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VOLUME XLV; NUMBER 5
THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1950
RAEFORD. N. C.
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FARM ITEMS
By E. M. STALLINGS
Hoke County Farm Agent
BoU weevils art still emerging
in large numbers, therefore, far
mers who are poisoning should
continue their applicaticfis at 7-
day intervals. It is believed that
about 80% of the overwintering
weevils ar£ out of hibernation
with 20% yet to emerge.
Survey work in Hoke County
last week showed that all poison
ed fields checked were in good
shape compared to the fields that
were not poisondd.
A check of 100 squares each in
5 poisoned and 4 unpoisoncd
fields showed an average of 11%
punctured in the poisoned fields
against 69% punctured in the un
poisoned fields. This clearly
shows that'' the poisons are ef
fective when applied correctly.
The following is a table show
ing the results of last week’s sur
vey, made by F. F. Bondy, En
tomologist, Pee Dee Experiment
Station, Florence, S. C.
The five poisoned fields. 100
squares examined in each field,
showed 10 punctures no weevils;
13 punctures no weevils; 10 punc
tures no. weevils; 4 punctures no
weevils; 12 punctures 4 weevils.
The four unpoisoned fields,
100 squares examined in each
field, showed 77 punctures 10
weevils; 63 punctures 13 weevils;
76 punctures 5 weevils; 62 punc
tures 11 weevils,
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dourt Is Brief
Tuesday Morning
Interest Grows In
Sununer Program;
Money Is Needed
Itecorder’s court almost wasn’t
on Tuesday morning, some ob
servers opining that the weather
has been too hot for much mean
ness lately.
Samuel Sullivan, colored sold
ier, was charged with attempting
breaking and entering and being
drunk and disorderly. W. J. Mc-
Quage. whose premises he tried
• to enter, testified that he didn’t
believe Sullivan knew what he
was doing, so the judge found
him guilty of the drunkenness
charge only. Sentence was 30 days
suspended on payment of $10 and
the costs.
Clar.ence Shaw, colored, paid
$10 and the costs for^ driving with
improper brakes.
Charlotte Blue, colored, got 30
days suspended on payment of
the costs and two years good -be
havior for having about five, gal
lons of home brew.
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New Dime Store
To Open Saturday
“Harry’s 5 & 10c Store” will
have its grand opening here Sat
urday, according to an announce
ment in this issue of the News-
Journal.
The new venture will be own
ed and operated by Harry Ep
stein and will be located in the
building on the east side of main
street recently vacated by Pen
der’s grocery store between Belk-
Hensdale company and Progres
sive store.
Haywood Faircloth, director of
the community recreation pro
gram for school-age children, re
ported this week that attendance
at the morning, afternoon and
eVening sessions was steadily in
creasing and that interest in the
program was high, at least among
the boys and girls. Tuesday after
noon, for example, 57 children
were carried to Rockfish for
swimming.
He said that one of-the most
popular features of the program
was the swimming class being
held from 10:30 to 11:30 each
morning. There are 25 enrolled
in this class at present and sever
al have already shown signs of
learning to swim, the coach said.
The night program for high
school boys' and girls is now go
ing on and is held at the gym on
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
nights. The facilities are reserved
for adults on Wednesday and
Friday nights.
On Friday morning the whole
group will go to the creek for a
swimming party and weiner roast,
leaving at 10:30 and returning
at 2:30. Children attending will
be asked to bring 25c each for
food.
Appeal For Funds
A letter for publication on this
subject follows:
“We believe the program is a
fine thing and that the people
of Raeford want it. The Kiwanis
club through its Pubiic Affairs
l^cfjtnmjjttpu is glad 4o_^ ^ave a part
in promoting this. Direeted play
is a vital part of a child’s life to
day.
“A few contributions are com
ing in but not enough. We would
like for this to be a voluntary
matter but if more contributions
don’t come in in the next week
we will have, to solicit.
“We hope the program can rim
for two months but that will de
pend upon the contributions of
the citizens and business men of
the town.’!
Yours sincerely, \
Robert Gatlin, Chairman Pj^ib-
lic Affairs Committee Raeford
Kiwanis Club.
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Rural Deliveries
Of Mail To Be
Made Earlier
Local Club Officers
Installed Friday
Mrs. John Nixon of Sanford,
State President of the Business
and Professional Women’s club,
met with the local club Friday
evening at seven o’clock at Hotel
Raeford, for the purpose of in
stalling the 1,950-51 officers. Mrs.
