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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 19, NO. 34.
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MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, July 19, 1940.
McNEIL SCORES
INTERFERENCE
WITH BUSINESS
Republican Candidate For Gov
ernor Addresses Sandhills
Kiwanis Club
COOPERATION IS NEED
The Sandhils Kiwanis Cub heard
a bitfcer attack on the government’s
interference with business by Repub
lican Gubernatorial candidate Robert
H. McNeill of Statesville at Its meet
ing Wednesday noon in the Southern
Pines Country Club. Asking three
questions, Mr. McNeill proceeded to
answer them:
1. Has the government’s attitude
been one of antagonism or coopera
tion?
2. Has it been one of trust or dis
trust ?
3. Has it been one of encourage
ment or sharp discrediting criticism?
“For the last several years,” Mr.
McNeill said, "a program has been
under way in the United States to
repress business, to discredit busi
ness men, to have legislation passed
affecting the employment of men and
women, their hours of labor and wage
scale, the rights of employers and
employees, the conti'ol of production,
both in agriculture and in manufac
ture, unemployment insurance, social
security, and many other things,
some good and some bad, affecting
business management and production
in a grave and serious way.
“(Al Through Federal loans
great portion of suiplus bank depos
its have been taken from the banks
by the government, giving to the gov
ernment great influence in the con
trol of banking operations. Some Na
tional banks, as you knew holding as
high as 90 percent' in Government
Bonds and 10 percent in commercial
loans.
"(B>* The Agriculture Adjustment
Administration, the Bituminous Coal
Commission. Federal Power Commis
sion, and other kindred agencies,
have been given great power in the
control of production of farms and
coal mines and electric power dams.
“(C) The Wages and Hours Bu
reau, the Walsh.Heley Act, and other
kindred legislation, have vested in the
L.abor Department a great measure
of control of wages and hours of
work.
"Eloquent Figures”
“To give you some grasp upon the
enormity of this Governmental reg
ulation the following figures are elo
quent:
"More than l-Sfd of the Nation’s
farm mortgages and l-6th of city
home mortgages are owned by the
government;
/"The Government now has in Its
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Ray Opens Bottling:
Plant in Southern Pines
The Presidential Candidates
TOBACCO CONTROL
POLLS OPEN ALL
DAY SATURDAY
Eligibility Rej^ulations Polling
Places Announced By
County Agent
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Bensalem TownS'^
FIVE CENTS
S
laims
Discrimination By >..ounty
In Building of New Schools
FARMERS URGED TO VOTE
FKANKUN I). ROOSKVKLT
Democratic
Buys Arey Warehouse As Head
quarters for Green Spot
Beverage Company
WENDELL L. WILLKIE
Republican
Legion To Cooperate Against
Subversive Elements in State
Balloting on tobacco control will be '
held throughout the state tomorrow, i
Saturday. Voting places will open at i
8:00 in the morning and close at
5:00 p. m. Letters were sent to all
growers this week advising them of
the voting places, and voters will be
lequired to vote in the township in
which their farm is located. The place '
Eeleited for Moore county are as fol
lows : i
Carthage Township, Courthouse, j
Deep River, Mrs. W. J. Hariington.;
rjreenwood, Thomas Buildirg, I
Cameron. i
Pandhill, Pinebluff. j
Ei-nsalem, FagU' Springs School.
Mineral Springs, West Knd School.
Sheffield.^, Moody School. i
Hitter.c, McConnell.
McNeill, Kureka School.
