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VOLUME 28. NO. 41
Ordination Service
at Emmanuel Church
Next Thursday A. M.
Bishop Penick Will Or
dain R. M. McNair of
Tarboro; All Welcome
A service of especial importance
will be the Ordination, at Emman
uel Episcopal Church on Thursday,
Sept. 23rd, of Mr. Robert Malcolm
McNair of Tarboro to the Ministry
of the Episcopal Church. At a ser
vice beginning at 10:45 in the morn
ing the Rt. Rev. Edwin A. Penick,
D. D., of North Carolina,
will ordain Mr. McNair to the Or
der of Deacons. It is expected that
a number of the clergy of the Dio
cese of North Carolina will attend
and take part in the service. Among i
these will be the Rev. James M. j
Dick, Rector of The Church of The
Good Shepherd, Raleigh, and the Rev.
M. George Henry, formerly Rector
of Calvery Parish, Tarboro and now
Priest-in-charge of the newly or
ganized Christ Church in Charlotte.
These two ministers, together with i
the rector of the local church, the '
Rev. F. Craighill Brown, will assist
Bishop Pcnick in the service.
Particular interest attaches to
this service since it is the first Or- '
dination to be performed in Em- i
manuel Church. A former member
of the parish, the Rev. Moultrie
Moore, entered the Ministry in South
Carolina and is now in charge of
churches in Leaksville and Reids
ville. But Mr. McNair is the first
member of the parish to be ordain
ed here.
A native of Latta, S. C., Mr. Mc-
Nair was graduated from the Latta
High School in 1933. From there he
went to Wake Forest College where
ho received his A. B. in 1937. In 1941
he received the degree of S. T. B.
from Harvard University for work
in the Harvard Divinity School. The
following academic year he spent in
post graduate work for the degree of
Ph. D. at Harvard and in special
work in the Episcopal Theological
School at Cambridge, Mass. Follow
ing his Ordination, Mr. McNair will
become Deacon-in-charge of Cal
vary Parish, Tarboro, where he has
served as Lay Assistant for the past
year.
The service is, of course, a public
one and all who wish to attend will
be cordially welcomed.
High School Boy Is
Badly Hurt in Fall
Ferrell Brown Punctures
Abdomen in Fall on Grape
Arbor; In Sanford Hospital
Ferrell Brown, 16-year-old student
of Vass-Lakeview High School, was
badly injured in an unusual accident
at his home Thursday of last week.
As Ferrell was climbing to the top
of a grape arbor, one of the top poles
slipped off the notched upright sup
port, causing Ferrell to fall on the
sharp notched pole, which stuck
through the wall of his abdomen. He
was carried to the Lee County Hos
pital, where he underwent an op
eration Friday and was given a blood
transfusion Saturday.
Ferrell is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Brown who since last spring
have lived on the farm of Mrs. T.
Frank Cameron beyond Cranes
Creek.
Middle Belt Tobacco
Markets Opened 13th
Carthage and Aberdeen
Markets Had Large Of
fering on Opening Day
Nine Middle Belt tobacco markets
including Carthage, Aberdeen and
Sanford opened their season's sales
Monday with large offerings and
good prices.
Smothers Brothers and Hobgood,
who are operating at Carthage for
their third year, claim the distinc
tion of leading the entire Belt in
average on opening day this year.
George D. Carter and Sons, oper
ating the McConnell Warehouse in
Carthage for 27 years, had a good
opening as did the Big Brick Ware
house in Aberdeen.
THq^jj^pyplLCg
A MESSAGE
The Southern Pines Surgical
Dressing Room needs all the
volunteer workers it can get.
both local women and army
wives. A daily output of 800
dressings is necessary to meet
the requirements. Only 843
dressings were turned out all
last week. All the workers who
have been coming and all those
who stay away because rumors
make them fearful of not doing
the work accurately enough to
please the supervisors are need
ed.
Surgical dressing supervisors
inspect dressings through spec
ifications laid down by the Sur
geon General of the United
States Army. Thousands of wom
en all over the United States are
making satisfactory dressingsv
The rules are simple. No one has
ever had to be told that she was
not capable of doing good work.
