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The Hoke County News
The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLVI; NUMBER 49;
THURSDAY, MAY 1,1952
RAEFORD, N. C.
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By the Editor
Action of Raeford Police Olli-
■cer Ervin Morrison in going to
the bridge over Rockfish creek
Sunday morning alone and . going
into the high water below the
the bri(Jge to the injured survivor
of the wreck there is commend
able, in my opinion. Fact that he
was the only peace officer on duty
at th^t time of day made leaving
his post of duty in town a neces
sity, as speed may well have
made the difference between life
and death. Took some courage, as
well as resistance to ice water, to
venture into the cold creek alone
in the dark, too. Way we under
stand it, he found the survivor,
Norton, in a bad state of shock
and alternately conscious and tm-
conscious. He decided that he
would be better where he was
until he could get help to get him
out. While Morrison was getting
Highway Patrolman D. G. Sur
ratt and some tackle several oth
er fellows came along and were
al?le to get him out.
Assertion that I have heard on
the streets and in the courthouse
lately to the effect that there is
considerably property in Raeford
and Hoke Coiinty which is not
even listed for taxes should be
disturbing to those people who do
list and pay taxes. Another source
of conversation and consternation
is talk that valuations are inequi
table on property that is listed
for taxes. Some citizens are said
to pay taxes on valuations Of as
low as 10 percent and others on
as hi^ of $0 percoit. Some of the
'“low'^'OriS^otr e^H!lpi^^iWftlftl"-be
owners of vacant lots in Raeford
with an asking price of up around
$2000 which are listed at around
$150.
These matters are the direct
jresponsibility of the county com
missioners.'While the town of Rae
ford needs all the tax and any
other money it can get hold of to
help alleviate some of its grow
ing pains, it has absolutely no con
trol of tax listing or valuation,
biit must accept those of the coun
ty by state law. In the case of
Raeford its progress is being en
joyed by some property owners
while others pay for it. Tax re
cords are public records and
some of the public (and the
county board) should take a look
at them and see if these situations
exist. I intend to, and I will re
port back.
Survey Shows That
Killing Took Place
In Robeson County
Some informal surveying and
checking around by John McGoo-
gan and Buck Blue this week in
dicated pretty clearly that the
cutting, in which a yoimg Indian
died and for which another is in
the Hoke Coxmty jail, took place
in Robeson Coimty.
The cutting took place at a tent
meeting near the coimty line on
the Red Springs road on Sunday
night, April 20, and Frazier Lowry
was killed. James Allen Hammond
was brought to the Hoke County
jail by officers of the Robeson
(Jounty sheriff’s department after
they had investigated the matter
and come to the conclusion that
it took place in this county.
The check by McGoogan and
Blue went a mile or more up the
line in both directions and clear
ly indicates that the line runs a-
bout two hundred yards north of
where the cutting took place. This
is opposite the point where a road
runs north to Watsons pond from
the highway and although the
sign stood there a long tune it
should have been this way by 600
feet. It now stands some 300 yards
from the line.
Sheriff Hodgin was planning
yesterday to get the Robeson sher
iff to come after Hammond.
“Raeford is a wonderful place
to live, but a mighty poor place
to make a living,” is a statement
we have heard several young men
make in the past several years,
and it was quoted at the Chamber
of Commerce meeting Tuesday
night. We can take some comfort
in the fact that it is not nearly so
trie as it once was. Our major
industry offers considerable op
portunity to young people finish
ing school. The rest of us, how
ever, must also try to give some
opportunity to these people. K
will be real proof that we’ve got
a good town when we have most
of them looking forward to makr
ing successful lives here, instead of
having to go out into the far cor
ners of the country and world to
seek their fortunes. It depends
on us.
