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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1963
Southern Pines
ILOT
North Carolina
“In taking over The Pilot no changes are contemplated. We will try to keep this a good
paper. We will try to make a little money for aU concerned. Wherever there seems to be
an occasion to use our influence for the public good we will try to do it. And we will
treat everybody alike.’’—James Boyd, May 23, 1941.
A Sense of Great Beginnings
There was a sense of great beginnings
in the meeting room of the Moore Coun
ty Commissioners at Carthage Monday
afternoon, as officials of the Moore
County Mental Health Association out
lined to the board a long-planned project
for a Mental Health Clinic to serve this
county.
Impressively endorsed by the county
Medical Society, the Sandhills Ministeri
al Association and the county Bar As
sociation, the realistic and not over-ambi
tious clinic plan envisages the employ
ment of a full time psychiatric social
worker and secretary, with part - time
service of a visiting psychiatrist and
psychologist. Half of an estimated annual
budget of $27,900 would be paid by the
state. The commissioners were asked to
budget the county’s half for the 1963-64
fiscal year, beginning July 1. Details of
the plan are given in a news story start
ing on today’s front page.
Great beginnings, indeed. Those of us
who for many years have been close to
Strengthening School
An early General Assembly bill that
should get strong public support is one to
make available funds to enforce the
school attendance law.
Whether, as in the bill, the people who
would have the job are called “attendance
counselors” or, according to tradition, and
less effetely, “truant officers,” it is clear
that the citizenship of the state suffers
when numerous children can evade
schooling without pressure or penalty on
their parents.
While we think the current popular
horror over school “drop-outs” is an un
necessarily exaggerated reaction (their
number being, if the truth be known,
proportionately fewer than ever before
in the hi.story of the public schools), we
health, welfare, law enforcement and
court problems have long seen a desper
ate need for the mental guidance and
counsel that could lighten the burdens of
hundreds of lives—burdens of needless
strife, torment, hopelessness and fear.
We are convinced that this time when
there are no public mental health facili-
tites locally available to Moore County’s
people will some day be considered as
backward and as inadequate as were the
days when the county had no hospital.
The people of Moore County should
make it clear to the commissioners that
they understand the need for a mental
health clinic and that they want funds
for it budgeted this year. The commiss
ioners seemed impressed by the presenta
tion of the clinic plan at Monday’s meet
ing, but they need the assurance that the
proposed facility has wide popular sup
port. An inestimable service to this area
will be rendered by all persons who
actively support the clinic proposal and
let the commissioners know how they
feel.
Attendance Law
do think that a child should be kept in
school until the legal age limit of 16, so
that he can at least learn to read news
paper headlines, figure his time on his
job and vote with some notion of what
makes the wheels of government turn in
his town, state and nation.
Students who leave school, with or
without the consent of their parents, be
fore age 16 often involve health, welfare,
law enforcement and other problems. The
proposed “attendance counselors,” aside
from routine work, may prove to be
valuable links into family difficulties in
these other fields, that may be uncovered
before reaching points of crisis. The pro
posed school law crackdown may thus
indirectly serve society in a variety of
valuable ways.
Something To Be Grateful For
Moore County residents can be pardon
ed a touch of smugness—and they must
surely be thankful—as they look at Bill
Sanders’s cartoon on this page today.
For this county, along with some others
in the state, by special act of the General
Assembly, does have free, bi-partisan
school board elections. Republicans and
Democrats run on equal terms for the
office of school board member (confined
in this county to the board of the Moore
County school system and not affecting
Southern Pines and Pinehurst districts
where the school boards are appointed).
We would like to see the free election
system extended to every county in the
state, ending the nomination of school
boards in the (Democratic) primary and
their subsequent “appointment” by the
‘Who’s Afraid of the...! ’
Since the news that Richmond County
was asking to withdraw from member
ship in the Eighth District, there has
been a good deal of talk around as to
whether, or not, Moore might follow suit.
The view of some leading Democrats is
that whoever holds Charlotte will be
able to win in any conceivable future
elections and Moore doesn’t want to be
a passenger in that boat. These Moore
County leaders seem to think that Jonas,
or another of the same party, has a clear
field for the future and the only thing
for Moore to do is to get out.
