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News - Journal The Hoke County News The Hoke (^ounty Journal VOLUME XLHI; NUMBER 51 THURSDAY, MAY" 19, 1949 RAEFORD. N. C. S2.00 PER YOUR iSCHOOL NEWS! By K. A. MacDonald We are glad to announce that a meeting of the Ashemont school committee last week the entirfe faculty was re-elected for the school term of 1949-50. Cars Involved All Cases In Recorder’s. Court Last Friday night the senior class of Hoke High presented its play, “Aunt Tillie Goes to Town”, under the direction of Miss Mir iam Watson, senior claSs adviser. The play, a farce-comedy, was given to a large and apprroiative audience. The members of the cast were all selected for their parts and everyone did his part well. The performance was smooth running frora start to finish. Each character was well portrayed. Everyone acclaimed it as one of the best senior plays given in a long time. Both the seniors and their adviser, deserve a lot of cre dit for all the work that was done jto make it a success. ' It is a pleasure to announce that its spring meeting last week the Rockfish school committee re elected the entire faculty for the school year 1949-50. Miss Ruby Wood, primary teacher at Rockfish who under-. went,^ an operation at .Highsihith hospital, is now recuperating at home. All cases tried before Judge Henry MoDiarmid in Hoke coun ty recorder’s court Tuesday morn ing dealt 'with violations of the motor vehicle laws of- some sort. Avery E. Daniels, white man of West End, was tried on a charge of driving drunk. He was found not guilty. Clarence McGregor, and Leroy Murchison, colore'd, paid $10 and the costs for careless and rdckless driving and Preston Moore, also colored, was found not guilty on the same charge. ■ ^ ' Matthew - McLauchlin and Lem Leach, both colored, paid $10 and the costs each for driving with improper br^es, f James: Harris, colored, paid $10 and the costs for violating the road laws by hav ing an exhaust , whistle on his auto. William J. Armstrong, col ored of Southern Pines, paid the costs for having improper equip ment on his car. Walter Covington, colored of Fayetteville, and Boyce C. Builington, colored of South Carlina, each got 30' days sus pended on payment of $25 and the costs for having no drivers licenses. Grady E. Jones, white* of South Carolina, forfeited a $25 bond for speeding. —6 Historian Wants Local Information . Ashemont school will present its operetta tomorrow night', Fri day, May 20, at 8:39 O’clock at ,..'s Names Chairmen To Promote Bond Issue In County The name acetipted co-c County’s C • Schools and ' ed in Raleigr Marshall, ‘.hose who have i i manship of Hoke 1 .::ee for Better 1 I '.s were announc- j 1:= week by John 1 exec:u:;ve secretary of 1 American Legion Enters Junior Baseball Team 69 Teams Entered In State; Play To Begin June 6th; First Game Here June 10th ^ Interest in the 1949 corn-growing contest between North Carolina and Virginia is growing.by leaps and bounds. Farmers from both States are enrolling, anxious to increase their own corn yields and to help their respective States come out on top. The exhibit shown above is being displayed in various localities. In the center appears the trophy which will be presented to the winning State by the Corn Committees of North Carolina and Virginia. It is donated by The National Fertilizer Association. Better Schools and Roads, Inc. They are Harry Greene, Rae- ford, N. C., Neal Sinclair, Ashley Heights, N. C. and Sam McGou- gan. Lumber Bridge, N. C. The co-chairmen will spearhead a county drive for voters’ sup port bf the Better Schools and Roads program, which faces its biggest test on June 4 when the people of North Carolina will .vote on the issuance of bonds for school and road building. By their acceptance of co chairmanship they also became directors in the non-profit, non partisan citizens’ organization. Better Schools and Roads, Inc. A Raeford team is among 69 American Legion Junior baseball teams representing 71 Legion posts in the State which - have been entered for competition in. the 1949 Junior Baseball program, according to announcement this w'eek by Dr D. R.” P.erry, •bf ’Dur-,' ham. State chairman for Junior- baseball. Additional entries are expected before the closing'.-.date June 4th. -Area cdm.missioners are holding, meetings this ^onth with -Ford Motor company*.