DEATHS
James Neill Clark
MAXTON — Funeral services
were held Saturday at the Clark
ton Presbyterian Church for
James Neill Clark, 44, who died
at his home in Clarkton oh Friday
night following several
ill health.
Mr. Clark was a
Bladen County leader.
months of
prominent
serving as
chairman of the county board of
education and president of the
Clarkton Trading Co. He is sur
vived by his wife, the former Miss
Margaret Nicholson of Maxton,
three sons, John A., of Warrenton,
J. Neill, Jr., of Georgia and Rob-
ert of the
one brother
Attending
home. A sister and
also survive him.
the funeral services
from Maxton were his mother-in-
law, Mrs. O. C. Nicholson, Mrs.
^L. J. Tucker, Mrs. B. W. Gentry,
Mrs. A. J. Steed, Miss Berta An
drews and Fred C. Frostick.
Mrs. C. A. Martin
MAXTON — Funeral services
were held for Mrs. C. A. Martin,
61, on Monday afternoon at three
o’clock at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. James Duncan of Max-
after several months of declining
health at the home of Mrs. Dun-
can. Burial was at Oak
cemetery in Maxton.
Pallbearers were James
lard, Otha Johnson, Luke
Grove
Wil-
an d
James Bethea, Archie Kennedy
and Tracey Watson.
She
Field,
band,
ters,
was the former Miss Fannie
and is survived by her bus-
three sons and six daugh-
including Mrs. Duncan of
Maxton, and Mrs. Edison Bracey
of near Rowland.
Miss Nonie Buie
MAXTON — Funeral services
^ere held for Miss Nonie Buie
Tuesday afternocii from her home
near Floral College, conducted by
Rev. J. Ray Dickens, pastor of
the Centre Presbyterian Church,
of which she was a most promi
nent member and church worker.
Miss Buie died suddenly at her
home on Monday morning. Burial
was at McEachin cemetery near
the home.
Pallbearers were Sheppard Sin
clair, Joe Clark, Junior Odom, Roy
McMillan, Tom McMillan and Ben
White. Mrs. Tom McMillan of
Laurinburg was in charge of the
many floral tributes.
She is survived by one sister,
Mrs. Elva McMillan and one
brother, Lawrence Buie, both of
the home. Her niece, Mrs. Thomas
Mason of Texas, the former Miss
Vccnie Buie of Maxton, came
plane to attend th funeral.
by
L. E. Campbell
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Vol. 52. No. 13
primp CitUrn
One Of
Robeson County’s
Hometown Newspapers
16 PAGES TODAY
RED SPRINGS, N. C
Thursday Morning, Oct. 6, 1949
5c a Copy
Cub Scout Pack Will f | A M
Be Started In Maxton
MAXTON—Plans have been un
derway recently for the organiza
tion of a Cub Scout pack in Max-
ton under the leadership of the
Mormax Club with Dr. R. D.
Croom, Jr., as chairman. An or
ganizational meeting will be held
next Tuesday evenii g, Oct. 11th,
at 7:30 P. M., at the scout hut
with all parents and eligible Cub
Scouts, aged 8 to 11, invited to
attend.
Carl Knott, district representa
tive of the Cape Fear section and
full time Scout worker, will be
present at the first three meetings
of the Cub Scouts and parents
are asked to make plans to at
tend the first meetings next Tues
day night and two following meet
ings on nights convenient with
them. Mr. Knott will instruct
both parents and Cub Scouts as
to the activities of such a youth
group and its
community.
advantage in the
Letters are being sent this week
by Dr. Croom and his committee
of R. P. Edwards and T. F. Mor
rison, to approximately 34 parents
who indicated interest in the Cub
Scouts. Other parents of 8, 9 and
Id-year old boys who are interested
in the projects are also cordially
Invited to attend the meeting next
Tuesday evening, bringing their
prospective cub scouts.
