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'■3 KECP FAITH ^ \mihus'^\ \l^bii^g\ 'war BONDS ******** * p^* * * Those Boys Need VOLUME 25. NO. 33 North Carolina Is Second In Excess Of War Bond Quota Moore County Keeps Step and Southern Pines Does Fine Job CONGRATULATIONS Reports from the nation, put North Carolina in second place in percentage of excess over the quota allotted by the Treasury Department to the state for the sale of war bonds in the recent Mighty Seventh Drive. Reports from Moore County, not yet final, show that this section is playing its pi t. The overall quota of $611,000 has been passed by nine ty-three percent, $1,180,032 hav ing been raised. E-bond sales lag behind with 25 to 30 thousand still needed to make the quota. Southern Pines is the only town whose final results have been turned in by the county chair man tp date. It keeps step with the county, having exceeded its quota by twenty-two percent, thanks to the efforts of the town chairman, Paul Jernigan, and his crew of faithful workers, and in (E-bond sales the town is Jfar ahead. Commenting on the town’s fine record, Jernigan said: “As your Soutljern Pines Chairman it is extremely gratifying to publish our town’s figures, and in this connection I wish to thank the Committee for their efforts in the greatest War Loan Drive in our history. But I might say that the work done by the men of Southern Pines was infinitesinial as compared with the extraordin ary results obtained by the wo men of this community. “We are proud of all citizens of the town of Southern Pines.” Southern Pines’ record as given by the chairman is: overall quota: $171,080. Sales: $379,067; E-bohd quota $111,160, sales: 126,508. Dr. Blue Dies In Carthage Home Death Comes Suddenly To One of County's Leading Physicians Southern Pines. North Carolina Friday. July 13. 1945. The Blue Star Brigade Dr. Alex McNeill Blue, of Car thage, died suddenly at his home on Wednesday, July 11th. He had been in poor health for several months and in bed since Saturday, but his sudden death came as a great, shock to his family and many friends. One of the leading physicians of Carthage for about thirty years. Dr. Blue has taken a prom- i 'ent part in the life of Moore tunty, and in its development irom a health standpoint. The son of Mrs. Evaline Mc Neill Blue and the late Dr. John Craven Blue, also a leader in med- cine in Moore County, Dr. Blue was related to some of the oldest families of the Sandhills section. His grandfather. Col- A. H. Mc- i.^ill,, was clerk of the court in Carthage for thirty two years. His aunt, the sister of his mother, is . Mrs. H. F. Seawell of Carthage. Another aunt. Miss Belle Blue, lives in Aberdeen. Dr. Blue received his medical training at the . University of North Carolina, graduating in 1911. He continued his studies at Tulane from which he graduated in 1919, returning there later for postgraduate work. In 1926, he was married to Miss Lillie Beam of Statesville, who survives as do his mother and one sister. Miss Eula Blue. Funeral services for Dr. Blue will be conducted by his pastor, the Rev. W. S. Golden of the Car thage Presbyterian Church, today, Friday, at the Blue home, and interment wiU be |in the Presbyterian Cemetery. lo a little Sandhill Citizen who came into his own at the Moore County Hospital Mon day morning. When his fa ther. the big Sandhill Citizen, walked into the mass meet ing at the Aberdeen High School Monday night, he was greeted by an envious-look ing gathering with loud ap plause, and. thereafter, odd sentences could be heard punctuating the talk of banks and directors and going some thing like this; "one third of the stock ... weighs eight and a half pounds. . . and the bank must be named ... af ter his two grandfathers . . . the quarters are to be ... at the Moore County Hospital. . . and the executive vice- president. . . is doing just fine, thank you!" Sanford Company Opens Branch Here A sign of the times is the open ing in Southern Pines of a branch of Brown’s Auto Supply Company of Sanford. This firm, which has several branch stores already in operation in different sections, is apparently convinced of the bright future which the Sandhills offers for business after the war and is starting early to get in on the ground floor. Recent purchasers of the Coffee Shop, which they have been remodelling during the past weeks, the firm announces the opening of the new store in Southern