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VOLUME XLIV; NUMBER 7 THURSDAY, JULY 14,1949 BAEFORD. N. C. S2.00 FEM U'.- -■ .f,,. I j I By H. E. Vernon, County Agent j I_ J; . * For the week ending July 8 the average holl weevil infestation in Hoke County, according to F. F. Bondy of the Pee Dee Experiment Station, was 58% punctured squares on uhdusted fields as compared to 10% on fields that had been poisoned.. All the wee- ^yils that he found \\'ere first gen eration weevils, which he says should be poisoned immediately to prevent them from ruqjaing up a high infestation ifi the next ten . days. Practically all the farmers that have poisoned are mikhty well pleased with the effectiveness of Benzene Hexachloride and Toxe- phene in controlling the weevil. I am mailing to all farmers this week Extension Circular No. 339 entitled Cotton Insects and Their Control, which gives all the 1949 recommendations on Cotton insect control. Some fields observed this week have been infested with, Red Spi- der, a small yellow or red mite, that sucks sap from leaves caus ing them to redden, curl, then drop from the plant. This'' can cause shedding of small bolls and also prevent the lint from deve loping properly in large bolls. Or dinarily the sulphur in Benzene Hexachloride or Toxephene should control Red Spider when they are dusfed at the rate of ten pounds per acre for Boll Weevil. If this fails to control them properly or if sulphur is not included in that poison; then use 20 pounds of dusting sulphur per acre. Stepchildren Kill Raeford Negro In Fayetteville k Two young negro girls have been charged with first degree murder after the fatal shooting of their 24-year-old stepfather Mon day night at his home at 411 Ra chel’s Alley in Fayetteville. The victim, John Wesley Mc Lean, World War II navy veteran and former employee of Fort Bragg, was pronounced dead upon reaching Highsmith hospital shortly after the shooting, which occurred at 7:45(O’clock. McLean, a native of Raeford, was to have entered the Veteran’s hospital for treatment. A state ment by his wife that he was mentally deranged has not been verified. The girls being held on the murder charge are registered by the police as Ora Lee McLean and Lucille McDowell ^both of 422 Chatham street. According to her own statement ■ to police. Ora Lee fired two shots from a .32 calibre pistol at her stepfather, one missing him com pletely, and the other lodging in the hearf. Lucille said after her sister had shot McLeart, that she Lucille, stabbed him in the back with a pocket knife. An autopsy performed at the hospital by Dr. Ben Stands determined that the bullet, and not the stabbing, was the direct cause of death. ^ 0 G. C. Lytle returned to his home last week after undergo ing a noperation at Highsmith hospital. \ if/. Throng Attends Final .Rites For Ryan McBryde A large gathering of grieving friends, white and colored, and relatives paid final tribute to the late Ryan McBryde at funeral services at Bethel Presbyterian church lash Thursday afternoon, and floral tributes were abundant.* The Rev. S. A. Ewart, pastor con-Jucted the service, assisted by the Rev. A. D. Carswell, of San ford, a former pastor, and the Rev. W. B. Heyward, pastor of the Raeford Presbyterian church. Biirial was in Raeford cemetery. Pallbearers were D. J. Dalton, H. L. Gatlin, Jr., N. A. McDonald, E. C. Smith. Jr., Harry Greene, Laurie McEachern, Arch Sand ers and Alfred Cole. Among the many relatives and friends attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Irving Grantham, St. Pauls, Mr.' and Mrs. T. A. Nisbet, Wil mington, Miss Mary Nisbet, Dur ham, Preston Nisbet, Greensboro, Mrs. Wm. H. Regan, Myrtle Beach S. C., Rev. and Mrs'. J., M. Mc Bryde, Mary McDuffie McBryde and John McBryde of Ft. Defi ance, Va., Dr. and Mrs. Angus McBryde. Durham, Mr. and Mrs. Boone Stonestreet, Mocksville, Dr. Frank Stonestreet, Albemarle, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rattz, Salis bury, Mrs. J. E. Hoyle, Mrs. Frank Sidney and Ralph Hoyle, Mocks ville, John Findlay, Raleigh, Mrs. Edgar Fletcher, McCall, Crayon Efird, Albemarle, R. L. Harris, Roxboro, R. P. Richardson, Reids- ville, W. E. Horner and J. C. Pitt man of Sanford, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Purser, Dr. H. O. Lineberger. Dr. D. Young, Laurie McEachern, Oscar Leach, Mr. Pierce, all of Raleigh, Mr. and Mrs. John Gre