Several mothers have already
agreed to serve as den mothers to
the Cub Scout pack and other
parents will be needed in the or
ganization of this group. It is im
portant that all interested par
ents attend the first meeting on
next Tuesday evening, stated
Croom, this week when he
nounced these plans for the
scouts.
Dr.
an-
cub
Will Speak On
Methodist Hour
Legion Reports
On Membership
Scotties Tie Brevard
In Season's Opener
MAXTON—The first game of
the season for the PJC Scotties
was played with Brevard there,
netting Coach Peanut Doak a 6-6
tie and the opinion, fortified with
statistics, that his team outplayed
the westerners.
The home team took the mark
er first in the second quarter on
a pass, but the kick was wide and
the winding point failed to mate
rialize then just as it did for the
Scotties in the third quarter.
The PJC tally was also on an
aerial from Clyde Parrish to
Beverly McIntyre, both of Laurin
burg. Guard Brillhart, tackle
Pursely and big John Johnson,
also won honors for - the Scotties.
Johnson took eight passes from a
variety of arms for a total
about 100 yards.
of
The last half of the game was
played almost exclusively in Bre
vard territory, the Scotties addi.g
up 12 first downs to Brevard’s 10
of which ,3 were on penalties.
Coach Doak expressed pleasure
over his air work especially and
his offense in general.
Injured in the game was Dave
Wood who sustained an injured
knee on the third play of the
game, and a back bruise for tail-
back Bill Jones. The coach stated
that he hoped both Wood
Jones would be able
against Campbell at
to
s' d
play
Laurinburg
on October 15th, which is the next
PJC game.
WOMEN MEET AT SMYRNA CHURCH
Labor Leaders Threat
To Economy, Says Hoey
MAXTON—Results of the 1950
membership drive for the Ameri
can Legion in District 13, were
tabulated on Saturday, Oct. 1,
when Pete Sundy of Lumberton,
district membership chai-man and
R. F. Morris, commander, visited j
all of the ten posts in this district.
A total of 642 renewals with a
quota of 1012 set for the district
is the figure in the first round of
the membership drive.
Lumberton, Rowland posts and
Pembroke Post 378 have already
reached their quotas by going over
the top and expect to get many
more members for the next year.
Go-getters of the Maxton Ameri
can Legion post spent a busy day
on Friday, Sept. 30th, securing a
BISHOP MARVIN A. FRANKLIN
RED SPRINGS
of the big labor
John L. Lewis has
tent that it now
whole economy,”
— "The power
leaders such as
grown to an ex
endangers our
it was declared
ator declared. And, soiree we have
stopped the march of Communism
through Europe with a working
Marshall Plan, those 16 nations are
recovering from the ravages of war
R. Hoey, in an in a true Democratic way.
The
by Senator Clyde . . .
address before nearly 10,000 peo- Marshall plan is working, and while
ple attending the Red Springs Cot- it is in expensive plan, it is far,
ton Festival. I far less expensive than
Senator Hoey declared that
“thousands and thousands of the
war between the United
Russia.
an all out
States and
mine workers did
not want to
The Senator said he believed
strike at this time, but they were the United States could deal with
- • - ’ *- ■-" Russia in such a way as to avoid
forced to by Lewis and his armed
strongmen who enforce his dictates
at gun point.” This power of Lewis
has reached the point where the
whole economy of the nation is
imperilled. Keeping a man away
from work .when he wants to work
should not be permitted, and the
Federal government should do
something about it. No man, labor
leader or other leader, should be
allowed to absolutely control 500,-
000 workers and their families.
No War Threat
America has enough atomic
another war, and that eventually
the atomic bomb would be out
lawed even as the use of poison
gases were outlawed and not used
in the past war.
