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Lions Conducting
Sale Of Brooms
Made By Blind
“Let’s make a clean sweep.”
If you hear that statement on
the street of Raeford, the parti
cipants are probably not talking
about the town election. It’s on
the lips of every Raeford Lion—
the big broom sale being conduct
ed oh the streets of Raeford and
by house-to-house canvass.
At a recent meeting of the club
the members voted unanimously
to conduct the sale of brooms
manufactured by blind people of
Greensboro. The sale opened Wed
nesday, May 31, and will continue
through Friday. June 2.
The brooms are manufactured
by the Guilford Industries, found
ed 15 years ago-in Greensboro to
give employment to the blind.
Thirty blind people are now em
ployed there, manufacturing 19
different kind of brooms, as well
as rubber mats, mops and other
items.
METHODISTS TO OPEN
CURB MARKET AGAIN
, The curb market which the
Raeford Methodist church oper
ated In the Upchurch seed build
ing during the summer months
last year will open again for the
summer on Saturday morning in
the same,plaee. County produce,
home - bhade cakes, vegetables,
etc. .will bm offered for sale.
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BLUE RENOMINATED
IN MOORE COUNTY
H. Clifton Blue, Hoke county
native and publisher of the i^and-
CJitizen in Aberdeen, 1»Q(ft*^ut
in his primary race to represent
Moore county in the General As
sembly last Saturday. Blue de
feated his opponent, Robert N.
Page III, 2957 to 2258
1950 GRADUATING CLASS AT HOKE HIGH. SCHOOL
Legion Juniors To
Open Here Monday
Against Laurinburg
Final Activities
Of Last Week In
1950 School Year
The Seventh Grade Promotion
Day Program was held Tuesday
morning. May 30. when Rev. Tom
Fry of Red Springs Presbyterian
Church addressed the seventh
graders. Gerald Mathews gave
the salutatory address and Diane
Louise Reece the valdictory.
On Sunday morning. May 28
Rev. W. B. Heyward of the Rae
ford Presbyterian Church deliv
ered the baccalaureate sermon.
On Friday evening, May 26 the
class night exercises, under the
direction of Miss Hilda Priest,
were presented. The theme of the
program was that of a minstrel
into which the different school
■Bctivities wicrff cleyerly brought
in by Archie ijlaxwell who serv
ed as interlocutor. The end men,
Joe Davis. Douglas Clark. Leon
ard Dunn and Robert McGirt,
(Continued on back page)
Diplomas Awarded To $9 Seniors
In Exercises Here Wednesday Night
The 39 members of the 1950
graduating class at Hoke County
High school were handed their
diplomas at the High school last
night by Principal W. T. Gibson,
Jr., at commencement exercises
which included an inspiring ad
dress by W. C. Reed, superintend
ent of Kennedy home in Kinston.
Superintendent Reed was in
troduced by Robert Gatlin and
following his address special
honors and awards were present
ed. The Kiwanis awards were
presented by A. H. McPhaul 1 o
Elizabeth Suddreth as^ best all
round pupil in the High school,
to Miralyn Tapp as ^the best all
in tte elementarat sqhoo|,
and to Pat Maxwell as the best
all round in the primary grades.
The American Legion citizenship
awards were won by Joe Davis
and Freida Moss and were pre
OFFICIAL PRIMARY RETURNS FOR HOKE COUNTY
Candidates
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201
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FOR COMMISSIONER
Balfour
41
75
49
47
140
94
118
198
237
82
1081
Newton
40
70
47
57
106
128
91
190
197
93
1019
Thomas
34
67
49
41
79
88
93
194
255
69
969
McMillan
23
69
79
42
89
45
81
174
211
64
877
Watson
69
140
48
45
104
42
66
122
133
22
791
Wright
29
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65
50
63
36
84
143
184
35
747
Webb
13
15
44
53
33
68
189
84
118
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624
Pickier
19
74
33
25
43
27
190
99
145
23
668
Crawley
3
19
1
15
60
30
18
57
52 .
13
279
Smith
40
63
40
78
67
54
56
116
159
46
719
FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION
Gatlin
48
101
71
79
127
95
155
216
269
81
1242
Riley
36
102
74
76
117
80
197
211.
