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The Hoke County News
The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLVIII; NUMBER 12
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1953
RAEFORD, N. C.
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VOK . f f 6UAIDIAM
By Sam Morris
With the editor away in sum
mer camp with the National
Guard, it has been asked of me
who would write this column.
Smith asked the boss before they
left if I was going to write it.
The boss replied no one had ask
ed him. So maybe I won't have a
job when the boss sees the column
with a new by-line.
The merchants of the town are
staging Dollar Days this week.
Much has been said about not
shopping in Fayetteville. Now is
a good time not only to get the
specials that they are offering but
to look over their' other wares.
Many of them have the same na
tionally advertised lines that you
will find in other towns. Some
people say they are cheaper here
also.. Could be true, as the over
head for a business In Raeford
is cheaper than in -the larger cit
ies. So give the local merchants
a chance.
During the week of July 11,
N. H. G. Balfour and John Mc
Googan attended the National
Convention for County Commis
sioners in Boston, Mass., where
Mr. Balfour presented an address
on the Hoke County-Fort Bragg
land issue. Below is a letter re
ceived this week by Mr. Balfour
which we thirst shows the manner
in which it was presented:
"Dear Mr. Balfour:
One of the earliest and certain
ly the most pleasant of my duties
as President of the National As
sociation of County Officials is
that of thanking you for your very
splendid contribution to the re
cent conference of our Associa
tion. Such a splendid and time
ly address is rare under any cir
cumstances but you are to be
especially commended and thank
ed for your service in delivering
it without charge. I wish to as
sure you, however, that your pur
pose of rendering a public service
was fully accomplished. Please
accept the thanks of myself per
sonally and of the National As
sociation of County Officials.
Sincerely,
G. A. Treakle, President."
Last week at the courthouse 1
had a talk with J. A. McGoogan,
county auditor. Being the first
superintendent of schools In this
county we wanted his viewpoint
on the progress the schools have
made since that time. At first he
said he didn't know because he
was going to Bogue Sound for a
few days. Then he started telling
me about the teacher load in
Washington, D. C. compared with
the teacher load in North Carolina.
To my surprise the teacher load
in Washington is greater than in
this state. Thirty-si to thirty
two, it I'm not mistaken. This in
formation was from a Washing
ton newspaper received by Mr.
McGoogan from Charlie Howard.
After telling Mr. McGoogan
that he would have a week to
prepare the article for the paper,
he consented to do it. So here is
something we can all have to
look forward to if it is half as
good as his answer to the editorial
in the Fayetteville Observer. The
people of my age will see that
things have changed even since
we were in school.
Along with the article of Mr.
McGoogan's, which will be in a
special section of the paper Sept.
3rd, will be pictures, both old and
new, of school buildings, foot
ball and baseball teams, and local
citizens connected with the
schools. We will also have write
ups of the schools at Ashemont,
Mildouson and Rockfish. We are
trying to get people from these
communities to write the articles
so they will have a local aspect.
We will have stories about the
progress of the Indian and Negro
schools of the county. Other ar
ticles will be on the agriculture
department, physical education
(Continued on back page)
Mrs. M. L. Mclntyre
Dies On Sun.; Funeral
In Wagram Tuesday
Mrs. Martin L. Mclntyre of
Raleigh, the former Ann McMil
lan of Wagram, died Sunday af
ternoon at 2:00 o'clock at Rex
Hospital in Raleigh after an Ill
ness of two days.
Mrs. Mclntyre, who was 21
years of age, was the only child
of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe McMillan
of Wagram. She attended Peace
College in Raleigh. She was mar
ried to Martin L. Mclntyre, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mclntyre
of Raeford in 1950.
Funeral service was at 3:00 o'
clock Tuesday afternoon at the
Montpelier Presbyterian Church
in Wagram, conducted by the Rev.
E. D. Johnson, pastor of the
Spring Hill Baptist Church, as
sisted by the Rev. Jack Wooley
of Raleigh. Pallbearers were Louie
Brooks, Jr., Bruce McDaniel, John
A. McKay, Houston Black, Frank
Carter and Frank McNeill.
Surviving are her husband; her
parents; and a son, Martin L. Mc
lntyre, Jr.
C. P. & L. Will Aid
In Lighting Problem
Marion H. Gatlin, member of
the town board, who is chairman
of the street lighting committee,
reports that the Carolina Power
and Light Company will cooper
ate with the town of Raeford in
its effort to get the wires and
poles cleaned up or off of Main
Street. In a letter received from
the company they stated that Sam
Mauney, their street lighting en
gineer, will come to Raeford at
his first opportunity to talk over
this problem. They are willing to
do this work free of charge. Mr.
