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MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, November 3,
STRUTHERS BURT
CALLS FOR SOME
CLEAR THINKING
FIVE CENTS
The Pine Needles To Open Founally on November 10
Americans Cautioned Against
Propaganda and Sinister In
fluences On All Sides
KIWANIS CLUB ADDRESS
There are SOO organizations
spreading Nazi^ Fascist and Com
munistic propaganda in the United'
States. Americans must do a lot
of clear thinking to avoid the ef
fects of such sinister influences,
Struthers Burt, well known writer,
told the Sandhills Kiwanis Club at
its meeting at the Southern Pines
Country Club Wednesday noon.
Mr. Burt told of the attempt made
by many of these organizations to!
influence writers in this country, and
of his personal experiences in dodg
ing apparent flattering offers to be
come affiliated with them. The!
funds for the support of many of!
the organizations come from abroad,
from Germany and Russia. Enthu-
siastfl for Communism in the U. S
are sending some three mil'ion dol-l
lars annually to Russia, which in
turn is spending about a million a
year on propaganda here, a not gain
of two millions, Mr. Burt said|
Two Ideals !
We must keep foremost in mind
two ideas, two ideals, he said. First,
that we are not going to 'var. Sec
ond, that we are heart and soul op
posed to Nazism, Fascism and Com
munism. Our fight is for freedom of
human mind and human expression
as against the directly opp^'site isms
of the totalitarian governments. We
must, of necessity, he said, back up
the people who are fight mg the
cause of democracy^ b\it there is
no necessity for our entry into the
war to accomplish this end.
Mr. Burt stated that history has
proven that the Germans nre clever
up to 80 percent, at which point 20
percent of stupidity sets in. In the
World War their big stupidity was
the sinking of the Lusitania. In this
w'ar the tie-up with Ru.ssia, he
thinks, was the start of the 20 per
cent.
Eugene C. Stevens presented Mr.
Burt to the rlub. The meeting was
the best attended in several months,
many of the Kiwanians away for the
summer having returned, among
them Leo C. Fuller, who has not
missed a weekly Kiwanis meeting in
more than ten years. He attends in
Maine during the summer months
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$200,Program for
Pine Expansion
Announcea «! 5re by Sloan
Beauty Queens
Ruth Swett is Miss Southern
Pines, Lucille Hensley
Miss Pinehurst
Miss Ruth Sweet is Miss
Southern Pines, and Miss Lucille
Hensley Miss Pinehurst.
Little Ann Stutz, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Greer Stutz, is Miss
Southern Pines Junior, and Julia
Ann McCaskill, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank McCaskill, is Miss
Pinehurst Junior.
Runners-up to Miss Swett was
Miss Myra Scotty and to Miss
Hensley Miss Louise Shaw.
These young ladies were the
choice of the judges in the Beau
ty contests held in the Carolina
Theatre here last week. The win
ners are entitled to a screen test
next summer at Blowing Rock.
I Chamber of Commerce Hears of
Plans To Double Capacity
and Build Skating Rink
WORK BEGINS IN SPRING
Laddie, Everybody’s
Yet Nobody’s Dog, Dies
One of Southern Pines’ Best
Known Citizens Passes at
Reported Age »f 18
COMMITTEEMEN TO
GUIDE 1940 FARM
PROGRAM ELECTED
Groups Chosen Over County to
Handle Cotton, Tobacco and
Other AIl)iments
By Helen K. Butler
Last week another old citizen full
of years was advanced to his last
reward. As much a citizen of the
village as any inhabitant was Lad
die. Laddie was just a dog, but he
held a little more to his title than
the status of a neighbor’s dog. He
was the town dog. He was some
thing of a vagrant, but he was not
an unlicensed vagabond. He made
no onslaught on his brethern and
few encroachments on the rights of
man. Conducting himself comforta
bly to law, he won the respect of
the villagers. Appearing on the
streets early in the morning, the
idle wanderer spent his time at the
stores and on the sidewalks, at home
wherever he dropped down. He spoke
out loud in enthusiastic greetnig as
he would turn and walk half a block
in his stiff-legged fashion with
friendly pedestrians who had time
for a friendly pat on a receptive old
head.
Without a real set up of family
and hearthstone, meals were apt to
haphazard affairs in the dog’s life.