Nixon installed each officer with
a quotation from the Bible, illus
trating the duties an dimportance
of each office. A certain flower,
taken from a large bouquet in the
center of the table symbolizing
officers and members, was pre
sented to each officer as she was
installed., After the members
pledged their support , to the club,
they were also given a flower
from the bouquet.
Officers were installed as fol
lows: Psesident, Mrs. Ellen Willis;
Vice - President. Mrs. Myrtle
Campbell; Corresponding Sec.,
Miss Louise Blue; Recording Sec.,
Mrs. Pearl Childress; Treasurer,
Miss Marian Maxwell. Committee
chairman installed were: Educa
tion and Vocations, Mrs. Ruria
Shelton; Finance,^, Misses Jessie
B. Ferguson and Louise Blue;
Health and Safety, Mrs. Retha
Ashe. International Relations,
Miss Mary Peele; Legislation,
Mrs. Ethel Giles; Membership,
Mrs. Imogene Stephens and Mrs.
Hazel Niven; News Service, Mrs.^
Kate McPhaiil; Program Coordi
nation, Mrs. Myrtle Campbell;
Public Affairs, Miss Marian Max
well; Parlimentarian, Mrs. Helen
Barrington.
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DANCES IN ABERDEEN
Services Held
At Rockfish For
Mrs. Ida English
Mrs. Ida Hood English. 79, died
Thursday morning at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. E. W. Hug
gins, near Elizabethtown.
She was the widow of the- late
Frank E. English of Hoke county
and the daughter of the late Wil
ey and Elizabeth Gray Hood. She
was born in Marlboro county in
South Carolina but spent most of
her life in Hoke county. For the
past year she had made' her home
with Mrs. Huggins.
/Survivors include two other
daughters, Mrs. E. A. McGilvary
of Marshville and Mrs. R. B
Lane of Wagram; four sons, Her
bert English of Belleville, Mich..
Ted English of Maxton, and Per
cy and Grady English of Rock
fish; two brothers, George and
Roland Hood of Glarkton, 42
grandchildren and* 38 great grand
children.
Funeral services were held at
4 o’clock, Friday'afternoon at the
Tabernacle Baptist church at
Rockfish and were conducted by
the Rev. David E. Miller, assist
ed by the Rev. E. B. Booker.
Burial was in the cemetery at
Lumber Bridge.
Pallbearers were grandsons,
Charles English, Lewis English.
Ernest McGilvary, Jr.. Talmadge
English. Robert Huggins and
Douglas English.
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SERVICE AT PARKER’S
The Aberdeen Junior chamber
of commerce announced this we^
that a , Series of dances is being
held on Friday nights in the high
school gymnasium in Aberdeen
for the purpose of raising money
to buy uniforms for the high
school band. The public is in
vited and there is square and
round dancing.
District Gin Meet
'I ere Y ester day
The annual meeting of the cen
tral North Carolina district of
the Carolines Ginners association
was held at the Hoke county high
school yesterday morning with
about 30 ginners from Hoke and
surrounding counties in attend
ance.
The two-hour program included
definite information on the 1950
support program, the wage and
hour regulations for cotton gins,
cotton insect control, technical
information on ginning cotton and
cotton gin machinery, and the ac
tivities of the National Cotton
council.
t Speakers were Louis McGill,
secretary of the Carolinas Gin
ners association, Forrest H. Shu-
ford, N. C. labor commissioner.
J. A. Shanklin, extension cotton
specialist, Fred P. Johnson, mar
keting and ginning specialist, J.
A. Ferguson, extension agricul
tural engineer, J. C. Oglesbee,
ginning specialist with the_ U. S.
Department of agriculture, 'w. G-
Lowry of the N. C. Farm Bureau.
Myers Tilghman, ginners associa
tion director, and Wallace Hackler,
cotton council field representa
tive.
Directors were elected and the
group was served lunch in, the
cafeteria after adjournment.
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ACCIDENT TUESDAY
WILLIS SMITH DEFEATS GRAHAM
TO BECOME SENATE NOMINEE
Overcomes 50,000 Vote Lead
And Wins By Over 20,000
In Second Primary
WILLIS SMITH
The Rev. P. O. Lee announced
yesterday that .regular morn
ing service for Parker’s Metho
dist would be held at Johnson’s
mill next Sunday morning in
stead of at the church. The change
he said, was being made because
of a baptismal service. He said
the service would be an open
baptismal service.
