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VOLUME XXXIX NO. 3
RAEFORD, N. C, THURSDAY. JUNE 22, 1944
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NEWS OF OUR
MCNwWOMCN
IN UNIFORM
, G I. Write From
The Marshals . . .
Pfe. George Baker, who is serving
with forces in the Marshals writes
that the News-Journal is reaching
him within just about one month and
"I sure do enjoy reading it. There
is nothing like your home town paper
to read when you are far away",
he says, and" The Marshals Islands . .
are a right good ways from home."
. . . And Camp Grant, 111.
Pvt. Hart Mershon writes that
after nearly two , years in service
with a medic unit at Fort Bragg, he
is now taking his basic training, in
medic, living in tents and the weat
her is both windy and cold, even
wearing an overcoat. But he adds,
"Guess that my soft life is over.
It's healthier than sitting at a desk
in an induction center all day at
least." Pvt. Mershon, from Bruns
wick, N. J., was a frequent visitor
to Raeford and was the handy man
for Mrs. Currie and Miss Flora Boyce
down at the Soldier's Center here on
nights when he wasn't courting one
of our local belles. In his spare
time from fixing lamps, hanging cur
tains a the Soldier's Center and
from his social activities, he found
time to write some interesting arti
cles for the News-Journal news
papering being his civilian life job.
. . . And Bouganville
And Staff Sergeant George A. Col
lis, who bosses a mess down in Bou
ganville, has been given a special
commendation for excellence for
feeding his outfit while in service
in the New Georgia and Bougan
ville campaign. The commendation
reads as follows:
"The excellent performance of
your duties as Mess Sergeant dur
ing and after campaigns, has aided
materially in the success of these
operations. By skill, initiative and
foresight, you have at all times, car
ried out your duties in a manner
that has typified the fine spirit and
cooperation, factors which have al
ways been foremost with Battalion.
I wish to commend your loyalty and
efficiency in the performance of your
i duties with organization." 1
Sgl Collis' parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander Collis, live at Raeford.
He is an alumus of Durham High
school and he attended the Univer
sity of North Carolina as well, to
the Division Special Service Show,
"Rsrimeter Parade," SgH Colli
sings with a quartet which entertains
various organizations after duty
' hours.
His overseas service includes duty
In New Zealand, Fiji Islands, and
Guadalcanal, and combat duty in
New Georgia and Bouganville.
B. B. Cole, Jr., has been promoted
to petty officer, 31c, according to a
letter received this week by his pa
rents. His brother, Hermon, re
ceived this same rating just a week
previous of B. B.'s promotion.
ARMY AIR FIELD, Casper, Wyo.,
June 7, Announcement was made
recentl yof the promotion of William
H. McBryde to the grade of corporal.
Corporal McBryde, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. McBryde, Red Springs,
route, is in training at the Casper
Army Air Field as an aerial gunner
on a B-24 heavy bomber.
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Sgt. Walter Webb of Camp Van
Dorn, Miss., arrived Tuesday to spend
ten days with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. P. A. Webb.
LIBRARY NEWS
The story hour conducted by Mrs.
W. Phillips Friday afternoon was
very much enjoyed by the children
present. She will again tell stones
to the children through the third
grade Friday at 3:30 at the library.
The Library board wishes to thank
Mrs. Phillips for these story hours.
On Monday afternoon Mrs. Ba
thune conducted a story hour for the
children from the fourth grade up,
and also displayed several new books.
There will be a story hour for this
group next Monday afternoon at 3:30.
Among the new books received at
the library are the following: A
Treasury of American Folklore, by
R. A. Botkin; "This Day's Madness,'
a story of the American people a-
: k. hoxlr omiind of the war
effort, by Mercedes Rosebery, "Edi
ting Small Newspapers, a
for young journalists, by Walter Rae;
"I-B Soldier," by Private Joe Jones,
i i a r.t Rattv Smith who wrote
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; "The
Case of the Crooked uanaie, uy
'Gardner.
