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FARMiNG
! By H. E. Vernon, County Agent [
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Permanent pastures are rapidly
gaining in popularity on the farms
in Hoke County. Farmers that
seeded pastures last fall are reap
ing benefits from themxnow.
D. K. Parker pf Wayside says
the money he spent on his pasture
is the best money he ever spent
on his farm. Before seeding pas
ture, using the recommendations
of the USDA County Council. Par
ker had to. buy feed every week.
He hasn’t bought feed since early
spring, and he is getting more
milk than ever before.
James Hendrix of Raeford
seeded about ope acre of pasture
on haevy bottom land last fall.'
He has kept about three head of
cattle on It all spring and sum
mer, and has mowed it twice. He
is highly pleased with the results
of his pasture. , . , ,
Farmers desiring to seed pas-
ture;;this fall should select heavy
wet liatured land if possible. Good
clay land is- satisfadtory, but san
dy soils, shouldtbe avoided for
pe^ihhnent 'pasture mixtures. Pas
ture *lood"shQpld b^ limed i|nme-
, diateiy, applying about 1 1-2 tons
of lime per acre. The pasture
!• should b® turned about a month
iiefore seeding.’ and the seed bed
prepared in time for it to settle
before seeding.
A mixture of two, pounds of
ladino clover and ten pounds of
^Ita or KY 31 Fescue grass per
acre has given, best results in
Hoke County. This mixture
should be sown about-the. middle
of September for best results.
Fertilizers should be applied at
time of seeding at the rate of 1000
pounds per acre. The best analy
sis at time of seeding is 2-12-12.
and an 0-12-12 should be used for
maintenance.
Farmers desiring to see some
good clover and grass pastures
and find out from the farmer
“how it’s done” can see them on
the farms of Tommie Upchurch.
Ufa Mathews, J. L. Beall, N. H.
G. Balfour, David Liles, J. W.
Smith, or J. H. Plummer.
The Soil Conservation Service
and .the County Agent’s office will
be glad to assist any farmer in
,his pasture plans and problems.
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Journalism Club
To Williamsburg
Mrs. Arthur D. Gore is making
final arrangements t» take the
members of the Journalism Club
of the local high school to Will
iamsburg. Tentative date for the
trip has been for August 16 and
17.
The trip will include a visit to
Jamestown, Yorktown, a tour
with guide of Williamsburg,
ticket to pageant “Common Glory,”
and reservations for two nights
in Williamsburg.
Members of the Journalism
Club who want to go can contact
Mrs. Gore for reservations.
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Funeral Held Here .
Wednesday P. M. For
Mrs. W. F. Trawick
Mrs. Truiu East Trawick of
Salemburg and Raeford ^and wid
ow of the late Rev. W. F. Tra-
v.nck died Monday morning in a
Fayetteville hospital, after an ill
ness of several months, which be
came acdte about ten days be
fore her death.
The body remained at Jerni-
gan’s Funeral Home in Fayette
ville till 4 o’clock on Wednesday
afternoon when it was taken to
Hay Street Methodist church
where funeral services were con
ducted, Officiating ministers were
the Rev. P. O. Lee of Raeford, Dr.
A. S. Parker, pastor of the church,
the Rev. G. N. Ashley of Salem
burg and Rev. W. L. Maness of
Gibson. Interment was in the Rae
ford cemetery. Pallbearers were
John Parks. Robert, Parks. Tom
Parks, Walter Mercer, Major
Price. Roland Nelson, Malcolm
Trenchard and Bobby East.
The deceased, a daughter of R.
L. East and Susan Shelton East,
was born in Alta Vista. Virginia,
on May 18, 1'894. t
National Guard
4i Camp Stewart;
turn August 7
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Truck Convoy Departs
At 7:00 A. M. Saturday;
On Maneuvers This We>j5
After Mr. Trawick’s retirement
fromi active duty thfe" family lived
in Raeford imtil Mr. Trawick’s
death about four years ago. He
had been pastor of the Raeford
Methodist church from 1929
through 1932. Since her hus
band’s death Mrs. Trawick has
been a teacher at Sa^^burg Jun
ior college. She owned a home in
Raeford where she had many fri
ends and admirers and had plan
ned to come back here to live
She is survived by her stepmoth
er, Mrs. R. L. East of Mt. Gilead;
a daughter, Mrs. K. A. McKeth-
an of Fayetteville; one son, W,
F. Trawick o fSalemburg; four
sisters, Mrs. I). 0. Weaver of St
Petersburg, Florida. Mrs. A. C
Irby of Ft. Scott, Kansas, Mrs.
