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Volume LXXV Number 47 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA $10 PER YEAR 25 CENTS Thursday, March 15, 1984
Checkered fields
This wire fence frames a patch of Hoke County land off of Bethel coming of spring, this field will he rejuvenated
Road that has been lying dormant during the winter months. With the ting for the season.
Deputies led
on wild chase
By Sherry Matthews
A Fayetteville man was in jail
under a $10,000 bond (his week
charged with 14 violations follow
ing a 15-mile high speed chase that
resulted in a wrecked county vehi
cle.
Sheriff's reports show that the
chase began around midnight Fri
day when Ricky Jerome Gillian,
22, passed Hoke Detective Jimmy
Riley on the U.S. Highway 401 By
Pass.
Riley was on routine patrol
when Gillian's 1976 Buick passed
the unmarked patrol car "at
speeds of 70 to 75 miles per hour
(mph)."
Riley followed the car, which
"ran off the road and across the
center line about 10 times each,"
the reports say.
Riley attempted to stop the car
when it turned off 401 onto rural
paved road 1405.
Gillian apparently refused to
stop for the blue light and siren
and instead "gained more speed,"
the sheriff's reports say.
During the chase, which covcred
approximately 15 miles and led
Riley and three other sheriff's
deputies through the Robin
Heights area of the county three
times, Gillian allegedly rammed
Riley's car in the left side, the
reports say.
Later, Gillian lost control of his
car, causing Riley to strike it in the
left side, adding more damage to
the county car.
Highway Patrolmen estimated
the damage to Riley's car at ap
proximately $2,000.
Despite the two wrecks, Gillian
continued his escape attempt until
two flat tires stopped him on a dirt
road just off rural paved road
1406.
Riley and three other deputies
surrounded Gillian, who allegedly
refused to get out of the car.
Deputies had to break a car win
dow to get to Gillian, who had
locked all the car doors, report^
show.
Gillian, who allegedly ran 14
stop signs during the chase, was ar
rested on 14 seperate counts thai
included driving while impaired
(DWI), speeding in excess of 100
mph in a 55 mph zone, speeding 80
mph in a 35 mph zone, assault with
a deadly weapon, resisting arrest,
driving left of center, failing to
stop at a collison, careless and
reckless driving, driving without
an operator's license, failing to
stop for blue light and siren and
transporting an alcoholic bevcragr
with the seal broken.
Gillian is scheduled to appear in
Hoke District C'outt Friday on
those charges.
In an unrelated matter, a Hoke
County woman was arrested Satui
day after she allegedly cashed ;t
stolen fuel assistance check at the
Jiffy Mart.
Sylvia Baldwin, 17, of Rt. 2.
Raelord was charged with forging
(See MAN- naee
Efforts made to strengthen ties with Ft. Bragg
By Sherry Matthews
County officials, Chamber of
Commerce members and represen
tatives from Fort Bragg met Tues
day morning in an effort to
"strengthen relations" between
Hoke and the sixth largest Army
base in the United States.
"1 think this meeting was a giant
step in the right direction,"
Chamber of Commerce Director
Earl Fowler said.
"We would like to see Hoke
benefit from the Fort Bragg
Around Town
By Sam Morris
The winter weather may leave us
before March 21 if the forecasters
are correct. The temperatures are
to get up in the 60s by the end of
the week. Now this is my kind of
weather!
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I have made two trips to Fayet
teville in the past week and after
some 30 years, I am more convinc
ed than ever that US 401 needs
four lanes. These trips were not
during the time workers travel to
Fort Bragg, but still the travel was
backed up because there was no
place to pass.
There hasn't been a promise
from any of the candidates for
governor, so maybe this is a good
sign.
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The program at the Raeford
Presbyterian Church last Wednes
day night presented by Dr. Joe
Hopper was one of the best I have
witnessed in many years. He gave a
slide program on his work as a mis
sionary in South Korea and it kept
you waiting for the next slide all
during the program.
It was hard for me to believe the
progress that has been made by the
church in South Korea in the past
few years.
According to Dr. Hopper it
shouldn't be long before their
work in Korea is done and the
churches there will be sending out
missionaries to other countries.
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Brown Hendrix, owner of
(Sec AROUND, page 13)
population," he added.
"I think it is very important for
us to have a good relationship with
this county," Fort Bragg Deputy
Post Commander Colonel Stan
Bonta told the group.
The early morning gathering, at
the Wagon Wheel Restaurant, was
a first step in Fowler's efforts "to
entice Fort Bragg retirees and
others" into the Hoke area.
"There are a lot of retirees living
in the Hoke area now," Chamber
President Steve Parker said.
"A lot of them live in the
Rockfish area," he added.
"We would like to see more
coming here each quarter," Parker
said.
According to Bonta. 55.(MX)
retirees and their dependents live in
the counties surrounding Fori
Bragg.
