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V'OLUMN XLI NO. 15
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th, 1946 RAEFORD, N. C.
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Hoke County Farm
Bureau Conducts
Membership Drive
The Hoke County Farm Bur
eau, rr. ember of the North Caro
lina Farm Bureau, set themsel
ves a goal of 340 members in
their membership drive being
conducted during this month.
This action was taken at a mee
ting of the Hoke Bureau at the
courthouse last week.
The Farm Bureau at this time
througn its National Office in
Chicago, its office in Wash
ington, and the National and
State boards of directors is try
ing to keep farmers from' ex
periencing another 1932,, by up
holding the laws that have been
passed by the organization to do
for farm people what has been
done for other groups.
Cotton farmers, particularly,
are interested in joining the
farm bureau to meet the chal
lenge issued by Daniel J. Tobin
of the Teamsters' Union when
he called on all members of this
union to boycott cotton and all
cotton products. Cotton far
mers obviously need to be or
ganized themselves to defend
themselves and retaliate against
an organized effort of this kind.
In Hoke County A. A. Mc
Eachern is president of the Bu
reau and J. M. McGougan is
vice president.
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Hoke Cotton Gins
Support Cotton
Council 100 Percent
Charlotte. (Special) Every
cotton gin in nine North Caro
lina counties has pledged full
support to the National Cotton
Council's 1947 program of ad
vertising and research, R. G. Eu
banks, Charlotte, chairman of
the Council's North Carolina
Virginia unit, announced today.
Mr. Eubanks reported that to
date 74 counties throughout the
Cotton Belt have reached the
100 per cent mark in the pro-ducer-ginner
phase of the Coun
cil's 1947 finance campaign. He
listed the hundred per cent coun
ties in North Carolina as David
son, Guilford, Randolph, Hoke,
Pender, Pamlico, Beaufort, Was
hington, and Chatham.
"We are confident that at least
fifteen additional counties in
North Carolina will achieve the
100 per cent goal before the
close of the Council sign-up cam
paign late this fall," Mr. Eu
banks said. "In a number of
counties, only a handfull of gins
remain to be signed."
Pointing out that the Council
finance campaign had been
launched among North Carolina
gins this, year for the first time,
Mr. Eubanks said that the state
stands ahead or" all other South
eastern states in the drive to
provide cotton with an adequate
fund to fight its competitors
in promotion and research. The
North Carolina sign-up stands
at 37.5 per cent of the state's
546 active gins. Alabama is
second among Southeastern
states, with a sign-up of 26.8 per
cent. For the Belt as a whole,
the gin sign-up has reached the
46 per cent mark.
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MAXWELL HOME BURNS
The residence of Clayton Max
welt was destroyed by fire of un
known origin last Monday mor
ning at about 11 o'clock. The
personal effects of Mr. Maxwell,
his daughter, Marian, and his
three sons were all lost.
No one was about the house
when the fire started and when
it was discovered it was too far
advanced for any effective ac
tion. Only a few items of furni
ture were saved.
-DEATH-
ANGUS D. McPHAUL
DIES AT HOME
MONDAY
Funeral services were conduc
ted at Antioch Presbyterian
church at four o'clock yesterday
afternoon for Angus D. McPhaul,
prominent farmer of that section
who passed away at his home on
Monday night after an illness
of several weeks.. He had been
in declining health for several
years.
The service was conducted by
Rev. Allen C. Lee, pastor of the
Red Springs Methodist church of
which the deceased was a mem
ber, Rev. J. W. Mann, pastor of
the Antioch Presbyterian church,
and Rev. Thomas Fry, pastor of
the Red Springs Presbyterian
church. Burial followed in the
cemetery at the Antioch church.
Mr. McPhaul was the son of
the late Hugh W. and Margaret
Biggs McPhaul. He was a pro
minent farmer of the Antioch
section, member of the Hoke
county Board of Education for
the past ten years, member of the
Red Springs Masonic lodge, and
a lifelong member of the Metho
dist church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Bess E. McPhaul; three sons, A.
