Guard Monbers
Are Honor^ At
Barbecue ^pper
%¥
jyi'v
Entertaining Affair Given At
Armory T^iwsday Night By
Local KiwtuiK Club.
A barbecue supper in honor of the
Raeford units of the national guard,
which have been called to a year
of federal service, was given in the
armory last Thvirsday night by the
Raeford Kiwanis club.
Following the delicious supper, an
interesting and entertaining program
was staged, with short talks being
made by local dignitaries and mem
bers of the Guard.
Benton Thomas, president of the
Kiwanis Club, presided over &e
meeting. He introduced E. D. John
son, high school principal, who in
turn, presented William O. Melvin,
former Annapolis bandmaster who
played two marches for the gather
ing. ■
The program was then turned over
to Tommie Upchiich, who acted as
master of ceremonies during the ev
ening.
Rev. E. C. Crawford, pastor of
the Raeford Methodist church, gave
a series of chalk talks along a mili
tary line, which were well received.
Cecil Dew then distributed cigar
ettes to members of the batteries
alter which Sgt. Alfred Cole was
recognized and made a talk.
Cole, who is the only original
member of Battery F, has served
with the unit for 19 years. He told
the men that he hop^ their action
and deeds during'their year of mili
tary training would be such that the
City of Raeford and the County of
joke would “continue to be proud
ft us in the future as they have in
he past.”
Major William L. Poole, command
eer of the Third Battalion, and for
more than 16 years commander of
J^Battery F, made the-main talk of
^ the evening. He pointed out the
^ good record that Battery F has had
since its Drganizatipni.and^illusty^j^
the willin^ess men have te'- Serve
with the unit.
“We had a medical examination
here yestewiay afternoon,” he said,
and 17 men were turned out be
cause they were not physically fit to
serve. And before night, 11 new
men had signed up for those vacan-
Guard Units Leave
For Year’s Training
In Army Camps
Having mobilized Monday, Sep
tember 16, both Hoke county units
of the 'National Guard left during
the past week for camps In South
Carolina and Georgia where they
will undergo Intensive training
with the United States Army for a
year’s period.
First Battalion of which head
quarters battery is a part left Sat
urday moning for Fort Screven,
Ga.,. and Battery F left Monday
nsomlng for Fort Moultrie, S. C.
Cil
V
^h.
Miss Sinclair
Taken By Death
Miss Mary E. Sinclair, well known
and beloved Raeford woman, died
Sunday night of a heart attack. She
was 62 years old and was the dau
ghter of the late J. T. and Eliza
Blue Sinclair.
She had been a member of the
Presbyterian church since childhood
and had taken an active part in
church work.
Surviving are one brother, N. B.
Sinclair; and foim sisters, Mrs. Neil
Cameron, Mrs. J. A. Walters, Miss
Kate Sinclair and Miss Beatrice
Sinclair.
Funeral services were held Tues
day morning from the home with
Rev. W. C. Brown and Rev. Mr. Poole
of Antioch officiating. A large num
ber of friends and: relatives were
present and there were many beau
tiful fioral offerings. Burial was in
Raeford cemetery.
Pallbearers were John Cameron,
John McKay Blue, Daniel Blue, Ar
chie K. Currie, Make McKeithan and
T. C. Sinclair, all cousins of Miss
Sinclair.
WILL EXPLAIN REA SERVICE
AT MEETING HERE OCTOBER 1ST
Everyone who bas recently rent
ed rooms, apartments or houses to
newcomers to Raeford is requested
to send or phone the names (rf the
newconaers to the News-Journal
so that a list may be run in the
paper next week.
The NeWs-Jonmal is gathering
this information in the belief that
it will help the townspeople and
the newcomers to become better
acquainted. The paper will like to
have the names, former idace of
residence and any other informa
tion concerning the newcomers.
L)i
Sk'-r.
0 ;
r- ■
cies.”
Pointing to the enlistment record
of Hoke county, he said: “If the rest
of the world looked at it like we do,
I don’t think Hitler would lift up
his head against England or any other
county.” ^
Captain J. H. Blue, commander of
Battery F, Capt. John Walker, com
mander of First Battalion Headquar
ters, and the following Lieutenants
were recognized and made short talks:
Harrison M. Symmes, Younger Snead,
Grah^ih Dickson, T. B. Lester, Wil
liam Lament, Jr., Paul Dickson, Jr.
