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The Hoke County Journal
VOL IE XL VIII; NUMBER 30
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1953
RAEFORD, N. C.
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By The Edltor
Business firms in this town are
together for once, I believe. Just
about, everything here will close
up on Saturday, December 26,
as well as on Christmas Day.
Para Thread Co. and Robbins
Mills are not running from Wed
and Hoke Concrete Works will
close at noon Thursday and open
Monday.
For a man who was only a
lieutenant In the Air Force, Tru
man Austin gets around with
some pretty high ranking airmen
Here as his guests for bird hunt
ing in the county Monday and
Tuesday of this week were Gen
eral Nathan F. Twining, chief
of staff of the United States Air
Force, and Lt. Gen. Frank Ever
est, also of the Air Force from
the Pentagon, who has duty with
the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They
were accompanied by Frank Ev
erest, Jr., aviation cadet from
Missouri, and all enjoyed a bar
becue supper at Neill A. McDon
ald's pond Monday night.
Mayor Alfred Cole told me last
week that during the street pav
ing in the next few months the
town was going to pave a skating
rink in the pine park back of
the McLauchlin school. This will
really be fine, and will give the
youngsters a chance to learn to
skate and do their skating off
the streets and sidewalks.
- We have had the Boy Scout
drive and we are having the T. B.
fund drive through the sale of
Christmas Seals and bonds. Com
ing soon will be the March of
Dimes for fighting infantile par
alysis, the Cancer Crusade, the
sale of Easter seals for crippled
children, the Red Cross drive, and
probably others I don't think of
at the moment. They1 are every
one good causes, and each deser
ves all we can give it. Coming one
one after another and maybe two
at a time, though, they make a
person who wants to do his part
wonder if there isn't some better
way to help these causes. Some
communities have "Community
Chest" or "United Fund" drives,
with the proceeds being divided
nmonff the causes needing the
money. The approach used has
been that this is the only appeal
to be made to the public along
this line in a year, and a person
can make one contribution for
all the causes. This is certainly
easier on the public, and I under
stand the campaigns get just as
much money. I would like to
see such scheme tried here.
This column has been mighty
quiet about the deplorable con
dition of the Raeford cemetery
since one Paul Dickson was nam
ed chairman of a committee to
do something about it.. Others on
the committee are Mrs. H. A.
Cameron of the Woman's Club,
NeiU McFadyen of the Kiwanis
Club, Joe Upchurch of the Jay
cees and J. Evander Gillis of the
Lions Club. Action will be taken
early next month.
Got a note from Mrs. D. B.
Tray wick, our regular' Arabia
correspondent who has been vis
iting her daughter, Mrs. Gerald
Richards, In Nebo, 111, for sev
eral weeks, wishing everyone a
Merry Christmas. ' While Mrs.
Traywick is away her column Is
being written by Mrs. Brown
Hendrix.
Judge T. O. Moses saved the
county welfare department more
than ' "'0 when he decided to
put Joe Scott and Carson Lock
lear under suspended sentences
Instead of sending them to the
roads, as both have families that
would have to be supported. In
addition, Scott has a geod record
for several years. Locklear, It ap
pears, is more or less a visitor
with his family from another
county, doing no productive work
and owning no property here.
Sending him out of the county
teems wise to me, also.
DR. MATHESON AT HOME
Dr. R. A. Matheson returned
last Thursday from Duke hospital
where he had been a patient
since he was hurt in a wreck on
Friday, December 4. While his
condition is considered to be im
proving satisfactorily by the doc
tors at Duke, he will have to
take it easy for several weeks
yet. He is able to have company
for short periods each day, but
his doctors have told him he can.
not return to work before Febru
ary first.
PERSONALS
Miss Lona Graham and Mur
doch' McDuffie are spending the
holidays in Faison with their sis
ter, Mrs. D. .Newton and family.
Mrs. A. A. Walters has return
ed home from Moore County Hosr
pital and is .recovering nicely.
Mrs. W. B. Crumpton of Bel
mont arrived Friday to spend the
holidays with her mother, Mrs.
B. R. Gatlin.
Mrs. Gordon Edwards of San
ford is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. William Lentz and family.
Miss Maude Poole of Belmont
arrived Sunday to spend her va
cation with her father, D. Scott
Poole.
' Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Campbell
left Tuesday for Miami, Fla. to
spend Christmas week with their
daughter, Mrs. M. G. Collins and
family.
Kenneth and Edmund Miller of
Duke University are spending the
holidays with there parents the
Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McBryde
had as dinner guests on Sunday
the following members of their
family: Mr. and Mrs. James Mc
Bryde and sons, Mr. and Mrs.
