VOL. 22. NO. 20. SoH;rc arc shelled ships, torpedoed ships, and halves of ships which shov/ that war is Roinp on. I talked this past week-end Vith th<- captain of a tanker which had | bfcn shelled by a Nazi submarine i with the loss of nine members of the tanker’s crew. I talked also with a | nurse who works in a hospital where survivors of attacked and sunk tank ers are treated and who has seen s<»me men die from their wounds and <.Uier.<» slowly brought back to nor mal after tindergbinp submarine at. tack and then long cold hours adrift in lifeboats or rafls. They know that war is going on. Out to Sea .Again The captain was a stocky, non- nautical appearing fellow who, with his blond, lanky young first mate, was awaiting orders to ship out to ^ sea again. And I watched them as, Stevens ■Jf'' .1. HAWI.K% l*(K)LK J. Hawley Poole of West EnJ is seeking the nemocratic nomination ; for the seat in the State House of , Represejitatives and Eugene C. Ste. | vens was nominated by the county Republican Convention to run against the Democratic nominee. Poole’s only i opponent so fur is Haywood H. Kry of Carthage. Another political de- ; velopment this week wa.s the an-' nouneement of Herman H. Grimm I right) that he would seek the Dem. i ooratic nomination for sheriff in op position to incumbent Chaiies J. j McDonald. ! REPUBLICANS PICK COUNTY NOMINEES! Krlntod again to the top deck. ' Those pressed opposition to entering politics are my quarters— or what is left | ,i„rjng the war. the majority fav- of them." I ored e.ntering the lists lhi. a Norfolk Virginia hospital ut has now been released and spent last Sunday in Washington, N. C., with ion of world nations for a “federal world goverment." There will be no admission charge for the talk by Mr. llarr. Although president of one of the oldest colleges in the United States, Dr. Barr has introduced at St. Johns what is considered a novel ed ucational method. The "100 Best Books" plan inaugurated at the Col. lege attracted nation-wide comment ■-imong educators. This plan requires students to read original waitings small group of his Southern Pines friends there to greet him. He didn't want to talk about the War -for two reasons one military a lid the other, personal. He wanted to get down to Southern Pines, to drop into Broad Street Pharmacy and .see Cliff John.son and "Doc” Bretsch and to have a "dope.’ He wanted to chat with "Dot" and "Pat” Patterson about their babies and about his wife and children (a boy and a girl) who are waiting for him of men who are considered the down in Florida at MacDill Field, world's greatest thinkers, rather than to get interpretations through textbooks. The seminar plan of dis. cussing the material is used, for the most part. His subject at the Forum and Fed- (ral TTnion meeting will be "The United Nation.s—How to Keep them tlnited." his niotber. calm nurse. Off duty, she was fight. i tress is a return to sensible and .sane ing mnd. “You don’t realize what it means until you've taken care of some of Ihem,” .she exclaimed, ‘'And they 16th year as clerk of Superior court, I IS running again, and, as usual, will i ■ thinking concerning every phase of; probably have no opposition. He govemmet. I appeal to every Republl- j hasn't had any since his first run, can as a patriotic citfzen to help I after succeeding J. Alton Mclver,, The lovely gardens at "Homewood,” estate of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Beck- bring this attitude back to America.” | who retired after holding the office -.vith in Knollwood. which were view- need much better attention than we’re able to give them. We are Meil’s Club Re-ElCCtS worked to the point that we can’t do ajiy more and we can’t get help. And thSse wounded men really need attention," T asked her if they didnt have a | Nurse's Aide Corps there, and sh3 wasn’t even sure what T was talking about, r explained something of the Red Cross class which had just been completed at Moore County Hospital by ten of the women in the county. “Thats exactly whaf we need here,” »he said. 'It would relieve us an aw- Pl'as* turn to paja 8 Incumbents to Office The Southern Pines Men’s Club held its annual meeting Wednesday and re.elected the incumbents. The election meeting was a deferred meeting. Dr. George G. Herr was re-elected president; Walter T. Ives, vice.pres- ident; and Eugene Woodward, sec- retary-treasurer. Trustees are Sam uel B. Richardson. Walter Spier, and L»r. E. W. Bush. Dr. Bush Is a new. ly-elected trustee. 20 years. I'd by many visitors last Saturday, J. Vance Rowe of Aberdeen and will again bo open to the public Southern Pines will again seek nom-; this .Saturday afternoon from 2 un ination for Judge of Recorder’s Court, j til .5 o’clock for the benefit of the and W. A. Leland McKeithen of Pine. | Moore County Chapter of American hurst i.^ seeking to succeed himself | Red Cross. a? county solicitor, and not even. The colorful formal gardens, Dame Rumor has suggested opposi-; ablaze thi season with azaleas against near Tampa, where Major Fisher will to stationed for a time. BooU of .'Vrtion But there was no disguising the fact that "Bill” Fi.sher. which he immedi.Vely became to his friends liere, had been through and .seen a story-book full of action during the past six months, j About a month after he left Ha- I waii for the Philippines, his wife and family returned to the States. Ma jor Fisher was stationed ."it Clark P'ield, near Manila, when December 7 came. Since that time until his re turn last month, he has been engaged in the battle. At Clark Field he was attached to the 19th Bombardment Group, commanding the 28th Bombardment .Squadron, composed of Flying For tresses. When the Battle of Java de. I veloped, he was put in charge of the I Interceptor Command for East Java, ; directing the operations of P.40’s—. I pursuit planes. After the fall of Java, urday for the first time this season j he was transferred to Australia with to the public for the benefit of the j the Headquarters Squadron of the Four Certificates Issued for Autos The Moore County Rationing Board lias issued four certiffcates allowing the purchase of new automobiles. These went to Paul M. Van Camp of Southern Pines, William P. Benner of Carthage, Floyd V%\ighn of Southern Pines, ’and Helen Lee Miller of Pinehurst. To Be Open Again Saturday tion for these offices in the primary. It's Just as likely that Mias Bess McCpsWH will have no opposftion for backgrounds of dogwood and ever green, of photinias, whose delicate blo.ssoms stand out against the dark the iob as county ’Register of Deeds, green boxwood, are among the mira. Commis**loner’H Content i cles of the Sandhills; for 10 years For the other four eountv commis- :igo, the site was loose sand, scrub sioner s«'ats, the likelihood of a eon. onk and tall pines, (Please turu to pag« 5) The gardens were opened last Sat- Moore County Hospital Auxiliary, and Mrs. Alice Burt Hunt, president, said that about $250 were cleared. Mrs. Hunt, who is also chairman of American Air Force. The story of how he got out of the Australia.n area and returned to the States is one which cannot be the Moore County Red Cross, said j told. that the admission price for this! “The Japs are good fighters and Saturday would be a minimum of .’50 cents, plus whatever additional do. nation an individual desires. All re ceipts will go to the Red Cross Chap ter. The gardejis'were planned and laid out by Ernest Morell of the Holly- tree Nurseries and he has supervised tlieir care by Roy Kelly. Those who viewed the gardens last week were thrilled by their beauty. good flyers and were badly underes timated before the War.” Major Fish- ■T said. “The' American morale Is excellent, even though we are out numbered, t>ut we are accounting for the enemy in a ratio of about three to one. “WTiat we need in the Pacific more than anything is more planes and more equipment. If we can gret turn to tight)