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E) fi YOUB ISCHOOL NEWS By K. A. MacDonald We are sorry to report that Prinicpal T. G. Jones of the Rock- fish school is in the Moore Coun ty hospital at Pinehurst. He is get ting along as well as could be ex pected and we hope will be out before too long. Mrs. Isaibella Ray Ritter is teaching for him during his absence. THE COMMUNITY IS INDEBTED TO THESE THREE MEN On Monday afternoon a general county-wide meeting of principals flu and lunchroom managers was held in the courtroom with Jay P. Davis, head of the surplus com modity division of the State De partment of Agriculture and two area supervisors of the State Lunch Program in charge. Conditions in the various lunch rooms were checked and sugges tions were made as to more effi- j EDITORIAL*— The three men shown above are those who are primarily responsible for the re moval of many obstacles in the way of the final consummation of the sale of the White-Tex Mill tions were made as to more em- ^ere to Robbins Cloth cient operation, some additional | ^ acquisition by surplus commodities were prom- company of additional pro- ised, and an effort made to estab lish some sort of feeding program in the schools that do not now have lunchrooms. It was promised that the two area supervisors (colored and white) would spend next week in the county assisting the lunch room managers in working out their problems. ” The white schools of the county will close at 2:00 on Monday the 13th to enable all teachers to come in to Raeford Graded school to see Jimmie Gerbw teach a de monstration lesson and hear him discuss new -methods of teaching. A bus load of teachers is leav ing Saturday morning to go to Greensboro to observe for the day in the Currie School, which is one of the outstanding schools in the state. Miss Celeste A. Hayden, Phy siotherapist with the State Board of Health, will be in Hoke Coun ty on Thursday, February 16, to talk to the colored teachers at 3:30 and the white teachers at 8:00 P. M. Miss Hayden is a not ed authority in her field and we feel that we are very fortunate in being able to secure her. perty necessary for them to de cide to locate a ,mill operation here. We want to take this oppor tunity to thank them, all three of them, on behalf of the community, for their efforts. They are, left to right, Crawford Thomas and Law rence McNeill of the Raeford Chamber of Commerce and For rest Lockey of the Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad company, mayor of Aberdeen. Their efforts actually began at I / ihe foreclosure sale of the Whi^- Tex porperty here last October, prior to which time the Robbins officials had shown only a slight interest in the 'property. After that sale at which the RFC and the Commercial National Bank of Charlotte bought the property as holders of the mortgage, Lockey, through his acquaintance with the company officials, arranged for the three men to contact the RFC and the bank and try to arrange terms for a private sale. After many weeks and trips to Char lotte by the three, the Chamber of Commerce arranged to make the additional 30 acres available and it is believed that this gesture on the part of Raeford convinced the Robbins officials that this town really wanted them here. Citizens of Raeford Welcome Robbins Mill Mayor Poole Says Robbins Mill Biggest Event Here In 45 Years The price being agreed on, it was learned that a clear title could not be given because of a Federal tax lien on the property. It took several telephone calls to Greensboro and Washington and several trips to Greensboro by Thomas and McNeill to finally get this lien released. Finally on Monday of last week all obstacles were out of the way and the stage was set for the trade in Carthage. We are proud of the way the town has been united in doing what was necessary to bring this to pass and in the way the people here have received the news of its consummation. We know that the welcome, froni all of us is^ genuine,^ as is our gratitude to the three men above who did so much for us. Mayor William L. Poole, who with the town commissioners has engineered many improvements in Raeford since he took office, was enthusiastic in his comment this week on the decision of the Robbins Cloth Mills to buy the plant site here. He also called on all citizens of the town to do their part to make the Robbins firm glad they decided to come to Rae ford. His statement follows. “In the 45 years since we mov ed to Raeford, I don’t believe any thing has added as much to the satisfaction of our