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FIVE CENTS
STORY OF ‘COAXUM AND CflKATIlAM'
(>\E niGHLlGIlT OF COX* NEW BOOK
AT 40 AND AT 70
Program Announced
for District Club
Convention in Oct.
Isham Sledge, Talbot
Jqhnson Joint Chair*
men on Arrangements
BY HOWARD F. BURNS
J. Talbot Johnson and Isham C.
Sledge, joint ch;iiimcn of the Twen
ty-third Annual Convention of the
Carolina Kiwanis District, to be held
at the Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst,
Octobei 25 to 27, have announced an
interesting program which will open
on Sunday, October 25th, at 2:00 p.
m. with the registration in the hotel
lobby. It will be followed by a dinner
meeting for the board of trustees at
6:30 to be attended by the governor,
past governors, lieutenant governor
and secretary.
At 9:00 p. m. Charles W. Picquet,
chairman of the music and enter
tainment committee, will put on a
special concert and musical program,
arranged by the Sandhills Kiwanis
Club.
Monday's Program
The program for Monday will open
at 8:00 a. m. with continuation of
registration, to be followed at R:30
with reveille, breakfast and roll call.
Invocation will be made by the R<’v.
J. Fred Stimson, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, and will be followed ! ture appears as the frontispiece for
with the introduction of past and I Mr. Cox’ soon to be published book,
present district officers by H. W.l I “Southern Sidelights.” The picture
Hennig, secretary. At 10:00 a. m„ | was taken in the living room of the
assembly or muster, with district | Cox apartment at Resthaven. wherf:
governor, J. Maryon Saunders of Mr. Cox frequently works.
Chapel Hill presiding. There w ill be j
group singing led by Walter Vassar,
district music chairman, to be follow
ed with presentation of colors and
moment of silent invocation, orders
of the day, presentation of conven
tion program by chairman G. Maur
ice Hill of Chapel Hill. The welcom
ing address will be made by Judge
Herbert F. Seawell of Carthage, in
behalf of the host Club. Response
will be made by Ray A. Furr, im
mediate past district governor. Pres-
(CovtiyiKcd on Page Fire)
Invalid Minister Publishes
"Southern Sidelights,” Mem
ories of Old Carolina
THE REV. WILLIAM E. COX
A larger reproduction of this pic-
BY CARL G. THOMPSON, JR.
About four years ago, as the re
sult of a picture sumhitted in a
photopla.y contest which I was con
ducting for the (Raleigh) News and
Observer, I wrote an illustrated fea
ture story about Mrs. Mary Nelson
Smith, pioneer educator of Pitt
Countv back in the la.st half of the
1800s.
But only this week did Mrs.
Smith become to me a real—and still
vital—person. I had just finished
reading a book which was inscribed '
as follows: \
“To Mr. Carl G. Thompson, Jr.. ini
appr<.'ciation of his interest in the |
life and work of my Grandmother, J
Mrs. Marv Nelson Smith. Wm. F. ! '
Cox, September, 1942.” lll'l.i'' m
souihevn Sidelights j tandleli"nt toHcert
In a downstairs apartment of i ”
"Resthaven” lives the Rev. William | f„
F. Cox, who, sinci' 11 years ago this *"* * Cclllll C
September 6, has been a ”shut-in,
paralyzed in my left side.” A shut-in
Mr. Cox may bo, but not an invalid,
for during the period of his illness
his mind and meniory and right hand
have been active. Out of this activ
ity has come an extremely readable
book, "Southern Sidelights,” which
PARATROOP JUMP
Members of the U, S. Para
chute Troops, who live in South
ern Pines, are going to give ^
practice jump at Knollwocd
Field Saturday afternoon, Sep
tember 19, between 4:30 and 5
p. m. A transport plane will fly
from Pope Field, Fort Bragg, and
drop the men over Knollwood
field, where they will land.
The officers who will jump, all
members of the S03rd Parachute
Infantry &t Fort Bragg, are Ma
jor John Tolson, Lieut. Ace Gar-
linghou.<;e, Lieut. Nonamaker,
Lieut. Joe Phalen, Lieut, Ber
nard Lillie and Lieut. Charles
Aldridge. Also, Major Joe Laurie
and Major Gall of Fort Bragg are
expected to make the jump.
They will be in dress uniform,
according to plans. Although
spectators will probably not be
allowed on the field, they can
watch the jump from the roads.
