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The Hoke County News
YOLUME XLVI; NUMBER 34
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17,1962
RAEFORD. N. C.
TEN CENTS FEB COPY
I3J0PEB YEAB
RAEFORD POLICEMAN RESIGNS;
IS CHARGED WITH CORMIPTION
J. W. Stanton Facing Trial
On Charge Getting Money
On False Pretense
YOUR
J. W. Stanton, Raefiord police-
naan, resigned his job with the
1 police force and quit work last
Sqiurdiay following an informal
hearing by the mayor and two
jnemibers of the board of matters
that resulted in Stanton’s indict
ment on charges of oibtaining
money under false pretense, brib
ery, and malfeasance in office.
According to Mayor Poole and
Commissioner R. B. Lewis, the
' matter started' When I. W. Kinlaw,
, 'White, came to Lewis with a cheek
which he said one John McKen
zie, colored, who works for him,
had given John Wallace, colored,
for SS5 cash which he (McKenzie)
said he gave to Stanton. Lewis
and Kinlaw went to Mayor Poole
with the matter and he got Com
missioner A. -V. Sanders, Police
Chief Harry Dees, Bud Williams
(wi^se taxi was involved) and
John McKenzie and John Wallace
and they .all sat down to look into
the matter.
From the mayor’s notes on this
gathering, they heard substanti
ally as follows:
: RiicKenzie said that he had driv
en around Raeford on the night Of
December 25 in Bud’s taxi (ap
parently driven at the time by
A Billie Howell, white), that they
had stopped at one'Annie Wade’s
SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
G. E. Chrawley, State Bus Route
Engineer, was in the county Tu^-
day checking op reqiie^ that had
been made for changes in bus
routes. Some of these requ'Csts he
approved and some he turned
down. We got about a SO-jSO (break.
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PLAN MANY BIG BENEFITS IN
COUNTY FOR MARCH OF DIMES
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Miss Pauline Jorma, area lun
chroom supervisor, is in the coun
ty this week visiting all lunch
rooms. She is meeting, with all
prinicpals of schools, having lun
chrooms and all lunchroom man
agers this afternoon at 4 o’clock
at the courthouse. ,
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^ bought sonfe liquor and
^ fe\^'days.
ford for gas. While there he said
The schools have adopted a
goal of one 50 cent coin card fill
ed for each pupil in membership
for the March of Dimes campaign.
There seems to be a gre6t deal of
interest among pupils and teachers
in the campaign. We all realize
the importance of this effort to
the children. They being our most
precious^ possessions we want to
be prepared for any eventuality.
Huge Crowd Enjoys Show
With Celebrities At High
School Saturday Night
Play Here Tomorrow
The county superintendent went
to Raleigh yestdjday to make ap
plication for an additiraial teach
er for thfe Raeford Graded School.
We' shJp^rtd hear* from this ^pli-
Policeman, Stanton came to the
taxi, found the liquor, and asked
.him if he could get him’'$25. Mc
Kenzie said he told Stanton he
dbuid get it if he would take him
home after it. He said that they
then went in Stanton’s car to his
home in the Buffalo church sec
tion (of Quewhiffle township)
where his wife said there wasn’t
that niuch money' there. They
then, according to McKenzie, went
to the house of his brother-in-
law, John Wallace, where he got
the money from Wallace and gave
it to Stanton. ,
The mayor’s notes indicate that
John Wallace told them that
Stanton and Howell and McKen
zie came to his house at about
3:00 o’clock on the morning of
December 26 and^that McKenzie
wanted .$25 for' being drunk and
disorderly and having liquor.' He
said that he made McKenzie give
him a check to hold for the money.
