FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
TH^e
9PMtNC«
tiAHLsrY
t>rKh»s
PILOT
U N. c
MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
VOL. 19, NO. 44.
Aberdeen
IRGESTEACfflNGOF
CHRISTIANITY IN
PUBUC SCHOOLS
Faith Upon Which Fathers of
Country Built U. S. Exclud
ed, Says Rev. Brown
GUARANTEE FOR PEACE
Editor of The Pilot:
I am enclosing' a recent sermon by
Rev. F. Craighlll Brown, Rector of
Emmanuel Episcopal Church in which
he speaks on a subject of such vital
importance to all of us that I hope
you will print it, so that others may
share in its message and that all will
become so aroused that some action
will follow.
JOHN C. BARRON.
of the Sandhill Territor ’orth Carolina
^
Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, September 27, 1940 Pinehurst FIVE CENTS
Old Bethesda Church 150 Years Old on Sunday
Mr. Brown’s sermon follows:
Luke XI: 23—"Ke that ia not with
me is against me.”
"Of all the dispositions and habits,
which lead to political prosperity, I
Religion and Morality are indispensi- j
ble supports. In vain would that man;
claim the tribute of Patriotism w'ho [
should labour to subvert these great,
pillars of human happiness, these i
firmest props of the duties of Men |
and Citizens.”
So wrote George Washington in his ]
Farewell Address to the American
People. It was ny novel idea he was j
presenting'. He was but echoing the I
common conviction of those whom ‘
we revere, with him, as the builders
of our nation. It was the conviction
upon which what we are proud to
call the American Way has been
based. However we may have been,
from time to time, untrue in thought
or practice to this basic conviction
It still remains as the original in
spiration and foundation of American
democracy.
The American Way in its purity
waa based solidly upon a religious
view of life; a conviction about cer
tain conclusions which follow inevi
tably and ineluctably from the Chris
tian conception of the true nature of
God and man. That is why the Decla
ration of Indepenence states that “we
hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all men are created equal, thatj
they are endowed by their Creator |
with certain unalienable rights, that
among these are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. That to secure
these rights, governments are insti
tuted among men.”
The fruits of that conviction, which
generations of our countrymen have
enjoyed, are today in as grave dan
ger as they have ever been. Graver,
indeed, for not only they, but the
very foundation erf them itself is
threatened. Not democracy alone, but
Christianity upon which it is based
and out of which it grows is in
jeopardy.
The Threat I'rom Within
Nor is the threat only from with
out, from enemies whom we can see.
It is equally from within. Very liter
ally our Lord’s phophetic words are
true of us today, “And a man s ene
mies shall be they of his own house
hold.” We are greatly and properly
disturbed over the threat of a 5th
Column. As great a threat, and that
which gives the 5th Columnist his op
portunity, is another enemy nearer
home. It is a 6th Column of moral
and spiritual unpreparedness, of in
difference and apathy towards the
(Plea»« turn to page four)
FORT BRAGG’S NEW
X 0” KILLED IN
CRASH OF PLANE
Brig. Gen. Francis W. Honeycutt
Lost on Flight To Jackson
ville, Florida
HERE ONLY ON^ WEEK
Throngs To Hear Dr. Lingle of
Davidson Sunday at Aberdeen
Nc Donald, Single-, anded,
Capftures Armed Bandits
After Burglary Attempt
He Gets His Men
SHERIFF C. J. l^cDONALD
Educator Speaks in Morning,
Scotch Clans Foregather After
Lunch on Grounds
Half Million Pounds
of Tobacco Sold Here
General Satisfaction Expressed
by Farmers With Prices
at Aberdeen
The Aberdeen tobacco market
through Tuesday aold 614,484 pounds
of leaf. General satiafaction is be
ing expresaed by the farmers with
the prices received. Those who aiy
selling on the Aberdeen market are
assured a sale any day they go at
either of the two warehouses. The
IfovemnMnti fisures for the 193t aea>-
son’s sales showed that ths Aberdeen
market led every market In the belt
In prtoes ptid, with the exespttOB •(
Within one week to a day after |
his report for duty as commanding
officer of Fort Bragg and command
ing genoral of the Ninth Division. U.
3. Army, Brig. Gen. Francis W. Hon
eycutt ' to his death in an army
plane—i ttsgedy that probably will
never be explained.
