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VOLU.ME XL NO. 41
IIALFOKD.N.C. THURSDAY. MAKCII H. ! Mi
$2.00 PEK Kw
Town Water System
Will Be Improved
The town board of commis
sioners in their monthly meeting
last week closed a contract with
the Boyd and Goforth company
of Charlotte to make several im
provements in the water lines
in the town of Raeford.
The work will consist mainly
of replacing some of the small
water mains with six-inch ones
which will improve pressure
and output in the parts of town
affected. The work will be done
on four streets making a total
of about thirty-five hundred
feet to be replaced and the con
tract calls for the work to be
done in he next forty days.
The construction company ex
pects to begin work next week,
and expect the job to be com
pleted in about three weeks.
The job is costing the town
$5280.
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FMC Glee Club
To Appear Here
Arrangements have boon made
for the Flora Macdonald College
Glee club to present a sacred
concert in the Presbyterian
church Sunday evening, March
24th. .This organization is com
posed of eighty voices and is
under the direction of Dean Rob
ert Router of the music depart
ment of the college.
Members of the Glee club will
be guests of the Woman's Aux
iliary of the church at supper
at 5:30 at which time members
of the church who have returned
from active service in the armed
forces will be entertained.
School News
By K. A. MacDonald
Outing For Teachers
Tuesday afternoon at 6:00 o'
clock the Hoke County teachers
held the last of their regular
meetings. This was a social
meeting, and a chicken stew was
served at "Clyde's Pond." That,
judging from the amount con
sumed, was enjoyed by every
one. A fter supper, Miss Margaret
McKenzie, president of the Hoke
County unit of the NCEA, called
the meeting to order for a busi
ness meeting of the unit. Bal
lots were distributed and a vote
was taken on the state officers
of NCEA. C. W. Phillips of
Greensboro is unopposed for the
presidency. Miss Cordelia Camp
of West Carolina Teachers CoJ
lepe and Claude Grigg, superin
tendent of the Albermarle City
schools oppose each other for
the vice-presidency.
After this ballot nominations
were failed for the local officers.
Mrs J. C. McLean was elected
president. Miss Miriam Watson,
vice-president, and Mrs .A D.
Gnre. recretarv. The new presi
dent will' anrtnin' the delegates
to the annual s'a'e meeting tha
will be held in Asheville March
28-30.
At a principal's moctine held
after the teacher's meeting it
was decided not to have school
on next Saturday on account
nf the poor attendance that was
had in some of the schools. Al
so, it was decided not to have
the "Skin Dav" at the end of
srhl as nas been donp for the
pnef cpveral vears. This will
rpneo the schools to close on
Mv 31. The same day the
schools closed last year.
RnrHish PTA To Meet
There will be a called meet
ing of the Rockfish P. T. A. on
next Monday evening, March 18,
for the purpose of electing of
i"fr? fnr next year. Rev. H. L.
H""hill, pastor of Galatia
church will be the speaker.
Rev. J. D. Whisnant, pastor of
Iho Pofnrd Baptist church, held
1W "hsnel pxerrises at Hoke
Vri. on Wednesdav at 1:10 P.
M
(Continued on Page six)
REA Directors
Execute $190,000
Line Contract
I 700 More Families
To Get Service
There was a special meeting
'of the board of directors of the
Lumbee River Electric Mem
bership Corporation at the cor
poration's office here last Fri
day night at which a contract
for 230 miles of additional line
j in the corporation's area was ex
ecuted. The new line will be
i fairly well scattered over the
area served by the cooperative
, in the counties of Hoke. Scot
j land, Cumberland and Robeson
) and will give electrical service
I to approximately 700 more farm
: families who have not previous
j ly had it.
j The contract, in the amount of
I $100,000 was executed between
the cooperative and the Cline
Construction companv of Ral
eigh. The Cline company was
: represented at the meeting along
with T. F. Treadway of the Sou
thern Engineering company of
Atlanta. Ga. Treadwav discus
sed with the directors the future
development of the cooperative
line in order to furnish electrici
ty to every farmer in the area,
i D. J. Dahon. manager 'of the
cooperative, stated that his or
. ganiation hopes to get con
'slruction on the new project
i started in the very near future,
I but added that due to material
j holdups i was impossible to
give a definite date. Poles and
transformers are the most criti
cal items he added.
The following directors were
present: C. A. Alford, Rowland,
Marshall Newton, Hoke County,
Mrs. Lucv Smith. Poke Countv,
J. R. Caddell, J. E. Morrison, R.
F. Morris, all of Maxton, Lambert
Lewis, Pembroke, J. McN. Gil
lis, Cumberland County, and C.
