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N IT ews-journal voice or miPOM CUAjtOIAlM Or tIB'RTY The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XL VIII; NUMBER 11 THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1953 RAEFORD, N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPY $3.00 PER YEAR Tine E,0F r CUAMMAk I 0M V-'Vl OHIBtWt ' Br the. Editor Looks like I might have been talking when I should have been listening last week in my com ments about cotton picking get ting going in full blast the first of this week. A bit of exaggera tion from a couple of my farmer friends got me fooled. They do say it's about the earliest ever, though, that some is being pick ed now, and that it will generally get started at least a week earlier than usual. Harry Greene is persisting In his effort, which I mentioned some time ago, to get the wires and poles cleaned up or off of Main street and the street lights improved. This would surely im prove the looks of the town, and they need it. It has been done in St. Pauls and Laurinburg and many other places, and if you'll take a look next time you'll see what an improvement it would be to Raeford. Some of the poles on Main street here look like spider's webs, with wires going in all directions, and the street lights, blocked on some sides by poles and wires, are of the old, inefficient type which conscume a great deal of electricity. Let's help Greene In this movement. The National Guard from these parts Is going to Camp Stewart, Georgia, Sunday for the annual two weeks encampment. Gene Smith and myself will represent The News-Journal on the trip, so any little help you can give my wife Margaret and. Sam Morris by getting news and ad vertising in early during those two weeks will be greatly appreciat ed. There aren't many of us here anyway, and when two are gone at once it really throws a load on those that are left. A letter, from J. O. Tally, Jr., mayor of Fayetteville from May 1949 to May 1953, and George Herndon, mayor there since May 1953, denies the little story in this column a couple of weeks ago about the Fayetteville mayor asking the Fori Bragg commander to withhold pay of troops until they were back at Fort Bragg. "There is not a word of truth in the entire story," the letter said. They also said "It appears to us that this was an instance of un fair journalism. You could have cheeked this story with either of the undersigned or with the Com manding General at Bragg." Well, it was my intention at the time to illustrate the spirit of greed being exhibited by the Fay etteville Chamber of Commerce and the newspaper there in their desire to take the homes of 432 families to make their business profitable. I did not say the story was true when I ran it, but said "This little tale, true or not, cer tainly illustrates the love of Fay etteville people for the Fort Bragg soldiers, how they love them, and why." Six airmen made up the honor guard for the body of Senator Robert Taft when it was sent from Washington to New York through Mitchel Field, Long Island. One of these was Staff Sergeant Ric hard M. Steele of Raeford, whose father Chaffie Steele, is sexton at the Raeford Presbyterian Church. Sgt. Steele has been in the Air Force over seven years and served in the Army of oc cupation in Germany. Another Raeford serviceman was recognized for excellence lately. He is Cpl. Carl S. Gregory of the Transportation Railway Unit Training Center at Fort Eustis, Va. Cpl. Gregory was re cently chosen "Soldier of the Week" at the center. This award is made by a board of officers to the soldier "who exemplifies by his conduct, efficiency and devo tion to duty the highest Ideals of the service and the corps." Philippi Church To Have Revival Series Starting Monday Malcolm Bullock, summer sup ply pastor of, Philippi Presbyter ian Church, announced this week that there would be a series of revival services at the church from August 17, next Monday, through Sunday, August 23, with services each evening at 8:00 o' clock. He said that the speaker for the series would be the Rev. John Hornick of Anderson, S. C, and that there would be special music for the services. The public is invited. McBryde Clan Holds Reunion At Antioch The McBryde Clan held its annual reunion Sunday, August 9, at Antioch Presbyterian Church with 150 members present. Officers elected for the coming year are Douglas McBryde, Max ton, president; Mrs. James A. Mc Bryde, vice-president; and Mrs. R. C. Andrews, secretary-treasurer. 