THE SCOTTISH CHIEF
FOUNDED 1887
RED SPRINGS CITIZEN
FOUNDED 189ft
CONSOLIDATED 1911
THE SCOTTISH CITIZEN
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
SERVING WESTERN
ROBESON—AND TOWNS
OF MAXTON—RED
SPRINGS
PARKTON—ROWLAND
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Volume LIX, No. 1
One Of Robeson County’s Hometown Newspapers
Twelve Pages
(Red Springs and Maxton : N. C.J.
Thursday, January 15,1948
48 March o
a III Josephus Daniels
imes Underway Passes Today,
In Robeson County Today;
Peavine
Reynolds Chairman
Josephus Daniels, one of North
Carolina’s best-known and best-
loved public figures, died early
this afternoon in Raleigh.
His doctors and his family
had held no hope for his recov
ery for several days. Mr. Daniels,
Miss Bodiford
Maxion Chairman
March Of Dimes
Umstead Asks
Reconsideration
OfWeedCut
Scottish Bank Stockholders Meel: fl
Neili Clinton Cited
For Years Work 3
85, editor
News and
early this
in bed at
and publisher of the
Observer, caUght cold
month and had been
his home since Janu-
5Year Onslaught
Of Folio Makes
Nefed For Funds
Most Urgent
The 1948" March of Dimes gdt off
to a whirlwind start today in
Robesoric/Cbanty, W.-D. Reynolds,
chairmaS^pf the local March of
Dimes
niittoe, said this morn-
ing, as the fund-raising drive mark
ing the’.tenth anniversary of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis opened nationally.
Mr. Reynolds accepted the
county chairmanship of the drive
after the- Lumberton Rotary Club
agreed at its meeting last Friday
to sponsor the project. He has been
County Chairman Reynolds an
nounces the appointment and the
acceptance of the following town
ship and community chairmen to
serve in the March of Dimes
campaign throughout the county:
Smyrna, Neal Freeman; Proctor-
vilie,
rum,
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs. H. II. Atkinson; Or-
Mrs. Carl Nye; Barnesville,
W. C. Walters;
B. L. Temple;
Daniel
Britt
Marietta,
Fairmont,
McDonald,
W. Z. Pate; Maxton, Mrs.
W. II. Stewart; Purvis, Delmus
* C. Prevatte; Lumber Bridge, Mrs.
Frank Tolar; Alfordsville. C. A.
Alford; Parkton, Mrs. D. S. Cur
rie; Wakulla, Mrs. Dan MeAr.
tlxur; Buie, John Pat Buie; Pem
broke, Jack Morrison Rowland,
Daniel Reed McNeill; Red
Springs, W. R. Dudley; Lumber-
ton, Jimmy Payne and Pete
Sundy; St. Pauls, Mrs. D. C. Mc
Eachern.
busy since setting up a 'county-
wide organization to conduct the
drive in Robeson.
“This year as never before,”" Mr.
. Reynolds
DIMES IN TIME
ary 4. He was suffering from
pneumonia and other complicai-
tions.
BABY GIRL SAVED. The life of eight month-old Sandra Sue
Fouch (above) of Circleville, O., was saved when the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis rushed a baby respirator to her
in the nick of time at a Columbus, O., hospital. Many instances
such as this are male possible by the dimes and dollars contributed
to the annual March of Dimes appeal January 15-30.
ifeftonal Bank Of Lymbertoo Helds
Aims! Meeting Of Stockholders
d;. Robeson county is
|2F ffirihe iM r^-fof firettec
to rire for infantile paralysis, pa. ,
tients. From today through Jam 1
Uary. 30 every man, woman and;
child will have the opportunity to -
ci Coyle M^de
Fayetteville
Presbytery Men
To Meet At FMC
Col. Roy LeCraw
To Speak At Flora
Macdonald Jan. 28
RED SPRINGS.—Col. Roy Re-
Craw will be the principal speaker
at the annual dinner meeting of
the Men of Fayetteville Presbytery
to be held January 28 at- Flora
Macdonald College, it was stated
today. - »
Col. LeCraw is director of the
laymens work of the Presbyterian
Church, and one of the South’s
outstanding layworkers. Prior to
the war he was one of Atlanta’s
largest real estate operators and
served as mayor of that city for
some years. He served for three
years on the staff of General
Eisenhower’s and after the fall of
Germany served with the
government for a year.
