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OVE* THE TOP \ l &7 FOR VICTORY * \%f " ith \ f A UNITED STATES WAR v y BONDS STAMPS VOLUME 23. NO. 33 Sanford Soldier Is Killed; 3 Persons Hurt in Car Wreck Car Is Knocked About 80 Feet in Collision With Bus Near Cameron Cpl. William Homer Willett, 18, of Sanford and Camp Mackall, a mem ber of the 508 th Parachute Infantry, was instantly killed about 4:30 Sat urday p.m. when the automobile in which he was riding was involved in a collision with a Queen City passenger bus said to have been driven by Frank Alexander Broome, 39, of Charlotte. The accident oc curred on Highway 1 a short dis tance south of Cameron. Three other persons were serious ly injured. David Julius Hobbs, 30, Aberdeen warehouseman who was driving the car, suffered head and chest injuries. He was taken to the Lee County Hospital. George E. Featon, Jr., and Charles B. Steven son, Jr., Camp Mackall soldiers who were riding with Hobbs and Willett, were critically injured. Both were taken by ambulance to the station hospital at Camp Mackall. The bus ■driver and passengers escaped in jury except for minor bruises. Highway Patrolman J. H. Coleman investigated the accident, and placed Broome under a SSOO bond on a charge of reckless driving. Patrol man Coleman is quoted as saying that the south-bound bus was ap parently on the wrong side of the io«d. Hobb's car, a sedan, traveling north, was knocked about 80 feet by the impact, which buried the bus about half way into the auto mobile. Acting Coroner Hugh P. Kelly of Carthage impanelled a jury at the scene of the accident and then ad journed until Friday, July 23. Corporal Willet, a son of Alex Willet of Sanford and the late Mrs Willett, had been in the Army about a year. Funeral services were held Tuesday from the East San ford Baptist Church and burial was at Gulf. Alex F. Maples, 15, of Pinehurst Dies Youth is Viclim of Auto mcfbile Accident at Wil mington Sunday Morning Funeral services for Alex F. Ma ples, 15, of Pinehurst, who was kill td in an automobile accident near Wilmington early Sunday morning, were held from Culdee Presbyterian Church at 2:00 p. m. Tuesday with the Rev. Troy D. Mullis, Presbyter ian minister of Manly, in charge. Burial was in the church cemetery. Alex is survived by his father, W. P. Maples of Fayetteeville; two brothers. Pvt. Elmer P. Maples of the U. S. Army and Buddy Maples of Barium Springs, and by five sis ters, Mrs. A. L. Adams of Fayette ville, Mrs. Robert Hunt of Pinehurst, Mrs. Dennis Greene of Blowing Rock, Miss Edna Mae Maples of Pinehurst and Miss Dorothy Maples of Barium Springs. TORRENTIAL RAIN A torrential rain along the Lobelia Road on Vass route 2 last Sunday afternoon is reported. For a mile or more along the Keith and Mc Keithan farms and on toward Vass the road had the appearance of a river bed, completely covered with water for a long distance and in other places with just a bit of road bed showing here and there. The dam of Neill M. McKeithan's fish pond on the farm was broken by the high water. A FAMILY AFFAIR John Ruggles says his always good-hearled dad let a mother and child occupy the living room the other night. Next morning five peop'e filed out: the mo ther, the child, the mother's fa thnr, her sister and her husband. They allowed they owed a little more than the rate agreed on. Mr. Ruggles accepted the addi tional fee. but hasn't yet figured out where they all slept. TH^^KS^ILOT JUSTICE A distinguished citizen of Southern Pines had a misadven ture at the post office the other day. As he took a package notice card from his box he observed a lady. She must have been one of our visitors for she wore a pair of skin-tight track pants and a ditto brassiere. The next thing our distinguished fellow citizen knew he was down at the other end of town and she was going into a house and slamming the door. He was still holding the card in his hand. Had to walk all the way back to the post office to get the pack age. Turned out to be a c.o.d. dress for his wife. Served him right. Picking the Piccolo at Dunes Results in Sour Notes in Court One Defendant Has 12 Liquor Ration Books; Other Court Cases For the larcency of money from the piccolo at the Dunes Club. Will Gnddy, Pinehurst Negro, was in Re corder's Court Monday given four months on the roads, to be suspended provided he pay a fine of $25 and the costs, and upon further condi tion that he not violate the law during the next two years. Sue Lyles, 18-year-old Negro of Aberdeen, pleaded guilty in an as sault-with-deadly-weapon case in which she was charged with cutting a soldier and another man named Thomas