JUl ^ »4I 1 ^ .4^ u. v: CJ -4X CAPc>i.r- ‘ MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY T'tZT? X xlHS VOL. 20, NO. 32. A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, July I, 1911. SPAINCS EVfCW SPRIhOS Pines ASHLSY FIKST IN NEWS, (’IHCIJI.UATK)N & ADVERTISING "' ti Carolina Aberdeen IMnehursl FIVE CENTS 193 YOUNG MEN ' REGISTERED HERE IN NEW DRAFT W. C. Mudgett, Jr. Heads List To Report! For Induction on July 11 MEN OVER 27 DEFERRED Carl Thompson, Jr., Sees State From British Air Ambulance Old North State Fund Launches Drive To Donate Re- 1 plica to England One hundred and ninety-threq young men of Moore county who have reached the age of 21 years since Draft Day last October 16th regis tered with the county’s Selective Ser vice Board at Carthage on Tuesday, a figiire slightly under estimates. In cluded in the number were some from other counties and other states, but these will be offset by Moore county residents who registered in other sec tions. Approximately 25,000 register ed in the state. This week also Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, deputy Selective Service director at Washington, formally or dered deferment of all men now sub ject to induction Into the Army who have reached the age of 28 years, and President Roosevelt authorized mus tering of 900,000 new conscripts into the Army to replace draftees whose year of service and training expire.s. This order Invokes the full manpower authorizations of the Selective Serv-, ice Act, and will mean early induc tion of the young men who registered on Tuesday. William Chase Mudgett, Jr., of Southern Pines heads a list of 43 young Moore county Belectees order- •d this week to report on July lltb for Induction Into the United States Army. Mudgett, son of Dr. and Mrs. Mudgett, Is one of the two volunteers on the list, the other being William Edward Miller of Addor. The group, after reporting at Carthage at 9:45 a. m. a week from today, goes to the Fort Bragg induction center. Others on the list are Wade Lynch, Cameron Route 1; Edward Parker Hyman, Carthage; Carl Southern, Cameron Route 1; Dalton W. Thomas, Eagle Springs Route; Uurma Cle\te- land Latta, Jr., Carthage; William Hundley Hill, Southern Pines; Nor man C. Fry, Vass; Harold F. Frye, Carthage; Billie H. Williamson, Car thage Route 3; John Paul Gargis, Aberdeen; Elbert Earl Moye, Camer on: Charles J. Shaw, Southern Pines; Fred Leon Yow, Steeds; Jc» Atkins, Carthage, Route 2; James Russell Faircloth, West End; Warren C. Davis, Carthage; Roland W. Nor ton, Manley; James Ellis Fields, Jr., Pinehurst; Ronald A. Emmons, Hemp; Albert James Davidson, Car thage; Albert B. Brewer, Hemp; Duncan Leon Keith, Vass; Claud E. Burnett, Cameron Route; Rob ert G. Sheffield, Carthage; Wesley Gey Dalrymple, Aberdeen, and George F. WSlliams, Hemp, The following have been ordered to report at Carthage on July 14th for induction at Fort Jackson, S. C.; Joe Monroe, Sandy Russell Wil liams, Henry Johnson, Jr., and James W. Harrington of Carthage; Junius Crumpton and Archie Hollingsworth, Aberdeen; Varnie Harrington, James Ransom and Archie Morrrison, Pine hurst; John Frank Brown, Pinebluff; Justin McGregor and John Ed Mc Neill, Cameron; Lee Thomfon Sel lars, Vass, and Charlie J. McKeath- en and Elsie Van Brower, Southern Pines. “Seeing North Carolina from an Ambulance," might be the title of an intere.sting article by Carl G. Thomp son, Jr., of Raleigh, formerly of Sou thern Pines, if he could be prevailed upon to write it. Carl has just com pleted a rapid tour of the state in the huge Gruman airplane ambulance, or mercy plane, a replica of which the Old North State P'und hopes soon to be in a position to donate to England. The plane left Raleigh last Friday morning and visited Rocky Mount, Elizabeth City, Morehead City, Wil mington, Fort Bragg, Greensboro, Hickory, Asheville and Charlotte. Ex ecutives of the Fund, together with H. Terrell Vanlngen, vice-president of the British-American Ambulance Corps, made the trip. Young Thomp son was publicity director for the cruise. The big amphibian has now return ed to New York where complete am bulance and hospital equipment will be rapidly installed so that the ship can be rushed to England to begin the work of rescuing crews of combat planes downed on the sea, carrying injured soldiers to distant medical centers and aiding injured civilians in I bomb raided areas on the British 1 Isles. I .