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VOLUME XLVIII; NUMBER 52
THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1934
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By The Editor
Voting is a Christian duty in
which eligible members of the
whole family should participate,
as i group and considered it a
family duty. I heard this proved
most eloquently by a Baptist
preacher the other day. He was
talking about the great benefits
which come from better homes,
stating that nc home is good
enough, but that we should all
make our homes better homes.
From this he went into the ways
we can make our homes better
homes, and one of these was by
making the cemmunity better.
Better communities, better towns,
counties and states all contribute
to making better home, he said.
In making the family trip to the
voting place the family is pub
licly and deliberately taking its
responsibility for the running of
the government. The speaker then
discussed the responsibility of
each individual in voting for the
candidates he feeb to be the right
ones, the ones who will do the job
best. Voting for any person for
any office whom we feel is not
the best person running for the
office is wrong, he said.
Saturday we have the oppor
tunity to exercise the privilege
of voting for people who will be
our public officials in our county,
our judicial district, our congres
sional district, our State, and in
our Congress. Ou. responsibility
is first to exercise this privilege
without fail, and then to be cer
tain we vote the dictates of our
conscience in each case, and listen
to no outside pressures whatso
ever. That is our duty as Christ
ians and citizens.
J. A. Shankl'n, extension cot
ton specialist at N C. State Col
lege, was in Tommie Upchurch's
office yesterday. In the process of
making a tour of the cotton-producing
counties o; the State, he
said that the crop, already reduc
ed in acreage, had been consider
ably damage by the cool wet wea
ther in most areas He said that
in many areas fullv half the crop
was dead, and said that replant
was going on this week in Halifax
and Northampton Counties.
Things are a little better than that
in this section, he said, and the
boll weevil situation looks some
better than usual at the present
time. He said the weevil picture
W Id change fast, though.
A hundred and ton or fifteen of
us in this county are really get
ting our share of National Guard
ing for a few weeks now. Last
week end was and this coming
Saturday and Sunday will be spent
on the small arms range at Fort
Bragg firing carbines. Then we
will have the week end of June
5 and 6 free from it and on June
13 we will leave for Camp Ste
wart, Ga., for our regular two
weeks training period. The bat
tery here U the biggest in the
130th Battalion now, with 109
enlisted men. It is consistently
one of the best, too, not only in
the 130th but in the entire State.
Arrangements are being made in
all five towns having batteries in
the 130th for the men to get a
chance to vote Saturday before
their units leave for Fort Bragg.
H. L. Gatlin, Jr., president of
the United Fund of Hoke County,
and J. L. McNeill, 1954 campaign
chairman, went to a United Fund
meeting in Kinston Tuesday, and
Crawford Thomas, Israel Mann
and myself went with them. Six
teen communities were represent
ed, and the 40 or 50 folks swapped
ideas and experience on the con
duct of United Fund and Com
munity Chest drives. I think the
Hoke County delegation bene
fitted greatly and the conduct of
the first drive, this year, will be
smoother as a result. The more I
hear of the United Fund Idea, the
more I think of it. It will amount
to "fair share glvhig" in the first
place, where each charitable a
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GREENSBORO COLLEGE HEAD TO
SPEAK AT HOKE HIGH FINALS
Recorder Hears
Usual Run Of
Cases Tuesday
The usual lot of 'iquor and traf
fic violators faced Judge T. O.
Moses in Hoke County recorder's
court Tuesday with some assault
and dishonesty cases thrown in.
Star W. Sessoms, white, was not
present in court but entered a
plea of guilty through the sheriff
to a charge of obtaining $21.20
from Lee Adcox tlrough the use
of fraud and trickery. Judgment
was suspended on return of the
money and payment of costs. His
trial on a charge of Violating the
prohibition laws was set for next
Tuesday.
Alfred L. Bean, white, offered
no defense to a charge of non-
support of his two minor children
He got six months to be suspend
ed on payment of $15 weekly for
their support and $100 to his wife.
