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HOKECOUNfT^ BEST ^ AI^EBTISING News-Journal Hie Holce County News The Hoke Journal xxxm NO. 41. RAEFOBD, N. C, THUBSDAY, MARCH 12th, 1S42 ILSSPEBnUI land Comes Oid For Place hi House -liocal Attorney Announces Can* ^ didacy as Representative Of ^mity. . G. B. Rowland, Raeford attorney and civic and church leader, an nounced yesterday his candidacy lor the state House of Representatives from Efoke county. Mr. Rowland, in making his announcement, said that he had no personal axes to grind in seeking the office, and that he in tended, if elected, to serve the best interests of coimty, state and nation. “I do not believe, that oiir . pres ent rejpresentative, Mr. Laurie Mc- Eachem, will again be a candidate,” he ^aid, “and many of my friends have come to me and asked that I offer for tiie office^ I have never considered running for the legisla ture tefore, because I have always been particularly busy heretofore during January and February when the body meets) with matters of the Fed»al Land Bank. However, I am no longer a member of the directors of the bank now, and will have ample time to devote to the office.” Mr. Rowland came to Hoke county in 1915, to stay for a few days, he said, and then he expected to go to the western part of the state to make his home. He just never did find the time nor *.he inclination to go west. He is a native of Columbus county and was rear^ in Warren county. He attended the Warren high school which was operated by the famous Graham family of educa tors, and was graduated from the law school of Wake Forest college in 1914. He opened his law office here the following year. In 1919 he naar- ried Miss SaUie Thogt^f^f l>urhah)^ who was a teacher schools. A charter membeP|||p|^^" club he has been active in it‘ since , 1^ with the exCBptipn_j^f three years. He was secretary of the Masonic lodge here for six yeats and for several years was chaiithan of the Hoke Chapter of. the Red Cross. He has been closely iddnti- ed with the religious life of the oimty and is a member of the board deacons of the Raeford Baptist church. , lifr. Rowland served as mayor of Raeford for 12 years and for eight years was solicitor of the county Re corder’s Court. For six years he Was a member of the board of di rectors of the Federal Land Bank, having relinquished the post in 1940. XUs oMimm wlO be devoted to the activities of file Bed Cross chapter of Hoke ooanto* Bev. E. C. Cmwford Is director of the pob- lidty fM* the diapter and will pre pare the copy cadi vrtA. TP get news of your oommunlty Bed Cross vmk in this colamn send your ma- t^lal to Bev. BBr. Crawford. Miss Clara Mae Gibson of Dun- darrach community will start a first aid class at Mildouson school house March 20th, beginning at 3:09 p. m. It is hoped that a large number of people will enroll for this class. The first aid class taught by Mrs. O’Briant at Blue Springs made a good beginning on Monday night, people may enroll in this class until Fri49y night of this week. Mr. White, principal or Hoke high school, has arranged to give the first aid course to every hi^ school pu pil in the county. The course will be taught diuring school hours by about twelve teachers, beginning March 18. Mrs. Ernest Campbell in her class in home nursing has twenty-five ladies enrolled. This is proving to be a most interesting class. Mrs. Marcus Smith and Mrs. Law rence McNeill will start another first aid class at Hoke county high school on Tuesday, March 17, 3:00 p. m. All ladies wishing to take this course will enroll at once. This will likely be the last first aid course taught this year. Red Cross sewing room is being opened in the home of Mrs. Jordan for the Pine Forest Demonstration dub, and the ladies of the Antioch Presbyterian church are planning to jljpen their sewing room at the church jtoon. Mr. White’s first aid course for en closed out Monday night with bout thirty-five men passing the course. KWH Consimiptioii Priori distance By Coopoative S^ws Gain Lumbee Electric Buys $6,000.00 Worth of Defense Bonds. The number of consumers of the Lumbee EHectric Membership coope rative showed a net gain of 15 for February over January and an in crease of total kilowatt hours sold to 56,294. it was reported by Supt. D. J. Dalton to the board of directors in session at Raeford Tuesday after noon. The gross income for January and Fd>ruary reached $6,330.33 and the net profit for the two months was $2,749.66, according to the report. Mr. Dalton stated that there were now in operation a total of 473 nules, with 1155 consumers, or 2.5 consum ers per mile. The per mile revenue for the month was $6.93. while the average bill was $2.86. Approve Loans The board approved plans for making loans to members of the cO' operative for the purpose of pur chasing and installing labor saving appliances and electric, farm equip ment. $11,000 is available for this purpose. Buy Bonds $6,000 in defense bonds were of dered purchased at the meeting. 