citizens as the fact that Robbins Cloth Mills has decided to place one of their plants "here. Everyone has a feel ing of optimism. “Now the ones of us who have lived here for years and those who have not lived here so long have a duty to perform. New faces, new citizens and other new en terprises will come here, and it behooves all of us to do what we can to make these newconmrs feel at home and to extend to each one of them a most .cordial wel- n >ard Decides i_ 1 COLORED NEWS We regret to report that the wife of Prinicpal A. S. Gaston of the Upchurch school is very ill at the home of her daughter in Wilson. We hope that she will soon be (Continued on Page 10) 0 County Board Hears Road Petition Mon. Among other business the Hoke county board of commissioners at their monthly meeting Monday heard a group of 15 or 20 citizens from McLauchlin township who want a road surface treated there. The road is from R. W. Turner’s old residence on the Raeford- Rockfish road to the Fayetteville road at Marshall Newton’s store. The board promised the delega tion that this would ibe the next road requested from the State Highway commission for Mc Lauchlin township. The board also decided to re quest surface treatment of a one- half mile stretch of road in An ti och township in order to straigh ten a school bus route. The health and welfare depart ments were allowed to cut their working we|ek from five and 'one-half days to five days. . The amounts paid to blind cases being aided were increased in all cases recommended by welfare department case workers. The a- mounts paid these cases by the state and federal governments will also be increased as the county’s amount increases. The board was entertained at lunch, in the Lion’s den by the Wayside Home Demonstration club. ' - Will Stay Put County Board Of Education Withdraws Offer Of Space In New Building At School Following decision recently by the Public Library board to ac cept an offer of the County Board of Education of space in a new building on the High school cam pus there has been considerable expressed opposition to movement of the library from the county of fice where it now is. The follow ing letter to the editor was re ceived this week and is self-ex planatory: Dear Sir: In reference to the moving of the Hoke County Public Library I would like to say that the school authorities in offering the facili ties of a new buiding had no thought of inconveniencing gen eral public, or of “copping” the Public Library for the schools or of working any one out of a job. Consequently the Board of Education has passed the follow ing, which I believe will settle the matter to the satisfaction of all protesting citizens. “The Hoke County Board of Education realizing the long felt need for additional, and better space for the. Hoke County Pub- (Continued on Page 10) J. B. Barefoot Buried Monday Funeral services were conduct ed at three o’clock Monday after noon at Galatia Presbyterian church for James Braddy Bare foot, 55, who died Sunday after noon at his home on Fayetteville, Route five. Service was conduct ed by the pastor, the Rev. B. O. Shannon and burial was in Wood’s cemetery at Rockfish. He is survived by his wife; two sons, James B. Barefoot, Jr., and Alfred Barefoot; two sisters, Mrs. Paul Bruton and Mrs. J. T. Bunce, both of Fayetteville; three broth ers, Marshall Barefoot and Alex Barefoot of Fayetteville and Neill W. Barefoot of Doletown, Pa. Pallbearers were Frank War wick, C. L. Cook, W. M. Gillis, Milton Capps, Robert Riddle, J. p. Riddle and J. Mack Gilis. MARCH OF DIMES FIGURES GIVEN; , , ^UOTA EXCEEDED ‘ Lewis Upcbtirch, county chairman for the March of Dimes, released ih£ following figures of the drive in the coun ty yesterday. He promised to give a final windup story of the drive next week, as^the drive will not end until Feb ruary 15. Chairman’s name is also shown in each comnaunity. Ash ley Heights, Mrs. T. C. Sinclair. $106.20; Raeford, Robert Gat lin, $870; Rockfish, E. T. Brock. $305; Sanatorium, E. B. Sat- tef White, $110; Timberland, Mrs. Leon Cameron, (Est.) $100; Dundarrach and Mildou- son, J. W. Canaday, $445; An tioch, F. C. McPhaul, $361.50; Blue Springs, E. C. Smith, Jr., $117; Alendale, W. L. Roper. $135; Negro Schools of county, A. S. Gaston, (Est.) $50; Ad vanced gifts. Younger Snead, $622; Little River, D. E. Cam eron, (Est.) $100. This is a total of $3321.70 and Hoke county’s quota was $3000. ' Soldiers Tear Up Car Sunday A. M. r At about 12:30 a. m. last Sun day a 1946 Ford with four Fort Bragg soldiers in it, moving north on