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The Hoke County News
The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLI NO. 27
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5th, 1916
RAEFORD, N. C.
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SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
The Board of Education did
nut meet on Monday but post
poned the meeting until later in
the month on account of a death
in the family of Miss Margaret
McKenzie, office secretary.
All schools in the county with
one exception have reported on
the Junior Red Cross enroll
ments. Ail rooms of the elem
entary schools and class groups
of the high school have enrolled.
A total contribution of $135.70
was made.
Norman Mclnnis, chairman of
the Mildouson school board, is
out again after having been quite
sick for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Wood of
-Rockfish were called to South
Carolina last week end on ac
count of the death of Mrs. Wood's
mother. Mr. Wood is a menber
of the county school board of
education.
Mrs. Dixie Smith Peace has
resigned as social science teach
er at Hoke High effective De
cember . Mrs. Peace's doctor
advised her resignation on ac
count of her health.
Several of the colored teach
ers of the county attended a
state meeting of the Negro PTA
in Raleigh last Saturday. They
reported a well-attended and in
teresting meeting.
K. A. MacDonald left today
to attend the Superinendents'
Work conference being held in
Raleigh today, tomorrow and
Saturday.
J. M. Williams, of the firm of
Williams and Wall of Raleigh,
,ia.i just completed the audit of
al school funds for the school
year 1945-46. Mr. Williams filed
copies of his audit with the
State Board of Education, the
Good Government commission,
the State Auditor, the County
Board of Education and the
County Board of Commissioners.
Graded School Items
(By Students)
Frances Williams of the fourth
grade is sick with a bad cold.
The following pupils of Mrs.
Stuart's music class gave a re
cital for the sixth and seventh
grades Monday, November 25:
Edith McNeill, C. J. Benner, Bet
sy Hampton, Margaret Ann John
son, Hal Gore, Betty Jane Ash
burn, Janet Hodgin and June
Connell.
The sixth grade was delighted
to have Miss Flora Boyce to
substitute for Mrs. Davis while
she was away on a trip. The
Fixth grade is studying China
and Miss Boyce showed the class
some of the things she had
brought from China. She made
on interesting talk which the
students enjoyed very ir.uch.
One day last week Jenelle
Snead, while skating with some
other children in front of the
school, fell and broke her right
arm. .We will be glad when her
arm is well again.
We all enjoyed the two holi
days that we had for Thanks
giving. Some of trjose visiting
out of town were Miss Blue in
Parkton, James Cox in Lumber
tin, Harriet Hodgin in Winston
Salem, Carole Everleigh in Wa
gram, Milton Glisson in Fayette
ville, Ernest !unt in South
Carolina, Beatrice Meeks in
Wadesboro, Bobby Alexander in
Belmont, and Bill Cook in St.
Pauls.
MORE COTTON GINNED
IN HOKE TO NOV. 14
According to a report received
from the Agriculture division of
partment of commerce there were
7,613 bales of cotton ginned in
Hoke County fro-n the crop of
1946 prior to November 14, 1946.
In 1945 there were only 6,660
bales ginned to November 14.
"Hoke High Lights," Hoke
County High School paper, will
be off the press next week with
what is predicted to be the best
issue yet- - -
Boonville Downs
Hoke High 2-7
Business came to , a standstill
here last Friday afternoon when
the largest crowd to witness a
game this year went to Legion
Park and saw a fighting Hoke
High team lose to the stronger
Boonville team for the State
class "B" title after leading at
the half 7-0.
The Hoke High team got to the
state finals by virtue of lack of
competition and a forfeit, but
the local rooters were out there
pulling for them to win all the
same.
The first quarter of the game
was scoreless with the locals
making some stubbornly defen
sive stands but being outplayed
offensively. They struck rapid
ly in the second frame, however
when Maxwell intercepted a pass
to set up a score which came
a moment later when McKeith
an passed to Conoly. Freeman
placekicked the extra point and
the Hoke boys led 7-0. They
managed by good defensive play
to hold the visitors for the re
rrainder of the period.
The Boonville team came out
strong in the second half to wreck
all local hopes of winning. They
gained repeatedly through Ihe
line and their passing attack
started clicking. They scored
twice in the third quarter and
twice in the final one, scoring
two extra points by passes and
one by running.
