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'Martin Locklear, Iiul^ao
dale township* was'
Judge W. McQueen
attorney’s r^uest lor ‘ “
charges of harborings
in coimty court ’Tuesday.
W. J. Gibsoh, white'.teanAol ,i^t-
^d couhly, pleaded gidl^; to vcve-
less and reckless driyh^ ;\and ' was
given 30 days, which Vas
upon payment of court, costs, and pay
ing $50 to Mrs. Chr^sturpna fifo-
lauchlin for property damages.
Edward E. Hall, Fort'BiS^ w6rk-r
Ter, was given suspended senten^ie Of
30 days lor violation of road' jaws
u]^ payment of costs,.
Lee Thompson, Jr., .wlute, ,B.
BrookSr whitCi and 'William. ,^aw,
colore^ received similar j.udgeinrats
for like offenses.
E. Z. EEuggins, white man of An
tioch, jileaded guilW to. assault
charges and was given 30 days siis-
pended on payment of Costs.
Neill Archie Maynor, colored, of
Raeford, pleaded guilty of tereless
and reinless driving, wa, sgiven 30
days suspended upon payment of the
costs. V
Harvey McNeill, colored, drew 60
days for'assault with .deadly weapon
and 30 days tor being drunk and diS'^
order^, suspended uppi^ parent of
$10 smd ^ts in the assault ease and
costs HI, the other. y
Howard Jones drew a suspended
sentence of 30 days, upon payment
of costs on charges of druhk and dis-
■^rderly conduct
Aaron Loyd, colored, drew a sus
pended Mntmee of 8 months, on pay
ment of $SQ and costs for driving car
under influence of intoxicants.
Nina Morrisey and her husband.
Dock Morrisey, pleaded guilty to
charges of illegal possession of whu-
key. Nina Morrisey drew a 30 day
sentenc4' suspended upon payment of
$10 and. costs. Her husj^and was
sentenced to 60 days, suspended upon
Buck Gay, colored man of Stone-
waU town^ip^ pleaded guilty to vio
lation of ^ffie pitmftdtion iawB and
was smiteaeed to ^ au^iended
upon payment of costs.'
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McLean Campbdl
Mrs. McLean Campbell, who had
been seriously ill. for about two ahd
a half years, dial at hw home bn
South M^ street last Thuirsday.
Before marriage she was Maggie
Belle mly child of John and
Anne Moirroe Black,,of Seventy-Fim
townshte* Cunibefland cpiinte*,
was bom in. 1875, therefore being 65
years old. Whm quite young she
became a member of Phillippi Pres
byterian church to which chundi she
was always devoted, evep after mov
ing her membership to Raeford.. Afr
ter Mr. and Mrs. Campbell were
married they moved to this eommun^
ity and lived on the J. 'W. McLaujjldin
fram fiqgr abottt 15 lyear on the i^ce
that ylt foet kjjp:, tee. name of the
“McLean Camirf^ place*" (recently
purchased by Cti^teiig^Cmas from
Mr. Lamq^.. \
Mrs. .jrpInggiLJ** permits moved
from SevCiate^Msl to Raeford and
when they grswwttele the Campbells
moved to to\mtte liiW with^em so
thatehbrs. .Cam^U Could "care for
them. alq^ays intensely
intercsM^Kel^ churte work and
ready w|!|K^d\|Ch(C y^hen called on.
The sCctmd stroke of paralysis which
left her speechless was in July, 1939.
Tho* she retained her other faculties
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Pme Forest Qnb
lExiiflut SHhows
hMi Comicil
Grpitp Attmds Natitmal Meet*
iiy[ at AtiiKasta This Week.
CoDunittee
Count
); Dcive To Be
Sayi Bt* C^Briant.
Blonde "ifiTginia Vale, captivating
BKO Radio playier, in her water
proofed snow clothes. She is col-
'brfully attired in a hood^ wind-
breaker of holly red, a rich con
trast to her navy trousers. Mira
Vale will be leading ladj in
a forthcoTti’H'r Tim Holt drama.
An exhibit of articles made by
[members of the Pineforest Home
iDemonstratioh club, of Timberland,
was a feature of the national meet
ing of the National Cotton Council
I held, this week at Augusta, Ga.
The exhibit consisted of between
130 and 40 articles of clothing made
from the cloth from cotton bags in
which feed stuffs, flour, meal and
oteef milling products had been pur-
* The exhibit was shown at
I the Hoke county fair here last fall
[and attracted much attention and
[such favorable comment .that the club
and Miss Josephine Hall, county home
agent, were requested to present it
at the annual national conference.
