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VOLUME XXXV. NO. 13.
Guard Units
Return Last
Saturday
Raeford^e two National Guard
Units, Battery “F” and 1st Bn. HQ
Battery of the 252d Coast Artillay ar
rived at their home station here last
Saturday, afternoon after toeir amiual
summer encampment at Fort Moul
trie, S,“C. ' ' . ^
Personnel of the regiment attending
the three weeks encampment from
Raeford, aggregated approximately
155 officers and men. The'men re
port that what is usually a suttuner
vacation at the bedch was anything
else this summer. The firing batter
ies of the regiment fired much more
of the 37 mm or subcalibfer ammu-
tution this summer than ever before
and each one fired exactly twice as
much service ammunition, ^he ser
vice ammimition is fired in ^e 155mm
(about 6 in.) gun with; which the
252d, a mobile seacoast artillery reg
iment, is armed. The problems in
both the service and subcaliber fire
were fired from two different loca
tions in Sojith Carolina. This in
itself is as much firing as the regi
ment would normally do in two en
campments.
In addition to the extra artillery
firing, the entire personnel of the
outfit was given individual training
and practice in the us^ of the small
arms with which they are equipped.
Captain John. W. Walker, 1st Bn.
IIQ Btry, was in charge of the regi
mental rifle -range and superintended
the firing of the 30 caliber rifles by
the enlisted personnel and Captain
William L. Poole of Battery “F” was
pistol range officer and directed the
practice with the 45 caliber automatic
by the officers and others armed
-with this weapon.
Both the batteries from here car
ried full strength to the encampment.
Captain Walker’s outfit, the 1st Bat
talion Headquarters Battery, has a
strength of two officers and 44 en
listed men and Captaiin Poole’s Bat-r
tery “F” has a strength of four of
ficers and 97 enlisted men. The two
organizations made excellent show
ings on the encampment and are
considered two of the finest in the
regiment from a standpoint of effic
iency and class of personnel.
The men of the whole regiment
went to camp for soldiering this July
and officers of the two Hoke com
panies feel that their personnel de
rived much benefit from the work
they did in this summer’s encamp
ment. In addition to working the
men had the beaches at'Tort Moul
trie and the Isle of Palms for re
creation and men were furnished
transportation by boat to Charleston
on two nights each week for several
hours. These and other amusements
made the camp quite pleasant as well
as instructive.
Although the camp was quite pleas
ant the men of the guard seem to be
quite happy to-be back, in Raeford
for two or three weeks prior to their
anticipated return to Fort Moultrie
for a year or more of duty. One
change has been noticed in Battery
“P’ since return. This is the fact
that the men’s camp equipment, ex
tra clothing, mess kits, canteens, shel
ter halves, pack carriers, etc., has
not been taken up since their return
but has just been checked and each
man keeps his own outfit complete to
eliminate the difficulty of refitting
and re-issuing when they go out
^||ain.
Another symptom of impending ac
tivity is the fact that the local out
fits ‘have received new trucks, guns,
tractors, and clothing in the past
thirty days.
BAEFOBD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1940
$1.5# PER YEAS
State Has Much
Cash On Hand
Raleigh, July 31.—^North Carolina
spent more money last fiscal year
than ever before, yet taxes were not
raised and there was a surplus July 1
of more than $8,000,000, ip the gen
eral, highway and agriciilture funds.
Governor Hoey dkclosed these facts
yesterday in a financial report, and
attributed the “comfortable” increase
in tax receipts to growth and ex
pansion of business and to the de
velopment of .tourist trade. -
The legislature estimated the gen
eral fund would receive $40,560,014
during, the fiscal year, including $2,-
500,000 diverted from the highway
fund. Actually, the general fund re
ceived $40,698,042, without diversion.
The lawmakers estimated highway
receipts at $33,881,207, but the re
ceipts were $37,213,369. Agriculture
fund receipts were estimated at $837,-
153, but they were $848,981.
Surpluses on hand July 1: General
fund, $3,016,088; highway, $5,020,646;
agriculture, $322,420.
Here Sunday
Dr. M. T. Plyler, Editor of the
North Carolina Christian Advocate,
who will preach at the Raeford Me
thodist Church Sunday Morning.
Interruption In
HectrirService
Sunday ■
Kiwanuins Hear
Mflk Specialist
Miss IsabeHe Moseley, dairy mar
keting specialist, spoke to the Kiwan-
is club of Raeford last Thursday ev-
ing. Miss Moseley is sent out over
the state by the commissioner of ag
riculture to educate the public in the
importance of milk hs'a^ood aPd the
growing importance of dairying in the
state of NoiUi Carolina.
