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I June real voici or Mf (DOM VOICE OF IfUIPOM CUAJUkAB i hi trv The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XLVII; NUMBER 46 THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1953 RAEFORD, N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPY $3.00 PER YEAR News - Jon T'fhf ClUiUMAH Of J" . J.- Bj the Editor Saw in this morning's paper where Hoke's Senator J. B. Thom as was among those on the Joint Appropriations Committee of the General Assembly who voted down the extra increase in pay for school teachers when it ap peared that granting - it would put the budget some $4,000,000 out of balance. I think he was right, under the circumstances. New county commissioner ap pointed by Court Clerk J. B. Cameron and sworn in on Tues day morning is W. M. "Bill" Mon roe, farmer of McLauchlin Town ship. He lives in the same gener al neighborhood as did the late Marshall Newton, whom he re places, is married and has five childrep and five grandchildren. He is a former member of the county board of education and is a deacon of Galatia Presbyter ian church. His appointment meets the approval of those with whom I have talked, and is ex pected by these to be generally satisfactory to the people of the county. Dr. W. C. Reed of Thomasville, superintendent of the Baptist Or phanage of North Carolina with plants in Thomasville and Kins ton, spoke to the Racford Kiwanis Club last Thursday night. He was introduced by Robert Gatlin, a member of the orphanage board of trustees. Dr. Reed had appear ed here several times before, and as usual he deeply Impressed his audience with the greatness of his work and his complete dedi cation to it . . . what he calls "removing the shackles" from children. He's a man who is real ly sold on his job, and he'll sell you if you listen a minute or two. Said he had never asked for a cent for the orphanages, and I can well believe that he never had to. Crawford Thomas and Harry Greene were in Washington Tues day and Wednesday of this week conferring with various people in the continuing effort to save 44, 370 acres of Hoke County land from acquisition by the Army. The county's committee is try ing to keep a continual pressure on this matter in the places it will do the most good. I have said several times that we must not weaken in our determination to win this fight for the county's survival, and that we must not give up. Well two or three things lately have caused a strong feel ing of optimism among our people. I don't believe we can afford to get this way too much, either. We have a long, hard way to go, and at best an even chance to win, the way I see it. Friends of Congressman C. B. Deane were interested to see the treatment he got from Lynn Nis bet, Raleigh columnist for sev eral of the State's afternoon news papers, one day last week. A col umn was devoted to Deane, be ginning wiUY'If any member of Congress from North Carolina ever deserved the' sympathy of his colleagues and constituents and other friends" it is he, and continuing to tell of the difficul ties arising from a district such as the Eighth, like which there probably never was. He told about it running from the South Carolina line 75 miles from the coast to within 10 miles of Vir ginia and 15 of Tennessee, and that he couldn't even drive in it from one end to the other. The columnist went on to talk of the Congressman's troubles with post offices in the mauntainous, Repub lican end, with the Army want ing land from the Democratic county of Hoke, with Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem wanting a lot of land In Yadkin County for a reservoir. In both of the latter cases, he points out, Deane is faced with his district being taken to help people in other districts. Nisbet'i discus ( Continued On Paj 4) m pill ii i J V VK DIGNITARIES TO SPEAK AT FMC These are some of the notable guests and speakers to be at the three-day convocation at Flora Mac donald College this week. Left to Right, top row, they are, General and Mrs. George Marshall and Mrs. Ernest Ives. Center right, Con gressman Walter H. Judd. Botton row, left to right, Robert M. Hanes, Dr. Clarence Macartney, and Norman Cordon. FIRST EVENTS TO BE FRIDAY FMC Convocation Program Colorful . Flora Macdonald college will be the scene of a great "gathering of the clans" this week, when the three-day convocation, which will stress, "facing the outlook for women's education in the sec ond half of the twentieth cen tury, opens Friday, April 17. The colorful program will fea ture a number of notable speak ers including General George C. Marshall, Congressman Walter H. Judd of Minnesota, Dr. Clar ence Edward Maccartney of Pitts burg, one of the nation's out standing preachers, Mrs. Ernest Ives of SouthernPines, and Rob ert M. Hanes of Winston-Salem. Programs will include panel dis cussions, musical and dramatic features, several special dinners, etc. Norman Cordon, bass-baritone of Metropolitan fame, will be soloist for the event. Following registration on Fri day afternoon at three o'clock, open house will be held and col lege students will act as guides on campus tours of the college and gardens. Dr. Warner L. Hall of Char lotte