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N i lie ews-Journa voict or t v guajuiian ft- 3 The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XL VIII; NUMBER 10 THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1953 RAEFORD, N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPY $3.00 PER YEAR VO) Sir A GUMMA r n 251 By the Editor Citizens will doubtless be glad to hear that the town board has intentions of improving the ap pearances of the town's offices in the town hall, although we'll have to wait and see just what is to be done. It can sure stand some improving. Others are happy about the town's decision to get after the stray dogs. A great deal of the complaining on this score has come from Robbins Heights, and I understand the plan is to put the dog pen at the water tank there. It is easy to understand why this part of it is not so pop ular with residents, many feeling that the town could find a more isolated place . . . say down near the sewage disposal plant. Don't guess anybody can suit every body, though. Cotton picking is going to get going in this county on a big scale earlier than in many a year, I hear. It is usually about' the last week in August before most peo ple get started, but they say most will start next week, about the 10th, this year. Guess the dry weather is the reason. As to the dry weather, a rain finally came to Raeford. Got here Monday night about 11:00 o'clock. It rained for several hours, and unofficial estimates run that it rained anywhere from two to four inches. I don't know, but I am In clined to- go along with tho high er, although the ground was so dry it got gone in a short time. Believe it was the first real Tain in about seven weeks in the town of Raeford. I figure I might as well talk about the weather at some length, for I know I can't do anything a bout it, or get it done. Some of the other things I have talked about have not moved any more than the weather would have, so I might as well have been talking about it then. One of these is the cemetery, and the fact about that seems to be that people here don't give a dam how it looks and are not going to do anything about it. On that basis it is a closed sub ject as far as I am concerned, and will not be mentioned again. Another thing that did as much as if I had hollered up a hollow log was that business about a principal at the Raeford Elemen tary School. About every one I talked to about it agreed with me, except the county school board, and they were the only ones who could do anything. This, however, is not like the cemetery with me, and I don't intend to quit talking about it. If it takes until I have grandchildren going to school there to bring It about, I am going to be talking about it until then if I am here. If the people agree with me that say they do, it ought to show In an election some time in the next 20 or 30 years. I do think each candidate for the board next time should express himself on this matter so the people can express themselves at the polls. I will ask each this question and publish his answer. 0 RAEDEEN BAKE SALE The Raedeen Home Demonstra tion Club will sponsor a Bake and Fresh Vegetable Sale on Sat urday afternoon, August 8, on Main street near the A & P Store. The sale will begin at 2:30 o'clock. Club members Invite the people of Rieford to stop by the sale when they do their marketing on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Herman King and Mrs. Marvin Gaster of Sanford spent last Friday with Mrs. King's mo ther, Mrs. J. P. Smith. 0 Tommie Macko, Jessie Peoples, Bob Rockholr and Ernest Haire fished at Kure Beach last Sat urday and Sunday. D. Scott Poole Celebrates His 95th Birthday Monday D. Scott Poole, veteran legisla tor, printer, publisher, school teacher, turpentine slasher and columnist celebrated his 95th bir thday on Monday of this week, August 3, and says he is feeling fine. Mr. Poole's column, "Poole's Medley", was enjoyed by many readers of papers in this section until last spring when he decided not to fool with it. He does plan to write more columns when he gets around to it, however. He was given a birthday sup per on Sunday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Poole. Attending were Mr. Poole's 15 children, grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Attending from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Lowe of Charlotte and Mr. and Mrs. Leon McKay of Dunn. 0 Wheat Referendum Set For August 14 The wheat marketing quota re ferendum to be held August 14 will be conducted at the Hoke County PMA Office, advises R. J. Hasty, Chairman of the County Production and Marketing Ad ministration Committee. Polling places will be open from 9:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m., and will be in charge of a local referendum com mittee of wheat growers appoint ed by the County PMA Commit tee. Chairman Hasty urges every eli gible wheat grower to vote, since the outcome of the referendum will materially affect the price farmers receive for their 1954 wheat. He points out that if two thirds or more ot those voting favor marketing quotas, wheat loans at 90 per cent of parity will be available to those who plant within their wheat acreage allot ments. If marketing quotas are repect- ed by the growers, quotas will not be effected and the support rate on 1954 wheat will drop to 50 per cent of parity for coope- rators. Acreage allotments will be In effect for the 1954 Wheat crop regardless of the outcome of the referendum, he explains. If mar keting quotas are in effect, those who exceed their allotment must store or dispose of their excess wheat as directed by the Secretary or pay the marketing penalty on the excess wheat. The marketing penalty is 45 per cent of wheat parity as of May 1, 1954. o Border Belt Markets Start Sales Monday; Average Price $53 History repeated Itself Monday as North Carolina's Border Belt tobacco markets began the 1953 selling season with big offerings of common tobacco, small crowds of farmers and spectators on hand, and an opening-day average of approximately $53 per 100 lbs. Conditions were strikingly sim ilar to those of 1951 opening day, including prolonged dry weather which has hurt crops in most areas and the sizzling heat which kept warehouse crowds uncom fortable throughout the long day. As was the case last year, the carnival spirit was lacking, and everyone seemed anxious to get on with the business at hand. Farmers generally seemed pleas ed with Monday's prices. Very few tickets were turned an dtak ings by the Flue-Cured Coopera tive Stabilization Corporation did not exceed an estimated five per cent. The demand for medium grades was strong, with companies paving (Continued on Pact 4) Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Matheson are spending a few days in Ashe ville with Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Sut ton. They will return home to morrow, accompanied by Mrs. Matheson's mother, Mrs. L. B. Sutton, Sr. of Live Oak, Florida, who has been visiting her ion and his family in Aiheville. 5 Assault Cases Before Recorder Tuesday Morning Five defendants appeared be fore Judge T. O. Moses in Hoke County recorder's court Tuesday morning on charges of assault of one kind or another, with no par ticular damage being done in any of them. Suggestion was made that warm weather was causing tempers to run a little warm, too. Willie Anderson Purcell, color ed, was charged with assaulting another colored man with a flash light at a cafe near the Sanator ium. Purcell admitted hitting him but contended that he did so in self defense. There was some evi dence to support this contention, so Purcell was found not guilty. Cannon Oxendine, Indian wom an, was charged with assaulting Beulah Locklear with a butcher knife in a disagreement over who was going to sleep with the latter's husband. She was found guilty as charged and sentenced to six months in jail, sentence to be suspended on payment of costs and six months good behavior. James Archie Ross, colored, had to pay $10 and costs for hitting his wife with a stick broom. William Blakeney, colored, was found guilty of assaulting his wife. Judgment was suspended for 30 days on payment of costs. Wiliam Byrd, colored, was found not gulty of assaulting his wife. Fletcher King, colored, entered a plea of guilty to a charge that he had In his possession several gallons of non-tax-paid liquor for the purpose of sale. Sentence was 90 days, suspended On payment of $200 and costs and two years good behavior. Louis Edward Pate, white, en tered a plea of guilty of careless and reckless driving. Judgment was suspended on payment o( $25 and costs and on condition that Pate attend a highway safety lec ture to be given at the courthouse on the night of September 24. Henrietta Hoyt and Wayne R. Hoyt, white, were charged with public drunkenness and violating the prohibition laws, respectively. They each left a $75 bond. Johnnie Kimbro, white, left a $25 bond for speeding. Roosevelt Delaney, colored, left a $25 bond for violating the pro hibition laws. Oscar Lomax, colored paid $10 and costs for public drunkenness. For the second offense on the same charge Junior Ross, colored, got 30 days suspended on pay ment of $20 and costs. Theodore Harrington, colored, got 30 days suspended on payment of $25 and costs for public drunkenness. Nelson L. Shaw, colored, got 30 days suspended on payment ot $25 and costs for careless and reck less driving. 