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New Lions Club
To Get Charter
Tomorrow Night
Osganiz^ion Of Civic
Gro^To Be Completed At
Ceremony And Dinner
lionism officially comes to
Raeford tomorrow night when the
club charter will be presented at
an informal banquet at the Arm
ory at eight o’clock. Club mem
bers and invited guests will hear
an address by Edward H. Mc
Mahon, of Raleigh, director of
Lions International.
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Lions International Past District
Governor Charles E. Kerchner, of
Greensboro, is to present the
charter to Raefbrd President
Thomas B. Lester. Mr. Kerchner
win be introduced by Jeff B.
Wilson, of Raleigh, district gov
ernor.
George T. Ashford of Rod
Spring will act as toastmaster.
Music will be by the Dixie Ran
gers Band and a Girls Sextet froW
Raeford. Miss Bettie Benner will
be pianist for the occassion.
The Raeford Lions club is spon
sored by the Red Springs Lions
club, which is expected to be well
represented at 'ttie banquet-along
with other Lions clubs in towns
in this section.
Mayor William L. Poole will
welcome the visitors and the gavel
and gong will be presented by the
Red Springs club.
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Patrolman Tyson
Submits Resignation
Patrolman ‘J. C. Tyson, who has
been stationed in Hoke county for
sometime, jointly representing the
State Highway Patrol here with
Patrolman D. G. Surratt, submit
ted his resignation to Captain
Speed at Troop B headquarters
this week and left the Highway
Patrol, Capt. Speed r told The
News-Journal yesterday. Patrol
man Tyson is a native of Cum
berland county and while here
occupied Cary Stephens’ house
formerly occupied by A. D. Wal
ters. ‘
Local Man’s Sister
Buried In Kipling
Funeral service was conducted
at Kipling Methodist church Tues
day afternoon for Mrs. Myrtle
Senter Bradley, wife of J. Pou
Bradley, who died Sunday after
noon at Duke hospital after an
illness of several mdnths. Mrs.
Bradley was a sister of Neill Sen
ter of Raeford and the mother of
Miss Doris Bradley who taught
here last year.
She was 48 years old, a native
of Harnett county and the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Senter.
She was a lifelong member of the
Methodist church.
Surviving are her husband, two
children, Doris and llfomas Brad
ley of the home; her parents, four
sisters, and three brothers.
The funeral was conducted by
the Rev. F. R. Dail, pastor of the
church, and was at three o’clock.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery. ....
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Veterans Should
Apply Now To
Change Courses
! By H. E. Vernon, County Agent,
Defoliating Cotton
Inquiries have been coming in
about the use of defoliants to re
move cotton leaves where needed
to hasten maturity or prevent boll
rot. For the past several years
cyanamid in the dust form has
been recommended as an approv
ed practice, but liquid defoliants
are not being done with them.
Gne word of caution about'' the
iiirpe of dusting is not to defoliate
until the youngest bolls are at
least 20-25 days old. Normal
growth of the cotton plant ceases
as soon as the leaves show injury
from the defoliant, therefore un
less the bolls are fairly well ma
tured defoliation will cause small
er, immature fibers, and seed at
harvest. Another caution is in the
amount of defoliants to use. It is
recommended that rates from 20
to 25 pounds of AERO Cyanamid
Special Grade be used per acre.
Excessive amounts tend to kill
the leaves so rapidly that they are
frozen and. hang on the plant
while smaller amounts generally
do not kill enough leaves. The
Cyanamid can be applied effec
tively with any type of machine
that has been used for dusting
cotton, both airplane hnd tractor
dusters. It is very inyoortant with
either one to' get thorough cover
age of all leaves. A thorough job
of ctofoliating permits increased
speed of hand picking, permits
eSrlier picking during the day as
dew dries off much quicker. It is
also essential where mechanical
cotton pickers are used,
Veterans who have previously
attended school under the G. I.
Bill but plan to change schools or
courses this fall should act now
to obtain a supplemental certifi
cate of eligibility from the Vete
rans Adminisration. '
Those who attended the spring
or summer sessions and intend to
return to the same school to re
sume work on the same course in
the fall semester will not be re
quired to obtain a supplemental
certificate. The school will pro
cess those veterans on VA re
entrance forms, which will suf
fice to place the students on the
VA subsistence payment rolls.
