UNITCO
STATES
WINGS
OMDS
VOL. 22, NO. 9
FATHER WILUAMS
GOES TO KINSTON;
HERE SINCE 1935
To Kinston
Southern Pines. North (l^arolina, tVidav, January 30, 1942.
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Farewell “Open House” Being
Given Catholic Priest at
Parish Hall Thursday
WAS ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY'
Father Thomas A. Williams, since
1S35 pastor of St. Anthony's Catho
lic Church here, was this week ad.
vancpd to a pastorate in Kinston lo
he in charge of the Church of the
Holy Trinity there.
Ho is to be succeedcd here by the
Rev. Herbert A. Harkins of Hiph
Point, it was unofficially reported.
To pay trib<ite to the youthful priest
whose work hero has reached many
phases of community life, his |>arishi-
oners are holding an open house
Thursday evening, January 29, at the
Parish Hall on Broad street to bid him
farewell. Especially invited are the
Mayor and town commissioners, scout
executives and scoutmasters of the
county, as well as members of the
scout fi;;iops, the school board and
ether local pastors.
.Aoflve With B«> Scouf.s
Father Williams ha.s boon especial-i
1y active in Boy Scout work while in,
Southern Pines and is scoutmaster ofi
Troop 63. besides beinp State Chap
lain of the Catholic Youth Council.,
Much of the scouting which has been
developed in the county during recent
years has been due to his efforts in I
this field. I
During his stay here, the Church
of the Holy Child in Pinebluff was I
built and the mission there was im.j
fier his charge. In his own church, he;
has been active in building the active i
congregation to its present number
of 167, not including approximately
pn equal number of Army families
v.-ho are included.
Many improvements have been'
made to the Church, and the Parish'
hall during his stay. Ho also has been ]
school chaplain for Notre Dame |
Academy, which was established herei
by the Sisters of Notrp Dame do Na.
mur.
Fathers Williams came here^to S'.^o-^
SEAWELL CLAIMS
‘AMBITION’ LIES
BACK OF CHARGES
Innes-Taylor Gets '' Medal
For Rescue Of Drowniu^"" /oman
N<?(ionai Foundation Awards l/ocal Man Medal for Hravery for
Plunge into Pamlico Sound Last July to Save Mrs.
Charles Ludwig from Death
I Carthage Attorney Issues State-
i ment on Eve of Trial Deny
ing Federal Charges
TRIAL TO START MONDAY
I On the eve of a special term of
Federal Court in Rockingham to hear
charges against H. F. Seawell, Jr.. of
Captain Alan Innes-Taylor plunge
mto the cold waters of Pamlico
Sound last July 16 to save the life
of a drowning woman this week
Drought him an award from the Car
negie Hero Fund, citing him for an
act of bravery.
Captain Innes.Taylor has had ex
periences wi‘h the Royal Canadian i
took hold of her. Mrs. Ludwig be.
camp dazed.
"The launch was swung in a larg»
circle; and Innes-Taylor wondering
how long ho could keep afloat, swam
towing Mrs. Ludwig 25 to 35 feet to-
■vard it. He then trod water, support
ing her.
“The launch was maneuvered to a
TEST BLACKOUTS
IN THREE TOWNS
ARE SUCCESSFll.
Pinehurst, Aberdeen and Vass
Declare Trials Are Near 100
Percent Perfect
ST. LIGHTS TROUBLESOME
Air Force, the Byrd expedition, the 1 point near Innes-Taylor, who repeat.
Carthage for alleged mishandling of j Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but edly called to huiTy. A life preserv-
funds while acting as a referee in ^ it was the first time that the man, | or at the end of a line was thrown to
bankniptcy. the Carthage attorney,| who now makes Southern Pines his, him, and he and Mrs, Ludwig were,
known as "Chub," this week issued home, had ever been called upon to | pulled to the lanuch and aided onto it.
a statement claiming the actioT | rc.scue a drowning person. He dived Innes.Taylor was gasping and was
against him was brought for "the l overboard to rescue Mrs. Charles | greatly fatigued. Mrs. Ludwig fainted
purpose of humiliating and embar.; Ludwig, wife of a Cincinnati, Ohio, but was revived.”
