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L's«: - "'sr I' ''- r^^issT'N, ; _ / ^ , Tjf •^".jf ?'^f' hf'-’i?#- ‘it-?: ^ »V™Jt'i ti* ^ .'. t-' ' - --1. - J J. f ^»' • ' (- * 1*- 0^.1 '.■ ¥41 ;5S’/ -V ^T- V.-SJ, f’WW- r>f« w '.(*r % A. ' ■^ * * 'V i ^ .Tji- !'■» \ ' f. A*«!.-k* .•4,#>..)f‘*» : • i aif WKiffr mum The Hoke County Newt ICSouiily rH., VOLUME XU NO. SI THUISDAV, MAY 22, ]IM7 nAEF(MtD,N. C. 1^1 By K. " Reowdn- Heus jhell Nfimbar Of ':;V- »■■ Last Sunday '«t il':|^ d: ;|n.. ^ik ’Second ’ event .of flie IW' com meoceix^nt exensises was tte)d at koke High. The baccalaureate sermon was preached by the Rev. W. B. Hey ward of the Presbyterian cburch, at the request of Rev.. J. Whis-j nant, pastor of the Baptist church.* The sermon was preached to 42 seniors, their parents, and a host of friends who were present to do honor to the seniors^ Marshals were: Chief, Nancy Lee Cole; An tioch, Louis Autry; Asbemont, Miralyn Johnson; MUdouson, Bil lie Mae Alford; Raeford^ Bobby Murray; Rockfish, Irma Bay. , BEYHUNE MAIAiTSBY ^ CASE SET FOR TUESDAY ItBU cuuu>i^Tii^t^LA|^. c^uroT high sci|ool GHnirsMSOCIATIONTOMSr IN fmm NEXT WEDNESDAY Band Gives Concert ' Sunday aRemooh at 4:00 o’ clock the band of Hoke High gave a concert on the courthouse lawn tb a large and appreciative audi ence gathered from' far and near. The band under the direction of Mr. W. O. Melvin who has done a wonderful work ^ with these *' • young people this year. Mildouscm ,Operetta Presented Last Thursday evening at 8 o’clock the faculty and students of the Mildouson school present ed their'operetta “Sleeping Beau ty” to a large and appreciative, audience. The characters were w^ll chosen, the 'music oatohy, and the costumes colorful. Teach ers and pupils are to be commend ed for their delightful production. I ” Last Thursday evening thie newly appointed schqol comniit- tee of the Mildouson District m^t ■'^■and organized. M. D. Yat^ was elected chairman. O. B. Maxwell and W. T. Hine are serving on ' the coiX'irtittee with Mr. Yates. The committee re-elected the faculty of J. M. Andrews, princi pal and Misses Irene Downer and Hortense McGregor. Operetta At Rockfish Friday night of last week the Rockfish school presented its op eretta “Sunn^ of Sunnyside” to a large and enthusiastic audience. It was the belief of all those pre sent that they had never seen school children who were so at home on a stage.. There was a great deal of acting in the pro duction and it was all done splendidly. The choir was a spe cial feature. Everyone felt that they were amply repaid for go ing. Pupils and teachers deserve a lot 'of praise for all the work and preparation that went into producting the show. i Promotion Exercises Today Today at 10 a. m. the Seventh Grade Promotion Exercises will ■be held aj the high school build ing. Ajjprosimately 85 seventh graders will get their pronuotion certificates to the 8th grade. Supt. C. Reid Ross of the Har nett County schools will make the address. The public is cordially invited. The few cases tried before Judge Henry McEDiarmid in Hoke County recorder’s court Tuesday morning were finished in a short while. The case iQ which Bethune Maultsby, local white man, is charged with attempted breaking and entering on the premisp of Mrs. S. B. Taylor on the Fayette ville road just outside Raeford and damaging real property there was continued for andther week due to the inability of priyately employed prosecutioh to attend court Tuesday. The case was con tinued last week to allow the de fense to subpoena more witnesses. Claude Redfern, colored truck driver from Marshville, N. C., was charged with careless and reckless driving in connection ■with an accident on U. S. 15-A near the Scotland county line last week. He was found guilty and sentence was 6 months to be su spended on payment of the costs and up to $300 in damages to Jam es E. Curtis. He appealed to Su perior court and posted a bond of $500. Edward L. Cooley, colored man of Cumberland county, pleaded guilty of speeding when charged with careless and reckless driv ing .also. The state accepted this, plea and sentence was 30- days to be suspended on payment of $10 and the costs. Clifford Lejwis, colored of Rob- e^f^ county, paid the costs for tfeirig drbnk and, disorderly. James Purcell, colored, got 6 months suspended on pa3rment of the costs and good behavior for two years for assault. Spencer Ringletary, colored, got 30 days suspended on pay ment of the costs for assaulting Jimmie Moore, colored. Jimmie Moore was found not guilty of assaulting Singletary. Lena Mc Rae, colored, paid the costs for assaulting Singletary. 