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The Ne ws-Journal HOKE COUNTY'S BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM HOKE COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER The Hoke County Newt The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XL NO. 16 KAfcKOKM. iV C. THURSDAY, SEPT. 20th, 1913 $;.00 PER YEAR NEWS Of OUR MENwWOMEN IN UNIFORM S-Sjrt. Pope Freed From Jap Prison Staff Sergeant Howard Pope, who has been a prisoner of the Japa nese since 1942, has been liberated and on September 10th was returned to military control, according to a telegrar from the War Department which was received Saturday by his step mother, Mrs. Lola Pope. Sgt. Pope was held a prisoner at Osaka. It was stated in the message that he would be returned to the States within the near future. Malcolm Clark Now Assigned To Ship Newpcit, R. I. Malcolm N. Clark, 18, fireman, secon-:'i class, USNR, of Raeford, now in advanced training here at the Atlantic Fleet Naval training-station. Has been assigned duty aboard the USS FORT MARION a new landing ship dock soon to be commissioned. The Fort Marion is the first ves sel named for the oldest defensive works still standing in the United States the fortress originated1 by the Spanish in 1672 as a protection to the city of St. Augustine, Fla. The son of Mrs. Mary A. Clark, the young sailor has two brothers. Pfc. William and Pfc. Raymon-', serving overseas with th; army. A former employee or the Ho i e Food market, Clark at tended Hoke h'.eh school and entered the navy in February, 1945. Clarence Burns With First Troops Flown Into Japan Pfc. Clarer .v. Eu -son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Burns of Raeford, was among the first American troops to be landed upon the Japanese home islands after the surrender.. A mem ber of the 187th Para-Glider infantry, Burns was flown in with other para- roopers to seize airbases near Tokyo. le was formerly in Okinawa, and the .'nil -ines, and has six months Pa cific area service. Merit Certificate Awarded Cpl. Leo L. Lovett Corporal Leo L. Lovett, of Raeford, Rl, Wc.s recently awaried the Certi ficate of Merit, while in combat in Germany. Serving as a wire corpor al, the citation states he distinguish ed himself by meritorious service from October 25, 1944 to May 8, 1945. Cpl. Lovett has served overseas in Iceland, England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany since August 7, 1943. He is entitled to wear the Good Conduct ribbon, American De fense medal, European, African, Mid dle Eastern theatre ribbon, and bron ze service stan for campaigns of North France, Germany and Central Europe. His mother is Mrs. Bertha Lovett of Route 1, Raeford. Major Younger Snead, for the past several years stationei in Trinidad, B. W. I., is now at home. Capt. T. B. Lester arrived in Rae ford last week from the ETO. After a fifteen-day leave he will report to Fort Bliss, Texas. Mrs. Lester ex pects to accompany him to Texas. Lts. Sam and Spec Morris haver ar rived safely in Manila, according to a cablegram received here recently by their parents, KTr.'and Mrs. Bruce Morris. T-5 Jares D. Stephens, who has recently been in Italy, arrived in the States the earlier part of the week and was sent to Fort Bragg Tuesday, where he is awaiting a discharge under the point system.. Cpl. Step hens served In Curacao twenty seven months, was returned to the States and then sent to Italy where he was with the 530th field artillery battalion until recently when he was trans ferred to the infantry. Pvt. William W. Buie At Home On Furlough Red Springs, Rt. 2. Pvt. William W. Buie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Buie, is home on a 15-day fur lough. He entered the army March 1. 