“Tiie situation facing the growers
now is a seiious one,” says County
i Agei'.t K. H. Garri.son. Jr.. “I hope
, that each and every one will realize
I this and try to do .something about
Uie .‘■ituation now before thhe mar-'
i krls open. I hope that all the tobacco
' growers of the coimty will turn out
, nnd vote. _ |
! All farmei s engaged iu the- produc-,
I tion of flue-c\ired tobacco in 1940 are
’ eligible to vote in the flue-ciwed tobar-
c(. marketing quota ri ferendum. Any
’ pi'ison who shares in the proceeds of
I the 1940 flue-cured tobacco crop as
i nwnei (other than a landlord of a
1 .standing-rent or fixed-rent tenant),
tinant, or sharecropper is considered
, a.s engaged in the production of f iue-
! cui-od tobacco' in 19 If several
I members of the .same family parlici-
' pate in the production of flue-cured
I tobacco On a farm in 1940, the only
j member or members of such family
would be eligible to \'ote shall be the
I member or members of the family,
who have an independent bona fide
status as operator, share-tenant, or
sharecropper and entitled as such to
share in the proceds of the 1940 crop.
Voting Ellgihility |
For any farm on which record have ‘
been obtained in connection with the
1940 agilcultural conservation pro-|
gram showing correctly the persons
entitled to receive a share of the |
proceeds of the tobacco crop grown
on the farm in 1940, only those per-j
sons so shown as entitled to receive
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Shrine Club Host To
Oasis Temple Today
Fun and Good Fellowship To Fea.
ture Program at
Lakeveiw
Band Concert Today
Shrine Band From Charlotte
To Play in Municipal
Park at 2:00 P. M.
Potentate H. D. (Buddy) Hor-
ton of Charlotte and his official
escort, the Uniformed Units of
Oasis Shrine Temple, composing
the band and patrol will be met at
Rockingham todaj?, Friday by a
delegation of Sandhill Shriners and
a State Highway Pattol e.scort.
They will travel by the way of
I amlet and Aberden. arriving in
Southern Pines aj; 2:00 at which
time they will give a concert by
their famous band in the Municipal
Pari<. The public is cordailly in
vited.
Southern Pines has a new indus
try. Marvin A. Ray has organized
the Green Spot Beverage Company,
allied with the company of the same
name in Lea Angeles, Cal., for the
bottling of orangeade, pineappleade,
grape punch and grapefruit Juice,
v.’ith a plant capacity of 600 cases of
24 bottles each daily.
The company has acquired through
purchase the warehouse formerly
owned and occupied by J. D. Arey
on Ashe street, and has installled new
machinery and equipment. Mr. Ray
has the entire territory in North
Carolina from here to Wllmlngrton,
and six counties In South Carolina.
Other plants of the parent company
are located in Charlotte and in
Greenville and Rock Hill, S. C. Bot
tling was begun in the local plant last
Thursday. Distribution throughout the
territory will be made by nine mo-
tor trucks.
The beverages to b« bottled are
not carbonated. The orangeade is a
blend of Florida and California or
ange, the pinaappleade 4iAde of
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Governor Clyde R. Hoey has hon
ored the American Legion by Mking
it to cooperate in the eradication of
subversive elements in the state. The
Legion at its departmental Conven
tion accepted the job snd is busily ';
organizing the different districts. It |
was pointed out that the Legionnaires I
must work aa allies of the law en- j
forcing agencies and not as indivi
duals. The State Department has ap
pointed Paul Dana of Pinehurst, an
influential member of Sandhill Post
and a former District Commander, to
the position of County Chairman of
Defense. Mr. Dana will be in close
contact with the posts of the county
and the law enforcing agencies of the
county. State and F. B. L
Sandhill Post was again honored by
having one of Its members, J. F. Sin
clair of West End, elected as 12th
District Commander. Mr. Sinclair is
the fifth member of the post to be
So honored. Last year the 12th Dis
trict lead the state in enrolling its
quota of members.
Mr. Frye r>f the Carthage post in
vited the Sandhill post to be Joint
sponsor with it and the other posts
of the county In staging a Moore
County Fair this fall. A committee
consisting of J' Hawley Poole, Norris
L. Hodgkins and the post command
er was appointed to meet with the
representatives to decide the mat
ter.
The following officers were Install
ed: L, D. Williams, commander;
Haynes Britt, 1st vlce-commander;
Thomas L. Campbell; adjutant; L. V.
