North Carolina Newspapers

B- ADraND/ll By The Editor A DISTINGUISHED GROUP in the cotton business is in Hoke county today. They are Dean I. . O. Schaub of State Cpllege, Dr. George Wilds, president and gen- erai manager of the Coker Seed company of Hartsville, S’. C., and Jule Shanklip, cotton specialist at State college. They are here to investigate the boll weevil situ ation in the county and to obser ve results from use of benzene hexachloride dust. This is the first county in the state in which this dust has been used extensive ly. The group will also be guests of the Raeford Kiwanis club at supper tonight. NO LAUGHING MATTER ot a fellow With a date was the ^arm * of bees which decided Jake Aus tin’s car was a fine place to spend the night one afternoon last week. Seeing them swarmed on the dash and having important bus iness, Jake called Starr McMillan, one of several local bee experts, who came with a gum to capture the swarm. The swarm, however was completely uninterested in the hive, but Starr told Jake not to worry, that they would proli- ably decide to go in after a vvhile. About eight o’clock Jake gave up and left afoot. Next morning Starr came around and gave up ■ too. The bees just weren’t inter- este. Fin^e: DDT. AMONG THO^E whose contribu- tion§ were inadvertently omitted in previous lists of those contri buting to the recreation fund were Mrs. H. C.^McLauchlin, who ton- tributed $5.00, and K. A. Mac- DOhald, vrhd gave $10.00. seventeen, year olds may now be enlisted in the National Guard, according to information received by the local .battery this week* from the Adjutant General of North Carolina. The memo randum s|:ated that the President had approved legislation on July 1, 1947, authorizing the enlistment of men who had reached their seventeenth birthday. 2370 POUNDS of relief clothing were received last week at, the Church World Service Center in New .Windsor, Md., from Hoke county people, according to a dis patch received yesterday. Clyde Upchurch, Jr., shipped the clot hing from this county as part of 514,122 pounds received from North Carolina to make this state lead the nation in the amount of relief material given through this source. ABREAST WITH THE NATION is this commiMiity now that a “flying saucer” has been seen here. Lawrence Stanton and John p. McNeill and families were driving about seven p. m. near Raeford ^when they saw what looked like a ball of fire going through the air. Stanton said it was about the size of a truck tire and McNeill is said to have seen it disappear ipto the clouds to the northeast. ’That’s the way we heard it and if you want to know morh' either of the two will doubt less elaborate. - A NEW FARMALL *‘CUB” trac tor will be demonstrated at Bill Elliott’s farm about lS miles east of Raeford on the Fa^tteville road next Tuesday afternoonj ■July 22, at 2:00 o’clock. The dem onstration is being arranged' by the M & M Truck and. Tractor company of Fayetteville who in vite all interested to attend. ENTERTAINING THEMSELVES at a fine cl^ken supper at the armory last (Thursday night were more than w of the 90-odd mem bers of Battery “A” local Na tional Guard unit. Only guests were Younger Snead, T. B. ter, Jr. and" Dave Jones. RAIN AROUND RAEFORD for the past couple of days was a welcome sight to the farmers. Seems to have rained all around but just got here in the past day or two. They say they haven’t got enough,, though. Recorder !^es Night Prowler In Court Tuesday TWO ARE ACQUITTED ON CARELESS & RECKLESS DRIVING CHARGES In recorder’s court" Tuesday morning Boyd J. Walters, white, was charged with attempting to break and enter a hoipe with in tent to commit a felony and with peeping into a residence at night. His plea was guilty of both char ges which dealt with an affair at the - house in Raeford occupiied by Bill Upchurch, Border Niven and Edwin Smjth on the night of Thursday, July 10. Sentence was a total of 18 months to be suspended during good behavior on payment of fines of $75 and the costs in each cases. Charles M. Miller, white man of Red Springs, was found not guilty on a charge of careless and reckless driving. He was charged by a Raeford policeman with driving around a corner on Main street too fast. Edwin Hill, Laurinburg white man, was also found not guilty on a charge of careless hnd