GRAYS iRRIVE
HERE FOR SPRINGi TRAINING
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Bf&teHt Game With Ft.
Bragg Team Here On
Wednesday, April 8th
Spencer Abbott Begins 38th Sea
son As Minor League Manager;
Three Places To Be Filled.
The Williamsport Grays, champions
4 the Eastern League, arrived in Rae-
lord Sunday. They began their spring
training in Raeford park Monday
morning under the direction of Spen
cer Abbott, the mentor who during
the past 38 years as a minor league
mana^r has bagged more pinnant-
winnlSg honors than any other man
ager in the business.
The draff—yes there are two of
them in baseball—have taken some
xtt the Grays ^material of last sea
son. The arniy has got,several, and
th» majors got some more. But fine
material has been secured by J. Roy
Clunk, secretary and’ business man
ager of the club. To date it appears
that all places are admirably filled
except for third base and two outfield
spots, and three men now in training
with major league teams are expected
to be on the local fjeld before the
training period en(is.
Pitching Staff Strong ^
Pitcher Roger Wolfe was drafted
by the A’s and Pitcher Nick Butcher
got a card from Jersey City, but
these men have been replaced by Carl
Twyble of Springfield and Nate Pelt-
er of Lewiston. Mainstays, of the
pitching staff will probably be Alec
Mn^ikis who was obtained from
ihe- Boston Bees and Lawyer ■‘Art
-Jcnes from Kershaw, S. C. jQh^j
donfell and Sammy ^cidak'
.-soutiiside hurlers of th#>tfi^in.
Oil Men To Meet
In Raleigh _
oil men from this county will meet
with representatives of the petrol
eum industry front ten other nearby
counties at the luncheon meeting of
the N. C. Petroleum Industries com
mittee in Raleigh, on Wednesday,
April 8, at 12:30 p. m.
The Raleigh meeting, which will
be held at the Sir Walter hotel, in
cludes the counties of: Chatham,
Cumberland, Franklin, Granville,
Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee, Nash,
Vance and Wake
In addition to oil company agents,
distributors and service station ope
rators, members of allied organiza
tions interested in highway trans
portation will attend as special guests
of the committee.
This is the fifth in a series of 10
This colnnm will be devofCd to
the activities of the Red Cross
chaiiter of Hoke coonty. Rev. E.
C. Cravrford is director of the pub
licity for the chapter and will pre
pare the copy each week. To get
news of yoor conunnnity Red tiross
work in this column send your ma
terial to Rev. Mr. Crawford.
Below are the eighteen persons who
have qualified as instructors by their
work Ihd grade in the First Aid:
Mrs. Ernest Campbell, Mrs. C. H.
Giles, Mrs. J. L. McNeill, Miss Clara
Gibson, Mrs. W. F. Lee, Miss Mar
garet McNeill, Mrs. A. L. O’Briant,
Mrs. Marcus Smith, Miss Iris
Shankle, Mrs. Ciyde Upchurch, Miss
Myrtle Williams, Mr. and Mrs. V. R.
White, Mrs. H. A. Cameron, and Mrs.
Tom Cameron. And colored: Sara
Ru^ell, Geneva Fushee, and Helen
Williams.
The sewing room is still open at the
home of Mrs. A. R. Morris, Raeford,
, for work any hour of every week day.
district meetings being held through- | Oj-gp in and help. All sewing out
out the state during March and April returned by April 15.
by the S. C. .Petroleum Industries
committee.
S. Gilmer Sparger, secretary of the
state committee,, announced that dis
cussions at all of the meetings would
revolve around the greht responsibili
ties being placed upon the petroleum
industry during this period of emer
gency. j‘The oil industry,” he de
clared, “is solemnly aware of its re
sponsibility to guarantee that no
plane, no tank, and no ship shall
remain, out of action for lack of oil,
regardless of the temporary sacri
fices which, of necessity, must be
^ade by our civilian population for
i^e duration of the war.”
John Cordell and Ordie
:up the rest of the .stalfifl Arm
^ exrtf^ to arrive in , aifew di
by the illness of his w^e:
is
\y:
The draft took both of last seS-
-son’s catchers and the Grays have
.-secured Gus Hickson, with Wilkes-
barqe last season, from the Cleveland
‘Indians, and Peterman from the Ath
letics. Irvin (Irv) Kolbefg is en
tering his 3rd season as the lefthand-
«d first baseman and Don Curry, sec
ond baseman,^ secured from Ports-
' mouth, Va., where' he was manager
last season, will be the team captain.