rassing mo." | newspaperman, ’ The Captain, who makes his home
f.\thf:k TH(m \s a uii.ijam.s
The court .session is slated to begin j Cnmmission Tells Story
in Rockingham, Monday, February, "Mrs. Ludwig fell from the deck
2, under Judge K. Yates W^ebb ofjof a moving launch into Pamlico
Shelby. The special term was called j .Sound 15 miles from shore, where the
at the request of Judge Johnston, water was 22 feet deep. Innes.Taylor,
Refugees
Kefiigees frr.m the war zone in
Hawaii arrived here thin w«“ek to
stay with Mr. and Mrs. .Alton
Scott. Mr. St'ott’s cousin, Mrs.
.A. .A. Merlani, and two children,
Hurold and Thomas, arrived here
Tiiesda.v, having been evacuate<l
from Hickam Field whore Mas.
ter .Sergeant Merlani Is stationed.
Th«‘y were at Hlekani Flel<l dur
ing the l>«*4‘eml>er 7tli attack and
machine gun bullets and siirap.
nel went into the house in which
they were living, hut none of the
family wa.s Injured.
fully clothed, dived from the launch.
fiwam 75 feet to Mrs. Ludwig, and I for braveiy.
SCHOOL BUSSES
WILL GET TIRES
A. GUNTHER DIES;
WAS VASS MAYOR
I. Hayes, who .several years ago
appointed Seawell as referee in bank
ruptcy for this district and who Is
.scheduled to preside at the regular
teem of Federal Court in March.
Two bills of indictment drawn last
June charged Seawell with ninp cases
, of false reports and two embezzle
ments. These he immediately denied
in a public statement, which pointed
out that no individual or corporation [{ationing Board Approves 10
brought charges. His statement this. Certificates for Board of
week was similar. ,, , _ , ,
AttomeVs s.atement | Education; Others Issued
''o not like to i.ssue statements
to newspapers about matters that are
to be tried in court. I can say this,
however, that no firm, person, cor
poration, partner.ship, trustee, law.
yer or anyone else has contended or is
contending that I owe them a penny
in regard to any matters that have
ever ponded before me in bankruptcy,"
his statement .said
on Fairway Road near the Country
('lub, has related several of his ex.
periences before local civic clubs, but
he has never talked much locally
about this action for which he was
awarded the bronze Carenegie medal
LIBRARY CONCERT
GREATLY ENJOYED
Piano and Violin Presentation
Attracts Large .\udience
of Sandhills Folks
Tire rationing in Moore County
continued this week with a number
of applications being approved by
the Tire Rationing B«>ard. including
10 certificates i.ssued to the Moore
County Board of Education for bus
tires and tubes for use on the school
bu.sses.
The Board meets each Thursday in
The entire matter seems to be a' the rourthouse to consider applica-
matter of personal ambition on thel'iffs for purchase of tires and tubes,
Pvopiilivo nf Va««j nip«i all someone in the Attorney Gen- Hnd an office is maintained other days
irst Executive of Vass Dies government is con. with a .secretary to assist in filling
tSon S Mome^ in fiorina, , ponding that I have charged more in | out applications,
VV’as Scientific Farmer the administration of estates than fj Following applications were ap.
i .should have charged. 'proved by the board:
The death in Kustis, Fla,, of A. Oun-l “Without any warning, any ques-l Foster J. Dawkins, Aberdeen, two
mavor of Vass and for'or any notic-e, the government car tires and tubes: Mrs.
ll.rst and h'is ''‘ar.s a scientific farmer in the coun- proceeded to get bills of indictment, Maggie Lee Kelly, Carthage, one pas.
o f f was reported late last week to again.st me which on their face ap- spnger car tire; W. R. Kennedy
Moore County except Pinehurst and' ‘ .
that part of Hoke County, west of
Sanatorium. He was ordained in Bos
ton by Cardinal O'Connell in 19.33 an<l,years
served as secretary of Bishop Wm. J. i funeral .services were comlucted in ^
Hafey for 11 months, before going to; where burial was made. He them to the
Nazareth Orphanage, just outside of January newsp.npers for the purpose of trving
UaleiKh, as a member of the N. C.' Mr. Gunther came to this section , , preiudice the matter and make it . , D.minl Oscir
Apostolate. • before IHOO from Worcester, Mass., j- teirihle crime ha.'? ‘ *• ’ ? T .
