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■ x-. A.l'V ^ .-'* - , - ■' •• ,■>- % -. -f ¥PICE or IREEOOM VOLUME XLV; NUMBER 3 THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1950 RAEFOBD. N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPT $2.00 FEB YEAE Heavy Infestation OfBoHWeevik Found In County I Field Check Show Almost 12 Times As Many As One Year Ago Recreation Program Will Begin Tuesday; Funds Are Needed A report on boll weevil infes tation in eastern North Carolina by George D. Jones, extension en tomologist at State College, for the week of- June 5-10. shows that the infestation of boll wee vil is serious in all areas Thirty-six fields were examin ed in 13 counties and weevils were found in large numbers in all fields except three. Scotland county had the heaviest' infesta tion with 17.$ weevils per 100 plants, while Wake county had the lightest infestation with only four weeviis per 100 plants, check of eight fields in Hoke county showed an average of 13.6 weevils per 100 plants. E. M. Stallings, Hoke county farm agent, says that this figure may be the average for the county, but that he has checked many fields and found a much higher count in most. Mr. Jones calls attention to the fact that last season was one of the worst for cotton production in recent years ip this area due to the high weevil infestation. At this time last y^ar out of 74 fields examined in eatsem North Caro lina only 36 were infested with an average of one weevil per 100 ! plants. This year *for the same period, out of 65 fields examined all but three are infest|Bd a*d the - »avefl&^iisamls^’ of weet^ per lOQ plartts is 12, almost iS'times as many as one year ago. An enor mous number of weevils went into hibernation and the survival rate was high. According to present indications all are not yet out of hibernation. Because of the large number of weevils now in fields Mr,. Jones strongly advises farmers to carry out a thorough program of poison ing. He recommends three ap- plicantions of dust at seven-day in tervals using eight to 10 pounds per acre of either ,BHC 3%-DDT 5% or toxaphene 20%. Since these checks were made several farmers in the county have had opportunity to actually observe results of the first dust ing in several fields and those reporting say that the count has definitely been reduce to from none to one or two boll weevils per 100 plants from the county average of 13.6. of a week or more ago. 0— Hoke Boys Win Degrees At State Among the record graduating The sununer recreation program for the school-age children of the conrmunity which has hitherto been sponsored by the Parent- Teacher association will begin rs usual n^xt Tuesday at the high school gymnasium. The sponsor ship this year is by the Kiwanis club through its public affairs committee which will endeavor to raise the necessary funds for the project An attempt was made to get seven or eight civic organizations in the community to contribute equally to the project to raise a total of about $400 needed for two months but this was unsuc cessful as those which approved made their approvals contingent on the approval of the others and the churches did not agree to con tribute. S/;me money may still be available from the other sources, the committee hopes, and the balance will have to come from interested individuals and firms The program will be directed by Coach Haywood Faircloth and will consist of games around the gym from nine to 11 each morn ing. There will be softball, cro quet, tennis, horseshoes, bad minton and volley ball. In the af ternoons transportation will be provided to the creek where swimming wiU be superivsed from two to four. Evening recreation for the lar ger group will be conducted ,-at the gym on Monday Tuesday and Thursday evenings from seven to ten. Tennis courts will be re served for adults on Wednesday and Fifday nights Contributions to the project may be sent to Robert Gatlin, chairman of the conimittee. Con tacts will be made and letters 4vritten very soon and a list of donors will be published from time ie time in The News-Journal. BASEBALL TOWN? The merchants and firms ol this town have kicked in on the uniforms and expenses of at least three baseball teams that we know of this summer. Each team has turned in their list and asked that it be published, but they are largely the same group because there are not but so many to get it from on our street and we don’t see any use in repeating their names. First there was the Rebels who got up money to get go ing, and are now going at a good rate. Then there was the