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.‘I 1' .t *'. -J ■ :; .VJ..- f-' .".r VOICE OF miDOM MO«l|l CIMUMAN OF UBCRn News-Journal The Hoke County News The H(^e County Journal VOKi OF tMiooa HOM '40?! VOLUME XLVH; NUMBER 26 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1952 RAEFORD, N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPY $3.00 PER YEAS c/fJxUnda- - - By the Editor '1 fjr Lacy Clark’s passing broke up a vocal quartet that has sung at many a funeral around here in the past 30 or more years, as well as about every Sunday in the Pres byterian Church choir. The others are Make and Martin McKeithan and Lawrence Poole, and I bet if there were records kept on such things, that they would show that this group has sung at more fun erals than any other. At Lacy’s funeral the others just didn’t feel that they could stand before the congregation and do it, so it was ’ decided that everybody there should join in a hymn. This seems singularly appropriate to me, that many people should sing at his final service, as he had done for so many. THANKSGIVING Miss Lona Graham, the senior member of the local post office staff, is in. charge of and respon sible for the operation of the post office imtil an inspector from the Post Office Department can come and close out Lacy Clark’s rec ords, following which an “acting” postmaster will be appointed, ac cording to Miss Graham. The job as acting postmaster must exist due to the various and sundry commendation^ Senate confirtna- tion and the like which much be tion an dthe like which must be gone through with to get a perm anent appointment made. These all take time. The recommendation for the acting appointment will go from the local Democratic exe cutive committee through the dis- - trict w'nfi'^^sman, C. 3. the President, it will likely be a registered Democrat. The names of Charles Morrison and James Currie of the present post office staff, along with W. E. Willis and William Lamont, Jr., are being mentioned as possibilities for this appointment. Miss Graham, who is presently in charge, has stated that she is not interested in being postmaster. The permanent , appointment, as I understand, it, will be handled in much the same way, with the addition of the civil service ex- '' amination and the RepubUcan party. As the permanent appoint- . roent must have Senate confirma- tion, the wishes of the Republican party must be considered. If the Republicans feel that they have Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his pres ence with singing. i Know ye that the Lord he is God; it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves: we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his. truth endureth to all generations. Psalm 100 YOUR SCHOOL NEWS By K. A. MacDonald Miss Flora May McKenzie of the Board of Education staff is in the hospital recovering from a serious operation. Eloise Dean, a senior in Hoke High, is helping part time in her place. Hunting Season Will Open Today For Quail, Rabbits The white schools of the county will be closed today and tomorrow for Thanksgiving. The colored and Ii^ign sdvsRljf 5gill .operate a short day schedule today and a regular day tomorrow. They are forded to operate every day possible on ac count of the late start and poor atendance during the first six weeks caused by crop gathering. The “Brittons”, of the Carolina Assembly Program Co., gave a showing at Hoke High yesterday afternoon at chapel exercises. They were enjoyed by all who saw them. “Little Jack” with his message on Oral Hygiene will be in the county shortly. His schedule fol lows: Tuesday, Dec. 9 Up^church 9 a. m.;"Raeford"Gradedr-lT;0O ar m.; Ashemont 2:00 p. m.; Wednes day, Dec. 10 Hoke Cpunty Indian a qualified person here who wants! 