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IT ROKK COt'NTT'8 BEST ADVERTISING MI DIl M IIOKS r"NTVS OVT.T VtWSPAPF.R 1 journa n The Hoke County New The Hoke ity Journal S- a , VOLUME XL NO. 39 K.U:KOKI. .V' THURSDAY, FV.fi. 28th, 1916 KM PER YEAR 3.- 1 ) RED CROSS DRIVE TO BEGIN FRIDAY Organization Makes Plea For Support Tomorrow the American Red Cioss will begin its annual fund campaign all over the Uni ted States to continue through the month of March. In this town and county the gitatest emphasis will be placed on the first few days of the campaign in order that quotas assigned by the national or ganization may be subscribed u:i''. oversubscribed here. Mrs. II. A. Cameron, county chairman ir the drive announ ced the n.mics of the community chairmen ai'.d c nva;.:;e"s in last week's pap thoroughly l,i:;i..!'nv, ; H. L. Cr man f r t'. Thc the county i'.r. v . .. ,h;ve i'',;v" 1 i.f H tofoni, that canvas- low stand a rdav sets on liis committee would also cover the town on Friday and Saturday of this week. The town has been divided into quarters for the drive and chair men for the four sections are as follows: Northeast, Mrs. Jes se N. Gulledge, Northwest Mrs. Neill A. McDonald, Southeast Mrs. Herbert McKeithan and Southwest Mrs. Tommie Up church. The business section will be canvassed by J. B. Thom as, W. D. Brown, and Israel Mann. Below are some facts about the Red Cross has done and is doing in this county and com munity. Elsewhere in this edi tion may be found feature ar ticles and advertisements mak ing clear to all the great work this organization is doing in this country and all over the world in all fields of relief. The following was prepared by personnel of the local Red Cross chapter. March is Red Cross month the 1946 Red Cross drive begins tomorrow, March' 1. Fund chairmen, rural and town, hope to complete the drive during the first week. This should be easy if everyone responds generously when called on. Services of Local Chapter The Hoke County chapter serves not only by raising funds during the national fund drive but it serves local people through the hospital service committee, the Production com mittee, the Disaster committee, the Junior Red Cross and the Home Service committee. The Home Service committee has directed most of its energies to serving the service men and their families. This committee sssists in discharges, emergency furloughs, furlough extensions, etc., in cases of illness or death in the families of servicemen, or because of dependency. It also helps these men prepare certificates and affidavits of all kinds and helps those entitled to them to secure disability be nefits. Mr. and Mrs. Ryan McBryde will leave today for Hot Springs, Arkansas. They will stop in Savannah for a short visit with their daughter, Mrs. A. R. Fitz simon, Jr. Peoples Tabernacle H. Owy Clrtt, fter 9:45 A. M. Sunday school. Lesson Topic: "Entering and Possessing a New Land." 6:30 P. M. Young People's meeting. 7:30 P. M. Evening worship, sertmon by the pastor. 7:30 P. M. Monday Mission ary meeting. 7:30 P. M. Tuesday Mid week prayer meeting. NEWS or OUR MMw WOMEN IH UNIFORM SK 2-c P. C. Howell, son of Mrs. P. C. Howell landed in San Francisco this week. He sailed from Okinawa on Febru arv 4. ! RM 2-c Herman Colo has been j separated from the Navy after : three years of service. : AMM 3-c B. B. Cole is at home on a H-day furlough after : wHch he will report to Alamc- !;. C':.'il' i'ma. SUKDAY FOR MRS. VEASEY Death Occurs At Noon Saturday Funeral services were con ducted at her home at three o' clock last Sunday afternoon for Mrs. J. O. Veasey, 58, who pas sed away Saturday at noon at Timberland. Services were con ducted by Rev. J. D. Whisnant, her pastor, and interment fol lowed at the Raeford Cemetery. Mrs. Veasey was stricken with paralysis about three years ago but was able to get about with help after that time until she suffered a final stroke Wed nesday, February 20, from which she never regained conscious ness. Death