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MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWSWEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 19, NO. 32.
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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
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Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, July 5, 1940.
GOAL OF $4,000
FOR RED CROSS
REACHED HERE
National Headquarters Sends
Thanks and Conffratulations
To Mrs. Hunt
Clifford Barnes, prominent young
man of Carthage, is in the Moore
County Hospital recovering from an
operation for the removal of twelve
brass thumb tacks from his stomach
and six from his intestines.
Young Bames, who was working
The $4,000 goal in Moore county carthage store, was holding the
lor the American Red Cross has been | tacks in his mouth while putting up
crossed, County Chairman Mrs. Alice go^ae signs last Friday morning.
JAY-CEES RAISE $61.55
Ill-Fated!
Clifford Barnes Follows Up
Other Mishaps by Swallow
ing 18 Tacks
Burt Hunt announced this week, ask
ing The Pilot at the same time to ex
press her thanks for the splendid co-
Someone entered and spoke to him
and with his attention diverted, he
started to answer and swallowed the
operation of the public. In answer to t^cks. He was given a blood trans-
n telegram sent to national head
quarters when the fund went over
the top, William Carl Hunt, acting
manager of the Eastern Area wrote:
"Your telegram of June 27 brings
good news and I heartily congratu
late your chapter on the fine spirit
aroused by the chapter loaders
throughout the county. A good exara-
fusion Saturday and another Mon
day, and while still quite weak, he is
thought to be getting along as well
as could be expected.
Hospital expeiiences are nothing
unusual for Clifford, for during the
past few months he ha.s had more
than his share of ill luck. Ho at
tended Phieffer College at Misenhei-
ple set by Moore county will be September, fell
help to all the surrounding chapters. i injured his
I am notifying our Public Informa-; physidan warned him to
tion Service of your success. extremely careful on account of
"With appreciation of all that has .short while later ho slip-
been done by the campaign commit-|p^,j pavement. At Ea.ster,
tee and also the good work of the was .struck by an automobile.
Production Committee in helping the (Clifford's friends are hoping that he
Red Cro.ss live up to its original pur- "nailed' his hoodoo,
pose of extending aid in times of young Barnes is a son of Mr.
war, I am—' etc. | Mrs. C F Barnes of Carthage
The recent theatre project of the' —
Southern Pines Junior Chamber H/IAOI/l?^
Commerce in which "Mutiny on the HJlj/Vvv'iJ 1
Bounty” was shown at the Carolina
Theatre netted a profit of $61.55 for
the Red Cross, the sponsors announc
ed this week. A check for this amount
has been delivered to Mrs. Hunt by
the Jay-Cees.
five centb
SOFTBALL LEAGUE
ORGANIZED; FIVE
TEAMS IN FIEI,D
Aberdeen, Ptnebluff, Pinehurst
and Two Southern Pines
Clubs Competing
SCHEDULE IS ANNOUNCED
Chester I. Williams of Pinehurst
announces that plans have been com
pleted for the formation of a Sand
hills Soft-ball League. There will be
five teams in the league, represent
ing Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Plnebluff,
and Southern Pines with two teams.
A committee consisting of one
man for each team will be selected to
adopt rules governing the games and
run the affalts of the league. The
Attitude of Defeatism in U. S. ! JOHNSON OFFERS
Must Be Routed, Says Lorensonj ‘gQXWOOD COURT’
~ * TO BOYS’SCHOOL
New President Tells Rotarians
It’s Time To Stop Our
Drifting Existence
personnel of this committee will be
announced as soon as it has been ■ a" know.
Overcoming defeatism and passive
acceptance of a drifting, day-to-day
existence In America was put forth
by E, H. Lorenson as a challenge to
his fellow members of the Southern
Pines Rotary Club in his acceptance
speech as president of the organiza
tion, last Friday in the Southern
Pipes Country Club. Other officers in
stalled at the meeting were Otis
Broom, vice-president; J. D. Arey,
Jr., secretaiy, and M. F. Grantham,
treasurer. These, together with Past
President C. J. Simons, C. L. Austin
and \Y. Duncan Matthews comprise
the board of directoi’s.