Jessie Fisher, white, was found
guilty of trespass. He was sen
tenced to 30 days to be suspended
on payment of $10 and costs and
on condition that he stay away
from the premises of A. J. Lundy
for two years unless invited.
John DePriest, colored, went to
the roads, for eight months on a
charge of having a whiskey still.
He was found guilty.
Dan Holder, white, and his son,
Rosser Holder, were each sent to
the roads for 90 days for violat
ing the prohibition laws.
Bessie Jane Morrison and Mild
red Lee McNeill, both colored,
each pled guilty of assault and
judgment was continued on pay
ment of costs.
John Fred Moss, white, was
found guilty of failing to yield
right of way and judgment was
suspended on payment of costs
and $32 for Myrtle McRae. Myrtle
McRae, colored, had to pay $10
and costs for driving with im
proper brakes.
David A. Lewis, white, had to
pay costs for assault.
Jim Edwards, white, pa' s10
and costs for failin? to yield ht
of way, and Willie C. Hurst, col
ored, got 30 days suspended on
payment of $25 and costs for
careless and reckless driving.
Tommy Shaw Clark, white,
paid $10 and costs for having no
driver's license.
Isaiah Jackson, Indian, paid
costs for careless and reckless
driving.
Speeders leaving bonds were C.
W. Dayberry, Harold P. Hourine,
J. B. Young, Donald R. Scruggs
and George L. Beighley, $25 each,
Clifton Brunner, $15. Other speed
ers were James W. Heller, white,
Lucus McNaii i Henry Weeks,
colored, $10 ai. costs each; Roy
F. Tedder, white, $25 and costs
and loss of license for 30 days.
Mrs. Kate Sutton
Dies In Florida
Mrs. Kate Nobles Sutton, 72-year-old
resident of Live Oak,
Florida, passed away at her home
there on Saturday morning, May
15. Mrs. Sutton, a life-long resi
dent of Suwanee County, Florida,
was well-known here where she
had many times visited her daugh
ter, Mrs. R. A Matheson.
Funeral service was held on
Monday morning, at the Advent
Christian Church in Live Oak,
with the Rev. Roy Crews and the
Rev. C. V. Tenney conducting.
In addition to Mrs. Matheson,
Mrs. Sutton is survived by a son,
L. B. Sutton of Asheville, and a
granddaughter, Mr E. C. Brooks,
III, of Havelock.
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WINS FREE PRIZE
Mrs. Bennie McMinis won an
electric percolator in Fayetteville
Friday night when she won fifth
place in a cake contest In a store
there. There were 268 contestants.
48 To Receive Diplomas
At Exercises Monday p. m,
Dr. Harold Hudson, president of
Greensboro College, will be the
speaker at the commencement
program at Hoke County High
School on Monday night, May 31,
when 48 members of the 1954 gra
duating class receive their di
plomas from Principal W. T.
Gibson, Jr. The program will be
gin at 8:15 o'clock and will in
clude, in addition to the address
the presentation of diplomas, the
presentation of several different
prizes and awards to students who
excel at different activities. The
organizations making these a
wards will include the Depart
ments of Education and Litera
ture of the Raeford Woman's
Club, The Elliis Williamson
American Legion Post, the Hoke
County Board of Education, the
Hoke County Bar Association, the
Raeford Kiwanis Club, the Rae
ford Lions Club and the Wood
men of the World.
Commencement marshals, who
will also serve as marshals for
the baccalaureate sermon on Sun
day are to be Patsy Russell, Faye
Dark, Betty Jean Autry, Arlene
Madison, Carole Marshall and
Barbara Culbreth. Mascots of the
senior class are Linda Gail Van
hoy and Jimmy MrPhaul.
The salutatory address at com
mencement exercises will be de
livered by Anne Leach, second
highest ranking senior, scholasti
cally. She is the daughter of Mrs.
