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The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XI.IX; NUMBER 6
Till KSDAY, Jl'LY 8, 1951
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By The Editor
We can be thankful that no vi
tal statistics were added from this
county to those in which Fourth
of July deaths were recorded for
the State and Nation. It was prob
ably no accident, either, that there
were no serious wrecks in the
county during the holiday. An in
telligent drive is being made in
North Carolina right now to get
people to use their heads and
quit killing themselves on the
highways at such a great rate.
This drive is paying off. In Hoke
County it is more than a possi
bility that some of the twenty
odd persons who were in record
er's court Tuesday were caught
by patrolmen and town and coun
ty officers before they pursued
their violations long enough to
kill or hurt themselves or others,
This "whammy" the State High
way Patrol is using is bound to be
having a good effect on those who
want to drive fast in North Caro
lina. There just isn't any way to
beat it, the way they set it up be
hind the crest of a hill from the
way they are checking traffic.
Any time you go over a hill at
more than 55 you are liable to get
caught, and that's all there is to
it. These little signs they are put
ting up with words of wisdom on
them should do some good, too.
One says "The driver who takes
a drink needs a cop for a chaser."
There are many others.
Main subject of conversation is
still the weather, and -we still
don't seem t,i bf able to do any
thing about it. The thermometer
continues to stay up around a
hundred or more on most days,
and it still doesn't rain in this
vicinity. It is somewhat coudy
today, though, and I know that
many a farmer's prayer will be
for something to fall. You can
hear farmers predicting worse re
sults every day that it doesn't
rain, and others saying that it is
n't near as bad yet as it has been
in one or another of the last three
or four years. It does seem to be
mighty dry over most of the coas
tal region.
Was reading in the Laurinburg
"Exchange" toda about Tom
Gill, brother of State Treasurer
Edwin Gill, starting his 31st year
at the Scotland County courthouse.
He is county accountant and ex
officio general manager of the
county. I knew thr.t Hoke Coun
ty's John McGoogan could better
that record, so I went over to get
the dates from him. McGoogan
has been working for this county
for about 33 years, but only the
last 26 of them were consecutive,
so I guess we won't start any ar
gument with the Scotland folks.
McGoogan became superintendent
of schools in 1911 when the coun
ty was formed, and held that post
until 1918. For the next 10 years
he was not a county employee,
but worked for Hoke Mercantile
Co. and others as a bookkeeper,
cotton buyer, etc. In 1928 when
the post of county auditor was
authorized by the Legislature he
got the job and has held it since.
Like Gill in Laiirinburg, Mc
Googan looks after things for the
county commissioners, keeps the
records, and can answer most any
question most any time about
anything to do with the county
government. He was telling me
that during the 10 years he was
not at the courthouse he did some
tax work for the county, recalling
preparing the tax scroll when
there were six different tax rates
in the county, Instead of a county-wide
rate as we have now, and
the job that was.
i Before there wa? a county ac
countant or any fiscal control of
counties and towns as there is
now, many counties got in finan
cial trouble and stayed there, Mc
Googan was telling me. Many of
them borrowed more money than
they could evrr pay back and
paid more interest than they
should have There was no such
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M. Duke Marshall
Funeral Is Held
At Shiloh Sunday
Marvin Duke Marshal!, 56, of
the staff of the N. C. Sanatorium
at McCain, died Friday afternoon
after having been seriously ill
for some months.
He had been with the Sana
torium as plumber and steamfit
ter for several years. He was
born at Jacksonville, N. C, son
of Isaac and Caroline Millis Mar
shall. He was a member of Shiloh
Presbyterian Church.
Funeral service was conducted
at Shiloh Church on Sunday af
ternoon at 2:30 by the Rev. W. B.
Gaston, a former pastor, the Rev.
J. A. Amory, pastor, and the Rev.
Claude Marshall of Jacksonville.
Burial was in the churchyard
cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Janie Laughinghouse of New
Bern; one daughter, Carol Ann,
of the home; and one son, Lt. M.
D. Marshall, Jr., United States
Air Force, stationed at Knoxville.
Tenn.
FARM ITEMS
By W. C. Williford
County Farm Agent
During the week of July 19 to
24, approximately 1500 4-H girls
and boys from North Carolina
will attend the Annual State 4-H
Club Week. The program will be
held on the campu3 of North Car
olina State College for the purpose
of giving 4-H members the ad
vantage of further training than
is available in the county.
Among other things, the 4-H
members attending will get a
chance to see all the state win
ning 4-H Demonstration Teams.
