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XLV; NUMBEE 11
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1950
RAEFOBD, N. C.
TEN CENTS PER COPY
$2.00 PER TEAR
N. C. Expects
Smdlest Cotton
Crop Since 1878
Crop of 230,000 Bales
For 1950 Compared With
466,000 in 1949
A cotton crop of 230,000 bales,
the smallest sinc» 1878, was fore
cast for North Carojina yesterday
by the Crop Reporting Service of
the State and Federal Depart
ments of Agriculture.
This estimate, based on August
1, conditions, compares with a
harvest of 466, bales last year
and a production average for the
years 1939 through 1948 Of 578,-
000 bales.
Production prospepts for the
codntry as a whole also are down
sharply. The United States De
partment of Agriculture released
an estimate placing the nation’s
cotton crop at 10, 308,000 bales
as compared with 16,128,000 bales
last year and a 10-year average
of 11,599,000 bales. Line yields,
it was stated, are expected to
average 264.9 pounds an acre.
Decline of cotton production in
North Carolina to the level of ttie
reconstruction period w%s blam
ed on heavy reduction in acreage
and prospects of the smallest yields
of lint cotton since 1901. The aver
age yield, it w’as stated, is ex
pected to be 196 pounds of lint
an acre, which is 63 pounds,.,be-
low last year’s average and 177
pounds under the 10-year aver-
age.
This year’s acreage for harvest
was estimated at 364,000, ^ich
compar^j:. with, fiMOO nctw
year. It ia the state’s smallest cot
ton acreage since 1872.
“This year’s cotton crop,” said
the Crop Reporting Service, “has
been subjected to unusual weather
conditions as well as unpreced
ented attacks of boll wee^vils.
During July frequent rains, cloudy
and humid weather favored boll
weevil activity and made it diffi
cult for growers properly to dust
and spray the crop. Where con-
tol measures have been applied
effectively, fairly good yields are
in prospect. Stands are about nor
mal. The crop is a little later than
for the past two seasons,, but about
Average. Cotton js fruiting rapid
ly and good sets of bolls are
noticeable in treated fields.”
Mrs. Lottie Ray
Dies in Fayetteville
Fayetteville.—Mrs. Lottie Guit-
on Ray, 75, wife of the late Dun
can Ray, of Fayetteville, Route 3,
died Sunday at 1 p. m. at her
home, after an illness of the past
three years. She had been ser
iously ill for the past two months.
Surviving are one son, Thomas
A. Ray, Cumberland County; four
daughters, Mary Elizabeth Ray of
the home, Mrs. C. F. Bohan, Mrs.
Flora Jennie Webster, both of
Cumberland County, and Mrs. B.
P. Walters of Fayetteville; 10
grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren; two brothers, D.
F. Guiton of Cumberland Mills,
a\id J. W. Guiton of Charlotte.
Mrs. Ray was born August 20,
1875, in Cumberland County
daughter of the late T. W. Guiton.
She has been a resident of Cum
berland County all her life. She
was a member of the Galatia
Presbyterian Church, The bod^v
remained at the Jemigan Funeral
Home until one hour before the
services, which were held Mon
day afternoon at 4 o’clock at the
Galtia Presbyterian Church, with
the Rev. B. O. Shannon, pastor,
officiating. Interment was in the
church cemetery. Pallbearers were
K. P. Ritter, Fairley Bohan, Wal
ter Edwards, Milton Capps, Oscar
Townsend and John Oliver.
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Mr. and Mrs. piifford White
and three children of Kingsport,
Tenn., were guests in the home
of Mr. White’s aunt, Mrs. David
Smith, Tuesday afternoon.
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Recorder Hears
15 Cases Tuesday
Fifteen cases were disposed of
in Hoke county recorder’s court
before Judge Henry McDiarmid
Tuesday morning.
Martin Luther Wood, Jr., white
of Cumberland Coimty was charg
ed with speeding. He pled guilty
and paid $10 and the costs.
William Lawrence Adamatis,
white soldier of Ft. Bragg, charg
ed with driving under the influ
ence of intoxicating liquor and
not having an operator’s license,
was fined $125.00 and costs.
Robert C. Thomas, colored of
McCain, charged with careless
and reckless driving, got 30 days
suspended on payment of the costs
and damage to the other car in
volved in an accident.
Mary D. McNair, colored, was
fined $25 and the costs for driv
ing without an operator’s license.
