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V t A, ^ f V M^''. Advbciisin6 •m iii* Tfie Hoke County News t^e Hoke County JouriuJ fKMGBCofnmru ONLY f NEW8PAPB I 0LIJM*J xxxm N6.52. BAEFOBD, N. C, ^THURSDAY, MAY 28th, 1942. V^'(: fLSS unsNrest ^wn In M Saturday is Primary Day. Th? polls will open at 6:30 a. m. and will close at 6:30 p. m., according to the ruling of the state’s attorney general. In the major state-wide contest incumbent Senator Josiah W. Bailey is opposed by Richard T. Fountain of Rocky Mount. Fountain, a former lieutenant governor of the state, is considered to be the greatest back- slapper and handshaker in the state but most of the local prognosticators predict that he will get very few votes from Hoke county and will run a very poor second throughout the' state. . In the district race for Congress W. O. Burgin, incunibent, is opposed by Giles Yeoman Newton, of Gibson. This race two years ago, in which C. B. Deane made the third corner, was ^ne which attracted wide atten tion. ^ It is entirely lacking in fire works this year and the incumbemt stands little change of being replac ed. The county races hold the princi pal interest in Hoke county as well as in the other counties of the state this year, and it depends largely on the activity of the county candidates on how large a vote is cast this year. Farm work is heavy right now. Gas and tires are short and where the voters have not been stimulated in campaign interest by the local can didates it is expected that many sec tions will poll the lightest ballots in j^iPars. For the Bfmise But for Hoke county a large pfi- ary vote is forcast. There’s a tee-'way race for the house of rep- ^sentatives which h£^ provided some ■al stimulation, l^ayor G. W. Irown of Raeford andG. B. Rowland ave conducted quiet easy-going campaiggis for the office but a great interest was added wh^ the Rev. E. C. Cra-wford, ardent prohibition ist candidate to^ed his toga into the contest., ^ ' For Solicitor The campaigning for the office of sdM^tor of the recorder’s court has ibeffi’ rather inactive. H. McNair Snu'Bi is the one of the two candi- dates cm the groimd while Graham •G. Dickson was called to, the aimy 'Within a few days after he announced ihis candidacy- to succeed himself. , 'H' For Court Clerlt “ The four candidates for the office the clerk of tte superior court have stirred around plenty in the past two months and there’s hardly a political wiseman who’ll dare pre dict the outcome of this race, though all say it wiU have to be finally de cided in a nm-oil vote next month. John B. Cameron, Roland Covington and N. B. Blue are contesting with Edgar Hall, incumbent for this of fice. For Commissionfff lix candidates are in the field for five places on the board of com- xs. They are: N. H. G. Bal- L. Gibson, E. R. Pickier, McNeill and A. K. Stevens, ibents, and Wm. Stanley Craw- king the office for the first For Sh^ For the sheriff’s office David H. Hodgin, incumbent, is opposed by W. jR. Barrington, now on leave from his as 4 county rural police officer. 'Thss race is the center of considerable ;ilttnr£st and will serve to draw as :many voters to the polls, probably, as ; any of the others. The /ollowing candidates who • were unopposed in the primary were ^duly declnred as nominees for these r^ffices by fthe county board of elec tions and tti^r names ’will not ap pear on ’the icounty ticket:' Members rBoard of Education—rA. W. Wood, W. M. tdonroe, A. D. Mc- Phaul, Carl G. Riley, D. B. McFay- . den. Coroner—^R. A. Matheson, M. D. Co«tabl6-J. C. Wright. Recorder-^W. ^B. McQueen. In the Republ^an primary which is also set forrSatwday there are no I candidates for county or district of- rficcs, afidl^ose registered us members «Of the Republican party will be al« Mow^d' to vote only forgone of the two candidates for the'U. 1$.:Senate. They we .^iRtoner W. Klutz and Sam J. Moi PRIVATES’ PAY IS SET AT $42 ' Washington, May 23. — Rejecting proposals to set the lowest pay in the fighting forces at $50 monthly, a Senate - riouse committee- today agreed on a 942 minimum* Thi& the figure approved by the Senat^ is exactly double the $21 a month how paid amay privates and navy seamen when they first enter the services. ' While the Hou^e voted for a $50 minimum, Chairman uiay. Democrat of kentqcky, of the House military committee said he expected the joint committee’s decision to win House approval. Both the Senate and House must ratify the committee’s action. If President Roosevelt then signed tho legislation, the p^y boost would be come effective one month later. Legislators said they were uncer tain whether the raise would apply to the Women’s Army Auxiliary corps in which it was originally announced pay would start at $21 a month. “If their pay is based upon that of the