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THE PILOT
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Southern Pines. North Carolina
1941—JAMES BOYD. Publisher—1944
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—James Boyd, May 23, 1941.
How Do They Stand?
General Eisenhower entered the presi
dential campaign with a name known the
world round in the military sphere, but
completely unknown in the f
life: unknown because untried. Governor
Stevenson was as unknown m a different
sense While the people of Illinois knew
him as a great governor and those in gov
ernment circles have followed his public
career with increasing awareness ot his
great abilities, to the large mass of voters
his name was as unfamiliar, perhaps, as
the general’s was celebrated.
A month has gone by since the two con
ventions and, this past week, both candi
dates made their first important address
es. How, at the present time, do they
The views of the two candidates are
strikingly similar, to begin with, with the
issue of foreign policy the one that has,
thus far, drawn major comment. Here it
would seem General Eisenhower is in for
the hardest time. With a strong and, polit
ically, the most effective wing, of his party
isolationist and anti-administration m sen
timent, he is, clearly, being tempted to
swing away from the policies whose im
plementation he has had in hand since the
end of the war. During all that time, from
all that we have reaid, he has been behind
those policies heart and soul. He not onty
carried them out but it seems clear that he
was one of the guiding, spirits of the pro
gram that resulted in NATO and the policy
of containment of Russia. Certainly m the
sharp debate over the European and Brit
ish versus the Asiatic fields that culmin
ated, one might say, in the recall of gen
eral MacArthur, there is no doubt that
. Eisenhower stood firmly with the admin
istration. But, with foreign policy foremost
in the mind of every American today. Gen
eral Eisenhower is almost obliged to at-
tack those policies he formerly upheld or
else admit that his opponent’s Party is
right in the most important issue of the
campaigii. So far, he has not shown up
well on this score. He has spoken ot the
mistakes made in the past; he has echoed
the cries: “Yalta” and “Potsdam, and
“China”, but, like most of those who use
these phrases, he goes no further. He does
not specify the mistakes. It is on record
that at both Potsdam and Yalta the re
sults achieved embodied»the opiniims ot
the joint chiefs of staff. General Eisen
hower was not involved in the China pic
ture, but men in whom he professes the
greatest confidence were and we imagine
he would be the first to admit, at least
in private, that where they failed he could
hardly have done better. _
Perhaps the general is in fact, as has
been alleged, the captive of the conserva
tive wing of his party. When he echoes
their too-familiar taunts he gives that im
pression and, to our mind, that is his first
big mistake. He must win the indepen
dents, to win the election and he will never
win them that way.
Stevenson, of course, does not work un
der that handicap. He is behind the Ad
ministration's policy and he is quick to
take note of his opponents position. Re
marking that the Republican platform of
fers the slippery foothold of ‘ standing on
a bushel of eels” he says that it looks as
if his opponent “were going to stand on
our platform” and says he intends to stand
there too, if the General will move over
, and give him room. , . 4.v, t
General Eisenhower’s speech to the Le
gion contrasts as drably with that ot Gov
ernor Stevenson as does his stand on tor-
piffn policy.- It was a thoroughly sate
speech and a thordughly dull one. It may
not have lost him any votes, theri, but,
when Governor Stevenson’s followed it, it
is a question how many were not won over
by the contrast of the Democratic candi
date’s hard-hitting eloquence and courage.
For where the fighting man played it sate,
with his description of the Russian men
ace, his warning against Communism, his
appeal to patriotism, the civilian governor
talked to the Legionnaires, that great body
of organized voting strength, right from
the shoulder. He talked about patriotism,
too, congratulating the Legion, on its rec
ord, but striking hard at “over-zealous pa
triots”, citing the shocking attack on Gen
eral Marshall; he urged these believers in
free enterprise to believe also and as eag^-
ly in “free enterprise for the mind;” he
told this powerful pressure group that he
would have no truck with pressure groups
when they put their own welfare ahead of
that of the nation; he urged on the tradi
tionally conservative body the need to look
ahead bravely to the future, his aim: to
lift the cause of free men so high no power
on earth can tear# it down.” Stevenson
spoke again the same day, a speech deliv
ered in New Jersey, with the same elo
quence, imagination, and humorous,
friendly driving foyce. The content was
different; the spirit as fresh and as hon-
So, thus far, of the two candidates,
Stevenson has shown his colors
clearly than General Eisenhower, and they
are brighter colors. Where the general has
been cautious if not downright evasrve,
thus far avoiding direct discussion of the
issues, the governor has spoken fearlessly,
giving his views honestly and openly. He
dared to speak home truths to a great
body of influential voters. He has given in
specific details his opinions on the critic^
problems with which, as president, he
would have to deal. Already, to those who
did not knoi^ him before, the picture of
Stevenson is in full detail: that of General
Eisenhower, the civilian, remains m
shadow.
Episcopal Church
To ResumeRegular
Schedule Sunday
What They’re Saying
Parable of the Runt
Once upon a time in a neighborhood not
far from here there was a runt who iikcu
to play ball with the other fellows on the
corner lot. , .