0 BOY SCOUT BOARD IS HELD ON THURSDAY Following their practice of meeting the last Thursday night i.i each month, the board of re view for the Raeford Boy Scout troop met last Thursday. Mem bers of the board are Dr. R. L. Murray, Younger Snead, Israel Mann, and Tom Cameron. Boys appearing before the board for advancement in Scouting were Robert Weaver, Jr., Jerry Ellis, Allen McDonald, and Steve Mc Donald. Jimmy Woodhouse is scoutmaster of the troop here, and Gene Smith is, assistant. ATTEND PIONEER CAMP The Raeford Presbyterian Church is being represented by seven Pioneers at the Fayette ville Presbytery Camp at Lake Singletary this week. Attending are Carol McPhaul, Linda Phil lips, Lois McLean, Johnny White, Pat Kelly, Buddy Talbert and Mark Smith. 0 Mrs. Murch Butler of Lumber ton and Miss Willa McLauchlin returned Sunday from a visit at Fontana Village. Mrs. James S. Poole Dies On Saturday; Funeral Monday Mrs. James S. Poole, former Lydia Ann McKeithan, died late last Saturday afternoon at Moore County Hospital in Pinehurst af ter suffering a stroke, or cere bral hemorrhage, at about noon. She was taken to the hospital shortly after noon and suffered another attack after getting there. She passed away without regain ing consciousness. She had been well until Tuesday of last week when she began to feel bad. It was discovered that her blood pressure was high, and rest was prescribed. She had no more trouble until the fatal attack Sat urday. Mrs. Poole was a daughter of the late Daniel McKeithan and Lydia Blue McKeithan of Cum berland County and had been a resident of this section all her life. She was active In church work, singing In the choir in the Raeford Presbyterian Church for many years and being at one time president of the Women of the Church. She studied voice at Flora Macdonald College, and did summer school work at the Uni versity of North Carolina and the Woman's College of the University to obtain her "A" teaching certi ficate. She taught in the school at Antioch for several years and was a full time teacher in the Raeford schools for nine years, substituting at various times af terwards. Funeral service was at 4:00 o' clock Monday afternoon at the Raeford Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. W. B. Hey ward, pastori Burial followed In the Raeford cemetery. Surviving are her husband; three sisters, Misses Eliza and Mayme McKeithan and Mrs. Christian Davis, all of Raeford; four brothers, John, M. L. Mar tin and Herbert McKeithan, all of Raeford. 0 Farm Bureau Leaders To Meet August 12 In Lumber ton Greensboro State Farm Bu reau headquarters announced here this week that the organization's leaders from seven counties will hold their Annual District mem bership meeting on August 12, at Robeson County Courthouse, in Lumberton, at 10:00 a. m. County leaders from Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumber land, Hoke, Robeson and Scot land are expected to be on hand for the session to discuss plans for conducting the 1953 state-wide Farm Bureau membership drive and formulate a program of policy development for this year. Farm Bureau officers schedul ed to appear on the program are Executive Vice-President R. Flake Shaw and Director of Organiza tion Will H. Rogers, both of Greensboro and Walter G. Lowry of Pineville, district representa tive. Representatives from all ag ricultural agencies in the area have also been invited to attend the meeting. Farm Bureau officials said every effort will be made this year In policy development to obtain the expressions of all members on such important issues as farm in come, stability and improvement, general price levels the federal budget, production and market ing adjustments, the role of gov ernment, conservation and im provement of farm resources, the free choice system, capital needs of agriculture, two-way trade or aid, labor management relations and many others. 0 PLAN TENNIS TOURNEY A county-wide tennis tourna ment with persons of all ages eli gible to enter has been planned and will begin August 18. Four different age groups will be run off with champions crowned in each group and trophies given. Anyone desiring to enter the tournament may do so by contact ing George Willcox or Gene Smith, and drawings for pairings will be at the Hoke High tennis courts August 17 at 8:00 p. m. Little Leaguers Lose Playoff To Wilmington, 2-1 The 'Aberdeen-Raeford Little League All-Stars were eliminated from the District 2 playoffs in their first game, which was play ed at Aberdeen Monday afternoon, by the All-Stars from the South Wilmington Optimist Little Lea gue. Score was 2-1 in favor of the visitors. The game was largely a pitcher's duel, with Dickie