On his return to
States, Col. LeCraw
real estate business
directox- of the
church’s Program of
military
the
gave
to
United
up his
become
Presbyterian
Progress; He
refused a $10,000 yearly salary of
fered for this work and took the
job fox’ a five-year period for $1
per year, stating at the time that
the winning of the peace was one
in which the church had to play
a great part and' that without the
Christian influence peace would be
share in combatting’ a dread di
sease which fox’ the past five years
•has hit the country with the great
est severity ever - witnessed in his
tory.”
Activities slated for the current
March of Dimes, Mr. Reynolds-
Said, for outshine any previous
program arranged fox' the annual
appeal in this area.
Every “ social and civic activity
£will be enlisted in the crusade. Pro
^vision will be made for large and
small contributions, and collection
stands will be so conveniently lo-
^L^^ Wrly Tax
ard Elected/Director y s |j n - |j me
The stockholders of the National # VI
Bank of Lumberton, which cele- Mal* •■ABITa#|r|«
brated its fiftieth anniversary in; RI'OII ^vl8w S J
June of 1947, met Tuesday :morn-
ing to hear a report on the con
dition of the institution by Pres 1
ident M. F. Cobb and to elect of. |
January 31 Deadline
ficers and directors for
suing year. Mr. Cobb said
bank’s statement “in the
the en-1
that the:
face of
present conditions is ■ very grati
fying. Our total resources on De
cember 31, 1947 were $11,680,105.86
Last
Will
Minute Rush
Be As Usual
and our total
109.483.62.”
W. Howard
deposits were $11,-
Listing
property
o:
real and personal
cated fpy everyone that giving fin-
aricial help xo the cause will be ' assistant trust
easy for everyone. -
Our own county, though no great
calls were made on it by polio
victim's in the. past year would be
desperately in. need of funis if an
epidemic were to strike next sum
mer, and immediate availability of
funds, is essential when infantile
J. Bullard was
as successor to
Beam.
Coyle was elected
officer and Leslie
elected a director
the late Russell S.
at about
and poll is' progressing
I at about the same tempo as in
I formei' years, and since taxpay-
paralysis does, strike.
“The 1948 March of Dimes is t.i
“During the year,” said Mr. Cobb
“ouT banking quarters have been
remodeled to provide more lobby
and working space to meet the
increased business and we have
ers are making their declara
tions no slower and no faster
than in all the years past the
usual rush to beat the deadline
is dreadfully anticipated by list-
eers throughout the county" List
ing began on January
will close on Januarv 31;
and
later
The 1948 March of Dimes Cam
paign in Maxton will again be
sponsored by the Maxton Junior
Woman’s Club and plan’s are un
derway for an even more .suces-sful
campaign than last year's, which
more than topped the given quota'
for the community. Miss Wilma
Bodiford has been appointed
Chairman of the Drive and assist
ing her will be Mrs. Jack Castevens
Mrs. Kenneth Welsh and Miss Lilis
Cousar along with the other mem.
hers of the club.
The year 1948 marks the tenth
anniversary of the establishment
of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis which was
founded by the late President
Senator Asks Agri
culture Department
To Revise Acreage
Reduction
2nd Education
Workshop At RS
Franklin D. Roosevelt. The
tional Foundation makes one
nual. March of Dimes appeal
January of each year. Since
Na
an
the
first President’s Birthday Ball in
January 1934, through the last fund
raising campaign, January, 1947,
North Carolina’s people have con
tributed a net total of $1,770,000.00
to the Fight Against Infantile
Paralysis. Since June, 1944, North
Carolina Chapters have spent for
medical care of their cases, equip
ment -and training, approximately
$1,535,000.00.
The March of Dimes Campaign
opens January 15 and continues for
two weeks. You may be sure that
your contribution, however large,
however small, will help to brighten
the future of some one. who needs
your help. We urge you' to join
the March of Dimes.
impossible to attain.
The Men's organization is headed
this year' “Oy. SStfator ,, Ry^n
Bride of Raeford and he will
side at the. dinner meeting.
Springs Rotary To
Help Replace
Fire-Lost Furniture
RED
several
homes
fire is
service
SPRINGS—Furniture
Me-
pre-
for
families who lost their
in recent weeks due to
being solicited by the civic
committee of the Red
Senator William B. Umstead
has issued a. statement, outlining
his views on the 28 per cent
acreage cut in tobacco allot
ments. He is of the opinionthat
some reduction in the cut should
probably be made and has out-
lined his reasons
for so believ ¬
ing to the Secretary of Agricul
ture.
