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News-Joi HOKK COl'NTY'8 BEST ADVERTISING MEDK'M 11 toe ur fUVvK COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XXXVIII NO. 2G RAEFORD. N. C, THURSDAY, DEC. 2nd, 1913 $:.00 PER YEAR oai Iff:il? news c our" Vi';- IN UNIFORM J iii-lraTiiir"" -- Reid Childress To T he Advanced Flight Coi'rce Garr'.en City Army Air Field. Kan sas, Dec. 1- An eager class of avi atioi. cadets has arrived at this basic flyji:? school from various primary schools in '.he Central Flying Training Command, to begin their basic phase of flight training. These potential pilots, who have completed sity hours of primary train ing, Kill take nine weeks cf intensive air and ground schooling at Garden Citv, after which they will be assigned to advanced schools for the final phf se of the'ih instruction. , From Raeford is Aviation Cadet Reid W. Childress. 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Childress, attended Nor North Carolina State College for one year after graduating from Hoke High School, class of '39. He was a service station operator prior to entering the Reg-ilar Army where he attained the rank of staff sergeant. Cadet Chil dress con.pleted elementary flight training at Victory Field, Vernon, Tex. O "Bud" Johnson Ends Boot Training Fdwin A. "Bud" Johnson, who has just completed his basic trainjng at the Naval training station at Bain brie ;;c, Md., spent last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Jchnson. He h:s returned to Bainbridge to await assignment to duty. -o- Earl Dunn Now At Oklahoma Field Oklahoma City Air Port, Tinker Field, Okla., Nov. 30 Now stationed at Tinker Field is Pvt. Earl G. Dunn, formerly of Raeford. He is assigned to a repair squadron at this model es tablishment of the'Air Service Com mand for the.jaaintenjince and repair if aircraft and the training of air de pot gr.ups. Fet. Dunn is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas'in Dunn, Raeford. He was a painter prior tj entering the army. Fi Iford McMill.in left for the West Con I. alter visiting his home in the cou.:; ry. O I t. Col. Poole returner! to Ft. Eustis Fr; ' ' pHcr a week's leave was sp; . 1 : t ho-ne. O It . r 7r:.?m Service v Leon nr.! RT-.n'tsbv of Raeford. 'ollv'.l in the U. F.. Marine Sor :.; wick at t'lp V. S. Miritimc 1 on.'olliMrt ofiVe, 2"9 E. Fay- '"t, in Baltin-ore. M rylartd. V!C Sc ett I' ' '. ill imri'r.'o a trMrins period frc i t-'-ee to seven months at ne of the lT. S. Maritime service training sti-ttinji. Upon successful completion of t '-i course he will be qualified to serve on a merchant vessel in the de partment for which he was trained. F-rollment in the U. S. Maritime Service are open to men between the ages oi 17 1-2 and 50 years of age. -a- G?cu$ Of Fathers Frrert For Exam Orly one of fifteen men reporting to Fort Bragg from Hoke county to morrow for pre-induction examina tion is not a father according to Miss Peg?y McFadyen, clerk of the Hoke board cf the Selective Service Sys tem. Of the list below, with the excep tion of James K. McKenzie, all are the fathers of children, according to Miss McFayden. These men are to report for final examination Friday, Decem ber 3rd. John Gillis McLeod, Everett Hen derson Sheppard, Hugh Roswell Smith .Henry Gurtie Townsend, Kesley Ru dolph Hickman, Clarence Woodrow Pittman, R:ger Whitfield Dixon, Char lie Whitford Haynes, Walter Duncan Brown, Charlie Morrison Sanderson, Jarres K. McKenzie, Reuben Pate, Isaiah Jackson. William Laurence Up church, Harold Alexander McDiar mid. Cot And Friddell ' Hurt In Accidents - G. W. Cox, former postmaster, sus tained a painful leg ingury Monday morning in arfall. Freddy Friddell was quite severely scalded Friday when re turned a pot of boiling water upon his leg and foot. Light Docket In County Court Only six defendants faced Judge Henry McDiarmid in county court Tuesday. This was one of the light est dockets for the weekly sessions in many weeks. W. F. Burgess, negro, paid costs for having improper auto license; Ellis Spilman, white, paid costs for speed ing: Roy Noble paid costs for drunkenness. I In a trial for theft of money Lob lTnrnhv npffrfl was found CliltV of stealing $7 from Olie Ingram, while Essie Seaford, also indicted in this case was found not guilty. Johnnie Dupree negro, was found guilty of abandonment of his wife and children and ordered ,by the court to