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The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLVIII; NUMBER 18
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1933
RAEFORD, N. C.
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By The Editor
Well, it looks as if John Alex
Smith will not be the Hoke Coun
ty farm agent. Chairman J. F.
McMillan of the county commis
sioners got a letter from the dis
trict agent this week which read
as follows: "After reading your
letter and thoroughly considering
all phases of the question it was
decided that we would not fore
go the policy of not appointing
a man as county agent in his
home county. Therefore, it will
be necessary for the board of
commissioners and the admini
stration at the state office to mu
tually agree on some man that is
acceptable to both parties before
an appointment can be made."
This just about closes the matter
as far as Smith is concerned, and
I don't believe the commissioners
will carry it any farther. They
will probably consider some of
the other applicants at their re
gular meeting on Monday, and
we'll probably have an agent be
fore too much longer, as the state
people will approve any of the
others.
Lamont Brown, Southern Pines
lawyer and native of Raeford, got
the Hoke County Young Demo
crats on something of a spot when
he decided only two weeks ago
to run for president, with the
convention coming up next week.
Many of the local members of the
YDC would like to support Brown,
who was born and reared here
while his father, the late Rev.
W. C. Brown, was pastor of the
Raeford Presbyterian Church.
They would also like to support
a Moore County man, when
Moore and Hoke get along so
smoothly on politics. It looks,
though, like Brown came out too
late to get much support here.
Horace Kornegay, Greensboro
attorney who has been an active
Young Democrat for several
years, has been running for pres
ident for about a year. Kornegay
had pretty well sewed up the
support of the boys here before
they ever heard Brown was run
ning. So, the decision of the Hoke
club to send its delegates unin
structed to the convention was
something of a concession to
Brown, for most of those present
were obviously committed to
Kornegay, and while they go un
instructed, they will be inclined
to stick with him.
Talk around lately has inclin
ed much commendation for the
way Judge T. O. Moses has band
led bootleggers in his court lately,
giving the repeaters road and jail
sentences instead of fines, and
ordering them to serve their su
spended sentences. It seems to
surprise these people that their
ready cash, of which they seem
to usually have plenty, doesn't
continue to be all they need. I'd
like to add my good word to the
others and pass it along to the
judge. Good job!
The local Boy Scout fund com
mittee say they hope to wind the
drive up in the next week, but
that they are still several hund
red dollars short of their goal,
and short of the amount raised
last year. Many people who us
ually contribute have not yet done
so, and this committee would cer
tainly like to hear from those who
are just putting it off, so that they
can finish successfully next week.
They'll be glad to accept just a
single dollar bill, addressed to
Boy Scout Committee, Raeford.
County School Superintendent
K. A. MacDonald thinks this
county will get at least half a
million dollars from the school
bond issue if the voters of the
State approve it Saturday. This
would certainly be a good busi
ness proposition for this county,
for we don't pay taxes to the
State on anything like that pro
portion. If the county had to get
up that kind of money we'd real
ly have to pay.
Way the people around Rock
fish went out and got their school
teacher back shows you what
(Continued on Ptft 10)
21 Local Scouts To
Go To Caswell Fri.
Twenty-one local boys and
scouts will leave Raeford tomor
row to attend the 1953 Round-up
Camplo-ral Program which will
be held this week end at Fort
Caswell.
The boys will be under the su
pervision of Archie McDiarmid:
adult leader, and Leon Cameron
senior patrol leader of the local
troop.
The boys will join the more
than 1,000 scouts from 122 troops
in Eastern North Carolina for the
three-day event. They will sleep
in pup tents, cooks and eat their
meals in the open and participate
in the program which will include
an Inspection Contest, a soft-ball
game and a campfire program
which will feature Indian page
antry. Sunday morning after Wor
ship Service and their midday
l meal the boys will return home
I arriving sometime in the late af
ternoon. ! Tentative list of those to attend
I in addition to McDiarmid and
Cameron includes Hugh Wright,
Billy Floyd, Phil McBryde, Youn
ger Snead, Jr., Jerry Ellis, Jack
Ellis, Robert Weaver, Johnny
Maultsby, Pete Brown, John Les
ter, Dick Perkins, Allen McDon
ald, Steve McDonald, Johnny
Baker, Jerry Wilson, Bill Dalton,
Bobby Wright, Mike Wood, Jack
Talbert and Sandy Snead.
