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i » © .i i <8^ » ^ 'Ar-A* Ik* itr KEEP FAITH ^ \iMus—\ ifybu^'figx 'war bonds VOLUME 24. NO. 38. Liquor Charges Are Brought Against 26 inWeekendRoundup Many Seclions of Coun ty Represented; Hear ing Set for August 23 Moore County and State A- B. C. officers and agents of the Tax Unit of the United States Treasury De partment swept through the county over the weekend and arrested 21 men and two women on charges of selling or possessing non tax-paid liquor. They were required to ap pear before U. S. Commissioner J. A. Lang at Carthage and were held under bonds of $500 for appearance before him on August 23. Those, bound over at that time will be scheduled to face trial in Federal Court at Rockingham on September 11. All of the liquor was of illegal manufacture, said to have been brought into Moore from adjoining counties. C. A. McCallum, chief A. B. C. officer of Moore County, and State Investigator Robert Brown were in cluded in the group making the round-up, and the warrants were served by U. S. Deputy Marshall John N. Stephenson. Eight from ad joining Montgomery County were arrested. About half of those arrest ed were white. Names of those charged with the violations were given as Olin Alex ander, Frank Criscoe, Albert Bean, Elcany Hussey, Claud E. Hussey, Ernie Moore, Stedman Brower, Earl Williamson, Alfred Hussey and Fletcher Hussey, all of Robbins; Cur tis McKenzie of Pinehurst; Lonnie Taylor, Sylvester Taylor, John Marsh, Hubert Hussey, Raymond Wicker, and Julius Caddell, of Car thage; Mamie S. Wobdard, Carter’ Singletary and Floyd Haley, of Cam eron; Neal Tucker of- Vass; Mamie Briggs of Aberdeen; Lillie Dunlap of Southern Pines. Arrested by local A. B. C. Offi cers on similar charges and out on bail are Les Swearingen, Bill Jackson and Ped Hines, of Southern Pines. Those Boys Need Southern Pines, North Carolina Friday, August 18, 1944. TEN CENTO DIDN'T KNOW One prowler operating in Southern Pines was evidently a stranger not posted on who's who, else he would have chosen different territory. At 3:00 o'clock Saturday morning the wife of Chief pf Police Ed Newton and daughter Mrs. R. V. Jager, were up at tending to the latter's baby when they heard a noise and looked out. A man's face was pressed against a window pane. The daughter screamed, Mrs, Newton grabbed for a gun and the Chief jumped out of his bed on the porch. A man in uniform ran to a car and got away. Of ficer Irwin Morrison instituted a search, but failed to locale the culprit. WOUNDED IN ACTION REPORTED KILLED Let's Close the Ranks And Work On and On "We have faith that Surgical Dressings will always get made, and on lime. The. past ,has proved that. But sometimes the Chairman feels a little down hearted—as she did last Thurs day morning, when only one worker showed up," a local Red Cross official confided. The personnel of all the Vol unteer Special Services is re duced in summer, when vaca tions account for part of the ab senteeism; heal and inertia for the rest. Southern Pines is even more deserted in summer than other places, when winter resi dents go north, for anywhere from several weeks to several months. The work however can not stop. When a unit of our fighting boys goes into action and their number is depleted, those re maining close the ranks and fight on— and hope for rein forcements. Here in Southern Pines, many regular volunteer workers are! away. Motor Corps (Continued on Page 4> New Faculty Member Miss Hattie Mae Barber of Hanes has been employed as music teacher in the Southern Pines School to fill the vacancy created by the resigna tion of Miss Annie Laurie Overton, who is training for Red Cross work. Miss Barber graduated from Greens boro College, Greensboro last spring with a B. S. degree in public school music. » LUCKY SGT, MARTIN C. FERGUSON A message from the Adjutant Gen eral stating that Staff Sergeant Mar tin C. Ferguson was slightly wound ed In kction in -France on July 25 was received by the young man’s pa-, rents, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Ferguson, of Sourthern Pines last week. No further infomation has come. S|Sgt. Ferguson landed in England in June. Bus Operator Fails to Appear to Face Manslaughter Count Efforts to Find Broome of Charlotte Fail; Sev eral Cases Are Tried F. A. Broome of Charlotte, opera tor of a Queen City bus which col lided with the automobile of David Hobbs of Aberdeen near Cameron in July, 1943, fatally injuring two sol diers, failed to appear in Moore County Superior Court Tuesday to answer to a charge of manslaughter. State’s witnesses were on