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NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 20, NO. 35.
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FIRST IN NEWS, 1
CTKCn.l ATIOX &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territo^'»/A North Carolina
Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, August 1, 1911.
I’inehurst
Moore County Preparing
For Fall Army Maneuvers
Local Officials Attend Raleigh
Session to Hear Plans for
Handling “Battle”
This Time
Moore County people may wake up
some morning next October or No
vember to the rattle of machine guns j
and the inmble of tanks, but you
won’t need to grab the old shotgun in
the corner, because the soldiers mak
ing that noise down in the woods will
belong to our own U. S. ^rmy and
will be training for the defense of
democracy in the biggest military
maneuvers ever held in this country
in peace or war.
What war at our doorstep will i
mean in terms of the three basic
problems of health and sanitation
traffic control, and law enforcement'
was explained in Raleigh Wednesday I
to representatives of county and |
municipal governments in the troop j
concentration area meeting at the ^
call of Governor J. M. Broughton, j
Town officials and police officers
who attended the meeting from thiSj
section are Mayor W. D. Matthews
and Chief Ed Newton, from Southern
Pines; Earl Freeman, from Aber
deen; Cadwallader Benedict and Chief,
O. C. Combs from Pinebluff; and Dr
J. Symington, Moore County Physi-!
cian, from Carthage. ;
Eight counties in North Carolina, j ————
including Moore and e»ght in South UPiyiD OT
Carolina adjoi|ing them, will be the ili i vl
battle-ground where two "armies," j
each of which will be more than three |
times the present strength of Fort ^
Bragg, will meet in the swift and,
complicated combat of modern war. j
Even if you don't need the old shot- j
gun, in two months you will be living I
m a blitzkreig involving almost half j pinggj; display ot farm livestock in
a million men. I these parts is planned for Augfust 30
The Raleigh conference was ad- j Hemp by the Moore County Breed-
dressed by the Governor; Dr. Carl V. | A.ssociation, which has sponsored
Reynolds, State Health Ofticer; ; tijree successful livestock shows in as
Ben Prince, Chairman, State High- years.
way Commission; Major John T. ^ Officers of the association began
Armstrong, Commander of the State, arrange-
Highway Patrol; Wade Bruton^ i ments for the annual event, which
sistant Attorney General; Dr. Wil
liams, liason officer between the
Army and the Public Health Ser
vice; and by the following Army of
ficers: Brigadier General J. Van B
Motts, Adjutant-General of North
Carolina; Colonel T. R. Goethalls;
Colonel James E. Bayliss; and Brig
adier General H, C. Coburn, Chief
Surgeon, Fort Bragg Hospital. Col-
All Stores and Offices on Da;^
light; Post Office, Trains
and Husses. on Standard ^
Without too much confusion, tho
Sandhills this week became adjust
ed to Eastern Daylight Saving
Time, while certain of the insti
tutions remained on Eastern Stan
dard Time. With the exception of
the Southern Pines Post Office,
bus and railroad schedules, all lo
cal stores and offices are now op
erating on daylight time.
Postmaster P. Frank Buchan
said that betau.se of the train and
mail schedules, which were not
changing, the • post office hero
would be able to give better serv
ice by maintaining former work
ing hours. This means, to those on
daylight time, that the post office
is open at 9 o’clock, instead of 8
o’clock, and closes at 7 o'clock in
stead of 6 o’clock. However, the
post office clock remains set on
Eastern Standard Time-
In The Pilot all time references
are Eastern Daylight Saving Time,
unless specifically stated other
wise.
Work to Ik'gin Soon on Route
One Between Southern Pines
and Aberdeen
MUDGETT NAMED
HIGEAND PINES
NEW PRESIDENT
Stockholders Meeting Elects „ ,"TT ^ .
