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journal The Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 yOLl'ME LIX yVMBKRH RAEtVHD, HOKE COiy TY, SORTH CAROLI.SA $4 PER \EAH 10 PER COPY TUiHSDt), JiyEi.l96t m HRST PRIMARY • A .541 Preyer Wins In Hoke By 284-Vote Margin (A Heavy %/ Shou's Turnout At Polls ^ A FLAGPOLE -• Hoke County courthouse this week received a new flagpole, a gift from Woodmen of the World. Eli Shankle. left, chairman of the board of county commissioners, and E. G. Inman, field representative of WOW, are shown hoisting the flag. In the background are members of the board of commissioners and J. Ed Smith, who made the presentation on behalf of WOW, Courthouse Gets Flag, Flagpole J. Ed Williams, North Caro lina Head Consul, Woodmen of the World, presented a United States flag Monday to the Hoke County Board of Commis sioners on behalf of the local Camp 118. The camp, headed by Consul Commander Robert Conoly, asked permission to erect a flagpole on the courthouse grounds several weeks ago. It * •' 4a-the first time since the build ing was erected in 1911 that a flag has' flown there. The presentation was made to the county board prior to Its regular monthly meeting Mon day morning. Acceptance was made by Chairman J. E. Shankle. Me expressed appre ciation to the lodge members and commended the WOW for Its thoughtful endeavors. The nag was raised by J. E. Inman. Held representative, WOW. The courthouse also sports a new name plate. Within the past few weeks heavy aluminum letters spelling out Hoke County Courthouse have been placed on the face of the building near the top. Andrews Returns To Bench Judge J. M. Andrews, vice recorder, returned to the bench In Hoke Recorder’s Court this week, taking over In the ab sence of Judge Harry Greene, who Is confined to Moore Me morial Hospital. Routine cases dominated the two-day session, with a light docket processed during Tues day's trials of misdemeanors. Traffics cases were heard Mon day. During the session, Judge Andrews handed down the fol lowing decisions: Hector McKinnon, Raeford, assault, 30 days suspended, costs, good behavior for 12 months. Henry Graham, Raeford Rt. 2, posslsslon of Illegal whisky for purpose of sale, 60 days suspened, |2S and costs. Tonzel Akins, Aberdeen, reckless driving, 60 days su- apended, $28 and costs. Wil liam Randolph Clarke, Ralelgl> speeding 75 miles per hour, 60 days suspended, $10 and costs. James Parks Byrd, Aber deen, reckless driving, 60 days suspended, $10 and costs. Jamea Hall, Raeford, drunk and disorderly and resisting arrest, 60 days suspended, $10 and costs. ^ Billy Stone, Charlotte, speed ing 78 miles per hour, 80 days suspended, $10 and coaU. Winston Louis Leak, Aber deen, reckless driving, not guilty, Thomaa E. Blofeld, Ft. Bragg, reckless driving, nol pros with leave. Nicola Hollingsworth, Rae ford Rt. 1, reckleae driving, 30 days suspended |10 and costa. I See COURT, Page 9 $35,000 HIGHER New Town Budget Studied By Board Town commissioners took under study a proposed budget of $242,000 for the coming year at Monday night’s monthly meeting. The new figures run 17 per cent or $3.5,000 higher than last year’s budget of $207,000. It would not. however, increase the tax rate of $1.17, Ed Wil liams. town'lnanager, said. • The board plans to arrive at some definite budget figure by July 1. the beginning of the new fiscal year. Williams, who presented the budget estimates, said the addi tional funds must go for main tenance of the new disposal plant, about $17,000. for street sweeper operation, a new police car, a shelter for town equip ment and other leser Items. He pointed out that income to take care of the increase will be derived from new pri vilege licenses. Increased water department bills, in creased cemetery lot prices and other Items. In other business, the board adopted a resolution putting town employes on a retirement system according to the N. C. Local Government Com mission’s reccommendations. They also voted to raise the wages of any town employee who Is now making 85 cents to $1 per hour. The town board also passed a motion to pave or resurface part of seven streets. The projects will concern East Donaldson from McRae to Crawford Sts.; East Donald son from Jackson to N. Main; West Donaldson from Magnolia to Bethel; West Sixth from Main to Magnolia; East Edlnbouough from the cemetery to Jackson;' Niven St, and Alley St. from Elwood to Main. The board passed a motion to table any action regarding a low-rent housing project for the time being. A proposal to this effect has been understudy for some time. The town managergaveacost experience report on the bull dozer that is hired at the town dump. After study of the report the board authorized the town manager to negotiate with heavy equipment operators in this area about the possibility of entering into a contract to do the work at the town dump. Pastor Quits Local Church The Rev. Henry W. Gventer, pastor of Parker Methodist Church for the past three years, will leave soon for Blackvllle, West Va. The minister recently re ceived his degree from Duke