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VOLUME XLVIII; NUMBER 31
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1933
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By The Editor
Attendance figures given by K.
A. MacDonald in his column this
week are nothing less than shock
ing, and indicate that it's high
time parents along with all other
taxpayers took an interest in the
situation and tried to do some
thing about it. He said there were
6358 absences in the county schools
during the third month, or an
average of 317 per day. He also
says that the third month is sup
posed to be one of the best. First,
this could result in a loss of tea
chers and reduced educational
standards in some schools if al
lowed to continue. Second, we're
wasting our money in running
the schools and paying the teach
ers if the children aren't 'here.
It takes 10 teachers to teach 317
pupils, so we wasted th'at much
teacher time, or our money, ev
ery day during the third month.
It doesn't haVe to be that way,
and Rockfish is a case to prove
it. That community has had to
fight for its teachers and intends
to keep them. Attendance there
was 96.3 for the third month and
has been excellent all year. If
they can keep the pupils there
the others can, and it's in the in
terest of us all to see that it';
done. If we'll just keep each ab
sence in mind and try to avoid
it, a lot will be accomplished.
Letter received last week by
the sheriff seems interesting
enough to print, so here goes.
Dear Sheriff:
I know you are busy, but
wish you would have some of
your brave boys casually to In
vestigate the stray dog situation
out here in this neighborhood.
am heartily in favor of Romance
(with a big R) for man and
beast;, but when stray dogs con
gregate and make nights hideous
and wakeful for peaceable citi
zens, yapping at cows in the field
and giving some evidence that
they are mad, at least temporar-
ily, I'm ready to grab my shot
gun, and have done so nightly,
The disturbance could be quell
ed if authorities followed the
time-honored French police max
im 'Cherchez la femme' locate
the female and make the owner
keep her confined. I have not yet
found her, but a number of dog
owners hereabouts let their dogs
run everywhere.
"I hope something can be done,
for this is not one little incident,
but something occurring at too
frequent intervals.
"Anyway, Goodwill - for the
holidays and after.
Arnold A. McKay
Raeford, Route 2"
Sheriff Hodgin didn't say what
steps he took, but did report that
the disturbance had been quelled.
The death of former Sheriff
Edgar Hall last week marked the
passing of the last of the full
time county officials appointed
by Governor Kitchen when this
county was formed in the spring
of 1911. John Hector Smith was
register of deeds, W. B. McQueen
was clerk of court and W. J,
McCraney was treasurer. The
first board of county commission
ers consisted of J. W. Johnson, S.
J. Cameron and J. A. McPhaul.
Hugh Archie Cameron was de-
puty sheriff. The first board of
education consisted of J. A. Hod
gin, still living at Antioch, N. A.
McDonald and Neill McKinnon,
and J. A. McGoogan, now county
accountant, was superintendent of
schools. Other part-time officials
were County Attorney J. W. Cur
rie, County Physician Dr. G. W.
Brown, County Coroner Dr. A. P.
Dickson. Dr. Dickson was suc
ceeded in 1912 by Duncan Mc
Duffie as coroner. John Hector
Smith resigned as register of
deeds effective November 6, 1911,
and was succeeded by John M.
McNair. Thomas McBryde repre
sented Hoke County in the Gen.
eral Assembly of 1912.
The courthouse was built in
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Dates On Hunting
Given By Warden
District Game Protector H. R
McLean this week called the at
tention of hunters to the fact that
open season for some animals
closes on January first and most
of the others within the next few
weeks. He urged hunters to pay
attention to these dates and a
void the severe penalties for
game law violations.
The deer and squirrel season
ends on January 1, 1954.
The dove season which is now
open will close on January 10.
The duck season will close on
January 9.
The open season on quail, rab
bit and turkey will close on Jan
uary 30, and the season for hunt
ing raccoon and opossum will
close on February 15.