Mr:
ment
town
Unistead has sent a state-
of his views to your Home-
Newspaper and it i s print.
ed below:
“‘On November 17, -1947,
Department of Agriculture
the
nounced ap 28 per cent cut ' in
allotments 'of flue cured tobacco
acreage for 1948. For some time
I have given considerable thought
and study to this matter and
have
ber cf
and in
ington.
- ' I
Maxton Lum'ton
School Bids Let
For $151,481.26
Board Of Education
Awards Coiltract 1
For Negro Schools
LUMBERTON. — The Robeson
CounU’ Roar 7 of Education
has
RED SPRINGS.—Charles F. Mil
ner from the extension division of
Lhe University of North Carolina
was,in the local schools on Monday
afternoon and night conducting the
second visual education workshop
of the year.
At a meeting held in the colored
school from 3:00-5:30 Monday, Mr.
Milner led the members of the
faculty in a discussion of some of
the advantages of various types of
equipment, and ironed out prob
lems which have come up since the
origin of the program in the early
fall.
A dinner meeting at the white
school began at 6:00 o’clock with'
the local faculty and school board,
an_ I members of the college faculty and
discussed it with a nun-
people in North Carolina
the Department in Wash-
realize that
Control Pxogram
the Tobacco
is based upon
trie principle of maintaining a
reasonable balance between pro
duction and consumption. If this
principle is destroyed, the pro
gram will be seriously impaired
and prices adversely affected. It
is clear that a substantial cut
rnust be made. However it should
be xio mere than a;pears to be
reasonably necessary.
‘‘Under the law, as pointed
out by the Secretary of Agricul
ture in . his announcement, the
proposed cut can ’ be reduced if
warranted by developments sub-
sequent- to his order.
17th of last November
(1) That the 1947 crop
estimated
pounds.
(2) In
making
Occupied
by 15 to
Since the
it appears
was over.
25 million
its report on the
appropriations
Countries,
for
bill
the
the Senate
student
Mix's
visual
schools,
teachers as guests.
May Boone,
education in
director of
the
spoke briefly on the
gress of the local program
trends in visual education in
~eral, and then
introduced
local
Pro
and
gen-
Mr.
Milner- as the main speaker of
the evening.
Stedman Reports -
Progress' Directors,
Managers, Officers
Elected
LUMBERTON. — The annual
stockholders meeting of the'SSrt*
tish Bank was held here Tuesday
afternoon to hear reports of bank;
officials on activities during 1MT
and to elect officers, directors am
managers for 1948. Directors and.
other officers were all reelected;
Dr. L. R. Hedgpeth was added* txts
the Board of Manager of the Lilini,
berton unit, R. H. Livermore, Jr,,
to the Pembroke unit’s- board,
■ James Q, Par-ell, Jr., to the ^
Paul's board
In praise of the officials of ®®:
various units whose work made
possible the growth of the Scottish
Bank during 1947- John. P. ^Stje^!
man, president, reporting torijihe
stockholders \said: “
“At the beginning of the'yea^r, ^
announced that we .would makq..an-
} award to' the manager whose
j was outstanding: first, as to dek
I posits; ' second, earnings over, 10!#
I year; third, earning hased on dp;
I posits; fourth, best credit infoyJ
mation; end, fifth best manage?
M 5‘ brou 8 ht ; ° ut Diment, ’it gi^es^us grart ^^
pertinent facts of interest to ! to announce, therefore, that .this
school people concerning the work! . '
already being done by school text- !
book publishers in providing sound j
and reliable films- to supplement ,
their own publications. He also
went into the discussion of how
visual materials are being manu
factured and made available to
the individual school and county
units.
RS Quintets
Play Raeford,
Philadelphus fl#
TIW: Red Sprites R
Ili«d. a one ,gai«k two.
award of $200 will go to Mr. Neil
P. Clinton of the Red Springs UniL
In addition thereto, we shalfflaf
ward $50 to Mrs. J. S. McNeill/
assistant cashier, whose helis 'en
abled Mr. Clinton to earrfl this
award.
“However, while tjie Red Springs
Unit’s record was outstanding,-j ft
; did not excel in all of these .de.>-.
