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Ne 1 he HOKE COUNTY'S BEST ADVERTISING Ml DH M HOKE COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER r 5 U The Hoke County New The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XL NO. 42 RAEFORD, N. C. THURSDAY. MARCH 21. 191( ft? $2,110 PER YEAR u n 3L ! School News i By K. A. MacDonald Holds Bus Drivers' School Messrs Simpson and Yclton, of the State Highway Safety Division, were here Monday and held a bus drivers' school. They certified quite a number of new drivers who will be available for next year. Colored Teachers Meet A county-wide colored teach ers' meeting was held yesterday afternoon at the Upchurch school Plans were made for pre-school clinics to be put on this spring by the Health Department. Plans for canning for the lunchrooms for next year were dicussed. The vocational agriculture teacher, Stephen Williams, re ported to this meeting that since the beginning of the school year, July 1, 1945, there had been can ned under his direction 3192 cans of fruit and vegetates by 61 families, and 2080 cans of meat by 29 families. Professor Will iams also reported that the County PTA, which was also in session, was making plans for the erection of a cannery for the Negro citizens of the county. We think that this is a very worth while project. It is the intention of the PTA to put on a drive for funds for this project at a very early date. Junior- Senior Banquet The annual Junior - Senior banquet at te Hoke County School is planned for Friday evening of this week. This is one of the outstanding social events of the year for the youn t(er set. Miss McKcnzie 111 Miss Margaif't McKenzie, secretary of the Board of Ed ucation, is ill at her home in Stonewall. Miss McKenzie has not been well for some time but was taken suddenly much worse last Saturday night. At this writ ing she is slightly improved. Patrolmen Praise Buses Patrolmen Barnes and Prid gen, under the orders of Major Hatcher, commander of the State Highway Safety Division, inspected the school buses of Hoke County yesterday. This inspection was a part of the state wide inspection ordered by Major Hatcher. Patrolmen Barnes and Pridgen inspected each bus and rode with each driver in his bus. These gentle men not only passed the buses O. K. but praised the drivers for good clean condition of their buses and for their driving abil ity. One new driver who needed it was given some special in struction while thev were here. o NEWS Of OUR 7 VCr1 HIHWHVKIN Robert Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jones, recently spent three weeks with his parents at Sanatorium. Robert has received; his discharge and has enrolled. in soutnern iueinocusi univer sity at Dallas, Texas. He com pleted seven years in the Navy. S l'c Colon Chason was recently separated from the Navy after eighteen months service in Ha waii.. S-Sgt Clyde Campbell has been discharged from the Army. He recently returned from eigh teen months service in India. Pvt. Raymond Teal landed in San Francisco this week after 10 months in Manila. He is ex pected home very soon. Richard Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jones of Sanatorium, was recently discharged from the rmy and is at home. He was in the South Pacific Area for 20 month. 4 CONVICTIONS IN SHOOTING CASE INVOLVING EIGHT RECORDER SENTENCES TWO MOORE. TWO HOKE MEN In a case in which much out of town legal talent was display ed and in which a total of eight defendants were "cross indicted", in the legal vernacular, four de fendants were found guilty, three of assault and one of care less and reckless driving and speeding. The case took about eight hours to try in Tuesday's session of Recorder's court and grew out of an affair which took place at the home of J. Chalmers Parks in Hoke County about five miles south of Aberdeen on the Lnur inburg highway on the night of March 2. It appeared that Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Claxton, Mr. and Mrs. John Butry, and John Robertson, all of Pinehurst, drove out to the P?rks home on the night of March 2 and that shots were fired into the car there which wounded Mrs. Claxton. Also present in addition to Parks were Eugene Seaford. Hoke County white man. and Levis W. Frve, white man of Moore County. Parks, Seaford, and Frye were rnargen with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, a felony. They were" all three found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon, not a felony. Sentences were three months to be. suspended on pay ment of the costs in the case of each. Claxton and