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VOL. 20, NO. 43.
Southern Pines, North Carolina,Friday, September 26, 1911.
FIVE CENTS
TROOPS ROLLING
INTO SANDHILLS
AS ‘WAR’ STARTS
Observation Squadrons Locate at
KnoHwood; Heavy Move
ments liegin October 1
4 PHASES OF MANEUVERS
The enemy has laqided on the Car
olina coast and is advancing inland I
A clash of Army troops la inmiinentl
Opposing forces will likely begin skir
mishes, leading into real battles, near
the North and South Carolina line
shortly after the first of October.
That’s the imaginary status to
date of the practice war which is
bringing thousands of Army troops
into and through this section.
I^rge Troop Movements
Troops from all parts of the east
ern seaboard streamed through the
Sandhills this week, as the First
Army Corps of about 76,000 troops
moved into position for maneuvers,
eventually to involve several hundred
thousand men of the First Army.
More than 50,000 troops will invade
the State begrinning October 1, when
the entire VI Army Corps, with head
quarters in Providence, R. I., enters
the State by four different routes.
Already part of this VI Army
Corps is encamped near Candor, and
units of observation squadrons have
moved into the Knollwood Airport
section, preparing a permanent camp
for about 1,500 officers and men of
observation and pursuit units.
One of the four different bodies
of the VI Army Corps moving into
the State will follow U. S. Route 1
through Aberdeen, and another, U.
S. Route 15 through Carthi^e and
Pinehurst. Others will come into the
State on more westerly routes.
Ninth DiviHion Moving
Out of Fort Bragg and through
Southern Pines all this week the
Ninth Division has been moving into
position in the South Carolina maneu
ver area.
Concent rations Near Here
Major concentration of troops dur
ing the maneuvers will be just South
and just West of Southern Pines. Ac
cording to advance information re
ceived by The Pilot, there will be a
large concentration of the Sixth Army
Corps centered around Candor, while
another major unit of troops will cen
ter around Hoffman.
The First Army Corps, now moving
into position, will be considered the
Invading army, and will be fighting
from South Carolina toward North
Carolina. Second Army Corps and
Sixth Army OoIt>s, staging Intra-
State from mvasion. Later the First
Army Corps will move into position
in North Carolina for the battle
around Hamlet and Rockingham.
(Please turn to Page 6)
Some Eats!
Soldier!^ Will Eat Several Tons
of Food Durinjar Maneu
vers in Carolinas
To Preside
ABERDEEN TAKES
SOFTBALL TITLE
IN FIFTH G AME
Series Goes Full Lene:th as Sou
thern Pines Fights for Cham
pionship Place
MRS. ELDON S. .\UAMS
DISTRICT 5 PTA
MEETING SLATED
Mrs. Eldon S. Adams of Carth
age to Preside at Session in
Hamlet, October 3
Soldiers aren't apt to go hungry
while on maneuvers.
Col. Lewis Landes, now residing at
Pinebluff, who has been in charge of
establishing rail heads and supply sta
tions for the m,aneuver area, offers
these figures as proof.
It’s estimated that the First Army
soldiers during the next couple of
months will eat:
1.260.000 chickens.
8f'85,000 pounds of beef.
3.157.000 eggs.
1.890.000 pounds of butter.
1.540.000 quarts of ice cream.
11.200.000 oranges.
18.075.000 pounds of potatoes.
2.100.000 pouftds of carrots.
6.930.000 pounds of sugar.
10.500.000 pounds of b'uad.
700.00 pounds o<f cereal.
840.00 pounds of salt.
56.000 gallons of mayonnaise.
560.000 pounds of beans.
700.000 pounds of turkeys, or 39,-
000 turkeys at 18 pounds each—these
for Thanksgiving.
Let’s eat)
Program arrang-ements for the an
nual fifth district conference of the
N. C. Congress of Parents and Teach
ers in HamJet, October 3, were an
nounced this week by Mrs. Eldon S.
Adams of Cartbagre, district director.
The full day session will begin at
9:30 a. m. in the high school audi
torium at Hamlet, with representa
tives present from P. T. A. organiza
tions in Moore, Richmond, Rowan,
Scotland, Stanley, Union, Montgom
ery, Hoke, Cabarrus and Anson coun
ties. Mrs. Adams will preside.
Among participants scheduled for
the afternoon program are the Rev.
Craighill Brown, pastor of Southern
Pines B^iscopal Church; B. E. Beas
ley, secretary, Carthage Rotary
Club; Mrs. A. J. McKelway of the
Pinehurst Girl Scout Council; Miss
Flora McDonald, Moore home demon-]
stration agent; and John A. Lang of
Carthage, State NTTA Administrator.
