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The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XXXIX NO. 24
RAEFORD, N. C, THURSDAY, NOV. 16, 1944
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NEWS or OUR
M EN w WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
Homo From Aleutian!
Cpl. Huey Long who has been sta
tioned in the Aleutian Islands for
almost two years has returned to the
States for a furlough with his
mother, Mrs. M. C. Long, who lives
near Laurinburg, but formerly was
of Hoke county. Cpl. Long is the
youngest son of the late Mial C. Long
and Mrs. Long. His wife, formerly
Miss Elva Nelson who lives in Jack
son, Miss., joined her husband in
Laurinburg. Cpl. Long is a brother
of Mrs. George Freeman, A. J. Free
man and Mrs. C. B. Johnson of Rae
ford. whom he visited while here.
When his furlough is over he expects
to return to the Aleutians.
Sgt, Angus Carrie Now In Blandinc
CAMP BLANDING, Fla. S-Sgt.
Angus Currie, who has returned to
duty in the United States under the
Army's policy of rotating men on
overseas duty wherever possible, has
been assigned to duty at the Infantry
Replacement Training Center at Camp
Blanding, Fla., as a member of the
permanent staff handling traimng
ani adm nistrative matters in me
training of infantry replacements. He
is the husband of the former Miss
Alberta Campbell of Raeford. He
served overseas in Trinidad, B. W. I.
Sgt. Currie is a graduate of Hoke
Higs school, class of 1936.
Mrs. Harold McDiarmid received
word that her husband', Harold A.
McDiarmid S 2-c, has been assigned
for sea duty. He recently completed
a quartermasters course in Gulfport,
Miss. ,
Pvt. Henry McArthur of Fort
Monmouth. N. J., spent several days
last week with Mrs. McArthur and
children.
Sgt. Clarence Koonce of Camp
Chaffee, Arkansas, is spending several
(days with his father near Raeford.
Cpl. Bill Davis is visiting his
mother, Mrs. Christian Davis. Bill
Is being transferred to the Columbia
Air Field. Columbia, S. C.
T-Sgt. Bruce Conoly is visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Conoly.
Sgt Conoly will report back to Texas.
Sgt. Kloman Leach of Caimp Bowie,
Texas, is spending a furlough with
his mother, Mrs. Luther Leach.
Lt. Col. W. L. Poole of Camp
Stewart, Ga., was at home the past
week-end
Cpl. Ferrand W. McLean of Camp
Blandine. Fla., is spending a fur
lough with his wife, Mrs. McLean, at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Davis.
Srt. Bruce Conoly, Cpl. Bill Davis
and Pvt. James Currie, are spending
their furloughs In Raeford and
Laurinburg.
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County School News
The senior homeroom class of Miss
Lucy Glenn Gill presented a very uni
que program in assembly Wednesday,
November 8. The program was en
titled "Perfection Salad al la School."
It presented the outstanding fac
tors which make an ideal, school.
Various school activities were de
scribed and demonstrations were giv
en by the band, the glee club, and
xne oramauc ciuo.
oramauc emu yi pansion program which has been an-
Johnson Gwen Gore, Betty Holland Unounced by the college trusteCs. The
and Joan Johnson. Lora Mae
McKenzie led the devotional exer
cise. The following seniors par
ticipated in the program: FJmira
Whitley, Vera King, Angela Sor
renteno, Donnie Lytle, Shirley Blue,
Harriet Jones, Grace Jones, Lewis
McNeill, Catherine Jones, Judy
Klouse, Margaret Ha ire, John Mc
Gregor, Percy McNeill, Mary Peele,
Margaret Ray, Myra Mott and Laura
McDougald.
The Beta club is doing a good
job selling bonds and stamps. A
total of $717.20 was sold during Sep
tember and October.
An effort is being made to enroll
In the Junior Red Cross all elemen
tary and high school classroom groups
In Hoke county. November 15th
was the date set for closing the drive.
The Photographers' club under the J
direction of Miss Blanche Fisher is
doing some fine work this year.
The juniors collected $500 by selling
subscriptions to magazines. The a
mount obtained from this sum will
be used by the juniors and) seniors.
The sociology class took time out
from their regular class discussion
Official Count
Lowers Hoke
Ballot Count
Total Of 1839 Ballots Cast In
Presidential Race Is 164 Lessi
Than First Reports Indicated.
Unofficial returns last week in
dicated a banner balloting in Hoke
county with a total of 2003 voters,
but the official count last Thursday
showed that in the presidential race
the most tallies were counted and
that 1839 ballots were cast giving
Roosevelt 1782 and Dewey 160, ac
cording to Chairman C. L. Thomas.
