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The Hoke County News
The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLVIII; NUMBER 26
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1933
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By Tbe Editor
If all those yellow ticket stubs
are off Main street by the time
you get your paper, the Raeford
street-cleaning department deser
ves a real commendation from the
citizens. They are really out there
in piles. I expect the cleaners
are happy that there were only
a half-dozen horses in the parade.
Thirty years ago I reckon the
yellow tickets would have been
a minor consideration, if there
had been any pavement. Come
to think of it, though, that pave
ment has been there just about
30 years, if my memory serves
me right. Maybe a year or two
more than that.
Speaking of that parade
nave heard several people say
that Jimmy Burkhcad missed his
calling in being an insurance
man. He was the hefty-female
looking clown running up and
down through the affair. They
wouldn't let him do any talking
after the minstel recently
which he was allowed to talk
John MeGoogan spent last
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
attending a meeting of tax sup
ervisors of the State at the In
stitute of Government in Chapel
Hill. He says this institute is go
ing to get a new million-dollar
building soon in which to house
their activities and the public
officials of the State who visit
them from time to time. The
building is being made possible
through a gift of half the money
on condition the State would fur'
nish the other half, which
being done. This institute, not
so old, was organized and is still
directed by Albert Coates. It has
furnished first class advice to the
' officials of counties and towns in
the State, resulting in a tremens
dous improvement in the quality
of local government the people
are getting. It enables these local
government to furnish the peo
Dle more for their tax dollars
and helps them keep on a sound
financial basis as well. It is cer
tainly a good thing for the State.
Mentioned that the town was
going to get a new car, but don't
believe there has been any men
tion of the fact that they have
it. It's a new Ford and is neatly
painted with "Town of Raeford,
Police Department" on the side
I thought of it as the result of
a remark that "they ought to
- hitch a drag behind that new car
and pull it over some of these
run-down streets while they are
riding around." I didn't say that
myself, and I think it's a little
unfair. Some of the streets are in
pretty bad shape, true, but wea
ther as dry as we have had It
this summer and fall makes it
close to impossible to keep dirt
streets smooth. We have had a
little rain now and I expect the
street department will get them
in shape pretty quick.
A member of the town board
almost accused me of reading
their minutes and then saying the
town needed the things they talk
ed about. He was referring to the
mention of the need for longer
green on the Main street side of
the traffic light at the bank.
Seems the board had discussed
the same thing at their meeting
the week before and made ar
rangements to have it fixed. I
hadn't heard it, though, honest.
A couple times in the past at
about this time of year the Cham
ber of Commerce has considered
the possibility of having auto li
cense tags sold here, but it has
been forgotten until too late the
next year each time. I am as
guilty as any of the other Cham
ber directors, but I hope we can
start on that project next Jan
uary for the 1955 tags.' They are
sold In Southern Pines, Fayette
ville and Laurinburg. This is a
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Wood Corp. To
Take $108,000 In
Pulp From Post
The Cape Fear Wood Corpora
tion this week announced that it
had completed negotiations with
the Army Department for the re
moval of 9,000 cords of pulpwood
from the Fort Bragg reservation
in the next three months, and
that the wood would be handled
through Raeford. The company is
locating its Timberland Wood
Yard on the railroad in Raeford
and expects to begin operations
here by December 8.
The wood will be brought out
of the reservation by independ
ent operators who will pay the
Army for it and who in turn will
be paid at the rate of $12 per
cord by the Cape Fear corpora
tion. There will be approximately
25 trucks involved in the opera
tion and about 100 persons work
ing, according to I. W. Klnlaw,
yard manager. These people will
handle the approximately $108,
000 the corporation will pay for
the wood. The Army Department
will get about a fourth of the to
tal paid for the wood, and the re
maindcr will be collected by the
producers for their labor in work'
ing and hauling it.
The corporation expects the op
eration to take until about March
15.
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Hoke High Releases
Basketball Schedule
A total of 36 candidates for the
boys varsity and junior varsity
are in their second week of prac
tice in hopes of bettering last
year's impressive 18-4 season re
cord. Lost from last year's talent
ed squad are Joe Culbreth, John'
ny McPhaul, Lawrence McNeill,
Sidney Lovette, Palmer Willcox
Dick Baggett and L. S. Brock
The loss of these outstanding
players will definitely be felt as
Hoke High enters its first year
as a member of the Southeastern
AA Conference.
