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The Hoke County Journal
The Hoke County News
TOLUME XLVI; NUMBER 33
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1952
RAEFORD. N. C.
TEN CENTS PER COPY
$3.00 PER YEAR
YOUR
SCHOOL news!
By K. A. MacDonald
E. M. Stallings, County Agent,
and M'iss Josephine Hall, Home
Agent, went to the Raeford Grad
ed School on Monday and talked
to the seventh grade on their
work in the county. These talHs
were a part of the study the sev
enth grade is making of their
county. They are doing an inten
sive unit on Hoke in their geog
raphy course. tVhen this unit is
complete they will have learned
about the geography, topography,
history, industrial develai«nent,
agriculture. natural resources,
wildlife, etc. We think that these
pupils will appreciate their coun
ty as never before.
Negro Dies Of
Shotgun Wounds
Sunday Morning
On Wednesday the white princi
pals met in the office of the coun
ty superintendent and today the
colored' principals met in the li
brary at Upchurch.
Attendance and preparation for
the March of Dimes were the
main topics of discussion. A spe
cial effort by all principals and
teachers will be made to improve
attendance from now on out. Also
a special effort will be made to
make the March of Dimes drive
the most successful in the history
of the school participation.
- It is reailized that every school
child is a potential victim of po
lio. Also it is felt that the money
raised by the pupils is. really a
form of insurance that these pu
pils take out. No quota has been
set for the. schools; but what they
rF,i5e tvill'b ■^.redit-iHl to t'-'e quota
of the township in which the
school is located.
Towii Fathers Handle
Several Matters At
Monthly Meeting
Miss Sarah Tatum, white elem
entary supeiwisor, spent, the day
in Raleigh on Tuesday visiting
with the State Elementary Super
visor and selecting library books
and supplementary readers > for
the elementary schools. Miss Ta
tum is in Lumberton this after
noon attending a district meeting
of county supervisors called by
the state supervisor.
During this week a battery of
tests are being admiriisttered to the
pupils of the various white elem
entary schools. These tests are
preliminary to the regular yearly
battery of achievement tests.
John Boy MePhatter, 35-yearr
old colored man of Quewhiffle
township, was instantly killed at
the home of his faher, Loffie Me
Phatter, when shot in the neck
from a few feet away by a shot
gun in the hands of Lucius Wal
lace, colored, about 55. MoPhat-
ter’s home is on the Turnpike
road about eight miles west of
Raeford in Quewhiffle township,
Coroner’s jury ruled at inquest
Monday night that MtePhatter had
died from shotgun wounds at the
hand of Wallace and ordered Wal
lace held under bond for action
of the grand jury. Coroner J. C.
Lentz set bond at $2,000, which
was posted by Marvin Gainey,
his landlord, on Monday night
and he was released.
Causes and circumstances are
somewhat vague in the matter,
Nora MePhatter, daughter of Lof
fie, who had been cooking for
Wallace at his home for some time,
and Prince Allsbrook, . an old
friend of Nora’s, apparently fig
ure in the case considerably.
Wallace told officers that .he
and Nora went up to her father’s
place Saturday evening, he carry
ing a shotgun and she carrying a
rifle. He said” that he had a “scuf
fle” with Allsbrook at Dan Ray’s
home a few hundred yards away
at that time. He said the shooting
was an accident, that he was near
the MePhatter house and thought
Alls^brook was coming out to get
him and turned quickly when the
,’oor opened, intending to shoot
Allsbrook's head io scars him
off, and wound up shooting John
Boy in the neck.
Loffie MePhatter and wife say
Wallace was walking around their
place Sunday morning between
seven and eight o’clock cussing
and shooting, that Nora MePhat
ter and Prince Allsbrook were in
the house at the time,^and that
when John Boy opened the door
and stepped out Wallace shot him.
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Fatal Wreck In
County Saturday
At their regular monthly meet
ing Monday ^ night \he board of
commissioners of the Town of
Raeford took no startling action,
but handled several more,or less
routine matters of importance in
the town’s business; —"*
They authorized the issue of the
$30,000 w'ater bonds approved by
the voters in October, and set u
the form for the issuing of these
bonds.
Two lease agreements with Rob
bins Mills, Inc., were approved
One was for the use by the Mill
for 25 years of the several lots
'in Robbins Heights near the water
tank there for ,playground facil
ities for the children of the neigh
borhood. The other was for the
use of the pumping station pn the
mill property by the town for a
period of 25 years.
