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I .«!- • ,,.^.J: ■■■■- GUMMAN OFUBERn The'Hoke County Newt « The Hoke County Jouraal VOLUME XLm NUMBER 15 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1948 RAEFORD. N. C. S2Jt FEB TEAK ■j. I ) FARM NOTES By A. S. Knowles CottfHi Contest Seventeen farmers entered the Hoke Comity Five-Acre Contest this year. These fi|lds are now being checked for production. Samples are being submitted to State College for grading and final tabulation of yields. Results of the contest will ibe announced after all farms have been checked and data summarized. Indications are that a number of contestants will make considerable more than a bale per acre. Plant Pines Farmers that own idle land, sub marginal land, or cut-over wood land should consider the possibili ty of planting pine trees as the best somrce of income from such land, Planting and managing young pines is a long time pro gram but one that pays off as well as most anything for the amount of investment. The State Forestry Department has avail able lob-lolly pines, long leaf pines and black locust at $2.50 per thousand. One thousand seed lings is sufficient to plant an acre. It will probably cost 8 to 12 dollars per acre to get pines seeded, io.- cluding the initial purchase price. Red Cedar is available at $3.00 per thousand. Farmers wishing to get seedlings of the above trees should make application for them at once. They can be delivered be tween November 1, 1948 and March 15, 1948. 4-H Club members and F. F. A. boys are being offered lob-lolly pine seedlings, for ^pting N. C. '^Uip ’Uompany, wishing to obtain pine seedlings through this program should make application at the County Agent’s office or the Vocational Agricul tural teacher. Requests for these seedlings should be made at once. Sweet Potatoes The U. S. Department of Agri cultural has announced the sweet potato price support program that went into effect September 1. For the Porto Rico variety the support price is as follows; ' U. S. Extra No. 1—Sept 1— Nov. 15—$1.90 per bushel. Nov. 16—April 30—$2.40 per bushel. U. S. Grade No. 1—the Support price is $1.65 from Sept. 1 to Nov. 15 and $2.15 per bushel from Nov. 1 to April 30, 1949. These prices are for potatoes that are washed and packed in new container^. For unwashed sweet potatoes a penalty of 5c per bushel will be made. Managing Pullets A number of farmers have re ported that their pullets are begin ning to lay. This is an indication that they should be put into the laying house soon. At the time pullets are transferred to the lay ing house they should be examined for external parasites such as mites and lice. If found treatment should be made with sodium chloride or DDT dust. 'Pullets should be given grain late in the afternoon in. order, to add more body weight. Supply them with clean water at all times and make the change from growing mash to laying mash a gradual one so as not to interfere with the development of the birds. 0 ATTEND SYNOD The Prerbyterian Synod of North Carolina is meeting at Montreat this week, with the meeting scheduled to run from Tuesday through Thursday. At tending rrom tlie Rael'ord Presby terian church are the Rev. W, B. Heyward, pastor, ^.and Clarence Lytch, elder. .The.Y also attended the pre-Synod home mission con ference on Monday. Wardens Catch Game Violators; Fmes Heavy Hunting Laws, Dates Iftag Limits For Coming Season Explained Game protectors from several counties in this section, with three rangers of Fort Bragg, made a drive on game violators on James Creek in Little River township Saturday morning. Four men were apprehended with one making escape. His identity ^las been learned and he will be given a hearing later. Howard Patterson of Broadway. Rt. 1; Hinson Cummings, Lillington, Rt. 3; and George Dickson of Broadway, Rt. 1, were charged with hunting in closed season and without Ucenses. They paid fines and cost in the amount of $39.00 each to Mrs. Barrington, Justice of the Peace. Curtis Hallman of Lillington, Rt. 3 was taxed $32.00 for aiding and abetting in the violation of the game laws. He bad conveyed the men, knowing they were to hunt, into Hoke County and put them out near James Creek on the Bragg Reservation line. . District game protector H. R. McLean stated other vtolators may expect heavy fines for violations. He requests farmers to advise their tenants as to the laws on hunting Farmers can