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XXXV. NO. 20.
BAEFORD, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPT. IMi, 1940.
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Tobmtte Updivdi
Gets Patimt Oil
New Ra3 CushioD
A United States patent was issued
recently to Tommie Upchurch op a
rail crossing, designed to decrease
wear 6n 'railroad cross ties where
.they meet the rail.
The patent is expected fo be of
great value to the, cotton industry
,as the manufacture of the cushion
involves use of a considerable amount
of cotton.
^ Mr. Upchvu'ch declared that the
-use ot.^rohoa was his main desire
in inventing ^e device.
A number of the cushions have
been tested on the A. and S. pbout
three miles out of Raeford and it is
reported to decrease considerably
wear, on the ties.
'm Blue Gan Meets
For Its Reunion
By Ben Dixon MacNeill
Lakeview, S^t IS.—Home from
nine states today came half a thou
sand descendants of Duncan and Mar
garet Campbell Blue to unveil a
home-made monumeint to their tribal
ancestor, to eat a gargantuan picnic,
and to explore the roots and the
branches of their lusty and wide-
spreading family tree.
Here upon a bit of earth that has
belonged to nobody but the Blues
since George III deeded it to them
170 years ago, beside a pleasant lake
made by Duncan Blue not long after
he had settled hiihself upon the hill
above it, the descendants gathered,
• «unveiled their monument with a
minimum of ceremony, ate and set
out upon their explorations of their
rn tree. Almost any antiquarian
^ight have offered fliem more for
le be-ribbpned deed than they could
jet for the 50 acres of land that it
describes. The deed was exhibited
' .3)Cfore the wondering eyes of scores
1^^ off-yonder cousins who were, many
them, in North Carolina for the
first time;'^''01de^ wneng^the"hatlie^
comers was Danieriackson Blue, aged
87 and very hearfy, indeed, who came
up from Georgia to look at his kin
and the plkce of his ori^.
After the tremendous' dinner, which
\^as in itself monumental, the Blues
sort of organized themselves and
planned next year’s meeting. Sheriff
Blue was named president, Neill
Blue of Carthage, vice president, and
Miss Pauline Blue, secretary and
treasurer. Clifton Blue, who got him
self into the newspaper business at
Aberdeen,, was named chairman of
a committee on memorials.
Agent’s Office
To Furnish Grass
Information has just reached the
county agent’s office announcing
the availability of vetch-and Italian
rye grass as-a grant of aid imder
the AAA program. Hoke county
farmers may now make application
at the county agent’s office for these
seed, says A. S. Knowles, county
agent. .
The seeding of Austrian winter
peas will coimt one unit per acre,
and the seeding of Italian rye grass
will count Ml unit per acre toward
the soil building goal. Materials
which will be fumi^ed as grants of
aid are Austrian wmter peas and
agricultural limestone, as well as
vetch and Italian rye grass.
Hoke coimty. farmers have already
ordered 23,000 pounds of Austrian
winter peas to plant this fall. Or
ders for limestone can be received
at once, if any farmers are inter
ested in applying this material to
their land this fall. Orders for all
materials should be made within the
next few days, so that they can be
wed on the fht|it before October 31
which is the closing date for the 1940
Soil Conservation Program.
Better Prices
In Middle Belt
Average prices were “considerably
higher” on the middle flue-cu;;ed belt
Tuesday—opening day—than on last
year’s first day, the U. S. agricul
tural marketing service and the state
department of agriculture reported.
Increases were from $2.75 to $7.50
a hundred, the agencies said, with
greatest gains occurring in fair to
fine qualities of lugs - and primings
and low quality leaf.
% The bulk of sales ranged from $12-
4ito $27, it was said, though prices
raiBing from $28 to $32 were “fairly
numerous.”
“Growers yere satisfied and re
jections were negligible,” the report
stated. “The offerings contained less
of the common and low quality
grades of leaf than opening day last
year^and were considered of better
qualHj^. The tobacco sold consisted
principally of low to fair quality
primings and fair to fine lugs. Prim
ings composed about 60 per cent of
the sale. A fair volume of common
to fair quality leaf was also offered.
Sales were heavy in volume with
some markets blocking.”
Official figures were not available
at Sanford, but it was estimated that
around 250,000 pounds were sold at
an average of approximately 19 cents
a pound. Much of the offerings was
of low grade, and about 100,000
pounds was on the floors when sales
atopp^.
Abeitleen reported an aveAge rang
ing from $17,50 to $18.50 on the
200,000 pounds sold there. Farmers
were generally pleased.
