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1, TIRST IN NEWS, CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding etACuc SPAINCS VA8S 4LAKE\/tew W&9T C.HO OACKSOH SP<9lHOS PtnCd PiMEeUJPP PILOT MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY of the Sandhill Territory of ,/h Carolina VOL. 19. NX). 49. Aberdeen Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, November 1, 1940. Pinehurst "'t. COLORED MAN OF I CARTHAGE FIRST MOORE DRAFTEE Southern Pines Headquarters of TOURNAMENTS TO National WiUkie Organization'UNDER WAY ~ * HERE ON SUNDAY FIVE CENTS Willie HarriniB;ton Holds No. 158, Cameron Man Second Num ber Called by President 3,441 AFFECTED HERE Willie Klvin Harrington, colored, of Route 3, Carthage, is the owner in Moore county of draft number 158, first pulled from the goldfish bowl in W ashington Tuesday by Secretary of War Stimson. George Robert Col lins, white, Route 1, Cameron, held No. 192, second called. Thirty-four hundred and forty-one legistrants were affected in this county by the drawing, but only a few of these will be called in the first quota of some 30,000 men. The pres- <-nt plan of the government is to have -100,000 in service by February 28th, .^00,000 by June 15th. The first Southern Pines number ■ railed on Tuesday was held by John Robert Gilchrist, colored. No. 3294 In Aberdeen William Junior Caviness colored, had the honor, and in Pine hurst, it was Ernest Jackson Hart* sell, white. No. 2877. Tlie draftees will De called before John Putnam, Son of Famed Writer, Launched Shut-In League at Pinecrest Manor Probably not a doaen people know it, but Southern Pines has been the headquarters of a national Willkie- For-Preaident organization during the current political campaign. Conceived and put into execution Word from Willkie Bobby Cornwall Hears From Candidate’s Office About His Broken Arm Polls Open Tuesday J *6:45 For National, State, Couuty Elections. - 989 Registered their draft boards in the order in •which their numbers wexe drawn on I into Active Service- Tuesday, so that Willie Harrington! and in the Air. was a novel one. Mr. Putnam, a pa tient at the Pinecrest Manor Sana torium here, submitted it to Repub lican National Headquarters and re ceived the unqualified approval of the party leaders. Putnam, who is a son of Nina Wilcox Putnam, noted writ-' pr. then put his program into effect.. With hintself as president and all the! other officers—because he needed no others—he organized the Willkie Shut-In League. There ar^ thousands of shut-ins in the United States. Putnam procured a list of sanatoria throughout the country. To these he 'sent Roster Blanks for the afflicted to sign. These blanks read: “Wendell L. Willkie Stands For: “America, as the Land of Oppor tunity for All. “An Adequate Defense Program, with the Driving Power to get De fense Forces NOT on paper, but on Land, Sea Bobby Cornwall, nine-year old son ct Mrs. Beverly Walter, Southern i J ines, is pretty happy, despite his bmken arm. The story of how Bobby Sandpipers Staging First Golf Event of Season at S. P. Country Club “A United Nation at Peace with itself, through Cooperation of Bus- ine.ss and Government. Labor and will be the first to face Frank Sham- burger of Aberdeen, Clyde Shaw of Carthage and Marvin Ritter of Hemp, Tnenjbers of the Moore county board, j Agriculture. This will start the classificaUon ofj “A Real Business Administration the men enrolled, and the weeding! that will give the People a Chance cut process. Men needed in defense! to Understand and Control the Vast industries, men with dependents, and! Sums of Money that Washington is men with physical diabiUties will be excused in the first call, and con- -scientious objectors will have an op portunity to state their cases. If jan army of youthful Roosevelt sup ipoiters appeared recently in The Pi- 'ot. Bobby sent a copy to Mr. Willkie, i and this week received this from Mr, I Willkie’p secretary; : Dear Bobby: Mr. Willkie was veiy pleased to have your letter. He wanted to an- •swer it iiimself, but lie kncws you ill understand his campaign is tak- np; every minute of his time and it is inipo.ssible for him to write per- “^onal lettere. He is always glad to li'ini of young folks who are interested in his elec tion. Hp wants them e.speciul)y to n.