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! ews-Journa voici or HCIDOM CUUtDIAS of UBien voici or Vy ;:.' The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XLIX; NUMBER 5 TIK T.SDAV, Jl'LY 1, 1931 KAEFOPI), N. C. 10c PUR COPY $3.00 pfu year Tlbe Br The Editor Well, the county boards of com missioners end education will get a new and perhaps eventful fis cal year started today. County Accountant J. A. McGoogan told me yesterday that he will re commend to the board that it in crease county taxes only five cents, the amount figured by the board of education for its increas ed needs. Although there is a chance this may nt be enough to quite get by on, there are funds available for use if it is not, he says. Understand these boards had a gathering last ni;mt to give the budgets a final going over and rehashing before their adoption today. The cemetery, particularly the block clown the rVht side of the drive you enter, was considerably improved in the community ef fort some weeks ago. Nature, however, is still at work, and the place is getting out of shape again before we managed to get it quite in. Afraid there's not much use .doing much talking about it with the weather this hot, though. We can be thinking and planning how we are each going to get out and fix our lot when we have a cool er day. The crowd that cleaned lots on the right didn't own lots there necessarily; they just though it would be a good idea to get one section completely cleaned so you could see what the same would mean to the whole place. There is going to be some action on the swimming hole in the next week or so, I believe. Truman Austin, who has been working with Tom McBrydc on just how to clean it up and shape it was get ting some advice from Harry Greene and others this week pre paratory to going at it. Wc had hoped to get a parks planning ex pert here to tell us the right way, but hot weather and the dirt moving equipment are here and he isn't, so suppose we'll just have to do somet'iing and hope it's right. There was some pretty good-sounding talk about paving that road "in the -pring" a while back, too, but it's still mighty dusty. H. E. Nee cy. chairman of the Hoke County Cotton Committee, asked me to say something to far mers about the b'jll weevil. He says that tne not nry wcaincr is without doubt hur ing him some, but not a great deal. Checks show a great difference between dust ed and undated fields in spite of the weather. Hi; and other mem bers of the committee believe it is certainly necessary for cotton farmers to keep chocking and keep dusting for boll weevil. The wea ther will help some, they say, but it won't do the job. RAEFORD STORES and busi ness houses will close Monday, July 5, for Independence Day They will also close on Wednes day afternoon, July 7 as usual at least those which have been doing so will, according to W. C. Phillips, chairman of the merch ant's division of the Raeford Chamber of Commerce. This crowd, by the way, is cooking up a real bunch of prices and promo tions for a fall fes'.ival again this year. It's nice to see them getting started a little earlier, and I ex pect this will pay off. J. R. Hampton, who was in Washington with Mrs. Hampton last week visiting his sons and their families, says he managed to get by the Veterans Hospital to see Carlyle Brown. He said that "Freck" was feeling good and in excellent spirits. Said he bragged on the place a lot, saying the nurses and. doctors were treating him fine and that everything was first rate. Just for the record, it should be stated that the new trash cans on Main Street help the appear ance of the place considerably and we certainly must use them. Telephone Co. Pays 1954 Tax The Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company through its local manager, T. W. Rose, this week presented checks to the county of Hoke and the town of Raeford amounting to $1,510.18 and $1,414.53, respectively. These amounts representing the estimated ad valorem taxes for the city and county aia based on the valuation of the company's pro perty in the town and county as determined by the State Board of Assessment in other than real property and the local valuation of the real property of the comp any. Payments are made during the month of June in order that the company might avail itself of the discount allowed on ad val orem taxes paid prior to July 1, 1!)54. The total increase in the above local taxes over 1953 was about 18. FARM ITEMS By W. C. Williford County Farm Agent The Soil Testing Division of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture in Raleigh