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VOLUME XLIV; NU1)IBER 30
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22,1949
RAEFOBD. N. C.
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YOUR
[SCHOOL NEWS!
By K. A. MacDbnald
Merry Christmas.
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Friends and pupils of Miss Mary
Mclnnis, former faculty member
at Hbke High were delighted to
see her here Sunday night for the
music concert.
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A Christmas film “Child of
Bethlehem” was shown Tuesday
morning at Hoke High and Rae-
lord Graded. The students at both
schools enjoyed it immensely.
The Rockfish school had a spec
ial Christmas program on Tues
day morning, at which time all
the pupils in the school received
a treat that they will long re-
member.
All white schools in the cotmty
closed for the holidays on Tues
day. All colored schools closed
on Wednesday. All schools will
reopen after the holidays on
Monday. January 2, at the usual
hour.'
The Macedonia school put on a
special Christmas program on
Tuesday night. Pupils ari^ teach-
; ers spent a great deal of time in
preparing the program and a good
i crowd enjoyed it.
> The Freedom school and the
Laurel Hill put on special Clirist-
" mas entertainments on Tuesday
night, bid Santa came to Freedom
and brought great delight to all
the children. Cake and Jpe ciijim
- were Sol^rafter the
. The other schools had Chirst-
mas programs on Wednesday be
fore closing so we feel that all
children got at least a taste of
Christmas.
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PERSONALS
Sweet Potato
Market Plans
Show Progress
Three-County Group Of
Yam Growers Take Steps
^To Locate At Air Base
Working plans for the sweet
potato market to- be operated by
and for growers in Robeson,
Scotland and Hoke counties were
being made this week, George
Ashford, organizing committee
chairman of Red Springs, said
Tuesday.
Negotiations for the leasing of
a hanger at the Laurinburg-Max-
ton . airbase have been just about
completed. The building to be ob
tained is equipped with a heating
plant suitable for properly curing
the potatoes and has an estimat
ed capacity of about 235,000 bu
shels.
The Tri-County Yam Growers
Corporation, as the firm will be
known, is the result of several
meetings in Red Springs recently
which was attended by represen
tatives of Scotland and Hoke coun
ties as well as Robeson. It is plan
ned to jncorporate with a capital
stock of $25,000. and it is expect
ed that this sum will cover the
rent of the ha | gar and the em
ployment of capable personnel to
properly cure and market the
jams. It is hoped that the farm
ers win allow the corporation to
cure and store their potatoes and
will collect for them when they
are sold, as the necessary capital
for the operation of a cash market
is not available.
The present plans are for the
get-250 acres sign
ed up in each of Scotland and
Hoke counties and 500 in Robeson,
as estimates are that this will be
about the capacity yield that the
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Mr. and Mrs. “Red” Smith and
family, who have lived in one of
Julian Wright’s houses at Sun
set Hills since coming to Raeford
have bought and moved into one
of the new houses built by Tom
McBryde on Elwood Avenue.
Mrs. J. A. Doggett and Bradley
Norton of Greensboro were guests
in the home of J. E. Townsend
Thursday and Friday of last week.
Mrs. W. H. Ellis has been a pa
tient at Moore County hospital
since last Thursday. She had the
misfortune to break her hip.
Mrs. Thomas Wood has been a
patient at Highsmith hospital
since Saturday, where she under
went an appendectomy.
James Everett Sessoms liuffer-
ed a severe heart attack last
Thursday night following an ath
letic game, but has recuperated
during the week. He was spending
several days with his wife at the
home of her parents,* Mr. and
Mrs. H. B. Terrell.
