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.■ : ^ -^ t7^ 'S \ VOICE OF fREEO'OM GUARDIAN OFlIBERTt HOME W£WS Jlriinr rMVfc The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOICE OF fNEfPOM VOLUME XLin, NO. A THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1948 RAEFORD. N. C YOUR ■■> V iSCHOOL NEWS By K. A. MacDonald | The County Board of Education, lost a loyal member, the schools an ardent supporter, and the people of Hoke County a devoted servant in.the:^d®ath of D. B. Mc- Fadyen, Sr. He had been a mem- .ber'of the board for quite a num ber of years and had always been intensely interested in all of its activities. Mr. McFadyen was a good conservafive business man but at the same time could be counted on to support a sound progressive scHobl program. Everyone interested in the schools and the school personnel in par ticular regret his passing and sympathize with his family in their loss. Miss Copeland, Vocational Home Economics teacher, and .five of the home economics girls, Vera Mae ; Posey, Katherine Potter, Anne Jones, Elaine Carroll and Betty Baker have just returned from F. F. A. camp at White Lake. This camp was held at the F. F. A. campsite. Miss Copeland and the girls report a splendid and in- . structive time. During the three weeks Camp 600 H. E. girls from eastern N. C. attended. There were 263 including ours, there last week. The reason more girls from the Hoke High department did not go was that our department was allowed only five representatives, on account of housing facilities. Miss Copeland has finished her work for the year and has return ed to her home at Ashokie. Mrs. Margaret McGpogan, who had been on a years, leave, of absence, will leturn tn July. J. E. Hunter, director of allot ments and personnel for the State Board of Education, was a visitor here last week. Mr. Hunter ex pressed himself as being highly pleased with the local school system and a^ed permission to send some delegates here to study our county-wide high school set up. He thiidcs that several counties that are in the process of consoli dation on Hoke county lines. DRAFT-AGE MEN JOINING GUARD Reports From All Oyer U. S. Show Rush To Enlist Before Truman Signs Bill WASHINGTON^—National Guard headquarters said today it was receiving reports from all over the country showing a rush of draft- age men to enlist. Under provisions of the draft bill passed Saturday by- Congress, men who join the Guard before President Truman signs the bill are exempt from the draft;. • A Guard headquarters repre sentative said it was not possible at this early date to give even an estimate on the number of in creased enlistments, but that State Guard headquarters are re- porting“ plenty of. activity.” Official figures available June 30 or a few days afterwards are expected to show a marked in crease for this period. Guard headquarters here and local units, are being flooded with requests as to how to join. All (^ay the National Guard telephone was one of the busiest in the Army de partment. These requests are com ing especially from 18-year-olds. The draft bill provides for induc tion of youths 19 through 25 for 21 months service. The P. P. A. camp at White Lake will open this wMk for three, weeks. After' that Vm’T. E. Bmwne camp' in the'^lW^e^ part of ^ state vIdU for tltiPe weeks. We havehH Heard yet;WWcV camp our’'boys- WUl attend.’ ' " J W. P;'Phiilip|s; teachiliff of vo cational agriculture; left Monday for a three week’s summer course at State college, Raleigh. Our representatives at the state cattle judging contest held in Raleigh last week are back home. The boys report a splendid trip. We are proud that they won their way into the state contest even though they did not win out in Raleigh. Coach Haywood Faircloth is back for the summer recreation program. This program has been curtailed somewhat by the polio restrictions. Mrs. Lucy Smith, manager of the Hoke High lynchroom, Has re turned from a week’s workshop for Innthroom workers held in Raleigh last week. Mrs. Smith re ports a most worthwhile meeting. Mrs. Aganora Andrews, man ager of the Raeford Graded lunch room, is attending a similar meet ing held in Charlotte this week. You May Vote For W. Kerr Scott or Charles M. Johnson For Governor In the Primary Next Saturday But VOTE! BULLETIN The following telegram was received in Raleigh from the Washington yesterday: “In ord er to keep the aggregate streng