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:i’ ,#■ w '•as St; •k-4 ,v-v; ;fl.-»i'r ■'% ; •e? ■ f. . '■ >- *i?«5 , -mr ’ All schools reopened on Mon- ■ ’' day, January 2, after the Christ mas holidays. All teachers j and principals were in places with the exception of one Upchurch teach er who was sick. Attendance in aU schools for the first two days of tlie New Year was good. Si-- \ - s • J , .1 5'; j 4 '• ' 'V* •: VOICf OF. ftEfOOM % GUAMNAN OFUPMrr The Hoke County Newt Journal The Hoke County Journal rSr yOKi or aUEPOM OMDIAM orimiiT rf yj-ifi- ,f3r VOLUME XLIV; NJJMBEE 32 THURSDAY, JANUARY 5,1950 RAEFORD. N. C 'T” YOUR SCHOOL NEWS! By K. A. MacDonald Most of the schools cooperating in the Chlrstmas Seal Sale have reported. It is requested that those that have not do so at an early date. ■‘.■I)* gfe- l%e March of Dimes begins in January and all the schools in the coimty are planning an intensive campaign. The Hoke County chapter is new supporting one sufferer from polio in the Cen tral Carolina Convalescent hospi tal at Greensboro. Besides this parent there are 3 others in the county receiving help. We hope that every child will make a con-^ tribution. All schools are working on a plan for insuring all pupils while at ..school against accident. This insurance costs 25 cente per pupiL It is hoped that all parents will send in the 25 cents per child riEht away so that the insurancjS jnay .go into effect, Thi& insur- ahci -piers tip to $500.00 for medi cal expense; $1000.00 for acciden- ,v tal death; $5000 foi: total dis- memberment and $1000 to U500 jfojr partial dismemberment, 'liie town has installed a street light on the school grotmds at the Raeford Graded School. All the folks at the school and especially the faculty and PTA wish to thank town authorities for doing this The Hoke-Raeford PTA at a recent meeting passed the follow ing resolution in regard to Fed eral Aid to Education. “Be It Re solved, by the Hoke-Raeford PTA: 1. That we believe in education; and believe it to be one of the first and most important functions of government, both local, state and federal. Therefore, we believe in the participation of each and all levels of government in the sup port of public education, so that, every child everywhere in these United States may have an equal opportunity to bmrgeon out all that is within him. 2. Now be it further resolved that we forward a copy of these re solutions to our representatives in Washington with the request that they study and seriously con'^ sider Federal Aid to Public Edu cation without Federal control.” Miss Flora Currie Buried At Bethel Monday Afternoon Funeral services were conduct ed at Bethel Presbyterian Chur* at three o’clock Monday afte: noon for Miss Flora L. Cimrie,' 87-year-old resident of Blue Springs township who died Sun day morning after a short illness. The service was conducted, by the Rev. S. A. Ewart, pastor, assist ed by the Rev. W. B. Heyward and the Rev. P. O.. Lee, both of Raeford. Burial was in the chiurch cemetery. Miss Currie was a daughter of the late Jack and Christian Me Koy Currie and was a native of the Blue Springs section. She had made her home with her niece, Mrs. Etta Currie Clark. Surviving are a brother, Jim Currie of Raeford, route one, and a number of nieces and nephews. 0 John H. Currie Buried^ Here Sunday Afternoon John Hector Currie, native of the Antioch section of the comi ty, died in the Atlantic Coast line hospital*^ in Waycross, Georgia, last Friday and was buried in Rae ford cemetery at three o’clock Sunday afternoon. He had been ill for several weeks. Mr. 