Also featured will be such things
as a program entitled "New
Things For More People" by
Frank L. Teuton, of the Bureau
of Agricultural iind Industrial
Chemistry of the United States
Department of Africulture. One
of the most enjoyable highlight?
of the program is always the 4-H
Taient Show on Friday evening.
Each county has a talent con
test once a year The 4-H'crs who
are the county winners compete
in the District Contests which are
being conducted throughout the
s'ate during this week. The 4-H
members who win the district
talent contests wil' participate in
the state talent show. Each year
it is attended by an increasing
number of people. It is amazing
to see the quality of talent that
is exhibited by the 4-H'ers who
win the district and county con
tests to. become eligible for the
state show.
Any 4-H club member who is
14 or older is eligible to attend
4-H Week, provided he or she is
conducting a project and is other
wise in good standing. Members
who are interested should contact
the County Agent as soon as pos
sible. On Saturday, July 3, I went
from Raeford to Rocky Mount by
Lillington and Clayton. During
the course of the trip, I counted
approximately 20 irrigation sys
tems in operation. Some were
getting wattr from streams, and
some were getting water from
dug holes. The very large major
ity was getting water from dam
med lakes or ponds.
Irrigation is also getting to be
very popular in Hoke County. F.
O. (Shorty) Clark tells me that
there are eight systems operating
in Hoke County now as compared
to one in 1953. This seems to be
about the ratio of Increase that
most counties are experiencing.
The principal item before irri
gation can be effective is a water
supply. The engineers tell us that
Hoke County is on the borderline
as far as deep wcils are concern
ed. East of us, deep wells are
very dependable and west of us,
they are not dependable. A deep
well that is dependable Is the
best source of water because there
is little or no danger of spreading
parasites or diseases from well
water.
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Dr. Murray's Mother
Dies Sun. Morning;
Funeral Held Mon.
Mrs. E. C. Mur-ay, widow of
the late Dr. E. C. Murray, D. D.,
of St. Pauls, died early Sunday
morning at Cabarrus County Nur
sing home in Concord. She had
been in declining health for sev
eral years.
She was formerly Lillian Nor
wood Lebby of Summerville, S.
C. She married Dr. Murray in
Summerville where he had his
first pastorate. She was active in
Woman's Work in the Church,
helping to organize it. She also
took an active part in the activi
ties of the Ameiican Legion Aux
iliary, the U.D.C. and the D.A.R.
Funeral service was held in the
St. Pauls Presbyterian Church on
Monday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock.
Officiating at the service was the
Rev. W. L. Foley of Sanford, the
Rev. H. R. Poole, pastor, and the
Rev. W. B. Heyward, pastor the
Raeford Presbyterian Church. Ac
tive pallbearers were deacons of
the St. Pauls Church and honor
ary pallbeaiers weie elders of the
St. Pauls Church and the Raeford
Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Murray is survived by
four sons, Dr. J. J. Murray, D. D.,
of Lexington, Va., Dr. Robert L.
It -aoh aqx 'pjojaeH jo Xejjnw
J. Murray of Buena Vista, Va.,
and Hugh Murray of Charlotte;
two daughters, Mrs. W. L. Cooper,
Stuart Robinson School, Blackey,
Ky., and Miss Florence Murray of
Raleigh; one sister, Miss Julia
Lebby of Charlotte; one brother,
Harry Lebby of Baton Rouge, La.,
and 10 grandchildren.
PERSONALS
Miss Jenelle Snead entered
Moore County Hospital last Fri
day where she underwent an ap
pendectomy. Mr. and Mrs. Hnllie Blythe and
Sandra entertained their guests,
Mrs. J. C. Blythe. Sr., Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. BIytne, Jr., Miss Bar
bara Blythe and Bailes Blythe
from Himtcrsvilie in the Wood
row McLean cottage at White I
Lake during the v. eek end.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Upchurch
returned Sunday from New York
where they spent several days
last week.
Mrs. L. B. Pooie and children
of Belmont are spending two
weeks with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Alexander.
Miss Sandra Blythe returned
home Saturday after spending a
week in Charlotte and Hunters
ville visiting re'.atives.
Franklin Teai, Billy Lester, H.
P. Walters and Billy Currie of
Camp Gordcn, Georgia visited
their parents durin? the week end.
Senator and Mrs. J. B. Thomas
left Tuesday for Black Mountain
where they will be the guests of
Senator and Mrs. Fred Mclntyre
several days this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Barber and
son, Richard, of Winston-Salem
were Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Upchurch, Sr.
