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0 The N ews-Joimia! voictor cuaxpian VOICt Of ilf GWMSIAII MIIDOM V-Vi Ofllf'tRTY istioOM of iiBunr EPS The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XLVII; NUMBER 32 Till RSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1953 RAEFORD, N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPY $3.00 PER YEAR By the Editor The local national guard unit received some news this week which will make getting drafted a little easier on Us members. It was to the effect that a member of the unit may volunteer for two years of active duty when he is about to be drafted and go on active duty with the Army in the grade he holds in the national guard unit. He must volunteer, however, before he is ordered to report for induction. This will be easy enough, inasmuch as men usually are notified that they will soon be called up. This way, if he's a sergeant in the guard, he'll start off as a sergeant in the Army, and not stay at the bottom - the good many months draf tees usually do. In addition to making the way a good bit easier as to duty, it will also make the pay considearbly better from ihe start, as well as giving men a good chance (in the local case) of remaining in artillery rather than getting into the infantry. The county commissioners and otherS working on the Fort Bragg Camp Mackall "corridor" matter got together this week and worked out a finance committee. There have been expenses In the action the county is taking, and there will be more, so it was felt necessary that a group be formed to raise some money. The committee for the entire county has not been worked out, but members in the involved property have been nam- Srfr"'an' the Raeford Chamber Commerce is to work out details for participation by the citizens and firms of Raeford. A group will also be named to work in the remainder of the county. In the corridor east of Rockfish creek Dick Neeley, John Parker and G. i W. Ray were named. West of the creek Burnice Williamson, Carl Riley, Reuben Webb, O. L. O' Briant and Bill Cameron were named. Many people in the county have expressed a desire to help in this matter, "and now they can do it. It is something I feel like we will all want to participate in, for it certainly involves us all, as I have said before. If you can't find any of the committee, Bob Lewis at the Bank of Raeford is going to be the treasurer of the whole fund, and I am sure he'll take your money. It started snowing here at about 7:00 o'clock Monday morning, and snowed more than an inch in the next hour, quit, and was gone by noon, when it was sunny and warm. Now I hope that when I get Mr. Poole's age I'll be writ ing a medley like he is, and if I am I can look back in the files and put that item in. You ought to go by the Elk Restaurant Friday and drink a cup of coffee. It's only a nickel, and Tony's going to give every nickel he gets for coffee all day to the March of Dimes. One thing I understand the commissioners are going to talk to our General Assembly delega tion about is the fee situation in the office of the county register of deeds. There Is a lot of work . in there, of a straight stenograph ic nature, and the fees for doing it are about the same as they were 30 years ago. At that time a stenographer got about $15 or $20 a week, so the same price for the work pretty clearly isn't enough. I agree with the eommis- ' sioners that something ought to be done about the law which keeps these fees that low when everything else is up, and I feel that Mr. Thomas and Mr. Greene will agree also, and do some thing about it. Some kick has been heard by the town fathers about the street lights in town. Many of them are out much of the time. They took it up with Ben Hurley of the Car oline Power and Light Co. this week and he made a check of the (Continued on P0 10) Boy Scout Court Of Honor Here Tuesday The Western District of the Cape Fear Area Council will hold a court of honor at the Hoke High School Tuesday night at 8:00. The local boy scout troop will act as host and will have charge of the program. Troops in the Western District that will attend are Red Springs, Maxton, Laurinburg, East Laurin burg(, Gibson, Wagram and Rae ford. The program will begin at 8 09 and the public is invited to attend. YOUR SCHOOL NEWS By K. A. MacDonald Dr. R. M. Fink, Mental Health Consultant, Sftte Health Coordi nating ScrvicH starts a -series of lectures on "Mental Health in School Children" on next Mon day night at 8:00 o'clock In the library at Hoke High. These lec tures were scheduled for the tea chers but they will also be very beneficial to parents with school age and younger children. All in tercsted parents are cordially in vited to attend the series. There will be four lectures, beginning Monday night and the following three will be on