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N. C. FarmBureau
Has Meeting Here
BEPRESENlATlVES OF 5
COUNTIES IN BAEFORD
TUESDAY
On Tuesday of this week, Dis
trict 4 of the North Carolina Farm
Bureau heTd a meeting w'ith ap
proximately fifty leaders from
Hoke, Robeson Scotland, Cumber
land, and Moore Counties. The
meeting was held in tl^e interest
of getting in motion a memiber-
ship campaign to be conducted in
these counties during the months
of Septemiber and" October.
Representing the Bureau were
John Eagles, and Will Rogers who
outlined the plans in conductin the
campajgp. In 1946, membership
in Farm Bureau reached 62,000.
The ^ard of Directors and Ex-
i^e Committee ^have set a
ecut
goal fdr 1047 of 100,000 members.
A. C. lEdiwards, Chairman of the
mem)bership committee and a far
mer of Greene County, was the
main speaker for the occasion. He
spoke ■ of the needs for organizing
the strongest Farm Bureau pos-
^le. Mr. Edwards reviewed the
accom^lshments made through
the efforts of Farm Bureau and
other farm organizations." He stat
ed that it was becoming more
difficult to maintain the gains
made and harder to get* new Ag
ricultural Legislation through
Congress ahd the S^te Legislature
without a larger farm'organiza
tion.
It was poifjted out by Mr. Ed
wards that support prices for.the
basic agricijiBural conmodities
’'"'^iild'enH n^t year; unless they
were extended by the Congress
early next year. He told the group
present that Congress 'v^ould not
likely extend this program unless
the Southern farmer joined a farm
organization that was working
for his interest. Hoke County’s
quota of membership is 471.
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Hoke Cirls Compete
In Electric Contest
MI$S AMERliBA?
Pictured below is Miss Vi
vian White, 18 year-old Fay
etteville girl who was recently chosen “Miss North Caro
lina 1947,” and who is in Atlantic City, N. J., this wdek com
peting with the 53 other girls chosen most beautiful in their
states and territories for the title, “Miss America 1947.”
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Poole’s Medley
Nine Hoke County girls are
competing in the 4-H Club Better
Method Electric Contest being bo-
sponsored in 28 North Carolina
counties by Carolina Power &
Light company and Westinghouse.
Extension workers in the 28
counties are cooperating in the
project, a part of the nation-wide
4-H ^ub competition sponsored
by Westinghouse Educational
Foundation and designed to find
means of improving the w^ys of
performing farm and farm-home
tasks electrically
The nine Hoke County girls
who are competing are eligible for
numerous awards. Including prizes,
trips, and scholarships. The win
ning girl in Hoke County will re
ceive an all-expense trip to Ral
eigh for‘ the 4-(H Club Electric
Congress to be held in October.
The best contestant in Hoke Coun
ty will win a: silver Medal of
Honor.
The county winners attending
the Electric Congress will be eli
gible to compete for other awards,
with the State Winner receiving
an all-expense trip to the Ration
al 4-JI Club Congress to'be held
in Chicago in December.
4-tH Club members of Hoke
County who are competing in the
Cbntest arer Myma Almond, Mel-
va Dean Brown, Florence Camei;-
on, Peggy Mac ChasonyTWtlJr Eoii
Nixon, Elizabeth Parker, Joan
Pickier, Bette Tasdor, and Betty
Jean Vaiihoy.
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UIGHTNING STRKES
SABIE PLACE THRICE
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Oraiwiford. Wcig|.t reported yes
terday that during the electrical
storm Tuesday afternoon his feed
barn was strudc three times by
ughtning and set afire. Fortun
ately there were people ani wster
present ^nd danulge was not great.
BY D. SCOTT POOLE
There'have been many changes
in Raeford since McRae and Will-
if({rd named a postoffice establish
ed at their store 70 years ago.
Raeford Institute opened its
doors for students in 1895 in a
frame building of two stories.
