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VOLUME XLII NO. 36
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1948
RAEFORD, N. C.
SCHOOL NEWS
9
By K. A. MacDonald
All schools in the county re
opened yesterday after an enfor
ced two day holiday caused by the
sleet and snow. We wish to com
mend the bus drivers for their
care and good .driving under ex
tremely bad' circumstances. The
county superintendent and prin
cipals held special meetings with
the drivers on Wednesday and
commended them for their care
fulness and warned them of the
very dangerous road conditions
they would' face for the balance
of the month. We also wish, to
thank the road men and the high
way patrol for their very generous
and hearty cooperation and help.
The Board of Education held
its regular monthly meeting Mon-
. d*ay night. Routine business was
transacted, anid, reports by the
superintendent on the various as
pects of school' work were heard.
Dr. Koonce, school dentist for
the State Health Department, iis
in Hoke County at the present
under the auspices of the Coynty
Health Department and the school
health program. Dr. Koohce start
led work at-Mildouso^n on Wednes
day. He will go from Mildouson
to Rockfish, do Ashemont', to Rae-
ford Graded. We are delighted to
have . Dr. Koonce back iwith ps
this year. We were delighted with
his work ^eft year While" here.
Dr. Wildox, district health Of
ficer, experts- a - colojecl'^ dendst
this is health week. All the
‘schools are having ■ special work
and special health programs em
phasizing good health.
J. W. Turlington, principal of
the Raeford Graded School, spent
a long week end at home in Fre
mont. He caught the snow just
right;
Mrs. W. T. Gibson, wife of
Principal W. T. Gibson of Hoke
High, was called to Boston last
week by the illness of her mother.
We are glad to learn that her
mother is much improvedi. and
that l^rs. Gibson will return this
week end- -
Carolina Ginners
To Hold Convention
Next Monday
Raleigh, N. C., Jan. Sl^The
theme of the Annual Convention
of the Carolinas Ginners Associa
tion, which convenes in Char
lotte, February 9, will be “Cot
ton in the New Agricultural
Pattern for the. Southeast,’’ it
was announced today.
Fred P. Johnson^ Executive Sec
retary of the organization, states
that some 250 ginners, other raw
cotton interests and agricultural
leaders are scheduled to attend.
Principal speakers for the occas
ion will be D. D. Day, Vice-Pres
ident of The Murry Company,
Dallas, Texas, representing the
Cotton Gin Machinery Manufac
turers Association; H. H. Will-
iianison. Assistant Director, Fed
eral Agriculture Extension Sei’-
vice, Washington, D. C.; C. E. Mc
Daniel, Area Supervisor, Field,
Service, National Cotton Council;
and Lt. L. Y. Ballentine of North
Carolina.
The ginners 1948 program will
be presented'by the Board of Di
rectors. ‘“This program gives
special attenfion to cotton seed
marketing, one-variety work, and
the -organization’s policies in re
spect to new improved gin ser
vice and its influences on produc
tion,” Johnson said.
The ginners program will be
coordinated with the cotton pro
grams of State agencies, particu
larly the AgrUa^tural Extension
Services, he addra.
The program submitted by the
Board will be analyzed by a panel
of s||ecialists and authorities in
aoveral fields «f production, gin-
fkihgf aiid^inM^fcUil»g.
This panel will include agron
omists, entomologists, practical
ginners, ‘gin engineers, represen
tatives of gin machinery, seed
crushers, cotton merchants and
gin specialists from State College,
Raleigh, North Carolina and Clem-
son College, Clemson, S. C.
All persons present are expect
ed to take an active part in the
discussions, Johnson said, as the
program presented at the conven
tion is subject to amendment’be
fore final adoption.
OThe Scout Citizen at Work
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Ten Defendants
Face Recorder;
All Are Guilty
LIQUOR. CARS, INVOLVED
IN MOST CASES
TRIED TUESDAY
BOY sc
WEEK
More than 2,000,069 members of the Hey Scouts of America
will observe Boy Scoot Week, Feb. 6th te’lBth; marking the 38th
anniversary of the organization. This year Boy: Scouts are empha
sizing conservation of food and natural resourced, planting gardens,.
safety and fire prevention, home repate and pterional health check-'
“ ■ ■" *fld Jamborees and
lemhert. Through!