Pines on July 16th. Mr. Frank Baber of the com pany, outlining their plans for the local store to a PILOT representa tive, stated that they would con form to their slogan: “Any part for any car” and to that end are installing an extensive ' stock, both wholesale and retail. They are also distributors lor U. S. and Goodrich tires as well as a com- plefe line of electrical appliances including R. C. and Philco ra dios. Major George Burns, recently assigned to our forces .in India had been sought as manager of the new store, but, his new duties precluding his acceptance of the position, a manager has not yet been given the post. The firm, in addition to the Sanford plant op erates stores in Asheboro, Siler City and Durham. HI. BROTHER! We've heard of all kinds of ways of communicating, from smoke signals to throwing rocks at a window, but the Spring brothers showed real ingenuity, not to say nerve, in putting Uncle Sam's blink er system to work for them. Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Spring heard recently from their sons, Robert and James, "somewhere in the Pacific", where they "saw more ships than we thought existed." There, as members of that mighty fleet, with the aid of blinker lights, Bobbie, signal man 3|c of the L. S. T. 838, and his brother Jimmie, en- . sign on the USS Alcar, ex changed greetings and news of home across the blue water. Three Convicts Go “Over the Fence” At Prison Camp Men May Be Connect ed With Larceny of Automobile At Vass The above picture by Photographer Humphrey shows all but three of the members of the Wo men’s Division of the Seventh War Loan Drive committee lor Southern Pines. Reading Iroin left to right they are: Mrs. James Miller, Mrs. Robert Howe, Mrs. Lennox Forsyth, Mrs. Eugene Stevens, Mrs. Dante Montesanti, Mrs. James Milliken, chairman of the Blue Star Brigade, Mrs. Fr^^ , Mrs. N. L. Hodgkins, Mrs. L. T. Avery, Mrs. Arthur Joisted, Mrs. Philip Weaver, Mrs. O. E. Hedge. County General. Not in the picture were: Mrs. George Moore, Southern Pines chairman, Mrs. Malcolm Kemp, Mrs. Marshall Barney, and Mrs. J. T. Overton, Lieutenant General. District Governor Visits Local Club Local Women Buy Plane With Bonds Capt. Jackson Boyd Leaves ‘Lejeune Captain Jackson H. Boyd and Mrs. Boyd and their son, Alec, have returned to Southern Pines and will be here for a week when they plan to go to Hot Springs, Va., for a short stay. ■ Captain Boyd, who has been the commanding officer of the Ma rine War Dog Training School at Camp Lejeune since it was start ed in January, 1943, has been de tached and will remain in the Marine Corps Reserve lor three months, alter which he will be subject to re tirement. While with the Marines Captain Boyd rendered outstand ing service, The Marine dogs have been used extensively in the Pa cific, the great success of their op erations with the trained hand lers testifying to the excellence of the training at Lejeune. Alexander Boyd returns from active duty with the American Field Service in India. He plans to spend the summer recuperating from a serious bout of malaria, and to resunup h(is studies at* Princeton in the fall. Dr. Felton Returns Dr. R. L. Felton, Carthage phy sician who entered the service early in the war and spent thirty- two months overseas, retucned to the States and called his wife froi.i New York last Saturday. He arrived in Fayetteville Sunday, where he was met by his wife and children. PAPER SALVAGE Get jrour paper bundled and out on the curb Wednesday, July 18, to be collected by the truck! The meeting of the Kiwainis Club, held at the Holly Inn in Pinehurst, was honored this week by the presence of the governor and lieutenant governor of the Carolina district: Samuel D. Bun dy of Tarboro and Hector M. Mc- Kethan of Fayetteville. Between thirty and forty of the club’s mem bers enjoyed luncheon at the Inn and the interesting talk which followed. Introduced by President A. L.. Burney as the man who has done most for Kiwanis in this section in many years. Governor Bundy entertained his audience for sev eral minutes with humorous tales an which he cleverly incorporated some of the members present, be fore getting down to the serious business of the day. In a talk full of the idealism for which Kiwanis stands, the speaker outlined some of the ach ievements of International Ki wanis during the past year. Three quarters of a billion dollars’ worth of war bonds subscribed to by Ki wanis