Hendley of Rae ford and Roman Gabriel of Wil mington each allowing only three hits. Gabriel for the visitors struck out 13 and Hendley struck out nine, and each allowed one earned run. The margin ot victory was the run which South Wilmington pick ed up in the fifth inning on a walk and several errors. Outstanding at the plate was Marvin Lewis of Aberdeen who got a two-base hit in the first inning and knocked one over the left field fence for a home run in the fourth. The home run tied the game, but the visitors came back in the fifth and got the win ning run on a fielder's choice and two scratch hits. Third hit for Aberdeen-Raeford was a single by Sonny Smith of Aberdeen in the second Inning. Lineup for Aberdeen-Raeford was Bill Hodgin 3b, Raymond Wil son 2b? Marvin Lewis ss, Dickie Hendley p, Sonny Smith c, Jessie Williford cf, Herman Ritter rf, (Billy Marts In 5th) Wade Lewis lb, Sterling Carrington If (Jimmy Veasey In 5th). . ' . r-- Peed Follows Game Following the game the play ers of both teams, officials and others were guests at a barbecue supper at Aberdeen Lake. At this supper players of the Aberdeen Raeford team were presented their Little League All-Star pins by John Sloan of Aberdeen andj Mayor Alfred Cole of Raeford. Arrangements were in charge of Dean White of Raeford, district tournament director for District 2. He attended the game on Wed nesday in Wilmington in which the South Wilmington team won the district championship by de feating North Wilmington, 4-0. South Wilmington will represent District 2 in the State Tournament which begins Monday in Greens boro. The Wilmington folks were en thusiastic in their praise of the reception and treatment they were given by the Aberdeen and Raeford folks at the game and at the brabecue supper. Heyward On Leave For Next 4 Sundays The Rev. W. B. Heyward, pas tor of the Raeford Presbyterian Church, is on vacation for the remaining part of August, and the pulpit for the four Sundays will be filled by four different preachers. Next Sunday, August 9, the Rev. Cower Crosswell, pastor of Antioch Presbyterian Church, will deliver the sermon. On Sunday, August 16, Dr. Marshall Wood son, president of Flora Macdon ald College, will preach. An Au gust 23, the Rev. Carlos P. Wo mack, chaplain of the Sanatorium at McCain, will bring the mess age, and on August 30 the sermon will be preached by Whit Ken nedy, rising senior at Union Sem inary who is summer supply pas tor in Lumberton. 0 McINNIS CLAN REUNION The Mclnnis Clan will hold its annual gathering at the Dundar rach Presbyterian Church on Sunday, August 16. The program will begin at 11:00 o'clock, and all members and friends arc in vited to attend and bring picnic lunches. Jack Baker, who was inducted into the Army July 17th, Is now stationed at Fort Jackson, S. C. for his basic training. County Board Deals With Road Matters At Monthly Meeting The county board of commis sioners held their regular month ly meeting on schedule this week, and most of their time was spent in dealing with various road mat ters in the county. Request was received, approved and forwarded to the State High way Commission for a road in Little River Township beginning at Mrs. A. D. McLauchlin's to bacco barn and running one mile in a westerly direction, a dead end road. The highway commission was requested to stabilize the road by Neill James Ritter's place in Mc Lauchlin Township. The road in Raeford Township from North Jackson Street in Rae ford north by the Upchurch Air port at Robbin Heights to the paved highway at the Wonder land had been previously asked for as a public road, and the board received unofficial informa tion that this road will be worked in the near future. There are 21 families living on this road. The board also received unof ficial information that the road from the East Prospect Avenue extension north to the Rockfish Creek swimming hole would be staked out and worked in the near future. Arrangements were made by the board for billing the town for town prisoners kept in the coun ty jail. 0 Fewer Speeders Tried Before Mayor During July? AH Pay Costs- Only seven speeders were tried before Mayor Alfred Cole during the month of July, compared to 31 who paid the costs for the same offense during the month of June. General members of the town board and police force have expressed the opinion that speed ing in town has decreased, and this would appear to be the case. Those paying costs for speeding in town during July were Mrs. L. P. Huggins, Ray Handon, P. H. Dawkins, John Hyatt, Jimmy L. Parker, Herbert L. Bullard and Furman M. Hair. A. C. Hair and Ethel Locklear paid costs for public drunkenness and indecent exposure. E. B. Aycock paid costs for Im proper parking. Paying