"The world today is confronted,
by a complete'
Aberdeen Votes Yes
Approves Nine-Month School
Term, Twelve Grades by
152 Majority
Aberdeen and Plnebluff citizens
voted overwhelmingly last Satur
day for a nine-month school term,
twelve grades, and the wheels have
been set in motion to effect the
reorganization. With a registra-
tior of 288 eligible to vote, 200
cast their ballots for the extended
term, 48 against, with 44 not vot
ing. All sections of the school dis
trict voted favorably.
IN ABERDEEN TO
OPEN ON SEPT. 17
mer season of 1940 has been drawn
up by Mr, Williams and a copy has
Iveii furnished the manager of each
team. This schedule lists a total of
picked. change," said Mr. Lorenson. “A
The league schedule for the sum- change from pa.ssive pacifism to ac-1
tive aggression. It is a mistake for
u.s to a.ssume that active aggression
is, of necessity, wrong. It can be a
tremendous weapon for the creation
1(5 games for each team. All "ames' instead of the destruction
are called for 5:30 p. m. and will be consider to be good,
played each Wednesday and Friday.' "The French retired behind their
The full schedule is li.s^ed below. , Maginot psychology of defense The
Soft-ball has taken a real place in' nation, as a whole, were
the spoi'ts calendar of the Sandhills sacrifice peisonal com-
aection, according to Mr. Williams, | They weie unwilling to put up
who manages the Pinehurst team, "‘‘•h minor personal inconveniences
During the past month his team has order to preserve their personal
played 13 games, winning eight and liberty. You know the result.
"Today it is popular to think and
SOUTHERN PINES
LAUNDRY SOLD
TONICKJ.KATZIS
I'ormer Operator of Successful
Husiness in Goldslxtro IJuys
Cctnlrollins Interest
IS WORLD WAR VETERAN
Trustees To Consider Tender of
$150,000 Estate on Edge
of Pinehurst
BUILDINGS, TEN ACRES
The trustees of the North Caro
lina Preparatory School for Boys, Inc.,
according to the announcement of
the executive secretary, have receiv
ed the offer of a donation of the
beautiful “Boxwood Court" estate in
Pinehurst, from its owner, Eldridge
Johnson of Camden, N. J.
Ml'. Johnson, who for a number of
years was a winter resident of Pine
hurst, in making the offer of this
'■aluable property, has expressed hi.s
wish that it should "serve some wor
thwhile and useful purpose.’
The original cost of this estate was
over $150,000. It is in an excellent
state of repair, and Is assessed for
taxes In Moore county at $50,000. It
consists of nearly ten acres of land,
covered with magnificent long-leaf
pines, ornamental shrubs and hand
some tile.roofed buildings.
Headmaster-elect Thrmas Burton
has made a careful inspection of the
Members of the Junior Chamber Dates for 1940 Marketing Seas-
•-•xprcssed gratification over this
showing, especially since the neces-
."!)ty for haste prevented the advance
publicity usually given a project of
this kind. President Paul Butler of
the Jay-Cees said that special ap-
The A'oerdeen and Carthage tobac
co markets will open this year on
September 17th, along with Sanford
predation is due to Charles W. Pic-1 and others In the Middle Belt. The
quet for donating the u.se of the j opening date for the auction season
theatre, its equipment and personnel,, ggj at the meeting of the
on Set at U. S. Ass’n.
Annual Meeting
I propeity and .says that he considers
Nick J. Katzis, a native of Greece; it thoroughly adaptable to the pur-
V-ut an American resident for many poses of tne school, the building
years, has acquired the controlling! forming the nucleus of permanent
interest in the Southern Pines Laun-, administrative offices, headmasters
tendance has shown a steady in- ta.K of nuutary ana navai ueren.se. c!ry. It was announced this weel. ! homo, library, garage, and overflow
j We must make our.selves Impregna-! Katzis comes to Southern doimitones.
