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N Mraal VOICI OF fUlOOM CUMD'As) VOICI c CUAJtDlAM of tist n Minor or ietr.TT The Hoke County New The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XLVIII; NUMBER 47 THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1934 RAEFORD. N. C. 10c vr.n COPY $3.00 PER YEAR Tine By The Editor Understand the Raeford Baptist Church is making plans for a new educational building on their lot on Main Street. The new struc ture is to be a two-floor one a bout the width of the widest part of the present building. It will be of brick, located west of the present one, away from Main Street. Unofficial estimate of cost is about $40,000. This building program would indicate that the Baptist may fin ally be getting closer to the num erical position here that they are in most of North Carolina. I be lieve I have heard that they out number all other denominations combined in the State. If that is not true, it is a certain fact that they are far and away the big gest denomination. Such has not been the case here, however, where Scottish settlers brought their Presbyterian Church which has been the biggest, and still is. Majority of people moving into Raeford from other parts of the State in the last few years has been Baptist, though, so they are catching up. The church here had almost grown out of the new building before it was even fin ished, one of the officers told me, and the new structure has been needed ever since. Well, the preliminaries are over as far as county politics is concerned, and the battles are a bout to really get started, I reck on. There are to be battles for four offices, or boards, on the county level. There are eight persons wanting the five places on the county board of commis sioners, and seven after the five on the county board of education. Walter Gibson, former member of the board who filed on the last day, told me today he was in favor of having a full-time or non teaching principal at the J. W. Mc Lauchlin Elementary School here. In taking this stand he joins David Lindsay, William Lamont, Jr., and W. L. Smith, who have made similar statements. D. R. Huff, Jr., has not made a state ment for publication, and Robert Gatlin and Neiil McFadyen have publicly opposed having this prin cipal. Scrap for sheriff of the county promises to be a real one, and competition for this office is traditionally the hottest in county politics. Sheriff D. H. Hodgin's only real battle in what will be 26 years as sheriff came in 1942 when he was given a close run by the late W. R. Barrington, who had been his deputy and county Jailer for some time. It appears that a hot race between the sher iff and W. E. Willis is in pros pect. . .For coroner, a race de veloped that not many were ex pecting, when Evander Gillis fil ed against Jim Lentz, with whom he used to work in the funeral business. We all have a chance coming up the week of May 3 to get togeth er and work with the "Finer Car olina" group on a project that is bound to help us all, the Clean up campaign for Raeford. A con certed drive to get the cemetery cleaned up is planned for the following week. It should be up to each' of us to think of things that need doing, as well as to do or help with whatever the com mittees ask. The job belongs to all of us, and only by taking a little initiative our own individual selves can it be a complete suc cess. I agree that the valuation of property in this county for taxa tion are in need of equalization. I know of specific cases where valuations vary as much as 10 per cent or more, and I am satisfied that there are greater variations than that. If I pay taxes on val uation of one-third of what my property is worth and you pay on a half of what yours Is worth, then you are paying more than , ( Continued on pa( ) PERSONALS Miss Mary Raye Freeman of Hamlet and Miss Carlene Free man of Rockingham spent the Easter holidays with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Freeman. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Alexander took Mrs. Flora McLauchlin to the Masonic and Eastern Star Home in Greensboro last ThurS' day. Miss Alma Ferguson of Ft. Bragg spent Easter holidays with her mother, Mrs. J. M. Fergu son. Kenneth and Herbert Miller of Duke University spent the Easter holidays with their parents, the Rev. and Mrs. J. Herbert Miller. Dick Baggett spent several days last week in town visiting friends. Miss Mary Sue Upchurch of UNC spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Up church. Misses Jean Carroll Sherrill, Sarah Jane Cole, Pat Lamont, Jane McKeithan and Shirley Mann of WCUNC spent Easter holidays at home. Bobby Alexander of State Col lege spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Alex ander. Mrs. W. B. Crumpton of Bel mont was the week end guest in the home of her mother, Mrs. B. R. Gatlin. Mrs. Ed Lee of Dunn visited her sister, Mrs. Kathleen Wilson, during the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Dan MeKenzie of Oklahoma visited Mr. Mc- Kenzie's mother, Mrs. J. H. Mc Kenzie, this week end. Mrs. Leon McKay of Dunn spent Easter holidays with her mother, Mrs. Arch Currie. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Campbell of Butner spent the week end with Mr. Campbell's mother, Mrs, Joe Campbell. Mrs. Ruth Bridges and Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Cox spent Sunday in Lumberton with Mrs. Cox's mo ther, Mrs. Stevens. Major David Scott Currie, Jr. of Boiling Air Force Base, D. C. spent the week end with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Currie. Mrs. Samuel E. Smith and sons of Lake City spent several days this week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Hubbard. Mrs. Christian Davis and Miss Mayme McKeithan spent the Easter holidays in Columbia, S. C. visiting Mrs. Davis', son and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Davis and daugther. Mrs. Jack Durham and son, Johnny of Norfolk, Virginia ar rived Monday for a visit with Mrs. Durham's mother, Mrs. L. B. Brandon. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Greene and Frances Ward visited Mrs. Greene's parents in Swansboro the past week end. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Gatlin, Jr. and Leon spent Sunday and Mon day at their cottage on Topsail Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Whetstone of Durham visited Mrs. Whet stone's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. B. Whitley, the past week end. Mrs. Agnes McAulay of Colum bia, S. C. spent the week end with her mother, Mrs J. D. Mc- Leod. N. J. Heyward of Baltimore, Maryland spent several days this week with the Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Heyward. He came especially to see his mother, who has been quite sick for the past two weeks. Clean-Up Week Plans Progress; Interest Rises Jake Austin, chairman of the Raeford "Clean - Up Fix - Up, Paint-Up Week" committee and clean-up committee chairman for the "Finer Carolina" contest, said this week that interest was grow ing daily in the drive to improve the appearance of the whole town during the week of May 3 and that he had received nothing but complete cooperation from every one who had been approached to help. In getting the town organized for the drive, which started in the Chamber of Commerce, Aus tin said he was receiving cooper ation from all' civic clubs and public agencies. The Jaycees have a committee which is to make a detailed survey of vacant lots in town and make recommendations on . improving their appearance. This committee is headed by An gus Currie and includes Avery Connell and Carson Davis, Jr. In addition to making the survey they will follow up with a study on ways and means of getting this particular phase of the campaign accomplished. M. R. Mills, county sanitarian, will head a committee composed of Austin and Marion Gatlin which will make a study of alleys and back streets in town and make recommendations as to what should be done in each case. Pro perty owners will be contacted by these committees prior to the be ginning of the campaign. Vance Wiggins, town street superintandent, has agreed to study the improvement of the en trances of the town with a view to have them look as good as pos sible. The Town board has also offered complete cooperation, and the town's facilities will be avail able all over town to help with the cleaning up. In many cases jobs too big for .property owners may be accomplished with the help of the town and neighbors for the good of all. A complete list of committees is being prepared and Mayor Al fred Cole is expected to issue an official proclamation next week in which all citizens of the town are urged to help with the Clean Up program and move on toward making Raeford Carolina's Finest o Governor Asks State Support Of Cancer Crusade Governor William B. Umstead today asked North Carolina citi zens to give generous support to the Ca'ncer Crusade being held throughout the State this month The Governor pointed out that cancer, which last year took a toll of 227,000 victims in the United States, now is being call ed America's second most deadly disease. The Governor said that a sta tistical survey made by the Amer fcan