_ _ nif Boy Scouts' of]
America helps Scouts overseas to rebuild their units. So far; more^
than 3,000 tons of equipment have been shipped. Above is the;
official poster marking the Scout, birthday.
Kiwanians Disrobe
For Overseas Relief
ijAll students in "Hoke High who
’ took part,4n^the PepsiirCola con-
> scholarship^ rated above
fk® 300 or
n^picked'bUdentS whb parii-
■' r -
t/f
. Tlie. dplor^ eye clinic kb'
ijeld ne3rt'’tl?ddBe«iiay and Thuli-
i '' • ’ ft r t day. .kebfhary' d-l- and 12, at’ the
' f’ ■ s • y {cUpelihj^jl school.’All
' • ■ —ef4 yvlfp'^aYe^.ihot done
t- ’' . io]'ifet -Htea^ ^ pupils records
t.- .Mrsi ^mpls^'.of
c • dr’MTS.|’jBil^ Of-'the-
' Welfai:d Deportment' aY oWre.;
.. .Ihfs cUfiic Is-sponsofdd-jointly,.
: ^y .tlie'Health Depdrt'ment,
• .t. • fare Dfepartment, Statif OtmMsis-
. " eien for Hre Blind, ainid, the-Rae
ford Kiwanis club. A similar cli
nic for white childrerr was held
in ITrTmber. 78 corrections were
irV’^^il'n this clinic.
Co:;>^’nissioners Hire
2 Rural Policemen
The Hoke County board of com-
■missioners at their regular mon
thly meeting, last Monday employ
ed two rural policemen for the
county and they have both assum
ed their duties. These men will
both work under the supervision
of the county sheriiff, but will be
on salaries paid by the county
and will receive no fees, as de
puty sheriffs do.
J. Crawford Wright, for sever
al years a deputy sheriff, is one
of the two men employed and W
L. Price is the other. -
Price comes here from Lumber-
ton, where he had several years
experience as a rural policeman
and deputy sheriff.'
At the instigation of Clyde Up
church, Jr., county chaiirman for
the- Church World service cloth
ing drive, th/ members of the
.Raefoindi Kiwanis club Who attend-
^ the''^edting at the .High School
•iiinA iioom last .Thwsday night
,ca^\.wore .or brpuj^ht garments
id be ■'giyeh-tor. overseas relaef.y
jDprihg the program the :^n>-.:
bys lineal'uV''and took off thidr
^aments and piled Diem- up. A
'’p¥iSe...3yrpi;^ ^,. to .Club : Pyesiiiei^t.
^ ''■'*i»rUpc|toc^ ‘ioi’ tricing-; pit
the most' domes ^to'r tdief, when
hevBBVdowii tp a suit*- «tr long-,
handled^uniqjfi suits.-
SpeaxIbV of-tte eywti^‘vr®s
A. .K Kdand', of the firm of S.-
Dicksbiiri ■ inve6tmen.t ’bankers* of
Charlotte. Dr. Noland] a natWe Ot:
Virginia, talked about the -re
sources 'of the South in general
and of North Carolina in particu
lar. He also talked about possi
bilities and probabitlities of indus
trial expansion in the South and,
in closing, told briefly the part
played by men of his business in
mdustrial expansion. His talk
was highly interesting to all pre
sent. He was persented to the
club by Crawford Thomas.
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Legion To Hold
Dance At Armory
Friday, Feb. 20th
J. H. Blue member of the A-,
merican Legion committee which
is working on the ball park light
ing project, announced this week
that the post would: sponsor a
dance at the armory on Friday
niight, February 20, for the bene
fit of the lighting fund.
Blue stated that Stephen Lam
bert and his orchestra, of Fayette
ville, had been engaged to play
for the affair, and that he thought
local people would enjoy this or
chestra which comes highly re-
commenided by all. who have
heard iits music.
An extensive' ad'vance sale of
ticljets is" being vconddcted by
the'Legion post and tickets will
be placed orj. sale at Hoke Drug
Co., "kowell ‘D>ug:’Co., McLauch-
lin qn^ Kinlaw’s Jew*
erly store. Admission will be $1.0(1
bn aavaucC’/sale tickets
at'tiie-dowr.
