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The Hoke County. Joonuil
BAETOBn^ |«. THUESDAlT, MAY Mi, 1941.
futnaiTBiB
Se^e Board
'$i^iag Mea
109 Qnestioiiairos To Ue Mailed
Eadt Five Ipteys; IJsts Names
> of Ywo Releases. .
1,543 men now registered un*
der the {Selective Service Act with
fho Service Board of Hoke county
wSH receive ^fOirquestiotiaires within
the next’ 15 we^, it was aimounced
yesterday by Miss Peg^ McFadyen,
dlerk of^the board.
Hogt Sold Hcere
Brbm Other States
Must Be Treated ^
Mi
[h%
100 questionaires -were
Monday and another :100 -are to be
mailed Priday. ^^esticmaires will be
mailed at the rate of IQO each five
days until all; of those registered will
Save received the blanks and adll
Iiave been classified by the hoard..'
The following men were appointed
by file Hoke county; commissioners
to be on vratA for hogs that are of
fered for s^e in the county from out
side the state that have pot been vac
cinated prbperly: H. F. Curiie, N. P.
Watson, J. W. McPhaul; W. C. Hod-
gin, M^ey Norton, Fidfoid McMil
lan, Daniel McGill, Cameron John
son, Louis Parker, A. W. Wood, J.
B. Womble, L. H. Cofiirah, T. B. Up
church, Jr., A. A. Harris, J. L. Mc
Fadyen and Donald Yates.-
It will be the duty of the above
maiigit ^citizens to report to the county farm
agent or to the sheriff any pne offering
hogs for sale from out*ot the state
so (that they can check up and see
that the hogs are properly vaccinated.
A new state law ixphibits the sale
of hogs from out Of North Carolina
Hoke county received a dtoft quota vetoi^ian’s certifl^te ^of
- - - 'vaccmatipn against cholera and other
injlectious dSeases.
of !ZXRO men until the first of July,
because of the large -number of men
from the county now in active ser
vice mfiier with the regular army,
na^ and marine forces or with, the
two national guard imits which have
been indficted into service.
Because of the large nuihber
men from-Hoke now in service^ the
draft board hpa nqt boan caU^ upon
to 'supply any selectees to me army
since the law Went into 'efitect last
fan, and it is pibt expected that any
man^tldll be called from the county
under the draft law until after Ju^
1st ; ^
Headqtufrters Company and Bstttery
F, of the 233pd Coast Artillery .iiave
been in servh» since the first,Na
tional Guard units were called odt
last'faU,'add d 'niinib^ of the Bae-
ford ,boys were recently hadgned to
dh^ at file new defense bases se-/
cured fpwn England in the destroy
er-base deal. ’ ‘
The .Hoke composed' bt T,
B. lester, Axdi^ Md^chetn and T.
A. Monroe win begto classifying the
men as soon aa/fiib^ are returned to
it It was pointed out that the law
reqtdres be .|[etouied t> the
board, pro^^. lillm odt-by^he idide.
,th^eQi},;or.i^|^trud6. ibtl'ilte
inaity .I^h]^ '''«a4rsbhjdc^ td* ’jpiseiic
sentences.' ,
The county and township commit:
tees appointed to assist registrapte in
filling out their questionaires are:
General county committee, 6. B.
> Rowland, chairman; J. B. Thomas,
and BltL. Gatlin, Jr.; and the follow
ing a^ociate memb|^:
Allendale Tbwnship--J.. W. Hasty,-
Hector Currie, Atphie 'Watsoh, L. A.
McGougan.
Antioch-^ W. C. Hodgin, M. C.
Moore, William A. McNeill, Walter
Gibson. . '
Blue Springs—R. J. Has^, Hector
McNeill, Mrs. Wilmer McBr:^e, Man-
ley Norton.
Raeford—A. D. Gore, C. R. Free
man, N. Mt^air Smifii, H. 'W., B.
'Whitley, H. L. Gatlin, Sr., W*. W.
Roberts.
Uttle River—J. W. Smith, Mrs.
A. D. McLauchlin.
McLauchlin—Allen Wood, M. G.
Ray, Marshall Newton, Lewis Park-
eii
Quewbiffle—Neill. F. Sinclair, J.
B. Womble, E. B. I^tterwhite, Mrs.
P. P. McCain, Mrs. G W. Covington,
W. L. Thornburg.
Stonewall—N. H. G. Balfour, J. M.
McGougan, B. F. McGregor, Norman
Mclnnis.
Qnestioiiaires Ajteiled May 51]i
1— Stephen Adkins.