YOUR
SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonaJd
Commencement Schedule
At a meeting of the .county
prhiMQfUlS on Tuesday aftemooh
the “iPinals” schedule was work
ed out as follows: Senior Play at
Hoke High Auditorium, May 2,
8:30 p. m.; Seventh Grade Visit
ing Day to Hoke High, May 6th;
Primary' Operetta at Rockfish
Auditorium, May 8th, 8:00 p. m.;
May Festival at Raeford Graded
School, 13th, 8:00 p. m.; Band and
Glee Club Concert at Hoke High,
16th, 8:00 p. m.; Junior Chorus
at Raeford Graded, 19th, 7:30 p.
m.; Piano and. Voice Recital at
Hoke High, 20th, 8:00 p. m.; Op
eretta at ‘Mildouson Auditorium,
21st, 8:00 p. m.; Class Night at
Hoke High Auditorium, 23rd, 8:15
p. m.; Baccalaureate Sermon at
Hoke High, 25th, 11:15 a. m.; Play
at Mildouson Auditorium, 26th,
8:00 p. m.L Seventh Grade Promo
tion ibay at Hoke High Auditor
ium, 26th, 10:30 a. m.; Gradua
tion at Hoke High Auditorium,
27th, 8:15 p. m.; Skip Day, 28th,
Report Day—school over, May 29.
(We suggest you clip the above
for reference during the com
mencement season.)
40 Cases Heard
Before Judge In
Court Tuesday
One Defendant Appears For
Trial Driink; Charge Same
In a highly productive day some
40 cases which had piled up dur
ing the week off for Superior
Court were cleared from the doc
ket in Hoke County recorder s
court before Judge Harry Greene
Tuesday morning.
James H. Babb, white, was
charged with being drunk and dis
orderly. He appeared for trial
drunk and wound' up with two
sentences. For the first he got 30
days on the roads to be suspended
on payment of $10 and the costs,
For contempt of court Judge Har
ry Greene sentenced him to 30
days on the roads also, although
he indicated later that he might
change this to a jail sentence.
Nineteen defendants faced the
judge on charges of drunkenness
in some form. Three of these were
for driving drunk. These included
Harry Lee Reynolds, George V.'
Nations and M. B^^. McLauchlin,
all white. Each lost his license
for a year and had to pay $100
and thf court costs.
Raymond Scott, white, pleaded
guilty of being drunk and disor
derly, trespass, and using profane
and indecent danguage. He got
12 montiis suspended on payment
of the costs and 18 months good
behavior.
Katie Davis, colored, paid $10
for damages to the jail and costs
for being drunk and disorderly.
P. C. Chavis, Indian, and J. W.
Brigman, white, $10 and costs
each wifii 60 days sh^^endted on
12 months good behavior; Will
and Theola McNeill, colored, $10
and the costs; William Love and
Connie McCallum, Jr., 60 days su
spended on $10 and the costs and
12 months good behavior; Hubert
Adams,- Fred Lloyd and Henry
Graham, colored, the same except
18 months good behavior.
Erastus McPhaul, colored, paid
costs for being drunk and disor
derly; Johnnie Taylor, white, got
30 days suspended on pajmaent of
$10 and the costs and six months
good behavior. D. S. Hall, white,
drunk and disorderly and violat-
About all the real insight into
the history of any community and
section is going to come from
what has been written by those
who were there at the great oc
casions of the past. Of course,
those who were there are contin
ually getting fewer, and the more
we write down of whqt they re
member, the more we lyill have
to remember them and our be
ginnings by. Of course, memories
fade some, and perspectives
change, but the impressions re
main. Our good friend D. Scott
Poole is in a remembering mood
right often these days, and this
week he submitted the following
as his imp: ession of the- day this
county or ned for business 41
(Cont* id OB back pago)
.V
Light Crowd At
Chamber Meeting
Some 30 Raeford citizens were
interested enough in the efforts
of the Chamber of Commerce tg
get some more civic improvement's
started to attend the public meet
ing at the courthouse Tuesday
night.
