rOLUME xxxvn., no. 3.
Dead; 11 Hurt
As Tni^ Aind Bus Fw May 24tli
Wreck h WashfMit
Sandboils JJndar rHi^hway JFill
\ - Ai Lake Rim j^lieved Cause
of Oam Bream Bus Driver,
Hurt, R^caes Passengers.
, 0eorge Albert Moweryi'^l, a truck
to)iver, of Wladesboro, was killed
-wheb his truck broke through; the
payenient above a washout at Lake
Rim, and el^en persons were hurt
^ e New YiSiA-Miami bus followed-
the truck into the break. >
The double accident happened a*
tout 2 d’eiqck Sunda&r momtog just
after another trucH, north-bound,
sseo
Memory of America’s war dead in
the first World War will be honored
here on Saturday, May 24th, whoi
everyone will be asked to wear a me
morial poppy in tribute to their ser
vice and sacrifice.
Plans; for the observance of Poppy
Day are being completed by the Rae-
ford Unit of the American Legion
Auxiliary under the leadership of
Mrs. Paul Dezerne, Poppy Day Chair
man. The memorial fiowers, made
by disabled war veterans, will be of
fered on the streets throughout the
day by the Auxiliary women.
‘This year, 'with the threatening
shadow of a new World War falling
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had crossed the weakened spot. The, across America, the memorial poppy
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driver of; this truck attempted to
stop the’'two southboimd vehicles,
w according to reports, but apparently
\ no attention was paid to his franctici
''“pavings.
The pavement gave way under the
truck though the cab and tractor
cleared the gap and stopped on the
bridgt. The trailer dropped into the
eight foot gap and was then hurled
upwlird and forward and landed on
.top of the cab, crushing the driver,
Idowerjf, and critically injuring his
comranion, Haywood Miles, 21, also
of wadesboro.
Heroic Bus Drivw
, Almost immediately the bus ap
proached the break. The driver upon
.keeing the truck. Unable to stop,
turned the bus sharply to'^the rights
and dropped , the bus into the wash-
.. put on its side, with the front .wheels
/flinging to ton abutment of the
' bridge. Though painfully injured,
'the bus driver, R. E. Green, ordered
a passenger to break out gla^ on toe
upiKr side and, while holding the
^ emergency brake to keep toe wheels
' -from slipping and sliding toe bus into
the rising waters of the stream, di-
Tected toe removal of seven injured
passengers and toe otoers of his 16-
. passenger load. Then he crawlea out
^ir' The bus bht a minute or two before
. dam of the pond gave way and
the bus was hurled and tossed some
yards'-by to« of the,pmid
•f-y waters. , . ' ' ;'
Ambulances froip Raeford and Fay-’
, ctteville, summoned by Highway Pa-
I '&olman Joe Murrito took the in
jured to Fayetteville hospitals. Mow-
ery died before reaching a hospital.
Yhe injured and other passengers
were taken from toe bus and truck
to me house of a Mr. Davis, chief of
'the game breeding station at. toe
state-operated game, farm and the
Stedman Fish Hatchery which owns
the p);^d.
Vjj. Knew^ojr Seepage
Leak^e of water from the pond
had beto visible on the south side
of toe bridge for some days, and it is
believed that similar sand boils under
-the highway fill tp toe north side of
the bridge washed out the fill and
Paused toe cave-in. When toe fill
gave away this is suppo^d to have
caused such a rush Of water through
the sandboil that the weakened d^
gave away blit a few minutes later.
It is said that officials of the Norto
Carolina State Department of Con
servation and Development, whi^
operates the hatchery and game farm,
knew of this seepage and that in re
sponse to a highway engineer’s re
quest had planned to lower the head
of water in the lake as soon as fish
could be removed from toe breeding
ponds below the d^un and highway.
A similar break four years ago re
sulted in a washout but no casual
ties. Steel piling were used at that
time to repair the break which was
at another point in the dam.
