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VOLUME XLV; NUMBER 20
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1050
RAEFORD. N. C.
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YOUR
ISCHOOL NEWS!
By K. A. MacDonald
The white schools of the coun
ty have finished the first month
of school and reports of the prin
cipals show total enrollment and
percentage in attendance as fol
lows; Ashemont 131, 92.1; Hoke
High 261, 93.9; 8th grade 86, 93.4;
Mildouson 82. 96; Raeford Graded
93.8; Rockfish ll3, 95. For
till* first month, we think.this is
n most excellent record.
The Raeford Graded School held
its regular monthly fire drill
Monday. The building was cleared
in one minute ftnd 15 seconds.
The Board of Education held a
called meeting Monday night for
the purpose of discussing the sale
of abandoned school property that
had been had the previous week.
The secretary reported to the
board that sales were held at each
of the advertised sites and the
results were as folows: Antioch
$5300.00, Town lot $2810.00, Ever
green $35.00, Rosendale building
$20.00, Calvin Martin $1550.00,
Old' Shiloh $50.00, Cedar Grove
$200.00.
The report of these sales were
filed in the office of the Clerk"^
Superior court where, according
to law, they must lie for 10
for raised or upset bids. After
10 days the board will meet agsii^
to dedfle whether to accept or
reject bids.
The white schools of the county
ran on a shQrt day schedule last
Division Teachers meeting of the
NCEIA, held in Fayetteville. D.
Hiden Ramsey, member of the
State Board of Education, was the
principal speaker.
Hoke High Scores
Against Fairmont
There Friday P.M.
Bucks Expect To Beat
Elizabethtown Here Friday
Night In Conference Game
Hoke County High school’s
Bucks lost their third straight
game of the 1950 season to Fair
mont High, last year’s state cham
pions, on Friday night but Ipok-
ed their best so far in losing and
scored their first touchdown of
the season to lose 19 to 6.
They will play Elizabethtown
here tomorrow night and the boys
and their coaches, Haywood Fair-
cloth and Robert Rockholtz, have
high hopes of getting a victory.
The local team had several scor
ing opportunities in the game
with Fairmont, but seemed un
able to produce the punch needed
to cross the goal line. According
to local witnesses the Bucks out
played the Fairmont team gener
ally, both offensively and defen
sively, except vfrhere it counted.
' Fairmont got their first score
early in the game when a Hoke
punt was blocked. Hoke scored
from the Fairmont 10-yard line
When Billy Lester went back to
pass and couldn’t find a receiver
and ran for the touchdown.
The team haj? suffered many
ijt^uries during the season, but
a]} 'are are expected to be ready
for the game with Elizabethtown
h^re Friday night except John
JiCcLattchlin, who is out with a
l^ken arm.
The opening day enrollment for
the colored schools is as follows:
Freedom 67, Bowmore 86, Edin
burg 20, Friendship 35, Peachmont
23, Shady Grove 51, Timberland
28, New Hope 37, Buffalo 28, Mc
Farland 8, Rockfish Col. 19, Bur
lington 115, Piney Bdy 31, Mill-
side 47, Bridges Grove 32, Lilley’s
Chapel 26, White Oak 64, Laurel
Hill 85, Frye’s Mission 52, Up
church 800. With the exception of
Upchurch this opening day en
rollment is off from the opening
day of last year.
Burlington held its first PTA
meeting of the year Monday night
and had about 50 parents present.
This was a splendid representa
tion. We hope other schools will
do as well.
Canned sour cherries, concen
trated orange juice and cheddar
cheese have been received in the
surplus commodity store room.
Lunch rooms may secure their
share by applying to W. D. Kibler,
Jr., who will be in charge of the
store room this year.
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Henry L. Atkinson
Buried Ye^erday
^ HeW^WhW^^^iAson Of
Shannon, 59, died in Highsmith
hospital in Fayetteville early
Tuesday after an illness of about
one month.
Funeral services were held from
the home at 4 p. m., yesterday,
conducted by the Rev. G. S. Eu
banks, pastor of the Trinity Meth
odist Church of Red Springs, with
interment being made in the Al-
loway cemetery of Red Springs.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Carrie Cox, of South Car
olina; six daughters, Mrs. Jessie
Pate. Mrs. L. P. Herndon, Mrs.