Theme of the conference is "Child
hood and Youth in a Democracy.’
Present officers of this district are
Mrs. Adams, director; Mrs. T. M.
Mauney of Richfield, vice-director;
Mrs. Walter Warfford of Carthage,
secretary; Mrs. J. C. Umberger of Mt.
Ulla, library chairman; E. S. Adams
ot Carthage, safety chairman; and
Mrs. Paul Gamble of Monroe, exten^
sion chairman.
A business session will occupy most
of the morning, while a symposium
conducted by C. W. Phillips of Wo
man’s College, Greensboro, will fea
ture the afternoon session.
Sunday Movies Start
For Army Recreation
Sunday movies, as a concession to
the recreation problem of soldiers in
this section, were announced this
week for Southern Pines, at the re
quest of town officials.
Charles Picquet, manager of Caro
lina Theatre, said a special program
for the Southern Pines Theatre would
be booked for each Sunday, beginning
this week with “Parachute Battalion,”
which missed out on its previous
booking here. Shows will be at 3
o’clock and 8 p. m. Also, the latest
March of Time, released this week,
"Norway in Revolt” will be included
on the Sunday schedule.
Southern Pines new theatre. Sun
rise, has also scheduled Sunday show-
ingrs, featuring "Blondie Goes Latin”
with three shows.
PLAYERS RECEIVE AWARDS
I
A championship softball series. :
locked at two games each, blew up i
last Friday night when Aberdeen i
swamped Southern Pines, 15 to 4, to j
claim the league championship for
the year.
Climaxing the summer's league ac
tivities, the ball clubs of Moore Coun
ty are throwing a dance Thursday
night at the Pinehurst gymnasium.
V’hen Aberdeen will be awarded the
League trophy and prizes will be gfiv-
en for the best individual players.
Southern Pines ended the second-
half .season at the top of the ladder,
and then faced a play-off series with
Aberdeen that saw both teams take
two games, before the deciding elfish
Friday.
Hauling down prizes for individual
playing excellence are the following:
A. F. Dees Jr., Pinehurst, pitching
average, .714, and batting average
.559; C. Ritter of West B2nd, 10 home
runs, and also 25 runs scored; C.
[Kivett of Carthage, three 3-baggers;
T. Davis of Aberdeen, 15 two-bag-
fiers; A. Kennedy of Southern Pines,
a dozen stolen ba»es; and Walter Har
per of Southern Pines, award for the
most valuable player.
DRAFT CALLS 27
FOR OCTOBER 1
Four Southern Pines Men In
cluded in Order to Report for
Service at Fort Bragg
VASS cow tt\S TWINS
Folks around Vass are marvelling
at one of nature’s freaks—twin
heifer calves which were bom on J.
M. Tyson’s farm near Vass. ’The cow
and her twins are all reported in heal
thy, normal condition.
The Moore County Draft Board this
week ordered 27 additional Moore
County men to report October 1 for
induction into the United States
Army at Fort Bragg.
Included were lour Southern Pines
men; Alfred Herman Grover, Harold
Douglas Morrison, James L. Short,
and Andrew Panos.
Ordered received by the men re
quired them to report at Court House
in Carthage at 10:30 a- m., Wednes
day, October 1.
Those affected by this order are
Albert Glenn McDuffie, West End;
Albert Allen Willard, route 2 Aber-
I’.een; Alton Taft Needham, route 1
Steeds; John Howard Myrick, Carth
age; Hal Madison Kirk, route 1 Aber
deen; William Bratcher Clayton,
Jackson Springs; Carlton Frank
Campbell, West End;
Also, Paul Jefferson Marley, Eagle
Springs; Robert Grady Ussery, Pine-
bluff... Thaddeus Littleton Lowden,
Aberdeen; Marvin Lewis Goodman,
Cameron; Lindley Hayes Richardson,
route 1 Carthage; Clyde Irvin Stanley,
route 2 Cameron; William Fleming
Bowman, Aberdeen; Robert Adam
Calloway, route 1 Carthage;
Also, Willie Ester Cockerman,
route 1 Cameron; Willard Freeman,
Hemp; Joseph McRae, Vass; Ellis Eki-
monds, route 1 Cameron; Cecil Ethen
Garner, route 2 Hemp; Jesse Corne
lius Hulett, Pinehurst; Cecil Gilbert
Frye, Pinehurst, and Rufus Taft Hus
sey, route 2, Hemp. ,
Times Change!
North Carolina will go off day
light saving time and back to East
ern Standard Time, Sunday morn
ing, September 28, at 2 a. m.
