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The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XXXCTN67 OT
KAEFOKD, N. C, THURSDAY DEC. 14th, 1944
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MEMwWOMCN
IN UNIFORM
Mrs. Lock Campbell of Raeford,
Rt. 1, reports news of her sons in
service. Sgt. R. L. Campbell, who
is stationed at Long Island. N. Y,
and is with James Currie. recently
as home on a seven day furlough,
but has returned to Long Island. Mrs,
Campbell stated that she heard from
her son, Seaman 1-Class Reese Camp
bell her first letter in over three
months. He wrote that he has par
ticipated in battle recently, but is
well and happy. Another son, Sea
man 2-class Giles Williams, has re
turned from the South Pacific and
is now in the hospital in Charleston,
S. C.
Pvt. Thomas G. Harrell of Camp
Blanding, Fla., is spending a fourteen
day furlough here with his family, oe-
fore reporting to Fort Meade Md. He
is in the infantry. Pvt. Willie Har
rell of Fort Jackson. S. C. is also
spending a nine day furlough here
with his wife. " . .
Pvt. Albert E. .Norton has ar
rived safely somewhere in England,
according to a message received by
his aunt. Mrs. C. C. Connor of Saxa-
pahaw, N. C. Pvt. Norton was in
ducted in the army December 16
1942 and received his basic training
at Fort Bragg and Fort Devens. Mass.
Before entering the service he was
employed by Edinburgh Cotton Mills
of Raeford.
Hoke High News
Report cards for the second grad
ing were sent to parents by the
children on Wednesday of this week,
Parents are urged to check these
cards carefully, and if the child's
report shows that his work is below
expectations or ability, it is suggested
that the parents exert a special ef
fort to help the child pulf up low
grades. A conference with the
teacher may be advisable in order
to discover the causes of low grades
or failures, and steps can be taken
to neip the child pass nis work.
For all Hoke County schools, Christ
mas holidays will begin Dec. 21 and
come to a close 'December 27, allow-
ing one week for the vacation period
The high school and the Raeford
graded school will be dismissed at
1:00 P. M., December 20. Buses will
leave at 12:30.
Mrs. Gore's room will have the
chapel program for December 20.
This will be a Christmas program.
with several special numoers indica
tive of the season. The principal fea
ture however, will be a play "The
Beau of Bath," with Johnny Walker,
Eugene Smith and Mary Stuart Cov
ington playing the parts. Visitors
will be welcome. Chapel begins at
10:30.
B. E. Beasley, who is with the State
Highway Safety Division ,was here
Tuesday certifying additional school
bus drivers. It is hoped that this
will give us a sufficient supply to
last through the year.
L. E. Luck, school bus mechanic,
has sold his home, recently bought
on the Laurinburg highway to E. B
Campbell. Mr. Luck will move into
the home on Magnolia Avenue vaca
ted by Mr. Campbell.
Several of the school? are to con
tinue picking cotton. On nice days
they will close early and take all
the children into nearby cotton fields,
Proceeds of this picking wil be used
for various school purposes.
An additional Indian bus has been
granted by the state and will probably
be put into service next week. This
bus is to serve children who had
no school advantages in from two
to five years.
Mrs. A. D. McPhaul, wife of Coun
ty Board of Education member. A. D.
McPhaul of Red Springs, Rt. 2, has
been ill with arthritis.
James D. Ray. naval aviation metal-smith
of San Francisco, Calif., who
was in the class of '42 Hoke High,
was a recent - visitor. James is a
pre-Pearl Harbor sailor and is
making a splendid record with the
navy.
Rock fish school is making strenu
ous efforts to enroll enough pupils
to gain back the teacher lost year
before last. A few additional pupils
we hope, will give them this teacher.
John Murdoch McDuffie was taken
very sick Monday. After being "ex
amined by one of the local doctors,
his condition was considered, such
that he was taken to Moore County
hospital at Pinehurst about midnight
Monday night. He is th ie now and
Is considered a very 11 man.
Funeral Services
For Rev. W.Carson
Brown Held Here
Former Pastor Of Raeford Pres
byterian Church Dies At Rich
mond; Was First Religious
Worker Of Church To Serve
In Army Camps
Funeral services for the Reverend
W. C. Brown were conducted in the
Raeford Presbyterian church Satur
day afternoon at two o'clock by the
pastor of the church, the Rev. Harry
K. Holland, assisted by the Rev.
A. R. McQueen, D. D. of Dunn, and
the Rev. A. D. Carswell of Sanford.