1945, went to Fort Benning, Ga., an3 Fort McCTellan, Ala., and com pleted his basic training in Camp Crowder, Mo. He will report to Port Jackson. ' Pvt. Buie has two brothers some where in the South Pacific, Sgt. James A. Buie and T-S John T. Buie, who are hoping to return home very soon. . Fine Tate $25 For Running School Bus Off Road Bigcrcst Docket In Months Clear ed In County Court lucsday. ; Ruby Lester Tate, negro of the Ara bia section was fined $25 and costs, had his license revoked for 6 months and is under suspended sentence of three months on the roads, upon conviction of careless and reckless driving of a car without proper brakes in county court Tuesday. Tate forced a school bus loaded with thirty children off the road near the Mil dousin school last Wednesday morn ing. Walter Sinclair and Willie Thorn ton Allsbrooks, negroes, each paid $25 and costs and the still fee for possession of a still and liquor. Both appealed and bond was set at $200 each. Printes Robison, negro, was agreeable to marrying the girl, Eva line Patterson, negress, if the state ac cepted at nol pros of charges of se duction Brought by the Patterson wo tian. The State was agreeable. They are to get married. William R. McRae, white, paid $50 and costs for driving drunk. Nash Jernigan, "?nlte, paid costs for pos session of some untaxpaid; liquor. Russell Freeman, McDuffie Clark, Dairie Wynn and Jim Peacock, each paid costs for speeding. James Mc Allister and Fred McAllister each paid costs fur having home brew, and Fred paid costs for speeding. Four mem bers of the McCain family, negroes. Thomas. Jesse. Bill and Roosevelt tach paid costs for drunkness and pos session of horebrew, and Roosevelt :1s o paid S.30 and costs for .-'riving drunk. Maggie McNeill and Mel ivir.ia Giilesple each paid costs for I irur.keness and possession. A easel : against Evar.der Smith for assaulting i his wife was nol prossed when his wife f-.iled to appear aganist. She was taxed with the costs. Knowles Gives A Suggestion Or Two On Small Grain Continued Rains Damage To For age Crop,. Makes Higher De mand. Hoke county farmers should make plans now for seeding small grain and for fait and winter grazing, re ports A. S. Knowles, county agent. The outlook now for sufficient forage is discouraging in view of the con tinuous, heavy r3ins. A good portion of the hay crop has already been lost and that remaining has lost some of its seeding value. In view of this situation, farmers are urged to plant rye, oats and barley or Italian rye grass or mixtures of oats and barley as a winter gra zing crop. This will conserve both grain and hay. One or two acres well planted and fertilized will go a long way toward preventing the buying of hay. Seeding: Seed for grazing 2 bushels of rye as soon as possible. Seed 2 bushels of oats and one bushel of barley per acre by October 15. For grazing, fertilize at planting with 300 pounc's of 6-8-6 for average con ditions. Oats and barley for grain should be seeded between October 10 and 30. Wheat should be seeded between November 1 and 15. On land in ro- tation with cotton and tobacco, it is necessary to fertilize at planting tiir.e, but land not in rotation with I above crops 300 pounds of 6 8 6 ferti- ; lizer should be applied. A well pre- pared seed bed is essential to good 1 grain crops. I Robeson Baptist To Hold Union Meeting September 27 The fJnion Meeting of the Robeson Baptist Association will nwet with the Singletary's Cross Road church, on Thursday, Sept. 27. The program will be as follows: 10:30 A. M. Devotional exerctses, conducted by the Rev. C. B. Home of Roseboro. 11:00 A. M. Re-Thinking Chris tian Missions, discussed by Rev. E. N. Johnson of Fair Bluff. 11:30 A. M. Sermon, delivered, by i Dr. W. Earle Robinson of St. Pauls. I 12:15 P. M Intm-misuinn 1:15 P. M. Devotional exercises, conducted by Rev. C. R. Hester of St. Pauls. i :45 P. M. Roll call of churches, location of next Union, and other miscellaneous matters affecting the Union. 