Cancer Society revealed that "cancer will at sometime strike one in every five Americans, ac cording to present estimates, and every day approximately 620 Americans die of cancer. "Approximately 650,000 Ameri cans were killed by cancer during the three years of the Korean War up to the armistice of July 27, 1953. American war deaths during the same period totalled about 25,000. Therefore, cancer killed some 25 times as many Americans as the Korean War did." In Hoke County Drive Chair men Mrs. Richard Neeley and Miss Caroline Parker said that this problem is "the concern of everyone in our county. The Cancer Crusade is an opportunity to further a program that is com batting this disease in three fields of activity research, professional and public education and service to patients." Mrs. C. L. Black left Saturday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Black in Greensboro. Presbytery Will Meet In Raoford The Rev. W. B. Heyward, pas tor of the Raelord Presbyterian Church, announced Tuesday night that the church would be host to the next stated session of Fay etteville Presbytery to be held July 20. The all-day meeting is attend ed by ministers and officers from 94 churches in Harnett, Cumber land, Robeson, Scotland, Hoke, Moore and a part of Johnston. The decision to hold the next meeting here was made at the 312th stated session of Presbytery held Tuesday at the Lillington Presbyterian Church and attend ed by about 135 ministers and of ficers. Attending from the Raeford church were Mr. Heyward, Elder Neill McFadyen and Deacon Wil liam Lamont, Jr. They heard re ports from various departments of the church and outlined plans for the future, particularly in the field of rervice to the Negro race. The Rev. Gower Crosswell, pastor of the Antioch Church, re ported for the nominating com mittee, suggesting the appoint ment of the Rev. M. C. Bowling of Philadelphus and Lumber Bridge as the moderator of the next session, to be held in Rae ford. o Simulated Atomic Explosion To Be Used In Maneuver Here's another FLASH BURN first! The army is going to use its newly developed simulated atomic explosion for training troops in atomic defense on Exercise Flash Burn, -the 60,tD-man maneuver that gets underway in the Fort Bragg - Camp Mackall area of North Carolina next week. Giant mushrooms will blossom forth from air burst, simulators dropped from light planes, and from surface positions on the ground. The device is intended for use in field exercises and maneuvers and its purpose is to demon strate the tactical use of atomic weapons and the effectiveness of a tactical defense against atomic attack. The air burst gadget will simulate the flash, shock and char acteristic mushroom cloud of a multi-million dollar explosion, in surprise conditions, over the heads of troops on the FLASH BURN maneuvers. Taxpayers will like this angle: The cost is negligible. Known as "Device 3-Q-l", the simulated explosion is perfectly safe when fired in the air over troops. Testing has continued until the "A-blank", except for magnitude, closely simulates the real McCoy. The ugly cloud leaves no doubt in the minds of the soldiers under it that it is no conventional artillery shell or Fourth of July fireworks. Weighing 160 pounds, the "3-Q-l" consists of explosives en closed in a case of plastic. It has a p'astic fuse, noso and tail fins. It can be dropped with accur acy from Army fixed-wing air craft. The harmless mushroom is a substantial addition to the Army's method of training for atomic warfare in this country's first large scale atomic defense mane uver, FLASH BURN. . n ATTEND TB BOARD MEETING TUESDAY Doctors William M. Peck a Lynn Johnson of the Sanatorium at McCain went to Winston-Salem Tuesday to attend a meeting of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Tuberculosis Asso ciation. The Board meeting was held in conjunction with the an nual meeting of the association and its medical section, the North Carolina Trudeau Society. Dr. Johnson presented a paper to the society. Mrs. W. T. Covington was a week end visitor In the home of her son, Robert Covington and family of Charlotte. Superior Court Starts Tuesday, Moving Slowly Judge Clifton Moore of Burgaw convened the regular April term of Hoke County Superior Court here Tuesday morning, Monday after Easter having been taken as a holiday. Tuesday and part of Wednesday were taken up by the trial of John David Williams, 23-year-old soldier of Rocky Mount who is stationed at Fort Jackson, S. C, charged with manslaughter in connection With the death of Roger Adcock, 37-year-old Char lot'o man in