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By K. A. MacDonald
The Hoke County Board of Ed
ucation met in its office on Tues
day morning at 10 o’clock. W. D.
Harper and Sons, architects for
the board, met with them in re
gard to the building program.
The grade winners in the coun
ty elimination spelling contest are
an Fayetteville this morning hold
ing the final match over the air
from ,WFNC. Elementary grades
6 to 8 are competing among them
selves. The Hi^ School grades
9-12 are also competing among
themselves.
Miss Kiely, nutritionist with the
State Board of Health, is at the
Rockfish school this week'mak
ing a survey of th€^ nutrition
habits of the pupils.
Miss Catherine Shepherd of Mt.
Venlon, Alabama, is here at work
as supplementary reading teachfer.
She was alloted to Hoke County
by the State Board of Education.
We feel very proud of this addi
tion to the school system.
The Upchurch Primary Concert
wa.8’ given at the school building
Tuesday night. A good crowd en
joyed the program.
The trades department of the
Up3iurch School is sending 6
boys to the state-wide contest in
brick laying and carpentry held
at,.A & T College next week. 'C.
meht, will be in charge.
Charlie E. Maness
Is Buried Monday
Chzirlie E. Maness, 70, farmer
of Hoke county for about 30 years,
died Sunday at Randolph county
hospital in Asheboro. His health
had been failing for some time.
He had been visiting his daugh
ter in Asheboro for some time be
fore his death.
Funeral was conducted Monday
afternoon at three-thirty at Union
Grove Baptist church near Sea-
grove and burial followed in the
church cemetery.
He is survived by six daugh
ters, Mrs. J. A. Williams and Mr!.
A. Ellis of Raeford, Miss Bonnie
Maness and Mrs. A. R. Loflin of
Asheboro, Mrs. J. W. Sheffield
of Bradenton, Fla., and Mrs. E.
H. Shannon of Gastonia; two sons,
Edward and Willie Maness of
South Carolina; two brothers, Wal
ter of Asheboro and Newton of
Benn^ttsville, S. C.; and 13 grand
children.
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Statement Issued
On Curing Studies
Dr. J. H. Hilton, director of the
North Carolina Agricultural Ex
periment Station, this week made
the following statement. concern
ing tobacco curing studies recently
completed &t State College:
“During the 1949 tobacco cur
ing season several hundred North
Carolina farmers purchased and
ysed flueless coal-burning units.
Some of the tobacco cured with
these units had abnormal char
acteristics, including bleached
spots, a transparent appearance,
and peculiar odor. Some of this
tobacco sold at reduced prices on
Nancy Hammond of Ceito Gordo.- the market. t
May 'Day Festival
At Flora' Macdonald
Next Tuesday P. M.
The annual May Day Festival
at Flora Maconald college on
Tuesday afternoon. May 2, at 5
o’clock,. will have as its theme
“The Old Clock Shop”, with Enid
Grady of Charlotte as Master of
the Shop. Beautiful old clocks of
all periods will be featqred.
After the clock rnaster leaves
his shop fo rthe night, the clocks
begin to take on personality and
the little people hiding within
each clock come out at midnight
for a night of gay revelry and
dancing.
Madeline Carswell of Sanford
as the cuckoo, and Joy Russ of
Shallotte, the* mouse that runs
up the clock, will do solo dances.
Phyllis Dyer’ of Leaksville and
Zelma Grantham of Fairmont,
representing the French clock,
vvill do a duo-dance, supported by
a group of girls in airy, pastel
shaded costumes. '
Barbara Hill and Virginia Bu'h-
ler, both of Graham, as little
Dutch girls, will dance out of the
Dutch clock in a beautiful duo-
dance, accompanied by a bevy of
other Dutch girl group dancers.
As the Grandfather Clock comes
to life, Ann Pearce of Corpus
Christi, Texas, and Betty Ann
Brunson of Fayetteville, will lead
the Martha Washington Minuet,
in stately Colonial costurties. They
will be followed by a group of
"Gone With the Wind” costume
diancers.
At the sound of the old plant
ation bell, a rollicking group of
boys and girls frolic gaily out for
the American Barn dance, led by
.jejn ^Sandifer „of Charlotte and
Graham Appoints
Two McFadyens As
Campaign Managers
The appointment of Neill L.