To keep up with the times, the
simplest thing to do is to set your
clock back one hour when you re
tire Saturday night. When you
wake up Sunday morning, you'll
hardly know the difference. In
short, if you go to bed at midnight,
Saturday, set your clock back to
11 p. m.
The Pilot is aware mat this
change is not going to be made
without some confusion. In this is
sue, The Pilot is carrying notices
received from various places in
the Cofnty desigrnating church
meetings at certain hours "day
light saving time.'’ These will prob
ably take place at the same hours,
“standard time," in view of the
general time change throughout
the State.
Sandhills Resort Season
Gets Off to Early Start
YDC Officer
Pine Needles B(M>ked with Many
Advance Reservations; Shops
and Hotels Open
FULL YEAR ANTICIPATED
EARLY SEHLER
DIES HERE AT 84
Mrs. Eunice Emma Goddard
Settled in This Section Over
50 Years Ago
One of Southern Pines’ oldest res
idents, Mrs. Eunice Emma Goddard,
died last Friday at the home of her
son, G. R. Chatfield, at 1:30 p. m.,
sifter a long illness. She was 84 years
cld.
A native of Derby, Vernjont, Mrs.
Goddard was one of the first settlers
in Southern Pines, having lived in
Niagara and this community for the
past 50 years.
Mrs. Goddard came to Southern
Pines in 1889, with her first husband,
Frederick Chatfield, a contractor who
built about 25 houses in this section.
Chatfield died in 1911, and his wid
ow married again in 1918. She was the
daughter of George and Harriet
Powers Hyde of Derby, Vermont.
Funeral services were held in
Powell Funeral Home Sunday at 4
o'clock, \\ith the Rev. Myron Adams
officiating. Pallbearers were S. T.
Dunn, Frank Viall, Mr. Rhodes, L. S.
Rowell, Lawrence Williams, and Mr.
Dutton. Interment was In the fam
ily plot at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Among those from out of town who
attended the funeral were Mr. and
Mrs. R. K. Eppes of Charlotte.
Surviving are two sons, G. R. Chat'
field of Southern Pines, and V/. H.
Chatfield of Brownville Junction,
Maine; nine grandchildren and four
great grandchlildren.
MISS JEAN SWETT
This is Miss Jean Swett of Cam
eron, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Swett, who, after being elected a vice-
president of the Moore County Young
Democratic Club, went to the State
convention in W'lnston-Salem last
week-end, and was elected to the post
of secretary-treasurer of the Eighth
Congressional District Young Demo
cratic Clubs,
PINEBLUFF HOLDS
MEETING ON ARMY
Committee Chairman Named by
Mayor Stewart to Plan for
Soldiers on Leave
Elliotts’ Grandson
Dies Unexpectedly
Youth, 18, Stricken with Infan
tile Paralysis at Home in
Columbia, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Elliott have just
returned from Columbia, S. C., where
they attended the funeral of their
oldest grandson, Buford Elliott Kim
ball, who was stricken with infan
tile paralysis.
The 18-year old boy had made plans
to enter Clemson College, and was
suddenly taken ill. He is the son of
the foiyr^r Miss Doris Elliott of
Southern Pines, who has lived in Co
lumbia since her marriage.
Capt Papana, Rumanian Flyer,
Having Immigration Troubles
Back In the Sandhills, after a
brush with Immigration officials at
Miami, Fla., last week, '.a Captain
Alex Papana, 35-year-old Rumanian
flyer, who served as host at The Gray
Fox restaurant in Pinehurst last sea
son.
Capt. Papana was charged in a
warrant Issued by the attorney gen
eral in Washington with failure to
keep up his visitor’s status and with
overstaying his time, as well as hav
ing accepteil private employment In
violation of regulation governing alien
Sporting a bright red coupe, Capt.
Papana came back to the Sandhills
after putting up $500 required to an
swer to the charges. The records
showed that Papana entered the Unit
ed States late in March, 1939, land
ing in Miami, and since then has tour
ed the country attending air meets.
Several years ago, he cracked up at
Miami in a take-off for a projected
non-stop flight to Bucharest.
This week he has been staying with
Francis Alba-de-Costa in Southern
Pines.
At the third of its town meetings,
commenced last spring for discussion
of community problems, Pinebluff
this week prepared itself to fit into
the Army maneuver activities during
the next two months.
Meeting in the local Home Demon
stration Club Building, a large group
of local citizens heard Major John A.
King of the 1st Army Quartermas
ter Service, stationed at Hoffman,
discuss the purpose and the problems
of the Army maneuvers and some of
the ways in which Pinebluff could as
sist.
