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The Hoke'County Journal
TOLUME XLV; NUMBER 28
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SCHOOL NEWS
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By K. A. MacDonald
The ele^JMSntary supervisor, re
presentatives of the Rockfish
School, the Rockfish PTA, the
Ashemont school and the Ashe-
mont PTA are in Raleigh today
selecting books for their respec
tive libraries. Both schools are
putting special emphasis on build
ing up their libraries.
Clubs. have been organized* in
the Rockfish school, literature and
choral reading clubs in Ute.
"Wood’s room, a dramatic club in
Mrs. Monroe’s room and a wild
life and citizen’s club in Mrs.
Cole’s room. All of these clubs
have started functioning.
The Raeford Graded school
held their regular fire drill Tues
day and cleared the building in
one minute and 16 seconds. We
think this is most excellent per
formance. W6 hope that the other
schools in the county are doing
equally as well. All schools are
required to have periodic fire
drills and fire inspections. All
schools file monthly reports on
their, fire inspections. The Board
of Education files a composite re
port each thtee months with tl|0
State Fire Bureau.
~’T'’S to
We hear ihM cupid h«8 s^ck
hgaih hi th^Xfloke High faetdty.
We hope to be able, to name t|if
stricken member apon.
There will be a barbepup Bupy
per at tiie Rockfish school tomor
row night from ^ix till ejl|^ti farj
the beittfit At., the school' The:
Tabernacle church is doing this
for the sdhooV We think this is a
splendid tibing for, them, to do and
it indicates the regard in Vhich
this school is held.
.The white schools will close for
the Christmas holidays on Tues
day, December 19. The Indian and
colored schools are to close on
Friday, December 22. All schools
will reopen on Monday. January
1, 1954.
Only Upchurch school, in addi
tion to the two listed last week,
have made their report on the
U. N. Memorial collection. We
hope that all schools will report
by tomorrow as we have to re
port to Raleigh on that date.
Teachers Expect
To Get $30)000*55
Back ^ay Soon
Santa Claus pays his visit to the
teachers of Hoke county a little
earlier this year, about next
Monday, to be exact, for that is
the day when the checks for back
pay for the school year 1949-50
under state law passed two years
ago. At that time a fund was cre
ated to increase the teacher pay
on a retroactive basis if treasury
surplus allowed’it.
The amounts have been figured
out and sent to Raleigh for ap
proval and teachers may expect
to receive their'checks some time
next week.
The money will go to classroom
teachers holding A, B and grad
uate school certificates and the
total amount which will come to
teachers in the county is $30,000.55.
This figiure includes Negro, In
dian and 'White teachers and some
is being paid by the county to
teachers who are paid by the
county.
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Production Credit
Association Has Its
Annuid Meetii^ Here
The annual meeting of the stock'-
holders of the Laurinburg Pro-
dviotion Credit association was
held in the courthouse here yes
terday auwaing with 177 st^«
holders and 25 guests present
; K. B. Or. Battbor, president of
the assodatton, was in etdai^ of
the masting and gave thh gimiip
« most iateiesting report bn ^
dcUvItiea of tiie boatd of dirbe^
^rs imiB| past year^ stating
^at tl^ h»ve seven ihe^tlttgs
fnad Aietw%fi«. '*’*>■*“ i
Mr. Balfour and A. M. McLean
#ere uhaidmously re-elected to
the board of directors.
H. L. Morgan, secretary-treas
urer of the association, gave a
report on the operations of the
association during the year. '
Phil Johnson had charge of a
part of the program that was of
much interest to all present, the
drawing of the cash attendance
prizes. The grand prize of $20
went to W. R. Adcox.
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PERSONALS
The Upchurch school has been
suffering from a water shortage
this week. Desperate efforts have
been made to get the well in Work
ing order and we hope that by
the time this goes to print the sit
uation will be remedied.
The teachers 4n the colored
schools are putting into practice
in the various schools the health
and nutrition practices that they
have learned in thq classes in
these subjects attended this fall.
^Various projects-have been insti
tuted that we will give accounts
of as soon as practical. We feal
that the teachers are to be com
mended for the progress shown.
We are glad to report that the
school health work is going for
ward with splendid results. Both
the Heal/tti ■'Department and the
Welfare Department are cooper
ating with the schools 100%.
