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The Hok^ County Journal
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VOLUME XLVII; NUMBER S
[THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1952
RAEFORD, N. C.
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Saturday Night
Crop Situation in Hoke County
Last weel^ was on of the hottest
weeks'iever observed in Hoke
* County and crops as a whole suf-
efred. Some sections of-the coun
ty were fortunate in having rains
the early part of the week while
others failed to receive any. Rains
"have been spotted throughout the
county this season and this seems
to be true for the entire state.
Infestation counts of boll
vil activity this week showed a
slight decrease over last week,
hut even with the hot weather
they are still very active in fields
that have not been treated and
iields where treatments were
started late.
A lot of cotton farmers have al
ready treated- three times or
more at weekly intervals and
where this program has been fol
lowed, infe'stations are very low.
A field in the Dundarrach vicin
ity that has been treated three
times showed a 2 per cent infes
tation; while an untreated plot in
the same field "showed 17%. One
field in the Antioch community
showed 1% in the treated area
and 5% in the untreated. Another
field in the. Wayside community
showed 0% for treated and 22%
on the untreated. A field in the
Bethel Church vicinity showed
2% in the treated and 21% in
the untreated plot. These fields
are a good indication that treat-
* ipg regularly in giving good re
sults. Similar results are being
r found in other fields throughout
the county here farmers are
treating their fields at regular in
tervals.
There is still a lot of variation
in weevil activity from field to
field. Some fields are still show-
ting heavier infestations thah oth
ers and some spots in fields are
being damaged more.
It has been noted that hot, dry
' weather generally retard weevil
activity, and weevil grubs in fall
en souares exposed to higher
temneratures of the soil surface
may be killed in anpreciable
numbers. However, to date, few
squares have fallen except in our
earliest cotton and therefore this
hot weather may be 10 days tO
two weeks too early for us to
receive maximum weevil control
from it. Farmers are urged not
• to d.enend on this hot drv neriM
to solv“ their insect nroblem*;.
Fields should be checked regular
ly and insecticides used when
' souare infestations climb to as
much as 10 per cent. Farmers
who have treated 2 or 3 times and
have their infestations down to
well below 10 per cent may pos
sibly wait a few days for their
next treatment. If this procedure
is followed, farmers should check
their fields at least twice a week
and when infestations start to
rise around 10 per cent, treat
ments should be started again.
• The next two or three weeks are
very Important in our cotton crop
and good control during this per
iod will aid greatly in getting a
good yield.
Tobacco Situation
Until last week, the tobacco
crop as a whole in the county
looked very good. Tobacco during
this hot period has suffered more
than any other crop. Especially
on the lighter soils and where
tobacco is young and growing
rapidly and intense heat has
caused a lot of damage due to sun
scald. A lot of field are burning
from the bottom and scalding
from the top. Some areas of the
county have been affected more
than others and the damage done
by scalding has greatly reduced
the yields in many fields.
There has been a lag during
the past week In homworm in
festations, and farmers have done
a good job of controlling these
l)ests so far this season. There
will probably be another crop of
worms within the next ten days
and tobacco farmers are urged to
• be on the watchout for these and
continue treatments to ^ keep them
under control.
In a rather unique accident that j
is ceasing to be a rarity in Rae-
ford an auto driven by G. R. Set-
zer of Raeford crashed into the
home of Miss Maggie Jane Mc-
Bryde last Saturday night caus
ing rather serious damage to both
the car and the house.
At this time reports are not
clear as to the reason for the
w||eck but one report states that
Setzer as attempting to pass an
other car and met one coming
from the opposite direction. He
then tried to turn down Jackson
Street and lost control of the car.
Setzet suffered cuts on his face
and several bruises. He is now in
Moore County Hospital
The extent of damage to the
house is not known yet but is ex
pected to be considerable. Dam
age to the car was estimated at
.between $600 and $700.
Investigating officers stated
that Setzer would probably be
charged when he is released from
the hospital.
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MRS. STUART RETIR^fe
AS BAPTIST ORGANIST
At the morning worship hour at
the Raeford Baptist chinch last
Sunday Mrs. Arab G. Stuart, who
had retired after 25 years as or
ganist and choir director at the
church,, was presented a wrist
watch by the members in appre
ciation. The presentation » was
made for the church by Robert
Weaver of the board of deacons.
