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VOLUME 22. NO. 49
Democrats Take Easy Win
in Light County Voting;
Moors Against Amendment s
ivicCaskiu, McDonald
Lead Winning Ballot;
Seawell Leads GOPs
Slightly more than 2,500 votes
were east in Moore county during
the general elections, Tuesday, over |
1.600 of these being Democratic votes |
and the remainder Republican.
Although no tabulation was avail- j
able late Thursday afternoon, j
sources from the county seat said'
that the county had voted against
both amendments to the State con- j
stitution, defeating in this county the
State Board of Education amendment
ane the one to provide special solic-!
itorial districts.
High on Ticket
Miss Bess McCaskill, sole candidate
for county register of deeds, and
Sheriff C. J. McDonald, unopposed
for sheriff, polled the highest num- j
ber of votes, each being credited with I
1,685.
Herbert F. Seawell, Jr., of Carth-'
age. running against J. Hawley Poole
for the State House of Representa
tives polled highest number Republi- i
can votes, getting 941 against Poole's
1.530. Wilbur Currie, unopposed in
this county for State Senate, polled [
1,645 votes and L. M. Chaffin, also a '
Democratic candidate, polled 1,464, j
while the Republican candidate, J. C. 1
Langdon, for the senate got 749 votes, j
W. O. Burgin. candidate
for Congress, polled 1.632 votes'
against Dr. A. D. Barber of Sanford,
Republican nominee polling 849 in
the county. Bailey and Burgin were
the only ones on the State slate with
opposition.
Although tabulations were not
completed until late Thursday, the i
following results were considered as
final official figures; with Democrat-1
ic nominees given first, followed by \
Republicans:
For U. S. Senate: Josiah W. Bailey
1676. Sam Morris 826.
For county offices: John Willcox ,
1671 (unopposed), clerk of Superior
Court: Miss Bess McCaskill 1685 j
(unopposed) register of deeds; W. A. I
Leland McKeithen 1548 (incomplete!
—unopposed) for county prosecutor;
Charles J. McDonald 1685 (unoppos-1
ed) for sheriff; R. G. Fry 1663 (un-j
opposed) for coroner; Haywood H. j
Fry 1638 (unopposed) for county sur
veyor.
For Judge of Recorder's Court: J.
Vance Rowe 1630, Clement Barrett
862.
For county commissioners: Clyde'
Shaw 1644 (unopposed), W. J. Dun
lap 1613—Roy Garner 816; L .R. Rey
nolds 1622 (unopposed); Thaddeus
Blue 1649 (unopposed); Gordon
Cameron 1621—John Black 846.
In Southern Pines Precinct, vot
ing was as follows: Bailey 196, Mor-!
ris 49; Burgin 181, Barber 58; Currie
189, Chaffin 175, Langdon 54; Poole
169, Seawell 76; Willcox 198, McDon- j
aid 203, McCaskill 202, Rowe 201,1
McKeithen 199, G. R. Fry 198, Hay-,
wood Fry 195, Shaw 195, Dunlap'
130 and Garner 52; Reynolds 195, j
Blue 196, Cameron 189 and Black 54.j
In Southern Pines both amend-1
ments carried, the school amendment
by 180 to 51 and the solicitor amend
ment by 1235 to 47.
MISSES NEAL, MANESS
ACHIEVE HONOR ROLL
Greensboro —(Special)—Newly in
augurated Dean's list at The Wom
an's College of the University of
North Carolina includes the names of
100 seniors, who made a B average
during the past semester. Among
them were Rebecca Neal, Southern
Pines, and Juanita Maness, Carth
age.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS
An examination for junior steno
grapher and junior typist will be
held in the commercial department
of the Pinehurst High School Tues
day, November 10, at 7:30 p. m. Ap
plicants may bring typewriters. Eli
gibles from this examination will be
offered employment at Knollwood
Field and Hoffman. The announce
ment was made by Mamie C. Swar
ingen, Civil Service secretary in,
Pinehurst.
