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MOORE COUNTY’S
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NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of
VOL. 20, NO. .‘JS.
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CIRCULATION &
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Moore County and the Sandhi. *erritory
Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday. Aujjust 22, 15M2.
FIVE CENTS
Hemp Expecting Largest
Response to Stock Show
As Big Day Approaches
List of 35 Premiums Announced;
Committees Meet Friday
for Final Plans
FAKE $5.00 BILL
PASSED LOCALLY
BRINGS ARRESTS
Upper Moore County this week
was teeming with interest over the
forthcoming Annual Livestock Show
in Hemp, Saturday, August 30,
which promises to be orte of the larg
est and liveliest of its kind, with an
address by Governor J. Melville
Broughton highlighting the day’s ac
tivities.
Stock raisers were informed that
they could enter mules, horses, cattle
or sheep in the show this year, in
any one of 35 classes, allowing for
entries of all ages-
With thousands of farmers and
other interested spectators expected,
the judging of entries is planned to
get underway about 11:30 o’clock
daylight, or new, time, or 10:30
o'clock, standard, or old, time. Most
fanners are still on standard time.
Governor Speaks in Afternoon
Becaujje Governor Broughton had
a previous morning engagement the
day of the livestock show, his ad
dress is slated for 3:30 o’clock, new
time, or 2:30 p. m., old time. This
is the first time that a North Caro
lina chief executive has appeared at
one of Hemp’s showi», which have
been annual eveats since 1938.
A c«sual survey among some of
the livestock growers in upper Moore
this week revealed considerably wide
spread Interest in the show this year
and some exc*‘llent stock that will
be on display. According to E. H.
Giirrison, Jr., Moore County Farm
Agent and secretary of the Moore
County Breeders Association, inquir
ies concerning the show have come
in from many surrounding counties.
Started in 1938 as a means to create
further interest in the raising of
good farm stock, the "horse show,”
or “mule show” was so successful
that it was decided to continue the
affair as an annual event- As far as
could be learned, this is the only
farm stock show of its kind in North
Carolina, there having been one simi
lar to it in Iredell County several
years ago; but this did not continue.
Officers of .\sso<'iation
The show is sponsored by the
Moore County Breeders Association,
organized to encourage the breed
ing of mule colts, of which C. A. Hus
sey of Hemp is president; T. G. Rags
dale of Pinehurst, vice-president; Mr.
Garrison, secretary; and T. L. Blue
of Carthage, treasurer.
To make final preparations for the
show, a meeting of finance, grounds,
and entertainment committees has
been called for Friday night, August
22, in the comn’’.inity building at
Hemp at 8 p. m., daylight, or 7 p.
m., standard.
New Premium List
The premium list for this year, as
approved by officials of the livestock
show, is as follows:
Mule entries: (1) Best mule colt
under three fnpnths old, 1st, 2nd,
3rd and 4th prizes; (29 best mule
•olt from three to six months old;
(3) Best mule colt one to one and
a half years old; (4) Best mule colt
13 to 24 months; (5) Championship
mule colt under two years old; (6)
Best single mule from two to three
years old; (7) Best mule over three
years old; (8) Championship mule
over two years old; (9) Grand cham
pionship mule any age; (10) Best
pair of mules under six months old;
(11) Best pair from six months to
two years old; (12) Best pair of
mules from two to three years old;
(13) Best pair of mules three years
old and over; (14) Champion pair of
mules two years old or under; (15)
Champion pair of mtiles two years
old and over; (16) Grand champion
mule pair, any age.
Horse Entries
(17) Best horse colt under three
months old; (18) Best horse colt
from three to si* months old; (19)
Best horse colt from one year to one
and a half years old; (20) Best horse
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Special
The Pilot Next Weeli to Issue
Section Welcoming Govern
or to Livestock Show
In keeping with its policy of
greater coverage of Moore County,
The Pilot with its next issue will
include a special section, dovoterl
to the Fourth Annual Livestock
Show in Hemp and welcoming the
Governor and other visitors to the
event.
Thi.s section will feature news
stories concerning the livestock
show, pictures of some of upper
Moore County farmers and general
news. Along with The Pilot's reg
ular section, this will be widely
listributed on rural routes
throughout Moore County.
The Pilot was asked by the
VIoore County Breeders Associa
tion to assist in giving wide public
notice to the livestock show, and
the special Hemp section was ap
proved as one of the means of
doing this.
(luick W'ork on Part of Local
Authorities Results in Ganfj
Round-Up
MEN HELD IN CHARLOTTE
PLANS DISCUSSED
FOR JOB SERVICE
Sanford Employment Manager
Hopes to Increase Service
Through Local Office
Possibilities of increased service in
Southern Pines by the State Employ
ment Service were discussed here this
week by C. A. Spruill, manager of
the Sanford employment office, which
serves Moore County.