Officials Returns
For Hoke County
William Harris, Jr., colored,
was struck by a aar while riding
his bicycle on the Fayetteville
road about six miles from Raeford
Tuesday afternoon. The cm was
driven by John L. Sears, Jr;, tra
veling salesman of Charlotte.
Harris suffered cuts and bruises
and was taken to a Fayetteville
hospital. The accident was inves
tigated by the State highway
patrol.
Lacy Clark, Raeford postmaster,
said this week that rural deliv
eries of mail by carriers from the
Raeford post office would start
at nine-thirty a. m. daily instead
of 11:00 o’clock.
Clark said the change was be
ing made as a result of recen^
changes in the arrival times of
the mail to thd office and in order
to benefit the public and the
carriers. He said boxholders
should get their morning papers
before noon from now on.
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Rebels Take Three;
Play Here Tomorrow
After getting a pretty bad beat-
Epstein has been in .possession i from the strong Bladenboro
of the building since shortly after
the Pender store ceased opera
tions on April 1 and has install
ed new fixtures of the most mod
ern design and has redocrated
the' interior completely.
For the past several weeks the
merchandise has been being ship
ped to the store from various
points and displayed preparatory
to the opening Saturday, July 1.
The owner said yesterday that
he felt that he had as fine a stock
as any 5 & 10c store in a small
towm anywhere,'and invited the
public of Raeford and Hoke
county to come in on Saturday
and look the place over.
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Miss Mary Hazel Whitley and
several Fayetteville friends, left^
last Friday fo ra stay of ten days,
■or more in New York.
Spinners here two weeks ago .the
Raeford Rebels came back and
have won their last three en
counters.
They have defeated the Bladen
county All-Stars, 17-3, the Sou
thern Pines semi-pros 13 to 8 and
St. Pauls 6 to 4.
Tomorrow night the team plays
another game in Armory park,
entertaining a semi-pro aggre-
.gation from Buie’s Creek.
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BANK REMODELS
The Bank of Raeford has un
dergone an extensive face-lifting
in the last couple of weqks and
the new exterior has been com
pleted. Further work is to be done
inside the bank, rearranging win
dows, etc. — just what will be
seen in a week or so.
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Paul Green’s symphonic drama, The Lost Colony,
will open for its 10th session in Waterside Theatre
on Roanoke Island, Saturday night, July 1. There
will be 57 performances this season,, with shows
each night at 8:15 o’clock except on Mondays. The
show has been in full scale rehearsals for several
weeks, repairs have been made to the unusual
amphitheatre which overlooks Roanoke Sound,
and everything is in readiness for the opening of
this sympohnic drama which is America’s first
great mystery romance, brought to lige on a stage
that is located at the actual site of the landing of
the colonists sent out from England in 1857, and
the birthplace of Virginia Dare, first child of Eng
lish parentage born in America. The photo layout
showing historical marker where English history
began in America in center gives an idea of this
longest running outdoor production in this nation.
Scene at upper left shows the band of 150 brave
men and women as they were preparing to leave
England for the New World. Sir Walter Raleigh is
telling them good bye. Upper right photo shows
Sir Walter Raleigh and Eleanor Dare in an inform
al between reahearsal scene pose. They are Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Griffith of Goldsboro. In lower
left members of cast take time off to help thatch
a cabin roof on the 180 foot stage. The photo at
lower right Uppowoc, the Indian medicine man,
played this year by John Lehman, ■ Raleigh, in a
dramatic dance scene. More and more persons are
seeing The Lost Colony each year because more
and more people are learning that the Dare coast-
land where the show is presented each year is one
of the finest vacation spots along the mid-Atlantic
coast. I!*'!®
Precinct
Allendale
Antioch
Asheinont
Blue Springs
Little River
Mildouson
Puppy Creek
Raeford 1
Raeford 2
Rockfish
TOTALS
Smith
50
96
133
72
48
89
91
145
197
68
989
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Graham
14
30
72
30
57
63
26
97
102
22
518
Smith’s Percentage
Shows Ipcrease
Here In Run-off
While many counties in the
state that were carried by Senator
Graham in the first primary were
switching in the second to Willis
Smith, Hoke county, which Smith
carried in the first primary, gave
him a larger percentage of the
votes cast than it did in the first
primary.
In the first primary Graham
got 642 votes to Smith’s 942 of
1583 cast in the race in this coun
ty. This was 59.4% for Smith to
40.6% for Graham. Garham car
ried only Little River precinct
in each primary.
