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By E. M. STALLINGS
Hoke County Farm Agent
Three demonstrations on suck
er control in tobacco have re
cently been started in Hoke Coun
ty. These plots are on the farms
of J. F. Jordan, three tailed west
of Raeford on the Abferdeen high
way; J. L. Warner, 2% miles
SW of Raeford between highway
211 and 15-A, and on the Tommie
Upchurch Farm, rented by Wade
Locklear, three miles SE of Rae
ford on the Dundarrach highway.
Two types of treatment were
used in these plots. One involved
the use of Mineral Oil applied
to the top of the stalk when the
tobacco was topped, using about
one teaspoonful per stalk. The
oil was applied with a paint brush.
The second treatment was with
Napthelenacetic Acid. Small pel
lets of acid were placed in a de
pression in the top of the stalk
at topping and crushed. These
treatments are shown along with
a section of topped and unsucker-
ed and a section of ‘untopped and
unsuckered tobacco.
S^ther of these treatments
should be done when 1-3 of the
blooms are open or earlier, and
before the suckers begin to grow.
The Napthelenacetic Acid and
mineral oil are not recommended
for general use by farmers at
this time. The influence on the
chemical qualities and aroma and
flavor have not been fully eva
luated as yet. Anywie trying
either method sliould treat only
a few plants.
All farj^ra.
Daniel S. Jones J
Passes Saturday;;^.
Funeral Monday ^
ing these plots are mvi&d to ^6p
by at anytime.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the home of Mrs. Aganora
Andrews here at four- o’clock
Monday afternoon for Uaniel S.
Jones, 39-year-old Gastonia man
who died Saturday night in the
Veterans hospital in ’ F'ayfetteville
after an illness of less than three
weeks.
Mr. Jones was a native of Rae
ford. a veteran of World War I
and '3 member of the Gastonia
‘American Legion, the Civitan
club and the Main Street Metho
dist church in Gastonia. He had
lived in Shelby where he had a
post with the Veterans admini
stration for the three months pre
ceding his death.
He is survived by his widow of
Gastonia who was formerly Miss
Myrtice Barrington of Raeford;
one son, Daniel S. Jones, Jr., of
Gastonia; one sister, Mrs. Aga-
*nora Andrews of Raeford; and
one niece, Mrs. T. B. Lester of
Raeford.
The funeral was conducted by
the Rev. P. 6. Lee and the Rev.
B. P. Robinson and burial was in
the Raeford cemetery. Members
of Gaston Post 23, American Le
gion, and Forty and Eight, Lin
coln County Voiture, had charge
of services at the grave. Firing
i^uad was from the Raeford Na
tional guard unit.
Pallbearers were C. B. Weaver
and E. C. Hemingway of Winston-
Silem, W. E. Pursley and A. A.
Propst of Charlotte. Paul Michael
of Raleigh and William Gund-
lach, Jr., of Jacksonville, Fla.
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Short Route To
Charlotte Gets
final Appi^val
Light Session Of
Recorder’s Court
Rusk, Other Speakers
On Farm Home Week
In Recorder’s court Tuesday
morning before Judge Henry Mc-
Diarmid C. Brook Wallace, Jr.
of Pinehurst and formerly of
Raeford and Fmrt Bragg, entered
a plea of guilty through his attor
ney of giving the late Ryan Mc-
Bryde a bad check for $1000.
Prayer for judgment was contin
ued on payment of the check and
the costs.
Jack L. Patterson, white sold
ier, pled guilty of driving drunk
and driving without a license.
Sentence was six- months to be
suspended on payment of $125
and the costs. Defendant was giv
en until August first to make
payment.
William Henry Wright, white,
also pled guilty of driving drunk
and paid $100 and the costs.
Woodrow Lewis, white, pled
gilty of careless and reckless
driving and paid $25 and the costs,
the $25 going to Robert Edson
for damages.
Bonnie Mallard, white, paid
$25 and the costs for driving
without operator’s license.
Henry Lorenzo Edwards, color
ed, and Garvin Allen Oliver,
white, each paid $10 and the costs
for speeding.
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Because of the crisis in Korea,
the avpearance of Dean Rusk,
Assistant Secretary of State for
Far Eastern Affairs, on the North
Carolina Farm and Home Week
program early next month is ex
pected to attract unusual interest.
