volume: XLI no. 48
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THURSDAY, JWAY 1,1947
RAEFORD, N. C.
The Hoke High band^ under the
direction of W. O. Melvin, band
director, gave a concert at 4he
Ro^kfish school on Tuesday morn.,
ingj All those who heard the band
were well pleased, pupils, teach
ers and those parents who were
able to attend. The band will give
a ^milar concert at Mildouson
anu, Ashemont before school closes
T^ere will be,a meeting of the
Rockfish PTA on Friday evening
at the' school building. ^
' W. T. Gibson, Jr. and K. - A.
]V^cI>onald made a trip to Coker
college, Hartsville, ^ S. C. Jast
T^rsday "hunting teachers. They
ca^e back withe blank contracts.
From all indications, teachers
will be harder to secure this year
than ever.
The schools are . cooperating
with the - Kiwanis club in the
drive to secure old clothes for
Overseas relief. The schools will
be glad to accept any donations
oyu may have and see that they
get to the packing depot.
Recorder Hears
Fifteen Cases
Tuesday Morning
ROAD LAW VIOLATORS
MAKE MAJORITY OF
OFFENSES
The Laurel' Hill scjjool PTA
held a meeting at the school buil
ding last Thursday. The main to
pic of discussion was the building
of a new, lynch room for the
school.
Four boys from the Trades and
Industry Vocational clubs at Up
church school will go to Greens
boro on Saturday for a state-wide
contest in bricklaying^ carpentry,
painting, etQ. This is the first ^
t;ime,,^.the boys from Upchurch j
have^v testy -^Th ev
will be accompanied by their in-i
structor, C. H. Thigpen, and prin-,
cipal, A. S. Gaston. We hope they!
will bring home some of the prizes. I
In recorder’s courit Tuesday
morning cases against fifteen de
fendants were disposed of before
Judge Henry McDiarmid and one
or ‘two were continued for trial
at a later date.
James E. Morrison and Joseph
Washington^ colored, and Alex
Evefitf, Marshall Abramson,Har-
vey Abramson, George L. Cass,
John E. Conte, and Harvey Bax
ley, all white, were charged with
speeding in separate cases. Mor
rison, Washington, and Baxley
were present for "•trial and paid
the costs. Cass and Conte^ tour
ists, forfeited bonds of $20 each
for non-appearance. Marshall and
Harvey Abramson forfeited bonds
of $25 each for the same reason.
Jim Hollingsworth, colored,^
paid the costs for.violating the pro
hibition laws.
Frank Smith, colored, paid the
costs for driving without driver’s
license.
Alex T. Everitt, colored tran
sient, forfeited a bond of $100
which he had posted for trial of
speeding and -violating the road
and prohibition laws.
Belton Harris, colored, paid the
costs for being drunk and disoj--
derly.
Georgia Man Buys
Old Page Building
From Mrs. Johnson
The building on Main street'
formerly occupied by the Page
Trust company before it c^sed
in 1933 and owned by the/neirs
of the tate J. S. Johnson vws sqld
this week to Louis R. /Joseph,
merchant of Forsyth, Georgia.
The new owner is the operator
of a dry goods department store
in the Georgia town. He stated
this week that he contemplated
no immediate changes > in the
building or its tenants,, although
he hopes to move to Raeford at
some time in the future.. He has
brothers in the dry goods business
ajt Goldsboro and Benson, North
Carolina.
The building was constructed
about 20 years ago for the use of
the bank and was used by it un
til 1933 when the bank closed.
Hoke High Wins
Over Fairmont
Lex Alvin Wade, white tran
sient, paid $50 and the costs for
driving drunk. Sentence of BO
days was suspended.
Levi C. Allen, white man of
Litt’e River township, was char-
gc.d wit)?.-■ trCKj}!.? vy being drunk
and di§orderly and vagrancy. He
was found' guilty of trespass and
sentenced to 30 days in jail.
With Make McKeithan pitch
ing six-hit ball while his team
mates rapped out 12, Hoke High
edged out Fairmont- here Tues
day afternoon, 6—5. McKeithan
was also the leading hitter, get.
ting four hits in five trips.
