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VOLUME XXXIX NO. 1
RAEFORD, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1914
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D-DAY TUESDAY
United Nations Invaded France (
Tuesday Morning To Establish
Long-Awaited Second Front
Germany Attacked
Now From Three
Sides and Air
News Received Calmlv In This
Country; Churches Crowded
For Special Services.
The Invasion of Europe started
Tuesday night. In the greatest water
and airborne movement of military
men in the world's history, the Allies
assaulted the coast of France to es
tablish the Third front of the war
gainst Germany and German-occupied
Europe.
Beachheads have been established
in a number of places extending
over the 100 mile shoreline between
Cherbourg and Le Havre and reports
of the fighting early this morning say
that the stornvng of this spot of
Fortress Europe has been successful,
and points first captured are rapidly
being consolidated and communica
tions set up. So far only limited in
formation has been released by cen
sors and the official statements mere
ly confirm the fact that the action is
in progress.
The news was rpppivpH vorv Mlm-
ly throughout America and every-
whe:r large groups of people filled
the churches for special prayer ser
vices. Attendance at the several ser
vices held in Raeford during the day
was large, and during the afternoon
of Tuesday the business houses of
the entire town were closed for a
half hour service beginning at four
o clock.
The sounding of the siren and the
ringing of the church bells for the
7:30 a. m. service gave many people
their first news of the Invasion,
though others who were listening to
their radios when the news was first
flashed sat by them the most of the
night.
The area attacked probably offered
the best ground for swift establish
ment of military lines to any on the
European coast, having fine beaches
and several of France's best Harbors.
The terrain of the Cherbourg penin
sular has few swampy 'marches and
no real high mountains and is some
50 miles long and from 20 to 60 miles
wide.
School Property
Insurance Ifpped
By $85,000
1915 Budget For County And For
Schools Tentatively Adopted;
Final Study July 3rd.
The budgets for the county school
system and for the county govern
ment were tentatively adopted at
meetings of the school board and the
county commissioners Monday. There
is expected to be no changes in the
present $1.20 tax rate for 1945, but
there is expected to be some differ
ences in appropriations for the vari
ous departments of the two depart
ments. Final approval of the budgets with
the definite allocation of fund is ex
pected on both the school and gener
al county budgets on Monday, July
3rd, it was stated.
An increase in the amount of in
surance carried on the school pro
perties of the county was authoried
to being the total insurance carried
more nearly in line with the valua
tion of the building, according to K.
A. McDonald, county superintendent
of education. The increase of $85,
000 will raise the total insurance
carried to $334,000, and all policies
are to carry 90 per cent co-insurance,
it was said. Some few buildings were
insured slightly over present valua
tion, while a number were not suf
ficiently covered, it was found fol
lowing a recent survey and the addi
tional insurance is expected to give
the county a just protective policy
over each property.
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In Hospital
L. E. Reaves, Jr., is in a Fayette
ville hospital this week where he un
derwent a minor operation Monday.
He is expected to come home the lat
ter part of this week. Otis Langdon,
formerly druggist for the Reaves
Drug store, is here for several waaks
and is in charge of the store during
Mr. Reaves absence.
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FIRE DESTROYS ilOME
OF O. M. GILLIS
The home of Ottis M. Gillii of route
two was destroyed by fire last Thurs
day. The house and Its content were
totally destroyed.
NEWS OIF OUR
'K'S-St IN UNIFORM
Alex M. Patterson
Now Commander
Through an application for a sub
scription to the News-Journal it was
learned this week that Alex M. Pat
terson, Raeford native and a gradu
ate of the Naval Academy, has been
promoted to the rank of Commander
in the Navy. He is now serving in
the Pacific areai His parents were
the late Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Patterson
of Raeford and his wife is the former
Miss Mary McBryde of this county.
Commander Patterson has long
been a member of the News-Journal
family with his paper going to him
in care of his wife in Washington, but
now that he is on duty in the Pacific
he wishes his paper a bit sooner, so
the family will get two copies.
Nephew Mrs. Norton
Killed In England
;
Lt. Robert Francis McGill, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Archie McGill of Vass
and Maxton, was killed in England
last Friday, according to a message
received by his parents Friday.
Lt. McG 11 was anephew of Mrs. J.
M. Norton of Raeford. He was a B-17
pilot and had been in England only a
few weeks. He is survived by his
parents, and two brothers, Sgt. Arch
ibald McGill of Drew Field and Alex
McGill cf Maxton.