278
78
1249
Neeley
41
67
61
65
106
102
134
179
246
41
1042
Lindsay
33
78
62
82
123
118
142
182
202
84
1106
Canaday
39
107
55
31
108
47
124
186
228
46
971
FOR CONGRESS
Deane
40
86
51
57
56
67
167
167
186
50
927
Horner
29
65
54
41
109
60
92
118
167
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782
1 FOR SENATOR
Graham
30
50
22
53
53
53
106
122
128
25
642
1 Smith
31
90
68
41
105
73
129
135
201
68
941
1 Reynolds
9
13
9
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8
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20
19
25
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115
1 Boyd
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1 FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
j Cheek
36
66
47
68
73
61
115
147
199
62
874
1 Bostian
20
36
34
28
68
29
76
94
84
20
499
! FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
$52
1 Denny
33
70
51
71
97
51
134
157
143
45
1 Efird
26
40
33
26
47
58
70
89
142
32
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sented by Dr.! Julius Jordan, for
the American Legion. The vale
dictory award for the highest
scholastic record given by the
Raeford Woman’s club was pre
sented to Freida Moss by Mrs.
Tommie Upchurch. -Mary Mc
Lean .won the Woman’s duo
award for the best creative writ
ing ih senior high school, Harriet
Hodgin from junior high, Faye
Dark from elementary, with Bet
ty Kinlaw and Oscar Scull re
ceiving honorable mention, and
Michael Wood from the primary
grades. Freidja Moss, also receiv
ed a prize for being the best read
er. in high school. The Lions club
.-spelUng wn» m^e^
Harry Greene to Rachel Dees. B.
B. Cole made the Woodmen of
the World award in U. S. History
to Florence Cameron. The world
Peace speaking award was made
to Joan Sinclair by N. McN.
Smith for the Hoke County Bar
association.
The salutatory was delivered by
Elizabeth Suddreth and the vale
dictory by Freida Moss.
Diplomas were presented to the
following graduates by Principal
W. T. Gibson, Jr.; Myrna Almond,
Betty Baker, Lucy Boahn Thomas
Bobbitt, Roy Brock, Melva Deane
Brown, Elaine Carroll, Douglas
Clark, Jean Cozart, Susan Porter.
Culbreth, Joe Davis, C. W. Dean
Rachel Wright Dees, Leonard
Dunn, Ernestine Grooms, Hubert
Hine, Anne Jones, G. C. Lytle,
Archie Maxwell, Bob Maxwell
Daisy Dean Morris, Freida Moss,
Bobby McBryde, Edward McGirr,
Helen McMinis, Alex Norton,
Davis Parker, Kathleen Parks,
Agnes Peterson Vera Mae Posey,
Margaret Ritter, Jimmy Seals.
Minnie Stephens, Elizabeth Sudd
reth, J. C. Tew, Archie Walters,
Wilton Wilkes, Donald Wood,
Marion Wood.
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library news
The boys and girls of Raeford
and Hoke Coimty are invited to
take a cruise on the S. S. BOOK-
LAND this summer. Visit Hoke
County Library for particulars
about how to do this. This read
ing project begins Monday, June
5. Numbers of neW books have
been received, and to visit dif
ferent countries in the world
through books will be a most in
teresting way to spend the vaca
tion. Come in and sign up for the
cruise!
New adult titles received are;
My World is an Island, Ogilvie;
My 66 years in the big leagues.
Mack; The Wooden Horse, Wil
liams; The Lost Lamp, Jenkins,
The Hepburn, Westcott; Lyrics,
Hammerstein; The Plymouth Ad
venture. Gebler; War of Peace,
Dulles.
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Mr. and Mrs. Z. Z. Hadley and
children, who have lived at Sun
set HHls for the past year, have
moved to Wilson.
Coach W. L. Poole reports that
he has about ’ 40 boys working
hard for places on the American
Legion Junior baseball team which
has'been entered in the regular
summer competition staged all
over the country by the Legion. '
The team has been entered in
Area 2, District 2, of North Car
olina, for the initial series of
eliminations along with junior
teams from Tabor City, Laurin
burg, Whiteville, Fort Bragg and
Fair Bluff.
Play will start nexj week and
[ the local team will open against
Laurinburg here on Monday at
I .Armory park. On Wednesday of
next week the locals will play
the Fort Bragg team here and
on Friday they will go to Tabor
City for a game.