University and will attend the national conference before be ginning his pastorate at the Blacksvllle church. Parker’s church pulpit will be filled by various speakers L. Richardson Preyer, leader by about 25,000 votes in the gubernatorial race In Satur day’s Democratic primary, carried Hoke County by a 284- vote margin over runner-up I. Beverly Lake. Dan K. Moore, who will face Preyer In a statwlde runoff June 27, placed third In Hoke County with 566 votes. Preyer polled 1,131 votes to Lake’s 845 In the county,.car rying half of the county’s 12 precincts. He registered sub stantial victories In Raeford's two largst precincts and In Allendale, where he received 84 votes to Lake's 11. Preyer also won In Blue Springs, Antioch and Ashemont precincts. Lake carried Buchan, where Preyer ran third, by a sub stantial margin. He won Rae ford No. 3 by a one-vote margin. Puppy Creek by eight votes. Stonewall by 12 votes, and was easily the victor In Raeford Phone Rate For Business Up 50 Cents Monthly rates of one-party business telephones will be In creased 50 cents in Raeford. effective July 1, if the N. C. Utilities Commission grants a proposed rate change requested by Carolina Telephone & Tele graph Co. The proposed rate change actually represents a decrease In revenues due to the esti mated tax savings brought about by the decrease in federal In come tax rates, the company asserts. The net annual effect on the company’s revenue is a reduction of $485,000. Many areas will enjoy a re duction In rates of one sort of another; however, custom ers on the Raeford exchange will not be affected, other than business customers with pri vate lines. The increase in rates here Is necessary because the num ber of telephones in Raeford have doubled in the past 10 years, putting the area in a higher classification, company officials explained. No. 4 and Rockflsh. Kidd Brewer polled 20 votes In the county, while Bozo Burleson received two andR. J. Stansbury one. Hoke County went heavily for H. Clifton Blue, candidate for lieutenant governor, who ran second to Bob Scott In the statewide race. Blue was an easv victor In all 12 precincts, polling 1,964 votes to 332 for Scott and 204 for John R. Jordan Jr. Percentagewise. It was esti mated to be one of the largest turnout of voters In recent Hoke County history. A total of 2,644 votes were cast In the gover nor’s race, or 73 per cent of the 3,477 registration. E. G. Inman, former high way patrolman here, lost out In his bid for a seat on the county board of commissioners, running last' In the six-man field. Inman polled 1,704 votes. Political newcomer T. C. Jones led the commissioners race with 2,077 votes, followed by J. A. Webb, 1,964, Ell Shankle, 1,944, Herman Glllls, 1,922, and Harold Glllls, 1,878. Charles A. Hoastetler led the local ticket In the five-man race for two Senate seats In the 18th Senatorial District, but was fourth In the district-wide race. ..I’ostetler polled 1,813 votes In Hoke County. John Ingram was the choice of 1,013 voters. Robert Morgan received 805 votes, Volt Gilmore, 707, and Harry Register, 146. Morgan and Gilmore were the choices of voters through out the district, where Incom plete returns from the five- county area gave Morgan 14, 125 votes, Gilmore, 11,765, In gram, 11 041, Hostetler, 5,654, and Register. 2,470. w. E. McNeill was elected constable for Raeford Town ship, getting 819 votes. Leonard (Zeke) Wiggins polled 384 and Charles V, Daniels got 164. Edward L. Gibson was elect ed constable of McLauchlln To\mshlp with 253 votes to 106 for Jerry Adcock. Preyer also won pluralities In the neighboring counties of Cumberland, Moore, Robeson and Scotland. The vote there was: Cumberland—Preyer, 6,561; Lake, 6,314; Moore, 2,484. .Moore—Peyer, 1,380; Lake, 356; Moore, 683. Robeson -- Preyer, 4,750; Moore, 4,043; Lake, 3,365. Scotland—Preyer, 912; Lake, 718; Moore, 356. • TNI ItMK CANVASS VOTE -- Hoke County Board of Elections met Tuesday to canvass the vote in Saturday's Democratic Primary. The official tabulation appears at the bottom of this page. Shown above are Col. W. L. Poole, left, chairman of the board of elections, and Wade Hendricks, registrar in Mlldouson precinct. New Clinic Is Begun By Doctors Raeford Medical Group, heretofore known as Jordan Clinic, has begun construction of a new building adjacent to the present facilities on Campus Avenue. The new offices, containing about double the space of the present clinic, are expected to be completed in October, ac cording to Dr. R. M. Jordan. The new building will house offices for three physicians and one dentist, plus facilities for x-ray and laboratory work.. It will feature a central waiting room and will be completely air conditioned. Dr. Jordan emphasized that the clinic will havenoprovlsion for hospital care. ’’There have 'been all sorts of rumors that we will have a number of beds for hospital- type treatment," Dr. Jordan said. "We will continue to serve patients only as wepres- See CLINIC, Page 9 Board Disagrees With Grand Jury Official Tabulation Of Saturday's Vote In Hoke County GOVERNOR LT. GOV. COMMISSIONER