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Southern Pines, North Carolina
Mrs. J. N. Powell
Passes Thursday
A. M. at Pinehurst
Funeral Services Will
Be Held There Satur
day at Two O'clock
Brownson Memorial Presbyterian
Church Pays Off $3,000 Note
.auA Jt —
Judge Avery Talks
to Kiwanians On
Tobacco Industry
Dukes Were Principal
Promoters in North
Carolina, He Said
IN THE NAVY
Church Ends Tear of
Accomplishment Under
Leadership New Pastor
PASTOR
Mrs. Georgiana Powell, 79,
widow of J. N. Powell, died in
the home of her son-in-law,
Thomas L. Black, at Pinehurst
early Thursday morning' follow
ing a stroke suffered a week ago.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 2:00 p. hi. Saturday in
the Black home, Gurnet Cottage,
by the Rev. Roscoe Prince, with
the Rev. T. A. Cheatham assist
ing. A brief service will follow at
the graveside in Mount Hope Cem-
etary.
Mrs, Powell, daughter of George
E. Strong and Elizabeth Fowler
Strong, was born in New Bruns
wick, N. J., on January 31, 1865.
She had been ‘ a resident of the
Sandhills for the past forty-five
years, and was married to Mr.
Powell in 1901. He died in 1932.
Mrs. Powell was a Past Worthy
Matron of Magnolia Chapter,
Eastern Star, which Chapter pre
sented her with a life member
ship a year ago. She took an ac
tive interest in the work of the
Southern Pines Civic Club in its
early years, before advancing
age with its infirmities forced
her to forego outside activities,
and was noted as a brilliant mus
ician and singer. A semi-invalid
for years, Mrs. Powell bore her in
firmities With Christian fortitude
She was at one time an atten
dant at Emmanuel Episcopal
Church, but transferred to the
Baptist Church following her mar
riage to Mr. Powell.
Surviving are a son by a for
mer marriage, Harry R. Vroom,
of Rochester, N. Y.; a daughter,
Mrs. Mary Powell Black, of Pine
hurst; an older sister, Mrs. Emma
Van Nuis of New Brunswick, N.
J., and six grandchildren.
By unanimous vote of the con
gregation of Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian Church last Sunday,'
the Building Fund treasurer, Wal
ter E. Blue, was instructed to
issue a check and pay off the note
for $3,000 held by a denomination
al agency against this church.
There is a sufficient amount al
ready ori hand to take" care of
this, so that no special drive will
be necessary, the treasurer report
ed. It is planned to burn the note
at a special service of thanksgiv
ing in the near future.
The Reverend Thompson E. Da
vis, pastor, remarked that this
action would climax his first
year’s pastorate here, and gave
a report of the Church’s accom- !
plishments during this period. Un
der the wise leadership of Haynes
Britt, chairman of the Building
Committee, the church auditor
ium has been virtually completed.
The few details still lacking be
cause of war shortages are being
TWO POLIO CASES
Two cases of polio in Moore
County have been reported to
the Health Department recently.
Elieen Moore, 7-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Moore
of Route 1, Eagle Springs, was
removed to Hickory on Wednes
day of this week. David Bailey,
young son of Mr. and Mrs. D. E.
Bailey of Southern Pines, is re
covering at his home from a mild
case.
ATTEND INSTITUTE
Those from Moore County who
attended the 25th Annual Public
Welfare Institute, a 4-day meet
ing held in Raleigh recently, were
Miss Pauline Covington, superin
tendent of public welfare; Mrs.
Myrton Stew^lrt, Miss Claire Will-
cox and Miss Elizabeth Geller-
man, social workers.
installed as rapidly as conditions
perihit from funds already con
tributed, a total of $2,673 having
been paid in for this purpose dur
ing the year. Pews, have been or
dered since July and it is hoped
that they will be Installed soon.
Two. thousand dollars is on hand
to furnish the chancel as soon
as conditions permit. Other work
is now going forward and the
structure gi-ows lovelier week by
week. The congregation is partic
ularly pleased that it has been
able to accomplish all this without
using war labor or diverting strat
egic materials.
During the past year, the
Church bought for use as a manse
the Dodge residence at 80 South
Ashe Street, and Mrs. Arthur Mc
Neill, in charge of this project, re
ports that she has raised to date,
in cash and pledges, $2,671, and
that it will be possible to com
plete the payments on the manse
much sooner than was originally
expected. In addition, the manse
heating plant was converted from
oil to coal and certain other im-
privements made at a cost of $500
which was paid in cash.