Parity For Cotton
Speaking on the farm parity
plans now being discussed in the
Congress , Mr. Hoey said that the
ill-fated Brannan plan would be
replaced by a workable parity
guarantee that would assure the
farmers an equitable price for their
crops, and that the payments for
cotton, tobacco and peanuts would
bombs to wipe Russia off the map, cotton, tobacco and peanuts wouiu
and Russia knows this, the Sen- 1 guarantee at least 90 per cent of
total
post
This
ber
of 94 memberships sent in by
adjutant, Mills
is perhaps the
of renewals by
record for the local
Stewart, Jr., served
Kirkpatrick,
largest num-
Oct, 1st, on
post. W. H.
as member-
ship chairman, assisted by go-get
ters of the local group. R. E.
Hellekson is .Maxton Legion
mander.
Asbury Methodist
Homecoming Set
For October 16
com-
The 23rd annul homecoming
of
Asbury Methodist Church, located
at Raynham, will be observed
Sunday, Oct. 16. Rev. Graham
Eubanks, pastor of the Red
Springs Methodist church, will de
liver the sermon.
Services will begin at 11:15 A.
Celebrating one hundred-fifty
years of Methodism in what was
then the Old Southwest, the Meth
odist Hour will originate in the
Washington, Miss., church on
Sunday morning, Oct. 9th. Fea
tured on this program will be
Bishop Marvin A. Franklin and
Bishop Paul E. Martin as speakers
and music will be by the Millsaps
Singers of Millsaps College, Jack-
son, Miss.
It was on January 1, 1799, that
Bishop Francis Asbury in Charles
ton, South Carolina, appointed the
Rev. Tobias Gibson as the first
missionary of the Methodist
Church to the Natchez Country.
Tobias
Gibson rode his horse
M., as usual,
business and
will be held in
but this year the
memorial session
the morning.
Vocational Workshop
Is Held At
parity for the next two years, and
that in no case would be the parity
guarantee be less than 75 per cent.
Mr. Hoey joined thousands of
farmers and citizens of nearby com
munities in providing Red Springs
its first big community day in many
years’ The Cotton Festival was
sponsored by the Red Springs Mer
chants association. It opened with
a parade that had many floats, and
nerly two thousand participants.
Students from the white & Negro
schools and from Flora Macdonald
College, kept pace with thunder
ing M-4 Medium Tanks of the
Parkton company of the National
Guard, and motorized farm im
plements of dozens of different va
rieties rolled along in pace with
mounted
from the
Batteries
tallion.
anti-aircraft artillery
Raeford and Red Springs
of the 130th AAA-A Ba-
MAXTON — Funeral services
were held on Friday morning from
the home for Lawrence E. Camp
bell, 61, who died Thursday morn
ing at his home in the Floral Col
lege community following an ill
ness of several years. Services!
viere conducted by Rev. J. Ray
rffckens, pastor of Centre Presby
terian Church, assisted by Dr. S.
H. Fulton, pastor of the Laurin
burg Presbyterian Church. Burial
was in the Centre Church ceme
tery.
Mr. Campbell was the sen of the
late Angus D. and Mrs. Ella Nora
Hall Campbell of Robeson County.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Miss Mary Belle McLean, of Robe
son County; two daughters, Miss
Eleanor Isabel Campbell of the
home and Mrs. L. E. Winters, Jr.,
of Maxton; one son, T. H. Camp
bell of Raeford; and one grand
child, Jeannie Winters of Maxton.
Revival Begins
At Maxton Church
MAXTON — Smyrna Presby
terian Church was the scene
of the annual group conference
of the women of district four
of Fayetteville Presbytery,
which was held on Friday, Sep
tember 30th, at ten o’clock.
Mrs. Nannie B. Godfrey of
Laurinburg, district chairman,
presided at the meeting. The
pastor, Rev. J. R. Dickens, op
ened the session with prayer.
“Strengthening the Grass
Roots” was the program theme.
The welcome of the hostess or
ganization was presented by Mrs.
W. H. Stewart, president of the
group, with Mrs. B. G. Langston,
making the response. Mrs. Archie
Howard gave a devotional worship
entitled “We Believe.”
