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The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XL Villi NUMBER 16
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1953
RAEFORD, N. C.
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1 GUMMAS
By The Editor
The traffic lecture to be given
in the courtroom at the Hoke
County courthouse next Thurs
day night will be well attended.
There is no question about that,
as Judge Moses in recorder's
court and Mayor Cole in his court
have been including attendance
as part of their sentences in cases
involving traffic violations. The
way I understand the thing, it
would do a lot of us good to be
there. It is to be a simple and
short presentation of some facts
dealing with highway safety, so
,that you can see what is involved
when you don't drive right. It
will staVt at 8:00 o'clock and will
only last about an hour. Parents
of youthful drivers would do well
to take them.
Response to the appeal for
clothing and home items for Ed
and Beulah Locklear, who were
burned out a couple of weeks ago
. Me flanArnno nrnfrAnO tn
Mrs. Helen S. Barrington of the
local Red Cross office. She said
that people who read the Item i
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you could think of, and that the
Locklears were most grateful..
Situation on the hiring of John'
Alex Smith to be county agent
here is a good example if what
happens when you take outside
money to operate with. They'll
sure tell you how to use It. Of
course, they told us how to build
he school here when It was be
g done with our own-rnaney,
.ecause, I suppose, , the ' State
kicks In in so many other ways
to the operation of the schools.
As to the county agent, my guess
Is that the extension service is
not goin gto approve the employ
ment of Smith In this county. In
spite of the fact that Little River
Is cut off from the county and
has been for some years, and
Smith went to school outside the
county as all children of that
-township have to do. That isn't
to say the reasons of the State
extension department aren't good
ones, because it s easy 10 see
what could result from the jobs
oemg neia oy iocai people, now-,
ever, in our particular case, jose-
phine Hall Is local, and most peo-
pie seem to think she has been
doing a gooaooo- ficial of Champion Paper- and
Fiber Company and co-chairman
There doesn't seem to be much of the current bond effort, dis
doubi that people of th's county cussed the problem of low per
and of the while State are going
to approve the $22 million bond
Issue for the improvement of the
mental hospital facilities of the
State. The public seems to know
that the situation as it exists is
intolerable, that something must
be done, and that the State can
tsand it financially.
From what I can hear around
here, the vote on the $50 million
for the schools Is likely to be a
little different, at least In Hoke
County. My opinion is that we
must support this bond innsue,
too, by going to the polls on Oc
tober 3 and voting for it. Just
read your daily papers for the
past few days and you'll see that
about all the schools in the State
are bursting at the seams. The
same thing applies here, the new
schooV building In Raeford was
full when it opened, for example,
and space at some of the other
schools in the county Is woefully
inadequate.
The plan for using the $50 mil-
lion if the voters approve it seems
to be acceptable, too. Each coun
ty In the State Is to get $100,000
of the first 10 million. The next
$15 million is to be used on a
basis of population, and the re
maining $25 million will be used
according to need as seen by the
tate board of education. We'll
;t the same as the others from
jie first division, run rather short
on the second, and come In on
the high side in the third and
largest division, It seems to me.
People who know the State's
financial condition say It can well
afford to spend this money, and
I feel that we cannot afford not
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Lions Club Sponsors
Circus Here Monday
On Fayetteville Road
The Beers-Barnes circus will
appear in Raeford Monday night
under the auspices of the Raeford
Lions Club. The circus, an old
fashioned circus with aerialists,
has the largest group ofperform
and the largest group of perform
ing animals offered by any cir
cus playing In towns under 8,000
population, according to the ad
vance agent.
It will move into ground on
the Fayetteville road beyond
Bill's place on Sunday, and the
public is invited to come out on
Sunday afternoon and see the
animals with their children.
There will be ample parking
space off the highway, according
to the management.
There are no gambling conces
sions or objectionable shows of
any kind with the show, accord
ing to Reid Childress and Red
Scarborough of the Lions Club,
who investigated the show thro
oughly before deciding to spon
sor it.
The circus, which features the
largest and smallest performing
' hants n America, will give
one peormance . hre' '
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doors will open at 7:00 o clock.
The Beers-Barnes circus Is the
third oldest circus in America
from the standpoint of operating
under original title and manage
ment. Most of its animals are on
exhibit at Crandon Park Zoo in
Miami during the winter months.