William Wood, all of Raeford,
Mrs. Charlie Lee of Shannon,
Mrs. E. B. Crawford of Laurin-
burg, and Anne Atkinson of the
home; two sons, James and Layton
of the home; three sisters, Mrs.
Ethel Edens of Salembiirg, Mrs.
R. C. Cox of McDonald and Mrs.
Paul Barker of High Point; and
17 grandchildren.
The total harvested cropland
acreage in the United States has
changed little since 1910.
William P. Smith
Dies On Friday;
Buried At Antioch
William Patterson Smith, 58,
died at his home in the Antioch
community Friday afternoon at
3:30. He had been in declining
health for several years.
He was a son of the late W. K.
Smith and Martha Pate of Marl
boro county. South Carolina.
Funeral service was conducted
in the chapel of the Red Springs
Funeral home Simday afternoon
by the Rev. Leslie Bullock, sup
ply pastor of the Antioch Pres
byterian church. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
Surviving ,are his wife, the
former Nellie Parham, one son
Billie of the homjC, one brother,
Gilbert Smith of Lumber Bridge.
Ingatherings
The annual harvest ingath
erings will held by churches in
the county at various times
during the fall. Meals will be
served, with the main dishes
in most cases being chicken
salad and barbecue. There will
be sales of food, handiwork.!
produce, cakes and the like at
most of them. For the benefit
of these churches and the peo
ple who wish to attend the in
gatherings we will carry a
schedule of those we are told
about in this space until they
are held.
Shiloh Presbyterian, Thurs
day, October 12, evening.
, Lumber Bridge Baptist, Oct.
12: preaching at 11, dinner and
sales follow.
Tabernacle Baptist, Rockfish,
Thursday, October 12, noon
and evening.
Bethel Presbyterian, Thurs
day, October 19, noon.
Galatia Presbyterian church
October 19, evening only.
Antioch Presbyterian, Thurs
day, November 2, Noon.
Shoplifters Get
Two Years Each
In Court Tuesday
Bethune Maultsby & Hamp
McPherson Get Together &
Don’t Charge Each Other
Two colored women were char
ged by operators of six stores in
Raeford . with stealing merchan
dise in recorder’s court before
Judge Henry McDiarmid Tuesday
and wound up with jail sentence
of two years each. Julia May
Johnson and Beulah McPhatter
were charged with shoplifting
from the A & P, Harry’s 5 & 10,
Mack’s 5 & 10, Collins Depart-/
ment store, Graham’s Gift Shop
and Belk-Hensdale eo. Julia Mae
Johnson pled guilty and Beulah
McPhatter pled hot guilty but was
found guilty. Judge McDiarmid
then sentenced each to serve
four months in jail on each charge,
sentences to run consecutively.
Both gave notice of appeal.
In the cases in which Hamp
McPherson charged Bethune
Maultsby with being drunk and
disorderly, using profane and in
decent language, and breaking and
entering and in which Maultsby
charged Hamp and Roy McPher
son with assaulting him with a
deadly weapon, nobody wanted to
prosecute anybody when they
came up for trial. The State there
fore took a nol pros in each case
on payment of the costs.
Jim Jones and Verna May Jones,
Indians, were charged with al
lowing their hogs to run at large
and damage crops by Ira Newton.
They got 30 days each suspended
on payment of the costs and on
condition that they confine their
hogs. ,
Herbdrt Jones, colored, got 30
days suspended on payment of $10
and the costs for assault.
Carl W. Dean, white, paid $10
and the costs for going over 35
in a 35 mile speed zone. William
H. Garrell, white, left a $25 bond
for speeding.
James G. Bostic, colored, and
James C. Cummins, white, each
paid $25 and the 'costs for driving
with no driver’s license.
Eugene Purcell, colored, got 90
days for giving W. J. McQuage a
bad check for $54.65. Sentence
was suspended on payment of the
costs and the check.
James S. Hursk, colored, got
90 days suspended on payment of
$25 and the costs for careless and
reckless driving resulting in a
wreck.
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Women Observe
B. &P.W.Week
Freedom Pfedges
Will Be Offered
Here For^Signing
Citizens of Hoke county will be
given a chance to sign pledges af
firming their felief in the cause
of world freedom daring the next
two weeks, it was announced ti-
day by J. L. McNeill.
Mr. McNeill has been named
Hoke county chairman of the
Crusade for Freedom campaign,
which is now being conducted
throughout the state and nation.
