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The Hoke County Newt
VOLUME XLVI; NUMBER 45
THURSDAY, APRIL 3,1952
RAEFORD, N. C.
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SCHOOL NEWS
^ MacDonald
J. W. Turlin^n, principal of
the Raeford Graded Sdhool asks
that announcement be made
through this column that word
has been received from the magk-
zine agency that subscriptions will
be entered at an early date. The
reason for delay has been the ill
ness of the school treasurer and
his inability to send checks for
subscriptions. The school regrets
the delay in getting them started
• and hopes that subcribers will be
patient a little while longer.
The Rocklish school committee
held a meeting Tuesday night
and discussed objectives for the
school, both on an inunediate and
a long ranf'! basis.
Mrs. Frcf.man’s first grade had
charge of the assembly program
on Tuesday. The diildren put on
a most delightful program animat
ing a great number of
rhymes.
Election Board
Is Announced
It was announced last week by
the State Board of, Elections that
the local Election Board for Hoke
County would be composed of
three members. Two Democrats
and one Republican were picked
for boards in each of the IQD
counties of North Carolina.
Named for Hoke County were
G. B. Rowland and F. F. McPhaul,
Democrats, and D. C. Cox, Re
publican, this being one county
in which the local recommenda
tions were accepted.
The Bcjard of Elections in a
county is responsible for conduct
ing all except mimicipal elections,
observance of election laws, ap
'pointment and training of officials
and othbr duties.
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By the Editor
(When the notion strikes—once
nurs^^k week sometimes, once a year
'iihmetimes)
Hdte Jury Fails
hKlan Trial
The Junior-Senior Banquet to
morrow night will be the social
highlight of the year for the
high school students. Grrat plans
are being made and vttxyooB is
looking forward to tha. occasion
with keen antidpation.
Dr. Koonce, State Dentist
working in the white and Ihdian
^ools finidied up with Aiaiipch
and Macedonia yesterday. He is
HARRY GREENE spiked some
rumors last week when he an
nounced that he was going to run
for the legislature. It was being
hinted that Greene and N. H. G.
BAUFOVR of the county comxnis-
sioners had made a deal whereby
if Q^reene were appointed judge
,0^ the recorder’s court he would
run lor that office in the primary
this spring and leave Balfour a
clear field for the seat Greene has
held in the legidature. The people
setting up at Mildouson tdV and ^ this must have been
if would’S^m. There is a
Rockfish will send their pupils
needing attention to Mildouson on
Friday and Monday.
Tuesday he will be at Raeford
Graded where he will serve Ashe-
mont also. Ashemont will send in
their pupils on Thursday and
Friday.
An Alaskan Eskimo talked to
the pupils of Hoke 'High Tuesday
morning. He made a most interest
ing talk on the far north, its
peoples and customs.
On next Monday the three fifth
grades at Raeford Graded will go
to Raleigh on their yearly trip via
three Trailway buses. Their teach
ers will be in charge, plus prin
cipal J. W. Turlington. This trip
will conclude and highlight the
year's study of North Carolina
history.
lot of talk, though, that Balfour
would like to go to Raleigh as
either senator or representative.
The pupils at Hoke High are
in the midst of a heated political
campaign. They are preparing for
the yearly election of Student
Government officers that will be,
held next week. Campaign
speeches were made at assembly
yesterday.
A delegation of students from
the Aberdeen school attended the
rally on Wednesday. They, came
to observe the working of Student
Government as they are interested
in establishing student government
in the Aberdeen School.
The S3rstem here is now in its
second year and is working nicely.
The students are co-operating and
are learning many worthwhile
lessons in self-government and
Sblf-determination.
We hope that Aberdeen will be
able to organize a system that will
be as satisfactory as ours.
Our new JAYCEES, the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, have at
least had themselves very much
in evidence the last few weeks as
they bave worked on the shrub
bery in the middle of north Main
street for several weeks now.
Keeping the same enthusiasm,
they’ll go on to do bigger and
more important things for the
community. It’s about time the
Chamber of Commerce made a-
nother move’ too, and quit resting
on its laurels in getting industrial
development started. Good civic
clubs and organizations just can’t
rest.
A special venire of fifty citi
zens from Hoke Coimty was car
ried to Liunberton last Thursday
morning in an attempt to obtain
a jury of twelve for the trial of
the three men charged with be
ing members of the Robeson Kla-
vem of Ku Klux Klan.