Board approved building six-
inch water line from Fulton street
on 8th avenue to Magnolia street,
thence on Magnolia to 7th avenue
then two-ince line on Magnolia
from Tth avenue to 6th avenue
and up 6th avenue to W. L. Up
church residence. Building of a
two-inch from Robbins Heights to
the eastern limit of the town was
also approved.
Board approved the appoint
ment and payment of Mrs. J. B.
Cameron as taix lister for the town
for 1952.
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33 Cases Are
Cleared From
Docket Tuesday
We regret to report serious ill
ness in the family of Mrs. R. A.
Smoak of the Ashemont faculty.
Mrs. Smoak has had to be away
for the paat several days. Mrs.
W. J. Coaites has substituted for
her.
We have already reported the
letting of contracts for the con
struction of t’ne Indian School and
the Upchurch addition. These
buildings were staked out last Sat
urday afternoon. Work wilKstart
immediately on both, weather
permitting.
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At their regular meeting on
Monday ■the county commissioners
approved an application to the
Local Government Commission to
sell $120,006 worth of bond anticL
pation notes on January 27, for
the purpose of paying for the
buildings under , contract. This
move in selling notes will permit
•a later sales date for the bonds
and will save the county quite a
sum in interest.
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TO GIVE AWAY BADGES
^ke High Trips
Rowland Teams
By Bruce Phillips
J. B. McIntyre, manager of the
Raeford Theatre, said that he
would give away Rex Allen bad
ges to the firs: 100 kid? to arrive
at the theatre for the Rex Allen
cowboy picture at 1:05 Saturday
atfernoon.
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Mrs. Ed Gentry of Roxboro is
spending several days with Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Gibson and Susan.
Mrs. W. H. Winborne of Eden-
lon is visiting in the home of her
daughter, M’'s. Bill How611.
Odell Stanley, co^red, about
43, was fatally injured in a wreck
at F., F. McPhaul’s home in Al
lendale township at around 6:00
o’clock last Saturday night. Grant
Ferguson, colored, driver of the
car and only* other occupant, is
still in Scotland County hospital
with compound fracture of his
leg.
Ferguson’s 1930 Dodge left the
road right at the McPhaul home
and hit an oak tree head-on. The
tree, being some two and | half
feet in diameter the forward pro
gress of the vehicle stopped at
once. Fair rate of speed is indi
cated by fact that car was almost
demolished by the impact. Stan
ley suffered fractures of the skull
and died before reaching the hos
pital.
Inquest is to be held at the
courthouse tonight.
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Car Ransacked Here
Saturday; Another Is
Stolen, Recovered
' A thief broke into the car of
Sgt. John E. Watkins on Elwood
avenue here Saturday night, and
stole $112' in cash, a wrist watch
and a camera, according to the
owneri The car was locked.
The same night the car of Wade
Blackwell, who lives ift.the Bank
of Raeford building, .-was .."stolen,
It was locked also. The car, a
1949 Chevrolet, was found in,, a
ditch near Jack McKenzie’s place
in the Gold Hill serticn the .next
merning and Blackwell recovered
it practically undamaged, on Mon
day. The camera taken from the
car of Sgt. Watkins was found in
the Blackwell car.
No arrests have been made in
the case up to'this time.
The local Hoke High School bas
ketball teams defeated three de
termined, but outmanned teams
from Rowland here Tuesday night.
The jayvees got the victorious
evening started by taking a low-
scoring 19-17 win. Rangy Dick
Baggett led the locals with six
points followed toy Fred Garrett
with five points. Sellers and Pow
ers led Rowland with eight and
four points.
The feminine aggregation then
took over and won going away,
36-27. Lydia Williams was the big
gun for Hoke High with 23 points
and Sarah Cole was runner-up
with 12 points. Mary Guin contin
ued her outstanding play at guard
for the winners. Sellers and Britt
were the leaders for Rowland with
13 and eight points respectively.
In the nightcap, the local boys
compelted the sweep by easily
taking a 39-18 win over the visit
ing Rowland five. Lawrence Mc
Neill was the high scorer with 12
points followed closely by Bobby
(Goose) Lundy wiith 11 markers.
Thompson arid Hanuck were the
point makeers for Rowland with
six and five points apiece.
Hoke High’s next games are
with 71 st here Friday night for
a tripleheader starting at 6:30.