»T„. ei 4 I- The Town of Aberdeen s efforts to
New Slate ot Officers, Di-
_ f II J 1 obtam ft mile-long, 100-foot right-ot-
rectors of Hotel
way through its residential area, one
HODGKINSIsl^ECRETARY T.f Sfeet, were
successfully compictod last week, as-
The disputed June election of di- the new
rectors for the Highland Park Hotel th'-''*'-’-''"'’ highway to carry U. S
•f
FIVE CENTS
*J LEE HART
New Three-Lane Road Assured
With Rights-of-Way Obtained SUDDENLY
~ BY HEART ATTACK
Dies
LIVESTOCK SHOW
Raisers of Farm Stock Arrange
for Fourth Annual Exhibit
in I’pper Moore
brings together in the upper part of
Moore some of the choicest speci
mens of farm mules, horso.s, cattle
and, for the first time, this year,
sheep. ■
Last year, 98 head of livestock were
on display and the planning commit
tee is confident the number will go
far over 100 at this year’s event.
C. A. Hussey of Hemp is president
onel J. W. Harrelson, Chairman of, association, and among others
the North Carolina Council for Na-, taking part in laying the ground
tional Defense, presided at the
ing.
Here is how these civilian ana mil
meet-1 \v-ere Lewis Hussey, D. A. Dun-
! lap. Stacy Brewer, E. H. Oarrison,
County Agent; and W'. C. Eagles,
itary experts say that an ordinary I conservationist.
citizen in .the maneuver area will be |
affected in the days to come. |
To insure safety on roads crowd- r
ed with military traffic, your auto-1
mobile will be subject to Inspection by |
the State Highway Patrol, and will, \\'ife of Retired Minister Dies in
Mrs. Sheldon Passes
After Long Illness
be given a windshield sticker of ap
proval only if brakes, lights, horn,
tires and mechanical condition are
good. This inspection, according to
Major Armstrong, will begin immed
iately-
Prom October 1 to December 1, the
Duke Hospital; Services
in Connecticut
Mrs. Susan Mantle Sheldon, wife
of the Rev. Warren French Sheldon,
retired minister who lives in South
ern Pines, died Sunday evening at
period of the maneuvers, the speed [Duke Hospital, in Durham, after a
limit on all State highways being!long illness.
used by the Army has been set by Dr. Sheldon left Tuesday for Plain-
special statute at 30 miles per hour.' ville, Conn., where funeral services
Portable signs will designate this!and interment will be. He has been
speed limit and will be removed from filling the pulpit at the Church of
highways when the road is not under
military use. A force of from 75 to
100 State Highway Patrolmen will be
stationed in the maneuver area, and a
military police officer will be assign
ed to each patrol car.
If you own a cafe, or s«ll beer or
milk, if you run a tourist cabin or
trailer camp, your premises will be
inspected, graded and placarded by
the State Board of Health. To open
or operate a trailer camp, a State
permit must be obtained, since both
civilian and military health officers
pointed out that these establishments
have become a center of prostitution
and venereal disease infection. Cafe
inspection begins August 1.
The hundreds of disreputable camp
followers, gamblers, proflteers, and
prostitutes who are expected to pour
(Pleatt tMm io pog*
Wide Fellowship during the absence
of its pastor, the Rev. Voigt Taylor.
Mrs. Sheldon was in Pine Crest Sana
torium for a number of years.
Mrs. Sheldon was bom August 11,
1871, in Portland, Maine, and after
graduation from Wesleyan University,
Middletown, Conn., taught in Maine
high schools until her marriage in
1899. She was a daughter of Captain
John Darling Mantle, a sailing cap
tain of Eiigland, and Mary Jane
Brown of E3astport, Maine.
The Sheldons have been living here
for about three years.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil G. Farrell of
Pinebluff announce the birth of a
son, Cecil Graham, Jr., Thursday,
August 31. Mother and son both are
doing nicely.
Company wus settled this week at
a special stockiiolders’ meeting with
the election of a new slate of offi
cers and directors, headed by Dr
William C. Miidgett as president.
Adhering to the by-laws of the
Hotel Company, owners of Highland
Pines Inn, the stockholders elected
three officers and five directors as
follows; Mudgett, president; Kugene
C. Steven.s, vice-president; and Nor
ris L. Hodgkins, secretary- treasurer;
Mudgett and Hodgkins were also
elected directors, along with Dr. E.