He was perhaps a year or so younger, his
short legs didn’t carry him so fast arouiid
the bases, and his arms were not so long in
reaching for the balls. -.v,
Now, there was nothing wrong with his
vocal facilities, and he complained long and
loud to the other boys that he was being
treated unfairly. He kept at them until
they finally agreed that he should have
four strikes at bat as a sort of handicap.
Well, the summer passed and other sum
mers came and went, and the runt grew
into a big, strapping 6-footer. His arms and
his legs were as long as the other boys and
he could hit the ball as well as any of them,
but do you think he would give up his four
strikes at bat?
No sir. That was his by right.
He is a grown man now. The corner lot
has a building on it, and there aren’t any
more b#ll games there, but he s still de
manding four strikes at bat. .
He’s a businessman who seeks special
privileges from the legislature.
He’s a laborer who wants pay for days he
doesn’t work. _
He’s a farmer who takes Government
checks for things he doesn’t raise.
Like the runt, we forget that for every
privilege, somebody must assume a respon-
home in which everybody likes to eat
but nobody wants to work is headed for
financial and moral bankruptcy. ^ So is
such a nation. ' ’
Isn’t it about time we began to appreciate
the things that other folks do for us, the
teacher who endures and inspires our chil
dren; the boss who spends a lot of sleepless
nights making the businesses go that p^-
vide us with a good job; the employee who
is proud of his work and sees it through,
the wife who puts up with all our little pe
culiarities and binds our wounds at the end
of a discouraging day; a God who pours out
his mercy beyond anything we deserve.
Only as we are thankful for all that is
done for us and accept our responsibilrbes
shall we overcome the childish notion that
we are entitled to four strikes at bat and
stand before God and our own conscience
as a man in all that the word implies.
—New Castle (Ind.) Courier-Times
Well, folks, you’ve made an almost perfect
score on former pictures appearing in this se
ries; in fact, we believe you have identified 100
per cent of them. How about helping out on this
one? Evidently this was one of the outstanding
homes of its era, spacious and airy, with porch
enough to afford sun or shade as each member
of the family desired.
This picture must have been made when the
house was quite new as little planting had been
done and the place has a “new” look, with its
white trim and, we venture to say “green”
blinds.
Speak up, long-time residents, who built and
occupied it and where is it located?
Services at Emmanuel Episco
pal church will resume thpir cus
tomary 11 a. m. time starting this
Sunday. During the month of Au
gust they were advanced one
hour due to the' hot weather,
with Sunday School combined at
the same period.
Regular classes for Sunday
School students will resume at
9:45 Sunday. The Adult Bible
class will also' meet during this
period, and aU parents are ac
cordingly invited to accompany
their children to Sunday School
and attend the class.
The Rev. Francis M. Osborne
of Pinehurst will conduct a Holy
Communion service, and preach,
at 11 this Sunday, in the absence
of the rector, the Rev. C. V. Co-
vell. On the following Sunday
W. Ed Cox, Jr. and Shearwood
Brockwell, Jr., parish lay readers,
will be in charge of the service.
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The use of radioactive DDT is
furnishing clues to more effective
ways of killing mosquitoes.
The Public Speaking
OLD PICTURE NO. 18
To The Pilot:
I’ve recognized several of your
old pictures and when No. 18 ar
rived yesterday I ■ had to write
about it. The cut you used "was
labeled in a picture I have as
“The Upchurch place” but many
will remember it as the residence
of Rev. and Mrs. A. H. M'anee
for^a year or so and then the res
idence of I. L. Hamlin and fam
ily. Since it was my home for
many years I’m sure of what it
is and that it still stands on Illi
nois avenue, midway between
Broad (S. E.) and Ashe street.
When I was home this spring I
came across a picture of it and
did not recognize it, although I
knew it was very familiar. The
Upchurch label confused me for
I’d never known it as that. Nor
did I remember the fence around
the house although I do remeni'-
ber the “well house.” When I
went on to Washington, D. C., I
asked my mother about it and she
told me Upchurch had lived there
before the Manees.
The well house was used first
as a wash house and later as a
wood shed during my childhood
and was later torn down. If it
ever was a real well house I don’t
know. The house itself looks like
the picture today except it was
painted white when I was there
and there are more trees around
it.
I have really enjoyed the series
and hope you continue them a
while longer. And I think Mrs.
Hayes was right in saying No.
15 is the old Grout place, later
known as Miss Chase’s Convales
cent home.
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The Christian Science Monitor
carried an article that we are re
printing in Grains of Sand, hoping
that it will impress upon all read
ers of The Pilot, whether new
comers or long-time residents, the
importance of letting the home
town paper know when, there is a
news item or names that they
would like to see appear
columns. Banish the^h
you are asking a
call—^yo^
favor.
thought how little you really
agree with your best friends? Yet
you don’t ignore or criticize them
constantly just because you fail to
see eye to eye with them; do^j^ "
Give the editor a breai
N. E. Broad St., Straka Bldg.
: Acrobatic
“Have you ever
'services thfi,
LEANED
North Carolina Literature
A constructive suggestion came from the
recent meeting of North Carolina teachers
of English at East Carolina College. Mrs.