Gatlin says that there are two
types of street lights now in use,
one in Sanford and the other in
Southern Pines, either of which
will add greatly to the power cost
to the town.
If this project is approved, it
will be tried out for three blocks
in the business section of Main
Street. If the cost is not prohibi
tive, the new lights will be used
all over town. It has been pointed
out that the moving of the wires
and poles from Main Street to the
alleys might be expensive to some
stores, because most of the pres
ent power connections are at the
front of the buildings. The ex
pense of wiring inside each build
ing will have to be borne by the
property owner.
PERSONALS
Mrs. J. H. McAnulty and son,
Mike, visited J. H. McAnulty in
Salisbury over the week end. On
their return, they visited Rev.
and Mrs. Judson Lennon and
family In Albemarle. "
Mrs. W. C. Sellers and daugh
ters, Mrs. H. K. Morgan and Lin
da spent last week with Mr.
Sellers in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Mrs. John Lentz has accepted
the position of office nurse for
Dr. R. M. Jordan.
Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Matheson
are visiting their daughter, Mrs.
E. C. Brooks and Lt. Brooks at
Cherry Point.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bishop of
Key West, Florida spent last week
with Mrs. Bishop's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. N. A. Mrlnnis.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Thomas vis
ited their daughter, Mrs. Bob
Foreman and Mr. Foreman at Negs
Head last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Furman Clark and
children are visiting Mrs. Clark's
parents in Detroit, Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. O'Rourke
and children of Colorado Springs,
Colorado are visiting Mrs. O'
Rourke's mother, Mrs. W. F. Wal
ters. Mr. and Mrs. Wade Currie and
children of Charlotte visited Mr.
Currie's sister, Mrs. J. W. Mc
Kenzie, the past week end.
Local Guardsmen
Arrive At Camp
Stewart Monday
Members of the local unit of the
National Guard in training at
Camp Stewart, Georgia for their
annual two weeks encampment
are looking forward to their day
and a half vacation from Army
life as they begin to wind up their
first week.
They arrived in camp around
ten o'clock Monday morning after
an uneventful, but tiring trip by
motor convoy. Sunday night was
spent at the airport at Ridgeland,
S. C, forty miles north of Savan
nah. A hot meal of steak and all
the trimmings was served them
by their own kitchen unit. The
noon meal consisted of sand
wiches and lemonade served on
the road during the mid-day rest
stop.
Monday was spent getting their
personal gear and unit equipment
unpacked and set up for use.
Tuesday, the training began in
earnest, as classes were conduct
ed in the field with practice runs
with 50 caliber machine guns and
40 mm anti-aircrat guns. Firing
began Wednesday and will con
tinue today and be brought to a
close Friday at noon. The targets
consist of sleeves towed about
1000 yards behind a B-26 air
plane and radio controlled pilot
less aircraft known as "R-Cats".
The R-Cals have a wing span of
approximately 15 feet, attain
speeds up to 300 miles per hour
and perform maneuvers equal to
those of any airplane. When one
is hit by a burst of machine gun
fire, a parachute is released and
floats the plane down to the
ground. When hit by a burst from
the 40's the planes come down
in small pieces, usually burning.
The guardsmen brought several
planes down with their machine
guns on Wednesday and expect
to score several direct hits with
the 40 mm guns today and to
morrow. Friday afternoon will be used
to clean equipment in preparation
for Saturday morning's inspec
tion and parade. After the pa
rade, men that do not have week
end duty, will be free until Mon
day morning reveille.
Facilities available on the post
for recreation Include a swimming
pool, three theatres, post ex
changes, and all types of athletic
fields and courts.
The food so far has been ex
tremely good, and arrangements
made in nearby Hinesville pro
vide the men with speedy laundry
service for their uniforms.
Next week the local battery will
join the other batteries In the
battalion in a field .maneuver
which will begin Monday and run
through Thursday afternoon.
Seventy-nine enlisted men and
six officers from Raeford and
Hoke County are under the com
mand of Captain Edwin D. New
ton, and along with outfits from
Red Springs, St. Pauls, Sanford
and Southern Pines, make up the
130th Battalion under the com
mand of Lt. Col. William Lamont,
Jr. of Raeford.
