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VOLUME XXXVIII NO. 42
RAEFORD, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1944
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Large Group Hoke
Negroes Given
Army Examination
A )arge number of negroes from
Hoke county reported Tuesday to
Fort Bragg for pre-induction ex
amination. 'The list of those report'
ing, as released by the county board
of the Selective Service system is
as follows:
Richard Shaw, Willie B. McEachin,
Willie Odessa McRae, John Turk
Blue, Oscar Bandy, Frank Smith,
Walter Alexander McAllister, Roches
ter McRae, Eddie Williamson, Claude
McKinley Green, Moses Dillard.
James Ervin McLeod, Alexander
McPhattcr, Henry Graham, James
Harrington, Carl Allsbrook, Cornell
Malloy, Garvester Walton, Alexander
McCrimmon, John Edward Burke,
James Bullen Monroe, Eddie Mc
Callum, David McNair, Robert Wal
ker. James Calvin Robeson, Alexander
McNeill, Henry McNeill, Woodrow
Hugh McBryde, Lacy Camel, John
Edmond Shaw, Henry Meekins, Hec
tor Campbell, William Floyd Hynes,
James Henry McMillan, James Per
sey Pinnix, Robert Letlow;(transfer).
Willie Walter Galbreth, Deamous
Jones, Zack Frank, Flowers, Stephen
McNeill, Ervin Edward Smith, Ern
est Elliott, Thomas Percell Day,
Henry Thomas Roberson, Ernest Mur.
phy Shaw, V. B. Bennett, Oscar Mor
risey, John Allen Graham, Tony
Henry Buie, 'James Matthew Mc
Lauchlin. Henry Lee Seaford, William Mc
Donald, Eddie Washington Roper,
Willie Henry McNeill, James Mar
shall Mclntyre, Samuel Turner, Glen
Odell Bratcher, James Robert Miller,
Weldon Lee Baldwin, Willie Marsh.
Willie Alexander McNeill, James
Dockery, Johnson James Hall, Hugh
Lee Mongle, William Henry Mc
Arthur, James Dukes, Willie Junior
McQueen, Samuel Norris, General Lee
Grant Thomas, Sandy Junius More,
John Willie Watson; (Transfer), and
Robert Arnold.
Judge Gwynn Orders
Mistrial In Langley
Trial At Laurinburg
LAURINBURG, March 20. The
jury in the Alfred Langley murder
trial reported to Judge Gwynn Sun
day afternoon that they were unable
to agree and a mistrial was ordered.
Members of the jury reported that
they stood 11 to one for conviction
on a charge of murder in second de
gree. Langley, a farmer known as the
"watermelon king" of Scotland coun
ty, was indicted for the murder of
Mrs. Cora Johnson, wife of Will S.
Johnson of the Navy, on Thanksgiv
ing night. The body was discovered
the next morning near the edge of
a road two miles west of Laurinburg.
The state charged that Langley, af
ter two years of illicit association, be
came insanely jealous when he found
that Mrs. Johnson had been riding
from her work at the Maxton air base
with other men. The defendant of
fered no evidence. ;
Red Robins To Take
Field Against RC
Of Bragg April 23
The Red Robins, will open the
semi-pro baseball season in this sec
tion of the state on April 23rd with a
game to be played at Robbin park
in Red Springs against the Reception
Center of Fort Brpgg, it was an
nounced yesterday by Tom Cope,
veteran business luannger and coach
of the Robins.
The Robins will again follow the
policy of playing the slongest service
teams in the Southeast, and games
have already been carded with outfits
at Camp MacKall, Fort Bragg, Fort
Jackson and the Lejuene Marine base.
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Raeford Presbyterian
Church
9:45 A. M. Sunday School; Mr. F.
B. Sexton, Superintendent.
11:00 A. M. Morning Worship; ser
mon by the pastor.
6:00 P. M. Fellowship Hour for the
Soldiers. f
6:00 P. M. Senior Vespers.
7:00 P. M. Pioneer Vespers.
8:00 P. M. Evening Worship; sermon
by the pastor.
TUESDAY
7:00 P. M. Junior Choir Rehear,
sal
WEDNESDAY
8:00 P. M. Senior Study Period.
8:00 P. M. Mid-Wcok Prayer Ser
vice. 9:00 P. M. Adult Choir Rehear
sal. FRIDAY
8:00 P. M. Senior Council Meeting.
