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VOLUME XXXIX NO. 11
RAEFORD, N. C THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1944
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NEWS OF OUR
MENwWOMEN
IN UNIFORM '
Pvt. Howard Lindsay
Dead In France
Mrs. Howard Lindsay has received
word from the War Department that
her husband Private Lindsay, was
accidently killed while serving with a
Coast Artillery Unit in France. His
death occured on July 14, according
to the message which was received
on August 5. A letter this week has
confirmed the original message.
Pvt. Lindsay is the son of Paul
Lindsay of Bennettsville S. C, and his
wife and 10 months old son, David
Ray Linsay, whom the father had
never seen, make their home with re
latives on the Scott Currie farm near
Raeford. They formerly lived at Red
Springs with Pvt. Lindsay's uncle,
Frank Lindsay. Mrs. Lindsay is the
formei Goldie Scott of Surry County.
Her husband had been in the army
nearly four and a half years and has
been in England and France over a
year at the time of his death. He
was 23 years of age.
"Little Clyde" Sees
Other Hoke Boys
On Mediterranean
V-Mail brings the News-Journal a
letter from Lt. Clyde Upchurch who
is with an ordnance outfit over in
Italy, giving us the octeenth change
of address he has had since he hit the
coast of Africa many months ago.
Each change gets his paper to him
a bit earlier and we are glad to make
them. He writes that he sees Paul
Dickson and Brown Hendrix very of
ten, and that Bill McLean of Red
Springs is stationed close by, that they
all get together and read the News
Journal "We are all well and busy,
and anxious to get back to Hoke
County.
Note: If you are sending your son
or husband the paper, please keep us
posted on the changes of address. Each
change we make on our mailing list
shortens the time it takes to get the
paper to them, and we want them to
get the paper with as little delay as
possible. Most of the boys, particularly
those overseas, depend upon their
families to notify the paper of ad
dress changes.
Too, give us news and information
concerning them. They are not going
to brag on themselves and their deeds,
but these things they do tell their
home folks in their letters. The folks
here at home are interested in what
ell the boys of the county are doing
and those other boys taking the paper
are very anxious to have news of
their friends serving on other fronts.
Help us make the "Service News"
an interesting column for everyone.
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Awarded Silver Star
Lieutenant Robert Eugene Bruton,
of Fayetteville, has been awarded the
Silver Star for gallantry in action in
France. Lieutenant Bruton also re
ceived the Purple Heart for wounds
he received in action. He is now in a
hospital in England and- well on the
way to full recovery. Lt Bruton i
with the 79th Infantry division now
fighting in France.
His wife is Mrs. Christine McNeill
Bruton of Route 2, Raeford.
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Pvt. Tom McLauchlin, of Camp Van
Dorn, Miss, arrived Sunday to spend
a two-week furlough with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. McLauchlin.
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Sgt Charles Lee Cothran visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Coth
an, of Red Springs, this past week.
Sgt. Cothran is stationed at Esler
Field, La.
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Horace P. Andrews, recently com
missioned an ensign in the United
States Naval Reserve, is spending a
few days with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Andrews. Ensign Andrews
has been assigned to North Carolina
State College for specialized work in
engineering. He is a graduate of State
College and prior to entering the serv
ice was employed by the War Depart
ment as a chemist.
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Friends here will be interested to
learn that A. M. 'Carter now serving
oversea has been promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Mrs. Car.
ter, the f jrxer Miss Elizabeth Crom.
artie who lived in Raeford a number
of years, makes her home in Augusta.
Her mother and two children are with
her there.
Honor Roll Fund
Previously Reported $690.79
Mrs. Katie Blue Covington 5.00
Mrs. C. W. Pittman 5 00
Mrs. T. D. Hatcher 3 00
Total
$703.71,
Community Leaders
Selected For 1944
War Fund Drive
Group Township Chairmen Hear
R. A. Moore Outline Plans For
Campaign For Oct. 9 to Nov. 1.
The annual drive for funds for the
Hoke County Soldiers Center and the
United War Fund, which have been
combined since last year here, will be
conducted from October 9 through
November 1st, it was stated Tuesday
evening by Tommie Upchurch, chair
man of the county drive.
