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N Jo HOKE COUNTY'S BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM mriniaJl The Hoke County Journal e HOKE COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER The Hoke County News VOLUME XXXVIII No. 6 RAEFORD, N- C, Till 5 z AY, JULY 13. 1943 $2.00 PER YEAR .hi NEWS OF OUR MENw WOMEN IN UNIFORM Hartman Yarborough who is In the Caribbean area has received a promo tion to 1st Lieutenant. Paul Dickson finished a special as signment at Fort Eustice last week and reports to Camp Davis for Anti air craft training this week. Hugh Currie who is in the finance department at Waycross, Ga., says he can't get along without the News Journal. The fact is he asked Sheriff Hodgin to see that it was sent to him. Col. Bob Lewis was best man at the wedding of Lt. Col. Harris in Port-Of Spain, Trinidad last week. Pvt. Julius Niven of Camp Shelby, Miss, is spending his furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Niven. Hal Clark, Fireman 1 cl., of the United States Navy is spending a sev en day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Clark. Hal has completed a training cycle at the Ma chinists Mates' Training School at Boston, Mass. He will leave Friday for the Submarine School at New London, Conn. Pvt. J. D. Webster from Camp Grant. 111. visited Mrs. F M. Clark a few days last week. The latrst class of cadets entering preflighi training at the San Antonie Aviation Cadet Center included Rcid W. Childress, of Raeford, Kt. 1. At this post, the largest of its kind in the world, he will receive training to prepare him for entry into prima ry flying schools, from which his course of instruction leads to basic and advanced flying schols and the silver wings of army pilots. . B. Womble of the United States iy at Curacao is at home. Thomas and Hugh McLauchlin, the two older sons of Mr. and Mrs. Currie McLauchlin, have recently entered the service. Tom reported for duty the 21st of June and is now stationed at Camp Wheeler., Ga. Hugh was called to the Duke Station, Durham, N. C. the first of July. O YOUNGEST MAJOR? Mrs. J. W. Currie has received word from her son, James Gordon of his promotion from a captain to a Major. Since James Gordon only recently cel ebrated his 24th birthday, this would lead to speculation as to whether Rae ford is the home of the Army's young est major. James Gordon is in the infantry. He wrote of being on stren uous maneuvers in the Great Ameri can Desert where the temperature goes as high as 140 degrees. O Waste Fat Drive. Charlotte, July 13. The Charlotte Office of War Information said today that North Carolina housewives con tributed 40.136 pounds of waste kitch en fats to the total of nearly 8,000,000 pounds collected throughout the na tion during May. O Control Room Friday, Ja'.y ltp.h Mrs. E. C. Crawford. Saturday. July 17th Mrs. Herbert McKeithan. Sunday, July 13th Mrs. H. L. Gat lin, Jr. Monday, July 19th Mrs. E. E. Smith. Tuesday, July 20th Mrs. A. S. Knowles. Wednesday, July 21st Mrs. Agnes U. Johnson. .Thursday, July 22nd Mrs. A. L. O'Briant. Mrs. Daniel McLeod Dies In Raeford Mrs. Daniel A. McLeod died at her home here last Friday, July 9 about noon.' She had been in failing health for some time but was very ill for on ly a day or two. Her death was there fore a shock to her friends. Mrs. McLeod who was seventy years old was Sarah Catherine Gillis before her marriage. She was the daughter of the late John A. and Ca therine Blue Gillis of Hoke County, the Sandy Grove (Presbyterian) sec tion. She had been a devoted mem ber of the Presbyterian church since early girlhood. Funeral services were conducted from the home at 4 P. M. Saturday by her pastor, Rev. H. K. Holland and interemcnt was in Raeford cemetery. Many beautiful flowers were a final tribute to a good neighbor and friend. She is survived by her husband, Dan iel A. McLeod, two sons, J. B. of Rae ford and J. G. of Columbia, S. C. and one daughter, Mrs. W. T. Davis of High Point, two grand children, Joe and Bonnie McLeod of Raeford, and two sisters, Mrs. W. F. Walters of Raeford and Mrs. D. A. McLauchlin of Vass. All of Mrs. McLeod's children and many out-of-town relatives and . friends attended the funeral. 