Among the big acts of the circus
is 23-year-old David Hoover and
his jungle-bred lions who appear
together In a steel arena. Clowns,
wire walkers, performing dogs,
seals, monkeys are also included
In the show.
Former Treasurer
Brandon Hodges
Favors Bond Issues
"Better educational facilities In
the underdeveloped sections of
North Carolina is the quickest and
surest way of lifting these areas
from this unfavorable position to
one nearer on par with some of
the wealthier counties," Brandon
Hodges told a group of Wake
Pnuntv workers interested in the
October 3 jnd election.
Addressin the meeting last
wgek Hodges former State Trea.
surer an(J Legisator now an of,
capita income in North Carolina.
He said: "The under-developed
areas of the State are not wards
of the State by choice."
He added that new industries
would help the poorer counties,
but these industries will not go
there unless adequate schools are
available. He said passage of the
bond issue would help put new
payrolls In these areas.
The people of North Carolina
will vote October 3 on 50 million
dollars in bonds for public
schools and 22 million for men
tal hospitals.
"For more than fifty years
North Carolina has endeavored to
equalize educational opportun
ity," Mr. Hodges continued. "In
1901 the state recognized that
county lines were political lines
and did not represent economic
lines and that if we followed the
political sub-division alone there
would always be a wide variance
in the ability of the several coun
ties to provide educational op-
portunity.
"It should be taken Into con
sideration also that as we have
developed commercial activity in
the centers of population the me
tropolitan areas have been en
riched through the trade and
commerce with the rural and under-developed
areas, represented
to a large degree by the socall
ed 'poor counties'
'.The problem confronting all
of North Carolina la the low per
capita income and the only way
that individual Income can be
increased is through further di
versification in agriculture and
spreading manufacturing estab
( Continued oa page I)
Buck Passing Is
Successful In
Recorder s Court
A case in which the charge
was relatively minor, but which
otherwise bore considerable re
semblance to a murder case
which was tried here some years
ago, came up before Judge T. O.
Moses in recorder's court Tues
day and worked out much the
same way that the murder case
did. There was a jar of non-tax-paid
liquor involved, and three
colored men, Amos McNeill, El
don Smith and Lawrence Butler,
were charged with violating the
prohibition laws by possessing it.
The jar was passed back and
forth so fast and skillfully that
the court was unable to determine
whom it did belong to, and all
three were found not guilty.
William Weldon Maxwell,
white, was found guilty of driv
ing drunk. Sentence was 60 days
to be suspended on payment of
$100 and costs. He appealed and
posted $500 bond. In another case
he pled guilty of violating the
prohibition laws. Sentence of 30
days was suspended on payment
of $25 and costs.
Margaret Willis, colored, pledt
guilty of possessing non-tax-paid
liquor for the purpose of sale.
She was sentenced to not less
than three nor more than six
months in jail. She appealed and
posted $250 bond.
James R. Sisk and Dan Crow
ley, white, pled guilty to public
drunkenness in separate cases.
Sisk paid costs and Crowley $10
and costs.
- Stacy Jones, Indian, was' found
guilty of the temporary larceny
of a car from Bobby Collins. Sen
tence was 30 days, suspended on
payment of a $15 fine, $35 to Col
lins and court costs.
Bobby Brunson, colored, was
found guilty of wilful damage to
personal property. Sentence was
30 days, to be suspended on pay
ment of $10 and costs and one
year of good behavior, during
which time he is to stay away
from the Wonderland theatre.
John William ' Malloy, colored,
was found not guilty on a charge
of not giving proper hand signals.
For speeding Louis L. Johnson,
white, paid $25 and costs; Wen
dell Singletary, colored, $10 and
costs; C. B. Seay, white, left a
$35 bond.
For having expired driver's li
censes James Melvin, colored, $10
and costs; S. M. Jacobs, Indian,
costs and attend traffic lecture
September 24.
Cornell Covington, colored, was
found not guilty of having bad
brakes, and Cliff Ray, colored,
paid $10 and costs on the same
charge.
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Hoke Marine Gets
Purple Heart Medal
Inchon, Korea Marine Pfc
Mack Kennedy, Jr., hsuband of
Louise Kennedy of Raeford was
awarded the Purple Heart Medal
recently for wounds received In
action against the enemy in Ko
rea. 1
Major General Randolph Pate,
Commanding General of the First
Marine Division, made the pres
entation aboard the U. S. Navy
Hospital Ship Haven In Inchon
Harbor, Korea.
