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i . --s>3 -sv- m rv-? 1 ■ t *: •■ W' voiaor muooMi MMIMAli ews- V ' i ’ The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XLVI; NUMBER 50 THURSDAY, MAY 8,1952 RAEFORD, N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPY $3.00 PER YEAE c^/fJLUncla - - / By the Editor Legion, Wives Hear State Commander At Meeting Friday About 10 years ago the \uider- ground in Occupied France was giving the German army some trouble witla a little device I can’t call the name of, but which was made of steel and thrown on the roads to destroy the enemy’s truck tires, and did. It was made up so it somewhat resembled the little piper windmills children- make, and no matter how it hit, one of its razor-sharp steel edges was up. It would be just the thing for the Jaycees to use on the grass ^ahd flower plots they have been work ing on in North Main street. Some characters of low civic pride, or none, have been driving on the grass and shrubs up there, and some of the -vvet-weather car tracks are pretty deep. Some of the posts have been hit, too. These boys did a lot of work and spent some money on that job and did a good one, and it’s maddening to see it spoiled by individuals who add nothing to the community. Could be some of the same fel- '^lows who take such delight in driving a tight- circle on the bah park or airport with the old man’s jalopy and. thereby spoiling a ball game or endangering some flyer’s • Hfe. Makes you all the madder be cause thete’s nothing to be done about it. The American Legion held its monthly meeting Friday evefting at the High School Cafeteria with Commander R. B. Lewis in charge. A large group of Legionnaires and their wives were present and en joyed a delicious fried chicken dinner prepared by Israel Mann, W. L. Poole and J. D. McKeithan. After dinner a nominating com mittee consisting of W. T. Gi'oson, Younger Snead, and Archie Mc- Diarmid wa§ appointed to recom mend officers for next year. The State Legion Commander, Louis Parker of Elizabethtown was introduced by Charles Hostet ler and made a short and interest ing speech. Commander .Parxer related some of the history of the Legion, of how it was organized in France in 1919 and how the first meeting was hpld in St. Louis after the war waS over. Parker also spoke of the aocompUshments of the Legion, such as getting the pensions raised for the disabled veterans. Before the Legion was organized, he stated; a totally dis abled veteran drew only S.30 a month. Parker also spoke at some len gth on the responsibility of this country and members of the American Legion to raise their children right, so that they would never be receptive to ideas which would lead this country to be dominated by Communism. J. L Condly Dies At Home Early Friday Chairman Calls Precinct Meetings Saturday At 2:30 North Carolina is consid^el one of the more progressive Sou ther?^ States, and if we ha4 one of those presidential J)reference primaries throivn in along with rei3fe::^vimary iWwgul.'Jrto- cus tS^^ of the wW nation YOUR ISCHOOL NEWS! By K.^A, Macl>^ald on us for a few days. It would be good advertising for the state and would cost practically nothing, since we would be having the pri mary anyway and the expense of adding two or three presiden tial aspirants to the ballot would be negligible. While it wouM mean nothing as to who got nom inated or elected, it would be a lot of fun. We could get an addi tional showing of the politicians prancing and rearing and going through their acts, and it seems to me it would be of real value • for us to get a look at the pres idential candidates first hand, something mighty few of us here ever get to do. W^e ought to get together and promote one of these things by 1956. Just look at the way the papers and radio have been talking about Florida and Ohio this week. The first and second year Latin classes at Hoke High are prepar ing to take the state Latin test on Friday of this week. In former years these classes have rated in the upper one third of all pupils in the state taking the tests. James Lawrence Conoly, 48, died at his home on Raeford, Route 2, early Friday morning of a heart attack. He had been ser iously ill for about a month and had gotten better, and then was worse on Thursday. He had suf fered from heart trouble for a- bout 10 years.. He was born here^ a son of Mrs, Lora Alice Campbell Conoly and the late J. E. Conoly and operated a service station and grocery bus iness on U. S. 15-A east of Raeford. He was a Mason and a member of the Wpodmen of the World. He was a member of the Rae ford Presbyterian church, and ftmeral service was conducted there at . three o’clock Sunday af ternoon by the pastor, the Rev W. B. Hesrward. Burial followed in the Raeford'cemetery. He is survived by his wife, the former Ruby Bowen; three sons, James R., Earl F. and Bobby Con oly, all of Raeford; two daughters, Joyce and Carolyn Rose, both of the home; his mother, Mrs. Lora Alice Conoly of Raeford; one brother, Daniel B. Conoly of Rae ford; one sister, Mrs. Glenn S. Taylor of Rocky Point, and one grandchild. 