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^ . V I)' V' . [r^'l r ■ VOLUME XLII, NO. 52 YOUR ISCHOOL NEWS! By K. A. MacDonald On Wednesday evening of last week the Rockfish school presen ted its operetta to the largest crowd in the school’s history. Everyone that was privileged to see it was unanimous about it be ing the best ever presented by the school. One of the nicest parts of the exercise happened as the curtain was falling on the closing scene. The cast, which included practically every child in school, stopped the curtain and requested that the entire faculty present themselves on the stage. When the teachers arrived on the stage beautiful corsages were pinned on th lady teachers and a gift handed to the principal. This was a com plete surprise to the faculty. and was a spontaneous exhibition by the pupils of their love and esteem for their teachers. It was one of the finest things ever witnessed by the writer Attention of all parents is call ed to the fact that beginning Mon day, May 31, the Heauth Depart ment will hold free typhoid clinics all over the county. Space will not permit the schedule, but if each parent will watch his nearest store or filling station they will see posters announcing the day and hour that the nifrses will be at that particular place to give the vaccination. We hope that the parents o| all schools.wllL.see that their children have this vaccina tion during the clinic period. 'Last Sunday the Upchurch: com mencement began with. the" joac- cjjlaureate.. by Kenzie of Laurinburg. The sermon was preached to a full audience that appreciated it to the fullest. Today principal A. S. Gaston will deliver diplomas to the 40 graduates. There will be no ad dress at this exercise, as the faculty decided for the seniors to give the entire program them selves. This, we think, is a very fine idea 41 Will Receive Diplomas At High School Finals Commencement Program Begins Tomorrow Night; Finals Wednesday We regret to add the name of Mrs. Lila McDowell to the list of Rockfish teachers who have re signed. We regret to announce the resignation of Mrs. A. H. Mc- Phaul from the Mildouson faculty. Both the Hoke County High and Upchurch schools have im proved their auditorium by adding drapes for the windows and Up church has installed a cyclorana on the stage. Both schools are raising the monej' for these ad ditions which really add lots to the auditoriums. The rings for the rising senior ciass of Hoke High have. come. They were purchased through the Kinlaw Jewelry Store. The TimbeiTand school held its commencement exercises at 1:30 on yesterday. The program was large ly a resume of the years work. The Macedonia school had its commencement . exercises last Friday night. The audience filled the school, building and overflowed all over the yard. Those who at tended' were deliglited with the performance. The white, principals held a meeting yesterday afternoon in the office of the superintendent. Final plans for the closing of the schools were made. The Indian schools of the county dosed their doors for the year on Tuesday of this week. The colored today. schools all close The white schools will finish on next Wednesday, June 2, Commencement exercises of the Hoke County High School begin tomorrovv evening at 8:15 with class day exercises to be held in the high school auditorium. The senior class has prepared an in teresting program, their families and friends should - all ■ attend. Entitled, “Beyond the Port,” the program will be directed by Miss Mary Moinnis. Sunday at ll\l5 Rev. P. 0. Lee of the Raeford Methodist church win deliver the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class. All local churches are joining in this service. The seniors, their teachers and parent^ appreciate this courtesy on thet^itirt of the churches. Everyone is cordially in vited to attend. The seventh grade promotion day will be held Monday, May 31, at 10:30 at the high school audi torium. Rev. J. F. Woodson, pas tor of the Ashley Heights Baptist church will make the address. At this time all seventh grade pupils in the county wiU receive their promotion certificates to the eighth grade. Special numbers will be furnished by the seventh graders from the different schools. All parents and friends are urged to attend. jlj The Hone High graduating ex ercises will be held 'Wednesday evening, Jime 2, at 8:30 o’clock. Dean Guy B. Phillips of the Uni versity-of Worth Carolina, former president of the North Carolina Education Association, will make the address. Diplomas will be presented to ,41 graduates. In ad dition 4 veterans will receive di plomas granted on the basis of the G. E. D. tests prepared by the army. Parents and friends are in vited to be present to do honor to the graduates. 