THEpJ|ll|fi "PILOT
ARMISTICE DAY
In a IOCPI obervsnce of Ar
mistice Day, the Southern Pines
Rotary Club will on Wednesday,
November 11, beginning at 10:55
a. m. unveil its "Roll of Honor"
board oil the Library hwn and
turn the listing of men in ser
vice over to the town of South
ern Pines. Garland Pierce, presi
dent of the Rotary Club, will
be in charge of ceremonies and
W. D. Matthews, mayor, will ac
cept the board for the town. The
committee in charge of gather
ing r.arros of men and wotr.sn
in the armed services and pre
paring the board was headed by
Don Jensen, with Paul Van
Camp and Arthur Newcomb as
members. For the occasion, the
Club is asking merchants to close
their doors during this 11 o'clock
period, when the Armistice of
1918 is celebrated. A contingent
of soldiers from Knollwood Field
is expected to participate.
Report to Show Red
Cross Activity Here
Officers to be Elected
at Annual Meeting Next
Thurs., Mrs. Clarke Resigns
When the Southern Pines branch
of the Moore County Red Cross
meets Thursday, November 12 at 3
1 o'clock at the Civic Club, it will be
] tendered the resignation of Mrs. Lee
'Clarke as chairman, and will re
ceive a report of activities during the
past year.
J This report will show that more
than 1,000 garments were shipped
I from the Red Cross work room in
'January of this year, and that begin
[ning February 1, a record was kept
' of every piece of material and out
' going garment. A total of 2,400 gar
ments have been made and shipped
during the year.
First Aid classes which started in
I January resulted in standard certifi
j cates for 116, standard and advanced
| for 123, and junior for 22. There are
23 instructors in Southern Pines and
two in West Southern Pines. Forty
one standard certificates were issued
in West Southern Pines, making a
total of 327 certified First Aiders and
| instructors in town.
"Southern Pines has 9 graduate
| Nurses Aides with seven more now
in training at Moore County Hospi
tal. Other activities were a class of
16 in home nursing, 19 Canteen
| Corps graduates, 15 Canteen Aides,
' and 26 with nutrition certificates. In
| October, The Canteen Corps opened
the Civic Club as a Canteen for the
; U. S. Army and is operating success
! fully," the report continues. "There
| were also 25 Motor Corps certifi
! cates issued. On August 24 Southern
I Pines opened its first surgical dress
j ings room and in less than two
| months made and packed 19,239 sur-
I gical dressings for tne U. S. Army.
There was $324 on hand in the
branch at the beginning of the year
and after expenditures for milk for
needy children, certain school
lunches, helping burned out families,
utilities and supplies, there is now on
hand $Bl4, the report adds.
"We are deeply grateful to in
structors of the classes and the work
ers in town who have given such val
uable time, cooperation and help to
the needs of the Southern Pines
branch,' - the report concludes. It will
be submitted by Mrs. Clarke as
chairman.
ARTHUR BOWEN DIES:
FATHER, MRS. CULLOM
Arthur Finn Bowen, for 43 years
connected with the State College Ad
ministrative staff in Raleigh, died
Tuesday of this week and funeral
was conducted Wednesday at 4
o'clock. Mr. Bowen was the father of
Mrs. Shelby Cullom of Pinehurst and
Mrs. Isabel Bowen Henderson of Ral
eigh, at whose home he died. Mr.
Bowen was treasurer of State Col
lege at the time of his death. He was
70 years old and had been ill for some
time.
Southern Pin?-, North Carolii n. Friday, November 6, 1942
three of Vas.s' C.ilizens Ser\ ir»o in Vrmcl Forces" \
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CORP. ALBERT P.. GRAHAM
Corpora! Albert R. Graham and Private Walter Bernicc Graham, both from Vass, sons of Mrs. W. B.