Will Vste
On Committeemen
Next Thursday
Farmers of Hoke county on De
cember 14 will have on oppor
tunity to elect the committeemen
who will administer the Agricul
tural Conservation Program, price
support, acreage allotments, mar
keting quota and other production
programs .in 1951.
Elections will be held from
J:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. at the fol
lowing places:
Allendale, Community House;
Antioch, J. ,A. Hodgin’s Store;
Blue Springs, Hoke Trading Co..
(Mitchell Epstein’s Store); Little
River, Community House; Way-
side, Marshall Newton’s Store
Rockfish, A. W. Wood’s Store;
Quewhiffle, Montrose Community
House; ■ ■’, Court House;
^tdhe./ai?^; uundarrach Trading
Co. ^
At these elections farmers will
f be voting for three members of j
a community committee and f.
delegate to flie county convention
where a county committee will be
elected.
According to R. J. Hasty, chair*
man of the koke County produc
tion and Marketing Administra
tion committee, no Jirmer who is
eligible to vote sfeuld pass up
the opportuaity-te “voice” his
choice of lEute farmeii^ his
conununi^ hek -khaUficd|b ad-
minlMer fan#1851.
' la tile dMifmaaa*s “The
coadag year .0^ .bb acpeeti4 to
call fbr dedtd^" idui
whkii-.^fP:. wpaii' ^. nb|E'
leado^p avipeAle. This ^ees
therrespQiMiBiUll^jk Hile
the fanners in each of the 8 com
munities in Hoke county. ^
"With mounting defense activi
ties, problems having t^ do with
obtaining fertilizer, seed, con
struction materials, transportation,
etc., can be expected to increase.
At these elections/ the farmers in
each of the 8 communities in Hoke
county will have thelresporisibil-
ity of electing committeemen who
will help to make the local deci
sions o nthese matters.’’
“These elections put it square
ly up to the farmers of Hoke
county.’’
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Neeley have
as their guests Mr. Neeley’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nee
ley of Lamar, Missoiu:!.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fann had as
their week end guests, Mr. and
Mrs. Graham Fisher and son of
Albemarle.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Upchurch
went to Sanford Friday night to
hear Erie Cocke,' Jr., National
Commander of the Anrerican Le
gion who addressed the Legion in
Sanford that night.
WANT BUSINESS
The Merchant’s committee
of tlie Raeford Chamber of
commerce this week took ac
tion to make buying in Rae
ford a little more pleasant for
the people who ridCj in to do it.
They have asked all business
houses on Main street to have
their o:«iers and employees
not to park their cars on Main
street during working hours
from now until Christmas, but
to save this space for the gen
eral public which comes to
town. The committee is of the
opinion that more people would
stop on Main street and be
potential bflyers there if there
is a place to stop. Cooperation
in this will mean much to the
town and be a gesture of polite
ness as well the committee be
lieves.
On the other hand, the com
mittee asks people in Raeford
to take a mi''f* e before run
ning to wille or Red
Sprli. r ^ E'if they can’t.
;'Xf ■ -^nt right here.
^ o^^^fl^hey’ll be able to
getlv^sfre and probably cheap
er, and the^r’ll save a trip. It
would bh about as bad to see
a man who se^s beans buying
shoes somewhere else as it
would to see t^^ man who sells
shoes buyingc his beans out of
town.
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A card from Lt. and. Mrs.
Arthur Bond, who have recently
been transferred to Ft. Sheridan,
Illinois, says that it is reall.y cold
there, and they mean it, as it was
seven below zero when they wrote.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Benner and
family visited relatives in Clay
ton and Raleigh Sunday. »
SUPPER AT ROCKFISH
Tabernacle Baptist, church will
sponsor a barb^ue and chicken
supper at Rockfish school on Fri
day night. December 8, from five
to eight o’clock. The proceeds will
be for Rockfish school and small
er plates will be served for child
ren. The public is invited.
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Mrs. Ruth Bridges returned the
first of the week after spending
the past four weeks in "Van Nuys,
California, visiting her niece, Mrs.
Larry Seamans.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Upchurch
were guests of Dr. and Mrs. 11. S-
Willis Thursday evening for the
buffet supper and Open Forum
Lecture at the Pinehurst Coun-
trjr club. They heard Inglis Flet
cher, well known author speak.
Mrs. W. T. Covington, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Cameron, Mr. and Mrs.
