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IfcSiNMIDi N CV‘7^ JAN. l3tli, 1940.
$L59
(Wadebdro. Jan. 10.—-In a telephone
cohyersation today wlh Amoh Mc-
Cle^n, Census Area Manager of die
WesteiBL^Distrfefc-^ North Carolina
with head^uarters^St Charlotte, 4ha
report that this area led^&e nation
with comprehensive CensuS>Reports
turned into Washington last weete..
was confirmed.
In this area', the Eighth. District
office with .headquarters at Wad^-
boro, Samudl E. Raper, supervisor,
Mrs. Anide Barnes Dickson, assistant
supervisor, led with the largest nuih>
ber of,^mplete, correct reports sent
in. \is-> ■ -
The personnel of the Eighth pfe-
' trict taking the Census includes Sam-
H^^el E. Raper of Lej^ingtoh, N. C.,
»• supervisor, Mrs..Ainnie Barn^ Dick-
g on of Baeford, N. C., Assistant super-
Of, Elizabeth;.Long of Mon
E)e,;N. C., district typist. Jack Little
of. Morven and Mrs. Grant
Caudle of Wadesboro, cSK.
The eniunerators now^Hfllr taking
.^he Business and Manitfactming Cen
I are: WiUiam P. EUerbe; Richmond
ity; William JH, Rooker, Union
county; U, Benton Blalock, Jr., An
son county; Charles Wilson B^utqn^
Montgomery county; Charles B. CAm.
eron, Hoke cbimty; Walter W Mc-
' all, Scotland county; Luke K Mar
ion, Jr., Moore county;^John W.
IJles, Lee coimty; Stokes Adderton
Smith, Davidson county; .QuMitin L.
- Veach. Davidson county; Rike O.
Willson, Davie county; A. S. Cassel,
Wilkes county; Robert L. Huffman,
Jr., Wilkes county; Frank M. Wood-
house, Yadkin county.
The Census df Housing and Agri
culture wiU not begin until April
1st. Application blanks will be mail-
k|i\as soon as they are received to
Arsons who have applied for jobs
^Is enumerators, but selections will
not be made until the last of March.'
The Census Area of which Ammon
McClellan is nl&nager includes the
Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and
Eleventh Congressional-Districts. '
Dies
b
Miss Virginia Anne Davis, 21, of
Baeford died of a broken neck last
Thxirsday .night hi a highway acci
dent near Sanford in which four oth
er. persons were hurk .
Rtatq Highway Patyolman J. C.
Haithcock'Said a li^t coach driven by
Sgt johnny CoXi 25, of Fort Bragg,
strw* the trailer of a truck that
Frank Hinsley, 28, of Jonesboro, had
stopped beside “the^highway to re.
lair. Haithcdck' said flares were
laced about the truck.
The officer Said that Cox, who suf-
f^ed a broken arm, was being held
ding an inqUest.
!. Frances Ayers of near An-
si^eitod cuts bh'the head, face
AiwBle Fisher, 19, of Fort
Bragg; recdto^ a head bruise; and
Beiv l^ttralv26; of Fort Bragg, was
cutbn‘the tot*.
Miso Pavis\ was the daughter pf
Mrs. Virginia^' Mcfi^lan , Davis _ of
Raefprd. • Hei fath-^, W. A. Davis',
was killed ihVNovember, 1937, in an
automobile accident naar Red Springs.
His brother-in-law was killed in the
same accident.
' Besides her mother she. is survived
by one sister, Mrs.^lMartin Scarbor
ough ahdtwb brothers, W, P. Davis
and-Chalmers ,p. Davis, all of Rae-' |[^|3.X0r 'MiclICcU
ford.
Fimeral ^ services-were conducted
Saturday frbm the^ home in Raeford
by Rev. Watson. Fairley, pastor of
the Raeford Presbyterian chmch of
which Miss^ Davis was a member.