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Trinidad Veteran
Killed By Auto
Lacy West, the grandson of Mrs.
Kate Butler, of Route 2, was killed in
an automobile wreck Sunday. Pvt.
West was stationed at Fort Bragg
since his return from Trinidad where
he served for about two years. He
was a member of Battery F and had
been in the service since the National
Guard unt left here in September
1940. He was reared by his grand
mother and was generally known as
Lacy Butler.
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IN NEW CALEDONIA
In New Caledonia. South Paciffic
(Special) Private First Class, John
T. Haire. formerly employed in the ice
plant of the Upchurch Milling and
Storage Company, Raeford, North
Carolina, is on duty here with the
Headquarters Company of the Army's
Services of Supply for the South
Pacific Area.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. John E.
Haire, Route No. 2, Raeford, North
Carolina, Private Taire entered the
Army November, 1942, at Fort Bragg.
North Carelina, took his basic at
Camp Wheeler, Georgia, and came
overseas April, 1943.
Private Haire's wife, the former
Miss Bertie Jackson, Parton, North
Carolina lives in Raeford, North Car
olina. He has one brother in the service,
Corporal Hallie Haire who has just
completed maneuvers in Louisianna.
Seaman 1-c William Alexander
who has been stationed at Camp Pea
ry, Virginia, is taking a special course
at the University of Illinois. He is in
the signal corps.
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STUDENT-MAJOR
Aviation Student, Fredric K Sisk
ran, Jr. from Raeford, has been pro
moted to the rank of Student Major
Group Commander.
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Funeral Services For
Addison Johnson Held
Funeral services for Addison F.
Johnson were conducted from the
Sandy Grove Methodist Church on
Sunday, May 28th by the Rev. A. E.
Brown assisted by the Rev. Mr.
Brooks of Fayetteville and the Rev.
J. M. Gibbs of Lumber Bridge.
Pallbearers were J. A. Jones, Clif
ford Bostic, Wilbur Smith, Tom Jones
Roland Baker and Belton Beasley.
Mr. Johnson had been in ill health
for over a year at the time of his
death. He is survived by his widow,
the former Miss Sarah J&r.e Shaw,
and four children: Mrs. Walter Beas
ley and Mrs. Harry Adams of Fay
etteville, Arthur Johnson of Parkton
and Troy Johnson of the home. Nine
grandchildren and two great-grand
children survive.
Rev. W. B. Gaston
To Be Installed
June 25th
The Rev. V. B. Castor., recently
called : serve the Be'he'.-Sh.ljh
Presovterian churches of this county.
'.vs-i rece
byter: y a
M r.d iv
ed into Fayoueville Prev
ail adjourned meeting held
the First Church oi F.'.y-
ettevihe.
He to be installed as pastor o
t'ne two churches on the afternoon an-
evening of June 25. The Presbyterial
Commission includes the Rev. Harry
K. Holland of the Raeford Church, Dr.
A. R. McQueen of Dunn, Dr. C. H.
Storey of Aberdeen, the .Rev. L. L.
Barr of Fairmont, and Edgar Hall and
K. A. McDonald, elders of the Raeford
Church.
The Rev. Ray Riddle, D. D., of Co
lumbia. S. C. former pastor of Mr.
Gaston has been invited to assist in
the installation.
Large Lot Donated
To County High By
T. B. Upchurch
Playground Property Corner
Magnolia and Fifth Now
Deeded to School
Of
The gift of a large lot locatei at the
corner of Magnolia Street and Fifth
Avenue to the Hoke County High
School by T. B. Upchurch was an
nounced yesterday afternoon by K.
A. McDonald, county superintendent
of schools.
The property is a large part of that
land which has been used as a play
ground by the school for several years
and is 338 feet long and 160 feet deep.
The corner of the lot, 50 by 75 feet
was deeded to the Raeford Boy Scouts
sometime ago on which is located the
Scout Cabin.
Mr. McDonald stated that the pro
perty is sufficiently large for a prac
tice field for both baseball and foot
ball, and is a most needed and very
valuable addition to the high school
plant. "With more stress being ad
ded each year on physical education
within our elementary and high
schools, we are quite sure that every
student of the school in the future
will derive much pleasure and a
great deal of benefit from this gener
ous and thoughtful gift. It is a gift
that will be of great value in the ex
pansion of our physical education de
partment.