came at noon Sat urday. She had been a resident of this section for thirty-two years. Pallbearers were her nephews, Robert, Cheatham, Wallace, and Harold Veasey, Wilbur Whit field, Wade Daniel, and Onis Perry. Floral contributions were profuse and showed the esteem in which the deceased was held. Surviving are her husband, three children, Janie Lou and I Horace from the home and Mrs. Daniel Pitt of Rocky Mount; five sisters, Mrs. S. C. Lyon of Northside, Mrs. L. H. Jones of Wendell, Mrs. A. J. Dixon of Creedmoor, Mrs W. A. Thaxton of Raleigh, and Mrs. P. C. O' Neal of Hamlet; one brother, U, L. Bck of Hamlet. o Raeford Methodist Church W. L. Mani'ss. Minister 9:4") A. M. Church school. 11:00 A. M. Morning wor ship, sermon by pastor. 12:15 P. M. Worship at Par ker's. 5130 P. M. Youth Fellow ship meeting with Alice Sut ton Matheson. 7:30 P. M. Evening Ser vice. 3:30 P. M. Monday Spiritual Life Meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service. 7:15' P. M. Wednesday Choir rehearsal. 8, World Day of Prayer union services at the Presbyterian church. 3:30 P. M. Friday, March The American Red Cross as sists with communications be tween servicemen and their fa milies when the usual means are not available or effective. BURGH! Will HOT SEEK A RE ELECTIOn Horner Announces; Lang Expected To i Representative William O. i Burgin announced from Was'r 1 ington last Friday that he would i not be a candidate for reelection I to Congress from the Emhh ! North Carolina district. Within I twenty-four hours after this ! announcement W. E. Horner. Sanford publishes, announced ; that he would bo a eandidv.e for the? office and reports wrc in circulation that John I., n". former .VVA .Vr i o -' r i ivy.' in the A '-my. w 'hi :.' I e a candidate. K rrer i , a i . r ; n! a :ne-h.-r of the North Caroh: . Ih':i;- -f Kovr- .entatives sf" '. in- '. fourth regular term.. I'e w.: , also Le" Count 's deli;; do to the General Assembly for one special term. He is publisher of the semi-weekly Sanford Her ald. John Lang, of Carthage, was the NYA chief for North Caro lina and has spent several years in the Army. He is at present a major and is serving with the Recruiting service of the Fourth Service Command with head quarters n Atlanta, Georgia. He was in Raeford last Saturday and stated at that time he ex pected to state formally if he would or would not be a can didate for the office within the very near future. Opinion gen eraly seems to be that Lang will run. With the end of the present session Mr. Burgin will com plete eight years service in the house where he has served as a member of the foreign affairs committee. In a formal statement issued last Friday Mr. Burgin said: "I have decided not to be a can didate to succeed myself in Con gress from the eighth district. I am making this statement now so that those in the district who desire to run will have ample time, inasmuch as the filing date is March 16, and the primary May 24." In this connection it has been stated that Mr. Burgin has been one of the most faithful in at tending House sessions and is usually on the floor early and remains until the House ad journs for the day. During the eight vears Mr. Burgin has served in the House j ?.'iss Jane Pratt of Raeford has j served as his secretary. Miss Pratt,, well known throughout j the state, has served as secre-! tary to the representatives from the eighth district for 22 years. N. C. Garden Clubs To Meet April 29 Mrs. J. II. Mitchener, Ral eigh, President of the North Carolina Garden clubs, announ ced this week follow ing a committee meeting, that the State Garden club would hold its annual meeting at Pine Needles April 29th and 30th. Plans were completed for a tour of the gardens and estates of Southern Pines and Pine hurst.. Upward of three hun dred members of the club are expected to attend the con ference. Committee members attending the meeting were: Mrs. H. A. Cameron, president of the Raeford club; Mrs. A. Wray White, Raleigh, Secretary of the Garden club of N. C; Mrs. P. P. McCain and Mrs. J. L. Beall, Sanatorium, N. C. and Mrs. H. W. Doub, President of the Aberdeen Home Garden club. LOCAL REACOOP CONTRACTS FOR m im line Construction To Begin Soon The local Lumber River Elee nc nien-.hershi-j Corporation has ::.