CCT 3 1939
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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 19, NO. 44.
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NEWS-^^EEKLY
of the Mary Thom^ Nofth CaFolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen,North Carolina. Friday, September 2!>, 1939.
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FEDERAL AID FOR
LEAF GROWER IF
CONTROL PASSES
MRS.A.G.CHISWELL
DIES FOLLOWING
ILLNESS OF YEAR
five CENTi
If. s. To Support Tobacco Mar
ket If Two-Thirds of Farmers
Flavor Crop Limit
REFERENDUM ON FRIDAY
A referendum on compulsory con
trol of the 1940 flue-cured tobacco
crop has been called for next Friday,
October 9th, after which warehouses
throughout the state are cxpected to
reopen the following Monday, the 9th.
If the farmers return a two-thirds
affirmative vote on control, normal
buying support in the reopened mar
kets w'ill be augmented by between
$30,000,0«0 and $40,000,000 of gov
ernment funds, purchases being made
by the Commodity Credit Corpora
tion acting through the regular buy
ing staffs of foreign companies whose
recent withdrawal from the markets
caused the suspension of sales
throughout the tobacco belt.
Moore County Agent E. H. Garri
son, Jr.,* has prepared a list of
those eligible to vote in the referen
dum, made up from Compliance Sup
ervisors' reports turned in at the'
time farms were measured. "We haye
checked these lists carefully and be-1
lieve they are correct,” Mr. Garrison
told The Pilot, "but it is possible that
someone may have been overlooked.
We do not want this to happen. If
there is any question as to whether
one is on the list or not it might be
advisable to check up. If your name
does not appear on the voting list
your vote will have to be challenged
at the time the ballot is cast. No
one will be eligible to vote who did
not grow tobacco this year.
Open For Inspection
Mr. GBvrison announced that vot
ing list' may be seen at the follow^-
4i-.g places in the diffevcnt townships-
on Monday, October 2d:
Carthage Township, County Agent’s
office.
Greenwood, at M. L. Cox’s.
McNeills, at A. B. Parker s.
Sandhills, at W. E. Brown’s.
Mineral Springs, at D. A. Patter
son’s.
Bensalem, at H. R. Harrison’s.
Sheffield at D. A. Dunlap’s.
Ritter’s, at B. H. Powers.’
Deep River, at O. U. Alexander’s.
After Monday the township lists
will be available in the County
Agents office in Carthage.
The County Agent announced Elig
ibility Rules for voting as follows:
Eligibility To vote
1. Farmers who were engaged in
the production of flue-cured tobacco
in 1939 are eligible to vote in the
flue-cured tobacco marketing quota
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Hisfhly Esteemed Southern Pines
Resident Passes in Hospital
in Fayetteville
Home-Coming at Old Bethesda Next Sunday, 149th Anniversary I i 98 PERCENT HERE
FOR REVISION OF
NEUTRALITY ACT
OPERATED “COFFEE SHOP’
Burgin-Deane Battle^
May Be Fought Again
Present Representative Announ
ces Candidacy.—Giles Newton
To Try Again
Following months of illness par
tially due to a fall last year which
resulted in a broken hip. Mrs. Al
fred Gregson Chiswell, one of South
ern Pines’ most highly e.sleemed
and dearly *velo\e<" residents, a'
10:00 o’clock on Wednesday niarning
in Highsmith hospital, Faye,tteville,
where she had been a patient since
September 13th. The news of her
death cast a spell of gloom over the
community in which she had taken
a prominent place^ both in the social
and busines.s life( for many years.
Born in Leeds, Eng., September 8,
1881, the daughter of John PJ. Gregson
and Elizabeth Littel Gregswn. Mrs.
Chiswell came from Pittsburgh, Pa.,
to Southern Pines with her husband,
Alfred Robert Chi.swell, in 1928. Mr. j
Chiswell, victim of an automobile '
crash on the Midland Road on the
night of January 1st, 1931 died in the
hospital two days later. Folliwing
his death Mrs. Chiswell opened the
"Coffee Shop" on East Broad street.
Funeral services, condjucted by
her pastor, the Rev. F. Craiglhil
Brown^ assisted by the Rev. T. A.
Cheatham will be held in Emanuel
Episcopal church. Southern Pines, at
3:00 o’clock this afternoon, Friday.
Stores in town will close during the
services as a tribute to her memory.
Interment will be in the Mount Hope
Cemetery.
