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RED CROSS DRIVE
The Red Cross is to be congrat
ulated on the calibre of the men
and women who have assumed
the drive chairmanships in the
sixteen different county commun
ities. If anything were needed to
point up the high esteem in which
the Red Cross is held as well ^s
the general belief in its purposes
and needs, it would be the fact
that so many fine people have
stepped forward to take on this
service.
An organization which can call
forth such a response must have
a lot of good in it, while the ex
cellence of the choices made is
evidence of wisdom in the top
positions. Col. Hawes, county
chairman, R. F. Hoke Pollock,
drive chairman, Mrs. Audrey Ken
nedy, executive secretary, and
Robert Harlow, publicity chair
man have shown a knowledge of
the county as well as excellent
judgment of character, in their
appointments for these important
offices.
For those who head a Red Cross
drive for funds are important
people; their job is a necessary,
worthwhile one, perhaps even
more so than some of them may
realize. At first glance it appears
to be just another drive, if for a
most worthy and popular cause,
but, back of that, is the whole
pucture of community coopera
tion.
During thie war, the people of
the nation were drawn together
in working for a common cause
and, on the home front, in every
community, big or little, from one
end of the land to the other, the
Rsd Cross represented that cause.
There was gradually built up a
shared enthusiasm and eager
team spirit that was not only in
spiring and wonderful but re
markably effective. It accomplish
ed veritable miracles of produc
tion and service for the war fef-
fort, but it did something almost
as remarkable for the commun
ities themselves: it brought into
community work many people
who had never done such a thing
befofle, who hardly knew that
their community existed, as far as
its needs went. Their eyes were
opened not only to the needs
around them,, but also to the great
Interest of public service of this
sort. Men who had seldom thought
beyond the business opportuni
ties and needs of their section,
women who had concentrated on
bridge and sports found that their
services were welcomed in Red
Cross work and their eyes were
opened to the tremendous possi
bilities for good in public serv
ice, for good and also for inter
esting stimulating personal expe-
: ience.
So the Red Cross taught to a
great many people who had not
known it in just that way before,
the joy of doing a good commun
ity job.
That the lesson has not been
forgotten is evidenced by the will
ingness with which, each year,
the good soldiers of peace step
forward again to take on the job
of seeing that the Red Cross work
goes on. Just as the need for it
never ceases, so the spirit behind,
it has never died. It is certain
that the response to this call will
be as ready and generous as it has
always been.
this complex matter, there is
right and wrong on both sides
and the majority opinion, arrived
at by a group of high-minded, un
prejudiced men, after months of
study and advising with hundreds
of experts, must be supported as
being, as far as we can tell, the
right decision. To allow our
selves to back down on it now,
under pressure from those who
are trying to undermine it, would
be the height of folly.
We know what happened to the
League of Nations when it failed
to enforce its decisions. First there
was Japan in Manchuria, then
Italy in Ethiopia, then Hitler’s
start in Germany. Looking back
on it all, it is clear that that was
the beginning of the end, the end
that culminated in Pearl Harbor
and the Channel beaches.
There is no possible reason to
think that the UN could survive
any better such a blow. All future
debate would be meaningless and
futile with the definite knowledge
that any decision arrived at could
be put aside at will by a power
that disagreed.
In this Palestine question, we
cannot take a chance, we are told,
on losing the Arabian oil. And so,
in more dramatic terms, perhaps
than ever before the issue is be
fore us. Which is more important,
the weapon of war or the weapon
of peace?
It is not so clearly-cut as that,
because the oil is needed to help
carry out the provisions of the
Marshall Plan, but, in the final
analysis, there is no doubt that it
is fear of being without oil
war hits us that is back of much
of the military attitude favoring
the Arabs. That is a legitimate
fear, but it looks as if this was
case where we would have to
take a chance. Surely, it is far
less dangerous to take a chance
on losing the oil than to take a
chance on losing the UN.
When we look at it that way,
there can be little doubt of our
decision. For the time has come
when the forces of peace have
got to be put first, if peace is
ever to be won.
The UN is our weapon for
peace. We had better start to use
it without further delay, for, if
we do not, there is little chance
that our civilization will survive
ro try again.
Between the two, his rather mea
ger frame is being ground to even
smaller proportions. Sometimes
it looks as if there was not going
to be,, enough of him left to make
up a whole candidate-
•Of the two dangers to his elec
tion, the Wallace threat is by far
the greater. The Civil Rights
program may be effective in the
North, but in the South it is too
generally condemned to be en
forceable. A fine flow of oratory
on the well-worn subject of Sou
thern understanding of the Negro
and a burst of threatened defi
ance of party rule will probably
see the end of the matter, but the
Wallace Third Party force is an
other dish of tea.
