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Tee News -Jo urea! voici or fUlDOM OUM.MS or iipuj The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal A.'ICI o Xf' WttPOM ijn:: f MOMj f Vv K ,, , v ) III. M I -j S 0 VOLUME XLVIII; NUMBER 37 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1954 RAEFORD, N, C. 10c PER COPY ?3.00 PER YEAR By The Editor There seems to be some mis understanding between W. L. Poole, who is at this time chair man ot the Hoke County board of elections, and Walter P. Baker, chairman of the county Demo cratic executive committee. Poole announced last week that he was ready to receive the filing fee,s of any who wished to file as candidates for county offices in the primary May 29. This week he comes along and says he will not take any money until after the executive committee meets, which Baker says they are to do next Monday. According to the law as I understand it, Poole remains chairman until he is re appointed or until someone else is appointed. A recommendation will come from the executive committee meeting, and Poole, who was appointed to finish G. B. Rowland's appointment when.ter the score stood 14 to 9 in fa Rowland became recorder's Court solicitor, says he will Just let things sit until the meeting next Monday. If there's more to this than meets the eye, I cannot dig it out. Hooch McLean says that there is some consolation in the fact that the deflated dollar lightens the burden of those who have to lug their purchases from the stores to the back streets of Rae ford. Now Hooch is making sense, I believe, and it may be some thing of a coincidence that the Chamber of Commerce Merch ants' committee is working right now on a plan to get all who work on Main Street to park elsewhere, so the customer, the man who keeps us on Main Street, can park his car there while he spends his money with us. So, Hooch, while we can't inflate your buck right away, we can make it so you won't have to carry your load so far. Watch and see. (No comments, please, about whether the old buck is preently flated or deflated.) Just a year ago this morning Lawrence McNeill, Harry Greene and myself were in the Pentagon hearing a long song and dance from the Army about why they had to have the Hoke County land. Things looked mighty dark to the Hoke delegation then. Mention of Greene reminds me that I heard somewhere that Knox Watson, former chairman of the county board of commis sioners' was thinking seriously about opposing him for the Hoke seat in the General Assembly. I don't know whether this is true or not. Knox is a fine man and I like him, but I would hate to see the people of this county throw Greene out after the way he went to bat for the land in Raleigh and Washington and any where else he could last year, and I don't believe they will do it. Other than this I have no particular interest in the matter, would not presume to try to tell anyone- how to vote, and do not intend to mention it again. Politics seems to be getting an early start all over this year, but other than the above and the fact that Ed Willis is going to run against Sheriff D. H. Hod gin, news of a local political na ture has not come to my ears. Maybe mine are -the ears they keep it away from, for fear I'll print it. At least one man thinks I'm wrong about my intentions as to questioning the county board of education, and told me so. He thinks it would be bad to have people vote a good man off the board just because he didn't happen to see the need for a principal at the McLauchlin school. Well, I'm not but one vote, but I just think the people like to know where candidates stand on issues, and that is an issue to some of u. Cage Teams Win; 15th For Lassies; 71st Here Friday (Contributed) The Hoke High basketball teams traveled to Red Springs last Tuesday night and came home with three victories. Jayvees Win The Junior Varsity team of Hoke High took the lead in the first quarter by a score of six points. At the half time the score stood 21 to 13. The Junior Varsity played a fine game in which the subs were able to see some action in the game. The Junior Varsity won by a score of 45 to 24. Up church was high with 16 points and Thornburg followed with 8 points. Girls Win Another The girls basketball team won their 15th game from Red Springs Dcvilettcs, although the Hoke High sextet had some trouble J getting started. At the first quar- vor of the Devilcttes. The Hoke