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Mrs. Stanley Crawley, manager
of the Mildouson school lunch
room, is hack on the job after be
ing quiite ill for some time. Mrs.
AC H. Mc(Phaul of the faculty,
managed the lunchroom during
Mrs. Crawley’s absence.
The eye clinic for white school
children started yesterday and
will go through tbday. Dr. Dan
Currie is in charge with Mrs.
•Louisa Bullock of the Statie Com
mission for the blind assisting.
Mr. M. A. Northrop of the City
Optical Company, FayetteviiUe,
is making the prescriptions. The
Health and Welfare departments
are cooperating with the schools
in this project. The Raeford
Graded school lunchroom is fur
nishing lunch for the out-of-town
pupils. A similar clinic for the
colored children will be held in
January.
R. A. Smoak and Misses Wom-
ble and Thornburg of the Ashe-
mont faculty attended a meeting
held in Fayetteville by the State
IDepartnaent of Public Instruction
on the use of the new English
books last Monday.
The Raeford Graded school has
two collection, boxes in the hall,
one for toys and the other for
cash contributions for the under
privileged children of the coun
ty. After the toys are brought in
the Boy Scouts will work them
over and repaint all that need it.
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HOKE HIGH
Members of the Journaliism
Club and other school pupils, un
der the direction of Mrs. Arthur
D. Gore,- faculty adviser to the
club, saw the Freedom Train in
Raleigh last Saturday. They also
saw matinee of “The Ice Vofeue
of 1048,” iin addition to Mrs. Gore,
Mrs. R. L. Murray and Mrs. N.
B. Blue went as chaperones.
J. Vance Norton
Dies In Sleep
Early Wednesday
John Vance Norton, 50, died
quietly during the early morning
hours of ^sterday at the home of
Mrs. Marcus Culbreth, his sister,
with whom he resided. He had
not been ill and was found by the
family when they arose yester
day.
He was born August' 23, 1807,-
the son of the late W. M. and Har
riet Mclnnis Nortbn of this cdtin-
fy.
Funeral services will be con
ducted this afternoon at the Rae-
'fordi Methodist church by the
pastor, the Rev. P. O. Lee, assist
ed by the Rev. B. P. Robinson, a
former pastor. Burial will be in
the Raeford cemetery.
Surviving are one son, Ken
neth C. Norton; five sisters, Mrs.
I^mory Townsend, Mrs. Marcus
Culbreth, of Raeford, Mrs. Rob
ert Whitaker of Enfield, Mrs. J.
T. Johnson of Wilmington, Mrs.
James A. Doggett of Greensboro;
three brothers, W. L. Norton of
Selma, H. O. Norton of Bruns
wick, Georgia, and Bradley Nor
ton of Greensboro. !
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Native Hoke 'Man
Dies In Texas
Friday Nifi^ht
The Glee Club and Band, under
the direction of Miss Owen and
Mr. Melvin, will give a Christmas
concert Thursday evening, De
cember 18. This program will
take the place of the December
meeting of the Raeford-Hoke P-
TA.
Report cards were sent out
yesterday. Parents are urged to
check closely to see whether
their chidren are falling down on
their work or not.
Mr. Phillips went to Rockipg-
ham Wednesday to attend a Dis
trict MeeUng 'of Agriculture
Teachers.
The December issue of THE
HOOKE HIGH LIGHTS came out
Wednesday of this week.
Every room in the Hoke High
School made a score of one hund-
,red per cent in the Junior Red
Cross Drive held in the school
this week.
Miss Owen entertained her
voice pupils and theicr Mothers at
a recital tea at the home of Mrs.
H. C. McLguchlin on Wednesday
afternoon of this week.
The Sauline Players gave a
dramatization of’-^ene Stratton-
Porter’s “Freckles”- Wednes'day iin
' the, high school auditoriiim.