th of the whole National Guard within available funds it . is necessary to set a. ceiling for the strength in each state. As the National Guard develops during the next few months these ceUings may be changed. Effective at once .the aggre gate strength of the N. C. Na tional Guard may not exceed 6,053.” Previously authorized streng th of the State’s units was set at 12.395, so the cut is about fifty percent. In view of the fact that the State’s strength now is about 6,000 the Adjutant Gen eral is expected to order the Raeford unit and others in the State to nnspend enlistments at extstinir. strength today. This Win deprive -asM between the ^agos'stf ’ it anil tt of the opps^. sHUty Isff dMVttig ^ the Natte- M Oiritti tastoat of the Ara^. Wider the drsR Mi ' Here Are Pertlnrat Ftots Abent New Draft BEeaanre Washington,—^Here are some pertinent questions and answers on the peacetime draft bill which Congress passed Saturday night: 1. Whom will be drafted and for how long? * A. Within the next two’ years, a maximum of 606,882' men; 19 through 25, will be drafted for 21 months each. The Army estimates it will need 200,000 to ‘225,000 draftees the first year. The Navy and Air force hope to keep up their strength through volunteers. Q. When does the draft bill take effwt? A. Resident Truman has until a week from tomorrow-^ 0 days from the bill’s passage—to sign it. Any time after the 90 days im mediately following thO signing the President may. upon recom mendation from the armed forces, make a draft call. The first call is likely to come in September. Q. Who must register and when? A. Most males. 18 through 25, except members of the regular armed forces and the active re serves; diplomatic officials and their families. Registration may start at any time after the signing of the bill, provided the draft machinery now being organized can be putdnto operation. WHO IS EXEMPT Q. Who is exempt from the draft in addition to those who need not (Continued on Page 4) Short Session Of Recorder’s Court Tuesday Morning Only a few defendants appeared for trial before Judge Henry Mc- Diarmid in Hoke county recorder’s court Tuesday morniflg. Several cases of speeding were disposed of by forfeiture of $25 bonds .when defendants failed to appear. These were Charles Hoff-.^ man, white of California, Stephen Rogers, colored of Fayetteville, Roland P, Martin, white of Jack sonville, Fla., and Cliffeous Brock, colored of Mt. Olive. Ralph Cox, white, paid $25 and the costs for driving with no driver’s license. WiUiam C. Dobbins, colored, paid the costs for violating the prohibition laws. Jake Walters, colored, and his wife, Lucille Walters, got senten ces of 30 days each for using pro fane and indecent language, sentences suspended on payment of the costs and on condition of two years of good behavior. Matho O. Cunningham, colored, got 90. days for careless and reck less driving, sentence to be su spended on pasnnent of $10 and the costs. V. B. Bennett, colored, got 90 days to be suspended on payment of $25 and the costs for careless and reckless driving and .having an improper driver’s license. 0 r— Farm Bureau Proposes Plant Pathology Fund The directors of the N. C. Farm Bureau* have voted to ask its membership to consider a proposal to. establish a fund to supplement the salaries of plant pathologists of State College. Under the pro- ppsal the F. B. would set up a fund in connection with the al ready established State Agricul tural Foundation to engage the best pathologist possible for re search into diseases of all plants grown in the state. Because of the fixed salaries of State employees outside interests have been, through higher salaries, able to lure these agricultural scientists away from Northi Carolina. Con sequently, the whole economy of the State is affected. The farmers lost in 19.47 $80^00,OOO to diseases ai^in^to and it^will be more if can’t keop.those .men devojt iiig their .full .time to the control Of ^ese ever ^creasing pests. ■ The Fa^ht; Bureau. proposes to raisO, throng voluntary contribu^ tions of its members, $35,000 to help keep these men where they are most needed. ’This would a- mount to 50c per member through out the State. Contributions should be sent in soon. They should be m^de pay able to Hoke County Farm Bureau and mailed to E. C. Smith, Jr., Sec.-Treas., Route 1, Raeford. This money is deductable from income tax so any amount will be wel come to this worthy cause. 