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The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLV; NUMBElt 44
THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1951
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SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
The Board ‘of Education met in
called session at the home of W.
T. Gibson, who was recuperating
from an attack of flu, on Monday
night and ordered the advertise
ment of the multipurpose room at
the Burlington school This is to
be built with state fimds.
The Raeford Graded School
wishes to thank Mrs. J. B. Mc
Intyre for the gift to the school
of eight dogwood trees. The boys
of the seventh grade planted the
trees. This is a nice addition to
the school grounds.
The members of the Rockfish
Ruritan club and the PTA are as
sisting the school in getting the
school grounds fixed up. When
their plans are completed the
grounds will be beautiful.
PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. June Johnson flew
down to Wilmington Sunday to
visit Mr. and Mrs. Starr McMil
lan, Jr. and to visit the gardens.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McNeill
and Mrs. R. P. Brown of Southern
Pines. Mr. and Mrs. Swann Brown
and daughter of Norfolk, Virginia
were guests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Starr McMillan last
Simday, '
Miss Ina Mae Benner of Raleigh
spent Easter here with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Benner, and
the Benner family si^t the day
Sunday with Mr. Benner’s mother,
Mrs. W. P. Benner, in Carthage.
Mrs. C. Ji Benner and her sis
ter, Mrs. C. M. Gattis, attended an
alumnae banquet at the Farm
Life School in Moore County on
Saturday evening.
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The Ashemont PTA is putting
on a womenless wedding Friday
night, March 30. The proceeds of
the wedding will be used to far
ther the PTA’s plans Jor improv
ing the school’s equipment. AU
who attend are assured plenty of
laughs and a good time.
Miss Katherine Baker of Ashe-
boro spent the Easter holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Millard Bqker.
Kiwanis Clubs
Endorse Tally
For District Post
On Monday the Bheford .Graded
School held an election for Kl|^
and Queen of the May Festival
that is now in preparation.' Ernest
Bracy was elected king and Mary
^’^'Estelle Brock, queen. The election
carried out just as a town
or nate' elei^on and gs^ve the
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Hatcher of
Fayetteville have returned from
a trip to Hot Springs, Arkansas,
apd a visit with Mr. and Mrs.
James McDiarmid and Harold Mc-
^armid at Jackson, Miss.
Mr, and Mrs. Woodrow McLean
ap^ two sons of Clinton visited in
the home of W. A. McLean during
the week endV
r Dewey McQuage, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dewey McQuage of Red
Sidings and a former employee of
Jotoon Cotton Company, has en-
ttie aymy and js Jiow at.Ft
Kiwanis clubs in Division Four
have unanimously endorsed Mayor
J. O. Tally, Jr. of Fayetteville for
1952 governor of the Carolinas dis
trict comprising Kiwanis clubs in
two Carolinas.
This announcement was made
from Lumberton by S. Preston
Douglas, Kiwanis past lieutenant
governor, who said that Mayor
Tally’s work in the division—of
which he is now lieutenant gover
nor—has been outstanding.
Douglas also stated that Division
Four has never furnished a dis
trict governor, whereas every
other divisions in the Carolinas
has had two or more governors.
Mayor Tally, a Duke univer
sity graduate, is a vice president
of the North Carolina Bar asso
ciation, past president of the Fay
etteville Kiwanis club, outgoing
president of the Fayettevili-2 Ex
ecutives club, and past president
of the Fayetteville Chamber of
Commerce. He served as a lieu
tenant in the Navy during Worhl
War II and received commenda
tions for participation in the Sal
erno landing and other operations.
Division Four comprises clubs
Angler, Benson, Fayetteville,
Kenly, Laurinburg, Lumberton,
Raeford, Sandhills, Sanford, Sel
ma and Smithfield.
Mrs. W. R. BarringtoP, Dave
Barrington. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Up
church and children spertt Sai(day
at Lake Waccamaw and visiting
the gardens in Wilmington.
■ The Soil Conservation speaking
contest was held last Tuesday at
Hoke High during assembly. Joan
Sinclair won first place. Annie
Blue Cameron took second and
Connie Mae Fulk placed third.
Joan will go to Rockingham' next
week ta" compete in the district
contest. The Banker’s Association
is sponsor of the contest on a
state-wide basis. The^ Bank of
Raeford gave three prizes on the
county level to the three winnens. |’ Miss Doris Keith of the Julliard
School of Music, New York, spent
Mrs. Sue Bundy of Bennetts-
ville and Mrs. Jack McIntyre of
Clio were guests in the home of
Mrs. W. R. Barrington Thursday
and Friday of last week.
