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VOLUME XLI NO. 10
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8. 1946 RAEFORD, N. C.
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FARM NOTES
By A. S. Knowles I
Five 4-H club boys and
girls representing their clubs
will attend a 4-H Short
Course next week. Those go
ing are: Landon Yarborough,
Herman Gillis, O. B. Max
well, Jr., Floyd McNeill,
James Tapp, Elizabeth Par
ker, Martha Harris, Betty
McFadyen, Myrna Almond
and Betty Lou Nixon.
The group will be accom
panied by county agent, A.
S. Knowles, and will remain
the entire week. This is the
first 4-H short course held
since 1941. Every county in
North Carolina will be rep
resented by 4-H club boys
and girls. It is estimated
that 1200 to 1500 will be in
attendance.
Sabadilla dust will kill the
collard bug. Any farmers
having bugs on their collards
should get a supply of this
dust immediately from their
local insecticide dealer. The
dust should be applied with
a hand duster.
Edwin Pickler, who farms
with C. L. Thomas, ,planted
15 acres of corn in 1945 and
said he "farmed it the old
way." He used the middle
buster to lay off rows four
and a half to five feet wide
and planted down in the fur
ow. In order to be able to
,ide his corn it was neces
sary to "bar-off" the corn
with the turn plow, 4 fur
rows to the middle. After
siding the corn, it was then
necessary to "throw down"
the middle. This required
4 furrows to the row and
left a "balk" which had to
be split with a large sweep.
In 1946, Edwin was deter
mined to take a short cut in
growing his corn. He had
watched with interest and
had read of the results ob
tained with demonstrations
carried out by the N. C. Ex
periment station and the Ex
tension service. He first ob
tained seed of good hybrid.
He then used an 8-inch sho
vel to lay off three and a
half feet rows. In the fur
row, he put 400 pounds of
fertilizer per acre and then
planted the corn. The corn
was just below the level of
the ground. When it was 4
to 6 inches high, he used a
weeder twice. About a week
later he sided the corn very
shallow. About 10 days la
ter he put 300 pounds of 10-0-10
to one side and swept
out the middle shallow. The
next week he put 100 pounds
of 10-0-10 to the other middle
and split it out shallow. Ed
win says he thinks he'll make
as much or more corn on the
7 acres this year than he did
on 15 acres last year. He
emphasized that a turn plow
has no place in a corn field.
Most farmers following the
practices which Edwin Pick
ler folowed are well pleased
with the results and agree
ith him that the "new
method" is much easier and
consumes much less time.
M. L. Jones on T. B. Up
church farm planted 5 acres
of corn where he has been
planting 15 acres. He put
the same of fertilizer to the
5 acres as he did to 15 acres
last year and expects to make
about the same a mount of
corn.
Kiwanians Say Town
Should Pay More
The Raeford Kiwanis club
went on record at its meet
ing two weeks ago as favor
ing a revision of the peti
tions for paving to the effect
that the town government
would pay one-third of the
costs of the proposed street
paving and the property
owners on each side of the
streets pay one-third each,
with the town paying for the
intersections.
As petition now reads the
town is asked to pay for the
intersections and the proper
ty owners on each side of
the streets pay one-half each.
The club's resolution was
presented to the town com
missioners at their regular
monthly meeting Tuesday
night by R. B. Lewis, of the
Kiwanis club's public affairs
committee. The commis
sioners said they would take
the matter "under advise
ment" and advise the club.
As of yesterday no advice
had been forthcoming.
MUST HAVE PERMIT
TO CURE IN CANADA
Information has just been
received by the county a
gent, A. S. Knowles, to the
effect that any person who
intends to cure tobacco in
Canada this season will have
to get a permit to cross the
border from the county a
gent's office.
The Canadian officials re
quest that those going to
Canada for this purpose
should go around August 10
or 12.
POOLE'S
BY D. SCOTT POOLE
After Hoke County was
formed in 1911 the county
commissioners got contrac
tors to build good sand clay
roads, the courthouse and
jail, and several dwellings
and stores. I believe the
Bank of Raeford built its
present home and McLauch
lin company built their home
also.
I was elected Mayor over
my protest but after elec
tion I served as best I could.
The town was full of work
men of several trades, ma
sons, carpenters and road
builders who had nowhere
to live or board, so several
good hearted people took
them to board and the com
missioners wanted me to col
lect the boardinghouse tax
which was $5 a year. I re
fused to enforce their pay
ment of the tax and offered
my resignation. The town
commissioners refused to ac
cept my resignation because
these folks were accidently
boardinghouse folks, so I
moved to Wendell to get out
of being mayor. I got out
of it, too.
The town prospered and
grew and is one of the best
places to live in the United
States. No better people
live anywhere. I returned
to the town and the news
paper business in 1915, and
I am still enjoying life in the
old town today.
The State Magazine says
the budget commission is
making plans that will raise
the tax rate in this state. The
-COURT-
11 DEFENDANTS FACE
JUDGE McDIARMID
TUESDAY
Most defendants facing
Judge Henry McDiarmid in
Hoke county recorder s court
Tuesday morning were char
ged with breaking the law
in connection with automo
biles, faulty equipment or li
censes, and one for driving
drunk.
Joseph L. Capps, white
man of Cumberland county,
pleaded guilty of driving a
car while under the influ
ence of liquor. Sentence
was 60 days, suspended on
payment of $50 and the costs.
Willie Chester Maynor,
colored, was tried on a
charge of larceny and found
not guilty.
The following got sent
ences of 30 days suspended
on payment of the costs:
John Dewey McKinnon, col
ored, reckless driving; How
ard McRae, colored, improp
er equipment; Herman Black,
colored, improper driver s
license; Henry Price, color
ed, improper brakes; Neill
A. McGill, colored, drunk
and disorderly; Robert Ber
nard, white, drunk and dis
orderly. Fred L. Stephens, transient
white man, forfeited a $20
bond on a charge of having
improper license plates on
his car.
Edward Moore, colored,
charged with carrying a con
cealed weapon, to wit a
black jack, pleaded guilty as
charged and sentence of 60
days was suspended on pay
ment of $10 and the costs.
MEDLEY
state is prospering but taxes
can destroy or build up.
Wisdom decides which we a
dopt. The Democrats got control
of the General Assembly in
the early 1870's and the state
was fully under Democra
tic rule after the inaugura
tion in 1876. That was the
other political year, like
1900.
Some people hunted for a
musement but many hunted
for meat to live on. Par
boiled and then baked o'pos
sum and coon are both very
good meat. Squirrels are
just some of the best. I have
killed seven in one morning.
I killed three deer I did
not get. Others found them
after it was too late. I did
not follow quite far enough
o get them. Ang Bailey was
sitting in a turkey blind ear
ly one morning when a large
buck deer came and ate his
bait and scared the turkeys
away. Ang shot him through
the body, got out of the
blind, followed him all day
and lost him in Deep River,
twenty miles from where he
shot him.
If the OPA does not low
er the cost of grains, meats
and food President Truman's
dramaty battle was all for
show. If the cost of living
it not lowered look for
strikes. 1
A certain bunch of CIO
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Mackall To Be
Training Area
Fort Bragg, July 31. The
War Department recently
announced that Camp Mac
kall will continue as a sub-
post of Fort Bragg, comman
ded by Major General S. I e-
Roy Irwin.
While the camp will not
operate as a permanent troop
Dome, it will be kept in a
state of repair for use as a
possible maneuver or sum
mer training station at the
discretion of the Training
Section of the War Depart
ment. The planned training ca
pacity is 12,000; and mess,
administration, recreation,
and toilet facilities will be
kept n a state of repair.
Troops undergoing future
training at Camp Mackall
will be housed in tents.
The camp will be main
tained by a small group of
civilians working under the
Post Engineer at Fort Bragg;
and all service and supply
will be handled by the Ser
vices and Supply Officer at
Fort Bragg.
Administration of Camp
Mackall will be under the
Commanding General, Fort
Bragg, with local command
by the senior tactical com'
mander of troops in train
ing.
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Hoke Narrative
Report For July
Thirteen Home Demonst
ration clubs met in Hoke
county in July. The demon'
stration was on "Finishing
Touches for the Home. One
hundred and twenty eight
club members attended the
meetings.
The U.S.D.A. County coun
cil met on the afternoon of
July 1. The home agent also
attended a meeting of the
Kockfish Grange and was
present at the Red Cross
Camp and Hospital meeting
which was held a t Fort
Bragg.
The Hoke County 4-H
clubs sponsored the Lone
Star Quartet on the evening
of July 24. Proceeds from
the program will be used to
send ten boys and girls to
4-H Short Course at State
College in August.
From July 28-30, 44 wo
men went on a most enjoy
able tour to Manteo, Wash
ington, D. C, Skyline Drive,
The Endless Caverns, and
Natural Bridge, Va. In Wash
ington, the group had a plea
sant virit with Congresswo
iman Jane Pratt, who form-
'erly lived in Raeford.
The Pine Forest club spon
sored a community picnic
on the afternoon of July 4.
The Little River club re
cently bought paint for their
community building. The
work was done by a group
of agricultural boys from
the Vass-Lakeview school.
Recent visits were made to
the home of Mrs. M. C. Al
mond and Mrs. E. R. Pick
ler of the Ashmont com
munity. Both Mrs. Almond
and Mrs. Pickler are enjoy
ing using their new electric
ranges which have just re
cently been installed. At
Mrs. Frank McGregor s home
a new outdoor furnace has
just been erected. Mrs. Mc
Gregor says she uses the
furnacefor canning as well
as for outdoor cooking, and
in the winter it will be use
ful at hog killing time.
