y r!/^;E rr.xr.Y PAY DAY I t:5WD B/..V » f-***) /..... f, r-^‘1 * - * Qcn<^ iMWJ « m LWCViO^ OVER THE TOP ■ VICTORY \ Wa \ \ W-, UNITED STATES Vm " “ BflNOS-STttK VOL. 22, NO. 47 Southern Pinss, North Carolina, Friday, October 30, 1942 Caroliiias Kiwanis Conveuaoji Jiere Proves Siucessfiil FIVE CENTS Ernest Ives Elettcd ( |iiu‘i l<\>ro<*Jis< !ie(lCiossCliairman:l|'oi- Noxl Tii<‘Stlay, Nov, .*5; ',]rs. Hunt Praised 1f PinehiU'sl.' .Vliss Laura Hels('y of Southern' Pin-s and Mrs. H. F. Seawell, Jr.,; (if I'artliage. Carl tl, Thompson of, Somliern Pines was re-elect(.‘d treas urer. I Miss Ellen Maurice, wlio was see ret.-ry, eoncuri'ed with the sugges tion that the chapter, instead of elect ing a secretary, authorize the new Co-Chairman Ail ' ISHAM C. SLEDGE 1 Who was co-chairman of the gen I eraJ convrnlion coniiiiittei' for the Hiller Turning Back World History Dr. Graham Tells Kiwanis Convention Univorsity President Sees Destruction of Christianity if Fascist Revolution Wins NEAR1.Y LYNCHED Forcefully Dr. Frank P. Graham brought to (ho ,'ittention of Kiwanis delegates and their guests the “Ini-1 pacts of Total War’’ at the conven'.icn lunchoon in the Carolina Hotel Mon-1 day. The Sandhills Club made thi>i lunchcon its regular w(H'kly meet-1 ing. I Preliminary to Dr. Graham's talk. D. B. Teague of Sanford, lieutenant governor for the fourth division, an- ■ nounced for the division that mem-; bers of th(> Fayetteville, T,umberton,' Raoford, Sandhills, Sanford, Selma and Smithfield clubs had dedicated $45,402 War Bond purchases, which ■ they made during the month of Oc-1 tober, to the member of Lt. John Lawrence Rowe, son of Kiwanian ■ and Mrs. J. Vancc Rowe of Aber-! deen, who was killed in Australia August 28. “The pressure of geography of the world bears down on this little gath ering here,” Dr. Graham declared, in his graphic presentation of the mean ing of the total, global war. "This is a global, total and revolutionary war. Hitler has turned back more than 2,000 years of history in a great counter-revolution.” This wa-f t!ie 193) that the Mr been host tn [and interr 1 ceeded ( • .i I The aa, ■ I of Londo I president o' i over elected ALIAS DR. AMTOHHOFF Amtorroff Provokes Violent Discussion Russian Guest of Talbot Johnson Nearly Gets Them Both Lynched by Kiwanis Peoples Revolution Dr. Graham traced the march of the “people’s revolution from deep in the 17th century in the little island of England to deep into the 20th century, with set back after set back . . . Now we have the march of counter-revolution — the Fascist revolution—which v/ould stop the people’s revolution and have power come, not from the people up to their representatives, but from dictators down to their slaves. “Kiwanis is at stake. Congress is at stake. Religion is at stake. The corporation is at stake. The labor union, the free press, the university —these are at stake. “For the first time in 2,000 years of history all of those things of Christian religion, the idea of the brotherhood of man are not only re nounced but denounced an^ tram pled . . . Free people every where have died and will die before they surrender . . . Those who live will carry on to build this brotherhood of man, this association of free nations, so that w’e can live in the spirit of Him who some 2,000 years ago came (Continived an Page Eight) There came mighty near being a couple of lynchings at Pinehurst Tuesday night during the Kiwanis ! banquet—and J. Talbot Johnson of Aberdeen would have been at the ^ end oi one rope while from the other dangled Dr. Nicholas Amtorroff, R.S. , B.T. formerly president of the Un iversity of Orsloff. I Because Dr. Amtorroff was staying ' at the Carolina, Talbot thought it would be a good idea to have this ' representative of the United Na tions’ ally to say a few words to the Kiwanis convention. Dr. Amtorroff went a bit too far in I his remarks. At first mild and ap- ' preciative of the occasion, the good