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VOLUME 24. NO. 48.
pilot’s Foreign Correspondent Carter Is Elected
Writes of Plea^t Things in ETO rresident of the
Sandpipers Club
Anntiai Meeting Held
Wed. at Southern
TEN CENTS
DECORATED
He is Duly Impressed
by Fine Attitude of
English Toward G. I.'s
By S-Sergeant Carl G. Thompson
An Eighth Air Force Bomber
Station, Somewhere in England—
What America needs is a good
“fish and chips” place, and here’s
one Veteran of World War II
who’ll never sell apples as long
as there’s a fishing hole, frying
grease, spuds, and enough folks
who’ll try an Americanized ver
sion of “fish and chips”.
What the Hamburger is to the
American, Fish and Chips is to
the Englishman. Only more so, I
guess. Many’s the English family
which makes its evening meal
from orders of fish and chips, ob
tained from the little, hot fish
store just down the street. j
I’m sure I wasn’t the only one
who didn’t know what fish and
chips are. I’m certain that some of
you have only a vague idea. Fish
—well, of course, raw, it’s just
fish, but combined with fish and
chips it becomes a delicious mor
sel dipped in batter and fried'in
deep fat, brought out steaming
hot and served with luscious
large portions of chips. “Chips”,
we call them “French fried po
tatoes”, but with fish and chips ■
they’re steaming hot French fries
which need much more salt.
It was after watching the G. I.’s
“queue upi” jfor long minutes,
much longer than they ever pa
tiently “sweat out” a chow line,
that I decided the fish and chips
business was the line for me. And
I would run it just as the British
fish merchant does, opening up. in
SGT. CARL G. THOMPSON. JR.
Trentman Talks to
Kiwanis Club On
Travels in Mexico
Club Adopts Resolu
tion Pertaining to
Tax Laws of State
W. H. Trentman, vice president
of the Occidental Life Insurance
Company, Raleigh, was the lunch-
eon speaker of the Sandhills Ki
wanis Club at its Wednesday
at the Southern Pines Coun
try Club. Mr. Trentman spoke
on his travels ^ through Mex-
ico. He told of the splendid friend-
the evening and closing up°when- being built-up between
ever the fish or potatoes ran out.
In fact, if Mayor Matthews and
tl ■; town commissioners will al
low it, I will buy the fish conces
sion at the water works lake, go
out there and fish one day, then
sell fish and chips the next, al
ternating from day to day. Or,
maybe I could get along by fish
ing all week and selling the fish
and chips only on week-ends. Any
how, the idea of fishing is a good
one and of eating fish and chips
is another, so selling them seems
also a good idea.
In England, some of the larger
cities have Fish Restaurants. They
serve nothing but fish and chips.
In smaller communities, the fish
merchant may have a table or two
or three, but he does not “serve”.
He hands it to you over the coun
ter, hot from the frying grease.
The small town fish merchant is
definitely a one-item salesman.
He offers nothing but the fish and
chips and a salt shaker. In these
days of paper scarcity, he even
asks you to furnish your own
paper on which tb carry your
helping, and in every queue you’ll
see patriotic customers carrying
yesterday’s or this morning’s Daily
News Chronicle or Daily Sketch or
some other newspaper in their
hands or giving it one last read
ing before offering it over the
counteb for their portion.
I don’t intend to moralize, but
I have; been struck more than
once by an attitude of the English
toward American soldiers which
is exemplified in a fish and chips
place. The patience of the regu-
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this country and the Latin Amer
ican Countries. He stated Sumner
Wells had perhaps done more
than any one else in improving
the relations with our neighbor
ing countries to the South. Con
tinuing, he pointed out there is
much to be done yet in relieving
trade barriers.
The speaker was Introduced by
Paul Butler.
The club adopted a resolution
rcommended by the Public Af
fairs Committee and read by W.
D. Sabiston in reference to en
dorsing the drive started by the
Charlotte Observer in regard to
asking the 1945 General Assem
bly to make a re-examination of
the tax laws of the state, in order
that North Carolinia might com
pete with other Southern States
in attracting industry and resi
dents to this state.
