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J HOKE COUNTT8 BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM Jl lie The Hoke County News ews oiaraa hoke courrs ONLY NEWSPAPER The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XXXIX NO. 17 KAEFORD, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPT. 28, 1944 12.00 PER YEAR N $f$ newscTouST WHff MEMwttOMtN ;2 in uwi FORM Pfc Eugene Watson Dies In France He. Eugene Watson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Watson of Laurel Hill, died in France -as the result of wounds received in combat, ac cording to word received here this week. Pfc. Watson was for many years a resident of Raeford and prior to induction here was an employee of the Edinburgh Cotton Mills. He was 21 years and eleven months and one day old at the time of his death which occured on August 15th. Sur viving are his parents two brothers and four sisters, two of whom are Mrs. John McDonald of Timberland and Mrs. N. A. Maxwell, Jr., of Red Springs. Ralph Cox Member Unit Cited Pfc. Ralph L. Cox was a member of a detachment of paratroopers of the 101st Airborne which was cited for meritorious achievement near Carentan, France when the little group of 57 soldiers under Sgt. Rob ert A. Shurter raised some merry hovoc behind the German lines after landings from the sky near St. Mere Eglise. Just one incident during several days of desperate fighting illustrates how these skytroops won the early battles of the invasion of Normandy. Their group accidentally ran up on 150 German parachutists, those not killed were captured. The unit has been given the Presidental Citation. Pfc. Cox received a bad bayonet wound in the left leg, for which he was awarded the Purple Heart. He also holds the Star em blem for the paratroopers wings, ac cording to a release from headquart ers of the 101st Division. Bluejacket William Alexander, Jr.. 18, of Raeford received recognition as eligible to qualify for the petty officer rate of signalman third class in recent graduation exercises at the Naval Training school at the Uni versity of Illinois, Urbana, 111. Lt. Charles C. Moore and his sister, Wac Sgt. Virginia Louise Moore met each other in Italy this past sum mer. Lt. Moore and Sgt. Moore both went overseas in January, 1944. They are from Wellsville, Ohio, and Lt. Moore is the husband of the former Miss Kate Parks, Shannon. To Gunnery School Lt. N. Graha:n McFadyen will leave Raeford today for Washington for the Naval Gunnery school where he will be stationed for three months. He is just recently returned from a sec ond period of service in the Pacific area. Lt. McFadyen joined the navy in 1941 after graduating from David son college and was assigned to the Cruiser Phoenix which was at Pearl Harbor during the attack in Decem ber that year. While on leave in 1943 he was married to Miss Ruth Tenney of Wayne, Pa. He returned to the South Pacific for a second tour of duty. Raleigh Minister To Speak Here The Rev. M. O. Sommers, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Raleigh, will address the members of the Raeford Presbyterian church at the annual church family night pic nic which will be held on Friday eve ning of this week. Basket dinners are requested of all families. These Roosevelt Opens Drive For Fourth Term As President WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. Presi dent Roosevelt opened his fourth term campaign Saturday night with a hard hitting speech accusing the will be spread on tables on the church Republican opposition of attempting grounds. As a part of the religious advance program of the church this event has been celebrated each fall. Mr. Sommers, a former pasotr of the Clinton church, is an able and entertaining speaker and is one of the foremost young preachers of the North Carolina Synod. His address will begin at eight o'clock. United War Fund Drive Starts On October 9th Goal For Hoke County Set At $5750 With $1500 Included For County Soldiers Center. The drive for contributions to the United .War Fund of Hoke county will begin on October 9th, it was sta ted yesterday by Tommie Upchurch, chairman of the county committee. The county is for $5750 and Mr. Upchurch stated that of this sum $1500 would be kept in the coun ty for the operating fund for the County Soldiers Center, and that $4250 had been pledged by the com mittee to the eighteen different rec reational and relief agencies which benefit from and are supported by the contributions to the United War Fund. W. J. Coates has been named chairman of the Raeford township committee to succeed C. L, Thomas