In toe break Sunday waters wreck
ed two of toe breeding ponds 'and
some 70,000 fingerlings were releas
ed into Rockfish creek.
iMdge Open
Highway workmen have been at
•work since daylight Sunday repair-
iiig toe damage to the highway. A
temporjary bridge over toe 30 foot
wash-out, it Was widened from 8
feet to about 30 feet .when toe Ham
gave away’iwent iri«'service yester-
aftei^S^n. A s^en mile detour
takes traffic around the scene. High
way patrolmen have been guarding
the approaches to the hatchery to
prevent sightseers from interfering
with the repairmen and to prevent
anyiilossibility of motorists driving
into toe washout.
Passengers injured in the wreck
included one Irving HoUingsworto
who told Pittman hospital officials
that he was from Raeford. He was
treated for an injured jaw. Joe L.
Monroe, a colored man of McCoU, was
prOIsed by the hospital attendants
for his attitude. Monroe treated for
bruises, shock, cuts and a painfully
injured leg, would not permit attend
ants to touch him until all the others
^ere treated. Other passengers
were from Florida and several north-
eon^ states.
has new significance/’ said Itors. De-.
zerne. “It shows-that America stiU
remembers and honors topse who fell
m its defense twenty-three years ago;
that Americans stm believe that
America’s free way of life is worth
any sacrifice, and that toe spirit of
patriotism stilj burns strongly in
American hearts.
“The poppies grew on the battle
front in France where toe young
men of America defeated the mili
tary might of autocracy in a gallant
display of toe strength of aroused
democracy. When we wear them on
Poppy Day, their bright red blooms
will remind us that oUr democracy
has the strength to repcll any dang
ers if we will serve as to^ served.
There is in^iration for us all in the
poppy of great memories.
“The poppies which toe Auxiliary
will distribute here have been made
by disabled veterans at Oteen. All
Poppy Day workers will serve as
volunteers and all of the money con
tributed to them for the fiowers will
go into the welfare funds of the Aux-;
iliary to carry forward toe Auul-
iary’s work for the disabled, their
families and toe families of the dead:
during the year ahead.’’
Commencement
Program For
Flora Macdcmald
Tbe commehcemer^ program at
Flora Macdonald college, beginning
Saturday, May 24th, will be as fol
lows: Saturday morning—^Alumnae
day—the business meeting of the al
umnae association will be held in the
Epsilon Chi society hall at 11:30,
followed by the alumnae luncheon at
one o’clock in the college dining room.
Saturday evening at 8:15, class day
exercises will be held in the auditor
ium, followed by the capping cere
mony in front of the college.
On Sunday, May 25, the baccalaur
eate sermon will be preached by Dr.
Clare Purcell of Charlotte, Bishop of
Soutoeastern Jurisdiction of the
Methodist church. At 6:30 in toe
evening. President Emeritus C. G.
Vardell will conduct toe vesper ser
vice on the froflt lawn. At 8:15,
Rev. Malcolm Calhoun, pastor Q^he
St. Pauls Presbyterian church^vill
preach toe annual sermon befoiic toe
Flora Macdonald Christian Associa
tion.
Monday evening at 8:15. the com-
mencenifent concert will be given in
the college auditorium by students
of the Conservatory of Music, and
commencement exercises will be held
on Tuesday morning, May 27, at 10:30
when Dr. Shelton Phelps, president
of Winthrop college, in Rock Hill,
S. C., will make the address to toe
graduating class. Diplomas will be
presented by President H. G. Bed-
inger, and Dr. Vardell' will present
the Bibles, as usual.
TITIAN-HAIRED GUTlEt Hollywood’s newest Cinderella is Frances
Neal* red-iialred, 19 ^ars old, ihapdy* lordy and from Texas. Wit^
a wedt aiter be^ dgned to a movie contract fay RKO Radio, slie was
to the romantie leading nde in the studio’s thrfller comedy,
“Lady Searfaee,” opposite Dennis O’Keefe. Brief experience in little
theatre wosk* idns Ineseanable natnnd afaillty, led to her screen career.