The Church has kept up with
all its current expenses, and has
a surplus in the current expense
treasury. It has also contributed
$229 to denominational benevo
lences. The grand total of all con
tributions raised in cash and
pledges during the year was more
than $7,500, exact figures not be
ing available at this time.
During this time, fourteen mem
bers have been added to the
Church roll, ten infants have been
baptized, and seven marriages
solemized by the minister.
Church and Minister unite in
giving God thanks for these bless
ings, and look forward to greater
service in the future.
Brownson Memorial has always
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REV. THOMPSON E. DAVIS
Local Boy Scouts
Make Fine Showing
at Fall Camporee
Boy Scouts of Moore County
held a successful Fall Camporee
on the Boyd Estate, Southern
Pines, from Friday to Sunday
with fifty-two Scouts present from
Aberdeen, Southern Pines, Rob
bins, Vass and Manly. Pinehurst
and Carthage troops were not rep
resented.
BY HOWARD F. BURNS
Judge L. T. Avery, guest speak
er at the Kiwanis Club meeting
held Wednesday at the Southern
Pines Country Club, gave a brief
history of tobacco, one of North
Carolina’s' principal farm pro
ducts.
The Judge, a tobacco buyer of
many years’ experience, stated
that tobacco was brought to Eu
rope in the year 1558, and later
introduced into England by Sir
Walter Raleigh.
He explained in detail the sow
ing of the seed in early spring,
the transplanting of the tender
plants to the fields, the priming,
curing, grading and the placing of
the product on the warehouse
floors. Where it is auctioned off
to the highest bidder, later to be
packed into hogsheads, shipped
to redrying plants where it |is
steamed for purity, and finally,
made into cigarettes and smoking
tobacco.
It was in the 19th century.
Judge Avery said, that North Car- j
olina came into prominence as |
one of the chief tobacco growing
states of the union. Washington
Duke and his brother, J. B. Dukf
were the principal promoters in
the growing and manufacturing of
tobacco products, he stated.
He told of the creation of the
American Tobacco Company, one
of the v;#orld’s largest Tobacco
manufacturing concerns, and ex
plained that this \ company con
fined its sales largely to the
United States, while the Imperial
Tobacco Company and the Brit
ish American Tobacco Company
controlled the foreign markets.
The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany of Winston-Salem was at
one time a part of the American
Tobacco Company, he said, but
had reserved the right to operate
its own plants.
The speaker laid the present
scarcity of cigarettes to a short
age of labor and paper.
Pete Pender, a member of the
Agricultural Committee, intro
duced Judge Avery.
Polls Open Tuesday at
6:30 for National, State
and County Elections
ALL'S WELL THAT ..
WILLIAM G. ROTH; JR.
Seaman First Class William G.
Roth, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
William G. Roth of Southern
Pines, joined the Navy last April
and received his basic training
at the naval base in Jacksonville,
Fla., He spent a month af sea on
an aircraft carrier this past Sep
tember. He has recently returned
to the Naval Air Station in Kan
sas after a two weeks’ leave at
home with his parents.
This is just a little tale of the
lucky Broad Street restaura
teur who put his money . . •
quite a Sum ... in a cigar box.
pending the time that'he could
go to the bank, and then got
very busy . . . When he did
find the time to make his depos
it. he found no cigar box. no
money, no anything but a head
ache for twenty-four hours.
Then, a happy thought - - -
"Did anyone throw a cigar
hox in the trash can?"
"Yes sir."
A hurried trip to hte city
dump (fortunately, the town
has no incinerator) and, believe
it or not, the cigar box with its
money was there. The smile
that won't come off is still in
evidence.
Men's Club. Voting
Place Here, To Be
Open 6:30 to 6:30
MID PINES OPENS 10th
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cosgrove
have announced November the
tenth as the opening day of Mid
Pines and its golf course.
Rotary Club’s Community Party
on Halloween Is Great Success
Youth of Town Parade
and Make Merry; Prop
erty Escapes Damage
Nineteen Men Are
Called to Bragg
On Saturday evening as a part
of the campfire ceremony, a Court
of Honor was held, and at 9:00
o’clock Sunday morning a relig
ious service was conducted by
the Rev. Troy D. Mullis.
Under the scoring system used
at the Camporee a Troop receiv
ing a perfect score would have
received 350 points. Troop 73 of
Southern Pines, of which T. K.