It may -well be that the Demo
crats, seeing less and less chance
of winnings with Truman, will
begin to look around for another
candidate. Then the dilemma in
which the party stands will be
clearly seen.
FOR THE UN
It is a strange thing that the
hope for world peace should de
pend on the fate of the Holy Land,
where the message of peace and
the brotherhood of man was first
preached.
This week, the critical question
of Palestine will come before the
Security Council of the United
Nations. There is no doubt of the
magnitude of that occasion, or of
the tension that grips the world
and, though by the time these
lines are printed the decision may
have been made, a newspaper
would be failing in its duty to its
readers to remain silent, unwill
ing to take a stand, for or against.
The Pilot, then, takes its stand,
and it is neither for the Jews nor
for the Arabs, nor against either.
It is, simply, for the United Na
tions.
Not that we subscribe to the
theory of “the UN, right or
wrong,” but that we believe, in
HORSE SHOWS
It strikes us that the new plan:
to make this coming horse show
on March 6th the first in a series
of three, with the middle event
hunter,trials, is a good idea.
In the first place, it gives a fine
sense of anticipation to the whole
thing. There is always the danger,
in any big event, that, with
everyone’s enthusiasm whipped
up to concert pitch, there will be
a sudden letdown afterwards.
Looking back, then, on all the
ballyhoo, it may seem a bit over
done and flat, no matter how well
everything went. But there can
be no let-down now in this plan,
as we look forward from one good
afternoon’s entertainment to the
next.
This series of horse events i^
just the thing for Southern Pines
to concentrate on. We have here,
in the Sandhills, a really remark
able collection of show horses
and model hunter prospects. Their
owners will certainly welcome
the chance to show them as often
as possible, to get them accus
tomed to show conditions: the
ring, the jumping course, the
band, the flags, and the general
excitement. There is a special
technique to showing; it takes the
right kind of riding and going.
Horses need a good deal of actual
experience to show to advantage.
It is one thing to canter around
a course or school over jumps in
an exercising ring, and quite an
other to put on the snap and style
that makes a winning perfor
mance.Every show man welcomes
a chance to give his novices and
the old timers, too, this experi
ence as often as possible.
As for the rest of the folks, all
of us who hang on the rail and
whoop and holler, or stalk about
with a knowing air and a program
and pencil in hand, it is impos
sible to have too many shows for
us.
Everyone around these parts
will surely be glad to hear that
such a fine series of events has
been planned. The Chamber of
Commerce is to be congratulated
on starting the ball roUing, and
the various owners who are co
operating to give us all such a
good time deserve the thanks of
the populace.
The Pilot, presuming to speak
for all his Sandhills friends, here
by dips his colors in salute.
For, in reality, it is not Tru
man who is being ground to bits
between the Solid South and Wal
lace and his liberals, it is the
party itself. How long can it sur
vive in its present state?
The Democratic party has al
ways, of course, included two ex
tremes: the stupid uneducated re
actionary from the Deep South
and the lunatic liberal. Between
the two is the great body of people
who believe in a low tariff, in
internationalism, in Little Busi
ness as opposed to Big; who find
in the Democratic party idealism,
freedom, and humanity. These,
the people who make up the real
Democratic party, are now in a
most unhappy frame of mind.
On the one hand, they hate the
Rankin element with its emphasis
On intolerance and bigotry, they
distrust the professional South
erner’s oratory, his lip-service,
only, to the ideals of democracy;
most of them believe that the
pronouncement on Civil Rights
should be acknowledged by the
party as the goal toward which
steady progress must be made.
Many see the Solid South and
its intrenched political machines
as a solid weight hampering the
growth of this section and the
political progress of the nation
and believe it needs changing.
On the other hand, these Demo
crats have no use for the Com
munists with whom Wallace is
playing. 'They deeply distrust and
fear their influence over him.
While acknowledging Wallace’s
personal greatness as a man, and
the strength and idealism of his
hopes for this country and the
world, many doubt exceedingly
his practical ability and deplore
his present move. To increase the
already strong chances of putting
a reactionary Republican in the
White House, at such a time as
this, appears indefensible.
