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Mi i’ :'^-‘ )y^r CUMUHAN OFUBEMT ■/r . ’ ' New^s - Journal The Hoke County Newt The Hoke County Journal ¥Ma OF nuDom VOLUME XLIV; NUMBER 5 THURSDAY, JUNE 31, 1949 RAEFORD. N. C KMnMYEMM /j?' ADDENDA by the editor THIS COLUMN is something that was conceived two or three sum mers ago tp fill this space when County School Superintendent Kenneth MacDonald ran out of something to write about. WeU, he wrote his last for last week’s paper, so here it is again. Con tents are doubtful, as almost any thing that comes to mind gets in. TO WEST POINT — First Rae- ford boy ever to enter the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., left yesterday and will report for duty tomorrow morning. He is Martin L. (Sonny) McIntyre, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McIntyre. He is a graduate of Porter Military Academy, Char leston, S. C.J and attended Wake Forest College for two years. He was nominated for admission by Congressman C. B. Deane. We’ve had two local boj^s to finish the Naval Academy that I know of but I think Sonny will be. the first to go to West Point. We’re proud of him and wish him success. LIONS WILL ROAR again tomor row night at the High school cafeteria when the newly-ogan- ized Raeford Lions club has its second meeting. The meeting will be from 7:00 to 8:00 o’clock. We’re glad to wish them well, also, be cause a Lions club always helps a town. HEARING ON ROADS before the county commissioners and High way commissioner George Coble at the courthouse Monday after noon was fairly well attended— by people who are interested in particular roads, as was expected. ^eh-road^^haf "---.•ji-ycsked for/as. marked on a map by the Sigh way commissioner, but no oratory by the various delegations from all over the county was permit ted. The county commissioners will be notified just how much was marked on the map later. Of ficial figure on rural roads to be fixed up with the bond issue money in the county is 92 miles. tent show TONIGHT on the vacant lot back of the Home Food Market is sponsored by the Amer ican Legion and is about the first act^of this nature to be perform ed by new commander , Julius Jordan. FOURTH OF JULY comes Mon day and most of us will be hunt ing some place that’s cool, I ex pect. The News-Journal will be closed along with most other lous inesses here and elsewhere. There will also be no National Guard drill next week. ONLY 2 VACANCIES, by the way, remain in the local National Guard unit, although there may be more before the unit goes to Camp Stewart, Ga., on July 23. There are now 103 men in the unit. ONCE IN 50 YEARS was often enough for the Presbyterian church to have an anniversary, some of us here at The News- Journal were saying last Friday night. Reason for that was that we underestimated the magnitude of the job of printing the programs for the occasion and had to stay on the job about 30 hours straight to get it done. Cecil Dew. who edited the program, was right here with us most of the time, too. IN 'THAT CONNECTION it would be well to mention here that many persons from elsewhere who were here for the church celebration will not find their names in the list of those from out of town. Reason is that many of them had already been set up as being here for the week end when we got the church list and were deleted to avoid duplication. THE BLACK SOX, Raeford’s very excellent Negro baseball team, will celebrate “The Fourth” the way it ought to be celebrated. They’re going to play the Greens boro Black Yanks at Armory Park at 3:30 p. m. - , R. T. Gaitley Passes Away; Buried Yesterday Robert Thomas Gaitley, resi dent of Red Springs and for sev eral years a resident of this coun ty, died Monday night in a Lum- berton hospital. He had been in declining health for the past eight years. He was born in Rich mond county,' August 15, 1870, a son of the late Isaac and Katherine Crouch Gaitley. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Annie Culbreth of Robeson county; four daughters, Mrs. Wallace Chandler of Frank- linville. Miss Martha Gaitley, sec retary of the First Presbyterian church in Fayetteville, and Misses Jean and Helen Gaitley of the home; by three brothers, E. D. Gaitley of Florence, S. G., J. C. Gaitley of Norfolk, Va.; and J. B. Gaitley of Front Royal, Va.; by one sister, Mrs; G. V. McPhail of Rowland; and by two grandsons. Funeral services were conduct ed from the Trinty Methodist church at Red Springs Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock by his pas tor, Rev. Graham Eubanks, as sisted by Rev. Walker B. Healy. D.D., of Fayetteville. Burial was in the Alloway cemetery. Fort Bragg Plays Legion Team Here Tomorrow Night W. L. Poole’s American Legion Junior baseball team dropped from second place in the past week to a tie for second. They were leading Fort Bragg by one game, but lost, 9 to 8, in a game there last Thursday night. The local boys outhit the Fort Bragg boys but Raeford’s pitchers had a rath er wild time and free bases made the difference. The local aggregation went to Clinton last night where they either took clear possession of second place by winning, or drop ped to third by losing. Next game here will be in Arm ory park at eight o’clock with Fort Bragg the visiting team. Road Deaths Drop In May; Hoke Second In State For the first time since January, fatalities on highways of North Carolina took a downward turn during May, the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles re ported today. A total of 48 persons were kill ed during the month as compar ed wuth 62 persons killed during May of 1948, representing a 23 per cent decrease. The Department attributes the decrease to less traffic on the highways because of seasonal oc cupations. May’s figures brought to 303 the persons killed during the first five months of the year. Reported traffic accidents dur ing May totaled 1,509, as com pared with 1.327 during the same period last year, an increase of 14 per cent. Total accidents through the first five months of the year numbered 7^243. Bicycle fatailies doubled dur ing May as compared with last May. Four persons were killed in bike-motor vehicle collisions, bringing the five-month tot4l to 11. Twenty-nine bicyclists^ were injured. Brunswick County led ’e State in fatailies during Mia^ vith 11 persons killed, seven ij )ne ac cident over the Menj al Day week end, Hoke County was four fatalities; Ci Mecklenburg Couni three each; Durhai New Haiiover, and Blobeson Coun ties, two each. ' — O-I Miss Isabel Belhune of Omaha, Nebraska, arrivejd Saturday to spend the next two weeks with her mother, Mrsl Luke Bethune, 'next with dwell and s reported McDowell, 450 Participate In Anniversary. Services Sunday Presbyterians And Guests Spend Enjoyable Day Of Worship And Reminiscence Fifty years of existence as a church were celebrated by Rae ford Presbyterians on last Sun day as about 450 members, form er members, and their guests gath ered at the Raeford Presbyterian church here for two services and a picnic dinner in honor of the occasion. Rev. C. Darby Fulton, D.D., of Nashville, Tenn., Executive Sec retary of Foreign Missions and immediate Past Moderator of the Presbyterian church 'in -the U, S., presented the anniversary message at the eleven o’clock service. His subject was “The Good and the Best,” and in it he stressed the church’s work; missions, steward ship and evangelism, pointing out that in all three we had at some times made a fairly good, showing, but that it was hardly the best we could do. He pointed out, too, the ease with which the good could be mistaken for. the best, and showed a sharp and clear dis tinction between the two, and re minded his hearers that God had given his best to man, in Jesus Christ. At the 2:30 service reminisc ences were presented by the first regularly installed pastor of the church. Rev. L. A. McLaurin, a retired minister how living in Mullins^ S. C. Lamont Brown, of Aberdeen, son of the late Rev. W. C. Brown, second pastor of the church, presented some of his re collections as a child growing up in t>j manse,- and spoke of his parents’ intense love for the Rae ford church and all their friends here. Dr. Watson Fairley, of Mon treat, third pastor of the church, was unable to be present due to the illness of Mrs. Fairley. A communication was read from the fourth pastor. Rev. Harry K. Hol land, now pastor of First Pfes- byterian church. Marietta, Ga. A communion service followed the period of recollection. Rev. W. B. Heyward, pastor of the church, presided at each service. The anniversary social hour was the dinner at 12:45 on the grounds, at which the invocation was made by D. Scott Poole, 91-year old elder of the church. The dinner hour provided a much appreciated time for old-timers and present day members to get together and talk. The local church was organized on June 27, 1899, in the first main building of Raeford Institute, a school started under the. influence of John W. McLauchlin, Dr. A. P. Dickson And others in 1895, after which a community