VOLUME XLH NO. 22
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1947
RAEFQRlS. N. C.
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The Rockfish Halloween carni
val wiU be. held in the school
auditorium on Fricfay _ evening,
October 3il, beginning at 7 o’cock.
One of the main features of the
carhival will be the Baby Con
test with ^ following couples
of little tqts entered so far—Lin
da Kay Dees and Clarence ICoon-
'ce, Jr., Ann Mclnnis and Ken
neth Scarboro, Helen Hobson a^d
W. :M. Brock, Jr., Ann Ritter and
Robert Terry. There will be the
usual games, bingo, fish pond,
etc. There .will be plenty of good
“eats” for all those who wish
them.
The Hoke-iRaeford Graded car
nival will be held tonight in the
high school building. Plans have
been made for the biggest and
best carnival that has ever^been
put on. Plenty of food, a good
' program, games, fortune telling
and the likes. You can be sure
of a good time if you go.
The Hoke High school is em
barking on the most pretentious
and effective testing program that
has been intiated in years. Prin
cipal Gibson feels that it will be
■worth a great deal to the stu
dents and the teachers in their
work. Each student will be shown
his strength and his weakness.
The teachers will know where
to place their greatest emphasis.
The vocational phase will indi
cate to each of the seniors and
juniors what they are most likely
to be fitted for in after life.
Old timers Who have griped a,
lot about the spelling of the
younger generation will be inter
ested to kndw that special em
phasis is being laid this year on
spelling in all the schools.
All the white schools will run
a short day schedule on Novem
ber 7 to allow all teachers to at
tend the District Teachers meet
ing to be held in Fayetteville on
that day.
Mrs. Ruria Shelton has been
nominated by the Hoke county
unit of the NCEA as district
secretary.
The first month of the colored
and Indian schools will close^on
October 31. There will be a meet
ing of the colored teachers at
the Upchurch school that after
noon..
■tMiss Lojra Mae McKenzie, ty
pist for the Board of Education,
was out of the office yesterday
on account of illness.
W. T. Gibson, principal of Hoke
High, will present the Kiwanis
program tonight, featuring .high
school students and teachers. Be
sure to be there and hear them.
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HOKE HIGH NEWS
The Hoke Coutfty Unit of NCEA
met Tuesday evening in .the high
school building. The class room
teachers group, with Miss Mar
ion Corbitt as guest speaker, also
met just prior to the local meet
ing.
(Lauchlin MacDonald and Zeb
Moss are to represent the Raetord
Chapter of the Key Club at the
annual meeting whiich will be
held at High Point College this
week end.
The lunch room supervisors
4iave been 'cooperating with the
Truman plan of meatless Tues
days and poultryless Thuredays.
Miss Alice Copeland and sev
eral of the home .economics girls
attended the district rally in Fay
etteville last Saturday of Future
Homemakers of Anjerica.
Coach Fairclpth will take the
football team to Jonesboro Fri
day of this week.
The tennis players ^ire now en-
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Tobacco Markets
Are Closed After
Tuesday s Selling
INDEFINITE HOLIDAY
DUE TO BRITISH BAN
ON WEED IMPORTS
Flue-cured tobacco markets in
North Carolina and Virginia were
closed yesterday in observance
of the first day of a sales. sus
pension brought about by Great
Britain’s ban an tobacco imports.
Although the indefinite sales
holiday was less than 24, hours
old, Fred Royster of Henderson,
head of the tobacco marketing
committee, • was in Washington to
confer with agriculture depart
ment officials on a date for re
suming sales.
Next Monday has been ad
vanced as a tentative reopening
date. '
As sales were broughj to a
close Tuesday irregular prices
prevailed on the four operatirig
belts, one of which the Border,
officially en4ed its IdiT' Reason.
The Eastern North Caroling belt
saw most leaf grades climb $1 to
$5 per hundred pounds. While
cotters, lugs and non-descript fell
$1 to $2^ Prices dropped for most
grades on Old belt, with declines
generally of $1 to $3. Although
fair lemon leaf dropped $5.
Export leaf grades fluctuated
on the Middle belt, with both
gains and losses r,anging up to $3.