with a knife. She paid a $lO fine and the costs and her 60-day jail sentence was suspended upon condition of good behavior for a year. Allen Kennett, colored, of Camp Mackall, in three cases, was found guilty of careless, reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident without giving his name, driving a car with improper license and with out driver's license, and unlawful | possession of tax-paid whiskey. He is to be turned over to rpilitary au j thorities for punishment if they call for him, otherwise he is to serve three months in jail, assigned to work on the highways. It was or dered that the sheriff destroy the whiskey found in Kennett's posses sion and hold the 12 liquor ration books found in his possession until further order of the Court. He gave notice of appeal and bond was fixed : at S3OO. Each woman charging that the other had assaulted her with rocks and had used vile ad profane lang uage, Addie Davis and Evelyn Saun ders of Eagle Springs were in court. Addie Davis was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon and given 30 days in jail, suspended upon payment of two-thirds of the cqpt. Evelyn Saunders was found guilty only of simple assault, and was tax ed with one-third the costs. Jake Addison, Southern Pines Ne gro, demanded a trial by jury on a drunken driving charge, which was allowed upon deposit of the proper jury fee. The case was continued to next Monday, as were several others. HOME PAPERS RATE TOPS Colonel John W. Thompson, spin ner of exciting tales of the men of the U. S. Marine Corps, writes in "Mail Day": "And there are the little home papers—little four sheet weeklies and semi-weeklies, Senti nels and Eagles, or Patriots, and Post-Items. They are read before anyone bothers to read the great dailies." We in THE PILOT find it so. Men returning to the Sandhills from far off outposts tell us of the scramble for news of the home folks and of men in the service and are confirm ed by the tenor of our mail. Now and then we find included an anx ious inquiry as to the whereabouts of a missing issue lost, no one knows where. Happily not many pa pers go astray and when they do, Soldier, Seaman, Marine, Coast guard or Wac of our long mailing list of nieces and nephews of Uncle Sam is sped another copy. —C.M. Southern Pines. North Carolina. Friday, July 23. 1943. IN THE ARMY S SGT. THOMAS K. ATKINSON Staff Sergeant Thomas Keith At kinson has been transferred from Camp Breckinbridge, Ky., to Head quarters, Second Army, at Memphis, Tenn. After his induction in Febru ary, 1942, Sgt. Keith was in train course in Aereonautic Engineering at Camp Claiborne. La. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Atkinson of Southern Pines. One Soldier Killed, Two Civilians Hurt in Unusual Wreck Gasless Car Being Pushed by Soldiers Collides With Auto Pfc. George L. Webb of Camp Mackall was killed and J. Wim berley Bowman and son. J. W. Bow man, of Aberdeen were injured in an unusual automobile accident which occurred about one mile south of Pinebluff on Highway 1 around 10:30 o'clock Friday night. The car occupied by six soldiers had run out of gas, according to the report, and with Pfc. John A. Vaughn steering, the other five were out pushing, turning the car around to return to Pinebluff. This car and the Bowman car, driven by J. W. Jr., collided causing the sol dier car to swerve and strike Pfc. Webb. The Bowmans were carried to the Moore County Hospital, Mr. Bow man suffering from internal injury, bruises and lacerations and his son from concussion. A late report is to the effect that both are getting along well. Investigation of the accident has not been completed, according to a statement by State Highway Pat rolman Jones, who visited the scene. WINS FIRST HALF SOFTBALL TOURNEY The 834 th Guard Squadron team of the AAFTTC, Knollwood Field proved themselves superior by win ning the first half of the Softball 'league tournament. Opposing teams (giving them stiff cooperation were Officers Club (winning second place); Statistical Control Unit; Motor Pool; Airport; and Southern Pines team. Line-up for 834 th Guard Squad ron is Joe Kowalzik, pitcher: Staff Sgt, Paul Mcßue, Ist base; Pvt. Charles Babcock, catcher; Pvt. Jim Butler, 2nd base; Cpl. Dick May forth, shortstop; Sgt. Maurice Brush. 