in this way give valuable aid in protecting game during the closed season and give each hunter an equal chance. Game Laws Explained District Game Protector H. R. this week explained the s'ame laws for the hunting season which wUl soon begin and urged that those reading it please ex plain to others who may not see it, in order that these may be spared the possibility of getting into trouble for not knowing the law, The fox season is now open in Hoke county but guns may not be used until seasons open for other game. The dove season opens Sept. 16 and closed Oct. 5 and re opens for the month of January. Deer and squirrel seasons open October 15 with the deer season closing January 1 and the squirrel season closing Jan. 10. Bag limit for deer remains one per day and two for the season. Only male deer may bo,killed. Rabbit, quail and turkey seasons all open November 25 and close January 10. Bag limit for rabbit is 14 daily and no limit for the season For quail the limit is 8 daily and 100 for the season. For turkeys, gobblers only may be hunted and the limit is one per day and six per season. LIBRARY NEWS There ■ will be a party for the members of the Vacation Reading Club who made the “Trip to Bookland Castle” during the sum mer, on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30, at the library. At this time the boy and girl from the 5ih grade up reading the greatest number of books will be crowned king and queen of Bookland Castle, and the boy and girl from the fourth grade and under, reading the most books, will be. crowned prince and princess of Bookland Castle. New books are still coming in, among them the following titles: Tomorrow will be better by .Smith, Important People by Van Gelder, Fire by Stewart, River of Rogues by Beverly-Giddings, A Stylish Marriage, by Rackowe, My Uncle Jan bj". Wurdermann, Ranenswood by Doner, Cotton on my ears by Warfield, Throw me a Bone by Lothrop, We called it Culture by Case, Treasury of Science Fiction by Conklin,, and The Incredible Crosby by Ulanov. Shotgun Battle Last Sunday; Both Hit, One Hurt Willie Ray and Dave Miller, both residents of the Cockman hill section north of Raeford, are reported to have engaged in a shotgun battle in the vicinity of their homes between one and two o’clock last Sunday afternoon. Both are said to have been hit, Ray only slightly and Miller seriously enough to still be in the hospital where it is said he will lose an eye. Investigating officers iSay the two had argued, unarmed, for quite a while before the argument got warm enough to send each to his home for his weapon. Miller returned somewhat at a disad vantage, so the story goes, as he had a 410 guage shotgun while Ray came back armed With a 12 guage. Ray was arrested on charges of assault and is being held pending some outcome of Miller’s condi tion. No Charges have as yet been preferred against Miller. ^ Scalded Welders Are Recovering One of the welders who was. scalded by steam in an accident at the Hoke Oil and Fertilizer company here on Tuesday, Au gust 17, has. been discharged from Highsmith hospital and the other is expected to be discharged this week. Lacy David Pearce has been discharged from the hospital and has returned to his home in Wil mington where he is recuperating. The other. Lory Long, is still in the hospital but is expected to be discharged this week. Both are said to be recovering very well and to be remarkably free from scars. They were scalded when live steam under high pressure was ac cidentally admitted into the boiler where they had been working for several days, through a valve which had normally been kept closed, 0 Legion Meeting Next Wednesday The regular monthly meeting of the local Ellis Williamson Ameri can Legion post will be held at the High School cafeteria next Wed nesday night. September 15, at seven o’clock, Alfred Cole, post commander, announced this week. Cole stated that a highly fec- ommended speaker had been ob tained for the occasion. He is Graham Morrison, county agent from Lincolnton, who made a .great hit with a speech to the Kiwanis club early in the summer. This talk was highly entertaining and entertainment is the expressed purpose of his appearance. Supper will be served and Cole urged members to remember the date and be present for a good meal and a highly entertaining program. 