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The Hoke County News
The Hoke County Journal
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1947
RAEFOBD, N. C.
92.00 FEB TEAS
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THE COUNTT COMmSSIONERS
will l|oJd their regular monthly
meeting at nlpe a. m. on' Tuesday,
Sept. 2, instead of Monday, Sept
ember 1, according to John Mc-
doogani. — Lrfior Day, presum
ably. , '
2ANE GRET NORTON, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Norton, was
recommended last Sunday by the
Raeford Methodist church for a
license to preach. He was ofifffi-
cially licensed by the Fayetteville
District committee bn Monday. In
the absence of the Rev. W. L.
Maness the Rev. Mr. Norton will
preach at the liaeford Methodist
church next Sunday morning at
11:00 o’clock.
REA INEORMATION—It is a fact
that the- Lumbee River Electric
Memibership corporation, which
was organited here some years
ago and which has its office here
at the present tfme. has purchased
a lot in the Town of Red Springs
and has employed a firm of arch
itects to design an office and
warehouse building to be construc
ted on this lot. "When this building
is completed the corporation plans
to move its home office from Rae
ford to Red Springs. The lot is
located on the left side of the
Luaniberton road b^ond the busi
ness section of Red Springs.
Ginner’s. Association
Is Starting An
Educational Service
Ijaunching a canopaign to help
cotton grdwers to get the full
potential value of their cotton,
the Carolins Ginners Association
has announced the elevation of
Fred Johnson of Raleigh from
executive secretary to vice presi
dent in charge of educatioi^l
services.
The announcement came from
George Ashford of Red Springs,
Association president, who shiid
that “cotton growers can save
themselves an estimated loss .of
$5 per bhle by practicing/m^
Fanners Urged To
Take Advantege.
Of Federal Loans
careful picking methods ar^
patronizing only gins, thatv~are
THE BAPTIST CHURCH at Ash
ley Heights will have Major Jos
eph F. "Woodson as a visiting min
ister next Sunday, August 3.1 for
both morning and evening ser-
viicel.
THE BAPnSS CHURCH here is
moving along toward completion.
and is obviously . going to be a
handsome building and one that
the community will be proud of.
THE CEMETERY HERE is, with
very few exceptions, a disgrace
to those of us who live here and
to the memory of those of us who
lie there. The lots are mostly un
kempt aM unkept overgrown
with weeds, and grass. That of the
writer is no exception, but we hope
to make it one very soon. If you’ll
ride out and take a.look at yours
yoil*!! want to do something about
it,, probably. Maybe some sort of
concerted community action can
be taken.
properly equipped and operated,
Mr. Johnson, who Will s^
launch an educational progrsm to
eliminate unnecessary loss through
faulty picking and 'tanning, said
that memibers of the gin associa
tion have adopted a code of ethics
that set up the following prac
tices as goals:
, Keep all elements oHhe ginning
outfit in optimum repair; follow
proved operati^ techniques in
the handling ^ giiii machinery;
initiate some system for pre
processing inspection of each bale
of seed, cotton, as a safeguard a
gainst undertaking -to process wet
or green cotton, refuse to gin a
bale of cotton* known to be too
wet,or green; provide seed cot
ton storage and conditioning fa
cilities for wet or green cotton;
avoid seed grade losses by proper
handling and storage i^tjactices
use Smith-Doxey classing as a
yardstick for appraising process
ing. I
Fpndaimentally, ginning is
farm production operation. When
I fanner uses custom gin service,
there is an implied contract fliat'jcvel,”
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the fun- potential value of the
seed cotton will be retained in
the ginning process.
‘'Recognition of these basic
principles is the first step toward
better gin service,” Mr. Johnson
sajid.
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ANOTHER sn)ESWIPING took
place' at the bridge over Drown
ipg^reek at the Scotland County
Ij^ on Monday at 7:2S p. m. A
1942 Chevrolet operated by Willie
Lee of Laurel ♦IJiU and a 1937
Chrysler operated by George
Banks of Wilmington, Delaware
were involved. Property damage
was slight and there^ yere no per
sonal injuries. No arrests were
made by the investigating patrol
man.
PARKHIG METERS died a quick
death around here this week when
a proposition by a meter company
to install them here for the in
come was refused by a„ majority
of the property-holders on Main
Street, to whom the city council
had referred the matter.