0 Samiiier Sporb For Hdce Qiildrai P. T. A., WOMAN’S CLUB HOME DEM. CLUBS SPONSOR Emmett H. Morton, Kinston Man, Dies Early Saturday Last night Mrs. Frances Brad- ■i. dy Capps presented her piano pu pils in recital at the Rockfish sohool auditorium. All those pre sent were delighted with the pro gress her pupils had made. Final examinations are in pro gress at Hoke High school this week. The Senior class of Hoke High will present their class day exer cises tomorrow evening at 8:30 o’clock. Parents and friends are cordially invited to.-.^ttend. , No School Tommorrow , .Tomorrow, Friday*, y May, 23, will be^a skip day for all* Wbitfe schools in the county. There will not be any school, the buses will not run. The last day of school will be Monday, May 26. The (Continued on page 2) ' . Emmett H. Morton, tobacco man who was for many years a buyer on the Carthage market and for the past several years a ware houseman in Kinston, died at 5:30 a. m. last Saturday after an illness of several months. He was the husband of the former Miss Mary Douglas Smith, daughter of the late Edwin S. Smith, Rae ford attorney who died in 1929. Mr. Morton was born and rear ed in Virginia but had lived‘in North Carolina for many years. He had been associated with the Export Tobacco company for 25 years as buyer and warehouse man. Funeral services were conducted in Kinston Sunday afternoon and burial was in the cemetery there at five o’clock. Surviving, in addition to Mrs. Morton, are two sons Emmett H. Jr., and Edwin Smith Morton, both of the hoime; one brother* W. G. Morton of California; one sister Mrs. Mattie Plummer of Petersburg, Va., and several nieces and nephews. 0 V % The Hoke-Raeford Parent- Teachers association, the Radford Woman's club and the Hoke Coun ty Federation of Home Demon stration clubs started a drive this ^ek to raise money for a program of supedvised summer recrea tion for the children of the coun ty. The program will run for eight weeks from June 16 through Aug ust 9 and wUl be uhder the per sonal supervision of Haywood Faircloth, athletic coach at Hoke High school for the school year jwt closing, and assiRants se lected by the sponsoring organ! zation. It will consist of supervised games for children of all ages from the whole county on the grounds of the high school each morning from 9:30 to 11:30 and swimming parties each afternoon at Rockfish creek from 2:30 to 5:30 under Mr. Faircloth’s super vision. The gymnasium will be opened evenings from 7:45 to KkSO and amusements will be GINNEBS OF 26 COUNTIES ^TO GATHER HEBE AT ABMOBY arranged for teen-age group there. The clubs 4 Shown above are the forty-two members of this year’s graduating class at Hoke County High School who will receive their diplomas at exercises on Monday aiight. They are, left to right, as follows:: Firs! row Donald Camercin, Jimmie Conoly, Martha Ben Gulledge, Beatrice Haire, Sonny McIntyre, Elea nor Leach, Jimmy Woodhouse; Second Row Thelma Cothran, Billy Cothrain, iMartha Harris, Eleanor King, Malcolm McKeithan, Marie Cameron, Thomas McFadyen; Third Row Grady Covington, Frances Currie, Joan Johnson, Joe Maxwell, Luke McNeill Johnnie Allon, Phyllis Baker; Fourth Row Betty Davis, Vivian Ellis, William Melvin, 11a Moss, Join Scott Poole, Ransom Baucom, Louise Biggs; Fifth Row Alice Gibson, Aain Graham, Lydia McKeithan, Robert Perry, Elizabeth Parker, Carolyn Black, Dorothy Bridges; Sixth Row Marjorie Thompson, Johnny Walker, Jean McNeill, Marie Williamson, Betty McFadyen, Eugene Smith, Ruth Wright. —r-i : —=== Poole’s Medley BY D. SCOTT POOLE I i Deane To Speak At Hoke High Finals Monday — ——- It is reported that the people of