The first home ib;asketball game
tvill be played December ^9. On
December 16, the teams will go
to Hope Mills to play there-
Four new pupils have b^en en
rolled^ iih the high school since
Thanksgiving.
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Nearly^ 306,006 rural consi^imdrs
were hooked, up t6’'EEA-iinanced
lines between June*'30, 1946 and
June SO, 1947.
The Rev. William Angus Mc
Leod, D. D., died at his home in
Cuero, Texas, last Friday night
after a brief heart illness. He was
born near Raeford of prominent
Scottish parentage, the late John
Daniel McLeod and Amanda Cur
rie McLeod.
fe' is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Mattie Vinson McLeod; a son,
William Angus, Jr., of McAllen;
a brother. Dr. Newton McLeod
of Dallas; a,sister, Mrs. Margaret
McLeod Smith of Livingston;
three grandchildren, all of Texas.
In North Carolina are many
close relatives and friends. The
funeral was held Sunday after
noon at the First Presb3rterian
church in Cuero, which he had
served as pastor for 28 years.
Dr. Mcl^d graduated from
Au.''^in Theological seminary _in
1902 and was pastor of Austin
Presbyterian church and profes
sor of theology! at the seminary
prior to being an overseas chap
lain in the Army during World
War I. After* the war he served
his final pastorate continuously.
He was a leader in his General
Assembly, author of historical
brochures and. moderator of the
Synod of Texas.
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Speeders Again
Crowd County
Recorder s Court
TEN FINED; FOURTEEN
OTHER DEFENDi^^S
ALSO APPEAR
State Highway Patrolmen and
other officters picked up a total
of ten deflendants- for exceeding
the speed limit in Hoke County
last week. Three of these defen
dants appeared for trial Tuesday
morning in Recorder’s court be-,
fore Judge Henry McDiarmid and
the other seven forfeited bonds
of $2i5 they had posted with the
arresting officers. ■
Th^e three who appeared were
Felix A. Campbell, white, and
Raymond Fuller, colored, both of
Fayetteville, and Doc Morisey,
colored, of Hoke County. ,.A11
three paid fines of $10 and the
costs. Those who forfeited bonds
of $25 for failing to appear were
Jdmes E. Doyle, white of Ohio
Harry Hamby, white of Texas,
Harry Lewis, white of New York,
Allen R. Rose, white of Florida,
Mack W. Sloan, wh1|e of Wins
ton-Salem, W. L. Smith, Jr., white
of South Carolina, and Arthur
M. Woodburn, white of Mary
land. Hamby also forfeiteid a bond
of $25 he had posted for driving
wit\out a driver’s license.
Paul Baxley and L. L. Faircloth,
both local white men, and Fred
McRae, local colored man, were
all charged with violating the pro
hibition laws by possession of
non-tax-paid liquor. McRae en
tered a plea of guilty of owning
the liiquor and Baxley and Fair-
cloth w'ere found not guilty.
Douglas Hennegan, colored of
Fayetteville, was found guilty of
j having an- improperly equipped
car on the highway and with al
lowing an improperly licensed
Christmas Seal
Contributions
Still Welcome
chauffeur ^to drive it. He paid
$10 and the costs. James F. War
On November 24 the County
Christmas seal committee, head
ed by Mrs. R. L. Murray, sent out
letters to citizens * of the county
containing Tuberculosis seals and
soliciting contributions. Mrs. Mur
ray reports'that response to these
requests has been good, but states
there are many who have not re-
sponded.
’ In their letter the committee
pointed out the fact that tuber-
culosiis" control is an impbftant
work that is being done in the
community ^ and which good citi
zens believe" in and want to see
continued. It stated, that^the mon
ey is needed o''carry on the work.
Mrs. Murray stated that team
work in Hoke county so far has
made possible the X-ray survey
held here during the year, help
ed pay for a nurse in the health
department, and has aided in tu
berculosis control generally.