Also advanced is the perfectly sensible
argument that “we want to be in a dis
trict with other countries whose interests
are the same as ours.” This last theory,
however, is subservient to the political
angle, whose actual war cry, no matter
how disguised, is: “we don’t want to be
represented by a Republican.”
This newspaper has utmost sympathy
with that sentiment. We don’t want to
be represented by a Republican either.
But the trouble with the last election
was that it wouldn’t have mattered over
much, from a national point of view,
which candidate won. Mr. Kitchin’s pre
vious record of voting with the Republi
cans against the Democratic administra
tion was outstanding, to say the least.
Furthermore a national point of view is
mighty important.
So now: what to do? We are in favor of
doing nothing. For several reasons of
which the basic one is this: if you’re a
Democrat then you’re by nature opposed
to Republicans. If you’re opposed to some
one or something, you don’t skip when
confronted by your opponent but stay
and have it out. To our mind, it would
look mighty fraidycat if Richmond asks
out, then Moore follows suit. 'The con
tiguous geography of the redistricting
would then force out Lee or Montgomery,
perhaps both, thus carrying on an
escallation undignified if not downright
‘‘Can He Really Make Us Stop Coin’ Steady?”
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FIRST FULL OFFICIAL STATEMENT
The Chinese Case Against Moscow
(Democratic) General Assembly which
can reject any nominee, if it chooses.
The change of system in Moore County
has not resulted in election of any Re
publican members to the county school
board, but members of both parties can
be grateful that all candidates have their
chance.
In last November’s election, Moore Re
publicans opposed only three of the five
Democratic candidates for the five-mem
ber county school board, indicating that
the GOP is still far from an effective
political force at this level in Moore.
But freedom to seek the office and, if
they can, win election, by the county’s
own voters, not by a group of legislators
in Raleigh, is there for both parties to use
as they choose.
silly.
The above may not seem a very serious
reason for standing pat and staying in
the Eighth District where, unfortunately,
we have been put, but isn’t it the basic
principle? The way to have handled the
last election was to have put up the
Democrat from Charlotte who was young,
vigorous, intelligent, and who just might
have pulled in those votes by Charlotte
Democrats that were a strong factor in
the Jonas victory. Kennedy may not
have been the man to do it, but why
should we capitulate to the gloombirds
who apparently believe that no Democrat
can be found to beat Jonas?
‘The Real America’
From The Winston-Salem Journal
Voit Gilmore, Winston-Salem native
(and Southern Pines resident—Ed.) who
now heads the United States 'Travel
Service, closed his address to the Wom
en’s Traffic Club here by quoting what a
veteran traveler from Europe told him:
“ . . . I’ve seen most of your country, but
I felt that in North Carolina I had found
the real America.”
Mr. Gilmore aptly pointed to this state
ment as “our challenge and our reward.”
The challenge is to make North Carolina
exemplify even more strongly than it
now does the essence of the real America
—not only to attract the European tour
ist, but also to enrich the lives of those
who live here. And the reward will lie
both in this enrichment and in the in
creased attractiveness of the state to those
who come from afar.
Certainly, North Carolina is in no po
sition to adopt a “holier-than-thou” atti
tude toward its sister states, either for its
physical attractions and tourist facilities,
or because of its economy and culture.
But its very progress in many fields in re
cent years is its best reason to grasp for
greatness in the years just ahead.
BY JOSEPH C. HARSCH
Correspondent of
The Christian Science Monitor
(Reprinted by permission)
The Peking People’s Daily editorial is the first full official Chinese
Communist statement of its case against Moscow. The fact that it has
been published at all is interesting and the entire line of argument
throws much light on matters which until now have had to be largely
speculative in the West.
Particularly interesting is the point of origin the Chinese take for
the beginning of their grievances against their “fraternal” colleagues
in Moscow. Soviet spokesmen and apologists have variously dated
the outbreak of differences from 1956 which v/as the year of the
famous 20th Communist Party Congress and the beginning of de-
Stalinization. My opinion is that
it actually dates from the passing
of Stalin in 1953 and the greater
freedom the Chinese immediately
felt to press their interests against
Moscow.
