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VOLUME 28. NO. 10. Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, February 5, 1943.

Point Rationing On FoodSlated to Begin March 1;Schools to Be Used Again

Registration System Pro-bably to Follow ThatUsed for Sugar

Sale of canned fruits and vegeta-bles will halt on February 20throughout the country and will beresumed on March 1 with every itemclosely rationed, it was announcedthis week by the Office of Price Ad-ministration.

Meanwhile, the Moore County Ra-tioning Board was preparing for thegigantic task of registering everyconsumer of canned goods in MooreCounty during the week of February22 to February 27, the six-day periodset by the OPA for public registra-tion.

The county ration board members3aid that not all details for the reg-istration had been completed but thatthe procedure to be followed wouldprobably be very similar to the su-gar rationing registration plan.School plants throughout the coun-ty will be utilized for the point ra-tion registration.

Point Values GivenIn explaining the new rationing,

the Board said: "The primary pur-pose behind the point rationing pro-gram, to be put into operation March1. is to give everyone an opportunityto share in the supply of scarce com-modities. An arbitrary point valuewill be given by the Government toeach article on the basis of the scar-cer the article the higher the pointvalue.

"A limit of five cans for each ap-plicant for Ration Book II is allow-ed (at the time of registration), andany excess amount will entail remov-al of stamps to cover their point val-ue," the board said. "One week be-fore the rationing program is insti-tuted, all sales of canned goods willbe stopped to allow dealers to buildup their inventories. Ample noticewill be given as to when and whereregistration for Book IIwill be held.To obtain Book II you must haveBook I and a statement of cannedgoods on hand."

Moral: Can Your OwnThe restriction of five cans, does

not apply, however, to home cannedfood.

The Board emphasized that anyloss of Ration Book I (for sugar andcoffee) or kerosene coupons shouldbe reported immediately to theBoard in Carthage, as no re-issue ispermitted until 30 days after lossis reported.

The Ration Board this woM alsoadvised holders of tire certificates to'"deposit their certificates with theirdealer, thus keeping them valid untilfilled." Any certificate returned tothe Board will be voided, it was said,and priority rating lost.

The Board suggested that to obtainnew or recapped tires, one should goto his Tire Inspector and, if he findsit necessary, fill out an applicationblank and leave with him for filingwith the Board. "Tire inspectorsshould make sure their tire recom-mendations are correct," the boardsaid, "that the class of gasoline ra-tioning book is stated on the blankand that question 5 is answered. Ifquestion 5 is left unanswered, theapplication automatically is put inthe lowest priority classification."

Carthage Man KilledLt. Charles A. Cox of Carth-

age. son of Mrs. Lelia Cox, was

killed Tuesday night when a

medium Army bomber crashedshortly after taking off on a rou-tine training flight from thebombing range at Avon Park.Fla.. it was announced Thurs-day. Lt. Cox received his wingsand commission as a second lieu-tenant in the Army Air Forcesat Ellington Field. Texas, lastOctober. Five other members ofthe bomber's crew were killed inthe crash. Lt. Cox was the grand-son of the late J. Alton Mclver,

for about 25 years Moore Coun-ty's Clerk of Court.

Rotarians RevisingWar Roll of Honor

Club Seeks Correctionsand Additions to NamesBefore Making ChangesThe committee of the Southern

Pines Rotary Club which has chargeof the Honor Roll in front of theSouthern Pines Library is preparingto revise the roll listed there andbring it up to date.

Additions to the Roll of Honor andcorrected names which will be in-cluded in the revision are given be-low. The list includes those whosehomes are in the Southern PinesSchool District or whose parents orfamilies make their home here. Thecommittee asks that any correctionsas to spelling or branch of service bereported to them. Also, if there issomeone in service whose name isnot on the Honor Roll at present oris not included in this list, it shouldbe reported to the committee. Mem-bers are Don Jensen, Paul Van Campand A. S. Newcomb. Corrections mayalso be placed in the box at the bot-tom of the Honor Roll post.

Following is the list of names tobe added by the Committee as wellas names already on the Roll whichare to be changed:

John Scott Newton, NAF.Henry Eugene Norton, USA.L. C. Godwin, USA.Robert Alexander Aeschilman,

USA.