Applications for supplemental
certificates for changing schools
or courses must be made to the
VA regional office now holding
the veteran’s records on VA Form
1905e, available at most schools
and in all VA offices. FuU infor
mation as to the desired course
and, or. school must be furnished.
A certification from an official
of the institution previously at
tended as to the satisfactory pro
gress of the veteran must be sub
mitted on the reverse side of the
form.
If the school to be attended is
under the jurisdiction of another
VA regional, office, the veteran
should notify the VA in writing
of his new permanent mailing ad
dress so that the records "can be
transferred.
Deane Announces
Official Transfer Of
Sandhills Refuge
Congressman Charles B. Deane
has announced that in a ceremony
held at the office of the Secretary
of the Interior James A. Krug on
Monday, August 15, at noon, the
Secretary officially signed on be
half of the Government a deed
which conveyed to the State of
North Carolina approximately
54,165 acres of land to be used for
the conservation of wildlife.
Present for this ceremony in ad
dition to the Secretary of the In
terior and Congressman Deane,
was Albert M. Day, Director of
the United States Fish and Wild
life Service.
This transfer culminated the
continuous efforts made by Mr.
Deane which he initiated in 1947.
The transfer was made under the
provision of ^existing law which
permits lands no longer required
by a Federal agency to be trans
ferred to a State agency under
the condition that the property
will continue to be used for wild
life conservation. The entire acre
age is located in Moore, Richmond
and Scotland Counties.
Before the war, this area was
administered by the State of
North Carolina for wildlife con
servation under a long term lease
with general supervisory control
vested in’ the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service. When war
came, the lease was cancelled and
the property became part of Camp
Cackall military reservation.
' In 1948 at the insistence of Con
gressman Deane, the property was
returned to the Department of the
Interior subject to certain man
euvering and firing ■ rights to be
reta’iied by the Army.
Secretary of the Interior Krug
commended Congressman Deane
for his interest in this effort to
utilize this great tract of land for
the conservation of wildlife. Mr.
Krug stated that this was one of
the largest transfers yet made by
the Federal Government to any
state. He voiced his belief that
this particular Sandhills project
should become one of the most
outstanding areas for the conser
vation of Wildjfe, 'not to mention
the tremendot^gl^estry, hunting
fishing and recreational potential-
ties.
CROP DIRECTOR
The RE\^ O. KELLY INGRAM,
pastor of the Erwin Methodist
Church, who is serving as district
supervisor for Cumberland, Dup
lin, Hoke. Johnston. Sampson and
Wayne count^ in the 1949 CROP
Friendship J^d Train collection.
Lumbeil^ Hits
Million-|\.-Day With
Season High Of 55c
It is understood that the North
Carolina Wildlife Resources Com
mission is prepared to set in mo
tion an aggressive and complete
program to carry out the provis
ions of the Federal law in the de
velopment of this Sandhills area.
Free Chest X-ray Survey Will Be
Conducted In Moore And Hoke
Plans for the mass chest X-
ray survey to be conducted in
Moore County and in Hoke Coun
ty have been announced by Dr.
J. W. Willcox, District Health Of
ficer. Beginning Aug. 26 and con
tinuing through October 6, 1949,
three mobile X-ray units, owned
and operated by the Tuberculosis
Control Division of the North Car
olina State Board of Health, will
serve the people of these two
counties. During that time a free
chest X-ray will be available to
aU persons, white and colored,
who are fifteen years of age or
older. ^
Dr. Willcox stressed the fol
lowing facts about the X-raying
program: the service is entirely
free; it is not necessary tc un
dress; it takes only a minute or
two to be X-rayed;, everyone who
is X-rayed will receive a Writ
ten report on his X-ray. The X-
ray machines are mounted in
trailers. Two of these X-raying
units will operate in Moore Coun
ty and one in Hoke County. They
will go to the large industries in
the district and will make stops
in the towns and rural communi
ties. An effort will be made tq,
take the X-raying equipment
within a few miles of every per
son in the county. The schedule
of stops will be made public as
soon as necessary arrangements
have been made and the schedule
is completed. Dr. Willcox said:
Dr. Willcox stated: ‘‘This X-
raying program is part of the
health department's effort to con
trol tuberculosis in the section
which it serves. When a case of
tuberculosis is found early, there
is a much greater chance of ef
fecting a cure and in a shorter
time, and usually a person whose
dise»ise is found early may be
prevented from spreading it to
others. This makes it a matter of
great importance to find cases of
tuberculosis early. Nothing but
chest X-ray can find this disease
in its early stages. I appeal to all
persons in this community to take
advantage of this opportunity to
get a free chest X-ray. It is the
sure way of knowing that one is
free of tuberculosis.” This X-ray
ing program is confined to per
sons fifteen years of age and old
er e.xcept those who have been
contacts of tuberculosis or those
who are referred by the health
department or .private physician.