Mayor G. W. Brown spoke next
and urged the soldiers to “conduct
themselves so as to be an honor
to the town.”
Following was an interesting period
during which Cecil Dew read war
headlines from old papers dated from
1914-1919. Similarity of the old
headlined and the present day ones
by N. 9. G. Balfour, chairman
of the County board of, commissioners,
and a native bom Englishman, who
praised the record of the local units
and urged them on to greater ac
complishments.
Democratic Women
Plan Meetings
There is to be on September 27th a
nation-wide observance of National
Democretic Women’s Day and offi
cials hope that wom^ all over thd
country will gather in groups on that
day.
In the evening, Mrs. Roosevelt, Ed
na Ferber and 'Katherine Hepburn
will broadcast from 8:30 tp 9, . ^
The women are supposed at that
time to get contributions by parties
or solicitations to the amount of $1
per precinct and send to State Dem
ocratic headquarters for use of the
women’s work in the state and na
tional headquarters. There are 1913
precincts in the state and money
thus secured could be used to a
great advantage.
On October 4 there is to be held
a statewide meeting of Democratic
women in the Hall of the House from
10:36 to 1. At the meeting will be
addresses by J. M Broughton, State
Ch&irman Denhy and ofiier state of
ficials.
In the afternoon from 3 until S
there will be g tea at the governor’s
mansion at which time the women
will be givcm the opportunity to m^t
Mrs. Hoey, Mrs. Brqughton and
Hearing Held In
Insurance Case
A hearing on the Dean Gilmore
'H^e county bdard
of education and the Travelers in
surance company was held here last
Friday before a member of the In
dustrial Commission.
Argument of counsel will be held
in Raleigh sometime in October and
the commission will then decide what
award, if any, should be made.
The case grew out of injury July
before last of Dean Gilmore, local
school janitor for 17 years. Gilmore
died in February of this year.
The school board paid Gilmore’s
salary from the time of his injury
until his death, although he was
unable ,,to work, under the impres
sion that part of the expense incurr
ed would -be paid back by the in
surance company. The company,
however, refused to pay the in
surance on a technicality.
Testifying' at the hearing here
Friday were Superintendent of Edu
cation K, A. MacDonald, Dr. A. L.
O’Briant, Dr. G. W. Brown, Dr. Frank
Highsmith, and Gilmore’s widow.
Hoke High
Announces Its
Grid Schedule
Bethe^da Plans
Celebf^ciion
On Sunday, September 29, the old-
of the oldest in this section of North
Carolina, ' Bethesda Presbyterian
church, Aberdeen, will celebrate its
one hundred-fiftieth anniversary.
Rev. Walter L. Lingle, D.D., L.L.D.,
president of Davidson college, and
formerly president of Assembly’s
Training School at Richmond, Va.,
will preach the Sesquicentennial ser
mon..
A longer story on Bethesda will \)e
found in this week’s News-JoumaL
REA Engineer Is
Hurt In Accident
Robert Causey, REA engineer with
the Lumbee River Electric Member
ship Corporation, received head in
juries Monday afternoon when
car in which he was returning from
work collided with a truck in Rob
eson county. Other occupants of the
automobile were uninjured.
Causey was taken to Baker Sana
torium in Lumber ton, where he was
reported today as getting along nice
ly.
David F. Blue
To Preach Here
Revi David Fairley Blue, of Fay
etteville, will preach at the 11 o’clock
service of the Raeford Presbyterian
church on next S.unday 'morning.
Rev. Mr.. Blue tAs conducted .filM^t-
ings at Beimel, and Uundarrach
church in thte county, and is very
well kno^ ipi Ratfotd utd yicii^ty
He is ja: graduate .9f riayk^n
id Un^ ^nunaiy, imd^W
By Lawrence (Ace) Campbell
Sports Reporter
Coach Earl Smith announced to
day that the Hoke high school foot
ball team will meet six conference
foes this fall. Non-conference games
have not been scheduled yet but it
is probable that there will be sev
eral. The schedule is listed as fol
lows: .
Friday,' October 11—Lumberton at
Raeford.
Friday, October 18 — Raeford at
Hamlet. .
Friday, October 25th—Sanford ht
Raeford.
Friday, November 1st—^Raeford at
Rockingham.
Tuesday, November 5th—^Laurin
burg at Raeford (pending).
Friday, November 8th—^Elizabeth
town at Raeford.
The Laurinburg and Raeford game
will be played in Raeford on Thanks
giving day, unless the game needs
to be played before November 8th to
determine the winner of the dis
trict.
Coach Smith succeeds Cap Clark,
who resigned last spring, as coach of
the local grid outfit. Although serv
ing his first year, it is evident from
watching him put the boys through
the paces that he really has some
thing on the, ball. Smith received
his letter at Appalachian State Teach
er’s college under the tutorship of
“Kid” Brewer, Duke star of a decade
ago.
When asked about the prospects
of an A1 squad. Smith stated that,
“the boys show chances of develop
ing- into a good team despite the lack
of lettermen.” Of the 18 reporting
the first day, there were only 5 of
the 1939 squad who had letters. Av
erage weight for the lipe is approx
imately 165 lbs. per man." The back-
field, somewhat lighter and reported
ly fast, averages about 155 lbs.
The probable lineup, as given to
the News-Journal, will see two of
last year’s linemen in the backfield.
Junior Webb who played at end and
Tom “Rock of Gibraltar” Sinclair,
who held down a tackle’s berth have
been assigned to backfield positions
to give the balltoters two heavy and
experienced men. Davis and Eu
banks will likely hold dbwn the
other two posts. In the line, Maults-
by,- an old ^hand at center will be
flanked on the right by Ray, and on
the left by Currie. There are a host
of men competing for the tackle and
end positions, but the best prospects
are Wright and Alexander at tackles
and Blue and Jone^at the pivot po
sitions. Coach Smith says that com
petition for the first eleven has been
keen and that there may be some
changes made later in the season.
The team met last Tuesday, Octob
er 17th, and elected as co-captains
Junior Webb and Tom Clark Sin
clair.
Lineup:
RE—^Richard Jones.
RT—Basil Wright.
RG—John Calvin Ray.
C—John Leonard Maultsby.
LG—^Robert Currie.
LT—^William Alexander.
LE—Sonny Blue.
Wingback—Bill Davis or Riley Jor-
danv
Blockingback—Gion Eubanks.
Spinback-^Tom Sinclair. ‘
Tailback—P. A. Webb, Jr.
Other members of Hoke high grid
warrioi^s Who are still vieing with the
above named for .first team positions
are: m uomi, A. JvBristow,
Officials From Washington Will
Speak at Meeting; Electrical
Equipment To Be Given Away
Meetings to explain the use and
advantages of the Rural Electrifica
tion Authority will be held next week
in Raeford, Liimberton and Laurin
burg, it was announced by R. M.
McGirt, the project superintendent
on the Lumbee River association.
The meeting will be held in the
county courthouses at 8 p. m.—^In
Raeford, October 1;. in Laminbing.
October 2; and in Lumberton, October
3rd.
At the meetings will be R. M. Bill-
himer, REA Utilization Representa
tive, and Miss Mary Lokey, Home
Economist, of Washington. These
will make talks and answer questions
concerning the REA.
All members of the association are
‘ asked to^attend at' deast one of tiiese
meetings.
More than $125 worth of electrical
equipment and a free wiring job will
be given away at each of the meet
ings.
Electrical dealers in the section
have been asked to have electrical
equipment on display at the meetings
so that the corporation members may
get an idea of the many jobs that
can be done with electricity.
Swallows Pills
In Suicide Try
Efforts of Frank Drivers, white
man of Hoke county, to take his own
life rather than face trial on a
charge of drunken driving appar
ently had gone astray as reports from
Highsmith hospital, Fayetteville, Wed
nesday, were to the effect that Driv
ers was still in good health although
he has been “sleeping” for 24 hours.
Drivers was arrested Sunday and-
placed in jail awaiting trial in re-’
corder’s court. When the prisoners
were removed from the jail to the
courtroom Tuesday morning. Driv
ers borrowed some pills from anoth
er prisoner who had gotten the pills
from a doctor.
Then he took the pills, 20 of them,
at one swallowing. Officers got in
touch with the doctor who had is
sued the pills to the other prisemer
and he declared that no ill effects
would come of it other than the
victim would go to sleep and stay
asleep for sometime.
So the officers took Drivers on
into court and after a few minutes,
he went to sleep and fell from the
prisoner’s bench.
He was removed to the jail and
continued sleeping all day, and fin
ally the officers decided to carry
him to the hospital in Fayetteville
late Tuesday.
He was still sleeping
Mrs. Wm. Bladk Is
daimed By Deatk
Mrs. William Black, widow of J||v.
William Black, died Saturday fflght
in a Charlotte hospital. A native of
Concord, Mrs. Black was the daugh
ter of Wildred Catherine Gordon and
Jacob Freesland. She was graduated
from the old Greensboro Female col
lege in 1878 and taught school until
her marriage on February 24, 1881,
to William Black of Maxton. They
resided in Maxton until Mr. Black
entered the Presbyterian ministry and
moved to Monroe. From 1900 to
1907 they lived in Davidson, moving
to Charlotte from there. Dr. Black
died November 23, 1927.
Although an invalid in recent years,
Mrs. Black was interested in church
affairs. She was a member of the
Presbyterian church. Surviving her
are the following chfldren: Lt. Col.
F. L. Black of Langley Field, Va.,
C. L. Black of Greensboro, W. E.
Black of Greenwood, S. C., and Aj,
F. Black of Charlotte,
dren surviving are Misses Nell and
Flora McQueen Black of Langley
Field, John Fairley Black, William
Black and Miss Margaret Black of
Greensboro, Miss Anna Branch Black
of Greenwood and Misses Margaret
and Patricia.Black of Charlotte.
Funeral services were held Monday
at noon at Maxton Presbyterian
church. Rev. S. B. Mdiean, pastor
of Wilmore Presbyterian church, of
ficiated, assisted by the pastor of the
Maxton church, and burial was in
Maxton cemetery beside the grave of
her husband.
Power Company
Man Resigns
After having served as local rep-'
resentative of the Carolina Power and’
Light company in Raeford for the
past 10 years, Edward E. Smith has'
relinquished his duties with the com
pany. -
In commenting upon Mr. Smith’s
resignation, R. L. Chandler, district
manager for the company, stated:
“It is with regret that our connec
tion with Mr. Smith was severed as
he made a highly satisfactory record
as our representative in Raeford.”
Smith will be replaced by Frank
Singleton as full time representative
in Raeford as, according to Mr.
Chandler, the number of customers
of the company has increased to the
point where the entire time of the
local representative will be requir
ed.”
Mr. Singleton may be reached at
telephone 311-1 in case of trouble.
Most of Defendants Facing Judge
Get 30 Days On Boad^ Sus
pended on Pasrment of Costa.
Thirteen cases were tried Tuesd^
before Recorder W. B. McQueen,
most of the defendants being given
30-day road sentences supended on
payment of costs.
Cases tried included:
Jim Monroe, negro, assault, 30 days
on the road, sentence suspended on
payment of costs.
Arch MePhatter, negro, drunk and
disorderly, 30 days on the roads,
sentence suspended on payment of
costs.
Riley Barrett, negro, violating road
law, 30 days on the roads, sentence
suspended on payment of costs.
Fulton McBryde, white of Stone
wall township, bad check, 30 days
on the roadsi sentence suspended
on pa}rment of check and costs.
Charlie Sutton, white, of Little
River township, assault with deadly
weapon with intent to kiU, probable
cause found and defendant bound
over to superior court.
Tom Allen, negro, of Antioch town
ship, earless and ret^ess drmng
and damage to car, 60 days on die
roads, sentence suspended on pay
ment of costs.
Leroy McNeill, negro, drunk and
disorderly, 30 days on the roads,
sentence suspended on paymoit of
costs.
John Rainey, negro, of Allendale
township, violating prohibition law,
30 days on the roads, sentence sus
pended on payment of costs.
