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VOL. 20, NO. 48
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FIRST IN NEWS, ’
CIRCULATION, ,
& ADVERTISING
Of
Moore County and the Sanduf Territory
Southern Pines. North Carolina, Friday, November 7, 1941.
FIVE CENTS
Soldiers Again Capture Town—But Differently
SOLDIER KILLED j
NEAR CARTHAGE; I
OTHER WRECKS
Moore County Red Cross
To Launch ’42 Roll Call
With Quota Set At 2,400
Visiting Infantryman Borrows
Host’s Car; Accident on
Aberdeen Road
I*A!{KED CAR SMASHPJI)
I Several wreoks. one resulting in
I the death of a soldier, occurred in
I Moore County during the week.
{ Morris Moriarty, 22, of Spring^field,
Mass., attached to the 104th Medical
Division in camp near Fjllerbe, is
thought to have been instantly killed
around 11:00 p. m. Sunday while
driving the car of his week-end host,
F. B. Flinchum of Carthage.
The soldier is said to have borrowed
Mr. Flinchum's car to drive up town,
but was on the Southern Pines high
way near the County Home when the
accident occurred.
Tom Caddell of Carthage was the
j first to arrive on the scene after the
When Soulhtrn Pines townspeople decided to entertain soldiers with a stage show and jthe Fimchum car
street dance West Broad street from Pennsyl-ania to New Hampshire avenue was jammed and noWi^ an ofLe'lf Mor-
crowded with visiting soldiers, dancing with local girls; witn young and old, black and white,
all turning out to see the jitterbug contest, the boxing matches, and to hear the orchestra play for
the dance. Thursday night of this week the bandstand will be used for a band concert by the 36-
piece army band of the 101st Medical Regiment.
KIWANIANS NAME
1942 DIRECTORS
Local Group Meeting Tuesday
To Launch ^^Fight For FreedonV^
I..eon Seymour Triumphs Over
Hedy Lamarr,, Sabiston
Over Lana Turner
Despite last minute opposition, O.
Leon Seymour of Aberdeen and W. D.
Sabiston, Jr., of Carthage were swept
into the offices of president and vice-
president of the Sandhills Kiwanis
Club by a vote considered remark
able in view of their oppfisition. For
president, Mr. Seymour received 36
votes. Hedy Lamarr, one; for vice-
president, Mr. Sabiston received 36
votes, Lana Turner, one.
'K. F. Tarlton, sole nominee for
treasurer of the club, had no such op
position. Out of a slate of 10 candi
dates, Kiwanlans at their Wednesday
meeting in Highland Pines Inn elect
ed the following directors for the
coming year: A. L. Burney of Aber
deen, W. A. Lelaad McKeithen of
Pinchurst, Larry W. Miner of South
ern Pines, H. F. Seawell, Sr., of Car
thage, Jack M. Taylor of Aberdeen,
Paul C. Butler and the Rev. J. Fred '
Stim^ion of Southern Pines. i
Drake on Public. Health |
Following the balloting. Dr. B. M. j
Drake, Moore County Health officer,
presented to Kiwanians the problems]
of public health work, and declared |
his belief that lack of information
concerning proper health measures
and care was responsible for much
disease among the indigent.
"The cooperation of lay people in
Moore County is exceptionally good,”
Dr. Drake said. “With such help, It
should be possible within a few years
to have here a county with a mini
mum of disease and poverty."
CHAPPELL HEADS
NEW YDC GROUP
Organizational .Meeting Held in
Vass Brings Out Large
Attendance
Almet Jenks Asked to Organize
Southern Pines Chapter;
Others Active
October
October, if not losing her crown
aa Queen of the months in the Sand-
hUls, at best parted with some of the
jewels in striving for new records.
With 24 days of September without
rain, October bettered that disastrous
record with a 30-day lack. In all the
61 days of the two months only 4.17
inches of rain fell on the parched
fields and gardens.