H. McPhaul of Raeford, A. F.
McPhaul of Red Springs, and
John D McPhaul of the home;
three daughters, Mrs. A. L.
Baldy of Bradenton. Fla., Mrs.
R. B. McRacken of Red Springs
and Mrs W. L. Norton of Fay
etteville; four sisters, Mrs. Ka
tie Lowe of Chapel Hill, Mrs.
M. E. Walters of Hoke county,
Mrs. W. L. Miller of Henderson
ville, and Mrs Belle Currie of
Red Springs; two brothers, F. F.
and J. W. McPhaul of this coun
ty. 0
William H. Hasty
Dies Monday
Funeral services were conduc
ted Tuesday afternoon for W.
H. Hasty, 59, mayor of Maxton
since 1925 who died in a Fay
etteville hospital Monday after
an illness of several months.
Mr. Hasty was born near Max-
ton, the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. D. W. Hasty He had been!
manager of the Maxton Oil andj
Fertilizer company since 1926
and was a past master of the
Maxton Masonic lodge
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Flora Belle Currie, two
sons, a brother, and two sisters,
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CAR FALLS ON
KENNETH HAIRE
Kenneth Haire, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Haire, had the mis
fortune last Sunday to have his
car fall off a bumper jack while
he was under it. He was taken
to a Fayetteville hospital with
chest injuries but has been re
leased and according to last re
ports is recovering satisfactorily.
MISS MARY ELLA JESSUP
Miss Mary Ella Jessup, 28,
died late Saturday at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Jessup, of Rocky Mount, Route
3, following a period of declin
ing health.
Mr. and Mrs. Jessup with their
family were residents of the
Rockfish community of this
county several years ago.
Herbert McLean, Jr., has been
critically ill with pneumonia
this week at a hospital in Chi
cago where he was living with
his sister, Mrs. James K. David,
and her husband. He was re
ported to be improving yesterday.
Veterans' Farmer
Training Program
The Veterans Farmer Training
Program established in conjunc
tion with the Agriculture De
partment of Hoke County high
school has gotten off to a good
start, according to W. P. Phil
lips, teacher of agriculture.
To date, a total of twenty-three
veterans have filed application
for the course, of which six
teen have had all the necessary
forms prepared and entered up
on their training program.
This type of training is one
of the opportunities offered un
der the G. I. BUI of Rights. Any
veteran who has had three
months or more service and
holds an honorable discharge
from the armed forces is eligible
to apply if he is interested in
securing agricultural training.
All veterans interested in ma
king application should see W.
P. Phillips, agriculture teach
er, L. M. Lester, assistant tea
cher, or Miss Marion Maxwell,
Veterans Service Officer, whose
headquarters are in the sheriffs
office.
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Recorders Court
J. N. Woodell, white of Fay
etteville, was sentenced by
Judge Henry McDiarmid in re
corder's court Tuesday morning
to 30 days on the roads for giving
a bad check and the court costs.
Clarence Blue, colored, got a
60-day sentence suspended on
payment of the costs for driving
an improperly equipped car.
Clyde E. McLauchlin, and
Clarence R. Russell, colored, paid
the costs and got 30-day sent
ences suspended on the same
charge.
John Sutherland, colored, got
30 days, suspended on payment
of the costs, for passing a car on
the crest of a hill.
Roy Dials, Indian, pleaded
guilty of violating the stock laws
by letting his hogs run out. Sen
tence was 30 days to be suspen
ded on payment of the costs and
$50 to J. C. Thomas for damage
done by the hogs.
POOLE'S
BY D. SCOTT POOLE
No, I do not know that smoke
from the Chicago fire in 1871
settled over the Drowning Creek
Valley, but folks were saying
the smoke came from the Chi
cago fire, because they knew
of no other fire from which
smoke might have come.
I, f6r some years, heard men
saying there is no echo any more.
I do not know, but if there is an
echo any where it is in Drown
ing Creek Valley, or in the Pee
D.e Valley between Richmond
and Anson counties.
