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Itovtie 15-A
Duiluaii JLesi^tor Skdbs
Proliibitiiig /'Altemate” Hi^-
way Rri|i^;
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Represc^tii^ the local council for
the Lafayette Hi^way whilch in
cludes route U, S, 15-A, a group of
Raeford citizens joined with similar
groups from Ralei^, Fayetteville,
LaUrinburg, miingtoh and Puquay-
Varina yesterday in protesting the
Brooke’s Bill which has been imder
consideration : of tiie Senate and
House committees on roads.
The bill, sponsored by Represen
tative Brodke of Durham county,
would eliminate “alternate” routings
ef state and federal highways within
the §tate of North Carolina. Local
citizens believe that it is aimad more
er 1^ directly at 15-A which brings
a large number of totirists ^id much
motor transport traific throiaghiRae^
ford.!
Some years ago this highway waS'
designated as U. S. 401 and, with
the juggling of route numbers and
creation of new routes, highway of-
fieialdom' abaihdoned that number for
highway 15A, but other towns ob
jected to' the course the highway-
took throui^ the state and secured
a change/Of the desi^atiop to 15-al-
temate and had .^oute 15 go from
Creedmotw^ Laurinburg va Dur
ham, Chapel Hill,' Sanford-and Ah- ;
erdeen. • Under the iSrooke Bill it
is believed ^t it is the purpose of
the propps^ legislatidn to again
change ^ route number of the high
way through here.
The Lamyette Highway Asseda-
tion spei^ a. number of diousands of
dollars ea^* year in adv^tising this
route in the Northern states, and the
repTesenthtiv^ ’lj^m these towns pro
tested the passage of the bill because
a new route nuhiber would nuUity
the favorable effect which^ this ad
vertising Mas y^t^bvcT a pedod^tif
years. '
Tom Cameron, local director of the
LaffQrette Assoeiahon,- stated Tus-
day that Raeford had been contrib
uting some $200 annually and this
year had raised even mote for the
piurposeVof advertising the route.
T. C. Crosland, of Bennettsville, S.
G., is piesid^t, and 3. J. Riley, , of
Sumter, S. C., is secretary, of the
assodatioh. They report^ on the
ad^ties of the group since its for-
ma^n and both stated that it was
their belief that a Change in route
numbers -would operate to the dis
advantage of towns along the La-^
fayette Highway.
Aipoiig those from here appearing
before the committee in the interest
of maintaining the present U$-1S-A
dedffiation were! John McGoogan,
Neill A. Mdlionald, .Crawford Thom
as, W. E. Str^tf.Ardi Graham, Mrs.
J. 'W. McLaucUin, C. E. Uphurdi
and N. H. G. Balfour.
A. E. Dixon; of Fayetteville, Mr.'
Dunbar, of lAurinburg, headed the
delegations from those towns.
l^ator Rsten McBryde and Rep
resentative Larnrie McEachem told
members of the Hoke county delega
tion yesterday that they were doing
all that was in their power to pre
vent the p^^e of the bill, and that
it was their intention to offer legis
lation regarding highway routing
numbers that would prevent changes
under bills that might be proposed in
the future.
€€,
in the Hearts of His
*\..even until today
GRAYS SOON BE
ARRIVING FOR SPRING TRAMNG
Many Car Owners
In Drive
State Patrol
Mrs. Swain Thrower
.,|>ies At Wagram
? tSiiter of Mrs. W. M. Lindsay and
Mother of Mrs. Lola T. Pope
Buried Sunday.
Funeral senices for Mrs. Swain
T. Thrower, T^ll-known and beloved
woman of Wagsam, were conducted
Sunday aftembmi at the Laurinburg
bh^t church. Rev. H. K. King,
and Rev. H. K. Holland, pas-’
tor'. TO the Raeford Presbyterian
church, conducted the services.
Aftn^ThrowTO, the former Misa
Ma:^nM[cQugae of Souff^- ^Carolina,
was the widow of the late Shvain T.
