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VOLUME XLVI; NUMBER 23
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1,1031
RAEFORD, N. C.
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YOUR
iSCHOOL NEWS!
By K. A. MacDonald
On Monday nigbt the Board of
Education held another meeting
in reference to the site for the
Raeford Graded School addition.
The deadlock between the Coufity
Board and State Division of School
Planning seems to be as tight as
ever.'; ,
As has been reporte^, the chair
man of the Board and State Re
presentative made a trip to Ra
leigh for a conference with the
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction. So far, these gentle
men have pot heard from him.
Last week the superintendent had
a long conference with a repre
sentative of the Planning Divi
sion, but got nowhere. The chair
man was instructed to continue
efforts to wrork through the state
Superintendent and try to get the
deadlock broken. At this meeting
it was decided to advertise fOr
bids for the Indian school and
the Upchurch addition, as these
projects have had state approval
for some time. It was felt that by
'.^trying' jo let these projects the
>Board could get a fair estimate
a3*^o the probable cost of all three
jobs. It was also felt that the lon
ger these projects W»e held up
that ^^sater difficulty would be
encountered in sMuring the ne
cessary iiiaterials smd the possi
bility of encountering a price rise.
The Board also set a- date for a
meeting with the director of the
. Division of" Insurance,^' for the
•purpose of canvassing the amount
of insurance carried on aU school
prd^rty. ,. ^ ..
■' ■'* *1^18 week the schools are hav
ing their 'Halloween Carnivals.
They seem to be generally well
attended and very profitable to
the schools. Large crowds have
attended and eiyoyed themselves
in hilarious fashion.
G. W. Parks
Funeral Held
Monday A. M.
Funeral services were held at
Bethel Presbyterian church at
11;00 o’clock Monday morning for
George William Parks, who pass
ed away at his home here Satur
day after a long illness. Conduct
ing were the Rev, S. A. Ewart,
pastor, the Rev. A. D. Carswell
of Manchester, a former pastor,
and the Rev. W. B. Heyward, pas
tor, of the Raeford Presbyterian
church. Pallbearers were nephews
of the deceased and burial was in
the Bethel cemetery.
Mr. Parks was a farmer and was
86 years of age. He was born in
Randolph County and came to this
section to live when he was a boy
of twelve. He farmed in Blue
Springs towmship for many years
and was a member of Bethel
Pres'byterian churcii. He moved
to Raeford several years ago.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Fannie Blue of this county;
three daughters, Mrs. Rex Currie,
Mrs. C. J'. McNeill and Mrs. Ros-
coe Currie, all of this county; four
sons, William and Alton of Rae
ford, Arthur of Norfolk, Va., and
George Parks of Sanford.
EDITORIAL
The School Building Situation Is
Iiilolerable And is Costing Money
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Last week the Raeford Graded
School seventh grade took its an
nual trip to Chapel Hill, Durham
and Raleigh.
At Chapel Hill the students
visited the Planetarium, in Dur
ham they visited places of -interest
including Duke Chapel and in Ra
leigh the usual rounds were made
with an addition to the itinerary
that included seeing and hearing
a Kingan Scott radio broadcast.
The buses left Raeford at 8 a.
m. 'and returned at 10 p. m. with
a tired but happy group of pupils
We \yon’t mention the teachers in
charge. Mr. Turlington reports
exemplary conduct on the part of
the pupils. We are proud of this
as we have seen school groups in
Raleigh that were not any credit
to their .school. '
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G. E. Crawley, State Bus Route
Engineer, was in the county on
Monday and Tuesday working on
school bus routes. He did not
finish and will return to the coun
ty next Monday. We hope that he
will be able to finish on that day.
Bus routing has become a very
complicated job, especially when
you try to serve every family the
besl; that the law will allow.
State College Club
To Hear Professor
Next Tuesday Night
Prof. David E. Henderson, head
of the Department of Industrial
Engineering, at North Carolina
State. College, will be the main
speaker at a meeting of the Hoke
County State College Club on
JjTovember 6^ IftSl at the^ High
■'^^ool^6afeteria at 6fi'5 p. m.„“
Professor Henderson, who is the
first man to hold , the Walter
Clark Professorship at State Col
lege, joined the college’s faculty
in- the spring of li946 after re
signing as assistant general man
ager and chief project engineer
for the Indian Motorcycle Com
pany in Springfield, Mass.