Iiw Hall has moved to shortstop to
make way for Curry and these three
are expected to star this season as a
Jouble-play team. Third base is yet
open, as are right andjleft field. Tom
my Neill, an Alabammy lad from
Susmmingham is again at center. Dur
ing the early rehearsals Bill Up
church, Raeford boy who is a fielding
and hitting star of the Richmond, Va.,
team is working out with the Grays
•and will probably play with them in
their exhibition games until regulars
are secured. A number of promising
rookies are bn the squad here' and
there’s .a possibility that some of
them will stick through the season it
-was said yesterday, though most of
"them will have to be dropped at
^aquad-cutting time.
League President Here
This is the fourth season for the
iGrays to train here, having been here
, iii 1938, at Tarboro in 1939, and hei'e
each spring since. Monday they were
hosts to Thomas H. Richardson, of
Williamsport, who is president of the
Easftrn League, and to Mayor Leo C
Williamson of their hometown, too.
'These men are making the rottnds of
the southern training centers of the
league. They left Tuesday for Green
ville, Tarboro ^and Edenton.
Mir. Schuyler. Too
Among the club’s regulars for the
training season came Elmbr L. Schuy
ler, editor of the Gazette and Bul-
letin’^Mdio' should be termed the
“dad^T^f the Grays and of base
ball inj^s section of Pennsylvania.
^ Wheq tife medical profession lost this
y devotee of spbrts to the newspaper
^ -world, it gave, him a chance , to in
dulge himself in haseb^l such as he
would have never had as a saw
bones. Thanks A. M. A.! Mr. Schuy
ler has been in the newspaper busi-
ness^T fifty-nine years. Sports and
Rot#y activities are hobbies that take
up about as much of his time as does
making his living in the editorial of-
flees. For some 32 years he has been
T ' editor of the Gazette and Bulletin. In
the days of the old Tri-State League
over 30 years ago, he was the official
scorer. He promoted amateur leagues
before that Prior to the establish
ment of the Eastern League in 1923
he scored for the league of semi-
pro oiJtfits organized on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad System and when the
Eastern was formed he was the first
P' official scorer; In 1928 he became
, a dirfector of the Grays and when they
'began their training in the south in
.,.1938 he was sent down to cover the
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port Of Local Tire
ationing Board
The following tires and tubes have
been released by the local rationing
board-in the past two weeks:
P. J. Rouse, minister, 2 tires; 2
tubes.
C. M. Gainey, 2 tires and 2 tubes
for tractor.
F. C. McPhaul, hauling raw mater
ials, 2 tires; 3 tubes for truck.
E. L. Hunt, transportation of raw
materials, 4 tires and 4 tubes, truck.
J. W. McPhaul, 2 tires, 2 tubes, for
tractor.
C. L. Thomas, 3 tires, 3 tubes, farm
implement.
Julian Wright, 2 tires, 2 tubes, farm
implement.
J. A. Jordan, 2 obsolete tires far
trailer. *
T. B. Upchurch Farm, 1. tire for
tractor.
McBryde and Saunders, transporr
tation of material for construction, 1
tube.
D. P. Troutman, 2 tires, 2 tubes
for tractor.
Warren C. Jones, minister, 2 tires,
2 tubes.
Under the direction of. Mrs. Alton
Potter a sewing room is being opened
at Phillipi Church.
Seventy-five pounds of wool has
arrived for knitting purposes. Get
this wool from Mrs. John Walker at
once.
Dr. G. W. ^own
Out For The
Legislature
Dr. G. W. Brown is announcing
himself as a candidate for the House
of Representatives in this issue of the
paper. The announcement came in
too late to be classified with “poli
tical announcements.”
Dr. Brown has lived in Raeford for
35 years. He has seen the town grow
and the county cerated. He is at
present mayor of the town aiid dur
ing his long time here he has been
a member of almost every board of
town and .county.
He literally knows everybody.
For that reason he feels able to
represent the county as he thinks he
knows its needs and what it wants.
