f t MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY B|BI A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of VOL. 20, NO. .‘JS. FIRST IN NEWS } CIRCULATION & ADVEKTISJNG Ar Moore County and the Sandhi. *erritory Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday. Aujjust 22, 15M2. FIVE CENTS Hemp Expecting Largest Response to Stock Show As Big Day Approaches List of 35 Premiums Announced; Committees Meet Friday for Final Plans FAKE $5.00 BILL PASSED LOCALLY BRINGS ARRESTS Upper Moore County this week was teeming with interest over the forthcoming Annual Livestock Show in Hemp, Saturday, August 30, which promises to be orte of the larg est and liveliest of its kind, with an address by Governor J. Melville Broughton highlighting the day’s ac tivities. Stock raisers were informed that they could enter mules, horses, cattle or sheep in the show this year, in any one of 35 classes, allowing for entries of all ages- With thousands of farmers and other interested spectators expected, the judging of entries is planned to get underway about 11:30 o’clock daylight, or new, time, or 10:30 o'clock, standard, or old, time. Most fanners are still on standard time. Governor Speaks in Afternoon Becaujje Governor Broughton had a previous morning engagement the day of the livestock show, his ad dress is slated for 3:30 o’clock, new time, or 2:30 p. m., old time. This is the first time that a North Caro lina chief executive has appeared at one of Hemp’s showi», which have been annual eveats since 1938. A c«sual survey among some of the livestock growers in upper Moore this week revealed considerably wide spread Interest in the show this year and some exc*‘llent stock that will be on display. According to E. H. Giirrison, Jr., Moore County Farm Agent and secretary of the Moore County Breeders Association, inquir ies concerning the show have come in from many surrounding counties. Started in 1938 as a means to create further interest in the raising of good farm stock, the "horse show,” or “mule show” was so successful that it was decided to continue the affair as an annual event- As far as could be learned, this is the only farm stock show of its kind in North Carolina, there having been one simi lar to it in Iredell County several years ago; but this did not continue. Officers of .\sso<'iation The show is sponsored by the Moore County Breeders Association, organized to encourage the breed ing of mule colts, of which C. A. Hus sey of Hemp is president; T. G. Rags dale of Pinehurst, vice-president; Mr. Garrison, secretary; and T. L. Blue of Carthage, treasurer. To make final preparations for the show, a meeting of finance, grounds, and entertainment committees has been called for Friday night, August 22, in the comn’’.inity building at Hemp at 8 p. m., daylight, or 7 p. m., standard. New Premium List The premium list for this year, as approved by officials of the livestock show, is as follows: Mule entries: (1) Best mule colt under three fnpnths old, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th prizes; (29 best mule •olt from three to six months old; (3) Best mule colt one to one and a half years old; (4) Best mule colt 13 to 24 months; (5) Championship mule colt under two years old; (6) Best single mule from two to three years old; (7) Best mule over three years old; (8) Championship mule over two years old; (9) Grand cham pionship mule any age; (10) Best pair of mules under six months old; (11) Best pair from six months to two years old; (12) Best pair of mules from two to three years old; (13) Best pair of mules three years old and over; (14) Champion pair of mules two years old or under; (15) Champion pair of mtiles two years old and over; (16) Grand champion mule pair, any age. Horse Entries (17) Best horse colt under three months old; (18) Best horse colt from three to si* months old; (19) Best horse colt from one year to one and a half years old; (20) Best horse (PUatt turn to page fiv*) Special The Pilot Next Weeli to Issue Section Welcoming Govern or to Livestock Show In keeping with its policy of greater coverage of Moore County, The Pilot with its next issue will include a special section, dovoterl to the Fourth Annual Livestock Show in Hemp and welcoming the Governor and other visitors to the event. Thi.s section will feature news stories concerning the livestock show, pictures of some of upper Moore County farmers and general news. Along with The Pilot's reg ular section, this will be widely listributed on rural routes throughout Moore County. The Pilot was asked by the