Hoke scored 2 runs in the 6th
and 2 in the 8th to make the score
4-all. In the 9th with 2 on Mc
Millan got a double to make the
score 6-4. In the last of the 9th
with one put Fairmont got a
tally on 1 hit and 2 errors, after
which McKeithan fanned the
next 2 batters.
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WINS ELECTRIC RANGE
Dr. Holliday, State Board of;
Health Dentist, is working at Up
church school this week. He will
probably go to one of the county
schools the last of the week.
The Ashemont school will pre-
.sent the operetta, “The Golden
Whistle” in one. act at the School
auditorium tonight at .8:30. The
public is cordially invited.
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THREE HOKE STUDENTS
ENROLLED WAKE FOREST
Three students from Hoke Coun.
ty are listed in the record.break^
ing enrollment of 1577 students
at Wake Forejt College this spring.
The iroup 'consists of Arthur
D. Gore, Jr., freshman and Riley
Jordan', and Benjamin Kinlaw,
juniors.
Gore and Jordan are veterans.
Jordan' is planning a career in
medicine, Kinlaw in the ministry
and Gore in journalism.
David Garner and Dewey Stuart,
also white ;r,en of Little River,
were found not guilty on charges
of assault.
Miss Helen Barrington was the
lucky winner of a new double
oven estate electric range given a-
way at a dance last Friday b}"
-the American Legion post of
Broadway, N. C. A committee
from Broadway w^s in town last
week selling tickets to that af
fair and it was one of these that
won the stove. A car and a radio
were also given away.
COUNTY NCEA
UNIT MEETS
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The Hoke County unit of the N
CEA met recently ^nd elected
officers for the coming year as
follows: Mrs. Frances Davis, pres
ident, Miss Mayjne McKeithan,
vice-president, Miss Nannie Thorn-
berg, ^recording secretary, Mrs.
Dwdghlt Brown, corresponding
secretary and Miss Irene Downer,
treasurer. Committees were also
appointe*d.
The unit will have another im
portant meeting at the Raeford
Graded school this afternoon.
Memoriaj To
Father And Son
Is Dedicated
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Poole’s Medley
BY D. SCOTT POOLE
Following a meeting of the
board of directors of the North
Carolina santoria., at Sanatorium
last Friday afternoon the board,
together with all patients and em
ployees who were able and the
directors of the sanatoria at Wil
son Black Mountain, gathered on
the grounds to dedicate- a foun
tain to the memory of Dr. P. P.
McCain, late director of the in
stitution who was killed in an
auto accident last November, and
his son, Lt. P. P. McCain, Jr., who
was killed in action with the AAF
in Europe during the war.
The cermony toe k place at four,
thirty and consisted of remarks
by Dr. H. S. Willis, new super
intendent, L. L. Gravely of Rocky
Mount, chairman of the board of
directors, and Doctors H. F. Ea-
som and C. D. Thomas, directors
of the eastern and western Sana
toria, respectively.
Following the ceremony the
patients were served their even,
ing meal on the grounds . - ,
BLTIGLAR DISCOVERED;
ESCAPED WITH MONEY
In the early hours of last Frid
ay morning Mrs. Walter Maxwell
was awakened by the presence
of someone in her bedroom. Sh^
saw a man in the darkness on
awakening and screamed.
When she screamed the burg
lar ran and Mr. Maxwell waked
up and went for his pistol and
gave chase. The man got away
and the police have made no ar
rests so far. The only articles
missed were a billfold with a
small quantity of cash and a ring
of keys. Mrs. Maxwell was un
able to determine anything about
the thief in the darkness.
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New Presbsrterian
Preacher Will
Preach Sunday A. M.
Miss McFadyen
Gets Fellowship
At Chicago U
Chicago, ApriF 28—Miss Chris
tiana McFadyen, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William M. McFadyen,
Route 1, Raeford, North Carolina,
was one of 177 graduate students , . , ,,
from 34 states. Washington, D. " "^^ht months. Mrs,
Rev. W. B. Heyward, new pas
tor of the Raeford Presbyterian
church, will assume his duties
effective today and will preach
his first sermon here at the 11:00
a. m'. service in the church next
Sunday morning.
Mr. Heyward succeeds Dr.. Wat.
son, M. Farley, fonner pastor
of the chinch who has been
serving as supply pastor since the
departure of Rev, Harry K. Hol
land for Marietta, Ga., in Febru
ary. He comes here from the Sec
ond Presbyterian church of Kan
napolis where he has been pastor
for the past six years.