This year's team has two re
turning lettermen. They are Jim
White and Roger Dixon. Charles
Daniels also saw some varsity
action last year. Moving up from
the JV squad are Ed Bowling,
Johnny Bobbitt. Don Tulle, Gray
son Matthews, Lacy Koonce and
Bobby Davis. Jimmy Bracey has
been welcomed back and is try-
ing for one of the guard slots.
The squad is short in experience
but very strong in scrap and hus
tie.
Coach Carpenter has not made
any cuts in his JV squad yet.
Some of his promising boys are
Paul White, Lewis Upchurch, Ken
Culbreth, Buddy Williams, Delton
Harden, Phillip Coker and Tom
my Harris.
The 20-game schedule is as fol
lows: '
Dec. 3, Laurinburg; 8, Hamlet;
11, Laurinburg; 15, Hamlet;
18, 71st.
Jan. 5, Wadcsboro; 8, Lum-
bcrton; 12 Tabor City; 15,
Whiteville! 19, Red Springs;
22, Clinton; 26, Lumberton; 29
Rockingham.
Feb. 2, Whiteville; 5, Red
Springs; 12, 71st; 16, Clinton:
19, Tabor City; 23, Wadesboro;
26, Rockingham.
Denotes home games.
Miss Katherine blue spent the
week end in Rocky Mount with
Mrs. Richard Fountain.
Mrs. David Tuttle and children
of Gastonia spent last week here
with her mother, Mrs. H. A. Cam
eron, ur. Tuttle joined his fam
ily here for the week end.
Mrs. N. J. Heyward of Raleigh
spending the Thanksgiving
holiday with her son and his
family, the Rev. and Mrs. W. B.
Heyward and children.
Dr. and Mrs Clyde Krug and
Dr. and Mrs. John Cleaver of
Pittsburg, Pa. spent several days
the first of the week with Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. Gatlin, Jr. The Gatllns
and their guests are spending
Thanksgiving and the week end
at Topsail Beach.
Department Plans
Enforcement Of
New Safety Law
Raleigh The State Department
or Motor Vehicles will move
swiftly beginning Tuesday night
toward firm enforcement
North Carolina's new Motor Ve
hicle Safety Responsibility Law,
which becomes effective on Jan
uary 1.
The initial steps looking tow-
ard complete enforcement on the
statutory effective date were an
nounccd as follows:
1. The department has prepar
ed a small leaflet explaining es
sential details about the law
which motorists may pick up at
any gasoline station, without cost,
beginning Tuesday morning.
2. On Tuesday evening Motor
Vehicles Commissioner Edward
Scheidt will address the people
of North Carolina by radio in the
first official explanation of how
the new law will operate.
3. Throughout the month of
December, through the coopera
tion of the press and radio of
North Carolina, the Department
of Motor Vehicles will keep the
public, and particularly the mo
torists, advised about various
phases of the law up to the hour
enforcement begins.
Commissioner Scheldt's address
will originate through the facill
ties of Station WPTF in Raleigh,
and will be heard over other sta
tions throughout the state. It will
be entitled "Safety and Security
On Our Highways." In view of
earlier commitments, all stations
may not be able to broadcast it
simultaneously and it was sug
gested that those desiring to hear
It consult the daily radio pro
grams in their local newspapers
on Tuesday morning and after
noon.
The new law, which was en
acted by the last session of the
legislature, requires the automa
tic suspension of a driver's license
if he is involved in a traffic ac
cident and fails to furnish satis
factory proof of his ability ' to
meet damage claims up to $11,-
000. Commissioner Scheldt will
explain the conditions and cir
cumstances under which this can
happen and also information as
to how it can be avoided.
Forty-three other states have
enacted the same type of law.
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Church Men Enjoy
Baptist Professor
The program at the annual
joint meeting of the men of the
Raeford Methodist, Baptist and
Presbyterian churches, which was
held at the Methodist Church last
Friday night, was an outstanding
success, according to those at
tending. The turkey supper, serv
ed by the ladies of the Methodist
Church, was a great success also.
The program, presented by the
Raeford Baptist Church men
consisted of an address by the
Rev. W. C. Strickland, professor
of New Testament Interpretation
at the Baptist seminary at Wake
Forest College. The speaker, who
has been supply pastor at the
Baptist church here since June,
displayed a wide knowledge of
the Bible and its history and his
message was delivered with much
skill and humor. He traced the
history of the Bible in all its ver
sions, and justified fully the con
tinual Improvement of its transla
tions. The men also enjoyed several
vocal renditions by a sextette
from the Music Department of
the Raeford Woman's club, ac
companied by Miss Martha Dav
enport at the piano.