Bynum Reed Bailey, AAF.William Adolph Boney, USA.James D. Carter, USA.James D. Cruce, USA.John Dowdy, Jr., USA.Read Benedict Harding, AAF.Edward Levis Prizer, RCAF.Colin Porter Osborne, Jr., USA.Charles Arthur Kinder, AAF.Julian Tomlinson Bishop, USA.Ross Maxwell Gray, USA.John Walker Diggs, USA.Kenneth Maurice Epps, USA.James Gray Duggins, USA.Russell Monroe, USA.Elwood Bryan Hatch, USA.Robert Hausen Beck, USA.

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School Bus Routing(lilts Mileage 16p.c.

Total Daily Trips Dropfrom 2.812 Miles to 2.325;Seek 20 Percent Gas Cut

School transportation reorganiza-

tion to meet the standards set up by

the Office of Defense Transportation

has resulted in a 16 percent reduc-tion in the total daily mileage ofMoore County's 70 school buses, asummary compiled this week andgiven out by County Superintend-ent H. Lee Thomas reveals. The totaldaily mileage has dropped from 2,812to 2,325 miles.

"We are trying to reduce the gaso-line consumption 20 percent," Mr.Thomas disclosed.

No buses have been eliminated,but the number of trips made dailyhas been reduced from 110 to 92, andthe number of stops has fallen from2,366 to 1,941. Under the defense rul-ing stops are to be at least one-eighth mile apart.

Only an eight per cent reductionin the number of children transport-ed has resulted. Before the changethe number transported daily was 4,-310 and the present number is 3,955.

HOSPITAL AUXILIARYHOLDS REGULAR MEET

Membership committee for theMoore County Hospital Auxiliarywas appointed by Mrs. A. B. Patter-son at the monthly meeting of theorganization Wednesday at theNurses' Home in Pinehurst. Mrs.Patterson is chairman of the mem-bership drive for this year.

Committee mmebers are as fol-lows: Mrs. J. B. Edwards, Aberdeen;Mrs. George C. Moore, SouthernPines; Mrs. Charles L. Warner, Pine-bluff; Mrs. J. G. Downing, Carthage;and M'-s. Robinson Cook. Pinehurst.

Mrs. James H. Waiker of Pine-hurst, first vice-chairmar., presidedat the meeting Wednesday.Sandhill Hotel Fire

lirings Damage SuitsFaulk Carter Sued for$75,000 by Husband andEstate of Fire VictimDamage suits totaling $75,000 have

been filed in Moore County SuperiorCourt against Faulk Carter, ownerof the Sandhill Hotel in Aberdeen,which was practically consumed lastFebruary by a fire which resulted inloss of life or serious injury to sev-eral guests.

Describing as a "veritable firetrap" the third-floor room assigned

to him and his wife when they stop-ped over for the night on their wayfrom Florida to their home in Harris-burg, Pa. Ben Eby is asking dairiesin the amount of $29,000.

Howard R. Harrison, administra-tor of Mae Gallatin (Mrs. Beat) Eby,whose remains were found amongthe ashes, is bringing suit for $90,000.

T HMrs. Stuart Wood and Sons Accept Col. Wood's D

Major General William Bryden (left), commanding General, Fourth Service Command, flew to South-ern Pines last week to present to Mrs. Stuart Wood the Distinguished Service Medal awarded to her husband,Lt. Col. Wood, for outstanding service in the Philippine campaign. Unofficial reports say that Col. Wood is nowa prisoner of the Japanese on the Island of Formosa. With Mrs. Wood, as she took the medal for her husband,are the two sons, Stuart, Jr., and Walter. Mrs. Wood said she was accepting the medal to hold "until Stuartcomes back to get it." Only a few intimate friends and relatives were present at the presentation which tookplace at Mrs. Wood's residence on North Ashe street.

Legislature Learns Samarcand GirlsAllowed Only $4 Annually for Clothes

General Assembly ThreatensInvestigation CoincidingWith Moore Grand Jury

Conditions at the State Farm andIndustrial School for Girls at Sam-arcand, in western Moore County,known as "Samarcand Manor" re-ceived the attention of the NorthCarolina General Assembly thisweek, resulting from Judge FrankArmstrong's charge to the MooreCounty Jury recently calling the in-stitution a "place of mystery."

Pleas for additional funds for theschool were made before the jointappropriations committee whichlearned that the State allows only$4.00 per year per girl for clothingat the institution.

The Samarcand delegation describ-ed conditions at the State school fordelinquent girls, and discussion aroseabout Judge Frank Armstrong'scharge to the Moore County grandjury that an investigation should bemade of that "place of mystery." Itwas then that members of the jointcommittee indicated they will "dosomething" about Samarcand beforethe 1943 General Assembly goeshome.

