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I i€l ¥OICE OF WtEDOM MO« ¥««W> GUMOIAN OFUBEMT News- VDICi Of MEfOOM The Hoke County Newt The Hoke County Jcwnal VOLUME XLV; NUMBER 35 THURSDAY, JANUARY 25,1951 RAEFOlU). N. C T TEN CENTS PEB COPY I2J0PEB tEAB m YOUR SCHOOL NEWS! By K. A. MacDonald We are sorry to announce that the Asheniont School was closed on Tuesday on account of the death of a brother of Mrs. R. A. I Spioak. Mr. and Mrs. Smoak at tended thb'funeral in South Caro lina; Friends will sympathize with Mrs. Smoak in her loss. This lost day will be ma^e up on a Saturday'in the not too far distanct. future. Principal T. C. Jones of the Rockfish School attended the Na tional Convention of Ruritan clubs held in Roanoke,. Virginia, on Monday and Tuesday. He repre sented 'the Rockfish club. Mrs. Isabella Ray Ritter substituted for him.' The county superintendent at tended a group oneeting of county superintendents held in Wilming-; ton on Tuesday. The superintend ents studied the New Hanover system for handling all instruc tional supplies, janitorial supplies and maintenance supplies. They also studied the vocational educa tion setup in the county. ■Principal J. W. Turlington of the Raeford Graded School re ports tttat the “March of Dimes” campaign in the school is off to ^ a good start arid that all the pu pils are entlidsiastic. Several rgoms have had auction sales that have done exceedingly well. We hope that the campaign in all the other schools is doing equally as welL. It is hoped that all schools the .-gMse ■MgOO.&O or better., niw is a cause that all children should be vitally interest ed in, as it affects them more than anyone else. The commodity store room has received a new shipment of can ned grapefruit and one of fresh apples. The lapples are to be dis tributed to all schools in the coun ty. It is hoped that the principals will call for their allotment right away. ,/ V Mrs. Ruria Shelton of the Rae ford CJraded faculty is out of school this week ^on account of the illness of her mother. We hope that her mother will soon be im proved so that Mrs. Shelton may return to her work. Mrs. Younger Snead is substituting for her. Materials have been placed; on the site for the Burlington class- ^ room building. Construction will ptart in the near future. _ .0-- German Visitor Makes Quick Trip Mrs. Magdalena Kronzucker of Munich, Germany, is visiting her daughter and granddaughter here in Raeford. They are Mrs. Robert R. Fyles and daughter, Angelika, who have a home in Sunset Hills and who have been here for about seven months. Mrs. Kronzucker left Frankfurt, Germany, on Monday afternoon and arrived at Raleigh-Durham ^ airport on Tuesday night at eight o’clock. She had never been in this country or in an airplane before, being 65 years of age. She ex pects to be here about six months Sgt. Fyles is now in Korea. 0 GUARD CAGE TEAM TO PLAY FAYETTEVILLE The strong cage team of Battery A_. local National Guard unit, coached by Tommie Macko, will take the floor tonight against the basketball team from Company K,' 120th Infantry, Fayetteville National guard unit. Game time is 6:00. i-o Mr. and Mrs. Harry Epstein spent last Wednesday in Charlotte on. business. Local Men Attend Scout'Council Meet; Plan Affair Here Clifton L. Moore of Burgaw is the new President of the Cape Fear Area Council, Boy Scouts of America. He was elected to the office at the Business Meeting of the Council in Whiteville last Tuesday night. Moore replaces James H. Clark of Elizabethtown who has held the Presidency for the past two years. ' Other officers selected by the Council are as follows: R. C. Bridger of Bladenboro and Lewis M. Upchurch of Raeford, Vice- Presidents; Joe W. Hood of Wil mington, Treasurer; Richard S. Rogers of Wilmington, Assistant Treasurer;. Joseph S. Mann of Whiteville, Scout Commissioner, and W. Roy Sutherland of Laur- inburg. Hector McLean of Lum- berton, and L. C. Robertson, Jr., of Wilmirigton, National Repre sentatives of the Cape Fear Area Council. •' Additional Executive Council Board Memers elected include: t representing the Western District (Scotland and Hoke Counties) — Younger Snead, Dr. R. L. K^^rray, Israel Mann, Rev. W. Knight Thompson and L. B. Sihgleton. Incoming President Moores, pro posed to the group a lis.t of ac tivities on the Council level to be held during the coming year. They were adopted for the Council Program and are as follows: Coun cil Participation in reporting Civil Service in North Carolina to Gov ernor Kerr Scott, February 9; Council Annual