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VOLUME XL NO. 38
RAEFORD. N. C THURSDAY, FEB. 21st, 1946
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NEWS Of OUR
MENwWOMCN
IN UKIFORM
S-2-c Malcolm Sessoms received
his disehiarfle Crom the navy at
Norfolk this week aftd- e,rvng
fifteen months in the Pacific.
E. M. 2-c Jimmy Baxley has been
separated from the navy after 26
months duty in the Southwest Pa
cific. His wife, the former Miss Win
Tri'd Waddell, of Swanbourne, Aus
tralia, is expected to arrive In about
two weeks.
Lewis- McNeill, son of Mr. and
iMrs. W. J. McNeill, has been as
signed to the USS Albany in New
ixirt, Rhode Island.
Seaman 1-c Edwin A. Johnson,
who is on thirty day leave from the
navy, is spending a few days with
his aunt, Mrs. M. W. Ford, in New
York City.
' Pfc. George P. Watson, Jr., is
on furlough from Newfoundland. He
was called home because of the
death of l.i father.
Col. Allen Mr-Gee was separated
from the army at Fort Brass last
week. He was in the ETO for three
and one-iHalf yo-ir?. Mr,. Mi-Gee
and children of Winston-Salem met
him in Ren ford and stayed until
Thursday. Mrs. McGee was formerly
Miss Bennie Lee Upchurch.
PTA Valentine Party
Highly Successful
The Valentine party given at the
Armory on Thursday, February 14,
was most successful, according to
reports received from the organi
zation. There were many persons
present and the financial returns
were all that could be expected. The
money received will be used to buy
refrigerators for the school lunch
rooms. The officers of the organization
expressed their gratitude for the fine
support the public gave the venture
and were particularly grateful to
the business firms who donated the
prizes. ,
pooleTmTdley
(Br D. Scott Poole)
Careful driving would have saved
the ninety thousand lives lost in high
way accidents last year, and perhaps
ereryone would have reached their
destination at a lower speed. And over
Hen million were badly injured. Drive
slower.
This country was settled by people
who tired of intolerance in the Old
WorldPeople want to worship God
conscience dictates. We should
give each one the right to enjoy the
FREEDOMS we enjoy.
Jacky was charged with a heinous
offense and it looked like a conviction
so his lawyer put him on tne stand ((jod supremely, and to love our neigh
to testify in his behalf. To find if her-,or as ourselves. There are people
understood the nature of an oath the : wha are living up to that who are
lawyer asked: "Jacky, do you know freezing and starving. No man has a
what will happen to you if you swear rjgnt u bring such on his fellow man.
to a lie?" "Yessir, I go down, down, ; RIGHT can by no Tanner of means
down, and burn long time.' "Thats ',e warpe(s jnf selfish gratification
right,'' said the lawyer, "and you v.ithout totally ignoring principle of
know what, will happen if you tell Iuw anc justice. Striking js enforcing
the truth? "Yessir, we lose de case." onc5 desires without regard to the
A r an who was in the terrible bat-j injury done to innocent bystanders,
tics in Europe told the writer a few i Yes, strict justice should be accord-
days ago that those men, who claimed
to be atheists, prayed like the others .
when they were in battle, but saw
mighty little chance to live.
Nearly everybody drives too fast
to do a thing toward not hitting an
object in the road. They all, or most do
drive like they do not care what they
hit. Even in town they drive too fast.
The clothes of this day and time
look much better than those of an
eirly period, 4nit I do not believe they
are as durable. People dress better,
but one reason for that is pressing to ceiled prices, but they did not
clubs. object to parity prjces when Roose-
Say what you please, but if theyjvelt, by that means, brought back
keep on there will be no old ivomen j prosperity. In 1929 cotton was brihg
if the Beauty shops continue to make I ing right good prices and stocks and
em look young. Day by day in every j bonds were high and going higher
way, we are getting better and bet
I remember when there were no
leather collars for the horses to wear
while they worked, and the shuck
collars often allowed sore shoulders.