\ir .XmhulanreH Needed ! Modern tactics of warfare have made airplane ambulances, unknown in previous wars, an absolutely neces sity. Without additional mercy planes of the type which the Old North State Fund proposes to present the people of England as a gift of citizens of this state, England will continue to be sorely pressed for facilities to relieve the suffering of civilians and members of her armed forces and thousands will die for the lack of skilled medical aid. The urgency of the need has caus ed Lord Beaverbrook and other Brit ish officials to make a strong appeal to the British-American Ambulance Corps for more ambulance planes to be rushed overseas. To meet this situation, the Old North State Fund, of which Governor J. M. Broughton is honorary chair man, is rushing preparations for a campaign to raise $75,000 to purchase and deliver a fully equipped mercy .«hip at the earliest possible moment. It is the hope of the organization's executive committee that North Car olina can be the first state to present the English people with an airplane) ambulance as a gift of citizens. In commenting upon the recent statewide tour. Judge Frederick O. Bowman, State chairman of the Fund, declared: "After visiting many cities in the state and seeing the great interest and enthusiasm shown by citizens in all sections, we feel convinced that our objective of mak ing a gift of a mercy plane to the people of England will be speedily reached. Everywhere, citizens in all walks of life expressed the willing ness to participate in this humanitar ian movement which means so much to the British people." Sees N. C. From Air REINECKE CX>. ERECTING HOME FOR T. W. BOYKINS The Reinecke Company of Fayette ville and Southern Pines Is erecting for Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Boykin, Jr., of Del Ray Beach, Florida, a fine new residence on the property near Hoffman which they recently acquir ed from W. Clark Arkell of BJngle- wood, N. J., formerly of Southern Pines. The house will occupy the site of the old Squire Campbell home which was burned to the ground some 20 years ago. A shack put up to re place the house has been tom down. The new I house will contain seven rooms, with three Baths and all mod em conveniences, including air-condi tioning. Richard F. Tarlton, mana ger of the Reinecke office here, is in charge of construction. CONFER .\T R.\LEIGH ON GRADE CROS.SING PROBLl'^l Mayor W. Duncan Matthews and Commissioner E. C. Stevens confen/ed with the Utilities Commission in Ral eigh last Friday on the subject of grade crossings in Southern Pines, and the commission Is looking Into the question of eliminating the con stant danger from trains passing through the heart of town. Upon re ceipt of a report from the commis sion the Town Board will take the matter up with Seaboard officials, it is understood, looking to a satisfac tory arrangement. ENROLL NOW FOR NEXT OOC CAMP AT SANFORD CARL G. THOMPSON GIFTS PROVIDE HOSPITAL WITH X-RAY EQUIPMENT Officials Announce Donations of $6,000 From Auxiliary, $2,750 From Duke Through the gift of $6,000 from the Hospital Auxiliary and a donation of $2,750.00 from the Duke Endow ment, Moore County Hospital has ac quired a new diagnostic X-ray equip ment, hoapital officials announced this week. The equipment is now be ing installed. At its metfing on April 2, the aux iliary announced a contribution of $4,- 000.00 toward this purchase. By re cent action of the organization's ex ecutive committee the figure was raised to $6,000.00. The new installation represents the latest developments in appartu^s for radiography, fluoroscopy, and super ficial therapy. A very desirable fea ture is a mobile X-ray unit, with which pictures can in certain cases be made at the patient’s bedside. The gift is a most important one for the hospital, as the old X-raJ^ through years of valuable service, had become obsolescent. The auxili ary's hard work during the past sea son, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Edwin S. Blodgett, has meant a great deal to the institution, and the gen erosity of the Duke Endowment is likewise deeply appreciated. SEAWELL DENIES CHARGES SET UP i IN INDICTMENT No One Making Any Claims Against Him, Owes No One i a Cent, He Says “EFFORT AT HI MILLATION”' In a statement issued to the press, | Herbert F. Seawell, Jr., prominent i Carthage attorney and former United States Referee in Bankruptcy in this district, denies the allegations set up in the indictments of a federal Grand •Tury that he submitted false reports or is in any way guilty of embezzle ment during his incumbency of of fice, and contends that "it appears to be more or less an effort on the part | of someone to offer humiliation and | embarrasment to me.” I The report of Mr. Seawell'.s indict- | ment appeared under a Greensboro ! dateline in last week's Issue of The ' Pilot, stating that he had posted I bond for appearance at the next De- 1 comber term to answer charges on two bills of indictment alleging false reports and embezzlenient when he was refeiee in bankruptcy. The bills were returned at the recent June tei'm of Federal