Main need discussed was that
for more houses here. It was es
timated that at least 75 houses
are needed, mostly rental, in the
community at the present time.
It was pointed out that while
the Robbins payroll is meaning
much to the business of the com
munity, a great many of the
checks ai;e going elsewhere be
cause many of the people get
ting them have to live elsewhere.
Various ways of getting more
houses v'ere discussed and some
plans wSre made, it was also de
cided that some steps would be
taken to try to get owners of va
cant lots* in Raeford to put them
on the market at reasonable
prices.
A resolution was passed urging
the business firms in Raeford to
clean their back lots.
Following discussion of these
and other matters the meeting
adjourned.
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Lions Conducting
Sale Of Brooms
Made By Blind
“Let’s make a clean sweep’’ is
what members of toe Raeford
Lions club will be saying in Rae
ford today, tomorrow and Satur
day as they conduct their an-
sale of brooms to firms and in
dividuals in and arojmd Raefor^.
jTl^e saje wiVl.^?^:3s'for these
three days only and is liecoming
familiar to people here, having
been conducted several times be
fore. The brooms are also known
to be of the finest quality, wheth
er of the household or commer
cial type.
The brooms are manufactured
by Guilford Industries for the
BUnd, in Greensboro. The comp
any was founded 17 years ago
for the express purpose of giv
ing employment to the blind and
the product they produce -will
compete with any. The Lions club
asks the cooperation of all in this
Bucks Boast 5-0
District Record
By John McPhaul
The Raeford Bucks took the
lead in the Class A, district 4 base
ball conference last Wednesday
by defeating a strong team, from
Massey Hill by a score of 9-7.
Bruce Phillips pitched an excep
tionally good ball game for the
win. The Pirates could get to Phil
lips for-only five hits, but four of
these were bunched to score six
runs. Other than this Phillips
never was in trouble until the
9th when the Pirates got a single
run off him. In addition to giving
up only five hits, he had his blaz
ing fast hopping as he mowed
down 15 enemy batters via the
strikeout route. This victory runs
his record to five victories and no
defeats.
On the offensive side, Benny
McLeod, Earl Conoly and John
McPhaul with two hits apiece got
the lion’s share of Raeford’s eight
hits. The locals played good ball
defensively, making only one er
ror. Massey Hill was not quite so
fortunate, as they committed seven
miscues.
Rudolph Green, with a good
curve ball, pitched good ball but
teiled to whitewash the locals
in the 1st, 4th and 8th innings,
and therefore was the losing pit
cher.
Raeford now sports a 5-0 con
ference record and is leading the
league. The Bucks travel to Mas
sey Hill for a conference game
today.
0
The Board of Education met in
called session Monday night for
the purpose of working on the
new Raeford Graded School plans.
At this meeting it was decided to
rename the Raeford Graded School
the John W. McLauchlin Elemen
tary School in honor of the man
who gave the original site for the
school and in deference to' his
heirs who are expected to qvdt-
claim additional land west of
Stewart Street for the site for
the new building. This tract is
being deeded to the Board of Ed
ucation by the Town Board of
Commissioners and the heirs-at-
law are being requested to quit
claim any interest that they may
have in this particular tract. Some
of the heirs have indicated their ,
willingness to do this. The’ Board
feels that great progress towards
getting this much-needed build
ing started has been made.
here.
W. C. Campbell,
Native Of Hoke,
Buried In Robeson
W. C. Campbell, 69, died Thurs
day at his home neeu: St. Pauls.
He was the son of Daniel Camp
bell and Catherine Virginia Mc
Leod Campbell of what is now
Hoke County. He was a brother
of Walter Campbell.of Raeford.
Funeral was held at toe home
on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o’
clock and burial was at the Smy
rna cemetery in Robeson County.
Surviving in addition to Walter
Campbell are his widow, two
sons, fours daughters, a sister and
another brother.
Last Friday ni^t Ashemont
opened the commencement sea
son by giving its operetta, “The
Wedding of the Flowers,” before
the largest and most enthusiastic
audience in years.