'Currie was 62 years of age and was a son o\ the late Dr. Angus Currie and Mrs. Ida Mc- Phaul Currie of this county. He was a conductor on the Atlantic Coast line railroad for about 40 years and had lived in Waycross since he was a young |nan. Funer^ servicesf^^e fc'onduct- ed in Waycross Saturday afternoon by the Rev. F. M. BradWell, pas tor of the deceased, and a short graveside service was held here Sunday afternoon by the Rev. Thomas Fry of Red Springs, Dr. Louis LaMotte of Maxton and the Rev. W. B. Heyward of Rae ford. Pallbearers were 'cousins of the deceased. The Freedom PTA met at thO’ school building Wednesday evew*: ing. The main business of thU) meeting was the consideration the school insurance plan. 0 Surviving are his former Corrj county; two Currie of Ri Robert Mooi and relativi attending wife, the and Mrs^ . G. Conol Waycrof of Colu of Ri^ Leach^^^ t of the state 'ice were Mr. ^Chambless, W. mfes Conoly of gnes McConley J. A. McPhaid ^and Miss Maude brk city. 5PONSE TO EAS SEAL SALE HIGH HOT SHOTS PLAY TOMORROW The Hoke High Hot Shots, 'stellar string music making ganization of Hoke High stude: have been secured to play for..:! square dance at the armory morrow night, Roger Dixon, di manager for Battery A, local tional Guard unit, proudly nounced yesterday. The Hot Sh' are headed by Landon Yar rough. 0 McGoogan, chairman 49 Christmas seal sale county, said yesterday iponse in the county to c sale of seals and bonds en good and that over had been received. She said individual contributions had excellent, but that business ributions for bonds was some- at lower than last year. Funds vill continue to be accepted gh January 15 and Mrs. Me an asks that all who may intended to contribute to do he also expressed her per- appreciation to all who have used to the appeal. 0 tMER MISSIONARY TO SUNDAY NIGHT NEW MANAGER AT ELK RESTAURANT Anthony G. Drake took over ' management of the Elk Rests ant here from 'Virgil A. Dedas " first of this week. Mr. DrakI from Linden, in CumberJ county, and has had several experience in the restaurant iness. eryone is cordiaUy invited to , Dr. Hudson McMillan next ay evening at 7:30 at the St Church. Dr. McMillan has a missionary to China for a toer of years, and was forced ome home on furlough be- e of Commiinictic pressure, e coming home Dr. McMillan been kept very busy filling ionary speaking engagements ughout the Southern Baptist vention territory. Dr. McMil- will be speaking at 6:30 to the lit Training Union. Bruce’s Going; Landmark Doomed Walter Duncan “Preacher Man” Brown owner and operator of the Raeford Hardware company, said this week he planned to move the hardware store into the build ing being vacated this week by the Bruce 5 & 10c store, which is closing. .^Preacher said he was going to imove as soon as he could get around to it to the store building between Amos Furniture comp any and the Raeford Barber shop, and that when he did get moved he was going to tear down the old Raeford Hardware company build ing he is now in, oldest building on the Main street, having been built in 1902. He says he hasn’t planned any further. 0 — Recorder Hears 16 Cases Tuesday In Light Session In Hoke county recorder’s court Tuesday morning Judge Henry McDiarmid sent the case in which Marion Blue, Jr., colored, was charged with peeping to Clerk of the Court J. B. Cameron for trial in juvenile court, when it ap peared that Blue was only 15. When the prosecuting witnesses were not interested enough in trouble to appear at the trial Cam eron dismissed the charges and let young Blue go with a good talking to. Willie F. Dobbin, colored, was charged by his wife with assault ing her by shooting at her foot with a .22 rifle. They had patched it up by court time, however, and she wanted to “take up the pap- els." Judge McBiiihrmiclilet ^hb- bin go on payment of the costs. Cleveland Farmer, colored, was charged with selling property on which C. J. Benner held a mort gage and for which he held a check. The court let Farmer’s 30-day sentence be suspended on payment of the costs and for the property. It cost him about $25 altogether. . Prince B. Parrish, Jr.,' white, ot 90 days suspended on $100 nd the costs for driving drunk. Oscar Leslie, colored, was barged with carrying his shot gun off his premises on Sunday (Christmas Day) and with dis charging it where he shouldn’t have. Evidence indicating that little or no 9arm was done, the judge let him go on payment of the costs. Jim Arnold, colored man who claimed to be a preacher and who vigorously denied his guilt, was found guilty of being drunk and disorderly and sentence of 30 days was suspended on payment of $10 and the costs. Edwin Cox, white, was found guilty of stealing wood from the land of B. P. and Frank Town send. 30-day sentence was su spended on payment of the costs and $15 for the