QUOTAS WILL BE CUT
While the tobacco import ban
and the indefinite sales holiday
left membres of the leaf industry
wondering where they stood,
growers yesterday knew for sure
that their 1948 quotas would be
cut despite" the government’s pro
gram to buy flue-6ured tobacco
for the remainder of this season
as a price stabilization measure.
Announcement that quotas for
next year’s crop will, be cut came
from Charles E. Gage, director of
the tobacco branch of the depart
ment of agriculture. *
Gage said in Washington Tues
day that there will be no an
nouncement of quota cuts before
a hearing in Raleigh Nov. 5 at
which warehousemen, buyers,
growers and manufacturers of to
bacco will be given an opportu-
nitl to express their views on
quotas.
Representatives of the flue-
cured \ industry from Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina,
and Virginia are expected to at
tend the hearing.
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J. W. THOMAS IS
KILLED IN CRASH
James W. Thomas, husband of
the former Miss Laura H^yl, who
has spent quite some time here
with her sister, Mrs. Tommie Up
church, was kiRed in a plane
crash near Fort Lauderdale, Florf
ida, Tuesday. No othes details
were learned, but Mr. ancT Mrs.
Upchurch left Tuesday night for
Fort Lauderdale.
Mr. Thomas was a special-in
vestigator for the Broward Coun
ty police department. He was in
the army for four years and was
thirty-ori^ years oL>ge.
BIG RAT — MAYBE?
Three service stations in Rae-
ford were entered last Friday
night, all apparently by the
same individual. They were
Niven’s Esso Station, Walter
Parks’ Station and Hubert Tay
lor’s Station., Similar tracks
were found at tvro of the places
and all were entered in the'
same manner. Clues as to the]
identity of the burglar were*
.not, and he has not been taken,
He took a little small chang^
from each place and got liijs
hands all over some bigger
money in one of them but fail
ed to find it, OnlV ptWSr miss
ing item was sotbe. cheese at
Taylor’s. , ' .
Drunks, Brawler,
Wife-Beater Are
Fined By Recorder
James Sinclair, colored man
charged with assaulting his Wife
with a knife, pleaded guilty be
fore J udge Hdliry McDLarmid
Tuesday morning and got a six-
months-road sentence to be su
spended on payment of the costs
and his wife’s doctor biTf, on con
dition of good behavior for six
ndonths, and on condition that he
stay away from his mother-in-
law’s house.
A. J. Pate, white man of South..
Carolina, got 30 days suspended
on payment of the costs for driv
ing with improper brakes. Ed
ward Worsham, colored, got the
same sentence for driving with
improper equipment. Fred Ray
colored, got 30 days suspended
on payment of $10 and the costs
for driving with no lights. He
tbld the judge that his batteries
weren’t strong enough for his
ligl^s and his radio, so he cut
out his lights.
The following got 30-day sen
tences suspended on payi^ient of
the costs for being drunk and
disorderly: John Morrison and
Saul McCall, both colored, and
Ra3Tnond Mercer and Troy Mc
Neill, both white.
John W. Rozier. colored, was
found guilty of being drtink and
disorderly and in another case
with participating in an affray..
Sentence was 30 days to be su
spended on' payment of the costs
in each case. Alfred Chavis, In
dian, was charged with taking
the'other part of the affray, but
the State took a nol pros when
it appeared that his action was
mostly defensive. ;,J
Arthur Williamson, white, was
toynd guilty of assaulting Carl
Rose, also white. Sentence was
30 days sus^e^ed on payment of
the costs and with the stipulation
that he stay away from the home
of Rose.
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Deane Announces
Atomic Jobs Open
Rep. C. B. Deane gX the Eighth
Congressional District has an
nounced that the Civil Service
Commission is in the process of
holding open competitive exa
minations for positions in the U.
S. Atomic Energy Commission at
Oak Ridge, Tennessee.v .
These positions are in the field
of electrical trades and vary all
the way from Chief Power Sys
tem Dispatcher with a salary of
■$45'25.80 per year on down to a
Mechanic Helper at 85 cents per
hour. Other types of jabs open in
clude Sub-station. Operators, Me
ter and Relay Technicians, Lines
men, Junior Electricians and
Powerline Patrolmen.
