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VOLUME XLVI; NUMBER 10
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2,1951
RAEFORD, N. C.
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HiOPERTEAB
YOU and
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.CONGRESS
The business that was started
many years ago by the rain-makers
of Indian tribes may be the next
major target of permanent federal
■control.
Congress, with a long record of
control legislation behind it, is now
considering whether it should con
trol the weather.
As always in these matters, two
questions immediately arise;
Should control over would-be
weather controllers be directed
from Washington?
'Should controls, if authorized,
be rigid or moderate?
The whole matter is uncertain
at the moment, due to the present
uncertainties involved in artifi
cial nucleation—^man-induced rain.
Last Spring,. for example, the
cotton growers in Rep. Frank E.
Smith’s (D) Third District in Mis
sissippi vainly searched the skies
for days on end for their crops in
a drought that lasted 56 days.
They wondered whether the
rain-making experiments in Cal
ifornia and some other western
states might be depriving them of
rain. They also wondered what
their chances were of getting re
lief by means of artificial
nucleations.
Their Congressman carried their
questions to the U. S. Weather
Bureau and was told that the Bu
reau had not been able to reach
^y definite, major conclusions
^h the subject.
Meanwhile, the -drpugh
'rh tM Third District and Smith’s
constituents have had so much
rain at this point that they again
fear for their crops. They are won
dering if rain-making experiments
in western states may have caused
too much Third District rain.
Perturbed by that turn of
events. Smith has introduced
bill (H. Res. 296) calling for ap
pointment of a special eight-
> member House committee “to con
duct a full and complete invest!'
gation and ^tudy to determine the
effects of artificial rain-making
on the various segments of the
national economy.,.
Smith cited as a supporting au
thority for his proposal T. H.
Evans, E>ean of Engineering, Colo
rado Agricultural and Mechanical
College. Evans, who feels it would
be dangerous to allow rain-makers
to operate indiscriminately, favors
a bill, passed by the Colorado legis
lature, which would impose mod
erate, controls. It also calls' for co
ordination of rain-making study
and information by a regulatory
‘ commission.'
Meanwhile,, however, Sen. An
derson (D) of New Mexico, where
some of the earlier non-Indian
rain-making experiments were
conducted a few years ago, has
introduced S. 222, calling for rigid
federal control of artificial nuclea
tion. It would set up a Weather
Control Commission, with the reins
hPld tightly by the Secretary of
Commerce.
Three subcommittees of the In
terior, Agriculture and Commerce
committees, with Anderson presid
ing, held joint hearings on S. 222.
These were marked by conflicting
testimony from U. S. Weather Bu.
reau experts regarding the dangers
and possible benefits of artificial
rain-making. The Commerce sub
committee involved has held two
closed-door sessions so far, try
ing to decide whether to recom^
mend the controls prosed by S.
222. "i • ilfl
In the interim, the disastrous,
rain-made floods hit Missouri.
Among other things, the floods
stirred the suspicion that the ex-
cesive rain may have been in
duced, partly at least, by the
* cloud-milkers, who sow dry ice
from airplanes or spray vapor
ized silver iodide into the atmos
phere from the ground.
Accordingly, Rep. Richard W.
Bolling (D) of hard-hit Kansas
City has introduced B. R. 4864,
(Continued on back paga)
County Agent
Says Not To
StoirTreat^
Weekly Boll Weevil Survey
Reported^ Thinks Dusting
Stopped Too Early In 1950
The weekly Cotton Insect Sur
vey of July 30 shows 21% infes
tation in treated fields and 70%
in untreated fields, according to
E. M. Stallings, County Agent.
The Farm Agent makes the fol
lowing observations and recom
mendations.
In most fields checked this week
a good crop of boUs is on ithe stalk,
but it is well to rfemember that a
boll is susceptible to boll weevil
pimcture until it is fully mature.
Many of the bolls are still small
and immature therefore in most
cases it would be a mistake to
stop control at this time. It is ex
pected that migration will start
this week in Hoke County, there
fore sudden build-up of infesta
tion in low infestation fields might
occur.
Where there are immature bolls
and where boll weevil is active,
as is mostly the case locally, it
would seem advisable to continue
treatments at about 6 day inter
vals to prevent the loss of part
of these bolls. Two more treat
ments in most cases will probably
be sufficient.
It is believed that one of the
worst mistakes mad^ mt year
was stopping treatment too early,
thereby allowing the loss of part
of the crop which was almost
made.