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ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC
The monthly Orthopedic Clinic
will be held on Friday, Decem
ber 4, 1953 at the Robeson Coun
ty Health Center on the Pem
broke Road. Children under 21
years of age, please register be
tween 8:00 and 10:00 a. m.; adults
register from 10:00 to 11:00 a. m.
The physician in charge will be
Dr. Julian E. Jacobs, Charlotte.
Monroe Attorney To
Kun For Congress
Coble Funderburk, Monroe at
torney and former member of the
State Senate and House of Re
presentatives, today announced
his decision to enter the Demo
cratic primary next May for the
Congress, representing the Eighth
N. C. District. The post is now
held by Charles B. Dcane of
Rockingham, also a Democrat.
Mr. Funderburk, a native of
Union County, has been conduct
ing a survey of the 12-county
district for the past several
weeks. He said that he has re
ceived much encouragement from
all sections.
A former teacher and athletic
coach, Mr. Funderburk has been
practicing law in Monroe since
1932. He represented Union
County in the State Legislature
in 1935 and in the State Senate
in 1941 and 1943.
Born on a fatm 12 miles south
of Monroe, the son of Howard
and Sloane Jones Funderburk,
Mr. Funderburk attended the
county schools and received his
AB degree at Furman University.
He taught school for four years
before obtaining his license to
practice law -iftcr studying at
Wake Forest College. After open
ing his offices here in 1932, he
was elected to the State Legisla
ture. He is a deacon in the First
Baptist Church and has been
teacher of the Men's Bible Class
for 20 years. He also is a member
of the Monroe city school board
and a past president of the Mon
roe Rotary Club.
Mr. Funderburk is married to
the former Miss Faire Lathan and
the have three children, Barbara
12, Jimmy 8 and Jerry 7.
Lou Hollingsworth
Caught With Liquor
Lou Mattie Hollingsworth, col
ored, wife of Ed Hollingsworth
who went away Wednesday to do
a road sentence for violating the
prohibition laws, was jailed on
Tuesday night on a charge of
possessing non-tax-paid liquor
and of trying to smuggle it into
the jail to her husband the night
before he left.
The woman, who had been pre
viously convicted in recorder's
court, was in superior court last
week with two liquor cases on
appeal from the lower court. One
of these was dropped by the State
when her husband took all the
blame and the other was continu
ed due to the absence of a State's
witness.
Ed Hollingsworth was due to
leave for Pittsboro or Lillington
on Wednesday morning to start
his sentence, and his wife brought
him a bundle of clothing on Tues
day night. Rural policeman H.
M. Meeks and Jailer D. Ammons
went through the bundle in front
of her in the jail and found a pint
of white lightning in it, accord
ing to Meeks who signed a war
rant for her and locked her up.
954 Auto Tags To
Go On Sale Tuesday
Sales of 1954 auto licenses will
begin Tuesday, December 1,
throughout the State, with the
auto license sales offices in Sou
thern Pines, Laurinburg and
Fayetteville serving in this area.
Hours of sale in these offices
Usually will be 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
aily except Saturday they close
at noon. Sales of auto, truck,
motorcycle, trailer and tractor
icenses are handled, also title
transfers.
From experience of past years.
when the final weeks of the sale
period found long lines forming
before license sales bureaus ev
erywhere, the motor vehicles de
partment suggests that it is worth
making an effort to "get your
auto license early."
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Mr. and Mrs. Duncan McFad-
yen and family spent Saturday at
Davidson College to see their son,
David, who is a member of the
freshman class. The occasion was
"Parents Day."
Recorder s Court:
22 Speeders Pay
In Record Session
With 22 speeding cases being
the largest single classification of
offenders, there was a total of
some 55 or more cases facing
Judge T. O. Moses when he con
vened the regular session of Hoke
County recorder's court Tuesday
after a week without court due
to superior court last week. Tues
day night when court adjourned
43 of these cases had been clear
ed from the docket, the other
dozen or more being left for trial
at a later date.
Most of the speeders left $35
bonds and failed to appear for
trial. These included J. W. Hart
Sidney H. Grecnberg, Elmer L.
Mion, Andrew E. Sarna, Frank
Foland, Doris K. Black, Cecil
McKee, Donald Mclsaacs, Morris
Schlutker and Fox W. Ange, all
white, and James E. Taylor, col
ored. G. F. Somers left a $25
bond, J. K. Krason a $50 bond
and R. C. Sharpe a $23 bond. All
were white. Glenn E. Thompson
William P. Griffin and H. L.