VIoore County Breeders Associa tion to assist in giving wide public notice to the livestock show, and the special Hemp section was ap proved as one of the means of doing this. (luick W'ork on Part of Local Authorities Results in Ganfj Round-Up MEN HELD IN CHARLOTTE PLANS DISCUSSED FOR JOB SERVICE Sanford Employment Manager Hopes to Increase Service Through Local Office Possibilities of increased service in Southern Pines by the State Employ ment Service were discussed here this week by C. A. Spruill, manager of the Sanford employment office, which serves Moore County. Although Southern^ Pines at pres ent gets “extension” service one day each week, Mr. Spruill said that with the opening of the winter season, it was likely that more frequent service might be given- The employment office manager was in Southern Pines to look intoj requests that the Employment Serv-j ice assist in making placements for domestic servants. Mr. Spruill also announced that the local office will be serviced by J. P. Brannon, assigned to the Sanford of fice this week as an interviewer. Weekly Schedule in Moore For the present, the weekly sche dule of EmpIojTnent Service exten sion work in Moore County is as fol lows: Wednesday morning, 9 a. m. until 12 noon, at the courthouse in Carthage; Wednesday afternoon, 1 p- r. until 3:45, at Hemp town hall; Thursday morning, 9:45 until 12, (Please turn to page eight) One bogus five dollar bill, which ' caught the eye of Richard Hassell, lo cal bank teller, led this week to cap- j ture by U. S. secret service men of I seven Negroes in Charlotte, charged ' with possessing and circulating coun- ! terfcit bills. I I Only one fake bill was passed in Southern Pines, but early reporting , of this led to a sharp lookout through- I out the Carolinas and the round-up of I the seven Negroes who were believed ' to be only part of a large counter- I feit gang, operating along the eastern I seaboard. I First trace of the gang began last I week when Jim Bethea, West South- 1 ern Pines Negro offered a $5.00 bill ! I for deposit at the Citizens Bank and I Trust Co. Hassell spotted the bill as counterfeit, notified President N. L Hodgkins who turned the matter over to Chief Ed Newton. Bethea said he received the bill from the Broadway restaurant in West Southern Pines. Chief Newton found that the restaur ant had been paid this $5.00 by Wiley Jones, v.’ho identified James Boston, Charlotte Negro, as the man who pass ed him the fake money. Boston Arrested Boston was anwng those arrested in Charlotte as being part of the counterfeit gang. After Chief New ton had reported the fake money in headquarters in Charlotte, other bills turned up in Bennettsville, S. C., Charlotte, High Point and Greens boro. Around $350 of the countefeit were found in possession of the Negroes arrested, and Treasury agents said Army Units Set Up Bases Preparing For Maneuvers New Englanders Like Southern' Signal Corps Company Throws Up Tents Outside of Aberdeen; Pinel)luff to He Baxe for Quartermaster Outfit; “All Is Well” Reported Hospitality, Accent; Fox hounds Are Mascots After spending a few days at Can- j dor, a company of the 57th Signal Battalion from Camp Edwards, Mass., ' under the command of Captain O. L. The Army’s invasion of Moore County has begun and so far the W'ord of the Watch is "all is well.” ■Reversing the trick of the Arabs who folded their tenta and stole away in the night, the U. S. Army units appeared almost overnight, threw up Perkins, this Week made permanent settled before you could say, “Adolph Schicklgruber base just outside of Aberdeen on the , ’ Pinehurst road. units—a company of the 57th Signal Corps Battalion and the Telephone and radio conwnunica-. Army Quartermaster Service—prepared permanent bases for the tions for the First Army during its duration in Moore County this week, the former just outside of Aberdeen fall maneuvers in North and South latter in and around Pinebluff. Patrolmen Inspect Autos for Defects Drive to Eliminate Mechanical Hazards from Highways Underway in County Automobiles which are beginning to show and look and act their age are being carefully checked by State Highway Patrolmen for mechanical defects, it was learned from Patrol man W. L. McKenzie of Aberdeen this week. In an effort to remove mechanical hazards from the highways, many cars are being stopped and inspected chiefly for condition of brakes, lights, horns, and steering apparatus, Mc Kenzie said If the cars pass inspec tion, they are given an approval seal; but if they require repairs, they are banned from the highways until adjustments are made. A special effort is being made to check on such vehicles before heavy troop movements start In this area. Patrolman McKenzie advised all own ers to check their cars so that they would be In good nmnlng order. Old er modela mainly, are being stopped, he added Carolina will be the chief concern of this outfit, which is already hard at work, putting together telephone polos for stringing communication Imes. C^me from New England The young men, most of them sol diers by virtue of their age and the Selective Service Act, are mostly New Englanders, and came down to North Caro^na by truck convoy, making one of their stops at the Civ il War battlefield of Gettysburg, i’a. Here, too, little was known of the maneuver plans, although the men themselves were going about their jobs of pitching camp and preparing for communication lines with real earnestness. First Sergeant John J. Jasio ex plained that orders for the company’s activities came out of the First Army Headquarters, being established in Camden, and that the Aberdeen camp would be the base for the Signal j company’s communications work. Local Officials Cooperate While the soldiers had been too busy throwing up their six-bunk tents to get out and see the Sandhills coun try, civilian officials in Aberdeen made plain their welcome to the army. Mayor Forrest Lockey said that the Aberdeen officials were do- aboiit $90 had been circulated- It was I ing everything possible to cooperate believed that the Carolina men were with the army units and were glad working for a big "hot money” syn- to have the camp located adjacent to dicate, which has passed about $375,- Aberdeen. The facilities of Aberdeen 000 bogus bills in the past few months lake were being made available to the from New York through Georgia. i (I'leaae cum to page /tvej Arrested in Charlotte were James —— Huntley, Boston, Beatrice Huntley, RotarianS Will ScC daughter of James; William Quick, ■«» • , Dewey Quick, Sam Belton and Han- MoVlC On PhoSphorOUS nah Rush. Chief Newton said many of these “Extension” Nine Little Foxhounds Join Army and Only One of Them Has Name I Plnebluff'H Army Unit I Suddenly switching original plans I of establishing home base at Hoff man ,the Q. M. Service and the First j Army provisional train moved north- I ward a few miles this week and i pitched camp just north of the village 1 of Pinebluff. I Under the command of Col. Louis Lendes, this base will serve as head- I quarters of the army motor and re- ■ pair service, as well as for the Sial- ! vage Service Company, commanded i by Col. F. H, Bannard. i Already 400 men have pitched tenta and made camp, while a total of 2,- 500 are expected to complete this sup- . ply unit. Out of this base will be car ried on the motor service for the for- I thcoming Army maneuvers, and around 900 large army trucks will be stationed here- Keliows in the Field Col. Lendes took The Pilot report er for a brief inspection of the camp j site, where the soldiers were busily I engaged converting a farm field into j an army base. Tents were still being I raised, and details of housing and ’42 CONVENTION j “I've never seen any people as co- Club Votes to Extend Invitationthose of North Caro- Nine little foxhounds from Can dor have joined the Army. When a company of the 57th Signal Battalion left Candor, af ter a few days’ stay, and encamp ed outside of Aberdeen, they brought with them a present from Candor. "A lady” had given the soldiers the nine pups as nuascots. So far, only one of them has a name. He received his name on the day the bill extending the length of service for draftees was made a law- The foxhound puppy is called "Extension.” KIWANIANS SEEK to District Convention at Myrtle Beach The Sandhills Kiwanis Club will make an all-out effort to bring the 1942 Carolinas vDistrict Convention to the Sandhills, it was decided at the club's regular meeting Wednes-, uay afternoon. i Ima,” Col. Lendes said. "We've been given every possible kind of help we've needed.” The town of Pinebluff made avail able to the Army unit up to 10,000 gallons of water daily for cooking and drinking purposes, and turned ever the Pinebluff lake for the Army's bathtub. Mayor Robert Stewart and Town were former notorious bootleggers, phosphorous who apparently have changed their ways of making a living. Local Rotarian Is Named Group Leader June Phillips, Southern Pines Ro tarian, was this week appointed in ter-city Rotary group leader for Southern Pines, Sanford, Lillington and Dunn, by District Governor Thomas R. Hood of Dunn. Appointment of Phillips Is for the 1941-42 Rotary year. Upon motion of Dr. E. M. Med- lin of Aberdeen, the club voted to t^’ommissioner Cadwallader Benedict instruct local delegates to extend a; Pinebluff was anxious to Rotarians will see a special motion invitation to the Convention, Provide every possible accommoda- n)eeting in Myrtle Beach next month, soldiers- Local entertain- to select the Sandhills as next meet-1 '*^ent is being planned by the town ing place. ' U S. O. funds to finance activi- The official delegates of the local' soWiers are being sought. in plant and animal life at their weekly luncheon meeting in the Church of Wide Fellowship Friday, August 22, at 12:15. The picture, arranged by Rotarian Warren Smith, will be presented by H. B Kirkgard of Greensboro. Scenes selected from travel over 8,000 miles will be shown i* the film, entitled “Phosphorous of the Key to Life.” Lowell Thomas is narrator. Last wek, Rotarian Arthur New comb related some of his experience with French Canadians in the upper woods of Maine. organization laid plans after the reg ular luncheon meeting to inform oth- Saivage the Equipment The Salvage Service Company, the er clubs in this district of the in-; first of its kind organized in the vitation and to get pledges for sup-1 cou»try, is getting Initial field prac- port at the Convention. President I. during the October-November C. Sledge of Pinehurst, Charles Pic- majieuvers, according to Col. Ban- Rumor, Rumor, Who Started It? Towns Make Peace With Army Two Moore County towns nearly declared war on an unseen and un known enemy this week. Town offi cials were after the guy who started a rumor that one of them—or both of them—had requested that Uncle Sam’s soldeirs not be allowed within town limits. And both towns set about to skotch this rumor and to extend the army units every 'courtesy and "100 per cent cooperation.” Aberdeen and Pinebluff both were being blamed for having made this request, and town officials of both places were ready to bear arms against the offender who started the rumor. At any rate, The Pilot got official statements from Mayor Forrest Lock ey of Aberdeen and Mayor Robert Stewart of Pinebluff that the town governments were cooperating in every way- Pinebluff Is making avail able some of that natural spring wa ter which forms the town's water supply, and both towns have made their lakes available. Nearest The Pilot could come to running down the source of the rum or was report of the action of one man who independently made a re quest that armiy imits not to u»e a certain facility. He later withdrew this request, and the air cleared up. Pinebluff’s town council met with Army officers Tuesday night to make the best of arrangements for the 2,- 500 men expected to encamp near the town. And as far as Aberdeen was con cerned, the town officials were mak ing efforts to dSrve the Army fur ther, rather than to keep the Service men out. “Not a word of truth In It; not a word,” the worried dty fat»; maintained at present In an abandon- “Success Of the Kiwanis club de- j building, across from the pends upon the fineness of its mem-j bers,” Dr. Cheatham said, “and suc-j cess depends upon the way you spell it.” The speaker explained that many great men had misspelled success. Napoleon, for instance, and Caesar | ffarreLson Will Speak at County Meeting in Courthou.se at Defense Meeting Is To Be Held Friday; ana Hitler “spell success as ‘p-o-w- e-r,, ” he said. 'Others spell It 'f-a-m-e' and the greatest number spell success as ‘m-o-n-e-y’; but the real Idea of suc cess is inherent in the Kiwanis stan dards of buildmg and service,’’ Dr, Cheatham concluded. ■Vance Rowe introduced the speak er. Visitors at the club were G. T. 2r30 o’clock A meeting of County civUian de fense officials, as well as town and county officials. Is slated for FViday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the Courthouse at Carthage. Called by W. D. Sablston, Jr., Moore defense chairman, those at- McEUderry of Southern Pines, gener- j tending will hear Dean J. W. Har- al dt\ision superintendent of the Car- j relson of State College outline plans olina Power and Light Company, and j for cooperating with the U. S. Army EMwin T. McKeithen, superintendent during its maneuvers in the Stata of Moore County Hospital. Judge H. F. Seawell of Carthage inducted Into new membership Carl Q. Thompson Jr., editor *f The Pilot. duaing the next few months. R^re- sentatlvcs of the Army, the State Board of Health and other 8ug«ncle« will also be present.