sextet was still behind at the half time by a score of 23 to 19. The Devilettes led the way in the third quarter by a pace of three points. The Raeford sextet was on fire the fourth quarter and pulled a way from the Devilettes. The guards showed fine defense in the fourth quarter and gave the forwards a chance to get ahead. The final score of the game was 51 to 43. Hodgin was high scorer for the sextet with 28 points and following close behind was Guin with 10 points. Outstanding on defense for the guards were Mc Lean, Scull, Everleigh and Snead. The Raeford sextet has an aver age of 62 points per game and in conference games 60 points. Hod gin has an average of 30 points a game and Guin has 21 points per game.. Dark has an average of 5 points. Boys Victorious The Hoke High boys team play ed an excellent game against the Red Springs Devils. The Hoke boys were behind in the first quarter by a score of 8 to 10. They pulled away from the Devils in the second quarter and led by a score of 26 to 13 at half time. Raeford kept right on hitting and was ahead by a good margin in the third quarter. At the end of the third quarter the score stood 38 to 21 in favor of Raeford. In the final quarter the Devils were beginning to hit and trying their best to catch up but the Hoke boys won the game by a score of 56 to 35. The local boys made a fine showing against the Red Springs Devils last Friday night and they hope to do just the same against 71st here Friday night. Daniels was high for Raeford with 15 points and second was Bobbitt with 14 points. Dixon was outstanding on defense. Edwards for the Red Springs Devils, was high scorer with 18 points. Friday night there will be three games on the local court. For the girls' team, 71st has only lost two games so far this season. The Hoke High girls have a fine re cord of 15 wins and no losses. The boys have won eight and lost seven. Let's everybody come to the game tomorrow night and support our teams. Robbins Mills, Inc., Reports Loss For '53 Robbins Mills Inc., announced last week a consolidated net loss of $2,996,220 on net sales of $60, 690,117 for the fiscal year ended Nov. 30, 1953. The loss compares with a con solidated net loss of $773,860 on net sales of $57,985,719 for the previous fiscal year, after credit ing a refund of federal income tax of $797,044 due to carryback of operating loss. Last year's loss was said to be due largely to unsatisfactory conditions existing in the syn thetic fabric market, and includes inventory markdown and certain non-recurring losses, the an nouncement said. Carolina Cotton Quota Up 96,193 A. North Carolina cotton farmers will receive a total of 96,193 acres, more in their 1954 cotton allotments, under the new quotas announced Monday by Agricul ture Secretary Benson. The increase results from the bill raising the national quota from 17,910,488 acres to 21,379, 358 acres. North Carolina's quota rises from 521,638 acres to 624,831 acres, and . South Carolina's rises from 786,006 acres to 929,030 acres. The total for the two states increases from 1,314,644 acres to 1,553,861. Farmers will be informed of their individual farm allotments as rapidly as these can be de termined by the state and county committees of the Commodity Stabilization Service, the Agricul true Department said. Miss Louise Blue, Hoke County secretary for tne Commodity Stabilization Service, is in Ra leigh today at a statewide meet ing on the subject of cotton al lotments, and could not be reach- cd for information on the total acreage increase for this county, if she knew it before going. Funeral Held Tues. For Mrs. Martin Ray Mrs. Martin A. Ray, 71, died Sunday night at her home here after a lingering illness. Funeral services were conducted at the home on Tuesday afternoon by th Rev. W. B. Heyward, pastor of the Raeford Presbyterian Church, and burial followed in the Rae ford cemetery. Mrs. Ray was the former Sadie Arnold, daughter ot John P. and Elizabeth Duling Arnold. She was born in Mineral County, West Virginia. She was a member of the Raeford Presbyterian Church and her husband, before his death in 1930, was a Presbyterian minister. Surviving are one daughter, Miss Charlotte Ray of the home; one son, Arnold Ray of Lexing ton; and two grandchildren. METHODIST MEN WILL MEET FRIDAY NIGHT The Men's club of the Raeford Methodist Church will have its regular supper meeting in the basement of the church on Friday night, February 