Bob McBryde and family of Lum-
berton, Mr. and Mrs. Brown Mc
Bryde and sons of Pembroke, Mr.
and Mrs. John S. Bateman of
Lumberton and Mr. and Mrs.
Buster Bread of Rex.
Miss Jean Sherrill will leave
Friday for a visit with Miss June
Sarratt in Shelby.
Miss Pauline Davis of Asheboro
is spending the holidays with Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Monroe.
Henry F. Crenshaw of Ft. De
posit, Ala. arrived yesterday to
spend Christmas with his family
at the home of Mrs. H. C. Mc
Lauchlin. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Niven of
Dunedin, Fla. are visiting Miss
Lizzie Niven.
Mr. 'and Mrs. Joe Gulledge and
C. J. Williamson of Fayetteville
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Paschal in Greensboro.
Mr. and Mrs. T. N. McLauchlin
and daughters, Mrs. G. W. Hanna
and Miss Sara Hanna will visit
Mrs. Earl McAuley in Statesville
on Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Thomas
returned Saturday from a trip to
Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Reid and Ann
of Dillon, S. C. spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. John Nicholson
and son are visiting Mrs. Nichol
son's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. D.
Winsttad in Roxboro.
Mrs. L. B. Sutton of Live Oak,
Fla. arrived yesterday for a visit
with her daughter, Mrs. R. A.
Matheson and Dr. Matheson.
Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Hood and
daughters are expected tomorrow
for a visit with Mrs. Hood's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Warren.
Lt Julia A. Kuempel and Lt.
Ida Mae Schoen of Ft Bragg will
be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Gobeille for Christmas Day.
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Cotton Council To
Meet February 1-2
Lincolnton Twenty-one mem
bers of the North Carolina-Vir
ginia cotton industry will repre
sent the area at the sixteenth an
nual meeting of the National Cot
ton Council at Atlanta, Georgia,
February 1-2, B. C. Lineberger,
chairman of the Council's North
Carolina-Virginia unit, announc
ed this week.
Council delegates representing
cotton producers, ginners, ware
housemen, merchants, cottonseed
crushers and spinners at the At
lanta meeting, will take part in
formulating 1954 programs de
signed to improve cotton quality,
increase efficiency and step up
sales promotion.
In announcing the delegates
who will represent the North Carolina-Virginia
unit, Mr. Lineber
ger asserted that "the cotton in
dustry .has come a long way since
the Council's inception in 1938.
The quality of cotton products,
the efficiency of the industry and
the acceptance of the products of
lint and seed have all climbed to
a level where cotton now enjoys
a unique advantage and a real
opportunity to score new gains.
However, it must be stressed that
a redoubled effort is needed if
cotton is to consolidate its posi
tion in established markets and
capture and hold new ones. In
these tough, competitive times an
all-out selling job, based on re
search and promotion is necessary
to keep our industry strong and
healthy."
Delegates elected, to represent
the North - Carolina-Virginia cot
ton groups include:
Producers: T. B. Upchurch, Jr.,
Raeford and Fred J. Johnson, Ra
leigh.
Ginners: Clyde E. Upchurch,
Jr., Raeford.
Crushers: L. M. Upchurch, Rae
ford.
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DANCES NEXT WEEK
The Raeford Jaycees will hold
a dance at the Armory next Wed
nesday night for the benefit of
their community improvement
fund. The music of Hal Gore and
his orchestra will be featured.
On Thursday night the local
National Guard unit will hold a
New Year's Eve square dance,
also at the armory, to which the
public is invited.
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FOR many of us the Holiday season is
also 'inventory time." This is a happy
coincidence. Because, when we come to
count our assets . . . none is quite so valu
able as the one that never appears on our
books, but which is always written large
in our hearts . . . the friendship and
loyalty of those whom we are privileged
to serve. To one and all of you we say
sincerely: "Thanks a million . . . and may
the happiness of the season abide with
you and yours throughout the New Year."
The News -Journal
Ruritan Enjoy
Supper Meeting
The Stonewall Ruritan club
held its regular monthly meeting
at the Mildouson school on Wed
nesday night of last week, and as
reported in last week's paper,
they were served a fine chicken
supper by the Mildouson Parent
Teacher association.
Officers for 1954 were install
ed as follows, W. W. Walker,
president, W. L. Smith, Vice
president, Whiteford Jones, sec
retary, Bill Jones, treasurer. New
directors are J. A. Jones, J. M.
Andrews and N. H. G. Balfour.
Officers were installed by T. C.
Jones. Daniel Mclnnis, retiring
president, presided over the
meeting.