Applications must be filed with
the office of the Board of Civiil
Service Examiners for the United
iStates Atomic Energy Commis
sion, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, not
later than November lO, 1947.
■No written test is required for
examinations. Those ' interested
in obtaining application blaiRcs
may write to the Executive Sec
retary, Post Office Box E, Oak
Ridge, Tennessee.
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FESTIVAL MOTORCADE
TO BE HERE NOV. 4
The CarolRias Festival motor
cade number one will arrive in
Raeford on November 4 at 3;00
according to F. Earl Crawford.
General Chairman of the event.
The motorcade arriving here will
have approximately 10 cars and
a new super bus of the Queen
City Coach Company.
The' mayor.) has been asked to
be on hand at the city hall to wel
come this ^arolina boosters Or
ganization and it is likely that a
large group of citizen^ will be on
hand to iwelcome this group.
Presidents of all local civic clubs
have been asked to attend. The
Festival is to be held in Char
lotte Novemeber 12.
Farm Bureau Acts
To Get British I
To Resume Buying
CONVERSATIONS- BEGUN
AT ONCE WITH U. S.
AND U. K. OFFICIALS
“Britain’s ban on American to
bacco imports rocked every ele
ment of the flue-cured industry,
but for the farmer himself the
crisis proved beyond doubt that
unless farmers are fully organ
ized they can never hope to
overcome such emergencies when
they arise,” Richard Neeley, Hoke
County Farm Bureau President,
declared today.
“As soon as the ban w'as an
nounced,” Neeley pointed out,
“the North Carolina Farm Bu
reau and the American Farm
Bureau moved quickly to pave
the way for resumption of Bri
tish buying. Carl T. Hicks, Wals-
tonburg, North Carolina Farm
Bureau Tobacco Committee Chair
man, went to Washington imme
diately to meet with United States
and British government officials
in an* effort to protect the inter
ests of the many farmers who
still had huge amounts of tobac
co unsold.
“R. Flake Shaw, Executive
Vice- President of the • NCFB,
conferred with Washington and
State officials by phone and kept
in touch with the American Farm
'Bureau headquarters constantly.
In short, the entire machinery of
the State and National Farm Bu
reaus was geared to action t0
help flue-cured growers to avert
a castastrophe.”
(N^ley said that the) all-out
efforts of f/.s Farm Bmeau to re-?
store British tobacco buying
through the Commodity Credit
■Corporation or a similar agency
emphasize the seriousness of the
situation. The suddenness of the
•British action* makes more ctear
than ever thfe need for organized
strength among farmers at all
times, Neeley said, adding that
the current campaign for 100,-
000 Farm Bureau members in
Nofth Carolina provides the
means for such organization.
“The British order to stop buy
ing American tobacco for an in
definite period is believed by
agricultural leaders to mean the
import ban will last until the
Marshall plan for aid to 16 West
ern European countries is put in
to effect, Unless a plan is develop
ed to finance their tobacco pur
chases in this country," Neeley
said. “This .assumption is based
on the fact that the 16 countries
including the United Kingdom,
have already announced import
requirements for the next four
yearsj the period' covered by the
plan.”
The present Farm Bureau
Membership drive in the State
gives North CaroRna farmers an
ideal means of getting together
as they never have been togeth
er in the past, Mr. Neeley declar
ed. Their success in the years to
come, he said, is wholly depend
ent upon the action they take
during this critical period.
The Hoke County Men^ership
campaign will be over in a fevy;
days. Before it is over, every far
mer should join in order to pro-
motl and look after his own bus
iness. Final membership reports
will be made Friday riightT
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SURVIVES LOOP
Ajmong th6 _ SflHodd passehgefr
of the, airliner which did a loop
in Texas without wacking up a
week., or two ago was Seaman
First Class Ted Clark, who was
returning to California after
spending a leave here. ,
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TO CLOSE VASS ROAD
Fort Bragg, N. C., Oct. 28—
The Raeford-Vass road will be
clipsed from Manchester road to
Plank road from 8:00 a. m. Mon
day, Nov. 3 to /8:P0 a. m., Sun
day Nov. 9, due to artillery firing.
