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S2.00 PEB TEAS
In a short session of Hoke
county recorder’s court Tuesday
mlorning Judge Henry McDiar-
mid heard eight cases arid dis-
po^d of another when the de
fendant -yvaived preliminary hear
ing and was bound over to Su
perior court for trial in August.
The defendant in this case was
Lawrence T. Brady, colored, and
he was charged with assaulting
E. K. Furmage with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill him.
Bond was set at $500 and was
posted by the defendant.
Dutch Bullard, Indian, paid the
costs for violating the prohibition
laws. '
Willie Baldwin, colored, paid
the costs for violating the road
laws and driving with improper
equipment.
Harold McEachin, colored, en
tered a plea of guilty of careless
and reckless driving and got 60
days suspended on payment of the
costs. He paid the repair bill on
a car he damaged.
Green Huey and Elijah Yellow-
day, both colored, paid the costs
for spading. . ,
Alfred Hodge, colored of South
Carolina, a passenger in Yellow-
day’s vehicle, entered a plea of
guilty of carrying a concealed
weapon. Sentence was 60 days to
be suspended on payment of $50
and the court costs.
Wilbert Arnold, colored, paid
the costs for being drunk and
disorderly.
James Byrd, colored, was char
ged with giving a bad check. He
paid the costs and the check.
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Greensboro, June 3—To provide
for the girls of North Carolina
actual knowledge of the funda-
imental principles in American
government through active par
ticipation, the eighth' annual Tar
Heel Girls’ State will get under
way at the Woman’s College
Sunday afternoon and continue
through the following Friday
morning.
Approximately 225 high ^ school
juniors from all parts of/the state
have been selected for the week’s
study in government. ^Sponsored
by the Americanism program of
the American Legion Auxiliary
of North Carolina, the participants
were elected by local Auxiliary
units.
C. W. Phillips, director of pub
lic relations at the college, will
again direct the program assisted
by Mrs. A. M. Scarborough of
Greensboro, head of the Auxili
ary commission. Mrs. T. W. Bird
of Charlotte, State Auxiliary pres
ident, will be in attendance the
entire week, assisted by other
members of the commission, in
cluding Mr. Walter Craven of
Charlotte, former national pres
ident of the Auxiliary; Miss Ohal-
lie B. Hall and Mrs. Weaver
Mann, both of Newton; and Mrs.
W. C. Alexander of Durham.
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Bragg To Dismiss
CMlian Workers
TRUMAN WANTS QUICK
ACTION ON TRAINING
'President Truman asked Conn-
gress yesterday to givje “early
consideration” to the subject of
'.universal training.
• He made the request in send
ing to the legislators the report
of his advisory comimissic^n on
Universal training. The report,
made public By the White House
earlier this week, recommended
universal training and said the
United States must strengthen its
defenses or invite “exterminat'
ion” in atomic warfare.
The President, in a letter to
Speaker Martin and Vanden-
berg(lR—iMich), presiding offic
er of the Senate, described the re
port as “excellent” and said it
is significant that members of the
commission “unanimously re
commend the adoption of univer
sal training.”
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The Raeford baseball club of
the Peach Belt league won two
more games in the last wedc to
bring their score of victories up
to five with only one game lost.
They stood in second place be
fore yesterdy’s games. The South
ern Pines team, who beat them,
holds down top spot with five
victories and no defeats.
At Armory Park here last Sat
urday afternoon Clyde Upchurch,
Jr., held the BennettsviUe team
to one hit as the locals won, 4-3.
Senter, local second-basenrian, got
three safe blows in four trips to
the plate to lead the hitting.
On Monday afternoon the Rae
ford team went to Southern Pines
where- they beat the Aberden
team behind the effective hurl
ing of Robert Currie, 5-4. The re
sults of the game in Hamllt yes
terday were not received in time
for this issue.
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Presbytery Receives
Rev. W* He3rward
Monday Night
At a caU meeting of Fayette
ville Presbytery at the First Pres
byterian church in Fayetteville
last Monday night Rev. W. B.