2:00 P. M. A Baptist Confes sional, discussed by Rev. S. A. Rhyne ot Luxberton. Officers of American Legion ml If I ' f ts! uNr VV r&f LA JiLJ Ji -- Lu .I s- J!h 'Hi-, 'l ft'- pictured above are the 1945-46 of ficers of the North Carolina Depart ment of the American Legion. Com mander Victor R. Johnson. Pitts horo, ts In the center. Others in the group are: left to right, top row: Department Vice Command ers E. L. Walker. Forest City; Hiown Wilson, Gastonta; J. W. McLennan, Burlington, and Ralph Powd, Diinn. Second row: Depart ment Historian (igar H. Bain of OoMsboro anil Chaplain Lawrence A Watts, Raleigh. Third row: De partment Adjutant James M. Cald well and Department Judge-Advo Crop Insurance Offers Farmers Some Security Five Crops Approved For Fed - eral Insurance In North Caro- lina. College Station, Raleigh, Sept.' 19. ,'Every farmer in North Carolina ought to be interested in Federal Crop Insurance as it eliminates fail ures and near failures from the far mer's budget," Kerr Scott, Com missioner of Agriculture, said here yesterday. "It offers farmers an opportunity tn nlan and nlant with tha hnna nf a bumper crop, and with the com- forting knowledge that, from the standpoint of returns, he can't have a real failure," Scott declared. The salfs ramnatp-n-fnr tk urintarl - , b wheat crop is now being conducted throughout the state and each m- divicual wheat grower will be offer-! ford Grammar school, will soon be oy, tne 2onne economics ana agr: ed protection against the unavoidable ! no more unless something is done. I cu'tuIe departments ot Hoke high hazards of growing this crop. , -t was stated yesterday by K. A. Mac-!5 00" Scott pointed out that the pro-' Donald, county school superintendent. . 7 gram was designed, "not to provide The grove used to have a thick ' AntlOCn Church To a profit for anyone but solety To stand of nearly sixty noble long, leaf U1J Incraf Karincr protect the farmer from loss or da-'pine. The number has been slowly!001" mgainenng mage to his crop caused by unavoid-I decimated in recent years due to j Thursday Oct. 1 8 able natural hazards." "It can and j starvation, it is believed. The school win serve me iarmers as a sound! and permanent protection if farm- ( ers of this state and other states givejt their whole-hearted coopera- tion, he acded. m answer io lequest iro.n larm- ers. Congress provided for operation of the Federal Crop Insurance Pro- gram on this year's cotton and whe crops and for trial insurance on a number of crops, including tobacco, corn, and potatoes, (tobacco in North Carolina.) If these programs meet with sufficient success, it is logical to assume that the insurance pro-, gram eventually will be extend to other farm products. Applications are available to every wheat farmer in the State through his county AAA office. The dead line for making applications is Sep tember 29, or the individual farmer's seeding date, i fthis is earlier. 0 ; Maxton Air Base Soldier Killed Pfc. Claud R. Neff. 34, of Tulsa, Okla., was killed Sunday in an auto mobilt accident at Hods. S. C, Col. James A. Ellison, commander of the Maxton Army Air base, announced. cate Thad O. Stem, Oxford. Bottom row: National Committeeman Bry an Booe, Winston-Salem; Alternate National Committeeman Ralph Shell, Hickory; Department Service Officer C. A. Pennington. Oteen; and Assistant Service Officer Karl A. Muschette. Johnson and Stem are attorneys; Bain is director of North Carolina Committee - United States Brewers' Foundation; Watts is chaplain, state prison; PerminK ton and Booe, postmasters; Walker, insurance agent; Wilson, coct'ni broker; Dowd, rjrlway c-.r..l ci.:. McLennan, contractor; a:U oil deal' - Canning For Overseas On September 29 Josephine Hall, home agent, and Mrs. Jack Durham, Hoke high school home ecanomics teacher, will open the Rae- ford cannery on Saturday P. M., Sep- frrt'hpr 29 from 2 in 5 at whinh 1 time any person in the county who i wishes to seal cans for overseas ship' ment, or may bring in tin cans and Ifooc. and have them sealed and pro - ! f-esi,ed'. Such foods as chicken, ham, beef, fruit cake, cookies, nuts, etc. may be canned. It is suggested that No. 2 or pint size cans be used as they are more easily packed in the regulation boxes. Meats must be processed for an hour in a pressure cooker and should be brought early! enough To have this done. : Grammar School PineS Starving r t .1 t . :-. . r - --j . vyiic ui uic i-iLssesi, uej ul natiuiu t0 its pioneer times, the stand ofrT" 10 a """'' "-dU5,: original growth pines about the Rae yard is kept clean of leave and oTTter humus-making matter, and from three to five of the pines die each year. In the past year seven dead'nounce(1 this week by the Rev. J. W. 0nes have been cut down and two! Mann, pastor. Articles for sale and.K more nave died in recent weeKs. Only about thirty trees now stand in j the grove. McGougan Calls For Accountants Meet John A. McGougan. state presi dent of the state association of coun ty accountant.