However, news reports from
North Africa did say recently
that the German dressings con
fiscated by our army were su
perior to our own. Does that
mean that American women are
going to permit German wom
en to do a belter job than we
are doing while our boys are
winning the war?
The workroom has just resum
ed its winter schedule of Mon
days through Fridays, 9 to 12
a. m. and 2 to 5 p. m. The loca
tion is the Straka building, sec
ond floor, on North Broad
street, just beyond the Carolina
Power and Light Company.
The above message is from
Mrs. E. V. Hughes, Surgical
Dressings chairman.
Local Schools Are
Off to Good Start
Enrollment Climbs From
350 to 400; Three New
Courses Are Added
The Southern Pines Schools are
off to a good start with a complete
corps of teachers and an increasing
enrollment. Around 350 pupils reg
istered on the opening day, Wednes
day of last week, and the enrollment
has now climbed to approximately
400, according to information given
out by Supt. P. J. Weaver. One hun
dred and fifty of this number are in
the high school.
Three new courses have been ad
ided this term, second year Spanish,
American Government and War
| Geography. The course in aeronau
| tics started last year is being con
j tinued. A commercial course has
I been offered for several years, and
physical education classes for girls
and boys are on the regular sche
dule.
The Glee Clubs will be under the
direction of Miss Annie Laurie Ov
erton and Miss Mary McDavid will
head the Dramatic Club.
The West Southern Pines Schools
have enrolled approximately 475 pu
pils, Mr. Weaver reports. Home eco
nomics and industrial arts courses
are offered in the high school.
NEW ORDER ON TROOP
TRAIN FOOD BUYING
Commanders of troop trains, car
rying their kitchen cars, must not
purchase food while en route from
commercial sources and thus deplete
commercial stocks for civilians, says
an order from the Quartermaster
Branch, Fourth Service Command.
The order pointed out that the
furnishing of supplies required by
troop train commanders in emergen
cies is causing undue hardship to
railroads and to the civilian popula
tion, since such purchases frequent
ly deplete the entire stock of some
of the principal food items in small
communities. The trains are to be
stocked before they leave the point
of origin and, to provide the soldiers
with the necessary food in emer
gencies while en route, supply points
in each of the nine service com
mands have been designated where
the food stocks may be replenished.
These points are Army posts.
The procedure, as outlined in the
order, provides that the train com
mander will anticipate what em
ergency supplies will be needed and
advise the proper officers at the
supply point in order that the re
quired stocks may be assembled and
ready to load when the train leaves.
Southern Pines, North Carolina. Friday, September 17, 1943,
Hospital Directors
Pay Tribute to Late
Moses C. McDonald
Distinguished Citizen
Had Served on Board
Over Eleven Years
RESOLUTION ON THE DEATH;
OF MOSES c. MCDONALD, ADOPT
ED BY THE DIRECTORS OF
MOORE COUNTY HOSPITAL, IN
CORPORATED, IN ACCORDANCE 1
WITH ACTION TAKEN AT THE
QUARTERLY MEETING HELD ON
SEPTEMBER 8, 1943.
By means of this resolution, the j
Directors of the Moore County Hos
pital wish to express to the family J
and friends of the late Mr. Moses I
C. McDonald and to the general pub-'
lie. their sense of loss and bereave-}
ment at his passing away. A dis- j
tinguished and influential figure in ;
Moore County for half a century, Mr. j
McDonald had served on the Board I
of Directors of the Moore County |
Hospital since March 1932. Despite |
his many other interests and the mul-'
titude of calls upon his time, Mr. Mc-
Donald was outstandingly regular in
his attendance at meetings. There
his patience, his balanced judgment,
his understanding of the County and j
his kindly and sympathetic interest
in people in all walks of life gave
particular weight to his opinions. As
a Board of Directors we shall miss
those valued judgments of his and
as individuals we shall miss' Mr. Mc-
Donald's courtesy, his easy dignity,
his warmth and quiet strength and
shall feel that we have lost both a
true friend and an inspiring example
of antique virtue, and distinguished
manners.
We further resolve that a copy of
these resolutions be presented to Mr.
McDonald's family and that other
copies be furnished to each of the
County newspapers.