who resigned because of the press of other matters at this season. Instruction of solicitors and other workers in the drive will be given at two meetings to be held at the courthouse on next Tuesday and Wed nesday evenings. Robert Gatlin will conduct the meetings. The drive will begin on the 9th and plans are now being made to complete the entire campaign with in 10 days, Mr. Upchurch stated. He especially urged that all township chairmen and their co-workers be present at the meetings set for next week according to the schedule sent out by Mr. Gatlin. With The Army People Friends of the Lt. Newberry's will regret to learn that Lt. Newberry has been ill and was a patient at post hospital at Bragg the past weekend. The Newberrys live witn Mrs. raui Dickson, Jr. Mrs. A. F. Chason Of Lumber Bridge Dies Funeral services for Mrs. A. F, Chason, 69, of Lumber Bridge, were conducted from the home yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Rev. E. B. Booker, pastor of Ephesus of which she was a member. Inter ment was in the family cemetery be sides her husband who died fifteen months ago. Surviving are two sons, L. M. and Joe Chason of Lumber Bridge; three daughters, Mrs. Hal Gillan of Lex ington, Mrs. Lawrence Glissom of Raeford and Miss Ruth Chason of Col umbia, Miss.; seven grandchildren, is to persuade ,,our sjst O WFA Will Buy 1944 Cotton At Parity Prices that will The announcement Monday the War Food Administration purchase from farmers at parity prices all cotton of the 1944 crop tor which a loan schedule has been announced and which may be placed Capt. and Mrs. J. W. Peeler and their three children are now residing in Little Clyde's house. Capt. Peeler came to fort Bragg irom inmci Field, Okla. Capt. and Mrs. H. C. Johnson left Raeford last week for Camp Sutton at Monroe, N. C. While here they oc- Word has been received that Clyde Upchurch, Jr., who is somewhere in France has recently been promoted to Captain. "Little Clyde and "Little cupied the Warren apartment, Paul DicKson s pains nave crossed , again and they have recently been The Officer's Wives club will meet together. In fact, a Major from Thursday October 5 at the Kiwanis Paul's outfit pinned the bars on Hall. Mrs. Heath and Mrs. Bum- Clyde. Lt. Hartman Yarborough is attend ing Artillery school at Fort Sill, Okla. Fliiht Officer and Mrs. Sonny Blue left Friday for his new station at Will Rogers Field Capt. and Mrs. Frank Williams, who spent a recent leave in the mountains of North Carolina have returned to Fort Jackson where Capt Williams is stationed. Local OPA Group Fails To Get More Tires Two appeals by Hoke county Ra tion board members to the State OPA for more tires for the September and October quotas have been refused, according to a statement issued Wed nesday. More than 300 applications filed for tires have not been filled this month, ft was stated, because all o fhe quota has been used up. It is expected that the October quota wlil be less than that of September. No Bicycles-No Ratiou The OPA announced this week thai since the supply of pre-war and war time bicycles had now been sold, rationing of the item would no longer be carried out ing will be hostesses. Mrs. W. P. Phillips is leaving this week for her home in Lafayette. Col. Phillips will remain at Fort Bragg. The Officer's Wives club met last Thursday at the Lentz home. A most delicious luncheon was served on the large screened porch of the home. A number of new members were wel comed at the business session. Re ports of the secretary and the Red (l oss committee were gSven. It wsa decided ell able to sew would meet today, Sept. 28th, at the home of Mrs. E. G. Lyle for the purpose? of making convalescent slippers. Bridge and rummy were enjoyed O Harvey Buys Drink Plant In Old Miss J. E. Harvey, former owner of H. S. distributing company of Raeford, re turned Sunday from Ne wYork where he completed the purchase of a bot tling plant located at Biloxl, Miss., and arranged for the transfer of the Pepsi-Cola franchise for six counties there. He left Tuesday for Mississippi to assume charge of the plant. Mrs. Harvey wil remain here for sometime until Mr. Harvey has sec ured a home tliere. to claim credit for the New Deal. He charged that G. O. P. orators were guilty of "the most obvious com mon or garden variety of fraud." Speaking before the AFL Team sters union, the President said the "whole purpose of Republican ora tory these day3 , the American people that the Dem ocratic party was responsible for the 1929 crash and depression, and that the Republican party was re sponsible