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J. H. McRae, 65
Of Etlerbe, Dies
J. H. McRae, 65, died in Duke
hospit^at noon Friday following
an opeiiation. He was one of the
leading citizens of Richmond
county, having been a county
commissioner, tobacco market
president, past president and char
ter member of the Ellerbe Lions
club, elder in the.Elleitbe Presby
terian church and clerk of the
session for 30 years.
He was a son of Duncan C. and
Carolina Scarborough McRae. His
father will be 94 in June. Funeral
service was held Sunday afternoon
at the Ellerbe Presbyterian church.
Mr.^McRae is survived by- his
parent his wife, the former
Davie McDiarmid of Hoke County
and a sister of Mrs. M. W. Dew
of Raeford, a sister, Edna; a bro
ther. Dr. Byron McRae of Greens
boro; and children, Mrs. Dan
Purifoy of Statesville, Millie
ond Harris T''r'T>re.
A considerable dent was made
in the three weeks pileup of cases
on the docket in Recorder’s court
Tuesday in half a day, as 33 cases
were disposed of. Quite a few
were continued also. Most cases
-jjiandled involved traffic and a
■a fe^ liquor, but there were no
stealing and fighting cases.
.SanTuel Davis, colored, had to
make good a bad check and pa'y
the costs..
Several defendants pleaded guil
ty of careless and reckless driv
ing. Keney Miller, colored, got
30 days suspended on payment of
the costs and $40.05 damages to
L. S. McMillan. James Albert
Graha'm, colored, paid $25 and the
costs and also had to pay $25 and
the costs for hit and run driving.
Luke Bethey. colored, got 30 days
suspended on payment of the costs
and R. L. Long, white, had to
pay" the costs. He got together with
the other man on damages.
Several drivers had to pay $10,
and the costs for failing to stop
at stop signs. They were J. T.
Tillman, Tom MePhatter, colored,
and V. K. Oxendine, Indian.
Roosevelt Mack, colored left a
$25 bond for passing in the face
of oncoming traffic.
Paying $10 and the costs for
having no brakes were Lonnie
Jr. Blue, Charlie Ranson and Tom
Watkins, all colored.
William H. Odom,. white, and
Curtis Little, colored, each paid
the costs for being drunk and dis
orderly.
For viola^gj^, tl}e „'P,rob4|,bition
laws M. E. Edwards, Willie Mc-
Eachern, Henry Peikle, ail color
ed and Rufus Herndon, white,
paid $50 and the costs, Robert Jr.
Edwards, colored, was found not
guilty and Bessie Kelly, colored,
had her case dismissed for lack
of evidence.
Robert B. Flagg, colored, paid
$2'5 and the costs for having no
driver’s license.
Speeders, all of whom paid $10
and the costs'^ or left $25 bonds,
were J. T. Edwards, J. P. Siechrist,
S. A. Warsowe, R. J. Cleary, Mit
chell Arceneaux, and M. J. Hill,
all white, and James O. Lester,
colored. Walter Weatherspoon
and Robert Rankin, both colored,
got off for $15 and $20, respect
ively, when that was all they had.
The state dropped its case against
Robert Taft, colored. Ansley Yates,
white, got off for the costs when
that turned out to be all he had.
County Board Holds
Its Monthly Meeting,
3 Roads Approved
At their regular monthly meet
ing Monday the Hoke County
board of commissioners, voted to
ask for the opening of three roads
as public roads. These were con
necting the old Maxton road with
the public road near the A, R.
Currie residence in . Blue Springs
township, frOm- Marshall Newton’s
store to the , road near the old
Cary Parker residence in Mc-
Lauchlin, and from the Lee Adcox
residence in Stonewall to the pub
lic road near McKinnon’s bridge.
The board heard a delegation
from Parker’s Chapel Methodist
church ask that the highway com
mission do something to prevent
the water from running^ off the
highway onto church property.
This request was received favor
ably by the board in view of the
damage that the water running
over the property is doing, and
will be passed as a request to the
highway commission.
Request of the board of edu
cation for paving around Ashe-
mont and Burlington schools was
approved.
It was voted to ask the highway
commission to recondition the
road from the Moore County line
near the N. F. Sinclair farm that
was damaged by the Army.
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MARCH OF DIMES STARTS WITH
BIG VARIETY SHOW SATURDAY
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Luiong Ogbnrn, Miss North
Carolina of ’.ol, To Head
List Of Entertainers And
Notables At High School
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LULONG OGBURN
R. Lee Bethune
Dies At Home
Sunday Night
Robert Lee Bethune, for many
yg^ja^pronj^nent citizeii ^ae
ford, died at his home here Sun
day night after having been an
invalid for many years.
