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VOLUME XLVn; NUMBER 24
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1952
RAEFORD, N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPY
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Bf the Editor
Hie discussion we and others
had with 'Red Buck" Bryant last
summer about references in his
column in the Charlotte Obser
ver to Sherman notes in a Bethel
church was settled in his column
last Sunday. Mr. Bryant finally
came around to admitting that he
was in error in saying thai the
Bethel church he referred to was
in Clover, S. C., and said that it
was the church here in Hoke
County. He was convinced by
numerous letters, and he men
tioned hearing from John Mc-
Googan of Raeford, the Rev. Har
old Dudley, General Secretary of
the PresbyteriaCn Ssmod of North
Carolina, and Mrs. Charles Ran
kin of Fayetteville.
As we learned and reported at
the time, the leaf on which Sher
man is supposed to have written
is now preserved with the, Pres
byterian Archives in Montreat
where it may be seen.
Bryant’s column of “Reminis-
censes” last Sunday was inter
esting in other ways tb readers in
this section, for he devoted right
much space to a discussion of the
settling of the Scottish Highlan
ders through here before the ad
vent of the “Scotch-Irish” to other
sections of the state. I learned
in Scotland that the word “Scotch”
should be applied only to some
thing you drink (or don’t as the
case may be). I tried to figure
some way to keep from using it
with Irish, but couldn’t, and I
guess it works pretty well'under
tha);'defimiibrmth the Hteh Any
way. For the benefit of my mo
ther-in-law, I mean no insult to
the Irish, but I do imderstand they
are a pretty convivial lot.
Building &. Loan
Honors President
On Birthday
The board of directors of the
Raeford Building and Loan Asso
ciation at, their regular monthly
meeting at the association’s of
fice here Tuesday afternoon held
a little birthday party lor their
president, F. B. Sexton. His birth
day was November 10.
Mr. Sexton became president of
the association in January, 1931,
when assets of the association
were $85,014.46. He has been
president continuously since that
time and the association’s state
ment as of October 31, 1952, show
ed total assets of $304,677.32.
The president was given a gift
by the group and what he sayfe
was his favorite dessert, persim'
mon pudding with whipped cream,
was served with coffee. He said
it tasted just like he remembered
it.
H. L. Gatlin has been a member
of the board of directors during
all the time F. B. Sexton has beer,
president.
1000 Hear
Caldwell Speak
At REA Meeting
More than 1,000 attended the
meeting of the Lumbee River
Electric Membership Corporationi
held Wednesday, November 5, in
Maxton, and heard a very instruc
tive talk from Ha^ry B. Caldwell,
Master of the North Carolina State
Grange, who spoke at length on
the coopiirati^ movement in
North Carolina and our nation.
Gw3Ti Price, Rural Electrification
Authority in North Carolina, in
troduced the! speaker for the oc
casion. W. T. Crisp, Executive
Manager of Tarheel Electric Mem
bership Association of Raleigh was
recognized.
The coopeartive attorney, J. D.
McLean, Jr., presided over the
election of officers for the coming
year and the entire group of di
rectors was unanimously reelect
ed consisting of the following. C.
A. Alford, J. M. Andrews, C. L.
Ballance, J^ R. Caddell. E. L.
Presbyteriaiis To
Have Seminary
Service Sunday
DR. W. B. OGLESBY, JR.
I get wind of something that
leads me to believe the Parent-
Teacher meeting next Monday is
likely to be about as lively as
the last one, That meeting will
be remembered as having the
discussion of games of chance at
Halloween carnivals. Incidentally,
their prohibition didn’t hurt gate
receipts in the least . . .But this,
time, imless my information is
wrong, there wiirBe a movement"
started to withdraw PTA sup
port from the teaching of public
school music in the schools. This
has been taught in the schools here
for a good many years, and I have
never heard anything against it
before. I certainly believe more
people are for it than are against
it. If you have a view either
way on the subject you should
go to the schoolhouse next Mon
day nighty and express it, as the
majority at the meeting will de
termine the policy of the PTA if
th§ q.u.estiQn is raised. I hope it _
formation is only a rumor. At any
rate, good healthy arguments will
increase the public interest and
will make the PTA a much strong
er force for the good of the schools.
Peter McLean is certainly to be
sympathized with at having to
arbitrate discussions of this sort,
but they are for the public good.
Cook, John R. Lassiter, J. E. Mor
rison, Wade H. Powell, and Mrs.
Lucy Smith.
