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;v-A;/'-.s.V "■-■-;/ ■■■■:' ; ■■ ■ _>? ^,;i-;'. RAEFORD, K. c:, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22,1940 The Hoke County Journal iLstns All White Schools To Open on This Date; Other School News, The white schools of Hoke county will open for the 1940-41 term on Monday, September 16, at 9:00 a. .m. All schools will open at this time. New princpals will be in charge at Rockfish and Antioch, Messrs 'yv, G. Parker and M, C. Moore, respec tively. [ Miss Rena 'eneigor,vbaa.i treat college Official results of the flue-cured tobacco referendum held July 20th have been annoimced by E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive officer of N. C. State College. The state as a whole ap proved three-year quotas by a mar gin of 87.1 per cent The total'v#te was 123,863 for three-year quotas, 2,073 for one-year quotas, and 16,- 307 against quotas. ' The vote in Hoke county was 580 for three-year quotas, 2 for one- year quotas, and 23 against quotas, for a percentage of 95.9 in favor of three-year quotas. Among the larger counties in the state, where more man 60 votes were cast, Greene coimty gave the three- year plan its largest margin of ap- 'proval, with 99.2 per cent of the growers favoring restricting of pro duction in 1941, 1942, and 1943. Fol lowing in order were the following other counties which cast 95 per cent or more per cent of their votes for three-year quotas: Martin, 98.2 per cent; Edgecombe, 97.9 per cent; Pitt, 97.6; Lenoir, 96.3; Granville, 96.2; Wilson, 96.1; Hoke, 95.9; Chowan, 95.5; Nash, 95.4, and Robeson, 95.0. Only two counties in the state failed to give the three-year plan the necessary two-thirds approval. These were Sampson, where only 55.2 per cent of the growers favored three-year control, and pamlico, where the vote was 66.5 per cent in favor of three-year’ quotas. Cmitroversy Flares Over Refugee Ship Washing^, Aug. 20.—The senate heard an "accusation today that a single “stubborn” man, “either Pres- , M|ent Roosevelt / or .f^eone , in 5r girls' that th«re‘areTstate departeefit,” had refused feT’ The principals wiU have their first meeting on Wednesday afternoon, September 11th at 1:30 o’clock in thf superintendent’s office. ^ ' ' ' ' i On Thursday morning, September 12th, at 9:00 o’clock at the high school building, there will be held the first bus driver^’ safety meeting. At this time all new drivers will be given theui driving test by the highway patrol. An examination will be ad ministered to all drivers at this time by the patrolman. This is required by the safety divisimi of the State Highway and Public Works Commis sion. On this date all buses will be inspected by the patrolman and a committee appointed by the grand jury. Buses will be delivered to all drivers serving white schools. Buses for the negro and Indian schools will be delivered at a later date. . —-r— , . f On Friday evening, September 13, at 8‘o’clock, the firet county-wide teachers meeting will be held at the high school building. We will be rjliglad to have any and all interested school Officials and patrons attend this meeting. }dhouse, NYA sup- StRte School BiAes Strong PotohHal Asset for Defense . Raleigh, Aug, 20.—Like fide famous taxicab army that oncei helped save Paris, a school bus army .could be used to save the United States from a blit2krieg attack. North Carolina officials predicted today. In an emergency. North Carolina huge, state-owned and operated school bus fleet, the largest publicly- owned bus system in the country, could be mobilized in a few hours to move 200,000 men to stragetic positions. And even in these days of mechanized, warfare military au thorities agree it’s stUl a good idea to “git thar fustest with the mostest men.’ Moving 200,000 men by school'bus would make a piker of old General Gallieni who mobilized more than 1,000 Paris taxicabs and rushed half a division of troops—^possibly 14,000 men—into the world war Battle of the Marne. “Since North Carolina has a state- owned fleet of 4,990 school busses capable of carrying 40 men to the bus, an army of 200,000 could be transported to any given point with only a few hours notice necessary to assemble the busses,” In addition. North Carolina’s busses could accompany a troop train with 272 service trucks, “carrying gas, spare parts, and all tools necessary for minor repairs.” The 4,538 busses in regular serv ice last year traveled 24,^85,170 miles on 75,000 miles of bus rbutes. Next year the state will operate 4,690 busses. These with 300 '“spare” ve hicles ready for use in casVof rngjoi breakdowns, give a total fleet^ 4,990. “North Carolina not only trans ports more children to the schools of