army, then they will get the increases,” Senator Johnson, Demo crat of Colorado, said. In addition to increasing the pay of enlisted men, the measure wou|4 boost the base pay of second lieuten ants in the army arid marine corps and ensigns in the navy from $1,500 to $1,800 annually. Rental and subsistence allowances for all officers also would be upped. The committee agre^ to make the pay adjustment permanent, rather than a temporary 'wartime measure. Johnson, who headed the Senate conferees, said the acceptance of the $42 minimum, rather than $5b, meant a saving of $175,000,000 annually, bas ed on the, number in the armed ser vices on January 1st. On that same basis, the cost of the pay boost was estimated at $285,- OOO.OOO^annually. However, Johnspn said this estimate probably was con siderably short of the actual figure since there had been huge increases in the armed services since January 1st. As approved by the Senate-House .comraitti^ the leia^Jtation would in crease rental allbwahc^ for second lieutenants and officers of corre sponding rank^rom ^o with or with out de^ndents to with depend ents and $45 without SimHar in creases were made in rental allow ances for higher grades. The subsistence allowance of $18 monthly to lowest rankMg cohhhis sioned officers -with or indthout de pendents 'Was increased to $42 with dependents and $2i ’without. Take hdustrial The Greenville NYA Center, lo cated just outside city limits of Greenville, was built to offer defense training to hoys. In the past several months it was occupied at one time by sailors, who were taking tte same course as regular NYA trainees. As women and girls are gradually tak^ the place of boys in private and gov ernment industrial plants, the NYA has opened this Center to girls. Of fering the same courses to them as formerly were offered to the bosrs. The courses including wood-work ing, welding, machine shop, forge, radio, and photography. A youth must be 17 years old, and ^ow some aptitude for work of this kind. Miss Eva Mae Lassiter who has been with NYA for several years, and well known in Raeford, is supervis or. She is very enthusiastic over the possibilities for training offered the 200 yotmg trainees, whq .will in the next few weeks fit .ittiemseiyes for the many jobs now offeirW to girls. .,Hoke county has eight girls enroll ed at this Center and more to report next week. Evelyn Smith, Eupha Slutw, Aiuiifi Mae Shaw, Betty Walters, Bthia Peul Rose, Rosa Lee En^iafi,.,ahd Chfis^ tine McNeill, 'Eliey that .IbC classes are difficult and will require hard work, that the buildings are cn the order of barracks, well equipped, attractively furnished. The Ifiris are expected to com plete the course in the average time which is around three months. Hoke Comity Sailor Gets Commen^tioii WUliam G. Bradshaw Was Mem ber of Crew That Aided Argen tine Ship. Washington, May 25.—Lieutenant- Commander Colby G. Rucker of Arn old, Md., the commanding officer of a United States naval vessel which re stored a torpedoed Argentine tanker to running condition so it could make port, and his crew received com mendation today from Admiral Ern est J. King, commander-in-chief of the fleet. The tanker, th^ Victoria, was hit by two torpedoes off the Atlantic coast April 17th. The unidentified naval vessel picked up the crew, found the tanker in waters known to be dangerous, started its engines with difficulty, and put its crew back aboard. The vessel was able to pro- ce^ cto. New York. .^^png, the crew mratbers com iiwna^ Was tyilliam G. Bradshaw, 2$, aieaiiian first class, rente 2, Rae ford, N. C. Additional Namos Of Hdli^ Boys In Armed Forces cai The names of three more Hok« county boys now serving with our armed forces were filed with the Selective Service ottce during the past week. They are Cpl. Ralph Graham Plummer with the coast ar tillery, and Bivt. Willie Harrell also of the coa^ artillery. George Collis is also serving with the arniy. Lt. Henry Monroe is not a 2nd lieutenant, but is now a 1st lieutenimt. The Bfeck Ne^itt credited to Hoke county in last week’s list is a native of New Hanover county and should not be counted from Hoke. If you know of other boys who were not included in tte list of last week who are not listed here please notify Miss Peggy MePayden, derk, of the Hoke County Board of the Selective Sej^ce System, giving the name of the boy, his rank and the branch of service ^with which he is connected. Report Oil Local Soldier’s Center Court Docket Very Light ily three cases-were'heard iii iity court Tuesday by-Judge W. cQueen. Junior- Roes and L. C. i^uller each paid-costs--when con- oi simple assault, and John Henry Purcell, found guilty of non support was given a suspended sen tence of .lour months on payment of : • costs dnd payment of " $2 each-^'week