There were a dormitory and sev
eral cottages in Which the faculty
and boarding students lived.
The school was well and favor
ably known over the state. Sever
al of the students were ministers
and teachers later in life.
Dr. Hector McLean owned a
thousand acres of land near Rae
ford, farmed, built a medical col
lege, and had a "fine reputation
oVer the state. This was said to
have beqn the first medical col
lege in North Carolina. He named
the place Edinboro. 'The college
went down when Dr. McLean
died. v
Theye were three hundred miles
of railroad in the state when the
Civil War ravaged' the United
States, and destroyed the South,
but folks who could just lirve any
way, kdpt doing something, and
have built a new world here.
Stand or sit near U. S. highway
15A and watch the traffic. You
will' see a million dollars worth
of automobiles and trudes pass
in i ^ort time, and all of them
will be more or less loaded.
One thing I do not much like,
and that is the educational draze.
is wdl to get wi^om but some
brandies of education have run
into high-toned foolism.
If people got better by all ttiat
is done, it would be praiseworthy.
But our prosperity and vast store*
of knowledge have, I fear, caused
many to forget God. Knowledge
:et
of man’s nolhin^gness and the
greatness of God are two things
^he world is deficient in.
Trucks pass through the coun
try selling apples by 4^e bushel
or by the peck and that peck holds
eight liquid quarts. People do not
know the difference between dry
and liquid measure.
. In the 2fear 1858 there were
fifteen boys and girls bom in the
immediate vicinity of Jackson
Springs, and this writer is’ the
only one living.
There were forty fine young
men, each a gentleman, who went
from the Jackson Springs com
munity into the Confederate arm
ed forces who never returned to
their homes and loved ones.
Folks on the farms.^-When I was
a young man said a man could
not pull over 100 bundles of fod
der nor gather more than ten
bushels of peas in the hull. But
some could gather 25 bushels in
the hull, I know.
l4w Cases Tdce
About All Day h
Recorder’s Court
SHOOTING CASE IS^
CONTINUED FOR
ONE WEEK
The administration of justice
to nine defendants took about all
day in Hoke County recorder’s
court Tuesday before Judge Hen
ry MoDiarmid. In addition to the
nine defendants whose cases were
disposed of, cases against six mo
thers were continued.
The case in which William Har
ris, Tabnadge Melton. J. D. Wal
ters and Nancy T. (McPherson
were charged with assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to kill
was coiitinued for one w-edc at
the request of the defense attor
ney. All arJ ^arged in connec
tion with aij ^^ged^ shooting of
Irene Carpenter. All involved are
Raeford white people.
Guy McFarland and! William
Sampson, both white ^paid the
costs and forfeited a $^0 .>^ond,
respectively, for speeding.
Danny Shaw and J. T. Harring
ton, both colored, each paid the
costs for toeing drunk and disor
derly.
Joseph A. Handon, colored, paid
$10 and the costs for careless and
reckless driving.
John C. Pate and Howard Gales,
both local- white men, were found
guilty of trespassing on White-
Tex Mills property and each had
to pay costs. Pate also paid
the cosjts for violating the prohi
bition laws. An old case against
Gales vnE|S .and he
a plea of Hole eontendere to the
State’s charge of careless and
reckless J idriving and damage to
perso^ property. Sentence was
six months to be suspended on
payment of the costs and ($150 to
the clerk for D. R. Huff, owner
of the damaged property.
William A. FauHc, colored, got
30 days suspended on payment of
the costs for careless and reckless
driving and 60 days suspended on
payment of the costs and a $45
fine in another case in which he
was charged with violating the
prohibition laiws.
Ridiard IMcPhatter, colored,
operator of an establishment Nor
th of Raeford on the 'V’ass rogd,
was found guilty of selling beer on
Sunday and paid the costs and
a $10 fine.
LIBRARY NEWS
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Ip Mississippi there were paen
who could and did pick 800 pounds
of cotton iii a day. But a bale a
week is the average picking.