- representatives and Post athletic officers to plan PTA To Sponsor Summer Recreation and pupils have worked hard on its production. A delightful hour is in prospect for all who attend. Last week Mrs. Roberts’ fourth grade of the Raeford Graded had a picnic at the ball park. /.les- dames Lewis Upchurch and N. A. McDonald served the children a picnic dinner. The association was a highlight for the children. Dr. Dorset of Meredith College and the State Health Department will be in the county on June 2 to hold a clinic for school child ren. We are delighted that Dr. Dorset is coming* as he is an emi nent specialist in his field. Mrs. Stephens’ 4th and 5th grade room won the attendance prize at PTA Monday night for getting the most parents out. The prize wlil be a picnic for ,the room. A V The Jeans Supervisor spent four days in Greensboro last wmek attending a conference called by the State Education Commission for the purpose tesVng sixth grade ' teachers and pupils in the Greens boro and Guilford county sys tems. The education commission is making a study under the di rection of Dr. McCall of Columbia University to try to evolve a sys tem of rating for teadhers. John A. Oates, prominent Fay etteville attorney and historian jvho is at ..present writing a book ^^n .the history of the Cape Fear ion of North Carolina,' will wi Raefisfd' srtRefTfotdl at two o’clock on Friday afternoon of next week. May 27. Mr. Oates is coming to Raeford to get information on this sec tion for his work and he wants people of the county who have old papers, family, business or church information to bring it to Mrs. Neill McFadyen, president of the Hoke-Raeford Parent- Teacher association, said this week that the association had de cided at its last meeting to again promote the summer recreation program for children here. She said that the project would take about $500 and that the as sociation hoped that the parents of children taking advantage of the program would donate enough money to finance it. Donations may be sent to Mrs. Israel Mann, Recreation chairman. The program will consist of .sufi^rv^^ jBl^y.on:th^-,hi,gh school ground^ dturing the mornings and at night, and supervised swim ming at the creek in the after noons. A bus will be provided to transport the children to the creek if possible. 0 Men Of eSurch Have Meeting Men of the Raeford Presbyter ian church held their, monthly meeting and supper at the church on Tuesday night. About 75 were present and enjoyed a fine meal. The program Was presented by K. A. MacDonald. The speaker was Roger C. Kiser, educator, farmer and State legislator from Laurinburg. He was introduced by L. M. Peele, former Scotland County school superintendent, and his address was interesting and inspirational. ■0- Kiwanianlli rict&cWe FOREIGN MISSIONARY ■the hotel Where he will look it ARRIVING NEXT WEEK over. He would like to have in formation on the oldest churches,* homesteads, etc. _o——. OPEN HOUSE HELD BY COUNTY LIBRARY The annual McFarland, New Hope and' Timberland May Day exercises were held at McFarland ’school last Friday." A Ma^ pole dance and other folk dances were put on by the schools in a beau tiful woodland setting that was very fitting for the occasion. Al ter the exercise refreshments were served on the grounds. Teachers and pupils are to be congratulated on the good pro gram offered. Last Friday the Lilly’s Chapel school held their spring exercises. The festivities started in the af ternoon with dinner being serv ed on the grounds then a ball game was played. In the evening a pageant was put on in the building. A large concourse' of parents enjoyed the occasion. Teachers and pupils were, highly, complimented. The Hoke County Library was thrown open to the public on the first Thursday in May; the lib rary association holding open house. In the rooms recently painted the Raeford Garden club had placed choice flowers from the gardens of its nlembers. Mts. Luke Bethune, librarian, and Miss Anne Gore of student association, greeted the callers. Mrs. A. K. Currie was at the register and Miss Josephine Hall and Mrs. G. B. Rowland served punch and cookies from a w^ell appointed table placed in the children’s room. The visiting hours were from 2-5 in the afternoon and 7:30 .to 9 at night. At night K. A. Mac Donald, who is chairman of Hoke County Library Board of Trus tees, assisted Mrs. Bethime in re ceiving and Mrs. J. M. Andrews assisted at the punch bowl. Those that took this occasion to visit the library were much pleased. The library is a source of pride to the county and this occasion impressed its worth and value to the community. . 0 REV. AND MRS. MANN VISIT PLANETARIUM Miss Alice Longenecker, Miss ionary to China who is sent out by ^the Raeford Presbyterian church, will arrive in Raeford next Tuesday. Her time in Rae ford will be divided among the liiembers of the auxiliary. She will be the guest of Mrs. Julian Johnson for the first two weeks of her visit. On Sunday night. May 29th, the regular birthday program of the Woman’s Auxili ary will be given with Miss Long enecker the speaker. 0 BAND TO PLAY AT PAGE’S LAKE Members of the Raeford, Laur inburg, Sandhills and Sanford Kiwanis clubs enjoyed a chicken supper at Lakeview Hotel Wed nesday evening. The picnic was sponsored by the Sanford Kiwanis club and some 225 Kiwanians from the four clubs enjoyed the occasion. After the program there was dancing with music furnished by a string orchestra. 