TIm Hoke County News
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[.Uiffi XXXV* -NO. 49..
N. C, THUBSDAY, APRIL lOth, 194L
L(«g Faik
Ti^Cadt Qieck
ISevoral Assault Cases feature
Today’s County Court Ses
sion.
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Robert Long, young negro of the
Pundarrach section, was ordered h(^
on bond of $200 Tuesday in county
court, when Judge W. B. McQueen
fotmd probable cause in a hearing on
forgery charges.
Long was accused of presenting a
chedc for $14 drawn in favor of and
endorsed by one James A. Brown,
on the account of F. F. McPhaul.
Wilmer McDonald, cashier, detecting
the forged signature, questioned the
negro, who stated he had cashed the
check for a friend. Sheriff D. H.
Hodgin was called and Long was
jailed.
Other cases heard Tuesday in
cluded: French Hall, driving car un
der influence of liquor, continued;
Welton Frazier, drunk, 30 days, sus
pended on payment of costs; Pear-
rOw deBerry, violation of road laws,
30 days, paid costs; Morrell Flowers,
failing to stop, 30 days,, paid costs;
Wallace Galbraith, druiik, 30 days,
paid costs; Bud Brown, drimk, 30
days, paid costs; R. B. Patterson,
careless and reckless driving, 30 days,
paid costs; John Robinson, no chauf
fers license and careless and reck
less driving, 30 days in each case,
paid costs; Oscar Ray, drunk, carry
ing concealed weapon, and assault
with deadly weapon and damage to
property, 3Q days, 3 months or $50
and coste, and 60 days or costs, in
the three Clues.
Charges of/assault with a deadly
wcupon against Stacey Ray were nol
pressed; charges of assault with a
dea^ weapon with intent to kill
against Walter Leach were nol press
ed with leave, while he drew a 30
day sentraice on charges of damage
to property. Leach and Joe Wilson
were ordered to pay cost of repairing
cars damaged at a church near Rock-
fish. 'Hie case against Wilson in
^wdtidr^he :Wair
Witt a deadly weapon' with iptent
to kill was conttnred. He was re
leased on $200 bail.
John B. Campbell, indicted for
damage to property was found not
guilty.
Raeford Boy One Of
Four Garolinians Sent
To Naval Air Base
Washington, April 8.—^Four younii
North Carolinians, graduates ofsjthe
civil aeronautics secondary courses,
who have been doing ground woik
at the naval air reserve air base at
Miami, Fla., today were assigned to
the naval air base at Pensacola, Fla.
for flight training. They are Sea
men, Second Class Bikijainln Fruik-
lln Carrie of Raeford, Robert T. Ed-
dings, Jr., of Wilmin^n, Frank Al
len Woody of Ashland, N. C., an
Carroll Edwin Belcher of Greer, S
C.
(^larteniiaster Pays
Tribute To Tariieel
Worloiien
Chenel, of New
Buford, Mass.,
Visits Local Barbers
Emeric H. Chenel, field represen
tative of the Associated Master Bar
bers of America, has been visiting L.
H. Koonce, North Carolina president
of this association, ifer the past week.
Mr. Chenel is a field representative
from the national office in Chicago,
HI.-,
Mr. Chenel and Mr. Koonce have
visited all of the barber shop own
ers and managers in Robeson, Blad
en, Columbus and Sampson counties,
and report these various barbers much
interested tt joining this association.
A large per cent of all the barber
shop owners and managers in forty
sta states, and the District of Colum
bia, are members of this association.
It has done a wonderful job, in the
way of sanitation in the barber .shops,
in the past few years.
T^e North Carolina members of
this association are credited by Mr.
Chenel as having introduced, and had
passed, the veiy best barber laws of
any state in America.
Gigantic Construction J^ob At
Fort Bragg Nearly Completed.
Colonel Simpson, of Fort Bragg,
head of the Quai^rmaster Corps,
which supervised construction work
for the United States Army at the
fort, made an interesting speech be
fore the Kiwanis club Thursday
about the mamthott coAtruction job
that now is nearii^ completion.