Territory Reclaimed
Between Stalin’s passing until
Nikita S. Khrushchev consolidat
ed his position in 1957 the Chinese
reclaimed from the Soviets every
last square inch of Asiatic loot
which Stalin seized at the end of
World War II. This included Dai
ren, Port Arthur, Manchuria-, In
ner Mongolia, and Sinkiang.
The Soviet version begins the
issue from late 1956 and early
1957 when Peking openly disap
proved of the repression of the
Hungarian rising and threw a
protective arm, briefly, around
Poland. A shift of line in Peking
quickly ended this “hundred
flowers” phase and put Commun
ist China back on the Stalin line.
The Chinese version ignores
both the historic background and
also the idealogical features which
figure importantly in Soviet ver-
The Public Speaking
Intangible Tax Hurting
North Carolina's Growth
To The Editor:
I read with considerable in
terest your editorial on the In
tangible Tax.
This confiscating tax should be
replaced with a more realistic,
fair and equitable source of re
venue. As it now stands, it is
hurting the growth of this state
by keeping businesses from com
ing here and employing our
available working force. No ex
ecutive will v/illingly submit
himself to this unfair tax. It also
keeps people from becoming
citizens of North Carolina thereby
costing the state not only this
unreasonable tax, but all other
taxes as well.
I particularly was interested
where you refer to the commis
sioners of Moore County some
years ago not seeming to show
any interest in Mr. George Ross’s
suggestion that they be the first
county board to advocate repeal
of the Intangible Tax. We have
here many residents who avoid
this tax by the simple process of
claiming to be a resident of some
other state where they have no
such tax.
Our state executives, from the
Governor on down, run around
asking companies to come here.
They also complain that our
bright and industrious students
leave for other parts. Well, the
reason is very simple. North
Carolina is too expensive for
them. It takes too much of their
earnings with too many taxes for
them to be able to get ahead.
A. N. DEROUIN
Pinehurst
West End Voters Urged
To Support School Tax
To the Editor:
This is an appeal to the voters
of the West End School District
to vote for the supplementary
school tax on Saturday, March 9.
As a citizen of the district, I
urge your full support of this
election in order that the children
of the present and future genera
tions will have the best possible
education.
I taught in West End when
there was a four-month school
term each year, opening in August
and closing in November. Later
Mineral Springs township voted
a bond issue enabling it to have
an eight month school term.
During the years I have watch
ed the growth of our educational
system and now as we reach
another crossroads, it alarms me
to see the West End District as
the only one in the county with
out definite plans for consolida
tion or without a supplementary
school tax. To vote YES on Satur
day will give your support to
the first step toward consolida
tion and, if that is not successful,
the supplementary funds will be
needed even more to support a
single unit.
We are fortunate in having
Principal J. R. Brendell, who is
working hard for better educa
tional opportunities for the stud
ents, and if you vote YES we
should continue to move forward
in our school district.
MRS. M. c. McDonald
West End
sions. Instead they date the issue
from the moment when Moscow
adopted a neutral attitude in the
Chinese-Indian boundary dispute.
This was, in fact, the first time
that a Communist country had
failed to support another Com
munist country in an issue with
a non-Communist third country,
a point the Chinese make.
'Grave Steps'
Their next point is that Prem
ier Khrushchev immediately after
this betrayal of Communist China
over India went to Camp David
to visit Dwight D. Eisenhower
and that subsequently the Soviets
took “a series of grave steps ap
plying economic and political
pressures against China.”
In other words, the issue is not
over ideology as the Communists
have until now insisted it is, but
over conflicts in the specific na
tional interests of the two coun
tries. Communist China has stop
ped pretending that it is all a
matter of correct interpretation of
Marx and Lenin.
Two Conflicts
The two conflicts of national
interest now asserted by the Chi
nese are over India and over Mr.