Raeford Man’s
Brodier Dies
Theodore G. Sexton, 66, brother of
F. B. Sexton of Raeford, died at his
home in Durham Thursday morning,
September 12th, after a short illness.
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon at 3:30 at &e home and
burial was in Mount Sylvian cemetery
near Durham. There were many
beautiful floral offerings.
Mr. Sexton had been working for
the Norfolk and Western railroad for
40 years.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Martha Sexton, 88, of Denton^ his
wifb, Mrs. Sudie Sexton of Durliam;
one son, Giles, of Coolemee; one
daughter, Mrs. J. H. Long of Char
lotte; four brothers, A. L. Sexton of
Denton, F. B. Bexton of Raeford,
J. D. Sexton of McBee, S. C., ana J.
W. Sexton of Macon, Ga.; and pne
sister,
Active pallbearers were Dennis
Pope, Sam Flintom, J. M. Flintom,
I. B. McKay, W. I. Smith and Dave
Andrews.
Honorary pallbearers were employ
ees of the Norfolk and Western, ]^ed
Sweaney, W. H. Pritchard, F. E.
Southerland, John Hutchins, A. H.
Crabti-ee, E. E. King, B. C. McDuffie,
F. E. Dickerson, Fred Markham,
Fletcher Thompson and W. C. Grady.
ROBESON ARSON
CASE RESULTS
IN MISTRIAL
H9weU
Dies Sadd^y
Murphy Hbwell, 37, for the past
years a memb^ of the Raeford
l>olice force, died suddenly Sunday
morning of a heart attack. Mr. How
ell bqd. complained of feeling badly
Saturday but seemed to be recover
ing at the time of the attadc.
Surviving are his wife, who was
a Miss Johnson of St. Pauls^ one
small son, his mother, Mrs. J. C.
Howell of Lumberton; four sisters,
Mrs. Milton Campbell and Mrs. John
Buoyer of Raeford, Mrs. Richard
Powers and Miss Blennie Howell of
Lumberton; six brothers, F. C. and
John Howell of Charlotte, J. W., Ford
and Arch HoweU of Lumberton and
J. D. Howell of Raeford.
Funeral services were conducted
from the home Monday afternoon at
3 o’clock and were attended by a
large niunber of friends and rela
tives of the deceased. Rev. E. C.
Cra'wford and Rev. J. R|. Miller
officiated and burial was in Raeford
cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Carl Mor
ris, H. L. Gatlin, Jr., Joe Merrill,
Kldridge Chisholm, Dave Hodgin,
Lawrence Stanton, Arch Sanders and
Joe Gulledge.
Nindi Dhriskm
b Organiged
The new Ninth Division, organized
Six or seven weeks ago at -Fort
is rapidly becoming a well
functioning military unit and the
task of developing thousands of re
cruits into soldiers is progressing
rapidly.
What two months ago was a densely
wooded section is now a tented
city, covered with roads, electric
light lines, water mains, telephone
lines, messhalls and o%er utilities.
Groups of experience non-com
missioned officers and specialists
have been arriving at the camp for
some time and they are to be the
Lumberton, Sept. 17.—A mistrial
was ordered today in the case of
Ben G. Floyd, former assistant to
the Robeson county superintendent
of education, and Andrew Smith,
former school carpenter, who were
charged with arson in connection
with the burning of the Liberty school
building in July.
After deliberating five days, the
jurors reported to Judge J. Paul
Frizzelle that they had made no prog
ress toward an agreement, and he
withdrew a juror as a preliminary
to declaring the case a-mistrial.
A member of the jury said the final
ballot was the same as the first bal
lot taken last Friday when the jurors
found themselves evenly divided.
liwanians To Give
lupper Thursday
A supper in honor of the 231 Rae
ford members of the 252nd Coast
Artillery who will soon go to camp
will be given Thursday night at the
armory. .
The supper is being given by the
Raeford Kiwanis club and Adjutant
General J. Van B. Metis and Brig-
a|lier General Francie W. Honeycutt,
commander of Port Bragg, are ex
pected to atiet^.
Four Cases h
Recorder’s Court
Four cases were heard Tuesday in
a small session of recorder’s court.
Judge W. B. McQueen presided and
McNair Smith prosecuted at the re
quest of the judge, since no one. has
been appointed yet to take the place
of Solicitor George Dickson ,who has
been called to service with the Na
tional Guard.
Cases tried were:
Freeman McDuffie, negro, of Mc-
Lauchlin township, who was charg
ed with assault with deadly weapon.
He entered a plea of guilty of simple
assault and was given a sentence of
30 days on the roads, sentence sus
pended on payment of the costs.
