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VOLlW xxxvm, NO. 13
RAEFOBD, N. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1S42
$2.00 PER YEAR
Don’t Forget The BOYS
BRIN6
the scrap
Cash Bowl of $2300 Required Eugene
Bai After Grand Jury Returns True
Bill in Harris Slaying Sunday Night
Funeral Service* for Johnny Harri* Held
Tuesday Afternoon
I Austrian Winter 1 Army Accepts 23
Peas Now Available Men of Group
iFor Hoke Fanners [Sent Saturday
Twenty-three men of a group of
Lumberton
Sets All-Time
High in Tobacco
I Superior Docket
Cleared in Two
Days by TlMmipsmi
Marketl Goes Into Third
Full Week; Believe More Than
15,000.000 Lbs to Be Sold
D. McNeill Is Given
Sospendi^ Two-Year SciilemM
In MurrOl ShootiBg Affair
Bond of $2,500 cash was allow^
®ugene Bill Tuesday by C
Everett'■Kiompson, presiding ^er tte
-August term of Superior Co^, after
the Hoke County Grand Jury had
'brought in a
/) from their investtgation of the shoot-
Ye which resulted in the death of
Johnny Harris, aged 22, at Bill’s Place
Sunday niglit. ^
Harris, the son of. Alec H^is, a
farmer on the Crawford Thomas
Place, died while en route to a Fay
etteville hospital early Sunday morn
ing from bulM wounds said
been inflicted after Harris and Jus
companions and two soldiers had been
told to leave the business at closmg
time.
Bill, aged 24, operates the tavern
which is located about three miles
north of Raeford on the Fayetteville
highway. He was arrested at the
tavern shortly after the Shooting oc
curred by members of the sheriffs
department.
According to Sheriff D. H. Hodgin,
Johnny Harris, Thad Stewart and Ray
Stedman arrived at the tavern about
midnight and asked to be served some
beer. They were told that the house
had stopped selling beer for the night,
that 'it was closing time. Hanis and
his companions and two soldier cus
tomers there were asked to leave.
Sheriff Hodgin stated that after the
customers left and the screen door
was locked, witnesses stated that Har-.
.4 ris returned to the door and shook
it. Bill’s mother, the sheriff stated,
.J*^came to the door and then Eugene
Bill fired two shots at Harris through
•jff the screen. As Harris was falling,
> the sheriff stated, Harris apparently
pulled out his pistol and fired one
shot throu^ the screep into the
tavern. Two bullets entered Harris’
body, one just over the heart and
^e other through the left thigh.
/ Harris was brought to Raeford. An
Army captain who was dovmtown had
an Army ambulance called and he
was taken to Highsmith’s hospital,
where he was pronounced dead upon
arrival.
In the meantime Sheriff Hodgin
was called and he and Deputy Craw
ford Wright and Highway Patrolman
J. Barnes investigated the affair. Bill
was arrested and brought to the
county jail before the report of Harris’
death reached Raeford.
Funeral services for Harris were
held at the home Tuesday afternoon.
The Rev. E. C. Crawford, pastor of
! the Raeford Methodist Church, was
J in charge. Interment was in the Rae-
ford Cemetery.
r- He was born Nov. 25, 1919, in
Surry County. He is survived by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alec Har
ris of Timberland; four sisters, Sally
Mae, Annie Ruth and Louise, all of
.,^imber]and, and Mrs. Ozelle Osborne
of Red Springs, Route 2; three broth
ers, Robie, Fred and William Harris.
He served two years in foreign
service and came home Dec. 1, 1941.
He was called to go back August 30.
Army to Improve
% Raeford-Vass Road
IIn
Test Blackout for
Hoke County Set
For Tonight, 7:30
Orders for Austian winter peas for . ^ ^ nraaif l
juse as a winter legume now are colored draftees sent to rorx oragg
being accepted at the Hoke County I Saturday for induction were accept-
AAA office, according to J. M. Mc-lg^ the Army, according to in-
' Gougan, chairman of the AAA Com-1 formation received by the local board
1 mittee. Notice has been received that I qi the selective service system Mon-
group »oro held toe| _an | ^erett Thompson, of Eizoheth Clt,.
