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VOLUME XLI NO. 30
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21th, 1946
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SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
The Hoke-High Raeford school
board last Thursday afternoon
elected Haywood . Faircloth of
Clinton, N. C, us coach and phy
sical education instructor for the
spring term. Mr. Faircloth is a
graduate of Edwards Military
Institute and the University of
North Carolina. While at Caro
lina Mr. Faircloth played var
sity football and engaged in all
other sports. He majored in
physical education and also had
courses in coaching. He comes
to us highly recommended by
the athletic department of the
university. He comes from an
athletic family, and his older
brothers were star football play
ers at the university ahead of
him.
After the 1942 football sea
son Mr. Faircloth enlisted in the
marine corps, and spent about
three years in service, two of
which were in the South Pacific.
For a part of this time he ser
ved as recreation officer for his
outit. The rest of the time he
was a platoon leader.
We are looking orward to a
good basketball and baseball
season this spring and we hope
that everyone will assist Mr.
Faircloth in every way possible.
We wish to take this oppor
tunity to thank Mrs. Lorenna F.
Unchurch and Mrs. Dixie S.
Peace for their help in carrying
on the work of this position while
we were trying to find a coach.
Born these ladies were a won
derful help.
Turlington To Return
J. W. Turlington will return
to Hoke High on December 30,
after about three and one half
years in the army. Mr. Turling
ton registered at the Universiy
of North Carolina, his alma ma
ter, and has just completed his
work for the master's degree. He
will resume his work in science
that Mrs. Emily B. Cameron has
been been carrying on for hi:n
untd his return.
We wish to thank Mrs. Cam
eron publicly for her unselfish
ness in helping out the school in
this time of need. The only re
gret in seeing Mr. Turlington
return is the giving up the ser
vices of Mrs. Cameron. We hope
that she will still be available
in the case of need.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Gibson,
Jr., are spending the holidays
sut of town.
None Of Oura There
No teacher in Hoke county at
tended the meeting of classroom
teachers held in BaLeigh Sat
urday afternoon. Mrs. Ruria
Shelton, who is an officer in the
State Classroom organization
said that her organization would
have nothing to do with this
meeting which was not sanc
tioned by her board or the gen
eral officers of the NCEA.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Smoak ex
pect to spend a part of the holi
days in South Carolina.
On Friday before school closed
Mr. Melvin and the Hoke High
band gave a concert at the high
school auditoriutm that was
greatly enjoyed by all that heard
it. progress has been made
by Mr., Melvin in getting the
band back in shape after having
had no director last year.
All schools in the county will
re-open. for the spring term at
the regular hour on Monday, De
cember 30.
We hope that old Santa will
visit all the school children on
Ch-istmas Day and that he will
vi it the teachers during the ses
sesion of the legislature. (Harry
Greene please note).
We believe that the colored
and Indian schools will make a
record this year for the Christ
mas Seal sale but we will be
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Deane Appoints
John A. Lang, Jr.
As Secretary
C. B. Deane, of Rockingham,
Congressman elect from the
Eighth North Carolina District,
announced on Monday the ap
pointment of John A. Lang, Jr.,
of Carthage as his secretary.
Mr. Lang is a graduate of
the University of North Carolina
of the class of 1930 and receivde
from the same institution his
master's degree in 1931.
Since his release rom active
duty in the European Theatre of
War with the U. S. Army, he
has served as field secretary of
the North Carolina Hygiene So
ciety. From 1935 through 1942
Lang was first assistant to the
educational director in Washing
ton in charge of CCC camps, and
thereafter served as North Caro
lina Administrator of the Na
tional Youth Administration.
Careless, Reckless
Drivers Arrested
At about 10:30 a. m. last Wed
nesday a semi-trailer being op
erated by Bradley Lane of New
port News, Va., jacknifed while
going east just outside the city
limits on the Fayetteville road
and he rear of it hit the Inter
national truck being driven in
the same direction by Lane Smith
of Wagram. Both vehicles were
considerably damaged but no
personal injuries were suffered.
Lane was arrested by the inves
tigating officers on a charge of
careless and reckless driving, the
theory being that the trailer
jacknifed because it was going
too fast. The sheriff's oiffce and
the State highway patrol made
the investigation.
At 11:10 Wednesday night the
1939 Ford being driven South
on the Red Springs road by W.