A record high temperature was set
at 95 degrees on the 6th, four degrees
less than some other localities in the
state; a low of 36 degrees on the 26th
broke no records but was cold enough.
Maximum temperature was 7.6 de
grees above normal, minimum tem
perature 1.3 degrees above normal,
average temperature for the month
4.4 degnrees above normal.
Twenty days of the month were all
clear, ten days partly cloudy, one
day cloudy and only one day with
rain 1.51 Inches falling on the 28th.
Deficiency for the month 1.40 in
ches. Loss for the first 10 months of
the year 9.26 inches. Twenty-three
days recorded temperatures of 80 or
more degrees.
Long time Max. Min. Aver.
Average 74.5 51 62.8
1940 77 48.2 62.6
1941 82.1 52.3 67.2
A Young Democratic Club for
Vaas-Cameron section was organized
at a meeting in Hotel Charmella last
Thursday night, with Monroe M.
Chappell of Vass named president of
the organization.
Following a dinner meeting at
which Ralph Monger, Jr., of Sanford,
State YDC secretary, and John A.
Lang of Carthage and Raleigh, State
NYA Administrator, .spoke, the local
YDC unit was formed, under the di
rection of H. Clifton Blue of Aber
deen, county president.
Mrs. B. M. Corbett was elected vice-
president; Mrs. F. L. Taylor, secre
tary, and Vice Keith, treasurer. All
are from Vass.
John Lang really threw a challenge
at the Young Democrats when he de
clared that democracy was "not like
the seasons of the year that come and
stay, regardless of man's efforts."
The disease spots of democracy are,
he added, "lethargy, lack of desire to
participate in leadership, selfishness,
and a lack of understanding of the
place each individual must have in
making democracy work."
Young Monger presented a brief
history of the Young Democrat move
ment North Carolina, from its incep
tion under W. D. (Pete) Murphy in
1888.
Attending the meeting were the
following: Mr. and Mrs. J. Douglas
David, Pinebluff; Miss Gwendolyn
Pickier, Pinebluff; J. Hubert McCas-
kill, Pinehurst; Miss Myrtle FVye,
Carthage; John S. Person, George
Mason, N. V. Keith, F. R. McGill,
Eaizabeth Chappell, C. p. McMillan,
Sarah Smith, M!r. and Mrs. M. m!
Chappell, all of Vasa; E. D. McLean,
Aberdeen; Ralph Monger. Jr., San
ford; H. Clifton Blue, Aberdeen; John
A. trfing, Carthage; Mr. and Ji-s.
Clinton McCaskill, Miss Myrtle Mo
Caskill, Carthage; Calvin A. Sim
mons, Glendon, Jean Swett, Cameron;
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Taylor, Mr.
and Mrs. B. M. Corbett, Henry a!
Borst, all of Vass; Jack E. Phillips
and Clayton Attain of Cameron; W.
I. Barbour of Pinehurst, H. H. Grimm,
Carthage: Mr. and Mrs. Carl G.
Thompson Jr. of Southern Pines; W,
A. Leland McKeithen of Pinehurst;
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Carpenter of
Pinebluff; W. R. CTegg of Carthage;
Mr, and Mrs. D. Al Blue Jr.. Southern
Pines; Mrs. Richard Hassell, South
ern Pines, W, D. Smith and L. B.
Craig, both of Vass and Alton Shaw
of Cameron.
hemp WOMAN’S CLUB
Mrs. W. P. Shumacker and Miss
Lucy Snider will be hostesses to the
Hemp Wloman’s Club Monday. Novem
ber 10, at 3:30 p. m. at the home of
Mrs. Shumacker.
Tuesday, November 11, is the 23rd
Armistice Day. and at 8 o'clock that
night in tlie Civic Club will take
place an organizational meeting of a
local chapter of "Fight for Freedom,"
which advocates "immediate entry of
the United States in the war on Hit
ler.”
