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The Hoke County News
The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XXXVIII NO. 52
RAEFORD, N. C. TIIl'RSDAY, JUNE 1. 1941
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NEWS OF OUR
MENwIVOMEN
IN UNIFORM
Twenty Of This
Family In Service
M r abort Ltwjer. who has been
.-,n"!ir'.-s some'nre with her husband.
C'hiti Jvtty OMicer Looper in Key
West. I la., spent several days in
Kaei'c .d th s week visiting relatives.
She r.ow has re.urne.i to her home
in New York.
While here, at the home of her
mother-in-law, Mrs. J. P. Smith,
she learned that there were twenty
of Mrs, Smith's children, neiees,
nephews, sons-inlaws-iand a grand
son and grandiaughter now in the
armed forces of the United States.
They include: CPO Looper; the
following sons-in-law: Seaman Rog
er Dixon, Pvt. Howard McAnulty,
Sgt. Charles W. Gordon, S Sgt. Vir
gil P. Clarke, and Sgt. Clarke's child
ren. Seaman. Eugene Clarke and
Cadet Nurse Helen Lee Clarke.
Mrs. Smith's nephews include: Lt.
David Currie, Lt. Ben Currie, Pvt.
James Currie and soon-to-be-Pvt.
William Currie who was sworn in
Inst week, all of Raeford, the sons
of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Currie. Sea
man Henry Looper, Marine Gerald
Gwaltney, Leroy Gwaltney, Jr.,
Chaplain Allen David and Seaman
J. D. Hipp; Pvt. Mitchell Linney, Sgt.
Hayes Linney, Bret Patterson and
Junius Patterson.
Sgt. Alfred Cole of Camp Davis is
spending several days at his home
here. He came especially to attend
the commencement exercises at Hoke
High school. Miss Betsy Ann Cole is
a member of the graduating class.
Lt. Col. Poole of Camp Stewart,
Ga., came home Saturday. He and
Mrs. Poole went to Liberty Sunday
to see Mrs. Poole's mother who con
tinues quite feeble.
Additional Gifts
To Honor Roll
O Fund Announced
Additional Gifts to the Honor Roll
Fund, with which a service rool
listing all the men and women of the
county who are in the military ser
vice of the Nation is to be erected,
are announced this week by Mrs.
W. B. McLauchlin, chairman of the
Fund Committee.
Cash gifts to date total $467. The
new gifts are from the following:
Allendale Home Dem. Club $4.00
Hoke Oil and Fertilizer co $25.00
John L. Skinner (Littleton) $2.00
John A, McGougan $2.00
Dougald Coxe $2.00
Mrs. J. W. Baxley $1.00
Herbert C. McLeod $1.00
Mrs. C. H. Giles $5.00
Radeen Home Dem. Club $3.00
Miss Belle Graham '. $1.00
Mrs. Mattie Campbell $2.00
Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Ray $2.50
Miss Patricia Ritter $2.50
A 4-Fer - $100
Funeral Services For
Albert S. Benson
Funeral services for Albert Sid
ney Benson, 41, were held at the
graveside in Raeford Cemetery Sun
day afternoon at 3:30 with the Rev.
H. Gwynn Clayton, assisted by the
Rev. Angus Prevatte, officiating.
Pall bearers were Jason Dunn,
G. E. Long, Grover McMillan, and
Pride Webster.
Surviving are his widow and five
children, Albert Dewey and Ray Ben
son and Misses Annie Muriel, Violet
and Thelma Benson. A sister, Mrs.
Sallie Thompson, also survives.
Olive Drab Wool
At Red Cross
Mrs. Mary Halperin and Mrs. J.
R. Hampton now have 100 pounds of
olive drab knitting yarn on hand
for Red Cross knitters. All knitters
are asked to call on either for their
supply of yarns.
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Tommie Upchurch Is
Installed By State
Alumni Association
Tommie Upchurch, recently elected
first vice president of the State Col
lege alumni association was Installed
in that office at the general meeting
of the association held at Raleigh
last Friday evening.
Abner S. Knowles, Zeb McDanieL
Marion Gatlin and Mr. Upchurch
attended the meeting.
Hoke And State
See Alike In
Saturday's Vote
Hoey. Cherry. Ballentine. Eurc.