will be guest speaker on the program of the pastors' dinner, to be given in honor of all pas tors in Orange, Wilmington, and Fayetteville Presbyteries. Music by the college choral club and a solo by Mr. Cordon will also fea ture this dinner program. The all-musical program Fri day evening, under the direction of Dr. Charles G. Vardell, Jr., Dean of the Flora Macdonald Conservatory of Music, will in clude a concert by the 440th Army Band (18 Airborne Corps) from Fort Bragg, Charles S. Belstering, director; Community singing dir ected by Paul Peterson, head of the voice department at Salem college, Winson-Salem; a group of solos by Mr. Cordon; ballads and folk songs by FMC Choral Club; student chorus of 200 voi ces; and Scottish dances in cos tume by Flora Macdonald stu dents. The program will close with "America the Beautiful" by Mr. Cordon, the Choral Club, Chorus and Band. Accompanists will be Dean Vardell and Pro fessor Sinclair, piano, and Pro fessor Williams, organ, all of the Flora Macdonald Conservatory faculty. Dr. B. Frank Hall will preside at the panel discussion Saturday morning. Appearing on this pro gram, which will have as its theme, "Education for Citizen ship", will be Dr. Hunter B. Blakely of Richmond, executive secretary of Christian Education in the Presbyterian church, U. S.; Dr. Sylvester Green of Chap el Hill, executive secretary of the Medical Foundation of North Jy Carolina; Dr. Samuel Howie, Highland Piesbyterian church, Fayetteville; and representing the alumnae association, Miss Helen Sherrill, Director of Religious Ed ucation, First Presbyterian church, Fayetteville, Miss Martha Gait ley Of Raleigh, secretary in office of Synod of North Carolina, and Mrs. Waylon Blue of Sanford, prominent church leader. At 12 noon, a fashion show will be pre sented by the clothing division of the FMC house economics depart ment, and at one o'clock, the mid century alumnae reunion dinner will be featured by two timely addresses "Until Now", by Dr. Price H. Gwynn, Jr., Dean of the college, and "From Here On", by Dr. Marshalll Scott Wooodon, President. Saturday afternoon, the FMC Highland Players, under the dir ection of Professors Neil Watson and William Reagan, will present "Twelfth Night", with a cast of 16 students in period costumes. Original Sixteenth Century mu sic will be under the direction of Professor David Meese of the Conservatory faculty. Robert M. Hanes of Winston Salem, President of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, will speak at a special dinner for mer ( Continued On Page 4) LOCAL LADY'S HUSBAND DECORATED IN KOREA Captain Joseph H. Hoffman, whose wife is the former Patsy Blue of Raeford, recently receiv ed the Bronze Star Medal while serving as battalion operations officer with the. 17th regiment of the 7th Infantry Division in Ko rea. Captain Hoffman, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hoffman of Phila delphia, was cited for bravery and exemplary leadership in ac tion against the enemy on Tri angle Hill, Korea. While he is in Korea Captain Hoffman's wife and son are with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Blue, here. 0 ELMER GORDON INQUEST SET FOR NEXT TUESDAY Hoke County Coroner James C. Lentz announced this week that an inquest into the death of Hen ry Elmer Gordon would be held at the courthouse on Tuesday night, April 21, at 8:00 o'clock. Gordon died following the wreck ing of two vehicles on February 9 on the Timberland-Five Points road about six and a half miles west of Raeford. Gordon's broth er, Eugene Gordon, and Robie Calloway were injured at the same time, but both are now out of the hospital. Talmadge Melton was also In the wreck. Short Session Of Recorder's Court In an old case that Judge T. O. Moses had several weeks to think about, he decided that there wasn't a case against Thom as Morris, colored man charged with breaking and entering at night with intent to commit rape. At the Tuesday morning session of Hoke County recorder's court he ruled no probable cause to close the case. William Hector Odom, white, got 90 days suspended on payment of $100 and costs for driving drunk. In another case he paid $10 and costs for damaging the jail. BiJI McNeill, colored, pled guilty to a charge that he cut his wife with a razor blade. Sen tence was six to eight months, suspended on payment of costs and on condition of two years good behavior. Columbus Thomas, , colored, paid $15 and costs for having no brakes. James Dean White, white, pled guilty of careless and reckless driving. Judgment was suspend ed on payment of $100 and costs and his driver's license was sus pended for one year. Milton Davis, colored, pled guilty of careless and reckless driving and paid $25 fine, costs and $30.50 damages. William Preston Griffith, white, paid costs for careless and reckless driving, no one having been in volved but himself. Speeders included J. J. Catuara, white, $10 and costs; Murl F. Tul- lis, white, $25 and costs; James C. Harris, white, $20 and costs R. D. Fleming, Leslie T. Alls brook, and Willie D. Holland, all white, $25 bonds forfeited. Rumor From Washington Sounds Good The following news release went out from Washington, D. C, Wednesday night over the wire services to newspa pers and radio stations. Its source was not available to The News-Journal at press time. "Prospects for blocking the Army's plan to acquire thou sands of acres of Hoke and Cumberland for expansion of the Fort Bragg reservation brightened today when it was learned that an influential Senate Republican may fight the plan. Informed sources said Senator Homer Ferguson, Re publican of Michigan, is great ly disturbed by the Army's proposal to take more than 52,000 acres of land, mostly in Hoke, for an artillery firing range and for a corridor toward Camp Mackall. Ferguson is the ranking Republican member of the senate appropriations com mittee and a member of its sub-committee on military ap propriations." 