[Mrs. Mary Hei^n and Mrs. . J. F.
Ijoi^dan, members of the club, ac-
[companied by. Miss Hall, took the
exhibit, consisting of a number of
coats, dresses, house coats, white
trousers and te'esses for children, to
[Augusta for the display.
T. B. Upchurch, Jr., of Raeford,
land chairman of the North Carolina-
I Virginia unit of the council, Fred
Johnson, of .Raleigh, secretary, Ben
ton Thomas, who represents the seed
Icrushers are attending the meeting
I as a part of the North Carolina dele-
I gation. ^
The purpose of the organizati(m is
I to promote industries which will con
sume greater quantities of the staple
and to find new usis for it, as well
as to encourage greater consumption
in industries now using it as a raw
I material.
The council is vitally concerned
Iwitb the.plight of tee cotton farmer
[resulting from the, loss of foreign
markets. It is studying plans for aid
[to the grower'in case it becomes
10 Mfle l^lection From Rgeford necessary to further reduce cotton
To Cumberland Line BeingJ acreage under the allotment plan,
Widened Four Feet. i ■ *. i
Highway Commitnon
■Work began 'Tuesday on the wid-lo^ • " In
tween Lattrinburgand Fayetteville to, _ , . . „ _
be brought to 22 feet when Cobb-1 ®al^h, Jan. ,. — Governor
Homewood construction company, of Brou^ton ^oun^ today that aU
Campd HilL bf«an unloading Hater- “embers of the stite highway and
ialshere jpifilic works qugUxussion, mcluding
The section of the roadway to he Chairmw Dunlap had ten
unproved ei^nds from the. end of J®®r^teenr ^^gpiations to him.
the asphalt Street in Raeford to aL Acbon of^^ coum^oners, he
point about ii half mile from the s^** was not “ihstigat^ or r^uest-
Cumberland county line, or a distance I He a^ed that he had
of nearly 10 nules. Prom Raeford to I asked^'tee commissioners to continue
A second square dance tor the
benefit of tee'l^mitile'paratysis fund
will be held on next Welteesday,
ruary Sth, it announced te toe
effort to put Hoke county over ite
quota of $210.
County. Chairman Dr. A. L.
O’Briant states that toe flu epidemic
had put a crimp in the work of the
county committee but ^at within a
few days it is hoped that general
solicitation in the “March of Dimes’
will have reach^ every section of
the county. Mrs. W. E. Street, Rae
ford Chairinan, Rev. E. C. Craw
ford rural chaiman, and W. P. .Bak
er, school’s chairman, haVe outlined
their work- and with the return of
the schools to their regular schedules
it is believed that the drive will take
on sufficient impetus during tee next
few days to assure raising the quota.
Attendance at the dance last week
was fine and every one apparently
enjoyed the affair. Mrs. Street has
arranged for another dance at the
armory. Woody Singleton’s band, and
two well-equipped caUers (fog-horn
types) provide the music and toe di
rections for the breakdowns, while
round dancing is enjoyed between
the sets.
The slogan for the March of Dimes
this yehr is, “Dance at the President’s
Birthday Ball and help some teild
to walk.’’ If you do hot attend the
dance, drop your-contribution in one
of the boxes placed in the stores for
your convenience.
Last Stretch
the entrance of toe cemetery wiU.be
widened six feet, three feet hi eadi
sid of the present pavement
balan^ will be widened four f
R, P. Dowtin, of the Ifiihwa# de
partment is supervisory isoffiDs^ cm
thevpteje^ ^d Mr. MdCkfitiqr ig q(“-
struction suj^rintendeijlf for toe con
tractor.' 7''.'''*
Mr. Dowtin spates toat toe wmk
will ake appi:e|Bmate]y 99 dton, but
the actual .HBihipleiion date will de
pend uppn,-''weather conditions.
All.,,Art^es and structures have!
beeK te^pared for this work ahd it
ia*^6t expected that the road wto
he closed to traffic, thoufdi ..there
wiU be restrictions for traffic of all
vehicles during toe entire construe^
tion period.
Judgie Orders Jury
Disiiiissed When
Fails To Agree
Al^ur Ray Patterson, Fort
l^ldier. To Be Med
Large Congregation
Freteyterians To
Greet New Pastor
Rhv. H. K. HoUand WUl Hold
First Services -Sunday; Comes
Here From Charlotte.
By a. A. MaeDONALD
Patterson,
Bragg Soldier, To Be
Agiun In April.
rices Held For
£ugme A. Bill
Fimeral services were conducted
Tuesday at St. Andrews church,, Fay
etteville, for Eugene Arthiu: BUI,' 59,
Hoke county merchant, who died in
a FayetteviUe hospital Saturday fol
lowing a br^ illness.
