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! 3 . The N Jooraal vof ir GUAJUHA voici or v?f ouauiaM oriipfun miooM li'Jti or iirekiv The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XL VIII; NUMBER 7 THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1953 RAEFORD, N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPY $3.00 PER YEAR By the Editor Billy Faulk, Brantley Allen and Fred Yarborough testified in court Tuesday that they went to Anti ach on the morning ol Sunday, July 5, and that Eaulk bought a pint of liquor there. Solicitor Rowland was not able to get them to say exactly who it was bought from, but they did say it was on the right "just beyond" Antioch. Fred said they stopped "near John Henry McNeill's but not at his place." Now Antioch is not a very big place, and our law en forcement officers ought to know the way down there. John Henry McNeill, I understand, is under a suspended sentence from Fed eral court last December where he was tried on a liquor charge. The pint Faulk said he got at Antioch had a Cumberland coun ty stamp on it dated July 3,- 1953 . . . Brantley Allen got a suspend ed sentence in Federal court in December, too, so a conviction might have been embarrassing to him. Faulk's alleged owner ship of the liquor was' enough to get Allen a not ' guilty verdict from Judge Moses, however. . . Among those who go to "the creek", of which I am one . about every day, there has been con siderable elation about the de cision of the county commission ers to make the road to this swimming hole a public road and eligible for State maintenance. It has a lot of traffic and can use he -maintenance, .at any time preferably while the weather is still hot. . . Amid talk of .the need for a swimming pool here, which we hear every summer and which we never do anything about, some have been suggesting that there ought to be some way a pool could be built at the Rockfish creek swimming hole, using the creek for an ever-changing water supply. I'm not enough of an en gineer to know if this could be done, but it would sure be fine if it could. This would probably eliminate the need for chlorine, which is usually used in pools, and which many people- find un pleasant. Catching it in a pool would also tend to make the wa ter a little warmer, I believe, and thus more agreeable to those who find the water of Rockfish creek a little on the cool side as it is now. If someone would come up with a practical idea on how to do this, I believe Harvey Go beille has an idea which would take care of the financing. Spent the week end a week or two ago with my brother down at Topsail Island, on the coast about 30 miles north of Wilming ton. He got his News-Journal on a rural route from Holly Ridge on Friday morning. Understand the people on RFD 3 from Fay etteville didn't get theirs until Saturday, when they were aU put in the post office at the same time. Looks like the post office, people occasionally let us down a little, either here or in Fayetteville. Tommie Upchurch, along with a couple of other cotton farmers of the county, has asked me to say something this week in the line of calling the attention of farmers to the boll weevil situa tion. They say it is bad, and get ting worse, and that just because plenty of blooms are showing farmers should not conclude that the boll weevil is not there and at work. They recommend fre quent checks and poisoning where necessary. As the farm agent says, prospects are bright for a fine crop this year, and it is to every farmer's advantage not to let the weevil eat it up. Suggestion has been made that the town levy a small tax and use the proceeds to keep up the cemetery. It certainly needs it, and it looks as if some such ar rangement as that would be the only solution. I expect that would need a vote of the people, though, (Continued On Pag 4) Over 240 At First Ladies Night Of Men's Bible Class The Men's Bible Class of the Raeford Methodist Church, with a roll of about 140 men, had an at tendance of members and guests of over 240 at the first ladies night of the class which was held at the church Wednesday night. Wives of the members and other guests including the pres ident's of the men's clubs of the Presbyterian and Baptist churches and their, wives, and several out-of-town guests made up the group which enjoyed a delicious supper of roast turkey with all the trimmings. The crowd enjoyed group sing ing, and were welcomed by R. B. Lewis, teacher of the class. Response