wood. Sherman ]\|cRae, colored, was charged with parking on the high way and Sandy McRae, who ran into him. was charged with care less and reckless driving. Sher man had to pay the costs and Sandy got 90 days suspended on payment of $25 and the costs. Four speeding tourists left bonds of $25 each and one left only $15, that being all he had to leave. Another, for passing in the face of oncoming traffic, also left $15. For having improperly equipped cars Jimmie Locklear and John S. Pierce, both Indians, paid $10 and the costs each. —-0 BUY GROCERY STORE Robert Currie and Rex Bullock have bought the stock and leased the building where the 'Walter Parks grocery has been operating. They are running a grocery store and gasoline station there and William Clark is at present serv ing as manager. SPEAKER BALMER H. KELLY, Th. M. The Raeford Presbyterian church announced this week a series of sermons to be deliv ered on Sunday nights by Pro fessor Balmer H. Kelly, Th. M., associate professor of bibical in terpretation at Union Theologi cal seminary in Richmond, Vir ginia. The subject of the series will be “The Apostles’ Creed,” and Professor Kelly will speak on each Sunday night remain ing in January. The hour on Sunday evenings is seven o’ clock. Mr. Kelly has been a member of the seminary faculty since 1943. He studied at King Col lege, Union Seminary and Princeton Theological seminary, serving at the latter for a year as a teaching fdlow. He holds a temporary appointment as di rector of public relations for the seminary and was recently elect ed editor of 'quarterijC ‘‘interpretation.” 0 GIRLS BASKETBALL The amatuer girls basketball team which was organized here recently will play a like team from Barnesville here Monday and one from Parkton here next Wednesday. Both games will be in the gymnasium. 0 Traffic Fatalities Drop In Month Of November Raleigh, N. C.—For the first time since May, traffic fatalities in North Carolina took a down ward turn in November as com pared with the same month last year, the North Carolina Depart ment of Motor Vehicles reported today. Seventy-six persons were kiU- ed on the highways last month as compared with for Novem ber. 1948, a three per cent de crease. Injuries and accidents showed an increase over last year but were less than the record high month of October of this year. A total of 894 injuries were report ed, a 23 per cent increase over the 735 of November, 1948. Ac cidents numbered 2,023, a 24 per cent increase. October’s statlftles showed 83 killed, 980 injured, in 2,287 accidents. November’s fatalities brought the total for the first 11 months of the year to 762, an increase of 15 per cent over the 662 record ed last year. Injuries totaled 8,- 802. up 2,139 over last year, and accidents, 18,906,“ up 4,480. Thirty persons died when the vehicles in which they were rid ing ran off the roadway, repre senting an 11 per cent increase over the 27 kiUed in this manner in November of 1948. Twenty-one pedestrians were killed, an 11 per cent increase over the 19 killed in the same month last year. Collisions of vehicles ac counted for 14 deaths, a 30 per cent decrease under the 20 kiUed last November. Train-car colli sions killed four persons and two bicyclists were, traffic fatalities. . Chowan and Durham counties led the State in fatalities with four persons killed in each coun- (Gontinued on page 4) Car Hits Pole; No Serious Injuries At about eleven-thirty last Sat urday night the car in which four Hoke High school students were riding up Main street hit a tele phone pole about Starr McMill an’s house. Car was a Mercury, property of Oscar Maxwell. Driv er was Robert McGirt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edison McGirt, and pas sengers were Archie Maxwell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Maxwell, Mary Sue Upchurch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Upchurch, and Daisy Dean Morris, niece of Mrs. Carson Davis who lives with Mr. and Mrs. Davis. Miss Morris suffered a slight brain coheussion and has been a patient at Moore county hospital where she is expected to be dis charged today. Other injuries were not serious, except Miss Upchurch suffered somewhat from shock and had to