Grace M. Robson, superintendentof the school, first appeared beforethe committee and requested in-creases amounting to SBOO for cloth-ing equipment and SSOO for farmequipment. She said that the schoolis satisfied with other recommenda-tions of the Advisory Budget Com-mission.

Dr. W. A. Stanbury, ofthe board of trustees of the school,then told the committee that he didnot see how the superintendentcould say that the school was satis-fied with the recommendations. TheBudget Commission recommendedappropriations of $74,502 for 1943-44and $70,356 for 1944-46. Last fall thesuperintendent requested before theBudget Commission $71,577 for1943-44 and $69,338 for 1944-46.

Patched OverallsDr. Stanbury told the committee

that girls at Samarcand wear "over-alls so patched you can't tell where Ithe overalls stop and the patchesbegin, and the only coats they haveare made of cotton outing." He saidthat the State should provide forgirls at Samarcand "a nice dress, ahouse dress and a warm coat." Heestimated that $3,000 yearly wouldbe a proper appropriation for cloth-ing, but said that the institutionwould be happy to get an appropria-tion of $1,500.

Mrs. Wilbur Bunn of Raleigh,member of the board of trustees,told the committee that the girlshave to wear tennis shoes and bro-gans for the lack of "nice shoes." Shesaid that the purpose of the school,as described in the legislative act, isthat the lives of the girls "may bemade worthwhile and that they mayreturn to their communities as self-respecting women."

'These women at Samarcand arelike other women?they have the

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Village Inn Ruinedby Afternoon Fire

Blaze, Starting in FurnaceRoom, Completely RazesDancing Spot Near HereAt 1:30 p. m. last Friday after-

noon, fire, originating in the furnaceroom at the rear of the Village Inn,

just south of Southern Pines, quick-ly flashed in between the metal ceil-ing and the high peaked roof, andwithin minutes swept the entire ga-bled-roofed establishment which wasvirtually razed to the ground beforethe lapse of an hour, despite the bestefforts of the men of the Southern.Pines and Aberdeen fire companies.

Dense clouds of heavy black smokewere driven by the brisk wind acrossboth sides of the Aberdeen-SouthernPines road into the pines and grassand embers started little fires, des-pite the drench drizzle of earlymorning.

Occupants of the cabins closly ad-joining the burning building remov-

ed their effects through the backdoors as Max Backer played a streamfrom a garden hose on the smokingroof until relieved by the Aberdeencompany.

While the short handed crew ofthe Southern Pines pumper, aided byPolice Chief Ed Newton, stretchedfour hundred and fifty feet of hosefrom the corner of Bennett street andMorganton road, and battled to keepthe flames from the gas tanks underthe portico of the building, theAberdeen men protected the cabinsand then shifted to the leeward side|to keep down the blazing embers.

The building, located on the Westside of the Aberdeen-Southern Pineshighway about four hundred feetsouth of the Morganton road, was re-built about eight years ago, princi-pally of wire lathing, tile and stucco.George Buttry has operated the Innfor the past two years, leasing fromEd Burt, of Biscoe. Stock and fix-

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Kiwanians AdvisedAbout Income Taxes

Paul Dana Says Some ChangesWere in Favor of Taxpayers;Club Meets Next Feb. 17

Even though the Federal govern-ment raised rates on income taxesfor the past year, some changeswere made in the law which actuallybenefited the taxpayer, said PaulDana of Pinehurst, speaking beforethe Sandhills Kiwanis Club Wednes-day at its meeting at the SouthernPines Country Club.

Mr. Dana mentioned particularlythe allowance of money spent over5 percent of the tdtal income fordoctor, medicine,' and health insur-ance, retroactive allowance for in-vestment service and safety depositboxes and allowance foe. expensesof carrying non-productive property,as well as deduction of State salestax.

The Kiwanis Club voted to meetevery other week at the CountryClub and the next meeting will beFebruary 17.

A. B. Patterson reported a totalreturn of $234 for the Kiwanis an-nual Underprivileged Child Page,carried recently in THE PILOT as acontribution to the Kiwanis HospitalBed Fund.

Just Suppose Nature in the SandhillsSuddenly Became Actively Nationalistic!

Suppose nature in the Sandhillsibegan a battle royal among the var-ious nationalities represented! Sup-pose the trees and shrubs of theSandhills should suddenly becomearticulate and take up the fight beingwaged among the human beings ofthe world's various nations!

