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VOL. 27. NO. 46.
12 PAGES THIS WEEK
Southern Pines. N. C.. Friday, October 11. 1946.
12 PAGES THIS WEEK
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AVC Benefit Boxing Set For Tonight
Golden Clove Champs In Action
7:30 Starting Time
Ball Park The Place
Funds Go For Lights
LATEST WORD
by Bert Premo
Southern Pines Ball Park will
be the scene tonight, Friday, at
7:30 p. m,, of the revival of box
ing in this area. It was twenty
years ago that the last “sluggers”
put on the gloves to entertain
the fans. As The Pilot goes to
press we are casting one eye to
the weather and hoping for those
starry skies for the fights. In
case of rain the fights will be
held one week later on Friday
the 18th. The American Vete
rans Committee is sponsoring the
29 bouts and the funds raised
will go for lights to be installed
on the ball park. It is a very
worthwhile project and all citi
zens are urged to support the
sale of-tickets. Seats will be sold
for the ring side, reserved and
general admission sections andj
to avoid the crowd it may be
■wise to buy your tickets before
fight time.
The fight card for the evening
lists many Golden Glove Cham
pions as well as Army Division
victors. Fans who follow the boys
at the Fort Bragg armory say
we will really be in for a good
show. At least down here Mike
Jacobs will not get his cut on
two minutes of fighting.
Many local people have sho'wn
their willingness to support the
benefit and have donated time,
materials and effort to insure a
successful night. Tate Hardware
has given 750 feet of rope. The
Sandhill Funeral Home, Pow
ell’s Funeral Home and the Coun
try Club have given chairs, the
Teen-Agers will act as ushers
and the High School, for which
the funds will go, have given the
field.
Major Armstrong, of the 82nd
Division, Special Service A & R
office, has done everything pos
sible to aid the local committee
and cooperated in securing the
fighters, ring and bleachers from
Fort Bragg.
A good turn-out tonight will
insure future fights and will help
develop local fighters. In fact
tonight some of Ray Bucklund’s
mighty youngsters will be in the
ring throwing the leather around.
Among them . will be Smith,
Hackney and Straka.
"No developments" is the
word from Chief Smith of
Aberdeen and Sheriff Mc
Donald, still working hard to
tract down the negro who
fled from the scene of his
near crime in Aberdeen last
week, the two men have had
the assistance of state police
and officers from adjoining
towns. The fact that clues
are so few and so slight
makes apprehension of the
man a difficult task.
But if hard work, devotion
to duty, and skill can do the
trick it will be done.
Four Taxi Drivers
Penalized For
Selling Liquor
County Democrats
Gird For Fray At
Carthage Meeting
Town Warns Owners
Takes Firm Stand To
Stop Illegal Traffic
Delegates To UNC
Youth Conferences
Report To Legion
Opening Day For
Pine Needles Is
Set For Oct. 17th
At its monthly meeting of the
American Legion with the Auxil
iary the Sandhills Post heard re
ports from the Boy and Girl State
conference delegates. Carolyn
Cajiolyn Chester, Katherine
Campbell and Peggy Jean Cam
eron spoke for the girls who at
tended the Girls’ State Confer
ence at W. C. U. N. C., while Da
vid Cameron, who had attended
the boys’ conference in Chapel
Hill, described that gathering, at
tended by over a hundred boys
from Legion Posts all over the
state.
The president of the Auxiliary
stated that pfeliminaiy arrange
ments had been made for the an
nual Armistice Banquet at the
Country Club, which would be
held on November 11th. All pres
ent endorsed the plans and a
committee was appointed of
Chester Williams, Lloyd L. Wool-
ley, H. J. Dietenhofer, and L. V.
O^Callaghan to cooperate with
the Auxiliary in carrying them
out.
At the Legion meeting which
followed the joint meeting, the
group heard reports of the Vic
tory Day celebration from the Le
gion’s Committee chairman.
Shields Cameron, Finance Offi
cer L. V. O’Callaghan, Master of
Ceremonies Chester Williams,
chairman of Awards and Decora
tion L. L. Woolley and Program
Chairman Leland McKeithen.
