]^auek And Albert
m ^ Cradles Hini
fe;'
Bridf^ Beam 1^^,
Gae Pierces McNfeOl and Pins
Him -ITp Car.
Albert McNeill was indmil^ W"
cd and Harry Danielk ms drown^
when their car pldnged. tta^ugh Iro
Tailing of Bluejs,.bridge over Rock-
feh creek oh the Raeford-Vass road
Rriday aftemboja.: ^ .
The nieh, both negr^s or Rae^
for^ werh evidently travehng at a-
high rate of speed when th^ car
awung from the rii^t road side to
the left raU of the bridge and plung
ed over, into the ten-foot deep
stream. ' ,
Didcson McCormick, working some
200 yards away, heard the crash and
turned in time to spfe tbe car plunge
^'tover the side of the bridge. 'He re-,
Nported the crash to authorities here.
\ Rescue workers with wreckers were
rushed to the scene but it was two.
hours before the car was removed
from the muddy waters of the creek,
which were Swollen from rectent
rains. The rescue work was directed
by Sheriffs D. H. Hodgin ,and Chief
W. R. Barrington.
A 2 by 6 railing of the bridge
which had been , driven through the
radiator and instrument panel of the
car hit McNeill, who was apparently
the driver of the death car, below
the right shoulder and the force
broke the aeat loose and drove it
and'McNeill into the rear of the
sedan.
A coroner’s jury found that both
men came to their death ^n account
of drunkeness and careless and reck*
less driving, with McNeill’s death be
ing caused by the railing, while Dan
iels died from drowning.
Chi^ Barrington was appointed
coroner by Clerk'Edgar Hall, of Su
perior court. The follovdng com;
posed the jury: W. C. Odom, E. E.
Priddell, D. H. Yarborough, T: N.
McKeithan, J. A. McQueen, an4 ' H
A. Cume.
This was the second fatal, accident
for Hoke county for 1041, according
/
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Ott A. & Route
Grays
Raeford Milk Eijoy Soccesdnl Tm
Under New Maiaganent; bnpnnrcoMBli
BACK TQ THE KUEGS: Winsome
ibm SfaJriey, after a nod to 'moth^
liood, has returned -to the RKO
Radio lot for a role in the fantastic
drama under prodnetion from the
Stephen Vineent Bcnet story, *'The
Devil and Daniel Webster”. Thomas
Mhchell, Walter Huston, Jane Dar-
wdl and James Craig are other
featured players.
J. Pmder Moore
Dies Wednesday .
j. Pender Moore, aged 42, died
suddenly in the office of Hoke Oil
& Fertilizer Co. at 6 o’clock Wednes
day morning. Mr. Moore was a val
ued employee of this firm. He was
just off duty and looking as if he
w^e going to fall, a friend cau^t
him. He said, “tuyn me loose, I am
all ri^t,” and almost immediately
he fell. Lewis Upchurch, manager
Modern Flasher Signal Lights To
Be Operating About April
20th.
Five of the most modem flasher-
^rpe safety signals being installed at
principal grade crossings on the Ab
erdeen and Rockfish Railway right-
of-way will be in operation about
April 20th, according to D. J. Mc
Donald, installation contractor.
The signals are being installed at
Ashley Heights, Raeford (at Raeford
Mills crossing), Dundarrach, Owens
and at the Highway 211 crossing near
Befftesda. They are of the latest
design and have two lights facing
each direction which flash alternate-
ly-
The work of 'installation is 'l&eing
supervised by Ralph Coble, engineer
of the safety division of the North
Carolina Highway and Public Works
commission. The Duncan J. McDon
ald company of Pontiac, Mich., has
the contract.
These installations are being made
at the request of the railroad and
funds for their installation come part
ly from the Federal treasury from
an appropriation especially for grade
crossing protection and elimination.
Mr. McDonald states that all local
laboi: and> materials obtainable are
being used.
Arnqr Day To
Be Observed At
Ft. Bragg April 7di
and .the fifth and sixth deaths since
Mr. Muirrill came here a little, over
a-^year ago.
of the plant carg^e and brought a
.T m M.... m. pronounced Mr. Moore
It. ji—x,._ deceased was reared in Rae
ford, the son of John W. and Lucy
Suggs Moore, a prominent family in
the building of Raeford. The family
moved away from Raeford a number
of years ago but Pender loved Rae
ford and came back to work and
live here. He was held in the high
est esteem, was a dependable citizen,
friendly and always ready to do one
a kindness. He was injured about
the head several years ago, and often
complained of his head hurting.
