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The Hoke County News
The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLVIII; NUMBER 19
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1933
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By The Editor
In Robeson County there are
four kinds of schools, white Ne
gro, Indian and "set aside" ones.
There is an Indian "screening
committee" which examines the
blood lines of children who wish
to attend the Indian schools and
rules on whether they qualify
to attend. Children they find not
qualified attend the set aside
schools.
Nov this county has only one
Indian school, a fine new one,
and no set aside schools and no
screening commitlee. It has been
an increasing source of worry to
Hoke County Indians that their
children would later be barred
from Robeson County Indian
schools after attending the un
screened Hoke County Indian
school. It has worried them so
much that they got a lawyer and
went to the State Department of
of public instruction about the
matter. Result of this was
meeting of the county board of
educaton on Monday with the
State superintendent, Dr. Charles
F. Carroll, in attendance, along
with the county commissioners.
This meeting was held in the
hope that something could be
worked out to make the Indians of
this county satisfied with their
school. No final solution was
reached, but a statement of policy
from Robeson County, to the ef
fect that having attended the
Hoke County Indian school will
not in itself be a bar to a pupil
later attending a Robeson County
Indian school, is hoped for. Since
the meeting on Monday the Hoke
County board of education has
received copy of a letter from Dr.
Carroll to the Robeson County
board of education making the re
quest. Heard from Tony Drake, who
ran the Elk Restaurant here for
some time, that he is now operat
ing the Highlife Restaurant in Lil
lington and wants The News
Journal sent up there. Before I
could get around to sending it I
got the message two more times.
Boys say he is getting along well
there and is alway to glad to see
Raeford people when they are
passing through.
Question of whether Cnarlie
Gales was given a mental exami
nation when sent to the roads
from here last May is indeed a
esrious one. As the News and Ob
server said this week, if Gales
- was not given this examination as
directed by Judge Moses, who
ever is responsible for his not
getting it certainly also has a mor
al share in the responsibility for
the way he beat his wife' to death
Friday. Judge Moses orderedex
amination, and Clerk of the Court
J. B. Cameron wrote this order
on Gales' commitment to the
roads. No report of the examina
tion ever came back, and it is the
opinion of the judge, clerk and
sheriff that it was not done. Of
course, there is no basis for as
sumption that Gales is mentally
unbalanced, but the judge must
have had some reason for ordering
the examination.
When the possibility of getting
home delivery of mail came up
the streets had to be marked, the
houses numbered and mail boxes
up before the post office could
start it. The Town and the Cham
ber of Commerce got busy and did
enough marking and the residents
did enough numbering and put
ting up of boxes to get the deliv
eries started. There is where it
stopped, and where it is still stop
ped. There are still many streets
unmarked, and large sections of
town not getting home mail de
livery, when it is available. The
Town and the Chamber of Com
merce are about to complete the
marking of the streets, and house
numbers are available at the town
hall. When this work is complete
residents should get their num
bers and boxes up and demand
the service to which they are en
titled. This will enable the post
office to put these sections on the
mail carriers' routes, and will in
crease the post office pay roll by
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W. E. "Ed" Willis
Announces Plan To
Run For Sheriff
1954 politics got off to a start
in Hoke County this week when
William E. Willis announced that
he would be a candidate for sher
iff of the county in the Democra
tic primary to be held next May.
Willis said that he had given the
matter much thought in the past
few months, and had discussed it
with citizens from all sections of
the county before deciding that
the people of the county would
probably favor another man and
a younger man for the office.
Sheriff D. H. Hodgin succeeded
Edgar Hall, the county's first
sheriff, in 1928, and has held the
office since that time. He has
made no public announcement as
to whether he will seek another
term or not.
Willis is the older son of W. B.
Willis and the late Mrs. Lulu
Monroe Willis of this county, and
is 35 years of age. He was mar
ried in 1948 to Miss Ellen South
erland of Kenansville, and they
have one daughter.
He entered the Army with the
local National Guard in 1940, and
was first sergeant of Hoke Loun -
ty's First Battalion Headquarters
nailery or me om zoina i-oasi
Artillery in Tort bcreven, ueor-j
gia, and in Trinidad, British West
Indies. He later served in the
Field Artillery in the Pacific
Theater, and in 1948freturned to
Raeford as Regular Army Serge
ant Instructor for the newly re
organized National Guard here.
In 1950 he went to Germany as
a lieutenant. He was separated
from the Army and returned here
last year during his mother's last
illness.
He is an elder In Galatia Pres
byterian Church, Is representative
for an automobile battery manu
facturer, and helps his father with
his farm.
