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The Hdfe County Journal
yoLUME xxxvn. no. 12.
BAEFOSD^N. C, TBURSDAY, JULY 24tli, 1941.
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Port of Spain, Trinidad, July 17,
1941.—Captain Betts, conunanding
officer of Headquarters Battery, 2nd
Bn., 252nd Coast Artillery, called me
the other day just after the air mail
from the States had been distributed.
He said “What are these ghost stories
you've been writing home?”
I was immediately curious to know
just what he was talking about,
and to satisfy this curiosity he hand-
€d me a letter from a member of the
family of one of the men in his bat-
I tery. The woman who wrote it was
A, very distressed, as the boy she was
Interested in had not written home in
some time and she said that she
had seen an article in the paper by
Lt. Paul Dickson to the effect that
forty-seven men of the 252nd were
in the hospital with malaria fever
and tiiat two others were being sent
home because they were crazy from
the “unbearable” conditions down
^ here.
At the outset I say that, these
are the^ first words I have written
for any paper since I have been in
Trinidad. A letter I wrote my mother
from the American Legion was
published, but it was written prior
to our landing here. I have also
not written any facts at all to the
United States about conditions here.
However, since I am being quoted any
way, I shall tell a few facts about this
place and about our life here in order
that in the future I may at least
be quoted correctly.
! In the first place only four men
of the 252nd have returned to the
United States from the Trinidad Base
Comnumd. Of these, three wrat home
because the authorities here were
convinced that circumstances existed
at their homes which caused them
to be needed there. The other was
sent back with an illness in no way
tropical (nor venereal) for the
i reason ,that hot^ital .facilities H|jhei!«‘
were consideri^ better to deal with
his particular case.
In the second place the physcial
condition of the men who are here
1 is generally good. There are some
of cowse—there would be
H^^^nyn^ere—but in no greater pro
portion than there would be on a
post in North Carolina. As far as
ipalaria and mosquitoes aoe con
cerned, there are not as many mos-
I quitoes here in this camp as there
are on my front porch in Raeford
4)lenty of nights during the summer.
At some of the other camps there are
more but the anopheles or malaria-
^carrying type is in the minority. Most
of them are the same sort of mos
quitoes you have up there, mere!,
pests. All precautions are taken as
far as each man and officer is con
cerned to protect him from mos
quitoes.
As to these bogus bogies we build
up among ourselves for the fun of
it the way we have certain houses
“ha’nted” at home, it seems that
some of the folks back there have
been taking very seriously the news
that vampires were )iable to suck our
blood and run us crazy almost every
night. When I was a kid I had plenty
of the colored folks and the older
people tell me the same sort of
stories about what would get me if
I went out in the dark and the like.
Well, this is almost a parallel as
those tales were probably based on
activities of the Ku Klux Klan long
before and these are based on fhe
actual existence of a vampire bat.
This bat used to carry rabies
give it to humans. It hasn’t happened
in several years now, although a bat
was killed a year and a half or
two years ago with rabies. Of many
bats WUed in the last few years no
others have been found carrying the
rabies germ. If someone does happen
to get bitten by one. Dr. Peywan, a
government doctor her^JAm a serum
which is a sure prevenii^ in case the
old vampire is really as bad as he’s
cracked up to be—and the odds are
a thousand to one he won’t be. In
the case of the snakes which are
talked about here, we have contacted
fewer poisonoi|s (snakes than we
would have rattlers and cottonmouth
moccasins under like circumstances
at home.
Having told you as nearly as I
could the straight story of the evils
around here. I’ll now teli you about
some of the things we have here to
make life a little better. We do have
theih, in spite of the fact that the
Equator and the Amazon jungles are
hot over a few hundred miles from
ns and that some of our more home
sick comrades are blind to these
good things at times. /
In ,the first place, the climate here
uulmuevably pleasant to g perton
)m^the temperate ztules. The
Hoke To Hgve
Rural Policeman
Mr. J. A. McGoogan, County
Auditor, has announced that the
County Commissioner have decided to
put. a rural policeman into service
in this county. This officer will go
into service in September and will
be a full-time man. He will patrol
the whole county and his duties will
be to uphold law-and-order all over
the coimty. It is pot yet known who
this officer wiU be, but the Com
missioners have several names under
consideration and expect to make
a selection and iron out the details
in August sessions.