0 Army Releases Camp Mackall Area To Interior Dept. Washington, D. C., June22. Rep resentative Charles B. Deane ol! the Eighth Congressional District announced today that Colonel Wallace H, Hastings, Corps Engi neers, Army Department, officially signed yesterday on behalf of the Army the release document which transfers 48,000 acres of land in the Camp Mackall North Carolina area to the Department of In terior. This action on the part of the Army Department, which Repre sentative Deane and Harry Greene of Raeford, North Carolina. Mem ber of the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission witnessed today, brings to a close a long struggle led by Representative Deane to place this large recreational, wild life and forestry area under the control of the Department of the (Continued on Page 4) Peach BeUiream Releases Roster; Play Here Sal Local Team Under New Management; Meets Hamlet In Armory Park Saturday With many of'the regular play ers absent the Raeford Rebels of the Peach Belt league went down to the Beaunit; entry at Rockingham last Saturday after noon by a score of 10 to 5. Robert Currie and Clyde Upchurch, Jr. did the hurling for the Rebels and Jimmy Conoly and Black led at the plate with three for five and two for four, respectively. The team was scheduled to play Robbins here lasts night and will play Hamlet here on Saturday night. Game time will be eight o’clock. :The team is now under the management of Make Mc- Keithan, Sr., who was chosen by the directors to. succeed Bill Up church. Roster of players for the Rebels is as follows: C. Upchurch, G. Hansen, M. McKeithan, ,Jr.. L. McNeill, M.’ Free, N. Senter; W. Howell, A. S. Wood,'B. Upchurch, E. Wasco, J. Warcheck, J. Conoly, C. Kozart, J. B. McLeod, J. Jordan, B. Black, J. D. Currie, T. Parker, J. Kapushinski, R. Currie, J. Up church and G. Earp. The team now stands fifth place in the league, having won five and lost nine up to yesterday. They are. however, only four games behind the league-leading Rockingham and Aberdeen teams who are in a tie \ -f Mcs- Pool^ Father Dies On Monday Mrs. Lawrence Poole was noti fied last Friday of the serious ill ness of her father, John M. Coble, at his home at Route 2, Liberty, N. C., Alamance County. She and Mr. Poole left at once, and she was with her father when he passed away on Monday morning. Mr. Coble who was in his 9&th year, was born September 6, 1850, at the family homestead where he lived all his life and at which he died. Jlis -wife died several years ago, Jbeing over 90 years dd. Funeral services were condact- ed /Wed^dfgr morning, at tl o’**‘ clock at -Credc KstiiDdist Cbprefaft4iiitich he was Amendjer and. jatenaent was in BcMc Ocedc chmdt cemetery. Both Mr. and Mt^s. Coble'were laid to rest in walnut caskets made from walnut grown on the home place. • Survivors are Ralph P. Coble of Greensboro, N. C., Mrs. W. L. Poole, Raeford, N. C., Mrs. Josephine Coble Parker of the home. Miss Madge Coble, teacher in Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. , A number of Raeford people called at the Coble home alter Mr. Coble’s death, among these not mentioned elsewhere in this paper jvere Rev. W. B. Heyiward and Mrs. Herbert McKeithan. Attend ing the funeral were-Miss Elsie Upchurch who sang at the services, Miss Betsy Ann Cole, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Sexton, Lindo Sexton, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Currie and Mrs. Luke Bethune. 0 SNAKE IN RADIO D. B. McFadyen Funeral Service Is Held Sunday » Prominent Farmer^Highly Regarded Citizen Passes In Fayetteville Hospital 1 I Duncan B. McFadyen, prominent farmer and public spirited and popular citizen of this community for the past 36 years, died in a Fayetteville hospital last Saturday morning after a short illness. He was 75 years of age. Funeral services were conduct ed at the home by the Rev. 