CAROLINA ROOM
MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWSWEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 29, Nal4.
Aberdeen
PILOT
FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of iv <§(v,,J^arolina
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Southern Pines, North CaroUBa, Friday, March 7,1941.
Pfaieharst
FIVE CENTS
SANDHILLS FIGHTS
STATE VOTE ON
UQUOR QUESTION
Dr. T. A. Cheatham Speaks for
Delegation at Hearing in
Raleigh Tuesday
They’ll Soon Be On Their Way to the Post
SEES CONTROL NECESSARY i
ENTRIES POUR IN
FOR $3,600 RACE
MEETING ON 15TH
Record Number of Starters,
Record Crowd Expected For
7th Annual Steeplechases
MELLON SEEKS BIG CUP
The Sandhills played an Important
part in the hearing held in Raleigh I
on Tuesday before the House Com- ^
mlttee on Propositions and Grievances |
on the question of a state-wide liquor
referendum.
The Rev. Dr. Thaddeus A. Cheat
ham of the Village Chapel, Pinehurst,
fepoke on behalf of the Moore coun^
delegation. "The question is not
whether we are going to have liquor
or rot, but how we shall control it,"
Dr. Cheatham told the legislators. He
condemned liquor "even for medi
cine," but expressed the opinion that
it was better controlled under strict
State surveillance than otherwise. He j
followed up his talk by reading •_#
letter from James Boyd. Southern KadlO PrOgrOm SCflCS, COnCeWCd
""woCirjru u,. By James Boyd, on Air Sundays
habits and beliefs can be enforced un. j *
less it has almost unanimous sup-; Plays by Noted Authors and
port," to which Dr. Cheat'ham added! Playwrights Combat Hostile
that prohibition would have almost Propaganda in U. S,
unanimous support but would on the
Move Launched To Extend
Corporate Boundaries of
City of Southern Pines
With purses of $3,600 at stake. e«.
tries poured in this week for the
seventh annual running of the Sand-|
hills
Hunter Trials
To Be Held Here This Year
Over New Course on Scott
Farm, Youngs Road
Project Would Talte in Territory
West of Bethesda Road to and
Including Pinedene
The annual Southem Pines Hunter
BOARD TO MAKE STUDY
A move to extend the corporate
!imits of Southern Pines was laun-
i thed at a special meeting of the
Steeplechase races on the Bar-i Boni\i of Commissioners held at the
ber Estate course, midway between
Pinehuist and Southern Pines, on
A Last Year Scene at Steeplechase Races Here
at The Paddock, will be run this sea-1
son over typical hunting country on,
Saturday afternoon, March 15th,'and' ‘^e Scott farm on Youngs Road. The
the 1941 event bids fair to eclipse I affair, for the benefit of the South
all its predecessors. And not alone I ^^n Pines Library, is expected to at-
in the number of horses entered in fact the leading hunters and riders
; the timber, brush, hurdle and flat f'f the Sandhills. Some 60 horses took
i races, but in the crowd around the | Part last yeai"’s trials,
i picturesque course, for this year the date has been set for Satur.
i population of the Sandhills has been I day afternoon. March 22d, the week
i swollen by thousands of aiiny offi-! following the steeplechase races,
cers and their families — the Fort Four classes are on the card: Heavy
Bragg overflow, and they’re a pret-!—and Middleweight Working Hun-
ty keen lot about horse races. {ters. Lightweight Working Hunters,
It looks like nine starters in the Open Hunters and Hunt Teams of
Municipal Building on Wednc.sday
night. The matter has long been un
der consideration, and action is being
taken at this time to permit fhe in
troduction of the necessary bill in
the General Assembly, now in session,
should it be favorably voted.
A.S submitted to the bOTrd, the plan
calls for the new lines to iieHCh out
Connecticut avenue fr''m the present
hne in W^eymouth Heights to Bcthes-
da Road (at the Boyd packhouse),
thence to follow Bethesda Road to
the 9th hole on the old abandoned
golf course of the Southern Pines
contrary promote lawlessness, as it
had in pre-ABC store days.
Those who have been dialed to the
coast-to-coast network of the Colum.
Attending the hearing from Moore, bia Broadcasting System at 2:00
^ " iiniK,.- u o’clock the past two Sunday after-
rounty were Chamuan Wilbur H.l v ^
. ^ ^ noons have heard the first of the
Currie of the County Board of Com- _ „ „
, T-i .. i presentations of The Free Company,
missioners, of Carthage; Mayor Dor-, , ry a e
. _ ^ ^ A ' conceived by James Boyd of Southem
*ey G. Stutz and R. S. DuRant, pres
ident of the Chamber of Commerce,
of Southem Pines; Prosecuting At
torney W. A. Leland McKeithen.