Expect McDuffie To
Succeed Campbell
On Town Board
When questioned yesterday as
to who he thought would succeed
Milton Campbell on the town
board. Mayor W. L. Poole replied
that he considered it fairly cer
tain that John Murdock McDuffie
would be selected by the board to
fill the vacancy. '
The mayor said that alj the
members of the board had eixpress-
ed their choice of McDuffie for
the position. It will be remem
bered that McDuffie was almost
elected in the last town primary
by write-in votes. An official
count of write-in votes-he receiv
ed was 17, of a total of 43 ^st,
so it is apparently the position of
the board that he is ntore nearly
■the ihoice of the people who both
ered to vote last time than any-
onii else. "
Ten cases''were disposed of in
Hoke County recorder’s court be
fore Ju:ge HeAry McDiarmid
Tuesday mornimg, and all defen
dants either entered pleas of guil
ty as charged or were found guil
ty- •
Ernest Cook; white of Cumber
land county, was found guiltj* of
driving drunk. Defendant gave
notice of appeal to Superior court
and bon ' was set at $300. Sen
tence \va.‘; 3 months, suspended on
payment of SIDO and the costs.
C. L. Teal, white of Raeford,
was found.guilty of driving drunk
and sentence-.' to three months on
the roads'. Sentence was , suspen
ded on bayment of fine of $100
and the costs of court.
Boy Ray colored, was charged
with the buying, transporting and
detonating of pyrotechnics (fire
crackers). Sentence of 30 days
was suspended on payment of the
costs.
J. L. Breeden, white of Hope
Mills, paid $10 and the costs for
speeding.
J. L. Yancey, white soldier,
was charged with being drunk
anid. disorderly and with assault,
it being charged that he struck
A. V. Sanders in the Elk Res
taurant here. Yancey failed to
appear and bond of $50 was for
feited.
John Norris, white soldier who
was with ^Yancey, was charged
with violating the prohibition
laws and forfeited: a bond of $25.
Alfred 'Watson, white soldier,
forfeited a $25 bond for speeding.
Z. V. Moss, whiite, got a 30-day
sentence suspended on payment
of the costs for speeding.
Isiaiih Watkins, colored, was
charged with carrying a conceal
ed weapon. He was found guilty
but the judge reserved judgment
until next Tuesday.
C. T. Bender, white, was charg
ed with violating the landlord
and tenant act by removing crops
from a rested farm without pay
ing the landlord, Mrs. Pauline F.
Reid. He was found guilty and
sentence of six months was su
spended on payment of the costs
and on condition that Bender pay
$750 to; Mrs; ^id. He was given
six months to pay her this money
and bond until payment is made
was set al $8dP.
Carolina Glee Club
Here February 28th
Mrs. Younger Snea'i',
of the local Parer.t-7e
sociation, announced t:
that t'ne contract '.vith
versity of North Ca
club had been signed i'
pearance of the group a
school on the night o:
February 2'3, T'ne affai
jointly sponsored 'oy the PT.\ and
the Chaminade music club of Rae
ford.
Under the terms of the con
tract she said that food and lodg
ing for the group woul:; be fur
nished locally, and she said that
families in the community would
be approached by the sponsoring
clubs for help vvit'n this. Sho.said
that the bringing of thi.i distin
guished musical group to Raeford
an. Hoke county .is an adciititr.
to the • cultural life of the -com:-
munity and is deserving of ^the
support of the whole com..Tiunity.
Furt'rrer , inform,ation as to . the
number -of voices, program, etc.,
will be furnished later, s'me said.
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S2.00 PER TEAR
Manager States
REA Constructiofl
To Move Faster
TRANSFORMERS TO COME
IN .MORE RAPIDLY i
D.4LTON SAYS
.■\cc'
rr.anager
tr'c Me.;-;
CO ns tru
operat;-.-e ii
r-apid pace as
transformer
D.
cc-a
paltou, -local
RiVer Elec-
porat.on, the
fo thf^ co-
r.oceed at a more
ne conductor and
man-ufacturers have,
agreed to step up s'hip.r.er.t be
ginning. the first quarter of 1948.
Sonr^e 230 miles of line, in the
centarl part of Robes-jn, county is
ho.oed to be c'-'pieted and e:ter-
ed;-“; I
.n.
' MONDAY
to: _ ^pCly^e Upehurrir» Jr., comman
STTJDENtS RJ^OGNIREOV^I^'o* «« lopal^^erican
TO GO TO DISTRICT
MEET IN PINEHURST
The Hoke county commissioners
and other. county officials will, go
to a meeting of the District as
sociation of county commission
ers iin Pinehurst next Tuesday
February 10. F. Knox Watson,
chairman of the Hoke Board, is
president of the district associa
tion and Charles M. Johnson,
State treasurer and candidate for
governor, will address the group.