The peach crops helped the con-
ditioxL of the country, and apples
are now had all year round. We
used to have apples only a few
months in the year.
Tobacco is not food or clothes,
nor do 1 believe that it iwroves
the health of the inhabitants, but
so many smoke cigarettes the
country is growing rich from the
crop. Cigarettes, more than farm
allotmeixts, make fanning pay.
(Continued on bade page)
A party for the members of the
Summer Reading Club was given
at the library Friday afternoon
at four o’clock. This occasion
marked the close of the reading
project for this'summer.
.Reading certificates were pre
sented to the following, who had'
read as many as 10 books, or
more: John Brinkley, Geraldine
Ch,appell, Tony Clark, George
Dickson, Douglas Dixon, Grace
Hess, Harriet Hodgin, Anne Leach,
Alice Long, Joan McLeod, Vir-
gini^, iMcNeill, Shirley Mann, Julia
Morris, Lillian Scarborough, Marr
ylin Tapp and Sandra Wood.
Sandra Wood received the prize
for reading the most books from
the primary group. Bhe read 45,
Lillian Scarborough came 2nd
with 31 and Virginia McNeill 3rd
with 29 to her credit. Grace Hess
was awarded the prize for read
ing the largest number from the
grammar school age, having read
79, Alice Long was 2nd with 39
and 9iirley Mann 3rd with 28.
In a contest recognizing char
acter* cut from book jadeets, San
dra Wo^ had the largest number
and Irec^ved a prize:. '
Refreshments were served.
Miss barlene Freeman is the
new student assistant in the li-
braiy, taking the place of Miss
Eleanor Leach, who leaves soon
to enier WCUiMC at Greensboro.
20 New Members
Xhis Week For
Commerce Group
Twenty more names were added
to the growing list of members
of the newly organized Raeford
Chamber Of, Commerce this week
Lacy Clark, chairman of the mem
bership committee, said yester
day. This brings the total num
ber of members to 42 and their
membership contributions total
slightly less than $800. It is hop
ed that the Chamber will soon
have a membership of over one
hundred, both in order to be real
ly representa/tive of the Whole
community and 'because it needs
the financial support of all.
The 20 new members are W.
C. Lee, Roland Covinton, Hotel
Raeford, Raeford Furniture Co.,
Hoke Exchange Co., Amos and
Co., Hoke Oil & Fertilizer Co.,
Israel Mann, Hotel Barber Shop,
Dr. A L.. O’Briant, The Johnson
Co., Baucom Appliance Co., T. B
Upchurch, Inc,, Smith’s Radio
Service, Belk-Hensdale Co, W. J
McQuage Service Station, Gra
ham’s Service Station, Elk Res
taurant, Hoke County and the
Progressive Store..
As previously stated, minimum
contributions for membership are
$25 yearly for corporations or
firm's whose net worth is over
$10,000, $15 for those -whose net
worth is less than $10,000, $10
for professional men and $5 for
individuals. These are minimum
and larger contributions are ac
cepted.
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J, E. Sumner Dies
At Lumber Brid4s:e
Last FndayNigbt
John Edwin Sumner died at his
home near Lumber Bridge last
Friday , night after an illness of
several weeks. He had been in a
critical condition for several days
and the end was not unexpected-
He was 68 years of age.
Born in South Caroiiinaj-he_was
the son. of the late Nicholas SunA-
ner and Mary Louise Boswell of
that state. He was a deacon in.,;the
Lumber Bridge Baptist church
and was superintendent of the
Sunday school. , .
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Lillie Graham Sumner; one son,
Sidney Sumner of Lumber Bridge;
five daughters, Mrs. H. K. Craw
ford of Rowland, Mrs. Fulfprd
MlcMillan and Mrs. George Cad-
dell of Raeford, Miss Elizabeth
Sumner and Miss Lois Sumner
of Lumber Bridge, and two sis
ters, Mrs. W. A. Wilkes of Maxton
and Mrs. J. L. Walker of Knox
ville, Tenn.
