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L' N HOKE COUNTY'S BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM HOKE COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER TrTl T1 VPVrti . KtaU library. The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal LUME XL NO. 52 RAEFORD, N. C THURSDAY, MAY 30th, 1946 5i $2.00 PER YEAR lee SCHOOL NEWS By K. A. MacDonald 7th Grade Exercises Today at 10:00 o'clock the seventh grade exercises are being held at Hoke High auditorium. All seventh grades in the county are participating. According to custom, the highest score made on the standard tests won the valedictory. This score was made by Raye King of the Rockfish school Second high score was made by Lynn Conk of the Rae ford Graded school who de livers the salutatory. Jean McMillan made the highest score at Mildouson and John Eubai.ks was high at Ashe mont. The highest sixth grade score was made by Betty Garrison of the Rock fish school, who, consequent ly is chief marshall for the occasion. The high scores in the other schools were John McLauchlin, Raeford Graded, Jean Sinclair, Ashe mont, and Carolyn McKenzie Mildouson. Each school furnishes a number for the program Supt. Phillip Weaver of the Southern Pines schools will make the address. Certifi v cates will be presented by the principals or school board members. ERWIN TO SPEAK Tomorrow evening at 8:30 ' He eraduation exercises -s" be held. Dr. Clyde A. f.( Q) State Superinten- (' . of Public Instruction, will deliver the address. We hope a large crowd will be on hand to hear him and to do honor to the 32 seniors who will receive their di plomas. All colored and Indian schools closed on Wednesday The individual schools had their own exercises at var ious times. This is the first time in many years that the Upchurch school did not have commencement, but owing to the fact that this is the last year before they will be on the full 12 year program. They had no grad uating class. Next year they will be ready to graduate a large class from a full 12 vear school. The Board of Education will hold its regular mon thly meeting on Monday, June 3, at 10:00 A. M. Interest is growing throu ghout the county in the pro " posed area vocational school. We hope that there will be full discussion of this pro ject and that people will in dicate their opinions in the matter. Senior Class Play The senior class present ed the class night piay, "Mystic Night," Friday night May 24, 1946 at 8:15 P. M. The cast of characters was as follows: Mary, the mother nf Christ: Mary Kaye free man, Queen of Light; Allyne Maxwell, Spirit ot naucauua Bessie Wright, Witch; Lu cille Townsend, Puck; Helen King, Pirate and Giflorian; William Sipfle, Carmen-A Gypsy Prophet; Mary Car ter, Statistician; Mardell, Campbell, Testator; Betty McLean, Heralds; Hal Gore, John McLauchlin. Some members of the senior class helped explain the vitures education. our girls, Bonnie Kate J t, Veverly Hodgin, Kath .cae Blue, Ann Gore pre- Continued on Page 4) COURT ARTHUR LUCAS HELD WITHOUT BAIL ON CAPITAL CHARGE A large part of the day in Recorder's court Tuesday was spent on the prelimi nary hearing of the case in which Arthur Lucas, South ern Pines white man, is charged with rape. The pro secuting witness is Helen Melton, white of Raeford, who alleged that the offense was committed on May 23 in Hoke Countv near the Moore County line. Proba ble cause was found by Judge McDiarmid and the defendant was ordered held for trial without privilege of bond. George C. Pittman, Fay etteville colored man, paid me cosis ior speeaing. f an y ' j j ' got 60 days suspended on payment of $10 and the 13 ... : uii i i costs for assault and damage to personal property. Richard McPhatter, col ored, got a 90-day sentence suspended on payment of $25 and the costs for assault with a deadly weapon. Charlie Ray, colored, paid the costs and $2 to the pro secuting witness on a charge of assault. Libby Wilson, colored, was sentenced to 60 days for driving drunk. Sentence was suspended on payment of $50 and the costs and his driver's license was evoked for one year. METHODIST HOUR Bishop Arthur J. Moore, president of the Board of Missions of a he Methodist Church and resident bishop of the states of Georgia and Florida will preach over an independent regional net work Sunday morning, June 2nd, on the subject "New Men in a New World. Bishop Moore has just re turned from three months spent in Korea and Japan on a mission of good-will to the Christian peoples in Asia. His travels were made pos sible through the courtesies of the United States Army. On his tour he visited the chaplains in Korea and Ja pan on" behalf of the Meth odist Commission on Chap lains and on the Methodist Committees for Overseas Relief. . He was elected to the e piscopacy in 1930, has ser ved several years as a mis sionary bishop in Asia, Eu rope and Africa and pre vious to his election served outstanding pastorates in Birmingham and San An tonio. He is one of the out standing evangelistic preach ers of the present day and is the author of a number of books, his most recent being "Central Certainties . The Methodist Hour, which is heard every week in June over radio station WPTF, at 8:30 AM; is featuring five