R. Beckwith, left the road just
outside otwn and went into the
ditch there on its side. The ditch
being rather wide and about six
feet deep at the point of de
parture from the pavement, the
occupants were smashed up a
bit. The women were hospita
lized as a result. Beckwith was
arrested by the investigating pa
trolman and charged with care
less driving.
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KIWANIANS SING CAROLS
AT THURSDAY MEETING
The Xiwanis club sang Christ
mas carols as part of its last
week's program. The singing was
under the direction of Miss Ra
chel HasselL choir director of
the Presbyterian church, who
succeeded to an unusual degree
in drawing hithertoo unknown
musical possibilities from the
club members.
To prove that there is a San
ta Claus, Younger Snead, pro
gram chairman, called the old
gentleman in to receive a gen
uine welcoming ovation. Santa
then read several letters he had
received from various Kiwanians
and even distributed a few well
placed gifts. Far sqme reason
Santa Claus' voice bore a re
markable resemblance to that of
Ed Smith, one of the club mem
bers, although there was consid
erable discrepancy in their sizes.
DIES ON DEER HUNT'
John L. McLean, 73, of Cam
eron, Route 2, died of heart
attack while on a deer hunt in
this county with a party of
friends last Wednesday at about
4:00 o'clock.
He was the son of the late
Hugh McLean and Frances Mc
Lean of Harnett county. He was
a farmer of that section and was
married to the former Miss
Mary Ella Clark, who survives.
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NO LICENSES TODAY
E. L. Fry, driver's license ex
aminer of the North Carolina
State Highway safety division
who is usually at the courthouse
on Tuesdays, is not there today.
He will, however, be there next
Tuesday as usual.
Poole's Medley
BY D. SCOTT POOLE
This will make about 89
Chrislmases for me, and they
have gotten better with the years.
The first Christmas I remem
ber was during the 1860s and
they were the saddest years of
my life. So many relatives were
being killed or dying from di
sease.
We had only syrup cake as
sweets, and only a few things
mother of an aunt could make
in the way of gifts.
Yes, I have seen the very best
of times for many years, and
the most distressing years for
several of those I have lived.
Over a period of nearly fifty
years prices were too low. Low
prices tolerable, if you have
earning capacity, but when your
needs are many, and capacity
to earn nil the prospect for the
future not good.
But good health and num
erous friends are riches, super
ior wealth, and there is no ex
cuse for complaint.
Our neighbors, homes on each
side of us are closed, tempor
arily of course, but we look for
ward to the day when they open
3 gain.
There was abundant crop of
apples this year, but prices have
seen higher than usual, so the
law of supply and demand is
not operative.
Only a few people will not
iave the joys of Christmas, and
thfeir friends will remember
.hem we trust.
The "Star of Bethlehem"
may now be seen in the east,
we are told, and a friend told
this writer that it was as bright
is a street light, and may be
seen close by he morning star
ibout 4 in the morning.
Isn't it a sad comment to
make on our people that they
have heard so much of the
Christmas story, and the abun
dant joy Christmas always br
ings and take no interest, ex
cept selfish pleasures?
Some people, only a few in
Hoke County, we trust, expect
to find Christmas in intoxicants.
This idea is foreign to the true
Christmas spirit of the Bethle
hem first Christmas.
Dulling World War I some
family medicines were raised to
35 cents and these prices still
prevail. Even Farnr.ers and Plan
ter's Alamanac is now 15 cents,
after being sold for more than
100 years for a dime. Instead of
dimes, quarters may be march
ing this time.
Even those persons who are
responsible for the present in
sane price of pork, wil be little
better off after this flurry of
high prices has blown over. Hog
growers have given the OPA an
opportunity to say "I told you
so." No portion of humanity
can prosper alone. The United
State of America has experiment
ed in that plenty in tariff and
banking laws. The income taxes
bring their incomes down the
size of common business men's.
A greedy man naturally sh
rinks. Naturally the liberal soul
expands and grow in useful
ness. The United States government
had to offer a bonus on the
price of wheat and corn to be
sent to the starving people of
this torn world, so the price of
wheat and corn got a boost and
everybody who had a bushel of
grain hoisted their prices.
The OPA led the prices of
meats down, so black markets
resulted and we have what you
see all around you.
Headlines in the news of the
day announce the fact that Tru
man has the task of "stamping
out Communism." That must be
done or all else will be stamped
out.
Were the school authorities to
close the schools and all indus
tries also close until people set
tle down, to good sense and pat
riotic living, people would a
waken to a sense of duty to
those who rule over us.