The Hoke chairman and his
assistants have begun circulation
throughout the county Freedom
scrools, which every person will
be given an opportunity to sign.
These will be permanently en-.
shrined, along with those from the
rest of the state and nation, in
the base of a bell tower in Berlin
which will house the new Free
dom Bell behind the “Iron Cur
tain.” ♦
Signers will also be provided
with an opportunity to back up
their signatures with free will
offerings in any amount as con
tributions to .the support and fur
ther development of Radio Free
Europe.
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National Foundation
Sends Polio Help
To North Carolina
October 15-21 is National Busi
ness Women’s week and will be
observed for the 23rd time by the
National Federation of Business
and Professional Women’s clubs.
This week is set aside to pay tri
bute to the accomplishments of
women in business and th^ pro-
fressional women.
President Truman sent a mes
sage of congratulations to the
160,000 members of 2700 local
clubs of the National Federation
of Business and Professional Wo
men’s clubs. He said, “I am hap
py to give encouragement to the
theme, ‘Measure Up for Full Part
nership’, which you have chosen
for National Business Women’s
Week. I believe that the steps
which lead to success on the job
are basically the same for both
men and women. I am glad that
American women are rising to
their opportunities for work in
business and the professions.”
Raeford B & P W club is one of
the 2700 local clubs in the nation.
Its present membership is 23. The
local club is being active in the
observance of the national week
by being hostess to a meeting of
all clubs in District No. 5, Sun
day, October 15, at the High
School lunchroom. The members
are to bring the week to a close
October 22 by attending church
in a body.
Six nurses and one phy.sical
therapist were sent into North
Carolina by the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis dur
ing one week recently to help
care for polio patients, it was re
ported today by the State Office
of the Foundation.
This brings the 1950 total of
recruited personnel assistance to
57 nurses, six resident physicians,
and three tbef4pists,,
These urgently needed profession
al workers are paid by the Nation
al Foundation and recruited by
the American Red ,Cross in the
case of nurses and American Phy
sical Therapy Association in the
case of physical theraplftl.
With new polio cases being re
ported each week, 28 local chap
ters in the state already have re
ceived cash assistance from na
tional headquarters of' the March
of Dimes organization. Advances
to chapters in North Carolina for
the year total $161,352.52.
National Foundation headquar
ters in New York City reported
that $233,350 was sent out to
chapters in all parts of the coun
try the last week in September,
raising the total of advances for
the year to $6,450,345.18.
Emergency equipment shipped
into the State during the week in
cluded one respirator and one
hot-pack machine. Since January
1, 17 respirators and eight hot-
pack machines, as well as twelve
cribs, have been supplied by the
National Foundation in North
Carolina.
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Deer Season Set
To Open Monday
The hunting season on Deer,
Squirrel, Opossum and Raccoon
opens on Oct. 16. Only male deer
with visible antlers may be taken.
Bag: 1 per lay - two "per season.
Squirrel 8 per day - 100 per sea
son. Opossum and raccoon - no
limit.
All hand operated and auto
matic guns must be plugged down
to three shells when taking game
animals and birds. Exception:
Deer and bear may be taken with
an unplugged gun. It is a viola
tion of the game laws to take
game birds anl animals with a gun
larger than a 10 gauge. 22 rifles
are also prohibited in taking deer.
. (Continued on page 8)
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WEED MARTS TO CLOSE
REA Members To
M^t Nov. 1 In
Red Springs
Tenth Annual Meeting Will
Feature Address By L. Y.
Ballentine; Free Prizes
Red Springs, Oct. 11—The tenth
annual meeting of the members
of Lumbee River Electric Mem
bership Corporation will be held
Wednesday, November 1st, at
10:30 A. M. in the Red Springs
High School Auditorium accord
ing to D. J. Dalton, manager.
The committee on nominations
consisting of the following: A. K.
Stevens, chairman, Raefpfd; W.
D. Wellington, Lumberton; W. F.
Tedder, Fairmont; B. S. McLean,
Maxton; Ely Murray, Laurinburg;
and D. C. Dunn, Maxton, met in
the Cooperative office Tuesday
afternoon, October 3rd.
A brief discussion and expla
nation of the by-laws was made
by the manager, D. J. Dalton, and
Cooperative attorney. J. D. Mc
Lean. After a lengthly discussion
the entire present board consist
ing of nine directors was re-no
minated; however, it was recom
mended that the Cooperative ser
vice area be divided into nine gen
eral areas with two nominees re
presenting each of these areas as
follows: (1) Fairmont: Wade H.