James Tufta, I. C. Sledge, County
Commissioner Gordon Cameron, Rob
ert E. Harlow, George Wallace and
Dr Cheatham of Pinehurst.
Pines, national chairman of the pro-
ject. I
Several months ago Mr. Boyd was
asked by the Department of Justice
to come to Washington and advise
them on a problem which is giving
them concem. The effectiveness (rf
hostile propaganda, .so tragically dem-
The committee voted U to 11 onjonstrated in various European coun-
the question of reporting the bill jg greater here than generally
favorably to (he House, and the tie
was broken in favor of the n.easure
by Chairman C. E. Quinn of Ouplin
county. However, the matter is to be
•onsidered bj the Ftaaace Commit-
rcallzed, and may be expected to in-,
crease rather than otherwise—espec-i
ially if favored by self-doubt and
confusion In the nation’s mind. From
these meetlngrs at the Department of
tee before House action, and it seems, jugtice came the idea of The Free
to be the concenaxui of opinion in the | company and a memorandum de-
Capitol that with the State counting g^ribing the project was approved by
on nearly J5,000,000 from liquor
taxes, this committee will not report
it favorably.
I
Pinehurst Ready For
North & South Events
Mrs. Page, Ben Hogan, George
Dunlap To Defend Titles Won
in 1940 Tournaments
Pinehurst Is prepared once again
for the three North and South golf
championships, the first of which will
be the 39th annual open to be played
the Solicitor General and by the At
torney General of the United States.
Mr. Boyd’s conception of his task
was a voluntary group with the frank
objective of sterilizing the effect of
foreign propaganda In the country.
He was convinced that the best de.
fense against such hostile propagan
da Is a positive re-slatement of fun
damental American l>ellef8, using
the full impact of America’s great
est writers, America’s greatest ac
tors. In talking It over with other
writers who had considered the prob
lem, and who, too. wanted “to do
something about It," The Free Com
500 Monkeys
GIVES ARMY USE
OF COUNTY LANDS
FOR MANEUVERS
over the championship course March
18. 20, with the usual fl.ld of crack'Pa^y came to life almost sponta-
professionals competing for the old- f'sously.
The writers realized that radio was
the ideal vehicle to send their mes
sage into millions of American homes
They presented a tentative program
to the Columbia Broadcasting Com
pany and asked for technical assist
ance, time on the air. It was granted.
Columbia saw In the series a great
milestone In adult radio dramatic
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est of the winter tour titles.
Ben Hogan, winner In 1940 will re
turn to defend the title against the
leading tournament golfers who have
made the winter tour and others from
Northern clubs.
The 899th annual invitation cham
pionship for women, second in the
North and South series, will be play
ed on March 24, 28. This event draws
the strongest field of the resort seas- MARSHALl, TO TALK TO
on. It is the only match play event CHTLD EDUCAl-ORS HERE
on the winter tour in which Mrs. Es
telle LAwson Page, former national | Marshall of the staff of
champiort. competes. There Is a lively: American Red Cross, who is now
rivalry between ’the women who have giving Instruction in First Aid each
played the circuit and Mrs. Page, ^gejj.day evening at the Powell
Mrs Page defeated Miss Dorothy c^apei in Southem Pines, will talk
Kirby in the final last year. members of the Sandhills Branch
North Carolina Association for
Childhood Education, at the school
building next Wednesday aftemoon
at 4:30 o’clock, and the public Is In
vlted. His subject will be "First Aid
As It Concerns Young Children.”
The purpose of the associdtion is
to further the cause of the education
of young children through progrea
cive training of both parents and
teachers.
Oldest of all Pinehurst tournaments
ia the North and South amateur
championship, which will be com
peted for the 41st time, starting Ap
ril 8 with a qualitylng round, follow
ed by four days of match play.
George T. DunUp, Jr., won the event
last year when he defeated Jack Ky-
erson In the final. It was Dunlap's
abcth victory In this event. He will
defend his title.
They Accompanied P. P. Pel-
ton, Jr., Here on Visit,
Home From India
Five hundred monkeys accom
panied him home from India on
his ship. Philip P- Pelton, Jr., of
Southern Pines told his parents
while paying them a visit here
last week. They were part of the
cargo of the S. S. Atlanta City un
loaded at Wilmington. N. C., and
they were shipped north for clin
ical work.
