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t- a HOKE colors t BEST WVEBTISING BIEDIUBI > ' The Hoke County Newt The‘Hoke CcMinty Journal OflLT TOLUME XXXIV. NO. 45. BAEFOBD, N. C., THUBSDAT, MABCH H 1940. nStVEBlKiS FicDS Si^ Peace ^act With V '■I Moscow, March 13.—Soviet iRussia early today announced officially the signing of a peace treaty with Fin land which wrests as the spoils of three and a half months of invasion Inland’s defense bastions on'Baltic and Arctic seal and makes part of the vast territory of the U. S. S. R. the whole fortified. Karelian isth mus, where uncounted Russian and Finish dead lie beneath the trampl^ snows. The treaty must be ratified withii} three days, but hostilities will cease, under its terms, at noon today—4 a. m., eastern standard time. Finland gets peace—a single pay ment of 5,000,000 Finnish marks ($750,000) in return for a 30-year learn on her Hanko “Gibraltar” at mouth of the Gulf of Finland 9pl evaluation of the Petsamo Ar- itfc district by Soviet troops. • She gives up; 1 The entire Karelian isthmus and Its Soviet-penetrated Mannerheim line. 2. The shell wrecked city of Vii- pun, once Finland’s third metropolis, and the islands in its bay. 3. All the shores of Lake Ladoga, largest in Europe, and three towns. Both on the lake’s westerh isthmus ;shore and bn its northern coasts thou sands of Russian troops have been slain. 4. Hanko, naval base on the south west, and &e surrounding peninsula on a 30-year lease. This area will form Soviet naval-military bases. , 5. Part of the Sredni and Rybachi peninsulas in the far north, on the Arctic ocean. 7. Certain islands in the Gtilf of Pinland. 8. A great 'Slice of northeastern ^ Finland, including Kuolajarvi. m 9. A railroad to be built during 'V’^1940, which will link the White sea ■ within northern Russia to the Bulf of Bothnia, west of Finland, the rail- ay bisecting Finland above her nar- ow waistline. 10. Free transit, ftff Russian goo^ " across the Petsamo Arctic area ^m Bussia to Norway, duty free. 11. The right to maintain any Fin nish warships, submarines or war planes in its Arctic waters, with the •exception of small coast guard ves sels. f An exchange of papers of ratifica tion of the treaty is scheduled to take place in Mosocw. (In Helsinki tonight, shocked Finns said the fate of the war still was up to the Finnish Diet—there was no indication it had ratified the treaty). However, imder the pact at 10 a. m. on March 15 (2 a. m. E. S. T.) Finnish and Soviet troops are to be gin to withdraw to theh: new fron tiers, a map of which was appended to the treaty.- The treaty was described in the official Moscow communique as one will “create mutually stable utually peaceful relations,” bas- irecise conditions, of “endur- ,ial security”—especially for iviet cities of Leningrad, at one the Karelian Isthmus; Mw- :, 'in the Arctic, and the railroad connects theih. (Actually, its terms gave Rusia ran uncentested clutch on the north ern Baltic. Before she had invaded Finland on November 30, Russia had pej^ably got strategic concessions Esthonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, but these are nothing as compared to the conditions for Finnish peace. The terms, likewise, are far harsher than the ones which Russia laid down before the Finnish mvasion. (Germany profits by .the treaty be^ cause she can now hope for real eco- n(^itf l^lp from a Russia no longer engaged in war, and can, perhaps, extend her own influence in Scan dinavia. Russia is also military free to look to her fences on her Balkan border. The western allies knew this—and made urgent, last-minute offers of an expeditionary force of 30,000 men to defend Finland. The treaty was signed at 2:30 a. , m. (6:30 p. m., E. S. T.) * Hoke High Will Open aseball Season Tues. Coach Cap Clark’s Hoke ,cbimty high school baseball team will take the diamond next Tuesday afternoon in ttieir first game of the’season' when tliey meet the crack team from Ham- r^t'higb. lif the game Is up to the usual :ord-Hamlet gdine it will be a thriller for in three close gamds play-' ed last yealr Hamlet won ^o. The year befofe the local boys' won two of three from, Hamlet. The: diamond here^ promises to be in top shape for the'mioounter as it has Just been reworiced ''and condi tion^ foi* ttie high sdibol and pro fessional ball to be played here this ;spring. Grays Prepare For Trip To Raefoi^ BC ELMER L. SCHUYLER Williamsport, P^., March 13.