-, has issued a call for:tast one thousand. a meeting of that group, to be heid in Raleigh on uctooer n ana ia, ne stated yesterday. Originally, the an- nual meeting has been deferred be - eduae Ul me wai itrttuidLiuna. visual ly meeting jointly with the associa tion of county commissioners, the ac countants will have their own meet- ng this year, while the commissioners will not meet. A program is being arranged for discussion of machine methods of keepine records, simplification and unification of legal forms and other accounting procedure, Mr. McGougan stated. County Board Will Study Bids Monday On Upchurch School Bid. room b school wit. construction of a class for Upchurch High ened and studied Monray after , (-hy the County Board i,"') $vtion. Hoke Plans for the building, to v;, 14 class-! rooms, were submitteuS- 'Wractors j recently. $ ,v A fire last March 8 desti'jyed two buildings' of the high school plant, , j . u u l l ,j . j ""'" ""iflood damage throughout the basins used for the rest of the year by near ly 650 students of the school. A small, frame, primary-classes buil ding and the workshop were saved from destruction by the able work of he Raeford fire department which fought the eafy morning blaze. War Fund And USO Groups To Meet Monday, Sept. 24 The county committees for the USD inH tho TTnitoH War TnnH which were to meet on last Monday " ad..ge.oubiy unui a o evening, will meet on Monday eve- fo temporary atop the con- into rnil llinir lnr mrraA A ' han ning, September 24, Tt was stated today. The USO committee will meet promtly at 8 p. m. for a short dis cussion of plans, and the War Fund committee will meet at 8:30, accor ding to Chairman John A. McGougan. The chairrran was the only mem ber of either committee to show up for the meetings la -Monday, due . heavy ar.d storm. Tax Advertisement ! During October Property on which 1944 taxes are . unpaid will be advertised during the month of October, it was stated y?s- ' teraay by u. H. Hodgm, county tax ,, , ft. . . e . . 4 collector. The aate of sa e of pruper- . . . .,, . ' ty on whicn 1944 taxes are vet un- .... . , .. , . . :T , paid has been set for the f:rst Mondav ' v i Canned Food Day For Benefit Of United War Fund IW. P. Phillips States Campaign ! To Be Carried Out By Raeford Schools. i A collection of canned foods, fruits, meats and vegetables, will be made : ; tv,a ,.hnAl.. rt T7naf-J n irlo,. I September 21, for donation to the War Relief Societies of the United War Fund, it was stated yesterday by W. 1 P. Phillips, chairman of the canv paign. Patrons of the schools and all others are asked to contribute as many cans of food as possible, as this is a con tribution which will be sent directly to be used in feeding stricken people 3Sam Xq sajjjunoa ujoi-jb am ut relief societies, Food put up in tin only can be ac- jcepted. and may be in any sized can. The Raeford quota is 500 cans lanH it ia ei!crtracto,-i. that whr a family is short of home-canned foods. purcnase at local siores given io aid in this drive WOUld be a COntn , .. , The campaign is sponsored jointly Tne annual ingathering at Antioch Presbyterian church will be held on ' Thursday October 18. it was an- the annual barbecue and chicken dinner are expected to attract the largest crowd ever to attend this event which has been a harvest sea son highlight for nearly twenty years. a ,,. r V . ' year -and W. C. Hodgin, member of .u. ... i f iv. lilC LJUIIllJl.ru 111 LUUlC Ul lilC UMl-l ner, stated today that preparations ire being made this year to serve at r l o D ' KeVlVal Services Being lt - lplfl Al Ppnnlf' Tabernacle A series of revival services, con- 'ducted by the Rev. Frank Maults- by, began last Sunday night at Peo- i pie's Tabernacle and will continue through SeptemlSer 30. Rev. Maults- , by formerly served