She made a plea to all who
have 'not contributed to the
Christrpas seal drive to do so, in
order that this highly important
iwork may be continued. Contri
butions may be sent to Mrs. R.
L. Murray, Raeford, N. C.
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ren, also colored of Fayetteville,
paid $10 and the costs for driv
ing with an improper chautfeur’s
license.
Alfonso Johnson, colored, was
charged with the temporary lar
ceny of a truck and the loss of
some powers saws from it. Pro
bable cause was found and John
son posted a $500 bond for his
appearance in Superior court.
M8>colm McNeill and James
M. McCall, ^otih "colored, were
charged with the larceny of corn
from the farms of Roland Cur
rie and J. A. Blue. Each was
found guilty and sentenced, to
serve 4 months on the roads, sen
tence.-in each case to be suspend
ed ot payment of $7^50 to Currie
and Blue, and on payment of $26
and the court costs by each de
fendant.
Farmers Elect
Committees For
AAA Program
Results of community elections
for farmer committeemen to 'ad
minister. important farm pro
grams during the coming year
have been announced by T. D.
Potter, Chairman, *Hoke County
Agricultural Conservation (AA
AI Committee.
The results follow' with the
first named in each township be
ing chairman and the last nam
ed being the delegate to the
county coftvention.
Allendale Township; L. A. ,Mc-
iGugan, J. A. Roper, Jr, John W.
Hasty, Alternates, Archie D. Mc-
Girt, David Currie; J. W. Hasty.
Antioch Township: W. L. Gib
son; W. C. Hodgin; Alternate, G.
‘C. Lytle; J. M. Andrews. ,
Blue Springs Township: r! J.
Hasty; E."' C. Smith, Jr; James R.
■Hendrix; , Alternates, J. F. Mc
Millan, Jphn Henry Currie; R. J.
Hasty.
Little River Township: E. B.
Blue; L. D; Brooks; N. A. McGill;
Alternates,' C. H. Marks, Martin
H. Cameron; L. D. Brooks.
McLauchlin Township; A. T.
Jones; D. rP. Gillis; Phillip R.
Johnson; ^ternate, Roy Jones;
John'Parkai
Quewhiffl* Township: Ufa
Mathews; l^oah Brown; W. L.
Thornburg; Alternates, R. R. Co-
\ t
thran, R. D.' Strother; R. R. Co
thran. i
Raeford Township: W. J. Mc
Neill; C. F. Tapp;. T. B. Lester;
Alternates, John K. McNeill, Jr.,
J. L. "Warner^ C. F. Tapp.
StonewalF-^To-wnship; "W. L,
Smith; W. J. McBryde; Clifford
Bostic; Alternates, B. F. McGre
gor, H. T. Hines; R. H. Gibson.
The ' delegates to the County
Convention met Saturday, Dec
ember 6 and elected the County
Committee, for. 1948 as follows;
T. D. Potter, Chairman; John
Parker, Vice-Chairman; Ira T.
Newton, Member; N. F. Sinclair,
First-Alternate; C. H. Marks,
Second Alternate.
Willie McPhatter, colored, paid
the \)sts for driiving his car with
improper equipment.
Julius McRae, ^ James Willie
Sinclair, Nathaniel Ingram and
A. D. Dammons, age,d 20, 15, 16
and 35, respectively, colored of
the county, were 'charged "with
stealing wheat from the farm of
Arch McRae. Sinclair, Ingram
and Dammons got sentences of
t'vvo, three and six months, re
spectively, to be suspended on
payment of $25 and the costs
each and on condition of -good
behavior for two years. McRae,
who appeared to have been the
instigator of the crime, got 3
months on the roads.
Choral Group Will
Sing “The Messiah”
Tomorrow Evening
Tomorrow evening,' Friday,
December 12, at 8;15 o’clock the
Civic Choral Society of Red
Springs will present the Christ
mas portion of “The Messiah,”
by Georg Frederick Handel. Out
standing solists will appear in
the production, which will be
under the direction of Dean Rob
ert Reuter of the Flora Macdon
ald college music department.