Pou and Johnson Get Demo
cratic Approval
H -ke's Demo? rats br.'.lu'.cd w'th the
I rr..i-o. i-.y of the state's voters in
I Saturday's primary to give Clvde
Huey a 3-1 count over Cameron Mor
rison for the U. S. Senate, to give
R. Gregg Cherry nearly 2-1 vic
tory over Dr. McDonald, for gover
nor, and to give L. Y. Ballentine
about a 7-1 count over Halstead for
Lieutenant governor:
Charles M. Johnson scored a 7-1
victory over L. J. Phillips for state
treasurer, Thai Eure had a 5-1 mar
gin over W. JC. Crawford for secre
tary of state and George Ross Pou
a 4-1 victory over Fred S. Hunter
for state auditor.
In the county races W. W. Roberts
won over W. S. Crawley 1025 to 112
for Register of Deeds, and N. H. G. Bal
four, Hector McNeiill, E. R. P:ckler,
incumbents, were returned to seat on
the Boari of County Commissioners
with F. Knox Watson and F. A.
Monroe, both newcomers to this of
fice, were nominated to the other
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The Hoke County
Vote By Precincts
Clyde Hoey For Senate
Raefori No. 1108; No. 2195:
Little River 31: Quewhiffle 78: Al
lendale 23: Blue Springs 73: Anti
och 143; Stonewall 43; Rockfish
39; Puppy Creek 62. TOTAL 811.
Cameron Morrison For Senate.
Raeford No. 153; No. 286; Little
River 20; Quewhiffle 30; Allendale
25; Blue Springs 23; Antioch 27;
Stonewall 13; Rockfish 5; Puppy
Creek 7. TOTAL 289. '
Marvin Riteh For Senate.
2 votes in Raeford No. 2 and 1 each
in Raeford No. 1 and Stonewall, TO
TAL 4.
Arthur Simmons For Senate
Raeford No. 14; No. 22; Little
River 5; and 1 each in Blue Springs,
Antioch and Rockfish. TOTAL 14.
Giles Y. Newton For Senate
Raeford No. 11; No. 24; Little
River 1: Allendale 1; Blue Springs
l: Antioch 3; Rockfish 2; and
Puppy Creek 4. TOTAL 17.
R. Grerr Cherry For Governor.
Raeford No. 185; No. 2179;
Little River 23; Quewhiffle 49:
Allendale 43; Blue Springs 62; An
titioch 155; Stonewall 27; Rock
fish 27: Puppy Creek 44. TOTAL
718.
Ralph McDonald For Governor. .
Raeford No. 177; No. 2107; Lit
tle River 36; Quewhiffle 57; Allen
dale 3: Blue Springs 39; Antioch
19; Stonewall 22; Rockfish 21;
Puppy Creek 27. TOTAL 408.
Olla Ray Boyd For Governor
3 votes on Puppy Creek, 2 in Rae
ford No. 1 and 1 each in No. 2 Al
lendale and Stonewall. TOTAL 8.
W. I. Halstead For Lieut. Governor
Raeford No. 117; No. 237; Lit
tle River 9; Quewhiffle 7; Allen
dale 2; Blue Springs 9: Antioch
20; Stonewall 19: Rockfish 3;
Puppy Creek 10. TOTAL 133.
L. Y. Ballentine For Lt. Governor.
Raeford No. 1134; No. 2206;
Little River 43; Quewhiffle 99; Al
lendale 45; Blue Springs 88; Anti
och 134: Stonewall 47: Rockfish
38; Puppy Creek 54. TITAL 888.
Lyda Democrat polled 35 votes for
Lt. Governor. George L. Greene
(Rep.) got 1 vote in Antioch town
ship. A. Harold Morgan (Rep.) got
1 vote in Raeford No. 2; 2 in Antioch
and 1 in Puppy Creek.
Thad Eure For Secretary of State.
Raeford No. 1142; No. 2208;
Little River 49; Quewh (Tie 92; Al
lendale 41; Blue Springs 82; Anti
och 149; Stonewall 46; Rockfish
34; Puppy Creek 49. TOTAL 892.
W. S. Crawford For Secretary of
State.
Raeford No. 115; No. 245; Lit
tle River 7; Quewhiffle 14; Allen
dale 6: Blue Springs 12; Antioch
18: Stonewall 24: Rockfish 10;
Puppy Creek 15. TOTAL 166.
