I Sheriff Files For Sixth Term Hoke County Sheriff David M. Barrineton is running for a sixth term, ne announced Friday in a written statement. ty His statement says: * 1 will take this opportunity to announce that on January 20th, 1 paid my filing fee seeking a sixth term of office as Sheriff of Hoke County. I am 48 years of age; with 26 years experience as a law enforcement officer, all with the Hoke County Sheriffs Department and throughout the years, 1 have attended various training courses in law enforcement, including Jailer's J school and Administration of Sheriffs Departments held at the Institute of Government at Chapel Hill, N.C. During my five terms of office, the department has grown from a Sheriff with two deputies; one of which also served as a jailer operating from 2 patrol vehicles, to a modern professional operation consisting of: 1 1 deputies, in | eluding a three-man detective divi " sion, 4 radio operators also serving as jailers, 3 matrons, 2 office clerks and the Sheriff for a total of 21 employees in the department. We provide 24 hour service to the citizens of Hoke County operating out of 12 patrol vehicles. We operate a modern com munications system including Police Information Network which T) provides contact with every county * in North Carolina and every state in the Union. We provide com munications for the various rural fire departments, the Hoke County Rescue Squad, the Hoke County Ambulance Service, the Forestry Service, and the Hoke County A. B.C. Officer. A new jail was constructed in 1%8 and it is still one of the most modern jail facilities in the state. Each deputy and jailer in the Sheriff s Department has attended and completed a Basic law en forcement school consisting of 240 hours. Much has been accomplish ed with the cooperation of the citizens of Hoke County and the various county commissioners 1 have had the opportunity to serve with as Sheriff for the past 20 years. If nominated as your Democratic candidate for Sheriff in the May 4th Primary. I again pledge con tinued good, efhcient and pro gressive law enforcement and I Eromise to serve the citizens of loke County, fairly and im partially, to the best of my ability at the least possible expense to the taxpayers of this county. Barrington was born in the old Hoke County Jail when the jail building held living quarters for officers and their families. His father, Walter Barrington, Sr., then was a Hoke deputy sheriff and later served as a U.S. com missioner, a justice of the peace and Raeford police chief. After Barrington's father died, Barrington's mother served as a U.S. commissioner, justice of the peace and when the District Court system was installed in Hoke, a magistrate. She retired in 1979 and still living in Raeford. The sheriff was educated in Hoke County schools and served in the Coast Guard from 1952 to 1956. Then he became a deputy sheriff in 1956, serving till 1962 when he was elected, at the age of 28, to his first term as sheriff. He has been serving continuously in the office ever since. ( Plummer Files For County Board Jimmy Plummer, 54, of Rt. 4, Raeford, a lifelong Democrat and Hoke County native, filed Thurs day with the Hoke County Board of Elections as a candidate for the Board of County Commissioners. ) He will run for the Democratic nomination in the May primary for one of the three seats on the board which Hoke voters will fill in the November general election. Plummer is a parttime farmer working with his sons, Jim and Donald producing beef cattle, soy beans and corn on about 200 acres. He also works parttime with the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. as a crop insurance adjuster. ^ The elder Plummer went into farming after retiring from the U.S. Civil Service Commission with over 27 years duty at Ft. Bragg as a civilian. He was motor transport officer when he retired. Plummer is the youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Plummer, also of Hoke County. He is married to the former Justine McArthur of Fayetteville. In addi tion to their sons, they have a daughter, Barbara Ann, a music teacher at North Pitt High School in Greenville. N.C. Son Donald Wayne is a supervisor with Up church Turkey Farms in Hoke County. Jim Jr. is a vice president of Federal Land Bank for Cum berland and Hoke counties. The elder Plummer attended North Carolina State University at Raleigh for three years after serving in the Navy for 22 months starting in 1946. In service he was on duty J. W. Plummer on a destroyer for 19 months, part ot the time in the Mediterranean Sea. Active in Parker's United Metho dist Church, he is a former chairman of the church board and for many years served as Sunday school superintendent. Plummer also is active in the Farm Bureau, the Masons, the Order of the Eastern Star, and the Hoke County Booster Club. He is a past Worthy Patron of the Hoke OES chapter and is a former president of the Booster Club. This is Plummer's second attempt to be elected a county commissioner. His first run was made in 1980. Burlington's Quarterly Sales Up Burlington Industries Inc. re 1 ported net sales for the quarter ended January 2. 