reckless driving. He was charged in con nection with an accident at the r corner of Main street arid the Aberdeen road. James E. Floyd, Thomasville white man, was found guilty of careless and reckless driving and sentenced to 30 days to be sus pended on payment of the costs and $200 to the owner of the dam aged car. William G. Crawford, Clyde G. Walton And James L. Harrison all .white of Florida, Washington, D. C, and NeVv Jersey, respec tively, each forfeited a $25 bond for speeding. Raphael Cohen, white man of Asheville, forfeited a bond of $20 for violating the-'road laws. Mark Chaith, Quewhiffle colored man, got 60 days to be suspended on payment of $25 and the costs for violating the prohibition' laws. Freddie W. Faulk and Robert Mack, both colored, each entered pleas of guilty of violating the road laws. Sentence in each case was 30 days to be ^spended on payment of $10 and the costs. Hillard Shaw, colored, got 30 day suspended on payment of $10 and the costs for careless and reckless driving, and Willie Mar tin McCain, got the same sentence for violating the ro^d laws. Matllilew McLauchlin, colored got 30 days suspended on payment of $5-' and the costs for the vio lating the prohibition laws. Jerry Rivers forfeited a bond of $40 for not appearing for trial on charges of being drunk and dis orderly and violating the prohi bition laws. Joseph H. Lessams, white^man sient, forfeited a $25 bond on a charge of speeding. Large Volume Of Farm Loans Made By Land Bank The Federal Land Bapk of Co lumbia made a total of slightly more than eleven million dollars in new long-term mortgage loans to farmers for the fiscal year end ing June 30, according to a state ment received from Julian H. Scarborough, president of the bank, by J. C. Culbreath, secretary- treasurer. of the Lumf>erton and Whiteville National Farm Loan Associations. These loans which were made through local national farm loan associations represent the largest volume of new loans for any year since 1934, and were distributed as follows: North Carolina 43,M7,- 195; South' Carolina $1,808,761, Georgia $3,643,082, and Florida $2,326,320. “Of tile above amount; loans amounting to more than 0310,060 were made through the Lumber- ton and Whiteville National Farm Loan Associations, ser^ng Rob eson, Hoke, Scotl’and, Cumiber- Idnd, Columbus, and Bladen Coun ties,” , Secretary - Treasurer Cul breath said. 0 Weed Growers Overwhelmingly O. K. Assessment Flue-cured tobacco growers in North and South Caroling have approved - by an overwhelming vote of 117,419 to 1,140 — a 10- cent pe^r acre assessment proposed to safe gu^d and expand export markets through a comprehensive program ojf education, informa tion and public relations to be administer^ by Tobacco Asso ciates. In Hoke County the vote was 744 in fa^of of Commerce Group Has Lively Meeting Friday AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION A FAIR AMOUNT IS ACCOMPLISHED In the second meeting for the purpose of organizing a Chamber of Commerce here a group of 56 determined and serious citizens met at the courthouse last Friday the assessment and got well on the way Production of peaches in.. the sandhills area of North Cafolina is estimated at 1,522,000 bushels, it was reported by the crop re porting service of state depart ment of agriculture. This is a decline of six percent from last, year’s crop of 1,625,000- bushels but about2I percent more than the 10-year average. ■and only 2 against. This vote was from a totiil of 896 tobacco farms in the couity. The swejping acceptance of the self-assessr lent was registered Sat urday in a Awo-state referendum, called by legislatures of the Car- olinas, anC.fina’l returns yet to be made aM expected to push the majbrity even higher. Two-thirds Qt those voiing had to approve the proposal before the program could be put into effect. Through the tremendous vote of cbnfiden Sfe. Tobacco Associates may go forward with full know ledge that flue-cured producers— landowners,,'-tenants and share-' croppers arig backing to the hilt the group’s. work to stablize and enlarge fdrj^ign markets, J. B. Hutson, prMident of Tobacco As sociates, whig is now in Europe, has been inmrmed by E. Y. Floyd, Raleigh, seefetary, of ’the refer endum’s sucdess, a sterling tribute to the effortt of thosfe who form- (ContinuM