YOUR
SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
Total enrollment, membership,
and percentage in attendance for
all schools for the third month
is as follows: Hoke High 281, 270
92.1; Hoke High 8th grade 116,
107, 88.2; J. W. McLauchlin Ele
mentary 680, 648, 92.1; Ashemont
141, 119, 91; Rockfish 124, 112,
96.3; Mildouson 97, 89, 93.1.
Hoke County Indian 207, 207,
78.9.
Upchurch High 395, 387, 95.4
Upchurch Elementary 776, 773,
9f.9; Bowmore 153, 141, 85.5; New
Hope 71, 69, 96.9; Buffalo 85, 85,
77.4; Rockfish Colored 45, 44, 77.3
White Oak 92, 90, 91.3; Laurel
Hill 172, 170, 96.7; Freedom 79,
76, 92.1; Frye's Mission 38, 38, 08
Friendship 49, 48, 92.9; Shady
Grove 51, 51, 97; Burlington
368, 95.6.
Frye's Mission led the county
in percentage of attendance with
98. They had only 15 absences,
10 of which were accounted for
by sickness.
Rockfish led the white schools
with a percentage of 96.3. They
have had excellent attendance all
year. Of course the Hoke County
Indian School had no competition,
Friendship was runner-up among
the colored schools with 97.7.
Despite this wonderful attend
ance in some of the schools there
is a tragedy going on among us,
for in all the schools in the coun
ty, there were during the third
month a total of 6358 absences.
The third month is supposed to
be one of the best months for at
tendance. We do not expect too
high a rate of attendance during
the first two months on account
of crop gathering. But the third,
fourth, fifth and sixth months
are supposed to be our best.
We beg of the parents to take
note of this condition and do
everything in their power to keep
the children in school. We beg
the teachers to do everything they
can to get the children to come to
school. Divide 6358 by the 20 days
of schools and you get 317, the
average number of pupils absent
every day. If all these pupils were
out of one school, ten teachers
would sit there all day with not
soul in their classrooms. It's
tragic.
Happy New Year.
PERSONALS
Dr. Horace Andrews of Chicago
spent Christmas with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Andrews. He
left on Sunday for Washington,
C, where he is representing
Swift & Co. at the annual meet
ing of the American Statistical
Association and returned to Chi
cago on Wednesday to resume his
duties at the Research Laborator-
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Coving
ton returned home from Huntens
ville after spending Christmas
with Mr. and Mrs. Hurd Brad
ford and family.
Mrs. Frank McLean spent Sat
urday at Barium Springs with
her children.
Payroll Deductions
For Social Security
Increase Tomorrow
The increased social security
tax rate will first be noticed in
wages received by workers after
the first of the year, according to
a joint statement of Internal Re
venue Service and Social Secur
ity Service officials. Employees
in jobs covered by the law will
have 2 percent instead of the pre
sent 1V4 percent taken out of
their pay up to earnings of $3,600.
a year.
The tax increase is in accord
ance with the 1950 amendment;
to the social security law, and was
enacted by Congress toward meet
ing future obligations of the old
age and survivors Insurance pra
gram. The statement pointed out,
however, that while the social te-
curitv tax for the self-employed
is scheduled to go from 2Vt to 3
percent beginning with 1954, th
increase will not be noticed by
most self-employed persons until
they file their income tax return
in 1955. This is bcause the in
crease applies to 1954 earnings.
Somewhat as a hopeful caution
to the self-employed, the local
offices emphasized the necessity
for proper completion of self
emoloyment returns to assure
that correct social security ere
dits are given. In this connection
two important suggestions were
pffered:
1. In cases involving multiple
businesses, one or more of wh'ch
is not subject to the self-employment
tax, show on the self-em
ployment return only that busi
ness which is covered by the law
2. The self-employed individual
must show his social security ac
count number on his self-em
ployment return every where it
is called for.
Information about the self-em
ployment provisions of the social
security law, or about the soc'.il
security tax increase, may be se
cured from the office of the lr.
ternal Revenue Service or the
Social Security Administration.
