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Ai ;:^iti' :Cdijiie
Kwams Cl^
^tertains
Steh^, xotor^ nxaii? j
was: 1Bie, first deftotls
" ?&■ -.dc^et. ■, i^. -
'oQU^. Jones
pi 'ir^oeiving stol^i Pi»l
■ itnm^ihg it have beep, st^
three mortjBw oh
" to suspended cjrlji^Myi
'cou^/Costs and, a fide of $15,
^ -ft Hef^ Anderson,-coldred niBrl^^
M ^Scotland county,-was foti^’ —
of careless and feckless d^yi ^ ,
'sentenced fe serve sixty days on fhe
roads, sentence to d® suspended pn
payiiient of the costs and a fine
$10.
Henry T. Fowler,-,white-.mant'k .
Port Bragg, entered^ a pl®h ^
of driving under the te'
^ liquor and was sehtehted te; SCj
days' on the toads. , s^id
’■^fl^pended on payroerit: '
and the court cq
Will Tooin,- -colored mahi-1„ ,
Xauti^te^tewnship, entered If ile
of gtelte tbl, Violating the prc^ibtl^
ice was thirty
on.
tei^* Jan. l6.-^iaiafods fost m-
digi Satete on te^hil^l^
iipii^ize^ at N^. G; ^te ’C^
January J7-i« wheft"'|^CK t^pteators
from eyejty section of gath
er ter'h^oirt Coursciiin'^®^'
Details' of the prolyteq
notmced todhy by jgtewter JldWafd
W. Buggies of the CpI^e; ^tension
pivMpn.' The copfse tetapp”
safety supBttesorSi, dls-
i ^tiihPte and' any^e eli^ intertetod
in. ii^'Way ifansphrtatihn. . r
BCj^tration will; pccilf between
130 and, U a. te W^tedayi ^an-
I7i and school .'win
'ii^iepdafelS??j^te^ .=a shtet: vtelr
' X w.; ..Hatr
ote^te Cdll^ dean of adniinT
-.- v(', - ■■'.L . . ■'
Pftep"
fftan' of
:laws.v
be
costs.
Monk Mcfitehr colored
Little Rivfeftewnship, was fou:
ty of assault; ?and sentenced to ,thL
days in jaiL's&tence to be suspend
on payment of the costs.
Idicips Lon^ colored man of San-ii
atorium, was fpteid guUty of larcCT^l
and sentenced to serve four monfite]
on the roads, ’
James Mills and Cliff Jones, c^l
orpd men of Sanatoriumiteere f^di
guilty of. receiving
|knpwing it to have h
i^as sentenced to senrel
ttie roads, senteni
ended on.pairment of
;$15 fine, JonCs got
Cnee to be suspended M
, the court costs,
G. McLean, white man of^L.,
f^a, teas charged with drivSig
while tender ttje influenpei'
[liquor. 3^ defendant submit^ '
^
tev^teis^^pb$sesdf,high-
tz^sperta^^.'wUl lead discusr.
dtei^ed teSH^uaint trhek bpe-
*C^ ifith the^ltetost developments
Md accepted piioi^ces in safety. Har-
»,^ciker pf slate College, professor
t, te^way ph^eering, a^d^atibn-
rkhoten aiithbrity pn highway
ia*|ty> will ■phesade'^ovef the discus-
S^^ilis^^ows High
" Hoke
was
inic fpy;negroes in this coim-,
rej^lt" for December shows
ions/ examilEed for syphilis.
lahbtohiry has reported oh
.e bilbPd specimens and shows
t positive. This 39 per
;teM^:''P^htly higher than the
per :te any other month
teeCTepK hht the average for the
Tpontlis shows more than three
' the / government average for
iny ca^ hiive reached late Stages
tllie dteP^i^; Too few expectant
I’motners botefS^^ blood examinations
I necessarte ;'Ai|^tee. niunber of chil-
[ dreni b^ syphilis; enter into
hhe pici
L^t jhureday ni|^t, Jatt^tey
the'mernb'ers pf the Bpfeft^-fUtvan-
is club entertained' their,, tei^ at
the club's aimuPl ;te^^’ ‘^^i^*^*:'
The program' cqnujftittee/..CblisisteL
of Laurie Mc^chBjtn, ‘ R; ’B- Lewis*
a^ Neill A.^xdlbnald. '^^ sec
ond serving as tbasttnasto^'- .
