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; r BOKE COUNTY'S BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM tue ewsJouFina HOKE COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER The Hoke County New ei.tie Hoke County Journal' lis VOLUMNE XXXVIII. No. 39. RAEFORD, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1913 S2.00 PER YEAR i N led Cross Drive Started March 1 o52G0 Is Hoke County Goal This Year 48 Percent To Be Used In County The Red Cross drive for funds started on Monday, March 1st, and is to last for one month. The goal for Raeford and vicinity this year is to be $5,200, 48 of which is to remain in the coun ty. The Red Cross for the Town of Raeford got into full swing Monday night when V. R. White had his corps of workers together for a dis cussion of the drive. The following will carry out the solicitation of contributions: Northeast Raeford, Mrs. I. Mann, leader, Mrs. J. A. Baucom, Mrs. J. E. Gulledge, Mrs. C. R. Freeman, Mrs. H. A. Green, Mrs. D. H. Hod gin. Northwest Raeford: Mrs. J. H. Blue, leader, Mrs. R. B. Lewis, Mrs. Don Davis, Mr.:. Lewis Upchurch and Mrs. Marcus Smith. Southwest Raeford, Mrs. T. D. Upchurch, Jr., leader, Mrs. Chandler Roberts, Mrs. Frank Tapp, Mrs. Al fred Cole. Southeast Raeford: Mrs. Herbert McKeithan. leader, Mrs. Walter Ba ker, Mrs. Dewey Howell, Mrs. Arah Stewart, Mrs. J. M. Baker and Mrs. Charlie Baker. Other Red Cross representatives are: County Office, Miss Terrine Holleman; Hoke Oil 4 Fertilizer Co., T. B. Lester; Upchurch Milling Co., Tom Cameron; Raeford Business district, We t, I. Mann; East, D. H. Hodgin; Hoke High) Sdhoql, Mrs. Gore; Raeford Grammar school, Le one Currie; Edinburgh Cotton Mills, M. T. Poovey; Filling Stations and Garages. N. A. McDonald; Court House, D. H. Hodgin; Raeford Lum ber Co., Ryan McBryde. Arabia Community ' 4rs. J. A. Jones, Miss Lillie Mc jugald, Mrs. Annie Bell Davis, and Mrs. Earl Tolar. RorkHsh Community Mr. and Mrs. Z. R. Ray, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Wood, Mrs. G. D. Deese, Lynn Decse, Mrs. K. P. Rittcr, M. S. Gibson, and J. F. McDowell. Every Contributor Should Know An informal contributor can be a loyal wo'ker for the Red Cross as well a a financial reporter of the organization. Tell every person you visit of the following. 1. The Amercan Red Cros must continue to expand its activities to meet not only local but national and internal! jnationaqfii 1 international needs. The 1943 Red Cross War Fund will raise the mon ey needed to finance the local, na tional, and international work of the organization for one year. 2. Tve A merican Red Cross does not receive financial support from the Unkcd States Government. The national organization and its chap ters are financed :iolely by contribu tions fron the people of the coun try. 3. Regulir audits by the Va- Do-r- -f"t :-rc r.-f-- r' '" -- ' .s - :.i i'xpendit""5 of tue American Na tional Re-' Cross, and a report, copies of which are ava lable to the public, is submitted annually to Congress. 4. The Piesident of the United States i. r:;.officio President of the American National Red Cross. !5. The American Ked Cross oper ates nat onally and internationally under a charter granted by Congress, and in accordance with the spirit and I ' conditions of the conference of Gen eva, i 6. Und"r its congressional charter the Red Cro s is the official Ameri can agency respons ble for relief. 7. Red Cross assistance is given on an iverage-ef approximately 150 disasters nch year. 8. Uia " its congressional charter the Aim-' '. n Ked Cro is is the offi- cial n:c.! tween t n of comnitin cation he people of the United States of -Vreiica and their Army and N iv 9. Wh. ted, at A. t ons, thi rector. ' and their j wher kr dome ' .sgnmot 10. .Dr 1-2 millr buted If' carry on vicei of .st our troops are loca v posts and at Navjl sta- is a Red Cross fiflu di 1 Cross field directors ffs accompany 'our arm T they move, whether Tnnc!ives or on task overseas. g the past year over 2 ilrnt'ers hiv? contri illion work ins hours to '. rrmke pnsil)ls the -er-American Red Cross. Mrs. J '. W'l on ard r of Charlotte -e visiting Mrs. Wilson's Mother, I-. i. Colon Shaw. Raeford Girl Scouts To Collect Excess Wire Coat Hangers The