3rd base; Cpl. Charles King, short field; Sgt. Chick Piontich, left field; Pfc. John Dubina, center field; Cpl. Dick LaFontaine, right field. First Sgt. Harold Blevins is manager of the team. FORMER LOCAL MAN PASSES IN FLORIDA Word reaches The Pilot of the death of Parker Quincey Moore, a former mayor of Wilmington, at his home in Sarasota, Fla., Sunday night. Mr. Moore was well known in Sou thern Pines as the proprietor of the Broad Street Pharmacy follow ing the death of Dr. R E. Wiley in 1922, until its purchase by the late Dr. R. L. Hart. IN THE ARMY mm, . ■ ' .i fih -' ' Jf? ; SGT. JAMES F. WILSON Sgt. James Frank Wilson, son of j Mi-, and Mrs. J. E. Wilson of Manly, j was inducted into the Army March ; 2, 1942, and was stationed at Camp { Claiborne, La., for six months, then j transferred to Fort Bragg with the ' Airborne Command. He is now sta- j tioned at Camp Mackall. Sgt. Wil-1 son attended school in Southern I Pines. Reviews "All In The Day's ork" for 11th Airborne Division j Six Reviews in Less Than Five Monlhs Is lis Unique Record "The most reviewed Division for [its age." Jl'his distinction is claimed by the j 11th Airborne Division at Camp i Muckall, which recently underwent its sixth review since its activation j on February 25, when it participated in the parade honoring General Henri Giraud of France. Hardly before the streets and bar racks of the newly-built camp were ! completed in March, the 11th staged j its first review for Major General I Joseph M. Swing, Division Com mander. This was followed a few j weeks later by a parade in honor j of Major General E. Gerry Chapman.) | Commanding General of the Army i I Airborne Command. There followed a review for Lie.u-1 tenant General Ben Lear, Command ing General of the Second Army. After receiving and reviewing the! troops. General Lear inspected the division area. OB May 1, the 11th participated in the ceremony dedicating Camp Mac kali, at which Mrs. Alda Mackall j Newton, mother of the late Pvt ' John T. Mackall, for whom the camp is named, was chief guest. Many j prominent military and civil leaders: were present for the occasion. In a review marking the 4th of July holiday this year, the men of the 11th Airborne heard Major Gen eral Chapman tell them that, "Your Division, which was the first to activate at Camp Maclcall, has set a high standard for future units which will come here to train." He stated further that, "This time next year you will be serving your country not at Camp Mackall, but on some foreign battlefield." A SLOGAN AND A PLEDGE The government printing office has gotten out an attractive poster whose message it would be well for many of us to remember. It's called Tenants' Wartime Pledge, and em bodies the following: "I will take the best possible care of the place I rent just as if I own ed it .. . "I will keep my landlord's repair bill as low as possible . . . "Because this is the least I can do in return for the special wartime protection Uncle Sam is giving me . . . "Because I want to help conserve scarce materials and labor . . . "Because this is the only home I can be sure of until after the war ..." At the end of the slogan: "UNCLE SAM keeps your rent down—YOU MUST keep your home up!" (/rowers Are Urged to Vote on Tobacco P Control in Referendum Saturday, July 24 VOTING PLACES [ The township voting places for ! the tobacco control referendum to ' be held Saturday, July 24, as giv en out by the County AAA Commit- I tee, are as follows: Ritters: High School, High Falls. Deep River: Dowd's Store, Glen | don. ; Sheffield: Ritter's Hardware, Hemp. Carthage: Court House, Carthage. 1 Sandhill: Burney Hardware Store.. J Aberdeen. Greenwood: High School. Camer j on. , Bensalem: School House. Eagle j Springs. Mineral Springs: Community | House, West End. McNeill: Town Hall, Vass. i The polls will be open from 8:00 I a. m. to 6:00 p. m. in all townships Manly Croup Honors Its Men and Women in The Services Dedicates Service Flag in Impressive Ceremony at Presbyterian Church In an impressive service held at the Manly Presbyterian Church Thursday evening of last week with the Rev. Troy D. Mullis leading, a service flag in honor of the young men and women from the Manly church and community now in th«* service of their country was dedi cated. [ The meeting opened with the 'singing of a hymn, after which the , Roll of Honor was read and a star | for each person on the list was pin nod on the flag. A beautiful ritual of dedication ; adapted from "Church Management' ynd arranged by Oriville K. Melquis\ was used, the responses being giv: en by the people following words of dedication by the pastor. The flag was dedicated "In honor |of the men and women who go from this church and community to | serve the call of the nation: to the spirit of that real America which has ever sought to place the idealism of freedom and equality of all men high in its virtues; to the glory of God who has taught us that life is more than meat and the body more than