0. SENIOR PLAY TONIGHT The Senior Play “Clementine,” will be presented at the Hoke High school tonight at 8:30 o’' clock. It was to have been present ed last Friday night but was post poned because of the death of J L. Conoly, whose daughter, Joybe, was in the cast. 0 County Democratic Chairman Walter P. Baker announced this week that Democratic precinct meetings would be held in all the voting places in the county on Sat urday, May 10, at 2:30 p. m. for the purpose of electing precinct officers and delegates to the coun ty convention. He said the coimty convention would be held at the courthouse on the following, Saturday after noon, May 17, at 2:30. At this time the county chairman will be elect ed and delegates chosen to attend the State Democratic convention in Raleigh. ^ Baker asked all Democrats who are able to attend the meeting in their precinct on Saturday. Violations Of Liquw Laws Is Costly To Four Recorder Has Average Day Little League Gets Off To Big Start With About 70 Boys HD CHORUS PRACTICE The seventh grades in the coun ty visited Hoke High on Tuesday of this week. They were enter tained by the school and shown over the plant and in all ways made welcorhe for next year. There will be a practice of the Home .Demonstration Chorus on Friday evening. May 1), at 8:00 in the Educational Building of the Antioch Church. All members and others interested are invited to attend. ———0— lANO RECITAL FRIDAY Red Cross Falls Short Of Quota But Gets $2000 Charles A. Hostetler, chairman of the Hoke Coimty Red Cross Chapter, announced Wedensday that the final report of the annual Red Cross Drive had been cdni- pleted. The grand total received through contributions for the county amounted to $2019.99. This was over $200 short of the goal of $2295 set as a quota for the coun ty but Hostetler that it was $250 more than was collected last year and that he was very pleased with the showing made. McCain, which more than doub led its quota, aato Stonewall were the townships'%^icb Hostetler^^ stated went overmeir goafs. The top townships for the drive were Raeford Business Di.stvict under the supervision of Neil Senter, raisin.g $672 and McCain under Mrs. Harold Gentry which raised $136.16. Robbins Mill had a total of $317.70 including em ployee contributions and Stone wall gave a total of $136.16. Of the total amount raised in the county 47% remains in the county to do local work while the remaining 53% goes to the Na- Judge Henry McDiarmid used the sentence suspended on con dition of good behavior for a cer tain length of time to good effect in Hoke County recorder’s court, and Judge Harry Greene is using it even more. What it means, theoretically, is that the defend ant will have to serve the sentence if he is convicted of any offense during this time of good behavior. This is quite a deterrent to repe tition of the same offense and in the case of a liquqr dealer of two arouM^ here, has certainly been the ^use of the offender moving his■^perations elsewhere. I say “theoretically,” however, because at present there is no sys tem which will tell the judge or 'Solicitor whether or not a defend ant appearing before him is un der suspended sentence or hot. They must remember him, or else The installation ceremonies for the new student government offi cers will take place at the chapel hour, 10:30 a. m., tomorrow, Fri day. We hope quite a number of visitors can be present; The stu dent government has been in op eration now for two years and is working nicely. We congratulate the student body. Mrs. W. B. Heyward will pres ent her piano pupils in recital Fri day evening in the Ladies Parlor at the Presbyterian church. The public is invited. 