The Colonel told the club that as
high as 35,000 men had been on
the pay roll at one time, and that for
months 29,000s men had beeq on the
job every day. He felt that it was
a great tribute to Nortt Carolina
and the South that this great defense
job had gone forward without any
strike or any loss of time on ac
count of labor trouble.
Handling the traffic around the
Fort had been one of the big jobs, he
said. Some days the cars going in
and out of the Fort, he said, would
form a line 28 miles long if placed
bumper to bumper. Feeding this
traffic through the side roads and
into the several highways had been
a major problem.
The consttuction of new highwi^
tt tte 'ieservafibh’^'and around the
fort and Fayetteville will soon solve
the traffic problem, he stated. They
are now building four highways from
the Fort to the Range, one for horse
vehicles, and three for the mechani
cal equipment. It was stated that in
all the work they had sought to save
money and protect the taxpayer. Ev-
e^ job received as many as three
bids, with the lowest bidder getting
the job.
Thernew two-wing hospital is about
complete. It contains 3,000 beds,
and each wing is approximately one-
half mile long.
The Colonel spoke highly of the
part that Hoke county and the PWA
had played in the construction work.
Ikke Educo Club
Hosts To District
Meet WeAiesday
Lt. Gov. Harris and Senator
Stacy to Speak; Scottish Danc
ers To Entertidn.
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Deajth of Angus
McLean Near Rowland
Angus McLean, youngest brother
of Mrs. Make McLean, of Raeford,
died at his home hear Rowland Mon
day morning. Funeral services were
conducted gmm the home Tuesday af
ternoon. at^FSO and interment was hi
.the Rowland cemetery. Mayo
McLean was visiting in Clearwater,
Fla., when she received news of her
brother’s death. She came home at
once and she, with Mr. and Mrs. P.
Sexton, J. D. McLiean of Aberdeen
Mr. and Mrs. WaUace McLean, and
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McLean at
tended the funeral. The deceased died
at the old homestead whidi has been
in the family for many generations.
Mrs. Roper Named
To REA Board
Mrs. J. A. R^;)er of Allendale, and
C. L. BaUance* of near St Pauls,
vrere elected to fill vacandes on the
hoard of directors of the Ltuhbee
erElectric Membership corpora-
“ tte meeting held here Wed-
afteraopn.
^ Mn. Rdper ivas named to succeed
her late husboud, and Mr. Ballahce
^’*****®r occasioned
» iff M^ Tom Re-
Raeford Gardens
Open Next Week
The Raeford gardens will be open
to visitors April 16tt and 17tt from
10 a. m. to 6 p. m. Mrs. J. C.
Thomas, local chairman, announces
the following: The first garden to be
visited will be that of Mrs. H. A.
Cameron where guests will register
and refreshments will be served in
the outdoor living room. Other gar
dens to be open are those of Mrs.
J. C. Thomas, Mrs. W. T. Covington,
Mrs. John McGoogan and Mrs. J.
W. McLauchlin.
The Girl -Scouts will act as guides
for visitors. Every garden club
member will be hostess on these two
days and they will try to make it a
pleasant and profitable occasion for
local and out of town people who
visit these gardens.
Since this is a part of tte State
Pilgrimage, a small amoimt will be
charged, one-third going to tte State
Garden Club and two-thirds remain-
mg in tte local dub.
A special invitation is extended to
the men to_ come see these beauty
spots of Raeford.
Rev. Allen MeSween
AccepU N. C. Call
Chester, S. C., April 4.—Rev. Allen
MeSween, son of Dr. John 'McSwerii,
mmister of Purity Presbyterinih
church, of Chester/ and Mrs. Me
Sween, who graduates from tte Un
ion Theological seminary at Rich
mond, Va., in May, has just accepted
a caU extoided to him by tte First
Presbyterian church at Forest City
C. Rev. B4r. MeSween was grad
uated from tte Presbyterian pAtfege
at Clinton, S. C., in 1938. Prior to
hat, he attended tte Boys’ Prmara-
tory school at Rome, Ga.