Fellowship Meet ing in Raeford, February 13; Na tional Jamboree reunion (place unnamed), February 16; Explorer Rendezvous at Lake Waccamaw, "Itebruary 2!S^25;' j^Mibr Leaders Training, April 13-15; Cape Fear Area Council Executive Board Meeting April 23; Region Six An nual Meeting, April 26; Summer Camp, June, 17-July 28; Delega tion of Explorers from Council to go to the National Scout Ranch in New Mexico June 20-July 3; Simultaneous finance program in all Districts, September 24t30; Cape Fear Area Council Executive Boarcf Meeting, September 17'; Fall Round-Up Camporee, Octo ber 5-7; Operation Baldhead for Explorers, November 2-4, and Cape Fear Area Council Annual Business Meeting, December 3. The proposed and adopted ca lendar for the Negro Troops as 'outlined by President Moore are as follows: Junior Leadership Training, March 16-17; Council-wide Cam- pnree. May 11-12; Summer Camp, June 7-12; Explorer Rendezvous, August 19-22, and Fall Rouifd- Up and encampment, September 21-2'2. ■ In addition to the announced events, Moore stated that there will also be other activities ©n a District level throughout the Council. ' Herbert Stuckey, Deputy Re gional Six scout Executive of At lanta, Georgia, guest at the meet ing, pointed out that this Council “has ntiade considerable progress during the past year, but that as a main point of emphasis, the Council should give attention to its program for the young men of Explorer age, 14-17 years of age” Region Six Vice-Chairman W. D, Campbell of Southern Pines spoke briefly on the challenge, that exists today in making the Scout Pro gram available to more boys. He also brought greetings to the Council from H. Smith Richard- e son. Region Chairman. During the meeting, each Dis trict reported on their 1950 pro gress and set Scout extension goals in each District for the new year. Following this; Councilwide goals were also set which includ ed a minimum increase of 25 Scout Units and 253 registered members. The reports also re vealed" that 2,504 boys registered in Scouting diiring 1950, 652 aiW cipated in the jcamping program, vanned one rank and 1617 parti- The supper meeting opened with Group Discusses County Cotton Outlook For '51 Business Men, Farmers Talk About Ways And Means Of Achieving; 28,000 Acres “The.United States will have on hand by August 1 only 1,000,000 bales of surplus cotton, conjpared to 33,000,0"O bales we had in 1941”. C. M. Brickhouse, district agent of the Extension service told a large number of cotton farmers and businessmen Thurs day afternoon at the courthouse. Carl Bunn, district field repre sentative of the Production and Marketing administration, was also present. Explaining the need for all-out production and for attainment of the production goals set by the government. Mr. Brickhouse said, “We are facing a critical cotton shortage; for example, it takes one bale of cotton to' equip two sold iers. Affer normal consumption and normal export trade, we will have only .8 of a million bales;, of cotton as a reserve.” A large number of Hoke county cotton growers, seedmen, ferti lizer and machinery salesmen and others met, at the courthouse Thursday afternoon to discuss ways and means of reaching the cotton quotas set up for the coun ty by the government. The quota for the county for 1951 is 28,000 with an estimated production ap proaching 10,000 bales, and the national production' goal is 16,- 000,000 bales. In 1950 there were 16,627 acres planted in the county and production ran to about 5,000 ■bales. This meeting, which was held to sthnulate interest in and thinking about attaining the goals, dealt with all phases of the cotton crop. W. L. Smith, chairman of the county PMA committee, con ducted the discussions. He called for opinions from the planting seed industry, banks and credit agencies, fertilizer and insecti cide distributors, gin operators, machinery salesmen, and spokes men from the Grange and Farm Bureau. Several of the farmers express ed the opinion that the labor sit uation was the key to the whole oroblem. “If the situation doesn’t change, I''will plant less this year than last. L can’t giant it all by myself,” one farmer maintained. Another agreed that “the tenant situation is tight,” but expressed the view that if the price on cot ton were set at 110 per cent of parity the cotton production goals would be reached. In reply to this, Mr. Bunn said that the present price was set at 90 per cent of parity, but that he did not know what changes might occur in 'this policy, although he felt certain that the price