-iow what he is trying to do for the country, since it is persons like your self who will benefit most through the years ahead, if the things he ij fight ing for can be maintained. Cordially yours, —R. L. JOHNSON. WOMEN PLAY ON TUESDAYi The Sandpipers, the men's golfing crganization at the Southern Pines . . Country Club, will hold its first tour-, Wi’lkie agamst ^ ^ , I nament of the season thus Sunday, i Novi-mbi'i' 3rd. Emmett F,. Golden, i president of the club, has extended- an invitation to all visiting golfers^ I at the country club to play in the, : tournament. It is to be an 18-hole' inidal event. Plan.s are being madej for a large turn-out. The tournament will be played over the championship course and is expected to be one of the outstanding Autumn golf events. | The fii'.st of the women’s golfing events is a donkey-elephant tourna ment to be played at the country] cl ib next Tuesday, November ,5th. Mrs. Roy Grinnell, president of the Pine Dodgers, sponsors of the tour nament. has announced that the tour- ‘ n.iment will bp followed by a luncheon at the clubhouse. Willkie 3 to 2 Sandhills Kiwanis Club Poll (Jives G. (). P. Candidate 21, Roosevelt 16 In a secret poll taken on the Presidential campaign at the meeting of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club on Wednesday in the Aber deen Community House, the re sult was as follows: Willkie, 24; Roosevelt, 16. Civic Club, Voting Place in Southern Pines. To Be ! Open Until 5:15 P. M. ROOSEVELT OR WILLKIE? OBSERVE FOURTH ' ANNIVERSARY OF BAPTIST CHURCH First Worship in New Auditor ium in 1936. Though Church Dates Back To ’83 CONSERVATION OF SIGHT PROJECT OF ABERDEEN LIONS The First Baptist Church of Sou- The Southern Pines sports calen-lthprn Pines will celebrate next Sun- dai, just off the press, lists several morning the anniversary of its other golf events for November. Sec-; worship in the present church ond on the schedule will be an Ar-j This first occasion was mistice Day tournament scheduled four years ago, but regular services foi' Sunday and Monday, Novemtoer^ [,a(j been conducted in t.*ie basement 10th and 11th. A Kickers Handicap jf^o tj,ree months previous. The his- tournament on Saturday, November j church, however, dates 16th, and a Thanksgiving tournament I hack to 1883 when its location was, ^ ^ .v 18 holes medal play—on Thursday,Manley. In May. 1889 the pastor,!"® Senatorial election this year, Next Tuesday is Election Day for National, State and cnunty officials. Polls will open in Moore county at 6:45 a. m. and remain open until 5:15 p. m. The polling place in Sou thern Pines will be at the Civic Club, Pennsylvania avenue and Ashe street —not as in the past at the Munici pal Building on East Broad street. The total registration, in the Squth- evn Pines precinct was announced this week by 'iiegistrar Hiram Westbrook as 989. The balloting will be on the na tional offices of President and Vice- President of the United States, the candidates of the major parties be ing Franklin D. Roosevelt for Pres ident, Henry A. Wallace for Vice- President on the Democratic ticket; Wendell L. Willkie for President, Charles L. McNary for Vice Presi dent on the Republican ticket. In the State election, J. M. Brough ton of Raleigh is the X)eraocratic candidate for Governor, and Robert H. McNeill of Statesville the Repub lican candidate. Congressman W. O. Burgin of Lex- mgton will have as his Repubican op ponent F. D. B. Harding. There is si>endlng. “Individual Liberty, because Free Men are the Strongest Men, and the Natural Way of Life is the Demo- their reasons are found valid, theyjcratic, Self-Governing Way. will be exempted