FIRST IN NEWS, CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 19, NO. 50. ^^ARTHAOC &AGi.e SPAINC9 W&9T LAK CVIEW HANUKV SOUTMCRN Pines A^MLSy MB.K.MTS ASCROUM PlMEBturr PILOT MUORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY of th ** ^ N. c. itory of North Carolina Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, November 10, 1939. FIVE CENTS F.D.R. BROADCASTS To Celebrate 200 Years of the TOMORROW FOR RED CROSS DRIVE Hour’s Air Program Will Also Feature Radio, Screen and Stage Stars ROLL CALL READY HERE Settlement of Scotch in Section Gala Week of F’estivals, Pa rades and Pageants in Fay etteville Starts Nov. 19 President Roosevelt will launch the annual Red Cross Roll Call in a ra dio address on November 11 over the combined networks of the NaUonal! Commencing November 19, Fay etteville will observe a gala week of festivals, parades, and pageants com. memorating 200 years of Scotch set tlement of the Upper Cape Fear Re gion of North Carolina. Headlining the scheduled events will be a masque depicting the de- Seriously 111 Broadcasting Company, Columbia and Mutual Broadcasting Systems. He will be introduced by Norman H. Davis, National Chairman of the American Red Cross, it was announc ed j-esterday by Mrs. Burt Hunt, chairman of the Moore County chap ter. The Chief Executive will be the first speaker on a full-hour program bringing together some of the most Clyde R. Hoey portraying Samuel i Johnston, colonial Tar Heel govern or^ and Governor Prentice Cooper of Tennessee in the role of John Sevier, have already accepted their | assignments. Other State officials ■ and men of prominence tak'ng part will be former Lieutenant-Governor “Sandy” Graham, former Governor^ Ehringhaus, Dean House and Unit ed States Representative Clark. The' DON HERRING. JR. HURT IN FOOTBALLi GAME, LOSES LEG Former Resident of Southern! Pines Injured in Contest Be tween Princeton and Brown Funds For New Hangar at Airport Pledged in Week After Launching Campaign SISTER RESIDES HERE . masque will be presented Thursday,' popular stars on radio, screen, and x. ' ’ November 21. stage. The broadcast will start at 10:30 p. m. E. S. T., and will switch from Washington to Nex’ York and Holljrwood for partic ipation by such popular favorites as Feature presentation of the weeK will be the nightly production of a pageant written especiallj- for the celebration by Paul Green, author Fred Allen, Ben Bornie, John Charles ,‘'f. Colony- and Pnlitzer Prize Thomas^ Clifton Fadiman, Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, Harry' been announced that a pa- Von Zell, Don Wilson, Edgar Ber- fficie of Scottish clans wearing full gen and Charlie McCarthy, Connie ^ regalia of the Highlanders, will Boswell, Mijor Bowes and Jascha blend with many floats and bands Heifetz. | in the street parade. The program has been made pos-‘ The celebration will tike place in sible through the courtesy of the ^he midst of Fayetteville’s historic three cooperating broadca.'Jting sys- iricluding the familiar old Mai- tems and the donated ser^-icos of one ^et House, the beautiful Presbyter- of the largest advertising agencies in Church designed by Sii Chr 5- the country, the Chairman, said. hi.storic co- stars on the program, as Red Cro.«»T! buildings. members, have volunteered Ihelr ser-* addition to the markmg of thej Carolina.-^. ; 200th anniversary ..f .settlement, Fay- — Ml’KDOC'K M. JOHNSOX Following a busy day in court on Monday, Murdoch M. Johnson of Camden, S. C., formerly of Aberdeen and former State Senator from Moore county in the North Carolina Genera] i Assembly, suffered a cerebral hemor rhage and is in a critical condition in the Camden Hospital. His recovery is uncertain, according to despatches to The Pilot from Camden. Mr. John- sonson during his residence \?ere was at various time.s pre~ident of the Kiwrmi.s Club and of llip Abor(t.jen Chanibei' of Comnierco, He has; the dijjtinctioa of being t'..c oai mr. evei' to serve in the Legislature of i etteville will observe the ratifica-; tion of the constitution; ceding the 1 state of Tennessee to the United States; chartering of the University| Carolina; laOth anniver- SEES VOCATIONAL vices. In recognition of thet need for in creasing Red Cross membership in one of the busiest years in the his tory of the organization. President^ Roosevelt is appearing on the air|‘^f North for the Red Cro.ss for the first time sary of the Fayetteville Guard, and since he has been in the W'hite House. I