gory, Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cuy- ler, R. Duncan Cuyler. Mrs. Iona McBryde Cuyler all of Durham, Mr. Aiken, Camp Butner and Ed win Pate, Laurinburg. -0 Tobacco Meeting On Referendum Well Attended Tobacco Referendum Planned For July 23 Voting in the national referen dum on tobacco quotas for the 1950, 1951 and 1952 crops will ■take place at community polling places Saturday, July 23, H. E. Vernon, farm agent for the State College Extension Service, said •this week. Mr. Vernon urged all tobacco farmers to gast their bal lots. Lists of flue-cured tobacco growers who are eligible to vote in the referendum to determine whether they want marketing quotas continued on the 1950 crop have been compiled by County Agricultural Conservation Com mittees and are open for inspecr tion in the county office. Marketing quotas furnish grow ers with a m^hod of adjusting supp.ly to demand and help them obtain fair prices for the tobacco they produce. , The referendum is being held in accordance with the Agricul tural Adjustment Act of 1938, which directs the Secretary of Agriculture to call for a referen dum to determine whether grow ers want quotas continued. Grow ers may vote for quotas for three years beginning with the 1950 crop; may vote for quotas for 1950 only; or may vote against quotas. Marketing quotas will be in ef fect if approved by at least two- thirds of-the growers voting in the referendum. A grower is any person who has an interest as owner, tenant, or share cropper in .the 1949 crop of flue-cured to bacco. No producer, however, is entitled to more than one vote, even though he may have been engaged in production of flue- cured tobacco in two or more communities, counties or states. Under the law, price support loans at 99 per cent of parity will ■be available on the 1959 crob of flue-cured tobacco if producers approve quotas in this referendum. Regardless of .the outcome of this referendum, price support loans at 99 per cent of parity will be avail able on the 1949 crop as protec tion to farmers. lED BOXSCORE ON N.C.HIGHWAYS KILLED » ' W-r July 9 thru July 11 6 Thru July 11 this year 391 Thru July 11. 1948 332 IXJl RED July 9,thru July 11 116 Thru July 11 this year 4,449 Thru July 11, 1948 ’3.621 At a meeting in the Court House Tuesday night, Mr. C. D. Bunn, District Field man for the PMA discussed with the Hoke County AAA Committeeman, Agricultural workers, veteran trainees, and farmers the Marketing Quota Pro gram on tobacco and the Tobacco Referendum on July 23, 1949. He outlined ways and means of get ting the farmers to the poUs to vote and emphasized the need for every farmer to vote on that day. Any farmer - whether landlord, tenant, or sharecropper that shares an interest in a tobacco crop is eligible to vote either for or against the tobacco Quotas. On the day of the referendum to bacco farmers can also pick up their 1919 tobacco marketing cards at their respective \ oting places. In the absence of a representa tive from Tobacco Associates, Inc., County Agent H. E. Vernon, outlined briefly the work of To bacco Associates and pointed out that a flue-cured Tobacco Assess ment Referendum will also' be held at the same tirne and at the same polling places as the To bacco Quota Referendum. The question to be voted on will be, “Do you favor the Annual As sessment of 10 cents per acre for continuation of an Export Pro gram for the years 1950, 1951 and 1952.” Richard Neeley, President of the Hoke County Farm Bureau, brought out that the Tobacco As sociates. which is supported by this ten cents per acre of tobacco, has been instrumental in moving a large percent of our flue-cured tobacco to foreign markets by its influence in Washington and through the Marshall Plan. About 150 were present at the meeting. Home Demonstration Cl|ibs Of County To Take Mountain Tour The Hoke County Federation of Home Demonstration clubs is sponsoring a three-clay tour to Chimney Rock. Asheville. Great Smokey National Park, the Cher okee Indian Reservation, the Van derbilt Mansion and other places of interest in the Western North Carolina mountains July 29. 