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i c‘ 1^' VOICE OF fREEbOM CUAKDIAN OF LIBERTY The Hoke County News VOLUME XLII NO. 41 THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1948 RAEFORD, N. C. SCHOOL NEWS By K. A. MacDonald W. O. Melvin, band director for Hoke High, toook his bai-^d to Fay etteville yesterday to enter the district music contest. At thus writing we have not heard whether the band got a rating or not. They do not play against other bands, but for a high enough rating to entitle them to enter the State Music Contest in Greensboro. We hope that they will get the rating. Mr. Melvin has done wonders with the largely raw material he has had to work with. J Miss Mary Van O’Briant of the State Department of Public In struction was a visitor in the county last week. Mr. Griffin, bus driver trainer for the. State Safety Division, was in the county this week training drivers at Upchurch. He will be back next week when he will hold classes at Hoke High and Up church. A CAADCn AAVACDT presented at the Presbyterian church Sun- wAvKCll vUIivEIr I day evening, March 14, at 8:00 o’clock by the Glee Club of Flora Macdonald college, pictured below- The organ prelude will begin at 7:45. The members of the Glee Club with their director. Robert Reuter, have, been much in demand by churches of all denominations and civic organizations throughout the State, and an evening of musical entertainm :'nt is assured. The choir is composed of 80 singeys and has been especially noted for it> work in sacred choral music. The public >5 cordially invited to hear them Sunday night at the Raeford Presbyterian church. Few Cases Take Whole Bay In ^icccrder’s ■ Cburt COLORED MEN FREED AFTER HEARING ON CAPITAL CHARGE Leon Luck, county bus mechanic, has moved into his new home just completed on Donaldson Avenue. The pre-school clinics will start in the county on Monday, March 22, and will be completed early in May. A complete schedule will be given in next week’s News- Journal. It is requested that all parents wdth children who will start school next year for the first time be sure and Sire that their children get to the clinic most- convenient. State laV/ pow re^ ire.' that ipU j.qhilaren entering school for the first time be immunized for diphtheria, smallpox, typhoid and whooping cough. Parents who have had these things done should send the doctors’ certificates with the child to the clinic. Dr. E. T. Koonce, state school dentist, was in Hoke County dur ing February. Dr. Koonce inspect ed 569 children at Ashemont, Mildouson, Raeford and Rockfish. He treated 302, filled 169 cavities, gave 486 silver nitrate treatments, extracted 82 teeth andi cleaned 299 sets of teeth. In addition to all this Dr. Koonce made a lecture on oral hygiene to all children in each . school visited. Schools being closed for 7 days during this time cut down the work he was able to do by one-third. However, we feel fortunate that Dr. Koonce was able to take care of as many as he did. A colored dentist will be in the county during April. Coach Faircloth has opened spring football practice and at the same time started baseball pract ice. He has two fairly good squads out. The concert given Sunday after noon at the Upchurch school by the Shaw University choral society was very much enjoyed by all who attendied. Quite a number of white people attended and all were high in their praise of the music, and were glad to hear that it is ex pected that this concert will be made an annual event. The Upchurch Home Economics teacher, Helen Williams, attended: a district home economics meeting in Smithfield last week. The colored eye clinic for all colored children in the county was held yesterday and today at the Upchurch school. The State Blind Commission, the County Health Department and Raeford Kiwanis club are "cooperating with the schools. Mrs. Mary Helton made a nice gift of books to the schools this week for which we are grateful, Mrs. McGoogan and Mrs. McNeill gave magazine's that were very much appreciated. It would be ap (Continued on page 4) bounty" Council Has Meeting Here S^onday Afternoon The Hoke County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs '^met in the Raeford Kiwanis Hall on Monday afternoon, March 8. Twenty-one people were present. Mrs. Frank McGregor, County Council President, presided. The roll of clubs were called and the ■minutes read by the Secretary, Mrs. F. K. Watson, Sr. Josephine Hall, Home Agent, and A. S. Knowles, County Agent, dis cussed the Master Farm Family Program, sponsored by the Pro- gessiive Farmer and the N. C. Extension Sevice. Each county is to secure records of five farm families. These records are to be judged and one record submitted for the district contest. Each woman present at the County Council was asked to nominate one family in Hoke County to participate. Plans for the District meeting