In those days men and boys wore
paper collars that cost 25 cents a
dczen.
Isn't it a terrible come off for '
man to live through the great war,
come home, and before he sees home
and meets loved ones to be killed in
a road accident. That is certainly
hard luck if LUCK
Not only are the strikes losing
time but workmen are beirt la;d off
job; the country over for want of
materials. New York City has been
Highway Men
Meet Here With
Commissioners
Work On First Priority Roads
Begins Soon.
The Hoke County Board of Com
missioners met at the court house
I Tuesday morning where they dis
cussed plans for surfacing the county
roads with Dr. H. W. Jordan, Dis
trict Highway Commissioner,, and
. L. E. Whitfield, District Highway
Engineer.
The board and the visitors exam
ined a map of the secondary roads
of the county on which the roads to
be surfaced were marked in different
colors in order of the priority of their
treatment. Those classed as first
priority were the road from Duffie's
station to the Robeson County line,
the unnaved portion of the Raeford
Rockfish road, and the road from
Dtindarrach to Mildouson school.
Mr. Jordan and Mr. Whitfield
stated that project for resurfacing
these roads had been approved and
that work on them would begin when
material and labor became avail
able, which they estimated to be
about sixty days.
Tofecc Production
Meeting Wednesday
Night In Lumberton
There will be a tobacco produc
tion meeting in Lumberton at the
Armory on Wednesday, February
27th at 8:00 P. M., reports County
Agent A. S. Knowles. This will be
the closest meeting of it's kind to
Hoke County tobacco farmers. In
terested farmers are urged to group
together and attend this meeting.
Dr. W. W. Garner, formerly chief
of tobacco investigaionrt Bureau
of Plant Industry, U. S. D. A., will
discuss Soil Management and Ferti
lization of tobacco. There will be
other specialists on the program. This
is a real opportunity to tobacco far
mere of this section.
Valuable information can be ob.
tained by attending.
Bill Horner Here;
May
Be Candidate
W. E. (Bill) Horner, publisher of
the Sanford Herald and Lee County's
representative in the state legisla
ture, was in Raeford last week call
ing on local democats.
Mr. Horner, who has been Lee's
representative for four Tegular and
one special term in the General
Assembly, is considering running
for Congress and is sounding out
opinion of Democrats throughout the
8th District.
shut up, and the people are left to
freeze and starve just because men
want a little more pay.
Our duty as shown us is to love
ed every member of the CIO and the
AFL by impartial laws based on equ
ity and justice can never be made
the purveyor of benefit to me while it
brings wreck and ruin to my neigh
bors One reason I believe in ceiled prices
for farm produce is that I have seen
too many farmers pokjng around
without a cent in the world, "looking
like their Heavenly Father had died
and left them no legacy."
I find a many farmers opposed
every day, but in less than twenty
four hours all prices of everything
tumbled so low the whole carton was
"on the hog." I hope I will never see
another depression.
It is not much wonder that the
young are deliquent with so much
obscenity now appearing in print and
humorists mistaking vulgarity for
wit, and even stories of the barest
of living also appear in the public
prints.
Two pretty girls met on the depot
platform and put on an exhibition
of kissing. "I sincerely object to such
as that," said flagman No. 1 "Such
s what" a4ked flagman No. 2.
"Wo ren doing men's work" said
flagman No. 1.
Stock Of Quail
Is Replenished
Quail have been released since
the hunting season closed in the
fourteenth district, consisting of Har
nett, Cummbcrland, Robeson and Soot
land counties, according to H. R.
Mrl-can, leader of the district. These
birds raised by the State Game farm
at Lakerim, were released in areas
that afford ample food and water
supply, in addition to good coverage,
which should furnish bird hunters
some good shooting next season.
It might be interesting to know
that the game protectors of the State
prosecuted and convicted 200 viola
tors during January, for an all time
high. District 14 ran second only
to District 18. McLean says Hoke
lead the district with seven prosecu
tions for the month.