Heyward was ‘officially received as
a minister from Concord Presby
tery. >
At the 'meeting a . commission
was appointed to officially install
Mr. Heyward as pastor of Rae
ford Presbyteran church. The
ceremony will take place at the
morning service in the church
on Sunday, June 15. The follow
ing were appointed: Rev. W. B.
Gaston, pastor of Bethel and Shi
loh churches. Rev. J. W. Mann,
pastor of the Antioch church.
Rev. Roscoe Prin^, pastor of the
Community chu^ of Pinehurst.
Elders on the commission are,
Ryan McBryde of Bethel church
and Edgar HaU of the Raeford
church.
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TO NAME POSTMASTER
FOR SOUTHERN PINES
RECEIVE $15 MORE
FOR PARK LIGHTS
Maj. Gen. S. LeRoy Irwin,
commanding geneJfcal, Fort Bragg,
officially announced today that
due to econoimy measures in line
with peacetime operations, sev
eral hundred civilian employees
at Fort Bragg would be dismissed
June 30, 1947. In making the an
nouncement, Gen. Irwin express
ed his personal, as well as the
war department’s deep conceitn
for the welfare of employes who
have rendered' faithful service
and who are bding discharged
through no fault of their own.
He requested that, in, order for
the war department to render
every possible assistance in ob
taining jobs for these people, ev
ery employer, public apd private,
trade asociations or similar or
ganizations, furnish either the
North Carolina employment of
fice or the civilian personnel
branch. Fort Bragg, with any in
formation they may be able to
get about employment opportuni
ties.
General Irwin further stated
that the employes to be affected
are well qualified in their; re
spective fiefds and should be an
asset to any organization obtain
ing their services.
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Representative C. B. Deane,
Eighth district congressman, was
expected to recommend an acting
postmaster for Southern Pines,
N. C. this week, the congress
man’s office reported. The report
did not say who the nominee would
be.
Mrs. P. P. McCain, former Hoke
county woman and former vice
chairman of the State Democratic
executive committee, has been
strongly recom'mended by party
leaders for the position, it is said
The position was held by the late
Frank Buchan, who died in office
several weeks ago.. '
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Twelve more men ‘of Raeford
and |Hoke County enlisted in
Battery “A,” local National
Guard outfit, this week. Total
strength of the unit is now 76
enlisted men and four officers.
During the week the following
contributions toward the instal
lation of lights at the Armory
park were received . to’ bring the
total to $1715: /
Mrs. C. H. Giles $10.00
A Friend $5.00
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U L L E T I N
Infonhation was received at
press time to the effect that the
Raeford Reach Belt hasebaii club
had defeated the Hamlet team,
lit—9, in a wide-open game at
Hamlet yesterday afternoon. This
gives the local teai^^^ wins and
one loss in thi^lr ’ si^en starts of
the season.
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Revival services will begin at
Parker’s Methodist ohuroh the
third Sunday morning of this
month, at 12:15 p. m.
Poole’s Medley
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BY D. SCOTT POOLE
Referendum For
Tobacco Graders
Starts Today
VOTE OF YES ASSURES
MARKET INSPECTION
SERVICE
The Administrator of the Pro
duction and Marketing Admini
stration announces that pursuant to
the provisions Of the Tobacco In
spection Act (49 Stat. 731) and
the Regulations of the Secretary
of Agriculture thereunder, a re
ferendum will be held from' June
5 to June 7, inclusive, to determine
whether the Fayetteville, North
Carolina, tobacco market shall be
designated under the Act for free
and mandatory inspection of to
bacco.
Growers who sold tobacco at
auction on the Fayetteville mar
ket last season are eligible to vote.
This is a tobacco grading- refer
endum and should not be confused
with referendums held on mar
keting quotas. If two-thirds of the
growers voting approve tobacco
inspefction, the FayetteviUe, North
Carolina, anarket will be desig
nated for free and mandatory in
spection service.
Ballots will be mailed to grow
ers who patronized the Fayette
ville, North Carolina, market last
season insofar as their names and
addresses are known. Growers
who do not receive ballots by
mail may obtain them from their
county agent, the office of the
County Agricultural Conserva
tion Association, or the Faye|?te-
ville Tobacco Board of Trade in
the K pf |> Byii^ing on t^’Mar-
NEW MAYOR AND BOARD
SWORN IN MONDAY NIGHT
Public Hearings
Ordered On Mil.