A well-known engineer and
engineering educator. Professor
Henderson obtained his bachelor’s
degree in industrial engineering
from the University of North Car
olina and later did graduate -work
in the same field of study at the
Universities of Iowa and North
Carolina.
Batk on May 7,1951, the voters of Hoke
County passed a bond issue of $280,000 for
the purpose of enlarging the school system
of the county. Of .this money $150,000 was
scheduled for an addition at Raeford
Graded school, $80,000 for same at Up
church colored school, and $45,000 for an
Indian school. In i^ugust the Hoard of .Ed
ucation had plans and specifications ready
for letting the contracts on these projects
and hoped to get the work done at once
in one contract in order to get the most for
the taxpayers’ money.
Since that time the Division of School-
house planning of the State Department
of Public Instruction has consistently re
fused to approve any plan by the county
board for the addition to Raeford Graded
school. So, still hoping to get the whole
works in one contract, the board has wait
ed on all three schools. At their meeting
on Monday night of this week, the board
reluctantly decided to proceed with the
colored and Indian buildings and lef the
Raeford work continue to wait, as’ Ithey
think they are legally unable to build the
Raeford Graded addition without approval
of the plans by the State office. We .won
der about this. .This is a democraey/'lsn’t
it? ■
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Ail interesting figure for conjecture is
just how niuch prices have gone up on
S275,000 Worth of construction since August
when the county board was ready to build.
However much this is, and ,we are certain
it’s more than, peanuts, it is just how much
the Stale Division of Schoolhouse Plan
ning has cost the taxpayers of Hoke Coun
ts. And, there’s no solution in sight as far
as the Raeford Graded school addition is
concerned. Add to that extra cost the fact
that the work now will have to be done in
two contracts instead of one.
The situation as is is intolerable. We
either have to urge our board of education
to proceed without Raleigh approval—
legal or not we’ll have our school, or we’ll
have to urge thern to submit and do it like
they want it done in Raleigh, We favor
the first course, because in our opinion
the people in our centralized State and
Federal governments are spending too
much of our money as it is, without having
to tell us how to spend what little our
local governments are supposed to spend
themselves. Let’s make our views known
to our board of education, so these men will
know what course represents the wishes
of most of us. Then, first telling the State
Division of Schoolhouse Planning to ped
dle their authority elsewhere, let’s pro
ceed like we should expect to in a free
country.
Mail Delivery
Starts Today
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Evc'-.-y..'. ng is ail se: f'jr ho-jse-
to-ho'-.?^ .:;3il delivery .; rvice
start .-.ere today, Postrr.'.i.-ter Lacy
Clar!; .-aid this -week. V.'ith the
con-.ir._ -.his service local people
will bi ; goodbye to the days of
the local letter being mailed with
a one cent stamp as they are three
cents from now on.
The postmaster said he knew
there -^vould be hitches in- the ser
vice to start with and asked the
public to bear‘with his office un
til they co'uld get straight. He also^
said that mail would be delivered
only to numbered houses with mail
boxes. He said that regulations
would not allow carriers to leave
m'ail in cigar boxes or si.milar re
ceptacles. Carriers doing the foot
work in the operation starting to
day are Malcolm McNeill and
Thomas Macko.
Clark also said the Post Office
would like to rent a pickup truck
without driver for about three
hours daily to use for delivering
parcel post and picking up mail
from the drop boxes.
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FHA Helps Farmers
Balance Programs
For Greater Income
We wish to thank the Robbins
Mill Corporation, the Raeford Fire
Department and the Town of
Raeford for their assistance dur
ing the critical water shortage at
the Upchurch school.
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Scouts Attend Semi-
Annual Camporee
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Scoutmaster Tom MsDauchlin
carried 12 members of the Raeford
Boy Scout troop to Camp Tom
Upchurch last week end for the
semi-annual camporee of the Wes'-
tern District. The Camporee was
attended by about 110 scouts from
seven troops in Hoke, Scotland,
and Robeson counties.
The boys took part in various
activities while there and were
graded on their camping ability.