Henderson McNeill, negro, of Al
lendale township, violating prohibi
tion law, 30 days on the roads, sen
tence suspended on pasrment of costs.
Will Watson, white, of Anitioch
to'wnship, drunk and disorderly and
violating prohibition law, 30 days on
the roads, sentence suspended cm
payment of costs.
John McNeill and Wellington Mc
Neill, negroes, of Allstinjnl^ .
violating prohibition law, pleaded
guilty to transporting, 30 days on the
roads each, sentence suspended on
payment of costs.
L. D. Dukes, violating prohibition
law, 30 days on the roads, sentence
suspended on payment of costs.
Dick Cummings, Indian, violating
prohibitiem law, 30 days on the roads,
sentence suspended on pajmient of
costs.
Start Mattress
Work Next Week
Work on cotton mattresses to be
distributed to low income farm fam
ilies of Hoke county will probably
... begin in the armory next Wednesday
Grandchild* doming, it was announced this week
by Miss Josephine Hall, home dem
onstration agent.
Cotton and ticking for the work
has already been received from the
surplus commodities corporation.
Approximately 650 families/ have
made application for mattresses. The
material is funished by the govern,
ment for only $1 and work is done
by the family getting the mattress,
with the aid of supervisors who will
be at the armory.
Miss Margaret Black and her fath
er, Linwood Black, of Greensboro, at
tended the funeral aiid stopped by at
Raeford for a short visit on their way
home.
Asks Farmers To
Get Cotton. Cards
A. S. Knowles, Hoke coxmty farm
agent, this week issued a statement
urging all cotton producers who have
not yet gotten their cotton sales cards
to do so. imm^iately.
Tajmadge
Jinuny Baxley,
Morris. H^ Dawron, atui
Making Maps Of
Farms In County
Individual maps of all farms in
the county are now being made in
the office of the county agent and
will be delivered to the farmers prior
to planting of crops in the spring.
The small maps are sketched from
large aerial maps of the county and
show the exact size and shape of
each field.
Beneath the map will be data in
cluding the farmer’s name, the a.
mount of acreage and other vital in
formation.
These acreages , will be accepted
undbr the soil conservation program
when crops are planted in 1941. It
is estimated timt ;the use of toese
miaps wiU.cqt the cost of compliance
Gen. Honeycutt
Dies In Crash
Brigadier General Francis W.
eycutt crashed to his deeflt p,
flaming airplane in a southeast Qil|ity
gia swamp Friday night, wiliiip. a
week after he had assumed diatge
as commanding officer at Fort Bragg.
Piloting the plane was Capt Genge
F. Kehoe and Corp. Robert J. Sdbnitz
was along as passenger and aide to
General Honeycutt. All three per
ished in the crash.
The plane left Fort Brakk at 6:10
p. m. Fiday and was due in Jadc-
sonville about 8:30 o’clock that wight,
Some residents of Brunswick, Ga.,
midway between Savannah and
Jacksonville, said they heard a plane
overhead about 8 p. m. Friday, but
this report was unidentified.
General Honeycutt o veteran of
36 years service, came to Fort Bragg
as commandant Friday, September
13. His previous command had been
at Fort Stotensburg, P. I.
“We don’t think we will ever know
the cause of the crash,” said Cap
tain F. S. Stock, who directed tire
two-day seardi for the missing craft
in whidi two score army and coast
guard planes participated.
Captain Stod: said the plane look,
ed as if it had come straight down
at a terrific speed, making a crater
20 to 25 feet in diameter where it
plunged into the soft, marshy earth.
Accident Tuesday
On Rockfish Road
There was a wreck Tuesday morn
ing about two miles out the Rock-
fish road between automobiles driven
by Ed McRae, negro, and Luther
Powell of the State Highway afril
Public Works commission. —
Damages were settled between
drivers and no diarges were made.
Rev. J. R. Miller
To Preach Here
Rev. J. R. Miller of Fairmont vdlt
preadt at the Baptist diut^ Sumlir:
morning, Septeed^ 29, at
Mr. .MiUwr is a former
this diurdk and his
all deno
vited.