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NEWS^JOUBNAL, jUBaPOfaP, N. a
THURSDAY. MAY 21st, 1942.
Tbe News-Journal
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sPiMtalieU Every T>r—fcy by
fbe Estate of Panl Didmai
BAEFOmD. N. C.
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In Monociam
PAUL DICKSON
1888 • 1835
MBS. PAfJI. DICKSON —JSdifar
Entered as second-class mail matter
at the post office at Raeford, N. Ci,
under act of March 3, 1870.
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WHAT RIGHTS HAS
LABOR?
It is widely reported that govern
ment policy^ as administered by the
War Labor Board, will be to “freeze”
labor relations and contrasts for the
duration. In other words, no new
“closed shop” agreements will be ap
proved.
It is incomprehensible that a policy
of this sort was not adopted long ago.
The closed shop mates it impossible
for a man to get a^ob and earn a
living unless he joins a union, pays
dues and other fees to a union, and
keeps “in good” with union officials.
The universal closed shop would mean
a labor dictatorship pure and simple.
It would mean' that a few labor lead
ers, who are responsible to no one,
would have a stranglehold over all
the processes of production, and the
means of livelihood of all workers.
Never in history has the American
'^workman been given such complete
protection as he enjoys now. Un
equivocal laws, which are backed up
with the full power of the govern
ment, govern working conditions,
hours, wages, overtime, etc. If any
worker is exploited, the government
^ will correct the injustice, and severe
ly punish the exploiter. No one
can argue that the closed shop is
needed to protect the working man
or woman.
This is not ah argument against
unionism. Any man has the right to
join a union if he wishes, and em
ployers are legally forbidden to op
pose his joining. And by the same
• token, the man who wants to work
without joining a union has that right.
“Freezing” labor arrangements will
not solve the problem. The dis
graceful fact remains that in many
war industries, backed^ with public
money, a man must pay tribute to a
union. before he can work in his
country’s defense. But it will be a
salutary sign if those who control
labor — industry arrangements wil\
refuse to countenance the further
extension of the closed shop, the
most undemocratic and dictatorial
system existing in our country.
Referaidii]ii On
Carolina Peach
MaHieting Program
North and South Carolina peach
growers will vote during the week of
May 25, 1942, on a proposed Federal
marketing a^'ilfment program, A. S.
Knowles, county agent, announced to
day.
Mr. Knowle’s office, located in Rae
ford, will be a polling place where
peach growers in Hoke county may
secure and cast ballots and sign peach
marketing agreements between the
hours of 9 a. m. aiid 5 p. m., e. w.
t., on May 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30,
1942. Ballots cast after Saturday,
May 30, 1942, cannot be counted.
Most growers will also receive bal
lots and marketing agreements by
mail from the Secretary’s referendum
agent in Charlotte, N. C., and may
return their completed ballots and
agreements directly to him by mail.
Saturday, May 30, is the last day for
growers to mail ballots.
All Hoke county peach growers,
whether or not they receive ballots
and agreements by mail, are urged
to visit the office of their county agent
to obtain help in filling out their pa
pers.
It is highly important, Mr. Knowles
said, that each peach grower in the
Carolines take advantage of his right
to cast a ballot so that the Secretary
of Agriculture will have an adequate
basis upon which to determine whe
ther or not to place the program into
effect. Just as in our national elec
tions, whether or not the program is
made operative, will be determined
by those peach growers who vote.
If the program is placed into effect,
it will apply to all Carolina peach
growers and handlers, even to those
who do not vote.
The Secretary of Agriculture’s or
der effecting the program can be is
sued if the agreement is favored by
t^o-thirds of the voting growers, by
number of growers o r volume of
peaches produced, and if the agree
ment is signed by growers and hand
lers of at least 50 per cent of the
volume shipped last season.
The program would prevent the
shipment of immature peaches in
commerce from the Carolines. It
also provides the machinery for re
stricting shipments of inferior grades
and small size peaches when such
action is justified by harvesting and
marketing conditions.
