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Sf The News-Jouma OUAMMAM Or lIBlMTf VOICI Or X Ztf The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XLVIII; NUMBER 27 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1954 RAEFORD, N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPY $3.00 PER YEAR voici or HUfPOM gli By The Editor W. C. Phillips, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Merch ants Division, reports that the Chamber has again made ar rangements for Santa Claus to visit Raeford before Christmas Phillips said that he had received information that the gentleman would arrive in Raeford on the afternoon of Wednesday, Decem ber 16, and would, as usual, bring a small gift for each child. In view of the parade held last week there will be no parade for Santa, he said. Exact hour of his arrival will be announced next week. They .didn't give me a chance to comment on the fact that it was time to get the Christmas lights up as they have in the past. The Chamber cf Commerce com mittee, headed by H. L. Gatlin, Jr., has already had it done, and they, are to be cut on Monday. Expenses are being paid entirely from the Chamber of Commerce treasury this time. M. R. Mills, sanitarian with the county health department, told me this week that there had been several mad dogs in the county recently. This is usually a diffi culty that arises In hot weather, but Mills said that livestock had been bitten two or three times. S. M. Jacobs, Indian who pled guilty of operating a still and having liquor and who got two years for it, appealed to Superior court. It will be interesting to re' member this case when it gets to g court and see if the court has ft J stronger view with another ' dge on Raeford being "ringed with bootleggers." . . Along that line, Lou Mattie Hollingsworth went away for six months just a week behind her husband, in spite of his successful efforts to get her cleared in court two weeks ago, The dance the Raeford .Taycees held at the armory last Friday night for the benefit of the "Op eration Christmas" which Pope Air Force Base stages each year was quite successful, according to Jim Tillman, Jaycee president. He said that the affair would contribute over $200 to the fund for getting a Christmas present to every child in every orphanage in North Carolina this Christmas. The Pope base orchestra played for the affair and a large crowd attended and enjoyed it. It would appear to me that it is about time to quit driving over 55 miles an hour, something I imagine just about every person who drives has done at one time or another, most of us not getting caught. The coming of the "whammy" is going to make it more expensive, and whether we like it or not, the Highway Patrol is going to save many of our lives with it. I don't know just how many they did catch with the thing around here the other day, but 31 cases went through re corder's court Tuesday ,and they didnl get through with the doc ket. Friends, by the time you know it's there, it's got you. Min imum cost seems to be $25, going jpwards with higher speeds. " Ben Hurley, of the Carolina Power and Light Co., came in the other day with a tale of woe which he asked me to publish. He was talking about the recent power interruptions, and parti cularly about those in the An-tioch-Dundarrach area last Mon day. He said the power was off for several hours there, two dif ferent times on the same day. The first was caused by a line burning out near . Oakdale gin. This took quite some time to get repaired and shortly after it was. 'xed and the nower was back on pine tree was accidentally fcll- i across the line at another place, cutting off the juice again. This time it took several hours again (CoatintMd aa Page 10) Overpass Here One Of Highway Projects For Dec. Letting The State Highway Commis sion this week called for bids on 81.34 miles of road work and the building of 17 structures. The let ting will be held December 15 Two days later on Thursday, De cember 17, the Commission will meet in Raleigh to review the low bids received. There will be 20 projects in the letting; 23 counties will par ticipate. Among the major road jobs is a Hoke County project calling for a bridge over the Aberdeen and Rockfish Rairoad and N. C. 211 at the west edge of Raeford YOUR SCHOOL NEWS By K. A. MacDonald The County Board of Education will meet next Monday, Decem ber 7 at 7:30 p. m. The Rockfish PTA is sponsor ing a supper at the school lunch room on Thursday night, Decem ber 