wife, Butry and wife, and Robertson were all charged witsh assault with a deadly weapon and all were found not guilty. Robertson was charged with careless and reck less driving and speeding, and found guilty as charged. Sen tence was three months to be suspended on the payment of a fine of $25 and the court costs. He gave notice of appeal and posted a bond of $100.. The five Pinehurst people were represented by H. F. Sea well and M. G. Boyette of Car thage and Parks, Seaford and Frye were represented by Lu ther Britt of Lunberton. The evidence and oratory lasted from about eleven A. M. to seven P. M. It appeared from the evidence that Parks did the shooting in the case. Cotton Policy Worries Bankers The British government's pro posal to eliminate the Liverpool cotton exchange and continue bulk purchase of cotton was cal led profoundly disturbing by Wilhort Ward, president of the flanker's Association for Foreign TV-ido. The vice president of the Nat ional City Hank said that the threat to private caused "grave misgiving" regarding the desir ability of the proposed American loan to Britain. "It is an easy step from govern ment purchase of cotton by Gr eat Britain," Ward told the Ex port Managers' Club yesterday, to the government sale of cotton in the United States by our Com modity Credit Corporation. Sir Stafford Cripps, president of the board of trade, has announ ced the lobor government intends to keep the Liverpool exchange closed, but that the matter will be discussed in the House of Commons. Lt.(jg) Hugh McLauchlin left Sunday for Charleston, S. C. to report for duty after having spent a leave at home. Pvt. Ed. O. Baicy arrived at Fort Bragg Saturday after 12 months in Germany. He is the husband of the former Miss Gladys Williamson. HOKE COUNTY LIBERALLY TO The annaul fund drive of the American Red Cross which started all over the United States the first of this month has come to a successful conclusion in this county, according to reports submitted by community and county drive chairmen yester day. In two communities chair men reported that further con tributions were still expected, but up through yesterday con tributions totaling $2117.29 had been reported several schools turn in funds. The county quota was set at $1500 by the Red Cross, but officers of the local chapter, feeling that this figure could be bettered, set the county's quota at $1800. The latter was over Giles Y. Newton Runs For Congress Giles Yeomans Newton, native of Gibson who has for some years been employed in Wash ington, D. C filed near the last minute as a candidate for the Democratic nomination to Con from the Eighth district. Newton's entry into the cam paign brings the total number of candidates to three, W. E. Hor ner of Sanford and C. B. Deane I of Rockingham having previous- filed. His entry also brings to two the number of candidates running this time who ran in the long-to-be-remembered pri mary of eight years ago, as Deane also ran then. 0 Six Other Cases Tried In Recorder's Court Ralph Quinn, South Carolina white man, was sentenced to three months on the road to be suspended on the payment of $75 and the costs when he was convicted of driving drunk and violating the prohibition laws. W. C. Benton, Hoke County white man, got a thirty day sentence suspended on payment of the costs on a charge of giving bad checks. He also made the checks good. Russell Parker, colored, paid the costs for driving with im proper operator's license. Houston McLean, colored of Cumberland county, got a sen tence of ninety days to be su spended on payment of $50 and the court costs for driving drunk. Charlie Ward, Aberdeen, and EddieFarmer, Hoke, both color ed, each paid the costs for being drunk and disorderly. POOLE'S BY D. SCOTT POOLE Of the first seven Presidents of the United States all but two, the Adames, served two terms. It was probable that several of those five who served two terms could have been nominated and elected to a third term. Several presidents have refused a third term because they said it was un-American and undemocrat ic to serve more than two terms. I know several tenants who say they prefer to farm as share croppers than to own farms of their own. I could name some who made enough money to buy homes in town and open up a merchantile business after a few years of half-cropping. . I know a number of merchants who were mill workers several years ago, who saved their small wages, (wages were low, but living cost was small) until they had enough to start a small gro cery business, and in time be came prominent business men. The money the average smok er spends in a year would be a sum, and if he is only a mode rate drinker that sum saved for twelve months would in PEOPLE GIVE RED CROSS subscribed by at least $300. The town of Raeford con tributed SfilW.flO tothe ch ive, with some contributions still expect ed in the residential section. Other communities in the coun tv contributed as follows: Aahe mnnt $54. Allendale $38, Rae d en 520.20, Dundarrach $40. Blue Springs $33. Antioch 86.25. Wayside $75. Montrose 64.50, Sanatorium $248.23 (nearly tri ple quota). Pine Forest $53.36, Little River $43.10, Arabia $33. 