tte supp^ of % Agriculturally Speaking . * . . PICKETtS — North Carolina pea nut growers who have been uncertain about obtaining enongh “pickers” to handle their 1942 etbp were pleased by the announcement that the War I^oduction Board has approved the allocation of material to manufacture A ^ new peanut picking machines, A. B. Harless, marketing specialist of the State Department of Agriculture, said recently. “The pickers vill be distributed through the cooperative associations on a rationed baisis to the newer, areas in which pickers are most nebded” he said, explaining that “the growers Petmut Cooperative, Inc., at Waverly Virginia, serves the North Carolina area.” Meanwhile, stocks of fanners pea nuts in the Sorth Carolina area are becoming “increasingly scarce” md most remaining holders of peanuts are planning to hold for higher prices even thou^ many millers are now unwilling to pay tie prices of 7% to 8 cents per pound which are now be ing asked by sellers. “A yew ago at Eastern North Car olina'points best farmers stock pea- nute commanded from 3Vt to 4 cents Eighteen soldiers were entertaifil^ over the weekend. Monday thirty- three people visited the center in cluding 6 ^soldiers; Several of the local mrmy officers’ wives enjoyed a bridge game Mon day afternoon. Jesse Baucom donated two bridge tables Saturday. Mrs. G. B. Rowland reports thai the Hoke Library Association will seb that the Cehter has two daily papers and State Magazine. Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. Seate, Mrs. Cufrlp ahl ^^* Oe^Miie arrangftl loy^ty fillers for the 'te&ditehd. - Miss Mugaret drreen, area recre- atidh supervisor, was hero Monday and. assigned one attendjmt te the Cent^ full time and stat^ that she hopi^ to have two full time leaders by tiiejatter part pi the We are'how in ihe Defend Area 'aiiid the prplect is classed as a Nafion-wide D^efise Reereation Program. She stated that the people of Hoke coun ty and Raeford are to be commended for the fine work they have done on the project. This project has no con nection with the United Service Or ganization (U. S. O.) but will coope rate tp the extent of allowing the leaders get up girls ior the U. S. O. dances and chaperone them to and from the centers and during the dances. It has been announced that the U. S. O. will put on a tence each Saturday night at the Raeford arm ory. You can help your Center by bringing new magazines, nuts, candy, cigarettes, phonograph records, cake, fruits and all the things boys like to the Center e'very day and espec ially on weekends. ^ Last weekend Mack’s 5, 10, 25c store furnished candy. Speck Blue said she was giving all of her sugar to the sol diers and brought in three pounds of sugar and spice-coated pecans. All of the boys who enjoyed them said they were coming back for more. Some hundred or more copies of Satiurday Evening Post, Life, Cosmpr politan and other magazines were handed to bo}rs passing through on the trains. Three Hoke Mei On Presbsrtery Delegation Of eight commissipners from Fay etteville Presbytery who will attend the annual meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church of the United States, three are from Hoke county, it was annoimced yes terday. Commissioners from here are: Dr. P. P. McCain, of Sanatorium, Rev. Henry R. Poole, pastor of the Antioch church, and M. C. Dew, of Raeford. The Rev. Ralph Pickard, pastor of the Shiloh church will also accom pany the group to the assembly, but is not a delegate. The meetings will be held from today through June 3rd, at the First Church of Knoxville, Tenn. Ft. Bragg Soldiers Spell Out “Buy War Bonds” For Newsreels l^hway &ilety By B. F. Beasley ' Highway safety instruction courses were gSven last week to a number of pr^j^iive school bus drivers by B. F«. safety instructor for the safety, |tepartment. Mr. Beasley was the gu^ of the Raeford Kiwanis dub Thursday evening and explained the purpose of this course and others to be given in the schools next fall. The safety department has plan ned an educational program which wfll roach every student in the North Carpliha schools, it was said, wheh it is in full ojperation. There will bb special 4ii$(rucfion courses -for-'the bus drivers, filing the summer, but tlj^re will also be regular classra in highvTOjr^ safety which will be a part of th^ regular high school curriculum. “Our hi^'ways today are deadly li abilities and the state has come to realize filat the only way to impress tfie seriousness of the problem on our p^ple is to take the message to them directly. We will give’instruc- tion courses to the school children first, ahd then we will have classes for adults also,” the speaker said, , We have trained 15,000 drivers in the past few years, but that training has notjbeto sufficie^,^ XS6W even