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The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLVII; NUMBER 33
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1933
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By the Editor
John McGoogan hopped on me
about writing him about his pa
per being out last week. He
said it was a "mighty sassy let
ter for a first notice," and that
"you certainly brag on your pa
per." I expect John is about
right, on both counts. As to the
"sassy letter," we got behind on
our subscription notices in De
pember, and several people
whose subscriptions were run
ning out didn't get the custom
ary first and second notices we
usually send, but got the third
one which we usually send when
we are taking them off the sub
scription list. As to the brag
ging, well, John sent his $3 back
with his note, which was sorta
"sassy" too, it seems to me. Ser
iously, though, I didn't mean to
be sassy to those to whom I sent
the cutoff letter as the first no
tice. It was just too late for any
thing else, and I didn't think it
wasn't a bad idea to just point
out what you get when you pay
$3 for your home town paper,
even if it did sound a bit like
bragging.
Tony Drake, down at the Elk
Restaurant, says he really did
move the coffee last Friday for
the March of Dimes. He report
ed a tGt..l of S23.38 for the day.
This would seem to indicate Jhat
Tony gave some 4t6 cups of cof
fee to the polio drive. I don't
know how many gallons this
would cm, but it is a lot of the
stuff. I would say, and here's a
,pat on tae back to Tony for a
good effort, for a good cause.
It begins to appear that we
won't be late getting our Christ
mas lights on for Christmas this
year.
I sec by this morning's "News
and Observer" that our Senator
J. Benton Thomas has been nam
ed to head one of the major com
mittees in the State 6enate this
term, the "Salaries and Fees"
committtec. This speaks well
for his activity in Raleigh in the
relatively short time he has been
there, and it's a good committee
for him to head from our point
of view, anyway. The county
commissioners are wanting him
and Representative Greene to
get something done about the
out of date courthouse fee sys
tem, and Thomas seems to have
got himself right in position to
do it. That's what we send them
up there for.
Speaking of the Legislature
reminds me of the bill I heard
they were going to vote in the
next day or two about driver's
licenses. The bill would enable
drivers of the state to renew
their licenses by simply applying
for a new one and stating that
they had no known physical de
fects they didn't have when they
were examined before, or that
is the effect of it, anyway. I hope
our people and most of the oth
ers up there will vote against this
bill, and beat it. People's vision,
perception and hearing don't
get better as they grow older,
they get worse, and this would
simply be a means of keeping
drivers on our roads after they
are not qualified physically to
drive. It only takes a few minr
uter to get examined, and for
the safety of us all, I think in
should continue to be required
for license renewal.
I had a big time at the gover
nor's inauguration last Thursday,
and a full day as well. Starting
before day with the National
Guard. I stayed with them
through the parade, some four
or five hours of waiting and one
or two of parading. You know,
that's what parades always are
for the troops in them, about
four-fifths waiting, and like the
Army, you have to hurry up to
do it. When the National Guard
started home at around three
o'clock I switched over and
joined another group and hob
(Continued on Pag 4)
: Missionary To Speak
To Presbyterians Sun.
Miss Florence Root, mission
ary to Korea for many years,
will speak at the Raeford Pres
byterian church at 7:00 o"clock
next Sunday night. The public
is invited to attend.
Miss Root was principal of the
Speer girl's school In Kwangju,
Korea, and was the only mis
sionary to remain there when
the section was overrun by the
communists in 1950. She was
for 11 weeks a fugitive in the
mountains of Korea, having ma
ny narrow escapes before she
was able to return and reopen
her school after the Americans
had recaptured Kwangju.
She returned to the United
States last September, and ex
pects to go back to her work in
Korea in March of this year.
Miss Root is an interesting
speaker and her messages have
been greatly appreciated where'
ever she has appeared.
Red Springs High
Beats Hoke Girls
For First Loss
Maxtor) Here Friday
After winning eight straight
games the Hoke High girls l--st
their first one of the season in
Red Springs Tuesday night Gl
45. The boys came through to
win their game 44-26.
The Red Springs sextet, who
have had a rather poor season,
thus far seemed to be able to do
everything right Tuesday night
as they ran up the most points of
the season against the Does. The
first quarter ended with the score
tied at 15-15. In the second quar
ter they pulled away to their
margin of victory as they held
the Does to only 8 points and
scored 19 themselves. In the sec
ond half they scored 11 and 16
points in the final two quarters
while the Does scored 9 and 13.