56th Pioneer Infantry To Meet Veterans of World War I from sev eral Atlantic Seaboard states, mem bers of the 5(5th Pioneer Infantry who fought in the Argonne and later serv ed with the Army of Occupation in Germany, will gather in Smithlleld on the week end of August 7-8 for their 12th reunion. , This will mark the third reunion of the regiment in Smithfleld. The ex soldiers met here in 1939 and again last year when by unanimous vote they accepted an invitation to return here for their 1943 convention. Oth er reunions have been held in Tyrone. Pa., and Monroe, N. C. , The 5Gth Pioneer Infantry was com posed of 3,600 officers and men, ap proximately 1,900 of which are regis tered members of the members live in the Carolinas, Pennsyvania and Maine William H. Wilson of Sanford, Maine, is president of the association and Jonas R. Smith of Philadelphia is acting secretary. W. M. Gaskin of Smitfield, who preceded Wilson as president and who presided at last year's reunion, is in charge of local arrangements for this year's meeting. The 1943 reunion program will in clude an address by Albert Coates, a native of Smithfleld who has received national recognition as creater and di rector of the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina. The 56th Pioneer Infantry trained Camp Wadsworth, S. C, and went overseas during the summer of 1918. Upon its arrival in France, the regi ment moved immediately into the thick of the fighting in the Argonne sector. Following the armistice, the unit was stationed in Germany until the summer of 1919 when it returned to the United States. Members of the 56th Pioneer Infan try who expect to attend the 1943 re union may make reservations by writing W. M. Gaskin, Smithfleld, N. C. NOTICE All Subscribers living in Cities where the new post office depart ment zoning system has been placed in rffect are requested to nntily the News-Journal Circula tion Department of your one Number. Your compliance with this re quest will facilitate better mailing senice. Thank You, THE WEEKLY KIWANIS MEETING Last Thursday evening the Raeford Kiwanis Club held its regular meet ing with President Cecil Dew pre siding. Harry Greene was in charge of the program. Harry stated that an Open Forum discussion of local problems would not he held as promised. Talent for the program had failed tn put in appearance. Tommie Upchureh, chairman of the "Work or Fight" committee, was called upon to report on the commit tee's progress. K. A. McDonald, secretary of the Board of Health was called on to report on the status of the proposed county Health Depart ment. The proposed dinner for Camp Mackall officials was discussed. There being no other business to at tend to, the meeting was adjourned. O Every male in the Soviet Union, between the ages of 16 and 50, is en gaged in part-time military training. Many Cases Tried In Recorder's Court With a docket of about twenty five cases facing him last Tuesday in Hoke County Recorder's court, Judge Henry McDiarmid disposed of over twenty of them in the ses sion, The case in which Paul Watson, Camp Mackall soldier, was charged with rape was dropped, as he and the prosecuting witness had been married and therefore without the testimony of the prosecuting witness no probable cause was found. Judge McDiarmid ruled that the prosecut tion in this case was malicious and frivilous and ordered the prosecut ing witness, Viola Edwards, to pay the court cost in the case. In four cases Nathaniel Leslie, Herman Moultry, Willie Melvin, and Joe Goodman, all colored, were charged with violating the prohibi tion laws. Leslie got thirty days sus ponded on payment of the costs; Moultry got thirty days suspended on payment of $10 and the costs; Melvin, for having a still and mak ing and having non tax paid liquor, got six months on the. roads; Good man got sixty days suspended on payment of a fine of $10 and the court costs. Thomas Dixon, Worley Morgan, and David Miller, all colored, were charged with being drunk and dis orderly and each was sentenced to thirty days and sentences were sus pended on payment of the costs. Daniel Henry Shaw, Buck Hobbs and Leonard Love, were charged with violating the road laws and in each case sentence of thirty days was suspended on payment of the court costs. Holers McNeill, colored, was charged with driving a car while under the influence of liquor, care less and reckless driving, and speed ing. Sentence of 12 months on the roads was suspended on payment of a fine ot" S100 and the court costs. He was also charged with having improper brakes in another case and sentence of thirty days was suspend ed on payment of the court costs. Paul Gibson submitted to a charge of careless and reckless driving and sentence of thirty days was suspend ed on payment of the court costs. Edward Harold Brown submitted to a charge of speeding and paid the costs. Thomas Wilson, colored, entered a plea of guilty of careless and reck less driving, speeding and improper brakes. Sentence of sixty days was suspended on payment of $25 and the costs. James Ross, colored, plead guilty of driving a car with the wrong li cense plates and sentence of thirty days was suspended on payment of the costs. R. H. Chavis, white man of Blue Springs township, was iharged with giving a bad check and his plea was guilty. He was allowed to pay the check and the court costs. Charlie McMillan, colored, was charged with violating the road laws by having no drivers license and he paid the court costs. Alton McLean and Cyrus McCor mick, both colored, were charged with damage to personal property by throwing rocks at the car of W. C. Ellis. The ease against McLean was continued and McCormick was found guilty as charged and sentence was sixty days on the roads. He gave notice of appeal and bond was set at $100 and posted. B. C. Carpenter, white man of Cumberland county, plead guilty of careless and reckless driving and sentence of sixty days was suspend ed on payment of the costs and a fine of S2.. O i). s. I'ooi.t: sic k D. Scott Poole was quite sick the past week but is much better now. Mr. Poole's presence is always missed as he is keenly alive to the news of the day and is always an interesting talker. He is out again this week. His slogan is "You can't down a working man." SERVICE MEN'S BULLETIN The Raeford Methodist Church is seeking to prepare a Church Bulletin containing the name and address i all its members in Service, a copy of the Bulletin to be mailed to each Service Man from the Church. If you have a son or husband from the Methodist Church, please fill out below his latest address and mail to E. C. Craw ford or bring to Church Sunday. lessageFrom l&ar Government Again your Government is taking a step forward in aiding you, the citi of Hoke County, in your battle to fight the rising costs of living in your own community. Food is the largest item in your family budget. The price of foods has been the hardest item which your Government has had to control as a protection to all Americans. On July 5, specific dollars and cents ceil ing prices on certain foods went into effect in Hoke county. Observe these ceiling prices as a protection to your homes, businesses, and communities. Now, before you go shopping, you know just how much your grocer can charge you for poultry, fluid milk, bread, eggs, butter, packaged cheese, sugar, cereals, evaporated and conden sed milk, flour, canned fruits and ve getables, and a large number of other grocery items. Cut that list of official community prices from the newspaper and keep it in your purse. Don't pay more for any product than the official price. It's your responsibility as well as the grocer's to observe ceiling prices. Black markets develop when consum ers are willing to pay more than the ceiling prices. OPA has announced top prices for four classes of stores in many regions of the country, and more sections are being covered daily. Stores must dis play a sign telling what class they are. Class 1, or small stores, are allowed the highest ceiling prices. Items must be marked with the sel ling price. The housewife's price list, cut from the newspaper, is her guide to ceilling prices. The official "community maxi.num ceiling prices" are the highest legal prices which may be charged in the areas covered. But st res that had lower ceiling prices than these maxi mums, must still sell at those lower prices. Remember, however, that meat pri ces are fixed by zones, not by commu nities. Most types of meat cost the same in all stores in all parts of the country, varying only according to the pricing zone. From the enforcement angle, com munity ceiling prices are extremely important. Now the consumer knows definitely when he is being overcharg ed, and can complain to the Price Pan el of his local War Price and Ration Board about the overcharge. Consum ers should demand receipts, for stores are required to give itemized receipts on demand. The Price Panel will as sign a trained