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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 19, NO. 50.
Aberdeen
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PILOT
MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
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of the Sandhill Territory o. “'jy ^^/arolina
Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday. November 8, I'HO.
Pinehurst
FIVE CENTS
Two Young Girls Killed,
Four Injured When Car
Hits Pole Near Pinehurst
Hijrhland Pines Inn Opens For Season on Sunday
lx)uise Maples, 17, and Sybil
Carter, 15, of Southern Pines
Victims Hallowe’en
JUNIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL
In one of the worst automobile ac-
cidcntlf in Moore {’oiinty in some
time, two young Souttiern Pines girls
were killi'ci, another girl and three
Pinehurst boys injuri^i on
Heavy Auto Toll
More Than 700 Killed in Traf
fic Accidents in State So
Far This Year
In announcinp the n'otor vehicle
traffic toll for the first ten months
Linden IfllO. Ronald Hocutt. director of
Road. Finohur.st on Hallowe'en night, the N. C, Highway SalVty Division,
The dead: Loui.se Maples, 17, dan- -stated this weel» that “unles.s some-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ma- liappons to halt the upward
pies, Southern Pirns; Sybil Carter, trcn.i of traffic fiUi;lities in Xorlh
I.'), daughter of Mr, and Mr.s. Clay- Carolina, n record numb< r of i)eisi,n.s
ton A. Carter, Southern Pines. may be killi d (m the .street; and hiRh-
The injured: Geraldine Cheath.im, ways of thi.s .>;tate d -ring the month
14, Southern Pini'S; Tom Horner, '’f Nnvenibei’."
fJrahain .loiie.s and Arnold Ritter, all I ijjiire.s rrle.-ised by Hociitl:. prior
of I’inehur.st. to the Hallowe’en accident whicli
The accident occurred alxiut 10:20 ihiinud two lives hero listed si.x jier-
<■'clock on a curve in the road near .sons killed and 13 injiirt d in Moore
the Lexy Smith store, about two mileg county dining the fiist ten iiinnths of
out of Pinehurst. The car, driven by this year, compared with seven kilied
voting' florner, left the ro.^d and end 21 injured in the sanie period
struck a power pole, demolishing the last year. For the state as n whole,
vehicle. Sybil (.'arter was killed in-|.'onie over 700 persons have b^en re-
stantly: I.,ouise Maples died in the|ported killed in traffic accidents .so
Moore County Hospital shortly after far this year.
jr.id-night that night. She suffered a MYire than 100 persons were killed,
fractured .skull. Both were hurled oti North Carolina street.s and high-'
through the tou of the car. Ritter \;-,Ty^ jn September and the October
lemaina in a critical condition in the incomplete, indicate
hospital, .suffering from a hioken t;;3t fatalitie.s for last month may go^
hip and other injuries. .Tones suffered, .^vell above the 100 mark. Director*
a broken nose and lacerations and Hociitt said. .
Horner cuts and bruises.
High School Juniors
Louise Maples was a junior in
Southern Pines High Scliool. She is
1
Roosevelt Wins
In Democratic
Sweep of U.S.
Electoral Vote Ki8 lo fi3 For
Willkie.—Tarries Moore
County by 2,000
SOrTHKKN PINES 515 TO .‘]51
Thi.s (' iini alop Wi'vniouiii !ici>r!ils wil ■ iii ihi:-; S'lnday. with William Iv
a." ni..i'a!?er and. .iiultJfinf'fu>m larly bookinfj.-;. with hrij^ht pro.^iicct.s for a l»u.-;y s.^ason..
The inn is opening thi'ce to fmir w^’ek (arliei' thiui ii.s;ial. ;
NEW PRESIDENT
OF KIWANIS flUB
"Last Xovembor there were lO.'J
traffic fatalities in North Carolina."
nc con.mentcd, “and if the current
upwai'd trend is not halted the traf-^
survived by her parents, Walter and . , ,, ^
■’ w*' for this month mav top that
Lucy Wicker Maples, five brothers ,, j
, , „ , . figure and may even exceed the all-
Sammy. Kngene, Walter, Jr., Ralph u ■
^ high number of 124 reported
and Jimmy, and five sisters Kather- j
’ 'killed in December. 1937. i
ine, Ksther, Annie Jean, Pauline and
Kdith. Funeral services were held at "Whatever may be the cause of
3:00 o'clock last Saturday afternoon «^^ldents, this thing is true,' he ad-
in the Brownson MemoHal Presby- «very agency and
trrian Church, the Rev. B. L. Bar-;realizes that we face'
her and the Rev. Voigt O. Taylor of- "" emergency situation we will lose,
ficiating. Burial followed in Bethes- f*-”-
fiom auto accidents than North Car-‘
olina lost in the World War. Traffic
I. C. Sledge Electod Vice-l’rc.si-
dent al .\nnual M'*etinjr of
()rfi;ani/a<ion
1. FRED STniSON SPKAKER
<]a Cemetery. The Junior class at
tended services in a body, with a
acting as
accidents threaten
: F-vory citizen must
every citizen,
act to remove
number of classmates
flower boarer.s.
