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VOLUME XL VII; NUMBER 42
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1953
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By the Editor
Well, I opened my mouth so
wide last week about the opera
that I wound up with my feet
In it. That is, I had to go. Funny
thing, though, Is that I thought it
was pretty good entertainment,
so I'm either higher brow than I
thought I was or I was telling the
truth about us average people
being able to enjoy good music.
People along the "corridor"
and all the way from Aberdeen
to Faye'tcville got a good look at
one of the reasons the Army
wants all this Hoke County land
Tuesday when the Aberdeen it
Rockfish Railroad hauled one of
the Army's 280 millimetre guns
down its main line. Took four
flat cars to haul the thing, with
the four major components ap
pearing to be the tube or barrel,
the recoil mechanism, and big
trucks with spades and a lot of
hydraulic devices. The barrel by
'itself took up one car. It's sure
a whopper, and I don't believe
there is room enough in this part
of the state to shoot it, much less
in Hoke County
In case you're wondering just
how big a 280 millimetre gun is,
the 280 mm. stands for the dia
meter of the inside of the tube
and is equal to a little over elev
en inches. How far it will shoot
of course depends on the length
of the barrel, and that seems to
be plenty.
Notice that the Republicans of
the county are planning a meet
ing at the courthouse Saturday
afternoon at three o'clock for the
purpose of picking an executive
committee and chairman, and
otherwise getting organized. I
understand there is some little
rivalry between D. C. Cox and
T. C. Scarborough as to which is
going to be the wheel locally,
now that it amounts to some
thing after a 20-year dry spell.
Be interesting to see what hap
pens. I note in the recorder's court
that stealing and having . bad
brakes are just about the same
in the eyes of the law. At any
rate a thief pleading guilty and
a man having bad brakes each
had to pay $10 and costs over
there Tuesday. Of course, just
about everything in our courts
these days boils down to ability
to pay, and it is likely that the
financial status of a petty thief
and the owner of a car are gen
erally quite different, making
the $10 and costs much more se
vere to one than the other. What
I am trying to get at, though, is
that in these days when so many
moral values are becoming dis
torted by dishonor in high places
we must continually try to keep
our children from growing up
with the notion that stealing is
no worse than a traffic violation
or in other words, that
anything you can get away with
is all right. In my mind the law
should in some way make a dif
ference between a real crime and
a violation of some rule that in
volves nothing morally wrong.
Saw somewhere that "You can
judge a man's temperature by
his choice of words. If he says
alchohol he's cool, if he says
liquor he's warming up and of the
says booze or Demon Rum he's
ready to make a speech." All of
us who talk to anyone about the
Army's plans for taking land
should get up to the "Demon
Rum" sta?e quickly and stay
there. You never know who can
help you, and I have said before
public opinion can do anything,
and its made up of people just
like ar.d mc.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Knapp and
family of Charleston, West Vir
ginia, spent the week-end with
Mrs. Knapp's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. David Smith. They return
ed home Tuesday.
Easter Seal Appeal
For The Crippled
Is Made In County
The annual appeal for funds by
the North Carolina Society for
Crippled Children and Adults is
being made this week in this coun
ty by Mrs. C. P. Womack, cam
paign chairman, and W. T. Gib
son, Jr., county chairman. As
usual, the appeal Is being made
by letter and people are being
asked to contribute by the pur
chase of Easter seals. Mrs. Wo
mack said that the appeal would
be made only by letter and one
time only, and she urged the
people of the county to give gen
erously. She stated that Easter Seal
contributions last year made pos
sible vital service to 31 Hoke
County children and adults. Crip
pled children, who otherwise
would have received little help,
were provided with hospitalization
appliances, transportation to clin
ics and education. Of all the money
received, 55 percent was used in
Hoke County.
She said that any size contribu
tion would be welcome.
YOUR
SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
' Schedule of Pre-School Clinics
Wednesday-March 25, 1953 9
a. m., Burlington by Sanitorium
Doctor; Thursday, March 26,
1953, 9 a. m.. New Hope, by Sani
torium Doctor; Tuesday, April 7,
1953, 1:00 p. m., Mildouson, Dr.
Willcox; Wednesday, April 8,
1953, 9 a. m.. Bowman, by Sani
torium Doctor; Thursday, April
9, 1953, 9 a. m., White Oak, by
Sanitorium Doctor (This clinic
includes White Oak, Friendship,
and Rockfish Colored); Monday,
April 13, 1953, 9 a. m., Hoke
County Indian, by Dr. Willcox;
Wednesday, April 15, 1953, 9 a.
m.. Laurel Hill, by Sanitorium
Doctor;(This clinic includes Lau
rel Hill and Shady Grove schools)
Thursday, April 16, 1953, 9 a. m.