T. B. Upchurch, Jr.
Offers Hehnet
For Army Use
Raeford Mian Obtains Patent On
Camouflaged Headgear With
Adjustable Colors.
Washington, May 16.—^T. B. Up
church, Jr., of Raeford, N. C., is con
vinced he has solved toe problem of
a camouflaged helmet for toe army.
Mr. Upchurch who was in Washing
ton today and who is a well-known
inventor, has obtained a patent on
a protective helmet which he has
invented.
He submitted it to toe War depart
ment for use in the field and received
a reply that it was probably not prac
tical, because it was not buUet-proof.
Mr. Upchurch told toe War depart
ment supply division that it has pver-
lObked toO~ mbst iihpOrtant ph^e Of
his invention iii toat it is entirely
bullet-proof and is just what is need
ed in this respect. Mr. Upchurch sub
mitted a design of his patent show
ing that it is constructed on a steel
mesh frame which is bullet-proof,
reinfpreed with cotton and a imge-
table compound with cotton and a
vegetable compound with some rub
ber in it, thus making it highly re
sistive.
Mr. Upchurch pointed out toat in
the battle of France, the French sol
diers soon learned toat they were
easy targets for toe Nazis because oL
their steel helmets dnd had to cover
them with burlap. Mr. Upchurch’s
invention is so constructed toati its
color is chaiUeleon-like and its color
can be adjusted to toe locality. Mr.
Upchurch hopes to make his inven
tion a contribution to national de
fense.
Col. Parker Describes
Field Artillery Training
Centers’s Aims, Deeds
Fort Bragg, May 20.—“Once the
Replacement Centers begin to deliver
the men, you should be able to> sleep
at night,” Lt. Colonel Edwin P. Park
er, Executive Officer of toe Field Ar
tillery Replacement Training Center,
Fort Bragg, told Artillery Command
ing Officers in a Field Artillery Jour
nal article published last week.
“It is toe purpose of those direct-
ihg the Replacement Center to send
you (Field Artillery outfits) a group
of men who first of all are com
pletely imbued with toat true dis
cipline which begets toe highest form
of teamwork, and who secondly are
.trained to tol particular places in
your miilitary team,” Lt. Colonel
Parker’s article said. It went on:
“It is^not too early to praise these
soldiers. Professional and ' trainee
have met with a remarkable under
standing.. The spirit of the Service
in toe cadres, and toe cheerful ac
ceptance of duty by toe trainees
have been mi inspiration.
Of course not all of toe equip
ment promised hai^ appeared. The
Replacement denter, Uke everybo^
else, has had to improvise to fill ga^.
Older Youth
Conference At
Millstone Camp ^
Boys and girls between the ages of
18 and 30 of Hoke county will have
an opportunity to attend toe older
youth conference which will be held
at Millstone 4-H camp May 29to,
through June 2nd, says A. S. Know
les. county agent This camp is lo
cated only 28 miles from Raeford in
Richmond county. The youth of this
section should take advantage of this
conference. The theme of toe pi
gram will be, “Youth’s Place In lo
ry’s Changmg World.” Outstand
ing speakers will discuss important
subjects. Those desiring to attend
this conference should contact toe
county or home agent
Officers Get 150
Gallon Copper
Liquor Still
Operators Sentenced To Serve
4 Months; Sentence Suspended
Upon Payment of Costs and
Still Fee.
Judge W. B. McQueen found Wad
dell Jones and Davis Jones, Indians,
guilty of owning a 150 gallon copper
liquor still and 150 gallons of beer
mash in county court Tuesday and
sentenced them to serve four montos
on toe roads on toe still ownership
charge and four months on the mash
charge.
The still was found on Little Raft
Swamp near Newton’s Pond by of
ficers of the sheriff’s department last
week and was raided by Sheriff Hod-
gin, deputies Wright and McNeill, at
Which-timte'toe Jones men wi^e taken
into custody. Charlie Fiirmage Jones
arrested at the same time, was clear
ed of any part in the illegal manu
facture.
