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VOLUME xxxvm, NO. 12
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PAY DAY
WAR
4 BOND DAY
STOP SPLfWmOSAVl DOllARS
Reprint Rent
Resolution
By Request
A part of the resolution adopted by
the town board recently is reprinted
from the News-Journal of July 16th
by request of several Army men
who state that in some instances this
requirement of the Area Rent Control
regulations is not being conformed to
Raefdrd.—Editor.
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Whereas, Raeford has been des
ignated as a part of the Fayette
ville Defense-Rental Area and
the Federal Rent Control regula-
^’ons apply here;
BE IT THEREFORE RE
SOLVED:
That the landlords have a
definite schedule of facilities
offered, utilities furnished and
privileges allowed within the
house or apartment that is being
rented;
That the tenants agree to tjiis
schedule before occupying the
house or apartment;
That the rents be paid one
month in advance by tenant; ex
ception: when a tenant comes in
the middle of the month he may
be allowed to pay ’til the first of..
the following month, but for a
whole month thereafter;
That at least one week's (sev
en days) notice be given the
landlord bg the tenant (where
possible' before the house or
apartment is vacated;
That the landlord rebate the
proportionate part of the prepaid
rental fee to the tenant when the
|i ( apartment or house is vacated,
less ohe week’s rent, if the apart
ment or house is vacated without
the week’s notlce.^nd if no new
tenant is not immediately avall-
-able; no. part of the rent is to
^ deducted from the unused por-
^uon of the advance payment how-
evw, if the week’s notice is given.
That these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of the
Board of Commissioners of the
Town of Raeford and that a copy
-pt sent to the News-Journal for
VubUcatton.
t i' Approved and passed umuii-
I mously by the Board of Com
missioners of the Town of Rae
ford, North Carolina, this I5th
day of July, 1942.
G. W. BROWN. Mayor.
C. R. FREEHAN. Cleric.
George Ashford
Kiwanis Speaker
\ George Ashford, Red Springs busi-
less man, was the speaker at the
^Mting of the Kiwanis club last
Siursday, on a program devoted to
y a discussion of Federal bureaus and
C-fieir relation to our war effort The
program was led by D. H. Hodgin
chairman for the day. ’
attention of
the c^b members to the vast bu
reaucracy which had grown up and
the immense powers which have been
delected to these various bureaus by
the Congress during the past three
administrations.
leading citizens know
that but a few of these bureaus exist.”
the speaker declared, “and as a citi-
3en we should be informed and con
cerned about them and their growth
their activities, and their vast pow
ers. The speaker pointed out that
many of toem were emergency crea
tion of far differmt times, which
were created when ftfts country faced
Thirties.
Somehow, he said, "many of them
hay^> held on after their real need
had passed, and were now using
money and men which should be de
voted to our Natino’s war effort.”
"The average citizen should be con-
oemed about these unnecessary affen
•cifs and to fulfill his duties as a
cin^n he should be properly in-
, Revival Meeting
Is In Progress
revival meeting is in progress
Ittman Grove Baptist Church. It
l^ed Monday ni^t, August 17.
teaching is by Rev. G. Rcott Tur-
Eyeryone ia invited to attend
serviees.
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Rainy-Day Fund
Liked by Farmers
Farmers in Hoke County who are
served by the National Fanfn Loan
Association, are showing considerable
Interest in. the future payn»ent plan
offered by the association and The
Federal I^d Bank of Columbia, ac
cording to G. B. Rowland arid Harry
W. Malloy, Presidents of the two
associations operating in this county,
and J. E. Walker, secretary-treasurer.
The future payment fund, common
ly known as the “rainy-day fund,”
Mr. Walker explained, is a plan
whereby Federal Land Bank borrow
ers can make advance payments on
their loans and receive interest on
them compounded semi-annually at
the same rate they paid on their loan
installments. He said such payments
should be made at his office.
"Most farmers are familiar with
President Roosevelt’s anti-inflaiotn
program,” Mr. Walker said, “and the
future payment plan helps to pro
mote this program,, and in my opin
ion is one the most helpful additions
to the loan repayment plan that has
been offered since the Federal Land
Bank and the national farm laon asso
ciations were organized in 1917.”
Sheriff Officers
Capture ’Stillers
In Little River
Three men were captured at a
small still in Little 'River township
this week by members of the sher
iff’s department, after having it un
der observation for about a month.
