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The Hoke County News
The Hoke Chunty Journal
VOLUME XLIV; NUMBER 15
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1949
RAEFORD. N. C.
YOUR
[SCHOOL NEWS!
By K. A. MacDonald
The white schools of the coun
ty opened this morning at 9:00
o’clock.''All schools opened with
a full corps of teachers. Hoke
County is very fortunate in this
respect. Quite a number of oth
er units are still looking desper
ately for teachers with which to
"fill their vacancies.
Tuesday afternoon a county
wide principal’s meeting was held.
At/ this meeting a schedule was
made for the first 1^ days. Schools
were to open this morning at
9:00 o’clock. Those in Raeford
were to close at 11:30 and those
in the country at 12:00 noon.
Friday the same schedule will
prevail. Beginning Monday and
running for two weeks the schools
in the county will open af 7:30
a. m. and in .Raeford at 8:00 o’
clock. Those in Raeford will close
at 11:30 and those in the county
at 12:00 noon. This will put all
pupils at home (wl; hope) by
1:00 p. m. We hope that the par
ents will use them to the bbst ad
vantage as it is hoped that it will
not be necessary to operate on a
short schedple any longer than
these 12' days. Parents are re
quested to make every effort to
have their children attend school
regularly. Irregular attendance is
a tremendous handicap to a pupil
in his work. If parents have not
had beginners immunized against
smallpox and diptheria they are
requested to take lliem to the
^iitealth department ^,iinme^iately
^ as^the 'law requires that all
school children have-: these im-
muiH:yil’on!!... TSwa.law §ls^^tat«|
that no child' shall he registered
in school who was not 6 years of
age on or before October 1. 1949.
Teachers, principals and superin
tendent have to certify on oath
that they have not registered
pupils imder this age. Parents are
requested to cooperate.
Tuesday night at"8 o’clock there
was a county-wide teacher’s meet
ing held at the Hoke High school.
The Rev. B. P. Robinson conduct
ed the devotional exercises. Mr.
Robinson’s remarks were very
helpful to all of us starting on a
new year’s work for the children
of the county. After the devotion
al the meeting was turned over
to J. W. Turlington, president of
the Hoke County Unit of the N.
C. E. A. Mr. Turlington stated that
the first item of business was the
election of a n4w secretary-trea
surer as Mrs. Roberts, who was
elected last spring had resigned
and was no longer a member.
Mrs. A. H. Gore was elected to
fill the vacancy. After the elec
tion membership dues were col
lected for the local, state and na
tional association. Before Mr.
Turlington relinquished the chair
he served coca-colas to the as
sembled teachers. After this
courtesy he turned the ^ meeting
over to the county superintend
ent who took up routine matters
pertaining to the opening of
schools and the new year’s work.
Wednesday morning there was
a county-wide bus drivers meet
ing attended by all drivers and
their substitutes. Principal W. T.
Gibson and Supt. MacDonald dis
cussed their duties with them and
emphasized safety for the pupils
and care of th6 buses. Also Mr.
Gibson assigned the drivers their
buses for the year. All the new
buses have not arrived but it is
. hoped thafthey will be here with
in two weeks. Ill the meantime the
old buses are in good and safe
mechanical condition. Bus routes
were surveyed by E. C. Crawley,
bus route engineer for the State
Board of Education, during Au
gust. Several changes have been
requested by patrons. These
changes have been measured by
the superintendent and request
for change made to Raleigh. Par
ents who have made the requests
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Fair Begins To
Show Promise,
Officials Say
The American Fair committee
consisting of Mayor W. L. Poole
and Legion Commander Julius
Jordan, reported this week that
plans for the exhibition to be
held at the ball pajrk September
19-24 are getting into good shape.
William Moore, advance agent
and promoter, has 'offices in the
Armory may be contacted
there for arrangements in con
nection witii the Fair.
The committee reports that the
County Farm Agent, H. E. Ver
non, and Im office are cooperat
ing with the venture and that Mr.
Vernon has agreed to be live
stock judge at the fair. Miss Jose
phine Hall, county Home Demon
stration agent, is handling all the
exhibits and contest entries deal
ing with handiwork, cookery,
sewing, etc.
Moore said this week that the
beauty contest was not fuU yet
and that he was still looking for
girls to enter. He said entries
could be single or married. He
also reported that'the merchants
were cooperating with his effort
to get up the premium list and
in taking advertisements in the
premium book.