the United States drank seven billion dollars in intoxicating be verages last year. That is some money! Those who are supposed to know say that when a car reaches 50 miles an hour that the driver does not control it—he just points it. I consider such a driver very unsafe on the roads. People are starting with cock tails, and are getting too fond of alcoholic drinks, and alcohol is a habit forming drug. Many are realizing they are losing controL They used to take a drink or let it alone, but they feel now that they must have one drink or more. pie were killed or injured on the highways. There are more bootleggers in Cumberland than in Robeson. The Court records will prove the fact 42 WILL GRADUATE EXERCISE AT 8:30 P. M. McKENZIE’S TWO-HITTER BEATS LAURINBURG, 7-0 J. C. McKenzie, big right-hand er from Wagram, held Laurin- burg to 2 hits yesterday as Raeford defeated them 7-0, in the opening game of the Peach Belt league. Tbe' locals got 7 hits off Watson. Bill Upchurch was the putstand- -nop OAV4 siq qijM uaneq 3ui bles and a triple in four tritis. McKeithan got two for four. The next game here will be Monday •*agfiinst Southerh Pines. No man or woman will wil fully get drunk. They have lost theirself when they do not care if they get drunk. ' They say the Drys want to pass a law. We .do. We said not a word about passing a law be- North Carolina voted two to one against Repeal and still this county stays wringing wet. The backbone of the Democratic party since the turn of the century is paralyzed'—cannot get to vote liquor out of the state. Hoke voted three to one against Repeal. Some take a drink because they like the taste; others for the efr], feet—^some like both taste and effect—and they get them. tween,; 1998 and 1933, President F. D. R. asked the repeal of the Volstead Act. He wanted the rev enue liquor would raise. If Prohibition did not prohibit drinking, why did the Keeley In stitutes • all close? After Repeal they all re-opened. During the days of Prohibition not one tenth the number of peo- Oh, that I could live to see a time when no man or woman drink a drop, that man and wife continue to be sweethearts eter nally, and the courts be entire ly without dockets. Intemperance destroys more lives than wars, famine and pestilence. For the years of my early life we had a Blackberry Storm in May. People did not shear their sheep until after that very cold, windy, day. Forty-two seniors will be a- warded their diplomas at com mencement exercises at Hoke County High School next Mon day night, May 26. The Honor able Charles B. Deane, Eighth District congressman will be the feature speaker of the evening. The exercises will begin at eight-thirty in the High school auditorium. On the program in addition to the awarding of diplomas and the address by Mr. Deane are the presentations of several prizes and awards by civic organizations of the county to outstanding stu dents in several fields. am also arranging for the constro^ion of a furnace and tables,Cr«t(t. pbepare a pic nic spot on the property across the street from the gymnasium- near where the soft-ball diamond is located. - To accomplish this program the clubs state that they will need approxi'.mately $800, which they propose to raise in the^ county.'The drive for this money was begun yesterday morning in Raeford and $206.25 was raised in an hour or so. The women soliciting the donations stated that they were not refused by a single person approached. Those who have contributed so far are shown below and all who do The members of the Carolina Cotton Ginners association from twenty counties making up the Central North Carolina district will meet at the armory here next Wednesday morning at ten o’ clock. The meeting will include a barbecue dinner to be served the group by Hoke Oil & Ferti lizer Co., with business sessions both before and after the meaL The purpose of the meeting is to bring to the ginners technical subject matter, and to afford an opportunity for discussic^ of district and local problems in con nection with production, ginning and business practices within the industry. . *1116 program will include a presentation of the association’s objectives. Another feature will be a discussion of “South-wide Cotton Programs,” by J. M. Saun ders, Extension Agronomist, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Technical subject matter in con- nction with ginning will be han dled by J. C. Ferguson, Extension Gin Specialist, N. C. State college, and J. C. Oglesbee, Extension gin specialist, USDA. A repwrt on the five-acre contest will also be made. Fred P. Johnson, Gin specialist with the N. C. Department of ag riculture will discuss ‘’Processing Inspections,” at the morning ses sion and w'ill conduct the gin- ners’ forum after lunch. George T. Ashford, of' the Li berty Manufacturing Co. in Red Springs, is president of the asso ciation and •will preside at the meeting. -0- BUILDING FUND RALLY All Methodists and friends of Raeford Methodist Church are ur ged to be present Sunday morn ing for the Building Fund Rally. The time is not far distant when we must “rise up and build.” God is calling all of us to make ready for that day. Mr. Maness will speak Sunday morning on contribute to this cause will the subject. “A good man.” Come be .listed in subsequent issues of .and worship with us. this paper. li" FARM NOTES By A. S. Knowles Lawrence Conoly 5.00 M. T. Poovey 25.00 Murdock McDuffie 5.00 T. B. Lester, Jr , 2.50 McNeill Mill 'Store 2.50 Raeford Auto Co 20.00 ; - Raeford Theatre 1. 10.00: Mrs.'C. M. Willis ;..... 1.00 I, A Friend 75 J. C. McLean 1.00; J. B. Thomas , 5.00 j ‘I iS! Remember the s.T.all grain tour to Coker's Pedigreed Seed Farm, in Hartsville, S. _C. Friday, May : 23, leaving the High School build ing at 8:00 A. M. Meet at the sch- Baucom Appliance Co 5.00, to arrange transportation or W. J. Coates ^•'^^jmeet at Coker’s office at 10 A. M. Willie Jones (1.00 • J. D. McNeill !3.00: Tom McLauchlin 1.00 Jim Poole 1.00 It was twelve miles to the nearest doctor, so home reme- dies were administerd, teas made from sage, hoarhound, life everlasting, etc. These remedies (Continued on page, 2) The val^ictory will be deliver ed by Elizabeth Parker and , the salutatory by Eleanor Leach. The girls have the highest and next highest scholastic averages, re spectively, in the senior class. Class Night Tomorrow The ^ Senior class will present its annual firogram of “Class Night Exercises,” this time en titled “Quo Vadis,” in the audi torium at the High School tomor row night beginning at 8:30. 0 Hinton McPbaul — 1.00 McLauchlin Co 25.00 Mrs. J. "W. McLauchlin ....... 25.00 Raeford Dry Cleaners 5.00 Carson Davis 5.00 Mrs. H. A. Cameron 10.00 Mrs. R. B. Lewis 15.00 Harry Epstein 1.00 0— NEW ENLISTMENTS SERVICE AT PHILIPPI Rev. W. B. Heyward will preach Recent enlistments in Battery A, local National Guard anti-air craft battery, include the following: Robert W. Currie, Thomas A. Ray, John E. McGougan, John L. Quick, and Jeptha M. Maxwell. The unit will receive its first Fed eral pay at the regular drill to night. -0- HEALTH BOARD TO MEET Flies are among the greatest menace to health of all the insects. Flies can be controlled, and if every farm and fainily followed a good sanitation qnd. spraying program they could be almost er adicated. Every family can afford to control flies around their prem ises. Two DDT preparations will do the job. For spraying in homes and outside of the house and bams and on screen doors and windows, (1) Use a deodorized 5 percent oil spray. Either spray or. treat with a brush all screens, ceilings, walls, etc. In closets or on white or unpainted walls or ceilings and inside bams, (2) Use 1 ounce of 50 percent wettable powder per two gallons of water or if desired used a stronger solution. If proper treatments are made, flies, mos quitoes, and many other insects can be kept under control for the, entire .summer. There will be a special meeting of the Board of Health held in at Philippi Presbyterian church, the office of the Board of Educat- next Sunday afternoon, May 25,1 ion at 10:00 A. M. on next Tuesday, at three o’clock. 1 May 27. The Southern Agriculturist says that “cotton is a necessity of modr . em life. Since the last half o^the , (Continued on Page 2) ■3 -x .'■’I v