R. Gregg Cherry polled' the second
highest in his race for governor
against Frank Patton, with a vote
of 1772 to 108; while C. R. Hoey
polled 1762 to 109 against A. I. Ferree
for the Senate.
Allendale township showed great
consistency in its voting. There were
80 ballots cast and all went for
Roosevelt. Cherry drew 78 to none
for Patton, and all the other Demo
cratic candidates got 79 votes and all
the Republican candidates except
Dewey and Patton got 1 vote.
Antioch cast 169 for Roosevelt and
"J. J "a """.7,
each with 170 votes to their opponents
11. led the ticket there. State and
county candidates polled from 160 to
168 votes
In Blue Springs there were two
ballots for straight Republican tic
kets throughout, and 120 for straight
Democratic tickets, with no scratches
on either to give the township the
only perfect score on the tally sheets.
Little River: Roosevelt 118; Dew
ey 17. Cherry 118; Patton 13. Hoey
117; Ferree 13. Dr. G. W. Brown,
candidate for the State House polled
highest here with 124. Other county
candidate polled 82 ani 83 ballots.'
Puppy Creek: Roosevelt 93 Dewey
18. Cherry 95; Patton II. Hoey 93;
Ferree 10. And all state and county
candidates receivedr 97 votes.
Quewhiffle gave Roosevelt 201;
Dewey 39. Cherry and Hoey, 201 each
and Patton and Ferree 34, while coun
ty and state candidates polled from
19 to 199.
Raeford No. 1: Roosevelt 303;
Dewey 29. Cherry 311; Patton 9.
Hoey 306; Ferree 9. W. O. Burgin
with 301 and W. W. Roberts with
300 were next highest while the
general vote for state and county
candidates was from 278 to 296.
RaefoH No. 2: Roosevelt 440; Dew.
ey 31. Cherry 439; Patton 15. Hoey
434; Ferree 17. Other candidates
polled from 435 to 439.
Rockfish: Roosevelt 106; Dewey
5. Hoey and Cherry 94 each to 5
for their opponents. The county
ballot was from 80 to 83.
Stonewall: Roosevelt 153; Dewey
7. Cherrv 146 and Hoev 148 to 7.
There were 7 straight Republican i
hallnta hem Oumtv officers nnlloH .
from 151 to 153
Totals for county: For Congress: W.
O. Burgin 1679: Brock 109. For State
Senate: Ryan McBryde 1742; Arthur
Ross 1673; West 94; Seawell 94. For
House: Dr. G. W. Brown 1736. For
County Commissioners: N. H. G. Bal
four 1693; F. Knox Watson 1684; E.
R. Pickler 1684; F. A. Monroe 1686;
Hector McNeill 1690. For School
Board: A. W. Wood 1687; D. B. Mc
Fadyen 1693; Carl Riley 1697; A. D.
McPhaul 1689.
H. L. Gatlin, Jr., Hoke
Area Chr. Meredith
Expansion Program
H. L. Gatlin, Jr., has been named
chairman of the Hoke County corn-
mittee for the Meredith College ex
program has been divised to seek
funds for additional buildings and
for increased endowment of the col
lege to the extent of $565,000.
on Tuesday November 7, in order
that a make-believe election might
be held. Sample copies of tickets
were used and the Australia ballot
practiced1. Lewis McNeill served as
County Chairman. The poll holders
were Wilton Wood, Jack Campbell
and Donnie Lytle.
Antioch school will sponsor an
entertainment which will be held
next week.
The lunchroom at the Ashemont
school is nearly equipped and it is
expected that it will soon be in ser
vice. This is a PTA project.
Two additional negro schools of
the county have lunchroom plans.
The Rockfish school now has a room
being built through funds, labor and
material contributed by patrons and
friends. The money was raised by the
schools PTA group which has taken
a very active part in the welfare of
thee hildren of the community. The
White Oak school is also raising
money for the erection of a lunchroom.
1353 New "A" Books
Issued In Hoke
Members of the staff of the Hoke
County War Price and' Rationing
Board has issued 1353 new "A" gaso
line books up to yesterday since the
registration for new books started
on November 2nd, it was stated.
Volunteer workers were not requested
by regular staff of the board, it
was said.
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Sentence Wright
To 20 Years For
Burning Barn
Four Divorces Granted
In
This
Superior Court Here
Week;
Term Lasts Only Two
Days.
In a brief session of only two days
six criminal cases and four suits for
divorce were hear! in Hoke County
Superior Court by Judge W. C. Harris
of Raleigh this week.