Pines Country Club
At the annual meeting of the
Sandpipers uiub Wednesday night
at the tsouihern Pines Countr,
Club, Jack Carter was elected
president, to succeed . Arthur W.
Atherton of Aberdeen; Carlton
iennedy, cashier of the Citizen;,
Bank & Trust Company, was elect
ed vice president; Elmer E. Davii
was re-elected secretary and treas
urer.
The tournament committeee if
headed by Gordon Keith of Aber
deen, chairman. Dick Sugg, Roy
Grinnell and Dan Farrell are the
oth^ members of the committee.
Pat Patterson is the new chair
man of the entertainment com
mittee. Other members are Will
Wiggs, Roy Grinnell and B. B.
Whistler.
Membership committee—^P. V.
Hatch, chairman; N. L. Hodgkins
and James Schwartz.
Grounds committee—W. E.
Holm of New York, chairman;
Carlton Kennedy and Howard
Hoffman.
The new president and his com
mittee are planning a full sche
dule of tournaments and social
events for the winter and spring
seasons, which will get under way
within the next two weeks.
MATTHEWS
Street Parade to
Feature Local
Halloween Party
Rotary Club Will Be
Host to Young and Old
Next Tuesday Night
The Southern Pines Rotary Club
is completing plans for a big
Community Halloween Party for
Southern Pines boys and girls be-
ween the ages of six and seventy-
ive (or older), tp be held next
Tuesday night, ■ October 31, on
Vest Broad Street between New
Hampshire and Pennsylvania Ave
nues. The festivities will begin
at 7:00 o’clock and continue until
thp hour when prowling witches
and goblins are supposed to van
ish,
The program calls for many in
teresting events. A mammoth
Moore County Tops $11,875 Quota
In Community War Fund Campaign
LOCAL CHAIRMAN
QUICK WORK
Special Services
Workshop Meeting
A workship meeting of Volun
teer Special Services was held
Thursday morning, October 19,
in the Committee Room at Red
'Cross Headquarters, with Mrs.
Paul Dana presiding.
As the group had not met since
June, the purpose of this gather
ing was to review the work of
the summer and to prepare for
the annual meeting. Reports of
the summer’s activities were sat
isfactory, considering reduced per
sonnel; and matters pertinent to
finishing the year’s work were dis
cussed and decided upon, as a pre
liminary to the countywide yearly
meeting, to be held in Carthage,
Nov. 10.
BrooksUiwierBond
On Cutting Charge
Ernest Brooks, Negro, in a hear
ing before Mayor S. R. Hoyle in
Carthage Monday, was bound to
Superior Court under $500 bond
on a charge of assaulting Ziya
Tabaha, one of the bookkeepers
at McConnell Warehouse, with a
deadly weapon with intent to
kill, inflicting serious injury. He
posted bond.
According to testimony Tabaha
had the little daughter of Dan
Carter, one of his employers, at
a carnival in Carthage Saturday
night taking her on some of the
rides, and Brooks bumped against
the child. Tabaha remonstrated
with him and Brooks cursed and
cut Tabaha. It is said that the
latter’s wounds would have been
very serious had he not be^n
wearing a heavy coat. Several
stitches were required.
An alarm flashed into the
quarters of the Southern Pines
Fire Department at ll;20
o'clock Tuesday morning sent
firemen racing to the blazing
gasoline truck of Herbert Cam
eron's Sinclair Service, stop
ped on West Broad Street be
tween Massachusetts and Indi
ana Avenues. Fire from under
the hood of the vehicle had
worked up into the cab, threat
ening the dangerous contents
of the tank. Prompt application
of foamite subdued the flames
and averted what might have
proved a disastrous blaze.
At 1:00 o'clock Sunday after
noon the company fought a fire
in the woods adjoining the J.
D. Arey residence at the cor
ner of Bell Avenue and the
Highway, at Pinedene.
