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Southern Fines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. I'ridav. June 7, 1JM(».
UNLIMITED AID TO Legion Post To Discuss Home
ALIJES URGED BY i Defense, Elect New 19400fficers
CHAMBER, KIWANIS
To Speak in State
Ask Speed in IVoduction of War
.Materials in Wire To F. 1). R.
Senators. Hurju^in j
FREE HAND FOR HOARD
Speedy preparation for the ade-,
quate defense of America, and ini-!
mediate aid for the Allies was urged ;
upon President Roosevelt, Senators |
Bailey and Reynolds and Congress- j
in»an Burgin In telegrams sent to!
Washington by the Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce following a
special meeting of directors held
Tuesday noon in Ed's Cafe. After dis
cussion by the board the following
message was wired to the Chief EIx-
ecutive ar.d the legislators;
“At a special meeting of directors
of the Southern ±^lnes Chamber of;
Commerce held today It was unanl-!
mously voted to wire you urging thatj
your every effort be made to speed
legislation now pending for the pur
pose of putting everything available
at the disposal of the Allies, and to|
get new production speeded up im-|
mediately to the point where such|
Items as planes, anti-aircraft guns, i
tanks and other naajor Items that are,
sorely needed shall be turned out at
the earliest possible date before too
late.
“We advise that the new War Pro-
Auction Board be given absolute pow
er and not be bound by any restric
tion of any description that could
hamper them in gettings into meucl-
mum production at once, and that the
President be given authority and ad
vised to call the militia for special
training.
"These aggressor forces. If suc
cessful, will change the whole pat
tern of living for perhaps generations
our whole strength should be
thrown In at once to help crush It."
The directors also voted to pro
mote the organization of a rifle club
in Southern Pinej.
The Chamber went on record as
approving the action of Lieutenant
Governor W. P. Horton In wl^dr^w.
ing from a second primary for Gov
ernor against J. M. Broughton of
Ralei«:b, and of George M. Pritchard
of AahevUle In not calling a second
Republican primary against Robert
H. McNeill for Governor.
The Chamber commanded the
Junior Chanibcr of Commerce for
tb« successfnl golf tournament of
Junior Chamber of the state spon
sored here last week by the local
Jay-Cees.
At the weekly meeting of the
Sandhills Klwanis Club a resolution
was adopted calling on the President
and Congress for “complete and
prompt aid to Allies In all forms,”
and for “sp«edlng up of production
of own national defense, with a free
hand for the new war board.”
Local Golfers Win By
Point From Laurinburgr
tlx
-May Organize Against Emer
gency and To Combat “Fifth
Column” Activities
THOSLVS K. DKWEY
Thomas E. Dewey, an outstanding
candidate for the Republican nomina
tion for President, will speak In Win- j
ston - Salem tomorrow, Saturday!
night, under the sponsoi-ship of the
Young Republicans of North Caro.'
Una. This talk will be broadcast over
the nation-wldc Red Network of the!
National Broadcasting Company. j
BURGIN-DEANE IN I
ONLY RUN-OFF {
PRIMARY HEREi
Horton Withdraws, Leaving,
Field to Broughton
For Governor
Thirty-Two Compete in Inter-
City Battle Here on
Wednesday
Southern Pines golfers defeated
Laurinburg on the local Country Club
course on Wednesday by the narrow
margin of one point. With 16 on each
team. Southern Pines wound up with
12 1-2 points to lAurinburg's 11 1-2.
Starring for the locals were Dr. L.
M. Daniels and Elmer Davis, who
took all three points from the oppo
nents in their foijrsome. Williams and
Smart, and McCoy and Lytch of
Laurlnburg each captured three
pcfits for their team.
paying for Southern Pines were
Walter Murray, George London, J.
C. Barron, Barrett Harris, Howard
Burns, Bert Weatherspoon, H. C.
Ponnell, Gordon Keith, R. L. Tarl-
ton. Bill Maurer, Morris Johnson,
Richard Sugg. Kerrman Grover, Lon
nie Hammond, Dr. Daniels and Davla.
With the withdrawal from the gub-
ematorial race of Lieutenant Govern
or Wilkins P. Horton, J. M. Brough
ton of Raleigh will become the suc
cessor to Governor Clyde R. Hoey as
the State EScecutlve in January, 1941.
R. L. Harris of Roxboro succeeds Mr.
Horton as Lieutenant Governor.
All of which means that the only
second primary In which Moore coun
ty is Involved will be that between
W. O. Burgin of Lexington and C. B.
Deane of Rockingham for Represen
tative In Congress from the eighth
district, an encore to the fight waged
between the two two years ago, a
battle which took until late f&H to
settle In favor of Mr. Burgin.
