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The Hoke County News
The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLVIII; NUMBER 311
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1951
RAEFORD, N. C.
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By The Editor
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I understand one of the con
testants in the bad man contest
for the March of Dimes has said
that he would go as high as a
hundred dollars to keep from
spending the day with D. Am
nion! and eating a delectable dish
of cold fatback and collard soup
in the county jail. Doubt if I cou
ld stand to go that far, so if they
get to blowing on my neck too
hard I will be forced to print
his name, that's all.
Some people have taken the
fact that the Hoke County Young
Democratic Club has asked Sen
ator Alton Lennon to speak to
them here in the next few weeks
to mean that the club will sup
port Lennon against Kerr Scott
or somebody else in the primary
next spring. That cannot be, as
by i',s constitution a Young Dem
ocratic Club cannot support any
Democratic candidate against a- over tnrce timcs ln 315 fect ,,e
nother in a primary, but supports fre stopping. The car, a 1952
them all against Republicans in
elections. From what I can learn
in talking to members of the lo
cal club, it is not their intention,
either, to be backing Senator Len
non. They simply feel that as he
a United States senator represent
ing North Carolina and has not
appeared in this county publicly
he should be given an opportun
ity to do so, and that the people
of the county should have a
chance to meet their senator. He
has no announced opposition as
yet, anyway.
There have been occasions for
me to comment that I thought
Judge T. O. Moses was making
a good judge of our county re
corder's court. I still hold that
opinion, although I am begining
to wonder at the way he changes
his mind on sentences after court.
Several times he has pronounced
sentence in open court and later
changed it. What I wonder at is
if he isn't proving a little bit
susceptible to things he hears a
bout cases from places other than
the witness chair and from law
yers in open court. He is trying i
to be fair, I know, but I am afraid
he may be overdoing it a little,
and I just thought I would call
it to his attention. That's only
an opinion, and could certainly
be wrong, but that's the way it
looks from here.
For the record, mainly, it
snowed an hour or so, to a depth
of an inch and a half or two in
ches shortly before and after dark
Monday of this week. Since then
it's been so cold there were still
traces of the snow this morning
Got down to around 15 degrees
yesterday morning, I am told. To
day it's trying to rain with the
temperature little if any above
freezing, and the weather folks
predict it can turn to sleet or
freezing rain.
I have in my possession now
a special study by the Institute
of Government on how much the
various counties in the State pay
their officials and employees,
but will have to give it a good
going over before reporting on
how this county compares in de
tail. In general, though, from just
glancing through it, I would say
that Hoke County gets away with
paying people less for what they
do, in proportion to size and tax
valuation, than most counties in
North Carolina. That, I suppose,
is one reason this county is re
ported to be in such good finan
cial condition. I say "reported to
be" because a financial state
ment for the year ending last
June 30 has not been published,
to my knowledge.
SUPPORT THE
MARCH OF DIMES
Hoke Man Killed
In Wreck Tuesday
A Hoke County man was in
jured fatally and two other per
sons injured slightly as the re
sult of a one-car accident Tues
day afternoon about a mile north
of Parkton.
Highway Patrolman H. R. Ray
of Red Springs identified the man
who died of injuries as Van Eas
ter Shaw, 65, of Raeford, Route
2. Shaw died Wednesday morn
ing in a Laurinburg hospital.
Injured were the driver, James
D. McAllister and Miss Margue
rite Gillespie, both of Lumber
Bridge, RFD. They received first
aid treatment in Parkton. The
patrolman said McAllister told
him he was rushing Miss Gilles
pie to Parkton for treatment of
wounds acciclently inflicted by
his pistol when the wreck oc
curred. The patrolman said he
admitted he was traveling be
tween 75 and 80 miles an hour
when the wreck occurred.
The vehicle ran off a straight
section of highway and tunvvi
Mercury, was a total loss. Ml
Allister was charged with care
less and reckless driving, speed
ing and manslaughter.
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Bank Of Raeford
Has Annual Meeting
On Tuesday morning, January
7, the stockholders of the Bank
of Raeford met at the bank for
their annual meeting.
After hearing the annual re
port from the executive vice
president the following directors
were elected to serve for 1954:
H. L. Gatlin, F. B. Sexton, J. B.
Thomas, T. B. Upchurch, Jr., J.
L. McNeill, A. K. Stevens, H. L.
Gatlin, Jr., C. L. Thomas, L. M.
Upchurch and R. B. Lewis.