Almninum Needed
For Defense
A. S. Knowles, chairman of the
Hoke county drive for Aluminum for
Defense says that every person in
Hoke county should make an effort to
give all the aluminum that can possi
bly be found. He states further that a
receiving station will be located in
front of the Courthouse. Those having
aluminum should carry it to this
assembly point.
Old pots and pans will comprise
the bulk of the aluminum, but there
are many other articles. Mr. Knowles
says to bring it to the receiving
point whether it be large or small
He says that the campaign will close
on Monday, July 28.
Gladys and Tracy Monroe are
spending this week in the mountains
of Western North Carolina. .
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from'^e temperate zpfies. The
mean or average temperature on the
Island of Trinidad for the year round
is from eighty to tMi^ty-five degrf>«i>
fahrenheit. That’s.^Ote ''
have to take mjjsyii^ fcrj ‘
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up in your atlas or geography book.
While the sun is pretty hot through
the day, the nights are invariably cool
and comfortable.
For recreation the boys have a
softball league, or rather two leagues,
and play regularly scheduled games
three times a w^k- At the end, of thp
leasini
the fiag winnOr in each league for the
base championship. To date “D” Bat
tery of the 252nd is tiie only unde
feated team in either league.
Another much patronized form of
recreation is the movies. The 'War
Department has installed a theatre
everywhere there are troops and, five
pictures are shown each week. They
are the same pictures the folks at
home are seeing with Mickey Mouse,
Popeye, Donald Duck, and plenty of
American newsreels thrown in.' We
even saw ourselves in a newsreel a
couple of weeks ago.
Each Sunday large groups of the
troops are taken on excursions to
various points of interest on and near
"^rinidad. Picnic lunches are carried
amTShsmany of these trips the boys
get to's^nd some time on the beau
tiful tropical beaches. This form of
amusement is rapidly growing in
popularity with the men.
Last Wednesday night the men of
252nd had a big buffet supper fol
lowed by a dance in their mess hall
here. The girls for these affairs are
contacted through the Soldier’s and
Sailor’s CHub and are fine girls. The
club, incidentally, is run in much the
same fashion as the Service Centers
in the States. I understand that a
company-of the Infantry is planning
another such affair for one night this
week.
One of the biggest occasions since
we have been here was the mammoth
Independence Day celebration staged
by all American Forces in Trinidad.
The men took part in contests, athle
tic and otherwise, during the morning
and afternoon. At noon the Command
ing General of the Trinidad Base
Command, the Governor General of
Trinidad, and the American Forces in
Trinid&d took part in the impressive
forty-eight gun Salute to the Union.
The day wound up with a big fire
works display in the evening, the
first, I am told, since the war began.
^ wind up this little session
it imght be well to mention our actual
living accomodations here. We are
quartered in the same sort of tents
and sleeping on the same sort of
cote and mattresses that we started
out last September. Our food is man
about the same and we have a Baptist
preacher of our own to listen to
every Sunday in our own chapel.
It is my hope that what I.have said
will help North Carolina folks to
realize that we are not faring so
badly here. Some of us get home-
times and some of us more
than others, but we’d do that any
where we were kept away from home
several months at a stretch. Then,
too, when some Of us are missing
our girls back home real badly we
carry the old soldier’s beefing a
little further than we mean to. The
people there shouldn’t get the idea
from that that we can’t take it as well
as the Regular soldiers with whom
we are working. We haven’t quite
got used to it maybe, but we’ll take
it aU right, and the OW Sergeant wOl
’“I® Proiid of us when we get back.
Red Cross
Sewing Roan
Schedule
Mrs. H. A. Cameron, Red Cross
.chairman iii Hoke County, has an-
noimced the following sch^ules' for
the Red Cross Sewing Rooms for this
and next week. Mrs. Camerop asks
that the ladies of the county please
bear these dates in mind and report
on the proper days.