They also took various advance
ment tests. Results of the campQ-
ree will be announced at the court
of honor to be held in Laurinburg
on. Tuesday night, November 13.
The local troop took top honors at
the last spring ramporee/ ,
The Junior Red Cross Drive
starts today. All schools are en
rolling, their rooms and w,e hope
to have a 100% enrollment.
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The first month’s total enroll
ment, average daily attendance
and percentage of attendance for
the colored schools follows:
Upchucch Elementary 549, 429,
78.8; Upchurch High 307, 242. 80.6;
Fryes Mission 53, 42,'^; Freedom
69, 43, 62; BoW'more 116, 71, 61;
i\’'’\dship 35, 20, 71; Timberland
30. 19, 72; Peachmon't 36, 15, 42;
Shady Grove 44, 33, 76; Buffalo
46, 33, 7-3; New Hope 54, 38, 89;
(CoutxUu'ca on bacK pagej
Rev. J. W. Mann
Dies In Burgaw
The Rev. J. W. Mann, 56, for
several years pastor of the Antioch
Presbyterian church, died last
Thursday of a heart attack near
Burgaw, where he was pastor of
the Atkinson, Black River, Har
mony, and South River Presbyter
ian churches. He had also served
churches in Wake, Rowan and
Orange counties.
The remains were taken to Bur
lington for funeral which was
held there Friday. ,
He is survived by his wife, the
former Esther Covington; his mo
ther, and three brothers.
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Mr. and Mrs. D. Newton and
daughter, of Faison were guests of
Miss Lona Graham Sunday.
The Hoke County bffice of the
Farmers Home Administration
begun to work with qualified bor
rowers on their farming operations
for 1952. Special attention and
planning is being given to make
the farming operations of these
farmers a balanced one between
row crops and livestock.
A written plan of work is de
veloped for leach farmer with a
view to utilizing all labor in the
family all the year-round which
will result in increased income
and decreased dependence on cot
ton and tobacco with their sea
sonal income.
A livestock program is includ
ed in this plan. Better pastures
are established and more hay,
and grain, and other feed crops
are grown to provide for the plan
ned increased livestock produc
tion.
One of the first farmers in this
section to take, advantage of this
opportunity is Ronald D. Webb,
Route 3, Raeford. Mr. Webb is
now the proud owner of six high-
grade Wisconsin Holstein cows.
These cows were purchased
through the assistance of H. C.
Chaney, County FHA Supervisor,
and the Christopher Farms of
Nashville, Tenn., and are some
of the finest cows. to be seen in
this section of the State.
Mr. Webb is the operator of a
farm near McCain Sanatorium.
He has been operating this farm
as a family-type farm with the
usual acreage of cotton and to
bacco. He now plans to supple
ment his income and to improve
his farming practices through the
inclusion of these cows in his fu
ture farming operations. These
cows form the beginning of what
is hoped to be a full time dairy
enterprise. Mr. Webb has con
structed a fully equipped Grade
A dairy bam and will begin milk
sales about Novenreber 15th.
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LIONS CALL OFF DANCE
Friday At 3:00
Coaches Bob Rockholz and Hay
wood Faircloth have been giving
the Hoke High school Bucks hard
drills this week in preparation for
their clash with Erwin at Armo
ry Park here at 3:00 o’clock to
morrow afternoon.
After a layoff last week the
Bucks are in good shape for the
encounter and expect to give a
good account of themselves and
get their third victory of the sea
son. So far they have defeated
Mt. Olive and Elizabethtown and
losit to Massy Hill and Hope Mills
in close games.
Starting offensive unit is ex
pected to include Edge, Culbreth,
Davis, Benner, Sappenfield; Clark
and Lovette in the line with Ses-
soms, McLeod, Holland and Phil
lips in the backfield.
Next week the Bucks will play
Fairmont here.
The dance which the Raeford
Lions club advertised last week, to
be held at the Raeford armory
tomorrow night, will not be held.
The club called off the dance af
ter a number of its members
stated that sponsoring a dance
was contrary to their religious
beliefs.
No Rain Seen
Weather forecast for the next
several days is for more of the
same, that is warm with much
cloudiness. No rain is predicted,
although that doesn’t mean it
won’t rain in the next day or
two.