to the welcome was made by Mrs. H. D. Vinson. After some string music, a stunt and some songs by the men's choir a program on hypnotism was pre sented by Quincy Scarborough, well-known amateur hypnotist of Fayetteville. He hypnotized several persons, having his best success with Neil Senter and Bur nice Williamson. Mrs. Clyde Upchurch was pre sented a gift for her services as ' nianicf , V. u Iom anil MXii.f.ai. Margaret Gainey and Daisy Deane Morris received gifts for their work 'in preparing the pro grams. Gifts were also presented to the gentleman and lady pres ent whose birthdays fell closest to the day of the party. Ed Smith served as toastmaster in his usual inimitable way. Antique Automobile . Tour Plans Complete Local Cars Entered A grand total of 51 antique automobiles, ranging from a 1904 "one-lung" Reo to a 1929 Ford, will participate in the first an nual tour of the North Carolina Horseless carriage club. Three Raeford automobiles will participate. The oldest of these is a 1923 Ford touring car. Own ed by Ernest Campbell, it was bought new by Austin Goodman of Antioch township for $475. James Burkhead will drive it in the tour. J. T. Leslie will drive his 1926 Ford touring car which he got in Blue Springs township several years ago. Ernest Campbell will travel in relative comfort, driving the youn gest car in the parade, a 1929 Chevrolet 4-door sedan. Leading the parade will be the 1904 Reo owned by E. H.' McFar land of Louisburg. Next will come a 1906 Maxwell belonging to R. E. Batson of Wilmington. Right behind will come such famous machines of yesteryear as a 1908 Buick "runabout," a 1910 Over land, a 1911 . Stevens-Dureya, a 1912 Metz, and a host of others representing every year through 1929. The 400-mile, four-day tour gets a big sendoff the night of Wednesday, July 29, when club members will be guests of the Scotland County Automobile Deal ers association at a big auto ex position at Legion Park in Laur inburg. The program includes a barbecue supper for the visiting horseless carriagers, and a dis play of newest cars beside the old ones. The 51 -car caravan will shape up the following morning and will leave Laurinburg at noon, heading for Raleigh on 15-A via Raeford, Fayetteville, Lillington, and Fuquay Springs. They ex pect to reach Raleigh about 7:00 p. m. Next day they will go to Wilmington where the club's an nual banquet will be held on Fri day night. The final lap of the tour will be made August 1 from Wilmington to Windy Hill Beach, S. C. There the group will be guests of the Byers Realty com pany, and the tour will break up Sunday afternoon. 0 Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Mitchell of Greensboro spent several days last week with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Chamberi. On Wedensday, July 8, elimina tions were held for the 17 coun ties of the Southeastern District for all 4-H demonstrations and the Public Speaking Contest. Hoke County was well represent ed in this district contest. George Dees, Jr., and Lacy Koonce of Rockfish gave a demonstration on "Soil and Water Conservation", Clyde Alvin Leach and James Potter gave a demonstration on "Dairy Management", and Linda Phillips entered the girl's Public Speaking Contest. All of the boys and girls from Hoke County won their contests and will represent Negro Dies When Home Destroyed By Fire Monday Willie Little, colored, about 38 years ot age, was burned to death when his home north of Raeford was destroyed by fire early Mon day. The fire, of unknown origin, had progressed t where house was falling in when the Raeford Fire department reached the scene shortly after 3:15 a. m. Firemen were able to keep the home of Flora McNair, about 20 feet away, from catching fire by keeping it wet. Little was alone in the house at the time, his sister, Frankie Little, and her two children who lived with him, having gone to another sister's home for the night. He had appartently tried to get out, as his body was found near the front door. Persons in the McNair . home next door said they heard nothing from the Little home until they were awkened by the heat and light from the fire. Little's remains were almost completely destroyed by the 'fire, but the sheriff and coroner were able to find no indication of foul play. Most opinions are that the fire was started in his bedroom by a cigarette. He was said to have been drinking and behav ing rather loudly the day before, and this is said to be why he was in the house alone. He had no immediate family. 