2— -John Parker.
3— Syluster Smith
4— -John Jasper Dobbin.
5— Colin Lee j^wardb.
' 6—^Thomas Edward Baxley. .
(Continued on page four)
Negrd Knifers
Bound Over On
Services For Mrs.
XCMcPhailHeld
Here Sunday
Mrs. John F. McFhafi, an invalid
for several years from paralysis, died
at her home near Rockfish 'Friday,
May 2. She would have been 65 years
old the 30th of May.
Before her marriage she was Mar
garet Katherine Blue of Moorq coun
ty, a sister of the late Mrs. Neill S.
Blue. For several years she and
her husband lived in Raeford. i%e
has no survival in her father’s fam
ily, save one brother. In the immed
iate family she is survived by her
husband, four sons, John Frank, Rob
ert, Hoke, and William, and two dau
ghters, Mrs. Harry Logan of Ashe
ville, and Lois McPhaU of Hoke coun
ty, and three grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted in the
Raeford Methodist church Sunday af
ternoon by the pastor. Rev. E. C.
,Crawford, assisted by Rev. W. F.
Trawick, Rev. B. E. Bain, and Rev.
Frank Blue, nephew of the deceased.
Her pastor in his remarks stated that
the patience and hope which she
displayed in her afflictions enrolled
her with the Christian Spirits' of
earth, an heir of Lilo EtemaL
to IklteSeiuorg
Tues^y
Wingate
Craven C
Baccalanreate
Five In Affray Two Weeka ^o
To Get Superior Court Hear
ings. -
- Joe Hadley, Hoiiry Hadley, Alex
iddBryde;' Alvester Rozier and Er
win Rozier, all involved in a cut
ting scrape here two weeks ago Were
bound over to Superior Court by
Ju^e W. B. McQueen, in' county
isDurt Ihiesday. ,,
The m^ are, dll being held on
charged of 'assault with intent to kUL
Tlte Hadleys and McBride wfre ai>-
parently artayed against the Roziefs
in a wild and wooly shootkig and
cutting' scrape which spread excite
ment ever the souto end of Raeford’s
business section.' M^ryde, also
diarged wi^ csiuyhig com^led
^0 and costs
Jmn&~Alvin Parker was found
guilte of driving a^^r under the in
fluence of liquor and fined $50 and
costs; s; W. Shook, of Ralei^, was
cleared on an indictment for hunting
out of season with a 22 rifle while
fishing Easter Monday. Shook claim
ed he had shot only at snakes and at
a die-dapper. J. D. Monroe pleaded
guilty of being drunk and paid fiie
costs.
Mother*8 Day, Sunday, May 11th
Two Jailed On
Soldier Hdd
Two LocaI Girls Hurt
In Auto Wrecdc
Misses Peggy McFadyen and Estelle
aultsby. of Raeford, in company
two younk^en, were enroute
Fort Bragg Iniesday night, when
blew dfit and caused the car
In the wreck the yotmg
. ,were badly injured. No inv
stion is available as to the injur
ies sustained by ythe young^men.
From the best information avail-
, Iitos McFadyen. received a head
injury, an eye badly bruised,- one or
two front teeth brokenj and a spine
injury, a “fractured vertebrae,” hos
pital alteches informed inquirers. Just
how bad either of the Raeford girls
are kijurod is not known.
It is said doctors in the hospital
say the patients may be placed in
casts and then fiiey may be removed
to their homes wittiin a lew days.
C. C. C To Hold
Open House Friday
The C. C. C. camp, stationed at
Mptt’s lake, will hold open house
Friday all day, and the public is
cordially invited to coihe out, look
around, and see some of the youth of
America at work. The C. C. C.
(Civilian Conservation Con>s), is an
outlet for boys to earn money, de
velop their bodies, minds and char
acters, under competent educational
advisers and the boys are trained
in subjects such as carpentry, me
chanics, electricity, motor operations,
and secretarial work. Grades are
given just as in school.
At Mott’s lake they have a sub-
arltern who is a commissioned mili
tary officer. The sub-arltem comes
from the ranks of an cnrolee through
diligent application to his work and
attends a special school in order to
prepare himself bettei: for his work.
Albert J. Morris of Lula; Ga., is the
sub-arltem at Mott’s lake, having-
entered the C. C. C. in January, -1937,
and rose from road crew to suh-
arltem. He went to Fort Bragg m
February and took a course in siro-
arltem, reqeiving his commission the
first oiE May. This is a splendid ex
ample of the fruits of perserverance
and taking advantage of the op^r-
tunities bflered the youth of Am^ica
in C. C. C. camps.