on back page) Poole’s Medley BY D. SCOTT POOLE Stanley B. Sessoms Is Buried'Here Stanley B. Sessoms, 52, died suddenly while ' attending a ball game in Suffolk, Va., last Thurs day night. He suffered a heart attack. Mr. Sessoms was the husband of the former Miss Maud McLean, of Raefbrd, who survivies him. Funeral services were conduct ed at the R. W. Baker funeral home in Suffolk Saturday morn ing at 10:30 a. m; by the - Rev. Graham McChesney, pastor of the First Presbyterian *church o'f Suf folk. ' Mr. Sessoms was an officer of Ihis church and superintendent of the Sunday school. Burial was in the cemetery at Raeford at 5:30 p. m. Graveside rites were also conducted by the Rev. Mr. Mc Chesney, assisted by the Rev. W. B. Heyward, pastor of the Rae ford Presbyterian church. Surviving are his wife; two daugthers, Jean and Martha, bofli of the home; three^ brothers.'^and one sister. • About 70 odd years ago therg was the hottest political campaign in iMoore I remember. It was “Convention or no Convention”. A majority of the voters found it necessary to amend the Consti tution 186-69. Every farm had a tobacco patch for home consumption. Folks came nearer living at home and board- at tile same place then than they have in these modern years I have never seen as good syrup in late years as folks learned to make aibout the 1880’s. * The people were complaining about high ;^xes the first time I heard them talk, and they are at it still. They have seen- lots of public money wasted, and this will cqjitinue. IVatch and you will see. The Union laborers dodged the law' by calling their idleness a vacation instead of a strike. Their chance was "^wasted. ■ If you have enough to live in comparative satisfaction, you are not much worse off by being poor. If you had .any_ mor6, wou might be a hog and much more dissat isfied than you are.- 'fhat man married a gml in the community who had lost hope of doing better, and' she lived with him until he was taken down to making the organization a real- ity. Cecil Dew, who was elected temporary chairman of the or ganization at the previous, meet ing, was in charge and conducted the discussion. R. B. Lewis, who had been appointed chairman of a committee to prepare a consti- dnojg joj SMff[-iCq pue uoTjn; to act upon, read the material the committee had prepared to the group. The whole constitution and by laws were read and there much wholesome discussion on many debataible points. At the conclu ,sion of the reading and talking the group was unanimous in its acceptance of the articles. Following this action the group having previously voted to make itself a corporation, elected, 12 of its number to be directors of the Chamber when it is incorporated. These were Harry Greene, Lewis Upchuch', R. B. Lewis, Crawfbrd Thomas, Neill A. McDonald, H. L. Gatlin, Jr., Cecil Dew, Paul Dickson, M. D. Yates, J. L. Mc Neill, Lacy Clark and M^. Boo- vey. . • >, These directors, under the con stitution, will elect a president, and vice- president from their number. They will also select a secretary and treasurer of the organization; •Dew, still functioning as chair man until another is elected, has called a meeting of those to be directors at his office at the John NEGRO DIES IN WRECK; OTHER DRIVER IS ABSOLVED Of BUME 38 Hoke Ladies Tired But Happy. Return From City GET BACK SATURDAY FROM SIX-DAY TRIP TO NEW YORK WRECK ON HIGHWAY 15-A AT ELEVEN O’CLOCK SATLRDAY NIGHT helpless with^ rheumtism. Then j Company tomorrow night at he moved to one of.our mountain eight o’clock counties and when they arrived, there was another- good,, lively, healthy old wife. Thaj: man had killed one of' his neighbors and run away and he came into our section. He was never tried for the crime. He died within a few months. His name was Denny to us; he had another nape in his old home section. One summer he raised six hogs and that fall as long as .they lasted, he killed and ate a whole hog a. week. Yes sir, I would rather see prices continue . high as they are now rather than go back to too low prices like we had for forty- five years. Then, being just, being helpful to those who need it is the very bbst of riches. No, a conscience void of offense is the greatest .of riches. Four of us boys went fishing in Drowning Creek one June night and on the way to the creek we