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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Friday, January 26, 1951
THE PILOT
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Southern Pines, North Carolina
1941—JAMES BOYD, Publisher—1944
KATHARINE BOYD Editor
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body alike.”—James Boyd, May 23, 1941
Let Them Know
This country is in a strange state. Every day
we read news of the fighting or hear it on the
radio, every daysmen are being inducted into
the services, every day the casualty lists grow
longer as more and more families feel the
heavy weight of war, and still the country
seems to be floating along in a sort of daze,
trying to keep its eyes shut, it would seem, to
what is happening.
One reason for this is a good one: Americans
are clinging doggedly to the hope that the real
World War III will not come. We believe this
is the right attitude, but we would hope that
it could be held, not, as now, in a sort of
shrinking away from what is happening, but
positively, with forceful determination. A res
olute facing of reality would bring about a
change that is much needed.
For the trouble is that in trying to avoid
thinking about the present many have seemed
almost to try to pretend that it did not exist.
This is reflected in the way we treat our boys.
They go off to be inducted with little help
from the home folks. Not that they want par
ades and bands playing, far from it. But can
anyone doubt that they would appreciate soihe
sign that at least the country knows what they
are doing?
We repeat that we believe America is right
in steadfastly refusing to accept the idea of
war, but this faint-hearted indifference to the
whole subject of the present is something else.
The fighting in Korea was undertaken as a
police action and is being bitterly waged in the
belief that such evidence of US and UN deter
mination may prevent a general war: that does
not change the heroic part played by our fight
ing men. They deserve our thoughts and our
prayers, our praise and our everlasting grati
tude.
And here at home, in the mobilization to pre
pare for whatever may follow, those who are
entering the service or are now standing ready
in reserve deserve our thoughts and prayers,
too. All these men need to feel that their coun
try is behind them. Whether as individuals we
show our interest best by writing letters, by the
display of service flags, by joining in Red Cross
or other defense activities, is each one’s choice
to make. But let the choice be made. Above all,
our men need to know that our hearts are with
them.
The Crisis In The UN
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boundaries which we had not shown ourselves!
It is impossible to get around the facts of this
case, and it is facts, today, that Americans
should keep in mind. During the campaign we
refused to heed the warnings of our allies, now
that our action has landed us in the trouble
they foresaw, what right have we to demand
that they join us in making it a thousand times
worse?
Why. are we attempting to impose our will
over the clear will and judgment of the major
ity, and incidentally, just what, in our conduct
Of this Korean affair, gives us the impression
that our way is best, that we, more than the
rest, know what should be done?
Honor To Pinebluff
The Pilot extends hearty congratulations to
the Boy Scout troop of Pinebluff. This troop,
which won the award presented at last week’s
court of honor, for the greatest advancement
during the year, is outstanding in an outstand
ing town.
Perhaps the two go together. Certainly it is
true that almost everyone in the town of Pine
bluff is interested in Scouts, either boys or
girls and often both, and a great many of Rs
individual citizens have taken an active part
in Scout work. It is not then, surprising, per
haps, that Pinebluff came out ahead, but that
doesn’t make it any the less a triumphant con
clusion to a fine year. In fact, we submit-that
this is the way the thing should work and we
haven’t a doubt that those who took such an
interest in the troops and helped them to go
forward, were themselves helped and educated,
too, in many a way.
Pinebluff has the honor of having in its troop
the youngest Eagle Scout in North Carolina,
Frederick Schnell. Added" to this distinction is
the fact that, last fall, this town proudly claim
ed one of the only Girl Scouts in the nation to
win the silver cross for valor. This was Marilyn
Mills, who saved the life of Harriet Schnell, an
other scout, who is Frederick’s sister.
All this is quite a record. If rummage sales
hereabouts are flooded with hats which Pine
bluff owners have proudly discarded m favor
of new headgear a good many sizes larger, it
wouldn’t be surprising. In fact, the whole Sand
hills might well swell its chest and prance a bit
over the fine record of this fine little town.