The announcement was made at a
meeting of county campaign leaders
who gathered at the courthouse to
hear R. A. Moore, district supervisor,
outline the solicitation plans and to
study these plans under the direction
of Robert Gatlin, educational chair
man. Hoke county has been assigned a
quota of $5700, of which $1,500 is
for the operation of the Soldiers Cen
ter in Raeford. The rest is for the
United National War Fund, which in
cludes the activities of the USO, the
United Seaman's Service, the War
Prisoners Aid, and sixteen agencies
approved for carrying out relief work
in countries which have been overrun
by Axis armies.
Township chairmen named to direct
the work are those men who are
directors of the County Farm Bureau.
They are: Marshall Newton Mc-
Lauchin T.; Crawforn Thomas
Raeford; Ira Newton Antioch; J. W.
Hastly Allendale; N. F. Sinclair
Quewhiffle; Donald Yates Stone
wall: J. M. Norton Blue Springs; and
C. H. Marks Little River. Mrs. Paul
P. McCain will be chairman for Sana,
torium and vicinity. J. Benton Thomas
is chairman for Raeford business sec
tion. Mrs. H. A. Cameron and Dr. M. R.
Smith are on the general committee
representing the county USO organi
zation. Wilmer MacDonald is county
treasurer; A. S. Knowles, John A.
McGoughan, Ryan McBryde, N.
H. G. Balfour, Zeb McDaniel, K. A.
MacDonald, and W. J. Coats are to as
sist in the county organization. Pub.
Iicity is to be handled by H. L. GatUn,
Jr., and Dougald Coxe.
There will be meetings for cam
paign workers in each township in
September when a War Fund Movie
will be shown and campaign instruc
tions will be given the solicitors by
the educational chairman, Robert
Gatlin.
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Mail Xmai Gifts
Overseas Early
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 15 "Do your
Christmas shopping early," has long
been a cry made to the public, but
this year the plea Is, "Mail your
overseas soldiers' Christmas packages
early."
Lt. Col. Hartley B. Dean, Fourth
Service Command postal officer,
points out that soldiers' yuletide pack
ages will be accepted fir mailing as
early as August 19 and no later than
October 15, and he states, "People are
advise dto mail their Christmas pack
ages as soon as possible and not wait
for .the deadline. The sooner the post
office receive these packages the
better the chances are for the soldiers
to enjoy Christmas on December 25."
Col. Dean called attention to the
regulation that overseas Christmas
parcels "for members of the Army
personnel leaving home stations en
route for overseas shortly before or
subsequent to October 16, will be ac
cepted after October 15, up to and
including December 10, upon presen
tation by the sender of a change of
address notification from the ad
dressee, received' prior to September
30, provided the parcels come within
the prescribed limits of weight and
size and endorsed 'Christmas parcel.'
Only one such parcel will be accepted
from any one person to any one in
dividual having an overseas APO
address."
The War Department ruling on
Christmas greeting cards is that those
sent to soldiers overseas must be
sealed and prepaid first class mail.
Christmas parcels may not exceed
5 pounds in weight or 38 inches in
girth combined. Packages must be
boxed in metal, wood, solid fiber
board or strong double-faced corru
gated fiberboard with strong gummed
paper tape or tied with strong twine
or both.
Perishable matter will not be ac
cepted and mailing of fragile articles
is discouraged. Absolutely prohibited
for overseas shipment are intoxicants,
inflammable materials (including
matches and lighter fluids), poisons
or compositions which may kill or
injure another, or damage the mails.
Col. Dean stressed "Addresses must
be legible type dor written In Ink.
It is desirable that the complete ad
dress be shown on a sheet of paper In.
side the package in the event the
outer wrapper becomes torn, muti
lated or destroyed in transit." ,
First Bale Cotton
Reported Picked
Nan Tillman, negro employee of T.
B. Upchurch, states that he and mem
bers of his family have picked out
over 1500 pounds of seed cotton. 700
pounds was picked Saturday morning
and the rest was picked Monday. The
field is located near the Upchurch
home and is opening fast. This date,
Saturday August 12, is believed to be
the earliest date on which a field
has been generally open enough for
picking in many years.
Doubleheader For
Baseball Fans At
Robbins Park
First Games Of Tournament
Scheduled For Red Springs
Sunday August 20.