George Ross Poo For State Auditor.
Raeford No. 1127; No. 2191;
Little River 53; Quewhiffle 89: Al
lendale 46: Blue Springs 83: Anti
och 140; Stonewall 51: Rockfish
35: Puppy Creek 46. TOTAL 861
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Knox Watson Given
; Every Ballot Of
His Home Box
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rolitlcil :.ffa rs was that sivo'i by the
oeople i,l Antioch tow--.hip f.,r 'heir
ho:t:e buy who was making his d but
into tic political life of H.ike county
by see!: in? nomination to the olt.ee o'
coun'y cMntir.i-ioner. There wore six
car.d'ria'es fur 'he live place board and
there were 176 persons who voted at
Ant och. F. Knox Vaton receive 1
176 votes there during Saturday's
primary. Mr. Watson lives down on
the line of the county, about a mile
from Red Springs and his business
and farming interests are centered in
that section.
He has been active in the communi
ty life of that section of the county
but was not very well known through
the county, though he did win a place
on the board, with a vote of 840, to
lead F. A. Monroe by 23 votes and T.
D. Potter by 89 votes. Hector McNeill
polled the high vote of 971, N. H. G.
Balfour was second with 946. and E.
R. Pickler was third with 866. Mc
Neill, Pickler and Balfour were seek
ing renomination.
Farm Bureau Sends
Invitations To
Annual Banquet
News-Journal "Gets Too Many
Invited" says Balfour; Shaw
and Dale Are Speakers
Invitations to members of the Hoke
County Farm Bureau and to special
guests expected at the annual meeting
of the group which will be held next
Wednesday evening have been mail
ed, it was announced yesterday by
N. H. G. Balfour, president.
Mr. Balfour states that the News-
Journal had, in the story of the
banquet carried last week, "invited
too many." He explained that in
vitations have been mailed to all
members, both the farmers and their
wives, if both are members of the
Bureau.
R. Flake Shaw, executive secre
tary of the state Bureau, will bring
the serious message of the evening,
and Haywood Dale, humorist of
Greenville, will take care of the
matters of fun on the program. The
dinner will be prepared under the
supervision of John A. McGoogan
and Harry Greene, and will be served
by a group of women under the direc
tion of Miss Josephine Hall.
A group of officers and directors
of the Hoke county Bureau are ex
pected to attend the meeting of farm
ers being held at Red Springs on
next Tuesday evening vhen Mr.
Shaw and others expect to form a
unit of the Farm Bureau in upper
Robeson county.
Shiloh Bible School
To Begin Monday
The daily vacation Bible School
of Shiloh Church, near Timberland,
will be held each morning for two
weeks, beginning Monday, June 5.
it was announced this week by the
Rev. William Gaston, pastor.
Sessions will begin at 8:30 each
morning and end at 11 a. m. The
school will be directed by Mrs. Gas
ton and classes will be taught by
members of the church. All children
of the community aged four to eleven
years are invited to attend the
school.
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39 Seniors Given
Diplomas Last
NishtAiHHS
Jacmieline I!.idin Is Valedic
torian: Av.ard, Made As
School Year l.iuh
Tn:,-y-r..ne - i . s. ;ii;,e of v. i. ; v
are n-.v U.v m-iv'ic. were aw; ivtd
-iii.laa-.a- in the f.na! exerc ses of
tae s-laiol year of Hoke Coun'y
Hiyh Schorl held here last nUhi.
The commence. r.ent season start
ed Sunday with the annual bac
calaureate sermon which was icliver
ed by the Rev. J. D. Whisnant.
pastor of the Raeford-Wagram Bap
tist churches.
On Tuesday morning the 7th Grade
Promotion Day program was held
in the high school auditorium and
1 87 students from the several schools
I of the county were presenter t.eir
1 certificates by members of the county
! Board of Educa'ion follow;n? an
address made by the Rev. William
B. Gaston, pastor of the Bethel
Shiloh Presbyterian churches. Archie
Livingston gave the salutatory and
Lawrence McGee was valedictorian.
Each school of the county presented
choral nun bers.
Tuesday evening the class day
exercises were held. Mixed with a
good bit of Irish humor and plenty
of the "green" the usual class day
features were most interestingly pre
sented in the novel playlet "Isle of
Our Dreams."