This check, which was with the
mayor’s notes", was signed by Mc
Kenzie’s mark and witnessed by
J. W. Stanton. Stanton resigned
his job Saturday, according to
the Mayor. ,
MeKenzie indicted Stanton on
thice counts. They are , substan
tially, (1) that he did obtain $26
from him upon false representa
tion that he .was und'er his auth
ority to do so, and that he (Stan
ton) did deceive him to get him
to part with it; (2) That he did
unlawfully and willfully, while
. . holding office, receive $25 _ for
emitting to perform his official
duties; and (3) That he did un
lawfully ondit, neglect or refuse
, to discharge his duties to the
town, county and state and other
wise guilty of malfeasance in of
fice.
According to the mayor Stanton
was not a county deputy at the
time to his knowledge, Eftid had
no authority outside the city lim-
. its of Raeford. Buffalo church is
3 some eight miles outside Raeford.
The mayor also said that Me-.
Kenzie had not, to his knowledge,
been indicted for being drunk
. (Continued on page 4)
S' ■
FIRE YESTERDAY
Ground has been broken and
work started on the Upchurch ad
dition and the Indian School. We
hope that you will be able to see
walls in a short time.
Below is given the total enroll
ment. memibership, and percentage
in attendan^ for the white schools
for the fourth month. Ashemont,
125, 104, 94; Hoke High 8th grade
118, 113, 93; Grades 9-12 281. 2fi4,
92; Mildouson 97. 86, 91; Raeford
Graded 666, 586, 90; Rockfish 123,
116, 95.
Roekfish leads the county this
month in attendance, displacing
Mildouson that led during the
third month. ,
Attendance and enrollment in
all schools is improving. All
schools are making a special ef
fort to get and keep all pupils
in school now that the crops are
practically gathered. We request
the cooperation of all parents in
this effort. The teachers cannot
teach children that are not
school. '
MISS NORTH CAROLINA, Lulong OgiBrn of
Smithfieid, was at her prettiest here lal^ Sat
urday night at the big variety ^how at th'^ high
school which got the March of Dimes to a
good start in Hoke County. Picture albove ity Fay
Ridenour of Fayetteville, photographer wfi.o also
appeared on the program as magician and come
dian, shows Sarah Cole, Hoke High Homecoming
Queen, Miss Ogburn, Jean Obster, Hoke High
Halloween Queen, and Fred Fletcher of Station
WRA‘L in Raleigh who acted as master of cere
monies.
Cage Teams Take jWaltfr J. Bone
Two Games From
Hope Mills Tues.
Recorder Hears
Varied Cases In
Washington—What can you. ex
pect from Congress this year?
■There are a number of definite
indications of thin'^ to come, al
though it is too early to answer
the,question completely.
'Whiat must be kept in mind is
that Congress is meeting in a
Presidential and Congressional
election year. Congressional lead
ers will work with one eye on
election day and few legislative
issues will escape ’ the political
touch.
That means legislative experi
menting, with the political un
certainties it involves, will be un
popular. Congress .will deal main
ly with legislation that must be
handled because certain laws ex
pire this year or because political
expediency forbids ignoring them.
The Hoke County March of
Dimes got off to a fine start ait
the High school Saturday night
with the big variety feat
uring LuLong Ogburn, Fred Flet
cher, Puddinhead Jones, Fay Rid
enour and others. These, and the «
troupe from Fort Bragg, together .
with a most talented mixed quar
tet from Hoke High school, made
the evening a gala one of good
entertainment. Miss Doris Brad
ley, of the high school faculty,
also added much to the occasion
with her arrangements and ac
companiments.
Representatives from the var
ious communities in the county
were present to take the contribu
tions at the gate from people .
from. , their communities, and the
best figures available aire that a-
round $750 was brought in by
the (jrowd which filled, the auli-
torium to capacity.
H. D. Harrison, chairman of the
drive, reported yesterday that
Dean "White, chairman for the
in
Furman Clark, 4oil conserva
tionist, will talk to the seventh
grade of the Raeford Graded
school on soil and conservation
and will secure the District For
ester and District Wildlife Direc
tor to talk to the class along their
lines. All this is a . part of the
class’s study of Hoke County.