Sybil Carter, daughter of Clayton and they must act now.
A. and Mary McCracken Carter, was
also a High School junior here. Sur
viving her are her parents and
three brother*, Hyman Carter of Helen McRae ‘^iss
Washington, D. C., J. D. Carter of
Fort Moultrie, S. C., and two sisters.
Barbara and Rebecca of Southern
Pines. Hyman and J. D. Carter came
home for the funeral at 3:00 o’clock
Sunday afternoon in the Southern
Pines Baptist Church, the Rev. J.| hallowe’en carnival held on
Fred Stlmson officiating. Burial
in the Arabia Baptist Church yard • vass-l^kevlew School buUding: at-
near Raeford. The Junior class again ^
fittended in a body, with classmates
bearing the flowers.
The accident bringa to eight the
■number of perrons killed In motor
vehicle traffic accidents In Moore
county since January 1st. In addition,
17 have been injured.
tomorrow will be too l.nto for some-
cno."
Vass-Lakeview” for ’41
Outstandinfi: Student Elected at
Hallowe'en Carnival on
Thursday Night
Education Week To
Be Observed Here
Soathern Pines Schools Invite
Citizens To See “Education for
Common Defense” in Action
to be a gsla occasion.
Following ad' Ightful stage play
eiven by high school students under
the direction of Mrs. W. B. Glad
stone. the finals in the voting con
test to select "MIsb Vass-Lakeview”
^or 1940-‘41 were held and competi
tion was keen. The final count found
Helen McRae a few ahead of Juanita
Thompson, both of whom were well
ahead of the other 16 entrants. Helen
was officially crowned to succeed
Mary Mae Scott, 1939-40 “Miss Vass-
Lakeview,’ and both Helen and
Juanita were given lovely prizes.
The new queen has an outstanding
record. A ita«»ber of the Senior
The days from November 10-18 In
clusive have been deignated as Amer
ican Education week. The general I Hass, she has never been absent or
theme for IftIO Is "Education for the lardy from school a day since she en-
Common Defense.’ The sevf'n days tered the first grade. She Is presi-
*tress seven points Included In the •'ent of the Senior class, a member
theme, namely: (1) Enrtehln? spirt- '■f the glee club, and active in ath-
tual life, (2) Developing human re- Vtlcs. Her splendid (playing last year
sources. (3) Perpetuating individual •'‘suited In her selection as a guard
liberties. M) Strengthening civic loy- ''n the county “all-star” team which
alties, f’'' Safe®nardln» natural re- '’’as nam#^ at the close of the Moore
sources. (6> Building economic secur- ounty tournament,
ity, (7) Financing public education. a. cpW‘^ walk and various side
A Fducntion Association '•howtf furnished amusement until a
publication gives the fonowlnT ex- ’-ite ho”r The evening netted a llt-
p'nrafl^" '•* ^u'tlflnntion for the 'ie more than J128, a large part of
theme, "P3ducation for the Common " hich will probably be used in pur-
DefeiiS-.* ohaslng playground equipment for
What does America have to de> the lower grades,
fend? The cttmival was sponsored by the
(PUagt Utrn U pa§n /««r| j'VaaB WtHtnan’s Club and the achool.
Pro.ston T. Mol.spy of .'Southein
Pinos bocomt'H tho 19th P’csident of!
the Sandhill.s Kiwanis Cluh an Jan-'
uary 1st. Mr. Kelsey wa.s uiiaiiimous-
I !,v elrctod to the office at the an
nual meeting of the club held on Wed-
nf'sda.v in the Aberdeen Community
House.
Elected to the vice presidency was
I. C. Sledge of Pinehurst. and re-
riecte.i trei'O'rpr was Richard F.
Taiiton of Southern Pines, The fol
lowing were chosen to the board ol’
directors: A. L. Burne.y and Loon
Seymour of .\berdecn; Henry W. Dorn
and Robert L. Hart, Southern Pines;
Lcland McKeithen and John F. Tay
lor of Pinehurst, and Charles J. Mc
Donald of Carthage.