Officials approval has been
®ven for the final link of a new
all-paved road which will con
nect Fayetteville and Charlotte
and will cut the distance from
about 140 miles to about 120
miles. The route is through Rae
ford and local citizens have work-
with the Eayettev,i5|lle chamber
of commerce in getting the nec
essary approval of road officials.
The shorter route has been a
project of the road committee of
the Fayetteville ' chamber headed
by Benjamin Huske.
Last week Otis Poole of Candor.
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highway commissioner for the
seventh district, gave his approv
al for the improvement and hard-
surfacing of the road from Hoff-
to Ellerbe. Surfacing the
link from Timberland to Hoff
man had previously been approv
ed. This section is in the sixth
district of which George S. Coble
of Lexington is commissioner.
Final apprSXal of the last link
was the culmination of a. series
of conferences between highway
department officials and civic
leaders of the various towns along
^the route. Nelli A. McDonald
represented Raeford at the con
ferences.
The new route will follow 15-A
from Fayetteville to Raeford; 211
from Raeford to Timberland; a
new road from Timberland to
Hoffman to Ellerbe; 73 from El
lerbe to Albemarle; 27 from Al
bemarle to Charlotte.
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Carolinas Minners
Hold 6
Meetings
Recreation Program
Goes Broke; Quits
The supimer recreation program
4nimal Expedition
To Be Here Friday
Six District gihner’s meetings
held throughout ^rth and South
Carolina during‘;^the past two
weeks proved of! much interest
and value to the 1050 cotton gin-
ners in the two states.
Subjects discussed at the meet
ings included: The 1950 Cotton
seed Support Program, Wake and
Hour Regulations applied to
cotton gins, Cottqp Insect Control,
Ginning Cost Data, Ginning pro
cesses and othect related subjects
that affect cotto«i, ginners.
No specific Cottonseed Support
Program has be^ announced to
date; however, the general na
ture of the proposed Cottonseed
Program was discussed.
Forrest H. Sfeuford, Commis
sioner of Labor in N. C.. and John
G. Forsyth, of the U. S. Dept, of
Labor in South Carolina discuss
ed the Wage and Hour Law and
its technicalities'as applied to cot
ton gins.
Insect control of cotton was a
subject in which everyone was
interested. It was brought out
that weevil infestation is highest
yet ever known in the Southeast.
Geo. ’ D. Jones, Entomologist N.
C. State College and J. A. Sbank-
lin. Extension Cotton Specialist.
N. C. State College led the insect
control discussion in North Car
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Fred P. Johnson, Marketing and
Giiining Spec|it^t of the N. C.
Dept, of Agrh^tural stated that,
in his opiniolr,' the best way for
cotton ginn^ td^old doym their
investment was fit inaugu^Ate an
rr^thods, thus eliminating the
The Ameri-Ccngo World-wide
animal expedition will be in Rae
ford tomorrow afternoon through
Saturday on the lot next to Home
Food market featuring a collec
tor children sponsored by the Rae
ford Kiwanis club through its
public affairs committee had its
last session yesterday with gauges
in the morning and supervised
swimming at the creek yesterday
afternoon.
The program had run a month
when it closed. It was originally
hoped by the Kiwanis committee
that it would be possible to fin
ance the program for two months,
as an average of more than 50
children took advantage of the
games, swimming, etc., in morn
ings, afternoons and evenings.
Most popular with the children,
of course, were the trips to the
creek in the afternoons when
transportation was furnished at
two and three o’clock.
Robert Gatlin, chairman of the
committee and handler pf the
funds, said the program ended
lacking $13.55 of being paid by
public contributions. There were
some errors in the list of dona
tions published last week, so the
whole income and expense of the
venture appears below.
Howell Drug Co $
Bill HoweU
lOCAl MAN CRIIICAILY HURT
AT lOCAl ROADHOUSE SUNDAY
Guard And Reserves
Total At 2,500,000
tion of wild animals as well as
Rusk will be one of the featured | trmned animals,
speakers at the annual event, to
Colored Soldier
Saves Girl From
Drowning Thursday
Margaret Campbell, white,
about 16 daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
L. J. Campbell of Route 1, nar
rowly escaped drowthing while
picking berries on the banks of
Rockfish .creek north of Raeford
last Thursday.