Graham :ind the late Mr. Graham ~nd grandsons of the late A. Can oron. "lather of THE PILOT.' are a brother
combination from Vass in Un :le Sam's Army. Corp. Graham entered the Army March 21, 1942, and has been in
a school for mechanics at Aberdeen Proving Ground, M 1. Privati Graham was inducted June 15, 1942. and ha
just completed a course at Holabird Quartermaster Motor base at Baltimore. Md. Lieut. Joseph Linwood Keith,
23, was commissioned in the Army Air Forces at Colum'ms. Miss., on May 20. 1942 and is thought now to be
serving abroad. He is the youngest son of Mrs. W. H. K -if: and the Ir-te Mr. Keith. He enlisted October 4. 1942.
L,t. Keith is nephew of Mrs. J. W. Atkinson of Southern Pines and Mrs Mamie Patterson of Manly.
Moore Board Honors Red dross Officers Name Mrs. (Jarke
Late Frank Cameron As Executive Secretary; Office Opened
Commissioners Adopt Reso
lution of Respect for Mem
ber Who Served 11 Years
j The Board of Moore County Com
i missioners, in regular session Mon
day honored the Meu.Cii;. ui Uie lute j
| T. Frank Can eron, member of the i
i board until hi> death October 24.
J The board adopted a resolution in j
his memory and then adjourned out,
of respect to him. The resolution i
pointed o'H thrt Mr. Cameron h;'d
been in "continuous service as a
County Commissioner for 11 years
and six months . . .
"In the death of Mr. Cameron, a
great loss has come to our Board.
The personal feeling of each Mem
ber of the Board is one of profound
sorrow and regret. We shall miss the
warmth of hi; friendship and his
able advice :-nd counsel. The County
has profited by his loyal and faith
ful servi •(•. and the effects of his
going will be keenly felt. In the
hearts of t'. ose who knew him best,
his imortality will abide. Truly a fine
and loyal friend and a faithful public
servant has fallen . . . "We desire to t
express our sympathy for his berjav- 1
ecT family and the people of Moore 1
County whom he served with con- )
scientious devotion and untiring zeal: \
"Resolved, therefore, that in recog
nition of the fine qualities of our de- \
ceased member and as a mark of re- 1
spect to his memory, this resolution }
be spread on the minutes of this (
Board and a copy sent to his fam- i
ily . . . " is
After reconvening, the Board vot- £
ed to authorize Wilbur H. Currie to'
execute the following deeds as trus-! \
tee for Moore County: To Otha Hart
rington and wife, Ruth, for the Toy' s
Harrington one acre, Greenwood 1
township, Raeford Road, considera-1 J
tion, $45; to Talmage Byrd for the j 1
W. R. McKeithen estate S A L. Rail-' i
road one lot, Aberdeen, SIOO. Also, to j
Robert J. Stanback for the John Mc- i
Rae one acre Lincoln Park, Sandhill I r
township, $135; to Melvin Covington U
?nd wife. Ted Covington, the Rosa ' t
McLendon lot 32 Broadway, Sand-11
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There Was Only One
Went Right Ahead wit
The month boasted only one light j 2
frost, but long before its advent on,
the 27th, the round-balled walnuts:;-
began to hunder on the roof of the | c
new Pilot building, fruit of the num-1
' rous persimmon trees was every-12
where underfoot, and the crop of pe- j \
Jeans was being gathered from the c
i only grove in town, the fourteen >
trees on the grounds of the Mark's c
! residence. £
The month broke no records of t
[ temperature, its high mark of 85 de- c
' i;rees on the sth was ten degrees be- f
low the high of last October, the low
of 30 degrees on the 27th. with its I
white frost, was six degrees lower!a
than last year but five degrees high-| 1
er than the long time low. The j 1
thunderstorm on the night of the
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LIEUT. LINWOOD KEITH
SURGICAL DRESSINGS
A new shipment of surgical
dressings material has been re
ceived by the Moore County Red
Cross and the surgical dressings
tocoi in 1 : o Sirilca building.
Southern Pines, and in Carthage,
Aberdeen, Pinebluff, and Pine
hurst, will open again Monday to
work on the new lot. The South
ern Pines rooms will be open
Monday through Friday, from
8:30 a .m. to 12: JO p. m. ar.d irom
2 to 5 p. m. Workers need not
have had experience or train
ing. as their work under super
visors. who direct the handling
of the bsndages.
