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MOORE COUNTY’S
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NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
vol.. 20, NO. 30.
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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCl LATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines, North Carolina. Friday, June 20, 1941.
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YOUTHS 21 SINCE
DRAFT DAY MUST
REGISTER JULY 1
Cali Issued By Gen. Metts Ap
plies To Aliens As Weil as
Citizens
Census Shows 46 Inhabitants to
Square Mile in Moore County
i Urban I’opulation 3,225 A);ainst
Rural of 27,744.—McNeills
Has 6,314 Souls
PENALTIES FOR FAILURE
Every man in the State of North
Carolina who has attained the 21at
anniversary of the day ot his birth
since October 16, 1940, with a few
exceptions, must register with his lo
cal Selective Service board on July
1, State Director J. Van B. Metts an
nounces. Men required to register in
this second registration are those who
were born on or between October 17,
1919, and July 1, 1920.
Aliens, as well as American citizens,
who become 21 years of age before
midnight July 1, 1941, must register,
Director Metts emphasized. He also
pointed out that aliens between the
ages of 21 and 36 years, who have
come to the United States since the
first registration on October 16, 1940
and have not yet registered, must
register on July 1.
Special arrangements will be made
by the Moore County Board to regis
ter men who cannot appear before
the board because of illness or inca
pacity. Men subject to registration
who are inmates of asylums, jails.
Penitentiaries, or other similar insti
tutions on July 1, will be registered
toy the warden on the day they leave
the institution.
Men subject to registration on July
1 who are away from home and can
not, except at great expense and in
convenience, return to their own lo
cal boards to register, may appear
before the nearest local board and
will be registered there. Such men
should be cautioned, however, to give
their permanent addresses when reg
istering, General Metts said.
Men who are required to register
on July 1 and fail to do so will sub
ject themselves to severe penalties,
including imprisonment for not more
than five years or a fine of not more
than $10,000.00 or both fine and im
prisonment.
Thofle Exempted
The only men within the Bge lim
its who are not required to register
are the following: Commissioned of
ficers, warrant officers, pay clerks,
and enlisted men of the Regular
Army, the Navy and the Marine
Corps, the Coast Guard, the Coast
Geodetic Survey, the Public Health
Seivice, the federally recognized ac
tive National Guard, the Officers’ Re-
aerve Corps, the Regular Army Re
serve, the Kniisted Reserve Corps, the
Naval Reserve, and the Marine Corps
Reserve; cadets. United States Mili
tary Academy; midshipmen. United
States Naval Academy; cadets. Unit
ed States Coast Guard Academy; men
who have been accepted for admit
tance (Commencing with the acade
mic year next succeeding such accept
ance) to the United States Military
Academy as cadets, to the United
States Naval Academy as midship
men, or to the United States Coast
Ouard Academy as cadets, but only
during the continuance of such ac
ceptance; cadets of the advanced
course, senior division, Reserve Offi
cers’ Training Corps or Naval Re
serve Officers’ Training Corps; mem
bers of the Coast Guard Reserve, oth
er than temporary members; and dip
lomatic repre'icntatives, technical at
taches of foreign embassies and lega
tions, consuls general, consuls, vice
consuls, and consular agents of for
eign countries, residing in the Unit
ed States, who are not citizens of
the United States, and who have not
declared their intention to become
citizens of the United States.
Interesting census figures on
North Carolina and Moore county
were released during the past week
by the Bureau of the Census, U. S.
Department of Commerce. They
show:
Moore county’s land area in square
miles is 672.
Moore's 1940 population 30,969,
which figures 46.1 person to the
square mile, as against 31.9 per
square mile in 1930.
Moore’s urlian population 3,225;
rural, 27,744. The urban gained 27.8
percent, the rural eight percent over
1930.
Carthage township has 4,769; Car
thage town, 1,381. In 1930 toWli*
ship had 3,985; the town, 1,129.
Bensalem has 2,574, a gain in the
decade of 81.
Sheffields township has 3,687, with
972 residing in Hemp. The township
gained 942 in the ten years; Hemp
figures for 1930 were not recorded as
it was unincorporated at that time.
Hitters has 1,652 today against 1,-
.'542 in 1930.
Deep River today has 682, a loss of
56 in the decade.
Greenwood township has 2,266
against 2,053 ten years ago and
Cameron has 311 igainst 287 ten
years ago.
McNeills township, largest in the
county, has 6,314 residents today
compared to 6,045 in '30, a gain of
269. Manley has 249, a drop in the
ten years of 20. Southern Pines has
3,225 against 2,524 in 1930 and 743
in 1920. Southern Pines took in West
Southern Pines during the decade, ac
counting for its increase. Vass today
shows 728 against 602 in 1930.