The game was highly enter
taining from the fans' view,
however, with several long runs
and pass interceptions, as well
as quite a few completed passes.
Funeral Today For
James H. Monroe
James H. Monroe, 60, of Sev-
enty-iFirst township, Cumber
land county, died Tuesday night
in a Raleigh hospital.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Jeff D. Monroe; a daughter, Mrs.
Hubert Capps of Manchester; a
son, James D. Monroe of Fayette
ville Route 3; two brothers, John
Moiyoe of Leslie, Ga., and Rev.
D. McD. Monroe of Chatham
HiU, Va.; and six sisters, Mrs.
John McMillan of Wade, Mrs.
Leroy Hamilton and Mrs. Fred
Townsend of Fayetteville, Mrs.
John McKellar of Red Springs,
Mrs. H. C. Newton of Parkton,
and Mrs. Neill Mclnnis of Fay
etteville Route 3.
His wife, Mrs. Bella Turner
Monroe, died nine years ago.
Funeral services will be con
ducted this afternoon at three
o'clock at Rogers and Breev
chapel by Rev. Mr. Hemphill,
pastor of Galatia Presbyterian
church. Burial will be in the
church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Neill Gillis,
Mack Gillis, Alexander Gillis,
Malcolr. Gillis. Harmon Lindsay
and Ed Newton.
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RECRUITERS GIVE
THEATRE TICKETS
When the U. S. Army recruit
ing" sergeants were in Raeford
Monday they gave away five
tickets to the Raeford Theatre
furnished to them for that pur
pose by J. B. Mclntyre, theatre
manager.
Recipients of the tickets, which
were gave for answering ques
tions about the postwar army,
were Edward Qldston, Carl J.
McNeill, Lee Pate, Albert Brown
and Mrs. J. P. Allred.
The men plan this procedure
each Monday in a program to
build up the public's knowledge
and interest in the arrry.
LEGION MEETING WILL
BE HELD DECEMBER 16
J. H. Blue, commander of the
Hoke County Ellis Williamson
post of the American Legion,
has announced that the Decem
ber meeting of the post will not
be held next Monday night as
scheduled, but will be
held at
the armory on the night of Mon
jday, December 16.
Methodists Will
Meet In Sanford
Church Tomorrow
REPRESENTATIVES FROM
FORTY CHARGES
TO ATTEND
Ministers and laymen repre
senting the 40 pastoral charges
of the Fayetteville District of
(ho MMhnHict fhurrh u.'itl aathar
at Steele Street Methodist church
at Sanford on Friday, December
6th for the annual district set
up meeting, Rev. W. L. Clegg,
district superintendent, announ
ced yesterday. The meeting will
begin at 10 a. m.
Dr. E. Dow Bancroft of Chica
go, associate secretary of the
General Board of Lay Activities
of the Methodist church, will be
the principal speaker, using as
his subject, "Stewardship." He
will be introduced by Dr. B. G.
Childs of Duke University, as
sociate conference lay leader.
Other speakers and the causes
they will represent include Rev.
M. C.Dunn, pastor of Carr Me
morial church, Durham, confer
ence secretary or evangelism;
Rev. S. J. Starnes, pastor of the
Mt. Gilead church, district sec
retary of evangelism; Rev. V. E.
Queen, pastor of the Hayir.ount
church, Fayetteville, district mis
sionary secretary; Rev. J . G.
Phillips, Durham, executive sec
retary, Confernce Board of Edu
cation; Dr. H. C. Sprinkle,
Greensboro, editor the North
Carolina Christian Advocate;
Rev. R. W. Bradshaw, pastor,
Jarvis Memorial church, Green
ville, conference director of the
Crusade for Christ; Rev. W. A.
Cade, Raleigh, executive secre
tary Methodist College Advance;
Rev. W. V. McRae, Durham, Con
ference Corrtmisston on Hospi
tals and Homes; Mrs. H. L. Mc
Lood, Laurinburg, district secre
tary, Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service; and Rev. C. P. Wo
mack, pastor of Jonesboro church
who will conduct the opening
devotional service.
Rev. W. L. Clegg wil preside
over the meeting. In addition to
Hoke County, eight other counties
are included in the Fayetteville
District.
Poole's
BY D. SCOTT POOLE
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Some say meats are too high.