District Scouts Hold
Court Of Honor
The annual meeting of the
Western District of the Cape
Fear Area Council, Boy Scouts
of America, cot prising counties
of Hoke and Scotland, together
with Red Springs and Maxton,
was held at the Community Buil
ding in Laurinburg on Monday
evening, December 16th at 7:30
p. m.
The opening excercises were
in charge of East Laurinburg
Scouts.
Charles Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Smith ' of Laurel
Hill, was made an Eagle Scout
in a colorful ceremony conduc
ted by Field Executive Lee of
Fayetteville, with his parents ta
king part in the proceedings. This
was followed by a business ses
sion with W. G. Butler, chair
man of the Western District, in
charge. Most of the tire of this
session was devoted to discus
sing the possibilities of provid
ing a full time field executive for
the Western district. It is hoped
that this can be done ata an ear
ly date.
The following officers were
elected for the year 1947:
Chairman, Rev. Thomas A.
Fry, Red Springs; vice chairman,
Hinton McPhaul, Rseord; com
missioner, L. B. Singleton, Laurinburg.
Bare Ground Seen
For Nation's Xmas
There will be no snow for
Christmas over most of the na
tion. Thats the word from the Chi
cago weather bueau, which ad
ded that any requests to Santa
Claus for new sleds should in
cluded last minute orders for
snow to accompany the slede.
The forecasters thought Santa
might be able to use influence
that they don't have.
Present snow cover is limited
to North Dakota and Montana
and portions of South Dakota,
Minnesota, Michigan, New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virgin
ia and inland New England spots,
the weather map shows. The
weather bureau expects no addi
tional snowfall by Christmas
morn, and expects that snow in
Pennsylvania will disappear,
for the most part, by tomorrow
evening.
Temperatures in the midwest,
which have been higher than
seasonal, peaked by a reading of
50 in Kansas City Sunday mid
night, were expected to be push
ed down to normal by a cold
front spreading south to east from
the Dakotas.
Teachers Map Out
Pay Rise Fight ; Group
Seeking High Boost
Charlotte, Dec. 23. A group
of classroom teachers urging 40
per cent salary increases today
began mapping additional plans
for its fight after a statewide
meeting in Raleigh Saturday.
Miss Margery Alexander of
Charlotte was elected permanent
chairman of the group which calls
itself a Committee of the North
Carolina Education assnociation
although it broke with the NC
EA over the salary question.
The Raleigh meeting, attended
by about 150 teachers, was held
without approval of the execu
tive council of the classroom
teachers department of the NC
E(U About 700 teachers had
been invited but a combination
of bad weather and Christmas
holidays cut attendance.
R. L. Fritz, Jr., principal of
the Hudson schools in Caldwell
county, declared at Raleigh:
"I don't want any salary sche
dule with lace on it, or one that
is based on percentages. I want
the salaries of all, above and
below the teachers, to be in
creased, just as our plan says.
"salaries of other school person
nel should be properly adjusted."
IIALLIE GATLIN AT HOME
H. L. Gatlin, Sr., who has
been a patient at Moore County
hospital for several weeks where
he, was critically ill at one time,
returned home Sunday and is
greatly improvel.
Shooting f.urday
In Colored Section
North of Here
THREE GET BIRDSHOT
SATURDAY NIGHT
IN FRACAS
About nine-thirty . Saturday
night in a little excitement which
took place in front of the store
of Richard McPhatter at the first
corner on tne worm jviuin sireei
extension north of Raeford three
colored men were wounded by
birdshot from a gun said to have
been in the hands of one Alex
ander McNeill, also colored.
Snap Lee suffered leg wounds
of a not very serious nature and
Willie Mcintosh got shot in the
jaw, also minor, wrignt Mc
Neill, however, suffered numer
ous and painful wounds in the
region from his hips to his knees
on the back side. All three were
treated by a local physician.
Oficers who went to the scene
immediately and apprehended
Alex McNeill, said that he was
apparently intoxicated and that
they were unable to learn much
about the shooting or any mo
tive. They got the impression
that the three were around the
front door of MoPhatter's place
and that McNeill was some twen
ty feet away operating his single-
barrelled shotgun.
He was released yesterday un
der a bond of $200, being char
ged with assault with a deadly
weapon.
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Deane Will Go To
Washington Thursday
C. B. Deane, member-elect of
the 80th Conngress from the
eighth North Carolina District,
advised the News-Journal this
week that he intends to go to
Washington on Thursday, De
cember 26, and that he cordially
invites his friends in Hoke coun
ty to visit him there and, if
possible, to attend his swearing
in on January 3.