He is survived by his father, J. W.
Moore, a brother, David, and a sister,
Mrs. Jacksle Moore McGowan, of
Tarboro. 'Three other sisters also
survive. They are. Mrs. Herbert
Quinerly (Martha Macon) Grifton,
Mrs. Robert Corbet (Margaret), Jack-
son, and Mrs. Graham Boykin (Eve
lyn), Bailey.
Pender Moore was a member of
the Presbyterian church and funeral
services will be conducted today by
Rev. H. K. Holland, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, assisted by Rev.
W. C. Brown. Funeral services will
be at 3 p. m. at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John McGoogan, kinspeople.
Burial will be in Raeford cemetery.
He will be buried near his belov^
great aunt and benefactor. Miss Pat
McDowell, who was one of the best
loved characters that ever called
Raeford home.
Duncan Williams Held
V y For Superior Court
Of Capital Charge
Duncan Williams, charged with
ravishing Blai^chie Mae Jones, 13-
year-old negro girl, was ordered helc
without bond for trial in the April
term of Superior court, .by Judge W
B. McQueen of the. county court
Tuesday.
Williams, a married^negro about 25
years of age, did not testify at the
hearing at which Judge McQueen sat
^ as a magistrate.
The girl and her mother, Maggie
Jones, told the court that the alleged
offense took place in the J. H. Poole
peach orchards on the Aberdeen
highway. The girl was working in
the orchard with a number of others
clearing away trimmings from the
trees, when Williams had her callec
away from her work, according to the
testimony. Mr. Cruse, foreman of
the farms, it was said surprised them
in the act, and Williams ran.
Williams was an employee of the
State Sanatorium (and lives near
Montrose.
Kills Dug Driving
Through Newton
Yard; Ifa3rs Costs
J.'D. Teiry was convicted of care
less and reddess driving diarges In
county court Tuesday, after Ira New-
hm told the court of the killing of
his dog by the car, driveh by Terry.
Terry pleaded not guilty to the
charges, but wjs taxed: with the costs
by Judge WjP> McQueen on com
pletion of siaplsioh of die evidence.
. Gus Thompson and Malcolnx Camp
bell pleaded’guilty to charges of vio
lation of the road laws and were
,^ven 80 day sent^ces,vWhidi were
I suspended upon pairinditof costs.
' Tfffgokiah Munroe was foimd guilty
of driving a car under the influence
qf intoxicants. He wm smtenced to
serve 3 months on thV roads, which
Vras suspended upon payment of $50
and costs, and his drivers license
was revoked for one year.
Kiwaniaus GivO
Barbecue Supper To
Williamsport Team
The Raeford Kiwahis club wg^ost
to the WUliamsport baseball dutKpt
a barbecue supper at the armory hs
Thursday night. It was a program of'
good eats and gbod fellowship with
members of the Kiwsmis club dish
ing out barbecue to all comers. Mayor
Brown welcomed the Williamsport
boys to Raeford in behalf of the town.
Kiwanians and members of the ball
club also interspersed the program
with short .talks.
Miss Fechtig To Talk
Raeford Gardeh Club
The /ft)ril meeting of the garden
^ub will ^ held Tuesday, April Sth,
at 8:15 in the Kiwanis hall. AH the
members of the Woman’s dub are
cordially invited to be present axA
^mMIss AUie Fechtig of Wilmii^-
ttalbeak ou^how to grow azalea^.
experience in (his
gardoi was dBe> of
Raeford High Defeats
Hamlet Red Rams
Raeford high school scored its in"
itial basebaU victory of the season
by turning back Hamlet, 3-2, here
Monday afternoon.
Ellis pitdied five-hit ball for Rae
ford and. led qt the plate, with a
tyiple and a single in tbt^ trips.
Hamlet scored its runs in the ninth
inning, on three successive hits.
Yarborough cau^t for the locals.
Porter and Gregson pitched ior Ham
let and Land caught.
Fort ^rafifi' April 2.—^Troops at
Fort Bra^ will observe Araay Day
this year on Monday, April 7, for
the purpose of giving relatives and
friends of men stationed here as well
as the general public of the Carolines
Mnm. idea of M(ozk, equipment,
airi^ndlities fot
recreation . provided ' here. - Major
General Jacob L. Devers, command
ing general at Fort Bragg extends
a cordial invitation to all inter^ted
civilians to visit North Carolina’s
largest army camp on that date.