Ashemont, by Sanitorium Doe
tor; Tuesday, April 21, 1953, 1:00
p. m., Rockfish, by Doctor Will
cox; Thursday, April 23, 1953, 9
a. m., Raeford Grammar, by lo
cal doctors; Wednesday, April 29,
1953, 9 a. m., Upchurch, by 2
Sanitorium doctors; Thursday,
April 30, 1953, 10:00 a. m., Frye's
Mission by Dr. Willcox.
It is suggested that parents
with pre-school children clip the
above schedules for reference.
They are urged to make s special
effort to get their children to the
school to which they are assign
ed. This is a most important
thing for the child who will enter
school for the first time next fall.
Parents are urged to accompany
their children and take with them
any evidence of vaccinations or
immunizations that they may
have. Special arrangements will
be made at each school where a
clinic is scheduled for the con
venience of the parents and for
the entertainment of the children.
The Rockfish School has re
ceived several sets of supplemen
tary readers in the last few days.
These readers were a gift of the
PTA. We hope other PTA's will
do likewise.
The fourth, fifth, sixth and
seventh grades of the Ashemont
school are on a trip to Chapel
Hill, Durham, and Raleigh today.
On this trip they will visit the
Planetarium and see the Easter
show. They will visit Duke Uni
versity in Durham, and expect
to look in on the Legislature while
in Raleigh. They will visit var
ious other points of interest while
In the capitol city. Thirteen par
ents graciously volunteered to
take the group in their cars.
We are glad to report that Mrs.
Annie Mac Brown has returned at
the Raeford Graded School after
being out ill for quite a while.
The most important social event
of the school year at Hoke High
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Town Zoning
Board Meets, Sets
Public Meeting
The board of commissioners of
the town ot Kaeford set up a zon
ing and planning commission for
the town last year and required
permits for building or remodel
ing in the city limits. Last week,
however, the commission held its
first meeting and got organized.
Notice was also given to residents
that the permits would be requir
ed as the law provides in the fu
ture. The zoning and planning com
mission consists of F. B. Sexton,
chairman, R. B. Lewis, secretary,
J. L. Teal, R. H. Gatlin and T. B.
Upchurch. The group met on Fri
day afternoon, and after getting
organized work was begun on the
zoning of business and resident
ial districts of the town.
In order for the people of the
town to have an opportunity to
see the work of the commission
a public meeting will be held at
the courthouse on Thursday night,
April 16. At this time citizens will
have the work explained and will
be given an opportunity to ask
questions and to express them
selves on this first zoning.
Work of the zoning commis
sion results in recommendations
to the town board which may be
enforced when approved by that
board under authority of the
North Carolina General Statutes.
FMC Announces
Finals Speaker
Dr. George MacPherson Dosh
erty, pastor of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian church in
Washington, D. C. will deliver
the Commencement address at
Flora Mcdonald college on June
1, it was announced today by
President Marshall Scott Wood
son. A native Scot, Dr. Docherty was
born in Glasgow and received his
education at Glasgow University
having received his M. A., in
1935 and his B. D. in 1939. Be
fore coming to the United States
in 1950, he served as minister of
Glasgow and Aberdeen, Scotland,
churches, in addition to special
youth work in Glasgow for three
years. His doctor of divinity de
gree was conferred by Temple
University in Philadelphia in
June, 1950, shortly after he as
sumed the pastorate of his pre
sent church, where he is the im
mediate successor of the late Dr.
Peter Marshall.
Mrs. Edna B. Ellis
Buried At Ephesus
Tuesday Afternoon
Mrs. Edna Ellis, 49, passed a
way Sunday night in a Fayette
ville hospital after an illness of
several days. She was the wife
of Luther Ellis and lived on Route
one, Lumber Bridge.
Mrs. Ellis was born in Cum
berland County, daughter of the
late Jim Brock and Mattie Green
Brock, and was prominent in the
civic and religious life of her
community.
Funeral was conducted Tuesday
afternoon at 3:00 o'clock at Ephe
sus Baptist Church by the Rev.