As We Forgive
The present crisis in the UN over the naming
of Communist China as an aggressor is compli
cated enough in itself. When it is considered
only under the tension created by the stream
of radio and press comment castigating both the
Chinese and our allies in the most violent lan
guage it is no wonder that the average citizen
is bewildered. It may be that a brief review f
the events that led to the crisis may help to
a clearer understanding of the situation.
When the UN was committed to enter the
fight in Korea it was a clear case of a police
action to repel the North Korean aggressors who
had violated the territory of South Korea, es
tablished as a UN protectorate. In backing the
American action, the UN was on firm ground
and the move was justly hailed. Followed weeks
of fighting in which the armies finally drove the
North Koreans back across the boundary line
of the 38th parallel.
At this point there came from the British and
others, an urgent plea for a halt on the boun
dary, and a proposal to negotiate. The United
States, under MacArthur’s insistence, would
have none of it and the troops drove on across.
This action was condemned by the British and
Indian governments who said they had infor
mation that the Chinese Communists would join
the fight if the advance toward their border was
continued. It was followed by an attempt by the
British to establish a neutral zone on both sides
of the Manchurian border, but before this could
be considered, the troops wei^ too far advanced.
They clearly appeared to, the Chinese to be
threatening their power plants , and perhaps
Manchuria itself. This provocation and the temp
tation of the easy mark offered by the danger
ous division of our forces, strengthened, we may
be sure, by Russian pressure, was too much for
the Chinese and they struck. The tragedy of
UN defeat that followed led to the crisis of
today.
“Brand the Chinese as aggressors!” we de
mand, but our aUies, the great majority of UN
members, reply: “Your case is weak, When
. „ crossed the 38th parallel you stopped “re-
lelling the aggressors’; you should have halted
,.._jere.” We ourselves gave color to this state
ment at the time the Chinese, in their turn,
pushed us back across the line and followed.
The hope was expressed then that they would
stop. It was a humiliating and foolish sugges
tion. How expect of the Chinese armies, backed
by a ruthless enemy, respect for internatianal
Small Polio Patients Give Thanks For Blessings
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enough for a cut, or you would bl
seeing it in The Pilot this weelf
A newspicture requires stronge
black-and-white' contrast
snapshots generally provide, an|
in the Polaroid strong contrast
sacrificed to speed.
However, other pictures latd
may be better, and may give
up-to-the-minute news flashd
just like the AP ... Is Mr. Morsel
Polaroid camera the only onl
here? We haven’t heard of an|
others, though Cliff Blue has on
in Aberdeen, and there are one
two in Pinehurst.
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Who dropped their pockett
on the path behind St. Anthony
church, scattering two or thr«|
small coins and a key there or
morning this week? Thanks to
observant young lady who ca
along pretty soon, the key M
been turned in at the Pilot offic
Describe it and its yours.
These youngsters, who have been stricken With polio, say grace before their lunch at the Central Car-
lolina Convalescent hospital in Greensboro. The little fellow in the center has some difficulty‘because
his arms are in traction. . , . , j. j, r~, ^
Some Moore County dollars went into the building of this great hospital serving Piedmont and Central
Carolina. Its building was one of the miracles of the epidemic year 1948. Since then—^miracles happen
there every day. Moore Coimty children, among others, have benefited from the treatment received
tii6r0
Your dimes and doUars contributed in the March of Dimes campaign will help give these, and other
small patients, the best of care and wholesome food during their fight to regain health.
A letter from a thoughtful friend, discussing
the present tragic situation as regards China,
has this pertinent sentence:
“Whenever I contemplate the hostility of the
Chinese Communists towards us, I think of a
very elegant American tea buyer whom I knew
long ago and who told me that when he walked
on the Bund in Shanghai and a Chinese, no
matter what his degree of distinction, didn’t
get off the sidewalk as they passed, my friend
hit him with his stout cane, as did every self-
respecting American or Englishman. I suppose
that custom may have been abandoned after
the republic was established but it must have
left its mark.”