L. Ballance, St. Pauls.
Announces Candidacy
J Benton Thomas
In this issue J. Benton
Thomas, farmer, seed man and
ginner of Raeford, announces
that he will seek nomination as
the Democratic candidate for
the Hoke County seat in the
General Assembly.
Harry Greene announced his
candidacy for this office two
weeks ago and Thomas, who
has been chairman of the Hoke
County Democratic Executive
': committee for some years, is the
; second.
i
j Dr. G. W. Brown, the incum
j bent, has stated that he would
be a candidate to succeed him
I self. Walter P. Baker, Raeford
, druggist who has been consider
ing jumping into the race, stated
! yesterday that he would not do
Stolen Car Is
Recovered Here
Last Saturday morning two
young white boys from a train
ing school at Rocky Mount left
the school and stole the car of
a Rocky Mount doctor at about
nine-thirty.
The car was a 1941 Buick coach
and the description was broad
cast by the State Highway Pa
trol at once. At three P. M.
State Patrolman Barnes noticed
the car entering Raeford. He
took charge of the car and oc
cupants with no difficulty and
they were all returned to Rocky
Mount later that day.
Presbyterian Teachers Course
Begins Sunday Afternoon
The leadership training class
for Sunday School Teachers in
the children's division will be
gin at the Red Snrincs Presby
terian church at 4:00 P. M. Sun-d-v
March 17 and will continue
with night sessions Sundav and
Vondav at 7:30 P. M.
j Wreck On 15-A
; Saturday Noon
At 12:30 P. M. last Saturday
C. I. Quarles was approaching
' Raeford on 15-A when he started
1 to pass a car on the hill near
i Bill's place. As luck would
j have it there was a car com
; ing over the hill at the same
time. This car and that of
Quarles collided and wound up
lout in the field on the south
I side of the road.
Quarles was arrested and
charged with violating the road
I laws and got a sentence of 30
' days to be suspended on pay
, ment of the costs.
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Large Number Of
: Cases Tried In
j Recorder's Court
Dundarrach Fracas
j Interesting Trial
In the trial of Annie Mae
Smith, Jessie Lee Johnson, and
Johnny Thomas, all colored of
Dundarrach, last Tuesday mor
ning in Recorder's court the tes
timony was well delivered, gra
phic and highly entertaining
both for the defense and the
prosecution. The defendants
were each charged with assault
with a deadly weapon in the
case of a hand to hand battle
which had taken place at Dun
darrach between the defendants
and two or three other colored
people. Smith and Johnson
, were found guilty as charged
and were sentenced to thirty
' days each to be suspended on
payment of a $10 fine and the
j costs. Thomas was found not
i guilty.
i Willie Turner, colored, got a
sixty-day sentence suspended on
payment of the costs for hav
ing an improper chauffeur s li
cense and speeding.
Herbert Little, colored, paid
the costs for being drunk and
disorderly.
Henry Hollingsworth, colored,
paid the costs for assault with a
deadly weapon.
i Junius Jones, colored, was
found guilty of manufacturing
whiskey and beer illegally and
was sentenced to eight months
on the roads to be suspended on
payment of $25 and the costs.
Essie McKay, Indian, paid the
costs for making home brew
and the state took a nol pros
on the same charge against Por
ter McKay.
Joshuway Brown, colored, paid
the costs for having improper
brakes.
Arthur Ellerbe, colored, paid
the costs for gambling and $10
and the costs for assault with
a deadly weapon. John McMil
lan also paid the costs for gam
bling. Clarence Bethune, colored,
paid the costs for speeding.
And, of all things, to wind up
with the Recorder's this week is
Alex Campbell and Mildred
McMillan, colored, paid the costs
far F. & A.
Property For Sale At
Maxton Airbase
The Laurinburg-Maxotn, AAB,
Maxton, recently declared tem
porarily inactive by the Army
Air Forces, has announced the
sale of surph's small lots at the
base at 10:00 A. M., Monday,
March 18, 1946.
The surplus property consists
of small farm equipment, office
equipment, electric saws, a house
trailer all of which is available
for public inspection through
March 15, 1946, between the
hours of 8:30 A. M. and 4:30 P.
M.
Sale will be made by informal
sealed bids which will be opened
at 10:00 March 18. Lots wP1 be
awarded to the highest bHer.
Military personnel and civi'i.ms
emolovcd bv the War Po-.-'-t-ment
are not eligible to purr'-se
this couipment.