February 5, 16 and 23 at the same hour and place. Congratulations to th' Hoke High Bucks and Does! We . hope that they can keep up the pace. Schools bpen-d on schedule af ter the holidays'. TofaT enrollment improved somewhat as new pupilr came in from families who had moved during the holidays. Also some who had been picking cot ton came in. We hope that tea chers and parents will cooperate to the end tftat all children will be kept in school from now on. Their welfare and the teacher al lotment for next year depends on it. We wish to congratulate all the individuals and organiaztions that cooperated in the raising of the money for the purchase of a grand piano for the Hoke High Auditor ium. About $1200.00 was raised. We think this was a great accomp lishment in so short a time. We hope that the balance will be raised next year as easily. All schools cooperated in the sale of T.B. buttons. We hope to be able to list these schools next week with their contributions. The Raeford Graded school has finished cataloguing their new library books. They were used yesterday for the first time. The Board of Education and Board of Commissioners at their last meeting approved the pur chase of an additional school bus. This bus will be used to relieve an overcrowded condition on a colored route by substituting-the new and larger bus for the one now in use. The present bus will be transferred to the Indian school, giving them four buses and will reduce the length of their routes and relieve an overcrowd ed condition on one of -theirs. At the January inspection 'by the Highway Patrol the county bus fleet received another abso lute O.K. from the patrol. We are proud of our record thus far. . Next Wednesday the Upchurch High School will attempt to end its drive for band uniforms. They plan a big musical event with the school band, choral club and the band from the E. E. Smith Hjgh School in Fayetteville participat ing. About one half of the neces sary funds have been raised. We certainly hope that they will be able to reach their goal. We would advise all who like good music to attend. 9 Mr. and Mrs. John C. Smith had as their guests for the Christmas holidays Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Smith of Clayton, Ga. Bucks Win Two From Rockingham There Friday Play Bladcnboro Tomorrow The Hoke High cage team con tinued their mastery over Class A.A teams as they won two ball games from Rockingham last Fri day night, 44-39 and 47-34. The long holiday vacation was evident in the play of both girls and boys as each game was rather loosely played. So far this season the Bucks have won three games out of four with Class AA teams and the Does have won all four. In the girls game the Does built up a comfortable halftime lead of 11 points, 37-26, and maintained this throughout the second half to win by five points, 44-39. Janet Guin was high scorer for the girls with 20 points. Claudine Hodgin with 14 and Ina Scull with 10 rounded out the scoring. Mary Guin turned in a remark able defensive showing to lead the guards.. , After trailing at the end of the first quarter the boys went ahead at the halftime 20-18 and easily outpointed their opposition during the second half to bring home a 47-34 win. McNeill was again high with 15 points. Runnerups in the scoring were Lovette with 10 and McPhaul with 9. Tomorrow night the teams wi!l play their third home game uf the season when they meet Blari enboro. The girls will be trying for their eighth straight win of the season and the boys will Ik; going for their seventh win and sixth straight .one of the J952-&3 season. Local Guard Battery Attends Inauguration The local national guard unit was among the 4800 guardsmen, regular army units and bands that participated in the inaugural pa rade of William B. Umstead to day in Raleigh. Battery A is one of the few guard units attending the event today that was also at the inau guration of Governor Scott in 1948. During the past four years the guard in the state has grown tremendously and today units are coming from every part of Nor'h Carolina. General John Hall Manning, who is in charge of arranging this year's parade, invited the Stato's Guard units and many have ac cepted. The local unit left at around six this morning (after break fast) and was to join other guard units in Apex at 8:30. After the parade the men will eat lunch and return to Raeford around 7:00. Approximately 60 -out of a to'nl strength of around 90 attended the parade from Raeford. Other units of the 130th AAA Bn., commanded by Lt. Col. Wil liam Lamont, Jr., attending the parade are St. Pauls, Red Springs and Sanford. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCleskey and daughter of Winston-Salem spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Upchurch, Sr. Mrs. H. A. Cameron took Miss Florence Cameron and Miss Betty Upchurch to Wesleyan College at Macon, Ga. Monday. Mrs. Cam eron will go on to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Alan McGec. Miss Joan McLeod, Mrs. J. D. McLeod, Miss Lucille McLeod and Mrs. Agnes Macauly of Col umbia, S. C, returned to Raeford Thursday from a trip to Florida. Mrs. Macauay spent the week end with her mother, Mrs. J. D. McLeod. William Dickson of Spartan burg, S. C. visited friends and relatives here over the week end. Ed Brooks of Warsaw spent Christmas Day and Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Israel Mann. Bank Of Raeford Is Entering Its 50th Year In Business In an advertisement in this is sue of The News-Journal The Bank of Raeford announces that it enters its fiftieth year of busi ness here in 1953, having been chartered in 1903. The bank's original officers were John Blue, president, George A. Graham and J. C. Thomas vice-presidents, and John W. Moore, cashier. Also on the board of directors were A. W. E. Capel, J. A. Blue, W. J. Up church, J. A.f MtPhaul and N. S. Blue. The bank was originally located in a one-story brick building which is said to have been the first brick structure of the town and which stood where the Hoke Drug Co. i': now. It was built for the purpose and in 1911 the insti tution moved,' into the building it now occupies. It is essentially the same as it was then, except that last year the Ranking rooms were substantially enlarged and mod ernized. ,' The bank's original capital was $12,500. Capital is now $50,000, with a surplus of $140,000 and total resources of $3,388,000. It has had four presidents in Its history, Johl Blue, J. W. Mc Lauchlin, T. p. Upchurch and H. L. Gatlin. Itjhas had two cash iers, John Wi Moore and R. B. Lewis. i Its directors' now are H. L. Gat lin, president,! F. B. Sexton, vice president, R. B. Lewis, executive vice-presiden and cashier, T. B. Upchurch, JrJ, J. B. Thomas, J. L. McNeill, A. K. Stevens, C. L. Thomas, L. TS, .Unchurch and H. L. Oatlin, Jj AUiss JWsV'B. Fi-H guson and A. W. Wood, Jr., are assistant cashiers. 0 Cage Team Formed By Guard Unit The local national guard unit's basketball team began league play in the newly formed Pine Belt Basketball League Wednes day night at the Raeford Armory. The new league includes four na tional guard units in the batta lion, Raeford, Red Springs, St. Pauls and Southern Pines. The other two members of the league are Pinchurst and the Air- Ground School at Southern Pines. The team here is composed mainly of members of the guard unit and they have planned to play all their games at the Armory. Fifteen players make up the squad, which is managed by Roger Dixon. Each team will play ten games in the regular season and after the season closes a dou ble elimination schedule will take place among the four top teams. All home games will begin at 8:00 p. m. and there will be no admisison charged for the contests. The public 's cordially invited to attend the games. The schedule for the Raeford team: Jan. 14 at Air-Ground; 21 at St. Pauls: 28 at Red Springs; Feb. 4 Southern Pines, here; 11 at Pinehurst; 18 Air-Ground, here; 25 St. Pauls, here; March 4 Red Springs, here and 11 at Southern Pines. (i FIRE SUNDAY NIGHT A fire of unknown origin al most destroyed an outbuilding at the home of Mrs. J. H. Austin, Sr., here early Sunday night. The fire department went when call ed, and put is out when they got there, but they weren't called soon enough to do the house much good. 0 Colonel and Mrs. Henry Mon roe of Colorado Springs, Colo, were here several days last week with Col. Monroe's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Monroe. Col. Monroe is leaving next week for Newfoundland where he will be stationed. Mrs. Monroe will stay with her sister, Mrs. Garris, at Ft. Meade, Md. until she can ' join her husband in Newfoundland. Milton Mann visited in Balti more, Wilmington, Del. and New York City during the Christmas and New Tear's holidays. Bad Checks, Cars, Larceny & Liquor Cost Defendants In a more or less average term of Hoke County recorder's court Tuesday Judge T. Oj Moses fined about a dozen defendants' for var ious offenses dealing with liquor and automobiles, stealing and writing bad checks. Conly McCollum, colored, pled guilty of stealing a hat from Israel Mann's store. He had to pay $10 and court costs and $3 for the hat. For driving drunk Organ Bar ton, Indian, got four months, su spended n payment of $100 and coJts. For the same offense James Davis, colored, paid $100 and costs and in another case for hit and run he had to pay $25 and costs aiid $30 damages. Ben Davis, colored man who had been' in court before for the same offense, promised to pay off and didn't, got four to six months on the roads for giving Dr. Mar cus R. Smith a bad check for $80. Sentence was to be suspended on