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The Hoke County News
The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLVIII; NUMBER 41
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1934
RAEFORD, N. C.
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By The Editor
R. H. Edge, of route 2, has a
curious bantam hen or at least
she certainly laid a curious egg
the other day. He brought the
little egg in, and it's certainly un
usual. It has etched on it, large
enough to cover one side the al
most perfect drawing of a many
legged terrapin-shaped beetle or
bug. Edge said he must have fed
the hen something with bugs in it.
Seems that in missing a con
versation with Chairman W. L.
Poole of the board of elections last
week we missed getting in the
paper that two candidates had
filed whose names we had mt
previously mentioned. T. O.
Moses had filed to succeed him
self as judge of the county re
corder's court, Poole said yester
day, and had no opposition tip to
that time. I have not heard of
any.
Neill McFadyon, of the county
board of education, has paid his
filing fee to remain on that board.
Neill made it clear to me, and
wants it made clear to the public, j
that he is not with me in my feel-j Assistance will probably be ask
ing that the McLauchlin Elemen- r from others in some areas of
tary School here is in need of a the coun;y jn making a complete
full-time principal. He said that, j c;lnvass.
while he believed in improving flnt tQ be
things any time you get a chance, or(,ani7cd , North Carolina after
he feels that under present cir-, Wor,d War is considercd one o
cumstances the present system of, (he jn ag we, as
operation is best. At present J. W
Turlington is building principal
there and also teaches one section
of the seventh grade. District
Principal W. T. Gibson, Jr., who
is principal of the county's one
white high school, is supposed to
spend about three hours of each
it the McLauchlin School, of
Jr he is also in charge.
.he risk of being accused of
trying, to sell an advertisement,
and in view of the fact that I have
heard some comment that the
county cannot afford the extra
cost of a principal at the Mc
Lauchlin school here, I again call
the attention of the citizens and
taxpayers of this county to the
fact that the county had not pub
lished a financial statement since
1952. I believe, but I am not cer
tain, that the law requires such
a statement to be published an
nually. It's your county and your
county government. What do you
know about it?
Through the efforts of the town
board, the old burg is really about
to. take on the new look, what
with many of the streets getting
new curb and gutter and many
being readied for paving. The
Carolina Power and Light Comp
any began work this week on the
job of improving the appearance
of the power poles and lighting
system on Main Street. Poles are
being replaced and respaced to
make the flourescent lights more
effective when they are installed.
The Raford Power and Manufac
turing Co. has cooperated with
the improvements as it affects
their wires on the streets. Both
these projects are in the "Finer
Carolina" contest which Racford
has entered this year, and will
certainly go far in making Raeford
finer, whether they win the con
test or not. Truman Austin is
chairman of the paving project
in the contest, and Marion Gatlin
is chairman of the street lighting
project.
Jake Austin, chamber of com
merce secretary who is chairman
of the general clean-up project
in the "Finer Carolina" contest,
told the Chamber directors at
their mon'hly luncheon Tuesday
of slops already taken by busi
ness houses to improve the ap
pearance of their oack allevs an I
of the cooperation being rocHvud
from M. R. Mills, county snnitar-
ian. Jake also told the board n-j
bout plans being marie for a
town-wide "Clean Up-Fix Up
Paint Up" week to be promoted in
April. He said that several per
ons had indicated their willing
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National Guard
Unit To Lead
Red Cross Drive
Clyde Upchurch, Jr., chairman
of the Hoke County chapter of the
American Red Cross, announced
this week that the officers and
men of Battery A, 130th Anti
aircraft Battalion, local National
Guard unit, has accepted the re
sponsibility of conducting the an
nual Red Cross drive in Hoke
County this year, and that the
drive would begin next week.
He said a meeting would be
held Friday afternoon of leaders
of the battery and other persons
in the county who would have to
be called on for help to make the
drive a success, and that com
plete plans for conducting the ap
ical in every part of the county
would be announced next week.
All members of the unit have
agreed to take part in the drive.
Leaders will be Captain Edwin D.
New'on, commanding officer, First
T ieutenant Talmade English,
Second Lieutenant Thomas Mncko,
Warrant Officer Roger Dixon,
First Sergeant Jesse N. Gulledgo,
Master Sergeants Clarence M.
Willis and Arnold Monroe, and
0.i,Pr non-commissioned officers.
the oldest. It has a present
strength of just under 100 officers
and enlisted men from all sections
of the county except Little River
Township and is led by officers
and non-commissioned officers
who are veterans of World WarJI.
