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After the sale today bids will have to lie in the clerk of court’s office for 10 days to allow for raised or upset bids t i • The total enrollment, member ship and percentage of attendance is given below for the second month of school for the white schools of the county. Ashemont 132, 12^, 89.3; Hoke High 8th grade'86, 85, 9l9; Hoke High 9- 12 grades 263, 255, 90.5; Mildou- son 85, 85, 87; Raeford Graded 482, 475, 91.8; Rockfish 116, 114, 92.5. Milouson is leading the county in percentage of attend ance attained. We hope the other schools will make an effort to catch up with Mildouson. J, Frank Niven Passes Buried We are glad to be able to report that Miss Catherine Shepherd has returned with the news that her mother is very much improved and out of danger. L' All schools in the county are now busy enrolling the pupils and individual rooms in the. Junior Red Cross. Dr. R. L. Murray, Chapter Chairman, is handling the enrollment as a whole. A. S. Gaston, principal, of Upchurch High, is handling tSe/'^rollment in the ^colored scho^ „,tor jhto. We are hoping ^for a i00% enroll ment. \ Teachers, highway employees, and other state, employees in the county, were gratified at the good support given the amendments in the election Tuesday. They wish to thank the people for their ge.i- erous support of the amendments. Julius Franklin Niven of Rae ford died early last Friday morn ing in a Fayetteville hospital of a heart attack. He had been ill lor about a week, suffering with heart trouble and pneumonia, but was thought to be recovering. He was 64 years of age. He was the son of the late John#Niven and Mittie Williams Niven of Anson county/and had lived here for 47 years. He , was in the trucking business and was a farmer. His first wife, the former Minnie McGill, died in 1946. Funeral services were held at the Raeford Methodist church, of which he was a member, at three o’clock Saturday afternoon by the pastor, the Rev. P. O. Lee, assist ed by the Rev. Judson Lennon and the Rev. B, P. Robinson. Bur ial was in the Raeford cemetery. Pallbearers were Virgil Dark, Jesse Gulledge, Chester Wade, Robert Gatlin. W. T. Gibson and R. L. Carter. He is survived by his second wife, the former Grace Rhodes of Wagram; four daughters, Mrs. Martin Webb of Raeford, Mae Niven of Raleigh, Mrs. William J. Shellem of Townsend’s Inlet, N. J., and Mrs. Paul Fultz of Akron, Ohio; six sons, Berder and Carl ton Niven of Raeford, Sgt. Julius Niven of Fort Bragg, J. A. Niven of Charlotte, William Thomas Niven and John Franklin Niven of the home; four brother, Dwight j§(tid^Percy Niven of Dupedin, Fla., Reese Niven of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Lola Niven of Memphis. Tenn.; one sister, Lizzie Niven of Raeford. 0 Baptist Convention To Meet In Durham V Mrs. Osment, County Supervis or, has made arrangement with the Fayetteville Observer for the sponsoring of the spelling contest for this year. The Observer will sponsor it in its circulation area. A distri^'t match will be held, pro bably in Fayetteville, in the spring. The winner in this match will have all expenses paid to the national spelling match in Wash ington, D. C. Word lists have been prepared for distribution to all schools so that the students may begin preparation for the county contest. O. J. Royster, Veterans Admin istration Training Officer, was in the county on' Tuesday inspect ing the work of the veterans teachers in Trades and Industries. Ashemont school was host to all the voters in Quewhiffle town ship on Tuesday. Quite a num ber of them took time off to visit in the school. A shipment of frozen turkeys for the school lunchrooms arrived today. Lunchroom managers may secure their share by applying to W. D. Kibler, Jr;, manager of the surplus commodity storeroom. The PTA of Freedom school held its monthly meeting November 1, 1950. Miss Marie Plunder, State Board of Health Nutritionist, showed a film to the patrons en titled, “The School that Learned to Eat”. Miss Pfunder also stress ed the importance of a balanced diet. After the show the teachers served all the parents a fried chicken dinner. Jeans Supervisor Annie W. Pridgen attended the PTA Meeting. — 0 MR. LEE RETURNED The Rev. P. O. Lee attended the The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina meets with the First Baptist Church of Durham, November 14, 15 and 16. The Pastor’s Conference will be here on Monday afternoon just prior to the opening of the Convention on Tuesday. There are nearly 700,000 members of the more than 2,800 Baptist Churches in North Carolina. Laymen, and wome.i and preachers — some delegates and some visitors—will be in Dimhai^ to review the work of the past year and. to lay plans for the next year. An excellent program has been planned. Dr. C. Bi Matthews, Su perintendent of Evangelism for the Southern Baptist Convention will bring a message on the Simul taneous Evangelistic Crusade to be observed by all Baptist churche.s east of the Mississippi River. An other outstanding address will be given by Dr. Harold Tribble, the new, president of Wake Forest College. Many other outstanding denominational leaders from the state and the Southern Baptist Convention mill be on the pro gram. Special music will bo ren dered from time to time during the convention by the glee clubs and choirs of the several Baptist Colleges of North Carolina. T.he local Baptist church is sending delegates to the Convention and the pastor, the Rev. Judson Len non, plans to leave Monday for Durham. 0 Alton M. McGirt Dies In Fairmont Superior Court WillBeHeld Here Next Week — 1- Judge J. Paul Frizzelle Of Snow Hill Will Preside; Light Session Is Expected Judge J. Paul Frizzelle of Snow Hill will convene the regular No vember term of Hoke county Su perior court here next Monday, November 13,. for the trial of cri minal and civil oases. There seem to be less coming up for trial at this term than usual and the term is not expected to last over two days. Civil cases include two divorce and three other cases. Two of the latter will probably not be tried, so the civil docket is to be brief, Criminal cases to be tried are for various offenses and number about' nine. Bethune Maultsby, who is charged with driving drunk, has had the case continued at the last tvvo terms and it comes up again next week. He appealed a conviction in recorder’s court which would send him to jiil un der a previous suspended sentence. Edwin Johnson, white; is char ged in two cases with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. . He was confined to the criminal division of the State Sanatorium at the last term of court pending' recovery or death of persons he is alleged to have assaulted but since then has been released under bond of $5,000. The case against the three negro alleged “flimfammers” which was continued from the August term ‘ is^ scheduled for trial next week. Three defendants have appealed their convictions in Recorder’s court on charges of shoplifting in six cases and they are schedule-J to be tried at this term. The case in which H. L. and Mattie jHendrix are charged with accepting pay for a non-valid deed with intent to defraud will also be tried. This is an appeal. Johnnie McLauchlin, colored, is appealing his conviction of vio lating the landlord and tenint act. James W. Mann, white, is ap pealing his conviction of speed ing in connection with the acci dent on the Fayetteville road in Raeford when he and Bill Wright wrecked their cars near each oth er. 'r IHj There will be nine new grand jurors who viill take.office at tins term under the system of chang ing half the grand jury every six months. The jury list for the term is as follows: William S. Thomas, W. G. Wright, A. J. Lundy, B. B. Cole, O. C. Blackburn, H. L. Thompson. A. V. Sanders, Mrs. D. J. Campbell, Lee Maxwell. David Baker, D. D. Koonce, Eli Shankle, H. E. Overton, T. C. Sin clair, J. H. Blue, C. B. Beasley, Howard G. Crissman, Maggie Jane McBryde, Herbert Brooks, C. C. Boahn, Dewey Sessoms, Tom Baker, J. T. McFadyen. Leonard McBryde, J. C. McLean, Jr., Mrs. Paul Dezerne, R. L. Long, W. A. McDonald, M. A. Hargrove, T. J. Harris, N. A. McKeithan, Roy Everleigh, G. T. Hardister, A. D. Wooten, J. W. Cain, C. L, Wil liams, Eugene Currie, D. P. Gillis, Cliff Ellis, Chalmers Davis, E. B. Tew, Arthur Ashburn, James R. McFadyen, L. E. Luck, R. L. Hales. / 0 More About Bud Johnson r Edwin (Bud) Johnson, who is out of the criminal division of the Sanatorium under $5,000 bond, ran his qar into a tele phone pole .