McFadyen and D. B. McFadyen,
both of Raeford, as joinf mana
gers in Hoke county of Senator
Frank Gsahiam’s campaign for re-
election to the Senate in the
Democratic Primary May 27 was
annouliced t^s week in Senator
Graham’s campaign headquarters
in Raleigh.
Neill McFadyen said this week
in accepting the position that he
was supporting Senator Graham
because he believed Graham has
a program of definite action, plus
the .ability to get things done in
the best interests of all people.
“Frank Graham,” he said, “has
the cburage to state a construc
tive program, li his constructive
program is boldy adopted and re
lentlessly pursued, it will carry
North Carolina and America to
a greatness even greater than is
now enjoyed.”
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TO INTERRUPT POWER
SERVICE here SUNDAY
On Friday, April 21 Ae colored
Elementary School of the county
presented an Oratorical contest.
Pat Smith of Red Springs, and
Mary Emma Cantley of Kings- lural Experiment Station in»co-
tree, S. C., will represent the ever
faithful alarm clocks “Big Ben
Members of the contest were stu-' and Little Ben”. Emerging from
dents of the six grade classes, tfle Swiss clock, Pat Harris of
“The Highway of Life,” recited* ^iJoncord and Ramona Ascough of
“The North Carolina Agricul-
by Joan Cobb from Bowmore,
received first place. “Figure It
Out For Yourself,” recited by
Congeter Murphy of Piney Bay,
took second place. “A Psalm of
Life,” recited by Loraine Mc-
Phatter of Millside, received third
place and Helen McAllister of
Freedom, honorable mention. All
schools played an excellent part
, which gave valuable credit to
each one.
Saturday April 29, the primary
teachers and the first grade
classes will gather at Shady
Grove school seeking ways and
means to improve progress in the
first grade. Pupils will read from
the textbooks. Teachers will ob
serve, after which will be a dis
cussion in regard to what was ob
served; taking into consideration
the advantages and disadvantages
of the schools from which they
come.
.The PTA of Burlington school
presented a PTA Founders Day
program at Mt. Zion School in
Robeson county last week.
A ball game between Freedom
ariS Burlington schools is sche
duled to be played this afternoon.
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HIGH SCHOOL BAND
CONCERT NEXT THURS.
J. B. Rfenn; director of the Hoke
County High school band, an
nounced this week that he would
present the band in concert in
the high school auditorium next
Thursday night at eight o’clock.
He said that there would be no
admission charged and urged par
ents and the public to attend.
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HORNER TO SPEAK
AT MILDOUSON TONITE
Candidate W. E. “Bill” Horrtfer
of Sanford will make a political
speech at Mildouson tonight in
the interest of his candidacy for
the seat in Congress now held by
C. B. Deane of Rockingham.
Music for the occasion will be
furnished by Corbett Bennett and
his Mountain Dudes of Sanford.
Comnock, will be spotlighted in
the beautiful Tyrolean dances,
supported by group dancers, all
in lovely and colorful costumes.
Jeanne Fuller of Fort Bragg will
lead the opening drill, which will
immediately precede the entrance
of the May Queen and her court.
Misses Lois Lambie and Margaret
Goodman will be piano accom
panists.
Betty McLean of Raeford is
May Queen, and will be crowned
by her maid of honor, Jacqueline
Blackwell of Florence, S. C. Maids
of the Court representing the
senior class will be Mary Raye
Freeman of Raeford, Judith Pow
ers of St. Pauls, and Lois Kinlaw.
Juniors: Margaret Powell of
Smithfield, Eleanor Lanier of
Elizabeth City, and Pat McRae
of Lillington. Sophomores: Lois
.operation with the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture an dthe North
Carolina Department of Agricul
ture first began studying the an
thracite curing units in 1947.
This program had )aeen expanded
in 1949 to include chemical stud
ies of leaves cured in the pres
ence of combustion gases from
coal. Some of the same abnorm
alities mentioned above appeared
on these experimental samples,
providing an opportunity to study
their effect, if any, on the chemi
cal composition of the leaf. The
abnormalities on these test sam
ples were not as severe as many
of those reported from the field.
“Comparable samples of var
iety 402 were cured simultan
eously at the Oxford Station in
barns heated with anthracite
coal and no flues, bituminous coal
and no flues, and wood with flues.
Two curings involving third and
fourth primings were conducted.
