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N HOKE COUNTY'S BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM ews -Journal HOKE COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER The Hoke Vf jv Journal LUME XLI NO. 11 THURSDAY, AUGUST 15th, 1946 RAEFORD, N. C. $2.00 PER YEAR The The Hoke County News ) Thomas B. Upclmrch Rites Here Sunday Afternoon Prominent Man Dies Early Saturday Morning Funeral services were con ducted at the home here Sunday afternoon at 4:00 o' clock for Thomas Benton Upchurch, who passed away Saturday after an illness of less than one week. He was 82 years of age. Mr. Upchurch, in spite of his advanced age, had been in fairly good health. He had suffered a severe inter nal hemmorrhage about two years ago and this recurred on Sunday, August 4. He suffered two more attacks on the following Monday and then his condition im proved until Friday, August 9, when he began to grow weaker. The end came at 1:00 o'clock Saturday morn ing. The final rites were con ducted by Rev. W. L. Man ess, pastor of the Raeford Methodist church, of which the deceased was a member. Mr. Maness was assisted by Rev. B. P. Robinson, former pastor of the church, and Rev. A. S. Barnes, superin tendent of the Methodist or phanage in Raleigh. The services were attended by a (Continued on Page 4) o -COURT- SUPERIOR COURT TO START NEXT MONDAY Judge R. Hunt Parker, of Roanoke Rapids, will con vene the August term of Su perior court here Monday morning, August 19. Judge Parker has been here sever al times in the past and is known well. The docket to be tried be fore Judge Parker is light, there being only nine or ten criminal cases and less civil cases, most of the latter be ing divorce cases which nor mally do not occupy a great deal of the court's time. Jury list for term has been i 11 I announced as iouows: J. L. McNeill, Carson Da vis, A. H. Ray, Thomas N. McLauchlin, H. A. Greene, A P. Seaford, N. B. Sinclair, W. S. Fields, L. M. Upchurch, C. A. Lilly, J. A. Jones, G. W. Williamson, Clyde Campbell, C. F. McBryde, E. K. Pickler, J. L. Johnson, W. L. McFad yen, John Bouyer. W. E. Holt, B. J. Jones, J. D. Howell, D. P. McDiarmid, W. A. McBryde, Dan Mc Keithan, L. M. Chason, G. F. Koonce, G. C. Wilson, R. A. Jones, Sr., J. M. Norton, T. H. Ingram, J". B. Marks, H. M. Gillis, Wilmer Hendrix, San dy Livingston, and C. C. Conoly. o REVIVAL SERVICES AT BETHEL Revival services will be gin at Bethel school house next Sunday evening at 8:00 o'clock, under the direction of Rev. W. L. Maness, and dedicated to the memory of Bowmore Methodist church. These are community ser-( 'ces for all. Thursday night ill be designated "Bow .nore Night," and the sermon will be delivered by Rev. B. P Robinson, a former pastor. ynmu,u.'u.j....uii M I mmiiinjiiiimi , 5 , - - v THOMAS B. UPCHURCH -TRIED- 12 DEFENDANTS FACE JUDGE TUESDAY MORNING The docket was light at re corder's court Tuesday morn ing when only about a dozen cases were disposed of, sev eral others being continued. Charlotte Blue, colored, was charged with assaulting Annie Belle McNeill with a deadly weapon.. She was sentenced to one year in jail to be suspended on payment of the costs, McNeill's doc tor and hospital bills, and $5.00 a week to Annie Belle McNeill until she is able to work again. Henry Wilson, colored, 1 paid the costs for having im proper equipment on his car. Cleveland Jones, colored, was charged with assaulting his wife with a deadly wea pon. He was sentenced to 3 months on the roads to be su spended on payment of $25 and the costs. Lemar Hines, colored, was sentenced to 90 days ,for fraud. William Brigman and J. W. Saunders, Sr., each paid the costs for being drunk and disorderly and violating Uhe prohibition laws. (Continued on Page 4) LMONTHLY MEETING OF AMERICAN LEGION At the regular monthly meeting of the local Ameri can Legion post at the ar mory Monday night about 30 members were present.. Sup per was served and Vice -Commander T. B. Lester, Jr., presided in the absence of Post Commander J. H. Blue. The post decided to stage an intensive membership drive and to start this with a free meal at their