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The Hoke County News
The Hoke County Journal
LUME XLn NO. 20
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1947
RAEFORD, N. C.
SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
IMiss Irene Downer, member of
the Midouson school faculty, re
signed recently because of ill
health. At a meeting of the IMil-
douson school committee (Monday
night Mrs. A. H. McPhaul was
elected to fill the place made va
cant toy Miss Downer’s resigna
tion. Mrs. Archie Howard has
been sulb^tituting for Miss Down
er since school opened. Mrs. Ho^
x;aii4’s services ha/ve been veiy
"4mch appreciated by school offit-
cials and the community.
The Ashemont PTA held its re
gular monthly meeting on Mon
day evening. The main business
was to made plans for opening
the lunchroom.
iLast Thursday at eleven o’clock
all schools in the county partici
pated in a state-'wide fire drill
helping to celebrate National Fire
Prevention week. The fire drills
were requested iby Governor Cher
ry and State Fire Marshall Brodk-
well. The^eSults were splendid.
All schools were emptied of pup
ils and teachers in less than one
minute and thirty seconds. We
feel that parents will be glad to
know that the drills were carried
out so.,successfully.
Twenty-seven casesbf powder
ed egigs for cooking were furnish
ed the schools of the county hav
ing lunchrooms this weel^y the
U. S. Department -ijr'Siriculture.
This, will be a^big aid in serving
nouriishing lunches to the child
ren.
■White schools w^ll operate to
morrow, Friday, on the same
short day schedule as was used
when the schools opened. This is
being done to accommodate those
parents who wish to take their
children to "the State Fair. Parents
are requested not to ask that
pupils be excused on any other
day. Last year the high school
particularly had its work for the
week ruined by so many parents
requesting that their children be
excused on various days. Free
tickets have bee^ distributed for
use on Friday to all pupils re-
questhag them. We hope thaji Fri
day will be observed as School
Day.
IMiss Lora Mae McKenzie, ty
pist fo.r the Board of Education,
is attending the State Fair today.
Monday afternoon there was a
meeting of the white principals
of the county held in the office
of the county superintendent.
There will be a meeting of all
colored principals of the county
this 'afternoon at two o’clock at
the Upchurch school.
The Lilly’s chapel school had
an openiing day enrollment of 40.
Mr. Griffin, the new school bus
^driver trainer for this- distirct,
was in town Tuesday. He will be
back Monday to train and certify
additiional bus drivers. We are
glad Mr. Griffiin is to be here as
we wish a good supply of driv
ers. School authorities decided
this year that any driver having
an accident of any kind that was
caused by nfegligence on his part
would be yr^ieved of his duties
immediately, 'even though the
bus had to stand idle until an
other driver could be secured.
One driver has been replaced to
date. All other drivers are doing
a splendid job. We wish to com
mend them publicly.
■ The vocational agriculture class
es of both^ Hoke High and Up
church High will attend the State
Fair tomorrow. These classes
will go as groups under the di
rection of their teachers. The
honne economics class of Hoke
Hi^ will also attend the fair as
a group under the direction of
their teacher, Miss Copeland.
Accident Victim
Dies; Jury Frees
Other Driver
CORONER’S JURY TAKES
OPPOSITE POSITION
FROM RECORDER
Max Horowitz, white man of
Brooklyn, N. Y., who was injured
when smashed between his car
and the one driven by Thomas
Lee Everett, local colored man, on
the Fayetteville road on Monday
night of last week, died last
Thursday at 1:00 p. m. from in
juries sustained in the accident.
Statements of the investigat
ing patrolman and pthers were
to the effect that Horo'witz was
standing behind his car getting a
spare tire from the trunk when
Everett’s car struck hiim, smash
ing him against his car and brea-'
king both legs. Passengers in the
Horowitz car also stated that the
car was parked off the pavement
wifth the lights on.
Everett, who had pleaded guilty
to a charge of careless and reck
less driving in Recorder’s court
on the preceding Tuesday, was
arrested again by the investigat
ing patrolman and appeared be
fore a jury called by Coroner W.
L. Roper at the inquest at the
courthouse Thursday night.