from military ser-| “We, the Undersigned Shut-Ins of vice but will still be subject to a (Institution) are in agreement with year spent at w'ork of national im- the principles of Wendell L. Willkie. portance. i We join with him in the cause of I preserving our American Heritage of : I'^ars Glued To Radio Freedom and Opportunity. Most ears in Moore county, as interviewed by The Pilot several , '^’*'®' been accomplished. ^ b’ known all counties of tne 48 states, were | young Putnam said: | work November 28th are also on the sche-^^v. L. Wright together with 32 mem dule. All of these tournaments are ^ame to Southern Pines where Success of Program in Aberdeen; sponsored by the Sandpipers Club. | jj^d completed a new buildin.5; at the corner of Connecticut avenue and Page street. This remained the church’s edifice until August, 1936. Three of the original 32 members are still with the church. Since moving to the present loca- liun the church has experienced con- ■siderable progress. Although the building is not complete it is free of 000.00 in immediate cysh has been contributed to complete Prompts Clab To Make Countrywide Effort jAmos Broadway Dics The Aberdeen Lions Club plam to I After Jinitown Shooting sponsor a Sight Conservation pro-! gram in Moore county during the | Eugene _Hainsworth Held For next few’ weeks. Sight Conservation Murder Following Fracas i.“ one of the main objectives of the' iu W'. Southern Pines United Lions Clubs. The Aberdeen | club has sponsored this woi'k for the Amos Broadway, colored, proba- past few years and feels that a great ; , r,- . i. lA 'debt. Recently $1. Wy West Southern Pmes’ most wide- , resident, was shot and fa-. up I , ^ L TTt !the Sunday School equipment. The until now has been tally mjured last Fi^day night by Eu-, ^ glued to radios on Tuesday whenj „j am“ convinced that we shut-ins i ^onf'^ed to Aberdeen and vicinity, gene Ham.sworth, 19. Broadway, ^ Memorial Organ Fund. Of all President Roosevelt presided over the|p^n ^ definite oart in this com-: >’owever, we expect to expand this Vias conducted a cafe and dance churches in the Sandy Creek Bap- Few Local Contests The only county contests are for the State Legislature and the five seats on the Board of County Com- aiissioners. J. Hawley Pooleof West tnd is the Democratic candidate for the Legislature, and Herbert F. Sea- well, Jr., of Carthage the Republi can nominee. The entire present mem- btrship of the County Board, all Democratic, is standing for re-elec- tion, Wilbur H. Currie of Carthage, chairman, Frank Cameron of Camer on, Gordon Cameron of Pinehurst, L. R. Reynolds of High Falls, and W. J. Dunlap of Hemp. Opposing Mr. Cur rie in the Carthage district is Cleve land Cagle, Republican; Frank I can play a definite part in this com , ■ u i i t f drawing in Washington and read off .^^. g,potion. By persuading our visi- the whole county this year if the *n the colored settlement toi many Association of which it is a mem- cameron is oppo.sed by A M Camer the fir-st few numbers pulled from relatives to vote for Mr. funds can bo rai.sed," Presi- years, d.en Sunday noon m he ^ Cameron bv Henry B X , . 1 1. F D Fnrroll tnlii Pilnt thic; M'^orc COllnt^* HoSDltai. HainswOlin , , • j i • Willkie we are taking a real part "‘^"t J-. u. i-aneii loia me moi tnis membership gams and second in per .F,ye^ Dunlap by Roy Gainer and first few the bowl. A traveling salesman from Alexandria, Va., lunching in Jack’s Grill. Southern Pines, heard the sec ' Kt ynolds by J. Wylie Gaines. ~ All frienns and past members are! j v^nce Rowe of Aberdeen, Dem in this election. A nation-wide 'showsave himself up to Night Patiolman giving for the past year. - ,of hands’ for Mr. Willkie by shut-ins “I''®'' two years we have Irving Morrison aft.j the shootmg ond number called out and his;^.