At a meeting of the board of
directors immediately following
the stockholders meeting, the fol
lowing officers were elected for
the year 1954: H. L. Gatlin, pres
ident, F. B. Sexton, vice-presi-ident,
R. B. Lewis, executive vice
president and cashier, and Miss
Jessie B. Ferguson and A. W.
Wood, Jr
assistant cashiers.
The stockholders heard in their,
annual report that the bank had
enjoyed a very successful year of
business in 1953, and had had its
fiftieth birthday during the year.
PRFSBYTFRIAN MEN
WILL MEET TUESDAY
The regular monthly supper
meeting of the men's organiza
tion of the Raeford Presbyterian
Church will be held in the cafe
teria at the High school next
Tuesday night at 7:00 o'clock,
according to W. C. Phillips, pres
ident. Phillips urged all the men
to attend, saying that the food
would be good and that a new
type of program was being plan
ned. 0
21 STORES TO START
WEDNESDAY CLOSING
Twenty-one stores in Raeford,
including about everything but
hardware, drug and some grocery
stores, announce by advertise
ment in this Issue that they will
start the practice of closing Wed
nesday afternoon at 12:30 on next
Wednesday afternoon, January
20. They will continue this
through Wednesday, August 25.
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PTA TO MEET MONDAY
The Hoke-- Raeford Parent
Teacher Association will hold its
monthly meeting at the Mc
Lauchlin School Monday night,
January 18, at 7:30. Miss Betty
Wardlaw will be in charge of tne
program and will present a aim,
"Make Way For Youth."
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BAUCOM'S ENLARGING
The building of Baucom Appli
ance Co., next to Raeford Thea
tre, is being enlarged to almost
double its present size by the I
owners, T. B. Upchurch, Inc.
New Judge Set
To Hold Court
Here Next Week
Judge Clifton L. Moore of Bur
law, who was appointed to the
Superior Court bench recently by
the Governor to replace Judge
John J. Burney who retired, is
scheduled to hold court in Rae
ford next week at the regular
January term which convenes
Monday. There is some doubt,
however, that Judge Moore will
be here, as he is ill and not hold
ing court this week in Cumber
land County as scheduled. If he
is not able to appear another
judge will be sent by the Gov
ernor so that court may be held
as scheduled.
Cases to be heard include sev
eral involving deaths. Eddie Mc
Crimmon and Robert Rogers are
to be tried for the death of Clar
ence King in Little River Town
ship last Saturday night. John
David Williams and James L.
Phillips, both white, are each to
be tried on charges of man
slaughter arising from two sepa
rate wrecks in which they were
the drivers.
Robie Calloway, Eugene Gor
don and Tnlmadge Melton are up
for grand jury action in conn 'C
tion with the death of Henry E.
Gordon in a wreck. This case U
one continued from last session.
There is also a case on docket a
gainst Calloway for driving after
his license had been revoked.
Cases involving assault have as
defendants William McDonald,
Vann Green, Irving McRae or
Hadley, all colored, and Elijah
Locklear, Indian.
An old case charging Alton
Odom and R. P. Lambert, both
white, with larceny, is still on the
docket.
Martin Scarboro, white, has
appealed his recorder's court con
viction of driving drunk, and S.
M. Jacobs, Indian, has two cases
appealed for violating the prohi
bition laws. One continued case
is against Edward Coggin Brid
ges, colored, for violating the
landlord-tenant act.
Jury list for the term is as
follows: C. H. Gainey, Murphy
B. McLauchlin, T. J. Harris, G.
M. Koonce, J. K. McNeill, Jr.,
JT McFa'dvcn Lonnie Chason
D. F. Lindsay, Jay McKenzie, W.
G. Wright, A. L. Crisco, H. B.
Terrell, N. L. McFadyen, C. T.
Crouch, Jr., Harvey Brock, John
D. Black, Paul Livingston, Jas
per D. Clark, Lonnie Fields, Sid
ney Epstein, M. L. Wood, Floyd
Holland. T. S. Hennings, J. T.
Townsend, Jr., H. H. Holland, R.
O. Cothran, J. Reece Baxley, Ed
Bundy, M. D. Shaw, M. L. Sides,
C. H. Marks, Colon Kelly, D. E.
Cameron, J. H. Blythe, J. D. Mc
Bryde, Paul Davis.
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Clayton Hendrix, 42,
Hoke County Native,
Dies In Asheville
Clayton Hendrix, 42, a promin
ent Asheville business man, died
in an Asheville hospital Friday
after a brief illness,
r Mr. Hendrix was a native of
Hoke County, a son of Mrs. Rob
ert Hendrix and the late Mr.