This will benefit those who raise
meat and animals for market.
These prices cause everybody
who has anything to sell to raise
their prices in ;.elf-defense.
During World War I, some fam
ily -medicines were raised to 35
cents, and these prices still pre
vail. Even Farmers' and Plant
ers Almanac is now is cents,
after being sold for more than
100 years for a dime. Instead
of dimes, quarters may be mar
ching this time
Even those persons who are
responsible for the present in
sane price of pork, especially,
will be little better off after this
flurry of high prices have blowri
over, and will be so well off as
if they had sold at 25 per cent
lower, for their expenses went
up as, did mine. Hog-growers
have given the OPA an oppor
tunity to say, "I told you so."
Another thing: A greedy man
naturally shrinks. Naturally the
liberal soul expands and grows
in usefulness you may see: "Pure
lard, 55 cents per lbs." I would
not boa:t of that price.
We are ' kc'.y to conclude the
winters are not so cold as they
used to be, but when it gets real
cold as it did Christmas 1876 we
conclude they were the r oldest
ever. ,We forget.
It . began snowing Saturday,
Football Movies At
High School Friday
Dr. O. K. Cornwell, professor
or physical education at the Uni
versity of North Carolina will
be in Raeford Friday night and
will present a program of mov
ies of the Carolina football games
this season to the High School
football team.
The movies will be shown in
the auditorium of the school and
the public is cordially invited to
attend the program, according to
w. T. Gibson, high school prin
i cipal. The program will begin at
7:30 p. m.
AAA Committeemen
To Be Elected
Saturday, Dec. 7
A final appeal to farmers to
attend their local farm-program
committeemen elections was is
sued today by T. D. Potter,
chairman, Hoke County Agricul
tural Conservation (AAA) Com
mittee. All communities in Hoke coun
ty will hold elections Saturday,
December 7th. Meetings for el
ections are scheduled as follows:
Allendale, community house;
Antioch, J. A. Hodgin's store;
Blue Springs, community house;
Little River, community house;
McLauchlin, A. W. Wood's store;
Quewhiffle, B. F. Hardister's fil
ling station; Raeford, AAA of
fice, Stonewall, Dundarrach
Trading company store.
Three regular committee mem
bers and two alternates will be
chosen in each community. A
delegate will also be elected to
the county convention, who later
will choose the county commit
tee of three members.
"Farmers have a big voice in
naional farm programs through
the farmer-elected committee
men system," Mr. Potter said.
"A good turn-out will show that
they believe in this way of run
ning the programs.
"The coming year is sure to
bring new reconversion prob
lems, and the committeemen
will have heavy responsibilities.
By casting their ballots, farmers
can make sure that the men al-
ministering the programs are the
men most familiar with local
needs. We hope that every eli
gible farmer wil take the time
to vote."
Medlev
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the day before Christir.as and
snowed till Monday evening,
and the snow was two feet deep.
The weather was cold and stay
ed cold. That snow, and some
that fell on top of it, covered
the ground until the middle of
March following.
There was another snow near
ly two feet deep, which fell
Saturday, Sunday and Monday,
February 11th, 12th, and 13th,
1899. The cold registered 7 de
grees below zero in Troy, N. C,
on Tuesday morning following.
Surely there can be a more
satisfactory and less disturbing
way of settling wage remune
ration than striking. That amounts
to war, or its equivolent.
The prices of grain is remark
able. If you go out to buy, the
price is above $2, and if you try
to sell some, it is too low to con
sider. This situation may force peo
ple to live at home. They can
eat all they can grow, and if
they do not grow enough, they
eat less.
I think I can guess what Ted-
die Roosevelt- would do were he
President now. He would adver
tise for men to work coal mines,
and he would see they were not
molested by pickets.
In Civil War days we had no
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Hoke High School
Basketball Games
Are Announced
BOYS AND GIRLS WILL
PLAY 16 GAMES
IN SEASON
W. T. Gibson, principal of
Hoke County High school, an
nounced this week that basket
ball practice by both the boys
and girls earns had started in
the high school gymnasium this
week and that a heavy schedule
for games hal been made for
both teams.