The amusement for the Fair
will be furnished by the Twin
State shows, who will offer rides,
shows and concessions. Gates will
be open to white and colored on
all days. Saturday, September 24,
will be “Colored-Day” and sever
al contests an(^ games will be open
to colored people only on that
day.
Moore stated that several booths
for machinery and equipment dis
plays by merchants were still
open, as well^as eating and>drink-
ing concessions.'"' v
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Apology
American Legion
To Hold Important
Meeting Wednesday
Dr. Julius Jordan, commander
of the EUis Williamson American
Legion post, announced this week
that the regular monthly meeting
of the post would be held in the
cafeteria at the high school next
Wednesday night at seven o’clock.
Supper will be served.
Dr. Jordan was particularly
urgent in his plea for all legion
naires to attend this meeting, giv
ing as his reason the fact that sev
eral important items in connec
tion with the fair to be sponsored
at the ball park September 19-
34 must be discussed and taken
care of.
LIBRARY NEWS
Business at The News-Jour
nal was a little better than us
ual last week, and the staff
was a little shorter than usual
due to vacations. This combi
nation resulted in some errors
in last week’s paper which
were considerably, worse than
usual.
Collins Department Store
had two ads, one for gabardine
suits and the other for “Buf
falo Plaid” back-to-school
dresses. The suits were on sale
for $24.95 and the dresses for
$5.95, and we got them crossed-
up, causing the store the em-*
barrassment of not having a
gabardine suit for $5.95 as ad
vertised. For the cross-up and
resulting embarrassment we
apologize to Collins Department
Store. *
The Johnsoh Company sent
us an ad for cover crops ;—
clover, vetch, aUalfST, winter
peas, etc. We ran the ad, all
right, but we signed it John
son Cotton Company, by mis
take, so thqt no one was ad
vised that The Johnson Comp
any had these items for sale.
We regret this very much, and
the ad appears on page 10 of
this issue'' with the correct
signature.
DEAN OF MUSIC
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Pine Cones Can
Now Be Sold
The North Carolina State For
est Nursery at Clayton will need
an additional 2400 bushels of lob
lolly pine seed cones to meet its
planting requirements for the 1950
planting season. The Division of
Forestry of the Department of
Conservation' and Development
'will pay from 75c to $1.50 per
bushel for mature, seed bearing
cones delivered at a central col
lecting station. Anyone interested
in collecting these cones or know
ing of a good crop of cones may
contact C. F. McBryde, county
Forest Warden, route 1, Raeford,
or this district Forest office Sand-
rock Building, Fayetteville.
According to a report received
by District Forester L. E. Hic^s,
the increasing public demand for
planting stock and the indicated
light seed crop this year makes
it necessary for the nursery to
supplement its normal supply of
seed for the 1950 planting sea
son.
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NEW SUPERVISOR
Robii^ Smith, native bom Scot,
who arrived Wednesday to as
sume iiis. new duties as Dean of
the CooDservatory of Music at
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F^ra BEacdonald Coliege. Mr.
Smith received his entire musi
cal education in Scotland and
England, and is a Licentiate of
the Royal Academy of Music in
London. He has been a member
of the faculty •of the Transylvania
Music Camp at Brevard during
the summer.
Ingatherings
The annual harvest ingath
erings will be held by churches
in the county at various times
during the fall. Meals will be
served, with the main dishes
in most cases being chicken
salad and barbecue. There wiU
be sales of food, handiwork,
produce, cakes and the like at
all of them. For the benefit of
these churches and the people
who wish to attend the in
gatherings we will carry a
schedule of those we are told
about in this space until they
are held.
Sandy Stove Methodist
church - Thursday, September,
29, meal at noon, sale-follow
ing.
Parker’s Methodist church -
Friday, October 7, meal at six
p. m., sale following.
Galatia Presbyterian chnrch-
Thimsday, October 20, meal at
six p. m., sale following.
Raeford Methodist church -
Thursday, October 27, at Rae
ford Armory, meals at noon
and night, sale following sup
per.
Raeford Advances
To Finals By
Defeating Aberdeen
The Raebrd Rebels mauled
three Aberdeen pitchers for 20
hits a-d 14 runs to hand the
Aberdee.n outfit a 14-6 defeat in
Southern Pines Monday afternoon.