0 Better Grades Of Tobacco Bring Higher Prices The U. S. Department of Ag riculture reported that better grades held fairly steady on South Carolina and North Carolina mar kets of the flue-cured tobacco Border Belt Tuesday. The department reported that the heaviest poundage and the highest average of the season were recorded Monday. The aver age was $54.51 per 100 pounds for 7,032,032 pounds told. . This, was $2.01 above Friday's average and $1.77 over the previous high of Aug. 3. An increase in nondescript off set an increase in the percentage of good and fair quality Tuesday. Principle marketings were low to good lugs, fair and good leaf, low and fair primings, low and fair cutters and nondescript. The U. S. Crop Reporting Board estimated production for Type 13 tobacco as of Aug. 1 will be 286,900,000 pounds, a slight re' duc'tion' (rom July j estimate. Monday soutn uarouna s gross sales were 3,341,408 pounds for a $55.04 average. North Carolina's gross sales were 3,690,624 for a $54.03 average. Auction bid averages on a lim ited number of grades were: Leaf: good lemon 65; fair lemon 63. Cutters: fair lemon 69; low lemon 68. Lugs: fine lemon 68; good lemon 66; fair lemon 63; fair orange 56; low orange 42. Primings: good lemon 60; fair lemon 53; fair orange 44; low orange 31. Nondescript: best thin 20; poor est thin 7. NIXON INFANT DIES Harriet Gail Nixon, infant dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Nixon of Carthage, Route 3, died in Watts Hospital, Durham, last Thursday afternoon, and grave side services were conducted at Lam's Grove at 4:30 Friday at ternoon by the Rev. Sam Atkin son. In addition to the parents are two sisters, Ann and Peggy Nixon and one brother, Harold; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Nixon of Hoke Coun ty and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Badgett, Ara rat. 0 Mrs. F. G. Leach, Anne and Bobby spent several days this week visiting relatives in Mon cure. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Campbell of Butner visited Mr. Campbell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Camp bell, the past week end. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harrison and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Harrison at White Lake on Sunday. Cotton Estimate Paves Way For Quotas In 1954 Washington The Agriculture Department, in Its first forecast of the year, this week reported a prospective cotton crop of 14, 605,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight. Officials have said a crop of 12 million or more bales would re quire Secretary Benson to invoke rigid controls on production next year to prevent a burdensome sur plus. Benson has until Oct. 15 to make a decision. The indicated crop compares with 15,136,000 bales last year and 12,215,000 for the 10-year (1943-52) average. This year's production will be supplemented by a reserve of 5,- 200,000 bales from previous crops. The indicated yield of cotton per harvested acre was reported at an average of 291.7 pounds compared with 282.7 pounds last year and 271.4 for the 10-year average. The condition of the crop on Aug. 1 was reported at 79 per cent of normal, compared with 75 per cent a year ago and 77 per cent for the 10-year Aug. 1 average. The production of American Egyptian tspe cotton was forecast at 66,500 bales, compared with 95, 000 last year and 27,200 for the ten-year average. In an accompanying report, the Census Bureau said 349,072 run ning bales from this year's crop had been ginned prior to Aug. 1, compared with 176,356 to the same date last year and 223,566 two years ago. The condition of the crop Aug. 1, the Indicated acre yield and production, respectively, by states included: North Carolina 79, 291 and 460, 000; South Carolina 78, 324 and 725,000. fl Mayor Hears Case Of Affray And Assault Something of a feud developed around here for a week or so and wound up in mayor's court Monday night before Mayor Al fred Cole. Principals were Mclver Watson and his son James, and Kermit Parsons and his son Doug. The affair, according to Police Chief Harry Dees, had been going on for some time between the boys, and they got in a fight in the Raeford Theatre on Saturday, August 1. Dees said the elder Parsons was present at that time and got in it with the boys. He was indicted by Mclver Watson for assaulting a minor, it being alleged that he had choked James Watson. On Saturday, August 8, accord ing to Dees, Parsons went to the Watson home on Elwood Avenue next to the McLauchlin Co. office to see of he couldn't get Watson to take up the papers. This con versation wound up in a fist fight with Parsons getting the' short end of it. He thereupon indicted Watson for assaulting him, and was in turn Indicted for assault ing Watson. Watson pled guilty before the mayor