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ewsJoorea 1 HOKE COUNTY'S BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM HOKE COUTV'S ONLY NEWSPAPER The Hoke County New The Hoke Count nal VOLUME XXXIX NO. 22 RAEFORD, N. C. THURSDAY, NOV. 2, 1944 $:.0U PER YLAA. N Jl lie news or OUR MCNwWOMCN IN UNIFORM Raise In Rank A Central Pacific U. S. Naval Air Station. Oct 2. James Adams. o Raeford. N. C., has been advanced in rating from Steward's Mate Second Class to Steward's Mate First Class, at this Naval Air station, effective September 1, 1944. Lt. Col. Poole an! Capt. and Mrs T. B. Lester, Jr., of Camp Stewart Ga. spent Sunday in Raeford. William Poole who Is taking army specialized training reserved program at North Georgia college, is spending this week at home. Lt. (jg) Jake Austin left Sun day for San Francisco. He is ex pecting to meet Lt. Alvis B. Dickson who is also in San Francisco this week. Pvt. Earl Ray Gales returned to Fort Jackson after spending a ten day furlough with his mother, Mrs. Floyd Jenkins. Raymond Bottoms F 2-c who stationed at Norfolk, Va., was at home last week on a ten day leave. O Cherry Outlines A Broad Program For State Agencies RALEIGH, N. C, Nov. I. A board program for fiscal, farm, road and veterans matters was laid down by R. Gregg Cherry, Democratic nominee for Governor in a series of Congres sional District Democratic Rallies held this past week. The candidate, along with several state officials seeking re-election, visiter Plymouth, Wilson, Kenansville, Raleigh and Reidsville. In addition, he made several other addresses during the week. Last week the Democratic caravan closed its district rallies with visits to Bur lington on Tuesday and Lumberton on Wednesday. While Mr. Cherry was outlining the plans he will follow if elected Governor he was also declaring his full support of Franklin D. Roose velt for president, saying it "would be a tragedy to defeat an experienced leader, would dismay our allies, break the morale of our troops and give encouragement to our enemies." At the same time Clyde R. Hoey, demo cratic nominee for the U. S. Senate, was making address after address, speaking twice a day sometimes, ad vocating re-election of Roosevelt, a large vote for the state ticket and declaring for a world court with police power to back up its decrees as the surest means of peace. Mr. Cherry tackled the large gen eral fund surplus and said he favored setting aside $51,000,000 for debt retirement, $5,000,000 fo raid to re turning veterans of World War II, this program to be integrated with that of the Federal Government, suf ficient funds for such educational buildings as might be needed to carry on the federal educational program for veterans and a revolving fund for loans to counties in order to enable them to build necessary school buil dings after the war. On the subject of highways, he declared that the highway fund sur plus should be inviolate for road purposes only with first attention to farm to market, farm to church. and farm to school roads. He praised the contribution of farmers to the war and pledged that he would make every effort to aid them in their continuing farm programs for fair prices. With respect to veterans the can- didate declared that It was the duty of the state to provide for all re turning veterans every opportunity, and whatever was omitted fron-i the federal program he favored being placed in the state program. The state service office for immediate aid to the returning men will be greatly expanded early in his ad ministration, he said, to aid the vet erans in preparing all necessary forms and taking advantage of whatever facilities are offered them by the state and federal governments. Bethel Meetings Continue The series of evangelistic services being conducted at Bethel Presby terian church this week by the Rev. F. Ray Riddle have proved most interesting and large congregations have attended. They continue throughout the week, except Saturday, and will be con cluded next Sunday evening, ac cording to the Rev. William B. Gaston, I pastor. I Education Board Members Oppose School Amendm't Ryan McBryde Joins In Opposi tion To Amendment Which Would Create "Czar" Of Schools. Amendment No. 3, of five amend ments on which the people of thej state will nave to vote next rues day is strongly opposed by 'he 'en members of the present board of education, according to statement is sued by them this week. Members of the present board dislike the por tion of the proposed amendment which would