an auto wreck. The wreck occurred on the Laurinburg road about three miles south of Raeford at about 4:30 on the af ternoon of last November 13 and Adcock died in the Laurinburg hospital that night from the in juries. A jury found Williams guilty of involuntary manslaughter, which is to say that Adcock's death was due to his carelessness although he didn't intentionally cause it. Sentence was from five to seven years in the state prison, suspend ed on condition that Williams pay the costs of court, be of good behavior for five years and not drive a motor vehicle in North Carolina for five years. Fairley Parker, white man who had appealed a drunken driving conviction from recorder's court, changed his mind and pled guilty. Judgement was suspended on payment of $100 and costs. William Breeden, white, pled guilty of speeding 90 miles an hour and transporting liquor for sale. Sentence was 18 months, suspended on payment of $300 and costs, three years probation and not drive a car for two years. He had been given a sentence of 15 to 18 months in recorder's court on January 26, not suspend ed. Cases, against Rubith Locklear, Indian for violating the prohibi tion laws, and Charles Morris Welch, white, for driving drunk, were postponed. Charles Thomas Ashley, white. failed to appear for trial for driving drunk. Bond was ordered forfeit and cap'as for his imme diate arrest was ordered. Harvey McKoy, Jr., colored, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, and trial started Wednesday af ternoon and was still in progress at noon today. It was charged that McKoy had shot Sam McRae, colored, in the abdomen and in the eye, putting it out, at McKoy's filling station-store-cafe in Allen dale Township. Evidence was ex tensive for both State and defense. with McKoy claiming that Mc Rae was a dangerous character and that he was fighting and car rvirie on in his place and that shooting him was justified. When this trial is over and the jury has decided whether McKoy was justified or not, the killing of Clarence King in Little River Township on the night of Satur day, January 9, will come up. Eddie McCrimmon and Robert Rogers, both colored, are to be tried on a charge of murdering King. n Hoke Navy Man Visits Isle Of Capri Among the crewmen of the at tack aircraft carrier USS Ran dolph who toured the Island of Capri was Tiffany Cothran, avi ation ordnanceman third class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Cothran of Route 1, Aberdeen, and husband of the former Miss Dorene N. Duncan of 306 S. Ste wart St., Raeford. Highlights of the tour were visits to the promenades in the Giardini d'Augusto and Tragara; and the Certosa of St. Giacomo, a monument constructed at the end of the thirteenth century. Since leaving the U. S. In Feb ruary, the Randolph has been operating with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Commissioners Will Hear Comments On Valuation Changes A committee, representing the board of town commissioners and consisting of Mayor Alfred Cole, A. V. Sanders and Marion Gatlin, recently made a review of pro perty values in the Town of Rae ford in an attemDt to equalize values. This information, except for names of the committee, went out to persons whose values were changed in a letter from J. A. McGooenn, tax supervisor, thi week. The letter said that the com mittee had made its report to the county commissioners on April 9 and that the following change had been made in the valuation of the recipient's property. Concluding, the letter said "The Board of Commissioners will hold a meeting on Monday, April 26 from 10:00 a. m. until 12:30 p. m.. at which you will be given an opportunity to be heard in case you have any reason to offer z- gainst the above change in value." Supper In New Church Enjoyed By Presbyterians The annual "Family Night" at which the Men of the Church bring their families and picnic suppers to the church was held in the new Sunday School Assem bly room of the Raeford Presby terian Church Tuesday night. This meeting was the first such supper held in the church since the re modeling program was completed last month, and those in attend ance enjoyed looking over the new work on the building. After supper film comedies were shown in which Walt Disney's characters entertained everyone. Before and after the program the building was examined. Since last summer the build ing has undergone extensive re novation from one end to the other and from the ground to the roof, at a cost of about $83,000 in all. The Sundsy School rooms have been arranger' so that chil dren now assemble on the first floor, young