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The grand jury in session this week called the county superin tendent of schools before it for a report, on School transportation. The superintendent was glad to be able to report that during last week the state school bus inspec tor was here and made a detailed inspection of each bus and found them in good, safe^ mechanical condition. He complimented head mechanic, Luck, for the way in which he was keeping the buses. Last Friday night the Ashemont PTA put on a chicken supper in the school lunchroom for the ben efit of the lunchroom. Something over $50.00 clear was made. All those who attended enjoyed the occasion. FTA Has Meeting Monday On Monday night the Hoke. Raeford PTA met in the home ec- onomics rooms of the high school with the president, Mrs. Youn- jfter «T)ead.;b After a report by a ocmmittee (Continued on back page) SANATORIUM SUPERINTENDENT •m Drive For Old Clothing For Overseas Needy Chas. M. Johnson Speaks At Kiwanis Meeting Thursday Peach Belt Opens Here May 2l8t‘ Play Laurmburg Clyde Upchurch, Jr. /.a.; accept-i ed the chairmlihship ' i the old ^ clothing drive that is ■;.:jnsored ini North Carolina by the North Car- STATE TREASURER GIVES 91ina Council of churc’res and na tionally . by the C'.urch World Service. The Kiw.anis club through the committjee Suppoi: of Church es assisted iby the coc mittee on rLJn^er-ih*iviiedg!ed Children is RESUME OF STATE’S CONDITION Directors .u ized Peach P* me;' here . la.s' pleted plans ic the season. P that the seasu: Charles M.. Johnson, treasurer of the State of North Carolina since 1932 and first to announce sponsoring in Hoke County. Mr.' candidacy for governor of the Upchurch is a member of the first state in the primary'and general named committee of the Kiwanis j ^^^‘^tion of 1948, 'vvas guests speak- dub. i ^t the regular weekly^ meeting Rev. W. L. Maness, chairman! of the Raeford Kiwanis club last of the committee on support of Thursday. 'DR. H. S. WILLIS Dr. H, S. Willis assumed his du- . Until his appointment as sup- ties as the new superintendent of srintendent of N. C. St^e Sana- been the three North Carolina State toria, Dr. Willis had b^en super Tuberculosis Sanatoria on Tues-j intendent of the William H. May- day, April 15. Dr, Willis succeeds bury Sanatorium. Northville, Mi- the late Dr. P. P. McCain 'who chigan, since 1933. Prior to this was killed instantly last November he was director of the research 25 in an automobile accident j laboratories of that sanatoriujn while en route to Raleigh for a; for three years. Born in High Point, N. C., on July 19, 1891, he graduated High churches, is in charge of the church participation in the drive. W. t. Gibson, Jm,, chairman of the “Vocational Education Com mittee” is in charge, of school participation. Miss Josephine Hall, Home De monstration agent, will work through the Home Demonstration clubs. ” The Key club of the Hoke Coun ty High school has accepted the responsibility of the house to house canvass in Raeford. T, B. Upchurch, Jr. has offered his seed storage warehouse which joins the Baker-McFadyen garage and this will be used for the col lection point. Lacy McFadyen has agreed to act as custodian for the property. 41- medical meeting, ar. WilUs was selected by a three-man ^comrtuttee appointed by the Board of Directors of the N. C. State Sanatoriay^embers of the committee were: Dr. Paul Point High School in 1910 and from there went to the Univer sity of North Carolina where he received his A. B. degree ih 1914. ... -1, T-. Before entering nrfedical school, H. Ringer of Asheville, Dr. Thur- . , f i ® . ihe served as assistant in biology Mrs. Catherine P. Cheek Dies At Her Residence Mr. Johnson, who released his announcement to the press of the state on the day he was here, was/ a guest of Israel Mann. In pre senting his guest .to the club Mr. Mann told oi his friendship of over 26 years with Mr. Johnson and how they had been friends before he (Mann) could even speak English. The address was of conside^ able interest to the gathering, it being a fairly represen(ta'tive group of North Carolina taxpayers. He covered the financial condih tion of the state and its financial plans in general - and easily un derstood terms. First item mentioned were the interesting points that this is the only state which, maintains all roads and does not levy a land tax for the support of this work. It is also the only state in the 48 whidh maintains a nine-month, 12-grade school system under the same conditions. The speaker then stated that there were two figpds in the state le-nev/ly b.