The services were in charge of Rev.
E. G. Overton. Burial was in the
St, Andrews cemetery. Mr. BiU was
a native of Cumberland county, but
had operated a store near here on
the FayettevUle road for some tone.
Mr. Bill was the son of the late-
. M. BiU and Ida Walton BiU. He
is survived by his wife, who was Miss
Nellie Thrower, one son, E. A- BiU,
Jr., of Raeford, route 2, two daugh
ters, Mrs. Est^ Wilson, of Rge-
ford gnd htrs. J. H. Naxfce, bf San
Texas; one grat^tetid, Bettie
brpth^rs, Alfred; Ben H.;
. WnUam McKiidey, Fay-
ruHte 6i ahd J, P. BiU of New
Arthur Ray Patterson, Port Bragg
soldier, wUl have to face Hoke Couh-
ty Superior court again in April, m
charges growing out of the death of
Charlie Milhizer in a car-truck smash
near here.
The case was heard before Judge
Q. 'K. Nimocks in superior court here
last week, but the jury was unable
to reach a verdict after considering
the case over night. Judge Nimocks
ordered one of the jurors withdravm
and declared a misttoil.
SoUcitor t^arlyle. made a- strong
plea to the jury to find Patterson
guilty of manslaughter, deploring the
careless attitufie of many juries to
ward the great unnecessary loss of
life oh the highways of the state.
He asked the jury to find toe de
fendant ^Ity and depended upon
tee faiiuess of the comt in setting the
proper and just penalty.
Patterson was released after post
ing bond of $500.
for 60 or 90, days, and that
had agreed to do this.
Bteuitoton’iB aimouncemen^ made
few momtetty aft^ he had confer
red in executive session i^thteua com-
missicMi h^, did noi state specific
ally whetow the cotnttfissioners would
or woidd not be reappointed by him.
Simultaiieously; With -Broughton’s
amioiinoenient; Chairman Pthdap told
newsmen tha^ ke had been , advised
by his physteian to talto a rest, and
that tee Ctoverhbr and members of
the commission had consented to al
low him to take sick leave of 90
days, starting Fteruary Ist,
In his long service as a State of
ficial, Dunlap has accumulated more
than 100 days A side - leave, and so
will continue to receive his salary
while taking a rest cure.
- Governor Broughton, asked direct
ly whether Dunlap’s leave meant that
the chairman is “out fen' g(
plied: “It may or may not'
During Dunlap’s leave, D>vBrMc-
Craiy of Adielxno, Ifi^way. com
missioner from the Sixth division, will
serve da tenqmraiy ‘ chairman. He
was dievated to the .teinporary post
tois aftetnoon, on the Governor’s
recommendation and on a vote of toe
commi^on.
McCrary emphasi^ that he was
not a nudidate for the permanent
post of '^aireoan, and said he woiild
not accept toe permanent post “un
der any condition.’’
AU steools in the county re-opened
for work on Monday, January 27th,
after having been closed since Tues
day, January 14th. All teadiers were
able to take their places, athough
quite a number had been sick in the
meantime.
Attendance since t^e re-opening has
been fair from a county-wide stand
point. It is very good in the high
school, with no signs of new cases.
In some of tee. elementary schools
it is not so good. The Raeford grad
ed sdiool having the most absences.
The number of absences at Up
church sdiool is much better while
at some of the other negro schools
the attendance hasn’t been so good.
All parents are urged to take the
best care possible of the’^teildren and
keep them in school every day they
are weU enough. However, the par
ent is not doing the child or toe
school a- favor by keeping him in
school when he is not well enough to
be toere.
Any school child interested in mak
ing application for an audition for the
1941 AU-Americah youth orchestra
may secure the blanks necessary from
the princip^’s office at the high
school: The N. Y. A. is again spon
soring., toe organu»tion of this or
chestral Blanks must be in toe office
of John A. administrator, by
February Il5th.
All buses are in good mechanical
shape from a safety standpoint As
fast as the shop crew can get to them,
those that need motor overhauling are
being taken in and gone over., Sev
eral drivers have quit for one reasem
or another and have been replaced.
ettevUie;
Ginning Report
Census repott shows that 15^)98
bales of cottoh. 'Were ginned in Hoke
county from 'toe .crop of 1940 prior
to January ieth as compared with
18,013'bMes for the crop of 1939.
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tl
Scouting Program
Given At Meeting
Of Kiwahians
william Poole, Jr., won first hon
ors in the fire making contest staged
by 10 Boy Scouts at the Kiwanis club
meeting last ’Thursday when a special
program on Scouting was presented.
