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VOLUME XL VIII; NUMBER 5
THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1933
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By the Editor
As "everybody talks about the
weather, but nobody does any
thing about it," it might be
worth while to note that it has
been at least nice and warm in
these parts for the last few days.
Temperature around 100 we
should be used to, as we have it
every summer. Lately, though,
the humidity has been running
from 85 to 90 percent, and that
gives us the real sticky, jungle
type heat that we have been
finding so oppressive. It's hot,
whatever the reason, and we
might all resolve not to kill our
selves or anyone else while run
ning around hunting for a cool
er place on the Fourth of July
week-end we have coming up.
Some of us would undoubtedly
go where It is even hotter if we
should suddenly have to leave
"this vale of wrath and tears,"
so let's be careful and stick
around a while longer if we can. I
For the benent oi me many
who h.ve inquired about Poole's
Medley" in the couple of months
since it has appeared, it might
be interesting to say that Mr.
D. Scott Poole is getting along
fairly well for his age, but just
hasn't been in the notion to get
his "Medley" together lately.
One of these days he will, I feel
sure. You know, he'll be 95 years
old when his next birthday rolls
around in August, and when you
gat that age I expect you don't
bother with doing many things
you don't feel like doing. Mr.
Poole loves to get up town and
talk, and he was in The News
Journal office for a chat just a
.couple of weeks ago.
Hoke County people, a major
ity of whom voted to send Willis
Smith to Washington three years
ago, were certainly shocked and
grieved to hear of his passing
last week. It is the feeling of all
that a real friend has gone. The
way he has stood up for this lit
tle county's rights against the
tremendous force of the Army
and others when there was no
possible political gain in it for
him, has made our people know
that there was a man we could
count on to stick by us, no mat
ter which way the wind might
happen to blow. I know, and I
believe the people of North Car
olina had come to know, that
this man followed the dictates of
his conscience and concerned
himself not at all with whether
a course of action would get him
votes or lose them for him. He
was a real statesman, and this
county, the State and the nation
will miss him, for there are few
like him.
This week, for the first time,
we are publishing the activities
in the Raeford mayor's court dur
ing the past month. The catching
of 31 speeders during the month
of June seems to me to be quite
an achievement for the town po
lice force, and I believe when
this is generally known it will
have a mighty good effect on
those of us who might be inclin
ed to go a little faster than we
ought to In town. . . Speaking of
speeding, we should also remem
ber the new State law which went
into effect the first of July. This
provides that a conviction for ex
ceeding any state-imposed speed
limit by IS miles per hour or
more will cause the driver to lose
his license for 30 days. Some of
us will have to learn this the hard
way, I guess, and others will find
that a word to the wise is suffi
cient. 0
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCles
key and daughter, Alice, of Winston-Salem
spent the week-end
with Mrs. McClcskey's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Upchurch.
Billy Dalton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. J. Dalton, is visiting his
uncle. Jack Spivey, in Suffolk,
Virginia.
A-Cannon Shell
Explodes At Ft. Sill,
Injures Woman
(From the Philadelphia Inquirer)
Fort Sill, Okla., June 19 A
conventional shell from the pow
erful 280 mm. atomic cannon ex
ploded about 120 yards outside of
the Fort Sill military reservation
today. A woman was injured by
shell fragments.
Window breakage was reported
in about a dozen homes in the
area.
Mrs. Mike Banks was taken to
a hospital for treatment of leg
wounds. She said she was struck
while lying in bed.
Col. Joseph H. Hodges, com
manding officer of the 52nd Ar
tillery Group, told the public in
formation office that an incorrect
charge was fired, giving the shell
a much greater range.
The shell made a crater approx
imately eight feet in diameter and
three feet .deep. Ordinance offi
cers said it apparently set off
several grass fires and about 300
yards of high tension wire was
knocked down on each side of a
nearby road.
Maj. Gen. A. M. Harper, com
manding general, said appropriate
disciplinary action would be tak
en. Presbytery Is Deeded
Historic Tract
LAURINBURG A 3 3 -member
board of trustees has been nam
ed to administer an historic tract
of property near here which was
recently given to the Fayetteville
Presbytery for use as a camp
site and recreation area.
The tract, including the old
Monroe-McMillan mill site and
lake, was deeded to the Presby
tery this week by Scotland Coun
ty Commissioner H. Fairly Mon
roe and his wife as an outright
gift.
The first action towards de
veloping the large tract of land
was taken this week with the
naming of a board of trustees.