The pro^am would be administer
ed by a committee of fourteen grow
ers which would have the asistance
of ^ advisory committee composed
of nine handlers. These committees
will be elected promptly after the
referendum if the vote is- favorable.
Qeorgia peach growers recently
voted for a similar peach marketing
program that is now in operation.
4-H District
FederatifMi Meet
At White Lake
The 4-H District Federation Meet-
• ing will be held at "White Lake on
Friday, May 22. Transportation has
been arranged for the members as
- last year. The foUowing schedule
will be followed:
Mildouson club members meet at
Oundarrach at 7:45. ~
Antioch club members meet at
Antioch school at 8:00.
Raeford grammar and Hoke 4-H
club members meet at Raeford gram
mar school at 8:15.
Rockflsb club members meet at
j Rockfish school at 8:30.
I Ashemont club members will have
to come to Raeford to get on the
truck.
A fee of 30c will be charged each
person who makes the trip. Ten
, cents of this will be used for your
rei^tration fee when you get to the
; la%. The other 20c will go for
trataportatton.
Only 4-H club members are allow
ed to attend the meeting.
A picnic lunch must be carried and
please bring home-prepared food.
Tlte program will be given in the
nMMgiing and-tbe afternoon will be
gltm to recreation. Be sure to take
your swim suit along.
"When democracy is fighting for sur-
vival, it is all the more appropriate
Hiat (femocratic processes be main-
C'' that the greatest priv-
>.« «]!, voting, should be exer-
Report Of Local
Rationing Board
Due to the fact that the board was
unable to get certificates fdr retread
ing or recapping service or purchase
of retread or recapped tires for the
month of April, the following who
applied for same in April were issued
certificates May 13th for that month:
John F. Niven, Raeford, transpor
tation of raw material, 1 tire.
Margarette Stephens, Raeford, de
fense worker, 1 tire.
V. C. Chemical corporation, Rae
ford, 2 tires.
Neill A. McDonald, Jr., Raeford,
bulk plant service, 3 tires.
Kate B. Covington, Raeford, social
service welfare department, 2 tires.
David K. Ritter, Rockfish, defense
worker, 1 tire.
W. M. Monroe, Rockfish, farmer,
2 tires.
C. H. Marks, r. 2 Vass, farmer, 2
tires.
Mrs. Ina McLeod, Timberland,
farmer, 1 tire.
Tracy Monroe, Rockfish, defense
worker, 1 tire.
F. K. Watson, Jr., r. 1 Red Springs,
farmer, 2 tires.
T. G. Wood, Rockfish, 2 tires.
J. W. Coates, Raeford, AAA pro
gram, 4 tires.
McBryde and Sanders, Raeford,
transportation of raw materials for
construction, 2 tires.
Mrs. C. H. Giles, Raeford, superin
tendent public welfare, 2 tires.
J. W. Hasty, r. 1 Red Springs, AAA
program, farmer, 2 tires.
O. B. Maxwell, r. 2, Raeford, farm
er, 2 tires.
Harvey Warlick, Raeford, AAA pro
gram, 2 tires.
Mrs. J. C. Burroughs, Shannon,
farmer, 2 tires.
' D. P. Gillis, Rockfish, farmer, 2
tires.
J. L. McFadyen, Lumber Bridge,
farmer, and saw mill work, 4 tires.
Upchurch Milling and Storage Co.,
Raeford, 3 tires.
Dundarrach Trading Co., Shannon,
2 tires.
Certificates issued during week for
purchase of new tires or tubes:
Mrs. Kate B. Covington, Raeford,
social worker, 2 tubes.
A. D. McLauchlin, r. 2, Vass farm
er, 1 tube. ’
A. A. Harris, r. 1 Raeford farmer,
1 tube. ’
John Quincy Wilkerson, defense
worker. Ft. Bragg, 1 tube.
Certificates issued for purchase of
retreaded or recapped tires or re
treading or recapping service:
Jesse P. Gaddy, r. 1 Raeford, min
ister, 2 tires.
Clarence Lytch, Raeford, farmer, 3
tires.
