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3 r v - VOICI Of jf dd'Pi- VOICI 01 MtlDOM GUMDIA or iicturif The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XLIX; NUMBER 13 , THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER !), 19o4 RAEIOKI), N. C. l')c PER COPY $3.00 PER YEAR The Via czfcLUnda - By The Editor K. A. Mac-Donald, treasurer of the Hoke' County chapter of the National Foundation for Infant ile Paralysis, said today that 117 persons had responded to the ap peal for emergency funds so far with $581. He said this represent ed an answer from 39 persons since last week, and he renewed his appeal to others to send their contributions in. The temperature, which seemed to relent a little for a clay or two last wei k, shot back up (lin ing the week-end :.nd is still up there every day. Labor Day, which is traditionally considered, the end of the summer, may be that up North where it started, but it doesn't seem to be the end a round here. Monday, with tem peratures over 100 in most of the State, was the hottest "day ever recorded in Charlotte. A temperature of 109 was reported in Wilson. Clothier I called on this week asked me if I had any advertising that would sell sweat ers and lumbcrjackets in such weather. I kept moving. Mrs. Reid Childress, who serves as secretary to County Account ant J. A. McGoogan, plans to at tend a five-day course in "Uni form County Accountirj" at the Institute of Government in Cha pel Hill next week. The rpad from "Pundarrach to the old Lumberton road at the old Charlie Johnson place" was approved for paving by the coun ty commissioners Tuesday. It, I am told, is one of the few in that township that were missed when Kerr Scott was governor. My same informant wondered if the description of it as quoted above could have had any bearing on Its not being paved then. At any rate, people in that section seem to want it and it apparently should be paved now. The Raeford town board of commissioners did not meet on Monday, due to the fact that many took it as a holiday. They are holding their regular month ly meeting at the town hall to night. Sergeants John Scott Poole and John Whitcford Jones of Battery A, 130th AAA Battalion, North Carolina National Guard, return ed this week from a little over ten weeks at the Artillery Officer Candidate School, Fort Sill, Ok lahoma, where both successfully completed their courses to qual ify for commissions in the Na tional Guard. They report wea ther above- 100 degrees as the rule there, and Poole seems to prove both that and the fact that they had to go and go hard all the time they were there. He lost about 35 pounds during the course or as Jones says, "Poole lost about what I weigh." These men typify the spirit in the local unit, which seems to be to do things a little better and to have its people a little better qualified than the next one. The whole outfit de serves the good regard and sup port of the people of the county, and seems to be getting it, as they stay about full of men. Poole and Jones are the first to ever qualify for peacetime commissions in the Guard by attending OCS. 0 Mr. and Mrs Spencer Combs of Winston-Sal-ra spent the week end with Mr. ar.d Mrs. II. B. Nixon. Billy Lester rf Camp Gordon, Georgia spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Lester. Mr. and Mrs. James E. Byrd and Jimmy, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Parker a.id Billy and Mr. and Mrs. George W. Pi.rks and family spent the week end at Myrtle Beach. Technicality Gets Defendant Off In Court Tuesday Making the best of a techni cality, that a warrant was not prepared nor. read to him at the right time was enough to get the State to drop its charge of driv ing drunk agains Solomon W. Gillis, colored, in Hoke County recorder's court Tuesday. He en tered a pica of guilty of driving with improper brakes, however, and Judge T. O. Moses apparent ly took the other charge into con sideration when he sentenced him. Scn'ence was 60 days on the roads, to be suspended -on pay ment of a fine of $50, the court costs, and two years Rood be havior. Alton h. Ud'.im, white, was found guilty in two cases of driv ing after his license had been re voked. He was also found guilty of driving with improper license plates and hating non-tax-paid liquor. He was sent to the roads for a total of four months. Charlie Thomas, colored, pled guilty of driving drunk and da maging another car. Sentence was 60 days to be suspended on payment of $100, costs, and $93.22 damages to Harold Currie. Robert Lee Brown, white, went to the roads for from three to ifour months, on two charges, driving drunk and non-support of his family. Bonnie Bandy, colored, was found guilty of assaulting Wil liam Strickland and sentenced to two years on he roads. He ap pealed and posted $1000 bond. James Thomas McNeill, color ed, was found guilty of