says it is time to get in your soil samples for your winter crops. Each year, just at planting time especially in the Spring and Fall, the Soil Test ing Division gets in thousands of samples from farmers who want an answer the next day. During the Spring of 1D54, they were so far behind analysing the samples that it took three or four weeks to get a sample back. Or dinarily, if you have already bought your fertilizer when your samples come back, you go ahead and use the fertilizer you have purchased. We have an ample supply of soil test boxes and instruction sheets and will be glad to explain to you exactly how to take your soil samples so you will get the best results from them. If you send a sample now, you will get your analysis and fertilizer re- commendations in a few days. If you wait until September 1st or 15th, it will take three or four weeks to get your answer. During the week of August 16 21, 4-H members will be attending camp at Manteo. As we mentioned before in the Farm Items, this will be an expensive trip for 4-H I members due to tne excessive a mount of travel 'nvolvod. It i very likely ihat several 4-H menv bers from Hoke County will miss this trip unless the camp trans portation fund grows bigger than it is now. During the last few weeks of school, the 4-H members sold magazines and made some money for the transportation fund. Also, they made some money on the float in the Harvest Festival last Fall and have received some in come from other sources. They have recently received gifts from three Home Demonstration Clubs which are highly appreciated and very helpful. These clubs are Wayside, Blue Springs, and Rae deen. The Rockfish Home Dem onstration Club is planning to help the 4-H Club with a supper meeting and give the proceeds to camp transportation fund. The County 4-H Treasurer tells me they have better than $60 in the fund now. If the usual num ber of 4-H members attend camp which will be between 30-40, this will be about $1 00 less that each 4-H member wMl have to pay. On Tuesday, June 20, about 30 35 farmers from Hoke County, in cluding Vctc-an Trainees, attend ed the Tobacco Field Day at the Whitcville Test Farm. These far mers saw the tob'eco harvesters and a grading machine in opera tion. One thing of particular interest was the high analysis fertilizer results that were demonstrated. Contrary to the general belief that (Continued en back page) Eagle Award To McFadyen Neill McFadyen, Jr., received his badge as an Eagle Scout, the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouts of America, at a colorful and ceremonial court of honor held by campfire at Camp Tom Upchurch on Friday night, June 25. Fifteen years of age, Neill is the son of Mr. and Mrs. McFadyen of Raeford, and has 21 merit badges. He is an Explorer Scout and has bce.i a member of the Order of the Arrow, Scout honor society, for about two years. The court of honor was presid ed over by Fred Kendall of Laur inburg, advancement chairman for the Western District of the council. The ceremony consisted of 12 scouts symbolizing and de fining the steps of scouting the new Eagle had to pass through to reach the highest rank. The 12 parts of the scout law were then recited in unison by the scouts. Climax of the occasion came when Eagle Scout Leon Cameron escorted Mr. and Mrs. McFadyen, parents of the new Eagle Scout, to the campfire circle. There Mi Kendall presented the badge to Mr. McFadyen, who handed it to his wife to pin on her son. After having received the Eagle award Neill expects to complete this summer of scouting activity by taking part in an expedition of Explorer scouts in Florida. a Homecoming At Philippi Sunday B Mrs. A. A. Mclnnis Philippi Presbyterian Churcn had their annual homecoming last Sunday. It was extremely hot every where, but with all the ice water, iced tea and lemonade that was provided, no one could b too uncomfortable from the heat. There was a fine breeze too, com ing over from nearby Rockfish Creek that helped to keep the spirits up, and when all that de licious food was spread on picnic tables under the shade of the trees on the church grounds, the heat was entirely forgotten. The day began with Sunday School and preaching at the usual hours of ten and eleven o'clock. After the church services there was an intermission for greeting kinfolks and friends and enjoyment of the outdoor repast. A spirit of Christ ian fellowship prevaded the gath ering and as soon as the songsters felt like tuning up after dinner everybody re-entered the chuich for a period of hymn singing with the Rev. W. B. Heyward of Rae ford in charge