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VOICE or IRIEPOM JEOMROIAIi O^BEirTY The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOICE OF EftlEOOM K. VOLUME XLU NO. 5 THURSDAY, JULY 3,1947 RAEFORD, N. C. u If a 1 ADDEND/l By The Editor fc ENCOURAGING was the response of local people to the call to the courthouse last Friday night^^d of tliem turned out, inclumE^. representatives of most of the community’s business houses From their .enthusiasm it would seem that a Chamber of Com^ merce for Raeford -is assured, and that they will make it an active one and an asset to the town. INTERESTING was the discussion that took place in the corner of F. B. Sexton’s front yard from noon until an hour or so later on Monday .following the collision of a , Pontiac automobile driven by iMrs. Win, Read and a pickup truck driven by ^hn Davis and belonging to Ho^ Concrete Works. The car was travelling east on 5th avenue and hit^ the truck which was going north on Filiton street. There was considerable property damage to both vehicles and to Mr. Sexton’s fence.. There were no personal injuries. AT ABOUT THE SAME/ TIME another truck of the Hoke Con crete Works ran head-on into a semi-trailer belonging to John W. IM'cPhaul. This accident occurred on a dirt road out near the fish hatchery. Property damage was considerable in this accident also, and’ there were no per^nal in juries. THE FIRE ALARM Monday night turned out to be a fire that didn’t need alarm. It seems that a lady who wasn’t familiar with the sit uation saw the sparks from the 'f^'sawdust incinerator' khd'^thought * it was something afire that should n’t be. So the fire department had a drill. $0UNDS WARNING North Carolina’s Senator William B. Umstead(right) and Representative Harold D. Cooley (left) discuss Tar H^l^Jhrm problems with Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson before Sen ator Umstead’s maiden floor speech in the Senate, in which he sounded a warning a- gainst the drastic House slashes in the agriculture appreciation .bill Cooley, high- ranking member of the House agricultural committee, recently apeared before the Sen ate subcommittee oh farm appropriations to urge that the House reductions be restored. THE PRESBYTERIANS apparent ly have more old men than the Methodists, or at least there were more of them admitting to be over 30 out for the softball game at Pasture park last Friday after noon. The Methodist couldn’t muster a team, so the crowd had to choose up and play. These games are each Monday, Wednes day and Friday (except July 4) and all men over thirty are eligi ble. MISS ALICE WALKER arrived this week to assume her duties as director of music and young people’s work at the Presbyterian church. Miss Walker is a native of Forest City and graduated last spring from Flora Macdonald college where she majored in Bible and music. She has an a- partment in the home of Mrs John Walker. Tobacco farmers have a “big” stake in the July 12th referendum, according to R. Flake Shaw, Exe cutive "Vice-President of the N. C. Farm Bureau Federation. Mr. Shaw has just attended a meeting of the National Board of Directors held in Chicago. He stated that he had never recalled seeing a time when, there were more dif ferent ideas being advanced with reference to a long-range farm program. With reference to the referen dum July 12, Mr. Shaw says, “A number of referenda have been conducted in the past of signifi cant importance, and .1 do not be lieve that we have had any in stance where we have had more at stake than in connection with the Tobacco Referendum on July 12th. A large favorable vote will not, only mean that tobacco grow ers in the two Carolinas favor the assessment plan, but it will be considered as a vote of confi dence in their program, and in my judgment will have an im measurable effect on the outcome of a long-range farm "program.. Therefore, I want to urge each of you to make definite plans to see that a large vote is oibtained.” GROUP DECIDES,10 ORGANIZE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HERE Recorder Hears Brief Session On Tuesday MOST OF THE STORES and the bank will be closed tomorrow and the three auto dealers will be closed Saturday as weU. The Hoke Concrete Works and the Hokife Oil & Fertilizer company will al so be closed both^days. D. T. PERRY, supervisor of sales on the -Fayetteville tobacco mar ket, dropped in yesterday and stat ed that the market there would (be ready to open on August 7 with a redrying plant, three large warehouses an a complete set of buyers. 