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The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLIX; NUMBER 11
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1934
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By The Editor
Background work for the
United Fund Drive this fall is
going right along, I understand.
Crawford Thomas is chairman of
the "Budget and Admissions"
committee of the United Fund of
Hoke County, and there is more
work and responsibility involved
in this committee than you might
think at first. The group has the
task of setting up the entire bud
get for the drive. They have to
find out what charities, funds and
organizations should be included
in the Hoke County drive, and
the extent to which each should
benefit. They have to reach an
agreement with each of these or
ganizations that they will parti
cipate in and accept benefit from
the local drive and in the degree
that is worked out. After all this
' is worked out and agreed to by
the organizations on a basis of.wmn su aavs alter arscnarge
Fair-Share" giving, the entire
giving,
budget and list of participating
members (benefitting organiza
tions) will be submitted to the
board of directors of the Hoke
County United Fund for approval.
The committee is in the process
of handling these matters at the
present time.
When they finish their job the
ball will be passed to the cam
paign chairman, J. L. McNeill,
who will have to work out details
of the drive, acquaint the public
with the need and reasons for it,
and supervise the raising of the
budgeted amount of money. Lot
of work but still, it's on a fair
share basis of need and it will
save all those drives that come
one after another during the first
few months of every year. Per
sons who so desire may specify
a charity to which they wish their
United Fund gift to go, and they
won't have to help with a drive
or face somebody wanting them
to give to one every other week
for months. I think we'll like it.
The Hoke High Boosters Club
got their .nembeiship campaign
off to a good start this week, ac
cording to President Jake Austin.
Membership cards were turned
over to the Jaycccs at their re
gular meeting on Tuesday night,
and at last reports were being
well received by the people of !
the county. The Jaycees, the di-
rectors of the Boosters Club and
others helping are planning to
give everyone in tne county a
chance to join and trfbn help get
others.
McLauchlin Company, one of
the first stores to enter into the
Fall Festival promotion, was ac
cidentally left off the list appear
ing in the news article and the
advertisement which announced
the beginning of the event and
the participating stores. They
are still in it. Raeford Auto Co.
. has been added to the list since
last week.
PERSONALS
Pfc. Dan Carter, Jr. of Glenn
view, Illinois is visiting in the
.home of his father, Dan Carter.
Miss Janet Hodgin is spending
this week at Topsail Beach.
Mrs. John Liles of Richmond,
Virginia Js visiting Dr. and Mrs.
Marcus Smith.
Major Milo Postel is a patient
at Fort Bragg Hospital.
Mrs. Howard Wardlaw and
children, Bradford and Joyce, of
Clemson, S. C. were week end
guests in the home of her uncle
W. L. Alexander.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lundy, Jr.
and children of Sanford visited
Mr. Lundy's parents during the
week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Wood are
spending this week with relatives
In Wilmington.
Tobacco Stolen Tues.
No Arrest Expected
Rural Policeman H. M. Meeks
reported yesterday that almost
150 sticks of tobacco were stolen
from the farm of J. B. Mays in
Qucwhiffle Township some time
Tuesday night. He said that it
appeared that the thieves had
parked their car in the road and
carried the tobacco to it and
driven away, leaving no clues.
Meeks said this was the first
theft of tobacco he had heard of
in this county this season, and
urged farmers to take precautions
with their tobacco because of the
fact that such thefts are almost
impossible for officers to trace.
Service Personnel
Now May Receive
Reenlistment Bonus
Local Air Force Recruiter Mas
ter Sergeant liven D. Quillen an
nounced this week that all prior
service personnel who reenlist
now nave tne opportunity oi rje
ing paid under the new reenlist
ment bonus law, Public Law 506,
or the old bonus law. The new
law passed by Congress only last
week, applies to all branches of
the service.
Under the new bonus law it is
possible for a serviceman who re
enlists to draw up to $2,000. The
amount of each man's bonus de
pends on the man's grade at the
time of discharge, his length of
service and the number of years
for which he reenlists.