Rev. MeSween supplied the ptdpit
in Raeford Presbyterian church two
siunmers and was very much himmI.
Lieut Governor Reginald G. Har
ris, of Roxboro, and Senator H. E.
Stacy, of Lumberton, will be tte
principal speakers on tte program of
tte spring meeting of the Educp
Clubh of ten counties to be held here
Wednesday evening.
One hundred and fifty schoolmen
from Cumberland, Robeson, Hoke,
Lee, Harnett, Moore, Montyomery,
Richmond, Anson, Union and Bladen
coimties are expected to attend, ac
cording to K. A. MacDonald, Hoke
county schools superintendent and
secretary of tte district Educo or
ganization. C. Reid Ross, of Lilling-
ton, and assistant superintendent of
Harnett county schools, president,
TVill preside. J. O. Bowman, of the
Anson county schools, is vice-presi
dent.
'The meeting will continue at 7:00
and dinner will be served before the
business session begins at 8 o’clock.
The Scottish Dancers group from
Flora Macdonald college., of Red
Springs, and a sextetje composed of
students of tte conservatory there
will give an entertainment program
during the dinner hour.
Senator Stacy, chairman of the sen
ate committee on schools, will re
view the educational legislative pro
gram which was approved by the
1941 General Assembly.
Joint Meeting Of
Raeford Garden Club
The three groups of tte garden de
partment of tte Raeford Woman’,
club held their open spring meeting
in tte Kiwanis hall Tuesday, April
II at 3:30 o’clock. Mrs. G. B. Row
land, chairman, presided over the
business session.
session and an-.
nouncement$, Mrs. Rowland introduc
ed Miss Allie Fechtig. an authority on
azaleas, of Wilmington, who discuss
ed the varieties by showing samples
from her own garden and illustratec
the method of planting azaleas.
Following Miss Fechtig’s demon
stration Mrs. Rowland presented Mrs.
Merritt, also of Wilmington, who dis
coursed briefly the proper planting
and preparation of soil for camellias.
After the program the members ex
change plants and seeds.
Duruig the social hour Mesdames
A. C. Keith, J. R. Hampton, Israel
Mann, Wm. Lament, W. T. Covington,
N. H. G. Balfour, and Paul Dezerne,
the hostesses, served refreshments
Williamsport Grays
Take To The Road
Accepts
hvitatimi Of
Hoke Hi|^ School
SpeoA Here To Graduating
Class On May ISth.
Honorable J. Melville Broughton,
governor of Nortt Carolina, has noti
fied County Superintendent Kenneth
A. MacDonald of his acceptance of
tte invitation to deliver tte com
mencement address to the graduat
ing class of tte Hoke County High
School.
Mr. MacDonald states that the
school authorities are highly elated
over securing tte Governor to speak
on this occasion. The graduating
exercises, when some fifty seniors
will be presented diplomas, will be
held on the evening of May 13th.
Lee ^Gravely Receives
National Defense
Assignment
Mrs. R. A. Matteson, Jr., was tte
guest of Mrs Tommie UpAiurdi lUr a
The Williamsport Grays, after los
ing a hard fought game, 5 to 4, to
Wilkes-Barre Wednesday, will take
to the road today and will not be
seen again at Raeford park until
next Wednesday, when Scranton,
Eastern League champions, will be
here.
The Grays lost to Hartford, 6 to 5,
Sunday at Goldsboro, but defeated
Reading, 9 to 5, here on Monday, and
12 to 5, at Wilson on- Tuesday.
They will play Greensboro at Dar
lington, S. C. tbday; Charleston at
Charleston Friday and Saturday, Sav
annah at Savannah Sunday and
Wilkes-Barre at Sumter on Sunday,
returning to Raeford Monday night.