abolish the present of fice of Comptroller, stating that it would place all executive and finan cial control of the entire state school system in the hands of the State Superintendent of Education. H. E. Stacy, board member of Lum berton, was the only member, accord ing to the statement, who refused to sign it for publication. Other mem bers who signed the statement are: H. McL. Graham, Ryan McBryde, W. C. Dawson, L. M. Massey, A. C. Ej wards, Santford Martin, A. S. Brov wer, H. E. Eisenhour, Julian Miller and Mrs. E. L. McKee. Carl Rudi sill, another member is ill; Lt. Gov. R. L. Harris, ex-officio chairman, de clined to sign as did State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson. State Super intendent of Publication Instruction Clyde M. Erwin was not asked to sign it. The Statement The statement follows: "In the leading editorial, appearing in 'The News and Observer' on last Saturday, October 21, under the title 'Five Constitutional Amendments,' it is stated with reference to 'Amend ment No. 3, to charge the State Board of Education Amendment' as follows: " 'This would rewrite the amend ment adopted at the last general elec tion. The principal changes pro posed are: The position of Comp troller would be stricken out and the State Superintendent of Public In struction would be the administra tive head of the public school system and secretary of the board.' The editorial further says, refer ring to the adoption of the constitu- tional amendment in the last general election, that: 'There are those who were not keen to make the change. but the new board of education has worked well and the amendment is an improvement in the opinion of its authors and the board of educa tion.' The board of education as present- ly constituted has, as a board, at no time approved of the amendment to be voted on, on November 7, as in ferred in the editorial. On the con trary, a majority of the members de sire to express their opposition to the .amendment for the following reasons: "The Constitution now provides for a comptroller or business manager. The proposed amendment leaves out the comptroller and makes no other provision for the management of approximately forty (40) million dollars of money which the people pay into the educational fund annually. The board meets only once a month, and day by day supervision is need ed. Instead of having less super vision of the money, it seems to us that more supervision should be had. The omission of the comptrol ler from the proposed amendment must have been an oversight, but it is an error which the people of the State cannot afford to perpetuate in the Constitution. "At ilresenrt, each congressional district has a member. All sections of the State are represented. This is more representative of the people than the creation of eight educational dis tricts, subject to change every time the Legislature meets. For political and other reasons the Legislature could change the districts so that the whole membership of the board could also be changed each two years. No county could be certain as to what district it would be in or who their representative would be for more than two years at the time. This is a condition which the people of the State should avoid The present constitutional amend ment, under which the board now operates, has been in force only two years and has worked very satis factorily. We feel that at this time. when the attention of the people is distracted by the war, that it is no time to amend so important a section of the Constitution. For the foregoing reasons we, the undersigned members of the State Board of Education, from our experience, feel that it is our duty to advise the people of the State that n our opinion the proposed educa tional amendment would not be for the best interest of the schools nor the people at large, and it should be defeated." Bazooka Berkshire i LOS ANGELES, CALIF. No Arkansas Razor-back ia this grand champion at the Pacific National Berkshire show purchased by Bob Burns, ' motion picture and radio ' comedian, at $1050 for hia Rancho Bazooka. Burnt, who ia famous for hia wild talea of Arkansas hill folk, and the guttural rumblings of hia gas pipe Bazooka, is an ardent admirer of fin livestock and spends much time at his ranch near here, r ' " Erection Of New Farm Equipment BuildingBegun F. E. Vestal of Asheboro Will Open Farm Machinery Sales And Repair Business Here. The erection of a one-story buil ding, 50 by 138 feet in size was be gun here this week on the property