YOUR
SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
We have good news so far as
the Rockfish and J. W. McLauch
lin Elementary Schools are con
cerned. They both have been al
loted an additional teacher. The
J. W. McLauchlin School on ac
count of the fact that the whole
school, elementary and high, had
grown to where there were over
30 state allotted teachers; conse
quently, they were allowed an
additional teacher to free the
principal from teaching duties.
The Rockfish allotment was in
effect a "restoration". They were
promised last year if during the
first two weeks of this year they
made the required attendance the
fourth teacher would be granted
Well, they made it, and the teach
er was granted.
This bespeaks really coopera
tive and good work on part of
the entire Rockfish School dis
trict. Teachers, pupils, parents and
the school committee worked 100
per cent. The committeemen ac
tually took their cars and brought
the pupils to or from school. They
and the principal visited the
homes and explained the gravity
of the situation. The parents re
sponded practically 100 per cent.
You can't beat this kind of co
operation. ,
Repairs are going on apace and
we hope that every wing will be
shipshape before cold weather
sets in. Mr. Davis, maintenance
superintendent, is working long
hours with his crews, trying to
get everything right.
The John W. McLauchlin Ele
mentary Primary building is prac
tically completed. A few odds and
ends in the lunchroom is about
all that is left to do.
Fire prevention week is next
week and we hope that all schools
will observe it with appropriate
exercises and study. Fires are ex
tremely dangerous and destruc
tive. One starts every 20 seconds,
so we should all be careful.
There will be a colored prin
cipal's meeting held at the Up
church School tomorrow, Friday,
October 2, at 2:00 p. m.
Attendance in all the schools
has been unusually good for this
time of year. Also cotton picking
is far ahead of the usual amount
picked at this time. Somewhat of
a paradox. Ginners explain it by
saying the mechanical pickers
make a difference.
To date we have received an
unusually large amount of sur
plus commodities which should do
a great help to the various lunch
( Continued on Pafa 10)
Preliminary 1953
Hoke Farm Census
Is Made Public
The North Carolina and United
States Departments of Agricul
ture, ' Crop Reporting Service, in
Raleigh, last week released a
preliminary summary of the Jan
uary, 1953, Farm Census Survey.
The information was contribut
ed by farmers to the county com
missioners through their Farm
Census Supervisors and Township
Listers during January. The sev
eral township reports were sum
marized and the county adjusted,
or expanded, for 100 per cent
completeness thereafter. The in
formation in the summary is for
the year 1952 and livestock and
population items are inventories
as of January, 1953.
According to the survey there
are 158,903 acres of land in Hoke
County farms. Crops were har
vested in 1952 from 61,598 acres,
while 8,338 acres were idle crop
land, 2,608 acres were improved
pasture, 2,346 acres were all other
pasture land, and 84,013 acres
were woods, wasteland and the
like.
Corn and cotton were the ma
jor crops harvested in 1952, with
corn accounting for 19 per cent
of the harvested crop total and
cotton 42 per cent. Tobacco re
presented 8 per cent, wheat 5
per cent, oats 8 per cent, and hay
crops 10 per cent of the total.
,The survey showed that there
were 9,897 people living on farms
of three acres or more in the
county in January, and that there
were 84 farm telephones when the
survey was made. There were 887
sows and gilts farrowing, 786 milk
cows, 623 beef cattle and 38,561
hens and pullets of laying age.
There were 14,575 tons of com
mercial fertilizers used in the
county in 1952, according to the
survey.
Cotton Report As
Of September 1st
North Carolina
Cotton production in North
Carolina is estimated at 460,000
bales of 500 pounds gross weight
by the ' State-Federal Crop Re
porting Service. This is the same
as the August 1 forecast and com
pares with 589,000 bales harvest
ed last year and the 10-year
(1942-51) average production of
522,000 bales. A crop of 460,000
bales would be 19.2 percent less
than last year and 11.9 percent
below the 10-year average pro
duction. The condition of the crop is
reported at 70 percent of normal
as of September 1. The 1942-51
average condition on September
1 is 76 per cent of normal.
Total acreage for harvest is
now estimated at 762,000 acres
17,000 acres more than was har
vested in 1952.
Lint yield per acre is now es
timated at 290 pounds. This com
pares with 366 pounds last year
and the 1942-51 average yield of
345 pounds. Yields for the cur
rent year have been lowered by
prolonged hot-dry weather and
heavy weevil infestation. Red
spider infestation has also been
heavy in some localities.