hand, and a capias was issued for Broome, but up to Thursday morning all efforts to locate him had been unavailing. Bryant Morgan’s three cases in which he was charged with larceny, abandonment, and escape from cus tody of officers, were consolidated for judgment. He was given 18 months in jail to work on the roads. Marvin Hussey, charged wtih at tempted rape, pleaded guilty of as sault on a female, which plea was accepted by the State. He was sen tenced to 18 months in jail to work on the roads. Three divorce cases were tried on the opening day, all based on two years’ separation. Judgments fav orable to the plaintiffs were render ed to be effective upon the payment of court costs. Cases tried were: Bennett Hayden versus Bessie Gil- lis Hayden; Robert Luther Rogers 'versus Blanche S. Rogers (paid casts); Ida C. Carlyle versus Joseph Early Carlyle. LT. VIRGIL C, JOHNSTON. JR. Second Lieutenant Virgil C. John ston, Jr., of Southern Pines, former ly reported missing in action, was killed in action, according to a tel egram from the adjutant general received Saturday by his parents. The message stated that a report had been received from the German government through the Internation al Red Cross, stating that he was killed June 10th over France. Shortly after Lt. Johnston was re ported missing last month his moth er, Mrs. Virgil C. Johnston, received a letter from headquarters of the Army Air Forces in Washington, which gave the following details: “Further information dated June 11th has just been received which indicates that Lieutenant Johnston was the pilot of a P-47 (Thunderbolt) fighter plane which departed from England on a dive bombing mission to Guer and Vannes, France-on June 10th. Full details are not available, but the report indicates that during this mission, while over the target, our planes encountered enemy an tiaircraft fire and your son’s plane was seen to sustain damage. The re port further states that this occurred at about 3:20 p. m. Inasmuch as the prevailing battle conditions prevent ed further observations of this air craft by the crews of accompanying planes, these facts constitute all the information presently available. There were no other persons in the plane with your son.” Lt. Johnston was inducted at Rich mond, Va., seventeen months ago and was comniissioned at Mariana, Fla., last December. He had been overseas since the last of April. He graduated from Mt. Lebanon, Pitts burgh, Pa., in 1939 and prior to en tering the service was manager of The Sanitarium, Richmond, Va. Surviving are his parents; two brothers, Sgt. Robert G. Johnston of Florence Army Air Base, S. C. ,and A|C William T. Johnston of Turner Field, Albany, Ga.; one sister. Miss Bettie Johnston of Southern Pines. Old Sycamore Removed Old age and palsied limbs doomed one of the towering sycamores on the Library block of West Broad Street, resulting in a blocking of traffic on this busy thoroughfare Monday afternoon while Supt. Nor ton’s street force neatly felled the giant, which measured nearly three feet in diameter at the butt. The tree was planted some time between 1897 and 1900, either by members of the Village Improvement Society, who were active at that time in street and parkway plant ings, or by the late I. L. Hamlin, who lived on the site of the , present Welch Gift Shop in the house now owned by Miss McDermott. Photo graphs taken in 1906 show the syca mores along this block as slim and not overly tall trees. COMMISSIONED Southern Pines Schools Will Postpone Opening Unless Polio Situation Clears NEW FEATURE LT. ARTHUR L. PATE Second Lieutenant Arthur L. Pate, who on August 4 was commissioned and awarded the silver wings of a military pilot in graduation exercises at the Advanced Twin Engine Fly ing Training School at Blythevilfe, Arkansas, is spending a furlough in Southern Pines with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Pate. The winning of his commission marks the suc cessful completion of three phases of flying training—^primary, basic and advanced. Second Lieutenant Pate is 23 years old. He attended Southern Pines High School. THE PILOT is pleased to pre- .sent this week the first of a series of articles by Rassie Wicker of Pinehurst on the his tory of Moore County. Mr. Wicker is an authority on the subject, A county official, in speaking of him from this angle, said this week: "I don't know anyone who can touch him." The articles will appear at in tervals for some lime. SP Baptists Vote to Call Minister and Buy Parsonage The Rev. Charles Bell of Anniston, Ala., Is the Unanimous Choice Members of the Southern Pines Baptist