Both Congressman Burgin and Mr.
Deane have statement* In the adver
tising columns of this Issue of The
Pilot. The former reviews fils record
of the past two years and renews his
pledge to "continue to devote my time
and thought completely to your ser
vice and to the service of our coun.
try. whose welfare now seems more
precious to us than ever before." As
a member of the important Commit
tee of Foreign Affairs, now one of
the most active In the House. Mr.
Burgin is finding It difficult to leave
Washington and spend much time in
his district of 12 counties, a course
of action of which his constituents
cannot help but approve In these cru
cial hours. But, he says, he feels
"confident that the voters of the
eighth district will judge my record
as your Representative at Washing
ton as meriting a second term. In
keeping with acknowledged democrat
ic practice In all districts of our
great state."
Mr. Deane states that he has no
apology to make In entering a run
off primary, adding this rather start
ling charge: "If I had been leg:ltlmate-
ly defeated by my present opponent
two years ago, I would not be a can
didate at this time. The Democrats
of our district will, I am sure, wel
come an opportunity to place their
stamp of disapproval on the methods
used to defeat the majority vote of
the people in 1938.’’
DR. ^HRATHAM PREACHRS
S.ANTFORD BACCAL.\rREATE
The organization of a home guard
for any necessary emergency and for
combatting "fifth column” activltie.s
in Moore county i.s reported a.s com
ing up for discussion at the annual
meeting of Sandhill Post TVo. 134,
Anierican Legion next Thursday
night, June 13th, at which time offi
cers for the cn.suing year will be
elected. The meeting will be the most
important to be helu by the local post
in some time, and every member and
fx-.service man, whether a Legion
naire 01 not, is urged to attend.
Delegates to the State convention
will also be elected at this time.
The international situation ha.s
roused active Li'gionnaires here
to the po.ssible advisability of home
defense measures. Lee Po.st No. 18
iu Sanford is organizing an emergency i
home guard, to consist of a com- j
•nander and a number of committees j
to handle special pha.ses of the work. I
There will be committees on first aid,!
on relief, on "fifth column” activities.!
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on parachute jumpers, on transporta-,
tlon, firearms, and so on. |
The election of officers of Sandhill |
Post bids fair to be an exciting one,'
as there are two candidates for every i
olfice, as follows:
For commander, L. D. Williams
and Donald A. Currie; 1st vice-com
mander, Haynes Britt and Tom Wll-
•son; 3rd vlce-commander, J. F. Tay
lor and Carson Graham; 3d vice-com
mander, Dr. J. W. Willcox and J.
Hawley Poole finance officer, T. L.
Campbell and A. P. Thompson; chap
lain, Rev. E. L. Barber and Rev. A.
J. McKelway; sergeant-at-arms,
arms, Harry Zlrkle and Dan Horner;
guardianship officer, J. Vance Rowe
and H. J. Betterley; historian, Rassie
E. Wicker and J. F. Sinclair; child
welfare, Gordon M. Cameron and J.
T. Overton; employment officer, I. C.
Sledge and Robert L. Hart; publicity
officer. Nelson C. Hyde and S. R.
Jelllson.
The meeting will be held at 8:00
o’clock in the Legion Hut In Southern
Pines.
P. S. p. Randolph, Buys
Fuller Farm at Airport
Horseman Plans Improvements
Includinfr Stables and
Schooling Track
DR. PAUL P. McC.AIN
HEADS NATIONAL
T. B. ASSOCIATION
Head of Slate Sanatorium Sig
nally Honored at Cleveland
Convention
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Dies Suddenly
SFX’ON'l) N. (’. !*RESH)ENT
Dr. Paul P. McCain, superintsnd-
tnt of the State Sanatorium here for
many years, wa.9 this week elected
pii'Sidcnt of the Nationat Tuberculosis
.\s.sociation, highest honor to be ac-
c orded in the nation in his branch of
n edicine and annually bestowed upon
one who ha.s done outstanding woik
in the pievention and treatment of
tuherciilo.si.s. Dr. McCain is the sec
ond North Carolinian to hold the of
fice, Dr. Charles L. Minor of Ashe-
vill,. having served in 1917-18. The
os.sociation was formed in 1904.
Dr. McCain is president of the
Noith Carolina Tubeiciilosis A.ssocia.
tion and during the past year has
been vice-pre.sident of the- national
organization. The election was held
ye.sterday at the national convention
held in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. McCain,
who succeeds Dr. Henry D, Chadwick
of Wa’.tliani, Mass., has been a mem
ber of the National Executive com
mittee for some time.
Conjirressmen Protest
Increased Tobacco Tax
Rtr.W.M. MACLEOD
DIES SUDDENLY IN
NASHVILLE, TENN.
