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The JHoke County Journal
THURSDAY, JANUARY* 15,1948
RAEFORD, N. C.
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ADDENDA
By The Editor
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.Walter McPhaul, white man who
lives here and who is a native of
the DufEie’s station section, wish
es it-known that he is not the
Walter McPhaul listed in some
papers last week as having lost
his driver’s license fecently for
driving drunk.
Hoke HBgh beat Red Springs play-
^g basOcetball, 31-2®, and Aber
deen beat Hoke High, 89“A®- What
we want to know is how bad
would Aberdeen beat Red Springs?
The old Yarborough Place, owned
by J. C. Gibson, was sold at pub
lic auctibn yesterday by the
Goldston brothers, the real pro
perty reportedly bringing over
$16,000. The largest buyer was
Mrs. Lydia McDonald, who owns
neighboring farm property.
Over $32,000 has been received in
payment for stock in the Hoke
County Development Corporation,
according to H. L. Gatlin, Jr.,
treasurer. A contract has al
ready been sent to the American
Wringer company for considera
tion, and it is. expected that the
corporation’s ciiarter will be ap
plied for in the next day or two.
Over $20,000 is still outstanding
‘in pledges for stock. They are
now due.
br. Walker Healy, pastor of the
‘First Presbyterian church of Fay
etteville,. will speak to the men
Of the Raeford Presbyterian
church at their regular monthly
meeting and supper at the church
next Tuestday at 7:00 p. m.
“ '''ibii^lhgt&iiied vbitor an Speaker
at the Kiwanis meeting last week
was Dr. E. J. Coltrane, president
of Brevard college and newly-
elected governor of the Carolinas
Kiwanis District for 1948.
Mayne Albright, candidate for the
Democratic nomination for ‘gov
ernor of North Carolina in the
primary this spring, has advised
The News-Journal that he ex
pects to be in Raeford and Hoke
county on Saturday, January 24.
James L. Warner, seaman, second
/| i class, U. S. Navy, is serving a-
board the escort carrier USS Si
cily, which is on active duty with
Carrier Division 17 of the At
lantic Fleet, according to a Navy
dispatch received this week.
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Davidson Coach
To Address Alumni -
Tn Fayetteville
Davidson- College, football coach
Charlie Jamerson will be the
principal speaker at the annual
meeting of Davidson alumni from
■ ' the Cape Fear' area scheduled for
Breece’s Banquet Hall in Feyette-
yille next Tuesday.
% Eugene M. Sutton of Fayette
ville, President of the group, re
cently announced the , comple-
V tion of plans for the stag dinner.
• Davidson men and the father’s
of Davidson students from Fay
etteville, Raeford, Wadesboro,
Rockingham, Hamlet, Laurinburg,
Maxtori, Lumberton, Fairmont,
Red Springs, Clinton, and Dunn
.4,,!! are invited to.attend.
Jamerson, newly elected head
football coach who succeeds Bill
Story, will bring movies of a
Davidson, game and will combine
comments on the movies with a_
summary of the prospects for
next fall.
, Sutton will preside at the ban-
‘‘ quet and act as toastmaster and
^ a large gathering of Cape Fear a-
^ lumni are expected to attend the
’"J annual meeting,
4^^ I The business will be held to a
minimum with the election of new
officers the only item on the doc
ket. Retiring officers of the group
arc: Sutton, President; Hector
i MacLean, Lumberton, VicejPresi-
' ^ dent and George Matthews, Fay
etteville, Secretary-Treasurer.
Inspection Lanes
To Visit Every
County During 1948
Raleigh, N. C. Jan. 14—^Arthur
T.i Moore, head of the State’s
Mechanical Inspection Program,
said today that a great portion of
the State’s citizens were need
lessly upset over plans for the
inspection program.
He added that many had the
idea they would have to drive
several hundred miles to lane
headquarters for their inspection
this year. Moore said: “There ^
absolutely no need to worry^ for
we have emphasized over and
over again that the lanes are por
table, and that they will be trans
ported from county to county in
order to reach all motorists in the
State.”
He said he had had numerous
queries from vehicle-owners in
Craven and Carteret counties,
who believe that just because
Headquarters for lane 33 had beeu
set UP in Greenville that every
one M those counties would have
to drive to Greenvidle for an in
spection.
