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VOL. 20, NO. :{2.
A!)erdeen
Southern IMnes, North Carolina, Friday, July 11. 1!H1.
I’inehurst
FIVE CENTS
TOWN TO PURSUE
EFFORTS TO GET
TRAIN WARNINGS
Eight Selectees in
Deferment on
Board Authorizes Mayor to Con
sult with Railroad Officials
on Crossing Signals ^
Only Those I'nder 28 To Report;
T(»day.—.Medical Students |
Can ^^■in Commissions
TO TRIM SHRUBHERY
Four white registrants and foui',
colored men ordered to report this \
month ior induction for their year of'
military service have been uotified
thill they reed not do so. The Moore
Southern Pines’ efforts to get warn- j county Selective Service Board last;
ing •sig'nals at major railroad cross- j received advice from State head-1
Ings along Broad Street will be car-defer from induction for|
ried to officials of the Seaboard Air-,^® day.s all regi.strants who were 28^
line Railway. years of age or over on July l.st, ducj
The Board of Town Commissioners,, pending legislation in regard to
m meeting Wednesday night, request- ] deferring all such registrants from ^
ed Mayor W. Duncan Matthews to ■ I
pursue the matter with railroad offi- ^ Those on the Moore county list or-,
cials. This action followed a report of i 'i^rcd to report today for induction
Mayor Matthews and Commissioner | deferred;
■£. C. Stevens tha they had received j under this ruling are: j
little satisfaction from the State i Charles Jacob Shaw, Southern
Utilities Commission concerning the! Pines. |
danger of the crossings. | Duncan Leon Keith, Vass. ^
Robert Gordon Sheffield, Carthage.
\\;esley Guy Dalrymple, Aberdeen, i
The board announced that as insuf-j
I ficient time remained to replace,
Although the town’s representatives
pointed out the increased hazards of
the crossing, since so many fast
Diesel trains are running through the'
town at a high rate of speed, thei^^<=»« ^4 so-,
State Commission’s representatives ' Bragg today.
I The colored selectees coming under |
I the age ruling and who are therefor ,
i deferred are James Ransom and Ar-'
County Win LEWIS E. STONER
Eve of Induction: AT SUMMER
HOME IN CANADA
Trusty fc]scapes
Local and State Police AVith
nioodhounds Fail, To
Find Dickson
Robert Dicl<son, a trusty with
(inly four months to serve on p.
larceny conviction from Scotland
county, couldn't wait for hi.s free
dom, so he walked away Tuesday
about noon from a road gang
working on the Bethesda Koad,
near The Ark school. Southern
Pines.
Last reports said local ami
State police had been unable to
trace the e.scaped convict farther
than Aberdeen, although the
search brought forth double locks
on homes In the vicinity of the es
cape, Heavy rains of the past few
days hindered an attempt to catch
the fugitive with blodhounds.
Dies in Canada
did not give any indication of being
able to take action.
To relieve the hazard temporarily,, t,
„ , '"Ichie Morrison, Pmehurst; James Har-:
the Board mstructed Commissioner L.; , . ^ .t, j '
rington, Carthage, and Elsie Van,
V, O'Callaghan and his staff to thia' .u t.- -ru
^ , ,, Brower, Southern Pines. The follow-1
out shrubbery at intersections of all
SAFETY CAMPAIGN
IS ENDORSED BY
COUNTY BOARD
grade crossings so that motorists i
might have clear vision of the ap
proach of trains.
The Board in its regular meeting
also received a petition from prop
erty owTiers on West Broad street,
ing have been ordered to report next
Monday to take their places: |
Luther Washington, Jr., Southern j
Pines; Julius Cole and Garland Per-j
son, Carthage, and Ordoll McNeill, I
Cameron. i
The Selective Service Board also
south of the post office, requesting announced this week that junior and
classification of property so that it
could be included in the business dis
trict.
