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THE NEWS-JOUKNAL,
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1953
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THE PARTING ... For about two
years prior to 1948 Dairyman
George Coble of Lexington and
Agriculture Commissioner W.
Kerr Scott had little love for
each other. The names which
George laid on Scott would blis
ter asbestos. The row, of course,
began over milk.
During the few weeks immedi
ately after his announcement that
he would run for Governor, Kerr
Scott suffered. He had no money,
and apparently little chance of
getting any. Main task was to
pull Coble and his money into the
Scott camp. After a series of tel
ephone calls, long night visits,
and a lot of bull mostly Guern
sey and Holstein Coble joined
up for the duration. Nobody to
this day, including George Coble j
himself, knows exactly how much
moola the Lexington dairyman '
put into the Scott campaign.
Some people say it went well in
to five figures. I
Scott was elected. Coble was
one of the top men. In four years
he led all the other members of
th State Highway Commission
in building and repairing roads.
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Until 8:00 P. M.
BcllvJIensdale
Last year he and the Governor
reportedly worked as Lexington
Raleigh team in promoting Hub
ert Olive.
But milk, the item which caus
ed all the trouble in the first
place, once again has become the
cream separator. Sen. Ralph Scott
and his side of the fence are vig
orously supporting the establish
ment of the State Milk Commis
sion. Coble, solidly against it,
last week came close to wrecking
plans for the commission, which
he and some other big and fine
dairymen feel would restrain
trade, prevent expansion, and
mark another step in putting
government into business.
Thus the Scott's and the Cobles'
have come to a parting of the
ways 'ess th.m three months after
the Alamance gentlemen moved
out of office.
NO MINIMUM WAGE . . Right
along about now you should be
r.'alin.'. m the daily press about
the troubles the Minimum Wage
Law is having i:i the Legislature.
Even though it has the support of
Governor Umstoad ard the S'ate
You'll hi gloved to the wrist or
just a wee bit beyond in soft
glowing pastels, favorite white,
jet or navy. You'll love the dain
ty touches of embroidery, jewels,
even glimmering shells. This
spring is a "hand-some" one re
fleeted here in our glove collec
tion. ?!03t9S2.98
Department of Labor, and even
though five of the 11 memberi of
the Senate Committee to which
It was referred signed the meas
ure, we seriously doubt It will
pass the Senate. It may not even
survive the committee.
FAR REACHING . . . The dark
shroud of secrecy has clothed in
suspicion discussions of the Ap
propriations Subcommittee and
may when regarded necessary
blanket in silence the work of
the Joint Appropriations Com
mittee. This trouble between the Leg
islature and the press is not as
newsworthy as you have been led
to think. This falling-out did not
begin last week, last month, or
last year. Like decaying mash at
a moonshine still, it has been
oozing, bubbling, and grinding
away for some little while now.
The whole thing has political
overtones extending from 1048
to 1954, believe it or not.
In some ways, it is an out
growth of the good old free
wheeling days of the Kerr Scott
administration. You have probab
ly noticed, too, the good name of
Assistant Budget Director Dave
Coltrane popping up occasionally
in the stories on the press ban.
He had little to do with it, but
never mind .
Reporters three weeks ago had
a field day with Sen. James II.
Pou Bailey and then watched
expectantly, seeing a big story
develope, as the Legislature slow
ly chose sides. Last week, it fin
ally caught up with its hauling.
There has been plenty to write
about. Not in five years could
the subcommittee have as much
news. But this thing is not over
yet. Principle of the controversy
is more important than any news
made or hidden. Sudden action
of the Legislature was perhaps
the biggest surprise no hearing,
no nothing but action.
Interesting thing is that most
of you folks who have been
reading and listening to reports
of the rucous would think the
reporters and the legislature are
at each other's throats. Not at all.
In face-to-face contacts, they
have at times been almbst loving.
The Legislature is divided on the
issue, but more important so
is the press.
ANY OTHER QUESTION?. . . .
At least one Raleigh reporter,
handsome Charlie Craven of the
News and Observer, was ap
parently completely carried away
by the Wilmington azaleas and
actress Alexis Smith, this year's
Queen Azalea. In describing Miss
Smith in an article in Saturday
morning's paper, Craven said,
and we quote, "She has light
brown hair and long legs."
There was doubtless some
doubt in the Craven mind about
his leggy description, for in the
very next paragraph he wrote,
"Lieutenant Governor ' Luther
Hodges and Mrs. Hodges were
among the special questions at
Orton."
Any other questions before we
turn this program back over to
the chairman?
BABY SISTERS . . . Nell Batt'.e
Lewis, in her fine column in Ra
leigh's morning daily, wro'e once
upon a time something to the ef
fect that the fremlins which slip
into one's writing have their
birth in some hidden desire or
thought in the subconscious mind.
That's why we have a sneaking
suspicion there was some ques
tion in Craven's subeoncious
mind about his saying Alexis
Smith has long legs. Maybe an
old maid aunt away back there
told Charlie to say limbs, or
something.