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Group Given Exam
For Military Service
Friday, May 26
The following white men of Hoke
county were given their pre-induc-tion
examination at Fort Bragg Fri
day, May 26. It is understood that
all but four of these men were ac--epted.
Jefferson Kermit Riley, Burris
Brown Shankle, Roscoe Jones, Hugh
Arch McKenzie, Robert O. Woodcox,
Jack Pershing Gibson, Nash Powell,
John Brown McBryde, Neill Archie
Maxwell, Jr., Williiam Lester Hinson,
Willie C. Locklear, Barney Baxley
Brown, Ernest David Hagen, Robert
W. Currie, Luther Bifferson Seals, Jr.
William Floyd Scarboro, Oscar Woo
ten, Quentin Roosevelt Davis, John D.
Black, Elbert Hunt.
Henry Harold Fields, Ralph Joe
Randleman, Latta Starr McMillan, Jr.
Wade Marshall Ashburn, Belton A.
Locklear, Joe Doal, Charles Warren
Phillips, Brown Stubbs, Arnold El
wood Baker, Chalmers B. Bullard,
Alexander Norman Sessoms, Neill
James McMillan, James Robert Nix
on, William Gwaltney Currie, Wil
liam George Wright, Joseph Edwin
Conoly, Daniel Frank Currie, Freddy
Harris.
John F. Smith, Frank Milton, For
ney Chresten Bullen, Charles Benja
min Spivey, Robert Lewis Mott, Rob
ert Wilson Weaver (Transfer), James
Thomas Wilkerson (Transfer), Alfred
Chavis (Transfer), Richard Baldwin
Veasey (Transfer), James Thomas
Jones (Transfer), Roy Wally Jones
(Transfer)
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Correction
In listing the recipients of honors
at the school commencement last
week, Ellen Kate Koonce (not Coke)
should have been named as the win
ner of the Kiwanis medal for the pri
mary department. Little Miss
Koonce is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. L. H. Koonce.
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Oil lamps were used to light New
York streets in 1763.
B-DAY
Helton Brothers
Separated By
Tragic Accident
'X
si &
Lt.
Lawrence Helton Killed In Plane
Crash At Army Field Near
Bono, Arkansas.
Lt. Lawrence Helton of the Army
Air Forces was instantly killed in the
crash of a training plane at Bono
Field, Arkansas, last Thursday. Lt.
Helton was an instructor at this ad
vanced training base and both he and
the student pilot died in the crash.
Funeral services were conducted at
o'clock Monday afternoon at the
home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Tapp of Timberland
who occupy the home where the Hel
ton family had lived. The Rev. J. D.
Whisnant pastor of the Raeford Bap
tist Church, and the Rev. J. Edward
Reamy, a former pastor, conducted
the services. Burial was in the Rae
ford cemetery.
A large concourse of friends from
throughout the county attended the
services, and the many beautiful flow
ers attested the high esteem in which
this popular young flyer was held.
Lt. Helton was the son of Mrs. Ma
ry Helton of Timberland and is sur
vived by her, a sister, Miss Mary
Grey Helton of Raeford, and one bro
ther, Lt. Eldred H. Helton, also of the
AAF.
Soon after graduating from the
Hoke County High School he and his
brother entered the airforces and
were stationed together for their ba
sic training, their primary flight
training and were either together or
at neighboring fields throughout the
past two and a half years of Army
service. They were graduated to
gether and commissioned pilots on
the same day in March of this year.
Since that time both have been in
structors at advanced training bases
in Arkansas.
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Gifts For Honor
Roll Fund
Mrs. W. B. McLauchlin announces
a number of addit onal gifts to the
Hoke County Honor Roll Fund. In
making the announcement she states
that she wishes it plainly set out that
all contributions have been volunta
ry and that there has been no drive
or solicitation for these gifts. She also
adds that any person wishing to con
tribute to the erection of the honor
roll, which will bear the names of all
men and women in the service from
the county, may do so by hand
ing their contribution to her or Mrs.
Paul Dezerne, treasurer of the Honor
Roll Committee. Nc solicitations will
be made, she stated.
Contributions received sines .last
week include: N. H. G. Balfour $2;
Hugh Hair $2; Raeford Furniture
Co. $10; John Parker $1; Mrs. N.