Carl G. Thompson, one of the peti
tioners, told the board that with the
pre.sent expansion of the town’s bus
iness district and Its closeness to the
railroad, the property was no longer
as suitable for residential property as
for business. He urged that the area
be re-classifled so that the business
senior medical students in Grade A. ^
medical schools in the United States,'
if physically fit for military sei’vice,!
may be commissioned as second lieu-,
tenants in the Medical Administrative ■
Corps Reserve. This was announced I
by General J. Van B. Metts, State Dl- j
rector of Selective Service, and is in,
accordance with a policy recently ^
adopted by the War Department. |
The policy aiso proviaes, funeral
district could continue its present; pointed out, that internes may
westward
street
expansion along Broad ■
be commissioned as first lieute:iants
in the Medical Corps Reserve with the
The petition was referred to the ' understanding that they will be per-
Board of Adjustment, consisting of | mitted to complete their interncship
James Boyd, A. S. Ruggles, J. C. Bar- before being ordered to active duty.
ron and Norris L. Hodgkins. j General Metts urged all junior and
The board re-appointed Norris L. I senior medical students and all in-
Hodgkins and Mrs. James S. Mllliken ] teines who desire to take advantage
to three-year terms on the local j of this opportunity to obtain conimis-
school board. | sions, and at the same time complete
I their medical preparation, to submit
New Mid-South Bakery department applications
()npn« Tn PiihliV! approval in
■L'VWra lU X UUllC ,each case will be made by the War
1 Department, General Metts stated.
Modern Plant Occupies Building
itreat HITLER AS
The Mid-South Bakery, Southern
Pines newest Industry, opened Its
doors to the public this week. Occu
pying the building on East Broad
street formerly the home of The Pi
lot, it is modern in equipment and
up-to-the-minute In arrangements.
The building has been completely ren
ovated, providing the best of light
and ventilation, important in an in
stitution of this type.
In speaking of this new local In
dustry, M. L. Ponder, the owner and
proprietor, told The Pilot his bakery
has the capacity for a town of 10,000
or more. “One of the Important things
in a bakery is ventilation,” he said.
•“In our bake room we have a total
of eight windows and could well call
it ‘The Sunlight Bakery.’ We have
machinery for every purpose except
where a better bread or a better cake
can be made by the human hand.
“As to our bread, it contains a high
percentage of milk, and we also use
the percentage of Vitamin B 1 to
bring it to the highest standard rec
ommended by the U. S. government In
its National Defense Program. This
enrichment is recommended In order
to supply the body with more ener
gy”
Mr. Ponder has acquired the serv
ices as chief baker of Dewl Barbre, a
young man who has made plain and
fancy baking his life work. Although
only 30 years old, he haa served as
head baker In one of the largest or-
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ANY OTHER MAD
DOG. SAYS LANG
State N.Y.A. Administrator Ad
dresses Fourth of July
Crowd at Carthage
FEATURES DAY’S PROGRAM
A stirring address by John A. Lang,
State Administrator of the National
Youth Administration, featured a full
program in celebration of the Fourth |
of July at Carthage last Friday. Urg-!
ing his fellow citizens of the county
to the utmost in preparedness and
sacrifices that the rights and prin
ciples of the Declaration of Inde
pendence may be preserved, Lang
said:
■ ‘‘HltlerT^Soerin^ Hlmmler,”3oeb-
bela and the other mad dogs of total
itarianism must be treated as you and
I would treat any mad dag here In
Moore county. Hitlerism and all It
stands for must be removed from the
face of the earth that It may no lon
ger taint International peace and
good will with its bestiality.”
Lang spoke at noon on an all-day
program of festivities, contests and
entertainments whclh opened at 9:30
a. m., with Mayor ayde B. Shaw’s
address of welcom and closed with a
private banquet for the Carthage Jun-
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Commission Also Votes Commen
dation of Work of Tubercu
losis Association
The adoption of resolutions endo^-
nig the Safety Committee of Moore
County and the acceptance of the re
port of Mrs. T. A. Cheatham, treas
urer of the Moorj County Tuberculos
is Association, were features of the
regular meeting of the County Com
missioners, held Monday with all
members in attendance.
