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The Hoke County News
The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLV; NUMBER 51
THURSDAY, MAY 17,1951
RAEFORD, N. C.
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SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
The Ashemont and Raeford .Dis
trict committees held their yearly
meetings last week and re-elected
the faculties of Ashemont, Hoke
High and Raeford Graded schools.
We hope that the other commit
tees will act soon.
The Rockfish school held its an
nual picnic yesterday afternoon.
A bountiful supper was spread
a.^id all present enjoyed it to the
fullest extent. After supper dedi
catory exercises were held for the
new building.
Tommorw night,-Friday, May 18,
the glee club and band will give
iheir annpal concert in the audi
torium at Hoke High at 8:30 o’
clock. The glee club will be under
the direction of Miss Doris Bradley
and the band is directed by J. B.
''Renn.
McLauchlin Company
Sells Grocery Dept.
To Bladen Firm
J. L. McNeill, president of Mc
Lauchlin Co., Inc. annouhced this
week that the company had sold
its grocery store to the Cole Feed
and Seed Company of Elizabeth
town, and that The new owners
would operate it as soon as inven
tory and transfer were complete.
The store has been operated'in
the same place by McLauchlin
company for many years, and in
his announcement McNeill ex
pressed the appreciation of the
company for the patronage of the
people here for this long time.
McLauchlin Co. will continue to
handle building materials, hard
ware, cotton and fertilizer.
The Cole Fedd and Seed Co.
are operators of several cash gro
cery stores in the southeastern
section of the state.
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A & P Buying
Boosts Income Of
Carolinas Farms
We regret to announce that J.
B. Renn, band director for Hoke
High, lost his mother last week.
His many friends hert will sym
pathize with him in his loss.
Everyone interested schools was
glad to see thai;.the^^own of Rae
ford Improv^Ej^^ wnds sold so
well. .It is h$^^^t the/ Hoke
Countiy SchcH^StjiOdi^ can be sol4
as well and ‘ wBf /^ .new huild-
ings calic be go^^ underway at an
early, da^ .
The R^tet^ljraded schdol pre-
clinit^l^|iil‘thrid
wfiti a large numbeY ot pre-i
children and their parents attend
ing. Local doctors and the Health
Department cooperated with the
school in putting on the clinic. We
appreciate their help.
Standard tests were given in the
elementary schools last week. Re
sults are now being computed and
tabulated. These results will be
compared with last year’s scores
and will be used next fall^by the
teachers as aids in planning their
year’s work' For instance, if a
certain 6th grade was found to be
ahead of grade placement in geog
raphy and behind in history, more
time would be assigned to history
and less to geography. The same
thingwith pupils. If pupil A’s
test showed hb was ahead of his
grade and pupil B’s showed he was
behind, more attention would be
given pupil B, in order to get him
up with his grade.
Charlotte — T{ie agricultural
economy of the Carolinas was
bolstered during the past year
through the sale of more than five
million dollars’ worth of fresh
farm produce to one form, A&P
Food Stores.
Company officials revealed here
today that Atlantic Commission
Co., produce-buying affiliate of
the grocery chain, paid $1,412,938
to farmers in North Carolina and
$3,402,137 to "producers in South
Carolina for a total of 3,885 car-
lots of fresh fruits and vegetables
during the fiscal ^ year ending
“These figures do not include
many .other thousands of dollars
worth of fruits and vegetables
purchased for ‘local’ sale in our
Carolina stores,” said P. M. Beal-
er, Jr., vice president of the Sou
thern Division of A&P with head
quarters in Charlotte.
“Nor do they include the many
tons of canned fruits and vege
tables purchased by the company
from processors in the two states,”
he added.
The Carolina produce, both fresh
and canned, was distributed
throughout the grocery chain’s
stores in 40 states, taking the Car
olina labels into almost every sec
tion of the country.
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Dr. Arnold Nash
Finals Speaker At
Flora Macdonald
The Antioch Indian school is
giving a program tomorrow night,
Friday 18th, at 8:30 o’clock. The
younger children will give the
program. On Sunday, May 20, at
2:30 o’clock, they will have their
commencement sermon. It is hop
ed that a good attendance of par
ents and friends will be had at
both exercises. Splendid prepar
ation has been made for both.