O’Callaghan, finance officer; Dan C.
Homer, sergeant-at-Arms. The Rev.
A. J. McKelway wi'.l be installed as
chaplain at a later date. District
Commander Sinclair actiM as Install
ing officer. Haynes Britt was given
a gold emblem as the host “Go-Get
ter” of the post. Pnot Commander
Dwight thanked his officers and the
membership for their loyalty to him
pnd urged the post to continue to aid
disabled veterans and other post ac
tivities.
M.4JOR LEWIS PAGE ASSIGNED
TO POST AT CAMP JACKSON
Major Lewis A. Page, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse W, Page of Elagle
Springs, Infantry officer rH>w detailed
at the Henderson State Teachers* Col.
lege in Arkadelphia, Ark., was this
week a^igmed to fluty with the 8th
Division at Camp Jackson, S. C. Ma
Jor Page is a brother of Chan Page,
preaAdent of tJRe Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce.
Today, Friday, is the day of the
Oasis Temples midsummer visitation
here, and the Sandhill Shrine Club has
planned a gala afternoon and evening
of fun and merrymaking at Lake-
vlew. There will be boating, swim
ming, fishing, dancing and eating,
with the Crystal Lake hotel the cen
ter of activities. The fun starts at
2:00 and supper will be at 6:00 o’clock,
with dancing from then on. j
Potentate H. D. Horton of Char-j
lottfc will have with him his Divan;
and official escort, the uniformed
units composing the band and patrol,
under the direction of Major S. Cas
per Chandler. Numerous other Ma
sonic and Shrine dignitaries will also
be here, including Dr. C. K. Proctor,
supernitendent of the Oxford Or
phanage and Post Potentate of Su
dan Temple. Several hundred Shrin
ers and their ladies will be in at
tendance. The Sandhill Shrine Club,
of which John J. Fitzgerald, South
ern Pines, is president, A. M. Cam
eron of Vass 1st vice-president, C. M.
Gunn of Sanford 2d vice-president
and' G. A. Charles of Aljerdeen is sec
retary and treasurer, will be host of
the occasion. There will be no official
meeting or speechmakTng—just fun
and god fellowship.
E. G. FITZGERALD,
LONG MANAGER OF
THE CAROLINA, DIES
Popular Hotel Man Had Heen Af
filiated’With Pinehurst Ho
tels Since Youth
Edward G. Fitzgerald, for 15 years
manager of the Carolina hotel and be
fore that of the Holy Inn and the
Pinehurst Country Club Grill, died
suddenly of a heart attack last Fri
day in Manchester, Vermont. Mr. Fitz-
gerald had been one of the best known
residents of the Sandhills for nearly
40 years, and numbered more friends
throughout the countiy than any lo
cal citizen. The news of his death
came as a great shock to this com
munity. He was 56 years of age.
At the time of his passing Mr. Fitz
gerald wa.s managing the Oi-vis Inn in
Manchester. In addition to his duties
there, he recently had been appoint
ed ,**ifinager <rf the famous Paul
Smith's Camp in the Adirondack
mountains of New' York .state. Last
winter he opeiated the Kirkwood Ho
tel in Camden, S C., the winter be
fore that the Forest Hills Hotel in
Augusta, Ga.
"Ed” Fitzgerald, .is everyone knew
him. first came to Pinehurst as a
youth when his mother was manag
ing the Lexington hotel, now The
Manor. Soon afterwards he became
manager of the Country Club Grill,
remaining in that position for five
years and leaving to become mana
ger of the Holly Inn. In 1923 he was
named manager of the Carolina,
which he operated successfully until
1938 when he went to the Forest Hills
in Augusta. Always popular with his
guests, "Ed” made hosts of friends
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Youngr Republ’oans in
County Organization
Call Ma.ss Meeting? in Carthage
Courthouse Next
Thursday Mffht
With Only School “A Firetrap,”
Its Repeated Requests For
Funds Ignored
Young Republicans of Moore Coun
ty, In an enthusiastic meeting held
Tuesday night in Carthage, effected
an organization and have called a
mass meeting of Republicans and
other Willkie supporters for next
Thursday, July 2i5th In the Court
house in Carthage, Republicans
of all ages are invited to this gath
ering, W'hlch will be at 8:00 o'clock.