Two prison sentences were given
I during the term with Frank Wright,
' negro, a former tenant on the Henry
McDiarmid farms, receiving a term of
20 years for the buring of a barn last
fall. Wright Ilea tne state snortiy
alter tne Darn was ournea area' re-
, turned here Tuesday with a lawyer
irdtn uarungiuii, o. inuiiiuiijr
related how Wright had represented to
have placed Mr. McDiarmi'd's share
of a corn crop in the barn, but in
1 stead had sold the corn. To keep
from being checked on he had his
son, Frank Wright, Jr., set fire to
the barn. The young negro was ap
prehended a few hours after the barn
was burned and was tried at a recent
term of court. He received a five
year suspended sentence.
The other prison term 'given was
to Melvin Bullock, negro, who was
convicted) of assault with a knife upon
Margaret Harper, a nurse in the negro
division of the State Sanatorium.
He was sent to state prison for two
years.
Willie McVicker, white, was given
a two year sentence which was sus
pended, and he was put on proba
tion for three years when convicted of
assault with a pistol on Jack Mc
Kenzie. Sandy Faulk, convicted of assault
with a shot gun upon his nephew,
Wiilard' Faulk, was given 12 months,
this was suspended upon payment
of $50 and cost. Both are negros.
R. H. Beck, former Raeford police
man, was found not guilty of simple
assault upon Bethune Maultsby.
A true bill was found by the grand!
jury in the indictment of Cecil King,
a criminal patient oi tne state &ana-
tonum, who is charged with the mur-
'der of another prisoner, Glenn
1 Hughes, last April 6. Both King
and Hughes were serving long terms
ana were lUDercuiar pauenis. I ne
court did not hear the case as con
siderable doubt was held that King
would live no longer than three or
four years. A detainer was sent to
state prison in the matter.
Four Divorces
The only civil cases heard were
four of the five divorce hearings
docketed. Littie Christmas was given
an absolute divorce from Oscar Chris-
mas; Bessie Ray was divorced from
James F. Ray, and M. F. Heckel was
divorced from Elizabeth Heckel.
These were all white couples. Sarah
Dalton, negro, was divorced from Har
vey Dalton. All were granted on the
grounds of two-year separation.
No New Allotments
For Fuel Oil
There have been no new allotments
of fuel oil to Hoke county, it was
announced yesterday by the local
OPA, and new requests for oil heat
ing cannot be granted. Miss Marion
Maxwell, chief clerk, states that all
advices from the Raleigh office and
(from the petroleum indury in
dicates that there will be no additional
amounts of oil available this winter.
No new purchase permits are being
issued, and all applications of old
users were refiguredJ this year, it
was said.
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Honor Roll Fund
Mrs. Paul Dezerae has announced
that a gift of $5 for the county Honor
Roll fund has been received from
Miss Christiana McFadyen.
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Robinson Family Will
Live In Raeford
The Rev. and Mrs. B. P. Robinson
of Freemont, will return to Raeford
to make their home soon. Mr. Rob
inson was pastor of the Raeford
Methodist church for four years. He
built a home here and said that when
he retired he expected to cast his
lot among the Raeford1 people. He is
now planning to keep that promise
and his host of friends will be de
lighted to welcome him "Home."
AAA Committeemen
To Be Elected At
Community Meets
Interesting Program On Farm
Activities Planned For Series
Of Eight Township Meetings.
AAA election meetings will be held
in Hoke county at the time and' places
listed below, according to W. C. Hod
gin, chairman of the Hoke AAA Com
mittee: Allendale Community House,
Thursday, Nov. 23; Antioch School.
Thursday, Nov. 23; Blue Springs
Community House, Tuesday, Nov.
21; Little Community House, Tues
day, Nov. 21; Rockfish Community
House, Wednesday Nov. 22; Montrose
Community House, Tuesday, Nov. 21;
Raeford (Courthouse), Monday, Nov.
20; and Mildouson School Bldg.,
Wednesday, Nov. 22.
All meetings will be held at 7:30
P. M. Farmers from each AAA com
munity will choose three committee
men and two alternates, and delegates
elected at these meetings later will
name three members and two alter
nates for the county AAA commit
tees. All farmers who have or will
participate during 1944 in any phase
of the AAA program, such as carry
ing out approved soil-building prac
tices, are eligible to vote in AAA
community elections.