to be held in Raeford' on May 6, were completed. The Hoke County women will serve lunch' immed iately after the program. Each Hoke County Home Demonstration Club member will be asked to bring a filled picnic basket. A comimittee was appointed to pre pare tea. Miss Hall announced’ that National Home Demonstration Club Week will be observed May 2-8. Each club in the county is asked to take part -in some special activity during the week. A special section of the Hoke County paper will also be printed. Mrs. McGregor checked on the number of clubs contributing to “Seeds for Peace” drive. Six clubs reported having given a total of $16.50 arid' others will be contrib uted this week. Mrs. McGregor urged the club members to pay their Federation dues and Jane S. McKimmon Loan Fund as soon as possible. $3.75 from each club should be sent to Mrs. Crowell Almond, R-1, Aberdeen, County Counclil Treas urer. Several women were given yarn to make Red Cross mufflers, to boggans, and sweaters. Miss Hall reminded the club members of the furniture refinish ing demonstration at the Kiwanis Hall on March 19. — 0 A MESSAGE TO YOU Your American Red Cross drive is now on' and Hoke County’s quota has not yet been reached, but we intend to reach it, for this county has always met its Red Cross quota. * There is no nobler act of mankind than helping those in need. There is no investment that pays you back so many imes over as your contribut ions to the Red Cross. Again be proud and grateful to give what you can. Give Generously. Israel Mann, 1948 Fund Chairman. Presbyterians Plan Series Of Worship l^ervices A series of services is planned for the Raeforid! Presbyterian church the we^k of March 21-28, to be conducted, by Dr. F. Crossley Morgan, D. D.^ Services will be held twice each day at 10:00 a.m. and eight p.,m. Dr. Morgan is a man who. has gained a place of great respect in I the field of Bible lecturing and .is one of the most outstanding Bible teachers in America today. He was born in LoH^^s, Engla^k’, the son PTA BENEFIT GAME PARTY TOMORROW PM The Hoke-Raeford Parent- teacher association will sponsor a benefit game party tomorrow night, March 12, at 8:30 o’clock in the high' school gymnasium. Light refreshments will be served and a high score prize will be awarded' at each eable. Guests are asked to bring their own cards. The party is for adults only and the public is cordially invited. Henry MeDiarmid Intends To Remain County Recorder The implications that Judge Henry MeDiarmid might not be a candidate to succeeidi himself 'as Judge of the Hoke County record er’s courit was not intentional. When this paper announced the candidacy of T. O. Mooses, Judge Mebiarmid’s intentions were , not known and that is what was said, not that he would not run. Judge MeDiarmid informed The News-Journal this week that he would definitely be a candidate to succeed himself in the primary in May. By the time of the primary he will have had five years ex perience as Hoke county’ recorder, as he was appoimted to the position on Al'ay 3, 1943, shortly after the death of Judge Willie Brown McQueen. The date of Judge McDiarmid’s appointment was written correctly last week, but through a type setter’s error appeared as May 3, 1946. 0 BEAT WITH BOTTLE; AS3AILANT JAILED Robert Kisler feed mill employ ee, was put in the county jail shortly before midnight last Thur sday on charges that he had hit H. L. McMinis over the head with one or more beer bottles at the latter’s filling station and beer dispensary out near the ball park. He was released under a $500 bond on Saturday and trial was postponed until next Tuesday in Recorder’s court. McMinis looked like he had been hit with a beer bottle anU was reported to have needed several stiitches to hold him together. Reports of the af fair vary arid will probably all be told at the trial. 0 PTA TO MEET MONDAY of Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, and received hie early training in Eng land. He fought with the British Forces in World War I and was idecorated by King George V be fore coming to die United States in 1919. He has been pastor of several churches in Indiana, Georgia and North Carolina, in cluding the First Presbyterian church in Augusta, Ga., and the First Presbyterian church in Con cord, N. C. In 1944 Dr. Morgan resigned his active pastorate in order to de vote his full time to Bible confer ence work, and in this field he has been very successful. The officers of the Raeford Presbyterian church feel that it is an unusual opportunity to have Dr. Morgan and are looking for ward to a week of outstanding study and’ worship, led by a man who is considered by many to be a leading light in his field. 0 START ON LIGHTS In recorder’s court Tuesday two ■ Hoke county colored men, Jerry Bennett and John L. Mc Lean were given a hearing before Juir ge Henry MeDiarmid on charg es of rape. The prosecuting wit ness was Clara McKeithan, col ored. .'