1982, were $741, 708,000 on which the company's consolidated net earnings were $17,579,000 or 62 cents per share. In the comparable period last year, Burlington reported net sales of $728,376,000 on which the company's consolidated net earn ings were $17,440,000 or 62 cents per share. Translation gains from foreign )> currency items were 4 cents per share in the First quarter of fiscal 1982 compared to a gain of 10 cents per share in the same period last year. Burlington adopted the new foreign exchange accounting stan dards prescribed in FASB State ment No. 52 for the first quarter. Prior year results were not restated. In his review of the company's performance. William A. Klop man. chairman and chief executive officer, noted. "First quarter per formance reflected the deteriorat ing economic environment. Future results will be affected bv the timing of an upturn in the economy." \ Drive-Thru 401 Bypass Next To ABC Store Open Every Day 10 A.M. - Sundays At Noon Weekend cheeseburger Special large fries med. size drink FRI., SAT. SUN. *216 3 Pes. Holly Forms Chicken (No Wings) $< Slow, French Fries & Roll 1 2- PC. SNACK DARK * 1 .79 WHITE *2 . 09 COLD UViiAGiS SINGLE or ? PACK MILLER'S *2.75 BUDWEISER *2.90 CHAMPALE *2.55 TAX INC 875-8853 We Use (My Fresh H? burger & AN Beef Wieners Try The Difference! David M. Barrington Harrington is married to the former Billie Jeanette Skinner of Hertford. They have four children: Dave, Jr., 22, is employed in Scotland County with the State Division of Adult Probation /Parole Joseph, 17. Laura, 15, and Matthew, 12, attend Hoke County schools and are living at home. The sheriff is a member of First United Methodist Church of Rae ford. He won the 1966 Dis tinguished Service Award of the Raeford Jaycees and was named Hoke County Law Enforcement of the Year in 1977 by fellow members of the County Law Enforcement Officers Association. He also is a former president of the association. He is still a member. Barrington is a former member of the Ellis Williamson Post of the American Legion, the Raeford Lions Club and the Advisory Board of the state correctional unit at McCain. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Hoke County Rescue Squad. Bratcher Files For Commissioner Cleo Bratcher, a 39-year-old Raeford merchant, filed with the Hoke County Board of Elections Monday as a Democratic candidate for the Board of County Com missioners. Bratcher will run in the May 4 Democratic primary for one of the party's three nominations to the board. The three named the Democratic nominees will run for election to the board in the November general election. Bratch er became the seventh Democrat to file for a commissioner's post. He owns and operates his store. The Shoe Chest. He went into the business 2 '/a years ago after serving as manager of B.C. Moore & Sons department store in Raeford. Be fore joining Moore he was a shift supervisor for Knit-A-Way, Inc.. served as a clerk at the Hoke County ABC Store, and was em ployed in the Burlington Industries Technical Department. He is a native and lifetime resident of Hoke County and is a 1961 graduate of Upchurch High School. Bratcher was married to the late Margaret M. Bratcher. They had College News Randy D. Ashburn of Raeford and Philip M. Boyles of Rt. 1, Shannon, have been named to the Dean s List tor high academic achievement in the fall semester at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Ashburn is majoring in civil engineering. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A.R. Ashburn of 218 Wright St. Boyles is majoring in engineering operations. He is the son of Mr. pnd Mrs. H.A. Bovies. two children: son Geno, now lb, a student at Southeastern Com munity College at Whiteville; and daughter Kim, 7, who is a student at Scurlock Elementary School. Bratcher's home is in