E. C. Taylor, assisted by the Rev.
T. J. Faulk. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
In addition to her husband she
is survived by one adopted son,
Billy Ellis of the home, and one
sister, Mrs. W. L. Smith of Lum
ber Bridge, Route one.
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Major and Mrs. Martin Baum
gardner and daughter, Carol, of
McDill Field, Tampa, Florida
visited Mrs. J. S. Johnson for
several days. The Baumgardners
had an apartment in the home of
Mrs. Johnson during the war.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Scnter had
as their guests on Saturday, Mr.
and Mrs. Rex Mann and daughter,
Terry, of Sanford and Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Smith and sons of
Southern Pines.
Little League Plans
Meeting Of Players
Friday Afternoon
Local officials of the Abcrdeen
Raeford Little Baseball League
issued a call this week for all boys
between the ages of eight and 12
to meet at the high school audi
torium at 5:00 o'clock Friday af
ternoon and hear plans for the
1K53 league season. Boys who will
not become J3 years old before
August 1, 1953 are eligible.
It was also announced that boys
who intend to take part in the
league's program will be required
to present birth certificates when
they first participate in practice,
and all are asked to bring their
certificates to the meeting Friday.
They are urged to attend the
meeting, however, whether they
have birth certificates or not.
Requirements for taking part
in the league program will be ex
plained in detail at the meeting,
including arrangements that are
being made for all boys who go
out for the league teams to take
part in organized practice and
play whether they make a league
team or not. Each boy must also
have the written consent of his
parents to take part.
Rowe Chapman and George
Willcox are the managers of the
Raeford teams in the league.
Chapman's team won the league
title last year. Practices will start
in May and the league schedule
will begin in June.
FARM ITEMS
County Agent
BOOT KNOT CONTROL
Many Hoke County tobacco
growers are planning to fumigate
their tobacco soil this year to
control nematodes or root knot.
The farmers that have not yet se
cured their material are advised
to check on this at once.
Soil fumigation is only one way
in which to help control root
knot. A good rotation should be
followed to control the nema
todes. Other practices to follow
are: cut stalks and plow out
roots exposing them to the sun
as soon as the tobacco is harvest
ed, produce good plants, and fol
low good cultivation practices.
Many farmers are now treat
ing or thinking about treating.
The soil treatment can either be
put on by broadcast or row type
operations. Both of these methods j
are effective. Material in both
methods should be applied at
least two weeks before the tobac
co is planted.
Materials to use and their do
sage for broadcast and row
treatment , respectively in gallons
per acre are:
DD, 20, 10; Dowfume W-40, 15-18,
8; Dowfume W-85, 4.
The soil condition of the soil
must be as follows: 1. Regardless
of the method of application, you
need to break the land, and disk
and harrow it so it is well pulver
ized before you apply the fumi
gants. 2. The soil should be free
of undecayed roots, stalks, turfs
and other debris. 3. The soil tem
perature at six inches depth at
the time of application should be
between 40 defrees F. and 80 de
grees F, preferably between 50
dgrees F. and 70 degrees F.
4. Soil moisture should be only
moderate, neither too wet nor too
dry, at the time of application.
Its best to have just enough mois
ture for planting seeds.
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Miss Iris Thomas, who arrived
Saturday from St. Marys in Ra
leigh for the spring vacation, had
as her guests Saturday the follow
ing girls who are classmates:
Misses Leo McCormick of Colum
bus, Georgia, Barbara White of
Greenville, Elizabeth Holmes of
Mount Olive, Elizabeth House of
Beaufort and Lucy Parish of
Richland, Georgia. Miss Thomas'
guests for Thursday and Friday
are her roommates. Miss Anne
Peoples of Pittsboro, and Miss
Elizabeth Gillette of Enfield.
This group will leave Friday for
a houseparty at Myrtle Beach.
Greene, Thomas
Resolution Thru
House, Senate
Hoke Representive Harry A.
Greene introduced a resolution
in the North Carolina House of
Representivcs last Thursday re
questing " the United States gov
ernment not to take further lands
from Hoke County, and in par
ticular not to take said lands of
Hoke County for the Corridor
proposed to be made between
Fort Bragg and Camp Mackall."
The House of Representatives
deferred action on the resolution
until Friday, at which time it
was passed.
This week Senator J. Benton
Thomas spoke for the measure
in the Senate and read a letter
from Doctors Willis and Peck,
superintendent and assistant sup
erintendent, respectively, at the
State Sanitorium at McCain It
was stated that the use of the cor
ridor as proposed would seriously
impair the usefulness of the Sani
torium and that it would cost the
State nine million dollars to re
place the hospital alone, exclu
sive of other facilities there.