adjoining that of the Hoke Auto company by F, E. Vestal of Ashe boro. Mr. Vestal states that he will open a sales and repair agency for farm machinery in the building upon its completion. The property was bought from T. B. Upchurch, Inc, some weeks ago, and the transfer included an additional lot of 50 by lt,0 feet on which the new owner expects to build an ad ditional building after the war. Forty More Are Added To Lists Men In Service Names Committee Still Being Notified Of Hoke Men In Forces. Bringing the total list to over 1100, some forty more names were added to the roster of men and women of Hoke county who are in the armed ser vices of the nation by the Names Com Honor nuiiee ill uie nuKe Louniv nonor i Roll of which Mrs. Ina Bethune is chairman. Those listed since the last publication of nares are: WHITE Autry, Samuel Jackson Barnard, Conrad Baxley, Paul Spencer, Jr. Burns, Clarence Angus Coates, William J. Davis, Thomas Franklin Fields, Henry H. J Huggins, L. M., Jr. Hurt, Phillip J. Jones, Roy Walby " 7 Lisenby, Fred Benjamin Lowe. William Henry McBryde, Joe Alexander McBryde, Ben J., Jr. McDuffie, Jack ' McKeithan, Wesley Lawrence McPhaul, John D. Mott, Robert Lewis Mayhue, Robert !J Scarboro, William Floyd Spivey, Charles Benjamin, Jr. COLORED Baldwin, Willie Chambers, Willie Davis, John Henry Fairley, Robert Goodman, Robert Floyd Graham, David Jasper McCall, Saul Mcintosh, David Mcintosh, Willie A. Mclntyre, William Lacy McLean, John Lovis McNeill, Johnny McRae, Gilbert Morrison, Caesar Eugene Murphy, Wilbert Quick, James Ernest Rouse, Julious Bradshaw Smith, Edward O Ginning Report 9,342 bales of cotton were ginned in Hoke county to October 18th, as compared with 10,061 on the same ate last year, according to the Bu'eau or Census. C if- 'Eagle Rank Given I Three Scouts In Honor Court Here Many Promotions Made At Dis trict Court Of Honor Friday! Evening. The Boy Scout court of honor for the Western District of the Cape Fear Council was conducted in Rae ford on Friday evening, October 27. V. R. White, advancement chairman, was in charge of the court. C. M. Gaskins, field executive, directed the events of the evening. The rank of Eagle Scout was award ed to two scouts from Raeford and one from Wagram. Hamcr Leach and Alfred Cole, Jr. from Raeford and Williams Purcell from Wagram were the honored scouts. The rank of Scout Life Guard was given to Bill Butler and Gramling McGill of troop 20 of Laurinburg. The rank of Second Class Scout was awarded to; Bill Covington of Wagram, Earnest Broome of Laurel Hill, and H. R. Hegwer, Mack Snipes, Eugene Snipes, George Howell, Cur tis Rhye Ralph Fields, Henry Martin, Grady Chavis, Archie Williams and Alfred Bridges all of the East Laurin burg troop. The rank of First Class Scout was awarded to: Paul Johnson, Bobby McNeill, Jimmy Sinclair, Joe Gulledge Jr., Buddy Blue and Milton Mann of the Raeford troop. Marshall Jones of the Maxton troop; Coleman Rus sell of the Wagram troop and Earl Bradley of the Laurel Hill troop. The rank of Star Scout was award ed to: Don Cameron, Alton Clark, Lock ley MacDonald, and Neill B. (Sinclair of the Raeford troop; David Phillips, McKay Morgan, Angus Med- lin, Williams Frostick, R. L. Watson and Dickie Hendricks of the Maxton troop, and Mitchell Rabil of the Wa gram troop. The rank of Life Scout was award to: Herbert McKeithan and Bobby Murray of the Raeford troop and John Hasty, Roland Seals and Mack Jernigan of the Maxton troop. Merit badge awards were made to the following scouts: (Some of the' scouts getting several different merit badges.) Troop 1, Raeford, Herbert McKeithan, Hamer Leach, Alfred Cole, Jr., George Freeman, Jimmy Conoly, Don Cameron, Neill B. Sin clair, Eugene Smith, Jim'my Wood house, Lockley MacDonald, Bobby Murray, William Freeman, Alton Clark, Euddy Blue, Milton Mann, Neill A. McNeill and Alan McGee, Jr. Troop 39 from Maxton: Dickie Hendricks-, McKay Morgan, Roland Seals. Mack Jerniean. David Phillips, Leitch Patterson, Angus Medlin, Wil - i: C :!. . T..U ij - , . . iia,,,.,,,!,..,,. Troop 50 from Wagram: Mitchell Rabil. Williams Purcell. and Jack Wooley Troop 52 from Laurel Hill: Bob McNeill, Ernest Meekings, Alex Bar ber, Alfred Caulder ami Charlies Smith. There was a fine attendance of the bovs from the different towns !and a good many of the Raeford , PPle were there or the occasion. I Tne executive committee for the district met at the close of the court of honor. Mr. Gaskins announced i 1 nomas, Jimmie Warner, Ed. Whit that the Court of Honor would