The jury consisted of Dan Mc-
Innis, Dan Campbell, F. K. Ever-
leigh, J. E. Howell, J. D. McNeill,
and H. L. Gatlin, Jr. The evidence
was substantially the same as
that heard in Recorder’s court the
week before. The coroner s jury
took a different view of Everett’s
guilt from that taken by the re
corder the week before, however,
and ruled that the death of Horo-
wditz was the result of an una-
voidaible accident. This finding
was presumably based on Ever
ett’s statement that he had been
blinded by the lights of an on
coming car. He did, however,
plead guilty of careless and reck
less driving and it was as a re
sult of this admitted careless and
reckless drawing that Horowitz
died.
Everett was tried and the case
disposed of in less than 24 hours
after the wreck, with the victim
still in a hospital 'with a com
pound fracture in each leg, an ob
viously serious condition.
(Editor’s note—If the above
sounds too editorial for a news
story, it is intentional.)
THREE ARE FINED
FOR LAYDAY HUNTING
Game proteetpr H. R. McLean,
out hunting for layday hunters
on Wednesday of last week, bag
ged three.-They were James Man-
don, W.. E. Stanton and G. G.
Faircloth and McLean says they
were hunting along Beaver Creek
near the Rockfish-Raeford road.
The three were tried before
Justice of the Peace Barrington
and all were found guilty. .Each
paid a line and the costs and the
hunting licenses of Mandon and
Faircloth wer^ revoked for the
season. Stanton was also fined
for hunting without a license.
VETERAN’S SERVICE
A veteran’s recognition sefvice
will be held at the Raeford Meth
odist church on Sunday mopling,
'October 26, to whiich all veterans
of World War II are invited.
^GATHERINGS
Bethel
TODAY
Lumber Bridge Baptist
Parker's
TODAY
TOMORROW
Tabernaole Baptisit
Next Wednesday
Raeford Metfalodist
Next Thursday
Sandy Grove
October 30
Men’s Club Meets
At Presbyterian
Church Tuesday
' A note of optiimism about af
fairs in the world today was voi
ced by State Senator H. P. (Pat)
Taylor in an address to the men’s
club of the Raeford Presbyterian
church at their regular monthly
■meeting in the church basement
Tuesday evening. The speaker
said in effect that things could
be much worse and that if Christ
ians wdill do their part and be
Christians things in the world will
work out.
The club enjoyed a bountiful
turkey dinner prepared by circles
five and six of the Woman’s aux
iliary of the church, Mrs. H. W.
B. Whitley and Mrs. N. B. Blue,
chairmen, respectively. The, meet
ing was presided over by Neill
A. McDonald, president.
Senator Taylor was introduced
by Ryan McBryde, who served
with, Mr. Taylor in the state sen-
ate.
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Local Bar Sponsors
World Peace Essays
In cooperation with the Exten
sion Division of the University
of North Carolina the Hoke Coun
ty Bar association is sponsoring
an essay and.‘ speaking contest in
the white and colored high schools
of Hoke county this year on the
subject, J“How Can United Na-
tionss^Be Strengthened?”
The ultimate goal of this pro
gram is to Jielp to develop the
best plan foi: permanent peace.
Wdithout supporting any one con
troversial vidw, it is proposed to
present aU responsible points of
view in unbiased consideration.
The immediate objective is to ed
ucate and focus public thinking
on way's of peace.
At the final exercises at both
Hoke High school and Upchurch
High school this year suitable
medals will be awarded the win
ners. Students with outstanding
speeches will be encouraged to de
liver them to as many* audiences
as possible.
MAKES DEAN’S LIST
AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
Among the students at Duke
University who made B averages
for the spring term, 1947, and
who are on the dean’s list for the
fall semester is Miss Shirley Blue,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Blue of Raeford. Dean’s list stand
ing entitles them to six excused
albsences per class this semester.
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PTA TO MEET
The regular meeting of Hoke-
Raeford PTA will be held Mon
day afternoon, October 20, at 3;30
o’clock in the Hoke High school
auditorium. Rev. W. B. Heyward
will present the program.
All grade mothers are urged to
come at 3:00 o’clock as there will
be a very important meeting of
the grade mothers prior to the
regular PTA meeting.
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Fairmont In Red
Springs Friday
LAURINBURG WINS OVER
LOCALS LAST FRIDAY
AFTERNOON HERE
iHoke High’s footfoalL team goes
to Red Springs tomorrow night
where they will play Fairmont
High school. It will be their four
th game of the season and their
third night game. Their record
now stands at one victory and
two defeats. They lost to Massey
HiU in the first game, 6-0, and
defeated Waigram in Red Springs,
27-6, in the next game.
