k,.
Candidates File
For Coonty
Races For Sheriff, Clerk of C^urt
and House Draw Most Can-
didates.
Entering the races for political of-
lices of the cpipity under the gun at
the deadline Saturday of last week
several new c^didates not previously
announced added zest and flavor to
the political pie of 1942 for Hoke
voters.
With aU candidates down and the
field cleared for actiMi the race for
the effice of clerk of court promises
much action, with four can^dates
after this job, while a three-way con
test for the House of Representatives
is a close second for interrat. Two
candidates for sheriff and a six-can-
didfte field for the five commission
er posts conclude the lists for con
tested offices.
The five incumbents, A. W. Wood,
Carl W. M. Monroe, D. B. Mc-
Fadyeh and A: D. McPhaul, are all
jnopppsW candidates for the county
boartf df education, H- A. MatK-
.eson 3$ unopposed for coroner, am.
J. C. Wni^t is unopposed for Rae-
ford township constable.
Pdr ihe office of Jud^e^pf Jhe. re-
(cordra^s court, W. B. ®icQueen is un
opposed, while Graham Dickson, in
cumbent, and H. McNair Smith, filed
lor nomination for the office of soli
citor. Mr. Dickson, an army reserve
officer has recently received orders to
report for duty at San Diego, Cal.,
:and may be prevented from making
an active campaign for the office or
serving in the office-
SK^^ D. H. Hodgin, incumbent,
is opq^osed for re-election by W. R.
Baitlhgton In a two-way race that
was the earliest contest of the year,
both candidates having entered their
announcements early ip February.
For the house, G. B. Rowland was
the first to enter for the office va
cated by Laurte McEachern. Dr. G.
yi^ Brown, mayor of Raeford, an-
.nfcnced several alo,
' ing a place at the prat late Saturday
afternoon was the Rev. E. C. Craw-
lord, who called for a prohibition
candidate from the laymen of the j
county. None announced and Mr.
■Crawford, pastor of the Raeford
^:Methodist church, entered the tilt on
7 .a prohibition platform.
For the clerk’s office Edgar Hall,
• iincumbent, is opposed by the foUow-
.ipfi: N. B. Blue, Roland Covington
J(fiin B. Cameron.
Two weeks ago the present board
of commissioners 'annoimced for re
nomination after it appeared that no
■other candidates wanted to take over
the management of the county’s af-
lairs and the lists left them unop
posed until the.flnal.hoursJor filing,
Stanley Cirawleyrof Arabia,
announced his candidMy. The In-
cuihbrarts are: N. H. G. Balfour, A,
K. Stevens, W. L. Gibson, E. R. Pick-
Jtjr and Hector McNeill.
With the Democratic primary of
May 30th, slightly'over a month off,
•votjcy# uiay expect the warm compe
tition to produce one of the most
Interesf^ng campaigns in the history
,of .the ^tjp^inty.
Local Boy Graduate
Pf Special Naval
Air School
Eight North Carolina men were in
cluded in a class of naval officers
specially trainied for aeronaiitiQal adr
ministrative duties which was grad
uated from the U. S. Naval Air Sta
tion, Quonset Point, Rhode Island.
The class of 461 students is the
first of approximately 3^000 men who
will undergo training at the Quonset
Point Station and upon completion of
the course be assigned to administra
tive duties at Naval Aviation shore
facilities and aboard ^ip, thereby re
lieving flying pefwnnel for assign
ment to strictly flight tasks.
The mar, aU between the ages of
27 and 42 years, for eight weeks have
studied the fundamentals of naval
service, organization of the Navy and
file Bureau of Aex'onautics, and
special aviation course including stud
ies in aerodynamics and identifica
tion of planes.
Among the North Carolinians is
Lieut. William T. Covington, of Rae
ford.
Vote Regulations
For Boys In Army
Here Monday
State Chairman George Ivey
Speaker; State Quota Set at
$444,000.