In making the announcement
Upchurch said he had not heard
of a National Guard unit perform
ing such a public spirited duty
before, but said that the National
Guard usually was right with the
Red Cross on the scene of any
disaster, protecting property and
helping unfortunate people. He
said such a move on the part of
the local battery was to be ex
pected of a unit that had been
outstanding since its organiza
tion, and would carry on the fine
tradition the National Guard has
built in Hoke County in the past
35 years.
He said that the Red Cross
would do a big job in this section
in the next few weeks for the
more than 60,000 service men to
take part in the maneuver, Oper
ation Flash Burn. They will need
current magazines, paper-backed
books of western or mystery stor
ies and any speed phonograph
records for use in the three field
hospitals which will take part in
the maneuver. Persons having
these to contribute may bring
them to Mrs. W. R. Barrington at
I he Red Cross office in Raeford
The agricultural classes at Hoke
High school and Upchurch school
are to make lap boards for use
at the hospitals, and will deliver
these before April 1.
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Woodmen Honor
50-Year Member
At the regular meeting last
week of Raeford Camp No. 118,
Woodmen of the World, the mem
bers paid a tribute to Sovereign
I G. W. Cox, who has recently com
pleted SO years of membership in
this fraternal order.
Camp Chaplain D. J. Campbell,
who made the presentation of a
gold fifty-year pin, praised Sove
reign Cox for his devoted service
and 1 v Hy. Mr. Cox, who will
celcbi t hi- Vd lit'hriay on
uvii I", h I i s ccrotary
i' i it " i . r 'n v. urs, two
. c ,i. - a ; .M.-...1 commander, and
1 1 i., served as a state officer f r
I "wo vears.
I vns ii' :y honored in ti c
Kaetord Masonic ludge by rtceiv
im" his 2."-year certificate, having
been a member of the Masonic
order for 43 years and being a
past master.
ffoke Girls Win
In Fayetteville
(Contributed)
One of the finest and best
coached girls basketball teams
ever produced at Hoke High won
the Fayetteville Invitational
Tournament Friday night over a
scrappy Lumbcrton team by a
score of 76 to 69.
With only 13 seconds gone
Townscnd opened the scoring to
give Lumbcrton a 2-0 lead. Hod
gin followed for Raeford with a
push shot to tie the score at 2 all.
The lead changed hands often un
til with 4:00 left in the game the
Does built up a 7 point lead on
a basket by Guin, a 3 point basket
by Ko-.'-inand a basket by Dark.
Raeiord steadily built up their
lead and led by 10 at the end of
tht fi st period, 25-15.
Th half ended with the score
standing 43-33 Racford.
Offensive leaders of the first
half were Guin with 20 and Hod
gin wilh 15 for Raeford, and
Townscnd and Mclntyre for Lum
bcrton with 16 and 15 respectively.
Both teams played excellent
, ball during the third period. The
( girls from Lumbcrton managed to
cut the lead 2 more points this
I quarter and trailed by eight points
at the end of the third quarter
I with the score 53-50.
I The excellent brand of ball
Raeford was playing and the sub
stantial lead they had built the
first quarter were to much for
Lumberton, even though their
efforts showed what a fine, ball
club they have. The game ended
Hoke High the Champions a title
they truly deserved, with the
score standing 76-69.
As the hundreds of followers
poured on the floor, the net was
cut and Co-Captains McLean and
Scull accepted the beautiful tro
pry from the Sueprintendent of
Cumberland Schools.
' The whole Raeford team play
ed excellent ball as they won
their 21st ball game as compar
ed to one loss.
Hodgin with 15 field goals and
7 free throws and a total of 37
points led the Does. Guin and
Dark, each of whom turned in
one of their best performances
had 25 and 14 points respectively.
Scull, McLean, Everleigh and
Linthicum all turned in good de
fensive jobs. '
Townscnd took the scoring
honors for the night with 20 field
goals and one free throw for a
total of 41 points, followed by Mc
lntyre with 23.
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REVIVAL TO START
SUNDAY AT EPHESUS
Revival services will be con
ducted next week at Ephesus Bap
tist Church, it has been announc
ed. The services will begin Sun
day morning at 11:00 o'clock and
will continue through the morn
ing service on Sunday, March 21.
Services will be held each even
ing during the week, except Fri
day, at 7:30 o'clock. The preach
ing will be by the Rev. Baxter
Walker of Fayet'.cville, and the
public is cordially invited to at
tend. PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fountain of
Chapel Hill spent the week end
with Mrs. Fountain's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Blue.