Sentences were suspended by Judge
McQueen upon payment of court costs
and the $20 still fee.
Others facing toe court ’Tuesday
were: James Jones, operating a car
without license, 30 days, suspended
upon payment of costs; Herman
Smith, violating road laws, costs;
William Campbell, Allendale negro,
assault on Maggie MePhatter, negro,
4 months on roads, suspended upon
payment of costs and good behavior
for 12 months; Roosevelt Arnold,
pleaded not guilty to charges of vio
lation of prohibition laws, but was
found guilty and charged with toe
costs; Ernest Campbell was found
guilty of possession of non-tax paid
liquor and assessed the costs; Daniel
Mae Shaw was assessed costs for
possession of illegal liquor.
Modm* Of Dr.
P. P. McCain Dies
Sanatorium, May 21.—^Mrs. J. I.
McCain, of Due West, S. C., died
at the home of her son, Dr. P. P.
McCain, at toe North Carolina San
atorium early Saturday afternoon.
She was 81 years old.
Death was due to a heart attack and
was unexpected, althqugh she had
been in ill health for several weeks.
Just a week before her .death Mrs.
McCain returned with Dr. and Mrs.
McCain on their recent trip south to
recuperate at their home. ^
Mrs. McCain was the widow of Dr.
J. I. McCain, who was professor of
English at Erskine college for 48
yeSrs. ^he spent several months
each summer with Dr. McCain’s fam
ily at Sanatorium and had many
friends here.
Funeral services were held in Due
West at 4 o’clock on Simday after
noon,
Mrs. McCain is survived by one
brother, S. V. Todd, of Due West;
three sons. Dr. J. R. McCain of Ag
nes Scott college, Decatur, Ga.; Dr.
P. P. McCain of Sanatorium, and
Charles L. McCain of Birmingham,
Ala., and thirteen grandchildren.
Little Jimmy Raker, son of Mr.
attd Mrv; MUliird Bakei:, has meeaks.
Wheat Referendum .
On May Slst
Wheat farmers should take notice
that May 31st is toe date for toe ref
erendum. It will be held from 9:00
a. m. to 5:00. p. m. in toe coimty ag
ent’s office. Since toe county has a
small number of eligible wheat voters
only one voting place is necessary,
says A. S. Knowles, county agent.
All producers sharing in wheat on
farms that produce 200 bushels of
wheat are eligtole to vote. The
wheat supplies are so great toat farm
ers must vote favorably on quotas
in order for toe govehunent to sup-^
port wheat prices by loans. ,
NYA Area Office
Opened at Sanford
Establishment of an area office at
Sanford and the appointment of Mar
cus L. Ham, of Morven, as area di
rector to coordinate the activities and
program of toe National Youth Ad
ministration in 11 counties in this sec
tion composing Area six was ’ an
nounced yesterday by State Admin
istrator John A. Lang.
e area office, which will serve
Randolph, Chatham, Moore,
Montgomery, Anson, Richmond,
Scotland, Hoke, Harnett, and Cum
berland counties, will be located in
the Wilkins building.
Mr. Ham will organize and super
vise the entire NYA program of ac
tivity in toe area, which will be es
tablished with foiu* principal depart
ments in toe same manner as toe
State NYA Office, including work
projects, youth personnel, student
work and finance departments.
Mr. Ham is -a native of Morven,
a graduate of the University of N.
C. with A. B. and M. A. degrees.
For three years he served as teadier
and athletic coach at Greensboro city
schools since which time he has been
superintendent of schools at Morven.
Farmers Signing-Up
Rapidly Wi£
Government
L.- M. Lester reports that toe sign
ing up of land for army maneuvers
for this fall is coming along splen
didly. Already 50,000 acres have
been given oyer tor the use of these
maneuvers. 'Those farmers who have
not signed the necessary papers are
urged to go to Mr. Knowles’ office at
any time to sign them. In doing so
it will save Lt. Miner and 'Mr. Les
ter a great deal of trouble and tone
trying to look up farmers in order
to get toe necessary papers si^ed.
