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1 MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NE>VS-WEEKLV THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 20, NX). 39. ^ ^^^ARTHAOe ALAKtView HAHU6Y JACXSOH SPRIHOS southcrn Plh6S ASHL6V H&ICHTS .1 -Ak'-ROOAf PI LOT FIRST IN NEWS, CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING Aberdeen AeKAoe.E>< ^PIKIEBLUFF Southern Pines. North Carolina. Friday. June 13, 1911. ■■ of the Sandhill Territory of Noru?*> olina PInehurst FIVE CENTS BUOING BOOM IN Heads Jay-Cees BUSINESS SECTION Former Lewis Block To Be Re modeled, New Theatre, New Bakery Under Construction RUMORS OF OTHER DEALS Building activity in downtown Pines continues to keep pace with progress aiong: all local fronts. War ren A. Smith, owner of the building formerly known as the Lewis Block on E^st Broad street announced this week the letting of a contract to C. L. Austin for complete renovation of the upper floor which will be convert ed into five nnodem apartments. Mr. Smith will spend several thousand dollars on the project. The ground floor stores, occupied by Ed’s Cafe, Shaw Paint Company and Roth’s Bar- Jbershop, will not be affected. W. P. Benner of Carthage has a large force of men busy constructing the auditorium of his proposed new theatre on West Broad street and re modeling the store he recenlly pur chased from Nicholas L. Gibbon. The B. J. Simonds grocery has been va cated, for use as the entrance and lobbp of the new theatre, but the Atkinson Furniture Company remains in its store for the present at least. The upper floors of both stores will be transformed into the balcony for colored patrons of the theatre, and to house the projection room. The thea tre will seat 800, accmording to Mr. Benner, when completed, 300 of these saats being in the balcony. The building on East Broad street formerly occupied by The Pilot has been remodeled for a bakery to be operated by M. L. Ponder, formerly of Aberdeen and former manufactur er of Linen White cleaning fluid. Modern bakery equipment has been installed and Mr. Ponder expects to have his new plant in operation next week. Mr. Ponder sold out his Aber deen business some time ago to Rob ert N. Page, Jr. R<'modeling The Manor Bd Starnes has work well under way on the remodeling of the former j Daniels Building, known as The JWan-1 or, on Ea.st New Hampshire avenue.' The building will provide seven stores, two apartments on the second floor and one on the ground floor. Mr.! Starnes purchased the property re cently from the Realty Purchase Corporation, New York In addition to the above, negotia tions are reported pending for a new $10,000 filling station in Southern Pines, and there are rumors of another new' $10,000 building to be erected by a local concern in the downtown sector. ( L„ W. MINER CULLOM COUNTY CHAIRMAN FOR DEFENSE SAVINGS Organization Set Up To Pro mote Investment in Bonds and Stamps MINER PRESIDENT OF JR. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE f Telephone Company Executive Elected by Organization To Succeed J. D. Arey, Jr. Sandhills Ambulance Sees Service NEW OFFICERS, DIRECTORS McDonald Named To Aid Peach Marketing Governor Appoints Commodity; Advisers To Move Record 1941 Crop M. C. McDonald of West End and | W'. L. Currie of Candor were among those named "by Governor Broughton this week as commodity advisers to work with Commissioners of Agricul ture W. Kerr Scott and the Board of Agriculture in planning for the mar keting of this year’s peach crop, de scribed as the largest and best qual ity ever produced in the Carolinas and Georgia. C. D, Matthews of Ham let was named chairman, and the oth ers appointed by the Governer are T. A. Haywood of Rockingham, State Senator Edwin Pate of Laurel Hill, Fred M. Mills of Wadesboro and Banks Wilkins of Sanford. Two extensive peach marketing campaigns are being planned "to In form the buyers of the virtues of North Carolina peaches.” One cam paign will be limited entirely to pro motion of the crop among North Car olina, Virginia, West Virginian, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessse buyers. The other will be sponsored by growers of the Carolinas and Georgia who have conducted an organized program for several years looking toward greii'ier consumption of the peach crop of the three states in the terml- (PUatt turn to pag« tight) H. Shelby Cullom, executive vice- president of the Bank of Pinehurst, was this