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VOLUME XLVHI; NUMBER 38
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1934
RAEFORD, N. C.
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By The Editor
Progress is a great thing, and
some is being made around town
on the installation of the curb
and gutters preparatory to paving
several streets. Just getting them
graded and the concrete curbs
there makes a tremendous dif
ferences in the appearance of the
streets. One sad tiling about it to
me, though, is the necessity that
has come up in a case or two to
remove some large and beautiful
trees. An oak tree three or four
feet in diameter is a thing that I
understand may be as old as these
United States, and when you cut
one down there is no replacing it
for this generation. There is a
majesty about something that can
stand unmolested in one place for
so long a time, and a note of tra
gedy in its falling.
A man can dream a little under
a big oak tree. . .thinking that in
this life, short and uncertain at
best, there is something that the
hand of God Almighty put there
to stay a long time. . .maybe old
Daniel Boone stopped under this
same tree for a rest when he
came through a while back, or
perhaps some Blue or Cameron,
or one of the many Macs stopped
under it to rest his horse, if he
had one, when going west from
' the Cape Fear to settle the Sand
hills. Progress is good and, I hope,
certain, but we must be positive
it does not erase our memories of
the past. We have much to be
proud of and live up to right here,
and in our State and Nation. Our
way of life changes, but the
standards by which our fore
fathers lived are good enough.
Let's don't forget them.
Jerome Clark, son of former
Congressman J. Bayard Clark of
Fayetteville, in talking to the
Presbyterian men Tuesday night,
mentioned that he had heard there
was a sign at the Cape Fear land
ing at Cross Creek many years
ago which said "The best land is
to the west." He said all those
who could read moved on to these
parts and those who could not
stayed. Nice way to pay us a little
compliment.
One thing our forefathers stood
up for from the beginning was the
right of every man to his opinion,
and his right to express it. That
comes to my mind more than the
average, perhaps, because to be
honest with myself and the read
ers of this newspaper I . must
print mine.
Word comes to me that it has
been remarked (perhaps In jest,
perhaps not) that I am the only
person who thinks there should
be a full-time principal at the J.
W. McLauchlin Elementary school,
here. That person could not know
how many mothers and fathers
and Interested citizens of this
county have encouraged me In
my urging the board of education
to put one there. However, if I
were completely alone in the o
pinion, I believe I am right, and
as long as I run this newspaper
I shall continue to say so and to
advocate the employment of a
full-time principal there. There
are more teachers and pupils in
this elementary school now than
there were in the whole school
system here when I was a pupil, I
believe.
Another angle on this is the
fact that the people of this county
have only one high school and it,
I believe, should certainly have
a full-time principal. Under the
arrangement thev are working
this year, the high school princi
pal, in charge of both schools, is
supposed to spend part of each
day at the elementary school.
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Farm, Business
Leaders Endorse
Farm Profit Day
Program Set 1:30, Mar. 5
Farm and business leaders in
Raeford and Hoke County have
been practically unanimous In
their approval of the idea of the
first annual "Farm Profit Day"
to be held at the High school on
Friday, March 5, 1944, since first
announcement of the program
was made by W. C. Williford,
county farm agent, two weeks
ago.
The list of outstanding speakers
on the subject of making more
money farming under present
day conditions will be headed by
North Carolina Commissioner of
Agriculture L. Y. "Stag" Bal
lentine, who is also a former
lieutenant governor of the State.
Expectations are that practically
every farm in the county will be
represented at the meeting, and
the county agent says some bene
factor has come up with a $100
bill to be given to some person in
the crowd thpt day as a door
prize.
This $100 bill will undoubtedly
be the quickest farm profit pro
duced by the meeting for the
person receiving it, but others are
to be had from attendance, as has
been proved in many counties of
the State which have had the
programs for several years and
have kept records on the activi
ties of the fanner! attending and
the result they have attaind.