Jane McKeithan won the essay
contest, sponsored by the Medical
Association. This contest was com
pleted at Hoke High last week.
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Dr. E. E. Poston, who is holding
a revival service at the First Bap
tist church this week, conducted
chapel exercises at Hoke High on
Wednesday. We are glad that the
students got to hear Dr. Poston..
The county, superintendent at
tended a meeting of county super
intendents held in Lumberton on
Tuesday. During this meeting a
visit was made to the Indian high
school at Pembroke, where class
work was observed and a neW
building inspected. A newly com
pleted elementary school, Deep
Branch, was also visited and in
spected. The operation of new
bookkeeping equipment in the su
perintendent’s office' was also in
spected.
the Easter holidays here with her
parents. She gave a vocal solo' at
the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning that was well received
She returned to New York Wed
nesday. '' .
Town Primaiy
Next Monda]^;
14 For Board
B&PW Club Hear
Local Lawyer Tues.
Wilmington Unit
I Of National Guarjd
[Called To Duty
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Local Men Plan
To Attend Woodmen
Meeting In April
Politics have apparently waked
up in Raeford, along with other
things, what with the almost 300
voters who went to the polls when
the bond issues were voted on and
with 14 candidates being on the
ticket for town commissioner in
the town primary held every oth
er year on the. first Monday in
April. I
Mayor W. L. Poole is,{unopposed
and will succeed himself.
It may be remembered that 30
votes were cast in the town pri
mary two years ago and that at
that time tKbre were only three
candidates for the five positions
on the town board. The other two
were elected by write-in votes and
went into office with seven votes
each. None of the present board
filed for re-election.
Candidates for the five positions
are numerous as the result of a
move on the part of the town’s
citizens to at least get enough to
run to give the voters a choice as
to who will run the affairs of the
town in the important two years
commg up.
Running for the board are Carl
ton E. Niven, R. B. Lewis, John W.
McPhaul, A. D. Austin, Marion
H. Gatlin, J. H. Blue, Frank Cul-
breth, N. B. Blue, Younger Snead,
H. D. Harrison, Jr., A. V. Sanders,
Paul Dickson, F. B. Sexton and
W. L. Howell, Jr.
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On Tuesday evening the mem
bers of the Raeford Business and i Wilmington units of th^ North
Professional Women’s club met at j National Guard will be
the Elk Restuarant for a delicious ^Qbili^ed on or about May 1,
steak.supper, after which they ad- Ljeu-j Col. L. 0. Ellis, c|mmand-
journed to the commissioner s I officer; announced
room at the courthouse for their colonel Ellis said that
meeting. I Anti-aircraft Gun Battalioi
Mrs. Ed Willis, president, pre-1 alerted and will go on
sided over a short business session. I qj\ qj about May 1.”
Mrs. Ernest Campbell, on behalf I jjje battalion woul)
of the Public Relations committee, I camps in the United/
introduced Charles Hostetler, local I training.
Sheriff Catches
More Gamblers h
Saturday Raid
Names From Last Week Uy
Again; Ivey, Manltsby
Cases Pat Off A Week
States for
lawyer, who spoke to the club. In
his humerous and informative
talk Mr. Hostetler cfitized women
for their failure to participate
in political activities, especially I
local affairs. He stressed the fact
that as citizens in our democracy I
The 150th bahalioiyis a part of
the 252nd AAA oriSup, of which
the local unit was a part until
last year when its assignment w as
changed to the 30th Infantry Divi
sion. Col. Ellis will be remember
ed by some in this county as reg-
women are obligated to vote and I jnaental sergeant major of the :.ld
to serve on the jury when they
are called. In conclusion he stated
that the responsibility to help in
crime investigations and in cor-1
reeling crime lies with all people,
not just public officials.
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252nd Coast Artillery, of which
local units were a part when they
were mobilized in 1940.
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Mann Again Asks
Red Cross Gifts
FISH FRY TOMORROW
Mrs. Stuart' Hall has accepted a
position at the Bank of Raeford
as Teller and Bookkeeper. She
replaces Mrs. Mildred C. Tolar,
who lives in Red Springs, and has
accepted the position of secretary
to the principal of the Red Springs
High School.