Although Southern^ Pines at pres
ent gets “extension” service one day
each week, Mr. Spruill said that with
the opening of the winter season, it
was likely that more frequent service
might be given-
The employment office manager
was in Southern Pines to look intoj
requests that the Employment Serv-j
ice assist in making placements for
domestic servants.
Mr. Spruill also announced that the
local office will be serviced by J. P.
Brannon, assigned to the Sanford of
fice this week as an interviewer.
Weekly Schedule in Moore
For the present, the weekly sche
dule of EmpIojTnent Service exten
sion work in Moore County is as fol
lows: Wednesday morning, 9 a. m.
until 12 noon, at the courthouse in
Carthage; Wednesday afternoon, 1 p-
r. until 3:45, at Hemp town hall;
Thursday morning, 9:45 until 12,
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One bogus five dollar bill, which
' caught the eye of Richard Hassell, lo
cal bank teller, led this week to cap-
j ture by U. S. secret service men of
I seven Negroes in Charlotte, charged
' with possessing and circulating coun-
! terfcit bills.
I
I Only one fake bill was passed in
Southern Pines, but early reporting
, of this led to a sharp lookout through-
I out the Carolinas and the round-up of
I the seven Negroes who were believed
' to be only part of a large counter-
I feit gang, operating along the eastern
I seaboard.
I First trace of the gang began last
I week when Jim Bethea, West South-
1 ern Pines Negro offered a $5.00 bill
!
I for deposit at the Citizens Bank and
I Trust Co. Hassell spotted the bill as
counterfeit, notified President N. L
Hodgkins who turned the matter over
to Chief Ed Newton. Bethea said he
received the bill from the Broadway
restaurant in West Southern Pines.
Chief Newton found that the restaur
ant had been paid this $5.00 by Wiley
Jones, v.’ho identified James Boston,
Charlotte Negro, as the man who pass
ed him the fake money.
Boston Arrested
Boston was anwng those arrested
in Charlotte as being part of the
counterfeit gang. After Chief New
ton had reported the fake money in
headquarters in Charlotte, other bills
turned up in Bennettsville, S. C.,
Charlotte, High Point and Greens
boro.
Around $350 of the countefeit were
found in possession of the Negroes
arrested, and Treasury agents said
Army Units Set Up Bases
Preparing For Maneuvers
New Englanders Like Southern' Signal Corps Company Throws Up Tents Outside of Aberdeen;
Pinel)luff to He Baxe for Quartermaster Outfit;
“All Is Well” Reported
Hospitality, Accent; Fox
hounds Are Mascots
After spending a few days at Can- j
dor, a company of the 57th Signal
Battalion from Camp Edwards, Mass., '
under the command of Captain O. L.
The Army’s invasion of Moore County has begun and so far the W'ord
of the Watch is "all is well.”
■Reversing the trick of the Arabs who folded their tenta and stole away
in the night, the U. S. Army units appeared almost overnight, threw up
Perkins, this Week made permanent settled before you could say, “Adolph Schicklgruber
base just outside of Aberdeen on the , ’
Pinehurst road. units—a company of the 57th Signal Corps Battalion and the
Telephone and radio conwnunica-. Army Quartermaster Service—prepared permanent bases for the
tions for the First Army during its duration in Moore County this week, the former just outside of Aberdeen
fall maneuvers in North and South latter in and around Pinebluff.
Patrolmen Inspect
Autos for Defects
Drive to Eliminate Mechanical
Hazards from Highways
Underway in County
Automobiles which are beginning
to show and look and act their age
are being carefully checked by State
Highway Patrolmen for mechanical
defects, it was learned from Patrol
man W. L. McKenzie of Aberdeen
this week.
In an effort to remove mechanical
hazards from the highways, many
cars are being stopped and inspected
chiefly for condition of brakes, lights,
horns, and steering apparatus, Mc
Kenzie said If the cars pass inspec
tion, they are given an approval
seal; but if they require repairs, they
are banned from the highways until
adjustments are made.
A special effort is being made to
check on such vehicles before heavy
troop movements start In this area.
Patrolman McKenzie advised all own
ers to check their cars so that they
would be In good nmnlng order. Old
er modela mainly, are being stopped,
he added
Carolina will be the chief concern of
this outfit, which is already hard at
work, putting together telephone
polos for stringing communication
Imes.