Taking initiative in formation of
the local chapter are Almet Jenks,
close friend and classmate at Yale
of the Rt. Rev. Henry Hobson, na
tional Fight for Freedom chairman;
Eugene C. Stevens, and Struthers
Burt, national committee member
who has worked in New York office
and in Wyoming for the committee;
as well as Mrs. Ernest L. Ives and
Mrs. Malcolm D. Kemp, both of whomj
did work for the committee last
spring.
Move to launch a local chapter Ije-
gan this week when Mr. Jenks re
ceived a letter from A. Liddon Gra
ham. director of organization, asking
him at the suggestion of Bishop Hob
son, to undertake the job locally.
Statement of Purpose
Mr. Jenks said he hoped those in
terested would make an "especial ef
fort to attend” Tuesday night. The
purpose of Fight for Freedom has
been stated as follows:
"Our mightiest armament is the
idea that is America—the concept
that men are created equal. Unflinch
ing allegiance to the concept will
strengthen us to crush the Nazi on
slaught upon it.
"All true citizens would fight and
die for the American idea. We assert
the time has come to fight. We can
not urge action against Hitler and
suggest that such action will keep us
out of war. Any effective resistance
against Nazism means war. For ex
ample, we urge repeal of the Neutral
ity Act, we knowing that when our
ships, loaded with our goods, are
taken into belligerent ports by the
American fleet, Hitler will fight back.
This will mean war, and a declara
tion of war will and should follow.
"Fight for Freedom is for full war
at once. Hitlerism cannot be beaten
by half-way measures and the fight
for freedom cannot be won by the
half-hearted."
Julian Bishop of Southern Pines,
vvho has been named State organiza
tional chairman, left Tuesday for
Washington, D. C., to confer with
Senator J. W. Bailey, and John Will-
cox of Carthage. Moore county chair
man, is forming a county committee.
iarty had been thrown clear of th'j
car and his head was badly crushed.
Indications were that the car had
turned over several times.
No inquest was deemed necessary,
and the body was turned over to mil
itary authorities.
Mr. Flinchum’s car was damaged
beyond repair.
Four civilians and one soldier es
caped serious injury when the Oldsmo-
bile in which they were riding fail
ed to negotiate the sharp curve at
the bottom of Sugg’s Hill on U. S.
No. 1 between Southern Pines and
Aberdeen.
Officers investigatmg reported
presence of empty and half-empty
whisky bottles in the automobile which
smashed into a power pole and several
times turned turtle.
Still confined to the Moore County
Hospital are Owen Churchill, said to
be the driver, suffering with a con
cussion; and another patient, whose
name would not be given at the Hos
pital but who is a cook at one of
the Fort Bragg hospitals, according
to officers, W. L. Rogers, the cars’
owner, was treated and released. The
soldier, Charles Coyle, attached to a
medical outfit at Fort Bragg was
taken to a hospital there.
Band Concert
Army Band of .‘Ui-Pieces
Brings Street Stage Stand
Back Into Use Thursday
The stage on West Broad street
came back into use Thursday
night, November 6, with a band
concert at 7:30 o’clock by the 36-
piece band of the 101st Medical
Regiment, Yankee Division. Ar
rangements for the concert were
made by Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Scheipers, who are old friends of
Lt. Col. R. S. Youmans of the
101st.
Also, it was announced late
Thursday that the band of the
207th Coast Artillery (a. a.) was
planning a return concert here at
the High School grounds, Sunday
afternon, from 3 to 5 o'clock, un
der direction of Capt. Francis W.
Sutherland. This is the band which
played in the town park a few
weeks ago.
COUNTY TAX LIST
BEING PUBLISHED
George London Heading Mem
bership Drive; County Offi
cers Elected
Commi.ssioners Order Huntley to
Sell for Taxes First Week
in December
IN SADIE HAWKINS DANCE
The annual formal dance of the
Adelphian Society at Woman’s Col
lege in Greensboro was turned into
a Sadie Hawkins Day frolic last
week, and among those leading the
dance figure was Miss Rebecca Neal,
iaughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. I. Neal,
with her escort, T. 0. Hyman of San
ford.