Stamps, all white, and Horace
Morriscy, colored, each paid $20
and costs. Glenn O. Case, white.
paid $25 and costs for speeding
with a truck. Arthur Ray, colored,
and Charles A. Ritter, white, each
paid $10 and costs for speeding,
and R. M. Strahan, white, paid
$15 and costs.
William Jefferson Robinson, Jr,
white, pled guilty of a second of
fense of driving drunk. Sentence
was six months to be suspended
on payment of $200 and costs,
and his driver's license was to be
revoked for three years. J. W.
Caddell, Jr., white, pled guilty
of driving drunk and careless and
reckless driving. Sentence was 90
days to be suspended on payment
of $100 and costs, and the case
was left open until January
for determination of damages.
Vann Green, colored, was char
ged with assault on Spencer Sin
gletary with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill. Probable cause
was found and he was held for
superior court. Bond was set at
$1500 but had not bi-en posted
yesterday.
Jasper Bullock, colored, was
found guilty of assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to
kill, not inflicting serious injury,
Sentence was from six to eight
months on the roads.
Henry McLeod and Henry C.
Faulk, colored men of Little
River Township, both pled guilty
to charges of violating the prohi
bition laws, McLeod for having
a still and Faulk for having nontax-paid
liquor for sale. Each
got a sentence of four months
suspended on payment of $100
and costs and on condition of
good behavior for five years as
to prohibition laws.
Frank Scott pled guilty of as
saulting his wife and got 30 days
to bo suspendtd on payment of
costs and two years good behav
ior. Willie Raney, colored, paid $20
nd costs for public drunkenness.
On the same charge Dannie Mc
Pherson, colored, and Joel M.
Addison, Jettie Addison and Na
than J. Cannon, all white, each
paid $10 and costs.
Annie P. Shields, colored, pled
guilty of careless and reckless
driving and having no brakes and
causing a wreck. She got 60 days
to be suspended on payment of
$10 and costs md $118 damages.
J. D. Morriscy and Joe Mc
Bryde, both colored, each paid
$25 and costs for having no driv
er's license.
Robert Lee Daniels and Le
verne McRae, both colored, each
paid $10 and costs for having
improper brakes. Fred Wilson,
also colored, paid the same for
having improper lights, as did
Hoyt E. Brown, white, for failing
to stop at a stop sign.
Henry A. Graham, colored, got
30 days suspended on payment of
$25 and costs for careless and
reckless driving, and Roy E.
Handon, also colored, paid $10
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5,000 PERSONS IN RAEFORD FOR
FALL FESTIVAL DAY WEDNESDAY
Coroner' Jury Frees
Rocky Mount Soldier
In Traffic Death
A Rocky Mount soldier, who
had been under a $2,500 bond
since last week in connection
with the death of a Charlotte man
in a highway accident near here,
was found not to blame by a cor
oner's jury which held an inquest
into the case here Monday night.
John David Williams, the sold
ier, stationed at Fort Jackson, had
been the driver of a car which
hit two others on U. S. 15-A a
bout three miles south of here on
Friday afternoon, November 13,
and ni which Roger Adcock, 37-
year-old Charlotte man, was kill
ed. Williams had been on his way
to Rocky Mount from Fort Jack
son when his car went out of con
trol, hit the Adcock car and
bounced into another car.
The jury consisted of Hector
B. McNeill, J. M. Hendley, E. A.
Mercer, Archie McDiarmid, J. B.
Melntyre and Jack Pope. Accord
ing to Coroner J. C. Lentz, the
jury heard three witnesses testi
fy to the effect that Williams had
been driving at a normal rate of
speed, and that his car went out
of control, leaving the impression
that it either blew a tire or went
wild from some mechanical
failure. Lentz said the evidence
was also to the effect that Wil
liams was not drinking and that
there was no apparent way he
could have avoided the wreck.
Lions Toy Drive Set
For Next Wednesday
The annual drive for used toys
for redistribution to underprivi
leged children will be conducted
by the Raeford Lions Club all
over the community next Wed
nesday night, December 2, start
ing at 6:00 o'clock, it was an
nounced this week.
The Lions will be glad to have
used toys of any description, no
matter how badly they may be
broken or worn out. They point
out that in repairing toys it is
often possible to take parts from
an otherwise useless toy and add
to parts of another to make a
serviceable toy that, when re
painted, will make some child
mighty happy come Christmas.
The club asks all who have
toys to give them to turn their
front porch light on next Wednes
day night from 6:00 o'clock on,
and the collection teams will stop.
