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The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLIV; NUMBER 29
YOUR
ISCHOOL NEWSI
By K. A, MacDonald
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15,1949
RAEFORD. N. C.
Patrons, pupils and teachers of
the Ashemont school really ap
preciate the work that has been
done on the school grounds by
the Veteran’s Agricultural class
under the leadership of Horace
Walters. The PTA raised t he
money and turned it over to this
class. The-class then graded and
cleaned up the grounds. After this
was done, playground equipment
consisting of slides, swings, bars,
see-saws. and a merry-go-round
was built and installed. This i^
me of the finest pieces of school
Improvement that has been done
in Hoke County.
The Christmas program given
annually at the Raeford Graded
school will put on the evening of
Monday, December 19 at 7:30 o'
clock. Miss Doris Bradley, music
director, with the cooperation of
the faculty, is putting on the pro
gram. The junior chorus with
other pupils are taking part. The
same program will be put on at
1:15 p. m. for the benefit of the
pupils and such parents who find
it impossible to attend in the ev
ening.
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The Rockfish PTA has decided
to purchase a film-strip machine
for the school. To help with this
purchase they will give an en
tertainment at the school Friday
evening at about 7:30 o’clock. The
ejntertainment will be in the form
of a “Mock Trial.” All friends of
the school are cordially invited.
Mr.s. Brown’s second grade in
organized a Wildlife Club and
has begun the’study of deer in
connection with their Christmas
unit.
The total enrollment, member
ship and percentage in attend
ance for the third month of the
white schools is as follows: Ashe
mont 134, 130. 95.3; Hoke High
8th grade 91, 89, 89.9; 9-12 grades
267, 258, 92.8; Mildouson 89, 88
85.8; Raeford Graded 446, 418,
92.8; Rockfish 118, 109, 96.
You will note that Rockfish
leads the county in the percent
age of attendance.
The Hoke High guidance and
physical education programs are
making a name for the school all
over the state. We are glad to e-
poVt that the instructional pro
gram is not lagging behind the
others. All pupils who enrolled
in the various colleges of the state
are doing well. We are especially
proud of those who made the
deans lists for scholarship.
Opening Service
To Be Held At
Parker’s Sunday
The congregation of Parker’s
Chapel Methodist church will
have the first worship service in
their newly completed church
building next Sunday at 12:15 p.
m. This is quite an occasion for
the members of the church and
they have issued an invitation for
the many friends of the church
to come out and join them in this
first worship service. ^
The sermon will be preached
by the Rev. B. P. Robinson, re
tired Methodist minister of Rae
ford, who was for several years
pastor of the Parker’s‘church at
the same time he was serving the
Raeford Methodist chutch.
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Hoke High Pupils
Visit Planetarium;
Also Visit Duke
(Contributed)
On Sunday, December 11, un
der the direction of Mrs. Arthur
D. Gore, faculty adviser. ^ the
Journalism Club sponsored a trip
to both Duke University and the
University of North Carolina. Af
ter all the places were taken on
the chartered bus. Major Lee
Kirby and James Lentz volunteer
ed their cars to take care of ^ all
the pujjlls who wanted to go.
The group left Raeford at 8:90
o’clock and arrived at Duke Un
iversity Chapel in time for the
11:00 o’clock worship service.
Professor James T. Cleland,
Preacher to the University, de
livered the sermon. The Duke
choir, composed of two hundred
voices sang. “The Shepherds’
Story” and a selection from “The
Messiah”.
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Tn the" afternoon the entire
grou^ visited the exhibit galleries
and the Rotunda of the Morehead
Building in Chapel Hill. They
also listened to the Cathedral
[Chimes of the Rotunda Clock.
The highlight of the day came
at 2:30 when all the pupils and
their chaperones saw “Star of
Bethlehem” at |he Morehead
Planetarium. The Christmas mu
sic, Scripture reading, and show
ing of the skies of Bethlehem
approximately nineteen hundred
and forty ijine years ago were
very impressive.
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After seeing the show at the
Planetarium the high school pu
pils all agreed with recent news
paper comments that to see the
Planetarium was worth more than
a day in school to any piipil,
Mesdames Herbert McKeithan,
M. L. McKeithan, Israel Mann.
Arthur D. Gore, and Miss Doris
Bradley served as chaperones.