Church, at their monthly business conference and covered dish supper on Thursday night of last week, unanimously voted to ex tend a call to the Rev. Charles Bell of Anniston, Ala., and to purchase a parsonage. A committee had previously been appointed to look into the matter of a parsonage, and H. A. Lewis re ported for the committee that it would be possible to obtain the house at the corner of New York Avenue and May Street, owned by Glenn Gibson. The building is con veniently located near the church, group decided to go ahead with plans for buying the property and $800 was pledged or paid in during the meeting. Since the resignation of the Rev. J. Fred Stimson effective the middle of June, four ministers had preach ed trial sermons at the local church. W. E. Kivette is chairman of the pul pit committee. HONOR ROLL On page three is a list of the men and women from the Southern Pines School District who have en tered the service. Doubtless any one of the group would be delighted to have a copy of this page mailed to them, if they are not already getting the paper. . We are grateful to Don Jensen for his help in revising the list. If any names have been omitted, we shall be glad to publish them next week. 13th Airborne Unit Puts On Big Show '3.000 Guests Thrill at Spectacular Demonstration Marking 1st Anniversary Historical Sketches of Moore County By RASSIE E. WICKER DRY CLEANERS' VACATIONS When THE Monlesanti re ceived a letter from Bill Flynn addressed to "Mr- A. Monte- santi. General Manager Central Hotel", it was fortunate that Bill was far, far away enjoying the breezes of Charlevmx— otherwise, Beginning next Monday, August 21, The Valet dry cleaning plant will be closed for a week, reopening the 26th. Montesanti’s establishment will close on the 26th, the day The Valet reopens, and .remain closed until September 5th. The cooperation of these two places of business in giving the town uninterrupted service shows a fine spirit. FOREWORD .. “There is one difficult duty of the historian, which is too often passed over by the party-writer; it is to pause whenever he feels himself warming witR the passions of the multitude, or becoming the blind apologist of arbitrary power.” —I. D’Israeli I suppose every neighborhood, wherever located, has its own local stock of tales of other days. Until within the past thirty years, Moore, Lee and Cumberland Coun ties were peopled largely by pure descendants of the original settlers of the region. Among these families folk-lore and tradition were held in high esteem. Written records being few and meager, the frequent repi- tition by some member of each fam ily, self-elected to the post of neigh borhood genealogist and historian, has been the means of preserving even to this day, fragmentary ac counts and incidents of that era. While such tales invariably have in them a germ of truth, they have !been so embellished and distorted through frequent 'retelling, that each one deserves to be accepted only when supported by contemp orary records. The search for this evidence has been my self-assumed task during spare time over the past nine or ten years. Although our county records were virtually all destroyed by fire in 1884, there fortunately remains the Minute Book of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions dating from the erection of the County in 1784, to the yeat 1795, and the Book of Wills covering approximately the same period. Needless to say, these are extremely valuable historical records, and our County Commis sioners, realizing this, have had the Minute Book transcribed and fully indexed, and it is now available to the public for reference. The corresponding records of Cum berland, mother of Moore County, are in the archives of the North Car olina Historical Commission, at Ra leigh. They cover the period from about 1750 to 1790. In addition to these sources, there are the Cumberland deed records, at Fayetteville and the land grant rec ords, in the Office of Secretary of State at Raleigh. These two have been widely employed in determin ing the names, the location and dates of entry of original settlers. Infor mation derived froin these sources must be accepted as true and unbias ed historical fact. The monumental and exhaustive “State and Colonial (Continued on Page 8) Officers and men of the Thirteenth Airborne Division at Camp Mackall celebrated their first anniversary Saturday before a crowd of more than 3,000 visitors. Now undej the command of Maj.- Gen. E. C. Chapman, the Thirteenth Airborne Division was activated one year ago, on Friday the 13th at Fort Bragg, under the command of Brig.