July 22-25, Mrs. J. W. Crawley,
Supervisor.
Rockfish—Tuesday, July 22
Raedeen—^Thursday, July 24
.^endale—^Tuesday, July 29
Mildouson—Tuesday, July 29
Wayside—^Thursday, July 31
Antioch—-Thursday, July 31
Little River—Thursday, July 31
Presbyterian Circles
Number 2—Mrs. J. L. McNeill,
Friday, July 25.
Number 3—^Mrs. Ernest Camp
bell, Friday, August 1. *
Methodist Circles
Mrs. Mitchell Epstein,
July 28
Baptist Circles.
Pearl Johnson and Eli
Wednesday, July 23.
Business Women’s and Pearl John
son, July 30.
Signed: Mrs. H. A. Camermi
•'TADPT FUNNY, MeGEEl** Jim and Marioo Joidaa (Fibber MeGem
lutm MoUy) are now working in RKO Radio’s riotona comedr, “Look
Wko’o Langking,” in wfcidi iker star with E«^ar Bergen, Charlie Me
Carlkr and Lneille BaD. Adranw ’Snahes” of the show which hare
reached New York indicate that they deUver their radio brand of conn
ody repartee eren more effeetireljr on the screen.
Monday,
Young, Soji Conservation
Friday-Saturday
Htdte Catde To
Be Tested For
Bang’s Disease
Testing ofi cattle in Hoke County
for Bang’s disease was started yes
terday by Dr. R. D. Rodgers, veter-
narian for the Bureau of Animal
Industry, United States Department
of Agriculture, according to A. S.
Knowles, county agent Farmers
who have any cattle are asked to co-
^1^ -ip teotedi:
This wiU not cost the farmer, biit it
will mean much to those having cattle
to know that their cattle are free of
this disease.
Three-fourths of the counties in
North Carolina have completed this
work, acoording to Mr. Knowles.
The county commissioners are co
operating in this disease campaign
by furnishing a helper. It is expected
that the work will be completed in
Hoke County by October. If any
cattle are overlooked in any com
munity it should be* reported at
once to the county agent.
Light Docket In
Recorder’s Court
. Only three cases came before the
recorder this week, all others being
continued because the principals, or
the chief witnesses could not be
found. James W. Hardy, of Little
River, was charged with abandon
ment and desertion. The court con
tinued the case indefinitely on the
condition that he pay $10 monthly
for the support of his child.
Leonard Scriven was charged with
assaulting Andrew Melvin with a
deadly weapon, to wit, an ax. The
court found probable cauge and
bound him over to Superior Coui't.
Mary Young and Alberta Monroe,
who were charged with affray and
assault, and pleaded guilty, were
sentenced to sixty days in'jail, sen
tence to be suspended on payment
of the cost and a fine of ten dollars.
Alberta Monroe paid the fine and
costs, proving that a razor is just
as effective as a knife.
Medtodist Notes
The summertime Sunday Sdiool
Contest is in full swing at the Raeford
Methodist Church. The Men’s Class
and the Fidelis Class are in a close
race. We invite you to enroll in our
sdiool if you are not already enrolled
elsewhere.
Preaching at the Raeford Methodist
Church Sunday morning; Union
Service at the Baptist Church, Sun
day night with Rev. E. C. Crawford
preaching; Mr. Thumm will also
preach at the Raeford Mill Chapel
Sunday night.
Friday and Saturday, July 25 and
26, are the days set for holding the
referendum which is to determine
whether a soil conservation district
is to be established in Hoke County,
according to a statement by A. S.
Knowles, county agent. The voting
will take place at the county agent’s
office.
The proposed conservation district
will include the counties of Hoke,
Cumberland, Robeson, and Scotland.
It will be known as the Pee-Dee-
Cape Fear Soil Conservation District.