Surviving; Mrs. Chiswell are three
sisters. Miss Helen Gregson and Mrs.
Ann Chambers, of Southern Pines and
Mrs. Ada Morgan of Pittsburgh; two
■sons^ Robert Gregson of Baltimore,
Md., and Alfred Chiswell of South
ern Pines.
Condolences and sympathy foi' t.‘.e
family, particularly for Miss Helen,
long an associate in the management
of the Coffee Shop, have been freely
voiced by many friends and acquaint-
C*ntrressman Hurgin Informs
The Pilot of Sentiment in
Hth District
Interior of
MUST SAFEGUARD
Church at Aberdeen, Showing Slave Gallery
Service at Eleven Will Be Fol
lowed by Picnic Lunch in
the Grove
TO STAY NEUTRAL
Jud/?e Olive Calls For Repeal of
Present Act and Adequate
National Defense
rhe Paddock Leased For;
Season To Ralph K. Trix
Lake Placid, N. V*. Family To
Occupy 100-Acre Estate !
Nenr Southern Pines
It looks as if there might be some
thing of a repetition of the historic
Congressional race of 1938 in the
8th district. At least two of the can
didates then have announced for
next year’s campaign, W. O. Burpn,
the present Representative, and GU«b
Y. Newton of Gibson, and friends of
C. B. Deane of Rockingham are
urging him to toss in his hat. The
race between Burgin and Deane was
so hot last year it took the State
Elections board and several courts to
decide the Issue.
Mr. Newton w»s in Southern Pines
during the past week. He’s with
President Roosevelt on theNeutral-
ity issue, though not on a lot of
other things. He’d like to see more
economy in government.
Moore county may have a can*l-
date, as it did last year in George
Ross. This time it'.<» John Lang, State
director of the National Youth Ad
ministration. Unfortunately for Mr.
Lang, he would have to re.sign his
present federal job te get into Wie
race on account of the Hatch law
which forbids federal employes from
active participation in politlc«.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph K. Triy. of
Lake Placid, New York, have leased
The Paddock, on the outskirts of
Southern Pines, for the season and
tTill occupy it about November 1st.
l9t.
The property, which has Its en
trance on Bethesda Road, consists
of a large one-story dwelling, garage
with servants’ quarters above^ three
stables, tennis and squash courts,
with 100 acres of farm and wooded
land. It was acquired over ten years
ago by a group of New York rasi-
dents including B. A. Tompkins, Lan-
don K. Thome, Frederick H. Ecker
and William P. Willetts, as a win-
ter estate and this is the first time
it has been leased. The lease was
negotiated through the Stevens agen
cy.
Mr. and Mrs. Trlx, who spent last
winter In Pinehurst^ are horse en
thusiasts and own peveral .saddle
horses and hunters which they will
stable here.
DEER SEASON OPENS HERE
ON MONDAY; BEAR, TOO
Keeping American out of the Eu
ropean war is going to be a problem
of ykeeping public opinioin from
reaching the point where we want
to get in, Superior Court Judge Hu
bert Olive of Lexington said to the
Sandhills Kiwani.s Club at its lun
cheon meeting Wed/aesday in the
Carthage Methodist Church.
And Judge Olive Is fearful that
public opinion is changing rapidly.
Six months 9go we all felt we would
not go into the struggle under any
circumstances. Today a Gallup poll
shows 44 percent believing we will
get in, a startling percentage favor
ing going in if great Britain and
France are losing.
"In a questionnaire of a luncheon
club In Albemarle the other day,”
the Judge said^ "the result showed
27 of 30 members believing the Unit
ed States will get into the war, and
23 of the 30 favoring going in now’.”
Urges Repeal of Act
Judge Olive, a World War veteran
and former Commander of the North
Carolina Departm«nt of the Amer
ican Legion, is against U. S. partici
pation in the war ‘‘even I fBritain
and France are losing.” But he be
lieves the best way to insure Britain
and France against losing is to re
peal the present Neutrality act.
"If England and France appear to
be losing, public sentiment here will
force us into the war.” .
He is not afraid of Hitler comnig
here even if the Allies los#. Espec
ially If we provide an adequate na
tional defense. "Let the World know
we can and will defend ourselves.
We were forced into the World War
because Germany was not afraid of
us. The only thing Hitler knows is
force.”
Judge Olive was presented to the
club, by Judge J. Vance Rowe of the
County Recorder’s Court.