I Doctor began then to cast disparag ing remarks against these United States—and good Kiwanians began i to get their backs up. Cheainam Objects Thicker and thicker he heaped criticism on the government and its leaders until the air began to bristle. Finally one man jumped to his feet. It was Dr. Thaddeus A. Cheatham of the Village Chapel in Pinehurst. (Continued oil Page Eight) I International President j Says Klvrz:^z in Prose.ii Conflict A thoroughly successful conven tion of Ki'vanians from clubs thiougi>out N(Uth and South Caro lina eair” tr n p'op" a* the C''rol’'ji Hotel in r'ini't'.urst iuesday with the election of Ch u les C. Irwin ('f For est City as cli; trict governor and Henry A. T'lci'Cinnon of Lumbt rtcn as lieutenant ('ov'n nor of the fou' th dis trict, in which the Sandhills Club is located. ■eond tin"'e rincr :■(• Coi’ntv cU:b..; ha.*; di. t' i .t c(>ii. -ntion, : ti.'-n.l; nre 1-ir e.v- ’ ,ii >n; of tlu> hosvs. . Cl,' Fred McAlister t'ntario, Canada, first Kivvani.s International from Canada, v.as the {highlight of till’ Kiwani.s annual ban quet Monday night, when the Caro lina dining ro im was crowded with delegates ;md their guests. Live Democracy McAlister followed the conven tion’s keynote of "Helping Build the Will to Work to Win the War" in urging the defense of our democrat ic way of life, saying that “to live it is the only way to perpetuate it.” Citing Kiwanis as an example of ef fective group action, the Interna tional President urged defense of I “inter-dependence of group action I against the dependence of totalitar- j ianism,” “Our stakes, our loyalties, our I roots are now io the future,” ho con- jtinued, after e.ommenting that the [ war was doing away with many of the things we had clung to in the past,” and the present war will deter mine the course of history of the next thousand years." Officer Talks Prior to the business session Tues day morning. Major H. V. Carson, executive director of Army Emer gency Relief at Knollwood Field, spoke on “Soldier Folks Back Home,” explaining the efforts of Army Relief to look after dependents of men in the service. Chief Pharma- (ist’s Mate, O, Y. Kirkpatrick, U.S.N, warned Kiwanians of the coming of! even greater civilian sacrifices if the war is to be won by the Allies, | Kiwanis awards went to Lt. Gov, F, V. Fields of Mooresville and to the j Asheboro Club for best percentage of ' club attendance. Herbert W. Hen-' nig of Darlington, S. C., was re-elect- ed secretary-treasurer of the Caro- Mnns district. “Kiwanis action on the Home Front” was the topic for a round ta ble discussion Monday afternoon, at v/liich time Charles H. J/^rchison. legional OCD director, addres.sed the croup and G. Maurice Hill of Chapel Hill led a discussion on price ceil- (Coj:?inaf(i o?i Puge Four) officers to i:lect a p('rson to si'ive Kiwanis meeting in Pine- j- a.s .'■•ecri'tary of the Red Cro.ss or, if j burst this week. FrankClameronDics; Served (lounly desired, a full or part time execulivt secietary, Thi.'^ sugge.'Jtion was foi- n'lUlly adopted. Mrs. Hunt Praised The He\'. F. Craighill Brown pre sented a resolution formally accopt- ins[ Mi-.s, Hunt'.j rc;-if.'n;.tion. b('c;uj;-:e ; il • n:l c ! .■ ■ upon her service to the organization. "She brought to her work a strong enthusiasm and a vision of wider usefulness. Unstinting in the expen diture of beviime and energies, she s(>rved for three years as chairman, . nu. ciui int; K r uditunisiration, the Chapter came to a renev. t'd and vig orous i ctis ity. In conseque^ice, when II, J a iiatii fo- Yecr3 ■ ' r.'V pi ’’•O’]' cn School Amendment Now Virtually Assured of Passage; Other Issues The lightest voting in years was predicted for the general elections next Tuesday. Nov('inber 3, as the date tor balloting approached with little sign of n'lajor activity. Tlie County De;iKnrutic ex(‘cutive committee has called a pre-election tally for Saturd:’v afternoon. Octo ber ;d, ;:t the i:.’