United States
The U. S. Cotton crop is esti
mated at 15,159,000 bales (500
pounds gross weight). This is
slightly more (0.2) than the
15.136.000 bales harvested last
year but 24 per cent above the
10-year average. Production pros
pects are below last year in all
states except South Carolina, Ala
bama, Georgia, Mississippi, Okla
homa and Texas.
Ingatherings
Shiloh Presbyterian, Thurs
day Oct. 8, 5:00 P. M.
Fphesus Baptist Church,
Thursday, October 10.
Rex Presbyterian, Wednes
day, Oct. 14th, noon.
Antloch Presbyterian, Thurs
day, Oct. 15, noon.
Bethel Presbyterian, Thurs
day, Oct. 22, noon.
Young Democrats
Hold Annual Meet;
Elect New Officers
The Young Democratic club of
Hoke County held its annual
meeting at the courthouse Friday
night. Attendance was light, but
usual business was transacted and
plans were made for the club to
be represented at the State Young
Democratic convention in Raleigh
next Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday. Sam C. Morris was elected
president of the club for the com
ing year.
George Willcox, retiring presid
ent, presided at the election of
officers. Those elected in addition
to Morris were Willard Shell,
vice-president, and George Will
cox, secretary-treasurer.
In making plans for attendance
at the convention it became
known that the treasury would
not stand the price if registering
the six delegates to which the
club is entitled. In view of this
plans were made for an intensive
membership drive in Hoke County
in the next week. Those present
were issued membership cards
and authorized to accept the $1.00
membership fee from Democrats
of the county.
The group also decided to have
a rally at some date in the near
future in the form of a supper,
and to have Senator Alton A.
Lennon, who has not made a
public appearance in this coun
ty, as speaker for the occasion.
Date for this is to depend on the
availability of the Senator and
will be announced later.
Raeford Girl At
Mars Hill College
Miss Beverly Jane Connell of
Raeford and Hoke ounty is among
the many students registered at
Mars Hill College this fall.
At the close of the registration
period this week 820 students
were enrolled In the college, an
increase of 9 per cent over the
enrollment for the same period
last year. These are from 69
counties of North Carolina, 18
states, and from 6 other countries
and territories.
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Hoke Marine Gets
Back From Korea
San Francisco Marine Corp.
Billie D. Holland, 23, son of Mr.
and Mrs. I. J. Holland of Route
3, Raeford, was one of 654 Marine
and Navy veterans of the First
Marine Division who returned to
.(he United States recently a
board the USS General Howze.
Holland will be processed and
released from active service. He
was inducted into the Marine
Corps on October 17 1951 and
will have completed two years
active service when discharged.
The Raeford Marine served as
an auto mechanic with a Marine
combat service group during his
eight months in Korea.
Holland's wife, Mrs. Peggy
Jane Holland, lives in Raeford.
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Hal Gore Attending
Presbyterian College
Clinton, S. C Hal W. Gore of
Raeford is now attendingPres
byterian College during the fall
semester ot the 1953-54 school
year.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. D. Gore of Magnolia Street
and is enrolled in the sophomore
class at PC.
Altogether a total of 484 stu
dents are registered at Presby
terian College for the start of its
72rd session.
GASOLINE EXPLODES
Morris Montjoy, Jr., about 10
years old, of 807 Saunders Street,
received less serious injuries than
were first thought last Friday
night when a drink bottle of gas
oline he was playing with at home
exploded and cut him on the face
and neck.
Reports have it that Morris was
holding the bottle of gas over a
fire, "making coffee", when it ex
ploded. The most serious cut was
on his cheek, approximately one
inch from his eye. Treatment by
a local doctor included several
stitches on the cuts.
Recorder Hears
About Shooting
In Court Tuesday
Johnny Thomas and Roy Lee
McLauchlin, colored men of
Stonewall Township, came up be
fore Judge T. O. Moses in Hoke
County Recorder's court Tuesday
morning on charges of assault
and damage to personal property.
Charge resulted from some shoot
ing at the Thomas home at about
10:00 o'clock Saturday night,
when Lewis Ellerbe came there
in his mother's car. The defen
dants said that Ellerbe, whom
they referred to as "Sugar Boy,"
came there to see McLauchlin's
wife, and that they intended to
discourage him They did so to
the extent of $200 worth of holes
in the car. Ellerbe left, afoot and
fast. Thomas and McLauchlin
were found guilty. Thomas got
30 days suspended on payment
of $25 and costs and two years
good behavior. McLauchlin got
from four to six months suspend
ed on payment of costs, $200 dam
ages, and two years good behav
ior John Henry Johnson, colored,
pled guilty of driving drunk and
sentence was 60 days suspended
on payment of $100 and costs.