This group, with A. B. Hafer of
Laurinburg as president, will
north of Laurinburg. The deed
supervise and plan the develop
ment of the area.
The land, comprising approxi
mately 100 acres, is located along
Jordan's Creek, several miles
also included a mill house and a
four-room cottage, both located
along the shore of the lake.
The property has been in the
McMillan and Monroe families
since 1797 when it was deeded to
William B. McMillan by original
grant. He operated a grist mill
and cotton gin. Later a store and
turpentine still were added.
The land eventually passed into
the hands of Rev. Andrew Mc
Millan, who held religious ser
vices for the Negroes in the area
in the mill loft for several years
after the Civil War.
The Presbytery will name the
mill pond Lake McMillan in his
honor, and the camp that will be
built will be known as Camp
Monroe in honor of Robert N.
Monroe, father of Fairly Monroe.
Glenn Fulk and son, Waylon,
and Mr. Fulk's brother-in-law,
Earl Bullock, of Fairmont spent
the week end fishing along the
coast in South Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Davis and
children of Columbia, S. C. spent
the week end with Mr. Davis
mother, Mrs. Christian Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. Rueben Webb
and Mrs. Webb's mother, Mrs.
J. M. Pendergrass, are visiting
relatives in New Jersey, Mary
land and New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Blease Martin
and children of Matthews spent
Sunday with Mr. Martin's sis
ter and family, Mr. and Mrs. H.
W. Ellis.
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Potter are
spending this week at Ocean
Drive, S. C.
Miss Pat Lamont is visiting
Miss Lucy Ann Carney in Wilmington.
31 Speeders
Pay Costs In
Mayor's Court
The record at the Town Hall
for the month of June showed
that a total of 44 persons appear
ed before Mayor Alfred Cole dur
ing his first month in office, and
that all either pled guilty or were
found guilty of violation of town
ordinances. He let them all go on
payment of costs but said he was
likely to get rougher as time
passed.
Leading the list of violations
was speeding, with 31 persons
paying costs for this. Drunk and
disorderly was next with five,
two for fighting, two for running
through a red light, and one each
for improper parking, driving on
the left side, improper brakes,
failing to yield right of way.
Speeders were Robert Blanton,
John McLean, James M. Reid, Jr.,
Lowell R. Ducharne, R. A. Wil
liams, J. L. Williams, J. C. Hol
land, David F. Ervin, James R.
Sheperd, Helen S. Crawford,
James M. Mclntyre, Clara S.
Musselwhite, Basil F. Boils, M.
J. McLendon, Colon Berry, Kay
Johnson, Jake McLauchlin, Verlie
Hick Cunningham, Evander Mc
Neill, Joe Scott, J. M. Letchit
kum, J. D. Williams, Izeal Camp
bell, Jr., M. L. Dees, R. A. Dees,
J. K. McDougald, Sim Peterkin,
J. A. Graham, Joe E. Allen,
Wayne Jennings and Murdic
Locklear.
William R. Sutton and W. G.
Johnson paid for going through
red lights.
For being drunk and disorder
ly Willie Sanders, Hilton Gra
ham, Pete Howell, Charlie Ship-
man and Russell McKinnon each
paid costs.
Others were James Womack
for improper parking, J. R. Lester
for driving on the left side, L. C.
Cunningham for bad brakes, Er
nest Kearns for failing to yield
right of way, and Andrew J.
Smith for fighting.
List will be published month
ly in the future.
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Former Resident Dies
In Fayetteville
Friday Morning
Cecil Lee Teal, 85, of Fayette'
ville, died in a hospital there
last Friday morning. He was
a half brother of J. L. Teal of
Raeford and was in the grocery
business with him here from
1925 until 1931. He was the son
of the late Frank Owen and Mar
tha Brooks Owen of Fayette'
ville.
He was a member of the Mas
onic order and for a number of
years was associated with the
late John R. Tolar in the opera
tion of Tolar-Hart Mills in Cum
berland County. Recently he was
associated with the Massey Hill
Hardware store.
He is survived by his wife,
Mollie Smith Teal; three daugh
ters, Mrs. A. F. Williams of
Gr"nsboro, Mrs. Roy H. Baker
of Aslieboro and Mrs. W. L. Mc
Donald of Fayetteville; one half-
brother, J. L. Teal of Raeford;
10 grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren.
Funeral service was held at
2:00 p. m. Sunday at Massey Hill
Baptist church, conducted by
the Rev. D. H. Lowder, assisted
by the Rev. W. C. Bulla, the Rev.
Holland Hale and the Rev. A. G.