The county ^upeiviStir of Coloited
elementary schools ‘ has just re
turned from a meeting of all Jeans
supervisors held at Tuskeegee, Ala.
She r^orts good attendance from
all over the Southeast and also a
good meeting.
Chalmers Davis has recently
been notified by LaSalle Exten
sion University of Chicago, Ill.
that he has successfuly passed the
final examinations of the LaSalle
training in Foremanship and Pro
duction Methods. He is an em
ployee of the Robbins . Mills in
Red Springs as a methods engi
neer and has also completed.train-:
ing in .time and motion study.
Floyd rioUahd. who is also an
employee Of Robbins Mills, has
also been notified that he has suc
cessfully completed a course of
tarihing in Foremanship and Pro
duction.
Walter V. Dark, B. B. Cole, Sr.,
G. W. Cox and J. T. Leslie will
attend the Head Camp meeting,
North Carol^^ttt4sd«!t|0n;Wai^n
men of the'World Life Insurance
Society, April 16 and 17, at Ashe
ville.
More than 350 delegates and
visitors representing 32',250 Wood
men of North Carolina, will at
tend the two-day session at the
George Vanderbilt hotel.
Delegates will report on the so
ciety’s activities in the state, in
cluding the Fraternity in Action
program of fraternal and com
munity projects performed by local
Woodmen camps. These include
presenting flags to schools, furn
ishing hospital rooms and equip
ment, awarding medals to youths
for proficiency in American his
tory, placing markers on historic
sites, and many other civic, char
itable and public welfare projects.
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Lester, C. Lon^
Dead In Columbus
Lester C. Long, 52, was buried
in Lake Waccamaw cemetery in
Columbus county yesterday morn
ing. He died at his home in Bol
ton Monday of a heart attack.
Funeral services were conducted
at Bolton Methodist church yester
day morning at 11:00 o’clock with
the pastor, the Rev. H. H. Ward,
officiating.
Deceased is a son of the late
William J. Long and Alice Weeks
Long and is survived by his wife,'
three sons, three daughters, three
sisters and five brothers includ
ing Guthrie, Paul and Roy Long
of Raeford.
The women of the Methodist
church will serve fish dinners
and sappers to tiie public at
Clyde’s Pond tomorrow start
ing at 11:30. They have drained
the pond and fish will be fresh
out of it . . Benefit the church.
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South Leads Nation
In Livestock Trend
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The Upchurch ba'sketball team
is playing a strong team from Fort
Bragg tomorrow night. Basketball
fans should see a good game. The
game wUl be played at Upchurch.
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The Upchurch PTA and the
\school had a lot of work done on
the school grounds last week. They
employed a bulldozer and cleared
and leveled a large area of^ the
school property for playground
purposes. Those interested should
drop by and see the great im
provement made.
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Dr. and Mrs. Howard Baucom
and children of Goldsoro were
week end visitors in the home of
Mr. .and Mrs. J. A. Baucom.
Mrs. A. K. Currie entered Moore
County hospital Monday for treat
ment.
SQUARE DANCE WED.
There will be a square dance
at Bethel schoolhouse next Wed
nesday night, April 4, at 8:00 o’
clock sponsored by the Raeford
Lions club for the benefit of the
blind. Music will be furnished by
Elmo Stanton and his string band.
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HONORED AT QUEENS
Side Placement Gives
Larger Cott^n^Yields
Cotton growers who use the
side-placenient method of apply
ing fertilizer will obtain better
stands and increase their yields
by as much as 17 per cent, asserts
J. A. Shanklin, extension cotton
specialist at State College.
Shanklin’s statement is based
on the results of Experiment Sta
tion tests conducted over a period
Of nine years.
Where side-placement equip
ment is not available, he says it
is recommended that growers mix
the fertilizer with the soil in the
row and bed on the fertilizer. This
should be done about 10 days be
fore planting.
Shanklin says- surveys indicate
that' there are sufficient planting
seed of good germination to meet
the State’s requirements for 1951
provided there is not extensive
replanting. Since seed are at a
premium, he points out, special
efforts should be made to treat
seed before planting to prevent
seed-borne diseases.
If any question exists as to the
germination of seed stocks, sam
ples should be submitted • to the
Seed Testing Laboratory, North
Carolina Department .of Agricul
ture, and if the seed test below 80
per cent, the rate of planting
should be increased proporticn-
ately.
