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The children of the Mildousen
School are corresponding with the
children in a school in Oklahoma
where Mrs. Irene Thrower, nee
Irene Downer, iis teaching. These
chilidren are largely of Indian de
scent. They have written some very
interesting letters.
SCHOOL ON SATURDAY
Tuesday afternoon a principal’s
meeting was held in the office of
the County Superintendent at
which tinie a schedule of Saturday
school was made. All white schools
will operate on Saturday, March
March 20, April 17 anid April 24.
This automatically sets the date
of school closing on Wednesday,
/June 2. This schedule iis caused by
the loss of time during the bad
weather. At the same time the
i.'ailj' schedule .was set. for these
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Cotton Contest Offers
$3000 In Prize Money
A total of $3,000 in prize money
wiai be offered, to I*)rth CaroHna
farmers in the Five-Acre Cotton
Contest again this year, according
to J. A. Shanklin, Extension cotton
specialist at State College.
First and second prizes of $800
and $400, respecitvely, ‘ wUl Ibe
awarded, Mr. Shanklin said. For
the three winners in each of the
thrbe ifistricts in te state, the
prices ■ will be $300, $200, and
$100. In counties where there is
not a locally sponsored contest,
there will be an award of $50 to
the highest contestant in the coun
ty provided the winner has not
received a state or district prize
in a previous contest. If he has
receiv.eii one of these awards, the
prize will go to the next highest
individual. How'ever, a county a-
ward will not be made in a county
where less than 10 contestants
fulfill all requirements.
The cotton specialist said that
any • farm.er, landlord, anJ:, | or
First Shipment Of
Seeds To Europe
The National Council of State
Garden clubs has just, released the
news that twenty thousand seeds
of Peace units, consisting of 260,-
000 packages of assorted- veget
able seeds and 30,000 packages
of flower seeds have already been
shipped to Slurope-. The national
campaign instituted by the council
has already reached into 41 states
where there are Garden cluib fed
erations, and where, the generosity,
and cooperation of the members
have provided food for 100,000
hungry people abroad. The Rae-
ford Garden Club made a generous
cash contribution to the North
Carolina State Garden Club for
its part in the purchase of these
seed..
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State’s Farm Income
Drops Nine Million
North Caimlnia is one of only-
four states in the nation wbose
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Hoke Resident
Dies In Auto
Wreck Saturday
DONALD NEWTON DEAD;
SEVEN OTHERS IN
CAR ARE HURT
pit-
four Saturdaj’s. School wall open j tenant wbo produces as much 'as ! cash receipts from farm marketing
at Ashemont, Mildoiison and Rock-i five acres of cotton in one ■ body ' showed a decrease ir'uring 1947,
fish at 7:40 and in Raeford at ieligible ,to enter the contest, according to C. Brice Ratchford,
8:10; schools in Raeford w’ill close ; However, any farmer who. in any | Extension Farm Management
at 12:00 noon, and at 12:30 in the j previous North Carolina Five-Acre specialist at .State College.
Donald Rex Newton, textile wor
ker of Raeford, Route 2, was in
stantly killed at 3:05 o’clock last
Saturday afternoon when the car
he was driving entered the Rae
ford road in Fayetteville and was
hit by a northbound Greyhound
bus. The car was pushedt 24 feet
by the impact and Mr. Newton’s
neck was broken. Seven other
occupants of the car suffered in
juries of varying seriousness. None
.of the 3Q occupants of the bus
Dr. F. Crossley Morgan, above,' in.jured.
will begin a series cf. Bible ^ec- j Those injured were:
tures at the Raeford Presbyterian! Mis. Donald Newton, wife of
church next Sunday morning at decease.', snaall lacerations
eleven o’clock. IIU will give a,
lecture Sunday evening at eight i
o’clock and at 10:G0 a. ni. and i
8:00 p. in. daily through Suiulay,
-March 2S, except Saturday, TJarch
Only a half-dozen cases came up
for trial before Judge Henry Mc-
Diarmiii Tuesday morning in Hoke
County Recorder’s court.