Thrower of the Spring HiU ^sectioh
of i^tland county. She hhd been
ill for some months and at the timO
of her death was a patient* at a Char
lotte; hospital. She was 69 years of
age.
Snrviving are: one sister, Mrs. Will
McQuage of - Laurel Hill; a half-
brother, M. J. i Saunders of Laurin
burg; a half-sister, Mrs. W. M. Lhid-
say of Raeford; two children, Mrs.
Lola T. Pope of Raeford and Mm.
Mae McAlphine of Charlotte; four
grandchildren, Mrs. Lonnie W. Gor
don of Charlotte, MTs. Donald Stubbs
of White Lake, W. Claude Williams,
Jr,; of C%arlottej and Edhvard A.
WiUid^ of Fort Jadkson, S:.C. Also
are foiir giroit-gt^diU-
The Boy Scout Cpiurt of Honor and
Rally for the Western District wiU
be held in the high school gymnasium
at Red Springs next Thursday night,
February 27th, at 7:30. Scout Ex
ecutive David L. Liles will be in
charge of the. meeting. Mr. Edwin
Morgan of Laurinburg will'preside
over the Court of Honor meeting.
All Scout Troops in the district.are
asked to have their advancemmit
lists in Mr. Lile’s office three days
before the meeting. A list of events
for- the rally has been tent to each
Scoutmaster in the. district. It any
Srautmaster failed to get a copy
of this list of events, he is asked to
get in touch with Mr. Liles at once.
At the present time the Laurel Hill
Troop holds the trophy, having won
it last year at Raeford at the rally.
A large attendance is expected at this
meeting.
Henry B. Caldwell
To Speak Rockfish
February 28th .
The Board of Agriculture will re-
sxune its monthly meetings out in the
county op Friday, February 28. This
time the meetings will be held out in
the county on Friday, February 28.
This time the meetings will be held
at the Rockfish community house.
The guest speaker will be Harry B.
Caldwell, master Of the State Grange,
'fhe meeting had previously bemi
scheduled in Janxiary but due to ep
idemic of flu it was postponed to
Fdbruary 28.
Supper will be served by tee Rock
fish home demonstration dub women,
at 6:30 p. m. and Mr. Caldwell will
talk to- a large group at 7:30. p.. m.
Those wishing to take supper should
notify either tee county or home ag
ent, ’Previous meetings have been
well attended and enjoyable. Ev
eryone is invited to attend.
i- iimd ^hhhaqd has bear ill again
r : ^ wite'^'^ teOimd'ai^^ of flu this
Hardware Department
McLaucldin Co.,
Remodeled
/
The inteflbr of McLauchlin com
pany’s hardware department has been
transformed and it is now one of
tee largest, best lighter and best
^uipp^ stores of tee kind in tiiis
section. The walls and ceilings have
been painted white with blpck trim.
Foiueswit lighting replacing the
old > light fixtures adds greatly to
tee interior beauty. The- dHblay
countefs and shelves have b^ xe-.'
azfahge^ and they are fllldi Wffh
gleaming kitchen utensiM and hbUser
hold appliances of all kinds. In. fact
this store is te step wiffi i the ip!^-
table line of promress m
'for th| -to^' aha-
The State Department of Public
Instruction has assumed the respon
sibility for tee NYA' Educationaf
activities throu^out the state. The
educational probram for tee NYA
youths of Hoke coimty began Febr
ruary 18te. 'The NYA youths are
fortunate indeed i^ the instructors
chosen for tee related training for
their particular projects, which is
a part of tee National DMense Pro
gram.
Mr. Turlington, of the Hoke high
school will teach the boys connected
with tee wood-working shop located
in the county office building. TMs
is one of the best equipped shops
in this state. The workmanship is
not as good as some of tee western
shops, but most of tee boys assigned
to tee shop have recently joined tee
NYA program, and are not as ex
perienced as the boys teat left for
military service.
Mrs. John YATalker, former home
economics .. tedcher in tee Raeford
high school will instruct tee girls
assign^ to the sewing room.' Mrs.
