North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XXXV. NO. 1. RAEFOBD, R C., IXnJBSOAY, MAT 9tli, 1940. lUOFEBTlAB STATE COnON #- *■ Percentage Of Crop Land to Cotton An nounced for Hoke and Adjoining Counties, It has been brought to the attention of the Hoke County Soil Conserva tion committee that a misunderstand ing exists among some farmers as to ^e state cotton allotment for 1940, and the percentage of crop land on jjP which cotton allotments are estab lished. ^me farmers have been led believe that North Carolina re- ^'Reived an increase of 232,000 acres for 1940. The state committee has released figures as follows: The state cotton allotment for 1938 was 902,- 507 acres; in 1939 it was 931,031 acres; and for 1940 the allotment is 930,507 acres. The state committee has released comparative figures showing the cot ton factors for Hoke and adjoining counties so that farmers of Hoke county will know that no county re ceives as high as 34% to 38%. The cotton factor for Hoke county was 29.3% for T940j Robeson county cot ton factor, was 24.8% in 1938, 24.7% in 1939, and 24.2% for 1940; and the Scotland county factor was 33.5% in 1938, 32.7% in 1939, and 32.2% for 1940. The Cumberland county factor was 23.6% in 1938, 23.1% in 1939, and 22.8% for 1940; the Richmond coun- . ^ factor was 16.6% in 1938, 20.3% . 1939, and 20.4% for 1940; and /' me Harnett county factor was 27.9% ' r^S,1938, 24% in 1939, and 23.8% for =^^40. The Moore county cotton fac- ,tor was 5.2% in 1938, 12.3% in 1939, d 12.5% for 1940; and the Lee lunty factor was 9.9% in 1938, ^ j-^,6% in 1939, and 15.3% for 1940. In ’ The method of setting up cotton -allotments on individual farms was written in the “Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1938,” and was passed by Congress. According to the act, allotments are based on past plantings of cotton, taking into , account the number of acres of crop land available for the production of cotton. I I' h- i Burgin Returns To Capitol Post Washington, May 6.—Representa tive W. O. Burgin returned: to Capitol Hill today, marking the end to a long siege of pneumonia. The Eighth District Congressman said he planned to “get back into harness in a hurry.” Although he looked slightly pale after his illness of several n^onths’ ration, Burgin said that he was _ fine and eager to be at work, was in high spirits as he receiv- the greetings of his colleagues in North Carolina delegation and |per members of the House. Mr. Burgin said that he planned to return to the Naval Hospital for a short routine physical check-up on Thursday afternoon, but that, for all prartical purposes, “my hospital days are' over.” The sulfanilamide treatment he re ceived for pneumonia, he admitted, will leave him weak for some time. Sulfanilamide renders a sizable shock to the entire system and it takes some time for one who has taken it to fully recover from the effects. Mr. Burgin said he planned to be - at his office regularly from now on. added that he4|i^ned also to vSbm home as soon'as he had caught up on the backlog ot work that had accui^^ted during his illness. MirBralfc’s physicHms have Wam- , ed him ^a^nst trying to play too vigorous a role in the fourth-coming campaign. While they assure him that he is recovering rapidly, it would be unwise to place too great a strain on his system and thus re tard complete recovery. M The Congressman was greeted en- ^tkusiastically in the House and he ^^pressed deep appreciation for the any messages he has received from his friends in Washington as well as from his district while he was in the hospital. Town Board Asks State For Help On City Streets At their meeting in the town hall Tuesday night the town commission ers of Raeford passed a resolution asking for state help in the upkeep of the city streets in North Carolina from the money received from gas oline taxes. The commissioners ex pressed thei^elves as thinking this should be done because. when the state assumed maintenance of all state and coimty toads it did not include keeping up the streets or roads lying in the corporate limits of towns. The resolution passed by by the board follows: WHEREAS, when the state of North Carolina in 1931 assumed responsi bility for maintenance and construc tion of all state and county roads from gasoline and motor vehicle li cense taxes, it did not include state aid for roads, better known as streets, which happen to lie within the cor porate limits of its towns and cities and WHEREAS, the annual state ap propriation from highway funds of $500,000 