Moore added that headquarters
for each of the State’s 36 inspec
tion lanes were set up on the
basis of motor vehicle population,
and each lane was planned to
take care of 20,000 vehicles twice
p year. In some counties there
are 20,000 or more, vehicles with
in a given county, and in such
cases there is one lane to service
that’ county. However, in cases
t^here there were "ot 20,000 re-
gisjVed vehicles within a given
c(junty, then ^ adjoining counties
were taken in until the required
20,000 vehicles could be found.
Headquarters were set up,
therefore, in counties with the
heavies? vehicle population," but
this does not. mean that the lanes
will remain there all the time.
It merely means that for admini
strative purposes the headquar
ters were established there, but
the lanes will be transported
from county to county in order
to reach all vehicle owners. And
Moore added that no , car or truck
owner should worry, for a lane
will visit each county several
times during the year, regardless
of whether headquarters are set
up there or not.
9iti'.tens in some areas, particu
larly in the East, have become so
upset, Moore saiid, that he had
been besieged ^ with letters and
phone calls from irate -citizens,
and has even -had letters from*'
some Congressmen on the matter.
Moore added that he had not
anticipated that there would be
so much confusion and misunder
standing when he released to the
papers the headquarters and the
.counties each lane would coVer.
He added that he 'hoped the
misunderstanding would be clear
ed up because the inspection pro
gram was getting much criticism
because of it. He said residents
of Burke County-^had .been most
displeased to learn* that head
quarters would be set up in Shel
by to cover Burke and Cleve
land counties. He added that citi
zens in this area, as in all .others,
could rest assured that an in
spection lane will visit Burke, as
well as all other counties in the
State several times during 1948.
He further stressed that a mo
torist could have his car inspect
ed at any lane he desired.'There
is nothing compulsory .. about
where the inspection takes place,
so long as the vehicle owner goes
to one of the stations during the
year.
Annual Convention
Farm Bureau ln>^
Agheville Feb^l, ^ 8
Jan. 13—
Bureau will
2th annu.^1 state coiit
2; 3, and 4, in
Greensboro, N.
North Carolina Far
hold its
vention
Asheville,^ “i^ith leading represen
tatives of agriculture, industry
and labor joining with outstand
ing legislators in a program of
unusual interest, R. Flake Shaw,
Executive Viee-iPresident, an
nounced today. . , * ■*
“This year’s convention will be
one of the most important ever
held by the North Carolina Farm
Bureau,” Shaw said. “A well-
rounded program is being deve
loped and we feel sure everyone
who attends will receive consid
erable benefit from the discus
sions addresses and gommodiity
conferences.”
i^rangements have been made
a ^rm ^Hureau Special
tfih Sputhern Railway,
iff at least SoV^pembefs indicate
they wish tq make^e trip' by
train, Shaw said. The special
train would originate at Golds
boro, as did last month’s Farm
Bureau Special for the organiza
tion’s national meeting im Chica
go, with stops scheduled at major
points enroute to Asneville. Early
registration for the train mdst m
made by those planning 4io go by
rail, Shaw said. \
Main sessions of the meetirig'
will be held in the City Auditori
um, adjacent to the George Van
derbilt Hotel. The opening cere
mony Willi be a colorful add im
pressive candlelight Vesper Ser
vice, Sunday, Feb. 1, at 8 p. m.,
sponsored by the Farm Bureau
Associated Women, headed by
JVTrs B. B. Everett, Palmyra, pres
ident.
Hotel reservations are being
handled through ..County Farm
Bureaus, Shaw saidTX^^e county
units, he added, are engaged now
in electing officials voting dele
gates to the state meeting, offi'
cial representatives on all state
Farm Bureau Committees and a-
dopting \ndividyal county reso-
lutfions^to be presented for cpn-
sidpaatioff^ the coni&ention.
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SliPl^ SUCCESSFUL
'
The chicken stew and oyster
supper at the Rockfish school
Tuesday rlight for the benefit of
the Home' Demonstration club
was very successful. TheS^et pro
ceeds of the affair were $49.64.
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F. Knox Wat$on, ..chaiman
of the Hoke Cohnty board of
eommissioners, sent the fal
lowing telegram to Governor
R. Gregg Cherry yesterday.
, . . request you call off
term of Superior court sche-
edl for Hoke county to cbn-
veW January 19th because of
insufficient cases to be tried.
The local bar joins in this re
quest and the judge and soli
citor have no objection.”
'The Governor in a telepohne'
conversation with The News-|
Journal yesterday stated that
he would comply with the re
quest of the donunissioners
and that thhre wouid be no,
Superior Court in Hoke Comi'
ty next week.