Feather Williams is taking the placei ■••('ttling first in Southern Pinos and hpp„ cnmmittod. ' Caddell. Carthage, two tractor tiror
C T Patch here Purely for the purpose of Hemp four pas.senger car tires; Buf-
'Mr Gunther had been living in re- humiliating and embarrassing me, if Brothers, Carthago, threo truck
with his .son, Otto, and ^ i‘iros and tubos; John Allen, Hemp,
“I understand that the attorney; t^uck tire and tube; O. T. Parks,
vho is handling the ca.se has made j,, Hallison, three truck tires and
tubes;
Also
Carl Lee Davis, .Star, four
of Rt. Rev. A. R. Freeman, who goes
to Charlotte from Kinston,
then buying what is now known as
(he Duncan Matthews place doing
"The entire matter has developed
.1 mbit ion and
and tubes and two truck tiros and
tubes; Southern Pines Warehouse,
into one of personal .iniuiiinii iin-i „ -in/i
His mother. Mrs. Mary A. \Villiams, lruok farming^ Those in attorney Glendon! one
who has lived with him during his! 1'Ut‘W him said lie was the best liorti-
stay here, will go with him to Kin- culturist that had come to the com.
ston. niunity. He grew lettuce for northern
n.arki ts, had a peach orchard and
tube; Carl Oldham,
tiuck tiro and tube.
.hidffe Rowe’s Son
Now Flyinir Cadet
•Aberdeen Bov Wins ,\ppoin1mcnt
lo Navy Flylncr School in
Jacksonville. Fla.
,Tosenh V. Rowe, Jr., ,so’i of Mr.
;ind Mrs. J. \’’nnce Howe of A her.
fieen. has won an appointment to the
1,'avy's flking .school at .Tark.sonvllle,
Fla., after being in training at the
Naval Re.servo Air Paso in Atlanta,
it was learned this week.
Cadet Rowe. 22. attended .Aberdeen
High School and went three years t i
the ITniversity of North Carolina, be-
fi're enlisting in the Navy on ,Sep-
tembo’’ ?7, Youncr Rowe passed
his elimination course at the Air
P.i.se in .Atlanta, where he held a rat
ing of seaman, .second cli.lis.
j.rew blackberries, before dewberries
liad been introduced in this .^ei tion.
He was elected V’as.s’ first mayor signing in the fall of lOin to becom''
in 1907 and shortly after that moved candidate for the State Legislature.
to Louisburg, While in Vass he was
I /iiarrie<i to Mi.ss Lula Frisbic o!
I .Maine and their son, Otto, was born
there, Mrs. Gunthor died in Louis.
Inirg, after which Mr. Gunther niov-
i d to Florida, In recejit years, he had
bi on blind.
W'. !■). Smith, V'a.ss man, comment- -a conference
id that he “liked to talk with Mr
Gunther because I could learn from the purpose of comiileting organiza-
hini."
.’'or the government, as no one else is
interested in the matter from a fi. , ,
nancial .standnolnt or otherwi.se," his Permission to purchase obso e i
statement concluded. tires was given to T. l , . "
Senwell held the position of bank- .Vberdeen and Mis. M. •. ■! rymp
rniitcy referoi' for nearly 1.T years, re. Carthage.
Scout Executives
To Plan Cub Dens
Dr. McLeod P^lected
Medical Society Head
Three Sandhills towns underwent
trial blackouts Tue.sday, including the
unincorporated resort village of Pine
hurst, which obtained special per
mission from the county commission,
ers to exercise certain emergency
powers during such trials—and the
real thing, if it should ever occur,
Aberdeen and Vass also tested
their blacking-out abilities, although
none of the three experiments were
related or coincidental.
Officials in Aberdeen declared the
blackout there 100 percent success,
ful, except for the same trouble that
Southern Pines has had during it.s
two trials—the strong beam of a
train liq^ht going through town dur.
ing the light.s out period. In Vass,
the blackout began at 8;15, and in
.Comparatively few seconds, every
light in the business section and
c'oso residential section had been ex
tinguished.
