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VOLUME 28. NO. 40
North Carolina Scores Another "First"
In Maternal and Child Health Services
Moore County Hospital Is
on List Approved for Partic
ipating in Program
More than 4,100 expectant mothers
who are the wives of service men
have been provided with medical and
hospital care, to date, by the North
Carolina State Board of Health, Dr.
George M. Cooper, director of the
board's maternal and child health
services, has anounced.
The service rendered, which is
free to wives of enlisted men in the
4th, sth, 6th, and 7th pay grades, in
cludes prenatal care, delivery, and
postpartum examinations. When hos
pitalization is recommended by the
attending physician, the hospital bill
also is paid by the State Board of
Health, if the hospital is in the group
approved for this service. In the ap
proved group there already are 65
hospitals, covering almost all the
cities and large towns.
The Moore County Hospital, Pine
hurst, and the Lee County Hospital,
Sanford, to which a large per cent of
Moore County patients go, are in the
approved group participating in this
service.
Enlisted men in the 4th, sth, 6th
and 7th pay grades include sergeants,
corporals, privates and privates first
class in the Army and Marine Corps,
and third class petty officers, appren
tice seamen and seamen first and
second class in the Navy and Coast
Guard.
Approximately 150 babies of ser
vice men in the above named grades
of pay also have been treated in ap
proved hospitals, Doctor Cooper said.
Only babies UNDER a year old are
eligible.
"North Carolina was the first
State in the Union to have its plan
for these services to the families of
men under arms approved by the
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Craig Buys Beasley
Building in Vass
Is Getting Rooms Ready
for Teachers; Beasley
and Craig Plan New Stores
R. P. Beasley of Vass has sold the
Beasley Department Store Building,
the second floor of which has been
rented as apartments, to L. B. Craig,
proprietor of the Vass Drug Store.
The new owner is speeding the
work of getting the nine rooms and
sun parlor repainted and plans to
furnish them as soon as possible to
provide a place for the out-of-town
Vass-Lakeview School teachers, who
were taken temporarily by the Crys
tal Lake Hotel at Lakeview. Mr.
Craig hopes to have the building
ready within a month if he does not
encounter too much trouble in get-
ting the necessary equipment.
Mr. Beasley who is now operating
a dry goods store, is to put his goods
on sale beginning Saturday in order
to turn the first floor over to the
new owner by October Ist. This
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E. M. AIKEN ACQUIRES
VALUABLE PROPERTY
Ernest M. Aiken, who for a num
ber of years has been a real estate
dealer in Washington, D. C., has re
cently purchased the valuable Clif
ford Sloan property near Pine Need
les Inn for a permanent residence
and has already taken possession.
Mrs. Aiken, the former Miss Hermin
ia Haynes, spent her girlhood days
in Lakeview and has many friends
throughout the Sandhills.
The Aikens have five children.
The eldest, Ursula, is attending
school in Maryland and three, Ern
estine, Ben and Nora, enrolled in
the Southern Pines school this week.
The youngest daughter is of pre
school age.
J. R. ROBINSON DIES
Word reaches The Pilot of the
death of J. R. Robinson at his home
in Thousand Islands Park, N. Y., on
August 24th.
Mr. Robinson, in his 81st year, had
made his winter home in Southern
Pines for more than 30 years, and
was the builder and owner of sev
eral dwellings on Ashe street.
T H AT
BOND BOOTH
The Women's Division of the
War Finance Committee will op*
erate a booth in the Citizens
Bank and Trust Company build
ing every day during the Third
War Loan Drive. Mrs. J. J.
Spring will open the drive by be
ing at the booth Friday morning,
September 10.
Commissioners Mark
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Funds for Various
County Functions
Board Adopts Resolu
tion Allocating Money
to Specific Purposes
The Moore County Commissioners,
meeting in regular session Monday,
adopted the annual appropriations
resolution, setting aside specific
amounts, or so much of each as may
be needed, for carrying on the var
ious activities of the county during
the year ending June 30, 1944.
The total budget requirements for
the county are $373,670; tax levy,
$150,068; property valuation, $22,-
000,000; tax rate, 75 cents on SIOO
valuation.