On next Tuesday night. May
22, at 8:00 o’clock, the Upchurch
class nigM will be’ held in the
school auditorium. The senior
class has been at work on their
program for some time and the ex
ercises should be most interesting.
It is hoped that a good crowd of
parents and fi^iends will attend to
see and hear the seniors.
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LOCAL AUTO DEALERS
ATTEND CONVENTION
Mr, and Mrs. Crawford Thomas
and Mr. and Mrs. Younger Snead
of Hoke Auto Co. attended ses
sions of he convention of North
Carolina Automobile dealers
which was held in Pinehurst
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of
this week. The program of out
standing speakers included Sena
tor Willis Smith, Radio Commen
tator Richard Harkness, and Wac
hovia Bank President Robert
Hanes,
President Marshall Scott Wood
son has announced that Dr. Arnold
Nash, head of the department of
Religion at the University of
North Carolina, will deliver the
Commencement address to the
Flora Macdonald graduates of
1951, on Monday, June 4, at 10:30
o’clock.
Of English birth. Dr. Nash was
educated at the University of
Liverpool, Ripon Hall, Oxford,
and the London School of Econo
mics, University of London. He
holds, graduate degrees in chem
istry, philsophy, and sociology.
His fame as a lecturer has
spread throughout the United
States since 1939, when he came
over to lecture at the Berkeley
Divinity School aind at Yale Di
vinity School, since which time
he has been much in demand as
lecturer at leading universities
throughout the United States and
Europe. / -
He is also an author of note in
his field, and has contributed ex
tensively to leading journals, both
American- and continental. His
best known book is “The Univer
sity and the Modern World”.
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BETHEL SQUARE DANCE
Phe Raeford Woodmen circle is
lonsoring a square dance at the
Bethel community house next
Wednesday night for the benefit
of the circle’s charity fund.
Old Offender
Sent Off For
2 Years Tuesday
Recorder Releases Indian
On Assault Charge
After Hearing Evidence
Ozell Beatty, colored man who
has been in the habit of appearing
in recorder’s court as a defendant
with considerable regularity for
some time, will not be there for
the next couple of years. He ap
peared before Judge Henry Mc-
Diarmid Tuesday on charges of
being drunk and disorderly, dis
turbing religious worship, fighting
his wife at church, and destruc
tion of personal property at the
county jail. He was sent to the
roads for two years.
James Willie Ross, Leonard and
Weldon Ross, all colored were
charged with assault by Lucius
McClennahan, , Willie Diamond
and John L. McLean. In another
case Willie Ross, Sr., was charged
with carrying a concealed weapon
and assault with a deadly weapon
by the same three. The-defendants
were freed as there wasn’t evid
ence against them, and the judge
let the prosecuting witnesses get
up the costs for what amounted
to a frivolous prosecution.
Williard “Buddy” Hunt, Indian
charged with assault with intent
to commit rape, was released when
the state took a nol pros with leave
to reopen the case due to insuf
ficient evidence against Hunt.
Earl Otis Rhye, white, got 90
days suspended on payment of
$100 and the costs for driving
drunk.
Robert L. McLean, colored, was
charged with obtaining money un
der false pretenses. His plea of
guilty of disposing of mortgaged
property was accepted by the state,
however, and he got a one-year
sentence to be suspended on pay-
mnt of court costs and $212 to
James Hollingsworth.
Luther Allen Taylor, white,
paid the costs for driving on the
wrong side of the road, and Wal
ter R. Storek left a $25 bond for
passing in the face of oncoming
traffic.
Herbert C. Sheffield and Wilbur
Black, white, were each found
guilty of careless and reckless
driving. For the same offense Wil
liam Lacy McIntyre, colored, paid
$25 and the costs and Leon Crof-
ford Williams, white, paid $20 and
the costs.
Sallie McRae, colored, paid $25
and the costs for having no driv
er’s license.
Albert Douglas and James Ric
hard McMillan, both colored, each
paid $10 and the costs for driving
improperly equipped cars.
Robert L. Bass, white, paid $10
and the costs for speeding.
