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itij^DAY, Fm 1st, 1940.
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Iii last Tuesday's sesskm of H^ae
county recorder's'court several de
fendants were given sentences o( 30
days on the roads to be suspcgad^ ».
payment of the costs fw various ihinor
offenses and one defendants sentence
was sixty days to be suspended on
payment of a fine of $10 and .the
costs. - ,
Robert Bernard, white man, was
found guilty of speeding in a re
stricted zone (on a temporary bridge)
and sentence was thirty days to be
suspended on paynient of court costs.
James Mihtz, white man'^ of the
Raef&rd cotton mi|h;village, pleaded
guilty of violating th&g^e laws and
was foimd guilty of b^^ drunk and
• disorderly. Sentence in; each case
was thirty days to be suspended on
payment of fiie costs^ ,
. Waddell Ross and Ambrose Hain^,
colored men of Antioch township,
pleaded guilty of violdtihg &e prohi
bition laws. Sentences wei^thirty
days on the roads to be siispended
on payment of ^e court costs., ;
George McRae, anodier TOlored
man of • Antioch, pleaded guilty of
violatingvtiie prohibition laws and be
ing drunk and disrarderly well''and
was sentenced to serve sixty days
on the roads, sentence to be sus
pended on payrment of a fine of $10
and the court costs.
John Brunson,, colored man of Mc-
Lauchlin township, was sentenced to
thirty days oh the roads for violating
the prMibition laws. Sentence was
to be suspended on paymrait of the
court costs.
>\Mi$s Catherine
^^McPhaul Passes
Ilealdi
Miss Catherine McPhaul, daugh
ter of the late John A. McFhaul and
his wife, the late Mrs. Janie Conoly
McPhaul, a memb^ of'one of North
Robeson’s, (now Hoke’s) most prom
inent and esteemi^ temilies, died
at the farm-home on the wire road
two miles east of Antioch (hutyh.
The McPhauls and Conolys were
members of Antioch chjimh at its
organization, more than a hundred
years ago, and all throu^ tte nidre-
thanr^ntury since have been its
most faithful supporters. . -
She is survived by two brothers,
Ernest McPhaul of Parkton and John
A. McPhaul, Jr., of Shanz|on, route
five sisters, Mrs. Neill B. Sinclair
and Mrs. W. J. Coats of itaeford,
Mrs. J. O. Suggs of leaksviUe, and
Misses Mary and Christine MdPhaul
of the home. Shannon, Route 1.
There are a number of relatives in
this comity and Robeson*.
The fimeral was conducted from
the home Friday morning at 11:00
o’clock by her pastor. Rev. Henry R.
Poole, assisted by Dr. Watson M.
Tairley of Raeford and interment folr
iwed in Antioch cemetery. The last
ad rites were beautifully impres
sive, and the floral offerings a mute
tribute beyond words.
Washington, Jan. 30. — President
Roo^elt is 58 years^ old today, and^
“fit as-a fiddltf’ for either another'
hard political eainphign or the taper-
^ 6H a a-spectacular career in pub
lic office'.
Which cota^ he will choose re
mains a mystery. Whatever the de
cision may be, his physician. Rear
Admiral Ross, T. McIntyre, says that
Mr. Roosevelt is in as “perfect con
dition as any man p£ his age could
be” |or the yfears ahead.
'The Presidmit was celebrating his
birthday anniversary in a quiet and
tradiljonsd manner. Throughout the
nation, however,, the day was being
observed with parties and programs
to ^raisp. funds for a campaign to palt
■thd ravages of infant^e paralysis!
Mr. Roosevelt, of course, was tak
ing recognition of that campaign in
a brief radio address toni^t (at
ll:34p, m.,: EST) to the- thousands
gather!^ at bir^ay balls from coast
to coast, and ih a^at' with a host of
movie stars wiitf caine to Washing
ton to help Inake; the parties here a
success.
White House officials tried to keep
hla.^day free of appointments, post
poning the usual Tuesday press con
ference until Wednesday!
■fhey aimoimced, however, that he
would have a birthday message for
congress. Appropriately enough in
view of the drive against paralysis
the chief executive drafted a mes
sage outlinmg his views on starting
a $10,000,000 program of constructing
.small hospitals in communities now
without facilities.
In accordance with Roosevelt fam
ily custom, ^e* President’s birthday
c^e bore only 21 candles. Members
of the family and a small group of
old “cronies” will dine at the White
House this evening to watch the Pres
ident cut the cahe.
Some of those who will be on hand
aer original ■‘merhbers of 'Ae* “cuff
links gang,” a group of friends date
ing back ! to the i^ays when Mr.