The resolution was amended to
point out to the government these
facts about the Sanitorium, and
was then passed on Tuesday. It
was returned to the House to be
passed as amended.
The resolution goes on to re
late the history of the matter and
tell of the land that the Army
has taken from this county in the
past, and points out the effect it
would have on the people and
the county government.
Baseball Team
Has Bad Start;
Loses First Two
The Hoke High School baseball
team got their season started on
the wrong foot as they dropped
their first two games, 12-11 and
14-1. Friday they played Row
land and lost 12-11 and Monday
afternoon here they were trounc
ed by Rockingham 14-1.
The Rowland game started off
fine with the Bucks scoring 3 runs
in the top of the first on two hits
and two bases on balls; they add
ed to this in the second inning by
getting another. Rowland scored
two in the second and two in the
third to tie- the score. The Bucks
jumped into a big lead in the
bottom of the seventh, though,
and scored six runs on three hits
and two bases on balls.
Rowland scored three more in
the seventh and took the lead in
the bottom of the eighth to go
ahead 12-10 with Raeford adding
their final tally in the 9th inning.
Hardin started on the mound
and gave away in the seventh
inning to McPhaul who was char
ged with the loss. Leading bats
men for the locals were Hardin
and McLeod with two for three.
Monday afternoon it wasn't
much of a ball game as Rocking
ham scored four runs in the sec
ond; one in the third; four in the
sixth and 5 in the seventh inning.
Raeford's lone run came in the
fifth inning. The game was played
in intermittent rain and was a
rather careless affair. Raeford got
but five hits and gave up four
teen. McPhaul started off pitch
ing and gave way to Bracey in
the seventh inning.
The next scheduled game is
Friday afternoon when the Bucks
will play at Rockingham. Next
Wednesday afternoon the second
home game of the season will be
played here with Red Springs
furnishing the opposition.
REPUBLICANS TO MEET
D. C. Cox, county Republican
secretary, announces that there
will be a meeting of Hoke Coun
ty Republicans in the courthouse
at 3:30 o'clock Saturday after
noon for the purpose of electing
a county executive committee
and chairman. He urges all Re
publicans to attend.
Jaycees, Woman's
Club Staging Show
Monday & Tuesday
The Raeford Junior Chamber
of Commerce has assembled an
outstanding cast for their local
talent production, "On Stage
America," which will be present
ed at 8:14 p. m. in the high school
auditorium next Monday and
Tuesday evenings. In connection
with the show the Raeford Wo
man's Club is arranging a baby
popularity contest, the most pop
ular being the one that gets the
most votes, votes being based on
the number of pennies in a jar.
Cast for the minstrel includes
James Heacox, Henry Maxwell,
Ed Smith, George Willcox, Jim
Burkhead, Neil Senter, Bill Up
church, George Johnson, Shorty
Clark, Clyde Upchurch, Jr., and
Starr McMillan. Accompanist will
be Carole Everlcigh and Janice
Benner and Dr. R. M. Jordan will
be the announcer.
Three chorus numbers will fea
ture the "Dixie Dandies including
Delayne McFadyen, Janet Guin,
June Hall, Lilmar Sue Gatlin,
Linda Phillips and Eleanor Biggs;
the "Hotsy Totsies" including
Frankie McDougald, Faye Baxley,
Lillian Scarborough, Carol Mc
Phaul, Joan Gobcille and Suzanne
Cameron; the "Southern Belles'
including Faye Dark, Sara Gul
ledge. Patsy Cameron, Caroline
Matthews, Peggy Parks and Je-
nelle Snead.
There will also be an amateur
show with about 10 acts being
entered and the audience voting
on the best three 'which will re
ceive cash and merchandise prizes.
The entire show will be given
by local people.
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Local Guardsmen
To Play In Finals
Of Cage Tourney
By virtue of triumphs in the
opening and semi-final rounds of
the Pine Belt League tournament
the Raeford Guardsmen All-Stars
advanced to the finals and Will
play Red Springs in Aberdeen to
night for the league champion
ship. Tuesday night Raeford defeat
ed St. Pauls, 52-45, in a game
that saw the locals possess a com
fortable lead over their oppon
ents until the final quarter when
St. Pauls put on a desperate spurt
that almost paid off for them.
Scoring for the Bucks was even
ly divided, as it has been all year,
with Scott Beasley taking top
honors with 10 points; seven
players tied for second place
with six points.