Fall Horse Events
Will Start Sunday
Eqv.esirians Plan to Give
Proceeds from Gymkhanas
to War Work Organizations
A series of equestrian events for
the Sandhills was planned this week
by the Sandhills Equestrian Commit
tee, which plans to donate all net
proceeds from the horse events to
war work activity.
The first gymkhana of the season
will be held in the Carolina ring in
Pinehurst Sunday, November 8, be
ginning at 3 o'clock and the next
one will be held in Southern Pines,
at the Country Club horse show ring
Sunday afternoon, November 15 at
3 q'clock.
fons Scheipers of Southern Pines
was "elected chairman of the Eques
trian committee, and Howard Burns, |
secretary. Others participating in the '
formation of the committee were i
James Tufts and L. M. Tate of Pino- I
hurst and Mrs. W. O. Moss of South-1
ern Pines.
In planning running horse events
in the Sandhills this season, the com
mittee considered that proceeds!
would assist war activities, such as J
the Red Cross, and provide needed |
recreation for both civilian and;
Army personnel.
.. |
Frost, Bui Nature
th Its Fall Work
21st was rather unusual.
Nineteen days of the month were
ell clear, eight days part cloudy, four
days all cloudy, nine days with more
or less rain, 1.01 inches falling on the
21st. The month's total of 2.75 inches
was just a fraction less than normal;
deficiency for the ten months of the
year a little less than three quarters
of an inch. Maximum, minimum and
average temperatures ran closely to
the normal long time averages. Av
erage for the month only 1-3 de
grees lower than normal.
Long time Max. Min. Aver,
average 74.5 51 623$
mi 82-1 52-3 67-2
1942 73.1 50 61-5
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PVT. WALTER B. GRAHAM
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Barnum Building to Be
Used as Headquarters for
i County Organization
Following the election of a new i
slat. 1 of officers last week for the
: ••• '"'i :nt- Ch: : tor of the A-vci
i iean Red Cross, two important ac- i
itions were taken: Mrs. Lee Clarke I
I was elected executive secretary of
j the Chapter and county offices were
| opened in the Barnum building,
; back of Barnum and Arey offices.
Mrs. Clarke, who will work with
II lie now chairman, Ernest L. Ives,
has been chairman of the Southern
Pines Red Cross branch and of the
County Surgical Dressings work. Fol
lowing her election as executive sec- '
■ rotary mis week, she submitted her ,
. resignation as branch chairman, ef
| fective November 12. when the an
nual meeting for election of officers
will be held.
Mr. Ives said that the office space 1
for the county Chapter was being j
| contributed by Paul T. Barnum and j
' that he felt sure having a central j
I office, with a telephone (Number 1
8571, Southern Pines) would help)
considerably in executing the work j
of the Red Cross throughout the
county.
Kiwanis (loiivcnlion
Resells in Surplus
Sandhills Club Cut Regis
tration and Still Made
Money, Committee Reports
[ The Sandhills Kiwanis Club, meet- '
ing this week at the Berkshire Hotel S
| in Pinehurst, heard that the Caro- j
I Unas District Convention, to which
the Club was host the last week-end
! in October, was .not only a success
I from the standpoint of action, reg
; istration, and program but thai it j
was a financial success as well.
The Club gave a standing tribute
to the convention committee, head
i ed by I. C. Sledge of Pinehurst and I
J. Talbot Johnson of Aberdeen, for ;
j the job of putting on a program with I
j a reduced registration fee—and no |
i deficit. In fact, the committee report- \
| ed a surplus thus far of around S2OO. !
Following convention reports, the j
Rev. W S. Golden of Carthage, mem-1
ber of the Moore County War Price
and Rationing Board, was introduced
by Reuben C. Dußose, and told Ki- i
I wanians that the "headaches" of the
Board don't come so much from "he
people "who are coopcrath e but j
from changing rules and regulations j
out of Raleigh and Washington. He ;
outlined certain immediate require
ments that are carried in another I
column of THE PILOT.