0 Ashford Appoints New Secretary For Ginners’ Group Red Springs, N. C., May 25— Louis G. McGill, Anderson, S. C. has been appointed Executive Secretary of the Carolinas Gin- ners Association, it was announced today by George T. Ashford, Red Springs, President. McGill, who has been Field Rep resentative for the group, which has members in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, will have temporary headquarters at the Liberty Manufacturing Com pany, Red Springs, Ashford said. Since his assignment as Field Rep resentative last fall, McGill has been making a survey of equip ment, buildings and operations in ' gin plants. “As Executive Secretary,” Ash ford said, “Mr. McGill will put into effect the policies of the Association in an effort to provide the best possible service to ginners and farmers. Through the survey .iust completed, Mr. McGill and the Carolinas Ginners Association are more adequately prepared to aid .ginners in relation with one another and with other cotton in terests. The Association is in terested in promoting the raw cotton industry in general and the ginning industry in particular.” itlcGill was born op a cotton farm in Anderson County, S. C,. and was graduated from Clemson Ag ricultural College, Clemson, S. C., with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineer ing. Prior to graduatiijp from And erson Boys High School in 1941, he had served as President of the Future Farmers of America in his senior year and Vice-President in his Jimior year. Group Of Citizens Prepares Petition For Vote On Beer A petition for a vote on whether or not it shall, be legal to sell beer and wine in Hoke county has been circulated in this county since the first oi last week. According to leaders in the movement, a suf ficient number of voters have al ready signed the petition and it wiU be presented—to get the wheels in motion to have the election. The law requires that 15 percent of those persons who voted for governor in a county in the last general election may petition for an election on the question in that county. Such an election was recently held in Robeson county, which voted not to have beer and wine sold there. The election must not be held .within 60 days of any other election. Judging from general comment since the petition was initiated, the issue is destined to be a lively one here. The petitioners obviously/ desire to stop the sale of, beer. Their expressed reasons are the harm it does individuals who drink it, the example it sets for the younger generation, and the eco nomic waste of sending tremend ous sums of money out of the county and state for the purchase of beer. Proponents of the sale of beer areJn several categories, namely those that like beer and do not consider it Harmful, those who be lieve you can’t legislate alcohol out, and those who want the gov ernment to continue to receive the several thousand dollars yeai.y it receives from the sale of beer. ^ The petitioners say that the people of this county have never had opportunity to express them selves on the question and that after the elejtlion is -3|eld the will- of the people will prevail, beer or not, as in a democracy it must. 0— All Chauffeurs Must Renew Their Licenses By June 30 . Raleigh, N. The Motor De partment announced today that all chauffeurs’ licenses in the State must be renewed by June 30. Dpartment officials said there were approximately 36,500 motor ists in the State who held chauf feurs’ licenses, and the law states that these licenses must be re newed by midnight of June 30. The 100 Drivers License Exam iners stationed throughout North Carolina have already been mailed the 1943-49 chauffeurs’ application blanks, and can begin issuing chauffeur renewals anytime. Tile