There will be a meeting Friday
right. May 23, at 7:30, in the Blue
.Springs community house. Not only
the farmers in toe Blue Springs
township area are urged to come, but
any ope is cordwlty. inyited to^ coHMJ
regardless of what township th^
may happen to live.
AutoWrediAt
Dimdarradi
Hurts Hve
Negroes Tom Across Paili Of
Robeson Officer’s Car BrivM
By Soldier.
Five men are patients in Fayette
ville hospitals as a result of a high
way accident Friday night near Dun-
darrach.
Henry Roy Bullard, Jr., victim of a
number of accidents in the past sev
eral years, received a fractured jaw
and severe lacerations and was tak
en to Pittman hospital while Pri
vates Fred Chason and Devron Gates
were in the post hospital at Port
Bragg with painful injuries. All of
these men are from Lumber Bridge,
Chason and Gates are with Com
pany L of the 120th Infantry, Fort
Jac^on and were at home on fur
lough at the time of the accident.
James Scurlock, negro of Shannon,
and Robert Smith, negro of Lumber
Bridge, were injured, both painfully.
According to officers of the Wake
county sheriff’s department and Pa
trolman Joe Murrill the negroes made
a left turn to leave the highway
directly into the path of the Chason
car. Private Chason is the son of
Rural Policeman Pete Chason, of toe
Robeson county police.
Amusement Company
Here This Week
The Central Amusement company
is here in Raeford and .will stay
through Saturday night. May 24th.
The organization carries four rid
ing devices and many amusements
for the entire family. It is said that
this is one of the cleanest shows of
its kind, on the road today—^just
good clean fun and modem rides.
Mr. Husted, manager of the con
cern, assures a good tone for every
one.
Coker’s Farm Tour
Hoike farmers wishi^ to tour Cok
er’s small grain farm shoidd notify
toe couAty agent’s office at once. The
tour will be beld May 27th. TOioie
making the trip ate adeed to be at
toe county agent’s office by 8:00 A.
M., on 27to, says A. S. Knowles,
county aicuit.
Supervisor’s School
A compliance supervisor’s school
was held yesterday and will end to
day. The boys of Hoke, Scotland,
and Robeson are' attend!^. Those
successful in their field work and
the examination of toe school will
measure farms for compliance under
toe soil conservation program, re-
piorts A. S. Knowles, county agent
It is hop^ that m&isurement of
cotton and tobacco will jprogress rap
idly so that farmers Win have an.of-
ficiid measurement within a few
weeks.
200 ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONAIRES
MAILED THIS WEEK
Questionaires have been mailed
this week to toe following:
401—Jethro Almond.
402,—^Willie Almond.
403— John Matthew Gelbreth.
404— ^Hubert Adams.
405— ^Levi McNeill.
406— Guss McKoy.
407— James Phillip Davis.
408— Sam Miles.
409— ^Neill McLean.
410— ^Hardy West Edwards.
411— ^Alvin Jerome Seaford.
412— ^William Taylor Sipfle.
413— ^William Elmore Davis.
414— ^Neil Cannady.
414— A—^Elijah James.
415— ^Willie Vinston McNeill.
416— ^Adell Watson.
417— ^Roy Brown Shockley.
418— ^Arthur Harrington.
419— ^Henry Hiram Edwards.
420— Spencer Gilchrist
421— ^Alexander Wallace.
422— Clarence Goodwin.
423— ^William Leonard McAllister.
424— ^Boger Edgar Maxwell.
425— ^William Mfuwin Gamer.
426— George Thompson.
427— ^Thomas Suddle Hennings.
428— ^Hubert Knox.
429— ^Louis Vempn Bedard'.
430— James Garfield Jones.