Mrs. A. B. Spivey, 80,
Dies After illness
Death Occurs at Home of
Her Daughter, Mrs. Robert
F. Shaw, at Pinehursl
Mrs. A. B. Spivey, formerly Miss
Martha Jane Jordan of Jackson I
Springs, died Friday, September 10, 1
at 7:00 a. m. at the home of hbr dau
ghter, Mrs. Robert F. Shaw, in Pine
hurst, following a long illness. She
was in her eighty-first year.
Funeral services were held at Wat
son and King Funeral Home, Rock
ingham, at 11:00 o'clock Saturday,
conducted by the Rev. Roscoe Prince,
pastor of the Pinehurst Community
Church. Interment was in the Jack
son Springs Cemetery.
Mrs. Spivey was a member of the
Presbyterian Church at Ellerbe,
where she had lived for more than
fifty years preceding the death of
her husband, A. B. Spivey, October
10, 1937. Since then she has made
her home with her daughters, Mrs.
Shaw, and Mrs. J. Grover Wheliss
of Rockingham.
Surviving are four daughters: the
two above-named, Mrs. R. L. Lovin
of Red Springs and Mrs. Holland
Smith, of Charlotte; two sons: Oscar
J. and Norman, both of Chicago. A
third son, Bruce, died December 24,
1940.
THE REV. E. L. BARBER
ACCEPTS NEW CALL
The Rev. E. L. Barber, for twelve
years pastor of the Bethesda Presby
terian Church in Aberdeen until he
resigned to become Superintendent
of the Committee of Home Missions
and Evangelism in Savannah Pres
bytery in Georgia last December,
has accepted a call to become pastor
of Hull Memorial Presbyterian
Church in Savanah, Ga. This church
is said to be the strongest in Savan
nah Presbytery.
Mr. Barber will move to Savannah
to take up his work there about Oc
tober 15.
EYE ACCIDENT
Dr. Ben M. Drake, former head of
the Moore County Health T?s.part
ment who is now living in Leaks
ville, recently had a very serious eye
accident, it has been learned here,
but details are lacking. He under
went an operation at McPherson's
Hospital in Durham last Thursday.
America's 4-F Trees
Enlist in Services
Pulpwood Is Important
in Modern Warfare:
Cutting Pointers Given
America's 4-F trees, unlike the.
4-F deferred draftees, are going to '
war in 27 states as the U. S. Victory i
Pulpwood Campaign gains mom^n-1
turn.
Pulpwood, which has been recog- ,
nizea by the War Department, the |,
War Production Board, and other 11
war agencies as vital to the war ef- j :
fort, comes from a variety of trees. 1
Different pulp mills require differ- j,
ent kinds of wood.
The tall, straight trees found in
giant forests have gone to war for
centuries, into ships and into wea
pons of war. But nowadays the small
crooked, inferior trees are also being
enlisted in the armed services in the
form of pulpwood.
Pulpwood, which normally found
its way principally into various |
grades of wrapping and printing I
paper, is used in hundreds of ways j
to advance the war effort.
Actually eight-five per cent of the
domestic pulpwood output today j
goes either directly or indirectly in
to uses which further the war effort. s
The fighting man eats food
brought to him in paper-board pack
ages. He gets his shells, hand gren
j ades and other ammunition from
paper-board containers. And he
fires guns with smokeless powder
:r.ade from pulpwood.
If he is wounded, his life may be
•aved by the blood plasma trans
ported in and protected by paper
boxes. His wound may be treated
' irom first aid kits that are almost
entirely the product of pulpwood.
His supplies may come down from
the heavens to him in an isolated
outpost via a parachute made of
paper or rayon. Or they may float
in with the tide from a supply ship
unable to land on a remote Pacific
isle.
' The principal species of trees cut
for pulpwood in the South are as,
follows; Pine furnishes 90 per cent
of all the pulpwood. The most wide
ly used varieties, in order of their!
| importance are, loblolly, short leaf,
: long leaf, slash, pond, pitch, and j
sand pine. In certain sections gum
;ind tulip poplar are cut. In lesser
degree and in spotted sections, |
swamp hardwoods, oak, maple, bay,!
j magnolia, willow, cottonwood and
| chestnut are used.