Dc-p..rtnient urges chauf feurs to get their renewals as early as possible, preferably during the remainder ot May. June 30 is also the deadline for persons with sur names beginning with C and D to have their regular driving licenses renewed, and an unprecedented rush is expected lo ensue near the end of June. It is estimated there are around 150,000 C and D drivers in the State, and so far only around 46,000 have obtained new licenses. Your license examiners will be at the following places and days of each week: Aberdeen, Monday and Tuesday, A & R Building. Raeford Wednesday and Thursday, Court House. Southern Pines, Friday and Saturday, Old Bus Station. 0 GRILL ENTERED; MONEY TAKEN; ARREST MADE Legion Auxiliary Plans Poppy Day For Saturday ■“A poppy on every coat-re- memberance in every heart,” will be the goal of the American Legion Auxiliary for the annual obser vance of Poppy Day here. May 29, the Saturday before Memorial Day. Complete pla^s for Poppy Day are being worked out by Mrs. Paul Dezerne, the American Legion Auxiliary’s Poppy Chairman. Pop pies will be offered throughout the entire day so that everyone will have the opportunity to honor the war dead by wearing the memorial flower. Poppy Day contributions to the American Legion Auxiliary will be used to supp^ the Auxiliary’s work for disabt^ war veterans and needy childtsen of veterans. The Memorial Hoppy is a crepe paper replica ojf'the wild poppy which grew on the World War I and II battlefields in France and Belgium. The red flowers, which will be worn in honor of the war dead, those in service, and the war disabled on Poppy Day, have been made by disabled veterans at the Veterans Hospital at Fayette- ville.'N. C. 4) State’s Djbputy Tax Collectors Lead Those Of Nation Herbert McKeithan Heads Federal Deputy Collectors In North Carolina ^Deputy collectors of federal taxes in North Carolina lead those of the . nation ,„with an average monthly take .$9,7il2 in delin- gu^t taxes p«iN»an, Charles. H. Robertson, 'collector of internal revenue for the District of North Carolina, said this week. The 109 Tar Heel deputies have main tained this record for the past two years, this veteran collector added. The field division of the collector’s office for the district of North Carolina is under the direct supervision of Chief Field Deputy Herbert McKeithan of Raeford, Mr. Robertson said. Mr. McKeithan has been with the in ternal revenue department for about 10 years and has been chief deputy for about three years. The addition of about 50 work ers to the collectors state-wide staff beginning July 1, Robertson said, will return the tax force to its 440 quota of a year ago. IMost of the new personnel will be deputy collectors badly needed to handle the collection of delin quent taxes, he said. Delinquent tax collector's • in North Carolina have averaged approximately $12,000.00-0 annually since 1&44. “We’re proud of our record for collection of delinquent taxes than of anything else—anyone can col lect when the folks come in to Rebels Finally Begin Roiling In Peach Belt Take Two Straight Gaines After Losing First Five Played This Season MANY CANDIDATES ON BALtOT FOR DEMOCRATIC PRIMARl BULLETIN The Game scheduled to be played next Saturday in Aber* den between the Raeford and Aberdeen teams of the Peach Belt League will be played un der lights at Armory Park in Raeford, league officials an nounced late yesterday. The game will be called at 7:45. With the injection of a little new blood in the form of several players from Fort Bragg the Rae ford Rebels got themselves out of that 1000 average for losses we were talking about last week. On Saturday night they swamped a reportedly strong Hamlet team here 14 to 1 and again yesterday afternoon they downed Southern Pines there by a score of five to four. In last Saturday’s game Black, Raeford’s new centerfielder, stole the show from whoever had it by getting two doubles, a triple and a home run in four trips to the plate. His homer, inside the park, was the first here this year. His teammate, Andrews, let the Ham let boys down with three scattered safeties. Andrews is scheduled to pitch again on Saturday night against Aberdeen. In Southern Pines yesterday Kapushinski for Raeford held his opponents to