Pine Dodgers .Open
Season With Well
Attended Meeting
Twenty-two members and six
visitors attended tne opening
meeting of the Pinedodgers, wo
men’s golfing organization, at the
Southern Pines Country Club
Wednesday,' where after a de
licious luncheon served by Mrs.
Murphy the new president, Mrs.
Stuart Wood, presided over a
business session.
Plans for the year were dis
cussed and two committees were
appointed: tournament, Mrs. El
mer Harrington, Miss Kitty Wiley
and Mrs. Richard Pethick; refresh
ment, Mrs. Gaffney, Mrs. Charles
Crowell ’and Mrs. Philip Weaver.
At the end of the meeting a
blind bogey tournament was play
ed and Mrs. Young and Miss Erma
Fisher were the winners.
Next week’s pairing for play
i 5gt. Joseph A. Matthews,
son of Mayor and Mrs. W. Duncan
Matthews of Southern Pines, has rtreTparadrwm form" on New
been awarded the Croix de Guerre
with the gold star by General
Juin, commandant of the Corps
Expeditionnaire Francais. The
decoration expiresses the grati
tude of the French Army to mem
bers of the 1st Field Artillery
Observation Battalion for assist
ance given the French during the
Italian campaign.
Staff Sgt. Matthews is a mem
ber of this battalion and has serv
ed with the unit for the past three
years and seven months. The bat-
CHIEF C. E. NEWTON
Hampshire Avenue and at 9:30
will proceed down West Broad
Street by the judges’ stand in the
middle of the block. Three prizes
will be given for the most appro
priate costumes. A sack race for
different age groups from six to
seventy-five whl be held at 10:00
o’clock, and a jitterbug contest at
10:30. Apple bobbing, tug of war fTplH T'npcilQtr
and other events will be sand- C J. llCoilct j
wiched between the main fea
tures. Announcements, music and
singing will be from the stand
talion citation, which bestows the in the center of the block, and a
privilege of the Croix de Guerre
with gold star, is as follows:
“Outstanding Unit of Observa
tion and Ranging. Under the com
mand of Colonel G. D. Ellerson,
F. A. 019759 for relentless pursu-
sports arena will be blocked off
for the races, stunts and special
amusements.
There will be refreshments and
noisemakers for the children. Any
contributions to help defray the
ing of the enemy through the win- expense will be greatly appreci-
ter campaign on heights covered ated by the Rbtarians.
with snow and rain, at Monna The party committee consists
Casale and Monna Acquafondata: of Morris Johnson, chairman; Ern-
their sound and flash posts fur- est Lorenson and the Rev. Tucker
nished throughout the day' and
night, the essential information
for counterbattery work.
“Since the 11 May 1944, they
have furnished to the Artillery of
the Corps Expeditionnaire Fran
cais an exact topography, loca
tions by sound and flash of numer
ous enemy materiel and move
ments, with an admirable spirit
and much hard work, in spite of
losses of personnel and equip
ment.”
Staff Sgt. Matthews is entitled
to wear the following other dis
tinguished ribbons: American De
fense Ribbon, Ei;;/ropeaai-Middle
Eastern-North African Campaign
Ribbon with four (4) Bronze Bat
tle Stars, and the Good Conduct
Medal.
Trouble, Trouble,
Double Trouble
Comes From Visit
Horse Van. 2 Cars. Reg
istration Papers, Draft
Card, Tin Cup, Enter In
G. Humphries.
STARK TRAGEDY
What bystanders thought was
friendly play turned out to Be
stark tragedy Thursday when
Clinton Matthews. 18-year-old
Negro who was scuffling with
Thomas Watkins. Negro youth
of about the same age, was fa
tally stabbed in the chest. Both
were employed at Smothers
Brothers & Hobgood Ware
house in Carthage, where the
tragedy occurred.
Maitthews was sent to the
hospital, but it is believed that
he was dead when he was plac
ed in the taxi.
Watson, who was immediately
(lodged in jaiL vras given |a
hearing in Justice of the Peace
Law Enforcement
Conference to Be
Chief Edwin Newton
'and Special Agent
Scheidt in Charge
The City of Southern Pines
plays host on Thursday, Nov. 2,
to law enforcement officers in this
vicinity who will attend a confer
ence sponsored by the FBI to be
held at 2:00 p. m. at the Southern
Pines Country Club.