As Mr. Williford said in his an
nouncment f the meeting, "This
will be a program of practical
farming information which will
be of equal benefit to all groups
of our farm people. Landowners
should make a special effort to
have present all the people con
nected with farming on their land
to the end that all may make
more money and live better from
the complex and competitive bus
iness that farming is today."
YOUR
SCHOOL -NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
The Hoke-Raeford PTA held
its regular monthly meeting at
the J. W. McLauchlin School. Af
ter the business of the evening
was attended to, Roger Dekker,
Guidance Director at Flora Mac
donald College addressed the ga
thering on Guidance problems
and advantages.
Ashemont's PTA held its regu
lar monthly meeting last Tuesday
night. After the business session
a community sing was held.
Last Friday the Rockfish School
had valentine parties in all the
rooms.
J. W. Turlington, principal of
the J. W. McLauchlin School,
made a talk Tuesday afternoon to
the Upchurch faculty on Visual
Aids. His talk was well received.
Mr. Turlington is our authority
in Hoke County on visual aids.
Miss Sarah Tatum attended a
Supervisor's meeting in Clinton
this week.
The colored schools are using
the month of February to cele
brate the twenty-seventh anni
versary of the Parent-Teacher
Organization. Monday of this
week the teachers, students and
parents of Frye's Mission, New
Hope and Buffalo Schools met at
1:30 p. m. at the Buffalo Spring
Church and rendered a most In
spiring program. The stage scen
eny included a birthday cake with
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Mrs. J. A. Cameron
Dies On Thursday;
Funeral On Saturday
Mrs. John Alexander Cameron,
descendant of Scottish pioneers
and member of one of the old
and prominent families of the
Sandhill section, died at her home
in Raeford on Thursday after
noon, February 11. Her death
followed a period of declining
health and she had been critical
ly ill since suffering a severe
stroke on January 30th. She was
79 years of age.
Before her marriage she was
Miss Annie Eliza Blue, the dau
ghter of Lauchlin Alexander Blue
and Mary McDougald Blue. Her
husband, the late John Alexander
Cameron, died in 1948. She was
a granddaughter of Neill McK.
Blue and Eliza Smith Blue, and
Dougald McDougald and Betsy
McNeill McDougald.
Mrs. Cameron was for many
years one of the largest land
holders in this section of North
Carolina, and furnished many
thousands of acres of land for the
Fort Bragg reservation. Her fath
er was a man of more than aver
age wealth, as were also her
' grandparents, and was rated one
of the pioneer builders of the per
iod which followed the War Be
tween the States. He served as a
soldier in the Confederate Army.
Mrs. Cameron was a lifelong
member of the Presbyterian
Church, holding her membership
at old Sandy-' Grove church near
her old home in the Fort Bragg
reservation, where she was born.
When the Army took the reser
vation her family was among the
last to move out, moving to Sou
thern Pines. The family moved
to their new home here in 1924.
She is survived by five sons
and three daughters, Alex B.,
Gainesville, Ga., John, B. Rae
ford, Marcellus S., Barnwell, S.
C, William Lauchlin, Vass, Char
les B., Raeford and Washington,
D. C, Marguerite, of the home,
Mrs. James W. Hewitt, Martins
ville, Va., and Mrs. T. L. Davis,
Wilson.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from the home Saturday after
noon at three o'clock by the Rev.
W. B. Heyward of the Raeford
Presbyterian Church. Interment
was in Raeford cemetery.
Pall-bearers were N. B. Sin
clair, N. B. Blue, Marvin Blue,-'
Harold C. Keith, D. D. Shields
Cameron, Make McKeithan, Hen
ry Borst and J. B. McLeod.
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Merchants Act On
Parking Situation
The Main Street storekeepers
and business people got together
this week and agreed on a policy
to relieve the congested parking
situation on Main Street during
business hour. The action came as
a result of complaints on the part
of many people that they could
not find parking places to stop
and do their trading.
The business houses agreed
that all those who work on Main
Street would park their cars rff
the street during business hours
in the future, and every business
and its employees has agreed to
follow this policy, effective at
once.