costs for public drunk enness were Joseph L. Lucas, Seavy Barefoot, John H. Mischat, Tom Baxley, J. A. Jenkins, and A. E. Smith. Mayor's court is held each Mon day night at 8:00 o'clock at the town hall. Up to this time Mayor Cole has only charged defendants costs of court. Second offenses will get more severe treatment, however, he says. 4) John Thorns Cox, Former Hoke Citizen, Dies In Albemarle John Thomas Cox, prominent elderly resident of Albemarle, died at about 9:00 o'clock Tues day morning in the Stanly Coun ty Memorial hospital. He had been in declining health for a long period of time and death was not unexpected. Mr. Cox, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cox of Jones boro, Lee County, was for many years rural mail carrier from the Timberland Post Office in this county, and was a farmer in Que whiffle township. He moved to Albemarle after his retirement. Funeral service was held yes terday afternoon at the First Pres byterian Church In Albemarle, of which the deceased was a mem ber. The pastor, Dr. C. D. Whit ley, conducted the service and burial was in Fairview Cemetery. Mr. Cox is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marcelle Thompson Cox; a niece, Mrs. H. J. Walters of High Point; two nephews, John Cox of Rockingham and Jim Cox of Mississippi. He was related to G. W. and D. C. Cox of Raeford also. Town Fathers Plan Action To Get Stray Dogs To Improve Town Hall" At the regular monthly meet ing of the Raeford Board ot Com missioners on Monday night plans were made for the control of stray dogs In town and the construction of pens, or a dog pound, was auth orized. Plan is that loose dogs will be confined for three days and then destroyed if not claim ed by their owners. Owners must at this time settle charges for catching and keeping the dogs, as well as for allowing them to run at large contrary to town ordi nance. Dog catcher was not named, but complete details will be announc ed after construction of the pound. This action by the board is in re sponse to a large number of com plaints by residents of the town about the nuisance ot stray dogs. Other business by the board included authorization for the water superintendent, L. S. Mc Millan to drill another well for the town water supply at a cost ot not more than $2500. The well is to be drilled on the lot with the reservoir, on the assumption that water will be found there. The laying of a new two-inch water line on Jackson Street was authorized, lack of water pressure there having been a source of complaint by residents of that street for some itme. The mayor was authorized to purchase cabinets, desks, etc., for the town hall, and to take action generally to Improve the" appear ance of the place. Specific things to be done were left to the judg ment of Mayor Cole. One item specified was the providing of a place for the orderly storage of town, water and sewer maps so that the location of lines, taps, meters, etc. will be readily avail able In the future. White Schools To Open Sept. 10th; Others On 21st County Superintendent K. A. MacDonald announced this week that the board of education had set the opening dates for the schools of the county at its regu lar monthly meeting this week. The schedule for the entire year was fixed at the meeting, al though the board had to consider the possibility of the new Raeford Elementary school building not being complete in time. Septem ber 3 was considered as an open ing date, but due to the situation on this building a week later was the date chosen, and the board feels fairly certain the building will be finished by this time. The white schools of the coun ty will open at 9:00 a. m. on Thursday, September 10, 1953. They will close on Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27 for Thanksgiving holiday. For Christ mas the schools will close on Fri day, December 18, and they will reopen on Wednesday, December 30. Skip day will be Wednesday, June 2, 1954, and the schools will close the year on Thursday, June 3, 1954. The colored and Indian schools of the county will open on Mon day, September 21, 1953, at 9:00 a. m. They will close for Christ mas on Tuesday, December 22, and reopen on Tuesday, Decem ber 29. They will be closed on Easter Monday, April 19, 1954. After the seventh month of school, there will be school on four Sat urdays, and schools will close on Monday, May 31, 1954. Dates for prc-school meetings of principals and teachers will be announced later. Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Gordon and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Latham of Springfield, Pa. visited in the home of Mrs. J. P. Smith Sunday. They were en route to Florida for a two-weeks' vacation.