New Cashier Arrives
At Bank Of Raeford
BALFOUR SAYS TOBACCO
GROWERS SHOULD
WATCH SALES ,
Session Of
Recc^der’s Cour^
Tuesday Morniiig
An urgent appeal to tobacco
farmers of Hoke County to take
full* advantage of government
loans through Flue-Cured Tobac
co Cooperative Stabilization Cor
poration, was^ made this week by
N. H. G, Balfour, Lumber Bridge,
President ^ the Hoke County
Farm, Bureau .Federation.
Balfour said that many farmers
are now selling their tobacco be
low the 40-cent per pound aver
age guaranteed support price
which is made on a prorated
grade ;basis. This is in keeping
with the- government’s commit
ment to support tobacco prices
at ,90 percent of parity as of June
15 each year preceding niarket
openings.
^ 'Hie tofoaoco farmer—the actual
owner of the tobacco— is the only
person who can authorize tobacco
to be turned over to the Stabili-
James Sinclair,'colored, faced
Judge Henry McDiarmid in Hoke
County rejEorder’s court Tuesday
njorning on two charges of lar
ceny. He entered pleas of nolo
contendere on charges of stealing
a tire ^nd jack from Raeford
Auto Cq. Sentences was a total of
60 days; in both cases to be su
spended* on paym^t of the costs
in each case and $6 to Raeford
Auto Co. apd on condition of good
behavior for two years.
Clifton Black, colored, pleaded
guilty to driving without a driver’s
license*. Sentence was 60 days to
be suspended on payment of the
costs a^ $193.20 damages to B.
P. RoibiMOh. - '
Nathaniel .McFadden, colored,
forfeited a $75 bond for carrying
a concealed weapon.
Jame^Simpson, cdj^red man
charged ^ith assault with a deadly
weapon ' with intent to Kill, was
found guilty of assault^with a
deadly weapon, ^ntence was 90
days to be suspended on payment
of $25 and the costs.
MacDona ld Tells
Rnnning Hours
For Hoke l^ools
SET BY PRINCIPALS
MEETING HERE
YESTERDAY P^
AT
Dr. H. S. Willis,
At Home After
European T our
zation Corporation for loan pur
poses.
Mr. Balfour - quoted from a
statement by Carl T. Hicks,
President o fthe Stablilization
Corporation, in appealing to Tar
Heel farmers to get a fair and
stable price for this, year’s crop.
‘Many farmers do not remain
with their tobacco until sale is
completed. Warehousemen will
cooperate by setting the time of
sale to enable the farmer to be
present. He can then arrange for
his tobacco to be placed under
loan if the price falls below the
To eliminate confusion on the
warehouse floor, farmers may
join the Stablization Corporation
prior to taking tobacco to mar
ket. Membership may be obtained
at the tobacco warehouses or the
Stablization Corporation office
Raleigh, N. C.
Horacq J. Brown, South Caro
lina wh^ man, forfeited a $25
bond for speeding and Earl P.
Holt pai(i the costs for speeding.
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PARHAM CHILD DIES
Charles Albert Parham, eight-
year-old son A Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Parham of theStotioch Communily
di^ in Highspaith hospital at
Fayetteville Sunday, morning af
ter a two^erioS illness.
At the conclusion of a meeting
6f the principals of the- white
schools of the ^^ounty at the office
of the Board of Education here
yesterday K. A. MacDonald, coun
ty superintendent, announced that
the operating hours for white
schools of the county had been
set.
The county high school and the
Raeford Graded school will open
at 8:00 a. m. daily and will close
at 11:30 a. m. daily. All other
white schools in the county wiU
open at 7:30 a. nv. and close at
12:00 noon daily. ,
These schedules will be in v op
eration as long as necessary, the
county superintendent said. He
stated that they are being made
by the school authorities in an
effort to cooperate wiith the parents
in the county who wiU^ieed their
children for faritt'^vwk. He said
he hoped the parents would return
this cooperation-by having the
children at schools when they are
open.
Adequate notice will be given
when the schedules are changed.
Ail white Mhools of the county
will open oh Thursday, Septem
ber 11.
Dr. H. Stuart Willis, superin
tendent of the North Carolina
Sanatoria, returned to the United
States and North Carolina on Au
gust 14,' after having spent six
weeks abroad. Accompaniied by
Mrs.' Willis, Dr. Wulis visited
England, France, Germany, and
the Scandinavian countries. He
represented the National Tuber
culosis Association at the British
Bnapire T^jberculosis Conference
in London on July 11, and spoke
at the meeting on the problems
of tuberculosis in the United
States. ~
At Copenhagen,- Denmark, Dr
Willis attended the International
Congress on micro-bioio^^ At
this meeting, he spoke onV^-
search Efforts in Tuberculosis in
the United States.
Local Chamber
Geb 22 Membert
First Two Days
Businesses of town
SHOW PROMISE OF
GOOD SUPPORT
Initial support for the member
ship drive of the newlyhorganized
Raeford Chamber of Co-mmerce
excellent, Lacy Clark, chair-
is
man of the memibership com-mittee,
reported yesterday. Clark said he
and his comm;^ee mailed letters
to the firms of%ie county and to
Surviving in addition to his
parents are onS brother, Johnny
of the f^ sistsfrs, Mrs.
Daviff^OTTaan BT'UxffKfer wuiKe,
Betty and Catherine Parham of
the home.
Funeral services were held at
Antioch Predbyterian church Tues
day afternoon at 3 o’clock and
burial was in the Antioch ceme
tery.
A. B. Hamilton formerly with
the Branch "Banking and Trust
Co. of Wilson, N. C. arrived Sun
day to assume his duties as (Cash
ier of The ^nk of Raeford. He
succeeds W. A. McDonald who re-
Icently entered business of his
own.
Mr. Hamilton graduated from
the University of North Carolina
in with a B S degree in
Commerce. 'In August 1942 he
entered the Army and was sep
arated from the service in May
1946 with the rank of Captain.
Tl^rty months of this service was
spent on foreign soU. He is a
member of the Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. Hamilton was accompanied
by his wife and young daughter.
Mrs. Barabara Hamilton, mother
of Mr. Hamilton is spending a-
bout thirty days with him and
family. They are occupying an
apartment '^at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Younger Snead.
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,TOBAGO BARN FIRES were the
misfortune of. Clarence Brown
yand Jim Williamson in the past
week.
TRUCK INJURES MULE
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Last Friday afternoon at about
six-forty-fiye o’clock a truck
coming in the direction of Rae
ford on 16-A hit -a mule ^^owned
by D. B. McFadyen, Jr. about
three miles oast- of Raeford. The
truck- was oPwnecL and operated
by Warroi, Philos, white men
of the county. The ipule was in
jured so badly that a veterinarian
advised hi^ destruction, according
to McFadyen. State Highway GPa-
ti^lanan Barnes investigated the
efflsiir. No arrests were madel’
TWO ARRESTED AFTER
CAR - TRUCK COLLISION
As a result of an almost head-
on collision between their vehicles
pn highway 211 last Saturday
Alex Armstrong, colored man of
Sanatorium, and John H. Walters,
white, man of the county, Were
arrested by the State Highway
Patrol and charged with careless
and reckless^ driving.
According to Patrolman Barnes
the accident took place about one-
half mile ssst of Ashley Heists
at about , noon. Walters was about
to turn Ms truck off the highway
Barnes said, -vriien he changed his
inind on seeing the ajpproaching
car, which about the same time
left his course and the two col
lided. Property damage was con
siderable and' personal injuries
were slight.
Poole’s Medley
Operate Cs^ery
By Appointment
Effective Mmday. September 1,
ths Rd^ord Caatoery will operate
ioT tho re ,
'^ffia!lniSr%I 'i^ ^son, according
to W. P. Phillips, supervisor.
A minimum of 59 cans is the
least amount that justifies opera
tion and anyone with smaller lots
will be charged a fee of $1.50. The
regular rates of 3c per can for
vegetables and 4c a can for meats
will prevail for larger lots.
Those' interested in having can
ning done may contact Mr. Hiil-
lips or L. M. Lester.
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BY D. SCOTT POOLE
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Friday, 22nd, The Charlotte
Obs!|rver repoijted a decline in
the prices of tobacco on the Bor
der markets, and the News^ and
Observer reported an advance in
prices. How do they expect us to
be^Jjitelligent?
There are “driving schools” to
prevent highway accidents, but
the well trained drivers will for
get their training if they pour
beer on it. .