for all social progress under the New Deal. "There is one thing I am too old for," the President declared, "I can not talk out of both sides of my mouth at the same time." Mr. Roosevelt made a point-by-point reply to almost every criticsm leveled against his administration by his Republican opponent, Governor Thomas E. Dewey, of New York. WELCOMES SUPPORTERS ' He declared the government wel comes "all sincere supporters of the cause of effective world collaboration, adding that ''millions of Republicans are with us. And they too will resent this campaign talk by those who first woke up to the facts of interna tional life a few short months ago," when they began to study tbe polls of public opinion," the President said. Mr. Rosevelt, speaking before the same union which heard him open his third-term campaign on September 11, 1940, greeted the Teamsters by saying; I am actually four years older which seems to annoy some people. In fact, millions of us are more than 11 years older than when we started in to clear up the mess that was dumped in our laps in 1933, From that he launched in to an attack upon the Republican cam paign, although he did not ment ion Governor Dewey by name. RAPS ARMY CHARGE He termed as "callous and brazen falsehood" an assertion that the Ad ministration illans "to keep (men in the Army wehn the war is over because there 'might be no jobs for them in civil life. "Why," Mr. Roosevelt contin ued, "the very day that this fan tastic charge was first made a for mal plan for the method of spee dy discharge of the Army had already been announced by the War Department a plan based upon the wishes of the soldiers themselves." Mr. Roosevelt said the Republican leaders have carried the attacks a- gainst his administration even down to "include my little dog Fala. Unlike the members of my family he resents this." The President said as soon as Fala heard that "Republican fiction writ ers" had made public a story that the iog was left behind in the Aleutians during the President's Pa cific tour and had to be rescued by a destroyer at a cost of $20,000,000 his Scotch soul was furious. He has not been the same dog since. . . I think I have a right to object to libelous statements about my dog." Turning serious again, the Presi dent said the nation's military leaders are not helped by men who "without ! responsibility and without know nf the facts, lecture the chiefs .. . .... I stall oi me umioa siaies as ,o ine jn the and best means of dividing our armed . . . ,..a . , him 4 , n,,- milifrv wcniirpM ,"a'c"3al""" s , between the Army and the Navy, and j lu '"" among the commanding generals of the different theaters of war." O Homecoming At Old Bethesda Sunday The annual homecoming for his toric Old Bethesda church, located one mile from Aberdeen will be held Sunday, October 1, Dr. Charlton H. Storey, . pastor, of .Bethesda church, will deliver the homecoming sermon at 11 a. m. At the noon hour dinner will be spread on the grounds in picnic style. This homecoming will mark the 15th anniversary of Old Bethesda church. Hundreds of people from Aberdeen and near attend these Bethesda homcomings each year. Dr. Archibald 1 xander McFadyen, 67, Dies Sudden!) turday At Morganton Funeral Services For Notei. teal Missionary To China Held In Raeford Presbyterian C Monday Morning; Was Native Of Raeford And Honor Grac Of Davidson. V pay homage to the memory of John H. Watson Found Dead At Keepers House In Raeford Cemetery John H. Watson, 68. was found dead Sunday night lying on the porch of the unoccupied keeper's house of the Raeford cemetery. It was re ported to local police about eight o clock. County coroner Dr. R. A Mathesim was called and he reported that Mr. Watson had apparently suf fered a heart attack some time be fore and had been dead about 24 hours. It was known that he had been at the cemetery on Friday cleaning off the family lot, but had not been seen since that time. The coroner stated that there was no evidence of foul play. A member of a widely connected family of the county, he was the last surviving member of his generation. Funeral services were conducted in storage, drew a strong warning to.at the graveside in the plot which he cotton farmer's from M. G. Mann, nad carefully tended for many years. general manager of the North Can lina Cotton Growers Cooperative As sociation, in Raleigh today. Commenting upon the government proposal, Mann said, "this simply means that unless they are careful thousands of cotton farmers are go ing to be misled into accepting less than the true value of their cotton. Parity