In Sandhill township are 4,117 to
day against 4,554 in 1930, a loss of
437. Aberdeen has 1,076 against 1,-
382 ten years ago, 858 in 1920. Addor
cOday has 123, had 75 in 1930,
and 113 in 1920. Pinebluff jumped
from 165 in 1930 to 289 in 1930 and
330 in 1940, a steady growth.
Mineral Springs township today
show’s 4,908 against 4,060 in 1930 and
2,890 in 1920. Jacksen Springs has
199 against 267 in 1930.
The villages mentioned are the
only incorporated ones in the county,
and the Census Bureau does not re-
i port figures for towns not incorpor-
; ated. ,
The state’s population, 3,571,623 in
1940, showed a gain of 401,i47, or
12.7 percent over 1930. Urban popula
tion jumped 20.3 percent, rural ten
percent. The state is 72.7 percent rur
al.
There are 26 incorporated places of
10,000 or over in the state.
Promoted
A y
M. F. OBANTHAM
MOORE QUOTA FOR CALL
TO Y£ARS’ SERVICE IS 283
North Carolina’s quota of young
men to be called for a year of mili
tary training under the Selective Ser
vice Act is 34,643. To date 12,000
have been called. It is expected to
take a year for the induction of the
22,000 additional men.
The total quota to be called from
Moore county—until there is another
national call—is 283.
Carthage Jaycees Plan
July 4th Celebration
Event at County Seat Expected
To Eclipse Big Day
Last Year
Members of the Carthage Junior
Chamber of Commerce are rapidly
completing plans for their annual
Fourth of July celebration, and this
year’s event shows promise of eclip
sing the successful celebration staged
last year.
A 1941 Ford tudor coach will be
given away at a ball game on the'
afternoon of the fourth and tickets
for the game are now on sale at 50
cents each. They may be procured
from any member of the organiza
tion as well aa from various indivi
duals in every community in Moore
county.
>IRS'. D. D. ELLIOTT LEFT
110,000 TNT WUX. OF AUNT
The will of Miss Marion A. Hawes
of Boston, Mass., filed for probate in
Boston last week, contained a bequest
to Martha Hawes Elliott (Mrs. D. D.
Elliott) of Southern Pines amounting
to $10,000, the largest single bequest
in the will which disposed of an es
tate of $115,500. Miss Hawes, whc
died on June 2d in Boston, was ar
aunt of Mrs. Elliott. She was 8(
years of age.
GRANTHAM, NEW
MEMBER OF TOWN
BOARD,jp LEAVE
C. P. & L. Cashier Promoted to
District Accountant With
Office in Sanford
BIRTHDAY CLUB
CONTRIBUTES $500
TO NURSES’ HOME
Unique Organization To Furnish
Five Rooms For In
creased Staff
MRS. PATTERSON TO AID
M. F. Grantham, cashier in the
local office of the Carolina Power
and Light Company for several years,
and reo^ntly elected to the Board of
Commissioners of Southern Pines,
is, effective June 25, being transferr
ed to Sanford where he will be Dis
trict Accountant for the recently en
larged Sanford district of the com
pany, R. L. Chandler, Division Man
ager of the company, announced yes
terday.
“We are sorry to lose Mr. Gran
tham, but we are glad of the fact
that his transfer to Sanford repre
sents a distinct promotion and will
call for a more varied use of his
knowledge of accounting,” said Mr.
Chandler.
Mr. Grantham came to Southern ^
Pines six years ago last April and j
while here he has not only made a I
large number of friends but he has
also been very active in the promo
tion of the civic betterment of the |
community.
“I sincerely regret leaving Southern
Pines, where I have spent a delightful
six years, but naturally I am glad of
the promotion our company has given
me,’ said Mr. Grantham. "1 shall al
ways treasure the memories of the
years I spent here.”
A member of the Town Board of
Commissioners, Mr. Grantham is also
treasurer of the SoiitheiTi Pin?s Ro
tary Club, treasurer of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, of which he
is a past president, treasurer of the
Moore County Boy Scout District,
9nd a member of the Board of Trus
tees of the Southern Pines Library.
He has served as treasurer of the Ro
tary Club since its organization.
It is understood that Mr. Grantham
will remain on the Board of Commis
sioners here temporarily, but not ex
ceeding 60 days, and that the vacan
cy will then l>e filled by the four re
maining members of the board. Mayor
W. Duncan Matthews voting in the
event of a tie.
Mr. Grantham expects to he here
until July 15th, and will spend at
last one day a week In Southern
Pines thereafter.
RED CROSS SEWING TO
STAKT AGAIN JULY 1ST.
Sewing for the Red Cross will start
up again July 1st, In the basement
ot Miss Catherine Pierson’s former
ihop In the Citizens'Bank Building,
ind as there is a large quota to fill
lere for war relief needs, ladies who
'.an Sew are urgently requested to
eport and lend a hand. Sewing will
e on ’Tuesdays and Fridays, all day.