Thirty Attend
Bond Meeting;
Election Tuesday
Thirty interested persons of the
town of Raeford attended a pub
lic meeting at the courthouse last
Thursday night and heard Mayor
W. L. Poole explain the three is
sues to be voted on here next
Tuesday. The meeting was spon
sored by the Raeford Chamber of
Commerce and Chamber presi
dent R. B. Lewis presided. ■ ^
The mayor explained just what
the town board planned to do
with the $25,000 issue, the $30,-
OOO issue an^l the $70,000 issue if
the voters approve these at the
election December 27. The $25,-
COO is to be used for expanding
the water storage facilities of the
town, the $70,000 for expanding
the sewage disposal facilities of
the town, and the $30,000 for im
proving the streets of the town,
mainly by addition of curbs and
gutters on streets which are ex
pected to be paved with funds
received from the state in the
Alfred Cole returned to his ’ next three years. He also express-
home here last Thursday after
spending six weeks ^ the Vete
rans Hospital in Fayetteville. He
is reported to be doing fine and
is up and around the house.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith D. Tovey
of Chicago, Ill. are holiday guests
of Mrs. Tovey’s mother, Mrs.
Ryan McBryde.
The REA employees had their
Christmas party and dinner at
Bill’s Club Tuesday evening a^
S o’clock.
All the boys and girls are home
from college and teachers who
teach in other towns are at home
for the holidays. Their presence
adds much to the happiness and
gaiety of the community at this
joyous season.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Keith of
Raleigh were week end guests of
Mr. Keith’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Keith.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Gatlin
and family and Mrs. Lillian Oliver
spent Sunday in Durham visiting
relatives.
ed the opinion that these bonds
could be paid off from normal
revenue of the town without the
necessity of additional taxes.
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MRS. GILES ELECTED TO
BOARD OF LEAGUE
TO AID CHILDREN
Mrs. C. H. Giles, Superintend
ent of Public Welfare, attended
the annual meeting 5f the North
Carolina League for Crippled
Children in Raleigh last Thims-
day. She was one of the new di
rectors elected. The directors, to-,
gether with the new officers,
form the league’s executive com
mittee.
New officers elected by the
North Carolina league were: Ho
race Sisk of Fayetteville, presi
dent; W. F. Womble of Winston-
Salem and R. E. Tapp of Wil
mington. vice presidents; Mrs. C.
H. Giles of Raeford, secretary and
Russell Grumman of Chapel Hill,
treasurer.
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Farm Income Tax
Law Is Changed
Income tax time soon will roll
around again for the nation’s
farmers, reminds C. Brice Ratch-
ford, in charge of farm manage
ment extension at State College.
Two important changes in laws
relating to filling returns and
paying tax on farm income have
been made during the past year,
says Ratchford. He explains these
changes as follows:
In past years ’ farmers have
been required to file an estimate
of their income by January 15,
pay on the basis of this estimate
by the same date, and make final
return and payment by March 15.
They still will be able to do this
for the current income year. If
jthey prefer, however, they may
wait until January 31, making
final return and payment at that
time. '
Another change is that the
farmer’s business year does not
end on December 31, he may file
his return and pay his tax any
time within 31 days after the
close of his business year, or he
may file an estimate within 15
days and make the final return
and payment any time within two
and a half months.
The latter change, however, v/ill
not affect most North Carolina
farmers, since a majority of them
close their business year at the
end of the calendar year.
Ratchford points out that every
one whose 1949 income was more
than $600 before expenses were
deducted, must file a return re
gardless of whether he has to pay
any tax.
Necessaiy forms' may be ob
tained from the nearest collector
of internal revenue or the local
bank or post office. Forms mSed-
ed are 1040-F and 1040; 1040-ES
for filing estimated returns; and
Schedule D for listing gains and
losses from sale of property. An
instruction pamphet also is a-
vailable.
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McRae McLauchlin
Passes Friday;*
Funeral Sunday
McRae McLauchlin, 69-year-
old resident of the Duffie Station
section of the county, died at the
Johnston County Sanitorium in
Smithfield last Friday night after
an illness of about two weeks.
He was a son of the late Win
field Scott McLauchlin and Sus
anna McNeill McLauchHin, both
of Robeson county, and he was a
life-long resident of Allendale
township. ,
Funeral service was conducted
at the graveside at Antioch church
cemetery at two o’clock Sunday
afternoon by the Rev. J. W. Mann,
pastor of the Antioch Presbyter
ian church.
Mr. McLauchlin is survived by
one sister. Miss Rosella McLauch
lin of the home, and one brother.