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Post Office To
Work Overtime
The international meeting of
the Childhood Education Asso
ciation is to be held in Asheville
next spring. This is the largest
and most important educational
meeting ever to be held in North
Carolina. Plans are being^ m.ade
for representatives from the Hoke
County schools to attend.
A 300 piece composite orchestra
or high school players is being
' organized for this occasion. There
will be places in this orchestra
for members of the Hoke High
Band if they wish to enter.
Postmaster Lacy Clark said
this week that the post office
would be open all day on Satur
day, December 17 and Saturday.
December 24 for the convenience
of patrons.
The postmaster also urged Rae
ford residents to start mailing
their Christmas packages right a-
way if they haven’t already done
so. He said all out of State greet
ings should be mailed this week
at the latest and thinks that local
greetings should be in the post
office by next Thursday.
The postmaster again warned
that Christmas cards mailed with
11/2 cent stamps are being return
ed stamped “Insufficient .postage.”
The rate for unsealed third-class
mail is now 2 cents.
Cards sent third class may not
be forwarded or returned, without
payment of additional postage.
The postmaster stated that large
numbers of 1949 cards are liable
to end up in the Dead letter of
fice due to incomplete or incor
rect addresses.
If you’re not sure of the address
a 3-cent stamp entitles your
Christmas greeting to first class
postal service.^ The card will be
forwarded from one address to
another, or if the envelope bears
your return address, the card will
be returned to you if the ad
dresses cannot be located, without
additional charge for postage.
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Christmas Music By
Clee Club And Band-
Next Sunday P. M.
Under, the direction of Miss
Bradley,' ‘^’ublifc School music
teacher, and Mr. Renn, band di
rector, the glee club and band
will give a program of Christmas
music Sunday evening, December
18 at 8:00 o’clock in the high
school auditorium. The public is
invited to attend.
Recorder Hears
Light Sessibn
Tuesday Morning
Less than a dozen cases were
disposed of* in Hoke County re
corder’s court Tuesday mor.ning
before Judge Henry McDiarmid,
in' an- unusually light session.
There were quite a few cases
continued, however, for trial at a
later date.
James McLauchlin, colored, paid
$25 and the costs for driving with
out a valid driving license.
George Pierce, 16-yeac-old
colored boy, was' found guilty of
peeping and got 60 days to be
suspended on payment of $25 and
the‘costs and on condition of two
years good behavior.
Edmond Johngon, colored, and
Carl Boahn, white, each , paid the
costs for being drunk and disor
derly.
Jim F. West, white, was charg
ed with disposing of mortgaged
property. He entered; a plea of
nolo contendere and sentence was
two years to. be suspended on
payment of the costs and $666 to
Dundarrach Trading comp.any,
holder of the mortgage. He was
given until the end of 1950 to
complete payment.
John W. Ellis, Jr. was found
guilty of drivinif drunk, impro
perly eqquipped car, and carry
ing a concealeB-weapon. He got
a total of five !^nths suspended
on payment of •i@25 and the costs.
S. S. Raymcfed, and L. A. De-
Angelous, trai^ent |white, left
bonds of $25 -tech for speeding.
J. W. Biggers,' also white, paid
$10 and the for speeding.
John D. Wiilis and Chester Mc-
Laurin, both colored, each paid
$10 and the c(!«|s for driving im
properly equipjted cars.
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PA,G^'^^. PmLIPPI
Daniel McDuffie,
Raeford Native,
Dies In Penna.
The congregation of Philippi
Presbyterian church are planning
a Christmas tree and a Christ-
pagaent at the church on the*
night of next Thursday, Decem
ber 22nd, at seven o’clock. The
public is invited.
Hoke High Wins
From Hope Mills
Last Friday night at the local
gym, the Hoke High boys and
girls basketball teams defeated
Hope Mills High school in two
thrilling games of a doublehead
er. . ,
The girls game started the ex
citement with a 30-29 victory
over the Hope Mills lassies. Lyda
Williams, hifgh £|;oring forward,
shot 17 points to lead her team to
victory. This was their second win
in as many starts.