Soloists from Davidson, New York
and Chicago will participate, and
a fine evening of Christmas mu
sic is expected.
Several people from this com
munity will take part in this sec-
red concert. Among them are
Misses Bonnie Kate Blue, Cathe
rine Blue, Agnes Mae Johnson,
Mrs. W. B. He3rward, Lacy Clark,
H, G. Clark, Robert Murray, Jr.,
and Miss Alice Walker, piano ac
companist. ■ ' ■■
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Harry Greene is spending this
week in Edenton.
Alex Brigman, white, was’char
ged' with interfering with the
gathering of crops by J. C. Gib
son. He was found not guilty.
BROTHER OF MRS.
I. H. SHANKLE DIES
News was received--, hWe this
week that P. L. Burris^ bsptl^er
of Mrs. I. H. ^hankie of Raeford,
had. passed „away.,^t Albemarle
early Tuesday morning.
Fqneral services will be con
ducted in Albemarle this after
noon at two o’clock.
SANTA CLAUS WILL
VISIT LOCAL STORE
Cotton Officials
Map Insect F^hU
Upchurch l^ieaks
HEAVY YIELDS REPORTED
AT SOUTHERN SESSION
FROM INSECTICIDES
Irving Hubbard, manager of
Collins Department store here,
announced this week that ar-,
rangemens had been completed
with Santa Claus for that gen
tleman to make a personal ap
pearance at the '•store next Tues
day afternoon. Hubbard states
that according to a telegram he
received from Claus ' yesterday
Saint Nick would arrive in Rae
ford by air next Tuesday after
noon at approximately four-thir
ty o’clock, and that he would try
to bring a small gift for ^11 the
children he sees. at that time.
Claus alsOj asked that all child
ren who have not written their
letters do so and bring them to
the Collins store Tuesday after
noon. Further Information may be
seen in an advertisement on the
the back page of this issue.
Heavy cotton yields through
proper use of insecticide to com
bat boll weevils were rep^^ted
Monday by T. B. Upchurch," Jr.,
Raeford, N. C., president of the
N. C. Cotton Growers’ Associa
tion at Columbia, S. C.
Upchurch told the National
Cotton Council’s first annual
Southeastern cotton insect con
trol conference opening a two-
day meeting that application of
insecticides during 1947 enabled
a small group of Hoke County,
farmers to increase their income
$76,200.
He said insecticides were ap
plied to 1,542 acres, increasing
their yield by 5.08 bales, at a cost
of $15,400, which was offset by
a seed yield increase of 866
pounds an acre, an increased seed
profit of $15,000.
Quick relaying of, research in
formation on insect control to a-
gencies was asked by E. C. West
brook, Athens, Gr., extension cot
ton specialist.
State Vocational Agricu^Hture
Supervisor R. H. Thomas, Raleigh,
N. C., said there were 300,000
students and farmers in voca
tional agriculture classes in 12
Southern States, a fertile field
for spreading insect control in
formation. i
The pink bollworm is poten-
tially-^the most serious pest of the
U. S. cotton crop. Dr. P. N. .An-
nand of Washington, chief of the
Federal Bureau of Entomology
and Plant Quarantine, said.
He told researchers, educators
and agriculturists attending the
conference, w'hich ended Tues-^
day, that it was “even more
dangerous than the bollweevil.”
The weevil, he said, destroyed
more than $319,000,000 worth of
cotton in 1946;, but “the pink boll-
worm has wiped out the cotton-
growing industry in Hawaii, the
Philippines, and some other is
lands where cotton production
once was an important enter
prise.
“The greatest immediate dan
ger to the Southeast arises from
the light pinlv^ollworm infesta
tion in the wild cotton in the
south of Florida”, he explained.