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1953 Cotton Acreage
Allotments Explained
North Carolina's share of the
national cotton acreage allotment
for 1954 has been set at 528,632
acres.
W. C. Williford, Hoke County
farm agent for the State College
Extension Service, explains that
the North Carolina allotment is
based on acreage and production
history of cotton in the state. The
formula for dividing the national
allotment among the various cotton-producing
states was estab
lished by Congress in the Agri
cultural Adjustment Act of 1938
and its amendments.
Cotton farmers in Hoke have
already received their 1954 al
lotments.
The national cotton acreage al
lotment is based on the amount
of land required to produce a
"normal supply" of cotton, ac
cording to the county agent. In
the case of the 1954 crop, the re
quired production amounts to a
round 8.6 million bales. Congress
stipulated, however, that the na
tional marketing quota for 1954
should not be less than 10 mil
lion bales. At average yields, to
produce a 1954 crop of 10 mil
lion bales would require 17,910,-
448 acres. North Carolina's share
of this, using Congress' formula
based on past production history,
is 528,632 acres. This has resulted
in many Tar Heel cotton farm
ers' allotment being cut 50 per
cent or more.
County acreage allotments have
been divided among cotton farms.
Individual farm allotments will
serve as a basis for determining
price support eligibility in 1954.
The individual farm allotment is
also the basis for the farm mar
keting quota.
Friends of Starr McMillan, Jr.
of Wilmington will regret to
learn that he is a patient at James
Walker Hospital, where he is suf
fering from a re-action following
a tetanus inoculation.
Edjar Hall, 85,
First Sheriff,
Dies Wednesday
""'""An
EDGAR HALL
Funeral Is Hold Thursday
Edgar Hall, the first sheriff of
this county and an official of the
county for 30 years, died at his
home here shortly after three o'
clock last Wednesday afternoon
December 23, at the age of 85. He
had been in declining health for
some time and his condition had
been worse since an attack of
pneumonia several months ago.
He was confined about 10 days
in his final illness
Bora on a farm near Hope
Mills on June 4, 1868, Mr. Hall
was a son of the late Nathan and
Josephine Fort Hall. The family
later moved to the vicinity of
Lumber Bridge where he attend
ed school. In 1896 he settled at
Dundarrack,-' at that time a- part
of Robeson County. There he en
tered the mercantile business in
addition to farming, having
founded the Dundarrach Trading
Company. He was also for sever
al years proprietor of a lumber
yard and mill at Dundarrach.
When the movement for form
ing Hoke County began he was
one of its early supporters. When
the county was formed in 1911,
Governor W. W. Kitchen named
him sheriff of the new county.
He retained this office for 18
years and later served as clerk of
the superior court of the county
for 12 years. Shortly after his ap
pointment as sheriff he establish
ed his home in Raeford.
He was a member of the N. C.
National Guard for several years,
achieving the rank of captain. He
was first lieutenant of Co. F, 2nd
North Carolina Infantry, during
the Spanish American war, and
was captain of a company of the
2nd Infantry organized here later.
This company went into service
on the Mexican border in 1916.
He was an elder in the Raeford
Presbyterian Church and was for
many years teacher of the John
W. McLauchlin Bible class. He
was a Mason and held many high
offices in this order. He was a
district trustee and charter mem
ber of the Raeford Kiwanis club.
Mr. Hall was married twice.
His first wife was the former
Miss Ada McMillan. One son,
Raymond L. Hall of Fayetteville,
survives this marriage. His sec
ond wife, also deceased, having
passed away two years ago, was
the former Miss Katie McMillan
of Robeson Coun'.y. Surviving
this union are three daughters,
Miss Josephine Hall and Mrs.
Archie M. Byrne of Raeford and
Mrs. J. B. Eubanks of Wingate,
and one granddaughter, Anne
Murphy Byrne. Also surviving
Mr. Hall is one sister, Mrs. Law
rence Currie of Shannon.
