n * - -=1, ^ ‘ 4v . {)' - k . 'f . §'' ■ ' - - -A ".- ^ . - y4W^,wr^. :^s "Ti -c#- a?' IAN UBERTY rt- t. VOKf Of fUtPOM WOlt 1 MMDUJI oruBfliiv The Hoke County The JHoke County Journal THURSDAY, JANUARY* 15,1948 RAEFORD, N. C. S2L09 FEB YEAB ■vl4V|X g£.r-;yf •■-/ ADDENDA By The Editor '■ti-r.f ••• .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. 0- 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. —0 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 $49.64. m BW COURT F. Knox Wat$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 ■/ 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. ■ ■ . 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. q 3 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 t 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. -0 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 ^ 0 I !!■ 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. ilf'

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