Program for the evening was
an inspiring talk by Ruritan J.
M. Andrews on "What a Ruritan
Means to His Community."
HIGH SCHOOL DANCE
NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT
The Band and Student Council
of the Hoke County High School
will sponsor a New Year's Eve
Dance on Thursday, December
31 at the Hoke High School gym.
The dance will be held from 9:00
p. m. to 12:30 a. m. Music will be
furnised by the school orchestra
directed by J. B. Renn. All stu
dents and former students are in
vited. A small admission will be
charged.
GO TO SEE NEW FORDS
Bernard Bray, Evander Gillis
and Archie Calhoun of Raeford
Auto Company went to Charlotte
Monday where they .attended an
advance showing of the new 1954
Ford cars and trucks. These new
vehicles are to be presented to
the public on January. 8, 1954.
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Lt. and Mrs. E. C. Brooks of
Cherry Point are spending the
holidays with Mrs. Brooks' par
ents, Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Mathe
son, Mrs. Louis Parker has returned
home from Highsmith Hospital
after having broken her leg two
weeks ago.
Richard Neeley Is spending
Christmas in Lamar, Mo. with
his mother, who is - recovering
from virus pneumonia.
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A. V. Sanders Loses
Sawmill ; Burns Thur.
The sawmill of A. V. Sanders
on the northwest edge of Raeford
was destroyed by a fire of un
known origin which started
shortly before midnight last
Thursday. In addition to the
sawmill engines and equipment
and the building, a truck which
was backed up into the building
was damaged considerably.
Sanders had not given an es
timate of just how much he was
damaged by the fire, but his mill
was considered almost a total
loss.
Several Other Alarms
There were three other fire
alarms during the week, with
none of them being serious. On
Monday the fire department went
out twice, once to a grass fire at
the Chatterbox in Sunset Hills
and again to a fire at the oil mill
which was out when they got
there. On Tuesday the alarm was
turned in for a truck which was
on fire, but it was out early
enough for the fire truck not to
have to go out.
W. C. Mishoe Dies
Saturday Night
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William Carter Mishoe, 77,
died suddenly Saturday night at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Lonnie Smith, in Raeford. He
was a resident of Fayetteville for
many years.
He is survived by five sons,
Willie of Beaufort, Bright, Ernest
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Richard Mishoe of Rock Hill, S.
C; six daughters, Mrs. Bessie
Tedder of Garland, Mrs. Margaret
Pitt of Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs.
Louise Mason if Belvedere, S. C,
Mrs. Elsie Williams of Spring
field, Mrs. Sadie Edge of York,
Pa., and Mrs. Lonnie Smith of
Raeford; two sisters, Mrs. Manda
Russ of Myrtle Beach, S. C. and
Mrs. Adeline Martin of Conway,
S. C; 42 grandchildren and 12
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 2 p. m. from the
home of Mrs. Lonnie Smith in
Raeford, conducted by the Rev.
Luther Wesley. Burial was In the
Hope Mills cemetery.
Mrs. Juanita Hewitt of Mar
tinsville, Va. is visiting her mo
ther, Mrs. J. A. Cameron.
Annual Meeting Of
Chamber Is Planned
Jake Austin, secretary of the
Raeford Chamber of Commerce,
this week is notifying members
officially of the annual meeting
of the Chamber which will be
held at the courthouse on Thurs
day night, January 7, at 8:00 o'
clock. In his notice Austin told mem
bers that they would hear a re
port of the chamber's activities
during 1953, and that four new
directors for 1954 would be elect
ed. Directors whose terms expire
are J. H. Austin, C. L. Thomas,
R. B. Lewis and W. H. Fann.
They have been nominated for
reelection along with Tom Cam
eron, Israel Mann, J. A. Baucom
and Marion Gatlin.
Following the meeting of the
membership the directors will
meet to elect officers for the year.
Harvey Gobeille, Para Thread
Co. manager, is retiring president.
YOUR
SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
Merry Christmas!
The holidays have started and
will end on the twenty-ninth and
thirtieth. We hope everyone en
joys them to the fullest. The col
ored schools re-open on the twenty-ninth
and the white on the
thirtieth.
Resale of Peachmont and Piney
Bay school sites will take place
on December 31 at 12:00 noon at
the courthouse door.
The Board of Education will
hold its January meeting on Mon
day, January 4, at 9:30 a. m.
We have never seen such beau
tiful Christmas doings in the
schools as we have this year. We
think Old Santa came to see every
child who was in school.
Congratulations to the Bucks
and Does for taking Seventy First!
Good going!