were all braggingT"^ am going to catch more iish than TOTJ.” Will McKenzie and I caught 23 each- littele catfish 5 to 6 inches. long. The other two boys caught 3 each. Those 5’ little catfish were pretty next morning in a tub of water. A man came into our Drowning Creek neigborhood one fall, and contracted to clean out all his lowgrounti ditches for a certain price and board. He stajred a mon th. That man never contrac^d to .board Another strsnge naan uhd *have hhn work "’for him. i i .1 I cleared two acres of land, cut ever3rthing kneehigh oh that land in ten days for six dollars and my dinners. P--filso made 1,000 rails 10 1|4 feet long for four-dollars ahd my dinners. ■ . . ■ . . Many.a man chipped ten thou sand turpentine boxes a -week for thirty weeks for $5 a' week and board himself Several of them saved money at it. Stow Russel had $800 saved up the last^time I talked to him about it. I said in this column Recently no man -or woman gets drunk on purpose-they get led into it. Cocktail parties Where both men and women do not have to get behind something to take a drink are doing untold harm. Mecklenburg County made the 26th county to enlist under His Satanic Majesty. Meckleinburg County is one qf the largest coun-^ ties in this state, and Charlotte is the largest city in North Car olina. I told fhe FayetteviUe Obser ver, niy home'paper, tiiat legal liqaor would, produce a PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Webb, G. Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. H D. Hem- don of St. Pauls spent Sunday with Mr. and IMrs. Willis. Jimmy Warner of the U. S. Navy at Norfolk, 'Va., is s^iidin^ a 7 day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. "Warner. Mr and Mrs. Pearl Sessoms spent several days the firt of the week at Camp Lee, Va. as . the guests of Sgt. and Mrs. Howard Pope. Lee O’Briant of UNC spent the week .end with' his parents. Dr. and Mrs. A..,L. O’Briant. , • ,Miss Catherine Anne Wall^er is spending several weeks at Wrightsville Beach. ■ Commy Wall of Raleigh was the week end guest of Miss Ger- ildine Wright. Mrs. J. A.' Blue pncl Mrs^ Kate Covington spent Friday and Sat urday in Concord with Mr. and Mrs. George Bethune. Inttle Jen nie Blue Bethune returned home with them to spend this week. Miss Mary Stuart Covington is attending a houseparty at Wins ton-Salem this week. . , Thirty-eight women made up the group going on the delightful tour to New York which was sponr sored by the Hoke County Fede ration of Home Demonstration Clubs last week. Traveling on a chartered Carolina TraUways bus, the group left the Raeford Qjurt- house at six A. M. Monday, July 7. The first night was spent at the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore. The bus arrived early enough for the “tuorists” to get supper and see “Duel In The Sun” at one of the theaters. After a good night’s rest they left early Tuesday morning for New York by way of ■, New Castle Ferry and through the Lin coln Tunnel under the • Hudson River into the city. They arrived at the Hotel Taft soon after lunch, were given a short time to un pack. and then left for a tour of Radio City. Mrs. Crowell Almond, Mrs. F. K. Watson, Sr., and Mrs. 'N?pr"Sinclair were televised there and being loyal Tar Heels, of course, sang “Carolina Moon” Immediately foHolvingi the tour thfr^ groupbroadchst “iSerenade to America” in one of the studios. AJter supper, theyJ' went to Radio City Music Hall for the stage show and moving picture. , Wednesday morning was spent on a tour of the city in a glass topped bus. A special sightseeing guide pointed out special places of interest in China Town, the Bowery, and up and downtown New. York. Stops were made at Grant’s tomb on Riverside Drive, at the Joss House in China Town, and the. Cathedral of St. John the Divine. ^ On Wednesday afternoon, the group went on a four hour yacht itrip around New York harbor and up the Hudson. A sightseeing guide identified the many tall buildings on Maitiiatten, the brid ges the yacht passed imder, places of interest in Brooklyn, the Bronx, the islands, and entertained the group in general with “tall tales” about the city. One of the highlights of the trip was seeing the “Ice Follies” at the Centre Theatre , in Radio City on "Wednesday Evening. The huge stage on which the specta cular