There are regular enrollment/per
iods in Which boys may make ^eir
application to enter ,C. C. C.,(from
the.Ages of 1? to 23.
At 5:30, the officers of the[town,
Gemrge V^lliains Dief
At Cheraw Home
G^iie Wniiams, father or Mrs.
Clyde and MIk Elma Williams
it Raeite^ died at his hpme fhte?'
morij^iig folldwing a long
ma. Friday af^
ministers, and Kiwanians
a body to Mott’s lake to
camp.
'go as
ct the
Miis McFayden
WCUNC Profess^
Geto Fellowshipj
Miss Christianna McFayden, pro
fessor of history at Woma^ college of
the University of North Qurolina at
Greensboro, has been recently noti
fied of file awarding of a fellowship
for a. year’s study at file Univasiiy
of Chicago. is the fel
lowship f(ff:'study which jMi& MP-^
Fayden has b(^ awai
Miss Clara'Sanderson, ItirSoe and
Itt Hteitegf^ of Antioj^'
Ernest Sykes Charged With At
tack on TO-YearOld Ne^;
George Purcell Charged With
Rape of Nidite.
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" Two men were jailed'here Batur-
day night on charges of attempted
criminal assault. Ernest Sykes,
white. Fort Fragg soldier, is being
held without bond in the county jail,
for intended criminal assault, and
assault and battery on a respected
70-year-old colored woman, Emma
Rogers. George Purcell, negro, is
also in the coimty jail, indicted on
charges of rape and carnal knowledge
of a 12-year-old negro girl, "Vera Mc
Kay.
Screams by Emma Rogers, dged
woman who lives on the Dundarrach
road near McLaudilin’s chapel, at
tracted passersby and frightened
Ernest Sykes after he hpd attempted
to assault her, according to county
officers. The woman, walking along
the highway near her home, was
brutally beaten, and knocked down,
by the soldier, who, according to hdr
story, attempted to assault her. When
her screams attracted others to the
scene, the man ran into a nearby
field. Sheriff D. H. Hodgin and
Chief of Police W. R. Barrington
‘investigated immediately, and fol
lowing the man’s trail across the
field found him “passed out—dead
drunk” a short distance from the
highway.
The woman was given first aid for
the many cuts and bruises and it
was found that several of her teeth
had been knocked out during the
brutal attack.
George Purcell is being held for
the grand jury on charges of rape and
of having carnal knowledge of a
minor. Purcell’s sister claims that
he afiacked her dau^ter, Vera Mc^
Rae,’a child about 12 years of age.
The Purcell man and the McRae
family live in Blue Springs town
ship.
Postage To Trinidad
Postmaster Lacy Clark has said
that since the United States has es
tablished a post office in 'Trinidad,
mail will go to'the boys therev at
regular rates—3 cents for letters go
ing by tarin and boat, and 15c for
one-half ounce by air. Time if takes
by regular mafi varies from six ti)
twelve daTO, by" air two days. Post
master Clark suggests writing on
onion skin paper if mailing by air.
Boys from Raeford national guard in
Trinidad are: Lts. Wm. Lament and
Paul Dickson; Pfes. Thomas iSrson,
Jr., Carl Rose, Grady Bums, Walter
Webb, Freddie Cox, Norman Mc
Neill, Ralph Phunhier; Pvte. Amos
Howell, Herbert. Thames, Ckurl Tay
lor, Robert Cmnpbell, Emert Collier,
Henry Deaver, Dan HoweU, Robert
Thanies, Rob^ Daniel, James Cruce,
Ed ‘ Miller, Johnnie Hanris, Sam
j^ead, Johnpie Pate. Rupert CtoRjihs,
Charlie MciLeod, Luther Holland,
Dsivid Briginan, 'WilRam Tew.jDtofid
Whaley,, Hudh C. Goodman, Hubert
Eirooks, Ddvld SteveiUL Janieji Hdd-
ges, Willie ^Hanr^* Jamea ;Ar^de
Smifii, Keith Li^, Rn^ph
Write:tO;1h«86 Mrs one waiy or
254 Voters Cast
l^ots In Town
Election Monday
N. L. McFayden Succeeds 3. E.
Gidle^e As Commissioner Is
Only Oiange.
Dr. George Washington Brown,
sin^e' candidate'. foiP the* rfflee of
Mayor of the Town of Raeford, was
given a vote of confidence by the
citizens of Raeford Monday when he
was returned to office without a dis
senting ballot, as the town’s governing
body was selected for the next bien
nium.