. Miss Moseley told the club that
milk is the perfect food, being rich
in carbohyto-ates, proteins, minerals,
and vitamins. She said th^ impor
tance of mUk could be traced through
history by noting that the great na
tions of the'past had been nations in
which dairying was an esesntial in
dustry. She said that milk is essen
tial for adults as well as for children
and should be a part of the fare of
every home.
The quota of milk consumed by
the average North Carolinian is much
below the national average, accord
ing to Miss Moseley, and the national
quota is below that advised by lead
ing nutritionists.
Miss Moseley illustrated her talk
by showing a short movie entitled
“A day at Annapolis.” This movie
showed that milk is considered im
portant in the national defense pro
gram, because every midshipman at
the naval academy drinks over a quart
daily, to enable them to keep in the
best of physical condition. Miss Mose
ley’s talk was very instructive and
was well received by the Kiwanis
club.
T. B. Lester, local dairyman, pre
sented Miss Moseley.
Special Session of
Superior Court
Held Monday
In a special session of superiof
court last Monday Judge J. Paul
Frizzell decided the case of Annie
Mae and Kate Thomas Shaw versus
Raeford Power and Manufacturing
company in favor of the Shaws.
On September 16, 1938, Annie Mae
Shaw and Kate 'Thomas Shaw, small
daughters of J. G. Shaw, were elec
trically shocked while playing in a
tree in a neighbor’s yard. The shock
occurred beca’"* of the proximity of
the power lines to the tree. The case
has been pending in court since the
accident and was quickly disposed of
at the term of court Monday.
. All other cases that were on the
calendar were continued.
Dr. Watson Fairley
A Raeford Visitor
Last Tuesday ^
Dr. Watson Fairley, former pdstor
of the Raeford Presbyterian cnurch,
was a visitor in Raeford last Tues
day. Dr. Fairley has beoi visRing
in Tarboro recently and came from
there here. His health has been re
gained in a large measure and he is
looking very well.
Electric service in Raeford will
be interrupted for about three hou^
on August 4 2 P. M. to 5 P. M
the purpose of installing new equip
ment designed to improve the quality
of electric service generally in this
community., R. L. Chandler of South
ern Pines,' district manager, for thd
jCarolina Power and Light Company,
announced while in city today,
Plans call for relocating the Raeford
substation nearer the center of the
town and for the installation of an
automatic switch to replace the non-
automatic switch now .in use, Mr.
Chandler said. By doing this work,
he added, the electric distribution
facilities here should be greatly im
proved.
The new equipment, he said, should
serve to minimize interruptions caus
ed by storms and other causes over
which the power company has little
or no control.'
“It is the desire of our company
to make improvements from time
to time in our electric distributiem
facilities in the communities we serve
and while we regret the necessity
to interrupt service in Raeford we
believe the citizens will be well pleas
ed with the improvements we are
making here ” Mr. Chandler said.
He added that his company has
long adhered to a-system of long-
range planning in anticipation of the
growth of the commimities it serves
and that improvements have already
been made' in a number of towns.
Moreover, he said his company is
making improvements so as to be
better prepared to cope with any
emergency that might arise and which
might call for unusual demands for
electric service.'
The interruption of service, hp said,
is necessary for the safety of the men
doing the work.
N. C. Guardsmen
On Initial List
Washington, July 30.—^North Car
olina will be among the first to feel
the full force of National Guard mob
ilization under the authority from
Confess requested yesterday by
President Roosevelt, Army Chief of
Staff Gen. George C. Marshall, re-
yealed today.
Appearing before the Senate mili
tary affairs committee which launch-
jed hearings on the President’s pro
posal to call out the National Guard,
Gen. Marshall disclosed that the first
call for troops would lean heavily
upon two bodies of men in North Car
olina.
(1 The 30th Division of the National
TGuard, which includes the states of
North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten
nessee and Georgia, will be ordered
to active duty almost immediately
upon enactment of the requested leg
islation, Gen. Marshall said,
louj^ ^At the same time, the 252d Coast
Artillery regiment of North Caro
lina, operating 155 millimeter guns,
would be ordered to active duty at
Charleston, S. C. The Tar Heel Na
tional Guardsmen would make head
quarters at Camp Jackson. S. C.