stay in bed several days. « The telephone pole was a cas ualty and had to be replaced and the car also took a pretty bad beating. tt Farm Specialist Gives His Idea On 1950 Prospects QUESTION: , "What is the gen eral agricultural outlook for 1950? ANSWER: M. S. Williams, farm management specialist, says that for the country as a whole, farm prices probably will decline about 10 per cent. For North Carolina, the decline may be slightly less. Cost of most production items will remain high. There are little prospects for price declines in "mac^ery' ahd SqidpmeriL ferti lizer, and other major cost items. Consequently, North Carolina farmers in general can expect lower net icomes in 950 than in 1949, unless steps are taken to ad just to the changing price picture. The post-war rise in agricultural prices has been lost. From the peak in January. 1948, farm prices in the U. S. have declined nearly 20 per cent and are now back to about the level of July, 1946. This decline has been cushioned in part by price supports. The average farmer, says Wil liams, will not need to retrench but should be sure of markets be- for expanding production. Long time plans should be made on the basis of conservative prices for products to be sold. The support price for tobacco will be slightly higher in 1950, due to the new parity formula, and prices will probably be about the same as in 1949. Other crops and livestock prices wiU no doubt be lower than in 1949. In 1950, the support price will determine the price of major crops and live stock and livestock products. The price of tobacco, cotton, peanuts, corn and wheat probably will be at or near support level, assum ing a normal crop year. The nresent government acre age control inogren on cotton, peanuts, com and wheat seems sure to continue and probably will be expanded to include other crops. Control of livestock pro duction may be in the picture in the next few years. The present price support pro gram, enacted into law in 1949, seems almost certain to be chan ged in 1950. Long-time plans must be based on efficient pro duction rather than on anticipat ed price support level. It seems probable that some kind of sup port prices will be continued, but sooner or later at lower levels. 0 TOWN GETS ENGINEER Mrs. W. H. Ellis Buried At Bethel Last Thursday Funeral services were conduct ed last Thursday afternoon for Mrs. Catherine Ellis, who died in Moore county hospital on Wed nesday after in illness of about two weeks following a fall in which she brefee her hip. The ser vice was conducted at her home by the Rev. P. O. L«e, assisted by the Rev. W. L. Mane'ss of Gib son and the Rev. W. B. Heyward. Burial followed in the cemetery at Bethel Presbyterian church. Pallbearers were all grandsons of the deceased. Mrs. Ellis was the widow of the late William Henry Ellis who passed away last June 15 at the age of 85. Mrs. Ellis was 80 at the time of her death. She was born in this county, daughter of the late Jack and Margaret Caddell Currie. She is survived by two sons, Wallace and Clifton Ellis of this county; five daughters, Misses Margaret and Eunice of the home, Mrs. Harvey Ennis and Mrs. Bar ton Hardister of Durham, and Mrs. Martin McKeithan of Rae ford; a brother, J. C. Currie of Route one; several grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A half-sister. Miss Flora Currie sur vived Mrs. Ellis but died Sunday morning. —0 Boys Win Prizes In Pig Competition Leon Cameron, Jr, and Billy Black were Blue Ribbon winners in the Hoke County pig chain and show, sponsored by the Sears- Rpebuck Foundation. Eaeh of these 4-H club boys received $20 in prize money for raising and fitting their purebred Spotted Poland China gilts to win this class. The Red Ribbon winner was Laverne Mays, who received $15 in prize money. Bobby Mc- Bryde’s gilt pig placed in the 'White Ribbon class for $7.50 in prizes. The Sears Foundation lends the money to 4-H boys to purchase purebred pigs of the same breed land size which are later brought I together for judging and award ing prizes. According to the Coun ty Agent, all of thes^ boys re ceived pigs of the same size and from the same litter. Leon and Billy were awarded the larger prizes for their better