\fter the hearing judge Mc- Diarmid ruled that the evidence against the two was insufficient to find prol^able cause against them an':'.', the erse was dismissed. Fred Heath of 'Monroe and Washington Carlos of Wilson, colored truck drivers involved in an accident in the county,. were each charged with careless and reckless oiriving and found guilty. Each was sentenced to 60 days bn the roads, sentence to be su spended on payment of the costs and' a fine of $25. Bbth defendants gave notice of appeal to Superior court. Charged with driving drunk were Andrew Oft and John L. Zumalt, both white of the Army, Warren C. Drummond, whiite of Cumberland county, and Thomas V. McLean, colored' transient. Sentence in each case was 90 days to be suspended on payment of $100 and the cost. Drummond was also charged with carrying a con cealed weapon and found not guilty. d Charged with being drunk and disorderly were Timoithy W. Deese, white soldier, Leslie Blue, and Maxwell L. Blue, white trans ients. Sentence was 30 days in each case, suspended on payment of the cost. Jesse Mclver and Mallie Jones, both colored, were charged with assaUilt' in separate cases, both having assaulted members of their families, and both having smoothed' the disturbances over by the time of trial.- Each got a 30-day sen tence suspended on payment of the costs. Charged with speeding were Samuel Hutcher, white tourist, John L. Turner, white of Troy, N. C., and Robert Guyet, white soldier. Each had posted a $25 bond and failed to .appear for trial. Mis music sent ithe a spri March li. : Under th-, iMiss Owei'- made re:r.:, . . -r.j di.'emio:. of e Giee Clu' ' ' ,le progress Septembe;-. 0:i various occasions the members have’sung on civic and church programs. A concert was also given in the fall. This evening’s program clima.xes the year’s work. The public is invited to attend. The program; wUl include “Sleepers Wake" 'oy Bach, “The Kerry Dancers" by iMolloy. "The Heavens Resound" by Beethoven, “Peter Piper" by Whittere 'ge. “Come Let Us Go A-M.iying" by Gluck. .“Xut Brown Maiden" by Goodel, and "iMy Hero" from "The Chocolate Soldier" by Straus. 0 Of Rejected Cars One-Half Due To Faulty Headlights with a 12-g’uage single-barrelled Shotgun at about eight o’clock ,■ Leslie v/as .allegedly .shoi'Uby Luke Thomas, his brother-in-law I at Leslie’s home after they, ac- 1 cording to Thomas, had a scuffle in which Leslie, gra'a’ced the end ' '-f the gun barrel. Leslie live-i on - the Lee Ma.xwei! property in Blue Springs, township. I Thomas told officers that one of Leslie’s children ha-d come to his house Saturday evening to get him to com.e over arid see if he could help get Leslie q'uiet. Thomas said he went over there, taking his “single-barrel" along, and thart Leslie was in bei asleep when he arrived. He said Leslie waked up and that they talked a little dur ing which conversation he said Leslie suggested that Thomas wouDd' have about enough to do to look after his own home and that he reckoned Thomas ought to be leaving. The regular monthly meeting of the Hoke-Raeford Parent-Teach er association will be held’ next Monday evening at 7:30 in the 'high school auditorium. All par ents are urged to attend. Of 583 cars processed at the motor vehicle inspection lane here since it opened last Thursday aft ernoon, roughly half have been rejected and one-half of (thebe have been caused by headlights being out of focus. The lane, which is located on north Main street, takes a car through every five to ten min-^ it was then. Thomas said, that utes. when in operation. It has a j he reac’ned for his single-barrel staff of five and will rem.ain in j which ’ne had set in a corner and Raeford through Friday, March j that Leslie gvab’ped for it and got, 26. It will return here on May 18 ! it by the barrel 'oefore t'r.e load and remain until June 11. Uvent into his abdo.men. All cars rejected must return to a lane for another inspection within 10 days. It must pass this second inspection to remain on the highway. Every car must be inspected this year and twice yearly thereafter. The station here is open in good weather from 8:00 a. m. to - noon and from 1:00 to 5:00 p. m. 0 Clyde Upchurch, Jr., commander of the Ellis Williamson American Legion post, said yesterday that equipment was on hand and that work on the lights for the ball park here was expected to start around' the last of this week or early next week. It is expected that the work will be completed before the weather gets warm enough for night baseball. All the necessary money has not been raised, however, and the High School Key Club is stll accepting contributions from any who wish to help the community with this project. 