Interment followed in the Raeford
ceinetery. i ’
Wfll
National Guard auteprities here re
ceived notice' last week that : they-
wbuld do less armory 'drhling in the
immediate future. .The, local com
panies haite^suspended all drills uiitil
February ffist. \ From that date un
til the first of July the men wiU
make form aiihbry drills per month.
Present plans of the War Department
call for five amory drills per month
in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1940. • '
The "Department has -requested
funds to aUow the national ghard to
make twenty^seven days ofcamping
and maneuvers dimtog the year 1940
41 instead of fifteen as they have
done in the past and it is expected
that this “will he approved. . ' ■
Captain William L? Poole, com
manding Battery “F,’ said this week
that the rhiular fifteenJday summer
encamprncnt would take place as us
ual And. that the other twelve days
would hg made in weekend maneu
vers such as the guards had this
winter.
SieBkhig
Governor’s Job
'7,
Rocky .Mount. Jan. IS.-r-Lv Lee
Gravety, of ..Rocky Mount, ahuounc-
ed last Friday he would rtmFw gov-
embr on a platform whitA^i^Uded"
opposition to highway funfT^jbvf^ion
and the three per cent sa^ tax.
Gravely is the fdurth announced
Democratic candidate. Thh others
are J. M. Brofaghton, Raleic^ attor
ney; Lieut. Gov. W- P- HortoUt of
Pittsbor^ and A. J. Maxw^. of Ral
eigh. stale "comnussioner of revenue.
Graveljr is a business man and
farmer. ' ''
He has served four terms in the state
senate.
Gravely's oppositicm to the sales tax
was qualified by an assertion teat the
tax was an emergency measure and
should not, perhaps be scuttled com
pletely until the emergency had sub-
Jed* 1
said:
. . I am opposed to tee sales
tax and' want to see^it abblished. . It
is my earnest hope that this thx may
be abolished and to this end I prom-,
ise my best endeavor without to any
way jeopardizing the worthwhile ac-
\ tivities of the state.,
A ) “I believe that a more rigid collec-
tion of taxes, a limitation of the ijpwer
of one man to compromise taxes, and
the natural economies^esulting from
a businesslike atenitoSEration will re-
sult'in increased revenue, which pro
bably win enable us to reduce the
scales tax at the present time to two
per cent, which would be the first
step in the direction of its ultimate
repeal.” * >■, :
D^oe Quits As Head
Board
Toronto, Jan. 15.—^The resigna
tion of Dr. Dafoe from the
board of guardians of the Dionne
quin/to^^ was announced today by
Premref Mitchell F. Hepburn.
,Dr. Dafoe Will remain physician to
five sisters, however. Recently
doetpr Expressed a desire 'to d&r
:e aU his time to the physical
w^l-betog of hie'/Charges, -leaving
their tototoete affaus. to others.
' Premier Hepbumiltoid Dr. Dafoe's
resignaiidn as a guardian was “en
tirely voluntary.”
The Canadian Bed Cross yesterday
xpressed' its opposition to showing
the qujtots at the New York fair,
r ’aijd tee project was dropped.
Coltixm J^pplicaticm
AR produfieto who have not fil^
a 19S9 oattoB price'adjustment pay?,
mirat application should dp so at once,'
says A. S.jDtowlte» cbimty a^t.
Superior Court To
Convene Monday
The regular January term of Hoke
county Superior Court will convene
here nextoMonday,' January 22, with
Judgb Henry L. Stevens of Warsaw
presiding. It will be Judge Stevens’
first time on the bench in this county.