0 ACCIDENT THURSDAY At about one-thirty p. m. last Thursday a 1941 Oldsmobile coach operated by George N. Ivey of Raeford was parked partly on U. S. 15-A near the crossroad at the Marshall Thomas residence, ac^ cording to investigating officers, when his car was hit by a 1947 Ford. The Ford was driven by Frank W. Gilchrist of the 82nd Division at Fort Bragg. Both cars were badly damaged and Gilchrist suffered minor cuts. ■ Gilchrist was charged with care less and reckless driving, no driver’s license and carrying a concealed weapon. Ivey was charg ed with improperly parking on the highwa.v. The wreck was investi gated by the State Highway Patrol and the sheriff's office. North Oirolina' Polio hicidence At All-Time High Attack Stands At 50.8 Per 100,000 People Raleigh, Sept. 6—The attack rate in North Carolinas polio epidemic stands at 50.8 per 100,- 000 population—^highest in the state’s history—^the State Board of Health has reported. In a statement reviewing the epidemic, the board said the high est previous attack rates were 20 in 1935 and 23 in 1944. There were 675 cases 'recorded in 1935, and 878 in 1944. Cases reported to the board so far this year total 1,892. There have been ninety-six deaths re ported. The age of cases in the current epidemic, the board’s review said, is about the game as in previous years. Approximate percentage of cases for age groups in 1935 were listed as 1-4 years, 50 per cent; 5-9, 28 per cent; 10-14, 9 per cent; and 15 and over 13 per cent. “In 1948, on ^the basis of the first 1,810 cases reported,” the statement sa.id, .tl^e comparable percentages were: 1-4 years, 46 per cent; 5-9, 27 per cent; 10-14, 13 per cent and 15 and over, 13 per cent. The board reported “there has been a consistently higher polio myelitis rate in whites than in negroes.” In 1935, the white rate was 23.2 cases per 100,000 popu lation and the negro rate 14.7. In 1948, among the first 1,200 cases, the rates were 40 for whites and 12 for negroes.. 'I*!-* The case fatality rate this year has remained about five per cent, the statement continued. In 1935, deaths totaled 42—^a 6.2 per cent rate—and 1944, deaths totalled 36—a 4.4 per cent rate. The state “has had a much lower poliomyelitis rate over a period of years than the nation as a whole,” the board declared. “For the period 1916-25 this state ranked 41st among of the states with an average of 1.4 cases per 100,000 population as compared to 7.5 for the nation as a whole. For the period 1926-1935 North iCarolina was 31st, the average rate being 4.2 for the state and 6.4 for the nation,” the statement went on. “Between 1936 and 1945 we were 338th with ah overage rate of 4,8 as Compared' to 6.9 for the nation. In 1946 there occured the nation’s second highest total number of cases ever recorded. The average rate for the nation was 19.1 cases per 100,000 or only slightly below North Caro lina’s two previous epidemic years. This state ranked 46th in 1946 with a rate of only 4.6. Tn 1947 iwe had our third highest year up to that time, with 8.1 cases per 100,000 population as compared to the nation’s 7.4 during that year twelve other states ranked higher.” 0 Three Are Tried In Recorder’s Court In Recorder’s court Tuesday morning before Judge Henry Mc- Diarmid, John Henry Johnson, colored, came up for the second successive Tuesday for being drunk and disorderly. He got a surpended' sentence the week be fore and this time .he got 30 days, in jail. Only two other cases were [ tried. Tom Branson, colored, got i 30 days on the roads suspended on ! payment of the costs for being ^ drunk a;:d disorderly. • j Luther Henderson. Indian, got' one • year on the roads for no support,’ sentence suspended on payment of the costs and 85.00 ■ weekly toward the support of his family. | Eight cases were postponed. ; Sanford Trial Before Hoke Jury Nears Completion The trial of James Palmer, 55, well known and prosperous Negro of Route 3, Sanford, for the death of Otis McNeill, also colored, was expected to reach the jury late yesterday. The case is being tried before a 13-man jury from this county and the trial began on Tuesday morning of last week. Members of the jury were chosen from a special venire of 120, several of whom were colored, from this county. The 13 who are serving are William E. Blue, R. L. Carter, Walter Parks, H. H. Walters. W. W. Cameron, Hilton Clark, Archie McDiarmid, M. Dougald Shaw, John Townsend, R. W. Posey, Alfred Long, Jr., W. J. McBryde and C. C. McMillan. The jurymen are being kept under constant