members, 60,000 pints of blood given to Red Cross blood dpnor cer^ters, 738,000 tons of scrap collected, donations to Red Cross and the war-time agencies of over six million dollars testi fied to the patriotism of Kiwanis members. That the home front was not neglected was shown by the support, of regular Kiwanis interests: 24,626 children were cared for in day nurseries, 2,345 new boy and girl scout troops were organized, 215,036 boys were given vocational guidance and training, ;34,915 school lunches were given to needy children. The speaker emphasized the progress of Kiwanis during the past year in the Carolina dis trict, with twelve new clubs or ganized. As the record for the en tire country including Canada is only 46 new clubs since Jan. 1, this gives the local district a high (Continued on Page 8) Three convicts went “over the ar i.oan urive commmee lor J*- fence” at the State Prison Camp James Miller, Mrs. Robert Howe, Mrs. Lennox_ Forsyth, Mrs^ Ei^ene Stevens, ^ear Carthage around 5:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon, and despite the fact that a guard fired at • them they kept going. Bloodhounds were brought to the scene, but af ter picking up the trail they lost it about 1:00 a. m. Monday morning. It is thought probable that Dan Stqwart’s car, stolen from his yard in Vass Monday night, provided a means of speedy escape from the section. Histories of the three on file at the Prison Camp show that two of them were confined for larceny of aujtomobiies. Robert Earl Powers was sent up from Yadkin County for from one to two years for stealing a car, and escape attempts had brought his total time to from three to five years. Lewis Smith had a 30 months’ sentence for car larceny, being sentenced in Cumberland County. The third man in the group was given eight months in Davidson County for vagrancy and non support. G. M. McDermott, who oper ates a mercantile business in Vass and lives in an' apartment on the secdnd floor of his build ing, was sitting by a window in his home about 11:15 o’clock when dogs in the community be gan barking. He noticed two men walking up the sidewalk, but thought nothing of it until about five minutes later, when he saw (Continued on Page 8) BUIE HOUSE SAVED BY PROMPT ACTION A prompt alarm, and an equally prompt response by the Southern Pines firemen, saved the home of John Buie on New York Avenue ■\yest Southern Pines early Wednesday afternoon. The fire, starting in a room on the second story of the six room frame dwelling during the ab sence of the family was quickly noted, by neighbors and the fire men, successfully solving the tangle of twisting roads to reach the house, were able, with the aid of a bucket brigade filling the booster tank of the truck, to save the building. High-light of the fire was the assistance afforded by Ralph Mills to Mrs. Buie in her effort to save valuables from a trunk. “Jack” Buie, now blind, was fof many years a valued employee of the Park View Hotel. When the Seventh War Loan Drive started, the Moore County Women’s 'Division of the War Loan Drive Committee sponsored the purchase of an. SB 2C Hell- diver Scout Bqmbericosting $108,- 000. Final reports from local chairman show that already the goal has been reached; The bomb er will be bought and will be marked with an appropriate de- calcomania in honor of its spon sors. Leaders among the bond sales women and their organization, the Blue Star Brigade, are Mrs. O. E. Hedge, the County General, with 150 individual sales to her credit, and Mrs. J. T. Overton. Mrs. Overton’s sales to 114 buy ers bring her the proud title of Lieutenant General. SIX COLORED MEN GO FOR INDUCTION In active service as well as in wa:r industries Moore County’s colored citizens are sharing in the carrying on of the war. Reporting to Fort Bragg this Friday, July 13, for induction are Matthews Stevenson, James Wad dell and Simon Fletcher, all of Southern Pines; Roy Jackson, Jr., Pinehurst; Braddie Marish, Rob bins, and Jesse James Seagraves, Adder. ' Seymour Resigns Red Cross Office Moore County Chapter of the American Red Cross lost one of its most valued executives Tues day night when O Leon Seymour, of Aberdeen, resigned as vice- chairman because his health is such that he does not feel he can continue the work. He took this action at the July meeting of the executive committee held at Sou thern Pines. The commjittee accepted Mr. Seymour’s resignation with sin cere