^^,,^ indication *of the provided for a clinic in the Aberdeen and is lodged in the Caithage jail on to join with the church in this ncrat is unopposed for reelection to .spoonful of soup halted in midair. It: demand for a return to schools. From July 1, 1939 to June 30, a charge of murder. ; j,„„,g.g„n,ing and anniversary wor-; Recorder’s Court W A was his. There was a scramble to the; government. It would be 1^0 our clinic gave .1,100 eye tests. An argument b^ween the wo men u:00 oclock. ^ Leland MeKeithen of Pinehuist for fccond floor of the courthouse at m,. ^viilkie in his t<> school children and found that u3 occurred eai y Fiiday night ana installed in the ,,,o.sgeuting attorney and Haywood Carthage by those who hadn't learn-, .would need a thorough examination.; about midnight for the day and an organ re- All; Mr. Putnam’s letters and roster These 53 children were given a com-^ed to have returned to the Broadway^ -1 . »— Wnen fd what their numbers wore. numbers were posted there. | blanks w7nt out nearly a month ago.jp'ete examination by experts and 48' emporium , to await his man .-•itemoon Space forbids publication of the Since then his mail_the mail of the'Pairs of glasses were fitted and furn- Broadway started for his home. he_ crder in which all Moore county, sj,ut-ln League-has been i®hed. ,was shot in the ac . two I?ird Cluh Members draftees will be called up, but the^ prodigious. From every nook and ‘'During the year 1939-1940 we al.so He is survived by a wife and two iSirfl UD first 40-odd, which should provide 1 43 states of the union the full quota for Moore county in the _ (,jj^g gome names, names and more 'helped secure a State blind instruc- brothers. Funeral services were held Charlotte MeetingT first call to the colors, are as fol lows : No. 158—Willie Elvia Harrington, Col. Carthage Route 3; 192—George Robert Collins, Cameron Route 1; 105. Robert O. McKenzie. Jackson .Springs, RFD; 2441—David Vander Ooodson, col., Hemp; 2563—Howard Franklin Davis, Hemp; 188—Cald well Cameron, col.. Cameron; 120— William Hezekiah Brower, coL, Hemp R. F. D. 2; 2914—John Wil bert Caddell, Vass; 2670—Alex Smith. Jr. col. Carthage R. F. D. 1; 3048— Henry Baxter Blue, col.. Carthage. 2451 — Cornell Turney, Jackson Springs, R. F. D. 2, Box 61; 2148— Kenneth Malcolm Combs, Plnebluff; 2698 Henry Marsh, col., West End; 8846 William Junior Caviness, col.. Aberdeen; 2764—Daniel Grady Frye, Cameron, R. F. D. 1; 161—Carlee Mc Rae, col., Aberdeen, Route 2, Box 163; 3011 — Isaac Virgle Johnson Cameron, R. F. D. 1; 3294—John Robert Gilchrist, col.. Southern Pines: 2470—Jacob Nathian Steel, col.. Southern Pines; 14—James De witt Ritter, col.. Hemp, R. F. D. 1; 32,“i9—Wesley Floyd Hart, Carthage. R. F. D„ 3; 2771—Silas Monroe Por ter. West End, R. F. D. 1. 2489 Lacy Albert Brown. Hemp; 2502 Thomas Alonzo Cheek. Hemp. (Please turn to page four) name.s, of shut-ins for Willkie. "It’s apparent,” said Mr. Putnam yester day. "that if shut-ins could elect the next President, his name would be Wendell L. Willkie.” IH. Fry for surveyor. ' The Presidential campaign has i been a heated one in Moore county, j with a reported widespr ad clefec- I tion by Democrats from Mr. 'Roose- ' velt to Mr. W’illkie. A number of , prominiit lifelong Democrats are tor who contacted the blind through- on Tuesday, with burial in the West 1 .. t ^ ^ cut the county and taught many o£ Southern Pines cemetery. Hainsworth Hear Dr. Johnson of Mattamus- voting for the head of the Repubh these unfortunate folks a trade.{will be arraigned in Rcconler’s Court Many of them learned to make blan kets, baskets, etc. We subscribed to I the Readers Digest printed in Braille f.nd this was passed around to the RED CROSS WORKERS TO ® GET ROLL C.VLL MATEBI.XL!that has been done during the Ipest few years. ' We have made arrangements for ppfcialists from the State Bli’'.d Corn- next Monday Court. for trial in Superior Red C5ross workers will meet next Thursday afternoon, November 7th, at 3:00 o'clock at the Civic Club, ^o conduct our cPnic this Southern Pines when material for the y'®’’ The cost of this clinic will run rnnual Roll Call