' Following the presentation the
pastor read a letter of apprecia
tion from the deacons which ex
pressed the regret of the board at
learning of her resignation and
which pointed out the great good
she had done the cause of the
church during the many years
she served it. ^
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W. C. Phillips,, manager of
Belk-Hensdale Company, and his
family are away this week on
vacation. While Mr. Phillips is
away, Mr. Grantham of Belks in
Favetteville, is in the store here.
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I YOUR
ISCHOOL NEWS!
By K. A. MacDonald
We regret to announce the re
cent resignations ' of Coach and
Mrs. Haywood Faircloth. He is
resigning to go into business with
his brother. Mrs. Faircloth has no
plans at present.
We also regret to report the
resignation of Mrs. Hannah Price
Warren. Mr. and Mrs. Warren are
moving to Red Springs.
W. T. Gibson and K. A. Mac
Donald were guests of Duke Un
iversity last week at a confer
ence celebrating the one hundred
th anniversary of the beginning of
teacher education at Duke and
the state. ,
Jail Raeford Man
On Rape Charge
Worth McCall, 26-year-old mill
employee of Raeford is in the
Hoke County jail on charges of
raping an 18-year-old Raeford
girl last Saturday morning. Pre
liminary hearing is tentatively set
for next Tuesday morning in Re
corder's court before Judge Harry
Greene.
Warrant, signed Monday by the
girl^ mother, alleges that the of
fense took placd in the early
hours of Saturday morning near
here where the two had driven.
McCall was jailed at about day
light after having been taken to
the home of Deputy Sheriff J. C.
Wright by the girl’s brothers.
The alleged victim of the as
sault, Louise Harris, had parti
cipated in the Beauty Pageant at
the armory oh Friday night.
Sheriff D. H. Hodgin said his in
formation was that McCall did not
attend tlie affair. The sheriff said
he understood that McCall had
picked the girl up at her home in
a car after she had gone home
from the dance, which ended at
about midnight.
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Raeford Scouts At
Camp Tom Upchprch
Fourteen boys from Troop 1,
Raeford are attending the Boy
Scout Camp at Camp Tom Up
church this week. This is the third
year that Camp. Tom Upchurch
has been used as the scout camp
for the Cape Fear area and is also
expected to be the most success
ful. For the first three weeks of
the camp period a total of 230
campers have been at camp and
indications are that it will run
at almost capacity for the re
maining three” weeks.
Scouts in addition to earning
new merit badges are keeping
themselves busy enjoying the 18
boats and canoes available to
them. They are receiving in
structions and practical applica
tion on the use of all types of
tents, construction of various
tvnes of fire places, camp sanita
tion for troop camping, outdoor
cooking, safe use of an axe and
speedy knot tying.
'Scouts from Raeford attending
are Eddie Allen, Mark Smith,
■navid McDonald. T.eon Cameron,
va^rard T.anffston. Bobbv Leach,
ncrrv Walker, Lewis Upchurch,
■NTpiii A. McDonald, Jr., Jimmie
Phillins. Younger Snead, Jr.,
«andv Snead. Neill McFadyen,
.Tr.. Edward Tefft, Gerald Wright,
Dickie Henlev, Eugene Carter.
Bobbv Davis and Joe McLeod.
The troon is under the direction
and sunervision of Joe Snruill of
■Wbtto'^nlle due to the fact that
•urpb'am Poole. Jr., the regular
scoutmaster, was with the Nation
al Guard in Georgia for the past
two weeks.
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New$-Journal
Takes Vacation
(No Paper Next Week)
In order to allow employees
of The News-Journal their
summer vacations without
causing the plant to run with
a reduced staff for several
weeks during the summer the
paper will not appear next
week and the shop will be
closed until Monday, July 14.
This decision was reached
after much difficulty was ex
perienced in previous summers
in replacing peraoiniel while
they were on vacation. This
is expensive eind sometimes
replacements cannot be found
for such short periods of work.
By closing the whole staff will
get it out of thchr systems at
bnce and the management
hopes to save some'headaches.
A. J. (Jack]l Dixoii)
Former Ho^e Man,
Buried At Cpreedmoor
A. J.' (Jack) Dixbn, 60, farmer
of near Creedmocs*. and former
i*
resident of this ^/^county, died
Friday afternoon Watts hos
pital, Durham, whfere he was re
moved after sufferuig a heart at
tack earlier in the day.
Funeral services^were conduct
ed at Creedmoor Baptist Church
at 2:30 p. m. Sunday by The Rev.