However, several families in the
outer .sections of the town limits fail
ed to hear the alarm at first, but
darkened their homes when notified
by wardens that the blackout was
on. Traffic along the highway was
allowed to continue. The blackout
l.isted about l.'i minutes.
In Pinehurst, chief air raid warden
L. L. Biddle expres.sed gratification
for the cooperation .shown in achiev
ing a complete blacking out of the
town, shortly after the .ilarm was
sounded. He especially mentioned the
speed with which air raid wardens
put out the .street lights of the city.
Most of these are controlled by indiv
idual switches and at the .sound of
the alarm, it was necessarv for war
dens to speed for the switches and
cut out the lights simultaneously.
Two failed to respond, but Police
Chief Dei's got them shortly after
the alarm sounded.
The Aberdeen blackout lasted thir.
ty minutes, beginning at 8:15, and was
declared 100 per cent by M. B. Pleas-
rints, chief air raid warden.
A large Sandhills audioncp received
with delight the piano and violin ren.
ditions by Mr. and Mrs. Allan Sly
of William and Mary College, Va., at
the Southern Pines Library Monday
evening.
This was the .second in the .season's
concert serie.s, pre.sented by the local
Library A.ssociation. Next presenta.
t'on will be Sherman Smith, young
lia.ss-baritone from the University of
North Carolina, who will appear Mon
day, February 16.
At the request of The Pilot, Alfred
B. Yeomans, prepared the following
comment on the Sly concert:
“An all too prevalent idea among
concert goers is that only artists of
established, nntion-wide reputation—
‘‘stars“ in other words--are worth
paying money to hear. It is no dis
paragement of justly celebrated ar.
tists to say that this cult of the
“star” ui music, carried to an ab.l
surd extreme as it so often is in this!
country, must be overconie if the art!
..f music is to occupy its nghtful I ^|u,, Enterlalns; Dr. Wm.
KIWANIS EN.IOYS
DOUBLEPROGRAM
Infantile Paralysis
Fund Drive Continues
Coin colleciors have been placed In
John Stevens Better
After Minor Operation
,Iohn F. Stevens, father of K, C.
•Stevens, and widely known because of
Ms pioni'cr engineering work on the
' Panama canal and the nation’s rail-
; loads, as well as those of Ru.ssia, is
j reported to be recovering successful.
I ly. following a minor operation at
Puke Hospital in Durham. Although
.•-till confined to the hospital, it is
Dr. A. H. McLeod of Aberdeen was
Monday night elected president of the
I’.irents of cub scouts and of boy,-! Moore County Medical Society .it its
of cub scout age are invited to attend monthly meeting at Moore ouni.\
at the Church of Wide Hospital. Ho succeed.s Dr. A. M. Blue
(■’ellowship Friday iiieiit at 7:.'iO for of Carthage as head of the local or.
^ani'/.atitm. which is affiliated with
tion of cup scout dens in .Southern llie State Medical Soiiety.
TMncs. Other officers elected Monday night
-Assistant .Scout Kxeciitive Monty were Dr. B. M. Drake, county health
I'alhoun of Sanford will meet with otl'icer, vice-president; Dr. R. ,1. Kos-
Ihi' Rotary Club committee, composed ser of V’ass, .secretary; Dr. I-nui.v
of the Rev. Voigt Taylor, ,S. R. Jelli- Owen of Pinehurst, delegate to the
.-^on and Lloyd (Mark, and with H. F. State convention; and Dr. Clement
Tarlton, cub ma.ster, and N. L. Hodg-, Monroe of Moore County Ho.spital, al-
kms, president of Oeconee( hee Coun.Mi rnate.
eil. They will decide upon meetin.g Klection of officers was major bus.
time and places of the cub troops. mess of the evening.
place in the average American home.
“.A nocossarv step in this direction
is the recognition of the fact that
there are musical "stars" of minor
(fimensions, as far as public reputa
tion is concerned, who may be just as
competent to interpret great musical
masterpieces as some of the first
magnitude.