W. Bush, Dor.sey G. Stutz, and Gar
land A. Pierce.
Reason for special meeting of
stockholders Wednesday was ques
tioned over the legality of an elec- highway will branch into
tion held in June, when seven direc-
Route 1 traffic between Southern
Pines and Aberdeen.
Johnson and McCluer, attorneys
for the town, announced that they had
obtained necessary title to all lands
needed for the now highway, although
removal of seven buildings from their
present site will be necessary.
Construction of the new stretch of
I’. S. No. 1 is expected to start in
about 30 days, it was understood.
The three-lane concrete road will be
gin at the bottom of Sugg’s Hill, leav
ing the present roadway, and continue
in a straight line, right through
Aberdeen, acro.ss South Street be
tween the Pilot Restaurant and the
Ford Garage, and extend about 300
yards South of this intersection
KOBKKT LFE HAKT
Funeral Service Set for 10:30
o’clock Friday in Episco
pal Church
SERVED HERE 2 DECADES
DRAFT CATCHES
15 MOORE YOUTH
tors, but no officers were elected. At
this time, the extant copy of the
corporation’s by-laws could not be
found, but later, when by-laws were (u
located, it was found that they call
ed for election of officers and five
directors. According to the by-laws,
officers were not members of the
board of directors, unless especially
elected.
a "Y,” the western leg coming into
junction with present U. S 1 about
a n\ile south of Aberdeen, and the
eastern leg joining the Laurinburg
S. 15 and .5011 around 300
yards south of the present turn, just |
outside of Aberdeen. ■
T(» Cost !i!3.>0,0<K)
Total cost is
Harold Fowler of Southern Pines
Among Those Ordered to
Report August 7
Fifteen Moore County men, includ-
ing Harold Burge.ss Fowler of South-
i ern Pines, were ordered this week tj
expected to run ap- report to the Mooie County Draft
. proximately $350,000, to be borne by, Board on second floor of the court-
, .. Federal road funds, the WPA and the I house in Carthage at 10:45 Thursday,
. ^ ^ State Highway Commission. Accord-, August 7, for induction into the Unit-
istinp- nffirers of eornnratinn. , ,
ing to J. Talbot Johnson, of John-1 ed States Army,
son and McCluer, highway engineers | Upon reporting to Carthage, the
plan this three-mile stretch of three-
lane highway to be without notice
able curve or hill, until it reaches the
“Y” div’ision, south of Aberdeen. Ob
taining the right-of-way through
existing officers of the corporation,
Stutz, Pierce, along with F. W. Van
Camp, stockholder, issued a call for
the July 30 meeting fcr the purpose of
clearing up this issue.
Although neither Stutz nor Pierce
were among the seven named at the
June election, later accepted as not.^n ^^e last large ob-
accordance with the by-laws, they are
way.
The new
included on the new board of direc
tors.
„ „ I , I. t.- The new road in Aberdeen will cut
Following the stockholders meeting , ^ ,
u J « J. * through residential lots a shoit block
Wednesday, the board of directors ^
discussed matters of hotel manage-
ment, including a lease arrangement absor ing par o.
which was made between the owning
company, and an operating company,
which included Stutz and Pierce as
officers. No definite settlement was
made concerning the operation of the
hotel at this time, it was stated.
Collections Underway
For Ambulance Plane
Chestnut Street. Among the dwellings
which will have to be removed to oth
er locations to make way for the
highway are those of Dillon Jordan,
W. G. Wooten, Paul Kellis, K. G
Deaton, E. L. Byrd, and the old Bass
home, now owned by H. A. Page, Jr.,
as well as the barns on the lot of
J. Talbot Johnson.
.Some Land (iiven
Obtaining the right-of-way involv-
Local Post Office to Be Site of ^d a cost for the town of about $12.-
Collections for Old North OOO which does not include about one-
state Fund 'half nille donated by Frank Sham-
I burgef and two houses and lots which
If Father Thomas Williams or Mrs. ‘ were purchased by Leon Seymour
T. D. Campbell greet you with out-! who then gave the right-of-way to
stretched palm on your way to the the town.
