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VOLUME XXXVIII NO. 40
RAEFORD, N. V., THURSDAY, MARCH 9th, 1944
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MENwWOMEN
IN UNIFORM
Billie Chason a Prisoner
Lt. Billie Chason, of Lumber Brdige,
who was reported as missing from a
bombing raid over Germany in Janu
ary, is now reported to be a prisoner
there. Chason is a Fortress Pilot-
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Four Hoke Men Get
Commissions Sunday
Four Hoke County men in the air
force are scheduled to get their wings
and commissions at exercises at
flight schools Sunday.
William E. Plummer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Plummer, Reed Childress,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Childress,
and Eldred and Lawrence Helton,
son of Mrs. Mary Helton will be
awarded and commissioned.
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PETTY OFFICER Dan S. Carter,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Carter of
near Lumber Bridge, is now ser
ving with a carrier force in the
Pacific. A machinist mate, Dan en
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tered the service at Norfolk in 1941,
N and after training there he took ad-
-O ditional specialists schooling at Key
West, Fla., and Lakehurst, N. J.
He attended Hoke High school and
Parkton schools graduating from the
latter a month before joining up.
His address now is:
Fleet Air Wing 4; Hdq. Sqdn. PAT-
SU 4-3 Care Fleet Postofffice, San
Francisco, Cal.
Sailor And (Soldier
Brothers Meet in BWI
Sgt. Robert Campbell, home from
overseas service for the fi'st time in
over three years, is' spending a fur
lough with- his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lock Campbell.
S??t. Campbell reports that on
February 10, while on duty in Port-au-Spain,
he met his brother, Sea
man Reece Campbell, whose ship had
docked there that day. It was their
first meeting since the 252nd C. A.
was moved out.
Lt. Hartman Yarborough has re
turned home from foreign duty in
the Carribean area.
Lt. D. S. Tolar has returned from
the European theatre of war and is
a patient in a hospital at Cambridge.
Mrs. Tolar was formerly Rebecca
Bridges.
Major Graham Dickson has been
transferred from a California stat
ion to Fort Monroe, Va. Major Dick
ton nnd small son, George, arrived
in Fayettevillo Friday. George is
now at the home of his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Lamont. Mrs.
Dickson and their younger son will
leave California to return to Rae
ford in the near future.
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One Case Heard
Tuesday
James Hart pleaded guilty of simple
assault upon Helen Moultie and paid
costs, in the only case heard in coun
ty ceurt Tuesday. Other casess set
for Tuesday were postponed due
to fact that county officers were
attending Federal court in Rockingham.
Overseas rest homes are operated
for aviators who hve done a number
of bombing missions and need rest
and relaxation? Red Cross operates
these for the Air Force at their re-
, quest. American Red Cross girls
p provide cheerful, homelike atmos
phere. There Is no regimentation
,f soldiers don civilian clothes and every
effort If made for the men to forget
the horrors of war.
Zip the lip on Military Secrets!
Hoke Conservation
Payments Reached
$138,000 in 1943
County Commissioners Praise
Advances Made Under ACP;
Commend J. M. McGoogan For
service.
The annual report of the com
mittee in charge of the Agricultural
Conservation program in Hoke
County was presented to the Board
of County Commissioners Monday
by W. C. Hodgin, chairman and W. J.
Coates, secretary.
The commissioners approved the
report and adopted a resolution of
commendation for the fine work
done by the committee and especial
ly praised the untiring efforts of
J. M. McGoogan, who recently re
tired as chairman of the group, dur
ing his leadership of the committee
since 1940.
The report showed that the farmers
of the county would received $55,
000 in conservation payments under
the AAA program for 1943, and that
additional special crop payments
would reach approximately $80,895.
The costs of administering the pro
gram for the year was $8,943.17.
Payments to farmers in 1940 a
mounted to $242,218; and the admini
strative costs were $13,392.64; in 1941
payments aggregated $273,819 and ad
ministrative costs were $11,328.52. In
19?2 payments dropped to $144,835
while the administrative costs were
$9,938.23.
In comparing the soil building and
conservation efforts in terms of tons
o materials and acre of legume
crops and cover crops, the report
compared 1943 acomplishments with
a four-year average from 1936 thru
1939 prior to the adoption of the
plan in the county.