and paid costs. Parsons was found not guilty on the sec ond charge, but was found guilty, of assaulting the Watson boy. Sentence was 30 days on the roads, to be suspended on con dition that Parsons move from Raeford by August 21, Dees said. 0 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Mc Bryde of Camden, S. C. visited Mr. McBryde's father, D. M. Mc Bryde, during the week end. Miss Carrie Norton has been ill at her home for the past two weeks. Pete Dickson will return morrow from a visit with aunt, Miss Helen Dickson, High Point. to- his in Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Collier and daughter of Statesville were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. William Lamont Tennis Tourney To Begin Next Tuesday The Jaycee county-wide tennis tournament scheduled to begin next Tuesday 6n the Hoke High courts already promises being a success, as approximately twenty Lamb's Grove at 4:30 Friday af week. Monday will be the last day that contestants may enter, with the drawings and pairings to be held at the courts on Mon day night at 8:00 p. m. Play will begin Tuesday and continue each afternoon and night until the semi-finals and final rounds. The last two rounds will be played at night only. Trophies will be awarded to the winning girl and boy in the singles class in the age groups under 12 years old, 12-15 and 15-18. A trophy for the winner of the singles and doubles group of the over 18 year old class will also be awarded. A fishing rodeo for all boys in the county 14 years old or under has been set for September 5 at Upchurch's pond. The contest will officially open at 9 a. m. and close at 5 p. m. A fishing rod and reel will be awarded to the cacther of the largest fish during the con test hours. There will be no ad mission or entrance fees charged. o James H. Yates, 67, Buried At Carthage James Hamilton Yates, 67, of Route 1, Carthage, died in a Dur ham hospital Thursday night after a long illness. He had been a pat ient in the hospital with a heart condition for over a year, and death was not unexpected. He was the father of M. D. Yates of Rae ford. Funeral services were conducted in Robbins at 3:00 o'clock Satur day afternoon by the Rev. B. G. Parham, and burial was in the Summer Hill Baptist cemetery near Carthage. Surviving are his wife, the for mer Minnie Etta Williamson; three daughters, Mrs. H. C. Haw kins of Asheboro, Mrs. F. C. Plummer of Spencer and Mrs. Homer Gibson of Laurel Hill; three sons, M. D. Yates of Rae ford, J. C. Yates of Hamlet and H. 'F. Yates of Asheboro; three sisters, Mrs. C. F. Ford of Rock Hill, S. C, Mrs. Colon McNair$25 and costs, of Hoffman and Mrs. Henry Ous ley of Lilllngton; a brother, Clyde Yates of Cheraw, S. C. ' 0 Local Lady's Father Dies Thurs. In S. C. William Henry Rhodus, 84-year-old citizen of Lancaster, S. C. and father of Mrs. Guthrie Long of Raeford, died suddenly at his home in Lancaster last Thursday, August 6, of a heart attack. Son of the late Gabe W. Rhodus and Eliza Tobias Rhodus, of Man ning, S. C, he was a member of Temple Baptist Church at Lan caster. Funeral was held at this church on Friday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock, and burial followed in Camden, S. C. Officiating were the Rev. Helms, pastor, the Rev. Davis and the Rev. Webb. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lou Timmons Rhodus; three sons, G. W. and Henry Rhodus of Lan caster and E. O. Rhodus of Cam den; seven daughters, Mrs. Geor ge Roberts, Mrs. Bill Taylor, Mrs. John Dorman and Miss Eliza Rhodus, all of Lancaster, Mrs. Lone of Raeford, Mrs. Gertrude Lane of Camden and Mrs. Sam Driggers of Winnsboro, S. C; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth White and Mrs. Nealie Barnes, both of Man ning, S. C; two brothers, Charlie Rhodus of Manning and Jim Rho dus of Columbia, S. C; 32 grand children and 11 great-grandchildren. n Rev. and Mrs. Zane G. Norton of Shelby came Sunday and spent part of their vacation with home folks. They and Mr. Norton's mother, Mrs. J. M. Norton, spent Thursday with Mrs. Luther Mid gette and family in Snead's Ferry. The Nortons left Friday for Vir ginia to visit Mrs. Norton's parents. Man Tried Under Two Names In Court Tuesday A white man was tried under one name for driving drunk in Tuesday morning's session of Hoke County recorder's court before Judge T. O. Moses, and under another for driving without a driv er's license. He was tried under the name of Ross F. Campbell for driving drunk and got 90 days, to be suspended on payment of $100 and costs. Then when it ap peared that he was not Campbell, the name on the license he had, but Cecil M. Williams he was