The guests, other •thkh-PoHve IQ-
waniahs and ,their wtyes/were in
troduced by NPill Mdteuald, Jr,,
following which A' rflpteP^
the ladies was - deHtte^cd/ by Laurie
NfcEaclfem. ^
charming
Crawford Thotttes/tehp started the
hafiL to buzzing Ly ..dropping a few
genile hinte to re’thS ;fvivate lives of
some pf tee stead, bn's solemn gentle-
teen present. . / ,
- Mrs. Ina P. Bethime, who plays the
piano regularly teh/the club at its
meeitogs, was presented a' gift by
H. L. Gatlin; Jr., in behalf of the
organization. There was then
drawing for apprize for tee lucky
lady who also happened to be Mrs
Beteune. .
After recognition and roll call of
the - past presidents of the club by
R. B. Lewis, Hugh Pinkston of the
Fayetteville club .was introduced by
Tommie Upchurch. Mr. Pinkston
teen proceeded to instali the netely-
elected officers of the Raeford club
to serve during the year 1940, follow
ing which tee president’s pin was
presented to J. B. Thomas, the new
president, by 'Walter Baker, the re
tiring president. Ryan McBryde then
presepted the past president’s pin, to
Walter Raker.
Dr. Gray, of the Sanatorium, en
tertained the gathering with several
songs following which Lewis Up
church staged a humorous stunt.
Sherwood Brockwell, fire marsh
all tef the State of North Carolina,
chief Of ‘tee North Carblma 'V'oluh-
teer fire department, and holder.
Officers T«jfee Alleged
Killer"Tii«iday Night
Sheriff t>. H. Hpe^to, accompanied
by Deputy G. J. tebNem and Hi^woy
Patrolman J. E Merrill,.Wbiit out to
Blue Springs tewnship laste Tu^ay
night and .daUght.q cplpred man wahte
ed by offipere in Cumberland county
for the killing of • a colored Woman in
Beventy-First towii^hip last - week
with ftn axe. ‘^te^^Sh he gaVe an
other name at the time he was tak
en oh the farm_of.A:. AJ. MCEachem,
it was later esteblished that he was
Rpmey MePhatter. the man thou^t
by Cumberland officers to have done
the killing.
Bridge Tournament'At
Pinehurst January 26th
Pinehurst, Jan. 8. ^ The annuftl
Pinehurst Mid Southern Bridge Tour
nament will'he held at the Caroijina
Hotel ianS^y 26 and 27. Mrs. Anna
Baker F^toer of Tarborp again will
direct tlte^'^affair, her assistants in
cluding Mrs. Claude Ramsay of Pine-
burst, Mrs. Phil Horton of Winston-
Salem, Mrs^Curtis Sprague of Flush-
Ting, N. Y. and Mrs. Lillian Rutzler of
Lexington, Va. A. B. Vogel of Spar
tanburg, S. C., and W. A. Swain of
Raleigh, vdlj be official scorers.
The firsi^qualifying match, in which
everyone is elgible ^ill be held Fri
day, January 26th at 8:00 p. m. Tro
phies will be awarded for North-
South and Fast-West winners in all
sections. The Mitchell Movement wiU
be used. The second qualifying match
with everyone eligible. Will be held
Saturday, Janua^ 27 at 1:30 p. m.
also under the Mitchell Movement'
The championship play-off, compos
ed of the .16 highest pairs will com
pete under the Howell Movement Sat
urday, January 27 in the qgpning.