Canvass of ToWn to Launch
Drive to Collect Salvage
for Use in War Industries
IN OUR SERVICE
High School Youths
lo Help Get Out Junk
for Trucks to Pick Up
Local Boys in Court
on Gambling Charge
Youths Caught Playing
Cards in Parked School
Bus; Bowers is Jailed
Poe, 61, Dies;
Earlv Settler Here
Chatham Native Returned
Here in February From
S. Car.; Funeral Sat.
Eugene Poe, native of Chatham
County, who came here with his par
ents in the early 1900’s, died early
Thursday morning at Moore County
Hospital, following an illness of
about a month. He was 61 on Au
gust 24.
He and Mrs. Poe came to Southern
Pines in Ffbruary and have been
living at 91 Ashe street. Mr. Poe was
taken ill about 30 days ago and has
been in the hospital since. Like his
father, the later Walter E. Poe, the
deceased was a cabinet maker and
carpenter. He left over 30 years ago
and had lived most of his life in
South Carolina.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed Saturday morning at 11 o’clock in
the First Baptist Church, with the
Rev, J. Fred Stimson officiating.
Burial will be in Mt. Hope cemetery.
Besides his widow, the former
Miss Hughla Reid of Cheraw, the
following children survive: Reid
Poe of Atlanta, Hugh Poe of Mo
bile, Ala,, Mrs. Durant Miller and
Mrs. Bert Thompson of Chicago,
Mrs, Frances Rivers of Columbia,
Eugene, Jr., of Charleston, and
twins, Mrs. L. B, Grubbs of Colum
bia and Ernest Poe of Farris Is
land; four sisters, Mrs. Mollie Bur
gess, Mrs. Luke Thomas and Mrs.
Alex Fields, all of Southern Pines;
Mrs. Carrie Bilyeu of Greensboro;
and two brothers, George of Cheraw
and Dwight of Atlanta.
THE PILOT'S LOG
You can't hold ‘em back if
Ihey see it in THE PILOT'S
want ads.
Last week. Dr. (J. G. Herr ad
vertised two rugs for sale in THE
PILOT'S classified column. So
that he wouldn't have too many
telephone calls during office
hours, he asked all inquiries to
be addressed to a post office box
and did not sign his name. Less
than an hour after THE PILOT
was off the pres*, there was one
telephone call to the office, ask
ing who inserted the ad. Next
morning, first thing, a woman
from Carthage telephoned long
distance to THE PILOT to find
out about an ad and Mveral oth-
en came info the office lo in
quire. As an eHective medium
of advertising, joa caa't beat
THE PIX.OT. P. S. He sold the
nifil
Five Southern Pines youth in Re
corders Court at Carthage Monday
entered a plea of guilty to gambling
with cards and were charged the
costs and put on probation for two
years, conditioned on no gambhng
during that period.
The five in court were caught Sun
day afternoon along with a number
of younger boys while they were
playing cards in a parked school bus,
back of the Carolina Power and
Light Company building, according
to court evidence. Some of the boys
were merely onlookers and those en
gaged in the game admitted it. War
rants returnable in Recorder Court
for the older youths and in juveni'e
court for three younger ones were
issued. Only those in the County
Court have been tried. Pleading
guilty before the Recorder were G.
C. Wilson, A. W. Montesanti, R. N.
Puckett, Jerrell Dutton and Frank
Tobin.
Bowers Jailed
Shelly Bowers of Southern Pines,
pleading guilty to an assault with a
deadly weapon charge, was given 60
days, to run concurrently with a
two-year sentence imposed in Feb
ruary but suspended at that time.
Other cases disposed of were: N.
C. Webb, Hemp, nol pros on charge
of larceny from Arnold Kelly; Elmer
Whitaker, Lakeview, charged with
rape, continued and bond set at $750;
Mr. and Mrs. Sam G. Calbert, charg
ed with breaking and entering room
of estate of Mrs. Bessie Morris Cal
vert, nol pressed; B. Gaddy, South
ern Pines Negro, costs and 60-days
suspended for trespassing and tak
ing pears from N, J. Henderson;
Charles E. Wesson, Jr,, charged with
non-support, continued on defend
ant’s showing he is in the Army and
having authorities deduct amounts
for support of wife and child; May-
lon Allen of Hemp, two years sus
pended on probation and costs, on
charge of public drunkenness, disor
derly conduct, assault and cursing;
Wiley Mangum, Pinehurst Negro,
costs and 30 days suspended for pub
lic drunkenness; James Headen,
Pinehurst Negro, guilty of drunken
driving and driving without license,
six months suspended, $50 fine and
costs; Albert Boone of Hemp, plead
ing not guilty to seduction charga,
continued to Saturday.