next meeting on September 9 to which all veterans would be invited to come and join the post. L.egionairre foovey was appointed head of a commit tee to investigate the feasi bility of the post sponsoring a fair here this fall. FIRE TUESDAY A. M. The fire alarm wa3 sound ed at 3:15 A. M. Tuesday when cotton caught fire in a carding machine at the Ed inburgh Mill due to a defec tive emery wheel in the machine. Operators manag ed to get the cotton out of the machine and damage was slight. -DEATHS- WILLIAM E. HARRIS W. E. Harris, of Lumber Bridge, died last Friday in a hospital at Lumberton. He was 72 years old and was the son of the late William Harris and the late Sara Ew ing Harris of Montgomery county. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Lula Monroe, of Hoke county; sons, Charles W. and George E. Harris, both of Lumber Bridge, and Lieut. W. A. Harris, USN, of Pensacola, Fla.; daughters, Mrs. C. R. Evans, Jackson ville, Fla., Mrs. W. D. Knight, Raleigh, and Miss Marian Harris, Lumber Bridge; bro thers, I. Z. Harris, Charlotte; Arthur Harris, Raeford and Allen Harris, Mt. Gilead, and sisters, Mrs. Eliza Rush, Mrs. Mattie Wooley, and Mrs. Minnie Nicholson, all of Can dor. Funeral services were held Sunday, 4 p. m., at Lum ber Bridge Presbyterian church by the Rev. H. M. Gibbs assisted by Dr. H. G. Bedinger, of Red Springs. Burial was in the church ce metery. MRS. FLORA M. CLARK Funeral services for Mrs. Flora Margaret Clark were held at 3:00 P. M. Sunday at the Bethel Presbyterian church by Rev. A. D. Cars well, former pastor of the church and Rev. W. B. Gas ton, present pastor. Burial followed in the churchyard cemetery. I Pallbearers were John D. .Clark, Wilson Clark, Dan Currie, Duncan Currie, Wil liam Smith and McLaurin Clark. Mrs. Clark was 84 years of age and had been ill about two weeks. She was the daughter of Duncan and Catherine Currie of Hoke county. Surviving are three daugh ters, four sons, and 15 grand children. MRS. LULA CHASON Mrs. Lula L. Chason, 58, wife of the late Arthur B. Chason, died at her home at Lumber Bridge Sunday night at 10:15 after an illness of severa months. Funeral services were con ducted at Lumber Bridge Baptist church at 4:00 P. M. Tuesday by Rev. T. Paul Deaton, pastor, assisted by Rev. J. M. Gibbs of Stedman, former pastor. Interment was in the cemetery of the Lumber Bridge Presbyterian church. Surviving axe two sons, Arthur B. Chason of New York City and T. L. Chason of the "home; two daughters. Mrs. George B. Weaver of Wallace and Mrs. T. B. For bis oFLumber Bridge; one brother, O. B. Lovette of Parkton and one grandson, o DR. McQUEEN TO PREACH Dr. Angus R. McQueen of Dunn will occupy the pulpit at the Raeford Presbyterian church next Sunday in the Kabsence of the pastor, Rev. H. K. Holland, who is at pres ent holding a meeting in Conyers,' Ga., his first pas torate. Dr. McQueen is a retired Presbyterian minister, hav ing been active for 30 years during which time he was moderator of the Fayette ville Presbytery and the North Carolina Synod. Upchurch Milling Co. Plant Destroyed By Fire Monday ii:;:;:;:;:;::;:':'::':!: :::-:::::-;,-:&-:& The above photograph was discovered in the Upchurch Milling and Storage Company here at about six-thirty Tuesday morning. Other pictures of this fire on page eight. Mclnnis Reunion At Dundarrach The Mclnnis family held its first annual reunion since the war at the Dundarrach Presbyterian church last Sunday with about 150 mem bers and friends present from North Carolina, South Caro lina, and Alabama. The sermon was preached at 11:00 by Rev. B. P. Rob inson of Raeford. Mr. Rob inson took as his subject: "Home." Following the ser mon the group enjoyed a pic nic dinner on the grounds. After dinner a memorial service was held for the members of the family who I had passed way since the last meeting. The names of the 50 mem bers who are in or had been in the armed services were read by Maggie Jane Mc Bryde. Of this number none were lost in the war and one was wounded. All are at present in the United States. At the business meeting Mrs. Murphy McLauchlin was elected president for the