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SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
Elizabeth Parker, who won out
' in the Hoke County American Le
gion Essay contest, also won in
this area contest in Fayetteville
last Thursday night and goes to
Kinston for the District contest
tonight. We are all hoping Eliz
abeth will reoeat in Kinston
Recorder’s Court
LIQUOR, LARCENY AND
BAD CHECKS FIGURE
IN OTHER CASES
Mrs. Frances Davis and Mrs.
Ruria Shelton left yesterday for
■Asheville They will attend the
State Delegate Assembly of the
N. C. E. A. and will represent
the Hoke County unit of N. C.
E. A. Mrs. Shelton is' also a state
officer Lti the Classroom Teacher
Division of the association.
Mrs. EarL Robinson has return
ed from Battimore where she went
to take her little son who had his
eye injyried in an accident some
time ago. We hope that this trip
will be.'verj- beneficial to himiv'v
Some defendants appeared be
fore Judge Henry McDiarmid
Tueday morning to pay their fines
or costs in recorder’s court and
others, being en route horth o^
Stogner home at four o'clock j Thirty five young people of
Owen Chason, both of_Robeson'Sunday afternoon. Burial fol-j Raeford charge, Rev. W. L.
county. , 1 lowed in Easfeide cemetery. i Mancss, pastor, attended a mam-
She is survived by her hus-j Airs. Phillips was the mother rally of the Methodist
band,- J^. L. McFadyen; one son'W. C.'Phillips, manager
south, forfeited their bonds ^ arit^Bg^nie McFadyen of the home; Belk-Hensdale. store here,
kept going.
Thomas H. Evans, Mayer Acker-
treich and Mrs L. W Cook of
s
man, Harold Britt, George Ej
McBride, Fred E. jBacon, all
white, and Albert M. McLauch-
lin, Colored, were charged with
speeding. Evans Britt^ and Me
tauchlin appeared for trial and
paid the costs. McBride and Ba
con forfeited the $20 bonds they
^hree daughters, Mrs. Henry Max..
w'ell of ^^aeford, Mrs. R. H. Oes-
ha dposted iind Ackerman foth
I’jPfteili ’^nd iQr :non-appear-
'.Worrui^n-. Mt. ' R.
■■■ ^^orrtidp; Alt-aM'-'' R.
lavmg
''failed
. bond
W. T.iJohnson |||'^ and ^
lege, assistant dl ^
gro Vocational;^;ilTO^lture; ~Ow^, colored
several days week vi^i* ^ii^^^'was charged
ing the tra£ii^^^^see in agri- tbeh.i.prehibition .il|%
culture, fot^He ; was.'^iqw^^ -open in‘^ul||
very much- leasie^^itii, the work to appear andvdorle
that he saw* arid also approved of $50. V
of the cu^hg ofif the prograpij Alfonso Joljnsoii|y^ored man
of seven of the Gd’s wfep werd tibt charged with the pro
doing satisfactory work. ‘ jhibbition ^aw^; to^:"’'beihg drunk
The tea^hdrs' on -.^e program' ari{| disorder’ll', ;^id tl^t^^ts ^in
are making ett^eryr'e^oft to see-ea*^ case. Willie B. ^jpcE^chern
that the progri^^^
Koonce, state dentist,' had been’rected to stay dlf the p^perfy
assigned to the county for an ad- (of R. I* CSiambers.’'
ditional two weeks. Dt; Koonce Bruce Shaw, color^, got 30
will give some time to pre-school
child work. His schediilte will be
announced lat^r.
The Hoke High band has re
ceived an invitation to play at
the opening game of the season
at Robbins Park at Red Springs.^
Jt is understood that Director
Melvin has tentatively accepted
the invitation on behalf of the
band
days suspended on payment of
the costs for giving,a bad check.
He paid the check also.
Joe McLean, colored was found
guilty in threte casfes of operating
liquor stills, Sejitence^ in each’
case was 90^ays to bq'^usp^nded
on payment of $25 arid 'the costs.