and Mrs. Cyrus Autry, pianist. The program co.i sisted of hymns by the congre gation, memorial service for those who passed away the past year. prayers by Rev. W. B. Heywa-d and Rev. James Ives, summer pastor of the church, a solo by little Miss Candice Autry,. Duet by Mrs. R. W. Posey and daugh ter, Miss Charlotte Posey, mixed quartet by Mr. and Mrs. Hub-t Warwick, Mrs. Cyrus Autry anJ Rev. James Ives, several selection--by male quartet from First Bap tist Church, Red Springs, nrxed quartet, Mr. and Mrs. Norwood of Red Springs, Mrs. Cyrus Autry and Mrs. Carl Matthews, quartet, Mclnnis Brothers, closing with "Blest Be the Tie That Binds ' by the congregation and the bene diction. One thing that marred the hap piness of all was the fact fiat Mrs. Mamie Blount and her siscer Mrs. Ida Lancaster of Miami, Fla. could not be present on accou.it of Mrs. Blount's illness, in Rae ford, where she remained for this special occasion, en route to N.'W York. May she have a speedy re covery. 0 Misses Eloise Upchurch and Suzanne Cameron returned last week after a two weeks' visit in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida with Mr. and Mrs. Alan McGee. Liquor Dealer Gets Big Fine E. B. Monroe, colored, entered pleas of guilty in two cases of prohibition 'aw violations before Judge T. O. Moses in Hoke Coun ty recorder's court Tuesday. The first for having non-tax-paid liquor for sale and he got from four to six mon'hs to be suspend ed on payment of a fine of $200 and costs. In the second, for hav ing a still, ne got from eight to 12 months, to run consecutively and to be srspended on payment of $300 and court costs, and on condition of two years good be havior. He was still in jail yes terday but was expected to pay out. L. C. Cunningham, colored man who had gotten out of a couple of previous char ,es in recent months, was found guilty of speeding 90 miles an hour, care less and reckless driving and hav ing no driver's license. He got sixty days to be suspended on payment of $50 and costs on the speeding charge and 30 days to be suspended on payment of $25 and costs on eich of the other charges. He appealed to Superior court and is at present in the county jail in default of a $500 bond. Jim Edwards, white, was found guilty of assaulting William Rob inson with a deadly weapon. Sen tence was 12 months to be sus pended on paymen' of a $16 doc tor bill, $25 to Robinson, a $300 fine and two years good behavior. Allie McK. Eascn, white, pled guilty of drying crunk. Sentence was 60 days to be suspended on Payment of tlOP-vnd costs. Kola and Marie Turner, color ed, for ariicipa'.ing in an affray with a deadly weapon in a case heard last week, got from four to six months to be suspended on payment of $25 and costs each and two years good behavior. Dan Carter, white, got 30 days suspended on payment of $10 and costs for hav.ng non-tax-paid liquor. State dropped its charge of having no driver's license against Prentis Rogers, colored. James A. MjAliister, colored, got from four to six months su spended on payment of $200 and costs for driving after1 his license had been revoked. Conrad I. Williams, white, pled guilty of driving drunk with no driver's license lie got 60 days suspended on payment of $125 and costs. Richard Graham, colored, got 30 days suspended on payment of $10 and cost:; for being drunk in public. Speeders were Waldon E. Skin ner, white, and John E. Walker, colored, each leaving a $25 bond Sammy E. Floyd, white, $10 and costs; Claude M. Dickerson, white, costs. Attending School Betty Upchurch Is attending a Leadership Training School In New York City fiom July 1 to August 13.. The school is spon sored by the National Student YMCA - YWCA. There are 13 students from colleges over the United States enrolled in the school. Betty will represent Wes leyan College in Macon, Georgia. The summer work will include two courses at Union Theological Seminary, a course on leadership in the Student Christian Movp ment, and field trips over sec tions of New York City. Edward Nestingen, Program Secretary for the National Student Council of the YWCA will be Director of the School and Mrs. Winnie Pardo, Secretary of the Brooklyn Stud ent Christian Movement, Associ ate Director. 