Impressive Eagle
Scout Ceremony
At Kiwanis Meet
Reckless Drivers
Get 6 Months
Each Tuesday
Moses Patterson and Willie Dayis
each drew 6 montj;is sentences on
careless and reckless driving charges
whei^ tireir jcases-were heard in eoun*4ij^
Mrs. Samuel Halperin
Stricken In Florida
While visiting in Florida with her
little daughter, Mrs. Samuel Halper'
in (formerly Miss Mary Snead), was
seized with an acute attack of ap
pendicitis. She was operated on in
a West Palm Beach hospital, at
whih place she now is. Mrs. Ralph
Chapman went to be with her sister
and returned to Raeford Sunday ev
ening bringing Mrs. Halperin’s lit
tle girl home with her.
Lt. Younger Snead joined Mrs.
Chapman in Savannah and came th
Raeford for a vitit of a few hours
with his mother before leaving Fort
Screven, i
Peanut and Soybean
Seed Available
A car load of peanut and soybean
seed has arrived in Raeford at the
Johnson Company warehouse for dis
tribution to farmers to plant for oil
purposes, reports A. S. Knowles,
county agent. Farmers who intend to
plant either peanuts or soybeans to
help in the war effort should con
tact the county agent’s office to get
a certificate before obtaining the seed
at the Johnson Company warehouse.
Miss Isabel Betbune
With News-Journal
The News-Journal is fortunate in
being able to have Miss Isabel Be-
thune in the office. Miss Bethune
must have printer’s ink in her veins,
as she is a granddaughter of D. Scott
Poole, veteran editor. .All news items
and even suggestions of news may be
phoned to News-Journal office, 3521,
or 4261. ,
Cooperate with your home paper
by giving IT. your news FIRST.
III I
ee Jdmson
hdicted For
Assault
ty court Tuesday,
Patterson was also charged with as
sault with deadly weapon on the per'
sons of Joseph Stewart, Raeford
youth, as the result of the wreck
when his car struck the bicycle of
the Stewart boy on the new road
across Rockfish creek north of town,
March 15th.
Stewart is home from the hospital
and Judge McQueen agreed to sus
pend the road sentence if he would
pay the Stewart family for their hos
pital and dental fees incurred be
cause of the accident.
Davis was charged with damage to
the car of W. H. Watson, Jr., and his
sentence was suspended on payment
of the court costs and damage of $65
to tile Watson car.
P. C. Skipper, truck operator, was
found not guilty on charges brought
by John K. McNeill growing out of
an acident in which a mule of Mc
Neill was killed on the highway near
Wagram.
Lewis Hunter, given 4 months on
conviction of assault upon Robert
Lee Hunter with a piece of wood, filed
notice of appeal to Superior court.
Alexander Smith paid costs for
drunkeness; Claude Baldwin paid
costs for operating car with improp
er brokes; and Malcolm Shaw paid
costs for speeding and having no driv
er’s license.
To Hold Revival At
Church Of God
Rev. C. V. Creel, of Mississippi,
wiU begin a revival at the Church of
God Monday night, April 6th.
He is highly recommended by those
who have heard him. Everybody
cordially invited to attend.
Mr. Upchurch On
Visit To Ft. Screven
BASEBALL
Raeford Park
WEDNESDAY, APRIL
3:00 P. M.
47th Inf. 9th Division
Ft. Bragg
—vs—
Williamsport
Entire proceeds of game do
nated to Raeford .Chapter of
American Red Cross.
TICKETS FOR SALE BY BED
CROSS COMMITTEE.
ADMISSION
-Including tax—25c
Mr. T. B. Upchurch has been visit
ing Lt. Col. and Mrs. R. B. Lewis
at Fort Screven. Mr. Upchurch ac
companied Benton Thomas and Lew
is Upchurch as far as Columbia, S. C.
New Advisor For
C. C. C. Camp
Everett F. Wall, of Asheville, is
now advisor to Company 426 C. C. C.
at Camp Mott. He was transferred
from Co. 428 C. C. C., Brevard on
March 18th.
The regular Navy or Naval Re
serve offers excellent opportunities
for Negroes between the ages of 17
and 31, who may enlist as mess at
tendants third class.