Gunter, Jr., is scoutmaster, led
with '287 poipts. Manly scored
273; Aberdeen, 255; Robbins, 237;
and Vass, 100. Vass participated
only in the Scouting demonstra
tions and the Saturday events.
It has been decided to hold a
Court of Honor on the second
Tuesday night of each month be
ginning in December. Board of
Review reports on advancement
should be in the hands of the
Field Executive at least one week
prior to the Court of Honor.
The following young men went
to Fort Bragg on Wednesday of
last week in response to a pre
induction call:
Delamar Wells Mann and Ralph
Alexander Daniels, Southern
Pines; Eddie Donald Collins,
Route 1, Aberdeen; Joseph Daniel
Dunlap, James Edward Emery,
Fletcher Kelly Garner, William
Beryl Haitcock, Robbins and
routes; Henry Burgwyn Foster,
Hallison; James Winford Cooper,
Cameron Route 1; Hubert Gra- colored couple put on a
ham Speer and Georee William ‘^^“^cing demonstration. Punch
ham Speer and George William
Koonce, Carthage routes; Floyd
Grover Patterson, Vass.
Also, David Aster Davis, Star
route; Earl James Hiatt and Leon-
lard Bell Talbert, West End routes;
Elias Robert Freeman, Eagle
Springs route; Howard WiUiam
Dunn, Sanford Route 3; Maurice
Lewis Chriscoe and Jesse Lewis
Page, Steeds Route 1.
NURSERY AND. NEW CLASS
AT 1ST BAPTIST CHURCH
MYSTERY
The Rotary Club’s Community
Halloween Party Tuesday night
was a wonderful success, pro
viding so much fun and whole
some entertainment for the youth
of the town that they had no time
or desire to turn to the old forms
of celebrating by damaging win
dows, automobiles or whatever
happened to be in sight.
The party began with the sing
ing of the national anthem. Mrs.
Amos Dawson was chosen queen
of the night, and the festivities
got under way with the street
parade, the line of march being
from the Esso Station on Con
necticut Avenue past the grand
stand on West Broad and back
again. Between 75 and 100 chil
dren in a wide variety of cos
tumes marched gaily by the
judges, their noise makers going
full blast. Ten prizes were given,
five to the boys and five to the
iSVls.
Ten boys participated in a pie
eating contest, each having his
hands tied behind him while he
endeavored to eat a whole pie
from a plate placed on a board.
Apple bobbing, ball throwing, and
sack races brought much applause.
Tugs of war were engaged in by
boys and men, men and women,
and republicans and democrats,
and there was music to entertain
between events.
A jitterbug contest was held
and a colored couple put on a
IN AIR FORCE
Next Tuesday is Election Day
for National, State and County of
ficials.
Polls will open at 6:30 a. m. and
will remain open until 6:30 p. m.
The polling place in Southern
Pines precinct will be the Men’s
Club Biulding facing Pennsylvan
ia Avenue, the building recently
used by the Teen-Age Club.
The total registration was an
nounced this week by Registrar
Hiram Wesbrook as approximate
ly 1,300. Of this number slightly
more than one hundred were add
ed in this year’s registration.
Moore County’s Democratic
ticket is as follows: W. H. Cur
rie for House of Representatives;
J. Vance Rowe, Judge Recorder’s
Court; Lt. W. A. Leland McKeith-
en. Solicitor; H. H. Frye, Survey
or; Gordon Cameron, W. J. Dun
lap, L. R. Reynolds, T. L. Blue and
John Currie, Commissioners. Ry
an McBryde of Hoke County and
Arthur Ross of Asheboro are the
Democratic candidates for the
State Senate.
The Republican county ticket
carries the following names: H. F.
Seawell, Jr., for the Senate; A. H.
Trotter, House of Representatives;
A. B. Adkins, Judge Recorder’s
Court; W. Clement Barrett, Pros
ecutor; Baxter Paschal, Surveyor;
S. Turner Fields, E. H. Willcox,
J. W. Rogers, D. K. McKenzie and
W. C. Garner, Commissioners.
Both Democratic and Republi
can workers will put in a busy
day Tuesday getting out the full
strength of their vote.
VOTE, and VOTE EARLY.