the state at public expense than any other state,” Griffin said, “but carries on this phase of school activity at a much less average annual cost' for each child transported. Last yeat, he pointed' out, total cost qf the system was $2,294,332.88 —rdr about $6.90 per pupil. The fig ure compares with the national aver age of about $19 per pupil. Flood Cleared 01 People Williamston, Aug. 20. — Plucking flood refugees from the roofs of housed, coastguardsmen and volun teer boatmen patrolled swamp.s and lowlands today as the most devas tating flood in the history pf this section rolled slowly tbward the sea. ^i^fidals expressed the opinion to night that all danger zones along the Roanoke river had been evacuated. At least one airplane was used to spot persons in danger. Chief Highway Engineer W. 'Vance Baise said tonight that one mile of the three-mile highway east of .here has been washed out by the rising flood waters. The fill has been cov ered by several feet of water since last night. Approximately $125,000 to $200,- 000 damages have been done by the TRIAL OF HARVEY BAUCOH FOR GEORGE THOMPSON DEATH EXPECED TO START TODAY ' " '■ n Conscripticm BUT Is Ghren Approval ■ii washout, Baise estimated. He said several months may be required to put that part of United States 17 back into condition for traffic. From Washington, the Red Cross announced that 1,000 persons were removed from flooded lands in this (Martin) county. They were being brought by boat and truck to camps here, The Roanoke, which has claimed Carolina since Friday, continued to rise here, and was expected to reach a cerst of 10 feet in flood by Thurs day. j Meanwhile, residents of Plymouth, mUes down-river, were preparing t the relentless onslaught of the ydilow waters. Residents of that town said they expected little dam age, providing wind did not back the water into the community. The floods in this section followed on the heels of tremendous over flows which claimed at least 22 lives in northwestern North Carolina. The combined deSth toll of the two catas- trophies is 27, and a 28th person drowned while swimming in a flooded river. several schol;trships available for the 1940-41 term. Anyone interestedmay secure detailed information by call ing at this office. The school canning project, this year, has been unusually successful ^s. Smith, the supervisor, reports that over 8,000 cans have been put ul>-and that she expects the total to reach at least 10,000 cans. ’Three new buses have arrived in the county for use next year. They . were furnished by the State School Commission ^nd-will replace the 3 oldest buses in service in the county. , A fourth bus, purchased through county cartel outlay funds, will be delivered before school opens. Each of the buses that has been in service l)efore is receiving a thorough re conditioning and will be in perfect order for the opening day. The faculty lists for all schools will ^be given next week. K. A. MacDonald, secretary of the affiliated Educo clubs, attended the first meeting of the Union county club held in Monroe last Tuesday night. This ‘was the club’s first ^ •(InO^ng as a chartered member of r * the»ffiliated clubs. Bible in the Raeford schools is a assured fact for the next school year. The committees represjsnting the 71st and Radford communities met here two weeks ago and elected Miss Mariana Kimbrough, of Lexington, Miss., to teach the Bible in the tw> schools. It is expected that Miss Kimbrough will live in Raeford this year and in the 71st community next year. Tlje committee representing Raptord is composed of H. L. Gat- lin,’‘sr., Mrs. Crawford 'Thomas and Mrs. Herbert McKeithan. 'Mr. Gat lin is chairman’ of the joint com mittee. Rev. E. C. Crawford is treasurer of the joint committee. ch^ge the course of the refugee ship American Legion and thereby had risked a provocative incident that might have “precipitated this coim- try into war in a week.” The accuser. Senator Boone, Dem ocrat, Washington, spoke while the army transport bearing 897 passen gers headed for New York, appar ently beyond the waters off Scot land which Germany had warned were mine-infested and highly dan gerous. “Someone is risking the lives of 900 human beings aboard that ves- sd,” Bone told the senate, “if that vessel is blown sksrward the charge will be made that she was torpe doed by a German submarine.” He suggested that Congress inves tigate why the state department or other officials insisted that the ves sel, which left Petsamo, Finland, Fri day night, had persisted in a course through the mined area in the face of the German warning. Navy officials declined to comment on the ship’s whereabouts, but at the state department it was said that in the