Grand trophies will go to ser|p> win
ners.
An ftmovation will be the inaugma-
tion of a single session for Carolina
trophies, beginningSaturday, January
27, evening at 8;30. There wiU be'
grand trophies for highest North-
f asses at AU Home
h
State fittli
V-
and.rate'SIDd '
^weateier greeted hteabl
' sleet coVeced everyjbiaii^
r
al libit
Kuxiliaiy
det meet*
Hunity ctub
^pf Januairy_
Peiock.
Sers from Dunn,
^3brd, Fayetteville,
Maxton are; expected
S^am being
McNeill of 3t. Rauls, dis-
Fcommitteewoman, is not com-
but th® State Itoesident, Mte
W«^er Maim, of - Ne^n, will be
the outstanding speakte pf'the occa
sion.
Each unit to to® clistrict is re.>
quested to bring a -written report of
all activities since toe present year
started. Bistrict and State officers
I are hoping toat January 19to will
'find every unit in the lOth district
with a too per cent membership en-
rolledv
All Auxiliary membete in the dis
trict kre invited.*' '* V
' ■; ‘ ' -——A -4-:
DenoM H.i^^ttpii
Geti FSA AFPoiAttnent
teigh, Jannsiiy'F;—Wie Farm Se-
Admtotetrktipn announced to-
e appoinbn.pnt of Dennis H.
■^of Salisbury, as Assistant
State Eb^wtor.
Vance fe SwiS-,, State Director,
said tee pce.'ibTO W the position of
Assistant^Jfteite Director wa^ recently
authoriiieiiltoy top Regional and Wash
ington, offices of teeCFSA.., /jf-; /
luring the
^hase progra
'eris to buy ''
th’efr own we^
county in the i
aresotite;
tenabRl^ti stnaU'i
der:^..T"''"
ii®nt
ktei^fy^ion,
Sehit: .mid: to
im
"it
eat tee J^enarit
ich,helps tenant
.tenprove fartes of
dejd to every
^edtetiott toero
[.^ateilies, bpth
farmingun-
. cdtehteM
laiiteiciilteted^
itejnweT
$3rphilis, ftod to pro-
.,^^_.^etion of kndwlec^
measures for
le {HrevitetiPn of fee disease.
'. In addition to lectures on syphilis,
moving pictures are presented as mcl
to the work.' The Him for feis wm^k
was made available by toe Unitod
Sjtates. Department of Public H^to.
for 'h limited time: ^ ^
'^Hxe program, ;for this year pro*
yides/for 'tite doltectfeg of blood iffeecf.
mie^ by kl^totmeni as places fe
sections of toe county, where groups
Of negroes paay be reached.. -This
work started by cpUecting.hlopd from
49 meb^ wprktog at a- large mOl. The
laboratory;ite?tot on this group show-
eAtoat 19 were ttoected with Chilis.
^Glinics are' ^ducted during the
afternoon hoiite ^on Friday and Sat-
te^y of each wee|k. The clinic on
Frklfer wiU'he fPr children, firpectaint
tebfeers and cates requliiiig a
tibn other toan routine treatmem
Aiuiuai Meetinsr of
iltpcldioldleFs of The
Bank pf Raeford '
On Thursday morning, Januar^jl,
the stockholders of the Bank of Rae
ford had their annual meeting. The
Cashier’s report to them showed that
the bank had enjoyed a good year
during 1939. . A tovidend of 12 per
cent was paid to holders of skJclT’as
of January Ist. The surplus fund
was' increased to $50,000.00, bonuses
were paid the employees, and other
reserves set up. The following di-
’•ectors were elected to serve for
this year: E. B; McNeill, T. B. Up-
6hiiych, F. B. Sexton, H. L. Qatlin.
J../B.-Thomas, J. L. McNeiU; T. B.
TTochurch, Jr., S. Johnson and R.