Hoke farmers ETave an opportunity
to get a service in the coimty without
costitothe^tatek county,, or mdivlduai
farmer. Some of the services offered
through the district may be listed as
building terraces to check erosin,
encourage the planting of more
cover crops to control wind erosin,
plant and protect forests, assist with
a definite crop rotation to insure better
farming practice, make soil tests,
and give correct fertilizer recom
mendations. There are other services
which are too numerous to mention,
stated Mr. Knowles.
Farmers very often get the idea'
that the Soil Conservation District
is a part of the AAA program, but
this is not true, said Mr. Knowles.
The program has nothing to do with
adjustment or allotments; however,
it may assist in earning payments by
planing some recommended crops
or following a program of erosin
control. The purpose of the district
is to control erosin on the farms of
Hoke County. Every farm in the
county has some problems that need
the soil conservation district.
Ballots have been mailed to all
land owners. If the land owners think
that this type of program will benefit
them or their neighbors, they should
vote for the district. Each ballot
voted must be marked and signed.
Ballots must be returned not later
than Saturday, July 26. Voting will
take place in the county agent’s
office also on the 25th and 26th.
Several ballots voted by land owners
may be returned in the same enve
lope. At least 51 percent of those
voting must favor the establishment
of a district before the vote is car
ried. A large vote must be cast in
order to justity the creation of the
District.
Baptist Church Notes
Sunday School 9:45
Morning Worship ll:0d
Union Service at the~ Baptist
Church, Bro. Crawford preaching.
J. E. Reamy, Pastor.
Mrs.^ Keith, of Keith’s ‘ Beauty
Shop, is oq her vacation this week.
She will spend part of her time with
h» mother, Mrs. Thomas, in Cai^e-
ron. Mrs. Lelia Boyle, is aMij^ting
in t^e Beauty Shop while Mrs. Keith
is away. ,
Hunting and Fishing
Licenses Now On Sale
Due to the fact that 1941-42
hunting and fl.shing licenses are void
after July 31st, the 1941-42 licenses
are now on sale with agents who sold
them the past season. Those desiring
to purchase their hunting licenses
early, will 'also find thjsse available.
However, placing these licenses on
sale at this time, does not give
anyone the privilege of hunting
before the opening of the hunting
season as set forth by the North
Carolina Game Laws.
H. R. McLean, County Game
and Fishing Protector.
Five Traffic
Fatalities hHdce
This Year
Five traffic fatalities were charged
to Hoke County in a report issued this
week by the Highway Safety Division
covering the fi.rst six months of
this year.
This report showed a grim toll
of 545 human lives reaped on North
Carolina streets and highways the
first half of this year, against 363
persons killed in the same period
last year. This increase of 50 per cent
is well above the increase for the
country as a whole.
In the face of this steadily rising
slaughter, ten North Carolina coun
ties succeeded in having clean traffic
fatality records for the six-mOnths
period; these being Alexander, Alle
ghany, Avery, Camden, Cherokee,
Dare, Hyde, Jones, Polk and Yanc^r.
Nineteen counties with 10 or more
traffic deaths each accounted for an
almost even 50 per cent of the total.
These were; Wake, with 29; Cumber
land with 24; Mecklenburg, 22; Guil
ford, 20; Buncombe and Columbus,
18 each; Halifax and Durham, 14;
Robeson, 13; Rockingham and Ala
mance, 12; Davidson and Gaston,ll;
and Harnett, Henderson, Johnston,
Pender, Sampson and Wilson.
Fifty-seven of the 100 counties in
the state showed increases over the
first half of last year.
The greatest increases were re
corded in Wake, Columbus, Cumber
land, Henderson, Halifax and Rock
ingham.
The report showed further that
94 persons were killed in traffic
accidents in the state during the
month of June. This was a 50 per cent
increase over the 62 traffic deaths in
the state last June. The state’s 1941
traffic toll to date is averaging three
lives a day.
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Alnmimiiii To Be
Gadiered h
Comity This Wedc
Josephine Hall and A. S. Knowles,
Home and Farm Agents, respective
ly, are lending a helping hand in the
aluminum gathering campaign in
Hoke County this week. Die people
of the county were asked to bring
any old aluminum not in use to Farm
and Home Field Day at the ball park
on Wednesday. A pen has also been
placed in front of the Court house
and people in the County who have
not yet brought in aluminum may
bring their articles there.