A. Clark $1; Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Plummer $2; "In memory of Lt.
Lawrence Helton" by H. L. Gatlin,
Jr. $2; Mrs. Arah G. Stuart's piano
class $5; A friend $10; Mrs. H. W.
B. Whitley $1; Little River Home
Demonstration Club $5; Jack Mc
Duffie $1.
This makes a total of $510 cash
contributed to the Honor Roll.
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Vacation Bible School
On Friday, the last day of the Com
munity Vacation Bible School, all the
parents of the boys and girls attend
ing the school are invited to bring a
picnic lunch and join their children
on the Church grounds. The picnic
will be at 12 o'clock. At that time
the parents are invited to visit the
departments and see the work that
has been done by the children.
The commencement exercises of the
Bible School will be held at the Bap
tist Church Sunday night at 8:00
o'clock. The boys and girls will have
NEXT TUESDAY
County Committee Sets Tuesday
June 13th For County To Buy
$206,000 Bonds For Victory
I Airfield Sit
Be Secured N
it
Raeford Soon
County Commissioners Appoint Com
mittee To Investigate Properties
Available.
The purchase of a site for an air
eld near Raeford is in prospect, ac
cording to an action taken Monday
by the Board of Commissioners, which
expects to act jointly with the Rae
ford Board of Commissioners.
L. M. Upchurch, J. B. Thomas and
Mrs. P. P. McCain were appointed to
represent the commission on a com
mittee, with other members to be ap
pointed by the town government.
which is to invest gate properties
that may be available which would
be suitable for the construction of an
airfield. The committee is to investi
agte sites and make recommendations
to the two governing bodies as a part
of the post war planning program
which is beginning to take definite
shape locally.
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T. B. Upchurch, Jr.,
Again Elected
Co-0p President
Annual Meeting of Cotton Group
Held at Raleigh Tuesday.
T. B. Upchurch, Jr., of Raeford,
was again named president and a di
rector of the N. C. Cotton Growers
Cooperative Association at the annual
meeting held in Raleigh Tuesday.
M. G. Mann, general manager of
the association, gave his annual re
port to the membership and short
talks were made by Mr. Upchurch,
W. W. Eagles, president of the FCX,
Harry Caldwell, master of the State
Grange and W. A. White, state agent
for the Farm Bureau insurance com
panies. Mr. Upchurch discussed the prob
lems cotton farmers will face in the
postwar period from the standpoint
of competition with ever increasing
cotton production in foreign coun
tries, and the competition of synthetic
products which have been developed
at home.
He told the cotton growers that the
best way to ir.eet the competition of
foreign cotton an 3 synthetic products,
"is to produce higher quality cotton
and to market it more orderly and
more intelligently." He continued,
"If the average of all 600,000 bales
of cotton raised in North Carolina
last year had been only one grade
higher, it would have meant $30,000,
000 additional dollars in the pockets
of North Carolina farmers."
Mr. Upchurch also reported on the
progress that has been made on cot
ton picking machines. "While those
machines, which are not adapted to
our cotton farms, will greatly lower
the cost of production in other cotton
producing areas, it is a known fact
that they lower the quality of cotton,
and therefore, we can offset this loss
through higher grades."
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Mrs. Mary N. Leach
Dies At Burlington
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Nancy Leach, aged 64, were helfl from
the Webb Avenue Methodist Church
of Burlington Monday afternoon.
The Rev. C. J. Andrews, pastor, offi
ciated. Burial was in the Pine Hill
Cemetery of Burlington.
Mrs. Leach was the widow of the
late Hugh A. Leach, both of whom
were natives of Scotland County. The
daughter of the late Samuel and Sa
rah McKenzie Hasty, Mrs. Leach has
made her home in recent years with
her daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Stubbs in
Burlington.
Surviving are Mrs. Stubbs, and five
sons: G. A. Leach of Montgomery,
Ala., Pvt. John W. Leach of Keesler
Field, Miss; S-Sgt. Robert L. Leach,
Ladd Field Alaska. 1st Lt. Herman
E. Leach, Camp Campbell, Ky., and
Pfc. Hugh A. Leach of Camp Gordon,
Fla. Thsee sisters: Mrs. Hector Mc
Bryde of Lumberton, Mrs. Frank Led
better of Shelby, and Mrs. Henry
Cook of Aberdeen, and three broth
ers, R. J. Hasty and J. William Hasty
of Hoke county, and D. T. Hasty of
Mebane.