30 and 31. The group will leave Rae ford at 7:00 A. M.. Friday, July 29. They will travel by way of Charlotte, Shelby, Chimney Rock, visit the Rock, and then on to Asheville where they will spend the night. The night will be open for shows or other trips. The second day the group will leave Asheville '>''8:00 a. m. for the great Smok j Rational Park by way of the C-herokee Indian Reservation wher^ they will make a stop. From there they will tra vel on to New Found Gap and Clingman’s Dome over the Soco Gap Highway. This is some of he most beautiful scenery in the United States. They will return to Asheville around six o’clock where they will :spend .the night again. The second night will also be open for shows, etc. The third day the group will leave Asheville after breakfast for the Vanderbilt Mansion in Biltmore Forest. They will tour the mansion and grounds and leave for home by way of Black Mountain, Marion, Hickory and Statesville to arrive in Raeford in the late afternoon or early evening. The price of the trip is $2'6.50 which includes the round trip ticket on the-^pecially char tered^^ bus &om.,^ef or d, ticket (to Chimney Rock, admission to'Van derbilt Mansion, trip to the Smok ies. No meals are included. Buses must have 27, 33 or 37 passengers. A reservation fee of $5.00 is re quired by July 23. A picnic lunch will probably be carried the first day. Those interested in the tour are asked to contact Josepnine Hall, (the Hoke County Home A- gent, as early as possible. 4-H Safety Workers in All-Out Attempt to Reduce Accidents on Farms in 1949 -0- Mrs. Colon Scarborough spent Tuesday at Memorial hospital in Charotte with Tier brother who is a patient there. Presbytery Meets In Maxton Tuesday Dr. Walker Healy pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Fay etteville, was elected moderator of Fayetteville Presbytery at the summer meeting held Tuesday at Presbyterian Junior college. About 150 representatives from churches of the Presbytery at tended including the Rev. W. B. Heyward and Ruling Elder A. K. Stevens of the Raeford Presby terian church. The Rev. E. L. Stoffel, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Maxton and retiring moderator, preached the sermon on the sub ject “The Rod and the Cauldron.” The communion service was led by the Rev. Mr. Stoffel and Dr. R. L. Wharton. Dan Caldwell, director of re ligious education of the N. C. Syn od, reported an increase in the amount contributed to the educa tional institutions this year. The Presbytery appointed a commit tee to study Presbyterial reorgan ization in line with the General Assembly reorganization. The Rev. R. «H. Poole was received from Wilmington Presbytery and will be pastor of' St. Pauls Presbyter ian Church. The members enjoy ed a lunch served in the college cafeteria. ru. FARMER, has the 4-H Club .nieinber in your family checked your farm and hoTiio for accident and fire hazards lately? If not, you can e>;p?ct him to do so any day now. l-II'ers are making an all-out altemiit to reduce the annual cost of accidents ali’ecting farm folks— including motor vehicle, lire’ and ])roi)ciiy damage — which totals more than one billion dollars, or about $:’.5.00 per person! They are also Irving to cut down the number of accidental deaths, which kill 51 farm residents in the U. S. every dijy in the year. Your 4-H’er doubtless wdll cau tion you to drive carefully on high ways, and use proper signals when, turning or stopping (top right). More than 7.300 rural people are killed annually in motor vehicle accidents. In fact, more fatal auto mobile accidents occur in rural areas than in any other location. Falls rank second in farm acci dent causes. So watch yout step when carrying a clothes basket, like the girl shown in right photo. Y’oiir 4-H safety worker probably will suggest you tack down throw rugs or put them on non-slip mat ting, and keep stairways unlittered. Are your lightning rods properly grounded? The 4-H’ers shown at top left found the ground wires broken, r.iid therefore worthless. Ligh'niu'r, which is one of the gventesi causes of farm fires, each year destroys 20 million dollars woi'th c/f farm pi'0!)(. riy, kills 500 , •lar.'u resuleuls and injures 1.300 OllV.'VS. Xaiioiin! Farm Snf'.iy tVeok will I ( !.• "rved .Inly 24-3 '. Lural boy.s ; : ’ ( Ms i.'l.v a ]■ .iin ilio Nn- li.'.:.. -i-il Faiiii ly i.-.