guard at all times and are quartered at the Wilrik Hotel in Sanford where a special dining hall has been arranged for them. State prosecutor during the trial is Solicitor Jack Hooks, who is being assisted by Glenn Edwards. Defense attorneys for Palmer are E. L. Gavin, Robert Gavin, Harold Gavi.u, H. L. Jackson, D. E. Mc- Iver and W. W. Seymour, all of Sanford, plus Neill M. Salmon of Lillington, J. Lee Moody of Siler City and N. McNair Smith of Rae ford. The case is.being tried before Judge Clawson L. Williams and the State is trying to prove that Palmer killed McNeill by shoot ing him and then threw his body with weights attached into Deep River where it was found by officers. State’s evidence in the case is largely circumstantial. MAKE FINAl PREPARATIONS FOR SCHOOL OPENING WEDNESDAY VACCINATIONS The attention of the Public Is called to the fact that there were 3 cases of diptheria re ported in Hoke COanty during the past month. Diptheria is a preventable disease, vaccina tion for which is required by law. Your family physician is always ready to give the vacci nation or your Health Depart ment will famish it for you. We have no vaccination for polio and must do the best we can in preventing it but typhoid, smallpox and diptheria are inexcusable. Schedule Of Activities Next Week Announced By County Superintendent Beer Election In Fayetteville Jan. 4 Board of Aldermen of the City of Fayetteville in a special session last week set January 4 as the date for a special election to deter mine whether beer and wine shall be legally sold in the city. This (action was taken after members of the board had 'exam ined a petition calling for the spec ial election and had ruled that it contained the names of more than 16 per cent of the registered vot ers who participated in the last municipal election. The petition, was presented to the board by J. Warren Pate, con tained 1,283 names Motion was made by Mayor Pro- Tern Wilbur Clark that the elec tion be called on January 4. Action of the board followed by two days a special election in ^'hich voters of Cumberland coun ty outlawed the legal sale of beer and wine in the' county after the first of November. State' statutes provide that any municipality with a population of over 1,000 may conduct a special election pn beer and wine, al though the county in which the municipality is located' may be dry. Such an election, however, cannot be held in Fayetteville sooner than January 4, since statutes provide that no special election may be held within 60 days of a general election. “ Fayetteville will therefore be legally dry, as far beer and wine sales are concerned, during the (Continued on Page 4) 0 Raeford Hunt Club Has Annual Meeting The Raeford Hunt club held its annual meeting at the courthouse Tuesday night and elected officers for the next year. Retiring Presi dent Neill McFadyen, was in! charge. ' . [ New ofiicers elected were Harry j Grooue, president, W. J. Ccates.. vice-president, and K. A. Mac- D'anald, secretary and treasurer. Rcbort Gatlin and Benton Thomas were chosen members of the club’s | executive committee along with | the three officers. Farm Bureau Meeting Friday Richard Neeley, president of the Hoke county Farm Bureau, has announced that there will be an important meeting tomorrow night of the Farm Bureau directors and membership chairmen of the county at the Farmer’s restaurant at 7:00 o’clock. Neeley said that John Eagles of the State Farm Bureau would be present to dis cuss Farm Bureau problems and give the necessary information for obtaining membership during the campaign to .be conducted. He urged aU directors and township chairmen to attend the meeting. Appearing in the Raleigh “News and Observer” on Monday was the following item, l^eaded “Warns Farmers”. Senator Arthur Capper, R-I^an., warned farmers tonight that a move is afoot to make them the goats for inflation. He predicted that there will be a drive in the next Congress to lower government support level for farm prices. Support prices, are now sched uled to remain at the high war time level of 90 per cent of parity until 1950. Capper said in a radio broadcast that “some very strong arguments are being made for re ducing the support price levels for 1949 instead of waiting until 1950.” The 86-year-old Kansan, who is chairman of the Senate agricul ture committee, pointed out that most farm prices, aside from meat and dairy products, already