William A. Kent, white soldier
of -Ft. Bragg, paid $100.00 and
the costs for driving under the
influence of intoxicating liquor.
Walter Ellis Marley, Jr., white
of Carey, who was charged with
driving drunk, was found not
guilty.
Bobby Nichols, white soldier of
Ft. Bragg, paid the costs for drunk
and disbrdely conduct.
Henry Mack Church, Jr., white
soldier of Ft. Bragg, was charged
with speeding and was fined $10
and the costs.
Mildred Tiges, white, got 30
days suspended on payment of
the costs for drunk and disorder
ly conduct.
Llzie Lee Sanders, colored,
charged with driving without an
operators license, was fined $25
an.d...;^-opsts. > •«> .
Rudolfo Velverde, white soldier
of Ft. Bragg, pled guilty to speed
ing in excess of 70 miles per hour.
He was fhied $25 and the costs.
Green Locklear, Indian, charg
ed with giving a worthless check
was found not guilty.
Hubert Dowdy, colored, got 30
days on the roads suspended on
payment of the costs for taking
some timber belonging to Dan
McRae. He paid Dan McRea $35
for the timber.
Stanley Adcox, white pled
guilty to a charge of drunk and
disorderly conduct and was fined
$10 and the costs.
George Washington Cunning
ham, colored, charged with carry
ing a concealed weapon, was
given three months on the roads,
suspended on payment of a $50
fine and the costs.
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LIBRARY NEWS
Annual Report Hoke County
Public Library for year ending
June 30, 1950.
Total circulation for year 15,-
747. (An increase over previous
year of 2,205).
Total receipts $4226.19.
Total balance and receipts
$5685.06.
Total expenditures for year
$4463.71.
Balance end of year $1221.35.
Total expenditures and balance
$5685.06. *
Plans are being made for a book
mobile to serve Hoke County. It
is hoped that the Bookmobile will
be ready to serve the county by
September 1. Mrs. Kate Blue Cov
ington will be librarian on the
bookmobile.
Miss Evelyn Mullen, Supervisor
of Rural Libraries, from the North
Carolina Library Commission,
Raleigh, was in Raeford for two
days last week, at the Hoke Coun
ty Library, helping with plans
for the bookmobile.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whitley
and daughter of Philadelphia,
Pa., arrived Monday to spend this
week with Mr. and Mrs. H. W. B.
Whitley.
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Sgt. and Mrs. Martin Webb and
son of Augusta. Georgia, left Mon
day after spending the week-end
with Mr and Mrs. Carlton Niven.
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Social Security 1$
Life Insurance
For Everybody
Is your employment covered by
the federal old-age and survivors
insurance program? If so, you
probably have more life insurance
than you think.
Many people look upon their
“social security” as something to
help them in their old age but
forget that it also offers protec
tion to their families in case of
untimely death. If you have young
children, it may be exceptionally
valuable according to Vernon D.
Herbert, of the Fayetteville office.
Each child may be entitled to
monthly benefits until such child
reaches the age of 18. The amount
that would be payable upon the
average monthly wage of the in
sured worker. True, these month
ly benefit checks may be small,
but even the minimum payment
of $10 per month amounts to
$1,200 over a period of 10 years.
Besides the amount that may be
payable to your children, your
widow may also be entitled to
receive monthly checks as long
as she has such children in her
care. If you have no children
under 18, your widow Will be en
titled to monthly benefits if she
is 65 years old or when she be
comes 65. In some cases, payments
may be made to dependent par
ents of the deceased worker. If
no -monthly benefits are payable
a lump-sum payment may be
made.
Mr. Herbert states that he would
like to' stress the fact that no
payments of any kind can be
made until a claim is filed by the
proper person. It is therefore im
portant that someone, preferably
the neaest relative, contact the
Social Security Office when a
worker dies. Failure to do this
within three months after death
may result in a loss of benefits.
Your Social Security office is
located at Fayetteville in the
Huske building and is responsible
for serving the people of Cumber
land. Harnett, Hoke, Robeson and
Sampson counties.
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LOSES TOBACCO BARN
POLIO CASE,
A tobacco barn on the farm of
Miss Mayme McKeithan, located
about four miles South of Raeford,
burned early Monday morning.
The cause of the fire, which was
discovered at nine o’clock, is
unknown as there had been no
coals in tbe furnace since about
five o’clock that morning when
the curing process was completed.