Young Pelton spent several
days here on leave from his ship,
in port at New Orleans. He flew
back to New Orleans last Friday
night from Greensboro and sails
this week-end from Fort Arthur,
Tex., for India and the Persian
Gulf, a four to six months trip. He
told his parents that the themO-
jneter sometimes reaches 165 in
the Persian Gulf. He has D5Sn in
the merchant marine for several
years.
feature race, the Sandhills Cup. three three horses. Thoroughbreds may following a line
miles over timber, with Paul Mellon ^ be shown in the Working classes. southern limits of
of Pittsburgh running two from his ^ The first class will be called at 2:00
Rokeby Stables in a valiant effort to I o’clock, and owners desiring to show,,.Pinedene resi-
take permanent possession of this | their horses must be on hand at that Pinedene to-
coveted silver trophy. Mellon horses, time. No previous entry is required. ^ Cemetery to
won in '38 and '39—need one more | committee in charge, headed j the present westerly line of the town,
victory to cinch the sterling bowl. ^ j,y james Boyd, announces that the Pros and Cons
Last year Mrs. Eva Stillman’s Post-igar„g enforced in previous years , xhe reaction at the boar-d meeting
man Home nosed out the Mellon en- apply, ‘-hat is, that a per-1 vias both favorable and unfavorable,
try, Faction Fighter. Her stables are entering a horse or horses, or one' present were Mayor D. G. Stutz,
running Longitude this year, hoping immediate family, must ride ^ commissioners Betterley, Hart,
for a second leg, a tie with Mellon. though not necessarily O'Callaghan, Patch and Stevens, and
Others who have horses entered ... '
in all classes.
in the timber race are A. A. Baldwin i
of WTiitepoint, Va., Mrs. Marion du-
Pont Scott of Montepelier, Va., Mrs.
Fay Ingalls of Hot Springs, Va., W.
Burleigh Cox of Warrenton, Va.,
Carter Brown of Tryon and W. O.
Moss of Southem Pines.
Some of the leading brush horses
in the country will face the starter
in the Croatan Serial Steeplechase,!
j two miles over tJ>e brush course. Both; Van Paassen To Lecture
I Paul Mellon and Richard K. Mellon
of Pittsburgh have entries, and
among oUiers are Mrs. Esther du-
Pont Weir of Wilmington, Del., Alvin
Untermyer of New York, Mrs. Marion
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I the following interested citizens;
Parking spaces will be arranged at ^ Jackson H. Boyd, W. Duncan Mat-
the course to provide a view of the | thews, Alec Fields, J. D. Arey, Frank
entire course for the occupants of j Welch and Dr. L .M. Daniels
the cars. They will be on sale at the I After a two-hour discussion pro
entrance gate along Young’s Road, at and con. the board voted to refer the
two dollars each. There will be no! question of limits to a special com-
individual admission fee, and no en-
j try fee for horses shown,
at Flora Macdonald
ioard of Commissioners Votes
‘Trespass Agreement.”—Gets
$15,000 ABC Money
Jonathan Daniels Tells
Civic Club About South
Editor and Author Delights
Large Audience, Autographs
Recent Best Sellers
Don’t get scared if you suddenly
run into some of the armed forces of
the United States in your drives
about the county during the next
month or two.
At the regular meeting of the
Moore county Board of Commission
ers, held in Carthage Monday, Chair
man Wilbur H. Currie was authorized
to sign a “trespass agreement” giv
ing the War Department permission
to use county owned lands in the
area of Moore county between Vass
nd Manley, and U. S. Highway No
and the M'^ore-Hoke line for ma
neuvers and pTiecial field everolses.
The Bonrd attended tT manv mat
ters rf
once of $1!S.nof' fro»»i ’lo^r'1
'vh^Ch tn oil<l-
Itor for proner di.stribiitir>n.
Monday, March 17. and T’losfln^f
*he 18th, name-l o'" bo->
fhp Pa r, rvf
■'^nuHli^ntlon Rnd Review fn^ the pur.
"ose of hearin"' com’’In I"*'*' t*’
”ahiation r>^ ^rooertv. Pe’^rinq froiri
McNeill, M^n^ral anrin"” nn'f
*iin townshlrs vill b*» h^ard on Mon
iay and from Carthage, Bensalem.
Sheffield, P.ltter, Deep River and
Greenwood on Tuesday,
Jonathan Daniels, editor of the
Raleigh News and Observer and au.
thor of tw' recent best sellers, "A
Southerner Discovered the South"
and “A Southemer Discovered New
England," delighted a large auAence
at the Southern Pines Civic Club last
Tuesday evening with a talk on the
Famed Foreign Correspondent,
Author of “Days of Our
Years,” Coming March 11
Pierre van Paassen, author of
“Days of Our Years," and famous
foreign correspondent, will give a
lecture at Flora Macdonald College on
Tuesday evening. March 11, at 8:15,
as the fourth number of the con
cert and lecture series.