The Democratic bandrwagon
has been severely jolted by the
Wallace Third Party threat; this
second crack from the Solid
South has almost knocked the
driver out of the driver’s seat
It took an FDR’s miraculous
touch to weld the party into a
semblance of unity during his
years in office, and Truman is no
FDR. The question is: who else
could succeed any better? It is
a dilemma more fundamental
than party leadership.
to overcome emotional defection,
He cited many cases in which
ing of our boys and girls in pro-
, , , - viding proper housing and im-
■, children do not fit into the family provements to our educational
life, and too little attention is, system,
given to their training. He point-'
ed out in many instances children
are not wanted around apartment
houses, and as a result the parents
are compelled to seek undesirable
living quarters.
In conclusion, he stated our fu
ture civilization centers on our
youth, and our legislators should
give more attention to the train-
The speaker was introduced by
Hoke Pollock, Southern Pines at-
‘torney.
Varieties of rdses lacking in
vigor and those comparatively
weak, such as hybrid tea varie
ties, should not be pruned so
heavily.
(Reprinted by special permission to The Pilot from Christian Science
Monitor.)
Racing Fans Will Head For Camden;
March 13 Starts Two Meeting Season
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OF PRIMARY CONCERN
Congratulations to the Catholic
Daughters of America, whose na
tional board met recently in Sou
them Pines, for the Stand taken
by them at that meeting on the
question of admitting DP’s into
the United States..
The board went on record as
favoring emergency legislation
for resettlement in this country
of a fair share of the “unhappy
people” in the displaced persons
camps of Europe.
“It is selfishness that is blind
ing and preventing Americans
from doing their duty in this pri
mary concern” stated the resolu
tion adopted at the board’s con
vention here.
by E. O- Hippus
Monday evening Harry Kirk-
over’s cheery voice came boom
ing over the wires from Camden.
South Carolina, to tell the good
news that the Camden race meet
season is about to get under way.
It seems Camden is bursting at
the seams with race horses, so
many this year that the folks
down there have decided to have
two meetings instead of the tra
ditional single big one at the end
of March. In self defense, they
just have to give the critters
chance to work some of that ter
rific running fever out of their
systems.
So the beautiful Springdale
course, site of the oldest race
meet in the South, is being re
furbished, fences painted, boxes
rigged up, grass trimmed in the
paddqck and track rolled, and on
Saturday-, March .13th, the silkj^
thprqughbredsi will cfane .dancing*
out to the, tune of the starting
bugle and the huzzas of the rac
ing fans. That meet will be fol
lowed, two weeks later, on Sat
urday the 27th, by another at
which will be run the famous
Carolina Cup, four miles over
timber.
There will be six races at each
meeting, four steeplechases and
two flat races making up the pro
gram for the 13th, with the 'first
race called at 2 p. m., (and, know
ing Harry the Kirk, who is chair
man of the whole kaboodle, 2 p.
m. means 2 p. m., suh!)
For those who don’t know all
about this Camden race thing:
you go down Route One. . . till
you get there: about 100 miles,
as we recall. We once made it,
after hunting here, in two hours
flat. We were wedged in in a
Ford coupe, between the Brothers
Boyd, wearing coonskin coats,
and all protest was futile. We
gradually lapsed into insensibility
and came to, coughing violently,
in a cloud of yellow dust. We
realized that, miraculously, it
was not the sulpher and brim
stone atmosphere of the. nether
regions, into which we had been
plunged, but the dust of the dirt
road into the Springdale Course.
That was a ride! And a big day
all ’round.
Col. Bower Goes
To New Position
In Albuquerque
Col. and Mrs. Ralph E. Bower,
with their children Roland, Mary
Lynn and Adele, will leave Sou
thern Pines the end of this week
to drive to their new home, Albu
querque, N. M.
' Colonel Bower, who has served
as director of services, then as
representative for this area, of
the Carolina Motor club since his
retirement from the army in
1945, will become manager of the
New Mexico Motor club at Albu
querque. Like the Carolina club,
which has headquarters at Char
lotte, it is a division of the Amer
ican Automobile association. ' '■
Going with them are also two
other members of their household
v/ho will be greatly missed here
■Mr. and Mrs. Simplicio Can-
sino, who came to this country
with the Bowers from the Phil
ippines in 1920. Cansino, known
as “Sim,” has worked as chef at
clubs, hotels and Holliday’s res
taurant here and has been at the
Jewel Box since its opening last
summer. His wife, Maria, has
helped raise the Bower children
and in other ways has been part
of the family. All have been liv
ing at the L. A. Grover home. I
The family has been here since |
April, 1943, when Colonel Bower
was stationed at Camp Mackall
as inspector general of the Air
borne Command. He later went
to the European theater of war as
inspector general of the VHI
corps. During that time Mrs.