The trial ended in a mistrial
when the judge decided that the
jury could not reach a unanimous
agreement as to the verdict. It
was reported by a daily paper that
the verdict was 10-2 in favor of
conviction. One of the difficulties
of the trial was getting witnesses
to testify for the prosecution. Oijp
witness was reportedly fin^
$80.00 for contempt of court when
he refused to answer a subpoena
to testify.
Solicitor Malcolm Seawell, who
was aided in the prosecution by
Charles Hostetler, local attorney,
has stated that hfe ^ill try again
for conviction on May 5th. Those
who made up the jury were Jas
per Davis, Daniel Mclnnis, Minor
McGoogan, R. D. Strother, A. J.
Freeman, Sr., W. M. Monroe, L.
A. McGoogan, W. A. McNeill, C.
W. Covington, G. H. Smith, J. T.
Davis and R. E. Callaway.
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Woman’s Club Will
Sponsor Play Here
Monday tt Tuesday
Rehearsals have been going on
for some time for the presentat
ion of “Shooting Stars” by the
Raeford Womai^s club at ^e
High ^hool ne^, Monday and
Tuesday nights at^'8:13 o'clock,
A large cast; of the finest Hoke
County talent is taking part in
the production, which is being
directed by Miss Ruby Mae Strat'
ton and which featimes takeoffs
by local talent of famous stars of
radio and television.
The show promises to be an
entertainmg one and is for a
worthy cause, as the Woman’s
Club is raising the money to
build a clubhouse and community
building here.
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Announce Schedule
For Little League
The 1952 Official Schedule for
the Aberdeen - Raeford Little
League was released this week
and shows a total of 18 games.
League play will begin on May
21 and the close of the regular
season will be the 28 of July. The
two Raeford teams are to be call
ed the Tigers and the Indians and
the Aberdeen teams will go by
the names of, the Cubs and the
Cards.
All games will start at 5:30 p. m.
and the majority will be played
oh Monday and Wednesday. Any
games rained out on Monday will
be played the following Saturday
and any games rained out on Wed
nesday will be played the follow
ing Thursday. ‘
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Newton Files Again”
Runs For Congress
Red Crou Drive
FaUing Short
Horace Walters, chairman of the
Red Cross Drive, announced this
week that the total contributions
for the present" drive amounted
to $1300.77.
The Raeford business district
and Stonewall Township went
over their respective goals and
are still at work. Townships yet t
to report are the Raeford Resid- |
ential area, Raeford Colored Divi- i
sion, QuewhWfle township (other!
than the Five Points area). Me- [
Lauchlin, Little River, and me'
Raeford ‘township. • j
All chairmen of the communto
drives are urged by Walters To
make a report as soon as possibia
but not to slacken their efforts to
meet the county goal.
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Several Rabid Do^s
In Scotland County
Dr. G. W. Willcox, health offi
cer for Moore-Hoke announced
this week that there have been
DISTRICT HOME DEMONSIRATHM
RffiETlNG HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY
SPEAKER
Women Fxom 4 Coimtacf
At Methodist Church
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PERSONALS
BILL UMSTEAD, candidate for
governor, had to wash some print
er’s ink off his hands last week,
or it’s still on them. He called at
The News-Journal when in Rae
ford, and was told in the office
that the editor was in the shop
due to a shortage of printers, and
that he couldn’t be disturbed. Mr.
Umstead came on back in the shop
anyway, and we figured that if he
wanted to see us that bad he could
shake the inky hand, whigh he
did. He’s a nice fellbw. Mrs.
ALLE^ H. GWYNN, whose hus
band is running for the Supreme
Court, did the same thing, but
didn’t take the inky hand. He, by
the way, is a nice fellow, too, and
a competent jurist.
Close of filing time for Con
gressmen and State offices last
Saturday, foimd Representative C.
B. Deane of Rockingham, 8th Dis
trict Congressman, with opposi- ^ ^ •
tion from GUes Y. Newton of Gib- diagnosed cases of rabies m
son, who has been a rather con-"Scotland County dogs smee Janu-
sistent candidate for this office
for quite a nun^r of years. They
will oppose ea^ other in the
Democratic primary May 31.
