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sure to TB. There could be, of
course, no facilities for isolation
in the jail.
It is not the first time that such
a story has appeared in print. We
have read of similar occurrences
Friday. September 23, 1949
HOME COMING
This coming Sunday will be
OK TEACHER
It is a nervous exp^ience to be
Home-Coming at Old Bethesda singled out as an object lesson of
Church. On this day come to the any sort, but when it is an qbject
V.X near Aberdeen for scorn and criticism the expe-
before, but they have been m i • rience is dismaying. Especially
"-when the facts are all too true.
Last week Southern Pines figured
in such fashion in an editorial in
the Pinehurst Outlook with the
gloomy title “Object Lesson” and
some of'those black dots after it
more horridly eloquent than
words: “Lawd, lawd!” they seem
to say: “Mmmmm—UM!”
But much as Southern Pines
must have lamented such unwel
come prominence, there isn’t a
other places and we have been' years. From far
able to permit ourselves the un-'^”^^ come to^ join to
gether in a renewal of those ties
which are the deepest bonds 'in
the community life of America.
Those who come will visit to
gether and “catch up” on all the
news of old friends, they will
break bread out under the old
trees and will Join together in a
kind luxury of imagining that
they could not happen here. Now
it has happened, right here in the
jail of our .county seat, and all
Moore County citizens will feel
a surge of shame and sorrow.
It should be made very clear
that during these months many | reverent service of worship in the
e forts were made to get this'old church. But they will do more
woman admitted to various sana- ■ '
toria. Those who were in touch
with the case, the sheriff, the
jailer, and the county medical of-
COMMUNIST BEAR TRAP
With these words Governor
Dewey classified the Peekskill
riots and there could be no more
graphic phrase to describe what
he terms “a shame and a dis
grace,” this incident, in which
Americans planned such a “trap”
and other Americans fell into it.
The governor’s statement,
though overdue, was wortji wait
ing for. In clear language the
New York official spoke out for
the basic principles of democracy.
“Free speech and free assembly,”
he said, “are as precious to us as
life itself. When those rights are
denied, it is the cause of deepest
concern for every one of us.”
Dewey promised a cpmplete in
vestigation of both Peekskill af
fairs, saying: “Any action by any
one, whoever he is, in violation of
these rights, can be and will be
investigated to the last limit of
the power of the state.”
The investigation should be fol
lowed with intense interest,
though the actual fixing of blame
is perhaps a secondary matter.
Already attempts are being
made to obscure the issue. Robe
son has issued a call to “help
•fight fascism in our land,” while,
on the other hand, a rumor is be
ing spread that the whole busi
ness at Peekskill was the work of
his followers intent on making
martyrs of themselves and involv-.
ing their opponents in mob-vio
lence and “un-Amecican” actions.
ficer, whq made frequent visits to
the jail, were deeply concerned
over the situation,. The Grand
Jury noted it briefly in their re
port. But the question as to what
to do with the womari remained
unsolved. There is no place in the
county for such patients.
It is too late/to do anything for
Gwendolyn Wagner. There is no
way now ' in which we can
make up to her for her
suffering and the injustice of
her treatment, but there is some
thing that we can do and must
do if we would regain something
of our own lost peace of mind.
We must ^ee to it that this can
not happen again.
How? In two immediate ways,
to begin with. We must do all we
can to assist those who are work
ing for more beds in the state
sanatorium. Through political ac
tivity and through fund drives we
as citizens can-do much to speed
this vitally needed improvement.
But there is something more.
It has long been advocated that
cne wing of the County Home be
remodelled and set aside for
special patients. Our first step
should be to insist that such an
improvement or addition, if this
is necessary, be made and that
this be done immediately.
There is one further step. Look
ing .back on this tragic case, it
seems that if publicity had been
given to it, something might have
been accomplished. Almost surely
than that. They will share in a I cne who could deny that it was
richer, deeper fellowship not only deserved or that the editorial was
with those about them but with'not a very fine one indeed. It took
those who lie out under the green the words right out of the Pilot’s
turf and the old oak trees and
cedars cf their final r^ing-place.