volunteer assistant to investigate the charge. If it is sub stantiated, the grocer will be asked to settle the matter with the customer. If the grocer refuses, the OPA District Office will be notified and profession al enforcement officers will take over. Mr. Citizen of Hoke county, your Government has tried to help you keep down the rising costs of living. Will you cooperate with your Govern ment? Make Community Ceiling Prices effective. O James K. David Given Air Medal Washington, July 10 Oak Leaf Clusters to the Air Medal were award ed to five North Carolina officers in the U. S. Army Air Forces in North west Africa, the War Department an nounced. Among the recipients were First Lt James K David, Raeford. Lieut. David arrived in Raeford Sunday morning to visit his wife, who was the former Miss Carolyn McLean and baby daughter whom he has nev er seen. He has been ov erseas for 14 months. He has a 30 clay leave and will spend it with his family here an. I relatives in S. C. He has also reced ed the distinguished dying cross. Coming from South Carolina to be with him Sunday were his mother. Mis. Walter David, Mr. and Mrs. Ev erett David and E. H. David, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Hoggins and Alice and To ny all from Salters. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. McQuage and D. H. Jr. of Clio. Mrs. Harry Chamow-itz of Columbia. Flue-Cured Tobacco Referendum-July 24th "The War Food Administration has announced that farmers will vote on flue-cured tobacco marketing quotas for the 1944 crop, or for the 3-ycar period 1944-46. in a Referendum to be held July 24, 1943. This date is in ac cordance' with recommendations of flue-cured tobacco farmers, ware housemen, businessmen, farm organi zation leaders, and other farm leaders from the flue-cured areas. The an nouncement follows the signing by the President on July 7, 1943. of a joint resolution providing for the procla matin of quotas for the 1944-45 mar keting year. National marketing quo tas and state and farm acreage allot ments will be the same as for 1943, with similar provisions for adjust ments as have prevailed, in the past, it was explained. Tobacco producers will vote by secret ballot and polling places will be designated in local com munities by AAA County Committee men, local farmers will be in charge of community polling places. Any farmer is eligible to vote who, as an owner, tenant, or sharecropper, is en titled to a share of the proceeds of the 1943 flue-cured tobacco crop. Before quotas become effective they must be approved by a two-thirds majority of all eligible farmers voting." Holding places will be announced in next week's paper for Hoke Coun ty. Marcellus Gainey Dies At Home In Blue Springs Marcellus Gainey, nearly E3 years of age, died at his home in Blue Springs township Friday afternoon, July S), alter an illness of three weeks. Mr. Gainey was the 1 isl of a family of eight children born to the late Holly and Maultsy Gainey of Cumberland county. His death resulted from a light paralytic stroke which he suffer ed late in June. Funeral services were conducted from the home Saturday morning at eleven o'clock by the Rev. E. R. Clegg, pastor of the Warrenton Methodist Church, who was formerly pastor of the Raeford church, of which the de ceased was a member for a number of years. Burial was in the family plot at Bethel cemetery. A native of Cumberland county, Mr. Gainey moved to Hoke some forty five years ago, during the era of naval stores production in this section. Af ter the turpentine industry played out he became associated in the Arm of Gainey and Maxwell, pine lumber manufacturers, in which business he remained until its dissolution some years ago. Since that time he has been one of the county's most progres sive farmers. He is survived by four sons: Mel vin and Carlton of the home. Brownie of Wilmington, and Jasper of Maxton; and two daughters;; Mrs. Lacy Mc Fayden of Raeford and Miss Margaret Gainey of the home. Among out-of-town relatives and friends who attended the funeral were R. L. Gainey, Florence, S. C, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Williams, N. A. Williams, Mrs. Samuel Williams, J. W. Gainey and Mr. Autry, all oil Stedman, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Williams of Rocky Mount. Flying Robins Win Sunday's Game I I The Flying Robins racked up a win I ox er the Wake