Baptist Church To
Inaugurate Drive
For Building Fund
Special services inaugurating the
building fund drive of the Raeford
Baptist church will be held at the
church Sunday morning, March 26th.
This service was originally scheduled
for March 12 but was postponed due
to the bad weather.
The Rev. J. D. Whisnant, pastor,
will have as his subject for the wor
ship hour "Building a Life."
Sunday school will be at 9:45;
preaching at 11; B. T. U. at 6:26 and
evening worship service at 7:30 will
be dedicated to the young people.
Prayer meeting each Wednesday at
7:30.
Farm Loan Group
Holds Annual Meet
The annual meeting of the Lum
berton National Farm Loan As
sociation was held at the courthouse
in Lumberton, Wednesday morn
ing, March 15. At the meeting,
financial and other reports on the
1943 operations were made by A. H.
White, president, and J. C. Cul
breth, secretary-treasurer.
It was brought out that in 1943,
five National Farm Loan Associations
serving Cumberland, Hoke, Robeson
and Scotland counties were consoli
dated to form this association and
that during the process of con
solidation all charges against any of
the associations which had incurred
losses on endorsed loans were can
celled by the Federal Land Bank and
means were provided to pay all form
er members who had liquidated their
loans the full value of their stock
where they had not been previously
reimbursed. Mr. White stated that
the close of the year found the as
sociation in excellent financial con
dition.
The following directors were elected
by the stockholders:
W. H. Malloy, Laurinburg; A. H.
White, Maxton; E. G. Ballance, Lum
ber Bridge; E. C. Morgan, Fair
mont; and G. B. Rowland, Raeford.
The board of directors met im
mediately following the stockholders
meeting and elected the following
omcers tor the year 1944: H. W. Mal
loy, president; A. H. White, vice
president; J. C. Culbreth, secretary
treasurer; and Miss Hester Hayes,
assistant secretary-treasurer.
Hoke High News
Dr. Babcr of the faculty of State
College was at the high school Fri
day to speak to the science classes
on soils and plants. Dr. Babrc made
a most interesting and informative
talk.
Miss Baldwin and Mrs. PnnW rrvn
ducted the chapel program Wednes
day, March 15. Miss Baldwin sang
"The Children's Prayer", "Mighty
Like a Rose" and "Summertime".
Mrs. Conk Cave thrpA rpnriintfa In
Irish, Negro, and Italian dialects.
Miss Fisher's eiKhth Brad mathn-
matics class has arranged an attrac
tive exhibit of geometrical figures
made by the students.
Recently several tests have been
given to certain erouns nf hinh srhnnl
students. Results of these tests may
oe of interest to patrons of the school.
Those who naswHthn Aw.w a;..
Forces Mental Screening Test which
was gave to sixteen and seventeen
year old boys, are as follows:
ueorge u White, R. Eugene Currie,
Dan Campbell, T. Joe Upchurch, John
McGi P.Tor. John Allon Wolih T!,,
Ray, Lewis McNeill.
Fields. Wade Hendrix, W. Glenn Max
well, Warren Childress, Angus Cur.
rie. Arthur D. Gore. Jr Thmi.
Polter.
Of those takine the coIIpm tnlrm
examination, which was voluntary,
Donnie Lytle, Grace Jones, Harriett
Jones, and Vera King passed. It
was of interest to note that this
tfst was given to juniors, not sen
iors.
Results of the Navi V-1 1 4-
which was eiven Marrh 1 h- .
yet been returned. Only a few boys
were permmea to take this test be
cause ther must ho mmntu. f
of age and must be able to graduate
oy Juiy i. tor this reason many
seventeen years(old boys who have
aireaay graauated lorn high school
will take this test in college. These
were the ons who took the test:
William Adcox. I1an Pamnholl TIa
old Gillis, Arthur D. Gore, Jr.percy
nicneiu, ana Joe upchurch.
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SORGO
A new sorehum cane from F.thnnhia
may have possibilities for sugar pro
duction, say USDA officials. It will
be tested in the Southern States and
in tne canal zone.
Wilds And Campbell
Speakers At Trophy
Presentation Here
Industry and Cooperation Of
County's Farmers Praised At
Banquet Friday.
The one.variety cotton associations
are the best solution to the cotton
planters' problems and will go a long
ways in meeting the stiff competition
which cotton will face from competing
synthetic fibres after the war, Hoke
county cotton growers were told Fri
day evening by both Dr. George J.