Pat Lamont and Jean Carroll
Shcrrill of WCUNC spent the
week end with their parents.
Mrs. T. B. Upchurch returned
Saturday from Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida after a two-week's visit
with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. McLean of
Lautinburg were visitors in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
McLean Funday.
Mrs. John Ellinsrton of Oxford
spent a few days last week with
her sister, Mrs. Nun McNeill.
Mrs. W. H. Winborne of Eden
ton is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
W. L. Howell.
"Whammy" Fills
Recorder's Court
Again Tuesday
The State Highway Patrol got
one of its "whammies" working
in the county again last week
with the result that there were
32 cases of speeding on the dock
et for Tuesday's session of Hoke
County recorder's court before
Judge T. O. Moses. Thirteen oth
er cases were also handled, in
volving driving drunk, violating
the prohibition laws, and other
traffic violations.
Prohibition law violations rang
ed from having a pint of white
liquor to having a large supply for
sale, and they were handled ac
cordingly by Judge Moses. John
D. Campbell, colored, pled guilty
of having non-taxr-paid liquor for
sale and got 90 days suspended on
payment of $100 and costs and
two years good behavior. W. J.
Shaw, white, for public drunken
ness and violating the prohibition
laws, got 30 days suspended on
payment of $50 and costs. Luther
McRac, colored, got 30 days su
pended on payment of $25 and
costs and two years good behavior
for violating the prohibition laws.
George Morrison, colored, had to
pay court costs for possessing a
bout a pint of non-tax-paid liquor.
For driving drunk Frank Relifor
Davis, colored, got 60 days su
spended on payment of $100 and
costs; John Daniel Wilkes, white,
got from four to six months su
spended on payment of $100 and
costs and $175 damages. John Wil
liam Mudd, white man from out
of the State, left a $150 bond for
driving drunk.
For public drunkenness Joe
Alexander Wilson and Charles
Clarence Tew, both colored, each
got 30 days suspended on pay
ment of $10 and costs.
For careless and reckless driv
ing Floyd David Faircloth, white,
got 30 days suspended on pay
ment of $10 and costs; Creighton
Horace Mason, white, had to pay
$20 and costs. For having no driv
er's license in addition to careless
and reckless driving, Lee B.
Brach, white, got 60 days su
spended on payment of $50 and
costs and damages.
Eddie Locklear, Indian, paid
costs for failing to stop at a stop
sign.
Speeders appearing for trial
were Elizabeth Harriet Sellers,
Charles Evers, Howard D. King,
all $20 and costs: Nancy Costello
Lueddeke, Russell W. McMillan
and Don Edward Hoskin, all $10
and costs. Leaving bonds were
Harry G. Werger, Jean B. Price,
.Toe David Rowell, John W. Dun
bar, John A. Buehler, Paul Lee,
Hyman Rothhart, William Cold
off, Alfred Isadore Axelrod, Hollis
C. Grubb, $35 each; Stephen A.
Holmes, S50; Marvin E. Eglin.
Margaret C. Smith, Thomas J.,
Dunn, William I. Horlick, Abe
Rosenhlonm, Edward M. Penning
ton, Robert W. Bennett, Harold
T. Messenger, Betty S. Wade,
Frederick Freeman, Willie A.
Smith, Robert E. Vokes, Jr., Hugh
D. White, Eugene C. Lenker, $2V
each.
Girl Scout Week
Being Celebrated
Girl Scouts in Raeford and Hoke
County are joining this week with
more than two million girl scouts
and their leaders all over the
United States in celebrating the
42nd anniversary of their found
ing on March 12, 1912 in Savan
nah, Georgia.
Girl Scouts here are sponsored
by the Raeford Woman's Club
and about 40 girls participate in
the program through three troops
ami two intcrmcdia'e troops. A
dult leaders are Mrs. Harvey
Warlirk. Mrs. W. D. McLcod, Miss
Marie Essoy. Miss Sarah Tinmen,
Mrs. John Ileacox, Mrs. Archie
Blaekwell and Mrs. Robert Gat
lin. Next month the local girls will
conduct a girl scout cookie sale,
raising funds for a girl scout hut
which they hope to build.
Sheriff Learns More
About Indian's Death
Sheriff D. H. Hodgin reported
this week that he had learned a
little more about the affair at
Jesse Lowery's house on the old
Hector Livingston place in Anti
och Township in which Daniel
Edward Dees, 32-year-old Indian
of Robeson County, was killed,
and Alfred Henderson, 23, was
injured seriously.