There were lean days and fat ones,
as would be the case where a score
of hosts provide the dinner and no
one has an appointment. So if sup
per was missing today at a back
door, tomorrows pangs were eased
on the pavement in front of t^“
meat market or grocery store
“Its a mean man a dog won’t fol-
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EDW'ARDS MADE CHAIRMAN
Elections for obtaining both
County and Community Committee
men under the 1940 Agricultural
Program were held all over Moore
county last week and the following
were elected as the County Commit
tee for 1940:
L. W. Edwards, chairman; A. B.
Parker, vice-chairman; M. A. Clark,
regular member; J. A. Caddell, 1st
alternate, and D. A. Dunlap, 2nd al
ternate.
Community Committeemen for
Carthage Township are W. N, Mc-
Lauchlin, chairman; Joe Caddtll, vice-
chairman; Robert Flinchum, regular
member; Cleveland Cagle, 1st alter
nate; Martin Hannon, 2nd alternate.
Community Committeemen for
Greenwood-McNeill Township; J. M.
D«vls, chairman; J. R. Loving, vice-
chairman; Luther W'omack, regular
member; W. C. Newell, 1st alter
nate.
The Community Committee for
Mineral Springs - Sandhill-Bensalem
auspices: T. C. Auman, chairman;
W. E. Brown, vice- chairman; H. R.
Harrison, Regular mem'ber; D. A.
Patterson, 1st alternate; John A.
Thomas, 2nd alternate.
For Ritters-Sheffield-Deep Rlvef,
the committee Is as follows: Geo.
Wlllcox, chairman; C. C. Dunlap,
vice-chairman; B. H. Powers, regu
lar member; J. T. Maness, 1st alter,
nate; Charlie Allen, 2nd alternate.
The above named men will handle
the program in Moore county dur
ing the season for 1940. Tt v\'ill be
noticed from the above list that in
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Pinehurst Chamber To
Welcome Peter Astra
(iuests Already Arriving and
Prospects Are Bright For
Record Season
On Friday, November 10th, The
Pine Needles at Knollwood, South
ern Pines, will formally open its hos
pitable doors for the fifth consecutive
season under the management of
Emmett E. Boone, w ho has just ,^m-
pleted a successful season as man
ager of Howell House at W^esthamp-
ton Beach, Long Island. The Pine
Needles, a stately Tudor building,
commanding an impressive view of
the rolling country on all sides and
surrounded by its 18-hole grass
green golf and putting courses, ten
nis courts and a luxurious clubhouse
is one of the show places of North
Carolina.
Preparations for the coming seas
on have been in progress all sum
mer, keeping a corps of workmen
busy improving the golf course, which
is in better condition than ever be
fore, and beautifying the grounds
with considerable replanting. The
hotel itself is redecorated and furn
ished and the office space ha.s been
considerably enlarged.
Although the official opening is
not until next week. The Pine Needles
planned to welcome the first early
arrivals November 1st, but in spite
of these plans guests have been ar
riving since October 25th.
Among the earliest were Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd B. Odium of Stanford,
Conn. Mrs. Odium Is the former
Jacqueline Cochran, famous avlatrlx
who last year won the womens
transcontinental air race at Cleve
land and who holds the Bendix tro
phy. Mr. and Mrs. G. Willard Horn
and their son and daughter, from
Havana, Cuba were also among the
earliest arrivals.
Mrs. Sadie May of Baltimore is
again occupying one of the Pine
Needle.s cottages for the season.
I Flying from his own field In Bing
hamton, N. Y.^ in just three hours,
I Ralph A. Sweet arrived with a party
! on Wednesday for a few days of
1 golf. Other golfers arriving yester-
! day was a party from New Jersey
including Arthur W. Greason of
Newark, J. W. Paterson, Arlington,
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SOUTHERN PINES
PLANS RED CROSS
ROLL CALL DRIVE
UNVEIL TABLETS
AT HOME COMING
OF “OLD UNION”
Revs. Martin McQueen and J.