Judge Leo Carr, of Burling'
ton, was scheduled to have
presided at the term. He was
on the bench here last in 1943
for^both the January and Ap
ril terms.
Only caMS on [docket were
three div9^es (twq^^prevlous
ly continued), three appeals
from recorder’s court, aiid two
cases charging ^ssdult with
deadly weapo^ ^
^The savingto the county
wUl amount to several hund
red dollars. “ ‘ •
Civic Club Meets
At Rockfish Tuesday
There was a meeting of the
Rockfish Civic club last Tuesday
night - to discuss furHrer possibil
ities of getting some kind of in-
^^ry to locate in Rockfish. G.
F. Dempsey of Fayetteville and
A. S. Knowles were guests speak
ers for the occasion, and progress
was made toward getting things
lined up to act should an oppor-
tuniity present itself.
A temporary organization set
up with ‘the Civic club with the
Rev. E. B. Booker, president, T.
C. Jones, vice-president and O. L.
Townsend, secretary, and a com
mittee composed of M. S.-Gibson,
A. W. Wood, N. J. Slitter, Mrs.
Herman Koonce and Mrs. K. P.
Ritter.
$4,315 was subscribed to back
j his organization and more was
fromised if needed. Visiitors other
han the speakers were Mrs. G.
F. Dempsjey and the Rev. H. L.
Hemphill.
Poole'^ Medley
BY D. SCOTT POOLE
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Changes, unwarranted changes
in a man’s chances Of living,
make any line of human endeav
or a doubtful ppportuwiiii, of mak
ing a living.
Ticks, redbugs, houseflies, hor
nets, blbwflies, wasps, and' sev- xiance cannot leea nerseii, and
eral other pests have__firdWrS4he reasop is, if the truth were
PTA TO MEET MONDAY
Hoke-Raeford Parent Teacher
Association meets Monday after
noon at 2:30 P. M. at the Gram
mar School Building. A health
program will be prei^ted by
Mrs. Davis’ 6th grade and Miss
Blue’s 5th grade. All parents are
urged to attend.
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Mrs. Lillian Oliver ^ retuhi^
home Saturday after spending
the past two weeks in Shallotte.
scarce. Now in time mpsty' gnats
will. go.
One of the most untruthful,
slanderous articles, and the near
est without any explanation for
iits publication was published in
a popular magazine recently by
a man who passes as a white man.
His caption was “Why I Remain
a Negro”.
Editor Josephus Daniels, pub
lisher of the News and Observer
in Raleigh, made history after he
became Secretary of the Navy,
when he stopped the holding of
liquor parties in the Navy. When
he went as Ambasador to Mexico
he made Good Nei^bors of the
Mexicans, who had always appar
ently,. been deadset enemies of
the United States ^rom time im-
themorial. Mexicans were almost
as bad in their attitude towards
this country as the Russians when
Mr. Daniels went to Mexico.
munists at times, but they are a
very fussy element in the human
family. Their ideas are imprac
tical, and they are selfishness on
legs, and so are not popular.
A book just out tells us why
■France cannot feed herself, and
March Of Dimes
Under Way Here;
3 Square Dances
The 1948 March of Dimes got off
to a whirlwind start here today
in Hoke County with the an
nouncement by W. L. Poole, chair
man of the local March of Dimes
committee, that there would be
a series of three square dances
in the Armory sponsored by the
Hoke County High School Key
club witlB^ll proceeds going to
the anti-polio campaign. The
fund-raising drive marking the
tenth anniversary of the National
Foundation fOR Infantile Paraly
sis started here and over the Na
tion today.
The dances will be held on the
last three Saturday nights in
January, the 1.7th, 24th and 3lst
of the month. Music will be fur
nfshed by the High school string
band and an experienced figure
caller will be on hand. An ad
mission of fifty cents per person
will be charged.
“This year as never before,”
Mr. Poole said, “Raeford and
Hoke county are' going all out in
the drive for funds to care for
infantile paralysis patients. From
today through January 30 every
man, woman and child will have
the. oppOTtuhity to share in com-
battinga dread disease which for
the past five years has hit the
country with the greatest sever
ity ever witnessed in, history.”
known,C dishonesty.
The way Commission
mean tg^gi^a^ all automobiles a
id going over. That is wise, but
s many new cars are wrecked
as old ones. Better stop liquor
drinking, so we will have fewer
wrecks.
. Life in the country since I can
remember is as pleasant and as
full of happiness for the young
people as any city life can. be.
And most folks learri to find a-
musement both in town and in
the country.