reluctance. He has served the Red Cross faithfully in many capacities. One of his important assignments was as Chairman of the Red Cross War Fund drive for the county in 1944, in which the county’s quota was oversub scribed. Judge L. T. Avery, of Southern Pines, was nominated by Mr. Seymour to fill the vacancy as vice-chairman and received a un animous election. Judge Avery, who has served as vice-chairman in the past, and is familiar with the work, accepted the new re sponsibility. Chairman George P. Hawes, Jr., chairman, presided at the meeting. TEN CENTS 90-Cent Tax Rate Is Unchanged In Budget Estimate , Provision Is Made For School'Build ings and Repairs With an estimated property val uation of $23,000,000—one million dollars greater than the estimate for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945-Moore County’s Commis sioners have tentatively set the county tax rate for the coming year at 90 cents on the $100 val uation, the same as was in effect in the year just ended. Total bud get requirements for 1945-46 are estimated at $464,952, compared with $380,042 for last year, a sub stantial part of the increase be ing for school capital outlay. The estimated revenue avail able from sources other than the tax levy is $274,998 for the coming year against $197,461 for 1944-45. Allowing for uncollectable taxes, costs of collection, and taxpayers’ discounts, there remains a total of $205,150 for the tax levy for the coming year as compared with $197,191 for last year. Chairman Gordon M. Cameron explains that the greater property valuation is due in large measure to an increase in personal prop erty in scetions of the county. Re ceipts from ABC stores during the year just ended were $65,000, and the Board anticipates $75,- (Continued on Page 8) REAL ESTATE SALES KIWANIANS TO HEAR J. VAN B. METTS Town is Satisfied Mackall Will Help Captain Ritchie, Provost Mar shal at Camp Mackall, who has been in Southern Pines consult ing with the town officials has expressed himself as glad to co.j operate with the police force in Southern Pines, in any way, to avoid a repetition of the incident of last week in which departing paratroopers staged a rough ev ening in the town. The difficulty is thought to be a scarcity of MPs at camp due to the reduction in camp personnel affected by the 4th Service Command. However the town authorities appeared to be satisfied that they could count on the camp for full protection whenever it was needed. It is expected that the whole problem will be thoroughly diS' cussed at the meeting of the com missioners to be held Friday ev- 1 ening. Brigadier General J- Van B. Metts, Adjutant General of North Carolina and State Director of Selective Service, will be guest speaker at the Sandhills Kiwan is Club July 25, unless prevented by unforseen circumstances. He will emphasize the Veterans’ As sistance Program. With Governor R. Gregg Cherry Metts recently attended the annual Governors’ Conference at Mackinac Island, Mich., and he is now making preparations for the annual encampment of the State Guard troops being held at Fort Bragg from July 10 to July 22. CARL COMING Good news lo come to Sou thern Pines is the wprd that Carl Thompson is coming home. The former editor of the Pilot and for two years member of our armed forces as sergeant in a photographic unit of the 8lh Bomber Squa dron, Carl telephoned his mo ther from Connecticut on Tuesday and said he was on his way. The family will be looking for a call from Bragg about Thursday or Friday. And The Pilot will be hoping for a cedi from the Sergeant soon after he hits town. Robbins' Golfer Downs Rivals In County Match The championship flight of the Moore County Golf Tournament took place Wednesday at the Pinehurst Country Club. Nine Southern Pines golfers, four Pine hurst men, one from Pinebluff, and two from Robbins qualified. The medal was won with a score of 37-35-72 by Bill Wpodward of Robbins, a golfer who learned to play on the Southern Pines course. Scores of the other players were: Gordon Keith, 36-39-75, Jack Carter, 40-38-78,- W. L. Wiggs, 40-40-80, Philip Weaver, 38-44-82, Arthur Atherton, 39-43- 82, G. M. Alspaugh, 41-41-82, Barrett Harris, 41-42-83, Emerson Humphrey, 41-42-83, all of South ern Pines. Pinehurst men qualify ing were: Bob Harlow, 39-39-78, Carl Aandrews, 41-41-82. O. C. Ad cock of Pinebluff scored 40-43-83 and H. C. Davis of Robbins, 39-40- 79. Best scores in this qualifying round