NEWTON NOW HEAD OF
STORE IN RAEFORD
John Scott Newton, son of Police
Chief and Mrs. Ed fJewton, has just
been made manager of Mack’s 5, 10
and 25 cent store In Raeford, where
he has been working since earlier
this summer. Young Newton, who at
tended school here, worked in the
local store of Macks and at their
store at Carolina Beach. He was re
cently transferred to Raeford and
made numager of the store there.
is officially publislu-d Octobcr 1.
“Southern Sidelights" is, at first
glance the recorded memories of a
man 72 years old who grew up on an
average farm near Greenville, N. C.
But with his wit, his appreciation of
human beings and human life, his
t: iininir rnd exp('rience in the min
istry, Mr. Cox has achieved a defi
nite universality that connects these'
memories which are frankly and ad
mittedly particular to his own 'life.
About the Author
I Mr, Cox was in I’isbee, Ai izona, in
j 19^1 wnen he was stricken. He had
1 been graduated from the Theological
' Department of tlic University of the
I South at S;.'wanee just a few months
j short of 30 years. He had spent the 10
years between the age of 22 and 32
studying for the ministry. From his
boyhood on the farm in Pitt County
to the day he was stricken he had
been constantly active. It was only
natural that he should find some
means for continuing to study and
to work. Writing was the most logi
cal way. First his writings were for
his own interest and that of his fam
ily. He has before published works,
but for private distribution.
This latest book, subtitled “a Rec
ord of Personal Experiences," is a
combination of some of his previous
writings, with new material, slanted
for wider reading. Its introduction by
Nell Battle Lewis, probably North
Carolina's best known newspaper
woman, accurately relates that “Mr.
Cox has restored for us much of the
flavor of the ante-bellum rural North
Carolina . , . ”
Coaxum and Cheatham
Besides the general interest in the
book, there is a section which should
be particularly amusing and inter
esting to folks of Moore County.
(Contivued on Page Eight)
Recorded Music Offered
At Local Library As
First of Planned Series
PVT. ROBERT A. SMITH, JR.
Home on a 10-day furlough is thi.?
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Smith oi
Niagara. Inducted into the Army on
Feb. 28. he underwi-nt basic training
at Fort Jackson, S. C.. but sinci.'
March has been stationed at Camp
Claiborne, La., with Co. B, 327 Inf,.
U3 division.
Soldier Dance Will
Fourth in Series Planned
for Men of 66th Armored
at Local High School
MAIL FOR OVERSEAS
Postmaster P. Frank Buchan
this week said that folks wishing
to mail Christmas ;iarcels and
cards to members of the armeH
forces serving over seas shoulu
be prepared to do so between
October 1 and November 1, the
earlier the better. Each parcel
should be labeled "Christmas
Parcel" and it is asked that the
size be restricted to that of a
shoe box and not weigh over six
pounds. No perishable or inflam
mable matter will be allowed.
Packages should be fully and
adequately addressed, with re
turn address.
The first in a series of candlelight j
concerts, featuring recorded classical!
music, will be held at 8 p. in. Friday, |
September 18, at the Southern Pines |
Library, with the public 'nvited
The concerts are sponsored jointly ;
by the Board of Trustees of the li- ' ^
brary and some of the personnel of i
the AFTTC at Knollwood P'ield, who | 'J'*' Octllll llrt V
are furnishing some of the records. E. |
A. Cleveland, associate personnel!
tecimician, is making liis inachin',’
available for the concerts. All mill-1
tary and civilian personnel at Kno)!- ‘
wood Field have been invited. The i
door.s will be open at 7:30. I
The program for the first of thesv
concerts is madt.' up of selection'^
from outstanding classical con.poser.^
and have been rt curd,. J :jy noteJ
conductors and orchestras. The con-'
certs will be held each week, as long i
as the public responds to them. |
Here’s Frid.'iy’s program, with the I
orchestras and conductors: Rossini’s i
“Italians in Algiers—Overture,’’ N. i
V. Philharmonic, Arturo Toscanini; I
Rachmaninoff’s “Isle of the Dead," i
Philadelphia Symphony, Sergei |
Rachmaninoff; "Una Voce poce fa’’!
from Rossini’s Barber of Seville,”
Lily Pons, singing; Brahms’ “Sym
phony No. 1 in C Minor,” NBC sym
phony, Arturo Toscanini.