Claudine Hodgin was high for
the Does as she scored 26 points.
Ina S(ul with 9 and Janet Guin
with 8 rounded out the scoring
For the Bucks it was virtually
no contest as they walked away
with a 44-26 win. Culbreth led
the way with 12. McPhaul follow
ed close behind with 10 and the
remainder of the points were
scattered throughout the remaining
varsity and subs.
Friday night at the local gym
the Bucks and Does took the
measure of Bladenboro in two
games with the girls winning the
first one 39-28 and the boys tak
ing the nightcap 55-40. Leading
scorer for the girls team was
Scull with 16 followed by Guin
with 14 and Hodgin with 8.
For the boys in what was prob
ably their best game to date
McPhaul was top scorer of the
night with 24 points.
Friday night the teams will a
gain play at home as they meet
Maxton on the local gym court.
In the first meeting of the two
teams earlier in the season Rae
ford experienced little difficulty
in winning, but Maxton is said
to have improved since that game.
On Tuesday night of next week
the locals will again play -it home.
This time their opponents will be
the highly regarded 71st team
from Cumberland County.
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LOCAL MAN GETS AWARD
FROM INSURANCE CO.
Neill J. Blue, local agent for
the New York Life" Insurance Co.
since September, 1950, was ad
vised this week that he had qual
ified for the company's "Star"
club, a grouping of top producing
representatives all over the coun
try. Because of his fine record
Blue has been invited to attend
the company's sales conference in
Daytona Beach, Florida, in the
early spring.
He is now a patient in Moore
County Hospital where he.under
went an operation last week.
Mrs. Walter Baker is spending
this week in Pine Level with her
mother, Mrs. D. B. Oliver.
Judge Leo Carr
To Open Court
Here Monday
Light Session Expected
Judge Leo Carr will return to
the Superior Court bench in Hoke
County for the first time in five
years when he opens the regular
January term of Hoke County
Superior court next Monday morn
ing. He was last here in 1948, and
also held court here in 1943. Un
der the rotation system Judge
Chester Morris of Currituck, who
held several terms of court here
last year, will not return for five
years unless a change in schedule
is made.
A comparatively light session of
court is expected, as there are
only about 15 defendants sche
duled for trial, as if the past is
anything to judge by, several of
these will get their trials post
poned. Only about a half-dozen
civil cases, including divorces, are
to be tried.
The major cases on the docket
are all continued from the Novem
ber term. Zeph Graham, colored
man of Blue Springs township, is
charged Vith killing Robert Nevin
last July 20. The trial has been
postponed twice, last time due to
the illness of the defendant. The
case in which Charlie Flynn, col
ored, is charged with killing Ben
nie Lee Murchison in October,
1951, is still on the docket, and
this will be the fifth term of court
since then. R. P. Lambert and his
daughter, Mildred Lambert Cha-
vis, are scheduled to be tried for
incestuous and immoral conduct
George McRae, colored, faces
trial on a charge of assault with
a dealy weapon with intent to kill.
Other cases on the docket are
appeals from recorder's court and
cases postponed from the last
term of Superior court.
Same grand jurors that served
in November will serve for next
week's term of court. List of those
called for petit jury duty is as
follows.
T. J. Tarlton, J. L. Johnson, W.
C. Sellar, L. E. Luck, E. W. Nor
ton, Russell Jones, F C. McPhaul,
W. E. Holt, C. A. Lilly, John W.
McPhaul, R. L. Brooks, R. M.
Hooper, Thomas Chason, S. E.
Hardin, H. W. Ellis, John T. Mc
Vicker, Johnnie W. Hinnant, Er
nest Bullin, J. P. Barbour, J. W.
Batten, J. W. Canaday, B. F. Har
dister, Ross Miller, W. M. Davis,
M. C. Almond, Lum Thomas, H.
B. Walters, John Dunk McNeill,
B. F. Boyles, Clyde Upchurch, Jr.,
H. T. Hines, Wilmer Hendrix, C.
T. Crouch, Jim Williamson, A. S.
Watson.
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Forestry Field Day
To Be Held Friday
A fence post treating and fence
construction demonstration will
be held Friday, January 16, at
1:00 p. m. on Carl Riley's farm.
Mr. Riley's farm is located about
2 miles southeast of the State
Sanitorium on the Raeford- Ab
erdeen highway.
There will also be a tree plant
ing demonstration using a mech
anical tree planter.