Three games weekly will be
played with the last game being
against Whiteville here on July
17. Area playoffs wil be during
the week of July 24-August 1,
when the districf one winner will
play the top team from district
two.
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PRIMARY VOTING PUTS ^0
NEW MEN ON COUNTY BOARD
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Six Cases Before
Recorder Tuesday
Six cases were disposed of in
Hoke county recorder’s court be
fore Judge Henry McDiarmid
Tuesday morning. Others on the
docket were continued for trial
at a later date.
McKinley Virgil, colored, was
found guilty of driving drunk
and careless and reckless driving.
Sentence was 90 days to be su-
«p6ijaed bn^-iwiyment of SlOO
the costs. He appealed to Super
ior court and bond of $250 was
continued.
H. L. Baxley, was found guiltv
of possessing non-tax-paid liquor
and was taxed the costs.
Alex Brigman, white wag found
guilty of assaulting his wife and
got 30 days suspended on payment
of $10 and the costs.
R. B. Bailey, white, and Claude
Baldwin, colored, each ppaid the
costs for being drunk and dis
orderly.
Daniel Gillespie, colored, paid
$10 and the costs for driving with
improper brakes.
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Funeral Today
For Mrs. Buie
Mrs. Catherine Rebecca Buie,
wife of Judge Joseph Neill Buie,
died at her home in Red Springs
at six p. m. Tuesday after an ill
ness of several weeks.
Mrs. Buie was next to the last
living charter member of the Red
Springs Presbyterian church. She
was married in 1888 to Judge
Buie who- survives her along with
two daughters, Mrs. R. A. Mc-
Conaughey ancf Miss Anne Buie,
for many years a teacher in Rae
ford and one son, Lacy Buie, all
of Red Springs, four grandchil
dren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Thursday morning at 11;00
o’clock at the Red Springs Pres
byterian church toy her pastor,
the Rev. Thomas Fry. Burial wiU
be in the Philadelphus church
cemetery.
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Deadline Near^ For
Group To Get
Driver^s Licenses
Driver’s License Examiner W.
E. Yow of Aberdeen said today
that he will have to examine ap
proximately 30 persons.per day
for driver’s and chauffeur’s li
censes between now and June 30
if he is to complete the list of
persons eligible for renewals in
this section.
All persons whose last names
begin with N, O, P, Q and all
drivers of for hire vehicles must
have new licenses on or before
June 30. In an effort to avoid a
last minute rush, the Department
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Deane Expresses
His Appreciation
For Vote Received
Congressman Charles B. Deane,
who -.vas nominated to succeed
himself as representative from
the 8‘.h district in Congress in
the primary Saturday, this -.vee’iC
sent an open letter to the citizens
ot Hoke county expressing his
appreciation for the support he
recei/e-d. The letter follows. ■
To the citizens of Hoke County;
I -welcome this opportunity to
express to the voters of our 8th
Congressional District my feel
ing of sincere appreciation for
the big majority vote that was
given me in Saturday’s Primary.
Especially do I feel honored
when we study the incomplete re
turns and note that my majority
may be approximately 8,000. This
majority vote is the largest to
be given a Democratic Candidate
for Congress in our 8th District
Democratic Primary in over thirty
years. I mention this majority
only to follow quickly with, the
thought that I consider it a man
date from all of my people to
continue their representation to
Congress, free from all alliances.
At this time, I am thinking of
you fine folks in aU the counties
of our ditsrict. Beginning down
on the South Carolina line, we
have Scotland, my home county
Richmond, my native county An
son, and Union. We*move further
east and there is Hoke and Lee;
join us as we come into the Sand
hills and the fine Counties of
Moore and Montgomery. We move
into the heart of the Piedmont
and into Davidson, next into the
hilly country, vve have the coun
ties of Wilkes Davie and Yad
kin, bringing together the great
est District in - North Carolina
which I am proud to represent
and will forever champion your
rights an dinterest.
To all of you, I say again.
Thanks po much!
You will bear with me as we
face some of the most challenging
days in the history of our Nation
and the world. My vote on some
issues may differ with your views
but honestly, my friends, I will
at all times try to keep first place
in my mind the best interests of
all of our people as well as this
great nation of ours.