meeting of the Grand^Lodge of Ma* As President of the United States, s^ns, occurring in 1789. !Mr, Roosevelt is also President of The eck s I rograni the American 'Red Cross. His appeal Sunday, Nov. 19th, 3.30 p. m. for membership will be coupled with ^ ^^clebration begins with Historical that of Chairman Norman H. Davis | Service at the First Piesbyterian who wan appointed to the chairman-, ship in 1937 after a distinguished ca- Monday. Nov. 20th, 8.30 p. m, veer in the Diplomatic Service. ! Scottish Historic Drama written by. of life If the best insurance policy for Mrs. Hunt has announced that Paul Green, author of “The Ix)st Col-1 the future. Training them' for jobs, her organization for Moore county, ony,” will be presented at the Opera ^ helping them to procure job.s, will is complete, and that the canvass will House. This drama will be given for p^e.nerve American democracy. There start throughout the county on next! five nights at the same hour. OF YOUTH PROBLEM Fi( Them For .Fobs and Into Johs. N', Y, \. Director Lanij Tells Kiwanians Preparing our young manhood and womanhood for the pi'aotical affairs I Donnld Grant Herring, Jr., 237- pound Princeton University football tackle, a brother of Mrs. Will J. Stratton of Southern Pines, under went an operation for the amputa tion of his left leg just above the knee in a Princeton hospital last Fri day, The injury to the leg was re ceived in the Princeton-Brown game the previous Saturday. Hei'ring, who Is 21, spent a part of his boyhood in Southern Pines, at which time his parents owned and occupied the house on Morganton Road now the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. Smitli. Three hours before the operation the 21-year old football and track athlete was notified that an amputa tion must be performed. He received the news with great courage. The operation was successfully perform ed. Fourth Play «f (lame The injury that necessitated the operation was received in the first ((uarter and during the fourth play of the game between Princeton and the Brown University eleven at Pal mer .Stadium in Princeton on Octo- bei' £.S, Princeton had pcored and wrs kicking off to Brown. Herring o feet 4 inches of solid brawn and rrus''le, was sprinting down for the tackle when a Brown player hurled himself at the giant tackle in a ter rific block. After the play Herring ,’iil not get up. His left le"- was doubled up and he was in such pain that he fainted as he was being placed on a stretcher. Herring's father was one of the great Princeton football stars of 30 years ago. Known as “Heff Herring, he was in addition to his athletic prowess a brilliant sludcnt and won a Fihodes scholarship. His daughter, Stratton, has made her home in Southern Pines for the past several years, and is an expert hor.«ewoman. “Prize Example” Southern Pines Postoffice View Exhibited by Archi tectural League Construction on Building To House Six Planes To Get Under Way at Once TO COST AROUND $3,000 "American architecture of 1939 is stridently different from that of the ’20s, as revealed by a visit to the current exhibit of the U. S. archi tecture at the Architectural League Club in New York,” reads the head ing over a page of rotogravure pic tures syndicated to a number of, new.spapers throughout the country.; “On view are photographs submit-1 ted by architects from coast to coast,, of which these six are prize exam-! pies. They graphically prove that American building art has come a long way since the post-war era," when U. S. builders borrowed heav ily from traditional schools.” i One of the “prize examples’’' shown on the page is the Southern Pines postoffice, Aymar Embury, II, architect, beneath which appears the following: “Gone is the grim, drab utilitar ian postoffice of yesteryear; this trim entrance^ suggestive of the Georgian period, indicates the new trend as expiessed in the postoffice r.t Southern Pines. N. C." INFORMAL TEA TO FEATURE OPENING OF PLNE NEED!,ES Hotel (JiieslN, Collajte Cohmy and Residents of Commun- ily Are Hidden to lieceplion SEASON (JOLF SCHEDULE Monday morning. Roll Call Here Next Monday and Tuesday Residents Urged To Welcome House To House Canvassers For Red Cro.ss Funds Today the final plans are being perfected for the annual American Red Cross Roll Call and drive for new members in Southern Pines, which will be concentrated into Monday and Tuesday next, all materials be ing given out to the workers today at the Civic Club. Volunteer workers, w^earing their