be lev- FreJ Yarborough. John Scott held monthly from now on, and0o'L'. A. I. Lunday, Angelo Sorren the next one will be in Maxton on I tino. Joe Guile !ge, Bobby Murray and November 24th. I William Clark. Chairman V. C. Mason announced I The team will meet Fayctteville the committees to handle the annual, meeting of the western district to be held in December. The following committees will be responsible for the meeting. Program committee: L. B. Singleton, Tom Cameron and G. Y. Newton. Arrangement com i.r.ittee: W. C. Covington, E. H. Evans, and J. N. Gibson. Nominating com mittee: R. L. Sutherland, W. H. Has ty, and H. C. McLauchlin. Mr. C. M. Gaskin gave a partial report of the survey in Latrrinburg, which revealed that there were SOfjr., who had just receiv'ed' word from boys who would like to have some Mr. Mavnarri that h , foim of Senior Scouting, and about 30 who would like to get into a Scout troop ar1 something over a hundred boys who wanted to get in Cubbing. A similar survey will be made at the Raeford Mills. Shiloh To Serve Barbecue On Friday. November 10, the ladies of Shiloh Church will serve supper, featuring barbecue and chicken salad plates, and cakes and caniies for the benefit of the church. The supper hours are from 5 to 8 p. m. The church is located on the Aberdeen highway near the State Sanatorium. O WITH A 12TH AAF B-26 MARAU DER BOMBER GROUP Cpl. Ray O. McArthur of Rt. 1, Hope Mills, N. C. sewed on his fourth gold overseas stripe recently. Overseas two years in the Mediterranean theater, Cpl. McArthur is in the transportation sec tion of his 12th AAF squadron. Polls To Open At 6:30 A. M. Close At 6:30 P. M. The polling places in all precincts in North Carolina will open at 6:30 a. m. and close at 6:30 p. m., it was stated here yes terday by Crawford L. Thomas, chairman of the Hoke County Board of Elections. Mr. Thomas stated that these hours would give ample time to all persons employed at Fort Bragg and other military Instal lations nearby to cast their bal lots before they had to leave to get to their work. Club Women Asked Help Get Out Voters Tuesday Calling upon the women of Hoke county to aid in getting out the vot ers on next Tuesday. November 7th, for the general election. Mrs. Arch K. Currie, president of the Raeford Woman's club, pointed out that this was a prime duty in the exercise of their citizenship. It was pointed out that since so imany men, who normally would be active m getting voters to the polls at this time are now serving with the armed forces, that many voters would probably be unable to get to the polling places unless the women took a much' more active part in the election this year than usual. Mrs. Currie stated that a recent ac. tion of the executive committee of the Federated Womens clubs of North Carolina had placed a great deal of stress on the Citizenship program of the club and the state president had called upon each club president to appoint a citizenship committee which will be expected to present at !eat one program per year before the local club. Mrs. Paul Dickson has been named chairman of the local committee and additional members are to be named, it was said. Hoke High Meets Rowland Here In First Grid Game County School Offering First Football Team In Three Years. The Hoke High football tea v. i i " ...j. i 111c scjauii licit; r r:dny afternoon. November 3. at , 3 o'clock against Rowland High. The , I hnvc haila Kaon nnn,;nt..M . "s wiin en - musiasm since school begun, an! are 'now ready for their initial contest alter a lay off of two years. The i follnwin hnv ha,. w ,..nni.:nn hard and will be in good condition for the game Friday: Ransom Baucom, cuoiy Blue, Uon Cameron, Ted i Clark, Alfred Cole, Jimmy Conoly. : George Freeman, Haroln Gillis. Flovri Keith, A. J. Freeman, Herbert Mc- ieur.'an, malcoln McKeithan, Wil- 'j'" Niven, Robert Perry, Jii I &'nclair, Jimmy Plummer. Harold Mlr' on November 17. -O- Auctioneer's Chant To Feature Sales Local Ingathering Featuring the auctioneer's chant of Gene Maynard, popular tobacco auctioneer of Aberdeen, the Methodist Ingathering will be held at the Rae ford armory here tonight, it was an nounced vpslprHnr hw T n TTnnK..nu Mr. Maynard that he would be Dres ent for the sale of the farm pro duce. Mr. Upchurch states that a num ber of bales of cotton will be sold to night, beginning at 7:30, and that strangers to tobaccoland will have the opportunity of hearing the chant with which the natives are familiar, when at least one big pile of the golden weed