Wilds and Dr. Malcolm E. Camp
bell in addresses that preceded the
presentation of the improvement
trophy awarded the county by the
Atlantic Cotton association.
Hoke county won this recognition
in 1943 by showing the greatest im
provement in cotton production and
ginning of all the counties of the
state, in a contest conducted under
the auspices of the Atlantic assoc
iation and judged by State and Fed-1
eral agricultural experts. I
Hoke had a total of 645 points out'
of a possible 1,000, while the next
competing county of the 38 one-variety
counties of the state was Jones
with 513 . Anson was the only other
county to receive over 500 points.
County Agent, Abner S. Knowles,
who has been responsible for much
of the expansion of the one-variety
program here, presided over the ban
quet which was attended by about
two hundred farmers, ginners and
agricultural and business leaders of
Hoke, Robeson, Cumberland, Moore,,
Harnett, Columbus and Scotland
counties, and a number of repre
sentatives from State and Federal
agricultural agencies of Raleigh
and Atlanta.
Following the invocation by the
Rev. Harry K. Holland, guests were
welcomed by N. H. G. Balfour, secre
tary of the Hoke association and
chairman of the county board of com
missioners. Dr. George J. Wilds, president of
the Coker Pedigreed Seed company
of Hartsville, which developed the
variety, Coker's 100-Wilt resistant
cotton, planted by about 90 per cent
of the growers of the county, told the
group of the various steps a new
variety of cotton underwent be
fore it was offered for general pro.
duction. His concern is developing
cotton for particular needs of spin
ners and it is developed, he said,
under a series of tests which give
both profitable production quantities
for the farmers and produces a fibre
which is suitable for a certain type
of spinning.
"The spinners now are learning that
length of staple is not the prime re
quirement in making yarns and
cloths," Dr. Wilds stated. "Many
are now buying on grade and variety,
as each variety has certain character
istics whether the staple is the same
length from bale to bale or not."
This- conclusion was seconded by
Dean Campbell, of the Textile school
of State College, who was the second
speaker on the evening s program.
Dean Campbell told of the numerous
tests which the school is prepared to
run on various varieties of cottons
which will determine whether a new
variety of the fibre has commercially
possible advantages before the breed
er has wasted years in development
and the farmers have produced
maybe thousands of bales before the
real quality of the cotton has been
determind from an industrial point
of view.
Short talks on the use of the "Cot
ton Classing Service," by Tommy
Upchurch; "Marketing with aid of
Federal Classing Service" by J. M.
"Sam" McGougan concluded the
speaking. Guests were presented in
a most affable manner by F. H. Jeter,
editor of the N. C. Extension service.
The trophy, til now covered at the
speakers' table, waf then presented
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ACCEPTS TROPHY T. D. Potter,
president of the Hoke County One
Variety Cotton Improvement Associ
ation, who accepted the trophy pre
sented the association last Friday
by the Atlantic Cotton Association.
Mr. Potter's speech of acceptance
follows:
When I was given the honor to
respond to the speech just concluded,
I felt it indeed a great honor to do
so, and, also to have been a member
of the organization I now represent.
This county, being one of the smal
lest of the state, with the help of
all the people, is trying in every
way to make the conditions of the
county better. The county is made up
of people who believe in looking
forward and We believe that bet
ter things are yet to come and, if
we do our work well,, that a re
ward will surely come.
This token of our county's pro
gress reminds me to say that we
should revolutionize our methods and
adopt better ones for our success
depends upon it.
Our farmers are adopting the use
of better seed, better methods of
planting, cultivating and harvesting,
and the experiments carried on by
our state have been of a great help
to the farmers in doing this. The
ginners of this county are due a
great deal of credit for the aid they
have been in the improvement made
in the cotton grown in this county.
I accept this emblem of our dili.
gence and progress in the worthy
name of all the people of this county,
and will dedicate it forever to those
who will follow after Us as we en
deavor to help to feed and cloth the
the people of this world in which we
now live.
So Wet The Seagulls
Are Uncertain About
Atlantic Shoreline
Folks have been talking about the
preponderance of rain in the past few
weeks, and each week the farmers
say more bays and pocosins are just
"running over with water." But
we didn't know that the water level
had got so high that gulls didn't
know just where the coast of the
Atlantic was.
Monday morning a number of these
birds were seen diving at finny
creatures in a cotton field just to
the south edge of town, and later
in the day Robert Gathn reported
that at least one gull was seen fly-
ing up the middle of Main Street
looking for a 'dry" place to light.