Martin McLauchlin of St. Peters
burg, Florida.
Farmers Elect 1950
PMA Committees
Results of cominunity elections
for farmer committeemen to ad-
misinter important farm programs
during the coming year have been
announced by Robert J. Hasty,
Chairman, Hok^ County Produc
tion and Marketing Administra
tion (PMA) Committee. ,
The results follow:
Allendale Township: J. A. Rop
er, Chairman; D. A. Currie, vice-
chairman; L. A. McGugan, mem
ber; Alternates, G. F. Watson, M.
A. Singleton; Delegate to County
Convention, J. A. Roper.
Antioch Township: Douglas
McPhaul. chairman; G. C. Lytle,
vice-chairman; i'F. C. McPhaul,
member; Alternates, W. T. Eve-
leigh, W. M. Tdc^'ejll; Delegate to
County Convention. Douglas Mc
Phaul.
Blue Springs: J. R. Hendrix,
chairman; A. Roland Currie, vice-
chairman; E. C. Smith, Jr. mem
ber; Alternates. C. J. McNeill,
Hector McNeill; Delegate to Coun
ty Convention. C. J. McNeill.
Little River: L. D. Brooks,
chairman; C. H. Marks, vice-
chairman; M. H. Cameron, mem
ber; Alternates, J. E. Johnson, J.
C. Hardy; Delegate to County
Convention, E. B. Blue.
McLauchlin: D. P. Gillis, chair
man; Clarence Koonce, vice-
chairman; J. H. Plummer, mem
ber; Alternates, T. C. Jones, Da
vid Lindsay; Delegate to County
Convention, F. A. Monroe.
Quewhiffle: R. H. Webb, chair
man; W. T. Bobbitt, vice-chair
man; R. O. Strother, member; Al
ternates, N. B. Nixon. O. F. 0’-
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Cotton Quotas
Favored 10 To One
In Voting Thursday
Hoke County cotton growers
favor the use of marketing quo
tas for the 1950 crop by more than
ten to one.
Or at least that is true of the
893 growers who participated in
last Thursday’s referendum of
which 808 voted “for” and only
85 “against”. These figures re
present the complete official re
turns in Hoke County as reported
to the County Production and
Marketing Administration Com
mittee by the community refer
endum committees who held the
polls in the 8 cotton growing
communities.
Meanwhile, reports from the
State PMA office in Raleigh indi
cates that the State as a whole
is also favoring quotas by a mar
gin safely in excess of the requir
ed twothirds majority.
“Although, the North Carolina
vote appears to be decisive,” says
Mr. Hasty, County PMA Com.nit-
tee chaiman, “the results of the
referendum are determined on a
national basis.
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PHILIPPI TONIGHT
Long Session Of
Recorder’s Court;
27 Defendants
Fighting, Fraud, Stealing,
Bad Checks, Liquor ahd
Cars Make Full Day
In a larger than usual session
of Hoke county recorder’s court
Tuesday morning, cases involving
27 defendants were handled be
fore Judge Henry McDiarmid.
In one case Addie Mae Mc-
Crimmon. colored, charged John-
sie McCrimmon, Buddie McMil
lan and Henry McDonald, all
colored, with assaulting her and
they in turn charged that she as
saulted them. When the court be
gan to hear the evidence it ap
peared that the whole business
happened just over the line in
Moore county, so the state took
a nol pros as to all defendants and
threw out the case.
James Ray and Clarence Clifton
McGregor, colored, were charged
with stealing some money from
Neill Ray but due to lack of ev
idence the case was dismissed.
W. H. Faulk, white, was charged
with giving the Queen City Book
ing company a bad check for
S128.53. He pled guilty and was
ordered to make good the check
and pay the court costs..
Green Huey, colored, got 60
days suspended on payment of
SIO and the costs for speeding and
failing to stop when signalled in
one case and four months sus
pended on payment of $25 and
the costs for violating the prohi
bition laws.
John McLauchlin. Clarence Du
pree and .Pat Patterson, colored,
were charged with assaulting An
nie Florence Bandy, colored. Only
Dupree was present and the state
took a nol pros in the case as to
all three due to lack of evidence.