William Gardner, colored, got
30 days suspended on payment of
$10 and the cost-for violating the
prohibition laws.
' Donnie Morris, colored, was
charged with larceny, but the plea
of guilty of trespass was accepted.
Sentence was six months to be
suspended on payment of
Key Club Fund
Now Over $1000;
Lights Going Up
TRANSFORMERS ARE TO
GET HERE TODAY;
POLES IN PLACE
The high school Key club is
exerting renewed effort this week
to raise enough money to bring
I their fund for ball park lights to
tbe I $2000 by April 1. The boys had
cost and $29.50 to Lena May Shaw 'collected S192 more yesterday af-
and on condition of two years ^ ternoon to 'oring the total to
md s'nock.
Fhil.p ‘ Newt .-n.
good behavior.
J. Henry Cook, white of New
Jersey, forfeited a $2'5 bond for
speeding.
Charlie Lockhart and George
Davis, colore:b were c'harged with
assaulting Goldie Simpsom Davis Kie
was found not .guilty and Lack- .-.ro
hart was found guilty .and ?an-
itsneed to 30 days to be susne:-.ded
Ton payment of the-.co.-t.
$1087.50 when aidded to the $8ft5
already collected.
These donations offer citizens
of the county.who desire to sup
port. the project of lighting the
park an easy way :q do so. The
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w.-:cr
aged two leg'
In another rase G
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oson.
nous runct;,:
'school and
campaign ■:
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nertorm.-s
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county schools;. This Satur..tey
schedule is arranged so that the
term would not have to extend too
far into the spring. All parents are
requested to cooperate to the best
of their ability. ,
Cotton Contest, hos won'a prize is Although receipts for the nation
ineligigle for the same prize, but a whole rose 23 per cent—from
he can always compete for a
higher prize. Nn contestant is
twenty-four billion and five
hundred million in 1946 to
Dr. Morgan comes to Raeford
higlily recommended by laymen '
and clergymen of all denomina
tions. “He'is gifted above many as j fractured pelvis, and lacerations
an expositor of the Bible. I know ! of the head. Kps and. hand.
injury.
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was c'n
arged ‘.v
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■.vton, aged five ,
deadly
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and rarr'-i.:r’ a,
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an, sister of tiie
C'j '.’.ty
and .so
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payme;
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nnd the co^;.
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Fred
Heath
■coidre ■ ‘.v’n.o
We are glad to learn that M. S.
Gibson, school committeeman for
the Rockfish school, whq has been
critically ill at hits ome near Rock-
fish is some better at the present.
The Mildouson School has chosen
the operetta, “Peter Rabbit” for
its prqjaycti'oT. at* commencement
time. The date' of the production
has not yet been announced.
The Hoke County Educo Club
w’ill hold a meeting next Tuesday
evening, March 23, at 7:00 o’clock
in the Hoke High Lunchroom.
T. C. Jones, principal of the
Rockfish school, announces that
the attendance for the sixth
month is the best that they have
had all year. Keep it up Rockfish.
eligible for more than one prize thirty billion ani:;. two hundred
million in 1947— the farmdncome
in North Carolina show^ed a de
crease of $9,200,000, Mr. Ratch
ford said. Only other states show
ing a decrease were Delaware,
South Carolina, and Florida.
Receipts from North Carolina
crops during 1'947 were $32,100,000
less, primarily caused by lower
prices for tobacco; but receipts
from livestock eind livestock prod
ucts increased $22,500,000, the
specialist added.
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in the contest.
A grower desiring to enter the
contest must submit an application,
not later than July 1, to the county
in which the five-acre plot is
located. , Each contestant must
state clearly in his application the
variety and strain of cotton to be
planteifi and shall notify the county
agent of any change made after
the application has been forward
ed, Mr. Shankliin said. ,
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SOAP BOX DERBY
RULE BOOKS HERE
W. L. Poole announced yester-
ir'ay that he had received a supply
of rule books for the National
Soap Box Derby and that in
terested boys would be able to
get them at h;is office as long as
they last.
of few men who combine such in
sight, thoroughness and clarity in
their study of Scripture, or who
can present their findings more
convincingly., and. attractively,”
writes Dr. Richard O. Flynn, pas
tor emeritus of the North Avenue
Presbyterian church of Atlanta,
Georgia.