He appealed to Superior court
and posted a $300 bond.
Alonzo Diggs, colored, entered
a plea of guilty of the temporary
larceny of a cotton planter and a
The Upchurch school has just, corn planter! He returned the pro-
purchased and set out over $200
w’orth of shrubbery. In addition
to this the vocational classes
have set,out long leaf pine and
dogwood that was secived locally.
J. W.. TurlingtoA of the Hoke
High faculty was a visitor at
Chapel Hill last week end.
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perty and sentence w.as-30 days,
suspended an payment of the
court costs.
Curtis Baxley white, got 30
PRESSURE COOKER CLINIC
TODAY AND TOMORROW
days suspended on payment of
$10 and the costs for being drunk
and disorderly. David Woodell,
also white, got 30 days suspended
on payment of the costs for the
same offense.
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There will be a pressure cook
er clinic at the Raeford Cannery
on Thursday and Friday, April
3 and 4, ^Pressure cookers may
be brought anytime', between 9
A. M. dnd'v4 P. M. on either of
the above cjates. This fine oppor
tunity lor the people of the coun
ty to get their cookers checkedj
before the summer canhing sea
son arrives. Plans ha\e also been
made to show irovies on carining;
at 2:30 Thursday afternoon in
the auditorium of the Raeford
Grammar school. A small fee will
be charged for checking the cook-'
ers; W. P. Phillips, Hoke Highj
School Vocational teacher, with|
the cooperation of the Home and
Farm Agents and the FHA Su.
per visors, will conduct the clinic.
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RED CROSS
BULLETIN
BIRD HOUSE CONTEST
The Sunshine Garden club of
the * Sanatorium recently spon-
* sored a bird house contest at the
■ AshemOnt Graded schfxd.
F. L. Eubknks and J. L. Beall
'were judges ‘and \awarded the'
prizes for building the best bird
I' i^hoLises as Allows: First .prize,
>^'*$3.00 to Edward Lancaster; sec
ond prize, $2.00 to Bobby Vanhoy;
thifd prize, $L,00 to Bobby Wal
ters; fourth prize, 50c to Frank
lin Hawks.
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The 1947 Red Cross Drive
ends Monday’, ' March 31.
Drive Chairman N. A* Mc
Donald announces that
$2446.33 of the county’s
$2535.00 quota ' has been
turned in Living a bal
ance to raise $88.67. He
urgently requests that all
workers make a special ef
fort to get in any addition
al money that they may
have .or can get by Monday
the 31st.
Chairman Israel Mann
of the Raeford division re
quests that any workers
who .^ave had additional
money turned in since ma
king their last report get
it in as early as possible.
The Raeford division has
turned in to date $1215.00.
This is a splendid record.
. ..It is suggested that if
there are any persons who
have not been contacted
and wish to contribute
they may send this pioney
to school and the teachers
will see that it gets to the
proper place.
*‘Lets all get together
and put thfe drive Over tUl^
top by Monday,” McDonald
said.
iMrs^ St^a McFudyen
nbl^r Bri
Of Luml^r Bridffe
Dies Monday P. M.
Mrs. Stella McFadyen, 56, mem
ber of a very promirient fbmily
of the Lumber Bridge community,
died Monday night at 10 o’clock
in a Fayetteville hospital after
an .illness of several weeks. She
waa a daughter of the latq W. A.
'Qiason and the late t'Mrs. Mary
Local Mad^ Mother
Dies Laat l^rsday
In Ro^nilhalm
Mrs, J. W. Piiiml»s, 81, died
at six o’clock last Thursday after
noon at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Clarence Stogner, in
Rockingham. She had been in de
clining health for some time.