F. G. Leach and the . late Mr,
Leach. The valedictory will be de
livered by Richard Satterwhite,
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Satter
white of McCain, top ranking
student in the senior class.
- Class Night Exercises
The commencement exercises
begin on Friday night with the
Class night exercises of the Sen
ior Class. A this final meeting of
the class prophecies are made,
gifts are given and fun is had.
Theme of the occasion this year
is "Plantation Song."
Baccalaureate Sermon
The Baccaluareate sermon will
be delivered in the auditorium of
the High School on Sunday morn
ing, May 30, by the Rev. J. Her
bert Miller, pastor of the Raeford
Methodist Church. The Rev. W.
B. Heyward, pastor of the Raeford
Presbyterian Church, will assist
at this service.
Graduating Class
The 48 members of the Senior
Class who are to receive their di
plomas from Principal W. T.
Gibson, Jr., next Monday night
are Eddie Allen, Garvin Bishop,
Jimmy Bracey Bobby Conoly,
Maurice Cox, Wayne Creed, Char
les Daniels, George Dees, Harold
Dew, Roger Dixon, Waylon Fulk,
Leon Gatlin, Billy Graham, Grady
Hardin, Benny MeLeod, Keith
Meeks, Jimmy Phillips, Jack Re
vels, Richard Satterwhite, Ray
von Sides, Carlton Thomas, Jim
my White, E. J. Wright, SI.elia
Balfour, Peggy Baxley, Lydia
Ann Boahn, Helen Butler, Dorothy
Currie, Faye Cozart, Maye Co
zart, Carole Everleigh, Mattie
Laura Haithcox, Harriet Hodgin,
Sarah Jackson, Anne Leach, Alice
Long, Betty Anne ?Iaxwell, Imo
gene Mays, Hazel McLean, Nan
cy McDonald McMillan, Patricia
Motley, Jean Obster McGuire, Ina
Scull, Alice Sipfle, Jenelle Snead,
Barbara Strother, Gearldine Van
hoy and Foyelea Wilkes.
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NEWS-JOURNAL WILL
KEEP PRIMARY RESULTS
A board showing results of vot
ing in this county by precincts in
all races will be kept on Saturday
night from the time the results
begin coming in until the entire
county is heard fix m on a black
board which will be set up at the
News-Journal office, and the pub
lic is invited to come by.
Stevens Co. Buys
41 Of Robbins
Stock Last Week
Acquisition of about 41 per cent
of the stock of Robbins Mills was
announced last Thursday in New
York by the J. P. Stevens Comp
any. The stock was formerly
owned by Karl Robbins and other
members of his family.
The Stevens Company, in mak
ing the announcement, said the
stock was purchased as an invest
ment. It added that the decision
to make the purchase underlined
the managements laith in the tex
tile industry's future in general
and particularly that of Robbins
Mills.
Malcolm G. Jones, president of
Robbins Mills, said that Robbins
would continue operations as a
separate concern with executive
and sales offices in New York.
The company has mills in Rob
bins, Aberdeen, Red Springs and
Raeford in North Carolina and a
dyeing and finishing plant in
Clarksville, Va.
Latest available records show
Robbins Mills had issued and out
standing as of last November 30
a total of 890,911 shares of com
mon stock excl'isive of that held
in the treasury.
Benj. F. McDuffie
Passes Away Sunday;
Burial At Philippi
Benjamin Franklin McDuffie,
75, died Sunday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Wallace McLean,
with whom he had made his home
for many years. He was the son
of the late Sandyand Margaret
McDuffie of Cumberland County,
now Hoke County, and was a re
tired farmer. Funeral service was
conducted at Philippi Presbyter
ian Church at 5:00 o'clock Mon
day afternoon by the Rev. W. B.
Heyward, pastor, and burial was
in the church cemetery.