The first doubleheader of the in
vitational tournament which is being
played at Robbins Park at Red
Springs the next four Sundays are
scheduled for play Sunday August
20th between two teams from Fort
Bragg, a Camp Mackall Team and the
Florence Airbase.
The opening game of the tourney
will begin at 2 p. m., according to
Manager Tom Cope. The 4th Regi
ment team of the Replacement center
at Fort Bragg will meet the Florence
Airbase boys. At four o'clock the 2nd
Regiment team will meet the 326th
Glider Infantry of Camp Mackall.
No children under 16 are admitted
to these contests due to polio re
strictions. Servicemen are admitted
to all games at Robbins Park for half
price or 25c each, according to Mr.
Cope.
County Court
Only three cases were heard by
Judge Henry McDiarmid in county
court Tuesday. Richard Murray, negro
of Washington, pleaded guilty to
parking on highway. A taxi of the
Lee Taxi company rammed into the
back end of Murray's car and both
were badly damaged. Murray settled
these damages and Paid court costs
on the parking charge Donnie Shaw
and Henry Campbell, both negroes,
paid costs for public drunkeness.
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Asks Oil Consumers
Return Applications
Fuel oil users, who have not re-
turned their fuel oil applicatons to the
office of the War Price and Rationing
Board are warned that failure to do so
before August 22nd will result in de
layed issuance of their oil coupons.
The blanks were mailed out early in
June and to date, about 25 percent
of the users have failed to file their
glanks with the board. If they arrive
after August 22nd it was said that
they would not be considered until
all other allocations had been made.
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The WFA asks housewives to eat as
many small-sized potatoes as possible
in August because they cannot be
stored.
The enrichment of bread and the
increased use of milk are improving
the diet in important vitamins and
minerals.
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TON-TO-THE-ACRE-TOBACCO While Iowa is arguing
with her sister states about which grows the tallest corn, Leon
ard Bratcher has set something of a record for Tall Tobacco.
He is shown here as his mule draws a sled full of primings from
a field of the new "400 Variety" golden weed grown on one
of the farms of T. B. Upchurch, Inc. This field of 14 acres will
average better than six feet in height, and many plants will go
over seven feet. The average stalk has some 25 leaves though
some has been topped out above the 32nd leaf. Mr. Upchurch
estimates that it will produce about a ton of fine leaf per acre.
Crimes Of Passion
Fill Docket Of
Superior Court
Judge Richard Dixon Of Edenton
Will Convene Week's Term
Here Monday Morning.
Only new eight cases are dockted
to be heard in the criminal part of
the week's term of Superior Court
which will be convened here Monday
morning by the Honorable Richard
Dixon of Edenton.
Lillie Mae McArthur, Antioch
township Negro woman, is charged
with assault with a shotgun with in
tent to kill Alex "Buddie" Shaw.
Shaw was shot in the arm on June 10
at the Watson gin near Red Springs
and so badly wounded that his arm
was amputated.
R. H. Beck, white, is charged with
assault upon Lee Maultsby.
George Dupree, Negro youth, is held
in jail without bond awaiting trial for
breaking and entering and attempted.
criminal assault on a white woman,
Mae Conway. The offense is said to
have taken place at the Raeford Hotel
during the nighttime. Both defendant
and plaintiff were employees of the
hotel.
Johnny Melvin, Negro, is charged
with carnal knowledge and incest.
Weldon McRimmon, Negro has ap
pealed two cases from judgements of
the county court. He was convicted of
driving drunk and also of allowing
his dogs to run loose and to kill
chickens belonging to Lee Maultsby.
Duncan McPhatter, Negro, is charg
ed with selling property not his own
and devoting the money for his per
sonal use. The complaint brought by
Harry Epstein alleges the Negro sold
a jack from a truck belonging to
the plaintiff.
Lonnie Ray, Negro, released recent
ly from the jail after instituting
habeas corpus proceedings, is charged
with carnal knowledge of Beatrice
Cherry.
Donald Hathcock, white, and a sea
man of the Merchant Marine, is un
der indictment for the seduction of
Julia Ellis under promise of Marriage.
The offense is said to have taken place
in November of last year. Hathcock
has been away at sea and returned
home this week when warrants were
served on him.