John Gray and Ross Douglass,
Extension Foresters, will con
duct the fence post treating and
tree planting demonstrations.
Howard Ellis, Extension Engin
eer, will conduct the fence con
struction demonstration.
Treating fence posts is a sim
ple operation and practically ev
ery farm in the county has ade
quate posts to meet its needs if
properly treated.
Everyone is invited to attend
this meeting.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Gattis of
Raleigh and Joe Murray of Fu
quay spent Monday with Mr. and
Mrs. C. J. Benner.
Mrs. H. L. Usher has been quite
ill this week.
Mrs. Martin Ray is a patient at
Moore County Hospital.
Miss Libby Suddreth of UNC
spent the week end at home.
Students To Give
PTA Program On
March Of Dimes
The Hoke Raeford Parent-'
Teacher Association will hold its
regular meeting next Monday
night in the auditorium of the
Raeford Graded School at 7:30.
The program for the meeting
will be given by the students of
the Graded school and from the
Hoke County High School in co
operation with the Hoke County
March of Dimes. Various students
will give vocal and instrumental
renditions and dances, and there
will be a playlet in which former
infantile patients will appear.
Peter McLean, association pres
ident, urges all parents and tea
chers to attend the meeting and
help with the drive for 1953.
March Of Dimes
Drive Slowly
Gets Going
Various commiunities have an
nounced the dates of their pro
jects in the March of Dimes
fund raising campaign and some
of the other planned activities
are still indefinite.
Four communities, Wayside,
Stonewall, Mon'rose and Ashe
mont have set their dates for
their chicken, barbecue, oyster
stew, or variety show and most
of these will take place next
week.
Wayside is holding an oyster
and chicken supper Thursday ev
ening, January 22 at the Way
side Community house from 5:30
'til 9:00 p. m. The plates will be
$1.00 each and the entire pro
ceeds will be turned over to the
Polio Fund.
Stonewall will hold a pit-cooked
country style barbecue and
chicken salad supper Friday
January 23 at the Mildouson
school lunchroom.
They will start their supper at
5:30 and will have cakes and pies
for sale, and after the supper
will hold bingo games and cake
walks.
Also on Friday night, at the
Montrose Community house a
brunswick stew dinner will be
held from 6 to 8 p. m.
On January 30, Friday night,
at the Ashemont school a beauty
contest and a variety show will
be held at 7:30. "
A "Mothers March on Polio"
will take place in Raeford the
31st of this month, Saturday
night, between the hours of 7
and 8 o'clock. During this time
members of the Woman's Club
will canvass town and homes
which have their porch lights on
they will stop and get contribu
tions for the March of Dimes.
Any group or community that
is planning a project is asked to
turn it in to the News-Journal so
that it can be brought to the at
tention of the public.
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GLEE CLUB SELLS CAKES
Starting Saturday morning the
Hoke High Glee Club will spon
sor a cake sale in an effort to
raise money for the new grand
piano recently purchased for the
high school. ThBe sale will be
held at Cooper's Super Market
each Saturday morning and per
sons may either place a special
order for a cake or buy one al
ready baked.
Special cake orders will be
taken any day of the week through
Thursday fo rdelivery th.' follow
ing Saturday by Mrs. Jake Aus
tin at 6911 after 3:30.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Scott Poole
of Southern Pines are moving to
Raeford this week and will oc
cupy an apartment in the home
of Mrs. A. K. Currie.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon McKay of
Dunn spent the week end with
Mrs. McKay's mother, Mrs. A. K.
Currie.
President and Mrs. Marshall
Scott Woodson of Flora Macdon
ald College, were tupper guests
of Mri. J. W. McLauchlin on Saturday.
Name Committee
To Raise Money
For Land Fight
Raeford To Raise $2500
At a meeting of the Raeford
Chamber of Commerce Board of
directors Monday night Harvey
Gobeille, president, announced
the names of those who would
participate in the canvass of Rae
ford to raise the $2500 which the
town is expected to put into the
fund to defray expenses of the
effort being made to save the
50,000 acres of Hoke County land
from being taken into the Fort
Bragg reservation. This amount
is one fourth of the total amount
expected to be raised in the coun
ty. Gobeille named Tom Camer
on, chairman and the following
to the committee: Israel Mann,
Younger Snead, Kermit Wood, H.
L. Gatlin, Jr. arid Alfred Cole.
This group held a meeting on
Tuesday and made plans for con
tacting almost everybody in Rae
ford about a contribution to the
fund. It was also announced that
R. B. Lewis would be treasurer
for the local committee and for
the whole county drive.