There will bo no admission chargeAdmittedly we are woefully weak urines from Goldsboro where he long ^ xhe property is on the outer edge
for the leagiTe games and one and all in *^he matter of armament, but we'operated a most successful laundry, of the village of Pinehurst in the
are invited and urged to attend. Al,*^* weaker in the all important will-1 Several months ago he received word (liroction of flreensboro, and faces
the conclusion of the regular schedulei ingress to undergo personal lncon.;fiom Greece that his mother ^ on State highway No. 2. Adjoining
the two leading teams will play a best venience, and personal sacrifice, In or. | very 111 and desired his return. He are several hundred acres of unde-
two out of three series for the cham-' “ation, as a whole, may sold out his Goldsboro business and yeloped property suitable for expan-
pionship ! unified once again into an active, | .‘■tarted for his native land, but hiS sion.
Games were played Wednesday be-^-Sgressive, economic entity, driving; mother died before he reached there., Board of Control, to which
tween Aberdeen and Pinehurst and U ristably toward the goal of a bet-1 Returning to the United States Mr.' the tender of this property Is made,
tlie Southern Pines Utilities and Pine- t®*" fuller existence for all of Katzis looked around for a new field ^ jg the executive body of the corpor-
the Junior Civic Club for its coopera
tion in the sale of tickets, and all
those who attended the benefit per
formance.
Burnap Apartments, 2
Residences Sold Here
Aberdfen Tobacco Warehouse
man Acquires Property;
H.O.L.C. House Sold
One apartment house, two residen
tial sales and one rental in Southern
Pines were annouced this week by
real estate agets.
The Stevens Estate has sold the
Bumap Apartments on East Vermont
cvenue to W. F. Carter, tobacco ware-
liouseman of Aberdeen. Mr. Carter
also acquired the Powell house on
U. S. Highway No. 1 in Pinedene.-
J. M. Windham handled both transac- ^
, I How it feels to jump off a 137-foot
E. C. Stevens announces the salei , ^ ^ ,
- T 1., -Dino cliff into the Pacific ocean, to leap
of the John Adams house in Pine- >
dene to C. H. Daugherty, associated
Tobacco Association of the United
States, held last week In White Sul
phur Springs, Va.
Openings of the other belts will be
as follows: Geoi'gia on August 8, Bor
der belt August 20, Eastern or New
Bright belt September 24, and dark
fired Virginia markets on November
25.
The opening here Is a week later
than last year, and all belt openings
were set later than under the 1939
schedule.
At the White Sulphur meeting J.
W. Dunnington of Farmvllle. Vt.,
was elected president of the associa-
tion for 1940, and L. L. Gravely of
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bluff.
Schedule.
Friday, July 5—Aberdeen vs. Sou
thern Pines Utilities at Southern
Pines; Southern Pines All-Stars vs.
Pinehurst at Pinehurst.
Wednesday, July 10 — Southern
Pines Utilities vs. Southern Pines
Stars at Southern Pines; Plnebluff
vs. Aberdeen at Plnebluff.
Friday, July 12—Plnebluff vs.
Southern Pines All-Stars at Pine-
bluff; Southern Pines Utilities vs.
Pinehurst at Southern Pines.
Wednesday, July 17 — Southern
Pines All-Stars vs. Aberdeen at
Aberdeen; Pinehurst vs, Plnebluff at
Plnebluff.
Friday, July 19—Pinehurst vs.
Aberdeen at Aberdeen; Southern
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us.
"This sounds very well. No one time, those having control of the
will disagree with such a clear cut Southern Pines Laundry heard of
objective. It Is spectacular; It is de-^hlm and sent a committee to Golds-
sirable, beyond a doubt. j boro to inquire into his management
"But, have we the pIain,old-fash-; there. According to D. Wado Ste-
loned guts, each and every one of us, ^ vick, secretary-treasurer of the local
to cany through and put our best; company, they Xound him "one of the
efforts Into the unspectacular, te-' best equipped laundry men In the
dlous, and sometimes trying details! state. He will be able to give South-
whlch go to make up the foundation | prn Pines the best In laundry service.”
for his endeavors. At about the same atlon, repiesenting the group of 100
of such an order ?