Take advantage of the offer to pay
up all back subscriptions and get a
full year to April 1, 1943, all for $2.00.
AIR RAID WARNINGS FOR
RAEFORD
WARNING SIGNAL—A series
of repeated short blasts on the fire
siren- This will be the warning
for an actual raid or for a practice
alert. If at night it means an in-
fftpiit and complete blackout.
ALL-CLEAR SIGNAL — One
long blast of the siren.
RAEF0IU)’S PRAYER MINUTE
ELEVEN O’CLOCK DAILY
CHURCH TO SUMMON PEOPLE TO PRAYER
IT IS TIME TO PRAY!
The people of Raeford and Hoke County, regardless of
creed or race, , are asked to join in the observance of this
minute of silent prayer daily at 11 o’clock. The Methodist
Church Bell will ring and all prople in their homes, schools,
offices, shops, stores, on the streets or in the fields, are re
quested to pause in observance of this brief time of prayer.
, Sponsored by The Churches of Raeford
Three Raeford boys were awarded
the highest rank in Scouting in an
impressive service which was held at
the regular meeting of the Raeford
Kiwanis club last Thursday evening.
Scouts William Lawrence Poole, Jr.,
Hal Clark and George White were the
recipients of the Eagle scout insignia.
The program was arranged by Ki-
wanian Tom Cameron, chairman of
the Scout troop committee which
supervises its activities. The cere
mony was in charge of F. H. Yates,
assistant scout executive, of Fay
etteville, and the court of honor was
composed of Mr. Cameron, Sgt. Al
fred Cole, V. R. White and W. C.
Covington, the latter of Wagram who
is chairman of the court of bonor
for the western district of the Cape
Fear council.
The scouts were sponsored by their
parents, Lt. Col. and Mrs. W. L- Poole,
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Clark, and Mr.
and Mrs. V. R. White. Others at
tending the meeting and assisting in
the ceremony were Scouts William
Alexander, Halbert Clarke, Jr., Char
les Spivey, John Scott Poole, Her
bert McKeithan, Joe Maxwell, Homer
Leach and Hub McNeill. The scouts
were presented for the awards by
J. W. Turlington, acting scoutmas
ter. Mrs. Cole was also a guest of
the club.-
Scout White was awarded the Eagl*
badge, though he had previously re
ceived his certificate at a recent court
of honor held in Wagram.
Following the presentation of the
awards Col. Poole spoke briefly on
the differences experienced in army
life now and in the first world war.
He stated that the men now were far
better educated than in’18, arid that
they learned faster and made better
soldiers in much shorter time. He
stated that the men from Hoke coun
ty who had served under lam at Ft.
Screven had nta|e w:? favorable,
^grades on intelligence tests there and
their records compared well with the
national average.
He urged, though, that here and
elsewhere boys should be made to
complete their high school work, for
those who failed to complete their
school work were at a definite dis
advantage in the army, and that he
felt that this disadvantage would af
fect them equally in civilian pur
suits.
During the dinner a letter address
ed to Congressman W. O. Burgin, and
Senators Josiah Bailey and R. R. Rey
nolds, was passed to the club mem
bers for their signatures. The letter
had been read and approved at the
previous meeting. An enclosure in
cluded the editorial by John C. Shef
field, of Arkansas which appeared in
the Memphis Commercial Appeal, re
cently, and was reprinted in the last
issue of the News-Journal under the
heading “Let All Keep Faith.” The
letter sent these representatives read
as follows:
Dear Sir;
We, the members of the Raeford
Kiwanis club, wish to call your at
tention to the attached copy of an
editorial appearing in the Conuner-
cial Appeal of Memphis, Tennessee,
February 28th. At our regular meet
ing March 19th, our club voted a reso
lution endorsing this e^torial and
the objectives for which it stands,
and to mail copy of it to you. We
earnestly request that you give it your
prompt and serious consideration.
We want the hours for regular work
week increased to at least 48 hours
before additional pay would become
effective; also, that all shipyards and
manufacturers of war materials be
under open shop for the duration.
Members of our club know person
ally of two mechanics of our town
who applied for work in shipyards,
one at Wilmington, the other afc Nor
folk, both of whom were refused
work because they did not have union
cards. To obtain these would require
more money than they had.