Sergeant Quillen said he would
be at the Post Office in Raeford
on Fridays and that he would be
glad to interview recently dis
charged service personnel and
tell each man the amount of re-
enlistment bonus he is eligible
for. In Fayetteville on Thursdays
and Saturdays, he may found at
213 Franklin Street.
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FIRE DESTROYS HOME
' The home of Dock Thomas
near Antioch was destroyed by
fire Saturday afternoon and all
the clothing and personal effects
of the family were lost. Persons
wishing to help them out may
take gifts of clothing, furniture,
etc., to Mrs. Giles at the Welfare
Department.
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BAPTIST PREACHER TO
DISCUSS LOCAL CRURCH
The Rev. James E. Baker, pas
tor of the Raeford Baptist Church,
said this week that his sermons
next Sunday would be on the
things right and wrong with the
local church. At the morning
worship service his subject will
be "What Is Wrong With The
Raeford Baptist Church." At the
evening service at 8:00 o'clock
his subject will be "What Is
Right With The Raeford Baptist
Church."
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WOODMEN CIRCLE PLANS
PICNIC NEXT TUESDAY
The annual picnic of Cedar
Grove No. 179 of Supreme Forest
Woodmen Circle will be held at
Aberdeen Lake on Tuesday af
ternoon, August 17. All members
and their families are invited to
come and bring baskets. Swim
ming games and dancing may be
enjoyed until the meal is served
at 7:30.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Poole and
family were week end guests of
Mrs. Poole's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Alexander. They came
down to bring Mrs. Poole's sis
ter, Mrs. R. C. Langis and chil
dren, who had spent the week
with her in Belmont.
W. A. McDonald is a patient at
Moore County Hospital where he
underwent an opeiation on Tues
day.
Dallas Cameron and Dallas, Jr.
and Miss Nancy Cameron of
Lake Waccamaw spent the week
end with Dr. and Mrs. Marcus
Smith.
Recorder Handles
Heavy Docket In
Court Tuesday
Business picked up in Hoke
County recorder's court this
week, as 21 varied cases were
disposed of and 14 speeders made
M total of 35 cases handled be
fore Judge T. O. Moses.
James B. Stoots, white was
charged with hit and run driving
and driving drunk. He pled guilty
and got 60 diys suspended on
payment of $100 and costs for
driving drunk and prayer for
judgment was continued on pay
ment of the costs tor hit and run
driving. He was also indicted for
assault, and he preferred charges
of assault against Raeford Police
man C. J. McNeill, but both
cases were dropped by the State.
George L. Hamcck, white, pled
guilty of driving drunk and got
60 days suspended on payment of
$100 and costs.
Prayer for judgment was con
tinued in the case in which Ger
ald Whitakcr, white, was char
ged with escaping from the pri
son division of the Sanatorium.
Three violators of the prohibi
tion laws by illegally possessing
liquor for sale were tried. Ha
Mae Jacobs, Indian, was found
guilty. She got 60 days suspend
ed on payment of $50 and costs.
Edward Wilkcrson, colored, pled
guilty and vent to the roads for
from four to six months. Clara
Singletary, colored, was found
guilty and sentence was from
three to four months in jail, to
be suspended on payment of $100
and costs and two years good be
havior. Other prohibition law violators
were Roy Lee Monroe, Neill Ar
chie McMillan and Walter K. In
gram, all colored. Each pled guil
ty and got 30 days suspended on
payment of $10 and costs. Rayos
Florentina, white, got the same
for being drunk and violating the
prohibition laws.
James Bobb, white, pled guilty
of damaging the jail and had to
pay costs and $18.10 damages.
Lexie O. McCrimmon and Carl
R. Hash, both white, .each pled
guilty of public drunkenness and
each had to pay $10 and costs.
Prayer for judgment was con
tinued on payment of costs by
Charles Henry, colored, on the
same charge.
Purccll Little, colored, was
found not guilty on a charge of
larceny.
Hulane Sanders, colored, paid
costs for falling to stop at a stop
sign.
Gaston Shaw, colored, got 30
days suspended on payment of
costs for driving with no driv
er's license.
State dropped cases against
Julia Ellis, colored, for careless
and reckless driving, and Oscar
Williams, white, for improperly
parking on a highway.
