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r Page Two THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina Friday. May 26. 1950 THE PILOT Published Each Friday by THE PILOT. INCORPORATED Southern Pines. North Carolina 1941—JAMES BOYD, Publisher—1944 KATHARINE BOYD Editor VALERIE NICHOLSON ..... Asst Editor DAN S. RAY . General Meager C. G. COTTNCIL Advertising Subscription Rates: One Year $3.00 6 Months $1.50 3 Months 75c Entered at the Postoffice at Southern Pines. N. C.. as second class mail matter Member National Editorial Association and N. C. Press Association V been given with such success in other sections of the state. Perhaps that will come, perhaps that is the next step. But, meanwhile, the Pilot, and we feel sure all local readers are with us, extends every good wi^h to the Sandhills Mtisic Associa tion, and to the fine energetic group of young people who are heading it. . . not forgetting, either, the Old Regulars on its board. Mrs. G. Takes Over The Best Man For Service With only twenty-four hours to go before we start our march to the polls, it behooves us all, as sensible and patriotic citizens of a sensible and patriotic state, to pull ourselves together, put our shirts back on, and take sober thought as to how we are going to vote. It will require an effort, for certain phasgs of this senatorial campaign have been excep tionally bitter. But even though North Carolina is not accustomed to this sort of politics, we are confident that it has not confused the minds of her citizens and that they have noted that the attempt to stampede them by slanderous accu sations and unfair means has been confined to one side of the fight. Except for the time when “Mir. Smith Went to Morehead City, the Gra ham forces have conducted themselves with dig nity: there have been no below-thef-belt punch es. And even though it is likely that Mbr. Smith s encounter with the coastal resort produced more laughs than it changed votes, it might be noted that the ad was a purely personal one and no part of the campaign of Senator Graham. ■ And that, we submit, is the point. As we cit izens get ready to cast our votes tomorrow, we would do well to forget the campaign and think of the candidates. Even those who are indignant with Willis Smith for allowing his sponsors so much leeway, had better forget it. There is no doubt that Mr. Smith is a fine man and it is more than probable that his heart was not in this campaign of villification. So we had better ignore all ^is, tomorrow, and consider, simply, the sort of man we want to have represent us in Washington. Which one of the candidates will do a better job? Which will be most capable and most earnest in repre senting the interests of the people of North Car olina? Which one understands the state’s prob lems best; which can present its needs in Wash ington most clearly and most effectively? In the important international field, which man has the greater understanding and experiencp? Which would contribute most to the counsels of the nation^ This is the time of year when the Pilot regu larly puts aside his jaunty naval headgear and, for the space of a few editorial paragraphs, dons the bonnet of Mrs. Grundy. In other words, folks, summer is here and with its coming the term “short shorts” loses its lit erary significance and turns into the things you see whisking up and down Broad Street. The short shorts, the apparently short-less shirt- tails, and the brief bras: these are what sum mer brings, along with the bees and the birds. (And a few other B’s that we can think of, or could if Mrs. Grundy weren’t in charge.) But that awe-inspiring lady, having hoisted herself laboriously onto the Pilot’s bridge, peers down from that eminence with an “M-m-m. . . ■ MM!” of disapproval, and we’re minding our manners. The big city papers tell us that fashions are changing. They say that this spring, on the beaches and the sun-decks, shorts reach almost to the knees, bathing suits have straps and even skirts, and midriffs have withdrawn discreetly from view. Modesty, they say, is coming back. And the advertisements bear them out, (with no pun intended.) Well, maybe. But not yet around here. And this raises a critical question: is the Sandhills behind the times? Are we out of step with progress? Could it be that Southern woman hood has been passed in this rush back to modesty? This is a startling thought; almost as startling as the sights in town. Oh, Mrs. G. likes them on the tennis courts; she likes them swimming or playing or lying in the sun. In their plafce, she likes them. What draws her ire is to see them swishing and bouncing along the street or pushing through crowded stores. Especially does she deplore their appearance qf a Saturday when the town is crowded with a heterogeneous population. “Tut-tut,” tuts Mrs. G. “It just ain’t fitVn.” An Army chaplain was entrust ed with the duty of finding places for boys of all denominations to worship, during the recent man euvers at Camp Mackall. His search took him through several towns in the