All of you will, I trust, feel
free to call upon me at any time
I can serve vou.
Sincerely yours,
C. D. Deane.
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STATE COLLEGE ALUMNI
MEET TOMORROW NIGHT
State College alumni of the
county will have a supper meet
ing at the High school cafeteria
tomorrow night at seven o’clock.
Football Coach Bettie Feathers
and W. Z. Betts, manager of the
Reynolds coliseum, will be guests
and will present a movie of a bas
ketball game State played in
Madison Square garden last sea
son.
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BAPTIST CHURCH BIBLE
SCHOOL TO BEGIN MON.
Moses Almost Unseats
McDiarmid: I)eane, Smith
Lead In County Vote
Over 1700 votes -.vere cast in
Hoke county last Saturday out
of a total registration of 2423.
This exceeded the 1948 voting of
1576 by over 100. Two newcom
ers led the voting in .the county
for county commissioner and only
three of ihe old board .members
kept their seats as a result. The
new members are N. H. G. Bal
four. former m.ember and chair
man who, was high man, and
Marshall Newton, who ran sec
ond. Marshall Thomas, Fulford
McMillan and F. Knox Watson
of the present board ran in that
order and retained their seats.
Julian Wright and John William
Smith of the present board were
defeated.
Calls For Recount
Closest race in the county was
that between Henry McDiarmid
present judge, and T. O. Moses,
Ashley Heights farmer and lawyer,
for the post as judge of the coun
ty recorder’s court. McDiarmid
won by nine votes in the count
which was certified by the coun
ty board of elections on Tuesday,
but Candidate Moses at that time
asked for a recount in view of the
closeness of the contest. The
board was in the process ot doing
this counting late yesterday when
thi.s paper went to press.
For the county board df edu
cation. Carl Riley, Robert Gatlin,
David Lindsay and Richard Nee
ley ran in that order and were
elected. J. W. Canaday ran fifth
by 71 votes.
In the congressional race be
tween Congressman C. B. Deane
of Rockingham and W. E. Homer
of Sanford the county followed
the majority of the 8th district
and gave Deane a majority of
145 votes, 927 to 782. Unofficial
results on the vote in the whole
district gave Deane 31,171 to
Horner’s 23,188. a majority of al
most 8,000.
For United States Senate this
I county reversed the trend of most
of the state and gave Willis Smith
a majority of 399 votes over In
cumbent Senator Frank Graham.
Bob Reynolds got 115 votes and
OUa Ray Boyd 14. In the state
wide voting lastest available
figures yesterday gave Graham
295.342 to 245.080 for Smith with
1924 of the state’s 1990 precincts
heard from. Reynolds had 56.018
and Boyd 5,665. Graham led Smith
by 50,262 on these figures but
lacked 5,711 of having a majority
of the votes cast. Smith had not
said yesterday whether he would
call for a second primary or not
If he does call for one it will take
place on Saturday, June 24. If
he does not there will be no sec
ond priihciry in this county.
Figures for each candidate in
each precinct in this county ap
pear in a box at the bottom of
this page.
Raeford Baptist Church will
hold its annual Vacation .Bible
school beginning Monday. June 5
through Friday. June 9. The
school will begin each morning
at 8:30.. There will be Bible study,
mission study, handiwork and
recreation. All of the children be
tween the ages of 4 and 16 are
invited to attend. Rev. Judson
Lennon, pastor, will be principal
of the school.
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Mrs. John Walker had as her
week end guests her sister, Mrs
L. E. Pope, Jr. and son, Billy, of
Mullins, S. C.
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PRESBYTERIANS PLAN
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
The Vacation Bible School of
the Raeford Presbyterian church
will begin Monday, June 5 and
run for two weeks, closing on Fri
day, Jcme 16. There will be classes
for Beginners, Mrs. Robert Gatlin.
Superintendent; Primaries. Mrs.
H. R. McLean, Superintendent;
Juniors. Mrs. NeiU L. McFadyen,
Superintendeiit; and Pioneers,
Miss .\lice Walker, Superintend
ent.
The Beginners, Primaries, and
Juniors wiU meet each movninC
at the Church from 9:00 to lldKk
The Pioneers will meet at tht
Church at 9:00 each morninf andi
then will go to Neill A- JMcDonaW?ll^|
cabin for a Day Camp.
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