pay the costs and pay $3 each week to them towards their siipptrt or spend six months on the roads. Hull Denies Late Peace Rumors Washington, Nov. 29. Secretary of State Hull took some of the wind out of the latest bunch of ballooning peace rumors today with a sharp warning that "most of the time" such reports are put out to impair Allied prosecu tion of the war. Hull did not say specifically what sources spread the peace talk, but it seemed clear that he had Nazi propa gandist in mind. The intention, he told his press conference, is to build up overconfidence among the Allies in the hope that their vigorous attacks on Germany will be relaxed. A short time before he spoke a news dispatch from Stockholm quoted a Sevenska Dagbladet account of a story in the Swiss newspaper La Sui sse to the effect that Germany had made a new peace proposal for sub mission to Prime Minister Churchill, President Roosevelt and Premier Sta lin. This was but one of the latest in a series of stories, originating chiefly in Europe's neutral capitals. One from Switzerland offered an unconfirmed report that Pope Pius XII had under taken to mediate an end to the war. O Wagram Native On Gripsholm To Land Today The Rev. H. H. McMillan. Mis sionary To Chinri For Many Years, VVrs Prisoner of JVprm An""i3 those p,won",c:-s on tie Swedish Liner Gripsholm who are c!"e to lj.nl in New Yorli tod -y aft-r ,i l!,i.'fl;i "lile journey .from Joiaecfo priM ns is the Rev. II. H. Mc'.'.Ijll.m of 'Vafunni. The Uev. Mr. MvaTilhm ha? ben a rii.ijnary to China for .r.r r.y years. lion our eutiy into too vr.tr lie vas m:.-'e a pr'.-oner nt S' :.r.;:h'.i. Mr. McMiU. n h r. broli'or to T.. L. McMillan of Raleigh, state (director of the ofliiie of Civilian Dofnro vni recently elected National vice com mander of the American Legion. He has a large number ef relatives in Hoke, Robeson and Scotland counties. Mr. McMillan, a Baptist missionary, is the brother of John Arch McMillan, editor of Charity and Children, and cf Misses Kate and Oneta McMillan of Wgram. o Assistance For Farmers Filing Tax Returns P- T. Allen To Be At Courthouse Four Days To Aid In Proper Filing Income Tax Returns. P. F. Allen, of the Internal Revenue department, will.be at the courthouse in Raeford all day on December 6, 7, 8 and 13 to aid in the preparation of income tax returns for all persons filing them before December 15th. It will be Accessary for the farmers t- have their income and expenses listed and totaled when calling on the deputy, as it will be impossible to have the listing done in the courthouse of fice. Every farmer who has an income of $624 or more will be required to file a return. This is true regardless of the number of dependents he may have. The return is an estimate and is not to be treated as a final return since that will be filed between Jan. 1, and March 15, 1944. However, it is ne cessary that the estimate be within 33 per cent of the correct tax liability or penalty will be applied when the correction is made. Any farmer who has not received a blank through mail may secure one from the courthouse office, or should apply to the Collector of Internal Re venue, Greensboro. Ground-Air Maneuvers Call For Complete Blackouts In Towns And Rural Areas December 6tli - 7th Area From Lumberton to West End and From Fayelteville To State Line Included Only One Signal To Be Given Civilian defense officials have been called upon to "clear the nights in six counties" on December 6 and 7 of all lights in both towns and rural areas, for the purpose of Army air and ground maneuvers under "con ditions that will closely approximate the conditions encountered in battle." The announcement stated that points of impact and greatest con centration of troops will be in the general vicinity of upper Hoke county and around Aberdeen and Southern Pines. OCD workers in all towns and rural areas will carry out their usual functions assigned to them as the practice blackouts held previously. Test Blackout . Tonight There will be a test-blackout to night, according to H. L. Gatlin, chairman of the Raeford OCD. The red signal will be given at 9;4S and everything In this area is supposed to blackout promptly. The yellow warning signal will be given at 9:. 