Sandhills and he finally landed at Aberdeen, where he stopped at a service station to gas up and also to inquire, “Is there a synogogue here?” “A what?” asked the station at tendant, looking slightly mystifi ed. “A synagogue. I wanted to find if you had one in this town.” The attendant scratched his head briefly, then brightened up as he reported, “Well, no, I don’t believe we do—but we have a swell Junior Chamber of Com merce.” Greensboro should thrill from you. They’ll demonstrate all sorts of water safety rules—also what happens. when the rules are broken, and some quick rescue work has to be done* I If you see a crowd on the street corner and hear whoops and hol lers ringing out under the syca mores, next Saturday, it won’t with the Section. It’ll just be GLEN ROUNDS hitting town. He and MARGARET are due in over the weekend, and if that isn’t good news! necessarily have anything to do PILOT ADVERTISING PAYS i Governor Scott, speaking at Carthage the other night, came out with a comment on the tele phone situation we hadn’t heard before. We didn’t realize until we saw the Little Miss Southern Pines contest at the VFW auxiliary’s grand show last Friday night that present dress styles hide the knee of even the third and fourth graders. The first and second grade girls walked out with knee caps in full display. The slightly older little girls’ dresses were perceptibly longer!—no more knees showing. Now, little girls’ knees are mighty cute, and a short dress has a pert look that is lacking when the hems come down. We had a feeling as the contest went on that it would be one of the short- frock lassies who would win—and she did. He told of his efforts of some 30 years to get a telephone at his farm at Haw River. He worked hard but had no success at all until he was elected governor then, presto, within two months there was the telephone. His comment: “That’s a helluva way to have to get a phone! Everybody was warning KATHIE and VOIT GILMORE before they left on their trip to Niagara Falls, not to expect too much of that famous spfll-over; However, “Far from it!” was Ka- thie’s enthusiastic comment when she got back Monday. “It’s terri fic! BETTER than I expected!” she said. ' Not that we’re saying little Miss Cynthia Hicks won the crown by a knee. She was mighty cute from top to toe, and a winner for our money from the beginning. A Strange Reaction These are the questions that face us as we come to the primary. Let us concentrate on them. Let us forget the campaign with its ac cusations "and denials, its hullabaloos, its per sonal bitternesses. Let us put our shirts back on. As we go to the polls Saturday, let us do so with sober thought and a deep sense of our duty as citizens in these critical times. Let us think long and think well and try, earnestly and pray erfully, to cast our vote for the best man. Congratulations To The Music Associations The Sandhills Music Association, which had its annual meeting last week, is a fine organiza tion, there is no doubt about it. In the short time it has been in existence, it has done at least two notable things: bring the State Sym phony orchestra here and, as its final offering last week, put on a concert of the young artists of Moore County. These two items, and, we feel, they stand side by side in significance, would alone have made the formation of this organization worth while. But, of course, they do not stand alone. The group which is sponsoring music for the Sandhills has extensive plans. We are told that, for next year, they are drawing up a program of wider range. It will be climaxed by a return visit of the state orchestra. . . that would be on the insistence of the whole section, a demand performance, if the Association had not already automatically placed this engagement at the head of their next year’s list. But, besides the symphony*, there will be another big name musical event, and, adding to the variety, sev eral less impressive concerts. , This will be good news. And, we submit, it will be good news not only to the many music lovers in Moore County, but to the parents and the schools, who have long wished that our children could have the advantages of hearing good music. It will also be welcomed by those whose business depends on the prosperity of this section. There is no doubt that the advertis ing value of such entertainment is considerable. We have many organizations in Moore Coun ty and in Southern Pines: sometimes it seems ■ as if we had too many. But here is one, cele brating this year its first birthday, which de served a warm welcome and continued encour agement. It is, of course, the child of the first music association, that founded by A. B. Yeo mans to foster good music in our Southern Pines school and which brought Stanley SmRh here and produced his famous glee club, winner of many state contests. It has gone beyond its parent in scope: to get the state symphony here is a real achievemfent, and, if it follows in its parent’s footsteps in the encouragement of local school and county school music, that will be