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Camp At 1:30 Ai M. Sun^F;
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Battery A, 130|h Antiaircraft
battalion. North Carolina Nation
al Guard-, ' returned early last
Sunday to Baeford from a 16-
day field training period at Camp
Stewart, Georgia. The battery
had an attendance of five officers,
and 99 enlisted men on the trip.
Strength is. five officers and 105
enlisted men, maxupum allowed
by the National Guard Bmr^au.
The local unit is one of few in
the State having a wai\ing list Of
men desiring to join.
. The battery left Camp Stewart
at 12:45 p. m. last Saturday In its
own vehicles and had supper in
Sumter, S. C., where the unit was
to bivouac in pup tents at Shaw
Air Force base. When the unit
reached Sumter, however, much
rain had fallen and more was on
the way down, so it was decided
to continue the trip during the
night rather than bring 104 colds
back to Raeford. The gropp preach'
ed Raeford about 1:30 m. 9I\4
the men were delivered to thpip
homes in Hoke and Cumberland
counties by truck. •,
The local battery, along with
the remainder of the 130 th batv
talion. is dn organic unit; of the-
30th Divisioi;^ but was attached
' to the 352hd AAA Group of Wil
mington, N. C., for field training
only, 0%(er units of the division
will have their field training at
Fort Jackson, S. C., August 14
through August 28.
The camp was highly success
ful from a standpoint of training
and most men attending appeared
to enjoy it. The battery v/as the
largest for combat firing, field
fortifications, and actual firing of
the 40 mm and oO cal. guns witn
which the unit is armed. Thebac-
talion also went on a two-day
field maneuver under combit
conditions — even down to eating
“C” type combat rations. The.v
were not the C-rations World War
II men remember with distaste,
however, as the content has been
greatly improved, both as to var
iety and quality of'food.
For recreation there was the
swimming pool and theatrethe
post which were availabtfe daily
and on Thursday night of last
week a dance for all the North
Carolina men was staged in the
Sports Arena at Camp Stewart by
the Chaplain’s department of the
252nd Group. Quite a number of
young ladies attended from Hines-
ville. Savannah and surrounding
towns. On Sunday church was
held at 9:00 a. m. and trucks Jeft
for Savannah Beach immediately
afterward for all men who wanted
to make the trip. The trucks re
turned about nightfall.
Food issued ruring the encamp
ment was excellent and plenj/ful
and it was well prepared and ser
ved under the direction of Mess
- Steward Sergeant first class Vir
gil A, Dedas, by first cooks Ser
geants Carson Davis and Maxie
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The above picture shows Mr. an# 1^
and their son, Jimmy, of Route 3, wai
t^eii last we^ at the Fairmont Tora^'
^ ii|"tHr CJuorlotte Observer. Mrs.
Bucna|ii Home Demonstration Club ihb- - Tfe
Robhnt's say they hope to makea wW
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Jmfendants, Aise'
' Various. Oneintses.
et** Court Tpis.
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,* colored, was in
morning ph a
come to be'#Dime-
m—if it evf^ was^
ford was .' charge
ill bis mule and bug-*,
be highways while
?l\Most laws on the'
drying drunk' speci-
■fying Whicles, Alford was
orderedsl^b-'pay the costs " for
.dnnike^e^/^d to be of good
b^avldr f6r iwo years by Judge
.McDianttid knd released,
’Stedfdrd Brewer, Indian, got 30
, on payment of
ts for carrying a
m.
s. white, paid the
drunk and dis-
■^ays suSpeni
$25vandii
cQriced]
PJC
JG. TURNER
nresbyteriai&
charged
iilring, hi
was-SjUfj
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m, colored, was
|f|aeaking and en-
;^tate accepted his
. 30-day sentence
payment of $10
Ballentine Name#
Rev. D. K. Ingram
District CROP Head
^ Rev. O. Kelly Ingram, pastor of
the Erwin Methodist Church, is
one of seventeen North Carolin
ians ‘serving as district supervisor
for the Christian' Rural Overseas
Program in North Carolina, it
was announced today by L. Y.