Powell, Rowland Sealey; (2) Row
land: C. A. Alford, G. W. McIn
tyre; (3) St. Pauls; Cutler Bal-
lance, Avery Powers; ,(4) Red
Springs: J. E. Morrison, J. B. Mc
Neill; (5) Maxton-Pembroke: J.
R. Caddell, R. F. Morris; (6) Fay
etteville: J. McN. Gillis, G. B.
Parker; (7) Rockfish: Marshall
Newton, Allen Wood; (8) Sanator-
iwril^6\j{more: N. F. Sincla^. Mrs.
LiU^cy Smith; and (9) Laurmburg-
John R. Lassiter and H. C. New
ton.
The above procedure was agreed
upon by the committee in order
to give the membership more
vt^ee in voUng Sor tiie directors
of the Cdrp^tlon for the coming
year. The committee further com
plimented the present directors,
management, and Cooperative
personnel for their accomplish
ments and services rendered dur
ing the past year.
According to the by-laws of
|he Cooperative, other nominees
may be named by a petition to
any 15 members at least 15 days
prior to the meeting. Other nomi
nees may also be named from the
floor at the meeting.
The annual meeting of ' the
members will be the most im
portant event of the year for some
6,000 consumers now getting elec
tric service from the more than
1,500 miles of rural electric line
in Hoke, Robeson, Scotland, and
Cumberland counties. The pro
gram has been well planned and
L. Y. Ballentine of Raleigh, Com
missioner of Agriculture, will be
on hand as principal speaker for
the meeting. Many valuable at
tendance prizes will also be award
ed to lucky members at the meet
ing.
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Daniel’s Comments
On His Truman Book
With Rally Today
Plans are shaping up for :he
largest and most enthusiastic
Democratic Rally ever staged in
the 8th District, when on Thurs
day, October 12, at 2 p. m.. the
Democrats from the twelve coun
ties of the District come together
in Lexington.
W’alter P. Baker Chairman of
the Democratic Executive Com
mittee in Hoke County expects a
large delegation frorh the county
to attend. The State Chairman,
Everett Jordon, will head a large
delegation of National and State
officials who will be present.
Congressman Charles B. Deane
reports that the three Congres
sional Rallies previously held in
the Western part of the State
were not only well attended but
that the party leaders are highly
pleased with the great interest
that is being shown this early in
the campaign. The Eighth Dis
trict Congressman feels confident
that from all reports he has re
ceived, a large vote will be cast
not onN in his District but
throughout the State and Nation
on November 7..
The Registration books will be
open at the various polling places
on October 14th, 21st and 28th.
Every individual who did not vote
in the primary and is not regis-
terel should register on one of
these dates.
There rests upon every loyal
American, not only the priviledge
but the duty of casting his or her
vote. Those who expect to be
away on election day may con
tact the Chairman of the Board
of elections and cast an absentee
vote.
Methodist Church
For Next Sunday
UNION EVENING SERVICE
Edwin A. Johnson
Released On Bond
The Lumberton tobacco market
will close for the 1950 selling sea
son after the selling next Wed
nesday.
The Fairmont Tobacco market
will close next Thursday.
Jonathan Daniels, Editor of
the News and Observer, whose
book, “The Man of Independence”,
a biography of President Tru
man, is just off the press says;
“I aimed not aj biography but at
using the life of the ‘everyday’
president to state my faith in
American Government and to ex
plain it to the people of the world
in case they want to join the sys
tem.” ,
“Truman has been President for
five years now”, Daniels said.
“And think of it—10 years ago
he didn’t have enough money to
keep his mother’s house from be
ing sold from over her head.”
“To me, that’s dramatic. And
it means this man Truman can
understand the feelings, of other
men whose mothers are put out
from beneath their roofs.”
Edwin A. (Bud) Johnson, white
man who was confined to the cri
minal section of the State Sana
torium at McCain at the last
term of Superior court by Judge
J. Paul Frizzelle, was released
under $5000 bond here last week
and left Wednesday for Wilming
ton where he is expected to live
with his brother.
Johnson was charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill in connection with
the near-fatal shooting of Heston
Rose at the Farmer’s Restaurant.