C. L. Ballance, president, gave
a lengthy report of the progress
of the cooperative, pointing out
with pride the accomplishments
of the local cooperative, stating
that “most of oiu members were
somewhat surprised to know now
that our country has been so far
behind many of the European na
tions in securing electric services."
He pointed out that Germany,
France, and most of the European
countries were from 85% to 100%
Tommy Upchurch sure made an
interesting talk to the Kiwanis
club last Thursday night about
his trip to the National Cotton
Council meeting in California. If
I could get it ba^ck together I
would reproduce in in full, as some
of the facts he saw and told about
were mighty impressive. For in
stance, he said the soil in the San
Joaquin valley is 600 feet deep.
He also told of a farmer there
having 19 combines, each of which
would cut 30 feet. This particu
lar farmer, Tommie said, wjis pri
marily a cotton farmer, having
about 90,000 acres and about 125
overseers. He said mechamcs
were good out there, too, so good
they could make a combine fly
when their airplanes broke down.
Seriously, though, most of what
he said was believable and should
certainly be heard by farmers of
the county.
J. B. McIntyre came back from
Charlotte this week with a rathtf
(Oontbraed oft Pif* •)
was first made available to the
rural people of North Carolina.
He discussed at length the future
plans of the cooperative in order
to meet the needs of its memebrs
possible for the next few years.
J. R. Caddell, treasurer of the
cooperative and a charter member,
submitted a detailed written trea
surer’s report to the members ancj
pointed out that the cooperative
had invested $250,000 in bonds and
paid back on our loan $346,000.
Of this amount, $76,000 was in
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Homecoming Dance
At Gym Friday Night
The final event of the Hoke High
School 1952 Homecoming program
will be a dance at the gym Fri
day night at which time the
Homecoming Queen will be
crowned.
The program starts this after
noon as the Hoke High Bucks
play hosts to the Fayetteville
“Bullpups” at Armory Park at
3:30. At half time the five candi
dates for the crown of Homecom
ing Queen will be recognized.
The dance Friday night will be
gin at 8:00 with music furnished
by Hal Gore and his orchestra.
Former students and friends of
Hoke Hi^ students are invited to
attend the dance and coronation.
Dr. W. B. Oglesby, Jr., professor
at Union Theological seminary,
Richmond, Va., will preach Sim-
day at the 11:00 a. m. worship
service at the Raeford Presbyter
ian church. He has been elected to
the newly-established chair of
Pastoral Counseling at the semi
nary.
Dr. Oglesby is a graduate of
Austin College in Texas and Union
Theological seminary, and this
year received his Ph. D. from the
University of Chicago. He has held
pastorates in Louisiana and Ar
kansas.
This is “Seminary Simday” in
Faye^eyille Presbytery, and Dr,
Oglesby’s message will deal speci-?
fically with theological education,
the need for ministers, and the
program of the seminary.
The Rev. W. B. Heyward, who
was a seminary classmate of Dr.
Oglesby, reports that he is an out
standing student and a most ef
fective preacher.
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PTA Meeting Set
For Monday Night
Peter McLean, president of the
Hoke-Raeford Parent-Teacher as-
-sociartionT—cailS“tKe'”attention of
parents to the regular meeting of
the association at the Raeford
Graded school next Monday night.
McLean ;said that the program
would include explanations by
Superintendent K. A. MacDonald
and Principal W. T. Gibson, Jr.,
to explain the building program
and how it will meet the local
school needs.' A social hour will
follow.
McLean also called the atten
tion of parents to the fact that the
annual membership drive of the
association is being held this week,
and asked that they send their
on the subject by their children.
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Scouts Get Awards
At Court Of Honor
Christmas Seal Sale
To Start This Week
Mrs. T. B. Lester, chairman of
the Hoke County Christmas Seal
sale committee, has annoimced
that the sale of twals would start
this week. Local canvass of ths
business houses in the Christmas
Seal bond sale was started last
week and has been almost com
pleted.
were being mailed to individuals
in the community and county this
week, and she urged all to cooper-
week, and she ufed all to cooper
ate with the committee by return
ing their contributions at once
She said the money is urgently
needed to carry on the search for
something to prevent tuberculosis,
for finding the early cases, and
for education to enlist everyone
in the fight against it. She said
that TB is still the number one
killer among infiectious diseases.
In North Car. 2,088 beds are oc
cupied by tuberculosis patients
and there are hundreds of .others
who have it for whom there ai’e
not beds. ^
The Hoke County Tuberculosis
association for 1952 has Charles
Town To Start
Drive On Rats
Next Monday
Morrison as presMent, K. A. Mac
Donald as vice-president, Mrs-i
Hubert Cameron as secretary and
treasurer, and Mrs. Lester as seal
sale chairman. The Kiwanis, Lions
and Woman’s clubs are helpers.