1 Jurors for'ihe term are as follows:
E. M. Marks, Little River; Melvin
Gentry, Blue Springs; B. H. Dawson,
^''''tJbhhtenjr’AStidra; j^ch&i 'Hoi^grdJ’
StdBewali; J. A. Almond, Quewhiffle;
T. B. Upchurchj Je, Raeford; A*
J. Dixoh^ Qitewhiffle; Beteime
Maultsby, Raeford; P. A. Webb, Rae
ford; W. E. Hughes^ Little River;
W* W. McLean, MdLatiitelin;
Jones,. McLauchlto; J. C. Thoihpam,
Quewhiffle; J. 'M. Norton, Blue
Spring; A. D. Peterson, Mi^uchlto;
H. W. ikompson, Quewhiffle; Martin
Cameron, tattle River;^ J. G. Shaw,
Raeford; Trueman Austin, Raeford;
J> D. Beasley, Stonewall; C, L. Wood,
McLauchlto. «
Social
Williamsport Grays Will Return
To Raeford For Spring Training
Alton G. Campbell, white man of
Raeford' was charged with violating
the Sb^bl Security laws last Tues
day mbrntog to Hoke county record
er’s court. It was charged that
Campbell had received unemploy
ment payments on leaving a job af
ter he had secured other employ
ment^ The defendant entered a plea
of: hot guilty but was foimd guilty
and. sentenced to serve thirty days on
the Toa^, sentence to be suspended
oh payment of the costs and a fine of
$20, . 7-
Ernest Young, Raetord colored man.,
was found :^ilty of violating the
prohibition: liaws emd , sentenced to
serve tiiirty .tiays on the roads, sen
tence to be .suspended on payment
of the court cbstsi> On andttier
charge of viplat^ the state game
Mrs. W. L. Floyd
Laid Tp Rest
V /
Funeral services were conducted at
the Raeford Methodist church last
Monday afternoon for Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Jones Floyd, formerly of
Raeford, who passed aWay early Sun.
day, January: 14th, at the kome of
her daughter, Mrs. N. Ck Landis, in
North Wllkesboro. ^
Mrs. Floyd was bom August 20th,
1881 and was for many years a
resident of Raeford where many
friends moiim her death. She was a
member of* the Raeford Methodist
church for more than 25 Fears.
Conducting the' furiferal were Rev
E. C. Crawford, pastor of the Rae-
ford^Methodist church and Bev. W.
F. Trawick, a fonner pastor. Fol
lowing the funeral at two - o’clock
the remains were laid to rest in the
Raefor deemetery. /
Surviving are the husband, W. L.
Floyd of Bogue Sound, one daughter,
Mrs. N. G. Landis of North WilkCs-
boro, and tWo sons, William of San
ford and John Rufus of North Wilkes,
boro;
Little River; J. M. McDuffie, Rae-,- ^ is - s»i. * i-
Baker,
Doughfon Not To
Sook Another Teriii
Washingte^it;^anu^. 16.—Repre
sentative Dbb^tol^Boughton, of tee
ninth Norte Carolina district, and one
of America’s elder statesmen, an-
tiounced late this afternoon his fixed
'and final purpote to relinquish his
public duties at the expiration of his
present term. December 31, 1940.
The armouncement was conveyed
to the public through a formal state
ment made available to the press to
the house press gallery., Mr. Dou^-
ton’s colleagues were unaware of his
impending retirement, althoughf they
have understood for some time that
it was a step he had long pondered.
Representative Doughffon, 75/years
of age in November, wa^vety^ong-
ly disinclined to ask re-election two
yehrs ago, but President Roosevelt
upon being apprised of the plans of
the Norte Carolina member, and hav
ing in Ijnd revenue and kindred leg-
Sation then demanding attention pre
vailed upon him to serve through the
present Congress.
charged. . Sentence on this charge
WM teirty days to-run consecutively
with tee first sentence and . to be
siispended on payment , of the court
coats and tee obtaining of a hunting
licenseky-ihe defenclant. Young-went
to.ii^e'yoads. ,
Baxley, white man, enter
ed o' plea of guilty of being drunk
and disorderly and was sentenced to
serve thirty days on the roads, sen
tence to be siispended on payment of
t^e court costs.
Egbert Kennedy, white man of
Scotland county, was charged with
violating the road law by driving a
car without a driver’s license. The
state took a nol pros in the case.
T^d Rois To Pla]
Foir^irthday Ball
H. L* Gatlin, Jr., chairman of the
Hoke County President’s Birthday
ball committee, announced this week
that tee ball would be held on the
in the national guard armoiy here.