0 Duke Marshall, Jr. Commissioned 2nd Lt. On June 16, at Williams Air Force Base in Chandler, Arizona, Duke Marshall, Jr., son of Mr. and Mr. Duke Marshall of Mc Cain,' received his wings and commissioned as a Second Lieu tenant. Duke is a gradaute of Hoke High School, attended N. C. State College and Arizona State College. He went into the Air Force in April of 1951 and received his primary pilot training at Marana Air . Base in Tucson, Ariz., after which he took his jet training course at Williams. Present at the graduation cere mony were his mother, Mrs. Duke Marshall and his finance, Miss Beverly Baker of Phoenix, Ariz. After leaving Williams, Lieut. Marshall will be stationed in Panama City, Fla., for 16 weeks. 0 Boll weevil infestation rates in North Carolina cotton fields have been on the increase recently. Nearly every field in the state needs insecticide treatment now. DISTRICT 4-H CLUB WINNERS Jttm4k ..... jP . I tne 17 Southeastern counties in the State Contests to be held in Raleigh on July 23. The contestants from Hoke County all did a fine job for which the entire county can be proud. The above picture shows the first place winners. In the first row, left to right, are Linda Phil lips, Hoke County, winner of Girls' Public Speaking Contest; Rebecca Wright, Anson, Vegeta ble Production team; Shirley Brooks, Anson, Vegetable Use winner; Delores Oliver and Shir ley Norris, Columbus, Dairy Food team winners; Sybil Pegnour, An Industry Opens 4,000 New Jobs In C.P.&L. Area Raleigh, July 15 The Caro linas attracted new industry or expansions during the first half of 1953 whtcfr will create over 4,000 new jobs and boost payrolls nearly ten million dollars a year in the 60-county area served by Carolina Power and Light Co. So reported S. Paul Vecker, CP&L vice-president in charge of industrial development. New industrial investments at tracted to the area during the first six months of 1953 emphasize diversity, Vecker said. Products to be manufactured range from neckties to industrial boilers, from wooden crates to helicopters. Wilmington attracted both the boiler plant a new $2,000,000 unit of Babcok and Wilcox and the necktie industry, an ex pansion of France Neckwear. Ra leigh got Bensen Aircraft Corpo ration, the first helicopter manu facturers in the history of the state that spawned aviation; and Cozier Container Corporation, the crate-makers, began an ex pansion at Cheraw, S. C. Two towns chalked up three new industries each in the six months period. Asheville got a Biltmore Manufacturing; expan sion, a silverwear plant of the Gorham Manufacturing Company and the Kar-Lyn Co. Florence, S. C. counted Alma Trailer Com pany and Air Maintenance and Sheet Metal Inc., as newcomers, plus an expansion of Florence Manufacturing Company, garment makers. Asheboro drew a new Burling ton Mills finishing plant and a warehouse expansion by Klopman Mills. New Bern attracted the New Bern Veneer Company and a steel fabricating plant; Dunn won two industries Benjamin and Johnes garment makers and a ready-mixed concrete plant. Mt. Gilead drew two units of United Mills, garment makers. In Raeford Priebe-Pietrus Poul try Co. of Chicago opened a poul try processing plant where about 10,000 birds are being processed weekly and where over 100 per sons are employed. Other new industries picking Carolina sites included: Plem mons Concrete Products Co., at Canton; William Fetner Corpora tion, woodworking, at Hamlet; Boren Clay Products, at Gulf; Goodall-Sanford, Inc., (textiles), at Hot Springs; Cashmere Corpo ration of America, at Weaverville; Halifax Mills, a division of Paci fic Mills, at Roxboro; Pettibelle, Inc., a cutting and sewing opera tion, at Sumter, S. C; Lewco (sewing) Mills, Inc., at Marion, S. C; American Enka, (nylon), at Enka; son, Vegetable Production team; Wallace Spivey, Montgomery, In dividual Soil and Water Conser vation winner. Second row, left to right, Clyde Leach and James Potter, Hoke, team Dairy Manage ment winners; Russel Eggleston, Bladen, Livestock Conservation winner; Charles Lee Campbell, Bladen, boys' Public Speaking winner; Jack Everett, Bladen, Marketing winner; George Dees, Jr. and Lacy Koonce, Hoke, Soil and Water Conservation team winners. (Photo by Bill Norment, Lumberton. Courtesy Charlotte Observer) Carolina Phone Company Granted Boost In Rates The State Utilities Commisison Tuesday authorized the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Co. to