Piiteh C’ar Smashed
No injuries were sustained bu the
car of C. T. Patch was badly damaged
when an automobile driven by Miss
Donnie Grady of Aberdeen crashed
into the side of the Patch car, park
ed on New Hampshire avenue. Offi
cers reported that Miss Grady was
turning left off Broad street onto
New Hampshire avenue, when she
swerved to miss a Swift Packing Co.
truck which was double-parked. The
swerve wtis too great 3nd carried her
into the parnea Patch car.
Herr Elected Head
of School Boards
Dr. George G. Herr, chairman of
Southern Pines School Board, was
Tuesday night in Raleigh elected
president of the North Central District,
State School Board Association, and
Philip J. Weaver, local school superin
tendent, secretary-treasurer.
The North Central District, com
prising 15 counties, met in Hugh Mor-
son High School, to discuss school
problems and adopted a resolution
calling upon the next General Assem
bly to establish a "uniform system
of schools of nine months for all
children” and to provide "supervisors
for elementary schools . . . for coun
ty systems."
Others from Moore County attend
ing the meeting were John W. Gra
ham of Aberdeen, chairman of Moore
County Board; H. Lee Thomas, county
school superintendent; and R. F.
Lovny, principal, Cameron schools.
Armistice Service
To Be Held Sunday
A special Armistice Day church ser-
vice will be conducted at the Pine
hurst Chapel Sunday morning at 11
o’clock by the Sandhills Post No. 134
of the American Legion, with Dr. T.
A. Cheatham in charge of the ser
vice.
Thfe Post has extended invitations
to the Carthage and Aberdeen posts
of the Legion to join In the service
and also has extended an invitation
to all members of the Army and Navy
who may be in the community.
The ordering of W. T. Huntley,
county tax collector, to advertise the
delinquent tax list in November and
hold the tax .sale on the first Monday
in December, and the acceptance of
$30,000 from the County AQJ5. stores
were the most important traiibactions
at the regular meeting of the Moore
County Commissioners held Monday
with all members of the Board pres
ent.
Wilbur Currie, chairman of the
Board, as trustees was authorized to
execute the following deeds; To
Gladys Fry for the Oilie Fry Estate,
eight acres in Carthage tow'nship for
a consideration of $121.44; to Mary
Cassady for the Fred McCrimmon
Estate lot in Berkley, consideration
$75.
Also, to Maggrie Chisholm, Sarah
Chisholm and Bernard Chisholm for
the Maggie and Matt Chisholm house
and lot in Taylortown, Mineral
Springs township, consideration, $60.
School Bonds
A motion was adopted providing
that the $33,000 school bonds of
Moore County dated Sept. 1. 1941,
shall bear interest at the rate of one
and one-half per cent per annum,
payable semi-annually on March 1 and
September 1.
The Board voted to recommend
that the State Highway and Public
Works Commission take steps immed
iately to remedy the dangerous in
tersection at Highway 27 and Tyra-
Candor road near the Moore-Mont-
gomery county line.
Beer licenses w'ere ordered issued to
the following: The Manor and Pine
hurst Casino, Pinehurst; R. B. Brown,
Aberdeen; M. E. Poindexter, Vass;
Virginia Jackson and Pine Needles
Hotel, Southern Pines.
Tax Relief
Miscellaneous orders Included the
following: That Bill Crutchfield prop
erty be reduced $450 in valuation for
1941 on account of a house being
burned; that Paul C. Butler be re
lieved of $200 personal property val
uation for 1940 on account of its be
ing improperly listed; that Carr Mc
Crimmon, Sheffield township, be re
lieved of poll tax on account of dis
ability; that Mrs. Ervin Davis, Car
thage township, be rxllowed $10 per
month for support until further no
tice; that Jim Murchison be allowed
$10 for the month of September for
keeping John Murchison; that Alex
Brewer. Bensalem township, be re
lieved of poll tax on account of be
ing a permanent cripple; that Mrs. A.