- Gen. George W. Griner (later Ma jor-General). Saturday’s celebration w^ in the form of an open house for families and guests of the officers and men of the division and high lighted the more spectacular training features of one year’s training. (Continiftd on Page 5) September 19 Is Set As Tentative Date In stead of September 7 The Southern Pines Schools will cooperate one hundred per cent with the State Board of Health in re gard to postponement of the open ing on account of the prevalence of Poliomyelitis 'in the State, Supt. Philip Weaver said this week in announcing that Tuesday, Septem ber 19, had been set as the tentative opening date for both white and col ored schools, instead of Sept. 7, as first planned. Of course, if tha sit uation improves to such an extent that the State Board thinks it wise to begin the fall term earlier, the date will be changed. No announcement of definite plans for the Moore County school system, which includes all schools except Southern Pines and Pine hurst, has been made by County Su perintendent H. Lee Thomas, al though he did intimate that the county stands ready to cooperate for the common good. August 31 had been scheduled as the opening date for the county schools and Mr. Thomas thought it wise to wait until nearer that date to see what 6on- ditions would be before announcing a change. Dr. J. W. Willcox heartily agrees with Dr. Carl Reynolds, State health officer, and Governor Broughton in their recommendation that openings be deferred until September 18,. and he went so far as to state to a repre sentative of this paper that he agr^d with Dr. Reynolds that parents would be justified in ignoring the compulsory attendance law unless a suitable date for opening of schools hvere set. Dr. Willcox expressed his appreciation of the attitude of Supt. Weaver in regard to the local schools A special meeting of the State Board of Education was scheduled to be held in Raleigh Thursday of this week to consider the adoption of a uniform opening date for the State’s public school upits in line with the recommendation by the State health authorities. Through Tuesday a total of 531 cases of infantile paralysis had been reported in North CaroHna since June 1, with 114 during August. Sixty-one of the State’s 100 coun ties have reported one or more cases and the death toll has reached within the twenties. Dr. Reynolds said that the opening of schools “would cause immediate danger to nearly 1,000,000 school teachers and children, even in coun ties where there have been no report ed cases of polio.” Moore County has had only"one case and the victim was removed promptly to the special emergency hospital at Hickory, where she was still receiving treatment at the last report. HOME FROM CALIFORNIA RECEIVES CITATIONS The Sandhills Post of the American Legion Auxiliary has received a national citation for meritorious service and has been placed on the honor roll for ex ceeding membership quota. The local post has also received a department citation for having met all requirements for this year. Mrs. L. D. Williams as president, and Mrs. N. S. Kim ball as secretary and treasurer, were the leaders of the group during the period when the ci tations were earned. ROSE SMITH'S HOME BURNS WHILE SHE IS AWAY While Rose Smith was away at her place of employment, her home, a five-room dwelling located on New Hampshire Avenue near Gaines Street, West Southern Pines, was burned to the ground at 10:45 o’clock Thursday night of last week. Firemen of the Southern Pines Company responding to the alarm reported that the house was practi cally destroyed before the alarm was sounded. S|Sgt. Hermn Grover arrived from Stockton Field, Calif. Tuesday morning for a 10-day visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Grover. At the expiration of his furlough he will go to an armament school at Lowry Field, Denver, Colorado. Sgt. Grover says that he enjoys THE PILOT, reading it from “cover to cover”. BUTLER SPEAKS TO CLUB Paul Butler of Southern Pines was guest speaker at the Tuesday night meeting of the Vass Lions Club, which was held at The Acorn, with the president, W. E. Gladstone, presiding. Mr. Butler spoke on Boy Scout work. Members of the club drew names of local service men, to whom they hre to write. FINAL REPORT The final report of the Fifth War Loan drive in Moore Coun ty shows that total over-all sales were $914,801.75, of which $275,296.75 was in E Bonds. The over-ail quota was $675,000, and the E quota. $338,000. Eugene C. Stevens of Southern Pines was county chairman.
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