The plane crashed en route from
Fort Bragg to Jacksonville, Fla.,
where General Honeycutt was due
last Friday night for a conference on
military matters. Capt. George F.
Kehoe was piloting the craft, and Corp.
Robert J. Schmitz was aboard as ra
dioman and mechanic.
The badies of the three men were
recovered on Wednesday from the
wreckage of the plane, which was
buried deep In the mud of a swamp
near Woodbine, Ga.
Brigadier General Honeycutt, one
of three men kUled in the crash of
the plane near Woodbine, Ga., was
bom in 1883 on Alcatraz Island,
where his father was stationed as a
colonel In the artillery corps,
In Army Many Years
He had been in the army for
many years and came to Fort Bragg
on the Friday preceding the accident
from, the Philippine Islands. Surviv
ing qfrn the widow, Margaret Har
mon Honeycutt, daughter of an ar
tillery colonel; two daughters, Miss
Jane Honeycutt and Mrs. Donald
Graul, whose husband is a lieutenant
with the signal corps at Wright Field,
and a son, First Lieutenant John T.
Honeycutt, aide to Lieutenant-Gen.
eral Charles D. Herron, commander
of the Hawaiian department. •
Captain George F. Kehoe, the pi
lot, was bom November 17, 1904, at
Rutland, Mass. He took his bachelor
of science degi'ee at the University
of Massachusetts in 1928 and that
year entered as a flying cadet, study
ing: at Kelly and Maxwell fields. He
was commissioned a captain in 1939.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs. D.
M. Lincoln of Rutland.
Corporal Robert J. Schmitz was
crew chief. Surviving is his mother,
Mrs. Clara Schmitz of Chicago.
PK^UKT TO DIRECrr CHOIR
AT WIDE FELLOWSHIP CHUKCH
This cr^Dirvg Sunday, September
29th, the oldest church in Moore
county, and one of the oldest in this
section of North Carolina, Bethesda
Presbyterian Church in Aberdeen,
will celebrate its 150th anniversary.
A large Central Committee, of whcih
Mrs. Charles E. Pleasants, Sr., is
honorory chairman, and J. Talbot
Johnson, Aberdeen attorney, is chair
man, has been actively engaged In
making preparations for this out
standing event in the history of the
old church. Other members of the
committee are: John D. McLean, may
or of Aberdeen; Dan Farrell, presi
dent of the Aberdeen Lion's Club;
H. Clifton Blue, editor of the Sand
hill Citizen, Nelson C. Hyde, editor
of The Pilot, and Howard Burns, city
clerk of Southern Pines.
At 11:00 o’clock on Sunday morn
ing. the Rev. Walter L. Lingle, D. D.
L. L. D., president of Davidson Col
lege, former president of the As
sembly's Training School at Rich
mond, Va., and for many years a
member of the faculty of Union The
ological Seminary, will preach the
Sesquicentennial sermon. His sub
ject will be: ‘The Contribution of
Presbyterianism to Religion and
Liberty”. Dr. Lingle is well quali
fied to speak on this great subject,
having made extensive investigations
in the history and doctrines of the
Presbyterian Church. He is the au
thor of the well-known works: “Pres
byterianism—A Heritage and a Chal
lenge,” • and “Presbyterians — Their
History and Beliefs.”
Sunday afternoon will be griven
over to the gathering of the Scotch
clans, a chief having been chosen for
each clan. Aberdeen is expecting 2,-
000 people to attend this signal oc
casion. Dinner will be served at noon
in the grove of the old church. In
order ithat all may be fed, *the com
mittee is urging all who expect to at
tend to bring full baskets.
The hook, ‘‘Old Bethrsda” in ^a-
per binding will be available to all
who should like a copy for the price
of fifty cents. It is expressly stated
that this occasion is not being used
to sell these books, but to make it
possible for visitors from a distance
to have copies.
URGES ETERNAL VIGILANCE
AGAINST PROPAGANDA
Don’t Start Fires
Those Desiring To Burn Over
Land Must First Get
a Permit
Before starting outdoor fires in
the County, it Is necessary to pro
cure a permit, John R. McCrlm-
mon, county warden, announced
this week, at the same time telling
The Pilot of the necessity of more
than ordinary precautions at this
time due to the long dry spell.
Mr. McCrimmon stated that per
mits may be secured from any of
the following: L. B. McKeithen,
Cameron; A. L. Keith, Vass; M.