performance, is given is made of ice and the players skate during the entire show. Several who did not go to the Ice Follies” saw the radio pro gram “Can You To^ This” and the Ipanji Program on which Jinx Fanfepburl and James Stewart appeared. After seeing the “Ice Follies” and the broadcasts, several mem bers of the” group went to Bill-y Rose’s night club. “The Diamond Horseshoe". A fiVe course diilner was served and a very striking floor show was given. When Nobel Sisle’s band- struck up “Dixie” there was a round’'.of ap plause' heard from a certain table. Thursday morning a trip was made to Bedloe Island and up in- At eleven o’clock* last Saturday night a 1937 Ford coach o'wned and operated 'oy Ed l^arshall, colored m,an of this county, col lided with a 1946 GMC semi trailer and the accident resulted in the instant death of MarshalL The wreck occurred at the Hic kory Grove service station on U. S. 15-A about eight miles south of Raeford. The truck was moving north and the car was going south. The truck was owned by Cojrt Robeson, of Pageland, S. C. and was being driven morth with a load of peaches and cantaloupes by Clyde Burch, colored man of Pageland. He was unaccompanied. In Marshall’s car were his sister and her two small children, none of whom suffered serious injuries. According to officers of the ■State Highway Patrol and the Hoke County sheriff’s office who investigated the wreck, Marshall’s car was apparently being driven on the left side o'f ti^se road and iBurch actually left the pavement to avoid a collision but was un able to do so. The car hit the front of the trailer and was de molished. The truck was not^'ser- iously damaged. * Coroner W. L- Roper made an investigation and decided that an- Lnquest was unnecessary. He rul ed. tiiai. Burch, >was not at fault., — 0 Dr. Paul Maness At Duke Hospital Mrs. .Hubert Cameron and Rose- rtthry are spending this week at Myrtle Beach; They were accom panied by Mrs. Cameron’s sister, ^Mrs .Jimmy Height and family. Miss Marie Cameron and Miss Phyl Baker spent tiie Week end at Wake Forest with friends. Mr. and Mrs. H. Marlchsma smoke of Fayetteville were guests of Mr. to tie]D(>ba^egKtrs.^It-£dJkand Mrs. C. L. Stephens Sunday. REVIViVL MEETING FARM NOTES By A. S. Knowles aching legs the next day, but then they didn’t hav# to walk down those 10 flights of stairs Thursday .afternoon was left opeii for individual plans. Several went shopping at Macys, Gimbels. and some of the other large stores. Some went to the Roxy to see the dlstm and Johnson and three decamped to Ebbets Field to see^e Brooklyn Dodgers beat (OontinuM on beck peft) :W Dr. Paul F. Maness, son of Rev. and Mrs. W. L. ManeSs of Raeford was releaed' from the Navy on June 17th after five and a half years of service. At the time of his release he was on duty with a carrier air group operating from a large carrier in the Pacific. He made a visit to Sydney, Australia in May. Dr. Maness recently received notice of his appointment on the pediatric house staff at Duke Hos pital. and has already begun work at that institution.. He re ceived his M. D. degree form Duke University in 1940 and spent two years in hospital work in Atlanta, Ga. before entering the Navy. Dr. Mapess'.is married to the former Miss Anne Barrow of Jackson, N. C., and they have one son, Philip McNeill, age five months. Young B^lip was christ ened by his grantoter, Rev. W. L. Maness, in the Raeford Meth odist Church on Sunday, June 29. ■ 0 ” The Tab^nacle _ Baptist churth of. Raeford is having its, revival meeting this week. The visiting pastor is Rev. W. D. Early of Massey Hill.' All are invited tb attend services at 8 o’clock'p. m. The cotton boll w^vil is still on. the increase. Damage so far is much greater than any recent year. Fields checked during the ■mii past week indicate that infesta- to the -Statue of Liberty. Several j 30 to 80 percent folks..were hear^Jq complain of Treatment'should' be made any time infestation is over 10 per cent The entomologists still recommend the use of Calcium of Arsenate^ Those who have used Benzeim Hexachloride b^ve obtained good control. Mr. A. K. McMillan, of Littte River totmship, ^believes In kttfk fertilizaton ot his crops. Bo stetit that in fertilising hk c«m hk pso* fit is' produced by feriiliMr Uk-tk* cess of 500 pottak pOg mti/