Charlie Raleigh, another negro
from McLauchlin township, was found
not guilty on a charge of assault with
a deadly weapon.
Charlie Caulk, Raeford white man,
pleaded guilty to a charge of being
drunk and disorderly and was given
30 days on the roads, sentence to be
suspended on payment of costs.
C^orge MurchUbn, negro, of Blue
Springs township, was cHarged with
larceny but the case- was dismissed
ind the prosecuting witness was tax-
with the costs. '
from hrmy posts in Kentudtyi
cousin, Michigan, Indiana, Wyom
ing, Texas, Minnesota, Florida, Geor-
fiia, South Carolina, Maryland and
New York.
There are 329 commissioned of
ficers and 3,940 enlisted men in the
Ninth Division. When the Division
is completely organized it will con
tain 603 officers and 14,234 enlisted
men.
The recruits now on hand have
come from the following states: Ken-
tu^y, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois,
Pennsylvania, Alabama, Nebraska,
North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Georgia. A niunber also are being
recruited at Washington, D. C.
British Drive Off
Geiman Raiders
London.—^A 100-mile-an-hour hur
ricane joined forces lyith British
fighters above the Kentish country
side 'Tuesday night to disperse waves
of more than 200 German warplanes,
but the Nazi bombers returned in
abatinrj vv.eattev eaityl-Wednesday to
maintain their “death patrol” over
London’s rooftops.
At least 12 of the Germans were
shot down and three British planes
were lost, the air ministry announc
ed.
Incendiary and high explosive
bombs showered down on the w^t
end district which had been hit in
Tuesday afternoon’s aids, and on east
London.
Casualties were reported in the
west end. ^
'The Germans seemed to be using
a silent, gliding strategy in this, their
11th consecutive overnight raid on
London.
.In an effort to surprise the re
peatedly bellowing anti-aircraft guns
the Germans stole in low, witti mot
ors idle, dropped their bombs and
then climbed with roaring motors.
^ghter craft were being used for
this mode of attack.
Plan Meet Fw
Co-Op Mriidiws
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Letters have been sent to Hoke
county REA co-op membera by A. S.
Knowles, coimty agent, and Miss
Josephine Hall, home agent, telling
them of a series of meeting to be
held throughout the county at whidi
time will be explained the use of
electricity on the farm and in the
home.
A copy of the letter follows:
“D. E. Jones, extension rural elec
trification speoialist, from Raleigh
will be in Hoke county on Tuesday,
September 24th, and Wednesday,
September 25, Mr. Jones is coming
to the county to conduct some wiring
schools and to discuss the uses of
electricity on the farm and in the
home.
“Of course, the first sale of elec
tricity to a new customer is for
lighting. The next sales are for the
electric iron, refrigerator, radio,
washing machine, and other house
hold electric ‘servants.’
“Before the customer can use these
various appliances, his home must be
adequately wired. * We feel that many
of you would like all the informa
tion you can get on the subject and
also on how much electricity you
will need for operating the appli
ances you want to use. For this rea
son we have secured Mr. Jones to
help us and have planned, the fol
lowing meetings:
“September 24th, 10:30 A. M. —
Wayside community building.
“September 24, 2:30 P. M.—Blue
Springs school building.
“September 24, 7:30 P. M.—Rock-
fish school building.
“September 25, 10:30 A. M.—Ash
ley Heights community building.
“September 25, 7:30 P. M.—Lit
tle River community building
“It has been suggested that those
of you living near the county lines
might invite your neighbor In the
other counties to the nearest meet
ing, place so that they may ha'^ ac
cess to the information also.”
lOCAl GUARDSMEN GO INTO
SaVICE OF U. S. GOVERNMENT
SCHOOL BRIEFS
By K. A. BbeDONALD
N, C. Eiq^ected To
Have Rttoiff tottoo
Crop This Year
North Carolina’s cotton yield is
now estimated at 370 pounds per
acre, 28 pounds above the previous
record crop harvested in 1911. 'The
1940 record per acre yield, according
to the Crop Reporting Board of the
Department of Agriculture, is 25 per
cent above last year’s harvest and
33 per cent in excess of the previous
ten year average.
September prospects point to a
crop of 630,000 bales compared 'with
457,000 bales last year and a ten
year (1929-38) average production of
658,000. 'The report shows an in
crease in the North Carolina crop
of 42,000 bales above August pros
pects and 173,000 bales, or 38 per
cent, above last year’s production.
Heavy rainfal,! during August re
stored nearly depleted soil moisture
in central and eastern counties and
caused some wet weather shedding.
Shedding, however, was not excessive
in view of the heavy load of fruit on
plants at that time.