The program, presented by H. C.
MdLauchlin as chairman, consisted of
a number of demonstrations of Scout
activities, followed by an informatiye
talk on the scout program, especially
stressing the value of training re
ceived by the individual scout given
by David L. l^es. Scout Executive of
Wilmingtoa. "Mx. LUes is the supers
visor of all scouting activities hi toe
Cape Fear ^unciL
J. ^ .hCcGoqgan brought up toe
matter of Kiwai^ sponsorship of a
curb market, which was referred to
toeJitaiaiittre. on public affairs, for
imiteratit
included
considhration..
Guests of
lUtBr SMUt
SteCiaucblil
J. W. Domd
IP,A. Wllasii.
A congregatimi which will tax the
seating capacity of the Raeford Pres-
ayterian Church , is expected to be
present Sunday morning to greet
Rev. H. K. Holland on the occasion of
his first pastoral appearance at toe
local church, Sfpeording to church of
ficials. *
An effort is being made to secure
the attendance of the entire mem
bership of the church and special ia-
vitations have been sent to all of the
new residents of Raeford to attmid
the services. Special invitations have
been issued also the the congrega
tions of all the rural churches of the
county which do not have stated ser
vices on Sunday morning.
Rev. Mr. Holland comes to Rae-
iord froin a very successful pastorate'
at the Plaza Presbyterian church of
Charlotte. He was released by Medc-
lenburg Presbytery last 'wedc. He
succeeds Rev. Watson Fairley, re
tired, who gave up the work here
last summer after some fifteoi years,
on account of ill health.
Installation services will be held
later this winter, following recep
tion of Rev. Mr. Holland by Fay
etteville Presbytery here on February
11th, in a spedal caUed meeting vfhidi
'Will be held at tee Raeford churte.
The Holland family, Rev. and Mrs.
Holland and their two dau^ters, is
:pected to arrive ’ here tomorrow.
>ey will make their home at toe
Radord hotel until the completicm
of . the new manse now undn- con
struction.
The national defense blass in me-
dianics is progressing nicely. The
enroUees are takhig a great.deal of
interest in their work and are mak
ing good progress. ’The class in car
pentry for negro. bo3rs is gifiting un
der way at the shop at Upchurch
school.
New pumps and . tanks have been
installed at Hoke high school and
Upchurch sdiool. This should help
with our transportation problems.
PRESIDENT VOICES
CRY FOR PEACE
A principal’s meetii^ was held‘in
(Continued\pn page four)
Housewife Finds New
Use For 4 Newspaper
tlanta, Qp!—A. woman tel^on-
ed tee^ AQa^ Constitution recently
and a^^T “How wide are your
columns, please?” ’The composing
room—to whom she was switched—
gave her the answ.er, approximately
two indies wide.
‘"Thank you so mudi,“ the inquir
ing voice answered. “I have a recipe
here whidh calls forc'd pdn so many
inches iiiteametet and toere isn’t a
foot rule In my hoOsa. I have a coi,
of your' paper a&d .can figure ii out
'fram thiit ahtf hrt» a aike.*’
~ (By E. C. CRAWFORD)
“Without actually proposing peace
or offering mediation, toe President
has sent notes to the .Governments of
all toe Warring Nations, suggesting
toat an early date be sought to call
out from tee Nations at war an
avowal as to their respective views
as to terms upon which the war might
be concluded and the arrangement
which would be deemed satisfactory
as a guaranty against its renewaL'
I copied that from the hewspap^
today. A paper of what date,
what president said that? You d(m’t
know. You can only guess. I 'will
tell you that it is over 10 years old
and President Roosevelt didn’t say
it. But this country has had two
President Roosevelts. Maybe Teddy
said it And what wars and what
nations'does 1h«,^uotation refer to?
You simply d^n’t know, for there
have been w^ing nations in all
ages. And why should you worry
about what war is meant, we have a
present war to consider.