Home Food Market, Raeford, de-
R. L. Ratthain Diet;
Former Co-Owner Of
Hoke County News
R. L. Eastham, former resident of
Red Springs and one-time editor-
publisher of the Citizen, died at a
Roanoke, Va., hospital last Thurs
day morning, according to informa
tion received here.
Mr. Eastham came to Red Springs
with his family some years ago as
English teacher and athletic director
of the high school, during '^hich he
turned out a number of fine athletic
teams, a baseball club which he
coached reaching the final State
Championship play before suffering
defeat. . He also served as a pro
fessor in the English department of
Flora Macdonald college. After
teaching here several years he pur
chased the Citizen which he operated
successfully for several years. Dur
ing that time he founded the Ra^
ford News which he later combined
with the Hoke County Journal which
he and his partner, Paul Dickson,
purchased from D. Scott Poole, and
which they published as the News-
Journal. Later he sold his interests
to Mr. Dickson and returned to the
teaching profession at a Virginia
school.
His publications were well-edited,
and a virile and militant editorial
policy drew to them many subscrib
ers from over this entire area, giving
them a general coverage of Robeson
and Hoke and sections of several ad
joining counties.
Fountain Satisfied
With Progress Of
His Campaign
Rocky Mount, May -20.—^Express
ing himself as satisfied with the prog
ress of his campaign for the Demo
cratic nomination for the U. S. Senate
seat now held by Senator J. W. Bail
ey, Richard T. Fountain of Rocky
Mount declared today that he had
found considerable support for his
criticism of Senator Bailey’s record.
Mr. Fountain, a former Lieutenant
Governor and speaker of the State
House of Representatives, put partic
ular stress on Senator Bailey’s-oppo
sition to farm, labor and social secur
ity measures and his lack of con
sistent support for the policies of the
Roosevelt administration.
Senator Bailey, declared Mr. Foun
tain, vo^ed against the first Farm Re
lief Bill'in 1933, opposed the amend
ed bill and the Bankhead Cotton
Control Bill in 1934, opposed the
amended Triple-A Bill in 1935, op
posed and worked against payment
of the soldiers’ bonus, showed “100
per cent opposi^on” to all const^c-
tive labor legislatim, opposed the
Soil conservation and Domestic Al
lotment Act (new farm bill), op
posed the Pepper resolution urging
help for America’s allies in the waf,
and opposed all social security legis
lation.
Mr. Fountain, born on a farm in
Edgecombe county and a life-long
participant in progressive public af
fairs, declared: “Our state and nation
as a whole has gone forward under
the leadership of our great President.
Today, more than ever before, we
must stand solidly behind him to de
fend our country and our liberties
from aggression, whether from with
in or without.”
Pledging himself to whole-hearted-
support of the administration, Mr.
Fountain said at this critical time the
people of North Carolina should be
represented in the Senate by a man
able and willing to uphold the Pres
ident’s hand in his war and domestic
policies. (Advt.)
Dr. W. H. Roper
Of Sanatorium
Med Corps Captain
Dr. William H. Roper, who has been
a member of the clinic staff of the
North Carolina Sanatorium Extension
Department since July, 1940, reported
for duty at Fort Bragg on May 5th.
Dr. Roper has been commissioned as
a captain in the Army Medical corps.
Also resigning his Sanatorium po
sition in May was Dr. Isaac Horo
witz, who will enter private practice
in Brooklyn, N. Y. Dr. Horowitz
joined the Santorium staff in-June,
1939, as physician in charge of the
men’s wards and cottage. Since De
cember, 1940, he has been physician
in charge of the Negro Division. Dr.
and Mrs. Horowitz expect to leave
for New York next Saturday.
Sanatoiinm Nurtes
Hear Broughton
At; Graduation
Sanatorium, May 20.—Three ideals
of service—dedication, sacrifice, and
devotion—characterize the purpose of
every woman who diopads the pro
fession of nursing, Governor J. Mel
ville Broughton told the fifteen grad
uates of the North Carolina Sana
torium School of Nursing at exer
cises held in the Sanatoriiun audi
torium Friday evening. Also present
at the exercises and the reception,
which followed at the nurses’ home,
were Mrs. Broughton and Attorney-
General Harry McMullan and Mrs.