'riminal Actim
Against Liles
Kol Pressed
udge Walter J. Bone Presiding
Over Term Superior Court.
Boys in the armed service who have
not previously registered in their
home precincts may not register for
the May or November elections this
year, unless they are able to register
in person, stated Crawford Thomas,
chairman of the board of elections.
The attorney for the state elections
boards states that the North Carolina
election laws require a citizen to reg
ister “in person,” and those boys in
the armed forces who have become
21 years of age since the last period
of registration will have to be in
their home precinct to register.
Mr. Thomas also stated that boys
in the armed forces who are regis
tered and who cannot come home to
vote may obtain an absentee ballot.
They may make their own applica
tion in writing or an application may
be made for them by a relative. The
ballots must be attested by the com?
jn^ditig; offtcra-of the unit to whids
the boy is attached before returning
it to the local election board, accord
ing to Mr. Thomas.
George M. Ivey, state chairman of
the United Service Organization, sta
ted that the USO had now p^ected
its_ organization and the training of
its personnel and was able to take
care of any demand which may be
made on it in carrying aid and recre
ation to the soldiers of the American
armed forces. “Service centers have
been completed in practically all
training areas by the Federal securi
ty administration, he stated, and the
USO is prepared to meet the demands
made on us.”
“The state quota for North Caro
lina has been ^eatly increraed,” he
said, “and every effort is being made
to set up an organization which can
handle the 1942 campaign to raise
the $444,000 set for us.”
Mr. Ivey spoke at a meeting of the
county chairman of the third ^strict
of the state, held in the Raeford iU-
wanis club rooms Monday evening.
E. Harvey Evans, district president,
presided. Plans for the campaign
for funds wer| discussed by Ernest
H. Edinger, national USO represen
tative.
The work of the USO in the Fort
Bragg area was highly. praised by
Capt. D. H. Holliday, special service
officer of Port Bragg, who told of the
work accomplished by the organiza
tions in the area. It was explained
that many of the complaints against
the USO during the maneuvers las':
year were entirely justified, because
the USO had had no time to train
thefir workers and had perfected no
system for handling many of the
problems with which it was confront
ed. However it was said, these con
ditions have been remedied and Capt
Holliday showed the district commit
tee many testimonials from soldiers
r /'
Vaticination
egins In County
Names of , owners of dogs listed
for taxes were sent to the township
x^fbira inspectors this week with or-
idei^ to begin the vaccination of all
..dog[|.
Dogs^listgd will be vaccinated free
.eof charge, the inspectors being paid
from county -funds. Dogs riot listed
for tax^ '^11 be vvaccinated at the
■fol^owii^'rates, males $1, females $2.
"The inspectors'have . orders to kill all
,iogs not vaccinated.
Inspectoral for tbe several townships
i^re:
Allendale—‘Arcbief Watson.
Antiortir-J. W.:McNeiil.
Blue Spring»-^Rex';urrie.
Little River-*-Daniel McGill.
4 ■ Mtiauchlin—^A. F. Jones.
• Quewhiffle—Luther Tapp.
Raeford—B. F. Ray.
. Stonewall—Pat Monroe.
Ifigh School Senior
Play To Be Given
Friday Night
On Friday night, April 24, at 8:30
o’clock, the senior class of Hoke high
school will present its play, “Hobgob
lin House.” If you want to spend an
evening of thrills and chills, don’t
miss “Hobgoblin House,” because it
contains a sample’ of everything from
ghosts to gangsters, and from luna
tics to murders.
“Hobgbblin House” is a mystery
comedy by Jay Tobias. Those in the
play are: Samuel Autry, Rebecca
Bridges, Vivian Meinnis, Molly Cam
eron, James Hendrix, IVank Currie,
Catherine Anne Walker, Herman
Cole, Billie McIntyre, James Morris,
Trueman Fuller and Kathryn Wal
ters. Miss Rebecca Doub is direct
ing.