Chief C. E. Newton has made
arrangements for the meeting and
he, together with Edward Scheidt
special agent in charge of the
Charlotte FBI office, promises
a most interesting program for
those who will attend. One of the
featured parts of the conference
will be a demonstration and dis
cussion by Special Agent Roy L.
Morgan of the Charlotte office on
the subject, “Arrests, Searches
and Seizures”. In addition. Spec
ial Agent W. G. Kimbrough of
the Miami FBI office will give
an entertaining and instructive
exhibition of judo and other de
fensive tactics.
A large attendance of chiefs of
police, sheriffs. State Highway
Patrol officials and other officers
is expected. This is one of a series
of meetings being held during Oc
tober and November in North and
South Carolina by the FBI as part
of its instruction program for law
Larger Towns Have
Exceeded Askings;
Reports to Come
With a quota of $11, 875, almost
'2 000 larger than that of last year,
Moore County has again come
through with flying colors in the
Community War Fund drive.
County Chairman W. P. Saunders
of Robbins reported Wednesday
that the county had exceeded its
quota, with several small com
munities yet to report.
Southern Pines, captained by J.
D. Hobbs, has approximately $3,-
300 on a quota of $3,000, and do
nations will continue to be re
ceived to the end of the month.
Aberdeen, under the leadership
of Henry McCoy Blue, reached
, its assigned $J„5(iP before the drive
was much more than started and
the last report credits the town
with $2,300. Pinehurst, runner-up
in the race, has much more than
doubled its $1,000 quota, having
$2,463 at the time of the latest
available report. S. D. Sherrerd
is chairman there. Carthage, with
Sheriff C. J. McDonald as chair
man, reported $1,600 on a $1,500
quota, and Robbins, with a like
assignment, had raised $1,700 qn-
der the captaincy of G. E. Walker
when Chairman Saunders report
ed. The figures given are approx
imate.
Mr. Saunders is greatly pleased
with the fine response and feels
confident that when all returns
are in the county’s showing will
be one in which every citizen
may feel a just pride.
More Help Granted
Merchants for the
Christmas Season
Court Saturday and ■was re- enforcement officers during the
leased under $1,000 bond. John (national emergency.
Beasley of Carthage signed his
bond.
FIELD SECRETARY'S VISIT
STIMULATES INTEREST
A recent visit to Moore County
of Mrs. Ralph J. Andrews of Ra
leigh, field secretary for the
North Carolina Tuberculosis As
sociation, has stimulated interest
in the approaching Christmas seal
sale. Mrs. Andrews and Mrs. T.
A. Cheatham, county chairman
of the work, met with committees
from Aberdeen, Carthage, Pine
hurst and Southern Pines and
made plans for the work, which
will begin late in November.
and the type of tournament to be
played will be announced at
luncheon next Wednesday.
William Harrington, colored
race track follower, caused plenty
of trouble for himself and others
on a weekend stay in Southern
Pines.
Things began to happen at 2:00
o’clock Sunday when Harrington,
driving a horse van, backed into
the car of G. W. Pope, which was
parked in front of Pope’s Restau
rant, knocking this car against
that of Frank Welch, with damage
to both.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
The Men’s Bible Class of Brown-
son Memorial Presbyterian Church
will hold a memorial service for
Oscar D. Michael in the Fellow
ship Hall at 9:45 o’clpck Sunday
morning, October 29. Mr. Michael,
who died November 2, 1943, was a
leading member of this class. A
popular resident of Southern Pines
for about twelve years, he was
also a member of the Fire Com
pany, of the J. O. U. A, M., and
of Southern Pines Lodge 484, A.
F. & A. M.
Inquiry by the police found
Harrington to be in possession of
spurious registration papers and
without a draft registration card.
Fingerprints indicated that he had
been under arrest here in 1940, so
he was detained in the local jail
for further investigation.