The '.vin -.vas Raeford’s second
over the Aberdeen’s in the semi
final t:h:y-offs of the Sand Clay
league, -.vith the losers dropping
out of further play.
Make McKeithan and Bill Up
church, -vvith four hits apiece
paced the Raeford attack. Every
player in the line-up got at least
one hit, Raeford’s two biggest
blows being the double with the
bases loaded by McLeod and a
triple with the sacks loaded by J.
D. Currie.
Raeford defeated Aberdeen
hfere Friday night in the first game
of the semi-finals playoff series
11-3.
J. D. Currie, Rebel pitcher, put
on a one-man show as he pitched
a neat four-hitter and tripled with
the bases loaded in the eighth in
ning. Bill Upchurch, with three
for five, and ■ Rex Currie, with
two for three, led the 12-hit at-
Closing the summer reading
club, “Fill a Shelf For Yourself”,
sponsored by Hoke County Lib
rary, a party was giyen for the
members at the library Tuesday
afternoon, August 30, at 4 o’
clock. The boys and girls were
asked to come dressed like’ some
character chosen from a book
read during the summer. The
judges were Mrs. J. M. Andrews,
Mrs. Hinton McPhaul and Mrs.
Nat White. Harriet Hodgjn, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Hodgin, received the prize for
the girls, and Earl Robinson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bishop Robinson,
for the boys. Second high were
Lillian Scarborough, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Colon Scarborough,
and Bennie Robinson, son ^jf Mr.
and Mrs. Robinson.
Margaret McLeod, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McLeod,
read the largest number of books,
50, and Harriet Smith, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. Marcus Smith,
read the next highest, 32. Certi
ficates were given to those who
had read as many as 12, books.
These were Billy Guin, Harriet
Hodgin, Margaret Maxwell, Vir
ginia McFadyen, Sara Lyim Mc-
Girt, Hazel McLean, Joan Mc
Leod, Margaret McLeod. Julia
Mo^is, Harriet Smith. Lillian
Scarborough, Edna Ray Tyler,
and Lewis Upchurch, Jr.
Following ‘'provision made by
the state legislature last spring
the State Board of Education
made an allotment of 300 addi
tional teachers to be used by the
various school units ui' a super
visory capacity. Hoke County
was alloted one for work with the
White and Indian elementary
schools and one to A^rk with the
colored elementary schools.
- Mrs. Cecile D. Osment of Dur
ham has been secured , for the
work in the White and Indian
schools. Mrs. Osment is an-A. B.
graduate of Bessie Tift college
and holds a masters degree in
elementary education from Pea
body Teachers college. She has
done additional work at Carolina,
Duke and Harvard Universities.
She comes here directly from
Duke where she has been taking
work and assisting Dr. Proctor
with some of his courses.
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NATIONAL GUARD
FEED TOMORROW
Battery A, 130th AAA Batta
lion, local National Guard, outfit
will have its annual supper for
the members and their wives or
girl friends tomorrow night at"
Clyde’s pond. As usual at, the
battery’s feeds, there will ^ no
speeches, just food. Following the
supper the crowd will attend the
square dance which the battery
sponsors at the armory each Fri
day night.
Flora Macdonald
Opens 45tli Session
On SeFlember 15
With the' faculty complete, and
the buildings and grounds in ex
cellent condition, showing many
improvements added since com
mencement, Flora Macdonald
College is ready to open its 45th
session on Thursday, September
15.
Since Ij^.i|f^--j^ation in 1896.
the college has gone steadily for
ward in every respect, and has
earned its right to its “reason to
be”, which was the establishment
of a school for the higher educa
tion of young women in this sec
tion, where the intelligent minds
of school age girls were demand
ing an opportunity for more ed
ucation, and where the facilities
were so few. ^
While during these 53 years,
transportation conditions have
gone forward to an almost unbe
lievable extent, making it far
easier for students, in and adja
cent to Red Springs, to attend
college in distant places, this
transportation improvement, in
the form of excellent bard sur
face roads and good care, have
also made it possible for girls in
nearby towns to commute as day
students, and this opportunity is
being taken more and more, par
ticularly since special classes are
offered in various departments.