He is a native of Memphis,
Tenn., and grew, up in Raleigh,
N. C. He was educated at Hamp
den Sydney college and Union
Theological seminary. The Kan
napolis church was his first past
orate.
He is married and has two chil
dren, a daughter aged three and
Coroner’s Jury
Fmds Killing
Is Justifiable
FREES NEGRO MONDAY
after shooting
ON SATURDAY
f t .■ Heyward was formerly Miss Sa-
C., and five foreign nations a-i / „ , ^
e 11 i.- , ,1, TT • 'rah Ramseur of Lmcolnton N.C.
warded fellowships to the Uni- ’
versity of Chicago. President Er- j .
nest C. Colwell announced today. ;GlVC ScillOF Plsiy
The fellowslidps, -their |TomorrOW Night
value exceeding $158,000, are;
granted from the university’s an-; senior class of Hoke Hiah
May Day
At FMC Tuesday
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I would not be an alarnninist
but is has always been man’s
weakness to lean on a stomg arm.
When people are suffering, other
people sympathize and desire to
help. I have read of how the Rus
sian people took over their gov
ernment and all business. The
hands at the saw mill took their
casthooks, went up to the house
and killed the owner, then ope
rated the mill themselves.
Such professions as law, medi
cine, teaching, journalism, and
the ministry, have claimed the
majority of Wake Forest gradu
ates, but a good many have gone
into business, dentistry, engineer,
ing, etc.
Wake Forest is tne oldest and
largest. Baptist colleger in the U-
''nited States.
During the past year approx-
lately $15,000,000 has been add-
1 to the college’s resources, the
alk of which consists of the
nith Reynolds Foundation Fund,
The Republicans said just after
the Civil War that the Dethocrats
wanted to make an empire of
this country.
Henry Wallace has returned
from Europe. It is my guess that
he will be the Third Party Candi
date for President in 1948. What
do you bet?
Several citizens of Raeford own
airplanes. You will learn that au
tomobiles are too slow to suit
these energetic people.
lued at around $11,000,000. This
nd is being donated on the con-
tion the college be moved to
inston-Salem and that sufficient
iid..s be raised during the next
■ e years to accomodate a stu
nt body of around 2,000 men
id. women. A planning committee
IS been appointed by Wake For
t’s Board of Trustees and ar.
itects’ sketches are being pre-
ired which will show the tenta
ge layouts of the proposed cam-
is aitd necessary buildings..
Timber for buildings, and re
pairs^ on buildings, is growing
scarcer and harder to get, and
more costly.
I expect gardeners will have
poor stands of all crops planted
because the ground seemed the
coldest, and plants are starting
very slowly. And many plants
which come up in such circum
stances die. ■* *
The Charlotte Observer has not
written a line against legal liquor.
They may see a good excuse for
this, t(ut there will come a time
when they; will regret their course,
I suSpect.
If Raeford continues to build
as it has within the past year is
will be as large as Charlotte was
fifty years ago.
Thirty four Americans were ar
rested an imprisoned in Manchu.
ria by the Reds. WhUe they were
in prison the Reds gave them books
to read which taught Commun.
ism. Mbst of these books were
written by American authors.
This column says America is
tending toward Communism and
that w^ have another Russia in
the making. I fear for the future
of our country,, unless tlje drift
changes.
The Government may take over
the railroads. It is published that
the Government has planned to
build twelve million homes for
the citizens of our country. Some
Congressman, one from North
Carolina, is trying to get every
cent possible from the Govern
ment. It costs to collect and dis
burse funds.
We used to complain of low
prices as we now fuss about high
prices. Until World 'tiv^ar I prices
ruled low since 1873—when the
bottom dropped out.
. Talk about hard times and when
we could not have this or that but
towards the close of the Civil
War was the time we couldn’t
get anything. The dishes were
broken and the knives and forks
were worn out. For some years
affter the war, times did not im-
prove^-riiot after priced of pro
duce slumped.
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Another Flora Macdonald May
Day is pust around the corner,
and Miss Ethel Bateman, direc
tor of physical education, has an
nounced that rehearsals are in
full stving for the presentation of
the pageant, “A Rainbow Fan
tasy”, in the outdoor theatre on
the east campus oh Tuesday af
ternoon, May 6, at 5 o’clock.