County Allotted
4454 Acres Tobacco
This Year
Acreages Will He Measured
To further strengthen com
pliance with the marketing quo
ta program, all acreages of flue
cured tobacco grown on all
farms in 1040 will be measured
by AAA Committeemen or others
working under supervision of
committeemen, it was announced
this weel; by T. D. Potter, chair
man. Hoke countv AAA commit
tee. "Due to the manpower short
age, the AAA found it necessary
to discontinue measurement of
all flue-cured acreages during
the war, and this will be the first
vear since 1942 when all acreages
will be measured." Mr. Potter
said. "The system of reporting
their individual acreages bv far
mers, themselves, and subsequ
ent spot-cheeking was the best
I r-eai'.s of acreage determination
I r! i :ri nT the war. However, a re
turn to measurement of all a
i ere--!; os is essential in order to
'. ir-iko the marketing quota pro
i"ro f n H' el'fef'ive.''
Fl'io-rured nrodueers of llnke
' er-o-Mv hove been no'ifiorl of
1P4') acreage allotments for their
'irms. The county's total ae-
reasro allotment for 1940 will a-
. mount to approximately
' acres.
4454.O
John D. Stubbs
Found Dead In
Car Saturday
Rockfish Man Victim
Of Heart Attack
John D. Stubbs, Sr., 53-year
old Rockfish man was found
dead in his car about seventy
five yards west of the Davis
bridge over Rockfish creek on
the old wire road last Saturday
night at approximately eleven
thirty o'clock by G. J. Kinlaw
of Fayetteville.
In the car with Stubbs was
his son, J. D. Stubbs, Jr., who
was unaware that his father was
not alive.
The car had been driven from
the road some time before and
was stuck where it could not
move under its own power.
At the coroner's inquest Mon
day morning it was revealed by
evidence that John Stubbs, Jr.
and Sr. accompanied by Brown
Stubbs and Troy Johnson had
been driving about and that
here had been some drinking.
John Stubbs, Jr., was driving
the car when it ran off the road
i ne coroner s jury found that , tion to Con press from the Eighth
the accident of the car getting; North Carolina District. He wiil Mrs Robert McDonald and
stuck had not been material in oppose W. E. Horner. Sanford sons of Thomasville, N. C . snont
!"e death of the senior Stubbs ublisher and member of the several divs last week with Mrs.
nd Jiat his death had been due legislature, who is the onlv X. A. McDonald at Timberland
to a heart attack. This was other candidate to announce him- while Major McDonald was be
orne ou by expert opinions self thus far. ing separated from the service
heard by the jury. j Deane stated in his announce- at Fort Bragg. He had just re-
It appeared that none of the rnent that Mr. Burgin's state- turned from 10 months in Japan.
three who were with him knew ment that he would not be a can- j
of his death until they were.didate to succeed himself came1 Major Richard Burkhart has
told of it later. as a surprise and that he would been separated from the service
Funeral services were con-
ducted Mondav afternoon at a!Mr- Burgin had offered for re
Fayetteville funeral home bylc,'Mon-
Rev. E. B. Booker. Burial fol- Major John Lang, Carthage
lowed at the McFadyen ceme-
.
tery in Hoke county.
FARM BUREAU WILL
MEET HERE TONIGHT
Lieutenant Governor L. Y.
Ballentine will address mem
bers of the Hoke County Farm
Bureau and the public at the
annual meeting of the Bureau
at the armory tonight.
The meeting will be at 8
o'clock and the farmers of this
county have been invited to
attend and join the organiza
tion, a croup devoted to the
general improvement of ag
riculture. Officers of the Ili-ke Countv
Bureau will he elected tonight.
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a-ecks In Town
untied Amicably
a C
11 fu-re was a wreck last
jjrtjrday evening on Main
--."?t two blocks north ol tne
Aberdeen road and another one
Sundav one block south of the
first.
In the wreck Saturday Ros
coe McMillan operating a truck
belonging to F. C. McPhaul.
drove into the automobile of Wil-
nii-r
McDonald which' was be-
ing driven
bv Willie Jones and
which had entered into a turn
in front of the truck.
The auto was considerably
damaged and the truck not so
much. The damages were set
tled among the parties concern
ed and no arrests were made.
On Sunday afternoon Lindo
Sexton was making a left turn
to the west from Main street at
Walter Baker's house when he
collided with the car of Clav-
ton F. Hale who was traveling
South on Main. Both vehicles
were seriously damaged but
those involved settled it between
themselves and there were no
TH'stS.