Those amounts which appeared in
lump sums in the budget estimate
published last month were broken
up as follows: '
County General Fund
County Commissioners, $2,500;
listing and assessing, $8,000: collec
tion of taxes, $5,800; tax foreclos
ure, $2,800; Sheriff's office, $7,750-
general election, $1,000; County Ac
countant's office, $4,000; court house
and grounds, $7,000; Register of
Deeds, $1,500; Coroner, $500; fire
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A LETTER
TO ALL NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS:
On the eve of the Third
War Loan, I want to impress
upon you how heavily we
are depending upon the
newspapers, and upon the
businesses who sponsor
newspaper advertise
ments, to carry our urgent
message to the American
people.
In the past, these industry
sponsored advertisements
have proved the backbone of
our promotional campaign.
I am sure they will prove no
less in the coming Third War
Loan Drive.
I hope you will pass this
information along to those
businesses and industries in
your community who can
and will help sponsor this vi
tal local newspaper adver
tising.
We all know that raising
fifteen billion dollars no
less than five billion of it
fr'-n individuals—is going to
be a tremendous task. We
must take full advantage of
every available source of
support.
Sincerely,
H. Morgenthau, Jr.
Secretary of the Treasury.
UNAVOIDABLE
A coroner's jury meeting Tuesday
night to investigate the accident in
which Charles A. Rose of Vass was
injured on Thursday of last week
exonorated the driver of the car,
Jefferson Baker, a filling station at
tendant, pronouncing the accident
unavoidable.
According to the testimony Baker
moved Mr. Rose's car from where it
was parked on the grounds of Mc-
Gill's Esso Station after calling to
Mr. Rose that he was going to do
so. He received no reply and did
not know that Mr. Rose was down
at the front of the car, making an
adjustment.
The inquest was conducted by
Acting Coroner Hugh Kelly with the
folllowing serving on the jury: M. M.
Chappell, Julian Leslie, H. A. Borst,
Jr., Wes Hennings, Weldon Hennings
and Raymond Garner.
Southern Pines. North Carolina. Friday, September 10, 1943
MOORE MEN WIN AIR MEDALS
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LT. J. LINWOOD KEITH
Two young men to whom Moore County, lays claim, First Lt.
Joseph L. Keith of Vass and First Lt. James B. Ritchie of Greens
boro, members of the North African Air Force Troop Carrier Com
mand, have received awards of the air medal for meritorious
achievements over Sicily, the War Department has announced.
Lt. Keith is the youngest son of Mrs. W. H. Keith of Vass and
the late Mr. Keith. He has been in foreign service for several
months.
Lt. Ritchie, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Ritchie, now re
side in Greensboro, was reared in Southern Pines and was an
honor graduate of the local high school.
Changing the Name of Hemp to Bobbins
Mas an Interesting Story Back of It
LEFT OUT
Dwellers in the Sandhills were
j surprised to read in the stats
journals of last Thursdey that
there had been a stale-wide
blackout. Happy to have escap
| ed, inquiring residents were in
formed on Saturday that through
| an error in the Charlotte Dis
trict the sighals were net relay
ed to Concord, Rockingham, Sal
isbury and Southern Pines. Out
| side of that one miscue. Army
| observers termed the blackout a
i decided success.
jMrs. Wood Receives
News From Husband
Letter from Col. Wood,
a Prisoner of War, Was
Written Last November
Mrs. Sturart Wood, whose hus
band, Colonel Wood, has been a pris
oner of the Japanese since May 19 J 2,
has within the past few days receiv
ed a card and a letter from him, her
first direct communications since
lie became a prisoner of war.
The card bore the information
that he was interned in Taiwan,
was in excellent health and work
ing in a garden and on a stock farm
as interpreter.
We are reprinting a part of the
letter, which was dated November
15, 1942:
"This is just a note to let you
know that I am well and safe and
to tell you not to worry about me.
I am in a very pieasant place with
a fine climate. Wo have set out one
garden and are now working on an
other. In addition, I am helping su
pervise the construction of an ani
mal farm (buildings for hogs, goats
rubbits and chickens) so by the time
I get home 1 should be an expert
farmer.