Bower was active in numerous
community war services, notably
the Red Cross.
The family has been affiliated
with Emmanuel Episcopal church,
where Colonel Bower was a mem
her of the vestry. Their son, Ro
land, a second year student at
Southern Pines High school, has
been prominent in athletics there.
Mary Lynn was a third grade
student at the Ark school this
year, and Adele in the kindergar
ten.
Southern Pines
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HOUIDAY’S COFFEE SHOP
VERY GOOD FOOD
CHILDREN'S SERVICE
6 A. M. to 9 P. M.
OPEN EVERY DAY
JACK’S GRILL
"Where Dining is a Pleasure"
Breakfast 7 to 11 Lunch 11:30 to 2:30
Dinner 5 to 9—A la Carte All Day
Open From 7:00 A. M. till 11 P. M.
POPE’S RESTAURANT
Open From 7 A. M. to 12 P. M.
S. No. 1, Between Southern Pines and Aberdeen
THE JEWEL BOX
SERVING ICE CREAM — SOFT DRINKS
QUICK SNACKS
11 A. M. TO MIDNIGHT
Wednesday 6 P. M. to Midnight
THE SANDWICH SHOP
TRY A LITTLE SNACK OR A MEAL
Open 1 P. M. to 1:30 A. M.
GENE HAYBLE
THE PARTY'S DILEMMA
President Truman is between
two millstones.
On top of him he has the Sou-
Editor
The Pilot
Southern ' Pines, N. C.
I am taking this opportunity to
thank you and your publication
for the unrestricted cooperation
extended WSTS during my term
in office. You have aided us
many ways in the establishment
of our policy of service to the
public and the undertakings of
the various civic groups in this
area.
It has been a distinct pleasure
to realize such a harmonious as-
You do have a big day if you
go to Camden. It is a lovely old
town, to begin with, and then fir Rnv Tc
the horse end of things, for those nOKC IS
that like their thoroughbreds, is
really something. There are some
of the best steeplechasers in the
country stabled there, and more
come over from nearby Aiken.
The whole thing, under the ex
pert guidance of Harry Kirkover,
is done to the Queen’s tasite:
track the last word in condition,
parking spaces well-arranged, no
lost time between races- Every
thing moves like clockwork in
the hands of the team that, be
sides the chairman, usually in
cludes Grainger Gaither, Carrol.
Bassett, North Fletcher, Dwight i
and Martha Dartridge, and last'
but never least, David and Mar
tha Williams of Mulberry Planta
tion. The thoroughbreds, in Cam
thern Democrats threatening a sociation and it is rtiy sinceTe
revolt against the party. They wish that The Pilot will continue
receive the success it so great
all mention of the non-discrimin- ly deserves
ation part of his Civil Rights pro- ' Cordiallv
gram. Underneath him is the mill- jog g
stone of the Wallace candidacy
with its strong appeal to liberals.
Former Gen. Mgr.
WSTS
den, by the way, are not only the
four-legged variety.
A day at a Camden race meet
ing is as about as well spent a
slice of time as you can imagine
. . . that is, of course, if you hap
pen to like horses.
And that reminds us of a story.
It seems there was a man went
to visit in a certain hunting sec
tion, we won’t say where. He was
entertained here and there and
sat in On a good many conversa
tions between local sportsmen. He
listened to the talk about pas-'
Kiwanis Speaker
By Howard F. Burns
Dr. Roy E. Hoke of Charlotte,
noted child psychologist and writ
er, addressing the Sandhills Ki
wanis club Wednesday at the Mid
Pines on the subject “Child Psy
chology in Relation to the Future
of Our Country,” declared that
most of the defects in our chil
dren are handed down from the
parents. Continuing, he said our
educational system should include
in its program the proper training
terns and hocks and cannon
bones and withers, and the chat
about so-and-so out of this-and-
that by something-else, on and
on into the night. And finally
somebody noticed him sitting
there silent and said: “What
about you? Aren’t you interested
in sport?”
“Oh yes,” said the man, “very
much interested.”
“That so?” said his friend,
“Well, what do you do?”
“I shoot,” said the visitor.
“Oh?” said the friend. “And
what do you shoot?” “Horses,”
said the man.
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