At the organization meeting the
following temporary officers were se
lected: Mrs, H. F. Seaw-ell. Jr., Car
thage, chairman; Colin Spencer, Jr.,
Carthage, treasurer and Miss Patricia
Willcox, West End, secretary. The
membership fee was established at
fi^ty cents, and all interested In the
Republican ticket are Invited to join.
"Age Is no barrier,” one of the of
ficers states. "We have already sign
ed up large numbers throughout the
county, all the way up to three score
and ten."
Pl’PILS ON BUS 5 HOL RS
An explanation of why Bensalem
township cannot get a modem school
building after repeated requests to
the Moore County Board of Educa
tion is demanded in a communication
leceived by The Pilot from Mrs. W.
McC, Blue of Eag>ie Springs.
“There is not a high schol build
ing in Bensalem towmship, and our
only elementary school for white chil
dren is housed in a two.story wooden
firetrap.” says Mr.s. Blue.
■‘.Some of our children, including
the beginners, the six-year-old chil
dren. must leave home at 6:45 a. m.
under our present school arrange
ment. Many are spending from four
to five hours each day on the school
bus and ride a distance of 50 miles
per day. counting trrp to and from
srhool. Some of the children walk
.some distance to meet an uncertain
1 us and in rain and snow this means
cold, wet fct until school Is reached.
‘‘Two of our bu.s.ses cro.ss the rail
road four times daily, and a high-
u’ay. much more dan.s'erous, twice
daily. All busses are crowded and
none too comfortable.”
Mts. Blue writes thKi in Decem
ber. 19.S9, at the regular monthly
meeting ol' tiie County Board of Ed
ucation. Bensalem town.ship put in a
irquest for a modern school building
•‘to be erected within the near fu-
lure" in the central part, of the town
ship. The lequest was made for the
building to be “large enough to ac
commodate all elementary and high
.school children resident In the town
ship, and to accommodate both home
rcononiics and agricultural depart?-
ments.
Xumerous I5e«|upsts
'The plea for better .school build
ings for Bensalem was nothing new
with the Board of Education," she
says, “as the request has been before
them over and over again.
"Something like ten years ago
the County Board of Commission
ers seemed favorable tow'ard
gi anting the necessary funds for
a school building in Bensalem but
in some way this and all other Moore
county school building funds since
then have found their w'ay to other
towmshlps and usually to consolidat
ed schools located in small towns. But
the request was often repeated even
uhen there seemed no hope for funds
for the buildings.
"The request last December, how.
ever, was hurriedly made with high
hope, because it was learned that
funds were available In Moore coun
ty for the school building and that
the County Board of Commissioners
were, apparently willing for Bensa
lem township to get its long-looked-
for school. But our story remains the
same. We are yet on the waiting list.
"Was there any reason the Coun
ty Board of Education could not have
reached a decision on this In Decem
ber? No real reason was given but
at the request of one of the mem
bers of the Beard of Education, decis
ion w'as delayed until the matter could
be advertised and discussed again at
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C. ,h MCDONALD ELECTED
TO FOUNDATION BOARD
Charles J. McDf^nald of Carthage,
Moore county sheriff, was elected to
the board of directors of the Moore
County Educational Foundation at a
meeting held Wednesday at the Sou
thern Pines Country Club. John N.
How'arth of Southern Pines was elect
ed to succeed Edwin T. McKeithen
as chairman of the board. Mr. Mc-
Kelthen’s term havnlg expired. Oth
er members are Richard Tufts, Paul
Dana, Dr. B. M. Mcdlln and Nelson
C. H.vde.
The board passed upon several ap
plications for loans to students need
ing assistance in completing their col
lege courses.
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