Raeford Girl Scouts have been asked by the Junior Red Cross to canvas the town thoroughly for the purpose of collecting people's unused wire coat hangers. These hanger are to be sent to army posts for use of soldiers in their barracks. The g'rls would appreciate every body's cooperation in this collec tion which will take place Friday and Saturday of this week. If you can have your unused hangers ready it will be less bother for you and the girls too. But be sure to share at least a few of your wire hangers with the men in the army camps. If you have any old silk or nylon hose around let the girls collect them too to be used in the manufacture of certain shells. Aiding War Effort On Home Front Mrs. Martha Hurlock, 1621 Pop lar Grove street, decided several months ago that volunteer work in the Drivers Corps of Civilian De fense was not enough, so she went to work in the machine shops of the Monitor Controller Company. Her hours are as the preferred them at night so that she would still have time to do her housework in the mornings and drive for civilian defense on Thursday morn ngs and Sundays. She works from 3:30 P. M. until 11:30 P. M. During the la it war Mrs. Hurlock was unable to do any war work, be cause she had small children to take care of, and so she wanted to make up for that during this one. She doesn't find it hard to keep house while she is working, because most of her large house ir shut off to save fuel. Her husband isn't ho.ne for the night meal, so there is just the morning meal to take care of at home. She has also found little in the way of household chores to do with only two of them at home and both of them away most of the time. "I think everyone should go to work, unless they have small chil dren," she said. Mrs. Hurlock is very proud of her unforms. She has "one for her Civilian Defense Motor Corps and the one required by the Monitor Controller Comapny. The latter is a slackj outfit, and it's an attractive one. Mrs. Hurlock has visited in Rae. oid and is a sister of Mrs. John Murdock McDuffie. Margaret Poovey Succumbs To Burns Margaret Mitchell Poovey, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Poovey, died in Highsmith hor pital, Fayetteville, at about 3 o'clock Friday morning. On Wednesday while in front of an open fire her negligee caught on fire. She called the servant, who tried to put the flames out but not until it was too late. She was t.iken imrred ately to the hospital, where everything that science could d i for her was done, hut the end cure on Friday morn ing. Funeral services were conduc ted from the home of her parents Saturday aft': noon by Rev. E. C. Crawford. Inteiment was in the F.o kinghom cemetery. Close friends and members of Mrs. poovey's Sunday school class had charge of the large and beautiful iloral tr bute. The t'acic death of their only ch Id elicited the sympathy of the entire community for Mr. and Mrs. roovey. Mr. and Mrs. Poovey and taughtT moved to Raeford rever. :-l yc-vr ao from Rockingham. He s sriTt"t"nrtent of the Raeford cot ton mill- and the entire fam'ly has made pi-y friends during their res idence he' e. Many friends accom panied the body to Rockingham and attended the burial services. Farm Bureau Meeting Monday There will be a Farm Bureau Bureau meeting Monday, March 8, at the courthouse at 8:00 P. M., for the purpose of organizing the per manent Farm Bureau Organization for Hoke County. The present mem bership is now well above one hun dred members and several asso ciate members which is composed of business firms in the county. Mr. N. H. G. Balfour, temporary chairman, urges all members to be present for this meeting and if pos sible brin thjr neighbors) with them to the meeting. Mrs. B. B. Everett, President of the Associate Women's Organization of the Amer ican Farm Bureau and Mr. Haywood Dale, of Greenville, will be precent to make an address. There will also be a picture shown that will show how nitrogen is used in the soil to grow crops. No Deferment On Certain Dependency Registrants whose wives have be come pregnant since December 7, 1941, are no longer entitled to de ferment on the grounds of depen dency, it was announced today by the State Director of Selective Ser vice. He stated that this revised