American Legion junior team. Most recently there are the Raeford Boll Weevils, aged 11 to 15, for whose uniforms and equipment the' firms contri buted. The Boll Weevils say they have been working out every morning and are now ready for all comers. The business houses are sup porting these teams with a little cash to get going on, but it takes a few cash customers in the stands when they play to keep them going. Everybody likes to baseball around here and to have good baseball teams you have to have fans that want good teams and show, it by attendance. The Rebels in particular are going pretty good now and with a break from the fans they may have a fair season from now on. 4-H Boys And Girls To Go To Camp Next Wednesday Mrs. Esther Edwards Dies Near Hope Mills The members of the Hoke Coun ty 4-H Clubs are holding their annual encampment this year at the Millstone 4-H Camp near Rockingham, -The boys and girls together with the Farm and Home Agent, E. M; Stallings and Jose phine Hall, and Mrs. R. W. Posey, a leader for the girls, will leave from the Raeford Grammar school on next Wednesday p. m., June 21, at 1:30. They will return on Monday, June 26. Classes in Han dicrafts, Forestry, Swimming and recreation will be taught. Those who had signed up for camp at noon yesterday were * Shelia M. Balfour, Frances Cal houn, Nancy Faye Calhoun, Mar garet Tew, Mickey Brock, Alice Marie Long, Flora Ann Hall, Jean Haithcox, Janet Guin, Geraldine Vanhoy, Carole Marshall, Shirley Mae McBryde, Barbara Turner Jane Cameron, Jo Anne King Betty Jo Chavis, Alice Mae Sipfle, Nancy Lee Cloer, Virginia Mae Batten, John Davis, Johnny Car ter, Leroy Freeman, Hugh Wright, Robert Neill Currie, James Pot ter, Bobby Brown, Gerald Thomas Pittman, Robert Easterling, Ger ald Sappenfield, H. P. Odom, Jr. Bobby Vanh,oy, John G. Almond, Sidney Turner, Jimmy Shankle, James Carter, Bobby Parker, Jimmy Matlock, Thomas Seaford, Bobby Conoiy, Lewis Bl‘ock, Bil ly Black, Benhy McLeod and Car rol Scarboro. 0 Recorder Holds *(ewbeni Trio On Kidnapping Count Rebels Get Better, Win A Couple; Here Vs Bladenboro Tonite Mrs. Esther Edwards, 61, died Sunday morning at her home on route three near Hope .Mills. She was a daughter of the late J. B. Barefoot and Madaline Bare foot. State Scholarship^ For iVetei^a^^WaYs-r The State of North Carolina in 1943 passed a statute which has Mrs. Edwards is survived by k^ever been too well known to the her husband, H. L. Edwards; by j ggjjgj-ai public. This law grants very I two daughters, Mrs. Carl Boahn ^yga^ional benefits to certain and amounts contributed , FCX Accused Of Outlay For Graham » I ■■■ Charlotte, June 12—^Ten .Meck lenburg county men today accus ed the Farmers Co-operative Ex change of Raleigh of violating a federal law by using money in support of Senator Frank P. Gra ham’s political campaign. The group wrote a letter to U.^S. Attorney General Howard McGrath demanding an official investigation. They contended that the FCX, a corporation, violated provisions of the federal corrupt practices act “by utilizing corporate funds to promote the political candidacy The letter was signed by R. S Dickson, investment broker; W. S Tate, merchant; J. Bryan Wentz • thoir I merchant; W. A. Richard, -ac- class of 1,222 which received their ^ Webb, real estate diplomas from Governor W. Kerr ^ g^j-ig whitton, construc- Scott at commencement exercises company executive; Dr. Glenn in Raleigh Sunday afternoon ^ Pennington, medical physi- were five men from Hoke coun V. ^ Folger, automobile The exercises were held in Will- ^ ^ Montgomery, auto jam Neal Reynolds coliseum and j crouch, in addition to the governor I tured the first official appearance McGrath that of President Gordon Gray, new ^ ^ Mdnn, the co-operative’s head of the Consolidated Univer- manager, sent out a let- sity. j-gj. on the corporation’s stationery. ’Thomas Joseph Upchurch and ^j^gy Mann “lauded Kenneth Watson McNeill of Rae- ggngtor Graham.” They said it ford each received the degree of p^ior to the May 27 bachelor of science in agronomy Qgmocratic primary in which (Field crops); Joseph Richard led Willis Smith, IVfoAjnulty of Raeford received j^g^eigh lawyer, and two other the degree of Bachelor of civil I ^^gj^gg^g ^^g Mecklenburg engineering. Deven Ralph Lj-oup said the letters were Jr., of Ashlejl Heights, received f^rianced with FCX money, the degree of bachelor of science ^^gg asked McGrath in Poultry science. Richard Jones Lg investigate and “advise the of McCair, received the degree citizens of of Bachelor of science in engineer- Carolina as to the illegality ing.. I of the co-op corporation’s politi- 0- l eal activities and take steps to Partridge I commence prosecution.” 