outstanding leaders during this month, and is presented in cooperation with the Southern Religious Radio Conference, which is com posed of radio committees from the Southern Baptist Convention, the Presbyte rian Assembly, and The Met hodist Church. o Because of lower sugar production in Cuba and Cen tral America, the nation's sugar supply may be cut by half a million tons this year. Mann Gets Here The Hard Way Israel Mann, returning from New York, where he had spent the week buying merchandise for his store, caught himself stranded in Richmond last Thursday night when the railroads went on strike. He had left New York that morning at 7:30 and when he arrived at Richmond at 5:30 that af ternoon, Mr Mann says the first thing he did was get a room at the Richmond Ho- tel. After checking the bus station he decided his chan- ces of getting a bus home that night were slim, so he rhr-rkoH tVm arnn fciwu" y uniuuiiun, era, in , " 1 1 - i . 1 1 1 1 vfiiiii i xrnnnu i ' i r- i hoping that he might catch a ride with someone coming! this av. Finally he gave ., . : . .: , , , , ! UP that ldea and Just started asking people in the hotel which way they were head ed and did get a ride with a fellow who lived in Raleigh who was leaving next morn ing. Mr. Mann took a bus from Raleigh and arrived here Friday night. POOLE'S BY D. SCOTT POOLE Hoke held its first pri mary on Friday, March 13th, 1911. Governor W. W. Kit chin was to appoint the of ficers in the new county of Hoke, but he re quired them to name their selections for the several offices, and then he appointed these. On the 3rd day of April. 1911, the new county of Hoke began functioning. It was a very windy dav, the wind strong from the south, but several thousand people as sembled. There was a big picnic dinner on tables on the school campus and sev eral trenches full of barbe cued beef and pork down in the pines, near where the Grammar school is now. I never heard of a hail storm in the fore part of a day until one May morn ing in 1934. Hail destroyed lots of tobacco in Hoke that morning and in several coun ties in Eastern Carolina. I have heard old folks say that storms, wind. and hail never come in July and Aug ust, but in the spring and fall. On the 11th day of July, 1917, there was a bad storm and it was estimated that $100,000 worth of crops just east of town about two miles out were destroyed. You remember the plank fence around Raeford Insti tute buildings? The school buildings were all framed buildings, but Raeford In stitute was a good school and had the reputation of being one of the best schools in the state. Some distinguished schol ars were given their prepar atory education in Raeford Institute, and a number of young men who attended that school entered the Gos pel Ministry. One of the teachers in the early days of the school resigned his po sition as teacher in the school to prepare himself for the ministry. BASEBALL LUMBERTON BEATS RED SPRINGS IN FINAL GAME The American Legion base ball tournament was con cluded here last Friday af ternoon with Lumberton the victor after winning over Red Springs in a close game, 2-1. The tournament was pun ctuated throughout with dis agreements of various sorts, volunteer coaching and hap hazard limfiirintT hmrtrt tUct j main sources of trouble. j In the semifinal games on Thursday the first, between ' Lumbcitn and Raeford, i twelve innings This includ- led a neated argument with i the umpire by players, coa ones and others The second game Thurs day was called in the eighth inning after playing in the dark for several minutes. At the end of the seventh Mc Coll was leading Red Springs, 4-3, and at the end of the eighth the score was tied at 4-4,. MColl refused to re turn :to finish the game, so Red Springs played in the finals. MEDLEY The first school house at Red Springs Seminary was a $5,000 framed building. Old Floral college was all wood, and was rated as one of the best girls schools in the south before the Civil War. Some of the buildings still stand at Center church. The Charlotte Observer's leading double column edi torial a few days ago was against ceiling prices and parities. When those props are removed the prices of cotton and tobacco will hit the bottom with a THUD. I reckon people should be allowed their choice in cand idates for office. I suppose it is well for us to have two political parties and the giv ing of the right of franchise to women is all to the good but when they vote "agin" vou vou want to disfranchise English statesmen have always said that the Amer ican democracy would fail and the old Roman did not believe religion strengthen ed governments. ro my mind not much experiment ing has done with religion in government.. The best de finition of religion I have ever seen came before my eyes a few days ago. It was "the right attitude toward both God and man." That surely would not do any harm. Crop prospects are very good at this time but Irish potatoes is the only crop of vegetables that is on an av erage. Other vegetables are a poor prospect and water melon plants are taking a slow start. I read that the ceiled price on peaches is $4.41 per bu shel. I would like it no little if I had a carload at that price. These early peaches are not worth as much as