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Fairmont Edges
Bndbl9-13
Friday Night
; ,yhe haplfjss B«||i*s, an easy two
touchdown underdog against Fair
mont, almost upset the fruit bas
ket Friday night as they forced
the strong eleven of Robeson
County to play their best before
finally losing 19-13 in Fairmont.
As has been the case in several
games this season the Bucks were
in the midst of a scoring drive
when the game ended. They start
ed on their own 9 yard yard line
and moved all the way to the
Fairmont 45 before time ^an out
on them.
Fairmont started like a ball of
fire as they covered-75-yards-in~
At their meeting on November
3 the town commissioners of Rae
ford heard M. R. Mills of the
county health deparbnent explain
a proposed rat control program
lor the town. Alter hearing his
explanation the board unanimous
ly voted to cooperate with the
health department, and to share
the expense with the state, in a
concerted one-year battle on rats
in the town.
In his discussion of the problem
here. Mills made a conservative
estimate that there were 8,000 rats
in Raeford and said that research
and investigation had shown that
each rat cost a community about
$8 a year. He said this much
money is good enough reason to
get rid of them, without consider
ing their capacity for carrying filth
and disease.
The plan will start on Monday,
November 17, when bait boxes
will be distributed in the business
area of town and a team will go
from house to house in town and
place the poison. Refills at the
hofae may be made by the owners
calling at the town hall for the
bmt which will be paid for by the
town and state and which will be
ready for v distribution during the
year.
The program is being backed by
the Lions and the Kiwanis clubs
who plan to give the drive addi
tional publicity 6nd to tirge the
people of the town to coopefate.
One way they urge ;.home owners
tQ cooperate ^
M. S. Gibson, Sr.,
Dies In Rockfish;
Funeral Today At 2
Funeral services will be held
this afternoon at 2 p. m. for M.
S. Gibson, Sr., 57, prominent far
mer of Rockfish who died at his
home about 2:30 Wednesday morn
ing. He was a deacon of Taber
nacle Baptist church and a mem
ber of the Grange.
Funeral services wiU be held at
the Tabernacle Baptist church
with the Rev. David Miller offi
ciating. Burial will follow in the
AUoway Cemetery at Red Springs.
Surviving the deceased are his
wife, Mrs. Ethel Deaton Gibson;
three daughters, Mrs. C. M. Kelly
of Durham, Mrs. S. E. Sumner of
Lumber Bridge and Mrs. A. J.
Freeman, Jr. of Rockfish; two sons,
Z. D. and M. S. Gibson, Jr., both
of Rockfish; four sisters, Mrs. De-
lena McMillan of Rockfish, Mrs.
N. A. Maxwell of Raeford, Mrs.
E. T. Carr of Spruce Pine and
Mrs. C. W. Ridge of Baltimore,
Md.; four grandchildren.
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Special Session
Of Recorder’s Court
Several members of the local
boy scout troop attended a Court
of Honor at East Laurinburg Tues
day night and received merit
badges and additional rank. Leon
Cameron and Neil McFadyen re
ceived the rank of Life Scout.
Life is one step below the covet
ed Eagle award and is in itself
quite an achievement. Their
badges were presented to them by
Dr. Marcus Smith, a member of
the local troop committee.
Receiving merit badges were
Yoimger Snead, Jr., Leon Camer
on, Joe McLeod, Neil McFadyen,
and Marcus Smith, Jr.
The troop will participate in a
camporee this week end at Chalk
Bluffs near Wagram on the Lmn-
ber River. They will depart Fri
day afternoon and will return
early Sunday morning.
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NO LEGION MEETING
theTEfst two scrimmage plays for
a touchdown and led 7-0 after the
conversion with less than a min
ute gone in the game.
The Bucks showed they were
still in the game as they moved
the ball efficiently the first two
times they were in possession of
it. They lost possessioa of me ball
on their own 37 but two plays
later Wilcox recovered a Fairmont
fumble and they carried all the
way. Wilcox picked up 26 ydrds
on the first play; a 15 yard penalty
was taken in lieu of a 7 yard
pass; McLeod romped ^imd end
for 14 yards to the Fairmont 19.
,^With third down on the 20 another
% yar^pSTw^Sp^ nbPT
lifying a 10 yard pass from Mc
Leod to Baggett placing the ball
on the 5 yard line. Wilcox then
drove off-tackle for the touch
down. The extra point attempt
via a running play was no good
and Fairmont was still ahead 7-6.