Several other cases which have
been brought over or continued from
previous trems are expected to be con.
eluded during this trem, it was stated
yesterday by John B. Cameron, clerk
of court. These have not been docket
ed, he said, and will be heard on re
commendation of Solicitor Ertle Car
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Robins Nose-Out
Florence 5-4
The Red Springs Red Robins nosed
out the Florence Air Base 5 to 4 in
a thrilling 10 inning battle here Sun.
day. Bill Lowden with 2 out in the
10th banged a solid single into center
field to score Pate who had singled
ana stole 2nd. Lowden and Pate were
the leading hitters with 2 for 4 for the
Robins. Allen starting Robin hurler
weakened in the 8th and was relieved
by Coleman who held the Air Men
down the balance of the game.
Summary: Robins S runs 9 hits
errors, Florence 4 runs 10 hits 1 error;
Batteries: Robins Allen, Coleman
a.id Bandoch; FlorenceAllen and
Callahan.
Mailing Cards To War
Prisoners Available
W. R. Barrington, secretary of the
Hoke chapter of the Red Cross, states
he now has on hand, the special mail
ing cards which wriends or relatives
may send to persons who are prison
ers of war or civilian internees of
the Axis nations. These cards will car.
ry a message of 24 words and may
be obtained free. No postage is re
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Farmers Must Get
Purchase Permit
To Buy Lumber
Farmers of Hoke County i
titled to rated orders for lu
they use it for essential main
and repair of implements an
service buildings, according to,
Hodgin, chairman of the countj n O
committee.
A "Farmers'
3z
Lumber Certifies "
a rated order, he said. A dealer o
fills a farmer's order supported 0
certificate may extend the ratingui
place a "certified and rated" c i
with his supplier for replacemer pj
his stock. "During this time of lum
ber Certificates is the only way we
can be sure of keeping enough lum
ber in the yards to meet essential
farm needs".
Farmers who need- lumber should
apply to the county AAA office in
Raeford for certificates. The county
AAA committee is authorized to issue
certificates when the lumber will be
used to maintain or repair farm build
ings, other than dwellings, or main
tain and repair fram implements or
for other approved uses essential to
food production, or to construct neces
sary buildings, other than residences,
when the cost will not exceed $1,000
during the calendar year for any
particular farm. The committee also
jnay issue certificates for lumber
needed for emergencies. For construe,
tion which must be approved by the
War Production Board, the committee
also receives farmers' applications and
makes recommendations, but does not
issue certificates.
Farmers' Lumber Certificates can
not be issued for lumber to be used for
dwellings, Mr. Hodgin said. Dealers
are expected to have small amounts
of lumber to sell to civilians in gen
eral for the maintenance of dwellings
and for other uses for which no rated
orders are issued.
MrsJulia Williford
Dies After Illness
Of Nine Years
Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Me-
Eachern Williford, 70, who died at
her home in Raeford Saturday night
were conducted from the home Mon
day afternoon at five o'clock. The
Rev. W. L. Maness assisted. Burial
services were at the graveside in
Alloway Cemetery in Red Springs,
Mrs. Williford, the widow of the
late Augustus A. Williford, was the
daughter of the late John H. Mc
Eachern and Mary Ann McNeill of
the Lumber Bridge section of Robe'
son county. She was a member of one
of the first classes to be graduated
from the Woman's College at Greens
boro and for a number of years was
a teacher in the pubuc schools of
Georgia and North Carolina. Until
her illness she was active in the
church and civic life of Raeford and
the county.
Surviving are two sisters: Mrs.
Henry H. Hodgin and Mrs. Neill Mc-
Kinnon of Red Springs. Four neices
and four nephews also survive.
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Group White Men
Report To Bragg
For Induction
The following white men compose
group from Hoke county who will
report to Fort Bragg this morning
for induction into the armed forces.
James Nash Powell, Neill Archie
Maxwell, Jr., Willie C. Locklear, Ro
bert W. Currie, Oscar Wooten, Ralph
Joe Randleman, Colon Chason,
Howard Atlas Baucom,
William Gwaltney Currie, William
Oscar Cameron, Sidney Edgar Sum
ner, Luke Sanders, Robert Lee Car
ter, Jr., Ervin Wheeler Dickerson. Ro
bert Matheson McNeill, Robert Wil
son Weaver, (Transfer).