next year, Mrs. Wilson Mc Jfryde, vice president, and Maggie Jane McBryde, sec retary and treasurer. Plans were made to hold the re union at the same place next year. , o McBRYDE REUNION About 100 members of the TcBryde family and connec tion gathered for a picnic dinner at Antioch Presby terian church on Thursday, August 3, 1946. iiiP taken shortly after fire was Veterans Organize New Political Unit A new political organiza tion of World War II veter ans, the North Carolina GI Democrats, was organized at a meeting of former service men from all parts of the state at a meeting in Pine hurst Monday. About 50 veterans were in attendance at the meeting at the Chalfonte club in Pine hurst and Frank Parker of Asheville, former staff ser geant and newly elected State Senator from Buncom be county, was elected State Chairman. Mayne Albright of Raleigh was elected secre tary. The organization announ ced a 14-point program for state betterment. It pled ged itself to "orderlly achie vement of progressive aims through our democratic gov ernment and emphasized its determination to place ts responsibilities above 'any group interest.' It announ ced plans for active partici pation in the affairs of gov ernment "from the precinct level to the highest office." John A. Lang of Carthage was selected as organizing chairman for the Eighth dis trict. Temporary chairman for Hoke county is Paul Dickson. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL W. T. Gibson, principal and presently coach at Hoke high school announced yesterday that football practice would get underway at five o'clock next Monday afternoon. Fire Beyond Control When Firemen Aroused The feed and flour mill plant of the Upchurch Mil ling and Storage company here was completely destroy ed by fire Monday morning. The fire was detected and the alarm sounded at 6:30 A. M. Monday, but by this time the fire was beyond control. The fire department fought the blaze vigorously but to no avail, although they man aged to keep the fire from spreading to the ice and em ergency power plant in the rear of the building behind the fire wall. The ice plant was in operation later Mon day as soon as burned out electrical wiring was repair ed. According to Tom Camer on, manager of the plant, the loss sustained was be tween $75,00 and $100,000 ba sed on repacement costs of the building, machinery, grain and supplies. The loss was not covered by insurance but was partially covered by insurance reserve the com pany had set up. This a mounted to about ten per cent of the loss. The theory of the manager s that the fire started from spontaneous combustion in some wheat mill feed in the building. The mill had been closed for two whole days, the first time it had been closed for so long in hot wea ther in many years. The company employed a bout 27, all of whom are to be kept on the payroll in some capacity until the new mill is in operation, at least none are to be cut off because of the fire. Modern Plant Planned Tentative plans of the ma nagement are to construct a modern building for making feed, on the site of the de stroyed plant. They plan to visit mills in North and South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee and complete def inite plans for the plant in time to get started within 60 days. The construction of anoth er building for the flour mill is also contemplated, this to be located to the rear of the ice plant. The tentative feed plant is to be a four floor structure with grain storage on the top floor,manufacturing on the second and third floors and packaging and loading spaces on the ground floor which is to be at load ing level. LMAKE DATES TO CAN W. P. Phillips, Hoke High vocaional agriculture teach er who has been in charge of the cannery at the gram mar school this summer, an nounced yesterday that the cannery would not be open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday as usual, due to the Lfact that there is less can ning now. He stated that persons wishing to have can ning done on those days may call him a day in advance and make arrangements.
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