Last Friday afternoon on the
local field they took a three-
touchdown beating from a stron
ger Laurinburg team, 21-0. The
Raeford team, which lost Co-cap
tain George Freeman by, injury in
the Wagram *;game, Suffered an
other loss Friday afternoon when
Bill Moses, starting halfback, had
an . old knee injury hurt again.
He will be out of action indefin
itely. Freeman, who suffered a
brain concussion, has returned
from the hospital and is improv
ing. "
The two teams played almost
on even terms' the first half of
the game last Friday, with the
visitors holdangi a slight edge and
a seven-point lead at halftime.
In the second half, however, their
superiority was more clearfy de
monstrated and • they picked up
14 more points. The second score
of the game was on a pass play
from almost midfield and the
final tally wasjpn the intercep
tion of a lateral pass from a Hc^e
back.
Farm Bureau
Wants Parity
Continued
North Carolina Farm Bureau’s
Board of Directors last week un
animously adopted a resolution
calling for the continuation of the
exchange price in parity and a
90 percent support price. The
board termed these as fundamen
tals of a sound agricultural econ
omy. At the meeting in Raleigh,
presided over by W. W. Eagles,
Macclesfield, state president, the
board wholeheartedly approved
continuation of marketing quotas
on basic crops when necessary..
The major resolutions adopted
read;
“The North Carolina Farm Bu
reau Board, of Directors favors
the continuation off the exchange
principle as it is now provided
for in the present parity law.”
board favors a support
COLLISION SUNDAY
At about 10':30 a. m. last Sun
day morning Andrew Clark of
Fayetteville turned his 1941 Ford
to the left from Highway 15-A
at Marshall Newton’s service sta
tion about eight miles from Rae
ford. In doing so he turned in
front of Edgar E. Edwards of
Norfolk who was going in the
other direction in his 1946 Hudson.
The result was an almost head-
on collision resulting in mimor
personal injuries and more ser
ious damage to the two ve.hicles.
Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Sophie
King, also a passenger in the Ed
wards car were carried tc» a Fay
etteville hospital, where they were
patients until Mqnday.
Clark was charged with care
less and reckless driving by the
investigating state highway pa
trolman and was convicted in re
corder’s court Tuesday,
“The
price at 90 percent being main
tained on crops that farmers are
willing to vote quotas upon or to
operate_ under marketing agree
ments.”
It was pointed out by various
speakers that the state and nation
al Farm Bureau has al'ways main
tained that parity in'the market
place for products produced by
the farmer is a fundamental of
a 'healthy farm economy, a basic
principle. Parity, Carl T. Hicks
of Walstonburg explained, simply
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MISS ANNIE PITTMAN
IS BURIED SUNDAY
IMiss Annie Pittman, 81, died
Friday afternoon at her home in
IMcLauchlin township of this coun
ty. She was a daughter df-the late
Moses Pittman and Mrs. Cathe
rine Smith Pittman of Bladen
county.
She is survived by two broth
ers, George W. Pittman of Rae
ford, route two, and Fred Pitt
man of Vero Beach, Florida, and
by one sister, Mrs. Hattie Ses-
soms of Rockfish.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday afternoon at three o’
clock at Pittman Grove Baptist
church by the Rev. E. C. Taylor,
assisted b^ the Rev. E. B. Booker.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
To Hold NCEA
District Conv^mion
In Fayetteville
V. R. White, principal of Fay
etteville High School and Presi
dent of the Southeastern District
of the North Carolina Education
Association, has announced that
the annual Southeastern District
Convention will be held at Sen
ior High School, Fayetteville, on
November 7. Teachers and ad
ministrators of thirteen counties
will attend the meeting.
The Convention will open with
a dinner meeting for Local Unit
Presidents „ on Thursday night at
6:30. The first general session of
the Convention is scheduled for
10:00 a. m., Friday, and the final
general session will be held at
7;00 p. m.
Counties included in the South
eastern District are as follows:
Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus,
Cumberland, Duplin, Hoke, Jones,
New Hanover, Onslow, Pender,
Robeson, Sampson, and'"Scotland.