The average to 1939 for limestone
showed that 159 tons were bought
annually, while in 1943 farmers pur
chased 2,537 tons; 8.6 tons of phos
phates were bought annually to 1939
while in 1943 114.3 tons were pur
chased; green cover crops planted for
fertilization prior to 1940 averaged
371 acres while in 1943 20,087 acres
were planted. Winter legume acreage
to is.39 averaged 25 acres while in
1943 12,684 acres were planted.
Austrian winter peas made up (
large part of the winter crops plant
ed for fertilizer. The report stated
that in 1941 28,385 pounds of seed
were purchased by Hoke ounty farm
crs in lieu of conservation payments.
This was quadrupled the following
year wncn iU4,ouo pounds were pur
chased under the plan. And in 1913,
fr.rmrrs of the county bought a total
of 281,375 pounds of winter peas
through the conservation payment
plan. They alro purchased 1462 tons
of limestone and EO tons of phos
phate through the conservation of
fice. $100 FOR RED CROSS
Prior to presentation of the report
the commission voted to contribute
$100 to the War Fund of the Red
Cross. Only routine matters were
attended to during the remainder of
the session of the commission.
N. C. Soldiers
WillHayeVote
RALEGH Col. Wilt-am T .Tnvner
of Raleigh, chairman of the state
board of elertinns. snM tnrlsv kt
complete arrangements had been
mace lor soiuier voting after the
March 18 filing rtojiriiino
He told Governor Broughton that
iiut unV were rvorin Carolina soldiers
m tills country and overseas going
to be given an opportunity to vote
in the primary and general election
but would be encouraged to do so.
It government regulations do not
prohibit, air mail may be used in
an emergency.
boldieis may obtain ballots in sev
eral ways, bv writing in tv ..
tary of state, the state board, the
county Doai or to the family.
Governor Ernphtnn niH n .
lina's plans to handle the soldier
voie. lor ine mi.i lee- statu ,niA
equa those of any other state.
Hay "AinTHaV"
To This G, I. Guy
MAXTCN. N. C. March 8 "Helln
Sarfe," said the tall, grinning private.
"Hey!" returned the sergeant as he
dished out the night's passes to the
boys eancr for a trip into town.
"Thats my name!" the gangling
private cackled.
"What?"
"Yep," Hay, David L., private first
class, and the hometown is El Paso,
Texas," he drawled.
Private Hay, stationed at Laurin-
burg-Maxton Air base, says hi name
has brought him lots of fun-and head-aches-in
the Army.
New Sweaters
For WAC-But
They're not G. I.
MAXTON N. C, March 8 It was
a tough break for Pvt. Charlotta
Amos of Walkerville, Mich., member
of the WAC at the Laurinburg-Max-ton
Air Base. She made a trip to
Charlotte, 100 miles awary, on pay
day and bought a supply of swanky
sweaters and slacks. Next day after
an order came through prohibiting
Air Wacs from wearing any clothing
other than general issue- "I'll wear'em
after the war," she says.
Endorsement Gas
Coupons Being
Checked By OPA
Ration Books Will Last Four
Times As Long Since Tokens
Go Into Use.
Holders of gasoline ration books
should endorse all the coupons with
their auto or truck license number
and the state state of registration
immediately, say local OPA officials,
to avoid possible revocation of their
books. "OPA checkers are now in
this vicinity and may ask to see your
coupon books at any time, says K.
A. Macdonald, "persons found not
having their coupons endorsed will
be cited to their local ration boards
to show cause why these rations
should not be revoked."
The great shortage of gasoline in
eastern Carolina has been caused' by
a flood of counterfeit coupons cir
culating through this section. There
has been sufficient gasoline alloted
to this area for the outstanding cou
pons issued by ration boards. The
shortage comes from black market
operations of swindlers who are cir
culating the bogus books.
Ration tokens now in use are due
to be a big savings in time and in
printing expense. It is estimated that
a ration book will last at least four
times as long as previously. This
means an enormous savings in paper
and printing costs, and the saving of
many hours time of the volunteer
workers (who issue the books) and
of the consumers.
Motorists are urged to be more
careful with their tires inspection
blanks. Many are being lost and this
necessitates much extra work of rat
ion board personnel. Tire allotments
have been cut again, and now 6.00 x
10 truck tires must come from the
passenger car quota.