As a part of the observance, a me
morial service for Soldiers killed in
battle on what is now the Fort Bragg
reservation, during the Civil War,
will be held at Longstreet Church.
Representatives of troop units and
descendants of original members of
this historic church, located on the
reservation have peen invited to the
services. Due to the extremely lim
ited seating capacity of (this ancient
church, the general public fnll not be
admitt^ to these services. A Divis
ion review will however be staged
during the day by the Ninth Division
on the newly built Honeycutt Re
view Field, north of Hie division area
at 11 A. M. to which the public is
welcome.
Certain buildings within each unit
apa, with the exception of the hos
pital areas, wlU be open for inspec
tion by all visitors. These buildings
will be marked with signs “Open for
Inspection,” and will be under ap
propriate supervision. Interesting
items of equipment will be displayed
and informed personnel will be pres
ent to give any explanations about
the equipment which may be desired.
Buildings which may be inspected
wiU include: theatres, service clubs,
guest houses, barrack, mess halls,
kitchens, day rooms and recreation
rooms.
Appropriate signs wiU be placed
sdong the rireets so as to direct vis
itors to the various unit areas over
routes supervised by Military Police.
Information Stations will' be estab-
ked at the principal entrances to
the post to enable visitors to obtain
directions.
10 to local limitations in procur-
inglmeals, and the fact that only
uporiy individual invitation by mem
bers of an organization may a visi
tor eat with the organization, vis
itors who qome to Fort Bragg on
Army Day are ad\>i§eff'to Iving their
dm. lunches. ' ^
Local Gaines To Be .Broadcast
Over WBAL By Woody Wolf.
'Two. more of the “homtf’ games of
the Williamsport Grays will be played |
on Raeford Field next week. 'The
Reading, (Pa.) team of the Inter-
State League wiU be here Monday,
at 3 p. m., and Wilkes-Barre of the
Eastern League will come Wednesday.
Fresco 'Thompson, riianager of the 1
Grays last season, is piloting the
Reading team in 1941. Reading is
a farm of the Brooklyn Nationals and
because their home city is located
in the heart of the great anthracite
coal fields of Pennsylvania, the Wil
kes-Barre players are known as the
“Barons”—meaning coal bairons. Mike
McNally, who once played third base]
for the New York Yankees and has
the distinction of stealing home with
the winning run in a world series
game, is Wilkes-Barre’s business
manager.
Thje Gray’s schedule for the next
week follows; With Harrisburg Fri
day at Camden, S. C.; Simday, at I
Goldsboro, with Hartford, of the
Eastern League; Monday, with Read
ing at Raeford; Tuesday, with Read
ing at Wilson; Wednesday, with
Wilkes-Barre at Raeford; Thursday, |
with Greensboro at Darlington, E. C.
Coming to Raeford on Wednesday,
April 16, will be the Scranton “Min
ers,” who are now in training at
Bennettsville, S. C., and Greensboif I
will play a return game here on Apru |
18. Scranton, like Wilkes-Barre, is
located in the hard coal fields. It is
the third largest city in Pennsylvania.
The Miners won the Eastern League
pennant last season.
Three of the five Raeford games—
those played on Wednesdays—will be |
wired to Williamsport, play by play,
for recreation and broadcast over I
station 'WRAK by Woody Wolf, not
ed sports broadcaster. ' .
Powd^ Secret
Bomb Weapon
Of British
BLACK-AND-WHIT^ the mort
effective of combinatioiiB. is osed to
strikinc advantage in this sophisti
cated dr^maher suit of adaptaUe
gabardine. Edward Stevenson de
signed it for Anna Neagle to wear
in the title role of RKO Radio’s
‘'Sonny.” The slender skirt of the
black is topped by a fitted Jacket
featoring the eontrast. The aipper-
closed front of the white is acetnied
with a diamond dip at the hi|k
neck, finished at die waist with a
buckle of ebony and diammida. A
long black veil further enhances the
interesting hat, ha white fdt brim
sponsoring a seroR effect in feont.
A small muff of paradise fox, whhe
idoves and blaek suede pomps eom-
plete the castome.
District Meeting
Of U. D. C.
At the district meeting of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
held in Raeford last week trophies
were awarded as follows:
To the J. E. B. Stuart, chapter
of FayettevUle, went the cup for
London, April 1.—A secret bomb I the , best report and to the Junior
of devastatiity explosive power was I Auxiliary of the shme diaplter
disclosed tonight as a new British | the cup for getting the greatest
weapon in the air offensive against I number of new members.