As a counter balance to the picture present
ed above, the following paragraphs, taken from
an editorial in “Christianity and Crisis,” give
a viewpoint which had been growing during the
past years up to the war. May the time come
when it will be the only .view.
“A Christian view is concerned with aqd
for the peoples of Asia, whether they seem
stupidly misled by wrongful propaganda,
whether they are blinded by old resentments,
■whether they are now or imminently imder cona-
munist, fascist or any other rule. God’s children
cannot be written off. If political relations and
material communications are now broken, spirr
itual ties are enhanced in the balance. The ten
acity of loving concern for whole peoples is fos
tered and given substance by knowledge of
Christian communities in every land of East
Asia.”
The same number of this journal of Christian
opinion prints a message from the General As
sembly of the Protestant church in China in
which this group of Chinese Christians express
their gratitude and affection for their American
colleagues and the missionaries, who so recently
left China, and vow their determination to
maintain the bonds of friendship and brotherly
love between them. Their letter closes with
this arresting paragraph:
“The Church of Christ is making various out
ward readjustments arid adaptations to the new
situation. However, we are resolved to stand
firm: in our Christian faith, to make no compro
mise in the basic beliefs and ethical standards
of Christianity, and to maintain the spiritual
liberty of the Church. In the ‘New Age’ we find
the hearts of our people hungry for spiritual
truth and power. Attendance at Christian wor
ship services is increasing; many new members
are being baptized and received into the
churches. The Chiu-ch is being challenged to
reform its inner life. . . to make a contribution
to world brotherhood and peace. May God give
us strength and courage to meet the test!”
Two-Hour Parking
Grains of Sand
Our attention has been called to
I the fact that the final figures on
the Christmas Seal sale here, as
[reported in The PUot last week,
contained a 10-cent discrepancy.
We checked back on our notes
as received from N. L. Hodgkins,
Jr.. chEurman, and sure enough,
he.had remitted to the county
treasurer 10 cents more than he
[had.
The receipts were $1,602.13 . . .
Campaign expenses were deduct
ed in the amount of $156.70 . . .
He sent Dr. Cheatham a check for
$1,445.53, well over the quota and
[whole dime over the balance.
If Nofris had turned in 10 cents
[less, we would have been able to
explain it more easily, as that is
the kind of thing that always hap
pens to us when we are treasurer
of something, only usually the
[amount that vanishes in some
1 weird way is bigger than a dime.
As it is, though, we are at a loss
[to do any explaining, except that
jit proves what we knew already?
that Norris is a fine chairman of
anything and should have the job
as often as he will take it.
are wishing you had “tuned in”
that day, WEEB President Jack
Younts says you couldn’t do it . .
By some of that radio necromancy
of which they are capable, the
wedding went out to no one but
Mrs. Cameron, and anyone who
was in the room with her.
A newspaper dispatch concern
ing the use of Camp Mackall as an
air jump for Fort Bragg contained
one of those fine typographical er
rors which sometimes, we believe,
have their source in the operator’s
subconscious.
Instead of Fort Bragg, it came
out “Fort Brass” . . . Now, was
that operator a veteran, we won
der, with memories of days on the
post when it seemed to him he
was the only private, with every
one else a captain or major at
least? . . . For lack of better in
formation, we’ll lay that error to
a hand which once became weary
of saluting.
Jerry Kluttz, columnist for the
[Washington Post, has compiled a
glossary in which he defines some
of the terms used in governmental
activities. Selections from his list
of “federalese” are given below.
Many readers wiU no doubt have
had contact in their own experi
ence with some of the types and
I situations which he defines:
Program—Any assignment that
[can’t be completed by one phone
[ call.