The .funeral was bed at the
Methodists Attend
Youth Ralh In
Sanford Monday
OVER 500 ARE PRESENT
REPRESENTING ABOUT
100 CHURCHES
Locker Committee
Transfers Moi|ey
To Locker Plant
Hoke High Wins
Over Cmtral And
Ixises to 71st
The working Contimittee to get'
a freezer locker plant in Raeford!
which began work over two years!
ago ^this, week turned over $3800 i THIRD BASEBALL GAME
in locker rentals to the Colonial! OF SEASON HF.RF VS
Frozen Foods of Raeford, Inc.,| “HAMLET TOMORROW
w'ho opened the locker plant fori
operation last. week. This mon- a'scoring ga.re at Ar-
ey had been advanced for 'PS'k -. i-st Friday aitarnoon
rentals of lockers when they toe Hoke C-j'a.nty h;gh baseball
T.urnber Bridge; two brothers, W.
H. Chason and Pete Chason of
Lumber Bridge; four Msters, Mrs.
R. A. 'Wright, Mrs. J, E. McGou-
gan, Mrs. J. M. McGougan and
Miss Lina Chason all of Lumber
Bridge; and by four grandchild
ren Ly. ■' .' ,
is^ed:-;]^’ 'ihe 'Rev. WryDf'-'^t-
toa , 'the'jR6v. J. Mi Oihbs,
Biirtai was in; the church- cefbe--
tery.
DEMONSTRATION ON
MAKING YEAST BREADS
“Miss Virginia Wilson, Exten
sion Specialist in Food and Nu
trition, will give a demonstration
on making yeast breads at the
Wagram school on Wednesday p.
M., April 2, fet 2:30^” says Josiii-
phine HaU, Home Agent. The
of Hoke and SepUand
Counties'Ank iUKged to the
meeting. This is d demonstration
jthat many Hoke 'and Scotland
women .have asked for Miss -Hall
reports, and it is being held in
the Wagram school because it is
equidistant between Laurinburg
and Raeford. Anyone In either
^ might become available and re- team got :r.e saeson off to a
thej^'-'^th Fellowship held at toe ^ prgsej-ifgtj over 250 lockers good start oy ■s hipping ;he tea r.
and^'P’irst Methodit church in .Sanfordj ^ j Dalton, chairman 'of the'^rem Centr.; rligh of Cumber-
was'dhe daughter of the late ■ ‘'’^^'^ernoon. The meet-{go,expressed his person- '-‘'to county oy a score of 10-2.
Sip Hart. She is survived by her!-"’-S'began at four o’clock'in the. ai appreciation :’or the^ fine .way. They.qairkly dropped ;-rom the
husband and 10 children, includ-i lasted until 9:45
ing Mrs.. Stogner* and Mr Phillips.
May Shift Tax
Cut To July 1
p. m.
The meeting was attended by,;
,5-;9 young people from the ap’-
proximatelj' 100 churches in the
eight counties in the district. The
meeting included singing, games,
Senator Taft, Republican of .a picnic supper and several i
Ohio,; indicated Tuesday the Sen- spirational talks.
Counties in the district are Hoke,
ate . -revise the income tax
% make it effective
to last
'!t^''''1^6tise begatf debate yes
terday ,pp * the bilij. wh ich pro
vides a 30 per oeiit cut for over
2.0;'million Vlittle teilows” and 20
per .cent for most other taxpayers.
Republican leaders expressed be
lief the House will pass the bill,
which makes the cuts retroactive
to Janua^ 1.
But Ta'ft estimated that the mea
sure would cost the Treasury. $5,-
700,000^000 in he 1948 I'iscal year,
which begins July 1.
If the retroactive application
is retained. Taft told reporters
the government not only, will
lose - $3,8't0,000,^di rfevenites
in the year beginning July 1 but
also'will to pay out about
Cumberland, Scotland,. Richmond,
Harnett, Lee^ Montgomery, and
Chatham. The Montgomery coun
ty churches, with 130 young peo
ple present, were recognized for
having the largest attendance at
the rally.
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AMERICAN LEGION WILL
MEET TOMORROW NIGHT
$l>900,i
' g.'-'
.in refunds.
