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VOLUME XLIV; NUMBER 50
THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1950
RAEFORD. N. C.
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YOUR
iSCHOOL NEWS!
By K.“A. MacDonald I
Last week all ot the pre-school
clinics were completed with the
following attendance of children
and parents, respectively. Raeford
Grammar, 49, 43; Bowmore, 9, 4;
Antioch'Indian 7, 4; Edinburg 6
4; Frye’s Minion, 1, 0; Bridges
Grove 4, 4; Fteedorp, 12', 10; Bur
lington, l5, 6; Buffalo Springs 7,
2; Friendsihip 2, 2; Piney Bay 4,
2; Ashemont 12, 8;,. Rockfish Col
Democrats Keep
Same Officers On
Executive Committee
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Last Saturday afternoon was
hot, and most good Democrats of
Hoke county f were enduring the
heat in places other than at the
county convention at the court
house. A couple of dozen of them
were present, however, and trans
acted the business as well as a
couple of hundred could have
done. '
The county executive commitee
made up of the precinct chair
men, met prior to the convention
and unanimously reelected the
same officers to serve for two
Presbyterians Will
Have Outst^ding
Preacher Sunday
The guest minister at the Rae
ford Presbyterian Church Sunday
will be Dr. Donald W. Richardson
of Richmond, Va. Dr. Richardson
has served in various capacities in
the Southern Presbyterian church.
Many years ago he was a mission
ary to China. He has served as
Chairman of the Permanent Com
mittee on Evangelism, and in
1943 was Moderator of the Gen
eral Assembly.
For a number of years he has
been at Union Theological Sem
inary in Richmond where he is
Professor of Christian Missions
and Dean of the Graduate De
partment. He is the author of
son 9, 8; Peachmont 0, 0; Upchurch
36, 31; New Hope 6, 0.
2. 1; Shady Grove 6, 4; Timberland
4, 2; Laurel Hill 3, 3; Macedonia “ore years. These are a ^ .
4, 3; Uliys Chapel 3, 1; Millside Baker, chairman, Mrs. W. C. Hod-
6, 6; Rockfish Wh. 19, 13; White Sin, Members of I several books, and the numerous
oak 7, 2; McFarland 0, 0; Mildou- watson ^ articles from his perf are widely
W. T. Everleigh, T. O. Moses, r\ 'own and respected.
J. Hasty, Daniel McGill, N. a) -
We were delighted with the Mclnnis, Richard Neeley, N. L.
fact that as many parents ac-. McFadyen, Paul Dickson and
companied the children as did. ~ —=-
We wish to thank the local doc
tors, those at the Sanatorium, Dr.
Rosser of Vass and Dr. Willcox,
health officer, for their help in
putting on these clinics. An in
creasing number of children are
brought to thfese clinics ea^h year.
We feel that the Shool-Health
program is beginning to bear
tangible fruit.
The Rockfish school committee
met on Tuesday night and re
elected their entire faculty. It
was felt by the committee that
the school had had one of its best
years of work.
The Ashemont school gave its
FruV*y ifventaft
before a large and appreciative
audience. The children did well.
They and the teachers deserve a
great deal of praise for the work a
done.
He is an outstanding preacher
and church officials have ex
pressed great pleasure that he
could be engaged to fill the pulpit
Walter Baker made a few re-j here Sunday morning. Dr Rich
ardson was in China with the lat-^
Dr. A. A. McFadyen, and will be
Final Notice
To All Voters
The registration books for
Hoke coimty will close on Sat
urday, May 13, and this will
be the last chance you will have
to register to be , able to vote
in the primary to be held on
May 27.
This is a new registration
for all voters in the county,
and the fact that your name
may'appear in the old registra
tion book will not enable you
to vote unless you re-register
in the new book that is now
open in' your precinct, but
which will be c' sed at sunset
on Saturday, May 13.
See the registrar of your
precinct and register without
delay.
G. B. Rowland. Chairman
Hoke County Board of Elec
tions.