This brings to mind a little ar
ticle we saw last week in one of
the State papers and we forget
which one, sorry to say in which
a rporter was writing about some
Presbyterian gathering. We were
just reading along half-intercst-edly.
you know, letting one word
follow another, when we noted
that parents were urged to bring
their children. That was all right,
fine, but then the reporter added
as a bright inducement, an extra
come-on: Baby sisters will be
provided."
A pretty comeoff! We read it
again. That's what it said. Of
course, the reporter meant to say
baby-sitters would be provided.
But, to follow Miss Lewis and
some of the other amateur and
professional psychologists, the
boy or girl who wrote the Pres
byterian church notice wanted a
baby sister. Could have been, we
told ourself, the reporter was
real young and wanted his par
ents to have a little girl, a baby
sister, around the house.
But we frankly lean to the
thought that the writer was a
young married person whose
children had been male one
little old ugly boy after another,
despite all efforts to the contrary
and the old subeoncious was hard
at work, hence the creeper, baby
sisters".
HEAVENLY PEAS . . . Errors of
this nature are not confined to
adults. This past Christmas our
little boy learned a few words of
"Silent Night." There is tricky
wordage in that song, and "round
yon virgin" gave him a hard
time. But "sleep in heavenly
peace" he could never get right.
With him, it was always,
"Sleep in heavenly peas."
We literally wallowed in heav
enly peas at our house through
out Christmns and well into Jan
uary. Whether the offspring
meant garden or the old field va
riety, we have never been able
to figure out.
HEAVENLY BODIES . . . Does
anybody, but anybody, want to
carry Linn Nisbet, who writes
in Raleigh for the afternoon pa
pers of the State? If he had
weighed 100 pounds instead of
about twice that (and solid as
a rock) last week, all that trouble
between Legislature and press
might not have come to a head.
It was like this: In the subcom
mittee meeting, they decided to
go into executive session to dis
cuss budget matters in a way so
informal that it was felt it would
be for the best of all concerned
if the public wasn't looking over
their shouluers. The press was
requested to retire. Lynn at this
point replied he would not leave
and if they wanted to get rid of
him they would have to carry
him bodily. One or two others
voiced similar sentiments. Sen
ate Chairman Copeland said he
just didn't feel up to carrying
anybody out.
Since the members of the sub
committee didn't want to do any
toting, and the reporters would
n't depart under their own steam,
a showdown was inevitable. The
next day the Legislature struck
that body blow.
YOUR
SCHOOL NEWS
By K A. MacDonald
Mrs. Snead's third grade sec
tion at the Raeford Graded school
has just completed a coloring con
test of Easter pictures. The fol
lowing won the first, second,
third, and fourth prizes: David
McBryde, Betty Jean Currie,
Jackie Floyd and Mary Hamil
ton Heyward.
They also have completed a
script-writing contest in which
first, second, third, and fourth
prie winners were: Charles Bak
er, Catherine Sellers, Ann Gatlin,
and Wayne Oesterich.
Easter holidays will be obser
ved by all schools in the county
with the exception of the Hoke
County Indian. They elected to
continue teaching.
Principal Turlington announces
that he was able to secure the
services of Mr. Holtshultzer of
the Sonotone Company who
checked the hearing of a dozen
or more students of the Graded
school. Three were found that
needed careful attention. Two of
these were referred to are special
ists and one who had already
been to specialists, purchased
a hearing aid. Mr. Turlington was
very much pleased with the re
sults of the clinic.
We have been informed by the
County Health Department that
the supplementary eye clinic
scheduled for April has been call
ed off. There were not enough
students needing this attention
to justify the clinic. The students
who do need it will be cared for
on an individual basis by eye
specialists in Fayetteville.
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Jungle Wonders, of the South
eastern Assembly Programs, will
give a show at Assembly time at
the Raeford Graded school today.
Seniors of Hoke High have
started practice for their annual
play which will be given May 8.
The play, "Love Is In The Air",
is a comedy in three acts.
In the recent World Peace
Speaking contest held at Hoke
High, Lawrence McNeill was
chosen winner. He will represent
Hoke County in the district con
test and if the winner there, will
go on to the state contest. This
contest is sponsored annually by
the local Bar Association.
The Hoke High Key club held
its annual "Ladies Night" last
week. The Key club is sponsored
by the Raeford Kiwanis club.
At last the date for the Senior
trip to Washington has been set.
The Seniors have been looking
forward to this trip all year. They
will be gone for four days. W. T.
Gibson, princpal, will be in charge
of the trip.
Hazel McLean, it has just been
announced, has been elected
secretary of the State organiza
tion of Future Home Makers
clubs. We are proud of Hazel.
Annie B. McCoy, winner of the
World Peace speaking contest
held at Upchurch week-before-last
won out in the district corn
iest and now goes to the Region
al contest that will be held at
Johnson C. Smith University in
Charlotte on April 10. .
Annie will be accompanied to
Charlotte by the teachers who
trained her. If she wins in Char
lotte, she and at least one of the
teachers vill get a free trip to
New York where the National
contest will be held. This trip
would include a visit to the UN
and other places of interest in
the city. We hope she wins.