Hendrix. Leaving here in 1932
he went into business with his
brother, B. T. Hendrix in Ashe
ville. He was one of the first
men to enter the service from
Asheville to serve with the Army
during World War II.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 3 o'clock Saturday by the
Rev. Bernard Trexler of Saint
Mark's Lutheran Church, in the
chapel of Morris, Linebcrry,
Black Funeral Home. Burial was
in the Riverside Cemetery in
Asheville.
He is survived by his widow,
the former Sylvia Plow, two sons,
Michael and Joseph of Asheville,
his mother and six brothers,
James, Dewey, Wilmer, David
and Brown, all of Hoke County
and B. T. Hendrix of Asheville;
two sisters, Mrs. Lida Hendrix
Jackson of Rocky Mount and Mrs.
j. L. McFadyen of Hoke County.
TB Contributions
Asked By Chairman
Mrs. Clyde Upchurch, Jr.,
chairman of the 1953 Christmas
Seal sale in Hoke County, said
this week that she had until the
end of January to report on the
sale and turn in the money. She
said that she felt that there were
many persons who had intended
to contribute to this drive but
had delayed doing so. She urged
these people to make their con
tributions right away.
The reason for this final ap
peal, Mrs. Upchurch said, is so
that the county may reach its
goal of $1500, of which about
$1250 has already been raised.
Two Men Held
!n Death Of
Negro Saturday
Eddie McCrimmon and. Robert
Rogers, both colored, were given
preliminary hearing before Judge
T. O. Moses in recorder's court
Tuesday on charges of killing
Clarence King, colored, in a fight
in Little River Township Satur
day night. Both were held for
Superior Court under bonds of
$2500 each. Rogers was release.l
under bond today and McCrim
mon is still in the county jail.
King is reported to have be-:n
stabbed when he tried to separate
them in a fight. He was carriel
to a hospital in Moore County but
bled to death before arrival from
a cut artery in his leg.
The fatal stabbing took plaoe
near a schoolhouse in the Lobelli
section, about five miles Irom
Southern Pines. According to of
ficers, McCrimmon said that h;
and Ropers were "scuffling'
when King tried to act as peace
maker. Instead he got dragged
into the scuffle and was stabbed
while all three were on the groun.l
together. McCrimmon said b'lh
he and Rogers had knives and he
did not know which had inflict ;i
the fatal wound. King was froT
the Lobelia section.
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Miss Eliza McKeithan
Funeral Held Friday
Funeral service was conducted
from her home here at 3:30 last
Friday afternoon for Miss Eliza
Smith McKeithan, 77, who died
in a Laurinburg hospital on
Thursday. The service was con
ducted by the Rev. W. B. Hey
ward, pastor of the Raeford Pres
byterian Church, and burial fol
lowed in the Raeford cemetery.
Pallbearers were Malcolm Mc
Kei'han. Herbert McKeithan, Jr.,
J. D. McKeithan, John D. Mc
Keithan, William M. Davis, John
McKay Blue, John D. McNeill
and C. P. Kinlaw.
Miss McKeithan was a daugh
ter of the late Daniel and Lydia
Blue McKeithan of Cumberland
County and had been a resident
of this section all her life.
She is survived by two sisters,
Miss Mayme McKeithan and Mrs.
Christian Davis both of Raeford,
and four brothers, John Mc
Keithan, M. L. McKeithan, Martin
McKeithan and Herbert Mc
Keithan, all of Raeford.
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Hiram Kirkpatrick
Dies In Fayetteville
Hiram Kirkpatrick, well-known
lawyer of Fayetteville who prac
ticed in Raeford for a number of
years, died Saturday morning at
a Favctteville hospital after be
ing in declining health for some
time.
He was a native of Haywood
County and attended school in
Waynesville before entering the
University of North Carolina,
where he graduated from the law
school. In Fayetteville he had
been in the dairy business and
had operated an airport as well
as practicing law, and had once
been a candidate for mayor.
He is survived by a daughter
and a son, seven brothers and sis
ters and four grandchildren.
Israel Mann Is
Kiwanis Club's
New President
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ISRAEL MANN
Israel Mann, department store
owner and operator of Raeford,
was installed as president of the
Raeford Kiwanis Club for 1954
at the regular weekly meeting
and supper of the club at the
Hoke High school cafeteria last
Thursday night. He succeeded Dr.
Julius Jordan, Raeford dentist, as
head of the civic organization,
and was installed as president by
Paul Butler, Southern Pines mem
ber of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club
and a former Kiwanis district
governor.