We think it is hi^ time for labor,
industry, and agriculture to forget
selfish interests and, work With one
accord to the end that our enemies
at home, as well as abroad, will be
defeated completely.
We believe Raeford and Hoke coun
ty have a larger stake in this war
than any like number of people in
the Unit^ States, because of the two
hundred boys who left here with the
National Guard and the other hun
dreds who have volunteered or have
been drafted, so it is with the most
sincere interest that this letter is
written.
We earnestly insist that you sup
port and promote some legislation
along this line and assure you that
in so doing you will have 100 per
cent endorsement, not on^ from us,
but from the entire youth of Hoke
county.
Respectfully submitted,
RAEFORD KIWANIS CLUB
lident, Dr. C. D. HuHnas
Pres., J. L. McNeill
A warrant was issued 'Tuesday for
Bodee Johnson, 19-year-old negro,
charging him with attempted crim
inal assault on Mrs. Ann Sanders Wal
ters, young white woman of near
Raeford. Mrs. Walters secured the
warrant in person a few minutes af
ter she stated the attempt had been
made in the wagon shelter of a bam
on the Crawford Thomas farm a niile
north of Raeford.
Sheriff Dave Hodgin and Highway
Patrolman Barnes investigated the
affair and the girl’s mother and sister
showed the officers where the at
tempted attack was made. The lat
ter stated that the negro had attempt
ed to draw the sister into conversa
tion a few minutes before when she
had gone to the pump near where he
was working to get some water.
It had been the practice of the
Sanders family to get their water at
the house of the negro overseer. Will
Pope. Johnson and his mother oc
cupy a room at the Pope house.
According to Mrs. Walters, whose
husband is in camp at Ft. Blanding.
she returned home t^ee weeks ago,
and severe times in these weeks tiie
Johnson boy had attempted to draw
her jnto conversation. She told of-
ficersHhat the boy grabbed her at the
shed entrance and attempted to drag
her under it, but that after struggling
about ten minutes she escaped from
him and tame to town to swear out
the warrant.
Johnson left the place almost im
mediately, it was said, and came to
ward Raeford, from where he is be
lieved to have gone to the home of
an aunt iq FayetteviUe. He is said
to have come back to Raeford about
a month ago from a CCC camp near
Raleigh. When last seen Tuesday he
was wearing a CCC uniform coat and
belt, an army shirt and gray pants.
Xloramuniea- Service -
In Presbyterian
Church Sunday
The regular quarterly communion
service will be held in the Presby
terian church Sunday morning at 11
o’clock. The pastor will conduct thi.«;
service and will lead a Communion
Meditation.
The evening service will be held at
7:30 o’clock at which time the pastor
will preach on the subject, “The Pull
of the Current.” The young people’s
choir will sing at this service.
The public is cordially invited to
attend these services.
Easter Fishing In
Hoke County
As has been a custom in the past
Easter Sunday and Monday will be
opened to fishing in all sections of
the state.
When the regualtions were drawn
up last July it was intended that the
closed season would not begin until
after the Easter holidays in Piedmont
and Eastern counties. Through an
oversight, however, the closed sea
son was set to begin on April 6 which
is Easter Monday; therefore, the
board has agreed to amend this reg
ulation to permit fishing on April 6
and the closed season will begin on
April 7 to May 19th, both dates in
clusive.
Some Easter Egg
A hen belonging to G. W. Cox
strutted her stuff for Easter. She
laid an egg measuring exactly three
inches and weighing a quarter of a
pound. It was presented to the edi
tor of the News-Journal and is
too much for the breakfast of a f)
woman who is on ,a diet.
PAPEB.
Enormous amounts of
being released for other uses^by*
change-over of automob:
ectrical-appKance plants t>.;
duction.
During the last war the Unit*
States had to obtain 42 strategic
terials from foreign, aouites.
search has contribii^ ,tq
self-sufficiency to tlto point^ere
day there are oolyi 14 mal
on the list. x.
The News-JaqipBal js
ing its subsct^tibcL ^ up to~^
There are yet aotoe in
rears. All back stuR iiaa3f,befi_
off by paying $2.00, tohich wiU
a subscription u|^ .^yril 1, I943L
Inamed. Past Pres., N. A. Mi
aid, Jr.
Sec.-Treas., H. C. UcLauddin.