Willis has never sought poli
tical office before.
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Hunting Season Will
Open 15th; Wildlife
Protector Gives Rules
The hunting season opens of
ficially on Oct. 15, with the sea
son opening on squirrel, deer,
opossum and raccoon, Wildlife
Protector H. R. McLean remind
ed hunters this week. Hunting
hours shall be from sunrise to
sunset, except on opossum and
raccoon.
All hand operated and auto
matic guns must be plugged, ex
cept while hunting deer and bear.
Minimum fine for first violation
of any and all laws, unless other
wise prescribed, is from ten to
50 dollars, McLean said. Killing
doe deer is one hundred dollars
and night deer hunting two hun
dred fifty dollars. Cars will be
confiscated for night deer hunt
ing and transporting doe deer.
Further information as to bag,
possession and season is in the
Hunting and Trapping Regula
tions which may be obtained from
license agents.
Woman's Club Will
Hear U. N. Visitor
Mrs. J. M. Andrews, Hoke
County Citizenship Chairman of
the Home Demonstration Clubs,
will be the guest speaker at the
open meeting of the Raeford Wo
man's Club.
Mrs. Andrews is at present on
a five day tour to the Nation's
captal and New York where she
will observe the functions of the
United Nations Assembly.
Her subject for Wednesday af
ternoon will be a report of her
trip.
Ingatherings
Ephesus Baptist Church,
Saturday, October 10.
Rex Presbyterian, Wednes
day, Oct. 14th, noon.
Antioch Presbyterian, Thurs
day, Oct. 15, noon.
Bethel Presbyterian, Thurs
day, Oct 22, noon.
Town Board Lets
Paving Contract
For $56,293
The regular monthly meeting
of the Board of Town Commis
sioners was held Monday, Oct.
5th, 1953 at the town hall. Mayor
Alfred Cole, presided and all
members were present.
A motion was made by Tom
Cameron and seconded by Arch
Sanders to pay all current bills
due.
A motion was made by Marion
Gatlin, seconded by John K. Mc
Neill, Jr. to deposit $3500 in
Home Federal Savings and Loan
Assn. as a Town of Raeford Bond
Sinking Fund. Motion passed un
animously. R. O. Heater of the Heater Well
Company was present and an
swered questions in regard to the
proposed well contract. A motion
was made by Tom Cameron, sec
onded by John K. McNeill, Jr.
to accept proposed contract for
well. Motion was passed unanimously.
A motion was made by Arch
. SanderSi seconded by Tom Cam
1 eron to open bid proposals on
j curb and gutter contracts. The
i bjds were read and rec0rded.
A motion was made by Marion
j Gatlirii seconded by Tom Cameron
to wit: It is moved that Thomp.
son-Arthur Paving Company of
Greensboro, North Carolina be a
warded contract in accordance
with proposal submitted Oct. 5th,
1953, 8:00 P. M. for street im
provements in the amount of
$56,293.50 and that the mayor and
clerk hereby be authorized to
make contracts on behalf of the
Town of Raeford'with Thompson.
Arthur Paving Company for ex
ecution of work proposed. Motion
passed unanimously. , -.
Motion was made by John K.
McNeill, Jr., seconded by Truman
Austin, to purchase a filing cabi
net and a stapling machine.
L. S. McMillan, water superin
tendent, and Mr. , Moore, suiting
engineer, were requested to pre
sent recommendations in regard
to elimination of bad odors aris
ing from town disposal plant.
The board recommended that
a careful study be made and a
definite plan to be initiated to
improve the care given to the
Raeford Cemetery in order that
this part of town reflect credit
and evidence of civic pride. '
The board also decided to ask
the Raeford Kiwanis, Lions and
Woman's Clubs and the Raeford
Junior Chamber of Commerce to
appoint orte member each to a
committee to study the situation
on the cemetery and make rec
ommendations to the board for
a permanent solution to the prob
lem of its maintenance. The
,board decided to ask Paul Dick
son to serve as chairman of this
committee.
Recommendations for the oper
ation and function of the Police
Department included:
(1) That a Policeman will be
on duty in the mornings at the
main street crossing to the grad
ed school.
(2) That Policemen will make
the City Hall their headquarters,
and ma';e at least one trip down
the street each hour.
(3) That the Chief of Police
will make at least two .rounds
daily in inspection of the Street
Department.
(4) That the Chief shall be re
sponsible for reporting any Stop
signs that should be replaced or
any obstruction which might
block the view.
(5) That the policemen will be
on the streets as much as possi
ble on each Saturday.