I have used this quotation to warn
people against being disturbed or,in
fluenced by people who undertake to
make Bible phophecy point to some
present nation, war or leader. ’The
last verse, in toe 13to chapter of
Revelation does not refer to Hitler,
Hussolini, or Stalin ai^ moro than it
rafwred to the Kaiser of . 1917. The
book of Daniel has no message lor
the nations at war today different
from what it has had for all waTruiH
nations in the past 2,000 years. Goa
has .no form of damnation for Italy
or Hitler that does- not extend to all
toat disobey Him; neitoer does He
have any form of Salvation tor Amer
ica toat He does not, extend .tq
'Germany. All nations ax^d .individl-
uals shall reap as they sow. God
has; nh petsL and to undortakq to
inakn the Scriphm to reter to only
Ibif 1^
PiviMlfed
Law - Maken
Wa^thefUrdef a
weAly aaimaavfca of A
ties ef Ac IMl
■eadMy by Ac
In its third wedc, the 1941 General
Assembly passed one important mea
sure, providing for congresskmal re-
districting, and virtiially passed an
other relating to the letting of emer
gency hghway cfxitracts for national
defense. Other | important legisla
tion was introduced featuring a num
ber of measures dealing with trans
portation and transportation facili
ties, and in particular toe goberna- .
torially promised bill to provide re- !
tirement pensions to school tedders
and state employees.
The redistricting biti pemuls a
twelfth congressional district Itom
which to seeet the State’s additional
congressmen under toe 1940 cmlous.
Counties in the new district are tak
en from toe former tenth and eleven
th districts and were listed in last
week’s survey.
Tre highway contracts bill, whidi
awaits only Senate approval to a
House amendment for passage, would
permit toe Highway and Public Works
Commission to let contracts tar na
tional defense hiitoway projects wito-
out competitive bidding. The House
amendment struck out the measure’s
provision doing away with the neces
sity for advertising bid^ set a tune-
imit for the Act’s operation, and
required toe Governor’s approval to
bids let.
Salt to the House Committee on
Education, a 24-pm» bill provides
both for old-age reWemmit and for
debility pensiOf&'Tl^ teadien and
state employees, to be financed
through joint contributions of on-
ployers and employe^. Actuarial fig
ures will determine the amount of
contributions. The retirement sys
tem, which would go into effect July
1, would be administered by a seven-
m^bi^. Bp^xtepl Trustees, ingjuiding .
tee State Ttresurer and ^periittend-
ent of Public Instruction as ex-of
ficio monbers. Of the remahung
members, one wpidd. be at teacher,
one a state employre, and three neito
er. ' ;
Ten highway measares, many af
fecting transportati^ were introduc
ed. Perhaps the most important to
local units is a bill appropriating $3,—~
000,000 from gas tax and licenses.
fees duri^ 1941, 1942 and 1943 for
hi^way improvements in eittes and
towns throughout the state. The al
lotment 'would be made on pcqpula-
tion .and state highway mileage re- -
tios, and althou^ tiie mm^ would
be used primarily to improve hiifitway
streets, toe balance'may be aiqplted
to streete forming connecting Ibdcs
wito toe highway or county astern,
or farm-to-maiket roads.
Four of the trunsportation measures, .
inttoduced in order in the Senate^
proposed: (1) to limit busses atid any
property-hauling v^des to 50 miles
per hour and to - require govanor
to prevdit higher speed, (2) to. re
quire bus stations in all incorporated
towns having more than 500 popula-
tion and to set up supervisory com
mittees, (3) to empower the Utilities
Commissioner to require carriers op
erating inadequate or unsanitary bus'
stations to abandon tiiem and lease
from toe city or,prvate persons city-
approved facilities, (4) to allow per
mit cancellation of carrier’s fitan-
diire over any designated route qn-
less daily sdiedules mte begun witeki
60 days after toe franchise is granted
and are cemtinued. Anotiier mesk*
sure would make unlawful (be haul
ing of a load of znoire ttian 1,500 gal
lons of gasqlihe, keiroaene or otoor
motor fuels over State bi^ways,
while yet another would prohSut tour
ing of vdudes capable of self-prqpal-
sion, exc^t in case of aemdent or
emergowy.
Other measures related to trans-
poriation would: place a 90-Ay min
imum sentence for second convktfciBa
for driving drunk or under the ih-
fluence of narcotics; require schoed
bus drivers to secure certificates of
fitne^ and competency frtra county
stoo61 bus diief medianic as 'wdl as
from Hii^way Patrol; and, hecaure
of its value to national defense trans
portation, Inake the Injuring, cap-.
taring or killing of any homing pig-
eon^a misdeKieanor.
Last wS^’$ lull designed to give,
toe ri^t of anittoit domain for toe
esteblhthmait of Unkm bus statkot
was taMed.
In the veld of agriculture, two mea
sure wore sent to committee. The
first woidd require a veterinary at
point of shipment to certity hoffi kajh-.
ported into toe State as free of hag
(toolera or other ififectious diMai*;
but would not andy to koA kagfirt-
ed tor iqimcdiate slaughter. Itet
second
one war, one nation, or one pusoa
is -to.giyie.it a.nurrow and
oug.totei^retettete .
lipr retail* send
atowe Mk A
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