District Court in i Greenstioro. I ^ In his statement to the press Mr. Seawell states: "Your statement in the paper about my trouble with the Government, should be extended as follows: Ac cording to the records, there is no creditor, no bankrupt, no individual nor corporation making any claims against me by reason of any matter growing out of bankruptcy. There is not one individual, a bankrupt, cor poration or any other person in bankruptcy who contends that I owe him a cent. The Government contends that this is routine business with it, however it appears t-> be more or less an effort on the part of someonu to offer humiliation and embarrassment to me. I do not ow'e anybody a penny for anything, and I refuse to be em- barras.sed. I am of the opinion that the Grace of the Lord is still suffi cient for any and all occasions.” H. F. SEAWELL, JR. George T. Dunlap, Jr., Buys S. Y. Ramage Interest in Pine Needles Property Succeeds S. Y. Ramage Former National Amateur Golf Champion Joins Father in I’atuxcnt Ownership GEORGE T. DUNL.AP, JR. Half of Fund Raised To Light Ball Field Equipment Arrives and .May Be Installed in Time for Night Game July 5 POWELL LAKE ON COUNTRY aUB PROPERTY SOLD Mrs. M. G. Nichols Disposes of 54 Acres to Aberdeen Corporation Federal Union Adopts Program at Cleveland Rev. F. C. Brown of Southern Pines Attends First “Union Now” Convention All white boys in Moore county who would like to enroll for CCC camp service are invited to visit the welfare office in Carthage as soon as possi ble so that they may be ready to go to the Sanford camp on July 8th’ at which time an unlimited number of white boys and four colored boys from this county will be admitted. The Rev. F. Craighill Brown, rec tor of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Southern Pinw, has returned from the first annual convention of Federal Union, Inc., sponsors of Clarence Streit’s "Union Now” plan, held at Cleveland, Ohio June 28th and 29th. Mr. Brown reports that 119 voting delegates representing 85 of the 93 local chapters in the country were in attendance, with nearly 100 others in terested in the plan. Robert H. Wettach, newly elected dean of the law school at Chapel Hill was one of the 200 members elected to the Board of Directors, among others being George Biddle of Phila delphia, Pa., a cousin of L. L. Bid dle, II of Pinehurst; Russell Daven port, manager of Fortune magazine, and Stringfellow Barr, president of St. John’s College at Annapolis, Md. Mr. Streit was elected president of the Union. A resolution on policy was adopted “to promote education in the basic principles of Federal Union as exem plified in the Constitution of the United States so that the people of the USA may lead in the establish ment of a world government through a federal union of free peoples at the earliest practicable time; to urge the President and Congress to begin that (Pleate turn to page six) Chester I. Williams, president of the Sandhills Softball League, an nounces that the following list of per sons and firms have contributed to the lighting fund to finance the nec essary equipment for the Pinehurst diamond and wishes to take this op portunity to thank each and every one for the generous suppiort. Aberdeen: Dr. E. M. Medlin, Bur ney Hardware Co., G. C. Seymour, J. B. Edwards. West End: W. A. Johnson, Mrs. W. A. Johnson, Jr. Southern Pines; Dante Montesanti, A. B. Patterson, R. S. Durant, Bar- num & Arey, L. M. Daniels, R. F. Tarlton, W. D, Matthews, Sandhill Drug Store, Southern Pines Drug Store. Pinehurst. J. Ellis Fields, Wesley Viall, Pinehurst Garage Co., H. G. Phillips, Berkshire Hotel, Bank of Pinehurst, Pinehurst Laundry, Pine hurst Greenhouses, I. C. Sledge, J. F. Taylor, H. B. Conant, C. M. Williams, E. L. Scofield, Joe Montesanti. Wil lard Dunlop, F. T. Keating, Thomas Cole, W. G. Davis, Pinehurst Ware houses, Leonard Tufts, A. B. Sally, Mrs. W. H. Parkinson, Dr. F. L. Owens, Gordon M. Cameron, Dom’s Grocery, L. L. Biddle, 2nd, George T. Dunlap, Jr., A. P. Thompson, Mere dith Herndon, John Fiddner. All of the equipment has now ar rived and is ready for installation. The poles are expected to be put up this week and, weather permitting. It is hoped to have the field in condi tion to play a night game by Satur day, July 5th. The regrular league schedule will start next week either Alonday or Wednesday night and con' tinue until about the middle of Sep' tember. Mrs. M. G. Nichols, who recently ac quired the property of the Southern I'lnes Countrj’ Club, Inc. in bank- .uptcy proceedings, this week sold to Aberdeen Betterment, Inc., an Aber- deen coiporation, 54 acres of the' Country Club property, includlfig the ree L>et‘ i^aKe, otherwise know aa Powell's Lake, on Bethesda Road near Southern Pines. Johnson and