-and cut it off at about 1:30 . o’clock this morn ing according to Officer M. N. Cook. He fled the scene and of ficers have not been able to locate him. The telephone pole was cut off and the car was badly damaged. Johnson was apparently hurt also, as there was quite a bit of blood in the 1941 Ford. Editor’s Note—Isn’t it about time authqrities realized this man is too dangerous to be running aroimd loose? 2000 Attend 10th Annual Meeting Of Liimbee REA Largest Crowd In History Of Association Hear L. Y. Ballentine At Red Springs CaroliiiA Cotton Growers Warned To Save Seed 19 Defendants Face Recorder Tuesday Morning Hoke Goes Along With State h Voting Tuesday J. A. Shanklin, cotton special ist for the State College Extension Service, warns cotton growers in North Carolina to make provisio:is for saving their own seed from the 1950 crop or face a critical shortage of seed next spring. The seed shortage extends throughout the Cotton Belt, ac cording to Shanklin, and will pre vent areas which formally giq^ plied surplus seed from doing so next spring. ■ The State College specialist further estimates that about one- fourth of all the seed produced in the State this year will be needed to plant next^year’s crop. Not much mwe than 5 per cent of the seed produced is’'ordinar ily needed for the next year’s crop in North Carolina. However, the State is producing only 560,- 000 acres of cotton, this year, a.^ compared with a goal of about 800.000 acres set for 1951. Furth er, becau.'jc of boll weevil dam age and other factors, this year's crop is expected to yield only 190,000 bales. “The North Carolina cotton Med supply,” Shanklin asserted, “It (Continued on page 4) 0-— BUCKS LOSE LAST GAME TO ERWIN HIGH FRIDAY North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture L. Y. Ballentine spoke to more than 2,000 members of the Lumbee River Electric Mem bership Cooperative at the tenth annual meeting held in Red Springs. N. C. November 1. Mr. Ballentine gave an inspiring ad dress on the progress made in ag riculture since his childhood days, referring to the difference. in capital required to complete in mechanized farming today with no capital required several years ago. He stated that just a few years ago the farmer was the only man who could go broke in one year and be back in the same business the following year, point ing out that this is not possible today due to the increased capital investment necessary to farm. President C. A. Alford presid ed over the meeting and gave a brief report on the progress of the cooperative during the past year. He stated that the cooper ative was about through the con struction program ind had gone into much more detailed operation than in former years. He remind ed the many REA members pres ent of the statement made by the National Administrator, Claude R. Wickard stating that the gov ernment is providing only the help which .the people could not provide for themselves, long ter.n financing and technical assistance. He furtheV quoted Mr. Wickard in regards to telephone senuce stating that if the present com panies were not in the position to render telephone service that Ihe people should organize more com panies or set up telephone cooper atives' similar to the electric coop- Alton M. McGirt. 74, died at his home in Fairmont at 11 o’ clock Friday after several months of illness. Funeral was conducted at the home Saturday by the Rev. Daniel Lane, and interment was in Fairmont cemetery. He is survived by his wife; four Methodist conference in Kinston ' sons including Edison McGirt and last week. He was reassigned as Theron McGirt of Raeford; three pastor of the Raeford Methodist [ daughters: three sisters; one broth- cliurch for another year. 1 cr and 13 grandchildren. LOCAL MAN PROMOTED Pfc. Luke Sanders, son of Mr. William R. Sanders, has received his warrant of promotion to Cor poral, which he earned for pro ficiency in military duties and exemplary conduct. Corporal San ders is a member of Troop A, 16th Constabulary Squadron, in Berlin, Germany. A plentiful supply of improved small grain varieties for 1951 can be assured, by planting seed pat ches now. Coach Haywood Faircloth’s Hoke county high school Bucks went to Erwin last Friday after noon for their last game of a largely unsuccessful season. There they lost,to the Erwin High team, 19-7. Erwin lost only one game