On Friday, at three o’clock p. m.,
the Raeford Theater is running a
special matinee in cooperation with
the drive and any one bringing in
a good sized article of alumnium will
be admitted free.
Miss Hall and Mr. Knowles say
“Anything that’s made of aluminum
will do. Aluminum is light in weight
and will not rust. Pots and pans,
toys, salt and pepper shakers, hair
cmlers, kettles, double boilers,
picture frames, old ice trays, measur
ing cups, jar caps, and dozens of
other articles we use everyday are
made of aluminum. A careful search
of pantries, basements, and other
storage spaces will probably reveal
many items no longer useful to the
owner but that will help increase
our present aluminum supplies. The
purpose of the campaign is to supply
the large amount of aluminum needed
for the production of defense equip
ment, especially fighting planes.”
The people of the county are
urged to take part in the campaign
just as are the people in the othw
counties and states this week.
Prizes Offered For
Attendance At
District Meetings
John McGoogan
Loses Secretary
Mr. J. A. McGoogan, Hoke County
Auditor, sorrowfully told the editor
that his office in the future will not
be nearly so attractive, in that Miss
Frances Campbell, in the past his
secretary, will begin working for
the Baxdc of Raeford in the future.:
The Guilford County Farm Bureau,
through its President, George Sock-
well, announced today that it was
offering a grand prize of $15.00 to
the county in North Carolina with
the largest attendance at any of the
four Farm Bureau Meetings to be
held a Asheville, July 22nd; Greens
boro, July 23rd; Gastonia, July 24 a.;
and Greenville, July 25th.
In addition to the grand prize, there
will also be given a first prize of
$10.00 and a second prize of $5.00
to the county with the largest attend
ance at any one of the four district
meetings.
The largest attendance score will
be based on both mileage and number
present from the county. The total
score for a county will be calculated
by multiplying the number present
by the mileage from the county
agent’s office to the place of meeting.
Mr. Sockwell stated today “The
Farm Bureau is bringing to North
Carolina for these meetings some of
the outstanding Agricultural Leaders
in the United States, including J. B.
Hutson, President of the Commodity
Credit Corporation and Walter Rand
olph, President of the ■ Alabama
Farm Bureau. ’These two Ibmmf
perhaps more about tobacco —
cotton than any two men in flie
United States.The farmers of Nortti
Carolina should take this opportunity
to hear a full discussion off the agri
cultural problems of the Day.”
Orthopedic Clinic
To Be Held Fridaiy
The Orthopedic Clinic will be
held in the basement of the Agri
culture Building in Lumberton on
Friday, August 1st, beginning at 9
o’clock, and is free to all indigan^
children under twenty-one'years of
age.
Or. O. L. Miller of (Charlotte will
be the surgeon in dhaiga
Owner And
Tenant Meeting
The Farm Security .Administration
is planning to hold a meeting in the
Courthouse in Raeford, Friday night,
July 25th at 8 o’clodi, for land-
owners and tenants of Hoke County.
The purpose of the meeting is to
work out plans for mutually aiding
each other and also for cooperating
in a better soil conservation program.
You are invited to attend and also
to express your views as to mutual
problems confronting owners mid
tenants and suggest remedies for
them.
Cotton Stamps To
Be Issued Soon
Cotton order stamps will start
being issued from the county agent’s
office this week, accort^ to county
agent, A. S. Knowles. ApproximatOy
$10,000 in stamps will be given cotton
farmers who cooperated by reducing
their cotton acreage.
Farmers are asked not to come to
the county office for stamps until
notified, as stamps will only be
issued on certain 9®cifled days. Ifr*
Knowles’ notice wOl give ttw data
lor delivery.
The Government has announced a
national effort to prevent fruits
vegetables from going to waste thi>
summer by promoting full uae^
canning, drying, or stcragp of
foods.
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