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NEW STOP LIGHT
A new stop light has been in
stalled at the intersection of Main
Street and Elwood Avenue. Mo
torists will be able to make right
and left turns but U-turns will
be prohibited. This has been one
of the most congested corners on
Main Street due to motorists
making U-turns.
RETURNS FROM FAR EAST
Completing a nine-month tour
of combat duty in the Far East,
the fast attack aircraft carrier
USS Philippine Sea returned
here Aug. 14th.
Serving aboard with Fighter
Squadron 91 is C. Alton McMillan
aviation structural mechanic air
man, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank McMillan of Route 2,
Raeford.
Following a brief stop in San
Francisco, the ship Is scheduled
to be at San Diego also.
Raeford Stores Will
Hold Dollar Days
Friday Thru Monday
A Dollar Days sales event,
sponsored by some of the local
stores, will begin tomorrow morn
ing and continue through Mon
day of next week with the cus
tomers being offered sacrifice
savings on many summer wear
ing apparel items and general
summer purchases.
With the opening of schools
being less than three weeks away
and with this sales event being
the last opportunity to make sum
mer purchases at a saving, shop
pers will probably want to get
school outfits at a savings to
them.
Readers of The News-Journal
are urged to shop the Dollar Day
ads listed in the pages of the
paper and then make their pur
chases accordingly.
Wheat Controls Will
Cover Crop Next Year
Hoke County wheat growers
voted 100 per cent in favor of
strict marketing quotas on the
1954 crop in last week's nation
wide referendum.
The tabulation by the Federal
Agriculture Department showed
that 361,392 farmers voted for the
controls, while only 53,252 regis
tered disapproval.
By accepting rigid marketing
controls, the wheat farmers are
assured of continued high gov
ernment price supports.
Secretary of Agriculture Ben
son promised the nation's wheat
producers this week that he will
carry oufethe rigid control pro
gram they- have voted for next
year's crop "in an equitable and
constructive manner."
Benson, who has indicated in
the past a preference for a dif
ferent approach to farm surplus
problems, issued this public pledge
of co-operation after prelimi
nary returns from last Friday's
nationwide referendum showed
that wheat farmers favored strict
marketing quotas on the 1954
crop by a 7-1 margin.
The agriculture secretary said
he feels the farmers "have made
a wise decision a decision in
their own best interests."
He emphasized that his depart
ment furnished the farmers with
all the necessary facts on which
to base a decision and that this
was one "objectively and without
trying to influence the vote."
That top-heavy 87.2 per cent
favorable vote set a new record
for wheat referenda. It also was
well above the two-thirds ma
jority required by law.
Although the returns were de
scribed as preliminary, the de
partment said it expects little
change from that ratio when the
final official count is in.
County Board Deals
With Road Matters
At Special Meeting
The County Board of Commis
sioners held a special meeting
Friday, August 14 to take action
on roads in the county.
Present at the meeting were
Forrest Lockey, Division High
way Commissioner, T. G. Poin
dexter, Division Engineer, and E.
T. Brame, District Engineer, who
met with the board to discuss
highway matters.
The following road was given
unanimous approval by the board:
the road to the swimming hole
as laid out by the highway offi
cials. The road beginning on Highway
211 at the J. D. Mason residence
and running to the paved road at
the old Bethune residence was
approved for stabilization.
The road from the Wire Road
to Freddie's Lake was given un
animous approval of the board
for additional to the highway
system.
Visitors in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Chester Wade over the week
end were Misses Carolyn and
Eleanor Dixon and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Dixon and sons, all of Oxford.
Merchants Plan
Festival Day For
November 25th
At a meeting last week of the
Merchants committee of the Rae
ford Chamber of Commerce it
was decided to hold a Raeford
Festival Day November 25 and
on this date award several valu
able prizes at a drawing.
Tickets will be given to stores
participating In this event to cus
tomers when they make their
purchases. Stubs will be deposit
ed in containers in the store and
then on Festival day drawings
will be held to determine the
winners.
A complete list of prizes is not
definite at this time but it is as
sumed that they will be house
hold appliances and various other
gifts. Additional gifts awarded
by various individual stores will
be added to the prizes offered by
the Merchants Committee.
A list of the prizes and mer
chants participating in this event
will be announced later as plans
are completed.
Prevette Resigns As
County Farm Agent
The Hoke County board of
commissioners at their regular
monthly meeting, accepted the
resignation of J. H. Prevette, who
has been county farm "agent since
last March.