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Cotton Loan Value
Given At 22.36c
Middling Inch and thirty-second
cotton, which is the general length
of the One-Variety grown in Hoke
county, will have a loan value this fall
of 22.36 cents, it was stated yesterday
by T. B. Upchurch, Jr., president of
the N. C. Cotton Cooperative Association.
George K. Snow To
Speak Friday At
Legion Gathering
Ellis Williamson Post To Give
Barbecue At Armory; Officers
To Be Elected.
George K. Snow, of Mt. Airy, state
commander of the North Carolina De
partment of the American Legion,
will be the principal spaker at a
meeting of members of the Ellis WiU
liamson Post and Auxiliary which
will be held in Raeford Friday eve
ning. The meeting will open with a bar
becue supper which will be served at
the Armory at 7:30, it was stated
yesterday by N. H. G. Balfour, com
mander of the post.
In additon to Commander Snow,
District Commander Mason of Dunn,
and Service Officer Frank Sasser of
the Veterans Facility of Fayetteville
will also make short talks regarding
their work.
Adjutant J. S. Poole states that
Commander Snow is an able speaker
and his address will be an inspiring
one. He will deal with the work
set out for the Legion in the rehabili
tation and the placement of returning
veterans of this war. This phase of the
post-war work, it is pointed out Can
best be handled by those veterans of
the last war ,who went through that
period of re-adjustment after World
War One, when no organization nor
no government body was set up to
aid and advise the dislocated veterans.
New officers of the post will be
elected at a short business session
which will follow the formal program.
The matter of the proposed plans for
a Legion Hut will also be considered,
according to Mr. Poole. He adds that
had the Post had such a building in
which to center its activities, it prob
ably would have been more active
than has been the case in the past
few years.
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County Agent's
Timely Notes
By A. S. KNOWLES
Harvest Quality Cotton
Cotton farmers are asked to har
vest their crop of cotton this fall so
that it will produce the largest amount
of quality cotton possible, says A.
S. Knowles, County Agent. In order
to harvest the best crop of cotton it
is necessary to pick it when it Is dry,
keep the trash out, pick before
weather damage and keep good cotton
separated from poor or trashy cotton.
By doing a good job of picking and
preparing the cotton for the ginner,
Hoke County has an opportunity to
again win the cotton trophy by keep,
ing down all foreign matter and im
proving the quality generally.
In 1943 Hoke County farmers har
vested' its best crop so far as quality
is concerned and by doing so won the
annual trophy for the county that
makes the most improvement in the
quality. There is still room for im.
provement and I am sure all cotton
growers that are concerned with cot
ton can even do a better job this
year.
Harvesting Lespedeza For Hay
Farmers are urged by County Agent,
A. S. Knowles, to cut their lespedeza
for hay within the next few weeks be
fore all farm help will be harvesting
cotton. Farmers are asked to examine
their lespedeza from time to time
and to mow it when first signs of
shedding of lower leaves starts.
The best plan for harvesting les
pedeza is to mow it in the afternoon
when it is thoroughly dry, leave it for
approximately 24 hours and rake lnt
wind rows. Leave In the wind rows
approximately 24 hours and either
bale in the field or haul it directly
to the barns. Lespedeza put in shocks
or stacks is often damaged from
rains.
Farm Field Tour
Hoke County farmers will have an
opportunity to study the results of
fertilizer experiments of corn, cotton,
and peanuts in the county on Tuesday
afternoon, August 22. The following
schedule will be carried out:
1. John Parker's farm, 1:30 P. M.
2. Mrs. Dan Ray's farm, 2:30 P. M.
3. T. B. Upchurch Inc. farm, 3:00
P. M.
4. J. I McGougan's farm, 3:45 P.
M.
5. Ryan McBride's farm, 4:30 P.
M.
These fertilizer experiments are
being conducted on these farms In
cooperation with the N. C. Experi
ment Station and the Cotton and Corn
Variety demonstratoins on the T. B.
Upchurch Inc. farm Is being conduct
ed in cooperation with the N. C. Corp
Improvement Association. All of
these tests should be of Interest to all
farmers desiring to Improve the pro
duction of corn, cotton, and peanuts.