—In ten more days &e Williamsport Grays will be shoving off for Raeford. In the meantime there will be much ac tivity at Bowman Field, getting uni forms and equipment ready and pre paring to round up the players for the trip. Some, living in the south, will go direct from their homes to Raeford, but most of them will come here prior to the 23rd and leave in the big bus, which will also pick up a number at Harrisbmrg. All over the Eastern League circuit similar activities are in progress. Thomas H. Richardson, of this city, president of the league, believes the 1940 season will be the best in the history of the circuit. “We had a big year in 1939,’s’ he said today, “tfe played to more than a million fan^ nut I honestly, think- we are going to do even better this year.” Passing the million n;iark was the goal set by “Tommy” last season. He aimed for it in 1938, his first year as loop executive, but missed, although the 1938 total attendance of 718,400 then represented ah all-time mark and an increase of 177,750 over the previous year. But his ambition was achieved in the 1939 season, when the official paid attendance, excluding the play offs, were 61,860, making the grand total for the season 1,074,796. In addition to the record season’s attendance, three other attendance marks were hung up. Scranton, win ner of the 1939 championship and the Governors’ Cup, drew 289,550 for its home games during the regular season, thus breaking the old all- time record of 176,653, which was established by Albany in 1938; and Scranton also surpassed the previous record attendance for. one day, play ing to 12,630, while Albany, with an attendance of 7,323 on opening day, established a new first day mark, Four states are represented in the league—^Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania, the eigbticlubs being: JSprin^eld, Mass.; Hartford, Conn.; Albany, Binghamton and Elmira, N. Y.; and Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Williamsport, in Pennsylvania. . President Richardson played the leading role in establishing the lea gue’s grand attendance record. Be sides being instnunental in bringing Scranton back into the circuit and findhig a home for the Trenton (N.J.) club in Springfield, he was on the go constantly, making frequent visits to each city and helping to arrange attractive promotional programs. Transfer of the Hazleton franchise to Scranton, the third largest city in Pennsylvania, which was without representation in 1938, with tiie in stallation of lights and the fact that the owners gave Scranton, a good baseball city, a dub that was in the fight for the championship most of the season, gave such a boost that the owners are now building a new stad ium at great expense and expect to have it in readiness for the opening of the 1940 season. All of the clubs play night ball at home except Hartford, and there ;is a likelihood that lights will be in stalled there. Hartford, by the way, was managed last season by Fresco Thompson, the Grays’ new skipper, who inspired a mediocre team to make a great record in the last six weeks of the season, giving the first division clubs plenty of trouble by winning ninety per cent of their games in that six-week period. Next week we hope to give you more iftformation concerning the clubs in the league, where they will train in the south, by whom they will be managed, etc. 'Two of them, the Scranton champions, and Elmira, will be seen in action at Raeford—Scran ton on Wednesday, April 10, and Sat urday, April 20, and Ellmira on Tuesday, April 16th. To Give Free Show Tomorrow Night Younger Snead, manager of the Hoke Auto company, aimoimces to day that a movie will be shown to the public tomorrow night at the Hoke county high school with no ad mission being charged. The entertainment will begin at sevqp-thirty and last about one hour. It will consist of four of the short features released by General Motors. Everyone is invited. ' Young Democrats Postpone Rally J. L. McNeill, president of the Hqk8 Coimty Young Democratic Club, an nounce yesterday that the spring rally of the organization which had been scheduled for Wednesday, March 20, had been postponed for one week in order that this county might co operate with the Young Democratic clubs of North Carolina in the pro motion of “Jeffersonial Rally Month.’ The rallies are expected to be held in the month of April but local of ficers felt that another rally in April after having one on March 20tii would be a little too often. Therefore, the Hoke county rally will be held at Clyde’s Pond on the ni^t of Wed nesday, March 27, and there will be no other Jeffersonian Rally in this county. All Democratic candidates for Gov ernor of North Carolina, Lieutenant- Governor, and Eighth District Con gressman are being invited ^to at tend the affair, which should be one of the largest political gatherings ever held in Hoke county. April has been set aside as Jef fersonian Rally month in the state and plans are now being made to have a rally in every district in the state during that month. Carl'Doby of'Albemarle has been appointed chairman of the Rallies Committee and Dick Telfair of Raleigh and Wil liam Lennon of Marimi, vice-chair men. The full membership of this committee will be announced short ly. This committee met on March 2nd at whidi time , the spring pro gram was fully discussed. Pay Schedule Is Announced Ralei^, March 12.