As Chief Ed Newton entered the
jail at 8:30 Monday morning with
breakfast for the lodger, Harring
ton made a , vicious attack upon
him, dashing the contents of a tin
cup of disinfectant in the officer’s
face, then using the container as
a weapon he inflicted deep cuts in
Chief Newton’s face and injured
his right hand before being sub
dued. The prisoner is now confined
in the Carthage jail.
Express Office Is
Moved to Seaboard,
Passenger Depot
Company Making Plans
for Improving Deliv
ery ServiOe in Town
Eleven Yoimsf Men
Go For Induction
The Railway Express office has
been moved from the freight house
to its former quarters in the Sea
board passenger depot. A repre
sentative of THE PILOT was in
formed by the clerks in charge
that application has been made
for a truck for the purpose of
resuming express collections and
deliveries as in former years.
Pending the receipt of the truck
Charles Block has been engaged
to deliver express shipments to
the business firms of Southern
Pines.
SOME "HAWK"
R. L. King of Lakeview saw
what he fhoughl was an extra
large hawk perched in the top
of an 80-foot pine, so he got
his high-powered .22 rifle aqd
ifroceededl to some 6iS yards
from the foot of the tree and
fired away. Dowin came the
"hawk", which proved to be
an eagle, ■with a wing spread
of five feet and one inch.
Eleven young white men left
Carthage early Monday morning
for Camp Croft, p>. C., for induc
tion into the Army. In the group
were: Raymond Leroy Hayes,
Southern Pines; Lafayette Wilson
Nall, Douglas Brown and Jesse
Raymond Baber, all of Route 1,
Carthage; Richard Ivey Batche
lor of Route 1, Aberdeen; Virgil
Rudolph Hardy and Richard Earl
Matthews, of Route 3, Carthage;
Raymond Lee Gibbons of Vass;
Robert Gaston Wooten of Route
2, Vass; Albert Smith of West
End and Thomas W. McKenzie of
Routgi 1, West End.
WARNING
Southern Pines residents are ad
vised to deal with local people
when buying War Bonds or con
tributing to War Fund drives. It
is reported that • two people
claiming to be from Raleigh were
in town recently soliciting money
supposedly for the War Fund. Of
ficers heard about it and gave
chase, but failed to get up with
them.
ARRIVING THIS WEEK
Mr. and Mrs. Leo C. Fuller have
left Waterville, Me., and expect
to arrive in Pinehurst this week.
The State Manpower Priorities
Committee and Ahe State Man
agement-Labor Committee at
their meetings recently approved
several modifications in the oper
ation of the Manpower Priorities
plan for North Carolina, J. E.
Sawyer, manager of the Carthage
U. S. Employment office, has been
notified. The modifications are as
follows:
1. That relief be given to ap
proximately thirty'tthree thous
and retail establishments in the
State during the Christmas rush
period from November 1, 1944, to
January 1, 1945, by a twenty per
cent increase in employment ceil
ings in those establishments em
ploying 25 or more. The amount
of increase for firms employing
under 25 will be left to the dis
cretion of the area director. Post
offices and Railway Express of
fices will be given relief during
this period at the discretion of
the State WMC Dircetor.
2. That upon request to WMC
substantiated by record of ab
senteeism,. employers be allowed
to discharge and replace workers
who are habitually absent from
the job without such replacements
counting against the employer’s
hiring quota.
3. That provided employers
have discharged their responsi
bilities as to release of workers,
they be allowed to replace work
ers who are granted a release by
the War Manpower Commission’s
Management-Labor Committee or
Appeals Panels against the pro
test of the employer, without such
replacements counting against the
employer’s hiring quota. Replace- _
ments of school teahcers and stu
dents returning to school, wives
of ^servicemen. Selective Service
withdrawals, and veterans of •
World War II may also be made
v/ithout such replacements count
ing against the employer’s hiring
quota.
4. That subject to the approval
of the area director, employers
of 25 workers or less who have
shown good faith by keeping with
in the ceiling set by the Manpow
er Priorities Committee will not
be subject to the restriction of the
usual fifteen percent hiring quota
for replacement.