MRS. M’LAUCHLIN
IS CONT^T JUDGE
COLE FOR UMSTEAD
Alfred Cole announced yester-
Among the judges at the contest
in Fayetteville Tuesday night was
Mrs. H. C. McLauchlim of Raeford.
The contest was conducted to se
lect a student nurse to represent testify.
Piliman, aged 10 years.
aged 2 years.
Benny
shock.
Milton Pittman,
shock.
The two Pittman children were
able to leave High smith hospital
after treatment. The other in
jured were still patients there at
last reports, and it was reported
that the two discharged had been
re-admitted for further treatment.
Mr. Pittman was considered the
most seriously injured.
All are of Raeford Route two.
Coroner J. W. Pinkston said
that there would be an inquest
when the injured were able to
had given notice of appeal from a
conviction of careless and reckless
Much : ‘he eq’.:;p:ren
lighting has arrived- an.:
oe
:s oeing
withdrew this not.ee and in 'the nark. The nole^ a*’e
ariving.
paid S2'5 and the court cost.
The case against Robert Kisler,
charged with assaulting H. L. Mc-
Miniis, was contihued for another
week.
LIBRARY NEWS
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A booklet has been received in , permanent and temporary pas-
the Hoke County Library which is I ^^res are now showing up weU in
r^t interesting, “The First Hun- ; Dav^a. Lites reports excel- '
Years, of the Smithsonian ; grazic^ Cl^^
Institution, 1846-1946,” by Web-, ^ ,3 ^ovv 4 to 6 inches high. The
ster P. True, Chief of the ■ Edi-‘ Ladino Clover pasture, at the San-
torial Division of the’ Institution.
“Prophet In the Wilderness,” by
Hagedorn, is the biagraphy of
day that he haid been ] this district at a contest in Raleigh, , No charges were made against .Albert Schweitzer, one of the great g
to manage Senator W. B. Umstead’s
campaign for election to a full
term in the United States Senate
in this county, and that he had
accepted.
A very interesting film, “Visit
ing Arkansas” has just been shown
at the Raefortdi Graded Sscool.
J. A. Turlington, Principal of
the Raeford Graded School, has
made arrangements with the Trail-
ways Bus Co. to take the 7th
Grade to Raleigh and Chapel Hill
one day next week. This wiill be
a splenifid trip for the children.
The Hoke High School is start
ing on a spring “Fresh-up” project.
They have raised quite a bit of
money and repaired and repainted
the shower rooms at the gym and
are now getting ready to do other
painting and freshening-up of the
building. The agricultural class
boys have also ibeen assisting at
the Raeford Graded' School by
building shelves, tables, etc.,, for
the lunch and storage room.
Poole’s Medley
BY D. SCOTT POOLE
There are( millions of happy
homes, and the rich man’s home
is no happier than the poor man’s
home, nor are the rich man’s sons
and daughters more devoted and
obedient to their parents than the
poor man’s.
The Upchurch •vocational classes
and veterans classes are doing a
wonlderful job on their new lunch
room and cannery building. At
present they are pouring the floor
and installing the windows. It is
hoped that they wiU not be too
long getting in the new building.
There will be a county-wide
colored' teachers meeting held at
the Upchurch School this after
noon at 3:00 o’clock. ,
The men who work in the mills
of this country live well, wear good
clothes, save a portion of their
earnings, and when they have a
sufficient amount, they may buy
stock in the mill, become capital
ist and get their dividendi check
along with the other stockholders
when it is due.
toward the Civil Rights bill. Now
what is a fellow to believe?
Every housekeeper would like
peaches from Early Red June
trees to July Elbertas, at any rate.
But October peaches are not good
eating.