0— LOSES HOME IN FLA. Mrs. R. A. Matheson was noti fied Sunday that her mother’s home in Live Oaks, Florida, had burned down the night before. Mrs. Matheson’s mother, Mrs. L. B. Sutton, was visiting her son’s family in Asheville at the time. Mrs. Matheson left Sunday morn ing. meeting her mother in Co lumbia, S. C. and going to Live Oak. They both expect to return to Raeford this week. 1948 Cotton Crop Over 14 Million Bales The 1948 cotton crop was esti mated at 14,868,0Q0 bales of 500,- pounds gros^ weight in a final report by the Agriculture De partment. This compares with 11,857,000 bales produced in 1947 and with a 10-year average of 12,014,000 bales. Cottonseed production was put at 5,941,000 tons compared with 4,681,000 in 1947. The combined value of cotton lint and cottonseed from the 1948 crop was estimated at $2,641,336,- 000, the highest on record. The figure in 1947 was $2,294,543,000. -jv.*,T^>vgl«e:of*the 1948 crop of lint was put at $2,241,077,000 com pared with $1,892,528,000 in 1947. The value of the 1948 crop of coittonseed was placed at $400,- 259,000 or about the same as that for the 1947 crop. The 1948' average price received by farmers for cotton sold prior to May 1, 1949, was 30.1 cents a pound against an average of 31.93 cents for the 1947 crop. The sea son average price of cottonseed was $67.40 a ton or about $18.50 below the 1947 average. The yield of cotton per acre last year reported at 313.1 pounds compared with 267.3 in 1947. ^0 schedules of first round' play, the- The co-chairmen took as their L®S^bn s * High Commissioner” of,' first job the encouragement of jutdor • baseball said. Raeford^-Jras been placed in voters to register for the election. In this connection, however, they pointed out that no special regis tration is required. Any citizen now on Sie registration books _can vote, and citizens who are not al ready registered may do so on May 14 and May 21, at their poll ing places. The bond issue vote will not be “against the registra tion” as some elections have been in the past but will be a straight for-or-against proposition. In oth Arch 2 of the. State and wUl com pete with _seyen'.,other teams for the area title.' For the first round play wUl be in two districts of the area. Raeford is , in district 2 with Whiteville, Tabor City,.* and Laurinburg.'Entries in District 1 of the area . are Dunn, Clinton and Fort Bragg with one vacancy, still existing. ' The season will open with Rae ford playin Whiteville' there on er words, if more people vote for 6 and- Tabop City playing 'the bond issue than against it, - it wiU carry; if more vote against it than for it, it will not. Regis tered voters who do not vote will ■have, no effect on &e outcome. ^: 0—^ JUNIOR CHORUS GIVES SPRING CONCERT GRADED SCHOOL RECRUITER HERE Sgt. L. A. Morrison, of the United States Army Recruiting service, will be at the Post' Office in Raeford every Tuesday from 12:00 noon to 4:00 p. m. He will be able to furnish complete in formation on Army and Air Force enlistments. The Red Springs-Raeford High school band will give a concert at Page’s Lake at 2:30 p. m. on Sunday, May 22, U. S. Page, own er of the lake, has announced that the grounds and buildings will be open to the public for the concert. The lake opens the 1949 bathing, dancing and picnicking season on Saturday. 0. A & R MOVES OFFICE Raleigh Roundup By Eula Nixon Greenwood The Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Mann of Antioch attended a demonstra tion entitled “Let There Be Light” at the Morehead Planetarium m Chapel Hill last Thursday after noon. The planetarium is one of six in North America and it was formally opened' on Sunday, May 8. Its value is increased by the fact that it is one of 25 such in struments made by the Zeiss works in Germany before the war in which the Zeiss plant was de stroyed! The Aberdeen & Rockfish rail road has moved its office to the recently renovated depot building nearer Main street than the ware house they have been using for an office for some years. The Western Union office and Mrs. Dezerne’s flower business also moved along wifh them. CLEANUP PAMTUP FIXUP Do Your Part RIGHT BEHIND — Four chortl ing and chattering women, ob viously completely carried away by the balmy weather,|the spring styles, and an opportunity to get out of the house for an hour or so, were bouncing along hardly noticing where they were going on Raleigh street last Saturday morning. Just in front of them in solemn majesty walked Mr. Law of North Carolina. “Aren’t We right behind Hud- son-Bfelk?” sang out one of the shoppers. “No,” came the thimdering voice from in front, “right be hind Walter P. Stacy.” As he graciously stepped aside for them to pass, he bowed slight ly, and four fluttering hands—as if lifted by one huge hand—^flew to blood-red faces. WORST SINCE 1938 — This isn’t the kind of thing one likes to write home about, but officials of the N. C. Employment