'W. B. Heyward, pastor of the Raeford Presbyterian church, assisted by the Rev. B. P. Robinson, former pastor of the Raeford Methodist church, and were attended by a large number of friends and rel atives. Burial was in the Raeford cemetery. He was born in the Longstreet section of Cumberland county, now a pa.rt of the Fort Brag^ res ervation, January 31, 1873 and was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian church. He was the son of the late Doug- ald ^nd Sarah Lindsay McFadyen of Cumberland county. His mother was born on the high seas com ing over from Scotland and his father was a son of an early Scotch immigrant who settled in the Cape Fear section. In his early years he was en gaged in the lumber business in several counties in this state. He moved with his family to Raeford in 1912 and had been a prominent and successful farmer of Hoke county. He had been an active member of the Hoke County Board of Edu cation for the past several years. His wife the former Jessie Stubbs died May 2, 1942. He is survived by seven daugh ters, Mrs. Paul Alligood of Fay etteville, Mrs. Frank Hipp of St. Augustine, Fla., Miss "Willa Mc Fadyen of Raleigh, Mrs. Lacy McNeill of Raeford, Misses Isabel, Jessie and Betty of the home and three sons. D. B. Jr., of Raeford, Lewis of Red Springs and Angus of the home, and by eleven grandchildren. He is also survived by three sisters, kto. Charles Graham of Payettev^i, litrs. Alex McDiOrmid of Paricton and kfiss Msfr/BeRe MieFodyto of Va^and several nieces and nephews. Active - pteBbeat^S "wcnre Or. Marcus Smitii, Dave Hodgin. Neil McFadyen, Walter Baker, Harmon Lindsay, Arch GraEnn, all of this county, Howard AUigood of Fay etteville and Hector McNeill of Warsaw. 0 - Edison McGirt, of Dundarrach, reported yesterday that when his radio went on the blink recently his son took the back off of it to see what the trouble was. At this point a black snake came out and crawled up his arm. The boy knocked the snake off, he said, whereupon the snake returned to the inside of the radio. 0 Fifty-four farmers have entered the North Carolina 2Q0-bushel corn coritest to date. Prizes total $3,300. Railroad Worker Seriously Hurt Travis Fields, of Shannon, RFD, and member of the A and R rail road section gang, fell from the section car last Thursday shortly after npon and was run over by it. He suffered a broken leg, foot, hip and several bruises and lac erations. In spite of his extensive and painful injuries Mr. Fields, who is a patient at Highsmith hospital, is expected to recover. Group Organizes 3pftball League; Game Tonight V . ^ At a rneeting of a.bout 20 inter ested- persons Tuesday night a-' softbairi'eague was orgl.nized with four teams to participate-initially and to play two games each per week. Coach Haywood Faircloth was chosen to direct the league, arrange the schedule, etc. Teams will be sponsored by Belk-Hens- dale Co., Raeford Auto Co., Amos and Co., and Mack’s five and ten. As soon as enough others beconie interested it is planned to organ ize two other teams in the league. Players have been chosen by managers of the four teams and each player will be notified as to which team he is on. Games will be at six-thirty p. m. on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. The schedule gets started with a doubleheader at Pasture Park next to the Hoke High gymn at six-thirty this afternoon. Raeford Auto will play Mack's in the open er and Belk’s will play the Amos team in the nightcap. Other games in the first round are: June 29, Raeford Auto vs. Belk’s; July 1, Belk’s vs. Mack’s: July 6. Amos vs. Mack’s; July 8 Raeford Auto vs. Belk’s. Standings will be announc ed at the end of each round. 0 Gas Dealers Form Association At Beach Meeting About 100 representatives of liquefied petroleum gas dealers of North Carolina attended a meeting at Carolina beach last week-end for the purpose of organizing an association of gas dealers of the State. Among those present was Roger Hall, of the Southeast Butane Gas company of Lumber Bridge. M. L. Foster, president of the South Carolina association, was present and advised the group on the mechanics and general pur pose of their organization. Purpos es as stated were to promote safety in the use of gas, tp insure fair selling practices by all deal ers and to generally regulate practices for the benefit of- both the industry ?nd the coosumers. H^l was named a member of a comihiitee chpsto to., presaro* .x consti.iution and by-Jww-.Xo^ithe association to be'.pjreaented at a meietog in Raleigh, toter. in>ihe summer. ^ . Announce Plant For Highway Meeting At Hartsville Hartsville. S. C. The Hartsville Chapter of the Lafayette Highway Association with the Hartsville Chamber of Commerce, have plan ned interesting hospitality features for representatives of the Lafay ette Highway Association to be in session here June 30 in the Coker College Auditorium. According to Frank Funderburk and F. C. Chitty, acting for the two local organizations, Hartsville expects to make the visit of these guests not only profitable but enjoyable. More than a hundred membCTS of the association are expected to attend the meeting. EASTERN STAR TO MEET The Raeford chapter of the Order of the Eastern' Star will meet next Monday night, it has been announced. District Deputy Grand Patron Edwin Smith will speak to the group about the re cent grand chapter meeting in Asheville and all members are urged to be present. 