Admission is fifty and twenty-five
cents for reserved seats, thirty-five
and twenty cents for general admis
sion. Any senior will be glad to sell
you a ticket, or you may buy it Fri'
day night. Be sure and be onhand,
and don’t be surprised if you/look
down and find a skull in your lap!
commending the organizatiop for ex
■ceHeircy Of Its'works in Iheo- behalf.
A-ttending the mating here were
R. E. Little, of Anson county; J. N
, Coburn and J. E. Stroble of Colum
bus, J. B. Stein of Cumberland; M
.Richter, Montgomery, J. Talbot John
son, Moore, Fred W. Bynum,' RitJh*
mond, Dr. C. T. Johnson and Mal
colm Seawell, Robeson, Major J. D.
Phillips, Scotland, Hector Clark, of
Bladen, and Wilmer McDonald and
Cecil Dew of Hoke.
Mr. McDonald is the new chair
man of the USO for Hoke county. He
stated yesterday that the county quo
te had been increased from $125 to
$700. Hoke raised slightly over $200
last year.
'Nb Confederate Flage
’This'Year; Defense
Bonds Ii^stead
- At the April meeting of' the Rae-
'ford Chapter U. D. C., it was de
cided to change the custom of, ptec
ing flags on the graves of Confederate
Veterans and in view of present war
conditions, it was voted to use the
flag money and the manument funo
f ‘ to buy a Defense Bond, in'this way
providing a memorial to the brave
men who wore the gray and at the
same time giving aid to the equally
■ gallant boys who are now fighting
our battles in khaki.
Mrs. W. M. McFADYEN .
■ Ghma; gloini
Meeting To Be
Held At Bethel
In disposing of a short docket of
criminal cases Monday, Judge Wal
ter J. Bone, of NashviUe directed to
the court to enter into civil hearing
Tuesday.
John Pridgen, alias John McKoy,
was given a sentence in state prison
of from 2 to 4 years when he pleaded
guilty to charges of bigamy. In the
case against Leary Watkins Solicitor
Ektle Carlyle asked for a nol pros of
the charges for violation of the pro
hibition laws.
Shn Liles, charged with reckless
driving, and manslaughter, growing
out of a wreck in which M. D. Gen
try was killed last year, was convict
ed of the reckless driving charge.
Council stated that the civil litigation
growing out of the accidept had been
settled and Solicitor Carlyle consent
ed to a nolpros of the manslaughter
charges.
Thomas A. Devane and T. H. Sut
ton, prominent Fayetteville business
men, pleaded guilty of hunting quail
after sunejown. Judgment was sus
pended upon payment of costs.
Edgar Tew, indicted for driving a
car under influence .of liquor, was
called and failed to anpwer. Johnnie
McNeill pleaded guRty to charges of
housebreaking, entering and larceny.
An 18 months sentence on the roads
was suspended and McNeill was put
on good behavior for three years.
News-Journal To
Foreign Bases
Jail Terms Given
Two Collecting
Idle Insurance
Raleigh, April 22.—^Two negroes
who had been collecting unemploy
ment insurance checks while they
were serving jail terms, were ordiered
by the Charlotte Police Court last
week to pay the penalty provided by
law for frauds.
The Unemployment Compensation
Commission sent from Raleigh its
chief counsel, Ralph Mtx»dy, and the
senior attorney, W. D. Holoman, to
help prosecute the case which had
attracted national attention from a
recent story in the Saturday Evening
Post of prisoners receiving pay while
still in jail.
It was brou^t out at the hearing
that the two negroes, Clarence Ad
ams and John Yoimgblood, repeatedly
took advantage of a day off each
week, permitted them from jail, for
good behavior, to file claims for con
tinued benefits at the Charlotte Em
ployment office.
The decision in the cases of Ad
ams and Youngblood rested on the
incorrect addresses which they had
given, and on their statements at the
time of claiming unemploymrait in
surance that they were “able to work,
and available for work,V it being
charged that as jail inmates they
could not be available for work.