Former Heloved Pastor of Pine-
hurst Community Church
Suffers Heart Attack
lU ILT EDIFICE HERE
Th« 75-acre farm of the late Joe
Fuller on the Southern Pines-Carth-
age road near the Knollwood Airport
was acquired this week from Mrs.
Cora Fuller by Philip S. P. Randolph,
Jr. of Pinehurst and New York. Mr.
Randolph has already taken title and
will start remodeling and moderniz
ing of the house during the summer,
for fall occupancy.
It is understood that Mr. Randolph
who, like his father, the late P. S. P.
1 Randolph, Sr., la deeply interested
Ip horse racing, plans to make the
estate his headquarters for the train
ing of horses, and that he will con-
fctruct a schooling track on the land.
He will also remodel the bam for a
model .stable, and plans the erection
of a number of tenant houses for
employes. The transaction was nego
tiated by Harry Menzel of the L. L.
Biddle agency in Pinehurst.
The Rcv. Dr. T. A. Cheatham of
Pinehurst delivered the baccalaureate
sermon to the Senior class of San.
ford High School last Sunday even-
Ingj before an audience that filled the
school auditorium.
Pulchritude!
Four Carolinas Beauties To Be
Guests of Chamber of
Commerce
The iour best-looking girls the
Carolina Motor Club has been able
to find In the two Carolinas are to
be guests of the Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce at luncheon
at the Country Club on Thursday,
June 13th. They are Included in a
party which is touring the east
in the Interest of advertising
North Carolina as a sumjner re
sort, and will be here from 11:30
until 2:00 o’clock.
1 The Rev. Dr. W. Murdock MacLeod,
I former pastor- of the Pinehurst Com
munity Church, died suddenly of a
I herrt attack in Na.shville, Tenn., ear-
j ly la.st Thursday afternoon. The news
I of the tragic pa.s.sing of one of the
I most beloved ministers ever to serve
in the .Sandhills came as a tremen
dous shock to a multitude of devot
ed friends anj former parishioners
throughout Moore county.
Death canw> during a motion pic
ture matinee to which Dr. MacLeod
had accompanied his daughters. Feel
ing faint, he led his daughter Doro
thy, aged ten, to the theatre lounge,
asked her to call a physician and
then take her eight-year old sister
home. She followed his Instructions.
Dr. MacLeod pa.ssed Into a coma from
I which he never rallied.
Generous Respon.se Throughout, ^^urdock MacLeod was born in the
County For Special War i *'I”»'trose .section of Hoke county 43
Relief Fund ! Mrs.
i Murdock MTIcLeod. He attended pub-
The Red Cross Chapter in Moore ]''<= school In Raeford, from which he
entered David.son College, receiving
his A. B. degree upon graduation. He
was graduated from the Union Theol-
KKV. Wit. \V. MI KIXK K Ma4 UK<)l>
$2,500 RAISED
FOR RED CROSS;
GOAL IS $4,000
county has raised around $2,500 for
the Special War Relief Fund, but
the quota for all chapters has been
Say Growers With Curtailed
Production and Markets,
Can’t Stand It
ogical Seminary In Richmond, Va.,
Bearing the signatures of five
North Carolina Congressmen, a vig
orous protest against any further In
crease in tobacco excise taxes, as
planned in the new national defense
tax bill, was presented Wednesday to
the House Ways and Means Commit
tee.
With disaster facing tobacco grow
ers as a result of (frastlcally curtailed
production and loss of export mar
kets, the brief warned that the pro
posed tax increase might not only
Eeverely Injure growers but result In
a loss of total tax revenue as well.
Joining to present the case for to-
I'acco to the committee. Representa
tives Harold D. Cooley, Carl Durham,
J. Bayard Clark, A. L. Bulwlnkle and
Zebulon Weaver stressed the patriot
ic desire of the tobacco Industry to
contribute to the national defense
program, but Insisted that the bur
den should "fall evenly and fairly
upon all groups of our citizens,"
The capacity of the tobacco farm
er to contribute to the national de
fense program, they maintained,
"must necessarily be measured by
their financial condition and the
economic plight in which they now
fmd themselves.”
Renaud, Petain Thank
U. S. For Ambulances
increased and National Headquarters with a degree of B. D., and more re-
has requested every chapter to double! cently the Southwestem Unr'ersity
quotas wherever possible. The orig
inal quota for Moore county was $2,-
000, hut the goal is to come as near
to 84,000 as possible. Reports from
all branches are not In but prelimi
nary reports show that Pinebluff has
lalsed $115, Carthage $115, West
End $52.40, with other branches to
be heard from. Letters have been
written to many of the Moore county
winter residents who are away for
the summ«r and they have respond
ed most generously.