Funeral service was conducted
at the Raeford Presbyterian
Church at 3:00 o'clock Thursday
afternoon by the pastor, the Rev.
W. B. Heyward, and burial was
in Raeford Cemetery. Pallbearers
were E. B. Campbell, F. M. Cul-
breth, Robert Williams, Clarence
Brown, D. H. Hodgin and L. W.
Stanton. Honorary pallbearers
were elders and deacons of the
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church.
Banker To Explain
Big Change Contest
At Student Meeting
Students at Hoke County High
School will hear an explanation
next week of a Statewide orato
rical contest offering in excess of
$6,000 in prize money for the
winning students.
R. B. Lewis, Exec. Vice Pres. of
The Bank of Raeford, will dis
cuss "The Big Change" contest,
sponsored by the North Carolina
Bankers Association, at the high
school on next Wednesday, Jan
uary 6.
State finals in the contest will
be held in Raleigh on March 31.
Prior to that time, eliminations
will be held in three divisions,
ten groups and every county of
the State on successive Wednes
days. The contest is designed to focjs
attention on the progress made in
North Carolina during the past
half-century, and to cause M4.1
school students to devote some
thought as to how continued pro
gress can be achieved in the com
ing years.
0
Several Schools Are
Available To Farmers
W. C. Willrford, county farm
agent, this week invited the at
tention of farmers of the county
to the fact that several schools
on various matters of interest to
them will take place in the next
few weeks. The schools are list
ed below and complete informa
tion may be obtained on them at
the county agent's office.
Jon. 5-7, Farm Ineome Tax
Short Course at Asheville.
Jan. 6 and 9, Seedmen's Short
Course, Charlotte.
Jan. 4-15, Market Milk Short
Course, State College, Raleigh.
Jan. 12-14, Nurserymen's Short
Course, State College.
Jan. 19-20, Pesticide School,
State College.
Jan. 29, Annual meeting of N.
C. Crop Improvement Association,
State College.
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Holiday guests of the Rev. and
Mrs. W. B. Heyward were Mrs.
Heyward's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Ramsaur, her grandmother,
Mrs. I. T. Hamilton and her
great-aunt, Miss Carrie Taylor,
all of Lincolnton.
Health enough to make work a pleasure,
Wealth enough to support your needs,
Strength enough to battle with dif
ficulties and overcome them;
Grace enough to confess your sins
and forsake them,
Patience enough to toil until good
is accomplished,
Charity enough to see some good in
your neighbor,
Love enough to move you to be use
ful and helpful to others,
Faith enough to make real the things
of God,
Hope enough to remove all anxious
fears concerning the future.
Goethe
BOTH MEN INJURED IN WRECK
LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT DIE
Hoke High Teams
Here Next Week
After resting since they took
a doubleheader from 71st High
School on the night of December
18, the Hoke High school boys
and girls basketball teams will
return to action on the home court
next Tuesday night when they
meet the teams from Wadesboro.
They will also play home games
on Friday night when the teams
from Lumberton come here.
The Hoke girls team has a per
fect record in five games so far
this season, having defeated
Laurinburg twice, Hamlet twice
and Seventy-First one time.
The boys have a record of three
victories and two defeats. They
have beaten' Hamlet two times
and Seventy-First once, but lost
both engagements to Laurinburg.
Junior varsity games will start
at 6:30 on both Tuesday and Fri
day night with the varsi'y girls
games being set for 7:30 and be
ing followed immediately by the
varsity boys.
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Local Man's Brother
Buried In Lee County
Funeral services were held at
the Buckhorn Methodist Church
at Corinth, in Lee County, on
Wednesday afternoon for James
L. Stephens who died at his home
there on Monday. He was 68
years of age and was a brother
of C. L. Stephens of Raeford.
The service was conducted by
the pastor, the Rev. S. C. Dobson,
Jr., and burial was in the church
cemetery. Mr. Stephens was a
member of the board of stewards
of the Buckhorn church and had
been church school superintend
ent for a number of years.