McMullan. ,
'The governor declared that nurses
are now serving humanity in a wider
capacity than ever before in the his
tory of the profession and that at no
other time has the world been more
dependent upon humane ministra
tions and competent medical assis
tance. American nurses, he said, are
stationed in every part of the world.
Further, the chief executive de
clared, there is a need for great dedi
cation on the part of every citizen in
answering our country’s call and ev
eryone can have some part in achiev?
ing victory.
Prefacing his message to the grad
uating class the governor ^stated that
it is the duty of a governmerit to
promote the welfare of all the people,
including the sick and the needy.
When the state’s new tuberculosis
sanatorium in Wilson is completed,
he said. North Carolina will have a
system of units for treating tuber
culosis unsurpassed by any state in
the union. The two state sanatoriums
now in operation are located in Hoke
and Buncombe bounties.
The Governor also paid tribute to
the men serving in the military estab
lishments located within the state and
said that it is a great privilege for
North Carolina to be a hostess state
to large numbers of service men from
various parts of the country.
A quartet from the 194th Field Ar
tillery, Fort Bragg, gave several vocal
selections during the program.
Governor Broughton was introduc
ed by Dr. C. D. Thomas, associate
superintendent and associate medical
director of the North Carolina Sana-1
torium, who persided at the exercises.
Dr. P. P. McCain, superintendent of
the Sanatorium, awarded the diplo
mas to the graduates and Dr. C. R.
Monroe, surgeon of the Moore county
hospital, presented the hospital pins.
Rev. E. M. Harris of Aberdeen pro
nounced the invocation and Rev. G.
M. Pickard of Sanatorium, the bene
diction.
Miss Elizabeth Nash was the recip
ient of the cash award given by the
nurses’ alumnae association each 3>ear
to the 'graduate making the highest
scholastic average during her three
years of training.
An earlier feature of commence
ment program was the baccal&ureate
sermon delivered by Rev. E. L. Bar
ber, pastor of the Aberdeen Presby
terian church, at the Community
Church in Pinehurst, Sunday night.
May 10. He urged the nurses to con
centrate their talents towards the ac
complishment of one worthy goal.
Their service, he said, should be eval
uated, not in terms of sacrifice, but
in the satisfaction derived from a job
well done. The Community Church
choir sang during the service.
The following compose the graduat
ing class; Miss Elizabeth Nash, Golds
boro; Miss Mary Curry, Roaring Riv
er; Miss Hazel Page, Clinton; Miss
Verble Taylor, Asheville; Miss Louise
Whitaker, Asheville; Miss Louise
Jane Johnson, Benson; Miss Pauline
Smith, Louisburg; Miss Bertha An
derson, Fayetteville; Miss Cora Webb,
Oxford; Miss Lula Crissman, Carth
age; Miss Lucille Mathews, Asheville;
Miss Evelyn Harris, Carthage; Miss
Frances Johnson, Carthage; Miss "Ver-
die Quinn, Pink Hill, and Miss Hazel
Howard, Deep Run.
SCHOOL NEWS OF
THE PAST WEEK
By K. A. MacDONALD
present point to thg dropping of *1)9^
ent-aid-as NYA goes mo^e
to war work. nTf /
R. A. Smoak aiid 'V. R. 'Whit^-ivai
assist W. J. Coates in the farm mea
surement program in the county this
summer. >,
All negro schools in the county^
will close for the, current yw Fri-'
day. May 22nd. The Indian schools
will close on May 29th. '
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Last Sunday afternoon at 3:00
o’clock Rev. B. F. Jordan, of the
Friendship Baptist church, Fayett^
ville, preached the baccalaureate
sermon at the Upchurch school. The
sermon was full of excellent advice
to the graduates from begiiming to
end. The Upchurch glee club furn
ished splendid music for the occa
sion. '
Friday morning, May 22ndj |ft 11
o’clock the graduation exercisfes will
be held at the Upchurch school. Dr.