B. Pleasants, Aberdeen; George
Veno, Pinehurst; R. B. Donaldson,
West End; Fuller lyionroe. Eagle
Springs; John Willcox, Clerk of
Court, at Carthage; Ritter Hard
ware store in Hemp; L. L. Hatch
or Mr. McCrimmon at the Fire
Tower in Southern Pines.
PINEHURST LISTS
FULL SCHEDULE OF
SPORTS FOR YEAR
Season To Get»Under Way With
46th Opening of Holly Inn
on October 10
ACE OF RUMANIAN
AIR FORCE ENTERS
BUSINESS HERE
Capt. Papana, Noted Flier,
Operate Village Court
Grill, Pinehurst
To
Charles W. Picquet has been elect
ed director at the choir of the Church
of Wide Fellowship, Southern Pines,
and has accepted the posltton. The
choir, at a meeting last week, rec.
ommended Mr. Picquet and at a sub
sequent meetnlf of the officers ot the
church the recommendation was
adopted.
“High Thinking” and ‘‘Noble Feel-
Ings” must not be allowed to become
the first casualties of Propaganda In
America, as they are threatened to
be, the Rev. S. A. Maxwell, pastor of
the Page Memorial Methodist
Church In Aberdeen told the Sand-
hUU Ktwanls Qub Wednesday. We
must recapture the word “Ideals” and
“Uve In the magnitude of life,'’ k*
(PUiU9 t«tn( (• |Mf« tin)
Captain Alex Papana, of Bucharest,
until recently ace of the Rumanian |
Royal Air Force and a world famed I
stunt flier, has arrived in Pinehurst'
where this winter he will operate the
former Village Court Grill, to be
known as "The Grey Fox.” Though
the captain’s credentials are mostly
along lines of prowess in athletics
and in the air, he has learned much
about his newly chosen profession |
through experiences in all parts of the
world. Much since his first vis't to
America when, unacquainted with the
English language, he wrote down on
his breakfast order at the Lake Plac
id Club, in the Adirondack mountains,
•‘Simplified Spelling,” because he had
seen it so often on the menu at the
club where the late Melvil Dewey
first introduced simple spelling.
The captain’s story is an Interest
ing and exciting one. He hr.s beenj
captain of the Rumanian bobsled team j
in the Olympics on several occasions
at St. Moritz, Switzerland In 1928.
at Lake Placid In 1932, In Germany
In ’36. In Berlin In ’36 he won the
acrobatics flying trophy as a mem
ber of the Rumanian aviation team.
Only this year, in Havana, he won the
Intemattonal championship of Cuba
in flying. •The Rumanian Undbergh,”
he’s been called in the press on num«
erous c«caslons.
In IBM Captain Papana did sume-
(PUtut Nm to po#s fMtr)
With the opening of the Holly Inn
on October 10th and of The Carolina
on the 24th, (formally on November
9th) the Pinehurst season will soon
be ir full swing. This is the Holljy
Inn’s 46th year, The Carolina s 4lst
opening.
Pinehurst has its usual full sche
dule of sports for the winter and
spring; starting off with the 19th an
nual Mid-South Professional ^o'f tour
nament on November 12, 13, 14 and
15. Other major golf eventa I'or the
season are scheduled as follows: 38th
annual Mid.Winter tournanitnt De
cember 28 through January 1st;
Sixth annual Christmas tournament
for women on December 30th; 19th
annual Father and Son tournament on
January 2dj 36th annual St. Valen
tine’s tournament f^"'!* women on
February 3d; 37th annual February
loumament, men, on February 12th;
37th annual Tin Whistle Anniversary
tournament on February 20th; 39th
annual United North and South Open
tournament on March 18, 19, 20; 3Ptli
annual North and South Invitation
tournament for women, March 24,
25, 26, 27 and 2S.
April golf events include the first
annual Students’ special tournament
March 31, April 1, 2, 3 and 4; the
41st annual North and South Invi
tation Amateur championship April
9, 10, 11, 12; the 30th annual April
tournament at the same time.
Regular Polo Games
The polo season is expected to open
with a tournament on November 24.
26, 29 and December 1st, and there
will be reg^ular Sunday afternoon polo
games throughout the season. The
fourth annual bridge tournament is
scheduled for January 24 and 25.