Mr. KeI.sey will .succeed John M.
Howarth, who retires next month af
ter a successful year. The club has
made strides both in membership—
it now has an active list of 43 mem
bers—and in service to the commun
ity. The year has been featured by
work for underprivileged children
and in vocational guidance. The club
supports a bed in the Children’s ward
of the Moore County Hospital and
is at present engaged In a fund-rais-
Ileads Kiwanis
' I’re.^idint Kon.scvclt was returned
to offiip for a ttiird term and the
Democratic party swipt to victory
I in nation, .sfato and county in Tues-
' f''-i,v'.s grnoial clection.s. Tho electoral
vot,' indicat-'d by fairly complete re-
tuin.'^ .stands al: Roo.scvflt 408, Will-
' if O'?. Thi’ I’rc.siil nt'.«. popular vote
! V i( till y i.s approximately four mil
lion. .six million lo.ss than ?hat over
J.ando.i four yeajs ago.
; J. M. Biougliton and the entire
IVmociatic State tiik was elected
'■y large majorities.
Moore ■ iiunty retiirntd its pre.sent
Board of Commis.sioner.s, elected J.
J.'awley f’oole of West End to the
State Legi.shiture over Herbert F.
h’eawell. Jr.. Keiiublican. of Carth
age.
South' rn Pines gave Uoo.sevelt
145 votes to 3.51 for Willkie,
Broughton for Governor 617 to 271 for
; Kobert H. M( Xt ill of Statesville, Re-
;iuhlican, and Hawley Poole 587 to
Seawell's 291 for the Legislature.
William O. Uurgin was returned
' to Congress from the 8th district by
a swooping majority. Burgin carried
: Southern Pines 608 to 272 for F
Reason's sports activities get |
POLO SUNDAY TO
SPORTS SCHEDILE
)'H‘nin<r Even' To He Followed
Tiu'sday \Vit!‘'i tilth .Annual
I’ro Golf Tournament
NATION’S -TOI’S” COMING
Th,.
. B. Harding, Republican.
Tiiiior wav in Pinehurst tMs week-end.:
Iwith the first polo ganv.- of the win-‘
; ter licheduled for Sunilav afternoon ICouit, \\. A. Iceland Mc-
i .u)d the 19th annual Mid-South Pro- P™®ecuting attorney and
fessional golf tournament to be con-1 had
!no Republican opposition in the coun-
i ty.
' \'<)te in Count.v
I The vote for President in Moore
[county gave Roosevelt 4,199, Willkie
2,127, with two of the 17 piocincLs
i nreported. For Governor in Moore
'county: Broughton, 3,537; McNeill,
1,461 (three districts missing).
Aberdeen gave Roosevelt 449 to
Willkie's 14S, In PinehuiT't the vote
was closer; Roo.sevelt 342, Willkie
1222. Vass gave Roosevelt 287. Will-
i kie 58. A. M. Cameron ran well ahead
, of the county ticket in V’ass for
-r . ,'>T'on the fall, winter and spring tourl_ ^ ^
Observed Hy Legion —— * commissioner, poiimg 98
PUKSTON T. KKUSEV
Armistice Day To Be
tisted over the cluinipionship No. 2
( tirse from Tue.sday through Satur-
' y. Many of the coimtry's loading
i.olfrrs will participate.
rM'/it of 36 hoi ,s on Tiie.sdny and:
Wednesday and a 36-hole individual
ojien event on Thur.sday anj Fri
day.
Horton Smith and Jimmy Thomp-
n will play as a team in the pro-
I 'ro and Johnny Bulla, High Point,
' will pair with Sam Snead.
)
i The Pinehurst tournament will
ing campaign in the hope of assum- j jrionnalreg on many a former Armis-
Ing the obligation of an additional tice Day. The program will get under
bed. [■way at 8:00 o’clock, and all veterans
At Wednesday's meeting the Rev. j'whether members of the Legion or
J. Fred Stimson made an inspiration-1
al talk on the vital need at this time
for understanding of and cooperation
with government. “We need to look
to a better and nobler government,
and to avoid the danger of being car
ried away by prejudice, propaganda
and short sightedness. We must take
government more seriously than ever sermon
before.” he said.
the professional golfers. A num-
I ber of them plan to make Pinehurst
Church Service.s at Pinehurst on tiieir training ground.s qntil the tour
Sunday, Special Program at < wings into action in mid-December.