Mayor R .F. Stew'art appointed
Early opening of resort hotels,
shops and restaurants this year au
gurs one of the longest and most suc
cessful seasons the Sandhills have
seen in many a Carolina moon.
With heavy reservation Bookings
already made for October, The Pine
Needles, luxurious hotel topping the
heights of Knollwood, has announced
formal opening for October 1, along
with many other Southern Pines and
Pinehurst establishments.
Highland Lodge, which for 24 seas
ons was managed by the late Mrs.
Maude H. Grearson, will continue this
season under supervision of her
brother, W. Frank Harris, who has
been associated with the Lodge for
the past three seasons.
In Pinehurst, The Gray Fox, fash
ionable French restaurant, ushers in
the season with a special dinner and
floor show attraction Saturday, Sep
tember 27. The Manor in I?inehurst
will open informally October 1, and
the Colony Shop and Madame et La
Jeune Fille both have scheduled open
ings for the first of next month.
Local Club Opens
Tow» officials said that the South
ern Pines Country Club will launch
its current season October 1, with
Richard Sugg in charge. ■Roy Grinnell,
golf professional, will take over about
November 1.
The Highland Pines Inn, under man-
' agement of William E. Flynn, an
nounced last week October 1 as its
opening date. Word was received from
J. L. Pottle, operator of the Holly
wood Hotel that an early opening of
this facility w'as scheduled for at>out
the middle of October, a month earlier
chan usual.
Reno\atlons at Pine Needles
Extensive repair and renovation
work has been underway during sum
mer months to get The Pine Needles
in shape for its opening. Interiors of
guest rooms have been renovated and
closets enlarged, brightened and im-
committee chairmen, as recommended
by Federal Security Agency and U. S. | proved.
O. officials, as follows: ! At the golf course, a new practice
Commuunity facilities, Mrs. M. F. range has been built, paralleling the
Butner; Inventory, Levi Packard; i second hole; the practice putting
home and church hospitality. Dr. W. I preen has been moved back from the
A. Parsons; publicity and informa-j clubhouse; and the ‘‘hump" at the
tion, Cadwallader Benedict; Commun-j 1‘irst tee has been smoothed over, al-
ity recreation, J. D. Adcox; athletic ^ lowing a fuller view of the fairway,
events, J. D. Davis; and social events, I John F. Sanderson arrived this
Mrs. M. D. Kemp. j week to take over management of the
It was announced at the meeting establishment for Patuxent Develop-
that the ‘‘Rose Dance Hall" was be-|ment Company. Johnny Capello will
ing converted into a recreation hall I return as golf professional, and a
for use of the Army men, with j completed .staff of experienced hotel
lounge and writing facilities. | personnel has been selected for the
Pinebluff at present is supplying ^ season,
quantities of water from its spring j In preparation for the opening,
supply to many of the Army units!George T. Dunlap Sr., who has been
stationed nearby. jill in Watts’ Hospital, Durham, this
summer, was on the scene, active
again as president of Patuxent, along
^ 1 -kT« 1 J w^th his son, George T. Dunlap Jr.,
Opens Thursday Night vice-president; and O. H. Stutts. sec.
I retary-treasurer.
W. p. Benner, Operator at Hemp
and Carthage, to Manage
Local House
Southern Pines’ second motion pic
ture theatre, "Sunrise,” began opera
tion Thursday night, under manage
ment of W. P. Benner of Carthage,
owner-operator of movie houses in
Hemp and Carthage.
Equipped with Caplin projectors,
Operodia sound apparatus and four
high and low frequency speakers, the
theatre will play to houses up to 825
capacity, with the auditorium seating
475 and the balcony around 350.
The theatre owner bought the Gib
bon building on Broad Street, oppo
site the railroad station, last spring
and began repair and renovation
work to make it into a movie house.
The neon-lighted sign gives color to
the “Sunrise” name. The house will
run two movies daily on week days
and is scheduled for four on Satur
days.
Accommodations for Army
Among other reasons for the early
opening is the expected presence of
numbers of families of Army offi
cers, seeking accommodations In this
section during fall maneuvers.
Also, it is anticipated that through
out the year, there will be a great
number of long and short time visi
tors (to this section.
Field Representative
To Address Red Cross
A special meeting of the Moore
County Red Cross will be held in
the Parkview Hotel Tuesday after-
r.oon, September 30, at 5 o’clock. It
was announced by the county chair
man, Mrs. Alice Burt Hunt.
Miss Ellen Rochefort, field repre
sentative from Washington, will lead
the meeting In a discussion of plana
for the annual fall
begins November 1.
roll call, which
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