Earl Meggs, white, paid the
costs for being drunk and disor
derly.
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Field Meeting
On Small Grain
Next Wednesday
UNC Prof^sor
To Preach In
FMC Fiimb June 3
REV. BERNARD BOYD
The Rev. Bernard Boyd, Th. D.,
James A. Gray professor of Bible
at the University of North Caro
lina, ill preach the baccalaureate
sermon at'the 55th Commencement
of Flora Macdonald college, Sun
day, June 3, at, 11:15 o’clock.
Dr. Boyd received his A.B. de
gree from Presbyterian college,
South Carolina; his ThH. from
Princeton Seminary; his M.A.
from Princeton' University; and
his Th.D. from Union Seminary,
Richmond, Virginia. He has held
professorships at Presbyterian
college and Davidson college, and
served as navy chaplain in second
world war.
Demonstrate Various
Soybean Varieties
A Soybean a-
tion was planted this week on the
farm of Will McNeill of Antioch,
according to E. M. Stallings,
County* Farm Agent.
This demonstration was planted
beside the Highway from Duffie
toward Red Springs and contains
three rows each of 15 different
soybean varieties. These varieties
include Roanoke, Ogden, Woods
Yellow, Arksoy, Dortchsoy, Hale,
Haberlandt, Lincoln and several
experimental varieties.
The purpose of this plot is to
show the plant type, yield and
disease resistance of the different
varieties. The plot will be marked
and staked to show the name cf
each variety. All farmers of tke
county are invited to observe this
demonstration during the year.
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Hoke Soldier
Finishes Course
At Fort Jackson
MacDonalds Guests
Of Historical Society
On Cape Fear Trip
Mr. and Mrs. K. A. MacDonald
were guests of the State Histori
cal Society last Saturday when
they went on a trip down the Cape
Fear River to Wilmington and
out to sea.
The trip was organized by Hon.
John A. Oates, vice-president of
the society and was managed by
O. P. Breece; Willis Briggs, presi
dent of the society of Raleigh,
and Miss Medlin of An§on county,
secretary, were among those pres
ent.
They went on the Pamlico,
which left Breece’s landing at 8
o’clock- Saturday morning, and
was staffed at Lock 2. The next
stop was at Elizabethtown where
the party was met by a committee
from the D.A.R. and invited to
lunch. Going down the river
many beautiful homes, predating
the Revolution and ante-bellum
days, could be seen. Malcolm Fow
ler of Lillington was in charge of
the program on the boat and he
saw to it that there was not a dull
moment.
They arrived at Custom House
in Wilmington at 9 p. m. and spent
the night in Wilmington. On Sun
day morning they were taken on
a tour, which included the historic
and beauty spots in and around
Wilmington. They then left on the
boat and continued down the Cape
Fear past Orton, Fort Caswell,
the Old Quarantine Station and
other points of interest out to sea,
returning to Southport for lunch,
After lunch they took a bus to
Fayetteville and stopped at his
toric spots on the highway.
Between 32 and 40 took the trip
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TOWN STILL DIGGING
IN SEARCH OF WATER
Commission Sells
Town Bond Issue
For Water, Sewers
The Local Government Com
mission sold bond issues for Hay
wood and Carteret counties and
the town of Raeford on Monday.
The issOe for the town of Rae
ford was of $130,000 water and
sewer bonds, has an average ma
turity of 19 and one-third years
and sold at 2.8446 per cent in
terest. ,
Buying the issue were J. Lee
Peeler, Inc., of Durham, and Vance
Securities corporation of Greens
boro.
The issue of these bonds along
with $50,000 street improvement
bonds was authorized by voters
of the town in an election held
last March 6. The street bonds
have not been offered for sale.
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PERSONALS
Negro Lad Admib
Setting Upcliinrdi
Bams On Fire
10-Year-Old Is Sent
To Reformatory From
Juvenile Court Tuesday
Mrs. B. J. McGougan of Morven
spent several days here last week
in the home of her sister, Mrs. J.
R. Hampton.
Mr. and Mrs. Hurd Bradford
and daughter, Elizabeth Gordon,
of Hamlet, spent Mother’s Day
with Mr. and Mrs. Roland Cov
ington.
