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VOLUME xxxvm, NO. 22.
BAEFOUD), N. C, THUBSDAY, OCT. 29tli, 1942
Lack of Letters Can Do More
Harm Than Japs, Marine
Fighter Declares.
I
Letters from home are the crying
need of American soldiers and
marienes, according to a letter re
ceived from one of them here.
This Lieutenant said that parents
■who don’t write “can do more to
hurt their boys than any one else
they run into out here.”
He knows that is true, the lieu
tenant writes, because he helps to
censor mail and knows what they
are thinking.
“We can’t write often,” he said,
^‘for a lot of reasons. One of these
is stationery. We just get a little
once in a while.”
Some of the boys have received
only one or two letters since they
left the States and “are sick at
heart” as a result.
Open Meeting of
Women’s Club
The Literature and Educsltional
Deparments of Women’s Club
held their joint open meeting on Tues
day afternoon, Oct. 27, 1942, at 3:30
P. M., in the Kiwanis Hall, with Mrs.
C. W. Seate. Mrs. Balfour, Mrs. A. S.
Knowles, Mrs. Wm. Lamont, Mrs.
Wilmer McDonald, Mrs. J. H. Austin
and Mrs. J. E. Gulledge as hostesses.
Mrs A. K. Currie, President of the
Educational Dept, presided and in
troduced Mrs. H. L. Gatlin Jr., Pro
-am Chairman, who presented the
speaker; Mrs. Whitener, a member
of the Colony of army wives living
■'* in Raeford.
In an interesting, gracious, and in
formal manner, Mrs. Whitener related
her experiences on a recent trip to
Mexico City, which she made with her
husband and a group from the Uni
versity of North Carolina, a few sum
mers ag6.
Especially interesting points of in-
terest mentioned were the beautiful
^ Mountains, the Cathedrals in Mexico
■City, the American Embassy, where
■the group was entertained at dinner
by Ex-Ambassador and Mrs. Josephus
Daniels,fhe Old Presidential Mansion
which is now a Museiun; the Virgende
Guadalupe Shrine, the most sacred
■shrine in Mexico; the Pyraminds; the
Fields of Maga Plant; from which the
iMexican Boukee or Beer is made; The
Tuluca Market, where the natives
bring all their wares to sell; the beau
tiful floating gardens; the Bull fights
land the intricate system of distribut
Ing the mail.
Mrs. Whitener concluded her talk
with a presentation of many interest
ing cards and souvenires, which she
had collected while in Mexico. These
included hand woven baskets and
scarves, hand tooled leather goods,
and some especially fine pieces of
Mexican work in silver.
At the conclusion of Mrs. Whitener’s
talk, Mrs. V. R. White, presented Mr.
Lassiiifc director of the High School
\ > .presented the band in a
[lait was greatly enjoyed by
and which reflected great
'credit on the work which Mr.
fossiter has accomplished during his
thort time in Raeford.
A social hour, during which the
hostesses served Russion itea and
cookies brought the meeting to a
close.
The Constitutimid
Amendment
For a State Board of Education.
An act to amend the Constitution
providing for the organization of the
State Board of Education and the
powers and duties of the same was
authorized by the General Assembly
of North Carolina, March 13, 1941.
To be voted upon by the voters
of. North Carolina in the General
Flection of 1942.
The proposed amendment would
establish a new State Board of Edu
cation to assume fhe responsibilities
of the present ex officio Board and
various other Boards and Commis
sions which now supervise and^ ad
minister the Public School System.
ppmmit
Re^l Estate
CiiAiiges Hands
Clytle Lee owner of the Raeford
Ca^e .and manager of the Sinclair
SerWe Station on IS—A going.
So.^th, has .recently bought the
“F^tt” house from J. B. Thomas. Be
moved his family into it I'Ust week.
The last occupants of this house
were Rev. W. C. and the late Mrs.
Brown.
’ Blackpool, Eng., now has '1,600 war
saving groups.
■i .1
Erwin Asks School People To Vote
For TRe Proposed Sdhool
''Aniendment.
I am calling upon all teachers.