It was pointed out also that
contributions to the fund would
be considered as business ex
penses and could be so- deducted
on income tax returns by business
firms and individuals participat
ing. This view was reached after
expression by several that the
success of the effort to save the
land is as vital to people in busi
ness in Raeford as it is to the
people in the land affected. It
was also pointed out that any ef
fect on the tax rate of the county
caused by losing taxable property
would certainly be felt by every
property owner in the whole
county. Any money not used for
the purpose will be returned to
the donors on a proportional
basis.
The finance committee was
also told to stress the fact that
there is constant activity on the
part of the county commissioners
fand the committee working on
the project, but that this activity
is not being given great publicity
in order to take no chance of
hurting the effort by the wrong
thing being said.
Name Merchant's Committee
At the meeting Monday Gobe
ille also announced the naming of
the merchant's committee of the
Chamber for the year. This com
mittee, which handles the affairs
of the Chamber dealing with trade
promotions and other activities
concerning retail merchants only,
consists of E. E. Smith, chairman,
and W. C. Phillips, J. I. Hubbard,
John Draughon, J. E. Byrd, Carl
ton Niven and Elmore Stanton.
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Guard Cagers Lose
First Game Wed.
A small crowd saw the local
guard team start its play in the
newly organized Pine Belt League
last Wednesday night as they
went down in defeat before a
strong Pinehurst team 60-51.
The guardsmen took the lead
in the second half and built it to
a seven point margin with five
minutes to play in the game but
couldn't hold on and Pinehurst
won going away.
Leading scorer for the Raeford
team was Poole with 14 points.
Last night they played the Air
Ground team from Southern Pines
in Southern Pines.
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COURT OF HONOR HELD
AT HIGH SCHOOL TUES.
At the Boy Scout Court of Hon
or which was held at the Hoke
County High School Tuesday
night, one local boy received
merit badges and ten others
were recognized as new scouts.
Leon Cameron got his final
three meit badges on his Eagle
Scout requirements and will
probably receive the coveted
Eagle award at the next Court
of Honor.
Bank Holds Annual
Meeting Thursday
The stockholders of the Bank
of Raeford held their annual
meeting in the banking rooms of
the bank last Thursday morning.
The report made by the manage
ment showed that the bank had
a very successful year in 1952.
Directors elected for the year
were H. L. Gatlin, F. B. Sexton,
J. B. Thomas, T. B. Upchurch, Jr.,
J. L. McNeill, A. K. Stevens, C.
L. Thomas, H. L. Gatlin, Jr., L.
M. Upchurch and R. B. Lewis.
Board of Directors elected offi
cers as follows: H. L. Gatlin pres
ident, F. B. Sexton vice-president,
R. B. Lewis executive vice-president
and cashier, and Miss Jessie
B. Ferguson and A. W. Wood, Jr.,
assistant cashiers.
A dividend of $12 per share was
paid to stockholders on January
1, 1953.
In the article appearing last
week in connection with the bank
entering its fiftieth year of opera
tion, the name of the late E. B.
McNeill was unintentionally o
mitted from those who had serv
ed as presidents of the bank. Mr.
McNeill succeeded J. W. Mc
Lauchlin as president in 1931, and
served the bank in that capacity
until his death on Mach 14, 1945.
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County's First
Traffic Death
Of 19530ccurs
The first traffic death of 1953
in Raeford and Hoke County re
sulted from a collision at the
corner of Fulton Street and Sixth
Avenue here Saturday night.
Sam Swan, 50-year-old negro,
died in Moore County hospital
Monday from internal injuries
sustained.
Swan's car, a Plymouth about
five years old, apparently was
moving west on Sixth Avenue
at the Edgar Hall residence. On
entering Fulton Street, which
has the right of way at that cor
ner, the Plymouth was hit by a
1952 Chevrolet driven by Wayne
Maxwell, son of Mr. and Mrs.
M. A. Maxwell of Raeford.
Swan's car came to rest bot
tom upwards on the southwest
edge of the intersection, with
Swan and Sarah Jane Moore, al
so colored, pinned beneath it.
James Henry Fairly, colored, was
also a passenger and remained It
the car throughout the accident.
Swan and the woman were taken
to Moore County hospital where
Swan died on Monday morning.