10 beginning at 6:00 o'clock The supper is for the benefit of the lunchroom. Miss Essey's third grade of the McLauchlin School had charge of the chapel program last Tues day morning. Their program was enjoyed by the whole primary school. Tuesdays and Thursdays are chapel days at the school. Par ents are invited to attend. Reading tests will be complet ed at the McLauchlin School this week. They have been finished at Rockfish and Mildouson and the Hoke Co. Indian School. Ashemont will finish this week. A special effort is being made this year in all the schools to check on the weaknesses in indi vidual students in their reading and improve the student's abil ity to read whether in the pri mary, elementary or high school. We are proud of the showing the schools made in the Harvest Day Festival Parade the 4-H Club float, the Hoke High Band and Upchurch Band and last and least, but not least in praise, the Burlington Rhythm Band and its tiny majorettes. We understand that plans for next year will be begun much earlier and we hope that all schools in the county will be able to participate. A great many people were as tonished at the number of pupils in line from the Raeford and Up- church schools. There were near er 2500 than 2000 school children in the parade. The yearly Junior play will be given by a selected cast of Jun iors in the high school auditor ium Friday evening at 8:00, De cember 4. The Juniors have been working long and hard on the production and a good evening's entertain ment is in store for all who at tend. Hoke High opens her 1953-54 basketball season with Laurin burg Thursday evening at 7:30. The girls teams takes the floor first followed by the varsity boys. At this writing we don't know how they will come out, but here's to them! Hoke High and the McLauch- school were minus the services of Mesdames Gore, Cameron and Roberts for several days this week. They were out sick. We hope that they arc fully recover ed by this time. The County school buses had their final inspection by the high way patrol for 1953 this week. They received their usual clean O.K. We think that pupils and (Continued OO Bag 10) Henry McDiarmid Passes Sunday; Funeral Tuesday Henry William McDiarmid, for mer judge of the Hoke County recorder's court, died Sunday af ternoon in a Fayetteville hospital after being in a critical condition for several days. He had entered the hospital on the previous Wed nesday, and a circulatory ailment was the immediate cause of his death. Judge McDiarmid was born in that part of this county that was then Cumberland in January 1884, son. of the late Norman Mc Diarmid and Mary Jane McDiar mid. He attended the University of North Carolina for about two years," 1907-09, and was unable to return because of the develop ment of rheumatoid arthritis, with which he was afflicted for the remainder of his life. ' He was a farmer, and was ap pointed judge of the recorder's ciurt by the county commission ers on May 3, 1943, to fill the va cancy caused by the death of Judge W. B. McQueen. He was thereafter elected to the office and served until February 19, 1952, when he suffered a fall in leaving the courthouse from which he never recovered. He was relieved as judge on a tem porary basis by Harry Greene, in the hope that his health would get so he could return to the bench. It did not by the time of the primary, so he did not offer for reelection. The funeral was conducted at the home on Tuesday aiternoon at 3:00 o'clock by the Rev. W. B. Heyward, pastor of the Raeford Presbyterian Church, and burial followed in the Raeford cemetery. Pallbearers were J. A. Williams, Henry Maxwell, Neill McFadyen, Raymond McLean, T. N. Mc Lauchlin, N. A. McDonald, H. L. Gatlin, Jr., and L. H. Koonce. He is survived by one brother, N. McL. McDiarmid, and two sisters, Miss Margaret McDiar mid and Mrs. Kate King all of Raeford. 4-H Club Members Build Winning Float On Tuesday night, several 4- H members and adults along with the Farm and Home Agents of Hoke County spent several hours in the Hoke County High School Agriculture work shop working on a 4-H Float. The theme of the float was "To Make The Best Better". Riding on the Float were two girls and two boys. Hazel McLean was holding a large U. S. Flag which represented the Citizenship 4-H project. Another girl Eliz abeth Overton who was the Im proved Ironing champion was demonstrating new methods of ironing. The two boys who rode on the Float were George Dees and James Potter. James was the Dairy Demonstration champion. The Float was done in green me tallic paper on a tractor wagon and was very attractive and ed ucational. This was a cooperative project between the Farm and Home Agents and won first prize of $25.00 in the Hoke County Fall Festival. The Float was sponsor ed by Belk-Hensdale Company of Raeford. Cpl. and Mrs. Chester Dlugo- kinski, who have an apartment in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Niven, left Wednesday for Dur ham to spend several days with Mrs. Dlugokinski's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Merritt. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Gatlin had as their visitors Sunday, Mrs. Eustis Russ, Mrs. Frederick Russ and son of Myrtle Beach, and Mrs. Layton Bennett of Shallotte. Mrs. Lillian Oliver accompanied Mrs. Bennett home for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Howell, Jr. and family spent Thanksgiving Day In Ellerbe in the home of Dr. and Mr. W. L. Howell. Outlook Meeting To Be Held Monday On Monday afternoon, Decem ber 7th, Hoke County will have it's annual Outlook Conference. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the probability of price changes and production costs for 1954. Expenses for most farm en terprises are getting higher and profits are getting smaller. The cost and availability of consumer goods will be discussed. For this reason both men and women are invited to the meeting. Two representatives from the North Carolina State College Ex tension Agricultural Economics Department will be present to lead the discussion and help set up a practical program for Hoke County. The public is cordially invited to be present at the meet ing, which will be held in the Lions Club room of the County office building at 2 30 p. m. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Border Niven had as their guests for Thanksgiving Mrs. Niven's sister, Mrs. Richard Duke, Mr. Duke, their daughter Judy of Richmond, Virginia, and' Patsy Clark of Pirtsmouth. Sgt. C. J. Augustoni, Jr. arriv ed Tuesday night of last Week from Okinawa, where he was sta tioned for the past year. He is spending a 30-day furlough here with Mrs. Augustoni and child ren. Johnnie and Spookie Riley of Edwards Military Academy, Sal emburg, spent the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Riley. Misses Betty Upchurch and Florence Cameron of Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga., were here to spend the holidays with their parents. Miss Elsie Norris of Fayette ville was a guest of Mr .and Mrs. Fred Norris for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Guin, Jan et and Jimmy Guin, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Freeman and daughter spent the day Sunday in Burling ton visiting. Miss Marylin Tapp spent the holidays in Rutherfordton visit ing Miss Pat Cook. Ml, and Mrs. Charlie Morrison had as their guests during the holidays, Mr. Morrison's sister, Mrs. Robert Booth and Mr. Booth of Portsmouth, Virginia. Charles Thomlinson of Ed wards Military Academy, Salem- burg, spent the week end with his mother, Mrs. Mamie Fultz, in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Webb. Mrs. June Johnson and chil dren visited in the home of Mrs. Johnson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Clark in Lumberton dur ing the week end. While tney were there Shirley had the mis fortune of breaking her arm. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gulledge, Mr. and Mrs. George Wood and son and Miss Sarah Gulledge were spent-the-day guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Floyd in Lumber ton Sunday. David McFadyen and Johnny McLauchlin returned to Davidson College Sunday after spending the holidays here with their fam ilies. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoste ler of Raleigh were here for the week end with Mrs. Hosteller's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Gore. Mrs. Hostetler remained to spend this week while Mr. Hostetler is attending a meeting of the Na tional Association of Insurance Commissioners in Miami, Fla. Pvt. Jimmje Sinclair was trans ferred from Fort Jackson, S. C. to Fort Eustis, Virginia, last week, where he is attending a transpor tation school. Mrs. Dickson, Sr., Former Publisher, Dies Suddenly A f . . if yr MRS. PAUL DICKSON, senior Mrs. Paul Dickson, senior, widow of the late Paul Dickson and editor-publisher of The News-Journal for several years after his death, died suddenly of heart failure at her home here Saturday morning at