of cot ton would not fall below 30 cents and would probably be closer to 40 cents. While many felt that the key to the problem lay in manpower, E. M. Stallings, county farm agent felt that scientific controls of pests^ land care,^ proper fertilizing and other farm practices furnish ed the key. He thought that while the goal of 28,000 acres is a tre- menddus increase over this year, that both planting and production goals can and must be reached. He said that production could be in creased by as much as 60 per cent. At the meeting a Hoke County Cotton committee was organized with T. B. Upchurch as chairman and E. M. Stallings, vice-chair man. They will appoint other members o the committee in the near uture and try to promote a realistic approach to the problem by the farmers of the county. Hoke Girfs Suffer Season’s First Loss To Hope Mill^^riday (Contributed) In the past week of play by the 'oasketball teams of Hoke County High school they have won four of six games played with both boys and girls teams winning two and losing one. The loss for the girls was the first of the season in 12 games played. The victories for the week are over the Wagram girls, Hope Mills :oys and girls and boys from, Gray’s Creek. Losses were to the elope Mills girls, 41 to 35 and to the Wagram boys in an overtime iffair 31 to 30. The Cub scouts have been thrill ing the spectators at halftime un der the direction of Lawrence McNeill, Jr. - Both boys and girls teams are still showing up good. The Hoke girls have an excellent record in spite of their loss last week and the boys team is showing excell ent teamwork and scoring ability and have won eight and lost four games in the season up to this time. The boys junior varsity team has won four and lost two. As the season is half over the local teams have shown that they will be hard to beat for the Cum- berland-Hokfe championship to be decided at Massey Hill around the last of February. The local teafns go to Red Springs Friday night for two games and the opening of the new gymnasium. They will play Sted- man here on Tuesday night, Jan uary 30, in a tripleheader. Brush Burning Pejripit 3e&«on Foster McBryde, Hoke county forest warden, announces that the spring brush burning season for Hoke county and the state be gins February 1 and will continue until June 1. During that period it is unlaw ful to start an outdoor fire more than 500 feet from a dwelling house, without first getting a per mit from your fire warden or hit deputy. The law'is specific about it and starting an outdoor fire without a permit not only is a violation of the law, but may get you into trouble. Mr. McBryde has arranged with the following persons to issue the permits: Sheriff’s office in Rae ford, H. E. Currie, Raeford RFD 3; J. A. Webb, RFD 3; J. A. Roper, Maxton RFD 2; Hughie Overton, Rockfish; Herman Koonce, Way- side. LOCAL AIRMAN STUDIES PUBLIC INFORMATION pledge of allegiance led by Scout Hal Collier of Bladenboro follow ed by the invocation by Dr. Wel- lons. 0 Mrs. Ryan McBryde is visiting relatives in Salisbury. As. part of the military training prior to entering one of the ten departments of Technical Training at Lowry Air Force Base there is class room study and demonstra-. tion on many subjects. Today’s subject is Public Information and how it works wdth America’s free press. For .that reason this information about these boys is sent to the home tojvn editors. Lowry Air Force Base, Denver: Pfc. William L. McFadyen is now stationed at Lowry Air Force Base, where- he is undergoing further training before entering one of the technical training courses. P>fc. McFadyen, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. McFadyen of Route 3, Rae ford, entered the service' Decem ber 12, 1950, and came to Lowry frorn Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, where he had basic training. Following his train ing at Lowry he will be assigned to one of the many commands which make up today’s Global Air Force. 