THE NEWS JOURNAL, RAEFORD, N. C
THURSDAY, JUNE 24. 1943
PAGE TWO
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PAUL DICKSON
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MISS. P.ll'L MCKSOX, Editor
Kntered as secoud-class mail
mailer at the post office at Rae
fcrd, N. C under Act of March
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Library News
Mrs. Kate Blue Covington makes
the following report for Hoke County
Library.
A number of new books have
been placed on the shelves this week,
aim-UK them are the t'ollowin:
FDR ALL MEN BORN, a novel by
Marsare-t Mackay.
MKASl'KE OK A MAN by Dora
Avdolotto.
THE SEA IS SO WIDE by Eve
lyn Eaton.
THOROFAHE by Christopher
Morlcy.
RING FINGER by Peattie.
THL'NDERBIRD by Garth.
In tioni'iction:
THE FAMILY LIVES ITS RE
LIGION by Wioman. a "morde.n
twentieth century vorion of religious
. inK."
LKK'S LIEUTENANTS by Douglas
Snuthull Freeman, a study in coiii-
niand.
Books available on home making
include SWEETS WITHOUT SUGAR
by Marion White and LET'S COOK,
a co k book for beginners of all ages
by Nancy Hawkins.
The total of last weeks circulation
was 2H1.
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POOLE'S MEDLEY
By D. SCOTT POOLE
I made a newspaper in Troy a man
named Jordan brought a bale of cot
ton to town to sell and no one would
rake him an offer on it. They had
plenty cf cotton of their own they
would like to have sold.
j On the Alex. Green place eight
-The Chronicle" was the first ; miles east of Troy, there were two
newspaper published in the t awn of j pine trees, which stood abut 5 feet
Raeford. Raeford Institute published apart at the ground, one 18 inches
a school paper before the date of through, the other 12 inches through,
The Chronicle., 1904. That carried about 60 feet from the ground they
cn!y set. ;ol news. ! grew together, forming one tree. In
I 1903 the owner cut those trees into
I began the publication of "Facts I four foot fire wood.
and Figures" before I left Troy, but
I went to Rockingham, and bought j For 18 years James w F edt.
"The Anglj-Saxon. and published , ed The Aberdeen Telegram, the last
L f T Mmw .Aeo,,T ;-vear he also Published a paper, The
Raetord on March 15th, 190S. , chronicle. I bought him out in March
, , . . .. . . ! f 1905. I bought both papers, I never
The people of this section raised I did get his subst.ription list.
the money to erect a good school i
building, a dormitory, several cottages ;
small framed buildings. The people ! Martial Law has been declared
of the country around, bought lots and in Detroit, the nation's fourth city.
built homes here and moved to town. , 11 started in a race not. It looks like
and put their chidren in school. They
had two homes.
the devil has the world by the neck,
"""r"L71 m" '
dna a downwind pull.
For a number of years neither
Blue's road operated passenger trains.
They attached a passenger coach on
behind a freight train to accommo
date passengers, but about 1908 both
roads operated nice passenger trains.
Soon after I came to Raeford The A
and R. Railroad ran four trains a day,
two trains each way. We had pass
enger trains at 9 a. m., lp. m.. 4 p.m.,
and 6 p. m. Just before train time
Postmaster Currie would take two
mail bags on his shoulder and go to
the depot.
Ml
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W SO On
ALKA - SELTZKR offer
Soft relief for Headaehe,
Him pl NeuraliTi-, "Morn
inr After", Cold DiatrcsR,
Musraur rim ana
Acid lndivRUon.
your UnJKKidt
Cent and Cento
There have been baseball grounds
nearly all over this town. Raeford be
came famous as a baseball town, and
good teams have been developed
here, the best, perhaps in 1914.
SlMpteasnnu, Ner-l''Ufl)pnYau
EidUbiUIr nd I Am
u directed.
(it jmur daily quota of
Vitamin A and D and B
CompWx by taking ONE-A-DAY
(brand) ViUbmbi
Tableta, Sconacni
caJ, eon ven lent. At
your dm atore
Ixwk for the bit 1 on box.
P aaflLiiiiMiffp'MBMBiMBHiBflaiBa
The America saldieii average
I coffee ration is 40 cups a month.
U. S. Treasurr
GEARED FOR VICTORY
There was only 150 population J
when the town was incorporated in
1901. The Presbyterian church was!
built aoout the turn of the century ;
and Fsyctteville Presbytery met in
the new church, then followed the
Baptist and Methodist churches.