He pointed out that the total
thus would be almost $6 billion—
the highest amount of savings the
Republicans expect by cutting
county who: ■yvishes to-attend the President Trj4man’s $37;5PO,000,-
pieeting is cordially invited.
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Commander J. H. Blue of the
local American Legion post has
announced that there will be a
very important . meeting of the
post at the armory tomorrow
night for the purpose pi .com
pleting arrangements R>r the dan
ce the, post will hold on next Fri
day night, April 4 at the armory
at which a New Chevrolet will be
given away in a drawing.
Blue urged all members who
have -tickets for this dance to
sell to turn their stubs in to Al-
IVed Cole before or at the meet
ing Friday night.
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to CONDUCE ^VIVAL AT tiwt
000 bu
. The! measutdr proposing
SQUARE DANCE
POSTPONED
FEOPLte’S TABEitNAOUE
Brother J, Thomas Kenyon,
pastor of the People’s Tabernacle
hdie announced this that
revival services would "be’ con
ducted at his church for two
weeks beginning next Sunday,
Marchand continuing through
April fa. Services will be conduct
ed at eleven a, m. on Sundays and
at seven-thirty each evening by
Rev. Frank Maultsby pf Fayette
ville. f "
Brother Kenyon extends a wel
come to all to attend
• cut be effective as of
idgt L". provides for re
funds of pyerpaymej;!^ Prom that
date to .the^time the bill becomes
law.
If the effective date of the cut
were July 1, it would mean a tax
reduction in the present calendar
year of about $1,900^00#,000 in
stead of $3,840,000,000.
Spring weather took a 40.de-
gree turn for the woi-se in North
Carolina yesterday as tempera
tures dropped to freezing over
the state
The square dance which the 4-
H Club boys and girls of the coun
ty planned to sponsor at the Rae
ford Armory tonight (Thursday
evciiing, March 27) has been
postponed indefinitely on account
of National Guard Drill.
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TO GIVE CONCERT
The Band and Glee Cub, un
der the direction of Mr. W. O.
Melvin, vvill present a program
of “Easter Music” at the Hoke
High School Auditorium next
Thursday April 3, 1947 at 8:15
P. M. The public is cordially in
vited to come to this program.
the corn'iittee '"..iS per:'o: mecl in-
t'‘.e fi'i’e !'f ad\''..'e circumsta.'';ces
ttVffi-v.saici ;;e '.v s gratefi;! for tne'
in coi.i:;;
v'e!'. when
'■-First t"
. 'I Tuesday, how-
; .b.oys i.u Seven-
t'ne;':: • d.jwri.
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.i^operation and patience of ail in a ga.re that sa'w the -.'isitors
tiu.ise 'A'ho paid their renryl'nvoney pick -up nine runs in 'the third
in ana had to 'A‘'dit so long be- inning on 5 Hoke High errors
f(.re the lockers became avail-; and 4 hits. There -.vas a heavy
;wind during this same and much
Other membeivs of the commit-i sand in the air
tee wer.e A. S. Knowles. N, H. G.
Balfour, Tom Cameron, ' Beaton
Thomas, Tommie Upchurch, Mar
shall Newton, and Neill F. Sin
clair
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PRO BASEBALL TEAMS
TO TRAIN IN VICINITY
Welch, West 'Virginia, and Fed-
eralsburg,. Maryland, farm teams
of the Philadelphia Athletics’ sy-i
stem oi' the American Baseball ^
League will have their spiring I
McKeithan and Conoly pitched
for ■ Hoke High against Central
and Conoly and MacDonald led
the hitting.
Against Seventy-First Jack Lee
did the hurling and Conoly and
MacDonald again were the lead
ing hitters, MacDonald getting
two safeties in three trips and
Conoly getting two in four. Mont
gomery led the hitting for the
victors with three for four.
The local tea.m plays Ha.rlet
high on the armory field tomor-
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training here at Armory park,
according to Tom Cope, business j (jr
manager of the Red Springs Red!