Farimont stretched their lead
immediately as they moved 90
yards' for a touchdown in only 7
plays, of which two covered 70
yards. They failed to make their
extra point and led by 7 itoints
at the half time.
Fairmont scored first in the sec
ond half and led by 19-6 before the
Bucks began to move. McNeill,
doing his best passing of the sea
son, connected to Baggett for 15
yards; he completed a successive
one to Garrett for 33 yards and
the Bucks were on the 17 yard
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one at Kome ' ohlMbnd^ so' tfief
team will be able to leave bait
at each home in town. The bait
will be arranged so that it will not
be accessible to pets. Homes not
called at on Monday will be visit
ed diu-ing the next week.
Bait boxes to be used in the al
leys in the business section are be
ing built by the vocational class
at Hoke County High school with
lumber contributed for the cause
by Raeford Lumber company.
These boxes will be kept filled at
all times for a year by. the-£Qua^
'ty-Realth^H^iMtment.
L. B. Crosby, of the N. C. Board
of Health insect and rodent con
trol section, will be here Monday
to help get the drive started. He
called attention this week to the
fact that rats carry many serious
diseases and cost much money,
and urged the citizens of Raeford
to cooperate in the drive.
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Judge Harry Greene, to a spec
ial session of recorder’s court last
Thursday morning, amended the
sentence of David McRae who had
been sentenced to a total of two
and a half years minimum on the
roads.
McRae, who W2U3 found guilty of
violating the pn^bition laws,
paid a total of $250 and costs for
the three cases and terms of good
behavior for two years.
Quieten Bufogle, wto$e tourist,
pi8id S$iQ-Wd co^..%|^5q9eeding.
Ernest Harris, colored, was
found not guUty of assault.
John Henry Baker, colored, was
found guilty of careless and reck
less driving and speeding and re
ceived a 6-9 months sentence su
spended upon payment of $25 and
Costs and 12 months good behavior.
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Mrs. Sarah Jane Biggs
Is Buried At Antioch
Tuesday Afternoon
Mrs. Sarah Jane Biggs died at
her home near Antioch last Sun
day,_atnQon, after an illness
several months. She was 79 years
of age.
She was the daughter of Eliza
beth and Angus Huckabee of
Scotland County and was the 'wi
dow of Daniel Biggs of the An
tioch seqtion.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at Antioch Presbyterian church
at 2:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon
by the pastor, the Rev. Gower
Crosswell. Burial followed in the
cemetery at Antioch church.
Mrs. Biggs is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. H. M. Thompson
of Johnson City, Term., and Mrs.
Ruria Shelton of the home, a mem
ber of the faculty of Raeford
Graded school; one son, W. L.
Biggs of Miami, piorida.
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STUDENT PASTOR WILL
PREACH SUNDAY AT
COUNTRY CHURCHES
PRESBYTERIAN MEN TO
meet TUESDAY NIGHT
Commander R. B. Lewis - an
nounces that there will not be a
meeting of the Ellis 'Williamson
American Legion post this month.
The next meeting will be held the
first Friday night in De^mber.
The Men of the Raeford Presby
terian Church will hold their re
gular monthly supper and meet
ing at the church next Tuesday
night at 7:00 o’clock, T. F. Mc-
Bryde, president, said this week.
He said that the speaker for the
meeting would be the Rev. Albert
McClure, superintendent of Bar
ium Sprtogs orphanage.
William Newton, student pastor
of Union Seminary, Richmond,
'Virginia, wiU preach at Bethel and
Shiloh churches Sunday morning.
Mr.. Newton will preach at Bethel
at 10 a. m. and will preach at Shi
loh at 11:00 a. m. The public is
cordially invited to attend the ser
vices.
I. Mann and Ed Brooks of Burw
gaw attended a xtmx's clgthlng
show in CharoHte Sunday.
Auditor Telk
Board County k
In Good%^
J. M. Williams, certified public
accoimtant of the firm of Williams
and Wall of Raleigh, appeared be
fore the Hoke County commission
ers at their meeting last week to
report on his firm’s audit o^ the
ooimty’s books for the fiscal year
1951-52. He commended the board
on the fine financial condition of
the county as reflected in the
statement of June 30, 1952, which
is printed in this issue of The
News-Journal.