Clarence B. Sellars, white and
Roger T. McKeithan, colored,
were both charged with care
less driving and damage, from an
accident they were in. Sellars
was found not guilty and Mc
Keithan got 30 days suspended
on payment of $25 and costs
and $10 damages to the town.
State dropped a case in which
Ruby Ethel Galloway, colored,
patient at the Sanatorium, was
charged with assault with a dead
ly weapon, and Sadie Harris, col
ored employee there, was carged
with disorderly conduct.
Dot Singletary, colored was
found guilty of possessing nontax-paid
liquor for the purpose of
sale. Sentence was 60 to 90 days,
suspended on payment of $50 and
costs and two years good, behav
ior. James Franklin Williams, white,
paid costs for driving with im
proper license plates.
Donnie G. Faulk, white, paid
$10 and costs for failing to stop
at a stop sign.
James Melvin Brown, colored,
paid costs for careless and reck
less driving.
Speeders were W. L. Passa
more, I. U. Camp and S. H. Stern,
all white, $25 bond forfeited by
each; Ann Mason Delones, white,
$10 and costs; Herman L. Gillis,
white, speeding and failing to stop
at a stop sign, $25 and costs.
0
Woodmen Circle
District Convention
In Fayetteville 8th
Members of the Southeastern
district of the Supreme Forest
Woodmen Circle in North Caro
lina will hold their district con
vention October 8 in the Wood
men of the World hall, Fayette
ville, according to Mrs. Janie
Campbell, district president.
Delegates will register at 6:30
p. m. in the hall where they will
be welcomed by members of Cape
Fear Grove 237, hostess group.
Two drill teams will assist in
ritualistic work to be featured
during the evening session. They
are the Raeford team, captained
by Ruby Conoly and the Lumber
ton team, captained by Gertrude
Thompson.
The Supreme Forest Woodmen
Circle has assets of over $49,
500,000 and over $125 million
insurance in force. The Society
is managed by a Board of Direc
tors composed entirely of women
and insures only women and girls.
Among the officers expected to
attend are Mrs. Florence Macko,
first state vice president, Rae
ford; Mrs. Voncile M. Singletary,
state assistant attendant, Lumber
ton; Mrs. Myrtle Gerard, national
representative, Mrs. Estella Har
din, second state auditor, both of
Fairmont and Mrs. Ethel Don
aldson, state manager, Charotte.
Mrs. Virginia Melvin and Mrs.
Mary Ellen Carter are co-chairmen
in charge of local arrange
ments. They are assisted by Mrs.
Campbell and Mrs. Bertie Haire
of Raeford.
County Gains Two
New White Teachers
Superintendent K. A. MacDon
ald in his column, "School News",
this week explains the fact that
the graded schools of the county,
on the basis of the enrollment fi
gures for the new term, gained
two additional teachers. One of
these has already begun her du
ties while the other teacher will
start her work next week.
Mrs. Jim McPhaul of Antioch
is the new teacher at the John W.
McLauchlin Graded school in Rae
ford. She is teaching the fourth
grade section that was being
taught by Miss Caroline Parker.
Miss Parker is now teaching a
new section of the first grade.
The three sections of the first
grade all had between 35 and 40
pupils each so a new section was
put in.
The other teacher for Rockfish
has not been selected as yet but
it is reported that she will be an
nounced Friday.
0
Bucks Bow To
Elizabethtown
Friday, 13 0
After their performance last
Friday night in losing to Eliza
bethtown 13-0 it is probably a
good thing that the Bucks don't
have a game scheduled for to
morrow night. It's an even bet
that there would be few if any
people there to watch it.
Definitely the better team of
the two, Hoke High couldn't seem
to do anything in the second half
and except for one long drive
very little in the first half.
Elizabethtown scored early in
the second quarter when Bracey's
attempted punt was partially
blocked and was returned by a
Yellow Jacket player to the Rae
ford 25-yard line. On their four
th play of the series Elizabeth
town completed a 20-yard pass
that moved the ball to the 5-yard
line. They scored two plays later
but failed to increase their score
when the extra point attempt was
blocked.
In the second quarter the Bucks
showed their only spark and
drive of the entire ball game as
they took possession of the ball
on their 44-yard line and moved
it down the field to the one. Bob
by Conoly gained two yards,
Bracey four and Benny McLeod
picked up six to move the ball
into the Yellow Jacket territory.