In eastern Carolina cotton is boUed
to the top of 4he- plants' for »the first
time sirice weevils became a menace
to the crop. Many countries now
anticipate nearly a bale to the acre.
Western counties report prospects
either equal to-or slightly under last
year’s record yield for that area.
Flood damage along the Roanoke
and Meherrin rivers in Halifax,
Northhampton, and Bertie counties
caused considerable loss dt cotton
acreage.
Although the number of weevils
increased following the heavy Aug
ust rain, the crop was too far ad
vanced to be damaged appreciably.
Unusual weather and extensive mop
ping where weevils were present,
held crop damage from this source to
a minimum this year.
SCHOOLS OPEN
Schools opened for the 1940-41
session on Monday morning with all
teachers in place. Reports from the
various schools indicate that it was
one of the best openings we have
ever had. Neutrcil observes say there
was a minimum of friction and the
opening day was more like q day
during the middle of the term than
any they had ever known. 'The
only disappointment was opening day
enrollment. The enrollment was off
slightly from last year, caused large
ly by the good weather for cotton
picking and the large amount of cot
ton to pick. The enrollment in
schools was as follows: Antioch 60,
Ashemont 116, Hoke high 325, Mil-
douson 69, Raeford graded 365, Rock-
fish 106.
BIBLE TEACHER
The Ashemont community has
raised money enough to employ Mrs.
Elbert McLeod as Bible teacher for
the year. 'This is a splendid step
and the school and commimity is to
be congratulated.
Members of Coast Ar^
tillery Statumed At
Armory for Present,
Hoke county members of the Na
tional Guard, akmg with 604M0
guardsmen over the United States,
were mustered into the service of
the federtd government for a ooe
year period at midni^t Sipiday,
September 15th.
All the troops are remaining at
their home stations for a two-werto
period to allow for various jv^ara-
tions fo active duty.
Members of the Thirtieth Divisian
will go from their home stations to
Fort Jackson, S. C., for their year of
duty. Members o^ the 2S2nd Coast
ArtiUeiy, to which the local guards
men belong, 'Will go to stations at
Fort Moultrie, S. C., and Fort Screv
en, Ga.
LOSE FRIEND
The pupils, teachers and patrons
of the Raeford graded school have
lost a loyal friend and protector in
the untimely death of Officer A. M.
Howell. Time and again the ■writer
has watched the little tots going to
and from school, stand on the curb
waiting for the beckoning wave from
Mr. Howell and then see them trot
gaily across the street, conscious that
their friend was there to protect
them. Often they would wait on the
cairb until he could go for than and,
placing their little hands in his, go
safely across. To our mind the
finest tribute that can be paid to any
one is that paid through the love
and trust of litte children. Mr. How
ell has his rhpnument already erected,
standing stately and fine within the
hearts of the children of Raeford.
ROCKFISH OPENS
Rockfish reported a good opening
day attendance of parents. Rev. F.
M. Bain, pastor of Galatia church,
conducted the devotional exercises
and talked to the assembled parents
and pupils on “The Three Attitudes
of Life.”
COMMITTEE MEETS
There was a meeting of the Mil-
douson school committee held at
Dundarrach last night at 8 o’clock.
Washington.—^With some vanguard
detachments already at training cen
ters and other advance units of the
first 60,000 on their way, an addi
tional 35,000 National Guardsmen re
ceived mobilization orders Tuesday
for October 15th. ,
General George C. MarshaU, army
chief of staff, disclosed the war de-
patment’s plans for summoning the
second guard contingent in the pro
gressive mobilization that is expected
to bring the guard’s full strength of
240,000 men into active service by
the year’s end.
SHORT SCHEDULE
All schools go on a short day
schedule today until further notice.
This is being, done at the request of
many farmers. It is hoped that all
patrons will cooperate and keep their
children in school every day. And
if not in school get them in at the
first possible moment.
Miss Lona Grahatn is back at her
rark in the post office alter being
put for two week! due to iUnen.
Rev. J. M. Alexander
To Preach Here
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Rev. J. M. Alexander, DJD., pastor
of the First Presbyterian church in
Fayetteville, will preach at the morn
ing service of the Raeford Presby
terian church Sunday, September 22.
Small Fire On
Gin Go. Platform
Lacy McNeill was slightly burned
Saturday afternoon by a fire of un
known origin on the bade platform
of the Raeford Gin company. 'Hie
blaze was quiddy extinguished with
a budeet of water. ^
Premium List On
Paaes 6 and 7
Premium list for the Hoke County
Agricultural Exhibit is being printed
on pages'six and seven of today’s
News-Jeumal.