prices for middling fifteen sixteenths has been set at 22.87c while parity for middling one and one-quarter is 33.17c or a difference of 1,050 points and $52.50 per bale. This simply means that tens of thou sands of bales of cotton will be sold at 22.67c and farmers will be told that they are receiving the gov ernment parity." "Never before in the history of cotton marketing," wlarned Mann, "has it been more necessary for cotton farmers to market their cot tone on a grade and staple basis. Far mers who blindly accept the "gov ernment parity" for their cotton with out true knowledge of the grades and staples of their cotton, are going to lose thousands upon thousands of dollars right at a time when they need every penny their cotton will bring." The only solution to the problem according to Mr. Mann, is for far mers to have their cotton graded and stapled before they attempt to sell, and determine whether or not their colton is better than fifteen-six teenths, and therefore entitled to a better price than the government parity of $22.67 for that grade. The Rev. H. K. Holland conducted the services. A native of the Anti och community, he lived in Raeford until the death of his sisters with whom he made his home. For the past six years he had made his home in Red Springs. Oakdale Gin Now Has Air-Unloader In Operation Second Such Installation In Hoke County In Recent Months; Farmers "Demanding Air Treatment." D. M. Starling Moves To Troy Monday D. M. Starling, very popular groc er and manager of the Home Food Market, is leaving Raeford October 1st. He goes to Troy where he will be traveling salesman for Bonna Al len Wholesale Grocery company. He expects to move his family to Troy as soon as he can get a house that he likes. The Starlings came to Raeford in 19.1" He took over the manage ment Pender's local chain store. By ht niality, consideration ot his cusu t.ers and knowledge of his busi ness, he became very popular. With- "It isnt laziness that's causing farmers of our section to demand that their cotton be unloaded by our new air unloader, it's the fine condition ing the cotton gets by being handled by our type unloader that they're after," was the comment of Cecil Dew of the Johnson company, which operates the Oakdale gin. The Continental unloader, sche duled for installation in early August, was put into operation last week at j field, Dr. Archibald Alexander McFadyen, an outstanding son of Hoke county and noted medical missionary to the Chinese mission field of the South ern Presbyterian church, relatives, friends and former co-workers gath ered at the Raeford Presbyterian church Monday morning at eleven o'clock. Dr. McFadyen died of a heart attack Saturday morning at his home in Morganton. Brief services were conducted at Morganton, and the funeral service here was conducted by the Rev. Harry K. Holland, pastor, and the Rev. Louis H. Lancaster, D. D of Sum ter, S. C, and the Hsuchowfu, China mission. Burial was in the Raeford cemetery. Pallbearers were: active-A. K. Ste vens , A. K. Curne, N. A. McDonald, J. S. Poole, Tom McLauchlin, Ernest Campbell, H. A. Greene and Lawrence McNeill; honorary pallbearers were the elders of the church, and Dr. P. P. McCain of Sanatorium, John Hodges of Linden, Hector McGeachy of Fayetteville and Ryan McBryde. There was a profusion of beauti ful flowers, yet a thoughtful note towards Dr. McFadyen's career of services in the China mission was ex pressed by many friends of Mor ganton and Raeford who have writ tne the family that instead of flowers for him they have made gifts to the church's fund for relief and rehabili tation work that war-torn country. Dr. McFadyen returned to the Uni ted States in December after his 36 years of service as a medical mission ary to China had been ended by the war. After a rest of some 'months, he became a member of the medical staff of the State hospital at Morganton. He worked there as usual on the day bfeore his death. Born in Raeford on April 17, 1887, he was the son of Neill McNeill Mc Fadyen and Sarah Catherine Mc Fadyen. He was graduated from Davidson college in 1889, where he attained high scholastic honors and made an outstanding record in athe letics. After he had completed his work for the medical degree at the old Charlotte Medical college, he was ordained an elder of the Davidson church and was sent by that church its representative in the mission Oakdale and is the second such equip ment to be installed in gins of the county for this season's work. The Stacy suction fans pick up the cotton from the wagons and deliver it, fluffed out