{I^nippals and superintendents to
support the Constitutional amend
ment providing a new State Bbard
of Education and to do all they can
to. secure a favorable vot& for it at
the polls in the general el'cction in
November. I consider the adoption
of this amendment the most impor
tant next step in public education in
this State. The simplified plan of
school administration which the
amendment makes possible and the
definite fixing of all responsibility
upon a single board will challenge
a forward looking educational lea
dership on the part of the board so
clear of confusion and administra
tive handicap as to guarantee a mil
itant and vital concern in what hap
pens to the education of children as
well as in what happens to funds
and the machinery of administration
The educational leaders of this State
have advocated for many years an
amendment to the Constitution that
would provide an appointive instead
of an-elective board. The need for
such a board in increasingly obvious
as the State' expands its interest in
the public schools. Those of you
who have administrative duties feel
the necessity of one State organiza
tion and are thoroughly aware of
the confusion and duplication of ef
forts and at times buck-passing in
herent in the present State admin
istrative setup. It seems to me that
the adoption of the amendment will
both simplify and clarify this situa
tion and that the change offers great
possibilities for greater efficiency in
the management of the public schools
The amendment provides a board
of sufficient size to take care of the
varied interests of the State and rep
resentation by congressional districts
will guarantee an equitable distri
bution of the membership to every
section of the State. The continued
election of the State Superintendent
of Public Instruction by the people
is in line with the wishes of the peo
ple as expressed from time to time
in their pronounced opposition to the
short ballot. All the amendment
does provide is that a majority of
the members of the new board shall
be business meh. The term ‘TdusI-
ness men” is so broad and general
that no Governor could possibly Be
handicapped in appointing to the
board a membership representative
of the interests of all the people. The
amendment as offered has been care
fully thought out and, in my judg
ment, cavers the needs of North Car
olina with reference to a State Board
of Education. We have a favorable
opportunity now to simplify* our
State administration . of ^e public
schools and I believe it to be a chal
lenge to our leadership to do every
thing possible to see that the amend
ment is passed.
Clyde Erwin,
State Superintendent, Public Instruc-
Raleigh.'
One of the chief factors in a suc
cessful poultry enterprise is good
equipment, says Clifton F. Parrish,
head of the poultry Extension staff
at N. C. State College. Such equip
ment will help increase egg produc-
duction and a large part of it can be
made on the home farm.
To help farm people meet their
poultry production goals in the Food-
for-Freedom program, Parrish has
cooperated with Prof. R. S. Dearstjme
head of the State College Poultry
Department, and other members of
teh Extenison staff, to prepare a new
farm bulletin titled: “Equipment
for Poultry.”
The publication is War Series Ex
tension Bulletin No. 5, and is avail
able free to citizens of North Caro
lina upon request, by name and num
her, to the Agricultural Editor, N.
C. State College, Raleigh.
Among the pieces of poultry equip
ment described in detail in the bul
letin are brooders, feed hoppers, wa-
terers, range shelters, nests, roosting
racks, catching hooks, nets, screens,
and incinerators with which to dis
pose of dead birds. Photographs
and drawings to illustrate the desir
able types of equipment, and plans
for building most of the equipment
on the farm, are contained in the
publication.
“Good equipment makes for bet
ter health and higher production of
the farm flock,” said Parrish. “Re
gardless of the importance of good
equipment and its relation to profit,
it is relatively easy to find a flock
owner following a good feeding pro
gram, with good birds and houses,
yet using poor equipment.
“There is no real reason for this
condition,” Parrish asserted, “since
most of the equipment needed on a
poultry farm can be made at home.”
Popular Editor
Here Wednesday
Carl Goerch of Raleigh popular
Editor of “The State” blew in to the
News—Journal office yesterday. He
was as interesting as ever. He was
interested in all that’s going on in
Raeford and Hoke. ^ He is also bet
ter looking than he was on his first
visit to Raeford.
Halloween Carnival To Be Thursday
Night
There will be a Halloween Cami
val Thursday night at the Hoke High
school. It will begin at 7 o’clock and
there will be a program in the audi
torium at 8:30.
The following are contestants from
the Elementary School for King and
Queen of the carnival: Peggy Stan
ton Nancy Holland, Katherine Mac
Donald, Janet Hodgin, Marlene Del
linger, Betty Upchurch, Vera Mae
Posey, Elizabeth Suddreth, Alice Sut
ton Matheson, Betty Barrington, and
Katherine Blue; Leon Gatlin, C. J.