payment of the $80, a $20 fine and court costs. He paid. For careless and reckless driv ing Ellis J. Bryant, colored, paid $15 and costs, and for having no driver's license he paid $25 and costs. Also for careless and reck less driving Joseph N. Walton, colored, got 90 days suspended on payment of $50 and costs. For having no driver's license James Samuel Hursk and Henry Murehison, both colored, paid $25 and costs. For driving after his license had expired James, WilVe fitcKey colored', paid- $12.50 jnl costs. James Thomas McNeill, colored, paid costs for violating his learner's permit by driving at night. Theodore H. Harris, white, paid $10, costs and damages for hav ing improper brakes and failing to stop at a stop sign. R. A. Templer, white, paid $35 and costs for speeding. Nathan E. Williamson, also white, left a $J5 bond for the same offense. On the same charge John Henry Johnson, colored, paid the costs. 0 Plan Farm Meetings During January Joint meetings lor farm men and women will be held in the. various communities throughout the county during January. At these meetings, Miss Jose phine Hall, Home Agent, will dis cuss "The Farm Family Food Supply" and will talk briefly on "Housing". John R. Potter, Coun ty Agent, will discuss the outlook and recommendations regarding crops and livestock for 1953. Slides will be used in discussing the crop and livestock situation. Movies will also be shown on farm and home life. Following is a schedule of meet ings for the various communities: Wayside, January 7, at 7:30, com munity building; Rockfish, Friday, January 9, at 7:30 in the School; Pine Forest, Monday, January 12, at 7:30 in the community build ing; Ashemont, Wednesday, Jan uary 14, at 7:30 in the Ashley Heights community building; Mil douson, Thursday, January 15, at 7:30 in the community building; Allendale, Monday, January 19, at 7:30 in the community building; Antioch, Tuesday, January 20, at 7:30 in the community building; Little River, Friday, January 23, at 7:30 in the community building; Blue Springs, Wednesday, Janu ary 28 at 7:30. The place of the Blue Springs meetings will be announced later. The community meetings will take place of regular Home Dem onstration Club meetings in Hoke County in January, and the farm and home agents urge every farm man and woman in the county to attend the nearest meeting. o 4 Misses Dinkey Crutcher, Sue Smith, Diane Evans and John Parkerson of Savannah, Ga. were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Gore on Sunday. They were en route to Duke University after the Christmas vacation. County Board Has Routine Meeting The Hoke County commission ers held their regular monthly meeting at the courthouse on Monday, with most activities be ing of a routine nature. Thv approved a request for re location and straightening of the road in Antioch township from the old Indian school to the wire road, and made plans for a meet ing with Senator J. Benton Thomas and Representative Harry A. Greene on January 16, to dis cuss legislation that may affect the county. FARM ITEMS County Agent At this time of year, a tobacco farmer's thoughts turn to making preparations for seeding plant beds. Hardly one crop of tobacco is completed before it is time to start another. A good supply of healthy plants is important to any tobacco grower, possibly one of the most important phases in growing a crop of tobacco. Location: Location of plant beds is of great importance. The bed should be located on a reason ably moist soil, but on a soil that has good surface drainage. Loca tion of beds near a disease-free water supply is highly desirable. An adequate supply of water is needed for plants to grow proper ly. The critical periods are at seed germination time and imme diately thereafter and during the plant growing season. Cold and drying winds can cause very seriotls" cTamage"Tof the stands of plants; therefore it is suggested that all beds have some type of windbreak on the north and west sides. Varieties: Which variety of to bacco is the best to plant is a question asked by many. There are several varieties that are good and under similar weather con ditions and care, it is difficult to say which is the best. Varieties that are well suited to soils in Hoke County are Golden Cure, Virginia Gold, Hicks, 402, Dixie Bright 101, and Golden Harvest. Some other varieties grow well but these appear to be the best for yield and quality. If there is a problem of the disease known as Black Shank on your farm, Dixie Bright 101 is the resistant variety and should be considered. Fertilization: For new beds in the woods, 1 V to 2 pounds of 4- 9-3 per square yard is recom mended at seeding time. On beds treated with Cynamid or Uramon and Cynamid last Fall and no fertilizer was applied at the time, use 1 pound of 4-9-3 per square yard at seeding. If 