Tiiltting Is on Fridays on the ground
loor at the same address, with Mrs.
;eorg'e London in charge.
The Southern Pines Hospital Bir
thday Club forw'arded a check to the
Moore County Hospital this week for
$500 for the furnishing of five addi
tional rooms In the Nurses' Home,
looms needed to provide for the in-
.'■titution’s increased nursing staff.
This is just one of many contribu
tions made to the hospital over a
period of more than ten years by this
unique organization*.
Conceived by Mrs. M. G. Nichols
soon after the new hospital opened its
doors in Pinehurst, the Blrhtday
Club has grown from a small start In
Southern Pines to a movement which
is now county-wide. Birthday Club
members are reminded of their bir
thdays each year by an attractive
card of congratulation and well
wishes received from the club. This
card, is of course, also a reminder of
t»ieir membership in the organization,
the dues of which are entirely volun
tary and consist of whatsome-
ever amount one wishes to contribute
toward the hospital. The Southern
Pines club has upwards of 200 mem
bers. Some send In a dollar on their
birthdays, some five, some ten, some
even more. There are many small
members who send their savings,
whatever they may be at the time.
The total amounts to considerable In
the course of a year, so that when
the hospital has some unexpected ex
pense, the club is ready with a size
able check. Of late its contributions
have gone entirely into Nurses’
Home furnishings.
This week Mis. Nichols, who has
been secretary and treasurer of the
Southern Pines Birthday Club since
its inception, has been rewarded for
her tireless efforts in the acquisition
of an assistant, Mrs. A. Bynum Pat
terson, who has voluntarily offered
her services. Mrs. Patterson will aid
in all the club activities, and plans
to launch a campaign this Summer
for new members. Anyone who has a
birthday is eligible—land that comes
pretty close to letting in everybody.
Evangelistic Services
Each Day in Aberdeen
Dr. I^b Kinf? of Johnson City,
Tenn., Preaches Mornings at
10:00, Nights at 8:00
30 M..
FIVE CENTS
That May Be Yout
Limit During War Mi.
neuvers Here
If Highway Patrol officials
have their way, we’ll be a little
longer getting places in our cars
during October and November of
this year. They propose a 30-mile
per hour speed limit in Che area to
be covered by First Army maneu
vers in the two Carolinas, which
encompasses the Sandhills.
Major Jonn Armstrong of the
N. C. Patrol said at a conference
in Raleigh that the Army would
employ several thousands vehicles
in the area and that men maneu
vering along the roads would cause
considerable congestion. The speed
limit on civilians is designed to re
lieve traffic complications and fa
cilitate the movement of troops.
HOFFMAN AREA AS
NEW ARMY BASE
REPORTED UKELY
Recreation Project May Be Util-
I ized As Camp For
30,000 Troops
I NEW BUILDINGS FOR BRAGG
GOVERNOR PLEADS
FOR AID IN FIGHT
ON FOREST FOIES
$800,000 Damage Done in First
Five Months of
This Year
Aberdeen Union Evangelistic Cru
sade is now in full swing. Dr. Bob
King, noted evangelist of Johnson
City, Tenn., arrived Tuesday and de
livered his first sermon to a large
iiudience Tuesday night. Two services
are being held each day—at 10:00
oclock in the morning and 8:00
in the evening, including Saturday.
On Sunday the program will be
changed to let the regular services
follow schedule at the three Aberdeen
churches. On Sunday afternoon at
3:00 p. m. an evangelistic service will
be held. At 7:00 p. m. there will be a
Youth Rally, and at 8:00 o’clock the
regular evangelistic service. All evan
gelistic services are in the Methodist
church. Services will continue through
June 29th. The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Hemp Raises Sixth of
County’s U. S. 0. Quota
The campaign to raise Moore
county’s quota of $600 for the Unit
ed Service Organizations, the rec
reational project for Army camps,
continues, "with considerable yet to
be collected," accordling to J. Tal
bot Johnson, county chairman. Mr.
Johnson told The Pilot that Hemp
had raised over $100, more than its
quota, but that other communities
of the county had not subscribed
their quotas Southern Pines has
gone ov^r $100, but It is hoped to
treble this. Walter Ives is local chair
man and checks may be sent him.
The campaign Is nation-wide.
The forest fire situation in North
Carolina has become so acute that
Governor Broughton has issued a
proclamation calling on the people
of the state for cooi>erative thought
and action. The Governor calls at
tention to the fact that forest fires
In the 11,700,000 acres of State-pro
tected forest area in North Carolina
have burned between January 1 and
May 31 of this year about 470,000
acres and caused damage of about
$800,000. No estimates are yet avail-
.able on the figures for the 42 counties
that are without organized State pro
tection. These figures compare with
the following for total area burned
and total damage done during the en
tire year in the entire state for the
years noted;
1940 426,000 acres, $725,000.