'This purchase is to be made from sur plus funds in the operating account. Those attending the meeting were: Carl Alford, president, John Cad- dell, J. E. Morrison, Marshall New ton, J. McN. Gillis, Mrs. Luther Smith and C. L. Ballance. f te M Fire Destroys One Of Hoke’s Oldest Homes The Sinclair home, one of Hoke county’s oldest structures and a mod el of an early colonial style of archi tecture popular in this section for several generations, was destroyed by fire last week. Located in the Turnpike neighbor hood on the Wagram-Montrose road the house was built about 200 years go by one Mr. Graham. A genera tion or so later it was sold to Daniel atterson, whose son Archibald Pat erson occupied it. Archibald Pat terson’s daughter, Eliza, who married Neill Sinclair, T, inherited the prop erty. Title was then passed down to their son, John T. Sinclair who in turn passed it to the preesnt owners, Neill Sinclair, II, and his sisters. ' The house was built with four rooms on the first floor and two on the second of the main section. The kitch« Q^d dining room were in a separate structure connected to the other by » covered pordi, with an opehkig which was coUoqually known as a' “dogtrot.” Built high from the groimd, the wide rich pine wfere hand sawed and the nd ^er framing timbers were hewn. Dowell pins and nails made in the blacksmiths’ shops were used. The fire had advanced too far when 'ered for it to- be saved, but altont work of the neighbors saved a large feed barn and its contents. Presbyterian Air School Gets Second Quota Maxton, March 9. — Presbyterian Junior college has been granted an other quota in Secondary C. P. T. P. Aviation. The spring program of the C. P. T. has already begun in Primary and in the first quota of Secondary. Several openings remain to be filled in die second Secondary quota. Under the new government regulations, all costs of the C. P. T. aviation are paid except an insurance f€«. Interested young men itiiould contact Presbyterian Junior college at (Mice. Truck Kills Fine Mule of John K. McNeill Tuesday A fine mule, said td be. the property of John K. McNeill was struck and killed by a large motor van on route 15A south of R-icford Tuesday morn ing. No damage was done to the vehicle, according to reports. The mule had got loose from his pasture and was wandering along the roadside, according to witnesses, and started to cross the highway suddenly at the time of the accident. Balfour Attends WPB Commissioners Meetinsr In Capital N. H. G. Balfour, chairman of the board of commissioners of Hoke coun ty and president of the state associa tion of county- commissiraers, is in Washington this week attending a conference called by the War Pro duction Board. Subjects to be con sidered at the conference include se curing priorities for materials for use by county and mimicipality govern ments. Miss Maxwell Clerk of Hoke Ration Board To Aid Faim Machinery Repair The farm machinery repair pro gram in Hoke county will be speeded up by the recent acticm of the War Production Board in amending pre ference rating No. P-100 to extend priority assistance to the repair of agricultural machinery, according to J. M. McGougan, chairman of the County USDA War Board. The farmer who repairs his own equipment or the local repairman or blacksmith who does it for him, noW may apply for an A-10 priority rat ing to obtain welding rods, bar iron, nute, bolts, rivets, or other material that pannot be obtained without a priority rating and is used for re pairing farm machinery, the chair man said. He pointed out that while there is no guarantee that an A-10 rating will be sufficient to obtain delivery of all types of repair supplies, containing critical materials, the order will be beneficial to the farm machinery re pair program. To apply the preference rating for deliveries of materials, a farmer or repairman copies and signs, on the