Cpl. James N. Maxwell now sta
night for his post after spending
.innwi vniM Fla.. left Monday
fifteen day furlough with his 'pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Mwu
United War Fund
Group To Meet
Here Monday
Chester A. Kerr, State Executive
Director, To Explain Details
Of Drive To District Leaders.
Leaders in the annual campaign for
the United War Fund, which will
be held this fall, will gather in Rae
ford Monday evening from the six
counties of District, Ten, to hear
Chester A. Kerr explain the details
of the drive.
Mi'. Kerr is executive director of
the campaign which has its state
headquarters in Winston-Salem.
Tommy L'pchurch, Jr., chairman of
the Hoke County fund for 1944. will
be master of ceremonies. John E.
Johnson, of Lumberton. district
chairman, and W. P. Saunders, dis
trict quota committeeman of Rob
bins, will be speakers on the pro
gram. The group will be guests of Hoke
county at a dinner which will be
held in the Armory which wilt be
prepared and served by ohn Mc
Gougan and Harry Greene, et al,
Incorporated.
A number of Hoke county citizens
have been invited to attend, accord
ing to Mr. L'pchurch, and these will
be asked to serve as township and
area chairmen during the drive thiss
fall. Mr. Lpchurch asks that all
those to whom invitations have been
mailed to plan to be present so that
a general meeting of Fund workers
will not be necessary this fall.
Conservationist
Garrett Visits
Hoke County
E. B. Garrett, of Raleigh, director
of the Soil Conservation service in
North Carolina, was a visitor in
Raeford yesterday. Mr. Garrett was
supervisor of the State Sanatorium
farms from 1924 through 1930. He
states that there are now 18 con
servation districts in the state with
agents serving in 64 counties. Fur
ther expansion of the work before
the end of the war is dependent upon
the manpower situation, he says.
The agency of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture has as its pur
pose the upbuilding of the fertility
of the soils, the protection of the
trowing forests and the reclamation
of eroded lands that have ceased to
produce crops of profitable extent.
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Mineral Needed
For Hog
During the past few weeks a large
number of hogs have become sick or
unable to walk because of a defi
ciency of mineral in their diet. It is
recommended that farmers keep be
fore thetr hogs at all times a mineral
mixture consisting of 10 pounds of
Agriculture limestone, 5 pounds of
steam bone meal or 16 per cent acid
phosphate and 2 pounds of salt.
A military secret
Is an Army trust
To zip the lip
Is an Army must!
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PILOTS PRACTICE WITH LIFE RAFT. These Troop Carrier Command pilots at Laurinburg-Maxton Army
Air Base go for a ride on the rubber life raft The Hydrogen-inflated balloon is used to hoist the aerial of the
Gibson Girl radio, automatic transmitter, which is being operated by a crank by pilot directly under balloon.
Left to right are: Lt. Warren E. Freeman of Alva, Okla., Lt. Robert A. Pannick of Irvington, N. J., Lt. William
C. Baumann (with oars) of Brooklyn, N. Y. and Lt. Alfred J. Tarr, Jr. ot Dallas, Texas.
Funeral Services Held
For T. E. McVicker
Funeral services for Thomas Erwin
McVicker, aged 74, were conducted
Sunday afternoon from the home by
the Rev. W. L. Maness, assisted by
the Rev. Hary K. Holland. Burial
was in Raeford cemetery.
Mr. McVicker was a native of this
section and had made his home in
the county throughout his life. He
was a member of the Methodist
church, for many years being con
nected with the Parkers Chapel un
til moving to Raeford when he moved
his membership to the Raeford
Methodist church,
Surviving are his widow, the form
er Miss Mary Margaret McLeod, and
six children: Mrs. J. B. Hare, and
Mrs. Robert Cox of Raeford, Mrs.
James D. Johnson of Sanford, John
T. McVicker of Portsmouth. Va. and
Raeford. and Graham McVicker of
Fayettevi'.le.
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Honor Roll Fund
The fallowing additional contri
butions to the Hoke County Honor
Roll Fund have been received by the
committee since last week, according
to Mrs'. Paul Dezerne. treasurer of
the Fund.