McCluei, attorneys, represented the Aberdeei^ company, with Attorney U. L. Spenci of Carthage representing Mrs. Nich< ois. The purchase was made by Aber* ueen Betterment, Inc., to insure th». availability of the lake and aSjacem property for Botany Mills, Inc. Itv ihe event that this company decidev to erect a plant between Southerx r-mes and Aberdeen, land for whidk .vas also acquired by Aberdeen Bet* terment, Inc. some time ago. Proa pects for the coming of Botany Mills looked brighter this week with the arrival here on Tuesday of the com pany's chief engineer, Mr. Talbot who made a survey of water condi tions. If Botany comes, it is the company’s intention to entirely cleat up Powell's Lake, removing all dead- wood and making the lake “a minia ture Watson’s Lake,” as one offical put it. FOR ‘STABILITY, I‘ROGRESS’ Announcement was made this week of the purchase by George T. Dun lap, Jr. of Pinehurst, former U. S. National amateur golf champion, of the int«,rc.st ot the late .'s. V. Ram age in the ratuxcnt Development Company, owners of The Pine Nee dles. in Southern Pines. In makinty the announcement Mr. Dunlap, Sr, of the publishing firm of Grossett and Dunlap, New York, told The Pi lot: “There is one question our com pany ha.s been ascked By prospective buyers of the property, prospective homo owners, and home owners; If Mr. Dunlap and the heirs of the lata Mr. Ramage should decide they ara through with the property as a hobby, hat would be the result? 'WViuId Pine Needles go back instead of for- ard? This has been an important question. “The acquisition of the "Ramage in terest, which gives control of the property to my son and myself, with I. Harrison Stutts as secretary and treasurer of the company, means tho original ideas of Mr. Ramage and myself will be carried out and as sures stability and continued prog ress. Fortunately for the company, George was reared in Pinehurst and this section and has the background and practical knowledge of local con ditions, as well as the expectations of guests at the hotel and those seeking location for Winter homes. This as sures the company of experienced management which should enable the enterprise to be successfully promot ed.” New Management In speaking of the recent change in management at The Pine Needles, Mr. Dunlap said this had received very serious thought. “We were most fortunate.” he said, “in obtainnig ona of the outstanding hotel managers of the country in John F. Sanderon. Tha wisdom of this move has been dem onstrated by the success of Mr. Sanderson's promotional work to date. So many demands for early res ervations have already been made that it has been decided to open the hotel for the season of 1941 and '42 on October 1st. Both Mr. Dunlap and his son are spending the Summer here in the in terest of The Pine Needles and its extensive properties in th Knollwood section. Many improvements to grounds are under way at the pres ent time, others to both grounds and buildings in prospect, and by Octo ber 1st everything will be in readi ness for what is expected to be the inn’s most successful season. SOI’THICRN PINES SELLS $14,000 REVENUE NOTE The Local Government Commission at Raleigh on Tuesday sold a $14,000 revenue anticipation note for South ern Pines to Kirchofer and Arnold of Raleigh. The note, 'W’hich will mature in seven months, will bear two per cent interest, minus a premium of $11.20. CIVIC CLVB BRIDGE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT The fourth of the series of evening bridge parties will be on Wednesday, July 9th. at 8:00 o’clock at the Civic Club. This will be the last party for present and it is hoped it will be a large one. The charge is 50 cents a person. There will be a prlie for each table and everybody is welcome. SIRS. GIFFORD’S MOTHT.:r DIES IN DE.^NSBOBO, N. Y. Mrs. Margaret Crawford, 76, mo ther of Mrs. J. B. Gifford of Southern Pines, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James Brashear in Deansboro, N. Y., last Friday. Mrs. Crawford spent a part of last Win ter here, and has many friends In the Sandhills. Surviving, in addition to Mrs. Gif ford and Mrs. Brasheai arc two daughters, Mrs. H. R. Laughlin of Oneida, N. Y., and Mrs. Alma Wal ker of Homer, N. Y., and a son, George Earl Crawford of Watervllle, N. Y. She also leaves 15 grandchil dren and one great-grandchild. R. J. LORENSON ENTERS BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF Russell J. Lorenson of Southern Pines has severed his connection with the accounting firm of Si. J, Lorenson and Company and is es tablishing his own office as an ac countant. Mr. Lorenson has been in the practice of accountancy here for 12 years, and is handling the ac counts of a number of concema in the Sandhills, among them The Pi lot, Inc.