began to come into existence, and the need for a church was seen by the same leaders. Thirty-one composed the charter membership, and at pre sent the active enrollment is about 550, with a plant valued at over $125,000. The church has had five pastors including the present one. A foreign missionary. Miss Alice Longenecker, is supported by ^he church, and she was present Sun day, being on furlough from her Belgian Congo post. Miss Alice Walker is the director of music and youth work. Honored members at the an niversary were the tlmee surviv ing charter members, Mrs. M. W. McLean, WiHiam Lamont and W. M. MCFadyen. Two other charter members survive, j. W. Guiton, of Charlotte, one of the two first deacons, and Rufus D. Dickson. High Point attorney. The church used the old Rae ford Institute building folowiijg its orgainzation, and built its first church building in 1901. The sec ond .building was completed in 1923 and is the building now be ing used, having been rebuilt and redesigned following a fire in Oc- (Continued on back page) REA HAS MOVED D. J Dalton, Manager of the Lumbee River Electric Memmbership Cooperation has announc^ that on Fri day, July 1 at 8:00 a. m. the Cooperative’s new home of fice in Red Springs will be open for business. The of fice in Raeford will be dis continued as of June 30, today. PERSONALS Lt. Mary Frances Tapp, who has been a member of the army nurses corps for the past several years and who has been stationed at Fort Bragg for the past ten years, was separated from the army last Friday. She is now making her home with her par ents and has accepted a position at the Sanatorium. Mr. and Mrs., Hinson Walters attended the Vocarillon Recital, featuring Frances Lehnerts, mez zo-soprano. and Anton Brees, carillonneur, at the Duke Univer sity Singing Tower, Thursday ev ening. June 23. Frances Lehnerts is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and winner of a five year fellowship at the Juilliard School. Carillon recitals t^ill be given each week during the sum- by Mr. Brees, on Thursday at 9 P. M. and on Sunday at 3:30 P. M. The last recital of the season will be Thursday, September 1, at 9 P. M. Mrs. Alice Mooneyhan of West Palm Beach, Florida, has arrived for a visit insthg home of her daughter, Mrs. .|linton McPhaul, Mr. and Mts. Ace Drummond and son, Billy, spent several days here last week en route to their hoipe in Dunedin,. Florida, after a visit with relatives in West Vir ginia. They left here Wednesday and were going by Greenville. S. C. to see Mrs. Drummond’s father, Percy Niven, who is visiting in the home of his son. Mac. • Miss Mary Peele left last Wed nesday for Montreat to spend sev eral days with her sister, Mrs. Francis Wyly. Mrs. W. C. Blount and Mrs. Ida Lancaster, both of Miami, Flor ida, who came to Raeford several weeks ago for the reunion of the Johnson family, will remain in North Carolina, until September. They will make their headquar ters at Hotel Raeford but plan to spend some time in Montreat and Statesville. Young Robber Catches Officers Here Tuesday 14-Year-Old Reformatory Inmate Breaks In At Ashley Heights; Gets Caught fi(ere Officers of the sheriff’s depart ment chased a young negro who had escaped from Morrison Train ing school all around here Tues day morning and finally gave him a ride when he thumbed them out the Fayetteville road before noon» Authorities from the reforma tory came for him Tuesday after noon and returned him to the school. They said this was the eighth time young (14) Charlie Blue of Dunn had escaped in the little more than a year he had been there. He is in the school for housebreaking. Blue broke in the.D. H. John son company at Ashley Heights on Monday night and went to Aberdeen where he is said to have broken into a filling station also. He then caught a ride to Raefoi^ and the sheriff’s department as sisted by the. State Highway patrol got after him. A pair of pants, two shirts and a pair of shoes in his possession were found to have come from the Johnson Oo. but as he said he had the itch and looked like he had it, Mrs. Johnson told him to keep them when officers car ried him there. The officers trailed him around Raeford with Harry Dees and his bloodhounds out in front, but couldn’t quite get . hands on him. Then they parked Sheriff Hod- gin’s car which they had been using and started out the Fay etteville road in Crawford Wright’s car and young Blue thumbed them for a ride. He got it. Julius Jordan Is New Commander Of American Legion After enjoy;ng a good supper at the