Tar Heel Crops
Generally Good
Considering the State as a whole,
■Mother Nature smiled on North
Carolina farmers this year, en
abling them to produce above-av
erage yields for most crops, the
Federal-State Crop Reporting Ser
vice announced yesterciay.
The farmers this year grew re
cord crops of wheat, barley and
rye, and current prospects indi
cate record yields of corn and
sweet potatoes.
•• The (5cto^ber 1 estimate of the
flue-cured tobacco crop was 822,-
520,000 pounds, slightly less than
the forecast one month earlier.
Such production is three per cent
under last year’s crop of 912,-
970,000 pounds but 48 per cent
greater than the 10-year average.
Vield per acre was placed at
1,088 pounds, which is four per
cent less than last year when an
average of 1438 pounds per acre
'was harvested. The crop got off
to a late start in the spring, and
marketings have 'been later than
usual.
Prospects for the hurley crop
■iimproved during the' month, and
yield per acre now is expected to
be 1,530 pounds compared with
1,475 pounds last year. Total pro
duction is expected to be 15,300,-
000 pounds.
October 1 indications continued
to ■promise a record corn yield of
29.0 bushels—rtwo bushels above
the previous record of 27 bushels
harvested last year. Production
is expected to total 6?,278,000
bushels—seven per cent above the
previous record crop of 58,914-
000 bushels gathered last year.
COLORED MAN DIES IN BRAWL
AT RESTAURANT FRIDAY NIGHT
Thieves, Gamblers,
Drunks And Wild
Drivers Are Tried
Meatless Rule
Eased Slightly
Washington. Oct. 14—^Rules for
“meatless Tuesday" were relaxed
this week. You can eaf liver, kid
ney.?, brains and other by-prod
ucts and still CDnfojm.
Charles Luckman, chairman of
the Citizens Food Committee direc
bing'a national drive to save grain
to feed Western Europeans, told
reporters after his 26-member
group met on policy that:
1. The committee hopes to en
courage use of meat by-products
“which are in plentiful supply.”
and which imay be used on Tues
days under the altered program.
The list also contains sweetbreads,
hearts, pigs feet, pig knuckles,
tripe, oxtails and tongue. ■
2. The comm’ittee will ask the
brewung industry to reduce beer
and ale -production to save more
grain. Brewers will consult with
Luckman.
3i» Luckman said a request to
the baking industry to produce a
smaller bread loaf is under study.
He noted there are many prob
lems, such as pan sizes which
cannot be, changed* overnight. He
added that one suggested solution
is to cut down on the height oi
the loaf, and that it could be done
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In recorder's court Tuesday
morning a fairly wide variety of
offenses were heard about by
Judge Henry McDiarmid. Walter
and Lizzie Scott, white, were
charged with stealing chickens
from John Saunders. Both enter
ed pleas of guilty and sentence
was 30 Ssiys each to be suspended
on payment of the costs and $7
to Saunders for the chickens.
M. D. Rachels. Scotland county
white man, got 30 days suspended
on payment of the costs and pay
ment of a bad check for $15 he
had given A. A. Graham.
Chlores Howard. white of
Tampa, Fla., got 90 days suspend
ed on payment of SlOO and the
costs for violating the prohibition
laws and driving drunk..
James Chambers. • Eddie An
drews, and Richard MePhatter,
all colored got 30 days suspended
on payment of the costs for being
drunk and disorderly.
Mason'Ray, Tom McIntosh, Er
nest Freeman, and James T. Bry
ant, all colored, each got 3D days
suspended on payment of the costs
for gambling.
• Andrew Clark, colored, got 90
days suspended on payment of
the costs and a $50 fine for care
less and reckless drivinig. The
fine was to go to Edgar E. Ed
wards, had his car damaged
in a t^reb^^ith Clark.
Ow'en F. Shearin, white bus
driver was found guilty of speed
ing after he had pleaded not guil
ty. Sentence of 30 days was su
spended on payment of $10 and
the costs.
■William McKinney, white man
of Cumiberland county, got 30
days suspended on payment of the
costs for driving with an impro
per license. 1
Junius Jones, Indian, got 90 ^
days suspended on payment of
$25 and the costs for operating
a whiskey still. ^
Conweldon Adams, colored of
Moore county, got 30 days su-
sperided on payment of the costs
for driving with improper brakes.
BOWMORE NEGRO SHOT
WITH .22 RIFLE IN
FREE FOR ALL
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Write In For
Overseas Mailing
Instructions
Those planning to send Christ
mas and other gift packages a-
broad should get in touch with
fhe District Office of the U. S.