Speeders in court were Ken
neth J. Dumbree, white, pled
guilty, $10 and costs; Marshall F.
Love and Austin E. Magee, both
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NEW GREYHOUHD
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Here is tha first of a fleet of 500 new dual-level Sccnicruiser
highway coaches beinc delivered to Greyhound Lines by the GMC
Truck and Coach Division of General Motors Corp. Costing $49,000
each, the luxuriously appointed buses ride on cushions of air instead
of metal springs. They have a complete, year-'round air conditioning-
system; extra large picture windows, tinted to reduce heat and
(flare; power steering; extra leg-room due to increased overall
length; toilet and lavatory facilities and a giant "lazy susan"
baggage compartment.
Guard Unit Nears
Maximum Strength
Battery A, 130th AAA Batta
lion, outstanding unit of the
North Carolina National Guard,
is nearing its full allotted strength
of 120 enlisted men ,it was an
nounced this week by Captain
Edwin D. Newton, commanding
and Chief Warrant Officer Roger
W. Dixon, unit administrator.
The announcement was made for
the benefit of men who may be
contemplating joining the Guard,
as there are at present only six
vacancies.
The present strength of the
unit is 114 of the allotted strength
of 120, and if the Governor ap
proves the complete organization
of the 30th Division in North
Carolina and the 130th is con
verted to a tank battalion as is
planned, its maximum strength
would be reduced to 113. In the
event this conversion were made
and the reduction in authorized
strength effected men in the unit
would be allowed to stay and the'
actual reduction would be made
by normal turnover. Such a sit
uation might cause the unit to
have no vacancies for new men
for some time, though, Mr. Dixon
said.
He said the present vacancies
would be filled on a first come
first served basis, as has always
been done in the past.
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Hoke 4-H Group
To Attend Camp At
Manteo Next Week
The following 4-H Club mem
bers plans to attend - 4-H Club
Camp at Roanoke Island 4-H
Club Camp at Manteo during the
week oi August 16-21: Charlotte
Posey, Lee Ann Blake, Glenda
Ellen Hord, Horace Walters, Jr.,
Tommie Seaford, Billy Cameron,
Jennie Pearl Sanders, Marian
Ann Pittman, Barbara Cothran,
Brownie Hendrix, Jr., Peggy Wil
liams, Jackie, Tommie and Rod
ney Pickler, Mack McBryde, Dick
Tickle, Lee Jordan, Donald Lind
say, Jerry Jones, Shirley Mc
Neill, Bobby Parker, Bonnie Wil
kes, Johnny Stanton, James Pot
ter, Robert Lee Lovette, Carolyn
Rose Conoly, Grady Vanhoy,
Sandra Strother, Ralph Currie,
Mary Elizibeth Jones, Harold
Chason and Grady Leach. The
group will be accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Williford,
Miss Josephine Hall, and R. A
Smoak.
The biis will arrive at the Rae
ford Grammar School at 7:00 on
Monday morning and will leave
as soon after seven as possible.
Mrs. "Doc" Truelove entered
Scotland Memorial Hospital Sun
day where she is a patient.
Mrs. Edith Ulrich and children
and Mrs. Elizabeth Berry are
visiting the Rev. and Mrs. Bax
ter Pond in Covington, La.
Mrs. Kate McPhaul spent sev
eral days this week at Carolina
Beach with Mr. and Mrs. John
S. Batemann.
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Install Pastor At
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JOSEPH W. AMORY
Joseph W. Amory of Raeford
will be ordained as a Presbyter
ian minister and installed as pas
tor of Shiloh Presbyterian
Church in a service at the church
on Sunday, August 15, at 8:00
p. m., it was announced this week
by the Rev. C. M. Gibbs of Fay
etteville Presbytery. Mr. Amory
will Nbe installed as pastor of
Bethel Presbyterian Church in a
service there at 8:00 p. m. on
Sunday, August 22, 1954.
Mr. Amory is succeeding the
late Rev. Silas A. Ewart as pas
tor of the two churches. Mr.