The production was well done
and the children were brilliantly
costumed as a great variety of
flowers. The music was spirited
and catdiy. Mrs. J. M. Beall as
sisted toe teachers with toe pre-
(ContlmMd oa Piqa •)
, , sale, local proceeds from which
mg the prohibition laws, 60 days.^.jj.g^ toe blind
suspended on payment of $25 and
the costs and 12 months good be
havior.
Prank Davis and Mary Stubbs
Davis, both colored, got 12 months
each suspended on» payment of
$50 and toe costs each and tw'J
years good behavior for having
non-tax-paid liquor for toe pur
pose of sale. Frank Davis also paid
the costs for being drunk and dis
orderly.
Carson Clifton Jones, colored,
got 30 days suspended on payment
of $10.95 to C. J. Benner and court
costs for disposing of mortgaged
property. *
For having no driver’s licenses
Willie James' Black, colored, John
Daniel Wilkes, Jr., Elmer Taylor,
white, and Cherry Lee Bullard,
Indian, each had ot pay $25 and
toe costs. The case against King
David McLean, colored, was dorp-
ped when he turned up with the
license.
Drivers of improperly equipped'
cars were: Albert Silas Jones,
Benjamin Franklin Green, Jessie
Mi^adyen, colored, James Till
man Long, William Frank Brown,
Jr., white, Timothy Locklear, In
dian. All paid $10 and toe costs
except Locld^, who left a $25
bond.
Speeders were Edward Charles
Sweeney, white, $25 bond; Aii^
V. Roche, Jr., $20 bond; John T.
Northam, James D. Harley and
Clyde C. Stock, all white, $10 each
and toe costs; Nathan Ijevy, white,
80 miles mi hour, $50 bond.
York “Buddy” Rogers and Dock
Peterkin, both colored, were char
ged with larceny and receiving
stolen property in connection with
toe theft of tires from McDon
ald’s Esso Servicenter. Rogers was
found guUty and Peterkin pleaded
Mrs. Ada Everleigh
Buried At Antioch
Thursday Afternoon
Mrs. Ada Jane Everleigh, 78,
wife of the late W. B. Everleigh,
died at the home of her son, on
Red Springs, route one, in this
county, early Wednesday morning
of last week after an illness pf
about four years.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2:30 Thursday afternoon at
the home of her son Frank Ever
leigh by the Rev. J. N. Thompson,
pastor of the Wagram Presbyterian
church, assisted by the Rev. Go
wer Crosswell, pastor of Antioch
Presbyterian church. Burial was
in Antioch church cemtery.
Mrs. Everleigh was the daugh
ter of the late Flora and Andrew
J. Currie of Robeson County.
Survivors include five daugh
ters, Mrs. J. D. Mitchell Of this
county, Mrs. Worth Currie of Red
Springs, Mrs. Monroe Chapman,
Mrs. Zack Chapman and Mrs.
Steve Kimrey, HI of Cheraw, S.
C.; five sons, F. K., W. T. and
Roy Everleigh, all of this county,
K. P. of Clio, S. C., and C. A.
Everleigh of Lumberton; three
sisters, Mrs. J. W. McPhaul and
Mrs. Allen Jordan of this coun
ty and Mrs. Fairley Thrower of
Red Springs; one brother, H. F.
Currie of this county.
Little League To
Hold Tryouts On
Saturday Afternoon
J. P. Bell, vice-president of the
Aberdeen-Raeford Little Baseball
League, said this week that the
field in the Robbins Heights play
ground was expected to be in
shape for play by the week end,
and that tryouts for the 15 places
on each of the two Raeford squads
would begin at two o’clock Satur
day afternoon. All eligible boys
in Raeford are invited and urged
to be on time.