0 M’PHATTER POSTS BOND Joe N. Peraz, white soldier got 30 days suspended on payment of the cost for driving with improper ’.''rivers' license. Ed Hollingsworth, colored, got 30 days suspended on payment of the cost for'violating the prohi bition laws. . John Calvin Ray and William Outen, both \yhite, were charged with careless and reckless driving as a result of ari accident they were involved in. They settled the damages and submitted a plea of guilty of violating the road laws, which the court accepted’. Each got 30 days suspended on payment of the costs. Coroner W. L. Roper investi gated the affair without calling a jury and set a bond of $2000 for Thomas. He is still in jail. GUARD NOW MOBILE Richard MePhatter, who was jailed without bond after the death of Leo Steele as a result of wounds suffered in MePhatter’s place of business, was released Tuesday under a bond of $2000. The bond was set by a coroner’s jury at an inquest on Wednesday of last week. 0 EASTERN STAR MEETING There will be a meeting of the local Eastern Star next Wednes day at eight o’clock. An initiation will be held and officers urge all 'members to be present. The status of Battery A, local anti-aircraft unit of the North Carolina National Guard was changed recently, according to in- fprmation released by the office of the Adjutant General of North Carolina. The unit, which has been a sem;.-mobile battery armto with 40 millimetre Bofors guns, will keep the same weapons but will be classed as mobile in the future and will be equipped with some 25 more vehicles than it has previously had. It will be equipped to move all personnel, weapons and equipipent at the same time in its own vehicles. Additional ratings for enlistedi men and a laffger strength for the battery were also authorized. Carolina Power Has 97 Miles Line In County Carolina Power and Light Com pany’s postwar rural line-build ing program has brought 21 miles of new rural lines to Hoke County, furnishing electricity to 170 rural homes for the first time. OP&L now has 97 miles of rural lines in operation in Hoke County alone, serving 465 farm homes. 1947 saw completed 17 miles of these lines, adding nearly 100 farm homes to the list. The rural line-buil'ding program has been one of Carolina Power & Light Company’s major under takings. Since the war, CP&L has built 4,288 miles of line to serve 28,000 farm homes throughout i'ts system, 2,850 miles of these lines being completed during 1947 to bring electric service to 17,000 customers. The 'Company nojy^ has nearly S^OOO miles of rural lines in op eration throughout Ms territory, serving ,70,00 farm homes. Still another 500 miles of niral lines have been completed except for the installation of transform«rs. These lines will serve an addition al 2,600 customers as soon as transformers, which have been on order for some time, are delivered and can be installed. 0 — HORNER TO SPEAK TO METHODIST MEN W. E. Horner, Methodist lay leader and publisher of the San ford “Heralid;’ will speak to the men’s club of the Raeford Meth odist church at their regular monthly meeting and supper at the Upchurch airport tomorrow night (Friday) at 6:30. The March issue of the HOI HIGH LIGHTS came out Wednes day of this week. The third year home economic iris are planning, preparing, and ^ving a dinner on Thuf^ay evening of this week. This project completes their unit in cooking. FARM NOTES S. Knowles Fifteen boys and girls of. the Hoke High School, who are taking part in the Soil Conservation Con test, made a tour of several farms on Tuesday to study the various practices being carried,-()ut to con serve the soil. These students will write an essay and deliver a talk in competition about the first of April. The Bank of Raeford is sponsoring this contest locally and the N. C. Bankers Association is sponsoring the contest on a state, basis. , Several farmers have already reported damage by insects to their tobacco plants. 'The more common plant 'oed insects and their control are: Tobacco flea beetles can be controlled’ 'Aith 1 percent rotenone dust. Slugs may be controlled with a 3 or 4 inch bank of hydrated or air-slaked lime. If it is necessary to dust the entire bed, apply it when dry in the afternoon. Midge larvae may be controlled with 1% to 2 pounds of napthalene flakes, per 100 sq. yards. The efficiency on most farms can be improved by: (1) The use of improved crop and Livestock practices. (2) More efficient use of labor and better ■woi^s methods. (3) Better .'distribution of labor throughout the year. (4) Cut ex penses wherever poossible. 'While some expenses can be reduced on most farms, ah increase in e.xpend- iture for fertilizer, 'oetter seed, some types of machinery, and protein supplement for livestock may hold increased efficiency. (Continuned on Page 4) 0 PREACHING AT BETHEL There will be morning wondiip services at Bethel Fkesbj^teiiatn church next Sunday momiog. Guest preacher will be the Rev. G. M. Gibbs, of FeyetteviUe, sad the service will start at eleven o’clock.