S.4NDHILLH BIDS FOB 19«
KIW’ANIS CONVENTION
On next Sunday morning, October
1st, the annual pilgrimage will be
made to Old Bethesda Presbyterian
Church in Aberdeen. The organization
for this church is 149 years old this
year, having been founded in 1790.
This announcement is an urgent
invitation to all members, former
members, sons and daughters, chil- There is every indication that
dren of the church, ‘‘unto the third Southern Pines is about to enjoy a
ARROWS POINT TO
RECORD SEASON IN
SOUTHERN PINES
Numerous Rentals, Two Sales
of Residences Announced
by Barnum Agency
and fourth generation of them” that
love Old Bethesda, to set out early on
this annual pilgrimage on next Sun
day morning, and here meet youi
friends and neighbors at this sanc
tified spot, and be reminded of
“man’s chief end.”
A basket dinner will be spread on
the tables in the grove after the
morning service. All comers are ask
ed to bring full baskets, as this is
the only way to care of the multi
tude who will be pi’esent. The morn
ing service will be at 11:00 o’clock.
The afternoon will be spent in visit
ing with friends on the Old Church
grounds.
PINEHURST STORE,
PINEHURST, INC.,
COME TO TERMS
Compromise Case Involving Al
legations of Violations of
Sales Agreement
\
HE’S WITH PRESIDENT
Ninety-eight percent of the letters
reoeiTed from his district favor
amending the pre.sent neutrality act
in accordance with the recommenda
tions of President Roosevelt, Repre-
.•entative W. O. Burgin of this 8th
Congres.sional district wires in re.
sponse to an inquiry from TTie Pilot.
"I hav« received well over one hun-
dred letters from the district in ref
erence to neutrality legislation,” the
telegram reads, "and ninety-eight
percent favor amending present neu
trality act in accordance with rec
ommendation of administration.
"I intend to support this legisla
tion as> I did at the lact session of
Che Congress.” Signed: W. O. Bur
gin.
I^pon learning of thetremendous
piles of mail awaiting Representa
tives and Senators in Washington
upon their return for the special ses
sion of Congress The Pilot wrote
Mr. Burgin asking the sentiment of
his constituents as judged by his
mail. That more than one hundred
have not communicated their senti
ments to their Representative is a
surprise to The PUot. It is also a
distinct surprise to leam that such
a large percentage favors the amend
ing of the present act, inasmuch as
most of the mail received In Wash
ington from other parts of the coun
try w'as for retention of the present
legislation.
It is obvious from this that in the
of the country there
most successful season. It has been
in the midst of a sizeable building
boom in the business section for the
past several months. On top of this I
activity come weekly reports from! larger cities
real estate agencies of more than the! organized move for the
usual number of rentals for the win
ter, and the good news from hotel
men that early reservations indicate
a record season.
present act which forbids sale of
war materials and munitions to bel
ligerents, but that the organized
propaganda efforts do not reflect
The P. T. Barnum agency this week sentiment of the country at
released for publication a list of its! This sentiment has been re-
recent rentals and sales a list which i gadded as more accurately in recent
includes many of the more preten
tious homes in town. It iijports the
lease of the Nichols house in the
Country Club Estates to Mr. and
Mrs. John K. Weeks of New York,
who have spent the past several win
ters here. It has leased the Howard
Burns house on Massachusetts ave
nue to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C.
Decker of Madison, Conn.
Gallup polls which show a sizeable
percentage in favor of revising the
act in accordance with President
Roosevelt’s recommendation which
call for return to international law
and the sale of any materials to any
country which calls for same, pays
for it^ and carries it away In its owb
ships.
Dr. and Mrs. Warren F. Sheldon of i Film To Reveal Story
of News Gathering
Hunters are shining up their guns,
getting the mothballs out of their
coats and oiling their boot.s in prep
aration for the opening on Monday
of the deer season In North Carolina.
With the many deer seen In the vi
cinity of Southern Pines of late a
record number of nimrods are ex.
pected here to try their luck on the
outskirts of the Fort Bragg reser
vation.
The bear season also open.s Mon
day, just In case you see one roam
ing about town.
i Jbhn M. Howarth and Harry H.
[ Pethick attended the annual conven
tion of the Carolinas District, Kiwan-
is International, in Raleigh on Mon-
1 day and Tuesday of this week as
‘ delegates of the Sandhills Kiwanis
. Club. At the convention Dr. Charles
! W. Armstrong of Salisbury was un-
I animously elected district governor
for 1940, and J. Warren Pate of
Fayetteville was choiscn lieutenant
governor for this distirct.