50. Rockfish $42. Edinburgh $118. 25,. The colored people of the county have contributed $252.60 with seven schools yet to re port. Miscellaneous individual contributions were $10. Plan Tour To Magnolia Gardens ' The IToke County Federation of Home Demonstration clubs is sponsoring a tour to Charles ton and the Magnolia Gardens on Saturday and Sunday. April sixth andseventh. The tour is to be conducted by H. II. Bul lock. Kinston school principal. It w ill bp runon a fee basis with I the price to include transporta tion, lodging, and entrance into the gardens. The group plans to leave Rae ford early Saturday. April six th, on a bus which has been cha rtered for the occasion, accord ing to Miss Josephine Hall, Home Agent,. They expect to arrive in Charleston in time for a tour of the city on Saturday and have Saturday night open for shows, etc. The Magnolia Gardens will be visited on Sunday morning and the group will visit the Bro okgreen Garden near Myrtle Beach on the return trip Sunday afternoon. Miss Hall stated that it would be necessary to have the full quota of twentry-nine persons registered by Saturday, March 23, or the trip would be cancelled. 1) Car Burns On 15-A Tuesday At approximately eleven thirty P. M. Tuesday a 1939 mod el Buick sedan being operated by James D. Kemp, colored man of Wash ington, D. C, caught fire and burned on the Fayetteville road about eight miles from Raeford. Cause of the fire is un known and the car was a total loss. MEDLEY crease your saving quite a lot. No. it is none of my business what you do with your earn ings, but as it goes, it is a poor business for you. 1 decided wliih" young to be a teacher, and for some years taught, but times were so hard the money was insufficent for a teacher and his family to live on. The town of Raeford took its name from a country post office which was located in the store of McRae and Willford back in the 1880's. Johnny McRae and Augustus Willford each gave the last syllable of their name to furnish Uncle Sam a name for a new post office. The rural districts of the coun try were supplied with mail service through mail routes which criss crossed the country from towns along the railroads. The Carolina Central Railroad was completed to Old Hundred in upper Scotland County, which was then Richmond County, but was added to the Rutherford ton in Rutherford County some (Continue on page 2( SCHOOL BUSES INSPECTED BY PATROLMEN FIND MAJORITY IN VERY GOOD SHAPE State Highway Patrolman. Jason Barnes, accompanied by Patrolman Pridgen. of Fayette ville. ;nd County School Super intendent K. A. MacDonald. rent most of yesterday making a thorough in lioctinn of the school busses of the county for mechanical defects, safety de vices, and general condition Twentv-one busses were in - snocted by the patrolmen and of these sixteen of these were found to be in good condition except for minor defects such as speedometers not working, glasses out. etc. Many of these deficiences were corrected at when pointed out by the in spectors. The remaing five bus se are in the shool bus garage for repair consisting of major motor overhaul in all cases ex cept one which was being repair ed after a minor accident. In their report the patrolmen stated that thev found the busses in an unusually clean and a very good mechanical condition. They were injected for con dition of brakes windshield wip ers, hand brakes, horns, mech anical stop signs, and general condition of the body and in terior of each bus. GRAHAM MAKES STATEMENT OF . HIGHWAY POLICY Commission Will Meet "First Problems First" Raleigh, March 20. A policy of "meeting first problems fir st" will be followed by the State Highway and Public Work Commission, its Chairman, A. H. Graham, said today in discuss ing the stabilization and surface treatment of the county road system. The "immediate objective," he said, will be to put the farm-to-market roads in condition to withstand next winter's weather. There are about 48,000 miles on the county svstem, and virtual