Attend Jackson
Day Dinner
Slenator Ryan McBryde, who was
ttairman of tte finance committee
during tte recoit session of tte leg
islature, Hon. Laurie McEachem,
representative, John Cameron, chair
man of Hoke coimty DemikJ^c ex
ecutive committee and Chkflfe Cam
eron were guests at tte Jackson Day
diMer at tte Sir Walter hotel Sat
urday evradhg. Plates for this din
ner were $25 each.
Washington, April 5.—^Two more
North Carolinians—L. Lee Gravely
of Rocky Mount and Chief Justice
Walter P. Stacy of the State Supreme
Court—^have received assignments
from the government in connection
with tte national defense program.
Gravely, recent gubernatorial can-
(Udate, has gone to work at the Na
tional Defense Commission as a dol-
lar-a-year man, serving as Southern
regional director of the commission’s
Division of State and Local Coopera
tion.
Gravely has been on tte job since
Tuesday. He left Washington last
night on the first of the tours through
out the South that will occupy the
greater part of his time. North
Carolina and Mississippi will be the
first stops on his itinerary.
Chief activity of Gravely’s new po
sition will be to go into all the
Souttera states and promote the or
ganization of state defense councils;
and encourage, through these state
councils, organization of local defense
councils. 'Attention at tte' outset will
be concentration on those communi
ties where new Army camps or in
dustrial development is creating prob
lems such as health, welfare, educa
tion, and transportation.
Gravely charged with the task
of aiding in the solution of these
community problems and wUh per
suading local communities and state
governments to do their part in co
operating.
It is highly important that the
conunumties and states realize that
they have a part in the national de
fense that is as important as tte Fed
eral government’s part,” Gravely as
serted. “My immediate hope is to
organize defense councils in all the
^uttem states and to feet them ac
tively cooperating with each other
and with the Federal government.”
Gravely plans to give his full time
to his work in the defense organiza-
tion at least until the tobaccQ mar
kets reopen. After the reopenttg of
the tobacco markets, the extent of
lis vvork in Washington will depend
he smd, upon how active tte tobacco
trad^ becomes. He volunteered his
services to the Defense Commission
weeks ago. Senator Bailey
added his endorsement to Gravely’s
offer.
Kiwanit-Educo
Clubs Sponsor
Forums
Two forums are to be held hera
during April and May under tte
sponsorship of tte Raeford Kiwanis
club, it was stated yesterday by K. A
MacDonald.
Several subjects for tte discussions
have been approved by tte forum
committee, but definite selections
depend upon tte availability of
speakers. Ralph MacDonald, director
of extension service of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, has been noti
fied of tte preferred selections and
speakers and it is expected that as
signments will be made within a few
days.
Umgstreet b
Seme of Army
Day Memorial
Historic Church Within Bragg
Reservation Center of Interest
Tennis Tourney
At Pniehurst
l^ehurst, April 8.—Next week tte
^rts scene wfll shift to tennis, with
„ riaiifing of tte fourth anwnni
United Nortt and South professional
touniraent, from Monday, April 14
J® April 19. Hay wS be
to ^visions of men’s stogies
doubles.
and
Attentien, Please!
The News-Jonmal haa a Seai-
Uae on adverihdiig. Thb is 11
o’doek on Wednesiay matninga.
Please observe tids. Temr ai win
'get.. .hi$liir.;imBoe. anff stieiiiite hr
Goodman Stresses
^eed Fop Ample
Food and Feed
At a meeting of the Board of Ag
riculture in the Kiwanis hall last
Friday night, John W. Goodman, as-
sutant durector of extension, told
»n®n and women presmit
■ aat Nortt Carolina needed to pro-
due* more food and feed to be used
at home. Mr. Goodman gnld, ^‘The
state is producing enourii vegetables
for its needs, but thousands of fam
ilies are under fed and do not have
a balanced diet.”