j-ound badge of introduction, will can vass the entire village^ house to house, as is the custom of the Amer ican Red Cro!9s throughout the na tion. The public is urged to welcome these callers at the door, giving if possible, and as generously as possi- Out of every active member Tue.sday, Nov. 21st^ 11:00 a. m A parade, with floats, portraying the ^ make historical, educational, industrial work, and commercial life of this section. There will be many military and musical units in the parade. This parade will be followed by an open air historic drama presented from the west balcony of the Old Market House. This pageant will portray the ratification of the Federal Consti tution, the chartering of the State University and the ceding of the Tennessee territory- to the United States. 2:30 p. m.—^At the High School there will be a football (Please titni to page four) is no better national defense than educated, healthy, happy people. They the American system To Celebrate Armistice At West End School ■Jay-Cees To Decorate 13 Trees for Christmas Sandhill Post. American Legion Also To Attend Church Service in Pinehurst The Sandhill Post of the American ble. —^ ship of one dollar, fifty cents goes’ Legion is again celebrating Armistice to the National Society, and of the Day as the guests of Comrade J^ F. other fifty cents one third goes .to Sinclair at the West End lljg ► c ooi the County chapter and two thirds'tonight, Friday, at 8:00 o’clock. It is retained by the Southern Pines is the hope of Conimpnder F.^ .1. branch. Miss Laura Kelsey was chair- Dwight that all .service men with man last ycnr, and thi.° money was their ladles and children, whether used to furnish milk at the recess inembors of the post or not, will at- time in our public schools, to those tend this annual event. The Aest needin" it, ns part of the great pre- Rnd School always put on an cnter- vention program already reaping its tainment that is a fitting reminder reward. And of c urse there, were' of the Armistice Day that all ser- other emergencies calling ton the vice men reme.Tiber. ! On Sunday, November 12th, Dr. Miss Florence Cimpbell has been, T. A. Cheatham, pastor of the Vil- appointed the ntv. • '> .lrt>ian and will lage Chapel in Pinehurst has given direct the present dr/e and carry'the post a cordial invitation to wor- on the work in != u:hern Pines.'ship in his church at 11:00 o’doe' If you are not to b.: at your home. The service men are requested I on Monday and Tn^'iday, , she re- as.semble on the Chapel gmunds at quests that you eithor leave a mes- 10:45 and n.arch in 'with the Aux- mease turn to page four) iliary and the Sons-of-the-Legion. These are statements made by the director of the National Youth Ad ministration for North Carolina, John A. Lang of Carthage, before the Sandhills Kiwanis Club at its week ly meeting held on Wednesday in the Presbyterian Sunday School rooms in Aberdeen. Mr. Lang, pre sented to the club by Ralph Chand ler, chairman of the Program com mittee, discussed “The Problem of Adjusting Young People to Modern Society” in a most interesting and in structive manner. One of the great problems in the South is the struggle to fill up the gap between our 11.5 percent of na tional income and our 30 percent of all U. S. population between the ages of 16 and 25 years. In the United., States, Mr. Lang said, there are five million between the ages of 16 and 25 who aie not in school nor at work, just at the age when theyj .«hould be starting careers and homes. There are 15,000 such in ■ North Carolina alone. ! The Balance She'>t On the liability side of the led ger in the South wo have the prob lems of income, of \T-aste of our na tural rcpources, ,of our ma.of un derprivileged, and imperfect foreign conditioi>:. Ou the asset side he listed our pure stock of pioneer set tlers whoso blood is still with us in^ .a determined and courageous man-' hood; our abundance of natural re-1 .sources, such as standing timber,! hydraulic electric power, coal and iron ore deposits, and 300 different types of soil. The problem of in»creaising the assets and decreasing the liabilities (Pit fc f''rn to page four) Will IJe Liijhted Each Ni>fht From December 10 to New Ye?;r’s D^y The Christmas lighting program of the Southern Pines Junior Cham ber of Commerce^ which attracted so much attention and favorable com ment last year, will be continued and expanded this season, H. G. McElroy, chairman of the Jay-Cee Christmas Decorating committee announced