There is a feeling of com
munion of the spirit in . Home-
Coming Day, and not only in the
richness which memory brings,
in the recalling of vivid and love
ly personalities, the kind and gra
cious men and women who have
gone before. There is a feeling of
continuity, here, of the traditions
of the past carrying on into the
future. And to many among the
Home-comers there will seem to
be, at Old Bethesda on this spe
cial day, a spirit not only of the
past and of the present
but of the future, too. For on that
day the veil -between time and
space, here and hereafter, grows
almost transparent, and those on
either side of it seem very close.
There will be gay meetings oil
Home-Coming Day; there will be
renewal of friendships, jokes and
fun. There will be words of wis
dom from the speaker, the be
loved friend of many and former
pastor of this descendant of the
“Church at the Head of the Rock-
fish.” There will be sad hearts
there, too, quietly hidden under
a friendly smile.
Old and young and middle-
aged, and mostly with fine Scot
tish names, the people will gather
there on Sunday, and when the
old hymns are sung and goodbyes
said and rtle day is over they will
go back to their own homes, re
newed and strengthened again in
mouth; (“we were JUST going to
Grains
of Sand
A chain letter has started up
again, with good luck as the only
reward, as opposed to dimes, dish
towels, other people’s wives and
all the other prizes promised in
previous letter-links. . . But no'
matter what you get (or don’t
get) they’re still against' the law.
Postmaster A. Garland Pierce ad
vises.
We get a “Chain of Good Luck”
letter the other day “started in
Africa by a French qfficer under
de Gaulle and now going around
the world for the first time. . .A
private in the Philippine army
say that very thing!”>; and thel^omply-
next step, in the matter, clearly,'ip® with the chain . . . Mr. D.
is a reprinting of the good, if dis-was elected for the third
mal, editorial. As follows: 1^™® President of the United
OBJECT LESSON
(From the Pinehurst Outlook)
Liberty is never stolen. It is
surrendered. Democracy goes by
default, not by decision.
An object lesson was presented
two weeks ago when the town of
Southern Pines was polled on a
$275,000 bond issue for improv
ing the water system. The issue
was approved by 77 voters, or 10
percent of the qualified electors.
A total of only 95 cf the 661 reg
istered voters took' the time and
trouble to go to the polls and reg
ister their opinions.
We are not concerned here with
the merits of the proposed im
States 52 hours after he mailed
this letter. . . Captain Homes who
broke the chain died after he re
ceived this letter. . . Detective E.
Villaneuve in the city of Begui,
who Idughed at this chain, met
instantaneous death in an acci
dent on June 14, 1948.”
The strange part is, this letter
came to us from somebody we
always thought had good sense.
In the Mailbag: A welcome let
ter from Mrs. James D. Marler,
who with the two little Marlers
recently left Southern Pines to
join her chaplain husband on
Guam—“One of the things .we
Williard Moores
Buy McLean Home
Mr. and .Mrs. L. L.'^McLean
have sold their home on the cor
ner of Ridge street and Pennsyl
vania, and moved back to their
home community of Cameron,
whence Mr. McLean commutes
daily to his work at the Pilot of
fice.
Purchasers of the • attractive
small home^ of rustic architecture,
set de'ep' on a large wooded lot,
are Mr. and Mrs. Williard Moore,
formerly of Mt. Airy. Mr. Moore
has been connected with the
Brown’s Auto Supply stores,
headquartered in Sanford, for
some time, and has worked pre
viously in the Brown stores in
Aberdeen and also in Lexington.
His new position is a supervisory
one, in which he will work with
PIANOS
Cole Piano Company
NeiJl A. Cole Prop.
Piano Sales and Service
Phone 92-L
Three Points Sanford
Britain’s king is forbidden by
law to enter the House of Com
mons.
J. AUBREY SMITH
Jeweler
Watch Repairing
Tel. 8691 Aberdeen, N. C.
Drs. Neal and McLean
VETERINARIANS
Southern Pines, N. C.
provement program. The factithat since leaving
Fields Plumbing & Heating Co.