Field trials are down for Decem
ber 5, 6, 7. the week of December
9th, and for February 17. 18, 19, 20
and 21. The fourth annual Junior
Horse Show is scheduled for Decem
ber 27th, the 24th annual Pinehurst
Horse Show for March 21st. Satur-
day, March 15th is the tentative date
for the seventh annual race meeting
of the Sandhills Steeplechase and
Racing Association.
Two tennis tournaments are sche
duled, one for professionals the week
I of April 14th. the other the 23d an
nual United North and South Amateur
event the week of April 2L>(t.
Overtakes Pair on Lonely Road
Near Pinehurst and Offers
Them Ride
A knitting club—to knit for the
ftW Cross—is being organised in
Southern Pines with Mrs. Jane H.
Towne in charge and with Interested
ladies Invited to Join. The group will
meet each Friday morning at. the
ClTlc Oub, from 10KK> to 13:00 o’clocM
ARRESTED AT GUNPOINT
BY BESSIE CAMERON S.WTH
"Of all the people in the county,
J'ou had to pick the Sheriff. I told
3'ou not to thumb that man,” con
temptuously .snarled Tom Little, Jr.,
20-year-oId Burlington ex-convict, to
Porter Goarci, his 21-year-old com
panion after the two armed youths
had been outwitted and held at bay
by Moore county Sheriff C. J. Mc
Donald, singlehanded, early Friday
morning in one of the fine.st pieces of
law enforcement ^-ork ever perform
ed in' the county.
Around midnight Thur.sday night,
Sheriff McDonald was notified that
an attempt had been made by two
men to break and enter Bruce
Mauney’s cafe at West End. A man
•sleeping in the cafe saw them at the
door with a bar, and shot at them
with a pistol. They dropped every,
thing and ran, leaving their automo
bile.
Sheriff McDonald and Officer Char,
le.s Dunlap, accompanied by Charlie
Jenkins of Carthage and his blood
hounds, arrived upon the scene about
1:00 a. m. An Investigation of papers
found at the car led the officers to
think that the men were from Bur-
lington, and the cafe attendant was
able to give a meager description of
them. One was heavy-set, the other
small, he said, and one was wearing
a dark hat.
Trailed By Bloodhounds
The dogs picked up a trail and
men aind dogs spent the rcmalnTler
of the night here and there in swamps
below West End. Toward daylight,
Jenkins and his dogs, almost ex
hausted, returned to Carthage.
The officers decided to continue the
search by automobile.
Sheriff McDonald took Dunlap’s car
and Dunlap drove the abandoned car,
the men separating at the substation
to take different routes to Pinehurst,
thinking that the burglars would try
to catch a bus there. The officers
planned to meet at the bank.
After Sheriff McDonald had wait
ed a while for Officer Dunlap to ar.
rive, he decided to go out the Tay-
lortown way to see if Mr. Dunlap
had run onto anything. He met him
in the edge of the village, but decided
to continue the way he was going un
til he would reach the highway
again. *
As he was approaching the high
way. he caught sight of two men.
Driving slowly in the half-darkness of
dawn, the Sheriff concealed his badge
and his flashlight and turned down
the highway in the direction in which
the two travelers were going. One
of the boys thumbed for a ride and
the Sheriff stopped. The youths start
ed to get on the back seat, but the
Sheriff informed them that he never
allowed strangers to ride on the back
seat, so they wedged in beside him.
Drive Into Pinehurst
Sheriff McDonald was convinced
from the first that the two were the
ones for whom he had been search
ing and he kept a close watch on
them, with one hand In reach of his
pistol, which was concealed from their
sight. They conversed all along the
two-mile flrlve Into Pinehurst. but
the Sheriff noticed that Little, who is
smaller of the two, seemed nervous
as they approached town and from
time to time he twisted around as if
to get in a position to reach his hip
pocket. The larger man was sitting
between the two.
Sheriff McDonald was hoping to
find Officer Dunlap at Pinehurst
upon his arrival, but the officer was
continuing his own search and there
was no one in sight when the Sher
iff with his men drove up to the vi
cinity of the bank. When the car
was stopped, the boys thatiked their
benefactor tot the ride and were
about to get out when the Sheriff
toaped out on his side of the car
and co»n«d them with his gun. tall-
(PUm»9 tunt tc p«#« fMtr)