He is survived by two foster
children, Mrs. McLean and P. D.
Johnson of Miami, Fla.
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Funeral Monday For
Mrs. Sara B. Tyson
Funeral service was conducted
Monday afternoon at three o'clock
at Tabernacle Melhodist Church
by the Rev. Luther Wesley, pas
tor, for Mrs. Sara Brady Tyson,
74, who died early Sunday morn
ing at the home of her grand
daughter,, Mrs. J. L. McFadyen,
on Route three.
She is survived by her husband,
J. H. Tyson; two sons, E. A. Guin
of Fayetteville and R. L. Guin of
Raeford; one daughter, Mrs. Fair
ley Bowen of Fayetteville, Route
three; 14 grandchildren and 25
great- grandchildren.
Burial was in Raeford cemetery.
President Announces
Speakers For Finals
At Flora Macdonald
Speakers for the 58th annual
Commencement exercises at Flora
Macdonald College have been an
nounced by Dr. Marshall Scott
Woodson, President.
Mrs. Peter Marshall of Wash
ington, D. C. will deliver the
Commencement address on Mon
day morning, May 31, at 10:30.
Mrs. Marshall's presence will be
a two-fold privilege for Flora
Macdonald, where her distinguish
ed husband was an honored visi
tor more than once, and in recent
years, Catherine Marshall has be
come famous in her own right,
having authored a number of very
delightful books, one of the best
known and best loved being "A
Man Called Peter."
The Rev. Graham S. Eubanks,
pastor of Hay Street Methodist
church in Fayetteville, will de
liver the baccalaureate sermon on
Commencement Sunday, May 30,
at 11 o'clock. Mr. Eubank is well
known in Red Springs, where he
was pastor of Trinity Methodist
church for three years. He re
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Christopher H. Giles
Dies Suddenly In
Kinston Saturday
Christopher Herbert Giles, 62,
who had been a resident of Rae
ford for over 30 years, died sud
denly at the home of his son, C.
H. Jr., in Kinston Saturday after
noon. He was a native of Burke Coun
ty, near Morganton, and was a
graduate of Berca College in Ken
tucky. He was a first lieutenant
in the engineers and served over
seas in World War I. He and Mrs.
Giles, who survives him, were
married at Fort Dix while he was
there in the Army and she with
the Rod Cross during the war.
Since 1918 he had been an en
gineer with the North Carolina
State Highway Commission, for
the last 10 years was senior resi
dent engineer in Smithfield with
his office in Wilson. He had been
here for some yea's in the early
twenties building roads in this
section and in 1926 he built his
home here. He was a Mason, a
Shriner and a member of the
American Society of Military En
gineers. He was a member of the
Raeford Methodist Church.
Funeral was conducted at the
home at 5:00 p. m. Sunday by the
Rev. J. Herbert Miller and the
Rev. W. B. Heyw;-d, and burial
was in Raeford cemetery.
In addition to Mrs. Giles he is
survived by two sons, C. H. Jr.
and Stewart, both of Kinston, and
three grandchildren.
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Henry Blue Elected
New President Of
A. & R. Railroad Co.
Henry McCoy Blue of Aberdeen
has been elected president of the
Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad
Company to succeed his brother,
the late W. A. Blue who died on
April 26, 1954.
Henry McCoy Bl'.ie is the son of
the late John Blue who founded
the Aberdeen and Rockfish Rail
road in 1892 and is the third pres
ident of the railroad which serves
the territory between the Sea
board at Aberdeen and the Atlan
tic Coast Line at Fayetteville, in
cluding Fort Bragg. John Blue
served as presicent from 1892 un
til his death in 1922, and W. A.
Blue served as president from
1922 until his death a month ago.
Before his elevation to the pres
idency of the firm Henry McCoy
Blue served as vice president and
general manager of the company.
