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THE SCOTTISH CHIEF FOUNDED 1887 RED SPRINGS CITIZEN FOUNDED 1896 CONSOLIDATED 1944 THE SCOTTISH CITIZEN A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER serving western s'Ll ROBESON—AND TOWNS* *’ OF MAXTON—RED SPRINGS PARKTON—ROWLAND Published Thursdays Army Lists 141 Fatalities From County In World War II NEWS IN BRIEF STATE NATION WORLD FRIDAY, JUNE 28 White House brands as “in flationary” compromise OPA bill passed by Congress. Stabilization Director Chester * Bowles resigns with final plea to president to veto OPA bill, saying it would simply “serve to legalize inflation.” New worlds altitude record * claimed for a German V-2 rock et which made test flight more than 75 miles above the earth in New Mexico SATURDAY, JUNE 29 President Truman vetoes compromise OPA bill and house falls short of two-thirds vote necessary to override veto. Plan for the dispersal of in dustry and armed forces against possible atom bomb attack urg ed upon president by civilian experts. SUNDAY, JUNE 30 World’s fouth atomic bomb bursts over Bikini in a hurri cane of flame and smoke and Vice Adm. W. H. P. Blandy announces five ships of the 73- ship target had been set afire. First reports, the admiral said, described the fires as moder ately small. They said “there were no tidal waves, earthquak es or unnatural phenoneman. The radioactive cloud is drift- ™ ing as we had estimated and will not endanger ships, per sonnel and adjacent islands.” Commercial wire services re- port avalanche of telegrams to * Congressmen as OPA dies. White House reports telegrams 25 to 1 in favor of President Truman’s veto of makeshift OPA bill. MONDAY, JULY 1 House votes to continue OPA measures until July 20 but Senate refuses to act on matter, its leadership havng decided to use the bill as basis for longer-range legislation. Nation’s retailers, despite lifting of government controls, generally hold prices at OPA levels in the face of near-rec ord high quotafiqons in cattle and hog markets, grain, cotton and wool. Maxton Church Notices PRESBYTERIAN 9:45 Sunday School. 11:00 Morning Worship. “The Spirit of Communion.” The Lord’s Supper will be celebrated. Junior Sermon: “A ( • Phonograph Record.” 7:00 Young People’s Meeting 8:00 Evening Worship. “The Life That is Worthy.” BAPTIST 9:45 Bible School. * 11:00 Morning Worship. “A Prophet Like Unto Moses.” 7:00 Training Union. 8:00 Evangelistic Service. METHODIST 9:45 Sunday School. 11:00 Morning Worship. “Blame Yourself.” 7:00 Youth Fellowship Hour. . 8:00 Evening Worship. “Seeking to Excell.” New Chief Clerk At Maxton Board Mrs. H. C. Stanton has been appointed as chief clerk of the Maxton selective service office ' replacing Miss Gloria George, whose resignation-became ef fective the first of July. Mrs. Stanton, who lives in Red Springs, was formerly as- * sociated with Robeson county local board No. 3 of St. Pauls, V where she was assistant clerk. Miss Rachel Ann McCamp- bell of High Point spent the weekend with Miss Mary Jean- nett? White. The first consolidated lyt of army dead and missing in World War II was released to day by the War Department. It includes the names of 7,- 109 Tar Heels who gave their lives in the nation’s service- 141 of them from Robeson county. The State of North Carolina contained 2.66 per cent of the population of the United States and possessions (excluding the Philippine Islands) in 1940 and contributed 2.33 per cent of the total number who entered the army. Of these men and women from North Carolina who went to wax, 3.01 per cent failed to return. This figure represents 2:30 per cent of the army’s to tal dead and missing. It was pointed out by the War Department that although many checks have been made against the lists reducing er ror to a minimum there is still possibility o.f errors. Robeson county had 80 killed in action (KIA), 9 dead of wounds (DOW), 43 dead of non battle (DNB), 9 determined 1 dead (FOD). 