"It is also fashionable and popu
lar to decry the insidious fifth column
Continuing, Mr. Stevick said: "It
will take a little while for Mr. Kat
zis to organize his new business, dur-
activltles. But fifth column activities ing which time he asks the Indul-
Fortner Movie Stunt Man Tells
Of 137~Foot Leap Into Pacific
here with Paul Van Camp. Mr. Daugh
erty has already moved into this H.
O.L.C. house. The Stevens office has
also leased to Mrs. Sidney L. Wind
ham the V. B. Johnson house on May
street.
MOORE BOYS OFF FOR CCC
CAMP IN CALIFORNIA
from bridges to the roofs of moving
trains, to turn somersaults with au-
toinobiles, and enact other thrilling
stunts for the movies was recounted
to the Sandhills Kiwanis Club Wed-
resday noon by John Weld, author
and former stunt man in Hollywood.
Mr. Weld Is spending several weeks
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Seaboard May Operate
Air Transport System
Applies for Service From Bos
ton to Miami and To
New Orleans
technic Institute he set out, at 16, to
see the world. Except for a voyage
to Europe, as a bell boy on a United
States liner, most of his "seeing” was
confined to America.
"I worked at a number of jobs,”
says Mr. Weld, "Including pitching
steel in Kansas City, selling candy
through New England and soap
through New York state. I landed in
The forward move by the Seaboard
Rallw'ay In applying for permission
to operate an air transport system
from Boston to Miami and from Bos
ton to New Orleans with intermediate
a novel soon to be published by
Scribner’s.
The following white boys from It was back in the silent film days
Moore county were accepted for CCC j that Mr. Weld, "because I was hun-
servlce following examination at Fort gry,” accepted a job as a stunt man
Bragg Monday, and will go to Califor-| in Hollywood. One of his first assign,
nia: Huey Matthews Barber and ments was the leap from a cliff Into
William Leon Yow of Carthage; Dan 14 feet of water, and he told most
‘for
In Southern Pines while completing ^ew York in jRr-iary, 1922 with 15
cents in my pockot, determined to
go on the stage. I wrote a vaudeville
C. Short, Jr.. Pinehurst; Jame3 War-
len Brady, Marshall Graham Hussey,
Junior Henderson Ward and Jack
Burlln Hussey of'High Falls; Austin
James Johnson, Robert Glenn Hatch
er and Walter Riley, of Aberdeen;
John Henson Kimball, Charlie Junior
Honeycutt, James Edward Blake and
Alton Malachi Stevenson, of Vass;
Jimmie Howell Davis of Eagle
Springs; EJdward Pate and John R.
Mulholland, of Southern Pines; John
Pleasant Richardson of Carthage
■Route'3; John Ellia Hussey of Hemp.
act and made my only appearance on
the stage of the famous Palace Thea
tre. In February, 1923 I went to Cal
ifornia in ohe of the early jalopies.
In Los Angeles I was engaged by* a
stops at large and impoi'tant cities,
has created quite a stir in travel and
business centers.
The New York Herald-TriJQune
called this latest progressive step by
the Seaboard "unprecedented;” oth
er papers spoke favorably of the pro
posed Seaboard Airways, bringing out
the fact that the Seaboard offlcals
recognized the desire of the traveling
public for supplemental and addltlon-
gence and cooperation of the public.
Any suggestions or constructive
criticism will be appreciated.”
Mr Katzis is a World War veteran
and an active member of the Ameri
can Legion He is a Shriner and a
member of the Knights of Pythias.
He has already taken charge here and
will make this his home.
4-H Club Members To
Encamp Near Hoffman
Moore, Lee and Montgomery
Girls Go to Millstone Camp
Week of July 29
Sponsor-Trustees of the school which,
in turn, i.s composed of leading educa
tors, professional and business men
and women of North Carolina.
The members of the board are:
Struthers Burt, chairman. Southern
Pines; Alexander H. Graham, vice-
chairman, Hillsboro; Dr. Paul P. Mc
Cain, secretary. Sanatorium; the
Rev. Thaddeus A. Cheatham, treasur
er, Pinehurst: the Rev, Francis M.