431— Julian Hardy Wright
432— Joe Goodwin, Jr.
433— Reuben Pate.
434— ^Nephie Franklin Luther.
435— Cleveland Jones.
436— ^Edgar Leander Green.
437— ^William Robert Koonce.
438— ^Wilbur Worth Bamq^
439— ^Harvey Robert Pow^.
440— ^Angus Hubert M£ensie.
441— Claude McKinley Green.
442— ^Tom Mdtoatt^.
443— George MtNeil.
444— ^Howard McCkmald.
445— Per^ Clevdand HoweUL
446— Robert Lee WHUams.
447— Edkiie Laifirenito WMdim* *.
448— Malcolm Ray MidWlL
449— MooeB
458-^vid XsiitliUfeiR.
Finals Held At
Sanatorium
Sanatorium, May 21.—Commence
ment exercises for the ten graduate*
of toe Norto Carolina Sanatorium
School of Nursing opened with a bac
calaureate sermon at the Commun
ity Church in Pinehurst on Sunday
evening. May 11 to. The pastor. Rev.
A. J. McKelway, spoke of toe work
cf Florence Ni^tingale and her suc
cessors in service to humanity. “The
Lady with toe Lamp,” he said, ex
emplified the Biblical admonition to
'fletyoqr light shine-before men.”
On TTiursday evening, Rev. R. E.
Brown, pastor of the Hay Street
Methodist church in Fayetteville,
gave the principal address at the
graduation exercises in the auditor
ium of the Sanatorium. He was in
troduced by Dr. C. D. Thomas, as
sistant supemtendent of the Sana
torium, who acted as master of cere
monies.
The speaker chose as his subject:
“Allies for Every Nurse.” The four
allies which insure success in the
nursing profession, he said, are an
understanding of people, a love of
beauty, a sense of humor and faito
in one’s calling.
During the exercises Dr. C. L. (Sray
of the Sanatorium staff sang several
selectons, which included “The Lord’s
Prayer” by Albert Hay Malotte*
“Duna” by Josephine McGill and toe
“Kashmiri Song” by Amy Woodforde-
Finden. The pianist 'was Miss Ruto
Jones, of Fayetteville.
Dr. P. P. McCain, superintendent
of the North Carolina Sanatorium,
awarded the diplomas to the grad
uates, who took their first two yearp
of training at the Sanatorium and
their third year’s work at the Moore
County Hospital in Pinehurst Di his
congratulatory message Dr. McCain
said that the nursing profession 'was
unsurpassed in opportunities for ser
vice to humanity and personal satis
factions.
In presenting toe school pins Dr.
C. R. Monroe, surgeon of toe Momre
county hospital, ^Kdce of toe sacri
fices and hard worii whidi tog grad
uates have cheofulty undergone »»»t
expressed toe cimvicffon toat tocy
would Gimtinue to assume
bilities happily and dwcrfuUy.
Rev. Harry K. Hotomd of Raefted
pronounced toe invbcatim- andt toe
benedictfam.
Artistic flower arrangements on
toe rostrum carried out the hospital
colors of green and gold.
Following toe exercises toe aud
ience was invited to a recaption at
toe nurses’ home, where^gradu-
ates received toe congratulatioas of
toe commenconent guests. The liv
ing rooms of toe nurses’ heme were
colorfully decorated with spring
flowers. The nursing staff
punch and an ice course during Ute
evening;
The following compose toe gradu-
attog tihns; Mistes Katoerine SBa-
beto Dost, Robersonvilte; Sv^yn Rob
erto Crowell, Hamtet; Nhikty Roto
^vid, Aberdeen; ERtabeto Mae Bare.
Cary; Ruth Dixon IBnma. Gotdeboco;
Donie Elizabeth Ritoardaw, btear
Bern; Mary Frances Rogers, MUr-
pby; Lula Lee Rogarson* Aalandar:
{Wtfy Margaret Ros^ Vtoston^tel-
enr, and LeUa Wrigbt tbabertand.
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