Ballentine, Commissioner of Ag
riculture and state chairman ,of
the North Carolina CROP Com
mittee.
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The Rev. Mr. Ingram will be in
charge of organization in a- six-
county area which takes in Cum
berland. Duplin, Hoke, Johnston,
Sampson and Wayne ''counties.
His duties- will include setting up
county organizational meefings.
aiding county officers arid assist
ing in organization on the com
munity level.
According to the announcement
by the State CROP chairman, cot
ton, wheat, corn, peanuts, soy
beans and dairy products will be
sought for the 1949 CROP Friend
ship Food Train in North Caro
lina. The tentative campaign
schedule calls for lAtenrive col
lection in the fall and for com
pleted county organization by
early September.
CROP foods and fibers, Mr.
Ballentine stated, are shipped
overseas at government expense.
At overseas ports the contributed
goods are turned over for distri
bution to the estabkshed church
relief agencies which are prepar
ed to make it available to the
neediest cU-eas in Europe and
Asia. CROP foods have, this year,
been used in supplementing food
supplies of church hospitals, or
phanages and homes for the aged.
McDowell, and assistants Corpor-! They have also made possible
als George Ray.and James Wilkes.
Milk was provided daily and ice
cream three or four times a week.
ON
BOXSCORE
N.C.HI6HWAYS
KILLED
August 6 thru August 8 9
Thru August 8 this year 460
Thru August 8, 1948 389
INJURED
August 6 thru August 8 ....— 96
Thru August 8 this year 5,320
Thru August 8, 1948 4,246
school lunch programs for under
nourished youngsters and the con
tinuation of camps and homes
where seriously undernourished
children are restored to health.
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VESPER CONFERENCE
GOING ON THIS WEEK
The Young People’s Vesper
Conference being conducted this
week at the Raeford Presbyterian
Church is proving to be both in
structive and enjoyable to all
those attending. The enrollment
has totaled 70 so far, with an
average attendance of 65 each
evening. All young people of
Raeford and the surrounding
area are invited to be present for
the remaining sessions of the con
ference, beghuiing at 7:15 eaph
night through Friday.
Wreck Somiiy ;
Two Am Hurt
Little Johnny v^tanton, six-year^
old son of.,.R^ and .Mrs. ...Irvj^'
Stanton, is in tluke hospital and
Riifus Brock is in Baker Saift-
tofium - in Lumberton as a result
of a wreck near St. Pauls about
three o’clock last Sunday] after
noon. Mrs. Jack Lee, also a pass
enger in* Brock’s car at the time,
suffered bruises but was not kept
in the hospital.
Mrs'. Stanton, Johnny’s mother,
and Mrs. Lee are sisters and John
ny had been visiting his aunt at
White Lakb and they had gotten
a ride back to Raeford with Mr.
Brock. Johnny had fallen asleep
and Brock was trying to arrange
him more comfortably when the
car left the road and hit a tree.
Johnny got a hole in his fore
head, but surgeons at the hospital
have put a plate in, his head and
he is expected to recover. Mr.
Brock got his jaw broken in three
places and suffered bruises in'his
abdomen. The car was demolish
ed.
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iound
a dit ■
colHred, charg-
Siid reckless df^-
’s license, was
|Uty of not having
30rI^ sen
tence iiwaSHiiliiimded on payment
of $2^ shid' thiJ'costs. Max Harry
El^teht, whito^arged wdlh c^e-
nection with a collision between
him’^and Edwards, was found gui^
ty of violating the road laws by
driving too close and taxed the
costs.
For having improper equipment
on their cars Temple Locklear.
Indian, Hennon McNeill. Cyrus
Peterkin and Mack Daniels, all
colored, and James T. Long, white,
were all fined $19 and the costs.