D. A. Parks of Council and Mrs.
B. J. Hudson of Albemarle; four
brothers, R. B.^East of Alta Vista,
Virginia. S. J. East of Mt. Gilead,
H. C. East of Roanoke, Virginia,
R. L. East, II, of Ashebore and
three grandsons.
A' total of 104 Hoke County men
are with Batterj" A, 130th Antiair
craft Battalion at Camp Stewart,
Georgia for the' annual two weeks
encampment of the unit. They left
here .by truck at 7 o’clock a. m.
last Saturday arriving at Camp
Stewart on Sunday, and will leave
for Raeford on Saturday. August
6, arriving in Raeford on Sunday
The unit traveled to Georgia in
its own transportation (trucks and
jeeps) and towed the 640 milime-
ter antiaircraft guns which the
men will fire at towed antiair
craft targets at Camp Stewart
next week. The men also carried
their individual carbines as well
as the quadruple mounted 50 cali
bre machine guns which they
will fire also next week.
The battery had dinner in Sum
ter. S. C. last Saturday and supper
in Walterboro. & C. Saturday
Local Knee-Pants
Team Wins First
Tournament Friday
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The “Knee-pants” tournament
held at Armory Park last Thurs
day and Friday usder the spon--,
orship of, the Kiwanis club was
success for both expenses and
the kid^.
Raeford defeated Red Springs
Friday nigt^ behind the two hit
pitching of i^obby Cole, who struck
out 9. The'Red Springs pitcher,
allov/ed onty one hit but wild
ness- on his Tpart 'and the team 'al
lowed the locals to score six runs.
Freeman got Raeford’s only hit.
McNeiU, Mc^aiil and Williams
were defenrd^prs for the locals
Final score 6-Oi
In the otherjgames score are as'
follows: Thursday: Raeford 7—
Aberdeen 5. Red Springs 10—
Southern Pines 1. Raeford 9—
Red Springs 7, Aberdeen 18—S.
Pines 2; Friday: Red Springs 18—
Aberdeen 2.
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Kiwanift Club
Passes Resolution
On Ryain McBryde
Final Rites For
J. Manley Norton
emoon
Drun u And Jraffic, Leal GrOWOrS
Recorder’s Court -llll CoUIltV VotC
prominent Farmer And
Church Leader Passes
Friday Of Heart Attack
ca.t'.e up before:
McDiar.mid in re- ■
. Tuesday morr.in,£. I
the usual cases to I
Joseph Manley Norton, promin'
ent farmer and churchy leader of
Blue Springs township, died Fri
day afternoon, July 2-2', at his home
after a very short illness. He was
stricken about twelve o’clock and
died two hours later, angina pec-
toria, being the cause of his death,
.. colored, %va3 cha'r-
. .vult with 'a deadly
'.he affbay w'as in the
.‘verything was peace
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Game Protector
McLean Gives
Hunters Warning
H. R. McLean Disriot Game Pro
tector reports that the hunting
licenses for the coming seasons aite
now on sale with the same agents
who handled them the past season.
He warns that all licenses except
the regular fishing licenses, ex
pire on July 31. Regulations cov
ering the seasons and bag Umits
will be made available just as
soon as they arrive. Several
changes are to be noted. Cars used
to transport doe deer, fish for sale
bird I for sale and night deer hunt
ing will be confiscated and sold,
the money going to the school
fund of the county.
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License For Hunters
On Sale August 1
DEATH OF BILLIONS
.. Millions if not billions of boll-
weevil have succumbed to the
terrific heat, the farmers say.
“There is always compensation'
ON
BOXSCORE
N.C.highways
KILLED
Thru July 22, this yew 416
Thru July 22, 1948 358
July 19 thru July 22 6
The 1949-1950 hunting licenses
combination hunting and fishing
licenses, and trapping licenses go
on sale August 1, according to
Clyde P. Patton, Executive Di
rector of the Wildlife Resources
T?b*Qr>tssion. The licenses may be
purchased from sporting goods
dealers and other authorized a-
gents throughout the state as well
as from local game protectors.
State-wide hunting licenses sell
for $3.1'0, combination hunting
and fishing licenses for $4.10, and
county licenses to hunt sell for
$1.10. Non-resident licenses to
hunt sell for $15.75. State-wide
trappers license sells for $3.10, and
county trappers licenses sell for
$L10. '
An effort is being made to pro
vide each license purchaser witii
a copy of the 1949-1B50 hunting
and trapping regulations at the
time the licenses are purchased.
night was spent in the field about
15 miles from Walterboro and the
men went back into Walterboro
Sunday morning for breakfast,
proceeding afterwards to Camp
Stewart, arriving at about 11 o’
clock. The rest of Sunday was
spent in getting installed in camp,
resting from the trip, swimming in
the delux swimming pool at Camp
Stewart.