Misses Libby Suddreth and-
Belle Smith of Appalachian State
Teachers College, Boone, spent the
week end here with their parents.
A Small Grain Field meeting
will be held at the official Small
Grain Variety Test Plots on the
Tommie Upchurch Farm on Wed
nesday, May 23 at 1:30 p. m. ac
cording to E. M. Stallings, County
Agent.
These plots are located 3 miles
Southeast of Raeford on the Ara
bia road and contain many var
ieties of oats, wheat and barley
including several new experiment
al ones, which look vety promis
ing.
F. J. Bell, Extension Seed and
Small Grain Specialist and J, C.
Wells, Extension Plant Patholog
ist, will be present to, show the
group through the plots and dis
cuss the different new varieties
as to yields, disease resistance and
general characteristics.
All farmers of the county are
invited to attend this meeting and
see the latest results of these var
iety tests.
Private Thomas Dean, son of
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Dean of
Shannon, N. C. has successfully
completed the 8 weeks Leader’s
Course conducted by the Special
ist Training Regiment of the fam
ed 8th Infantry Division at Fort
Jackson, S, C.
Private Dean attended Hoke
High School in Raeford. He was
engaged in farming employment
prior to his induction into the
Army last November.
Students enrolled in the Leader’s
Course are chosen from the ranks
of the enlisted men from the Third
Army Area for the purpose of de
termining their potential as com
missioned or non-commissioned
officers.
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“HIGH SCHOOL DAY"
AT METHODIST CHURCH
The town failed in its attempt
to sink another well at the ball
park to add to Its water supply.
This digging went on last week,
and while water was found, only
about 40 gallons a minute could
be pumped and a minimum of 100
is needed. They are now drilling
back of the Stanley Koonce home
on the Main street extension north
of town.
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MAULTSBY PADLOCKING
CASE SET FOR AUGUST
The hearing on the padlocking
of the Maultsby residence here
was postponed until the August
term and transferred back to Hoke
county Superior court by Judge
Clawson Williams in Cumberland
Superior court Monday. The home
is to remain padlocked until the
hearing at which time the deci
sion will be made as to wether
the padlock should be removed
,,or made permanent for one year.
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PERSONALS
Joe Gulladge, airman appren
tice, left last week for Jacksonville
Florida to enter the Naval Avia
tion Technical Training School,
after a le^e here with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe GuUedge.
He had just finished ,his boot
training at San Diego, Cal., before
coming home on leave. Joe’s
friend, Rommie Harding, who was
his roommate at ECTC, Green
ville and who enlisted in the navy
at the same time as Joe, was also
here on leayp. He left for Corpus
Christ!, Texas, where he will be
on the job training for aviation
training.
Mr. and Mrs. McNair Smith
were guests of Sgt. and Mrs.
George Johnson at Greenville for
several days last week.
Miss Bess Henniger has return
ed to her home in Statesville af
ter a week’s visit with her sister.
Mrs. J. C. McLean.
Mrs. Hugh Lowe returned to her
home last Friday aftbr spending
several days here with her father,
b. S. Poole, and her sister, Mrs.
Luke Bethune.
Mr. and Mrs. Foster McBryde
had all their children and their
families with them for Mother’s
Day. They were: Mr. and Mrs.
Tommie Cardwell and children of
Madison, Miss Mary Black Mc
Bryde of Greensboro, Mrs. Hal
Kinlaw and daughter of St. Pauls
and Foster BdBryde of High Point
college.
Miss Beth Deaton of Statesville,
who teaches in Lumberton, spent
the week end with Miss Leonora
Currie.
Mr. and Mrs. William McFad-
yen had as their guests Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Rogers and
Mr. Roger’s mother, all of Raleigh.
Mrs. N. A. Clark returned to
her home last Thursday after be
ing a patient at Moore County
hospital for about ten days.
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Jimmy Woodhouse of Wake
Forest spent the week end here
with his parents.
Miss Hilda Priest spent the
week end with friends at ECTC,
Greenville.
Pastor P. O. Lee of the Raeford
Methodist church, announced this
week that next Sunday would be
“High School Day” at the Metho
dist church and that all high
school students were especially in
vited to attend the morning ser
vice. His subject for the sermon
will be “What Will My Life’s
Work Be?”