Selling around a million pounds
a day at averages from 52 to over
55 cents, the Lumberton Tobacco
Market tqday' was in the middle
of its thii^ week of prompt sales,
top market prices, and satisfied
customers.
The market, which racked up
an average of $55,77 one day for
what is believed to be the highest
sale in the whole Border Belt this
season, turned almost eight mil
lion pounds of the golden weed
into gold notes for its customers
■^duTHig tSe'^irst'^hine days.
The sales the last few days have
been averaging around $52, but
the only reason was the volume
of common and leafy offerings.
The prices have been just as high
as ever, grade for grade, accord
ing to both tobacconists and
growers.
Good cutters and smoking leaf
have been bringing from 60 to
65 cents regularly, up one row
and down another. When the buy
ers hit the few occasional piles of
choice wrappers, the prices have
soared all the way from 70 cents
to $1.10, and even common' grades
have been up.
This week’s sales have been
running right at a million pounds
a day, or almost capacity.
However, under Lumberton’s
system of selling at all six firms
every day, and of booking each
grower’s space in advance, the
floors are being cleared each day
and left wide open for the next
day’s customers.
“The result.” according to Sales
Supervisor M. R. Alexander,
“gives each grower a good, quick
sale while his tobacco is fresh and
pretty and brings the top market
price. This not only pleases the
farmer but it also enables the
companies to pay better prices,
and we have had hardly a tag
turned and very little tobacco go
to the Government.”
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Recorder Sends
2 To Roads In
Court Tuesday
Three Pay Costs For Steal
ing Hound Dog; All Other
Cases Concern Cars
In recorder’s court Tuesday
morning Ceasar Morrison, color
ed, appeared before Judge Henry
McDiarmid charged with the tem
porary larceny of a truck in two
cases and with being drunk and
disorderly and using profane and
indecent language. He was found
guilV/ on all counts and sent to
the roads for six igapths.
Murphy Malloy, mRo colored,
was sent to the rq^ds for four
mopjhs for being drang and dis
orderly, trespassing and the lar
ceny of some silverware from the
State Sanatorium at McCain.
Jesse Davis, Carl Lamb and
Charles Lamb, all white, were
charged with the larceny of a
hound dog, the property of Clif
ton Brown. They were ordered
by Judge McDiarmid to return the
dog and pay the court costs.
Richard Joy, colored, paid $25
and the court costs for having no
valid* driver’s license.
Bud W. Stephens, white, was
found not guilty of careless "and
reckless driving.
Raymond Scott, Indian, for
driving after his license had been
revoked and having no brakes,
paid $200 and the costs.
William S. Shepherd, white of
the Army, and Walter J. Stan-
tyson, colored, each paid $100 and
the costs for driving drunk.
Charlie Tyson, colored, paid $25
and the costs for carrying a con
cealed weapon"^and"^ $10 and the
costs for speeding.
Several paid $10 and the costs
each for improper brakes, lights,
or other minor road law violatings.
They were: George Melvin, Isaac
Riddick and Clarence Campbell,
all colored and Charles Yeager,
white.
William Epfey, white tourist,
left a $25 bond for speeding.
Journalism Club
Sees Williamsburg
The .■.■e.-.-.o-j.'i of the high school
Journaiism c'.ub. accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Goore,
left Tuesday ,on a chartered air-
conditioned 'ous for Williamsburg.
They will return to Raeford today.
While on the trip the party was.
scheduled to visit the capitol in
Williamsburg, the public Gaol,
the Raleigh Tavern, the George
Wythe House, Burton. Parish
Church, and the. Governor’s pa
lace and gardens. They were also
scheduled to make, a tour of
Jamestown and Yorktown.