assaultr ing his sister with a knife and went to the roads for two years. William K. Broome, white, pled guilty of hit and run driving. Sentence was 30 days to be su spended on payment of $25, court i costs and damages to J. M. Burk- head. William B. Farmer, white, pled guilty of improperly parking on the highway at night without lights and being drunk in public. Judgment was suspended on pay ment of $25 and costs. James Arthur Leslie, colored, pled guilty of being drunk and disorderly and interfering with an officer in the discharge of his duty. He was sent to the roads for 90 days. Mary Lilly Graham, colored, was found not giulty on a charge of possessing ncn-tax-paid liquor. Her husband, John D. Graham, was found guiliy on the same charge and got 30 days suspend ed on payment of $25 and costs. Caleb Tate, Jr., colored,' was found guilty of careless and reck less driving. Sentence was three to four months to be suspended on payment of $50. costs and da mages to L. L. Fafrcloth. James D. McAllister, colored, was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon. Sentence was 30 days to be suspended on pay ment of $25 and costs, a doctor bill, and two years good behavior. Martine Locklear, Indian, Svas found guilty of assaulting his wife. Sentence was three to four months to be suspended on pay ment of $25 and costs and two years good behavior. Robert S. Logan, white, pled guilty of driving drunk without driver's license and violating the prohbition law?. Sentence of 30 days was suspended on payment of $50 and costs. For traffic violations the fol lowing paid $10 and costs: Stan ley McKinnon, colored, no brakes; Roy E. Handon, colored, passing on a curve; Dock Morrisey, col ored, failing to stop at a stop sign. Speeders included John W. Smith, colored, $10 and costs; Bobby F. Cooks, white, $25 and costs; Ernest K. Hopkins, John L. Brown and Duane E. Gott scharl, all white, $25 bond each; Johnnie H. Wise, white, $15 bond. Mrs. L. B. Brandon returned Friday from a sit with relatives in Lowcrys, S. C. CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS HOKE -.. Above is the second "mystery farm" of the scries of unidenti- fied farm pictures being pub- lished in The Xews-Journal. No- body knows whose farm it is not even the photographers and the paper is nlying upon the readers for identification. Names of those correctly guessing the farm will be published in next week's paper and a prize of a six-months subscription to the paper will be given to the first person with a Raeford city ad dress making Identification and Colored Schools To Open Monday; Expect Near 2,009 Final preparations are being made this week for the opening on Monday of the 12 colored schools of the county for the 1954-55 term Based on the facts that there was an opening day enrollment of about 1750 year be fore last and 1887 on opening day last year, an enrollment of a round 2,000 can be expected this year. Total enrollment last year reached 2600, according to figures in the office of County Superin tendent K. A. MacDonald. The 12 schools and their open ing day enrollments last year are Upchurch 9D5, Burlington fc245, Laurel Hill 158, Bowmore119, White Oak 69, Freedom 57, Buf falo 52, New Hope 51, Shady Grove 41, Friendship 39, Frye's Mission 37, and Rockfish Colored 24. The opening da'e this year is approximately two weeks earlier than usual, and Supt. MacDon ald this year urges everyone to cooperate in getting the chil dren to school and keep them there. He said he realized there was cotton to pick and tobacco to grade, but pointed out that the schools would cooperate as usual by running a short schedule for the first two weeks during which time the schools would start early and let out early. He would not predict the enrollment this year for the colored schools, hav ing, as he pointed out in his col umn this week, missed his guess on the white schools, where open ing day enrollment dropped this year from last. The regular prc-school bus drivers meeting is being held at one o'clock this afternoon, and drivers are to receive their in structions from patrolman, prin cipal and superintendent. Buses are also being assigned by the head mechanic. Mr. MacDonald pointed out thai all drivers have been certified by the State Safety j Division bus driver trainer, and expressed the hope that all would cooperate to make the coming year another one without acci dents. Colored principals of the coun ty are to meet Friday morning at the Upchurch school with the county superintendent for the (Continued on back pagt) '4 ' V i ano'her six-m jnliis subscription to the first person with an ad- dress outside liaeford, that is, Raeford RFD or other. The oper- ator of the faim will receive a beautiful mounted enlargement of the original photo, if he will call at The News-Journal office. Farm operators who recognize their farms in the newspaper series