The boys team has been en
tered in the North Carolina "B"
conference and the schedule of
conference games was prepared
for the team by the North Caro
lina High School Athletic As
sociation. The schedule as it now
stands includes 14 games, eight
of which will be played in the
high school gymnasium here. Mr.
Gibson stated that two other
non-conference games would be
scheduled, making a total of 16.
Games for the girls team have
also been scheluled with all the
teams to be met by the boys and
on the same nights.
The schedule of home games
is. December 17, 71st High
School; December 31, Central
High School of Cumberland
County; January 10, Philadel
phus High School; January 14,
Wagram; January 17, Fairmont;
January 28, Parkton, February
4, Red Springs; February 11,
Roseboro.
Games away from home are.
January 7, Parkton; January 21,
Roseboro; January 31, Philadel
phus at Red Springs; February
7, Fairmont; February 14 Wa
gram; and February 21, Red
Springs.
It is expected that home games
will be scheduled on the nights
of December 13 and January 24,
in addition to the above sche
dule. Freight Slash
Stuns Industry
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. A
government order holding rail
road freight to the most vital
needs struck a staggering blow
today to industries struggling to
maintain operations despite the
coal srike.
Widespread factory shutdowns
with consequent unemployment
for thousands now working, ap
peared in prospect.
Officials explained that the or
der and a companion restriction
on parcel pot are designed to
assure that coal-bulrning loco
motives can be kept running on
reduced scludules until mid-
February.
They did not predict a coal
strike lasting that long but said
the fuel-saving measures are
precautionary in event no more
coal is mined before then.
The measures, coming in swift
succession late yesterday, hit both
home and factory. They:
1. Clamped an embargo on all
rail frieght and express ship
ments, effective 12:01 a. m. Fri
day. 2. Ordered a second 25 per
cent in rail passenger mileage,
effective 11:59 p. m. Sunday.
3. Limited the weight of par
cent cut in rail passenger mileage,
ages measuring not more than
18 inches in length and 60 in
ches in length and girth com
bined, effective 12:01 a. m. Fri
day. 4. Subjected all export ship
ments except bulk grain, live
stock, and exports for the armed
services to shipment under
special permit, effective last mid
night. Officials of the office of de
ense transportation estimated the
embargo action vould reduce
freight and express 50 per cent'
O. D. T. Director J. Monroe
Johnson, explaining that his re
ports indicate that the railroads
have only a 27-day coal supply
on hand at the present rate of
consumption, asserted that:
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Man Get 2 Years
For Poisoning Mule
In a short session of recorder's
court Tuesday the case that took
up most of the half-day spent
was the one in which John Tut
ler, colored man of the county,
was charged with poisoning a
mule, the property of Roy Chap
man. Tutler pleaded not guil
ty but was found guilty by Judge
Henry McDiarmid and sentenced
to serve two years on the roads.
He appealed to Superior Court
and bond was set at $500.
Roosevelt Hardin, colored, and
Sam Spencer, white, each got 30
days suspended on payment of
the costs for being drunk and
disorderly.
Slathy J. Leggett, colored man
of Maxton, got 90 days suspen
ded on payment of $50 and the
costs for driving drunk and for
careless and reckless driving.
Henry Nicholson and Calvin
Utley, both colored, indicted each
other for assault with a deadly
we.-pon, each on the other. When
the case came to trial, however,
they were apparently good
friends. Each got 30 days to be
suspended on payment of the
costs.
Lester Leach, colored, got 90
days to be suspended on pay
ment of $50 4nd the court costs
for assaulting his wife with a
deadly weapon and for carrying
a concealed weapon.
Dock Peterkin, colored, got 30
days suspended on payment of
the costs for driving with im
proper lights
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Attend Kiwanis
Division Meet
R. B. Lewis, K. A. MacDonald,
Tom Cameron and Lewis Up
church attended a meeting of the
4th Division of the Carolina!
district of Kiwanis International
which was held at the VMCA in
Fayetteville yesterday afternoon.
Lewis is lieutenant governor
of the district, which includes
Kiwanis clubs in 10 communities,
and presided over the meeting.
Clubs represented were Raeford,
Fayetteville, Lumberton, Selma,
Benson, Smithfield, and Kenly.
The program featured talks
by Howard Gaskill of Selma, re
tiring lieutenant governor, Tom
Cameron, retiring president of
the Raeford club, and Albert
Stewart, secretary of the Fay
etteville club. About 25 repre
sentatives attended the meeting.