I partments and the Pembroke Upit
was a close -second. We designee 1
Mr. Clinton, therefore, as Mr. Sefc
ior Scotchman for 1948 and Mr. 4E
H. Hood, as Mr. Junior Scotchman,
arid they will ’be so knowh for a
year. ' _ ri;
“The management has received
the finest coperation from the di
rectors in the history of our'ban^
full swing throughout the nation.
And it is up to every one of us
to do our utmost to put this cam
paign for funds for polio victims
over the top,” Mr. Reynolds declar
ed. “Treatment of infantile para
lysis is costly. One case alone may
require up to $10,000 a year. That’s
far- more than nine out of ten peo
ple can afford. With each and
every one of u-s doing our share,
putting our dipies and dollars on
the line during these two weeks,
should infantile paralysis strike in
Robeson county during the com
ingsummer, there will be enough
tp pay the bills for whomever may
be attacked.
Judging by the enthusiasm
shown by the citizens of Robeson
county I feel confident that the
1948 March of Dimes will go down
in history as a bright page of com.
munxty endeavor, written by men
find women, boys and girls leagued
against a treacherous foe in a great
diama of human kindness.”
also installed new machinery,which
until now has been so hard to
get.
Our trust department is grow
ing satisfactorily, and we believe
that those clients who have avail
ed themselves of our trust service
are well pleased.
“You will remember that The
listing carries a penalty and fail
ure to list is a misdemeanor and
punishable by fine.
Springs Rotary club, it was stat
ed today by Hartman" D. Baxley,
chairman of the committee of
which T. A. Fry and Duncan Mc-
Googan are also members.
People having surplus furniture
items which they will contribute
are asked to notify one of the
committee members ci' Ed Boden-
heimer of the Home Furniture
company, whose truck will pick
it up. Should duplicate items be
secured, they will be stored in
the Watson Milling warehouse
awarded contracts fox' construction
pf^two one-story brick school build
ings for Negro children, one to be
located in Maxton and the other
seven-tenths' of a mile east of Lum
berton city limits. Total amount of j
low bids accepted for the general
contract for heating, plumbing and
electrical work was $251,481.26.
General contract was awarded V.
P.i Loftis Co. of Charlotte for $206,-
503. That for heating and plumb
ing went to Robeson Sales Corp.,
1 Lumbertori, the heating contract
calling for $23,211.32, that for;
plumbing $7,160.50. Electrical con- -
tract was awarded McGirt Plumb- ;
ing ’ and Heating Co., of . Maxton
for $14,606.44.
Plans and specifications drawn
by Gravse and
architects, call
identical in size
for distribution in
need.
Mr. Baxley states
case of future
Mission Program
Features Film
RED SPRINGS—The second
. a series of special mission pro
grams will be held Sunday even
ing at the Presbyterian church at
8 o’clock. The film, What A Mis-
sionary Does In Africa, will
shown. This picture portrays
broad scope of work done in
mission field. Everyone is
dially, invited to attend this
be
the
the
pro ¬
w^* E" Cummings
Uj^ED SPRINGS — Mr-. T H
Parler received word last, week
that her brother. H. E. Cum-
rinngs of Summerville, S. C., died
from a severe heart attack. Fu-
rieral services were held Thurs-
crav j n Summerville.
Mr. Cummings is survived by
three sisters, Mrs. T. H. Parle'r
Of Red Springs, Mrs, C. ‘H. Par-
^ St- George, S. C., and Mrs.
Tax officials are
phical about that
I rush that occux's
they’re just saving
I and
1 worse
very philoso-
last two-day
every -year;
their strength
is ’now
five, in
ents, a
six and
needed for
that furniture
a' family of
which there are the par-
boy of eight, a girl of
a-boy of one years of
't: Afipropriatidris Co^imi-teee indi_ ta
1 cated a. fa-WiTh"!)!.! a'tti&idA'toward 7®
the proposal to send; toJSaqco Jntoj Spikings Tuesday night.N^
the Occupied Countries, /ithdughi Tbe B team lost 10-36
We are indeed indebted to' t
wonderful, .-support ,that has.; b^
given to us by thexh. WMlle we a
s ;|4i^li$»^^
.with
ho direct appropriation was made
fox' that purpose. :
(3) The Marshall P'fen,
Evers and McNeill high scorer?
posed,
ment
contemplates the
as pro-
move.
of substantial Amounts of
tobacco into Western Europe.