Institutional users should file form
1307 lor supplementary fruit rations
thi Saturday. Their supply of points
are due March 15.
Small Percentage
N. C. Farms Have
18 War Units
Agricultural Leaders Fight Draft
Requirements For Dcferrments
Raleigh, N. C, March 7: A fight
against the Selective Service proposal
to pull into the service draft-age
farmers not producing 16 war units
ha3 been launched in this state and in
Washington by Commissioner of Ag
riculture W. Kerr Scott, his assistant
D. S. Coltrane, and other officials of
the State Department of Agriculture.
In appealing for a reduction in the
number of units necessary for de
ferment, Scott points out that 'the
present plan for the drafiing of ap
rlcultnral labor will seriously cur
tail the production of important com
modities for the prosecution of the
war."
He said that North Carolina last
year produced six per cent of the nat
ion's cottonseed and lint; 70 per cent
of the flue-cured tobacco; 11 per
cent of the lespedeza seed; and three
per cent of the Irish potatoes.
Upon his return from a series of
Washington conferences on the agri
cultural draft situation recently, Colt
rane sent to all members of the
North Carolina Congressional dele
gation various facts and figures re
garding this State's participation in
the war effort.
Coltrane declared that "on the bas
is of recent estimates regarding the
number of farms meeting the IB-unit
plan, 45,900 persons now classified
as 2-C and 3-C would no longer
be eligible for deferment."
Scott and Coltrane said a large sup
ply of farm labor is necessary In this
State because the small farm do not
readily lend themselves to operation
by farm machinery.
According to figure compiled by
the Statistics division of the De-
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James A. Jones
Speaker For
Men's Me' ig
Charlotte Pastor
Annual Dinner
Heard At
viarch 16.
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The annual" meetin "he Men
of Fayetteville PresbyU -y . ' be held
at Flora Macdonald s e, on
Thursday evening Marc. t fl:3o
o'clock. tf
Dr. James A. Jones, pas A My
ers Park Presbyterian Chui vcnar
lotte, will be the guest speaker of the
occasion and bring a message on
"The Christian Layman Building with
Christ in the Post War World."
In the rush of present day affairs,
we must not forget the importance
of The Men's Organization and its
potential value In this Post War plan
ning Certainly this is a subject that
is most vital to every Christian Lay
man. .
The Men of Fayetteville Prebytery
was organized at Flora Macdonald on
November 12, 1940, and each year
since that time the annual meetings
have been a source of pleasure and
inspiration to all who attend. This
gives the men of the Presbytery an
opportunity to join in fellowship once
a year that alone makes this organi
zation worth while.
A large number of Presbyterian
men are expected to attend this din
ner program which will begin prompt
ly at 6:30 o'clock. Be sure to come and
bring sone one with you.
Volunteer Workers
Make Many Items
For Red Cross
Summary Shows Near Million
Hours Given In Six Months By
Women Workers.
More than 30,000 volunteer work
ers in North Carolina are contributing
their Uma and their work to the
nation's war effort through the var
ied program of the American Red
Cross, according to Dr. R. L. Mur
ray, chairman of the Hoke County
chapter of the Red Cross.
These workers gave 993,000 hours
of service in the many activities of
the Volunteer Special Services pro
gram of the American Red Cross
during the six months' period, July
1-Decembcr 31, 1943.
"If. these statistics for the last six
month of 1913 mean anything, it is
that the American women in this
and in every other state can be depended-
upon to work and work
hard in the interest of victory," Nat
C. Wilson, manager of the southeast
ern area with headquarters in At
lanta, Ga., said recently.
"This new year," he continued,
"there must be no decline in enthus
iasm of the effort by which civilian
men and women, through the Ameri
can Red Cross, are responding to the
needs of a -nation at war."
During the half year the state's
122 Chapters made 56,791 garments
and 56,791 miscellaneous articles.
Much of this production has gone
to aid men in the armed forces and
into the Red Cross program of civil
ian war relief abroad.
North Carolina chapters made
7,471,657 surgical dressings, which go
to the Army and Navy, and 16,728
kit bags, the type that go to Ameri
can fighting men at ports of em
barkation. Also during this period,
canteen workers served 114,822 meals,
mostly to servicemen.