Methodists To Hear Judge Says Decision
Parachuting Parson .Offers No Basis For
At Supper Friday Suit Against A & P
Thomas Mclnms.
marks of appreciation for the co
operation he had received as . ■*
chairman and tor the confidence U Soest ot Dr. McFadyen a sister.
shown in choosing him again
Mrs. J. W. McLauchlin, while he
Delegates were selected to the is in Raeford.
state convention and it was also
decidea by the convention that College Group
any Democrat in good standing Lunches At Antioch
who attended the state meeting
would be considered a delegate i anniversary luncheon
and that the group from Lf ^^e student Mathematical honor
county in caucus would decide I Macdonald col-
how the county’s 10 votes would educational
building of the Antioch Presby
terian church on Saturday. The
new president, Betty Ann Brun
son, a rising junior, presided at
the luncheon program, which in
cluded an interesting resume of
the history of the society, by
Seniors To Give
Play At Hoke
High Tomorrow P. M.
The Men’s club of the Raeford
Methodist church will have as
guest speaker at its monthly meet
ing and supper at the airport to
morrow night Chaplain (Cap
tain) Richard R. Bell, of the 505th
Airborne Infantry regiment of the
82nd airborne division.
Chaplain Bell served in both
the ETO and the Pacific theaters
in World War II and was over
seas for 33 months. He also made
a parachute jump in Exercise
‘Swarmer” last week. He is a
veteran of 86 jumps and five
glider rides and holds the Silver
Star medal.
The meeting will begin prompt
ly at seven o’clock in order to
allow the men to get to the Sen
ior play at eight.
0
I Graham Has Been
j Loyal Democrat
10 — Senator
said pointedly
Raleigh. May
Frank. Graham
here today:
T have never in my life
Almost Eighteen”, a three-act I scratched a Democratic ticket.”
comedy by Dana Thomas, has
chosen for pre.sentation by the
Senior Class of Hoke High School.
The play will be given at the
He added: ‘‘Never have I given
comfort or aid to the enemies of
our Democratic Party who either
would destroy it or sell it down
be cast.
John T. Daniels
Di?s Monday A. M.
Funeral Tuesday
Hoke High School auditorium on those who favor mo-
Friday evening. ^ at 8:30 g^d privilege of the
^ proud of our party’s
150-year record as the champion
of the better well-being of all
the epople.”
Graham’s remarks were made
on the eve of the State Demo
cratic Convention. He praised the
o’clock. Miss Miriam Watson, who
has been responsible for such pre
vious fine productions as “Aunt
Tillie Goes to Town” and “Girl
Shy”, is directing the play.
Heading the cast of twelve will
be Myrna Almond as Eddie’s
One night last week Sgt. and
Mrs. J. D. Matlock and Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Parsons gave a
chicken supper in honor of the
teachers and lunchroom workers
at the Rockfish school and their
families. It was a most enjoyable
occasion and was much appre
ciated by the teachers and lunch
room workers.
Last Friday evening the Rae
ford Graded school gave its spring
festival before a large and ap
preciative audience. The pageant
was put on outdoors and made
a most colorful and beautiful
spectacle. Teachers and pupils
were highly complimented for the
excellence of the production.
John Thomas Daniels suffered Helen SherriU, retiring president,
stroke last Saturday morning A popular feature of the program
and passed away Monday in a was a song by Eunice Duncan of
Fayetteville hospital. Red Springs, soprano, and Doris
He was a native of Bladen coun- 1 Phillips of Mgbane, contralto,
ty but had-lived here for 21 years,- Luncheon guests were Miss
working for A. V. Sanders in Hazel Morrison. Mrs. Hinton Mc-
the lumber business. Leod, Dean and Mrs. Robert
Funeral service was conducted I Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Buli-
at three o’clock Tuesday afternoon lock, Mrs. Walter -Bullock, Miss
at the Church of God in Raeford Ethel Bateman, and Mr. WiUiam
by the pastor, the Rev. Mr. G. Coxhead. The delicious lun-
Thompson. Burial was in the Rae- cheon was served by the Women
ford cemetery. | of the Church at Antioch.
Surviving are his wife, the 0
former Lila Blackman of Bladen Convention
young love anej Bobby ^e^ryde | ^ record' of service to all
who will play the part of Eddie I ^ ^ ^
Barry, the boy who wants to be “>6 people, and contrasted today s
Li Bing Crosby, „„berl | r"’. ir .
Hine, who has a new
The Board of Education is hav
ing a short meeting today.