Youngblood who drew $3 a week
for 12 weeks was sentenced to 30
days in jail, since his previous term
had expired. Adams who drew $6.50
week for 14 weeks was given a
sentence of six iponths, beginning at
the end of his present term. In find
ing both defendants guilty. Judge
David J. Craig declared that by tak
ing advantage of the unemployment
compensation system, they had been
fleecing a benencent government”
Copies of the News-Journal wiU be
sent-to the Foreign Bases. But if any
one wants to send individual copira
of the paper a special price of SOc
is all that is needed to put that boy’s
name on the mailing list to go to
Aruba, Curucao or Trinidad. The
-News-JournaPplans to start a “Pdr-
eign Base” column at orice. The boys
themselws and home people will be
asked to contribute to it. Contribu
tions must be in by Tuesday.
4th RegistratioD
Of Mm Set Fw
Monday, A^27di
Men From 45 to 65 To Register
With Selective Service Sys
tem; Precinct Groa|M Named.
The Fourth Registration will be
held next Monday. April 27th. Men
forty-five and not over sixty-loiir
years of age are included in fiiis re
gistration or, those bom on or after
District Meet
Of Kiwanians
Held Friday
RED CROSS REPORT
Rev. Mr. Pickard, pastor of Bethel
Church, announces that beginning
Monday, April 27th, there will be
preaching at Bethel church, morn-
tog and evening for a week, closing
on the following Sunday. Th epas-
tor will be assisted by Rev. J. M.
McBryde of Fort Defiance, Va. Mal
colm McBryde, as he is familiarly
known, is a son of Bethel Church
and a brother of Ryan McBryde, of
Raeford. Services in the morning
will be at 11 o’clock, in the evening
at 8:30. Everyone is irivited to these
services.
Honesty Pays—In
More Ways Than One
Fort Bragg, April 21.—Private John
Vetter, Fort Bragg soldier, is con
vinced that honesty is the b^ poUcy.
Recently Private Vetter received a
letter addressed to John Vetter at the
Reception Center at Fort Dix, New
Jersey. In it was a crisp new five
dollar bill. After reading the let
ter, however, Private Vetter found
that it was not to him—that he had
-received'it by mistake.
Tempted though he was to keep
the five dollars and tear up the letter.
Private Vetter sent it, complete with
banknote, back to the sender, Miss
Edna Banker of Evansville, Ind., ex
plaining that she had the wrong sol
dier.
So impressed with his honesty was
Miss Banker that she showed his let
ter to the girls who work in her of
fice. As a result, he received mall
from thirty young ladies requesting
that he correspond with them. In
addition to this he received cash gifts
totaling ten dollars.
The upshot is that Private Vetter
gained rather than lost by his hon
esty and is also enjoying the privil
ege of writing thirto nice young lad
ies from Indiana--pratage free.
Miss Potter Is
OQ” Assistant
First First Aid Class
Has Picnic Supper
The first, first aid class taught in
Raeford gave a picnic supper last
Wednesday evening for the three doc
tors who taught the class. The doc
tors were Drs. McCain, Thomas, and
McLain of Sanatorium. The picnic
was held in the beautiful garden of
Mrs. H. A. Cameron. The doetprs
and their families and the class very
much enjoyed the occasion. Fifteen
white people and three colored were
members of this first aid class. After
the picnic an hour was enjoyed in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence
McNeUL Ponefh was served there.
Miss Clara Potter has been employ
ed by the Hoke selective service
board, it was stated yesterday by
Miss Peggy McFadyen, clerk, to han
dle the work in the industrial ques-
tionaire section.
Miss Potter is preparing the blanks
for mailing to registrants' this week.