Hospital Auxiliary
Outlines Work for
the Coming Months
Mrs. Paul Dana Heads
Nominating Committee
for December Election
PVT. HURSHELL ROBSON
Pvt Hurshell Robson, who was
inducted into the Army at Fort
Bragg on May 12, 1944, is now
at San Marcos, Texas, where he
is a member of the Army Air
Force. Pvt. Robson, son of Evan-
der Robson and the late Mrs. Rob
son, attended Southern Pines High
School and was employed for a
while at Modern Market, later op-
The Moore County Hospital,
Auxiliary held its first meeting
of the season at the Nurses’ Home
on Wednesday with the chair
man, Mrs. Harry W. Norris, pre
siding.
The work of the organization
for the coming months was out
lined, special emphasis being laid
on the need of new members, to
keep pace with the increasing re
sponsibilities of the Hospital.
Mrs. Paul Dana, of Pinehurst,
was appointed to head the nomi
nating committee, which will pre-
erating a taxi service here. His , sent a slate of officers for 1945 to
wife, the former Susan Riley, and he voted on at the December m4t-
their small son, Scott, reside in
Southern Pines?
The First Baptist Church an
nounces the opening of a nursery
during the Sunday morning ser
vices for Children of ages from
infancy to five years. “We want
young parents of our church and
friends to feel they can enjoy
the Church service in addition to
the Sunday School,” says the pas
tor, the Rev. S. B. Erwin.
A Men’s Bible Class will begin
Sunday morning at 9:45, also.
At 5:00 o'clock Thursday
mcfthiag the Sputhem Pines
Fire Department was called to
New Hampshire Avenue and
McDeeds Creek where a 1933
coupe was ablaze. There was
no one about the car and the
ownership is a mystery.
FREDERICK COLE DIES
As we go to press news comes
of the death of Frederick Cole,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cole of
Southern Pines, which occurred
in Duke Hospital Wednesday. Mr.
Cole had been employed in gov
ernment work in Washington, D.
C. for a number of years.
was served to children and noise
makers were given.
At 10:30 all of the children of
school age, 128 in all, were guests
of the Rotary Club at a special
show at the Carolina Theater,
From the president of the Ro
tary . Club, the Rev. Tucker G.
Humphries, comes a word of ap
preciation to the people of Sou
thern Pines for their spirit of co
operation, their generous dona
tions and their every effort to
make Halloween night a success.
Every merchant and business
man of the community gave a
generous donation in the form
of prizes or cash, said Mr. Hum
phries.
“It would be almost impossible
to thank each individual who
helped make the evening a suc
cess, but through THE PILOT we
express our gratitude to each one
and to the Mayor and Clerk of
Southern Pines and the Chief of
Police, Ed Newton for their help
fulness in every detail and their
civic spirit,” said Mr. Humphries.
Morris Johnson served as chair
man of the Arrangements Com
mittee.
Lighting Fixtures
Will Be Memorial
to Oscar Michael
ing. Mrs. Dana will be assisted
by Mrs. Charles E. Crowell, Jr.,
of Southern Pines, and Mrs. R. S.’
Gwyn, of Aberdeen.
A large number of friends and
business associates of the late
Oscar D. Michael assembled in
the Fellowship Hall of Brownson
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Sunday at the invitation of the
Men’s Bible Class to honor the
memory of the faithful member
whose death occurred a year ago.
L. Van Fossen, class president,
presided, and those present paid
tribute to the life of Mr. Michael.
The group voted unanimously
to purchase lighting fixtures for
the Fellowship Hall as a memor
ial, and the fund has already been
over subscribed. ♦
Tara Nook Badly
Damaged By Fire
HIGHLAND PINES REOPENS
The Highland Pines Inn, which
was closed during the summer
months for the purpose of repaint
ing, redecorating and putting it
in first class repair generally,
opened Saturday and will resume
full dining room service Novem
ber 9th, under the management
of WiUiam E. Flynn.
Shortly after twelve o’clock
Thursday noon, fire, apparently
starting in the kitchen of the
first floor apartment of Tara
Nook located on the corner of
Pennslyvania Avenue and Ben
nett Street, worked up into the
attic of the apartment house and
made great headway before the
alarm, carried by automobile,
reached the Southern Pines fire
men.
The house,'now owned by Wil
liam Roth, was one of the early
structures of Southern Pines, and
was widely known as one of the
smaller hotels of the town.
KING SCORES AGAIN
R.. L. King of Lakevlew has
scored again. Since killing the
eagle which we reported last
week, he has shot an unusually
large hawk, one that had out-
• smarted Lakeview residents for
a long time^
It measured four feet and
one inch frmn wing tip to wing
tip.