M. Snipes be relieved of tax on one
dog for the year 1941.
P.\Y IS STOLEN
Luclle Matthews, employee of
Chiswell’s Coffee Shop, was loser of
a compact containing $12.00 in cash
last Saturday during a heavy rush
hour. The theft was reported to pO'
lice but no trace has been found.
TO END DRIVE NEXT WEEK
With nearly a 90 percent increase
in H(‘(l Cross membership quota set
for Moore County this year, George
London, special roll call chairman,
prepared this week to launch the big
gest drive Red Cross has seen since
tlie World War, beginning Tuesday,
November 11.
"Not .since the last war has the
Red Cross been charged with as heavy
responsibilities as it is carrying to
day,’’ Mr. London said. "Last year,
Moore County turned in 1,315 mem-
bersliips; but our goal for this year
is set at 2,400 and we’re bound to
make it."
In Southern F'ines. local chairman
Paul C. Butler called a meeting for
P'riilay, November 7, at 3 o'clock in
the Civic Club to orf^anize a roll call
committee for the local town. All
volunteer workers for Reel Cross are
urged to attend this meeting.
County Officers Elected
Utmost effort in this year's roll
call was urged Tuesday when the
Moore County Chapter met in annual
meeting at Carthage and heard Miss
Ellen Rochford, field representative,
declare that “there is a bigger job
ahead than ever before."
.With Mrs. H. F. Seawell of Carth
age acting as chairman pro tem. Mrs.
Alice Burt Hunt was reelected head
of the county chapter for the com
ing year. Other officers chosen were
Paul Dana of Pinehurst, vice chair
man; Miss Ellen Maurice of Eagle
Springs, secretary; Mrs. M. E. Throw
er of Southern Pines, treasurer.
A rising vote of thanks for her flue
service was given Mrs. W. J. Mc-
Avoy of Southern Pines who had sub
mitted her resignation as treasurer.
Double Enrollment
To carry on present work, national
headquarters ia asking for 18,000,000
members as ao-a nst the 9,000,000 en-
rolled labL year. Miss Rochford said,
recalling the growth in Moore County
from 450 members five years ago to
1,315 last year.
Mrs. Hunt, in her annual message,
urged that the 1941 Roll Call be made
the greatest that the Red Cross has
ever had and that an effort be made
to put Moore County well above its
quota of 2,400 members. She intro
duced the county Roll Call chairman,
George London of Southern Pines.
Get Everj- Memlter
Mr. London stressed the importance
of giving every citizen a chance to
enroll. He said that a lot of people
had been overlooked in the past and
asked workers to make it plain that
one membership does not include both
husband and wife; that to be a mem
ber. each person must join.
Mrs. McAvoy county treasurer
for the past two years, gave her an
nual jeport and suggested that there
be a planned budget for the whole
county for the year, that a part-time
paid secretary be employed to pro
mote the work, and that a more
equitable arrangement for the distri
bution of Branch quotas be worked
out.
Under the present method, one-
third of the amount of Roll Call
money not sent to national head
quarters is retained by the Chapter
and the remaining two-thirds goes
to the local Branch, thus giving the
community raising the largest
amount of money the greatest amount
to spend locally. Mrs. McAvoy ex
pressed the opinion that the need Is
often as great in the communities not
able to raise such large amounts,
and that the smaller communities are
not getting as much benefit as they
might under a better arrangement for
distribution.
Chairmen ot Branches
Reports of Branch chairmen indicA-
(Phase turn to papt eight)
Eastern Star Order
Meeting Friday Night
The regular meeting of Magnolia
Lodge, Chapter 26, Order of Eastern
Star, will be held Friday, November
7. beginning at 6.30 o’clock writh a
covered dish supper. The businesB
meeting will be^n at 8 o’clock with
the district deputy Grand Matron,
Mrs. AmeUa Hardy of Fayetteville,
making her official vialt