the (Continued on page 4) Legion Awards Students Medals Betty MeLean and Daniel Baker have been announced as winners of the 1946 Amer ican Legion school awards in the Hoke County high school senior class. These a wards are made annually by the veterans organization to promote better citizenship in young people. Daniel Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Governor Baker, received the award for ex celling all other members of the senior class in courage, honor, scholarship, leader ship and service. Bettv McLean, daughter of Mr" and Mrs. II. R. Mc Lean, received the award for excelling all other members of the senior class in courage, companionship, character, service, and scholarship. Bessie Wright, also a mem ber of the senior class, won the Legion oratorical con test several weeks ago. o TERPSICIIOREAN CLUB PLANNING DANCE AT ARMORY JUNE 7 The Terpsichorean club of Raeford, an organization recently formed here for the purpose of sponsoring a se ries of dances, announced this week that it had secured the services of Russ Carlton and his orchestra for a dance at the Raeford Armory on the night of Friday, June 7. Carlton's orchestra is nat ionally known, having play ed in some of the country's more famous entertainment spots. Featured with the band are Carolyn Talley, vocalist and pianist, and Wendell Fore, vocalist It is a 17-piece aggregation. o LIBRARY NEWS The Hoke County Library will be' closed on Wednes day afternoons throughout June, July and August, be ginning Wednesday, June 5 At a recent meeting of the Hoke County Library Board, the following officers were reelected to serve during the year 1948-47: Chairman, K. A. McDonald; vice Chair man, Mrs. G. B. Rowland; treasurer, Mrs. T. B. Up church, Jr.; secretary and librarian. Mrs. Luke Be t.hune. W. J. Coatcs has been rppointed a member of the Library Board from the town commissioners to take the place of Neill A. McDon ald, who resigned. Other members of the board Mrs. C. L. Thomas, Mrs. H. L. Gatlin, Jr., Mrs. A. K. Cur rie, Mrs. Jack Hodgin Miss Josephine Hall, N. H. G. Balfour and Carl Morris. There will be a Vacation Reading Club at the public library for the girls and boys of Raeford and Hoke Coun ty, beginning Monday, June 3. They are urged to come in and join this club. A large number of new books have been ordered and are coming in. Schedule: Monday through Saturday, 10 to 5:30, Closed 12 to 1 for lunch, o STORK MAKES DEADLINE Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dick son, Jr. announce the birth of a daughter at a Fayette- ville hospital Wednesday night, May 29, 1946. PRIMARY DEANE TOPS DISTRICT; GREENE HIGH; SECOND PRIMARY LIKELY In the race for Democra tic congressional nominee, C. B. Deane, Rockingham lawyer and insurance man, defeated W. E. Horner, San ford publisher, by 354 votes in last Saturday's primary, according to official figures. 18,650 votes were cast for Deane to 18,296 for Horner. In the district each can didate was high in six coun ties, Deane carrying Anson, Davidson, Richmond, Union, Wilkes and Yadkin and Hor ner being high in Davie. Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, and Scotland. In the hotlv contested race for Hoke county rep resentative to the North Car olina General Assembly, Harry A. Greene was high with 651 votes to 506 for J. Benton Thomas and 184 for Dr. G. W. Brown, the in cumbent. Greene lacked 39 votes of having a majority in the first primary. J. Ben ton Thomas, who ran second, was reliably reported yes terday not to have decided whether or not he would call for a second primary. The deadline for a candi date to call for asecond pri mary is five days after of ficial notification of the re sult of the primary is made by the State Board of E lections. This deadline should normally fall on the last of next week. The primary, if held, will be on June 22. Old Commissioners Win The four members of the old board of Hoke County commissioners who offered for reelection were winners but a newcomer, N. B. Sin clair of Raeford, was top man with 1081 votes and will be the new chairman. Elect ed were: Hector McNeill, 1063 votes, F. A. Monroe with 937, E. R. Pickler with 888, and F. Knox Watson with 799. M. D. Yates got 781 and W. S. Crawley 422. 'FARM NOTES By A. S. Knowles Coal For Tobacco Curing Procedure by which coal dealers may obtain addition al amount of coal for farm- : ei's using stokers for curing i tobacco has been announced j by the Solid Fuels Admin i istration. Certification blanks fur nished by the local AAA of fice should be filed with local retail dealers specify ing the amount of coal need ed at the time orders are placed. Coal dealers will ad vise the SFA as to the num ber of tons of coal for which they have received orders and certificates for directive coal. Only the amount of coal the dealers are unable to obtain from their suppliers on a voluntary basis will be provided in this way. All farmers using coal stokers for curing their to bacco are urged to place their orders as early as possible. Final Date For Filing June 1 is the final date for filing 1946 Farm Plans. Farmers who made their in tentions several months ago and find that they have (Continued on page 4)
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