into the stalls where it may be picked up and blown into another stall for further conditioning or taken to the gins. It is operated in connection with special cleaning and drying equipment that takes the seed cotton through four drying op erations, a special four-drum beat ing machine for further fluffing and cleaning and brightening, and into a modern huller which delivers it to the four 80-saw gins. Devoe Austin is manager and Je Gulledge is assistant manager of the gin. Ingathering At Antioch The Antioch church will have its annual ingathering on Thursday, Oct. 12th. A barbecue and chicken salad dniner will be served at twelve noon. There will also be a bazaar and auc tion sale of cotton and farm produce. Mrs. Yvonne Baucom McMillan who recently returned to Raeford with her mother to live, while her husband, Sgt. Floyd McMillan is in foreign service, has accepted a position in the News-Journal office. Throughout his 36 years in China he was director of the Men's Hos pital of Hsuchowfu, an important railway center between Shanghai and Peking, and it was here that he re mained for three years following Jap anese occupation of the area. During the attack on the city he continued his operations while bombs were falling close by. The hospital was not destroyed and when the town fell he convinced the Japanese that he would admit no one of military significance within the compound, though some 500 Chinese Christians were given refuge there. After the occupation he also became director of the Woman's hospital there until forced to leave by the invaders. It was to the Men's hospital and to his friend that the late Neill S. Blue of Raeford gave $10,000 with which Dr. McFadyen erected a buil ding that was to double the capa city of the institution. At the en trance to the grounds a chapel was ery sick were the chapel be- the hospital. of ficer .He is in the office here on While waiting, native evangelists Monday morning and Friday after- i ministered to the patients before they noon. Mrs. Ernest Campbell is the were attended by the physicians and Hoke Health Dept Announces Clinics The Hoke County Health Dcpart- , ?l"iin the past year he transferred to 1 mem is lo. ated in the basement of ; erected and all but the v , E! the Home Food Market. His many'the Ag.irulture Build.ng. Dr. J. W. required to wait in th I customers hate to see him leave, but Willcox of Moore county is the Health ; fore being admitted to county nurse and .Miss Ketna Howell is clerk. The first clinic was held last Fri day during which time 8 patients were examined by Dr. Willcox. A venereal disease clinic will be held every Fri day afternoon from 2:00 to 4:30 p. m. It is the desire of the County Health department to have avail able to every person an examination and treatment for veneres 1 diseases. Also to have available to every preg nant woman an examination by a doctor if she expects to be delivered by a midwife. On Monday, Oct. 2nd, vaccinations for smallpox' will be given in all the schools. Children under 7 years of age will be vaccinated for diph theria. If they have been vaccinated for this in infancy only one dose will be given but if no vaccination for diphtheria has been given, two doses 1 month apart will be given. Whoop ing cough vaccinations also will be available to those who request it. O Halifax county has the distinction of making the first loan on farm- stored cotton for the 1944-45 season. Other counties will take advantage of the program as public storage is limited in some sections. suracons. Professionally, one of his outstand ing achievements was the first suc cessful treatment of the strange and dreaded "kala azar," a disease pe culiar to China in the course of which the inflicted's blood turns water and results in insanity. Dr. McFadyen was able to effect a cure that was highly successful if treated in time and was honored for it by the Rocke fellow Foundation of China. This work was carried on in a special clini cal building erected from funds given him by Mrs. John A. Tate of Charlotte. In speaking of him just recently one of his former co-workers in the field stated that Dr. McFadyen was one of the very strongest Christain influences of the entire Southern Presbyterian mission, and that one of the greatest tributes she had known to be paid anyone was paid him while he was suffering fropn typhus fever some years ago. He was very ill for many days, and each evening and each morning hundreds of the Chinese would gather silently out side the home, and though the wea ther was fearfully cold, offer prayers (Continued on page eight)