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an overwhelming majority of the
few who did vote approved the
bond issue would indicate that
the proposal is a highly desirable
one, and meets with the full ap
proval of the people of Southern
Pines.
What we are concerned with is
the utter indifference of the
voters.
Democracy is not founded on
the expressed opinions of 10 per
cent of the people. It is born out
the States is the association with
the hospitable people of Southern
Pines. . . We are very happy to
have pur family united, and have
found Guam to be a lovely and
interesting island, but we shall
go on remembering our very
pleasant stay in your lovely
town, and shall always be enthus
iastic boosters of the Sandhills
and particularly Southern Pines.”
The mailing address is Ch.
(Capt.) James D. Marler, 0514627,
of the fullest expression of every ^46, care
shade of opinion, and nourished Francisco, Cal.
at the public polling station
funds would have been donated to | for the years that lie ahead,
hire someone to care for this poor
sufferer. The pressure of public DOG WEEK
opinion might also have accom
plished what individual efforts
were unable to do in- getting the
woman admitted to a state insti
tution. Thinking of the goo’d-
These are familiar communist hearted church groups'Yight there
tactics and undoubtedly played a
major part in the affair, but there
appears to be no question that
the actual violence can be laid to
intolerance, hot-headedness and
in Carthage, always eager to help
in a worthy cause, and of the
many welfare committees all over
the county, we must believe that
only failure tp let these people
Every dog shall have his day,
according to the old saying, but
this year every dog is going to
have seven days. This week has
been set aside, believe it or not,
as National Dog Week.
Now this business of weeks has
always seemed more than a little
ridiculous, not to mention more
than a little commercial. But if it
r n ^ °n|know Of this tragedy in our midst is going to be done, has anyone
possible. The officials got a good reason to give why we
®ur public work are hard shouldn’t have Yfational Dog
Amermans defied the police and pressed, it would be well if they
tneS to take over their authority could understand that help will
IS the inost serious aspect of this]be forth-coming if they will tell
whole affair. ■
This, it would seem, is the first This story is a sad confession
lesson to be learned from the of failure on the part of civilized
Peekskill riots: the fact that those people to make civilization work,
who opposed communism acted
exactly as the communists hoped
they would, by so doing making
the fight against communism all
the harder to win. Another point
to be noted was the extremely
efficient organization of the com
munist cohorts. Though these
guards behaved with discipline,
as the governor said, and took no
part in the violence, the fact of
their existence has sinister im
plications.
The main thing to do now is to
study this affair so that we may
be on guard against similar hap
penings. The task is not an easy
one, for this is a delicate and
deeply dangerous problem. There
is no doubt that these people are
NICE WORK
The Pilot steps out of character,
this week, gets down off his
bridge and takes to the woods, to
pay tribute to Alex Fields, friend
to man and animals, now retiring
from, twenty-one years spent as
game warden in Moore County.
- They say “a man’s job is the
man in the job.” That’s the way
it ought to be but seldom is in
these days of assembly-line pro
duction. But, luckily' for Moore
County, that’s the way it has been
with Game Warden Fields. The
job itself might have been a
Week? 'We can think of nobody
who would be brave enough to
suggest it unless it might possibly
be the dogs.
Dogs are modest •people; that
is, except for a few of the effete
and esthetic types who pretend to
trace their descent back to the
Ming dynasty in China or the As
syrian kings. But then, with the
other dogs, there has always been
some question as to whether these
types should be counted as dogs
at all. There is little doubt that
to real dogs, praise and publicity
is repellent. As to what so often
goes with it in the way of brush
ing, curling, shaving, tricks and
showing off by misguided .own
ers, the Ibss said the better. True,
a respectable dog will take honest
pride in his position. . . that is
only to be expected. Such a dog
knows his place, he knows what
is due him and he accepts it with
proper dignity, but that is a dif
When the people themselves re
ject their franchise to vote, when
they waive their authority, dem
ocracy sickens and dies.