There is increasing report of
hardship in the county from
lack of rain, with these reports
coming mainly from around
Raeford and west into Que-
whiffle township. Wells are dry
on many farms and water is
having to be hauled. Town
fathers here are keeping their
fingers crossed, hopirrg the
town’s wells don’t go dry and
looking forward to the day
.when they have a full reservoir
to fall back on.
Recorder Hears Short
Session On Tuesday
Flora Mildred Koonce, white,
pleaded 'guilty 'of assaulting Maud
Koonce with a deadly weapon in
recorder’s court before Judge
Henry McDiarmid Tuesday. The
judge sent her to the State insti
tution for women at Samarcand
for two years.
Percy Chavis, Indian, got 90
days suspended on payment of $25
and the costs for violating the
prohibition laws.
W. J. Morrow, white soldier,
got 90 days suspended on pay
ment of costs and $4'5 damages
for careless and reckless driving
J. D.' McNeill, white, entered a
plea of guilty of careless and reck
less driving when charged with
driving drunk. The State accept
ed this plea and he was fined $50
and the costs. Stanley Gray Ad-
cox, white, was found not guilty
of driving drunk.
James F. Chavis, Indian, for
giving a bad check got 60 days
suspended on payment of the
costs and the check.
Alexander Wallace and Clar
ence Devone, both colored, each
paid $10 and the costs for care
less and reckless driving.
Archie K. Baker, white, paid
the costs for failing, to stop at a
stop sign.
Carey Ross, white left a $20
bond for speeding. John W. Bu
chan, white, paid $10 and costs
for same offense.
Will Purcell pnd Joe J. Good
man, both colored, each paid $10
and the costs for driving with
improper brakes.
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FORMER TEACHER VISITS
Mrs. R. G. Stone,
Former Resident,
Passes Saturday
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Unanimous
The issue of $30,000 bonds by
the Town of Raeford was ap
proved unanimously Tuesday
iby those who voted on it. The
score was 99 in favor of the is
sue to none against.
INGATHERINGS
Philippi Presbyterian church,
Friday, November 2.
Shiloh Presibyterian Church,
Thursday, November 8, Supper
Mrs. J. J. Cobb of Parkton was
a visitor in The News-Journal
office this week. She will be re
membered here as Miss Margaret
Jones, having taught here in 1912-
13. She is a sister of the late Wil
son Jpnes, who was a pharmacist
with Reaves Drug store here dur
ing the first world war. Mrs. Cobb
said that his son, Kenneth Wilson
Jones, had graduated from David
son College this year and was at
the University of Dijon in France,
studying under a Fulbright Grant.
This scholarship pays all living,
travel and tuition expenses.
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Miss Jean Patton left Simday
for Montreat 'where she attended
the meeting of the Directors of
Religious Education of the $-ynod
of North Carolina on Monday,
Tuesday arid Wedensday.
Mrs. Rosa Bell Stone, widow of
Dr. R. G. Stone and a resident
of Raeford for a num'ber of years,
died in a Granville county hospi
tal Saturday morning. Funeral
services were held Monday after
noon at 2 o’clock at Jernigan
Funeral Home chapel in Fayette
ville, with Dr. Louis F. Gaines,
pastor of the First Baptist church,
Fayetteville, conducting. Burial
was at Hillside cemeteyy in* Laur
inburg.
Before her marriage Mrs. Stone
was Miss Rosa Bell Stanton of
Robeson County. The family lived
in Raeford for several years where
her husband and sons conducted
a jewelry and optometry business
with office and store located on
Main street. The family moved
away from here a number of years
ago. ^
'Surviving Mrs. Stone are four
sons, R. T. Stone, Oakland, Calif.,
Jamie W. Stone, Aberdeen. Md.,
Richard G. Stone, Elkton, Md., and
David L. Stone of Fayetteville;
three daughters, Mrs. Clarence
Howard, Fayetteville, Mrs. Rob
ert Bell, Richmond, Va., and Mrs.
Robert Horton, Fayetteville; two
brothers, Roland Stanton of Lum-
berton and Temple Stanton of
Maxton.