Two benefit card parties in South
ern Pines have done much to boost
the fund, and the dress shop on
Broad street Is a fine example of the
way everyone Is cooperating. Dresses
are donated, srvlces of the people In
charge are donated, as well as the
use of the building, and Montesantl’s
has donated its services to clean gar
ments. In this way every cent paid
Into the shop goes directly to the
War Relief Fund. To date $160 has
been made by this little shop, and
it reports that It could sell many more
daytime dresses and children’s
clothes. Donations of any such gar
ments will be greatly appreciated.
Please don’t wait to be solicited but
send your contributions to Mrs. Alice
Burt Hunt, County Chairman, or
leave them at the bank in an envel
ope.
Struthers Burti Receives Word
From FVench Premier
and Marshal
To those donors to the Southern
Plnes-Plnehurst ambulance sent to
France by the American Field Ser
vice following receipt of a check for
$2,000 from the two Carolina towns,
the following communications, receiv
ed here by Struthers Burt, will be
of particular interest.
From Marshal Petain— ‘I have a
tragic circumstances through which
we are passing, I would like to ex
press to you the profound gratitude
of the Government and of the Army
for the Invaluable help which the
American Field Service has contin
ued to give us. I thank you for the
ambulances which you have sent us
and I congratulate you on the fine
calibre of those who are driving them.
1 appreeciate their devotion and their
courage."
From Marshall Petain—"I have a
very moving remembrance of the in
estimable aid which the American
Field Service gave the French Army
during the war of 1914-1918. It Is
with infinite gratitude that I learn
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To Meet To Discuss
Baseball League
Plans for County Orjranization
To Be Made at Gathering
in Pinebluff
A group interested in the forma
tion of a sumn»er baseball league—
either for regulation baseball or
.softball—is meeting in Pinebluff to
discuss plans. It is understood that
representatives will be prese.nt from
Aberdeen, Carthage, Pinebluff, Ilne-
hurst and Southern Pines. All inter
ested are Invited.
A county atfcletlc association may
evolve from the gathering, to foster
summer actf\?Ities for the youth of
the county and entertainment f*or
all. The hope is to organize a league
of teams from each town in the
county, to play games on Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
ARMY OFFERED AIRPORT
Southern Pines and Pinehurst have
offered the facilities of the Knollwood
Airport to the War Department for
use as a training base or for maneu
vers.
of Memphis conferred upon him the
degree of Doctor of Divinity.
Built Pinehurst CTiurch
His first pastorate was at the
Community Church in Pinehurst, and
it was during his Incumbency that
the present handsome Communtiy
Church edifice was erected. The con-
gregation grew from a small num
ber into one of the strongest In the
Fayetteville Presbytery while he was
in Pinehurst, and Dr. MacLeod grew
with it into a man of stature la his
community and his church. While here
he served as Moderator of the Pres,
bytery, and was chairman of many
important committees. He did out-
.standlng work among the young peo
ple, and was a leading spirit in de
veloping the Young People’s Confer
ences held each summer at Flora Mac
donald College.
Dr. MacLeod was called in 1934 to
the Moore Memorial Church in
Nashville, Tenn., and during the few
years of his pastorate he moved the
church to a more satisfactory loca
tion, changed its name to the West
minster Church, built a beautiful new
Colonial edifice at a cost of more
than $100,000, and increased the
membership from 600 to 1,100 per
sons.
He was a member of the General
Assembly Executive Committee on
Foreign Missions, and at the last
meeting of that body, in May was re
elected for a three-year term. He was
also chairman of the Open Forum
Committee for the Montreat season
this summer, and charged with plan
ning the Open Porum program.
While in Pinehurst Murdock Mac
Leod was active in civic affairs, and
for nine years a member of the Ki-
wanis Club. He was also an honor
ary member of the National Thea
tre Owners’ Association, elected fol
lowing an address he delivered at an
association banquet In Washington.
D. C., at the behest of Charles W.
Plcquet of Pinehurst, then president
of the Carolinas Theatre Owners As
sociation.
His sudden death was a great
shock to the people of Nashville as
well as here, one Nashville daily pa
per publishing an extra edition upon
news of his passing.
Dr. McLeod te survived by his wife,
the former Dorothy Shaw, daughter
of Dr. H. L. Shaw of Sumter, S. C.;
by two daughters, Dorothy, ten and
Jane, eight; two slaters, the Misses
Isabel and Currie McLeod of Elise
Academy ill Hemp, and by two broth
er!, Graharn of Laurinburg and El
bert of Montrose.
Following funeral services In hla
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