• Fqur ItolK €euiaty .Higti 4K!|;umi
riudents Veri* iecnntly »noJRM
of the monthly meeting of
^c'jxMt to be^kriKi, next tCoMay
that they, had'been: «elecjted toC Jit the. .Upchurch ''airport,
inclurion in tfre 'l«47-.4t edition !pi He * kaW tibflit a. chicken ‘«ni>per
the High School Register. should be served at 6i30 p.- 'ml -andi
four are Bobby -Murray, -Bonnie, ‘m^ed all members to attend. •
Kate Blue. Miralyn Johnson f hd,
Nancy Lee Cole.
“The publication, High School
Register, is a biographical index
of outstanding students selected
from schools accredited by the
Southern Association of Colleges
and' Secondary Schools or by the
several states,” the letter of •no
tification said.
$1’70 More’ Giyen
'Td Lifting Fund
The- High S^^i itey club - re
ported yestecd^ ^tihat 'a total of
$!l70. more has-. Ik^-- contributed..
,ta th.e fund the cln6 ‘isiValsing to
help tire Airt^aan. -'-Leg-ioh with,
ito-project to fiix ^e ball park lor
night ball ga'niea.- Thk ,^amount
added to th§'$$()5. repo^t^ last
-wp.elc brings ,lhe total . tg $475.'
Those contributing ^e, as .follows':'
Weather Cuts
Attendance At
Bureau Convention
Asheville,, N. C., Feb. 4. 1948—
Despite the heavy snow which
cripplqut transpiortation faejities
last week end, some 500 members
of the North Carolina Farm Bu
reau were all 'on hand Monday
for the first formal business ses
sion of the organization’s twelfth
annual meeting.
As the convention began, with
J. B. Hutson, Tobacco Associate’s
Bureau officials estimated that at
tendance at the four-day meeting
was cut by more than 50 percent
by the storm. A Farm Bureau
special train on the Southern Rail
way ran from Goldsboro Sunday,
carrying those members able to
travel from their homes to the
principal stations along the way.
One of the high lights of the
meeting was an address by Allan
Kline • American Farm Bureau
President, who said:
“The position of the American
Farm Bureau Federation with re
gard to the present farm program
is that its various segments must
be maintained and strengthened.
It is no imposition to -forget the
teaching of the people, nor to dis
card its achievements.”
“At the same time, we must
meet new conditions wMh an open
mind. It is neither possible nor
desirable to simply maintain
things as they are.”
Other features were the annual
message of W. W. Eagles, Macles-
field, President, the yearly re
port by R. Flake Shaw, Greens
boro, Executive Vice-President of
the State Farm Bureau, and ad
dresses by several leaders.
g'ize' w.:.-;;
.Appro.xi.T.jt
lir.0 in' thtir
son'ccunty.
of lire -fro
’oerton Highwa
Robesc,'. .'..v.'y
added to :;.e
re:‘
r.are mile.-: of
tart of E'-.de-'
'r.in.g al. aertior.s
Red- Springs-Lam-
211 o.ver tr, tije
lire hti just baen
esent contract.
The Cooperat;:;e .is nto'e than
glad to get thi.' section of P.obe-
con co'unty included, the con
tract. as this section of Robeson
County has less power line accord
ing to the density of the people,
than any section within the area
the co-op operates. The co-op will
have 3 phase service available for
approximately 13 miles ^nd 2
phase service avaible for about /
40 miles. These areas with 2 and
3 phase service available will no
doubt, see a number of small hi-
dustries setting up along them
in this section of the county, where
this service has not been avaiil-
able. in the past.
President as *peri^»r: ^ now jStakMST
BASBBAIX. riiAYBRS TO
AJKRIVE MARCH Sy
ROBINSON TO BREACH
There will be Conimunjon ser
vices at the Raeford Methodist
church next Sunday, February 8.
The service will be conducted by
the Rev. B. P. Robinson.
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TURNER TAKES TRIP
TO COLLECT CLOTHES
Clyde Upchurch, Jr., chair
man of the clothing, drive be
ing conducted for overseas re
lief, has announced that the
Boy Scouts will make a house
to house collection in Raeford
next Sunday afternoon be
tween two and five o’clock.