original and all copies of the pur chase order, the following statement: “Material for maintenance, repair, or operating supplies, rating A-10, under preference rating order No. P-100, with the terms of which I am familiar.” (Signature) When an order for repair material bearing this preference rating is placed with a dealer or supplier, the supplier may in turn pass this rating on to the manufacturer or jobber to obtain material to replace his stock, Mr. McGougan declar^. Miss Marion Maxwell, secretary of the. civilian defense board for the past several months, assumed the du ties of clerk to the rationing board of Hoke coilnty this week, it was an nounced by Ryan McBiyde, chair man. The board now handles all appli- actions for new tires, retreading or recapping of used tires and all ap plications for the purchase of new automobiles. It is expected, too, that as soon as the first set of sugar rationing cards are distributed through the schools, the additional, sugar and other ra tioning cards will be handled by this agency. Emerfirency Service School for Scouts Hoan Of O. C. D. Speaker At Group Meetihgs Raleigh, March 11.—Small cities and towns in coastal states, like North Carolina, are as apt to be bombed from the air as some of the bigger places. But the smaller cities are not well organized to take care of ci^dlian defense. In a series of meetings around North Carolina, mayors and other officials of the little cities and the big cities are getting together to see what can be done about it Officers of civilian defense organizations and members of boards of county com missioners have also been invited to attend. Six meetings are being held, according to C. W. Smedberg, pres ident of the North Carolina League of Municipalities which is sponsor ing the series for local government officials. The meetings are being held at Burlington March 12, Green ville March 13, Fayetteville March 16, Charlotte March 17, Asheville March 18, and Hickory March 19. The Hickory and Burlington meetings begin at 3:30 in the afternoon, and include supper. The others begin at 2:30. Smedberg, who is city manager at Greensboro, announced that Daniel W. Hoan, Field Representative of the Washington Office of Civilian De fense will speak at each meeting. Hoan was mayor of Milwaukee for 24 years before becoming a national figure in civilian defense work. Plans For Annual SandhiU Steeplechase Races March 21st The Western District Emergency Service School for Scouts and scouters will be conducted in Laur- inburg scout hut beginning Monday night, March 16, at 8:00 and con tinuing each Monday night for three nights. Scouts and scouters who take this indoor course and the 36 hour train ing course at Laiurel Hill on April 24-25 will qualify for enrollment in the local corps unjt. Scouts who are not 15 will be en rolled in an Apprentice Unit. All scouts and scouters in the dis trict are urged to attend all these sessions. First Aid Class For Firemen-Air- Raid Wardens Ends Hoke Democratic Committee Meets irrmi liwanis Speaker. W. R. Barrington, Jr., of the U. S. Navy and an eyewitn^ to much of the Pearl Harbor. incident, was the speaker at. the Kiwanis 'clid> last Thxusday. Young Barrington gave [ ^ a most interesting account of the ac- :^^/tion of December 7th and answered ^ some of the questions whidi were * asked by members of the club.> He ^^‘^Br^showed, also, a numbw of photo graphs which -he .had tak^- on cruises during his nearly four' years in the service.. The Hoke CountyriDemocratic Ex ecutive committee met at the court house Tuesday night. They recom mended to the . State Board of Elec tions J. W. McPhaul, Sr., and Craw ford Thomas as the two Democratic members of the Board of Elections for Hoke county. TIN CANS. WILL BE AVAILABLE. Deliveries of tin cans for hmne canning will not be alleetod by the recent enrtaOmait order, since the Government hopes that an in crease in home preserving will relieve pressntie oh cunmerelal canners. Members of the Raeford fire de partment and of the airraid war dens unit of tile civilian defense or ganization concluded a course in first aid Monday evening when they took their •“final” examinations. The class was taught by Prot. R. White, principal of the Hoke hi|di school. For the excellence of his in struction members of ^ the class pre sented to Mr. White, not. the time- honored apples, but two complete first aid kits, one for home u^ and the other for his car. Members of the class were: Millard^ Baker, W. D. Brown, Al ton Cameron, Tom Cameron, R. L. Carter, W. J> Coates, E. C. Crawford, A. K. Currie, W. V. Dark, Carson Davis, M. C. Dew, P. D. Dezeme, H. L. Gatlin, Jr., H. A. Greene, D. H. Hodj^. Clarence Lytch, L Mann, Bruce Morris, K. A. MacDonald, Neil Me- Fadymi, H. C. MieLauchlin. L. S. Mc Millan, J. D. McNeill, J. t. McNeUl, W. C. Odom, K E. Smith, N. MdNair Smith, W. E. Street, Jr. C. F. Tapp, C. L. Thomas, J. B. Thomas, C. E. Upchurch, Lewis Up- churdi, Harvey Warlick, J. W. Willis, Carl Morris. Southern Pines, hfrirch 11.