The three barns were operated as
nearly alike as possible. Samples
Brown of Hamlet and Martha were taken for chemical analysis
Landis of Oxford. Freshmen: Ann
Brinn of Creswell and Elizabeth
McGoogan of Hamlet. Children in
the court are: trainbearers, San
dra Blythe and Mary Hamilton
Heyward, both of Raeford; crown-
bearer, Angus Mconald of Red
Springs.
Mrs. J. A. Hardister
Is Buried Tuesday
At Ashley Heights
(Omitted last week)
Mrs. J. A. Hardister died at the
home of her son, Walter, in Ashe
boro on Sunday night, April 16.
Funeral service was conducted
in the Ashley Heights Baptist
church at two-thirty p. m. on
Tuesday, April 18, and burial was
in the cemetery at Ashley Heights.
She is survived by her husband
J. A. Hardister of Asheboro; three
daughters. Mrs. Raymond Kiser
and Mrs. Hubert Williamson of
Carthage and Tinner of Greens
boro; two sons, Ray of Greens
boro and Walter of Asheboro; five
stepchildrenj B. F. and Taft Har
dister of Ashley Heights, Mrs. Lola
Singleton of Norwood. Dolphus of
Carthage and T. B. of Albemarle,
and a number of grandchildren
and great-grandchildren.
for certain quality constituents
at 12-hour intervals during cur
ing, at grading and after accele
rated sweating.
“The analytical data on these
samples show that curing in the
atmosphere of combustion gases
from anthracite coal resulted in
lower pH (higher acidity), high
er sulfur content and lower al
kalinity numbers than compar
able samples cured with wood.
While these differences were real,
the levels of these constituents in
the anthracite cured tobacco are,
in the light of present standards,
within the range of acceptability
for cigarette tobacco.
“On the basis of observation,
the tobacco cured with anthra
cite appeared, somewhat more
transparent, especially in areas
adjacent to the midrib. The de
gree of spotting varied from es-
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Mrs. Mary Avent of Sanford
arrived Sunday for a visit of sev
eral weeks in the home of Mr.
arid Mrs. Harvey Cole.
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Dr. and Mrs. K. B. Grim and
daughter of Liberty spent a few
days here last week with Mrs.
Grim’s mother, Mrs. Mary Mc-
Bryde.
Ben Hurley, Carolina Power
and Light Co. representative in
Raeford, announced yesterday that
the power would be cut off from
two uhtil about four o’clock next
Sunday afternoon in part of Rae
ford. The power will be off in
parts of the section west of Mag
nolia street an^ north of Edin
burgh avenue for the purpose of
moving some poles that inter
fere with the curb and gutter work
in that section.
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Mr. and Mrs. D. U. Bruton of
Hamlet were guests in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Bishop Robinson
Sunday.
Mrs. Frances Davis of Greens
boro spent the week end in the
home of her parents, Rev. and
Mrs. B, P. Robinson.
The Senior Class of Hoke High
School received the following in
vitation from the Kinlaw Jewelry
Store: “We take great pleasure
in congratulating yori on your ap
proaching graduation and invite
you to come in and select a gift
teaspoon in your favorite Ster
ling Pattern.” "
Mrs. Kinlaw says that many
members of the class have re
sponded to this invitation.
William Currie of Nashville,
Tenn. spent the week end here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. S. Currie.
Guard Unit Fires
Weapons At Bragg
Battery A, 130th Antioircraft
battalion of the North Carolina
National Guard, local unit, went
to Fort Bragg last Saturday and
Sunday for regular spring rerord
practice with 30 caliber carbines
and 45 caliber stjamachine guns
with which the unit is armed.
About 50 .members of the unit
made the trip and bivouacked Sat
urday night near the ranges on
the old Manchester road near
Pope Air base. Field kitchen was
set up and regular army rations
were drawn from the quartermas
ter at Fort Bragg. General feel
ing among the men was that the
rations were excellent which
compensated to some extent for
the late news received FWday that
personnel would not reei®6^e the
customary two drills pay for mak
ing the trip.
Preliminary firing of both
weapons on Saturday and Sunday
morning was successful, but re
cord firing had to be canceled
Sunday about noon due to high
winds which made efficient
handling of the targets imprac
ticable. Record firing will be ac
complished at Camp Stewart, Ga.,
during the regular summer ' en
campment of the battery August
5 through 19. The battery has a
strength at present of 93 men and
expects to carry its full allotted
strength of 102 to camp in August.
100 went last year.