If It keeps up at this rate, per
haps we can go to the seashore
down about Lumberton way about
the first of June.
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Services At Shiloh
And Bethel Sunday
William B. Gaston, of Columbia,
sr who rprpivod his divinity de
gree at Union Theological seminary
last year and completes a fellow
ship there this spring will conduct
services at Shiloh Sunday morning
adn at Bethel Sunday evening Mrs.
Gaston, of the Assembly's Training
School is expected to accompany her
husband.
J. E. Holcombe, Columbus County
farmer has found that the breeding
of purebred Chester White sows with
registered Hampshire boars gives him
the best commercial hogs.
to President T. D. Potter of the Hoke
association by R. L. Cooper, presi
dent of Cooper-Peale, Inc., of Clay
ton. The trophy, a beautiful loving cup.
was inscribed with the following:
"Presented to Hoke County One-Variety
Cotton Improvement Associa
tion for Outstanding Results In Cot
ton Improvement in 1943 by the At
lantic Cotton Association, March 17,
1944."
Prior to the Interesting and well
timed program a delicious chicken
dinner prepared under the direction
of Harry Green and John McGoogan
and served by a number of ladies
under the supervision of Miss Jose,
phine Hall was heartily enjoyed.
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Sim Thomas, 53,
iDies Of Burns
Sim Thomas, 53, who lived near
Ithe fish hatchery on Fayetteville Road,
was found burned to death at the
home of a neighbor, Mr. and Mrs.
Jake Skipper Tuesday afternoon.
The Skippers returned home about
4 o'clock and smelled smoke. On
investigation a bed was found
afire. On further search they found
Thomas' body lying about halfway
between the house and a well, toward
which he had apparently been go
ing. He was badly burned and dead
when found.
Thomas was a veteran of the last
war, and an employee of post en
gineers at Bragg.
Surviving are his wife, the form
er Miss Bertha Postman; a daugi
Mrs. Dorothy .Autry, Fayettevi, .
brothers, Alex Thomas, of Fayett
ville and Billy Thomas, Parkton; sis
ters,, Miss Annie Thomas, Fayette
ville, and Mrs. Eli Walters, Laurel
Hill; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon, 4 p. m., at-Jernigan Fun
eral home. Officiating will be the
Rev. Frank P. Maultsby and the Rev.
W. E. Hollingsworth. Burial will be
in the Thomas family cemetery at
Fort Bragg.
Lumberton Man
Elected Head
Men's Group
Laymen In The Postwar Work
Of Church Subject Talk Made
By The Rev. James A. Jones.
The annual dinner meeting of the
Men of Fayetteville Presbytery was
held at Flora Macdonald college last
Thursday evening. J. P. Allred of
Laurinburg, retiring president, pre
sented the guest speaker, Dr. James
A.- Jones, pastor of the Myers Park
Presbyterian church in Charlotte,
whose subject was "Christian Laymen
Going Forward with Christ in the
Postwar World." Other talks were
made by John M. Wilson of Fayette
ville, Cecil Dew of Raeford, J. B.
McCallum of Maxton, and W. D.
McCormick of St. Pauls.
At the business meeting, the fol
lowing officers were elected: Presi
dent, J. D. Stewart of Lumberton;
vice-president, Francis Coxe of Max
ton; and secretary-treasurer, John
M. Wilson of Fayetteville. These of
ficers were installed by Rev. Ben
Moore of Lumberton.
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Joyce Mann Hurt
Joyce Helene Mann, young daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Israel Mann was
painfully injured last Thursday
morning when struck by a grocery
truck which was making deliveries
near her home.
She was a patient at Highsmiths
hospital for several days, but has
been home and is getting along fine.
according to Mr. Mann.
Robert J. Vanhoy
Dies At Montrose
Funeral services for Robert Jasper
Vanhoy, 70, who died Friday morn
ing at his home near Sanatorium,
were held Saturday afternoon at
the Mountain Creek Primitive Bap
tist Church near Albemarle. Elder
C. M. Miller of Charlotte, was in
charge of the services.