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FORMER PASTOR COMING
TO TABERNACLE SUN.
The Rev. G. Scott Turner of
Lillington will preach at both the
morning and evening services at
the Tabernacle Baptist church at
Rockfish Sunday. Mr. Turner is
a former pastor of the church.
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Marshall (Jap) Davis, who has
been a patient" in a Fayetteville
hospital for some time, returned
to Raeford yesterday and is at
the home of his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Will Davis, on Stewart
Street He has improved consid
erably, but will have to take it
easy for a while.
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1 1 mercnams wirer
Festival Day Prizes
Tickets for the prizes to be a
warded at Raeford Festival Day,
November 25, were given out
with purchases beginning last
Saturday and will continue to be
given by the merchants partici
pating until the drawing Novem
ber 25. In addition to the large
prizes small individual gifts by
the various stores will be add
ed to the group to be given on
Festival Day.
Stores participating in the e
vent at this time are Belk-Hens-dale,
baucom Appliance, Mc
Nair's Dry Cleaners, McDonald's
Esso, Collins Department Store,
Home Furniture, Home Food
Market, Wood's Furniture, Cole
Feed and Seed Store, McLauchlin
Co., Raeford Super Market, Bon
Mart, Progressive, Raeford Hard
ware, City Market, Israel Mann
and Raeford Furniture.
A complete list of stores parti
cipating and the prizes to be giv
en by each will be published as
soon as it is available.
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Wayside Grange
Passes Resolution On
Extension Situation
The Wayside Grange at its re
gular meeting at the Wayside
community house last Monday
night, passed a resolution taking
notice of the turnover in county
agents In the county in recent
years and asking the board to
explore ways and means of tak
ing full advantage of the facili
ties and funds offered by the ex
tension service for the farmers of
the county. The resolution fol
lows. '" .-v--
Whereas, the agricultural de
velopment of Hoke County can
be materially accelerated through
the service of extension workers
trained in the interpretation and
demonstration of the findings of
research and the promotion of
community improvement pro
jects; And, whereas, the unusual
turnover of extension personnel
in Hoke County has in the past
been a serious handicap to ex
tension activities, thereby depriv
ing Hoke County farmers of the
full benefits of the funds nexpend
ed for this service;
NOW, therefore, be it resolved
that Wayside Grange, meeting In
regular session this 14th day of
September, 1953, does submit to
the Hoke County board of com
missioners that the conditions and
circumstances responsible for the
foregoing situation be thorough
ly explored and reviewed and
that action be taken whereby
Hoke County fanners may have
the advantage of an adequately
staffed county extension service;
And be it further resolved that
copies of this resolution be sent
to the director of extension serv
ice in Raleigh and to The Newi
Journal in Raeford.
Adopted this September 14,
1953. Fred P. Johnson, Master.
Mrs. Mary A. Mclnnis, Secretary.
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Airman Attending
New York School
Claude T. Campbell, airman
first class, USAF, son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. J. Campbell of 211 Edln
borough ave., recently began a
six weeks course in Information
and Education at the Armed
Forces Information School at Ft.
Slocum, N. Y.
During their training in Infor
mation and Education, the stud
ents receive practical exercises
in discussion leading, effective
presentation of current news, use
of modern teaching aids, and the
administration of the Armed
Forces Education Program.
Ingatherings
Sandy Grave, Thursday,
Sept. 24, noon.
Centre Presbyterian, Thurs
day, Oct. 1, noon.
Shiloh Presbyterian, Thurs
day Oct. 8, 5:00 P. M.
Antloch Presbyterian, Thurs
day, Oct. 15, noon.
Bethel Presbyterian, Thurs
day, Oct. 22, noon.
Bucks Beaten By
Chadbourn, 19-6
Here Friday P. M.
A strong second half offensive
couldn't make up for a poor first
half showing as the Hoke High
Bucks lost their first game of the
1953 season to Chadbourn 19-6.
last Friday night. A large crowa
took advantage of the good wea
ther to see the first game for
both teams.
The Bucks got into a hole on
the opening kickoff which they
received and couldn't get started.
The visitors scored early in the
game as they blocked a kick on
the Raeford 3 yard line and re
covered for a touchdown.
Chadbourn scored twice in the
second quarter, once on a 12
yard pass and again on a 55
yard pass. They made only one
of their extra point attempts and
led 19-0 at the half.
