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The Hoke County News
The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLVII; NUMBER 43
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1953
RAEFORD, N. C.
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By the Editor
Tommie Upchurch was telling
me about a fellow he was with
in Washington a few weeks ago.
This fellow, it seems, was from
Texas and operates the biggest
cotton ginning plant in the State.
While they were together in Wash
ington a tornado struck his home
town and did a great deal of dam
age. The man's wife called him
to advise that his family was all
right, and he asked her what hap
pened to an old blind man that
lived near by. She couldn't ans
wer at the time, so he told her
to find out and let him know.
She called him back to say that
the old man had not been hurt.
Some time later Tommie asked
him how his gins and other busi
ness enterprises had come out and
he said he didn't know, reckon
he'd have to call again and ask
about them.
Appointment to fill the vacancy
on the county board of commis
sioners caused by the death of
Marshall Newton will be made by
Clerk of Superior Court J. B.
Cameron, according to state law.
I guess John will get a consider
able amount of advice until the
appointment, and a considerable
amount of cussing after he makes
it, regardless of whom he names.
He can pick a man from any sec
tion of the county he wants to,
but many guesses are that it will
be someone . from . McLauchlin
township, since the people of the
county had elected Mr. Newton
from there. I think he should
pick the man he thinks can and
will give the most to the job, re
gardless of what community he
lives in. Marshall Newton .was a
competent, fair-minded commis
sioner, and a good man for the
whole county, and the same stand
ards should - be used in picking
his successor.
Opinion of most people I have
talked to seems to be that there
were record crowds at the Rae
ford churches last Sunday morn
ing. It was a beautiful day, one
in which even the worst of us
sinners' didn't have to look for
the glory of God. It was every
where, and plain to see.
Giving is good for us all, and
rare is the one of us who gives
more than he should to charities
and worthy causes. It. does seem
to ma, though, that there should
be some way to consolidate a few
of the many chances we get to
give around here. It seems that,
in writing for .the paper, I don't
miss a week in handling an arti
cle about some new fund-raising
campaign. They are all deserv
ing causes, I know, but there is
such a glut of tHem that I won
der if they all wouldn't do better
if they would get together and
make one strong 'appeal to the
public, divide the take and call
it quits until next year.
They say that "Shorty" Clark,
almost seven feet of him, is real
ly a scream as the bride in the
Womenless Wedding the Lions
Club is staging at the High School
at eight o'clock Friday night.
This is another affair being stag
ed to help pay for the new grand
piano at the High School.
About 200 citizens of the coun
ty met at the courthouse Satur
day night and got a first-hand re
port from their committee which
went to Washington last week
on the Army land acquisition
matter. They got it straight from
the shoulder, with spades being
called spades, and concensus
seems to be that there is still al
most an even chance to save the
land, depending on two or three
largely unpredictable develop
ments. "A little thing is a little thing,
but faithfulness in a little thing
is a great thing."
Miss Sue Gulledge spent the
week-end In Raleigh with friends.
Baptists Complete
Plans For Youth
Week April 12-19
On Wednesday night, April 8
the following young people of
the Raeford Baptist church will
be presented their keys to vari
ous church offices which they
will hold during Youth Week
April 12-April 19: Pastor C. J.
Benner, Jr., Asst. Pastor, Jimmy
Peek, D. R. E.; Linda Mercer,
Organist, Janice Benner, Pianist;
Helen Rose, Clerk; Jackie Bag
gett; Treasurer Leon Gatlin,; S.
S. Superintendent, Roger Dixon;
S. S. Secretary, Kermit Wood;
T. U. Director, Kenneth Culbreth;
I T. U. Secretary, Phillip Edge; W.
I M. U. President, Lilmar Sue Gat
i lin; W. M. U. Secretary, Lavinia
vvaue; rrowernuoa x -resioem,
Robert Weaver; Brotherhood Sec
retary, Fred Williams; Chairman
of Deacons, Bobby Setzer; Chief
Usher, Everett Garrison.
Other officers will be: Deacons:
Milton Glisson, Kenneth Culbreth,
Everett Garrison, Jimmy Peek,
Robert Weaver, Kermit Wood,
Jimmy Baker, Weldon Bishop,
Dale Connell, Jackie Baggett,
Richard Hord and Jackie Morris.