went to Woodward, Keith Carter and Harlow. Southern Pines men qualifying in the second division were; B. B. Wisler, 45-44-89, Dick Sugg, 42- 48-90, C. C. Kennedy, 45-46-91, A. B. Patterson, 45-46-91, H. H. Hoffman, 46-49-95, H. A. Mat thews, 50-52-102. First*'round of the match play is being run off this week, five matches being concluded Wed nesday. Alspaugh beat Davis 3 and 2, Richard Smith defeated Barrett Harris 1 up. Jack Carter won from Philips by default as did Humphrey from Atherton; Ad cock defeated Harlow, 3 and 2. The rest of the match play will take place this week, to be com pleted before Saturclay. Aberdeen Votes To Submit Proposals To Bank Directors Unity Gained But Dr. McLeod Allows He's No Alligator At a mass meeting held at the Aberdeen High School, citizens of the town voted to submit to the Directors of the Bank of Pine hurst an eight point program out lining their wishes on the ques tion of banking facilities for Aberdeen. The meeting lopened, with a brief reviewal, by the chairman, O. E. Freeman, of recent moves, including the letter written to each petitioner by the directors of the bank. He then asked for expressions of opinion as to the next step to take. Arthur Atherton advanced the matter of the proposition, dra'wn up by the Aberdeen committee, and Dr. A. H. McLeod inquired if this had ever been submitted to the directors in writing. Upon the chairman’s replying that it had not, he expressed the decided opinion that this was the next step to be taken. “If they don’t accept it,” Dr. McLeod said, “then we know where we stand. We can go ahead and do what we decided to do last time; make plans for get ting our own bank started.” Talbot Johnson explained that he felt that the directors’ letter had been written before the Aber deen proposition had been formu lated and that while it answered satisfactorily many of the points subsequently made there, still more was to be desired. The proposition was then read by Johnson to the group. Eight points in all were made, of which the main ones were as follows: Since Aberdeen and the sur rounding community furnished one third or more of the present deposits in the bank, one third of the stock should be set aside and sold to Aberdeen citizens at $14.50 a share. Because of this fact, ,also, Aber deen demanded representation on the Board of Directors and on the loan committee, these appoint- A tobacco barn on the .property ments to be submitted to the of Henry M. Blue of Aberdeen Aberdeen committee and approv- caught fire Monday afternoon and ed by them before confirmation. The following items of pur chases, reported by Paul Barnum, prove that the tall pines and mild climate of the Sandhills are as attractive as ever. Robert F. Puelz, jeweler and diamond importer, from Lima, Ohio, was looking for a place to settle when he retires from busi ness. Coming here to visit his daughter who was a student at Notre Dame Academy this winter, he liked the looks of Southern Pines, but decided to look fur ther and went on South on a short trip. Coming back, he stop ped off again and ended by buy ing the wing of the bank, opposite the Barnum office. It is probable that he will buy a home later. He has, at present, no definite plans, and the tenants will re main in the building. Another sale is that'by W. F. Van Camp of two lots on Ridge Street between Indiana and Il linois Avenue to W. C. Collins. Henry Blue's Barn And Tobacco Burn burned to the ground, destroying from four to five thousand pounds of tobacco. The tobacco was in the process of being dried and would have been entirely cured by Tuesday. The crop was in the care of Robert Bryant, colored tennant farmer on the Blue estate on the old Bethesda road. Bryant has been curing tobacco since 1918. He has been in his present position fof several years, but has lately been ill and unable to work steadily. Loss to the owners is estimated at about $1700.00. This point was later amended to specify the number of representa tives desired: three on the board of directors and five on the loan committee. Other points stressed were that all notes and securities of Aber deen depositors should be kept in the bank in Aberdeen and that the Aberdeen branch should be under the jurisdiction of the Aberdeen committee, with the ap pointment of a new executive vice-president also submitted to the Aberdeen committee before (Continued on Page 8)
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