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Hoke Ladies Go
To United Nations
Mrs. J. M. Andrews, a member
of the Antioch Home Demonstra
tion Club and County Citizenship
Leader, and Mrs. Martin Cameron,
a member of the Little River
Club and County International
Relations leader are among the
108 North Carolina Home Demon
stration Club members who are
spending this week in New York
Cty observing at the United Na
tions. They left Raleigh at seven
o'clock Monday morning and will
return Saturday night.
Hector B. McNeill
Passes Tuesday;
Is Buried Today
Funeral services were conduct
ed Thursday afternoon for Hec
tor B. McNeill, 67, who died at
his home late Tuesday night.
Mr. McNeill, who had been in
failing health for several years,
was the son of -the late Franklin
Purcell McNeill and Katherine
Buchanan McNeill of Scotland
County. He was a lifelong resid
ent of the Blue Springs commun
ity and was a prominent farmer.
He was for several years a mem
ber of the Hoke county board of
commissioners.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the home at 3:00 o'cock to
day by his pastor, the Rev. W. K.
Thompson, assisted by the Rev.
W. B. Heyward, pastor of the
Raeford Presbyterian Church. In
terment followed in the Spring
Hill cemetery at Wagram.
Surviving is his wife, the form
er Doris Matheson; three daugh
ters, Mrs. Jack Roper and Mrs.
Harlee Johnson, both of Wagram,
Miss Flora Kate McNeill of the
home; four sons, Hector B., Jr.,
Robert and Franklin, all of Rae
ford, and Thomas of Fort Sill,
Okla.
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Board Answers
Wayside Grange
On Farm Agent
J. F. McMillan; chairman of
the Hoke County board of com
missioners, last week wrote a let
ter t Mrs. A A. Mclnnis, secre
tary of the Wayside Grange, in
answer to a resolution passed by
the Grange at its meeting on Sep
tember 14 in which the board was
urged to look into the turnover of
county agents here and explore
possibilities of getting the people
of the county more benefit from
the extension service. His letter
follows.
Dear Mrs. Mclnnis:
Replying to the resolution a
dopted by the Grange, I wish to
say that in the selection of a farm
agent, we, for the most part, have
followed the recommendation of
our district agent, Mr. C. M.
Brickhouse. However, at our last
meeting, in an atempt to get an
agent that would stay with us and
meet the approval of our people,
we elected John Alex Smith of
Little River Township. After
waiting two weaks, we were in
formed that Raleigh turned him
down on the ground that it is
against their policy to employ a
native of the county.
In regard to Mr. Prevette, he
quit the Extension Service to take
a better paying job in Raleigh.
Mr. Potter was doing good
work and was well satisfied, but
he resigned to return to Anson
County when their agent died.
He will draw a better salary, but
it is a much larger county with
more responsibility. He gave as
the main reason for his leaving,
the threatening expansion of Fort
Bragg and the fear that it would
abolish Extension Service in the
county. Mr. Prevette also men
tioned that he was afraid of the
Fort Bragg Expansion.
Mr. Stallings quit to go into
private business. Mr. Vernon re
signed on account of the death of
his father-in-law who left a large
farm with no one to look after it
except Mr. Vernon.
We appreciate the interest of
The Grange and will be glad to
have your suggestions at any
time. When we secure a new a
gent, we hope that you will try
to get the people more interested
in extension work than they have
been in the past few years. We
believe that this can be accomp
lished by the co-operation of The
Grange, The Farm Bureau, and
county officials in working out
an extension program that will
meet the favor of Hoke County
farmers.
Respectfully yours,
J. F. McMillan, Chairman.
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Mr. and Mrs Israel Mann and
Joyce spent Sunday In Warsaw
with Mr. and Mrs. Abe Brooks.
County Board Will
Meet Saturday To
Consider Farm Agent
The Hoke County board of com
missioners will meet Saturday
morning at 10:00 o'clock with C.
M. Brickhouse, district farm agent
of Raleigh, to consider the ques
tion of hiring a farm agent for
Hoke County and to interview
applicants for the position.
At their regular monthly meet
ing on Monday the board wrote
Brickhouse asking him to come on
Friday and bring any men he had
in mind, but he answered and
said he could not come until Sat
urday, so Saturday it is. The
board is also inviting some citi
zens of the county to meet with
them and help with the problem
of hiring a suitable man.
The board spent most of their
day Monday working with the
board of education on an Indian
school matter, other items of bus
iness being largely routine.
The Army was granted permis
son to repair some bridges in the
section of the county nearest
Camp Mackall.