These two units would be rushed
into immediate active service as soon
as the bill becomes law, Gen. Mar
shall stated. They would be among
the 55,000 officers and men out of
the total of 242,000 that comprise the
National Guard who will receive the
initial call.
The Army’s chief gave the com
mittee assurances that liberal allow
ances would be made for all men
with families and dependents and
for those whose business affairs would
be jeopardized by the call to active
duty. In each case, he indicated, the
men would be summoned for a year’s
duty. He estimated that if the leg
islation is enacted according to sched
ule, the order mobilizing the 55,000
men would be issued by September
15th.
Mrs. W. B. Covington
Dies In Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. Guy Taylor, who was visiting
her mother, Mrs. B. R. GatKn, was
called home Tuesday on account of
the death of Mr. Taylor>s niece, Mrs.
W. B. Covington.
Mrs. Covington died in Norfolk.
She will be remembered in Raeford
wiiere she lived for several years, laer
husband being superintendent of tne
Raeford school just before J. liL
Stackhouse came to Ra^ord.
Specialist To'Complete
One-Variety Group
Ralph Raper, extension cotton
specialist, of State College, will spend
Monday and Tuesday in Hoke county
assisting .in the organization of the
onervariety cotton communities, re
ports A. S. Knowles, county agent.
All cotton producers in Hoke county
will have an opportunity to have
their cotton classed free of charge.
Some producers have not made ap
plication and they are reminded that
August 15th is the closing date for
filing applications. Application cards
may be obtained from the ginner or
from the county agent’s office|
Aitother Big One
Gets Away
Superintendent K. A. MacDonald
came back from Bogue Sound the
other day bringing a real fish story
with him and with Ciurie McLauch-
lin and Mrs. Hugh Archie Cameron
testifying as to the veracity of the
story.
It seems that the professor was
fishing from a motor boat in the
soimd one afternoon with a croaker
hook and a little reel of thirty pound
line. At about seven-fifteen he got
a strike which according to him felt
like a log on the other end of the
line. In other words he could not
budge it.
He hung on, however, as best he
could, reeling out line when he had
to and taking up all the slack he was
able to. After an hour or more of
this, never getting sight of his quar
ry, the pedagogue decided he could
do better from a' smaller boat. He
boarded a sm^ rowboat with an
other gentleman who happened to be
along, clinging tightly to the pole all
the while. When they got into the
smaller craft the denizen of toe deep
on the other end of the line seemed
to sense that he could do more with
toe fisherman now, so down toe sound
he went, towing toe skiff, Mr. Mac
Donald and one passenger with him.
After going a mile or so and playing
around for a couple of hours toe un
known fish or sea serpent came back
up the sound from whence he had
gone. Once back toe fisherman got
the impression that his quarry was
somewhat winded and therefore, he
decided it was about time to land
him, it being something after mid
night and past a respectable man’s
bedtime. 'liierefore they made .some
sort of an attempt to beach this
beche-de-mer.
And about that time it gave a great
leap into toe air, showing a great
white belly, cleared toe hook and
left, leaving among other things a
quite exhausted superintendent. The
battle lasted five hours and fifty-five
minutes according to Mrs. Cameron.
She affirms that toe above is true
and says Mr. McLauchlin will do
likewise. All concerned have a fair
reputation for sobriety so it must be
so.
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Must Apply Now
To Certify Cotton
The closing date for filing appli
cation to have toe N. C. Crop Im
provement association certify cotton
is August 10th, says A. S. Knowles,
coimty agent. Application blanks
may be secured from the coimty ag
ent. Those wishing to have cotton
certified should contact the county
office immediately.
Hoke High
Teacher List
~ E. D. Johnson and toe district com
mittee, announce toe following list
of teachers for Hoke high school and
the Raeford graded school.
Hoke County High School
E. D. Johnson, Raeford, N. C.‘
Myrtle Williamson, Kenly, N. C.,
route 1.
Maxie McLaurin. Dillon, S. C.
Mrs. J. C. McLean, Raeford, N. C.
Frances Jean Freeman, Aberdeen,
N. C.
Lorenna Falls, Gastonia, N. C.
Marjorie Heater, Cary, N. C.-
Earl Smith, 328 South 20to St.,
Decatur, Ill.
J- W. Turlington, Fremont, N. C.
J. W. Dowd, Raeford, N. C.
Mrs. Belton Wright, Raeford, N. C.
Lillian Marion, 241 Lewis Street,
Harrisburg, Penn.
Mary Foust Plonk. Kings Moun
tain, N. C.
Nell Howery, Christiansburg, Vir
ginia.