0 Claude Frye Buried In Moore County J. Claude Frye, 49-year-old man, died in Moore County hos pital Monday after an illness of a month. He was the husband of the former Sadie Haire of this county. Funeral and burial service was conducted at Beulah Hill Bap tist church on Monday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock by the Rev. Max A. Gilmore, pastor, and. D. T. A. Cheatham. In addition to his wife he Is survived by five daughters and three sons. 0 Miss Millie Oliver of Pine Level spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Baker. Mrs. Leon McKay of Dunn spent several days this week with her mother, Mrs. A. K. Currie, who has been ill. Charleston Man Will Preach At Methodist Revival V-' " ! .i.twinj IJk AmhmsHi i&mkum REV. C. L. WOODARD Special services in connection with the Methodist Evangelistic Mission will be held at the Rae ford Methodist Church it was an nounced this week by the pastor, the Rev. P. O. Lee. The Rev. C. L. Woodard of Charleston, S. C. will be the guest preacher in the Raeford Methodist Church. He will preach at the morning service on Sunday, April 19, at evening services at 7:45 o' clock Monday (through Friday, and at the 11:00 a. m. service on April 26 he will conclude the series. The general theme of the evan gelistic mission is "You Need Christ Now!" This will be the general idea back of the week of preaching in the 1500 Methodist Churches in Virginia and eastern North Carolina, April 19-26. Beginning next Sunday, April 19, and during the following week, local Methodists will be visiting in the homes of their community to witness for Christ and his Church, seeking to win others to the Christian way. At least 15,000 laymen will participate in the "walking revival", going out in teams of two. A part of the Southeastern Ju risdiction Evangelistic Mission be ing sponsored by Methodists in the nine state area, the Mission in this area will be the largest ever undertaken. The goal is to win 20,000 per sons to Christ and membership in Methodist Churches. Bruce Phillips Heads ECC Sophomores Bruce Phillips of Raeford has been chosen by his classmates as president of the sophomore class at East Carolina College for the 1953-54 term. He has participated in various student activities at the college this year and has serv ed as sports writer on the "East Carolinian," student newspaper. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Phillips of Raeford and graduated from Hoke County High School last year. p INSURANCE AGENT GETS AWARD FOR SALES Neill J. Blue, Raeford agent of the New York Life Insurance Company, has been named a member of the 1952 Star Club, the company has announced. He has been invited to attend an educational conference of the Star Club April 20-23 at the Sheraton Beach Hotel, Daytona Beach, Florida. 0 STONY POINT SINGING There will be a singing at the Stony Point Baptist church Sun day, April 19, at 2:30 p. m. This is a new church located on the old Wire road a half-mile from the Wade Bunch store. The pub lic is invited. 0 Mrs. G. C. Lytic, Jerry and Donnle and Mrs. Warren Phillips and children spent Sunday In Hamlet with Mr. and Mrs. Espie Ponds. Robbins Mills Head Was With Du Pont; Woolen Deal "Dead" Robbins Mills, Inc., leading weaver of synthetic and blend ed textile fabrics, announced in New York last week that Mal colm G. Jones, former Du Pont executive, had been elected presi dent. At the same time; Robbins officials declared that plans for a merger with American Woolen Co., are "definitely dead " Jones, associated with E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Co., for 24 years, was director of sales of synthetic fibers when he resigned to as sume the presidency of Robbins Mills. He had taken a prominent part in Du Pout's nylon, orlon and dacron operations. He suc ceeds William P. Saunders of Southern Pines, president since last May, who was elected vice chairman. Robbins plants are located at Aberdeen, Red Springs, Robbins and Raeford, N. C, and Clarks ville, Va. Army Intentions Delay Paving In Moore And Hoke Sixth Division Highway Com missioner George S. Coble, wrote the Hoke County board of com missioners this week to explain why they would not see projects in this county and Moore Coun ty listed in news articles of con tract lettings in the State on April 28. His letter follows: "In the next few days you will note by the state newspapers that the State Highway Commission will accept bids on April 28 on paving approximately 110 miles of