Presidents of women’s organiza
tions of churches in the district
made interesting reports of their
year’s work with the following
churches represented: Church in
the Pines, Centre,. Gibson, Laurel
Hill, Laurinburg, Maxton, Montpe
lier, Noami, and Smyrna Presby
terian churches. 108 women were
present for the meeting.
Rev. William Knight Thompson,
pastor of Montpelier and Laurel
Hill churches, was the guest speak-
er and reviewed the current home
mission book, "Missions at the
Grass Roots.” Other speakers were
Mrs. H. C. McLauchlin of Raeford,
Presbyterial president, whose topic
was the religious education re-
study book, “Lift Up Your Eyes”
and Mrs. R. P. Brown of Southern
Pines, who spoke on the annual
synodical training school held each
year at Peace College.
Miss Lillian Austin of Maxton
gave a most inspirational message
to the women on “What Can I Do?
in my own spiritual growth, in my
home, in my community and in all
the world.” The offering cause of
the day was presented by Mrs. S.
H. McPherson and was taken for
Basket lunches will be
together at 1 o’clock.
spread
The worship service, with
Mr.
Eubanks bringing the homecom
ing message, will be held in the
afternoorn beginning at 2:30.
Mrs. Douglas McMillan has gone
to Culpepper, Va., to visit
her
mother, Mrs. J. G. Williams, for a
few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Campen, Jr.,
and son Jimmy spent Sunday in
across the Cumberlands to Nash
ville, boarded a boat there and
floated down the Mississippi Riv
er to Natchez.
The village of Washington, six
miles from Natchez, became the
territorial capitol of Mississippi
and in the Washington Methodist
Church buldng, the Territorial
Legislature met some years later
and adopted the first Constitution
for the State of Mississippi. It
will be from this church that the
network broadcast will originate
on the 9th of October, in celebra
tion of the growth of Methodism
in 150 years from one lone circuit
rider to a strong denomination
with churches in; every town and
village of the South and South-
RED SPRINGS—Dr. Ellen Win-1
ston of the State Department of
Public Welfare spoke on “Social
Work as a Christian Vocation
Monday afternoon at the first of
a series of vocational workshops
at Flora Macdonald College.
Mrs. Betrice Marion of Rich
mond, Va., spoke Monday night
on “The Home as a Christian Vo
cation.”
The workshops take the place
of the customary religious
em-
phasis week at the college.
The first of the three Tuesday
services was held at 10 o’clock in
College
the morning, when Miss Sara Lit
tle of Charlotte, assistant director
of religious education, spoke on
“Church Vocations.” Tuesday af
ternoon, John Otts, principal of
Central High School, Charlotte,
discussed "Teaching,” “Public Ed
ucation.” The services closed
Tuesday evening with an address
on “Business as a Christian Voca
tion,” by Acting President Halbert
M. Jones of Laurinburg, after
which the Rev. Leslie Bullock,
bead of the Bible deartment at the
college, conducted a dedication
service.
Frank H. Jeter, publicist of State
College, estimated that gathered
about the reviewing stand during
the Fashion Show, there were at
least 8,000 people seeing the ward
robe of the 1949 “Maid of Cotton”
worn by local “Maids” who Were
featured on the floats in the pa
rade which preceded the show. The
speeches of Congressman Ertel Car
lyle and Senator Hoey followed the
fashion show.
During the day there was a foot
ball game between Red Springs
High School and Clarkton, a calf-
catching contest for the 4-hers
and Future Farmers, the giving
vway of a Chevrolet Sedan, and the
dedication ceremonies of the new
$55,000 office and warehouse build
ing of the Lumbee River Electric
Membership cooperative. The day
was wound up with a benefit Don-
key Baseball game staged between
the Lions and Rotary clubs.
Goldsboro with Mr.
father, Ben Campen.
Jimmy McMillan
Campen’s
spent the
weekend with his parents,
the
He returned
Douglas McMillans,
to the University of North Caro-
lina Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Watson at-
MAXTON—Revival services
at
the Maxtor Baptist Church began
with nearly a full house on Mon
day evening .to hear the guest
minister who will conduct the two-
week series of services, Rev. W.