Group Attends
4-H Club Electric
Meet In Raleigh
Myrna Almond of Rt 1 Aber
deen, William Cook of Rt. 2, Rae
ford, Hoke High school 4-H Club
members, and Josephine Hall
Hoke County Demonstrtaion A-
gent, spent Monday and Tuesday,
October 27 and 28, in Raleigh,
where they attended ' the 4-H
Club Better Methods Electric
Congress which was co-sponsor
ed by the Carolina Power and
Light Company, tjie Virginia E-
lectric and Power Company, and
the Westinghouse Educational
Foundation/ The group registered
at the Carolina Hotel on Sunday
evening. All expenses of the trip
were paid by the above named
companies.
The most interesting and var
ied, program for the two day ses
sion included speeches by 'Gov
ernor R. Gregg Cherry on “Youth
in North Carolina A'^riculture”,
and Dean. I. O. Schaub^ Director
of N. ‘ C. Agriculture Extension
Service, who spoke on “The Need
of Better Methods in Agricul
ture.”
Educational tours were made
to the Pine State Creamery, the
Taylor Food Plant, the Bamtoy
Bakery, and the Carolina Power
and Light substation.
A delightful barbecue supper
and Halloween party were enjoy
ed on .Monday evening at the
Tar Heel Cluib near Raleigh.
Prizes and certificates were *3-
■warded' at the supper. Square
dancing, folk dancing, grand mar
ching, and various games were
enjoyed at the party.
A breakfast meeting was held
on Tuesday morning and reports
from ' four territorial winners
were heard. Each of these win
ners received a $100.00 scholar
ship toward a college degree.
A turkey dinner was served at
■12:30, after which Mr. D. S. Wea
ver, Head, Agricultural Engineer
ing, N. C.. State College, spoke on
“Where Do We Go Fpm Here?”
The county winners from Hoke
County, as well as the Home A-
gent, received a great deal of
pleasure in attending the meeting
and are most gratdful to the Car
olina Power and Light. Company
for making the trip possible.
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SEN. UI4STEAD WILL ADDRESS
REA MEETING HERE WEDNESDAY
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Over 1000 Members Of Co-op Are
Expected To Attend Moming^
Meeting At High School
The Honorable William B. Umstead, of Durham, Junior
United States Senator, from North Carolina, will be the prin
cipal speaker at the seventh Annual Meeting of the members
of the Lumbet- River Electric Membership Corporation to
be held in the auditorium of the Hoke County High School
here next Wednesday morn-
Poovey To Leave
White-Tex Mill
Remains Of Lumber
Bridge Veteran
Come From Europe
Among the 6251 bodies of A-
merican veterans of Worltl War
II which came in from Europe
to New York on the Joseph V.
Connolly last Sunday were the
relmains of Staff Sergeant Dan
E. Chason, of Lumber Bridge.
Sergeant Chason was a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A, Chason.
His remains are expected to ar
rive at the Jnmes C. Lentz Mor
tuary here in the next day or
two, and plans have been made
to hold a military service at the
family burial plot near Lumber
■Bridge next Sunday afternoon at
three o’clock.
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M. T. Poovey, superintendent
of WJiite-Tex cotton mY!I
here, stated yesterday that he*
had resigned from the mill’s em
ploy and had been replaced by
■^ob/ert L. Myers of Atlanta,
Georgia. .Mr. Popyey had been
an employee of the ,mill here for
about eight years ,and had been
superintendent since " it was
bought by Troy Whitehead from
Edwin ]Vft)rgan in July of last
year.
He owns his home here and
stated yesterday that he and Mrs.
Poovey would probably remain
in Raeford for several months at
least. They own a home in Rock
ingham where Mr. Poovey was
with the Hannah Pickett Mills
for eight years. He is a native
■of Maiden, in Catawba county.
The new mill superintendent,
Mr. Myers, comes heire from the
E-xpositioii! Cotton Mills of At
lanta, Georgia. He is a native of
Gastonia, N. C., is a BafJtist, is
married and has 4 children. He
expects to bring his family here
as soon as he is able to rent a
house..
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ing at ten-thirty o’clock.
Members of the REA co
operative will attend the
meeting and the general pub
lic is also invited. Over 1000
members and guests are ex
pected to be present, accord
ing to REA officials.