should come to the office at first opportunity so they can make positive identification and get their free pictures. Prison Band Coming Here Saturday Night Calling themselves "The great est array of talent to ever come from behind the walls," the 30 stars of Central Prison Varieties were this week making prepara tions to come to Raeford for their two-hour performance at Hoke High School Saturday night, starting at 7:45. They are appear ing here under the joint spon sorship of the Raeford Woman's Club and the Raeford Junior Chamber of Commerce, who will use funds raised for the com munity building fund. The 30 prison entertainers will present a program of comedy, music and dancing featuring the Hillbilly Hot Shots, Buff and Bluff, the Rhythm. Masters, and' the Mad-Cap Minstrels. Sept. 1 Cotton Forecast Remains Same As August The Agricultural Marketing Service of he U. S. Department of Agriculture and the Division of Agricultural Statistics of the N. C. Department of Agriculture this week released the monthly cotton forecast for North Caro lina, as of conditions prevailing in the State on September 1. The forecast places prospective pro duction for the 1954 Tar Heel crop at 400.000 (500-pound gross weight) bales. This forecast is based upon reports from cotton growers and ginners throughout the cotton-producing sections of the State. The September 1 es timate reflects no change from the August 1 report, and com pares with 449,000 bales ginned last season. The 10-year (1943 52) average production for the State is 506.0JO bales. Production prospects declined rather sharply m some of the drouth-stricken southern Pied mont counties. However, this de cline was effset by improved prospects in other areas. The North Carolina Crop Re porting Service further slates that September 1 indications point to a State average yield of 336 lbs of lint per acre. Such yield com pares with 278 pounds harvested in 1953 and the 10-year average of 340 pounds. It is estimated that 571,000 acres will be harvested this year, compared with 775,000 acres har ( Continued on tack pa(f) COUNTY FARM? , '. 1 . 1 w ' i First Mystery Farm Picture Is Of Womble Place Last week's "Mystery Farm Picture," the firrt of the new feature series appearing in The News-Journal got quick identifi cation when the papers reached McCi.in on the afternoon mail last Thursday. 1 It was identified as the J. B. Womolc farm at Ash- icy Heights, smci first to call The News-Journal with the identifi cation was Miss Mkircd Womble, Ashemont schoolteacher who lives on and is one of the owners of the farm. Richard Satterwhite from McCain brought .the "News Journal" up and showed the pic ture to Mrs. Womble and Mild red, who called up. John Flan nery, Sanatorium dairy special ist, and Robert Gatlin, Raeford farmer and civil engineer, were the next t,vo to make positive identification of the picture. The farm, about 150 acres, be longs to the es'ate of the late J. B. Womble, Sr., w ho died in 1943. Mr. Womble was a native of Chatham County who had work ed at the Sanatorium for almost nine years before acquiring the farm. It is now owned by Mrs. Womble, her daughter, Mildred who lives with her on the place, and her son, J. B. Womble, Jr. Mrs. Womble was Miss Lcn't Seagroves of Coal Glen, Chatham County, before her marriage to the late Mr. Womble. Miss Mild red Womble graduated from Hoke High School and Woman's College, UNC. This is her tenth year at the Ashemont School where she teaches 2nd and 3rd grades. J. B. Womble, Jr., graduated from Hoke County High School and attended N. C. State College for one year. He entered the Army with the National Guard here in 1940, serving four years and four months including serv ice in the Dutcn West Indies. He is married to l)e former Helen De Loache of Savannah, Georgia, and they live at Ashley Heights with their three children. The farm war at one time part of the? old B. B. Saunders peach farm and was up until not so many years ago entirely covered wi!h peach orchards. These have been entirely removed and in the 1.-st few years the place has been planted entirely in crotalaria and small grains. The home has been improved and remodeled at sev eral times since the Wombles have lived there. The Wombles arc members of Shiloh rresbyterian Church at Montrose. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McLeod and Mrs. J. B. Thomas took Benny McLeod to Staunton, Virginia Tuesday where he will enter Staunton MiliUry Academy this year. County Board Holds Monthly Meet Tues. The Hoke County board of commissioners held its regular monthly meeting at the court house on Tuesday with all mem bers present. Business consider ed by the board consisted entire ly of matter.