If there be no God, how is the
starry firmament to be accounted
for? Was that all due to accident
al occurrences? Is all you see an
accident? No, friends, God reigns
and rules and you and I must
account for all we tdSnk, say or do.
Some writer more than one, at
any rate, recently said that there
was no hell, no burning lake, he
knew very well. Dives can tell him
better.
Mr. Griffin, School Bus Driver
Examiner for the State Safety
Division, was in the county Mon
day training additional drivers. Mr.
Griffin is attempting to give us
a good supply of drivers.
At the eye clinic for colored
chiliren held at the Upchurch
school house last week 77 children
were examined. Eleven pairs of
g'thsses were fitted. We are sorry
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The prediction, or estimate of
taxes paid for liquor is nothing
to brag about. There is no telling
how many souls will be sent into
a drunkard’s hell after consuming
that vast amount of liquor.
One day we read in our choice
daily newspaper that the Presidlent
would not draft a Civil Rights bill
this year, and the next day, in the
same paper we read that the Presi
dent would not change his attituldie
The billiions of assistance to
Europe means we are going to be
broke like Europe, with no where
to look for aid. What will we dto
then?
April 20, for the purpose of select- j the driver of the bus pending the , men of our time.
ing “Miss North Carolina Student inquest.
Nurse of 1948.”
Winner of the State contest last
year was Miiss Alice Geraldine
Maxwell, of Raeford, a stuitent
nurse at Baker-Thompson hospital
in Lumberton. Miss Joyce Pat
terson of Mamers, student nurse at
the Hamlet hospital, was selected
Tuesday night to represent the
ic’istriict.
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HORNER WILL NOT RUN
Funeral services and burial of
Donald Rax Newton, will be held
in Osceola, Iowa.
Mr. Newton, 26-year-olid' veter
an of three and a half years army
service in England, France and
Germany, was a corpqral in the
medical corps. While overseas, he
married ,Miss Helen Rosina Kemp,
of Eastbourne, England.
W. E. Horner, publisher of The
Sanford Herald, who two years
ago lost the Democratic nomina
tion for Enghth District congress
man has announced that he will
not be a candidate for nomination I m:']! in Red Springs
thiis year.
Horner said that he received a j
great amount
He was a native of Kellerton,
Iowa, and was the son of Mr. and'
Mrs. Clarence Elmore Newton,
now of Kakhon, Minn. He had liv
ed at Raeford route 2 for about a
year and was employed at Rob-
utorium is making good growth
and will soon be ready for graz-
The other pastures at the
Sanatorium have made progress
during the last few days. The Five-
Acre see,: plot of Kentucky 31
fescue on N. H.' G. Balfour's farm
is in excellent condition. The grass
I remains green all year and with a
mild winter could be grazed al-
Thorton Wilder, Pulitzer prize, ^2 months. The best time
winner, and author of the play.
“Eagle in the Sky,’’ by Van
Wyck Mason, is high on the best
seller list. ‘’House Divided’’, by
Ben Ames Williams, is still in the
lead.
“Our Town,” has written a new
book, “The Ides of March,” which
is now in the library.
Another best seller, “The Last
Billionaire,” by Richards, iis the
life of Henry Ford, and is now on
our shelves.
Several other new titles have i
been received.
PTA IS GRATEFUL
to seed Ky. 31 and Alta fescue is
September, but it maybe seeded in
the Spring.
J. R. Hendricks has done an out
standing job for the last eight
yeajg of utiliziing two lots con
taining about 3 acres of land. His
planting rotation permits a'oout 11
months of grazing with hogs, cows,
I and w‘orkstock. One lot iis seeded
I to soybeans about April 15 anidi-
I grazed from June 1 to about Sep-
I terr.'ber 15. It is.then seeded to a
small grain mixture for winter
gazing. The other lot is planted to
/corn and soybeans about-May 15
and hogged 'down beginning about
Septem’oer 15. After the com and
1882 was the earliest spring I
ever saw. There was no killing
frost after the middle of February
that spring.
Headlines stated that the Steel
Trust had no idea of the public
welfare when they raised the
price, of steel. That is just like
every one else who sells things
higher.