post office Saturday morning, you’ll Details for the U. S One stretch
want to know that they are asking' ^-ili be one of the widest and straight-
for your contribution to the Old ‘ cst piece? of roads on the whole trunk
North State Fund, for the purchase;line, were worked out among D. B.
of a "mercy plane" for Great Britain.' McCrary, highway commissioner
Southern Pines’ quota has been set'from Asheboro, L. E- WTiitfield, dis
at $100 by W. D. Sabiston, Jr., of trict highway engineer; and the
Carthage, chairman for the county- Aberdeen Commissionei’s composed of
Purpose of the fund is to purchase a.j. D. McLean, Dr. E. M. Medlin, J. M.
"flying ambulance” in the form of a Taylor, A. J. Smith and E. O. Free-
Grumman G-21 amphibian, which will man, with Forrest Lockey as Mayor,
be used by Britain for the rescue and, The town officials have put in a
treatment of R. A. F. pilots shot number of extra sessions, trying to
down in the E)nglish channel. The Old i iron out details of getting clear ti-
North State Fund is cooperating with' ties to the lands necessary for the
the British American Ambulance rights-of-way, and the attorneys said
Corps in raising money for this i nearly a month had been devoted
cause. When the airplane ambulance | solely to this effort.
is sent to Britain, It will carry tho|
legend on its nose, “Presented to
Great Britain by the People of the|Dorothy TatC To Wed
State of North Carolina” 1 In Church Ceren^ony
Robert Lee Hart, for two decades
Southern ipines’ "corner diuggist,”
was fatally stricken by a heart at
tack early Wednesday morning at
his homo on Ma.ssachusetts Avenue.
He was 51 years old.
The fatal attack came with little
warning. Only Tue.sday night, “Doc”
Hart was .serving in his rtormal ca
pacity as pharmacist, cool drink mix
er, and as the other half of conversa
tions with his many friends W'ho
paused on the drug store bench to
I catch what evening breeze there was.
i Wednesday morning, a simple wreath
I on the Pharmacy door broke the
shocking news to these same friends:
I Rob Lee Hart was dead.
Funeral servfces will bo conducted
■ Friday morning at 10;30 o'clock in
the Episcopal Church on Massachu
setts Avenue, by the Rev. T. A.
; Cheatham of Pinehurst, assisted by
' the Rev. J. Fred Stimson of South
ern Pines. Interment will be in Mount
Hope Cemetery here.
I Mr. Halt was taken ill about 1
o’clock Wednesday morning and call
ed for medical attention. Shortly af
ter 5 o'clock, a final attack took him.
The corner of Broad Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue where since
; 1921 Rob Lee Hart has held forth will
I no longer be the same to those hun-
' dreds of Sandhills’ folks who depend
ed upon a morning or evening chat
: with Rob Lee, .)r who waved in passing
^ to the tall, mild-mannered druggist
as he rested on the window sill of
I his store, or on the bench outside.
During his first five years here, af-
j ter taking over the old Wiley drug
store, Jlr. Hart was located in what
is now Welch’s Gift Shop, and was
the favorite "stopping-by’’ place for
folks going to and from the post of
fice, down the street.
When in li^26, he erected the Hart
Building and moved his store across
^ the street, it niade very little differ
ence to those who joined in the in-
foiTiial ‘‘town meetings." presided over
I by Rob Lee in his drug store.
Out of his participation in these in-
I formal discussions, which included
I that range of subjects which only a
; bunch of men can cover, Rob Lee
I earned such positions as president of
^ ^ . J » r* i-U Chamber of Commerce for two
10 oatUrClHy S 15atns years and Town Commissioner from
I 1939 to 1941. He was also active in
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the
American Legion and the Episcopp,!
Church. - w>
j Bom in Henderson fin May 29, Mr.