Upchurch will be host to a
district band clinic on April 10.
They are expecting about ten
schools to be represented.
The Senior class at Upchurch
held its annual carnival on Wed
nesday night. It was a most en
joyable occasion.
Upchurch plays its first base
ball game of the season at Troy
on next Wednesday.
On next Thursday the whole
Choral Club at Upchurch will go
to Maxton to participate in the
District Music Festival. They
hope to make a rating that will
entitle them to enter the State
Festival in May.
The Laurel Hill and Shady
Grove schools met for their pro
fessional study at Shady Grove
school, March 30, 1953 at 2 o'clock
p. m.
Their guest speakers were Miss
Josephine Hall, Home Demon
stration Agent of Hoke County.
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Both speakers gave valuable In
formation.
FARM ITEMS
County Agent
Hoke County farmers are eligi
ble to enter the 1953 North Caro
lina Five-acre Cotton Production
contest and also the Hoke Coun
ty contest.
The State Cotton Production
and Quality contest, known as
the Five-Acre Cotton contest, is
being promoted and sponsored by
the North Carolina Cotton Seed
Crushers Association, North Car
olina Cotton Growers Coopera
tive Association, Cotton Ginners,
and other interest of the State.
The county contest is being pro
moted and sponsored by the mer
chants of Raeford and Hoke
County.
There will be a first and sec
ond prize of $800 and $400 res
pecticely. The State will be di
vided into three districts with a
first, second, and third prize of
$300, $200, and $100 for each dis
trict. County prizes will be set
up later. Any farmer (landlord
or tenant) producing as much as
five acres of cotton in one body
is eligible to enter the contest.
The prizes in the cotton contests
are very good, but they are not
the goal of the contest. The con
test is being sponsored to per
suade our cotton farmers to pro
duce more quality cotton per
acre at less expense on the entire
acreage of the farm.
Hoke County is a large cotton
producing county, and the mer
chants and other people interested
in cotton production are sponsor
ing this contest to get our far
mers to do a better job with cot
ton production.
Cotton farmers of the county
who wish to enter this contest
may do so by getting an applica
tion and set of rules at the Coun
ty Agents office or the Vocation
al Agriculture teacher. '
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Arabia News
By Mr. D. B. Trarwick
Mrs. W. S. Crawley, Mrs. Clay
ton Adams, Mrs. Ada Jackson and
Mrs. Luther Jackson, Jr., visited
Mrs. Tom Jones at Highsmith's
Monday afternoon.
The B. T. U. Juniors gave a
very interesting Easter program
Sunday night at Ephesus church,
supervised by Ellerbe Jackson
and Mrs. Lester Sessons.
Mrs. S. P. Trawick is spending
this week in Lanrinburg ' with
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Trawick and
family.
Mrs. Robert Hendrix is visiting
Mr. and Mrs. James Hendrix this
week.
A public supper 6f hot dogs,
pies and all the accessories will
be given by the Mildouson school
and club members Friday night
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COKER-100 WILT -RESISTANT
Cotton Seed
Seed Department
T. B. UPCHURCH, INC.
for the Community House repairs.
Mrs. Carrie Barlow and Miss
Elva McGougan spent last week
end with Mr. and Mrs. James
Hendrix in Wilmington.
Several people of this commun
ity went to see the Azalea festi
val last week in Wilmington.
The stockholders who bought
Freddie's Lake last fall are do
ing an excellent job of work get
ting it ready for the summer
visitors.
Mr. and Mi-s. D. B. Ray and
son, D. B. Jr., moved to Rock
fish last Saturday.
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of commission, and I certainly
hope there will be some way an
other can be provided. While we
did get away with using private
cars for the trips for many years,
I think that the bus was safer
and better for several reasons.
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Carran of Nevada, member of the
Senate Military Appropriations
Committee.
Representative Harry A.
Greene also delivered certified
copies of the resolution passed
last week by the North Carolina
General Assembly to officials in
Washington who were designat
ed as recipients in the resolution
itself. These included the Presi
dent, vice-president, Secretary of
Defense, Senators Smith and
Hoey, and all members of Con
gress from North Carolina.
County Commissioners Act
While in Washington Fulford
McMillan, chairman of the Hoke
County board of commissioners,
and N. H. G. Balfour, member
and former chairman of the
board, carried the matter to the
National Association of County
Officials. This group, represent
ing counties all over the country,
had a conference at the White
House on Tuesday concerning
the protection of counties as un
its of government in the country.
At this time the Hoke Courfty
matter was brought up and dis
cussed fully, and the White
House was fully advised as to
the impact on the county of the
loss of 44,370 more acres of land.
After further investigation the
matter will be brought to the at
tention of the President, if ne
cessary. Committees Contacted
The delegation also had a con
ference in Mr. Deane's office
with Phillip Kelleher, secretary
to the House Armed Services
Committee, with the view of
learning exactly how the matter
will be h'andled when it comes to
this committee again. In Senator
Smith's office the group met with
William Darden, secretary to the
Senate Armed Services Commit
tee, with the same objective.
RAEFORD, N. C.