They are conducting the drive
now so that the toys may be re
paired and painted in plenty of
time for Christmas.
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Cotton Report Shows
Faster Ginning In 53
The monthly cooton ginning re
port of the bureau of the census
of the Department of Cemmerce
was released last week. It shows
that 10,954 bales of cotton were
ginned in Hoke County from the
crop of 1953 prior to November 1,
1953. This is 1339 bales more than
the 9,615 bales which had been
ginned from the crop of 1952 by
November 1 and is due to the
ry, fair weather which prevail
ed during the cotton harvesting
season.
While only 9,615 had been gin
ned by November 1 last year,
there had been 12,154 bales gin
ned in the county by December
, and in 1951 there had been 12,-
698 bales ginned by December 1.
CHAPLAIN TO PREACH
TO BAPTISTS SUNDAY
Chaplain Eugene Glass, of the
United States Marine Base at
Camp Lejeune, N. C, will preach
at the Raeford Baptist Church on
Sunday, November 29, at both the
morning and the evening services.
Chaplain Glass is to be released
from the service in January.
Over 2,000 In Parade
The biggest crowd in Raeford
in many a day was here Wednes
day afternoon to see the big pa
rade and to win some 35 differ
ent prizes of varying value. The
crowd, which included over 2,000
school children according to Supt.
K. A. MacDonald, has been esti
mated at close to if not more than
5,000 persons.
The parade, which formed from
the J. W. McLauchlin school
north on Main street, consisted
of five bands, clowns, floats, trac
tors and cars, cowboys and Bill
Nelson on a bibcal-looking don
key in addition to the school chil
dren. The float of the Hoke
County 4-H clubs was judged the
best and won a $25 prize offered
by Belk-Hensdale.
The parade was led by the Na
tional and State colors followed
immediately by the Hoke County
High school band. Next were
Raeford Cub scouts, Boy scouts
and Camp Fire Girls followed by
the children from the McLauchlin
school and then by students from
the high school.
National guard vehicles, com
mercial and advertising floats
came next, followed by the newly-uniformed
and high-stepping
band from Upchurch school, fol
lowed by the students from Ihat
school. Several other schools of
the county were represented and
the Burlington Colored School
had its rhythm band with tiny
majorettes prancing in front
Then came the 4-H, Kiwanis and
other floats followed by the band
from Aberdeen High school. Hoke
Auto Co. had an unusual display
of antique automobiles, followed
by the Red Springs Colored High
school band. Then came new cars
from several dealers, tractors,
boys and girls on horses and
ponies. Bill Nelson brought up
the rear on his ass.
Immediately after the parade
and a few remarks of welcome to
the crowd from Mayor Alfred
Cole, the drawing for the prizes
began. Winners of the seven ma
jor prizes given away by the mer
chants were Mrs. W. M. Brock
the Apex dishwasher, Bobby
Clark the G.E. washing machine,
Jim Williams the Hotpoint Range,
Neill McFadyen the Frlgidalre
refrieerator. Peggy Webb the
Kelvinator water heater, Mrs. J.
D. Royal the girls bicycle and
Bill Glisson the boys bicycle.
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P. T. A. President
Names Committees
Ray Griffin, president of the
Hoke - Raeford Parent - Teacher
Association, this week announced
committee chairmen and mem
bers for the association for the
school year 1953-54.
The association is to have a
"Youth Advisory committee," and
this committee was selected with
the assistance of the student
council of the Hoke County High
school. The basis for selection
was to include a preacher, a tea
cher, mothers, fathers, students
and the mayor. Other than Mayor
Alfred Cole this committee in
cludes the Rev. W. B. Heyward,
J. F. Campbell, Mesdames W. V.
Dark, W. C. Hodgin, J. L. Mc
Neill and E. L. Cameron; stu
dents Anne Leach, Hazel McLean,
Benny McLeod and Jimmy Bra
cey, and a father, Younger Snead.
Other committees, with the
first named being chairman, are:
Membership and attendance, Mrs.
Richard Neeky, Mrs. Belton
Wright, Mrs. L. W. Turner and
John Heacox; Fublicity and hos
pitality, Mrs. Neil Senter, Mrs.
Hinton McPhaul and Mrs. Paul
Dickson; Finance and project,
Mrs. J. W. McPhaul, Bill Howell
and Mrs. Crawford Thomas; Pro
gram, Mrs. Chandler Roberta,
Marlon Gatlin and J, W. Turlington.
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