E. L. Kincaid of Durham and the
Rev. J. R. piaflc^5;d;,of Creed-
moor. Burial was in the Creed
moor cemetery.
A native of Granville County,
he was born May 30, 1892, son
of the late W. B. Dixon and
Emma' Bowden Dixon. He lived
in this county for about 20 years,
returning to Granville County
about five years ago.
He is survived by his wife; six
daughters including Mrs. K. R.
Keith and Mrs. J. D. Pickier of
Aberdeen; one son; three brothers,
Roger Dixon of Haeford, R. A.
Dixon of Granville County, and
Jasper Dixon of . Norfolk, Va.;
two sisters, Katie Dixon and Mrs.
Ruth Tippett, Oxford.
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Lumbee River REA
Improves Facilities
Parker Gets Large
Majority In Hoke
Hoke County backed the win
ning candidate again in the pri-
tnary last Saturday when voters
of the county went along with the
rest of the state in giving Judge
R. Hunt Parker of Roanoke
Rapids a substantial majority
over Judge William H. Bobbitt
of Charlotte for associate justice
of the State supreme court. Vote
in the second, or runoff, primary
was very light here and else
where as had been predicted.
In the county Parker receiv
ed a majority of about three to
one for both the short and long
terms. For the short term Parker
got 182 to Bobbitt’s 63 and for the
long term 179 to Bobbitt’s 59.
Voting for the short and long
terms varied only one or two in
two or three precincts.
By precincts for the long term
the voting was as follows in this
county:
Blue Springs, Parker 10, Bob
bitt 3; Puppy Creek, Packer 9,
Bobbitt 1; Mildouson, Parker 24,
Bobbitt 0; Raeford No. .1, Parker
40, Bobbitt 13; Raeford No. 2,
Parker 37, Bobbitt 28; Rockfish,
Parker 10, Bobbitt *1; Antioch,
Parker 19, Boljbitt 2; Ashemont,
Parker 10. Bobbitt 7; Allendale,
Parker 7, Bobbitt 1; Little River,
Parker 13, Bobbitt 3.
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Dr. Rilev Jordan
Starts Practice With
Dr. R. A. Matheson
COUNTY'S FIRST BEAUTY QUEEN
IS CROWNED HERE LAST FRIDAY
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Mary Sue Upchurch
ONE MAIL DELIVERY
TO BUSINESS HOUSES
Next Tuesday the $275,000.00
Bond issue that was voted a year
ago last April will be sold. In this
connection, the attorney in
charge of securing the land need
ed on which to build the addition
to the Raeford Graded school in
forms us that he has the signed
deed from one branch of the
heirs and expects to get the others
shortly.
The School Health Program
through the cooperation of the
Health Department and Welfare
Department will continue through
the summer just as though school
was in ses^on.
We regret very much to report
that Stephen Williams, head of
the vocational agriculture depart
ment at Upchurch School lost his
home and contents by fire yester
day morning.
We wish you all a pleasant
sunder! And with'this, will sign
off until September.
Postmaster Lacy Clark said this
week that there Would only be
one daily mail delivery to bus
iness firriis in Raeford until fur
ther notice. He said this was ne
cessitated by the fact that the
new mail schedules recently an
nounced brought the afternoon
mail to the post office at 4:15 in
the afternoon, too late for it to
be sorted and delivered. All mail,
therefore, will be delivered on
the morning run.
The highay post office which
began coming through here on
July 1 arrives at 9:02 a. m. and at
4:14 p. ni. and due to the in
creased facilities provided by this
it is expected that mail delivery
will be faster with one delivery
than it had been with two.
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• The courthouse offices, which
normally are closed on Wednes
day and Saturday afternoons
this time of year, remained open
on Wednesday afternoon of this
week and will be closed tomor
row for Independence Day and
all day Saturday as well.
The Lumbee River Electric
Membership Corporation, operat
ing some 1700 miles of line in
Hoke, Robeson, Scotland, and
Cumberland Counties, has just
taken a new source of power one
mile south of Raeford from Caro
lina Power and Light Company.
The manager, D. J. Dalton, ad
vises that this source of power
will relieve the Red Springs sub
station and' will furnish the REA
members in Hoke County and the
upper part of Robeson County
with a better source of power.