Men of Battery A went out on
maneuvers yesterday along with
the Sanford and Red Springs Bat
tery of the 130th Bn. and other
units of thp 2'52nd AAA group
from Wilmington, JVallace and
Whiteville. The mission of the
unit is to defend Liberty Field,
the Camp Stewart Airport from
a mock attack by fictitious enemy
planes. While their weapons are
defensive positions around the
air fields .the men will spend time
training for their target practice
to be conducted next week and in
swimming in t,he pool which is
'located near the air field. They
will eat and sleep at their gun
positions under actual combat
conditions. They will return to
their camp area at Camp Stewart
today.
The local unit has the largest
attendance of enlisted men and
officers of any unit in camp. Also
training in Camp Stewart at the
same time are antiaircraft units
of the Alabama National Guard
and the Florida unit left the same
day the North Carolina men ar
rived here.
Quarters in Camp Stewart are
well arranged for the comfort and
convenience of the men. The tents
are large eight men affairs with
concrete floors and electric lights.
Each man has a field cot, matt
ress, pillar and mosquito net and
there is a Post Exchange in the
battalion area as well as a mo
tion
the besrthere is. is served in thefr
own mess hall, prepared by their
cooks.
Two ministers holding reserve
commissions are serving as chap
lains with the' unit. One is a
Methodist from Wilmington and
the other is a'Presbyterian from'
Wallace.
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It is with,sincere regret that
we, members of the Raeford Ki
wanis Club fealize that we must
continue our meetings without the
presence guidance of our
sincere friend and fellow member,
Ryan McBiSfde, who was called
from our m^t on the 6 th day of
July 1949. >y
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Ryan Mctoyde was a Charter
Member of Raeford Kiwanis
Club. Dur^g the period of his
membershiEf|he was President of
tbe.tJJub^^^paaendier^of the Board
of Directors for several l^rms, ^d
headed many important commit
tees. In his death our Club has
lost a faithful and loyal member.
We will miss his interest through
our Club in many worthwhile
Funeral services were held at
4 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the
Presbyterran church, with his pas
tor, the Rev. P. O. Lee of the
Methodist church in charge, as
sisted by the Rev. W. B. Hayward
and three former pastors of the
deceased, the Rev. E. R. Clegg,
the Rev. L. L. Maness and the
Rev. B. P. Robinson. Interment
was in the Raeford Cemetery.
The pallbearers were Alton
Thompson and Alex McNeill of
Maxton, Ed Hasty and Jack Au
try of Wagram. Barney Blue of
Vass and 'Wayland Blue of Sou
thern Pines. Honorary pallbear-,
ers were stewards Tof the Metho
dists church.
Mr. Norton was born December
20, 1882, in Scotland Coimty near
Laurinburg. He was the son of .tiie
late Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Norton,
He moved to what is now Hoke
County in 1901 and from the time
he moved until his death was an
ardent and active church worker
in the Methodist church, being
a steward since yoimg manhood
and a Sunday school teadier.
In 1923 he was married to Miss
Hattie Snjith who survives. He is
also surviv'ed by one daughter.
Miss Doris Norton of the home,
two sons. Rev. Zane Gray Norton
Filte
Judge
corder’
of whi
be trie
Jam’
ged V, .:.
weape; ,
famLl.v .
ful in Cl
the costs.
Bertna Cox. white
guilty oil : ,vo
drunk 'a.nd ;ii.=;orderly.
given 30 days in
on each .charge to run consecu
tively.
Ralph Com. white, was given
36 days , on the roads for being!
drunk and disorderly
For Quota Plan
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Decision Nearly Unanimoi®
For Control And Levyj
1018 Growers Vote In
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was
Hoke County tobacco growers, ^
, joi.ned those throughout Nortit Jlp
' Carolina and in five other states
. to 'carry both the three-year mar-
found ! i^eting quota program and the 19-
charges of ' being cent levy by tremendous maj^.
She was vo‘ed in Hoke'
the county jail i bounty with the voting as foRows:
For three-year quotas. 978—. A-
12; For one-year
gainst quotas,
I quotas, 36.