"Your radio of last Christmas v. as
thoroughly appreciated. It was the
last word I have had from the fam
ily, so can imagine that I am wor
ried about, you all. Am sincerely
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UNUSUAL SIGHT
"Not since the days when the
little village of Southern Pines
was literally fenced in house by
house (for good and sufficient
reasons) has citizen or tourist
dodged a cow on the sidewalk
of West Broad street. But a plac
id Bossy with a patient bovine
shuffle followed a "cow man"
down that bewildered thorough
fare early Saturday morning as
little children shrieked "Mama,
Mama, what is that?" and the
passing throng of paratroopers,
army wives, shoppers, tired bus
iness men, alert business wom
en, standees, and suburban visi
i tors paused to marvel.
LT. JAMES B. RITCHIE
Moore County Village Was
Considered a "Boom Town"
During Worst of Depression
(From Carl Goerch's State Mag
azine of September 4, we bring
you this story of local and wide
spread interest, which on ac
count of its length will appear
in two installments.Ed)
Last Saturday, as the result of a
j hearing in Monroe, it was definitely
decided that official authorization
should be given for changing the
name of Hemp, in Moo> - e County, to
that of Robbins, honoring Mr. Karl
Robbins, prominent figure in the tex
tile industry and the greatest ben
efactor that the town has had in
its history.
But on Monday, of this week, we
were informed that an injunction
against the change has been issued
by the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of North Carolina until an ap
peal in connection with the matter
has been heard before the Supreme
Court.
Just when the appeal is to be
brought up is not known at this time.
Regardless of all this legal business,
however, we believe you will be in
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SEPTEMBER JURORS
The following were drawn for
jury service in the September 20th
term of civil court at the meeting of
the Board of Commissioners Mon
day:
Jesse S. Phillips, Fred Hannon, G.
B. Cole, A. G. Martin, W. A. Myrick,
R. C. Brown, W. D. Caviness, D. E.
Blalock, J. L Baldwin, N. A. Mor
gan. L. G. Cox, J. L. Thompson, Jr.,
W. W. Crabtree, C. C. Jones, A. Z.
Easom, D. Y. Marion, Q A. Maners,
A. C. Cox, J. W. Richardson, C. F.
Martin, Tilden Cheek, O. F. Currie,
H. L. Brown, and C. W. Williams
FRACAS AND ROBBERY
ON BROAD STREET
A number of men in uniform start
ed a near riot in and around the
Seaboard station in the early morn
ing hours of Labor Day, which was
subdued with great difficulty by
Night Policeman Irvin Morrison.
During the fracas unknown parties
broke into Warren's Jewelry Store
on West Broad Street, taking jewel
ry and watches valued at about
$l5O.
BROOKS RETIRES FROM
SOUTHERN PINES FIELD
Brooks Dress Shop opened last
December by Mrs. Carl Thompson,
Jr., and recently under the manage
ment of Mrs. Ruth Webeck closed
Saturday following the resignation
of Mrs. Webeck who is joining her
husband in Fort Worth, Tex. Mrs.
Thompson joined Mr. Thompson in
Denver, Col., some time ago.
Kiwanis Speaker in Convention Address
Discusses the Subject, "Why Buy Bondsf
BAND CONCERT
Both army families and resi
dents of Southern Pines will be
delighted to hear that another
band concert has been arranged
by the U.S.O. The 501 st Para
chute Infantry Band (the only
all-jumping band in the world)
will play under the direction of
S Sgt. Fernando Perez Sunday
afternoon between four and five
o'clock. Those who heard lhem
when they gave a concert sever
al weeks ago will not want to
miss this performance and those
who have not been able to hear
them previously really have a
treat in store.
KIWANIS SPEAKER
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LEROY LEWIS
Charles A. Rose of
Vass, In jured in
Car Accident, Dies
World War Veleran Had
Been Proprietor of
Holel Several Months
Charles A. Rose, 47, for the past
several months proprietor of Hotel
Charmella in Vass, was injured in an
au.tomobile accident at Vass Thurs
day afternoon of last week and pass
ed away in the Moore County Hos
pital at 5:15 Tuesday morning, his
death coming as a shock to his
friends throughout the county.
Funeral services were held at
Carthage Baptist Church at 5 p. m.
Wednesday, and interment followed
in Cross Hill Cemetery, Carthage.
Mr. Rose, who formerly lived in
Carthage, was a World War veteran,
having served overseas, where he
was gassed and shell shocked.