—E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive officer at N. C. State -college, announced today the schedule of pay for farmers participating in /the 1940 agricultural conservation program. The payments, he explained, will be made to farmers who plant within their acreage allotments and carry out approved soil-building practices. ^ The schedule (based on normal yields of acreage allotments) fol low: Tobacco, either flue-cured or bur- ley, one cent a pound; peanuts, 12.5 cents a 100 pounds; potatoes (in commercial areas), three cents a bushel; and commercial vegetables $1.50 ah’ acre. Farmers who plant within their acreage £|llotments for cotton and wheat can earn combined conserva tion and parity payments of 3.15 cents a pound on the normal yield of the wheat acreage allotments. Pa3nnents also may be earned for carrying out approved soil-building practices, Floyd stated. House Passi» Naval BiU Washington, March 12.-;—A $655,- 000,000 expansion of the United Stat^ navy won House approval today in record-breaking time and by the over-whelming vote of 303 to 37. The bill, which was sent to the Senate after about four hours de bate, authorizes the navy to build 21 new combat ships, 22 auxiliary vessels, and 1,011 airplanes in the next two years. Fimds for the work, however, would have to be voted later. Final passage came after the House had shouted down an amendment by Representative Schafer, Republican of Wisconsin, to halt the sale of naval planes or plane secrets to all foreign governments and another by Representative Fish, Republican of New York, which would have elim- .inated three proposed aircraft car riers from the bill. In addition to the carriers, which Fish contended were unnecessary, the measure would authorize con struction of an unspecified number of cruisers and submarines. ’The ex act niunber of each category to be. built was withheld in an effort to keep the ships’ size a secret. Informed members conceded, how ever, that the cruisers would be sub stantially larger than the 10,000-ton “treaty cruisers,” now" the navy’s largest. Urging approval of the program which he said was all the navy could handle with existing construction facilities in the next twotyears. Chair man Vinson, Democrat of Georgia, of the House naval committee declared the. increase was necessary because the imminence of a general Euro pean war, coupled with conditions in the Far East, “presents a threat of world conflagration.” > “Our voice in world affairs will be heeded in almost direct proportion to our relative strength on the sea,’the Georgian asserted. i( Vinson pointed out that the program which the bill would authorize was less than half that sought by the navy. He said the program originally recommended would have cost $1,- 596,000,000 and would have taken six Shears to con^lete. Dairy hspection Service Started At the request of T. B. Lester, own er of Lester’s Dairy here, the Cmn- berland County board of health in cooperation with the United States Pubhc health ordinance has started making regular inspections of the dairy here. The fust insjjection was at Lester’s Dairy in February by Mr. R. Wiggs, dairy inspector of the Cum berland .coimty board of health. Mr. Wi^’ inspection placed Lester’s Dairy on the honor roll of Hafn-»g of North Carolina. This means that the local dairy’s milk has a grade of ninety per cent or better, something only seventy-five towns in the state can boast of. In grading the milk, that furnished by the local dairy was found to be Grade A and to have a very low bac teria count and to have more than the required amoimt of butter fat. In compliance with the United States Public Health ordinance the dairy will be inspected at intervals and public announcement of the grade of the milk made every six months. TO MAKE RADIO ADDRESS Giles Yeomans Newton, of Gibson, c;an(^date for Cobgrtess in the Elf^th District, stated this wdek that he would issue his statement ais a can didate lor congress next Tues^, March 19th. ^ ,, Mr, Newton,-ivlto ran for the of fice Unsuccessfully tigb yeara ago, will deliver this staten^t over ra dio station WBT in Charlotto next Tuesday afternoon from one o’dodc ui^til.one^te$b. ; - C.M.T.C. Campaign Is Now Open Supt. K. A. MacDonald of Raeford, Chairman'Of the Military Training Camps Association for Hoke county, announces that the procurement cam paign for the 1940 Citizens Military Training Camp, which is to be held at Fort Bragg, has officially opened. The camp will be held from June 12, 1940, to July 11, 1940. The mission of these training camps is to bring together under healthful surroundings, on a common basis of equality, young men from all walks of life; and, by supervised athletics, military drill, and instruc tion in citizenship to develop them mentally, morally, and physically; promote wholesome respect for American ideals, teach the value of teamwork, fit toem for