B. ♦Lewis. '
At the meeting of directors follow
ing tee stockholders meeting, the fql-
iGwitig officers were elected to serve
for this yeaf: President E. B. Me-
NeilR ^ Vic^teesidenty'* B. ,Up-
churfe khd H. L. Gfelv Cashier,
R. .'fe'^Le-Hfei-''
The baite 'te nov' V ite 36th year
of service,k> H®^^9 County.
sMAi^ cmLD ims
■ ■ y
Littfe Lois Mintz, iwo an^ .a teaill
year-ojdj dfeighter bf. IteTiv'toid Mfe*
James ^Mfelk of fee Raeteid cottob,
mill vfeagte died late Thurafeiy af-
atfsix-titertei
field of fixe protection, was Introduced
bSt R. R.-Ltevis. Mr. Brockwell’s
talk was feimarily intended to be
entertaining and it was highly so,
but he also got in a few valuable
points on fire prevention and toe
disteess suffered from fires; His ad
dress gnded the program.
Stacy Not to Make
Race For Governor
Lumberton, Jan. 9. — Horace F.
Stacy, /for tee late 18- montiis. presi^
dent ' of toe /North Carolina Stafe
School Boards assqpiation, said today
he Wpuld not run fbr .governor tiife
time but . woidd like to be a member
of toe next geberfe assembly to ‘'have
an ,bpp6rtubi|y fe hfep Rte ad-
.yancemebt and improvement in our
public schools.’*|j '
He made fee ^tement to toe Rbbr
esoniaii.. Itjvb^ not construed here,
however; ast an announcement of his
candidacy for toe legislature, in which
he served as seiiiator in 1919 and toe
special session of 1920. Stacy was a
member of Governor Hoey’s com
mission on, education.
Short Course For
Tobacco Growers
Tobacco farmers will have an op
portunity -to acquaint themselves with
metoods of controjing the major in
sects and- diseases at a plant course
which will he held at N. C. State
CJollege January -16-19, says A. S.
Knowles, county agent. More than
that, farmers will hear several speak
ers, who -will lead discussions in
tobacco soils, fertilizers, tobacco pre-
ducton, and varieties.
Further ipfbrmation may he ob
tained at the county agent’s office. -
Basketball TbinorroW’
Doublebeader
m
-
•Mi
I'-''
R aifep-
iteibwer ^te feiteit iii4
.The boys’ and girls’ basketboR
^arns'^'^of HokcACpunty high school-
will play gamtis. agdfest 'toe teahte
from EUerbe high school in toe hew
hifek schopV gymnasium Rere tohiorrr;
row (ifeda^ f mght, : Cokito^^^
Smith, anhounced yesterday., -
^-J^e Hoke teante have played' tfeo
afefes eaite^^to two,tehools^ far,
toe locaiteote wfenhfe / two, imd; stoie
prl$
fwo/ fetmte;' kteh.: -veeek V wfel; hi^^tebe^'
‘qitek-'-fer■
FiteaiJ5#rvices. ...,
ifty; af fee Chuhfefc-lte
'rial -tfeis in kfeCoferfe
? 'kas. Already. :btehr''iatety ■dqne.-:>i--'';K-.*S
Basketball Teams Split
Twin Bill Tuesday
In toeli* steond start of toe season
the Hoke county high school basket
ball teams repeated their first pfer-
formance, the bo3rs winning their
game here. Tuesday nteht and the
girls losing. . ' ‘
The boys won their game against
the five from 'Wagram high school
by a score of 25 to 12, adltog a vic
tory to toe one they gained over
Seventy-Fitet high before Christmas
Outstanding for the Hoke team were
Davis and Upchurch -who scored ei^t
and nine points, respectively./
. The girls’ sextet took toeir second
straight beating by a score of 22 to
13. High scorer for toe victorious
iFagram girls was Martha Meinete
witli 13 points to her credit while
Joyce'.Williamson was outstanding
on toe Raeford team, stering 7 Roinjs.