To be eligible for Little League
play a boy must be between the
ages of eight and 13, that is, have
passed his eighth birthday and not
have his 13th birthday before
August 1 of this year. All players
are registered with the National
Little League and must furnish
proof of their birth date.
Uniforms, equipment and-play
ing facilitites are being furnished
the leagueby Robbins Mills with
the exception of gloves, shoes, and
caps. Spiked shoes will not be
worn. Dean White, league trea
surer, said yetserday that he had
the uniforms and catcher’s equip
ment and that he would have these
at the tryout for thd^ boys to see.
Fir^ game in the legue is to be
played here on May 21. All games
will be played at 5:30 p. m. and
will be played on Mondays and
Wednesdays with rained out
games being played on Saturdays.
Bell urgedi*^ all league managers,
scorers, assistant managers and
other interested adults to attend
the first meeting at toe field in
Robbins Heights at two o’clock
Saturday.
0
Chairman Urges
County^s Faimers'
To Produce More
SampsmYoaA
Dies In Wreck
Near Here Sunday
Companion Miraculously
Escapes Serious Injury
HOKE MAN FINISHES
AIR FORCE SCHOOL
(Gontiamd oa png* 4)
MISS DAVENPORT HURT
Miss Martha Davmiport of toe
Raeford Presb3rterian church staff
suffered a broken nose and bruises
when the church car hit a rough
stretch Of new payment near Way-
side on Wednesday of last week
as she was returning fnnn a trip
to a Fayetteville doctor. She was
returned to a hospital and was
taken from there to Charlotte by
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Davenport on Sunday. She will
return next week.
0
TEAL REACHES XJ. S.
The Air Force has announced
toe graduation of A-3c Floyd M.
Davis from toe electronics fun-
domentals school at Lowry Air
Force Base, Denver, Colorado.
Airman Davis is the son of Mr. and
Mto. Harvey B. Davis of Raeford
and is a graduate of Hoke BQgh
school.
O
LEGION, AUXILIARY TO
MEET TOGETHER FRIDAY
Cecil L. Teal, former linotype
operator for Th§ News-Journal
and toe Fayetteville Observer,
who has been In toe field artill
ery in Korea for toe past year,
arrived in San Francisco srester-
day and is expected home in a-
bout a week. He is toe sen of Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. ^TeaL
On Friday ni^trMay 2, at seven
o’clock toe American Legion and
toe Auxiliary wlU hold a joint
meeting. Post Commander R. B.
Lewis this week urged all mem
bers of both organizations to at
tend and said there would be a
good supper.
He also ^d that State Legion
Commander Lotds F. Parker
would be present along with
State Vice-Commander Joe Mann
of WhitevOle.
He asked that fijose planning to
attend "otiff l^el Mann or Wil
ton Wood.
Hoke County farmers were urg
ed again this week to do their
part in producing the feed grain
crops needed to support the ex
panding human and animal popu
lations of the country. R. J. Has
ty,, chairman of the County Agri
cultural Mobilization Committee,
said farmers face the problem of
making the best use of available
land, labor, equipment, and ferti
lizer and other materials. The
situation, he added, is affected
considerably by toe prospect that
the nitrogen supply will be short
or that part of toe supply will not
arrive in the State until late in
the season.
According to the County Chair
man, the State Agricultural Mo
bilization Committee is offering
these six suggestions:
1. On all crops, particularly
feed grains, use practices that wiU
give the highest yields.
2. If good com land is avail
able that is not being used, plant
it to corn.
3. Split the top-dressing appli
cation on corn, if necessary, to
make use of nitrogen supplies that
may not be avEulable until late
in the top-dressing season. Ex
periments show that com yields
do not suffer when half of toe
top-dressing is applied at the pre-
tasseling stage, provided the first
half has applied at toe
knee-high stage.
4. On land which can’t be used
to produce good yields of com,
plant other feed crops not requir
ing as much nitrogen, sudi as
soybeans. Remember, however, to
take score of lime, phosphorus
and potash needs.