Next Wednesday evening, May
17, at 8 o’clock the Rockfish school
will present their operetta, “Tom
Sawyer.” The production will be
in three acts. Teachers and pupils
have worked hard on the produc
tion and a most colorful pageant
with catchy muscial numbers is
in store for all who attend. Par
ents and friends are cordially in
vited.
county; two daughters, Ruby and
Mrs. Odessa Maxwell; two sons
Robert and Buddy, all of Rae
ford; one sister, Mrs. Cindy Rob
Ortson of Bladen county, and six
grandchildi^en.
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County Convention
Endorses Horner
Lee county Democrats in their
Endorses Deane
Congressman C. B. Deane of
the Eighth Congressional District
received the enthusiastic endorse
ment of the Richmond County
Democratic Committee of the
County Convention in Rocking
ham on last Saturday. Over 200
Democrats were present. This
was the largest attended County
Convention held in Richmond
county convention Saturday, May
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6, unanimously passed a resolution
endorsing W. E. (Bill) Homer of |
Sanford as a candidate for Con
gress in the Eighth district.
Chairman J. C. Pittman of the
resolutions committee presented
the resolution to the gathering.
The adopted resolution is as fol
lows:
“Whereas, the Honorable W. E.
The Raeford school board, at a
recent meeting, re-elected their
faculty for another year. The dis
cussion at this meeting brought
out the fact that the school work
this year was of an exceptionally
high order, that pupil progress
throughout the whole school was
greater than usual. We think this
is highly complimentary to the
entire faculty.
With heavy registration in all
sections of the County, election
officials estimate , that over 6500
votes will be cast in the Rich
mond County primary on May
27, 1950.
•0
NEW YORK TOUR
The Great Atlantic & Pacific
Tea Company today revealed for
the first time that, contrary to
the claims of the anti-trust law
yers, a previous decision against
the company at Danville, Ill.’ in
the words of the presiding judge,
could not be the basis for the
current suit to destroy the .-V&P.
In a nationwide newspaper ad
vertisement, A&P disclosed tliSt'
Federal Judge Walter C. Lindley,
who presided over the 1946 Dan
ville case, said shortly thereafter
in a letter explaining his decision:
T have not condemned the A
&P system. I have not made
finding which could be the basis
for a suit of dissolution.”
The letter contradicted the re
peated claims of the anti-trust
lawyers that the same Danville
decision is the basis of their pres
ent suit in federal court at New
York to compel A&P to dispose
of its seven retail store divisions
and its manufacturing plants, and
to dissolve the Atlantic Commis
sion Company, its fresh fruit and
vegetable buying subsidiary.
“So now.” the advertisement
said, “we have the anti-trust
lawyers saying that their suit to
dissolve A&P is based on Judge
Lindley’s decision while Judge
Lindley himself says his decision
could not be the basis, for a suit
of dissolution.”
A&P, explained that in the Dan
ville case it was the dual role
played by the Atlantic Commis
sion Company in buying produce
Judge for A&P and selling pro
duce to the trade growers that
Judge Lindley objected to and
which he said was the real basis
of his decision.
$2.00 PER YEAB
90-Mile Speeder
Appeals Sentence
In Court Tuesday
Others Pay As Recorder
Hears Short Session
' dreary days” of 20 years ago. I Since then, the food chain dis-
p 1 osop basic goals of our de- J closed, ACCO has discontinued
as possible. . “ , . _ .... u
for working as little as possible..
and Elizabeth Suddreth, Eddie s
Mother, will furnish some of thel®’'®-
, 'and moral responsibility of the
Fir^t, the freedom, dignity
noral responsibility of the
human being with the equal op-
rollickihg laughter; Other mem
bers of the cast' will include Joe i ^ ^
., T- 4- Dortunity to make the most of
Davis Freida Moss, Ernestine ^ „
uavis, rreiua , kis personality as a potential son
Grooms, Anne Jon s, brother of all men;
Bobbitt, Helen McMims, Leonard
Dunn, and Betty Baker.
• Almost Elghtem" |UM«ntA| „ UKMatldi
an evening of b, ,t the «q>«tK of
this dual role even though it has
been licensed for many years by
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture to act as both a buyer and
a seller of produce. The ad said
ACCO now buys produce only
for A&P.
The docket was light in Hoke
county recorder’s court Tuesday
morning before Judge Henry Mc-
Diarmid, Robert R. Green, white
soldier charged with speedirig at
90 miles an hour and
careless and reckless driving, was
found guilty as charged. Sentence
was six months on the roads to
be suspended on payment of fine
of SlOO and the costs. He appealed
to Superior court and posted $250
bond.