Claud Tyler, Willie Parks and
Neill Ratliff, all white, each paid
the costs for violating the prohi
bition laws.
Guilty of having no driver’s
licenses were Carroll Scull, Ralph
Alexander and John L. Coggins,
all white, and Walter Johnson
and Leverne McRae, colored. 30-
days was suspended on payment
of $25 and the costs in each case.
Two tourists left bonds of $25
for speeding.
COUNH WHEAT ALLOTMENT
OF 3633 ACRES IS ANNOUNCED
A 1950 wheat allotment of 3633
acres for Hoke County was an
nounced Monday by the County
Agricultural Conservation Com
mittee.
This represents Hoke county’s
proportionate shareiof the nation
al wheat acreage Tallotme^ of
68.9 million acresl for thg crop
that will be harves^ nSa year,
R. J. Hasty, comminee^hairman
explains. The national allotment
is the acreage that at normal
yields will produce an amount of
wheat which together with the
expected carry-over next J'uly 1
will supply contemplated domes
tic and export requirements and
provide a safe reserve. _
“Individual farm allotments,
based on acreage and production
data collected over the past sev
eral months, have been establish
ed,” Mr. Hasty stated, “and no
tices to growers will be mailed
from the couhty office about Au
gust 20.
Acreage allotments are not an
enforced limitation on production,
but provide a linfitation on Gov
ernment expexulitures for price
support beyond the national in
terest, Mr. Hasty explains. Only
those farmers who seed within
their farm allotments will be en
titled to price supporting com
modity loans, or purchase agree
ments on their 1950 crop.
“Although adverse conditions
during the growing season have
resulted in a smaller 1949 wheat
crop than expected earlier, this
yearts harvest will still be the,
third largest on record- ^nd the
sixth consecutive wheat, crop in
excess of one billion bushels,”
Mr. Hasty pointed out. "The av
erage yearly domestic consump
tion of wheat is only 700 million
bushels, and only abnormally
high exports supported by EGA
allotments and army purchases
for' occupied countries has pre
vented the accumulation of price
depressing surpluses.” Mr. Hasty
emphasizes that if wheat growers
comply with acreage alTotments,
thus adjusting production to ex
pected requirements, it may be
unnecessary to use marketing
quotas for future crops.
Juniox^.College annotiifced the er
leifradk'(|f rlitrl^^ G. Tomer,
Jr., .qf Statesville, to the profes>^
sor' ship in. Physics, beidiuiing
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wit^ the ot college on
SepitlttBw .^ilhii. Mr. Tomer isj^ a
B. S. grading pf DaTidsoi|4^!U-
^'''tod*tpli|c'S^-gradaate" 'ieprk’
Tor om. y(^ it ifhe.Vni^
North Varolhia. He has been tak-
ipf, .:«eiiiBp|^'ii\ edoeatk»' at
Aoiag Hie' somiiiscv'
ip' Mexfap-
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MalHrin'iScoibh Btistow, 60, who
hhd'^m^emi^loyed by the state
fof'Pi nuBi^^ pf years as a car-
j^ter; ..^^d''at his home near
Rlbckfish TtieBdky, afternoon.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Sarah L. Bristow"; by two daugh
ters, Mrs. Clyde McGill of Fay
etteville and Mrs. Sam B. Minter
of Macon," Ga.' by a- son, John L.
Bristow of the XT. S. Air Force;
by three sisters, Mrs. Norihan
Shaw of .-Rex, Mrs. Lonnie Chason
of Limber Bridge and Mrs Piirdy
Everette of iBonnie Doone; by a
brother, John Bristow of Laurel
Hill; and a granddaughter.. :
Funeral services were con
ducted at 4 o’clock yesterday
at Galatia Presbyterian church
by the Rev. W. L. Maness.