Earl Robinson. Mr. Robinson is
a prominent county Baptist min
ister and pastor of the St. Pauls
Baptist Church.
Services will be held each morn
ing at 9:00 and in the evenings
at eight o’clock for the next two
weeks with the exception of Sat
urdays. Final services will be
held on Sunday, October 16th.
The public is cordially invited
attend all services.
Hell Drivers AI
Maxton Airport
to
Sunday Afternoon
the William Black Memorial home
furnishings at Montreat, and the!
amount was $94.03. Workshops of j tended the Georgia-Carolina game
officers and cause secretaries were
also held.
A delightful and delicious picnic
luncheon was served in the church
grove by the women of the church.
Miss Annie McIntyre of Maxton,
served as registrar and Miss Thelma
McColl was pianist for the confer
ence. Pages were Mrs. Alex Ham
er, Miss Anna Hester, Miss Ruth
Caddell and Mrs. L. P. Smith.
iia Chapel Hill Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Breeden
W Bishop Marvin A. Franklin is
resident bishop of the Jackson
area and Bishop Paul E. Martin is
the official representative of the
Council of Bishops at this meet
ing. The Millsaps Singers will be
under the direction of Alvin Jon
King, and this program will be
heard in this area over station
WPTF Raleigh and 8:30 A.
M. at
DISTRICT CLUB WOMEN MEET
The Maxton Junior Woman’s
Club was awarded the gavel for
the best attendance at the annual
meeting of the Tenth District of
he N. C. Federation of Women’s
Clubs, which convened on Satur
day at Evergreen High School
with the Evergreen Woman’s Club
as hostess. Nine members of the
local club attended and were Mrs.
Joe B. Hord, president, Mrs. R. R.
Doak, secretary; Mrs. W. H.
Stewart, Jr., district vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Jack McGirt, Mrs. J. J.
McLaughlin, Mrs. Rufus Smith,
Mrs. J. G. Gainey, Mrs. Etta Cash-
Stoney Roberts, sensational one-
armed daredevil champion from
Glendale, Calif., who has amozed
record-breaking crowds from coast
to coast with his spectacular stunt
driving, will attempt one of the
longest aerial car leaps on record
when he appears in person Sunday
afternoon at 3:15 at the Laurin
burg-Maxton Airport with the Orig
inal World’s Champion Hell Driv
ers thrill cavalcade.
In addition to the complete 22
event program of the Hell Drivers
who recently completed a film for
Paramount, stock car racing is al
so included on the program which
is under the auspices of the Max-
ton Lion’s club. It will be the first
appearance in this section of Rob
erts and this nationally famous
troupe of motor maniacs, who have
an reared before capacity crowds at
the leading state and county fairs.
well and Mrs. Tracey Watson.
Guest speaker was Mrs. Ed. M.
Anderson of West Jefferson, state
president of the NCFWC, who
used as her topic her administra
tion’s theme: “Marshalling Our
Resources for Peace and Security.
Mrs. Arthur W. Greene of Ahos
kie, 2nd vice president of the
NCFWC, also addressed the 147
women present with an interest-
manning club
ing message on planning
work for the year.
The meeting was conducted by
district president, Mrs. Seth L.
Smith of Whiteville, with welcome
made by Mrs. J. C. Parkin, presi-
dent of the hostess club. Reports
were made by presidents of the
23 clubs of the district which in
cludes Bladen, Columbus, Robeson
and Scotland counties. Mrs. Hord
of Maxton served on the resolu
tions committee for the meeting
of which Mrs. John M. Council
was chairmall.
At one o’clock, luncheon was
served in the school cafeteria and
Mrs. George Gold of Whiteville,
state chairman of the American
Home Department, spoke on work
of her department. Mrs. J. E.
Diggle of Lumberton, served as
chairman of the courtesy commit
tee.