High school cafeteria last Friday nigh: (he Ellis Williamson American Legion Post got down to the business of electing its of ficers for the new year. Dr. Julius Jordan, local dentist who served in tije Navy during the war. was chosen commander from three candidates. Other officers chosen were L. M. Lester, Is: vice-commander; N. H. G. Ba Ifour, 2nd vice-com mander; C. P. Kinlaw. adjutant; D. H. Hodgin, .service officer; J. H. Blue, finance officer; R. L. Murray, chaplain: Clarence Brown sergeant-atv>nns. ^ Only other business taken up was a report by R. B. Lewis on the status of the ball park, w^hich the Legion has in possession, hav ing installed the lights there. Judge McDiarmid Hears 15 Caser In Court Tuesday -0- Hoke Commissioner Made Officer Of State Association Talmadge O. Moses. Jr., who for the past few months has been a patient at hospitals in Rich mond and Washington underwent an operation at the George Wash ington University hospital for the purpose of relieving nerve pres sure, on June 17, has returned to his home at Ashley Heights where he is satisfactorily convalescing. Mrs. A. R. Fitzsimons and dau ghter left Saturday for their home in Macon, Ga. after a visit here in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ryan McBryde. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McLean spent Sunday in Statesville. Mr.s. McLean remained for a longer visit in-the home of her mother, Mrs. J. F. Henninger. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burk hart and daughter. Marsha, of Seymour. Indiana, arrived Satur day for a visit in the home of Mrs. Burkhart’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McNeill. Mr. Burkhart left the first of the week to re turn to Seymour while Mrs. Burkhart and daughter remained for a longer stay. Miss Katherine Baker of Ashe- boro spent the week end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Millard Baker. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Giles and daughter, Beverly Wood, of Wil son spent the week end here in the home of Mrs. C. H. Giles. Miss Bonita Hutchinson of Hertford is visiting friends in and around Raeford. Mrs. Billy O’Rourke and dau ghter, Peggy, are visiting in the home of Mrs. O’Rourke’s mother, Mrs. W. F. Walters. Mr. and Mrs. O’Rourke have made their home at Langley Field, Va. for the past some time, but have moved to New .York. Mrs. Tommie -Upch/irch and daughters, and Miss Peggy Be- thurf: returned to Raeford Sunday after spending the past two weeks in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, in the home of Mrs. Upchurch’s parents, Mr. aind Mrs. J. B. Hoyl. They were accompanied -home by two of Mrs. Upchurch’s sisters, Mrs. James Thomas and Miss Eliza beth Hoyl, for a visit. Miss Marie Cameron, who has been visiting friends in Cuba for the past two weeks, aso returned to Raeford with them. The State Ass.,'ciation of Coun ty Commissioners and County Ac countants held their annual meet ing at Blowing Rock on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. The meeting was well at tended and the program present ed was of interest and benefit to all present. R. P. Holding, of Smithfiell. Retiring President, presided. At the business meeting on Wed nesday, Vice-President, Claj-ence P. Parks of Rutherford County was elected president, F. Knox Watson of Hoke county Vice-Pres ident, atad John L. Skinner of Littleton was re-elected Secre tary-Treasurer. W. R. Makepeace of Sanford was elected as Direc tor for this District to fill the vacany caused by the elevation of Watson to the vice-presidency. Attending the meeting from Hoke County were F Knox Wat son and J. A. McGoogan. 0 Draft Board Open Monday Ahd Tuesday Local Board No. 48 of Hoke County w’ill be open Monday' and Tuesday of each week from 9:00 A. M. until 5:00 R. M. beginning July 1. The office will continue to be located in the Court House. Mrs. Hattie R. Talbot, clerk of Local Board 26, Fayetteville, is now serving both boards. The Board in Fayetteville will be opened Wednesday through Fri day with office hours of 3:30 A. M. until 5:30 P. M. Monday, July 4, will be observed as a holiday and boards will not be open. -0- LIBRARY NEWS Mrs. R. E. Ward and son. Rich ard, of Florence, S. C. were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Freeman Tuesday. Mrs. Freeman accom panied them home for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stone and son, Buzzy, of Washington, D. C. arrived in Raeford last Friday. Mr. Stone returned to Washing ton Sunday but Mrs. Stone re mained