She was near the bridge on the
turnpike road and was wading
and picking when she stepped
into a hole. The soldier was driv
ing and stopped and dragged her
out and Dr. Matheson happened
to bp in the neighborhood also
and although unconscious when
brought out. she was soon revived.
Her family wish to publicly ex
press their deep appreciation to
all who helped with the rescue
. and resuscitation.
be held on the State College
campus, Raleigh, July 31-August
3. Advance room reservations are
now being accepted and should
be sent to • Miss Maud Schaub,
Box 5157, State College Station,
Raleigh.
Although Rusk has not an
nounced the subject lor his ad
dress, any remarks he may make
on conditions in the Far East will
be considered significant because
of his position in the government.
He will speak in William Neal
Reynolds Coliseum on Tuesday
evening, August 1.
Several other speakers of na-;
tional prominence also will ap
pear on the program.
Dr. J. Ken Stern, president of
the American Institute of Co
operation, will discuss “The Role
of Farmer Cooperatives in So
ciety” at a general session begin
ning at 10:30 a. m., Tuesday.
Governor W. Kerr Scott will speak
on Wednesday evening, and Mrs
Georgia Neese Clark, first wo
man to hold the post of Treasurer
of the United States, will deliver
the final address on Thursday ev
ening.
Talent contests will be held
daily during Fdrm and Home^
Week. They are open to any a-
dult or junior farm group or in
dividual and may include chor
uses, solos, instrumental music,
recitations, folk dancing, tricks,
or stunts. Prizes totaling $400
have been donated by the North
Carolina Farm Bureau F*edera-
tion and the North Carolina State
Grange. Entry forms should be
sent to Eugene Starnes, Box 5125,
State College Station, Raleigh, at
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Mr. and Mrs. Lester Seals and
Featured attraction of the show
is “Baby Lasca” a baby elephant
and one of the snjallest elephants
on tour today.
necessity of the ginners buying
expensive cleaning and condi
tioning equipment for their gins.
“According to surveys of gin
ning costs”, stated S. A. Williams,
S. C. Extension Cotton Ginning
Specialist, “ginners costs of oper
ation are up more than ever and
will porbably mount this year be
cause of high labor wages.”
Mrs. N. L. McFadyen
LOCAL STUDENT WINS
HIGH AVERAGE AT DUKE
Durham, N. C.—Mlton B. Mann,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Israel Mann
of Raeford, is among 37 Duke
University students who recently
completed their freshmen year
with unusually high scholastic
averages.
The top ranking students all
achieved averages of 2.5 or bet
ter. A 2.5 average is the equiva
lent of a high “B plus” grade and
will result in election to Phi Beta
Kappa, national scholastic honor
ary fraternity, if maintained
throughout most of a student’s
college career.
Mann is eligible for the Dean’s
List next Fall because of the
exceptionally high average.
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Representatives of Farm Or-
ganidtions expressed their opin
ions on the ginner—farmers re
lationship. The general opinion
was that the cotton farmer has
appreciated the ginner’s efforts
in modernizing their plants in
order to turn out a superior bale
of cotton, therebjr makiqg the
cotton worth more money. “Far
mers generally are not looking
for a bargain in ginning their
cotton but for a good job of pro
cessing their cotton,” stated John
I. Eagles of the N. C. Farm Bu
reau.
Mrs. H. C. McLauchlin ....
Mrs. J. L. McNeill
Doijig McLeod
W.. D. Brown ,ii
W. P. Phillips
R. B. Lewis
A. L. Ellis
Clarence Lytch
Marion Gatlin
Mrs. Harry Greene
Am^can Legion 1.......
Chamber of Commerce ..
C. L. Thomas
Bank of Raeford
A Friend
The News-Journal
Thus the total received
$192.50 and $200.00 was paid to
Coach. Haywood Faircloth for his
supervision of the program and
$6.05 to Berder Niven for gas
making a deficit on the program
of $13.55.
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Lions Sponsor
Circus Tonight
Directors who were re-elected
for the next fiscal year beginning
January 1, 1950 included: Clyde
E. Upchurch. Raeford. N. C.
Ruritans Meet
At Rockfish
Archie Byrne, president of the
Raeford Lions club, announced
this week that the club was spon
soring the appearance here to
night of “Diamond Jim’s Circus,”
and he invited the public to at
tend. He said money made by
the club on the venture would
be used for the club’s civic and
charitable activities.
