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VOLtJME XLVI; NUMBER 6
THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1951
RAEFORD, N. C.
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War news, both good and bad,
is throwing sand into the legis
lative machinery.
First, there was a move in the
direction of peace in Korea from
Russia’s Malik. Then came a fuU
realization of the seriousness of
the situation in Iran.
Both developments occurred as
Congress, after just six months
of scant accomplishment, was
getting down to cases in four
related fields—inflation controls,
taxation, appropriations and for
eign aid.
Incidentally, those four issues
suddenly became both the mini
mum and maximum possibilities
for Congressional action for the
rest of this session.
These uncertainties abroad
brought into sharp focus'the ques
tion that has troubled Congress
for months:
What ties ahead?
Shall we accept the philosophy
of officials of the Stite Depart
ment and of the mobil^ation pro
gram that no tnatter ’what hap
pens, we must carry on our pres-
etft mobilization for at least two
niore years? ^
Or is the situation clearinglup
so that we can slow down our
preparedness efforts a bit?
^In terms of wage and-^-price
.cqntrols and other provisions of
the Defense I^oduction Act, this
situation was particularly acute.
The act expires this vsieek
''*^s th^?aMlhe*'approach?ct,'-(2bh-
gress was about to give up any
hope' of coming to a decision be
fore midnight, June 30. There was
talk in the Capitol corridors that
a short stop-gap extension might
have to be adopted to permit the
legislative mill to. grind out an
answer.
The answer would have to come
out of this new dilemma: Does
the superficially bright Korean
situation indicate that pressure
on the econbmy will be relaxed
and that controls can be softened?
But even should that be the case,
will Iran become another Sara
jevo, and produce a new and im
mediate emergency which might,
require more controls?
New taxes on both individuals
and corporations and in the ex-
Board Tells Chief
To Enforce Privilege
License Ordinance
At their regular monthly meet
ing Monday 'night the board of
commissioners of Raeford instruct
ed Police Chief Harry Dees to
begin strict enforcement of the
ordinance requiring businesses in
the town to pay an annual privi
lege fee.
They elected .J. W. Stanton as
the third regular member of the
town police force and Cephus
Tjler was elected to serve as re
lief when needed. Following this
the oath of office was administer
ed to Chief Harry Dees, C. J. Mte-
Neill and J. W. Stanton by the
mayor.
The board voted for the mayor
to write the Carolina Power and
light company and ask that they
make a survey of the town to de
termine what street lights are
necessary.
The board discussed and acted
on several minor fiscal matters
such as paying bills, employing
.an auditor; etc., and amended the
water tapping rates previously
passed.
The meeting was continued un
til called back into session later
in the month by the mayor.
LIBRARY NEWS
On account of the increased
demand for service, Mrs. Tom
SipOlair, Bookmobile librarian,
will go out three days a week in
stead of two beginning this week.
The following is the schedule
for next week.
Ttfesday, July 10th: 8:30, New
Hope Community; 8:45, R. A. Jones
9j|0,_^:Mey Heights Store;
Crbwen j^mbnd’s; 9:30, Leonaird
MoBryde’s and Community; 9;45
O. B. Obster’s; 10:00, Pine HiU
Community; I0:20, Buchan Com
munity; 11:00, Talmadge Bobbitt’s;
11:15, Jonah Vanhoy’s; 11:30, Mc
Farland Community; 12:00', Five
Points; 12:15, Mrs. Henry Baker’s;
12:35, Ralph Strother’s; 12:50, J.
D. Pickler’s; 1:00, C. T. Crouch’s;
1:15, Bob Parks; 2:30, Little River
Community.
Thursday, July 12th: 8:30, Jack-
son’s • Station, Montrose; 9:00, J.
A. Webbs; 9:15, Mrs. John Pen
dergrass; 9:25, Mrs. Dlora Leslie’s;
9:50, Miss Lettie McMillan’s; 10:10
Mrs. Verne Miller’s; 10:20, Mrs.
J. M. Norton’s; 1Q:25, Hickory
Grove Station; 10:45, Mrs. J. R.
McMinnis, 11:05, Mrs. Arch Mc-
Eachern’s; 11:20, McEachem’s
Commissioners
Hear School
Budget Monday
. Postpone Action Until Next
Wednesday When They
Will Act On County Budget
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The county board of education
appeared before the county com
missioners at their regular mon
thly meeting Monday and present
ed their budget for the fiscal year
which began July 1. This budget
amounted to $112,824.75 and the
county commissioners decided to
defer action until a special meet
ing next Wednesday at which
time they will discuss and adopt
a budget for all county activities.