about 8:30 o'clock. She had a dangerous heart condition since about 1946 and had suffered from cancer for about a year, but her doctors did not consider her death in any way due to the cancer. Mrs. Dickson, was the former Annie Barnes, daughter of the late Decatur Barnes and Lucy Holderby Barnes of Reidsville, where she was born June 9, 1886, being 67 years of age. She grad uated from Converse College, Spartanburg, S. C. in the class of 1907. She came to Raeford in the fall of 1908 and taught in Raeford Institute and later in Raeford High School when it was organ ized. She was married to Paul Dickson in 1915. He died on No vember 29, 1935, and she passed away on November 28, 1953. During her husband's life Mrs. Dickson was active in the life of the community, and she was a charter member of the Raeford Woman's Club. Following his death she took over the active management of The News-Journal and the Paul Dickson Insur ance Agency, the latter being later sold to The Johnson Com pany. She gave up active man agement of the paper in 1943, but continued as society editor until her health caused her to stop last year. The funeral service was con ducted at 3:00 o'clock Sunday af ternoon at the Raeford Presby terian Church by the Rev. W. B. Heyward, pastor. Burial followed in the Raeford cemetery. Pallbearers were T. B. Lester, William Lamont, jr., Sam Morris, Clyde Upchurch, jr., Jake Austin and Carlton Niven. Surviving are two sons, Paul Dickson of Raeford and Dr. Alvis Barnes Dickson of the Navy at Camp Lejeune; five grandchil dren; one first cousin, Mrs. E. D. Watt of Reidsville. Presbyterian Men To Meet Next Week The Raeford Presbyterian Men of the Church" will have their regular monthly supper meeting next Wednesday night, December 9, at the Hoke County High school cafeteria at 7:00 p. m. The meeting is being held there due to the remodeling now going on at the church. At the meeting officers for 1954 will be elected and an out standing speaker, will address the group. 0 Thanksgiving guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Campbell were Miss Margie Campbell of Laurinburg; Mr. and Mrs. George Burn of Society Hill, S. C; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Johnson, Miss Vara Ellis and Leroy Ellis of Hartsville, S. C; Lt. Hake and Lt. Norberg of Fort Bragg. G. A. Patterson of Asheboro was ' visitor in the home of his sister, Mrs. B. L. Cox, Sunday. Chest X-Ray Unit To Return To County Announcement was made this week by the Hoke County Health Department that the Mobile Chest X-Ray unit would operate in Hoke County from January 11 through February 7, 1954. A com plete schedule of its stops will be published at a later date, but it will be in operation Tuesday through Saturday of each week during this period. The X-rays are painless, take only one minute and are free to all. Health authorities strongly urge every person to take advant age of the facility while it is here and point to the many persons who are saved by the units every year by learning that they have tuberculosis in time to do something about it besides dy ing with it. This has happened in this county in the past and will again, in ell likelihood. nVFills Recorder's Court Docket Tuesday The "W h a m m y", otherwise known as a mechanical device for the detection of speeding auto mobiles, made its entrance into Hoke County last week in the hands of the State Highway Pa trol, and there were 31 charges of speeding processed through the regular weekly session of record er's court before Judge T. O. Moses on Tuesday. With cases a gainst 14 other defendants be ing handled there was a total of 41 defendants, some with more than one charge, who were dealt with Tuesday. Court was ad journed at 1:00 p. m. until next Tuesday because of the funeral of former Judge Henry McDiar mid. Cases remaining at that time were continued. Speeders leaving $25 bonds were Charette Hector, R. C. Bowlden, R. L. TIannah, Vernon J. Rogers, Jr., J. H. Karmps, An gelo Psillo, William Jennings Bryan Haddock, Charles Van Dingle, W. B. Glaskox, Talmadge D. Johnston and Dow H. Finster wald, all white, and George Pres ton and Augusta Cook, both col ored. Leaving $35 bonds were Calvin A. Burgess, Bernard J. Freed, C. F. Eubanks, Robert P. Powers, all white, and James E. Battle, Joseph G. McCalop and Ethel Williamson, all colored. Thurman J. Helms, colored, paid $50 and costs and lost his license for six months for speeding 80 miles an hour, and Freddie Fish er, white, left a $100 bond for going 90. Paying $20 and court costs for speeding were William H. Faulk, Dorothy Sherman and Robert McDarby, all white. Arthur E. Herring and Fannie M. Odom, both white, each paid $10 and costs. Bernard C. Avery and Sam uel W. Kesler, both white, each paid costs. Ralph D. Ford, white, left a $30 bond. Gilbert S. Sauls, white, left a $35 bond for careless and reck less driving. Greenburry Jones, white, left a $50 bond for speeding and hav ing no driver's license. Clara Mae Johnson, colored, paid $25 and costs for having no driver's license, and William E. Johnson paid costs for allowing an unlicensed driver to drive his car. Lou Mattie Hollngsworth, col ored, was found gulty of violating the prohibition laws by trying to sjip a pint of white lightning to her husband in jail. She was sen tenced to six months in the State prison with instructions that she be given a mental examination there. S. M. Jacobs, Indian caught by Sheriff Hodgin and Rural Police man Meeks at a still a week or two ago, pled guilty of having the still and having the liquor they found there. He still insisted the still was his property and that he did not know the name of the man who had been helping him. Judge Moses gave him a year on (Continued On Pace 4) Cotton Acreage Quota For Hoke 71 Of Average The 1954 cotton acreage allot ments for North Carolina counties were released Wednesday by the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State office. The allotments call for an acre age reduction of about 27 per cent for next year as compared with an average planting for the years 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, and 1952. Allotment notices for indivi dual farms were placed in the mail Wednesday in some coun ties. H. D. Gofrey, State ASC adminstrative officer, said all such notices will be mailed by next Tuesday. Robeson has the highest coun ty allotment. Other high counties, in order, are Cleveland, Samp son, Halifax and Johnston. In some counties the 1954 al lotment is as low as 68 per cent of the average five-year plant ings. In others it ranges as high as 83 per cent. In Hoke County the allotment for 1954 is 15,963 acres. This is slightly more than 71 per cent of the five-year average in this county of 22,359 acres, not includ ing 1949. "The difference in percent ages," Godfrey said, "is due to provisions of the law for distri bution of the 10 per cent State reserve. The law requires this State reserve to be used for spec ific purposes, one of which is for adjusting farms with an initial allotment of less than 15 acres. , "In North Carolina," fcodfrey continued, "the State reserve was v distributed to county ASC com mitees for use in making these adjustments on the basis of the history of cotton planted on these farms during the past three years." Cotton growers throughout the nation will vote in a referendum on December 15 to determine whether marketing quotas are to be in effect for the next three years. However, acreage allot ments will be in effect next year regardless of the results of the quota referendum. 0 Post Office Changes; Morrison To Robbins Charles Morrison, who has been an employee of the Raeford Post Office for some years and who was acting postmaster from the death of Lacy Clark until D. C, Cox was named acting postmas ter, this week left the post office and started work at the Raeford plant of Robbins Mills. He is to be personnel manager at Robbins. Thomas Macko, who has been a city mail carrier since city mall delivery started here, moved in to the post office to replace Mor rison and Johnny Hinnant was employed as mail carrier to re place Macko on the west side of town. Collision Tuesday; No Serious Injury Mrs. Lucy Smith and Ed Buie had a collision at about 11:30 a. m. Tuesday at the corner of Ed inboro Avenue and Magnolia Street. Mrs. Smith, alone in her 1953 Ford, is reported to have been going north on Magnolia and Buie is said to have been going west on Edinboro in his Buick when the wreck occurred. Mrs. Smith was knocked un conscious and suffered cuts and bruises. She soon recovered cons ciousness, however, and was not thought to have had any bone broken. Buie was shaken up, but other than a bruise on his head he was unhurt. Both vehicles were extensively damaged. 0 Miss Pearl Rouse, who recently came to Raeford from her home in Bennettsville to live with bet sister, Mrs. Malcolm McNeill and family, is now employed In the office at Para Thread Company.
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