Ushers: Bobby Blanton, James
Odom, Garvin Bishop, George
Parks, Jr., Howard Hendrix, Har
old McCashier, Jerry Wilson,
Jim Wade, Paul Blanton, and Ray
Thomas. Sunday School Teach
ers: Sue Gulledge, Gathael Gar
rison, Betty Kinlaw, Anne Mercer,
Sarah L. McGirt, Helen Rose,
Jean Cook, Irene Lane, Lavinia
Wade, Evelyn Blanton, Carol
Coberly, Sandra Wood, Janice
Benner, Nancy Bishop, Treva
Duncan, Faye Dark, Barbara
Warlick, and Lilmar S. Gatlin.
Counselors for this Youth week
are Mrs. Judson Lennon, Mrs.
Wilton Wood, and J. L. Edge, Jr.
During the week all the import
ant meetings of the church will
be scheduled in order to give
these officers an opportunity to
serve in their respective places of
leadership.
A corps of evangelistic college
students from Wake Forest will
conduct a Youth Revival on April
18-19. Under the leadership of
Wilton Wood, a committee com
posed of Ramona Cornwell, June
Connell, and C. J. Benner, Jr.,
has made preparatory plans for
this revival. Some of these plans
include prayer services and
groups of personal workers. This
week-end is expected to be the
climax of Youth Week, and ev
eryone is extended a warm invi
tation to attend all services.
YOUR
SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
The white and Indian schools
have completed the seventh
month. As soon as the colored
schools complete their seventh
month the organization report
will be prepared and sent to Ra
leigh. This is the report on which
the teacher allottment for next
year is made. Below is given the
total enrollment, membership and
percentage in attendance for the
white and Indian schools for the
seventh month.
White: Ashemont 139, 124, 92.4;
Mildouson 99, 87, 94.6; Hoke
High Elementary 148, 133, 91.7;
Raeford Elementary 626, 547, 91.7;
Rockfish 126 106, 97.3 Hoke
County Indian 234, 218, 78.8
Total absences for the above
schools were 2806. While this is
a considerable reduction from the
sixth month, we still feel that
there are entirely too many ab
sences. We hope that everyone
will work to reduce the incidence.
The Rockfish PTA will hold
its regular monthly meeting next
Tuesday evening, April 14, at
7:30 o'clock.
The faculty and principal of
the Raeford Graded school wish
to thank the boys in the trades
class, at Upchurch and their in
structor for building retaining
wall in front of the main en
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Judge Tells Man
To Stay In County
In Court Tuesday
In Recorder's Court Tuesday
Judge T. O. Moses reversed the
occasionally used precedure of
telling a guilty man to stay out of
the county for a certain length of
time. Joe Willie Sutherland, col
ored, pled guilty of non-support.
Sentence was two years on the
roads, to be suspended on condi
tion that Southerland live in this
county for two years, pay $10
weekly toward his family's sup
port and pay court costs.
Fred Wilson, colored, pled guil
ty of violating the prohibition
laws. He got 60 days suspended
on payment of $50 and costs.
James Patterson, colored, got
30 days suspended on payment
of $10 and costs for public drunk
enness and 60 days suspended on
payment of $50 and costs for car
rying a concealed weapon.
Nathaniel Williams, colored,
was" found not guilty on a charge
of being drunk in a public place.
Hubert McLean, colored, paid
costs for having improper driv
er's license. Dora Lee Gilchrist,
colored, paid $25 and costs for
having no driver's license. State
dropped its charge of having, no
driver's license against Charles
Malcolm McNeill, colored, but he
had to pay $10 and costs for hav
ing bad brakes. Leroy McKenzie,
colored, paid costs for having im
proper equipment on his car.
John R. Moriarty, white, paid
$25 and costs for careless and
reckless driving. On the same
charge Wade E. Jenkins, white,
had to pay $10 and costs.
Duane Spencer, white, and Roy
Lee McLean, colored, each paid
$10 and costs for speeding. Has
ker Dean, colored, left a $25 bond
for the same offense.
Willie Green Huey, colored,
got 30 days suspended on payment
of $20 and costs for passing in
the face of oncoming traffic.
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Hoke Men Leave
For Induction
Center Monday
A group of 12 Hoke County
men left Raeford Monday to be
inducted into the Army under
the Selective Service system.
They were sent from here to Ra
leigh, and were to proceed from
there to Fort Jackson, S. C, for
basic training.
The five white men included
Robert Hawks, Jr., Bennie D.
Mays, Jesse Bryan Miller, Ar
chie Elbert Bundy and Lloyd
Faircloth. Seven colored men
who went were Otis Mitchell,
Willie Zett Purcell, John Daniel
McLauchlin, Henry Shields, Jr.,
Richard McLauchlin Kelly, Hen
ry Gazel Monroe and Hughie
Jones, Jr.
Clifton E. Dean and Leonard
E. Dunn, who were to have been
inducted with the group, were
transferred to the Army from the
local National Guard unit in their
National Guard grades.