-t received bids for construc .i..n of 100 miles of "B" Project 'i"c; wkh l.'iO more miles to be ' ?.:' Yd by contract amendments. According to D. J. Dalton, j local manager, the F. D. Chno ! Construction Company, with of 'V""' -. R..h :;;!! ,;nd Fayette :,:mittcil the low ' I or S 1.77! 9 for Vi) miles ; ' i' . .III) oi r ualo. one .. ' 'i.e Col , .1. N. c. .1 is xpec'. : i" ill the near future ative now has a uiK.;ei th.eC 'considerable amount of Material on hand and orders for the re mainder have been placed. Most of mese prospective mem bers have been waiting for ser vice since 11)40 andl941 when the war stopped all construction. Mr. Dalton states that with the additional 230 miles added the Cooperative will be operating 730 miles of line and will furnish electrical service to consider able more than 2,000 of its' members located in Hoke, Rob- erson, Scotland and Cumber land Counties. The Cooperative has 235 more miles of "C" Project line on file with the Federal Rural Elec trification Administration, Wash ington, D. C. and according to the manager there will be very few people left in this area with out electric service. Mr. Dalton suggests that those who have not made application for ser vice contact the R. E. A. office in order that the job may be completed. WAR TROPHY OWNERS MUST REGISTER ARMS All persons possessing mach ine guns and certain other types were warned here today that these guns must be registered with the Bureau of Internal rev enue, under the provisions of the National firearms act. Persons in possession of such weapons, particularly veterans, who have brought them into the country as war souvenirs, are urged to register these guns under the law. The notice was given here by Investigator T. L. Hon, of the Alcohol Tax Unit, Bureau of In ternal Revneue. The Alcohol Tax Unit is charged with the enforcement of the National Fire arms Act. Violations of the law are pun ishable by a fine of $2000 or im prisonment up to five years, or both. Under the National Firearms Act all machine guns, sub mach ine guns, or any weapon which fires more than one shot with one continuous pull of the trig ger, or any weapon with a muf fler or silencer attached, must be registered with the bureau through its representative of the Alcohol Tax Unit, in the district in which the gun is kept. Investigator Hon has offices at 138V2 Gillespie St., Fayette ville, N. C. and his mail address is Box 1102, Favetteville. N. C. sx T0URMNT PLAY , TO START TONIGHT No Liquor Cases In Recorder's Court Only three cases were tried hi Tuesday's session of Hoke Count,y recordei'.s court. The , .'ession was unique in that there ' were no defendants charged : with cases in which liquor was ' involved. Jr.-sse D. Dobbins, colored man of Fayctteville, paid $50 and the court costs for careless and reckless driving and carrying a concealed weapon. Ben Hayes., colored, paid $50 :l tlv costs earn ing a ...,.,,!,) weapon. : .'.!! A. ! U-l-.t id, c .!:' !. paid , to- o ' . : .-r careless . t-tU A vr:r n.MnAV AT SIX A. M. Funeral Tuesday Mrs. Cora Lee Baker passed away at six o'clock last Sunday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. J. McNeill, near Raeford. She was seventy three years of age and had been in fairly good health up until one week prior to her death at which time she suffered an at tack of heart trouble which was her final illness. Mrs. Baker was the widow of the late Junius Baker, who died in 1928, with whom she came to this county to make her home in 1912. She was born in Union county. The funeral was conducted at the home on Tuesday morning at eleven o'clock by Rev. W. L. Maness, pastor of the Raeford Methodist church of which the deceased was a member. Pall bearers were