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VOICE or fUfOOM CiMIDlAiM Qt i»8tRrV «- Newi^-Journal The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal I VOtUME XLVIl NUMBER 23 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6,1952 RAEFORD, N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPY I3J9 PIS TEAR -■1 ci/f-dcUnda ■■ - - Br the Editor Sitting here trying to write a -column on Wednesday afternoon, I find myself really looking for ward to bed time. 1, stuck out the election to the bitter end, and I know now that I ain’t as young as I have been. Got a mighty interesting letter from Lewis McBrayer last week conceiWng what he called my “political defection.” Would have printed it if I had received it a week sooner and I believe it would have been enjoyed. How ever, the election’s over now, and I think it would be a little out of : place. Lewis is a former resident of this county who lives in Greensboro. He is the brother of Mrs. P. P. McCain. Recorder Has Full g, Day Tuesday; Sets Mere For To^y It seems to be generally accept ed as a fact that no candidate has ever liiade so many .friends in losing as did Governor Stevenson. His frank and open approach to issues and his appealing person ality ^were reaching out to every one right up to and through his speech in the early hours of yes terday morning when he conceded the election to General Eisenhow- -er. • / His words on the old American tradition of being far apart, in campaigns and then closing ranks when the people had spoken will bear reflection on the part of many of us now that the hard campaign is over. By IBs words !iiadllm gigjd a’ hope that the American peo ple wiU unite behind their new ly chosen leader tp give him the strength he will certainly need in the difficult days and years ahead. Tihs we must do. The Governor closed his re marks with a little story com pletely in the character that so maoy of the American people be came acquainted with and fon^ of in the 14 weeks of his campaign. He told of the lad who stubbed his toe and then said that he was ' too big to cry, but that it hurt too bad to lai ' Stale Senator J. l^nton Tho mas gotj by all ^i^tj-M he had a majority of some 2500 votes in Moore County and about 1800 here, after ieaving Randolph and man C. B. Deane also managed to make it in spite of the heavy Republican voting in the upper epd of this “shoestring” district. I wonder how many people con- . sider the fact that the Democrats down here in Hoke County have RapubMean -lead in , every State Senatorial and Con gressional election. We are tied to Republican counties I in the northwestern part of the state in the eighth congressional district pnd we are tied to Republican Randolph in the 12th ^Senator- ial' district. I heard somebody say yesterday ISiat we had oper ated with this handicap long enough, considering the fact that we are of comparatively^ light population anyway, and I am inclined to agree. The good Democrat who says this was of the opinion that we ought to let tliose sections go ahead and vote the way they want to and let us do the same. “Gerrymander” is * 4he word they taught us in school for this type of district. Reckon we’ll have to keep on putting up with it, though, as it’s done all over. The Senate may be split even, so that the vice-president could break the tie when it organizes on January . At that time Bark ley’s vote would give the Demo crats the important committee .chairmanships but when Nixon comes along on January 20 he would break the tie in the other direction and give them to the Republicans. I don’t know if this curious situation has ever come up before or not, or wheth er it^will this time, but I never heard of it before. * After skipping a week there was a full day of work for the county recorder’s court Tuesday. Judge Harry Greene held court all day and called a special ses sion for this morning in order *to clear the docket of more cases before Superior court next week. Four defendants appeared on liquor still and allied charges. David McRae^ colored, was found guilty in three cases cUid sentenc ed to the roads for a total of not less than two and'a half years on the roads, although Judge Greene reserved the right to amend this judgment at today’s session. John D. Graham, colored, got not less than a year in two cases. He ap pealed and posted $1000 bond. Jason Armstrong, colored, got not less than a year in two cases, suspended on payment of $75 and costs and two years good behavior. Fairley Jones, colored, got not less than 18 months in two cases. He appealed and , bond was set at $1000 but he has not as yet posted it. In another case he was taxed with the costs for hunting with out a license. June Graham, col ored, also paid costs for this of fense. Maggie Smith and Ethel Smith, both colored, were charged by the other with assault in what ap peared to be a large-sized family row. Both were found not guilty. Dan Clark and D. Wl Wattf, both white, each paid $10 and costs for being