K. Roberts, Former Pastors
Memorialized
142D ANNIVERSARY
House to House Canvass To Be
Made Immediately Follow
ing!’ Armistice Dav
GREAT NEED FOR FUNDS
The Southern Pineja Branch of the
By Bessie Cameron Smith
Hundreds strong, the sons, daught
ers, grandchildren, great-grandchil
dren and friends of Union Presbyter
ian Church, half-way between Vass
and Carthage, gathered at this hal-
BY HOWARD F. Bl’BNM
Clifford Sloan of Manhaaset, L. L,
and Knollwood, in an address yes
terday to the Southern Pines Cham
ber of Commerce, stressed the im
portance of the Sandhills taking ad
vantage of the opportunity to attract
home owners to the section surround-
ing Southern Pines and Pinehurst.
He announced that plans were
now being prepared and that work
was expected to start on the en
largement of The Pine Needles about
May l.st, 1940. An initial sum of
$200,000 will be spent in the enlarg-
ment which will double the capac
ity of this modern, fireproof hotel.
He said we should do more to at
tract younger people to thi.s section,
and tho iicw building program at
Pine .Veedles would include an up-
to-the-minute skating rink. He also
announced work would be started in
the next two weeks on the building
of a model home on the Pine Needles
property ovei’looking Southern Pines.
The home is to be completely furn
ished in the most modem style.
Mr. Sloan cited his experiences in
the early days with the General Mo
tors Corporation when located in
the meadows of New Jersey. In 1901
they employed 100 men in two frame
buildings. Ten years later, through
hard work and much planning by
himself and his brother, Alfred P.
Sloan^ now chairman of General Mo
tors, the plant had 17 modern build
ings and was working 5,000 men on
day shift and 3,000 men on night
shift.
AiriM>rt Needs Hangars
He pointed out that this section
had one of the finest airports in
the South but was badly in need of
additional hangars, and cited two
lowed place last Sunday in the gret-
Moore County Chapter, American home-coming of the church's his-
...ill I. 1 ■ ^ tory, to observe the 142nd anniver-
Ked Cross will open its drive for new ’
' sary of its organization and to hon-
members and launch the nnnual Roll .. * tv,
‘ or the memory of two of the mmis-
Call on Armistice Day, November of bygone days, the Rev Martin ’ cases within the past week where
11th, with a meeting of workers at! McQueen and Dr. J. K. Roberts,! we had lost prospective visitors due
the Civic Club, when plans will be' vv'hose service was outstanding. Sons | to lack of accommodations for ex
perfected for the house to house vis- ‘ and daughters of the two ministers ^ pensive planes. Jacqueline Cochran,
its and a thorough canvass of the important parts on the day's . winner of the Bendix Cup last year
Members of the Pinehurst ....Cham- ; 1940 Dental Society
ber'of Commerce at their first meet- | Convention ComeS HcrC
ing of the season held yesterday
season
noon In the Village Court Grill
launched plans for a rousing wel
come for the years greatest trotting
horse, Peter Astra, his owner and
trainer when they return to Pine
hurst for winter training. Trainer
H. M. Parshall, who drove the cham
pion to nine victories In nine starts
town to take place on Monday and P*'Ogram.
Tuesday following. Miff? Florenice' 11:00 o’clock the Rev. J. K.
Campbell is Southern Pines chairman,; Roberts, Jr., of Greensboro, assistant
29 Massachusetts avenue, and Mrs. | First Presbyterian
John Berry will act as treasurer. Of- Church there, preached an inspiring
fers fron". :.hose having free time to* sermon. This was followed by a me-
assist in carrying on the drive will morial address by a beloved former
be very .welcome, and those who pre-! pastor, the Rev. M. D. McNeill of
fer to mail their memberships ahead Sanford, on the life of the Rev. Mar-
of time may do so and their creden-, tin McQueen, pastor there from
tials will be sent. j 1888, whose name today, 51 years
Yesterday about 20 women gath-j after hijs passing, is a household word
ered at the Civic Club to formulate in many of the homes of the com-
plans and get the diatricts captain-1 munity where from generation to
ed, and its is hoped that the two! generation have been handed down
days of concet-ted work will put! accounts of the acts of this great
Southern Pines over the top. Mrs. ^ man.
Alice Burt Hunt, Moore County chair-1 At the cloSe of the addi«ss, Mr.
man and a resident of Southern McNeill unveiled a tablet in memory
Pines stresses the great need for' of Mr. McQueen.