(4) The
tobacco in
habilitation
miffed to,
(5) The
probable inclusion of
the plan 'for
of China to
Congress this
upward trend
use of tobacco products
the re.
be sub
month.
in the
by the
British in spite of the increased
cost, as compared with the de-
c:ea ed use immediately, follow,
ing the imposition of the addi.
Toy of Charlotte,
for two buildings
in T j shape, to be
constructed of brick, to contain
sixteen classrooms.
tional
(6)
trend
“All
tax.
The continued upward
with 2 each. Lester /for Raeford
had 10 p^ts.
The Reu Devils girls continu
ed theix- winning ^success rich
a victory by a score of 17-39.
McPhaul again tallied most for
the Springers with 32
■Hickman followed with
McArthur and Stevens
each. The
points,
points
tallied 2
excellent defensive
work of the guards kept the
Raeford girls from scoring the
first, 11 minutes and 30 seconds.
Lewis fox' Hoke county scored
15 points and Jordan tallied 2.-
The Boys Varsity team lost
28-31 with Beck tallying 5- field
tive cbintaitteesancflvH^tffis5ls|^
committees, we are ' . parti^layfe
glad to recigriize ’five. outebatldiHlu
directors: R. H. Livernjore of Reni-
broke. Senior Vice President,, a.
director, a mertxber, of the r excep
tive committee, and who has'jiU
rected successfully" the loarf
policy of Pembroke for years. HJj
is always available to gie iadvice
and a helping hand; J: H. TowhS
end of Red Springs; a ditectos/
has served as chairman of thefloaji
committee in Red Springs and bus
been a constant -and able adviyefe
Abel Warren of GarlanS, a director
; —Continued On Page Six-,-., -#
in domestic consumption.. + goals (10 points)
of these factors are im_
portant in considering the trend
in the use of tobacco, which is
scoring most for
lads with 15 points.
and Gullage
the Raeford
Daniel B. Buie
Passes At 92
one
of the. considerations
by the Department
used
at
its conclusion. I
in arriving
National Bank of Lumberton cele-]
hr-ated its 50th anniversary on I
June 14,1947. I am sure that you
will agree with me that the bank
has maintained an honorable and
enviable record during all these
years. Mr. Henry B. Jennings,
who is still an active and valued
director, is the only living
who was connected ^ith the
officially when it opened for
ness- on June 14, 1897. Mr.
man
bank
busi-
E. J.
Britt, another valuable member of
the Board has been a directox' since
Jan. 8.^ 1908.
“We begin the new year with a
feeling of pride and assurance that
our very able Board of Directors
will continue to exercise the pru
dent judgment and business ability
so ably demonstrated in the years
that have passed.”
Officers of the National . Bank
of Lumberton are: President—M.
F. Cobb; vice-president and trust
officer—W.
Roach; cashier—
Herman T. Crump; assistant cash
ier—Carl N. Pridgen; assistant
trust officer—W. Howard Coyle.
Directors
man, F. K.
W. Davis,
French, H.
are M. F. Cobb, chair-
Biggs, E. J. Britt, W.
D. D. French, B. G.
B. Jennings, J. E.
Johnson, A. Wilton McLean, Dick
son McLean, Hector McLean, W.
Scott Shepherd, Erwin T.
! liams, Leslie J. Bullard.
11,443 VET VISITORS
LUMBERTON. ; — Veterans
Wil.
and
their dependents paid a total of
11,443 visits to the Lumberton of ¬
fice of
during
Veterans Administration
is a
is no
takers
payer
tion.
hoping
than
very
line
have
help
Farmers
they should
it won’t be
any
usual. Listing now
brief business
there
ta- wait in and list
time
with
are
to give the atx-
their declara-
reminded
that
approach their list-
taker prepared to give
census information.
farm
age. Also, furniture is needed fox-
a family of three, the parents
and a girl of two.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Roy D. Single-
ton Jr., of Red Springs, an_
nounce the birth
D. Singleton III,
at Thompson
Singleton is the
of a son, Roy
on January 11
hospital. Mrs.
- former Jackie
H.odgin of Antioch.