N. L. McFadyen was named to the
vacancy on the board of commis
sioner’s created when J. E. Gulledge
failed to file for re-election to the
commission and all other incumbents
were returned to office.
The vote was as follows:
V. R. White Named
Princ^ Hoke
High Sdiool
New SchMlman Comes Here
From Biscoe Where-He Has
Successful Sig-Yeor Record.
V. R. .White, for the past six years
the popular and highly successful
principal of the Biscoe consolidated
high school, was named princi]^ of
the Hoke county high school at a
meeting of the committee of the
high school and the Raeford district
committee Monday evening.
The committee, composed of M. L.
Lester, chairman, H. C. McLauchlin
and 'Walter Maxwell announced the
selection of Mr. 'White Tuesday after
studybig fite qutdifieiafitfifr df brllS^e
number of applicants and stated that
they felt that Mr. White was by far
the best fitted for the local school,
which is the only high school in the
coimty.
Mr. White is a graduate of Guil
ford college, and has done graduate
work at Duke and North Carolina
universities. He is married, and
has three children. At college he
played, football and was a member
of the track team, also. _
Since gojng to Biscoe nine activity
clubs were organized in the school.
For Mayor, Dr. G. W. Brown, curriculum w^ enlarged to
X|include courses in typing, short
hand, bookkeeping, salesmanship.
For Commissioners:
Carl Morris, 220; H. L. Gatlin, Jr.,
200; L. W. Stanton, 186; N. L. Mc
Fayden, 164; and A. V. Sanders, 158.
Other candidates, not elected, were
J. C. McLean, 49; and A. D. Austin,
125.
The new officers will be inducted
into office at the regular meeting to
be held on the first Tuesday b June.
Funeral Services
Held For
E. M. Baker
E. M. Baker died Thursday night
at his home near Raeford after being
sick for only two hoqrs. Mr. Baker,
who had many friends m the com
munity, had been b failing healb
for about five years. He suffered
a severe heart attack last January,
but apparently was reevoering from
that. He was 74 years old. A na*-
tive of Mecklenburg county he mov
ed to Raeford with his family b
1913. For several,years he was in
file meat market busbess, but in re
cent years he farmed. He was a
member of be Raeford Presbyteian
churb and funeral services were
conducted by be pastor, of ^lat
church. Rev. Harry K. Holland on
Saturday afternoon at be Baker
home. Interment was in be Raeford
cemetery.
Pallbearers’ were: John Lee Stev
ens, W. I. Culbreb, J. L. Teal, W.
D. Brovm, J. M. Baker, and Bob
Gibson, •
He is survived by his wife, a son,
C. M. Baker of Raefcnrd, and a dau-
j^ter, Mrs. Baxter McDonald of Red
Bprings. Also surviving are thr^
brobers^ PreblQr Baker, of Monroe;
Taylor Baker of Charlotte and Rich
ard Baker of Rock Hill; two sistos,
Mrs. Mollie Douglas of Clover,. S. C.,
and Mrs. Belle Griflifh, of Atlanta.
Small Fire Here
Friday Night
On Friday ni^t aboiii 1 o^ock j»
frame building of be O^efoid MiU
was burned. The toM Ion waa !•
touiM $500, wbidi. vras covered lyy
tasuinmea It just eitteil'
Ing awur'fconi ^
home economics, manual training,
general business, occupational guid
ance, agriculture and public school
music. A band of twenty-four pieces
has been organized and equipped
wib uniforms and instruments.
Mr. 'White has been active b be
civic interest bere and has served as
president of be Biscoe Lions dub,
president of be Educo clubs and of
ttie Schoolmasters clubs of Montgom
ery county.
County Supt. K. A. MacDonald
states bat it is expected that Mr.
White will move here wib his fam
ily during early summer. He vis
it^ Raeford Monday and will again
be here during toe commencement
exercises next week.
Hoke Negro Held
In Knife Slaying
Price Hamilton, Hoke county negro,
was arrestol at his home neu Rae
ford yesterday by J. L. McArthur
and Sandy Hughes of be Fayette
ville police department, on a charge
of fatally stabbing Acy Howarb an-
ober Hoke county negro, b be pro
cess of a b{awl over a woman on
Mclver street Saturday night
Howard was taken to Hi^ismib
hospital sufiferbg from a deep wound
b his chest about midnight and died
Sunday mombg about six o’dodc.
The officers said Hamilton con
fessed be killbg declaring that bb
fight started when Howard tried to
snatch a woman out of an automo
bile.