for a visit with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Warren. Mrs. W. S. Hood and daughter, also of Washington, are still here with Mr. and Mrs. Warren. Miss Alice Walker is attending the Fayetteville Presbytery Young People’s conference at Flora Mac donald college this week. Miss Jane McKeithan attended the Synod Leadership School for Young People at FMC last week. This school was for the presidents of the Young People from all over the state. Hoke County Library will be closed Monday, July 4. Vacation time is a good time to iT|nd. and the public is cordially invited to visit the library and select something from the inter esting books being received. A great deal of interest is be ing taken in the reading club for the summer. Girls and boys who have not yet joined are asked to come in and do so. 0 John Allan Webb and Bobby Lee Walters returned home last week after a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Van Houn at Lorraine, Ohio. Soldier Appeals RecordetV' Decision When Charged Of Driving Without License Ward B. Lockhart, white sold ier of Fort Bragg, appeared be fore Judge Henry McDiarmid' in - Hoke County recorder’s court Tuesday on charges of driving af ter his license revoked. He sought to prove to the judge by witnesses that he was in Fort Bragg at the time referred to in the warrant and was not the man the patrol man charged. He failed to con vince the judge, however, and got a sentence of six months to , be suspended on payment of ■ a fine of $200 and the court costs. He appealed to Superior court and’ posted a $300 bond. J. D. Wilkes, Jr., white, was charged with giving J. K. -Riley a 'Dad check tor SIOO. He .made the check good and the judge let him off with the costs. Elijah Ross, colored, got 60 days suspended on pay.ment of $10* and the costs for violating the road laws. John L. Morrison and Ernest Harris, both colored, got 60 days suspended on payment of $25 and the costs for driving without a* license. John T. Murphy, white of the Army who had been cited to court for speeding by a patrolman^ failed to appear for trial and cap ias was issued to have him there next Tuesday, John B. Crbmartie, colored of Shannon, entered a plea of guilty of carelKs and reckless driving. As no damage was done, the judge let him off with a $10 f^e and the costs. James Davis, colored, got 30 days suspended on payment of the costs for hieing drunk and disorderly, James H. McNeill, colored, pled guilty of driving drunk and got 90 days suspended on pay- nient of $100 and the costs. Charles H. Snow, colored, paid $10 and the costs for driving with no brakes. Daniel Goins, Indian, paid $10 and the costs for violating the prohibition laws. Thomas Everett, colored, was charged with non-support in a case that was settled by his pay ing the court costs and $20 to- a midwife. Mackie Crouch, colored, paid $10 and the costs for speeding. . William H. Dillinger, white of Florida, left a $50 'oond for speed ing over 70 miles an hour. W. A. Wright, white of Moore county left a $25 bond for speeding. FARMING By H. E. Vernon, County Agait Misses Mary Ray^ Freeman and Carlene Freeman left Tuesday for Kent, Conn, where Mary Raye will be a counselor at Camp Kenwood and Carlene will wx>rk in the cafeteria at the camp. The girls expect to be there for the next eight weeks. They stopped over in New York for a day and night. Mrs. R. L. Murray and Mrs. H. W. B. Whitley wiU leave tomor row to attend the women’s con ference at Montreat next week. Bobby Murray drove them amd will join friends there ‘for a week. In fields scattered over most of the county, I have taken boll weevil counts on cotton that has been poisoned as well as un-poi- soned fields. The average per- cent^ige of punctured squares in fields that had not been dusted: ran about 40%. In'the fields that had been dusted at least five daors before the count, the percentage. ran about 12%. These figures may not be representative for the whole county, but I think- ftey do point out the difference in favor of dusting. Some fields that had not been poisoned ran as hi^ as 70%, punctured squares. Remember the Tobacco Tour at Oxford Experimental Station July 6 at 2:00 p. m. Make up a carload of neighbors and friends and mecA as at 2:00 at the Station farm, which is located just outside the city Umits at Oxford on the Souttt West side. If you donH have a car full, come by the county agoots office about 9:00 - 9:30 a.' m. eikt combine passengers with someone else to eliminate so many cars. .-.iJ ^ I .i ■ ‘ ‘‘J*?!