In addition to the sightseeing
the young journalists were to see
“Common Glory,” Paul Green’s
symphonic drama which was pre
sented at Matoaka Lake amphi
theatre.
Mesdames R. A. Matheson, Her
bert McKeithan and Lewis Up
church served as chaperones.
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Farm Bureau Head
Names “Livestock
Master Committee”
Monday'%5'^'
Greensboro. N. C.—A. C. Ed
wards, Hookerton, president of the
North Carolina Farm Bureau, an
nounced this week, appointment
of a 12-member Master Commit-
tee“ to work out and recommend
long-range livestock program” for
the state.
T. J. Pearsall, Battleboro, was
named committee chaiman with
the following representatives of
various phases of the livestock
industry as committee members:
Beef Cattle—Henry Gray Shelton,
Speed; John Long, Statesville,
and W. O. Roberson, Jr., Leices-
Judge W.C.
To Preside At
Superior Court
11 Civil And 16 Crimiiuil
Cases On Docket For Tria^
Same Grand Jury To Scrv^
Judge W. C. Harris of Raleigh,
oldest Superior court judge in the
State in service, will convene the
August term of Hoke County Stt*
perior court here next
morning, August 22. The terns 3«':
will be a mixed term for the 'ttial
of criminal and civil cases.
Criminal cases, 16 in number,
include the trial of Manley H.
Grooms, 55-year-old white farm
er of the Rockfish section on ft
charge of murdering Fonzo Jack-
son at the latter’s home in the
afternoon of Tuesday, March 15.
Grooms was not tried in i^pril
due to the fact that a coroner's
jury had rendered a verdict of
justifiable homicide in the case
and Grooms was not under in
dictment until the grand jury re
turned a true bill at the April
term. A this time Judge John J.
Burney granted the defendant a
continuance to prepare his de
fense and set bond at $1000.
Willie McLean, colored, is Iodis
ed in the coun^ jail witlMog bond
to face trial on a diazge of xape
preferred by Beulah McFhatter.
Four colored joen of die Aber- g
deal section are to be tried on
charges of breaking into and rob
bing McLauchlin company here'
on tjae night of last May 20L They
are Arthur Harris, Danny Me-
Dougald, Lonnie Taylor, md Wil
lie Robinsom Rifles, side meat,
baseballs, gloves, cigarettes and
ter; Dairying—D. S. Rhyne, Gas
tonia'; P.' Ln - Holccwabe, Fayette*YfitijBples..Nrf othtb
Lauchlin Company's stock was re
covered by officers in investigat
ing this case.
Other cases to be tried are:
ville, and Glenn C. Palmer. Clyde;
Swine—Ellis Vestal. Kenansville,
and C. S. Bunn, Spring Hope;
Poultry—Bernard Helms, Mon
roe, and Ward Snarr, Siler City,
and Sheep—W. B. Austin, Jeffer
son.
Herman Maynor of Robeson coun
ty, embezzlement, 2 cases; Silas
Purcell, colored, careless and reck-
“The purpose of this committee,” ' less driving and hi: and run;
Edwards ^id, “is to work out and Ward . B. Lockhart, white, .Army,
recommend a longe-range live- driving after license revoked -
State Well Under
U. S. Polio Average
Raleigh—Reports of the in
creased incidence of polio in the
United States, particularly in
Texas, California • and Arkansas,
are coming in but North Carolina
is well below the average for the
country as a whole, it was pointed
out today by Dr. J. W. R. Norton,
State Health Officer. Dr. Norton
cited the fact that, through July
of this year, only 100 cases of
polio had been reported to the
North Carolina State Board of
stock program including all the
necessary requirements in an
over-all agricultural enterprise,
as well as to make suggestions
toward the elimination of present
injustices in the marketing of
livestock and its products. Dean
I. O. Schaub and Dr. James H.
Hilton and others of the North
Carolina State College have as
sured, us of their full cooperation
in working out such a program.
Their services are available on
call.”
.Appointment of the committee
part of the North Carolina Farm
Bureau state-wide livestock com
mittee, was authorized July 1 at
HOTEL BURNS
'White Lake, Aug. 16—The 25-
room Lee’s Beach Hotel was de
stroyed today by fire of undeter
mined origin.
Manager Jack Lee, who was
sleeping on the second floor, said
smoke awakened him at 2:50 a. m.