Mrs. J. M. Baker, clerk to the
local draft board, said that Eu
gene Mclnnis, white, and Eddie
Hubert McCrimmon and Timothy
Calvin Taylor, colored, were to
have been indupted with the
group but have not been located.
She said that the call was for 20
men and that 14 were sent, count
ing the two from the National
Guard. Five men from the coun- I
ty will be sent for induction on
May 4, Mrs. Baker said.
She said that in recent pre
induction examinations 33 were
examined on March 23 and 10
were accepted. On April 1, 17
were examined and report has
not been made on results.
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Mr. and Mrs. Leon McKay of
Dunn were here for the week
end with Mrs. McKay's mother,
Mrs. A. K. Currie.
Mrs. Manley Norton spent
Easter in Shelby with her son
and his family, the Rev. and Mrs.
Zane Gray Norton.
1953 Cancer Crusade
Starts In County;
Runs Through Month
Mrs. Furman O. Clark, chair
man of the Hoke County Can
cer Crusade for 1953, announced
this week that the organization
for the drive had been completed
and urged people of the county
to be generous in their contri
butions. The crusade will continue
throughout the month of April,
she said, pointing out that can
cer strikes one person out of five,
and that only through research
can the threat of this dread dis
ease be eliminated. Funds raised
in the drive are used in the never
ending search for a cure.
Mrs. Clark said that in addi
tion to contributions made di
rectly to workers in the county,
they may be mailed simply to
Cancer, care of the Raeford post
office.
Goal for the drive in this county
has been set at $750, Mrs. Clark
said, a small part of the $18,000,
000 expected to be raised in the
United States. As well as re
search the money will be used
for service to patients, public
and professional education about
cancer, and general expansion of
programs of service.
Chairmen in the communities of
Hoke County were announced by
Mrs. Clark as follows: Raeford,
Mrs. C. R. Suddreth and Mrs. H.
K. Brady; Ashcley Heights, Mrs.
Cole Almond; Montrose, Mrs. W.
L. McFadyen; Ashemont, Mrs.
E. B. Satterwhite, Pine Forest,
Mrs. J. F. Jordan; Allendale, Miss
Willie Mae. Llcs; Wayside, Mrs.
Richard Neeley; Dundarrach, Mrs.
Jesse Gibson; Arabia, Brown
Hendrix.
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Marlin Dees, Hoke
Native, Dies In Cal.
Marlin Dees , 35-year-old Air
Force man, and native of this
County, died Monday at Mather
Air Force Base, California. He
had recently returned from his
second tour of duty in Korea.
Funeral and burial will be at
Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian church
in Little River Township at a
date to be announced later.
A native of the Dundarrach
section of the county, he was the
son of the late John and Harriet
Dees, and had grown up in Little
River Township, attending the
Vass-Lakeview High school. He
had been in the Army and Air
Force for about 18 years.
He is survived by his wife and
two children; three brothers, Po
lice Chief H. E. Dees of Raeford,
Leslie of Portsmouth, Va., and
Daniel of Winston-Salem, two
sisters, Mrs. W. L. Jones and
Mrs. H. O. Wooten, both of Vass,
RFD.
Home Demonstration
Federation To Meet
In Rockingham Wed.
The annual meeting of the 16th
District Federation of Home Dem
onstration Clubs, which includes
Hoke, Scotland, Richmond, and
Anson Counties, will be held in
the West Rockingham Methodist
Church in Rockingham on Wed
nesday, April 15.
Arrangements have been made
for the Hoke County women to go
to the meeting on a chartered bus
which will leave from in front
of the Raeford Courthouse at
9:00 a. m. that morning. Lunch
will be sold at the Church. Those
planning to attend are asked to
register in the Home Demonstra
tion Agent's office immediately.
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LEGION PLANS FISH
FRY MONDAY NIGHT
The regular monthly meeting
of the Ellis Williamson American
Legion post will be in the form
of a fish fry at Clyde Upchurch's
pond in Raeford next Monday
night at 7:00 o'clock. The pond is
located below the Oil Mill on the
southeast extension of Oakwood
Avenue, and members are urged
to attend.
Marshall Newton
Buried Monday At
Galatia Church
Dies In Fayetteville Sunday
Marshall Newton, prominent
farmer and merchant of McLau
chlin Township, passed away in
a Fayetteville hospital Sunday
afternoon shortly after three
o'clock following an illness of
several weeks. He had suffered
a heart attack on the afternoon
of March 3 from which he never
recovered.
He was a son of the late H. C.
Newton of Marlboro County, S.