Alcohol cannot be converted in
to blood, muscle or bone, nor does
it sdrve as or take the place of
food, so its foolish to drink it.
, The dollars of this day are
worth only 60 cents, and the lazy
worker who does not earn their
pay, niakes a debt, creates a de
ficit of the business, of the work
which is never -paid.
There is a shortage of wool, nor
as much fur as there used to.ibe,
and these -things give lots of com
fort to the human' family.
IQuaicikdnibo’s English taughf
that there were one' hundred
Words in use in this country;
Merrell’s Grammar stated that
there were four hundred words
of English in use. The latter
named was the ^iglish Gram
mar about 40. or 50 years ago.... ^
The prices of horses, and mules
are too high. So is the price.of
hogs. A good many thhiffs are
too high, but these-^mentioimd are
out of sight.
Sugar is still sdling at about
the same as sold fbt-before OPA
was in
operate.
operation, or trying to
I got my glasses and chair and
sat to read “Poole’s Medley” the
other night and as I read the
paragraph about dogs not bark
ing in Raeford, one tore loose to
hie utmost right near by - “Dog
gone him.” ,
There is no more timber for
lumber. There is no; scarcity of
hogs nor horses. People may have
to again be cave dwellers.
Think of it. Henry Wallace
went overseas to misrepresent
his home country, and his fellow
citizens. No, he will not do for
president.
“He hacked, and he scruffed
and he dipped.” That means all
the men of this section worked
turpentine for next to no pay.
Some one should -have stopped
these sandhillers from making
turpentine, and a little later from
sawing pine timber into lumber
to sell at $6 a thousand.
OMPany are fdarful of a slump
in prices. Prices are tod high, bu1|
if they drop too low, times will
be mudi worse than they are now.j
Common sense -prices should be a-
greed upon before crookedness
gets its hand in it. . .
The Fayetteville Observer was
published as a weddy paper
^er since I came to Raeford hi
March, 1^6.
The Republicans led by Isioh
Deaton published '‘The Troy
” ffitr some years, but he
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LIBRARY NEWS
At the top of the best seller
list for last week was “The Mon-
eyman”, by Costain, author .of
“The Black Rose”. This book is
now in the library,
Copies of the Official Baseb^l
Annual for 1938 to -1947 have been
received in the library, for those
who are interested. Books on
sports are as follows:
‘They Played the Game”, by
Grayson, a book about baseball
personalities, a portrayal of the
GREATS who played the game,
World Series, Tunis, Rookie of
the Year, Tunis, Boston Red Sox,
Leib, Strikeout Story, Feller, Foot
ball Coach, Sampson, Do You J LaurinburR Station
Do
Know Your Baseball, Brandt,
and Goal to Go, Scholz.
Other new books are:
Sassafras Hill, Smart, The
Woman in Black, Ford, Head
Wind, Bassett, The Dark Fantas
tic, Echard, and The, Moonstone
and the Woman in White, Collins.
The library will be closed Mon
day, Seplemiber 1st, Labor Day.
Miss Elizabeth House, Super
visor of Rural Libraries, North
Carolina Library Conwnission, was
a recent visitor to the library.
Beginning Wednesday, Septem
ber 3rd, the library will be open
on Wednesday afternoons.
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Speaking of his trip, Dr. Willis
was -most interested in the pro
gram in New Zealand where there
is an extended use of BGG vac
cine. This vaccine is harmless un
der strict medical supervision and
produces a relatively high pro
tection against tuberculous infec
tion. This typo of vaccine is still
in the experimental stage in the
United States.
the professional men on Monday
afternoon'-aSd’^at by noon yes
terday chfe^ks for membership
had been^received from 22 of these.
He said no letters were mailed
to individuals but that any citizen
of the county is eligible and wel-
.qome to join the Chamber.
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Dr. WilUS'^notedj great interest
in the gse of Sfremomycin in both
England and I^nce. He states
that England is sponsoring a well
onstructed study of the appli
cation of - streptomycin to^ tuber
culous patients in that country.
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Community Sends
$500 To Lafayette
Highway As^Sociation
Neill A.. RKDonald, local
tor of the Lafayette highway as
sociation, an organization for pro
moting travel on the North-Squth
highway that passes through here,
aiuiounced this week tiiat $500
had been contributed by firms and
indiividuals in this community to
help the association operate and
that he had forwarded the money
to the headquarters in Hartsville,
South Carolina.