In the semi-final round Wed
nesday night the All-Stars de
feated a strong team from the Air
Ground School at Southern Pines
62-44. The air force team led dur
ing the first half until the final
few minutes when the guardsmen
went ahead for a lead of 25-23 at
the half. The third quarter saw
the locals add four points to their
lead and start the final period 37
31. In the last period after the air
force team lost their two offen
sive stars via the foul and injury
route the locals poured in 25 points
and held their opponents to 13 to
win easily. Bob Rockholtz with
15 points was high scorer with
Bob Williams and Frank McNeill
tied for second place with nine
each.
Toniht at 8:30 the final game
of the tournament will be played
in the Aberdeen gym with Red
Springs .Robins and the locals
meeting for the championship.
No admission will be charged for
the game.
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"SING" AT HOPE MILLS
The Ruritan Club is sponsoring
an old time "Singing" at Hope
Mills Baptist Church Sunday af
ternoon, March 29. The singing
will start at 2:00 o'clock, and will
last until 4:30. Several quartets
will appear, and the public Is in
vited. Mr. and Mrs. Hallie Gatlin and
Mrs. Walter Freeman attended
the McArn-Crump wedding at
the Spring Hill Baptist church
in Wagram on Saturday evening.
Poole To Quit;
Alfred Cole To
Run For Mayor
Five File For Board
With filing time set to end at
6:00 o'clock today, yesterday af
ternoon found one candidate en
tered for mayor of Raeford and
five for the board of commission
ers. If this is all that enter it will
mark the return by the town to
the Russian-type, one-ticket elec
tions the people here had for
many years up to two years ago
when there were twice as many
candidates for the board as there
were vacancies to be filled.
Mayor W. L. Poole, who has
served since 1947, has said several
times lately that he would not
be a candidate to succeed himself
and seemed to mean it. Anyway,
Alfred Cole has filed as a candi
date for the job.
R. B. Lewis, J. W. McPhaul
and J. H. Blue decided that once
was enough on the board of com
missioners and none of the three
are entering the primary. Marion
Gatlin and A. V. Sanders of the
old board are running to succeed
themselves, however. New candi
dates for the board are- Truman
Austin, Tom Cameron and John
K. McNeill, Jr.
Town primary is to be held on
Monday, April 6, and election on
Monday, May 4.
3 Brothers Fined
By Recorder In
Court Tuesday
Carl Thomas Taylor, Allen
Luther Taylor and Johnnie Tay
lor, all white and brothers, each
paid costs for public drunkenness
after pleading guilty before Judge
T. O. Moses in Hoke County re
corder's court Tuesday morning.
Luther also paid costs in another
case for violating the prohibition
laws. Johnnie was found guilty
of giving Sunset Grocery a bad
check for $101.78. He got 60 days
to be suspended on payment of
the check, $10 and court costs and
was allowed to pay off at the rate
of $25 a month.
Case in which J. H. Blue, Jr.,
and W. E. Everleigh, both white,
were charged with careless and
reckless driving was dropped by
the State after they had reached
an agreement.
Marie Arnold, colored, pled
guilty of stealing a skirt from
Mrs. Ruby Glisson. She returned
the skirt and had a sentence of
30 days suspended on payment of
$10 and costs. Not probable cause
was found on a charge that she
also stole some jewelry from Mrs.
Glisson.
Fletcher King, colored, got 60
days suspended on payment of
$25 and costs for having a quant
ity of non-tax-paid liquor.
James I. Brown, colored,
pleaded guilty of careless and
reckless driving and with the
second offense of driving drunk.
He had paid damages and sen
tence was 4 to 6 months, sus
pended on payment ot $200 and
costs.
J. C. Reagan, white, left a $50
bond for having no driver's lic
ense and expired license plates.
Joe Scott, white, paid $10 and
costs for having no driver's lic
ense. Lettie Mae Roberson, colored,
got 30 days suspended on pay
ment of costs for public drunk
enness. H. C. Norris, white, paid costs
for having no license on his
trailer.
Speeders included G. A. Arne,
Milton Schwarts, Clifford Gcan
pules. Josephine Huck, Abraham
Wolff, W. F. Ashley and W. J.
Maxion, all white. Each left a $25
bond but Arne, who paid $10 and
costs.
Mrs. Ruth Edmonds of New
London, Connecticutt arrived
Friday for a visit with her daugh
ter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Rockholz.
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