16-6-2 was used in the Fall for treating and applied at the rate of 3 pounds per square yard, J no additional fertilizer should be added at seeding time. j Experimental results accumu lated in North Carolina have shown that a good quality all mineral nitrogen on tobacco plant beds has given much better stands and equally good growth of plants than when a portion of the nitro gen is from an organic source. In many instances, stands have been reduced and some toxic effect has been observed where cottonseed meal was used on plant beds. It is also observed that midge larva infestations are usually heavy on beds treated with cottonseed meal. It is felt that a 4-9-3 with all of the nitrogen derived from miner al sources is preferable. Seeding: On beds that were chemically treated last Fall for weed control, a period of 90 days should lapse before seeding. One ounce of seed (3 level tablespoonfuls) of recleaned seed per 300 square yards is sufficient. After seeding, roll or pack loose and fluffy soils. Whip heavier soils lightly with brush. Effort and time spent in bed preparation and seeding now will be good assurance of a supply of healthy plants needed at trans planting time. Miss Nell Myers of Clayton spent last week end with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Webb. March Of D?mes Chairman Gives Names, Quotas Goal Set At $10,000 The 1953 March of Dimes was launched in Hoke County by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis with the drive being spearheaded this year by Dr. R. M. Jordan, county chairman and a host of local community lead ers and co-workers. This year's goal has been set at $10,000, half of which will stay in Hoke Coun ty to combat polio here. In addition to the solicitation of money through coin collection boxes and canvasses various e vents are being scheduled through out the county, all of which are aimed toward meeting the county quota. A variety show, a Mother's March on Polio, a children's con test hour, a hill billy show, a bar becue and various community dinners, movies, dances and such are tentatively being scheduled throughout the county. As soon as definite dates have been established for the various events the community chairmen have been urged to advise Gene Smith, who is acting as publicity chairman of the drive. R. L. Shu ford is treasurer of the drive this year and money may be turned in to him at McDonald's Esso Sta tion. G. A. Page of Upchurch High School has agreed to act again this year as the director of the Negro activities. He has had past experience and proved to be at fc able "and successful worker. He will be assisted by Ivery McNair for the colored business firms. Townships in the county with their chairmen, committee mem bers, and their quotas are as fol lows: Allendale, Smiley Roper, chairman, Dave Currie, Miss Willa McLauchlin, $475.00; Antioch, Ce cil McPhaul, chairman, Mrs. Wil lie Hodgin, G. C. Lytle, Knox Watson, $675.00; Blue Springs, Emmett Smith, chairman, Rube Clark, Fulford McMillan, Mrs. Wilmer McBryde, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Clark, $475.00; Little Riv er, Hurley Jones, chairman, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Walters, $500.00; McLauchlin, Marshall Newton, chairman, Mrs. Bernice Bostic, Mrs. Lilly Wood, Mrs. A. A. Mc Innis, Douglas Monroe, A. W. Wood, Ed Brock, O. L. Townsend, Herman Koonce, John Parker, Floyd Monroe, Richard Neeley and Tom Jones, $1030.00; Stone wall, J. M. McGougan, chairman, Brown Hcndrix, N. H. G. Bal four. Luther Jackson, Jr., A. B. Ratliff, Mrs. W. S. Crawley, $675.00; Quewhiffle, T. O. Moses, chairman, Dr. H. S. Willis, Mr. and Mrs. K. W. McNeill, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Sawyer, Horace Wal ters. Mrs. D. H. Johnson, Alfa Matthews, Rev. Ray ' W. Gosnell, $1070.00; Raeford, James Lentz, chairman. Lane Almond, Mrs. Hubert Hall, Mrs. J. B. Talbert, Mrs. Phil Johnson, Harvey Cole, Talmadge English, Pete Canaday, Mrs. Sam Hiser, Edwin Pickler, $3600.00; Para Thread, James Tillman and Robbins Mills, Geor ge Willcox, Jr. 0 New York Hospital Honors Hoke Native Miss Maude Leach, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. D, Leach of this county and who has num erous relatives here now, will be honored in a special ceremony at the U. S. Public Health Service hospital at Staten Island, New York, today. She is receiving a service award for having com pleted 20 years service with the Federal Security Agency. She is a graduate of Raeford High School and of the Presby terian Hospital School of Nursing in Charlotte. 0 Eldred Helton of Modest Town, Va. spent the holidays with his mother, Mrs. E. M. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Eldred spent Friday and Saturday In Chapel Hill with Mr. and Mrs. BiU Alexander. 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