In the second half it was a
different story, as the Bucks
picked up three first downs and
appeared to be on their way to
a touchdown when Chadbourn
intercepted a pass on their own
20.
They continued their march
four plays later though, as they
took a punt on their own 30 and
alternated passing and running
plays to pick up five first downs
during the 70-yard drive. Bracey
picked up 15 yards on the first
play; he picked up four more and
then handed off to McLeod who
gained six. Two passes were no
good with pass interference be
ing ruled on the second one. Mc
Leod, passing from the single
wing, completed a 15-yard pass
to White and Bracey carried to
the 15-yard line. McLeod on a
handoff from Bracey moved the
ball to the two-yard line where
Conoly carried it across on the
second play. The extra point at
tempt was no good and Chad
bourn still led 19-6.
While all the scoring was com
pleted at this point the Bucks
made one more attempt when
they moved the ball to the Chad
bourn 29-yard line and then fail
ed' to complete their passes.
Frank Inman and Lack Koonce
were outstanding on defense for
Raeford with Jim Bracey and
Benny McLeod taking honors as
the offensive stars.
A game was scheduled over the
week end for tomorrow night in
Dunn. Each team will be looking
for their first win as Dunn lost
last week to Fayetteville, 19-0.
Several changes were made in
the lineup during this week with
the expected lineup for Friday
night to be White, Jackson, But
ler, Walker, Hedgepeth, Koonce
and Daniels in the line. The back
field will be as last week: Bracey,
McLeod, Conoly and Maxwell.
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Miss Mary McFadyen
Passes Away At
Home Near Vass
Miss Mary Belle McFadyen,
member of a family long prom
inent in Hoke and Cumberland
Counties, died at her home near
Vass last Friday morning.
Miss McFadyen was born in
the Longstreet community, now
a part of the Fort Bragg reser
vation, Feb. 11, 1874, the daugh
ter of the late Dougald Alexan
der McFadyen and Annie Black
Lindsay McFadyen. She was a
member of Cypress Presbyterian
Church in Moore County near
Vass.
Misr. McFadyen was a sister of
the late J. F., A. B. and D. B.
McFadyen of this community and
had many friends here, where
she was a frequent visitor. She
is survived by a sister, Mrs.
Katie Graham, and a number of
nieces and nephews.
Funeral service was conducted
at First Presbyterian Church in
Fayetteville at 3:30 o'clock Sun
day afternoon by the Rev. A. D.
Carswell, pastor of Cypress
Church, assisted by Dr. Walker
B. Healy, pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church. Burial was in
Cross Creek cemetery, Fayette
ville. Pallbearers were nephews
of the deceased.
County Schools Show
First Day Increase
100 Over Last Year
White schools of the county
opened last Thursday with 1311
students enrolled, as compared to
1211 who entered on opening day
last year. The picture was con
siderably different this year,
though, in that all schools in the
county had more students, when
last year they all showed a de
crease" from the year before ex
cept those in Raeford.
Largest increase was again in
the J. W. McLauchlin Elementary
school in Raeford which had 624
pupils on opening day as compar
ed to 687 last year, an increase
of 37. Last year this school show
ed an increase of 81 over the pre
vious year when there were 506
on opening day.
The eighth grade went up 14,
from 94 last year to 108 this year.
The Hoke High School gained
nine students, having 284 this
year and 275 last year.
Mildouson gained 16 students,
having 73 last year and going up
to 89. Rockfish had 93 on opening
day this year as compared to 82
last year, an increase of 11 pu
pils, but enrollment there has
gone up to 107 since opening day.
Ashemont gained 13 pupils, going
up from 100 last year to 113.
There were 133 pupils in the
first grade here this year, enough
for four teachers, and it is prob
able that the third grade will be
put in two sections instead of
three, and the first grade In four.
Total enrollment In the schools
on opening days was 1311 as com
pared to 1141 year before last,
an increase of 170.
Colored, Indian
Schools To Open
Monday Morning
Hoke County's 12 colored
schools and one Indian school
are set to open their doors for
the 1953-54 term on Monday,
September 21, with a total open
ing day enrollment of close to
2,000 pupils.