Attention was invited to the fact
that the county’s budget for the
year was $100,000, and that only
.v^was-snen^.. includinSsS^-^’
eral items which could have been
classed as non-budget expendi
tures. He also commented on the
fact that U. S. Government bonds
listed in the statement at $68,450
have an actual value of over
$90,000.
The statement also *shows a
surplus in operating fimds of $20,-
170.98, and that property value in
the coimty exceeds funded debt
by $980,419,05. The county’s bank
balance as ^-^nme 30 was $106,-
753.83.
Other matters taken up by the
commissioners included a discus
sion of the fact that the Fort Bragg
authorities had closed the Raeford-
Vass road during himting season.
Opinion of the board seemed to be
that this was not right, and Coun
ty Accountant J\ A. McGoogan
was instructed, to write Sixth Di
vision Highway Commissioner
George Coble and ask if he could
dp £uiything about getting it open
ed for public use again.
The board decided that the
county should pay tor a boat lost
during the seart^ for the body
of Charles K. Honeycutt in Rock
fish creek by the coroner and
others several months ago.
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Mr. and Mrs. NeQl Ross had as
their we^ end guests, Mrs. Wer-
r»i Wood, her dau^ter and stm.
Jane and Warran of Baldid^
Rfajor Cases Are
Postpooed At
Superior Court
In his last term here for .five
years Judge Chester Morris of
Ciurituck County woimd up the
regular term of Hoke County Su
perior court this week in two and
a half days. Eleven cases were
contimied to the January term for
trial, including two murder cases
and the two incest cases. Civil
docket was light, with most cases
being settled, and it was unique in
that there were no divorces grant
ed. One divorce case went to a
jury but was denied.
The case in which Charlie Flynn,
colored, is charged with .murder,
was continued due to absence of
witnesses. The case in which
Zeph Graham, colored, was char
ged with minder, was continued
due to the illness of the defendant.
The cases charging R. P. Lambert
and his daughter, Mildred Lam
bert Chavis, both white, with in
cest, were both continued. On
complaint of Alton E. Odon^
tambert’s son-in-law, Lambert
was placed under a $1000 peace
bond by Jude Morris.
Henry Burnett, Jr., white, al
tered plea of guilty to hit and run
driving resulting in death. Pearl
Shipman, colored, was hit by Bur
nett’s car north of Raeford on the
night of September 24, and died
September 25. The State accepted
this plea and Judge Morris sentai-
ced Bumett to serve not less than
two nor more than three years in
the state prison. Sentence was su
spended on COTdition that he pay
the Pearl Shipman estate $1000
and pay the court costs. He was
placed on probation for three years
and his driver’s license was re
voked.
Levi Allen, white man of Little
River township, entered a plea of
no defense on a charge of trespass
and was found guilty of non sup
port and assault. He was sent to
the roads for 18 months.
George McMiUan, colored man
who had appealed recorder’s court
convictions of driving after license
revoke and driving drunk, enter
ed a plea of no defense on both
counts. He was sentenced to the
roads for three years, suspended
on payment bf $400 and costs and
his license was revoked for three
years.
David Chason, white, offered no
defense on a charge of assault with
a deadly weapon with intent to
kill. He was sent to the State Pri
son for three years and ordered
to serve a year on the roads after
wards for Isolation of probation.
Prison authorities were ordered to
investigate his mental and jdiysi-
cal condition.
The state dropped its case a-
gainst Earl Robinson, white, wMi
leave to reopen.
S'^^^irley Jones~afe J&iB:^^Gra-
ham, colored, each got four months
on the roads for violating the pro
hibition laws. Johi) Buster Town
send, colored, on the same diarge
got a year on the roads suspend
ed on payment of $75 fine, court
costs and three years of good be
havior.
The case against Jim Bullard,
wihte, for violating the alndlord-
tenant act, was dismissed.
Other cases continued inriuded
Johnnie Thompson, false pretoise;
Andrew Jackson Smith, ^teeding;
Luther Taylor, impropa* brakes;
Laurin Kelly, driving drunk and
asault with a deadly weapon; Gra
ham "Wright, assault with a deadly
weapon; Margaret Maultsby, driv
ing drunk; Fred Harris, careless
and rericless driving and damages,
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Philippi Revival To
Be Concluded Fridajr
'^
Revival services are being oott-
ducted at PhiUiH^n PtedigtflriMa
diurch this week. The Rea. W. ^
Nelson of Robbins, N. C. is
bring the messages and toere hnva
been ,fine congregatioos eeca fi9»
ening.
The final two servket thfi
swies wiU be hdd toaiipfc
tomonrow nl^t at T:3
are tovited to attoad.