Gavels for best attendance were
awarded to the Maxton Junior Wo
man’s Club and to the Elizabeth
town Woman’s Club. The Eliza
bethtown Junior Woman’s Club
won the award for the best year
book of the district)- The meeting
closed with the club collect led by
Mrs. Stewart of Maxton, who was
in charge of the “Birthday Show
er,” 1 gifts for children in state
correctional schools which were
brought to the meeting by club
presidents.
celebrated Mr. Breeden’s birthday.
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James
Breeden and family, of Maxton.
Miss Emma Breeden of Gastonia
spent the weekend with her fam-
ilv, the Arthur Breedens.
Dr. H. H. Hodgin, Henry Hod-
gin, John McGirt and Warren Mc
Neil went to Ocracoke, Friday
for the fishing. They were joined
b y Messers Bus Singleton, Bus
McConnaughey, R. D. McMillan,
Jr., and Ernest McGougan of Lum
ber Bridge on Saturday. The lat
ter four motored to Morehead and
flew from there to Ocracoke.
Mrs. Meade Mitchell of Hamp
ton, Va., and small sen Meade are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Edens,
parents of Mrs. Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Stubbs and
children of Wilson visited their
mother and father, Mr. and Mrs.
H. G. Stubbs, over the weekend.
Sgt. and Mrs. Graham Stubbs of
Washington, D. C., stopped over
to see their another and father,
Mr. and : Mrs. H. G. Stubbs, on
their way to Tucson, Ariz., where
Sgt. Stubbs has been transferred.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Huggins
spent Sunday with Mrs. S. B.
Huggins in Dillon.
Mrs. Fred Ramseur writes that
she and Mr. Ramseur saw the
Wake Forest-Southern Methodist
football game Saturday in Dallas,
she said that even though Wake
Forest lost, it ws a grand game.
Mrs. Jeffers of Florence, visited
WMFD, Wilmington.
Driver Blameless
In Fatal Crash
held
death
MAXTON--At an inquest
on Thursday night into the
of two brothers of Woodruff, S.
C which occured on Friday, Sept,
when the motorcycle which
23, when tne moioicyvie —
they were riding collided with a
truck driven by Alexander Mc
Lean, colored, of Maxton, who was
held pending inquest, a verdict of
not guilty and unavoidable acci-
passed by the coroners
dent, was
Serving on the jury were the
Guy Pulliam,
W. C
h*r daughter, Mrs. John McArthur,
Jr., and Mr. McArthur last week.
Mrs. Henry Ruark of Chapel Hill,
20 Memberships
Sold In Symphony
Dr. LaMotte Will
Speak Sunday '
MAXTON — Approximately
new memberships to the N.
20
C.
Symphony Society were sold last
week in Maxton under the aus
pices of the Fine Arts Department
of the Maxton Junior Woman’s
Club. The date for the N. C. Smyf
phony orchestra concert to
be
presented in the spring at the
Base Theater has not yet been
announced.
MAXTON—Dr. Louis C. La-
motte, president of Presbyterian
Junior College, will be the guest
minister at the First Presbyterian
Church on Sunday morning, Oct.
9th, in the absence of the pastor,
who is away on vacation.
Evening services and Wednes
day night prayer services have
been discontinued for this week
and next week in cooperation with
at the Baptist Church.
Presbyterian Young
People Hold Meeting
60 Have Joined
SI. Pauls Guard
ST. PAULS—Approximately
60
men have enlisted in the St. Pauls
unit of the North Carolina Na
tional Guard being organized un
der the general supervision of
Capt. O. K. Hogan, Jr.
The old Allen stables on East
Broad Street are being rebuilt by
the owner, Mayor F. R. Keith, to
be used as headquarters for the
battery.
A number of ratings are avail
able in the battery for veterans,
Capt. Hogan announced. Veterans
may enlist with the same rating
they had upon discharge from the
service.
Harold Wood Gets
Close To Hall Of Fame
MAXTON — Approximately
125 young people and their ad.
visors of District three and
four of Fayetteville Presby
tery were present for the an
nual Youth Fellowship rally
at the First Presbyterian
Church on Sunday afternoon
with registration beginning at
2:30 o’clock.