.irt h()U^.e in (.arth- nv'e at 2:'U) to make final plans for thc‘ eanijj iign. althought the Demo- .crats have no opposition for some {of the officis. i The school amendment, establish ing a State Board of Education, has i become one of the major issues of this yeai's election until Governor ; Broughton's stati'ment last week wl.ieh virtually gviaranleed the pas- ^■aKe of the anu-ndment. (Jovernor : Broughton urged that the present proposal be adopted and pledged liimself, along with others, to v.ork correcting the amendment to • meit the objections of its opponents. I In the congressional district voting. Congressman W. O. Burgin is being j opposed by Dr. A. 1). Barber of San- ■ ford, who was in Southern Pinos this week and comment(>d that his cam- I paign was going pretty well. I Repub’.ican State The county iJe ndiUeans la.^ spring ^ ^e;ected'liie loiiowing nominees for county commissioners: Colin G. 'T T7', /-• 1C. • l. oim Li. i I’csi-1 sppncer from Carthage; A. (;. Wal- dent of Moore County who for the past 11 years had .served as a mem ber of the county board of commis sioners, d'f'd pudHenlv at his farm on . f'^le i Cameron at J o clock Satur- ■’ '' ;ioc 1. lace from Mineral Springs and Sand hills; A. B. Adkin.q of Cameron from McNeills and Greenwood: Roy Gar ner fro' i ‘'he'"ieMs : nd Bensalem and Baxti'r Paschal from Ritters and Deep River. Democratic candidates ','r. C:'nu ron li: d be( n slightly in- for these officers are Clyde Shaw, war cann . the Chapter was ready fij po i d fo.- tl:e pa t two or three Gordon Cameron, Thaddeus Blue, W. ind al)le to expand it.s program n.cnJi-'. but -vas going about his J. Dunlap and L. R. Reynolds. Of ^luiekly to meet tiie mo.e exacting f.irivi dutic.s. On Sat'.irday, accomnan- these, all are Incumbents except demands upon it, ' the resolution, i^'d by K, E. Peele, a ter.anl on his tihaw and Blue, vhich was adopted, said. ".'Mong | i-u n\, and two Negro enployees, | Republican Clement 'ianett of wilh its grateful thanks for hei' Jiji t to his rctton field. When Cartl.age is also seeking the office of .■.'ci’k. tl'i' Chitf'ter :',end:i l',ei’ its best ; bout a .half mile from I'.is home, the County Rectu’der, (opposing incum- ■\'i ;hes ,^or tull and speedy recovt'ry [y(;ck ixv'.'in't' .*tuck in a hr'inch and bent J. \^ance Rowe of .^berdeenj ,nd assures her that upon the fuan- the n'.< n got out to work on it. Mr. , and Herbert F. Si'awell, Jr., of Car nations she has laid there will be , Caini'i'C'n was standing near the ti'uck i thagv is running against Haw'ley •)uilt, by the effovts of all, a grow-^ when he suddenlv slumped and Poole for representative to the Gen- st.’uiture of useful activity.” j passed away almost instantly. | eral Assembly. Paul D in i, reliri'ig v'.ce-clr,;ir-1 The fiJneral was held at 11 o'clock ' Polls throughout the county will nail and acliiig cliairinan, pic^ided ^ jVIonday iiioi fiing lu the V'a.ss Metho- open at (i;30 a. m. Tuesday and close t ilT> meeting and, although nomi-, dist church before a gathering of at G:30 p. m. The polling place in nated for the chairmanship for the j friends that filled the auditorium and, Southern Pines will be at the High ,'oming year, asked that he be al-; jammed the vestibule. Dr. S. .■\. Max-1 School auditorium. well, the pastor, was assisted by the Rev. M. D. McNeill of Sanford and the Rev. C. M. Voyles of Cameron, Presbyterian ministers. The church i was banked with floral designs, which were borne by members of the | Woman's Society of Christian Ser- ,'oming year, asked that he be al- 'owed to decline the nomination. Report was made by L. D. Wil liams, home service and field direc tor for Knollwood Field, who tender ed his resignation from this post. Mrs. Malcolm Kemp of Pinebluff re ported for the Nurses Aide commit- 1 LOCAL BRANCH MEETS NOV. 12 FOR ELECTION _ V* W 40 t tut * tee and Miss Harriet Barnum for the j vice and other friends. Interment Motor Corps, j