Business to be taken up at the
meeting includes the election of
directors, the consideration of a
raise in the corporation’s defat
limit to allow further rural elec-
tification, and the hearing of re
ports on the past ‘year’s operations
by the officers.
Also on the program -will be
the drawing of S3(X) worth of
prizes which will be awarded to
members of the cooperative in
attendance.
Special attention will be paid
to the problems of farmers who,
do not have el^tricity but ■who
expect it from this cooperative.
230 miles of line is being erect
ed now in the vicinity of Pem
broke. Last week 30 miles of line
was released and energized and
same amount will be
I puf m ■dperaticm this Vhee
this contract ie completed the
Corporation ■will have lOOO miles
of lines. Other applicants are
getting nearer in line for con
struction as 300 more miles are
to be built as fast as materialSj
arrive.
This is to be the first- time
Senator Umstead has been heard
here and the first time iS quite
a few years that any United States
senator has made a speech in
Hoke county.
Mr. Umstead is a ■ lawyer and
was for two years a district so
licitor. He "Was for. three terms
a member of Congress from the
Sixth North Carolina district, vo-
1938. He.
Mrs. Ruth Norton
Is Buried Monday
‘ Mrs. Ruth Ann Norton, 68,
passed away last Saturday' after
noon at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. J. W. Cain, near here.
She was the daughter of the late
John Frank and Margaret Eliz
abeth Mclnnis of Robeson coun
ty. She was the widow of W. W.
Norton.
Survifving are two daughters,
Mrs. Cain and Mrs. B. A. Hum
phreys; three brothers, L. A. and
N. A. Mclnnis, both of Dundar-
rach, and Sandy Mclnnis of Pine
Bluff; and one sister, Mrs. D. M.
McBryde of Red Springs.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at two-thirty Monday after
noon at the Dundarrach Presby
terian church by the Rev. J. W.
Mann, assisted by the Rev. W.
L. Maness. Interc^ient was in the
church cemetery.
PJC Homecoming
Day November 15
Homecoming Day at Presbyter
ian Junior College at Maxton on
Saturday,'November 15 have been
announced by Dr. Charles Brown,
president, and Mr. Mills Kirkpat
rick, secretary, of the Presbyter
ian Junior College Alumni Asso
ciation. The annual alumni meet
ing at 1:30 P. M. and the football
game at 3:0O P. M. will high light
the day. Luncheon, registration in
the alumni book, a barbecue sup
per, and a dande sponsored by
the students will be other features.
The chief speaker at the alumni
meeting will be alumnus David
Alex Bowles.
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TO ATTEND CONFERENCE
Rev. W. L. Maness will hold
his last services of the Methodist
conference year next Sunday and
will leave next Wed^day morn
ing for Elizabeth City where he
will attend the North Carolina
Conference convening there Wed
nesday night, r '
Services will be at Raeford
Methodist church at 11.'OO a. m-i
Community Chapel at 3:00 p. m.,
and Parker’s at 7:30 p. na.
luntarily reti'png in
was primary campaign manager
for Governor R. Gregg Cherry
and was chairman of the State
Democratic Executive Committee
in 1944 and 1946. On December
18, 1946, he was appointed by
Governor Cherry to serve the un
expired term of the late Senator
Josiah W. Bailey. He wiU be a
candidate to succeed himself ilext
year.
FARM NOTES
By A. S. Knowles
A rat control campaign will be
'conducted in Hoke County on
Wednesday, November 19th. Bats
destroy several thousand dollars
worth of food and property eacb
year. It ,.is estimated that one rati
will eat and destroy more than
$2.00 worth in d yeati The bait
will be made the day of the
campaign. Only bait order^ by
November 10th will b^ made up
for the campaign. It will be put
up in three pound packages and
iWiU cost $1.00. It is not poison
to anythinng except rats. 1 paA-
age should be enough to treat tht
average size farm.
Place orders at the Coun^ A-
genfs office before NovemJKW
10th. The campaign will be more
effective if every farmer that has
Tats around will cooperate.
Forest fires have recently caus
ed millions bf dollars worth o.
damage in the New EnglaiMi
states. Let's prevent forest
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