Revel Henderson, Indian, was
charged with fraud or false re-
Christmas Schedule
The News-Journal office
will be closed from noon Fri
day until Tuesday morning,
December 27.
The Bank of Raeford will be
closed Monday and Tuesday,
December 26 and 27.
About everything else we
can find out about in Raeford
will be closed Sunday and
Monday, December 25 and 26,
but will be open Tuesday morn
ing;.
The staff of Thev^ews-
Journal wishes for caui of yon
a Merry Christmas.
Forester Speaks
To Kiwanians At
Weekly Meetuig
R. S. Douglas. Extension dis
trict forester with headquarters
in Clinton, iwas the speaker at the
weekly meeting of the Raeford
Kiwanis club at the high school
cafeteria last Thursday night. He
was presented by County Agent
Herman Vernon, program chair
man for the evening.
Mr. Douglas did some straight
forward and plain talking on the
importance of preserving and re
planting the trees of the south
and gave some interesting fig
ures on the rate of depletion of its
forest reserves in recent years.
He also told of the program for
planting of seedlings on idle land
and explained how this could.be
a good financial venture for most
landowners. A film was also
shown to the group which de
monstrated the proper way to
plant pine seedlings.
The two Department of Con
servation and Development Nur
series are now working at fuU
capacity lifting and shipping
seedlings to landowners in North
Carolina. These seedlings are be
ing planted on part of the esti
mated one million acres of idle
North Carolina, land suited only
Uzell JcHies
Executed h
Raleigh Friday
36-Year-Old Negro Sings
Hymn and Calmly Fares
Death In Gas Chamber
presentation, it being charged that growing of trees,
he borrowed something over $100 Carolina’s program
The Christmas tree and pageant
at Phillipi Presbyterian church
will be held tonight.
on two mules which It later ap
peared he did not own. Probable
cause was found and he was held
for Superior court under a $250
bond.
Prasson Brown, colored, got 60
days suspended on payment of
$25 and the costs for having no
driver’s license.
Margaret Edwards, was charged
with giving C. J. Benner bad
checks for $11.14. She was found
guilty and 30-day sentence was
suspended on payment of the
checks and the costs.
Speeders paying $10 and the
costs were John C. Blue, colored,
D. L. Gordon, and H. P. Edens,
white. Those leaving $25 bonds
for speeding were S. H. Lay. R. i .
B. Bishop, K. D. Montgomery and
Michael J. Barry, all white.
Tyler Wallace, colored, ■ and
John McMillan, Indian, paid $10
and the costs each for driving
with no brakes on their cars.
■Shells /vilnroH, naiH th6
same for having improper brakes,
and John Henry Davis, colored,
paid $10 and the costs for having
no tail light on his car.
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Crop Disaster Loans
To Be Available
For Hoke Farmers
Farmers of Hoke county who
experienced crop failures this
year are eligible for disaster crop
loans according to a letter from
Congressman C. B. Deane this
week. Mr. Deane writes firom
Rockingham to say that he has
taken the matter up with Dillard
Lassiter and is pleased to advise
that these farmers are eligible
for crop disaster loans,
Mr. Deane also says: Those
farmers should submit their ap-
lications through the supervisor
of the FHA there in Raeford, and
I have requested that full in
structions be sent to the local
FHA office. 'The law provides
that local financing must first
be denied. «
for
the production of forest tree plant
ing stock was started in 1926 on
lend loaned by N. C. State Coll
ege. In 1928 nine acres were pur
chased near Clayton in Johnston
Coamj'. This area was increased
ttmough several purchases until
at present the land area is 314
acres, of wluch 30 acres is suit
able for seed beds. The balance
of land, which is eroding old fields
and woodland, is being managed
under a long-time forestry nlan.
The Clayton Nursery is expect-,
ed to produce nearly 10 million
seedlings this year, the principle
species being the four southern
pines, loblolly, long lea.f. short-
leaf and slash pine.