Suppose, to be specific, the Chineseand Japanese crepe myrtles andForsythias and mimosas should dis-agree with the African tamarax, andabout that time the Ailanthus fromthe Caucasus showed up bristling forconquest. Then the Syrgingia fromHungary hurled a bomb at the Treebox from the Mediterranean, whilethe Azalea, A. Pontica, from Ghentwas pondering over the questionwhether to enter a non-aggression

pact with English lilacs and snow-balls or to stand by the sullen Ital-ian Lgustrum.

And, in the meantime, von Herff'sFrench sycamores, scattered allaround Manly and Southern Pines,let go their seed bombs on anotherEuropean, the cork tree, or anythingelse within target range!

And then we ' discover lovely,slinky Paulownia, from the Orient,named for a Russian princess by aDutch botanist and naturalized inthe South, was found to be an inter-national spy!

Supposing! ?but fortunately, ourSandhill trees and shrubs possessagreeable moral and social equalitiesin our gardens. ?HJC.B.

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Trousdell to HeadCross Campaign

r * Southern PinesAvery Selects Chairmenio Work in Various UnitsSeeking Goal of $25,000

Volunteer chairman to help in themost ambitious money-raising un-dertaking which the Moore CountyRed Cross chapter has ever facedwere named this week by L. T.Avery of Southern Pines, countychairman of the Red Cross WarFund Drive which begins on a na-tion-wide basis March 1.

A goal of $25,000 for local Chap-ter and branch needs and for MooreCounty's contribution to the NationalWar Chest was set as an organiza-tion to cover the entire county tookshape.

Trousdell Local ChairmanKenneth P. Trousdell accepted the

charmanship of the drive for South-ern Pines, with Harry P. Vail and J.G. deßerry as vice-chairman.

The drive in Pinehurst will be di-rected by Robinson Cook, in Aber-deen by Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Edwards,in Hemp by W. P. Saunders, Carth-age by M. G. Boyette, Pinebluff byMrs. Charles Warner, West End byW. A. Johnson, Knollwood section byMajor H. V. Carson, Eagle Springsby Miss Ellen Maurice and C. C. Un-derwood, Jackson Springs by Mrs.Herbert Carter and High Falls byHoward Jones.

At Vass Roy Stutts will head thedrive, assisted by Mrs. S. R. Smithand Miss Anna Mae Caddell will bein charge at the Farm Life Schoolcommunity. The chairman for Cam-eron has not yet been definitely se-lected.

Mr. Avery emphasized that thesechairmen were named only in con-junction with the various branchesof the Red Cross in the county andthat their efforts would be extend-ed into nearby communities where nobranches of the Red Cross exist.

Quotas for the various commun-ities have not yet been set, but everyeffort will be made to meet the quota,and exceed it, by attempting to reachevery individual in every section ofthe county.

The regular Red Cross roll callwas not conducted last fall so that

I the organization could mobilize itsentire strength and appeal behindthis War Fund Drive, which is to fi-nance the essential work of the na-tional organization and to providenecessary funds for the operation ofthe branches and Moore CountyChapter.

Although Moore County employsonly one paid official, Mrs. LeeClarke, executive secretary, itswork entails many necessary ex-penses. The home service work, sur-gical dressings, knitting and sewingrooms, junior red cross, first aid in-struction, nurse's aides work, camphospital and recreation, are part ofthe function of the local Chapter.

A campaign to carry the messageof the Red Cross into every commun-ity of the county by speakers,through newspapers, through local-ly shown moving pictures, and oth-er resources is being worked out byMr. Avery with the assistance ofStruthers Burt, local author, whowill act as publicity director for theWar Fund Drive in the county.

Mr. Avery said the emphasis thisyear would be on funds?and morefunds?needed, and that contribu-tions directly to the chairmen wouldmake the task of covering thecounty easier.

THREE LOCAL YOUTHSBEGIN AIR TRAINING

Three Southern Pines men, alongwith several other Moore Countyvolunteers, left last Saturday nightfor Miami. Fla? to begin trainingwith the U. S. Army Air Corps.

Vernon Allan, district commercialmanager for the Central CarolinaTelephone Co, since 1941; WilHt,.-.- .T.Wilson, son of Mrs. H. S. Shea, whohas recently been employed byBroad Street Pharmacy, and ArthurPate, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Pate,who has been working in CharliePatch's Tog Shop, were the threeSouthern Pines men who have beguntraining for the AirForces. Ail threeenlisted last fall and have beenawaiting call to active duty.