four hits while the Rebels were collecting nine to win. 5-4. Cooper was the losing pitcher. Score By Innings R H^-E Raeford 000 000 311 594 So. Pines 000 110 020 4 4 1 0— Fred McDonald Dies Last Friday; Funeral Held Sunday Fred McDonald, well known farmer of this county, died at his home on Route 2 last Friday after a long and lingering illness. He was 68 years of age. Mr. McDonald was born in Cum berland county, son of the late Ed and ' Martha Bunnells McDonald. Funeral Services Were conduct ed at Sandy Grove Methodist church at three o’clock Sunday afternoon by the Rev. E. B. Booker of Rockfish. Burial was in the church cemetei’}’. Surviving are his wife. ■ the for.mcr hliss Lina IMatthews: three daughters. "Mrs. J. R. Hendrix, hi:’.'. .Tohn Gibson, and IMiss Addie ItlcD'Vnsl'i, all of the county; two half-s'sters, Mrs. Laura Hicks of Lir.r.bcrton and Mrs. Fannv Mcr Large Turnout of Voters Expected Hot campaigns for State offices with competition as well for county offices are expected to. bring the voters of Hoke County to the pools in considerable strength in the Demo cratic primary next Saturday, May 29. There Nine Defendants In Recorder’s Conrt Tuesday Morning Drinking and Cussing, Fighting and Speeding Figure in Most Cases Vicitc-: of. Shannon. 0— The sheriff’s department report ed yesterday that Bill Wright’s Grill on Main street had been en tered in the early morning hours shortly after midnight yesterday morning. The entry is said to have been made through a back window and about $50 in cash and checks taken. Curtis Smith was lodged in jail during the night on charges of having done the breaking and released under a .bond of $300 yesterday afternoon. ROAD TO CLOSE DUE TO ARTILLERY Firing Due to artillery firing on the Fort Bragg reservation the Rae- ford-Vass road across the reser vation will be closed to traffic from the Manchester road to the Plank road Friday from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. and'from 8 a. m., Mon day, May 31, to 8 p. m.,- Friday.' June 4. All persons have been warned not to use this road during these hours and dates. To do so will endanger their lives. 0— MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM ON COURTHOUSE LAWN The American Legion Auxiliary will sponsor a Memorial Day pro gram Sunday afternoon. May 30 from four to five o’clock on the courthouse lawn. Mr. Melvin, bandmaster at the high school, will direct the members of the band in concert of sacred and patriotic selections. The public is invited to attend. Two Brothers And Friend Are Drowned Before Judge Henry McDiarmid in Hoke County recorder’s court Tuesday morning John Moungle, colored, appeared for trial for assaulting his wife. On his plea of guilty and promise to do better the judge let him off with 30 days to be suspended on payment of the costs and on condition of. two years good behavior. William Katz of Pennsylvania and Ralph B. Shepherd of Lum- berton, both, white, each forfeited a bond of $25 for speeding. John W. Butler, white, was charged with c^less and reckless driving, no nriver’s license and improper brakes. He was found guilty of not having driver’s license and fined $25 and the costs. i’ames Scurlock, colored, got 60 days for assault wi;th a deadly weapon, sentence* suspended on payment of th^icosts and good be havior for two years. Beaulah Willis McLean and Coot Davis, both colored women, were found guilty of engaging in an affray. Each got 30 days in jail to be suspended on payment of the costs. • They had to split the doctor’s bill fifty-fifty. Mary Ruth Dockery, colored, was charged with assault and using profane and indecent language. Plea of guilty to the latter was accepted and sentence of 30 days was suspended on pay ment of the costs and good be havior for two years. Paul H. Kinlaw, white, got 30 days suspended on payment of t'ne costs for violating the prohibition laws., 0 HOKE HIGH SCHOOL NEWS IS competition for judge of the county recorder’s court, prosecuting attorne'y in the recorder’s court and” for the five seats on the county board of commissioners. , Henry McDiarmid is seeking to succeed- himself as judge of the recorder’s court and is being op posed by Talmadge O. Moses, at torney of .Ashley Heights. N. Mc Nair Smith seeks to succeed himself as prosecuting attorney of the recorder's court and' he is opposed ’b'y- J. Andrews,- Mildouson school pri.hcipal and attorhev.' • > .