tried for driving without a license as Williams. For this he got 30 days to be suspended on pay ment of $10 and costs. Calvin M. Tucker, colored, pled guilty of driving drunk and sen tence was 90 days to be suspend ed on payment of $100 and costs. Stacey H. Evers, white man char ged with driving drunk, failed to appear for trial and forfeited : his bond of $150. Charles B. Spence, white sold ier, pled guilty of speeding 85 miles an hour. Sentence of 30 days was suspended on payment of $50 and costs and he had to surrender his driver's license for suspension. For taking part in an affray and disturbing church services Judge Moses suspended judgment on three colored youths on condition that they pay court costs and be of good behavior and go to church once a week for two years. They were James Malloy, Jr., James Johnnie Bratcher and Richard Bratcher. Albert Crews, colored inmate of the prison division at the San atorium, was found guilty of as sault with a deadly weapon. A 60-day additional sentence was suspended on payment of costs and good behavior for the re mainder of his term there. Mack Utley, colored, and Wil liam Dorseym, white, each had to pay $25 and costs for care less and reckless driving. For falling to yield right of way when he should have William James Covington, colored, got 30 days suspended on , payment of James Singleton, colored, was found not guilty on a charge of driving on the left side of the road. Mattie Tate Smith, colored, failed to appear for trial on a charge of driving with improper brakes, Capias was issued. Eugene Barr and Coldon Harris, both colored, each had to pay costs for driving without driver's license. James Hubert Purcell, colored, had to pay $10 and costs for driv ing with an expired license. Draft Registrants Who Are Dads Must Notify Boards Raleigh, Aug. 7 Draft regis trants with children must present birth certificates to their local boards before Aug. 25 to obtain deferment on the basis of father hood, Col. T. H. Upton, State Se lective Service head, warned to day. Under new regulations, father hood will not be conisdered as a basis for deferment unless local boards are notified before that date, Col. Upton said. If a regis- trant's wife is pregnant, a doctor's certificate to that effect will re ceive the same consideraiton, he added. The reports should be made re gardless of present classification. For instance, a 4-F registrant who has failed to report the birth of a child might find himself in 1-A if his 4-F status should change and he has not notified the local board of his fatherhood status before Aug. 25, Col. Upton said. Mrs. J. S. Johnson and Mrs. R. B. Lewis landed in New York Tuesday and arrived home yes terday after a two months tour of Europe. Sheriff Attends Kill Devil Hill Meeting Sheriff and Mrs. D. H. Hodgin of Hoke County are in Kill Devil Hill, N. C. this week where the sheriff is joining sheriffs and de puties from all of North Carolina's 100 counties at the annual meet ing of the State Sheriff's Asso ciation.' More than 200 law enforcement officers registered at the Wilbur Wright hotel for the convention, which began on Tuesday and which was to last through Thurs day. The full slate of activities in cluded business meetings, fish ing and sightseeing expeditions, election of officers, annual ban quet and attending the "Lost Colony" at Manteo. 0 Mrs. B. J. Jones Dies Suddenly On Sunday Afternoon Mrs. Naomi Maxwell Jones, 52, died of a heart attack in Laur- inburg Sunday afternoon. She had not been in good health for some years and had been a patient at a nursing home there since last February. She had been home for the week end and suffered the attack while climbing the steps on her return. She was a native of this coun ty, a daughter of the late George W. and Katie Maxwell. Funeral services were conduct ed at Ephesus Baptist Church Tuesday morning at 11:00 o'clock Dy me nev. a. . assisted by the Rev. P. O. Lee of rtaeiora ana uie ivev. r. . t.uiaU s he ha, accepted a posl. of Fayetteville. Burial followed In the church cemetery. She is survived by her husband, B. J. Jones; two step-sons, Tom and Bill Jones, both of Dundar rach; two brothers, O. B. and Weldon W. Maxwell of Raeford, route 2; two sisters, Mrs. E. G. Wickline and Mrs. Alice Allred, both of Raeford, route 2. u Mrs. McKenzie, 61, Dies In Hospital Mrs. Carrie McKenzie, 61, of Lumber Bridge, route one, died Friday morning in Scotland Me morial Hospital after suffering a heart attack a few days ago. She was born in Hoke county, daugh ter of the late Archie K. McFad yen and Cornelia Jane Smith of Hoke county. She is survived by four daugh ters, Mrs. Arch Gentry of Scot