Charlotte Hawkins Brown, president
of Palmer Memorial Institute, will de- ^
liver the address. There will be 38 f
to receive diplomas. /
Today B. F. Beasley, of the high
way safety division, is giving road
tests to all prospective white school
bus drivers in the county. Tomor
row he will give the test to all color
ed and Indian drivers.
Miss Marianna Kimbrough has
been re-elected as Bible teacher in
the Raeford graded and Hike high
schools for the term 1942-43. The
local Bible committee has assured
us of another year of Bible teaching
in the schools. They are due the
thanks of the entire community.
■ Last Thursday afternoon at 2:00
o’clock the senior class at Upchurch
high school presented the school a
U. S. Flag and flag pole with approp
riate exercises. The dedication was
in the honor of the former beloved
principal of the school, the late D.
P. Scurlock. Dr. Leopold Marks of
the Sanatorium, made the dedicatory
address.
Z. G. Ray and Miss Walta Town
send closed the Rockfish first aid
class last night.
The 4-H club at Rockfish has col
lected all kinds of scrap to help pay
their expenses to the summer en
campment at White Lake.
Rockfish is lucky in that an epi
demic of measles waited until school
closed to break out.
Z. G. Ray, principal of the Rock
fish school, has accepted a position
at Fort Bragg for the summer.
Dave Miller Hurt
The student-aid section of the NYA
assisted 88 students in the different
schools of the county to stay in
school during the past school year.
These students were assigned to dif
ferent work projects that were as
valuable from a learning standpoint
as any class and thereby learned by
doing, and at the same time earned
money enough to keep them in school.
The average amount earned for the
year was between 15 and 16 dollars
each. The total amount paid out to
all students in the various schools
was $1,401.15. Indications at the
Tuesday morning Dave Miller, jan
itor of Raeford Presbyterian church
was riding down North Main street
on a bicycle. He was holding to a
truck. Seeing an approaciling car
he turned loose the truck and in some
way fell. He was painfully hurt and J
it was thought that his leg was brok-‘ *
en. Smith Alderman, colored, ad-/
ministered first aid and got him to?i
the doctor on a truck. Dr. O’Briant
and all those who witnessed it said
that Smith did a most excellent job.
Two lessons are brought out in this
accident. First, no one shouM ride
a bicycle holding on to any^motor
vehicle. Second, that the first aid
lessons are proving most valuable.
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In Recognition Of
National Cotton Week
May we remind you that, as a citizen of this part of the
country, your interests are very definitely linked with
cotton. Every time you use cotton you aid your own
interests, the interests of your friends and neighbors,
your town, your county, and your state, as well as the
South.
Our part in Cotton is: selling planting seed; selling
fertilizer and insecticides for the crop; selling hail in
surance on the growing crop; ginrurtg it; buying and
selling it, and buying and selling cotton seed; insuring
stored cotton and cotton seed. And last, but not least,
using cotton in any form we can.
Aside from personalities and is
sues involved in tMe state’s few ma
jor political scraps during the cur
rent primary campaign. North Caro
lina leaders here have expressed the
hope that the people will not neglect
their democratic right to vote on May
30th.
livery of groceries, 2 tires.
C. S. Conrad, Timberland, farmer,
1 tire.
Jonah Cole, r. 1 Aberdeen, farm
er, 2 tires.
Hector McNeill, r. 1 Raeford, farm
er, 2 tires.
Edwin L. Monroe, Raeford, defense
worker. Ft. Bragg, 1 tire.
D. B. McFayden, Raeford, farmer,
2 tires.
Milton Campbell, Raeford, merch
ant and farmer, 1 tire.
A. D. McPhaul, r. 1 Red Springs,
farmer, 2 tires.
J. M. Downer, r. 1 Red Springs,
farmer, 1 tire.
J. B. McLeod, Raeford, farmer, 2
tires.
The Johnson Company
Raeford, North Carolina
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