Prevette came here from Ra
leigh, where he had been em
ployed as assistant farm agent
for Wake County, and he resigned
to return to Raleigh as public re
lations representative for the
Pine State Dairies at a consider
ably larger salary than he was
receiving here.
Mr. and Mrs. Prevette moved
to Raleigh on Monday, August 17.
Mr. Prevete is a graduate of
State College, a veteran o World
War II, and is married to the
former Miss Helen Gillespie of
Statesville.
No announcement has been
made as to his successor.
Monroe McMillan,
Native Of County,
Dies On Tuesday
Monroe McMillan, 64, promin
ent citizen of Wagram, died Tues
day afternoon in the Scotland Me
morial Hospital in Laurinburg
where he was taken after suffer
ing a stroke on Monday.
Mr. McMillan was born in the
Blue Springs section of Hoke
county and moved to Wagram a-
bout 30 years ago and was en
gaged in farming there. He and
bis wife operated the McMillan
Motor Company here for several
years jn the early '40s.
Funeral service was held this
morning at 11:00 o'clock at the
Spring Hill Baptist Church, in
Wagram, of which the deceased
was a member. The Rev. E. D.
Johnson conducted the service
and burial was in the Spring Hill
Cemetery.
Mr. McMillan is survived by his
wife, the former Bessie Crump;
four sisters, Lettie, Mary Lee,
Ginny and Annie, all of Blue
Springs township; and a grand
son, Martin L. Mclntyre, Jr.
Eight Inducted At
Raleigh Monday
Eight Hoke County men were
inducted into the Army in Ra
leigh Monday. They were sent to J
the reception center at Fort Jack
son, S. C. and stopped by here
on the way. Those inducted were:
Julian Hubert Blue, Jr., Neill
Blue Sinclair, Jr., James Sinclair,
Bobby McNeill, Benjamin Bridges,
Robert E. Steele, Alvester Mc
Neill and Leon Love.
Mrs. J. M. Baker announced that
the September 18th call for in
duction will take all the remain
ing men who have been examined
and accepted.
Their will be a pre-induction
call on September 2nd. Orders
have already been issued for
those registered. j
REA Announces
Reduction In Rates
Beginning Sept. 1
The Lumbee River Electric
Membership Corporation announ
ces a reduction in the rates for
electric service to its members.
According to C. L. Ballance,
president, this is another effort
to meet the demands and satis
fy the best interests of the mem
bership at large. For quite some
time the directors of the coopera
tive have been considering a rate
reduction. However, any rate ad
justment must be approved by
REA in Washington before final
action can be taken by the board
of directors of the cooperative.
At a recent meeting the board
adopted the new rate structure
as approved by REA to become
effective with the September 1
electric bill.
The new rate structure is set
up in such a manner to benefit
each member of the cooperative
from the minimum user to the
maximum user. Reduced rate
schedules have been set up for
the farm and home consumer, the
commercial consumer, and for
schools, churches, and community
buildings.
Lumbee River Electric Mem
bership Corporation serves some
7,000 members with more than
1,200 miles of line located in the
counties of Hoke, Robeson, Scot
land and Cumberland.
Liquor And Car
Cases Face Judge
Moses On Tuesday
In recorder's court Tuesday
morning before Judge T. O. Moses,
liquor and car cases were dealt
with. Two were tried for driving
drunk. Jarvis Edward Johnson,
colored, was found guilty of driv
ing drunk and was sentenced to
three months on the roads. Sen
tence was suspended on payment
of a fine of $100 and court costs.
Rufus McCall, colored, was sen
tenced to 90 days on the roads
for the same offence. Sentence
was suspended on payment of a
fine of $100 and court costs.
Eddie Scrivens and David Chap
man, both colored, were found
guilty of having improper brakes
on their cars. Judgment was su
spended in both cases on pay
ment of a fine of $10 and court
costs.
Allen Putt Grew, white man of
McCain, was found guilty of pub
lic drunkenness. He forfeited a
$25 bond.
Pearson Hall, white, was found
guilty of public drunkenness.
Sentence was 30 days suspend
ed on payment of a fine of $10
and court costs.
James W. Chavis, Indian, for
having no operator's license, paid
court costs.
Dewey T. Lovette, white, char
ged with failing to stop at a stop
sign, was found guilty. Judgment
was suspended on payment of
court costs.
Johnnie G. McLauchlin, color
ed, was found guilty of speeding
and failing to stop for a siren.