Students may come to the col
lege for special courses in every
department of music, including
courses in Church and School
music - and with the very ver
satile new Scottish Dean of Mu
sic, these courses promise a wider
range and greater interest than
ever before; pre-med and pre-
nursing courses; classes in sewing
and designing; special courses in
Speech and Dramh, etc. A com
fortable, attractive room on the
first floor is kept for the use of
day student exclusively.
Members of the Student Cabi
net and Student Council will ar
rive on Friday preceding the
opening of college, and the vveek
end^’ill be devoted to planning
ty work of both organi-
za\ X(Jiterspersed with many
aiwA) ^ed social activities. New
students will arrive on Monday,
the 12th, for their orientation
period, when then the upper
classmen Will play host to them,
and returning students will come
in on Tuesday. Wednesday will
be registration day, and the for
mal opening and the beginning
of classes will be on Thursday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Carson Lytle and
daughter of Indianhead, Md.
spent Sunday in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. G. C. Lytle.
8th District VDC
To Meet IA Southern
Pines Saturday
Eighth Congressional district,
YDC, wil^ hold its annual reunion
and rally Saturday at 7 p. m. at
the Southern Pihes Country club,
in the form of a chicken buffet
supper.
H. Clifton Blue, of Aberdeen,
state YDC president and secretary
of the N. C. Democratic Execu
tive committee, will be the key
note speaker, said J. Hubert Mc-
CasklU, of Pinehurst, district
chaimian. Others expected to
take part on the program include
Basil Whitener of Gastonia,
Mecklenburg District solicitor, and
Hoover Taft. Jr. of Greenville,
both past state presidents; Jeff
Wilson, state highway safety di
rector, past Eighth District chair-
man;'-Bedford Black, Kannapolis,
state organizer, and other state
YDC officers.
Also present will be John A.
Lang, Jr., of Carthage and Wash
ington, secretary to Rep. C. B.
Deane, from whom he will bring
greetings; Col. C. R. Tolar of tlie
state highway patrol, and others
of state and district interest.
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Delegations are expected from
all clubs of the district and re
ports will be made by their pres
idents, as follows: Anson county,
H. P. Taylor, Jr., Wadesboro;
Davidson, Ross Carver, Lexing
ton; Davie, Gdtdon Torrbnson.
Mocksville; Hoke. T. B. Lester,
Raeford; Lee, Ralph Monger, Jr.,
Sanford; Montgomery, Ernest
Wilson, Jr., Troy; Moore, W. La
ment Brown, Pinebluff; Rich-
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I. E. McANULTY ILL
Recorder
Tenant Retlirt
To Gather Cn^
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Man Who Hit Anotlier
With Gun Not Guiltjr QH ?
Wilfully Breaking It
Fletcher Clark, Indian, yrSM,
charged with violating the land" J
lord and tenant act in recorder's
court before Judge Henry Me--:;!
Diarmid Tuesday morning. Claa^
pled guilty of leaving his crop
after having contracted, to gatiier*-.
it. The judge ordered him to move
back to the farm, gather the exoPf
and pay the court costs. For aid.
mg and abetting dark by letting
him have his wagon to move with
and a house to move to Ardne
Locklear, Indian, had to pay the
costs^
The State did not prc^ecute
Tom Smith, colored, charged with
being drunk and disorderly and
using profane and indecent lan
guage.
Joe McEachern, colored, was
found guilty of assault and using
__ _ profane and indecent language
tack. Wicker led Aberdeen at bat | SOt 60 days to be suspended
with two hits. | on payment of $10 and the costs.
He also had to pay the costs >lar
FINALS START SATURDAY
Raeford plays High Falls in the
league finals, High Falls having
defeated Biscoe two of three
games in the playoff semi-final.
First game of the finals will be
played here in Armory park at
three.thirty Saturday afternoon.
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4-H Club Members
To Broadcast From
Raleigh Saturday
Five '4-H Club members fron.'
the Hoke High School 4-H Club
will present a fifteen minute
broadcast over Radio Station
WPTF on Saturday, September
the 10th at 12:15 p. m. Those tak
ing part on the program are
Mary McLean, Freida Moss, El
len Kate Koonce, Harold Monroe
and Earl Hendrix.