The jury for the next term of
Superior court was drawn, and
the board approved the request
ed extension of Green Street in
Raeford to the new 15-A bypass.
9 Speeders Pay
In Recorder's
Court Tuesday
In a routine session of Hoke
County recorder's court before
Judge T. O. Moses Tuesday 25
cases were disposed of, with nine
of them being speeding charges,
and all but one of the others in
volving liquor or automobiles.
The speeders were C. M. Coo
per, H. D. Pike and T. W. Farrell,
each a $25 bond; Peter Demarzo,
and W. A. Smith, $35 bonds;
Charles Heinz, Jr., $20 and costs;
Ellis M. Brooks, $20 and costs for
speeding and $10 and costs for
having no driver's license; Man
uel Z. Enriqueg, $65 bond. All
were white.
Other traffic cases included
Martin Gilchrist and Coldon Har
ris, colored, and Margaret Wil
son, white, no driver's licenses;
Harris not guilty, Gilchrist $25
and costs, Wilson $10 and costs;
Pleaser McNeill, colored, impro
per .parking on highway, not
guilty; Wilbert Jr. Brown, care
less and reckless driving, not
guilty; John Carlyle McCormick,
colored, improper lights causing
a wreck, $50 and costs; W. C.
Mason, white, driving on wrong
side, not guilty.
Furnie Howard, colored, was
sent to jail from not less than 12
nor more than 18 months for
careless and reckless driving re
sulting in a wreck and having no
driver's license.
Alford Chavis, Indian, was
found guilty of careless and reck
less driving resulting in a wreck.
Sentence was not less than four
nor more than six months, to be
suspended on payment of $50 and
costs and damages to J. W. Webb.
Quince Little and Anna Lee
Baldwin, colored, paid $10 and
costs each for public drunkenness.
On a charge of stealing some
money, Herbine Wilson, colored,
was found not guilty.
Convicted of having non-tax-paid
liquor for sale, Len Peterkin,
colored, got 30 days suspended onJ
payment of $25 and costs and two
years good behavior.
Alton Eugene Odom, white,
pled guilty of driving drunk. Sen
tence was 60 days to be suspend
ed on payment of $100 and costs.
Scouts Return Sunday
From Fort Caswell
The twenty-five scouts who
went to Fort Cashwell last week
end returned home Sunday rather
tired but happy over the big time
that was had. Archie McDiarmid,
adult leader who accompanied
the boys, had much to say over
the way they carried themselves
and performed their duties.
All scouts have bees reminded
to register for the new year In
Scouting which begins October
15. They must turn In their
names and dues by October 10.
HOKE MAN BRUTALLY MURDERS
WIFE WITH GUN BARREL THURS.
Bond Issues Pass
County & State;
Vote Is Light
There weren't many, but those
who did vote in last Saturday's
election for the issuance of $72
million in bonds for school and
mental hospital improvements
carried Hoke County and North
Carolina rather decisively. A to
tal of 489 persons voted in the
ten precincts of the county.
For the state as a whole the
voting total was an unofficial
157,502 for the school issue with
23,259 votes being cast against it
For the mental hospitals 159,344
voted for with 19,701 casting neg
ative ballots.
Hoke County voted 353 votes
for the schools issue; 36 against.
The mental hospitals was even
more decisive with 368 votes for
and 15 votes against.
One reason given for the light
vote and easy passage has been
the fact that there was no organ
ized opposition to the question
with about all the state authori
ties heartly in favor of it.
County School Superintendent
K. A. MacDonald estimated that
Hoke County would get at least
half a million dollars from the
school bond issue.
The voting by precincts in this
county for and against the $50
million school bonds was as fol
lows: Allendale 12, 4; Antioch 27
5; Blue Springs 12, 3; Little River
24, 2; Mildouson 22, 0; Puppy
Creek 22, 2; Quewhiffle 37, 2;
Raeford No. 1 81, 2; Raeford No.
2 102, 12; Rockfish 14, 4.
For and against the issue of
$22 million mental institution
bonds by precincts was: Allendale
16, 0; Antioch 28, 4; Blue Springs
13, 1; Little River 24, 2; Mildouson
20, 0; Puppy Creek 23, 1; Que
whiffle 39, 0; Raeford No. 1 80,
0; Raeford No. 2 110, 4; Rockfish
15, 3.
Former Pastor Of
Baptist Church Here
Dies In Winterville
The Rev. James Edwin Hoyle,
68, retired Baptist minister and
poultryman of Winterville, near
Greenville in Pitt county, diecT at
his home at 11:00 o'clock Friday
night.