C^me from New England
The young men, most of them sol
diers by virtue of their age and the
Selective Service Act, are mostly
New Englanders, and came down to
North Caro^na by truck convoy,
making one of their stops at the Civ
il War battlefield of Gettysburg, i’a.
Here, too, little was known of the
maneuver plans, although the men
themselves were going about their
jobs of pitching camp and preparing
for communication lines with real
earnestness.
First Sergeant John J. Jasio ex
plained that orders for the company’s
activities came out of the First Army
Headquarters, being established in
Camden, and that the Aberdeen camp
would be the base for the Signal j
company’s communications work.
Local Officials Cooperate
While the soldiers had been too
busy throwing up their six-bunk tents
to get out and see the Sandhills coun
try, civilian officials in Aberdeen
made plain their welcome to the
army. Mayor Forrest Lockey said
that the Aberdeen officials were do-
aboiit $90 had been circulated- It was I ing everything possible to cooperate
believed that the Carolina men were with the army units and were glad
working for a big "hot money” syn- to have the camp located adjacent to
dicate, which has passed about $375,- Aberdeen. The facilities of Aberdeen
000 bogus bills in the past few months lake were being made available to the
from New York through Georgia. i (I'leaae cum to page /tvej
Arrested in Charlotte were James ——
Huntley, Boston, Beatrice Huntley, RotarianS Will ScC
daughter of James; William Quick, ■«» • ,
Dewey Quick, Sam Belton and Han- MoVlC On PhoSphorOUS
nah Rush.
Chief Newton said many of these
“Extension”
Nine Little Foxhounds Join
Army and Only One of
Them Has Name
I Plnebluff'H Army Unit
I Suddenly switching original plans
I of establishing home base at Hoff
man ,the Q. M. Service and the First
j Army provisional train moved north-
I ward a few miles this week and
i pitched camp just north of the village
1 of Pinebluff.
I Under the command of Col. Louis
Lendes, this base will serve as head-
I quarters of the army motor and re-
■ pair service, as well as for the Sial-
! vage Service Company, commanded
i by Col. F. H, Bannard.
i Already 400 men have pitched tenta
and made camp, while a total of 2,-
500 are expected to complete this sup-
. ply unit. Out of this base will be car
ried on the motor service for the for-
I thcoming Army maneuvers, and
around 900 large army trucks will be
stationed here-
Keliows in the Field
Col. Lendes took The Pilot report
er for a brief inspection of the camp
j site, where the soldiers were busily
I engaged converting a farm field into
j an army base. Tents were still being
I raised, and details of housing and
’42 CONVENTION
j “I've never seen any people as co-
Club Votes to Extend Invitationthose of North Caro-
Nine little foxhounds from Can
dor have joined the Army.
When a company of the 57th
Signal Battalion left Candor, af
ter a few days’ stay, and encamp
ed outside of Aberdeen, they
brought with them a present from
Candor. "A lady” had given the
soldiers the nine pups as nuascots.
So far, only one of them has a
name. He received his name on
the day the bill extending the
length of service for draftees was
made a law-
The foxhound puppy is called
"Extension.”
KIWANIANS SEEK
to District Convention at
Myrtle Beach
The Sandhills Kiwanis Club will
make an all-out effort to bring the
1942 Carolinas vDistrict Convention
to the Sandhills, it was decided at
the club's regular meeting Wednes-,
uay afternoon. i
Ima,” Col. Lendes said. "We've been
given every possible kind of help
we've needed.”
The town of Pinebluff made avail
able to the Army unit up to 10,000
gallons of water daily for cooking
and drinking purposes, and turned
ever the Pinebluff lake for the
Army's bathtub.
Mayor Robert Stewart and Town
were former notorious bootleggers, phosphorous
who apparently have changed their
ways of making a living.
Local Rotarian Is
Named Group Leader
June Phillips, Southern Pines Ro
tarian, was this week appointed in
ter-city Rotary group leader for
Southern Pines, Sanford, Lillington
and Dunn, by District Governor
Thomas R. Hood of Dunn.
Appointment of Phillips Is for the
1941-42 Rotary year.
Upon motion of Dr. E. M. Med-
lin of Aberdeen, the club voted to t^’ommissioner Cadwallader Benedict
instruct local delegates to extend a; Pinebluff was anxious to
Rotarians will see a special motion invitation to the Convention, Provide every possible accommoda-
n)eeting in Myrtle Beach next month, soldiers- Local entertain-
to select the Sandhills as next meet-1 '*^ent is being planned by the town
ing place. ' U S. O. funds to finance activi-
The official delegates of the local' soWiers are being sought.
in plant and animal life at their
weekly luncheon meeting in the
Church of Wide Fellowship Friday,
August 22, at 12:15.