The budget presented by the
board of education amounts to
some $28,000 more than $84,800.45
on budget for last year of which
about $6,000 was not spent. This
difference upwards was caused
by several factors. For one, teach
er salaries will be up about
$4,000. Then there is the interest
of $6,302 which will have to be
paid on the school bonds; $5,886
which will be used for furniture
and temporary quarters for addi
tional pupils at Upchurch and
Raeford Graded schools before
the buildings are finished—^this
furniture will be used later in the
new buildings. Also additional is
an item of $14,270.21 for com
pleting the library at Hoke High.
$12,270.21 of this came from sale
of unused school properties and
the balance from sale of govern
ment bonds.
Other item^ discussed by the
county commissioners were the
payment^ot $1000-,'!lap'the yetwans
service offlcer and $400 to the
library for the bookmobile.
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William Freeman, who has held
a position in the AG section. Pos
tal Branch, at Fort Bragg, has
recently been appointed super-r
visor of this branch.
else field have just been approvel. Station (Col.); 11:30, McPhaul’s
by the .House. They total $7.2
billion. That is—or is not—enough
to balpince the budget, as far as
is known now, depending on your
point.of view.
Protracted hearings on this
measure began this week in the
Senate Finance Committee. At
best, tinal Congressional action
can not be expected before Labor
Day.
That gives Congress a welcome
breathing spell. Perhaps in these
next two months it will become
apparent that the voice of Malik
went around the world on the
wings of peace, and the tax load
can be lightened. Or that the oil
of Iran has become the fuel for
World War HI, and still heavier
tax burdens. •
When it comes to appropriat
ing money for’whatever is . ahead.
Congress could take an easy way
out.
Hearings are proceeding on a
$60 billion military appropriation.
Final'• action may be delayed in
the hope that the needs of the
future will become known.
But if the uncertainties con
tinue, Congress could simply ap
prove all, or some parts, of the
$60 biliion, then give the Defense
Establishment carte blanche to
proceed. That would shift from
congress to the military leaders
the responsibility for guessing
what the nation will need one
year he.nce. Planes and tanks and
guns can’t be turned out over
night-.
Just three days after Malik
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Store; 11:45, Mrs. R. H. Livings
ton; 12:00, Mrs. Sadie Watson’s;
12:15, Mrs. Ethel Watson’s; 12:25,
Miss Mamie McPhaul’s; 12:45, G.
C. Lytle’s; 12:55, Hodgin’s Store;
1:10, J. M; Andrews; 1:30, Miss
Lucille McLeod’s; 2:00, Mrs. Jim
Williams; 2:10, Mrs. John Rus
sell’s; 2:2’0, Mrs. Will Tapp’s; 2:45,
Bud Currie’s; 3:00, DeWitt Tapp
Farm; 3rl0. McDonald’s Store; 3:20,
Mrs. Leon .Cameron’s; 3:30, Mrs.
J. F.- Jordan’s; 3:40, Mrs. C. H.
Tapp’s; 4:00, Mrs. R. H. William-
spn’s; 4:20, Warren Phillips.
Friday, July 13th: 8:45, Up
church and Colored Section; 9:15,
Mrs. Foster MoBryde’s; 9:15, Mrs.
ArthuiT Harris; 9:35, Kermit Ri-
ley^s; 9:50', D. B. McFadyen’s;
10:00, James Edge; 10:10, Edward
McNeill; 10:25, Raeford Tourist
Court; 10:45, Bill’s Trailer Court;
11:15, Mrs. Hubert McLean’s; on
to Mrs. Eva Wright’s.
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ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC IN
LUMBERTON FRIDAY
The regular monthly ortho
paedic clinic will be held Fri
day, July 6, in the Armory in
Lumberton. Dr. L. D. Baker of
Durham will be the surgeon in
charge. Patients are requested to
register at the desk between eight
anl 11 o’clock.
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Claude T. Campbell has been
promoted to corporal in the Air
Force. He is stationed at Mitchel
Air Force Base, New York, and is
attending high school at Hemp
stead, Long Island, N. Y,
Daniel J. McKeithan
Dies Last Friday;
Funeral Held Sunday
Daniel J. McKeithan, 67, died
at a Fayetteville hospital last Fri
day afternqon after having suffer
ed a fall a't his home here the pre
vious Sunday and being taken to
the hospital on Tuesday.
He was a native of this section
and had lived his entire life here.