finally begun in 1935 to be used only for maintenance on only those municipal streets used to con nect numbered state highways is not sufficient to provide properly for adequate maintenance, widening or reconstruction of the nearly 6,000 miles of town and ciiy streets in North Carolina, for construction of which mimicipalities naid more than $109,000,000 from property taxes or bond issues to be repaid from prop er^ taxes, and WHEREAS, surveys show that ap-i- proximately 39 per cent of all motor tContinued on page four) To Complete Survey By May 15 The Board of Directors for tfee Lumbee River Electric Jdembefship cooperative has set May 15th as the date on which the engineer^ will complete their Survey •work for the first project, reports County Agent A. S. Knowles. There remains only a few sections in which the engineers are to survey at this time. Those farmers who have paid their membership fee are now being placed on the maps by the engineers. ... The membersiiip. ‘survey workers for Hoke^counfy litot in Raeford Tues day and showed’the engineer the'paid in members.' It will be impossible for electric service from the REA line'by those who are not members before May 15th. According to reports from the board of directors and the engineers it is probable that 450 miles of electric lines will be built by the REA in Hoke, Cumberland, Robeson, and Scotland counties and will serve fif teen hundred farm families. Funeral Rites For Mrs. Maxwell’s Father oft B|J1 Meeting ext l%sday Night All persons intereisted in organiz ing a softball league in Raeford for the coming (got here Tuesday) sum mer are invited and urged to be present at a meeting which will be held at the Kiwahis hall next Tues day night, May 14, at seven-thirty. Merchants or firms who are in terested in sponsoring a team for the season are asked by the -organiz ers to attend the meeting or rep resented. Funeral services for John J. Beard, prominent farmer of the Rex com munity of Robeson county and father of Mrs. Walter Maxwell of Raeford, were conducted last Friday, after noon at the Rex Presbyterian church by Rev. F. M. Bain, pastor. Mr. Beard had died suddenly at his home on the Wednesday night preceding at about ten-thirty o’clock. His health had been failing for some time but death was unexpected. He was a native of Cumberland county, moving to Robeson in early manhood. He was twice married. His first wife was a Miss Butler, of Sampson county, and to this union were bom four .children who sur vive. They are Miss Mary Lou Beard of Red Springs, Mrs. John Jones of Rex, Mrs. Walter Maxwell of Raefordi and Mrs. Ben Shaw of Lumber Bridge. His second wife, who was Miss Dicie Covington of Richmond county, and their three children survive: Mrs. Fred Inman of Fairmont, Miss Margaret Beard and John J. Beard, Jr., of Rex. Also surviving is one brother. REGISTER! We take this final opportunity to remind all persons in Hoke county who are eligible to vote that Saturday, May 11, is the last chance they will ^ve to register. It is the duty of every person to exercise his voting privilege and to do so you must REGISTER. Get your name on the book in your precinct before six o’clock Satur day afternoon.—^Editor. ivnHTHESiacj MRS.> MoLE^ CAMPBELL Mrs. MdLiCan Campbell, who has bem confined to her bed for some time, trok a turn for the^worse last week and was described by a member of her famity yesterday ’ as being “mighty sick.” ’ ODOM IMPROVES W. C., Odom, who has been ser iously ill at his home here for several weeks was said to be some ttotter yesterday. MRS. GATLIN BETTER ; Mrs. H. L. Gratlin, Jr., is still seriously ill at a Moore county hos pital jvhere she has been for severM weeks but her condition was de scribed yesterl^y as continuihjg to improve. ’ . Soil Conservation Payments , , ■ ■ - Hoke farmers who cooperatdg with the 1939 soil conservation program have received twelve hundred, and twenty-four individual checks to dat* for a total of $82,890.89, reports A. S. Knowles, county agent. Checks eml^nting to $32,368.22 have be^ rec^ved hi the past week at the county farm office. / SCHOOL BRIEF! By K. A. MacDONALD GRADUATION EXERCISES AT HOKE HIGH TOMORROW NIGHT Tomorrow night at 8 o’clock the graduation exercises will be held in the high school auditorium. At this time Dr. Frazier, retired president of Queen’s college, Charlotte, will make the literary address. Diplomas will be presented to 54 graduates. Muslb will be furnished by the high schopl glee club. Every one is invited es pecially to attend this, .the culmi nating