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R. L. CARTER BUYS
AUTO INN HERE
R. L. Carter, who for many
years operated the service station
across fro.n the Graded school
now operated by Berder Niven,
has returned to Raeford and
will operate the Esso station on
the corner of the Laurinburg
road and Main Street known as
the Auto Inn.
Carter, who has lived with
his family in Norfolk since the
first of the war, has bought the
station from J. H. Wright and
Alfred Cole, who have owned it
for some time. He stated that
he expected his son, Bobby, to
be associated with him in the
operation of t.ie business also.
GALATIA YOUNG PEOPLE
FORM ORGANIZATION
The young people of Galatia
church, led by their pastor, Mr.
Hemphill, have been reorganized
into the new "PresbyKerian
Youth Fellowship." For their
dedication and installation pro
gram an impressive candle light
even ng. The new leaders are:
ing service was held Sunday
president, Catherine Cook; sec
retary, Elizabeth Parker; treas
urer, Billy Gillis, with Lana Ter
rell as chairman of the eomris--ion
on Christian Faith. There
is a score of helpers and Miss
Viola Ellis is adult advisor.
Two gas stoves have recently
been installed in the luneVi room
at Hoke High school, and the
lunch room will be opened as
soon ai arrangements can be
made to have the plumbing com
pleted.
County Board
Pays Tribute
To Balfour
F. K. WATSON MADE
NEW CHAIRMAN
OF BOARD
The Board of Commissioners
of Hoke County in their last re
gular meeting of the year at the
courthouse Monday passed a
resolution of esteem for their re
tiring chairman, N. H. G. Bal
four, who is also retiring from
the board at the end of this year.
Among other business taken
up by the Board at the meeting
was the election of a chairman
to succeed Mr. Balfour. F. Knox
Watson was elected to this po
sition for the next term.
The Board's resolution follows.
"Resolved that the Board of
Commissioners of Hoke County
record in their minutes a brief
tribute to N. H. G. Balfour, re
tiring chairman of the Board.
He has served as Commissioner
for fourteen years, ten of which
he has served as chairman."
"During his tenure of office he
has had the honor of serving
as Vice-President and President
of the State Association of Coun
ty Commissioners. He is well
known throughout the State and
universally popular with all who
know him. He made our Board
an excellent Chairman, always
fair and courteous, giving at all
times his best efforts to the pro
motion of the best interests of
Hoke County."
"We deeply regret losing him
as a member of the Board and
as Chairman. His good judgment
and wise counsel will be greatly'
missed, and he carries with hiir
the best wishes of each membe
of the Board."
Signed:
F. Knox Watson,
F. A. Monroe,
Hector McNeill,
E. R. Pickler.
FARM NOTES
By A. S. Knowles
It is good business to get the
required amount of fertilizer for
next year's crop on the farm as
soon as possible. Buying when
available will keep the fertilizer
plants operating full time with
their limited labor supply, and
assure larmers of necessary sup
ply. A large number of tobacco
barns burned during the last
curing season. It is almost im
possible to replace a barn be
cause of material shortages. A
new product has just come on
the market called Protex. This
material is painted on the inside
of the barn and on tobacco
sticks. It drys in a few min
utes and protects the wood from
fire. The manufacturer claims
that should the tobacco burn,
the sticks and barn would not
be damaged. They are giving a
demonstration in Clinton on De
cember 5 at 11:30 A. M. If far
mers are interested in having a
demonstration in Hoke couaty,
they should contact the County
Agent's office.
The corn crop in Hoke County
is the largest on record. It should
be protected from insects as far
as possible. The weevil damage
to date is by far the worst in
recent years.. , The corn crop
should be harvested before wea
ther damage, and where the crib
is sufficiently tight the corn can
be treated with carbonbisulfide
This gas can be purchased in
bulk much cheaper than in small
cans. Before the new crop of
corn is put in the barn, it should
be thoroughly cleaned and spray
ed inside on floors and sides
with 5 per cent DDT. Put about
3-4 pound of 50 per cent wet
table DDT dust to one gallon of
water and keep it thoroughly
stirred. This should be suffici
ent to cover 100 cu. ft of floor
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