roads iMte will be necel- sary tor these boys and girls in whose hands we place the safety of from 30 to 50 children twice each day, said Mr. Beasley. Careless and reckless driving have got to be eliminated and the state plans to do it. Mr. Beasley was presented by John A. McGoogan, program chairman. Details of the action in progress in which local citizens are seeking to have Raeford declared to be in a war area so that a local housing pro ject cw be sought and approved were explained by Benton Thomas. Neill A. McDonald, Jr., spoke briefly on the matter of the gasoline short age, in which talk he showed that receipts of gasoline in the eastern states had dropped from 1,500,000 barrels tp 860,000 barrels per day due to the U-boat attacks off our Atlantic coast. Mr. McDonald also called attention to the recent order regarding sales of storage batteries. When a new battery is purchased the buyer must turn in his old one. Fort Bragg, May 23.—^Five thou sand fighting men from the huge gar rison of this largest of artillery posts devoted part of their recreation time today to spelling out “Buy War Bonds” in living letters composed of soldiers from the 9th Infantry Divis ion. The event, planned by the soldiers to show their fellow Americans that the men in uniform are also conscious of the urgency of the War Bond cam paign, was filmed by still photograph ers and newsreel men from Fox Movietone News, Paramount News, Universal Newsreel, and Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer. These pictures will be seen in theatres and newspapers throughout the nation. Hoke county combine and thresher operators are required by law to ob tain threshing permits at the register of deeds’ office. Operators who do not do custom fereshing or combining cim obtain their permits feee. Ope rators who do custom threshing or combizdng will be expected to pay SOc for their permit, says A. S. Knowles, county agent It is more important "this year that accurate rpcords be kept of threshing small grain and soybeans than ever before, as it will give important in formation regarding the quantity of soybeans and small grain available throughout the county. This infor mation is important to the war effort, the operators of cotmbines and thr^- ers should' see that records of har- vi^rting are-kept accurate and up to Trinidad Goes America—By Aid Of The U. S. O. New York, May 25.—^Antigua and lYinidad, British islands in the Car- ribean, are the latest to see USO, ac cording to recent reports to Head quarters. Bi the former, a new club has been completed. At Port of Bpain, TYinidad, the Government- built clubhouse already is changing toerpattem of life. Ice-cream sodas, introduced *at the club fountain, are unseating the de^ly entrenched p4>- ularity of British lemon squash. Tn addition, the snadc bar provisions are all Aiq^can, many of than new to toe BrittHK It Will Cimie To Us AMERICANS MAKE DISCOVERIES Getting along on three gallons of gas a week has made over the lives of several million Americans. But the new way of life has lal to unsna* pected discoveries—^the long-forgot ten joy of walking down the street on a sunny moxaing, for instance. You can see too rather surprised new look on people’s faces, men walking to the train and taking time to notice roses In bloom, women seeing for the first time the lovely grace of a lean ing birch. We had forgotten how good it is to swing along on oim own two feet, how refreshing a cold drink tastes after a climb up g steep hill, with the stm hot on 6ur backs. But we’re discovering more than just the fun of walking. We’re see ing, our homes with a new eye, now we spend OUr evenings and oiu: Sun days at home. Mother finds she has time to make the new curtains, fath er fixes the rattling door-knobs. We find things for the children to do at home, helping in the garden, building a birth-bath. We take' down long unopened books from the* shelves; someone reads a story aloud to a de lighted audience. Home has sudden ly become dearer, more vital, the place that our boys in the service dream of, the place they ■will come back to some day. We’re discovering our neighbors, too, now that we meet them Wcilking and have time to stop for a chat. We exchange car rides, double up with the family down the street we barely knew before. There’s a sort of un expressed sympathy drawing us all closer together. We read each other the letters from our boys—^Tim’s in Iceland, Harry is in Honolulu, Dick is fljdng a bonuber over the Gulf. Yesterday they were just noisy chil dren playing ball on the vacant lot. It isn’t just the little, homely things we’re rediscovering, it’s an imder- standing that goes deep below the surface, a new appreciation of values. We don’t talk much about it; words are clumsy things. But we feel it when a boy in uniform passes us on the street, when we listen to the first-graders, pledging allegiance to the flag. Yes, there may be less fuel going throu^ the carburetors of our motorcars, but there is something driving us hi together. — Christian Science Monitor. Ratimied Tires And XCatdGasCanTBe Used to Haol Votars Wilson, May 25.