By The Editor
DEANE,
rS' Eighth district cohgressman, fil-
^ >v,i‘€d his liatne with the State Board
i Elections this week as a cand-
- • succeed himself in the
,'" ^^May Democratic primary. He
." "/-cpaid a filing fee of $125.
l ^ BeWeL'TRESFMEEIAN C^rch
twill have morning worship ser-
Vices next Sunday morning at ele-
; ven o’clock. Dr. Louis C. LaMotte,
'' ‘i''president^ of Presbyterian Junior
.(College at Maxton, will deliver
f.the sermon. ,
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. } ANOTHER CLOSE CALL was the
one "experienced by Albert H.
t Baker of Fayetteviille at about
nine-thirty last Saturday morn-
- ing when he' drove his 1940 Ford
■;i'truck into the side of the Drownr-
■ ^ ing Creek bridge on highway IS-
A. The truck was considerably
damaged. Baker’s idea of how it
happened was that the tie rod
came loose, investigating mem
bers of the State Highway Patrol
••■isay, although the truck was so
"bacly demolished' that this could
be checked.
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■^■ ''yTHE KEY CLUB .at Hoke High
school is sponsoring an^b^r
SQuare dance at the Armory
urday night from eight to eleVeh
for the benefit of the Marcll of
■Dimes. Battery A, of the National
Guard, is still holding the regu
lar Wednesday night square dan
ces there also.
THE cbai^Y BOARD of com
missioners decided at the^ last,
. meeting: a>at -a^> property^|^^^ thf
"‘county would be revaliled for
taxes this year. This has not been
done in eight years, according to
John McGoogan. List takers are
Allendale, Archie McGoogan,
Antioch, Jack Hodgin, Blue Sp
rings, C. J. McNeill, Little River,
lijinson Walters, McLauchlin,
John Parker, Quewhiffle, W. C.
Covington, Raeford, L. J. Camp
bell, and Stonewall, W. J. Mc-
Bryide.
RYAN MCBRYDE went to Dur
ham yesterday where his sister,
Mrs. Bert Nisbet of Wilmington,
underwent an operation at Duke
hospital. Mrs. Nisbet 'is a native
of this county and a former resi
dent.
A GRPIK FAMILY AWAITING relief supplies from A-
meriean . church people. The sores on the Mce of one child
be» wi^ess to their lack of proper food. To such as these go
cldiPng, shoes and other goods collected t^oughout
North 'ilhrolina in the “Fill a Ship with Friendship” drive
Januirs^ 25-31. In Hoke County collections will be held in
the (lurches* schools, civic clubs and home demonstration
clubs.
Mrs. Lena Little Pratt, mother
of former Representative Jane
Pratt of the Efehth district, died
early last Friday morning at the
home of h'Cr son, Lacy Pratt, in
Radford, 'Virginia. She was buried
here Sunday afternoon.
She was 81 years of age arid
had been, ill for several months
before her condition became worse
on Thursday and her family was
called to her bedside.
Funeral services were conduct
ed in Radford on Saturday and
burial services were conducted
here by the Rev. W. B. Heyward
on Sunday afternoon at three-
thiirty.
Mrs. Pratt was the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. George P.
Little and was the widow of the
late J. L. Pratt whp died several
years ago. The Pratts were Rae
ford residents from about 1912 to
about 1927.
Surviving are four daughters.
Miss Jane Pratt'and Mrs. F. Ber
nard Smith of Washington, D. C.,
Mrs. Hugh Wall of Charles^n, S.
C., and Mias Elizabeth Pratt of
Whiteville, N. C.; two sons, Lacy
L. Pratt of Radford, Va., and
Robert Pratt of Columbia, S. C.
Hoke Higk Cage
Teams Two
Here On Tuesday y ^
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The Hokfe Cpunty High S^dol
Bucks made it three in a /irow
NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
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k. A SQUARE DANCE for the Mar-
ch of Dimes is being held in Wa-
jtgram gymnasiuip next Thursday
night from 8:30 until midnight.
Clarence. Stubbs and his string
band will furnish the music.
THE $2 BILLS that have been
seen around in^ quantity since
White-Tex mills started using
them a few weeks ago should be
some indication as to how much
the payroll there means to the
economy of this community. May-
bp that’s why they were used.
We understand the mill will start
paying by check again this week.
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Building & Loan
Association Meets
The annual meeting of the'^e-
. ford Building and Loan associa-
' tion was held in the offices of
the association here on Tuesday,
January 13, 1948. Officers and
.’-directors for the association were
elected at the meeting and they
> are the same ones who served
#•'■ during the past year. F. B. Sex
ton was reelected president, H.
L. 'Gatlin, vice-president and
Mrs W. L. Poole, secretary.