increase its telephone rate enough to bring in an additional $537,210 annually. The amount granted was far below the $2,150,000 the Tarboro Company had requested. It asked for a 7.5 per cent return on its investment. The commission said the rates authorized would bring a 6 per cent return. Commissioners Fred C. Hutner and Edward McMahan dissented from the order. Hutner said the company would not be able to earn a 6 per cent return on the rate increase granted by the ma jority order. The new higher rates for Caro lina's approximately 105,000 sub scribers are effective today. Hearings on the increase were held last December and March. Approximate 45 Eastern North Carolina towns and communities protested the increase. Assistant Attorney General I. Beverly Lake represented the state in opposition to the increase.- The company said its multi million dollar expansion program since World War II has greatly increased its net investment. Pre vious rate increases granted by the commission, it added, have failed to earn the rate of return speci fied by the commission because of the rising costs of materials and supplies. It asked for a 7.5 per cent re turn in order to attract capital to carry on its expansion program. The largely rural area it serves demands a higher rate of return because of higher operating costs, it said. Chairman Stanley Winborne, author of the majority order, said the commission feels a 6 per cent return is fair. To allow a higher rate, he said, "under conditions as we see thorn would necessitate an increase in rates which would result in a diminishing return." Army Cadets Watch Paratroopers Work The Air Force, operating from Pope Air Force Base, is demon strating its troop carrier operat ions to 1500 visiting West Point cadets this week. Wednesday the first demon stration got underway with a personnel air-drop from 36 C-119 Flying Boxcars at Fort Bragg. 720 paratroopers from the 82nd I Airborne Division were dropped. Dr. Riley Jordan To Leave Raeford; To Move To Hope Mills Dr. Riley M. Jordan, who has been associated with Dr. R. A. Matheson in the practice of medi cine here since July of last year, plans to move to Hope Mills in the near future and become as sociated with Dr. H. O. Miller in the operation of the old Reeves Clinic there. This clinic has been closed for some time. Dr. Jordan, a Hoke County na tive who gradauted at Wake For est and the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, interned at James Walker Memorial Hospital in Wil mington before coming here with his family last year. Dr. Jordan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Jordan and is mar ried to the former Miss Faye Baker. They have one son. Local Scout Goes To National Jamboree Joe McLeod, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McLeod, joined 21 scouts from the Cape Fear Coun cil as they left last Saturday to attend the third national Boy Scout jamboree which is being held at Irvine ranch at Santa An na, California, July 16-27. The group boarded a special train in Whiteville Saturday on the first leg of their cross-country trip which included .stops at such sights as Colorado Springs, Pike's Peak and Salt Lake City. On their return trip they will follow a northern route and will stop at Portland, Oregon, British Columbia, Yellowstone National park and Chicago. Joe will return home August 5 after having ex pereienced a long-to-be remem bered trip. Requirements for taking the trip were that boys must be first class scouts or above. Joe now holds the rank of life scout The jamboree will dramatize proper camping skills, unit or ganization and operation through the patrol method, unit leadership and sectional camp leadership. While in California Joe will have three opportunities to swim in the Pacific Ocean, see pageants portraying scenes from the old west, meet movie stars, take side trips to oil fields, orchards and other places of interest and visit old Spanish ranches. ft Sarah Cole Competes In Beauty Pageant At Morehead City Hoke County's entry in the Miss North Carolina beauty pageant, Sarah Jane Cole, left Tuesday for Morehead City to compete in the three-day event which will see a new state queen crowned Fri day night. Activities in the contest began Wednesday afternoon with Sarah appearing in a parade along with the other contestants, and Wed nesday night she made her first appearance when half of the con testants appeared in bathing suits and the other half appeared in evening