Training Plan
ket Square.
Ballots to be counted must be
mailed not later than MIDNIGHT,
JUNE 7, 1947.
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POSTAL NOMINATIONS
TO BE INVESTIGATED
Farmers Will Tour
Experiment Station
SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
All schools in the county are
now closed. The last was the An
tioch Indian school on last Fri
day. Most principals have finish
ed checking in with the superr
iritendeixt’s office. The ^uperin-,
tendent’s office is now beginning
tfje compilation of the yearly re-
pbrts.
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Additional applications for fed
eral non-food aid for all the lun
chrooms iiy^e county are being
pfepared /In- the'isuperfftteridieid^
office. Tt hdp>^ ’^|ihd b^elitevM
that most ''of these'‘ Will" be ap'
T^. •4’Kav' AM-Oi
kA.
Irov^. If; they are^- ’additional
eqnilpiment, ih the 'amount of'd
to 8 thousand dollars will be se
cured. Over seven thousand dol
lars of equipment is now on or
der for the lunchrooms with the
federal, government carrying ar
boiit six seventh of this amount.
In reporting the Upchurch
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An announcement this week
from A. S. Knowles, county a-
gent for the State College Exten
sion Service states that arrange
ments hbve been made for inter
ested farmers in Hoke County to
make a tour of the Oxford Ex
periment Station July 10 in the
afternoon, when they will study
the latest developments in the
production of tobacco.
The tour, which will last about
two and orie-half ,^to three hours,
should prove to be very benefi
cial to tobacco growers, according
to Mr. Knowles, who sai^ .that a
review will be made of the work
accomplished at the Station since
the beginning^ of the program there
Fe^tiri^'r4pi|icesi^- in nilaking -the
fO&tshdltdaTlget ’in touch with flie
coitnty'agent as soon as p^ible.
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woodmBn entertain
The “Raeford camp, Woodmen
of the World, held'a big barbecue
and dance for all members and
their families' at the armory here
last night. In addition to Wood
men rihd‘ their families from Hoke
county many^ guests from dSe^
towns attended.
Henry A. Wallace has two ap
pointments for speeches in this
state on the subject: The Way to
Peace. He charges $1 admission
fee.
Wallace made speeches in sev
eral countries in Europe against
the American government. He re
turned to the United States and
made speeches praising the Rus
sian government. I have no use
for Wallace.
It seems to me the laborers who
join a Union become enemies of
the United States, and of their
old neighbors and former friends.
If you read your Bible you will
find people •were punished, or
held tp; account in Israel for de
secration of the Sabbath.
Sunday has,been made the dCy
for gathering “scrap paper” and
clothing for the heCdy in other
parts of the world.
We read there is timber in
plenty in Canada, Brazil and in
one or two other countries over
seas. But that is high priced lum
ber, boys.
I believe the poorest business
in the world was sawiiiilling
when framing sold for $6 a thou-,
sand fMt JCB Wes;t End. ; - "
' Six of us pa^ight a pe^^:P;Eu:c]i‘
We4is(d tluefii cooked los-ow
her that day*. D^cr was late and
we were hungry apd thquglit
those little fish were real .good.
A pile of four hundred bushels
of corn wris a nice sight, but we
had that much most years gro'wn
on poor land 'without fertilizers.
Our farm usually produced e-
nough wheat for our home use,
and we had oats .and rye fox* pas^
ture and 'horse feed. We made
but little cotton, and not many
cattle did we sell, so money was
not plentiful.
Back in those days taxes and
the preacher were the only two
causes that untied the little mon
ey bags.
Apple orchards have ■ become
better investments tiban any other
acre of ground on ,most farms.
For the past ten years they have
paid $250 an acre we read in the
agricultural journals.
Farmers used to build a dam
across the branch near the house
and have a fish pond and there
were fine fish in many of those
ponds.
James A. Garfield, who became
President of this country, cut a
hundred cords of two-foot wood
for $25. His father and others
tried to persuade him, to back
out from that job, but he said,
“No, I said that I would cut it at
'that price. Every one should be
as good as his word.”
Washngton, June 3— The Sen
ate Civil Service Committee to
day approved, 6-3, a resolution
authorizing an investigation of
775 pending postmaster nomina
tions
The resolution goes next to the
rules committee and then to the
Senate itself.
When Daniei Webster told his
father he was going to study law,
his father said: “Son; that pro
fession seems to be- crowded at
this time.” But Danidt aaidi: “There
is plenty of room at the top, Fa
ther. There is pleirfy of room at
ifl' aU lines-ef- husiwi'-ar*'
deavor, still;” ^ -f, - , 7 r •
Long John McKenzie-, 'walked
four miles down*to Duncan" Pat
terson's and cut six acres of wheat
in a day for one dollar and two
meals.
Some people will charge as
much for their •work where they
get their board as they do when
they board themselves. Day hands,
hands who hire by the day, to dp
(CotHttanied pa P«f« 4)
It provides a $33,000 fund for
an investigation “as to political
activites- n the Civil Service” in
the appointment of first, second
and third class postmasters, “and
whether any postmasters on threat
of losing their positions have been
compelled to pay tribute finan
daily or otherwise to anyone or
to a group of politicians.”
Chairman Danger (N D) and
five other Republlcahs—Senators
Flanders (Vt), Thye (Minn), .Wil
liams and Buck (Del) and Ecton
(Mont)—voted for the resolution.
Democratic Senators Chavez (N
M), Olin Johivson (S C), and Um
stead (N C) voted against it Um
stead by proxy.
A similar resolution was block
ed in the Senate a month ago on
a point of order. Senator Hayden
(D-Ariz) contended that the Civil
Service Committee had not offi
cially approved the budget.
Langer told the committee that
witfcin a week after the investiga
tion starts, should be possible to
report favorably “several hund
red” of jthe nominations, •where
no contrwersy- is invPlved.
Washington, June 3—^A Con
gressional examination of univer
sal military training was ordered
today by Karl Compton, chairman
of a special Presidential commis
sion, warned that present safe
guards against international “in
trigue backed by force” are not
enough.
The House Armed Services Com
mittee will begin public hearings
on the proposal in a week or 10
days. Its decision came -^ttle more
than an hour after Compton in
a telegram to Chairman Andrews
(R-NY), tepned the international
situation “too serious to justify
delay or to gamble on safely a-
voiding the issue.”
“There is no certainly that in
trigue backed with force has been
abandoned as an instrument for
national aggrandizement, and, un
happily, the present actual evi
dence in some quarters points
otherwise,” said Compton, presi
dent pf Massachusetts Institute
of Technology.
Delay Indicated
Andrews declined to guess
whether Congress will pass uni
versal training legiriation during
this session, but indications else
where pointed to no final action
at least until the next session, be
ginning in Janua|7-
.^drews said Compton and his
a^’o^ates on tW^^President’s com
mission will be the first witnesses
They will testify on their rec
ommendations for the compulsory
training of up to 950,000 Amer
ican youths a year at a cost of
between $1,750,000,000 to $2,000-
000,000.
They will be followed by tfesti-
mony from national representatives
of civilian groups, a^rnong them
the veterans groups- and their au
xiliaries, and then by chiefs of
the War, Navy and State Depart
ments.
Andrews suggested that the
committee concentrate upon the
“principles” involved in universal
training rather than upon any
specfic bill. for putting - it into
practice* He said, however, sev
eral measures have been intro
duced, including one which clo
sely follows the commission’s rer
commendations.
The commission, saying that
this country’s military forces have
been reduced to a “hollow shell,”
recommended six months basic
training for America's youth at
the age of 18 or upon completing
high school to be supplemented
with addition training equivalent
to six months.
FIRST MEETING TUESDAY;
TO INCREASE TOWN
POLICE FORCE
Incoming Mayor W. L. Pooie and
Co.T.missioners Milton Campbell,
John K. McNeill. Clarence L3rtch,
Alfred Cole, and A. V. Sanders
took their oaths of office and be
came the administration of the
town of Raeford last Monday night.
Poole relieved N. L. McFadyen
as mayor.
On Tuesday night the new ma
yor and board held their first
regular monthly meeting at the
town hall. Milton Campbell was
elected mayor pro terpore and
the following committees were
appointed on the board by Mayor
Poole: Finance committee, Com
missioners McNeill, Lytch, and
Campbell; Streets, Cole, Sanders,
and Lytch; Lights, Cole, McNeill
and Sanders; Fire, Campbell,
Lytch and Sanders; Laws and Or
dinances, Campbell, McNeill and
Lytch; Sanitation, Sanders, Cole,
and Campbell.
$8 DONATED TG
RECREATION FUND
TEAM SPCH'ISORS JDANCE
AND HlUAiLLY SHOB^
The Raeford baseball dub is
sponsoring a stage ^ow. in the
auditorium of the Hoke High
school on Friday of next week at
8:15 p. m. The entertainers wUl
be Gurney Thrimas and his “Hill
Billy Pals,” string music aggre
gation known to radio audiences
of this section. Following the
show at the high school the band
will play for a square dance at
the armory.
The drive for fun^s to financ
the sumimer recreation program
sponsored by the PTA, Home De
monstration and Woman’s clubs
here this summer progressed
rather slowly this week. Two con
tributions totalling $8 were re
ceived. $400.25 hais been raised
to date of the $800 goal. Persons
desiring to contribute to this fund
may leave the money with Miss
Clara Gibson at Hoke Auto Co.
Those contributing this week
were:
NeiU A. McNeill $5.00
Harvey Cole $SJQ
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The board discussed the police
situation in Raeford and decided
to employ a police force of three
officers. The employment of these
officers was deferred until the
board’s July meeting, and appli-i
cations for the positions^ will be
received until that time. The board
did not authorize or appoint a
police committee, sq it may be
assumed that police affairs will
be handled by the mayor and the
board as a wjjo^ in the fuit'ore.
The board %ppro4ed the ap
pointments of C. R. Freeman as
city clerk, L. S. McMillan as head
of the water department and A.
D. Gore as city attorney. The ma
yor made plans to. continue the
bolding of -mnyor’s court on Mon
day mornings as usual.
Of interest to every tobaccto
grower, is the referendum on
July 12 to determine whether
growers favor assessing them
selves 10 cents per acre in allot
ment to carry on the work of the
Tobacco Associates, Inc. This or
ganization is now busy studying
export situation and trying to
find hew -markets for flue-cured
tobacco. Every tobacco farmer
engaged in productioQ in 1947 is
eligible to vote in the referendum.
BIBLE SCHOOL NEXT
WEEK
Presbyterian Bible School will
be held the week starting June'
9, and running through June 13.
On the closing day there will be
a closing exercise at 11:30 a. m.
Followed by a picnic lunch. Daily
hours for the bible school are
from 9 a. m. til 11:30 a. -in. All
children from 4 years througbf
12 years are invited to attend.
A cotton and corn prod'uctian
meeting will ]te held at the Court
house on Wednesday, Jime H,
at 8:00 P. Mi Motion pictures will
be shown on. some of the xitewer
practices to the production of
toeae^Ci^RKi^ttiea. ^bunember
toaldt applieMtoii. tor toe cotton and
corn producMMa contests before
Jfiily Is ,
'Opmtoto jot combines and
threshing machines are remind
ed that^they are required to ob
tain pn-mits to operate their ma
chines in North Carolina. The per
mits are to be obtained tbrough
the Register of Deeds oCtice. Tbwe
is rarely any charge for these
mits, although handr daily re
cord books are provided
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Tobacco farmers who sold to
bacco on the FayettevUe market
last year are urged to vote in a
referendum to determine whether
free Government grading will
operate on that market this year.
Ballots have been mailed to far-
( mers who sold tobacco last year
the Fayetteville market, but
in case the ballot 'was lost, an
other may be secured from the
County'•Agent’s office. The ballot
must be mailed not later than
Saturday June 7. Government
grading is more important now
than ever before.