Mr. Hoyle was a native of
Franklin County and grew up in
Wake County. He was a minister
for 44 years and was pastor of
churches in New Mexico and at
Wingate, Lenoir, Nashville, An
drews, Raeford, Whitakers, Pac
tolus and Chocowinity in North
Carolina. He was pastor of the
Raeford Baptist Church about 25
years ago, immediately preced
ing the Rev. J. R. Miller.
He was first married to Deanie
Mae Horton of Zebulon, who died
in 1930. He was later married to
Bertha Carroll of Winterville,
who survives with their daugh
ter, Patricia, of the home. Also
surviving are three sons by his
first marriage, J. Edwin Hoyle,
Jr., of Richmond, Va., Daniel S.
Hoyle of Hickory, and Ransom G.
Hoyle of Winterville; four grand
children; a brother and two sis
ters. Funeral was in Greenville
Sunday afternoon and burial was
in the Winterville cemetery.
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LEGION TO MEET MON.
Younger Snead, commander of
the Ellis Williamson American
Legion Post, this week reminded
members of the regular monthly
meeting and supper which will be
held in the cafeteria at Hoke High
school at 7:00 o'clock next Mon
day night. He urged all to attend.
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ROCKFISH PREACHING
Rev. G. Scott Turner, Jr. of
Wake Forest will preach at the
Tabernacle Church, Rockfish, on
Sunday at both the morning and
evening services.
Back From Roads 2 Weeks
Charles Edward Gales, 39-year-old
Hoke County farmer, is
being held in the county jail after
the shotgun barrel beating that
killed his wife, Virginia Lucille,
late Thursday afternoon in a cot
ton field near his home.
Gales, who had only recently
returned home after serving a
six-months road sentence for as
saulting his wife, was in record
er's court two weeks ago on char
ges of family troubles, and Judge
T. O. Moses tried to get his trou
bles straightened out without an
other jail sentence. The case was
dropped on her recommendation.
According to Hoke Sheriff D. H.
Hodgin Gales told him Friday
morning that his wife and their
five children were picking cotton
while he was at the house "stick
ing tobacco". After he had fin
ished his work he lay down across
the bed and was resting when his
seven year old daughter came in
and told him that "someone had
sent for the law".
He said he then proceeded to
the cotton field and asked his
wife if she had sent for the law.
She told him that she had not and
he returned to the house and be
gan packing, his clothes. Finishing
this he picked up the barrel of
an old double barrelled shotgun
and returned to the cotton field,
according to the sheriff.
Gales told Sheriff Hodgin he
then stood in a small field road
and asked his wife to come to
him but that she refused to leave
the field. He said he then told
her that he had tried to make a
go of their marriage but it was
apparent that they could not get
along and that he was leaving.
When he started into the field
where she was she began holler
ing to James Oldham, landowner
for whom he Is a tenant, for help.
Oldham, who was in the field and
a witness to the entire affair,
threw a drink bottle at Gales who
swung the gun barrel at him and
told him to stay out of it.
The sheriff said Gales then
swung at his wife and hit her on
the foot, causing her to fall to
the ground. While she was on the
ground it is reported that he told
her that he didn't want to give
her up for another man and he
would give her "three or four
minutes to get right with God."
Mrs. Gales was still screaming
at Oldham, pleading with him to
stop her husband, but Gales is
said to have told him that God
was the only one that could help
(Continued On Page 4)
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Deadline Wednesday
In PMA Mail Voting
Ballots in the community PMA
elections must be in the County
PMA Office before October 14,
1953, 'according to R. J. Hasty,
Chairman of the Hoke County
PMA Committee.
Ballots will be counted October
14, 1953 and the names of the
Committeemen and Delegates e
lected will be announced as yvon
as the votes are counted. The
Delegates elected to attend the
County Convention will meet
Friday, October 16, and elect a
County Committee consisting of
a chairman, vice-chairman, mem
ber and two alternates.
Ballots have been mailed to all
eligible voters in each commun
ity. Any farmer owner, ope
rator, tenant, or sharecropper
is eligible to vote who is on a
farm that is participating In any
program administered by the e
lected farmer-committees of the
Production and Marketing Ad
ministration. Chairman Hasty emphasizes
that the first responsibility In
farm program administration
rests with the farmers themselves
in electing the most capable and
best qualified Committeemen to
administer those programs.
"This is especially significant
this year when agriculture has
such a great responsibility. No
farmer who Is eligible to vote
should let October 13th pas
without casting his ballot."