Benner, John McLauchlin, Franklin
Niven, Dave Barrington, Bobby Me
Bryde, Bobby Wallace, Milton Mann,
Eugene Hart, and “Nicky” Blacker
by.
tidn.
Against The Proposed School
Amendment
From the Committee for a Sound
Educational Amendment.
Wake Forest, Oct. 25.—An appeal
to the voters of North Carolina to
defeat the proposed school amend
ment to the constitution and join with
thie real friends of educational piro-
gress'ih an effort to get the 1943'le
gislature to submit to. the people an
amendment more in line with what
the Sclwx)! organizations rejally
wanted in 1941 was made here to
day in a statement issued by Dr. Hu
bert M. Poteat, chairman .of the State
wide Committee for a Sound Educa
tional Amendment.
“It has now becomfe- clear,” Dr.
Poteat said, “that the amendment
which the people will pass upon on
November 3 is not what the special
committee on education, after a very
thorough investigation,. asked the
geiierdl . assembly to submit.
“It is, instead,” the Wake Forest
educator explained, “a hodge-podge
of provisions which, if it were accept
ed by the i)eopie, would '^vrite into
the State constitution Some very dan
gerous school law. .
“As I read the ameri^meht. it would
transfer all school administration to
an oppointive board of 15 members, a
majority of 'whom must be, under
ffie amendment’s expressed provis
ion, persons trained in business and
finance. This is rank discrimisation
Oflainst the professions;—such as law
yers, doctors and teachers—and al
So against farmers and laborers.
“There is an even more dahjgerous
provision in this amendment and that
provides that 12 of the 15 members
shall be selected from the 12 Con
gressional districts of the State. If
this means anything, it meaiu that
every school disfiicf' in North Caro
lina would be at the mercy of a po
litically-chosen super-district super
intendent. For exampile, it is possi
ble that the member from the eighth
congressional dis^t might be a res
ident of Wilkes county and charged
with the district supervision of. the
schools of Scotland county, in the
lower end of that-^iiistrict. •
■•“It is very unfortunate that the
amendment has not been discussed
more publicly so that the people of
North Carolina might know what it
would do. For that reason, if for no
other, it seems to me the proposal
ought to be defeated this time and'
the energy of its proponents turned
tij getting the legislature to submit
ah amendment w^ich Would not be
so objectionable, unsound in princi
ple and so marked >by puti^ poli
tics that it would menace the public
schools for many years to come.’’
Goods 6n Hand
For Christmas
Nearly Normal
Chicago, Oct 25.—The ingenuity
of American manufacturers, plus the
availability of pre-war made goods,
will insure early Christmas shoppers
a nearly normal selection of articles
in the nation’s retail stores, a survey
by merchandise managers disclosed.
Hughston M. McBain, vice-presi
dent of Marshall Field & Co., said
the survey showed that “generally
speaking, more than 90 per cent of
the kinds of things customarily sold
to Christmas shoppers will be avail
able this season.”
He said that in addition to the
goods manufactured before the na
tion was at war and ordered; before
the conversion of many plants to war
production, the stores, will have avail
able goods created by manufactur
ers from materials not needed in war.
Some Shortages.
“Shortages will be apparent in some
specific lines, and replacement ma
terials will be evident in others, but
very few of tiie items usually given
at holiday time will be totally ab
sent,” Mr. McBain said.
With one notable exception, he
said, there will be no shortage in
apparel lines. “Rubberized” mater
ials and rainproof synthetics have
gone to war—but suits, coats, hand
bags, gloves, and all kinds of cotton
garments will be available in suffi
cient quantity.
There will be replacement mater
ials evident in many of these items
—such as man-made fibers for ani
mal fibers, and wood, bone, shell and
sjmthetics for metal. No curtailment
in costume jewelry was foreseen but
there will be replacements for alu
minum and stainless steel kitchen
ware.
The country’s kilns are providing
i china of “top quality,” Mr. McBain
said in reporting the supply of im
ported china and dinnerware nqw
is limited to that from En^anti. Irish
linens are being sent here, as are
Swiss watches.
Many Goods Available.
And, for this year at least, he said,
there was a sufficient supply of hol
low and flat silverware; enou^ lug
gage, smokers items and stationery.