The program is in the form of ■
a short playlet entitled “A Call
to Achievement.” Harold Monroe
will take the part of the Farm
Agent and Mary McLean will be
the Home Agent. Freida Moss
and Earl Hendrik will play the
part of a 4-H Club girl and a 4-H
Club boy. Ellen Kate Koonce
takes the part of Mrs. Parker,
whom’the group is trying to pur-
suade to become a 4-H Neighbor
hood Leader. The scene of the
playlet is Mrs. Parker’s living
room in her home.
violating the prohibition laws.
John Armstrong, colored, was
I charged with assault and carry
ing a concealed weapon but the
State did not prosecute because
of insufficient evidence.
Alexander Blue, Nick Easter
ling, James Graham, all colored,
and 'Vemonf Cryster, white, each
paid $10 and the costs for im
proper equipment on their cars.
Robert Posey, and B. P. Critteo.
den, Jr., colored, each paid $10
and the costs for speeding-
i-Warr^h H-'L"'?'- Sfhite *5^
found not guilty of~careless and
reckless driving.
Joe Me Arthur, colored, paid
$10 and the costs for being drunk
and disorderly and having non
tax paid liquor. Lum Henry
Thomas, Jr., paid the costs for
being drunk and disorderly.
Will Andrew Purcell, colored
man who was convicted of assault
last week, was charged with will-
full destruction of personal pro
perty. The property involved was
the gun he broke over somebody’s
head in the other case. The judge
ruled that he was not guilty in
that he did not intend for the
gun to break when he hit the
other person with it.
Willie Scott, colored of the
Army, got 30 days to be suspend
ed on payment of $25 and the
costs for having no driver’s li-
cense.
I. E. McAnulty, 79-year-old
citizei of Quewhiffle township,
was taken to Moore County hos
pital Tuesday, where his condi
tion is reported to be critical. .
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BELTON WRIGHT ILL
Belton Wright, of the Hardware
department of McLauchlin Co.,
becime ill with sou'.ethlng akin
I to both arthritis and paralysis on
I Sunday and was taken to a Fay
etteville hospital :\ronday, where
his condition is still reported as
serious.
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LADIES NIGHT
Deane In Group
Making Tour Of ^
Far East Countries
Congressman Qhcirles B. Deane
of the Eighth Congressional Dis
trict is one of six members of
Congress composing a committee
appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Sam
Rayburn, to investigate occupa
tional forces and expenditures of
United States Government Funds
on Rehabilitaiton and war dam
age in the Far East. This Com
mittee is scheduled to leave Tues
day. .August 30th, to see how
wisely the dollars of American
taxpayers are being spent in A-
laska, Japan. Korea, the Philip
pines and the U. S. Mandated Is
lands.
Other Democratic members of
FARMING
I By H. E. Vernon, County A^tj
Tomorrow night will be Ladies
night at the weekly square dance
at the armory, which the local
National Guard imit sponsors.
Plenty of men will be present, as
thfe men of the battery are ex
pected to attend the dance after
their supper, and all ladies will
be admitted free to the dance.
Pastures
With quotas facing us next
year on practically adl our cash
crops and an expected sharp cut
in cotton areage. every fanner
with land suitable for growing
permanent pasture should consid
er this as one use for those idle
acres as weU as supplying tte
cheapest source of feed for work-
stock, cows and hogs. The total'
cost per acre for 1 ton of lime,
1000 pounds of 2-12-12 fertili
zer. 3 pounds of Ladino Clover.'
and 12 pounds of Fescue runs a-
bo'.:: $40.00. With the AAA office
issuing' purchase orders to
for about 50 per cent of this k-
Committee are Walter B. Hu- ! mount, planting a per.manent pas-
‘.i'le
ber of Ohio, and M. G. Burnside
of West Virginia. The Republican
nt'embers are R. Walter Richlman
of New York, Harold Louvre of
South Dakota and Alvin E. 0’-
Konski of Wisconsin.
The purpose of the trip is to
scrutinize U. S. spending in Asia,
studv' veterans problems in the
Philippines, and determine how
Uncle Sam’s money can be saved
or utilized to better advantage.
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ture this fall will be really an
econotnieal practice. -Assistance
will also be given for constructioa
of fences for these pastures. It is
time to prepare and plant theee
pastures now - next spring is too
late. Don’t neglect proper prOr
paration of the land and tho •-
bove rates for seeding em It
you don’t get them leeded mS.
October 13.
One dCher hint tiut auqr te
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