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LEGION TO CHURCH
Members of the Ellis Williamson
post of the American Legion will
attend church services Sunday
morning at the Raeford Methodist
Church. This is part of the Le
gion's "Back to God" program
and the commander of jhe local
post urges all ex-service men to
meet .in front of the church in
time to attend in a body.
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. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Overby of
Benson, Mrs. Goldie Broughton
and Mrs. M. H. Langdon of Ra
leigh spent Sunday with Mrs. H.
O. Langdon.
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J. B. Mclntyre
Dies Suddenly;
Funeral Today
JOHN B. McINTYRE
John Black Mclntyre, owner
and operator of the Raeford Thea
ter since 1935, died suddenly
Tuesday afternoon of a heart at
tack. He had not been previously
ill and was in Aberdeen with his
brother-in-law, J. B. Edwards,
when he became ill at around six
o'clock. He was taken to the hos
pital and died a few minutes af
ter arrival. '
A native of Rowland, he was
the son of the late D. C. Mclntyre
and Lily Fan!- Mclntyre, and was
53 years of age: He was a mem
ber .of the Raefottji Presbyterian
Church. '
Funeral service was conducted
at the church at eleven o'clock
this morning by the Rev. W. B.
Heyward, pastor, and burial was
in the Raeford cemetery. Pall
bearers were Sidney Epstein, Paul
Dickson, Harry Greene, Tommie
Upchurch, Robert Williams and
John D. McNeill.
Mr. Mclntyre is survived by
his wife, the former Pansie Ed
wards, of Raeford; a son, Martin
L. Mclntyre of Raleigh; a daugh
ter, Mrs. Milo Postel of Raeford;
two grandchildren, and one sister,
Miss Nell Mclntyre of Rowland.
Stone Finance Co.
To Operate Here
It is announced this week that
the E. B. Stone Finance Co., of
Laurinburg. has purchased the
receivable accounts of the Citi
zens Finance Co., which has op
erated in the Sunset Hills shop
ping center for several years, and
will operate a branch of the com
pany in the same location under
the management of Harlee Johns
ton. The operation of the local
branch will be under the super
vision of B. T. Phillips, Jr., of
Rockingham, district supervisor
for the E. B. Stone Finance Co.,
in charge of the offices in Rock
ingham and Laurinburg.
The E. B. Stone Company was
organized by E. B. Stone in Char
lotte in 1943 and has grown ra
pidly since that time, being now
the largest independent finance
company operating exclusively in
North Carolina. It has branches in
Charlotte, Concord, Albemarle,
Rockingham and Laurinburg. The
company has been in Laurinburg
since March of 1951 and has al
ready done business with many
Hoke County people through that
office.
Harlee Johnston, who will
manage the Raeford branch, is a
native of Wagram who married
a Hoke County girl and who has
been associated with the M & J
Auto Co. here for the pas three
years. Mrs. Beatrice Wilkes of
Laurinburg is serving as book
keeper at the company until a
local bookkeeper can be employ
ed. 0
Bill Saunders and Miss JJot
Saunders of Aberdeen spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Barnhart.
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Board Of Elections
Members Renamed
Reappointment of two Demo
cratic members of the Hoke
County Board of Elections for an
other two-year term is virtually
assured as the Heke County De
mocratic Executive Committee in
1 session here Monday voted to re
commend Election Board Chair
man W. L. Poole and Secretary F.
F. McPhaul for the board posit
ions. Poole has been chairman of
the board since G. B. Rowland
resigned to become solicitor of the
Hoke County recorder's court
last year, and he had previously
served in the position.
Walter P. Baker, chairman of
the executive committee, said that
the name of O. B. Israel had also
been submitted, as the State De
mocrntic Executive Committee re-
I nursts that three names he sub
mitted.
G. W. Cox is the Republican
member of the county board of
elections.
Poole has already received
blanks and instructions from the
State Board of Elections, and is
ready to accept filing fees from
any candidates who wish to be
come candidates for county of
fices" in the Democratic Primary,
May 29. ,
71st Beats Girls;
Boys Team Wins;
Clinton Divides?