absence of any news to the contrary, the vessel was assumed to be safe. REA Project Siqiermtendoit Is Selected Authority „ Sought at Fayetteville V: The following is an excerpt from the North Carolina NYAiNews Bul- '' letin: The Hoke county NYA Supervisor, Irs. Rena Woodhouse, sensing the scent trends toward non-combatant training, “jumped the gun” some what and has placed the NYA girls in her county in the Raeford wood working shop, which heretofore has ;been opened only to the male youth ' sj that county. i^e girls are given basic train- in the use of hand tools. They ^will make such articles as foot stools, shelves, window seats, etc., and will assist the boys in finishing article's which come off of the production line in this shop. As experience is gain ed, these girls will be assigned to repetitive jobs, which require little skill an^ knowledge of intricate ma chinery. The girls’ home practice center in ,: .its .r*sr-.=^ them by the states \ ^ vices to include youths not assigned to the NYA program. These unas signed youths will be allowed to work under foremen to gain experience in practical sewing, cooking and crafts. We feel that this is an excellent method of integrating the NYA pro gram into the Kfe and activities of the community and urge all NYA supervisors to consider this idea in their plang during the coming year, G. H. Rowell, former principal of the Antioch school, and his family are moving to Snead’s Grove within a few days. Mr. Rowell accepted the principalship of the Snead’s Grove school last spring. We are sorry to see them leave Hoke county but wish them much success in their new work. If you wish to spend an hour in an attractive place you should drop by the library in the Raeford graded school building. It is open every day in the week except Saturday. There will be. no adva'nce regis tration at the high school this year as all pupils, were registered and assigned to sections last spring h®” fore school clbsed, Mr. Johqson an nounces. School books are arriving every day from the state textbook purchase and rental commis»6n. A complete list of books should be~Enthe hnwHa ©f pupils the first day of school. The high school pupils should be furnished with, their $2.40 rental fee the first day in' order ^t they may have the full benefit of the books furnished The board of directors of the the Lumbee River Electric Membership corporation Wednesday selected . R. M. McGirt, of Maxton, as project superintendent. 'The board’s , action must meet the approval of the REA ’in Washington. ‘ They will submit Mr. McGirt’s name as first choice Joe McAdoo Willis, of Raleigh, sec ond choice, and Herbert Morgan. Har ris, of Grantsboro, third choice. Specification contract-maps were presented and approved by the board for 484.4 miles which will serve 2,- 347 farm families. It is expected that staking of the line will be start ed August 26th by the J. B. McCraiy Engineering corporation, of Atlanta. Construction of the line should begin within a few weeks. The REA in Washington-recently allotted $428,000 to construct power lines for the project. Hoke county will get 125 and 145 miles of rural line serving about 425 customers, announces A. S. Knowles, county ag ent. A “second” project is now bepig worked up and will be submitted to Washington within a few weeks. Communities desiring service shomd see that their section qualifies, says Mr. Knowles. Fayetteville, Aug. 20.—The creation of a housing authority to construct 400 residence units for Fort* Bragg non-commissioned officers and civil ian. employees will be sought by the city officials. September 4 has been set as the date for a hearing on a petition to establish a Fayetteville Housing authority to act in co-opera tion with the United States Housing authority to obtain Federal funds for building the necessary houses. Mayor H. C. Blackwell outlined the plan at a meeting of interested citizei^ in the offices of O. P.' Breece, president of' the Chamber of Com merce. I. M. Richardson, secretary of the chamber, stated that he had authentic information that houses would be needed for from 400 to 450 non-commissioned officers alone. It has been officially declared that 17,500 men will be stationed at Fort Bragg when the post is brought to full strength. 'The Ninth division, one of the new streamlined divisions, is to be sent here. Tardy British Ship Arrives New York, Aug. 20.