He is survived by his wife, for
merly Miss Allie Caddell of Carth
age: a three-months-old son, Char
les A. Rose, Jr.; one brother. John
W. Rose, of Durham; two half-broth
ers and one half-sister, Frank jnd
Luther Coleman and Mrs. Annie
Gooch, all of Durham.
AIRBORNE ON THE AIR
Plans for a well rounded musical
program broadcast from Service
Club No. 1, Camp Macki.ll, through
station WBT Charlotte at 8:00 p. m.
Thursday evening, September 16,
will feature the 511 th Prcht. Inf.
Band of the 11th Airborne Division
under the able leadership of Chief
Warrant Officer Robert M. Berg
lund. "Song of the Airborne", writ
ten by Sgt. Charles Hazleton of the
511 th will be their signature song.
Arrangements are being made for
a Sept. 23rd program when music
will be furnished by the 17th Ajß
Band guided by the baton of Chief
Warrant Officer Leon Dandoy.
ABC STORES CLOSE
AT NOON WEDNESDAYS
The Moore County A. B. C. has
decided to close the stores in Sou
thern Pines and Pinehurst, at 12
o'clock every Wednesday afternoon,
until further notice. In this action
they join o'her business establish
ments which have continued the
summer closings.
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Delegates to Annual
District Convention
in Durham Are Named
By Howard F. Burns
Leroy Lewis, secretary of the
J North Carolina Banker's Association,
and former instructor of speech at
Duke University, Durham, address
ed the Sandhills Kiwanis Club at
the Holly Inn, Pinehurst, Wednes
day on the subject, "Why Buy
Bonds."
In announcing the third War Loan
Drive which started Thursday, Mr.
Lewis declared that war loan bonds
are the best investment in the world.
It means, first, an appreciation of
the intrinsic «r peculiar values of
our American Democracy. "In a
democratic society, the individual is
supreme. American democracy guar
antees freedom of speech to all its
citizens; freedom of political action
for all individuals, free indepen
dent spirit in education; it makes
every effort to assure freedom of
action for competing economic
| groups; it guarantees to every citi
zen religious freedom."
Secondly, he stated, it means a
willingness to sacrifice and to pre
serve permanently the values we are
winning in military victories. We
must be willing to sacrifice to the
hilt to win the military victories.
We must not clamor for the return
to normalcy when military battles
cease, he declared.
He pointed out that Germany has
no freedom in education, no freedom
of speech. The German people are
taught that other races are inferior.
It has but one political party—the
Nazi Party, one newspaper which
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Mother and Infant
Are Shot With Rifle
Mrs. Thad Black is Said
to be in Serious Condition;
Husband Is Being Held v
A three-months-old baby in the
arms of its mother, Mrs. Thad Black,
was shot through the leg with a .22
rifle and the mother was seriously
injured when the same bullet passed
through her side. The shooting oc
curred in the Hill Crest community
near Carthage around noon Friday
and the husband is being held in
jail to face charges.
Following the shooting, the wound
ed were carried to the Moore Coun
ty Hospital, after which George Frye,
half-brother of Black, accompanied
the latter to the Sheriff's office.
Black is quoted as saying that the
shooting was accidental, but Mrs.
Black is said to have given a differ
ent version of the affair. Due to the
seriousness of her condtion, Sher
iff McDonald had not questioned
her early this week, but she is re
ported to have stated that her hus
band had said that he was going to
kill her and all of the children. They
have three.
Black has been in trouble a num
ber of times.
ATTENTION MOTOR
CORPS MEMBERS
Any women living in Southern
Pines or Pinehurst who are mem
bers of the Red Cross Motor Corps
and who desire to work are request
ed to call either Mrs. Miller Gaffney
at Southern Pines 8551 or Mrs. John
S. Zelie, Jr., at Pinehurst 3791. Ad
ditional help is urgently needed to
carry on this important and inter
esting work.
FIRST IN ITALY
Capt. Timothy Cleary. an ob
servation officer of a U. S. ar
tillery battery, is believed to be
the first American to land in
Italy with the Allied invasion
forces, according to a United
Press report of September sth.
His gunnery mates said Cleary
crossed the Messina Strait with
the British Eighth Army to
gather information on enemy
gunfire. A Harvard graduate.
Cleary is attached to a battery
of 155-millimeter "Long Tom"
rifles.
He trained at Fort Bragg and
his wife lives at Pinebluff.