1939 429,000 acres, $849,000.
1938 287,000 acres, $471,000.
1937 180,000 acres, $307,000.
North Carolina has a vital interest
•it stake in this matter of protection
of its forest land. At the present time
its State appropriation for forest
fire control is just about the smallest
in the South, although only five
states in the country have a larger
forest area needing State fire protec
tion. The State’s forest lands and for
est Industries represent a conserva
tive annual value of some $200,000,-
(Please turn to page eight)
Miss McQueen Resigns
Post of County Nurse
Efficient Member of Health
Staff Leaves To Make Her
Home in Dunn
Miss Margaret McQueen, for the
past eight or ten years an efficient
member of the Moore county health
department staff, has resigned as
county nurse and gone to Dunn to
make her home with her brother, the
Rev. Dr. Angus R. McQueen, pastor
of the Presbyterian church there.
Miss McQueen has a large part in
oi’ganizing in Moore county the ma
ternal welfare work, which, due to
the successful way in which it has
been carried on, has gained wide rec
ognition. Since her active connection
with this, she has served faithfully
with the regular health department
staff in carrying on its program, and
is deservedly popular throughout the
county.
The McQueens, since the long-ago
lime when Miss Margaret’s father,
the Rev. Martin McQueen, was pas
tor of Old Union, have held an en
viable place in the hearts of native
Moore county residents and the
name has come to be a synonym for
unselfish service.
Wilbur H. Currie, chairman of the
County Board of Commissioners, ex
pressed regret at the county's losing
such a faithful aiid conscientious
worker. It is not yet known who will
succeed Miss McQueen.
From reliable sources The Pilot
hears that the use of the Sandhills
Recreation Area near Hoffman aa
another Army camp in this section is
now a distinct probability. It is rum
ored that the extensive property in
Richmond and Scotland counties, al-
I ready owned by the government, will
jbe developed to care for from'30,000
to 60,000 troops, practically doubling
the number now based in the Sand
hills.
The Hoffman project, in which the
government has an investment of
more than $1,000,000 is being used
now for maneuvers and is expected
to play a large part in the war games
scheduled for October and November
in the two Carolinas.
A movement was launched in Ham
let in March to interest the Army in
utilizing the area either as a base for
a division of troops or for an air
! field base. Since then, it is under-
i stood. General Jacob L. Devers, com
manding at Fort Bragg, and other
high Army officers have inspected
the Hoffman preserve and are said
to have found it highly satisfactory
for development as an Army camp at
little expense.
$780,000 More For Bragg
Meanwhile, development continues
at Fort Bragg. Contracts for the con
struction of 64 mobilization typo
buildings and 20 regimental chapels
have been awarded the V. P. Loftis
Company, of Charlotte, who submitt
ed a bid of $780,000 for this lump
sum construction, according to an an
nouncement by Lt. Col. Lawrence L.
Simpson, Constiucting Quartermas
ter.
Work will begin immediately and
the completion date is October 10th.
To be constructed under this auth
orization are 14 standard 63-man bar
racks, a 170-man mess hall, two thea
tres, a service club, officers and
nurses mess hall, hospital quarters,
officers recreation building, one in
duction building, one administration
building and other quarters and rec-
leational facilities. Also included in
this authorization are 18 motor re
pair shops, 13 gasoline stations and
•six storehouses.
The 20 chapels, each seating 362
men and each with pipe organ, re
present Fort Bragg’s share in the
Army's 550-unit church construction
program throughout the country. Five
of these chapels w’ill be located in the
Ninth Division at Foit Bragg. Five
for white troops and one for colored
troops will be placed in the Field Ar
tillery 'Replacement Training Center,
and the others will be placed in var
ious other areas on the post.
$10,386 Bonds and
Interest Paid by City
Southern Pines Sends Check to
New York Banks for
Payments Due
The Town of Southern Pines for
warded to the cnase National Bank
and Chemical Bank and Trust Com
pany Tuesday in the amount of $10,-
386.25. The checks are in payment of
$8,000 in bonds and $2,386.25 in semi
annual interest, coming due July 1,
1941.
The pawments represent $5,000. on
1922 P. L bonds, dated July 1, 1922,
which originally stood at $74,000., but
are now reduced to $15,000. One
thousand is In payment of 5 3-4 Water
bonds, dated July 1, 1922, originally
amounting to $50,000. The Issue now
rtands at $34,000. One thousand is
In payment of 4 1-4 percent P. I.
bonds, dated July 1, 1936. This bond
Issue originally stood at $27,000. It
is now reduced to $23,000. One thous
and is in payment of 4 1-2 Water and
Sewer bonds, dated July 1, 1938, and
represents the first payment on this
$12,000 bond Issue.