Wildlife Club Meets;
Hears Pcss Stevens
The Hoke County Chapter of the
j North Carolina Federation of Wi'd
I:fe clubs had a meeting in the court
i house last Friday night and w is
I addressed by Ross Stevens, of Rr!
; eigh, Exenutive Sec elary rf l'-e
u deration.
In the absence of the proMdert,
.1. A. McGoogan. the meeting wis
presided over by the vice presi
dent. R. H. Gatlin. The business p: rt
of the meeting was taken up wi'h
the recognition of new members a-.d
discussion nf nlnns fnr a member
ship drive in Hoke County, whe-e
the club hopes to have 100 members
Present memben--hip is 31.
Stevens, in his speech, reaffirmed
the avowed intentions of the state
federation which are to sponsor a
new department of game and fish in
North Carolina to be financed entirely
from hunting and fishing licenses ard
to be run by persons who have i
definite interest in. the state's wild
life resources.
He also emphasized in his ta'k
that his organization is having no
part in the proposed game scarcity
and shortened season proposal of
the state department of conserva
tion and development.
He further elaborated on the aims
of the state's game and fish re-
j sources. He also discussed the need
tor education or ne people in the
state as to the needs of the state
regarding the best methods of bring
ing this full development into being.
Hospital Patient
Thanks Schools
County Superintendent K. A. Mae
Donald received a letter recently
from the soldier patient at the iMoore
General hospital at Swannanoa who
is occupying the bed sponsored by the
Hoke schools in a war bond and
stamp sale during the war. The let
ter is reproduced below.
Dear Folks: Just a few lines ofiing at the 4-H neighborhood lead
appreciation for your efforts injer's home where the planting and
raisingg enough money in Victory , cultivation of vegetable gardens is
Bond and stamp sales with which jhe'eg discussed.
to sponsor the hospital bed I am The group includes Ray King, Pat
now occupying in Moore General i Ritter. D. P. Parke. Herman Gillis,
hospital here. It was a mighty fine j and Mrs. Herman Koonce.
way fnr you to show your interest
in and support of the boys and girls
in uniform, and I know I speak for
every soldier who will use thus bed
in the future in raying that we ap
pre elate what you have done.
If you are ever in this section of
the state, hope you will drop In and
visit a while with me so I can shew
you how well-invested is the money
you have tied up in Victory bonds.
Again thanks a lot. Your friend, Wil
liam F. Jackson.
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Raeford Grammar
School News
(By the Students)
On Friday the Primary grades en
joyed a program about Abraham
Lincoln given by Mrs. Barnes' third
Poems were recited by seve-al pupils
and songs were Fung by the grade.
By Jane McKeithan and Fannette
Gore.
On February 14th the Raeford
Graded School was delighted to have
Miss Alma Ferguson's sixth grade
present a Valentine program entitled
"Belated Valentine," telling the
meaning of Valentine Day.
During the program Jane Sin
clair, Janet Hodgin, Hal Gore and
John McLauchlin played selections
which they had learned In their
piano classes. Poems were recited
by other pupils, and a solo was sung
by Albert Jordan from Miss John
son's f i "t grade.
By Jane McKeithan and Fannette
Gore.
Recorder Sentences
14 Defendants
Tuesday Morning
Alcohol And Automobiles Figure
In Most Cases.
In Recorder's court Tuesday morn
ing fourteen defendants eijhcr plead
ed guilty or were found guilty by
Judge Henry McDiarmid. and, as
us.ial, most offences had to do with
liquor or automobiles or both.
Curtis Addison, colored of Aber
deen, paid the costs for violating
the prohibition Jaws by having liq
uor oien off his premises.
Vernon Tapp. also an Aberdeen
colored man. paid S10 and the costs
for driving a car without drivers'
'icrnse.
Garfield Watkins, colored, paid the
costs for driving a car without driv
e r' license.