The picture, arranged by Rotarian
Warren Smith, will be presented by
H. B Kirkgard of Greensboro. Scenes
selected from travel over 8,000 miles
will be shown i* the film, entitled
“Phosphorous of the Key to Life.”
Lowell Thomas is narrator.
Last wek, Rotarian Arthur New
comb related some of his experience
with French Canadians in the upper
woods of Maine.
organization laid plans after the reg
ular luncheon meeting to inform oth-
Saivage the Equipment
The Salvage Service Company, the
er clubs in this district of the in-; first of its kind organized in the
vitation and to get pledges for sup-1 cou»try, is getting Initial field prac-
port at the Convention. President I. during the October-November
C. Sledge of Pinehurst, Charles Pic- majieuvers, according to Col. Ban-
Rumor, Rumor, Who Started It?
Towns Make Peace With Army
Two Moore County towns nearly
declared war on an unseen and un
known enemy this week. Town offi
cials were after the guy who started
a rumor that one of them—or both
of them—had requested that Uncle
Sam’s soldeirs not be allowed within
town limits.
And both towns set about to skotch
this rumor and to extend the army
units every 'courtesy and "100 per
cent cooperation.”
Aberdeen and Pinebluff both were
being blamed for having made this
request, and town officials of both
places were ready to bear arms
against the offender who started the
rumor.
At any rate, The Pilot got official
statements from Mayor Forrest Lock
ey of Aberdeen and Mayor Robert
Stewart of Pinebluff that the town
governments were cooperating in
every way- Pinebluff Is making avail
able some of that natural spring wa
ter which forms the town's water
supply, and both towns have made
their lakes available.
Nearest The Pilot could come to
running down the source of the rum
or was report of the action of one
man who independently made a re
quest that armiy imits not to u»e a
certain facility. He later withdrew
this request, and the air cleared up.
Pinebluff’s town council met with
Army officers Tuesday night to make
the best of arrangements for the 2,-
500 men expected to encamp near the
town.
And as far as Aberdeen was con
cerned, the town officials were mak
ing efforts to dSrve the Army fur
ther, rather than to keep the Service
men out.
“Not a word of truth In It; not a
word,” the worried dty fat»;<ir8 de
clared, with a glint in their collec
tive eyes that bespoke woe for the
person who threw off on their hospi
tality.
quet and Henry Dom of Southern
Pines, and Talbot Johnson of Aber
deen will officially represent the
Club, the latter three as delegates-
How to Spell "Success”
Dr. T. A. Cheatham of Pinehurst,
himself a Kiwanian, addressed the
nard.
‘‘Forty-eight percent of steel luied
is scrap,’’ he said, "and about 52 per
cent is ore. This shows the import
ance of salvaging all equipment pos
sible in wartime; and we’ll be respon
sible for making certain that all use-
able material is reclaimed after the
membership on principles of Kiwanis maneuvers around here,
at the Wednesday meeting, which! Headquarters of the Quartermaster
was held in the Methodist Sunday ^ fervjcg provisional Crain are
School Building. > maintained at present In an abandon-
“Success Of the Kiwanis club de- j building, across from the
pends upon the fineness of its mem-j
bers,” Dr. Cheatham said, “and suc-j
cess depends upon the way you spell
it.”
The speaker explained that many
great men had misspelled success.
Napoleon, for instance, and Caesar | ffarreLson Will Speak at County
Meeting in Courthou.se at
Defense Meeting Is
To Be Held Friday;
ana Hitler “spell success as ‘p-o-w-
e-r,, ” he said.
'Others spell It 'f-a-m-e' and the
greatest number spell success as
‘m-o-n-e-y’; but the real Idea of suc
cess is inherent in the Kiwanis stan
dards of buildmg and service,’’ Dr,
Cheatham concluded.
■Vance Rowe introduced the speak
er. Visitors at the club were G. T.
2r30 o’clock
A meeting of County civUian de
fense officials, as well as town and
county officials. Is slated for FViday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the
Courthouse at Carthage.
Called by W. D. Sablston, Jr.,
Moore defense chairman, those at-
McEUderry of Southern Pines, gener- j tending will hear Dean J. W. Har-
al dt\ision superintendent of the Car- j relson of State College outline plans
olina Power and Light Company, and j for cooperating with the U. S. Army
EMwin T. McKeithen, superintendent during its maneuvers in the Stata
of Moore County Hospital. Judge H.
F. Seawell of Carthage inducted Into
new membership Carl Q. Thompson
Jr., editor *f The Pilot.
duaing the next few months. R^re-
sentatlvcs of the Army, the State
Board of Health and other 8ug«ncle«
will also be present.