The 1940 convention was awarded
to Winston-Salem, and an invita
tion was tendered to the district to
hold Hie 1942 meeting In the Saad-
hllts.
The Pinehurst Department Store,
Inc. and Pinehurst, Inc. have ef
fected a compromise settlement of
the case brought by the former
which alleged that the latter had
violated the agreement made at the
time Edgar A. Ewing and associates
purchased the department store from
the defendant. The Department Store
corporation charged Phnehurst, Inc.
with competing with it in the sale of
meats and other merchandise in di
rect violation of the sales agreement.
Attorney W. A. Leland McKeithen
represented the Department Store in
the negotiations^ and U. L. Spence
appeared for Pinehurst, Inc.
Some of the terms of the compro
mise were that indebtedness total
ing $2,916.54 be cancelled as against
the plaintiff, in full settlement of all
sums in damages claimed by the
plaintiff; that during the time the
contract of lease shall remain in
force the defendant ^ shall refrain
from making any retail sales of
meat in Plneh«rst in competition with
the business of the plaintiff, but this
not to apply to Taylorsville or any
places outside the village. Pinehurst,
Inc. is to have the privilege of sell
ing meats to hotels, mercantile es
tablishments or other persons con
ducting stores, but sales to the Moore
County Hospital ere to be considered
retail sales. The defendant is to have
th« right to operate its store at the
Pinehurst Cwintry Club free from In
terference by the plaintiff.
Waterville, Conn., have taken the
Block house on Indiana avenue for
the season, and the attractive Henne
house on Highland Road has been
rented to Mrs. F. P. Starr of Mon
treal, Canada. The Warren hou.se on
Weymouth Heights will be occupied
by Mrs. Etholine S. Greenman of
Hammondsport^ N. Y., and the Kraf-
fert house on Highland Road by Mrs.
Frederick S. Beldon of Hartford,
Conn. Dr. and Mrs. D. C. Crotly of
New York have taken the Rowe
house on Ohio avenue. Miss Isabel
Graves the Grover house on Indiana
avenue, opposite The Ark, and Mr.
and Mrs. V. B^ Johnson the Sloan
house on May street. Miss Mary Med-
lln, Southern Pines, has leased the
Eastman house on Vermont avenue.
Annual leases have been signed by
Miss Mary R. Callan of Philadelphia,
Pa., for the Holmes house on Ashe
street and by Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Gore
of Florence, S. C., for the Pow’ell
house on New Hampshire avenue.
The Barnum agency reports tl'.<;
sale of the Harrison cottage on Leak
street to L. H. McNeill of Southern
Pines, and the Monroe cottage on
I Massachusetts avenue to W. M. John
son of Southern Pines.
Numerous other deals, both for
purchase and rentals, are reported
m the making.
Its
History, Its Modern Day
Speed To Be Shown by
Fellowship Forum
CONCERT POSTPONED
Th6 concert committee of Flora
Macdonald College regrets to an
nounce that on account of the sud
den illness of Max Rosen, his concert
which was scheduled for Monday, Oc
tober ad has been postponed to nn
indefinite date.
“News in the Air,” a talking pic
ture illustrative of the means by
which knowledge of world affairs is
brought daily into our homes, will be
presented by the Fellowship Forum
Sunday evening at 7:30 in the As
sembly Room of the Church of Wide
Fellow'ship. The picture traces the
history of news gathering from the
earliest times to the present—frona
the days of Indian signal smokes
and the beatings of African war
drums, through the song? of the
medieval troubadours and the proc
lamations of the town criers in Co-
lonial America—and compares these
methods with the efficiency of a
modern news bureau. It demonstrates
the dramatic euddenness with which
history-making news can happen, and
the promptness with which people on
the opposite aide of the earth may
learn of It. The subject is particular
ly timely just now^ when the fate of
the world hangs hourly in the bal
ance. Today the world is our neigh
bor. Its war and peace, its politics
and religion, are our deep concern.
The scenes showing the mechanics
of newfi gathering were filmed In the
United Press office in New York.
The picture is brought to Southern
Pines through the courtesy of the
Standard Oil Company,
The Fellowship Forum warmly ap-
oreciates the interest shown in its
dramatic presentation o€ the story
of “Joash” a week ago’ and extends
a cordial invitation for Sunday.