Mr. Hodgin listed these general
responsibilities of AAA community
committeemen: determine local con
servation needs and help farmers
plan their AAA conservation prac
tices, help with farm war ann re
conversion plans, conduct referenda
when neededi, help with marketing
quota programs, such as adjusting
tobacco allotments, assisting with
loans and other prive supporting
measures, helping with programs
dealing with equipment, feeds, trans
portation, surplus war property and
other emergency programs.
Committeemen elected at this time
represent both their neighbor far
mers andi the Government in the work
and responsibilities of the Agricul
tural Adjustment Agency. Their re
commendations, based "upon personal
knowledge and experience, help shape
agricultural programs to meet local
and national problems of farmers and
consumers.
"A program is being arranged for
a full discussion of whats ahead,"
Mr. Hodgin said. "Every farmer
should attend the meeting in his com'
munity and take part in the discus
sion. Here is one important event
in which farmers can take part to
help prevent economic chaos such as
followed the last war."
Among the subjects to be discussed
at the meetings are: conservation
practices for 1945, tobacco allotments,
and the general agricultural outlook
for the coming year.
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Hoke High School
Honor Roll
Those who made the honor roll
in high school for the first six weeks
of the term with a scholastic average
of 90 percent or above, are as fol
lows: Miss Fisher's Room: Milton Mann,
Jimmy McGougan, Frances Bowling
and Patricia McNeill.
Miss McKeithan's room: Bobby
McNeill, Alice Sutton Matheson and
Marian Lewis.
Mrs. McKeithan's room: Archie
Livingston, Anne Gore and Hilda
Jordan.
Mrs. Gore's room: Eleanor Leach
and Elizabeth Parker.
Mrs. Wedemeyer's room: Bessie
Wright, Lucille Townsend and Kathe
leen Cothran.
Mrs. Cameron's room: Doris Keith,
Edith Monroe, Bonnie Kate Blue,
Nancy Cole and Miralyn Johnson.
Miss Gill's room: Lewis McNeill,
Angelo Sorrentino, Shirley Blue,
Grace Jones, Harriet Jones, Vera
King, Judy Klouse, Donnie Lytle,
Laura McDougald and Elmira Whit
ley.
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Hoke High Takes
7-6 Win Over
Rowland Friday
Hoke High won a return game from
Rowland there last Friday afternoon
to make it two straight wins over
the lower Robeson lads. In the first
quarter M. McKeithan took a short
pass off left end for a gain of eight
yards to score the touchdown, and
the same play was used to score the
extra point. Rowland scored late
in the third quarter to make good
their only scoring chance of the after
noon. Hoke High will meet Fayetteville
under the lights at 8 p. m. this Friday
evening at the Fayetteville park, and
on Thursday, Thanksgiving, Nov. 23
they will play Whiteville here at 3:30
a fri -kmm"' ' 'j
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LEGION SPEAKER
The Honorable J. Bayard Clark,
Member of Congress, will be the
principal speaker on the annual din
ner meeting program of the Charlie
Hall Post of the American Legion and
Auxiliary on the evening of Novem
ber 17th, it was stated today by
Commander Morrison Peterson.
The dinner will be held in the
dining room of Flora Macdonald1 col
lege at 7 p. m. and the general
public is invited to attend. Repre
sentatives from nearby legion posts
.are expected to attend as usual and
a crowd of approximately 300 people
is counted on for this popular an
nual event. Tickets may be had from
F. C. Jones, adjutant, or any mem
ber of the post.
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Holland To Speak
At Achievement
Day Exercise
Home Demonstration Women Of
County Will Hold Annual
Meeting This Afternoon.
The Rev. Harry K. Holland, pastor
of the Raeford Presbyterian church,
will make the address at the annual
meeting of the members of the home
demonstration clubs of Hoke county,
according to Miss Josephine Hall,
home agent.
The occasion will be the Achieve
ment Day exercise when reports of
the activities of the various clubs
of the county will be imade and
awards will be presented to clubs
making outstanding records for the
year.
Mrs. Roy Shockley, county federa
tion president, will preside at the
session, which will be opened with a
program of music presented by the
Hoke High band under the direction
of Miss Buena Baldwin. Mrs. Audrey
Conk will be presented in a group
of readings preceding the address
by Mr. Holland.
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Raeford Methodist
Church
W. L. Maness, Minister
10:00 A. M. Church School.
Tom
Cameron, general supt.
11:00 A. M. Regular Morning wor
ship.
12:15 P. M. Regular srvice at Par
ker's.
6:30 P. M. Youth Fellowship meet
ing.
7:30 P. M. Regular Evening Wor
ship.
4:00 P. M. Monday Meeting of
the Omega Clegg Circle with Mrs.