0 of Raeford route two and Mrs. gjjgjbie children of World Wars Henry Fields of Rockfish; by four j g^d II veterans. Full four-year sons, Edward Edwards of Fayette- | scholarships at any state-support- ville and Frank, Theodore and school or college, includin* Walter Edwards,, all of route 3; ^jjg state educational institution by six sisters and by four broth- gj ^bich such student has matri- ers. I culated” are made available by Funeral services were conduct- the State to children who satisfy ed Monday afternoon at three!the following eligibility require- o’clock at the ^aveside at the I ments. Broadly, speaking, these Barefoot cemetery. I fall into three classifications: (1) Q.i I For children of war veterans kill ed in war-time service or who died as a direct result of service- connected wounds or disabilities, there exist an .unlimited number The State Highway Commission I scholarships. (2) For children last- week showed. the counties J veterans having service-con- and towns how they will fare un- ^ected war-time disability of 30% After hearing evidence for the State and the defense in record er’s court Tuesday morning Judge Henry McDiarmid found probable cause in the case in which Willie Parks had indicted his wife, her brother and another for kidnap ping him. Bonds of $500 were con tinued for the three to appear in Superior court for trial. Parks testified to the effect that his wife had enticed him into the car in which the two men were hiddea and then driven it off to where the men had showed themselves and threatened him and pointed a pistol at him and then taken him to Raeford and thrown him out. Defense contended that the whole, trouble ’was about the Parks chilcP and introduced an agreement signed by Parks giv ing his wife custody of the child, who was in his custody on June 6 when the kidnapping is 'alleged to have taken place. Defense also contended that Parks had been neither threatened or hurt and that he was brought to Raeford at his own request. Highway Pa trolman Pridgen testified ■ that no weapon was in possession of any 6f the defendants when they were taken into custody. Defendants were Rachel Parks, her brother, Wayne Hawks and Charles Berry, all of Newbern. Luther Rogers, Indian, had to pay the costs and make good a bad check. Sentence of 30 days was suspended, i colored, got 30 daxs suspended on payment of $25 and the‘costs for being drunk and disorderly and carry ing a concealed weapon in one case and 30 days suspended on payment of the costs for being drunk and disorderly in another. Johnnie Benjamin Hollings worth, colored, paid $10 and the oogtff for drivias with iaotroper equipment and Neill Allen Me • The Raeford Rebels, through picking up a player here and there and some from colleges now out for the summer, have mana.g- ed to pick up a couples of gamer- after a somewhat mediocre strat Last Thursday the local ag gregation walloped the Robesoii county all-stars 17-11 in a free- hitting affair and on Saturday they handed a strong Wade team a 13 to 2 shellacking. Tonight they will take the field against the strong Bladenboro Spinners, winners of the semi- pro tournament here. Game time IS eight o’clock. Saturday night they will play St. Pauls. Both games will be in Armory park The team needs the support of local fans to stay in business, a they are about $50 behind on ; home game to start with, what with S35 for lights, $5 for umpir ing and $6 or $8 for balls. Those that want to see the boys keep baseball here are going to have to get out there and back them up, it looks like. O L&S. Quits Carrying Mail After 40 Years Phony Race Jssue Spurned By Voters Road Money For Towns, Counties der 4ts $49,400,000 maintenance budget for the next 12 months. predetermined by the 1949 Gen eral Assembly and an iron-clad formula, were nearly identical in each case to the allocation for the current fiscal year. Raleigh, June 13.