Security Commission are privately very much worried about employment conditions in the State. Unem ployment in North Carolina is now at its highest level since 1938. With the exceptioiuof a few isolated spots, it is still climbing. The first three months in the year are normally poor for em ployment, and conditions usually improve with the coming of spring. Not so this year. Unem ployment as of last week was still on the upswing in North Carolina. For PTA program Monday ^v^ ening. May 16 Miss Bradley pre sented the Junior chorus in a spring concert at 8:00 o’clock at the Raeford Graded School. From the beginning number. “Bless this House” by Brahe to the con cluding song, “Evening Prayer” by Humperdinck, the pupils de lighted the audience with their singing. Included in the program also were “The Primrose” by Grieg; “Joys of Spring” by Vogel; “Gon- diliers” by Eduards di Capua; “To a Robin” by Mohr; and “The Brooklet” by Franz 'Schubert. John Davis did the soloist part in “Little Bit of Heaven.” The junior sextette also sang “Spring Night.” ■ The entire program was render ed in an excellent manner. Miss Bradley, the director. Nell Myers, the accompanist, and every one of the pupils are to be congratu lated for such a splendid concert. At the conclusion of the pro gram Mrs. Neill McFadyen, pres ident, presided over a brief busi ness session. Mrs. McFadyen an nounced the plans for summer recreation program. All the offi cers: Mrs. Neill McFadyen, presi dent; Mrs. M. R. Smith, vice- president; Mre. H. C. Roberts, secretary; and Mrs. N. A. Mc Donald, treasurer were elected to serve for the ehsuing yar. Mrs. James Stevens’ room won the attendance prize. FERTILIZER SALES — On the other hand, fertilizer sales have been booming in North Carolina for the past six months. The State Agriculture Department had prepared for a big letdown this season, but sales are ap proaching the record peak estab lished in 1947. This may mean that farmers, anticipating lower prices for their crops, plan to make up for the loss by growing larger quantities. Another thing, fa^ people in this State have been tau^t that the application of ferilizer is a good investment. More and more (Conttauied oa pafe 4) Laurinburg at Tabor City, th.e same date. First' game to be play- - ed in Raeford will- be against Tabor! City on-June' 10. The teams will play' two games weekly^ through July 15 and the district champions' will play a best twei- of-three series during the week of July 18-23 for .the ^area title: The regional toumamentT" will be held in Kannapolis this year and the Little World series will be in Omaha, Nebraska. W. L. Poole will^co^ch the Raeford en try, and he has aimounced that a' practice game with Aberdeen will be played in Armory Park at 4:00 o’clock today. 0 -r- , Mother Of'Mrs* Siiddreth Dieis MISS BLUE HONORED AT QUEENS COLLEGE Miss Bonnie Kate Blue, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Neill B. Blue, Raeford, N. C., has recently been elected to membership in Val- kyrie^ honorary sophomore lead ership fratenity, at Queens CoL lege, Charlotte, N. C. This organi zation is composed of the six members of the rising sophomore class who have ekhibited the most outstanding leadership and citizenship on the campus for the past year. Miss Blue was also elected re cently to serve as treasurer of hoarding student council for the coming year. • I Mrs. C. F. Suddreth received word Tuesday afternoon of the death of her mother, Mrs. Tuttle, in Lenoir. Mrs. Tuttle was 83 years of age and h$d - been sick for some time. 'Mr. and Mrs.' Suddreth . and daughter. Miss Elizabeth- Suddreth, left for Lenoir Tuesday soon after receiving the message. , . Slie was the widow of a widely known Methodist minister who fomerly ’ was Caldwell county sheriff. A native of Glen Springs, S. C., she was the daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. James Sher rod Ervin. Funeral arrangements were not available. _ Surviving are six sons, R. E. Tuttle. Baltimore, Md., Ben^n H. Tuttle, Hamlet, W. D., Davis F.. and James Sherrod Ttuttle, Lenoir, Commander Magruder H. Tuttle, Jr., USN; two daughters, Mrs. E. M. Bruner, Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. C. R. Suddreth, Raeford; three sisters, Mrs. W. B.Menzies and Miss Annie Mc Dowell Ervin, Hickory, and Mrs. Emma Douglas, Bristol, Ba.; and a brother, W. C- Ervin, Morgan- ton, attorney, former mayor o£ Lenoir and former editor. LEGION MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT Alfred Cole, commander of the Flli.s Williamson American Le gion post, has announced that the monthly meeting of the post will be held at the High school cafe teria at seven-iHiirty tomofxow night. Supper will be served. Cole urged aU menabers to ettrad es nominations for ofttetfs of the post will be made «t the neetiBg. Election will be hdd et the tol- lowing meeting.
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