feeding and management indicated by the size and quality of their gRts. Leon and Billy are from the Raeford 4-H club, Laveme from Ashe- mont. and Bobby from the Hoke High club. 0 Changes At Bank First Of Year Farm Agoit Plans To Leave Work Here February 1 Herman Vernon Submits His Resignation Tuesday; To Return To Nash County ■County Farm .A-gent Herman E. l/emon submitted his resigna tion to the Hoke county board of commissioners at their monthly meeting on Tuesday, and it was accepted to be effective on ruary 1st. Mr. "Vemon wiU have been here only eleven months when he leaves, but he has be come very popular with the farm ers and other people of the county in that time, and his leaving will be learned of with regret by many. Mr. 'Yemon’s reason for re signing is to take over the man agement of the estate; of Mrs. ■Vernon’s father, the late Henry A. Braswell. The estate consists primarily of fanning interests in Nash and Edgecombe counties, and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon and son will return to Whitakers, Mrs. Vernon’s home town. Mrs. Vernon has one sister. Her only brother died during the war when, a prisoner of the Japanese, he was being carried to Japan on a ship that was destroyed by American action. Mr. Vernon expressed his re gret at having to leave this coim ty after having been here such a short time, and said that he had liked Hoke county and the people very much. No news as to who his succes sor would be was jester-, day. 0 Mayor W. L. Poole said yester day that Paul M. Van Camp of Southern Pines had been employ ed by the Town of Raeford as engineer to lay out the work to be done on water and sewer lines with the bond money the town recently voted. A. B. Hamilton left the Bank of Raeford the first of the year to accept a position as cashier of the Security Bank and Trust company in Kannapolis. This is a branch of the same bank in Salisbury .and will open soon. Mrs. Hamilton and daughters plan to join him there as soon as quar ters are available. Replacing Mr. Hamilton at the Bank of Raeford is James Alex ander, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Alexander. James is a graduate of Hoke high school and a veteran of several years navy service. 0. APPRECIATION Many parents and others in the community wish to express their appreciation to Ben Hurley of the Carolina Power and Light company and Teacher W. P. Phil lips and his agriculture class for their efforts toward making the community Christmas tree a great success. 0 Production of frozen concen trated orange juice has increased rapidly during the last few years and reached a total of 10 million gallons last season. Local Lawyers Attend Meetinfir In Lumberton Four attorneys of Raeford were among those present at the annual Christmas dinner meeting of the Ninth Judicial District Bar asso ciation which was held in Lum berton recently. They were H. W. B. Whitley, G. B. Rowland, N. Mc Nair Smith and Charles Hostetler. Hostetler was elected secretary- treasurer of the association for the coming year. Frank McNeill of Lumberton was chosen presi dent and James Nance of Fayette- vUle vice-president. J. M. And rews of Hoke county was named a member of the executive com mittee. Special guests presented in cluded Associate Justice A. A. F, Seawell of the State Supreme court. Congressman F. Ertel Car lyle and Former Congressman J. Bayard Clark of FayetteviRe. Judge W. C. Harris of Raleigh was the toastmaster and Richard E. Thigpen of Charlotte was speaker. Prior to adjournment the assem bly stood in silence in memory ol the late Thomas A. McNeQL Ninth district solicitor for many years. Hoke High Cage Teams Take Two From Rowland . On Tuesday . night Raeford swept a twin-bill hxxm Rowland. The Raeford girls took their game from Rowland 29-13. Lyda Wil liams, high scoring forward, pac ed Ra^fo^ ydth 10 points Sarah Cole had 6 for runnor-up honors. Knight lead Rowland with 11 points. Raeford led at the half 17-3. In the finale game of the night the Raeford boys trounced the Rowland boys 30-19. Kllie Les ter led Raefmrd with 10 (oihtk Davis and Phillips had 8 points each for runner-ups. McPhail and Brake had S points apiece to pace Rowland. Raeford led at the baU 20-9. *