land county, Mrs. Cole Williams of Hoke county, Mrs. Cornelia Russell of trie home, Mrs. D. B. Ray of Raeford, route two; two sons, James McKenzie of Hoke county, Sgt. John McKenzie, U. S. Air Force; one brother, J. L. Mc Fadyen of Lumber Bridge, route one; five sisters, Mrs. Lillle Mc- Dougald, Mrs. Ruth Bristow, Mrs. Ella Trawick, Mrs. Gladys Bos tick and Mrs. Emma Morman, all of Lumber Bridge, route one; and seven grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday at 4 p. m. at Sandy Grove Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. N. P. Edens, assisted by the Rev. Carlos P. Womack. Bur ial was in the church cemetery. o INMAN IN FAR EAST Aboard the general stores Issue ship USS Chimon in the Far East, is James N. Inman, commissary man seaman, USN, son of Mr and Mrs. O. C. Sanders, of Rae ford. The Chimon, a unit of Com' mandcr Service Squadron 3, pro vides maintenance and logistic support to units of the Seventh Fleet and United Nations' vessels. 0 VISITOR AT TABERNACLE The Rev. Virgil Merck of Six Mile, S. C. will preach at both the morning and evening services Sunday at Tabernacle Baptist Church at Rockfish. The Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Hey ward have as their guest, Mr. Heyward'a mother, Mrs. N. J. Heyward, of Raleigh. Bucks Schedule 6 Football Games; To Play 5 Here Huggins Not Returning Six football games, five of which will be played on the local field, have been definitely sche duled for the 1953 Hoke High season with two or three more still in the planning stage. The first game of the season will be played at Armory park Septem ber 11 with Chadbourn furnish ing the opposition. A meeting of all football can didates has been scheduled for Friday night at 7:30 at the High school gym to discuss plans of the training sessions at Myrtle Beach, S. C. and determine the date local practices will begin. Tentative plans indicate that the team will leave Raeford the week of August 24 for Myrtle Beach, where they will quarter and train at the old Myrtle Beach Air Base. With but six lettermen back .from last year's team, which had a record of three wins, four losses and two ties, Coach Bob Rock holz will have his hands full try ing to rebuild his team which lost eight first stringers via gradual tion. Only two backfield letter men, Benny McLeod and Jimmy Bracey, will be back and the four linemen returning are Lacy Koonce, Jimmy White, . Grady Butler and L. J. Jackson. Earl Huggins, backfield coach and girls basketbaU wiu not returnmg to Raeford this tion of assistant football coach and head basketball coach at Mullins, 5. C. The schedule as it stands now Is: September 11, Chadbourn, here; 25, Elizabethtown, here; Oc tober 23, Rohann (East Rocking ham), here; 30, Erwin, here; Nov. 6, Fairmont, here and 13 Fay etteville "B" team, there. Ar rangements with Selma and Dunn for games are not definite. Of the six teams scheduled the Bucks record for 1952 was two wins, three losses and one tie. Mt. Olive, Massey Hill and Hope Mills, all on last year's schedule are not scheduled for this year. 0 Wheat Farmers Vote August 14 Each person on a farm erowiiur 15 acres of wheat that is interest ed in the wheat crop is eligible to vote in the wheat marketing quotas referendum on August 14. According to state officials of the Production and Marlrotinir Administration, any person de claring his intension to plant over 15 acres of wheat this fall is also eligible to vote. This declaration can be made to referendum com mittees or poll holders. Absentee voting is also per mitted. PMA officials say anyone planning to be out of his county on Friday, August 14 can request a Dauot and vote by mail. The PMA committee in each county has announced polling places. Each county PMA office will be a polling place, and other polling places have been estab lished in most counties. The polls will be open from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. Although only around 6,000 North Carolina farms will be af fected by marketing quotas, PMA officials are urging all eligible wheat growers to vote. They point out that a vote by a small North " Carolina producer is equal to that of the nation's largest producer. They are also labeling this refer endum as one of the most import ant in recent years. The question to be decided Is whether prices will be supported on the 1954 crop at 50 per cent or 90 per cent of parity, and whether or not there will be marketing quotas with their penalty controls. Acreage allotments will be In ef fect, regardless of the marketing quotas referendum outcome. To be approved, two-thirds of the farmers voting must vote in favor of marketing quotas.