Fred R. Robinson, colored of Sou
,'.err. Pines, was sentenced to 00 days,
on the- roads, sentenre to be suspend
ed on payment of $."0 and the costs
for carrying a concealed weapon. I
Pivid Thomas, colored, paid the
costs fo- tving drunk and disorder
ly and for violating the prohibition
laws.
Jimmie Lee Cloward colored,
went to the cads for four months
for 1 r,g d' imk and disorderly, using
profane and indecent language, and
for astaulting a female.
Tom and O. C. Brunson, colored.
each paid the costs for being drunk
t and disorderly and driving with no
license, respectively.
Foster McNeill, colored man of
Fayetteville, paid the costs for speed
ing. John LeGrand, colored man, got a
6-month sentence suspended on pay
ment of a $25 fine and the costs
for violating the prohibition law.
Glenn Fulk, white, paid $50 and
the costs for driving a car while
under the infleuenee of liquor and
violating the prohibition law.
Dock Smith and Kennie Monroe,
colored, pleaded guilty of violating
the prohibition law. Smith paid the
costs and Monroe had a 6-month
sentence suspended on payment of
$25 and the costs.
David McKinnon, colored, had a
3-month sentence suspended on pay
ment of $25 and the costs for steal
ing some meat.
Hoke 4-H Boys ; Girls
Will Broadcast ;WPTF
Josephine Hall, county home de
monstration agent, stated yesterday
that she planned to take a group of
4-H club boys and girls from the
Rockfish community to Raleigh Sat
urday, February 23, for a radio
broadcast.
Miss Hall said that the broadcast
would be fifteen minutes in length
and would go on the air at 12:45 P.
M. Saturday.
The program will portray a meet-
The boys and ?i-1 at the Raeford
School showed much interest in the
'Mrntine fou-ramcnt which was held
the armopv l is Thursday night.
All of the drcn-n4inns were designed
made and arranged by students in
Vts. F.-aire- R Davis' sixth an
-fV'-nlh gr-os- TMl:es which were
us-d in the games were made by the
nys and Fir! in Mrs. Roberts' 4th
grade. Pupils f-nm nil grades brought
butter sugar egffs for the cakes
Nvhich were used in the cake auction.
By Gloria Pr'nkley.
The Rae'oH Grammar School Is
cooperating w'th the Chaminade mu
sic club in collecting as many mu
sical instruments and records as pos
sible. There instruments and records
will be sent to our wounded sol
dies and vet"""ans who are still in
hospitals in the United States.
By Lynn Conk.
The boys and girls who came
everyday during the last school
month were rewarded with a musi
cal party in the school auditorium
on Valentine's day. Misses Mary
Rae Freeman, Doris Keith and Nan-
cv Lee Cole played "Golliwags Cake
Waltz," "Clair De Lune" and "Faust
Waltz" respectively. Mrs. R. H.
Conk gave two humorous readings.
Robert Gatlin talked about music
and sang a solo "Tommy Lad." He
then sang rones with the boys and
girls. After the program Valentine
candy was served.
By Iris Thomas.
Miss Mary ITtpI Whitley of Fay
etteville sp"nt turday in Greens
boro shonp,r" ?"d remained over
night with ' ' ter. Miss Elmira
Whitley, of '-'-'r.
T. B. Upc'ih, Inc.
Open Seec '-'Apartment
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T. R. Fixl.u j?n'.. announce in
this issue the ' ng of their seed
department in J$ old Fuller stable
across- from 1,1? at Jtton platform in
Raeford.
The busines will be managed by
H. W. McPhaul, Hoke county man,
who was recently separated from the
navy as a lieutenant after serving 3
'iv's, mostly in the Pacific theatre.
MePhau! graduated from North Ca-:-i
iina State College in 1939 and was
i major in field crops. That year he
won third prize in the crop judging
coi.vst at the National meet in C'hi-
f 'l!'0.
The firm plans to feature certi
fied seeds of all kinds, both whole
sale and retail with a long term
view of improving the crops in this
"oii'i'y. T'ley will grow many of the
seed to be sold, including hybrid
co n. and will handle leading varie
ties of Coker seed. Feed made by
the Upchurch mill here will be
handled, along with hay, baby chicks,
etc.