The sheriff said he went to
Fayetteville Friday and talked to
Alford Henderson in the hospital,
and that he seemed to be in fair
shape at that time. He sail Hen
derson told him that he and Dees
were wrestling over Dees' pistol
after Dees had shot him. He said
they were wrestling out on the
ground in the dark near where
the sheriff later found Dees' body,
and that the pistol had been fired
as they wrestled for it. He said
he got it away from him and ran
and Rot John T. Henderson and
left for the doctor, taking the
pistol with them. The pistol was
turned over to officers in Raeford
with all shells in it empty. Alford
Henderson told the sheriff he did
not know that Dees was shot
when he got the pistol from him
and ran.
Sheriff Hodgin feels that this
version is quite possibly the true
story, as it was clear from the
way Dees was shot that he was
not shot from a normal position.
The bullet went through the front
of his face and downward through
his heart and abdomen, and was
obviously fired from above him,
as might easily have happened
with two men wrestling for it.
On Saturday afternoon the
sheriff said he received a call
from a doctor at the hospital say
ing that Alfred Henderson was
acting crazy and to get some of
his people over there. The doctor
said he had tried to jump out of
a window. On Tuesday the sheriff
said he understood he was still
acting that way.
Presbyterians Will
Hear Missionary
Next Tuesday Night
Miss Audrey Brunkhurst, di
rector of religious education at
the Raeford Presbyterian Church
for several years during the war,
will be the speaker at a special
program at the church next Tues
day night at 8:00 o'clock. Since
her work here Miss Brunkhurst
has served other churches as reli
gious education director and has
been for two years a missionary
in the Belgian Congo, Africa. She
is a', present in the United States
on leave from that work, and her
l.cture will be about it and will
be illustrated with films.
The regularly monthly meeting
of the Women of the Church will
be held at 7:30, preceding the
lecture by Miss Brunkhurst. The
ninthly supper meeting of the
Presbyterian men will not he held
this mnth in order that the men
may have a nopportunity to hear
;.r. I'.L'i talk will be of particular
i.'teiest to young people, who .ire
'nvi'.ed along wilh the general
public.
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Ntme County Winner
In Speaking Contest
The Hoke county winner in
"The Big Change" oratorical con
test is Miss Barbara Strother, a
member of the Senior class at
I'oke County High school, it has
been announced by R. B. Lewis,
county chairman for the contest.
T'oe contest is neing sponsored
by t ho North Carolina Bankers
Association, and was conducted
at IToke County Ilislh school on
Weitnt rlay morn inc.
Tin- winner of the Hoke county
rh.w is th" d.mr'.tcr of Mr. and
M s. If Slivhor, and the next
s'cp f'r tin winner i? the group
rlimin -t;nn rnnte-t to be held
next Wednesday.
Little Miss Mary Tish Johnson
is sick with the mumps.
Clara Ramsey of WCVNC spent
the week end in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert McKcithan.
NEED FOR A PERMANENT FARM
PROGRAM EMPHASIZED FRIDAY
Luncheon Speaker
IR. I). W. COI.VAKD, dean of
agricul'tire at Korth Carolina
State College, who was the
speaker at a luncheon at the Rae
ford Methodist Church last Fri
day preceding the Farmers Day
program at the high school.
Dr. Colvard, dean of agriculture
at State since last July, is a native 1
of Ashe County and is a nation-
ally known agricultural scientist j
and educator. He has been a ,
member of the faculty at State j
since March, 1947. He was gra- j
duated from Berea College in
Kentucky in 1935, received his M.
S. in animal science from the Un
iversity of Missouri in 1938, and
received his Ph. D. degree from
Purdue University in 1950. He is
the author of a number of agri
cultural bulletins and scientific
articles and is widely known for
his research achievements.
Town Board Has
Called Meeting
Mayor Alfred Cole presided
over a called meeting of the Rae
ford board of commissioners on
Wednesday night. Present were
board members Tom Cameron,
Marion Gatlin, Truman Austin
and Arch Sanders. Two matters
of business were discussed and
acted upon.
Motion by Marion Gatlin, sec
onded by Arch Sanders, was pass
ed unanmiously to require transi
ent salespeople In the future to
purchase privilege licenses for not
less than three consecutive days
at a fee of $10.