-ga:- baseball leag'ae ! Iday ani com- the opening of ■was announced would open on May 21 with games in Raefogd. Hamlet and Sinithem ■ Pines. The announcement was .released by John S. Ruggle;: of Southern Pines, president of the league. The league play will begin May 21 with .Aberdeen vs. Sout hern Pines at Southern Pines; Bennettsviile '/s. Hamlet at Ham. let, and Laui-inburg vs. Raeford at Raeford. | Ensuing games well be played' on Wednesdays and Judge Bone i Four Cases In Superior Couri a vs .1 DIVORCE^ r.KANTED IN CIVIL TERM ON TUESD.W Judge ■.'.■-n'e:- II. E, viile. N. C' . ■: preside;; ■ ve.' t.'.e Hoke Cour.'.y S.pe.-,.; the first twyw ; ■ The four :-es .on docket -.verr .ompieten day and •r.'ee d.- orte were hearc .~*y tne , civil session on TL.es;;,., Joe Scott, '.vhite .ma! Saturdays, entered a plea ‘rh- ict. ■ r.f cm -k. ■ ;ial kf.n- ’ ■ '.ns ,1 ‘he g'juty of ■with extra games on Mondays, ientering and mr- Each team will play 30 games.’l5!connection with the re- away and 15 at home. I moval of so.me sugar and e.gar- Member teams are now in pro.i?^^®^ fro.m Gathrie Longs f.llrng cess of organization, and are, with! Laurmburg i'i>a4 their officials; Aberdeen, Haney months ago. He was Harris, director, P. B. ParriSh, serve nine .ronttis business manager and coach; on the roads man D. “^tchen of Wake Forest, and Lee L. Gravely of Rocky Mount. Last week Texas City, Texas, but we built and put in good re- was almost destroyed by an eje- plosion of a shipload of high ex plosives in the bay. When a child I thought old people died, I did not thifik of young people dying, but one day my chum died at the age of ten and I was distressed. Later Pread something the great Dt. March said. “J>eath walkis at our side from the cradle to the grave within easy reach ready to grasp our hearts and cease their throbs.” Learning to adjust yourself to yourself surrouhidings is your first duty. Whether your income is pmeh or little^ you can live in ease and comfort and peace, and be happy. ’ Or you can make of yourself a nuisance, and fill your fellow creatures ears with the sad tale of all your woes and disappoint / ■ „ ■ ments. Give to the winds your cares, Hope on, be not dismayed, God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears, God will lift up your head. pair all the strset.s and built sidewalks all over town, and paid expenses and the two $500 notes on the 15 cents tax. Trees do not^grow like they used to. I have seen trees reach a diameter of two feet size, of twenty four inches through in 30 years. About 1884 Richmond county - adopted “stocklaw” in the wes tern half of the courtty. In a short time therelwas a good grow th started thick as was the or iginal growth cutaway by the sawmills, and when we left Rock ingham and came to Raeford those pines were twenty feet tall. They have grown but little since . 0 I have been told most young i^en gamble, but I hope it js not true. But it seems to be an Amer ican weakness and I think gam bling has a strangle hold on this nation from markets, cotton pro duce exchange. ■John K. Moore althougl} he had not been a citizen of Cumberland County long, was one of two Representatives in the House in the General Assembly of 1901, and he passed a law chartering the 'Town of vgaeford. It had a population of 150, The first tax rate was 15 cents on $100 valu ation. There was not very much property. The tax rat^ was not raised for 16 .^ears. I was elected Mayor in 1911, and the outgoing board of com- missio;iers had Just borrowed $5,099 front each of the two banks in tdwni I was Mayor-6 months, ey play baseball, golf, and er ga.res on Sunday now and no one says a word against it. They gather waste paper on Sun day and think they aVe doing the right thing. If I were Mayor of a town or city, they would not violate that Holy Day. Liquor, beer and wjhe contain alcohol, and alcohol is a habit forming drug, and few live to re cover from the revage of alcoho lism. Prices of most things we all need daily are •^higher than any of us ever knew, and prices are gradually creeping pp—on an av erage. I said in this column that strikes would follow the death of the OPA. Now