0 The Rev. and Mrs. J. Herbert Miller atended the dedication of Westminister Methodist Church in Kinston, Sunday where their son, the Rev. James MiT'er, is minister. Tigers Take Two League Games The Raeford Tigers won two games in Little League play in the home park in the past week. The first of these, last Thursday afternoon, was considered by most spectators to have been one of the best games of the season. The Tigers beat the Aberdeen Cardi nals 7 to 6 in a game with two extra innings. McMinis scored the tying run for the Tigers in the sixth on a hit by Riley and in the eighth Prue'te hit to right field to bring Byrd across with the winning run. Pruette was the winning pitcher, relieving McCas kill in the third inning. Baker for the Caridnnls was charged with the loss. At the piate for the Tig ers Byrd led with three hits, while MeCaskill, Pruette and Snipes had 'two each. On Monday afternoon the two Raeford teams battled each other in the park at Robbins Heights with the Tigers coming out on top of a 13 to 7 jeore. Ihey started the game by get'ing 13 men to bat in the top of the first inning and picking up seven runs. MeCaskill was the wiMiir.g pitcher. Lester for the Indians was charged with the loss. He was relieved by Jen kins and Hord. Byrd for the vic tors got a bases-loaded triple, while Hord also got a three-bagger for the Indians. 0 Attend Insurance Convention In S C Mr. and Mrs J W. Canaday returned yesterday from Conven tion for Faim Bureau Insurance Companies, held at the Ocean Forest Hotel, Myrtte Beach, S. C. The Age. ley Force was told their Automob'Ie Insurance Co. was the largest in the two Caro linas and while only licensed in fourteen States and District of Columbia is the fourth largest in the nation. Highlight of the meeting was the announcement that new Acci dent and Health Policies would be available to the public within three weeks. n Masons Plan District Meeting On Wednesday itftcrnoon July 7th, Raeford Lodge No. 306 A. F. & A. M. will be host for a District Meeting of ths Eleventh and Twelfth Masonic Districts. Robert L. Pugh, Grand Master of Masons in North Carolina, Wil bur L. Mclver, Gland Secretary, Rev. A. DeLeon, Superintendent of Oxford Orphanage, Allan G. Powers, District Deputy Grand Master, Charles Newcomb, Past Grand Mas'er and many other outstanding Mason3 will be pres ent on this occasion. The afternoon session will be held in the Lodge Hall and will begin at three o'clock. A dutch supper, of planked fish, will be served at the McLauchlin Elem entary School Cafeteria at six o' clock. The evening session will begin at eight o'clock. All Master Masons are invited to attend the meetings and sup per. Mrs. Walter David of Kings tree, S. C, Monroe David and Monroe, Jr. of Columbia, S. C. spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. S. McLean. Mr. and Mrs. T B. Upchurch and Betty left Wednesday by plane for New Yrk. Betty will attend a Leadeiship Training School in New York City from July 1 through August 13. Mr. and Mrs. Upchurch will remain in New York for several days. Hob& Guard Docs Outstanding Work Austin Heads Boosters Club Following the organizational meeting at J. L. McNeill's pond last week the five c'irectors named there met this week and complet ed the .organization of the "Hoke High Boostcis Club." Direc tors named last week were J. H. Austin, Jim Tillman, the Rev. W. B. Heyward, W. C. Hod gin and J. L. McNeill This group, at a meeting this week, named Younger Snead, Ralph Plummer, Horace Walters and Pete Sawyer to the board of directors, as the meeting had authorized. Jake Aus'in wrs elected first president of the club, Snead vice president, and Tillman secretary. It was decided ihat the organ ization's year will start on Aug ust 1 of each year and that offi cers will be elected annually in July. The first membership drive will start in early August after a coach for the coming year has been employed. Membership in the club will be open to everyone and dues will be one dollar per month. As was p inted out last week the money to be raised will be used soltly to provide better athletics at Hoke County High School. Named to the coach selection committee were A.istin and Hey ward, who will work with Prin cipal Gibson and Board Member Julius Jordan. The club will also handle the sale of season tickets and promotion of athle'ic contests. Finance and promotional commit- I tees of the club are still to be I named. Next publi: affair is to be I the kick-off supper for the 1954- 55 year in early August after the employment of a coach. -O Baptist Observe Youth Week Following their usual custom the young people of the Raeford Baptist Chureh are now carrying out the services and the work of the church for one week. The keys of the various offices of the church were turned over to them at the close of the morning wor ship service, Sunday, June 27. The following are the officers for the week: Pastor: Douglas Dixon, Asst. Pastor: Kenny Cul breth, Sunday