Representative Deane will be
seeking his fomflii two-year term
in the office, in which he succeed
ed the late W^ O. Burgin of Lex
ington. Deane has been opposed
twice teffv W. E. Homer, Sanford
publisher. V;
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Mrs. Helen Seawell Sharpe
WELL
AIQN
William B. Umstead, candidate
for goyemor of North Carolina,
announced last week during his
visit here that he had appointed
Alfred Cole, Sr. to be his cam
paign manager for Hoke county.
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PLAN FILM SHOWING
ON LITTLE LEAGUE
Dean C. White, treasurer of the
Aberdeen-Raeford Little Baseball
League, said this week that the
league had obtained a new film
entitled “Little- League Baseball
Basics.” The film was not releas
ed imtil April 1 and the league
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Culbreth and
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Neeley at
tended the Ife Follies in Raleigh was able to get it for one showing
Friday night. only. This will be at the Aberdeen
». American Legion hut at 7:30 p. m.
on Tuesday, April 15. He urged all
league officials, managers, etc.,
in Raeford and any others inter
ested to attend.
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Mrs. Kemp Funderburk of
Greensboro visited Mr. and Mrs.
,H. W. B. Whitley Monday. Mrs.
Funderburk is a member of the
faculty at WCUNC.
Mr. and Mrs. I. Mann and fam
ily spent Sunday in Clinton with
friends.
Sickness in all the schools has
been prevalent during March. In
fluenza has led the list, but
measles, mumps, chickenpox, colds
and scarlet fever were rather
widely scattered, but not in epi
demic proportions except measles
in one colored school. We hope
that with the coming of spring
and good weather that there will
be much less sickness during
April. The teaching force was af
fected as seriously as the student
body.
Last week the annual county
wide spelling and oratorical con
test for the colored schools was
held at the Bowmore school.
In the spelling contest the Up
ipontinued bn Page 10)
Sheriff D. H. HODGIN and his
deputies must be somewhat hard
of hearing or they would have
heard the talk about BRANTLEY
ALLEN selling liquor at his place
on the Fayetteville road before
now, and they apparently haven’t.
Allen operates the same “Truck
Terminal” that A. L. LACKEY did
when the sheriff’s department
caught him with the goods a cou
ple of times with the result that
due to fines and sentences he left
here. It is common talk around
that Allen is just as open with
the liquor business there or more
so. Treat ’em all alike, we say.
Mrs. Wilton Evans, who has
been ill at Duke hospital for the
past five weeks, is improving.
Mrs. L. M. Lester has been sick
for the past week and is out of
work from Belk-Hensdale.
Miss Shirley Mann spent the
week end in Wallace with friends
and accompanied them to Wil
mington and Wrightsyille Beach
on Satinday. '
Clyde Upchurch, Jr. went to
Dallas, Texas, Friday to attend
a meeting of the National Glr.-
ner’s Association. He was ■ chair
man of the nominating committee.
After the National Meeting closed
Clyde attended a meeting of the
Texas Ginner’s Association, re
turning to Raeford by plane Wed
nesday.
ary 1st of this year, compared to
a total of 12 for the entire year of
1951. The same dog has bitten
eight people and seven of these
people are now taking treatment.
There is now a county-wide
quarantine on dogs in Scotland
County and all residents of Hoke
County that live near the border
of Scotland are by Dr. Willcox
urged to keep their dogs imder
close siurveillance during tha next
few weeks.
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Recorder Hears
20 Cases In
Court Tuesday
LEGION MEETING FRIDAY
The Ellis Williamson Post of
the American Legion will hold
its regular monthly meeting Fri
day night, April 4th at seven o’
clock at the Upchurch Airport
All members and prospective
members are urged to be present.
All veterans who are home on
furlough are cordially invited to
attend.
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COURTHOUSE CLOSING
- The Hoke County Courthouse
offices started the sununer Wed
nesday afternoon closing this
week.
Buried In Wagram
Mrs. Anna PurceU Buie, widow
of William G. Buie, pioneer Wa
gram merchant and leader, died
early Monday morning at the
Highsmith hospital in Fayetteville
after an illness of about six
weeks.
Funeral services were held at
the home in Wagram Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock, with Rev.
Douglas D. Wilkinson of Amelia,
Va., conducting the service. Biur-
ial followed at Spring Hill cem
etery.