The Hoke county committee is join
ing with the Scotland county people
mterested to staging the affair. James
balrjjrmple, of Laurel Hill, is tee chair
man for, Scotland county.
The orchestra of Ted Ross, ahd his
“Music Sweet, With a Dash of Heat,”
from tee University of Norte Carp-
nna has been secured to play for the
occasion which is usually a social suc
cess as well as a charitable work.
The profits from the President’s
Birteday Balls are divided between
the Warm Springs Foundation for the
ciu-e of infantile paralysis and tee
same work in tee counties promoting
tee dances.
Credit Association
Stockholders Meet
Fhe Stockholders’ meeting ot tee
Laurinburg Production Creditj As
sociation, which serves Scotland and
Hoke .counties, was h^ on January
8, 1940, at the coUr^puse to LaUr
inburg. There was^Jair attendance
considering tee weatiiW conditions.
Mr. N., H. G. Balfour, president of
tee association, reported for tee Board
of Directors' and' Mr, H. L. Morgap,
secretary-treasurer, gave' the ftoap-
cial reporto JThe Laurinburg Produc
tion Credit ‘'^sodation topde loats,
to round numbers, amountdg to
000.00 which was' an
1938 of $16ib00.0p. ■ Mr. 'A. D. Fairly
of Scotland county was elected di
rector for a term of three years, stod
Mr. W. L.-Thornburg of Hoke cbufi-
ty was alst) elected for A tonn'
ti^ee years,: ■, ■'
f Mp G. R. Alilljer. se^
Uay of Pi^uctioa Cre^t
tioh of Gcdumblai;
peratlv4^i sery^
teePr^qch
Tommie Upchurch Still
Cotton Council Head'
T. B. Upchurdh, Jr. of Hoke coun
ty, was reelected chairmap of the
North Carolina-Virgtoia unit of the
National Cotton Council at its first
annual meeting to Raleigh Tuesday.
C. A.'Johnson,, of Tarborb, aiad J.
T. Morgan, of Farinville were .re
elected vice chairmen, ; end Edwin
Pate, of Laurel Hill, 'was/nmned ah
a new^.'irice-chantato* D. N. Gtibert;
of 'Greensboro, tvas reelected secre.
tai7 and J. F. Beatty, of .Charlotb,
was re-elected tri^urm'.
G-. li, ;'S™*th, :p|*oducer MiSeotiaiid
Neck, and Edwin Pate liierchant of
Laurhl Hill, were named new dele-
i»te ritombers. . / . ' *
IRY ASSOCIATION
Ct NEST FSimy :
By K. A. MacDONALD
Last night the regular county,wide
teadiers’ meeting was held a^the-
Hoke high school building. The^rop-
ic for discussion was “Evaluation.”
The discussion was led by Miss Julia
Weatherington, of the State Depart
ment pf Education, Raleigh. She was
assisted by Miss Mary Alma Monroe
of Rod^ish, Mrs. Nora McDavid of
Mildouson, Miss Margaret McKende
of.Raefbid and'*#.''j. Cbafes of Rae
ford. Themeeting was well attended
and was very profitable to all the
teachers. ,
The regular monthly truck drivers
safety meeting was held at Hoke
high school last Monday at 1:00 F.
M. 'Tkis meeting was attended by
all drivers and substitute drivers. G:
H. Clark of the State Highway der
partment attended the meeting and
talked to tee drivers to reference to
safety and the condition of the roads.
Mr. Clark complimented the drivers
on their careful driving and request
ed them to keep him posted as to the
condition of their routes. Messrs E.
D. Johnson and„.K. A. MacDonald
talked to the drivers in reference to
their duties, attitudes, care of buses,
and their driving.
On' last Saturday the regular
monthly meeting of the negro teach
ers was held at the Upchurch high
school. A full attendance was' had,
Committ^ were appointed and plans
formulatra for the observance of
county e^cation day to tee spring.