—With the arrival early in the week of Richard Wallach, Jr., racing secre tary of the Sandhills Steeplechase and Racing Association, brush and timber jumps at the Barber Estate Course, midway between Southern Pines and Pinehurst, are now being put in shape for the Eighth Annual Race Meeting Saturday, March 21st. It will open the national circuit which goes from here to Camden, S. C,, for the Carolina Cup Race Saturday, March 28th, ending the eastern circuit with the Virginia Gold Cup at Warrenton, Va., and the Whitemarsh Hunt at Broad Axe, Pa., May 2nd. Officials today announced a five race card with purses totaling '$3,- 600.00. The races are being given in benefit of -the U. S. Navy Relief So ciety and the Moore County Hotpital, a local institution. ^ . The feature race will be for the Sandhills Challenge Cup, three miles over timber course, for a trophy to be presented by Verner Z. Reed, Jr., of New York hi memory of the late Noel Laing, former secretary of the Association. Another race attrac ting a large entry is the Yadkin Steeplechase, two miles over bush, •with purses totaling $1,550.00, for four year olds and up. The card opens with the Catawba, one and one-half miles over hur dles; second is the Croatan Steeple chase, two miles over brush for non winners; third is .the Sandhills Chal lenge Cup Race; fourth is’ the Yadkin Steeplechase; fifth is the Randolph Memorial Cup Race, one mile on the fiat, for cup to be presented by Mrs. Phtiip S. P. Randolph, Sr., in memory of her late husband, one of the coun try’s well known owners. Entry blanks were mailed out ear lier in' the week and will close on Wednesday, March 11th. Mr. Wal lach is 'exp^ffinig a large oitry in all five evmito. Demands are already being made for piacking space and crowd of up^jvard of fifteen thousand Is expected. Registrants With Dependents May Get Commissions Survey To Get Many Tire$ For Hdce Durs Over 50 Per Cent of Cars bi Two Towndiips 4ccr0dited to Ott er Counties. First reports from surveys being made by the county tax listers show that fuUy fifty per cent of the cars owned in some townships of Hoke county have been accredited to other counties by the state tire rationing board. Many additional tires are ex pected to be added to the county quotas when the survey is complet ed, according to John A. McGoogan who is sui>ervising the survey. Because so many persons living in the county receive their mail on rural routes served by postoffices in other counties, those coimties have been given credit for many cars which are actually owned by Hfice residents. This survey, completed in Allendale to-wnship, showed that only 8 car& were accredited to the township while there were actuaUy 96 cars owned in the township. In Quewhiffle, with the survey still in complete, 109 cars were accredited to the area while there were actually 164 in the township. Or in the two sections of 260 cars owned by Hoke residents 143 were accredited to other coimties, and the communities receiv ed allotments from the rationing boards based on only 117 cars. Raleigh, March 11.—^The War De- paitment has announced that in the near future Selective Service regis trants who have been deferred sole ly because of dependency -will be given an opportunity to qualify as officer candidates by volunteering for induction through Selective Service, it was stated today by General J. Van B. MettS, State Director of Sel^- tive Service. This policy will make it possible for registrants who have dependants to obtain commissions, if they can qualify themselves for commission, and thereby enable them to serve in the armed forces of the nation in this hour of grave emergency, and at the same time take care of their de pendents, the Director stated. Pending the formulation of pro cedure with respect to this matter, registrants desiiing further informa tion regarding their opportunity to volunteer for this purpose were ad vised by the Director to file their names and addresses with their local boards. 