Miss McFadyen stated also that
many of the regular questionaires for
men registered in the third registra
tion would be mailed this week,
— ^
Conserve Your Car
The Hoke Auto Co., through the
Chevrolet Advertising Agency Is
sponsoring a series of articles on
“Conserving Your Car”. Watch for
ttiesa valuable suggestions in The
News-Journal.
The Red Cross report was not hand
ed in this week. Mrs. John Walker
and Mrs. A. L. O’Briant request that
all khaki sweaters be brought in
within a week. Red Cross knitting
needles are now available at 30c pra
pair.
Sugar Rationmg
Registration
Details Given
The greatest national registration
ever undertaken by the U. S. Gov
ernment will take place on Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
May 4, 5, 6, and 7th. On these dates
your Uncle Samuel directs that you
go to the nearest elementary school
of your race in Hoke county (ex
ceptions: the white population of Blue
Springs township will register at the
Bethel community house; the white
population of Allendale township will
register at the Allendale community
house; the white population of Lit
tle River township will register at
the Little River community house at
Lobelia.) To register for your War
Ration Book One. If you are eligible,
after filling out application form, you
will be issued a War Ration Book. If
you are not eligible, at the time of
registration, you will be directed to
the War Ration Board of the county
in which you live. Every member of
the family must be registered in or
der to receive a War Ration Book.
This means every person from a
new bom babe through the oldest
member of file family unit.
Every member of the family will
be allowed 2 lbs. of sugar before
stamps are taken from the War Ra
tion Book. If you have more than
2 lbs. per member of the family,
one stamp per additional pound will
be taken, from the books up to 4.
Consequently, you can grf ‘your ra
tion book if you do not possess more
than 6 lbs. per family member. If
you have more than 6 lbs. per per
son no member of that family will
receive War Ration Book One at the
time of registration.
Illustration: 20 pounds of'sugar on
hand:
3 persons
x2 lbs. permitted per person.
6 lbs. total family allowance.
A large group of Raeford Kiwan
ians and their wive* attended the
district rally held at BrceCe’s l£uiding
at Fayetteville Friday evening.
Though plans fell through for them
to make the trip by motor coach over
the A. & R. because of heavy troop
movements over the road, the Rae
ford delegation reported that the
meeting was one of the most enjoy
able ever attended.
More than 250 Kiwanians and
guests enjoyed a delightful program
given by soldiers from Fort Bragg.
Earl Oxford, radio star, was the ef
ficient master of ceremonies and mu
sic by the 3rd Regimental Band and
by soloists featured the program. A
skit, burlesquing the March of Time,
was hilariously received.
At the meeting last Thursday, A. S.
Knowles reported that nine pigs had
been placed with eight 4-H club boy*
in the county through the clubs agri
cultural committee.
Senator Ryan McBryde announced
that W. Kerr Scott, state commission
er of agriculture, and Fred Johnson,
also of the department of agriculture
will be the speakers on the program
for April 30th. All the cotton gin-
ners of the county will be guests of
the club at that time, when the talks
of Messers Scott and Johnson will
concern ginning of cotton for better
returns.
Dr. R. L. Murray was program
chairman last Thursday. He and V.
R. White discussed the club’s program
of vocational guidance, which Dr.
Murray defined as a^sympathetic help
in aiding young people to select the
proper vocation and then the correct
training for their life’s work.
“Life,” said Dr. Murray, “is too
complex a thing today for a young
ster to satisfactorily choose a voca
tion for himself without some well-
directed guidance.”
Details of the clubs program and
the development of guidance work
were discussed by Mr. White. In ex
plaining the ne^ for this work at
homes and at schools he pointed out
that recent surveys had shown that
75 per cent of people intraviewed
were working in fields unsuited to
them, or in work for which they were
not trained.
April 28, 1877 and on or before Feb
ruary 16, 1897.
Approximately one thousand men
to Hoke county are expected to be
registered according to T. B. Lester,
chairman of the county board. This
wfil bring the total men registered
in this county to about 3,400. Pre
viously registered were 1573 in the
first registration; 124 in the second;
and 691 in the third.