Together, retirees generate SI26
million per year, Bonta said.
Bonta told the group that Hoke
authorities "probably could"
recruit some of those retirees.
"We have a show and tell each
quarter where wc bring in upcom
ing retirees...thai is when counties
make their pitch," Bonta said.
"We want to work with you in
any way we can," he added.
During the meeting, Bonta
showed the group a slide presenta
tion on the growth of Ft. Bragg.
Fowler believes some of that
growth "could extend" into Hoke
County.
"We are looking into a number
of possibilities," Fowler said.
Included in those "possibilities"
are plugging telephones into the
Fayettevillc system and providing
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Nothing left to salvage
These Antioch firemen hose down the remains of a sows were killed in the blaze that also destroyed the
maternity hog house that was destroyed by fire last facility, according to Antioch tire Chief William
Thursday afternoon. Approximately 50 pigs and Gregory. (Photo by Pam Frederick)
A Hoke County couple were
each given a seven-day jail
sentence Friday after they were
found guilty of tying their three
year old son to a fence, couri
records show.
Joseph Glover, 33, and
Margaret Glover, 40, of the Har
mony Heights Trajler Park, were
also given one-year suspended
sentences by Hoke District Court
Judge Warren L. Pate.
The Glovers were arrested two
weeks ago following a hearing in
juvenile court.
Reports show that the couple
were charged with tying their son
to a fence and "allowing a rifle to
be fired near the child."
Although the Glover's were
given suspended sentences, Pate
placed them both under a two-year
"special supervised" probation.
The couple must also participate
in mental health counseling and
pay $300 in restitution for their
son's use and benefit.
The child is now in the custody
of the Hoke County Department
of Social Services (DSS).
Following Friday's hearing,
Margaret Glover was transported
to the Cumberland County
Women's prison facility. She is
scheduled tcr be released Wednes
day.
Joseph Glover was taken into
custody by Hoke Sheriff's deputies
and will be released Wednesday,
records show.
In unrelated court happenings,
two Hoke residents and three out
of-towners were convicted on driv
ing while impaired charges (DW1).
Falvian McPhaul, of Rt. 1,
Raeford received a 60-day
suspended sentence with one year
of unsupervised probation after
pleading guilty to a DWI charge in
district court Thursday.
(See COUPl.E. page II)
motel accommodations to the
county.
Fowler believes these things
"will attract" more people into the
county.
In addition, Bonta gave a "run
down" on Fort Bragg's population
and its total income for a year.
"We are the most diversified
outfit in the United States because
we have some many different
troops," Bonta said.
According to Bonta, I88.(XH)
persons "encompass and are in
volved" with Fort Bragg.
Some 49,(XX) arc active military
with 73,(XX) dependents, Bond
said.
Fort Bragg's payroll swells ovei
$650 million a year and brings
"close to $2 billion a year" to the
"impact areas" economy, he add
ed.
"They could really give this
county a boost," Fowler said.
"1 think the citizens of this
county are determined to see Hoke
grow and prosper. I think Fort
Bragg can help," County Commis
sion Chairman John Bailout said.
41% of county workers
live outside of Hoke
B> Sherry Mallhews
Of the 590 employees currently
on the county government's
payroll, 41^o live outside Hoke
County and nearly 85?'o of those
make $15,000 or more per year.
Despite the figures, a county
commission order, passed last Oc
tober, singles out only "depart
ment heads" drawing salaries of
more than $15,000 and requires
them to be residing inside floke by
September I.
Tax Supervisor Larry Holt and
Hoke Health Director Lloyd
Home arc the only two county
employees that have been targeted
by the regulation.
In passing the measure last Oc
tober, members of the commission
noted that it was their philosophy
that all county employees reside
here.
"I think that anyone drawing a
salary that is paid by the taxpayers
of Hoke County should live within
the county," Hoke Commission
Chairman John Balfour said
earlier during a board meeting.
Home lives in Cumberland
County and Holt resides in Rich
mond County.
Although only two department
heads come under the regulation,
eight other county employees, not
including school personnel, draw a
salary of $15,000 plus each year,
records show.
Of the 463 school employees,
114 or 25% live outside the county.
Approximately 40*7# of the
teachers in the county make
$15,000 or more per year, school
authorities say.
Hpurev were iu?l available whit h
John Balfour
would determine how many ol
those teachers making $15,000 01
more reside in other counties.
In addition, records also show
that at least one county employee
making above SI 5,000 was granted
permission to move outside tin
county last year after the Octohei
directive was passed.
"It is hard sometimes to get peo
pie to re-locate," Hoke Depart
nient of Social Services (DSS?
Director Ken Withcrspoon.
Only five of 32 DSS staff
members live outside Hoke County
and two of those make above
115,000
"We always try to use the local
registers when we arc looking for
an employee...sometimes they are
hard to find." Witherspoon said.
(St*c I'VfPl OYFFS, page 12)