Ewart died on August 22 of last
year and his son, the Rev. Jack
W. Ewart, who is pastor of Beth
esda Presbyterian Church in Ab
er.',en, 1s -to serve on the ordi
nation and installation commis
sion. The commission named by Fay
etteville Prosbytery for the serv
ice at Shiloh includes the Rev.
C. M. Gibbs, who will preside
and propound the constitutional
questions; The Rev. W. B. Hoy
ward of Raeford, who will preach
the sermon; the Rev. Jack W.
Ewart, who will charge the min
ister; Ruling Elder Dr. R. L.
Murray of Raeford, who will
charge the congregation. Alter
nates are the Rev. W. Knight
Thompson and Ruling Elder J. H.
Blythe.
Named for the installation ser
vice at Bethel Church on August
22 are the Rev. Mr. Gibbs to pre
isde and propound the constitu
tional question, the Rev. Jack W.
Ewart to preach the sermon, the
Rev. W. B. Heyward to charge
the minister, Ruling Elder K. A.
MacDonald to charge the con
gregation. Alternates for this ser
vice are the Rev. Gower Cross
well of Antioch Church and Rul
ing Elder O. B. Israel.
The new pastor, a native of
Norfolk, Va., was married in May
and moved here about the middle
of June. He and Mrs. Amory hafe
a home in Sunset Hills in Rae
ford. He attended Presbyterian
College, Clinton, S. C, and grad
uated this year from Union Theo
logical Seminary, Richmond, Va.
Mrs, Amory is the former Miss
Mary Johnson Stephens of Lum
berton, and before her marriage
she was director of religious ed
ucation at the Virginia Beach, Va.,
Presbyterian Church.
Revival To Start
Sunday At Philippi
A scries of revival services will
be hold at Philippi Presbyterian
Church Sunday throuvh Friday
evenings of next week, it ii.'S
been announced. Starting on Sun
day, August 15, the services will
begin each evening through Fri
day, August 20, at 7:30 p. m. Tne
messages will be delivered by the
Rev. Stuart Ritchie, pastor of the
Village Presbyterian Church f
Fayetteville.
The announcement was mad?
by James Ives of Norfolk, Va.,
who is serving the church as
summer student supply paitir.
There will be special musli at
the services under the directlan
of Mrs. C. E. Autry.
Hoke High Football
Practice Next Week
Principal W. T. Gibion, Jr., of
Hoke County High School, an
nounced this week that the first
football practice of the 1954 sea
son would be held next Monday
afternoon at 3:00 o'clock at the
high school gymnasium, and he
urged all candidates for the team
to be present. Coach Archie Brig
man is in Greensboro this week
attending the clinic for coaches.
On Monday afternoon a doctor
will be present to examine all
players and they will get down to
work the next day in preparation
for the first game of the season
which will be against Clinton here
at 8:00 p. m. on September 10,
less than a month away.
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New Greyhound Bus
Shown Here Sat.
The Scenicru'scr,,a revolution
ary new type of motor bus soon
to be placed in service on the
north-south runs of the Atlantic
Greyhound Corporation through
Raeford, was on display here for
almost an hour last Saturday
morning. Visitors were invited to
enter the bus and after viewing
its facilities were given the facts
about it over the loud speaker
system. It was parked in front of
the Raeford Furniture Co. from
9:30 until after 10:00.
With the Scenicruiser, Grey
hound has a 43-passenger motor
coach embracing scores of im
portant innovations for passenger
comfort, safety, convenience, and
sightseeing enjoyment. In addi
tion, this new bus incorporates a
large number of engineering ad
vances that will permit more ef
ficient operation and mainten
ance. These new features, togeth
er with the handsome design and
modern styling of the Scenicrui
ser, can be expected to draw pas
sengers from a broader market
than has ever been attracted to
bus travel in the past.
One of the most striking inno
vations in the design of the Scen
icruiser is the spacious rear pas
senger deck, which is elevated a
bove the forward seating area, to
provide unequalled sightseeing
opportunities. A wide windshield
curved arour.d the entire forward
section of this upper level gives
an unobstructed view of the road
ahead.
Big "picture" windows, of glare
resistant glass and measuring six
feet in length, comprise more
than 90 per cent of the side
structure of the Scenicru'ser a
bove the seat level.