Mrs. Buie was born October 19,
1871, daughter of the late Archie
and Margaret Hobday Purcell'
who lived in what is now Hoke
county.
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Funeral Today For
Mrs. K. W. Ellis
Funeral services were conducted
today at the Fas^nont Baptist
Church in Cumberland county for
iMrs. Kd W. ElUs, 62, of Hope Mills
who died Tuesday night in the Ft.
Bragg hospital after a short ill
ness. She was the wife of the late
K. W. Ellis of Parkton. The serv
ice was conducted by the Rev.
George L. Hocutt, assisted by the
Rev. J. M. Gibbs, and burial was
in the Parkton cemetery.
Surviving are three daughter.^,
four sons, oiie step-daughter, Mrs.
J. T. Clark of Liimber Bridge and
two step-sons, L. W. and ’Hass
Ellis also of Lumber Bridge.
Some of this paving that is still
going around should go on the
stretch from the pavement beyond
Robbins Heights to the SWIM
MING HOLE on Rockfish creek.
Bet it would have more traffic
than almost any other road in
the county paved under Scott’s
“Go Forward” progro n. A little
(Continufd opt back page)
Mr. and Mrs. 1. E. McAnulty
of W|lson spent the week end with
Mrs. I. E. McAnulty, Sr., at Mont
rose.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis L. Daven
port and children of Norfolk, Va.,
were week end visitor of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Baxley, parents of Mrs.
Davenport. ‘
Miss Ann Graham and William
Pocle visited the azalea gardens
in Wilmington Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Tapp, Mr.
and Mrs. Prank Tapp and Mrs.
H. E. Stinchcomb attended the
funeral of their cousin, George
Fox, in Roxboro Tuesday after
noon. Mr. Fox died suddenly Sun
day morning. Mrs. Stinchcomb
drove down from Black Mountain
on Monday to accompany them to
Roxboro. She will remain there
for several days with Mrs. Fox
and will come back to Raeford
for a visit before returning to her
home.
PEOPLE’S CHURCH PLANS
REVIVAL SERVICE SERIES
Mr. Beaufort Crews of Htaa-
bethtown will hold revival serv
ices at the People’s Methodist
Church beginning at 7:30 on Mon
day night, April 7th and running
through Easter Sunday. The pub
lic is cordially invited.
CANADAY HONORED BY
INSURANCE COMPANY
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Gegen,and
family of Ashtabula, Ohio, spent
several days last week in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Mon
roe. They had anapartirfent with
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe during the
war while he was stationed at Fort
Bragg, and were en oute to Flor
ida for a vaca^'-
J. W. Canaday, local agent for
the Raleigh Region of the Farm
Bureau Insurance Company was
named “Man of the Month” for
March by his company. Mr. Cau-
aday. sold more insurance during
the month of March than anj’
other representative in the Raleigh
Region. He is a member of the
Challenger Club and the 52-53
Club, the compan3r*s two organi
zations for„ outstanding salesmen.
Judge Harry Greene heard 20
cases Tuesday in a routine session
of Hoke county recorder’s court
that lasted until early afternoon.
Whiskey and motor vehicle vio
lators %ere the most ntimerous.
Lula Brown, colored, was found
.—Iguilty of violating the liquor laws
and got six months suspended
sentence on payment of a $50 fine
and the costs and also be of good
behavior for two years. Annie
Green, colored, was also charged
swith violating the liquor laws and
received the same sentence.
Mary Cherry, colored, was
found guilty of assault on Mar
garet Elliott, colored, and senten
ced to six months in jail. The sen
tence was suspended on condiiton
that she pay the hospital and doc
tor bills of the plaintiff, and the
costs and be of good behavior for
two years.
Blanche Oxendine, Indian, paid
$25 and the costs for driving with
out a license.
Wilford McNeill, Indian, got 30
days suspended on payment of $10
and the costs for being drimk and
disorderly.
Elliott Brigman, white, was
charged with operating a motor-game,
vehicle after his license had beem-
revoked and careless and reck
less driving. He was found not
guilty.
Jessie Fisher, white, who was
found guilty of being drunk and
disorderly and violating the pro
hibition laws, got a 90 days su
spended sentence on condition of
18 months good behavior and a
fine of $25 and the costs.