dresses. Thursday night the contestants will appear in the garb which they did not wear on Wednesday night, after, having given their talent performances in the afternoon. Finals will be held Friday night with appear ances in both evening dresses and bathing suits. The winner will receive as gifts and prizes a week's vacation in Morehead City and Atlantic Beach, a $1,000 scholarship, a $500 wardrobe, a silver trophy and a diamond wrist watch. In addition she will represent North Carolina in the national contest to be held at Atlantic City in September. Accompanying Miss Cole to Morehead City were her mother, Mrs. Alfred Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Luke McNeill, Miss Betty Upchurch, and Mr, and Mrs. Ken McNeill. A new Buick converti ble was furnished for the trip by Morgan Motor Company. The annual production in the United States of such items as nylon and rayon is equal to 3, 300,000 bales of cotton. Faulk Case Runs Recorder's Court Into Overtime Case in which William H. "Billy" Faulk, Raeford white man, was charged with driving drunk, care less and reckless driving, speed ing and violating the prohibition laws, and in which Fred Yar borough and Brantley Allen, also white of Raeford were charged with violation of the liquor laws, caused the Tuesday session of Hoke County recorder's court to stay in session until eight o'clock at night. The three were indicted by Raeford Policeman C. J. McNeill, who testified that he saw Faulk, accompanied by the other two, drive away from Graham's Serv ice Station in Raeford at 8:10 a. m. on Sunday, July 5. The offi cers said that Faulk left at a high rate of speed with spinning wheels and screaming tires and proceed ed down the Red Springs road, having to swerve sharply to miss a truck entering Main street from the Laurinburg road, and that Faulk's hair was down in his face and his eyes were bloodshot, and that he gave the appearance of being drunk, and drove like it. He said he followed the car as far as Stanton's filling station about three miles toward Red Springs, and that at a speed of 80 miles an hour he was unable to gain on it, and that he gave up the chase there. He said that at 8:30 the car came back into Raeford and turned out the Laurinburg road and then north on Magnolia Street. He said he followed the car and stopped it near the R. B. Lewis home at the Aberdeen road. He said that Brantley Allen was driving at this time and that he arrested the three, and that he found almost a pint of liquor in the glove compartment and part of a pint on the seat between Al len and Yarborough. He said Faulk was drunk at this time and that the other two were not. For the defense Chester Wade testified that he had leaned on the car door before, it left the filling station, and that he had leaned on the car door before it left the filling station, and that he had smelled no liquor nor no ticed anything out of the way in Faulk's actions. The defendants testified that they had gone to Antioch for some liquor and that Faulk was not drunk. They said he bought the liquor at Antioch and asked Allen to drive back, and that he had taken two drinks by himself on the way back, and that Allen and Yarborough had not taken a drink. Faulk said both bottles of liquor were his, and that he had consumed what was gone out of the almost empty one the night before and had forgot ten he had it. They also said this bottle was under the seat instead of on it as Officer McNeill had testified. Allen and Yarborough were found not guilty by Judge Moses on the charge that they had pos sessed liquor with the seal broken off their premises. Faulk was found guilty of care less and reckless driving and driv ing drunk and sentenced to 60 days on the roads, to be suspend ed on payment of $100 and costs, one year of good behavior and (Continued On Page 4) 0 . Women's Clubs Plan Fine Arts Festival The North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs will hold its second annual Fine Arts Festival at Mars Hill College from Sun day, July 26, through Sunday, August 2. The program will include skill shops in art, drama, literature, and music and will Include lec tures and discussion sessions as well as entertainment for those in attendance. Attendance at the festival is not limited to club women, or to women, for that matter, and those in this county Interested in attending may contact Mrs. Sam Hiser in Raeford for com plete details. r
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