Funeral services were conducted
at Lumber Bridge Bafptist church
at five "o’clock Sunday afternoon
and burial was in thg Raeford
cemetery.
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Farm Bureau Will
Have Fish Supper
The current ouUook for NorUi
Carolkui** conunereiel peaaut
crop j* ewepttoMlIar food.
The Hoke County Farm Bureau
will hold its annual meeting at
the Armory in Raeford Wednes
day, September 10 at 6:30 P. M.
A fish Slower will be served
promptly at 6:30 and at 7:30 the
business,, of the County Farm Bu
reau will start. Officers 'will be
elected to serve during the coming
year. ,
SCHOOLS Of COUNTY SET TO
OPEN NEW TERN NEXT WEEK
Cotton Season
Arrives And Gins
Start Operating
Cotton was being picked in the
county last week and several
bales already been ginned in the
county by two gins and the others
of the six are ready for the fall’s
operation,
■Bales were ginned last Thurs
day at Hoke Oil & Fertilizer Co.
in Raeford for several farmers,
the first bale belonging to J. K
McNeill. At Pundarrach Trading
(Company two bales were ginned
on Friday for Dewey Hendrix,
these toeing the first of the sea
son’s crop at that gin.
Other gkis to run in the county
this season are the Rockfish gin,
the Raeford gin to be operated
by Marshall and Benton Thomas,
Oakdale Gin and the Duffy Gin.
Vetenuns Cashing
Ternfmal Pay Bonds
At Great Rate
News from various sources yes
terday indicated that veterans
everywhm had started bright and
early morning swapping
their temdnai pay bonds for cash.
Congress authorized the approxi
mate! 9,0i|^0W men who hold
tliem to *c»nvert the estimated one
billion hundre^ million dol-
larsAvd^^cfc bond's inb^ cash on
or after Septemiber 3.
At the Bank of Raeford business
in the bonds was fairly brisk on
Tuesday but slowed down some
yesterday. $26,610.65 was paid out
for bonds there in the two days.
Elsewhere and in population
centers the figures were^-^ropor-
tionately higher. Chaflorte bariks,
for example, paid out $589,000 on
Tuesday, and, in Wilmington po
lice were called to keep order
when pver 5,000 veterans are said
to have crowded around th^anks
there.
FIRE DEPARTMENT GETS
TWO ALARMS m6nDAY
e fire department was called
01^ twee Monday morning. The
first time, around nine o’clock, a
vehicle caught fire at the Dixie
service station and the fire was
extinguished by the time the fire
men arrived.
The second alarm, an hour or
so later, was scraeiwhat more ser
ious. The call was to the elevator
of the Upchurdi Milling and Stor
age Co. south of the A & R Re
read and east of Main street. A
belt had gotten improperly invol
ved with a pulley and the friction
set it afire. The Tjelt fell and ig
nited the'sheift up the elevator.
Firemen were ,able to extinguish
the blaze by shooting water up
the shaft.
TEACHING POSITIONS ABR
FILLED IN ALL FIVE
COUNTY SCHOOLS
K. A. MacDonald, county school
superintendent, stat^ yesterday
that the schools of the county are
ready for. theft-, opening of the
1947-48 term next\ Thursday,
Septemiber 11, and that the full
allowance of teachers had been
engaged at all schools with the
exception of the Bible teacher at
Hoke High, who is expected to be
ogtained' in the nekt few days.
Mr. MacDonald, called the at
tention of all to the fact that the
Raeford schools wiiU start the
term operating from 8:00 to IL-SO
a. in, only and that the other
schools of the county would ope-
raite from 7:30 to 12 noon dflily.