The state now has 442 voluntopr
nurses' tides and during the last half
of the year chanters awarded 1.597
nurses' aide certificates. Th:' train
ing of volunteer women to serve as
skilled laymen in hospitals and of
housewives to render primary nursing
care in the home in part of the Red
Cross efforts to compensate for the
shortage of doctors and registered
nurses at home.
In 1943, North Carolina sent 283
nurses to the Army and the Navy,
recruited by the American Red Cross.
During the last half of the year, more
than 410 nutrition certificates were
issued in the state; 3,805 first aid
certificates, 1.818 life saving certi
ficato and 1,616 swimming certi
ficstes.
Highlighting all of its activities
during the 1943 was the American
Red Coss program of Services to
the Arrrcd Forces. In North Caro
lina during the last four months of
the year, the Red Cross handled
81,863 cases dealing with the prob
lems of servicemen and servicewomen
and their families.
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TTRES
A farmer advertised In his weekly
newspaper, "Owner of truck would
like to correspond with widow who
owns two tires. Otjfct matrimony.
Send picture of tire."
Red Cross Fund
Payments Lag
Though a few communities and
schools have oversubscribed their
quotas, Hoke County's War Fund
drive for the Red Cross is lag
ging, according to the report is
sued yesterday afternoon.
Total funds on deposit at the
close of the bank yesterday nf
trenoon were only $2,091.67.
This is only about 35 percent of
the $5,900 quota.
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Blue Springs Is
First Township
Over Quota
County Campaign For War Fund
In Full Swing; Expect To End
Drive Saturday.
With Upper Little River, under
the chairmanship of Sam Comer, the
first community to top their goal and
Blue Springs the first township to
oversubscribe it's quota, the Hoke
county drive for the Red Cross War
Fund is in full swing this week and
subcriptions are rapidly approach
ing the county goal of 85,900, accord
ing to Ryan McBryde, county chair
man. Though the drive did not offici
ally open until Wednesday, March
1, Mr. Comer and his committee in j
Upper Little River had already pass- I
ed their minta nn the nrpvinns Mnn-I
day. On Saturday J. Frank Chisholm
an dMrs. D. J. Dalton, co-chairmen
for Elue Springs township, reported
their area over the top with a little
more than half their territory can
vassed. They expect their township
to run something of a record for con
tributions to the fund this year.
Reports from Sanatorium show that
Mrs. Rueben MrBrayer and her work
ers will probably have passed their
quota before the paper reaches its
readers.
Macedonia Indian Community un
der the chairmanship of Arch Lock
lear reported slightly over its $50
quota already raised by Tuesday with
the promise of additional contribu
tions before the canvass there is com
pleted on Saturday.
All in all, stated Mr. McBryde, the
drive is progressing very encourag
ingly. The people of the county have
responded wonJcrful'.y to this call
for contributions, and with continued
cooperation we have every reason to
believe that Hoke will raise its quota
by Saturday when we hope to close
the drive. The campaign will offici
ally end on the 15th and we would
like for every communty chairman
to turn in his or her report to the
office in Raeford by MonJay.
The drive in Raefurd started Mon
day and is to be completed Saturday,
according to H. L. Gatlin, Jr., town
chairman. Considerable progress has
been reported with a number of
generous gifts received from commer
cial concerns.
Chairmen Say: "Thanks"
Mr. McBryde and Mr. Gatlin wish
to express their thanks through the
News-Journal for the generous use
of store windows for Red Crpss dis
plays during this drive, and to the
school teachers and students who de
signed and executed the attractive
displays. "These displays have caus
ed much comment," Mr. Gatlin stated,
"and we believe they have created
a great deal of interest in the drive,
especially as so.Tie of them intc pret
ed, visually, rscs to which much of
the money being raised will be put
throughout the world wherever our
armed forces are serving."
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Dr. McMillan Win
Speak At Baptist
W. M. U. Convention
Dr. Hudson McMillan of Wajram,
who returned to this country on the
Gripsholm from China last December
will be one of the three speakers at
at forum on missions at the convent
ion of the Women's Missionary Un
ion, auxiliary to the North Carolina
Baptist State Convention, In Char
lotte on March 8. The meeting Is
planned for March 7-9.