Clay A. Lilly, white, was found
guilty of driving a car while un
der the Influence of liquor and
careless and reckless driving.
Sentence was 60 days to 'oe su
spended on payment of $100 and
the costs. He gave notice of ap
peal and posted a $200 bond.
Pope Joy. white soldier, paid
the costs for being drunk and dis
orderly and $10 and the costs for
driving a car with improper li
cense plates-. 30-day sentence was
suspended in each case.
James Jr. MePhatter, colored,
was charged wuth breaking and
entering and larceny at the Willie
Davis store on the turnpike. His
plea of guilty of petty larceny
was accepted and he was sent to
the roads for two years.
, James Rogers, colored, and V.
P. Smith, white, each got 30 days
suspended on payment ' of the
costs for being drunk and disoi«-
derly.
Thomas Purtill, Robert C. Ha-
good and M. B. Stewart, all white,
each paid $^0 and the costs for
speeding.
Robert Lee Brown, white, paid
$25 and the costs for driving
without a driver’s license,.
some entertainment for the fam
ily-
SEMI-PRO OPENER
HERE SATURDAY NIGHT
jthe general welfare. The general
welfare must not mean the loss
of freedom of the individual.”
Senator Graham said he had
had confidence in the moral in-
The Raeford Rebels, strong in- tegrity of the Delegates tq the
dependent semt-pro baseball team, ram ^
will play thetr opening ^n o^bn Democratic Par-
game of the season under the iraauious
St tUrL^aXS al, on;
Highlanders, one of the strongest | citizens
semi-pro teams in this section,
undefeated in three starts so far.
Game time is 8:00 o’clock. The
Rebels will play Pope Field here
next Wednesday, night at 8:00
o’clock.
0
“Hoke County women have
fBill) Horner, formerly chairman. . ^
ot the Lee County Democratic
TP 4- e, it a -andi- County Homc Demonstration clubs
Executive committee, is a candi- ^ew York.
date for Congress from the Eighth
North Carolina District, June 11-17,” says Josephine Hall,
“And whereas, sue can , Home Agent. Final reservations
is eminently qualified by political I
IS emineiiiiy qua j ^ must be in by May 20. Anyone in
exoerience, education and mteg— I ,_ * • * e. *4. i
expel 1C1U.C, tu Hoke Countv who IS interested
rity to hold the high office as I county
Congressman of this district;
in going on the trip may contact
congressman ui 444*., v.4.av.*..,. further details.
“Therefore, be it resolved by the
Yesterday and today the year
ly eye-clinic is in progress. Yes
terday^- the clinic took care of
white and Indian children. Today
the colored children are being
taken care of. All those helping
with the clinic are delighted with
the number of parents , who are
attending. Quite a number of
pairs of glasses will be fitted and
treatment prescribed in some
cases. Dr. Dan Currie of Fayette
ville is in charge. He is assisted
(Continued on Page 4)
Democrats of Lee county in con
vention regularly assembled on
this sixth day of May, 1950, that
the candidacy of W. E. (Bill)
Horner for Congress from the
Eighth District of North Carolina
be and the same is hereby un
animously endorsed.”
0
Mrs. Fred Webster left Mon
day for Ft. Kobbe, Canal Zone,
to join her husband, who is sta
tioned there. Before her marriage
Mrs. Webster was Miss Beatrice
Meeks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
H. M. Meeks.
Don’t Forget
You’ve got to
REGISTER
to Vote May 27
Complete New Registration
MID-NIGHT PRACTICE
A fellow coming through town
about one o’clock Tuesday morn
ing saw tbe sawdust incinerator
at the Raeford Lumber company
burning and smoking and came
on into town and reported to
Night Policeman Cook that there
was a house bur^ng south of
town and that thfe roof had al
ready fallen in. Cook did his
duty and sounded the alarm until
19 members of the fire depart
ment showed up with the fire
fighting equipment and found out
what it was. Chief Lewis com
mented that it was all right,
though, because he figured it was
much better that way for them
not to be called out when there
was a fire.