this week. Plans are completed for the re placement of the ten trees, extending from Oonnecticut to Pennsylvania avenues which were Titiilzed last year, and in addition three new trees, running from Pennsylvania to New York avenue on West Broad street, will be planted and decorated. These trees will he a great improvement to the holictay appearance of the tow’n, the -sponsors believe^ as they will front on the library and postoffice, two of the communities most at tractive new buildings. Contracts for both the planting of the ti'ees and the electrical work vveie let this week, and the work is to be completd by Dcenibcr .'ith. The trees will be lighted ea<'h night from Denemlx-r lOtli through January 1st It was nece.ssary la.gt,year for the Jay-Cees to ask th^ fisiancial aid of the mer'hnnts and resident.>? of the town, in order that the quite consid erable cost of this project could be met. The response to this was most gratifying. To f omplete their replacement and expansion program this year ,it will ngain be necessary for-outside funds to be raised by the Junior Chamber, but on a somewhat reduced scale. Voluntary donations of an amount sufficient to cover the needed ex penses of the new trees and uiT (Please turn to page fou' ' The formal opening of the Pine Needles in Knollwood today will be marked by a series of festivities. From 4:00 to 6:00 this cfternoon there will be nn informal tea to which the guests of the hotel, resi dents of the community and niem- ber.s of the cottage colony ai'e cordial ly invited. A dinner given in honor of the officials of the Patuxent De velopment Company, by Mr. and Mrs. Emmelt E. Boone, will be followed by an organ recital in the main lounge. The program will be played on a Hammond Electric organ by B. F. Gordon, guest art’st and well known organist of Raleigh. The Pine Needles golf .'schedule this season will include tl^ree major events: a Thanksgiving Tournament,; November 27th, 28th 29th, and 30th;' the Annual Mixed Foursome Cham pionship for the Pine Needles Tro-, phy on December 25th; and a Pine, Needles Best Ball jChampiortship Tournament February 26th^ 27th, (Please turn to page four) As the result of a campaign laun ched a week ago yesterday at meet ings of the Chambers of Commerce in Rnehurst and Southern Pines, the Knollwood Airport will have a new and mucii needed hangar by the end of the year. Plans are being whip ped in shape this week by Rassie K. Wicker of Pinehurst, and bids will be asked within the next few days. Construction is expected to start within ten days. Reports that aviation enthusiasts around the country were being in formed that hangar space for their planes was not available here prompted the launching of the drive for necessary funds for more han gar space at the Knollwood field. When Mrs. Floyd B. Odium of Stan ford, Conn., the former Jacqueline Cochran, famed aviatrix, arrived re cently for a visit at The Pine Needles, she slated she had left her plane in Greensboro because she had been told she could not hangar it here. Other similar reports came to hand. Need Has Been .\t the season. Tobacco is coming to Aberii> th's year from great distances. Some, fiom below Augusta, Ga. and from above Greensboro. If a project launched at the meet ing of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club on Wednesday materializes, this sec tion will have a permanerrt building of its own for the use of the vener eal disease clinics. Dr. W. E. Over cash outlined the great need for such a building, stating that the quarters which have been used for some timp are no longer available, and that at present the schoolhouse in West Southern Pines was being used tem porarily and unsatisfactorily. Dr. Overcash stated that the Town of Southern Pines was will ing to help finance the permanent building! but that inii.^much as res idents of other parts of the county utilized the clinii hi-r ■, he believe:! it was fitting and pr> for the county to contribute ..->ward it. “If ■.ve can puf these cl;: '; :'n a pcr- :ianent basia, w- can ki‘ p venereal I’iseascs under contii-l in the conn- S.v,’’ he said. He estin att d that $1,- 000 would provide the neee;:.' -.ry property and the r;r;cdod re;iairs thereto. The matter wis referred to the Kiwanis Board of Directors. BANKS CL )SEI) SATl^UnAY The Citizens Bank & Trust Com pany^ Southern Pines, ard the Bank (f Pinehurst, with its branches in Aberdeen and Carthage, will be closed ail day Saturday, Armistice Day, a legal holiday.