The circus is strictly an animal
show, with no games of any kind.
It lasts about an hour and a half
and features trained dogs, ponies
monkeys, baboons, etc. There is
also bareback riding and bronco
busting and “Prince Tiny”, fea
tured Hollywood movie horse will
performed.
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Washington, July 19.—The na
tional guard and armed services
reserves include about 2,500,000
men subject to c^U under power
given to Secretary of Defense
Johnson by President Trunian.
However, only a small part of
that number are fully trained and
equipped, or even organized into
units.
Here is how the backlog of mili
tary strength is made up;
National guard:
A total strength (a few weeks
before the Korean war) of about
328.000 in ground units.
Organized into 27 divisions—
25 infantry, two armored.
All these divisions, says the
Army, are fully organized by
units, ready to go. However, the
man strength of almost all of the
divisions is barely half the war
time complement.
Air national guard:
About 45,000 men; 516 units
composed into 12 light bomber
and 72 fighter squadrons.
Army reserves:
About 600,000 men. However,
only about 185,000 of these (70-
thousand officers and 116-thou-
sand men) are on a paid, regular
ly trained basis.
On paper the reserves consist
of 17 infantry, three armored,
five airborne divisions. But the
de^ee of organization and actual
readiness generally i&._ipuch less
than that for the guard.
Navy reserves:
A total of 1,118,231 names are
listed—but only 184,000 are act
ually in regular training. The
others, generally are men who
have indicated willingness to go
on active duty.
Marine reserves:
128,000, with 28,000 receiving
training on drill-pay status.
Air force reserves:
53,000 in regular drill-pay
status, with another 64,000 vol
unteer training outfits.
The 45,000 men of the Air Na
tional Guard are in addition to
these Air Force reservists.
Raeford, Red Springs, Sanford,
St. Pauls and Southern Pines Na
tional Guard units make up the
130th Anti-aircraft artillery bat
talion which is a part of the 30th
Infantry Division of North Car
olina and Tennessee.
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Two Are Shot When Bad
Johnson Goes Berserk With
Pistol At McMinis Place
Heston Rose, 32-year-old taxi
cab operator and veteran, is in
a Fayetteville hospital as a re
sult of being shot at the Farmer’s
Restaurant on the Fayetteville
road lats Sunday at about 2:00 a.
m. Rose has a .38 caliber bullet
in his brain and' is given little
chance to recover. Howard Tay
lor. another local white man, was
shot at the same tim.e and was in
Duke hospital with a shattered
ankle. He returned yesterday.
Sheriff D. H. Hodgin and Rae
ford Po.lice.man M. N. Cook ar
rested Edmond A. Johnson. 25-
year-old farmer, also a veteran,
at his room over Howell Drug
Company here shortly after the
shooting and jailed him for it.
Hearing was to have been held
Tuesday morning before Judge
McDiarmid in Recorder’s court
but was postponed pending out
come of Rose’s injury.
The way officers got the story
of the shooting from H. L. Mc
Minis, operator of the place, and
others present was as follows:
They understand Johnson was in
front of the place with a woman
and Howard Taylor was in his
car there with his wife. Johnson
and Taylor had an argument and
Taylor got out of his car and
Johnson is said to have shot
three times, hitting Taylor in the^
ankle.
Journalism Clut>
Dance Tomorrow
Johnson is then said to have
gone around to the kitchen and
thrust his right arm and head in
the window and to have fired
several shots into the room (about
8 X 10) in which there were sev
eral persons. These hit no one,
it is said, but then Johnson went
around to the back door and fir
ed through the screen and hit
Rose in the top of his head.
The sheriff and the policeman
went tc^ Johnson’s room and said
they had no trouble with him.
When asked about the pistol,
said to be a .38 revolver, he said
that it was empty, so he had
thrown it away.
CHURCH OF GOD REVIVAL
Pastor B. G. Norton of the
Church of God announces 'that
revival services are being con
ducted there each evening this
week at seven o’clock by the Rev.
A. B. Randolph of Gastonia, and
that everyone is invited.
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Mrs. Ola Ritchie and grandson,
Muzzie Ritchie, of Columbia, S.
C. were week end guests in the
home of Mrs. Ritchie’s brother,
G. C. Lytle.
children of Port Arthur, Texas,
arrived the first of the week for
a visit of several weeks with Mr.