Okay, kids, here’s the kind of bath i Southern Pines in 1921,
you’ve been looking for-and you’d'
probably want one three times a week I Reidsville. Mrs. Hart
instead of just on Saturdays. ' ^ 14-year-old daughter, Lina Lee.
Beginning Friday afternoon at 5 I survivors,
o’clock, the Town of Southern Pines ' for the funeral will be
A , Albert Bretsch and Clifton Johnson,
will turn on the showers on Ashe ’
long co-workers with Dr. Hart; Henry
I Upon reporting to Carthage,
men will be sent to an induction sta
tion at Fort Bragg, to begin their ser
vice under the Selective Service Act.
Following are those ordered to re
port August 7: Eivin Claude Pope,
Caithage; John Gilbert Monroe, Car
thage route 3; Oliver Lee Marsh,
Cameron route 1; Harold Burgees
Fowle*-, Southern Pines; Harrison
John Speer, Carthage route 3; Sulon
Burpee Cassady. Hemp; Paul Augus
tus Klein, Pinehurst; June Cockman,
Carthage route 1; James Fletcher
Martindale, Highfails; Payton Rowe
Edwards, Glendon; William Jason
Dennis, Hemp: Marvin Marshall Saun
ders, Aberdeen; Donald Clifford Gar
ner, Pinehurst; Oscar Sheffield, Hemp
route 1; and Robert James Austin,
Pinebluff.
Kids! Here’s Answer
Town Starts Sprinkler Shower
for Children to Cool Off.
—and Get Wet
street between New York and Penn-
' Clark, Norris L. Hodgkins, Frank
Milliken.
I
MOORE 4-H CLUB OIRI^S I Miss Dorothy Tate will become the
ATTEND STATE SHORT COURSE ] bride of William Eugene Blackwelder
jof Hamlet in a Church ceremony to
Misses Jean Howie of Pinebluff, I be performed at 4 o'clock Monday,
Gertrude Pressley of Carthage and j August 4. in the Church of Wide Fe’.-
Iris Brown of West End are attend-1 lowshlp.
Ing the State 4-H Club Short Course | Miss Tate is the daughter of Mr.
at State College, Raleigh this week, j and Mrs. R. W. Tate of Southern
Miss Press'iey, who was Moore i Pines and a popular member of the
County health queen, wUl take part | younger set here. Mr. Blackwelder is
in the pageant given in Raleigh when the son of Mrs. Grace Blackwelder of
tha State health king' and qu^n are
crowned.
Laurinburg and is con;iected with tha
Hamlet laundry.
sylvania Avenues, for children to get
relief from the heat-and get a good' ^
sogjjing I and Dr. W. C. Mudg:ett and Dr. J. S.
The special sprinkler will be at
tached to a hydrant in the middle of
the block; the street will be roped off
from traffic, and the water will be
fine.
Howard Bums, town clerk, said the
sprinkler would be turned on Friday,
Saturday and Tuesday, from 5 to 7
o’clock in the evening. The water will
spray into the air. so that the chil
dren can dart in and out. Parking
will be provided for parents bringing
their children, he said.
JAYCEES EAT W.\TER.HEU)N
It was a regular meeting of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce Mon
day night, but the only business
scheduled was disposition of a goodly
number of watermelon, supplied by
President Paul Butler. Thirteen mem
bers and two guests were present at
the meeting at Aberdeen Lake, and
ably disposed of the business at hand.
Tax Collector Hits
“Foreign” Pedlers
Huntley Cites Company for Sell-
ins Merchandise in County
Without Licensc
W. T. Huntley, whose business it
is to collect taxes of various and sun
dry kinds and "schedules,” is crack
ing down on pedlers from other coun
ties who are coming into Moore to
dispose of their w^res without obtain
ing the necessary licenses.
A warrant has been Issued against
Hallum Furniture Company and Tom
Hunter, charging them with peddling
goods, wares and merchandise in the
county without license, but the case
was continued In Recorder’s Courts
until next Monday. County merchants
who are paying to operate in the coun
ty are watching the outcome of this
case with interest.