To expedite—To confound con
tusion with commotion.
To activate—To make carbons
[and add names to the memoran-
I dum.
Under consideration — Never
I heard of-it.
Under activfe consideration —
[ We’re looking in the files for it.
A conference—A place where
[ conversation is substituted for the
dreariness of labor and the loneh-
[ ness of thought.
Synthesis—A compounding of
[detailed bewilderment into a vast
and comfortable confusion lyhich
I offends no one.
A survey is being made on this
-We need more time to think of
Ian answer.
Further substantiating data nec-
[ essary—We’ve lost your stuff.
[ Send it again.
Research — Copying from one
[book is plagiarism; copying from
[ two books is research.
Statistician—A msin who draws
[ a methematically precise line from
an unwarranted assumption to a
[ foregone conclusion.
Expert — A person who avoids
[all the small errors as he sweeps
forward to the grand -fallacy.
While the cinders of Burrell
Monroe’s home in West Southern
Pines were still smoking Saturday,
T. T. Morse, a West Southern
Pines insurance man and camera
hobbyist, came in with a photo
graph of the fire.
He has one of those Polaroid
cameras which prints a picture in
one minute ... a miracle of today
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JANUARY IS-31
The Public
Speaking
INTO THE ASHCAN?
To The Pilot:
Let’s scrap the UN.
It took many years for this
country and other nations to find
out that Woodrow Wilson’s
League of Nations was an absolute
flop. Now, however, we are for
tunate in realizing, after only a
few months of operations, that the
UN is ever a bigger flop. So let’s
toss it in the political ashcan,
along with Henry Wallace, former
Senator Pepper, Marcantonio, Ow
en Lattimore and a host of other
crackpots, and forgotten liberals
with crazy ideas.
JULIAN T. BISHOP.
The town board’s decision to try out a two
hour parking limit in the crowded business sec
tion appears to be a good one. Taken in consul
tation with the police department, after a
thorough study of the problem, the move has
evoked general approval. As far as we are
aware, no criticisms have, to date, been heard.
It would seem, we believe, to be a good com
promise decision. It won’t help to solve the prob
lem of our congested traffic as much as the one
hour parking might have, but it will help a
good deal and there is no doubt that the one
hour plan worked some hardship. The present
■scheme deserves a good long trial. Right now,
until we reach the point of needing something
more drastic, it looks as if it would fill the bill.
Much interest attached locally
[ to the wedding of Miss Sarah Yow
and Bob Cameron at the Carthage
Methodist church Sunday, Janu
ary 14, though few knew that it
was making history in at least one
quite unusual way . . . Hidden
among the altar flowers was a
microphone, and over the micro
phone the whole ceremony was
transmitted in a private broadcast
to Bob’s mother, who was ill at
her home here and could not be at
I the church.
Bob leased a private wire direct
[from the church to his mother’s
bedside, and WEEB took over
their remote control equipment,
for the first such event in radio
history anyone. around here re-
[ calls.
In case you weren’t there, and
In Bygone Days
From the Pilot files:
TEN YEARS AGO
Papers are filed in “friendly re-
eivership” of Southern Pines
Country club, with Howard F.
Sums appointed receiver by
Judge John J. Burney.
Lucille Turner, contralto, gives
concert at Negro spirituals, spon-
?ored by Southern Pines Library
association.
Twenty Moore County boys de
part for CCC camp.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Chief Pinetree, chief sachem of
the League of Six Nations of the
Iroquois Indians of Pennsylvania,
New York and Canada is a visitor
in the Sandhills while looking
into land claims of the 'Tuscarora
tribe along the Neuse river.
S. B. Richardson is elected pres
ident of the Southern Pines Cham
ber of Commerce, succeeding Dr.
L. B. McBrayer.
Eagle which killed deer is shot
and killed by Neil McCriihmon,
four miles south of Southern
Pines near Fort Bragg line.
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