Other officers installed by But
ler, as the service club entered its
30th year, were J. H. Blue, vice-
president, and A. H. McPhaul,
secretary-treasurer. Dr. Julius
Jordan, immediate past president.
became an ex-officio member of
the board of directors for 1954.
Directors installed were C. L.
Thomas, H. L. Gatlin, Jr., Archie
Howard, John K. McNeill, Jr. N.
A. McDonald, Clyde Upchurch,
Jr., and Ralph Bamhart.
Accompanying Butler to the
meeting was the Rev. C. K. Ligon,
pastor of the Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian Church in Southern
Pines, who spoke to the club on
its objectives for 1954, illustrating
the Kiwanis motto "We Build"
by discussing Faith, Service and
Loyalty.
The new president is a native
of Krtinga, Lithuania. After ser
vice in the Russian Army in
World War I he came to this
country, arriving January 11,
1921. He lived for a time in Bur-
gaw, New York City and Jack
sonville, N. C, coming to hae-
ford in 1925. Since that time he
has operated his department store
here and has been an enthusias
tic worker tnd leader in many
civic projects. He is married and
has one son and two daughters.
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Funeral Tuesday For
Mrs. Sally Cameron
Funeral services for Mrs. Sally
Sinclair Cameron were held at
her home here on Tuesday after
noon at three o'clock with the
Rev. W. B. Heyward, pastor of
the Raeford Presbyterian Church,
of which she was a member, con
ducting. Burial was in Raeford
cemetery.
Mrs. Cameron, who was 79
years of age, died Sunday after
a long illness. A lifelong resident
of this section, Mrs. Cameron was
a daughter of the late John T.
Sinclair and Eliza Blue Sinclair
of that part of Cumberland
County which is now Hoke, one
of the oldest families of the1 sec
tion. She was a widow of Ncill
A. Cameron of Raeford.
Pallbearers were N. F. Sin
clair, W. W. Cameron, N. B. Blue,
Johnnie King, H. T. Bundy, and
N. A. McDonald.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. I-ouise Cameron Beck of the
home and Mrs. Glenn Thomas of
Aberdeen; two sons, Neill ind
Alton Cameron of the home; a
brother, N. B. Sinclair and a J!s
ter, Miss Beatrice Sinclair, both
of Raeford.
Hoke Girls Win As
Tabor City Tops Boys
The Hoke High school girls
stretched their string of baskat
ball victories to nine games wit'i
out a loss as they defeated the
Tabor City girls 70-36 Tuesday
night in Tabor City. Scoring
leaders for the girls were Cla'i
dine Hodgin with 39 points and
Janet Guin with 2fi.
The Hoke boys dropped their
engagement to the Tabor City
boys 32-30, with a field goal in
the last 39 seconds making ihe
difference after Hoke had led 1 8
16 at half-time. Roger Dixon was
high scorer for the boys with 10
points.
Whiteville teams will play he.v
tomorrow night and Red Spring::
will bring their strong outfits to
the local gym next Tuesday night.
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Recorder Relents,
Lets Bootleggers
Pay Fines & Go
In recorder's court last week
Judge T. O. Moses heard E. J.
Hollingsworth and Wilbert Ar
nold, both colored, enter pleas of
guilty of transporting non-tax-paid
liquor for purposes of sale,
and sentenced each to the roads
for from four to six months. Hol
lingsworth's car was also ordered
confiscated and sold as required
by law. Both appealed last week
and posted bonds of $300 each.
Court record for this week, how
ever, shows that both sentences
were changed Hollingsworth to
12 months on the roads, and Ar
nold 4 to 6 months, each to be
suspended on payment of $200
and costs, and that this was paid.
Hollingsworth's car was still to
be sold, as the law requires this.
Appeals had been withdrawn.
Other cases tried in a session
that lasted until after six o'clock
Tuesday and ran through lunch
until two o'clock Wednesday in
cluded the usual run of misde
meanors, other than the prelimi
nary hearing on the murder
charge in connection with the
killing in Little River Township.
Edward McLeod, 24-year-old
colored man, pled guilty of as
saulting his mother and damage
to property. Sentence was six
months, to be suspended on pay
ment of $50 fine, payment of doc
tor bills for his mother and bro
ther and all damages, and two
years good behavior.
Ila J. Blue, colored, was found
not guilty on a charge of failing
to yield right of way causing a
wreck.
Johnnie G. McLauchlin, colored,
pled guilty of careless and reck
less driving and got 30 days, su-.
spended on payment of $25 and
costs and lost his license for six
months. Frank Southerland, col
ored, got 30 days suspended on
payment of $25 and costs for
careless and reckless driving.