At this meeting tee county superin
tendent delivered 19 “awards of mer
it” signed by Gov. Hoey and Dr.
Sheperd, president of the adult ed
ucation Ciuncil, certifying that the
recipients had taught at least four
illiterates to read and 'write in the
literary drive last spring. We. felt
teat this was a splendid showing-for
tee teachers of tee county.
Meat Camung
Demonstration
The Hoke County Federation of
Home Demonstration club^ is pleas
ed'to announce a meat canning dem
onstration to be presented by Miss
Myrom Clinard, a home economist
from Ball Bros. Co., at the Hoke high
school building on Friday afternoon,
January 26te, at 2 o'clock. Thejdem-
onstration has been arranged by Mrs.
Cornelia C. Morris, extension econ
omist in food conservation and mar
keting. *
The subject matter of Miss Clin-
ard’s demonstratipn will be: l.'Ad-'
vantage of home canning of meat.
2. Methods of canning: cold pack,
hot pack,..- - '3. DefimtiQn.v,j(rf—tenps.
4. Ste^" in canning: selecte>8 meat
to be canned, selecting caniring ttieth-
odf testing and preparing jars, caps,
etc., preparing the meat, packing
meat into jars, processing, sealing,
testing seal, storing. 5. Processing
equipment. 6. Storing canned goods.
7. Success pointors and modern prac
tices. 8. Use of carmed meat.
Miss Clinard was bom and reared
on a large, Tennessee farm. She
joined the 4-H club her first year in
high school and served as club pres
ident for three years. It was her
work in the 4-H club that decided
her in favor of home economics as
the major in her college course.
Since completing her training in
home economics Miss Clinard spent
several years teaching the subject.
In 1934 and 1935 she served as can
ning supervisor for the Tennessee
Emergency Relief administration to
Warren and Cannon counties. In
1937 Miss Clinard worked as Food
Preservation specialist with tee Re
settlement Administration of Ala
bama. Miss Clinard's combination of
sound scientific training, a rural
background, and experience in teach
ing women and girls how to preserve
their food so that it will keep qual
ifies her for effective public work.
The women of the county are cor
dially invited to attend the demon
stration and tee food conservation
leaders ^ the home demonstration
clubs are urged to be present.
JOSEPHINE HALL
Home Agent.
Squeui To Be Here Fottr
Weeks in March and
April; Were Here in
1938.
J. Roy Clunk, business manager of
the Williamsport Penn., baseball dub
of the Eastern league, was in Rae
ford last we^end maJdng final ar
rangements with local auteorities for
the using of Raeford as a site for the
club’s annual spring training camp.
He concluded arrangements wfte
county and national guard officials
for tee use of the armory and base
ball park apd made arrangements
with W. E. Street, Jr., manager of
the Raeford Hoteh for room and
board accommodations for the entire
squad during the foiar we^ te^
will be in Radord.
Clunk said present plans called for
the club to arrive in Raeford on
Sunday, March 24, 1940 and to re
main for four wee^ leaving on Sun
day, April 21st.
The Grays are in working agree
ment with the Philadelphia Athletics
of the American league regarding ex
change of players. They finished in
a tie for fourth place in the’Eastern
league last season. The Eastern lea
gue is the only Class A league in
baseball.
Frescho Thompson, Alabama .in
fielder who has seen service with tee
Philadelphia National League dub
and the New York Giants, win man
age tee dub in 1940, replacing Bfarty
McManus, who managed the team
when they were here in 1938.
Other teams in this section for
spring training wiU be Scranton,
pennapt winner in the Cistern league
at BennettsviUe, WUmtogton (Dd.)
of the Interstate Class B league in
Sanford, and Sunbuiy, Pa., smne
league, at Lumbdrtem, Wilmington
also works with the Athletics and^is
the team to which playm faiitog to
inake the grade wite tee' ^qs' go.
. The best exhibitiim schedule ever
seen in this section is'to be played
this spring as the Grays wfll play
all their games wite Class B, A and
AA teams who are training nearby.