Weevil ^ore Tp Date
Per 800 Plants Checked
May 21 *
May 28 2
June 4 .4
Jane 11 19
Percent of squares punc
tured in 8 fields (100
squares per field examined)
June 18 Poisoned once 7%
ITnpoisoned 17%
June 25 Poisoned twice 1%
Poisoned once 9%
Unpoisoned 19%
July 2 Poisoned 2%
Unpoisoned 19%
July 10 Poisoned 2%
Unpoisoned 19%
July 16 Poisoned Fields
(Unpoisoned for at. least
10 days! 21%
Unpolsoned fields 62%
(Unpoisoned fo" entiro
(Poisoned 4 times last
time within past week 1^%
July. 23 Poisoned 17%
Unpoisoned 65%
July 30 Poisoned 21%
Unpoisoned 70%
Recorder Hears Short
Session On Tuesday;
Only One Speeder
Tuesday’s session of recorder’s
court was rather brief compared
to the usual number of cases
coming up before Judge Henry
McDiarmid. Only seven were dis
posed of Tuesday. Most unusual
thing about the session was that
there was only one speeding case.
Three white men pleaded guilty
of having some non-tax-paid
liquor and each had to pay $'10
and the costs. They were James
Babb, Jack Pate and ILeonard
Baker. Baker also got 30 days
suspended on payment of the costs
for being drunk and disorderly.
James H. Bodsford, white, paid
$10 and the costs for speeding
with a truck.
Roosevelt Hardin, colored,
pleaded guilty of violating the
prohibition laws by having some
home brew. Judgment was sus
pended on payment of the costs
and on condition of one year good
behavior.
Henry Brown, colored, got 30
days in each of two cases for be^
ing drunk and disorderly. Sen
tences were suspended on pay
ment of the costs and on one year’s
good behavior.
Arthur C. Ray, Jr., white, paid
$25 and the costs for careless and
reckless driving.
Stafford Edward Gibson, white,
was charged with driving drunk.
He was only found guilty, how
ever, of driving an improperly
equipped car.
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Tobacco Markets
Of Border Belt
Will Open Today
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Raelgh — Warehousemen and
farmers dealing in 10 flue-cured
tobacco markets of the South Car
olina and North Carolina Border
Belt completed preparations yes
terday for the opening of sales
today.
Sales were scheduled to begin
today at Darlington and Pamp
lico in South Carolina, and Chad-
bourn, Clarkton, Fair Bluff, Fair
mont, Fayetteville, Lumberton,
Tabor City and Whiteville in
North Carolina
Many Attoid
Homecoming At
Bethel Sunday
A large congtegation from many
parts of North Carolina attended
the homecoming at Bethel Presby
terian church Sunday. Five former
pastors of the church were pres
ent, along with four visiting
Presbyterian ministers, and all
took some part in the day’s pro
gram.
Dr. Harold J. Dudley, execu
tive, secretary of the Presbyterian
Synod of North Carolina with of
fices in Raleigh, brought an inter
esting and inspiring message and
spoke encouragingly of the pro-
Hoke Asked To
Help Red Cross
In Flood Relief
Hoke County has bwn asked to
contribute at least $175.00 through
the Hoke County Red Cross chap
ter for emergency and long term
rehabilitation assistance to thous
ands of families who suffered
severe losses in the recent disas
trous floods in four midwestern
states. This represents , a mini
mum amount needed from Hoke
County in support of a nation
wide fund appeal for at least $5,
000,000 for flood sufferers.
Newly compiled flood damage
figures show 52,000 families af-
gress the Presbyterian church is fected, 1,500 homes destroyed and
Hoke Women Attend
Farm, Home Week
Mrs. Clayton Adams and Mrs.
Frank McGregor of the Mildouson
Home Demonstration Club, Mrs.
R. B. Shockley of the Philippi
Club, Mrs. J. L. McMinnis and
Mrs. W. I. Strider of the Blue
Springs Club, and Mrs. John
Baker of the Little River Club
are in Raleigh this week for an
nual Farm and Home Week, which
is being held at State College.
Several other club members
planned to go to Raleigh on Wed
nesday to attend the classes in
Homemaking in the morning and
to be present at the tea at the
Governor’s Mansion from three
until five o’cloc in the afternoon.
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ROAD MACHINE RUNS
WILD ON MAIN STREET
making in North Carolina and the
South. He challenged Presbyter
ians to go “all out” for the church
during this period of great op
portunity.
Under the leadership of Mrs.
Lucy Smith a bountiful dinner
was served on the grounds at one
o’clock. Many more could have
been served.