high way 15-A about two miles south of Raeford left the high way to their left at the head of Covington’s pond. The car jump ed the creek, hit the opposite bank and turned over one or two times. The men were carried to a Fort Bragg hospital by the Lentz mor tuary where the fuU extent of their injuries was not aimounced, although none were thought to have been critically hurt. The one three o fthem said was driving suffered a broken jaw,, so officers were unable to earn if another car was involved in the accident or just how it happened. The car was demolished. The ac cident was investigated by Patrol man D. G. Surratt and Deputy Sheriff, H. E. Dees. No charges, have been preferred. 0 Friends of Edgar Hall will be sorry to hear that he is sick and has been confined to his bed for the past week. Paving Of Road Raeford To Vnss falls Through Congressman Deane Says Army ’.Vill “Improve” Road In 2 Bad Flares, However MAYOR W. L. POOLE come. “As far as the town government is concerned,, we will do our ut most to extend to them the very best of town services, and I. hope that anyone who comes here will feel free to ask any m^ber of the town government for anything he thinks the town can stand.” R. B. Lewis Extends Greetings And Says Mill WUI Be Of Great Benoit A letter from Congressman C. B. Deane of this district advises that he had been working with the Department of the Army sinc6 December in an effort to have the road from Raeford to Vass through the Fort Bragg reservation put in “No. 1 condition” and that on the last day of January he conferred with Secretary of the Army Gor don Gray about the project. Hoke county citizens had been hopeful that the Army might surface treat the entire stretch of road, as it connects Little River township with the rest of the county. Mr. Deane said he got the following from Secretary Gray: “It seems that there are two section in the road where drain age conditions should be improved and it is proposed to place cul verts and raise the roadbed in these places at a nearly date. The Department of the Army is of the opinion that when these improve ments are completed, the road will ,be adequate to serve the needs of the residents in Little River township traveling to Raeford and will be satisfactory to the Board (Continued on page 4) a - Chamber To Meet Next Thursday R. B. Lewis, president of the Raeford Chamber of Commerce, announced this we& that the an nual meeting of the members of the Chamber would be held in the courthouse at eight o’clock next Thursday night, February 16. He urged all members to be pre sent and said that five new mem bers of the board of directors would be elected. It is ifche custom of the Chamber to elect three members of the board each year, but there have been two losses other than by expiration of terms during the past year. They were M. C. Dew, who was killed, and J. I. Huibbard, who moved away from Raeford last week. The new board of directors will elect the new president of the or ganization. R. B. Lewis, presidrat of the Raeford Chamber of Commerce, Inc., said this week that the ad dition of the Robbins Cloth Mills to the number of industrial and manufacturing concerns of Hoke County wculd b? one of the great est boosts the county could h«vc in the nature of heavier payrolls. “This mill will mean much to this community in that it will bring ■ industry and agriculture more into balance. This increase in weekly payroUs will be of un told benefit to our merchants throughout the county. This means that we are getting away from just being an agricultural com munity where we have money only one period in a year. “The Raeford Chamber of Com merce extends to the Robbins R. B. LEWIS Opinion Is General That Town Has Made A Fine Connection Such is the reputation of Rob bins Cloth Mills, Inc. in,this sec tion that citizens and business^ men of all descriptions all over Raeford and Hoke county this week hailed the news of their re cent purchase of a mill site here with elation and much hope for the future of the town and coun ty. , It was leerned this week that the firm has acquired a total of about 112 acres in the old White- Tex mill section of Raeford and be yond the city limits. Of this about 70 went with the old mill proper ty, 30 was obtained for the firm by the Raeford Chamber of Com merce and several acres adjoin ing the property were purchased from other owners. William P. Saunders,, president, and other officials of the comp any were in Raeford on Monday, looking their property over and apparently making plans, al though they said that