Lumberton, Aug. 26—Lumberton’s I The civil criminal dockets of the
[pace-setting tobacco market went! August term of Superior court were
into its third full week of the season I cleared in two days by Judge C.
brackets for I this week.
lo iNoriii ki* so I \jincrs ui mt? »» *..1 all tim^^ in nil
that all orders ^^ch ar^ plac^ ^^^^1^turaS12 days of sSling. Through! John D. McNeiU drew a two-year
be filled by ear y p , I though some w . {last Friday the Lumberton market 1 sentence in the Joe Murrill shooting
chairman said. were-sold 10,751,928 pounds of tobac- case. The sentence was suspended
The peas may be obtained as g mi Those mc^^ for s . ’ Lo for $4,386,603.30. This was was a upon good behavior for five years,
of-aid material wit o 1 frpT&htl Thomas J Kelly I average of 40.80 per hun-l payment of court costs and the pay-
cash and costs of seed and freight Alexander Boatman, Thomas J. Kelly, ment of S400 to Col Murrill.
A test blackout of
to'l^tahrThii^sdayrsometo^^^ Pf 100 Pounds, delivered “‘jThoma^ Junus the market. Present figures indi-1 weapon. Murrill, a former high-
tween the hours of 7:30 and 10:30, j Raejord. , , , . . x-_ neasI ’ Willie Ca market will go beyond! way patrolman who was stationed
it has been announced by local de- Austrian P®®® 1 By^d. Charhe L. RobiMn, WU 15,000,000 pounds at the end of this! here for about two years, was shot
Lsf offSrs h" important to farmers of gie, Edward Evans. Slvm J Ran- recorded, five times on the ngiht of July 3rd.
fense oiiicers. I Hnke rnnntv this vear.” said Mr.Idolph, Grady Ray, Teams Stubbs,' me
While most of the tobacco sold in I He was in a critical condition at
Lumberton is from its own Robeson I the Fort Bragg hospital for several
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Reservation
By request to Gen. John T. Ken
nedy, commandant of Fort Bragg,
from the district engineer of thqjt|i^'
way commission, the Army road
maintenance crew of Fort Bragg will
improve the Raeford-Vass highway
along that part of the highway which
crosses the Bragg reservation, it was
announced yesterday by John A. Mc-
Googan, county auditor.
Mr. McGoogan made the announce
ment just before leaving with his wife
and Miss Ruth Patterson for Bogue
Sound where they will remain until
'Sunday.
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MAKB EVERT
PAY DAY
WAR
ESPJD DAY
STOP spmme—SAvi douass
Bread Plays ¥ital
Role in Human Diet
. . ram fna we ston urouen, moses 25,000,000 pounds for the
keep our soil in condition to produce James Ray, Paul Jumor Billmger, which will dose early in
as much food and fiber as the nation I transferred, Rubin Craven, Elous C. October
needs as long as necessary.” I Chambers, Frank Junior Dupree,
He also urged farmers to take ad-1 Spencer Singletary, Lonnie T. Brady,
vantage of the offer of Austrian win-1 James Washington, Roosevelt Me
ter peas in view of the fact that other j Lean, Willis Louis Billmger, Learn
legume crop seed may not be avail-1 Peterkin, George McLean Buraie
able this year. I Jones, Gonnie^ Rogers, Freddie Wil-
Further details on prices and plac- j liam Faulk, Prince McNeill, Henry
ing orders, he said, may be obtained I Campbell, Joe Brown Ramey, Wel-
at the county AAA office. I lington Garden McNeill.
counties, tobacco growers who began 1 a corporal in the Marines stationed
with Lumberton years ago. It is 1 at the New River base near Jack-
estimated that Lumberton will sell a j sMiville.