The resolutions relative to the new
safety organization follow:
“Whereas under the sponsorship of
the Highway Safety Division of the
State Department of Revenue of
North Carolina there has been organ
ized in Moore county the “Safety
Committee of Moore County," §id
whereas it is the opinion of this body
that said Committee will seive a
great and needed purpose in making
the highways of this county safer and
whereas it Is the will of this body to
encourage suij Committee and to ex-
pre.ssly endorse Its efforts in behalf
of highway safety in Moore county.
“Now therefore be It resolved by
the Board of County Commissioners
of Moore county that all encourage
ment and support and aid be given b>'
this body to the Safety Committee of
Moore County; be it further resolved
that this body does endorse all ef
forts of said Committee to promote
highway safety in this county to the
end that there may be less accidents,
injuries and deaths because of ac-
idents between automobiles, between
automobiles and bicycles, and between
automobiles and pedestrians; be it
further resolved that theinltlal effort
of said Committee be endorsed speci
fically in its project to make the op
eration of bicycles in this county saf
er."
TuberculoiilH Report
Mrs. Cheatham’s report covering
the year from June 1, 1940 to ’41
gave the following Interesting Infor
mation; Balance on hand June 1, 1940,
$1,172.20. Receipts; County Commis
sioners, $1,800; Seal Sale, $2,388.45;
Contributions, $100; Patients’ refunds,
$104.85; Total receipts and balance.
$4,393.30.
Expenditures: North Carolina San
atorium, $2,688.58; Milk, $708.85;
Medicine and Supplies, $416.41; Nurs
ing and Service, $25; Transportation,
(Patients to and from Sanatorium for
treatment) $47.21; Incidentals, $65.27;
Cod Liver Oil, $18.25; Medical Care,
$7.50; Clothing, (Pajamas, Bathrobes,
etc.) $31.64; School Bonus, (10 per
cent of amount of Seal Sale to be used
entirely for health work) $91.45;
Nlrth Carolina Tuberculosis Associa
tion 25 percent of Seal Sale, $597.46.
Total paid out, $4,710.12. Balance In
bank June 1, 1941, $855.38.
The report was accepted and It was
ordered that Mrs. Cheatham and her
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Southern Pines Shocked at Sud
den Pitssinji of Prominent
Winter Resident
HAD MANY LN’TEKKSTS
Lowi.s K. Stoner, prominent Win
ter resident of oSuthcrn Pines for the
past .several years, died early on
Tuesday morning, July l.st at his
Suinmpr home in Ste. Agatha des
Monts, Quebec, Canada, according to
news received here last Friday. His
sudden pastsing, within a few weeks of
I his departure from the Sandhills, w'as
a great shock to his numerous
friends here. Though he had been ill
for some time, he had continued his
daily golf game at the Southern
Pines Country Club up to the time
of leaving for the north. He was 62
years old.
Mr. Stoner was a man of many in
terests. He was associated with the
City Bank of Hartford, Conn., for
many years, was active in the organi
zation of the Morris Plan Bank of
Hartford, becoming its first treasur
er and manager about 15 years ago.
He was also associated wtih the Ja
cobs Manufacturing Company of
Hartford, joining that firm as secre
tary and later becoming Its president,
a position he held from 1918 to 1932.
Since then he has not been active in
business, though keeping up his in
terest in Hartford enterprises adn in
the Laurentide Inn at Ste. Agathe, of
which he was the owner.
Born In Pennsylvania
He was born in Bedford, Pa., a son
of the late Albert and Virginia Dick
ens Stoner. Surviving are his wife,
the former Clara B. Jacobs oi Hart
ford, and two sons, Arthur M. Ston
ers and Louis B. Stoner of Hartford.
brother, Attorney George A. Ston
er of Hartford, and a grandson. Dick
enson Stoner of West Hartford, also
survive. Private funeral services were
held at his late home in Hartford.