To Play Here Friday
(Contributed)
71st High led by Helen Grooms
snapped Hoke High's winning
streak last Friday night by a score
of 69-58. Perhaps the largest
crowd ever assembled in the local
gym were thrilled right up to the
last minute as the local girls
fought gamely to protect their
undefeated record". In the end it
was just a case of too much
Grooms and too many Raeford
fouls. Grooms scored more points
against Raeford than had ever
been scored before. She made 21
field goals and 12 free throws for
a total of 54 points. Raeford's own
Claudine Hodgin again turned in
a sparkling performance, scoring
31 pomts. The half-time score
was 30-29 in favor of 71st. The
lead changed hands six times in
the third quarter, but 71st made
two quick baskets that put them
ahead 47-43 going into the final
quarter. Raeford pulled ahead by
4 points midway in the last quar
ter, but two unfortunate fouls and
2 field goals by Grooms put 71st
in the lead. With a minute and a
half left in the game and 71st
leading by 3 points the visitors
began freezing the ball, It proved
to be successful strategy as Rae
ford continued to foul with the
result that 71st won by a com
fortable margin. Raeford fans
were mighty proud of the way
that the girls scrapped right down
to the final whistle.
Girls Beat Clinton "
Tuesday night the girls dispos
ed of Clinton rather easily, 66-53.
Raeford. had a 24 point lead go
ing into the last quarter. Coach
Rockholz used his substitutes
freely in the last quarter. Hodgin
with 32 points was high for Rae
ford. Williamson was high for
Clinton with 30 points. Jean Lin-
thicum, Joan Gobeille and Vir
ginia McNeill looked good and it
looks as though these girls will
girl Raeford another strong team
next year.
The Raeford boys edged out
71st, 42-39, somewhat avenging
the girls' defeat. Raeford led all
the way. Jim White tore up the
71st zone defense with his one
hand push shot. He hit 15 points
the first half and wound up the
evening with 17. Beasley was high
for 71st with 8 points. Raeford's
defense looked good in this game.
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THREE BIG DOLLAR DAYS HERE
FRIDAY, SATURDAY & MONDAY
Recorder's Court:
Usual Variety
Of Cases Heard
With 18 speeding cases and a
dozen or more on liquor, fighting,
stealing and non-support charges
the Tuesday session of Hoke
County recorder's court before
Judge T. O. Moses was an aver
age session.
Lucy Barber, colored woman
charged with assault and using
profane and indecent language,
was freed when the State drop
ped the case.
Donald L. Shaw, Jr., colored,
was found not guilty on a charge
of non-support.
Mae Helen Ross, colored, was
found not guilty on a charge of
larceny of clothing.
Willie Davis and Wiley Perkins,
and Leroy Cox, all colored, each
had to pay $10 and costs for pub
lic drunkenness.
Pearlie McDowell, white, pled
guilty of driving drunk and was
sentenced to 60 days, suspended
on payment of $100 and costs.
Curtis McLauchlin, colored wo
man, pled guilty of violating the
prohibition laws and got 60 days
suspended on payment of $25 and
costs and two years good be
havior. William C. Balleu, white, paid
$25 and costs for having no driv
er's license. For using his after
it had run out, Willie James Mc
Rae, colored, had to pay $10 and
costs.
Clonnie Rogers, colored, paid
$10 and costs for failing to stop
at a stop sign.
Paul H. Starns, white, left a
$25 bond for illegally parking on
the highway and violating the
prohibition laws.
Speeders appearing in court
were Ashton T. Griffin, Lonnie
J. Kelly, John J. Gasser, William
M. Perkins, Raymond Nichols, all
white, and Junior Wilson, colored,
and each had to pay $20 and costs.
R. Lee Dunbar, white, had to pay
$25 and costs. Leaving bonds for
speeding were Luther H. Hardy
and Allen J. Rooke, $50 each; Joe
Davis, Marjorie Godson, Arthur
H. Harbin, Murray E. Moss, Myr
tle M. Burtscher, Carl H. Eeifert,
Jr., Clifford T. Bonce, Clifton Hix,
all white, $35 each; Marchsll S.