The Exhibit will be held in the
armory on October 31st and Novem
ber 1st and 2tad.
The committee encourages the
people of the county to begin select
ing their commodities to be exhibited
as early as possible.
MacDONALQS BUY
McNEILL HOUSE
Mr. and Mrs. K. A MacDonald
have bought Miss “Criti” McNeil
house on the Fayetteville road and!:' The last livestock census of Thai-
plan to move there after temodeUiUi*
the place. '
PXA MEETING
There will be an open meeting of
all the PTAs in the county this af
ternoon at 3 p. m. at the high school.
Mrs. Howell, state representative of
the PTA, will be present and will
speak. Also, Mrs. Fesperman of Sal
isbury, our district president, will be
present. All parents and patrons,
whether members of the PTA or not,
are invited and urged to atiend.
Mrs. Howell and Mrs. Fesperman
were honored by a luncheon at noon
which was served by the Home Eco
nomics department of the high school
on behalf of the county council of
the PTA.
Large Crowd Attends
Reaves Open House
Several hundred people swamped
the Reaves Drug store last Friday
afternoon to enjoy ice cream and
other refreshments as the store ii.>ld
“open house” and played hosts to
the people of Raeford and
county. The occasion was the form
al opening of their completely re
modeled drug store, and the com
plete transformation of tiie old store
into one of the most modem in the
state drew many compliments.
A highliidit of the afternoon was a
broadcast over Radio Station WFNC,
Fayetteville, directly from the new
store. It was interesting to listen to
some of the county’s most promi
nent pecHirie as they were interviewed
by .tile radio announcer and to see
others etui ns they developed “mike
scarA"
|l8&d, fomwrly Siam, showed 16,000
Ispluuiti and 5,500,000 httflOlaMi
Game Protectw
Explains Laws
The following review and explan
ation of game laws has been pillar
ed for the News-Journal by H. R.
McLean, Hoke county game protec
tor: -
Hunting Season and Bag
Deer (male) Oct. 1-Jan. 1. Limit
one per day, three per season.
Squirrel (except fox), Oct 1-Jan.
15. Limit 10 per cUgr-
Opossum and coon (dogs only),
Oct 1-Feb. 15.. No limit
Rabbit Nov. 28-Feb. 15. No lim
it
Quail; Nov. 28-Feb. 15. Ten per
day, 150 per season.
Turkey, NOv. 28-Feb. 15. One
per day, three per season.
Fox (Hirice county), S^t 1-Mar.
2. No limit.
Dove (federal law), S^t 15-Nov.
30. Limit 12 per day. Possession
limit 12.
Wooddbek, no open season.
Dude, Nov. 2-Dec. 31. Ten per
day. Possession limit 20.
Geese, Nov. 2-Dec. 31. Three per
day. Possession limit six.
Jacksnipe, Nov. 2-Dec. 31. Fif
teen per day. Possession limit 15.
Licenses may be purchased at the
Raeford Hardware Co., Ashley
Heights, Rockfish, Dundarradi, and
Antioch. Daniel McGill, Little Riv
er; W. W. McLean, on the Fayette
ville road; and W. S. Chilbretii at Mc
Neill’s Mill are also' in a position to
supply needs of hunters. Graham’s
service station will supply the needs
of those wishing to purchase licoises
during the night
A county license protects the hunt
er in his own county. However, lie
is liable to get into trouble along
county lines.
State licenses entitle the hunter tiie
right to roam the state. Combina
tion licenses cover hunting andiish-
ing in the state.
Ncm-resident licenses are required
0f aU petisons from witiiout the
state udio have not resided here at
least six montiis.
Guide’s licooses are required of all
clubs and individuals 'udto
charges or acc^t anytiiing valuable
for hunting.
It is a violation to take game fldi
and game animals before sunrise or
aftei* sunset. It is a violaticMt to
cut down trees. Buying and selling
quail carries a fine of not less than
$50 and costs.
The ownership of a bunting license
in no way gives a hunter the right
to hunt upon posted tan^. A good
sport always asks permission and is
seldom refused—while he vdto talcas
things in his own hands usually gets
chased off. Be a food ^torl.
New Editor WRh
The News-Journal
Billy Whitted. of Fayetteville^ be*
gan work witit the Ne«rs-Joumal as
editor this week, taking the idaee Ot
Paul Diricson, Jr., adw will be mr*--
ing with the; National Cktaord
year. ■ •
Atoerican farm income, in 118% Bi-
eluding tovcmnMnt guy—
20Sto300mil&oadbaai»
in IIM. ', .
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