One of the features of the day
was the good music, led by Mrs.
Ina P. Bethune. Miss Mary Ann
Smoak and Miss Katherine Blue
were heard in solos, singing “Come
Unto Me,” and “Bless This House,
O Lord We 'Pray,” respectively.
The Rev. Eugene Alexander
made an interesting address for-
the new educational building, fol
lowed by a beautiful prayer of
consecration by the Rev. C. M.
Gibbs. Following this the pastor,
the Rev. S. A. Ewart, declared
that the Educational Building was
dedica^ to th|i glory of God in
the name of ^tK|.^ather and the
Son and the Rbiy Ghost.
The assembly room was desig
nated as the “Ryan McBryde
Fellowship Hall,” in memory of
Mr. McBryde, who was for 30
years an elder in the church and
superintendent of the Sunday
school. The Kindergarten depart
ment was designated the “Mrs.
Wallace A. McLean Room”, in
memory of the late Mrs. McLean.
The execises were concluded by
an interesting history of the early
days of Bethel by the Rev. A. D.
20,000 homes damaged. About
20,000 families have already reg
istered for long term Red Cross
assistance. This includes home re^
pair, rebuilding, refurnishing,
occupational needs, medical, etc
The Red Cross makes fund
grants on an individual family
need basis. About 200 Red Cross
staff members are now in the
flood area assisting thousands of
volunteers of Red Cross chapters
and other organizations. This
takes money and lots of it.
The Hoke County Red Cross
chapter urges the citizens of this
county to send in their contribu
tions. The need is great and our
■help is essential. Send your gifts
to Tom McLauchlin, treasurer or
to Mrs. Helen Barrington at the
Red Cross office.
Move Started To
Hold Wednesdays
Open For Churches
At a recent meeting of the Rae-
ford Kiwanis Club, on recom
mendation of the club’s commit
tee on “Support of Churches,” a
resolution was passed by the club
asking all civic, social and poli
tical groups to refrain from hav
ing regularly scheduled or called
meetings on Wednesday nights.
This action was taken in order
to have it understood in Raeford
and the surrounding community
that Wednesday nights are left
open for church activities. The
resolution, together with a letter
by passort of the Raeford Baptist,
Methodist and Presbyterian
churches, has been circulated a-
mong civic and social groups in
the community. In their letter the
pastors approved the Kiwanis
club’s request to have the citizens
and organizations respect Wed
nesday at church night.
Nine South Carolina markets re- Carswell.
Last Friday morning at about
seven o’clock K. D. Lowe’s 'car
was sitting peacefully in front of
the Raeford Barber shop as things
ere beginning to move aroimd
town. A state highway truck came
down the street with a road grad
ing machine behind it and when
it got near Lowe’s car the road
machine broke loose from the
truck and smacked into the car,
smashing up one side and turn
ing it over.
ported comparatively light sales
and poor quality of offerings in
their second auction sales of the
1'951 season Tuesday.
According to the U. S. and
North Carolina Departments of
Agriculture, prices held fairly
steady to Monlay’s opening levels
which on a grade basis were about
the same or slightly above last
year’s opening bids.
'Opening day sales totaled 2,693,-
539 pounds at an average price
of $5S;05 as compared with 2,922,-
076 pounds the same markets sold
on opening day in 1950 at an aver
age price of $54.90. The Agricul
ture Department said the $2.85
decrease in the general average
was “due chiefly to the poorer
quality of tobacco on sale.”
Markets opening Monday in
South Carolina were Mullins, Dil
lon, Conway, Hemingway, Kings-
tree. Lake City, Lamar, Loris, and
Timmonsville.
The Agriculture Departments
reported the following prices bid
Tuesday on a limited number of
U. S. grades:
Cutters—^fair lemon $68, low
lemon $66, low orange $64.
Lugs—fine lemon $68, good
lemon $64, good orange $63, fair
lemon $58, fair orange $53, low
orange $43.
Primings—good lemon $61, fair
lemon $49, fair orange $44, low
orange $32.
Nondescript — best thin $20,
poorest thin $11.75.
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Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Lester mov
ed this week into one of the
Alexander cottages recently built
by W. L. Alexander, just back of
his home. The house the Lesters
have occupied was owned by the
late Mrs. Ella Juat of Aberdeen
and was willed to a niece, whose
husband is employed at the local
Robbin’s Mill, and there is a prob_
ability of this couple occup3rihg
the house in the near. future. "
The beautiful flowers in the
church and educational building
were placed in memory of var
ies loved ones by their families.