Butter is clinging to the same
high price it has brought for a
long time. The food stuff most
people have to buy was higher
last Saturday than it had been for
a month previously, it was said.
Why should any human being
who does not believe in a Supreme
Being, be truthful and: honest if he
can get a little gain by being dis
honest and untruthful? He is no
more than an animal.
TheRussians are striving to get
the start on their opponents, think
ing to gain an advantage. There
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The Hoke-Raeford Parent-
^ Teacher asscciation wishes to e.x-
Surviving are his wife, his par- ! press its appreciation to the more
f pnpn, - bvo sons: Philip Rex i than forty local firms who con-
to run this year but _
decided against running this time I I Saturday. !
but would take his second chance i^r - ——-——— — ■ and cows are moved to the other
; lot to graze small grain and small
II grain planted after the com. The
corn anidi soybeans are rotated each
year. From ten to twenty-five hogs
graze these fields. There are
usually two cows grazing most ot
the time, and two mules part of
the time.
later.
WHITLEY MOVES OFFICE
H. W. B, "Whitley, attorney,
yesterday moved his office from
the second floor of the old Page
Trust company building to the
second' floor of the Bank of Rae
ford building. His moving there
puts four of the town’s five
lawyers on that floor of the bank
building, the others being G. B.
Rowland, G. G. Dickson and A, D.
Gore. The fifth, N. McNair Smith,
remains where he has always been,
across the street from the court
house.
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LEGION TO MEET FRI.
NORTH CAROLINA
MARKET NEWS
Released By N. C. Dept, of Agriculture
POULTRY AND EGGS
The rush of eggs, which got
underway at local markets around
the first of the month, continued
this week and caused prices to
drop sharply again. The Raleigh
market reported closing prices a-
round: three cents pe dozen under
the previous week with local eggs
grading stations paying 45 cents
per dozen for A, large, and from
36 to 40 for current receipts. At
eastern egg auction and produce
steady although some receivers
had trouble clearing nearby whites.
Live poultry reversed the trend
in eggs and moved upwand> at
local and leading terminal markets.
Fryers and broilers were short of
trade needs at Central North Caro
lina points anil! returned produc
ers 40 cents per pound f.o.b. the
fai-m. The larger processing plants
in the area were forced to go out-
Make plans now to enter the
5-acre cotton contest and die one-
acre corn contest. 'Valuable prizes
will be offered for top producers.
Make application for entry as
soon as possible but not later than
July 1. Coker 100 'Wilt cotton seed
is the adopted)' variety. For com
plant either Hybrids N. C. 27
(yellow) or Dixie 17 (white).
side the. state to secure enough
assembling” plants, egg receipts supplies to meet local trade needs, j These seed should be obtained at
showed an increase of approxi- > short of trade needs j once. Dealers are oeginning to re-*
mately 6 8 10 per cent over the ’^^'' with farm pay prices at port shortages.
Clyde Upchurch, Jr., chairman previous week, while central west- to 30 cents per pound for color- 1
of the Ellis Williamson American
Legion post, wishes to advise all
members that there will be a meet
ing of the post at Cox’s Restaurant
on the Fayetteville road at 7:30
p. m. tomorrow. Important business
is to be discussed and Upchurch
urged mehibers to attend. Each
will pay for his own meal.
ern primary markets reported in
creases of just over 23 per cent.
The New York egg market was
easy wiith supplies in excess of cur-
part of the week with buyers pur
chasing only bare needs. After mid
week. the market was about
ed stock throughout the ■week. ' . “Fire Prevention” is a much
North Georgia reported stronger used expression. But according to
trading in’ fryers and broilers with
recoids, March is the worst
closing prices at 38 to 40 cents on month for farm fires. Be sure to
rent requirements during the first^the farm. Good quality heavy j have some kind of fire fighting
weight birds closodl firrh in the j ^luipment handy in c^ of fSte.
Delmarva and Shenandoah Valleiy
piodueimg section. ^
Most fire losses can be reduced
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