G. W. Garner, John T. McRimmon
and Andrew Jones, tried in County
Court Tuesday were convicted of
manufacturing illegal whiskey after
presentation of evidence by Sheriff
Di H. Hodgin, Deputies J. C. Wright,
W. U. Taylor and W. R. Saimders.
Garmer was given a six-month sen
tence on the roads, which was sus
pended upon payment of $50 and costs
and a $20 still fee. Jones and Mc-
Crimmon each drew three-month sen
tences, suspended upon pasnnent of
$10 and costs.
Jennings Britt paid costs for vio
lation of the prohibition laws. Doyle
James Simons paid costs for operat
ing a car with improper brakes; Fred
Marshall paid costs oh assault charges.
John C. Black was convicted on two
charges, drunkenness and carrying a
concealed weapon. He drew a 30-
day sentence on the first charge and
paid $50 and costs on the concealed
weapon indictment. Lacy Torrey paid
costs for having improper brakes on
his car. Harry W. Jernigan paid
costs for speeding. ,Jqdgm€nt was
continued in the case against Pete
Scarbwo, convicted of drunken and
disorderly conduct. The case against
John McKay Blue was continued for
one week.
RAEFORD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1942
PEOPLE ASKED TO SELL 400^
LBS. SCRAP IN WEEK; 1,000 LBS.
FOR EACH HOKE MAN IN SERVICE
Cotton Gins of County Serving During
“Junk Rally” as Collection Centers
$2.00 PER YEAR
First Bale Ginned;
Earliest in History
Of Hoke County
Will Gilchrist, Red Springs, Route
1, ginned the first bale of cotton in
Hoke County at Oakdale Gin Sat
urday, August 15. The oldest in
habitants of the county have never
known of a bale being ginned this
early before.
Weed to Go Higher,
Says Falk Carter
Aberdeen, August 19—Faulk Car
ter, veteran tobacconist and ware
houseman at Aberdeen, thinks to
bacco will sell still higher a little
later on this year. Mr. Carter says
there has been a decided upward
trend since the opening of the Geor-
gia markets several weeks ago and
that he expects the better grades of
tobacco to go much higher. In fact,
he says he expects to see tobacco seU
fall as it did in 1919.
Mr. Carter, who operates Carter’s
Warehouse in Aberdeen, says he be-
heves tte fanners will make big
dividenk oh their tobkcco by not
to the market too soon.
The Aberdeen tobacco market will
open on Monday, Sept. 14th.
Murdock McDuffie
Great Britain
Murdock son of Mrs.
M. McOuffiq, has notified his ftun-
of his safe arrival in Great Britain.
He entere4 Port Bragg in Mardi
and was at camps In Wyoming and
W&snin^on before going
MeB^n The News-Jovmal. PleMe.
WhMi Shepiiliig.
Reviving the battle cries originated
in Hoke County last fall for the
first big country-wide scrap collec
tion campaign held in the nation, the
county again calls upon its citizens
to join a nation-wide drive for the
collection of old metals, rubber, rags
and waste fats to aid our nation in
its war efforts. August 24th through
the 29th is the time set for the “Junk
Rally” and 400,000 pounds of metals
are asked by the Hoke County Sal
vage Committee.
“One Thousand Pounds Per Man”
is a new battle slogan adopted for
this drive. Hoke County now has
approximately 400 men in the armed
forces of the United States and the
Committee is calling for scrap in their
honor, to provide guns and trucks
and tanks and airplanes and bullets
for these men. • ’i
A big bulletin board is being
erected today on the A. & R. station
yard, between the Soldiers’ Center
and the junk yard. On this board
will be the names of every man in
the services from the county. That
pile of scrap will be gathered by
patriotic citizens in honor of these
men whose names are thereon.
It was pointed out this week by
members of the War Production
Board, that some parts of our great
steel plants were now CLOSED
DOWN because theg were not get
ting enough scrap metals to keep
them running. Others will be closed
within a few days, and hardly two
weeks’ supply was had on hand by
any of the larger concerns. The need
is urgent, the spokesman stated, and
scrap must be had immediately to
keep up war materials production.
To aid in the drive the cotton gins
of Hoke County will serve as com
munity collection centers where far
mers can sell their scrap without
bringing it all the way to Raeford.
Red Scarborough will have a buyer
at his junk yard here in Raeford
throughout the entire week^ also, It
Avas announced, so that there will
be some ten centrally located points
where metals can be sold. These
places, and the various service sta
tions of the county will buy rubber
also. Waste fats can be sold at any
of the meat markets of Raeford. The
same prices will be paid at all of
the collection points throuhout the
county.