Mr. Vanhoy is survived by the fol
lowing chilJrcn: Spencer Vanhoy of
Albemarle; George Vanhoy of Sana
torium; Roy and Jonah Vanhoy of
Aberdeen and Paul Vanhoy of Char
lotte; Mrs. Reece Cole of Jackson
Springs and Miss Non Vanhoy of
Aberdeen. Also surviving are: throe
brothers, Harris of Richfield, J. M
of Charlotte, and Lee of Welcome;
and two sisters, Mrs. Mary J. Honey-
cutt of Goldsboro and Mrs. J. A
Morgan of Albemarle.
Big Hawk Killed
By Bill Upchurch
A fish Hawk that might seek
whales at its prey was killed here
this week by Bill Upchurch. The
hawk was shot while flying above
Clyde's pond. It measured five feet
eleven inches from wing tip to wing
tip according to Bill and was the
"whoppingest, biggest hawk I ever
saw."
Bill reports that within the past
few weeks he has lost 22 young
ducks and that a resident close by
the pond has lost 17 chickens which
they believe the hawk has destroyed.
When shot, with a 22 cal. rifle, the
hawk fell into the pond"right in
the middle of the water." With no
boat handy Bill shucked off and swam
out to get the mighty bird, and got
mighty cold so doing but suf
fered no ill effects.
County 30 Over
Red Cross War
Fund Quota
$7,674.32 Reported Received At
County Headquarters And
More Coming In, Says Chair
man McBryde.
Hoke county has now gone more
than 30 percent over its Red Cross
War Fund quota of $5,900. A total
of $7,674.32 had been recived at coun
ty headquarters yesterday, with a
number of final reports to be re
reived, it was stated by Chairman
yan McBryde.
Every community, or group, to
ich a quota was assigned, has now
'subscribed its -allotment, ac-
. 'ng to Mr. McBryde, with one ex
n, and there are a number of
-eports yet to be made though
i nty drive was due to be con-
c ?. Monday. These reports are
e S- to b made within ttfe next
tw .A 'hree days. Any workers
whi f. funds to be turned in are
aske leave them with Mrs. Wright
at the office of the Lumbee River
REA.
Additional funds are being con
tributed through collections taken
each evening at the Raeford Theatre,
which feature of the drive will be
continued the rest of the week.
In behalf of the Hoke County chap
ter of the Red Cross, Mr. McBryde
extends thanks to the Fund workers
and to all contributors for their ex
cellent work and the fine response
to the appeal for contributions. "Gifts
have exceeded all expectations and
by their number and the generous
amounts contributed they have
shown how deeply the organization
has touched our people in this uni
versal conflict."
Sgt. William Hawfield
Former Hoke Resident
Missing In Action
Mr. and Mrs. W. Preston Hawfield,
of Union County, have been notified
that their son, Sgt. William Preston
Hawfield is missing Iron an action
over Germany on February 28.
He was an engineer chief of a
B-24 bomber.
Sgt. Hawfield Is well known here,
as are his parents. Mr. Hawfield
having been county . superintendent
of education of Hoke county at one
time.
Robeson Is Third
Tobacco Growing
County In State
RALEIGH, N. C, March 14. Ap
proximately 70 per cent of the flue
cured and two per cent of the bur-
ley tobacco produced in the Nation
last year was grown in North Caro
lina, the State Department of Ag
riulture recently reported. The coun
ties ef Pitt, Johnston, Robeson, Wake
and Wilson, in the order named, led
the State in the production of leaf.
Wilson, selling 51,390,634 pounds,
sold, while Pitt, having markets in
Farmville and Greenville, led the
counties with total sales of 58,882,610
pounds. Columbus led in the number
of markets in operation with 16.
V. R. White Re-Elected
Principal Hoke High
V. R. White, principal of the Hoke
County High School for the past two
years, was re-electei for the 1941
45 term at a meeting of the bonrd
of trustees held this week, accord
ing to an announcement made yester
day by K. A. McDonald, county super
intendent of education.
Eye Clinics Work
Being Completed
The eye clinics which have been
held in the county schools during the
past two months are being completed
this month. Of some 500 pupils ex
amined, 68 were fitted with glasses
late last month.
School officials expect some 100
students will be fitted with glasses
within the next two weeks.
Three Hoke Countians
Win Awards At Bragg
Among fifty War Department em
ployees at Fort Bragg, there were
three from Hoke County who won
awards for suggestions which had
improved methods which had saved
the department much money.
The total saved by the fifty one
suggestions amounts to $111,816 an
nually. Those from the county win
ning the awards were: Mrs. Phil
Hurt, Kermit L. Wood and Feter A.
Webb.