According to Shanklin, there
are 25 modern cottonseed delint-
irig plants in operation in the
State. They are still in a position
to delint seed mechanically for
use this year.
6otton farmers of North Caro
lina have been asked to increase
their, crop from 587,000 acres
grown last year to 975,000 acres
in 1951.
Although indications are that
not quite all of this acreage will be
planted, it is apparent, says
Shanklin, that the 1951 crop will
receive the best care, particular
ly from the standpoint of inSect
control, of any crop ever grown
in the State.
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Israel Mann, Raeford Fund
chairman for the Red Cross cam
paign which started March 1, yes
terday said that the drive was still
going poorly in Raeford and Hoke
county and made a renewed ap
peal for funds.
He said that the workers hoped
to complete' the quota of $2600 by
April 1 if at all possible. Only
$850 had been turned in last week.
Mann said that Raeford and Hoke
county had always responded
generously to worthy appeals in
time of need and that the county
had never failed to raise its Red
Cross quota. He expressed a hope
Led by Tar Heel farmers, the
Southern states are increasing
their livestock numbers faster than
any other section of the country.
. This is pointed out by Jack K^- j belief that it would not fal
Ijr^'in charge "of extehsiorl ahl^al l^Q^jj jjjjg ^me when the need
husbandry work at State College, j great,
who says the 16 South Atlantic
and South Central states increas
ed cattle numbers by slightly over
two million head in 1950 for an
8 per cent increase,
North Carolina farmers did
even better. They added 78,000
head of cattle to their herds to
bring the total number as of Jan-
Funeral Tuesday For
Mrs. Blossie Lunsford
Funeral service for Mrs. Blos-
Sie Jane Lunsford, 70, of Fayette
ville, route 3, who died Monday
night at her home after a long
uary 1 to 788,000—an increase of I illness, was conducted at 3:00 o’-
11 per cent from a year earlier. | clock Tuesday at Hamilton Fun-
Mrs. Bobby Carter underwent an
appendectomy at Moore County
hospital early Sunday morning.
Rev. and Mrs.*W.'B. Heyward
had as their week end guest Mr.
Heyward’s mother, Mrs. N. J.
Heyward of Raleigh.
Miss Bonnie Blue, Raeford, N,
C., has been elected to serve as
boarding student vice-president of
Student Government Association
at Queens College for 1951-52.
She -has served previously as a
member of. Honor Council, Stud
ent Legislature, and is a member
of Valkyrie, leadership organiza'
tion.
The average value per head for
all cattle on Tar Heel farms as of
January 1 was $120, ah increase
of $20.30 per head from January
The number of hogs on North
Carolina, farms increased 1 per
cent during the year, with the
number estimated at 1,131,000
head at the beginning of this year.
Total value of swine was 30.4
million dollars, an increase of 18.6
per cent.
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Mrs. Malcolm McLean has been
quite sick at her home near town
for the past several weeks. She
was reported to be improving the
first of the week.
eral home in Hope Mills. Service
was conducted by the Rev. Daniel
Miller, assisted by the Rev. P. 0.
Lee. Burial was in the cemetery
at Parker’s Methodist qhurch in
Hoke county.
Surviving are four sons. Jack
and Brown Lunsford of. the home
and William and Marshall Luns
ford of Raeford; five daughters,
Thelma of the home. Mrs. Claude
Ray and Mrs. G. C. Hales, both of
Raeford, Mrs. Archie Clark of
Red Springs and Mrs. W. B. Cook
of Fayetteville; one sister, Mrs.
J. W. Wynn of Fayetteville; 24
grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.
Sheriff D. H. Hodgtn, accom
panied by Patrolman D. G. Sur
ratt and Officers J. C. Wright uttd
H. M. Meeks, paid a visit to a
place on the Lumber Bridge roa.i
near the Robeson county line last
Saturday night and picked ap '
another group of gamblers, some
of whose names appeared in the
list who forfeited bonds follow
ing a raid on “Bill’s Club’’ near
here the Saturday before. There
were nine in the group and aili
arranged to have bonds of $25
each posted and failed to api>ea7
in court and forfeited them. Names
on the record are John D. McNair,
Bill Jones (Deling), James Gri.mes,
James William Bruner. Charles
W. Johnson, Jack Brock, Rufus
Johnson, Bill Johnson and B. E.