National Food Preservat-
SEPTEMBER 5 SiaS OPENING
DATE FOR COUIiV SCHOOLS
Try To Improve
Mail Service
There is talk this week of
people of this county mak
ing a concerted effort to get
the post otfice department
to grant a mail carrying con
tract to the bus line opera
ting between Raeford, Lum
ber Bridge, Red Springs.
Shannon and other points.
The move is being made
with a view to improving
the mail service from Rae
ford to people who get their
mail from post offices at
Lumber Bridge, Shannon,
and Red Springs. At present
it takes from two to four
days for these people to get
mail from Raeford and under
the proposed plan this time
would be reduced to about
one day or less.
T. B. Updch 111
T. B. Upchurch, senior, suf
fered an internal hemmorr
hage Sunday and two more
Monday and his physician
reported at that time that
he was in a critical condition.
At last reports yesterday
Mr. Upchurch, while still in
serious condition, was re
ported to be greatly improv
ed. His illness is a recur
rence of an ailment he suf
fered with two years ago.
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TWO FIRE ALARMS
The Raeford fire depart
ment turned out twice last
week end but didn't have to
shoot any water either time.
The first alarm was turned
at 4:30 Saturday afternoon
when the automobile of Zeb
Daniel caught fire in front
of the county office building.
Damage was slight and the
fire had been extinguished
with sand when the fire
men arrived. The second
alarm was Sunday at about
7:30 P. M. when a fire was
reported at the cotton mill.
There was a storm at the
time but the firmen got
their trucks and equipment
up to the mill but were un
able to find the conflagra
tion. It was listed as a false
alarm.
PATTERSONS HERE
Captain and Mrs. Alexan
der M. Patterson, of the Uni
ted States Navy in Washing
ton, D. C, were visitors here
this week.
Capt. Patterson is a native
of this county and entered
the naval academy at An
napolis from here. They live
in Alexandria, Virginia.
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KIWANIS PICNIC
The Raeford Kiwanis club
had a picnic at Clyde's pond
last Thursday night in lieu
of the regular weekly meet
ing at the Kiwanis hall. Kiw
anians brought their wives
or sweethearts and a pleas
ant time was had by all.
ion Week was observed in
July. A great deal of food
was canned at home and at
the community cannery in
Raeford. Several groups al
so canned for their school
lunch rooms.
-Josephine Hall, home agent.
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BcEJ Okays Faculty
List; Several
Vacancies
The Hoke County Board
of Education in its regular
monthly meeting at the court
house Monday set the open
ing dates for the schools of
the county and approved the
teacher list as it stands pres
ently, although teachers are
still lacking at several of the
schools in the county.
The white schools of the
county will open on Thurs
day, September 5, 1946, and
will close on May 23, 1947.
The colored schools will open
on Monday, October 7, and
close on May 30, 1947. The
indian schools of the county
will have same opening and
closing dates as colored
schools.
All schools of the county
will be .closed for one week
at Christmas, closing on Fri
day, December 20 and re
opening on Monday, Decem
ber 30.
The faculty at Mildouson is
complete. Rockfish still has
two vacancies, Raeford Gra
ded school one and Ashe
mont one. Hoke high school
lis still in need of an athletic
coach, a band teacher, and
an additional agricultural
teacner, wnom bounty sup
erintendent K. A. MacDon
ald hopes to locate before
the schools open.
W. T. Gibson, Jr., the new
supervising principal of the
Raeford graded and Hoke
high schools, has moved in
to the principals' home on
North Main street and is
now on the job. We hope
that everyone will make Mr.
and Mrs. Gibson feel at
home.
Personals
James D. Matheson is a
patient at Moore County hos
pital where he is suffering
from a broken leg.
Mr. and Mrs. Younger
Snead had as their guests
over the week end Mrs.
Snead's mother, Mrs. C. P.
Vinson of Weldon, and Mr.
and Mrs. A. L. C. Hill of
Kinston. Mrs. Snead and
Mrs. Hill are sisters. Janelle
and Younger Snead, Jr., re
turned home with the Hill's
for a visit.
Mrs. Gallaway, who
is making her home with
her daughter, Mrs. A. D.
Walters, suffered a slight
heart attack Tuesday morn
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Harry A.
Greene spent Monday in
Raleigh.
Joe Gulledge spent several
days this week at Morven
visiting relatives.
Mrs. Hugh Lowe of Char
lotte is visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Poole.
Mrs. Charles Riddle. Jr.,
and daughter, Brenda Sue,
Mrs. Hector McNeill, Jr.,
Misses Flora Katae and Do
ris Whyte McNeill spent sev
eral days at White Lake last
week.