Following an intermission, these
selections will be offered: Beethov
en’s “Leonore Overture No, 3,”
Vienna Philharmonic, Bruno Walter:
Johann Strauss’ “Open Road” from
The Gypsy Baron, sung by John
Charles 'Thomas; Sibelius’ “The Tem
pest — Incidental Music,” London
Philharmonic, Sir Thomas Beecham,
and Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde,—
A Symphonic Synthesis,” Philadel
phia Symphony, Leopold Stokowski.
Men of the 66th regirr 'nt, 2nd Ar-
ed Division, have again been in
i'' d lo :i .‘^' iturday nipht dance at
t'le ' 'Mit' ’.>r 1 Pines High School, for
'.In ii II in 1 se, ies g ven weekly
for this group.
The dances, under direction of the
Southern Pines Entertainment Com
mittee for Soldiers, have been enjoy
ed not only by the soldiers and girls
but by the local people who volun
teer their services to make them pos
sible.
A lively dance orchestra, provided
A volunteer corps of around 80
school boys and 30 adults made fin
al plans this week to launch first
thing this Friday morning a house to
house, cellar to garret search for sal
vage to fling into the United Nations
War Effort,
Anything metal—anything of rub
ber—-will be sought by these work
ers as they cover the town, going
from house to house, appealing to
everyone to dig up old scrap, and
junk and make it available to Un
cle Sam's war industries.
The scrap is to be placed at the
curbing in front of the houses and
shortly after the canvass is made,
government trucks will cover the
town, Friday and Saturda.v, picking
up the salvage and starting it on its
way to W ir,
Already, under the direction of
the Junior Chamber of Commerce,
some of the local boy scouts have
scoured the woods in this section,
bringing in hundreds of pounds of
good scrap.
The drive this week-end is aimed
at getting every piece of old metal
and rubber, not in use, out of ce'-
lars and attics and garages and barns
and into war production efforts.
Citizens of the town are asked to
cooperate as fully as possible in the
drive. Each canvasser will present
a handbill which explains the drive
and how it is working. The plan, as
outlined on the handbill, is as fol
lows:
1, The town is now being can
vassed. School boys, under the di
rection of 20 adult volunteers, are
attempting to see every family and
business establishment. These can
vassers ask of you:
(a) Search your premises for all
pieces of scrap metal or rubber and
put it out by the curbing now,
(b) If you want him to, the can
vasser will help you gather your
scrap and put it out for you.
(c) Collection of the scrap will be
made Friday Afternoon and Satur-
by the soldiers, plays for the danc
ing and dance contests. Winners last ^^,vy morning and it will start on
Saturday and donors of prizes were way to the production of essen-
CHURCH GROUP TO
HOLD FIRST MEET
Election of Officers
Slated for This Sunday
as follows: Waltz contest. Miss Bar
bara Betterley with Bill Townsend.
Supply Btry., Hq. Co.: prizes by Tate
Beauty Shop and Dorn’s: jitterbug
contest: Miss Lenoir Smith with
Lloyd Hermanson, Service Co,, 1
prizes by Vogue Beauty Shop and
Page Motor Company, Corp. Wm. L.
Cowart of Company A couldn’t get
a partner, but his solo jitterbugging
was so good that he was awarded a
: special prize of $1.00 by Mayor Dun-
: can Matthews. Special feature last
I Saturday was a tap dance by Pvt.
i John Fredericks of Hg. Co., a pro-
I fessional dancer. ^
! All Moore County girls are invit-
ed to join the dance this Saturday,'
starting promptly at 9. Anyone wish
ing to volunteer as chaperones or
for other work in connection with
tial materials.
(d) If there is any piece too large
to be handled now, describe this ar
ticle and its location to the canvass
er. He will report it to the commit-
(Continued on Page Eight)
First meeting of the “United; the dances are asked to call Mrs,
Carl Thompson, Jr., telephone 6902,
Young People of Southern Pines,” a
unified young people’s church group
will be held at the Episcopal Church
Parish House at 7:30 p, m, Sunday, |
September 20, ‘or election of offi-!
cers.
There will ’oe a business meeting,
preceding a devotional program of
music, at which time election of of
ficers will be held and the proposed !
constitution ratified.
All young people between the ages
of 13 and 25 are invited to take part
in this organization which has ,as
its purpose the betterment of the
spiritual, recreational and social life
of Southern Pines young people.