people on the second floor and adults in the basement. Entire construction in these sec tions is new, and a completely equipped kitchen has been in stalled adjoining the large and attractive assembly room in the basement. The sanctuary of the church, on the first floor, has been repainted and redecorated, and a new main heating system has been installed, as well as an auxiliary system fir use on days when the whole building is not in use. Ducts for air conditioning have also been installed, in anti cipation of having the building air conditioned at some future date. Committee in charge of the work on the church consisted of J. W. MrPhaul, chairman, Harry A. Greene, J. H. Blue, Tom McBryde and Dr. Marcus Smith. Finance committee for the job cinsists of J. L. McNeill, chairman, Neill McFadyen, J. . K. McNeill, Jr., Dean White and A. K. Stevens. At a recent morning worship service in the church Harry Greene and J. W. McPhaul were presented tokens of the appre ciation of the congregation for their work on the building, Greene for giving about five months of his time in supervising the actual construction and McPhaul for his work as chairman of the com mittee. The church building was ori ginally completed In 1923, replac ing the first structure which had been built in 1901. It was severe ly damaged by fire in October, 1943, and reconstruction and some remodeling following this were completed by December 1945. Present staff of the church con sists of the Rev. W. B. Heyward, pastor, Miss Martha Davenport, director of mus'.c, and Miss Betty Wardlaw, director of religious education. i Filing Closes Wi!h23 0utFor County Offices When the time for filing as candidates for nominations in the Democratic Primary next May 29 closed at six o'clock last Satur day a total of 23 candidates for offices had paid their filing fees to County T'ections Board Chair man W. I.. Poo'e. Twenty-two of hc?e wore for county offices and the other was by C. E. Autry who filed as a candidate for constable of Raeford Township. According to Poole there has never been one of these in Raeford Township, but under an old law these can be. For county board of commis sioners four members of the pre sent board are candidates to suc ceed themselves and one former member seeks to get back on the board. J. Fulford McMillan, W. Marshall Thomas, N. H. G. Bal four and Douglas McPhaul of the present board seek renomination. W. M. Monroe did not file. Others in this race are Julian Wright, who has been a county commis sioner previously, J. A. Webb, Quewhiffle township farmer who has run before, Douglas Monroe and James Luther Warner, who have not previously sought pub lic office. Five will be nomiated. For the county board of educa tion four of five present members also filed as candidates for re nomination. They are Chairman Robert H. Gatlin, Neill McFad yen, D. R. Huff, Jr., and David Lindsay. Richard Neeley of the present board did not file. Others seeking seats on this board are W. L. Smith, William Lamont, Jr., and Walter L. Gibson. Gibson is a former member of the board, having been appointed to suc ceed the late A. D. McPhaul and serving for over four years. Only full time job being com peted for in the county is that of sheriff in which Sheriff D. H. Hodgin is being ppposed by Wil liam E. Willis. Surprise contest developed when Evander J. Giuis, local automobile salesman, filed as a candidate for county coroner a gainst James C. Lentz, mortician and merchant. Clerk of the Court J. B. Cam eron, Representative Harry A. Greene and Judge of Recorder's Court T. O. Moses all filed to succeed themselves without op position and have been declared nominees by Board Chairman Poole. YOUR SCHOOL HEWS By K. A. MacDonald We regret that Principal W. T. Gibson of Hoke High was called to his home in Batesburg, S. C. on account of the death of an uncle. His friends will sympath ize with him in this loss. We are glad that the epidemic of measles, mumps, and chicken pox seem to be on the wane. The pupils at Mildouson had a big time last Friday afternoon. The grade mothers, fifteen or twenty of them, gave the children an Easter egg hunt, and after the hunt, served them all refresh ments. We think this was awfully nice of the grade mothers. The Mildouson pupils enjoyed the concert given them by the Hoke High Band one day last week. Rev. 6cott Turner, Sr. held chapel at Rockfish last Wednes day. The first and second grade there put on a most excellent Easter program for Chapel last Friday. The third, fourth and fifth grades were taken by parents and grade mothers to Cumberland (Continued On Pas 4)