West End IVIonday The 20th annual Carolina Tourna
ment for women will be played No
vember 26.
The first game of the Pinehurst
polo season will be held this Sunday
afternoon starting at 2:00 o’clock
when the All-Stars will play the 'Yel
low Jackets. The sides will compose
high goal players from the Pine
hurst Ptolo Club and officers from
Fort Bragg. Elarl Shaw and Merrill
Fink have returned to direct polo for
the season. Both will play in Sun
day’s game.
Armistice Day Monday will be ob
served by Sandhill Post, American
T_«pion, with an appropriate program
at 'West End, where J. F. Sinclair
has played "mioe host” to the Le-
not are cordially invited.
Divine services commemorative of
the end of the World War will be
conducted this Sunday morning at
10:45 o’clock In the Pinehurst Com
munity Church, with the Rev, A. J.
McKelway, ^^aplain of Sandhill Post,
delivering a special Armistice Day
CBAIO CHILD DHB
Robert Jerrj- Craig, only child of
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Craig of near
Southern 'Pines, died of a heart at-
GIRL SCOUT TRAININO
COVBSES HERE A SUCCESS
Training sessions for Girl Scout
executives, conducted here last
'veek by Mlsa Helen Gillard of At
tack on Wednesday of last week: lanat, Ga., field representative of
at the age of eight months and 27 | the Girl Scouts of America, attract-
days. The funeral service was held at j cd large numbers from thi* state and
Cool Springs church near Sanford South Carolina. A course for council
Thursday afternoon with the Rev.
Guy C. Funderburk officiating.
SON BCKBN TO V. HEALYS
members was held at the Jefferson
Inn, and for other workers at the
Southern Pines Country Club.
A son, Jeremiah Vincent Healy,
Jr., was bom to Mr, and Mrs. Jerry
"V, Healy of Southern Pines at the
Moore County Hospital last Sunday j the Moore County Hospital last Sat
morning. The young man weighed urday. Mrs. Pierce Is the form'^r
PIBKCES HAVE SON
A son James Pierce Jr was Jx)rr
to Mr. and Mrs. James Pierce
Durham formerly of Aberdeen ».t
Routine Meeting Held
by County Commission
License Granted for 1941 Ajrri-
cultund Fair,—Deeds
Authorised
votes against his Democratic oppo
nent, Frank Cameron of Cameron.
Southern Pines cast a total of 896
ballots for President, highest in its
history. The total registration was
P89, with two deceased since the
hooks were opened. The Civic Club
was used as the polling place here,
end there was a steady stream from
the time the polls opened at 6:45 until
they closed at sundown, 5:15 o’clock.
Workers of both parties were busy
seeing that the full strength of their
vote was cast.
Nationally, the Democrats are be
lieved to have gained five or six seats
in the House of Representatives, to
have lost four seats in the Senate.
Governorships throughout the coun
try were about equally divided.
H50 ATTEND ANN1\T5RSARV
SERVICE OF BAPTIST CHVRCR
seven pounds and he and his mother
ere doing finely.
Caroline Page, daughter of Mr. and
Mra. FVed C. P*ge at Saatbem Pinss.
Routine matters, for the mott part,
were before the County Commission
ers for consideration when they met
in regular session on Monday, and
the following were among the trans
actions of the day;
It was ordered that the Moore
County Pair Association be granted
a license to operate an agricultural
fair for th<» y'ar 1941. provided said
''SSOclRti''r> ''omplles T«'lth the rules
'nd )>e!.“tofnre promul-
tjated by the Board.
The -—^■'-n^iend that
he Stflt" '-VO- '^thllc Works
'’omml!>rtf>n take over and maintain
ine mile of roai I ndtng off from
■’oward's ilill ro«d near Jack Hus-
eys plare and connecting with the
(PteoM tttm to pofi* four)
Three hundred and fifty attended
the Anniversary service of the First
Baptist Church of Southern Pines
last Sunday, heard an interesting
historical sketch of the church by
the pastor Rev. J. Fred Stimson and
paid tribute to deceased members and
others who contributed in one way
or another to the successful record
of this church. An organ recital was
a part of the program.
IIAINSWORTH FOR
SUPERIOR COURT TRIAl.
*t a hearing yesterday in Carth-
■ p-e Fuprene Halnsworth colored of
Southern Pines was held for
‘V-.. Superior Court on a charge of
murd'^r as the result of the shootmg
of Amos Broadway of West Southern
Pines on Friday night October 35th.