. “ By-Btuoe Phillips
Ho'ke County ‘ High School’s
basketball teams went to Hope
Mills Tuesday night and won two
games from the teams there
The Hoke girls opened the even
ing’s program with a hard-fought
54-44 victory over the strong Hope
Mills team. This game was quite a
satisfaction to Coach Haywood
Faircloth, as it was the first vic
tory a Hoke High basketball team
had won ip Hope Mills since he
came here to coach.
The Hope Mills started fast and
stayed out in front until the third
quarter. The Hoke girls then pull^
ed away and went on to win by
.ten points. Lydia Williams was
high for the vistors with a cre
ditable 30 points. Sarah Cole was
next with eight, and Sylvia Hes
ter was higli for the Hope Mills
girls with 24 points.
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The boys from Hoke High then
put. the finishing touches on the
evening'WTth'. a thrilling victory
by the close score of 29 to 27. The
game was a rough one with .plenty
of fouls. Joe Culbxeth led tl^e
Hoke boys with 11 points, follow
ed by John McLauchlin with eight.
Grimes was high for Hope Mills
with eleven.
The Hoke teams play the Laurel
Hill boys and girls in the local
gyi^nasium tomorrow night. En-*
tertainment will be furnished at
the half by a midget game.
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FILM ON MISSIONS AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
It Nasfi^^Slk^NuHriiiJt To HeaP'
Cases Nexih Week Irivol^llag
3 Killings, Thefts, Etc. /
The regular January term of
Hoke County Superior Court will
be convened here next Monday
motning, January 21, by Judge
Walter J. Bone, of Nashville.
John Hurley Haley, Clarence
Haley and Eddie Hubert McCrifn-
mon, colored, were c^harged in
recorder’s court Tuesday with the
larceny of a quantity of cotton
from R. W. Parks. Case against
Clarence Haley was sent to ju
venile court, as he is only 15 years
of age. Other two defendants
pleaded guilty and got 90 days
Criminal, and civil cases will be
tried, with criminal cases being each suspended on payment of
set for Monday and Tuesday and Parks for the cotton, court costs.
The fire department was turned
out yesterday afternoon to ex
tinguish a blaze which was burn-
, ing in some grass near the A. C.
Keith home and w-hich had be-
gxm to look threatening.
The Hoke County Unit of N.C.
E.A. has just been honored by the
National Education Association for
its 1(K) per cent memibership of all
teachers in the county, state and
national associations.
For years the Hoke County
Unit has had 100% membership
in the county and statt organiza
tions but this is the first year we
have been 100% memibers of the
National Association. We are
proud of this accomplishment and
feel that Mrs. Tom Cameron, pres
ident of the county unit of NCEA,
and her enrollment committee
should be' complimented for 'their
achievement.
The Student Council hag made
■Hoke County a present of Venetian
blinds for all windows and doors
of the lunchroom. We don’t know
how the council raised the money,
but we think it is. a splendid gift.
Last Tuesday the “RoUettes”
'Continued on Pag* 4)
On Wednesday, January 23, at
the Raeford Presbyterian church,
a filmi wil 'be shown on the work
of the church in Africa. The Rev.
C. R. Stegall, the man who took
the film and a former missionary
himself, will be present to give
a running comimentary on the
film. The public is invited.
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L. M. UPCHURCH BETTER
Lewis Upchurch, who has been
a patient in a Fayetteville hospi
tal for; some time with a serious
heart condition, is- considerably
improved this week. Up until last
Saturdayhe had suffered frequent
attacks which he has not since.-
He is still not in condition to re
ceive visitors, however.
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Demand for farm products
grown in North Carolina is ex
pected to be good in 1952 accord
ing to specialists of the State Col
lege Extension Service.
evil cases on Wednesday. Civil
cases consist for the most part of
divorce cases, there being nine of
these set for trial. All other civil
cases are old ones continued from
the last term of court.