Roosevelt was an assistant secretary
of the navy and then an unsuccessful
candidate for the vice-presidency. He
gave each of those intimates a set of
gold cuff links years ago.
As he passes' another milestone,
Mr. Roosevelt is a bit grayer at the
temples and the seams in his face are
a bit deeper. Otherwise, Dr. Mc
Intyre said, the strenuous years in
the White House have left little mark
on him.
An ambulance operated by L. :T.
Clark of Southern Pines* and enroute
to Southern Pines from Dunn with h
corpse as. cargo hit a mule and wagon
near Montrose 0*^ ib® Raeford-Aber
deen highway .at about ejeven-thirty
last Monday momingi.,
■There were no injiiries except that
the wagon was damaged slightly and
the mule was bruised a bit Neither
Clark nor the driver of the wagon
was injiired. The mule and wagon
were, the property of Q. F. O’Briant,,
fariper of the section.
' Clark, driver of the ambulance,
was taken into cu^ody by State
Highway Patrolman J. E. Merrill who
investigated the accident, and was
charged with operating a motor ve
hicle on the public highways of the
State*Df North Carolipa while under
the influence of liquor and also with
'damage .to personal property. Clark
is to be tried in Hoke county re
corder’s court next Tuesday morn
ing.
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Spruill Announces For
Agriculture Post
C. Wayland Spruill, prominent
farmer and State Senator from the
third district, of Bertie coimty, today
formally announced his candidacy for
Commissioner of Agriculture in the
approaching Democratic primary. W.
Kerr Scott is the present Commis
sioner of Agriculture, having been
elected in 1936.
Spruill officially, opened his cam
paign by challenging his opponent.
Commissioner Scott to a joint debate
in every coimty seat in the state. In
the event Commissioner 'Scott ac
cepts the challenge, ^t is anticipated
that huge crowds be drawn to.
this series of debates.
Fw Governor;
6di To Lito’
:0NGRESSNANW.0.BUIl6iW
RUN FOR SKOND IBM
DEAN GILMOBE DIES
Dean Gilipore, 63 year-old color
ed man who was a janitor in Raeford
schools for* about two decades imtil
forced into retirement by failing
health last year, passed away at his
home north of Raeford last Sunday
afternoon at two-thirty o’clock after
a long illness.
Dean, well-known and loved by tbe
hundreds Voh passed tbrouj^ the
schools here while he was janitor, was
inju|^ in falling from the new high
..:^b.d|||{Dv^masium last stimmer, suf-
feimga broken leg. He never quite
recovered from this injury.
Funeral services wiH be conduct
ed at Silver Grove diurcb next Sun-
day afternoon apd he win be buried
I in the cemetery there.
Rep. Doughton
Will Not Ret^ ,
Washington^ Jan. 29.—Rqpresrata-
Itive Dpughtd^!p>-NC), ‘n-year-bld
Jchairman or^roe house wa^s and
means committee, aimquncett?^.^-.
day that in responsb tb
eous mandate” of his cdnstitaebt^, jte
had reconsidered his deUsto
tire from pubHc life and wbifld se^
re-election.
“I am reluctantly agreeinig to the
use of mir name in the omning pri
mary” tfee veteran of 15: ransequ-
tive terms in house fcMd ih'V
.igtatemcmt.
J:
Julian jroHNEcar BETTEk^
The coniVtiop of JiuIiIq A JMumoI
is oobsiaert^jiytV toU^^
learned Hbr. Jblmsw
denly'
week “
Mrs. Jim Garner Dies
At Home In Upper Hdke
Funeral services for Mrs. Jim Gar
ner of the Bunker Hill, section of up
per Hoke were conducted from the
home Sunday afternoon by the Rev.
Sotenlon. Burial was in the Jphn-
Grqve, cemetery.
Mrs. Garner had been suffering
from .heart trouble for spme time.
She died Friday at her home. She
is survived by her husband and the
following sons and-daughters, Alex,
Bill, David, Andrew, and Gilbert
Garner of the home cpmnpmity. Mrs.
Lily^Jones, Mrs. Levi Alton and Miss
Mag Garner of the home and Mrs.
Dewey Stewart, of the Eureka sec-
tioHf and by the fpUowing sisters
and brotiiers: Mrs. Sarah Ann Mon
roe'of Sanford, route and Mrs. John
Bass of Cameron, ropte, and Mrs.
Arch s Monroe of the Bunker / Hill
section; Daniel Cameron, Vass, Rob
Camerdft; of, Vass, route, and J. G.