The theme of the graduation exer
cises last night was "To ek a
Better World." The t- -sses,
were prepared an'' 9tJ stu
dents, there ' V r. - speaker
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GeoiNe G salutatorian, was
on "C.fv ..mediate Task", Betsy
Ann Coie. class president, toli of
our '"Goals for a Post War World,"
and "These Things Will Endure" was
the subject of the valedictory given
by Jacqueline Hodgin.
The Seniors were presented for the
diplomas by Miss Lucy G. Gill and
the presentations were made by
Principal V. R. White.
Awards announced last night in
cluded the announcement that Har
riett Jones had won third prize in
the state-wide Cotton Essay com
petition and would also compete for
national honors. In winning the
county first prize she had won a
$10 prize, and a $25 War Bond. She
won $60 as the state award.
Jacqueline Hodgin, who as valedic
torian, won a year's subseription to
the Reader's Digest, also "was pre
sented the Woman's club (educational
department) award for the highest
average, and the Literature Depart
ment's award for being the best read
er.
George White, as salutorian, was
given the Danforth award. Betsy
Ann Cole, class president, won the
Danforth award for girls, and was
presented the Kiwanis Club award
for "Citizenship , one of the most
coveted honors given each year. It
was also announced that she had
won a scholarship to Lenoir-Rhyne.
Alice Sutton Matheson was given
the Kiwanis "Citizenship" award for
the grammar grades and the Kiwanis
honor for the primary grades was
given to Kate Cook.
The Dalcroze awards in physical
education were awarded by Mrs.
R. A. Conk to Eleanor Leach and
Jacqueline Hodgin.
Those receiving diplomas were:
Faye Baker, Katherine Baker, Mil
dred Carter, Kathleen Clark, Betsy
Ann Cole, Juanita Cothran, Edna
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ustr.v-!.-, Mr.. Me'.u Hair: M -. :,i..ry
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F.v t-eviHe: .,ns. W. J. Hales ox'
.H, Mils a:n G. C. Hales o: ?.ae-
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.r.u s.s'.ors. Mr,. L.bby lilur of Roci;
.:uh,i.:: u:i Mrs. Al.ce i:3!:.ivy x"
iJurm'.::. and lyci'..! sranci-ciiilrrer.
Funeral r ice vr: s i-.eid at 3 p.
M .r I..y in Hone Mills Bapti-.: '.vr r
ly ti.e Rev. C. J. Ellis, pastor. Burial
was in the church cemetery. Grani
sons ot the deceased served as pali
bea: ers.
Raeford Scouts Win
Camporee Honors
Of Western District
The annual Boy Scout Camporee
for the Western District was heid at
McKay Beach near Wagram las: past
week end. 128 boy scouts from the
district attended the camporee.
Troops represented were Maxton,
East Launnburg, Laurinburg, Spring
field, Gibson, Laurel Hill, Wagram
and Raeford. The Raeford Troop had
four fuil patrols attending ani took
first place in the events and won the
loving cup for keeps.
The camporee began Friday after
noon as the boys began to arrive soon
after midday and set up their tents.
The Troop Committee at Wagram
save tne scouts ana tneir guests
tine ch eken bogg dinner, and believe
it or not they actually filled up that
! bunch until they couli eat no more.
There were about 30 visitors present
I making some one hundred and sixty
I folks who helped eat that chicken
I bogg.
The court of honor was conducted
around the camp fire that evening un
der the direction of Mac Gaskins and
went off in a big way. Many of the
patrols gave amusing stunts. Many
awards were made of merit badge
work and advancement. The Maxton
troop is making a fine comeback and
showed up well at the camporee.
On Saturday many events for skill
were held including, first aid, obsta
cle race, O'Grady drill, water rescue
race, signaling contest and a second
obstacle race. These were especially
good and each patrol showed up well.
On Saturday night around the fire,
there were more stunts and some in
dividual physical contests. C. W. Ba
ker made an inspirational talk to the
boys just before taps.
All of the camp sites were inspect
ed on Saturday and each patrol was
given a rating. Most of the camp sites
showed up well. All scouts stayed
in pup tents and did their own cook
ing. On Sunday, Scoutmaster warmacK
from the Maxton Troop gave a brief
inspirational message to the boys. He
urged the boys to realize that they
would get out of life just what they
were willing to put into it, and ad
vised them to begin while young to
build into their lives those things
that they woud want to see in their
lives in later years.