Page of Greensboro. Burial was in
Guilford Memorial Park in
Greensboro.
D. J. DALTON BETTER
D. J. Dalton, wno suffered a
heart attack two weeks ago, is
still a patient at Scotland Memnr
ial Hospital. According to his doc
tors he is recuperating nicely and
expects to be home within a week
or two. He sits up some, but is
not yet allowed to have visitors.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert McLean,
Jr, are spending their vacation In
the mountains of North Carolina
and Tennessee.
Health Department
Schedule Of Clinics
For Month Of July
Schedule of immunization cli
nics to be conducted by the Hoke
County Health Department dur
ing the months of July and Aug
ust and the place they will be
held is given below. The clinics
are for Immunization against
diphtheria, smallpox, tetanus and
whooping cough.
During July
Monday, July 6, Laurel Hill
Colored school, 10:00-11:00 a. m.;
Wood's Store, Rockfish, 1:30-2:30
p. m.
Wednesday, July 8, Hendrix
Station at Arabia, 10-11 a. m.;
Mildouson school, 1:30-2:30 p. m.
Thursday, July 9, Miller's Sta
tion, Antioch-Dundarrach road,
10-11 a. m.
Monday, July 13, Ernest Mc
Eachern's store, 1:30-3:00 p. m.
Tuesday, July 14, McPhaul's
Store, Duffy's Station, 1:30-3:00
p. m.
Wednesday, July 15, Hodgin's
Store, Antloch, 9:30-11:00 a. m.;
McQuage's Store, Bowmore, 1:30
3:00 p. m.
Thursday, July 16, Harvey Mc
Kay's store, 9:30-11:00 a. m.
Tuesday, July 21, Calloway's
Station, Five Points, 1:30-2:30 p.
m.
Wednesday, July 22, Brown's
Station, Buchan Farm, 9:30-11:00
a. m.; Johnson's Store, Ashley
Heights, 1:30-2:30 p. m.
Thursday, July 23, Park's Esso
Station, Montrose, 9:30-11:00 a.m.
Highway Patrolmen
Urge Safe Driving;
New Traffic Laws -
"Don't be a fatality on the
Fourth" has been urged of the
drivers by the local highway
patrolmen during the coming
Fourth of July week-end which
starts Friday afternoon and ends
Monday at midnight.
Last year 14 highway deaths
in the state occurred during the
same Independence Day holidays
with the main causes listed as
speeding, driving too close be-
hind other cars; passing in face
of oncoming traffic, driving on
the wrong side of the road, care'
less driving, improper passings
(such as on hills and curves) and
negligence.
Patrolman D. G. Surratt
and W. T. Herbin have stated that
observation of the traffic laws
will make a happier holiday for
all concerned.
Speeding Violations
Motor Vehicles Commissioner
Edward Scheidt reminded Tar
Heel motorists today that speed
ing violations will be subject to
more stringent penalties after
July 1.
A 30 day suspension of the op
erator's license is mandatory un
der provisions of a bill passed by
the 1953 General Assembly in
cases where drivers are convicted
of exceeding the stated speed
limit by more than 15 miles per
hour.
This means that driving in ex
cess of 50 miles per hour in a
school bus, 70 miles per hour In
a passenger car, or 60 mph in a
truck would subject the driver
to temporary loss of his license
upon conviction.
The Deparment of Motor Ve
hicles defined a truck as "one
ton or over".
Any of the speeding violations
occurring together with reckless
driving will call for a mandatory
60 day suspension of driving pri
vileges.
And a second offense occur
ring within one year of the or
iginal violation will also result
in a 60 day suspension upon con
viction, the commissioner added.
Scheidt requested that court
clerks indicate on the suspension
notice furnished the Department
of Motor Vehicles the type ve
hicle involved in the violation
Mrs. Chandler Roberts and
Chan are spending a few days at
Myrtle Beach. Little Mary Rob
erts, who has been visiting Mrs.
W. H. Hood In Greenville, S. C,
will meet her mother at the beach
and return home with her.
One In Hospital,
One In Jail, As
Shooting Result
A disagreement between John
McLauchlin and Alfred Baker at
about 11:30 last Friday night
near Arch Buics' house in the
colored section north o Rae
ford just beyond Jesse Dunlap's
store ended with Baker in a crit
ical condition in Moore County
hospital and John Brown, 71, in
the Hoke County jail for putting
him there.