Calvert, white, $25.
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Clyde Upchurch, Jr.,
Ginners Vice-Pres.
At the annual convention of the
Carolinas Ginners Association in
Charlotte from Sunday through
Tuesday cotton ginners from North
and South Carolina elected Frank
M. Wannamaker of St. Matthews,
S. C. as their president for the
next year and Clyde Upchurch,
Jr., of Raeford, vice-president.
Upchurch, cotton gin manager for
Hoke Oil and Fertilizer Company
here, has been a member of the
board of directors of the associa
tion for several years and active
in its program.
At the convention the ginners
heard a member of the foreign
trade division of the National
Cotton Council predict that the
United States would probably ex
port half a million more bales of
cotton this year than last year.
The speaker, Frank Barlow, bas
ed his optimistic views on the
facts that foreign stocks are
"pretty well worked down," and
due to increased rtemand for cot
ton textile products i.i foreign
countries the activity of foreign
mills is showing signs of strength.
Ho also told of tales promotion
plans in which the Council is as
sisting several other counties.
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The public of Hoke County and
surrounding areas is cordially in
vited by the merchants and bus
inessmen of Raeford to come to
Raeford Friday, Saturday and
Monday, February 19, 20 and 22
and attend the Town-Wide Dollar
Days sales being conducted.
All businesses in town are co
operating in the event, which is
under the sponsorship of the mer
chants division of the Raeford
Chamber of Commerce, and bar
gains are being offered in stores
and filling stations the like of
which haven't been seen around
here in many a day. The Bank,
however, is not giving away dol
lars, although many are expect
ed to be checked out and spent
during the three days of big bar
gains. Readers of The News-Journal
are also invited to pay careful
attention to the s-ample bargains
offered in its advertising columns
this issue by many of the firms,
but are asked to remember that
all the businesses of Raeford are
cooperating in the big event, and
not just those advertising in the
paper. And when you see the bar
gains in the paper, remember
that the stores have many more
which could not be listed.
The old buck has tightened up
a bit lately but through the fine
cooperation with each other and
with their Chamber of Commerce,
Raeford businessmen have come
up with a wonderful opportunity
for people in this section to make
it stretch with their Dollar Days.
March Of Dimes
Report Is Made
The Raeford Junior Chamber of
Commerce, who have led the an
nual March of Dimes drive for
funds for use by the National In
fantile Paralysis Foundation in
fighting ihe disease, this week re
leased a preliminary and incom
plete report ' on results of the
drive. The report shows almost
four thousand dollars reported
from seven townships, and Jay
cees think there are several
sources of funds yet to be re
ported. The communities which have
reported with amounts are as
follows, for a total of $3972.20:
Raeford, $1,849.98; Stonewall
$607.92; Blue Springs, $181.33;
McLauchlin, $346.69; Antioch,
$299.97; Quewhiffle, $535; Little
River $151.32. Allendale has not
reported.
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BENNER'S AUTO SUPPLY
HANDLES DUNLOP TIRES
C. J. Benner said this week that
his store, which has operated for
about eight years here as Western
Auto Associate Store, would be
known in the future as Benner's
Auto Supply, and that it had no
further connection with Western
Auto Stores.
In making the statement Ben
ner also said that the Dunlop Tire
and Rubber Company of Buffalo,
New York, had named his store
Hoke distributor for their line of
aute, truck and tractor tires. He
called attention to the service de
partment in the rear of the store
where seat covers, tires, etc., are
installed and said that personnel
there in addition to himself are
Wilson McBryde, Dixie L. Linthl
cum and James A. Purcell.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McLauch
lin of Greensboro, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom McLauchlin of Charlotte,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Crenshaw of
Ft. Deposit, Alabama and John
McLauchlin of Davidson College
spent the week end with their
mother, Mrs. H. C. McLauchlin,