this season. PEOPLE’S CHURCH TO HOLD REVIVAL A series of revival services will begin Monday at the People's Methodist church here and will continue through November 26. Preaching will be by James An derson of Greensboro and special music will be provided by sing ers from Randleman. Services are at 7:30 each evening and all are invited, says the Rev. Clyde Greggs, pastor. (»- REVIVAL AT SHILOH The Rev. C. W. Worth, pastor of the Aberdeen Presbyterian church, will begin a series of ser vices at Shiloh Presbyterian church on Monday evening, No vember 13, at 7:30. The first even ing there there will be a picnic supper at 6:30 a;^ the community house. All friends in the commun ity are invited to gather for this hour of fellowship before the ser vice. 5— — CHIROPRACTOR HERE Dr. Boyd R. Starnes of South ern Pines has announced the open ing of his office over McLauchlin company for the practice of chiro practic. He will be in the office on Tuesdays and Saturdays starting Saturday. Dr. Starnes is a gradu ate of Southern Pines High school and the Lincoln Chiropractic c’- lege of Indianapolis. . ishing tills ttawMary to the rural people. J. R. Caddell, treasurer of the cooperative, submitted copies of the treasurer’s report to the mem bers present and after reviewing same, asked for questions con cerning the report. He pointed out that the cooperative today was operating 1,153 miles of line where as in 1945 the cooperative only operated 493, or an increase of more than 1,000 miles in the last five years. He further stated that the cooperative was operat ing on a sound financial basis with more than $71,000 investee^ in government bonds and $36,000 paid to the government as ad vance payments. D. J. Dalton, Manager of the cooperative gave a brief report as to the detailed operations of the cooperative and requested cooperation in regard to the farm ers who moved during December and January, stating that it was very easy to discontinue service to one house and reconnect it, however it would run into quite a few headaches to do this same operation for 2,000 houses. The following directors were re-elected: C. A. Alford. Cutler Ballance. J. E. Morrison. J. K. Caddell, M. McN. Gillis. Marshall Newton and Mrs. Lucy Smith. Tvvo new directors were elected. Wade H. Powell, farmer of the Fairmont section, succeeded .Row land R. Sealey and J. R. Lassiter farmer of the Wagram section was elected to succeed retiring director H. C. Newton. Guinn Price, North Carolina Rural Electrification Administra tor, was recognized as a guest . at the meeting, Davis S. Moss, as sistant manager, was in charge of the drawing of attendance prizes, and Lilly Mae Cum.mings of the Rowland sectio.n held the '.teky ticket for the electric stove, '.he major- prize. Te;i other oeicile also were'lucky in winning smal!- cr appliances. The usual rim 'of cases were heard by Judge McDiarmid Tues day as 19 defendants appeared in Hoke county recorder’s court on charges mostly involving driving, drinking, fighting' or making liquor. Roy Leach and Roy Mack, both colored, each paid the costs for illegal possession of alcoholic be verages. Marvin K. Harvey, white, and George Mason, colored, each paid $10 and the costs for driving with im.proper brakes. Daniel Milton Roper, colored paid $25 and the costs for careless and reckless driving and impro per brakes. John Ray, colored, paid the costs for being drunk and disor derly. John F. Chavis, Wilson Cum mings and Randolph Hunt, In dians, pled guilty of having a liquor still and got six months each on the roads. Sentences were suspended on payment of $50 and the costs by each. Furman L. King, colored sold ier, paid $25 and the costs for careless and reckless driving. Bunnie Cole Kellar, colored, paid the costs for assault. William Richard Stanley, white, and, Danny Shaw, colored, each paid $25 and the costs from hav ing no driver’s licenses. The State took a nol pros in the case against Leroy Murchison for assaulting his wife when she didn’t want to prosecute, but he had to pay the costs. Lewis King got off in about the same way on payment of the costs for assault ing his mother-in-law. Elliot L. Ruffin, colored, was fined $200 and the costs for driv ing after his license had been re voked. Esbe Wilde, colored, paid $25 aid the costs for speeding and .streless and reckless driving. 