Mrs. Clyde Upchurch, Jr. left
Tuesday for a two weeks' visit
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Falls in Gastonia.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Augustoni
left Saturday for New York to
attend the funeral of Mr. Augus
toni's brother, Jack.
Mrs. Tom Cameron was called
to Bennettsville last week to be
with her father, A. P. Breeden,
who suffered an attack of angina.
Mrs. W. G. Matthews of Roa
noke Rapids visited Mr. and Mrs.
C. P. Long Sunday. Miss Alice
Long returned with her for a
visit.
Mrs. Dempsey Herring and chil
dren of Georgetown, S. C. are
visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Buoyer.
39 Defendants
Face Recorder
In Long Session
Celebration of Independence
Day may or may not have caused
it, but there was a long session of
Hoke County recorder's court be
fore Judge T. O. Moses on Tues
day. Cases against 39 defendants
were disposed of, with five paying
for driving drunk and seven for
being drunk in public or being
drunk and disorderly.
James Edward Allen, white,
pled guilty of driving drunk and
got 60 to 90 days suspended on
payment of $100 and costs and
two years good behavior. On
charges of violating the prohibi
tion laws and being drunk in pub
lic he got 30 days suspended on
payment of $25 and costs.
Lloyd Arthur Jennings, white,
got 60 days suspended on pay
ment of $100 and costs for driv
ing drunk, as did William K. May
and Raymond A. O'Connor, white,
and Woodrow McLaurin, colored.
For public diunkenness Chan
cy McLauchlin and Dock Lee
Thomas, both colored, and Wil
liam R. Hawkman, white, each
got 30 days suspended on pay
ment of $10 and costs. Durwood
Owen Parker and Herbert West,
white, and Roscoe Cook, colored,
each got 30 days suspended on
payment of $25 and costs for be
ing drunk in public. Cook also
got 60 days to be suspended on
payment of $25 and costs for
damage to persona! property, and
had to make good the damages.
L. C. Cunningham and Ozell
Beatty, both colored, were charg
ed with receiving some stolen
welding equipment. Probable
cause was found ;nd both were
ordered held for superior court.
Cunningham's bond was set at
$350 and Beatty's at $500. Both
are in jail.
James Jordan, colored, pled
guilty of violating the prohibi
tion laws and got 30 days su
spending on payment of $25 and
costs. Mildred MeRae and Alice
Willis, who were with him, were
not prosecuted,
Dan Ray, colored, pled guilty
of having a still and got eight to
12 months to be suspended on
payment of $2."0 and costs and
three years good behavior. For
having non-tax-pr.id liquor for
sale, of which he also pled guilty,
he got 90 days to be suspended
on payment of $100 and costs.
Harry Lee Daniels, colored, was
charged with assault on a female.
He was found guilty of immoral
conduct and got 90 days suspend
ed on payment of $25 and costs
and two years good behavior.
Jerold D. Lwesay, George D.
Moore and Lawrence A. Blais,
all white, were charged with vio
lating the proh'bition laws. Live
say pled guilty and charges a
gainst the other two were drop
ped. Livesay got 30 days suspend
ed on payment of $25 and costs.
York Rogers, colored, was
charged with assault and found
guilty of carrying a concealed
weapon. Sentence of 60 days was
suspended on payment of $25 and
costs. On a charge of stealing a
car from his wife, Climmie Mil
ler, was found not guilty.
Elvie McAllister, colored, had
to pay $10 and costs for failing to
stop at a stop sign. Quincy Smith,
colored, had to pay costs for fail
ing to stop at a wreck.
John Zig McLean and Ben Ro
berg Campbell, both colored, each
paid $25 and costs for having no
dirver's license. For the same and
having improper brakes Willie
James Johnson, colored, had to
pay $35 and costs.
Annie Lee McNeill, colored,
was found guilty of violating the
prohibition laws by having liquor
for sale. Sentence of from three
to four months in jail was sus
pended on payment of $50 and
costs and on condition of two
years good behavior.
James Moore, co.ored, left a $25
bond for careless and reckless
driving. John E'wood Grewe,
white, left a $7S bond for speed
ing and having no driver's license.
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Border Belt Markets
Will Open August 2
The Board of Governors of the
Bright Belt Warehouse associa
tion met in Raleigh last Friday
and set dates for the opening of
the Border and Eastern Belt
warehouses and said they would
set opening dales for the Middle
and Old belts at a meeting set for
August 7.