—Appeals to prejudice and ignorance on the race issue are falling flat in the senatorial campaign, Jeff D. John- n, Jr., campaign manager of Senator Frank Graham, reported today. “The people of North Carolina once again have demonstrated that they cannot be swayed by trumped-up efforts to array race against race,” he said. “Once again they have shown the calm judgment and good sense which have made North Carolina the most outstanding and progressive State in the South.” Johnson pointed to the tremen dous total of over 303,000 votes which Graham received in the May 27 primary and his lead of over 53,000 votes above his near- C. E. Autry Starts Star Route Monday; Makes One Trip Daily; Arrives 4:45 After -H) years of continuous service the Laurinburg and Sou thern railroad gave up the mail contract on the sen,'ice between Raeford. Wagram and Laurinburg last Sunday and service was start ed by Star route on Monday. C. E. Autry of Raeford was low bidder and will make one round trip a day for si.x days a week. His bid was S2500 yearly. The Laurinburg and Southern began carrying the mail in 1910' between Laurinburg and Wa gram, and later when it pturchased the railroad tracks between Rae ford and Wagram it began mail service to the Raeford postoffice. For a number of years it carried the mail on its trains, but dwind ling passenger and express ser vice resulted in the discontinu ance of the trains, except freight trains, and the railroad has for the last several years moved the mail by truck. Recently the Aberdeen and Rockfish railroad discontinued its mail and passenger bus between Aberdeen, Raeford and Fayette ville, so that railroads now han dle no mail to the local post of fice. The star route contract pro vides that the mail truck must leave Raeford at 8 o’clock each morning and reach Laurinburg in one hour. It leaves Laurinburg after the Seaboard mail train runs from Hamlet, but not after 12:30 p. m. The mail is scheduled to reach Wagram 20 minute later, but the trip from Wagram to Rae ford must not start until 4:13 p. m.', reaching the local postoffice at 4:45. Neill, colored, got 60 days sus-. est opponent. pended on payments of $25 and the “The people have spoken clear- or more as rated by the Veterans Administration, there exist ten The size and .he ais.rlhu.ion | soHol«^sJ,lps^^a ^ a legal resident of North Carolina when he entered service. (3) For children of veterans rated by the Veterans Administration as 100% disabled and drawing compeiisa- The $49,400,000 does not include | tion therefor, whether service any part of the $200-million rural connected or otherwise, there ex road bond issue or any of the $22,- ist fifteen scholarships a year. In 000,000 in State and federal-aid 1 these cases, the father must have funds available for the new fiscal [ been a resident of North Carolina year. upon entry into service costs for no operator’s license. John MePhatter and Thomas Dixon, colored, were charged each with assaulting their wives and each got 30 days suspended on payment of the costs and two years good behavior. Ralph Ellerbe, colored, got 60 day^ suspended on payment of $50 and the costs for being drunk and disorderly and carrying a concealed weapon. Henry Edwards, colored, paid $10 and the costs for speeding 50 miles an hour in a 35-mile aone. Buddy Clippard, ■white, pled guilty of having a part of a jar of non-tax-paid liquor. Sentence of 30 days was susp|pded on pay ment of $10 and the costs. 0 MISS WALKER LEAVING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH At the last meeting of the Ptes- byterian church officers the re- * signation of Miss Alice Walker Lt. and Mrs. Bill returned from Washington Sun day night. Mrs* Partridge has been in Washington for a with her aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Macko visit j and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Marlar at- wun cuii., Mrs."schlosser. tended the dance sponsored by Helen and Charlotte Schlosser the Sc^uthern Pines Nationa Guard came home with the Partridges Unit at the Country Club in Sou- L a visn ‘ them Pines last Wednesday night The totals: State highways maintenance, $7,000,000; county highways main tenance, $13,600,000; county bet terment, $8,500,444; general bet terment, $5,400,000; retreatment, $2,500,000; municipal mainten ance, $2,4O0,OOO. This road maintenance money is to be divided among the ten high way districts and the several towns in these distriots. Hoke county is in the 6th district and other counties of the district are Scotland, Robeson, Chatham, Lee, Moore, Davidson and Randolph. George Coble of Lexington is the highway commissioner for the 6th district. The funds for the 6th dis trict under the foregoing alloca tion are as follows: $619,551 state maintenance; $1,131,581 for county maintenance; $791,240 for county bettermei},t; $509,305 for general befterment; $291,250 for retreatment; $222,553 for munici pal maintenance. Two years residence in the State , dj. of North Carolina is required of all applicants before being eligi ble. It is emphasized that these scholarships are good only at State educational institutions. This means