12. The meeting will start at 7:00 o'clock and speaker for the occasion will be Rev. James E. Baker, who be came pastor of the Raeford Bap tist Church the first of this month. I Framed ' Felon" Incarcerated . I IBi! in 'nnn I r nm -t fit " mirnini 11 imirriir i HI m m m. f mrman JuJ From Man of the Year to jail in one week ... it could happen nowhere but here. Old "Counterfeit" Dickson was framed by a bunch of his "friends" on Saturday night and jumped from a modest fifth place in the Jaycees "Most Wanted Man" contest to a sizeable lead at 9:30 when the vot ing was closed. The contest was honestly won by "Pearshape" Upchurch and "Scarface" Scarborough, it is thought, with Dickson being framed by the mob when it was too late to do anything about it. On Monday, as promised, he was appre hended by Police Chief Harry Dees, as may be seen above left, and thrown into the lockup, as may be seen through the bars above right. Shag "Deerfoot" Epstein, local character, was apprehended by Dees and jailed briefly on suspicion (probably of over-campaigning The whole business brought in $205.01 to the March of Dimes, some of it from places it it from otherwise. i Plan More Benefits For March Of Dimes Stalling another week on re porting the community standings in the March of Dimes in the hope of getting nearer their goal, Rae ford Jaycecs this week announced several more benefits in the drive to fight infantile paralysis and urged the public to help them by attending. They said they hoped to report on the amount raised in each com munity and division of the drive by next week. Another Card Tourney Another card tournament was planned for the Hoke High gym nasium on Monday night, with play to start at 7:30. Players will be asked to contribute to the drive and there will be a small prize at each table. Quewhiffle Supper The Quewhiffle Township bar becue supper, as previously an nounced, will be held on Friday night, February 12, at Ashemont School, with serving starting at 6:00 o'clock. Square Dance Tonight The McLauchlin Township com mittee is holding a square dance at the armory in Raeford on Thursday night, February 11, with music by Elmore Stanton and his string band. It was announced that the March of Dimes day at the Chat terbox drive-in brought $30 to the drive. 0 American Legion Has Go To Church Month Ellis Williamson Post No. 20 of the American Legion will join with other Posts throughout the United Stater in the observance of "Go To Church Month" during February, Post Commander Youn ger F. Snead announced this week. The following schedule has been approved for local Church at tendance: Sunday morning, Feb ruary 14th, at the Raeford Bap tist Church; Sunday morning, February 21st at the Raeford Methodist Church; Sunday morn ing, February 28th at the Raeford Presbyterian Church. All Legionnaires and ex-service men are urged by the com mander to attend these services. Special seating arrangements will be made at each service. About 30 members of the Post enjoyed an oyster roast on Mon day night when the regular mon thly meeting was held at Lake wood. for Dickson). would have been hard to get 'Whammy Crings Many Speeders To Recorder's Court The State Highway Patrol had its "whammy" device for catch ing motorists exceeding the speed limit in operation in this county last week, and it brought about 30 charges of speeding to the doc ket for the Tuesday session of Hoke County recorder's court b fore Judge T. O. Moses. Speeders appearing for trial were W. H. Barnes, James A. Pat terson, Charles A. Connell, Mel vin E. Parker, Thomas M. Gallos, Obery C. Davis, William W. Ma lone ,a!l white, James Smith, Er nest Alderman, Luke Thompson, all colored, $20 and costs each; Jack Barfield, white, $25 and costs; R. P. Abbott, white, costs. Forfeiting bonds were Carmela Papa, B. N. Lisenby, Roscoe L. Thornton, David A. Curry, Ar thur J. Stokes, R. J. Martini, all white, $25 each; Wilson Norton, white, $24; Jack W. Kenyon, Wil bur A. Mossener, Johnny F. Thomas, Donald R. Lester, H. D. Edgerton, Jr., R. D. Hill, Jr., Fred Fallon, all white, $35 each; Wal ter A. Krappe, white, $50. On January 26 Joe Tyler, In dian, was found guilty of having a liquor still and having non-tax-paid liquor, and was given eight to 12 months to be suspended on payment of $300 and costs in the first case and 30 days to be su spended on payment of $50 and costs in the second. These judg ments were stricken from