Mary Tom Sphangos of the Smithfield
High school faculty suggested that a three-
week unit in North Carolina literature be
given during the junior year in high school.
This idea won enthusiastic recommenda
tion of the conference. „ ,.
In recent years books by North Carolma
writers have made the best-seller lists
throughout the nation; and they should cer
tainly be read here at home where they are
produced. There is no better time to intro
duce native writers to young North Caro
linians than in the formative, impression
able years of high school, when their minds
are being opened to new horizons and their
tastes for the future are being formed.
From the wealth of North Carolma liter
ature, high school teachers could easily se
lect the short stories of Wilbur Daniel
Steele, Frances Gray Patton and O. Henry;
the plays of Paul Green, Kermit Hunter
and Josephina Niggli; the historical novms
of Inglis Fletcher and Burke DaVis; the
poems of Carl Sandburg, John Charles Mc
Neil and Helen Bevington; the biographies
of Gerald Johnson and Phillips Russell; the
regional novels of Bernice Kelly Harris,
Robert Marshall and Worth Tuttle Hedden;
the best-sellers of Betty Smith and Jimmy
Street; and the tumultuous Carolina out
pourings of Thomas Wolfe. , ■
Teaching the work of these local writers
in high school will not only give the, stu
dents a new sense of the significance and
importance of their own writers, but it
encourage and inspire them to look at the
Carolina scene in which they are growing
up and to realize that perhaps they too
have something to say in the field of litera
ture What other North Carolinians have
done they too can do. In this way we could
achieve continuity of North Carolina writ
ing, with each new generation of Carolina
high school students reading the state liter
ature written by their elders and in turn
determining to produce their own for fol
lowing generations of high school students
to read and study. —Smithfield Herald.
“ ‘There isn’t a v.a" 'n ^
per today,’ you say as you lay
your home-town newspaper on
the floor.
“You wonder why there is noth
ing in it about your friend’s son
who day before yesterday was
made vice-president of a bank in
a metropolis miles away, or about
the party the people up the street
gave last night. In fact, you tell
yourself that you can think of a
dozen local stories the people
down at the newspaper office
passed up.
“How right you are. They sure
ly passed up a number of good
stories. But the fault was not al
together theirs. You as members
of the community have a respon
sibility to your newspaper . . .
“Never get the idea that the
editor of your newspaper is inter
ested only |n certain people m
your town. On the contrary, he
is interested in everyone who sub
scribes to his paper. Both the
wealthiest woman in town, who
lives in the largest house in the
swank residential district, and the
poorest man, who lives in the
smallest house on a side street,
subscribe for the paper and pay
the same price for it. In the eyes
of the editor both subscribers are
important;
“Getting back to those stones
the newspaper passed up just
how did you expect the folks at
the office to know about your
friend’s son? The father was jus
tifiably proud of his son, but,did
he or any of his friends think to
tell a reporter so that even ac
quaintances could share the new
vice-president’s pleasure in his
good fortune?
“Now about that party of your
neighbor’s. How do you know
that the society editor didn’t call
the lady? ‘Please don’t put our
party in the paper,’ perhaps she
begged when she was asked about
it. ‘We didn’t ask three couples
we’re indebted to, and—well, you
understand.’ You, too, realize the
importance of self-preservation
socially speaking, as well as other
wise.
“Maybe you think to yourself,
‘I don’t like the editor and his po-
itics.’ What if you don’t always
agree with him? Have you ever
mce of help and
even a laugh. Remem
ber the time you needed someone
to do chores around the house and
found just the right man through
the classified ads? Have you for
gotten the time someone adver
tised a room for rent to a business
girl with kitchen privilege?
“Your newspaper keeps you in
formed concerning happenings in
your town, even if the news is not
so complete as you’d like it. You
learn about projects of civic clubs.
You find out how the schools are
progressing. You read news of the
courthouse. In fact, you know
many things because of your local
newspaper.
In the society section you are
told'something of what goes on
among the people who entertain
ill your town. Remember how
you had a pleasant \ chat with
friends from out of town because
of a little item which stated that
they were guests of some people
you know? The hosts couldn’t call
every one of the visitors’ friends,
but the newspaper cheerfully
spread the word around for them.
“The newspaper gives much
free publicity to worthy organiza
tions. Some coat hangers are
needed by a veterans’ hospital
nearby. The local committee has
a quota to fill. What does the
chairman do? She just calls the
newspaper office and explains. . .
“You wonder about church ser
vices on Sunday morning. From
your newspaper you learn not
only about Sunday services but
also about .church meetings dur
ing the week. . . .
“Keep in mind also that the
newspaper is in reality a public
utility and must be treated as
such. Gas has to be lighted before
it furnishes heat. Electricity must
be switched on before it gives
forth light. Water has to be turn
ed on before it flows from the
pipes. News has to be given to
the newspaper before it can be
put into print. And therein lies
your responsibility, as has been
mentioned before.”
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