Mr. Dean's address in Wash
ington will be Room 324, Old
House Office Building.
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MISS WHITLEY TO GO
TO YOUTH CONVENTION
Miss Elmira Whitley of Rae
ford will represent the Raeford
young people at the Presbyter
ian Youth Convention on World
Missions to be held in Nashville,
Tenn., December 27-30. This is
the Third Quadrennial Presby
terian Youth Convention on
World Missions and it is expec
ted that the largest gathering of
young people in the history of
the church will be on hand to
participate in this convention.
The theme for the convention is,
"The World, the Gospel, and
You." Miss Whitley will leave
Thursday morning for the con
vention and will probably re
turn to Raeford on December
31st.
MASONIC LODGE ELECTS
CECIL DEW MASTER
Cecil Dew was elected Master
of the Raeford Masonic Lodge
at the meeting of the local Ma
sons held last week. He succeeds
Joe Gulledge. Other officers e
lected were C. P. Kinlaw, senior
warden, and B. B. Cole, junior
warden. Lacy Clark was re
elected secretary, and D. H. Hod
gin re-elected treasurer. The in
stallation ceremony of t' ' elect
ed officers and those to be ap
pointed will take place early in
January.
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STUDENT RECOGNITION
DAY TO BE OBSERVED
Student Recognition Day will
be observed at the Methodist
church next Sunday morning.
The service will be In charge of
college students. This is a great
day for Youth. Come and wor
ship with them.
Harry Holland
Accepts Call To
Georgia Church
SUBMITS RESIGNATION
AT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH SUNDAY
Rev. Harry K. Holland, pas
tor of the Raeford Presbyterian
church since February 1, 1941,
tendered his resignation to the
congregation at the morning
worship service last Sunday.
Mr. Holland's resignation was to
accept a call from the First
Presbyterian church of Mariet-
ta, Georgia.
The congregation will act on
the resignation at a congrega
tional meeting next Sunday, ma
king a recommendation to Fay
etteville Presbytery which will
take action when in session on
January 14. With the approval
of the congregation, Fayetteville
Presbytery will release Mr. Hol
land to Cherokee Presbytery, in
which Marietta is located.
Mr. Holland came to the Rae
ford church from the Plaza Pres-
byteriaan church of Charlotte,
where he had been pastor for
eight years. He was educated
at Presbyterian College at Clin
ton, S. C, and Columbia Theo
logical seminary at Decatur, Ga.
His first pastorate was at Con
yers, Ga., which is located in At
lanta Presbytery adjoining Che
rokee Presbytery.
He is a native of Savannah,
Georgia, is married and has two
daughters, Betty and Nancy.
Marietta, Georgia, is a town of
about 25,000 persons and the
First Presbyterian church there
is one of the oldest and most
substantial in the Synod of Ge
orgia
FARM NOTES
By A. S. Knowles
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Farmers are urged to have
their tobacco seed cleaned before
Dlantine. A seed cleaning ma-
f ne is set up at the county
Ljnnlc rtfira irA ie QtroilaKlA for
cleaning tobacco seed without
cost to the farmer. The cleaner
will remove trash, dust, and
light or immature seed. This
should be an advantage as on
ly good seed are saved. Seed can
be left at the office and will be
cleaned within a bout three days.
The county agent's office will
be closed until January 2 as the
personnel will be taking holiday
and annual leave.
The North Carolina Crop Im
provement Association will bold
its annual meeting in Shelby
on January 30 and 31, 1947. Far
mers will have an opportunity to
enter various crop seed in the
seed show that will h held in
connection with the annual mee
ting. Certified seed will be fea- '
tured. Seed that may be shown
includes wheat, oats, rye, corn,
cotton, sweet potatoes, Irish po
tatoes, lespedeza, tobacco, and
many others. Farmers plan
ning to show seed should contact
the county agent for additional
information about preparation,
etc.
Farmers have done an out
standing job again during 1946.
They have reduced abundant
supplies of crops and livestock
even in spite of the shortage of
labor, fertilizer, and farm equip
ment. Many Hoke County far
mers have already established
pastures and others are making
plans. This is a good sign as
pastures are the foundation of
ilitestock farming. More live
stock in the county will be a
definate asset to fariring In gen
eral. The" year 1947 will be one in
which farmers should make lots
of plans. The farming operation
could be made easier by careful
planning in both the home and
on the farm. Plan the crops
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