In the second primary there
were 1507 votes cast in the coun
ty, a drop of 76 from the first.
Of these Smith got 989, or 65.6%
while Graham got 518 and his
percentage dropped to 34.4%.
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LIBRARY NEWS
Hoke County Library will be
closed Tuesday, July 4.
Miss Lydia McKeithan will con
duct a story hour at the library
Monday afternoon, at 4 o’clock.
Since the library will be closed
Tuesday this story hour will be
for both groups.
Among the new titles received
are the following;
One is a Lonesome Number,
Manners; The Enduring Hills.
Giles; The Bizarre Sisters. Walz;
The Stubbon Heart, Slaughter;
TBe Unheard Music, Cameron;
Homeward Borne, Chatterton; Hie
to the Hunters, Stuart; Let Go Of
Yesterday, Breslin.
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Local Churches Plan
Christian Y outh W eek
Plans are being made for a
“Christian Youth Week” a series
of five services for young people.
Plans are for the same type of
meetings at the “Vesper confer'-^
ence” held last summer, and are
being made to include all young
people of the community with all
the churches participating.
Plans are to hold the series at
the Raeford Presbyterian church
from July 31 to August 4, and
the program will include inspira
tion, song and recreation. Young
people 15 years of age and over
will be invited.
Raleigh, June 27—North Car
olina voters named Willis Smith,
a chaiT.pion of what he calls
“Southern democracy.” to replace
Frank P. GraHa.m in the U. S.
Senate. In a bitter Democratic
run-off primary. S.Tiith, a former
president of the American Bar
Association. defeated Graham
Saturday by 20.006 votes.
The race issue, Com..Tnunism, and
the president’s administration
played the key . roles in Smith’s
successful campaign attack.
With reports in from nearly all
the state’s 1,990 precincts, unoffi
cial returns gave Smith 277,372
votes to Graham’s 258,355. The
536,000 votes cast was a new high
for a Democratic primary except
for the more than 600,000 cast May
27, when Graham led Smith.
Since the state ■ is over.vhelm-
ingly Democratic the winner of
the Democratic primary is assur
ed of victory in the November
general election.
Smith said Graham, once favor
ed FEPC and had failed to sup
port Southern Senators in defeat
ing the federal measure. He also
said Graham was too free in en
dorsing leftist organizations late
ly termed subversive by the at
torney general.
Graham, a member of President
Truman’s committee on civil
rights, said flatly he was opposed
to compulsory FEPC.
On May 27, Graham led a field
of four candidates in the regular
Democratic primary. Graham had
303.000 votes and Smith was 50,-
000 behind. Trailing far behind
were former U. S. Senator Robert
Rice Re3molds and 011a Ray Boyd,
a nursery-pig raiser who is a
perennial candidate.
Smith had the right to call for a
runoff primary because Graham
didn’t lead the field by a majority.
Smith’s supporters compared
their candidate with the state sen
ior Senator, swallow-tailed coat
wearer Clyde R. Hoey, stating they
both have essentially the same,
political viewpoints. Hoey wasn’t
opposed this year.
Smith attacked the Brannan
farm plan, attempts to socialize
medicine, deficit financing, and all
forms of FEPC. He is a -well-built
six-footer w'hoJSoks much youngr
er than his 62Vears. He is senior
partner in the* firm of Smith
Leach and Anderson, one of the
state’s most well-to-do law firms
located in the state capital.
His pre\ ious political experi
ence includes^sesrions in the state
legislature during the late 20s and
early 30s. He rose to become
House speaker.
Graham conceded to Smith at
9:43 p. m. Saturday. After person-
aly congratulating Smith. Graham
issued a statement saying “I con
gratulate Mr. Smith on his victory
I have for him every good wish in
his high opportunity for service to
our state, our .country and the
world in this critical time.”
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Plan Frozen Foods
Meeting Friday Night
On Friday evening, June 30 at
eight o’clock. Miss Nita Orr, one
of the Extension Economists in
Food Conservation from State
College. Raleigh will be in Rae
ford to hold a “Relationship”
meeting for people interested in
Frozen Foods. The meeting will
be held in the . Lions Club room
at the County Office Building.
Freezer locker employees, board
of directors of freezer locker
plants, dealers of frozen food,
cabinets. Home Economics and
Agriculture teachers, food preser
vation leaders in the Home Dem
onstration Clubs and any other
people who use or give fro*«a^ food
information to the public are ask
ed to attend.