In the boys game Hoke High
overcame a 17-12 halftime de
ficit to forge ahead in the last
quarter emerging with a 33-31
victory. This was their first win
in two starts. Billie Lester paced
the boys to their victory with 10
points. Landon Yarborough and
Joe Davis had 8 and 7 points re
spectively for runner-up. Harris
paced Hope Mills with 8 points.
LOSE TWO TO ABERDEEN
On Tuesday night of this week
Hoke High lost a doubleheader
to Aberdeen.
The Hoke High girls could not
match the “dead-eye” shooting
of the Aberdeen forwards. Mary
Baker, sharp-shooting Aberdeen
forward hit the hoops for 17
points to lead her team to a 32-24
victory. The Hoke High girls came
back strong .in the second half,
but just couldn’t match the shoot
ing , of the Aberdeen forwards.
Aberdeen led at half-time, 26-6.
In the boys game again the
deadly shooting accuracy of the
Aberdeen boys w^as the downfall
of the Hoke High boys as they
went down in defeat 48- 39. Baily
Lawrence, Aberdeen center, hit
the baskets for 17 points as he led
his team to victory. Joe Davis led
Hoke High with 11 points, while
Landon Yarborough and Billie
Lester had 10 and 9 points respec
tively. Aberdeen led at the half,
22-18, only a four point lead, but
the boys just couldn’t seem to
overcome the lead.
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Chamber Plans
Meeting Tonight
On Bond Vote
R. B. Lewis, president of the
Raeford Chamber of Commerce,
announced this week the Cham
ber would sponsor an open meet
ing to which the public is invited
at the courthouse at eight o’clock
tonight for the purpose of discuss
ing the three issues on which the
people of the town will vote in
the election scheduled for Decem
ber 27.
Mr. Lewis said that it was plan
ned to have the mayor and mem
bers of the town board present
and that these men would. try to
explain to those present just what
the town wants to do wuth the
money and that those present
would be given a chance to ask
questions about the proposed bond
issues, where the money is going
and get the opinions of the pre
sent town administration as to
where the money will come from
to pay off the bonds if they are
issued.
The Chamber and the town ad
ministration are, anxious to have
those who are not in favor of the
issue of the bonds to attend the
meeting as well as those who favor
it, and everyone present is pro
mised a chance to speak his piece,
whether for or against.
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Deane Hopeful
About Getting
Vass Road Paved
Understands Army Taking
Steps To Pave Road Thru
Reservation; Not Definite
Cotton Crop Is
Ahead Of 1948
Still In State Of Uncertainty
About Cotton Marketing Quotas
At a county wide meeting of the
colored principals held Tuesday
afternoon it was decided to offer
the same insurance scheme to the
patrons of the colored schools as
was adopted by the white princi
pals last week. This will make it
a county-wide affair. We heart
ily recommei^d that every parent
in the county send in’to the prin
cipal of the school that their chil
dren attend the 25 cents requested
for each child. This will insure
each child against accident at
school for the balance of this
school year. It is a very little
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Daniel Gilbert McDuffie. 58-
year-old civil engineer of Phila
delphia, Pennsylvania, died sud
denly Monday morning of a heart
attack at his home there at 2728
North Lawrence street.
Mr. McDuffie was born here,
a son of the late John G. and
Belle McDuffie, and he lived in
this community until he was
about 25 years of age.^ He was a
veteran of several years service
in the Navy during World War I,
and was a member of the Ameri
can Legion. ^
Funeral service is being con
ducted in Philadelphia today and
the remains will be taken to Ar
lington cemetery for interment.
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Surviving are the widow, the
former Elizabeth Bankhead of
Philadelphia; one daughter, Mrs.
Walter Tudor of Philadelphia;
two grandchildren; two brothers
John D. and Paul A. McDuffie,
both of Washington, D. C.; one
sister, Mrs. Lottie Thomas of
Washington also.
The question of marketing quo
tas and a drastic cut in acreage
is still plaguing cotton growers of
the county and many of them
seem to think their problems will
increase rather than decrease in
the next several months.
The one problem that is a source
of greatest concern is what is to
become of a large number of fam
ilies who make up that class of
the people who are known as ten
ants and sharecroppers. The mech-
inization of farms has been tend
ing to displace farm labor for sev
eral years, but machinery never
created a situation so ‘ acute, or
precipitated the same amount of
concern, as the present situation
is attended with.