Raeford Graded School
W. J. Coates, Raeford, N. C.
Virginia Livingston, Laurel Hill,
N. C., route 1.
Margaret McKenzie, Gibson. N. C.
Anne Buie, Red Springs.
Mildred James, Laurinburg, N. C.
Louise Fletcher, McCoU, S. C.
Aris Shankle, Raeford, N. C.
Leone Currie, Southern Pines, N.
C.
Marian Cox. Winterville, N. C.
More Cash For
Farm Products
Raleigh, July 31.—^North Carolina
farmers got $35,833,000 as cash in
come from principal farm products
during toe first five months of 1940,
a gain of 17 per cent over the $30,-
513,000 received in the same 1939
period, not uicluding federal pay
ments.
Russell P. ^andy, junior statistician
with toe state agriculture depart
ment, reported on toe cash income to
day, and said that federal pajrments
dropped 24 per cent below the $11,-
643,000 AAA payments made in the
1939 period.
Income from crop sales was $21,-
892,000, an increase of 27 per cent
over last year, but livestodc sales
were up only five per cent
In May income from crop sales
dropped two per cent under May 1939
but livestock and livestodc products
brought 27 per cent more income.
Government payments were 57 per
cent below last srear, and total in
come from-al^ources, induding the
AAA, was down nine per cent from
last year.
Wild Dogs To Be
Shot At Ft. Bragg
' Raleigh, July 30.—Packs of wild
dogs which have been killing deer
and other game in toe Ft. Bragg mil
itary res,ervation will be shot on sight
as a result of plans made by the
United States army and toe North
Carolina department of conservation
and development.
Heretofore rangers have tried to
capture all dogs in toe 130,000 acre
reservation, but now all without col
lars or which seem to have. “run
wild” will be destroyed, toe game
and inland fisheries division said to
day.
Some of toe animals nm singly but
others roam in packs of five or more.
Ranger^ report that they are sly and
quick and difficult to capture.
Valuable dogs with collars will be
held at Ft. Bragg post headquarters
so their owners may claim them, the
division said.
SCHOOL
By K. A. MacDONALD
MR. MOORE NEW ANTIOCH
PRINCIPAL
The Antioch school commission has
announced that Mr. M. C. Moore, of
Red Springs, has been elected prin
cipal of toe Antioch school for the
term of 1940-41. Mr. Moore comes
to Antioch highly recommended by
the people at Red Springs where he
taught last year. He had been re
elected at. Red Springs, but the
school authorities there were willing
to release him so that he could accept
the Antioch principalship.
MORGANS RETURN
W. E. Morgan, principal of toe Mil-
douson school, has returned from
Cullowhee where he has been in
summer school. Mrs. Morgan has
returned from New York, where she
visited during Mr. Morgan’s absence.
E. D. Johnson was in Raleigh this
week on school business.
ATTENDS CONFERENCE
K. A. MacDonald left this morning
for Cullowhee, where toe state con
ference of school superintendents is
being held. This conference is called
each year by the state superintendent
of public instruction.
CANNING PROJECT UNDER WAY
The school canning project is in
full sway with Mrs. Smith again in
charge. All schools that have not
done so should see Mrs. Smith immed
iately and make arrangements to get
their canning done. The Board of
Education purchased 6,000 cans. 2,000
have already been filled. No school
will be certified for siuplus com
modities that does not have its own
supply of canned goods.
GO AFTER NEW BUSES
H. C. Bayes, county school mech
anic and two helpers left this morn
ing for High Point to take delivery
on three new school buses being
furnished Hoke county by toe State
School Commission.
ENTERTAINMENT AT
MILDOUSON
The Blue Sky Boys will appear
at toe Mildouson school tomorrow
night at 8:30. The performance will
be for toe benefit of toe sclCtel li
brary and lunch room. The cast
broadcasts daily from WPTF. Ral
eigh. The public is cordially in
vited.
BIBLE COMMITTEE MEETS
The central Bible committee went
to toe 71st school Monday night for
a meeting with toe 71st committee.
'There will be a meeting of this com
mittee in Raeford Friday night, the
9th. H. L. Gatlin, Sr., was elected
chairman of the committee of the
whole district. Rev. E. C. Crawford
treasurer, and Rev. J. B. Riley, of
71st, secretary.
Come Saturday
D. S. Poole Will
Be 82 Years Old
On Saturday, August 3rd, Mr. D.