Sentence was 30 days suspended
on payment of $35 and court costs.
Speeders were: Marvin L.
Swenson, white tourist, forfeited
$35 bond; Ernest L. Ferguson,
white, forfeited $25 bond; John
C. McGrath, white tourist, 70
mph, forfeited $35 bond; Robert
F. Frasca, white soldier, 70 mph,
forfeited $35 bond.
MRS. McINNIS SICK
Mrs. A. A. Mclnnis, Rockfish
correspondent for the News
Journal, is a patient at Moore
County Hospital where she un
derwent an operation Tuesday.
Mrs. Mclnnis is recovering nice
ly and we hope to see her column
in next week's edition.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Atkinson of
Chester, S. C. visited Mrs. L. B.
Brandon the past week end. Car
oline and R. O., Jr., who spent
two weeks here with their aunt,
returned home with their par
ents.
Superior Court
To Convene Here
Monday Morning
Judge Nimocks To Preside
Judge Q. K. Nimocks, Jr. of
Fayetteville will convene the re
gular August term of Hoke Coun
ty Superior Court here next Mon
day morning for the trial of crim
inal and civil cases. Criminal
cases are set for Monday and
Tuesday and the civil docket Is
to follow.
The criminal docket has four
old cases continued from the last
term of court. These include the
Johnnie Thompson charge of sell
ing land he didn't have title to,
the Archie T. Ferguson non-support
case, the larceny charge a
gainst Alton Odom and R. P.
Lambert and the assault with a
deadly weapon charge against
William McDonald.
New cases coming up include
Calvin R. Stanley, charged with
larceny; John Brown, assault
with deadly weapon with Intent
to kill; an appeal by Roby Callo
way on charges of operating a
car after license revoked; an ap
peal by William Faulk charged
with driving drunk and careless
and reckless driving; an appeal
by John McDiarmid McNeill
charged with driving drunk; Ed
ward C. Bridges, violation of
landlord-tenant act; Charles Wal
ker, assault and robbery; Hurley
Haley, robbery with firearms; an
appeal by Johnnie Barber charged
with driving drunk; and Harold
Layton, violating landlord-tenant
act.
Two cases are held for grand
jury action on recommendation of
a coroner's jury in each case. They
are Carrie Lee McLauchlin lit
the death of Ida Belle Deberry
and Roby Calloway, Eugene Gor
don and Talmadge Melton in the
death of Elmer Gordon.
The civil docket includes three
divorce cases, and eight other
cases.
Grand jury will be the same as
served last term and those called
for petit jury duty are as follows:
Mrs. L. J. Tapp, R. H. Livings
ton, R. A. Smoak, J. F. Smith, Har
rell Boyles, R. H. Edge, J. A.
Webb, John D. McKeithan, Jasper
Chavis, W. A. McBryde, Belton
Wright, Odell Wooten, C. L. Wil
liams, J. L. Guin, William Smith,
Cliff Gillis, D. W. Gillls, H. O.
Wooten, L. A. Moss, Kermit L.
Wood, Milton Parks, Guy R. Bul
lock, A. W. Wood, S. L, Glisson,
E. B. Campbell, N. A. McKeithan,
Clyde M. Pittman, Mrs. Arthur
D. Gore, Zeb Butler, Frank Mc
Millian, Luther McGirt, Martin
McKeithan, D. L. Moss,' Graham
Monroe, F. A. Monroe, D. A. Mc
Dougald, D. L. Haithcock, David
A. Smith, J. W. Scull, Mrs. J. H.
Blue.
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Elwood Avenue Being
Repaved This Week
State road equipment was in
town this week reworking the
paving on Elwood Avenue east
ward from the Bank of Raeford.
This street had become one of the
roughest streets in town in spite
of being paved, and the work be
ing done will save what is al
ready there.
While the work on Elwood
Avenue was being done Highway
Commissioner Forrest Lockey of
fered to pave Racket Alley,
which runs from Elwood Avenue
next to Dr. Matheson's office to
Central Avenue between the hotel
and McDonald's Esso Servicenter.
This alley has the traffic of over
40 buses every day and really
takes a beating. Lockey said that
while the equipment was there
it could be done with little extra
expense and would not be char
ged to the town's paving allot
ment under the Powell bill, but
would be charged to the equali
zation account which each high
way commissioner has available
for such items. It being a case of
taking advantage of the situation
as it existed, the town fathers did
so, and the citizens of the town
will undoubtedly be glad.