• f For the five seats-on the, county ’ooard of commissic-.ners F. Knox Watson, E. R. Pickier and Hector McNeill of the present board are seeking reelection. Also seeking seats are Julian.H. Wright,.Oscar L. Townsend, G. C. Lvlle, J. W, -Smith, Marshall Thomas, aad' j. ' Fulford McMillan^ N. B. Sinclair and F. A. Monroe of the present ’ooard are not seeking reelection. Follo%ving is a list of the can didates that will appear on the . State pallet: For United States Senator (s'nort term), J. Melville Broughton and William. B.- Um- stead; United States Senator (long term), J. Melville Broughton and William B. Umstead: Mem’oer of Congress, C. B. Deane and Giles Y. Newton; Governor of NortiT Carolina, W. Kerr Scott, W. F. Stanley, Sr., Charles M. Johnson, Oscar Barker^ R. Mayne Albright and 011a Ray Boyd: Lieutenant governor, H. P. Taylor and Dan Thomkins; State Treasurer, James B. Vogler. Z. W. Frazelle and Brandon P. Hodges. State -Auditor, Henry L. Bridges and Charles W. Miller: Secretary of State, Thad Eure and John T. Armstrong: Commissioner of Labor, Donald Boone Sherrill and Forrest L. Shuford. FARM NOTES Bv A. S. Knowles Small grain .Meeting There will be.a i-uallgrain meet ing at the T. B, Upchurch Farm ..'-'C-U-j'.: on tne Aberdeen, irnghyay at the e-dge ct Raeford (near Lon- ;t;e Teui. s Service Station) Friday, May 23 at 2 p. .m. The N. C. Crop In a recent t5n.:'is tournamerit held at the high school Bettv Ud- ! Pi’i^''e-T’.en.: .Association is. test- church and Fan.ette Gore won championhhip far girls and Joe Gulledge and Floyd Keith for bovs. Two brothers. Dewitt Clyde .Marks, Jr.. 24, and George Edward Marks, 16, were drowned late Monday afternoon near Wilson. They were working with the Cline Construction company and after the clay's work they with two other friends ' went fishing. The boat capsized and only one .pf ti'.e four was saved. The two brothers and a friend from Green- sl-vvao were .drowned. Both young men were sons of Mr. and IMrs. Dewitt Clyde Marks Sr., of Cameron, RFD 2. Dewitt was born in Hoke countv and On Friday afternoon of last week the me.mbers of the Senior class enjoyed an outing at White Lake. Airs. AI. L. McKeithan’s eighth grade enjoyed a picnic lunch at the creek on Tuesdav o; this week. Alis.s Alayme, AIcKeithar.'s sec tion cf the eighth gr.ade had a picnic lunch at the .Aberdeen pond on Tuesdav. Stantonsbiirg for Nanc.v Lee Cole is valedictorian of the Senior Class and Aliralvn m.g varities of wheat, oats, and car.ey at this place. The prrpose is to determine the variety or varities most adapted to local con ditions. This field study meeting should be most helpful to all farmers 'who are- interested in. growing wheat, oats, or 'oarley. H. L. Cooke of State College will 'oe present to explain the work 'oe- ing done. This work has been very helpful to farn'ors and deserve' the close stu -y ..-f all smallgraia farmers. had lived in several years. He married Aliss 1 Johnson salutatorian. Myrtle Priest of Lakeview who with one son, Kenneth Ray Alarks survives him. George was born in Harnett county and had been living near Wilson for a year. He was unmar ried. A double funeral service was held Welnesday morning at 11 Hoke county with three ministers officiating. The Ho'.co Cc'..:-.:y Agent, along with about fif'.y o:'>:r agents, has just returned ..e.u farm study tour in Tenuess-.v. Missouri, Ken tucky. A nu-r.ber of com.mumties in Missouri were \isired that had been working :n a program .of balaneed farming. This program ! consisted of making a complete Examinations in the high school ; of the fur.m and the home and are scheduled for Thursday and , setting up definite practices and Friday of this week and Monday of j improven-ients that should be car- II next. The members of the band, under the direction of Mr. Melvin, gave a concert on the tennis court on Tuesday evening. ried out on the particular farm. On the farm side, practices vv«re carried out that would tend to im prove the soil and at the same produce .as much inconie as poa- 'j (Continued on page 8) Mi
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