Blue Springs Home Dem
Club
$ 5.00
5.00
1st Lt. Kathryn Squires
J. F. McPhail
1.00
Hoke County Schools
Mrs. J. A. Wilson
55 92
1.00
$67.92
$564.87
Previously reported
TOTAL
$632.79
The Boy Scout Camps
The Cape Fear Council Camp for
Boy Scouts will be at Lake bingle
tary near Elizabethtown this year.
It will open on July 2, and will run
for six week. 100 scouts can be
properly handled each week and the
cost will be $10.00 per week. A
scout may stay as many weeks as
he desires.
Registrations must be in at least
one week in advance of the week
planned to attend and must have the
doctors certificate. This is lor tne
protection of the boy and the Scout
organization.
The Camp for negro scouts will
be at Jones Lake and will open on
July 16 and continue for two weeks.
Negro scouts are under the same re
gulation as the white camp.
Knowles Notes
By A. 8. Kaewlea, Ceanty Agent.
Vniv that farmers are harvest
irtd tKoir email crram with rom-
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Kinn it ic npoMurv that the small
grain stuble be cut as low as
possible with a mowing macnine
in order to give ine lespeaeza
that e nlantaH n phanpp to ITTOW
rapidly and make better quality
hay when harvested. Farmers
are urged to mow the stuble in
order to conserve an nay possi
ble because of the extreme short
ana nf hav at this time and the
prospects of the fall hay har
vest.
Asheboro Man Dies
Instantly When
Struck By Truck
Hubert Wesley Ferguson Killed
Near Antioch As He Thumbs
A Ride.
Hubert Wesley Ferguson, Wilming
ton shipyard worker, was instantly
killed Thursday when struck by a
truck near Antioch while starting to
get into a pickup from which he
had a thumbed a ride.
The accident happened just after
Ferguson had flagged the pickup
truck of F. F. McPhaul. driven by
George McEachcrn, negro, which
stopped on the right si e ot the high
way just as two trucks approached,
one from Raeford being driven by
William Alonzo Faulk, negro, and
carrying a heavy load of cinder
building blocks, and the other from
Red Springs being driven by John
.McGugun, truck operator, of Red
Spring-.
Ferguson stepped to the right side
of the pickup just after the Fauik
'.ruck had swung off the pavement
to avoid crashing into the rear of
the McPhaul truck, according rto
witnesses. Apparently Ferguson be
came frightened and stumbled un
der the Faulk truck after it had
almost passed him. His head was
struck and badly crushed by the rear
wheel of the Faulk truck. Dr. R. A.
Matheson later stated that from his
investigation he found that the ship
yard worker had come to his death
unavoidably, and he held that an
inquest was unnecessary. Bonds un
der which Faulk and McEachern
were held had been set at $300 each.
Sheriff Hodgin states that he ex
pects these bonds will be refunded
upon direction of County Judge, Mc
Diarmid next Tuesday when the
cornoner report is to be reviewed.
According to Sheriff Hodgin, the
accident took place on a curve about
a mile North of Antioch at a point
to which Ferguson had ridden from
Raeford with Allie Gillis, who had
just turned off the highway and
gone toward his home near by. Fer
guson had been visiting members
of his family at Asheboro and was
returning to his job at Wilmington.
His body was taken to Randolph
county for burial.
Raeford Methodist
Church
W. L. Maness, Minister
10:00 A. M., Sunday School, Tom
Cameron general superintendent.
11:00 A. M., our regular morning
worship.
7:00 P. M., Youth Fellowship meet
ing. There will be no evening service.
You are invited to worship with the
Baptist in their revival services, or
with us at Parkers.
REVIVAL AT PARKERS
Our revival meeting will begin
at Parkers next Sunday evening and
will continue through the next Sun
day with services each night at 8:30.
Come and worship with us.