will be offered for sale oy .Mr. Maynard Barbecue and chicken salad will be served at noon today as well as lust Derore the auction this evening The general public is invited to at tend. The Lad ies' Shop Perks Up The Ladies' Shop has been re painted inside, the display windows redecorated and new cabinets, show cases and mirrors added. Other im provements have been made and they have an attractive place to display their new line of fall merchandise. i!v y War rund Ov bscribed As 1rive Ends Final Reports Of Townships Chairmen Kxpecfed To Show At least $u()(IO Raised. The United War Fund quota or Hoke county reached and passed the quota mark of $3750 yesterday at noon, according to County Chairman Tommy Upchurch, who stated that the active campaign for funds had been concluded. W. A. McDonald, treasurer of the Fund, reported that though the county was now over the top a num ber of solicitors and township chair-' men had not yet made their final reports and that additional gifts were expected to bring the total to about $6,000. Mr. Upchurch stated that in no pre vious effort of this nature had he had such wholehearted cooperation as that given in the present drive. In the first three days of the campaign, before active solicitation was begun by the canvassers over $1300 was contributed by firms and Individuals who were imade members of the "Early Bird Club." This gave the needed impetus to start the campaign off with speed that carried it through its three weeks duration and to a successful conclusion, stated Mr. Upchurch. The committee expressed "3 aP preciation of this wholehearted co operation so willingly given by both canvassers and individuals in every section of the conty and was high ly pleased that every township and every unit assigned a Quota reached and in most instances oversubscribed its quota. Negro Teachers And Children Raise $641 In a county-wide drive among the negroes under the chairmanship of A. S. Gaston, principal of Upchurch High school, a total of $641 was raised for the United War Fund of Hoke County. This amount was $41 over the quota assigned the school. The 64 teachers of the 22 negro schools of the county served as the canvas committee under Chairman Gaston and quotas ranged fron $10 to $200 per school. The amount raised equaled $10 per teacher plus one collar, with each school, its teachers, pupils and the churches and individ uals of their 22 communities con tributing its proportionate share. $487 Realized At Hallowe'en Shows The Hoke High gym was the scene of much rollicking and fun-making iml MnnH.v pvoninff when mr vpn i,' ,!n-j ,ii, . Tik, hundred joined together in celebra ting Hallowe'en. Bingo, fishing, for- I tune-ieuing, caKe walks, pitching pennies, costume parade, guessing beans, and a house of horrors of fered entertainment to a gay, confetti-sprinkled grougl. The popu larity contests in each school aroused much interest and friendly rivalry. In the graced school John Patter son and Norma Lou Mace were 1 crowned kir.g and Queen. The Hoke I High King and Queen were Harold 'Gillis and Betty Barrington. Mark Smith. Jr., Kutherine MacDonald?, i Belle Smith, ani Lana Terrell won prizes for the most attractive cos ! tumes. Tiie following amnuntj were taken in by the various concessions: i Fihing. $16.18: House of Horror?, 6.20: Fortune-telling. S10.30: Cake Walk and Auction. S31.80: Pitching Penr-ies. 23.01; Co:ifctti-selljrg.$4.46. Popularity Contests: GraOed school, $114.30 High school, 143.47; Rogue' Gallery, S9.0I); Guessing Beans. $7.42; Entrance admissions, $33.15; Re freshments. $20.61; and Bingo, $17.51 The total amount taken in was $487.41, but from this the Federal a musement tax -must be subtracted. The amount is to be divider between Ithe Hoke high and the Raefferd uraaea scnoois. rne proceeds will be used by the Hoke High school for expanding the physical education program. The schools are pleased with the success of the carnival, and the wholehearted COODeratinn of the public is appreciated. Nets $167 A large crowd attend the Hal loween carnival held at the Ashe mont school Friday evening and $167 was netted by the Parent-Teachers association. The funds will be used for the operation of the lunchroom of the school and to carry out other projects of the association in con nection with the school's work. "13lherTaIe " Dr.R',A- Mathn says that up until Friday the 13th nf (vij,.. .-.-if hunters had han Door i.u.ir on that day they killed two deer. ln"e were thirteen in th party and that they had thirteen dogs.