The same group of registrars which
supervised the woric of the third re- |
gistration will handle the wrak Mon
day in the different townships, it 'was
stated. The registration places wiU
be open from 7 A. M. until 9 P. M.
Employers, educational institutions
and govranment agencies are request
ed to give those under their diarge
ample time to register during the pre
scribed hours.
The registration places in Hoke
and those in charge, named by the
local board are as follows:
Allendale (Community House) —
L. A. McGoogan, H. F. Currie, Will
Hasty.
Antioch {Community House) —
Walter Gibson, W. C. Hodgin, H. R.
Poole, Knox Watson.
Blue prin^ (Bethel Community
House)—Alex Fanner, Manley Nor
ton, Gilbert Autrey.
Ashley Heights (community house)
—J. B. Womble, N. F. Sinclair, R. A
Smoak. z,
Montrose (Community House)—W.
L. Thombexg, Rev. George Pidcard,
A. B. Tapp.
yi^anatorium—Mrs. C. W. Covington,
F. L. Eubanks, Mrs. P. P. McClain.
Rockfish (S^ool buildingj^M. G.
Ray, M. S. Gibson, Z. G. Ray, Oscar
Townsend.
Wayside (Community Building) —■
F. A. Monroe, A. K. Steveis, Will
Monroe, John Parker.
Dundarrach (Community Build
ing)—N. H. G. Balfour. W. J. Mc
Bryde, N. A. MeInnis.
Arabia (Service Station)—J. M.
McGougan, J. L. McFadyen, W. S.
Morgan.
Court House—Harry Green, D. H.
Hodgin, L. J. Campbell, G. B. Row
land, H. L. Gatlin, Sr.
City Hall—Jefim McKay Blue, Rev.
Harry K. Holland, C. W. Barrington,
C. R. Freeman.
Little River (Community Building)
—J. W. Smith, Daniel McGill, C. H.
Marks.
By order of the Hoke Countsr Draft
Board. *
T. B. LESTER, Chairman
ARCH McEACHERN
F. A. MONROE.
20 lbs. on hand.
-6 lbs. total family allowance.
14 lbs. /‘excess sugar.”
(Continued on page six)
Dr. Thomas Honored
By Surgeons
Dr. C. L. Thomas, a member of file
medical staff of the State Sanatw-
ium, was in Chicago this week where
he received his membership to the
American College of Surgeons. Dr.
Thomas, president of the Raeford Ki-
wnnis club, was notified of his elec
tion to the college early this monfii.
He is assistant superintendent of the
tubercular institution.
Orphans To Be
At Hickory Grove
The orphan children frtxn the
Free Will Baptist Orphanage at BCd-
dlesex, will he at the Hi^ory Giofve
Free Will Baptist church, near Rock-
fish, on May 10th, which is Mothers
Day. A mother’s day program 'will
be given by the children and
some special singing. Each
eryone is invited to come and enjoy
a whole day and a go^d dinner.
Hoke Ranks Second
In Percentage Of
Youth Population
Hoke county ranks 2nd in North
Carolina in percentage of youth pop
ulation under 21 years of age and
77th in numerical youth population
under 21 years of age, ac!ording to
figures compiled by the Bureau of
the Census.
Hoke county has a youth popula
tion under voting age of 21 years of
7,902, or 52.9 per crait of the county’s
total population of 14,937 as recorded
in the 1940 census.
MASONIC PICNIC
There will be a Masonic picnic at
the Raeford armory at 7:30, lYiday
night. All Masons and their
are invited.
AIR RAID WARNINGS PGR
RAEFORD
WARNING SIGNA1«-A
at repeated sharthlMlaM 4
shren. This wlB ha tta
for an aetaal tali ar ter a ]
alert ft at night M
hat and eonskta I
ALL-CLRSm SKWAL
leiw Mast at dte akea.