15. This Is only an alert for the Civilian Defense workers and no signal will be sounded until the "Red" is given at 9:45. The blue is due at 10:05 and the white at 10:15 for tonights test, Army offi cials stated. Signals for 6th and 7th will be as follows: yellow 8:30; Red 9:00; Blue 1:50; White 2-00. Eren War Plants Black It was pointed out in the announce ment that even plants working en tirely cn materials must be complete ly "blacked out or closed" in the area between Lumberton and West Eend on these two nights . Farmers Note While town people will be notified by the "Red warning" farmers not within range of these sound devices are urgently requested to "blackout" entirely promptly at 9 p. m. each of these nights and keen any lights from showing until 2 a. m. the fallowing mom.ng. Highways Closed Permission has been frsrtcd by tre S'ato Ilighwjj- ,-r., PA vc Vor'-.s Cwmtoirn to closo nil trrf'jc on Highway No. 1 from Ccn-.tro" te T oe. i I Army Corps For some time the Tomen of the army have been "''etting th? messages ' through" as radio and telegrr ph op erators, and as truck drivers anj jeep-chauffers- - . and now they are ooing a job that means a great deal to each individual sld;or -. -they're getting the m lil through. 'Whether it's V-Majl or parkaev-s f cookies from home'' Lt. M iriorie T. Conover, the Hoke County reeruit inr! officer said today, "the WACS are helping to make the wheels turn smoothly and efficiently in the great system of the Army Postal Service." V-Mail is the special process which microfilms each letter on a roll of 16-mm. film containing more than 1,500 individual letters. By reducing them in size, one mail sack of micro filmed letters delivers the equivalent of 36 sacks of regular mail. More than fo--ty million V-Mail letters have already gone overseas without the loss of a single letter. "Getting the mail through Is just one of 155 key jobs the WACS pre doing to bring the day of victory el'srr, Lt. Conover said. "In dozens of Army camps and posts, you'll see these women working on the hanger line or in the photographic labora---v or in the control tower of air fields. They're not only freeing men for dutv at the, front: they ore help in? to keen America free. There must be thousands of other women like I thee who want to olsy and artlve nnrt in the war Tf thev come to see I me In the Post Office Buildinp. Rae I foH. en Saturdavj nnmi""s. I shall be happy to give them further jn i formation about the WnmenV Army Corns. Inquires mil mv He ad r,red to; Lt. Mnrlnrle T. Cnrnver. jWC- Recruiting Officer, General Delivery, Raeford, N. C J kingham, on State Hichway No. "7 noith of Hamlet, cn Highway No.15 from Eastwood to Laurinburg and on Highway No. 211 from West End to Raeford on the blackout nights be tween 7 p. m. and 2 a. m. Highway patrolmen will establish and maintain the road blocks. All traffic within the block-off area will be controlled rigidly by military pol ice. McMillan said the Army has re quested that non-essential travel within the block-off area be avoided during the blackout periods because of the fact that all highways and country roads will be heavily-congested and the country-side utilized in troop movements. The entire area will be open to day light travel at all times. Planes participating in the maneu vers will be in flight over the area throughout the period of the maneu vers. "It is vital to the effectiveness of the manuevers that the sub-districts i indicated be completely blacked-out I insofar as lights in buildings, resi- dences, cities and towns are concern ed," McMillan said. Only so much of the civilian defense personnel as is necessary to effectuate the black out will be mobilized." Conference Held Details of civilian cooperation in the manuevers were discussed by Army officers at a cenference with T. Boddie Ward, motor vehicles com missioner; Charles Ross, general counsel for the State Highway and Public Works Commission; B. W. Davis, State maintenance engineer; Major J. T. Armstrong, head of the highway patrol; and W. H. Rogers Jr., assistant commissioner of the motor vehicles division. "They pointed out the desirability that the public, whether in vehihicles or on foot, keep out of the entire black-out area on the two nights of the manuevers unless their presence there is highly essential," McMillan stated. "The Army officers sa'd they fully realize their request will inconven ience persons residing within the black-out area and pointed out their orly recompense will bo t'lo kn v. 1 ege thr.t they are actually : i;i jr s the Army in trairii" our t ctienl t.