C, and Mrs. Mattie Bennett New
ton of Cumberland County. He
was born in Marlboro County but
grew up in Cumberland.
He was one of the organizers
and a member of the board of
directors of the Lumber River
Electric Membership Corporation,
and was serving his second term
as a member of the Hoke County
Board of Commissioners at the
time of his death. He was deep
ly concerned with the prospect
of the loss of more land in the
county to the Army and had been
active on this matter as a mem
ber of the board.
Mr. Newton was an elder in the
Galatia Presbyterian Church, and
the funeral service was conduct
ed there at five o'clock Monday
afternoon by the pastor, the Rev.
Beverly O. Shannon. Assisting
were the Rev. R. H. Poole of St,
Pauls and the Rev. W. B. Hey-
ward of Raeford. Pallbearers
were nephews of the deceased
and burial was in the churchyard
cemetery at Galatia.
Surviving are his mother; his
wife, the former Cleva Martin
of St. Pauls; a son, Edwin New
ton of the home; a daughter, Mrs.
Edward Brisson of St. Pauls;
two grandchildren; a sister, Mrs.
Neill McCormack of St. Pauls;
eight brothers, H. S. Newton of
Parkton, Glenn Newton of
Bladenboro, Tom Newton, J. A.
Newton, M. C. Newton, Edwin
D. Newton, Bill T. Newton and
Gordon Newton, all of Fayette
ville, Route 3.
Red Cross Drive
Extended 2 Weeks
J. W. Canaday, Hoke County
Chairman of the 1953 Red Cross
fund drive, said this week that
the drive had been extended for
two weeks and that several bene
fit social affairs were being plan
ned to help raise the quotas in
several communities.
The chairman said that only
about $1000, or one-third of the
quota given the county, had been
turned in so far, but he had hopes
of raising the remainder in the
next two weeks. He urged all
the people of the county to help
in the drive, and called attention
the many services the Red Cross
renders to people in need in all
walks of life, as well as to
members of the armed services
all over the world.
Local Lady's Mother
Dies In Rowland
Mrs, Lela Cottingham McCor
mick, 81, widow of John A Mc
Cormick, died at her home in
Rowland Sunday. The daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jackson
Cottingham, she was the mother
of Mrs. G. W. Williamson of Rae
ford: Funeral services were conduct
ed Monday afternoon at four
o'clock at the Ashpole Presby
terian Church, and burial fol
lowed in the church cemetery.
In addition to Mrs. Williamson,
Mrs. McCormick is survived by
two other daughters, two sons,
five brothers and seven sisters.
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Major and Mrs. Lewis Hart
and son of Langley Field, Va.
spent several days with Mrs.
Hart's mother, Mrs. Arah Stuart.
Mr. and Mrs. Fay Morris of
New Bern were week-end guests
of Mrs. A. R. Morris.
Lockey Endorsed
For Highway Job
By County Board
The Hoke County Board of
Commissioners at their regular
monthly meeting on Tuesday,
passed a resolution endorsing
Mayor Forrest Lockey of Aber
deen for the job as Sixth Division
Highway Commissioner.
Upon resolution of W. M.
Thomas, Seconded by Douglas Mc
Phaul, the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
"Resolved, that we, the Board
of Commissioners of Hoke County,
hereby endorse Forrest Lockey of
Aberdeen, N. C. for appointment
of Highway Commissioner of the
Sixth Division. Mr. Lockey pos
sesses outstanding ability to han
dle the job of commissioner. He
is a man of sound judgment, and
is energetic, fair and honest in
all his dealings. He spent his
early years in Hoke County and
our people have watched his suc
cessful career with admiration,
and his appointment as Highway
Commissioner will meet universal
approval in Hoke Oounty."
George Coble of Lexington is
present commissioner of the Sixth
Division and his term will expire
April 30.
The board also passed a resolu
tion on the death Sunday of Mar
shall Newton, a member of the
board. This resolution will be
published next week.
Hoke High Wins
Two In Week
On Diamond
The Hoke High Bucks won
their second and third baseball
games of the season this past
week as they downed Wagram
in a lopsided game Friday 24-4
and took a fourteen inning con
test from Tar Heel Tuesday af
ternoon 10-16.
Against Wagram Friday they
spotted the visitors two runs, one
in the first on a triple and an er
ror and one in the second on
another hit and two errors be
fore they scored themselves in
the second. But the bottom fell
out for the visitors in the third
and fourth innings. The locals
sent fourteen men to bat in the
third inning as they scored nine
runs on five hits, three walks
and three errors. These were
enough to win the game but j
they still wanted more and got
ten runs in the fourth inning on
eight hits and three walks. Their
final runs came in the sixth in
ning on four hits and an error.