0 LIBRARY NEWS' Vote About Off-Year Ave^ All Constitutional Changes Pass In County and State In an election that saw Repub lican upsets in .many sections of the country there was no such in Hoke county and North Carolina Tuesday as about 14 Republican votes were in this county’s boxes with the some 825 Democratic ones. C. B. Deane, congressman from Rockingham, won in the 8th dis trict and in this county he got an even 800 votes to 14 for his op ponent, J. E. Story. These figures held largely throughout the entire voting in the county with minor variations. About the only thing to be learned by the election in Hoke county was whether the electorate favored the five proposed amend ments to the state constitution or not and the voting showed that all five were favored here as they were in the rest of the state. Vote on these amendments was as follows: No. 1. Permitting any person, when represented by councel, to waive indictment in all except capital cases. For—395. Against— 174. No. 2. Securing and safeguard ing fund of Teachers and State Employees retirement system. For —556. Against—111. No. 3. Allowing limited neces sary compensation for members of the General Assembly. For— 455. Against—168. No. 4. Permitting General As sembly to prescribe number of regular superior court judges in each judicial district. For—443. Against—133. No. 5. Transferring 10 chief jus tice of supreme court the author ity now exercised by Governor in assigning judges and calling special terms of court. For—408. Against—152. 0 Two new books by North Caro linians are now in the library— The Man Of Independence, by Jonathan Daniels; and William Henry Belk: Merchant of the South, by LeGhette Blythe. Other new titles are: Belles On Their Toes, Gilbreth; Daughter of Strangers, Coker; The Cardinal, Robinson; The Red TasseU, Dodge; County Chronicle, Thirkell; The Deepening Year, Robinson. Plans for Book Week Nov. 12- 18. are being made, and will be announced later. The slogan this year is “Make Friends With Books”, and there will be a num ber of books on display at this time. 0- REVIVAL AT BETHEL The Rev. J. W. Ewart of Rad ford, Va., is preaching each even ing this week. at Bethel Presby terian church. Services are at 7:30 each evening and will con clude with the Sunday evening service. Mr. E%vart is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. S. A. Ewart of this county. 0 INFANT BURIED HERE Cotton Ginning Report Issued The Government’s report on cot ton ginned in the United States prior to October 16 is given below by states. The total for the coun try is 4,839,486 bales as compared with 7.598,405 bales in 1949. The summary by states is as follows: 1950 1949 Alabama 385,822 605,623 Arizona 138,179 126,676 Arkansas 425.665 805,441 California .... .... 202,765 291,439 Florida 7,877 9,183 Georgia 390,287 421,608 Louisiana .. 316,545 424,948 Mississippi 836,995 872,413 Missouri 67.017 180,973 Mew Mexico 50,416 65,208 North C. . 98.054 210,987 Oklahoma 48.015 171,340 South C 331,745 379,130 Tennessee 138.914 300,996 Texas . .. 1.399.077 2 ,722,848 All other states 1.413 9,594 Consumption . Exports and Imports of Cotton , The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Knapp died in Chtirles- ton, W. Va., Monday and was bur ied here. A graveside service was conducted by the Rev. W. B. Hey ward. Mrs. Knapp was formerly Miss Evelyn Smith, daughter ct Mr, and Mrs. David Smith of Rae ford. ATTORNEY’ MOVES OFFICE H. D. Harrison, Jr., lawyer, has moved his office from the Bank of Raeford 'ouilding to the office formerly occupied by the late Dr G. W. Urow!'. store. Cotton consumed during' the month of September 1950, a- moLinted to 968,484 bales. Cotton on hand in consuming establish ments on September 30. was 1,- 237.815 bales, and in public stor age and at compresses 4,890.637 bales. The number of active con suming cotton spindles for the month -was 20,609,000. The total of August 1950, were 4,730, bales and the Exports of domestic cot ton, excluding linters. were 355,- 975 bales. IN INSURANCE BUSINESS Jake Austin announces in this issue that he has opened an offtcj over McLauchlin company for '.he writing of general insurance. He plans to handle fire, auto, hail, .ind casualty insurance.
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