are down to or below parity levels. (Continued on back page) ^ 0—^ Mrs. Katie Butler Is Buried Sunday Funeral services wer-e conducted :,t Ephesus Baptist church last Sunday afternoon for Mrs. Katie Butler, who died Saturday morn ing. The service was conducted by the Rev. E. B. Booker and the Rev. J. M. Gibbs'and burial was. in the church cemetery. , Mrs. Butler was 83 years of age and was the widow of the late William Butler. She is survived by two sons, Zeb Butler and Austin Butler, both of Raeford. Route 3; three daughters, Mrs. W. J. Hobson of Fayette ville, Mrs. Maggie West of Fay etteville, Route 3, and Mrs. Jasper Coulk of Dundarrach. By K. A. MacDonald The white schools of Hoke County will open, on next Wed nesday, Septem'oer 15, at 9:00 a. m. Buses will run early enough to put them in Raeford about 10 minutes to nine. The opening and closing hours after Wednesday will be set at a principals meeting on Monday and will be announced by the principals on Wednesday. I Bus drivers will give the pupils on their buses their schedules on Wedneday. Parents and friends are invited to the opening exercises at the various, schools.. In addition to the list of teachers given last week the following are a part of the school administrative staff: Mrs. Jason Barnes, county lunchroom supervisor; J. W. Turlington, bookrocm manager; L. E. Luck, head mechanic: Mrs. Lucy Smith, Hoke High lunch room manager; Mrs. M. L. Wood, Rockfish lunchroom manager; Mrs.'W. S. Crawley, lunchroom manager at Mildouson; Mrs. Aganora Andrews. I'.inchromn.. at Raeford Graded school. The manager for Ashe.T.ont will be an nounced later. There will be a county-wide meeting of principals and lunt^- room nianagers at the courthouse tom^.hw, Friday, Septem'oer 10, ?.-■ p. m. Mrs. Mary L. Smi^ asSRirfant state supervisor oi school lunch program, will attend the meeting and explain the new report forms and new state rules and regulations. The school schedule for next week is as follows: Monday, Sep tember 13 at 9:30 a. m. bus drivers meeting, (at this meeting drivers will receive their buses); at 2:00 p. m. principals meeting; at 8:00 p. m. teachers meeting. Tuesday, September 14, local school faculty meeting (hour and place to be announced by principals). Wed nesday. September ^ 9:00 a. m. schools opens for 1948-49 term. Parents are urged to see that their children observe all precau tions that were observed during the polio quarantine. Principals, and teachers will make an extra effort to see that all safety meas urers are carried put at school. Let us hope and pray tha: Hoke Coun ty does .not have another case. 4-H GIRLS TO BROADCAST R. L. Marsh, new principal at Mildouson. was in town this week making preparation for the open ing of school.' All parents are urged to enter their children on the opening, day of school. Should farm work necessitate their being out after that they will be excused until such work is completed. Four Hoke High School 4-H giiis, Ellen Kate Kponce of Rt. No. 2, Raeford, Katherine McDonald of Raeford, Mary McLean of Rt. No. 1, Raeford and Eloise Davis of Rt. No. 2- Raeford, will give a fifteen minute radio program over- sta.tioii WPTF in Raleigh on Sat urday. September 11th. The group ■ .\ ill be c;'. the' air, from 12:45 to' 1:00 p. m.The broadcast is given. ^ in ''"e fofrtr of a discussion on nro.cram planning for joint 4-H CL;b iv.eetings for the next-year. .After the broadcast the girls wi'il j visit places of interest in Raleigh, i Josephine Hall. Home De'.r.on- . st.ration Agent, wi’l carry 'the , group of girls to Raleigh. All parents who have childTMi whq start to school for the Trst. time this year, and who have not. had all vaccinations and immuni zations that are required by law are urged to take these children to tJie County Health Department at once and have them ready, for the opening day of school. If. children age not properly vacci nated it will necessitate the prin cipals having to make arrange- 'ments to have it done. All children are requii’-ed by law to be properly vac.cimr.ed' 'cefore entering school. N. rth C.irolina la'.v requhes that a ch-ld be 6 years of age on or 'oefore Octo'oer 1, of the year ho .■r-she starts school, an'd that this, child rnusc enter during the first :r.cnth of school. Please do not send a child unless he meets the age veq’airement as principals and (Continued on page 4)
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