County Salvage Committee Chair
man John A. McGoogan has called
on the neighborhood leaders of the
county to take charge o#the drive
in their communities and to see that
no firm owner or tenant fails to hear
of the drive. Mr. McGoogan states
“that every pound of available scrap
will be ne^ed for the county to meet
this high quota. We have already
sold more than a million and a half
pounds of scrap. That’s all of the big
junk piles,” he explained. “Every
little lot of 10 lbs., five lbs. or 50
lbs. wiU be needed to put this drive
across, but Hoke County has never
failed to live up to its quota in any
worthy drive. I know that we will
reach our goal of 400,000 pounds next
week, and then pass it.”
County Agent A. S. Knowles added
that he knew the farmers were behind
this campaign to a man. “When a
patriotic movement is on Hoke Coun
ty farmers will back it to the limit.
They are already searching through
their machinery parts for broken
pieces no longer serviceable, and
looking through old scrap heaps for
anything that may be used. Next
week they’ll be making their ways
to the -cotton gins of the county
with loads of scrap to make this
‘Junk Rally’ as outstanding a success
as they made the collection drive for
metals last fall.”
Service Officer of
Aircraft Warning
Service Coming
An Air Forces officer from head
quarters of the Wilmington Air De
fense Region will be in Hoke County
Wednesday, August 26, to inspect
these Aircraft Warning Serviceposts
reporting to the Raleigh Filter Cen
ter, according to H. L, Gatlin, Jr.,
district civil director. The purpoes
of the visit is to determine whether
the posts are ready for activation.
The posts in Hoke County which
report to the Wilmington Filter are
already in full operation, with Civil
ian Volunteers keeping a 24-hour a
day watch, seven days a week to
report the presence of all aircraft.
Yoting Hobson
Child Dies
Little David Hobson, who died
Thursday, August 13, was buried
Friday afternoon, August 14, at
p. m. at Parkers Chapel. The fu
neral was conducted from the church
by Rev. E. C. Crawford and burial
was in Parker’s Cemetery.
David was one year old and the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Stacey Hobson
of Route 2, Raeford. He had not
been well for some time. His par
ents survive him, also a brother,
Howard.
BURGLAR IN SMOKE
A burglar broke into a barber shop
at Wadesboro, N. C., and stole $225
while firemen fought a fire next door
Important Notice
To Selectees
After you receive form 150,
Order to Report for Induction,
please do not ask the Local Board
to grant you a deferment. After
mailing form 150, the Local Board
has no authority to reopen and
consider anew a registrant's clas
sification unless it first specifi
cally finds that there has been a
change in the registrant’s status
resulting from circumstances over
which the registrant had no con
trol.
Severe Penalties
Await Violators
Of Rent Control
Mention The News-Journal, Please
When Shopping.
HOLD EVERYTHINGI
In a letter to the News-Journal,
Franklin S. Clark, area rent at
torney and director, states that se
vere penalties are provided in the
act regarding regulation of rental
rates in defense areas. In part, Mr.
Clark says:
“We certainly appreciate the co
operation you (the News-Journal)
are giving us, and feel that it is
most important. I am afraid that
a great many people in Hoke Coun-
ty do not realize the seriousness of
this rent control program. The pen
alties provided in the Act are very
severe. This office does not neces
sarily have charge of the enforce
ment of the criminal penalties under
the Act, but we are extremely an
xious that the peoples of Cumberland
and Hoke Counties comply with the
Act in order that they may not be
subjected to the penalties of a vio
lation.
We have had very few registrations
Raeford, and I certainly trust
that With the publicity you are giv
ing us IJie people of Raeford will re
spond and send in their registration
forms.
Let me assure you that we are
anxious to do everything to cooper-
in Hoke County,
and if the tire and gas situation were
no so acute we would have made
many more visits to Raeford.
Sincerely yours,
FRANKLN S. CLARK,
Area Rent Attorney and
Director.
On Jo$ Is to Sm
DoDais
Buy
War Bonds
I'/ery Pay Doy
Maneuver Soldiers
Say “Thanks” to
Raeford Hosts
The genuine appreciate of the group
of soldiers entertained here 10 days
ago, has been expressed a number
of times in letters from these boys
to their hosts and hostesses. Some
200 strong, these boys were brought
in from the Wadesboro section of
the maneuver area.