Rev. Charles Parris of PJC led
the singspiration program with
Rev. John Craven of Laurel Hill,
as guest speaker. Workshop
classes were held from four to five
o’clock for members of commis
sions of Christian Faith. Christian
Growth, Christian Outreach, Chris
tian Works and Chrstian Com
radeship.
A business session was conduct-
Civic Chorus Will
Organize For Year
Friday, October 7
The Red Springs Civic
Choral Society will have its
first organizational meeting
at the college Friday evening,
Oct. 7th, at 8:15 o’clock.
All people interested are
urged to attend, not only from
Red Springs, but surrounding
communities. The society will
have a new director this year,
Dean Robert Smith of Flora
Macdonald College who has
accepted the deanship
moved from Jacksonville,
Rex Presbyterian
Ingathering Oct.
The annual ingathering
held at Rex Presbyterian
Wednesday, Oct. 12.
A benefit dinner of
and
Fla.
12
will be
Church
barbecue
ed by district chairman John Liv
ingston of St. Pauls and Billy J
Gibson of Laurel Hill followed by:
a food and fellowship period. A
picnic supper was served buffet j
style with salad and coffee served
by the women of the church.
A Cathedral film entitled “Man
and fried chicken will be served
after which an auction sale of
handiwork, cakes and farm pro
duce will be held.
The public is invited to attend
the ingathering, proceeds from
which will go to the building fund.
Ingathering At
Centre Friday
of Faith” was shown to the young
end-
following: , T n
Edwards, Alex Cobb, J. L. Pace,
Louis Essey and Robert Fisher.
Attorney H. J. Felton of Spartan
burg S. C., member of Senator
Olin D Johnson’s office, appeared
for the widows of the two boys,
Mrs. Jake Price and Mrs.
Price, both of Woodruff.
The accident occurred on
Red Springs-Maxton Highway 71
near Floral College, with James D.
(Jake) Price, 34, dying instantly
and his brother, Joe, succumbi g
on Saturday at the Scotlanrc
County Memorial HospHa 1 . Mem
bers of the family stated the mo
torcycle which the brothers were
riding had just been purchased
that day. They were reported to
be on their way to Fort Bragg.
Alexander McLean driver of the
truck, belonging to G. P. Hender-
— of Maxton, was placed under
Harold Wood, former Legion tos-
ser of Red Springs and last year
one of the Red Robins mainstays of
the pitching staff, almost made the
hall of fame over at Lexington last
week. He kept the "A’s” team in
the North State playoffs earlier in
the week with a shutout to give
them first first win in four starts
people with a closing worship
ing the meeting.
Patricia McNeill
Is Guard Queen
Joe
the
Mrs Henry Ruark of Chapel Mill, son or ivia^cun, —
formerly of Red Springs spent the bond perMing the o£
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Clem-1
released following the verdict of
ent Stephenson.
not guilty.
MRS. SMITH WILL SPEAK TO
JUNIOR WOMEN AT MAXTON
MAXTON—Mrs. Se th L.
Smith, of Whiteville, president
of the Tenth District of the
N. C. Federation of Women’s
Clubs, will be the guest speak
er at the October meeting of
the Junior Woman’s Club to
be held, on Monday evening,
October 10th, at eight o’clock
at the Community Club.
Mrs. Smith is division chairman
of Americanization of the Citzen-
against High
Then the “A’s’
Point-Thomasville,
won two more to
knot the count at 3-all. After a
couple of rained out sessions the
final game came up. Lexington,
with Wood pitching, led the Hi-
Toms by a 3-1 count right out to
the bottom half of the ninth. Wood
weakened and loaded the bases,
then got two out, had two strikes
on the batter who happened to be
none other than Pistol E’ete Wil
liams. A pitch exploded against the
bat and looped over the fence .
and that’s how close Harold came
shp Dept, of the NCFWC and will
address the local club women on
the importance of Americanism.