Last year the colored schools
had about 1750 on opening day
and this year school authorities
expect about 100 more. During
the year the enrollment at the
colored schools went to over
2,800. Colored schools are Up
church High School, New Hope,
Buffalo, Bowmore, Burlington,
Freedom, Shady Grove, Laurel
Hill, White Oak, Rockfish Color
ed, Friendship and Frye's Mis
sion. The Hoke County Indian School
which opened last year with an
enrollment of about 100, Is ex
pected to have about 125 on open
ing day this year. The school
reached a total enrollment last
year of 267.
Teachers meetings will be held
for colored and Indian teachers
on Friday.
Lytle In Far East,
On USS Wantuck
Far East (FHINC) Aboard
the high speed transport USS
Wantuck on her fourth tour of
duty in this area, is Grover C.
Lytle, gunner's mate third class,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grov
er C. Lytle, Antioch.
Lytle was graduated from
Hoke County High School be
fore joining the Navy in March,
1951. ,
This type ship serves as a con
trol vessel during amphibious in
vasions, insuring ultimate arriv
al of landing craft and provid
ing communications between as
sault waves and the force com
mander. For their duty the crew wears
the United Nations and Korean
Service ribbons.
PRESBYTERIAN MEN TO
HAVE MEETING TUESDAY
The Men of the Raeford Pres
byterian Church will have their
first meeting and supper of the
fall next Tuesday night at the
church. Supper will start at 7:00
o'clock, and the Rev. P. O. Lee,
pastor of the Raeford Methodist
Church, will be the speaker.
County Board Has
Meeting Tuesday;
Working On Agent
The Hoke County board of
commissioners held a special
meeting Tuesday night to dis
cuss the situation regarding the
employment of a county farm a
gent and to take action on 'an in
vitation from Cumberland Coun
ty to participate in a celebration
in Fayetteville next year.
The board had interviewed
candidates for the position as
county farm agent and felt that
they would like to employ John
A. Smith of Little River Town
ship. The extension service repre
sentative, C. M. Brickhouse, who
met with them last week, said
that it was not the policy of the
extension service to approve the
employment of agents in their
home counties, due to the fact
that in a large majority of cases
where this had been done it had
not worked out satisfactorily. He
was to return to Raleigh and dis
cuss this matter with the author
ities in the extension service
there, and advise the Hoke board
of their feedings about Smith's
employment here.
In a letter received this week,
Brickhouse advised that it was
their feeling that the policy
should be adhered to rigidly, par
ticularly in view of the fact that
other good men were available
and that "no real basis for an
exception to the rule exists."
He was answered by J. F. Mc
Millan, chairman of the Hoke
board, as follows.
"I called a meeting of the
Board to consider the election of
County Agent on Tuesday, Sep
tember 15th. The Board consid
ered your letter, and Interpreted
it as not closing the door to John
Alex Smith. -
"They considered the fact that
Smith, while a citizen of Hoke
County, was born and raised in
Little River Township which is
virtually cut off from the rest ot
the county by Fort Bragg. He,
like all other white children in
Little River, attended school in
Moore County and he is almost
a complete stranger to the farm
ers in Hoke outside of Little
River Township. In short, they
could think of nothing that would
hinder him in his work as county
agent and voted unanimously to
elect him and respectfully re
quest that you use your best ef
forts to get his election approved
by the Directors of the Extension
Service in Raleigh."
The board considered an invi
tation from Cumberland County
to participate in its 200th anni
versary celebration to be held
next April 23-25, and to be
known as the "Cape Fear Valley
Festival". Hoke County was ask
ed to one of 10 counties taking
part. The board answered John
A. Oates, festival chairman, to
the effect that, in view of un
settled condition of the proposed
expansion of Fort Bragg and the
feelings of people here about the
attitude of the Fayetteville Cham
ber of Commerce and newspaper,
it had decided to decline the in
vitation. Hoke One Of 24
Counties Declared
In Disaster Area
Disaster relief was authorized
Wedensday for 24 counties of
North Carolina, and Hoke County
was one of them.
At the instance of Governor
Umstead, the President directed
the Department of Agriculture
and the Commodity Credit Cor
poration to allow droueht-hit
farmers to purchase feedstuffs at
far below the market price. They
can also obtain financial relief,
but this is expected to be done
mostly through normal financial
channels.
Under the order, these farmers
in order to feed their livestock
will be allowed to purchase cot
tonseed meal for $35 a ton, com
pared with a mill price of $63;
wheat at $1.10 a bushel, compar
ed with a market price of $1.85;
and corn at $1 a bushel, compared
with a market price of $1.70.