There will be toys—but they won’t
be like toys of previous years. They
have undergone radical changes
Wheel goods are out, and stores will
offer toys constructed, with the ex
ception of a few nuts’ and bolts, en
tirely of wood.
“It already is evident that Amer
icans are looking ahead—with the
realization that this is al hard war,”
Mr. McBain said. They are buying
practically. They have an eye to
ward long wear and usability, com
fort and utility when they shop to
day.”
Hoke Drug Store
Robbed Wednesday
Last Wednesday night robbers
broke into Hoke Drug Co. They broke
the Cash Register and got put about
$20 or $25. They threw the Cash Re
gister out back of the Store, near
what used to be Charlie Johnson’s
paint shop. There the night policeman
found it at about four o’clock in the
morning.
The same night Paul Dezern’s off
ice at the A. and R. was broken into.
A window was broken out and all the
desk drawers had been gone through-
but they got no money-or anything
of any value.
As yet they have not been caught
and little clue was left.
The Mail Away
Edition Delayed
Due 'to conditions beyond our con
trol we have had to delay the Mail
Awby Edition, which 'vve have prom
ised oiir Hoke County Soldiers.
Shortage of labor and a change in
employees have upset our plans.
However,, tiling are looking much
more encouraging, n9W^
iijpbhse' new contributors -from the
would r^ice if r they could
read the egressions of appreciation
from the maiiy,\|jbys Ratting the pa
per. y Every it^/sent in to^Us gives
pleasure to the boys • away ^m
Hoke.
R. E. A. Announce
Annual Meeting^
The second annual meeting of the
members of the Lumbee River Electric
Membership Corporation will be held
in the Hoke County Court House,
Raeford, N. C. at 10:30 A. M. (Eastern
War Time) , Wednesday, November
4, 1942.
D. J. Dalton, Superintendent, states
that due to the seriousness of times
shortage of gasoline, tires, and labor
that the Board of Directors has
decided to hold a strictly business
meeting. Directors for the next year
will be elected, reports will be given
and other business of interest to the
members of the Cooperative will be
transacted. Prizes donated by local
merchants will be dra'wn.
Even though tires and gasoline are
limited, the directors think that
members in each community will be
able to attend this meeting by riding
together. It is important that each
member attend the annual meeting
during these critical [times. Riual
Electrification Administration in St.
Louis is called upon daily to devote
more and more of their time to the
war effort. This their time for super
vision of cooperatives is limited and
the operation of the cooperatives is
left to the initiative of the owners,
which are the members.
Candidate for
Congress Visited
Raeford Yesterday
Dr. A. D. Barber, of Sanford, Re
publican Candidate for Congress from
the Eiighth District, was a Raeford
visitor yesterday, (Wednesday.) Dr.
Barber is well known to Hfice County
people. He ■owns a large farm in Little
River Townriiip and spends muchi
time at his home there.
Annual Meeting
Mrs. R. L. Murray, President of the
Ninth District of Women’s Clubs will
preside at the annual meeting in
Hemp' next Tuesday. A large num
ber is expected to be present. A
most interesting program has been
arranged, an account of which will
be in next week’s paper.
Prominent Farmer
Dies Tuesday
J. W. Black of Stonewall Towa-
ship Died in The Moore Comi
ty Hospital.
John W. Black, prominent farmer
of Stonewall township, Hoke county
died early Tuesday morning, Octo
her 27th- in the Mocre County Hospi
tal, Pinehurst. Mr. Black had been
very sick for about six -weeks and
had been a patient in a Fayetteville
Hospital up until two weeks ago
when he came back home. Sunday
his condition became critical and he
was carried to the hospital in which
he died.
The deceased, a very successful
farmer, was'a life long resident of
the community in wh-ich he lived,
which was at the time of his birth
Robeson coimty. He was the son of
the late Sandy Black and Julia Max
well Black and had a large family
connection. He married Miss ‘Carrie
Davis, also of Old Robeson, now Hoke
She survives, with two sons, William
and John D. Black, five daughters,
Mrs. Eva Hendrix, Mrs. Bonnie Mize,
and Naneta, Julia Lee, and Carolyn
Jean Black, three sisters and three
grand children.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday afternoon at three o’clock
by his pastor, Rev. A. E. Brown at
Sandy Grove Methodist church. A
large crowd of neighbors and friends
attended the funeral.