Pulpwood lengths likewise vary
j according to regions and pulp mill
\ requirements. All wood must bej
j sound, however, well trimmed of
branches, and have sawed ends.
, Some mills accept only peeled wood,
j while others will buy it with the I
I bark still on. The safest course for
■ new pulpwood cutters is to get spec
i ifications from the county agricul
ture agent, forester, or pulpwood
' contracter or mill.
1 J Following are some pointers for
! the new pulpwood cutter as approv
ed by the War Production Board:
1 Leave younger trees of better qual
' ity and a sufficient number to make
a good stand. Cut low stumps! Cut
' your tree top where it measures 4
' inches through. Do not strip the
woods—clear cutting or heavy des
tructive cutting destroys the stand,
i Careful selection of your trees is
important. It means faster growth,
frequent future cuttings, better trees
, and more money over the years.
Your County Agent can give you
, helpful advice. Good forest cutting
practices will assure steady income
. and continuous crops of lumber.
MRS. JULIA THOMAS
PASSES AT 81 YEARS
Mrs. Julia Nelson Thomas, 81, died
at her home at Candor Saturday af
ter a lingering illness. Funeral ser
vices were held Sunday at 10 a. m.
at Pleasant Hill Methodist Church.
Surviving are four daughters, Mr* I
W. W. Hurley of Jackson Springs,
Mrs. G M. McDuffie of Rockingham,
Mrs. Martha E. Linch and Mrs. H.
H. Brlstow, both of Greensboro; five
sons, L. R. Thomas of Chapel Hill,
Wiley Thomas of Mebane, Stephen
Thomas of Bunton, S. C.. Ira E. and
Paul R. Thomas, both of Greensboro;
one sister, Mrs. L. J. Thomas of
Jackson Springs.
JJrd War Loan Readies
$95,000 in Southern
Pines in First Week
PURPLE HEART
Mrs. Edith Marks of Sanford has i
been notified by Secretary of War
Henry L. Stimson that she will short- !
ly receive the Purple Heart medal, j 1
which has been awarded posthum-, c
ously by direction of President 1
Roosevelt, to her husband Pvt. Char- 1
les F. Marks.
Pvt. Marks was kiliecT in action in
North Africa on July 14. He was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Marks of
Route 2, Vass. He was inducted into
the Army about a year ago and re
ceived his training at Camp Pick
ett, Va. He was sent overseas last
May. On March 16 of this year he
was married to Edith McMillan of 1
Sanford.
Blackout Wednesday
Night W as Success
in Southern Pines
Warden Suggests That
Business Houses Check
Outside Switches
Called by the Army, a blackout
was staged Wednesday night in the
Charlotte area, which includes this
section of the State. A. B. (Pat) Pat
terson, chief air raid warden for
Southern Pines, reports that the
blackout was almost a 100 per cent
er in Southern Pines. signals
i were a bit confusing, but there were
1 no violations that were not immed
iately corrected, he says.
The first signal came at 9:45
o'clock. At that hour there were a
number of people on the streets
smoking. Some of the business
I houses were late in extinguishing
, their night lights, but this was not
due to wilful neglect. In this con
nection Mr. Patterson suggests that
it would be a good thing to check
i these outside switches frequently to
see that they are in perfect order.
Sometimes the strings rot or some
! thing else may go wrong to cause de
lay. Having switches in good condi
tion will prevent the necessity of
! breaking windows. Street lights
J came on at 10:45.
Funds Are Approved
for Aberdeen Work
Grant of $3,000 Is to
Aid in Construction of
Sewerage Facilities
Information that the President has
approved a grant of $3,000 to the
town of Aberdeen to aid in financ
ing the construction of additional
sewerage facilities to serve a hous
ing development for civilians employ- 1
ed at military establishments in the
vicinity of Aberdeen was passed'
along by Major General Philip B.
Fleming, Federal Works administra
tor, to Kenneth Markwell, FWA
regional director, the first of the
week, according to a dispatch from |
Richmond, Va.
The project will be completed at 1
an estimated cost of $7,000. Fifty
per cent of the cost will be supplied j
by the town.