Germany.
The bomb was declared by one re
turning pilot as powerful enough to
make “houses take to the air” and
was used in Monday’s overnight
raids of Emden, German industrial
center and port.
“Masses of debris flying through
the air were outlined apainst the
glow of flares,” an air ministry com
munique said in describing effects of
the bomb.
“The results appeared to be de
vastating.”
Elaborating on the new explo
sive, the air ministry news service
said it is to Hie ordinary bomb as
the howitzer shell is to the field gun
shell. ,
“Immediately after the detona
tion,” the service continued, “the
crew saw great masses of debris flung
high in the air, from the height they
were flying, they (normally) would
not be able to see ordinary fragments;
therefore they knew enormous dam
age must have been- done.
“To another pilot, it seemed as if
the whole building must have been
thrown into the air.”'
The British also reported a heavy
attack on the shipbuilding yards of
Bremen, and lesser attacks on Brem-
erhaven, Oldenberg and The Nefii-
erlands harbor of Rotterdam, but only
in the Emden raid was the new bomb
mentioned.
'The air ministry also claimed new
blows at German sea power and
coastal shipping as the British ad
miralty announced for the weekended
March 23 losses of 17 British, allied
and neutral ships totaling 59,141 tons
—10 ships and 35,261 tons b^ow the
previous weey's revised figure and
the lowest losses reported for four
weeks.
To the Raeford chapter a beauti
ful flag for the best historical report
(Mrs. William McFadyen is histor
ian). .
Mrs. Norman Youngblood, of Fay
etteville, was elected district direc
tor for the new year. 'Laurinburg
was selected as the place for the
next district meeting. Mrs. R. O.
Everett, division president was en
thusiastic in her praise of the Rae
ford chapter’s hospitality. The suc
cess of the entertaining was largdy
due to the efforts of the chapter
president, Mrs. Kate Blue Coving
ton, and her strong committees.
Pages for the meeting were Patsy
Blue, Josephine McLauchlin, Leon
ora Currie, Barbara Stevens, Shirley
Sinclair.
Mrs. Matheson Here
Mrs. R. A. Matheson, Jr., is in
Raeford this week getting her house
ready for new occupants, Lieut and
Mrs. Keach having given it up. Major
and Mrs. H. P. Ward, of Georgetown,
S. C., have rented it. Major Ward
is with the 178th F. A. of the South
Carolina National Guard.
Mrs. Matheson drove to Raeford
Tuesday from Screven. She said
she passed the Raeford boys on their
way from Moultrie to Screven.
No C. M. T. Camp
This Year
Col. Harrelson, state civilian aide,
has notifi^ county representatives of
Citizens Military Draining camps
that there 'wUl be no training camps
this summer of 1941.
Army Polo Team To
Play At PinelWst
Pinehurst, April 2. —Pinehi
No. 1 polo team, composed of
Shaw, Merrill link,. Stanley Taylor
*o,d>B. R. Brown wfll meet Fort
BnqK for Sunday^s i>olo feature bn
the'No. 3 field. The game wiU open
at 3 o’clock.
Mrs. A. J. Fuller has isetuihed.lrein
a visit with h«r twp $onii,. Pi(t4 wd
I>o, in ReidsviUe.'
iubject
t^e show
last weekend wheh EnutaaBreoka
T^p apeiri; Ihi
K A
Mr..and'
le-WMlc*
1. Mann Lights Up
Israd Mapn has added his store
to Hie Uit modem, well-li#iM
stores. Re h^]^t in fluoiesent jilt
ing .Ughts, not mdy •dd^: to
:the .beauJar of-the stofe, bgt xtti&e
Grays Lose Opener
H^e Wednesday
The Williamsports Grays lost the
first game of fiieir spring training sea
son, 4 to 2, to the Harrisburg team
of the Interstate League, ibur
double killings featured Harrisburg’s,
play and tire Harrisburg pitchers
had the edge, except lor Wblfl, vriio
held the viritors soorelesa durhig
his fiiree-innlng tmunpe. Onify one
hit waa made oft his dettvaiy. Boom
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Wfillimsixurt ..1 0 0 Ol 0 0 0 0—S
E^ttorite-ClBzfce* KInSi Wa«an-
bwfilt’iSnd Gray; ^ ““
Beautiful Blaster
Window
Mrs. C. P. Kinlaw is assisting her
husband at their jewelry store. The
window of this store, beautifully dec
orated itHT Easter, ia a credit to lO.
and Mrs. Kinlaw and the town.