DEATH OF JOHN A DEES
Father of Raeford Ptdiceman
John A. Dees died at his home at
Dundatrach Monday morning, aged
75 years. He was a citizen of this
part of Robeson now known as Hoke
county since his youth. He was a-
good man, and good farmer in his
younger days. He was married to
Miss Harriet Baxter of Dimdarrach
and lived in that community for-
years. He was highly esteemed for
his amiable disposition and kindness-
of heart.
He died in Little River township,
where he had been living for about
one year.
He is survived by his wife, four
sons, Daniel, Leslie Harry and Alton
Deese; two daughters, Mrs; Luffier
Jones and Mrs. MoUie Smith of Lit
tie River.
His remains were laid to rest in
the cemetery at Mt. Pleasant HoUi
ness church, of which he was a mem
her. Rev. C. K Brady conducted the
funeraL
DB. S. A MAXWELL
" Dr. S. '•'A: Maxwell, of Aberdeen,
is assisting the Pastor in Revival at
Palrker’$ church this week. Services
each evening at 8:00 o’clock, closing,
service at 3:00 P. M. Sunddy.
■The Pastor will close the Confer
ence Year for the Raeford Charge
with two services at the Raeford
Methodist church Sunday, 11:00 \ M.
and 7:30 P. M. Social Hour for Sol
diers Mlowing tfah EveSiing Service.
The Pastor leaves for Conference,
Tuesday, Nov. 3. ,,
The Home Maker’s club of Hoke
High School entertained at a Hall
oween dinner party. Each girl envited
a guest. Dinner was served in the
Home Economics Laboratory which
was decorated with fall leaver pump
kins and Jack o’lanterns. Eat^ table
had a center piece of a pumpkin, two
black cats and orange candles. The
places were marked with a small or
ange bag of candy com tied with black
ribbon. The dinner consisted of grape
juice coktail, roast beef. Potatoes,
Turnip Greens, Carrot Salad,
Butter and Coffee.' 3io«flate vix
cream and or^xge vdvet -was served
for’de$^Rt' Aft^ ^Unneir s«tya:al con
tests were played in which Canol
Odom, Paul Groams, Katie Bril Parks
and Katie Ray Odom were winners.
DEATRI CLAIMS MISS SABAH
jANE'MeGOUOAN
Miss. Sarah Jane McGougan, 67,
died Thursday afternoon, October
15th, at 6:20 o’riock. She -was stridc-
en with paralysis 4 years ago, suff
ering ano&er stroke two -weeks ago.
In early childhood, she- joined
Lohgstreet Presbyterian church. She
was a member of Antioch Preri)yter_
ian church at the time of her death.
Her life.was a fine example of ser
vice and devotion to others.
She was bom March 2, 1875, in
Cumberland county, a daughter of
John Calvin and Sarah Jane Mc
Gougan. She is survived by one sis
ter, Mrs. Judsoh Lee, of Moore coun
ty, with, whom she made her home.
Funeral services were held at Ga
latia Presbyterian chqrch at 3 o’cloric
by the pastor‘Rev. F. Mv Bain. In
terment -vyas -nade in the church
cemetery; v. • ■
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Farmers Urged io Plant
More Winter Legumes
Hoke County farmers are urgrii
to plant more winter legumes at once
according to County Agent A. S.
Knowles. Because of the shortage
of fertilizer, especially nitrogen, far
mers should see that their soil is
planted to as many soil building
crops as possible so ttiat their land
will be able to produce crops abun
dantly in years to come.
In order to get credit under the
A. A. A. program for seeding Aus
trian winter peas, they must be
planted by Oct. 31. A heavy de_
mand of winter peas during the last
few days, and Hoke farmers should
get their needs filled before the
supplies are exhausted.
COTTON GINNING REPORT
Census report shows that 9,566
bales of cotUn were ginned in Hoke
county from! the crop of 1942, prior
to Oct. tSth, as compared with 9354
bales for the cn^ of 1939.
Vbz7 le^NMlfUlly,
J.'R. Shaw
Special Agent.
KXPLANATIOM!
The .^x Farmer, mentioned in
last week’s Recorder’s eotirt is not—
J. A- Fanner of Bt 1—Raeford, who
is knovm to his friends as Alex.
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