the re cord and this week Judge Moses changed the finding to guilty of "aiding and abetting" in the oper ation of the still and suspended judgment on payment of costs. The other charge was dropped. The five colored schoolboys who had been found guilty last week of breaking into the lunch room at Upchurch School, Cor nell Ross, Stanton Walter Mc- Kinnon, Willie Ashley, Roosevelt Powell, and Lawrence Murchi son, each had judgment suspend ed on payment of costs and $10 for the school, and on condition of two year good behavior. Paul Edwards, white, pled guilty of driving drunk, a second offense. Sentence was six months to be suspended on payment of $200 and costs. For driving after his license had been revoked he got 60 days suspended on payment of $200 and costs and two years good behavior. Rodney Locklear, Indian, pled guilty to a charge that he had a still and still-beer. Sentence was from four to six months, suspend ed on payment of $150 and costs and two years good behavior. James Willie Ross, colored, pled guilty of assault with a deadly weapon by shooting Mc Kinley Thomas with an old pistol. Sentence was 60 days to be su spended on payment of $10 and costs, half by Thomas and half by Ross. Alonzo Alford, colored, and Gene "Doc" Campbell, white, each had to pay $10 and costs for I public drunkenness. Daniel Ellerby and Roscoe (Continued on bacic page) o PRESBYTERIAN MEN TO MEET TUESDAY NIGHT The regular monthly supper meeting of the men of the Raeford Presbyterian Church will be held in the high school cafeteria at 7:00 o'clock next Tuesday night, W. C. Phillips, president, an nounced this week. Phillips pro mised themen a good supper and a good program and urged them to attend. 0 HARRISON MOVES H. D. Harrison, Jr., local at torney, moved his office last week into the offices vacated by Dr. Julius Jordan on the sccind floor of the Bank of Raeford building. j Harrison had been in a one-room office on the same floor and the move gives him larger quarters with a reception room as well as a private office. Dundarrach, abia Communities lo Get Phones Next Month Approximately 33 applicants in the Dundarrach and Arabia com munities are scheduled to receive telephone service sometime during March it was disclosed today by T. W. Rose of Fayetteville, man ager for Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company. Although this will mean an ad ditional telephone service for Dundarrach, it will be the first time that telephone service has been made available to subscrib ers in Arabia. These communities are located in the East and Southeast section of Hoke County. Manager Rose said that in or der to provide this service, it will be necessary for the telephone company to build approximately eight miles of pole line and string over 43 circuit miles of telephone wire. He estimated the total cost of this project would be over $12,000. Telephone service will be provided these communities through the Raeford exchange. According to Rose, the neces sary right of way permits for this pole line Construction have been secured and telephone company crews have already begun work on this project. O National Guard Unit Holding Recruiting Drive Battery A, 130th Anti-aircraft battalion, of Raeford, a unit of the 30th "Old Hickory" Infantry Division, is conducting an inten sive recruiting campaign during this month to bring the unit up to its full authorized strength, it has been announced by Captain Ed win D. Newton, commanding of ficer. Captain Newton said the local appeal is being coordinated with similar drives being conducted by the National Guard of North Car olina and other Guard units throughout the United States dur ing February. Governor William B. Umstead of North Carolina has proclaimed February as "National Guard Recruiting Month" in the State, and Mayor Alfred Cole of Raeford issued a similar procla mation for this community this week. Prospective guardsmen can en list at the National Guard Armory here on week days between the hours of 8:00 a. m. and 5:00 p. m. when Warrant Officer Roger W. Dixon is on duty from Monday through Friday. They may also enlist at the regular weekly drill periods on Monday nights from 7:30 to 9:30. Age limits are 17 to 35. Written consent of parents is necessary for enlistment of young men who have not yet reached their 18th birthdays. "The National Guard is asking all men in this age bracket, especially those subject to military service