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Mr. and Mrs. Walter Baker
spent Sunday in Pine Level in the
home of Mrs. Baker’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Oliver.
Mrs. W. E. Blue had as her
w’eek end visitors Mr. and Mrs.
G.’M. Moon and Miss Sandra
Moon of Graham. Mr. and Mrs. H.
C. Bethea of Dillon, S. C. were
also visitors in the honae of Mrs.
Blue Sunday.
Capt. Russ Parker left Friday
for Camp Campbell, Kentucky
after spending last week in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Mc
Bryde. Mrs. Parker remained for
a longer visit with her parents.
Capt. Parker was transferred to
Camp Campbell from Ft. Benning,
Ga., where he has been stationed
for the past year.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Campbell
and daughter of Buther spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs. J,
C. Cainpbell.
Mr. and Mrs. Fay Morris of
New Bern spent the week end
with Mrs. A. R. Morris.
Clyde Upchurch lost a bam by
fire on Wednesday afternoon of
last week and there was consider
able conjecture as to how it might
have started but little thought that
it might have started, by human
hands. However, when he lost an
other right beside. the first on
Friday afternoon it became appar
ent that something fishy was going
on.
The barns were located just' up
the hill from Clyde’s pond on the
Lumber Bridge road just outside
Raeford. The one which burned
Wednesday had about 10 tons of
nitrate of soda in it and was un
insured. The larger barn which
burned on Friday afternoon was a
stock barn and contained a quant
ity of feed. No livestock was lost.
Both were beyond saving when
discovered, although the Raeford
fire department went out on both
occasions and protected other
buildings.
Matthew McRae, Jr., colored
lad who lives in the neighbor
hood, admitted that he had set the
fires, and other things about the
way heJias been behaving recent
ly made his story credible, al
though he would admit no motive.
There is no record of the boy’s
age except at school where records
indicate that he will be 10 years
old on the 12th of next month. He'
appears to be possibly a year or
two older.
McRae* was caught by Pete Ho
well, w-ho lives nearby, after steal
ing some $40 from him and Ho
well got his money back. The
same thing happened with a teach
er at his school.
He appeared in juvenile court on
Tuesday before Clerk of the Su
perior Court J. B. Cameron, iirtio
also serves as judge of the juvenile
court. He admitted to .the court
that he had set the fires, the first
in some straw near the front of it
and the second in the hay in the
loft. He was sent to the Morrison
Training school at Hoffman for
detension there as long as the
authorities think he needs it. or
until he reaches his majority.
Both the thefts and the setting of
the fires were recorded as the
reasons for his going.
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Baxter McNeill,
Native Of Hoke,
Passes Suddenly
Baxter McNeill, 40, died sud
denly early Saturday morning of
a cerebral hemorrhage. He was
taken iU just a short time before
and rushed to the hospital.
He was born in Hoke county,
near Raeford, a son of the late
Neill Arch McNeUl and Mrs. Kate
McNeill. He. was owner of the Mc
Neill Ftmeral home in Maxton fee
a number of years, but sold his
business there and moved to his
farm at Floral College last year.
He is survived by his wife, two
small sons, his mother, and four
brothers, including Clifford Mc
Neill of this county.
Funeral was conducted at the
home Sunday afternoon by Ih:.
E. L. Stoffel, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Maxton,
assisted by the Rev. Ray Dickens,
pastor of Centre church. Burial
was in Oakgrove cemetery in
Maxton.
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PAYS $9.00 COSTS FOR
FOLLOWING FIRE TRUCK
Mr. and Mrs. Riley Willis had
as their guests Sunday, Mrs. Wil
lis’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G-
Webb of St. Pauls.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Stephens
had as their guests Sunday Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Dilday of Raleigh
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sessoms
of Fayetteville.
Alfred Hart, Jr., of McCain, was
arrested by City Policeman H. K
Dees last Friday afternoon on a
charge of following the fire truck
too close. He was tried before
Mayor W. L. Poole and had to pay
the c'jists of the court, $9.00. This
is the third such offense in. the Iasi
year.
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