Folks who drink the stuff tell
me it is getting worse and worse
as time passes. There never has
been any "good liquor," but some
of it tasted better than other
rough stuff.
I do not know why the G. I.'s
are organizing, but if they are in
the notion of gaining control in
the National, State and County
governments I think they are
making a mistake. I quistion a
man's making a more efficient
official because he has been a
soldier. But military training
teaches obedience to superiors,
and endurance, and in reality
make better citizens.
I opposed with all my powers
of argument the organization of
the Third Party. The Populist
Feed Manufacturers
In Summer Meet
The annual summer meeting
of the N. C. Feed Manufacturers
Association was held at the Oc
ean Forest Hotel at Myrtle
Beach last Friday and Saturday.
Tom Cameron, manager of the
Upchurch Milling company here,
is president of the association
and was in charge.
Friday's program was featured
by an address 'by D. S. Coltrane,
Assistant Agriculture Commis
sioner, on "The Feed Industry
Its Relationship, Importance, and
Responsibilities in our Agricul
tural Economy."
Dr. Roy S. Dearstyne, head of
the Poultry Department at State
College, explained how the col
lege anticipates rendering great
er assistance to feed manufac
turers and poultrymen.
Other speakers included Frank
Jeter, and W. J. Peterson, both
of State College, and Ralph
Brown of Cincinnati, mixed feed
specialist.
The meeting was concluded
Saturday at 12:30 with a busi
ness session.
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School Items
The restrooms of the Hoke
High school building are being
painted by the vocational agrl
culture class under the super
vision of Mr. Phillips.
The commercial class at the
high school has recently obtain
ed 10 new L. C. Smith typewri
ters. Drivers of school buses have
been instructed by the principal
Mr. Gibson, to copy and report
the license numbers of all ve
hicles that pass buses when the
stop sign is out. ' These will be
turned over to the State High
way patrol, who will take ac
tion.
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Richard A. Norris, of Lilling-
ton, son-in-law of R. H. William
son of Timberland, is now wor
king at McDonald's Esso station.
MEDLEY
Party came from the Democratic
ranks, and defeated the Demo
cratic Party when the Populist
Party fused with the Republi
can Party, and that set the
State back a whole lot.
When I cannot vote the Demo
cratic ticket, I try to say noth
ing and do nothing. I have de
clined to support the ticket as
a whole, been cussed out about
it, and later been congratulated
for having more sense than folks
who cussed me out.
If you have ideas of reform
in government, let the world
know about it, for, my friends,
there are many reforms needed
in town, county, state and na
tion. There are too many sub
divisions already, and the re
forms needed most are the doing
away with bureaux and commis
sions. When I studied Quackenbo's
English Grammar, it stated that
there were one hundred thousand
words in the English language.
Later grammars place the num
ber in recent years at four hun
dred thousand words. That
proves there has been a good
deal of quarreling one word
brings on another."
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W. V. Dark is recovering from
a severe cold which kept him in
bed for about a week.
- LEGION -
LARGE CROWD HEARS
COLONEL, MONDAY
AT ARMORY
A large gathering of American
legionnairres and other veterans
who were their guests heard Lt.
Colonel B. A. Price of the Ninth
Air Force at Pope Field, Fort
Bragg, discuss the subject "Uni
fication of the Armed Forces,"
at the regular monthly meeting
and supper at the armory Mon
day night.
Colonel Price, a veteran of
both wars, spoke at some length
on the comparative aspects of
the two conflicts and empha
sized the responsibilities of vet
erans organizations and others
to take all possible action to pre
vent a third modern war.
He gave reasons and went into
detail on the plan for unification
of armed forces and stressed the
point that a theatre or large op
eration commander in war had
to know and be competent to
command air, ground and sea
forces.
Julian H. Blue, commander of
the post, was in charge of the
meeting and introduced Col.
Price. Following this Blue out
lined some of the aims and in
tentions of the American Legion
and made an appeal to all vet
erans present to join the legion
and help with the work the post
and the national organization
are doing.