Hostesses for the meeting will
be Mrs. Doug McBryde, Chairman,
Mrs. Tracey Watson, Mrs. Jack
Castevens, and Mrs. Bim Knight.
Club members and interested
persons are urged to attend. A
business session will be conducted
prior to Mrs. Smith’s address by
Mrs. Joe B. Hord, president.
RED SPRINGS — Miss Patricia
McNeill was named Queen of the
National Guard at the dance on
Tuesday night, staged by Head-
quarters Battery of the 130th AAA
AW Battalion, at the Guard Build
ing in Red Springs.
Miss McNeill was the principal
I figure on the Battery’s float in the
Cotton Festival parade yesterday.
She had as her attendants Misses
Sara Currie, Sally McArthur and
Geneva Parnell, highest score run
ners-up in the contest for queen.
MAXTON—The annual ingath
ering of Centre Presbyterian
Church will be held in the church
grove on Friday, Oct. 7th. Barbe
cue and chicken salad plates will
be served from twelve noon on
during the afternoon.
Following the noon hour there
will be a sale of cotton, homemade
cakes, canned, goods, handwork
and other produce. Residents of
this section are invited to attend
to help make this the greatest oc
casion of its kind in the history
of Centre Church, which is located
about 1-4 mile west of the Red
Springs-Maxton Highway 71. It
is about four miles north of Max-
ton and eight miles southwest of
Red Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshal Jones and
■ son, Johnny, and Phil Bragg vis-
! ited the David Halls at their cot-
Beeker Heads
Schoolmasters
to being in the Hall of Fame. Wil- f a g e a t Long Beach over the week-
liams, a 386 hitting shortstop, had end
almost missed his chance at the;
grand slam homer on the pitch be
fore which he popped high, but just
out of reach of Catcher Miarvin
Mauney.
Mrs. Tom Parler and friends vis
ited Mr. Parler at the A. C. L. hos
pital in Rocky Mount over the
weekend. Mr. Parler is much im
proved.
Robeson County Schoolmasters
club met at Crawford’s Thursday
night. Thirty-seven members were
present. .
Supt. B. E. Littlefield presided
and welcomed new members to
the club.
Officers elected were: H. J. Beek-
Legion Banquet
Plans Are Set
MAXTON—Plans are well
un-
derway for the annual member
ship banquet to be held by the
American Legion Post No. 117 on
Friday, November 18, at the Com-
mbunity Club. R. F. Morris and
Percy Phillips are chairmen for
the program and announce that
guest speaker will be C. E. Smith
of Raleigh, national commander
of the 40 and 8 Voiture.
Other Legion dignitaries have
been invited to attend
occasion promises to be a
in the year’s membership
and the
highlight
drive.
er of Rowland, president; W. R.
Miss Gay Watson who teaches Dudley of Red Springs, vice p^es
ident; W. R. Walker of Allenton,
at Four Oaks, visited her family
over the weekend.
Miss Mary McEachern entertain
ed her cousins, Mrs. A. A. McLeod
and Miss Mary Stewart McLeod,
Wednesday afternoon. The Mc
Leod’s are making a stopover visit
in Maxton on their way to their
home in Bartow, Florida. They
have been to Montreat for the sum-
•mer.
secretary-treasurer.
President Beeker appointed these
committees:
Athletic:
M. R. Rich, W. K.
Cromartie, W. R. Dudley, Cameron
West and H. E. Rogers.
Contest: Thomas L. White, J. W.
Dowd and F. L. Nance.
Short talks were made by G.
Lloyd, E. W. Britt and J. T. Mc-
Rainey.
Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Wood of
Charlotte, were visitors in Max-
ton last week for the Smith-Smith
I wedding and were guests of Mr.
[ and Mrs. L. J. Tucker.
Mrs. Paul Steed has returned
from Lexington, wrere she visited
her sister-in-law, Mrs. W. W
Nance. Mis. Nance accompanied
her home for a visit here.