Cameron, Rht Cameron, and NeiU
Cameron of the Bunker Hill com-
nuinity.
CHISHOLM, McNEILL ILL
Chief of Police. Eldridge Chisholm
is confined to his home with an in
fected foot and, while it is not dan-
geroiM, it is thought that he will
have *to stay in for several weeks.
John R McNeill has been in held
for the ^«Bt week with, a severe case
of iqfluenza. Last night his condi
tion was described as .“much improv-
and it is expected that he will be
out again in a lew days.
Correction
Ip listing the names of firms .con-
trilmting $5.00 and bding enrolled Is
contributing ,members of the Red
Cross the nqme of the Woman’s Mis
sionary Society of the Methodist
Chur* was. Inadvertently omitted.
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COTTON GINNING EEFOBT
CPnsuB report shows that 13.013
670 b^iMt for the ^6p of T^S8.
Raleigh, Jan. 29.—Paul D. Grady of
Kenly, advopating a state-wide ref
erendum on liquor and repeal of
(he 3 per cent sales, tax, today an
nounced his candidacy for Governor
of North Carolina.
Grady was the sixth Democrat to
enter the race, topping the previous
record number of entries by two. At
least one other, person—Willis Smith
of Raleigh—is expected to seek the
nomination, which is tatamount to
election.
Other candidates are Thomas E.
Cooper of Wilmington, who annoimc-
ed yesterday, and J. M. Broughton
of Raleigh, L..Lee Gravely of Rocky
Mount, W. P. Horton of Pittsbofo and
iDjJ. Maxwell of Raleigh.
Qrady’s stand on liquor was sim-
flar to that of dry leaders, ex
pressed in the last two sessions of the
General .^sembly. The prohibition
ists’, opponents of the present county
option system, have asserted that a
state-wide referendum would result
in an overwhelming majority against
liquor.
If elected Governor, Grady said,
he woi^ld recommend the referendum
at “the\earliest possible date.”
“Shou)4 the people decide in favor
of liquor control, I pledge myself . . .
to ^ee that proper and real control
is carried out,” Grady said. “Should
the people declare against liquor, I
pledge myseK to use every ounce of
my energy and the prestige and
force of the office of governor to see
that the will of the people is obeyed.”
His liquor plank was the exact op
posite of that advanced yesterday by
Cooper, who said he was in favor of
“each county running its Own af
fairs.” Other candidates have not
discussed the liquor issue.
C BL Dene, G. T. _
jeady Anaoiiacedl
A^dn in Bbi^
Ccmgressinan W. O.
ington and member of tte
States House of Bepcesentafivok
the North CaroBna dli _
announces today his candSdteQF Jlk
the Democratic primary next
succeed himself. Mr. Bur^tfis' ^
nouncement appears in the
the district and state today
Hoke High Loses
Two Games
The local high school basket ball
teams lost both games of a double
header to the Red Springs high schoj)!
teams here last Friday night. The
visiting girls won handily in the
opening game by a score ofil6 to 4.
In the boys’ game the home team
showed mpre fight ^han the girls, but
were defeated 38 to 14. Graham led
the visitors in scoring with 8 points
and Davis with 9 tallies paced the
locals.
Coach Earl Smith, former Appa
lachian cage star, has announced the
remaining schedule as follows: Cam
eron, here, Tuesday, February 13th;
Candor, here,;Friday, February 23rd;
Fayetteville, here, Tuesday, Febru
ary 20th (boy’s game); EUerbe,
there, ^iday, Februaiy 2nd; Hamlet,
there, Tuesday, February 6th; Fay
etteville, there, Tuesday, February
27th.
Two Homes Burn In
County This Week
On Tuesday morning a house nt
Montrose belonging to Mrs. John
Maultsby and occupied by E. H.
Shepard, employee of the State San
atorium, was destroyed by fire, the
origin of which was not reported.
The occupants were able to save prac-f
tically none of their furniture and
personal belongings from the confla
gration. There was no insurance.
A dwelling house on the oldwRus-
sell McNeiU farm in* McLauchlin
township belonging to John McD.
McNeiU and occupied by Will Mcr
Arn, a colored man, and his famUy,
burned to the ground last Monday
afternoon. The first started in the
kitchen and the McAms were able
to save little of thei brelongings other
than a few clothes and some bedding.
On last Saturday night about 9:00
the fire department was caUed to ex
tinguish a blaze in the cook house
on the premises of Brace Morris.
No estimate has been made as to the
damage.
SCHOOL BRIEFS OF THE WEEK
By K. A. MacDONALD
SCHOOLS CLOSED PART OF
LAST WEEK
The county schools. were closed
last Wednesday and Thursday on. ac
count of bad weather. A Mistake
was made in re-opening on Friday
as the continued cold made it impos
sible for all buses to make their teips.
Attendance was very poor in all the
.schools. However, reports from all
the schools ^ow that tte attend^
ance this wel^ has been exception
ally good.
ROCKFISH BOY BREAKS ARM
A little boy skating on the snow
at Rockfish feU and broke his arm.
He was able to be back in school the
foUowing day.
SICKNESS HURTS ATTENDANCE
Reports show that there is eome
sicimess, but not a great deal. 1116
worst is reported by the Raefbrd
grammar school, which reported 3p.
absemtes on Tuesday due to the
mumps, ’ - ■
MISS FALLS ILL
Miss Lorenna Falls is quite ill with
influenza. Mrs. J. C. Clark is sub
stituting for her. '
heating TROUBLE AT
^ HIGH SCHOOL 0
Monday 'morning the school
.work was dtorujpted on account of
poor heat caused by the safety^ plug
in the. faoUer bidwing out No dam
age was done. Mr, McMfflan goj the
plug back in in record time and-*|tMt;
on by eleven o’clock. '
EXAMS THIS WEEK AT ALL
SCHOOLS
This , week is examination week
through-out the county. Consequent
ly Hoke schools have been operating
on an .examination schedule. In high
school the pupils were offered ex
emption from one examination for
perfect attendance for the fall term.
127 were able to take advantage of
this offer. We think this speaks
well for the high school atteidance.
kY!
FREEZE CUTS 1!WO SCHOOLS
* OUTOFWATE^ «
' I jfjwhemdni and. Rbcldisfa scli^ls
have both wRj^t .jii^ter.'Icir,
the last' sev^l daj^ 'oh
^e freeze. ,^ite a lot dsm^^Waa,
otone at RodEfish. W^.i^jpe^
at Ashez^^Kmdt iii
PRINCIPALS AND MECHANICS
Yesterday afternoon all principals
and mechanics ' of schools having
transportation held a meeting for the
stody of “Transportation Regulations”
i^ued by the State School Commis
sion. These regulations cover the
duties of coiinty superintendents,
principals, mechanics, bus drivers,
and pupils. After this study a com
prehensive discussion of our transpof-*
tation problems was held. We feel
that a great deal of good will come
from thi^ meeting. We fetel that our
Iransportation is not what it ^ould
be and every effort is being made
to improve it and give our bus pa
trons better s«wlce. Safety and ef-.
Jicimcy the main points worked
on. ' ' ,
COUNTY BOARD TO MEET
MONDAY
The County- Boaid at. Educatkm
fwdlhoIAits ri^eto-mopthty meetii^
.Monday, Fabmary 5th, at 1$ p*
Routine buaiaass wQI be
1940 Emergency
Loans Available
Emergency crop and feed loans for
1940 are now available to farmers
in Hoke county; and applications for
these loans are now being received at
court house, Monday and Thursday
of each week, said G. W. Blair, Field
Supervisor of the Emergency Crop
and Feed Loan Section of the Farm
Credit Administration. H. A. Currie
is in charge in Raeford.
These loans will be made, as in the
past, only to farmers whose cash
requirements are small andjaiho can
not obtain a loan from any other
source, including production credit
associations, banks, or other private
concerns or individuals.
As in former years, the money
loaned wiU be limited to' the appli
cant’s necessary cash needs in pre
paring and cultivating his 1940 crops
or in purriiasing or producing feed
for his livestock.
Borrowers who obtain loans for the
production of cash crops are required
to give as security a first lien on the
crop financed or, in the case of loans
for the purchase or production of
feed for livestock, a first lien on the
livestock to be fed.
Mr. Burgin was elected 'to
gress for his first time in 1938
one of the most prolon^^
disputes in the histary of Norfli
olina. The otto- principal in
dispute was C. B. Deane,
ham attorney, has already said $1
he would se^ the office again in f
1940 primary. Giles Y. Newton;,
Gibson and a candidate in 193K 9
also filed his candidacy for the M
in the national house.
James Y. Riley
Dies In Chicago
James Y. Riley of Chicago, IlL,
died suddenly Friday, January 19th,
of a heart attack. He was a son of
the late Mr. Edgar Riley and
Mrs. Riley of 'Timberland. He
is survived by his wife, formerly
Miss Frances Konsile, ancl one dau
ghter, Shelia. His mother, Mrs. Ed
gar Riley, four sisters, Mrs. D. H.