- igram want to make you, your family and neighbors safety minded so that accidents mentioned above won’t happen. For achievements in safety work, the 4-H boy or girl may re ceive a prized sterling silver medal of honor as county winner. General Motors also provides an educa tional trip to the National 4-H Club Congress, Chicago, next November, for the state winner, and ?300.00 college scholarships for each of the eight national rhampi('ns. By practicing safeiy .from this time on. you'll not only hc'lp.your Ml'cr in his safety w.'rlc, but help 0 u life—which may be your own. The N.v'i .U’,1 4-II F-irm Baf. ty c'-'.m od nnu-T I'le diri,. “a; ■ lu .q.';a;ivo 1 2. :i- sicu tcr' i.','. Border Belt Tobacco Sales To Start August 2nd Marketing of the 1949 flue-cur- er tobacco crop will begin on July 26 when markets of the Georgia-Florida belt open. The date was set June 30 by the board of governors of the Bright Belt Warehouse association. The board fixed the following dates for other belts in the open ing dates for other belts in the flue-cured area: South Carolina and North Car olina belt, August 2. North Carolina Eastern belt, August 18. The markets oi the North Car olina Middle belt—Carthage. San ford, Aberdeen and Fuquay-Va- rina, August 29. Remaining mar kets of the North Carolina Middle belt, September 1. Vyginia and North Carolina Old belt, September 12. The board adopted regulations calling for a five-and-one-half- hour sales day on the markets of the belts. This represented an in crease from last year when the sales day was five hours long. Another regulation set the rate of sale at 400 piles per hour and still another fixed the maximum weight of piles at 300 pounds. These are the same as last year. A five day sales week will I'e- maiii in effect. , The Board ruled that Labor day. September 5; Armistice day, Xo'. entber 11, and Thursday and Friday at Thanksgiving. Xovem- ■bor 24 and 25. be o'eserved as market holidays. A cotnpromise was reached wlien four markets of the Middle belt—Sanford, Carthage and Ab erdeen and Fuquay-Varina were given an earlier opening date than other markets on the ’Middle belt. These markets have been fighting for more than two years for an earlier opening day. Last year they opened on Aug ust 19 with markets of the East ern North Carolina belt. However, they were forced to close tempo rarily when government graders and buyers from the major buy ing companies did not appear for the opening. The South Carolina belt which broke way from the Border group recently and formed a separate belt will open August 2. . ■ At the hearing, South Carolina Farm Bureau and Grange repre sentatives asked that they be' al lowed to open with or shortly af ter the Gcorgia-Floricja area. The date fixed by the board is exact ly'.'re week after the Georgia- Florida opening. Catholic Chapel Will Open Monday In Red Springs “The 2:: a Cathoi.. located , Red Sr vival. ber. The tra.. v ' the Highway”. . • chapel, will be Me .Bus Station in i a two week re- Monday, July 13. oel is commietelv Recorder Clears 51 Cases From Court Books Tuei Many Continued And Otherwise Accumulated Cases Disposed Of ■’■Mn equtppe i ;• Divine services, and affords h.. .. and sleeping quar ters tor .-.wo priest who ac company .-..-.c trailer throughout the state. The priest i;. charge' is the Rev erend John F. Roueche. a native 6f Salisbury, x. c., w'ho was a chaplain in the Army for five years during and after the late war. Father Roueche states that the purpose of the trailer to pro mote good-will and understand ing among all people, and to urge all to put more emphasis on reli gion as the only means of settling W'Orld problems and averting an other war. The services begin every even ing with the answering of ques tions on religious problems. Then a half-hour sermon. The program is concluded with the showing of some religious motion picture in sound, like the “Life of Christ.” The public is invited. There will be no collection or charge what soever. TO THE EDITOR Tapp Disapproves Some Roads Board Wants To Pave ■We see in ’the News-Journal that Hoke County will get forty- eight miles of-hard surface roads in the next two years; and we really need them. We have read very carefully the opinion of the commissioners in regard to the need of the Town of Raeford and Hoke county as to roads. We were one hundred per cent behind the Kerr Scott road act and feel that the people of this grand county should benefit by our act; we feel that they have recommended roads that would not be to the best interest of Rae ford and Hoke County. To Wit: The old Maxton road should be built from Raeford to Duffie From Jess Dunlap’s Station to Fort Bragg Reservation; From Arch Tapp’s to the