They were entertained in the homes
here, and following church services
Sunday morning, a picnic was held
for them in the grove of the Presby
terian Church. This dinner, a gen
uine,- old-time basket spread, was
contributed by members of the
churches of the entire county. Such
.an occasion was a novelty to many
of the men and it was thoroughly
enjoyed by all of them, according to
their letters received here this week.
An official appreciation from
George Wil-on. area director for the
USO, was received last week. Re
questing the News-Journal to publish
this letter, it is addressed to;
The People of Raeford: . ■
As chairman of the USO staff of
the Fort Bragg Area, may I com
mend the people of Raeford for their
splendid hospitality toward the men
in the ser\'ice.
Especially for the fine w'ork done
last week end for the convoy brought
in from the maneuver area. The
cooperation with USO and other of
ficials was truly an expression of
the finest trait of coordinated effort
to meet a need.
Sincerely,
George Wilson,
Chairman, USO Staff,
Fort Bragg Area.
Mrs. Neill McKay
North Carolina farmers who still are gathering scrap metal
on their farms for use in the nation’s steel mjllj; are cau
tioned not to sell for scrap any pieces which are usable for
farm purposes. The North Carolina USDA War Board, with
headquarters at State College, says m^ny pieces of scrap
metal often contain parte which may be used in repairing
farm machinery. The board saqs, however, that every bit
of scrap not usable for other purposes is vitally needed in
making arms and munitions to fight the Axis, and should be
placed in trade channels as rapidly as possible. The scrap
collection campaign will continue for the duration. It is
no more a one-week or one-month campaign than the war
is a one-week or one-month conflict, the board points out.
fVARJV/JVC/ Don’t
Pick Wet Cotton
A warning not to pick cotton
until it has had time to dry out
from the present rains, was issued
Wednesday by the management of the
Oakdlae Gin. If cotton is picked be
fore it has had time to dry the grade
is bound to be considerably below
middling, it was pointed out, and the
present difference between middling
cotton and low middling is from $15
to $20 a bale. This is a very ma
terial difference, and it will pay far
mers to watch the condition of their
cotton before picking it, and in all
cases not to have their cotton ginned
until it is in proper shape for ginning
Most Hoke County gins are equip
ped with driers, but a drier will
not make up for the lack of care in
picking cotton too wet or too green.
This is a well-established fact and
as local gin operators are desirous of
having farmers not to suffer any
more than is necessary from damage
by the continued rains of Uie past 10
days, they want to stress this fact,
together with urging tba tcotton not
be picked when it is too wet
Mrs. Annie Laura McKay, one of
the oldest and most beloved citizens
of the Wagram Community, died in
Highsmith Hospital early Friday
morning, August 7th, and was buried
Saturday morning in the Spring Hill
Cemetery near Wagram.
Mrs. McKay was bom in Wagram
community on August 20, 1866, the-
daughter of John McDuffie and Sa
rah McLean McDuffie. She had spent
her entire life in her native conv-
munity. On February 28, 1895 she
married Neill McKay, and the young
couple settled on the McKay farm
for 40 years of happy married life.
Mr. McKay died Dec. 2, 1937, and
Mrs. McKay has been directing the ■
affairs of the farm sinc» then.
Two children were bom to
John L. McKay who died Nov. 4,
1934, leaving his widow, Mrs. Ger
trude McKay, and her family who
are now living in Wagram, and Mrs.
Edwin Shaw and her family witti
whom Mrs. McKay has been mak
ing her home.
^ Mrs. McKay is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. Sallie Bundy and Miss
Catherine McDuffie, both of Wagram.
and the grandchildren, Anne. Edwin,
Catherine and Daniel Shaw and
Peggie Neill, John A. and Duncan Mc
Kay, all of the Wagram community.
Funeral services were conducted
in the home on Saturday morning at
11:00 by her pastor. Rev. F. L. Good
man, assisted by a former pastor. Rev.
L, A. McLaurin of Hemp.
Junior Commandos
Are Formed Here
“Buddy” Lee of West Raeford
while reading “Little Orphan Anni^
decided to form a “Junior Comman
dos” among his friends to gather scrap
iron for Uncle Sam. During the first
week this useful and enthusiastic or
ganization sold four dbllars wortli
and brought the money to the ffatt
feird Soldier’s Center to help fur
nish comforts for our soldiers.
Hurrah for these young peoplel
Post Office to Close
Early After Sept, 1
Raeford Post Office announces that
after Sept 1st the post office will
close at 1 o’clock on Saturdays. How
ever, that same week the Wednesday
afternoon closing discontinues.
Mention The News-Jeamal, Pkaae^
When Shopping.
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