Johnson, Mrs. N. F. Sinclair and
Miss Thelma Riley of Ashley Heights,
Mrs. Harold Cameron, 'Timberland.
Four brothers, F. W., Frank and Jun
ius Riley of Deerfield, Fla., and CaH
Riley of Timberland. Funeral ser
vices were held in Chicago Tues
day, January 23rd. Those attend
ing from here were Mrs. Edgsyr Riley,
his mother, Mrs. D. H. Johnson and
Carl Riley, his brother and sister.
Mrs. J. H. Brooks
Passes Friday Night
Word was received here last Sat
urday of th^ death of Mrs. Alice
McDuffie Brooks at Garfield hos
pital in Washington, D. C., on Fri
day night. She was the wife of
James Haywciod Brooks of Washing
ton and wiU be remembered here as
Miss Alice McDuffif, dau^terNof the
late Mr. and Mrs. John G. McdRiffie.
Funeral was conducted in Wash
ington Monday afterncwn and inter
ment followed in the Cedar Hill cem
etery there.
Premium Coupons
In This Issue
Attenticm is called to the special
money-saving coupcms whidi appear
at several places in thfa editton of
the News*:^urnal. Baucom’s Ca^
Store is running these coupons whick
offer gCKxls at that store at subs;^n-
tial savings, to readety ol the.pap^
who clip out the coupons aodi use
them at Bauconfs not later than
urday, February JOth.
943 Traffic Deaths
Last Year In N. C.
HOKE IHAN NBBnm
\Vtb
Raleigh, Feb. 1.—The ' biShway
safety division repc^ Quit'943 per
sons died and 7,199 were iojuced tn
Noorto Carolina tratfle acddents dar
ing 1M9.
In 1938, there wexe m tgiiltUlg
and 7,833
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The dispute in the district In
hinged on alleged irregularities
the primaries. Partly because of 1
controversy and-its disclosures,
ned absentee voting in primaries i
adopted certam other election
forms.” After being contested
some time the argument went to ‘
courts but when it became
that no decision would be
down before the general election, bofc.
Deabe and Burgin agreed to abide tty
the decision of a board of arbiln-
tion. This board decided in favor dC
Mr. Burgin and he was elected.
Congressman Burgin’s statement $a
the Democratic voters of the distciii
is as follows:
“I am a candidate for. relecfioK
to Congress from the Eighlii Distridt
and will seek the Democratic ndtoi-
nation, to succeed myself, in the Ibgr
primary.
“In the time it bes been my priv
ilege to serve as Congressman, TJhnte
sought to reprerent the IKstrict'ia «
manner in keeping with its bnpm*-
tance. Two years is but a short Uhr
in so great a body as the Congteaa
of the United States, but I am happy
to feel that even in this' shoxt
I have been able to uphold,
ably weU, the traditions of toe Dis
trict, always so ably represBded.
“I have the honor at tiusttkne dF
being a member of the Forrign.Af-
fairs Committee whidt, under
isting world conditions, is regarded
a place of mud responsibifity
an opportunity for pubfic^esTvice.
.“I dan submit my record 0adty
and without hesitation to the Desa»-
cratic voters of the district, aqg'
dould they i^ew ray comnussiaa
for an additional two years, T sbd
be personally most gratefill and. apr
preciative, and wiU continue to scrtn,
their every interest -with siaglene^
of purpose.
“W. O. BURGIN
“Representative 8^N. C. IHsttidP’
Hoey Recommends
Early Convention
Raleigh, Jan. 30.—Governor Tlnrx
holding his first press conferome-iB
almost a month, recommended yes
terday that the State Democratic taum
vention be held earlier ihaw
so that North Caiolina might
“some influential say” in toe
nation of presidential and vice |
dential candidates.
■■‘ISk ■
In the past toe State
convention usually has been hdd^
a few days before the
vention, he said, and has ’Snetety'
rubber-stymped national policies obR.
candidates.”
Hold Orthopedic
Clinic Friday
The regolar monthly
cUnic wiU be'hcld st
building in XamiberlA cB _ _
Febnniy 2, bei^in» ok 9:30
and is free\ to dll
under twenty-Opib jtpn, M
Dr* W! M. «f toe ..
Carolina Ortiiopedto bospitol oi i
tenia, will be the sqgean ip
One 'out of cwtyy l
msunid to^ 1989 wheat
under toe Fednl
aim program has Tceeivedl an' .
nity to ipake up foe gaasaHsMB top
loas.