Direcfor H. O. Cooper of the
South Sarolina experiment sta
tion at Clemson College said that'
small cotton plants generally
were aided by destruction of the
first fniit buds, and suggested
that farmers put the weevils to
work, destroying these buds on
small-sized cotton plants, before
killing the pests.
He said any insect control pro
gram had to be systematic, to
create a constant demand for ad
equate equipment and poisons.
Entomologist F. S. Arant of the
Alabama A-gricultural Experiment
Station at Auburn said an in*-
crlease "in cotton boll worms had
been noted as farming divei^ified
and as more legumes and other
plants, on which the worms feed,
W'ere grown. ’
Presiding was Robert R. Coker
of Hartsville, general Qhairmaa
of the conference.
Formulation of a. 1948 insect
control conference for the entire
Southeast, council officials 'said,
will come from the sessions here.
Glen Gray Da^ce
At Raeford Armory
Next Wednesday
Long known for their smooth,
sophisticated dance rhythms,
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma
Orchestra are coming to the Rae
ford Armory ..December 17, 1047,
under the sponsorship of Ameri
can Legion Post No. 72 of Aber-
deen. '
Presenting the exquisite musi
cal patterns that have earned
them .widespread acclaim, Glen
Gray and the Casa Loma orches
tra bring with thefn the recent
popular and ever-beloved stand
ard tunes in a pleasant, melodious
manner.
This all-star orchestra has ap
peared at the leading entertain
ment places of the country, and
has been seen in such motion pic
tures as “Jam .Sessio^’ for Co
lumbia and “Smoke Rings” for
Universal.
There will naturally not be a
square dance at the^ Armory next
Wednesday niight. There will al
so not be one on Wednesday, De
cember 24. The next square dance
in the regular series being held
by National Guard Battery A
will be held on the night of Wed
nesday, December 31, New Year's
eve.
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Ashford Urges
Farmers To Plant
More Cotton In ’48
Mrs. Bruce Wilkes
Dies In Maxton
Saturday Afternoon
Mrs. Bruce Wilkes, native of
this county died at her hom.e in
Maxtoti^'V 4:15 o’clock Saturday
afternoon aiter a lingering ill
ness of several years. She was 55
years of age.
Mrs. Sarah Wilkes was born in
the part of this coua.ty that was
in Cumberland county at that
time, the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Monroe.
Funeral services were- conduct
ed at eleven o’clock Monday
morning at Center Presbyterian
church by the Rev. Mr. Young
of Maxton assisted- by the Rev.
H. L. Hemphill, pastor of Galatia
Presbyterian church. Burial was
in the churchyard, cemetery.
Surviving are her husband, of
Maxton; one son, ^Rufus Wilkes
of Camden, S. C.; one daughter,
Margie Wilkes of Hempstead,
Long Island, N. Y.; two brothers,
Henry Monroe of Parkton and G.
J. Monroe of Fayetteville: five
sisters, Mrs. H. L. Townsend,
Mrs. J. R. Neal, Mrs. O. L. Kelly,
and Mrs. I. J. Lassiter, all of
Fayetteville, and. Mrs. W. B.
Willis of this county.
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Three Weeks Until
Car Inspection
Law Effective
“Such a program is made ne
cessary by the. fact that in 1046,
insects damaged the cotton crop
in the Carolinas, Geo'hgia and Al
abama to the extent of $102,000-
000,” Coker said. The four states
experienced more- than 36 per
cent of the entire insect loss for
the whqle Cotton Belt.”
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One way to take out “life 'in
surance” on your electric appli
ances is to store them in a cle^n,,
handy, dry placci where they will
be protected from falls. . .
Motor vehicle owners through
out the State are being warned
by State Highway Patrolmen and
the Department of Motor Ve
hicles to get their cars in good
shape by January 1, 1048, when
the, State’s Highway safety pro
gram and inspection law will go
into 'effect.
One -of the most vital provi
sions of the. program is that pro
viding for periodic inspection of
all motor vehicles registered in
the State. All vehicles must be
.inspected once * during ^048 and
twice a year thereafter.