Written reports of the affair were
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Acting with promptness and
judgment, the Town Board of
Southern Pines, at a meeting held
Wednesday night, ordered the
suspencion of licenses of four
taxi drivers, convicted of selling
whiskey.
The drivers in question, Elmer
(Pete) Renegar, James Lentz, Bill
Jackson and Ted Hines, Jr., were
arrested by undercover men in
the employ of the ABC board,
specially hired for the purpose
of watching liquor sale violations.
The case was tried in recorder’s
court in Carthage and the drivers
sentenced to varying periods of
from three to six months on the
roads, costs and automatic loss of
license if ever again guilty of
sirnilar offense.
Heaviest sentences were given
Bill Jackson and Ted Hines,, Jr.
The town followed up the edict of
the court and .forbade these
Ijforbade
drivers to operate a taxi for six
Enthusiasm And Wise
Words Mark Speeches
Before Large Crowd
Ruggles Elected
President Local
Commerce Body
McDonald, Newcomb,
Mrs. Edson Are New
Governing Board
Eighth District Democrats Holding
First Rally In Lexington Today
Will Start Campaign Ball Rolling
GROUND FLOOR
months in town. Jackson was em
ployed at the McNeille taxi stand
and Hines is a driver for Curry
Smith. The two other drivers
were put under similar restric
tion with the time reduced to
three months. Renegar and
Lentz both drive for the taxi fleet
of Jack Caudle.
In each case the Town added
to the sentence of the drivers
with a severe criticism of the
managers for whom they drove,
and warned all firms of taxi
fleets in town to supervise their
drivers more carefully in the fu
ture. Speaking for the town, Ho
ward Burns said that the Board
was determined to keep close su
pervision over the taxi situation
and that any similar offense in
the future would be noted and
the firms involved severely pen
alized, with probable revocation
of their permit to operate.
One who believes in catching
the early worm, (intending no
disrespect to our winter visi
tors!) is Emmett E. Boone, mana
ger of the Pine Needles. The ho
tel is planning to open, this year,
a fuU month earlier than last.
October 17th is the date des
ignated for the official opening
of this, one of the Sandhills fore
most resort hotels. Saying that
many old friends, who have made
the Pine l^eedles headquarters
for their annual visits, have al
ready written in for reservations.
Manager Boone looks forward to
the best season yet, with the
same good staff who have sup
ported him for many years.
Among the conferences sche
duled for early arrival are rep
resentative groups of the Ameri
can Oil Co., Southeastern Paper
Trade Association, North Caro
lina Independent Telephone
Company and Southern Dairies.
Boone reports that the 18 hole
golf course is in excellent condi
tion, with the 11th tee or fair
way tricked up to tease the skill
of the most inspired of the
whackers and crackers planning
to test out their driving ability
on the Pine Needles course.
The Pine Needles is one of the
Knollwood hotels, so handy for
both Southern Pines and Pine-
hurst people.
Women’s Clubs Of
Local District To
Hold Annual Meet
The annual meeting of District
9 of the North Carolina Federa
tion of Women’s Clubs will be
held at the Baptist Church in
Angier on Wednesday, October
16, with Mrs. H. W. Doub of Aber-.
deen, district president, presiding
Included in this district are Har
nett, Hoke, Lee, Moore and Rich
mond Counties. Registration will
begin at 9:30 a. m. and the meet
ing wil open at 10:00 o’clock.
State officers who will appear
on the program are Mrs. Karl
Bishopric of Spray, Federation
president; Mrs. John M. Council
of Wannanish, second vice pres
ident; and Mrs. Charles G. Doak
of Raleigh, executive secretary.
Three minutes will be allowed
each club for its annual report,
and, as in the past, prizes for
highest percentage of attendance
and miles traveled wil be given
to both senior and junior clubs.
For some time clubs have been
providing birthday gifts for de-
liquent boys and girls in state
institutions, and each club is re
quested to carry an extra gift
for this purpose to the meeting,
where Mrs. L. B. Hester of San
ford, vice president of District 9,
will be in charge of a district
birthday party.
by Ruth Harriss Tyson
In preparation for the Nov. 5
elections, the Moore County
Democratic Executive Committee
held an open meeting on Satur
day, Oct. 5, at 2:30 p. m. in the
courthouse. Speakers for the oc
casion were Hon. C. B. Deane,
nominee for Congress from the
Eighth District, and Hon. W. B.