leadership, and impress upon them the obliga tions and responsibilities of true American Citizenship. Young men attending these camps are nojnore likely to be called to the colors'in time of war than other men. Through the training received at the^ camps they become' more able to defend their countiy in a national emergency, if they should volunteer or be selected for service. Prospective applicants may write direct to the C. M. T. C. Officer at Fort Bragg, for. any information they desire, or apply to the County Chair man of the Military Training Camps Assodatiop. The County Chairman will fufnish appli»tion blanks and the names of doctors who will give the medical examination without chatty. There are two vacancies for en- roUmrat" in the Citizens Military Camp for Hoke county. '' . Fifth Candidate In Race For Congress D, C. Phillips, of Southern Pines, last week became the fifth person to announce that he would seek the seat in Congress from the eighth North Carolina district. The four who had already announced them selves are W. O. Bugrin, the Incum bent, C. B. Deane, Rockingham law yer, and Burgin’s opponent in the election dispute of two years ago, Giles Yeomans Newton, Gibson man who also ran two years ago, and Robert L. Steele, also a lawyer of Rockingham. Phillips, who seriously considered running for the office two years ago, is, to quote from his statement, “just a plain, blunt man, who is not a lawyer^ but a salesman and former newspaper man.” He sells laundry supplies .and is a resident of South ern Pines. SCHOOL BRIEFS By K. A. MacDONALD RAEFORD P.-T. A. ELECTS PRESIDENT The Raeford P.-T. A. held its reg ular monthly meeting ou the after noon of the fifth. Miss Plonk had charge of the program. Under her direction the high school glee club rendered several numbers. Several of the members of her expression class gave readings. Mrs. A. D; Gore was re-elected president for her sec ond term. Miss Xymena Smith pre sided in-the absence of the president and vice-president. ASHEMONT P.-T. A. HOLDS MEEUNG On Tuesday evening at 7:30 the Ashemont P.-T. A. held its regular monthly meeting witii Mr$; Jones, president, presiding." Reports were made by standing cohunittees. Mrs. McLeod, chairman of the library commitl^, invited all present to vis it and inspect the library. The mem bers were also invited to inspect the lunch-room. It was announced that $88.00 worth of new books had been purchased. After several short talks by different persons, the program was turned over to Miss Plonk, the music teacher, whose pupils rendered a very fine program of instrumental music and readings. ^ Courthouse Grounds Being Improved The groimds of the Hoke county courthouse are being further improv ed this week by the trimming and rearranging of the shrubbery. The shrubs have been rather haphazardly arranged with little or no symmetry of position and with little regard for uniformity of size. These things are being attractively corrected this week and should improve the appearance of the building very much. ATTEND BANQUET Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Lewis and fam ily went to Winston-Salem last Sat urday whcn« Mr. and Mrs. Lewis at tended' a bmiquet of the American Institute of Bankers at the Robert E. Lee hoteL Five hundred bankers from North and South Carolina and Virginia were there. The Lewises remained in Winston-Salem until Sunday. JULIAN JOHNSON CRITICAL ■ w a;.'... • ■■ yi gi Ready John* MbGoogtin ^.reports th||t the. ban paHc.hai^been given a thdrouj^' going over by the NYA,|bdra^lat^ and that it to in fine shape f^ tte arrival of the WiUiamqiort March 24th. ,1 Julian Johnson suffered a relapse last Friday after having been well raou^ to leave,toe hobse toe day before and' his condition was im mediately'sudi'toat his life was feared fof. At last report? yesterday his con dition was slUtotly improved although still critic^ Ninety-nine jper coit nt the fatal accidents in Morto year occurred on roagfai In good conditton. HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY VISITS ROCKFISH Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock the Rockfish P.-T. A. met and had as its guests the members of the high school faculty. We think this is a very fine idea,'as it gives the par ents of high school pupils from toe county a diance to know the teadiers of their children and vice versa, it gives the high school teachers a chance to know the parents of their pupils. ANTIOCH MEETING WELL ATTENDED The Antioch P.-T. A. held its reg ular monthly meeting last Thursday evening at the school building. The meeting was very well attended. It was decided at this meeting to secure the “Blue Sky Boys” for an enter tainment at an early date. 