9:00 a. m^; Burlington 11:00 a. m.; the job, it is likely that he will ' get it, otherwise the temporary Democratic appointee may get it. Only Republican names I have heard mentioned are D. C. Cox and Red Scarborough, and I don’t I-} j \ know if they are interested or not. ' ' G. W. Cox was the last Republi can to hold the job, being ppst- master during the admmislxations of Coolidge, Harding and Hoover. The Hoke County recorder’s court sounded like a mutual ad miration society Tuesday morning, as Judge Harry Greene held his last term of court under the tem porary appointment he has held since February. Greene expressed his great appreciation to the soli citor, the clerk, the officers and the members of the bar for thehr cooperation with him in trying to run a good court during the time he had been judge. His talk was responded to ❖ery ably by H. W, B. Whitley for the county bar as sociation, saying that the lawyers all thought that Greene had made a good and conscientious judge, and that he had always been as fair as he knew how to be, and adding that Soliictor J. M. An drews had been the same way. Sheriff D. H. Hodgin added a few words along the same line and was followed by the solicitor. Add ing my two cents worth, I think it is the general opinion that Greene has conducted a good court and that his decisions have been as fair as he knew how to make them. True, he is not a lawyer, but most of the time it doesn’t take a great knowledge of law to be able to judge right and wrong. Most of his judicial acts have shown wisdom and thought. T. O. ^ (GonttmMd Ml P«fi f > Freedom 2:00 p. m. We hope that parents will see that their child ren are in school these days as the children will enjoy and learn a lot from the show. J. B. Renn, who is in charge of the surplus commodities and who has besJxJlLjt. hi§...home in Herv; dersS^nribirf^bS^^^g^ job again. Open season for rabbit, quail and wild turkeys arrives today and many peopel in Hoke County and elsewhere wil spend the Thanks giving holiday hunting. Deer sea son opened on October 15 and will close January 1, being closed also from Noveniber 29 to De cember 21. The duck season opened on No vember 17 and will close January 10. District Game Protector H. R. McLean calls the attention of hun ters to regulations regarding all game and particularly to those re garding ducks, which are Federal regulations and under which vio lators will go to Federal court The duck rules say that only one wood duck may be killed in a day and that a stamp is required. Hunting must end one hour before sunset. He also Urged hunters to send in the leg tags from any wa terfowl killed. Bag limit fop rabbits is five per day, 10 in possession and 75 per season. For quail the daily limit is 8, 13 in possession, and 100 for season.~Foir"tufkeys7^6bblers or toms only may be killed, and the limits are one a day, possession 2 and season 3. Season on rabbits, quail and turkeys will be open until January 31. ^ All automatic gims must be plugged, according to McLean. He urges hunters to use clean guns, to exercise extreme safety meas- imes when hunting and to comply with the game laws. Judge Greene Hears 15 Cases In Recorder’s Court Judge Harry Greene’s last ses sion of Recorder’s court was some what lighter than the session of last week, lasting only a half-day on about 15 cases instead of all day with 44. Prentiss Monroe, colored, was charged with violating the prohi bition laws, and the state dropped the case for lack of evidence. Alton Parkerand Dore Rogers, colored; and Isabel Moore, white, each had to pay $25 and costs for rdiving with driver’s license. H. T. Edens, white, paid costs for the same offense, and Boyd R McCormick, colored, paid $S5 and costs for allowing an unlicensed driver to operate his vehicle. Edward Wilkerson, colored, got six to nine months on the roads suspended on payment of $100 and costs and two years good behavior for driving drunk. Raymond A Moore, white, was found guilty of the same offense. He got six to nine months on the roads to be suspended on payment of $100 and costs and 12 months good behavior and had his driver’s license sus pended for three years. He appeal ed and posted $S00 bond. Franklin Johnson, Jr., white of Fayetteville, was also found guilty of driving drunk. Sentence was six to nine months suspended on payment of $100 and costs. He appealed and posted $300 bond. James Thomas Troublefield, white, was found guilty of careless and reckless driving an dtaxed with the costs. Thomas A. Hobort, white, paid costs for being drimk and disor derly. Paul Smith, colored, paid $10 and costs for the same of fense. James Wright, colored, got six to nine months suspended on pay ment of costs and two years good behavior for assaulting his wife. She, Georgianna Anna Wright, got the same sentence for assaulting him with a deadly yreapon. The case in which Travis Fields, white, was charged with assault was dropped by the state with leave to reopen. 0 IWO WEEKEND IRAFFIC DEATHS BRING COUNTY'S TOTAL TO SDC Lacy F. Clark, Postmaster Here, Dies Thursday Funeral Held Friday P. M. Lacy Franklin Clark, 67, post master of Raeford for a total of over 27 years, died last Thursday afternoon at Moore County hospi tal after an illness of only five days, having become ill at about noon on the preceding Saturday. He had been taken to the hospital i Bucks Schedule 20 Cage Contests First Game Tuesday The Hoke High Bucks basket ball squads, loaded with varsity hopefuls, have been'hard at work for the last week and a half in an ticipation of their first game De cember 2. The boys team, under the guid ance of Coach Bob Rockholz, had a record number of 38 out for practice the first day. This num ber has been trimmed to 30 and will probably be trimmed slight ly more. Anticipated plans at the moment are to have 10 players on the varsity squad and 10 on the junior varsity. Lettermen return ing from last year’s team, which hac^ a record of 17-5, include C. J Benner, Lawrence McNeill, Joe Culbreth, Sidney Lovette and Johnny McPhaul. Lost through graduation and other factors were such key men as Charlie Sessoms, John McLauchlin and Bobby Lun Both In 1936 Ford Sedan Plan Revival Series Antiocli-dKirch Last week the annual Tri-Coun ty (Hoke, Robeson and Scotland) Resource Use Conference was held at the Upchurch School. A surprising crowd of over 400 teachers attended. The main fea tures of the conference were an address by Dr. G. E. Duncan, State Supervisor of Negro High Schools, panel discussions on the various aspects of Resource-Use, and exhibits of uses of resources by the various schools. The Hoke County school exhibitions made an impressive showing. Entertainment was furnished by the Upchurch Band and Choral Club and by the Hayswood High School Choral Club. It was an outstanding event and one we were g^d to have in Hoke County. DEATH The Rev. B, P. Robinson, re tired Methodist minister and former pastor of the Raeford Methodist. Church died at his home here at about 4:30 o’ clock Wednesday afternoon, just as The News-Journal went to press, and therefore no details were available. It it known that he himself call ed Dr. R. A. Matheson just be fore 4:00 o’clock and was just able to make the doctor under stand who he was. Dr. Mathe son got there and was with him for the remaining 30 min utes he lived. 0 FALLS AND BREAKS HIP / On Tuesday evening open house was held at the hew Indian school. A large number of parents and friends turned out for the occa sion. After inspecting the build ing and work of the pupils that was on^display the people gathered in the auditorium and participated in the organization of a PTA for the new school. A full slate of of ficers was elected. After this was done a discussion (Continued on Page 5) Carl Rose fell from a truck at Scarborouglx’s Jimk Yard Tuesday morning and broke his hip. He is in Highsmith hospital. ^0 Charles Hostetler and Bill Flem ing of Raleigh are spending Thanksgiving in Raeford with friends. 0 — Miss Lila Midjean of Laurin- burg is spending several days with her sister, Mrs. W. T. Cov ington. A series of special preaching services will be held in the An tioch Presbyterian church, begin ning Sunday night, Novemlaer 30, and continuing through Friday night, December 5. The preacher for* the week will be the Rev. Milos Strupl, pastor of the March- ville Presbyterian Church, Marsh- ville, N. C. , _L_„ Strupl, a naSve^~CM^ aslovakia.-was graduated from the John Hus Theological Seminary. He was awarded a scholarship by the World Council of Churches and came to Union Theological Seminary in Virginia where he re ceived his Master of Theology de gree, following which he spent a year in private research in the ar chives of the Moravian church in Bethlehbm, Pa. - Formerly a member of the Czech Reformed church, he was called to the Marshville chtmch in September 1952. He was recently ordained as a minister of the Pres byterian church U. S. and install ed as pastor. He emphasizes for the week will be on great doctrines of the church and subjects will include. The Glory of God; The Fall of Man; The Redemption; and the Holy Spirit. Mr. Strupl has laeen asked to base the message for one night on his personal experiences and has agreed to do so. A cordial in vitation is extended to all to attend these services. 0 Students at East Carolina Col lege who arrived yesterday for the Thanksgiving holidays are Billy Lester, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Lester; Bruce Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Phillips and Wade and Marjorie McDougald, child ren of Mr .and Mrs. D. A. Mc- Dougald. Saturday where his condition was at once considered grave. The first of the week, however, he had ral lied somewhat and seemed tc^gain strength. Mr. Clark was born in Mont gomery Coimty November 9, 1885, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan A. Clark. He came here when a youth and attended old Raeford Insti tute, and spent most of the re mainder of his life, here. He was postmaster for eight years from 1913'to 1921 under the Wilson ad ministration, and became postmas ter again when the Democrats re turned to national power under Franklin D. Roosevelt, holding the post until died. He was a deacon of the Raeford Presbyterian church, a Mason, and was active in Shrine and all Ma sonic work. He was for many years a member of the choir of the church. The funeral service was con ducted at the church on Friday afternoon at four o’clock by the pastor, the Rev. W. B. Heyward, ah'd”was concluded iJylhe^nging of the hymn, “Our God, Our Help In Ages Past.” Burial followed in the Raeford cemetery. Pallbearers were W. J. Coates, James Currie, Clyde Upchurch, Jr., W. D. Mc Leod, Charles Morrison, Jesse Gulledge, E. B. Campljell and D. F. Mclnnis. Mr. Clark is survived by one daughter, Mrs. George Bethune of Concord, and three grandchildren. Several new transfer students indicate that the Bucks ‘will have their best team in several years and their schedule indicates this line of thought, as they have sche duled several Class AA schools for games. The girls sextet, coached by Earl Huggins, has given indications of not being as powerful as the first of the seasott as l^st yei^s 24 team which also woii the Cumber^ land County and local American Legion tournaments. But the 1952- 53 model of the Hoke High Does seems to point to the fact that they will be a faster, hard running team. With six players lost through graduation and With but six vete rans back much responsibility will rest upon the inexperienced play ers. The Bucks open their twenty game schedule next Tuesday night as they play host to Rowland on the local gym floor. The schedule is as follows: Dec. 2 Rowland, here, 6 Laurinburg, away, 9 Maxton, a- way, 12 Rowland, away, 16 Lum- -herton,—away,—19 -Laurinburg, home; Jan. 2 Rockingham, away, 9, Bladenboro, home, 15 Red Springs, away, 16 Maxton, home, 19 71st, home, 22 Bladenboro, a- way, 26 Massey Hill, away^ 30 Lumberton, home; Feb. 3 Giljson, away, 6 Massey Hill, home, 10 Red Springs, home, 17 McColl, home, 20 Gibson, home, and 27 Rockingham, home. The scheduling of Lumberton, Rockingham and Bladenboro is be- Two residents of Hoke County a white man and a Negro, died as a result of accidents on the roads of the county and, as a coin cidence, both were riding in 1938 Ford sedans when the fatal wrecks occurred. Eugene L. Smith, white man of Blue Springs township, died intsantly in a wreck on the Raeford-Maxton road at noon Saturday, and David McKinnon, a>lored man of the Lumber Bridge section, died in a Fayetteville has- pital at 4:00 a. m. Simday after being in a wreck on the Raeford- Lumber ridge road at 10:30 p. m. Saturday. According to witnesses, Smith was driving his car at a high rate of speed south on the Maxton road and could not take the curve atjout one-half mile west of the Red Springs road, about one and a half miles from Raeford. His car is said to have left the road on the right side, then returned to file pavement and turned over f(Air times, coming to rest just about in the middle of the road; Smith was thrown throo^ the top of the car and his slo^was crushed, killing him instan^^- When tfatf car left the road on the righV^be Goodmai, coksed man who was riding with Smith, either jumped or was thrown from the car and hit in the ditch. He suffered s^iere but not critical in juries to hil arm and leg and to his head.^^ is a patient at loore ^Coimty ^^fOspitaL Lions Toy Drive Is Disappointing The toy drive which was con ducted last Friday night by the local Lions Club was declared disappointing by some of the club officials. In view of the success of these drives over previous years the one this year was sadly disappointing from the viewpoint of toys collected and public re sponse to the worthy cause. Anyone who has toys which they wish to contribute may still do so by leaving them at Niven’s Esso Station where they will be picked up by the Lions Club. The toys Will be repaired and redistributed to worthy and needy families at Christmastime. 0 SANTA CLAUS COMING TO RAEFORD DEC. 10 ^ Xoaday Funeral services were conducted at his home at three o’clock Mon day afternoon for Smith by the Rev. Judson Lennon, pastor of the Raeford Baptist chimch, and burial was in the Raeford cemetery. He is siuwived by his wife, the former Virginia West, smd four children. Passenger Dies In Other Wreck J In the other wreck John Willis Smith, colored, was driving his car north on the Raeford-Lumber Bridge road at 10:30 p. m. Satur day. About a half-mile north of the county line he passed a car and then swerved off the road «i his leff axidTut a tree,' d^oISfiF" ing his car. David McKinnon, colored man who was in the ba(^ seat suffered a fractured skull and died in a Fayetteville hospital at 4:00 a. m. Simday. Smith was un hurt except for a cut on his lip. Smith told State Highway Pa trolman W. T. Herbin, who inves tigated, that when he passed the car and got back to his side of the road and straightened out, that hjs steering gear had locked, taking the Plans are going apace for the Big Chaml)er of Commerce Christ mas party here on the afternoon of Decembejr 10, when Santa Claus is to make his official entry into Raeford. It is understood that he wiU have gifts for about 3000 of his young friends. It seems how that W. T. Gibson, Jr., instead of H. D. Harrison, Jr., is handling the floats and other parade arrange ments lor the'occasion. these teams haev met in quite a few years while this year marks the first time in five years that Laurinburg has been played. 0 Bonus Day Winner Gets $20 Saturday Mrs. Evelyn Peele was the first single winner of the Bonus Day jackpot Saturday since it was or iginated two months ago. Pre viously the first person whose name was called was habitually not present and they would have to continue imtil they could get a second person to draw for the prize. Mrs. Peele drew a 10% tok en and received $20 of the jackpot The drawing will be held at the same place this Saturday and then will probably be moved to a new location as has been done ttie last two months. • i —0 HAS 85TH BIRTHDAY tree. Charlie Snow, of the same section, was the man passed, and he saw just about what Smith de scribed. He said that he had left Ed ward Wilkelson’s house about a mile away and was going to sane- one else’s home a mile or so to ward Raeford. He said that he did not know McKinnon or know ttiat he was in the back seat of his car., The patrolman said that he found McKinnon stiU in the seat with a hole in his head about the size of a half dollar and was un able to determine what had hit iiim or what he had hit. He said the car was in second gear With the throttle aU way out and bent down. Smith is being held for action of the coroner’s jury at an inquest to be held at a date as yet unset A surprise birthday dinner was given in honor of J, L. Hobson on his 85th birthday Simday, Nov. 23 at his home. Dinner was served picnic style with a large group of his near relatives attoiding. He received many nice and useful gifts. He was feding fine and said he’d like to be surprised twice next year. AIRMAN COMING HOME Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Cook have been notified that tti^r soi. Air man 1st Class .William M. is cm his way home from Korea. , He landed in Japan last year cm the 24th of December and had his last Christmas dintt» in Japan, Fran there he went stiaii^rt In Korea, vdime he has ham naHI now. Be hopes to this Chirstmas at hosM wMhlisMne ily.
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