Khrushchev’s long and troubled
flirtation with Washington. The
latter, of course, involves the
question of coexistence rather
than nuclear war. The People’s
Daily editorial confirms that the
Chinese do believe that Moscow
has been mistakenly appeasing
Washington and should instead
have been using its nuclear wea
pons to better advantage.
There obviously are other con
flicts of Soviet-Chinese interests
omitted from this Chinese docu
ment. This is far from the whole
story and certainly not an objec
tive version. But it confirms and
establishes the main feature of
informed Western thinking about
the matter that the issue is not
ideological.
Power States
Communist China and the Sov
iet Union are power states. Their
national interests conflict at many
points. Those conflicts cannot be
removed or concealed by the
“fraternalism” of Communism.
Moscow is applying economic
sanctions against China today.
This is what the Chinese resent
more than anything else.
This may or may not lead to a
formal break. It does attenuate
the weight and value of the Com
munist link among Communist
states.
TO SEE CLEARLY
The greatest thing a human
soul ever does in this world is to
see something and tell what it
saw in a plain way. Hundreds of
people can talk for one who C£in
think, but thousands can think
for one who can see. To see clear
ly is poetry, prophecy and re
ligion, all in one.
—JOHN RUSKIN
Grains of Sand
Toot - Toot
There is no sound on the
keyboard
Like the whistling of the
Seaboard
Some times at night I think
I’m going blotto.
Perhaps I’d feel less heady
If they’d keep the music
steady
Instead of always playing it
staccato.
—Jekyl.
Non-Musical Chairs
Squeak, squeak, squeak, on they
go: those chairs the county com
missioners sit in. Wouldn’t it be
wonderful, if and when they get
that new room (you know: big
enough for lots of visitors, plenty
of air), wouldn’t it be wonderful
if they could have soundless
chairs?
Let's Go. Men!
The Potomac Almanac, oft-
quoted in this column, has an en
tirely female staff. Tired, they
got, finally, the poor things, or
fed up with how their males kept
saying: “why don’t you do
this . . .” or “if you’d only write
it this way . . .” or, “of all
the . . .!” So the girls decided to
have a “Playboy Edition.” In
other words, let father do it and
put their men to work to supply
artictes, cartoons, ideas (haha),
jokes (hahaha), and so on for an
all-male issue.
So the Almanac carried an ad
last week: “MEN WANTED (for
copy only).”
County Social Note
Being a county commissioner in
Moore County is not just sit on
a hard squeaky chair and make
motions: there’s fun, too.
Monday, 11 a.m. Enter Mr.
“Blue” Monroe: “I come,” carols
Mr. Monroe,” bringing an invita
tion.”
Commissioners’ faces light up.
What is it? Come to a picnic be
ing given by the Grange. The
guests will include: the county
commissioners, Mrs. Cole and her
staff of welfare ladies, and Mrs.
McCaskill and her staff of court
house ladies, and the Grange of
course.
What about Mesdames Com-
missioneresses, don’t they get to
go? Just stay home and hear
about it afterwards, just like they
have to hear about all those meet
ings, too? No fair.
Lelter To A Granny
San Francisco, Calif
“Dear Granny:—
“We are going to the Hoopers
for the weekend. Peter has all of
these old swords and guns. He
even found an pistol under his
house. We play guns with them
which is real fun. I hope every
thing is going well down at
Southern Pines. Aran (dog) is
fine. Love: JAMIE”
And last week GRAINS print
ed, with due horror, the news
about how many youngsters, that
hadn’t orter, were “playing guns.”
Feelin' Blue?
There’s a town near here equip
ped with three funeral homes:
one is called Slaughter, one Peppi,
and the third Skeleton.
That last one is really taking
the bull by the horns, coming out
into the open and saying what’t
what, what?
While we’re on the subject: we
always wondered why, apart from
it’s being a fine old name, June
clung to the name of the founder
when he took over the business.
Good idea probably.
What's That You Said?
There’s one time when a rhon
doesn’t call a spade a spade.
When’s that?
When ha stumbles over it on a
dark night.
And what does he call it then?
Oh, hush!
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Southern Pines, North Carolina
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