Mr. Stoner was a well known phil
anthropist, gfving generously of his
means to aid the less fortunate, both
here and in the north. Unostentatious
in his giving, he had befriended many
underprivileged in Southern Pines and
vicinity, and aided in gifts to num
erous cau.ses.
After leasng a home in Weymouth
Heights here for several seasons, Mr.
Stoner a few years ago purchased the
former residence of John G. Nichols
near the Country Club, and had spent
much time here since. He was deeply
interested in the Country Club and
its prospects, at one time considering
the purchase of a controlling Inter
est In the property.
When Mr. Stoner's body was borne
to the station at Ste. Agathe for
transportation to Hartford, a platoon
of soldiers from the Military Train
ing Center at nearby St. Jerome
stood at attention and presented arms,
a fitting tribute to a neighbor who
had done much for the community. A
drum and bugle band of the Sacred
Heart College Cadet Corps was also
in attendance.
LEWIS K. STO.NKR
33 UCENSES OF
DRIVERS REVOKED
DEFENSE GROUPS
MAKE PROGRESS
PATTERSON S AYS
Local Civilian Committees Train-
inur N oiunteers for Services,
Chairman Tells Kiwanians
TO 0R(;AMZK here soox
Sandhill communities are forging
ahead in civilian defense activities, A.
B. (Pat) Patterson told members of
the Kiwanis Club Wednesday.
Pat, who is general chairman of the
I Sandhills Civilian Defense Commit-
I tee, said Pinebluff. Pinehurst and
Aberdeen had made progre.ss in train
ing volunteers for first aid, fire
fighting and police patrol functions.
The Southern Pines committe<»,
with John Howarth as chairman,
plans an organization meeting soon,
Pat said.
Kiwanians met at the Berkshire
' Hotel Wednesday and initiated into
, membership Reuben C. DuBose, new
I local manager of the Carolina Power
• ; and Light Company. Visitors were
1 Harold B. Fowler and Carl G. Thomp-
V.XCA’nON BIBLE SCHOOL
OORBHENCEMENT TONIGHl'
Commencement exercises and pro
gram of the Dally Vacation Bible
School, which has been in session for
the past two weeks at the Brownson
Memorial Presbyterian (Siurch, will be
held this evening, Friday, at the
church at 7:30 o’clock under tha Jirec-
tion of the teachers connected with
the school. All parents and friends of
the children are urged to be pres
ent.
MRS. HEREFORD DIES AT
HER HOME IN PINEHURST
Mrs. Margaret Fuller Hereford died
last Sunday at her home in Pinehurst
where she had resided for several
years. A sister of Mrs. Nat S. Hurd
of Pinehurst, she was the daught<»r
of the late W. W. Fuller, for many
years general counsel of the Ameri
can Tobacco Company, of Durham,
and Mrs. Fuller, nee Staples. Fun
eral services were held at her former
home in Oasinlng, N. Y.
Record 3,866 is Total in State, son jr.
Mostly For Drunken
Driving
"At least one third of the total
conflict in this war is the training
i and discipline of civilian population,”
Thirty-three Moore county motor- Patterson told the club. “This fact
i.sts had their drivers’ licenses revok-, has been clearly recognized by tha
ed during the first six months of this leaders of enemies of democracy from
year, the Highway Safety Division re-' the first, and by every means and
ported this week. i everywhere, they have, and are, try-
The revocations in this county w'er“
a part of the record 3,866 made in
ing to break down the morale of civ
ilians by rumors, by defeatism, by
the state. Total revocations since propaganda, and by sabotage. It Ij
passage of the Uniform Driver's Li-' purpose of our civilian defense
cense Act in 1935 now number 35,-1 committees to meet this challenge.”