Officers of the church are: El
ders: D. J. Dalton, clerk, E. A.
Wright, D. H. Yarborough, Lee
Maxwell and W. A. McLean;
Deacqhs, J. H. Wright, chairman,
Wilson Clark, E. C. Smith, Jr.,
Robert Currie, John H. Currie,
and C. J. McNeill, treasurer.
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OPS Officials To
Be In Fayetteville
To Answer Questions
The Eastern Carolina Office of
Price Stabilization will send a
group of business analysts to
Fayetteville on August 9 who will
be located at the City HaU to ex
plain various OPS regulations and
to assist people of this area in
preparing reports, the Fayette
ville Chamber of Commerce has
announced. The office will be
oi>en from 11 AM to 12:30 PM and
from 1 PM to 3 PM. Residents of
Raeford are invited to meet with
the OPS representatives for any
assistance they may need.
, A series of field trips to cities
in eastern Carolina by OPS repre
sentatives under the auspices of
chamber of commerce and mer
chants associations is’ planned as
an OPS public service.
“The Eastern Carolina Office of
Price Stabilization is anxious to
cooperate with the people in every
way”, Director J. G. Clark said,
"and it is our purpose tq help
businessmen with their reports
and to explain the regulation ap
plicable to their business”.
The Fayetteville visit is plan
ned to serve people in this im-
mdiate vicinity and thq following
counties: Cumberland, Hoke,
Robeson, Scotland, Bladen and
Sampson.
PERSONALS
Lt. a^-MrS;_^itz Croft of Fort
Bragg were’supper guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Mc
Bryde Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Sen ter and
children spent Sunday in Kipling
with relatives.
Petey Dickson visited his aunt,
Mrs. William -Elliot at Seventy-
First the past week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence McNeill
and family have returned from
Ocean Drive Beach where they^
have vbeen for the past month.
Mrs. Jennie Weaver and Miss
Belle Graham are taking their
vacation from August 1st to lOth
and Graham’s Gift Shop will be
closed except on Saturday.
Mrs. H. C. McLauchlin and John
returned last Friday after a visit
to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Farrior
Crenshaw in Ft. Deposit, Alabama.
Mr. 'and Mrs. Arthur D. Gore,
Misses Clara Elizabeth Ramsey,
Fannette Gore and Hal Gore
visited Miss Anne Gore at Duke
University Sunday. They also re
mained for the Carallon recital
by Anton Brees Sunday afternoon.
Miss Clara Elizabeth Ramsey
who has been visiting her McFad-
yen relatives in Raeford left Tues
day for . her home in Marshall.
New Game Licenses
On Sale In County
Wildlife protector H. R. Mc
Lean reports that the new himt-
ing and fishing licenses are now
on sale with agents over the
county. All licenses except the
regular fishing license expired on
July 31.
McLean asked sportsmen to
get a copy of the hunting laws
at the time of purchasing licenses
from the agents.
Mrs. Alice Hall, 82,
Is Buried Monday
Mrs. Alice McBryde Hall, 82,
died at a nursing home in Laur-
inburg Sunday after a long ill
ness. Funeral was conducted at
the Lentz Mortuary here Monday
morning at eleven o’clock by the
Rev. A. D. Carswell of Spring
Lake. Burial followed in the
cemetery at Dundarrach Presby
terian church.
She was the daughter of the
late Joseph A. and Sarah McNeill
MoBryde of this county and had
lived in this section all her life.
She was the widow of Hiram Hall.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. W. H. Lineberger, Charlotte
Mrs. Price Morris, Laurinburg,
Mrs. J. J. Suddath, Tampa, Fla.,
Mrs. C. F. Evans, Myrtle Beach,
S. C.; h son, G. A. Hall of Shan
non; three sisters, Mrs. Annie
McNeill and Mrs. Nora McKenzie
of Shannon and Mrs. Hector Liv
ingston of Red Springs; two broth
ers, Hector McBryde of Lumber-
ton and Marshall McBryde. Shan
non; several grandchildren.
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Red Cross Offers
First Aid Course
AodHinr Fean
Town Taxes May
Have To Rise
Pnblic Invited To Meetmn
Of Commissioners Monday
Night At Conrthonse At 8:00
James M. WUliams, of the form
of Williams & Williams, certified
public accoimtants, Raleigh, was
auditing the books of the town at
Raeford yesterday, and according
to one commissioner, Mr. Williams
stated that he considered it prob
able that a substantial increase in
the town’s tax rate would be nec
essary for the town to stay on a
current financial basis. 'This in
crease would be necessary for the
fisical year 1952, which began
July 1, according to the auditor.
