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N IT HOKE COUNTY'S BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM foe HOKE COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER e ws-JournaiL The Hoke County New The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XL NO. 32 RAEFORD. N. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1946 $:.no PER YEAF inn NEWS or OUR MEMwWOMEN IN UNIFORM Lt. Col. and Mrs. Bob Conk and Lynn returned this week from a vis't with relatives in Florida. Sgt. and Mrs. Lester Wilson, who have had an apartment at the Ful ler home, left last week for their hone in Pittsburgh, Pa. S 1-c Clarence Rose has been dis charged from the Navy and is at home. Pfc. William McPhaul Clark, who has been 'n Germany, has been dis charged from the army and is at home. Pfc. Raymond L. Clark, who has been on duty in the Pacific, has been discharged from the army and is at home. Pfc. Harold Gillis, of Fort Jack son. S. C, spent the week end with h's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Gil lis. They also had as their guest Pvt. Phillip Probasco. of Burlington, N. J. Qm. 3-c Harold McDiarmid re ceived his discharge from the Navy at Charleston, S. C, Monday and is at home. Floyd Keith, Jr., has recently join ed the marines and is at Parris Is land, S- C. Pvt. Warren G. Childress of the Army Signal Corps, has arrived in Iialv. He is the youngest son of Mr.' and Mrs. C. W. Childress of Raeford, Rt. 1. Pfc. Charles Davis, who was woun ded in the ETO, has received his discharge from the Army and is at home. School News By K. A. MacDsnald Ashemont P. T. A. held its regular monthly meeting- at the school buil ding on Friday evening with Mrs. Siffle, president, presiding. Plans were rrade for continuing the lunch room for the balance of the year. The board of education held its regular monthly meeting on Monday The Superintendent made a report to the board on the work and finances of the schools for the first six months of the school year. Robert H. Gatlin was elected vice chairman of the board. The board inspected the work on the new Up church building. Patrons of the schools are asked to be as patient as possible with the transportation. Every thing pos sible is toeing done to furnish good transportation, but the bad roads coupled with the impossibility of getting repair parts quickly is mak ing it impossible to keep all the buses running as we would like them to run. School personnel, and other friends were shocked and saddened this week by the death of Miss Annie Gibson of Rockfish. Miss Gibson had been connected with Ihe Rockfish school for quite a number of years in vary ing capacities. As librarian, sub stitute teacher and helper in the lunch room, she has made her im print on the school and the student body. She will be greatly missed by the school and in the community. In respect to her memory, the school closed early on the day of the funeral as faculty and students paid their last tribute of respect to her. As the epidemic of colds and flu waves and the roads of the county improve with the good looking wea ther, the attendance of the schools has improved. Walter Maxwell, member of the Raeford school board, is out again after being confined to bed by ill ness. A partial report to the State War Finance committee shows that the 10 schools reporting sold $20,788.20 worth of Victory bonds and stamps. Mrs. N. A. McDonald, Jr., Is sub stituting for Mrs. Graham Dickson this week. The first re-imbursement check for the Raeford Graded school lunch room came this week. It is presumed that checks for the other schools will now be coming soon. Below is given the enrollment, membership and percentage of the Patrol Officer Talks To PTA On UW1VIJ Lt. A. T. Moore, commander of TrooD B of the State Hiehway Pa-; : i ...:tu , i 1 i. rnta. Willi JlCdUUUai id 3 III lojcuc- aa ih. mm,. ,.,mif Parent-Teachers association at its, January meetme at the High school i yesterday afternoon. Thp mpptinB was nnenert bv the I president, Mrs. B. B. Cole, and the devotional was by Miss Sarah Blue, Lt. Moore's talk was prefaced by a r . .1. - K D.I1..H T-, . ... Barnes, who resides in Raeford, and the speaker was introduced by D. H. Hodgm, sheriff of Hoke county. (Moore's speech covered statistics on traffic accidents in North Caro- lina and th United States before, 1 during and after the war and the i whole purpose of his talk was to I stress the importance of Highway ( .Safety education as a great factor in (reducing traffic accidents. He urged I the PTA to make the teaching of Highway safety one of their annual objectives- I The speaker reviewed traffic ac cidents 'n the United States, begin 'ning with the year before this coun try entered the war when, there were "! OI : 40,000 accidents in the U. S., 1300 , these in North Carolina. He said that since the war aeams due to acc'dents on the highways had in- creased 50 percent in the U. S. 26 percent in North Carolina. and stated that traffic accidents were! not always a police problem but I were three-fold, a problen of en- Igineering education; and enforce- .gmee.ing, nd i Lt. Moore urged communities to snon-or safety programs in order! that the public misht become safety i n i n ,,. "m,H. . )Vf 11 . 7 . v j j i courses in highway safety be added , to the curncu 1. of an North Carolina schools and urged the PTA to ke there was a business meeting of the d association. Mrs. Gore's room woni me prize as me room navmg u.e health. for everaI years and serious most parents present font the high , m for about two wecks prior to school and Miss Margaret McKenzies her death she had been a resident room won uus pi lie iro.n u.c ford Graded school. 0. Rockfish Woman Dies After Short Illness Miss Annie Clara Gibson passed away last Saturday night at the residence of her mother, Mrs. Estelle (Gibson, in Rockfish. She had been ill only three d:.ys. Funeral services were conducted i Monday afternoon at three o'clock iat the residence by Rev. Lee, Rev. IDeanton and Rev. Cotton. Burial was 'in the cemetery at Red Springs- Pall , bearers were Leon Dees, M. L. Wood, I Hugh Overton. Rayborn Barber, Bill Gibson, Kirby Manning, W. J. Dea jton, Jr., and Oscar Barefoot. I She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Estelle Gibson of Rockfish; one brother, M. S. Gibson of Rockfish; i four sisters. Mrs. J. M. McMillan of I Rockfish, , Mrs. N. A. Maxwell of I Red Springs, Mrs. T. E. Carr of Kal ,mia, Mrs. C. W. Ridge of Baltimore, Md., and several nieces and nephews. Devoe Austin Better Devoe Austin, who has been criti cally ill in a Fayetteville hospital with pneumonia, has improved greatly this week. It is expected thati he will be brought home from the hospital by the weekend. Rally Day To He Held There will be a Rally Dr.y at the Church of God this Sunday, January 13. Special music and singing is planned. Rev. Maron Butler, the pastor, will hold the services. Israel Msnn spent a few days the first of the week in Charlotte on busi ness. attendance in the order of percentage of attendance for the schools of all races for the 3rd month of the school. "White schoolsMildouson 81, 81, 95.3; Rockfish 115, 112. 95.2; Ashe- :ront 121, 121 92.8; Hoke High 288, 259, 93; Raeford Graded 421, 387, 90.6; Antioch 22, 22, 78.6. Negro schools .McFarland 32, 28, 99.4; Rockfish 75, 74, 93.2; Millside 91, 91. 91; Bowmore 103, 101, 88.6; Upchurch Elementary 451, 450, 87.4; Upchurch High 187, 187, 85.2; Friend ship 61, 61, 87; Buffalo 60, 60, 87; Timberland' 70, 66, 95; Freedom 97, 95, 82.1; Calvin Martin 33, 25, 82; Ediniburg 35, 35, 81; Bridges Grove 72. 72, 80.6; Peachmont 21, 21, 80; Fryes Mission 68, 68, 79.5; Laurel Hill 122, 122, 78.3; Lilly's Chapel 51, 51, 77.7; White Ot.k 106, 105, 75; Piney Bay 42, 42, 72.5; Burlington 170, 170, 72.5; Shady Grove 55, 55, 70.3. Indian schools Antioch 76, 76, 96; Macedonia 50, 50, 82. Runaway Mule Causes Three-Way Wreck At dust last Friday afternoon, Lt Fuller the Navy at Annapolis, Md., St accompanied by his wife, and McQueen, of the Army at Pope leld wr travplinff in nrnDOsite directions ' e ' ' atone US hiehwav 15A near Mack's Place east ot Raeford when a mule with a wagon behind him ran into! the road. Fuller's car collided with Mc . Queen's car, almost totally destroy- ing both vehicles and slightly in - juring Mrs. Fuller. At aDoui me same time Fuller's car also hit the wagon, damaging both it and the mule slightly. Mrs. Fuller was was brought to .Kaetord ana treated Dy a local pny- sician and they remained here until Sunday when they left for Annapo lis. Funeral Held For Mother, Daughter (Erroneously omitted last week) Joint funeral services were con- ducted here on Friday January 4, for - c..v. r.(i.n.;na unM nnA 1.1- una. joioii v.iic. m.c u.v o.iu daughter, Mrs. Rufus Saunders, at ,i,.c i,u.,,c ui l- a I. a u.i.iis Vqunriare Yiara Mrs. Holt, 86 years of age, passed He'frwMT'viil T' "V" " "fnr . " . ,U " ' "" , " '-c. undprs -who J ' Zme day 5 e,aQrS T f6' ,'ld ,V m,l Z Dec. 29 at almost the same time in a Fayetteville hospital. , ; i j j ,r i"": . ...V cur 7 . " ' u "o1 unt---ipi--i.ii.-u. one i Miiwvcu uj. 2 sons, James A. of Biscoe, and uan'ei . A of Raeford; 3 daughter& Mrs. W.j A. Nelson and Mrs. Janics A. Llsen- , by of Raeford, and Mrs. Dewey Mur-1 ray of GreenAoro; and several Saunders had been in bad ,hi. rnrnmlJnMv nrarticallv all her life. Surviving are her husband, six daughters, four sons and one grand child. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. L. Maness and Rev. J. D. Whisnant at the Saunders home. Interment followed in the Raeford ceretery. O Prospective Fruit Growers To Meet At Wayside At a meeting of the Hoke County Agriculture Council at the County office building here Monday the need for rrore home-growTi fruit was discussed and the decision to take action to promote fruit-growing local ly was reached. As the first step in this promotion the council decided to hold a meet ing for the Wayside community to morrow night at the Wayside com munity house at seven-thirty. All the government farm and home of fices of the county will be represen ted and they intend to get the pro ject started. Following the meeting J. C. Hut chinson, of the Soil Conservation : Service, will show a humorous movie, Joshua Parker, 91, Dies Monday Joshua Moses Parker passed away last Monday at the home of John Parker in Rockfish township, where have had a rather hard time rais he had resided for several years. He;jng our quota, and I want to thank had been in failing health for about !au wno bv their work or contribu a year and would have reached his tjons have" helped to put us over the ninety.first birthday next February 18th. The deceased was a native of Marlboro County, S. C. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at three-thirty at the home by the Rev. W. L. Maness, pastor of the deceased, assisted by the Rev. B. P. Robinson, a former pastor of the deceased. Interment followed in the cemetery at Parker's Methodist church. Surviving is one brother. Lewis Parker, of Hoke Coun ty, and several nieces and nephews. The deceased was unmarried. H. C. McLauchlin Critically 111 H. C. McLauchlin, secretary-treasurer of McLauchlin company, has been critically ill in a Fayetteville hospital for a week and at last re ports his condition had not improved. Mr. McLauchlin was taken to the hospital on Wednesday. January 2, after having been feeling unwell for several days. He had, however, been in his office daily through Wednesday. Sally Howard liaV?v Death Last h. 1 f 11. , . Mrs. Sally McGoogan Howard, , well known and highly respected wo. man 01 flnun lownsnip, pasaea a way last r nday morning at seven o'clock in a Fayetteville hospital after I :I1 - l . ,U " iuu" " J 3 - " - " she practically recovered, and it was a recurrence of this first illness which finally proved fatal. She became , ill about a month ago and was taken i " .... ember 14, .just .three weeks before the end The deceased was born October 12, 1880, and was the daughter of the late Archie and (Mary McGoogan of the Antioch section. She was mar ried to Dr. William O. Howard of Leary, Georgia, who passed away thirty-one years ago. She was a member of the Antioch Presbyterian church all her life. Funeral services were conducted i last Saturday afternoon at Antioch Presbyterian church at three o'clock by the past0r, the Rev. J. W. Mann. . . ... .. .. ., n Mr Mann was assisted oy tne nev. Harry K. Holland, pastor of the Rae- . . ...... , iora rresoyierian cnurcn, and me Rev. G. A. Craig, of Alberta, Vir - a.triend oteSajy-r, .P5 - v ', i7 i P r w 4 Z V McLauchlin- and , J' AW' MtPha"l- Appropriate mus:c was rendered , by a choir from Raeford accompanied 1 '',1"u i""u,ul hi"""- : 1"t: arranged Dy me iaa;es 01 tne ah- tioch church. Surviving Mrs. Howard are one brother. John A. McGoogan of Rae- ford: two sons, Archie Howard of .Raeford and Charlie Howard of Wash- ngiton, D. C. and two grandchildien, John and Betty Howard of Washing ton, D. C. Car Hits Wagon; Kills Mule Last Friday night at dusk on the ! straight stretch of 15 A just beyond the Raeford-Rockfish road a white man named Grady, going south from New York, drove into the back of a wagon being driven by Alonzo Diggs, colored man of the section. The wagon was almost a total loss, the mule and two hogs were killed, and Diggs was injured. He was t3ken to a Fayetteville hospital, where after several days treatment he was discharged. The car was damaged severely and was taken to a Fayetteville garage. Grady was indicted by local of ficers of the sheriff's office and the State Highway Patrol who investi gated the wreck on a charge of care less and reckless driving. He was re leased under $200 bond and the case n Reader's court on n Jll.uiutl b LUUI l Ull is to be tried i Tuesday, January 22. o United War Fund Raised By County John A- McGoogan, Hoke County drive recently completed, announced this week that the county had raised iV C..1 C 1 - Its ,Mo in IH, rio fnv f,,nrf tnK"1 JCftl JdlC help hungry people all over the world and to help entertain U. S. service people overseas. iMcGoogan's statement follows: "Hoke County has raised its quota of $3,994.63 for the United War fund and check for this amount has been , forwarded to State Headquarters. We top in th's last drive for the Lnited War Fund. Mission Study Program At Presbyterian Church During the month of J.inuary, which is Foreign Mission Season, a school of missions has been planned for the members of the Presbyter ian Church. The study series will begin next Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. All members of the church are urged to keep this date in mind and to make a special point of observing these evenings during the course of study as Family Night. There will be a brief devotional for everyone in the Sanctuary, followed by classes for all age groups, from the beginners through the adult de partments. Special awards will be offered for perfect attendance dur ing the five consecutive Wednesday and Sunday evenings ending Febru ary 6th. A moving picture and church supper are among the special features of the Mission Study program. Hoke County Meets Victory Loan Quota Neill A. McDonald, chairman of the Hoke County War Finance com mittee during the final war bond drive, the Victory Loan drive, an- nounced yesterday that the county oversubscribed its quotas, both as to E bond sales and as to overall sales. John L. Jenkins, white, pleaded guil The quotas for the county were tv of kill'ne doe and paid a $50 iiiu,uuu lor r. oonos ana iau,uuu in I overall sales. The Victory drive was Inrlrtlnnllll .nhnJiiUJ l A nn..mU. - " ,, ", " - " . " bonds during the Christmas season J . 7 . ... ioia r, to saies xor me coumy care to $111,550, an oversubscrip tion of $1,550. The overall total sold for thel county was ; $151 446.50, an overiUb- scnption of $1446.50. Stockholders Of Local Bank Meet The annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Bank of Raeford was cases against them but made each held in the banking rooms of the pay the costs in his cases, bank on Thursday morning, January .Ralph Lee Cox, white man of Rae 3rd. 1946. The report presented by ford, pleaded guilty of dr'ving a the cashier showed the bank to be ! car while under the influence of in an excellent position with total . - resources over three m i nn Hollars ,The bank enjoyed a orofitablp vear. - Ia drnd otP P, i as .--nuary 1st; a ponus was paid I a" emP'-vees: anct flve thousand dM addpd he 5U!'P! ac - 'count making it $85,000.00 with a ica!ital s!ck f $50,000.00. The following directors were elec- . led to serve lor me year, iy4t r. a. , (.-Dt-nurcn, n. u. ontun, i. a. sexton. ;j. b. T; omas, R. B. Lewis, J. L. Mc - eill, T. B. Upchurch, Jr.- and A. K. Stevens. ine directors neio meir mommy eountv each p,id the costs for be meeting immediately following the ing drunk and disorderly. stockholders meeting and elected the George Williams, colored man of following officers to serve for the. Harnett County was found guilty year of 1946 T. B. Upchurch, presi-iof driving drlmk and had a 60.day dent; H. L. Gntlin, vice president; ' road senlence suspended on pay F. B. Sexton, vice president; R. B. i ment of a $50 fine and the court costs. ??ViU , vlcePresldent and His license was revoked for one W. A. McDonald, cashier. vpa u ,,0 fn,lri f ni,f . The bank is a member of the Fed eral Deposit Insurance Corporation land is enjoying its forty third year of service to Hoke County and the surrounding area. Has Wreck While Driving Without Driver's License At approximately eight o'clock last PIeaded Su''ty of violating the prohi Sunday morning Curtis Baxley-white :bltlon Iaws- Cob,e Lowry, for op man of Route one, Red Springs was erat'nff a still, paid a $25 fine and driving a pickup truck along the Lum - ber Bridge-Shannon road when he I 'udu ,ur lnrce monins. gnes w ran off the road causing considerable I ry' for lllegal Possession, paid the damage to the truck which was the costs and 8ot 30 days suspended, property of Cal Gibson of Antioch. Dan Ray colored, had 30 days The accident happened about two susPended on payment of the costs hundred yards inside Robeson county i f?r d"ving a car with improper and was invpstiirntPYl T-iv th lnnai . license plates. Highway Patrolman and' officers of , , . tne snerin s oince nere. tsaxiey ,; was charged with reckless driving. and driving without a license. He was tried in Red Springs recorder's court yesterday morning and sen tences was sixty days suspended on payment of the costs. 'final Figures r" or Miss Agnes Mae Johnson, county chairman for the Christmas Seal sale, announced the following fig ures for the sale in the county this week. The goal for the county was the selling of $700 worth of seals. Tot al amount sold was $970.24, or $270. 24 more than the goal. These were sold y-.rough s .le of bonds of wh'ch Israel Mann was chairman and sold $225 worth, seal letter sale sold S654.23, and the colored schools of the county who sold $91.01 worth of seals. Miss Johnson expressed her ap preciation to all who assisted in the drive and to all who contributed. She slated that the above figures are ex clusive of the Sanatorium. Greene Appointed Coroner The Hoke County Commissioners in their monthly meeting at the courmouse last Monday appointed' Harry A. Greene, of Raeford, county rnvnna tr, fill tho linnvntroH (ni-m rvf ' . . Dr. R. A. Matheson, Jr., who bad re signed. Greene had been appointed coroner for several individual cases) prior to his appointment to the job permanently. He was sworn in' Tuesday by the clerk of the Superior! court. I ' -o- Kiwanians To Hold Ladies' Nigh iince she suffered a stroke ef para The Raeford Kiwanis club will hold, 'sis several weeks ago. has not im its annual Ladies' night meeting inProved th" week' According to last the Kiwanis hall here tonight at, reports she has lost a little in her seven o'clock. f'Sht if hcre " anf change. Heavy Docket In Recorder's Court Many defendants faced Judge Henry IMcDiarmid on a variety of charges in an all-day session of Hoke Countv Recorders court last Tuesday. f;ne and lost his hunting license for the season. , cleQ Graha:T,t Raeford white man, Pleaded not guilty of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to k'U in a case in which he was charged with 'using a knife on Curtis King. Prob- able cause was found and Graham I was released under bond of $300 cash 'wmiam F ptt - , WnnH hUe men Aberdeen wre each ' . . ... nnH .wles. driving in a case which was appar ently between them more than be tween them and the state. Page was also charged with driving drunk, violating the prohibition laws, and violating the road laws. They man aged to settle their differences and the judge took a nol pros in all the liquor. Sentence was sixty days sus- : - 'nj r.-mDr,t of , fi 'anrt th rn.rt His driving wa. revoked for one year. I BI1 Smith, colored man of Dun- darrach, was found guilty of assault lwith a deadly weapon by pointing 'a gun at his wife. Sentence of sixty 'days w:;s suspended on payment of the cots and on condition of good behav or for two avior for two years. Rohppt rirnrp rnlnrpH nniH thA ' - n... f,,r Hri.-incr u,ith imn,.,r brakes. Emanuel Jeannette and Beu. lah Williams, colored of Harnet charge of violating the prohibition laws. Cress Wood, Hoke county white man, had a three-month sentence suspended on payment of $25 and the costs on two counts of violating the prohibition laws. For violating the ro:.d laws he had a 30-day sen tence suspended on payment of the court costs. Coble and Agnes Lowry, Indians, , lne cosu lleu OI Soing to the I trover Edwards, colored wa, fniin4 Tint multv rtf vinlat nff tVa -miA laws in the case in which he got his mule and wagon on the Fayetteville road and caused a wreck involving two cars- W. I. Culbreth, white man of the county, was found gu'lty of drivnig a car while under the influence of liquor and violating the prohibition laws. Sentence on the first case was 60 days to be suspended on payment of a $50 fine and the court costs Thirty days was suspended on pay ment of the costs in the second case. On the charge of carrying a con cealed weapon Culbreth was found not guilty. n Raeford B. & L. Asso. Stockholders Meet The Raeford Building and Loan Association held its annual meeting Tuesday at the association's office here, and the report of the secretary treasurer was hoard and the officers o the association for the coming year were elected. The secretary's report was as fol lows: 12 loans were made during the year, one for building a dwelling and eleven for buying dwellings There was 3 slight decrease in mort gage loans with an 'ncrease in in stallment stock. 388 new shares were sold in 1945 and the eleventh series tT,.t,-i i,nnr tit orficers clectod were: p B. Sex. . ... ... i ton, president; rt. u. Uatlin. vice- president, Mrs. W. L. Poole, secre tary-treasurer, and G. B. Rowland, attorney. n Mrs. Matheson No Better I Mrs. R. A. Matheson, Sr., who hss 1 Kcwin rrllVallv ill ot ha, harf