He urged landlords to encourage
and require their tenants to have a
good garden with ample quantities
to can at least 60 Quarts of fruits and
vegetables for each member of the
family. “If we have food and fe^
for our needs on the farm, we pan
be healthier and happier regardless of
the situation that we may face.”
Farm?laii8 Must
Be Signed
Farmers who wish to participate
to tte 1941 soil conservation pro
gram and have not signed their 1941
term plan must sign and give tte
intended practices by i^ril 15. Those
farmers that do not will not be
eligible for any bwieflt payments, re
ports A. S. Knowl^ county agfint.
In order to get {jl of tte q^edal
payments on cotton end
farms must earn aB of the soil buUd-
tog goal fooc 1841. Fannors otto do
not understand tiie ptoririeea of fim
mmm tfwwbl omtMt .OMr Ibui
Memorial services at historic Long-
street Presbyterian church, which
preceeded tte military review of tte
forces of Fort Bragg, attracted tte
principal interest of the annual Army
Day celebration held at Fort Bragg
Monday.
Commanding officers of tte fort,
former members of tte diurch, en
listed men and spectators filled tte
old church building for tte services
held to honor of soldiers of tte
Nortt and tte South who died dur
ing the battle near the church in
1865.
The services were presided over by
Major W. N. Cox and Chaplain Phil
lips conducted tte devotionals. Glee
clubs of tte 39tt Infantry and tte
41st Engineers presented a program
of music.
The history of the church, which
was dissolved by Fayetteville Pres
bytery several years ago, and whiqh
is located far into tte reservation of
Fort Bragg, was given by Rev. Dr.
Angus Rr MeQueen, pastw of tte
Dunn Presbyterian church.
Rev. Dr. J. M. Alexander, pastor
of tte First Presbyterian church of
Fayetteville delivered a brief address.
Dr. Alexander substituted for Bishop
Darst, of Wilmington, who was un
able to be present.
With the* audience standing with
heads bowed. Pvt Charles H. Alex
ander, 39th Infantry, sang tte Mal-
ette arrangement of ‘"rhe Lord’?
Prayer” as the benediction.
-Among those attending tte services
from Raeford were six former mem
hers of tte church: Mrs. Charles
Roberts, Mrs. A. B. McLauchlin, H.
C. McLauchlin, Miss Ida McLauch
lin, Miss Mattie McLauchlin and
Mrs. J. A. Baucom. Otters were:
Mrs. A. A. McFayden and Mrs. J. W.
McLauchlin. There were approxi
mately fifty former members of tte
churcto present for the services. In
cluded in the congregation was a
detachment of negro troops who were
seated in tte U-shaped balcony which
formerly was used by tte negroes
who lived on tte plantation surround
ing the church.
The church was founded in 1756,
and occupied several sites and build
ings until the present structure was
erected about one hundred years
ago. The present site .was given by
Duncan McLauchlin, grandfather of
H. C. McLauchlin, of Raeford. Mr.
M^uchlin states that his totter,
Neill D. McLauchlin, was a deacon
of tte church for many years, and
acted as custodian of tte church prop
erties. In personal property inher
ited by Mr. McLauchlin was tte orig
inal of tte deed for tte church prop--
erty.
REA^Up’’
64 Mfles Of
Rural lines
Omtractins N«w _
Omstraction of Lnmbee Cm-mp
Project
“A” project of file Lumbee BIfer
Electric Membership Corporatian,
long a beautiful hope and a tondfol
dream to hundreds of people livtog
on farms of Robesmi, Hoke, Scot
land and Cumberland counti^, is a
gleaming reality to some 120 famil
ies.
At 2:29 Saturday aftenumn tte
switch at the main substation at Bed
Springs was thrown and tte power
ful energy drawn from g«ierating
stations of the Carolina Ppwer and
Light Company moved a htog, silent
step nearer to ten times that many
nural ctistomers.
Twenty-one miles of primary Itoes
were “hotted” Saturday, and to date
64 miles have been energized, ac
cording to D. J. Dalton, project sup
erintendent. Other units will be giv
en service this week and still others
will be added as fast as wiring re
quirements are reached.