was in the Cameron plot at John- Mrs, Thomas Lyons of West End,cemetery, chairman of the war production ! Cameron was the only son of committee, reported that Moore i laie John B. and Mary Matthews County ranked first in the State on a per capita basis for the number of finished products made for the Red Cross. Report made for L. L. Wool ley, who was unable to bo present, showed that a total of 870 people have taken First Aid, 73 finishing the junior course, 577 the standard course, 183 the advanced coui-se and 37 the instructors course. John Ho- warth made a presentation of a Cer tificate of Appreciation from the American Red Cross, which was ac cepted by Mrs. 'W'oolley. Reports were also made by Mrs. M. G. Nichols for the knitting com mittee; Miss Flora McDonald for the nutrition committee; Mrs. Francis M. Dwight for the Camp and Hospi tal committee work; Mrs, E. V. Hughes for the Canteen, in the ab sence of Mrs. E. C. Stevens, Canteen chairman; Mrs. Lee Clarke, for sur gical dressings. j Mr. Dana thanked the county I newspapers for their cooperation in I handling Red Cross news and also reported that the 1941 roll call, con ducted under the leadership of George London, now in the U. S. Navy, was the most successful ever ! held, Mr, Thompson gave the treas- j urer’s report, showing the Chapter in I good financial standing. Local branch reports were heard irom Cameron, Carthage, Eagle oprings. (Confinited on Page Four) The Southern Pines branch of the Moore County Red Cross will hold its annual meeting for election of officers at the Civic Club on Thurs day, November 12, at 3 o’clock, it was announced by Mrs. Lee Clarke, branch chairman. Prisoner of Japs for Over 5 Months Finds Sanilhills Qniet Place to Rest He spent twenty-six and a half,also knew N. L. Hodgkins, who was years in the Orient but the last five and a half months seemed many times longer than all the rest of the vvaa at Dartmouth at the same time he was. Rice, seaweed soup and fishhead ctliU llSf\fl63Cl time That final period was spent in' soup were the major complaints of a Japanese prison, from which he i Japanese prison life which Mr. was recently released. | Eskeline voiced in talking with THE C J. Eskeline, who was manager, PILOT. He would say very little of Standard Vacuum company in j about other treatment received at Tientsin.'China, which has been un- j the hands of the Japs, but indicat- der Japanese domination for some ed that the stories which trickle back time arrived in Southern Pines this ^ to this country have plenty of foun- week to see some of his old friends dation. Mainly, the food, though, he and to spend some time recuperat-[said. During the entire imprisonment, ing from his internment in a Japan- they wenc allowed nothing to read ese prison, during which he lost over j and were really not supposed to 50 pounds, talk—although they managed to slip Mr Eskeline returned to this coun- in some conversation now and then Mr. Eskeline said that those who try August 25 on the ship Gripsholm,, — .loiu tiiui. inose who which brought back many Japanese-1 were living in Japan-occupied China held American prisoners. He had no more suspc'cted the December 7th been in a Jap prison since December' blow than those living in the Sand- 9 and was started on his journey hills—“although we suspected it was back to this country on June 13. coming sooner or later.” Old Friends Here j He and Mrs. Eskeline are staying Several old friends of his live in at the Highland Pines Inn at present the Sandhill.s. E. C. Stevens, Taul | and hope to remain in the Sandhills Jernigan, E. Craighill Brown, Harry for a few months. Mrs. Eskeline had Pethic—all these he knew while in | been evacuated from the Orient some the Orient, In fact, he worked with time previous to the war and had Mr, Jernigan up until the time Mr. been in California until he returned Pinebluff, Pinehurst and West End, Jernigan loft China. Mr, Eskeline to this country.