those which are oper ated and supported by State ap propriations, and not those insti tutions merely located within the (Continued on page 4) 0 LEGION SPONSORING DANCE TOMORROW PM The Ellis Williamson Ameri can Legion Post is holding a dance at the armory tomorrow night for the benefit of its junior baseball team. Music will be furnished by “The Lamplighters,” popular yoUng ordhestra from Fayette ville which features as pianist L E. Reaves, Jr., formerly of Rae ford. Dancing will begin at 9:00 o’clock and the pubAc is cordial ly invited. rector, and Director of Young People’s Work, was accepted with regret. The officers voted unanimous ly to extend to Miss Walker their thanks for her untiring service to the church, through the choir and the young people, and to ex press their geniune regret at her leaving. They also wished her much success in any new work she may accept, and Gods con tinued blessing as she leaves. 0 RECEIVES DEGREE AT UNC WilUam Adcox received the Bachelor of Arts Degree -at the Commencement exercises at the University of North Carolina, last week. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Adcox of Route 2. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bennett. Miss Frances Jo Adcox and W. R- Ad cox attended the Commencement exercises. ly,” Johnson declared. “They like Frank Graham and the construc tive program he stands for. They resent appeals to ignorance and prejudice because they consider such appeals an insult to their intelligence.” Meanwhile, Senator Graham ex pressed appreciation for the fact that the attorneys general of all the Southern states used his ar gument against compulsory abol ition of segregation in presenting their case to the Supreme Court in the Texas and Oklahoma seg regation issues. “I still oppose, as I always have opposed, the Federal gov- rnment forcing non-segregadoif on states or regions.” Graham de clared. “I reaffirm my oft-express ed faith in the North CaroUna program of mutual understand ing, respect and cooperation be tween the races, under which both races have made the great est progress in the last several decades of any dissimilar groups in any one area in a like period of human histery.” Johnson said the race issue was raised by Graham’s oppon ents simply as a ruse to get votes and not because this State is fac ing any crisis in its race rela tions. “This is doing a great disser vice to our State.” he commented, “and I am sure all thinking peo ple join me in resenting it. Johnson said it was significant that the decisions in the Texas and Oklahoma cases, which in ef fect upheld a segregation law that had been on the books for 55 years, were unanimous. Justice Clark of Texas and Justice Black of Alabama concurred in the de cisions which were written by another Southerner, Chief Jus tice Vinson of Kentucky. FARM ITEMS By E. M. STALLINGS Hoke County Farm Agent Miss Margie Campbell is at- i tending summer school at ECTC. Toince# Insect Control Many different insects attack the growing tobacco plant and most of them can be controlled by proper use of insecticides. The use of poisons is the only way to control them for this year, but certain farming practices, if put into effect this year, will help in preventing them ,in 1951. Many of these tobacco pests breed in large numbers in aban doned plant beds and on suckers from stalks left in tobacco fields after haurvest. Since this is true, as soon as the plant beds are no longer needed all plants remain ing should be killed. Immediate ly after completion of harvest all tobacco stalks should be cut down. Some of the recommended in secticides can be applied either as dusts or as sprays. Usually best results will be obtained with the method that gets best cov erage. Sprays are usually cheaper, can be used vmder windier con ditions, and stick better than dusts, but require more labor and are harder to get under the leaves, where many insects stay. A list of tobacco insects and recommended treatments may be obtained at the county agent’s office. BoU Weevil Cwtral Cotton BoU Weevils are increas ing in numbers every day. The size of squares and the number of squares for tb^se weevils to puncture and lay eggs in are also increasing each day. If we do not kiU these weevUs now and save these early squares the chances of successfully doing the job and producing a crop of cottem this year are slim. To wait longer to start dusting or spraying is to give the weevils a chance to lay eggs in and destroy the squ.art8 in the field, and prodtice a (Continued on 4)
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