Hoey Undergoes
Hernia Operation
Raleigh, Jan. 9.—Governor Hoey
underwent a hernia operation at Duke
hospital in Durham Friday and is
getting along “just fine.” his secre-
tary, Robert Thompson, said.
TmJihpsoqlsaid physician^ termed
the operation a “complete success.”
As an “encore,” the surgeon then re
moved a mole from the governor’s
forehead, Thompson added.
Governor Hoey . strained himself
in opening a window at the executive
mansion several weeks ago, necessi
tating te® operation.
Hoke Auto Co., Inc^ .
Becomes Partnersbip
The firm in Raeford which has
been known as Hoke Auto company,
incorporaated, is now; merely^'Hoke
Aifto compahy. ^.5
The stockhold^ in. the corporation
Recided thatrit'would be to feeir best
intfe^ts/ to operate the business as
te^^ership ratoffe than as a corpor-
Thereforerfee-corporation has
.Reeii dissolved, ^aiid toe business is
hing with top same owners, .oh-
der toe teme iafehagement, and with
feeL satoP persoimel.as previously, toe
onty teqcticaltoe.pub-
.name is HpAe Auto
;fetePiiuty And hot H®Rp Auto dom-
hahy/tocorpjbrated. ' ' ^
Col/ George Mi4eillj operator
Fayetteville’s oldest business Pnter-1|jg3ytj|^j rather ^
prise ,and prominete figure ip. steite of ice'and' za
and fecal politics, died Tuesday night lf{|g county alniorthUL
at 6 o’clock at his homfe on St Jamies' diangafous'Jit OtherA
Square of heart trouble from whidi I .Raeford did-ifel^ Jiutoeveri
he had suffered for several years. I any sii-spension of sa.
He was 58 years of age. [reason of toe wABn^ids/^,!
Colonfel McNeiU was secretary of J other towns iif fee ffe|s
the State Board of Slections, having j^goessary-to close fhe jfa
been appointed a member of the board j on Monday but toi^ ‘ *
by Governor Hoey in 1938, after
having teeved previously on that
board .by appointment of Governor
Gardner. He was a member of the
House of the North Carolina General
Assembly in 1919 and a member
of the State Seriate in 1933. He
was a’candidate for Democratic nom
ination as lieutenant-governor , of N.
C. in 1936. ,
As a member of the State Senate
he was chairman of the ip^ugural | at~‘ Raileigti at
committee and in’that capacity pre-jBragg.
sided at the ceremony by which his j •phe extended fi
close personal friend J. C. b; Eh- j tains fe the seashore,
ringhaus was inducted into office asj^e cotet, had sleet
governor’.
He served the Democratic party
in many capacities, being chairman
of the Democratic Executive CJim-
mittee for the Seventh Congressional
District for many years, was secre
tary of the Cumberland County Ex
ecutive Committee even longer, and
had been chairman of the Democratic I six in Avery. Stdiobis
organization in Cross Creek precinct ties of toe state wteA.AT '
number 4 ever since he was 21 years schools in Cluor]otte,
old. He had a record of attending l-v^instin-Salem find otoe;
virtually every county and State [clostei. A ;/i- ~
Democratic convention held during I The roads in -this.4
his majority. Before being elevated | slick wito toe lce.tEiAli^
to the State Board of Elections he suicidal tai inake tof®
served as a member of the Cumb«- [school biAtes Hfendityi
land county board. , [ though th^ wtA^A^^
Funeral services will be hmd | Tiitectey, no tecc|&Afs
Thuirsday morning at 11 o’feoek at jhOve hgen reifertect^^^
St. John’s Episcopal diuiife. , The | V.'
rector, Rev: W. Tate Tfoung, will of-1
Presbyterian diureh cenretery in
Seventy-First township.