Divorces were granted Tuesday in
three actions: Archie B. Hu^es vs.
Agnes C. Hughes; Mrs. Mildred B.
, 11 * I Hoke County this year,” said Mr —,
The blackout plans call for inspec- j “•Shortages of commer-1 Farlie Arties, Jimmie Leak.
’Vn” this market does have hun-ldays. He has recovered Irom the
ness by Fort Brara on m ^ as much natural Walter McCmtchen, James Cut- customers from adjoining injuries and has returned to duty as
ground, and possibly in the I nitrogen in their soil as possible! lock, Lacy Smith, Will Thomas, Alex- ,— _a_a.- 1
though the latter may not I through use of legume crops. We are I ander Smith, Dannie Hugh McDuffie,
over the entire area dur ng the sMn in our biggest agricultural I Arthur Harrington James Love, El-
blackout period, which will hardly be l pj^^yction program, and we must I ston Crouch, Moses McNeill, Willie
over 20 minutes, it was said. - ' . _
All cars will be stopped, and local
people are asked to stay off the
streets during the practice, so that
the blackout workers and their as
sistants will not be hindered in car
rying out their duties. Too, local
residents are reminded of the toi^
ordinance relative to compliance with
blackout requirements.
Effectiveness of test blackouts in
this community has been hi^ty
praised, and it is hoped by local of
ficials that our good record can be
kfeiSt
cooperation maintained,
Bread is the universal food. It
enters into the diet of more people
than does any other single food item,
with the possible exception of rice,
says Dr. Walter J. Peterson, in charge
of animal nutrition fbr the N. C.
Agricultural Experiment Station^ at
State College. For millions of peotae,
bread is the chief constituent of the
diet, owing perhaps to its cheapness
and high calorie value.
“That is why,” says Dr. Peterson,
“the recent enrichment of white flour
with Vitamin B1 and calcium is so
important to the-health of the Ameri
can people in wartime. Also, the
British Food Control Commission has
ruled that all white bread used in
England must be enriched.”
Dr. Peterson explained that Vita
min B1 is composed of a substance
known as “thiamin.” He said: “Thi
amin is concerned with the break
down of foods that furnish energy for
the body processes. Furthermore,
since it has been shown that the
daily requirement of this vitamin
depends upon the amount of energy
expended, it is imperative that the
inclusion of thiamin in adequate
amounts in the diet of our people
be assured.
“Food processors in the United
States have long sought to please our
palates without much consideration
for our vitamin needs,” the State Col- were
lege nutritionist asserted. “We have
acquired a taste for many vitamin-
deficient foods.
‘“Since^ it is unlikely that we will
ever be able to successfully educate
the public taste to a point where un
processed foods would be really en
joyed,' it is time that more serious
consideration be given to the thought
of fortifying our processed foods.
This can be accomplished, in most
cases, by slight changes in manufac
turing methods such as the enrich
ment of bread.’’
Raeford will have another “Sol
diers’ Day” on Sunday, August 30th,
as it entertains 200 soldiers from the
2nd Armored Division, now encamped
at Mott’s Lake north of town.
Plans call for the 200 visiting sol
diers to join and take part in the
worship services of the Methodist and
Presbyterian Churches on Sunday
morning, after which they will all
meet on the lawn of the Presbyterian
Church for a picnic dinner similar to
that served to other soldiers on Au
gust 9th. The dinner, as before, will
t e furnished by the townspeople, and
verybody is asked to come and be
with the soldiers and to bring a large
basket. There is no preaching serv
ice on Sunday morning at the Baptist
Church, but members of that church
will join the other churches in wor-
Common tobacco in all grades has
been selling in Lumberton for the
last 10 days and bringing record prices
for this class of leaf. Good tobacco
has been bringing up to 55 cents a
pound ever since the opening of the
market and the price on this type
holds steadily.