Criminal cases to be tried consist
of one killing case continued from
last term' of court and two new
ones. The old case charges Charlie
Flynn with the fatal shooting of
Bennie Lee Murchison at Flynn’s
cafe on the night of Oct. 5, 1'951.
Curtis Bandy, colored, is char
ged with killing James Edward
Breeden with a knife' in Blue
Springs township on the morning
of Friday, December 7, 1951 Ban
dy is out under a bond of $1590.
Lucius Wallace, colored, is charged
with fatally shooting John Boy
MePhatter in Quewhiffle township
on the morning of Sunday, Janu
ary 6, r952. Wallace is awaiting
trial under a bond of $2000. All
prinicpals in both cases are color
ed. 
Other old cases coming up in
clude: John Matthew Singletary,
colored, breaking and entering;
W. H. Graham, \^J.te, bad check;
Robert Bolton and William Lewis,
white, violating the prohibition
laws; W. H. Fendley, white, care
less and reckless driving, appeal;
Roland Cole, white, escaping from
the prison division of the State
Sanatorium, appeal.
Pittman Bullard, Indian, will
be tried for breaking and entering
and damage to property. Morris
McLeod, Danny and Em'ma Mc-
Laurin and Neil Canaday, all col
ored, will be tried on a charge of
stealing hams from the State San
atorium in a case sent up by a
justice of ,the peace.
The same grand jurors will
serve for this term of court that
did for the last. The list of petit
jurors for the term is as follows:
D. C. Cox, Tommie Cline, Mar
ion Gatlin, Edgar MdGougan, R.
D. Easterling, -Lonnie Douglas, H.
A. McBenzie, George WiUis, M. D.
Blue. "W. A. Barlow, S. D. Fair-
cloth, John MicD. McNeill, A. A.
(Continued on page «)
and two years good behavior.
James Arthur Wright and Frank
Lych, 'both colored, were charged
and found guilty of stealing a rifle
from Sam McRae. They got 90
days each to be suspended upon
return of the rifle and payment
of court costs.
Foster Warlick, Indian, was
charged in one case with having
a liquor still and in another with
having non-tax-paid liquor for
sale. He was found guilty in both
cases and setnence was seven
months to be supended on pay
ment of $100 and the costs in each
case and on condition of two years
good behavior.
Luther E. Brock and S. D. Dan
iels, both white, each paid the
costs for being drunk and disor
derly. Daniels als^ paid $10 and
the costs for damaging the county
jail.
James Thomas Dean and Thom
as James Gunter, both wl\i^were
involved in an accident and both
were charged with careless and.
reckless driving. Both were found
not guilty.
... Maafin Melton, white, .paid $10
and the costs for passing, in the
face of oncoming traffic, and D.
S. Hall, white, paid the costs for
passing on a curve.
For driving improperly equip
ped cars A. D. Dammons, Herman
Lee Stackhouse, Richard L. Brat
cher, and Martin Luther Johnson,
all colored, each paid $10 and the
costs. Stackhouse also paid $25
and the costs for not having driv
er’s license, and Dam'mons paid
the costs for being drunk and dis
orderly. ,
Jam'gs Freeman and David
Thomas, colored, and Johnnie
Strickland, Indian, each paid $26
and the costs for no driver’s li
cense. Thomas was found not
guilty on a charge of careless and
reckless driving.
"^Ohalmers B. Davis, white, paid
the costs for failing to stop at a
stop sign.
Tom McIntosh, colored, was
Walters, Jessie R. Lee, Jake Aus-
. (Continued on Page 4)
Here, against that background,
is a run-down of major items:
Taxes—^No major increases like
ly. Th^ President may ask for as
much as a $5 billion boost. But
those Congressiorral leaders who
have most to say about taxes have
virtually ruled out another in
crease.' There will be efforts to
close so-called “ioopholes" tn’'the
present law.
Spending — There will be a
harder drive than last year to cut
it. "Voters are complaining more
about it because their taxes are
up. Bills newly introduced would
put a $71 billion limit on spend
ing ($20 billicfh less than last
year) and lower the present legal
limit on the national debt by $10
billion to $265 billion. The debt
now $260 billion.