He attended Trinity College for a
time and was widely known for
his baseball ability. He was the
son of the late Lydia Blue Mc
Keithan and Daniel McKeithan.
Funeral services were conduct
ed by the Rev. W, B. Heyward
four o’clock on Stmday afternoon
at the home of his sister, Mrs. J.
S. Poole. The Rev. Frank S. Blue
of Burlington assisted. Pallbear
ers were John McK. Blue, John
McKeithan, Julian McKeithan, J.
D. McKeithan, John D. McNeill,
Malcolm McKeithan, Jr., Herbert
McKeithan, Jr., and Bill Davis.
Burial was in Raeford cemetery.
He is survived by four sisters,
Misses Eliza and Mayme Mc
Keithan of the home, Mrs. J. S.
Poole and Mrs. (Christian Davis
of Raeford; five brothers, John,
M. L., Thomas, Martin, and Her
bert McKeithan, all of Raeford.
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Mrs. Taylor Dies
In Kinstoh Thursday
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Mrs. Guy C. Taylor died in a
Kinston hospital at about three
o’clock this afternoon after an ill
ness of about five months with
cancer. Puberal arrangements
have not been announced.
She was the widow of the late
Guy Taylor, whq died about two
Bolton Case Is
Continued In
Court Tuesday
Three Pay For Selling
Liquor To Sanatorium
Patients; Fishermen Fined
Robert Bolton and William C.
Lewis, white men charged with
violating the prohibition laws,
appeared for trial in recorder’s
court before Judge Henry Mc-
Diarmid Tuesday. They , were
charged with having liquor for
the purpose of sale at the filling
station in the south edge of Rae
ford known as Bolton’s. Town
policemen raided the place a
couple of weeks ago and report
that they found 21 j)ints under a
loose board in the floor. Defend
ants entered pleas of not guilty
and there was some argument
about whether or not the place is
in town and about who owns it.
After it had run some past dinner
-time the state asked that
trial be continued for one week.
The defense asked that it be con
tinued two weeks insfead of one
and this Judge McDiarmid did.
Arthur Dobbins, his wife, Willie
Mae Dobbins and Aleck Flowers,
all colored of McCain, were char
ged with selling liquor to patients
at Sanatorium. Flowers entered
a plea of guilty, but the udge did
n’t think he was as guilty as the
others and let him off with the
costs. The Dobbins pair pleaded
not guilty but were found guilty.
Elach was sentenced to six months
to be suspended on payment of
$100 and the costs and two years
good behavior,
NEW ROBBINS m VIRTUALLY
COMPLEK; WORK UNDERWAY
iss Mabel Gatlin of Raeford.
She is survived by her- daugh
ter, Mable .Gatlin Taylor, of Kins
ton; her mother, Mrs. B. R. Gat
lin of Raeford; one brother, H. L.
Gatlin of Raeford; three sisters,
Mrs. W. E. Freeman of Aberdeen,
Mrs. Arab G. Stuart and Mrs.
Addie Mae Crumpton of Raeford.
“County of the Year” -
It May Be Your County!
County Agent
Makes Weevil
Survey Report
The Weekly Boll Weevil Sur
vey, made on Monday July 2,
shows an average of 2% infesta
tion in treated fields and 19% in
untreated fields, according to E.
M. Stallings, County Agent.
The Farm Agent reports the
following observations and sug
gestions. It is believed that most
overwintered weevil have emerg
ed. First generation weevils are
now beginning to show up. There
are the weevils developed from
eggs laid in the early punctured
squares. In general, it seems that
one more application of poison
i should -cover the early treatment
period. That application should
be timed to catch as large a per
cent of the new -weevils as possible
to prevent the starting of another
generation. It would be advis
able to check the fallen squares
and watch for the new small
weevils to determine the exact
time for the next treatment. Prob
ably the end of this week or the
first of next would be about the
right time in many cases. Fol
lowing this treatment, additional
poisoning should be done each
time the infestation reaches 10%
punctured squares.
Expect To Reach Full
Scale Operation Early Next
Year; 300 Working Now
|fk..:fhO-r>4QClU^-:^-vilichard MePhatter, colored.
Twelve nlpnths from now some
one North Carolina county will
be recognized as “County of the
Year in Rural Progress”—^and
will receive state-wide honors and
a $1,000 award contributed by The
Progressive Farmer. This contest
will run from June 1, 1951 to
June 1, 1952.