you see.'Apples "are about $5.50 a bushel. But they are good food even if expensive. As I write I take a look at the Raeford I found here forty years ago. There has been much im provement. We have 'had oppor tunity for improvement, and won der is “have we improved our opportunities”? I hardly suppose we have. for a tire at John? Ho^ins and received his M. D. degree from that university in 1919, and an M. A' in 1920. He remained at Johns Hopkins until 1928 as an instructor in medicine. In 1928 he dropped most of his teaching duties to spend part of his time in private practice in Baltimore, but remained at Johns Hopkins as lecturer in medicine and as a visiting physician. This he continued until he went to Michigan to take charge of the research laboratories at the Wil liam H. Maybury Sanatorium in 1930. Dr. Willis became a consultant for the U. S., Public Health Ser vice in 1945 and in 1946 became Vice-President of the National Tuberculosis Association.; Dr. Wil lis is a membef of many medical societies, taking an active part as chairman or member of com mittees, particularly in medicfel research. With North Carolina in the midst of its Good Health cam.- paign, and with efforts being in tensified to combat tuberculosis. Dr. Willis arrives at a time when his knowledge, ability and ser vices can be^ put to their fullest use. 0 Mrs. Catherine Pittman Cheek, 53, died suddenly Tuesday morn- ning, April 15, at her home, Rae ford route 2. iShe was born in Bladen county but lived in the Raeford route 2 community since, she was a year old, Her parents were M. W. Pitt man and Mrs. Catherine Smith Pittman, both of Bladen county were not available and both no^V deceased. Surviving are her husband, Jorn R. Cheek; daughters, Mrs. B. R. Walters, of Red Springs, and Mrs. Jam es Smith, of Park- ton; brothers, George Pittman, of Raeford, and Fred Pittman, of Vero Beach, Fla".'"'' ' and sisters, Mrs, Hattie Sessoms, of Rockfish, and Miss Annie Pittman, who re sided v^th Mrs, Creek. Services were conducted Wed nesday, April 16. at Pittman Grove church by the bSIv. Mr. Taylor. Bdrial was in the church cemetery. 0 ^ . Bennettsviile, S. C., H. H. San-j William C. C.ark. a.so -.vbite, ders, director and business man- charged with abondonii ent ager; Hamlet, V. P. Nettles, di- ^nd non-suport. He entered a plea reator, ‘Vic’ Snipes, business nolo contendere. Judgment 'vas manager; Raeford, Lawrence Po_ j suspended for two years on c^di- ole, director, Clyde Upcrurch,-Sr., | defendant pay ffie business manager, Bill Upchurch, | court $30 monthly club manager, Julian McLeod, support of his two child, assistant manager^ ■Southern Pines, j cos^s of C. N. Page business in anager, A.' trial. .C. Dawson, coach. 0- Former Resident Of Raeford Burns To Death In Va. Robert Smith, colored man ’.vh« I h shot Leroy Shaw, also colored, I death after a card game a few j weeks ago, was charged with degree murder. The state accept ed the defendant’s plea of guilly of second degree murder and h« Funeral services were conduct- sentenced to serve net less treasury, the highway fund and I ed in Aberdeen yesterday after- more than 25 years the general fund. The highway I noon for W. L. (Will) Tugwell, prison, fund,'-ire was ■ ki evccellant-^Aberdeen wan and fencer'aesb-i mm* Mrs. W. E. Blue, Miss Louise Blue and William Blue spent the week end in Graham in the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. M Moon Mrs. Jesse Gibson and Miss condition due to an ^ccilmula-j ejent of Raeford who was burned tion during the war ybars when i to death follovvirg a collision the materials and labor to build ^ with an oil truck north of Alex- and maintain the state’s roads andria, Va., last Sunday. Mr. Tugwell was traveling a- lone at the time of *rhc accident The genera] fund, Mr. Johnson said, was the fund from Which all state expenses other than the roads are paid. He said that for experience,! in ascertain- and was towing a Ehiverless car behind him Theie was som.e dif- ing his identity. He operated a service station md tire recap- the first ti.me in the history of the state i? showed a surplus While there are still state bonds; outstanding the .money is at hand to pay them when due, he said. This money is in some cases .in- ' an automobile dealer. He was a resident of Raeford for about a dozen years imredi. vested in U. S. bonds ^hich will preceding the