The board also decHcd to in
r'all curb and gutters on Eat
Donaldson Avenue between Main
and Stewart Streets, this being
the street north of the McLauch
lin elementary school. The board
took this action in view ot the
f.icts that the school system wiil
Lear half the cist, rnd that onei
peers feel that th" ovcessiv" traf
f'" on the s'reot would soon cause
excessive deterioration of the
street if esp'-alt valleys instead
of concrete curbs and gutters were
l"'Mled. The board also went on
record as stating trnt this addi
tion to the program now going on
is ;!:p last that can be made, as
the money is all gone.
INFANT HUNT PASSES
Franklin Anthony Hunt, 10
weeks old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Anthony A. Hunt of Hopcville,
Ga., died in an Atlanta hospital
Tuesday afternoon following a
short illness. Funeral service was
conducted at the graveside in
Raeford cemetery Thursday after
noon by the Rev. V. IJ. Tleyward,
pastor of the R.ioford Presbyter
ian Church. Ho is survived by his
parents,- Mrs. Gladys Bain Hunt
and Anthony A. Hunt, and his
maternal grandmother, Mrs. F. M.
Bain of Raeford.
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Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Yarborough
and grandson, Freddie, spent last
week rnd wi'h Mr. and Mrs. Hart
man Yarborough ;n Columbia, S.
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Leaders, Specialists, Talk
At First Hoke Farmers Day
The need for a "permanent, bi
partisan, long-range national farm
program which will not be jeo
pardized by every shift in the po
litical winds" was stressed here
Friday by State Agriculture Com
missioner L. Y. Ballentine.
Ballcntine spoke at the first
Hoke County Farmers Day pro
gram Friday afternoon in the lo
cal high school auditorium. Sev
eral hundred farm people attend
ed. The meeting had been wide
ly publicized in the county, and
was given widespread support by
business leaders and civic clubs.
It was arranged by W. C. Willi
ford, Hoke County Farm Agent.
The speaker advocated estab
lishing a farm program with a
framework so broad that commo
dity groups would have several
choices as to their pattern of op
erations. Such choices, he added,
should be made through referen
dums open to all the producers of
the commodity involved.
Growers of one commodity, he
said, might want high price sup
ports and strict production con
trols, while the producers of an
other crop might prefer flexible
supports and loose controls, or
even no supports and no controls.
National legislation, he added,
should be broad enough to per
mit these and other choices to be
made, with provision for what
ever safeguards are needed.
He cited North Carolina's Con
tinuing Revenue Act, which "gave
us stability in our State tax pro
gram," is an example.
Ballentine told the farm group
that "It's time to think seriously
about where we go from here" in
solving agricultural problems. The
problem in a nutshell, he said, is
this: How can farmers produce
enough but not too much?
The Commissioner also called
for better merchandising and mar
keting of farm products. The far
mer, he asserted, has "the first
responsibility" along this line,
since he determines the quality
of the commodities he grows.
Dr. D. W. Colvard, dean of
agriculture at North Carolina
State Co'lc -e, ad.hcssing a lunch
eo" Ticc'ipg of farm,. business and
civic leaders r' the Raeford Meth
odist Church, said farmers are
l'ceor.-.ing more dependent on
technology, farm work is being
done bv fewer but b-tter trained
wo ':r - r1 ar ict lture is be
lor.vins n.jch more involved with
other segments of the economy.
"There is real interest," Col
vard said, "on the part of the peo
ple of North Carolina to move
f.-rv.-rr.l ! rrrr'CTiWwe. With all
T"'!""! vrVng together we will
continue to make orogress de
spite drought, price drops, and
other setbacks."
IT? pointed nut Inat there are
"tremendous opro-'unities" to
further develop the State's live
stock indu','-v rind to increase
per-acre yields of all crops.
Winners in Hoke's Five-Acre
Cotton Contest for 1953 were a
warded their prizes by R. B.
Lewis, Raeford banker. For white
farmers, T. B. LTpehurch and G.
N. Lovette, with 858 pounds of
lint per acre, took first prize of
$50. Joe Upchurch and Ravmond
Abrams were second with 7P9
pounds, and Reid Childress was
third w'th 781 pounds.
For the Negroes, these winners
were: First, -J. D. Mornsey, 792
pounds per acre: Henry Mark, 762
pounds: and L. E. McLauchlin, Jr.,
714 pounds.
Specialists from the State Col
lege Extension Service ad'lrcsscd
the afternoon session. Tiny In
cluded M. S. Williams, adjust
ments farmers can make; E. R.
Collins, crops that can be planted
on diverted acres; Albert Bana
dyga, more profits through better
family living; Virginia Wilson and
R. R. Rich, more milk and better
markets for cottonseed: J. S.
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