The fact that 77 persons ap
proved the expenditure of more
than a quarter of a million dol
lars is a clear indication that con
cern about the creeping Welfare
State must become more than
simply a subject for indignant
bridge stble conversation.
The Ainerican' who regards
himself as too busy to vote today
may wake up lomorrow and find
the polling booths shuttered and
barred.
I The Public
Speaking
pretty cut-and-dried thing, or it , , .
* - could have been not much of any-r^^®*'^ matter. Publicity and con-
ready to, do all in their power to thing at all, if that sort of a manr®^^®'^. showing-off have no lures
light the fires of violence where- had l^een in it. But, from the r°T ^s the sort of
ever they can reach. To pose as start, Alex saw the possibilities. National Dog Week
martyrs in the cause of freedom Game laws were few and far be-l'^®^"? would be the first
will be their endeavor and it is]tween when he took the job, but
‘ he knew the woods and he knew
a safe guess that we shall see thd
Peekskill incident repeated in
varying ways while there are
stupid or over-zealous patriots to
fall into the communist beartrap
and the urge to bigotry and vio
lence is- latent in men’s hearts.
Forebearance under the most
extreme provocation must be our
course in dealing with this prob
lem, and that is not an easy as
signment for Americans. The
temptation to jump in and give
these people what they are asking
for will be almost irresistible.
That must not happen, but to
prevent it wiU call for self-disci
pline and citizen responsibility of
a high order.
,isedgi
TRAGIC STORY
The tragic story of the death
from- tuberculosis of a woman in
the Garthage jail is deeply shock
ing. Adiriitted in April, “because
there was, no room in the state
sanatorium,” this woman, inno
cent of arty crime and critically
ill, was kept in jail for five
months, until her death last week.
More: although suffering from an
extremely contagious disease,
she was kept in a cell in which
others were placed, to whose pun
ishment as criminals was added
the dreadful, injustice of expo
shooting and hunting and he knew
game. He realized what- was need
ed. He enforced what laws there
were, often under great difficul
ties, and he tried to teach good
hunting procedure and the con
servation policies that, later on,
became the keystone of the state
laws.
Those who have - hunted this
country during the past years
have many fine things to s&y of
Alex Fields, and there are some,
no longer here, who in their time
were his friends and his well-
wishers always. Among them
were James and Jackson Boyd,
who started the Moore County
Hounds and, with them, hunted
the country for many years. Alex
Fields was their friend and ad
visor and a constant help in get
ting the hunt established.
The Pilot wishes the best of
luck to Alex Fields, Moore Coun
ty is to be congratulated in hav
ing for so long enjoyed and prof
ited by his service. No more fit
ting ending to this simple tribute
to a fine public servant could be
found than the closing sentence
of the letter of that fine sports
man and the Pilot’s good friend,
Julian Bishop, published in an ad
joining column. The Pilot is proud
to echo his words: “Nice work.
Alex; a job well done.”
to object.
It ought not to be. It ought to
be a lot,of different things. Good
walks every day in nice squirrelly
places,.fresh water in the water
dish, steak bones, and nobody
prying to see where they are go
ing to be buried and laugh, or
chase the burier out of the flow
er-bed. It ought to include a good
daily scratch and NO BATHS. It
ought, if possible, to offer at least
one good cat-chase, with the firm
understanding that no return en
gagement with specially selected
enormous Toms be staged for Na
tional Cat 'Week, if'there is such
a' thing.
Unfortunately, one thing has
gone wrpng in setting the date
for Dog Week: the moon is not
cooperating. . . There should cer
tainly be a full moon for that bar
bershop harmony to roll out at
its fullest and finest.
The Pilot will maintain to the
last, though, that National Dog
Week is totally unnecessary,
though it may be all very well
for those who like such things.
But there isn’t a week or a day
in the year when many thousands
of dogs are not being thought
about with affection and high es
teem by many thousands of peo
ple. Or would it be millions?
To the Pilot.
Congratulations to The Pilot on
the fine article in regard to the
retirement of Mr. Alex Fields as
county game protector. It has
been my good fortune to have
served under Alex as a deputy
game protector for many years.