drunk and dis orderly. Lawrence McRae, color- edj»got two- to three months .sus pended on payment ..of $10 qnd costs and a year of good behavior for the same offense. Willie McLeod and Tommie Mcr Crimmon, both colored, each paid $10 and costs for violating the prohibition' laws. Noah Alfred Hendrix, white, paid $10 and costs and lost his license for six months for care less and reckless driving. Also for careless and reckless driving, John Kenneth West, white, got six to nine months suspended on pay ment of costs, ^nd $25 doctor bill and up to $300 for damages. Margaret R. Maultsby, white, was found guilty of driving under} the influence of liquor or nar cotics. She was fined $100 and costs. She appealed and posted $250 bond. Roger Lee Beasley, and James- Kenneth Pate, both white, also paid $100 and costs each for driving drunk. ^ Jay McKenzie, white, got six months suspended* on pa3un9nt of $25, 18 months good behavior and costs for violatmg the prohibition laws. Joe Shields, colored, was Levi Allen, white, was found guilty of trespass,' non-support and assault. He got a total of 27 months suspended on pajrmeiit of costs, $20 a,week to his family and two years good behavior. He was found not guilty of violating the prohibition laws. Clarence McCallum, colored, got l8 months on the roads for care less and reckless driving in con nection with a • wreck involving eight cars at Bowmore* several weeks ago. Sentence Was to have been suspended if he paid costs and $200 damages, but he could not pay. William Jackson, colored, got 60 to 90 days for stealing from a local store..Sentence was to be suspended on payment of $25 and costs but he went to the roads. Clfiton D. Butler, white, and Charles Lewis, colored, each paid $25 and costs for having no driver’s license. Lewis also paid $10 and costs for speeding. Speeders included Johh David McCoy and James H. Gray, both colored, and Willie Lee Watson, Willie G. Jones, James Fields, Jerry M. Vernon and John M. Fairy, all white. ’'All eight paid $10 and costs or left $25 bonds. Mr. and .Mrs. Ed Smith spent the week end in Johns visiting Mrs. Smith's father, E. S. Gibson. ticks Trample Erwin 26-7 There Friday Play At Fairmont Friday The Hoke High Bucks finally broke their noii-winning streak last Friday afternoon with. a re sounding 26-7 victory over Erwin at Erwin. The Bucks came within seven points of equalling the total number of points scored all sea son in the second half as they put on a great show of offensive pow er to score their 26 points. After what was a rather dull first half with several scoring threats and one touchdown off set with penalties and fiunbles the Buck^ broke it wide open in the last half. In the first half a 23 yard pass play from McLeod to Lovette for a touchdown was called bade due to offensive hold ing. I The second half opened with the Bucks receiving the kickoff, and after a pass play was incom plete Wilcox carried for 15 yards to the Bucks 30 yard line. On the third' play of the half McLeod swivel-hipped his way around left end and raced 62 yards before he was pulled down from the rear on the Erwin 8 yard line. With goal to go Wilcox carried down to the 3; McLeod then carried to the Vz yard line and McNeill cumu lated the 85 yard march which took only 6 plays with a quarter back sneak. Benner’s first of two placements was good and the Bucks led 7-0. Erwin ran the kickoff bark to their Cfvim, 25i-^^rd. liiib taid tlwee pl^s latee-' Were still oh the4 25r Two punt exchanges took place between the two clubs before Koonce,. who was playing end on defense, broke through to recover the first of two fumbles on the Erwin 30 yard line. This was an-, other scoring chance for the Bucks and they wasted no time getting their second touchdown as Wilcox swept right end on the first p'lay for 30 yards and the tally. Only one man seemed in danger of stopping him but a key block by Culbreth on the 5 yard line re moved this threat. Benner’s kick was again good .and the Bucks led 14-0. Erwin scored their touchdown on a 06 yard drive that featured a 40 yard pass play. Their place ment attempt was good and the Bucks led by only 14-7. Eisenhower Goes In; Wins 38 of 48 But Not N. Q Raeford came back strong to score again on a 62 yard drive that featured some of the most impressive running displayed all year by the Bucks. Wilcox gained 5 through the line; Sappenfield gained 6 aroimd end; Wilcox a- gain picked up 8 to the Erwin 40; McNeill ^ sneaked for 2; McLeod 'ripped Wilcox drove to the ■ 8; McLeod busted through the line for 7 to the one ysSi|kline. Here a 5 yard penalty put the ball on the seven yard line.. Sappenfield got this back on the first play as he drove to the 2; and McL&d then scor ed on a line play. Benner’s kick was blocked. Less than a minute later Koonce recovered a fumble on the Erwin 35. The Bocks covered these 35 yards in only four plays with Wright, making his first appear ance in a game, picking up 28 yards in two plays and scoring from the 8 yard