For the 10-cent levy in Hol^
the vote was 903 for; 34 again^
! The farmers in the five jnSltl
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James G. Gillis. colored, was
fined »10 and the costs lor having
improper brakes. e*ten^
For being drunk and disorderly
Willie James Ray. colored, re- ‘ "
ceived 30 days on the roads su- l _
J J a. . ' 927 votes for the extension
spended on payment of the costs. i ^
' ning next year.
civic projects. "We will miss his | of Broadna.x, Virginia, and Alex
presence and his wisdom. , j of the home, one brother, E. 'W
Altho not active in the affairs
of our Club for the last year or
so, '.ve always knew his interest
and backing was with us.
Therefore, be it resolved by the
membership of the Raeford Ki
wanis Club, duly assembled on
this 21st day of July 1949, that
we do sincerely regret and are
deeply sorrowful for the untime
ly passing of our friend and va
lued member.
Be it further resolved, that a
copy of these resolutions be sent
to his bereaved family, a copy to
the News-Journal and a copy be
spread upon the minutes of the
Raeford Kiwanis Club,
R. B. Lewis, "Walter "^Baker, J.
B.. Thomas, Committee
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ANNUAL BAPTIST
PICNIC WEDNESDAY
Norton. . and two sisters. Misses
Mary E. Norton and Carrie Nor
ton. the last three ■ named living
at the old homestead.
Many friends and relatives
from the surrounding communi
ties were present for the last rites
and coming from a distance were
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Roy Nortpn
of Raleigh, Wilbur and Oscar
Norton of Selma. W. L. Norton of
Smithfield, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Steed of Lumberton and Mrs.
Eula N. Bowen of Fayetteville.
Mack Kinney Virgil. Dan Ray,
Robert Ernest Chambers and
James Purdy, all colored, receiv
ed 30 days on the roads suspended
on payment of $1'0 fine and the
costs for having improper equip
ment on the highways.
James Byrd Hardy, white of
Florida, for passing a vehicle on
a curve paid a fine of $10 and the
costs.
Clarence McDonald Brewton,
colored of Charlotte, forfeited a
$25'bond for speeding.
' *1108006 L. Batton, white of the
army, was fined $25 and paid the
costs for not having operator’s
license.
Robert Lee Stubbs, colored, had
a small quantity of whiskey, so
he got 30 days on the roads su
spended on the costs.
George R. Mosely, white of the
army, charged with having im
proper registration plates was
fined $10 and paid the costs.
Leroy Cain, white, was given 3
months on the roads for giving a
Only 3,1 ]?6 voted against all
quotas, while 2,041 favored, onij
a one-year extenskm ol tlie
system.
Adding the ballots tor fiiiee-
year and one-year extensions, Sie
preference for quotas against no
qiK>tas was better Btan T1 to 1.
Alabama, the other state in die
referendum, is a miufflr prodoeer
of tobacco. Its vote was by mail
and has not yet b^*n itabiilated.
Flue-cured sal^ began Tuesday
in die Georgia'^orida belt
i There is no dispute that pro
duction rerfriction througji quotas
improve 'demand—and- prices. -
have been worse with unlimited
production.
Tied in with the quotas is ^ov-.
ernment support of prices. With
quotas it is 90 per cent of parity,
without, M per cent.
Secretary of Agriculture Bran-
nan already has proclaimed a 1950
quota of 1,097,000.000 pounds, a
LEE’S SERMON TO BE
“GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP”
su.-^pended on payment of the costs
and the check, which was for $85
to Bill Wright.
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Letter To Editor
From Mrs. Moore
worthless check. Sentence v-as increase over this- year to
The Sunday School of Raeford
Baptist Church had an old fash
ion picnic yesterday afternoon at
picture theatre. Army food, C. J. Benner’s Pond. This is an
.-v. io in annual affair even, though be
cause of Polio apd other hind
rances the Sunday School has not
observed this occasion for a year
or so.
Each family in the Sunday
School brought their children and
picnic lunches. Lertio^ade, “made
in the shade arid^^jrred with a
white oak spade.’’ and watermel
ons were also served. Manj^of the
young people enjoyed swimming
in the pond before the picnic. The
afternoon was thoroughly enjoy
ed by all.
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Television Set Used
In Hoke County
A television reception in Hoke
County on Juiy and 22 was re
ported by John A. McGregor, who
formerly operated McGregor’s
Radio Service at Dundarrach. .A
small seven inch te.levision set
was brought from Charlotte and
tried out on a special antenna, in
stalled on his parents house. The
antenna is 60 feet high. Reception
•vvas perfect both nights tried from
8:30 till 9:30. Airline distance
front the WBTV transmitter in
Charlotte is about 120 miles. Re
ception at this distance is sub
ject to v/eather conditions. Best
results are obtained after the sun
sets and the upper atmosphere
cools. Therefore, reception should
be good all through the winter
months even though the winter
is so great. ■
Since publishing the article
several weeks ago in regard to
the book written by Charles E.