In addition to his railroad duties
Mr. Blue carries on extensive
farming in Mooie and Hoke coun
ties. He is a former mayor of
Aberdeen and an e'.der in Bethes
da Presbyterian Cfturch.
The Aberdeen and Rockfish
railroad is 45 miles long with its
main offices and shops in Aber
deen. Towns and communities
served by the railroad are Aber
deen, Ashley Heights, Sanatorium,
Montrose, Timber'and, Raeford,
Dundarrach, Arabia, Rockfish,
Fenix, Clifdale, Skibo and Fay
etteville. About 95 per cent of the
A. & R. stock is held and owned
by the Blue family.
NEW NIGHT POLICEMAN
STARTS WORK TUESDAY
A new night policeman began
regular work on Tuesday night,
replacing John S:ott Poole, who
had been working temporarily
until a replacement for L. F. Hes
ter, resigned, could be empolyed.
The new policeman is B. A. Shep
ard, from Robeson County be
tween Rowland and Lumberton.
He has had seven years experi
ence as a policeman, having start
ed in Jacksonville, N. C, and hav
ing been one in Rowland last. He
comes highly recommended and
expects to move his family here
within a few days.
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NEW PHILIPPI HOURS
Effective Sunday, May 30, and
continuing through the summer
months Sunday School will be at
10:00 o'clock and morning worship
services at 11:00 o'clock at Phil
ippi Presbyterian Church, Instead
of each being an hour later as they
have been.
CAMPAIGNS REACH HIGH PITCH
AS PRIMARY DAY APPROACHES
Solicitor, Congressman,
Other Officers Contested
With the fight between candi
dates Alton Lennon and Kerr
Scott for the United States Senate
leading the field in public inter
est over the Stte, there are oth
ers which are drawing some at
tention, too. In the race with Len
non and Scott is Alvin Wingfield,
Jr., lawyer and former typewriter
company executive who is best
known for his radio commentaries
in 1950, and who is generally ex
pected to run third to Scott and
Lennon. There are seven in the
race for the regular term and the
next best known is the Pinetown
pig dealer, Olla Ray Boyd, who
has run several times before. Also
running are Henry L. Sprinkle,
A. E. Turner and W. M. Bostick.
In the Ninth judicial district
there is a battle between two
Robeson County men for the job
of superior court solicitor. Mal
colm B. Seawell cf Lumberton,
the incumbent is being violently
opposed by John B. Regan, attor
ney of St. Pauls. The judicial dis
trict is composed of Hoke, Robe
son, Cumberland and Bladen
counties.
In the eighth congressional dis
trict Congressman Charles B.
Deane of Rockingham is being op
posed by Coble Funderburk, at
torney of Monroe.
There are two contests for posi
tions on the council of state,
caused by the resignation of Waldo
Cheek as commissioner of insur
ance and of Brandon Hodges as
state treasurer. Edwin Gill, Laur
inburg man who was appointed
treasurer by the governor, is be
ing oposed in a hard campaign
by Joshua S. James former mem
ber of the utilities commission.
Charles F. Gold, appointed insur
ance commissioner by the gover
nor, is being opposed by John F.
Fletcher, Raleigh insurance man.
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Bible Teacher Quits
To Take Job At 71st
Mrs. Thomas .V. McLauchlin
has tendered her resignation as
teacher of Bible in the Hoke High
School and in the McLauchlin
Elementary School, effective at
the end of the present school year.
In submitting the resignation to
Tommie Upchurch, chairman of
the Bible committee, Mrs. Mc
Lauchlin expressed her regret at
leaving the field of Bible teaching,
but said that she felt it necessary
to have full-time work, and that
she had accepted a teaching posi
tion in the elementary depart
ment of Seventy-F'rst School.
Mrs. McLauchlin has taught
Bible in Hoke High school for
seven years and for three years
in the McLauchlin School. At the
same time she has also taught all
12 grades in Seventy-First for
two days a week. She expressed
her regret at leaving the work and
wished for her successor the pray
ers and cooperation of Hoke
County Christians.