line. Benner’s kick was again blocked. The game ended tefore the kickoff was at tempted. Though' the offensive play of the backfield was outstanding, much of the credit for the Bucks (Continued on Fage 8) o— VISITING PREACHER State And County Sticks To Democrats In Largest Vote $ Going to the polls in the larg est numbers ever on Tuesday, voters of Hoke Couhty and North Carolina stuck to the Democratic party in giving Governor Adlai E. Stevenson a substantial majority in the presidential race and giving Democratic Gubernatorial Nomi nee William B. Umstead a major ity of about 200,000 over his Re publican opponent, Herbert F. Seawell of Carthage. It did ap pear that Republican Charles Ra- per Jonas.of Lincolnton would go to Congress from the 10th district. With about 1800 of the State’s 2036 precincts reported yesterday there was an unofficial total of 1,095,742 votes tabulated with 592,939 for Stevenson and 502,803 for Eisenhower, a l^ad of 90,136 for Stevenson. With^over 200 pre- cinefe still to report, it seemed certain that the vote in the state would run over 1,1000,000 as com pared to less than 700,000 votes cast in the Tar Heel state four years ago. Hoke Coimty votifsrs also tum- ed jOut in record n^bers as Gov- •epfeL" Stev^aison 1761 in the county’s 10 precincts to General Eisenhower’s 616. For governor, congressman, and other state and county offices the vote in this coimty was 1976 Democratics to 249 Republican. A record num ber of votes were also cast in Raeford as about 1300 people went to the poUs. In the State Senatorial contests for the 12th district J. Benton Thomas ^nd L. F. Ross appeared certain to go in in spite of a Re publican landslide in Randolph County. Republicans carried all offices there by about 3000 votes, but it seemed that the Democra tic majority for Ross and Thomas in Harnett was about as good. Although Moore County figures were not available it sCemed cer tain they would not remove the Precinct Adlai Ike Allendale 7X 5 Antioch 139 27 Blue Springs' 123 ' 26 11 Puppy Creek 109 39 Qaewhiffle 186f 113 Raeford No. 1 407 140 Raeford'No. 2 319 185 Rockfish 69 45 Voting by precincts in the coun- ty for the other congressional. state and county tickets was Precinct Dem Rep Allendale 73 2 Antioch 154 9 Blue Springs 142 2 Little River 101 8 Mildouson 118 8 Puppy Creek 128* 15 Qaewhiffle 227 66 Raeford 1 466 65 Raeford 2 486 51 Rockfish 81 23 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER YOUR SCHOOL NEWS By K. A. MacDonald Last week, quite a number of schools held Halloween Carnivals. In every case they seemed^o go over splendidly. So far, we. have heard from only two In reference to the financial end. Hoke-Rae- ford and MiRipuson grossed ap proximately the same as last year. We think this was a splendid showing and we feel that the tre- ipad nf/aho»»_JtanfUth^-two-re^raaendous^orts-ptt(r-foi1d^ ceived in this county. parents paid big dividend. We Voting by precincts for Steven- heartily commend them, son and Eisenhower was as fol- feature of the whole thing jQy^g. throughout the county that we think was especially fine was the lack of vandalism. Reports from neighboring towns indicate that some of than did not fare so well. PHILIPPI REVIVAL A good number of schools spent procedure Ikst week and this. In some of them, mock elections were held. Interest among the students was high. We think that this is good procedure for schools in a democracy. Superior Court To Convene Here NextM(MidayA.M. Judge Morris To Preside , The regular November term of Hoke County Superior Court will convene here next Monday morn ing with Judge Chester Morris of Currituck County on the bench. The term will be for the trial of criminal and civil cases, with civil cases set for Wednesday. —The“TErrarder“Tase^~ur~~vdddi The sermon at the morning worship service, at the Raeford Methodist Church Sunday will be delivered by tiie Rev. P. B. Bishop of Aberdeen during the illness of the p2istor, the Rev. P. O. Lee. Mr. Lee returned to his home here from Moore County hospital Tuesday, but Is not ex pected to be out and about for a while yet Revival Services will begin at the Philippi Presbsderian Church Sunday evening, November 9, and will continue through Friday ev ening, November 14, with services each evening at 7:30. Ihe Rev. W. O. Nelson, pastor of the Elise Presbyterian Qhurch, Robbins, will bring the message. The Rev. ‘W. B Heyward, the pastor, feels that the churdi is fortunate to have secured Bfr. Nelson for the services, and in vites everyone to attendL Next week is American Educa- 'tion Week. All schools will take note oPthis in various ways. Spe cial study classes and chapel pro grams will be held and most schools will have open house for parents and friends. We urge you to visit your child’s school, next week. The Raeford Graded School will hold “Open House” on Thursday, November 13, from 7:30 p. m. to 9:00. The Grammar grades will put on a program for the parents at this time. Tuesday at 12:45; the diapd