week appointed Moore county chairman of the Defense Sav ings Staff of North Carolina by C. H. Robertson of Greensboro, State Ad ministrator. Other community leaders who have been asked to serve on the commit tee with Mr. Cullom are H. Lee Thomas, HL A. Sheffield, George D. Carter, John Beasley and Mrs. Don J. Blue, all of Carthage; J. Hawley Poole of West End, and Norris L. Hodgkins of Southern Pines. In announcing this new program Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau,' Jr. said: “Defense Sav ings Bonds and Stamps give us all a way to take direct part in building the defense of our country—an Amer ican W'ay to find the billions needed for national defense. The United States is today, as it has always been, the best investment in the world. This is an opportunity to buy a share in America.” Spread Cost Widely The defense of the Defense Savings program will be measured, by the number of men, women and children who serve their country by saving. The Secretary of the Treasury has said repeatedly that his chief objec tive in this program is to spread the cost of defense as widely as possible among the American people. His main purpose is to give every Ameri can a sense of direct participation in rhe financing of national defense. If the Defense Savings program is to be brought to the attention of all Americans, in all parts of the coun try in all walks of life, the effort must be made in every local commun ity. If it is to be done in a manner consistent with our democratic tra ditions, the active support of public- spirited citizens must be enlisted everywhere. For these reasons, the Treasury has created State commit tees in every state, and will encour age the formation of local commit tees reaching into every part of the country. The committee for Moore county is a part of this nationwide organiza tion. The all important task of this and other like committees will be to spread information about the Dtfense Savings program among 130,000,000 Americans. L. W. (Larry) Miner, popular young executive of the Carolina Tel ephone Company, has been elected president of the Southern Pines Jun ior Chamber of Commerce for the coming year. Miner was the unani mous choice of the membership at the Jay-Cee election held last week. Other officers elected were: Morris Johnson, 1st vice-president; R. F. Tarlton, 2nd vice-president; Vernon Allan, secretary, and M. F. Grantham again treasurer. New directors selected were Al lan and Robert Cameron, while four members of the current board were returned for another term. Retiring President J. D. Arey, Jr., will turn over his office to Mr. Min er at the first July meeting of the club, at which time all new officers will take office. The new president came to South ern Pines in July, 1939, and shortly thereafter joined the Jay-Cees. From the start he proved to be a popular and energetic member, with ^he re sult that in 1940 he was elected to the Board of Directors and now takes over the presidency. CHARLES AUSTIN DIES SUDDENLY AT HOME HERE ; Prominent Contractor Victim of Heart Attack On Wed nesday Afternoon FUNERAL ON SATURDAY In photograph with Ambulance presented to the American Field Service is its driver. Miss M. L. Boyd. Accompanying story describes “Blitz” nights in Cardiff, Wales and the service per formed by the gift from Sandhills residents. Sandhills Gift Ambulance Goes Through Six Nights of ^^Blitz^^ He’s In the Army Now City Board Authorizes $14,000 Borrowings To Sell Issue of Tax Anticipation Notes for Operation and Bond Payments At a regi:lar meeting of the Board of Town Commissioners held at the town office Wednesday evening, the board authorized the issuance of $14,- 000. in tax anticipation notes to meet operating expenses and for the pay ment of bonds and interest due during I the Summei months, pending the col- I lection of unpaid taxes for the tax I years 1939 and 1940. The notes are to be issued In denomination of $7,000. cach, the first to come due January 1, 1942 and the second, March 1, 1942, and will be dated July 1, 1941. The notes will be advertised and sold by the Local Govemment Commission, Raleigh, to the bidder offering the lowest rate of interest and are for the same amount issued during the summer of 1940, which were retired during the previous winter. At the request of L. V. O’Callaghan, chief of the Fire Department, the board authorized the purchase of 500 feet of 2 1-2 inch fire hose to replace old hose that