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VOLUME XLI NO. 7
THURSDAY, JULY 18th, 131G RAEFORD, N. C.
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-SALE-
EDINBURGH MILL SOLD
TO CHARLOTTE
COMPANY
The Troy Whitehead ma
chinery company of Char
lotte announced last week
that they had purchased the
Raeford Mills, Inc., from Ed
win Morgan, of Laurel Hill.
The price paid for the prop
erty was announced as "a
bout $700,000."
Troy Whitehead, president
of the machinery firm, said
the transaction included the
approximately 50 dwelling
houses comprising the mill
village and about 90 acres
of land. The mill itself,
operated as the Edinburgh
Cotton Mills, has about 15,
000 spindles and manufac
tures coarse yarns.
Morgan is the head of the
Morgan cotton mills of La
urinburg and Laurel Hill.
His company bought the pro
perty in 1933 from the re
ceivers of the former owners
for a price reported to be less
than $25,000.
Local officials of the mill
stated yesterday that they
understood the new owner
would take possession a
bout September 1, and that
they did not know whether
the Whitehead company
planned to operate the mill
themselves or not.
The mill employs 200 per
, ns and the village has a
jpulation of about 600.
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WOW Camp Has
Fish Supper
In the largest get-to-get-her
they have had since the
beginning of the war, the
Raeford Camp of the Wood
men of the World had a fish
supper at the armory here
Wednesday night, July 10,
for all members of the camp
and their families.
The meal was served on
tables in the building. Bles
sing was asked by Rev. W.
L. Maness, pastor of the Rae
ford Methodist church. After
the meal Rev. Harry K. Hol
land, pastor of the Raeford
Presbyterian church, made
an interesting and.vell-re-ceived
talk.
Mr. Holland was followed
on the program by-' Sover
eigh Gibson, field represen
tative of the WOW, who tal
ked to the camp on the ac-
"ities and aims ' of he or
ganization. o
Young Democratic
Clubs Will Rally
Rufus B. Sanford, Jr.,
Mocksville lawyer and eigh
th district chairman of the
Young Democratic clubs, an
nounced last week that the
Young Democrats of the dis
trict would sponsor a Demo
cratic rally at the Club Chal
fonte, near Pinehurst on the
evening of August 27, 1946.
The registration will start
at 4:00 P. M. and the dinner
will beein at 7:30.
Sanford stated that Gov
ernor Cherry, Lt. Governor
Ballentine, Mrs. Henrietta
Price Gillespie, Miss Jane
Pratt, John Umstead, and C.
B. Deane would be on the
oroeram.
The' Moore county club is
.o be the host organization
and tickets will be distnbu
ted proportionally to coun
ties in the district prior to
the rally.
Moves Headquarters
Patrol Troop "B"
Stale Highway Patrolman
Jason Barnes said this week
.hat Troop "B" of the high
way patrol, which has had
its headquarters in Fayette
ville since 1935, had moved
to Wilmington last week.
The troop is commanded
by Lt. J. R. Smith and super
vises the work of patrolmen
n 29 counties in the eastern
oart of the state.
-TOBACCO-
GROWERS FAVOR THREE
YEAR QUOTAS BY
100 TO 1
In he referendum last Fri
day to determine if tobacco
growers wanted a three-year
renewal of quotas, a one
year renewal, or a discontin
uance of the system, 172,042
North Carolina growers vot
ed for three years more of
the system, 1762 voted for
one more year, and 1922 fa
vored no quotas at all.
In Hoke county a high per
centage of the growers ex
pressed their opinions in the
referendum, with 1289 vot
ing. Of these 1020 voted for
the three-year extension, 221
for a one-year extension, and
48 voted against the system.
Elsewhere in the six states
voting on the question the
vote for continuance was
just asa overwhelming. The
six states voting piled up
242,516 for the three-year
quotas, 3,126 for one-year
quotas, and 4,132 against the
quota system.
States voting were North
Carolina, South Carolina,
Florida, Georgia, Virginia,
?nd Alabama.
The state-by-state vot was
as follows:
Florida: 140 for one-year;
366 for 3-vear; 226 against.
South Carolina: 35-03 for
ne-year; 25,994 for 3-year;
381 against.
Georgia: 616 for 1-year;
nn r n i n a r . a
zizu ior j-year i,jtn against..
Virginia: 304 for one-year;
24.910 for 3-year; 5-3 against.
Alabama: 1 for one-year;
84 for Syyear;. 1 against.
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CARTHAGE MEN LEASE
TOBACCO WAREHOUSE
IN FAYETTEVILLE
Georee D. Carter and Sons
rf Carthage announced this
week that thev had teased
fhe npw Cumberland To
Hnccn Warehouse on the Fay
oHpville Stockvards site on
the LumHrtr-n road and plan
to operate this season.