Mr. McQueen and Mr. Carswell had
been closely associated with the de
ceased during his pastorate of the
Raeford church. Burial was in the
Raeford cemetery. The deacons of
the church served as active pallbear
ers and the elders were honorary
pallbearers. The executive board of
the Woman's Auxiliary had charge
of the large and beautiful floral of
fering, tributes from friends and the
many organizations with which he
had been connected during his longin the past This is only way
and useful life.
Mr. Brown, known to his close
friends as Carson, was born in
Carthage, N. C. but lived during his
young manhood in High Point. He
graduated from Davidson college and
attended Union Thelogical Seminary.
His first pastorate was at States
ville, where he preached for six years.
He came to Raeford in 1907, succeed
ing the Rev. Mr. McLaurin, thereby
becoming the third pastor of the Rae
ford church. For a while he was also
pastor of Bethel ' and Montpelier
churches, but later gave his full
time to the Raeford 'church which
grew in strength under his leader
ship. The present handsome brick
chruch was built under his guidance,
the original church being a small
frame building "which -stood where
the present church now stands. In
1911 Mr. Brown was married to one
of the best loved' women of the com
munity, Mrs. Mallie Lamont Adams.
She was a helpmeet in every sense of
the word. To this union there were
born two children, Lam.nt and
Mary, both of whom survive. Lamont
is married and lives in Washington.
He has one child. Mary is Mrs.
Louis Regan and lives in Kingsport,
Tenn. She also has one child.
Mr. Brown was called to Little
Joe's church at Barium Springs in
1924. He served there for fifteen
years, being greatly loved by the
children of the orphanage as well as
the entire congregation. When his
health became so impaired that he
gave up active work, he and Mrs.
Brown came back "Home to Raeford
where they lived for several years
until both grew critically ill. Mrs.
Brown died about two and a half
years ago in a Statesville hospital and
Mr. Brown entered a sanatarium in
Richmond where he was when death
claimed him on December 8th.
Mr. Brown was the author of a
very accurate and comptrehjensive
study of the life of St. Paul which
is still used in the study of his St.
Paul's life. During the last war
he was appointed director of the
religious work among soldiers at Fort
Jackson. S. C, and was the first
worker to do this type of work for
the Southern Presbyterian Church.
He was given leave from the Raeford
church to organize and carry out
this work. .
His two children, Mrs. Regan and
Lamont Brown and two step children,
Mrs. Robert Collier of Statesville
and Capt. Collier and Dr. John Adams
of Johnson City, Tenn., were here
for the funeral. Many friends and
relatives from the surrounding
community and other towns in the
state were also here. ,
Mrs. Lizzie Thomas
Dies In Charlotte
News has just been received in
Raeford of the death of Mrs J. W.
Thomas of Rockingham. She died
Tuesday in the Presbyterian hospital
in Charlotte and will be buried in
Rockingham this afternoon. She was
an aunt-in-law of Crawford. Benton
and Marshall Thomas, and Mrs. Ina
Lentz. Her husband was the young
est brother of the late J. C. Thomas.
Men In Service
The following names have been
added to the list of those from Hoke
County in our country's armed forces
according to the Names Committee of
Hoke County Honor Roll:
Capps. Helen
Hodgin, Walter
McLauchlin, Duncan A.
Upchurchi Joe
Wilson, Lucille Matheson
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Zip the lip on military Information.
CAREFUL TALK SAVES LIVES,
Wat McNeill Hurt
When Car Overturns
J. Watson McNeill, local livestock
dealer, was painfully hurt Satur
day., night, when his car overturned
on a curve ' near Antioch. He re
ceived a bad head injury which re
quired a number of stitches. Sheriff
D. H. Hodgin stated that the car ap
parently skidded in some sand on the
pavement and turned over when the
wheels struck the soft shoulder.
pooleTmedley
By D. SCOTT POOLE
It now looks like there is no need
to hurry this "postwar" discussion.
From present indications, there will
be plenty of time for all postwar
business.
I have no idea any other county
in North Carolina gave a larger
per cent of the vote cast for the
Democratic ticket than Hoke. Let
us investigate.
Someone said they cared nothing
about those things that happaned
to discover the
progress made in
the county.
I recall when North Carolina base
ball and football games were never
won by our teams against any team
north, even no farther away than
Virginia.
No other state in the Union is
making a' greater contribution to
both baseball and football talent
than the Old North State, and North
Carolina furnished the Confederate
armies' one-fourth of their fighting
strength in the 1860's war.