Roger Schuil, white, left a $25
bond on the same charge. James
Leroy Moore, white, was found
guilty on the same charge and
got 60 days suspended on payment
of costs and hospital bills. Hub
ert McCoy, colored, had to pay
$30 and costs for careless and
reckless driving without a driv
er's license.
P. C. Howell, white, pled guil
ty of wilful trespass and got 60
days, suspended on payment of
$50 and costs, damages and two
vears good behavior.
J. C. Jones, colored, pled guil
ty of larceny and went to the
roads for 60 days.
State dropped its charge of
improper license plates against
William D. Chavis, Indian.
Case in which James McLean,
colored, was charged with vio
lating the prohibition laws was
also dropped by the State. In an
other case he pled guilty on the
same charge and got 30 days su
spended on payment of $10 and
costs.
The State dropped the charge
of aiding and abetting in driving
drunk against Alfred Chavis, In
dian. Robert Dees, white, and Allen
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March Of Dimes
Committee Gives
Names & Quotas
Raeford Jaycecs, all acting as
March of Dimes chairmen while
their president and the county
drive chairman, Jim Tillman, is
confined to a wheel chair, this
week came up with an organi
zation of the county for the drive,
several money-raising ideas, and
a list of men who already joined
the "Yardstick" club by contri
buting $5.10 each to the drive.
Many events are scheduled in
the county fo rthe affair with
two basketball games here being
headlined. The Kiwanis Bloomer
girls will play the American Le
gion Dolls and the Jaycees will
play the Lions in a doubleheader
for the polio fund at the high
school gym on Tuesday night,
January 26.
The drive will be climaxed by
the "Mothers March on Polio''
under the chairmanship of Mr3.
Ed Willis on the night of Friday,
January 29 when a large com
mittee of mothers will call at
homes and receive contributions
to the fund. '
10 Wanted Men
Another scheme that should
prove fun for many, some dis
comfort for one, and raise some
money for the drive Is the "10
Most Wanted Men Scheme," In
which 10 local men have agreed
to be candidates for what looks
like the most unpopular. The bal
loting, however, may be rigged.
as the voting is at 10 cents par
vote in the two drug stores 'n
Raeford. The high vote man will
spend three hours in the county
jail, locked in. Candidates lor
this distinction are Bob "Fingers"
Lewis. Alfred "The Ripper" Cole,
Robert "Baby Face" Gatlin, Red
"Scarface" Scarborough, W. T.
"Prof" Gibson. Israel "Machine
Gun" Mann, Paul "Counterfeit"
Dickson, Harry "Costello" Greene
and Tommie "Pearshape" Up
church. Jaycees suspect that these
low characters may stoop to vote
for each other in an effort to keep
out of stir at the end of the vot
ing. The Elk Restaurant will give all
proceeds from coffee sales on Fri
day, January 15 to the drive, ac
cording to Gregor Poulos, mana
ger. Supper At Mildouson
First event definitely schedul- '
ed in the drive is a barbecue and
chicken salad supper to be given
at the Mildouson school by the
Stonewall Township commi'tee
on Wednesday night, January 20,
starting at 5:00 p. m. The Stone
wall committee consists of Wood
row Walker as chairman, assistad
by the Arabia and Dundarraca
Home Demonstration Clubs, and
Mrs. Brown Hendrix, C. D. Bostlc,
Cornelia Russell, Mildred Shaw,
O. B. Maxwell, Flora Hendrix,
Miss Mamie Livingston, Mrs.
Frank McGregor, James A. Mc
Bryde and Bill Jones. The juota
for the township is $675.
Other township committees and
quotas are Allendale, $475, W. L.
Smiley Roper, chairman; Antljch,
$675, Mrs. Willie Hodgin and M.S.
Jim Carpenter; Blue Springs, $475
E. C. Smith, Jr., Frank McNeill,
Jimmy Warner. (3 square dances
to be held at Blue Springs school
house); Little River, $500, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles R. Pope, Mrs.
Martin Cameron and colored
Theodore McLeod and John Mar
shall Thomas; McLauchlin, $1.0'i0
J. E. Lovette, Douglas Monroe,
Jimmy Plummcr and Arnold Moj
roe; Quewhiffle, $1,070, the en
tire Quewhiffle Fellowship Club.
The Jaycees plan to handle the
campaign in Raeford with a qujta
of $4,076. Charles Morrison will
be Robbins Mill chairman, H.ir
vcy Gobeillo at Para Thread Co.,
and G. A. Page is chairman of he
colored division.
Other benefits, names of yarJ
stick club members and standings
In the unpopularity contest will
be given next week.
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