Seal’s mother, Mrs. L. B. Seals.
Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Seals of
Chapel Hill also visited here this
week.
Miss Belle Smith, who is at
tending summer school at Boone,
spent the week end with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Smith.
She was accompanied home by
two classmates. Miss Jo West of
Moyock, N. C. and Miss Jean
Bradley of Charlotte. The girls
rode to Raeford with Miss Mild
red Oliver, who is also attending
summer school at Boone and who
spent the week end with her sis
ter, Mrs. Walter Baker.
The Hoke Ruritan club held
its regular meeting on Wednes
day evening of last week with
Vernon Parson, president, in
charge. This was “Ladies Night”
and a fine fish supper, prepared
by members of the club, was en
joyed by all.
Rebels Take One
From Red Springs
Reports from committees were
heard, with the one from the
committee on organizing the Boy
Scout troop at Rockfish being of
special interest. There was no
prepared program for the even
ing but Charles E. Jones, Cape
Fear District Ruritan governor,
made a few interesting remarks
on Ruritan activities in the dis
trict.
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The Raeford Rebels coasted
behind effective two-hit pitching
of Clyde Upchurch, Jr., here
Tuesday niglt to trim the Red
Springs All-stars 7 to 1.
J. B. McLeod, Bill Upchurch,
Jim Conoly and George Wood led
the Rebels’ 12-hit attack. Up
church held the visitors hitless
for the first five innings and was
never in trouble. Each team made
five errors.
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Mrs. Arthur D. Gore, faculty
advisor, announced this week that
the Journalism club of Hoke coun
ty higr school would sponsor a
dance at the Armory tomorrow
night from 8:30 until midnight.
The music of Landon Yarborough
and his “Highlighters” will be
featured and the public is invited.
Mrs. Gore said that , she hoped
that all who thought themselves
yong enough would take advant
age of the occasion for an even
ing of pleasure and at the same
time help the journalism club at
the school raise money to produce
its paper, “Hoke High Lights”
during the next school year.
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GUARD FINALLY FIRES
Johnson, sometimes referred to
as “Cowboy” and “Bud” was in
trouble a couple of years ago
when he did some random shoot
ing at the Purol station on 15-A
about a half-mile beyond the
Farmer’s Restaurant. This was
operated by H. L. McMinis at
that time also. McMinis closed
the Farmer’s restaurant as of the
time of the shooting and has giv
en up his lease, it is reported.
What with Bill Wright’s place
across the road being closed since
a middle of the night fight and
auto duel some weeks ago with
serious consequences and no
court action to speak of so far,
that section should get a little
quieter now.
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BLUE UNION WELL BE
HELD AT LAKEVIEW
RECORD GIFTS FOR
FLORA MACDONALD
LENNONS TO OHIO
The Rev and Mrs. Judson Len
non, who have been at Ridge
crest since last Thursday, plan
to leave there today for Cleve
land, Ohio, where they will at
tend the conference of the Bap
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Red Springs. July 18—Dr. Mar
shall Scott Woodson, president
of Flora Macdonald college, has
announced that the college has
received during the fiscal year
ending July 1, 1950, cash con
tributions totaling 1102,421.20 —
an all time high In giflai during
one year to the college for cur
rent expenses.
Battery A. local National Guard
unit which had been foiled on two
previous attempts by the weath
er, manage to stay on the small
arms range until the firing was
completed last Sunday, atlhou^
there were reveral showers while
the men were firing. Next sche
duled activity of the unit other
than regular drills is the annual
summer encampment at Camp
Stewart, Georgia. The battery
leaves lor this on Saturday, Aug
ust 5. The unit lacks only five
men now of having its maximum
strength of 102.
The annual Lakeview Blue re
union will be held in Duncan’s
Park at Lakeview, N. C., on Sim-
day, July 39, according to an an
nouncement by T. L. Blue of
Carthage, clan president. The
kith and kin of the Blue clan are
invited to attend this reunion. A
picnic dinner will be served at
the noon hour. Those attending
are asked to bring weU-filled bas
kets.
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McGREGOR IN CHICAGO
John McGregor of Dundarrach
writes from New Cau4isle, Indiana
this week that he is now woiAdng
as a field television tedmidan
with the Central television^ ser
vice in Chicago and that his dut
ies carry him throui^' the middle
west.
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