A 22 year (dd white man
was diagnosed last week* as
having haft polio about one
month ago. The diagnosis was
made by Dr. S, E. Jacobs,
Orthopedist of Charlotte, at
the Orthopedic Clinic in Lum-
berton, Friday,*. August 4, 1950,
after weakness had developed
in one armband one leg sever
al days prior to being seen in
the clinic. Polio is contagious
only for a period of about two
weeks after onset. No quarran-
tine Is indicated in this case.
Many Jobs Open
For Civilians
At Fort Bragg
A large number of openings
for civilian personnel at Fort
Bragg have been announced by
the Employment Security Com
mission.
There are openings for ste
nographers, telephone operators,
clerktypists, a medical librarian,
bar tender, a stock clerk, and a
stock records clerk. Salaries and
experience requirements vary
with each job.
Also wanted are two bakery
superintendents, five auto body
repairmen, one auto radiator re
pairman, two auto upholsters, six
auto spray painters, ten ward at
tendants ,one steamfitter, three
plumbers, one welder, eight car
penters, one brickmason, one tele
type operator, 17 nurses, two hos
pital attendants, four crypto
grapher clerks, two addressing
machine operators, four type
writer reyaairmen, laboratory and
medical technic^ng,^^ construe-^'
tion engineer, and one historian.
Full details may be obtained
from the Fort Bragg branch of
the local employment office,
which is supervised by Miss Elsie
Monroe.
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MRS. JANIE FULLER
BURIED IN BENNETSVILLE
Mrs. Janie Robeson Fuller,
widow of the late Henry B. Full
er, died in Clio, S. G., Tuesday.
Funeral services were conducted
at Whitner Funeral Chapel and
burial was in McCall cemetery,
Bennettsville, Wednesday after
noon! Mrs. Fuller’s husband was a
brother of the late A. J. Fuller
of Raeford.
Attending the funeral from
Raeford were Mrs. A. J. Fuller
and Mrs. Dwight Brown. Mr. and
Mrs. George Fuller, and Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Fuller of Hickory and
Mr. and Mrs. Leo FuUer of Mt.
Holly also attended the funeral.
Community Wishes Israel Mann Well
On His Store’s Silver Anniversary
Readers of The News-Journal
this week will notice that Israel
Mann is celebrating the twenty-
fifth anniversary of his store in
Raeford. as it was in July, 1925,
that he and his brother, J. S.
Mann, came here and bought the
business formerly known as
Townsend and €k)re and opened
it under the name of “Mann
Brothers.” The store was run tin
der this trade name until 1928
when Isreal bought his brother out
and began operating as “Isreal
Mann.”
Since that time Isreal Mann has
participated in the whole life of
the community, both as a business
and personally, and he certainly
has the congratulations and best
wishes of the whole community
and trading area on the occasion
of his Silver Anniversary.
Israel Mann was born in Kret-
inga. Lithuania, on December 18,
1900, one of seven children of a
grain and fur merchant and buy
er in that town of about 4000. He
served in the Lithuanian army on
the Russian front in World War I,
and when that was over he made
his way to the home of his brother
in Burgaw for a while, and then
in New York City and Jackson
ville, N. C., he and his brother
started a tour of North Carolina
looking for a place they could
open a business for Israel to op
erate. They were in Laurinburg
one night when a travelling sales
man told them Raeford was a
pretty nice little town. They had
never heard of it, but they came
over here and finally traded with
Townsend and Gore. Israel said
that they got here in the dark and
that people were so friendly and
helpful that night that he wanted
to stay and that he has neve,r re
gretted his decision. He says that
people have been friendly and fair
to him here ever since and that
he reaUy appreciates it.
The store was opened in the
building now occupied by Amos
Furniture Co., arid in 1932 when
it was said that “Prosperity was
just around the corner” he moved
to his present location to get ready
for itl
Those visiting his modern store
during the Anniversary sale start
ing today will see that he did get
a fine store and a fine stock of
merchandise ready.
Weed Prices
Contmue High
On Border l^lt
Reach Seasons Highest
Average at $57.31;
$1.31 Above Opening Day
Some tobacco prices climber
Tuesday on the Carolina flue-
cured belt as demand continued
strong.
The Federal-State Departments
of Agriculture reported average
prices for lugs, primings, and non
descript were steady to higher.
Cutters and leaf grades remained
firm.
BuUc of offerings consisted of
fair to fine lugs, low and fair
primings, and fair cutters. Vol
ume continued light.
The markets on the belf sold
3,564,579 pounds Tuesday aver
aging $57.31 per hundred pounds.