Sheriff D. H. Hodgin and Ru
ral Policeman H. M. Meeks in
vestigated and brought John
Brown to jail. They said they
were told that Baker and Mc
Lauchlin had some difficulty and
that Baker had run McLauchlin
off with a brick. Brown is said
to have made some comment
about this that Baker didn't like.
Baker's reply displeased Brown
so much that he, according to
the sheriff, went to his home
nearby, got his 410 guage shot
gun, loaded it with number six
es, and came back and shot Baker
in the abdomen.
Sheriff said that Brown did
not deny it, but went in the house
and got the gun and turned it
over to him and then came along
peaceably.
Baker's condition was bad at
last reports but he was expected
to live.
Senator Smith
Laid To Rest In
Raleigh Sunday
With many of his Washing
ton colleagues and friends from
all over North Carolina, Senator
Wilis Smith was laid to rest Sun
day at simple rites at the Eden
ton Street Methodist church in
Raleigh at 2:30 p. m.
An attack of coronary throm
bosis that sent him to the Beth
esda, Md., Naval hospital early
Tuesday caused his death at 4:46
a. m. on Friday. Mrs. Smith and
their four children were at his
bedside.
Smith's Senate career, launched
in a heated campaign with for
mer Sen. Frank P. Graham, end
ed almost three years to the day
after North Carolina Democrats
had nominated him to be their
junior Senator. Smith defeated
Graham in a campaign that saw
him blasting and Graham de
fending the Truman administra
tion. He was the third U. S. Sen
ator from North Carolina to die
in office within the last six years.
The others were Josiah M. Bailey,
who died in 1947, and Melville
Broughton, who died two years
later.
A strapping six footer, the 65-year-old
Smith worked long hours
in the Senate job, championing
what he liked to call "Southern
Democracy". He had remarked
only recently that his law prac
tice in Raleigh was much more
profitable, but he preferred the
sense of accomplishment that his
Washington post gave him. Only
recently he announced that he
would run for re-election next
year
Tributes came from every
quarter as the news of Smith's
death was ciculated.
"North Carolina and the na
tion have sustained a serious loss,"
said Governor Umstead. He prais
ed Smith as "a splendid Christ
ian gentleman." and said, "I was
distressed to hear of his death."
From former Governor W. Kerr
Scott, from his home in Haw Riv
er, commented, "While I did not
agree with his political philoso
phy in most instances, none can
say he did not fight strongly for
what he thought was right."
Mrs. Marshall Thomas, Mrs.
Jesse Gibson and Mrs. Bill Jones
are vacationing in the mountains
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Conoly are
spending this week in Wilmington.
Some Close Fourth,
Some Sixth, And
Some To Take Both
By and large, the mercantile
establishments in Raeford will be
open for business as usual on
next Saturday, July Fourth. They
will take a holiday on Monday,
July 6. Those to be open Satur
day are listed in an advertisement
on agc three.
The Bank of Raeford, Hoke
Auto Company, Morgan Motor
Company, Raeford Auto Comp
any, Hoke Oil and Fertilizer Co.,
Hoke Concrete Works, Dundar
rach Trading Co. and Johnson
Cotton Co. will close for Inde
pendence Day on Saturday, July
4, and will be open for business
as usual on Monday. The Raeford
Lumber Company and The News
Journal will be closed on Satur
day and Monday.
The Para Thread Company and
Robbins Mills will resume opera
tions on Monday, July 6, being
closed all this week.
The courthouse, the county
public library and the county of
fice building will be closed on
July Fourth for Independence
Day and will be open on Monday.
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Hoke Bus Drivers
Receive Special
Safety Awards
Eighteen Hoke County child
ren won special Safety Awards
Certificates today for outstand
ing safety records, as school bus
drivers during the 1952-53 school
term.
Announcement of the awards
was made by the N. C. State
Automobile Association. This
statewide motor club and the
Highway Safety Division of the
"North Carolina Department of
Motor Vehicles jointly sponsored
the safety program which cul
minated in the awarding of cer
tificates. John G. Frazier, Jr., president
of the Automobile Association,
congratulated the Hoke winners
for being adjudged among the
best of some 20,000 students who
were trained last year as school
bus drivers in North Carolina.
Out of the 20,000, less than
half are certified to handle the
7,000 school buses. The qualified
drivers travel 220,000 miles daily
to haul 427,000 children. Some
3,000 safety certificates were
awarded.
"These young people deserve
thanks and praise f.-om the en
tire community," Mr. Frazier
said. "Day after day, in all kinds
of weather, they consistently
drove carefully, kept their buses
in clean condition, and had no
accidents.