A ten-mile additional line has been
added recently to the “A” project
as tte request of the Commerce De-
partmmt as a national defense mea
sure. The line, now under ccmstruc-
tion, starts near Rowland and runs
near tte South Carolina state Wne
to an airway beacon. There are
some thirty odd rural families vdiicfa
will also be served by this line.
Sections of tte membership lin^
now energized include that served Ity
the feeder line toom Red Springs to
near Wagram, and almig 15-A to
Raeford and toward Metotrose. Also
from Red Springs to Antiorit to near
Raeford and thence into Cumberland
county through Rockfish Towndity;
also from Red Springs toward Max-
ton and through tte Midway-liberty
section to Rowland.
3rd Battalion 252d CA
Arrives at Ft. Screven
The 3rd Battalion, 252nd Coast Ar-
tillety, commanded by Lieutmani
Colonel William L. Poole and BSajor
-An^w H. Harris, executive officer,
arrived by motor convoy for new sta
tion at Fort Screven at tiuree o’clock
last Tuesday.
The battalion arrived at their new
station from Fort Moultrie, South
Carolina, and comprised Hradquar-
ters Battery comman^ri by Captain
Samuel H. Strickland of High Fdnti
Battery E, commanded by Captain
Samuel E. Holt, also of High Phtot:
Battery F, commanded by
Blue of Raeftod: andtte
medical detachment cunmandad bv
^ptato Guy E. Pigford, of WQmiif
The battalion whidt was
to arrive at 5:30 p. rn. arrived
of si^ule, due to cxeriMnt cn-
cqpieration of tte Georgia and Soutii
CanOtoa patrols uid excrilent convoy
movemort
Scout Camporee Here
April 25Bi-26tli
Boy Scout camporees to be held
this year are as follows: Fayetteville
district, high school bowl, Fayette
ville, April 18, 19; Western District,
Raeford armory, April 25, 26; Wil
mington district (place to be an
nounced later) May 2, 3; Lumberton
district, city hall, Lumberton, May 23,
24; Bladen district, Chadbourn sdioois
May 23, 24. An Indian Camptnee
will be held at tte State College
for Indians at Pembroke May 2, 3,
and one is tentatively scheduled for
negroes to be held in Lumb^ton at
the Redstone Acadony April 11, 12.
A Coundlwide Camporee for vdiite
scouts will be held i^^tynmlngtnn
Jime 9, IQ for those qualitying in the
IMstoift Camporees.
I —
jUnusual Honor
E. D. JeJmson Gets
E. D. Johnson, for the past two
years principal of Hoke High school,
has just been notified of his clee-
tion to the superintendency of tte
Edgecombe county sriiools the
Hyde county schools. Mr. Johnson
hasn’t as yet, indicated whirii po6i>
tion he will accept. While his many
friends rejoice at tte honor ttiat Mr.
Johnson has received, they deeply
regret losing him fr^ tte Hnfcg,
system. His prograna in the htyh
school was getting off to sudi a good
start that they hate to see anythh.g
interfere witt it. However, bis umny
friends wish him Ki»
mudi success and hapfiiness in
ever field ttey decide to loGa$e^
Mrs. Dm
DsAce Heare Hext
Wednesday tBsM
W. E. Street is 'jipuuung anotttf
one of those good, Stances for
next week, Weitowday ntybt, April
16. The music for. ttese is
so exceptionalty moS and tte floor
of tte arm»y in such good shmc fiiat
pei^e love to go to ttem.
Mixed Terii Of
Superior Court
Slarit April 21st
A wedEs tenn of ^perior enact;
condfining both crimtoal ud cMl
Mtionv wiU be hrid ham tMijtetat
April «. Jbdge CbtoMB iMfliaiHL
SmfiDfd, is sebedided to pnslio.
Easter SonrsM .
Service Heve
Eastor sunrise styricto lAn 1
SiMdiiy neo^ at 'T
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