Mr. Clunk stated that it was also
possible that a game or two im^t
be arranged wite a major league
team.
The Grays are owned by James
Clleason, retired financier of Wil-
liansport, pnd their using this toim
as a spring traintog site will offer
fans tee opportunity to see tee baae,
ball greats of tomorrow to action m
well as a chance to see some of teoge
who have done their stre^ to tee bty
time.
The Hoke chaipter of Educo will
hold its regular:^ monthly meeting
Monday evening at 6:30 o’clock in
tee high school cafteria. They will
have as their guests tee members of
tee -local school boards.
Sickness In tee schools has been
held to a mipimum so far. It is
hoped teat parents will cqoperate
with the teasers in their efforts to
keep down an epidemic.
Basketball Teams
Have Bad Week
Application For Cotloii
Pme Adjustment
Payment Must Be Maid^
'Those farmers who intend to gw»j|
eottoir in 1940 for tee first time piagt
make application for a cotton atlaS-
ment before February 15, says
Knowl^ county agent.
"To be eligible for a cotton allat^
fnent, the farm must not have an Atf
lotment nor be operated by anyogjA
that has an allotment cm anotT “
farm.
MR. SCHUYLER TO
A representative of tee state epm-
nussion ' for the blind was in the
county this week to make arrange
ments for a complete survey of the
eyes of all children in the coimty.
quarterly me
*-AsSoc|[4t;^'^fll
Miss Aime Buie hasreturned to
wirk after hetog confined to her hWe
in Red Springs by illness. Mrs. J.
C. Clark substituted for her while
she was oiit.
. W. E. Morgan, principal of Mfl-
douson is back at tyork aftto- betog fll
for some- time. Miss Celia Newton
of Red Springs substituted for him
while he was out
Monday afternoon a prindpal’s
meeting wa6 held to vtee office of
tee county supertotehdmt
The boys’ and girls’ basketball
teams of Hoke county high school
have not done so well this week, each
time having lost bote games played.
Last Friday night tee local teams
were defeated on their home floor
by the cagers from EUerbe high
school. The visiting boys downed the
home club by a score of 55 to 29
while tlie Hoke lasses were outclassed
34 to 15.
In two games at 'Wagram Tuesday
night the Wagram quint put it on
tee Hoke outfit by a score,of 22 to
19 in a close one while the Wagram
girls in a game not so close wem 39
to 12.
The Hoke teams go to Candor FW
day night tor a brace of games and
rettum to the local floor a weds fran
Friday for a pair of l^ttles with Bed
Springs high.
Raeford. people wfll be pleased
learn teat Mr. Elmer L. Sdir
editor of tee WiUiamsport “Gs
Bulletin,” who accompanied the Gi
on their previous, trip and who
so greatly liked by all here vdto
knew him, will be back with top
boys this spring to cover their actir-
vities for his paper.
FINiINCE
•/
Friends will be glad to learn teat
. G. H. Rowell,
New farm nmrtgage finahdna, to-
dudifty loans Jc> farmers and tenants^
to itordiase ftoms, teowed an upward
teideney durtog tee last -half of 1939
ftar the first, time to several years.
R. J. McNeiU
Passes MoQdajf v
Roderick John TSteSfM. ^ BhiA .
I^rings town^ip, Hoke county
ed away at about twehrt^ dtlodk iMl;
Monday ni^t at tt» - home 'of Itet
nephew, J. B. McNeifi, asar. BfiKlk
tma. to Rohestm county. , w
seventyyears ot-ag^ ' v/
Fun^d servicea wem CMnduglfft-jigt
devda p’clQdc
at Beted
G. T. Kirkpatrkk;
lowed in tee dSutetyatd tyt
Bethel
Mr. UcNeiU was nat^MaErML
:vivtog to addittoa '
Maxton are CSitliurd
Hubert IfdteOI, ^ Mg|
county and
niecft. of raT»ittnir||^';
and nqplMwa: "
Ap. at her home'At tee 'AityA
Tlie]
Is taaAws wiR' rehah to tea
n