Mr. Bethune had lived in Rae
ford for about 40 years and was
mayor of the town at one time,
register of deeds of Hoke County
for two terms and was a success
ful farmer. He was a member of
the Raeford Pres'byierian church.
He was the last surviving son
of the late Maximilian and Mar
garet Blue Bethune of Montrose.
His wife, Mrs. Mattie JjeDonald
Bethune, died about a year ago.
He and Mrs. Bethune celebrated 'Walter of Raeford and Graham of
the Golden Anniversary of their Southern Pines. •
Lulong Ogburn of Smithfield,
‘:Miss North Carolina” of last year
and one of the finalists in the
••M iss A-merica” contest at Atlantic
City, will head a list of noted en
tertainers to be presented by the
Hoke County March of Dimes
committee in a variety show at
the High school at 8:00 o’clock •
Saturday night. Miss Ogfaum’s
presence was arranged through,
the efforts on behalf of the com-
.mittee of Mr. and Mrs. John Best
of the Raeford hotel who were
her next door neighbors in Smith-
field before coming here.
Also on the program in the
show that promises to surpass the
excei’-ent one of Last year is Fred
Fletcher, program, manager, an
nouncer and famous comedian of
station WRAL in Raleigh. Puddin_
head Jones' of Scotland county and
famous baseball player with the
Philadelphia Phillies, Fay Rid
enour, magician and comedian of
Fayetteville, and an impressive
array of talent from Fort Bragg
and Pope Field, much of which
was drafted straight from Broad
way by the Armed Forces.
The show has been arranged in
cooperation with the L’^SO in Fay
etteville by a hard working com-
rnittee in this county headed>,by/
Harry Harri^n. Mr. and Mrs. Best
are planning a dinner before the •
entertainment for Miss Ogbum
and her party. Mrs. Paul Etezeme
will furnish the flowers Miss Og-
bum wears.
The show from Fort Bragg will
include instrumentalists, danemg,
singing, magic, juggling, etc, and.
will be mixed with’ the best of
local entertainers which were so
well received previously.
In order that the whole county’s
drive may benefit from the big
performance at the High school,
a member of the committee from
John Blue, Native,
Dies In Alabama
After Long Illness
John Blue, 53, native of this
county, died of cancer Monday
night at his home in Sylacauga,
Alabama after an illness of about
ten months. He underwent an
operation last February and an
other late in the spring and was
terated at Duke hospital last fall.
Following his trip to Duke he vis-
^d, his' mother, Mrs. J. A: Blue,
here for a few days besfote re-
turriing to Alabama.
Oldest son of Mrs, J. A. Blue of
Raeford and the late Mr. Blue, he
was born at Timberland March
7, 1899. He was a member of the
Navy during the first World War
and attended ' Washington and
Lee University at Lexington, Va.
afterwards. He was employed by
Avondale Mills at Sylacauga and
was mamed’^^to the former Miss
Mary\ Smith of Nixburg, Ala.
Fimeml service was held at
SiSoCyesterday afternoon in the
Sylacauga Presbyterian church
church and burial was in the
cemetery there.
Surviving are his wife and two
children, John, Jr., and Frances;
his mother, Mrs. J. A. Blue of
Raeford; three sisters, Mrs. N. B.
BlL*e and Mrs. Kate Blue Cov
ington of Raeford and Mrs. Max
Heins of Sanford, and '•everal
’. .lephews.
Junius M. Culbreth
Dies ImDurbam Of
Pneumonia ^^Tbursday
Junius^^Jdon^-oe Culbreth, 54,
died of pnei^onia after a brief
illness at a Durham hospital last
Thursday. H^had been a resident
of Butner, N. C. for several years
and. had been in Raeford for
the Christmas holidays, returning
only a day or two before becom
ing ill.
* He was a son of the late Thomas
F. and Rebecca Monroe Culbreth
of Raeford and had spent his en
tire life here up until the death
of his parents four years ago.
Funeral service was held Sat
urday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
at the Raeford Presbyterian
church with the Rev. W. B. Hey
ward, pastor, conducting. Bur
ial was in Raeford cemetery.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs.