policy has been made necessary, be. cause present regulations provide that no status which was acquired on or after December 8, 1941, may be considered when deciding ques tions of dependency. The Director- further announced that all local boards in the State have been directed to reopen and recomider for classification the cases of all registrants heretofore deferred on the grounds of depend ency because their wives have be come pregnant since December 7, 1941. The fact that a registrant ii a pa rent shall not be considered in de termining the cla s in whrch he should be placed unless the child was conceived prior to December 8, 1941, the Director said. He further stated that this ruling applies to all cases, regardless of the date of mar riage, and is to be applied both in con lidd ing tiic classification of a registrant and in determining his category. Qualifies As Aerial Gunner Harlingen Gunnery School, Texas A member of this week of the lar gest class yet to graduate from the nation's largest aerial school located in the semi-tropical Rio Grande Valley is William E. Plummer, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Plum nier, Route 1, Raeford. Automatically promoted to Ser geant on the day he received his diploma as an aerial dealer in sud den death, he was also presented a pa r of silver Gunner's Wings, com bat air crew insignia. After five weeks of intensive train ing in class, cn the ground and in the air, and shooVng every kind of gun from EB to 50 caliber Brown ings, he now rates as an expert com bat member of the Army Air Forces' famous "Four Flying Horsemen" combination gunner, bombardier, navigator and pilot. Unle s held over at the Harlin. gen school to serve as an instructor, he will immediately be sent to join a fighting unit. James G. Dickson Promoted In Navy i Nr:v has been received -by f'o , 'amity th.it Ci'.nniander Jamrs ri. Diet-run. of the United Statrs N" new n charge of the medical cor s'Yi the S n Si Pi.ciflc has been promote.! ' to Captain. Captain Dickson i a ; son of M s. A. P. Dick on, of IIi ;li ! Point and the late Dr. Dickson. i Crawford Ho!d:n'r ! Meeting In Durlri! Mr. E. C. Crawford, pastor o "ie Raeford Methodist Church, has N-tn preaching in Durham at the Ft-eet Method st church for the " .t three days thi week. He is pr- 1 -ing for Dr. Maxwell, pastor of "' it church. Eight Found Guilty By Recorder Tues. In Reuorder's Court last Tuesday eight defendants faced Judge W. B. McQueen and all were found guilty. Catherine Brewer, Carlie Wiggins, and Isiah Raynor were guilty of be ing drunk and disorderly and paid the costs. Eulas Oldham was found guilty of driving a car while under the influence of liquor and paid a fine of $50 and the costs inprefer ence to spending sixty days in con finement. Fulton Livingston paid the co its for violating the road law. Lloyd L. Carter and Elmer J. Groves paid the costs on charges of speeding. William Stuckey was found guilty of driving a car while under the influence of liquor and of not possessing a driver's licence, Judge McQueen gave him sixty days on the road's or a fine of $50 and the costs. He did not pay the fine. Tire Men Meet To Hear New Program Tire dealers, repairmen and re cappers from Cumberland and Hoke 'counties will meet at the courthouse in Fayetteville this evening at 8:30 oclock to hear plans for the tire men to assume the control of granting tires, repairs, and recaps to civilian m.ers. Now authority for such grants is held by the ration boards and the other agencies of the Office of Price Administration. The shift of this administration from the ration board to the tire dealer industry itself is being initi ated by OPA. The meeting in Fay etteville is one of 1100 meetings to be held throughout the nation at the samea hour Thursday to hear the plans discussed. William Jeffers, rubber director, will speak over a nation wide broad cast hook-up Thursday evening in the March of Time program orig inating in New York at 10:30 p. m. Mr. Jeffers' addrcs? will be heard by the t re men at the end of their own meeting. He expected to make formal explanation of the new pro posal. Every tire dealer, repairman and recapper in Cumberland and Hoke countie is invited and urged to at tend the