Whether cotton quotas are to be
approved or not is not likely to
change the picture very much. For
the cotton grower knoVffi that
without price supports anoVsoil
conservation practices he would be
in a bad way for sure. In any
case the prospect is not so good.
It is good argument to say that
one acre of cotton grown and sold
at 30 cents the pound is better
than two acres sold at 15 cents,
but that still leaves the question of
idle lands and displaced families
up in the air. It also leaves the
landowner with farm equipment
on his hands, and certain obliga
tions whicl^he must take care of
regardless of how little cotton he
will be permitted to plant next
year.
By this time it appears that
repercussions of the sharp cuts
in acreage are being heard as far
north as Washin^on and it is be
ing predicted that some effort will
be made to modify the law even
for 1950’s planting.
Many farmers are questioning
the uniformity and equality of the
acreage cuts. Based on a crop
land formula and not a “histor
ical” formula, the acreage cuts
have run pretty deep for many
growers. They are saying that the
folks who made the “history” in
cotton production are being pen
alized, and that many who did
not make or who did not pre
serve it are getting the breaks.
What Has Happened to Cotton?
It would be well for everyone
at this time to consider what has
happened to cotton in the last
ten to twenty years. For one
thing it has been meeting fierce
competition from man-made fi
bres, and efforts to find new uses
for cottoUj-■ have not kept pace
with the losses to competing pro
ducts.
Another thing is that crop con
trol and price supports in the
United States have had the in
evitable effect of encouraging a
greater production of cotton in
other countries. And since Amer
ican grown cotton is an export
able commodity and has always
depended on the export markets^
any restriction of those'markets
is bound to be felt in the cotton
states.
And still another factor is the
movement of • the cotton produc
tion industry into the Av:)»stern
states, and even as far as Cali
fornia where dry climate and
growing conditions seem to favor
cotton production of a high qual
ity.
All in all the situation boils
down to a case of having to do
something about it. But to have
one’s acreage cut in half at one
stroke is pretty severe medicine,
and that is what is happening to
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Grady A. Burns
Dies In Veterans
Hospital Monday
Grady A. Burns, 29-year-old
Raeford man, died in the Vete
rans hospital at Fayetteville
Monday night after an illness of
less than three weeks.
He was a son of Mr. |nd Mrs.
Jam^ F. Bums of Raeford and
was a veteran of over five years
years in the Army in Word War
II. He was overseas twice during
the war, being sent to Trinidad
with the 252nd C. A. in 1941 and
later tg India. He was overseas
for over three years altogether.
He was a member of the American
Legion.
Military funeral is to be con
ducted at the Raeford Presbyterian
church at a time to be announced
later, depending on the arrival of
a brother of the deceased from
Japan.
Surviving are his parents, a
brother Clarence A. Burns of the
Army in Japan; and a sister, Mrs.
Edward J. Webb, of Raeford.
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2 Duke Students
Held On Federal
Hunting Charges
Two Duke University law "u-
dents (by their statement) were
caught by a Fort Bragg ranger
sergeant, several game wardens
and Heston Rose and his blood
hounds last Saturday night. They
were Edwin T. Grabowski, home
address not given, and Elmer Gil-
patrick, Bangor, Maine.
Grabowski, who gave his age
as 21, was charged on a Federal
complaint signed by Sgt. John
W. Dunlap, army ranger, with kill
ing and having in his possession
two doe deer, driving 75 miles an
hour on the reservation, running
through stop lights, having ille
gal firearms in his possession,
hunting without license, careless
and reckless driving, trespassing
on military reservation, and e-
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The 1949 cotton crop (believe
it or not) is bigger than the 1948
crop. Latest ginning figures prove
it. if that is considered sufficient'
proof. Up to December 1 the cot
ton states had ginned 13,975,926
bales of cotton as compared with
12,742,152 bales In 1948
‘ North Carolina iell far-Jieh:
in the procession, however, with
a total of only 447,153 bales this
year as compared with 599,939
bales in 1948. However, in 1947
the Tar Heel state had ginned
only 343,396 bales up to Decem
ber 1st.