A. R. McRae’of Detroit, Mich.; j each community will be at the
four brothers, Frank. Fred and i door and the tickets sold will be
credited to the quotas of the com
munities from which the crowd
wedding in December, 1949. 1 -
Funer,aP"f?r^?Ibes was conduct- KiwailianS Install
ed at the home Tuesday afternoon
at 2:30 by the Rev. W. B. Hey
ward,- pastor of the Raeford Pres
byterian church. Burial was in
the Raeford cemetery^ Pallbearers
were K. A, MacDonald, J. B. Mc
Leod, N. A. McDonald, Dr. A. L.
O’Briant, Ernest Cantbbell, R. B.
Lewis, Clyde Upchurch, Neill Mc-
Fadyen and Martin McKeithan.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs.
J. S. Maultsby of Fayetteville and
several nieces and nephews.
Postal Receipts Are
Up 20 Percent In ’51
Setting New Record
The Raeford Post office set a
record for gross receipts during
1951 as the figure showed a twen
ty per cent increase over the pre
ceding year. Postmaster Lacy
Clark says that the most marked
increase showed in the last two
quarters of the year, which would
indicate that the figure for the
year 1952 should be considerably
higher than last year.
Receipts in the local office for
1951 were $21,576.55, as com
pared to $17,888.63, for 1950, an
increase of $3,687.92.
Postmaster Clark said that the
increase in postal rates which
went into effect last October had
something to do with the increase
in receipts of course, but that this
effect was comparatively small.
Increased- volume was the biggest
single factor, and the increased re
ceipts due to local delivery serv
ice also accounted for increased
receipts in the last two months.
The post office will probably
rnov"e to its new building next to
the town hall'm the next few
1952 Officers At
Weekly Meeting
Marion H. Gatlin was installed
as president of the Raeford Ki-
wanis club last Thursday night at
the regular weekly meeting and
supper of the club. He succeeds
W. T. Gibson, Jr.
The installatictti was made by
Dr. Oleon W. Saunders of Benson,
lieutenant-governor of Division
four of the Carolinas Kiwanis dis
trict.
Other officers installed were
John W. McPhaul, vice president
and A. H. McPhaul, secretary-
treasurer. Directors for 1952 were
installed by Dr. Saunders .as fol
lows: J. W. Canaday, W,. H. Fann,
R. H. Gatlin, Harvey Gobeille,
Israel Mann. Tom McBryde and
Dr. R. L. Murray.
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Local Man’s Friend
Killed In Korea
Joe Upchurch was grieved
when he arrived from a business
trip to Alabama last Thursday
and learned that it was his good-
friend, college mate and fratern
ity brother. Worth Barker, who
comes.
Anthony G. Drake, operator of
the Elk Restaurant, has announc
ed that proceeds from all the cof
fee sold there tomorrow will be
contributed to the drive.
Coinjiuttees Announced
In announcing the big affair
Saturday night Harrison said it
was only the first of a big and
impressive series of benefits
which would be staged aU over
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Bank Of Raeford
Stockholders Meet
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Bank of Rae
ford was held at the bank last
Thursday morning, January 3,
1952. The report given the stock- ‘
holders by the executive vice
president showed diat the «bank
had again enjoyed k very good
year.
, Directors elected by the stock
holders were H. L. Gatlin, F. B.
Sexton, J. L. McNeill. T. B. Up-,
church, Jr., A. K. Stevens, J. B.
Thomas, H. L. Gatlin, Jr.. C. L.
Thomas, L. M. Upchurch and R.
B. Lewis.
The annual dividend declared
by the directors on Decem'ber 13,
1951, was paid to a!’ stockholders
had been killed in Korea on record on January 1, 1952.
Christmas Eve. This casualty was
given much publicity as the man
who was killed' on a patrol by
artillery was beneath his twin
brother flying an artillery obser
vation plane above.
The boys were twin sons of
Mr. and Mrs. T. C, Barker of
Winston-Salem. Worth had visited
in Raeford and made many friends
here. Joe spent the day Sunday
.;;m Mr. and Mrs. BSi-kC’.' in
-'-Salem.
-At a meeting of the board ot-
directors following the stockhol(|||»i'
ers meeting, the -following offiei||^',^|
were elected, president, IL
Gatlin, vice president. F.. SeJt4':
ton, executive vice presic^**
casiiier. R. B. Lewis,
cashiers. Miss Jesssie 3,.
and -Allen W. Woexi. Jt.
The Bank is now
the forty-ninth yea*- of attnjihy.
-H.oke County, having^beeR-’Cvgut-
ized in March, 190$, ,