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Jo HOKE COUNTY'S BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM HOKE COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER Mraa The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal s. VOLUME XLI NO. 6 THURSDAY, JULY 11th, 1946 RAEFORD, N. C. $2.00 PER YEAR Tee News ADDENDA By The Editor The watermelon season got under way here this week with the first car of the season being loaded by Mitchell Epstein on Tuesday. Several other growers expect to start loading by the first of next week. Significant indicator of the way times have changed is the fact that the melons which are clas sed as culls because they are too ripe to ship are selling for 75 cents each. They used to go for 10 or 15 cents, or a quarter at most this time of the year and for nothing a little later. There was a heavy hail storm m the eastern part of the county Monday after noon with heavy crop dam age reported by some farm ers of that section. Farther east, in Cumberland county, there was a heavy rainfall. The Fayetteville Observer reported yesterday that there was 1.52 inches of ram in that county in the 24 hours ending at 7:30 A. M. yester day. This is exceptionally heavy. We've heard some com ment since we mentioned everal weeks, ago that it 1 ;l vould be nice if the town would supplement the high school athletic coach's salary with a rebate of the schools' water bill. If there's enough of this maybe the town board will decide it is a good idea also. C. B. Johnson called at The News-Journal office yes terday while the editor was out. It seems that he has a scheme in mind to improve the tobacco quota system that he wished to have pub licized before the referen dum tomorrow. He didn't return, though, so we don't know what it is. We know a great many lawyers who are fine, hon orable, public-spirited citi zens, but we believe that the percentage of scoundrels is higher in that profession than any other. Some fel low said "They are like wo men. You can't get along with them and you can't get along without them." We don' subscribe to the com parison, but the rest is o. k. Most Raeford persons and firms are not increasing their margin of profit since the demise of the OPA. We figure these are smarter than the ones who are tak ing advantage of the situa tion, as one dollar will buy three pieces of pie better than two dollars that won't buy but two. The administration of the town of Raeford has not yet fixed the traffic warning system at the points where highways enter Main street and at present there are no stop or warning lights at any of the three corners, "he rules and stop signs at lese three corners are also inconsistent as motorists en Centi&vad oo Psfe -COURT- FOUR DRUNKEN DRIVERS GET SUSPENDED SENTENCES In Hoke county recorder's court Tuesday morning four defendants either pleaded guilty or were found guilty of driving drunk and other offenses. All got suspended sentences. E. D. Hollingsworth, col ored, was found guilty of driving drunk, speeding, and careless and reckless driv ing. Sentence of 8 months was suspended on payment of a fine of $100 and the costs. John H. Harrington, col ored man of Scotland county, pleaded guilty of driving drunk and violating the pro hibition law. Sentence of 90 days was suspended on payment of $50 and the costs. Campbell Locklear, In dian, got a 90-day sentence suspended on payment of a $50 fine and the costs for driving drunk and without driver s license. Richard McDonald, col red, got 4 months suspended on payment of $50 and the court costs for driving drunk and violating the prohibition laws. Mayo Rivers, colored, paid the costs for careless and reckless driving. Robert Bernard, white, paid the costs for being drunk end disorderly. Carl Virgil, colored, paid the costs for violating the prohibition law. Andred Reed, colored, fai' led to appear and bond was forfeited. Costs were paid and the remainder went to the school fund. Rockf ish Negro Is Freed Under $500 Bond For Killing Brother John D. Campbell, 32-year -old colored man of Mc Lauchlin township, killed his brother, Archie T. Camp bell, with a 12-guage shot gun at the home of the for mer near Rockfish station at a few minutes past five o' clock last Monday afternoon and by Wednesday was free under a bond of $500. Coroner Harry A. Greene conducted an inquest Tues day night at which John D. Campbell testified that he had some trouble at his home with his brother Archie try ing to take his car. John D. said that he got Archie out of the car but that he got out with a hammer in POOLE'S BY D. SCOTT POOLE It is more than probable that another war will break out before the last one is settled, but that will settle things with a good many folks. I read of a boy who was sent to put eggs under a turkey hen that had gone to setting. When he return ed his mother asked him how many eggs he had put under the hen, and he said 'thirty