Will Hold Eve
Clinic Here Next
vs. And Wed.
Mrs. C. II. Giles, superintendent
of the Hoke County Welfare Depart
ment, stated yecterday that she had
r're:vcd definite information from
Or. Davidson of Duke university, that
he would be here next Tuesday and
Wednesday for the county-wide eye
clinic being sponsored by the Kiwanis
club.
The clinic will be held in the
old rationing board offices in the
county office building and will be
open for white people on Tuesday,
February 26, and for colored people
on Wednesday, February 27.
Screening and certification of chil
dren for the clinic is still being con
ducted under the supervision of Mrs.
E. B. Campbell county health nurse.
j Where children are found to be in
j need of glasses and are unable to
pay the flat fee of $5, the Raeford
i Kiwanis club has agreed to give fi
'nancial assistance. The clinic was
I arranged by Mrs. Giles through the
State Commission, for the blind.
Four Wrecks In
County Tuesday
No Serious Injuries.
Tuesday of this week was a rainy
day and this apparently played some
part in causing four wrecks on the
roads of the county that day. Fortun
ately none of the persons involved
were injured.
Aberdeen Road
Two of the accidents happened at
nearly the same time and place. At
about eight A. M. on N. C. 211 seven
miles west of Raeford the car of
I.t. W. L. Geddes of Fort Bragg
skidded, turned over and was prac
tically demolished. A few minutes
later he waved Alonzo Llewellyn
i of Norfolk, Va., to stop. Llewellyn
applied his brakes and turned over
al-o. His c X' wns los- curiously
'-r-'-ed than that of eGddes.
f aii-'p'-urT Road
.V nine-thirty A. M. T.i ! .v A.
IT. Andrewson, transient going south
I..-.--r! nve-.- on U. S. lfiA about one
mil? south of Raeford. These were
o i-'-nrrs except to the vehicle.
Red Snrinrs Road
At tV -e-thirty P. M. Tuesday, in
n-rhatis the most serious accident of
the lot, a truck owned by Cecil Mr
Phal and 0erated by Roscoe Mc
Mi'lan sideswiped the Plymouth auto
nf Cha'lie Bruce on the bridge at
Antioch. The Plymouth was serious
ly damaged.
All these WTecks were investi
gated by the State Highway Patrol
and the sheriff's office. No arrests
have been made in connection with
any of them up to this time.
LIBRARY NEWS
The Literature Department of the
Woman's club has donated $15 for
memorial books for Hoke Counts
-ovs who lost their lives lu World
War II. The books for this Memorial
shelf are being selected and will t
placed in the library in the near
future.
Two best sellers, Brideshead Re
visited, by Waugh, and Arch of Tri
umph, by Remarque, are now in the
library.
The library has been enlarged,
and the books for boys and girls are
in a room recently added to the lib
rary quarters. The girls and bqys are
invited to come in and see the books.
New titles are being added frequent
ly. Schedule: Monday through Sat-
.'-! ,y, in to 5.30.
Closed from 12 to 1 for lunch.
March Designated
For Biggest Red
Cross Drive Yet
In Peacetime
3.(100.0011 Volunteers Plan Solici
tat ions Across Nation.
M'-rrb 1. heralds the openine of
the first put-twar fund campaign of
,(, A" ei iean Red Cross. Upward of
.l.iiiKi.oni) volunteer solicitors will bc
lt;r, thfir vunvass of every home and
opidu in communit:es from coa -t
'o c.srt for Smn.Win.OOO, the lar
gest .peaeetiu e fund ever raised by
tile o'-gan i.ation.
T! e month of March has been
designated Red Cross Month by
President, who, in his proclamation,
called for 'he fullest support of thi
organization's campaign. Simultane
ously Red Cioss Chairman Basil O
'Connor and eivic leaders every
j where pointed to the need for cor.