IValker was a very efficient and pop
ular teacher a few years ago, and
with her practical experience "as well,
she wifl be able to have one of.
the best class.es in practical home
management. The young girls wiU
be taught courses similar to tee ones
offered in colepes by tee National
Defense Program which' will Include
family finance, malnutrition, good
grooming, homh beautification and
sunilar units. These masses will be
conducted in tee Raeford elementary
school.
The NYA has .^recently opened a
kitchen laboratory where the young
girls prepare their lunches on their
own. time, and serve a number of
^ests each day. This demonstra
tion kitchen is not (Completed, but tee
furnishings so far are tee most mod
ern. The NYA bought a complete
set of Bucktye aluminum ;^m Mc
Lauchlin cnmpany, a 'W^tenm^ouse
refrigerator installed by Raeford
Furniture company. ■ Ttee cabinets,
tables and bencteus were made in
tee boy’s wood working shop. When
this kitchen is completed it will be
very modem and up-te-date. Many
favorable (x>mhiehts haye been beard
atxnit tee attractive, vteolesome
lunches that are i^rved. The youttis
of oUr county dti deceiving valuable
working yxpeHtaces. Guests are al
ways welcome in tee NYA hmeh
room. If you call and they do not
have room for you thit day, go ba^
tee nedt, ai^ you ydU^eSve
hYmrty'’undcmBt. .
Mr. jmd Mn. Cameron, and
neioa, ShaV, apent tee «nakk
md in Cltib Colony, Chfuelotte, wite
tegiiHinaires To
R^ter Friday
Fidl endorsement of tee Americroi
Legion. nationwide plan tp renter
all Legionnaires and World-War\et
erans generally on a volunteer basis,
for any possible future national de
fense service, was given today by
Mayor G. W. Brown, of Raeford.
The local registratidn will be con
ducted by the Ellis Williamson Post
No. 20, of tee American Legion. Na
tional Commander Milo J. Warner
has issued a - proclamation designat
ing Saturday, February 22, the 209te
anniversary of tee birth of George
Washington, as the official American
Legion national defense registration
day.
Commander E.* C. Crawford of tee
local post alrlady has started tee
machinery for tee local registration
into motion. He has announced tee
appointment of D. H. Hodgin as chair
man of a special national defense
registration committee of tee local
post. Veterans may register at Hoke
county comt house, February 21st-
22nd.
Twenty-two Pay Court Costs
Por Failure To Comply With
Highway Laws.
In a dri’^e led by Highway Pa
trolman Joe Murrill, assisted by twd^
ratrolmen from other towns, 22 car-
^mers were found to be operating
their cars in violation of the law,
and paid court costs Tuesday.
The patrolmen examined all driv^
ersj Saturday on Fayettevile highway,
testing and checking the car of eate
jmotprist Many pars from other
coimties were foimd defective and
the drivers were given tickets for
appearance in the courts of tiieir
home counties. Those summoned to
Hoke county court pleaded guilty
and were sentenced to thirty days
on the roads. The sentences were
suspended upon payment of costs
all cases except teat of Wade
Jones, an Indian of Robeson county
who was also found gxiilty of driving
while under tee influence of liquor.
Jones received a ^three months sus
pended sentence on this county and
was fined $50 and costs. The others
were: John McDuffie, Raeford, color
ed; Willard W. Jadcson, white; Ollie
Brown, colored; Alexander Williams,
colored; Henry McNair, colored; Wil
liam Henry Hammond, white, Laur-
jnbrurg; Fred Loyd, Jr., colored; J.
M. Parker, lyhite; Joteua Brown,
colored; John Mc^hatter, colored;
Alton .Beatty, colored; John W. El
lis, coiored^ Will Williams, colored;
Charles Bemiett, colored; Iteiah'Mc-
Neill, colored; Leo. Mdjauchlin,' col
ored; Leo Md^uchlin, colored; Jjames,
Moore, colored; Mack Gamble, col
ored; Walter McNeiU, white, of An
tioch; C. E. Nicks; white.'