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BoMy Murray Is
Mde E?gle Scout
At the regular weekly meet
ing of the Raeford Kiwanis club
Vrro last Thursday night the pro
gram was devoted to the Boy
scouts, ot which the Kiwanis
! club has for many vears spon
sored ? roop here. The high
light of this program was the
rrpsentation of the badge of
Eagle rank to Scout Bobby Mur
ray, of the Raeford foop, son of
Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Murray.
The program was conducted
by Field Scout Executive J. Out
ley, of Fayetteville, chief Scout
executive for the Cape Fear
Area Council. Mr. Lee made a
short talk on the history of
scouting and presented a movie
showing the great and lasting
results of successful scouting.
Following the movie Mr. Lee,
assisted bv Eagle Scout Harold
Walters of the Sea Scout Ship
"Shaw," presented the Badge
to Bobbv Murray in an impres
sive ceremony.
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C. B. Deane
Is Candidate
For Congress
Will Oppose W. E. Horner
C. B. Deane, Rockingham law
yer and insurance man who was
defeated in the last round of a
long hard primary fight for the
seat eight years ago. announced
mis weeK that he would try a-.
Cain for the Mfimnprati'ii rniiiri '
nnt have Deen a candidate if
rnan wn has been giving ser -
n l i i i . ,
ious thought to entering the race,
has as yet made no public an
nouncement, although it is ru-
mored that he has decided not
to do so.
Thief Makes Three
Trips To Fowlhouse
Last Friday Mrs. Jesse Gib
son of Dundarrach was the pos
sessor of 190 babv chickens a-
vnt ten days old. Sometime
that night a thief entered her
! : v,-r.dor house and made off
165 of them. The next
"''"M 18 disappeared and rn
''-in' ni"ht the remainder
'-iln. At last reports the thir-f.
- or four legged, had not been
I '-"bended.
American Legion
Post Has Monthly
Supper Meeting
Information Released On
Legion Scholarships
The Ellis Williamson Post of
the American Legion held its reg
ular monthly supper and meet
ing at the Armory last Mondav
night with Post Commander W.
L. Poole presiding.
Following the meal there was
a business meeting in which the
various activities of the post
were discussed and definite plans
for devoting the maximum effort
to each activity were made.
The appointment of a com
mittee to handle applications
and make nominations for the
1: c u:
I awaruiiiL; oi tcnuiai sm(j? iu ui -l
t-ViQic nf I'ptpranc wag annnml.
j cpc! Thjs comrnittee consists of
j R B Lewis, C E Upchurch. Jr.,
; Younger Snead. Ralph Plummer
; .,,) f.),,,. riirlr
Any son or daughter of a de
ceased veteran of World War I
or II is eligible for a scholar
ship, irrespective of the date of
the' de::th V,f the father; Factors
which will he considered in choo
sing the iccipionts of the schol
arships are financial need, and
outstanding ability and perfor
mance. They will be awarded
on a basis of two from each area
and five from the United States
at large. For further particu
lars on scholarships those in
terested should see members of
the above named committee.
On the recommendation of
the athletic comrnittee the post
decided to make the high school
Invitational Basketball tourna
ment an annual affair. The post
also decided to promote and
sponsor an annual tournament
for boys and girls of grammar
schools.
A committee was appointed
to make arrangements for a
baseball school here next sum
mer and it was arinounced that
the Atlanta club of the South
ern League had shown some in
terest in assisting with this
school.
It was announced that the Le
gion had sponsored an oratorical
contest at the high school this
week.
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NEWS or OUR
MENwWOMCN
IX UNIFORM
matt
MAM 2-c Malcolm McNeill
was discharged from the navy
at Charleston S. C. last. Katiir-
day alter three years service,
f:ftnnn TVi-iv tin: nvprcpac
at Camp Atterbury,, Ind. Ma-
jor Burkhart, who is the hus
band of the former Miss Lucille
McNeill of this county, has re-
icentlv returned from India.
Lt. Tom McLauchlin, who has
been at home on leave for the
past six weeks, left Monday for
Fort McClellan, Ala.
S 1-c Joe Upchurch of the
Portsmouth Navy Yard, USS
Champlain. arrived Wednesday
to spend a week with his pa
rents. Boh Covinctnn Will
Work In Charlotte
In Mond "' Charlotte Observer
as the "ws that Bob Cov-
-ton Vi! reeen'lv been ap
iif(,l i-"nrtion manner of
,,!;-, c4 n WBT. CES station
n Cliarlofe.