in Fayetteville dti jtfe police force and as a juvenile officer. Services begin each night a t8:00 P. M. Extra Masonry At Rockf ish Dam Pays In This Storm Rains Block Many State Roads As High Waters Move Ocean ward. Rainfall, as this part of the coun try was elfected by the tropical storm which swept from Florida ' Charleston, is now causing rr.ajor of four larg North Carolina rivers with record stages being predicted for low country section by tonight. Numerous highways crossing the , Pee D c y Neuse d Ro anoke rivers have been gn( d I highway and rail traffic is being greatly disrupted while thousands !of acres of farm lands from the mountains eastward are being flood ed. In Hoke county, Rockfish cieek poured a flood of water into the pond of Raeford Power and Manu facturing company's hydro plant and j . , . the dam was replaced in 1928 follow- ' 'n "le '0o lat year- concrete a- uuuneius were erecrea ana a sou five foot dam with a concrete facing, was added to the dax. Wiseacres who saw this extra construction put in claimed the power company was burying its money . . . but, in the opinion of company officials, this ex tra construction s.ived the dam in this week'; iiuod. Waters at the Rockfish rushed oV.vr.jiream. ant the level of tna P'icd v.'s dropped three feet within a lew hours. This wa'.er adatd dif ficulties to the engjieers of the Hope Mills plant iower on the creek. H:g.i waters have flooded a Urge part of the mill there to a depth of sev- e:ai ietr., aau rams waters u i ,-., r . u i j 'Cafe Fear r.ave now backed Water . ,-, .. across t.-.e Hope Mills dam until trie , ,, . R,:)ektisn is now actually flowing up- stream at that point. The L3pe Fejr was not expected to reach its pak j until sometime today. j Ur.paved roa.-ways have been bd '.y washed, and the Red Springs high iway was covered at two places, near the T .D. Potter farm and at Antioch, for so.ve hours. Drowning creek is fiooded at all highway crossings from ' near Aberdeen and most of them 'have been closed, with an alltime high stage expected at Lumberfon today. In an attempt to provide train ser- vlce ovcr ,helr north-south lines, the , Southern, Seaboard and Atlantic are using each others tracks, from Florida to Virginia, whereever floods have not blocked interconnections. Schools Closed White schools of the county were closed Tuesday and yesterday due to impossibility of operation of the buses over the urapaved roads. High way employees will have most of the roads passable today andi classroom instruction is to be resumed in all schools, though buses were not ex pected to travel over all parts of their regular routes. Mail Service Mail service was interrupted b3dly when SAL trains were held up over the Hamlet division and no service to Aberdeen for the past 48 hours. It is expected tKat trains would be running over thetr regular routes at reduced schedules by today. o Graham's Booklet For N. C. School Libraries Is Published The following excerpt from Mrs. J. A Y.arborough's U. D. C. News Notes in Sunday's Charlotte Observer will be of interest to local readers: "The Anson chapter, Mrs. T. Lamar Caudle, president, has had the trea- ise by Dr. Henry Tucker Graham, Some Things for Which the South did not Fight in the War Between the States,' published and presented to the public schools of North Caro- I lina. j "The author's purpose in preparing .this historical brochure was to cor- rect certain prevailing misconceptions I , ., , . . i concern ni; inp ideals ami motives which prompted southern leaders to participate in the war. It is to be used as parrallel reading in the teaching of history in the public schools of the state." Dr. Graham, now in his 81st year, was for many years a mission worker in Japan a work in which he was assisted by his wife, the late Mrs. Graham is a former president of Hampden Sydney college in Virginia, and was for 20 years the beloved pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Florence, S. C. He now makes his home with his daughter, . Mrs. Henry Bedinger. and Dr. Bed- ,inger, ana is at pisent supplying the pulpit of the Rej Springs Pres-t byterian church.