Charlie L. Locklear,. Indian of Al
lendale, charged with being drunk
and disorderly; Pete Scarboro, white,
of Raeford, drunk and disorderly;
John Henry lyillis and his wife, Es
telle Willis, of Raeford, violation of
prohibition laws; and Tony Thomas,
colored, of Raeford, violation of pro
hibition laws, each pleaded guilty of
charges and paid court costs in -heu
of serving 36 days' on tee roads.
L. A. Rivenbark
Injured In ^
Truck CcdlTsion
L. A. Rivenbark, of Lumberton,
who succeeded Charlie Bayes as
sdiool mechanic, was badly hurt
Friday afternoon, Frirruary 14te, a-
round 6:30 p. ih. He was driving a
track, which collided with a car on
highway iSA new tee county line.
He waa struck on tee head, sustain
ing a scalp wound, a fracture of the
middle and lower left arm, and tee
right shoulder was broken. He was
taken to Highsmite hospital for treat
ment and returned home Monday.
Barbecue and k^ith
Fry Friday Nighit
At Armory
A barbecue and fish fry, prepared
by Raeford’s expert cooks, than
whom there are no better, will be.
served F^day night, February 22,
at theyhr^ry. This is being put on
by the Womb’s Auxiliary of tee
Presbyfelrian iraurch and is for the
benefit of.^e Barium Springs Or-
Supper will be served from
phanage/ Supj
5 to 8 oTOotk.
Square Dance
Ther Home Demonstration dub of
S^luringB is sponsoring a aqftture
I at Blue Springs community
house thunday itiabt* Fdtruary 13.
BUty Mdntyre ai4 HiBliln Patddb
Stiityt Mwa the wedBttd at lkln
MMdtyilNh'colUsa. ..
Meetings To
Explain 1941 AAA
Pn^iram Scheduled
A series of meetings have been
arrwiged for each township in tee
county to explain the 1941 soil con
servation program in detail to farm(
ers, according to an annoimcement
by A. S. Knowles, county agent
It is necessary that farmers un
derstand tee dianges in tee 1941
program in ordw for them to get
tee most out of it This year a
farmer must earn the full soil build-
mg'goal to get all of tee cotton and
tobacco benefit payments. A thor
ough discussion of thin phase of tee
program will be made at tee various
meetings, reports the county agent
Other parts of the prdgram tiiat
will he discussed is the parity pay
ment program and tiie cotton stamp
program. Every farmer riiould un
derstand .' tee requirements before
planting cotton. In addition to tee
disrassion program there will pe
shown a 45-minute sound picture on
tec **Wise Land-Use of Soils.” • Ev
eryone will enfoy this picture.
The schedule of meethigs fdlQWs:
Allendale township, at community
house on MondUy, Fd>ruary 24, at
2:30 p. m.; Antioch townshty, at com
munity house on Monday, February
24, at 7:30 p. m.; Blue l^;>rings town
ship at community house m Tues
day, February 25, at 2:30. p. m.; Mc-
Laudilin township at Rodefish com
munity house, on Tuesday, Fd>rvtu[y
25. at 7:30 p. m,; Little River town
ship, at Gommuiiity house on Wed-
‘ebraary 26; at 7:30 p. m.;
township at court house on
r, February 27, at 7:30 p. m.;
Quewfajffle township, at Ashanont
school, on Monday, Mhrdi Srd, at
7:30 p. m.; and Stonewall township
on Tuesday, Mardi 4fh, at 7:30 p. m.
Bu]^ Leach House
W. C. Lee; who TOventw tbie Sin
clair service station out m the Latg^
inburg highway, has bought ^
house that David Smith Uvea . in,
vdilch bekwjafl tp Grady Lead!. Dav
id says titat huBtbM for a hoow
was worse t^ ihi cradgpd up to
be." That ba redtona hi pmd
bavo to gal two anny tabta
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BY ElMER L. SCHUYUER
Williamsport, Pa, Fd>. 20.—Greet
ings to Raeford! Four wedcs hence
the Williamspot Grays will be con
verging upon your hospitable little
city for the purpose of engaging in
a month of spring training prehm-
inaiy to the opening of the annual
campaign for the duunpionship of
the Eastern League of Professional
Baseball Clubs. The players will
come from many sections of the coun
try. Kenny Richardson, for instance,
will drive in, accompanied by his
wife, from California. Leon Kyle,
who last summer claimed a young
Raeford woman. Miss Mary IScks,
as bis bride, will come from Maricm,
Louisiana, hrv Kolberg will blow in
from Wisconsin-r-and so on.