February 1 Closing Date For
Filing New Grower Applications
E. G. Ballance, Chairman Robe
son County ACA Committee, an
nounced today that applications for
new grower tobacco acreage allot
ments must be filed with the coun
ty committee prior td February i,
unless the farm operator was dis.
charged from the Armed Services
after Decembex- 31, 1947 in which
case such application shall be filed
within 9. reasonable period, prior
to planting tobacco on the farin.
The chairman points out that a
new tobacco acreage allotment
shall not be established for any
new farm unless each ofl the fol
lowing conditions has been met:
1. The'operator shall have had
experience in growing the kind of
tobacco for which an allotment is
requested, either as a share crop
per, tenant, or as a farm operator
during two of the past five years.
A Veteran shall be eligibly if he
has 'had experience in growing to
bacco during one year either’ with- j
in the five years immediately prior
the application unless the com
munity and county committee de.
termines that he does not live on
the farm because of conditions
beyond his control, such as inabil-
ity to obtain materials
to repair or construct
the farm.
3. The farm covered
plication shall be the
with which
a house on
by the ap
only farm
owned or operated for which a
tobacco allotment is established for
the 1948-49 marketing year.
4. The farm will not have a
1948 allotment for any kind of
tobacco other than that for which
the application was made.
Applications are in the county
office in Lumberton and any pro
ducer who wishes to apjfty for a
New Grower Allotment should
come by the office and make
plication before February 1.
ap-
RSBIood Types
To Be Catalogued
RED SPRINGS.—A program of
bloodtyping of the people of the
Red Springs area was inaugurated
by the Rotary Club here last Fri
day when about 40 members of
the club were typed by Miss Janis
Townsend of the Scotland Memor
ial hospital.
The program was planned by
Reid Grantham. It was explained
to the club that often there is de
mand for transfusions from people
of this area and a large group of
citizens go to- hospitals for the
pux'pose of giving blood—if it mat
ches. Now, it is planned to have
a large list of persons typed so
that when a demand for blood
arises the hospitals can consult
the type list being prepared, and
only people of the type desired
may be called.
It is planned for
wide program and
orities have agreed
sentatives here to
a community-
hospital
to send
do the
Other civic clubs' are being
auth-
repre-
work.
asked
to cooperate, and a date will be
set fox- a general volunteer coop,
eration in the plan. Those who
will participate are asked to see
Mr. Grantham, and when the time
is arranged he will notify
people to come to a central
in the town for typing.
Mr. Grantham states that
these
place
types
AB and B are scarce and that al
ready out of the first 40 typed, one
each of these scarce
been found. Persons
been typed recently
which type their blood
notify Mr. Grantham
types have
who have
and know
is may also
and
opinion - tha’t the
changed sufficiently
vember 17 to justify
am
of the
picture has
since No-
a reopening
and a reconsideration by the
Department of the entire flue,
cured situation with respect
acreage
There
allotments for
to
1948.
appears to be. sufficient
change in the situation to justi^
fy some, reduction in the ac” n _
age cut heretofore announced.
Therefore, I have today request
ed the Secretary of Agriculture
to reopen the matter and recon
sider the action heretofore tak.
FRIDAY GAMES
'The Red Springs girls defeat
ed the Philadelphus girls Friday
night. 40-35. The sextet at the
half had a nine point lead in
the clear. McPhaul again for the
Springers wa" high scorer .with
11 points. Hickman scored 9
points and Collins tallied, 8. Ex
cellent guard work was per
formed by Armstrong, Duncan
and Townsend. For the loser.
M. Davis was leading scorer with
Daniel Brown Buie, age 92, died(
late Sunday afternoon at his hottie
in Red Springs after a long ill
ness. Funeral services were con-
ductel from the Philadelphtis
Presbyterian church Monday after
noon at 4 o’clock by Dr. H. Tuckei'
Graham, D. D., assisted by the
Rev. Tom Fry, pastor of the Red
Springs Presbyterian church. In-:
29 points. Bruce came next
by
i ferment followed in/ the
! cemetery.
church
en, in the hope that the cut
28 per cent may be properly
duced. ’ ’
Maxton Town
Board Meets
The Maxton Town Board
Monday night, January 12,
in the Maxton Town office
ordinance setting up a
of
re-
met
on
at 7:30,
and an
six-man
commission for the purpose of ad-
ministering the affairs' of
the
Maxton-Laurinburg Air Base wa.s
passed. The town of Laurinburg
has already set up such an ordin
ance. ,
The six-man commission, while
it has not yet been appointed, will
consist of three members from
the town of Maxton and three
members from the town of Laur
inburg. The Commissioners shall
be appointed by the governing
boards of their respective cities.