In Mrs. Poole’s report to the
membership she stated- that the
association made a total oT"55
loans in the past' year totalling
$129,100. Of these 27 loans total-
ling $06,600 were made for the
construction of new hpmes, 12
loans totalling .$34,800 were made
for the purchase of homes, twp^
loans totalling $2,800 were made
V for refinancing homes, six loans
I. totalling $12,300 were made for
' " repairs, and seven business loans
, totalling $12,600 were made.
The Hoke-Raeford PTA met in
the Raeford Graded school on
Monday afternoon at 2:30 with
Mrs. Younger Snead, president,
presiding. Several ”of the grades
put on a good health program
that was very interesting and
instructive.
It was voted at the me.etiing to
hold the next meeting on the
third Monday afternoon in Feb
ruary at 2:30.
Miss Hortense McGregor has
been out of school for the last
several days on account of the
very serious illness of her mother.
We hope she will soon be im
proved. Mvs. Archie Howard ha^
been substituting for her.
There will be a county-wide
teachers meeting held at the Hoke
High building tonight at 8 o’
clock. The meeting wiill be in
charge of the Public Relations
committee of the Hoke Unit of
NCEA Mrs. A. D. Gore, chairman.
R. A, Smoak will attend a
meeting of the state-wide legis
lative committee of the NCEA,
in Raleigh on Saturday,
A new class operated by the
extension division of the Univer
sity started in Laurinburg yester
day. Quite a number of Hoke
county teachers have enrolled in
this course. They will secure cre
dit for renewal and raising cert
ificates.
All schools in the county are
coPperating with Chairman W. L.
Poole of the polio committee in
the fund raising campaign for
polio victims.
HQKE HIGH
Miss Alice Copeland, home ec
onomics teacher, went to Hamlet
Tuesday of this week to attend
a distrit meeting of home econo
mic teachers. The teachers map
ped out plans for the next term’s
work and discussed problems per
taining to their work.
Helen Hall, a pupil , of Hoke
County High School, who recently
moved to Wake County had not
been absent from school in five
years. This is surply a good ref*-
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Colored Man
Dies In Fire
Monday A. M.
“Fill A Ship
With' Friendship”
DiiVe l^ext Week’^'
As preparations for the state
wide drive to “FiU a Ship with
Friendship” near compl'etion in
counties throughout North Caro
lina, activity at the Church World j
Service Center, New Windsor,
M‘d., continues at a peak. Work
ers, preparing to receive the ex
pected carloads of materials from
the Tar Heel state have set pack
ing records of 54,000 pounds a
day. Handling hundreds of thou
sands of pounds of goods recent
ly collected in Virginia and Penn
sylvania, the Center’s facilities
have been expanded and its' work
ing force increased.
Clothing, shoes, bedding, soap,
candles, tools, children’s books,
sewing supplies, linens, silver
ware, kitchen utensils, even bicy
cles are among the items which
are regularly teceived af the Cen
ter and packed for overseas ship
ment Special care is taken with
all materials.
Contributions made through the
North Carolina drive will be dis
tributed overseas through the es
tablished church channels used
by Church World Service, the iiu-
terdenomimational relief agency
of the Protestant churches. CWS
ships only to countries granting
the churches, freedom of distri
bution, the church-sent goods are
given out on the basis of needs
alone, not' for racial, political or
religious bias.
Hoke County made a great con
tribution last year to this needy
cause and is expected to do the
same this year. Give usable cloth
es, blankets, shoes, soap, candles,
food, etc. Fill a ship with Friend
ship and cut out hardship.
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Forfeit Bonds In
Recorder’s Court
Only a few cases were on doc-,
ket ‘for Recorder’s court Tuesday
due to the fact that Superior
court had been scheduled for
this week. Recorder’s court was
held, however.
Louis Galbrisek, John L. Fran-
chi. and Wilbur W. Garven, all
white tourists, forfeited bonds of
$50 each for speeding. V. E. Lucao
,30(1 Robert C. '^itbeck forfeit
ed $25 bonds for speeding and F.
A. Tew forfeited a $25 bond for
violating the prohibition laws.
Curtis Winslow paid the costs for
being druiffc and disorderly.
Tuesday night -by trouncing Hdpe
Mills High School 30-20. ’’The
game was a tig}^ defensive battle
in the first haH with' the locals
leading by onl^S2-7
siiorf.^ut bs iia®R lhe
back strong in the second half to
win by ten points. It was the
third straight win for the Bucks
and it was also sweet revenge
for an early season defeat hand
ed them by the visitors from
Cumberlnd County. Gulledge with
18 points was high scorer for the'
loca^ while Loftis with nine was
high man for the visitors. In the
preliiminary games the local girls
emerged victorious by a 34-28
score and the Hope Mills Jayvees
saved their school from a com
plete whitewashing by edging the
local Juniors 18-16. In the girls’
game Marian Lewis was best for
the local girls with 26 points.
Hester with 14 was best for Hope
Mills girls. In the Jayvess ganae
Mann and Yarborough with 5
points each were best for the
locals. The next home game for
the locals is Tuesday night when
Hoke High plays a triple-header
with Aberdeen. Friday night the
locals travel to Roseboro for a
doubleheader.
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High School Club
To Help Legion
With Park Lights
The following letter sent out
this week is self explanatory:
Dear Friend:
The Key Club, an organiza
tion of young men in Hoke Coun
ty High School, is working with
the American Legion to raise
money to put lights in the ball
park. Two thousand dpllars has
been rafi^ed'^nd if we are to have
lights' this spring an additional
two thousand dollars must be
raised immediately. The material
is now available and if we can
raise the above amount, work
will begin at once. Similar letters
are being Sent to~every family in
Hoke County. We think this is a
project everyone will enjoy and
everyone will want to help fin
ance. A list of all contributors
will be carried each week in The
News-Journal and at the end of
the campaign a complete finan
cial statement will be carried.
Enclose is a self-addressed en
velope for your . convenience.
Checks should 'be made payable
to Key Club, Hoke County
High Schobl. No contribution too
large or too small.
Help us put this project across.
Sincerely
KEY club
Charlie McDonald, 56-year-old
colored man of Little River town
ship was burned to death in his
home about five miles^from 'Vass
iin a fire of undetermined origin
shortly before noon on Monday.
McDonald’s home was totally de
stroyed and the flames almost
completely consumed his body.
McDonald was apparently a-
lone at home at the time of the
fire. His son, Woodrow McDon
ald and his wife, who lived with
the elder McDonald work in Vass
and they are said to have been
there at the time. They report
that so far as they know there
was nothing wrong with him when
they left Monday morning. He
was also seen about mid-morn
ing by a passing neighbor 'who
brought him a package from a
store.
There have been rumors of foul
play with the rumored motive
that McDonald had a large sum
of cash in the house with him
but so far these are uncomfirmed.
Harry Greene was appointed
special coroner for the case in
the absence of Coroner W. L.
Roper and went to a Southern
Rimes funeral home with a jury
on Tuesday and viewed McDon
ald’s remains. They then w’ent to
the ■ scene of the fire. The con
clusion of the inquest is sche
duled for this afternoon at the'
courthouse.
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MisR Fairley Dies
lu Tarboro Monday
^ I^s Kate Fairly, forjner res
ident of Fayetteville and sister of
Dr. Watson M. Fairley, former
pastor of thesRieford Presbyter
ian churp, diM at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Edward Rober
son, in yTarboro Monday morning
^t 10:Jo o’clock after a long ill
ness. ^
Besides Dr. Fairley and Mrs.
Roberson, Miss Fairley is survii^
ed by two sisters, Mrs. Sam Hdr-
lell of Tarboro and Mrs. Archer
Cater of Sanford.
She was born in Manchester
and was the daughter of the late
Rev. David M. and ^rs. Janie
Mclver Fairley. Funeral services
were conducted yesterday after
noon at the Tarboro Presbyterian
church.
Masonic Lodge
Installs Officers
Raeford Masonic Lodge pub
licly installed its officers for 1948
at the regular meeting of the
Lodge last week. This was the
fbrst public installation ceremony
ever undertaken by local Masons,
who had as their guests members
of the Eastern Star organization,
wives of Masons, and a number
of out-of-town Masons and their
wives.
J. L. Teal was installed Master
and succeeds M. C. Dew. C. P.
Kinlaw was installed Senior War
den, B. B. Cole, Junior Warden,
D. H. Hodgin, Treasurer, and N.
A. McDonald, Jr. Secretary. Mc
Donald suceeds Lacy F. Clark
who has been secretary for many
years. J .W. McPhaul .was in
stalled Assistant Secretary, Jesse
Gulledge, Senior Deacon, W. L.
Alexander, Junior Deacon and
D. F. Mclnnis, Tyler.
Pa.st Master Edgar Hall pre
sided at the installation, and ad
dressed the group briefly after
the ceremony. Edward E. Smith
acted as Marshall. The District
Deputy Grand Master, W. L. Al
len, of Rockingham, also spoke to
the grpup. Guests were welcomed
by the outgoing master, and the
response was made by Mrs. Starr
McMillan of the local Eastern
Star chapter. The outgoing mas
ter was presented a paHv.master’s
emblem, a gift from busim^nas-
sociates, in a brief talk by N. A.
McDonald.
Dealings With
Wringer Companjr
Near Completion
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The Hoke County Development
Corporation received iits corpora
tion- charter from Secretay of
State Thad Eure on Monday,
Benton Thor."a; carrying the ap-'
plication to Rileigh and return
ing with the charter the same
day.