It occurred to us that the people
of Raeford might like to know more
about the Grays’ home town.
Williamsport, situated in Nortiietn
Central Pennsylvania, oh tee West
Branch of the Susquehanna River,
is a dty of tee ,third dass with a
population of 44,262 (1940'coisus),
but Greater Williamsport has a ptm*
ulation of 56,546, and witiiin a 40-
mile radius teets are 164,467 inhab
itants. There are sixty duirdies, a
jttoior ebUege, filteoi public
four parochial schools, a Y. W. C. A.
and a Y. M. C. A. The latter, a
$500,000 institution, is preparing to
celebrate its seventy-fiftti anniver
sary, Mardi 16 to 23, inclusive.
Williamsport has seven hundred
retail and a half dozen wholesale c»-
tablidunaits, and it has four rail
roads and more ttian one hundred
industries, as compared wite forty
years ago, when the manufacture
of lumber ihonc^lized tee city’s pro
ductive activity and Williamsport
was tee chief lumber coiter of the
United States.
In its interesting history Williams
port has hurdled several severe cri
ses, one of which develt^ed wbm,
wite the West Brandt watershed
practically denuded of timber, tile
lumber industry waned the com
munity faced tee alternative at get
ting new industries or hbatihig up
shop. It was teen teat tiie Board
of Trade came to bat, ’put m an
intensified campa^ whidi brou^t
in a number of diversified industries
and not only kept tiie town on the
map but gave it growing impetus.
Two disastrous floods, one in 188g
and tee other in 1884, ratiier com
plicated matters, but here, too, tee
indomingble ^lirit whidi cndiled tiie
community to over tiie
threat of industrial extinction served
U good purpose. The reverses were
met in diaracteristic and
Williamsport continued to p«wgw»«-
FoUowing tee ’89 frediet the prob
lem of flood control to tiie
front and was intensified in *94, hut
as time passed and there was no re
currence of inundation the commun
ity was lulled into a sense of
—^from vdiidi it was ruddy j«wM»d
forty-two years latro. On St st
ride’s ^ ,1936, tee city had a
flood bigger than any previous
This brbu^t flood control to tee
fore again—^this time to stay, «««
now a $6,000,0W system of djtees to
under way, td^ safeguard tiie city
from possible furteer ravages from
hiite water.
In the meantime, tee Board at
^de had become tiie Chanteer of
Commerce, and a Committee of One
Hundred, vriiidi grew into a thou
sand, was formed for tee putpoae
of raising mdustrial fundn. t.«w
this committee and tiia Chandler of
Cranmerce consolidated,
tee Community Trade a—
through the edorts of ^
plant vacated by the ndiber -rm
Pa^ has been filled wite smaller
inteKtries TOnpleyihg 4JHT persons,
and adational spaet for ottier enter
prises iS beiiur souiflit.
Employmoat to now at fto
Pe^ surpassing even tee boom days
of former eras. bi.-tee past seven
years new indi.istrles have added
$12,000,000 to WiUtomqfiarl payrolls.
rot every dollar invested $80 hw
beoi returned to tike commuidty.
Nilliaaisport has a laige, modm
airport, with excellent aetvfoek and
m of its prinriiiBl tndusMee, te»
yvominb Divtoion of the Aiteitton
.Corpuration, has just rnmplelait A
addition costing $1,500,000 and is be-
^Kcttag ^tes for u aecoMd ulMte
, Hto estimated teat by
Wite tile impetus of naMr>n»i defeaaa
contfo^ totaliag ItTJSOOidMl tea
d tile city’s wcekais will piyi
the 14M)9 maidt Utat tea
plant, tea gsaat
«f teeBetelehn
catid bera to
botss a dhp.’