'The school has done a great deal lately with its beautification program. FUTURE FARMERS TO BE REPRESENTED The Future Farmers Club is send ing representatives to another district meet next week. We hope the boys will keep up* the good work and win some more first places. Nhroi Rned HO For Assaohing BrMge Flagman J. A. Niven, white man of Bae- ford who assaulted one of the flag«, . men at the McNeill bridge scnne tim* ago, plead guilty of simple asatdt . | recorder’s court Tuesday motning and was sentenced to serve tolrfy days on the roads, sentence to be iutf> pended on pasnment of a fine of $10' and the court costs and good be^ havior for 12 months. Joseph Lloyd, colored boy of Que* whiffle township, who was dharged with being drunk and disorderly and / trespass, weis freed and a nol prae taken in his case because the court found that he was under 16 years of age. Sam Marshall, white man of Que- whiffle township charged with re moving stable manure after the first of the year, had his case dimotoMd after the court stated that this was no crime. On a charge of assault with a dead ly weapon, L. C. Allen, white man of Little River township, was found guilty of simple assault cUid given a thuty- day sentence to be suspoided on payment of the costs. In anotoer case Allen was sentenced to three months on the roads for assault. This sentence was to have been suspended on payment of a fine of $25 and the costs but the defendant went to toe roads. Ed Hollingsworth, local colored man, was found not guilty of lar ceny. Edward Evans, local colored man, was found not guilty of larceny. Edward Evans, local colored man plead guilty of larceny and was sen tenced to 60 days to be suspended on payment of a fine of $10 and the costo. Lacost Murdock, white man, was given a sentence of thirty days to be suspended on pa3rment of the costs- for violating the road laws. Bryand C. Addye and Daniel W. Crawford, vdiite men of Fort Bragg, were given sentences of thirty days to be suspended on payment of toe costs by each for speeding. Joseph Handy, colored man of Mc- LaudlCh township, was' caHed and failed to appear and his bond was forfeited in the case charging him with violating the road laws. Evander Smith, white man of Fay- ettevilTe and former member of Bat tery “F” was charged by Captain W. L. Poole with larceny. On return of the stolen property the court con tinued the defendant’s prayer for judgement on pa3rment of the costs. Pete Pate, white was given thirty days in each of two cases, sentmces to be suspended on payment of ttie costs. In the first Pate was chargrf with being drunk and disorderly atwi in the second wito that otleose and assault wito a deadly weaptm also. He went to toe roads. Solon Martin, white, and Ed Norxto, colored, were eadi given thirty-day sentences for being drunk and tosor- derty. Norris paM the costs in his in his case and had sentence sus pended. Rosa Monroe, coIcHred oman Bae- ford was found guilty of assault and sentenced to tiiirty days in jail, soi- tence to be suspended on paymoit of the court costs and on condition of good behavior for 12 months.. B. D. Cunningham, local colored man, was ordered held for Stq)eriar court under a bond of $200 atom toe qpurt found probable cause in toe case in whirtx Cunningham was charged'' with breaking and entering. Jessie Bethea, local colored man, got tiiirty days to be suspended oa payment of toe costs for being drunk and disorderly. SCHOOL HEALTH PROGHAM STARTED The schools are starting this we^ on the most comprehensive pmgrawig of health that has been attempted for several years. The first thing be ing done is to give every diild in toe county an eye test. This will be followed by an effort on the part of the teartiers and toe N. C. Hli«d Com mission to see that all diildien vriio need it are fitted wito Fol lowing toe eye tests, an effort is go ing to be made to give every pupil a thorou^ physical examination and at toe same time offer cedi one toe chance to have the typhoid and small pox vaccinations at a very nmninal cost. - ATTEND EDDOO MBBTINO Last night $ of tiie men teadiers of toe county attended the iUgteict meetoog of Affiliated Bduco tiiat met in FtyetteviDe. CODNIT BDUCO CLUB MBBfS Monday afternoon tiieie was a (Oontinued on page a$itoQ Farmers Should Sign 1939 Applications Now .All ai?;>lications for 1939 soil con- servatum payments must be signed and in toe state office before'Mardi 31, 1940 atmounced A. S. Knowles, county agent, yesterday. Applica tions for four townships will be in their respective township as follows: Quewhiffle township, at Ashemont school Thursday from 9 to 12 o’dock; Blue Springs township at Commmi- ity house, Thiursday from 2 to S o’clock; Stonewall towndiip at DiBa- from 9 to 12 o’dodc: and Antioch township at community house llMnt 2 to 5 o’clodE. 'those who have not signed should do so at oncei Funeral Servieea For Mrs. McLean*a Aunt Mr. and Mrs. Baymonj’ and Miss Mable McLean ati funeral in Godwin yestiigjty nocm of Mrs. MctAanh i«A Bdiecca Culbreto, who at hw bomb tiMie hot I The finMtal was WiirrV^T Oodvhi snC ‘ toeMcDtytedtyi den. .'.ii-'-Sa