Jones. ,
George Ivey, white man charged
with allowing gaimbling to go on
at Bill’s Club and with violating
the prohibition laws there, ap
peared in court and asked for an
other week’s postponement of his
case. Ivey made a remark to the
judge to the effect that he was
just working there. His cases were
set for trial at next Tuesday’s
session.
Bethune Maultsby, white man
charged with being druh-k and
disorderly, failed to appear and
the judge ordered the necessary
papers (capias) issued to have
him there for trial next Tuesday.
Leno Locklear, 17-yeaf-old In
dian youth, was charged with as
saulting his stepmother. He plead
ed guilty and got 90 days suspend
ed on payment of the: co.sts and
on condition of two years good
behavior.
Lonnie Locklear, Indiau, paid
$25 and the costs for driving with
no driver’s license. Edgar B. Bar
nett, white, was charged with the
same offense when a patrolmai
caught him without one. Infor
mation from Raleigh disclosed
that he , had been issued a license,
however, so the charge was drop
ped.
John Leslie, and 'Bobby Shaw,
colored, were charged with steal
ing a shotgun, a saw' and other
items from Mrs. Pearl Cole. They
were found not guilty.
Capital Reporter
Scott Summers
Miss Lydia McKeithan of WC-
UNC, Greensboro, is spending the
spring holidays here with her mo
ther, Mrs. Herbert McKeithan.
Miss Carlene Freeman is to be
one of the maids of the May Day
Court at Greensboro College. Her
picture appeared in a group in the
Sunday State papers.
the “hold-the-liners”, through
no fault of their own, suddenly
find themselves in the best posi
tion they’ve had since the Legis
lature convened in Raleigh Janu
ary 3.
A check of income tax returns
last Friday showed that the state
will end the current biennium
with a surplus running anywhere
from 15 to 20 million dollars. This
was caused by a terrific boost in
income tax returns—almost 20%
more than year.
And it seems safe to predict that
income for the two years will
be high enough to give the state a
balanced budget—or almost so. at
least—despite appropriations that
are sure- to run at least $42,000,000
above Advisory: Budget Commis
sion recommen.-iations.
'Unless something completely up
sets the nation’s economy, the
conservative forces w’ill be able
to justify their refusal to increase
taxes to meet state needs.
They had planned to pass the
[recommended Advisory Commis
sion budget and the revenue act
as was and go home. But school
forces got so much support, plus
other obvious heeds, that they
were forced to abandon that plah
They then issued a statement call
ing for increasel appropriations to
take cafe of the^ needs, but
claimed inflation would cause
enough income from the present
tax structure to pay the way.
They gambled that ipereased
income would be at least $42,000,-
000, feeling that if it wasn’t they
could either blame the whole
thing on the Scott administration
or else sell the voters on the idea
that they were trying to stave off
increased taxes as long as possi
ble. Their gamble on increased re
venue apiiarently has paid off.
However, there is talk in legis
lative circles that the conservative
leadership is not satisfied, but
really would rather have a deficit
and blame it on Scott. This* I find
hard to believe, for two reasems:
1. Their political position now is
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L. S. Fowler. , white, pleaded
guilty of giving Jess Dunlap a bad
check. He had to make the check
good and pay the costs.
Ozell Beatty, colored man -who
had been charged about a year
ago with driving with improper
equipment and no driver’s hceuso,
paid thC' costs in each case and
$35 in fines.
Rosie WiUis, colored, got a 60-
day jail sentence for violating the
prohibition laws suspended on
payment of $25 and the costs. John
Davis, colored, got 90 days sus
pended on payment of $25 and the,
costs for illegal possession of li
quor.
Neill Archie McLean, coltsed.
paid $10 and the costs for driving
with bad lurakes and liglhts.
• In cases involving two wrecks
Sinclair Jenkins, Thomas J. Chal
mers and James Samuel Hursk.
all colored and Wilbert Demery,
Indian, each got 30 days suspend
ed on payment of the costs for
careless and reckless driving. In.
another case James Arthur Brow.i
got 60 days suspended on pay
ment of the costs for careless and
reckless driving.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Frans of
Winston-Salem were visitors in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Carter Sunday and Monday. They
came especially to visit Mrs. Car
ter, yvho is a patient at Moore
County hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Eubanks of
Wingate were Eastor guests in
borne of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Balk
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