a good thing, too. The re cent concert of young artists, which was so out standing, looks as if it might be heading that way. We have always looked forward to a time when our county school might have a coordin ated musical program which would result in one of those remarkable joint concerts that have Sometimes it seems as if one of the worst things about'the Communist danger is the way it has confpsed the minds of good Americans. It is depressing indeed to see the Hitler and Stalin technique, of the big lie told over and over again winning eventual belief, taking hold in America. Take the case, for instance, of Mr. Wiseacre who writes for the Pinehurst Outlook. You would think that such a good citizen would find cause for rejoicing that Senator McCarthy’s ac cusations against the government could not be proved. You would think this would be good news to one who has the country’s interests at heart. But instead of being filled with satisfac tion to know that, as far as we can tell, com munists have not been running things in the State Department, the Outlook columnist will have none of it. He goes right on asserting that they have been and still are. He brushes it all aside as airily as he does the charges themselves which he calls, simply: “fanfare: too much fan fare.” This is surely a new word for what most people are calling them. ' His attitude toward the report that the State Department has taken measures to rid its staff of undesirables is simila^. This proves, he says not, as we might expect, that the department is on the alert and looking after its own security but that it sought to forestall possible exposure. Again it'would seem a peculiar way to reac^t to good news. When he hears that this govern ment has done the right thing why not com mend it? Actually, this type of investigation is constantly being carried on; this was nO' innova tion. As grounds for his attitude, this columnist states as a fact that communist infiltration m the government has been “already proven in several courts.” This would be news, we im agine, to those in Washington who have been trying so desperately to prove the truth of McCarthy’s charges. If this is a proven fact, what’s all the'shootin’ for? That the communist danger is critical is a fact no one in his senses will deny, however, and honest criticism and questioning is the duty of a goods citizen. But criticism that calls Mc- Crthy’s lies “fanfare” and “facts” is not the sort of criticism:, not the sort of Americanism, that will do our country good. Mr. Wiseacre closes his column with these words: “No political expediency must be per mitted to interfere with a complete house cleaning.” We would amend that to read: “No political expediency should be tolerated that, in the name of ’house-cleaning,’ undermines the foundations of the house.” And the “house” in question, we would re mind Mr. Wiseacre, is not the Democratic Ad- piinistration; it is the United States. The whole show was a hum dinger, bringing lots of talent to light. The program was long but it could have teen even longer without wearyihg anyone The acts themselvfes were short, and succeeded each other swifPy. A lot of credit goes toDon Jones and Joe Warren; being masters of cer emonies when 50 kids are per forming is no easy job. They made a smooth, happy thing of it, click ing right along. Mrs. Louis Gariy. Mrs. Walter Topping. Jr. and Mrs. AlexMder Morgan were the VFW Auxiliary committee for the show, and did a noble job. Very different was the com ment on another occasion that STRUTHERS BURT told us about once. It appears a family, to, cel ebrate their ninety-two year-old grandmother’s birthday decided to take her 'to see the falls. She had never been a mile from her little home in the country and they thought she’d get the kick of her long life-time out of it. Not at all. She wasn’t wowed a bit but stood looking calmly at the waterfall. As they waited breathless, for her reaction, she turned and: “Well, after all,” she said, with a gesture towards the water rushing down over the cliff. After all, what’s to hinder?” Speaking of the BURTS, the latest news is that Grandpa and Grandma are doing right well, thank you, in their new role. They have been entertaining their granddaughter, young Katharine, daughter of JULIE and GEORGE ATTERBERRY of Jackson, Wyo. Staying there at the Wirth Hotel, they took care of the baby for a whole ten days AND survived, (and so, apparently did she!) RED FOX TAXI N. W. 