0 GUEST PREACHER The Rev. Gower Croswell, “pas tor of the Presbsrterian church at Marshville, will preach at Antioch Presbjrterian church at 7:30 p. m. on Sunday, January 28. All mem bers are urged to be present. McDonald &ys Polio Can^ign Slow Announces Several Benefits To Be Held In County For March Of Dimes Neill A. McDonald, county chairman of the March of Dimes drive for the-Infantile Paralysis foundation, said this week that the drive in the county was not going as well as he hoped and urged all workers and the public to put forth an extra effort in the next week so that the county could reach its goal of at least $3000. In making his statement the chairman called the attention of the public to the several benefit entertainments and suppers which were being promoted in the coun ty for the March of Dimes and urged the public to cooperate with the worthy cause by attending these as well as by contributing when called on by the workers. First of these entertainments was a talent show with entertain ers from Fort Bragg appearing with local talent at the county high school last night. A good at tendance was expected at this. Wayside Tonight The next entertainment on the program is to be at Wayside com munity house tonight where a supper will be served with all proceeds going to the March of Dimes. Antioch Tonwrrow A chicken supper will be served at the Antioch Presbyterian church tomorrow (Friday) night with chicken in several styles be ing available. Mildouson Barbecue Tuesday Barbecue and chicken salad plates will be served at the Mil- dousort schoolhouSe on Tuesday night, January 30, starting at six o’clock with all proceeds going to the March of Dimes. A Benefit Square Dance will follow at Hen drix Gflil trith flw drndin Mt to begtn at about eight o'clock and Its proceeds going to the drive also. * Allendale Next Thursday The benefit supper will be held at the Allendale commimity house next Thursday night,-February 1, with) barbecue and chicken salad being served. McDonald also called attention to the bpxes around town into which (^mes or more can be drop ped. He said the one at the Elk Restaurant was particularly, heavy already, as the management con tributed all coffee receipts on the first day of the drive. These, a- mounted to something over $27 and has increased some since. He also called attention to the fact that he was giving the gas, Char lie Daramus was furnishing the taxi and Donald Harvey was do ing the driving and all receipts from this taxi operation are going to the drive. He said the taxi could be found on the vacant lot next to the old hardware building by any who wished to take a ride and help the March of Dimes. __0 HOKE COUNTY PREACHER MODERATES PRESBYTERY The Rev. S. A. Ewart of Mont rose, pastor of Shiloh and Bethel Presbyterian churches, was elect ed Moderator at Fayetteville Presbytery which convened Tues day. ^fit Carthage. Those attending from Raeford were- the Rev. W. B. Heyward, Elders D. S.. and J. S. Poole and Deacon "W. L. Alexander. NEW JEWELER HERE The Raeford Jewelry shop has replaced the jewelry shop form erly operated by D. W. Maness here. The new shop is in the same location in the Hotel building on the corner of Main street and Cen tral avenue and the new operators are 'W. M. (Mac) Ridge, manager, and J. C. Connor, assistant mana ger and watch repairman. JUDGE WILLIAMS HANDS OUT STIFF SENTENCES IN BIG COURT Presbyterians Plan Week Of Self Denial The General Assembly of the Presbyterian church has set aside the week of January 28 to Feb ruary 4 as a week of prayer and self denial for Foreign missions. Monday, January 29 at 6:00 p. m. there will be a dutch supper at the church for the families of the congregation, to which the public is cordiaUy invited. At 7:30 Mrs. Henry D. Haberyan, mfember of the Board of World Missions of Shreveport, La., will speak. On Friday, February 2, at 3:30 p. m. Miss Anna McQueen of Rowland, who has recently re turned from the n.icsion field in Korea, will speak n-the. church parlor. ' — Duncan C. Blue^ Dies At Lakeview Duncan C. Blue, member of a pioneer Scottish ' -family and brother of the late W. E. Blue of Raeford, died Friday afternoon at his home at Lakeview. Funeral service was conducted at Lake- view Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon at 2:00 oy the Rev.- Leighton McKeithan. Burial was in Lakeview cemetery. Mr. Blue was a son of the late Murdoch and Mary Ferguson Blue and he was born at Lakeview where his ancestors had acqviired land thri)ugh Royal 'gr^t in.pre-; revolutionary days. Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Monroe of Moore county; one daughter, Mrs. Robert Watts of Southern Pines; two sons, D. C., Jr., and Bradley of the home. Higher Prices For Tobacco Predicted Tobacco farmers can look for ward to a good year, the federal Department of Agriculture re ported. Output of cigarettes, the de partment said, is expected to top the 395 million production esti mated for 1950. To tobacco farmers that means a continuing strong demand for cigarette tobaccos: flue-cured. Burley and Maryland. Supplies of flue-cured probably will be tight, but the department expects “ample'’ Burley and Maryland. About 363 million of the 395 million cigarettes manufactured last year were used in the United States, the agency said. Between 75 and 80 percent of the tobacco used in the United States is used in cigarettes. Small increases in the use of cigars, pipe and chewing tobacco and snuff may strengthen demand for fire-cured, dark air-cured cigar filler, binder and wrapper tobaccos, the department esti mated. Foreign nations have decreased demand for dark tobaccos and in 1951 will buy mostly cigarette type, the department predicted. Exports ore expected to reach about 545 million pounds of to bacco, farm sales weight—about 1-4 of the crop. In addition, the agency pre dicted. support prices are likely to be higher than last year be cause of an expected advance in the parity ipdex. Last year flue- cured sold about 10-15 cents above the support price of 45 cents a pound. Q MAKES UNC DEAN’S LIST Bud Johnson Gets 12 Yean; Raymond Deberry 12 To 15; No Other Contested Cases Alfred Cole, Jr., who is presi dent of his class in the Pharmacy school at the University of North Carolina, made the Dean's list for the first semester, it was rec«it- ly announced. He is the son of Mr. and M^. Alfred Cole of Raeford. Judge Clawson L. Williams of Sanford, who a couple of years ago this month pronounced the death sentence on Uzell Jones in Hoke county Superior court, was back for the January term again this week, finishing around noon yesterday. While no defendant was tried for his life there were long sentences for the two who were tried. Edwin (Bud) Johnson, white, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon withj intent to kill inflicting serious bodily injury on the person of Heston Rose, white. Jury found him guilty as charged and Johnson got a sentence of 10 years in the State prison. In an other case Johnson was charged with the same-offense on the per son of Howard Taylor, white. Jury found him guilty of assault with a deadly weapon without in tent to' kill in this case. Sentence was two years on the roads to be gin at the expiration of the 10- year-sentence in the Rose case. Johnson gave notice of appeal to Supreme court and Judge Wil liams gave him until March 15 to make his appeal and set an ap peal bond of $100. State was al lowed 30 days after his appeal to file and answer. Johnson’s ap pearance bond while the appeal is pending was set at ^0,000. ; ^ Raymond Hanison Deberry, ored, was charged with assault with intent to commit rape bn the person of Helen Barrington, white. He was found giulty as charged and was sentenced to serve not less than 12 nor more than 13 years in the State prison. Razz Graham, colored, entered a plea of guilty of breaking and entering and larceny at a store near Raeford: He was sent to State prison for not less than four nor more than six years. James 'W. Mann, white soldier, appealed his conviction of speed ing in recorder’s court, in connec tion with wrecks he anJ Bill - Wright were involved in here some time ago. The .state did not prose cute Mann and the case was mark ed off. H. L. and , Mattie Hendrix, white, charged with giving a faul ty. deed to real property under false pretense, failed to appear . for trial, 'tiapias was issued for their appearance at the next term and. they were ordered to show at the next term of court why they should not forfeit bond. Appear ance bond .was set at, $1000. • James Redmon. Carley Stanlj", a.nci Mabel Green', colored, charg ed with fraud or flim-flamming,- failed to appear for the second straight term.. The judge ordered their bonds collected in the amount of $1250, $1000, and $1000, re spectively. The state took a nol pros in the case in which Clarence Stubbs and Bertha Allsbrook, colored, were charged with immoral con duct. They were taken from here by officers of the Scotland county sheriff’s office. Leroy Scott, white, was charged with violating the landlord-tenant act by Roy Rowl. He appealed from recorder’s court but enter ed a plea of no defense. He got 18 Months on the roads to be suspend ed on payment of $413 to Rowl and the court costs by November 1951. Bond was set at $600. James Price Hunt, Indian who was driving a gravel truck which kilted a child on the turnpike road recently, appealed his con viction of careless and reckless driving from recorder's court. The state took a nol pros with leave. Deutsie Erwin Cannon, white» failed to appear for trial on at charge of speeding which he had appealed firom recorder's court' (Continued on heck pufiO^