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Graham Opposes
Compulsory FEPC
Raleigh, April 25 - — Senator
Frank Graham today re^peated his
'Staunch opposition to any com
pulsory fair employment prac
tices legislation.
In a statement issued at head
quarters of his Senate campaign,
Graham declared:
‘*I am for the principles of fair
employment, but I am against
coercion and the use of the com
pulsory power of the Federal
government in the FEPC bill.”
He said he believes religion and
education offer the best approach,
to a solution. Citing his opposi
tion to the administration’s FE
PC bill. Senator Graham said:
“Tlie coercion this bill would
attempt would cause a real set
back in many states in the pro
gress that is surely being made.
As I haye made clear many times,
all my life I have been for the
fundamental approach through
religion and education in a mat
ter as old and as complex as pre
judice. discrimination and seg
regation. For in the long run, we
make more progress by winning
acceptance of fair principles
Hold Ceremony
For Beginning
Housing Project
Ground was broken Tuesday
afternoon for the $10 million
housing project at Fort Bragg
which, when completed, will con
tain 1,000 dwelling imits.
Col. Richard C. Mallonee, deputy
post commander, broke ground
for the propect. Col. Mallonee
had waged a campaign to secure
better housing for military per
sonnel at the giant Army post.
Present for the ceremonies
were a number of Fort Bragg of
ficials, and representative Fay
etteville citizens.
The housing units will be con
structed jointly by the T. A. Lov
ing Company Of Goldsboro and the
W. H. Weaver Company of Greens
boro. It is expected that 200 units
will be completed within 90 days,
and some 100 units will be com
pleted per month thereafter.
All units will be constructed of
brick veneer with oak flooring
and plaster w'alls. Each unit will
be furnished with an electric
range, refrigerator, electric water
heater, oil furnace ond fireplace.
The project will be located on
Highway 87 opposite the old re
placement training center, and
north of Honeycutt Road.
Mrs. Hugh Lowe of Charlotte
arrived Monday to spend several
days with her father, D. S. Poole.
Mrs. T. A. Nisbet of Wilmington
spent a few days last week with
Mrs. Ryan McBryde.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Upchurch
spent the week end ' at Bogue
Sound and had as their guests,
Mr. and Mrs. John McGoogan.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wilson of
Washington, D. C. were week
end guests in the home of Mrs.
Wilson’s sister, Mrs. C. P. Kinlaw.
Mrs. J. A. Baucom spent last
Thursday and Friday in Wake
Forest with Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Harrison. Mr. Baucom went up
Friday for the day.
Don’t Forget
You’ve got to
REGISTER
to Vote May 27
Complete New Registration
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in the minds and the hearts of the
people than by the use of Federal
compulsion much in advance of
the majority sentiment of the
people in the states over a wide
region.
“Eight states in the union have
compulsory FEPC laws and two
states have voluntary FEPC laws.
The other 38 states have no pro
visions at all, and 17 of these ac
tually rejected FEPC proposals.
It seems to me unwise, for all
concerned, for the Federal gov
ernment to provide compulsory
provisions in advance of the ac
tion of 40 states.”
LOCAL BAPTIST CHURCH
PLANS SPECIAL SERVICE
The Raeford Baptist Church is
privileged to have the choir of
the Kipling Methodist Church to
sing two special numbers during
the regular Sunday evening wor
ship service which begins at 7:30
The Kipling choir is under the
direction__pf Miss Doris Bradley.
The pastor. Rev. Judson Lennon
tvill bring a message on: “The
Christian Cannot Be Cornered”.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend this service.
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Mrs. Carl Freeman attended
the funeral of her kinswoman
Mrs. E. E. Rembert in Sumter,
S. C. Sunday.
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Brief ^$ion(M
Superior Court
Ends On Tuesday
Soldier Not Indicted Fotr
Death Of Comrade la
Highway Accident March 24
The April term of Hoke county
superior court was concluded here
Tuesday before Judge Henry L.
Stevens of Warsaw.
Verdicts were reached in only
three criminal cases and the oth
ers were postponed to the August
term of court. The case against
C. H. Bridges was continued un
der a former order; Bethune
Maultsby’s case of alleged drunk
en driving was continued to the
next term due to the absence of
the defense counsel and a motion
to extend Maultsby’s probation
was not acted upon by the bench.
The cases against Zeb WUson and
Marshall Williams in which each
was charged with violation of the
prohibition laws were both con
tinued. These were appealed
from recorder's court and were
continued due to the absence of
State’s witnesses.