PERSONALS
Rev. and Mrs. Judson Lennon
and David spent Saturday in
Florence, S. C. in the home of
Mrs. Lennon’s brother, John F,
1 Orr.
I Flora Macdonald
I Finals Speaker
i Is Announced
Dr. Edward D. Grant, Litt, D.,
1M. A., of Richmond, Virginia, Ex-
Final Reort On
1949 Cotton Crop
The Burea~f”e Census hasjecutive
issued tU fmal report on cotton ^ ^
ginned fo rthe 1949 crop in me
® A i 1 • 1 c the cornmenceinent address to tne
United States. The total is 15- c
J •♦K 54th graduating class of Flora
907,646 bales as compared with TiiPMlav
, , m.Q Macdonald college on Tuesday
14.580,279 bales in 1948. '
I May 30.
A Scot by birth. Dr. Grant, who
The figures for the several cot
ton-growing states showing the
1949 and the 1948 crop totals by | ^ popular and delightful speak-
states are as follows:
1949
1948
Florida .
Georgia ..
Illinois .
Kentucky
9,312
612,830
2,334
9,420
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Harris had
as their week end guests Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Stanfield and children
and Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy’Woody
of Roxboro. Mrs. Paul Harris and
children also of Roxiboro arrived
to spend this week in the Harris
home.
PRESBYTERIAN MEN
TO MEET TUESDAY
M. D. Yates, president of the
Men of the Church of the Raeford
Presbyterian church, this week
reminded all the men that the
group would have its regular
monthly meeting and supper nexi;
Tuesday night at seven o’clock.
Lt. and Mrs. Joe Hoffman re
turned Sunday after a wedding
trip to Jacksonville Beach and
other points of interest in Florida
They are at home at Fort Bragg.
Miss Ellen Currie returned to
Richmond, Va.. Tuesday after
spending the week end here with
her aunt, Miss Florence Gordon.
er, is a graduate of Austin Coll
ege in Sherman, Texas, and serv-
Alabama 852.903 1,167,187 ^ World War I with the rank
Arizona 549.399 331,995 lieutenant. He has been in
Arkansas 1,607,685 li922,179 educational work since
California 1.284,181 974,581 j close of the war, and spent
some time in the Orient, where
746,618 Kg ijispected foreign mission work
2,597 Japan, China, and Korea. In
10,478 ^934^ Jig game jg Virginia, where
732,694 j Jig jigg gineg been connected with
1,460,062 2,292,349 j jjig Executive Committee of Re-
477,780 511,757 j jjgigjig Eduation sind Publication,
224,982 j .^Yitji interims of trips to India,
697,042 jater to England, in connec-
361,501 j jjgji ^jjji jjig •(vork of the Reli-
871,587 I gious Board of Education. During
Tennessee 622,498 641,0701 jj^jg ^me, also, he has written
Texas 5,860,231 3,0§?,8231 ggygj^j books and numerous
Virginia 17,727 21,078 I pamphlets on religious topics. He
O ' ■ I served in an administrative cap-
LOCAL BAPTIST CHURCH acity during the second world
TO HAVE “FAMILY DAY** [war, and is now vice chairman
of the General Commission on
The Raeford Baptist Church is j chaplains. Commission headquar-
having “Fan'.ily Day” in Sunday j jgj-g are in Washington, D. C.
School and Church Sunday morn- | q.,
ine The pastor will bring a mes-
sage at the U:00 o’clock service ATTEND CONVENTION
“Windows of
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Israel Mann left
Louisiana 633,616
Mississippi
Missouri ....
New Mexico
N. Clarolina
Oklahoma
S. Carolina
263,606
490,825
587,571
565,666
Rev. and Mrs. Judson Lennon
and son left this morning for
Charlotte to spend several days
with Mrs. Lennon’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. N. J. Orr.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Lester and
daughter, Andrea, and Mrs. Aga-
nora Andrews spent the week end
in Gastonia with Mr. and Mss.
Daniel Jones.
on the subject,
erelfn^thfvoun^^e^tle’sl^rin-l^ Saturday for Miami, Fla
in- Union has asked the pastor where Mr. Mann is
to“speak on the subject “Getting the Raeford IGwanis dub at Ae
w J Annii,ql Convention of Ki-
Readv for Marriage
6.
35th Annual Convention
wanis International which start-
Sgt: and Mrs. Bill Marlar had ed Sunday and ^
as their week end guest Mrs. 10,000
Marlar’s mother, Mrs. L. P. Ellis tions of the Umted Can
of WUmington. The Marlars went da, Alaska.
to Wilmington Friday for Mrs. Territory are attending the five-
EUis and took her back Sunday. | day affair.