School Supt.: Jim my Peek, Asst. Supt.: Ann Mer cer, Sunday School Sec.: Barbara Warlick, Asst. Sec Gathard Gar ison, Training Union Director: Betty Kinlaw, Asst. Director: Sara Lynn McGirt, Training Union Sec: Evelyn Blanton, Asst. Sec: Linda Mercer, Director Religious Education: Helen Rose, Organist: Janice Benner, Choir Director: Faye Dark, Pianist: Sandra Wood, Publicity Committee: Chairman, Lilmar Sue Gatiin, Members, Nancy Bishop and Treva Duncan, Deacons, Chairman: Robert Wea ver. Other deacons are: Everett Garrison, Sonny Parks, Jackie Morris, Kermit Wood, Weldon Bishop, Lecn Gatiin and Jim Wade. Ushers: Ray Thomas, Chief, Charles Odnm, Harold MeCaskill, Winifred Davis, Floyd Harrell, Jack Blanton, Dale Connell, Jim my Shankle and Dickie Perkens. 0 AT MEDICAL ASSEMBLY Dr. A. L. O'Bri.mt, who is re opening his iffice for the practice of medicine here today, attended the Mountaiitop Medical Assem bly last Friday and Saturday at Waynesville, in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Over 70 doctors from four states attended and heard papers on professional subjects. Battalion Rated Superior Hoke County's National Guard unit, Battery A of the 130th AAA Battalion, rt'urned from their an nual 15-day summer training per iod at Camp Stewart, Georgia, on Sunday morning. Reports on their performance in camp indicated that they were just as hot as the weather was on the day they got home. The batte:y was the largest unit in Camp Stewart, having 103 men present, with three officers and one warrant officer. Of its strength of 106 only one man was counted absent from the encamp ment. Sergeants John Scott Poole and John Whiteford Jones being at officer candidate school at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Unofficial but authoritative in formation through Captain Rich ard P. Dcwitt, Regular Army ad visor with the 130th who is leav ing for Eng'and shortly, indicates that the Third A: my Inspection team at Can p Stevart graded the Hoke men higher on their period of field training than any of the other sixty-odd units there. Un der the system of inspection used a different inspector would come to the unit each three days, mak ing five for the period, and then they would get together and aver age their grades for each unit. In Battery A these inspections covered every phase of training activity starling with the records which are maintained by Warrant Officer Roger W. Dixon and Sup ply Sergeant Danie' E. Baker. The Wehcn, the mess hall, the cooks and the food, under the manage ment of Mess Steward Sgt. Angus W. Wilkes was rigidly inspected daily, both in Catrp Stewart and in the field. The motor section un der Sergeant first class William E. Kennedy and the communica tions section headed by Sgt. Wil liam K. Hawley and Radio Spec ialist Malcolm D. Holt also did their part in getting the high score for the battery. Doing thi mos and carrying the load and putting up the good appearance necessary every day were all the men of the battery as they went about their training duties. Captain Edwin D. Newton and his officers, First Lieutenant Talmadge English and Second Lt. Thomas Macko ard Chief War rant Officer Roger V. Dixon pro vided the type of leadership ne cessary for the hic'h standard of performance and were ably as sisted by the senior non-commissioned officers, First Sergeant Jesse N. Gulledge and Master Ser geants Clarence M. Willis and Arnold Monroe. Actually conduct ing the day-to-day training fir ing, parading, guard duty and the like were section leaders. Serge ants First Class Arthur R. Ash burn, Raymond E. Baker, William D. Cothran, Herman B. Heming way, Jr., James H. Woodhouse and Jesse D. Parnell. All perform ed their duties in a superior man ner to produce the rating of "Su perior" for the whole battery. Enlistments in Battery A, which were frozen during the month of June, will be opened again July 1. Men desiring to enlist in the unit may do so at the armory on Monday through Friday or at drills on Monday nights. The entire battel y went out for a seafood dinnei on Friday night in celebration of their fine record. Whole Battalion Excels While Ba tery A was leading the field, it did not have the hon ors alone by any means, as the entire 130th Battalion, command ed by Lt. Col. William Lamont, Jr., was considered most outstand ing on the entire post by the Third Army Inspection team. All the batteries received ' Superior" rat ings on their training inspections, with most of these grades being considerably higher than in any other units present. Headquarter Battery of Red Srpings, com ( Continued on back P)