Scott Poole will reach the ripe age of
eighty-two years. Mr. Poole says
that he can’t remember what tone rf
day he was bom and that he must
have had a lapse of memory at that
time—for the last time. Mr. Poole
is well known around this territory
as a writer and historian. He is
in such good physical condition that
he can and d^ do more than most
men twenty years younger. He can
eat anytoing and works his own gar
den.
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At the dose electric
utility industry tifiiisl^tying over 29,-
100,000 w.frentest num-
Last RHes ‘Fw
John H. McKoizie
Held Thnrs^y
The funeral of John H. McKeigie»
prominent citizen of Wagram, was
held at his home last Thursday after- -'|
noon. The services were held bsr
Reverend Frank L. Goodman, pastor
of the Wagram Presbyterian (tourdu
Mr. McKenzie died Wednesday
morning of injuries received in an au
tomobile wreck Tuesday aftemooo.
The site of the accident was at toe
intersection of the Maxton-Wagram
and McGirts bridge roads in Scotland
county.
. Coroner M. J. McDougald, of Scot
land county, investigated the accident.
It is stated that Mr. McKenzie and
his brother, Dan McKenzie, of Rae
ford and Wagram, were traveling
toward Wagram from Maxton, with
Mf. J. H. McKenzie driving. At
toe intersection of toe McGirts bridge
road their car was struck by another
car driven b^ Grady Thomas, of
Robeson county. The McKenzie car
turned over several times, being hit
near toe right rear wheel. Dan
McKenzie did not receive serious in
juries, but John McKenzie died in
toe Laurinburg hospital early Wed
nesday morning.
Mr. John H. McKenzie was widely,
known in Scotland and Hoke counties
as a successful lumberman and farm
er. He owned and operated farms ih
Scotland and Hoke counties. He was
a native of Moore county and was
sixty-two years of age. He came to
Scotland county as a yoimg man and
married Miss Alma Peele, who sur
vives with toe following children;
Mrs. Alex Farmer, of Hoke county;
John H. McKenzie, Jr., of Wagram;
Mrs. T. B. Bender, of Hoke county;
J. C. McKenzie, Miss Pearl Mc
Kenzie and Miss Martha McKenzie,
all of Wagram. He also leaves two
brothers, Dan McKenzie of Ra^ord,
and Jesse McKenzie of Moore coun
ty.
Senate Gtmmittee
Approves Calling
National Guard
Washington, July 30. — President
Roosevelt’s appeal for power to call
out the national guard and reserve
corps officers for training—a pro
posal backed unstintedly by the army
—received today toe quick approval
of toe senate military committee.
Its action came shortly after it had
heard Gen. George C. Marshall, toe
chief of staff, describe such an au
thorization as urgently necessary and
a strong indorsement of selective
conscription — a proposal apparoitly
bogged down in congressional con
troversy.
On toe latter subject. President
Roosevelt declined to be drawn out
at a press conference—although the
committee earlier had engaged in an
acrimonious dispute over a Republi
can demand that he make his views
known.
When a reporter asked his atti
tude toward toe pending Buike-
Wadsworto bill—^requiring all men
18 to 64 inclusive, to register for pos
sible selective training—^he said he
did not care to go into details. To
this, he added toe statement that a
lot of machines without men to run
them were worthless, and many men
without machines were equally
valueless.
This led some to toe conclusion
that toe President favored conscrip
tion, but at no more rapid a rate
than the men called up could be
provided with equipment for toeir
training.
Chairman Sheppard. Democrat,
Texas, of toe senate military com
mittee, said that all seven Democrats
and four Republicans who were pres
ent when toe action on the national
guard was taken, voted to approve toe
bill. The included, besides Shep
pard, Senators Thomas, of Utah, Bfin-
ton, of Indiana,' Johnson, of Color
ado, Hill, of Alabama, Chandler, of
Kentucky, and Lee, of (%lah(Hna.
Democrats; and Senators Austin, of
Vermont, Bridges, of New Hamp
shire, Gurney, of South Dakota, and
Holman, of Oregon. Republicans.
Marshall took toe position toat
conscription and calling out toe guard
were, in combination, toe-only metood
of insuring a sufficient number el
men for the nation’s security.
“We must know wh|it totds we
have to work wito,” he said. Taper
plans will not suffice ill tois emer
gency. In our adjustment toe secur
ity and safety of toty ffpmtry
pend on our having an I
ber of men trainedl aaitpiare to an
other way to do'lt ene^ . bgr totor
method (calling out to# Hindi M-''
lowed by some form of coMegfgMnL
“I don’t think we