. w-y- : ii i i i zt mm mw jtl
The Bank of Raeford was organ
ized in 1902. The new bank was in
the first brick building in town, that
now occupied by Hoke Drug Co. The
present brick Bank of Raeford build- '
ing erected in 1911. the first year of j
the first year of the county, Hoke.
Ispent a night in Hamlet in Nov.,'
1885, and there was only one store,
owned by a man named Pace, who
moved to Maxton in 1894. A mail and
passenger train M n between Char
lotte and Wilmington in the 1890's,
, averaging 55 miles an hour and
made 20 odd stops.
That night in Hamlet , trains ran
were on the Raleigh and Augusta
Railway. The Carolina Central Rail
road crossed the R. and A. R. R. at
Hamlet.
Treefall was the terminal af the
A. and R. Ry. up until about 19i'8 the
Aberdeen and Rockl'ish Railroad was
extended to Hope Mills. A ft w years
later the A. Si R. was buiit to Fay
eltpvill? from a point on top of the
hill! east of Stwart St. t Fayc-'.tvilie.
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SALE!:
SALE!
SALE!
The News-Journal
IS HAVING A SALE!
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LEGAL NOTICES
OTI( E OF SALE
Pursuant to law. the Hoke County
Board of Educatk n. will offer f. r
.-ale f t cash to the highest bidder
at 12o'clocl:. no n. on the eighth
(8) day of July 1943. what -known
as the old Aberdeen Chapel
school site ijcated about 3 niiies
South of Raeford. in Hoke County,
described as follows:
Btginin" in the Aberdeen Ch.ipel
lot at a :take and runs with lin of
.-aid lot S 9 degrees VV 464 feet to a
stake in dividing line between Chis
holm and Livingstone estates; thence
North 1 degree E 415 feet to an iron
stake on a ditch: thence N 78 1-2 de
grees to the beg'ning, containing
one acre, more or less
Also an other lot adjacent to the
above, becining at a stake in divid
ing line bet'veen Cliisholm and Liv
ingstone, about 5 yards from a larse
hickory with pointers, and runs S 73
degrees E 220 feet ti a stake: thence
N 1 degree E 262 feet to a stake:
thence S 78 1-2 degiees W 117 feet
to a stake: thence S 9 degree E 224
RATION BOARD
Mi:s Marion Maxwell, chief of the
Hoke County War Price and Ration
: B ard. was away on vacation last
wee!;. The office force is taking th- ir
'.-.-.c.;1 ions a week at the time that
the work will go on and the general
-' lie v ill n. t bo inennv nicr.cf-d.
y v iiio.r'? who i-h ! i know ll.e
price of potat.es the following oi ler
i is cjooted:
"Amendment I to Revised Maximun
' Price Regulation 271 North Caro
lina potatoes, ail varieties for 1943
season price is $2.70 per cwt. f. w. b.
count'y shipping point in bags. 20cts
less if potatoes are sold in bulk.
1e t to the beaming, containing one
acre, n . e or less. See Bi k 17. page
230 ..- i 430 of Hoke County public
n.-T.M' Ri;jht to reject any
and . h b.ds is reserved, as w ell as to
ofi'ei- . -.d sell either lot alone, or the
.ho together, and also to sell im-;'i-p
"oients alone, without the iand.
as the Bard sees fit. All bids may
be raised 10 days from sale.
Posted June22. 1943.
Hoke County Board of Education
24-1 (Arthur D. Gnre. Attorney)
i ro
I One dav in tiie fall of Ine first year -i
! II
; MIFWf I June
! Mi 1 50
FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS
July 1st
WE OFFER YOU
OXE-A'DAY
Vitamin A and D Tablets
EACH tablet contains 25 more
than minimum daily require
orients of these two essential Vi
tamin. Insufficient Vitamin A may
cause ni ght bit ndness, may lessen
resistance to infection of the nose,
throat, eyes, ears and sinuses.
Vitas in D is necessary to enable
the body to make use of the calcium
and phosphorus in our food.
Insure your minimum requirements
of the two important Vitamins, by
taking a ONE-A-DAY Vitamin A
and D Tablet every day.
Economical 5W - or less - per
month.
Convenient you take only one '
tablet a day.
Pleasant children actually like
the taste and so will yeu.
IMPORTANT when buying Vita
mins, compare potencies and prices.
Get thera at your drug store.
0 LETTERHEADS
500 ENVELOPES
for the SPECIAL price of
$5.00
Many arrangements and
styles of type to choose from
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