has been in use for many years. This will give the Fire Department between 2,200 and 2,700 feet of serviceable hose to meet the requirements of the underw'riters. HOBEKT F. DORN Charles L Austin, one of Southern Pines’ most prominent citizcns, died suddenly of a heart attack at hia home on Morganton Road on Wednes day afternoon about 6:00 o’clock. He had not been ill, and had been carry ing on his business pursuits until about 3:00 o’clock that afternoon. He was born on May 13, 1885. Mr. Austin had been a leading con tractor and builder in the Sandhills over a period of 30 years, and had erected many of the new residences in Southern Pines, among them the homes of Almet Jenks, Stanley W. Burke, Hugh Sicard, Capt. Alan In- r.es-Taylor, William H. Barnum, Miss Birdilia Bair and Miss Gussie Camer- [ on, to mention only a few. He had Driver, Miss Boyd, in Thick of active part in many civic Bombing and Fires in ! *>ff^*rs, and in the Church of wide Cardiff, W'ales | Fellowship, of which he was a trus- tee and treasurer. He was a director “In 14 days the Cardiff Unit had of the Citizens Bank and Trust Com- six nights of ‘Blitz,’ ’’ is the word that comes from Britain via the American Field Service. It's the Card iff Unit in Wales which has the Southern Pines-Pinehur.st ambulance! pany and of the Southern Pines Build ing and Loan Association. He was a charter member of the Southern Pines Rotary Club. Mr. Austin came to Pinebluff from LEGION POST REELECTS L. D. WILLIAMS COMMANDER Lawrence D. Williams of Niagara was re-elected commander of Sand hill Post, American Lieglon, at the election meeting held on Monday night in the Legion Hut. Other offi cers were elected as follows: 1st Vice-Commander, Tom Wilson; 2d Vice-Commander, Dan McNeill; 3d Vice-Commander, Earl Monroe; Fi nance Officer, B. U. Richardson; Ser- geant-at-Arms, N. E. Andrews; Chap lain, the Rev. A. J. McKelway; His torian, R. E. Wicker. The command er will appoint the post adjutant. Yadkin Golf Club Off To Big Start donated to the Field Service by | Rushford, New York, his birthplace, .'Sandhills residents last Fall. And its i in 1911 and removed to Southern ] attractive driver. Miss M. I. Boyd, i Pines in 1929. A few years ago ho I is mentioned in the story of the ex- < built an attractive home for himself citement I and family on Morganton Road, “In the last Cardiff ‘Blitz’ of; Southern Pines, with his office In one March 3d and 4th, the entire Unit | w-ing. Here he made his estimates and was on duty for 42 hours with only j planned the numerous buildings he two short periods of rest, of one hour i ^'‘as erected throughout the Sandhills. and a half and two hours. Our w'ork , „ „ .. .. , . . Leaves Wife, S Sons m the same three weeks has been more varied than ever before," says Surviving are Mrs. Austin, the for- the report receivd here. i mer Minnie Bartes, and three chil- ‘■We have carried in the five Am- i dien. E. J. Austin of Wilmington, I bulances air raid casualties picked up ; Charles, Jr. and Stanley, both of in the streets, serious cases from j Southern Pines. Also surviving are : First Aid Posts to the hospitals, the I two brothers, Albert H. Austin of dead to mortuaries, and above all we I Ga.stonia and Elmer Austin of Pine- have evacuated the battered City' bluff, and two sisters, Mi.ss Frances Hospitals of both Cardiff and Swan-1 Austin, Pinebluff and Mrs. D. B. sea, to receiving hospitals outside the, Fletcher, Southern Pines, danger area. Our patients have var-, Funeral services will be held at the ied from the very aged and senile to Church of Wide Fellow'ship tomor- small babes in arms. It was the new I row, Saturday afternoon, at 3:30 The popular manager of Dorn's '•yP® ambulance of the Cardiff o'clock, the Rev. Voigt O. Taylor, pas- Southern Pines grocery this week that came to the lescue when ^ tor of thp church, officiating. The fol- recc'ived his notice from the Moore | orthopaedic cases had to be mov-, lowing will serve as honorary bear- Zlounty Draft Board ordering him to local ones with thei rfixediers, June Phillips, Otis Broom, J. leport for Army induction at Carth-1 stretcher runner.s were of no use; Frederick Cole, A. L. Burney, H. J. ?ge on June 25th. Others called up patients' legs were in plas- Betterley, S. *R. Newton, John White, for their year of service starting the |^^eavy weights and exten- - - - Record Membership Includes Bailey, Pinebluff, Many Army Officers.