He was not sentenced by the court
because of Rose’s critical condi
tion at the time. Rose is still a
patient at Veterans hospital in
Fayetteville.
Johnson made bond with sever
al signatures for his appearance
at the November term of court
here and the release order was
signed by Judge Frizzelle in Fay
etteville.
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,J. A. Chason
Passes Sunday,
Buried Tuesday
Joseph Alexander Chason, 77,
died of a heart attack Sunday at
his home near Raeford.
He was the son of the late Jos
eph Chason and Maggie McDon
ald Chason of this county, and
had lived his entire life on the
farm where he was bom.
. The funeral was conducted at
Ephesus Baptist church Tuesday
afternoon by the Rev. E. C. Tay
lor, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Early
pastor of the Red Springs Bap
tist church. Burial was in the fam
ily cemetery near his home.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Ella Jones; seven daugh
ters, Mrs. J. E. Conoly and Mrs.
Bill Crawley of Raeford, SaraH
Margaret Chason of Raleigh,
Mrs. M. C. McBryde of Red
Sprifigs, Mrs. W. F. Haywood of
Canton, Mrs. John Delaney of
Washington, D. C., and Mrs. A
O. Britt of Fairmont; two sons,
Harold J. Chason of Lumber
Bridge and David A. Chason of
the home; 17 grandchildren and
14 great-grandchildren.
The .members of the Raeford
Methodist church will have their
first worship service in their
ne-.vly completed building on Sun
day, October 1.5. at 11:00 a. m.
The pastor, the Rev. P. O. Lee,
will preach at the morning serv
ice and will be assisted in the
morning service by the Rev. B.
P. Robinson a former pastor.
The Baptist and Presbyterian
churches will not have evening
services on Sunday, but will join
the Methodists in a Union serv
ice in the new church at which
the Rev. J. W. Bradley, of Cary,
will preach. Mr. Bradley was the
first minister to seiwe the Rae
ford charge after it was set up in
1908, and was here from 1908 to
1912. He w’as married in the first
wedding in the old church here.
The church school will meet in
the basement for general assembly
on Sunday morning and officers
and teachers have been requested
to be present 10 minutes earlier
than usual.
The old frame building which
was destroyed by fire December
26, 1948, Was built in 1903 by M.
W. Dew, contractor, with J. W.
Moore, J. C. Thomas, and T. B.
Upchurch as the buiding com
mittee. The Rev. Z. T. Harrison
was pastor of the Raeford church
as part of the Red Springs charge
at that time.
The new building just complet
ed was begun in July of last year
and the following have served on
the building committee: C. L.
Thomas, chairman, E. E. Smith,
secretary, L. M. Upchurch, R. B.
Lewis, R. A. Matheson, W. P.
Baer, A. V. Sanders, B. P. Robin
son and G. C. Lyfle. It was con
structed at an approximate cost
of $150,000.
All friends of the church are
invited to come and join in the
worship services in the new build
ing on Sunday.
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Tobacco Crop
Estimates Up
Washington, Oct. 10—Govern
ment estimates of 1950 flue-cured
tobacco production zipped upwards
today — some 26 million pounds
more than was indicated a month
ago.
The Agricultiu’e department
said in its October report on
crops that flue-cured production
would be about 1,196,000.00 lbs.
This compares with 1,115,000,000
pounds harvested last year and
the September estimate of 1,-
690,000,000 pounds.
The department reported the
outlool^ for all kinds of tobacco
at 1,950,000.000 pounds, about
unchanged from last month. De
clines in burley and dark tobaccos
were practically offset by in
creases in flue-cured.
Too much rain in September
damaged and delayed the burley
crop and brought a 16 million
pound slash in the USDA’s esti
mate for 1950. A 484 million pound
forecast today compares with 560
million pounds a year ago and
with the 500 million pounds fore
cast of last month.
All of Type 14 and most of
Type 13 flue-cured tobacco has
been marketed. Activity continues
high in Type 12 marketing while
less than half the Type 11 crop
has been sold and sales are run
ning at capacity levels, the re
port said.
Flue-cured estimated for North
Carolina—302.575,000 pounds of
type 11 in the Old Belt, compared
w’ith 256,000,000 last year; 405,-
240,000 pounds of Type 12 in the
Eastern N. C. Belt compared with
378,480,000 last year; and 101,-
640,000 pounds of Type 13 in the
Border Belt as against 96,250,000
last year. . '