O’Neal, a former resident of Rae
ford, a number of interesting
cards and comments have come
to the editor expressing interest in
this. One from an old neighbor
balance expected demand. .A mar
ginal increase in acreage allot
ments also was granted to provide
for new growers and correct ineq
uities among present producers.
In Saturday’s referendum. (Car
olina tobacco farmers also over
whelmingly approved continuatiott ^ J
of a lO-cent-an-acre assessin«ik
to support Tobacco Associate^
Inc. This organization was set iqi in.
the two states in 1944 to stimulate
export sales.
North Carolina gave 141,691 to
3,522 approval of Tobacco Asso
ciates, South Carolina 30,219 ito J
of the O’Neals as well as of the
editor is published herewith— j 473, xhe two-state total was 171.-^
knowing that it will be of interest j 910' to 3995 in the affirmative.
to the "old timers.’’^Editor. i 1)
Dear Paul: Some time ago you LumbcrtOIl TobaCCO
had an article in The News-Jour- | * | . np.
nal pertaining to Chas. O’Neal, I To Open Big
■A ho is “Eldridge” as he was SeaSOn AugUSt Zncl
known when his father,. C. S. O’- , *
Neal lived in, Raeford many years I The Lumberton Tobacco Marked .|
ago. After Mr. Moore’s death (B. ' which has grown from 3 to 39 mil-
F. Moore) Mr. O’Neal wrote to ' iion pounds in only 26 years, is
him. just for old times sake, not all set to open what is expected J
knowing iMr. 2,Ioore was dead. 11 to be one of the finest seasons itt
reolied to him and through the ! its history on Tuesday,.,-August 2.
(jood sportsmanship will be
discussed at the Methodist church
Sunday.
Th|3 Rev. P. O. Lee says: “No
matter how hoit the weather, it
is always cooler in the spacious
school auditorium- than in your
home. This is ecpecially true since
a large fan is helping us keep
cool. Come without coats. The
sermon subject for Sunday morn
ing is: Good Sportsman^p. We
do not observe too much of this
on the 'ball field or in ithe church.
It is one of the essentials in a
I Democracy.”
No Patrol School
To Be Held This Year
COUNTY AGENT'
BUYS HOME
Herman Vernon, Hoke County
Farm Agent, has recently puchas-
ed a new brick home in Sunset
Hills from Cecil McOPbaul and
will occupy same now soon. Since
coming to Raeford last Fall Mr.
and Vernon have had an a-
partment with libs. Kaitie Me-
Diarmid King.
There will be no school for can
didates for Highway Patrol jobs
this year, according to an an
nouncement by Patrolman D. G.
Surratt. Patrolman Surratt .said
there were only ten vacancies on
the patrol and that there was a
large number of applications on
file. '
Last year a school tor candidates
for the patrol was operated at
Chapel Hill.
years ,amil Mr. O’Neal’s death
•Ji’.ly 10. 1946, we heard from him
regularly. Since then I hear from.
Lii second wife. They lived in At
lanta and she still does. Grover,
the eldest boy, lives in Hermoca,
South Dakota, and works in a bank
Wade lives in -Atlanta, Ga.. Bea
trice developed into a very brilli
ant girl, a graduate of the Univer
sity of Arkansas and University
Chicago. She married Chas. Bow
den of (Chicago and she died in
1919, Bernice, the youngest girl,
lives in Bothell. Washington. All
children are college and univer
sity graduates and doing well in
life. I sent Mrs. O’Neal .the article
from the JoumaL and she asked
me to have sent to her a few cop
ies of the article (if you can). I
guess live or six ct^es, so this
is why I am writing to you. PlMM
send them to Mrs. C. S. OTtoel,
(Continued ea hedt fof*)
In fact, many of the local ware-.
housemen, who rank with the best
and most experienced jucfges of
tobacco in the business, predicted'
today that the 1949 sales wffl,
push. If not quite equal, the all-
time record.
Their predictions, of coutsOif
were based on the prices being
paid on the early sales in Geor-,
gia, plus the fact that the BcHrdttT j
Belt crop is generally good ia
quality, though somewhat off ht l
weight, and it brings af bettor]
price because it is graded and;!
tied. #i
No matter whether the opOnti^j
day average is 45 or 59
Td>acco Town, as Lumbeotott
tost becoming known. wa« 4
optimism today, and Ibo loeol '
baccontsts and macchanta
busy ea—pldlng iinhl
itioBS tor Bw WK