-oors for eo r.!at r.nd tint fr?'.r efn'-'s pr.-l h'.onvenience are a very real con tribution to the w.ii- el To t." P i...ti2 Jl. Af F'"'','''?'r'n Noted Lvanrelist SV'll Conduct Series At Presbyterian Church. The Reverend Ginsy Smith, Jr., noted evangelist, is hoh'ing a series of preaching services at the Maxton Presbyterian Church, beginning Sun day, November 28th, and continu ing through Sunday, December 12th. Mr. Smith delivered his opening msarto at the regular irn'-nirtg wor ship serviee at 11 run o'clock on Sun day. He will be heard each night, ex rept Saturday, at 7:3f) weekday morn ing scrvirrs the first week. Mr. Smith was named for his father, an Enflish gipsy, whose re markable life led him frrm a gipsy tent in the English countryside to tremendous congregations both in England and in the United States. He was one of . the most eloquent preachers of his day. Gipsy Smith, Jr., chone to follow the sea as his career in early youth. From that he was Providentially led to hear call cf the gesncl ministry. He is known throi ghout America as one of the outstnndirg evengelistic and revival preachers of the nation. In rerent years his ministry has largely been in the South. The Presbyterian Church extends a most cordial welcome to everyone to attend these services. Mr. J. J. Pence of Wagram is ser ving as songleader during the ser vices. Series Evangelistic Services At Peoples Gospel Tabernacle The Rev. C. F. Wricht, evangelist, begun a series of evangelistic services this week at the Peoples Gospel Tab ernacle, according to an announce ment made yesterlay by the Rev. E. M. Dellinger, pastor at tle church. gilding Consultant ' dies Plans For . toring Church torian Congregation To l&Wans Soon: Architect Do- "Retail Work. 15 tne plans for restoring of the. W 4 jmaaed Presbyterian Chureh arer H'd to be ready soon f 'r pre sent! Vk'"'0 tho congregation for con siderfH. n, aeeor.lin to the pastor, the Rev. Hi rry K. Holland. Mr. Holland stated that Dr. E. M. Conover, church building consultant of New York, met with the building committee of the local church here Monday and studied the building and plans.. Many suggestions for the re storation were considered and noted. These notes were then taken by the consultant to Philadelphia where he will study them with a firm of church ! architects. From their studies plans and recommendations will be made up for consideration of the congrega tion. Letters concerning the details of arrangement of the church interior as well as the reconstruction of the dam aged roof and dome will be mailed out this week to members of the con gregation, it was stated. As soon as the plans arrive a congregational meeting will be called for considera tion of suggested changes and im provements. O Scotland Farmer Denied Bail In Woman's Death Alfred Laneley, 52. Wealthy Landowner, Had Been "Going With" Mrs. Cora Johnson. Laurinburg. Nov. 28 Alfred Lang, ley, 52, wealthy farmer and large landowner of Scotland County, was ordered held without bail by a coro ner's jury this afternoon in connection with the murder of TTrs. Cora John son, 41. near here last Thursday night. Evidence brought out at the inquest was that Langley had been "going with" Mrs. Johnson for some time. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that Mrs. Johnson "came to her death at the hands of a person or per sons unknown to this jury," ac'.-'ir.g, however, a roe mmene'ation that "Al fred Langley be held without bond fur (he next term of Superior Court." The body cf Mrs. Johnson was found near her home about two miles east of Laurinburg. about 8 A. M. Friday. Sac had been shot in the region of the heart with a .32 c: libre pist 1. Officers expressed ti e belief t'r t 'h3 h.