The next two plays carried the
ball all the way to the five yard
line as Conoly drove through the
line for 12 yards and McLeod
gained 15 around left end. A
roughness penalty made up the
additional yardage for the Bucks.
McLeod and Bracey on two plays
carried the ball to the yard
line as time ran out and the half
ended.
In the second half the Bucks
got worse instead of better as
their running attack bogged down
and their passing offense, usually
a good yard gainer, was ineffec
tive. In all they threw only three
passes during the first three
quarters and then after Elizabeth
town had scored 7 more points
and they were behind 13-0 they
began to pass more in the fourth
quarter. They threw a total of
nine passes during the game and
only one was caught it being
an interception on the last play j
of the game.
The line play for the locals
during the first portion of the
game led by Koonce and Butler
came in for honors on defense.
On the offensive side Conoly and
McLeod were the sole bright
spots.
The Bucks will be still trying
for their first win of the season
on October 23 when they will
play Rohanan of East Rocking
ham. In the event of the schedul
ing of another game between now
and then, which is highly unlike
ly, it will in all probability be
away frim home. Last year Ro
hanan "defeated the locals 13-7
and little is known of their suc
cess this year.
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Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Tapp are
spending this week with relatives
in Durham, Roxboro and Greens
boro.
People Will Vote
On $72 Million
Bonds Saturday
The question of whether the
State will issue $50 million in
bonds for the construction of
public school buildings will be
decided in a called election on
October 3. At the same time the
people will decide whether $22
million in bonds will be issued
for the State's mental hospitals.
Both of these questions were
provided for by acts of the 1953
General Assembly. If voted, the
school bond issue will make the
'second $50 million which the
State has provided. The 1949 Leg
islature appropriated $25 million
for this purpose and provided for
a bond issue of another $25 mil
lion which was voted. Approxi
mately all of this first $50 mil
lion has been allocated by the
State Board of Education, but
the need is still great for addi
tional aid.
According to Edwin Gill, State
Treasurer, and a mmeber of the
Board, "the need is great, the
cause is worthy, and the sound
financial condition of North Car
olina amply justifies such action."
Former State Treasurer Bran
don P. Hodges and John Harden,
former State official, both now
engaged in Industrial pursuits,
have headed a State campaign
to get a favorable vote on both
issues. The legal name of the or
ganization is "Public Schools and
Mental Care, Inc." The Governor,
members of the State Board of
Education, and other State offi
cials signed the certificate of in
corporation of this agency.
Rep. Harry A. Greene was
named county chairman for the
campaign to get voters to approve
both issues by the state campaign
chairmen last week, and scores of
organizations of all types in North
Carolina have passed resolutions
approving the issues and urging
the peopel to vote and vote "For"
both issues.
Mrs. Nellie M. Bowen
Is Buried At Shiloh
Mrs. Nellie Mae Bowen died
Saturday at her home near here.
She was the daughter of the late
Henry Sessoms and Margaret
Smith Sessoms of Richmond
County.
Funeral service was conducted
at Shiloh Presbyterian Church at
3:00 o'clock Monday afternoon by
the Rev. Marvin Smith of Rock
ingham. Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
She is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. Marvin Saunders; one
son, John Walter Bowen of the
home; two stepchildren, Edom and
W. P. Bowen, Jr., both of Laurel
Hill; two sisters, Mrs. L. B. Seals
and Mrs. J. C. Currie, both of
Raeford, Route 1; three brothers,
Red of Apex, Norman of Raeford,
Route 1, and R. H. Sessoms of
Rockingham.
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Dr. Vardell Will
Present Recital
At FMC Monday
Dr. Charles G. Vardell, Jr.,
Dean of the Conservatory of
Music at Flora Macdonald Col
lege, will be presented in the
first faculty recital of the college
year, on Monday evening, Octo
ber 5, at 8:15.
His program will include Pre
lude and Fugue in C minor, Bach;
Two pieces, Allegro in C major
and Pastorale in F major, Dom
enico Scarlatti; Andante with
Variations in F minor, Haydn;
Sonata in B flat mino, op. 35,
Chopin; Jeux d'Eau, Ravel; Steal
th, Mist in the Valley, and Witch
Rabbits, all by Vardell; and two
Etudes, Liszt.
The public is cordially invited
to attend both the recital and in
formal reception which will fol
low in the college parlors.
TABERNACLE PREACHING
The Rev. Millard Crumpler of
Wake Forest will preach at Tab
ernacle Baptist Church at Rock
fish Sunday morning.