Why not get all agencies lined
up in the race for this $1,000
honor for your county? Already
here ih North Carolina 12 leading
state agencies and organizations
have lined up to promote a great
“Go-Forward” campaign in every
one of' pur 100 counties in the
state. These 12 agencies, headed
by Dean J. H. Hilton as chairman,
are as follows:
1. State College Extension Ser
vice
2. The Experiment Station
3. Vocational Agriculture and
Home Economics '
4. North Carolina Farm Bureau
5. The State Grange
6. North Carolina Dfepartment
of Agriculture
7. Soil Conservation Service.
8. Production and Marketing
Administration
9. Farmers Home Administra
tion.
10. Department of Conservation
and Development
11. Rural Electrification Ad
ministration
12. The Farm Press
Furthermore, these 12 agencies
operating as “The North Carolina
Board of Farm Organizations and
Agencies” are asking their coun
ty units everywhere to unite in
“county agricultural programs”
to push rural progress principal
ly through community organiza
tion and planning—with the spec
ial aid and cooperation of the
papers in each county.
At the end of this contest an
award of $1,000 by The Progres
sive Farmer will be given to the
county selected by competent
judges as “the County of the Year
in Rural Progress find Achieve
ment.” And next year—after get
ting this year’s experience in
North Carolina—we hope to ar
range for similar awards in South
Carolina and Virginia. Why not
see and help your county agen
cies make yours “County of the
Year” in either 1951 or 1952?
For several months now we
have told what fine results have
been achieved by community and
county cooperation in various
Carolinas-Virginia counties — in
Rockingham, Haywood, and
Cleveland in North Carolina, Car-
roll and Grayson in Virginia, and
York in South Carolina—^with
similar reports this month from
Tennessee. There are fine lessons
to learn from each of these coun
ties. Haynvood, for example, last
year had 26 communities work
ing together in a spirited contest
for three grand prizes — $500,
$300, and $200 — based on this
1,800-point score card:
Points
Community Organization and
Development 500
Development and Improve
ment of Sound Systems of
Farming 500
Development , and Improve
ment of Appearance, Con
venience, and Comfort of
Farm and Home 300
Home Food Supply 300
Record of Year’s Accomplish^-
ments in Form of Scrap
book 200
Possible Number of Points 1,800
In our April issue our leading
photo showed representatives of
12 agencies — farm-agent, home
agent, vocational agriculture,
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was charged with assaultfng
George Morrison with a deadly
weapon and with using profane
and indetent language. He pleaded
no defense and got 60 days sus
pended on payment of the costs
and two years good behavior.
Five Indians, Jack McGirt,
Chalmers Bullard, Roy Lowry,
Grady Locklear and Granford
Locklear were charged with vio
lating the game laws by using
lime to get fish from some of the
lakes along the Lumber River.
They were foimd guilty and got
_ I six months each suspended on
payment of$100 and the costs.
Bobbie Blrunson, Bari Roper
and William K. McLean, colored,
each paid the costs for assault in
separate cases.
Four speeders p^d $10 and the
costs each. They were Merlyn S.
Iverson. Wilbert A. Jasper, Ken
neth Leslie Grantham and An
thony Matthew Curico," all white.
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Officers Get Three
Stills During Week
Sheriff D. H. Hodgin and Rural
Policeman J. C. Wright made a
couple of trips into the country
during the last week and both
were fruitful.
On Saturday they went into
Antioch township and found a
300-gallon submarine type still.
They destroyed it and arrested
Albert Chavis, Indian*
On Tuesday morning they went
out again and found two stills,
about 400-gallon capacity each.
They arrested Wilson Cummings,
Indian, and another man got away.
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WOODMEN NOTICE
Weevil Score To Date
Per 800 Plants Checked
May 21 2
May 28 2
June 4 4
June 11 19
Percent of squares punc
tured in 8 fields (100
squares per field examined)
June 18 Poisoned once 7%
Unpoisoned 17%
June 25 Poisoned twice 1%
Poisoned once 9%
Unpoisoned 19%
July 2 Poisoned 2%
Unpoisoned 19%
Cancer Drive Report
Shows $712 Raised
Mrs. J. L. McNeill, chairman of
the 1951 Cancer Drive in Hoke
Coimty, this week made her re
port on the drive and expressed
her appreciation to all the vol
unteer workers and generous con-
Officials of the huge new
spun rayon plant here of Rob
bins Mills (N. C.) Inc., said
this week that practically all
phases of the plant construc
tion would be complete by the
middle of this month and that.
most of the contractors would
have left the job by that date.
The plant is already in partial
operation with roving and gin
ning machinery being installed at
the present time and with about
twenty percent of the machinery
in the whole plant now in. Some
looms are now running also.