“The enthusiastic reception of Mon
day's concert by .Allan and nett,.-
Ply, under the auspices of the Li.
I'rary. is a case in point. Here yo i
I ;i(i two sensitivi'. fully develot'ed
•rtists whii, h.id they been willing
to pay the price in heart.breaking
labor and a hectic wav of lil'e, might
have achieved national reputations as
conc<'rt artists. Instea<l, they chose to
apply their great musii .al f^ift
tlirouph educational ajrencies. They
chose the work of making a love of
fuie music a real part of the lif,'
nf the average .American, their con
cert appearances being incidental te
this work.
“Hence, in their playinc on Monday
night, one sensed not men ly complete
technical and interpretive competence
*o copi' with the composition.s played
but a .»elf-forqetfu! devotion to the
(.'UiS(' in which they wore enlisted —
the cause of fine music. This spirit
'■f the amateur with the competence
of the profe.ssional is all too rare on
the concert stage. Its occasional i-mer-
gence is to be welcomed."
A. Hrown Ci<es Need for
“Hill of Dulv"
stores and other public places all 1 that his recovery will al.
over Southern Pines as a convenience;.to ^is home
Sanatorium Showing Progress;
Twelve from Moore Are Paficnfs Rank of Pinehurst
»•
for people w ishinc to contribute tO|* ’ Southern Pinos,
the fund for the fight against infan.' ‘
tilp paralysis. Co\n card.s have 1 RotariaUS Cautioued
distrib'ited in both schools and it i.s
hoped that children will be encouraged
to contrihut« to this fund to help other
childr.n. Anyone wishing to make a, Rotarians were told bv C. Reeve
contrit ution by check can do .so by v.j^noman of Albany, N. Y.. ,a Ro-
brlnpins: or mailing: U to \frs.^Carl 1 Tiitornational rrprcsentativiv
Re-Elects Officers
G. Thompson. Jr., Southern Pines
Chairman of the Fund, at The Pilot,
T’roks For .Army
Red CroKx headquartrrs are
a<'tine an th<» dppositor>- for
bool.s l>plng collectod for distri-
ttutlon to .Army rainp lil»rarips.
Throughout fho country, an ap.
peAl has gonp out for iniiividualM
to donat<<! any books they can
npare to be distributed to .\rm,v
j-enters. Southern Pines’ Red
C’ro«8 headquarters are located in
th«i Straka building on Broad
Ktreet, and local rontributont am
urRfid to bring tiheir books to thin
office, where they wUl b« turned
ever to Army authoritlM,
On the crest of a hi>»h sand hil!, | Carolina citizens. The other da,y. at,
• iboiil eight miles east of Aberdeen, the S<uiatorium. Dr. P. P. McCain, i r .
just over the Hoke Countv line, there its .superintendent, revealed ' of p-‘
.‘■prcads an institution which has for ional 1941 figures on the firm n for
C^OnCerninjT Future >’>-’«''S been in the forefront of tlio ueath r:ite in the State. iioldets meetino- v, iT i^
.sea.se of tuberculosis. 1.7rt9 deaths in North Carolina at.l'™" ^ank offices at Pino-
Tho State Sanatorium is not ,a tributed to tuberculosis, compared
new institution to the Sandhills but with 1,782 in 19)0. Becau.se of the
it is one that often gets attention increase in births and population in-
l.ist week that unless they concerned , , . ^ .u -4i, *,,k nte
themselves more directly iwth cur. "J ft
lent affairs and their solution, .such; "'••’‘'u the Tuberculosis Associations, dropped yn more
things as Rotary clubs might pas.s.»''«‘ conducting seal .sales
out of existence during the next few,"’0"<'y to finance patients who are rate was 4^
during
meeting Friday
confined to the .'Sanatorium. ,dred thousand, while in 1941 this had
nt From Moore C’ount,v, at the pres.; dropped to 48.8 per 100,000, Dr, Mc-
years.
TTliis wooJc » 1 y t»v
^oi.thern Pines Countrv Chib the;*'"’- time, there are 12 per.sons, seven Cain said.