raiment; that the inspiration of our own men and women may be remembered by us; as an expres sion of love for the homes from which these men and women came, for the affection of fathers and mo thers." The people pledged themselves and their homes to greater faith in God; to keep faith with their young men and women in service, to serve, and to pray for each of them, and to dedicate themselves to the task which lies before, that these men and women shall not have served in vain. The Roll of Honor lists the fol j lowing names: Harry B. Adams, Wil . Ham A. Boney, John D. Chisholm, i Thomas H. Wilson, Frank Wilson, Harold Morrison, Clyde Morrison, John Moore Goldsmith, Joseph J. West, Roland Norton. Eugene Nor ton, Neil McDonald, Raymond Cam eron, J. H. Patterson, Sarah Patter son, John Paul Gargis, Blois Gargis, James Robert Monroe, Russell Mon roe, Clyde Holt, Nick Jonker, John Monroe, Lloyd Woolley. J+. and Jasper Swaringen, Jr. SPECIAL PROTECTION E. H. Mills, who run» the Jef ferson Inn, is, so far as known, the only hotel proprietor under the special protection of Provi dence. Last Saturday a lady 'fuesi sold him a radio for fif teen dollars on the plea that she was short of funds. E. H. gave her the full amount and she im mediately flew town owing a week's board. Before E. H. had time to cut his throat the ex pressman brought two full suit cases consigned to the lady and ample security for the bilL HAKECVEBf PA* n*v " •■ V. AR Si EQik'D DAY r, 5fN6 —SAVI t::u« TEN CENTS "It Was Indifference That Lost the Program in 1939/ Agent Reminds By E. H. Garrison. Jr., Moore County Farm Agent On Saturday, July 24th, tobacco farmers will again vote on tobacco, control. It is most important that all tobacco growers, both landlords and tenants, cast a ballot in this referen dum. There appears to be no real opposition to the program, but as you know, it was indifference that lost the program in 1939. Each time that control has been voted out, we have lost some acreage. The last time we lost about 10 per cent of our acreage. Recent legislation permits farmers to vote on flue-cured and Burley quotas. If a favorable vote is cast for quotas throughout the flue cured and burley areas, they will be the only crops which will have quotas in 1944. One type of tobacco is not dependent on the other. Tobacco quotas will provide for additional food and fiber and at the same time assure tobacco farm ers of a price support. Without quotas there can be no price support as I understand it. Wheat and cotton have been re leased from control. If we can not show that we are vitally interested in a crop which has meant so much to the State of North Carolina, we may lose the control even though the election might carry. For this and many other reasons I hope that every grower will turn out and vote according to the dictates of his con (Please turn to Page Body of Soldier Is Removed From Lake Clothing Seen In Aberdeen Lake Bath House Saturday; Body Discovered Monday A Camp Mackall soldier identified as Pvt. Cecil R. Taylor, Post Motor Pool, was drowned in Aberdeen Lake during the week-end. Life Guard Hugh Bowman and Sonny Keith discovered the body around 10:15 Monday morning between the pier and the dam. They removed the body to the shore and called Police Chief Lamar Smith, who noti fied the coroner and Camp Mackall authorities. The body was taken to Camp Mackall for an autopsy, a report of which has not been return ed. The young boys who were looking after the bath house had noticed the soldier's clothing there Saturday. SHOOTING STARS In a few weeks many "shooting stars" will be seen in the sky, ac cording to James Stokley of General Electric's Research Laboratory. Mr. Stokley, former director of the Fels Planetarium, says that "we will cross the path of the Perseid meteors about August 12. Around that date as many as 50 to 100 me teors an hour should be seen after midnight." Meteors are commonly called shooting stars, but are actually small bits of celestial dust, which vanish in a flash of light when they encounter the friction of the earth's atmosphere. ENJOYING VACATION Miss Maida Jenkins, county ac countant, is enjoying one of her in frequent vacations this week. She will return to her office next Mor day. In the meantime the assistant, Mrs. Glendon Wicker, is efficiently serving the public. RECOVERING FROM OPERATION THE PILOT is pleased to have a communication from the F. B Pottles in Jefferson. N. H. Mr. Pot tle's Southern Pines friends will be glad to know that he is at home a»ain after undergoing a very seri ous operation at a Boston hospital.
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