Stratton to Enter
Army; Lt^ases Stable
Capt. M. J. Hanton
to Operate Stonybrook;
Both Owners in Service
Patriotic Spirit of Young Negro Soldier
"Revealed in Letter Written to Dunlaps
The thoughts and good spirit of a
.I'oung Negro soldier from the Sand
hills, about to embark for foreign
evidently brim-full of patriotism and
the desire to serve his Country to
the best of his ability,” said Mr, Dun
war zones were shov/n in a letter re-1 Isp- *‘l might mention the fact that
reived this week by Mr, and Mrs. James, who has been in the Army
George T. Dunlap of Pinehurst from | only a few months, was recently pro-
Sgt. James C. Digps. who, during' moted from a private to the rank of
I the past two seasons, was a bellboy
at the Pine Needles Inn.
In making this letter available to
THE PILOT, Mr. Dunlap remarked
upon the “spirit shown bv this young
man's letter and his attitude and ev
ident sense of obligation to his coun
try .. .
“In these days of racial nervous
ness, as evidenced by the attitude of
the Governor of the great state of
Georgia, a by-product of which was
the recent disgraceful treatment of
Roland Hayes, one of the finest of
American singers, it is most refresh
ing to hear of a colored boy who is
Sergeant, having skipped entirely
the rank of Corporal. He will go
olaces.”
All Justifiable
Diggs, who will be remembered by
many because of his work at The
Pine Needles, after a paragraph of
appreciation to Mr, and Mrs. Dunlap
for what they had done for him,
wrote:
“At last I think I’ve adjusted my
self to the environment here and
the conditions of Army life in gen
W. J. Stratton, part-owner and
manager of Stonybrook Stables, and
still a British citizen, has leased the
stables to Capt, M, J, Hanton for the
duration and is reporting for duty
with the United States Army, Signal
Corps, as a Volunteer Officer Candi
date, on September 28, under spec
ial provisions which allow citiz>.'ns of
allied nations to serve in the forces
of another ally,
Frederick Burke, also an owner of
the Stables, is already serving in the
nation’s forces,
Mr. Stratton expects to undergo
training at Fort Monmouth, N. J.,
and Mrs. Stratton will remain in
Southern Pines for the time being.
Although underage during the lust
war, Mr. Stratton served with the
British Navy in London in wireless
operation, and came to this country
with James Boyd in 1925, since
which time he has speat most of the
time in the Sandhills,
Captain Hanton, who takes over
the Stables to operate them, has been
associated with Stonybrook for the
past year, formerly having been as
sociated with the Laing stables here.
A native of South Ireland, he served
in the British Cavalry during the last
eral. Personally, I feel that this is
better, anyway, considering the com-' war and was in the Army of occu-
(Contmned om Page Eifht)
pation.
WHY COLLECT JUNK?
Why spend a lot of time and ef
fort collecting junk? Well, here's
a few things junk can do:
Scrap Iron and Steel
An old flatiron equals 2 steel
helmets or 30 hand grenades: 9
old flatirons, a B-inch shell.
Old wood or coal kitchen sieve
equals 10 4-inch guns.
Set of skid chains equals 20 37*
mm anti-aircraft shells.
Lawnmower equals six 3-inch
shells.
Old set of golf clubs equals one
.30 caliber machine gun.
One wash pail equals 3 bayo
nets.
Garbage pail equals 1,000 .30
caliber cartridges.
5 bathtubs equal one I-2-ton
truck.
Rubber
One old tire equals 20 pairs
parachute trooper's boots or 12
gasmasks.
125 old tires equals one Flying
Fortress.
1 bicycle tire and tube equal 6
radio sets or 1 gas mask.
Garden Hose (25 ft.) equals six
collapsible wafer bags or six aux
iliary tires for pursuit planes.
1 pair rubber hip boots equal
three pairs arctic overshoes.
1.000 pairs galoshes equal one
medium bomber.
Copper and Brass
1.000 burned out lamp bulbs
equal 40 compasses.
Washing and Ironing machines
equal eight 4 lb. incendUry
bombs.
Vacuum cleaner equals 31.000
.30 caliber cartridges or 110 ri
fles.
Copper kettle equals 84 rounds
of ammunition.
Zinc, aluminum and lead from
similar items have equally impor
tant uses in military suppliet. Six
ty old toothpaste tubet provide all
the tins neceaaary to solder elec
trical connections of a Hyiag For
tress.
GET OUT YOUR SCRAP AND
GIVE m