Delma Lowry, Leroy Barton
and Willie Jr. McLean were each
found guilty of having improper
brakes and paid the costs. Robert
Charles Rudier, colored, paid $10
and the costs for failing to stop at
a stop sign.
John Ray, colored, charged with
being drunk and disorderly, got
30 days suspended on one year Of
good behavior and a fine of $10
and the costs.
Joe Lawrence McLauchlin, col
ored, got 30 da3rs suspended on
payment of $10 and the costs for
having improper brakes. The case
against him for driving without
an operators license was dropped.
Danny McPherson, colored, paid
the costs for being drunk and dis
orderly.
The charge against Bethune
Maultsby, white, for being drunk
and disorderly was changed to
public drunkeness. He got 30 days
suspended on condition of good
beha’Wor for one year and a fine
of $25 and the costs. He appealed
and posted $100 bond.
Mack Thompson, colored, paid
$10 and the costs for operating
a car without any lights.
Edward Joseph Webb, white,
was charged with drunken driv-
(ContlntMd ob 10)
The annual meeting of the
District North Carolina Federatiaa
of Home Demonstration Clubs will
be held at the Raeford Methodist
Church on next Wednesday, April
9th, beginning at 10:30 in the
morning. The theme of the meet
ing is National and Intematicmal
Relations; Counties attending wfll
be Anson, Hoke, Richmond, and
Scotland. Mrs. John Baker of
Hoke County, District Chairman,
win preside. Rev. Judson Lennon
Pastor of the Raeford Baptist
Church, will give the devoticniaL
Mrs. Gow’er Crosswell, director
of the Hoke County Home Dem
onstration Chorus, will sing. The
report of the year’s work will be
given in the form of a panel dis
cussion with the County Council
President from each county taking
part.
Lunch will be served by the
Women of toe Raeford Methodist
Church after which Mrs. Helen
SeaweU Sharpe, (Mrs. J. A.
Sharpe, Jr.) of Lumberton, will
speak. Mrs. Sharpe spent last
summer in Eturo^' with a group
from toe Southern Methodist
Church, and will talk on her tra
vels and visits in toe homes of the
countries she visited.
Miiw Verna Stanton, Assistant
State Home Demonstration Agent,
will iTistall the new officers for
1953.
Bucks Win, Lose
In Rrst 2 Games
Raeford journeyed to Rowland
Friday afternoon and went
through toe motions of playing a
game with toe high school team.
They came out on the short end
of a 11 to 2 score. Raeford could
not do no right and Rowland could
do no wrong, since Raeford made
two runs on three hits, two of
these by Conoly, committed eight
errors and received twelve bases
on balls. Harding and Phillips
shared the mound duties and gave
up seven hits, eleven runs and five
bases on balls. Rowland played
perfect ball afield.
Wednesday afternoon it was an
entirely different story as the
locals entertained Red Springs
here and sent them home in de
feat 11 to 1 in a short seven inning
“Double No-Hit” Phillips came
close to tossing another no-hitter
as he set toe visitors down with
one hit, issued five base on balls,
struck out four, and had near,
perfect fielding support with x^
one error. Sessoms led toe hit
ting with a double and a single in
four times at bat and ItoilKps and
Conoly had two hits also.
The next home game tor toe
locals will be next Wednesday and
their opponent will be Tar Heri.
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Fire Dept. Busy
During Past Week
The local fire d^>artment was
kept hopping this past week wito
two fires and a false alarm.
Last Wednesday p. m. they an
swered a caU to toe resid«ice ot
A. L. “Red” Smith, comer at East
Edinborough and North Jadtson
St. The floor furnace had ex
ploded, but there was little dam
age except toe loss of toe furnace
and toe siUs around it
Sunday morning around 2:00 a.
m. toe d^)artment answered a
caU to Mrs. Ina Lentz’s hoiwe on
the Aberdeen Highway. A tool
shed was ablaze and had a bead
start and about aU the d^ait-
ment could do was to keep il
from spreading to other buildtoSk
Walter Parks had some farm infci
plements, a pump and -some ott
stored in toe shed and this equip*
ment was valued at $1900.
Tuesday morning toe dQpirt-
ment answered a caU to toe B. W»:
B. WMtley re^aacft bill
it wai' a tolse abum. It
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