They will serve for two years, and
theix' appointments will expire with
the expiration of the mayor and
board of Commissioners of each of
tallying four. The Red Devils
sextet has played five games
and lost none. McPhaul has rung
most each time; in these five
games she has tallied 111 points,
49 field goals’ and 13 free throws.
The B team, bettex’ known as
the Pink Imps, lost FFriday
night to the Phillies. They
showing improvement,
Coach Carruth. Townsend
are
states
Williams scored 4 points each
the losers and Townsend fcr
winners scored 6 points. The
and
for
the
sec-
; ond half ended With a final score
1 of 13-20.
; The Red Devils Varsity team
I lost to theix- opponents for the
first time in many years, but
by playing hard in the lari quar
ter they were able to keep the
score close. It ended 26-29. Cole
man led the scoring with 4 field
goals. Harris next with 3 field
goals. Prevatte fox’ the winners
tallied 7 points.
MUST BUY TAGS
The citizens of Maxton are
formed that it is the order of
Board of Commissioners that
in.
the
the
Active pallbearers were;
Buie, Lathrop Buie, Neil.
Lacy
Shier
John Pat Buie, Lee Davis, Mc-
Pherson Buie, Erwin McConnaugh-
ey Sr., and J. B. Barnes, ajl of
Red Springs. Mrs. W. S. Barhaxa
wae. in charge of the flowers. :
Mr. Buie, son of the late Caro
line McCallum of Alfordsville, and;
Joseph Neil Buie of Red Springs,
made his home for a good many
years in Crystal Springs, Miss.,
where he was connected with a
large mercantile firm. He was mar
ried to the former Sarah LeGetSe
of Crystal Springs, who died'ba 1
number o'f years ago. Mr. Buie wait
an elder- in the Presbyterian
church of that city, and was’"'-a
prominent and popular citizen, and
was also active in civic affairs,
until his retirement in 1927. Since
that time he has made-his hoftte.
in Red Springs. One brother, Judgf
J. N. Buie, and several nieces and
nephews survive him.
! M'Rainey Resigns
UlililiesPosf
Maxton Auto City tags be bought
and placed on the cars on or before
February 1st.
Those failing to do this will on
the first offense be cited to appear
before the Town Board to show
cause why they should not pur ¬
RED' SPRINGS.—H. A. Beacham
has been appointed to succeed John
Thomas McRainey, Supt. of- Util
ities, who hp.s resigned to accept
a position with the Robeson Couri?
ty Schools .as maintenance director^,
on County school buildings. ,
Mr. Beacham worked for trip-
Utility Department in Laurinburg,
priox' to three and ond-half year";,
service in the U. S. Navy. fl.^*
present his family resides in Rop 1 '-
bins, but will move to Red Springs
around January 15, and will livg in
the apartment now occupied by'
Mr. McRainey.
the towns.
Mr. H. A. McKinnon, town
torney of Lumberton met with
Board.-
cited on the
be required
Judge of the
your
don
at-
the
chase the tag. Those
second offense, will
to appear before the
Recorder’s Court.
name can be included in the
ors’ list. t
Join the
i MARCH
OF
1 DIMES
and
Red
men
James McMillan, son of Mr.
Mrs. D. M. McMillan of
Springs, is one of seven letter
who make up the nucleus of
A species of bee called maga-
colide caused G. I.’s considerable'
to his entrance or since his dis
charge from the Armed Services.
2. The farm operator shall live
fits were prepared and 3,439 cor- and be largely dependent for. , his i^iiy*BI_l^£
, fliyelihopd on thiMarn covered by
1947, reports Harold
Keith, officer.in-charge. In
C.
that
period 3,472 applications for bene-
trouble on a South Pacific
fc F w-ri—x» iIa . neo weic piepaiea ano ^,4.-
“'- - Willis of Cottageville, .S. C. reepondence items prepared,
his land. Not by stinging them,
in years rifle team at Fishbourne by building their houses in
; Military School, Waynesboro, Va. ( bores of military rifles.
is-I
but
ths
Despite the fact that they have
been protected from hunters for
many years ,the quail in Ohio
are now at their lowest popula
tion point in history.