The purpose of peridoic in
spection is to discover anything
•wrong with a vehicle that may
cause aA accident, .directly or in
directly, to rejnove, this and to
prevent the ac^dent. Motorists
in other states tvith inspection
laws say it is cheaper “to have
their cars checked regularly than
to wait until breakdowns occur.
The service .will be brought
close. 40 “safety lanes” will be
established in the State and they
w.ill be moved periodically. A fee
of $1.00. will be ■cha^'ged during
1948 and 1949 and^75 cents there
after. ' -
After inspection one of .three
things happens to a car.. The. first
and best is 'when ‘it g^ts a blue
BEST CROP
SAYS IT K B
WITH WHl
REPLACE TOBACCO
CH TO
Cotton is “the most logical cash
crop to help Hoke County farm
ers make up at least some of the
approximate $645,000 income loss
they will suffer from the 28 per
cant blanket reduction in 1048
flue-cured tobacco acreage allot
ments,” George J. Ashford, Red
Springs, North Carolina, Presi
dent of the Carolinas Ginners As-
sociatiion. d'eciared todaj^.
“Inventories of cotton are more
depleted than in many a year,”
Ashford said, “and less change
over in farming operations \pll
be required to supplement next
year’s income loss if at least a
part of the 1,1317 acres ildled in
Hoke County by this reduction
is planted to cotton.
“Also favorable to 1048 cotton
producers are this year's success
ful experiments with insecticides
to control pests and the raw cot
ton requirements of the, 16 Eu
ropean nations seeking aid under
the Marshall Plan. According to
the United States Foreign Trade
Division, if these requirements
are met, total exports of all
growths next year will be about
5.000,000 bales or 25 per cent
higher than this year.”
i’'orth .Carolina’s chief cotton
seed ^!:ij^j''cou.yies n the Ptc i-
mont section have been heavily
damaged by adverse weather,
Ashford said, and our cotton
farmers -are now looking to Miss
issippi, .-llabama and Georgia for
their planting- seed for the com
ing year.
“The harvesting season in these
states," he added, “has been more
favorable and if orders are plac
ed early, sufficient seed can be
obtained before planting time.”
FARM NOTES
By A, S. Knowles
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The first 4-H Pig Show ■will be
held in Raeford Saturday of this
week. Eight purebred " gilts will
be on exhibit from 10:00 A. M.
until 4:30 P. M. in the vacant lot
between Raeford Hardware and
Home FcM>d Market.
It is expected that these gilts
will/Rmm the foundation for iim-
proved\swin^j'Tn he county dur
ing the coining years. ^
The Progressive Farmer mag
azine recently carriie4 artacle
entitled “How Can Eastern North
Carolina Farm Prosperity Be
Maintained”. This article is by
Dr. L. D. Baver, Defector o£ N.
C. Experiment Station. It shows
that eastern North Carolina' de
pends too much on crops for i(ts
income.
Hoke County, when compared
to j%ther counties in North Caro- ■
Una, ranks 74th in the number of
farms. Of the eleven major crops,
Hoke ranks 41st in value of these
crops. Hoke County ranks 85th
in number of...dairy cattle, 71st
in number of hogs, and 80th in-
number of acres in pastures.
From these figure^, we can see
an unbalance between crops and
livestock. A reductiori ,of 28% in
the tobacco acreage will mean
a reduction of about half a mil
lion dollars in income next year.
One way to help make up this
loss is to put more livestock on
our farms. We. should establish
several small dairies, increase
our swine industry, and establish
more beef hei-ds. - Before we can
go very far in livestock produc>*
tion, ,we must establish good per
manent .pastures and provide
supplementary grazing’as iwell' as
growing more grain to feed live
stock.. ■#*'
Every farm in the county shouMI
be put to its best use. Dtatiag tiM
(Continued on Pase 4)
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