In this present war, no other
county in this state has a large per
cent of commissioned officers than
Hoke. Nor is there another state
Which has furnished- more soldiers
who have won distinction for daring
service than our state.
""Do not Understand me to be brag
ging. I am just stating facts. I am
like our late friend, John S. Maults
by. We were on the train together,
and he sard, "Poole, there may be
as good a people as my neighbors
at Montrose, but I know very well,
that there are none better anywhere."
He was right, and that is just what
I mean to say.
The first rural free delivery mail
route in North Carolina was estab
lished at China Grove, Rowan Coun
ty in October, 1896. In the election
in November 1896, the fusionists
carried the state ticket, but Bryan
carried the state by 20,000 majority.
In 1897 gold was discovered in.Maxton. fcast LaunnDurg, lurin-
Klondike, and North Carolinias went
there in numbers. Back in 1849 there
was a rush of people from this state.
who went to California to seek gold.
They went in their wagons, forced
their teams to swim rivers dragging
their loads after them. Folks have
always been gold crazy.
The first hydro-electric plant in
stalled in North Carolina was by the
Fries Manufacturing company of
Winston-Salem in April 1898. In
April 1898 Congress declared war onj
Spain.
President McKinlcv called i
for 75nnn volunteers tn en to war
against Suain in Cuba and over;M. Baumgartner are omer Kaeioia
three hundred thousand responded
in less than forty-four hours.
FnsiiT Wnrth Rntrlev nf Rnleieli
was killed in action on "board theM'ss Johnson is such that they are
U. S Torpeda boat Winslow in 'planning to come home the last of
Cardenas Bay Cuba, on May 11th this week. Mrs. McGoogan will re-
1898. On February 15th Haywood:
killed Skinner on the street near he
U. S. Post Office in Raleigh. Ben
Tillman killed Gonzalz in Colum
bia, S. C. and the Battleshipp Maine
was sunk in Havana Harbor. Cuba
When people delight in one
another's peace, wars will cease.
It seems to me when the four Alliei
Nations band together to enforce
peace, it will at least be a constant
reminder of war. "When each can
feel a brother's sigh, and with him
part, when sorrow flows fro ele
to eye, and joy from heart to heart,
then will wars cease.
The good women will see to It that
the memory of the daring deeds of
our men are not forgotten. Funds
for a memorial are being assembled,
and will be ready to speak to future
generations of the patriotism and
devotion to loved ones and homes of
i their men. ,
Postwar plans should involve the
driving away from the affairs of
the country all that allows less
than the greatest good to the greatest
number. The doctrine of equal rights
to all, and special privilege to none
should exist not in words only, but
(Continued en Pace two)
Much Progress Is
Reported By Scout
Executive Friday
V. R. White Named To District
Board Of Commissioners.
The scouters of the Western Dis
trict met in the school cafeteria at
Laurinburg on Friday evening, Dec.
8.. at 7:00 for the annual banquet
and business meeting. V. C. Mason,
chairman, W. G. Butler; commissioner
presided. Dr. S. H. Fulton led the
opening prayer. A fine supper was
served by the high school home
economics club. W R. Sutherland
brought greetings from the communi
ty. The nominating committee brought
in the following report for officers
for next year, which was adopted:
Chairman, F. L. Goodman; vice
chairfan, W. G. Butler; commissioner,
V. C. Mason; committeemen W H.
Hasty, V. R. White and L. B. Single
ton. Field Executive Mac Gaskins, gave
a report on the work of the past
year in the district. During the year
we have shown a decrease in Ten
derfoot scouts from 154 to 109, which
shows that the boys are moving up..
There is an increase in Second Class
Scouts from 36 to 93. and in First
Class Scouts from 33 to S3. There
has been an increase in the number of
scouts from 223 to 274. Cubbing has
increased from no packs to two. Boy's
Life magazine subscriptions have in
creased from 20 to 31. There have
been reported 30 hikes and 6 over
night hikes. This distriot has at
least one troop organized in every
town within its bounds which is
rather rare. , ,
Mr. Gaskins reported a most suc
cessful Council Camp this past sum
mer at Lake Singletary, and spoke
highly of the efficient leadership of
G. Y. Newton of Gibson who directed
the camp this year, and who has
been invited back for ' another sea
son. During the camp, there were
no sickness; accidents and the like
that required the attention of a doc
tor, which is a fine record.
The address of the evening was
made by Dr. L. C. LaMotte, president
of PJC and he did a fine job of it.