0 LOCALS WIN TWO GAMES IN PAST WEEK The Raeford Baseball club of the Peach Belt league won two games in the past week, defeat ing Aberdeen there Saturday af ternoon by the score of 10-5 and BennettsvHle here yesterday by the score of 5-4. The local team is again close to the lead, having won ten games while losing four. 0 Many farmers have recently reported damage to their meat supply by skippers. Thousands of pounds .of cured pork are lost each year with this pest. Too often these loses occur as the result of inadequate smoke houses. They are often too open and without proper ventilation. To prevent this damage, the smoke house should be cleaned of all rubbish, grease, and other sources of infestation. The walls and' ^oors should be thoroughly scrubbed with lye^ater and al lowed to dry. Spray walls, ceil ings, and fixtures with a 3 per cent DDT solution by mixing 1 pound of 50% wettable DDT pow-. der with 2 gallons of water. The exposed side of the door,, door facings, and even outer walls may be sprayed or painted with a 5% DDT oil base. This clean-up and spraying schedule should be repeated once or twice each sea son. The USDA announces that a record 1,704,’OOO long tons (66,- 444,000 bushels) of U. S. grain and grain products were exported in May. .Permanent pastures should be mowed as often as necessary to control weeds and to keep the pasture grasses tender. Now is a good time to control weeds be fore the seed mature. Most of the undesirable weeds in the pasture can be effectively controlled in (Continued on Pace 4) In Recorder’s court Tuesdjiy; morning Joseph "Wilson, colored, paid the costs for speeding. H. K. Ivey, white, was charged by C. W. Childress with disposing of moTtgage(j property .livestock). He was found not guilty when evidence indicated that the stock had strayed. , Richard Graham, colored, and Charlie Carver, white, each paid the costs for being drunk and dis orderly. Willie McCrimmon, colored, was found guilty of assaulting Dol- phus McCrimmon with a deadly weapon. He had to pay the costs and the doctor’s bill. E. .rR. Furmage, white, was charged with driving drunk' In one case and with carrying a con cealed weapon in another. Sen tence in each case was 60 days to be suspended on payment of $50 and the costs. Robert M. Hill, white, appeared in court for trial on charges of speeding and careless and reck less driving. The state took a nol pros when it learhed that he was the wrong person. Several other cases were on the docket but were continued for various reasons. 0 COMMITTEE APPOINTD TO DRAFT I CONSTITUTION AND BY LAWS On Frids^ night of next week July t i,- thJ3k;will be an open meet ing at the courthouse for the pur poses of hearing the proposed con stitution and by laws of the Rae ford Chamber of Commerce, off- icialy organizing the chamber and electing its first officers. This decision was made by a group of 91 citizens who assem bled at the courthouse last Fri- night to decide wl^ther or not Raeford needed a chamber and to take the first steps in its organi ration. At the meeting Cecil Dew was nominated and unanimously elect ed to serve as temporary chairman of the group. Paul Dickson was chosen temporary secretary in the Tobacco Program Depends On The July 12th Vote VOTE ON ASSESSMENT FOR TOBACCO PROMOTION same manner. AMERICAN LEGION TO MEET NEXiT WERNESDAY J. H. Blue, retiring commander of the Ellis Williamson American Legion post, announced this week that the post would hold its re gular monthly supper and meeting at the Kiwanis hall next Wednes day, July^ 9, at 7:30 p. m. He urged all members to attend and stated that the newly-elected officers would be installed at the meeting. 0 UNION SERVICE SUNDAY EVENING ■Reverend B. P. Robinson will preach at the Methodist Church S.iyjday evening at 8:00 o’clock in a union service of the churches of Raeford. 0 The chairman recoganized Rep resentative Harry Greene who had prepared some information on the activities and meaning of a chamber of commerce in a com munity. Greene presented these facts and applied them particu larly to Raeford. Following Greene’s remarks R. B. Lewis was recogniied.^ Lewis had the details for organizing a chamber of commerce which he had obtained from the United States Chamber of Commerce. He presented so many of these as ap plied to a community this size after which the chairman opened the meeting for comment from the floor. Volunteers being slow to rise De(w called on the following, all of whom made pertinent and favorable comment: Ryan Mc- Bryde, M. T. Poovey, Lewis Up church, A. M. Stevens, W. C| Phillips, Marion Gatlin, Reuben DulBose of the Carolina Power nd Light company, Fred Cul- breth. Dr. M. R. Smith, Mrs. O. W. Holtzclaw, Mayor W. L, Poole, Josephine Hall, Hugh McLauch- lin,. John Murdock McDuffie, H. W. B. Whitley and G. G. Dickson. By E. Y. Floyd Difficulties hav» been experi enced in maintairing export out lets for flue-cured tobacco and because of the situation in for eign countries and the need for a program • to protect producers the Tobacco Assoiiates, Inc., was organized. The organizatiiin was under taken as the responsibility of farm organizationi, warehouse men, tobacco leaf exporters, ban kers," merchants, fertilizer manu facturers and dealers and others. Its name is explained by^ the fact that it represents all interests of flue-cured tobacco from produc er to consumer. Its purpose is to promote, develop and expand the export market. Finances for the program’s first year vijere contributed by growers and allied interests who formed Tobacco Assopiates. How ever, it was realized that a long- range program was necessary to assure success and that in order to operate it was necessary to re ceive funds from source other than a voluntary basis. So the 1947 sessions of the North and South, Carolina Legislatures en acted laws authorizing a refer endum for flue-cured tobacco growers of the two states; Question Involved The referendum, which is set for Saturday, July 12, will be on the question of whether tobacco growers vote themselves an an nual assessment ‘ of 10 cents per acre on their tobacco acreage for 1947, 1948 and 1949 to support the df^ganization. It if important that farmers vote, and even more important that they approve the ■referendum by a large major ity. Some of the reasons for par ticipation in the referendum are: 1. Although allied interests took an active part in organiz ing the program, it is designed for the interest of tobacco growers, owner and tenant, or share crop per, and only growers sharing in proceeds of the 1947 flue-cured crop are entitled to vote. 2. If 66 2,3 of the votes cast in the referendum approves the lO-cents assessment, all growers HOKE COUNTY GIRL CHOSEN PREniEST NURSE IN STATE ..;-a To Open New Radio Station In Laurinburg Edwin Pate, President of Scot land Broadcasting Company, states that August 1st has been set as ■the date on which this region’s new radio station,’ WEWO, located will share alike in maintaining the organizaton. The assessment will be collected from the firs\ — . j. BIBLE SCHOOL COMPLETED The vacation Bible school was completed at Tabernacle Baptist church last week. They had as their helper Miss Jean Shields of ■Wilmington. The average atten dance was 60. Following this discussion there was a n^otion to organize a (Cham ber of Commerce of Raeford which was Unanimously carried. The chair then appointed a com mittee to prepare a constitution and by laws and present them to the next meeting on Frida^y, July 11. This committee consisted of R. B. Lewis, Harry Greene, Paul Dickson, M.'D. Yates, C. L. Thomas and Lewis Upchurch. 8. Approximately 19 jeers ago about two-thirds of the A- merican flue-cured was exported for foreign consumption, but al though foreign consumption has increased since then the increase has been supplied by other coun tries. Therefore, common sense says that tobacco farmers have everything to gain by voting fa vorably in^the referendum in or der to hold our export markets without much cash outlay. Interest To All . 4. ' It would be to the interest of business as a whole for farm ers to pay the small acreage as sessment to support an organiza tion to help promote and expand the export market, as well as keep check on foreign taxation policy and government mono poly practices and maintem sat isfactory international trade re lations. These are some of the reasons why foreign tobacco has been 4ised in preference to A- merican leaf. 5. Leading businessmen con sider this the most progressive move ever made by growers in the history of flue-cured tobacco. 6. If farmers show their in terest and co-operation, buying interests, both domestic and for eign cannot help but show theirs. , 7. No other group of commod ity farmers has such an organi zation to protect th^ interests, and your support will help main- (Continiied on back page) in Laurinburg will go on the air Barring unforeseen difficulties, this deadline should be met. Construction has been started on transmitter building for Radio Station "WEWO in Laurinburg. The transmitter will be located on US 74 about threfe miles east of Laurinburg and it is planned to build studios at the same lo cation at a later date. At the pre sent time the studios will btv^yj^ cated on second floor of Chet- wynd Hotel in Laurinburg. J. R. Dairymple, Jr., will be the General Manager of "WEWO and is assembling a ca.T.petent staff for the stati(jn. The new station wiU furnish United Press News covering Na tional, International, and State News and plans extensive cover age of local news to supplement the United Press news. : 0 Pat Taylor To Run For Lt. Governor KAY KYSER CROWNS MISS MAXWELL IN STATE CAPITOL "Wadesboro, N. C. July 1,—^An nouncement that he will be a can didate for the 1948 Democratic nomination for lieutenant gover nor was made last night by H. P. (Pat) Taylor, "Wadesboro lawyer, who has been an important fac tor in both local and statewide public affairs for a number of yean. It has been known here for some time that friends and party leaders in various sections of the State had been urging Mr. Taylor to offer for North Carolina's Number Two executive office. While he has been among the leaders in- the most importnat movements of the commonwealth in recent years, Mr. Taylor has heretofore decUned to. offer him self as an aspirant for any public office of statewide scope. dt is emphasized by home folks who have importuned Mr. Taylor to offer for the lieutenant gover norship that the Pee Dee section of the: State has not hitherto been recognized by the election of any of its citizens to a statewide con stitutional office.' Therefore, the people of tlgis large “middle ground” would be deeply grate ful to their fellow citizens else where for the elevation of a worthy man of this section to a positon in the high council of State. The statement issued by Mr. Taylor through his home-town newspaper, The Messenger and Intelligencer, is as follows: “To the people of North Carolina I shall be a candidate for the office of lieutenattit-governor in the Democratic Primary to be held in May, 1948. For many years the people of ■North Carolina have dlected to this high and honorable office men who have served faithfully (Oontiiaued en back pace) Pretty Alice Geraldine Max-« well of Raeford won the title, “Miss North Carolina . Student Nurse of "1947” Tuesday night when Kay Kyser, radio and movie star announced the judges’ deci sion and .placed a crown on her head and a kiss on her cheek be fore a cheering audience in th^ Capitol. Miss Maxwell is a student nurse at the Baker-Thompson Memo rial Hospital School of Nursing in Lumiberton. She is the daughter of Clayton Makwell and the late , Mrs. Maxwell of this county, graduated from Hoke County High school in 1944. She will gra duate from the school of nursing next September. ■ “Miss North Carolina Student Nurse of 1947” will receive a week’s vacation at the Edgewater ^ Hotel, Wrightsvdlle Beach, as guest of the Southeastern Nortk Carolina Beach Association. The Raleigh "Merchants Bureau pre sented her with a beach ward robe. Jadges Listed Kyser led the judges announc- dng their decision. The other judges wer^: Mrs. Betty Smith Jones of Chapel Hill, author of “A Tree Grows in Brookiyn”, Mrs. J. M. Broughton, wife of the former Governor; Mrs. R. S. Fer guson, Taylorsville, North Caro- 'flina SeMitoc; Mrs. J. A. Guptoa, - '-hC- Charlotte, president of the North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs; Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page, Chapel Hill, nationally known golf cham.ifion; ' Mrs. William Sprunt. Winston-Salem, profes sional nurse (inactive) and wife of a surgeon; J. • Frank Jarman, Durham, president of the North. Carolina- Association of Broad casters, Durham; and Carl Goerch, Raleigh, publisher and radte commentator. The contest was sponsored by the N. C. State Nurses Associa tion and the Good Health Asso ciation as part of a drive fo re cruit 1,000 student nurses for the terms opening this fall. The program was introduced by Edna L. Heinzerling, president of the North Carolina State Nurses’ Associatiqn. During the waiting period while the judges were making their decisions, Kyser stepped up to the line of contestants with a fan in each hand and proceeded to cool them in the sweltering heat of the House Chamber. When the photographers asked Kyser to kiss the Queen, he said, “Believe me, I don’t want to do this,” and the crowd fbared. “Every woman claims it takes two hours to dress, but these girls have done it three times in one hour,” he declared. They had appeared first in nurses' uni forms, then in street clothing, and finally in uniform again. W. G. Buie Wu Buried Friday William G. Buie, 83, prominent merchant and farmer of Wagram, died last Wednesday afternodn at a Fayetteville hospital after an> illness of several days. Funeral services were held at the home it Wagram Friday at 11 o'clock and burial was at Spring Hill cemetery. Mr. Buie was a native of Dil lon county. South CaroUna, and had conducted a merchandlM business at Wagram for 54 yearK. He was a former county eant* missioner and outstanding Scift/j land county citizen. He it vived by his wife^ tero a daughtar.