0 PERSONALS R. E. Neeley, county board member, and K. A. MacDonald went to Raleigh on Tuesday for a conference with the school plan ning division of the State Depart ment of Public Instruction and the State Insurance Department. It is felt that the trip helped to speed the time when the -Boaro will get the new McLauc’niin Ele mentary building underway. The Uifchurch school baseball team plays the Maxton school at Legion Park on Monday, May 12 at 2:30 p. m. In an average day before Judge Harry Greene in Hoke County recorder’s court two defendants paid for being connected with a still the sheriff’s department un covered, and another in another case paid for having non-tax paid liquor for purposes of sale. Other cases involved assault and traffic violations. Charlie Locklear, Indian, went to the roads for 12 months for possessing a liquor still and Cecil Locklear went for 18 months for the same offense. Each also got 30 days to be suspended on pa3unent of the costs for illegal possession of liquor. W. H. Warwick, white, was charged with running the still also, but found not guilt3?. He did plead guilty of illegal possession of liquor and got 60 days suspend ed on payment of $50 and the costs and 18 months, good be havior- Buster Townsend, colored, was found guilty of possessing non-tax paid liquor for the purpose of sale. He got six months suspend ed on payment of $50 and the costs and 18 months good behavior. John Dunk McNeill, colored, paid $10 and the costs for driving an imporperly equipped car as did Columbus Thomas, Riley Barrett and Lawrence Gilchrist, all color ed. Betty Tew, white, William Roosevelt Parker and Ernest Mc Call, colored, each had to pay $25 and the costs for careless and reckless driving. McCall’s 60 day sentence was suspended on condi tion of one year’s good behavior also. W. H. Pilsf, white, was found guilty of assaulting D. J. Jones, peace officer at McCain. He got 60 days suspended on payment of $25 and the costs and 12 months good behavior. Robert Caorthan, colored, got 60 days suspended on payment of $10 and the costs and two years good behavior for being drunk and disorderly. Haywood Wilson, col The Tigers and Indians of the Aberdeen-Raeford Little Baseball League held their first tryouts at the Little League field north of Robbins Heights Saturday after noon and 62 boys were registered for the two teams. The workouts were continued on Monday and over 70 reported. The teams will each have a roster of 15 when the season opens the 21st of this month, and in the meantime the managers and as sistants must look the large group over and pick their squads. First game wiU be here on Wednesday, May 21, when the Tigers of Rae ford will play the Cubs of Aber deen. Alfred Cole is manager of one team with W. L. Poole and Willie Hodgin as assistants. Rowe H. Chapman is manager of the other Raeford team and has Joe Davis and Horace Ramsey as assistants. J. P. Bell is chief umpire for the Tax Appraisal Is Considered By Coimty Board Board Also Asks Highway Commission To Constmct Temporary Bridge In a session somewhat more active than usual the county board of commissioners at their monthly meeting asked the State Highway commission to construct a temporary bridge over Rockfish creek north of Raeford while a new concrete and steel bridge is being built there. This was done due to the great inconvenience be'- ing suffered by farmers in and north of Raeford who need to get across the creek with their stock and equipment and to detours school busses are having to make. The cutoff from 15-A to 2U was closed for the bridge building last week. The board also instructed John local games and scorekeepers are j to write the Southern M. D. Yates for Cole’s team and : Engineering Com- Younger Snead for Chapman’s. - Greensboro and ask them to have a representative at the next meeting of the board to dis cuss the appraisal of property in Raeford and Hoke County for tax purposes. The budget for public assistance cases handled through the county board of welfare was presented by Mrs. C. H. Giles, superintend ent of welfare, and approved. It include: aid for the blind, $1335^ old age assistance, $10,500; aid to dependent childretf, $2,983; aid to permanent and totally disabled, $1,260. 