According to the by-laws of
the organization minimum con
tributions required annually for
membership are in four sizes for
four, claves of manbers. The lar
gest minimum contribution is $2S
for corporations,^ partnerships and
firms whose net worth is greater
than $10,000. The.next class is for'
firms whose net worth is less than
$10,000' and the minimum con-
tributibn is $15 for a year’s mem
bership. Professional people are
expected to contribute $10 each
for membership and individuals
$5.
Those whose checks have al
ready been received by the com
mittee are: Hoke Auto Co., Rae
ford Lumber Co., Industrial Loan
& Finance Co., Raeford Theatre,
The Bank of Raeford, McLauchlin
Co., Howell Dnag Co., Raeford
Dry Cleaners, MIcDonald ESso
tion, City Market, N. A- Mc-
Frozen Foods, Walter Parks, The
News-Journal, G. G. Dkkson, Dr.
R. L. Murray, Dr. M. R. Smith,
Dr. Julius Jordan, N. L. McFad
yen, Dr. R. A. Matheson, ani
Lacy P. Clark.
McDonald attended a meeting
at Hartsville about two weeks ago
of about 50 memibers of the as
sociation along the route from
Creedmore, N. C. to Walterboro,
S. C. 'The meeting was held at
the Crestwood country club at
Harts^e.
At this meeting George Edison
of Hartsville was elected presi
dent for the next year* and Mc-
i Donald was eledtad one of the
n-ine directors. The association is
making plans to employ a full
time travelling secretary and pub
lie relations man to promote the
use of the hi^nway by North-
South tourists.
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To Broadcast Monday
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TOBACCO
iMQst of the 'better qualiity tobac
co offered on North and South Car
olina Border markets during last
weric Were fairly steady, while
prices for medium to lower ^qual
ity were irregular. The markets
showed more strength on Wednes
day. Offerings were heavier. Some
markets blodced for the first time
as growers completed, harvesting-
and wm« able to prepare the crop
for market ' ■ ^
A new radio voice will be heard
in this section next Monday when
Radio station 'WEWQ goes on the
air at six a. m. The station will
operate on a daily schedule dur
ing the month o^jSeptember from
6:00 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. with a
poyer pa^&t of lOOO watts and a
frequency of 198O kc.
Only nineteen farmers have in
dicated they will go on the tour
to Beltsyille, Md. There is room
for about 11 more and they should
register at the County Agen^
office at once so that final ar
rangements can be made with th#
bus company for transportation
and witii Beltsville officials.
This could well be one of the
most profitable trips ever taken
by a group of Hoke f^mjers. If
there is not a sufficient number
of farmers registered for &e toxir
by September 6, .it will be neces
sary to cancel the trip. The five
day tour is to start September 22.
Farmers owe it to themselves to
take such a trip to keep informed
on progress of Agriculture.
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The sti|tion is owned by the
Scotland Broadcasting company
of which Edwin Pate is President
and J. R. Dalrymple, Jr., manager.
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NEW CHURC^ ORGANIZED
Community Chapel Methodist
Church, at Five Point§, was offi
cially organized last Sunday. Rev
erend W. L. Clegg' preached in
the afternoon and evening and at
the conclusion of the services
twenty men, women and young
people were receilved into the
membership of the church as ^ar^
ter members. Both services were
largely attended with much Inter
est manifested by all.
Corn and grain prices continue
to advance. There is little relief
in sight for several months. Far
mers should plan now to put in
temporary grazing within the
next few weeks to furnish fall,
winter, and spring grazing to take
the place of part of the indi'cated
short hay crop.
The tobacco fields will make
and ideal place to plant "grazing.
For grazing 300 to 400 pounds of
fertilizer should be 'applied per
acre, and lime applied where it is
needed. At least two fields should
be planted so that grazing can be
rot^^ between them. One field
could be planted "wiith rye and oat
mixtiire, 3 to 4 bushels per acre.
The other planted to Rehaa Ryn
grass and Crimson Clover. Grazing
is much cheaper than boyhig haor
for livestock azMi in most cases
is better for them.
It is almost cotton pkMng time
agUn in Hoke County. I 'heve no
ticed that all tile cotton gins have
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