1917 Registered For Civilian Defense Work While complete returns have not been received, 1917 persons of Hoke county have registered for Civilian Defense work, according to tabula tions compiled by the county office through yesterday, stated Miss Mar ion Maxwell, secretary of to C. D. board. Cards are still being received and workers classified, it was said. Mrs. .Carlton Earl Niven left Tues day for Washington, D. C:, where she has accepted a position. Manual Training Class To Build Ladders As a part of their training mid to aid in the civilian defense program the manual training class of the Hoke county high sdiool will build ladders for citizens for the costs of the ma terials. J. W. Dowd, instructor of the class, announced that his boys would be glad to build the ladders as one of their projects, particularly since a laddo^ for each home was one of the prindpal itmns necessary in extingr uishing incendiary bombs. Applicatons for ladders may be made to Mr. Dowd or to H. L. Gat lin, Jr., cbairman of the county civ ilian defense unit. Rationing Board Report Tire and tube permits were issued to the following this week: Roland Covington, Raeford, transportation ofr fuel, 2 tires for trailer. D. W. Jack- son, route 2, Vass, hauling roofing, 2 tires, 2 tubes for truck. The following were issued certifi cates for acquisition of new passenger automobiles purchased cm dr before January 1, 1942; Lt. E. Bruce Jan uary, C. A. Lilly, Carl Morris, and Herbert McKeithan, of Raeford, N. C. Only Two Cases Heard In County Court Tuesday The lightest docket for many months was quickly dispatched Tues day when Solicitor Graham G. Dick son presented only two cases for trial before Judge W: B. MQueen hr tiie county court Tuesday. Oddly enough the state’s witness in the first case became the defend ant at the bar in the second. Alex Stephens, colored, was in dicted two weeks ago for breaking and entering the home of Robert Stewart, colored, in McLauchlin township. Stephens pleaded not guilty but the court found the evi dence sufficient to bind him over un der $200 bail for Superior court Rcrfiert Stewart was found guilty of larceny of wood this week from the lands of J. W. Scull. His sen tence of 3 months on the roads was suspended on payment of the costs and $10. Soil Conseiyatioii District Organized Plans for the Soil Cmservatim District, which includes Hoke, Rob eson and ScotUmd, were coniiiletod last Monday in Lumoerton. Carl Riley, of Tlmberland, and Crawford Thomas of 7’-^'tford are the two di rectors .(uke county. Mr. Thom as is also sacrctsry of the board. The other directors are T. J. Smith, chair man, Z. V. Pate, vice-chairman, of Robeson and O. G. Matthews of Scotland The district office willNhe in Lumberton. In addition to select ing officers, the board awroved of the plan of woric ihat was set up for this district. There will be a man In each county who will be available on request. The main objectives of the organ ization are to prevent soil erosion and omserve soil fertility. The dis trict will assist farmers on request in working out nil rotation and dMS- ifying soil cm. forms. Farmers Urged To Sign Peanut Applications County Agent T., S. Knowles is urging farmers to make applications and sign certificates certifying that peanuts or soybeans will be used for oil purposes. Certificates may be had at the county agent’s office. This must be done before they can be or dered from the Commodity Credit Corporation. Group From Hoke Inducted Last Week At Fort Bragg The following men were inducted into the army at Fort Bragg last week, according to the office of toe Hoke ounty draft office. They re ported last Wednesday. Joseph Alexander Livingston, Bernice Autry Haywood, Nephie Franklin Luther, Neill D. MrMiiiM. Nolan Archibald McGill, Muidodc John McDuffie, Samud Lacy Bay, Bill McGirt, Hairy TlBmaa Site, Luther McGirt, John I^ea Stephana, Holt Marvin Johnson, Paul qro- son, Woodrow Blue. Sister Of Dr. G. W. Brown Passes Dr. G. W. Brown was notiSed Tuesday of toe deato of his sister, Mrs. J. L. Phillips, of Trinity, in Ran dolph ooimty. Dr. Brown and W. Ik Brown attended die funeral yester day (Wcilnaaday). Am Bam WABNINGS FOB WABNINQ SIGNAlr-A for an ateal raii ar te a alart. Vatnlihlil atent ate ALL-GUAB SKOIAL — 4 '
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