'These funds are supple ments to state and national funds allotted for the same purposes. The boa^-d granted Judge Henry McDiarmia two more, naoriths t>t leave due to his health. Harry Greene was appointed t ^ continue Practice sessions are bing held each afternoon from 5:30 until 6:30 at the Robbins Heights play ground. Boys must bring their own gloves and shoes, either tennis shoes or the regular Little League shoes with rubber cleats must be worn. Robbins Mills is furnishing uniforms and catcher’s equipment, bats, balls, etc. Uni forms for the local teams are gray with navy blue caps and trhnmings and gray with royal blue. Boys at least 8 years old who will no reach their 13th birthday before August 1 are eligible to play. Raeford Television tional Headquarters for worx got 30 days suspended on I On Wednesday afternoon begin ning at one o’clock the county music festival was held at the Burlington School with all the schools in the county participat- dig through the records in the ing and also one from Scotland clerk’s office for the information about each defendant. That would be' a big job. What would make it really work would be for the judge or the solicitor or the clerk to maintain a little card file with the name of each individual un der suspended sentence on it in alphabetical order. They could have a system for taking names out of it when the time expires just like we do'^expired subscrip tions, or like the bank does when your note come due —^ they nei er forget. When I was In the Bo' (Continued on Pafo IS County. Musical numbers were presented by each school. Rythm bands from several of the schools were also on the program. The Upchurch school i? cele brating music week this week with a musical program eacn day at the chapel hour.^ The week’s celebration is culminated Friday evening by a concert given by the band and choral club. This even ing of music should be enjoyed by everyone that attends. Thursday afternoon of last week the Upchurch School held its an- (OqntiBaed on F*fi 6) Mrs. William M. McFauyen at tended the 50th anniversary re union of her graduating class at Flora Macdonald college on Tues day of this week, and the luncheon at the home of Miss Mary Mc- Eachern, given for the members of the class. Mrs. J. W. McLauch lin, also attended the reunion and luncheon as an especial guest, since she was a member of the faculty at Flora Macdonald when the class graduated. The Rev. W. B. Heyward re turned to Raeford yesterday after a visit with his mother, Mrs. N. J. Heyward, who is a patient at the Martha Jefferson hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia. Miss Ida McLauchlin was a pat ient at Highsmith hospital, Fay etteville, last week. She'is new at home and is better but not com pletely well. She had an eye in fection. Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Blue and N6.U1 James Blue : attended May DajXat Queens college, Charlotte, last i Friday. Miss Bor.n-.e Kate Blue took part in the exercises. Sgt. Howard Pope, who has been stationed at Camp Lee, Vir ginia, for some time, left Sunday for Camp Pickett, Virginia, and will go from there overseas. Mrs. Pope and three children have rented an apartment in Sanford and wiU make their home there while Sgt. Pope is gone. Mrs. H. V. Stuart of Charlotte spent the week end here with her father, W. A. McLean. which will be done on a national level. Included in the list of things accomplished with the money that stays in the county are helping needy persons, assisting families that are burned out or otherwise disaster struck, and helping get service men home quickly on emergency furloughs. Hostetler and Horace Walters, chairman of the drive, jointly stated that they wished to thank all who assisted in'the drive and helped to make a good showing for the county. 0 ^ Company Opens Here | for f^^se two months, wo.i.:h wiR I expire on July 6. It was voted to’ purchase a mo- Massey Hill High Beats Hoke, 4-1 Raeford journeyed to Massey Hill last Thursday afternoon and not only lost the ball game but also lost their chance to wdn the Class A district 4 title as Massey Hill came out on lop of- a 4-1 score. Phillips, the mainstay of the Bucks pitching staff, allowed but 4 hits to the opposition but failed to receive either adequate fielding or batting support in lo.s- ing. Raeford scored first in the sec ond inning but Massey Hill came right back in the bottom of the third to score two tallies and take over the lead which they never relinquished. The vic-nr.^ added single runs in the fourth and the sixth as further insurance but these weren’t needed as Raefard failed to bunch any mor>5 of their five hits. No Hoke player received more than one hit rmd at the same time none of the infielders com mitted more than one error. The locals play Southern Pines there on Friday and at Tar Heel next Tuesd.ay and close out the regular season schedule ..by play- ihg both Soutfiem Pines here on Wednesday and Rowland Fridaj^ altemooB. payment of $10 and the costs and one year of good behavior for the same offense. Robert Bullard, Inidan, got 60 days suspended on payment of $25 and the costs for driving without a driver’s license. Neill Archie McMillan, colored, paid $10 and the costs for follow ing another vehicle too close. 