Osborne, executive secretary, South
ern Pines; T. Ashley Haywood, Rock
ingham; Col. J. W. Harrelson, Ral
eigh; Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey, Raleigh;
Frank O. Sherrill, Charlotte, and J.
Ed Minis, High Point.
Two Hurt When Car
Skids on Midland Road
Stancil and Riley, On Way To
Ambulance Unit Meeting,
Overturn on Curve
Four-H Club members from Moore,
Lee and Montgomery counties .are
looking forward with eagerness to
their joint club encampment, which
will be held the week of July 2S tc
August 2 at Millstone camp near
Hoffman, one of the permanent State
4-H Club camps operated by the Ex
tension Service of State College.
The Millstone camp is under the
direction of Tom Cash, athletic direc
tor of the Hamlet school.s. Mr. Cash
is assisted by a handicraft instructor.
amusingly of the adventure,
which I received only $60.”
Weld is the author of “Don’t You j from trains and trestles and jumped
Cry for Me” recfently Issued by | out of the first airplane I ever went
Scribner’s, the thrilling story of the 1 up in.”
migration’rtf the 1840a to "the Prom-1 Mr. and Mrs. Weld have been in
ifed Land of California.” He has had! Southern Pines for the past month
an interesting life. Bom in 1905 in | end say they would like to stay in-
Pirmlngham, Alabama, he was sent at definitely. But they have a home in
the age of twelve to a ranch in Col-
crada where he worked as a "half
cattle-hand and chore boy.” After at
tending two military schools
spending a year at Alabama Poly-
al transportation to serve Virginia,
the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Ten
nessee.
No Information is as yet available
motion picture company to ‘double’ in j regarding the number of Douglas a forester and an assistant In sw Im-
a film, and worked for three years aa DC-3 and DC-4 planes to be pur- mlng. Camp cooks are from the reg-
a stunt man. During this time I leapt j chased by the Seaboard, if the appli- ular staff of the State College cafe-
' cation Is okayed by the Civil Aero- terla.
nautic Authority. With the formation The cost of the week in camp will
of Seaboard Airways, direct air scr- be $4.,50 In cash, or $2.50 in cash and
vice would be provided for the first the remainder in food, a list of which
time between Birmingham and New will be furnished members In a short
Orleans; between Boston, South Flor-, time. A school bus starting from
Ida and Gulf of Mexlso cities; between Carthage will be used to carry all
Raleigh, N. C., Charlotte, N. C., Co- Moore county girls who do not have
lumbla, S. C., and Savannah, Ga.; | transportation. Any 4-H Club mem-
snd between the largest city in Flor-| ber who does'not receive a notice of
Ida, Jacksonville; Tampa, West Palm; the camp should get in touch with
Beach and Miami. j Miss Flora McDonald, home agent.
California and plan to leave the last
of this month. In the meantime, both
are working hard on a new book,
Mrs. Weld doing research work and
t>’plng her husband’s manuscripts.
Preston Stancil, mechanic of the
Osborne Motor Company, Southern
Pines, suffered severe laceration of
the forehead, and Henry Riley, son
of Mrs. Alice Burt Hunt, Southern
Pine«, minor cuts when Riley’s car
skidded on the curve of the double
load where the hospital road forks
near Pinehurst on Tuesday evening.
Both received first aid at the Moore
County Hospital. The car was badly
damaged.
Riley was taking Stancil to the
meeting of the Moore Coujjty Ambu
lance Unit where Stancil wag to talk
to the young ladies on the care and
maintenance of their ambulance. Due
to the rain, the road was slippery and
the car skidded into the bridle path
at the curve, turning over.
RESIDENCE ON C.VRTHAOE
RO.VD BURNS TO GROUND
The Nance Blue residence on the
Southern Plnes-Carthage road, not
far from the County Home, was to
tally destroyed by fire Tuesday night
around 9:45 o’clock. The flames sped
through the dwelling at lighnlng pace,
and It was only with great difficulty
thtlt the family escaped, saving few
possessions.