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Two Lose Drivers
Licenses In County
Court Trials
Willie Shaw and Weldon McRim
mon, both negroes, were deprived of
their drivers' license Tuesday in
court when they were found guilty
of operating cars while under the
influence of intoxicants. McRimmon
pleaded guilty to operation of a car
without brakes, but filed notice of
appeal on the driving drunk charge.
Fines of $50 and costs were assessed
by Judge, Henry McDiannid in each
case.
William Henry Lowe, white, paid
costs for speeding and Arthur Smith,
white, paid costs for possession of a
small amount ot non-tax paid liquor.
Leon Brooks, negro, was found
guilty of larceny of some cakes from
the Raeford Hotel, which the warrant
charged he had taken after he had
(been discharged from a job in the
jcafe. He was fined So and costs.
I Cleveland Blue, negro, was found
guilty of simple assault on Thomas
! Burke, negro. Judgement was w:'h-
j held upon request of Attorney H. W.
'B. Whitley, representing Blue, who
asked a week to prepare co.ir.'.er
'charges against Burke.
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Some Inducted,
Others Examined
For The Services
Three groups of white men of
Hoke county transacted business with
the Selective Service System this
week when some were examined
for service and others entered the
army and another group began ser
vice with the navy.
Inducted into Navy on June 16
were the following white men:
Eugene Leonard Smith, Elbert
Hunt, Laverne Mclnnis, Dawson
Lester Chambers, Fred Dalton Bax
ley, Bobbie Rosser Davis, Joseph
Rudolph Col'.nran, Dan Columbus,
Hodges and Malcolm Kelly Sessoms,
(transfer).
Inducted into the Army on June
21, white were:
Walter Monroe Thornburg, Wil
liam Henry Rod us, Raymond Lester
Maxwell, Jack John Hmson, Samuel
Wilbom Gentry, John Charlie Ema
nuel and Charles Paterson Holt
The following were given pre-in-riuction
examination on June lt.
Roscoe Jones, Colon Chason, Wad-
! dell Locklear, William Oscar Camer
on, Edward James Bundy, James
Lee McDonald, Sidney Edgar Sum
ner, Luke Sanders, Edwin Wilson
Seagroves, Robert Dewey Strother,
Jr., Robert Lee Carter, Jr., Zane
Grey Norton, Ervin Wheeler Dick
erson, Samuel Jackson Autry, Jonah Hu
bert Cole, Charlie Furman Jones,
John Calvin Ray, Bradley Rayborn
Barbour, Leroy Locklear, Leonard
Roger Calloway, Robert Matheson
McNeill, James Robert West, Howard
Neill Melton, Marvin Alexander Fer
guson and William Lacy McFadyen,
Jr.
Hail Damages Crops
In Western Hoke
During the heavy thunder storm
and rain which struck the County
Monday evening, some areas of the
county, particularly Qmewliiffle
township, suffered considerable crop
damage from hail.
Estimates of damage ran from
about 10 percent for the craps on
the Tom Holland farm to a field of
fourteen acres on the farm of N. F.
Sinclair which reported to be a total
loss. Some areas in the peach or
chards were damaged partially by
the hail.
Other damage from hail which
fell last Thursday in the Dundarrach
community has been reported, ac
cording to Cecil De w .
Another No-Hitter
Sanford, June 17. Hamp Coleman,
who will pitch for North Carolina
in the Caroliners all-star game at
Charlotte Friday night, tossed a no
hit game for the Whiteville Juniors
against Sanford in the eastern elimi
nations. His teammates rapped out
19 safeties for a 21-0 victory. Cole
man previously pitched a no-hitter
and one-hitter for Red Springs High
school this year. He struck out 14
Sanford batters.
Attends School For
Tax Instruction
H. W. B. Whitley attended the sc
hool on the Federal Income Tax laws,
which was conducted In Raleigh last
week by members of the American
Bar Association.
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Zip the Up on military laformaUon.