NO SOLDIER DANCE
There will not be a soldier dance
at the High School this Saturday
night, November 7, but other dances
! will be scheduled soon. All the girls
, who have been attending these
I dances or are interested in coming to
! the next one, are requested to watch
i The Pilot for an announcement of
j the date.
OVER THE TOP
IMJT FOR VICTORY
,Of A IK.'niC STATES
v CONOS-ST^PS
FIVE CENTS
jUtttorists Required
> jfcister Again
c irr r
for Gasoline Ration
Nsw Forms Dub on 12th;
Fuel Oil Applications
Musi Be Made by 10th
Two important announcements
| concerning fuel oil rationing and reg
istration of cars using gasoline ra
tioning were made this week by the
; Moore County War Price and Ra
tioning Board.
Philip J. Weaver, chairman of a
special fuel oil committee, said that
' all applications for fuel oil ration
, books must be in by November 10
and completely filled out, otherwise
1 they will be returned.
A letter went out from George H.
Maurice, chairman of the Board to
individuals and filling station oper
ators announcing that all holders of
gasoline ration books are required to
Jill in and mail to the ration board,
j by November 12, a new tire record
and application for basic mileage ra
tion on a form which is being sup
plied to filling stations and to indiv
iduals These f«i ir.s may also be ob
tained at the Ration Board offices in
! Carthage.
Mr. Weaver explained that appli
cations for fuel oil may be obtain
ed from dealers or the ration board
and should be in by November 10.
Applications which are not compleete
will be returned, he added. The
Board will then act upon the appli
cations and fuel oil ration books will
be mailed to the applicants.
At the present tine, fuel oil users
..ay purchase oil on promisory notes
to furnish dealers with coupons when
j the ration books are received. Ap
proximately two-thirds of the
amount of fuel oil used last year, as
certified by the selling dealer, will be
allowed for this year, he added.
Mr. Maurice's letter to gasoline ra
| tion book users explained that the
j ration books would still be useable,
' but only after new registration forms
are filled in."Supplies of the regis
tration form are being sent filling
stations and are obtainable from the
ration board office. The new regis
tration applies to all owners of pas
senger cars, commercial vehicles,
trucks and pick-ups. althought dif
ferent forms will be used for the dif
i ferent type vehicles.
Maurice's letter also cai ried the
order that all tires in excess of five
1 for each vehicle using four tires
j must be turned into local Railway
I Express Agencies not later than No
j vember 22, and that all passenger
j car tires must be inspected between
the first of December and January
1 31 , 1943. A j
| Council to Sponsor
"Eye Clinic" Here
Funds Being Sought for
This Project, Christmas
Funds, and Other Work
The Southern Pines Council of So
cial Agencies, meeting Tuesday night
at the High School, voted to act as
local sponsor for an eye clinic to be
conducted at the school later in the
| month.
j Members of the council heard Dr.
B. M. Drake explain that the clinic
was for children who could not oth
erwise have their eyes examined and
fitted for glasses. The Council will
i furnish funds for purchase of glasses
j where need for outside assistance is
: shown.
Plans were also discussed for rais
ing funds for the Christmas Basket
I committee, headed by Miss Laura
Kelsey, and for other activi
ties of the Council, including the Eye
j clinic. A letter was approved to be
sent out to local people interested
in the Council, asking them to make
: contributions to Mrs. Howard N. But
! ler, secretary-treasurer. Mrs. J. H.
i Towne, chairman opened the meet
ing, and Mrs. James B. Swett, execu
j tive secretary, presided.
THEY'RE IN THE ARMY NOW
Word from Frank Buchan, Jr., and
Richard N. Hassell, two Southern
Pines men recently inducted into the
Army, was received this week.
Young Buchan is reporting to Lang
ley Field, Va., for basic training and
Hassell was last heard from Atlanta,
Oa.. headed for a destination he did
not know. Both reported to Fort
Eragg for induction.