—^The two-day overdue British liner Samaria reach ed the sanctuary of New York h^bor late today, bringing^ among its 680 passengers 138 British children slat ed for wartime adoption in American homes. The children were the first group brought across the Atlantic imder the sponsorship of the U. S. Com mittee for the Care of European Chil dren. It was learned the Cunard White Star liner had been delayed by fog and had stopped at Halifax before proceeding here. Mclimis Reunion Held Thursday The aimual reunion of the Mc- Innis clan was held last Thursday at the Dundarrach Presbyterian church ^th a good attendance from Norto and South Carolina. Rev. David F. jBlue, of Fayetteville, con duct^ the devotional exercises in the morning. A business meetihg followed the bounteous dinner which was served at one o’clodc. At this meeting of ficers were elected. They are as followi: Maggie Jane McBryde, pres ident, Mrs. Mur^y McLauchlin, vice president, and Mrs. John McPhaul, secretary and treasurer. The date for the next reunion was set as the third Thursday in August, 1941, and the place was set as Page’s Lake. SALES OF TOBACCO GOOD The quality of tobacco was un usually good for opening of thb mar kets and farmers were well pleased With the prices, reports A. S. Knowles, farm agent. AT WORLD’S. FAIR Lawrence McNeill, of Raeford, and Pete Stanton, of Red Springs, are spending the last few days of this week ^ in New York at the world’s Fairmont Mai^et Has Good -OpeninR Opening day sales at the Fairmont tobacco market 'Tuesday totalled 941,470 pounds for $184,644.99, an av erage of $19.61. Officials said they were highly pleased with the sales and descril>ed the opening day as “the most satisfactory and the most orderly” in the history of the mar ket. C. B. Stafford, secretary of the market, said yesterday that all the farmers selling qn the market were highly pleased with their sales and added that every pound of tobacco sold was bought by a regular buying company.' ' ,Washington, Aug. 20. — A broad conscription bill making men 21 to 45 years Old, inclusive, liable for im mediate military training was tenta tively approved by the house mili- taiy committee today, while the sen ate debated a less sweeping measure. The house bill calls for registra tion of men from 18 through 64. 'Those selected immediately for a year’s compulsory service would come from the 21-45 classifications, how ever. . Chairman May, Democrat, Ken tucky, said that the committee, by an almost unanimous vote, tunied down proposals that provisions of the senate bill, calling only for reg istration and training of men 21 to 30, inclusive, be inserted in the house measure. “It’s the opinion of the committee that these are the proper ages and we’re going to put the bill out this way,” said May. Clergymen, divinity students and conscription objectors would be ex empt, and the training of college students in their senor year would be deferred. - An exemption of students study ing for ministry in theological and divinity schools was also written into the senate measure today, on a 60 to 10 vote. . The general debate on the draft in that chamber today produced a clash between Senator Coimally, Democrat, Texas, aind Senator MlTheel- er. Democrat, Montana. Connally angrily ^arged that Wheeler “wants to makfr it just as- diffiqtdt as^pos- sible” for the country to recruit an army. Wheeler, irate, protested, and Connally withdrew the statement, but not without adding a rejoinder that “no other senator” was as “free in reflecting on the motives of others” as was Wheeler, a prominent oppon ent of conscription. Late in the day. Chairman Walsh, Democrat, Massachusetts, of the sen ate naval committee, arose to ques tion the necessity for a large stand ing army, and announced he would seek a “test vote” on a proposal tfiat before conscription was attempted, the nation build up a powerful air force, an “invincible navy,” a “mul tiplicity of airplanes and bombers,” and anti-aircretft guns which would dot the country “from one end to the other.” The senate appropriations commit tee disclosed meanwhile that sevcsral of its members had spoken of “con scripting business,” applying “a lit tle force,” or enacting a “universal tax bill” after hearing a high-ranking naval officer complain that the navy was having difficulty in obtaining materials that go into fighting ships. The testimony was given by Rear Admiral W. R. Furlong, chief of the naval bureau of ordinance. He said the difficulty was due to tax requirements and limitations on profits, together with the fact that American manufacturers could do business more profitably with the British. Wednesday Afternoon Holidays End Yesterday afternoon was the laSI Wednesday afternoon this summer that the stores and other business houses of Raeford were scheduled to close. Therefore the helpless pub lic is hereby advised that it does not have to scurry around between twelve and twelve-thirty next Wednesday getting something to eat overnight but may take its own sweet time nnrf buy clean on up to six o’clock. From the other side of the picture the poor storekeepers, bankers, time merch ants, sheriffs, etc., will have to rer main on the job all through the heat of the remaining long Wednesday af ternoons this summer. •t'. Mrs. Paul Dickson is spending this week with Mrs. P. A.' Sloan at McBryde Reunicm The M£t^e fiunily reunion was held at Antibch Presbyterian church on Thursday, August 8th. Devotional exercises were conducted by John Barbee. Following this at one o’clock dinner was served to the large attendance. After dinner a business session was held and the next reunion was set for die same place on the second Thi^ay in Augus^ 1941. The fol lowing ^cers were elected: Maggie Jane Md3ryde, president, Mrs. Frances Ayers, yi$e-pre»^t, and Ito. Muii^ Many Criminal Caeee Cleared This Week; Judge Frizelle on The Bench. The trial of Harvey R. Baucmn, white man of Raeford, for the killing with a .22 caliber rifle last April 29 of George Thompson at their home here, is expected to begin this morn ing at the Hoke county courthouse before Judge J. Paul Fri?elle of Snow Hill in the fourth day of the regular August term of Hoke coimty Superior Court. Baucom, Who has been in the Hoke county jail since the day of Thomp son’s death under a bond of $25,000, will be charged with murder in die second degree. Among other cases tried so 120* thfe week is the one in which Eddie Roper and Angus McDuffi^ local colored men, were charged wite breaking and entering at night and arson. They were found guilty and sentenced to two years each on the roads. The road sentences Were suspended on condition that the defendants pay $150 for A. D. Satmders, owner of the damaged property and they were put on probation for three years. Willie Smith, local colored man- was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and inflirting serious injury. He was convicted and sen tenced to three years on the roads. In the process of being convicted in this case evidence appeared that caused him and Nora Siler to be in dicted for f. and a. 'They were and were convicted. He got two more years on the roads and she got two years in jqU. Johnnie Piurcell, colored man of Blue Springs township, entered a plea of guilty of secret asault widi a deadly weapon. Sentence was two years on the roads. . Needham McBryde, colored man of Blue Springs township, was charg ed with careless and reckless driv ing and damage. He was found guilty and was sentenced to six months to l)e susi>ended on payment of the damages and the costs. Ernest Stevens, Troy Maynor, and Hubert McNeill, colored boyk of McLauchlin township, were diarged with breaking and entering and lar ceny. Stevens and Maynor were found guilty as charged and were put on probation for three years. Mb- Neill was found not guilty by die court. James Brown and Marshall 'Wil liams, local colored mei, were diarg- ed widi breaking and entering and larceny, 'the state took a nol pros in the case against Brown and Wil liams was found not guilty by die jury. GRAND JURY REPORT North Carolina, Hoke County. In the Superior Court August Term, 1940. To His Honor: J. Paul FrizeDe, Judge Priding We have examined seventeen bills of indictment-and found aU to be true bills. We have inspected the county of fices and the court house and found all to be in good condition. We have also visited and inspected the jail and found it to be in good con dition. Report was made by Sheriff witii regard to die investii^tion recom mended by this body at the April term of court. The Sheriff stated that the condition that was reported had been cleared up. We have received Mr. J. A. Pat terson of Little River township and listened to his complaint We have advised him what steps to take widi regard to his problem. A committee of three has be^ appoint to meet with the sdiool authorities on Thursday befwe the opening day of school to inspect die school buses of the county. We have received and examined reports from the mayor of the town of Raeford, and the foUowing magis trates: J. E. Conoty, H. A. Curide, and J. E. GuUedge. We have investigated further intto. the magistrates reports and have found certain irregularities whidi we have cleared up to the satisfacti(m of this body. We would recommend that the necessary authorities iie ad vised that H. A. Chirrie, magistrate^ had not ,been paying one dottar to the State on each case convicted ^ his court, that H. A. Currie, magis trate, be advised to come in at once and sign his August term r^mri. We have enjoyed our work tirittk . the presiding Judge and the Sblieh^ . tor, and we trust that we have dqnR our duty as graw^ tucon te ttdlt satisiadiOB, > \
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