His mother told him he had put too many and tie replied that he wanted to see the old lady spread herself. The government and labor Commissioner Scott Favors Quotas Raleigh, July 11. In the opinion of Agriculture Com missioner Kerr Scott, the outcome of the forthcoming tobacco quota election, Fri day, July 12, "will not only affect the welfare of tobac co farmers in 1947 but will also largely determine their economic position n the post war era." -re are some of the rath er obvious reasons the Com missioner lists for continu ance of the quota system: 1. In North Carolina we produce 70 per cent of the Nation's supply of flue-cured tobacco. Without quotas it is quite probably we should lose our commanding posi tion. 2. Tobacco represents bet ter than 50 per cent of gross income from agriculture. The loss of the quota sys tem would tend to reduce this income for North Caro lina. 3. Tobacco has been suc cessfully grown under the quota system administered by the A. A. A. without harm to any other crop area or segment of our economy. . 4. The efficiency of pro duction and the improve ment of quality, plus the cooperation of growers and handlers of tobacco, im proved under the quota system. 5. The quota system is not only needed for protection of capital invested on farms and in towns but also to as sure the continuance of a fair wage to labor and far mer alike. his hand which he threw at John D., after which he went into some nearby woods, making threats in departing. John D. said that Archie re turned a short time later ma king threats and that he was making motions which lead John D. to believe he was about to produce a weapon. At this, John D. said, he shot him with his shotgun. Archie T. Campbell was 23 years old and was in the army for a short time dur ing the war. The affair took place on the Wood farm at Rockfish and John D. Campbell's bond was made by M. T. Wood, his landlord. MEDLEY are both trying to do just that. The crop quotas are not justly based. As now man aged, there are special favors shown. In fact, some are making fortunes whiles oth ers just as deserving citizens get none at all. You cannot build a nation in a nation. . Every farmer should have some acreage, in any crop He desires to raise. Down east farmers say, "we must take cart of Co&ti&ued vi Page f : -VOTE- FARMERS URGED TO VOTE ON QUOTAS TOMORROW "Vote vour own wav. but by all means vote." That was the final aDDeal made tndav to flue-cured tobacco grow ers of Hoke county by T. D. hotter, chairman of the coun ty Agricultural Conserva tion Committee, in urging farmers to narticioate in the flue-cured tobacco ref eredum on Frday, July 12. "Congress has made it pos sible for us to decide for ourselves whether we want marketing quotas on flue cured tobacco for 1947 and it's up to us to go to the polls and state our prefer ence. At the present time, flue-cured tobacco growers are producing above world consumption levels to build depleted stocks in foreign countries. Marketing quo tas afford the opportunity to adjust this supply to meet demand. Marketing quotas furnish growers with a met hod of adjusting supply to demand and can help to pro vide fair prices to growers for the tobacco they pro duce," he said. If quotas are approved, in dividual farm acreage allot ments for 1947 will not be less than 80 per cent of the 1946 allotment for any farm which has grown up to 75 percent of its allotted acre age in any one of the past three years. There . will be a small acreage for upward adjustment of old farm al lotments, particularly small farm allotments, and for es tablishing allotments on farms on which no tobacco has been grown in the past five years. If the supply and demand situation war rants, the Secretary of Ag riculture is authorized, un der provisions of the Act, to increase allotments any time to March 1, 1947. Every person who has an interest in the 1946 crop of flue-cured tobacco as own er, tenant, or share cropper is entitled to vote in the ref eredum but no person is en titled to moo than one vote even though ae produces to bacco in two or more com munities, counties, or states. Mr. Potter-said ,I believe it is up to us to show our interest by going to the polls and voting one way or the other. This is the democra tic way of deciding this im portant issue and I urge ev ery flue-cured tobacco grow er in the county to go to his community voting place on Friday, July 12, and vote in this referendum." The polls will be open from 7:00 a. m. to 9:00 p. m. Voting places in Hoke coun ty will be as follows: Lumber Bridge Child Dies From Polio George Harris, Jr., aged 4, died Monday in a Fayette ville hospital of infantile pa ralysis. The boy lived in the vcinity of Lumber Bridge with his parents. DEATH UNAVOIDABLE The accident involving Frank Williams in the deal f the liobsoa child, was anauned uaaratfafcU at a town's iatiMat las sight R0XB0R0 MAN CHOSEN AS NEW PRII , !PAL HOKE HIGH 5 O u iaKing Appnc - .ns For Freezer Lo o rs . 