Frank Williams, membership
committee chairman, discussed
in detail the civic enterprises
now being carried on by the lo
cal post and accepted member
ship applications from several
of the guests present.
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Lt. Harris Parker
Dies In Panama
Lt. Harris Parker 39, died
Tuesday morning of last week
of a heart attack in the Panama
Canal Zone, according to infor
mation received by his family
last Saturday. His home was
near Wayside in McLauchlin
township of this county before
his entry into the army with the
National Guard in 1940.
The remains are bemg brought
home for burial.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Laura Parker, of California; six
brothers, John, Gus, Dixon, and
D. K., of Hoke County, and Wil
liam and Wright of Laurinburg;
three sisters, Mrs. Mary Mott,
Mrs. Lovet and Mrs. Scull, all
of this county.
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Commend Brewers
Foundation
The State Association of Coun
ty Commissioners, at its 1946
convention in Wrightsville Beach,
adopted a resolution commend
ing the self-regulation program
of the North Carolina Committee-United
States Brewers Foun
dation. John P. Swain, Raleigh busi
ness man and chairman of the
Wake County Board of Com
missioners, was elected president
of the state association. John
L. Skinner, Littleton, was re
elected secretary-treasurer.
This is the second statewide
group which has commended the
North Carolina Committee this
year. Recently, the North Caro
lina Sheriffs Association, at its
convention in Elizabeth City, a
dopted a resolution voicing ap
proval of the self-regulation pro
gram. OPENS SERVICE STATION
Berder Niven, who was dis
charged from the army last Dec.
has opened the service station
facing the Graded school
White Schools
Complete First
Week Today
The white schools of the
county opened the 1946-47
school year last Thursday mor
ning with an attendance slight
ly greater than that of last year.
At the county high school the
students and faculty gathered in
the auditorium where they were
welcomed by the new principal,
W. T. Gibson. Rev. W.
L. Maness conducted the devo
tional. Mr. Gibson made announce
ments concerning the school
schedule. These included the
fact that school will begin at
8:30 a. m. for the first month
and be dismissed at 1:30 p. m.
in order that the pupils will be
available to help with the har
vest. At the Raeford Graded school
assembly was also held In the
auditorium and Mrs. W. W. Rob
erts was in charge of the pro
gram, which included music by
Mrs. Arah Stuart. Rev. J. D.
Whisnant led the devotional. A
number of parents were present.
Attendance at the high school
was 283 on Thursday and had
risen to 290 by Monday of thi3
week. At the graded school in
Raeford 379 were present. Atten
dance at Rockfish was 100 and
at Mildouson 62. Ashemont had
not been reported to trie county
superintendent late yesterday,
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PTA To Meet
Next Wednesday
At High School
The first meeting of the Hoke
Raeford PTA will be held Wed
nesday evening, September 18, at
8 o'clock at the Hoke High school.
Immediately following the meet
ing there will be a social hour.
"Laying a Firm Foundation"
is the theme of the program for
the year. Rev. H. K. Holland
will be in charge of the first
program.
Every parent and friend of
Hoke County High school and
Raeford Grammar school is ur
ged to be present to meet the
teachers. A bigger and better
school year than ever before is
expected this year and only
through your cooperation can it
be possible. Show your inter
est in your child's school and
attend your PTA meetings regu
larly. EWING GUILTY OF
MANSLAUGHTER
Wall C. Ewing of Fay
etteville was found guil
ty of manslaughter by a
jury yesterday afternoon
in connection with the
death of his wife last
March 13. Judge R. Hunt
Parker then sentenced
him to not less than 13
nor more than 20 years
in prison.
Football Sept. 20
In a change of plans since
the opening of school Prin
cipal and Coach W. L. Gibson
of Hoke High announced this
week that the Hoke football
team would open its season
here September 20, instead of
September 27, as previously
announced
The opening game will be
played against Massey Hill
school and the second game
will be played here on Sep
tember 27 against Siler City.
Prospects for the team are
still good with from 25 to 30
boys reporting for practice
daily.