Umstead of Durham, state chair
man.
Though it is an off year in poli
tics with also the Duke football
game running in competition to
the meeting, a fair crowd was
present, which included aU local
candidates for office, and most of
the precinct chairmen from the
more distant parts of the county.
M. G. Boyette, county chair
man, opened the convention with
a word of welcome. He briefly re
called the Jeffersonian principles
on which the party stands, and ex
pressed the belief that there is no
better way to work for good gov
ernment than through the Demo
cratic Party.
John A. Lang introduced Mr.
Deane, describing him as “our
friend and neighbor, who knows
more people by their first names
than any- other man in the dis-
•crict.”
Mr. Deane spoke briefly on the
value of organization. He warned
nominees, in counties where the
vote is rather overwhelming; not
to take the nomination for grant
ed, not to be lulled into a feeling
of complacency. He asked that
Democrats set as a goal a major
ity of 2,000 on Nov. 5, and urged
all present to think in terms of
what is best for the nation.
(Continued on Page 5)
G. I. Democrats
Offer Progressive
County Platform
At a meeting at the Chalfonte
Hotel, Pinehurst, last August, a
group of veterans of Moore Coun
ty organized a local branch of the
‘G. I. Democrats,” the state as
sociation recently formed within
the state democratic party.
Meeting recently in Carthage,
the group decided to focus pres
ent efforts upon local problems
and drew up a statement of aims,
giving as their primary objective
“to promote interest in efficient
and progressive local and state
government.”
Retreating hastily from the
sounds of carolling, and the sight
of Director Picquet behind his
impressively raised baton. Cham
ber of Commerce directors gave
way gladly before the rehearsal
of the Rose Maiden chorus, being
conducted at the Community Cen
ter Tuesday night, and retired to
the meeting room at the school.
There they proceeded to elect the
directors and appoint the Execu
tive Secretary, who will serve the
Chamber for the coming year.
After several tie votes between
Reuben Dubose, retiring presi
dent, John Ruggles and L. D. Mc
Donald, for the presidency, a gen
eral reshuffling took place to give
Ruggles the chair by a majority
of votes of those present.
In retiring, the past-president
thanked the directors for their
Through the door last
week walked a man of com
manding bearing who grab
bed the latest issue of The
Pilot and began devouring
the news thereon. Several
snorts punctuated his read
ing. He plunked down his
dime, introduced himself as
the District Passenger Agent
for the Seaboard, and said:
"Thought I might as well be
in on the-ground floor about
this 'STATION' we're build
ing at Manly. Nice to know
these things" ... and out he
went.
New Firm Opens
Store In Carthage
Latest county seat business to
be established, the • Carthage
Truck and Implement Co., a di
cooperation and predicted fine vision of Pinehurst Warehouses,
things to be accomplished by the' Inc., has been opened at Carth
M. G. Boyette Heads
Group From
Moore County
Rumor Of Robbins
Mill Negotiations
Proves A Fact
Bringing to a head the batch
of rumors that have been circula
ting in the Sandhills, came the
news, announced over the radio
Monday night, that W. P. Saun
ders of Robbins and Mayor For
est Lockey of Aberdeen had been
to Washington to confer with the
Civilian Production Administra
tion as to the possibility of erect
ing a mill in these parts.
When the Colonial Mills mana
ger was approached he explained
that the trip was purely in the
nature of an investigation. While
consideration is certainly being
given to such a project, the nego
tiations will be long and many
details must be investigated be
fore any decisions can be taken.
The platform committee, con
sisting of W. A. Leland McKeith- ^Appreciation was expressed of the
, of Pinehurst, chairman, Bert ^interest and enthusiasm being
Premo of Southern Pines and
Roy McSwain of Robbins, sub-
mi f}ed the following platform,
which was unanimously accepted.