There have been many ^Com-
January and February have
been 'noted for gloomy, cloudy
and cold days for the past thre#
quarters of a century. But the
weather this winter has not been
so cold, 24 degrees has been the
lowest reported cold this winter,
I believe, and but. for the fre
quent rains, the weathar hqs not
been bad.•
Continued on Pafs 2
Carolinians Expect
To Fill Ship
For Overseas Relief
Appointment of Mr. Clyde Up
church, Jr. as chairman of the
overseas, relief. *drive ... in. Hoke
county was announced last week
by the North Carolina, Council of
Churches, which is sponsoring
the statewide “Fill a Ship with
Tlr^nd^hip” campaign, January
25-31.
Mr. Upchurch is one of 100
county chairmen who are organ
izing community collections
throughout the stqte to gather
clothing, bedding, shoes and
household goods for shipment
through Church World Service,
official Protestant jverseas relief
agency.
To be packed for shipment, the
materials will go to New Wind
sor, Maryland, where the Church
World Service Center for this
area is located. Oldest and largest
of nine CWS Centers scattered
throughout the United Stdtes, the
New Windsor Center has capacity
for processing nearly a . million
pounds of relief supplies a month.
During the year just ended, 3;-
712,764 pounds of goods were pro
cessed at this Center. Of that a-
mount. North Carolinians, who
have been in the front ranks of
American giving since the war
ended, contributed, 66‘l,641 pounds
Other donations were from Vir
ginia, West Virginia, the District
of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware
and Pennsylvania, ds well as from
•scattered states outside the area.
Not content to ^st on their lau
rels, the people ^ North Carolina
are now out to bund'world friend
ship and save the lives of suffer
ing millions by collecting a whole
shipload of relief supplies.
Civic and service organizations
are uniting with the churches of
the state to make the drive a
success. Gifts wdil be channeled
through Church World Service to
the destitute ovej;seas. Distribu
tion will be on the'basis of heed,
not according to religious, racial
or political discrimination.
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Mr., and Mrs. 'FI M. Rosseland
of Short Hills, New Jersey spent
Saturday night and Sunday in
|he home of their dauther, Mrs.
^Walter McPhaul. They were en
route to Charleston, S. C. and
Oklahoma. ^
^ Mr. and Mrs. Crawford W^ht
spent Friday in Raleigh,.-^h«y
went especially to- sae their son-
in-law, Contuny WaU, who re
cently underwent an operation at
'R^ hospital.
Five Drunks Fail
To Appear; $225
In Bonds Forfeited
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A carload of drunks picked up
by officers^ in the county last
week failed to appear for trial ;in
Redorder’s court Tuesday morn
ing, so their bonds, adding up to
$225 were forfeited. Henry T.
Samsel, the driver, .had posted a
bond of $125 for driving drunk
and $20 for drivimg without a
driver’s ligfense. James Duncan,
David H. Cameron, Helen Cam
eron and Alease Miller all posted
bonds of $20 for being, drunk^and
disorderly. All were white and the
men involved were solcjjers.
Only four cases alleging speed
ing were on docket this week as
compared to fifteen last week.
Harold Oliver, Lawrence Lyerly,.
and Samuel Tyler, all white tou
rists, each forfeited a bond of $25.
Joe Jackson, colored, appeared
for trial and paid $10 and the
costs for speeding and $10 arTd
the costs for not having a driv
er’s license. ,
Mattie Lou Hollingsworth, col
ored, paid the costs for violating
the prohibition laws. , ,
J. L. Strickland, white of Lee
county, got 60 days suspended on
payment of $50 and the costs for
carrying a concealed weapon.
Organ Barton, Indian, plead
guilty of violating the prohibition
laws in two cases by operating
small stills. He got three .months
to be suspended on payment of
$25 and the costs in each case.
Murdie Shaw, colored, got 30
days suspended on- payihent of
$10 and the costs for *driving with
out a driver’s license.
Lawrence Dudley, colored, paid
the costs for being drunk and dis
orderly.
Alex Lyde, colored/ was found
guilty of violating the landlord
.and tenant act by removing crops
without the knowledge , of his
landlord. Sentence was' 2 years
to be suspended on payment of
costs and $319 to F. C. McPhaul.
the landlord. He was given two
weeks to settle the account.
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Hoke High Wins;
Play Here Friday
In a tripleheadei: played at
Red Springs, Hoke High teams
emergdd victorious twice,, the
Jayvees winning 25-8," and the
Varsity recording a thrilling 31-
28 victory. In a prelimenary game
the Red Springs girls defeated
the local girls 39-17. In the jun
ior varsity game, Lester, with 11
points was best for RaefojjL In
the girls game Lewis/^^th
ixiints was best for Rae(^rd, while
McPhaul was high for Red
Springs with 30 points.
In the nightcap, which was the
most thrilling game of the even
ing, the Bu^s^came from behind
at the halfH4-8j to defeat the Red
Devils 31^28. The game was close
all the way in the second half
with the lead changing hands
several times. With two. minutes
remaining in the ■ game and the
spore tied 27-27, the locals forg
ed a head on two quick field goals,
to win. Gulle(W_ with 15 points
was high scorer of the game,
while Beck with 10 points was
best for Red Springs. *
There will be a trjple header
played with Seventy First in the
High School gym Friday night;
with the first game starting at
7:00 o’clock.
Whitehead Plans
To Eventualhf
Double Mill Here
WORK NOW UNDER WAY
ON ADDITIONAL FLOOR
SPACE AT PLANT
Troy Whitehead, owner of the
White-Tex cotton mill he'Te, was
in Raeford this week and reveal
ed his plans for immediate en
larging of the plant and also his
plans loV eventually double its
size.'' \
The mill at the present time
occupies about 30,000 square feet
of floor space and operates 6,049
spindles making cotton yarn. 110
employees are on the payroll,
which runs to about $5,000 week
ly- .
Under construction on the sou
thwest side of the main building
is an annex of 3,000 sq. ft. to
house a carding room to a’.low
for the addition of 3500 additional
spindles, making a total pf 9576
spindles the mill expects to have
running within the next few
months. This additional machinery
will increase the number of em
ployees to about 175 and the
payroll proportionally.
Mr. Whitehead said that he in
tended to continue enlarging the
plant until he had 12,000 spindles
running, roughly double the num
ber presently in operation. He al
so stated that since his decision
to operate the mill instead of "seU
it he and the entire staff was
placing great emphaiis on the
quality of yarn produced here
with jthe intention of .making
Whit^^^Tex ya^ a name for a high
quality product.
As to future plans he said that
he had intention of installing
enough knitting machines to make
jersey cloth of the mill’s entire
output, and that he hoped to add
a cutting and sewing room for
the production of children’s un
derwear.
Robert Mj-eirs, superihtendeint
of the plant, said yesterday that
if present plans materialize and
the business holds up to indica
tions the mill will eventually
furnish, work here for over 300
persons. He also said that the
planned additions will afford work
for highly skilled and paid em
ployees.
Mrs. Murray Reports
Successful Sale Of
Christmas Seals ^
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Mrs. R. L.‘ Murray county-chair
man of the 1947 drive for the
sale of Christmas seals and
Christmas seal bonds for use in
fighting tuberculosis, reported
this week that a total of $1522.60
had- been contrSbuted by the
people of the county.
She expressed her appreciation
to all who. contributed to this
cause and to all those who helped
her with the* drive.
Annual Meetinj? Of
Bank Stockholders
On January 8th the stockhold
ers of The Bank of Raeford held
leir annual meeting. Thej wed
presented with a report of the
operations for' the year' of 1947.
This report revealed that the bank
had increased its Surplus Ac
count to $100,000.00 had paid a
dividend as of January 1st of
12% to stockholders -and had
added funds to its undivided pro
fits. The following Board of Di
rectors were elected to serve for
the year of 1.948, H. L. Gatlin, F.
B, Sexton, J. B. Themai T. B.
Upchurch, Jr., J. L. McNeillt A.-
K. Stevens, C. L. Thomas, H. L.
Gatlin, Jr. and R. B. Lewis.
At a meeting of the Board of
Directors the following officers
were elected for 1948. H. L. Gat
lin, President, R. B. Lewis, Exec.
Vice President, F. B. Se.xton,
Vice President, A.. B. Hamilton,
Cashier and Jessie B. Ferguson,
Assistafft Cashier.
Hoke County Child
Suffers Polio Attack
sc
,Hoke County’s first, jiolio victim
listed for the new year is Della
Mae Chavis, age 3, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Chavis of Lit
tle River Township. Taken iQ
Thursday with a high fever, nau
sea, and vomiting, she was sent
to Moore County hospital foar ob
servation. Saturday morniftf when
word was received tnm' Room
County that it was polto. Mrs.
Ethel M. GMes, Supt of YVtiftee
secured an ambuluee nd toiok
the child to the orthgpg^
tal in Gastonia for treelmsi.
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