Fresh from -Europe’s battlefields,
this distinguished war corr^pond-
ent and experienced observer of men
and events will bring to his aud
ience at Flora Macdonald thrill
ing account of what is going on in
side of Ehirope today and interpret
its mighty consequences for the fu-
tuf?.
nilttee, compiising O'Callaghan,
Patch and Stevens, and to have the
City Trea.surer prepare a financial
statement showing the potential rev.
enue and potential cost of the prou
ject. Another special meeting will be
held, probably this week, to cnnslaer
these reports, and action one way or
another will be taken at that time.
Dan A. Smith. Lifelonjir
Resident of Vass, Dies
Head of Trucking Business and
Esso Station Once Operated
Taxis in Southem Pines
Dan A. Smith, 42, lifelong resident
of Vass, passed away at his home at
7:30 Tuesday evening following a
third stroke of aparlysis suffered late
Sunday aftemoon and from which he
failed to regain consciousness. His
ing brought sadness to a host of
friends throughout this and other sec
tions where Mr. Smith was well
known.
The body was carried to the Vaas
Presbyterian Church, with which Mr.
Smith united in youth, at 2:00
problems of the South. He tied'up DEMAND FOR TICKEl-ii
subject to the International situa-; jaV-CEE SPRING DANCE
tion, showing that there is potential
dynamite in every community which Tickets to the Spring Danct; to o’clock Wednesday aftemoon and was
must be kept from exploding. , AOtideen Conamunlty; viewed by many prior to the funeral
Mr. Daniels was a delightful speak-1 March :iOth. are now on ' y^jilch was held at 3:00 o’clock
er, and willingly answered many members of the South-
quesUons flung at him by those in „m Pines Junior Chamber of Com-
The service was conducted by the
, R.ev. A. R. McQueen of Dunn, asslst-
the audience. After the meeting he||^g|,ge, sponsors of this event. The! f^gv. W- A. Brown of Oli-
spent some time at the Sandhill j demand for tickets already cvi-j Gladstone was in
Bookshop autographing copies of his fenced indicates a fine crowd will f'-j charge of the music and the choir
books and swapping stories with|t,„d. was composed of singers from the
Claude Hayes. Mr. Daniels has a clarence Leonard's Collegians will three churches in town. Burial was
new book in the hands of his pub-
I’sheia. "The Southemer."
t
I
MFST HAVE PERMIl’S TO !
BURN OVER YOl’R lANu|
play for this affair, and this popular;
High Point orchestra is sure to make
a hit with everyone.
in Cypress cemetery.
The many b’eaiitlful floral designs
and the large number of relatives and
friends In atteflSance . . . more than
the church could accommodate . . .
I hore testimony to the place Mr.
Next Thursday, March 20 at 12:45
pie.
MARIONETTE SHOW
Active pallbearers were M- H.
Permits to bum over lands are
ne'-essary before burning. This is a!
c'fofrt invv RTirt will be enforced, lo-jp- the Senior Class of Southem
"pI piithorities announce. The permits! Pines High School will present the
r*’Ov be obtained from the following: jsue Hastings Marionettes in a new f^happell and seven present and for-
B Pleasants Aberdeen; L. B. Me-! ^ 1 mer empl^»yees, Paul Laubsche^^^^
T/-„itvpn, Cameron; Clerk of Court’s ^ | ,-pn Wheeler, Archibald McGill,
Carthnfe; Fullar Monroe. Ea-;**’® largest and most active in the Baker, Leon Keith, Halcolm
"I** Snrlnirs: R. B. Donaldson, West
F^d; A. L. Keith, Vasa; Borden Rit-
*nr <^arthage R. F. D.; E. M. Ritter.
Wemn; George Veno (Pinehurst Fire
Dept.,) Pinehurst: L. L. Hatch and
John R. McCrlmmon, Southem
^PlneB.
country. It has played at Columbia
University, Brooklyn Academy of
Music, New York Theatre Guild and
at the New York Town Hall with
extensive tours of Caftada and South
America.
Pope and Roy Pope.
Honorary bearers were Dr. R. G.
Rosser, Vick Keith, A. M. Cameron,
F. Li. Taylor, C. L. Tyson, W. D.
Smith and H. C. Callahan. aO of
Vass; W. Duncan Matthews of Sou-
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