meeting in Fayetteville on Thursday evening, March 4th. Those expecting to attend the meeting from Raeford are: A. A. Graham, Chester Wade, N. A. MacDonald, Julian Wright, and Lawrence Stant on. Herbert McKeithan i Gets Raleigh Post Herbert McKeithan, well-known Raeford man, is now in charge of a district office of the United States Collector of Internal Revenue. This is a new office and is similar to one opened in Charlotte. The need for such district offices, which will have virtually the same powers as the main office; in Greensboro, is in creased by the restriction on travel" and by the rationing of gasoline and tires. Setting up of a district oft ce in Raleigh will enable citizens of east ern North Carolina to conclude in Raleigh matters which now require v sits or correspondence with the office in Greensboro. McKeithan has in the pa t been a field man for the state office of the CoPoctor of Internal Revenue. The Raleigh office now employs about eight persons and is expected to use about a dozen. , Land Preparation For Planting Kudzu r. rmers ,-' 1 -- inert si:ec.-?-! 1 in crtaMVii.".; icudz.i have f.mrd " .; tl-.oro-'- i 1 ,.! prrpr-ction v !1 i'! dvanc" ,-r' p'-.rt'ng helped to g.-t starri , r.-v J. C. Hutrhirs n '. Soil r. rvPtionist of the Pee Vi -Cape V-.- s, i' conservation d's- T.ind f'pired in the early sp .ill b? i :e'.i"."d when the pi et n -:. an irrortant factv , t' ri-T ,-. f rr-.:Hs with this , - vi ' t t., . , ti e jand the eo . , ... r"m rrn 's plowir" o "" feet apntt and t'.ns of manure rT s'-rhf.sn'iat'' ' r ... - s Th n throv r ' v .o the row to ' ( f. ''iiicd On Page Fm i j ri"S ints f rt County Commissioners Resolve To Set Up Co. Health Dept .$3,000 Appropriated Fertilizer Order To Be Explained At Farm Meetings Farmers of Hoke County will have an opportunity to hear a full expla nation of present fertilizer regula tions at a meeting to be held at Fay etteville courthouse, on March 11, at 9:30 A. M., it was announced to day by J. M. McGougan, chairman of the county USDA War board. C. J. Ball, field representative, of the Fertilizer Division of the Food Production Administration will at tend the session. "This meeting and the fifteen oth ers being held in North Carolina will give farmers an opportunity to dis cuss present regulations governing use of fertilizer," Mr. McGougan said. "Along with general provis. ions of the regulations, ample time will be given for discussion of any particular problems and questions arising in connection with the sale and use of fertilizer." Use of fertilizer is now controlled by Food Production Administration Order No. 5 which sets out which war crops have first claim on the existing supplies of chemical fertil izer. Among the subjects to be dis cussed are clarifications of crops in to "A" and "B" groups, and how fertilizer is allocated among these crops. Mr. McGougan said members of the County USDA War Board, coun ty and community AAA committee men, fertilizer manufacturers and sale imen, and any fanners who are interested are invited to attend the meeting. Air Raid Control Room List For Week The following are asked to have charge of Control Room on the fol lowing days: Friday, Mrs. C. E. Upchurch. Saturday, Mrs. L. S. McMillan. Sunday, Cecil Dew. Monday, Mrs. R. A. Matheson. Tuesday, Mrs. C. L. Thomas.. Wednesday, Mrs. L. M. Upchurch. Thursday, Mrs. J. A. McGougan. L st will be published each week of those who will be in charge for the following 7 days. Another Test Blackout is on schedule for the very near future let's keep this post manned all the time. Grays Surrender Eastern Charter Williamsport, Pa., March 4. Blame it on the bloodthirsty paperhanger and h,s partners in crime. The world they . et ablaze cheated, over the week-end, the bitterest p 11 the sports lovers of this community have yet had to swallow. The Williamsport Grays have sur rended their charter in the Eastern League The directors reach this de cision Saturday after failng in effort; to come to a solution of the mounting problems of existing con ditions. It seem that such a solution would be reach until John Ogden, owner, surrendered Elmira's frai.eh se. Then travii'ng conditions, none too favor::l!o under the original set-no, weio f. und to be utterly imr.ossible. The ciiroi r had frit oh! p.