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Maybe you’re a good swimmer and diver—^maybe not. In either case this team experts Won’t she have a good time when she is old enough to listen to tall tales from those two. It’s good news, by the way, that they are almost surely going to be here some next winter. After trying out this and that climate, they have about decided that Sandhills air and pines is best of THE PUBLIC SPEAKING SALE ALL WATCHES HALF-PRICE R. A. Warren, Jeweler N. W. Broad Street Working For Good At West Southern Pines this past weekend, women from all over the state came together for a meeting of the Federation of Negro Wom en’s Clubs, to discuss the problems that faced them in their communities. Addressed by leaders in the movement it self, as well as by Mayor Page and other local leaders, the members attacked the subject with courage and intelligence. What comes as a re sult of such meetings is bound to be of high value in the solution of community, national, inter-racial and just every-day human prob lems. The Pilot:— Last week you published an ad vertisement which was supposed to furnish the information I re quested, May 5, from Mrs. Swish er. (That she be specific in her charges against Senator Graham; name the sources of information and authors, and GIVE THE TIMES when he belonged to stat- edganizations.) Among the mass of material the advertisment pre sented were: (1) The long list of organiza tions which has become shop worn from overuse. (2) The curious statement that the advertiser does not call Mr. Graham a communist as she does not have the money to pay “to some Party” for making such a rash statement; The clear inference is that the title would be applied of she were not a- fraid or had the legal proof to sustain her. Lacking the cour age and not having the proof she generously refrains. (3) Two books ana authors: (1) “The Road Ahead” by John T, Flyrm. (2) “We Must Abolish the United States by Joseph Louis Graves’ editorial which you re-printed disposed of Flynn most satisfactorily. About Kamp: Respecting your policy not to print lengthy quotes, I shall con- dense statements by reliable sources, and say that from these it apnears that Kamp (born Kampt) has been named as an ex treme right-wing propagandist un der conviction for contempt of Congress; that shortly before the war broke out, Kamp s hate-mon- gering literature was commended highly and distributed by pro- Nazi agencies. John Roy Carlson s book “Under Cover” cites Kamp 21 times for activities that, to say the least, were not in the best in terest of this country. The Consti tutional Educational League, Inc. (sponsor of Kamp’s book and Kamp’s own organization) is cited four times for shady activities. Flynn and Kamp are identical twins as - notorious defamers. Their filth should have no weight with justice-loving people. No one has ever accused Sen ator Graham of having pro-Nazi sympathies. I wonder if such an accusation woud not hit many of L. V. O’CALLAGHAN APPLIANCES his detractors in a vulnerable spot The advertisement neglected to GIVE THE TIMES when Senator Graham belonged to certain or ganizations. I hope this was not overlooked purposely, but there is some reason to believe it was. Here is the true answer to the question, for the benefit of those who want tfacts: When Germany attacked Russia in June 1941, Russia became allied with all the nations fighting the Nazis and was eligible for aid under our lend-lease and by every other possible means. Organiza tions were formed in the United States to assist and encourage Russia, as was being done for Great Britain and other allies. Senator Graham, with thousands of other fine Americans, joined these organizations. After Pearl Harbor,' Russia became our fighting ally, along with the oth ers. Would these detractors of Senator Graham have had us kick an ally in the teeth at the time when Russia’s fighting was saving the lives of thousands of Amer ican soldiers? After the war, as Russia desert ed most of her allies and plainly- showed the ignoble path it would follow, Senator Graham and many others sensed the change in the organizations to which they beonged, and parted company with them—in most instances BE FORE they were placed on the Government’s subversive lists. No attack has been made on most of the others associated with Dr. Graham in these organizations. Why? Because these hate-dispen sers of the extreme right wing fear and*despise any person who advocates human freedom, prog ress and humanity. Senator Gra ham, firmly advocating all qf these, is marked as one of their victims. Since this method of attact— guilt by association—^has been perfected by the hate-mongers, one thing has been a mystery to I me. How can people who practice .these tactics, and who constantly 'carry suspicion, intolerance, pre judice and hate in their hearts, get ANY joy out of life? From the few I see around this area, judg ing by their actions, I don’t be lieve they do. ELMER M SIMKINS Telephone 6975 Southern Pines, N. C. DR. DAVID W. WHITEHEAD OPTOMETRIST EYES EXAMINED GLASSES FITTED Hours 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. daily except Saturday (Wednesday afternoon, close at 1 p. m.) Telephone 6982—Hart Building—Southern Pines. N. C. TYNER & COMBS Painting and Wall Papering SOUTHERN pines; N. C. C. O, Combs G. W. Tyner Pinebluff 313 Southern Pines 5804 P. O. Box 531—SOUTHERN PINES. N. C. DRIVE CAREFULLY — SAVE A LIFE! DRY CLEANING SERVICE PROMPT MODERATE V^ALET V D. C. JENSEN ANTIQUES ALLiE McIntosh Southern Pines 675 South West Broad Street Telephone 645
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