0 Hoke County Paving Report For April Raleigh, May 7 — The State Highway Commission completed 15.9 miles of new paving Li Hoke County during April, Commission er George S. Coble reporte-i today. The newly-hardsurfaced roads and their lengths are: Continuing turnpike Road to Scotland Coimty line, 3.3 miles; From Turnpike Road toward The Raeford Tolevii ciii C pany is open for basiiiess .’in the new post office bmld'n« n-e.Nt tci the town hall. Owner of the bn.s- ii css is Dodson Lowdcr_ of Al bemarle, and manager is Martin I,. Webb, well-known radio re- paii man here. Lowder has been in the radio and appliance field for a good many years and operates the same type of store in Albemarle with his brother, as well as two super markets and a grocery store. The store will feature the HalU- crafters line of television and ra dio sets and the Necchi line of sewing machines. Th- Necehl is a widely known make of sewing machine, and is famous for its eleven different operations with out attachments. The store has advertised its grand opening for''Saturday, May 10, but it has been necassarv to delay this due to the unavoidable delay of certain specialists who will be here to demonstrate the Necchi sewing machine. The grand opening, refreshments and all, will be held on Saturday, M.ay 17. They are open for business now. I National Guard Units Montrose, 2.9; From NC 211 about p; _ A f Rraffir 1.0 mile south of Raeford to USf*^**^*^ 15-A about 1.0 mile east of Rae ford, 2.1 miles; Extending old! The local guard unit finally was Carthage Road from NC 211 west, able to fire its entire roster of 1.9 miles; Extending Ashley | men at Ft. Bragg last week end Heights Road southwards, 2.51 after they were rained out the miles; From Bethel Church to old! week before. The batterv, along Maxton Road, 3.2 mU^. with the other outfits of the bat- The Sixth Highway Division 1 talion, arrived at Ft. Bragg ^tur- finished 109.92 miles of new road I day morning and camped m the work during April Commissioner I field. Firing began Saturday morii- Coble announced. ing and was completed early Sim- The Highway Commission has I day afternoon. The men, firing completed 84 per cent of Cover-1 their individual carbines for the nir Scott’s requested 12,000-mfles J familiarization cours?, pitched paving goal under the secondary I tents and spent the ni^t. They road bond program. Some 10,061.6 j were well fed by their field kitch- miles of farm-to-market roads lens. have been hard-surfaced and an-1 The battalion will recura to other 14,422.4 mfles stabilized for Bragg this we^ Mid for their all-weather travel during the last third week end of training prior three years. 1 to departure for summer encamp- g I meut the middle of June. Mr. and Mrs. George Wood of j The local unit has a total of 95 Vanceboro v »re week end vtrftors | enlisted mMi and has openings in the home of Mrs. Wood^ par- j for qualified men of IT or 18 vd»o ents. Mr. and lbs. Jesse Chdledge. > widi to join. tion picture screen for use by the farm and home agents and to pay the sheriff, clerk and deputy sheriff and grand jury guard at the same rate as jurors and to make this retroactive to include the last term of Superior court. 0— Town Board Has Routine Meeting The town commissioners of Rae ford held their regular monthly meeting this week and took up several matters of regular busi ness. They accepted North Magnolia street for continue maintenance and improvement. This was “de dicated” for use as .i street by W. M. Blue and John W. Moore around 1908. Dwelling house con struction finally reaching the area made the move necessary ey the board. It was voted to pay the Lifcary association 350 when the mon^ became available and to raise ttie price of cemetery lots to $50. The mayoar appointed a cmb- mittee to investigate and get te- formation necessary to form a zoning commission tof fte town. J. H. Blue was directe'J V> make a map for the town’s apfiBcrtioii / jor 1952 Powdl bill funds for paving streets in town. T1& ap* pl^i^tion must be in by Jidy 3I« NaB^al Music Wei Observed This is National Music Week and, as is its custom, the CSiam- inade Music Club of Raefmrd wOl observe it. This morning at 10^ (Thursday) a program is h^ng broadcast over WEEB at Soptir- em-Pines. Sunday evening the aanual sacred concert will he promilkd at 8 o’riock at the Baptisi Chimb and the public is invited. Mr. and Mrs. Jobtt and famP ’ have hombt ud mvf ed in* bone euk M SeMift HiTht kaoaSlMMk.