Wagram was never in the game
after the fatal third and fourth
innings, but scored two in the
fifth innings on two hits and an
error.
Jim Bracy pitched for the
Bucks and allowed five hits,
struck out four and showed won
derful control as he allowed no
bases on balls. McLeod and
Brown led at the plate with four
for five each. McPhaul got three
in Jive trips.
In Tar Heel Tuesday afternoon
the Bucks were forced to go four
teen innings against their oppon
ents before winning 10-6. At the
end of nine innings the score was
tied at 6-6. Ratford got six runs
by scoring two in the second in
ning, three in the fifth on two
doubles and a walk and one in the
eighth inning on a triple and an
infield out.
Tar Heel got two in the first
one each in the fourth and fifth
and two in the seventh.
Raeford's winning runs in the
fourteenth came on three singles
and a walk. In all the Bucks got
15 hits with Brown and Bobbitt
getting four for seven and Sap
penfield getting four for five.
Supplying the extra base power
was Brown with a double and
Sappenfield with two doubles
and a triple.
Hardin pitched for Raeford,
gave up nine hits, struck out five
and walked four.
The locals will play away from
home until the 22 of this month
meeting Wagram Friday and
Southern Pines next Wednesday.
One Car Man
Suing Another:
Hannon vs Bray
$32,000 Asked For Slander
David Hannon, automobile sales
man for Moore Motor Company
of Aberdeen, last week filed suit
against Bernard Bray, of the Rae
ford Auto Company here, asking
$7,000 actual compensatory dam
ages and $25,000 punitive dam
ages. The complaint, prepared by the
Lumberton law firm of McLean
and Stacy, alleges that Hannon
as a salesman for Moore Motor
Co., contracted to deliver 75
Ford cars to Safety Cab Co., of
Fayetteville at the. rate of 15 per
month, and that two of 15 al
ready delivered had been sent
by Safety Cab Co., to Raeford to
be used as taxicabs;
That Bray, Who owns an in
terest in Raeford Auto Co., found
out that Safety- Cab Co., had
bought the 75 cars from Moore
Motor Co., -and called a Mr. Ben
ton, of the Ford Motor Co., in
Charlotte, telling him substant
ially " The deal whereby David
Hannon sold 75 cars to Safety
Cab Co., for Moore Motor Co.,
is a crooked deal. David Hannon
is not only making a profit on
the sale of the cars, but he is al
so making a profit on the opera
tion of the taxicabs in Raeford."
That Benton, acting for the
Ford Motor Co., accepted Bray's
charges as true and cancelled
the contract which Hannon had
negotiated with Safety Cab Co.,
for 75 cars;
That on the same day, March
18, 1953, Bray said on the streets
of Raeford in the presence of
Julian Wright, Belton Wright
and others, substantially "David
Hannon has pulled a crooked
deal on Ford Motor Co., and I
am going to see that he loses his
job with Moore Motor Co";
That these statements amount
to moral turpitude, and that
they were false and defamatory
statements attacking the charac
ter, honor and integrity of the
plaintiff; that they were intended
to and did harm, discredit and
damage his reputation and cause
him to lose his $7,000 commission
on the cars he had sold Safety
Cab Co., for Moore Motor Co.,
that the words were spoken with
the intent and purpose of injur
ing plaintiff in his trade and did
so;
That plaintiff's reputation and
standing in community was there
by damaged and he has been held
up to scorn, contempt and ridi
cule and has damaged his good
name and character before the
public; that plaintiff asks judg
ment of $7,000 actual and $25,000
punitive damages, costs and such
other relief as plaintiff may be
entitled to upon the whole cause.
Scouts Planning
Unique Session
Some 250 Boy Scouts form
100 troops in eight Southeastern
North Carolina Counties are ex
pected to attend a unique Junior
Leaders Training Conference at
the Royal Palm Hotel, Carolina
Beach, April 17, 18, and 19, Neill
Cornwall, Boy Scouts of Ameri
ca Executive announced today.
The Conference is set up and
run entirely by the Scouts, from
11 to 14 years old, and adult par
ticipation in the event is limit
ed to roles as discussion leaders
and advisors.
The event is planned by the
boys from the beginning to the
end and all decisions are made
by them Cornwall said.
Representatives from Boy Scouts
troops in New Hanover, Pender,
Brunswick, Columbus, Bladen,
Robeson, Scotland and Hoke
Counties will attend the three
day conference.
The purpose of the meeting is
to train the boy leaders in the
functions of Scouting, Cornwall
said.
Friday, April 17, members will
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