He further pointed.out that the
Cooperative has just built some
six miles of three phase 2-0 alum
inum south of Raeford on 15-A,
and made some re~phasing which
will feed electricity to the east
and northeast part of Roke Coim-
ty as well as most of the southern
part of the county. '
The location of this source so
near the center of the area which
it will serve will meet the needs
of the members of this particular
area for the next eight to ten
years with the anticipated in
creased use of electricity. The
manager further wished to thank
the members for their patience
during the interruptions in serv
ice in the past few days, and
promised that in the future years
they should have very few in
terruptions due to line improve
ments.
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The management of the Robbins
Mills here announced yesterday
that all employees would be given
Friday and Saturday In celebra
tion of the 4th of July. The plant
wUl close Thursday nl^t at mid
night and reopen. Simday ni^t
at midnight.
Dr. Riley M;- Jordan has ar
rived in Raeford and will be as
sociated in practice with Dr. R.
A. Matheson.
Dr. Jordan, who graduated
from Wake Forest College in
1947, graduated from the Bowman
Grav School oiP Medicine of Wake
Forest College in 1951. He has
recentlv completed 15 months ih-
+prnship at James Walker Me
morial Hospital in Wilmington.
Dr. .Iordan is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. .Iordan, Raeford, and
his wife is the former Faye Baker
of Raeford. They have one son,
Miebael Riiev, 16 months old.
The .Iordans have moved into
the house vacated bv Mr. and
Mrs. TTomer Young on Jackson
Street.
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Charles S. Stanton
Dies Early Tuesday;
Buried At Antioch
Ciiard Returns
Setiirdav NiP^ht
Battery A. local National Guard
unit, returned from another suc
cessful field training period at
Camn Stewart. Ga.. last Saturday
nieht, with all hands aboard with
the exception of one who staved
behind with a case of poison iw.
The second week of the field
training was snent in actual field
+raining. against a mvtbical en-
emv force of invaders and again
st not-so-mvthical aggressors who
dinned into field Positions at night
to tpke guards unawares and nre-
tend to destrov eauipment. ’This
training with the aggressor force,
made un of Korean veterans, was
designed to show Guardsmen how
the war is actually, .being fought
in Korea.
Several units of the 130th Bat
talion were recognized for their
oveellonee bv the ground com
mander while in catnn and the
inpal liattnrv along with the oth-
roeeived an excellent rating
^n general efficienev and readi
ness.
Mon of the unit thought thev
Tiad all the hot weather with
them in Georgia and are hping
met wi+h denials of this bv those
nrbo staved at home and who sav
there was some here during the
last two weeks also. It was. cer-
tainlv. the hottest two weeks the
unit has snent in training in its
five years.
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Jimmy Woodhouse, who was at
Cmnp Stewart, Ga. with the local
National Guard Unit, is stRl at
Stewart and Is a patient at the
post hospital, with a bad case of
poison ivy.
Charles S. Stanton, 75, died at
his home on Raeford, Route 1,
Tuesday morning.
A native of McColl, S. C. Mr.
Stanton had been a farmer in this
commimity since 1924.
Fimeral service was conducted
at the home at five o’clock yes
terday afternoon by the Rev.
Gower Crosswell, pastor of the
Antioch Presbyterian church, and
burial followed inr the eemriery
at Antioch church.
Mr. Stanton is survived by his.
wife, Mrs. Annie Lou Stanton;
eight sons, F. N. Stanton of Nor
folk, Leroy H. of Charlotte, L. W.
of Raeford, J. W. Stanton of the
home. Elmore W. Stanton of
Maxton and Raeford, J. C. of Wa-
gram, W. D. of Wilmington and
T. C. of Raeford; two daughters,
Mrs. W. C. Warlick and Mrs. B.
F. Huckabee. both of Hamlet;
two sister, Mrs. Della Blackman
of Tar Heel arid Mamie Stanton
of Raleigh.
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Rebels Lose Tuesday;
2 Here Next Week
In a game played in Red
Springs Tuesday night the visit
ing Rebels from Raeford were
defeated by the Red Springs
Robins 7-5 in an East Carolina
Textile game. Bases on balls were
Raeford’s undoing, as Taylor, the
Rebel pitcher, gave up a total of
eleven throughout the game.
The Rebels jumped off to an
early lead by scoring two runs
in the top of the first inning and
held the advantage until the sec
ond inning when the Robins pa
raded ten batters to the plate. Of
these ten six received bases on
balls while the seventh got on on
an error. Four runs were scored
in this inning and the Robins
took a lead which was never
overcome. They scored single
runs in the 4th, 6th and 7th in
nings while the Rebels scored
in the 4th, 6th and 8th innings.