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Funeral Service Held
For Walter Childress
Funeral service for Walter
Childress was held Thursday at
2:00 o'clock at Piney Wood Church
near Cameron, and burial was in
the church cemetery. Surviving
are his wife, the former Martha
Jester; two daughters, Mrs. Myr
tle Sistrunk of Cameron and Mrs.
Hazel Thomas of Lake City, Fla.;
his father, M. T. Childress of A
rarat; one sister. Mrs. Ethel Can
tor of Brown Summit; three bro
thers, Paul and Howard Childress
of Greensboro and C. W. Chil
dress of Raeford.
Those attending the funeral
from Raeford were Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Childress, Rebecca, Mr.
and Mrs. Reid Chl'dress, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Leslie and Shirley, and
Mrs. Hinton Falrcloth and Bruce
of Fayetteville.
Heavy Off-Year Vote
Expected In Hoke County
With battles on every level
from county to the State as a
whole the politicians were pre
dicting a heavier-than-usual off
year vote for the Democratic pri
mary in North Carolina Saturday,
May 29. Contests are being battled
hard in the county for county of
fices, congressional and judicial
district offices, as well as for sev
eral State offices, and it was get
ting so this week that every stran
ger you saw was a politician in
stead of a salesman.
What will bring out the vote in
this county though, if it comes
out, are two contests. The first is
between United States Senator
Alton A. Lennon of Wilmington
and Former Governor W. Kerr
Scott of Haw River for the U. S.
Senate seat held by Lennon and
formerly held by the late Willis
Smith. The second contest which
has the interest of the people of
this county is that for the office
of county sheriff in which Sheriff
David H. Hodgin, who completed
25 years as sheriff last December,
is being opposed by William E.
Willis, also a native of the county
as well as a veteran of World
War II. Willis is a farmer and dis
tributor of automobile batteries,
and has had no previous political
experience, but the race is being
talked a great deal in the county
according to the politicians, and
should be one of the two main
reasons for a heavier vote this off
year primary.
For the five seats on the Hoke
County board of commissioners
there are eight candidates. Four
of these are on the present board
and four are new ones.. Old com
missioners seeking reelection are
J. Fulford McMillan, chairman,
W. M. Thomas, N. H. G. Balfour
and Douglas McPhaul. New can
didates are Douglas Monroe, J.
Luther Warner. J. A. Webb and
former Commissioner Julian H.
Wright. W. M. Moiroe, who was
appointed to the board to succeed
the late Marshall Newton, did not
file for reelection.
There is also competition for
the five seats on the Hoke County
board of education with more
than usual interest this timo in
this board by reason of the facts
that the question of a principal
at the McLauchlin Elementary
School in Raeford nas been made
an issue, that there is to be money
forthcoming in the future from
State bonds which will have to be
spent, and directives dealing with
and implementing rulings on the
recent Supreme Court non-segregation
decision will have to be
handled. Four members of the
present board of education are
seeking to remain on the board,
and there are three new candid
ates. Chairman Robert H. Gatlin,
Neill L. McFadyen, D. R. Huff,
Jr., and David Lindsay of the
present board ate running for re
election. New candidates are Wil
liam Lamont, Jr., W. L. Smith and
Former Member Walter L. Gib
son. Richard Necley of the present
board is not seeking another term.
There is a two-man contest for
the position of county coroner, al
though there has been little cam
paigning or talk aoout this race.
Coroner James C. Lentz, local
mortician, is being opposed by J.
Evander Gillis, local automobile
salesman.
COURT CORRECTION
In recorder's court news last
week it was stated that Willie Jr.
Breeden, who got a 12-month sen
tence, could have had it suspend
ed on payment of $50 and costs.
This was a typographical error,
as Judge Moses had allowed It to
be suspended on payment of $500
and costs, five hundred, that U.