment of physicians to the staff and for making rules for their control. It should seek professional advice in both capacities. At the same time it must exercise proper con trol over the professional ivork of staff members, as to the pro cedures they attempt, and must form some appraisal of the qual ity of their work. The Staff Usually there are, in smaller hospitals, three types of staff members: active, courtesy an4 consulting. The active staff is usually com posed of those making most ac tive use of the hospital, largely specialist's, and of those most in terested in the administfatioh of the staff as a unit and willing and able to assume definite re- jsponsibilities. The staff is de cided' into clinical services, or sections, the basic devisions be ing medical, surgical, and ob stetrical; the,^nuinber and type of such serviceii depending on the size of the hospital and the qualifications o^ the physicians. The active staff has two dis tinct functions: that of advising the governing board in policy rules relative to the professional care of the patient, and that of 'fostering within the staff a spirit of cooperation which would in-i sure the best professional service and require a minimum of regu- i| lation by the board. It is also the' - duty of the active staff to assume' the care of charity patients, to assist in the maintenance of an adequate record system in accord ance with hospital rules, and to the records of all pa tients discharged. In a hospital approifred for the training of in ternes, the staff Is responsible for that program. Courtesy staff members are those who are privileged to use the professional facilities of the hospital for the care of their pri vate patients within their desig nated services. Consulting staff members’ ac tivities are limited to consulta tion. Local Organization The staff of the Moore County Hospital is composed of active, courtesy, and consulting mem bers. These members a^ elected annually by the Board of Direc tors of the hospital on the rec ommendation of the Active Staff. A prerequisite of staff mem bership is membership in the Moore County Medical Society: under the provisions of Article I'V of the Constitution and By- Laws of The Medical Staff of Moore County Hospital, as adopt ed on Decepiber 23, 1929. Physician's Application, (condensed) I hereby desire appointment to the ; staff of ’che Moore County Hospital and sub mit the following information for your consideration. (Here follows the applicant’s name, address and details of his medical education, including postgraduate work.) Membership in Medical Socie- Announcing,... No Admission Charge Tues., Wed. and Thurs. DINE AND DANCE SUPERLATIVE FOOD DOYLE TRIO F r iday-Satur day-Simday flje IJilkp ilnti SUPPER CLUB For Reservations Telephone 6632 or 8122 One-Fourth Mile South of Southern Pines FROM OUR VETERANS The‘Pilot takes pleasure in re printing the following editorial which appeared in Volume 1 of the newly issued VFW Bulletin. It is encouraging to find our vet erans taking an active interest in the affairs and needs of their •vown. EDITOR'S CORNER From VFW Bulletin: To be awakened in the middle of the night, to the panicky and often maddening screams of fire is perhaps the most terrifying ex perience known to man. After the first few minutes that it takes to move yduf loved ones from the infernd have passed, you turn -to what was once your house. The burning of your home is more than that, it is the destruc tion of yoUr hopes. To obtain that home you had to work hard and long. Is this your reward? The , fire department comes with a great clanging of bells and screaming of sirens. But alas, . . As soon as they have emptied their portable tanks they have no place to refill. The nearest fire-hydrant is 6 blocks away. Water, the cheapest thing' on earth — and there isn’t enough when it is needed most. Are you not a taxpayer? You pay taxes to this town, but when your house is on fire there is no water because the town has neg lected to extend . their water mains. The firemen do their best, but withoutVvater, -what can they do? After the flames have died down, you stand and gaze in tently into the now smoldering heap of ashes that only a few- hours ago was your home. What thoughts now run through your mind? * I want to bring to your atten tion the fire that took place in West Southern Pines only a few weeks ago. These people who are taxpayers have no fire hydrants. The ones they have are so far apart that they might as wall not have them. These people lost everything they had worked for. What they had was not much, but it was all they had. They have running water in their homesi so why can’t the town put fire mains in too? Give them somethings to pro tect their homes. In this time of reconstruction our eyes turning West will see a lot. They work for us, now let iis in turn work ;'or.’ihem. ties • I have been and at present am connected with the staffs of other hospitals foi; the periods indica ted as follows. .... Date of license to practice in •this state. ' I have practiced in other states, (dates given). If my application for member ship on the fetaff of this hospital is accepted, I promise upon»my honor: (1) That so long as I avail my self of the privileges granted me by the Board of Trustees, I will abide by the Constitution, by laws, , rules and regulations at present governing the work of the hospital, or any such that may hereafter be' adopted by the au thorities for 'such government; (2) To permit the supervision of my work and inspection of my case records by the regularly ap pointed officers of the Staff as they may deem necessary; (3) To seek consultation with members of the staff whenever the welfare of my patients re quire it, or when,I am requested to do so by the regularly consti tuted officers of the staff; (4) To attend staff conferences as regularly as possible and there and elsewhere at all times to share freely with 'my brother practitioners the benefits of my experience; (5) To participate at staff con ferences in the frank discussion of my own or other case records brough^ up for discussion with the avoidance of all personalities or bitterness; ' (6) To avoid all criticism of physicians or of the Hospital ser vice in the presence of nurses, in terns, or laymen, but to make any complaints I may have for mally to the Chairman in writ ing. - ' Signed M. D; NOTICE The Public Speaking The Editor The Pilot Thank you for printing “What America Means.” It is worthy of being a Fourth of July “leader" in - every paper in the nation, as a standing state ment for this anniversary. Turning from “The Pilot”, to resume the reading of “The Two Carlyles” by Osbert ^Burdett, I opened to the first full page given to the follo'wing sentence. “In the holy tongue, the word which signifieth life 'is of the dual number. ^ Sermons, II, 217: Lancelot An- drewes. Respectfully yours Warren F. Sheldon. Having qualified as administra trix of the estate of Mrs. Mary K. Hill, late of Moore County, North Carolina, this is to notify all per sons having claims against said estate to present them duly item ized and verified to the under signed at my residence at 416 Chatham St., Fayetteville, N. C., on or before June 2, 1948, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. * All persons indebted to said es tate are notified to make immed iate payment. Mrs. R. W. Simpson, Adminis tratrix of the estate of Mrs. Mary K. Hill. C. W. Broadfoot; Attorney. June 2 July 11> Southern Pines RESTADRANT OPENING HOURS CLOSING HOURS VIIJAGE INN DINE AND dance 5:30 to 8:30 P. M. Dinner Hour CLOSED MONDAYS HOLLIDAY’S COFFEE SHOP Palatable, Appetizing iMIeals 7 A. M. t;» 11 P. M. OPEN EVERY DAY POPE’S RESTAURANT Open From 6 A. M. to 11 P. M. U. S. No. 1, Between Southern Pines and Aberdeen ROYALTON PINES LUNCH "Real Home Cooking" Breakfast 7 to 11. Lunch 12 to 3 Dinner 5:30 to 8 Mrs. W. W. OLIVE ttmttttttttttmmmm John C. Parrish Plumbing & Heating Tel. 8621 Aberdeen, N. C THE JEFFERSON INN West -New Hampshire Avenue OPEN ALL SUMMER Thirty two rooms, all with running water. Twenty with bath. W. W. SHERMAN. Owner J. B. GIFFORD, |danager tt:»»Km:ti»»»n» ofanJlitlls 'un^ral [/ome AHJBULANCr. SERVICE SOUTHERN PINES. N. C. TELEPHONE 8111 A. B. PATTERSON. Men.