Yestercay a com.mcttee from the
'ooard of directors of the corpor
ation were on a trip to Winston-
Salem where they planned to ne
gotiate a loan for the balance of
the money needed for the build
ing project for which the corpor
ation was organiczed. On this com
mittee are R. B. Lewis, J. L, Mc
Neill and C. L. Thomas.
Word was received from the
American W'ringer Company in
■^Voonsocket, Rhode Island, this
week to the effect that the .con
tract which was sent to them
from the local corporation ap
peared to be generally satisfac
tory and that Mr. George R-
Toney, assistant to the president
of the company, would be in Rae
ford this week to meet with the
directors of the Hoke County De
velopment corporation and dis
cuss the signing of the contract
for the building of the plant here.
Wildlife Federation
Meet Next Week
The North Carolina Wildlife
Federation’s third Annual Meet
ing will be held in Winston-
Salem on January 25 and 26.
Headquarters widl be the Robert
E. Lee Hotel. Several nationally
known speakers inclu'ding Carl
D. Shoemaker of the i National
Wildlife Federation will be on
the program. Fedration President
P. K. Gravely of Rocky Mount
^ill preside and give a report.
Wendell Tesh, president of the
Forsyth County Wildlife Club, and
Dr. Fred Garvey, both of Wins
ton-Salem, are in charge of local
arrangements and have promised
several entertaimment features. E-
lection of officers for 1948 will
be held at the business session.
Officers to be elected are presi
dent, three vice presidents, and
secretary and treasurer.
MAYNE ALBRIGHT PLANS TO VISIT
RAEFORD TODAY WITH HIS TRAILER
Hoke Should Keep
Hospital Funds,
Kiwanians Say
The board of County -Commis
sioners was called upon to re
consider its action in regard to
making it possible for Moore
County to have access to this
county’s hospital and clinic help
funds,, by members the Rae- '
ford Kiwanis cRib Vs meeting
last week. It was explained that
under present legislation. Hoke
county’s chances of help under
the present legislative program
would be lost if the county gave
up at this time its rights to
Moore county, in order that the
latter county might be helped
.with its hospital, now used by the
whole, area, and in need of ope
rating funds. The commissioners,
it was explained, had not so un
derstood the law. Bob Lewis, who
presented the matter, showed
that while we are willing to help
Moore county now, we could not
do so and keep our own chance
for help later, and therefore asked
the club to recommend reconside
ration on the part of the commis
sioners. After some discussion,
concurred in 'by Robert Murray
of the county medical association,
action was taken asking the
commissioners to reconsider.
The program, was given over
to Miss Blanche Owen, of the
school music department, and she
proceeded to teach the Kiwan
ians to sing, and appeared to be
remarkably succeessful in doing
so. Kiwanian Benton Thomsfs
even developed a voice, and wants
to continue his, lessons.
The club is now meeting in
the high school cafeteria, and
will continue to do for the next
several weeks. . ,
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R. Mayne Albright, candidate
for governor in the Democratic
Primary, will visit Raeford on
Thursday, January 22nd, im his
trailer Field Headquarters, the
“Challenger.” He will ,be accom
panied by his wife, who is serv
ing as seci'etary and housekeeper
on the tour.
The “Challenger” will be park-
downtown during the day and
open for.visitors.
Hoke will be the 61st County
visited by the “Challenger” in^ts
100-County tour of North Caro
lina. Albright is taking his cam
paign direct to the people—in
country stores, filling stations,
farms, docks, offices, miiils, civic
clubs, women’s organizations.
Veterans’ groups, I^bbr organiza
tions, as well as in Court Houses
and City Halls. With this method
he expects to talk personally wiith
more individuals^ than any other
candidate ever has; or will in this
campaign. ■ ’
Albright,, 38-year- old Veteran,
lawyer, and ■ former Director of
the North Carolina State Employ
ment Service, is campaigning on
a platform of. “planned progress
and clean politics.” His trailer is
named “Challenger" because Al
bright believes “this is- a chal-.
lenging time pf opportunity for
great progress in North Carolina”
—and he is challenging both
machine control and the theory
that a man must spend huge
sums of money to be elected. He
has pledged to conduct his cam
paign wiithin the legal limit of
expenditures, and ^is counting on
small contributions and volun
teer workers. Albright says the
response has been so good in the
Counties visited that he is en
couraged to believe he will be
elected Governor in 1948.
North Carolina farmers, with
the exception of those depending
on tobacco and peanuts, should
have just as high gross income in
1948 as they received last year.
The demand for the majority of
farm products will be very
strong. The cost of production will
be higher in 1948. This will mean
less net income on most farms in
1948.
In view of the higher cost of
production, farmers must increase
their efficiency if net income is
to be maintained. Efficiency may
be increased by:
'1. Planning the farm business
to make the best and fullest uae
of land and labor.
2. Using latest recommenced
practices to increase irield end
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