He took as his subject "Boys," and
gave a most helpful and interesting
discussion of his subject.
The next Court of Honor will be
conducted in Laurinburg on January
26th. Two Western District boys
will be up for the Eagle Award at
that court. Other events than the
awards will be inspection of all
troops, building fire by friction, troop
knot tying contests, and working out
of a first aid problem. Details of
these will be sent to the scoutmasters.
The Western District now has
scout troops in Raeford, Red Springs,
burg, Springfield, Gibson, Laurel Hill
and Wagram. There are now op
portunities for the developing of about
four new troops and some cub packs
as soon as adult leadership is avail
able. ,
Raeford Women At
Rex Hospital
John McGoogan spent Tuesday in
Raleigh with Mrs. McGoogan, who is
a patient there at Rex Hospital. Mrs.
Julian Johnson, Miss Agnes Mae
Johnson, Mrs. R. B. Lewis and Mrs.
patients in that hospital, having been
taken there after a wreck they were
in at South Hill, Va. The condition
of Mrs. Lewis. Mrs. jonnson and
main in tne nospuai ior a wnue
longer and Mrs. Baumgartner, who
was more seriously injured will be
brought to the Post hospital at Fort
Bragg Sunday. Her husband. Major
Baumgartner, is stationed at Pope
Held.
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Collins Stores Buy
$200,000 Worth
Of War Bonds
$15,000 Allotted To Raeford By
W. A. Collins And Associates.
The Collins Department Store,
who recently moved their general
offices and warehouse from Conway
to Charlotte, have recently purchased
$200,000 in War Bonds as their con
tribution to the Sixth War Loan
Drive.
$15,000 of this amount is being al
lotted to the Collins Department store
of Raeford and the balance is being
allotted to other store units. The
Collins Department Stores are owned
and operated by W. A. Collins and
associates.
ALL WAR SECRETS
YOU SHOULD SAVE!
Jack and William
Brown Hurt In
Wreck Last Friday
Jack Brown and his brother. Wil
liam F. Brown, Jr., of Little River
township, were seriously hurt in a
wreck near Southern Pines last Fri
day when two cars crashed together
on the old Weetheart road.
Jack is in Moore County hospital
suffering from internal injuries and
W. F. sustained bad cuts on the head
and knee. Elsie Mae, Ernest and
J. L. Brown, Jr., also occupants of
the car, received slight injuries. Oc
cupants of the other car were not in
jured. ,
Bond Sales Lagging
(n Hoke County
Says Chm. Hodgin
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Bond bales ar Behind
Expectations; Greater Effort
Must Be Made Or County Will
Not Meet Quota
With the end of the Sixth War
Loan Drive but a few days off, Hoke
county appears likely to fall far
below quota for the first time in
any war-expired campaign yet, stated
Chairman D. H. Hodgin of the Sixth
Loan Committee.
Reports of the Federal Reserve for
the drive through December 11th
showed that only $127,772.75 worthlseeimJ 016 oncoming bus.
of bonds of all types have been pur
chased during the drive, and' "E"
bond sales have reached the $61,400
mark when the "E" quota is $113,000
and the overall quota fo rthe county
is $168,000.
Mr. Hodgin states that apparently
the farmers of the county are not
buying bonds as was expected ir
this drive, which was timed to take
up fall production profits of the
farms.' Sales in Raeford also are
behind expectations, he stated, and'
a much greater effort will have to
be made this week by all campaign
workers or the county will likely fail
to meet its quota. "This does not seem
like Hoke County," Chairman Hodgin
stated, "for in all other idrives for
war purposes the county has always
gone over the quota by this period of
the campaign. ,
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Changes In Dates
For Filing Some
Income Tax
Reports
Final 1944 Payment And De
claration May Be Made Janu
ary 15, Says Numan.
Joseph D. Numan, Jr., commission
er of Internal Revenue, today re
minded individual income taxpayers
that Congress has changed from De
cember 15. 1944, to January 15, 1945,
the final date for filing Declarations
o tstimated Income lax, either ori
ginal (as in the case of farmers,) or
amended and paying of installments
of estimated tax for the calendar
year 1944.
Among the taxpayers affected by
this change in dates are: farmers who
exercised their right to defer filing
declarations last March 15. others
who have already filed 1944 de
clarations but desire to change their
estimates by filing amended decla
rations, all persons who owe the
final installment of 1944 estimated
tax.
If a taxpayer who would otherwise
be required to file an original or
amended Declaration of Estimated
Tax by January 15, 1945, files his
annual income tax return for 1944
(on Form 1040) and pays all tax
due by January 15, his return will
serve as both a return and declara
tion and he need not file the 1954
declaration.
Also, if a taxpayer files his final
1944 return (on Form 1040) and
pays the tax due on it by January
15, he need not pay the final in
stallment which otherwise would be
due on his estimated tax.
A bill from the collector for the
final installment of 1944 estimated
tax may be ignored by a taxpayer
who files his annual return (on Form
1040) and pays the tax due on it by
January 15.
These changes will enable a tax
payer, if he desires to do so, to wind
up all of his 1944 income tax ob
ligations by January 15, but it does
not affect the filing of his 1945 de
claration which will be due March
15. Also, taxpayers who do not
file their final 1944 returns by Janu
ary 15 must do so by March 15.
A military secret
Is an Army trust
To zip the lip
Is an Army must!
CARELESS TALK TAKES LIVES!
Fletcher Oldham
Instantly Killed
By Bus Saturday
Allendale Man Was In Center
Of Highway Just After Bus
Met Another Car, Says Officers
Fletcher Oldham, aged 52, was
instantly killed Saturday evening
about 8 o'clock when he was struck
by a southbound bus as he was
walking down the highway from the
Hilltop service station towards his
home, according to officers investi-
ating the accident.
The accident was investigated by
ighway Patrolman Jason Barnes,
eriff D. H. Hodgin and Coroner
A, Mathseon, within a few minutes
5 V ir it happened. The bus driver.
S N. Gardner of Columbia, S. C.
3 the officers that he had just met
? ir headed north, and that im-
S?- ately after car "en's had
u. fc d to his left, a man appeared in
u enter of the highway within a
eet of the front of the bus. He
tP w bkes instantaneously,
jvui, viij uau ii ai vaugiib wiidl
the bus struck the man and rolled
over him, going on down the highway
some feet before scuning to a stop.
His account of the accident was cor
roborated by passengers riding on
tne front. seats ?f the bus- The
road at this point is straight for some
distance, officers said, and there was
no reason for the pedestrian not
Gardner is free on $500 bond and
a hearing will be held here on next
Tuesday. ,
Information given officers during
the investigation showed that Oldham
had been at the Hilltop station, which
is operated by his son, James Old
ham, and had left the station going
up the highway towards his home.
While the investigation was in pro-'
gress. soldiers who were passengers
on the bus, assisted the officers in
directing traffic, and Patrolman
Barnes expressed1 great appreciation
for their excellent service. ,
Oldham is a resident of Allendale
township and is survived by his wife
and ten chilren. ' '
Two Soldiers Are
Badly Hurt When
Jeep Overturns
Two soldiers from Camp Mackall
were seriosuly injured Tuesday night
when the jeep in which they were
traveling to camp overturned on the
curve at Timberland, throwing them
from the vehicle.
The men were taken to Fort Bragg.
Two others were riding with them
but received only slight injuries. The
accident was investigated by Sheriff
Dave Hodgin and Patrolman J.
Barnes, and military police. No
names were released. Patrolman
Barnes stated that the jeep was pull
ing a trailer which was loaded with
beer, which had been purchased in
Raeford for the Officers club at Camp
Mackall
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Wright Improving
J. Crawford Wright, deputy sheriff,
who has been ill at his home here,
is reported to be improving. Mr.
Wright has been suffering from a
stomach ailment for some weeks, and
has recently returned home -from
Moore County hospital where he
underwent treatment.
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True Tales
The following is clipped from the
October issue of The Outpost, an
American magazine published in Lon
don by Americans:
A month ago a friend of ours sent
in a gasoline application which should
have melted a heart of stone. She
said "For the past three years we
have done without our car, with
great difficulty. We are now re-applying
for gasoline because six of
my grandchildren have been evacua
ted here from London, and this sum
mer the infrequent, overcrowded
buses nearly always pass us by. We
are a party of 13 living in a farm
house nearly a mile from the nearest
shops. Every week there are at least
two trains to meet, seven miles away,
and taxi prices are exorbitant. I am
in my seventieth year, and find the
trips to the bus exhausting, as they
nearly always entail carrying heavy
parcels."
The answer from the Regional Pe
troleum Of,;ce has just arrived: "I
have given careful consideration to
your application for gasoline coupons,
but regret that I cannot grant you
an allowance.' "
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Issue Licenses
The drivers license examiner will
be in Raeford on Fridays from to
12 o'clock each week instead of on
Saturdays as was the case formerly,
it was announced this week.