Residents are requested to co
operate and have their cloth
ing contributions ready for the
boys. '■ '
L. W. Turner, manager of the
Johnson Cotton Company here,
returned Sunday from a 10-day
trip to points in the south and
middle west. He was one of 63
deale’.s of .Johne Deere farm im
plements who took the toiir of all
plants of the John Deere company.
He went to Atlanta, Georgia;
Chicago and Moline, Illinois; Du
bqque and Waterloo, Iowa. He
reports that he encountered tern
peratures as low as 10 degrees
below zero in Moline and Dubu
que. .
A'. B. Tapp . • ' $ &.d(l
Mrs. Mary Helton ’ ' 1.00.
Ottis Dunn 4.00
J. M. Norton ‘ 1^00
Beatrice Sinclair 5.00
James L. Currie 2.00
W. M. McFadyen 1.00
Walter P. Baker 25.00
Lduis Parker 2.00
J. L. Warner 10.00
Dr. Marcus Smith 5.00
M. C. Dew 3.00
T; B. Lester, Sr. 10.00
G. C. Lytle 10.00
Amos & Co. '■ ' 10.00
Upchurch Milling Co. 25.00
Tom Cameron 10.00
Dr. A. L. O'Briant 5.00
.R. G. Hanna 1.00
C. P. Long . 1.00
Unknown ^ 1.00
D. H. Walters ^ ^ 1.00
W. M. Monroe ' 1.00
Howell Drug Co. ' 10.00
W. L. Howell, Jr. ' 5.00
A letter from-X T; Collins, Jr..
of the Phitadeipbirf Phillies, Na-
tionri-Lea^e Ball club,-this week
stated- Jtoat a large' conlingent of
players of minor lea'gae eiuba af-^,
filiated wjiSi th® Phillies would
arrive in Raeford tbr'spring trrin--
ing on March 29 and will be ixere
about one m.pnth. CoUin.'s. who. is
director of minor league xlubs
for the Phillies say just
what teams m Hae-
ford. but he hasXuJ--^ .that a
Class A club would come here.
Definite information on this is
expected in the next few days.
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this line and poles are behic set
daily. This line should be ready
to energize within the next 60 to
90 days. Mr. Dalton states that
part of this line has been waiting
since 1941, and that this is com
pleting all line that has been ap
proved by Federal REA up to the
1947 allocation.
The Cooperative has more than
100 miles of poles set and are
continuing to set poles on this
1947 allocation as fast as material
delivery will permit. The Coop-;
erative has more than doubled
its mileage in line constnictioit
since the war. At present they
have over 1000 miles of line en
ergized serving over 3000 consume
ers and many ohers are coming
on as fast as they get* their houses
wired.
FARM NOTES
By A. S. Kaewte
Cotton farmers will be «sked
to meet at the Cettrt House to
Record on 'W’edacsday, February
III at 2:00.'P: M. to bear autherii-
ties on .cotton production and bell
weevil coptel. Farmers ettend-*-
ing will have an* epportunity to
help-form^ate a good cotton
WmxA inel^to boH weevil centre!
measure^ for Heke County.
:Acre C^ton Production contoet
winners will''receive awards ot
this noeeting. '''
NfiXt WEEK
M. .secies of* meetings throughout
the county w^l start in Antioch
township on Monday. February
9th.,Thgse meetings will be de
signed to give farmers latest in-^
formation on crop, condition and
outlook- for 1948. Later practices
on top production, soil conserva-
ition, and farm credit will be
made. All meetings y.’;!! start at,
7:30 P. M. The meetings for next
week will be as follows: Antioch
township at community house,
Monday, February 9; Bhie Sp
rings township at community
house. Tuesday, February 10; and
Allendale township at common*
ity house, Wednesday, February
11. Every farmer should attend dt
least one of these meeUngik
Meetings for the otbet dtowarit^;/
will appear in his column
week to week.
(Continued on beck
CLINIC FRIDAY
The Robeson County public wel
fare board makes the fnllowing
announcement:
“.■\n orthopedic clinic will be
held Friday, February 6, 1948, in
the basement of the agriculture
building in Lumberton. Dr. O. L
Miller of Charoltte will be the
surgeon in charge and all patients
are requested to register between
nine and eleven o’clock.”
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