Thev havp hpon nnorating
rehouses in Carthage f-r
the past thirty years.
Mr. Carter's sons. Dan and
"ill Carter, are associated
with him in the enterprise.
Thev expressed themselves
as well-pleased with the pro
cess of the work which is in
progress to put the building
in shape by the time the
border belt opens.
Mr. Carter has done a lot
of business with Cumberland
and Hoke countv tobacco
growers and anticipates a
good season in Favetteville.
The Cumberland ware
house is a different enter
prise from the Favetteville
Tobacco warehouses which
are bein? erected on the
Junior Chamber of Com
merce fairgrounds.
-LEGION-
LOCAL POST VOTES
TO GIVE COACH
MORE MONEY
At its monthly meeting
ac the armory on Monday
night, July 8, the local post
of the American legion voted
tc pay the athletic coach at
the Hoke county high school
$500 in addition to his regu
lar salary, generally consi
dered insufficient. The post
also expressed its intention
of asking Hoke county to
make a similar supplement
to his salary. The money
paid by the post will be de
livered in two payments in
the next school year, one
each semester.
The post met at seven
thirty and, as usual, a buf
fet supper was enjoyed by
all present.
Guest speaker for the oc
casion was Gilbert L. Win
der, contract representative
of the Veterans administra
tion in Fayetteville, who
made an informative talk of
special interest to veterans
on the purpose and aims of
the VA and the way the pro
gram is being carried out.
Guests introduced to the
meeting were Major William
Lamont, J,r., Malloy La
mont, and Glenn Clark.
Commander J. H. Blue
presided over the meeting
and discussed plans of the
post before the Secision was
made to supplement the pay
of the high school athletic
coach. Among other things
'iscussed by Blue were the
plans and possibilities for
fencing the baseball park,
which the legion post has
leased from the county.
The post meets the sec
ond Monday night in each
month.
POOLE'S
BY D. SCOTT POOLE
We had an unusual rain
fall in Raeford Saturday a
ioht. :.The rain
fell in sheets and tlie ground
was covered witrffwater o
a depth of several inches.',7X
strong wind accompanied
the rain which damaged the
crops. Tobacco and corn
were blown down and the
tobacco was damaged to a
irge extent.
rain came one April in
18S0 at Jackson Springs that
made a river of the "min
eral branch." I guess that
branch was ten feet over
'.be spring, because it cover
ed that big rock just above
the spring.
On the 12th day of May,
1879, that little creek, a big
branch that ran through my
father's farm on Drowning
creek, washed away a crop
of growing corn and all the
dirt to the hardpan, filled
the ditches, and from that
day till this a plow has not
been in put in those bot
toms. But a good crop of
I timber, pine, and poplar has
been cut from it.
Timber for building pur
poses in the United States
is a problem sure as you
are born. People can hardly
get floors and windows andjtecj wjtn a 10 cent on the
-loor frames. i $100 valuation and it was
There is something strance
about the scarcity of hogs,
I S'-l Tools, Nail,
t upcnurcn mgn
K. A. MacDonald reported
vesterclay that thieves had
broken into the tool house
jn the grounds of the new
Upchurch high school buil-
ng on last Monday night
and removed a quantity of
tools and nails which were
stored there.
Macdonald said that while
the loss amounted to right
much money value it would
be felt more because the
stolen items would be diffi
cult to replace.
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CHILD'S FATHER SUES
FRANK WILLIAMS
FOR $30,000
A suit for $30,000 has been
filed against Frank -E. Wil
liams of Raeford by W. L.
4obson of Cumberland coun
ty, administrator of the es
tate of four-year-old Carl
Ion Hobson who was fatal
,y injured on the evening of
June 28 when struck by the
car being driven by Wil
liams on U. S. 15A near the
Seventy-First school build-
A coroner s inquest was
held in Fayetteville on the
night (of Wednesday, July
10. The jury at the inquest
found that the child's death
had been accidental and un
avoidable and absolved Wil
liams of criminal blame in
connection with the fatali-
jty.
The accident was said by
Williams to have happened
just as he drove over a hill
on the Favetteville road and
he said he did not see the
child before the car struck
it.
MEDLEY
and the
strange.
price is equally
f These money loving Am
icans do not thank the Am
ican soldiers for stopping
Hitler. America is a great
country, but I believe but
for the American soldiers
Hitler would at this time be
boss of the world. Hitler
said that he meant to rule
America with the balance of
e world and when some
one asked him how he expec
ted to rule it, he said "From
the inside." Judging from
what we see now, he knew
Union labor.
Since I have lived in Rae
ford I have only seen qne
red hot town election. That
was in 190? when the town
convention met. Following a
long practice, I was to act
i as secretary and a fellow ob
jected. The folks had got
ten suspicious of each other.