The auction season in the Georgia-Florida
Belt will open July
15. North and South Carolina
Border Belt markets will start
selling on August 2, and the
Eastern North Carolina Belt will
begin auctions on August 17 un
less future crop conditions war
rant a change.
Fred S. Royslcr of Henderson,
president of the Bright Belt As
sociation, said ai the meeting that
"this Is the most unusual year
we have seen on Jiily 1 and most
difficult year we have seen to set
opening dates, due to the unusual
weather conditoins." The Geor
gia-Florida crop was reported
slightly later than usual and the
Middle and Old Belt tobacco more
advanced than normally.
The indepenrien' markets of
South Carolina, which- include all
in that state execpt Mullins, have
set August 2 as their opening date,
and the North Carolina Sandhills
group, also indepe.ident, has fix
ed August 25 for starting the 1954
selling season.
Opening dates last year by
belts: Georgia-Florida, July 16;
South Carolina, July 30; Border,
August 3; Eastern North Carolina,
August 20; Middle, Sept. 8; Old
Belt, September 21. ,
Hoke 4-H Team Wins
In District Contest
At Whiteville Wed.
James Potter and Clyde Leach,
entering the District 4-H contests
as a team from Hoke County, won
first place in the Livestock man
agement Division at Whiteville
Wednesday with tr.eir demonstra
tion on deiioiiv'ng cattle. Teams
from ciuht other counties were
entered in the contest and win
ners will reeeiw flee trips to the
State 4-Tf Club Week in Raleigh
where tticv wili compete in the
State contests in livestock man
agement. W. C. Williford, county farm
agent, accompanied the boys to
the contests in Wniteville. James
Potter is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alton Potter and Clyde Leach is
the son of Mrs. L. C. Currie and
the late Mr. Leach.
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PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mc
Lauchlin of Charlotte. Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh McLauchlin of Greens
boro and Mrs. Henry Crenshaw
and children of Ft. Deposit, Ala.,
were guests of Mrs. H. C. Mc
Lauchlin during the week end.
Bobby Davis, Reggie Perkins
and Charles Da.iicls spent several
days this week at Myrtle Beach.
Guests in the home of Mrs.
Helen S. Barrington during the
week end were: D. E. Barrington
of Washington, D. C, Walter Bar
rington of Charleston, S. C. and
Dave Barrington of Elizabeth
City.
Johnny Maultsby, James Alex
ander and Bobby Alexander vis
ited Mr. and Mrs R. C. Landis
and Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Landis of
Revere and Middleton, Mass. this
week.
Miss Jessie Bright Ferguson is
attending Bankers School at Cha
pel Hill this week.
Miss Lizzie Niven returned
from Moore County Hospital on
Monday where sr.e has been a
patient for several days.
John Johnson of Winston-Salem
spent Friday and Saturday with
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Upchurch.
Mr. and Mrs. L M. Upchurch
spent several days in Charlotte
last week.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HIKE
TAX RATE FOR 1954 TO $1.15
Antioch Indians
Celebrate Fourth
With Fireworks
A group of Indians got together
at the old Brown place in Antioch
Township on Sunday afternoon,
July 4, and while just what hap
pened is not clear and probably
will never be, the gathering was
certainly not a dull one. Known
results are that one Sara Mac
Davis lost a leg from a shotgun
blast and Esther Collins was shot
in the arm with a pistol.
In the Hoke County jail as a
result of the affair are Robert
Bullard, Jesse Lowry, Revel Hen
derson and Bort Locklear. They
have not been charged pending
further investigation by Sheriff
D. H. Hodgin and county officers.
The sheriff says he was told
several stories cf the fracas. One
was to the effect that a group was
at the place enjoying themselves
at about 3:30 p. m. when Jesse
Lowry, Boot Locllear and two
women came. It was said that
Jesse wanted a drink and was
told either that he couldn't have
it or that there wasn't any. At
this he is said to have drawn his
pistol and started shooting, large
ly at random. His pistol was tak
en from him, the story is, and he
was beaten with it and other
things. (That he was beaten is
no story. It's a fact.) Nobody
seems to have shot anybody, and
how the shotgun came into play
is not clear.
Inclination on the part of most
present seems to bo to blame
Jesse Lowry with everything, al
though no two rtories- of the bus
iness seem to be the same. It was
at Lowry's home in Antioch
Township at a similar affair that
Daniel Edward Dees was shot to
death early in March.
