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t I 1 Ne HOKE COUNTY'S BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM W ?4 -Jour HOKE COUNTY'S ONLT vrwSPAPEB The Hoke County Newt The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XL NO. 34 RAEFORD, N. C THURSDAY, ARY 24, 19M $?.00 PER YEAR sia news or OUR MEN- WOMEN IN UNIFORM Col. and Mrs. David Goodwin and son ff Fort Bragg, have recently oc cupied an apartment in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gulledge. Pic Edward H. Sessoms is back in this community after service in Italy, France, and Ger many. Charles B. Johnson, who has been in the Pacific theatre for 23 months, was discharged recently and spent the past week end with his parents. He was accompanied by his wife and son of Fayetteville. Edwin Johnson, S 2-c, who was accidentally shot in the leg in Japan and who has been hospitalized in the Naval hospital at Bethesda, Md., is spending a 30-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. John ton. Lieut. Tom McLauchlin, who is a member of the fjmous Third In fantry division in Europe, is at home on leave. He came because of the serious illness of his father, H. C. McLauchlin. Sgt. Thomas R. Sacca, whose wife was formerly Miss Hattie Buoyer, has landed in California and is ex pected home shortly. Sgt. John K. MeXeill. Jr., of Wash ington, D. C, spent the week end at home. He was enroute to Greens boro where he expects to be dis charged this week. SK 2-c Roger Dixon arrived in town Wednesday. He has been dis charged from the navy after spend ing 18 months in the Pacific area. Major and Mrs. C. H. Bigger, who have been occupying the apartment at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gulledge, left Tuesday for Fort Riley, Kansas. 2nd Lt. Charles J. Riddle, Jr. has arrived in Nagoya, Japan and has been assigned to General Krueger's Sixth Army. His wife is the former Miss Ruth Warner of Hoke County. u School News (By K. A. MacDonald) Schools of the county reopened Monday after the two-day holiday brought about by the sleet Unbe lievably good attendance was had in most of the schools on Monday and Tuesday. The Grand Jury in session on Mon day requested a report on school bus transportation in the county. This report was made by the superin tendent. The report was discussed by the grand jury, approved, and incorporated in its report to the presiding judge. It should reassure patrons of the schools who have children riding on buses to know that the grand jury is interested and is seeing to it that the safest and best transportation possible is being fur nished the pupils of the county. Mid-Term Exams Mid-term tests and examinations are being conducted in the white schools of the county this week. State standard test? will probably be administered r.ext week in the white schools snd in the colored schools the week following their mid term examinations. Almost Hits School Bus On Monday a car came very near to running into a school bus on 15-A. The driver of the csr was indicted and tried in Recorder's court on Tuesday. He was convicted of care less and reckless driving and was taxed with the costs. He was Ar thur C. Pappas, wholesale liquor dealer of Belmont, Mass. Two mem bers of his family suffered injuries and his car was severely damaged. The school bus driver was absolved of any blame. Attendance Percentages 4th Month The percentage of attendance in the white schools for the fourth month of schools is as follows: Rock fish 95; Mildouson 92.4; Hoke High 8th grade 85, 9th to 11th grades 90; Raeford Graded 88.6; Ashemont 73 : Antiich 71.3. These schools had total of 1733 absences due to con tagious diseases. Necro Teachers Meet On Wednesday afternoon there ras a county-wide meeting of Neg gTo teachers at the Unchurch school. Jeans' Supervisor Annie M. Prid gen, was in cha-ge of the meeting. Routine business was transacted. II. C. McLauchlin At Home H. C. McLauchlin, who had been a p"t:pit at a Fnv""v'l hos pital, returned home Int week. He remr:"s very seriously W, however. POOLE'S MEDLEY (By D. Scott Poole) The annual racket over thu price of cotton goes on. Farmers cannot make clear money while cotton sells for less than cost of producton. It is said that 'buyers of pecans, hogs or any farm produce do not pay the ceiled prices. If such are reported, they will likely be called to ac count. The trouble is not in ceiled prices, but in nonobservance of such regu lations as ceiled prices. Were the ceiled prices strickly observed beef and steak, prices would not be numbered with the number of sel lers in a community. Same is true of other things. It is said that the cost of cotton is not responsible for the high price of clothing, cotton clothing especial ly. We have