I on Tuesday moniini^
The ten^periaturq;
rfe toe twenties motet. W fee ’
showed no sitfe At
yesterday, altoough tlie
I practically All. melted
On last Monday'-toe
I de-icers (m two ari
carrying membfes .dt the i
tary Affaire Cofetoitteete
ington, and forced topfe
tod otfaje
there was tein and slept-:
in Charlotte, Durham
land as much as ftye fe
I in severOl places wete
The heaviest-toU of.
I ported to be to fee noi
of the state. -The 'idepto
three inches to'-Ashe- cojiai
'Republicans WilT
Meet January I6lli
'Washington, Jan. 10.—Continuing
to jockey wito Democratic officials
over 1940 campfegn arrangements,
toe Republican national coinmittee
was daRed today fe meet February
16, when it will set a date and^
place for toe party’s national con-*
veiition.
Ttoe'^ Democratic committee will
make similar decisions February Stfa.
under a 'recent nottiication by .na
tional Chainnan JTames A Farley. >
Thus fee Republicans, if they Wish
can hold their convention after toe
Democrats - have assembled, Al-r
though this, would depart from cdA-
fem, a number of party leaders have,
advocated toe change on toe- tifeorir
toat it would give , the Republicans
toe strategic Advantage of knowing
the Dernpcratic candidates and plat
form.
washinAfete Jefe. /
suits disck
quotas fe. |hfej94Ri
approved /fe A
a 91 p^ cebt
ing, got tof
38 per cfet (d ’aR
crop, .'-i^
The^Mhodtui:^
q0iUfe‘ri>tlrtn ahfel
returns .frfei. .fed v
Decembfe dtib^as-i
and 84,F76 agfeoite
Increase In Cheaper
Residences Expected
Chicago, Jahu.9.—Robert T. .Wil-
liarns, chief of the industries section
of tee feder^ housng adminstratoi^
predicted today ^'toat most of. too
dwellings to be erected in this couiip
try to 1940 would cost less than.
$4,000.
The heaviest concentration will
in the $2,500 to $3,00,0 radte, the
Washington official told the^Amfety^;
can Designers institute; meetfeg heiA
in connection with the annual-
wqeks’ winter wholesale furni&AA
varfd home furnishings markpt&-
The Jower cost of bmlferj^ fekt- r!^,-
sult to lower monthly paynayfeS^'byt
the buildir^gs, WUUains. tefel,;'citing’
that the 1939 avferate wfe feaB tiian
$3Cl amontfc/ /■ / ''‘/.r ' ./;'
Outburst Of
And; Sea
Londofe Jan. tp.
force caiS^.
shores' today kf Kto
newed ahr/ndQ
only one day
Chamberlain’s
are ahead; ’'y v
ThP BtRiter
GermanyfA^i
they calted -
and “security
fto^
ids.
Dispatfefe'^
fecated'feat’l
tie.
dawn aife. tea -
akii^ ^fete|;/toe
arc
toA fetanfe/ii
.This foRQy^' &
mafeihfeSim attfekl
piahes.upOn
al -watere yesterfey.
^coifeffeAifee assfetef^
sfes/were sunk; tee P
fedged -teS sfekfeig of ;
,4 The admiralty
tifei toe4l9i854fen Bri
Wfe sfedt wfthj
tiirnfefe .casuteti;^
tyfen thA air, aij^ "
Baritfeli /teeamer
-;'^i
4>*
.-/■ ■>
Sentenced^ Fdpj
Raiq/gh,j;jffe.' A
of WiikfeOdunity hfe 'hifek feni
to two years to tee ietedfe piisoSi fe
conviction-of a fearge of ^de%)erafety
starting’^ two foafest. tkfe, Rtete
Depar
velopmei
lease.:
Assistar^Stetef'Wonkier W: a Mcr--
Cormick
-“A tew
'tw®!
ROAPVCS
,:>That part of
'(fentained.on
tion will be c]
count fe
8 -A- M. to 5
.toe
Fields
County:
A:Ma|
kjsho
forpatj