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Guest Minister At
Baptist Church
Dr. Eugene Poston, pastor of
the First Baptist church of Wal
lace, will preach at the Raeford
Baptist church on Sunday morn
ing, November 4, in the absence
of the pastor, the Rev. Judson
Lennon.
Mr. Lennon is conducting a
series of revival services in Wal
lace this week, concluding with
the Sunday morning worship. He
will return Sunday afternoon and
will hold evening services as us
ual here.
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T. B. BOND SALE
STARTING TODAY
Governor Will
Speak To REA
Members Wed.
W. Kerr Scott, Gcvernor of
North Carolina, will sj>eak at the
annual meeting of the '.members
of the Lum/oee River Electric
Me.mbership Corporation in St.
Pauls, next Wednesday, November
7. The Governor, said to have
been the first man in the state to
speak promoting electrification for
i rural people, is still promoting
' this progra.m.
More than 4,000 rnembers will
be expected at the meeting to hear
the governor’s address, elect di
rectors for the corning year, and
consider various reports of the
officers and manager- Visitors and
! the public are cordially invited.
• D. J.^Daltoaf Manager of the
j Cooperative points out that the
j average member last year used
' 96 KWH wherein this year these
i same members had an average of
i 114 KWH. The cooperative now
I serves more than 6590 members
in Hoke. Robeson, Scotland and
Cumberland Counties and is still
extending, service to approximate-
ily 30 additional homes each
month. The total billing for last
month was $27,434.00. All mem-
yoers are urged by the manager to
attend the meeting of the coop-
ertive as it is owned by those it
ser%’es.
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Kiwanians Entertain
Teachers TKursday
The Raeford Kiwanis club bad
its annual “Teachers Night” at
the club’s regular Thursday night
supper meeting at the High school.
cafeteria last Thurd'ay night.
Teachers were welcomed by
Robert Gatlin and response was
by Haywood Faircloth. Each guest
was introduced and then speaker
of the evening was introduced by
Tommie Upchurch who, with C.
P. Kinlaw was in charge of pro
gram, arrangements. The speaker
was Graham Morrison, retired
county farm' agent of Lincolnton
who has' quite a reputation as a
humorist and who had been well
received here on two previous
occasions. Morrison lived up to
his reputation and entertained the
group well.
The sale of Christmas bonds will
start'•Hoday in Raeford and Hoke
County, Israel Mann, county chair
man, said yesterday, and will con
tinue through November 19, when
the regular sale of Christmas
Seals to fight tuberculosis will
start. Mrs. Hubert Cameron is
chairman of the seal sale.
FARM ITEMS
By E. M. StalUngs
County A«:ent
ATTEND CONFERENCE
Rev. and Mrs. P. O. Lee are in
Wilmington this week attending
the Annual Meeting of the North
Carolina Methodist Conference.
The conference will continue
through Sunday. Younger Snead
and Bernice Williamson are dele
gates to the conference from the
Raeford Church.
Free *Pine Seedlings:
Up to" 5000 free pine seedlings
per land owner are available to
Hoke County farmers to plant
this winter. These seedlings are
furnished by the International
Paper Company to promote tree
planting in this area. The only
obligation on the farmers p.art is
to plant and care for the trees.
Loblolly, long leaf or slash pine
may be ordered. They should be
planted on land suited to
crops or on heavily cut over
woodland. They may also be plant
ed for windbreak and erosiem con
trol. It is best to plant these seed
lings in rows 6 feet by 7 feet a-
part during Deceraber or Janu
ary. This spacing requires 1000
per acre. Closer spacing can be
used in case of planting; as a wind
break. “
Since 33 counties are included
in this offer and. only 500,000
trees alloted it is important that
orders be placed immediately.
The orders will 'be mailed on the
date designated by the farmer.
This is a fine way to put to use
the many acres of land in Hoke
County not suited to crops. Far
mers wishing to take advantage
of this offer should come by the
County Agent’s office and file an
application as soon as possible.
There is also available from the
N. C. Pulp Compatty, up to 5,000
free Loblolly pipe se^lin^s tor
each 4-H Club member in Hoke
County, to be planted and cared
for as a 4-H Club project. Orders
can be placed for these at the
County .Agent’s office alsov