This average $1.74 above last Fri
day’s average and was the highest
of the season.
The previous high was $56 set
on opening day when 6,989,914
pounds were sold.
South Carolina’s markets sold
1,873,079 pounds Monday averag
ing $57.66. North Carolina’s mar
kets sold 1,691,500 pounds aver
aging $56.91.
Auction bid averages per hun
dred pounds on a limited number
t)f representative grades;
Leaf: Good lemon, $66; fair
lemon, $62.
Cutters: Good lemon, $69; fair
orange, $68; low lemon, $66.
Lugs: Choice lemon, $69; good
lemoi^ $66; good orange, $64; fair
lemonf $61; fair orangej i$56?’ low
orange, $46.
Primings: Good lemon, $63; fair
orange, $45; low orange, $33.
Nondescript: Best thin, $20.50.
Poorest thin. $12.25.
Fairmont.
Pounds sold at Fairmont Tues
day, 347,272. Monday paid out,
$199,709.27. Average $57.67. Best
sale of 1950 season.
Clarkton.
Total of 132,920 pounds sold for
average of^ $58.17. Sales were
light. Prices seemed a bit strong
er. Many gathering and curing
operations slated to be finished
this week.
Fair Bluff.
Sales were light on Fair Bluff
Tobacco Market Tuesday but
prices were strong on all grades.
The market sold 72,242 pounds.
Paid out $41,934.60. Averaged
$58.06 per/hundred.
Lnmberton.
As a result of a combination of
late crop and cool weather mak
ing handling difficult, sales con
tinued very light and ending early
each day. A total of 306.860
pounds sold Tuesday for $182,-
165.84. Average $59.36.
mitevUle.
Average of $57.58 Tuesday for
411,114 pounds. Toacco is still not
tops but getting better. No block
sales expected in next week.
Fayetteville.
Fayetteville market Tuesday
sold 191,720 pounds of tobacco for
an average of $58.93.
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School Conference
At Mars Hill
Four Wrecks Occur
During Week-End
An out-of-state tractor trailer
going noth on highway 15A about
midnight Saturday killed a mule
belonging to Martin McKeithan.
There was little damage to the
truck.
Later Saturday night Johnnie’s
taxi was hit by a car, driven by
Robert D. Thomas, colored of
McCain on the Aberdeen High
way just beyond the Lentz home.
Thomas attempted to pass the taxi
after it had signaled a left turn
at the turnpike intersection.
Mrs. Dorothy Jordan Gouger of
Southern Pines, who was going
West on Highway 211, early Sun
day, ran off the road to the left
and demolished a packing shed
at the Warren Phillips orchard.
Mrs. Gouger, who was unhurt,
said she was blinded by the lights
of an oncoming truck.
At 1:20 Sunday afternoon a
1950 Ford driven by Clyde Up
church, Jr., was in collision with
a 1941 Plymouth driven by Lonnie
Bullurk, colored, of Rocky Mount.
The accident occured West of the
Bernice Williamson house- on the
Aberdeen road. Upchurch was
proceeding West when he met
Bullock coming East on the wrong
side of the highway and swung
his car to the left to avoid hit
ting the Plymouth. At the same
time Bullock saw Upchurch and
turned back to the right side and
the two cars collided. There were
no serious injuries although the
Plymouth was considerably dam
aged and the new Ford was prac
tically demolished. No charges
were prefered.
Local Guardsmen
Firing In Ga.;
Will Return ZOth
Raeford Battery Largest
Of 5 Units In AA Battalion
From This Section
Draft Act of 1^50
Aid To Veterans
The annual summer conference
of school superintendents led by
Dr. Clyde Erwin, State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction, will
be held this year at Mars Hill Col
lege August 15 th through 18th.
K. A. MacDonald and Miss Mir
iam Watson, guidance counselor
for Hoke County High School,
will attend. MiSs Watson will be
one of the speakers at the con
ference. She will discuss the im
portance of guidance in the high
school program.
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Mr. and Mrs. Reece Baxley and
family spent the past week-end
in Norfolk, Va., visiting in the
home of Mr. Baxley’s sister, Mrs.
D. L. Davenport and family. Jean
Baxley remained for a longer
visit.
Present or future members of
the Armed Forces will receive
the same protection of their civil
rights during the current emer*.
gency that World War II military
personnel enjoyed under the
Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief
Act of 1940.