been knowing that as long as we have known anything. The only remedy I know is the same one often repeated here: Stop offering anything for sale. This racket is older than I am it was here when I came into exis tance. But -when the wheel and the loom were busy in the farm houses, the business would come a cross. The fanners were the money lendng class. President Truman desires Con gress to pass certain laws to force s'rikers to respect their government, but I would say there are already laws sufficient to stop such. If trea son is possible of committal, they have committed that crime; cer tainly those in war work. Oil hunters are drilling wells in search of petroleum down in eastern Carolina in earnest these days. Were they to find it, North Carolina would surely give any state in the Union a close run in wealth and income. This state has made wonderful strides in progressiveness in recent years. Hoke county should give more attention to fruits, small fruits in particular, such as strawberries and dewberries. They help out a lot in living. It is a shame how little the great er portion of humanity knows of .the Bible. No matter what scorners may say about it, it teaches the greatest lessons gives the highest code in morality, of any book on earth. We sympathize with parents when a child dies, no matter if the child is grown. Parents never forget the feel of the little hands about their necks. We have had but little snow in twenty years, but I think it prob able that we will have snow be tween now and the 1st f April. The 1945 crop of cotton is the smallest in several years, and as there is such a scarcity of clothing the world around, I see the neces sity of 30 cent cotton. The Char lotte market has stood around 24 25 for 15-16 cotton, and I see no reason why an inch of better cot ton sells for less than 30 cents a pound. I 'believe in ceiled prices for all farm products, because the tillers of the soil are left at the mercy of a greedy world. They have no voicing in what they sell nor in what they buy. A ceiled price is nothing but the Government step ping in and preventing a robbery. About this time in January, two hundred years ago, construction of Fort Johnson in the mouth of Cape Fear river was begun. Forts are not worth building now that we have airships nor can we hide out, radar will find us. 1845 was a very dry year, and crops were poor. All mills were water mills, and ail streams in clay country failed to run, and sandhill mills were overworked with grind ing. The Whigs were in control of the State Government. A soap and candle factory was started in Fayetteville in October, 1846. Made 40,000 to 50,000 a year. The Uiiited States declared war on Mexico in 1847. 100,000 Jews are reported ready to be sent to Palestine. The Jews! are the inheritors of that country, and the world should see that they get it. $3 a bushel was the highest price I ever heard of corn selling in this section. That was in 1865, and it was barter. Corn was very scarce. Sherman's troops emptied cribs, and turned their horses on the lots full of cm, they wasted half of what was thrown to them. What was left was gathered up, washed, dried in the sun, and saved for bread. All the fields in this part of the State were fenced with zigzag fences made of pine rails from ten nnri a half f"ct long and a half foot wide in 195 and later. Mrs. Mathcson Improves Mrs. R. A. Who on, f: , " been 'o re- clo'vly geMi"ff better, seen I oris yesterday. Mrs. Ellen Brown Dies At Timberland (From The Sandhill Citizen) Mrs. Ellen Brown of Timberland died Tuesday at her home. Funeral services were conducted last Thurs day morning at 11 o'clock from the residence by the Rev. A. D. Caswell of Sanford. Burial followed In the family plot in the Old Shiloh ceme tery. Surviving are six daughters, Lil- lie Brown of the home, Mrs. Maggie Councilman of Burlington, Mrs. Min nie Melton of Timberland, Mrs. Mandy McCracken of Sanford, Mrs. Annie Belle Riley of Lilesville, and Mrs. Beulah 'Boyle of New Bern; three sons, Cliff Brown of Timber land and Tom. Brown and Frank Brown, both of Southern Pines- two sisters, Mrs. Kattie Enterkin of Car rier, Miss., and Mrs. Fannie Brown of McDavid, Fla.; two brothers, Neill Baker of Raeford, and Jimmy Bak er of Durham; and 34 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Mrs. Sam Dies Last Epst em Sunday Mrs. Sam Epstein died suddenly at her home here last Sunday after noon from a heart attack. She had suffered previous attacks but death was unexpected. She was seventy years of age. Mrs. Epstein, formerly Miss Bessie Herwitz, was born in New York City, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Herwitz. She was a member of the Beth Israel congregation of Fay etteville. Together with her husband, the deceased had been a member of this community since 1909. Her hus band, who survives, was for many years one of the prominent mer chants of this town until his retire ment several years ago. Funeral services were conducted at four o'clock Monday afternoon at the Rogers and Breece funeral home in Fayetteville by Rabbi Sla- vin. Burial followed in the Cross Creek cemetery. Pallbearers were M. Goldberg, A. M- Fleischman, I. Rosenfield, Alex Waitman, B. Green- berg and Ed Fleischman. Surviving are her husband; six sons, Mitchell, Archie, Harry, Mal colm, Nathan, and Sidney; and two daughters, Ethel and Reva. Funeral Service For John A. Byrne, 83 Funeral services were conducted last Friday afternoon at the Red Springs Presbyterian church for John sideswiped a south-bound truck op Alexander Byrne, aged 83. who died erated by Bill Moore of Orlando, at his home there early Thursday via., near the Hickory Grove tourist morning. The service was conduc ted by the Rev. Thomas A. Fry, pas tor of the church. Active pallbearers were P. A. Roberts of Lumberton, R. D. Mc Millan, Jr., of Pembroke, W. L. Mc- Rae, Duncan McGoogan, Purdie Dor man, and Reid Grantham of Red springs. MemDers oi tne Doara or aeacons ana eiaers or tne cnurcn served as honorary rjallbearers. I Interment was in Alloway ceme tery. Mr. Byrne's wife, who was the former Miss Janie McQueen of Cum- berland county, died some years a- fo. He is survived by two daugh- tors, Airs. Dunc n McNeill and Miss Lila Byrne, both of Red Springs, and by Fix sons: Jesse D. and L. L. of Red Springs, Walter R. of Grays Creek, James of Rockingham, An- gue D. of Hamlet, and Archie of Raeford. I LIBRARY NEWS ' jlected Miss McCain as the Good Citi- Among the best sellers which have "n of her school. Miss McCain, recently been placed on the shelves daughter of Dr. and Mrs. P. P. Mc of Hoke County Library, are The Cain of Sanatorium, is a charter River Road, by Frances Parkinson member of the Margjret McBryde Keyes, and The King's General, by Society, Children of the American D phine du Maurier. Revolution. For those interesting in restoring I n old furniture, there is Peter Hunt's Workbook. Other new books are: The Friendly Persuasion, by West; Time Rembered, Hillyer; Rooster (Crows for Day, Burman; Lights Out, K.endnck; The Long Road, Ship man; Best Plays of 1944-45, Mantle; Short Novels of Dostoevsky. The library wishes to extend a welcome to the service men who are returning to their homes here, and they are cordially invited to visit . the library and make use of Its ser- vices. i Schedule: Monday through Satur- dnv. 10 to 5:30. Closed 12 to 1 for lunch. Crawford Wrifjht III J. C Wricht. of 1"e her:ff office. was taken to Monro Countv hopi'nl until Fo'-nn-v IS. !r1 for tj h for treatment la t Thursday. At . hurte-i ..--t:! M-rrh 2. Gins mav 1-st renorts his condition was great- not be i" hrntlvg fnx a"-- ly improved. j January ?'. however. Cotton Production Meeting Here January 31 An important cotton production meeting will be held in the Court House in Raeford on Thursday, January 31st, at 7:30 P. M. A fea ture of the program will be a sound film on "Flame Cultivation and One Man Harvesting," reports A. S. Knowles, county agent. The program is designed to give farmers and others interested in cotton an overall picture of the present problems affecting cotton, and what can be done to produce cheaper cotton. Special emphasis on mechanization and lowering cost of production will be made through out. Besides the picture on Flame Cultivation, the program will consist of brief discussions on the "Five Acre Contest." by J. A. Shanklin, Extension Cotton Specialist; "Me chanization of the Cotton Farm," by J. C. Ferguson, Extension Agricul tural Engineer; "The Cotton Farmer's Responsibility to His Ginner" by C. L. McCaslan, Extension Agricul tural Engineer; and "Ginner Coop eration and Community Leadership" by Fred Johnson, State Department of Agriculture. A representative of the National Cotton Council will dis cuss the "Purpose and Program of the Council.." All cotton farmers are especially urtred to attend as they should get valuable information in growing future crops of cotton. Other groups invited to attend include: cotton gin ners, cotton merchants, implement dealers, bankers, editors, and any other business people or local citi zens interested in the welfare of cotton. Hoke County will be growing for a long, long time. It may not grow as many acres as during the past few years, but should be one of the crops in a balanced farm program.. Hoke has lead the state in cotton im provement during the past few years and can be expected to continue its leadership in adopting improved practices that will reduce cost of production, and thereby continue in cotton production. 0 Three-Way Accident On U. S. 15-A Thursday In an accident involving two north-bound vehicles and one south bound, Burch Sheffield of Hamp ton, Va., northbound, drive his Olds- mobile -coupe into the rear of a Buick driven by J. S. Phelps and camp on U. S. 15-A at 1:30 p. m. last Thursday. Sheffield's car was almost a total loss and was towed in by a local wrecker. His wife was slightly in jured and was given first aid here. The accident was investigated by .the State Hiehwav natrnl and th , Hoke Countv sheriffs office. No arrest were made. Jane MrCnin Chosen As Representative The Southern Pines Alfred Moore chapter, DAP. has announced the selection of Miss Jane McCain for 'he Good C!t:er-rlp Pilgrimage at the State DAR conference to be held in Charlotte March 6-7. At the request of the Alfred Moore ch-pter the girls of the senior class of South?rn Pines hish school chose by vote three girl who possess the qualities of dependability, leadership, service and patriotism. Fro-n the three girls selected, the faculty se- Another Distinguished Visitor Among the visitors at the Raeford hotel last week was Charles Evans Hushes, late retired Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, former Secretary of State, former governor of New York, and candi date for the Presidency in 1916 a bainst Woodrow Wilson. Mr. Hu"hes was enroute to Flori- da with his chauffeur and stopped I on Wednesday. I 0 I Hunting Season Ends Jan. 31 ! District Game Protector H. R. Mo- ,Lean has reminded hunters in t-'s countv t h.-.t the hnnbng season will end ,Tar""-v 31, wi'h minor excen tinn. The pvcen,:onc re ti opostirr- and rnnns rriv he hm'e' Gulledge Installed Maconic Master J. E. Gulledge was installed as 'Mauler of Raeford Masonic Lodge at that body's regular communica tion on Tuesday evening of last week. Other officers installed were M. C. Dew, Senior Warden, C. P. Kinlaw, Junior Warden, B. B. Oole, Senior Deacon, W. L. Alexander, Junior Deacon, W. J. Coates, Tyler and Rev. H. K. Holland, chaplain. Mr. Gulledge succeeds Neill A. McDonald, as Master, who, in a brief speech thanked the members of the lodge for their cooperation during the past year. D. H. Hodgin, re-elected treasurer, and L. F. Clark, re-elected secretary. were also installed at the meeting and commended for their long serrice in these two offices. The installation ceremony was conducted by past master, Edgar Hall. WilHam McFadyen Assumed Dead Firrt Lieutenant William M. 'McFadyen, Army Air Forces, who has been carried as missing in ac ! tion since the B-29 plane of which : he was bombardier failed to return : frnT a eombct mission over Lae, New Guinea, on November 27, 1942, I is now assumed to be dead, the War Department has notified his parents, I Mr .and Mrs. William M. McFadyen, here. Occupants of other planes in the formation reported attacks by Jap anese aircraft and also intense anti aircraft fire, and saw a flash, like and explosion, where Lt. McFadyen's plane was supposed to be, but be cause of bad weather could not see what happened. It was hoped that the crew parachuted to the beach, and were either captured or found their way inland, but no trace of them has been found in the three years since. Lt. McFadyen was graduated in 1938 from the school of Journalism of the University of North Caro lina, and before entering the ser vice, worked on several newspapers, including the Washington (D. C.) Daily News, The Lumberton Voice, and The Stanly News and Press. He was also for a short time connected with the News-Journal. 0 Mrs. W. D. Brown's Father Stricken Richard Amos Parker, Sr., died unexpectedly last Thursdav evening at his home in Farmville, N. C. He was sixty-four years of age and death was caused by a heart at tack. Funeral services were conducted at the home at two o'clock Sunday afternoon by the Rev. E. S. Coates. I Burial followed in the family ceme- I tery near Farmville. Surviving are his wife, the for- ! Ter Chrystclle Lucas of Benson; "in, Martin L. Parker, Roland B. Parker of Chapel Hill, J. Leroy Par ker of Rocky Mount, R. A. Parker T-., of Tennessee, William B. Par ker of Leaksville, John C. Parker of Durham, James R. Parker of Lake "'"p-rn w and Chares E. Parker of the home: fnur dausrhtprs Mary v-,v P--ke-. M-s. W. D. Brown of Racfo-d and Mrs. E. P. Rothrock and Mrs. R. M. Wall, both of Leaksville: ''o si-'ters. Mrs. W. A. Hearn of Miccl" field and Mrs. W. S. New ton of Fountain; and two brothers, '. Clev"land P rker of Farmville ' ar.d W. B. Parker of Bolton. Uintr Licenses On Now In County The State detriment of conser vation and development has issued for the firt time a county fishing 'icenre, and all county residents jfshirg with artificial lures or baits will be required to purchase a lic ! encc, states protector for the 14th i distrirt comprising Robeson, Scot- 1 nd, Hoke and Cumberland coun ties. Artificial lures or baits are de fired as lures or baits which are made by hand or are manufactured md which are not available as nat ural f'sh foods. It shall be unlawful to take fish hy any means whatsoever in inland fishing waters' of North Carolina from April 6 through May 19, of eeh year, heth dates inclusive. The new 1946 f shing licenses are nw on 'ale in Hoke county. 0 ; r--,H..ji- Kiwanians -r. p,,,...,, nvly Installed -f;Mrt pf tv? Khvanis club, en--- -'-c- :'"- pe v mM'.rrrren fnr the "' v - f'i"n r at the Kiwanis ' . ' 1 f - P' fnr thp com- i -p ! n-.T'l n'ter tne n'O 1. Short Session Of Superior Court Here This Week Murder Case Not True Bill; Rey nolds Case Continued. In very short session Judge Clawson L. Williams of Sanford wound up the business of the Jan uary term of Hoke County Superior court in a day and a half here this week. The session was convened Monday afternoon and was adjourn ed Tuesday afternoon. In addition to the crier inal docket there was a light calendar of civil cases to be disposed of.. Of these eight divorces were granted, one claim and delivery was granted, and four cases were continued for var ious reasons to the April term of court. On the criminal docket there was the case in which Richard Carson Love, colored, was charged with murder in connection with the death of a colored woman by drowning last fall when a car operated by Love ran into a creek; This case did not reach the court room a the grand jury found not a true bill of indictment. The case in which Harry Lee Rey nolds, white, was charged with man slaughter in connection with an ac cident on the Aberdeen road near Timberland last November 15th in which John Sanderson of Antioch was killed and in which an auto driven by Reynolds was involved, was continued by agreement between the State and the counsel for de fense. Earl Hollar, Raeford white man, charged with forging a check for $4.00, subTitted when the charge was changed to forcible trespass. Sentence was one year in confine ment to be suspended on conditio that he pay the costs, make good the check, and behave himself for three years. Roosevett McNeill, colored man, who was charged with cutting John McNeill, white, near here recent ly, entered a plea of nolo conten dere on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. He was sentenced to serve from one to two years in the state prison. Cleo Graham. Raeford white man, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and found guilty of all but the in tent to kill. He was charged with cutting Curtis King with a knife. Sentence was 18 months to be im pended on condition of good be havior for three years and payment of $6.50 to the clerk of the court weekly for one year, the money te be used to pay the court costs and the remainder to go to Curtis King, who was cut and hospitalized. Benjamin McAllister, colored, en tered a plea of nolo contendere om a charge of breaking and entering and larceny. Sentence woa four months on the roads. Carl Morris At Home Carl Morris, who has been a pa tient at Moore County hospital for 6ome time, returned home yesterday. New ToVcco cccrr1 h Set Raleish, January 23. The State Agriculture Department reports that total prndue'io-, of tobacco in 1945 was 2,042.000,000 pounds, a new hieh record. This total compares with the 1944 crop of 1,956,000,000 pounds. The arreege planted to to- ibacco was larger in met states this year than Inst. wHln average yields per acre were generally below last year. The few stntes whe" acre- !a"e we-e smnller than in 1944 were j those where plantings were reduced jhv unn-u-1 :ff -1 'tine? and setting time. Approximately 87. per cent of the production wa;, flue curod and 31 per cent was light air cured. Fire-cured, dark air-cured and all cigar classes accounted for only about 12 per cent. This dis tribution of production among the tobacco classes will provide rela tively more tobacco for cigarette ma kers than for other manufacturers. Sizeable quantities of flue- ureel tobacco should be available for the export trade from the 1945 crop. The 1945 production of flue-cured tobacco was 1,175.000,000 pounds, compared with 1,090,000.000 in 1944. This ye r's crop is slightly larger Jtnan the recerd W9 cron of 1.171. 000.000 pounds. Blue mold in plant bpd, and cnld. rainy weather in th? early senson held the acreage irereacc lo or.'y 6 per cent above 1944. F-rly s'a on Rrnwth ws al ert rnj-cVl by urfnvorable we ther. V'nr'n. dry weil' pr in June wa con rUr vc t.i develn;'rcr,t of a good root i'aee t
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