524. I The civilian defense committee will
Drunken driving, of course, ^as iof
the chief basis for the revocation.3, ambulance
3,115 of the 3,866 license revocations'
this year being based on drunken
driving convictions in North Carolina
courts, and 243 otheis on this charge
in combifiation with other violations.
Another 233 Tar Heel drivers lost
their driving privilege because of con
victions for "driving under the influ
ence’’ in other states.
Guilford county led the state in
revocations the first half of this year,
with 227, followed by Mecklenburg
with 183, Forsyth with 152, Cumber
land with 131. 'Rowan with 117, Ca-i
baJTUS with 110, Robeson with 107'
and New Hanover with 99. Only one
small county—Camden — reported no
license revocations the first
months of this year.
ics, emergency fire fighting, protec
tion of public utilities, and policing
of traffic for military convoys and
maneuvers. Women's divisions of the
I committees are studying economical
, home management, elimination of
I waste in household management, anti
• collecting discarded materials which
j may be useful in defense needs.
I In Aberdeen, w’here Dan Farrell is
! committee chairman, emphasis has
traffic assistants, with protection of
utilities, especially railroads, receiv-
: ing next attcndtion.
I The Pinebluff committee, headed by
gjjj I Cadwalleder Benedict Is making its
I start by studying the most immed-
The 3,866 revocations so far this]
year represent an Increase of 40 per!
cent above the 2,774 recorded In the j
same period last year.
Asked whether this indicated an in
crease In the number of diinking driv
ers in the stale or an increase in the
apprehension and conviction of drink
ing drivers, safety division officials
said it was "probably a combination
of both.”
Col. Elliott Succeeds
To Ft. Bragrg: Command
General Devers Relieved of Post
Duties To Give Full Time
to 9th Division
Colonel Charles B. Elliott, GSC,
who has been serving as chief of
staff of the Ninth division, has been
designated as post commander of
Fort Bragg and has taken charge of
administrative affairs of the big
Army post, relieving Major General
Jacob L. Devers from these details
in order that the general may devote
his full energies to the command and
training of the Ninth division.
Colonel EUllott will also act as com
mander of the station complement
troops stationed at Bragg.
It was also announced this week
that Colonel Carlos Brewer, who has
been plans and operation officer of
the Ninth division, has been appoint
ed the new chief of staff of the Ninth
division.
Major Edwin L. Johnacn, who has
been serving with the 36tl i field artil
lery, was designated as a .de de camp
late needs of a long list of possible
activities. W'ith a limited number of
volunteers in each community, Pat
terson said, an attempt is made to
concentrate on the most important
local needs.
In Pinei.urst, Chairman Willard
Dunlap has named Miss Helen Waring
to head up first aid and amublance
activities, and first aid classes are
underway. Howard Phillips is direct
ing the training of firefighters, John
Taylor handling the utility commit
tee, and Mrs. Ellis Fields working
with women on study of health and
home defense needs. West End’s chair
man is J. D. Sinclair.
The idea of civilian defense com
mittees, now launched on a national
scale with New York’s Mayor Florello
LaGuardla as chairman, originated In
the Sandhills a year ago this month
with Struthers Burt, local author who
proposed civilian defense groups to
Governor Hoey. This spring, shortly
before the President created the Of
fice of Civilian Defense, Mr. Burt ap
peared before many local civic or
ganizations. outlining the plan which,
in most respects, is now going Into
operation on a national scale.
As a result of these meetings, the
various organizations named repre
sentatives to form the Sandhills Ci
vilian Defense Committee. Pat Pat
terson was elected general chairman.
Following Patterson’s talk, Presi
dent I. C. Sledge asked visiting Carl
Thompson to describe the air tour of
the State which he recently made In
a British ambulance plane.
Airports of North Carolina have
been vastly Improved In recent years
to handle traffic of large transports
and military planes, Thompson aald
to Brigadier General Gustav H.
Franke, commanding general of the;he noted on the air trip.
field artillery replacement training! Other than a few electric stomu,
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