exercise of the commencement season. National Cotton Wedc May 17-25 T. B. Upchurch, Jr., President of the North Carolina unit of the Na tional Cotton Council and a well known cotton grower of this section, today endorsed National Cotton Week to be celebrated May 17-25 and urg ed North Carolinians to support the campaign to increase the consump tion of cotton goods. He said that this annual event has done much in the past to help prices of the South’s major cash crop. Consumers are being asked to make purchases of cotton goods and favor products put up in cotton containers. Chain stores and other retail outlets are actively supporting the campaign. They plan to feature cotton’ goods in window displays and on bargain counters, as well as using cotton bag ging for products purchased in bulk and for products packaged for retail sale. Upchurch saiJ that 75,000 stores cooperated in the nationwide promo tions for National Cotton Week last year. Cotton fabrics, domestics, and apparel were the highlights of the week’s business in retail trade. The Cotton Council leader pointed out that with production of cotton expected to increase substantially in North Carolina this year ^over the 445,000 bales grown on 746,000 acres in 1939, it is important to farmers that the National Cotton Week cam paign be successful. “If the av erage price could be boosted even slightly over the 9 cents per pound that last year’s crop brought it would put many thousands of dollars into the pockets of North Carolina farm ers and in turn into the pockets of merchants and other business men,” Upchurch declared. In conclusion, Upchurch called upon the people of the State to support this producer-consumer event at a time when declining tobacco prices leave the future of agriculture and business in a precarious position. MILDOUSON SERMON POSTPONED On Sunday afternoon at .3;3p Rev. David F. Blue will prehch the bpmr mencement sermon af Mildouson. This service was to have been held last Sunday but was postponed on account of a death in the community. Everyone is cordially invited. CRAWFORD PREACHES TO HOKE HIGH SENIORS Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock Rev. E. C. Crawford of the local Methodist chimch preached the bacca laureate sermon to the graduating class of the high school. The 54 sen iors heard Mr. Crawford’s message with a great deal of profit and pleas ure. The theme was “Success Through Failure.” This sermon was one of the high lights of the commeacement season. A great many of the audience that filled ' the auditorium said that it was the best commencement sermon preached here in a long time. Rev. W. C. Browto pronounced the invo cation and music was furnished by the glee club. EXERCISES HELD On Wednesday night at 8:00, the 7 th grade promotion exercises were held at the Mildouson school. The Gypsy Camp” was the motiff. The theme, “Carrying On.” SEI^MON AT ASHEMONT The Ashemont commencement sermon was preached at the school building Sunday night at 8:00 by Rev. E. C. Crawford of the Raeford Methodist church. Mr. Crawford preached a very appropriate sermon to the 7th graders. CLINIC AT ASHEMONT The Ashemont pre-school clinic was held last Friday afternoon by Dr. Godwin of th6 Sanatorium. He gave the diphtheria and typhoid treat ments in addition to the regular ex aminations. The second typhoid treatment will be given today. OPERETTA AT ANTIOCH Last Thursday evening at 8:00 the Antioch school presented the operetta, “The Jolly Circus,” to a large and apreciative audience. Much credit for the success of the operetta is due to Mrs. H. R. Poole who wrote it and composed a greater part of the music. Teachers and pupils also did their parts splendidly! ROWELL TO SNEAD’S GROVE G. H. RoweU, resigned principal of the Antioch school has accepted the principalship of the Snead’s Grove school in Scotland county. 7th GRADE EXERCISES HERE Yesterday afternoon at 1:15 the Raeford graded school seventh grade exercises were held. A splendid pro gram Was rendered by the seventh grad6. Perfect attendance, and read ing circle certificates were presented. PrizM for excellence in scholarship, spelling and citizenship were award- (Continued on page eight) County Convention Next Saturday; Cdtl^iiiftt^es'Selected it — Democratic precinct meetings were held in the precincts of the county last Saturday and a chairman, a vice- chairman, and three committeemen were elected in each. The County Democratic Convention will be h^ld in the courthouse next Saturday ternoon and delegates will be select ed there to attend