by law, to con sider the many advantages of membership in the Guard," Cap tain Newton said. "Aside from the primary con sideration of fulfilling a patriotic obligation to one's country", he added, "never before has the Guard offered so many training, promotion and pay opportunities. "We will be glad to furnish full information to interested young men and their parents." The local battery was the first organized in North Carolina after World War II, and has been con sidered one of the best in the State since its organization on March 10, 1947. As its 1953 Fed eral Inspection Battery A receiv ed the highest rating of any bat tery in its battalion. The Batta lion, commanded by Lt. Col. Wil liam Lamont, Jr., of Raeford, has been commended for excellence several times during the past sev eral years for Its performances at Camp Stewart, Ga., and Fort Mc Clcllan, Alabama. o Eddie Allen is sick this week with a throat infection. Chambers Drive For Members To Start Feo. 15th Release Plans For 1954 The board of directors of the Raeford Chamber of Commerce held the second of its regular monthly lunch meetings at the Raeford Hotel Tuesday and made plans for the 1954 membership drive to start next Monday, Feb ruary 15, and run throughout the month or until all businesses in the community are members. ine Doara also discussed lis plans and objectives to improve the civic and business life of the town during the year with the help of its members, the people of the town and the town board of commissioners, and it was decid ed that these things talked about and planned should be published, so that all may help carry them out. In connection with the member ship drive, each person or firm joining the Chamber will be ask ed to agree not to respond to any request for funds until the solici tation is reviewed by a secret committee of the Chamber and approved in writing. It was pointed out that this action is be ing taken by the Chamber only to protect its members from un worthy solicitations and is not to affect in any way the activities of salesmen of legitimate business firms. "Finer Carolina" Contest Phojects entered in the "Finer Carolina" contest in cooperation with the Town Board were ap proved consisting of improving the appearance of the poles and wiring on Main Street and get ting better street lights with Mar ion Gatlin as chairman; a general town clean-up, with emphasis on back alleys and vacant lots with Jake Austin as chairman; a per manent plan for cleaning and beautifying the cemetery, with Paul Dickson and the civic club representatives as the committee; improving and beautifying the swimming hole on Rockfish Creek, which the town owns, and getting the road to it paved, with Tom McBryde as chairman; im proving and beautifying the Park in the Pines east of the Mc Lauchlin Elementary School, pro viding an enclosed, paved skating area, with Lawrence McNeill as chairman; getting the greatest number of streets paved, with as much curb and gutter as possible, with Truman Austin as chairman. Retail Merchants Organize W. C. Phillips, chairman of the Retail Merchants committee of the Chamber, reported to the board on a lunch meeting he held with this committee on Monday. He said that plans for various types of trade promotions for the whole town were discussed and that definite plans would be an nounced as soon as they had been worked out with a larger num ber of the town's merchants. He said that a town-wide trade pro motion in the form of "Dollar Days" was to be held on Febru ary 19, 20 and 22, and that over 30 firms were to offer special items in cooperation with the movement. Members of this com mittee are J. I. Hubbard, John Draughon, Elmore Stanton, A. H. McPhaul, Harry Epstein, L. W. Turner, Luke McNeill and J. E. Byrd. The board also talked of the possibility of organizing a credit bureau and is investigating the ways and means of doing this in connection with having a full time Chamber office in Raeford. It is also hoped that State license plates will be on sale in Raeford by December. Other committees of the Cham ber are National Affairs, which advises on legislative matters af fecting business, J. W. McPhaul, chairman, J. B. Thomas, Harry Greene and Younger Snead, and R. B. Lewis as National Council lor; Industrial Committee, J. L. McNeill and C. L. Thomas; Edu cation Committee, Marion Gatlin, (Continued on Page 8)
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