He also announced that there
woulr be a meeting of aH school
bus drivers of the county at the
High school at 3:00 p. m. next
Tuuesday, September 9, to which
public is invited. The program,
will include a talk on safe driving
by State Highway Patrolman Ja
son Bame*. On Tuesday evening
the *41 teachers of the sdiools, ai
the cour^’^eill meet jn the Sgh
school as^^rium. The public is
also invited to this meeting. A i!^..
of the tellers of the county fol
lows. ‘ap,
^e Hick aaieii
W. T^^tbson. Principal,
W, P. BMpps, Mies iiwee Cope-
la^
Frances H. McLean, Mrsi Annie
H. Gore, Miss Miriam Watson,
Miss Mary Meinnis, Mrs. -Ei^uy
B. Cameron. Miss Mamie McKieth-
an, Mrs. Almena McKeithan, Hay
wood Faircloth, W. O. Melvin,
Harold A. Owens, Miss Blanche
Owen, L. M. Lester, Phillip John
son, Walter MePhauL
Raeford Graded Sdieol
J. W. Turlington, Prmc^>a]:,
Mrs. Frances R. Davis, Mrs.. Ber
tha Hardesty, M!rs. Elizabeth T.
Robinson, Miss Sarah Blue, Mr&
Mary M. Roiberts, Mrs. Ruria
Shelton, Mrs. Aiinie Mae Brown,
Mrs. Ollie Bigs, Mrs: Claudia
Cates, Miss Nealie McLean and
Miss Mildred Hamilt(».
R. A. Smoak, Principal, Mrs.
R. A. Smoak, Miss MUdred Wom-
bie and (Miss Nancy Thoniimrg.
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A. C. Edwards of Hookerton
will be the guest speaker. He is
chainman of the membersh^ com
mittee of the North Carolina Farm
Bureau. All Farm Bureau mem-
b^ and prospective members are
invited to attend the fish .supper
and meeting.
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Edward Lee, 7 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lee, under
went a tottsilectomy at Garland
Tuesday.
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Mrs. Lila Blue, who has been
visiUng her brother, BiE Bobeita
and fkmiljr has returned to b«
home in Montgomery, Ala.
T^ie first meeting of tiie year
of the Hoke-Raeford PTA 'wiiU
be held, Monday ni|d>>t> September
15, at 8 o’clock af the Hoke Coun
ty High School building. Imme
diately following the meeting a
reception will be given for the
teachers. All parents of the coun
ty are urged to make plans to at
tend this ranting.
JOINS REGULAR ARMY
Eugene L Smiflk of RaefOrd ha*
reenllsted in the Regular Army
for three years.
Private Smith, sr iretaran of 29
months in the Navy aereed In Hie
Asitftie Theetie. ]a the
Army, Soldier Smllli Ima teen as
signed to the Army Ckoond Ibr-
OSf.
J. M. Andrews, PrincqreL Miss
Irene Downer and liGss Hortense
McGregor.
Rockfish
T. C. Jones, Principal, Mrs.
Treva T. Koonce, Mrs. Frances
B. Capps and Mrs. Lela B. Mc
Dowell.
Bos Drivers Idsied
School bus drivers of ttie ipun-
ty are Melvin Haire, J^ Moss,
Ralph Strother, Archie Walters,
Alfred Leach, Sam ifendrbe, Jo
anne Hamilton, Betty M^eill,
Buster Maxwell, Archie Maxwell,
Fred Wood, Arnold Monroe and
Marvin English. Substitutes are
R. H: Gibson, R. C. Kigre, Wade
McDougald, Alex Norton, Lan-
dos Yarborough, John CuXiretti,
Jr., Francis Barkis and Ruby
Strother. /
Twenty-^our fiumere have ieg>
Istered to go on fiie tour to B^ts-
ville, lid. She to «i^ more fane-
«n ate needed to complete a but
load. Thoee fazmefs planning to
go who have not registered should
do so Hkis -week.
The Bureau of Plant Industiy
and Bureau of Animal Xhdushqf
of Hie Ubited States Oepartmaai
of AgrtroNaxe ace located at Bdhli'
vm AR pbaMi of
carried on a* Hdi
Station.
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