Forest Army Fnata e School hero in Robbins Pan; Sarv.iy attei no. n by a 4 to 1 score. Jim Lyr.r. pitched 3 hit ball and received pence' support from his ti am iraics. M ,r. i and Tanner led the Robins hittir.a with 2 for 4. The Robins infield turn ed in 2 fast double plays. Batteries Robins Lynn and Mamas Wake Forest Hast and Dawson. Robins 4 runs 5 hits 0 errors. Wake Forest 1 run 3 hits 1 error. The Robins play Camp Mackall here in Robbins park next Sunday af ternoon. Group Colored Men Report To Ft. Bragg Colored resist rants who reported to Fort Bragg on July 12th for Fin.,! Ex amination and Induction: James Thomas McKoy. Ivory M -Xair, Jack Johnson. (transferred), Thomas Arlington Graham, James Vc Kinnon. Doncan Williams. Woo.irow Wilson Clark. Wilson McPhator. Hugh Land Sanders. Garfield Coleman, (transferred), Elder S nth, Curtis Lee Whitted. L'niee Royal, (transferred). Allen Alfred Cooper, James Erwin Hadley, Bruce Malcolm Shaw, W:l bert Arnold, John Archie Jone. Ro bert William McKinnies, Drfcster Bain, Leroy Morrison, Johnnie B. Thompson. Alex Ray, Hyman, Biggs, Hugh Kelly McNeill, Paul Joseph Bar ber, William Hosen McNeill, Theodore Roosevelt Whitted. Meat Getting Scarce Hoke County To Have Abattoir The Hoke County War Meat Com mittee, at its meeting Monday Night, decided that the best way to handle the present meat problem was to build an Abattoir for the slaughter ing of local cattle and hogs. Mr. F. G. Doggett and Mr. J. C. Cannady of the State Health Dep artment were present to discuss with the Committee the require ments for a standard Abattoir. A sub-committee was appointed to see about securing a site for a slaughter house within reach of the town sew erage line. The plan is to build a small Abattoir at the lowest price possible to care for the needs of the County. The purpose of the Meat Ration ing System is first of all to provide our Army and Lease-Lend Custom ers with what meat they need and second, that the balance of the meat available is properly distributed throughout the civilian population. With a local slaughter house the committee feels that the County can furnish the people of the county with all the meat that Rationing Coupons will permit. Farmers wanting per mit for slaughtering or desiring in formation on the meat question will make inquiry at the Triple A or War Board Office in Raeford. -O- Dates Set For Annual Meet of Commissioners Raleigh. July 14 The 30th annual ( ontevence 1. 1 tiie Stale Association of County Cunui'.i.-sioners and Assoc iation of County Accountants will be held in Raleigh August 10-11-12. Speakers for the three-day session include Govenur J. M. Broughton, State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson, State Senator Gregg Cherry, Supt. Clyde A. Erwin. Attorney-General Harry McMullan, and Josephus Dan iels, Raleigh Publisher and former Ambassador to Mexico. Also on the program are: Pres ident G. Mark Goforth of Caldwell County, Mayor Graham Andrews of Raleigh, County Accountant R. E. Nimocks of Cumberland County, Charles A. Gillett, Industrial For ester for the Seaboard Railway, Max Washburn of Cleveland County, Dean Ira G. Schaub of State College, and Chairman John P. Swain of Wake County Board of Commissioners. -O- Gen. GiraudPays Visit To Mackall French Commander Reviews Two Divisions of Airborne Troops Camp Mackall, July 13. Gen Hen ri Honore Giraud, commander of French forces in North Africa, yester day reviewed two airborne divisions during a brief tour of this Army Post. He arrived here early yesterday af ternoon, accompanied by Brig. Gen. Louis J. Fortier, assigned by the War Department as an aide. An 11-gun salute was fired in Giraud's honor as his plane landed. He was met at the airfield by Maj. I Gen. E. J. Chapman, commanding gen oral of the Airborne Command; Brig. ! Gen. George II. Ho well, commanding general of the Second Airborne Bri gade. ..n.i Col. Vernon G. Olsmith, Camp M-uk..;; rust com vendor. He !e:t by l. i.e W.v ye-te'day af- Terr.o, n. ar.er review a c..i i.ons i:i training at Cair.p Mack, ill. ' Earlier in tr.e day. Gir.ukl watched infantry and parachute tr ops m train ; :ng at Fo-t Bonn ir.fi. C.a. Ho arrived there last night and attended a dinner during which he told off.cers that "France will continue to light along side the Allies as long as a foe re mains.' -O A shock sufficient to kill a man can be discharged by an electric cel.