The town board has decided that
the town’s taxpayers should know
the situation and be given an op
portunity to express themselves on
it. For this reason the mayor an
nounced yesterday that the board
would meet in the courthouse on
Monday night, August 6, and in
vite the public to attend and take
part in he discussion. MDr. Wil
liams will be present to make a
report on hs audit of the town’s
books and to present his profes
sional recommendations.
Several factors and angles of
the situation could be discussed
in this news article, but as sev
eral dfferent views will undoubt
edly be presented Monday night at
what promises to be a most inter
esting meeting to the town’s tax
payers, these will be omitted here
and what takes place wiE be
covered in full for next we^’S
paper. J
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D. Scott Poole
Is 93 Tomorrow
Later reports of the children
and descendants of former Bethel
Church meihbers who came back
for the day of happy reunion last
Sunday include; the children of
Mrs. Alice McRae; Mrs. Joe In
gram and husband of Mt. Gilead,
Mrs. John Stewart and husband
of Charlotte, and Octavus McRae
and Mrs. McRae of Laurinburg,
Mrs. Kate McNeill and Mr. Bax
ter McNeill of Maxton, Mrs. W.
R. Hahm of Philadelphia, the
former Flora Belle McNeill, Mrs.
R. M. Adams of Hamlet, Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Bums, Fairmont, Mr.
and Mrs. David Townsend, Jr. of
Rowland, Miss Bonnie Teal, Fay
etteville, Mrs. Ina McRacken,
Mrs. Mattie Boimds and Miss Ida
Johnson, Red Springs, Miss Eliz
abeth Strider, Asheboro.
’ Miss Alice Sutton Matheson
and her guest. Miss Marcia Car-
miehael of Gloucester, Virginia,
spent the week end with friwids
in Durham.
R. B! Lewis, local civil defense
director, said this week that the
American Red Cross had offered
to hold a course in first aid if
a sufficient number showed in
terest in taking it. The course
would consist of 34 hours of in
struction, with instructors being
trained in the first phase.
After, completing this course an
other 15 hours will be made a-
vailable for those wishing to be
come certified Red Cross First
Aid instructors. Those interested
in taking the course may leave
their names with the director at
the bank. He also said that teach
ers would be asked to take a three-
hour course during the next term.
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PATROLMAN CHANGED
Patrolman D. G. Surratt is still
here and expects to stay. Patrol
man R. T. HarreU, who^ has been
here for some months," was re-
cdtly transferred to Greenville
and Patrolman J. M. Helms ‘Of
Kannapolis is now stationed in
Raeford. According to information
on the 42 new graduates of the
State Highway Patrol’s school at
Chapel Hill, Patrolman William T.
Herbin is to be assigned to duty
here.
D. Scott Poole, former school
teacher, legislator, editor, etc., and
publisher of The Hoke County
Journal for many years, is wind
ing up another year and will
celebrate his 93rd birthday to
morrow'.
Most of his family expect to
be present and among those com
ing from out of town will be Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Lowe of Charlotte
and Mr. and Mrs. Leon McKay
of Dunn. Mrs. Lowe is Mr. Poole’s
daughter and Mrs. McKay is his
granddaughter.
Mr. Poole’s many friends and
acquaintances in the county and
the Sandhills and over the State
will wish him a happy birthday.
Those readers not living here
may be mterested to know that
he is stiU quite active and may
be seen conversing with his fri
ends on the streets of Raeford
almost any time.
Men Working Here
Killed In Monroe
Monday Morning
The truck of Davey Tree Ex
perts Co., which has been work
ing around Raeford for several
weeks, was wrecked in the rain
while returning here Monday-
morning and two of the three
in it were killed and the third'
injured.
' The wreck occurred about three
miles east of Monroe, from where
they were coming to Raeford and
took place at about four o’clock
when the DavejT^uii crashed
into the rear of another truck and
exploded, burning the two to
death. The other driver was able
to get one man out, but die others
were caught and it is not known
whether they were kiUed in the
crash or whether they burned to
death.
The dead were Robert Canady
of Charlotte and J. D. Starnes at
Monroe. The injured man is James
Freeland of Charlotte. The ttoe*'
had roomed with M^. and ItCK
J. D. ‘Tapp while working hiM
during the wedc.
Misses Mary and Hazrt
have returned hcxne after agend-
ing several days in 'Witeao with
their sister, Mii| Batl^ IfcjLeaa.