-tod to nahe :11 tr i arend the civn t i y ,i, hit a rt niy of t.n.ctal.hs co !'.'! pivve.l t'l.it such n. . i n : virr:i!s : rid r.ot conforn v." t'l my schedule which the Lit. pic nhrht adopt. Tie directors therefore empower ed J. Poy Clunk, business mrnoger, to dis-pose rf any and all player, on ti c active reserve 1 st at once. Mon-'.rc-.l an Sytacuse of the Internation .1 Le.imi? v.rre in the lead in bidd ing for tl en. It !3 puss.ble that the William-"-o'l and K'nrra franchises w 1 be i' 1 to other cities, but there i; a ' rn " it the league may operate it'n x rluhs: Albany, and Bing i "-ton. N. Y., Springfield, Mass., f - r-' Cnn. Sranton and Wilkes rre. r . :n wh ch event the will 1 1 5rort and Elmira franchises may At the regular meeting of the County Commissioners last Monday a resolution was passed to set up a full-tkne county health depart ment in Hoke County. This move was in respon to a stimulus by the Army authorities located at Hoff man. The commissioners voted $3,000 per year from the county funds to support the health department. These funds will be matched by state and federal money. The resolution called for the health department to last for the duration of the war and for six months thereafter. The depart ment will probably be set up within the next thirty or sixty days, ac cording to county auditor J. A. McGougan. Mrs. J. H. Plummer Wins Victory Prize Last spring when the Victory Gar den program rwaa given publicity throughout the county the Bank of Raeford offered $25.00 in War Bonds for the best garden in Hoke County. Quite a number of farmers and their wives participated in the contest. Gardens were adjudged during the summer by Farm and Home Agents and Vocational Agriculture and Home Economics teachers of Hoke High school. After comparing the gardens, records, and canning done, it was decided htat Mrs. J. H. Plum mer, of Rt. 2, Raeford, was the win ner. Mrs. Plummer planted the follow ing vegetables during the past year: edible soybeans, bunch snap beans, pole lima beans, beets, cabbage, car rots, collards, cucumbers, egg plant, kale, lettuce, mustard, okra, parsnips, English peas, crowder peas, pepper, Irish and sweet potatoes, radishes, squash, corn, tomatoes, turnips, on ions, tendergreens, kolerabi, Brus. sels sprouts, winter cabbage, ruta bagas, celery and brocoli. Radishes and onions were gather ed from Mrs. Plummer's garden on April 11. English peas from her garden were eaten on Apr 1 28. On April 29, she served cabbage. Beets fro.n the garden were erved on May 12 and Irish potatoes were served for the first time on May 16. On May 18 she served her first snap beans. On May 27 squash was gathered from her garden and on June 27 she gath ered crowder pea?. On a visit to Mrs. Plummer's in November, Josephine Hall, Hoke County Home Demonstration Agent, saw eight vegetables growing in her winter garden. During November the Home Agent prepared and serv ed soybeans at all club meetings. Mrs. Plummer furnished :everal pounds of soybeans for these dem onstrations. During the past year Mrs. Plum mer's family was composed of five pepole. She more than filled her canning budget for the members of her family. Plans have been made for Mrs. Plummer to be presented her prize at the Farm Bureau mooting which is to be held at the Hoke County Court House on Monday even pg, March 8. Raeford Missed First Blackout Raeford missed the first blackout held under the new regulations. The blackout, which was statewide, was held between nine and ten o'clockk, j February 23rd. The state office, I which is supposed to give the alarm to Raeford by telephone, called an I old mrrber, thrt of Graham' Scr ; v'cc Ktotion, r.nd consequently Civi i inn Defense lenders here did not hnow of the Mpc'ioot as the service station is closed rt night. The error was not made im Raeford but in the central switchboard. be "frozen," resumed after after the war. Williamsport has been in the Lea gue from toe time it wa.- organized in 1923. Ilrllo, Nt'ft-.?onrnaI: Thought you m ght l.he to have a story to have about this. If you use, please send me a copy to, 723 Louisa Street, Williamsport, Penn. Best wishes to all Raeford friends. Sincerely, Elmer L. Schuyler.