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Hoke Women Attend
Farm, Home Week
The following Hoke County
women left Monday afternoon,
August 8, accompanied by their
Home Demonstration Agent, Miss
Josephine Hall, for State College
in Raleigh where they are spend
ing the week attending Farm and
Home Week:
Mrs. Jo Lovette, , Mrs. Louis
Parker, Mrs. R. B. Shockley, Mrs.
Stanley CrawliBy, Mrs. Ruth Bris
tow, l\frs. Carrie McKenzie, Mrs.
Lillie McDougald, Mrs. J. L. Mc-
Mihnis. Mrs. H. G. Autry, Mrs.
W. I. Strider, Miss Doris Norton,
Mrs. John Baker and Mrs. James
McKay.
Several others from the coim-
ty were expected to arrive in Ra
leigh later on in the week to take
part for two or three days in this
annual affair.
iber Cdmiyiefiixd'- :
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opting Wednc^iiisr
of the BaeionI Qiaitf-'
of Commerce, ,w^ a-
reminded this we^ by Pre»-
idnt ft. B. Lewis of Annual
meeting and electfRi pi directors
^ be held at the courttMWse next
^ilijgdnesday night, Anguet "17, - at
eight o’clock.
■ -Bii^ess to be takm i^ yvill in
clude 'the election , of four: direc-
tinidcr the system of'electing
jUi^loembers of the i%4i>8n boani-
every yeor . to serve three yean.
accordance with' the byrHws
t'.fi imminating obiqmlttee Bu no
minate eight menders-„,of the
cheJier. to he voted on for the
TSOW vacancies. These are J. A.
Baijicom, N. A. McDonald, H. L.
Ga^in, Jr., Julius Jordan. M. C.
i>ew; A. A. Graham, W. C. F^il-
JIIPs and Paul Dickson. Directors
win elect chamber’s officers for
the year at a meeting foll'stVing
the meeting of the members.. Pre
sent officers are ft. B. Lewis,
■president, M. R. Smith, vice-pres
ident, and Paul Dickson, act’ng
secret^.
At the Annual meeting a pro-
po^ lyill he made to. the mem
bership to change the year of the
mqpiidzation from July 1 to July
t . to coincide with the calend$x
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Return T# F«
Btifketiwg CMtnis
Man In
2iid Arm’d lotion *
Camp Ho^, Texas—Sergeant
First Class 'William J., Bethune,
Raefo'
p Ho(
Tex., and was assigned to the
famous “Hell on 'Wheels”, 2nd
Armored Division, commanded by
Maj. Gen. A. C. Smith.
He has 7 years service, with 34
months in, the Caribbean Com
mand and 29 months in the Asia
tic Pacific.
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Discourteous Driving
Blamed For Most
Of Traffic Deaths
Wadiinglon,
'mated'.IBiB ootteu' CEop .;^
i05,00Q bates foreHiadcnved todpr^;
a return nect year to rigid f
enunent ntariKetmg cox^te ipWk
hold down surplosea.
. Such arntrote wore^^list f
in 1842^. . They wenF not needed r '
during the war becaoae mndt
ton tend was divert io
crops."'
A crop of the size forecast by
the Department of . Agricoitaze
would exceed prospective mark^ '
heeds for the season ahead. and"
add to a sizable surplus created’
by last ye^s big crop. Farm
laws provide for control measures
to prevent accumulation of ex
cessive stocks.
No official decision on a con^
trpl program is expected, how^ .
ever, before late S«Kdi a
gram would seeit^ter limit.
planting to about tO^aiBBaai adM
oottpaied -with IMiildHI ICiliid
fhte year.
The Jb0mt T mulHiMi .0 fW
cro^ ipaKWH |p|r
wd pwduetfq» ter
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Thirty-seven 4-H Club mem
bers from Haywood County are
spending the summer on farms in
Washington County, Iowa. A sim
ilar group from Iowa will return
the visit next summer.