"Transporting students .to and
from school is a large responsi
bility, yet these drivers carried
out their duties without mishap."
The winners abided by a set of
rules prepared by the Highway
Safety Division. They had to
drive a minimum of 120 days
without accident. They had to
keep their buses clean, be punc
tual, show a good .attitude and
disposition. Drivers were disquali
fied if their principals received
any verified reports of careless
driving or if the youngsters were
responsible for accidents in their
family cars or other private ve
hicles. The Hoke County winners:
Garvin Bishop, H. P. Walters,
Neil Smith, Gretchen Hine, Grady
Bell, George Dees and Carole
Everleigh.
Upchurch High School John
F. McRae, Melvin McLean, Theo
dore Hollingsworth, George Black,
Willie Morrison, Alvester Mc
Neill, Ben Alston, Elija Handon,
Johnnie McLauchlin, Benjamin
Bridges and Virgil Williams.
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Mrs. Ina T. Lentz of Ft. Lauder
dale, Florida is a patient at Duke
hospital in Durham.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wilson and
Miss Louise Wilson of Chapan
oke were week-end guests of
Mrs. Buck Wilson and Tommy
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gulledge.
Two Bound Over
On Assault And
Robbery Charges
Judge Shuts Gambling Den
Two defendants were ordered
held for Superior Court on rob
bery charges before Judge T. O.
Moses Tuesday, and another was
ordered to close the place of busi
ness in which gambling had taken
place.
Hurley Haley and Charles Wal
ker, both colored were charged
with armed robbery. Probable
cause was found and Haley's
bond was set at $1000. Walker
was returned to the prison divi
sion of the Sanatorium, from
which he had escaped. In anoth
er case he got three months ad
ded to his time for escaping. Hal
ey, in another case, got 90 days
to be suspended on payment of
$50 and costs for harboring an
escaped prisoner.
It appeared from evidence that
Walker had escaped and gone to
Haley's home near the Sanitar
ium. There the two had partici
pated in and lost in a game of
galloping dominoes. Walker left,
witnesses said, and Haley slip
ped him some firearms out the
window with which he return
ed and held up the game.
Jame Purcell and William S.
Graham, colored, also of the
Sanatorium, were found not
guilty on charges of assault.
Richard Harris, colored, was al
so found not guilty on a charge
of assault and Graham, who in
dicted him, was ordered to pay
the costs.
George Hollingsworth, colored,
pled guilty of aiding and abet
ting in gambling, and sentence
was 60 days to be suspended on
payment of $100 and costs and
on condition that he vacate the
Wonderland Theatre by July 3,
1953, and be of good behavior
for two years.
Willie Little, colored, was
found not guilty of gambling.
Joe Lucas, white, for giving
Johnson Cotton Co. a bad check
for $89.59, had to pay costs and
make good the check.
Annie Belle Baker, colored,
paid costs for assault.
James Smith, colored, paid
costs for assault.
Charles S. Smith and W. L.
Powell, white, and Vander Le
roy and John McCall, colored,
each left a $25 bond for speeding.
Eddie Hurley Allen, colored,
paid $10 and costs for speeding.
Charlie Staley, colored, paid
$25 and costs for driving a truck
with overloaded axles.
Bury Robert A. Cook
Near Mt. Airy Friday
Funeral service was held at Old
Westfield Church, Mount Airy, at
2:00 o'clock Friday afternoon for
Robert A. Cook, 82, who died on
Wednesday at Scotland Memorial
Hospital. He was a former resi
dent of this county and lived
with his son, Curtis E. Cook of
Aberdeen, RFD.
He was the son of the late
Samuel A. Cook and Mary Jess
up Cook of Surry County.
Surviving are five sons, Char
lie of Carthage, W. M. of Frank
lin, Va., Tom of Winston-Salem,
Sam of Pilot Mountain and C. E.
Cook of Aberdeen, RFD; five
daughters, Dora Cook of Ellerbe,
Blanche Cook of Carthage, Mamie
Cook of Chicago, Annie Cook of
High Point and Mrs. Ethel Man
grum of Washington; two broth
ers, Arthur Cook of Mt. Airy and
Roscoe of Westfield; two sisters,
Mrs. Laura Jessup and Miss Dora
Cook of Mt. Airy.
INFANT HOLLAND DIES
The infant son of James T. and
Wilma Galloway Holland died
at a Wilmington hospital Wed
nesday morning and burial ser
vice was in Wilmington on Sat
urday. He was the grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Holland of
this county, and the great-grandson
of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Holland.