—^Vehicles travel ing on rationed tires obtained through government rationing boards cannot and must not, under government OPA regulations, be used to haul voters to the polls next Saturday or any other time, Guy Rawls, deputy OPA administrator of the state, told a local reporter today when asked about the question. Rawls also said that under ration ing regulations no person with an X card lor gas rationing could use that card to haul voters to the polls. In both cases, Rawls indicated, the person so taking a person to the polls to vote would be violating the law. Administration of this rule will be left in the' lap of local rationing boards, Rawls indicated, and no blanket notice will go out to the coun ties in regard to it. Silent On B Cards The local reporter asked Rawls about whether or not this applied to any type or all typ^ of B car^ and the OPA head indicated that this was something that would be hard to regulate and would be up to the local boards. He said that all local rationing boards “know about all these regu lations themselves” and that this was the reason his office 'was not sending out a blanket notice about it. Thomas H. Woodard, Wilson county gasoline rationing administrator, 'was ariced about this today, and he said that he would do, of course, whatever the regulations required. “All motor vehicles,” Rawls said, “that have been given tires of any kind through the rationing program come under this regulation and a person driving such a vehicle will be certainly violating the law if he car ries a voter to the polls on Saturday.” Saying that the same thing aj^lied to holders of X cards for gasoline Rawls declared that he could not “conceive that such carrying of vot ers to the polls could be called of ficial business.” May Lose Cards It was indicated here that probably any persons caught violating these regulations next Saturday would not be able to buy any more gasolins through supplementary card« or would not be able to get any more tires through the rationing hoards. Recently in Washington Loon Ifen- derson, OPA hMft, Indicated that he felt that persons could use B eards tor pleasure or vacation driving jf they “doubled up** with other per sons in their travelmg in motor ve hicles. It was pointed out at the same time, however, that such persons mnng toeir B cards for pleasure or vaca tion trips would not be able to ob tain supplementary cards if needed for carrying on their business. It was thought that this same rule would apply to users of X and B cards and rationed tires if they carried people to the polls to vote as a habit on Saturday. NYA Administrator Will Enter Army Raleigh, May 23.—John Lang, state administrator of the National Youth administration, will report to Fort Bragg May 30 for induction into the United States army as a private. He plans to take basic training leading to the officers’ training school. Warren T. Davis, Jr., of Nashville, deputy state NYA administrator, will become acting administrator in toe absence of Lang, who expects to re turn to the agency at 'war’s end. Lang will get a military leave of absence. Lang, a native of Moore county, be came state NYA administrator in 1938, toe year in which Davis joined the agency as state supervisor of resident training centers. War Department Bans “Defense” Washington, D. C., May 25.— The War Department has announced that the tenns “defense” and “national defense” have been discmnled for toe duration. Instead “war” is to be used. There are, then, no m6ve “de fense” plants, but only “war” plmts, and workers in them are desUpiated as-^war Workm” or “war InduatoF WiMkers.” life - w Presbyteriain Church Votes To Purdbase Pipe Orggm At a congregational meeting held this week, toe purdiase of a pipe or gan to cost approximatdy $6,000 was approved by the congregation of toe Raeford Presbyterian church. The following conunittee was appointed'to negotiate the purchase and super vise toe installation of the organ: Edgar Hall, chairman, Lawrmice Mc Neill, M. C. Dew, Mrs. W. 'i. Coving ton, Mrs. Ina Betoune and Mrs. H. C. McLauchlfo. It was estimated that toe installa tion would be made witoln tois next four lagnths. To Wilmingloii Harry Green is now woHong at the Wilmington office of hj» roh- cern, toe 'V-C fertiliser company. Like Great Britain, Csnada lias betel controlling prices tod outbreak of war. AIB KAID WAlOaNGS IRQll EAEr€9a> WABMINO Mr an sefoal tali er for • ] ahri, MalafoMlli afotol aai saagl ■4,-,: