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if'h#'. Mo M' ■'i«“ voici or fllOOM HOMI 6UAIUNAN or UBEKTV The -Journal VMci or mciPOM The Hoke County News The Hoke Coi|iity Journal “I-' 4^’' oruMtn ii VOLUME XLVH; NUMBER 30 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1952 RAEFORD, N. C. d/fdcUhxla By the Editor f' '■ I don't seem to have been .around here much in the past week. , .not enough -to 'write a very local column. If it does turn out to be that, it will be mostly about what has been done . here and elsewhere in the effort . to save Hoke County from the loss of land to the Army. That’s about ali a lot of people around here, myself included, have had time to think about since Mon day of last week, when we be- ^an work on the matter. Self preservation is truly the first law of nature, and that is why we have and expect to have a un ited country in fighting the tak ing of this land. The effect would be bad on the people losing their homes and farms, and on the comity government, and on the remaining taxpayers of the coim- ty, but it would be mighty bad on the business future of our town, too. Business in Raeford being th'e source of my Jiving and ' being able to support ,my family, I ' think it only natural that that ^ should be what is foremost in my mind. Regardless of why we are in it however, we are in it, and all in it, and we must all do any and eversrthing we can, at least until we are thoroughly and com pletely convinced that the land is really vital to our national de fense effort. Short of being con vinced of this, we must fight to - .tlie bitter end. and we must WIN. and I went to New York last Thursday to talk with" General Kenneth . Royall, we turned out to be far from the city slickers we both thought we were. Our determin ation and intense interest, howev er, made us talk well enough to get him interested in the coun ty’s case, and to take it, and that is what we went for. What with leaving here in time to leave Raleigh at 7:30 that morning, and seeing the General most of the afternoon, it was about six o’clock before we got anything to eat. Not be ing city slickers, as I said before,^ we were pretty well whipped with the day’s activities by this time, so seven o’clock found us both in bed. This I never intend ed to do on the Qne night in sev eral years T hjfve been to New ^ -^urkr tfS-RTueh—as^ther-e-is-to-see- and do there. I guess the hotel people wondered why we were up, shaved and dressed, loafing around the lobby, before five o’clock. We were highly elated, though, with the fact that Gen eral Royall, one of the world’s great lawyers, had accepted the case, and we couldn’t wait to get back home to tell our people the brightest ray of hope we had, and win or lose, I am satisfied that we couldn’t have better re presentation in the matter. He is a great American, and we feel that unless the land is vital to the defense effort, he will in some way stop the Army from getting it. If it is vitall;^ neces sary, and they do take it, we know he will see that the govern ment treats all concerned fairly, considering fully ever3rthing that is being taken. Greene and I are now on the way to Washington where we are to go with General Royall to see the people in the government who have final authority in the mat ter, and by the time this appears in print we should be back. It’s possible, though, that details of our talks will not be printed, as Lawrence McNeUl, who is di recting the activities of this committee in close cooperation with the county commissioners ^ $ and the town board, may not see ^^t to tell the whole story public ly until it gets along a little fur ther. If no information is printed, you can rest assured that it’s for the best interest of the county’s case, in the judgment of the coun ty board and the committee, and that all that can be done is being (Omtinued back pagty Bucks Down Laurinburg 54 - 53 Friday ■ ( The Hoke High Bucks gained revenge for a loss earlier this season as they defeated the high flying Scotties from Laurinburg in a thriller, 54-53 last Friday night in the local gym. The Bucks came from behind an eight point deficit at the lutlf time and slowly Idiopped five Laurinburg lead down and tied the score with less than three minutes to play. Laurinburg had a seemly safe lead of 30-22 at the halftime and looked as though they had. the Bucks outclassed but lost several of their first string starters early in the second half to pave the way for their de feat. Lawrence McNeill led the scor ing for both teams as he dropped in a total of 21 points^ thirteen of which came from the free throw line. The game was definitely won for the Bucks from the foul line as they, made a total of 36 free throws and onl^ 9 field goals. Other than McNeill’s high mark the scoring for the rest of the team remained grouped with four members tieing for second with six points. Raeford tied the score with about three minutes to play as Bobby Williams hit on two free throws to let the Buck^/go ahead by one point. After that it was only a matter of keeping ahead of the visitors as they became rat tled and fouled excessively in the final minutes, Laurinburg was forced to the final quarter with substitutes as all their re^- gulars fouled out and lost the ball time and time again as the Bucks applied a full court press. In the opening game the Hoke High Does made it two straight over the lassies from Laurinburg as they won easily 52-47. Claudine Hodgin with 26 points led the way for both teams. The Bucks are idle until Jan uary 2 when they journey to Rockingham to meet their third Class AA team. So far the boys and the girls teams have held their own against their larger op ponents as they have played three games with Class AA schools, the boys have won two out of three and the girls have .won all three of theirs. Season records so far for the Does is six straight and for the Bucks theirs is a 5-1 affair. CENTS PER COPY fXM PER YEAR letu^ €UjlM ^tm. •• MUiEPRESENTATIVE SAYS IT PLANS TO RESTUDY LAND ISSUE Auto Burns Thursday South Of Raeford The fire department answered a call last Thursday shortly after noon and found an auto burning near the city limits on 15-A south? In addition to the car burning it had also started a small graSs County Plans Farm Census For Next Year The purpose of the Farm Cen sus is to obtain reliable informa tion on land use, crop acreages, and selected liv^tofeTc' numbers. Information of tl^s type is needed currently in order to plan and carry out the most practical agri cultural programs for North Car olina. Changes in the production of crops brought about by the National Emergency must be based on current and reliable in- formation in order to use our > % The inside of the car w^ com pletely burned, but the motor and the tires were not damaged. Best reports have it that Louis Cun ningham, colored, owner of the car, was being towed into Rae ford when he discovered that the car was burning. After much dif ficulty he succeeded in stopping the other car and they turned the alarm in. No report as to the a- mount of the damage was avail able. — 0 4-H Achievement Program Planned Hoke County 4-H Club mem bers will have their annual Achievepient Day t program on Tuesday evening, December 30, at 7:30 at the Hoke High School Gymnasium. A report of the year’s work will be heard, med als and awards presented and re creation consisting of movies and square dancing will be partici pated to. All 4-H Club meml^rs and their parents are urged to be present at the meeting. . 0 — Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Moon and Sandra and Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bethea and children of Dillon, S. C. are here lor the holidays with Mrs. W. E. Blue. T. N. McKeithan Buried Last Thursday Thomas N. McKeithan, 73, died at his home here in Raeford last Wednesday afternoon after an ill ness of about three months. Fun eral services were conducted at the home Thursday afternoon. He was the son of Daniel and^ Lydia Blue McKeithan and was born in what is now the Fort Bragg reservation. He spent sev eral years as a young man in the Deep South in the turpentine bus iness, later returning to Raeford where he had farming interests. Funeral services were conduct ed by the Rev. W. B. Heyward and interment followed in the Raeford farm resources efficiently and to protect the welfare of Tar Heel farmers. Provisions for the North Caro lina farm census was made by the North Carolina Legislature in the Act “Relating to Coc^oration Between the State Department of Agriculture, the United States De partment of Agriculture, and the^ ’^~''n.t.y.,Cog^is^nerg-Qf,,tbe-^af3j ious'counties ob^e State u^lSd taking of Farm Census Surveys.” Last year all but three counties in the State participated in and completed a Farm Census of their county. The Farm Census Sur vey for Hoke County will start in January 1953. Through the cooperation of the Hoke County Commissioners, the tax listers have been designated as the ones to assist with helping obtain the necessary information. This will require some time and effprt on the part of tax lister? and they will need the coopera tion of every farmer and land owner in Hoke Coimty. How re liable the Census will be, will de pend upon the accuracy of the in formation given to the tax list en’s by the farmers. The information given is strict ly confidential and is not con nected in any way with your personal and property taxes. ' Every farmer in Hoke County is being mailed a 1953 Farm Cen sus Survey blank. This form has been prepared to help you make your report on land use and crops harvested drirtog 1952. These same questions will make up the North Carolina 1953 Farm Census. The use of this form will permit you to study and answer (Continued on bade peg*) cemetery. He is survived by four broth ers, John A. McKeithan, M. L. McKeithan, Martin and Herbert, all of Raeford; four sisters, Miss Eliza McKeithan and Miss Mayme McKeithan of the home, Mrs. Christian Davis and ^rs. J.\ S. Poole of Raeford. Rockfish S Its Christmas Party Rockfish Home Demonstration Club had their annual Christmas party at the school cafeteria last Tuesday evening. There were 15 present and all ^orought a giff and a small amoimt of fruit, nuts dr candy for refreshments. After a Christmas song, Bible story by Mrs. S. N. McColl, and prayer by Mrs. Harold Tillman there was a short business session, to decide on some worthy project for the Club’s Christmas activities. The decision was that each mem ber help some needy person or persons during the holidays. The group was then led in some very interesting games and contests by Mrs. Herman Koonce. A reading “Christmas Times” by R. T. Vann, a former president of Meredith College, was given by Mrs. Mary Meinnis. The hostesses for the evening, Mrs. Hermon Koonce, Mrs. AT W. Wood, and Mrs. N. J. Ritter, served hot drinks and cookies. This was voted one of the best parties the club had ever had. p. Mrs. Aganora Andrews left Tuesday for Florida where she will spend the next two weeks visiting relatives in Jacksonville and Miami. ' Take All Day In Court Tuesday Due to the approaching holi days several cases were continu ed in recorder’s court Tuesday morning and several more were tried and verdicts rendered. Due to an early press time this week the cases tried in the afternoon session will be included in next week’s court news. Bonnie Richardson, colored, in the first of two cases was foimd guilty of driving drunk and re ceived a four month road sentence suspended upon a fine of $100 and costs. In another case he pled guilty 61“ cafeless~"ana'"feeKlg§S" driving and speeding and received a 60-day suspended sentence and a fine of $50 and costs. George Cunningham, white, re ceived .a 30-day suspended sen tence and a fine of $25 and costs for careless and reckless driving. James Anderson Haly and Wal ter Hubert Feit, both tourists, for- v-;^^lted _$25-j^^ds fqr ^-^am Spencer and Buddy were charged with violating the liquor laws and the case was not prosecuted. Diane Scott Kline, white sold ier, paid $10 and costs for speed ing. Conference Held In Washington Monday; Crowd Attends Meeting Here Saturday A representative of the Army agreed at at a conference in Washington Monday with Hoke County representatives that the x\rmy would “restudy” its plan to take some 50,000 acres of land from the county to establish a corridor between Fort Bragg and Camp Mackall. General Kenneth Royall, former Secretary of the Army who now practices law in New York and Washington, said in a statement released to North Carolina daily papers Monday that he, along with Paul Dick son and Harry Greene of Hoke County, had conferred that day with Thomas A. Young, spec ial assistant to the secretary of the Army, and that “it was a- greed that further investigation of certain features of the Army j proposals would be restudied by the Army.” No further details were given by General Royall, who spoke to the press for the Hoke delegation, but he did point out that it was not the desire of Hoke County citizens to in' any way impede the national defense effort. A conference had been arrang ed for Monday afternoon with Army Undersecretary Earl John son, but this was cancelled after the conference with Young. Contrary to the impression left by some daily papers of the State, no comment in any form was made to any reporter by Dickson and Greene while they were in Washington representing the coun ty, as it was agreed with General Royall that he, as counsel, would do all the talking to the press. Crowd Attends Meeting Over 1000 persons attended the mass meeting, braving a pouring rain to come to the courthouse last Saturday night to meet with the county commissioners and members of the coimty committee working on the matter, and to hear just how things stood at that time. The meeting was opened by Fulford McMillan, chairman of the Hoke County board of com missioners, who explained the purpose of the meeting and the vital importance of the matter to every person in the coimty, and to Jhe county government as well. ffieh“TecoInIzed“‘xSw=‘ Burnice Faircloth, white, paid $10 and costs for illegal posses sion of whiskey. Boyd David Matthews, white, paid the costs for careless and reckless driving. Napoleon Lilly, colored, was charged with violating the liquor laws. He received a 60-day sus pended sentence and a fine of $25 and 'costs. Napoleon Lilly and Sam Brown, both colored, were found guilty of larceny of cotton. They each received a 30-day suspended sen tence and a fine of $10 and were ordered to settle the matter with the landlord. McMillan rence McNeill, chairman of the committee. MceNill explained the activities of the committee to the short week since it began work with the county board. Paul Dickson then told of the meeting of the committee with Congressman C. B. Deane in Rockingham on Tuesday, and of Mr. Deane’s meeting with Army day. He outlined on a map the to the meeting details of a trip he, McNeill and C. L. Thomas made to Fort Bragg on Friday. He said that they conferred there with Major General Thomas JT. learned that the general did favor Hickey, post commander, and the taking of the property to bet ter enable him to carry out the Army’s training program at Fort Bragg with the troops under his command. Balfour said that Gen eral Hickey was most courteous to the delegation, but that he sim ply was working toward a differ ent objective and held a totally different view of the matter from that held by citizens of this coun ty. Harry Greene then told the crowd about the trip he and Diefeon made to New York last week for the initial conference with General Royall, last Secretary of War and now a New York and Washington attorney. He told of telling General Royall of the pa triotism of the people of ^ Hoke County and of their desire not to obstruct the defense effort out to hold onto Hoke land unless this ready would impede the defense effort; He related General Roy- all’s favorable reaction after hear ing the facts and said that he had agreed to help the county in the matter. He also said that appoint ments had been made with Thomas A. Young, special assistant to the secretary of the arniy, and with Undersecretary of the Army Earl Johnson for Monday to Washington. * Robert Gatlin, member of the committee and chairman of the county school board, then ex plained the effect of the loss of the land on the school system of the county. He further urged people in the area under consid eration to stick together in the matter and not to begin indivi dually “giving up” the case as hopeless. Under any circumstances he .said, they would fare better by acting to a unified way. J. M. Williams, Raleigh certi fied public accountant who has audited the books of Hoke County for a quarter of a century, thmi spoke briefly to the group on the financial effect the loss of the land would have. He also men tioned the fact that financial con tributions would have to be made '’•save the land was to be'suces^ " territory the Arnny was consider ing, and explained the hard work done by the congressmm to get ting full details on the matter and in finding out the procedure the Army would follow if it gets the land. N. H. G. Balfour then related ful. . McNeill closed the meeting by answering questions from the aud ience, and by getting residents of the affected areas to meet and name several of their number to committees to work with the county committee. ATTEND CONFERENCE Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Murray at tended the Sixth Annual labile Relations Conference of the Med ical Society of North Carolina in the Sir Walter Hotel, RaWgti, Wednesday, December 17. Local Mills Observe Christmas Holidays Both Para Thread and Robbins MiUs will obtorve the holidays by closing their plants during the Christmas season. Robbins closed down last Friday night at midnight and will not reopen until Sunday, the 28th, at 12:00 midnight. Para Thread shut down Tuesday night at 12:00 and will not reopen until Monday morning. 0 ♦ John Lang, secretary to Con gressman C. B. Deane, dropped in the office Tuesday to wish all a Merry Christmas. 0 Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Carney and Lucy Ann of WilmtogtcA will ar rive Friday to q>eDd the end with Mr. and Ifrs. T. B. Les ter. 'Bonus Winners Gel $20 Each Saturday B&s. Roy Cotttogham and Mrs. D. P. McDiarmid eadi received a $20 Christmas present last Sat urday as their names were the ones that were called out at the Bonus Day Drawing. Mrs. Cot ttogham was not present and Mrs. McDiarmid’s name was drawn and she then drew a 20% token giving each one $20. The drawing will be held next Saturday afternoon °as usual at 2:30 on Main street. LIBRARY HOLIDAYS The H(^e County Public Lib* rary will observe a holiday sdm*- dule this we^ as they wiR doat Wednesday throt^ Saturday* Decembtf >4-27. IlMy tatt n* op» Monday, the 2Mk wad ob* serve th^ regular boon.
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