Lee awakened the hotel’s two
guests, who were on the first
floor, and a Negro servant on the
second floor jumped to safety,
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WRECK SATURDAY
D. .A. Brock and Mrs. Ben Rob
inson had a collision last Satur
day afternoon at the corner at
Health, as compared with 1,098
for the same period last j'ear,
when the largest epidemic of our
history occurred.
Dr. Norton also stated that only
42 cases were reported for tKf
single month of July this year,
against 783 in July, 1948.
“It i« to be regretted, of course,”
Dr. Norton went on, “that polio
is prevalent in epidemic form in
any part of the country. However,
we have taken pvinishment in this
respect, in both 1944 and 1948,
and if our incidence this year is
low, 'we can be grateful without
reflection on any part of the
country. Of course, we do
know what the future holds in
a state-wide meeting on dairying
and livestock at State College un
der the sponsorship of the State
Farm Bureau.
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Experts Tell Cotton
Farmer To Mechanize
store. There might be a flare up
later on in the year, but just now
none is indicated and I think we
should be very grateful that our
summer habits are not being in-
Bennettsville, S. C., Aug '17—
The nation’s cotton expers met
here today to mobilize science
and modem machinery behind the
cotton grower.
The experts had a special me-
sa|e for the southern cotton farm
er. They told him that he must
j look to modem production meth
ods if he is to help the United
appeal; Kfiox Norton, white,
breaking and entering and lar
ceny; James. H. Gainey, white of
Fayetteville, speeding, appeal;
David Chason. whits, assault with
a deadly weapon with intent to
kill; , Clyde and Henry McLauoh-
lin, colored,, violation of State
Forest fire laws, appeal; Come— , -i
lius Graham, colored, assault with
a deadly weapon with intent to
kill and escaping from the prisoa
division of the. State Sanatorium
The same' Grand Jury .'will
serve for this term of court that
serv'ed for the -April term.
The jury list is as follows: R. H.
McLean, Joe Chason, Da\,-id Han
non, J. F. Smith. Harry Epstein.
R. G. Meinnis. J. M. Ray, Robart
.A. Parks. J. D. 'Wilkes, W. J.
Coates, R. 3. Almond, Walter
Barefoot, Mrs. Geo Vanhoy, N. A.
MeInnis, John. C. McBryde, L. S.
McMillan, C. P. Kinlaw, C. J.
Benner, W. G. McBryde, J. K-
McNedl, Jr., Albert M. Stevens,
E. W. Norton, E. B. Blue, M. T.
Cameron, Her ley Adams, Willa
McLauchlin, James C. Canady,
Bud Hinson. Lonnie Fields, F. C.
McPhaul, Leslie R. Irion, A. J..,
Davis, Mrs. T. B. Upchurch, Jr^
W. S. Maxwell O. F. OTBriant,
Lacy Scarboro, Claytoti McCrim-/-^
mon and -A. 3. Watson.
States maintain its place as the
world’s leading, cotton producer.
The background for the mes
sage was the 3rd -Annual Belt-
wide Cotton Machinization con-
terrupted this year by the preva- j ference, sponsored by the Na- |
lence of any scourage or epidem-
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BOXSCORE
M.C.HIGHWAYS^
.:c.'
EilLLED
CORONER ROPER ILL
Neill Seiner
’s house. Mrs. Robin- i Report, was received early yes-
son’S car
side and Brock’s car went on to County Coroner W. L. Roper was ^
run into a teleohone pole, but in a critical condition m a •Wilm- . , - ■ , IS
' The' threat of sVnthetic fibres, [August-,13 thru August 15
was turned, over on. its , terday to the effect that
tional Cotton Council. Cotton pro
ducers. extension 'service workers,
gamers, machinery and textile
manufacturers, and other repre- ;
.^entatives of the cotton industry ;-August 13 thru August 15
in .13 states are attending the ; Thru .August 15 this year
diree-day session. The conference Thru -Atigust 15. 1948 .......
.s being held in one of the South’s
‘ " cotton I producing areas.
neither driver was seriously hurt,'ingtqn hospital
although the' cars came out a ' appendix.' A
little worse off.
witn
came out a' appendix. A later report 0:1
1 condition was hot available.
his I such as rayon,' increasing tenfold | Thru .August 15 this year
m. tne iast
two decades, confront- ' Thru August IS,. 1948 ...
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