The boys broke camp about 10:00,
and went to their homes.
A side light on the camporee. One
mother stated that she thought that
she would not be able to fill her boy
up that day for dinner. Camp food is
good, but there is nothing like setting
one's feet back under the old home
table where mother is the cook.
Eli Shankle, who had his appendix
removed last week is able to be out
1 1
thana aad paid for tnair I
BMd aor of than Mo
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John H McNeill
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, I Under 51,000 Bail
For Liquor Sales
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I'-I'jnt W omen Bound Over in
.Federal C'ort: Sewn Mav Ait
Charges I'rouitht By FBI
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.'.'ire and fi!!in? sta'a-.r. ti.r-re. was
w- iered hel ! under $l:W Jail f 'r
trial in Federal court on September
4 at Rockingham, for violation of the
internal revenue act by selimg non-
tax pai'5 liquor.
McNeill was brought before U. S.
Commissioner W. R. Bamngton this
week by Federal and County officers
and at the hearing Commissioner
Barrington states he admitted to all
the evidence presented by the of
ficers on these charges.
Hector McNeill, negro, also of the
Antioch community, is being held
under $150 bond fr violation of the
liquor laws.
Pearl Gwaltney. white woman of
Hoke county and formerly of Forsyth,
was ordered held under $1,000 bond
for obtaining money illegally under
the servicemen's dependency act. Mrs.
Gwaltney according to the charges
brought by Federal agent3 has cashed
a number of checks amounting to sev
eral hundred dollars which were
issued to her as the supposed wife
of a soldier. Federal agents claimed
she was married to a civilian and
living with him here in Raeford
I during this period.
Seven women, three of Scotland
county and four of Hoke county, are
under indictment and are being held
under bonds of $500 each for appear
ance at the Federal court in Greens
boro June 5th for violations of the
May Act, the charges having been
brought by Federal and Raeford and
County officers.
Those held are Dolly Mae Zako
vich, white, of Scotland county;
Pauline McLeod, negro, of Scotland
county; Mary Levine, white, of Hoke
county; Ella Mae Bruce, white of
Hoke county; Julia Collins and Ruthie
Jane Locklear, indians of Hoke county
and Pearline Britt, white, of Scot
land. Commissioner Barrington states that
recently a number of cases of ven
ereal infection have been found
among soldiers in nearby camps
which have been traced to this county,
and that Federal, County and local
officers are making a determined
drive to eliminate these sources of
infection from this section.
Mrs. Judson Lee
Dies; Burial Held
At Antioch
Mrs. Flora McGougan Lee, 73,
native of the Longstreet community
of Cumberland county, died Saturday
at Moore county hospital after an
illness of three weeks.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at the Antioch Presbyterian
Church. The Rev. Gwynn Clayton
officiated. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Pallbearers were J. A. Hodgin, A.
S. Watson, C. M. Randleman, J. A.
ParEs, J. T. Dean and B. F. Mc
Duffie. Mrs. Lee was the wife of Judson
Lee, and the daughter of the late
John and Sara Ann Blue McGou
gan. Surviving are her husband, and
two sons, Pvt. Judson Lee, Jr.. of
Fort Bragg and John McKlnley Lee
of Pinehurst, and three grandchild-
Kiwanis Will Meet
But Kiwanians "Don't
Eat" Tonight
Tonight the Raeford Kiwanians do
an extra bit for their war projects
when they hold another of the "meal
less" meetings, a feature of their
program once each month. The costs
of the meal which they do not have
will be donated to a project con
nected with the war effort.
Exec-Sec. Is
Visitor Here
John L. Skinner, executive secre
tary of the N. C. Association of County
Commissioners, was In Raeford Mon
day conferring with Commissioner
N. H. G. Balfour on matters dealing
with the program of the commis
sioner's annual convention. Mr.
Balfour is a past president of the
association and now chairman of its
executive committee.
While here Mr. Skinner heard of
the plan to erect a serviceman's
honor roll and upon meeting Mrs. W.
B. McLauchlin at the News-Journal
office he made a donation to the
Honor Roll Fund.