Miss McKenzie's third grade
surprised her with a kitchen
shower at the time the grade mo
thers gave the children their
customary Christmas party. The
mothers prepared extra refresh
ments and all teachers were in
vited in. They presented Miss
McKenzie, who will become the
bride of Edwin Purcell of Laur
inburg on the 30th, with a piece
of her silver. The grade gave her
a silver vegetable dish. Ice cream,
cake and nuts were served. Best
wishes to the happy couple. This
will make the second teacher in
the Raeford Schools to get mar
ried since school started. We are
glad we are not losing either of
them.
The Musical program given by
the Hoke High Glee Club and
Band last Thursday evening was
splendid. The pupils showed ex
cellent training and gave a most
worthwhile program.
It is hoped that the new Ashe
mont lunchroom will be ready
when school re-opens after Christ
mas. Tuesday the architects and re
presentatives of the State School
Planning Division made final in
spection of the Raeford Primary
Building. With a few minor ad
justments to be made everything
was found to be according to
plans and specifications. The
Board of Education will pass on
the findings at its regular meet
ing on January 4.
We haven't heard how the last
Upchurch basketball games came
out, but we hope they cam
through again.
We attended the Upchurch
Christmas Candlelight Service,
"Living Scenes of Christmas'
Sunday afternoon. We wish space
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Judge Suspends
Road Sentences
Of Scott, Locklear
Night Hunters Pay Fines
Joe Scott and Carson Locklear,
who started off with eight months
on the roads after being found
guilty of operating a whiskey still
last week, wound up with fines
and suspended sentences In re
corder's court before Judge T. O.
Moses Tuesday at this week's
session. The judge had withdrawn
his judgment after last week's
session and postponing sentencing
until Tuesday of this week.' He
gave each of the defendants a
sentence of one year on the roads,
to be suspended on payment of
$100 and costs and five years
good behavior. In addition he or
dered Locklear to leave this coun
ty with his family by Feb. 1, 1954
and said that it would be a vio
lation of his good behavior to be
caught In this county within the
five year good behavior term.
Two young white men of Rae
ford were charged with hunting
deer at night, and both entered
pleas of guilty. They were Robert
Franklin Williams and Edward
N. Williams. Each got a 90-day
road sentence, suspended on pay
ment of $250 and court costs and
two years without violation of
hunting and fishing laws. Li
censes were suspended for the
remainder of the season. In addi
tion a rifle belonging to one of
them was confiscated. On motion .
of O. G. Williams, owner, the
car being used by the two was
not confiscated, as the law pro
vides it may be.
J. R. Roper, colored, was found
guilty of stealing some meat, and
Louis King, colored, was found
guilty of aiding abetting in the
theft. Each got 30 days suspended
on payment of $25 and costs and'
two years good behavior. Roper
also got 30 days suspended on
payment of $10 and costs for
public drunkenness.
Thomas Lawrence Livingston,
colored, was found not guilty on
a charge that he had stolen a bill
fold. Fairley Parker, white, was
found guilty of driving drunk.
Sentence was 60 days to be su
spended on payment of $100 and
costs. He appealed and posted
$200 bond. Harry J. Ickes, white,
pled guilty on the same charge
and paid $100 and costs. In court
last week and omitted by error,
Carl Parham, white was, found
guilty of driving drunk. Sentence
was 60 days to be suspended on
payment of $100 and costs. He
appealed and posted $200 bond.
Also omitted by error from last
week's paper was the case in
which John David Willians, white
soldier from Rocky Mount, was
charged with careless and reck
less driving. As the case in which
he was involved was the wreck
in which Roger Adcock was kill
ed, the charge was changed to
manslaughter. Probable cause
was found and Williams is being
held for Superior Court under a
$1,000 bond. He had previously
been exonerated by a coroner's
jury.
Ed Buie, colored, was found
guilty cf failing to stop at a stop
sign resulting in a wreck. Judg
ment was suspended until Jan
uary 5, 1954.
Wilford McNeill and Furman
Lee McNeill, Indians, were char
ged wfth assaulting Esther Col
lins, Indian. Wilford had to pay
costs and charges were dropped
as to Furman Lee.
Richard S. Black, white, paid
$10 and costs for public drunk
enness. Traffic violators Included Willie
Jackson Burnett and John P.
Moss, $25 and costs each, and
Jessie Lee Lank ford, costs, all
colored for not having driver's
licenses; Robert Earl Holland,
white, improper lights, costs; Kel
ly Haskins, white, failing to stop
at a stop sign and failing to yield
right of way, 30 days suspended
on payment of $20 and costs;
Casby Prince, Indian, improper
license plates, $10 and costs; J.
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