1 Anderson, Ira M PFC KIA Baker Leslie H T Sgt KIA Barker William C S-Sgt DOW Barnhill Foch M Pfc DNB Baxley Harold V Sgt KIA Bowen Gordon K 2 Lt FOD Brayboy Burton R S Sgt KIA Brewer John A Pvt DOW Britt Willis C Pfc KIA Bruce Cecil V Pfc DNB Bruce Walter J T5 DNB Bullard Calvin T T-Sgt DNB Bullard Walter E Pvt KIA Bullock Percy W Pvt KIA Calloway James R Pfc KIA Campbell Robert C Sr Pfc DO^ Cartrette Rupert D Pfc KIA Chance William T Pvt KIA Chapman Robert T-Sgt KIA Chason Dan E S-Sgt KIA Chavis Marvin Pvt KIA Cheshire Henry H Pvt DOW Clark Howard Sgt KIA Connor William T Pfc KIA Cottingham Arthur D Pvt DNB Cox Hilton Pfc DOW Cummings Thomas E Pvt KIA Currie Lawrence H T5 DNB Davenport Arthur Pvt KIA Dial Carlie S-Sgt KIA Douglas James E Sgt KIA Dunn Gaston S-Sgt DOW Eddins Hal Pfc KIA Edwards Jesse Pfc KIA Emanuel James E Pvt DNB Fennegan Samuel E 2 Lt DNB Flowers Carl D Pvt KIA Floyd Buddy M Pvt KIA Ford Clentine Pvt KIA Fuller John C Jr 2 Lb KIA Goodman Levester Pfc DNB Godwin Bud B Sgt DOW Guy Beamon 0 Pfc KIA Guy Willie 0 Sgt KIA Hagen Thomas M T-Sgt DNB Hammond Robert B S Sgt DNB Hammonds Curlie H Pfc KIA Hanchey Robert G T5 KIA Hardin Gilbert Pvt DNB Hester Robert G Pvt FOD Hickman Luther E Pfc KIA Hobbs Willie N Cpl FOD (Continued on Page Six) Maxton Principal Now Working On Master’s Degree W. K. Cromartie, principal of the Maxton high school, is working on his Master’s de gree and taking graduate work in administrative education at the University of North Caro lina. He registered for the sum mer session at the University on the 13th of June and will be in attendance for the entire 12 weeks of the summer course. Mr. Cromartie came to Max- ton in the fall of 1941 and has been serving as high school principal since that itme. Be fore coming to Maxton he was associated with Cannon high' school in Kannapolis. While attending an educa tional convention in Asheville as a delegate from Robeson county in March, Mr. Cromar tie was elected as alternate re- nresentative to the National Educational Association in Buffalo, New York. He was later called on to serve at Buf falo but was unable to attend the convention because of his summer school commitment. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Raben- horst of Milwaukee, Wis., spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Jackson and Mr..and Mrs. E. A. HelleckSon. Red Spring’s. N: (1. and Maxton,. N. CL ^. F. O^E^E^-^^EF. d ^ 'P/i.kdffiJFd F. E. FFa/SO^fF WU-L/Mt-M ^ROldNE^R.. C. M . -FEC^ EDUM2Q W. SdSd^T The six retiring State col lege professors above have served an aggregate of 176 years at the Raleigh institu tion and each has been nam ed professor emeritus—without pay-in his respective field by the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina. Specialities of the retiring Fairley Morris Of To District Legion RESOLUTION OF LOCAL POST IS ADOPTED AT CONVENTION The annual meeting of the North Carolina Department of the American Legion was held in Winston-Salem last week and Fairley Morris of Liberty Post No. 117 in Maxton was elected district vice command er of the Tenth district. Fourteen resolution from lo cal posts were presented to the resolutions committee. One of these resolutions was present ed by Liberty Post No. 117 of Maxton and was incorporated in the resolutions of Legion policy. This resolution and oth ers that were adopted will be mimeographed and mailed to all post commanders through out the state. _ Bryan Boos, national cony mitteeman from North Caroli na, assured the Maxton delega tion that the copy of resolu tions that were adopted by the Maxton post in May and sent to him were presented at then committee meeting in Indian apolis the first of June and that from this and other reso lutions received from other posts had been drawn up a combination resolution. This combination resolution will be presented to the National Con vention. in San Francisco in September, Mr. Booe stated. The resolution drawn up by the Maxton post was as fol- 1° WS: “Be it therefore resolved, by Liberty Post No. 117, that the . following resolutions be adopt ed: 1. That we rededicate our post to 100 per cent American ism. 2. That we make it clear from this moment, we will not toler ate in office, short sighted, spineless, self seeking men, whom we term politicians. 3. That we urge our govern ment to protect labor and at the same time not injure in dustry. • 4. That John L. Lewis and other unAmerican labor leaders be dethroned as dictators. 