More than a hundred girls in
rainbow custumes, will take part
in the colorful scene. Preceding
the entrance of the Queen, Vivian
McQueen of Mullins, S. C., and
the maid of her court, gowned in
pastel colors, a group of students
will open the festivities with the
dancing of the traditional High
land Fling, in the beautiful Hi^.
land Plaids. After the crowning
of the queen, dainty fairies in
airy costumes, will enact a’ charm
ing little pageant, interspersed
with graceful group and solo dan
ces, and ending with the Rain
bow Dance by a large group of
fairies, and the revelry of the
fairies.
nual budget of $594,912 for stu_ will present its play, Betty's Last
dent aid. Last year the univer- Friday evening, May 2, at
sity presented sdholarships and 8:50 o’clock in the ’ higa school
fellowships in a cash amount auditcriurh. The play is a comedy
large enough to carry the expen- in three acts find will afford you
ses of a moderate-sized commun- evening of fine intertainment.
I The cast is as follows: Betty
Miss McFadyen, who received Davis, who is a widow with four
a SI,.500 William Rainey Harper daughters. The daughters are por-
fellowship, one of the largest sti-i frayed by Marie Williamsoa. Gra-
pends awarded at the university,; dy Co\’ington. .Joan .Johnson, and
is working toward a doctor of• jrjf^nboth Parker. Eleanor Leach
philosophy in history. 1 g man-hating servant Bo Pecry.
In an inquest before County
Coroner W. L. Roper here last
Monday a coroner’s jury found
that the killing of John Lee Mc
Coy, also known as L. Junior
Johnson, on Saturday was jus
tifiable homicide and 'Will
Ray, who shot him. was no: guil
ty of a crime. Both par:.cipants
in the affair were colored.
The jury heard that the, snoot
ing t">ak place at the home 0: Ray
on N. .4. McFadyen’s farm near
Montrose on Saturday. McCoy,
who had recently returned from
a term on the roads, was living
in Ray’s ho.re. They were some
kin by marriage.
The evidence was to the effect
that Ray and McCoy got into a
disagreement about the fa:: that
McCoy had failed to bring gro
ceries home when he should have
or something of this nature. After
several words had been passed
about this Ray said that McCoy-
advanced on him and he left the
room. In leaving the room., how
ever, he went into a room: with
only one exit and fo'.md h-imself
cornered and McCoy dontiaiied
to advance. He therefore protect
ed himself with a .25 caliber au-
tom:atic pistol to the ‘ime of three
shots fro;r it through the head of
ilcCoy.
Miss McFadyen received an.,A. Joe Maxwell, Son.ny McIntyre
B. degree from Woman's College and Johnny Walker are the suit.
of the University of North Caro-!ors. .Jimmy Conol.v is a cousin
lina in 1936 and a master’s de
gree from Columbia Universit.y
in 1938.
who is an archaeologist.
Miss Mirian Watson, class .spon.
sor. is in charge of the moriuction.
FARM NOTES
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FALLS asleep DRIVING;
AWAKENS LATER UNHURT
At about three o’clock last
Thursday afternoon Paul K. Shel
ton, young white man of Stone-
ville, N. C. was driving his 1938
Oldsmobile east along U. S. 15nA.
He fell asleep on a curve,about
six miles from Raeford, left the
road, sideswiped a tree and came
to a stop. He was unhurt, but his
car suffered considerably.
INSTALL STOP LIGHTS
The stop lights which the
Town of Raeford ordered last
July and which the company
promised to deliver by Jan
uary 1 arrived last week and
are now busy regulating traf
fic at the two busy edt-ners
here. '
The light at the corner of
Main street and Laurinburg
road was installed on last
Thursday and the one at the
corner of Main street and Fay
etteville road was put up on
Friday. t
‘Pound A Person’ Drive For Clothes
For Overseas Relief Starts Here
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The old clothes drive started
in Hoke county last Sunday even
ing with a union service at the
Raeford Graded school. After a
sermon on “Service” by Kev. J.
D. Whisnant, a documentary news
reel, “Seeds of Destiny,” was
shown.