Robins, also a farm team of the
Athletics.
Cope said that -the Red Springs *
team would open, their training
there on April 10 and that the
Lexington, North Carolina, team
would also train in Red Springs.
He said that lights are being
installed in Robbins Park in Red
! row afternoon' at three o'clock.
FARM NOTES
By A. S. Knowles
III
The rat control will be post
poned until .April 11 due to the
limited supply of Red Squill. The
U. is. Fish and Wildlife Service
Springs annd that they would be| stated Mondav that a new ship-
ready for use by the time theiment was d’ue in Raleigh fn‘=s
training starts, 1000 seats .are also!,^.eek. but since they had mt
being added to the grandstar.l.heard for sure that it was bAig
here.
A number of exhibition games
have been arranged and the first
game of this slate will be in Fob-
bins park on Sunday April 13.
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WRECK SATURDAY A. M.
At about 1:00 o’clock last Sat
urday morning there was an auto before April 4
accident on the Raeford-Arabia"
'shipped that it was advisable to
delay the campaign until April
11 at which time they would be
able to again assist with the cam
paign. In view of t’ne postpone
ment, the time for taking orders
for bait will be extended until
April -4. All far:rers that have
rats on the premises and have not
applied for the bait should do so
road about one mile from Arabia, j Tobacco blue mold has aopear-
The 1946 Chevrolet owned andop-jed on several tobacco beds in Co
erated by R. J. Prevatte, facing i iig^bus county Weather condi-
west, was hit in the rear by altions during the last week has
1946 Ford operated by Norman;been ideal for the spread of this
McNeill, of Route 3, FayettevUe.; disease. Hoke County farmers are
McNeill was slightly injuried ttrged that they start spraying
and both cars were damaged con- toeir tobacco beds at once with
siderably. ; tormate. About 2 pounds of ^the
f ' I material is sufficient' to control
blue .mold on 100 sq. .yards.
magistrate IMPOSES , Plants generaly 'are late *this
FINE ON FIRE VIOLATOR j.vear and it is feared that an early
attack of blue mold would re-
County Forest Warner. Foster j [i-je chance of getting a good
McBryde reports that Magistrate tobacco this year.
Mrs. W. R. Barrington o;’ Raeford j
convicted C. E. Snelg’.ove of |
Route 2. Raeford for x'iolating [ Cotton Five-Acre contest
tiie State Forest Fire Laws. ' being suonsoreel again in 1947.
Court Costs of $8 00. a line of
1 State. District, and County prizes
arc
$10.00 ai'.ri
of 30 days were inaposed on Snel- j
grove for setting, fire to grass 'ci,„.ei-s are eligible' that hav,
land and failing to extinguish it
being offered this year for
a su.^pender. sentence qtialitv'' imprehre-
j ment i.n cotton. All cotton pro-
e at
.'ast live acres in one field plant-
,This lire got out of control and^ed to Coker 100 Wilt cotton Make
•did da rage to the forest property application at the County Agent’s
belonging to Mr. McDougald of office.
Raeto’rd, Route 2. 3-acre corn contest is being
: announced. Prizes will be offered
; for the highest production. 'Plan
now to enter this contest and
American Legion Dance
Armory—Raeford, - N. C.
Friday, April 4. 1947
Admission $1 tax included
At this dance a Chevro
let Stylemaster Tudor Se
dan will be given away to
the person holding the ^c-
ky ticket. Only one ticket
will be drawn and the win
ner, if present, will drive
the car away. If not pre
sent, he or she will be no-
tifiied.
help increase the yield of corn.
The home garden should get
I its share of attention these days.
There are several vegetables that
should now be in the„ garden.
Some of the vegetables that ought
to be in the garden lure onions,
garden peas, tendergreens, cab
bage, lettuce, Kale, beets, car
rots.^ turnips and mustard. Them
are several others tiiat cMl Hr
(Cbntinued on hack
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