In Air Corps
William McFOdyen is now taking
instruction wttti tae avtattan eaqpn
at Lowiy ne]d» Oenrer. Ooteada.
Hia mot^ say* die ha* no
anxiety wtr hibm as he
'Three Full
Present Opentk .
On Defense Tam CentMct.
Completion of additional floor spoee
within the next few days will put
the Raefcnrd Mills, Inc., in posifian to
deliver regular riiipmehts of candi
ed yams as well as carded yams, and
give greater assurance of cootimied
operation under adverse business con
ditions, according to M. T. FOovey,
superintendent and general manager
of the corporation.
Mr.' Poovey stated that the mills
had ended their first year as a sep
arate corporation the first of Mardx
and that many improvements in ma-
chikery, the buildings and accessory
equipment had greatly improved tee
working conditions and the product
of the mills.
Manufacturers of the lower priced
carded yams for many years xinder
several managements, Mr. Poovey
sitated that some combed yards are
now being manufactured and that,
with the completion of an extmskm
to the building, additimal’. combing
machinery will be installed hmned-
iately.
He explained that file combed yams
were of a finer quality and 'brou^t
better prices. He also add^ -ttiat in
case of a depressed yam maiket,
combed yams were more salcritile
than carded, yams.
'The mill is now operating
matety 9,000 qihidles . Md^ ^
standing backlog onJCT.;, of 18,600
pounds of yam per wbbfe.;fediB the
Scotland Sheeting company, of Lanr-
inburg, manufacturers of sheethags
and tufted b^ spreads. AH addi
tional output at the imesent time is
gokig to fiU an mdi^Red govern
ment orders for. uniforin matertal*.
This order is taking. H^e mill’s en
tire production of carded yams, wh^
output win be increased greatly vdien
a battery of additianaJ combers are
instaUed in the additkm now neaztag
completion.
Mr. Poovey said the plant
was formerly operated as a unit of
theTBrn^Mn^ BOt mt last year
Edwin Morgan, owner, hkd leased fiie
local properties to Raeford Mills,
Inc., and that they were being ope
rated as a separate corporate unit.
Mr. Morgan is president and James
C.\ McKinnon is secretary and treas
urer. At that time Mr. Morgan se
cured Mr. Poovey as superintoident
with the idea of reconcHti(Hiing tfie
plant and machinery, and buflding
the property into a first-class combed
3ram mfll.
Repairs and renovations of the
buildings have been in progress for
some time, and aU madiineiy units
have been completely reconditkaied
during the year, stated Mr. Poovey.
A new air conditioning and humidi
fying system has been installed. A
yam conditiaiing room was con.-
structed some months ago. This is
used for ordering yams preparatary
to driivery to users.
The addition now being ctnnplefed
on the Souta side of Qie plant and
wUl provide controlled temperature
and humidity conditions for most
satisfectory opeartion of the doiible-
banked combers. /
Additions to the office were start
ed yesterday which will triple office
space.
Conditions of the village, compris
ed of fifty or more houses owned py
the miU, are being improved staM
Mr. Poovey as fast as carpenters
other medanics for- this work ean
be secured. Practically all (ft the
interiors have been worked over dar
ing the past several monttis-aipd as
soon as labor becomes avaiUbila coc-
teriors, pordres and nit hnfltaiwgt
wiU be recondiQaned and rqpakitad.
It is planned to paint aR of the honres
vdiite and to inqpiove the xtalty,
street and roadways to give die
lage a more pleasing agpeaxanoe and
make it a more* pleasant place In
whidi to live.
I cannot ^eak too highly of tae
wonderful cooperation we have re
ceived from our onployees in tafa
modernization plan»” stated Mr.
P(»vey. “In every way life at Rie
miU has greatly improved xnA the
improvenents have resulted in im
proved worldng and living condithms.
These improvements have re
sulted in a marked difterence of file
nuurale of our petHple here; and flieir
increased pride in the plant has le-
sulted in an imprevenent in die qiiil
ity (ft our prothaet”
*Tt is ttke intention of die avnaar*
to return mwdi of die profits of. the
plant toward these iinpi mrpawta
and, since we have covered our fk«t
year auGcessfully, we h(H>e there w31
be mudi more ttot we een vend ta
die next few years to add ta
phypfeal beauty and value of fee
pktat,** Mr. Poovey said.
"We are no# nauftng alt dipaK|>
menta et 0» pbnt tyntee full dUllA
or m tenraa#! ^ ^
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