McCall Discusses
Farm Security At
Kiwanis Meeting
Activities f Agency Outlined
By Rol "ounty Supervisor
Orj Thurso. . . ling the Raeford
Kiwanis Club j, 's its principal
speaker Zebulc McCall, Farm
Security Admin. supervisor
in Robeson county. "JO, McCall was
intiiK:ed by Ze j, vMcDaniel.
supervisor of Hoke o
Mr. McCall dovoted ' ik to an
outline of the activities ot the agency
which he represents, "The Farm
Security Administration being a
government agency and supported by
you taxpayers, you as taxpayers o:
the County of Hoke. s.:e entitled to
know just how your mtmey is being
spent. The sucess or failure of our
work is com.r.ensurate with the sup
port or non-support of the general
public.
In the early cays of the depression,
state relief adm:m.-tratiins were
making grants of fool and money
to more than a million poverty stric
ken farmers, just as they did for the
city's unemployed. This torm of
relief did little permanent goo. I:
did temporarily help the farmer, yet
in too many cases, the farmer at the
end of the dole period was no more
self-sustaining than he was at the
beginning of such relief. He was
not creating anylUng. Then, in
1934, the Federal government began
to lend money to the small farmers
with which to buy livestock and
tools needed to make a better living
and assist them to become more
nearly self-sustaining. Tlhis plan
spread rapidly and developed into
the rehabilitation plan of assistance
to the low-income farmer and aban
doned the handout or dole system of
relief.
Today Farm Security Administra
tion is serving the underprivileged
farmers in every state in the Union.
Contrary to widespread mis-conception
it is not a relief agency, nor is
it a Community. Chest. The
money Farm Security uses in mak
ing rehabilitation or production loans
and real estate loans comes through
congressional authorization to bor
row from the Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation and this money
has to be paid back.
The various phases of Farm Secur
ity Administration's Programs are:
Loans at 5 nercent interest tn tha "t
gallus" farmers unable to get credit
elsewhere for the purchase of seed,
uvesiocx, work stock and equipment
Additional services are rendered
through the functioning of com
munity and cooperative aervie. mH-
ical care, hospitalization, purchasing
ana mariceting and the sanitation
program,
TENANT PURCHASE PPrVtPAM
under t which selected tenants and
farm workers are enabled to buy
family sized farmse over a period
of forty years. Over fortv nnnt
of the farmers in American are ten
ants. One-third of these move every
year, contributing to the increase of
rural poverty. Farmers without
farms are ta xhindrances; farmers
with farms are tax payers. The Ten
ant Purchase Program is a gigantic
effort to combat rovinff hiftico
tenancy which tears down the fami
ly, in your County of Hoke, there
are 26 Tenant Purchase borrowers
who repaved in 1943 mor than rlnnha
le the amount due that year.
FARM DEBT ADJUSTMENT
PROGRAM has saved thousands of
farmers from bankruptcy and evic
tion. Farmers of the nation hai'
been saved over $100,000,000 in debt
reduction alone. Thousand rtf fore
closures have been stayed by invok
ing tne farmers Mortage Moratorium
law, which has been extended to
march , 1948 and any farmer may
have foreclosure postponed for three
years.
Critics contend the Administra
tion is wasting the government's
money. In direct refutation of tiii.
allegation, I wish to say that during
tne past nscal year the administra
tion loaned $97,500,00 and actually
collected $130,000,000. In North
Carolina last year, the total due on
rehabilitation loans was $4,044,306,
while the amount collected was
$4,245,271. Installments nnrrhase
loans due amounted to $408,928,
while $948,286, or double the amount
due, was collected.
In Hoke county, the Tenant Pur
chase borrowers were due to pay
$6,204 and actually paid $13,539. Re
payments on operating loans due was
approximately $42,000 with collec
tions of $45,342.
The foregoing figures are signifi
cant, since Farm Sec-irity borrowers'
are the bottom income group, and
by all the credit standards are the
poorest nsKs among the farmers.
Mr. McCall closed his talk with
a compliment to Zeb E. McDanieL
whom he said is putting this county
office on a sound basis and has shown
splendid improvement here since
he was put In administrative charge.
at Dumdarracn.