Lumberton has seven warehouses
in operation, •with six guaranteed
daily sales. Up to the early part of
this week the market’ KaTs Been block
ed every day since the opening, but
it appeared that after this week
a farmer could count on getting a
sale without any delays.
shipping with the soldiers and in fur.i
nishing lunch for them and eating
with them.
Members of the 2nd Armored Di
vision have already expressed pleas
ure at the kindness of Raeford people
to their encampment near the town,
and they say that local people are
really conscious of the war and are
making a strong effort to do their
part in every way toward the war
effort and being of assistance to sol
diers and service men as they visit
here.
It is pointed out that the dinner on
Sunday is a joint effort on the part
of all the people in Raeford and the
community, and all are urged to
participate in honoring our soldier
visitors in honor of our own service
men whom we cannot at this time
have the privilege of honoring.
Car Stolen Here
Recovered in
Five Hours
Deputy Sheriff Crawford Wright
Follows Thieves Closely 3$
Miles, Then Loses Trail
D. J. DALTON ILL
D. A. Daltnn, superiotendent of the
local R. E. A. is very ill with pneu
monia in Thompson, Hospital, Lum
berton.
EGGS
Nearly billion dozen eggs must
be produced In the United States dur
ing the remainder of this year if
the 194:^ goal to meet war-time re
quirements is attained.
Four soldiers stationed near here
turned over to the Provost
Marshall of this area Tuesday, charg
ed with the theft of a Plymouth
automobile from the streets of Rae-
fojd, and a girl arrested with them
was returned to Rockingham yester
day by membecs of the sheriffs de
partment.
Thd'car was stolen from in front
of Dr. A. L. O’Briant’s office a few
minutes after he had parked it Sat
urday night about 9 o’clock. He
saw 'that it was stolen a few minutes
later.
Deputy Sheriff Crawford Wright
and Special Officer W. R. Sanders of
the sheriffs department trailed the
cai^through Aberdeen, Pinehurst and
Southern Pines by a few minutes,
only to lose their trail in the Sandhills.
Highway Patrolman Walker sta
tioned at Rockingham, notified of the
theft by radio, spotted the car about
2 a. m. Sunday and arretted four
soldiers and a girl.
Judge C. E. Thompson, presiding
over a Superior Court term here,
ordered the soldiers turned over to
the Fort Bragg area police authori
ties and the girl returned to her home
at Rockingham.
Beer Sales Are
Restricted m
Hoke County
Sales of beer, ale and rubbing al
cohol are to be restricted on the
week ends beginning immediately,
according to a joint resolution adopted
by the Board of Commissioners and
the Mayor and board of Comission-
ers of the Town of Raeford.
The resolution calls for all sales
of beer and ale to be stopped at 12
o’clock midnight on Saturday and
none to be sold • until 6 o’clodk
Monday morning.
All places selling rubbing alcohol,
said to be often used for drinking
purposes, are requested to stop all
sales of the product at 12 o’clock noon
on Saturdays and not sell any until
6 o’clock Monday morning, unless the
purchaser has a prescription from a
licensed physician.
This resolution was read and ap
proved by the Hoke County Grand
Jury ill session Tuesday morning. The
action of the Boards was approved by
Judge C. Everett Thompson, presiding
over the August term of Superior
Court. Judge Thompson spoke very
highly of the resolution and com
mended the Boards on their action.
“Soldier” was derived from the
Latin word “solidus,” meaning “a
solid piece of money.”
3S
T. B. Lester Resigns
From Draft Board
T. B. Lester, chairman of the Hoke
County Board of the Selective Serv
ice System, tendered his resignation
to the System director for North
Carolina, this -week, stating that the
heavy demand of other matters left
him msufficient time to give the at
tention to draft affairs that the office
required.
Mr. lister, chairman of the local
board since its formation in October,
1940, has served in this post cap-
ably, and has directed the matters
of the board in such a way that no
criticism has been offered. Accord
ing to John A. McGoogan, Mr. Lester
has given many more hours to the
work of the board than could have
possibly been expected and it is going
to be extremely difficult to secure a
sucessor. Other members of the
board are Arch McEachern and F. L.