! tinning Red Cross services to able
, bodied troops abroad and in this
country, to those in hospitalism, ani
S to vc'crar--, .is well as to families
i and dene-rdenti of all who have worn
the urorrp.
i V.-. H. A. Crr-'O'-on, county che;r
1 man for the drive, entertained the
j chairmen from all the communities st
an organizataion luncheon last week
' r.rd has anno'inced that the follow
ing organization will be at work.
! making the canvass on March 1.
I First named in each community is
Chairman.
Ashemont M-s. D. H. Johnson,
Mrs. T. C. Sinclair, D. L. Moss, Noah
Brown, B. F. Hardister; Blue Springs
John Frank Chisholm, iManley
Norton, Mrs. D. J. Dalton, Mrs. Ful
ford McMillan: Rorifish Mins. T.
C. Jones. A. W. Wood, Mrs. P. C.
English, Mrs. Herman Koonce; Lit
tle River Mrs. Alberta Grant, Dan
iel McGilL L. D. Brooks, Cameron
Johnson; Dundarrach Mrs. Jessie
Gibson; Allendale Mrs. Arch Mc
Eachorn, Mrs. Belle Curie, Misa
Willie Mae Liles; Pine Forest Mrs.
Mary Helton, Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Tapp. Mrs. J. F. Jordan, Mm J. A.
Veasey; Sanatorium Mrs. P. P. Mc
Cain, Mrs. Katie MeCorkle, MisJ
Lora Hardesty, Mrs. F. L. Eubenks,
R. A. Jones, John McCoy; Arabia
M-s. Stanley Crawley; Antioch
Miss Margaret McPhaul, Mrs. J. M.
Andrews, Miss Jean Hodgins Mrs.
W. E. Everleigh, Mrs. Sadie Watson,
Mrs. Julian Burroughs; Wayside
John Parker, Mrs-. Marshall New
ton, Mrs. Katie Potter, Vm Mary
iMott, Mrs. Henry Plummer; Rae
deen Mrs. Ernest Duncan, Jack
Holland, Mrs. J. B. McLeod, Mm.
Henry Maxwell; Montrose Mrs. C.
W. Covington, Mrs. W. L. McFadyen,
Mrs. Duke Marshall, Mrs. J. A. Webb,
Sr.
Workers for the town of Roeford,
of whom H. L. Gatlin, Jr., is chair
man, will be announced in next
week's paper.
First Hat Goes In
Political Ring Here
Harry A. Greene, erstwhile Rae-f'"-d
Fir" Chief, and presently Hoks
County coroner, fertilizer salesman,
tobacco curer salesman, cotton gin
re" ( r-ort fis-h fryer this week
i1 t'-e political ball rolling in this
county by announcing in this issue
' ", 'ovn -s. Journal that he intended!
to be a " iivlidate for nomination a
oV'r'" f-n"i this county to the
Hn;'s of Representatives of North
Carolina in the Democatic primary
'o be held May 25.
Rumor has it that Dr. G. W. Brown,
the incumbent, will seek re-election
hut to date Greene is the only ona
ta throw in his hat.
Mev pastor At
nhil;"ni Church
Rev. T . H Hemphill, of Richmond,
Va.. has accepted a call to be pas
of Pbilinpi Presbyterian church. Rev.
Hemphill will preach at Philippi as
well as the Galatia and Hope Mills
churches. Services at Philippi will b
ih the -econd and fourth Sundays
if each month and the public is in
vited to attend.
Rev "emphill was an armv chap
lain during the war and served over
seas. He was recently separated from
the service.
Attends Evangelism School
Rev. W. L. Maness, pastor of the
Raeford Methodist church, was In
Robbins this week attending a school
of fvanpclism. The school was con
ducted Monday, Tuesday, and Wed-r"d-v
for the Fayetteville district
TTctr'rt Sune-intendent W. I
Clepg of Fave"eville and D;tril
I -re or of FvaneeUsm S. J. Barnes
nf vt. Cilead.
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