hour, the primary grades will put on an Education Week Program. ’Thtusday at the same hour, the Grammar Grades will give the night program for the benefit of parents who cannot visit" the schools. ‘ Mrs. Ruria Shelton has been out for the last several days on ac count of the very serious illness of her mother. We hope that her mother will soon be improved. J. G. Allen at tiie Raeford Grad- (Obntfaiued on Pag* •) Zeph Graham, colored, is char ged with killing Robert Nevin, also colored, in Blue Springs township last July 20, is expected to be tried. It was postponed at the last term of court. Another murder case that was postponed several times previously is that in .which ChEirlie Flynn, colored, is charged with the killing * of fc. X Ajr cafe near htere on the might of October 5, 1951. This case is ex pected td be postponed again. Other criminal cases set for trial include Jojumie Thompson, colored, charged with obtaining money by selling land he did not iwh^; David Chason, white, as- ultihg hW brother with a dead- weapon with intent to kill him; P. Lambert and his daughter, ildred Lambert Chavis, both hite, incestuous and immoral conduct. About 12 cases appealed from recorder’s court are also scheduled to be heard before the jury. Civil cases include two divorces and seven others, of which about three will probably be heard. Nine new grand jurors will take office and jury list for the term is as follows: R. L. Carter, J. R. Hendrix, David Hannon, Bernice Gamer, Harrison Miller, Mrs. H. A. Cam eron, E. A Gordon, N. A Mc Donald, Harley Adims, Pride P. Webster, J. A. Almond, J. S. Overton, J. H. Womble, Jr., Ar- Returns Indicate GOP May Regain Control Of Congress Incomplete unofficial returns from Tuesday’s voting over the nation yesterday indicated that General Dwight D. Eisenhower had received majorities in 38 of the 48 states for a total of 431 electoral votes and would become the next President. The Repub lican party at the same time was almost certain of a majority of three seats in the house of>epre- sentatives, while control of the senate was still in doubt, a split or a pne-seat margin either way being possible. Governor Adlai E. Stevenson, the Democratic nominee, conceded the election to Eisenhower in a speech from Springfield, Illinois, at 1:45 a. m. yesterday. The De mocrats czirried, Alabama, Ar kansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Lou isiana, Mississippi, North Caro lina, South Carolina, and West Virginia. Tennessee, with 11 elec toral votes, was still able to go in either column on the basis of incomplete returns. These 10 states would make an electoral total of 100 votes for the Democratic no minees. The populeir vote in the country was the largest ever cast and was much closer than the electoral landside. With about 48 of an ex pected 55 million votes tallied Eisenhower had a lead of about five and a half million votes over the country. The usual trend of voting in the past several elections was up^t first when the metropolitan cen ters, which are usually prepon derantly Democratic, began to show a strength for the Republi can nominee. Another reversal of form appeared when Virginia, Florida and Texas were carried by the Republicans and close votes were apparent in South Carolina and Louisiana. Eisenhower also carried usually Democratic Con- necticutt, and Rhode Island. Fire Destroys Negro Home; Threatens 2 A blaze that completely , de stroyed one home and threatened two others before it was finally brought under control last Sun- day afternoon rendered two Ne- | gro famihes homeless for the time being. ford near Rockfish Grbve ^urch md though one house had burned by the time the fire department arrived the fir^nen were instro- mdntal in saving two others and keeping the blaze firom spreedins..!^^^.. James ’Thomas and his were rendered homeless and aU except a very few of ttcfr possessions. J. D. Kemp lost a trailer house and suffered damage to his home which was witiiin a few feet of the house destroyed. He was in the act of remodeling his home at the time of the fire and had all his family's clothes stored in the trailer house and part of his household furniture in the Thomas house. All of these except a few articles were de stroyed also. ^ James Allen’s house (m the op posite side of the road from Kent’s was also slightly damaged but quidc work the fire de- partmmit and other volunleers put the blaze out The blaze is thoui^t to have started frmn a defective oil heat er in tile Thomas house. Tbe Hoke County IWfBie of fice is distributing artidae at to titOM thur Ashburn, Earl Tolar, Lacy EUis, Archie Howard, W. G. and bedding Bryde, Everette McBryde, E. P. Matherly, L. D. Btodks, Doug McMillan, Atex McCormick, Mrs. T. C. Sincalir, J. L. Crowley, Dan Clark, C. W. Covlhgtcm, R. B. COotitiiinad on Fafo $) whose possessions were IMI lid have stoted timt nayoan vdto hag any dolldDg or aitIdM of hiMlM to donato ntor hriog WdtHO otileo in 1
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