5. That labor’s new leaders be tolerant free thinking men. 6. That Congress be asked to rescind any laws on the sta- » ! teachers and years served are: Pillsbury, horticulture, 35; Greaves-Walker, ceramic engi neering, 22; Randolph, chemi cal engineering, 26; Browne, electrical engineering, 38; Heck, physics, 33; Boshart, ed ucation, 22. Retirement of the six “profs” was announced by Colonel John W. Harrelson, Maxton Named Position tute books, that will permit any labor leader to defy out president. That Congress be asked to mak? laws that are American in principle, for both labor and capital. That our post inform our State Commander of our ac tion and request him to inform all other posts throughout North Carolina. That the com mander ask the National Com mander for the adoption by all State Departments. Respectfully submitted, G. F. Cuthrell, Jr. R. F. Morris \ C. A. Hasty Committee of Liberty Post No. 117 of Maxton^ North Carolina.” The annual Legion meeting always attracts wide interest and large attendance. This year World War I veterans with much silver in their hair and veterans of the last war with youth and vigor displayed fine team work and mutual thinking. Saturday afternoon and night was devoted to the 40 and 8, the fun society of the Legion. Some 50 candidates, including Mr. Morri's of the local post, were thoroughly “wrecked.” ;Burns Garage Moves Burns Garage has moved to the building on Highway 74 formerly occupied by Drennan Garage. Body and paint work will still be done in the old build ing, Bob Burns, owner, has an nounced. New equipment has been added to make the shop mod ern, efficient and well equip ped for prompt service. PJC ELECTS NEW STUDENT OFFICERS The election of officers for the summer school of Presby terian Junior college resulted in the choice of John Duke, of Newland, Ga., as president; Rufus Cole, Fayetteville, as vice president; and Betty Jones of Lake Waccamaw as secre- tarv-treasurer. These officers will continue to- serve through the second term of summer school which will begin July 22. WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1946 college chancellor, effective July 1. Greaves-Walker has ac cepted a position at lYe Univer sity of Florida because of the “inadequacy’’ of the North Car olina retirement pay. Pay of the group entering retirement Will range between a dollar a Shy and $1,430 per year from the state’s retirement fund. MAXTON POST OFFICE HAS INSPECTION The annual inspection of the Maxton Post Office was held by three federal inspectors last Tuesday. This was the first and only inspection of the Maxton office while it held first class status. Inspectors Risley, Fisher and Heffner announced that they had given it.a rating of “excellent.” Mrs. C. B. Williams, post- master, holds the unique honor of having served in this same office through three rating stages. It is very seldom that a woman is head of a first class office and it is thought that Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Annie Scott of Sanford are the only two postmasters in North Car olina to have held that distinc tion. Mrs. Williams took over as postmaster of the Maxton post office on September 5, 1933. At the time the rating was that of a third class office in regard to quantity of mail handled. Since that date the office had a steady increase and advanc ed through second class and in July of 1945 was rated first class. Since the transfer of the ma jority of Maxton-Laurinburg Army Air base personnel, the volume of mail handled at this office has been on the decline. The office was relegated to the position of second class on Monday, the first of July. Max- ton is one of the smallest towns in the state to have held the position of first class office for one year. ; The three inspectors remark ed on the unusual condition of one person having served in three classes of offices. The inspection was held on a day that turned out to be a particu larly busy one and the inspect ing officials literally had to forge a path through the vol ume of mail that was handled on Tuesday. The office is not a large one and since eight clerks are employed at pres ent, crowded conditions pre vailed on inspection day. Each inspector made at least two comments on the stagger ing amount of collect on deliy- erv packages handled by this office. The C. 0. D. business, they all agreed, was abnormal ly large for a town the size of •Maxton. COUNTY BOARD IN SHORT SESSION Robeson county Commission ers held a brief session at their monthly meeting Monday morn ing, attending mostly to rou tine matters. A petition requesting the re routing of the county road be tween Highway 74 and 72 so that it would enter 74 on the west side of the railroad at Pembroke was endorsed. The proposed routing would cross the railroad at 2nd street. • The petition, presented by Commissioner Howard Biddell of Pembroke stated that the move was requested to reduce traffic congestion and hazard. The board voted upon the re quest of Superior Court Judge Clawson Williams, to pay H. E. Stacy $250 for prosecuting a recent week’s term of court. Mr. Stacy substituted for Solicitor Ertel Carlyle, who is under doc tor’s order to take a rest. Red Springs Baptist Church Having Revival Revival services are in pro gress this week at the First Baptist church in Red Springs. The guest minister is the Rev. Donald G. Myers, who is pastor of the First • Baptist church at Wadesboro. Services are held each evening at 8:00. Music by the Young People’s choir is an addde feature at all the services. All the people of the com munity are invited to attend. Baptists End Successful Bible School The Vacation Bible school of the First Baptist church in Red Springs closed with com mencement exercises held at the worship hour Sunday night. The enrollment of the school was 98, of which 95 were mem bers of the Baptist Sunday school. The average daily at tendance was 83 and the larg est department was the junior, which had an enrollment of 45. In addition to the regular courses and handiwork offered in each department, the pastor gave a course in church mem bership to the juniors. In the commencement exer cises, each department render ed special songs and recited scriptures learned during the week. Certificates were issued all who attended at least two days. Gold star certificates were presented all who had perfect attendance and book- marks’ were given juniors who had memorized five scripture cards. Mrs. Troy Jones served as superintendent of the school and was ably assisted by the following: Miss Blanch Fish er, Mrs. F. M. Ammons, Miss Lillian Nance, Miss Edna Mc Laughlin, Miss Jean McGug- an, John Lee Davis, Miss Dor othy Shook, Miss Meta McMa nus, Miss Jackie Morgan, Mrs. George Furloin, Miss Eunice Duncan and Miss Doris Young. D. L. Boatwright Taken By Death Delbert L. Boatwright, re tired business man, died at his home in Richmond, Thursday, June 20. He was 94 years old. Besides his wife, Ida Ranson Boatwright, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. N. W. Per kins of Richmond, Va.; five sons, A. L. of Red Springs, F. H. and Fay R. of Richmond. Va.; J. J. of Buckingham coun ty and A. R. of Troy, and one brother of Hellertown, Pa. Twelve grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren also sur vive. The funeral services were held at the Baptist church Sat urday afternoon at 4 o clock with interment in Forest Lawn cemetery, Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. A. L, Boat wright returned from Rich mond Tuesday night where they attended the funeral of Mr. Boatwright’s father.. In Exciting 8>5 Co John C. Cope, 91, Passes Away John Crider Cope, 91, died at Baker sanatorium, Lunroer- ton, Friday at 10:45 a. m., fol lowing a short illness. He was tne son of the late John and Rebecca Cope of Marlboro county, S. C. Funeral services were con ducted at the Chapel of the Red Springs Funeral home on Sunday at 4 p. m., by his pas tor, Rev. Troy Jones, assisted by the Rev.’ Allen C. Lee, pas tor of the Trinity Methodist church and the Rev. J. W. Mann, pastor of the Antioch Presby terian church. Interment fol lowed in Alloway cemetery. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. L. M. Huggins of Red Springs, with whom he made his home; Mrs. J. C. Kel ly of Timmonsville, S. C.; Mrs. H. L. Hendricks of Greensboro; two sons, D. C. and T. E. Cope, both of Red Springs; thirteen grandchildren and ten great- grandchildren. Border Belt Markels Open August First Opening date for the Border Belt tobacco markets was set for August 1 by the. Tobacco Association of the United Stat es in session at Raleigh Friday. Other opening dates: Georgia-Florida: Wednesday, July 24. Eastern North Carolina: Monday, August 19. Middle Belt: Monday, Sep tember 9. Old Belt Virginia (Virginia- North Carolina): Monday, Sep tember 16. Virginia Dark Fire-Cured: Monday, December 2. The opening dates were rec ommended on condition that effective after sales of Friday, August 16, the number of piles per day sold on all Georgia- Florida markets then open will be reduced by 40 per cent, and that after Friday, September 13, the number of piles per day on the Border Belt markets then open will be reduced by 40 per cent. Marketing procedure adopted bv the association: "Size of piles will not exceed 250 pounds in weight; the rate of sales will be 400 piles per hour; the sales day will be from 9:30 a. m. to 3.30 p. m., with an hour out for lunch; and boards of trade of each market will provide tabulators to count behind each basket and every sale is to be counted. Each belt in the flue-cured area has agreed to employ a supervisor to check sales and procedures on the various mar kets, and the Bright Leaf pervisor. . In the event congestion should occur on markets, a joint marketing committee of five each from buying inter- conditions in advance and, in ests, warehousemen and grow ers, would study marketing the event of need for holidays in marketing at any time would be prepared to arrange the hol iday. In the event of a sales stoppage, markets which had not opened would be deferred the extent of the holiday. The committee, or a smaller subcommittee, would, also be empowered to curtail selling time on the various markets to stop congestion. Y OU CAN HAVE MORE SUGAR, IF YOU FIND IT Spare stamp 10 in war ration book 4 became valid July 1 for five pounds of canning sugar, it was announced by the Robe son county rationing board. The board reported that.it had received numerous inquir ies during the past week ask ing if the stamp was to become good for sugar. ’ Volume LVII, Number 24 lest Tuesday j RED SPRINGERS TAKE LEGION v JUNIOR TITLE * The Junior American Legion team of Red Springs has taken charge of the title of District No. 1 in the first round of elL mination play, with nine wins to no losses in a ten game se ries played with teams from Laurinburg, Fayetteville, San ford, Dunn and Rowland. Tha final game of the series js to be played at Robbins Park this (Wednesday) afternoon when the Rowland lads visit the lo cal field. Red Springs played Fayette ville at the Cumberland league park yesterday afternoon and captured the contest by an 8-5 score. The local Legion, team , made 11 hits and 3 errors while holding the opposition to 5 runs and 4 hits. Fayetteville also made 3 errors. Welch and McKeithan shared pitching honors for Red Springs with Beck behind the plate. The battery for Fayetteville was Baker, pitching, and Cheshire, catching. The game was featur ed by the hitting of Beck, who garnered three bingles on four trips to the plate. All other teams of the dis trict have lost three or more games and have been eliminat ed from titular claims no mat ter what the outcome of this afternoon’s game. Rowland was met on their home ground last Friday but they were unable to field a team of eligible men and the ganf: was ..declared forfeited to Red Springs by the umpire. As a follow-up a team aug mented by several over-age players opposed and whipped the Springers 7 to 2 for their first defeat of the season. Fishermen From Maxton Visit Little River A large party of Maxton fish ermen spent Thursday at Little River and caught approximate ly 140 fish. There were many varieties of fish hauled in but the majority seemed to be black bass. There were 12 sportsmen in the party and they spent the entire day at Little River, whic his approximately 10 mil es from Ocean Drive, battling the “briny deep.” Three cars from Maxton were used to carry the party. Claims for high score were singularly lacking but Murphy McGirt admitted that he' won the booby prize with a catch of but two fish. Murphy, it seem ed, had plenty of strikes but lost quite a few before he could reel in to the boat. Among those making up the party were: C, A. Hasty, John Pace, R. C. Holland, Phillip’Es- sey, Paul Sullivan, C: L. Greene, Murphy McGirt, G. P. Hender son, Alton C. Greene, R. D. Croom, Jr., Owen Evans, O. H. Broadway, Leroy Martin, Srl, Ernest Williams and C. M. Cas tevens, Jr. Three From Robeson Are Nominated For . “ Army Commissions Three men from Robeson county were among the 216 North Carolinians nominated by President Truman for per manent commissions in the Regular Army. They are among 9,800 chosen from more than 100,000 appli cants. The Robeson county officers and their permanent rank: First Lieutenant John F. Nash, air corps, of St. Pauls. First Lieutenant Joe M. Diet- zel, ordnance, of Lumberton. First Lieutenant Joe M. Wil lis, quartermaster corps, Lum-, berton, Rt. 2. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Jack son and son, Eddie, spent the weekend with Mrs. J. B. Mac Donald and attended the wed ding of Miss Martha Lou Mor rison and Grover C. MacDon-
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