0 WIN BALL GAME ' The Raeford Juniors defeated the Southern Pines Juniors here Wednesday morning with a score of 8 to 2. Bruce Phillips did the pitching for Raeford and Ecf Coa- oly led at the plate with 3 for 4. Woman's Death’ RemainsMysterK Inquest Friday Indian Woman Found Dead; , Four Persons Implicated^ Cause of Death Unknown Final session of the corner’s in quest into the death of Evaiine McKay. 22-year-old Indian woman who was found dead Monday, will be held tomorro'w night by Coro ner W. L. Roper and his j ury. .The woman, whose home was with her uncle, Walter Scott in, Robeson county, was found dead by some berry pickers at about five o’clock Monday afternoon some 400 yards from the Raeford- Lumber Bridge road nine miles from Raeford. The body was on the property of Jeff Davis, ad joining that of N. H. G. Balfour. The womari had been dead for some time and the remains were in a bad state of decomposition and no evidence of foul play was noted by the coroner at the inquest Monday night. She was buried, unidentified, north, of Raeford on. Tuesday and later identified and moved to Robeson county. Investigation by the sheriff’s department disclosed that she had left her uncle’s home at about midnight on last Friday and had not been seen since. Arrested on suspicion of having been involved in the matter were Robert Woodcox, white, Zenios Hanes, colored, and Thomas Tate and wife, also colored. They are all four loged in the county jail pending outcome of the coroner’s inquest or the results of further investigation. FARM NOTES By A. S. Knowles MEMORANDUM ON TOBACCO Aphid (Ptont Lice) Centnd Several tobacco farmers in Hoke County have reported finding aphids (prX>ably the green peach aphid) on thejr tobacco. Control of this insect is extremly complicated. ^hly one material is xecqmmended for use. 'Tl^ is.Tc4irMl|iTl ^ It is., sold as -J W. W. ROBERTS IS GRAVELY ILL w. W. “Bill" Boberts, regis ter of deeds of the county > is in a Fayetteville hospital in a critical condition as a result of a stroke he suffered at his home here yesterday morning at about six o’clock. Mr. Roberts first became ill when he suffMed a. slight heart attack at six o'clock Tuesday morning. He worked Tuesday, however^ bnLxnffered another attack at ahmt midnight Tues day. He suffered another stroke after reaching the hospital yesterday and his condition is regarded as extremely grave. containing 20 ptf cent tet^etlqA phyrophosphate and 30 pm: cent other phosiXiates. The 20 per esat i%ust .be. diluted wHh water so that pint is aiq>licd to each acre of infected tobacco. This is usually done by ad£ng ^ pint to 100 gallons of water where the sprayer puts out that amount of spray per acre. For spot spraying, use teaspoonsfuls per gallon of water. Vapotone XX is a contact in secticide and therefore should be put on properly for best results. A three or five gallon pressure hand sprayer is preferred where the insects are spotted in the field- After they are one scattered throiigout the field, a horse drawn sprayer can be rigged up to do a good job of graying. It is best to use eight nozzles set in front of the pump tank. Two posdog should be directed down to like top of the plant, two directed toward the side of the plant aeer the top to cover the area wbcce the leave§ stand erect. The other four noades should be directed upward to cover t^ie -underside of leaves. One pair should be di rected to coyer the lower portion of the plant and the other pair directed to oover the middle por tion of the plant. CAUTION:—Tetraethyl Fyto- phcBidiate sprays' must be ueed immediately after mixini^ Thcee sprays break down readily and are not effective 30 minutes alter mixing. Therefore, do net altour Tetraethyl Phophosphate wrays to stand befme using them. Tetraethyl Phrsahearitoto is extremly toxic to aR auhiial ntoi ‘ (Conthiued on poft 4) '.if
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