Buchan Farm; The Old Turnpike Road from the Will McDiarmid farm to the Drowning creek bridge. This is our recommendation, that the County Commissioners re-cqnsider their recommenda tions and think of the people of their county and town and not thiiik 0: their property and self benefit. We feel that by surfacing th.e road from Arch Tapp's to the Buchan Farm that the people of this c(.''unty will have a surfaced road linking us to Highway N’o. I. ;h..: will enable the Raeford An unusually high number of 5; cases went through the books of the Hoke County recorder’s court Tuesday morning. These cases had accumulated through being continued, waiting for Army paydays and celebration of the fourth of July. Cases were in the most part for the usual run of offenses. , For violations of the road laws (lights, brakes, etc.) Fletcher Flowers, Creletha Rogers. Harold Pipkin, Ernest McEachern, David Cherry, EearUe Armstrong. Ar chie Shaw, Douglas Monroe, Ro bert McLean, Jr., all colored, and Henry R. Miller, Luther Eddings and Clarence Wilson, white, each paid a $10 fine and the court costs. For having no driver’s license the following paid S25 and the ;'oople to save around eight miles tn a :r,p '.a Charlotte’ or any • other vit;. in that territory. ■'■.Vhd: we really want is for all Vne roads that are being built to , head into Raeford and the feeder I rc'ads to be built so that they will I guide the traffic into , the above ' mentioned roads and on into Rae- j' ford. We are one hundred per cent ■ behind the building up of Raeford ; and the County of Hoke. We want the Commissioners to stay with us all the way through, instead 0: building feeder'roads first lets bui’t the main roads and then build the small feeder roads. We want to , bring business to Rae ford and not carry it to the towns away front here. Lets all get together and pull for Raeford, it’s a good town and i: is ours. DeWitt Tapp 0 — Airs. -S.. D. Faircloth who has boe'j a patient at Pittman hospi-' tal in Fayetteville for the past • ,'.0 '' -eo’.ss and wito undervyent vporation is recuperating, nice- Iv. . costs each: Grantford Lowry, In dian. Manuel McAlister, colored, Ishmael DuBose, white. McAlister also paid $25 and the costs tor trying to get by with a borrowed driving license. Woodrow Mc- Laurin, colored, paid $25 and the costs for lending his driving lie- ■ ense, as did Jule Ratcliff, whitoft of the .Army. Robert T. Covington, colored, and Floyd Farm, white, each got 60 days suspended on payment of $25 and the costs for careless and reckless driving and impr(p(pr brakes. ‘ ‘.’'s' ' ' ,George Mosely, white soldier, failed to appear for trial for driv ing with improper brakes and capias was issued. Prohibition law violators; John PurceU, and J. T. Harrington, 30 * days suspended on payment of the costs; Willie McMillan, 30 days suspended on payment of $5 and the costs; Charlie McDonald, $25 and the costs, all colored, Vonnie Locklear, Indian, failed to appear and capias was issued; Charles Barry, Indian. 30 days suspended on payment of $10 and the costs. Clarence Locklear. Indian, paid $25 and the costs for carrying a concealed weapon. • William Sechrest, colored, was found not guilty of having no lic ense plates and lights. For being drunk and disorderly the following got 30 days suspend ed on payment of the costs: Sam .•Alford, colored. Gilbert Baker and Daniel Gibson, white. Harold Chandler, colored sold ier. got 50 days suspended on pay ment of $25 and the costs for careless and reckless driving and speeding. Joseph Halford, white soldier, tailed to appear for trial for hav ing improper lights and capias was issued. , Lewis Cole. Jr., got 60 days ■suspended on payment of $25 and the costs for having improper : license plates and lights. For excessive speeding (75 mph or more> X-athar. Katz, touring New Yorker, left a bond of $50; Belton Beasley. Jr.. paid '$25 and the costs: Emory Harper, white of South Carolina, left a bond of $50. Eight speeders left bonds of $2$ each and kept going. James H. Gainey, white, was,^ found guilty of speeding over 75 - miles an hour and got 30 days to be suspended on payment of and the costs. He appealed to Su-’S perior court and posted a $100;,? bond. ■ Will McLean, colored, was’; found guilty of trespassing on land of Kate. Wilson and ordered- to pay the costs and $10 to her;’'* for rent while he finished his cot-’j tort crop on it. '4^ ■ -^1