Rev. W. L. Maness, speaking
for County Chairman Clyde Up
church, Jr., stated that the church
es, schools and home demonstra
tion clubs were cooperating and
that Lacy McFadyen of the Baker
and McFadyen garage would re
ceive the donations from the
schools and churches.
The goal for Hoke County is
15,009 pounds of clothes, shoes
and bedtling other than mattres
ses. This .was arrived( at on a
basis of the statewide goal of “a
pound a person,” in the drive.
, Clyde Upchurch, Jr., county
chairman for the drive, contacted
a cross-section of the veterans of
the county last week for personal
eye-witness statements of condL
tions in various countries of the
world. Some of these statements
are reproduced below and it is
planned to present others in next
iVeek’s issue.
their home;s arid feed them with
their own food.
Berder Niven
Burma
In the C. B. I. we found con
ditions almost unbelievable. Only
about 10^ percent had shoes and
they were made of straw. The
clothes were very thin and the
climate about -like ours here. The
ration is mainly rice and’'it is
extremely scarce. There is no
milk at all and malaria and skin
diseases are everywhere. I have
actually seen face bones sticking
out ' through the flesh but • they
wgre ■ still walking. Children es
pecially need the attention of the
American people. I have known
missionaries to buy children for
90 pents each and keep them- in
Greece
There is much that could be
said for a country as rich in cuL
ture as Greece once was. But the
Greece that was and the Greece
that is is quite a contrast. The
aftermath of war has hit Greece
and today she is struggling for
her life. Millions .of her people
died from starvation and expo
sure last year. Millions of others
are dying today. That is just a
part of the price they are paying
for rejecting totalitarianism. Their
only hope is that the rest of the
world will remember and send
relief.
"Virgil Dedas
is being done by :he U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture in the Bu
reau of Animal Industry and Bu
reau of Plant Industry. The trip
will require four days by bus and
transportation will cost approx
imately $8.50 per person. The
number will be limited to not
over 35 people. The first 35 far
mers making deposits for transit
portation can be assured of the
trip. Deposits must be made by
June 10, For further information
contact the County Agent’s office.
Farmers will be glad to know
that the Farmers Curb and Ex
change, Inc., the new farm pro
duce market, will open in. {lift
next week. This will give farmers
a new outlet for their farm pro
duce. The management has pled
ged to pay market prices for all
produce.
Korea
“Dear Mdther and Dad:
I reached Seoul yesterday a week
ago, and must admit I am dis
heartened. The job looks like im
possible. The Russians have the
upper half of this country. I guess
the 38th parallel is the dividing-
line. That gets under my hide
still worse. These people are down
right mad, and they’re hungry,
and you ought ju^t to see tiieir]
nakeness and housing .’onditlons.;
They don't have a chance. If a^
cancer starts, it just eats ‘.htur .m-;
til thev die. Social disease do '-ire;
same, only worse. They have 'the j
will and the genius to do, but the|
Japs sat on tha: .ind took what
they \v:mted. Now we are the
clean-up squad. I hate to look
straight at all that stinks around
me; It hurts my eyes, and- my
heart too. God won't lef this go
unattended too long. I think He’ll
be good to us boys if we behave
and send the truth home. "Well,
I’m talking too much in the wr-
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.A.t last hog raisers have an
easy way to get rid of round
worms. "When they fe^ small a-
mounts of sodium fluoride with
ground feed it knocks out 90% to
95% of the pests.
The material is very poisonous,
and directions for using it should
be followed carefully. 'A veteri-.
narian should give the treatments,
or at least supervise it, the first
few times.
Sodium fluoride is best mixed
with a dry ground feed, one pound
■of the drug to 10t> pounds 01 feed.
There's little or no advantage in
'Reeping the 'nogs oft' feed before
treatment.'.^out half the meecv-.
icated feed is given in the mc.-n-
ing. the rest in the afternoon. T.y
to estimate the amount of feed 'he
pigs would eat in a day, A 5d-
pound pig will eat about 3 pounds,
a 100-pound hog a’oout -5 pounds.
If any of the treated feed is left
the lollowing morning, it mcvj' be.
mixed thoroughly with t'ne day's ,
regular feed.
Pigs may be treated twice with
the‘drug—first when 8 to 10 weeks -
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old and again 'at 4 to- 6 months,.
Because the safety margin is so
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