Peter McLean and Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Yarborough attended the
wedding of Robert Covington and
Miss Patricia Cansler in Charlotte
Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. James McBryde
and family have moved to Raeford
from Fayetteville and are living
in one of C. L. Stephens’ house.?'.
Mr. McBryde will do construction
work here.
Men To Hold
Union Meeting
The Men of the Raeford Meth
odist church will entertain the
men of the Raeford Baptist and
Presbyterian churches at a sup
per at the Methodist church to
morrow night at seven o’clock.
Around 200 men from the three
churches are expected to be pres
ent.
The speaker will be Dr. B. G.
Cfhilds of Duke University,^ Dr.
Childs is Lay Leader for the North
Carolina Methodist conference
and has been chosen to be a re
presentative from this country to
the international meeting of Pro
testant churches to be held in
Belgium.
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N. C. Sanatorium
Cows Top Producers
The purbred Ayshire dairy herd
of N. C. Sanatorium, McCain, N.
C, has achieved top recognition
during a recent month for out
standing production. The Sana
torium producers are credited with
averaging 739 lbs. 4% ^milk and
30 lbs. of butterfat, for the re
spective testing month, which
places them among the nation’s
top Asmshire herds in the Ayr
shire Herd Test Division of 75 to
100 cows.
With 15,000 Ayrshire cows on
test, the Ayrshire breed holds the
record among all dairy breeds as
having the highest percentage of
its cows on test.
Subway evening at 6:00 o’elo^
the town’s lig fire truck will
streets
Ra^brd, marking the beginning of
a complete canvas 6f the to«m
for old toys by the Raeford Lions
club. After the noise of the siren
has quieted down four big trucks
loaded with eager Boy Scouts will
make a door-to-door canvas, tej
pick up every toy possible.
The Lions club requests the
people of Raeford to cooperate
in the following manner: 1. Bring
all toys to the front porch and
leave light burning; 2, Those not
planning to be at home please
leave toys with a neighbor; 3.
Those overlooked please call 6611
and the toys will be picked up.
Business firms having soiled
merchandise 0^ any sort, shop
worn or broken toys, or anything
of value which may be made into
a gift are asked to call 6611 or get
in touch with H. D. Harrison, T.
B. Lester or Haywood Faircloth,
the Lions committee for the pro
ject. ,
Arrangements are olso being
made through the elementary
school principals for the toy drive
to cover the whole county through
the school children. Inasmuch as
the toys will be distributed to un
derprivileged families all over the
county, the Lions club expects a
good response from rural families
also.
The club is working with the
Welfare ^department in distribu
tion of the toys and gifts. However,
those who may know of needy
and deserving family not on the
list may call H. D. Harrison, chair
man, at 6611 in Raeford.
In making their appeal to the
public for help with the drive the
Lions club called attention to the
fact that without help an unhap|)y
and disappointing Christpias is in
store for a great many families in
this county this year. They pro
pose to furnish the help and all
they ask is the cooperation of the
people in the county. They do not
.ask money or new goods, but will
repair old toys whicK"'Will mean
much to those who receiw them.
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MUSIC AT MILDOUSON
Hoke Hi|^ Opens
Cage Season Here
Friday Night
Locals Will Play Wagram
In First Game; Join
Cumberland County League
Hoke county high school’s boys
and girls basketball teams have
been working out for about three
weeks under the tutelage of
Coaches Haywood Faircloth and
Bob Rockholtz and are all set
for the 1951 season which opens
in the local gym tomorrow night
when the boys and girls will play
teams from Wagram high.
This year the Hoke Hi^ teams
'have joined the Cumberland coun
ty league and will play most
games against the seven Cumber
land county teams. This move was
made to promote a more compe
titive spirit on the teams and to
allow the teams to participate in
the Cumberland county tourna
ment at the end of the saeson for
the championship of Hoke and
Cumberland cotmties. Twenty
games have been scheduled for
the Hoke boys and girls.
The girls will have the same
players as last year except for the
loss of two guards. They ere ex
pected to .be another strong team.
At forwards are Lyda..Williams,
Swah Cole, Fannette Gore, Betty
Jane Peggy Thomas,
Betty Jean Clark, Pat Ritter
Anne Leach, jennclle Snead and
Joyce Conoly. The guards include
Florence Cameron, Mary Siie Up
church, EUen Kate Koonce. Mary
Guiii^ Betty Upchurch. Bptty Jo
Lovette, >^£l4pe DaV^ and Helen
MlcDou0||3. 4^ luuK been show-
ihg up wiiR practice.
The. boys have foui; left over
from, last year. These are Billy
Lester, John McLauchlin, Bobby
Lundy and D. B. Parker. The
sauad will consist of IS bovs and
they hm not Imd wlectea yet
After loeing nutee ttom last year’s
starting five the team has been
rebuilt aroimd Bobby Lundy, re
serve center from last year. The
boys varsity is being coached bv
Bob Rockholtz.
The schedule is as follows: Dec.
8, Wagram here; 12, Rowland
there; 15, 71st here; 19, Rowland
here; January 2, Massey Hill
there; 5, Central here; 9, Massey
Hill here; 12, 71st here; 16, Laurel
Hill there; 19, Hope Mills here;
23, Gray’s Creek here; 26, Red
Springs there; 30, Stedman here;
Feb. 2, Gray’s Creek here; 6. Cen
tral there; 9 Laurel Hill here;
13, Stedman at Central; 26, Red
Springs here; 27, Hope Mills
there.
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Bud Johnson Is
In Jail Again
Edwin (Bud) Johnson, 25-year-
old white man who was out under
$15,000 bond for trial in Superior
court on charges of assault with
a deadly weapon with intent to
kill, was picked up again at Ba
ton’s place on the Laurinburg road
by Rural Policeman J. G. Wright
and put in the,county jail on
charges of being drunk and dis
orderly and carrying a concealed
weapon, a pistol.
Johnson obtained a two-weeks
continuance of* ' tfial on these
charges at the Tuesday morning
session of recorder’s court.
Bond for carrying a concealed
weapon is normally $100, but this
has not been’ asked for as Johnson
is still in jail in default of the
$15;000 bond. On Monday six of
the bondsmen withdrew their
bonds in the amount of $1,000
each and Johnson has not been
able to post the $15,000 since that
time. Bonds still in the clerk’s
possession are in the amount of
$3,000 each and are signed by
John Leonard, Bethune and Jen
nings Maultsby. Bonds were with
drawn by T. B. Austin, Mitchell
Epstein, R. W. Posey, Lawrepce
Conoly, J. H. Wright and B. D.
Wright.
Comity Offidak
Are Sworn hto
Office Rkmday
Two New Faces On
Board Commissioners;
Others Same
Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Amos
nd son visited in Asheboro last
Friday.
The Mildouson school will pre
sent the Highland Valley Boys of
Fayetteville in a musical program
for the benefit of the school on
Monday night, December 11, at
7:45 o’clock.
1951 Chevrolet
To Appear Saturday
Detroit—New 1951 Chevrolet
passenger cars and trucks will go
on display simultaneously at 7,-
690 dealerships on Saturday, De
cember 9.
Announcement of the showing
by W. E. Fish, general sales mana
ger of the company, was coupled
with an estimate that more than
10,000,000 people will inspect the
latest series during the introduc
tory period.
“Reports from the field indi
cate one of the most successful
showings in our history.” said
Fish. “Not only have we found
widespread interest in the new
model features, but dealers are
working on elaborate programs in
connection with the event. ' In
many centers the showings will
take on all of the aspects of a civic
celebration.
“For the Chevrolet retail organ
ization the presentation of the
1951 series will come as a climax
to its greatest year. Sales during
1950 will establish a new record
and once again will top all cem-
petition by a substantial margin.”
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Mrs. Lillian Oliver is visiting
friends in Shallotte.
To Sell McDiarmid
Farm Next Monday
The farm lands ot tits late Mrs.
Carrie McDiarmid will be solti
at auction at tiie residence a$
10:08 o’clock next Monday, De
cember 11. The farm contains
about 789 acres and is consider
ed one of the finest in the county.
It is located about three miles
west of Raeford* on the turnpike
road. It has 524 acres under cul
tivation' and a 31 acre tobacco
allotment.
The farm has been subdivided
into eleven tracts or farms ranging
In alvo Bom 12 to 165 acres which
will be sold individually to the
highest bidder for cash. In addi
tion to the residence of the late
Mrs. McDiarmid there are 17
other dwellings, tobacco barns,
and outbuildings.
Some personal property and
farm equipment will also be of
fered for sale at auction imme^-
diately after the land is sold.
The farm lands also include
the farm near the Laurinburg
highway about two miles south
known as the “P. H. 'Wright farm.”
On Tuesday, December 12, at
2:00 o’clock the 26 lots in Raeford
on Fulton street and Fifth Ave
nue will also be sold at auction.
Eight of these lots’ face Fulton
street and the others, including
one with a two-apartment dwell
ing on it, face Fifth avenue. This
property has been known various
ly as the John Moore property
and the Maultsby property.
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Christmas Lights
Are On The Way
H. L. Gatlin, Jr., chairman of
the Chamber of Commerce’s com-.
mittee on Christmas lights, said
yesterday that his committee ex
pects to have lights strung and
switched on by next Monday night.
The delay was caused in the
first place by the late start but
the fixtures are all ready to go
up now and the bulbs, which
must be in before the wires go up,
are on the way. As soon as they
arrive the lights will go up.
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REVIVAL AT PHILIPPI
The Hoke county board of com
missioners took their oaths of of
fice for a two-year term before
Superior Court Clerk J. B. Cam
eron in a brief and informol cere
mony at the courthouse Monday.
Those sworn in were W. M.
Thomas, J. F. McMillan and F. K.
Watson of the retiring board and
New Members N. H. G. Balfour
and Marshall Newton. '
The old board had previous
held its last meeting ot which
resolutions of respect and appre
ciation for the faithful service of
Retiring Members Julian Wright
and John William Smith were
passed and at which they made
remarks of appreciation to the
other members of thie board for the
pleasure of working with them
and promised friendship and co
operation with the board in the
future.
Other officials sworn in by the
clerk were Sheriff D. H. Hodgin,
Recorder’s Court Judge Hem?
McDiarmid, Solicitor J. M. An
drews and Coroner James C.
Lentz. Judge McDiarmid then ad-
ministerd the oath to Csmoon as
clerk of the Superior court
At their first meetinf^the com
missioners selected J^ McGoo-
gan temporary diainnaa for the
purpose of organization. Commis
sioner N. H. G. Balfour stated
that there were tiiree ez-dia^
men of the board near aa it ahd
that he thob^t F. Xnox Watson,
president of the State assodatian
of county commissioners and a
director of the national associa
tion .certainly merited the honor
of being chaiiman of the board in
his own county. The board ap
parently agreed with Balfour, as
Watson was elected by acclamation
on the motion of W. M. Thomas.
Thomas was then chosen vice-
chairman of the board in the same
manner.
The board heard a petition for
a public road by the residence of
Cliff Brown. It was filed for ac
tion at a later date.
County Accotmtant J. A. Mc-
Googan was ordered to write J.
W. Spruill, district highway com
mission engineer requesting that
the C. J. McNeill road be built
as early as possible.
County School Superintendent
K. A. MacDonald appeared before
the hoard with a request of $550
more dollars in the school budget
to take care of salary increases.
The board granted this request,
making the school budget for the
year as follows: Current expenses,
$52,358.50; Debt service, $3,370;
Capital outlay, $29,030.90; Total
$84,759.40.
A series of revival services will
be conducted at Hiilippi Presby
ter church from Sunday thru
Friday of next week, the Rev. W.
B. Heyward, pastor. * announced
yesterday. The services will be
conducted by the Rev. R. H. Poole,
pastor of the St. Pauls Presbyter
ian church, and will begin at
seven o’clock each evening. There
will be special song service at
each service.
FARM ITEMS
By E. M. STALLINGS
Hoke County Farm Agent
According to Tom Cameron of
Raeford and Herbert Blue, tenant
on Mr. Cameron’s farm, it is a
better practice to. plant soybeans
in 214 ft. rows than in 3 ft. rows.
At le'hst this has proven true for
them in 1950.
Seventeen (17) acres of Roa
noke Soybeans were planted on
the Cameron, Farm on May 1, us
ing 114 bushels of seed per acre.
Fourteen acres were planted in 3
foot rows and three acres in 214
ft. rows. The soil was the same
throughout the seventeen acre
field cuid was fertilized the same.
They were planted on heavy land
which was in high state of culti
vation. 300 lbs. of 2-12-12 fertili
zer and 500 lbs. of lime were used
per acre in the drill and mixed.
Mr. Cameron uses this liming
practice on soybeans every other
year.
(Continued on paffe Q