Some Stores Will
Be Open Wednesday
A pretty sure sign of fall a-
round here is -when the stores
start staying open on Wednesday
afternoons, although it’s a little
earlier this year than usual. ITie
temperature doesn’t seem to know
that fall’s any closer ^ther.
Anyway, a half-dozen of the
stores which have been taking
Wednesday afternoons off an
nounce in an ad in this issue that
they’ll be open on Wednesday all
day starting next Wednesday,
^hey are Collins, Belks, Mack’s,
Bruce’s, Mann’s and McLauc-
lin Company. Ofiiers who close on
Wednesday afternoons will keep
it up a while longer.
Raleigh, N. C.—^Most of the
blame for three-quarters of our
annual traffic deaths today was
laid at the door of discourteous
drivers by Jeff B. Wilson, direc-
of the Highway Safety Division
of the North Carolina Department
of Motor Vehicles.
Wilson made the statement in
connection with the Department’s
August traffic safety campaign in
which courtesy and defensive
driving are being streesed.
I “Such acts as excessive speed,
ignoring the right of way, driving
under the influence of alcohol,
driving on the wrong side of the
road, passing improperly, and dis
regarding an officer or traffic
control device are, at the very
least, discourteous behavior, and
at the worst, wanton murder,”
Wilson said.
“Twenty-five per cent of the
highway fatalities in which a vi
olation figured,” the hi^way of
ficial said, “can be traced direetty
to excessive This discmirt-
esy alone caused 257 fatal aeici-
dents in North Carolina last year.
Driving on the wrong side of the
road and driving under the influ
ence of alcohol were the next two
biggest contributing factors in
fatal accidents, and the frustrat
ing part of all this—especially to
those entrusted with the job of
safety education and enforcement
is that every one of these deaths
was unnecessary; they would not
have happened if one of the driv
ers involved in each case hadn’t
judged himself either too smart,
too skillful, or too luncky to be
involved in an accidents!”
Wilson also warned motorists to
drive defensively. Always expect
the unexpected and do not as
sume, that, because you are driv
ing courteously, everyone else is,
he said. “Per mile of lUghway^ ere
(Oonfittued «a Midt 9i^>
Tliere w^ severe b(d|‘Weevil
ihfestatMim^ ji^^ j^^of fiie
tioh outlook would have been
much greater. The crop estimate
is 63,000 bales, or four-tenths of
one per cent, under last year’s de
spite a 14 per cent increase in
acreage.
The indicated crop is far above
the 1938-47 average of 11,306,000
bales. »
The crop wiU be swelled by a
carryover of about 5,600,000 bales
from previous years. About three-
fourths of this reserve is hStd by
the government imder price sup
port operations which involve a
Federal outlay of about $570 mil
lion.
The yield may be frpm 1,800,-
000 to three million bales more
than domestic market and expert
demands for the sales season a-
head. This extra supply would go
into the reserve, much of it pro
bably moving into government
hancf'.
Farm income from 1949 cotton
may be second to last year’s re
cord of $2,644,000,000. Assuming
both cotton and cottonseed bring
no more than government support
prices, the value of the cfop- would
be about $2,440,000,000.
CONTROL nUKHtAM
A control program for 1950, if
invoked, probably would include
both acreage and allotments .and
marketing quotas. 'Rie last time
allotments were in effect was in
1943. Quotas woe last used in
1941
Marketing quotas would require
approval by at least two-thiids
of the more than two mtlHon c(^-
ton growers voting in a retoren^
dum.
No estimate of cottonseed ^o-
ductHm will be made onto, after
the crop has been ginnedL How
ever, if the ratio of lint to cotton
seed is the same as tihe average
for the past five yemrs, ptoduetton
would be 5,968JM)0 'tons ceeapated
with 5.941,000 last year and a tesK
year average of 4,031,000.
Reflecting daniage cansed
unftvcnbte xroaEtar and
the yield of Mnt coMon to ttee aega
was estfanatad at 374.4 poods eg^
about SIT pounds belete te0
year’s record. - Hi
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