-i been shot about II P. V. Trrrr.iav nielit at sotve olar s,,o'. a:r toe body transported by car to the place where it was found. The bedv was found about 25 yardr fro n a farm ro:. .1, and a';o.it a quarler of a n-ile f orn her horrie. The hi'r'jand of tlic dead woman, V-'W. S. JoVrson, had been in the Navy for some tiire. Same ironths apo he ivas wour.dcd on duty and was given a discharge from service. Since Sep tember he has been a patient at the Veterans Hospital in Fayettcville. and was at the hospital at the time his wife was slain. Mrs. Johnson lived with her mother and three children near here. It was testified at the inquest today that Langley and Johnson had en gaged in an argument over Johnson's wile prior t J the time that the husband enterej the Navy, Lansley, a widower, lives in the Snead's Grove community near Laur el Hill. Sheriff W. D. Reynolds and local of ficers have been assisted in the inves tigation of the murder by the State Bureau of Investigation. O Flier Is Accused In Death Of Boy Fayettcville Dec. 1 Fort Bragg's ' public relati. ns office announced this monvng that "charges would be pre ferred against the officer of an army plane that killed a newsboy while the plane w flving low over the reser- ; vat ion v morning." j Char. re preferred -as a re- i suit of a preliminary investigation j conducted by a board of offcers. Ralph S. Belk, 12 year old Lake- i dale newsboy, was killed almost in- I stanrL hen the plane piloted by First ! it. tawara E. McCollum, F. A. Obser vation Bn., after passing over the moving newstruck banked and came back over the truck, where his left wing struck Belk in the head, accord. j ing to v irnesses. Belk was one of sev en boys riding in the rear of the truck. ' J When the plane came over the truck i the second time he was the only one j who failed to duck. ' Funeral services were held for Belk ! this afternoon at 3;30 from the home : of his mother, conducted by the Rev. i W. D. Early. Over 4 Tons Pork Dressed At County AbbatoirlnWeek Seventeen Custo:ners From Over Counly Futi-onize New Plant: TwoPorkcrs Weigh Over 500 Lbs. During the past week over four tons of pork were dressed at the Hoke County abl:aoir, according to John A. McGoogan whj is supervising op erations of the new plant for the county. Mr. McGoogan states that seven teen customers patronjzed the plant during the week and 8,452 pounds of pork was turned out for them. The largest hog weighed 526 pounds. It was grown by Russell Mc Allister. The second largest was own ed by J. L. Teal and, it dressed out 500 pounds. The plant was but recently put into operation though the major part of the building and instalment of machinery was completed some weeks ago. Built by the county it is located in a part of the truck shed at the armory. Complete slaughtering equipment has been installed and the entire plant erected according to a plan approved by the State health department. Mr. McGoogan reports that a large number of farmers and townspeople have signified their intentions of patronizing the abbatoir and indicat ions are that it will be kept quite busy throughout December. O Try Sextette For Night-Hunting Of Deer Tuesday One Group Prepared For Big Bags Of Game With Spotlights, Batteries, Etc. The State is preparing to fire some big guns at two groups of men arrest ed in this county within the past month for hunting deer at night, ac rording to Game Protector H. R. Mc Lean. Marvin West and James West of Eunn Level, John A. Monroe of Lil. linrton and Sam Clarke of Manches ter are under indictment for hunting with nnot lights on the mrrning of N. veoiber 21st and John H. Kellum "f Fayet'e'.'ill" and Srt. Lee Oneal G Ca ter of Camp Hone!:all are under -eo ' .-writing tri-.i.., for hunting at 1 -V November 2,nt'i. f'"'-o rrofeiors ?.Trt.e?n, W. H. r" ' ' A. P. .":T:orzie of Hoke eo, r.y, w. K. JTcConn:.ur';ey of Ro- "in!, am! Tom Ro'lins cf Lee made tlio rr-'ost-:. :1 rlefendants three ,:'t and several and an automo--.mrnunition and 1 - ' r.to-: -(. batt-ry. or cr nuniing equipment used by ro; ht hunters of the protected deer were taken. M. McLean stated that the men vrr l-ken info custody in Hoke coun fv near the Ovcrhills estate. After their arrests the area about where they were taken was carefully search ed and three doe and cne male deer were found dead. The trial, postnoned spvor.il )1t ' 18 Si hf ;i,tl,i to b hr,cl next Tuesday I mo :T-n" .it t!-. ,,,nni.i.. , - .. j -r. . ...v. ,vr.i.v session or the , eo ty R.vnrde-s Court before Jud-e i ..enry MuD.armid. Several lawyers nre TectcJ to appear in the cases. In Stp.te Tomorrow j Vi?coimt Halifax I CHAPFL HILL. Dec. 1 Vr-co-int Halifax. British ambassa dor to this country, will visit the Un iveritv of North Carolina and the '-vy Prefliiht school here tomorow. !Te will be accompanied by Gevernor rrourhtnn. A ter a review of naval cadets, the v iters will return to Raleigh for a rrcs conference. Lord Halifax will speak at Duke "r.iversity tomorrow night SHOPPING WEEKS LEFT Biy ChfisfnasSeis to Boy -f