He is survived by his wife; his
step-mother, Mrs. A. J. Stephens
of Raleigh; one daughter, three
sons; a foster son; six sisters in
cluding Mrs. Cora Sessoms of
Fayetteville; two brothers includ
ing C. L. Stephens of Raeford
and six grandchildren.
WISH
Traffic Death Toll Now 18
The number of deaths from
automobile wrecks doubled that
of any previous year in this coun
ty as Albert Rufus Sanders, 27-year-old
Navy man, and James
Sanders, 20 - year - old lumber
worker, both died from injuries
they received in a wreck on the
Turnpike about three miles west
of Raeford on Wednesday night,
December 23. Their deaths
brought the total number of
deaths due to wrecks in the coun
ty to 18 for the year, as compar
ed to the previous high of nii'.e in
1952.
According to the official report
prepared by State Highway Pa
trolman W. T. Herbin, who in
vestigated the accident, the two
men were in the front seat of a
1947 Chevrolet belonging to Al
fred Chavis, Indian, who was in
the back seat. According to Cha
vis, the only survivor, the patrol
man said that James Sanders was
driving the car west on the Turn
pike road at about 9:30 a. m. when
it left the road on a curve about
a half-mile west of the old W. J.
McDiarmid homeplace. Herbin
said that the car went off on the
right, then returned to the pave
ment turned over, which it did for
a space of 120 feet.
Both James and Albert Sanders
were thrown from the car and
suffered head injuries which
turned out to be fatal to both.
Chavis stayed in the car until it
came to rest, and was practically
unhurt. The Sanders men were
taken to Moore County Hospital
shortly after 10:00 o'clock where
Albert passed away at about 4:00
o'clock Thursday afternoon and
where James died at about 8:00
o'clock Monday night.
Albert Sanders was a nephew
of James Sanders, as Albert was
the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Sanders and James was the youn
ger half-brother of W. R. Sanders.
Double Funeral Wednesday
A double funeral service for
Albert Rufus Sanders and James
Sanders was held in the Raeford
Methodist Church at 2:30 on Wed
nesday afternoon, and burial fol
lowed in the Raeford cemetery.
The service was conducted by the
Rev. J. Herbert Miller, pastor, as
sisted by the Rev. E. E. Miller
of Autryville.
Albert Sanders, who was in the
U. S. Navy, was the son of Wil
liam R. and Annie Roberts Holt
Sanders of Raeford. He is surviv
ed by his wife, the former Hazel
Ruth Caddell of Raeford; three
brothers, John Howard of Wis
consin, Paul Winfred of Fayette
ville and Luke Sanders of Rae
ford; six sisters, Mrs. Bertha Faye
Phillips of France, Mrs. Esther
Kate Garvin of Seattle, Wash.,
Mrs. Maud Frank of Texas, Mar
garet Sanders, Mrs. 'Ginger Mi
ness and Mrs. Frances Walters,
all of Raeford.
James Sanders was the son of
Archie Daniels Sanders and the
late Marybclle Campbell San
ders. His survivors include, In
addition to his father, six broth
ers, W. R., A. V. and D. C. San
ders, all of Raeford, J. L. Sanders
of Newton, J. C. Sanders of Lau
rel Hill and K. D. Sanders of
Greensboro; eight sisters, Mrs. L.
J. Campbell, Mrs. W. C. Deaton
and Mrs. James Thames, all of
Raeford, Mrs. Flossie Furr of
West End, Mrs. Scott Campbell
of Graham, Mrs. George Walker
of Newport News Va., Mrs. Mar
garet Keene of Fayetteville, and
Mrs. Tom Campbell of Greens
boro. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McPhaul
had as their guests for the weak
end, Mrs. McPhaul's mother, Mrs.
Eunice Rouse, and her sisters
and brothers, Bruce, Annette,
Gerald and Talmadge Rouse, ill
of La Grange and Mr. and Mrs.
Vernard Standi and daughters of
Warsaw.