plans had not progressed to the extent that they could be made public. Reason for the warm welcome locaDy for the Robbins Cloth Miiu is the excellent relationship known to exist between the man agement of the coh^any’s various plants and its labor as well as the progressive community spirit ex hibited by W. P. Saunders, presi dent, and other officials in com munities where their mills are located. This has brought them widespread recognition as being among the nation’s most progres sive industrialists. Most striking example of this j progress near here is in Red Springs, only 12 miles away, where less than a dozen years ago just such a typical run-down mill property as we have here existed. In 1939 the property was purchas ed by the Robbins Mills and today one of the most modem rayon plants in the country is on the same location, surrounded by at tractive hbmes and recreation fac ilities. Cloth Mills a warm greeting and we are very proud to have you in our town.” Usual Cases In Recorder’s Court Woods Not Essential To ’Possum Hunting In Hoke county recorder’s court Tuesday morning Manuel McAl lister, colored, was charged with assault and failing to stop and give aid by a woman he had backed into. Damage was not great and evidence for the state was not too convincing, so Judge MsDiarmid let Tv/ft* AlictoT* ao free on payment of the court costs. N. E. Townsend, white, and Mitchell Brown, colored, each paid the costs for driving with improper brakes. Murray Sloven, Carmen Vin cent, J'. A. Byars and Hugh Mc- Beth Gates, all white, and John Henry Butcher, Jr., colored, each left a $25 bond on a speeding charge.John C. Norris, and Wade F. Fowler, both white, and Thomas Holmes, colored, each paid $10 and the costs for speeding. Rufus Locklear, Indian, got seven months suspended on pay ment of $50 and the costs for vi olating the prohibition laws by having a stiU and accessories. Jim Jordan," white, was charged by L. R. Irion with using profane and indecent language in a public place in the presence of two or more people. He was found guil ty and taxed with the costs. Roy Clifton, white, paid the costs for having an open bottle of legal whiskey. A possum hunt was under way in daylight. and' far from the woods, here Tuesday morning. Police Chief H. M. Meeks w’as Master of the Hunt, although he was not master of the hounds, as there were no hounds present. Meeks said aU local hounds were either sleeping off their hunts of Monday night or making their ihoming round turning over gar bage cans. The opposum, center of all the to-do, and this was considerable, located himself up a telephone or power pole over the sidewalk be tween the Raeford hotel and Gra ham’s service station. Citizens who inhabit that neck of these woods were of the opinion that he should be removed and the discussion as to just how to do it was some thing to hear, from all reports. In the final windup Ben Hur ley. of the Carolina Power and j Light company, provided a pair of climbers and one Willie Smith went up the pole to get the pos sum. He left the ground bare handed but proximity to the ani mal made discretion get the bet ter part of valor, so Mr. Hurley furnished him with a pike and he knocked the possum off. He was caught in a jacket and carried off by the tail-to a rendezvous with some some sweet potatoes in a pot. no douBt. HubbardvEeaves; New Manager At Collins Store Here J. Irving Hubbard, manager of I the Collins Department store here ’since 1946, left last week to take over the management of the Col ins store in Lake City, S. C. Mr. Hubbard made many friends dur ing his stay in Raeford and par ticipated in many improvements to the local Collins store and to the town. He was a director of the Raeford Chamber ot Commerce. New manager of the store bere is Thad Lowder, who has been with the Collins store in AberdNO since 1940. except for four years he spent in the Army. Mr. Lowd er is married and has one sml He is adjutant of the Aberdeen American Legion post. He says hft doesn’t know just how long he will be here, and that while he likes Raeford he has a new home just about ready to move into in Aberdeen. He is a native of Ab erdeen. 0 FEDERAL TAX MAN TO COME MARCH 1 J. H. Tadlock, deputy collector of internal revenue, announced this week that a deputy collector would be at the courthouse on March 1, 2, 3, 9 , and 10 to give any help needed in preparation ol Federal income tax returns for 1949. He will give any advice cr assistance needed and his services wiU be free. *?,l
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