will be distributed, ^2.75 to $5.75 per child that Mr. Hunt announced yesterday. All chairmen and helpers are urged to be present. SMITH-OGLESBY test, a thorough examination and a pair of glasses. The cost will vary according to the condition of the pa tients eyes. Contributions to the wor thy cause are invited and donations The wedding of Miss Elizabeth' should be sent to T. S. Melvin, secre- Peele Oglesby( daughter of Mrs. Al-jtary, Aberdeen Lions Club, Aber- bert M. Oglesby of Pinehurst, and deen.” keet RefuG^e and Dr. Wood bury of Utah Four members of the Southern I Pines Rird Club attended the fall I meeting of the North Carolina Bird Club held at Charlotte last Friday. I Dr. Maynard S. Johnson, nanager of Officials Visit Southern PinesMattamuskeet Nation Wi’.d Life hefugf, and principal speaker ad dressed about 100 bird-lovers from can ticket for the first time, justify ing their switch in the words of Mr. Willkie himself: “I didn’t leave the K. of C. To Hold State Convention Here in May To Plan Gathering.—May Have Council Here Sydney Strother Smith, Jr., of Rich mond, Va.. W’as solemnized last Sat urday In Richmond. Mrs. Norman B. Calcutt of Pinehurst was matron of honor. BANKS CLOSED TUESD.^Y The Citizens Bank and Trust Com- j are being held in jail Nathan M. Minton, badly injured in a shooting affmy near Vass on Octo ber 7. was transferred from the Lee County Hospital to the Moore County Hospital last week. His sons, Guy and Arthur Minton, and Norris Upchurch pending a various parts of the state. Dr. John- The Knights of Columbus of North '’on gave some very interesting facts. * ^ ti. 1 at t I ‘itatinsr that there are 42,000 geese Carolina plan to hold their State con-. j »_ ««« j 1 1 1 at the refuge and 35,000 ducks, along vention in soutnem Hines next May. 5P00 to 6,000 whistling swan. State officers were here last Sun-,^^^^ day to make the necessary plans, coming from Asheville, Wilmington, thf-m. Greensboro and Raleilgh. They were ^ Woodbury, president of joined here by prominent Catholics Audubon Society of Utah, who from Lumberton. Laurinburg, Fay- * v,i« . , . ... has made a study of the gulls of his rtteville, Hamlet and other cities. ^ . The conference was held In the old '’tate pave some brief scientific facts St. Anthony parish hall, after which -elatir" to the story of how in 1848 they adjourned to the new hall on the .p^’Is saved the Mormons’ crops East Broad street where suppc was eating the grasshoppers. served the group by the Catholic Daughters. Some 60 were served. j BUYS MERR*” PRt)k’fcKTV A movement is on foot to organize _ a council of the Knights of Colum- R. J. T oren-^r • purchased the me.” They are anti-Thlrd Term and anti-New Deal. A fairly close vote is predicted in the county. The race nationally is expected to be a close one, recent polls showing a decided trend to Willkie in the last stages of the campaign. Both Democratic and Republican workers will put in a busy day Tues day getting out the full strength of their vote. Vote early. pany. Southern Pines, and the Bank of Pinehurst, with branches In Aber deen and Carthage will be closed all day next Tuesday, Election Day. healing, which will be held as soon as the elder Minton is physically able to attend. His condition seems some what better. bus here. F. E. Merrill property or North Ashe street and is repainting, repa- Vote early Tuesday. Polls oimn at pering and otherwise renovating the 6:45, close at 5:15. !ra&idence. ENOIXEER OUTLlNF^i BIG I'HOBI EM AT FORT BKAGG Colonel Lawrence L. Simpson, construction quartermaster in charge of the new building program at Fort Bragg, addressing the Fifth District of the North Carolina Building and fjoan League at its meeting in the Southern Pines Counti'y Club Tues day night, stated It was almost im- nosslble to visualize the overnight expansion of Fort Bragg from an en campment of a few thousand men to a post of 20,000 at the present, with an ultimate goal of 66,000 by June 1st, 1941.,