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Local PCA Men At
Directors' Meeting
Farmers now have nearly 22
million dollars invested in the
capital and reserves of production
credit association in the Third
Farm Credit District.
N. H. G. Balfour, President of
the Laurinburg Production Credit
Association, reports that this fi
gure was given out at the 21st
annual conference of South Car
olina officers and directors re
cently held at Charleston, S. C.
Others attending were Direc
tors F. C. McCormick, Reid W.
Childless, and H. L. Morgan of
the Laurinburg Production Credit
Association.
Mr. Balfour says that farmer
member net worth increased by
more than two million dollars
Inst year.
J. D. Lawrence, Deputy Governor,-
Farm Credit Administration,
was the opening speaker at the
conference. He described in de
tail the Farm Credit Act of 1953
and the operation of the Board.
James A. Roger-, Public Rela
tions Director, Coker Pedigreed
Seed Company, was a principal
speaker at the second session.
"Farmers are faring more com
petition and more commerciali
zation, and high production of
crop and livestock is a 'must',"
Rogers says.
Approximately 150 officers and
directors frcm the 21 production
credit associations in South Car
olina and sever.il North Carolina
and Georgia associations attend
ed the conference.
JAYCEES FISH FRY FRI.
The Raeford Juinor Chamber
of Commerce will have a public
fish fry at the Upchurch Airport
on Friday night irom 5:00 until
9:00 o'clock to raise money for
their civic projects. A hot supper
of fresh sea bream, cole slaw,
pickles and hush puppies will be
served and the public is Invited.
The Hoke County board of
commissioners has had two meet
ings in the new fiscal year start
ed July 1, having met on Thurs
day, July 1 and on Tuesday, July
6. They also had a meeting on
the last day of June. These meet
ings were spent in study and dis
cussion of the county budget for
the new year, the board seeking
ways of keeping the county tax
rate down and still meeting the
necessary expenses of running
the county.
They managed to keep the rate
for county general expenses the
same as it has been but approved
a budget which calls for a five
cent increase for school funds.
The total budget for fiscal 1955
was set at $129,000, almost $12,
000 more than last year's $117,-
210. The total county tax rate for
this year is $1.15, as compared to
last year's rate of $1.10 per $100
valuation.
The school budget, which was
based on a five-cent Increase in
taxation, is being revised down
ward slightly, as the estimated
revenue from the five-cent tax
increase was considered a little
too high by the commissioners.
The county general fund rate is
being kept at the same rate of 58
cents in spite of a considerable
increase in several items of the
budget. This is being done through
consideration of an operating sur
plus last year of about $10,000
and authorization for use of $10,
000 in bond money for general
fund purposes if necessary.
Items in the general fund bud
get which are increased are the
welfare department, up $3534,
the anticipated expenditure of
$2800 more for law enforcement
in the county, and $3200 for a
new bookmobile for the county.
The board approved two new
roads and requested that the high
way commission build them. One
is a road nlon the Moore-Hoke
line in Little River Township
from -the Vass-Lobelia road south
one mile. This road is a joint pro
ject with Moore County. The oth
er is from the Raeford-Maxton
road at the J. B. Thomas farm
along the old Red Springs road
to the T. D. Potter place and
thence to N. C. 211, a distance of
one mile.
A telephone was authorized for
the office of the register of deeds.
This completed the installation of
telephones in the county offices,
one having been put in the ac
countant's office in the spring.
The highway commission was
asked to repair the road from the
Annie McMillan residence in Blue
Springs Township to Buffalo
Springs church, and the Ritter
road near Rockfish, the latter a
previously requested project.
The board ordered that after
August 1 all dogs in the county
which have not been vaccinated
for rabies, and wh'ch the owners
fail or refuse to have vaccinated
be placed In the Raeford pound
where during a period of five
days the owners may get them by
paying all charges and having
them vaccinated. At the end of
five days the dog warden is au
thorized to sell the dogs for ex
penses or, failing in this, to de
stroy them.
J. A. McGoogan was reelected
county accountant for a term of
two years. W. C. Williford and
Miss Josephine Hill were re
elected county f irm and home
agent, respectviely, for terms of
one year each.
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AMERICAN LEGION TO
MEET MONDAY NIGHT
Commander Truman Austin of
the Ellis Williamson American
Legion post, this week reminded
legionnaires of the regular mon
thly meeting 3nd supper which
will be held at the High school
cafeteria on Monday night, July
12, at 7:00 o'clock. He said that
a film entitled 'Tubllc Relations
Thinking" would be shown and
urged all to attend.
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