the State Conven tion in Raleigh May 17 and repre sent Hoke county. ' Committees for eight precincts fol low, the first two named in each pre cinct being the chairman and vice- chairman, respectively. Names for Puppy Creek and Rockfish were not available. Raeford No* 1 John Cameron, Mrs. J. A. Mc- Googan, Laurie McEachern, W. L. Poole, W. P. Baker. Raeford No. 2 J. B. Thomas, Mrs. A. D. Gore, Ryan McBryde, J. L. McNeill, John McKay Blue. Mildouson N. A. Mclnnis, Mrs. Earl Tolar, J. M. McGoogan, J. L. McFayden, N. H. G. Balfour. Blue Springs J. B. Covington, ^Mrs. J. W. Mc Bryde, Hector McNeill, J. F. Mc Millan, Rex Currie. Allendale Arqhie Watson, Mrs. Belle Currie, Mrs. J. S. Currie, L. A. McGoogan, N. P. Watson., Qnewhiffle N. F. Sinclair, Mrs. P. P. McCain, J. B. Womble, Turner Pickier, Tom Sinclair. Antioch J. A. McPhaul, Mrs. W. C. Hodgin, J. A. Hodgin, W. L. Gibson, W. J. Coats. Little River Daniel McGill, Mrs. A. D. Mc- Lauchlin, J. W. Smith, D. M. Cam eron, Whorton Seagroves. Survey of Rockfish Road Is Promised D. B. McCrary, highway commis sioner of this division and L. E. Whit field, division engineer, appeared be fore the Hoke County Board of Com missioners at their meeting Monday. They promised the commissioners that a' survey would be begun im mediately of the Raeford-Rockfi^ road with a viev* to improving the same as early as possible. McCrary and Whitfield also assur ed the bosnd that U. S. highway 15-A was in line to be widened all the way throiigh Hoke cpunty as soon as funds are available. Fairleys Returji Dr. arid Mrs. W. M. Fairley have returned from Montreat and Dr. Fairley will bccunr his pulpit botti Sunday morning and evening. Alan McSween, who assisted Dr. Fairley last summer, will again resume his work here the first Sunday in JunA All Defendants Get 30 Days Suspended Paymentof Costs With the exception of the cases in which the crime charged was be yond the jurisdiction of the court, all defendants in Hoke coimty Re corder’s court Tuesday were sentenc ed to serve thirty days on the roads, sentences to be suspended on payment of the costs. Some had the money for the costs and some didn’t. Walter Scott, white man of Blue Springs township, pled guilty of being drunk and disorderly and, not having the costs, he went to the roads. Bfert Scott, father of Walter, is stUl in jail for the same offense in tending to pay the mosts. Lacy Harrington, local colored man, pled guilty of violating the prohibi tion laws and paid the costs. Willie McPhaul, colored man of Antioch, pled guilty of careless and reckless driving and paid the costs. Kinnie Watson and Johnnie Pate, local white men, pled guilty of vio lating the prohibition laws and paid the costs. Charlie Hair, white man of Fort Bragg, pled guilty of being drunk and disorderly and went to the roads for 30 days. Johnny Harris, young white man of Raeford township, was found guilty of violating the prohibition laws and paid the costs. James McNair, Ernest Stevens, Hu bert McNeill, David McNeill, and Troy Maynor, all colored men of McLauchUn township, were charged with breaking and entering and lar ceny. Probable cause was found as to all defendant% and they were bound over for Superior court, bond for each being set at $200. Eddie Roper and Angus McDuffie, local colored men were charged with breaking and entering at night and larceny. Probable cause was found as to each and bond was set at $250 for their appearance in the next term of Supwior court. FAYEHEVILLE ROAD WORK COMPLETED HAVE YOU BEEN COUNTED? Sam Morris, census enumerator for the Tbwn of Raeford, hereby requests every person in Raeford who does not know that he or she has been enumerated for the 1940 census to see him today or to leave their name at the News- Journal office so that he may get it. “It is certainty to every resi dent’s interest that ali of them be counted and Thursday is the last day my enumeration sheets will be open,” said Morris. Final Rites For Mrs. C. M. Randleman Funeral services were conducted last Sunday afternoon at the Antioch Presbyterian church for Mrs. C. M. Randleman, 41 year-old woman of Stonewall township who passed away at a Fayetteville hospital early Fri day morning after having underwent an operation about a week previous ly- conducting the services were Rev. H. R. Poole, pastor of the Antioch church and Rev. B. T. Hurley, pastor of the Red Springs Methodist church. Interment followed in the churchyard cemetery. Surviving are the husband and six children. Thomason Bids To Wid^ en It; To Be Wide Open Next Week, The