Preliminary plans prepared by
Paul M. Van Camp, consulting engi
neer, of Southern Pines, call for the
installation of approximately 1,970
feet of 10-inch and 756 feet of 2-inch
sewer pipe and 350 feet of 6-inch
service laterals, including manholes
and appurtenances.
The proposed sewer line will ex
; tend from the town's sewer system
to an FHA housing development of
20 family units on Wolf Pit Avenue.
Work on the housing project was
started August 17.
The population of Aberdeen has
almost doubled during the past
year as a result of activities at
Camp Mackall and Knollwood Field,
and additional sewerage facilities are
urgently needed, Markwell said.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Miss Maida Jenkins of Carthage,
Moore County accountant, under
went an operation in the Moore
Hospital Monday after undergoing
treatment for several days. She is
getting along nicely.
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TEN CENTS
Various Groups and In
dividuals Are Lending
Efforts to the Cause
Although, so far as this paper has
been able to learn, Moore Counyt
does not have a special Third War
Loan Chairman, the drive in South
ern Pines is swinging into action in
a fine way with the various groups
that helped to make the April drive
so successful again lending their
best efforts to the cause. To date
sales in Southern Pines total $95,000.
Norris L. HodgUns was appointed
Victory Committee chairman and
Shelby Cullom of Pinchurst Series
"E" chairman at the time of the sec
ond drive and they are taking an ac
tive interest in the campaign. Eu
gene Stevens and his co-workers,
Paul Jernigan, Harry M. Vale and
Jimmie D. Hobbs, are said to be do
ing a splendid work; the Postoffice,
Building and Loan Association and
1 Bank are rallying to the cause; the
Women's Division is maintaining a
I booth; theatres are showing trail
ers; individuals are pushing the
drive.
The importance of the individual's
part in making the drive a success
cannot be stressed too much. The
extra SIOO from each person who can
possibly spare that an.ount to invest
in bonds will do much to help in
i taching the quota, which is $611,000
for Moore County, it is emphasized.
New Schools-at-War
Program IsLaunched
"Triple-threat" Jeep Cam
paign Is First Big War
Bond and Stamp Project
The 1943-44 Schools-at-War Program
will be launched in city and county
schools throughout North Carolina
this week with a new "triple-threat"
Jeep Campaign as first big project
of the program, according to an
nouncement from Mrs. Margaret
Blair, chairman of Education Divi
sion, North Carolina War Finance
Committee.
Last year the nation's schools suc
cessfully conducted War Bond Cam
paigns to finance 39,535 Jeeps, Mrs.
Blair stated. This year they will be
invited to take part in the new
/"Triple-threat" Jeep Campaign
; which will culminate December 7.
The qupta for North Carolina is
248 Jeeps of any type,
j The triple-threat" school will sell
War Bonds and Stamps to finance
one of each of the following: Flying
Jeep, or "Grasshopper", $3,000; Am
phibian Jeep or "Quack",s2,o9o; Or
iginal Jeep (1-4-ton truck), $1,165.
A school or class may also under
take to finance any one jeep or any
number of jeeps.
Smaller schools which may find
it difficult to become a "triple
threat" school in the Jeep Program,
may enter the little "triple-threat"
campaign to buy the following: Land
Motor Scooter, $185; Sea, Rubber
Life Boat, 250; Air, Parachute. s6b.
! Schools succeeding in either of these
campaigns will be awarded a spec
ial treasury citation by Clarence
T. Leinbach, State chairman of the
War Finance Committee.
High way Employee
Meets Tragic Death
A. G. Nunnery of Elizabeth
town Is Fatally Injured
When Truck Rim Jumps Off
11 A G. Nunnery of Elizabethtown,
an employe of the State Highway
5 and Public Works Commission at
Carthage, was killed Monday after
s noon when the rim of a wheel on a
t State truck came off while he was
t inflating a tire at Swan's Station.
I, | "The rim struck him in the face,
D leaving deep lacerations, and also
I broke his left arm and leg.
| Nunnery was rushed to Lee Coun
ty Hospital in Sanford for treatment,
j, but died at 5 p. m.
He had worked for the State Higli
e way Department for five years. Sur
g viving is his wife,
is The Lee County coroner ruled that
I the accident was unavoidable.