H. A. Greene, Rob ert Gatlin, Tom Cameron, D. H. Hodgin, E. E. Smith, and C. L. Thomas. Burial wasin the Rae ford cemetery. Mrs. Baker is survived bv two daughters, Mrs. C. B. Spivey of Portsmouth, Va., and Mrs. W. J. McNeill of this countv; three sons. J. M W. P., and Roy, all of Raeford. three sisters, one brother, twenty grandchildren and one great-grandchild. o Bv K. A. MacDonald Eye Clinic Is Successful Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday an eye clinic, spon sored by the Raeford Kiwanis club and carried out by the Hoke County Welfare and Heatlh de partments, in cooperation with the State Commission for the Blind, was held for the benefit of the school children of Hoke County. Dr. Ernest Calloway of Duke hospital, asssited by Mrs. Louise Bullock, medical worker for the Blndi Commsision, examined the children's eyes. They were as sisted by the staffs of Health and Welfare offices. Approximately lf0 children had their eyes test ed. Miss Constance Robin, assist ant to Dr. Roma Cheek, execu tive secretary of the Blind Com mission, and Miss Ruth Penney, chief medical worker for the Blind Commission, were here on Tuesday inspecting the clin- Eight Teams Enter Legion Tourney The High School basketball tournament sponsored by the Ellis Williamson post of the American Legion will get under way in the High school gymna sium here tonight at eight o' clock when the team from Can dor will meet the Bennerts ville. S. C. team. This game will be followed I immediately by a game bc- t'.vcen teams from Aberdeen ar-d Wa-'ram. and on Friday night Eiizah' Red Springs thtown will meei High in the opener .' i! :!.: :': rol lowed by a . hciw, i, the Hoke Coun ' v ':..: "- I .-..'.r. rrs.i Fairmor .. f .Sc.'.i-i .';:v n.o .1 at i-i ;!'. 'f 'c;i liu- ( ;: na! between the .onei s . i Thursday night's ;o'.e between the winners of Friday night's games. The final contest will be played at eight P. M. on Monday. Admission prices have been set at twenty five cents for students and fifty cents for others and capacity crowds are expected for the whole sche dule. The tournament is an invita tion affair sponsored by the lo cal post of the American Le gion. Eighteen teams were in vited on condition that the first eight to accept would be en tered. Alfred Cole, athletic commit tee chairman of the post,, stated yesterday that committees had been named to handle tickets, reception and other functions necessary as well as a confiden tial committee which will select an all star team from the play ers participating in the tourna ment. To Sponsor Dance The Allendale Home Demon stration club is sponsoring a' square dance at the Wagram school gymnasium tonight at eight-thirty to which the public is invited. o Clinic Tomorrow In Luniberton An otheopaedic clinic will be held Friday, March 1, 1946 in the basement of the Agricul tural building in Lumberton. This clinic is free to all indi gent children under 21 years of age. Dr. L. D. Baker of Duke hospital will be the sur geon in charge and all patients are expected to register be tween nine and eleven o'clock. ic. They took pictures that will be published in het biennial report of the Blind Commis sion. Mr. Hart of the City Optic al company of Wilmington was here during the clinic fitting the glasses. The clinic was a great success. Parents should apreciate all that has been done by these organizations, includ ing teachers and principals, for their children. The Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meet ing on Monday, March 4, at 10:00 A. M. McGregor's Father 111 C. H. McGregor, principal of Hoke County High School, was called to Gibson Monday be cause of the serious illness of his father. At last reports his father was still in serious con dition. The State Standard tests have been given in the county and are being forwarded to Raleigh for compilation. 0 "It Pay To Advertlsa" IN THE NrAVS-JOlRNAL t I v . i f V. r- r h P r GIVE TO YOUR LOCAL RED CROSS
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