Taylor in addition to his bases
on balls allowed Only five hits,
struck out 10 and the team com
mitted two errors. Leading hit
ters for Raeford were McMillan
with two for four and Upchurch
with a single and a double in
four trips.
No Robin batter got more than
one hit and they committed four
errors. The next home games for
the Rebels wfll be Wednesday,
July 9 and Friday the 11th with
St. Pauls being the visitors both
times. (
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NO RECORDER’S COURT
There was no session of Hoke
County recolrderis court this •weA.
The docket was 11^^ according
to Clerk J. B. Cameron, and
Judge Greene took advantage ot
the situation to get away on a
vacation—Hie permission cd
the county commlsrioners..
Mary Sue Upchurch Wins;
Will Compete In State
Contest In Winston 24th
Mary Sue Upchurch, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Up
church, was crowned “Miss Hoke
County” (the First) at ceremonies
following a dinner and beauty
pageant staged by the Raeford
Junior Chamber of Commerce at
the Raeford armory last Friday
night.
Miss Upchurch won over eight
other contestants in the beauty
pageant, and wiU represent this
county in the “Miss North Caro
lina” beauty contest to be held by
the Junior Chamber of Commerce
oL North Carolina in Winston-
Salem on July 24. The winner in
Winston will represent N. Caro
lina in the “Miss America” can-
petition. Second in the local cem-
test was Anne Gore, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Gore, and
third was Annie Blue Cameron,
daughter of Mrs. Leon Cameron.
The local affair was a success
from the standpoint of attendance,
Jaycees say, considering the tm-
precendented heat wave which
was at its peak at the time. Sev
eral hundred persons enjoyed the
dinner, beauty pageant and dance
which followed to the music of
Hal Gore and his orchestra. The
dinner was served by the Raeford
Woman’s club.
The able hias^e-- c,^remqnies,
vias" 'Vestai-'^Tagri^.
and commentator of Radio Sta
tion WFNC in Fayetteville. Words
of welcome were delivered by
Jaycee Ray Muench. Judges for
the beauty contest were Dr. Jack
Jordan and Jack Sasser of Fay
etteville. Brady Brooks and Tom
my Gershwin of Aberdeen, Hoov
er Carter of Carthage, aid Chair-
rnan Earl Woods of Southern
Pines.
The girls appeared three times
and were judged senarately arid
secretly by each judge on each
annearance and the one with the
b°st combined score was the
winner. They aooeared first in
bathing suits, then each gave a
norformance |n a talent contest,
and then all aooeared in evening
gowns.
To +he talent comoetition Belle
Siriith. daughter 6f Mr. and Mrs.
F. F. Smith and soonsored bv
•Rnoford Hardware comoanv. ex
hibited some of her art work and
.^id a sketch. Fannette Gore.
•laiTvhter of Mr. and Mrs. A. D.
Gore and soonsored bv Baucom
Aoolianca Co., recited an original
ooero. Marv McTean. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. McLean
aofi cooncored bv Graham’s Gift
.'Shoo, vave a dance “lumping
.Tack Dance.” accompanied bv
Dot-?s Keith at the piano. Sara
Jane Cole, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Cole and sponsored
bv Belk-Bensdale Co., sang
“Mightv T.ike a Rose.” accom
panied by Betty Upchurdi. Anne
Gore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. D. Gore and sponsored by The
News-Journal, sang a novelty
“A Square in a Social Circle,’*
accompanied by Landoh Yarbor
ough. Louise Harris, daughter of
Mrs. W. A. Harris and sponsored
by Home Furniture Co., gave a
dialogue. Annie Blue Cameron,
daughter of Mrs. Leon Cameron
and sponsored by Raeford Auto
Co., recited “Casey at the Bat.**
Mary Sue Upchurch, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Upchurch
and sponsored by Israel Mann,
did a modem dance to recorded
accomi)animent. R a y e Kizi&
daughter of Mr. and lArs. W. R.
King and sponsored hF HohR
DiW Co., sang, “1*11 Sae Yoa
Agaia,” accompanied by Betty
Updiurrit.
Many igetty and us^td ftfte
were givm to the winners by On
business firms coopeieittsg wMB
Hie Jaycees in stegitac Rmi attikw
me stage and Knaoty wag a(k>
tracHvriy decanted unddr
direction of Hit. Bnl: