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^^1 OOKE coiiNirrs BEST ADVEBTISING Bf^tOM IJie Hoke County Newt i Journal Tke Hoke County Journal NEWSBAFEB i It ; WdLUMEXXBn^. NO. is. FayetteviUe Man Bond! Oye* Titesiay Mwiibg Charles M. Stringfiel^, young white man of Fayetteville, was bound over to Superior court imder bond of $300 by Recorder W. B. McQueen Tuesday morning. String- field was. held for the alleged theft of an automobile from D. B. Mc- Fadyen of near Raeford. He was bound over after probabl^ cause had been found by the covurt. Frank and Myrtle Morton, white couple who live above Raeford, were indicted for violation of the prohi bition law. The state took a nol pros in the case of Frank Morton and Myrtle Morton pled guilty to the charge. Sentence was thirty days, suspended on payment of the costs and good behavior for twelve months. The state took a nol pros in the case of George Hector Dawkins, who was charged with careless and reck less driving. The state also took a nol pros In the case against C. B. Johnson, John son being charjged with careless and reckless driving. Thomas Ricks, Jr., Negro from Bennettsville, iS. C,, was found guilty of careless and recicless driving and was given sixty days on the roads, sentence to be suspended on pay ment of the costs of court. Annie Mae Smith, negro woman of Raeford, pled guilty ta the charge of larceny of $20 from a young man in Collins department store. . Sen tence was six ipcnihs in jail, to be suspended on ^hsmenl of the costs and good behavior for Jwelve months. Willie Parks, of Blue Springs town- r tship, was foun4 not guilty of care- ^less and reckless driving. Thomas Harden Voss, convicted of /l^reless and reckless driving; elect- »to pay th^ costs instead of spend ing a thirty-day vacation on the roads, v;the alternative. Neill Goodwin, colored, was found guilty of violation of the road law and sentenced to'thirty d^s, to be suspmded on payment (tf'>fhe costs. ^Elijah McRae, co^hnn^. was con victed of vio^ting tho prohibition laws and given thirty days, suspend ed on payment of the costs. D. Ammons, Tom Chappel, Melvin Odom, Pearl Green, and Jack Bar ber pled guilty to violating the pro-* hibition law. They were each given thirty days, sentence to be suspended on payment of the costs and ordered to pay $40 for the two stills captured by the officers. H. W. Warner, white of Raeford, was found not guilty of assault with a deadly weapon. > Frank Smith, negro from Que- whiffle, pled not guilty of assault with a deadly weapon. The judge' ment of the court was guilty and the sentence was four months on ^the roads, sentence to be suspended' on payment of the costs. Smith chose to go to th^^oads. V. B. Ric^rdson, of Carthage, was found guilty of careless and reckless driving, although his plea was not guilty of criminal negligence. He was ordered to pay the court costs. N.1G;, mURSDAY, SEPT. 5th, 1940. ILSO PEB TBAII1 Fanners Btequested To Get Their Cbtton Marketing Cards Cotton producers in Hoke county fiiay now get their cotton marketing cairds 'from -file coimty agent’s of fice, says A. S. Knowles, county ag ent. These cards should be presented to the ginner at the time the cotton is ginned and to the buyers when the cbtton is being sold, in order for the ginners and buyers to obtain the in formation which they should have from each producer. teHOOl briefs! By K. A. MacDONALD 1 AUDITOR HERE Last week James C. Williams, of the auditing firm of Williams and Wall, Raleigh, finished auditing the books, of the Board of Education. The following figures, from this audit furnished the boards of educa- tionjind commissioners at their meet ings Tuesday. These figures will probably be interesting to the tax payers of the county and all who are interested in schools. Cost of the schools of Hoke coimty for the term of 1939-1940. Current expense, state, $96,502,60; county, $12,884.62; special, $897.57; total, $110,284.79. Capital outlay, state, 0; county, $6,- 416.95; special, $582.08; total, $6,- 999.03. Debt service, state, 0; county, $23,- 994.48; special, 0; total, $23,994.48. T>t^, state, $96,502.60; county, ^43;296.05; special, $1,479.65; totals, $141,278.30. Superintendent’s cash balance June 30th, 1940: - Current expense, county, $981.30; s^)eclal, $219.81; total*, $1,201.11. Debt service, county, $2,596.33; total $2,593.36. $3,577.63; special, $219.81; total, $3,797.44. There was a total budgetary bal ance for the year of $10,385.38. During the year there was a total net school debt reduction of $15,- The detailed figures from whidi the above totals were deriyed are on file^ in the office of the board of edu cation and are open for the inspec- uon of anyone interested in seeing them. ^ J. T. fiUHRt S Funeral Mimday Fayetteville, Sept. l.-r-Funeral ser vices were held Mondsty ^qrning at 11 o'’clodc at Sardis Pir^byterian church at Linden for Jonathan Evans Elliott, 51, of Manchester, who was instantly killed late Saturday night when he, was struck by an automo bile on Person street. Bystanders are said to have stated that Mr. Elliott walked m front of^ the car at the time of the accident. Mr. Elliott was a member of a prominent family. He was an ex tensive and successful farmer of upper Cumberland. He was a sqn of the late Jonathan Evans Elliott. He is survived by seven brotheis and sisters, Mrs. Peter McLean, of Lau- rinburg, Mrs. Spencer J. Currie of Manchester, Dr. Avon H. Elliott of Wilmington, William H. Elliott of Fayetteville, Mrs. L. E. W. Lepper of Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, Dr. G. Douglas Elliott, of Fair Bluff, and Mrs. Gouveneur Boyer of Fort Myers, Fla. Burial was in the Sardis church cemetery. Jonathan Elliott was well known in Raeford. He attended old Raeford Institute and was a brother of Wil-. liam Elliott of Seventy-First, who married Miss Florence Dickson, and of Mrs. Peter lifiiean, sister-m-law of Mrs. W. T. Covinjston. Graham Dickson, Mrs. J. W. Me- Lauchlin, and Miss Sarah Lytch at tended the funeral. Many friends of the deceased did not know of the tragedy in time to attend the fun eral. Houses Must Be Wired l^fore Lines Are Started According to information received from Washington the members of the Lumbee River Membership cor poration must sign bona fide con tracts for wiring their premises be fore actual construction of lines can begin. Contracts and letters ex plaining the ruling have been mailed to the members. Subscribers are urged to sign the contracts and to return them at once. Under the terms of the contract the members agree to let the cooperative have the right to have the wiring done under competi tive bids. The plan is to zone the project and to have the electrical contractors of Hoke, Cumberland, Robeson and Scotland counties to bid on each zone of the project. Since each contractor will be bidding on a large number of jobs in the same vicinity, the plan should work out for the mutual advantage of the con tractors and members. Mr. R. M. BiUhimer, special rep resentative of the Rural Electrifica tion Administration, will be in Rae ford Thursday, September 12th, to assist the local office in setting up the wiring program. Mr. BiUhimer re quests aU local electrical contractors, who are interested in contracting for part of the wiring and are licensed to 'meet him at the court house in Raeford, Thursday evening, Septem ber 12th, at 7:30 o’clock. Government Cotton Being Moved Away Approximately three thousand bales of cotton are being moved to Raleigh from the local government warehouse this week to make room here for cotton grown in the county this sason which is handled by the N. C. Cooperative Cotton Grower’s Cooperative association or on which money is borrowed from the govern ment, C. L. Thomas, operator of the local warehouse, stated yesterday that he would be able to handle more than 6,000 bales locaUy this year. He also said that the Department of Agriculture! had approv^ his ware house company for the handling of government loans on cotton. Gov ernment classifications of the cotton from the gins wUl be accepted in making loans, he said. Koonce Elected President State ’s Ass’n l! H. Koonce, proprietor of the Raeford barber shop and local life insurance salesman, was made pres ident of the Associated Master Bar bers of North Carolina at their an nual convention in Charlotte this week. Mr. Kbj^ce succeeds W. M. Stamp er, of Winst()n Salem. Other of ficers elected by the association at their final business session at the Hotel Charlotte Tuesday morning were as follows: R. L. Adkins, of Raleigh, first vice-president; S. J. Burrows of Sanford, second vice- president; B. M. Cranford of Pine- ville, third viqe-president; John Mil- hpUand of Salisbury, fourth vice- president; Hoyle Griffin of Albemar-' le, fifth vice-president; B. A. Cox of Ellerbe, secretary-treasurer, and W. IE, Patillo of Burlington, chaplain. ' POPULAR^ High quality laying hens rapidly are becoming.more popular with farm families of Durham county, accord ing to J. A. Sutton, assistant farm agent of the State College Ektensibn srvice. In case you have forgotten, the figures given earlier in the summer, Hoke county had a total of 4,261-pu- pus enrolled, in its schools last year. T"® daily membership was 3,703 and the average daily attend ance was 3,399. The total number by aU pupils was a4d,75S. There lyere a total of 108 teachers emplojW including princi pals and superintendent. There was a total of 133 employees of the boarc of education including janitors, me chanics and bus drivers. Other de tailed information, in case you are interested, may be secured from the office of thq board. Meeting Wednesday Mr. Johnson, principal of the high school. Would like for all high school students who can conveniently do so to meet him at the high school build- ing Wednesday morning, September 11th, at 9 o’clock. Mr. Johnson is especially interested in those stud ents who wish to elect Bible. The busses will not run on this date. Principals Meeting The first county-wide principals meeting will be held in the super intendent’s office on September 11th at 1:30 p. m. Irma Jordan left for Snow Hill Sunday where she will be a member of the school faculty again this year. Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Seate aiid children, Mary Lee and Bobby, of Boston, Mass., are spending ten days with his mother, Mrs. C. W. Seate. jir. and Mrs. Hugh Lowe, of Bel mont, returned to their home Sunday alter visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Pdole. Bus Drivers Meeting The first bus drivers safety'meet ing will be held at the high school building at 9 A. M. Thursday, Sep tember 12th. All drivers and'sub- iStitutes and all who wish to drive are urged to attend. 'This meeting will also be attended by a patrolman, a committee from: the grand jury, principals, school committeemen and board members. ^Visitors in Town S. Manoon Justice and Chas. E. Spencer of the State Department of Education, were visitors in town yes terday. Business Course Offered Mrs. Woodhouse, supervisor of N. Y. A., has made arrangements with the Worth Business college, for, some of those on NYA who have finished our high school business course to ® short finishing course in Fay etteville. There are still a few open ings. Anyone interested in securing one of these pieces see Mrs. Wood- house or call at this office for in formation. This is a'Splendid oppor tunity to secure additional training and to be placed in good positions. .There wiU .be more positions open llR and Fort Bdqfi in Plans Under Way For New Preparatory School In Moore Southern Pines, Sept. 4. — ’Two prominent Moore county attorneys. Judge J. Vance Rowe and J. Talbot Johnson, of Aberdeen, will speak at the dinner meeting to be held at the Southern Pines country club Thursday evening, September 5th, at 7 o’clock, to launch the initial phase of a state-wide raimpaign for $250,- 000 for the establishment of the North Carolina Preparatory School for Boys. The plan and puipose of the school, scH^uled to be opened in September, 1941, wUl be presented by Dr. Thom as Burton, Headmaster-elect. • Re- cent progress in the advancement of the project wiU be reviewed and details of the financial program will be outlined. The Rev. Dr. T. A. Cheatham, of Pmehurst, who is chairman of the wparatory School movement in the Sandhills area, will preside at the meeting, which will be attended by many representative citizens of the Sandhills counties. Guesta are expected from Aber deen, Biscoe, Broadway, Candor, Car thage, Eagle Springs, Fairmont, Fay etteville, Gibson, Hydro, Jackson Springs, Laurinburg, Lumberton, Mt. Gilead, Pinehurst, Pittsboro, Rae- mrd, Rowland, Sanford, Siler City, ^uthem Pines, Star, Vass, West End Sanatorium, Hamlet, Hoffman, Rockmgjiam and other places. Tobacco Selling High At Fairmont Mrs. J. B. Spilman Addresses Sunshine Club At Sanatorium C. B. Stafford, sales supervisor of the Fairmont tobacco market, report ed yesterday that all grades were still selling high on that market with many farmers making individual av erages of from $30 to $36 per hun dred poimds of the weed sold. Sales for Monday, September 2nd, amounted to 1,219,906 pounds sold for $246,467.63, making an average for everything sold on the market that day of $20.20 per hundred. For the season 9,899,388 pounds have been sold for $1,965,644.80, making a season average of $19.86 per hun dred. More has been accomplished to ward advancement of the economic, social and financial status of the average man and woman in the Unit ed Staljfs in the past seven years than in any other 50-year period in th^ history of the nation, Mrs. J. B. Spilmaii, vice-chairman of the State Unemployment Compensation com mission, told the members of the Sunshine Club of Sanatorium at their regular meeting Wednesday after noon. Mrs. Spilman stressed the impor tance of an intelligent and educated citizenship to be able to judge and evaluaty the claims of the dreamer, the fanatic and the demagogue. Also she showed the dependents of the individual UF«n many and often far- distant conditions, explaining that by organization of other such individ uals these conditions can be changed or continued. “That combination and organization is government,” she said, “We must either govern or be gov erned; we must take part in the control of our own lives, or we must lead subject lives, helplessly depend ent in the great and the small things of life upon the will and power ol: others.” Expressing pleasure at the privilege of living in this age of great change, Mrs. Spilman said, in concluding: “i think it our duty, as educated and intelligent , citizens, to study the changes that have been made and to support those which, in our studied opinion, are wor'thy of our support. That, finally, is the highest form of patriotism, and active patriotism, af ter all, is just plain good citizen ship.” A Moving Game From the old Presbyterian ma^e to the Baptist Church the neighbor hood on Donaldson avenue has play ed fruit basket. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Currie who were occupying the man se, awaiting the completion of their new home, moved into the upstairs apartment of Mrs. Ed Bethune’s home. Mr. and Mrs. John Walker who re cently purchased the manse moved in to it. Mr. and Mrs. “Preacher Man” Brown moved out of the sure ’Nuff Preacher Brown cottage into the John Walker home, which they bought, and Mac Lester’s family mov ed into the Brown Cottage. Dr. and Mrs. Murray so far remain put. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Jordan who recently moved to Raeford from New Jersey have moved into Mrs. Paul Dickson’s apartment. William and Mary La ment have rented their home to Lieutenant Damon and family of Ft. Bragg and they (the Laments) are now with Mrs. A. R. Morris. Lucy Sumner, who was rooming with the Laments now has a room with Mrs Paul Dickson. Mrs. Cox and Mrs Bridgers are as were. T. B. and Lorena Lester have rented their home to Lieutenant R. S. Palmer and family of Fort Bragg, and they, the Lesters, are with Mrs. Andrews and the elder Lesters. Julian Wright’s duplex house next to the Lesters is nearing completion and Mrs. Cobb and Miss Nell Cobb, who occupied Miss Ida McLauchUn’s apartment have moved to Four Oaks where Miss Nell Co6b will teach, and Mr. and Mrs. Bosher, from Charlotte, who have bought the McLeod filling sta tion, have rented that apartment. Hoke County Cptton Crop Improving United States Civil Service . Examination' Carolyn McLean has had as her guest several days Miss Joyce Mc- Quage, of Clio, S. C. the next few months than Mr. Worth will be able to fill. ^ Bible Teacher to Arrive Miss Mariana Kimbrough, of Lex ington, Miss., the Bible teacher for Raeford and 71st, will arrive in town on September 10th according to in formation received by H. L. Gatlin, chairman of the Bible committee. Miss Howery Retnms Miss Nell Howery, vocational home economics teacher, has returned to take up her work here after spending the summer at Columbia University, taking advanced courses in home ec onomics. Attends-Te*#^ M^etiitg K. A. MacDcni^ attended the pre school teachers niMtihf of the Scot- and pwnty Laurinburg yesterday* ■ ” '■ The United States Civil Service Commission announces open conipeti- tive examination for the following positions for filling vacancies in the Veterans Administraton Facility, Fayetteville, wid also positions at Fort Bragg: | , Hospital Attendant, the usual en trance salary being $1020 a year. Ap plications for this position must be On file with the Manager, Fourth U. S. Civil Service District, Wash ington, D. C., not later than Septem ber 16th, 1940. Carpenter, the usual entrance sal ary beii^ $1680 a year or $.75 an hour when actually employed. Ap plications for this district must be on file with the Manager, Fourth U. S. Civil,Service District, Wash ington, D. C., not later than Septem ber 16th, 1940. Mess Attendant, the usual en trance salary being $1020 a year. Ap plications for this position must be on file with the Manager, Fourth- U. S. Civil Service District, Washing ton, D. C., not later than September 16th, 1940. Competitors will not be required to report for written examination, but will be rated on their training and expedience. Full information and application blanks may be obtained from the Postmaster, Raeford. N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Uariop Gatlin and For the last few years Hoke coun ty cofton producers have improved their cotton quality. Each year more farmers plant better seed and em ploy better cultivation methods, thereby improving both the staple and class of cotton, reports A. S. Knowles, county agent. There was more improved seed planted this year than ever before and farmers have an opportunity to know exactly what quality of cot ton they are producing as all gins in the county are cobperating in the one vemiety cotton program. This enables those farmers who desire to have . their cotton classed ask the ginner to send their cotton samples to the classing office. In addition to giving the producers this infor mation, farmers may use this class ing in getting government loans with out any extra charges for classing. England Will Not Surrender Fleet Washington, Sept. 3.—Great Brit ain has given the United States defi nite assurance of its intentions “never to surrender or sink the British fleet in the event of the waters surround ing the British Isles becoming un tenable for his majesty’s ships.”' The state department made this known today by making public an ex change of correspondence between Secretary Hull and Lord Loffiian, British ambassador. The announcement was made pijb- lic after the White House announce an arrangement for the acquisition of air and naval base sites from Great Britain in exchange for 50 over age destroyers. Guard Units To Mobilize ^ Septonber 16tb President Roosevelt stated last iSunday that the first 60,000 National Guardsmen would be called for ac* tive duty this month with Septem ber 16th as the effective date for ttie mobilization. The guardsmen aze^ while no orders have been received, expected to be mobilized on the 16th at their home stations and remain there for a period of from 10 days to two weeks. This time will be spent in getting all records in shape for the moves to the training stations and in having all men examined for physical defects. ThO guardsmen to mobilize under the first Presidential order sure from twenty-six states and North Car olina is one of them. In this state the 30th division will mobilize and go to Fort Jackson, S. C., for training. The 252d Coast Artillery (GHQ troops not part of a division), to which the two Hoke coimty units belong, is also expected to mobilize and proceed ty training stations in South Carolina and Georgia after a short stay at their home armories. The 252d may be divided between Fort Moultrie, in South Carolina, awH Fort Screven, in Georgia. If this is done officers of the outfit think that the First Battalion, of which the headquarters battery commanded by Captain John W. Walker is a part, will be sent to Fort Screven for training. Battery “F/’ the other Hoke county unit, commanded by Captain William L. Poole, is expected to go, along with the rest of the Third Battalion and the Second Bat talion, to Fort Moultrie, S. C. The exact strength at which the units wiU be when they leave their home stations is not known, there ^ing some conjecture as to whether it will be full peace strength or war strength. In the case of Battery “F” the difference will amount to about one officer and fifty-five men, peace strength being 125 and war strength ISO. The unit at present consists of 4 officers and 97 enlisted m«»n, Young Democrats To Meet Tuesday J. L. McNeill, president of the Hoke County Young Democratic club, has called a meeting of that organization for next Tuesday night at eight o’clock. The meeting will be at the Hoke county courthouse and several matters of great impor tance to the club will be discussed and disposed of at that time. McNeill said that delegates would be selected to attend the state con vention in Raleigh this month and that arrangements for the club’s an nual membership drive and rally would be tentatively made also. He urges all Democrats of ttie county to attend the meeting. > N. C. State Alumni To Meet Here September 11th ' J. H. Blue, who is vice-president of the recently organized upper Capte Fear Chapter Alumni association haa asked that all alumni and men who have been to State Coltege to be on hand for a meeting at Clyde Up church’s pond in Raeford on Wed nesday, September llth. This will be a good will get to gether, and barbecue-fish supper will be served those who attend. Alumni m Hoke county are urged to at- t^d as it is expected that Coarii' Doc” Newton from State College will be present to address the group. Chaplain From Feurt Here'Sunday Chaplain William S. Beahrick, of ^*[hittington, Ind., qow of die 26th Field Artillery, of Fort Bragg, N. C., will preach at the morning service' of the Raeford Presbyterian chuzrii, on next Sunday, September 8th, at 11 o’clock. DECREASE Working In Bank Thomas Neill McLauchlin has ac cepted a position with the Rank of Raeford and has entered upon his duties. COTTON Cotton seed, proper cultivation, good weather, and boill weevil control nteasures have beoi responsihle for ^tt county’s finest cotton crop in says C. D. Griggs, as^tant agent. J, R- Imports of cattle and beef into the United States in the first baw q{ 1940 totalled 192,000,000 poundb. dressed weight, a deor^tse of 19 per cent imder the same period of -' 1939. PROFITABLS* " From one acre of pole beans, the ^ first he had ever planted. Bill Kenitw of the Walnut Creek section of county made a net proM of $1TS. thi9 j summer, reports Farm Agipa|il^1| Mendmhall. . i - Thelma Hall spent end ih UoubA and