bridge construction, paving, and grading which has been taking place on the Raeford-FayetteviUe road for the past six months or more has finally been completed and the road is now wide open with the ex ception of one piece of one-way road where it crosses Rockfish creek. The work is done here but the heavy traffic over the highway cannot be allowed on one side of this stretch for one more week when the con crete will have set. There are also two other short patches on the road which will not be driven on before next week for the same reason. J. C. McLane, foreman for the C. Y. Thomason Company which has done the paving on the job, said this week before leaving for Cocoa, Fla., where his company is dfflhg the pav ing necessary for the c^tetruction of a large seaplane base there, that tiiis company expected to bid for the job of widening Highway 15-A from Fayetteville to the South Carolina line. This work has been approved and it is expected that the highway commision will award the contract in the very near future. « McLane, a native of Abbeyville, S. C., is an engineer with over twenty years experience in the business dur ing which time he has worked on construction and paving jobs in many states of the Union and also in Cen tral and South America. He hag been with the Thomason company, for a little over two years and thinlrg that he will probably be in charge of the road-widening work if his com pany should get the contract -r^bgiCoustyJ- Constyuctioir company of Florettce, S. C., built the bridges on the road over Peddler’s Branch, Rpckfish creek. Little Beaver Creek, arid Puppy Creek. The superintend ent of the bridge construction was T. M. Blackman, of Lancaster, S. C., a veteran bridge-builder of eigh teen years experience. Blackman and entire crew have been highly praised by the highway de partment and others for the brii^es they have constructed. The praise has been particularly fm- the bridge over Rockfish Creek which highway i officials have said is one of the finest in the state. 'The commission received a letter this week from a prominent bridge builder of New York state saying that he had the bridge and that it was one of die finest jobs he had seen in his ex perience. Mr. Blackman has been building bridges for the Coastal Construction company for some time and has algo b^ a construction superintendent wift the C. Y. Thomason company for five years. He has two sons who are superintendents with that com pany now. Candidates Visit During Past Week Two candidates for the Democratic nomination for the seat in the House of Representatives from the Eighth Congressional District were in town in the past week. Both of them were from Rockingham. Bob Steele, III, Rockingham lawyer running for the office for his first time, was in town last Friday after noon. C. B. Deane, Rockingham attoi^ ney who lost a close and disputed race to Congressman W. O. Burgin two years ago, visited Raeford in the interest of his candidacy yesterday afternoon. Census Figures Will Not Be Released ■1 Announcement from the district census office yesterday was to the effect that District Supervisors of the census had been instructed from Washington to give out no further population count until the entire pop- ulatioa count is completed. The populatiop of each county will be givm to local newspapers first as it is completed. Murdoch McDuffie of spent laet weekend at hfisM;, J?, Raeford Team Enters Golden Gloves Coach Earl Smith, Hoke county hi^ school basketball tutor during this school year, has entered the Piedmont Golden Gloves boxing tournament with four other boys who will compete as a team from Ra^ord. Entered in the novice class are the following: 112 pound—Lewis Carter; 125 - pound — Riidiard Jones; 147- pound—^Robert Jones; 175-pouttd— Tom Sinclair. > Smith is entered in 160 pound di vision of the open class. He was novice champion in this weight in the Carolinas Golden Gloves in Char lotte two years ago. Raeford Merchants Agree To Summer Closing Hours At a meeting of the Raeford chants association at the courttiouse Tuesday night it was decided that all merchants in Raeford would be a^- ed to observe certain closing hours and holidays during the summer. All merchants in town agreed to Oh ‘ following yesterday: 1. Beginning Monday. May 13, all' stores will close at six P. M., exnpt- on Saturdays. 2. Beginning Wednesday, ’ all stores will close at 12:30 P. through Wednesday, August 11. ‘ 3. All stores will dose on July Flora Ali^ PilmoQ, studaht i of Hi^usnith boqellal, qpqnt end with her A. D.,;