The woman is said to have suf
fered hip injuries of a seriou;
but not critical nature while
Fairly, who did not enter the hos
pital until Sunday, is thought to
have suffered shoulder and chest
injuries.
Young Maxwell, who was
was driving south on Fulton
street, suffered cuts on his face
and head.
The accident was investigated
by the Raeford police department
and no arrests have beeen made.
Other occupants of the Plymouth
are said to have stated that Swan
was driving at the time of the
wreck, although no explanation
has been made as to why he did
not stop at the stop sign at Ful
ton street. Officers state that
check of his car showed that it
had no brakes after the accident,
although they may have lost
fluid after the impact. There
was a container of brake fluid
in the car.
Swan and the Moore woman
were under the car, which was
bottom upwards with both doors
shut when it came to rest.
Coroner James C. Lentz, plans
an inquest when the other occu
pants of Swan's car are discharg
ed from the hospital.
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John K. McNeill, Jr. is out af
ter being in since he had an op
eration at the Scotland Memorial
Hospital in Laurlnburg on De
cember 26.
Mrs. R. A. Matheson and her
mother, Mrs. L. B. Sutton, Sr.
spent Friday and Saturday in
Durham.
First Jury Trial
Before Recorder
Ends In Mistrial
Two Days This Week
Recorder's court was held Tues
day and Wednesday before Judge
T. O. Moses here this week, with
Wedensday being set aside for
cases where jury trial had been
requested. The State Supreme
Court recently ruled that a de
fendant is entitled to trial by a
jury in a lower court if he wants
it, thus the first such trials in
Hoke County recorder's court in
at least a dozen years were held
this week. It had been the prac
tice for those defendants asking
for jury trial to be sent up to
Superior Court, where all cases
are tried by jury. The system was
ended by the Supreme Court de
cision. The first case to be tried by
jury was heard by six jurors Wed
nesday. The defendant was Josef
Frank Sauline, white man of Bel
mont, charged with driving drunk.
The morning was taken up getting
the jury and hearing the evidence
and arguments. The jury went out
at 12:20 and at two o'clock they
advised Judge Moses that they
could not agree. He told them that
there was no particular hurry and
to continue their deliberations.
At six o'clock, however, he and
they gave it up and the case was
declared a mistrial. The jury
consisted of Merritt Herring, J.
A. Jones, Arnold E. Baker, P. C.
English, Lloyd Crowley and D.
M. Ray.
In the other case, which took the
afternoon, Leroy Murchison, co
lored, was charged with driving
after his license had been revok
ed. The jury took only about 15
minutes to return a verdict of
guilty in this case. Murchison was
sentenced to six months on the
roads, suspended on payment of
$200 and costs.
On Tuesday at the regular
weekly session two defendants
were tried on charges of driving
drunk and one was found guilty
and one not guilty. Thomas Glenn
Harrell, white, was found guilty
and sentenced to from four to six
months on the roads. Sentence
was suspended on payment of fine
of $200 and costs. On a charge of
hit and run driving the judge ap
parently concluded he was too
drunk to know he had hit any
thing and let him off with the
costs. In the other case Allen
Lemmial Campbell, white, was
found not guilty.
Theodore Stuart, colored, paid
costs for assaulting his wife.
James Poe, colored, paid costs
for being drunk and disorderly.
James Calvin McDonald, color
ed, got 30 days suspended on pay
ment of $10 and costs for failing
to stop at a stop sign and 60 days
suspended on payment of $25 and
costs for having no driver's lic
ense. Solomon Allen, colored, also
got 30 days suspended on pay
ment of $10 and costs for failing
to stop.
Robert McMillan, colored, was
charged with assault with intent
to commit rape. He was found
guilty of assault on a female and
of taking a coat. He got four to
six months suspended on payment
of $25 and costs and $30 for the
coat.
James Fred Handon, colored,
got 30 days suspended on pay
ment of $10 and costs in each of
two cases, one for speeding and
one for careless and reckless driv
ing. The State dropped the case a
gainst James Glover, colored, for
having no driver's license.
Arthur Silvers, white, forfeit-id
a $25 bond for speeding.
GIFT SHOP SOLD
Miss Belle Graham announced
this week that she had sold the
Graham Gift Shop here to Mrs.
Herbert McKcithan. Mrs. Mc
Keithan plans to remodel and re
stock the shop and will operate it
as "Jane's Gift Shop."
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Mrs. Dwight Brown Is a patient
at Moore County Hospital In
Pinehurst.