Department of Commerce, at
112'2 East Fourth Street, Char
lotte, X. C., regarding regulations
governing such shipments, accord
ing to IMarion A. Leonard. Com
merce .Department District Man
ager.
Copies of the regulations appli
cable to virtually all principal
countries of the world have.been
received at the Commerce Depart
ment District Office, and copies
will , be supplied upon request, it
was stated.
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KIWANIS CHURCH NIGHT
There will be a Kiwanis church
night service in the Graded school
auditorium on Sunday night Oc
tober 26, .at 7:39. The Rev. Zeb
Caudle of Aberdeen will preach
the sermon.
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WATSON MADE DIRECTOR
J. Caldwell McDonald of Char
lotte. president 'of Uie N.. C. As
sociation of County Commission
ers. has appointed F. Knox Wat
son, chairmfin of the Board in
this county, to be association di
rector- of District 6., Counties in
cluded in the distrijct are Chat
ham. pavidson, Harnett, Hoke,
Lee, Moore, Randolph, Robeson,
and Scotland. The first meeting
of the directors will be held in
Raleigh on November 7. '
In a brawl that had all the
trim^mings and much , resemibled
the to be seen on the screen
on Saturday ^afternoons one young
colored man of Bpwmore lost "his
life at “The Joiart,” a colored cafe
just north of Raeford Ejoasting a
juke-bo.x. a beer license and a
Lively clientele. Johnny Morrison,
colored man who lives nearby, is
being held without bond for the
shooting of Matthew Graham, Jr.,
who was instantly killed when
what w'as apparently a .22 cali
ber rifle bullet entered his head
through his eyebrow shortly be
fore midnight last Friday.
According-to information gatH-
efed by officers there -was a
crowd of perhaps 30 or mdre per
sons present and dancing was g-:-
ing on. .4.mong the crowd were
eight or .more "Bbwm.ore g-uys.”
One of the Washington boys (lo
cal) was dancing with a giir! when
one of the Bowmore fellows came
up and took her. About this lime
she is said to have .made a som.e-
what derogatory remark about
the local boy letting the visitor
do tins.
The Washington boys, George
and ,Joe, are said to have got -to
gether and gone around the build
ing. They returned shortly with
a supply of bottles ■with which
they started bombarding the Bow
more -.vei still dancing.
This started it, and a real knock
down free for all, followed, with
some shots being fired, although
officers have so far been unable
to determine who fired them.
It appears that Johnny Morri
son got hit with a bottle and went
to his nearby hom.e and got his
.22 rifle. He testified at the in
quest that he had but one bullet
and that he let so.-meone else fire
it. That point is still debatable
in as much as Sheriff Hodgin says
'he told him a little different story. .
Graham, the officers gathered,
-vvas sitting in his pickup in front^
of the place at the tim.e and got
a b-allet in 'nis head. They also
gathered that one Jenny- Washing
ton. sister of George and Joe. was.
sitting in the pickup with him.
.■\t the coroner’s inquest at two
o'clock Saturday afternoon the
jury ordered Morrison held for
action of the Grand \jury without
privilege of bond. George and Joe
Morrison were ordered held un
der bonds of $1900 each. They,
have not ma'de bond and are
still in jaii. Jenny Wash'ington
was ordered h-eli under a $200
bond and she has posted it ahd -
oeer. release.'
FARM NOTES
The House Agricultural (Tom-
mittee will conduct a Regional
Hearing in Rocky_^ Mount on Fri
day, October 17,usffekrtinig at 9:30
A. M. The Hearing will be held
in the high school “auditorium.
The Committee desires to hear
from farmers with reference to
their views on a long-range pro- '
gram. A farmer delegation from,
Hoke County should attend this
Hearing and express their- vie'.vs.
The State College Extension
Division announces the following
Dairy Conference a.nd Short Cour
ses; Dairy Maufactut-ing Confer
ence, November .18, 19 and 20,
1947; Dairy Fleldmen's Short
Course. January 22. 23, 1948;
Short Course in Market Milk, Feb
ruary 2-14, 1948; and Short Coar
se in Ice Cream Making, Febru
ary 16-28. 1948. Anyone interest
ed in either of the, above events
should apply to the College Ex-
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