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Sgt. Wood row McLean of the AAF
base at Charleston, and Mrs. McLean
spent the past week end with his fath
er, W. A. McLean.
Fifth War Loan
Campaign Of A
Day, Says Hodgin
Committees Named For B-Dav
Campaign; Seek Sllill.OOO
Purchases Of "E" Bonds.
"B-Dav" the date set aside
for the people of Hoke countv to
do their part of the invasion, has
been set for next Tuesday ac
cording to D. H. Hodgin, chair
man of the Hoke Countv Com
mittee for the Fifth War Loan
Drive. "The drive begins Mon
day. June 12th, "states Mr. Hod
gin," and we want to put Hoke
county over the top on Tuesday
in one gigantic drive."
"Manv of our campaign work
ers are farmers, and the farmers
are very busy producing the most
vital war necessitv food and
we want them to be away only
the minimum time necessary to
raise the countv's quota for this
War Bond Drive," it was explain
ed. Hoke county's quota for the 5th
Loan is $206,000, approximately 20
per cent higher than the quota for the
last drive. Of this amount $130,000
is expected to be "E" bonds, it was
announced by Chairman" Hodgin.
"Last Tuesday, June 6th, was the
day toward which we have been
pointing in our war efforts combined
with those efforts of our Allies," he
continued, "and on next Tuesday,
June 13th, we are pointing toward
one of the most important days of our
own local part in the war. We won't
put on any big show, we won't have
any movie stars, nor parades, nor
speeches. We don't think the good
people of Hoke County would like
any great to do about this effort.
We are just asking that you see your
local committeeman in your own
neighborhood, or go to the Bank of
Raeford, the Raeford Pestoffice, the
Raeford Building and Loan associa
tion or to the Postoffice at Sanatorium
and buy your bonds, all the "E" bonds
for which you have money to buy-
just as an assurance to those boys on
our new beachhead that Hoke county
is remembering its nearly 800 men
and women now serving in the arm
ed forces."
We want to make an especial ap
peal that you not wait for someone to
come around and ask you to buy
bonds. You know how much money
you have that can be put into them
even as that Hoke county lad on the
shores of France knows that he has
just so much blood to give as his part
of the invasion. This is your part
even as fighting is his. And we ask
that the folks of Hoke county do their
part Tuesday even as the Allied sol
diers last Tuesday did theirs," con
cluded Mr. Hodgin.
Mrs. P. P. McCain, chairman of wo
men in the Fifth War Loan for Re
gion Seven, is also chairman for the
Sanatorium area of the county. Mrs.
W. L. Poole is again chairman for
womens committees in the county,
and Tom Cameron is chairman of the
Bond sales for the Retail Merchants.
Township Committees are compos
ed of the following:
Allendale
L. A. McGugan, Chr. Mrs. J. W.
Hasty, Mrs. Belle Currie, F. K. Ever
leigh, Archie Watson and Arch Mc
Eachern, Mrs. J. S. Currie.
Antioch
W. L. Gibson, Chr. J. M. Andrews,
I. L. Newton, Mrs. W. C. Hodg'n, G.
C. Lyttle, Miss Jean Hodgin and Mrs.
Douglas McPhaul.
Blue Springs
D. H. Yarborough, Chr.
Mrs. Evan
Mrs. J. W.
Wright, Mrs. Lucy Smith,
McBryde and Bob Hasty.
Little Kiver
L. D. Brooks, Chr. Mrs.
A. D. Mc-
Lauchlin, C. H. Marks, J. W.
Smith
and Sam Comer.
McLauchlin
John K. Parker, Chr. Mrs. Marshall
Newton, Mrs. M. S. Gibson, Mrs. J.
H. Plummer, Mrs. Mary Mott, M. G.
Ray and Mrs. Pearl Andrews.
Quewhiffle
N. F. Sinclair, Chr. R. A. Smoak, W.
L. Thornburg, Mrs. Myrtle Johnson.
Stonewall
M. D. Yates, Chr. Mrs. Jesse Gib
son, N. H. G. Balfour, Mrs. Archie
Howard, W. J. McBryde and David
Hendrix.
Mrs. W. L. Poole has announced
that the town of Raeford has been dl
vided into four sections and will be
canvassed by four groups represent
ing various clubs of the town.
The Northeast section, starting at
the McLauchlin company building
and extending along the east side of
North Main Street will be canvassed
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