Other marked improvements in
bus travel comfort are assured
by the use of a r.ew type of in
dividually - controlling reclining
scats, added "leg-room", and also
by the inclusion of washroom fa
cilities. The ventilation system is ca
pable of drawing fresh air from
the outside at a rate sufficient to
change the air in the bus every
40 seconds. This air is cooled and
dehumidified or heated, as re
quired, and circulated in the bus
through vents at the window
ledges.
Although all passengers ride
above the level of passing cars,
the overall height of the Sceni
cruiser is less than a foot more
than the conventional highway
bus and well within the prescrib
ed height limitations.
The most important mechanical
innovation in the Scenicruisof is
the use of twin diesel engir.es.
Two 150-horsepower engines are
mounted side by side at the rei.r
of the bus. One engine may op
erate the air-conditioning unit at
idling speed when the bus i
parked at terminals.
Air - suspension, which com
pletely eliminates metal leif
springs, and which was first in
troduced by Greyhound on its
Highway Traveler bus In 1953. is
standard equipment on all Sceni
cruisers. The coach body Is fceld
constantly level cn curves, de
spite variation in the load d -tribution,
by automatic valves
controlling the air pressure.
Chamber Directors
Discuss Problems
At Monthly Meet
The board of directors of the
Raeford Chamber of Commerce,
Inc., held its regular monthly
meeting and supper at J. L. Mc
Neill's pond on Tuesday night.
Several members of the Chamber
other than directors were present
and J. M. Williams, certified pub
lic accountant of Raleigh, was
also a guest.
The activities of the Chamber
of Commerce, the people of the
town and the town government
toward civic improvement during
the first seven months of 1954
were reviewed. The relighting of
Main Street, the paving of many
streets and plans for others, the
clean-up campaign in town and
at the cemetery, the control of
fund solicitation in Raeford and
other items were discussed.
Recent improvements to the
swimming hole were mentioned
and further improvements were
planned. The board voted to close
the place for swimming or other
activities at 9:00 o'clock nightly
as long as there are no lights
there and to ask the sheriffs de
partment and rural police to en
force this.
Discussion of a plan for im
proving the park area in the
block east of the J. W. McLauch
lin School was extensive, with the
possibilities 'or eventual arrange
ment of a Softball ground and
skating rink there being talked
about.
J. Irving Hubbard made a re
port to the board on the coopera
tion of the merchants of the town
with the Merchants Division of
the Chamber in arranging and
planning the "Fall Festival" to
be held November 3. He said
there were 49 participating stores
and said that public interest in
the new car to be given away
was high.
Plans and possibilities for mak
ing some permanent arrangement
for having the Raeford cemetery
cared for were talked about at
some length, and recommendation
was discussed. The possibility of
having auto license plates sold
here for next year was also talk
ed about.
State Cotton Crop
Forecast 49,000
Bales Less Than '53
(N. C. Crop Reporting Serivce)
The first cot'on report of the
1954 season forecasts a North
Carolina crop of 400,000 (500
pound gross weight) bales. This
forecast is based upon August 1
reports from growers, ginners,
and others throughout the cotton
growing areas cf the State. Such
a crop would be 49,000 bales be
low the 490.000 bales harvested
last year and 106,000 bales less
than the 10-year (1943-52) crop
of 506,000.
The North Carolina Crop Re
porting Service points out that
the 1454 crop is later in develop
ment than last year's crop. The
unusually cool temperatures dur
ing May resulted in considerable
loss of original plantings and
more than the usual amount of
replanting- was necessary in many
of the cotton producing counties.
The crop made very little growth
during May. However, plants
generally are fruiting up heavily
and weevil infestation has been
considerably le-is than last year.
Lint yield per acre, is estimated
at 333 pounds, compared with 278
last year and the average of 340
pounds.
The total United States cotton
crop is estimated at 12,680,000
bales, compared with 16,465,000
bales harvested last season and
a 10-year average crop of 12,
448,000 bales. Total production
is off sharply because of atreage
reductions. However, forecast
yields are higher than those har
vested last year In- an cotton
States except Georgia, Louisiana,
Oklahoma and Texas.
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