first World War. mature at the same times as the state’s bonds. He said that the state would in all likelihood be able to operate on a cash basis in the future and save the inter est paid out by issuing bonds: 0 -0- HIGH POINT COLLEGE QUARTET TO SING NATIONAI. GUARD ISSUED EQUIPMENT The locrd national guard unit, which last week received its of ficial Federal recognition as such from the National Guard Bureau in Washington, begjan receiving its equipment jocn after the of- TO HOLD UNION SERVICE Sunday evening, April 27, at 7:30 o’clock, there will- be a union church service held in the Rae ford Graded school auditorium with the Baptist congregation. Rev. J. D. Whisnant will preach on “Service to Others.” A^ter the sermon a documen. tary newsreel film prepared by the U. S. Army will be shown that depicts the crying need for help in the war-ravaged lands of Europe and the Far East. This film “Seeds of Destiny” received the motion picture academy a- ward for the excellence of its production. - ' 0 Rev. and Mrs. Ht K. Holland of Marietta, Georgia, were guests of Dr. and Mrs. Marcus Smith this week. They came especially foir the Stevens-'Hassell wedding. They- are leaving today for Char lotte where Mr. Holland will of ficiate at a wedding at Meyers Paijk Presbyterian church. The High Point College Quartet | ficiab,notice -n't ived. Clara Gibson attended the funeral j will be at the Raeford Methodist j Equipment revtived so far in- of Mrs. E. C. McCall at-Laurin- Church Sunday morning at 11:00 ^ eludes trucks, vlcthing, and in- burg last Thursday. j o’clock. The public is cordially in-i dividual equipn-ent of — ' vited to hear them. Dr. N. M. i kinds. No weapons have been re. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Coates spent Harrison, Vice president of the col- ceived as yet. The unit will be the week end in Leaksville visit- lege, will speak briefly on Chris- eventually~eqiupped the same as ing relatives. tian Education. ia similar unit ir. the regular army. who killed another named i»fc- Donaid. was charged with setond degree .murder. He entered a plea of nolo contendere to manslaugh ter and the state .accepted this plea. Sentence '.vas fro.r. three to five eyars to be suspended oa payment of the costs and good' behavior for three years. IS FARM NOTES A. 3. Knc-wles The photo to the left is of Dr. and Mrs. Watson M. Fairley; and while v/e don’t know how old this picture is we feel sure almost everyone in this community will recognize The,., rat control campaign seers to ha\'e a success on farms where the Red Squill bait •.V3S distrib'iited. G. C. Hales, if the Wayside co.m.munity. says it did the work. He says that ;t kille| eno'ugh rats to save S125.Ci) on his’corn alone. N. H. G. Baifeur, of the Dundarrach community, picked up twenty-five dead and dying rats in one building. Wil liam Lentz says that the bait kill ed a beculiar ani.mal which u eigb_ ed eight pou.nds that is beb’eved guilty of killing three pigs re cently. J. C. Wright says that the rats are gone at his farm. A. S. Gaston. Negro principal, reported that the bait got the rat he had been after for two years. The next campaign will profaac'y be next fall. ' these two familiar figures, lo.Tig dear to us all. At eleven o’clock next Sunday morning Dr. Fairley will preach the sermon which will conclude the supply pastorale he began, at the Presbyterian church here after Rev* Harry K. Holland left in February. Dr. Fajjr- ley was pastor of the churc.h from 1925 to 1940. The new pastor, Rev. W. B* Heyward, will be in the pulpit the following Sunday, May 4. The Fairleys expect to move from Raeford early next week. ‘ Business Developments: Feb ruary sales of retail stores are e». tinuited at 15 per cent above Febu ruary a year ago. The wholesale price index, covering 900 oonio- dities. on March 22 reached 149.0 or 37.5 per cent higher than year ago. Inventories of indepen dent retailers at the dose cf 1946 were 46 per cent higher than at the end of 1945 Cull out the laying flocks Eiftea to conserve feed and save a or.ey. Chicks for next winter’s laying flock should be obtained not later than May 1 if they are to dev«u lop into good layers. Farmers are urged to plant only good cotton seed of the Oeker 100 Wilt variety. / ♦■ I Plant an acreage of hybrid cofig of the N. C. 27, N. C. 26, or TJ " ''
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