In the case of Sgt. Fred R.
Campbell, being held on order of
a coroner’s jury for action of the
grand jury in connection with the
death of Sgt. Thomas Childress,
Solicitor Malcolm Seawell sent
no bill to the grand jury for action.
Tommy Brunson, colored man
recently back from the roads on
a sentence for larceny, pled guilty
of breaking and entering and lar
ceny at the William Lentz gro
cery recently, an offense general
ly laid to Garth Wade, sometime
occupant of the Hoke county jaiL
Brimson was sentenced to serve
that the extremely dry weather not less than five nor more than
FARM ITEMS
By E. M. STALLINGS
Hoke County Farm Agent
Tobacco Plant Beds
Cold weather and frost occur-
mg during the middle of April
caused considerable damage to
plant beds in Hoke coimty both
by kiUhag small plants and by
scorching and retarding the grow-
tl\ of larger plants. In addition to
has and is continuing to cause loss
of plants and reduced growth.
Luckily, the damage from blue
mold -hasn’t been so bad during
this period, though it is present in
all sections of the county.
With the damage due to* the
prolonged dry weather becoming
worse each day every effort
should be made to nurse and pro
seven years in the State prison.
Nathaniel Williams, colored,
was sent to the roads for nine
months for breaking into Clar
ence Lytch’s barn and stealing
some corn. He pled guilty.
Three divorces weer -granted
and the jury heard three other
civil cases and the bench ruled
on one and that was the extent
tect the plants against drought,! ^
arid against blue mold and insects
as well.
Plant beds should be watered 2
or 3 times per week with *4 to 1
inch of water to keep the plants
growing. To supply la inch of
water use a little over 5 barrels
(280 gallons) to 100 sq. yards.
Follow watering with blue mold'
treatment insofar as possible.
Though blue mold has not been
too destructive as yet this is
chiefly due to dry weather, so
with the application of water or
with rain the efforts to control
it will need to be intensified. I
have seen the results during the
past few days, in several cases,
of a shower of rain or water ap
plied with no blue mold treat
ment following. It results in quick
and heavy blue mold damage.
A large number of farmers are
using the recommended materials
as dusts or sprays and are get
ting good results where it is used
liberally, frequently, and with
the right equipment. It is im-
continued and that good plant
continued an dthat good plant
coverage be obtained at each ap
plication.
Cutworms and vegetable wee
vil Icurva are doing some damage
to plant beds in the county. They
can be controlled by using 1-2
lbs. 5% DDT .lust per 100 yards.
Watermelon Demonstrations
Several Watermelon Demon
strations were planted in the
county this week. With the co
operation of D. H. Yarborough,
two demonstrations were arrang
ed on the Oakdale Farm owned
by The Johnson Company of Rae
ford. These are to test the differ
ent wilt resiriant varieties on wilt
infested land, using one row each
of six different varieties along
with a check row of non-resistant
seed. The varieties used were
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The Grand jury in its report
to the presiding judge seemed to
find about everything around the
county in good order, but rec
ommended the installation of
more modern toilet facilities at
the jail if not too expensive, and
recommended the purchase of a
dozen new mattresses and covers
for use at the jail.
PERSONALS
Many people went to Raleigh
last w'eek to see the Ice FoUies.
Among those were: Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Blue, Mr. and Mrs. Law
rence McNeill, Mr. and Mrs.
Younger Snead, Mr. and Mrs.
Crawford Thomas. Mr. and Mrs.
Colon Scarborough, Dr. ^d Mrs.
Marcus Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Al
fred Cole. Miss Betsy Anne Cole,
Kenneth McNeill, Mr. and Bfcs.
Robert Gatlin, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Upchurch, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. W.
T, Gibson and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Howell. The children of many of
these couples accompanied their
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Falls and
Howard Falls, Jr. are visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Upchurch, Jr.
Miss Agnes Mae Johnson spent
Satyiday and Simday with Miss
Alice PurceU in Columbia, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Hector B. McNeill,
Jr. had as their week end guests
Mrs. McNeill’s sister, Mrs. Gary
Williams of Selfridge, Michigan,
and George Burriss of Fayette
ville.
J. J. Rosner of New York spent
Thursday night and Friday in
the home of his cousin, I. Mann.
He wa sen route to Oklahoma and
New Orleans.