However, Congress will go slow
on domestic spending cuts that
might pinch voters. And it will
hesitate to chop military budgets,
which will carry well over half
of total spending, because of the
world situation. Foreign aid will
be considered the “safest” cutting
area.
Controls—Congress isn’t likely
to scrap wage-price-rent-credit
controls in this election year, be
cause it isn’t sure whether infla
tion or deflation lies ahead. It
won’t rush to meet President Tru
man’s request to “repair” the 1951
legislation. It may order controls
remtoved from those commodities
whose prices slip below ceilings.
Social Security—Mr. Truman
wants to increase old age and
survivors’ benefits by $5 a month.
Congress is lukewarm on this. But
there are over 3,000,000 recipients
of these old-age payments, most
of them v'oters. 'Th^t may force
a compromise increase.
Veterans—Legislation to extend
GI benefits to Korean “War vete-
rans-^an election year natural
was held over from the 1951 ses
sion and almost certainly will be
approved this year. Blit Congress
will try to eliminate many of the
abuses that grew up around
World War II GI benefits.
Farm Prices — Mr. Truman
wants Congress to boost the levels
at which the government can step
in and buy farm products to sup
port their prices. But influential
Congressional farm bloc members
fear this might arouse consumers
to the. point of jeopardizing the
entire farm p>rice support program.
They realize that food prices are
high and that non-farm voters
outnumber farm voters. So Con
gress itself probably won’t raise
farm price support levels this
’year.
Foreign Aid~-As noted earlier,
the economic portion of this aid
.now about $1 billion) will be
politically vulnerable this year.
((^tinued » paf* 4)
Robbins Mill, had already turn
ed in $425.40 which had been
contributed by the employees
there.
Benefits Scheduled
Several m.ore benefit shows and
suppers are scheduled to be held
in the various communitip of ,
the county for the Mar6n at
Dimes, and from the start it, is ^
getting, it looks as if the cousPey
will reach its quota of $5,000
without much trouble, if people
will just keep going to them as
they did Saturday.
The Blue Springs committee
will sponsor a series of three
square dances at the community
house on the next three Friday
nights starting tomorrow. These
dinces will begin at eight o’clock.
The Antioch committee wiE
sponsor a chicken salad and oys
ter stew sup^r at the Antioch
Presbyterian church educational
building Tuesday night .January
22, from ^6:00 to 7:30 p. m.
The Quewhiffle committee will
sponsor a variety show with out
standing talent from various
places next Wednesday night,
January 23, at the Ashemont
school. The show begins at 7:30,
and an evening of good ento:-
tainment is assured all who at
tend.
Tonight there will-be a square,
dance at the Rockfish commun
ity house. It will start at ei^t
o’clock and there will be cake
walks for home baked cakes and
there will also be some of these
for sale.
Next Wednesday night there
will be a chicken and oyster stew
supper at Rockfish. This supper
will begin at six o’clock.
Tomorrow night at the Little
River community house there will
be. a chicken .supper and film.
The Stonewall committee wiU—
have a square dance at Hendrix
Grill tomorrow night starting at
nine o’clock. Next Friday night, .
January 25, there will be a chick
en and' ov'siter. supper at Mildou
son school at six o’clock, followed
by another square dance at Hen
drix grill at nine o’clock.
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COVINGTON PROMOTED
J. Robert Covington. Raeford :
native and one-time columnist for ^
The News-Journal who has been -
a resident of Charlotte for somsj^^
years received a promotion in
business there this week. Apj^:
elated with Radio Station
be was made assistant vice-^gp^ ■
ident in charge of sales ami j
motion. He has been in jSht' adk J
vertlsing phase of radto:''woik
since his association with 4ilte sta
tion.
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iMr. and Mrs. Hilton Qaik
Sunday in Cibapei BQI adth lib
and Mrs. Aztdy Wood and son