The Department of Coriserva-
and Development started a
second nursery in 1938, near Hen
dersonville. It was established
primarily for the production of
white pine seedlings which can
not be produced at Clayton. The
Nursery was named the Holmes
State Forest Nursery for former
St'de Forester J. S. Holmes.
The seedlings are sold to land-
cv'iiers for reforestation purposes
at approximate cost of oroduction.
The cost of the four southern pine
species is $2.50 per thousand. Ap
plication forms for seedlings may
be obtained from County forest
Warden C. F. McBryde, Rt. 3,
Raeford, or from the district for
est Office, Box 1046, Fayetteville.
Requests for seedlings are expect
ed to exceed the supihy and ap-
plf’ation must be malLd immed
iately to assume delivtTy.
UBRARY TO CLOSE
The Hoke coimty library wiU
be closed Friday, Saturday and
Monday, December 24. 26 and 27
for the Christmas holidays and
will be open again on Tuesday,
December 27.
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Harry .Greene, W. J. Coates,
Robert Gatlin and Colen Scar
borough are duck hunting at Lake
Matamuskeet.
HOKE STUDENTS IN
HIGH SCHOOL REGISTER
Five students from Hoke 'XMin-
ty high school have been selected
to be included in the “Hli^
School Register,” an annual puh*
lication containing juniors and
seniors from schools accredtied
by regional associations or hif
states.
The five are Jimmy Seals, Id*
ward McGirt, Elizabett Suddtatht
Elease Moss and Frieda hfoai.
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Uzeil Jones, 36, Quewhiffle
township, Hoke county, died in
the gas chamber in Raleigh last
Friday morning for the murder
of Flora Belle Anderson near Five
Points on December 1(> of last
year. Jones, father of 11 children,
sang a hymn and calmly walked
to his death in the Central mason
gas chamber. He was con^etely
composed as he entered at 10:00
a. m. after singing “Nearer the
Cross” to fellow Death Row in
mates. He gazed curiously at the
13 spectators while being strap
ped to the chair.
He was pronounced dead at
10:08, after inhaling the deadly
cyanide fumes for seven and one-
half minutes.
The Negro, who prison records
showed had the mental develop
ment of a 11-year-old, admitted
his guilt before taking :he final
walk, officials said.
The body^ was claimed for the
dead man’s mother. .Martha Mc
Cain of this county, fay the James
C. Lentz Mortuary and brought
back to Raeford. Lentz was ac
companied to Raleigh by five
other Hoke county people and
all witnessed the execution. One
of these witnesses, James (Coo-
zey) Quick, was considerably im
pressed and had the following
comment, “To all young and old
this death should be a lesson. To
all who heard of this crime and
death, you cannot imagine what
effect it would have on you if
you had seen it.”
Jones was found guilty by a
jury in Superior court here last
January 26 and sentence of death
was pronounced by Judge Claw
son L. Williams of Sanford. He
was found guilty of murdering
and violating Flora Belle Ander
son at her hom.e in Qdewniffle
township the month before.
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Former Resident
Dies In Granville
County Thursday
William Thomas Dixon, 53-year-
old farmer of the Wilton section
of Granville county near Oxford
and former resident of this county,
died suddenly at his home at 2:20
a. m. last Thursday. Death was
due to heart disease.
Mr. Dixon was a .farmer and a
member of Wilton Gra.nge and
Banks Methodist church. He re
sided in this county for several
j'ears. leaving in 1929.
Funeral service was conducted
at Banks Methodist church at'
three-thirty p. m. Friday by the
pastor, tne Rev. D. M. Srarp’e, as
sisted by the Rev. D. D. Trayham
and the Rev. Donald Hicks. Bur
ial was in the church cemetery.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Eula Land Dixon; two daughters,
Dorothy of Durham and Margaret
of Henderson; a son. Tommy of
the home; his father, W. B. Dixon
of Oxford; two sisters. Mrs. Ruth
Tippett and Katie Lee Dixon of
Oxford; four brothers. A. J. Dixon
of Creedmore, Richard Dixon of
Wilton, Roger W. Dixon of Bae—
ford, and Jasper Dixon of ttM
Navy, stationed at Norfolk.
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