county road in the various counties of the Sixth Division. I sincerely regret that Moore and Hoke Counties are not included in this letting as it has been found necessary to eliminate pro ject 6-251 covering 16.2 miles of paving in Hoke and Moore Coun ties. This action was necessary since 6.5 miles of road covered by this project is located in Hoke county in the area it is reported the Army is considering annex ing for the expansion of Fort Bragg. I regret very much that it is necessary to eliminate this pro ject and thereby eliminate Moore County roads and other Hoke County roads from the April 28 letting; however, I have instruct ed our engineers to revise this project so that the roads not af fected by the proposed Fort Bragg expansion can be advertised for letting to contract for paving along with several other projects in Hoke and Moore in the May letting,,. 0 Bucks Win 4th Game At Wagram Friday The Hoke High Bucks won their fourth baseball game of the season to five defeats last Friday as they defeated Wagram 22-0 in a five-inning game cut short by mutual agreement. The Bucks were forced to play with seven second stringers in the lineup as it was their third game within one week and no player is permitted to play in more than two. The Bucks started scoring early as they scored two in the first inning and continued to score in each additional inning. They scored one in the second, five in the third, nine in the fourth and five in the fifth inning. High light of the game was Milton Glisson's triple with the bases loaded in the fourth. McPhaul pitched for the locals and gained his first victory of the season as he shut them out with but two hits. He struck out four and walked four. Leading batsmen for Raeford were Thomas with 3 for 3 and Glisson and Monroe each getting 2 for 3. Next home game for the locals will be next Wednesday after noon when they play return game with Southern Pines. Judge Leo Carr To Hold Court Here Next Week Light Session Expected Judge Lee Carr, of Burlington, who presided over the January term of Hoke County Superior court, will return next week for the April term which convenes on Monday for trial of criminal and civil cases. Criminal cases are set for trial on Monday and Tuesday and civil cases are set for Wednesday. There are about a dozen criminal and about the same number of civil cases to be tried, with half of the latter be ing divorce cases. Several old criminal cases are again set for trial. These include the Johnnie Thompson charge of selling land he didn't have title to, the Archie T. Ferguson non support case, the morals charges against R. P. Lambert and his daughter, Mrs. Mildred Lambert Chavis; an appeal on a drunk and no driver's license case by Raymond Moore; a case in which Luther Taylor, white, is charged with driving with improper brakes. New cases coming up include an appeal by Henry McDonald of a drunk driving conviction; Wil liam McDonald, charged with as sault with a deadly weapon in flicting serious bodily injury; Na than Buie, assault with a shot gun; J. D. Flowers, breaking and entering at night and assault; Earl Robinson, breaking and en tering at night. Half the grand jury will be changed at the term with nine new members being sworn in from the new jury list and nine of the old jurers continuing to serve. Jury list for the term in cludes: Tom Cameron, David Baker, J. H. Blue, Mrs. W. L. Poole, Lloyd Ferguson, Younger Snead, H. T. Bundy, R. F. Clark, Gordon Hart, A. E. McGirt, N. A. McNeill, W. T. Spifle, Lock J. Campbell, D. K. Parker, A. T. Holder, Mrs. J. W. Black, Johnny McGougan, G. H. Smith, Austin Butler, Stan ley Adcox, Jack Sides, J. H. Fer guson, M. H. Cameron, Isaac Davis, Jack McKenzie, Julian B. McKeithan, Mrs. B. F. McGregor, Mrs. J. W. Walker, Mrs. Mary D. McBryde, L. O. Hennings, W. A. McNeill, Maggie Jane Mc Bryde, O. B. Maxwell, Mrs. Geor ge Vanhoy, W. I. Strider, A. K. McMillan, Edith Black, Claude New, Mrs. Ed E. Smith, Heston Rose, Frank Chisholm, D. R. Huff, Sr., O. C. Blackburn, E. C. Duncan, T. C. Scarborough, J. L. Teal. 0 Big Planes Used In Paratroop Drop Tues. About 1000 paratroopers and tons of equipment were dropped from C-124 Globemasters in a demonstration at the drop zones in the Fort Bragg reservation on Tuesday. In making their ap proaches, the big planes flew di rectly over Raeford and their tre mendous size was quite apparent to local residents, as on one or two flights they were accompan ied by the smaller C-119 Flying Boxcars. The drop, conducted by the 82nd Airborne Division, was de signed to test the use of the big planes in mass drops of men and equipment, and a new parachute was also tested. Nine Globemas ters of the 18th Air Force 62nd Troop Carrier Command, each capable of carrying 200 fully equipped paratroopers, were used. The planes are based in Washing ton State. Capacity of the C-119 Flying Boxcar is 64 men. SENIORS TAKING TRIP The Senior Class of Hoke High School left this morning for their annual trip to the Nation's capi tal. Thirty-four members of the class made the trip, accompanied by Teachers Earl Huggins and Doris Jean Cook. They went by chartered bus; and will return on Sunday.
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