Daniel Melntvre was elected
j Mayor, but having no other
business here ne leu lown
before the summer ended.
Will Peele served out Mc
Intyre's term. J. H. Austin
served out my unexpired
term in 1911, and four terms
of his own. The town star
not raised for sixteen years.
(Continued on pags 6)
COUNTY HAS HEAVY RAINS
AND LIGHTNING DURING WEEK
Light Day In
Recorder's Court
Nathaniel Smith and
James Leach, colored boys
oi Kaeiord township, faced
Judge McDiarmid Tuesday
morning ior taking a trac
tor ride on Clarence Lytch's
factor with some rather un
expected and costly conse
quences. They did not work
for Lytch and did not have
permission to drive his trac
er. The charge was forcible
respass and each got a six
months sentence to be sus
pended on payment of the
costs and $50 to Mr. Lytch.
Dan Shaw, colored, plead
ed guilty of driving drunk
and sentence was 60 days,
uspended on payment of
SO and the costs.
James Black, colored, got
30 days suspended on pay
ment of the costs for viola
ting the prohibition laws.
W. J. Smith, white, paid
-,e costs for being drunk
and disorderly.
Delma Jackson and Tillie
Henderson, Indians, got six
npnths each suspended on
-ment of the costs and a
$10 fine for F. and A.
Lacy Parker, white, paid
the costs for speeding.
Robert Thames, white, was
charged with assaulting his
wife. The state took a nol
pros when she did not ap
pear to testify.
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Protection Against
Diphtheria Is Urged
Immediate immunization
of children and infants over
six months of age who have
not been given protection a
gainst diphtheria is being ur
ged by State board of health
officials.
Dr. Charles P. Stevick;' di
rector of the board's divi
sion of epidemic, says that;
since May 1 there have been
80 cases of diphtheria repor
ted in North Carolina 28
per cent more than in the
corresponding period : rlast
year.
"The seasonal diphtheria,
incidence begins in May and
reaches a peak in October,"
Dr. Stevick said. "In view
of the distinct upward trend
there should be no time lost
in protecting infants and
small children." he continu
ed. "We can't tell what pro
portions an infectious disease
like this may reach and an
smorgency program of im
munization should begin at
once.
State law requires that all
children be immunized for
diphtheria, whooping cough
and smallpox prior to enter
ing school. Pre-school cli
nics held in this county after
the last school year examin
ed 190 children, and immu
nized 98. Since that time
23 have been completely im
munized in the county and
!9 have had the first dose.
ny of these children may
have their immunization
completed at the health de
partment here on baturday
'mornings or at the regular
1 clinics being held at the
community houses on the
nnounced schedules.
Crop Damage Light;
Other Property
Damaged
In what has been various
ly estimated at from 5 to 8
inches of rain in about three
storms the tobacco of this
county has come through
wunout great loss, compared
to that reported in other
counties. Other counties in
the state have reported dam
age from rain as high as
$500,000, while the damage
in this county from the two
heavy falls of Saturday
light and Monday afternoon
has been estimated at not
over $25,000. Much tobacco
was hurt but farmers have
managed in most cases to ott
it back in fair shape.
The storms were both fil
led with liehtnine which did
some damage also. Power
was oil in Kaeford for three
hours and five minutes Sat
urday night as a result of
the storm. Several trees in
laeford and elsewhere in
the county were blown
iown.
Ladies Shop Suffers
About the greatest dam
age to property was done to
the Ladies Shop here
on Saturday night in the
rain which started around
nine o'clock and didn't stop
until after 11. Water got
into the store and damaged
stock to an extent estimated
at $1,000.
Lighning Strikes House
In the storm Monday after
noon,- when about half as
much water fell as did
Saturday night, a house on
the N. B. Blue farm south of
Raeford was struck with a
family in it without serious
damage to the occupants.
The rain had stopped when
the lightning hit a tree in
the yard and apparently
3'fnt down a limb into the
house, shattering several
timbers supporting the porch
roof and others.
a. k. stevens loses
Another barn
At about 12:30 last Satur
day night Archie K. Stev
ens lost a tobacco barn full
of tobacco by fire of un
known origin. He is of the
opinion that the fire was
s.arted by lightning during
the storm which preceded
the fire.
The loss was estimated by
Tr. Stevens at around $1,
300 and it was not covered
by insurance. He suffered
i similar loss of a barn of
tobacco just the week be-
ore. .i
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MRS. ROWLAND TALKS
TO KIWANIS CLUB
Speaker at the regular
meeting of the Raeford Ki-
wanis club last Thursday
night was Mrs. G. B. Row
land, who spoke to the or
ganization on the subject of
The Deep South, based
on her travels through the
southern U. S.
Mrs. Rowland's talk was
well prepared and delivered
and was enjoyed by the club.
She was presented by Dr.
A. L. O'Briant.