We have had some great days in
the hunting field together. One
cannot find in the whole state a
better sportsman, nor in fact a
better shot, than Alex.
Some years ago he and I were
shooting over near the old Har
rington place on Deep River, near
which Alex was born and raised.
The dogs located a nice covey
right on the edge of some pine
woods. We walked in on the birds.
Up they sprung. It was such thick
cover only one shot was 'fired—
that by Alex, as the birds got up
on his side. We went on through
and found three dead quail—yes,
sir, three dead birds with one
shot!—a feat any hunter^can be
proud of.
Alex’ continuous hard work to
wards the preservation of game,
and enfpreement of our state
game laws has been outstanding.
Now at the end of 21 years’ active
duty, he can put his head on the
pillow any night, and I’m sure
hear voices saying, “Nice work,
Alex—a job well done.”
JULIAN T. BISHOP
Miss Miriam Willis of Hamlet
had a chance at winning $25,000
in prizes on “Sing It Again,” CBS
quiz program, on a recent Satur
day night, but couldn’t identify
the tune. . .- Miss Willis was call
ed at her home. . . What she can’t
figure out is how the program
got her name, as the phone is
listed in the name of her father,
the Rev. J. B. Willis.
Looks like FCC is going tp have
the dickens of a. time getting
those giveaway programs off the
air, if they ever do. . . And why
they should, we don’t know.
They provide listening fun for
millions, even when they don’t
get any prizes.
Someone said the same kind of
thing is going on in Washington,
where you win a deepfreeze but
answer the questions afterward
not before.
Dr. J. B. Rhine, Duke Univer
sity parapsychologist who made
a personal hit with a talk at the
Pinehurst Forum last winter, ap
pears as a character in Upton Sin
clair’s latest novel, “O Shepherd,
Speak!’’ ... In this book the fic
tional hero’s adventures are en
livened encounters with real
personalities, who take part in
the action under their true names
. . . Whether by permission or
not, we don’t know.
Dr. Rhine, called an “architect
of fate,” fs first called into the
plot to give an address before a
Peace Program” and to broad
cast some of his views on what
extra-sensory perception might
do to improve the chances for
world peace.
In a style typical of Rhine, Sin
clair quotes him in a fictitious
speech; “If we can push our in
quiries far enough to discover
how to develop conscious control
over extra-sensory perception, we
can take all the secrecy out of
warfare and expose all plots that
are hatched by , warmakers
around the globe.”
“A religious appeal without the
label,” are the terms used by the
author to describe the address.
“But,” he asks, “how many peo
ple are there in America willing
or able to recognize religion when
it comes to them without clerical
symbols?”
Something of an author him
self, Dr. Rhine’s scientific writ
ings about extra-sensory percep
tion or the “sixth” sense have
been of great interest, placing his
books high on the best seller lists.
His latest book, “The Reach of
the Mind,” is a best seller in the
U. S. and has been translated into
six languages.
(iVrfe (H,
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GOLF LESSONS
CLUB REPAIRING
From the Pilot files:
TEN YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph K. Trix of
Lake Placid, N. Y., lease The Pad-
dock for the winter season.
Keeping America out of war is
chiefly a matter of public opinion.
Judge Hubert Olive guest speak- ^esday to Helen Reed, our neigh
KiwaSs^b ®^ts
'gets younger with every birthday,
Dortq a spreads more and more hap-
Ss MLa.S“ Si"™””""'
highly successful season ahead. | j
TWENTY YEARS AGO ephone service to Southern Pines, ^
Many happy returns of Wed-
The federal government is a
$40,000,000,OOO-a-year business.
Mayor D. G. Stu^z announces
that a new freight depot will be
built in Southern Pines at. a cost
of $15,000.
Improvements now being made
are expected to give finest of tel-
Knollwood and Pinehurst.
A committee of the Southeast
ern Florists association visit the
Carolina Orchid Gardens, and de
clare themselves greatly impress
ed by its facilities.
Auto Loans
$50 to $1500
Financing — Refinancing
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