Finals of file Hoke county hlgli
sdiool win begin tomondw wib be
annual county dementary pranofian
day exercises and will be gonchiffwi
Tuesday evening. May IStli, when
Governor J. Meh^e Broughtok will
address be graduating class of ftffy-
tbree members drawn from over be
entire county.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
preadied Sunday mortilng at IXdIO
o’clock by Rev. Dr. Cravoi G Burris,
president of Wingate Junior college.
Special music will be provided ter
this service by a choir composted
of be members of be high sdiool
glee dub under be direction of
Miss Mary Foust Plonk, teadier of
publb school music. A special col
lection will be taken at this service
to apply to be funds which are con
tributed by Hoke dtizens to provide
be Bible instruction in be county
schools. The religious instruction,
while a regular course of be sdiooL
is not paid for by tax funds but by
private contribution and be ccdlec-
tion taken at this time will ^e ev
ery cib^n a chance to conjrbute
to this cause.
Promotiim Day
Alton Gibson, superintendent of be
Laurinburg school, will make be ad
dress at be Promotion Day exer
cises which are set for Friday m»n-
ing at 10:30. Members of be boards
of trustees of be five demgitary
schools at Antioch, Ashemimt, Mil-
douson, Rockfish and Raeford, will
be requested to sit on be stage and
take part in this exercise. 86 stud
ents who have successfully comidet-
ed- be dementary work will receive
beir promotion certificates from the
principals of bese schools, M. G
Moore, R. A. Smoake, William Mor
gan^ W. G. Parker, W. J. Coates, and
Gosmty'Scqit Kt A\ -MucDouald wffl
preside.
Class Day
Class day exercises will be held
Friday night at 8 o’ckx^ Peter
Ancel (Junior) Webb, class president,
will be mast^ of ceremonies.
Band Ceaewt
Raeford’s pride and joy, be new
school band, which was organized last
fan and which has made great prog-
less In a few months under be di
rection of Willuun Oakley Melvin,
former Naval Acadany band direc
tor, will be presented in concert at
8 o’clock Monday evening.
There is to be no school Monday
but high school students wb be ex
pected to assemble in beir respec
tive grade rooms at 1 P. M. Tuesday
afternoon for a two hour session.
Special announcements, graites mid
ober matters are to be discussed
during that period, according to Prin
cipal E. D. Johnsim.
Receive Dipiomas ^
Fifty-three seniors are to receive
their diplomas at be graduating epe-
ercises to be held Tuesday evmiin^
beginning at 8 o’clodc. The gradu
ating address will be made Ijy the
Honorable • J, Mriville Brou^ton,
Governor of North Carolina. Gov.
Broughton will be presented Iqr Rep.
Laurie McEachem, Hoke’s veteran
legislator.*
Prior to be presentatiim of file
diplomas announcement of awmial
awards to honor students will be made
by Principal Jitonson.
Marshalls for file commencement
exercises will be: Rrt»ecca Bridges,
presidoit of be Junior class, ddat
iharshall, and Grace Maxwril, Kab-
erine McLean, FTapk Currie^ Samiiet
Autry and Leonard Calloway.
Sceais Diraet Ikatge
The Raeford Boy Scouts, under be
direction of Scoutmaster Tom Mc-
Laudilhi, will have dharge at traf
fic directim and car drivers axe re
quested to coigterate wib bew* in
pouking while attatading fim mber-
cises.
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K'iS! ..f , ' t.
James Thanks Hoke
Supporters For
Aid To Game Office
Hintmi Jlames; newly Appointed
successor to John D. Chalk as gnue
commissioner of be North CaroUiia
Department of Conservation and De^
velopment was profuse in his banit^
for be support of Hoke county citi
zens givmi him while sedring the ap-
pointmokt.
John A. McGoogan had a letteg
from Mr. James fib wash b
he requested Ifr, IKcGoogHoi to ea
vcy bis sbccie appredatkn af tya
by hk frtendi b Bolte
'RMIL"'
Negro Killed By
Lifi^tniiig In Coimty
Friday Afternoon
CaRie Powell, respected Negro
farmer living on K B. McNeill’s bnn,
was stnidc and Wfted tuytowtiy |)^
Ughfaing Friday atteBaoeh. Be bad
been planting tobacoo al$d was eu>
rying bis plantar, ibbik bad eome
water m it These was hoe flaih od
lightning and a peat of bunder from
a smaU doud. and very Btfie tab
bU.
To McChofd FkJd
wmm hsa
b MeOaoid frUA Teeame.
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