Certain sections of the Soldiers
and Sailors Civil Relief Act ex
pired July 25, 1947; however,
they were reinstated by the Draft
Act of 1950. The Act now applies
to such civil liabilities as rent,
installment contracts, mortgages
(including GI loans), insurance,
taxes and public lands. ,
The Veterans Adminiswation
administers only the in^rance
section^ although certain legal
questions arising under the loan
guaranty program will come up
for VA consideration.
Generally speaking, the pro
visions of the Act respecting
foreclosure of mortgages, payment
of taxes, etc., apply to GI loans
exactly as though these loans
were not guaranteed or insured
by the government. The VA reg
ulations permit lenders and deb
tors to agree, with VA approval,
to reduce the atnount of monthly
payments and extend the ma
turity of the debt, but neither the
VA regulations nor the Act pro-’
vide for suspension of monthly
payments.
As for the Act’s insurance sec
tion, servicemen and women may
apply to the VA for the protec
tion, through guarantee of prem
iums, of their commercial life in
surance policies while they are
in service. The VA can approve
each application in an amount
not to exceed $10,000 of the face
value of the policy or policies of
each individual. Any premiums
and policy loan interest that the
VA ay pay for the insured under
this Act will remain as an indebt
edness against the individual un
til repaid.
MRS. LEE BETHUNE
CRITICALLY ILL
Mrs. Lee Bethune, who was
taken to Highsmith’s hospital last
week, is critically ill. She had a
stroke Tuesday night and rela-
tivf|3 were called to her bedside.
There has been no change in her
condition.
Battery A, 130th Antiaircraft
Battalion, North Carolina Nation
al Guard, under the command of
Lt. Edwin D. Newton, left Rae
ford Saturday morning by truck
with its w-eapons for annual sum
mer field training at Camp Stew
art, Georgia. The local unit with
four officers and 86 enlisted men
went from here to a rendevous
point South of Laurinburg where
they met other units of the 130th
battalion from Southern Pines,
Red Springs. St. Pauls and San
ford.
There one convoy for the whole ■
battalion was formed and pro-
reeded to Camp Stewart under
the command of Major Paul Dick
son. The men had their lunch in
Sumter, South Carolina, their
supper in Walterboro and spent
the night at Green Pond, a low
swajnpy area about 12 miles from
Walterboro. (The lovely park
mentioned in last week’s paper
was a disappointment.) There
they got to do some real soldier
ing right to start with as they got
to the bivouac area in the rain.
They are well equipped however,
and under the supervision of
officers and non-commissioned
officers, a fairly comfortable ni^t
was spent, considering the place
and weather, and none of them,
ware ^lihy tb# worse for^ They
ate again in Walterboro the next
morning and got to Camp Stewart
at 11:00 o’clock, where they found
a good meal ready for them in
their owm mess halls. The re
mainder of Sunday was spent in
fixing up the camp area, arrang
ing cots, mattresses, mosquito
bars, etc., in their 12 man tents.
On Monday the 40 milimeter
guns and 50 caliber machine guns
were prepared for firing and the
battery drew four new half tracks
with multiple machine guns for
use at Camp Stewart. Monefay
afternoon they went to the range
with their weapons and prepared
their firing positions.
On Tuesday morning antiair
craft firing began at towed aerial
targets, and on Wednesday they
fired at radio controlled target
airplanes which fly fast and ma
neuver similar to an enemy plane.
The firing of the local unit and
the whole battalion was consider
ed excellent on both days by reg
ular army observers present. The
unit fires again today at aerial
targets and tomorrow will go to
another range where they will
fire at moving targets.
On Tuesday the battalion will
go out on the Camp Stewart res
ervation, about 40 per cent larger
than Fort Bragg, ^or^ field prob
lem in antiaircraft Tlefense.
The men will be paid on Ftiday
and on Saturday of next week
they will leave for home, arriving
sometime Sunday.
The general opinion among the
men is that the food is excellent
and other facilities are just as
good, swimming pool, theatre,
post exchange, etc. This post is
to be reactivated on Monday.
August 21, and Georgia National
Guard troops which have been
called to active duty will be the
first to occupy it.
The commanding officer of
130th Battalion is Lt. Col. William
Lament, Jr.
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The members of the Philippi
Home Demonstration club and
friends of the club met at Aber-.
deen Pond Friday evening. Swim
ming and other entertainment was
enjoyed by all. Everyone carried
a basket filled with delicious
foods and a picnic was spread at
supper time.