A. R. Morris.
7:30 P. M. rFiday Choir practice
at the Parsonage.
Our new district superintendent is
the Rev. W. L. Clegg. He takes the
place of Dr. H. C. Smith, who has
been placed in charge of the Durham
c'istrict.
At 10:00 A. M.. November 23.
there will be a union Thanksgiving
service held in the Presbyterian
cnurch with Rev. J. D. Whisnant as
speaker.
Peoples Tabernacle
H. Gwyn Clayton, Minister
9:45 A. M. Sunday School.
1 1 :00 A. M. Morning Worship, ser-
On by the Rev. E. E. Shellhammer.
6:30 P. M. Young People's meet
ing.
7:30 P. M. Evening Worship, ser
mon by Rev. E. E. Shellhammer.
Services each night at 7:30.
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Church Of God
WEST RAEFORD
10:00 A. M. Sunday School, A. W.
Wright, Supt.
7:00 P. M. Thursday Mid-week
prayer service at the home of Mrs.
Lock Campbell.
State's Business
Discussed Here
By C. M. Johnson
North Carolina Treasurer De
clares Post War Public Works
Must And Sho-" "e Carried
Out By States Towns
In an aidiess be
K'iwanis club here
evening, Charles M.
e Raeford
Thursday
ion, North
nservative
5 S'
caronnas genial a
state treasurer, tolc
5 club that
states, counties ant . . icipalities
need not and should .S ft ok to the
Federal Government 2 my large
share of the money ' might be
needed for post-war i c works
projects.
"I do not think the Federal Gov
ernment will be able to spend' the
money for work projects such as was
carried on before this war," he de
clared. And he explained that the
states and smaller government units
had found that instead of spending
someone else's money on these pro
jects, they had been spending their
own money all along, anyhow. Mr.
Johnson said that there were too many
restrictions tied to Federal projects
and money grants for the jobs to be
done economically, and that the
states and towns can do such jobs
cheaper, get more for their money.
and they are now in better shape to
do such needed public construction
jobs than they were in the 1930s.
"We could have done that job (of the
1930s) cheaper than it was done,"
he said.
Mr. Johnson prefaced his remarks
with the statement that the treasurer
of North Carolina handled more
money than those of any other state,
except New York, Pennsylvania and
Illinois. He explained this by say
ing that it was the only state in
the union which cared for the en
tire operation of the public schools'
and the maintenance and! building of
both the primary and secondary
highway systems.
In what imight be an official an
swer to recent criticism of the tax
structure of the state, Mr. Johnson
stated- that our tax system In North
Carolina was one which was very
sensitive to the rise and fall in
business conditions. We do have a
surplus in our general fund at the
present time, he. stated, a surplus
which will reach approximately 75
million by the end of the currect fis
cal year. However, he explained,
when the war boom is gone the state's
income will not be anywhere near
the present amount, and he did not
recommend' any drastic charge in tax
schedule, as he said the decline in
income after thjf war would lower
the tax receipt' automatically. The
speaker recommended that there be
increases in the salaries paid the
teachers of the public school system,
that increases in facilities of our state
hospitals be made, but said he would
not advise the 1945 legislature to go
beyond that to the point of increasing
the budgets of all the various State
agencies. He suggested that the
surplus could well be used to establish
fund to retire the bonded in
debtedness of the state which amounts
to some 50 million dollars, and that
the rest, other than that needed for
schools, and hospitals, be saved
to help relieve the tax buden when
times are hard in the post-war
period.
The Treasurer pointed out that
some had called the huge balance in
the Highway fund a surplus. "This
I call a reserve, not a surplus. This
'money cannot be used to buy ma
terials for our highways now, but it
can and should be used for rebuil
ding and extending our roads when
materials can be bought," he declared.
Mr. Johnson was introduced by
John McGougan who presented him
as the man whom would most like to
be the next candidate for governor
from the East. Mr. McGougan stated
that Mr. Johnson, as chairman of the
Local Government Commission and
as Treasurer, had done more to Im
prove government In the towns, the
counties and the state than any man
in North Carolina's history.
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Raeford Baptist
Church
J. D. Whisnant, Minister
The Baptist church observed In
gathering Day last Sunday morning.
Many of our people brought their
offering in money. This offering has
been applied to our Building Fund.
For the benefit of all our Baptist
constituency, those who were not
present Sunday morning and: all those
who have not yet contributed to this
ingathering, let us urge you to make
a contribution before this year is out.
Surely every Baptist in Raeford wants
to have a part In building a new
church. Let us remember: The
Lord has been good to us, "what shall
we render unto Him for all His bene
fits?"