1 in ( J. R. Parker, Gol ?3ro man who expects to .fin age the freezer locker plant when it is completed, was in town this week and stated that he hoped and expected to open the plant for busi ness about October 15. He also stated that applications tor lockers are now being received by D. J. Dalton at the REA office here and that so far about half of the 400 dd lockers had already been applied for. Rental prices run from $13 to $18.00, de pending on the accessibility of the locker. The foundation of the building was laid a week or two ago on the Fayette ville road opposite the cem etery and work on the buil ding started this week. Sanitary Inspection Duties Explained The sanitary inspector is charged with the duties of inspecting restaurants, ca- fes, hotels, tourist homes, tourist camps, summer camps, lunch and drink stands, sandwich manufac turing establishments, and any other establishment where food is prepared, handled, or served to the public at wholesale or re tail for pay or where trans ient guests are served food or provided with lodging for pay. Complaints, of a Pub lic health nature, are in vestigated, and when neces sary, corrective action is ta ken. The establishments refer red to above, are graded as follows: A Any establish ment receiving a rating of at least 90 per cent or more shall be awarded Grade A, B Any establishment re ceiving a rating of at least 80 per cent and less than 90 per cent shall be awarded Grade B, and any establish ment receiving a rating of at least 70 percent but less than 80 per cent shall be graded C. No establish ment receiving a sanitary ra ting of less than 70 per cent shall operate. No person shall operate any of the afore mentioned establishments who does not possess an unrevoked per mit from the Board of Health Representative. This is also the case, where an establish ment changes ownership or proprietors. Applications for permits may be made by letter or telephone to the Moore-Hoke District Health Department, Raeford, N. C, Phone 227-1. No permit shall be issued until a sanitary in spection has been made. The reason for this inspection be ing to insure that the estab lishment meets the minimum requirements to operate in a sanitary manner. An excellent spirit of co operation on the part of the present operators in Hoke County is reflected in the improvements that have been and are being made in the establishments throughout Continued aa Page f McGregor's successor CHOSEN TUESDAY BY BOARD The Raeford school com mittee in session Tuesday night selected William T. Gibson, of Roxboro, to be the new principal of Hoke county high school for the next year succeeding C. H. McOregor, who resigned to accept a job as head of the New Hope high school near Goldsboro. The new principal is a graduate of Louisburg col lege and Eastern Carolina Teachers college at Green ville. He has done graduate work at Duke university and the University of North Ca rolina. After another sum mer of study Mr. Gibson will be eligible to receive his de gree as master of arts. While at ECTC he was president of the student body, although he entered that school in the junior class. Before the war he was coach and principal at Bethel Hill high school in Pearson county. The girls' basket ball team he coaqhed at Bet hel Hill won 66 consecutive games. He has also played on and managed several semi-pro baseball teams. Gibson entered the U. S. Navy in 1941 and was a wel fare and recreation officer as well as doing indoctrina tion work. He was recently separated from the Navy with the rank of lieutenant, junior grade. Mr. Gibson is married, but has no children. He comes t'j this county highly recom mended by Pearson county, the State department of edu" cation and the University. Members of the Raeford district school committee who elect the principal of the county high school are J. H. Blue, Walter Maxwell and J. E. Gulledge. Mr. McGregor moved with his family this week to Way ne county. FARM NOTES By A. S. Knowles Cotton should be dusted with calcium arsenate when boll weevil infestation rea ches 10 per cent. To check for per cent infestation, pull 100 cotton squares at random and count the number that has been damaged by weevil. Use 4 to 6 pounds of calcium arsenate per acre or 6 to 8 oounds of a mixture of e- qual parts of calcium ar senate and hydrated lime. G. W. Ray, of McLauchlin township, has a new way of determining when a barn of tobacco has finished curing. He says when he walks into a barn and can t see the ther mometer he knows there are still some swell stems and therefore doesn't bother to examine and look for them. The catch is that you must be wearing eyeglasses. It seems that when Mr. Kay walks into the barn and mois ture quickly collects on his glasses that he is sure the tobacco needs "killing-out- (Cootiauad on Pafs 4)
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