—^Wil- | — Hams First Winner 25th are: Eli E. Phillips, Route 1, Carthage; Clyde McKenzie and Coley Edward Horner, Hemp; Luther Bradley Wom ack, Route’ 1, Cameron; Charles B. Garner, 'Route 1, Seagrove; James Houston Guy, 'Route 2, Vass; Aaron C. Kennedy, Route 1, Steeds; Mar shall G. McRae, Vass, and Victor L. slons at extraordinary angles. Will Moore, 'Russell Lorenson, Max Backer, L, V. O’Callaghan and Boyd "The Surgical Unit cars have indeed : Hussey. Active bearers will be F. H. come into their own and fully jus- Basright of Chapel Hill, Bruce and tified their name. On three nights running they took teams of doctors and nurses over to the battered Herbert Cameron, C. J. Simons, Dav id Packard. Roy Newton, Maxwell Grey and Mayor W. Duncan Matthews Swansea. As five people can travel of Southern Pines. Funeral arrange- The Yadkin Golf Club, Summer or ganization of the Pinehurst Coun try Club, is off for another season with Frank T. Keating as president and with the largest membership in its history. Some 75 members are expected before the list is complete, which means more than double last year’s roll. Many Army officers are among the new group. In the first tournament of the season held last week Chester Wil liams of Pinehurst was the winner with a net score of 73. Wednesday and Saturdays are the regular tournament days, but for those who find it more convenient play Is permitted any day in the week. The current weekly event Is an individual vs. par, full handicap BUYS ON MIDLAND ROAD Paul C. Butler has purchased through the E. C. Stevens agency a lot on Midland Road adjoining his present residence from Mrs. J. A. Graney of Charlotte, and plana to crect a new home In the near future. Moore Expected To Aid Maneuvers 100 Percent Beasley Appeals For Prompt Mailinsr of Cards for Land Use easily in them as well as the driver, they were ideal for the job. In Card iff they did everything: sitting rases, doctors, blood transfusion sets and when it was all over we took the exhausted nurses hotne. doctors and ments are in charge of the Sandhills Funeral Home. Evang-elistic Services Open Sunday, Aberdeen “Throughout all this, except for i Rev. Dr. Robert Kin^, Noted “If everyone in all localities of the country will work together and work promptly, Moore county will go over the top," said R. P. Beasley of Car thage, in charge of the sign-up here for rural property for the Army ma neuvers this Fall. ■"If names haven’t gone in, send in your cards at once,” he asked The Pilot to tell farmland owners. "If your card has been lost, just telephone or contact either Postmaster Frank Buchan or J. M. Windham in South ern Pines. Sunday, June 15th Is the deadline and we want Moore county signed up 100 percent.” Mr. Beasley explained that np lease of the property is involved in the transaction. The card is simply a grant of permission for the tempor ary use of land during the maneu (Pleate turn to page fw«) three punctures, results of the brok en glass and debris, our faithful fleet fPleaae turn to page five) Highland Park Co. Elects New Directorate Evangelist, To Arrive On Tuesday The series of evangelistic services to be held during the next two weeks in the Page Memorial Methodist Church in Aberdeen will open this Sunday evening at 8:00 o’clock with N. L. Hodgkins Only Member of the Rev. E. M. Harris of the Aberdeen Old Board Remaining:. Dr. Mudgett Returns At a stockholders’ meeting of the Highland Park Company, owners of the Highland Pines Inn, held Wednes day afternoon, the following were elected to the board of directors. Norris L. Hodgkins, Dr. William C. Mudgett, Paul E>ana, Paul T. Barnum, Dr. Ernest W. Bush, Mrs. Fannie Turner and Eugene C. Stevens. All are new directors e..cept Mr. Hodg kins, though Dr. Mudgett served pre viously for many years. The new board will elect officers of the corporation at its first meeting. Baptist Church as the preacher. On Monday night at the same hour the Rev. E. L. Barber of the Presbyterian Church will preach, and on Tuesday, the Rev. Dr. Robert King of John son City, Tenn., a noted evangelist, will arrive to conduct further services cach night during the series, and also at 10:00 o’clock each morning, start ing Wednesday. The Rev. W. D. Connes, student pastor at Duke Un iversity, will lead the choir made up of choristers from all Aberdeen churches. Cottage prayer meetings held dur ing the past two weeks have been well attended. I
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