Rotary Club will hear John H. Es-^ white and five Negro undergoing, He recalled the death rale during
quirol of Fairfield, Conn., who
I visiting in Pinehurst.
treatment for tuberculosis at the 1915, the first year of accurate vi.
HAIX TO POST OP'FICT’-
; Sanatorium. Of this number 10 are tal statistics for the State, In that
i able to receive the needed treatment year the rate was 155 deaths per
becau.se of the county tuberculosis i 00,000 population, showing a trem-
; association, which is paying for the endous drop.
L. T. Hall, who has boon employed AocldrnU Trf!
at the A. B. C. store here, will be- Marked rroRress McCain, with grim
ein Monday as a clerk at the local; During recent years, there ^ *u
post office. His place at the liquor j been marked and proved progress >reported 1-^2 deaths from
store will be taken by George Christ-1 made in the battle to diminish the called preventable acci.
mas. toll of tuberculosis among Northl (Pleast tttm to page four)
Kloctod by the boanl of diroctorp
as officers wore Richard S. Tufts
president; F. Shelby Cullom. execu
tive vice-president: Paul Dana, vice-
president; Carlton C. Kennedy, ca.sh.
ier: and Mi.ss Mary Ritter, assistant
cashier.
The directors, all re-elected, are A
L. Burnev and Frank D. Shamburg.
er, Aberdeen; F. Shelby Cullom, Paul
Dana, Isham C. Sledge and Richard
S. Tufts, Pinehurst; Wilbur H, Cur.
rie and S. H. Miller. Carthage; and
J. Hawley Poole. West End.
Francis Pleasants continues as
manager of the Aberdeen branch and
P. K. Kennedy of the Carthage branch.
The cashier reported the bank in
sound financial condition, referring
to a six percent dividend declared on
commoin stock during the past year.
Victory in the war and victory in
the peace dei^ends unon this nation's
;ii'coptance of a “bill of duty” as
veil ,Ts a Bill of Kights, declared
Dr. William Adams Rroun, former
faculty member of TTnion Theological
Si'minary in New York, at the Ki.
u.'inis Club meeting Wednesday.
Kiwanians enjoyc'd a double pro-
irram at their meeting, which led off
with the rendition of several popular
■ind religious selections by the .South
ern Pinos Hi£rh Sihool Glee- (''lub un-
('•'r the direction of .Mi.ss .'?elnia Ste-
rr.-ill. The fine harmony and balanced
I'Xeeution of the hymns, spirituals and
nopular numbers bv the young stii.
dents brousilit round after round of
r>npl.iu,se from the chib member.-!.
Charles Picfniet introduced the club,
and decl.'ired it "was a pleasure that
n* vc' dunlie.iti'd" to hear the half-
of singring bv th,- mixed choru.s.
Kd. Horne of Pinehurst introduced
Dr Brown who addressed hi- re.
marks not iiist to the Club but to the
’nit.’'!, school students, who ioined the
Kiwanians after they had fini.shed
their sineing.
Derlarina: that Hitler had indoctri
nated til.* people of his counti’v with a
■'philosophy of duty without any
ritrhts." Dr. Brown said that the
'.veakness in this countr>- was that we
had followed a “philosophy of rights
without any dutv.”
"We have forgotten that democrarv
calls for a ‘bill of dutv'. -of sacrifice,
I'scinline, unselfishness and self.for.
getfIllness; but unless we remember
this in time and bring ourselves to a
ce>mmon mind, forpetinjr our petty
liifferences, this *var and the peace
'’annot be won," Dr. Hrown said.
While "Mein Kampf" has boon the
textbook in Germany, in the democ
racies the textbook of The Bible has
been allowed to go into disuse, the
•speaker added. It is in The Bible that
we will find that common purpose
that will bring eventual victory and
peace, he concluded.
Memorial
t'Pon motion of I'. 1.^ Spence, a
committee composed of M. O.
Boyette, H. F. Seawell, Jr., and
W, I>, Sabistnn, Jr., was appoint
ed in (’ourt last week to prepare
and report to the next term of
•Su|)erior Court suitable rcsolu.
tlons upon the life and death of
Frank W. McCIuer for action
thereon by the Moore County
Bar in a memorial servkw to ba
held at the next term ef coart.