The other speakers at the con
vention, which ig . expected to be
attended by 1,00 delegates and
visitors, will be M. A. Hut"rir.s. serre-ta-y
of the Baptist Ftate Convention,
and Jacob Gartenhaus, secretary of
Tewish work under the Baptist Home
Mission Board. .
Also listed to speak during the
three-day session in the First Bap
tit Church are I. G. Greer, uperin
tendant of Baptist orphanages in the
state; Miss Kathleen Mallory, exe
cutive secretary of the Woman's Mis
sionary Union to the Southern Bap
tit Convention, and Mrs. Mobla Ayor
inde, leader in Baptist women's work
in Nigeria, Africa.
Hoke To Receive
Cotton Trophy At
Banquet March 17
State Textile Dean And Head
Coker Seed Company Will Be
Speakers Before Meeting At
Armory.
The trophy awarded annually to
the county making the greatest im
provement in its cotton crop will be
presented to Hoke county next Friday
evening, March 17, by a representa
tive of the Atlantic Cotton associa
tion. The presentation will be made at
a banquet to be held at the armory
here by the Hoke County One-Variety
Cotton Improvement association and
will be received by T. D. Potter, presi
dent of the county group.
Dr. George W. Wilds, president
of the Coker Pedigreed Seed com
pany of Hartsville, S. C, and Dr.
Malcolm E. Campbell, dean of the
school of textiles of State college,
will be the speakers for the oc
casion. The county one-variety cotton
adopted because of the high yield
and excellently uniform staple is the
Coker 100 Wilt variety which was
bred by the Coker company. Dr.
Wile's will explain some of the steps
his concern has taken in the breed
ing and improvement of this var
iety of cotton, and deal further
with the concern's program of con
stant improvement for staples that
conform best to demands of textile
concerns.
Dr. Campbell will discuss cotton
improvement from the spinning in
dustry's viewpoint and show how
his school is coordinating it's efforts
with both the spinners and growers
for the advancement of both the
farmer and the manufacturer.
The program committee, Mr. Pot
ter, Tommie Upchurch and A. S.
Knowles, has invited a number of
special guests which, include farm
ers, ginners and textile men from
Hoke and surrounding counties who
are not members of the county a
sociation. It is expected that at least
200 will attend.
In a survey made this week of the
1943 crop, County Agent Knowles
reports that of 10,000 bales of cotton
grown in Hoke county, that was
classed under the Smith-Doxey act
better than 90 percent, was of the
top three grades. Only 533 bales of
this was less than one inch in staple
and only 40 bales were as short as
seven-eights inch.
It was pointed out that the Hoke
association was making a determined
effort to have all farmers planting
the one variety by 19 !5, as all farm
tests showed that this was the best
variety for the types of soil and the
climate of the county. The staple is
better, longer and the poundage yield
has exceeded all other varieties.
New Army School
Program Soon Ta
Be Announced n
ft
Designed To Gve 1944 i.pifih
School Grattaatcs Six Months
College Training. ';'
MAXTON, N. C, Mar. 7 A new
government program which is; ex
pected to provide six months Of, col
leire trainine will be sunn'mi-pfl hv
the army in a few days. A special com"
munication from the American Coun
cil of Education to Presbyterian
Junior Collese requests all colleges
and hKh schools to give publicity to
this information nnd i?rci y'irh
school f .-aduates.and high school boys
wno will graduate by July 1, 1P14,
to be certain to take the nunl-frinff
examination on March 15 Thic will
enable entrance into the new pro
gram. ;
Examinations will b
most hish school on March lit it
8:45 A. M. Anyone wishing to "lake
wis examination ai f ji; is requested
to communicate right away With
Dean O. W.- Ferrem"'1 Preslwf off an
Junior College, Maxton, N. "c. j
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County School News
There will be a. meeting of 'the
principals of the white schools In the
o'fice of the county superintendent
this afternoon at 4:30.
Miss Margaret McKenzie has been
quite ill at the home of Mrs. 3. S.
Johnson. Mrs. Jim Poole has been
substituting for her.
Miss Lottie Mae WillU of the up
erintendent's office has been out, thi
week on account of the serioul Ill
ness of her mother. , ( j j