ly every mile will require some ( degree oi auenuon mis year, for these roads bore the brunt of the damage done by the un usually severe weather last win ter. Instructions have already gone out to the division engi neers, the Chairman said, that the county roads are to be stabi lized this spring, summer and eirlv fall as rapidly as humanly nossible. Acute shortages in equipment "Vie via Is and m.mnowor still KiwIKip ( ven routine highwav activities, 1!'e Chairman stitch ---a t'-ore ; r"eavs t be !:-h-ro':ef in prospect anytime hi near future. Despite this si'uation, the Hhthwav Commis sion is going ahead hv doing everything it can to put the rnpr's in shape for withs'and- inc the strain of winter weather. "I firmly believe." Graham r-prolin will endorse this nol-: icy of meeting first problems , first, and it is our earnest tie sire to overcome, as much we can, the handicap which we must operate these nays in conaitioning me 10 meei me irauic rcquiremems demanded of them." As is always the case, primary attention will be given to the . pontiacs. Damage was slight and county roads called on to carry was settled on the spot, the heaviest burdens of daily Officers investigating the ac traf f ic. These will include, in , cjdtnt, however, did prefer char- the majority of instances, rurallges against Parker for having mail routes and school bus routes, the highway chairman said. This program of conditioning the county roads for next win ter will not in any way supplant the long-range improvements FARM NOTES ; by I . S. Knowles, County Agent; I A. I Treat all cotton seed before hinting with New Improved or per cent Ceresan. This will asure ou a better stand of I healthier plants. 1! r,t r.t Seven steps to help you Face The Future With Cotton will he distributed from the Countv Agt nt's office within a few days. This is a pamplet by the U. S. Department of Agriculture con taining seven important features in the economical production of cotton. The steps are: l. Fit 'Cotton into Balanced Farming, 2. Take Care of Your Soil. 3. Use the Best Variety, 4. Make vour Lab r Count, 5. Control Insects and Diseases. 6. Pick and Gin For High Grade, and 7. Sell "or Grade. Staple and Variety Value. The suggestions made in this publication are worthy of every cotton farmer's consid eration. Hoke County will have a five acre cotton production contest. The rules will be the same as those set up for the State and District five-acre contest. Under the rules, farmers planting cokei 100 wilt cotton in a field con taining 5 acres or more, may enter the contest. All contest ants will be expected to keep cost records. Applications can he made at the County Agent's office. The County's prizes will be: 1st. $100.00, 2nd. $60.00, and 3rd. $40.00. Hoke County will have a five acre corn contest. All farmers planting corn in a field contain ing three acres or more will be eligible to enter the contest. Cost records must be kept. The prizes will be: 1st. $50.00, 2nd. $30.00. and 3rd. $20.00. Other rules and information will be distributed. Hoke County 4-H Club boys will grow hybrid corn for their project this vear. Tobacco farmers are urged to keep close check on their tobac co beds for possible insect or disease damage. A number of farmers have already reported insect damage. Small worms (midge larval) often cause dam age to young plants by up- root ing them, 'lhe adult black flies and midge do not cause anv damage. The small larval can be controlled by using about one and one half pounds of naptha lene flakes per 100 square yards of plant bed. One to three ap plications may be necessary. When blue mold is first re ported, spraying or dusting with formate should be started. Ono of the r-rs and citv with to rrem in f,lr.. s'arvi'i" o'-i T"' ! ' : i" t'-o !.:v,' or preserve. I'e'o.-e'e fo.i,; lewd. Fvcr'" an effort t i host wavs for farm pooolo to cooperate ncv Food Pro i ui".. food to f'o.se e . is to have a '". Food fvi and eaten f""--h ' ' v earning ;11 for shipment a femjlv .shou'd r- '.h.' frow all the fieri they can this vear. Broiler production cost North Carollna r"ultrymon ,6.2 cents P" birdjnJI94o. Collision Sunday Mornincr JudM lllt.il nil if (ik i il;iil I 1 U time a rnllicinn nt thp intcrsection o( the Racford shannon road and the wire road. ;Russell parker, colored, collided with Johnnv Allen, white of Red Springs. Both vehicles were improper driver's license. calling for surface treatment or stabilization of a permanent character on 30,000 miles of the county system durir.g the next ten years.
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