5. As an alternate crop, plant
‘grain sorphum later to make use
of nitrogen top-dressing which
may be available for this purpose
atfer the top-dressing season Rxr
com has passed.
6. Get as mudi feed as possible
from pastures by using mineral
fertilizer and rotational grazhig.
— V
Sgt. and Mrs. Howard Pope and
sons of Fort Lee,, Virginia, spent
several days this week with Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Pope and other re
latives in town.
Miss Edith Baker, daughter ot
Mr. and Mn* Oovemor B Jeer, is
a patimt at Highamith P tdtaL
Charles Kermit Honeycutt, 19-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ros-
coe Honeycutt of Roseboro, Route
2, died instantly at about one-
thirty last Sunday morning m- an
auto accident at the Rockfish
creek bridge on the cut-off ircka
N. C. 211 to U. 3. 15-A north of
Raeford. A companion, Thomas
L. Norton, 21, of the same address
was sleeping in the back seat and
got out with cuts and bruises, al
though he was kept in a Fayette
ville hospital.
Honeycutt was driving toe 1939
two-door Chevrolet toward Fay
etteville and hit the left guard
rail of the bridge with the right
side of the car. The rail was
knocked down for some 20 feet
and the car fell off the left side
of the bridge and came to rest
bottom upwards in from eight to
ten feet of water, the creek being
high at the time.
Passersby noticed the railing
down and then the car in toe
water and came to Raefcad and
notified Night Policeman C. E.
Morrison, who went to the seme
and heard Norton yelling from
the water and bushes 40 or 50 feet
below toe bridge. He went to hbn,
but duetto the high water and
bis condition did not bring hioit
out but went back af^er Hij^
way Patrolman D. G. Surratt.
When they got back Norton towi
been remoked from the ctoek. by
other pastKutogj^ told
vtoo Tie wilY^aBttd toaf Hbtieyd
was driving, but they were unable
to locate him. Kermit Riley came
and got the car out of the creek,
but Honeycutt was not in it.
The Fayetteville fire chief, CpI.
B. C. Nesbitt and Patrolmen W. T.
Herbin and D. G. Surratt of the
State Highway Patrol, along with
several hundred citizens of the
section, looked on or took part in
the search that went on until mid-
afternopn for Honeycutt’s re
mains. His body was located near
where toe car had come to rest by
J. D. McKeithan with a hook.
'This was the third traffic fa
tality in the county in 1952;
Seniors To Present
Annual Play At HiRh
School Friday Night
At 8:30 Friday night. May 2,
the curtain will go up on the Sen
ior Class play, This year’s presen
tation, “Clementine,” promises to
be one of the best in a long line
of Hoke High Senior plays.
The plot centers around the
daughter of the Mayor, Clementine
Kelly, portrayed by Joyce Conoly.
“Clem” is a tom-boy almost six
teen whose naive actions high
light the scenes.
Mayor Gerald Kelly and bis
wife Mary, played by Goedoa
Adams and Annie Blue Caaoroo,
produce hilarious results urfaea
they try to steer their daughter
into more “genteel” paths instead
of football plays.
Jerome PidE)er is presented in
toe role of Hank Matthews who
finally wins Clementine.
Sarah Jane Cede as Katoy,
Cl^’s boy-crazy girl friend; Bet
ty Jane Adiburn, as Jane Ann, a
friendly little gossv; Bobby Setaer,
as “Sneezy”, wbo is afflicted wito
hay tevo'; and Bobby Alezander,
as Pete, a good-Ioedang boy oC
sixteen, make up the "Gang”.
Joan Sinciair, as Bertha the
maid, and John McLauchlin, at
the witty handy man. add much
to the final outcome wito their
humor. Mary McLean,
Ann McNeil, is (Jlem^
teadier.
Last, but not least, b NDss PAa*
gle, a prominmt .social iMdMv
placed by Marie Oottoan. She b
viedmfly exposed
program.