American Red Cross funds for pres- Special musdcal features of the
morning were a vocal solo by Miss
ent needs and future reserve
The following attended the meet
Margaret McQueen of Carthage, a
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ing yesterday: Mrs. AI*ce Burt violin solo by Miss Janet Rosser of
Hunt, Mrs. Hugh Betterjey, M!rs. ^ Vass and a solo by Miss Margaret
Frank Buchan, Mrs. Ralph Chandler,! Cromartie of Garland.
Miss Eleanor Grover, Mri. Emmett. Heirlooms on Exhibit
at the Cleveland National Air Races,
was compelled to leave her plane
at Greensboro and motor here where
she spent several days.
In conclusion he said he had ob
served the jealousy existing between
Southern Pines and Pinehurst and
stressed the importance of the two
towns cooperating and w’orking for
the mutual benefit of the section of
which they are a part.
There were sixty present at the
meeting. The speaker was introduced
by O. Harrison Stutts of Pinehurst.
Others taking part on the program
were Dr. G. G. Herr^ who told of the
planting program carried out by the
Chamber of Commerce; Preston T.
Kelsey, who spoke of the new li
brary and post office on West Broad
street, and Struthers Burt, who spoke
on Southern Pines being a most un
usual town. Arthur S. Newcomb and
S. B. Richardson also briefly dis
cussed problems and plans.
Golden, Mrs. James Swett, Miss Pau
line Miller, Miss Virginia Thomas,
Mrs Voight Taylor, Mrs. E. Levis
Prizer. Mrs. Charles Baxter, Mrs.
On display througliout the day
On display throughout the day
were several exquisite pieces of old
silver which were presentpd to the
The 1940 convention of the Third
District Dental Society will be held
in Southern Pines, according to an
nouncement made up his return from
the 1939 convention by Dr. E. M.
Medlln of Aberdeen, former presl-
_ dent of the organization. Dr. Med-
rhir rummer”lnclu7lng th'e'clsTslc im extended the invltaUon at the
Hambletonian, Is expected down next' recent meeting held In Burlington
' 1 despite competition from Green.s-
boro and High Point, the delegates
gave Southern Pines a big majority.
month and tbe home-coming ban
quet is planned for late DecembtT or
early January.
J. J. Spring, Mrs. George Mooro,' church in the early eighties. A com-
Mrs. Greer Stutz, Mrs. Earl Merrill, ggt consisting of a pitcher,
Mrs. Eleanor Doyle. Mrs. Paul Bar-, pj^te and two goblets, was the
num, Mrs. Innes-Taylor, Miss Bir-igj^^ Eliza Williams, wife
delia Bair, Miss Campbell and Mrs. Governor Benjamin Williams, both
Howard Burns. | whom are buried in “The Horse-
ehoe” in upper Moore county. A
beautiful pitcher, the gift of Mrs.
Nep Kelly: a baptisemal bowl^ do-
\ nated by Mrs. Eliza Kelly, and a
The publishing firm of Scribners, ^ j u
^ ^ i goblet pre.sented by Mrs. M. B. Kelly,
in New York, has announced thati , i a
^ ^ i 1 ! are treasured possessions. A long
“Bitter Creek, the late.st novel by.
^ J .c r, i... handled collection box was of es-
James Boyd of Southern Pines, is to
pecial interest to the younger folk.
1M>Y1>!S “BITTKIt C'KEKK” TO
BK Pl'BLISHED IN ENGLAND
be published in England by William
Helnemann, well known British pub
lisher. The book had a wide sale
Following a bounteous picnic din
ner which was spread on a long ta-
throughout the United States. Mr. ble beneath the maasave
trees in
Boyd returned to Southern Pines this
week after a summer spent at Sor
rento. Maine.
the grove, the crowd^ or a part of
it, packed the chuicl. for the after-
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Rotary’s Hallowe’en
Nigrht Great Success
Youth of Southern Pines Pa
rade and Make Merry and
Property Escapes Damage
The youth of Southern Pines and
that term included everyone on Tues
day night—made merry on Hallo
ween, and the plan of the Rotary
Club to provide amusement and at
the same time save the towns gates
and benches and windows from
damage and destruction was a great
success.
The evening started with a parade
of youngsters in fancy dress led by
“The Majorettes” through the busi
ness section, wijifilng up at the re
viewing stand ^fip^est Broad street.
There varied contests were run off
and games enj^'yed. Including a shoot
ing gallery, bingo, sack racea and
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