Eubanks.
Mr. Lester’s resignation becomes
effective Sept. 1st.
Due to the necessity of one member
being close to the office to handle
emergency matters and supervise
clerical details it was stated that the
successor to Mr. Lester should come
from Raeford. He is to be selected
and approved by a committee com
posed of Clerk of Court Edgar Hall
County Superintendent of Education
K. A. McDonald and Crawford Thom
as, chairman of the County Board of
Education.
SOLDIER SERVICE
At the 11 a. m. service Simday
an Army Chaplain will conduct serv
ices at the Raeford Methodist Church
in the absence of the pastor. The
Chaplaih will bring a group of eol"
diers with him for the service. Pub
lic cordially invited to come out and
hear the chaplain and enjoy the eerv.
ice with the soldiers.
Thomas of Fayettevill vs. Lee Boy
Thomas; and Pearl Harrington vs.
Oscar Harrington. None was coo:-
tested.
In the only other civil action, a
motion was heard in the case of
Buie Co. vs. Hector McNeill, Admr.,
in which an out-of-court settlement
of a damage suit was approved.^
Flora Hunter, colored woman,
pdeaded guilty to diarges of assault
with a deadly weapon with intent to
kill. She was sentenced to swve 12
months in the county jail and to be
worked by the board of conunission-
ers. Robert Graham pleaded guilty
to assault with deadly weapon ebatgei
and was sentenced to serve ^
months on the roads.
The case against Raynaond Cro«
martie, colored, charged with the
murder of Tom Sessoms in an auto
wreck which occurred the 25th of
August, 1937, was dismissed. Cro-
martie skipped the country following
the accident and was arrested about
ttiree weeks ago by Fayetteville po
lice at the request of Sheriff D. H.
Hodgin.
Frank Tyler, charged with the mur
der of Daity Miller on August 2nd,
pleaded guilty to assault with deadly
weapon and was sentenced to two
years in prison. The sentence was
suspended upon payment of costs and
good behavior for 5 years.
Floyd Walton was found guilty on
two counts, assault with deadly wea
pon on H. E. Deese, night policeman
of Raeford, and of resisting arrest.
He was sentenced to serve 12 months
on each count, the sentences to run
concurrently.
The case against C. A. White,
charged with manslaughter growing
out of a wreck several months ago,
when two soldiers from Fort Bragg
were killed, was continued until the
November term of court.
An instanter capias was issued for
Sim Liles for nonpayment of court
costs when he was tried on man
slaughter charges for the death of
Melvin Gentry.
Chily one case was heard by the
court after the noon recess on Tues
day, all other cases having been tried
or continued in a day and a half.
Ertyle Carlyle, solicitor of the dis
trict, of Lumberton, prosecuted the
criminal cases for the state.
Hurt to Army;
Benner Busts
Auto Store
El Salvador, with an area of only
13,000 square miles, is the smallest
countries on the American continents |
AIR RAID WARNINGS FOB
RAEFORD
WARNING SIGNAL—A awtas
of repeated short blasts OB the Ire
siren. This wlB be the wamlar
for an aetnal raM Hr for a praetlee
alert U at night It bmuis an In-
Mani and eomplele Uaskovt
ATL-CLB.\R SIGNAL — One
long blast of the stren.
Phillip J. Hurt, for the past year
owner and operator of the Westmi
Auto Associate Store, expects 'to en
ter the motor maintenance division
of the QMC, USA, on Sept. 8th, it
was announced yesterday.
He has arranged to sell his sto^
and fixtures of the concern to C. J.
Benner of Carthage. Mr. Benner will
take over the operation of the store
on Sept. 1st, it was stated.
Mr. Benner is married and has
four children. He plans to move his
family here next week. They will
occupy the Lee Maultsby house near
the high school.
Mr. Hurt stated that his wife would
continue to make her home tn Rite-
ford while he is in the army.