PLATFORM OF THE MOORE
COUNTY G. I. DEMOCRATS
“Whereas a group of Veterans
of Moore County have decided to
form a local and county chapter
of the “North Carolina G. I. Dem-
chapter subscribes to and endors-
ocrats; and whereas such local
es the platform of said parent
body and is desirous of express
ing itself on. certain matters and
conditions of local interest and
concern in and to Moore Coun
ty,
Now therefore, be it resolved
that the following expressions be
and constitute the platform of the
Moore County chapter of the G.
I. Democrats:
First: Our primary aim is to
promote interest in efficient and
progressive local and state gov
ernment and to take part in the
election of the most capable and
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shown by the communities involv
ed and assurances given that as
soon as any definite steps were
taken the public would be given
a full account of the transaction.
The Colonial Mills in Robbins,
fully described in The Pilot of
Aug. 10, ’45 is the largest indus
try in Moore County. During the
war the mills made more than
100,000 cargo parachutes for the
army, and also the colored iden
tification banners that were tied
onto the armor of advance units.
Should a unit of the Colonial
Mills be erected in the Sandhills
it will make the third in the
chain, another mill being already
established in Red Springs.
new officers.
L. D. McDonald was
vice-president, with A. S. New
comb treasurer, and Mrs. Jean
Edson secretary of the board.
Letters of several applicants
for the position of executive sec
retary being read, a unanimous
decision was taken to tender the
place to Col. Don Madigan. It
was felt that the work called for
a man, thus eliminating several
applicants, and.that Col. Madi
gan possessed splendid qualifi
cations for the post.
The only business taken up by
the directors was that of the an
nual campaign for funds and
members. As the fiscal year start
ed October 1st, President Ruggles
urged immediate action on this
question, and appointed a mem
bership committee consisting of
L. D. McDonald, chairman. Her
bert Cameron, Robert R. Reed,
Lloyd Clark, Philip Weaver.
The President stated that he
wished all existing committees
to carry on for the time being,
congratulated Philip Weaver, par
ticularly, for the outstanding
contribution of his young people’s
committee, and closed the meet-
age in temporary quarters on
l„ . j Barrett street, near the McCon
nell warehouse.
Pinehurst Warehouses long has
been recognized as one of the
leading concerns of its kind in
the Sandhills and the new affili
ated store will carry the same
fuU line of builders’ supplies and
farm needs, specializing in the
sale and repair of farm machin
ery.
Haynes Britt, manager of Pine
hurst Warehouses, Inc., also will
manage the Carthage Truck and
Implement Co., while C. L. Hen
sley will be in direct charge.
Hensley has been with the ware
houses for 26 years and is an ex
pert in the maintenance of Inter
national farm machinery.
The new company is Moore
county dealer for International
trucks and farm machinery, but
Eighth District Democrats will
meet at the Municipal Club in
Lexington on Friday, October 11,
for the biennial District Rally.
Plans were completed last Satur
day when Charles B. Deane of
Rockingham, Democratic Con
gressional nominee conferred
with Chairman J. Lee Wilson of
Davidson County Democratic
Committee, several party Candi
dates and other party leaders.
A large delegation from Moore
County, headed by the Moore
County Democratic Committee is
expected to attend.
The program will begin
promptly at 3 p. m. and visiting
delegations will be guests of the
Davidson Democracy at a barbe
cue dinner following. Every
County in the District is urged
to send a good delegation of both
men sftid women.
Honorable W. B. Umstead,
Chairman of the State Democra
tic Committee, will head the large
group of ranking state leaders
who will attend.
Reports from each County
will be made with special empha
sis placed on bringing out the
vote on November 5th and on
promoting party interest in the
close Counties of the Eighth.
The Eighth District meeting
is the first Rally to be held in
4he State. Chairman Umstead of
the State Executive Committee
points out that the democratic
leadership in the old fighting
Eighth is to be commended in
spear heading and launching the
1946 Democratic campaign.
ing wjth the statement that he j for the maintenance of farm ma
hoped the Chamber would contin- chinery and will cater to every
Mr. Britt states that truck orders
and farm machinery orders far MoOFC NcWSpapCrS
exceed the supply, as is the case * A
at present in all automotive lines.
Featuring a complete line of
hardware, the concern will be a
dealer for International and Mc-
Cormick-Deering farm imple
ments and parts. Its repair de
partment is especially equipped
ue to serve the people of the
community and do the will of the
majority.
need of the farmer of this terri
tory. Ray Hensley is mechanic
cContinuea on Page 5)
October Seventh Sees The South’s
Shame And Pride Exemplified
POPE'S OPENING
Grover Pope, former proprietor
of the Pilot restaurant in South
ern Pines, who has been busy
during the past year overseeing
the erection of his new restaurant
and Motor Court on Route 1,
south of Southern Pines, expects
to open for business October 27th.
On the same day, October
7th, in two Southern states
Southern Justice stood in
jeopardy.
In Georgia, old fears, old
hates, old venomous coward
ly cruelties drew a black
mask over the face of Justice
as Georgia’s police withdrew
from the hunt for the mur
derers of the two negro men
and their wives, killed by a
mob four months ago. The
county sheriff announced
that his office “is not equip
ped to handle such matters.”
In Columbia, Tennessee, at
the end of a trial in which
the prosecution of the twen
ty five negroes accused of
wounding an officer ranged
through every key of racial
discrimi:».ation, hatred, and
impassioned oratory employ
ing every trick to arouse
Southern indignation, twelve
good Southerners and 'true
arose and justified the faith
in Southern Justice so shak-
by recent events. They
en
voted: “Not Guilty” of all but
two of the defendants.
The two who were found
guilty were, actually, the
only ones in the group
against whom the State had
any shadow of evidence, and
the case against them is of
the weakest, but, given the
atmosphere in which the en
tire trial was conducted, the
fact that only two were con
victed is a minor miracle.
The F. B. I. is still on the
job in Georgia, but is report
ed to be obtaining no help
from local authorities. With
out that, they should still be
able to .procede, granted they
can enlist the help of the cit
izens of the locality. Twelve
good men were found in Ten
nessee who were not afraid
to do what they knew was
right, but the case is differ
ent in Georgia. It is far more
dangerous to testify against
a white man, in what may in
volve his conviction of mur
der than even to acquit a ne
gro. A man who helps the F.
B. I. in Georgia does so at
the risk of his life. But men
have risked their lives for
others, often and often. And
they have risked their lives
for freedom and decency and
justice.
Among the people of the
Atlanta legion may there be
some, as there were some in
Tennessee, who will enter
this fight to retrieve and up
hold the name of Southern
Justice.
Horner Of Sanford
Herald Praises
Newspaper Week was observed
by the Kiwanis meeting at the
Lakeview Hotel on Wednesday, in
fitting style. Guest speaker for
the day was W. E. Horner, re
cent candidate for the state leg-*
islature and former congressman,
and publisher and editor of the
Sanford Herald, while among
guests were two Sandhills journ
alists, H. Clifton Blue of the Sand
hills Citizen, Aberdeen, and the
editor of The Pilot.
The speaker opened his re
marks with a moving tribute to
“the Sage of the Sandhills,” Bion
H. Butler, former editor of The
Pilot, and went on to speak of
his friendship with James Boyd
and his admiration for his work
as a writer and journalist.
Continuing his talk, the editor
took as his theme the newspaper
as a public servant and named
two major functions which a pa
per must perform for its com
munity; First of these, is to re
port the news that is not readily
available to the public, such as
court and other public records
and to provide a day by day rec
ord of the happenings in a com
munity. A second function of a
newspaper lies in criticism and
suggestion on public issues, in
taking a stand on questions of
importance to the community.
Editor Horner closed his re
marks with a stirring statement
upon freedom of the press, as
serting that it is, of all freedoms,
perhaps the most important and
to be the most jealously guarded.
For freedom of the press, he said,
is necessary to insure all other
freedoms.
Dr. Neal, vice-president of the
Sandhills Kiwanians, presided
over the luncheon and Paul But
ler, program chairman introduc
ed the speaker.
A delicious lunch was provided
by the Lakeview Hotel.