Here are the figiured for the
several states as prepared and re
leased by the Census Bureau at
Washington:
1949 1948
Alabama 839,019.,_M76,539
.^izona 347,648^^3,668
Arkansas 1,516.724 1,570.626
CaUfomia 1,031,361 647,476
Florida 9,308 7,750
Georgia 584^068
Illionis 2,015
Kentucky 7,962
Louisiana 612,767
Congressm'an Charles B. Deane
was approached by some citizras
of the county on the occasion of
his recent speaking engagement
here about the possibilities of get
ting the Raeford-Vass road paved
through the Fort Bragg reserva
tion. He has , also received letters
from several individuals and or
ganizations in the county about
this.
Mr. Deane made the following
statement on the matter in a let
ter this week!
“Since several of the good citi
zens of Hoke County have ad
vised with me, I have been work
ing very diligently on ways and
means by which the highway
from Raeford to Little River
township in your county, across
the Fort Bragg reservation, may
be paved. Today the Third Army
headquarters in Atlanta has ad
vised me that they are making
progress ki getting up a plan
means of which this highway or
road may be paved.”
“It appears diat these are the
facts in the case. The Army had
granted an easement to
County tb use this road witti the
exception of days on vdiich ma
neuvers are in progress. Under
such conditioiB, the Army could
not pave the road. However, the
Army is"now proceeding id take
back the easement from ^'.^onn-
iy, and as as this jfrdQae, it
Army taste tnr’earement
will stiU grant the public ful use
of this road except on those da3rs
during which firing or maneu
vers are in progress.”
“It is my feeing that a com
plete Army report should be a-
,vailable in the early future, and
(I) fiuther promise to stay
right in behind this matter until
it is cleared and I have been
pledged the Army’s full coopera
tion to the end.”
FARMING
688,130
1,965
7,773
702,543
1,425,3781 1,992,477
Mississippi
Missouri ^9,408 395,283
New Mexico .. 204,731 202,735
No. Carolina 447,153 ^ 599,939
Oklahoma 503,614 335,765
South Carolina 545,047 812,523
Tennessee 545,047 555,903
Texas . 4,863,982 2,915,924
Virginia 15,493 17,133
Cotton consumed during the
month of October 1949, amounted
By H. E. Vernon, County
The North Carolina Farm Bu
reau, by a telegraun from R. Flake
Shaw, Executive Secretary, is
urging the Farm Bureau in Hoke
County and aU cotton farmers to
support the Cotton .Referendum
on December 15. He says that a
vote against marketing quotas
win not do away with acreage
allotments;' He further states that
efforts are being made by the
State organization to amend the
laws immediately upon Congress
to 725,602 bales. Cotton on'hand renewing. In the event the cottra
in consuming establishments on
October 31, was 1,130,457 bales,
and in public storage and at com
presses 8,365,778 bales. The num
ber of active consuming cotton
spindles for the month was 20.-
215,000. The total imports for the
month of September 1949, were
55,889 bales and the exports of
domestic cotton, excluding linters.
were 211,372 bales.
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TO HAVE SPECIAL
PROGRAM FOR PTA
A special Christmas music pro
gram will be featured on the Rae-
ford-Hoke PTA meeting Monday
evening. December 19 at 7:30 at
the Raeford Graded School. Un
der the direction of Miss Doris
Bradley the junior chorus will
sing. several selections. Mr. Tur
lington and other members of the
Graded School faculty will pre
sent pageantry of Christmas
scenes. The public is invited to
attend. /
referendum is not carried price
supjorts on cotton will be only
50% of parity. The Grange is like
wise working to change some of
the flaws in the laws that descri-
minate against a lot of our farm
ers who are depending on cotton
for a living. .A.s bad as a cut in
the cotton acreage for Hoke Coun
ty win be, I think if we kiU cot
ton control on December 15 cot
ton farmers will be in much worse
condition than they would otber-
w’isfii
The Sears Roebuck Foundation
sponsored Pig Chain will hold a
pig show Wednesday morning,
December 21st in Raeford. Four
4-H Club boys have purebred
Spotted ^land China gilts in tttis
chain and will comi>ete foar a-
round $65.00 in prize money that
will be warded at that time^ The
best managed and finished pic in
the show will be warded e $SO.OO
prize. The 4-H ^igs will be penned
near the County Agent’s office on
that day.
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