SENATE CONSTABLE J g § u S ol 3 J O 0 o w 2 O i M J 3 5 9 o 2 s 2 V3 2 0 “5 n J J 5 2 s B Ul X Jm z w 5 2 2 o 2 o -V* 0 s jj J 1- 1 s s -] o 2 5 8 o Q J 2 t. S i/i Z i i 2 '6 2 ■ Q ALLENDALE 11 84 11 81, 9 12 84 92 33 93 75 30 63 13 36 79 13 ANTIOCH 43 61 35 108 18 12 114 108 71 113 104 104 50 13 38 91 52 BLUE SPRINGS 44 107 28 131 28 19 140 138 129 134 131 105 69 22 49 123 38 BUCHAN 41 18 22 70 8 3 62 .59 50 61 60 53 30 16 64 31 ASHEMONT 74 127 61 174 39 43 190 194 179 196 192 157 93 15 59 189 119 PUPPY CREEK 60 52 45 123 26 8 112 126 103 134 129 131 55 9 59 122 53 48 19 RAEFORD NO. 1 180 255 116 424 65 44 420 381 359 426 40i '46: 236 25 187 370 122 348 i 127 62 RAEFORD NO. 2 138 248 115 418 45 26 375 362 330 405 357 338 138 23 178 341 119 252 186 59 RAEFORD NO. 3 47 46 19 82 25 9 90 82 81 89 92 82 55 5 29 82 24 87 19 13 RAEFORD NO. 4 95 67 54 164 34 17 181 152 170 202 171 184 94 4 75 170 60 132 ' 52 90 ROCKFISH 57 21 28 85 17 4 86 90 64 101 98 81 39 8 27 84 37 105 87 STONEWALL 57 46 32 104 18 9 110 94 85 123 112 111 41 9 51 98 39 TOTAL . 1 CJ fH S 1 § s 1 1 ^ 00 00 s P 8 I i eH n eH o i CO 00 8 S 8 a> CD 00 C5 1 The words, "general re pair,” evidently have a different connotation with last month's grand jury than with the Hoke County Board of Commis sioners, according to a dis cussion held at Monday’s meet ing of the county board. It was during the reading of the grand jury’s report by Board Chairman J. E. Shankle that the members of the board became disturbed. The report said. In regard to Scurlock School, ‘‘The whole school needs general repair.” The commissioners agreed that It was not surprising that the jurors said the old Burling ton School building needed gen eral repairs, but Scurlock Is a new school. Supt. W. T. Gibson was called Into the nyeetlng for con sultation on the subject. Gibson said that the outside doors need painting every two or three years and that this Is to be done this summer. But the rest of the building is In good state of repair,” he added. He urged the board to take a recess and go out and look the building over. This, the men did. Gibson polluted out that steel beams and wooden doors on the out side were In need of paint but showed off rooms and a cafe teria that were clean and sported a freshly painted look. Confronted with the graixl Jury’s report Scurlock’s prin cipal, J. D. McAllister, said he didn’t know why the Jurors made such a statement. He also men tioned the doors and said a few door latches needed repairs. Outside of this, he commented that the building was In good shape and he was apparently puzzled at the grand Jury’s report. Three members of the visit ing group, however, found that a girls’ rest room had been the victim of vandals. A privacy waL, built of tile Inside the front door, had been demolish ed and doors were off two of the sulls. Commissioner J. E. Webb said "They should have made a more detailed report. To say the outside doors need painting and a rest room needs some repairs Is one thing and to say a "whole building Is In need of repairs is another.” Commissioner J. H. Blue said, "I think we should criti cize them for making such a re- ort.” Scurlock Is a Negro school constructed about three years ago on the Rockflsh’Road about three miles from town. It Is the newest school building in the county. Tivo Are Added To Welfare Board The Hoke County Board of Commissioners passed a res olution Monday to change the local welfare board from three to five members. It was noted that the North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill last session autho rizing any county to Increase the number of persons serving on Its welfare board. The com missioners agreed that a five- member board could serve the county with greater ease than a smaller board. The new bill says a live- member board Is to be ap. pointed as follows: The board of county commissioners win appoint two members, one or both of whom may or may not be a member of the county board. The State Board of Wel fare will appoint two members and the four members so ap- polpted are to select tbs fifth member. If the four members can’t agree on the fifth, the senior resident superior court Judge of the district In which the county is located will make the appointment. During the unusually short morning session, the com missioners were advised by Clerk T, B. Lester that bids have been received for the re- evaluatlon program to be con ducted next year. It was de cided that they would be broken down and studied before any de cisions were made. Firms submitting bids were H. U Yoh Co., Greenville; SoiK them Appraisal, Greeasboro; Copper Appraisals, Southern Pines; Carroll and Phelps Co., Winston-Salem; Consolidated Appraisers and Mapping Co. Burlington. Ttm commissioners, before adjourning about 11 a. m., board routine reports from the various county agencies. Mayor's Court A quarterly report from the mayor's court shows a ema- vlctlons fbr traffic Ttnlstlni. 17 fbr public druakaanass* Mi one not ^dllty vetilel. PMm and tortslturaa to tim adhsal fund amoMtad to ^gt.
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