The mill now has about 300 em
ployees of a total of about 1100
or more expected when full pro
duction is reached. Officials esti
mate that all machinery will be
in the mill and that maximum pro
duction and employm.ent wHl be
reached in about six months—in
the early part of 1952.
The plant here is headed by
John P. Bell, superintendent,
known to his friends as “Pat”. Mr.
Bell is a native of Asheville and
has a wide experience in the tex
tile business during the last 28
years. He came to work for Rob
bins last Nove.mber from the Jud-
son mill of the Deering-Milliken
Company in Greenville, S. C.
Since that time he has been liv
ing in Pinebluff and working in
.Aberdeen and in Raeford as the
work on the milt here progressed.
He plans to move here \vith Mrs.
Bell and their seven children
(three boys and four girls) when
their home in the Sunset Hills
section is completed in the next
few . weeks. Mrs. Bell is from.
Winnsboro, S. C.
.■\ssistant superintendent of the
new mill is T. Bernard Phillips.
He and Mrs. Phillips and their
three sons are adready known to
some Raeford people, as they
have lived here for about six
months. Their home is also in
Sunset Hills. He is a veteran of
16 years in the textile business
and came to the Robbins corpora
tion from the Rhodhiss division ol
Pacific Mills in Rhodhiss, N. C.
He served in the infantry in World
War II and has been working for
Robbins Mills since last December.
Department heads at the plant
include Benjamin G. MuUinax,
designer, D. M. Pruitt, production
engineer, George W. Willcox,
William E.
tributors who helped make the
drive a success. The quota for the methods engineer
county was $500 and $712.43 was Brackett, quality control super-
raised.
Amounts raised by communities
were as foUows: Dundarrach $35,
Antioch $53.40, Rockfish $38,
Wayside $20, Ashemont $1.5, Pine
Forest $10.30, Allendale $16.35,
Blue Springs $26.30, Arabia $11.09
and Raeford $486.99.
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COVER GIRL
Barrington, a graduate of George
The Buckhorn WOW camp^s^Washington University, is pic
tured with women of the other
services.
sponsoring a Woodman unveiling
in memory of the late Arch Mc
Millan at Greensprings Baptist
church on Sunday, July 8, at 2:30
p. m.. They will be assisted by the
Raeford and Fayetteville camps
and the public is cordially invited.
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Miss Martha Davenport of Char
lotte arrived Sunday to take over
her duties as choir director at
the Presbyterian church. Her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Davenport,
brought her to Raeford and spent
the day. She is living at Mrs. John
Walker’s.
Pictured on the cover of the
current issue of “Mademoiselle”,
national fashion magazine, is
Second Lieutenant Phyllis Bar
rington, Women of the Air Force,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ebb C.
Barrington of Washington, D. C.
Her father is a brother of the late
W. R. Barrington of Raeford. Miss
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NEW PRINCIPAL
The county board of education
announced this week that G. A.
Page, Gibson colored school prin
cipal and Scotland County color
ed school supervisor for the past
two years, had been employed as
principal of Upchurch school in
this coimty for the next school
year. He comes highly recommend
ed and will succeed A. S. Gaston,
resigned.
visor. Samuel F. Hiser, master
mechanic, J. Barney Kirk, supply
room head, and the following
general overseers: A. V. Guyer,
twister room, T. Watson Jones,
weave room, Grady R. Setzer,
preparation room, Rowe H. Chap-
mem, spinning room, Robert L.
CampEjell, cafdroom, and H. K
Garrison, cloth room. Dean C.
White is personnel manager and
M. D. Yates is office manager.
In addition to the department
heads the following employees ot
the mill have come to Raeford
recently: Charles L. Thomas, Sr.,
James P. Cothran, R., NeiU Ross,
George P. Lynn, O. Max Sprinkle,
Joseph P. Davis. James N. Robin
son, John R. Helms, Carl T. Stutts,
Elmer L. Long, Robert L. Wil
liams, James R. Bauguss, WiRiam
C. Long, Craig Rockholz, Jr.,
James A. Porter, James G. Davis
Joseph W. Baggett, Arnold R.
Garjier, Isom J. McClellan, Dick
Argreen, E. W., Human, W, W.
Lunsford and Dewey H. Michael.
Some of these men are expected
to become department heads or
work in supervisory capacities as
production increases.
The mill has received aH of the
130 houses in Robbins Heqd^ts
and about 20 of them are occupied
by some of the above men and
their families.
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