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Mews-JouirmaL the HOKE COUNTY'S BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM HOKE COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XXXIX NO. 35 KAEFOKD, N. C, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1, 1945 S2.00 PER YEAR 3f ft NEWS Of OUR MENw WOMEN IN UNIFORM Report Sgt. Hancock Killed In Action Word was received here Friday by Mrs. Joe Hancock that her hus band, Sergeant Joe Hancock, had been killed in action In France. The previous week Mrs. Hancock had been notified by the War Department that her husband was missing in aotion of January 11th. Sgt. Hancock was serving with the 45th Infantry Division which is with the 7th Army, and had been in com bat since the first of October. He entered the service in February, 1944 and was sent overseas the following July. Sgt. Hancock was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hancock of ureens boro. and the husband of the former Marearet Morris of Raeford. He Is also survived by three children: Pa tricia, Martha Nell and Joseph Cam eron Hancock, who are here with their mother at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Morris. Pvt. Zimmerman Is Prisoner Of Germans Mrs. Raymond E. Zimmerman, the former Miss Kathleen Benjton of Raeford has received four letters from her husband, Pvt. Raymond Zimmerman, who is a prisoner of war In Germany. He had previous' ly been reported missing In action. Pvt. Zimmerman wrote that he looked forward to the boxes of for-d that he receive! from the Red Cross every week or so and cooked most of the food given him. He said he was treated well, had books to read and; sports equipment. Overseas Again Word has been received by Mr?, lalph D. Parks of Shannon that e husband, Pfc. ' Parks, has ar rived safely In England.' His par ents are Mr; and Mrs. M. H. Parks of Route 1. Shannon. : Pfc' Parks was stationed In Fort Jackson, S. C. and Fort Sill, Okla., before being sent overseas in . December, 1944. Prior to this he spent 11 months with the 252n4 C. A. in the Carrib bean area, returning to the States in April, 1944. Pfc. Parks has a brother-in-law, Lt. Charles C. Moore stationed in England with the 1st Airborne army. Chaplain McStfeen Decorated With Legion Of Merit Chester, S. C, Jan. 22. Informa tion was received in Chester tonight that Capt. Allen Crews McSween had been awarded the Legion of Merit decoration. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. John McSween. Dootor McSween was pastor of Purity Presbyterian church here. Capt. McSween is with Lt. Gen. Mnrk W. Clark's Fifth army in Italy. His decoration is the fourth highest award that can be bestowed by the United States on a service man. Also, he has been promoted to regimental chaplain. His father, Dr. McSween is the former president of Presbyterian college, Clinton and Tu'cnulum college. Greenville, Tenn. having lately resinned the latter and gone to Babson Park, Fla., for sev eral months in an effort to regain his health. Doctor McSween was a chaplain in;" 1, 7?' t"a e ?u e,7 the First World War in France Captain McSween was formerly regimental morale an recreation of ficer of the 120th Infantry, 30th div ision, at Fort Jackson. Before that he was pastor at Forest City, N. C. Captain Allen McSween will be pleasantly remembered in Raeford where he served as pastor's assis tant to Dr. W. M. Fairley for two years while a student at Union Theo logical seminary, Richmond, Va. Cpl. Huey Long, who has been sta'ioned in the Aleutian Islands for two years, has returned to the States for reassignment. Cpl. Long is the son of Mrs. M. C. Long of Laurin burg, formerly of Hoke County. Mrs. William Crenshaw received word Saturday that her husband, 'pi. William B. Cpenshaw, had been .lightly wounded in Belgium on Janu ary sixth. He was with the Third Army. Mrs. Crenshaw was the former Miss Mary Ann Currie. C?pt. anrt Mrs. T. B. Lester ar rived Tuesday niEht from El Paso, Texas, on a fifteen day leave. C. E. Morrison. U. S. Navy, who re-cn'ly returned from eighteen months in the Parif aid Mrs. Mor rison, tne former iviiss unsa tirown. spent a few days with Mrs. Lt. W. Court Of Honor Held Thursday At Laurinburg Number Of Raeford Boys Awarded Promotions And Merit Badges. Seven To Star Rank. The January Court of Honor was conducted in the Laurinburg Gym Thursday evening, with good at tendance of both scouts and scouters. Raeford, East Laurinburg, Laurin burg, Springfield, Gibson, Laurel Hill and Wagram troops were present with nearly 100 percent attendance. The Maxton and Red Springs troops were not present for the court. Following a special ceremony, di rected by the Laurinburg troops, the troops were lined up for in spection, and all showed up well, registering above 75. . The next event was knot tying, and here the scouts were to tie the ropes with square knots so as to form a chain. One knot tied wrong would disquali fy the whole troop. The third con test was one of First Aid. All troops had the head bandage on correctly. Most of the troops had the ankle bandage on correctly. Only one troop correctly used the four-man carry. The fourth contest was sig naling. From one end the sema phore was being sent, and from the other end the Morse was being sent. Only one troop had the message 'correct. Some were able to work out one or two words, The Wagram Troop managed to nose out Laurel Hill for first place. Gibson was running a close third place. Laurinburg was in fourth East Laurinburg fifth, Raeford sixth and Springfield in 7th place. The slip in the knot tying threw both Springfield and Raeford in the lower places. The . highlight in the Court of Honor came when Billy Butler of Laurinburg, and Billy Peele of Laurel Hill were awarded the ranks of Eagle Scout, and the Eagle Badge was pinned on, them. by.. their .respective mothers. - r -. . J. J. Pence, the new court of honor chairman, presided, and auth orized the following awards: Second Class Rank: Troop 20 Mur phy Evans, Bobby Lee, Earle Parker, Bobby Inman nad .Billy Jenmette, Troop 52 Harold Smith. " ' First Class Rank: Troop 20 Mc Nair Evans. Troop 50 Bill Cov ington. Troop 52 Bob McNeill, Ho race Gibson, Jerome McDaniel. Troop 55 Tommie Gibson and Jackie Peele. Star Rank: Troop 1 Joe Gulledge, Jr., Buddy Blue, Milton Mann, Jim my Sinclair, Paul Johnson, Neil Mc Neill and Bobby McNeill. Troop 20 Gramling McGill, Jerry Morris. Troop 50 Tommie Watson, Coleman Russell and Neal Nicholson. Life Rank; Troop 52 Alfred Caul der, and Charles Smith. Merit Badge Awards for one or more badges was made to the follow ing scouts: Troop 1 Bobby McNeill, Jimmy Sinclair, Eugene Smith, Milton Mann, Buddy Blue, Joe Gulledge, Jr., Paul Johnson, Lockey McDonald, Neill B. Sinclair, Bobby Murray, Neill Mc Neill and A. J. Lundy. Troop 20 Gramling McGill, Jerry Morris, James Culp, Thomas Carraway, and Clin ton Willis. Troop 39 John C. Hasty, Marshall James, Muck Jernigan and Roland Seals. Troop 50 Neal Nichol son, Tommie Watson, Coleman Rus sell, Williams Purcell, Bill Coving ton and Mitchell Rabil. Troop 52 Alfred Caulder, Ernest Meekins, Alex Barber, Harold Smith, Billy Peele, 1 1 uu i u ueuigc oiiiiui, niiai.c Ammnns, James Barnes, and Herman Barnes. . O Monroe Barbecue Supper A barbecue supper sponsored by the Sandy Grove Methodist church will be held at Mildouson school on Thursday, February 8th. Serving will begin at six o'clock. The pub lic is cordially invited. Brown. William Poole, who has just finish ed training at North Georgia College, arrived Saturday night on furlough. He will report to Fort Bragg on Febr uary 12th. The family of Lt. (jg) A. W. Gillis received a letter from him dated January 18th stating that he is safe and well. Lt. Gillis is somewhere in the South Pacific and this is the first that has been heard from him in quite sometime. Cpls. Eugene R. Seaford and Jose ph M. Pickler returned to Camp Chaffee, Ark., Monday, after sev eral days furlough spent with their parents. Thomas F. Davis. Jr., S 2-c, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Davis, spent the week end at home. Biscoe-Hoke Game Friday Is Second Meeting For Teams , Hoke county high school gym will be the scene of an exciting basket ball double-header here Friday eve ning, February 2, at 7:30 when Rae ford meets Biscoe. The Raeford boys topped the Biscoe quintet in a game there early in January, but the Raeford girls were defeated. Both Raeford teams are working nard to come out first in the forth coming game. O County Nears Goal In Polio Drive Hoke county contributions to the March of Dimes had reached a 40181 .' $657.34 at noon Wednesday, according to Miss Jesse Bright Fer guson, who is acting as treasurer of the drive. This lacks but $33.66 of equaling the quota of $691 assigned the county. Mayor Neill McFadyen, county chairman, reports that there is every indication that the county will great ly exceed its goal. The county-wide square dance to be held last night was yet to be reported, of course, and well over a hnnHrorf HMior. was expected to be raised by this event. Two dances given at the Blue Springs Community House netted a total of $112.50 for the fund, ac cording to Mrs. J. W. McBryde, and dances in several other communities have contributed goodly sums to the Infantile Paralysis fund. With the children of all schools and a committee of nearly one hun dred fifty adults working in each community of the county probably the largest collection ever raised for the fund is expected to be reported by the end of this week. While some communities are asking for extension of time beyond the 1st of February in order to raise their quotas and the drive nationally has been extend ed to February 15th, the drive here is xpected to close with final, reports to De made to the treasury by all workers not later than Saturday of this week. 0 Clinic Friday An orthopeadic clinic will be held Friday February 2 in the basement of the agriculture building. This clinic is free to all indigent children under 21 years of age. Dr. O. L. Miller of Charlotte will be the sur geon in charge. Please register at the desk between 9 and 11 o'clock in order to see the doctor early. Name Of Raeford's First Victim Of Last War Again At Battlefront Lt. Col. Ellis Williamson Of 30th ers kiUed or wounded that manyjt illumination which must be ex r;. i.. xt l rc more Germans and knocked out ten tinguished, as follows: For Whom Raeford Post Is Named. I orrim. " The name of Ellis W. Williamson is again in the news from the battle- iront, wnere Jt. (Jol. Williamson is in command of a unit of the famed 30th Division. In the last war. the first Ellis W. Williamson was a member of a medical corp unit, which was assitrned tn the Sfllh H'v- ision. He had been at the front fantrv Division's 120th Regimen! I Outside sign lighting of mot types. I c,ing tnat ne regretted that "it took but a few days in 1918 when a "But they had been in there onl r ' Exceptions are sifins needed for fire ! a war- international murder, to bring German bullet took his life, and he a couple of hours when the Gcr- and Police protection, traffic con-j d(,,rc,lt Pni-'cs for farm commo beeame the first soldier from Hoke mans counterattacked and sur- ,ml' transporting terminals or hns-! dlt'PSi ' County to make the supreme saeri- rounded them with ton tanks and two Pi'als. or other directional or iden- ,'!'U e:l1lvss;d 'nc opinion that fice in that war. In his honor the companies of infantry. The Ger- i tification signs providing "essential I ''",diers returnms f 11 the war post of the American Legion here mans wanted to hold 'this village as lniblic services." Also exempt are I s',"u'(' not attempt o find work on is named. lone as possible berai.se it is n a , lights, not exceeding 60 watts, serving ,he farm' s:m e farmers have shown The first Fllis Williarson was a native of Troy who came here ...vilii ms i.iiiit-i, wiiii ujiuraiea ire Williamson of this war is the son Aldridge said that, because of of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Williamson of heavily mined approaches, friendly Raleigh, formerly of Raeford. He tanks were unable to break through is 27 years old and is married to to the American garrison, the former Margaret McNeill of "Many managed to slip through Charlotte. He was a member of the lines after dark," he said, "We the National Guard and has been were alerted and told to attack and in service since 1940. He wears the retake the town at 2 o'clock Sunday Silver Star, the Bronze Star and morning. the Purple Heart. A recent ac- "We drove in from the flank and count of some of the actions in attacked uphill, catching them so which his outfit has participated, much by surprise that we were in written from the battlefront in Bel- the outskirts before they woke up. gium. by Hal Boyle, follows: We caught one 14-man patrol be- THIRIFONT, Belgium. There are fore it could even give the alarm, one hundred homes in this small "The Jerries had at least a bat village between Malmedy and St. talion of paratroopers in the vil Vith and it took almost a hundred age they were 17 to 23 years old, battles to drive out teen-age Nazi tough, well trained, and good marfc paratroopers defending the ap- men. proaches to the key road network "They also had a number of as- ai tt. Vitn. .finer one American company had been trapped in the village it finally was taken by 27-year-old Lt. Co'., Ellis W. Williamson of 708 Boylnn Drive, Raleigh. N. C, whose men nnurs nan 10 pacK in ar. tneir rood and ammunition on their oatKS inroirpn Knee-deep snow and fight off enery tanks with small arms ana nazookas. uunng tne two davs or housp-r h"''; fighting, we took 150 prison- Cotton Contest To Offer $3,000 In Prizes To Growers Increased Yields And Lower Production Costs Per Acreiwas stated yesterday by Mrs. Belton Seen In New Methods. High production per acre at lower cost per unit is the goal of a cotton production contest announced this week for farmers of North Carolina, by the State College ex tension service and the state Seed crushers association. The farmers and the extension ser vice are asked to work out new methods of increasing yields dur ing the' five-acre contest this year and a special emphasis will also be placed on production of quality staple. Both tenants and landlords are asked to enter the contests through their county agents, with whom they are required to register before June first to be eligible for prizes. There will be county-wide con tests, district and state-wide prizes. There will be a top state-wide prize of $750; and $750 in prizes for each of three districts of the state. A crop of an accepted variety of Ilve acres wm De necessary lor eacn entrant, and full and accurate rec- .rds of Preparation, cultivation, fer- tilization and harvesting must be kept according to requirements which may be obtained from the county agent. Fiber and spinning tests of some of the cotton is planned. North Carolina is leading In the one-variety improvement program, and it is hoped that the contest will further emphasize the need for quali ty seed, better fertilizer, better cul tivation, and improvd harvesting and ginning practices that lead to greater money yields per acre from the higher grade and improved quali ty of staple grown in one-variety areas. A number of Important points should be taken into consideration by those farlmers ( who enroll in the state five-acre cotton contest and attempt to produce from 12 to 15 bales of cotton on 5 acres, say Ex tension agronomists at State col lege. The very best land should be se lected, land that is well drained. has a high moisture holding capa city, and is capable of using a rela tively large amount of fertilizer to advantage. The agronomists sug gest that the area be carefully ex amined to see that it has no weak spots in it, as this will pull down ithe total yields. Land that has Continued on Page Four Jerry tanKs, said Williamson. Because his ears still were ring ing from a close shellburst. Colonel Williamson asked his assistant. Lt. William J. Aldridge of Berkley, Cal., to tell the story of the battle. 120th Regiment Does It. One company from another out- fit attacked the village last Satur-, day and took it." said AldridKe, an nfriror in a hntf.niinn nf tho Qniv, t . ridge-line only nine miles from St. Vith. which thev are trvintr tn keen open so mai ineir Troops can pull sault puns sunonrtine them uy o'clock in the mornine. we had taken one-third of the village area, hut it! by his wife, the former MsS Selma was the bitterest kind of fighting. 'Golf of Johnson Citv, Tenn., and a "We couldn't pet by the tanks and twelve-year-old son, Jackie Lee; three had to park everything we needed brothers. J. Recce and Thomas' E. of on our backs. And we had to f'pht their assault guns with hani v.-ea -. pons irrenn 4es and hnonkns. "F.nch hone was a pillbox. We hnrl to kmvk 'hem out of erirh ho,i as W" move- un and the casiiilV were heavy.' 12 More Pay Rent For Year's Use Of Freezer Lockers Twelve more persons paid their $15 for the first year's rental ftr freezerlockers in the proposed locker storage plant .for Hoke county, it Wright of the office of D. J. Dalton, chairman of the locker sign-up com mittee. This brings the total payments for lockers to 120, or about one fourth of the 500 sought by the committee. Those renting lockers were: Mrs. Laura Crowley, Mrs. Maggie B. New ton. J. B. Mclntyre, J. F. Jordan, Miss Carrie Liles. Miss Lettie Mc Millan, C. H. Boahn, John Alec Wil kes, Mrs. E. L. Cameron, G. C. Ly tle, E. B. Campbell, J. B. Mason and E. E. Smith. CP&LC Cooperates With WPB "Brown Out" Order Today Commercial Outdoor Lighting, Outdoor Signs, Showwindows And Marquee Lights Go Brown Tonight To Save Coal. The Carolina Power & Light com pany, although it makes most of its power from water, will cooperate fully with the War Production Board "Brown-Out" Order, which be comes effective February 1, said Reu ben Dubose, district manager of the company. The order has been issued to help stretch the nation's coal supply, which had reached such a low point that on December 1 there was only a 39-day supply on hand. Because of the severe winter weather in the north the supply is now probably shorter than that. "The Carolina Power and Light company maintains coal generating plants to assure its customers of un interrupted service in event of a dry period, but makes most Of Its powers from water," Mr. Dubose said. "At present most of our elec tricity is being made by water, so little coal will be saved there. How ever," he explained, "the company's lines are connected with other elec tric companies that make a large por tion of their electricity with coal. Our excess water power is sent over these lines to help other companies to save coal. Thus, even though we may not save much coal in the Caro- linas, we are helping others save, and m that way contributing to the effort. The "brown-out" order will re main in effect as long as manpower in coal mines remains tight and there is insufficient coal to meet consumer needs. The WPB lists seven types of elec- Outdoor advertising and outdoor promotional lighting. Show window lighting, except where it is necessary for interior il lumination. Marquee lighting in excess of 60 watts for each marquee. wnne way street lighting in ex- cess of that "determined by local Public authority to be necessary for public safe'v." !to identify doctors, hotels and public lodgings me oraer noes noi apply to elec tricity used strictly for residential purposes. Willful failure to comply with the ruling may result in the discontinu ance of all electric service, or jail or fines, the order states. O R. H. Baxley Killed Accidently Mr. and Mrs. Jim Baxley received word last week that their son, Reuben H. Baxley, of Los Angeles, Calif., had been accidently killed. The de ceased was 38 years of age and was a former resident of Raeford. He had spent a year in Hawaii engaged in defense work and later worked on the Alcan highway in Alaska. Prior to his death he was a driver on a truck run from Albuquernue. new Mexico to Los Angeles Besides his nirento ho ie ,;.., Raeford and Ji 1 mi of the na v: two - is'crs. Mr M.ihrl McKav of Nor- '. Ik. Va. an.i his and Mild-cd of the horc: grandmother, Mrs. Mary Turner. 7 p tne I i or, militnry information First Farm Sold In Hoke By FSA Is Now Paid For Duncan L. ti -Section Pi In Five I as Of Antioch i 40-Year Loan ne-Half Years Duncan L. T non was the of Route 1 Shan 'enant Purchase n Security Ad- borrower of t'. ministration tc a or his farm in . irted this week Hoke county, by Zeb E. M jSl, county FSA supervisor. "Dunk," as m knwon in the Antioch sectioi S ; come a long way since mo' P K i his farm in 1940. When he made application to purchase a farm his total chattels were valued at $755. Prior to 1940, Dunk farmed on shares, and in spite of tending large crops did not ac cumlate any real estate and only a fair amount of personal property. On August 2. 1939. a loan was made to Dunk and his wife in the amount of $d790.00 to purchase a 114 acre farm and make necessary improvements. The loan was made at 3 interest to be repaid in not more than 40 annual installments of $293.74. But in spite of the maxi mum time allowed, he repaid the entire loan, both interest and princi pal in five years. He and his family today not only have a good farm and home, free of indebtness, but have saved $3972.91 in interest, had it taken him the maximum time of 40 years to pay for his farm. In other words, if he had paid one pay ment each year the farm In 40 years would have cost him $11,749.60 principal and interest but instead It only cost him $777.69. After paying for the farm, Dunk states he has enough capital to run him in 1945 and would have been in much better shape had he not lost a barn of tobacco by fire last year. His personal property has been increased considerably, too. Today Dunk owns about $2000 worth of livestock and equipment. He has plenty of feed to run on this year, and has his flour at the mill for 1945 use. Not long ago, he killed a beef that dressed about 600 pounds, and he has 1400 pounds of dressed pork. In late years, it has become his policy to kill his meat at home, can vegetables and meat for family Use. With their pressure cooker they canned over 800 quarts in 1944. Dunk says, "the only thing I don't like is that I waited until my old days to get started living. The supervisors of the FSA have helped us a great deal by working out our plans early each year. Tell the other people, if they have any questions about FSA, they may write or come to see me. O Kerr Scott Advocates High Farm Prices Richmond, Va., Jan. 31. Speaking recently to the 500 delegates here attending the annual convention of Ruritian National, W. Kerr Scott, North Carolina Commissioner of Ag riculture, pleaded for a continuation of "farm prices in line with pro- Iduction costs." I "National prosperity does not fol low low prices," declared Scott, ad- !tnc,r ilbnilv to moot ever-increasing crop goais wim tneir sons away in Battle. "The only way we can hope to find agriculture work for our farm boys after the war is to locate new markets for our commodities through out the world," asserted Commission er Scott. Other speakers at the convention included Wade Marr, of Elizabeth City, who spoke at the annual ban quet, and Brig. Gen. J. Van Netts, of Raleigh, head of Selective Ser vice in North Carolina. 0 Four Hoke Students At Wake Forest Wake Forest, Jan. 31. Four Rae ford students were among the 555 enrolled at Wake Forest College for the season ending this week. They are: Arthur D. Gore, Jr., William Mi-Gee Harmon, Benjamin James Kinlaw, and Edith Pearl Sanders. Gore, who was taking pre-luw, is now in the army at Ca.rp Croft, S. C; Harmon and Miss Sanders pre-me iii ill, ai d Kinlaw is enrolled in the ,nini?Vri;il course. . . n Ration Note Families of boys eoing into service should turn in their raion books within five days after they are inducted. -JU-