-, dealing with roads of the county. A new road from the A. W. Wood residence nt Rockfish to the L. H. Koonce residence there, a distance of 800 feet was ap proved and added to the public road system. The board approved and made a public road the road from the- Raeford-Maxton pad at the J. B. Thomas farm to the T. D. Potter place and thence to N. C. 211, a distance of about three-quarters of a mile. The board passed a resolution asking the State Highway com mission to improve the "Way side" road in McLauchlin Town ship. A petition was presented to the board regarding a road in Que whiffle Township. The location specified was not clear to the board, so the matter was held for further investigation before ac tion is taken. The board approved a petition and recommended the paving of the road in Stonewall and An tioch Townships from N. C. 20 at Dundarrach 2.4 miles to the old Lumberton road at the old Charlie Johnson residence and from this road near the Archie Howard residence 1.2 miles to the wire road near Gold Hill. It was pointed out in the petition that four school buses use part of this road and three the remainder. Anr?us H. McKenzie Is Buried Saturday Angus Hubert McKenzie, 43, died at his home in the Antioch community early Friday morn ing following a heart attack. He was the son of Mrs. Ethel Cov ington McKenzie and the late Angus Hugh McKenzie. Funeral service was conducted at four o'clock Saturday after noon at Antioch Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Gower Cross well, pastor. Burial was in the church cemetery. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, the form er Mary Myrtle Thomas of Lum ber Bridge; two sons, Hubert and Johnnie; one daughter, Mary Sue, all of the home; one sister, Mrs. .7. B. Hennion of Washington, D. C; one brotner, John C. McKen zie of Providence, R. I. 0 District YDC Rally Friday Is Biggest President Sam Morris of the Hoke County Young Democratic Club and 13 members of the club represented this county at the Eighth District ra.ly in Southern Pines Friday night. More than 300 men and women gathered for the occasion, at which N. C. Ag riculture Commissioner L. Y. Ballcntine was the feature speak er. Ten of the 12 counties of the strung-out district were repre sented. The crowd enjoyed fun and fellowship, an outdoor chicken supper and a string down-the-line speech by Ballcntine. Intro duced by Rep H. Clifton Blue of Moore, Ballcntine got down t political brass tacks - the duty of Democrats to return a Demo cratic Congress to Washington in November. The a'fair was pre sided over by District Chairman Pat Taylor, Jr. of Wadesboro, as sisted by Voit Gilmore of South ern Pines, rally chairman. Dig nitaries present were recognized and John Lang of Carthage, sec retary to Rep. C. B. Deane, who is abroad on a government mis sion, brought greetings from the Eighth District Congressman. 0 Yvonne Dull returned to her home in Sanford on Wednesday after spending several days with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Ellis. Hoke High Bucks Open Vs Clinton Here Tomorrow Kitkoff At 8:00 P. M. Coach Archie Brigman and his Hoke High school football squad ti.ke t lie field nere Friday night against Clinton High in the first fi.uiie for the newly-organized Southeastern AA Athletic Asso ciation championship, and inter est seems to be running high and hopeful among local students fnd fans. The local squad I. as been work ing hard for several weeks under Hri",man and Assistant Coach George Wood, and experts pre dict that thdr hig!i spirit and ag gressiveness will go far to make up for what they lack in weight and experience. Probable starting lineup for the Bucks, as released by Coach Brigman today placed Kenneth Cuibreth at 155 and Jack Morris at 160 at ends, Jimmy Hcdgepeth at 195 and Lacy Koonce at 385 at tackles, Grady Butler at 170 and Neill McFad yen at 160 Et guards, Derry Wal ker, weighing 180 at center. In the backfield Raymond Waddell is quarterback weighing 160, Mal colm Mavwell and Lew,is Up church at halfbacks, each weigh ing 170, and Joe McLeod, at 150, at fullback. The coach was un able to give the numbers of the players as game uniforms had not been issued this morning. Outstanding among the exper ienced men of the squad are Half back Malcolm Maxwell, and Tackles Lacy Koonce and Jimmy Iledgepcth. Others who will prob ably see action on Friday night are Frank Inman, Neill McDon ald, Younger Snead, Richard Cathcart, Gerald Wright and oth ers. Inman, a regular last year, has not been able to go full speed yet because cf an injury he suf fered in the Dunn game last fall but is expected to round into shape very soon. Coach Brigman said the team is nt full strength for the contest, that every candidate has been working havd and that spirit is high. Along with the reports of in creased interest in the team came a report from Jake Austin, pres ident of the Hoke High Boosters Club, that the club had almost 100 paid members and that they exported to exceed that by kick off time tomorrow night. The club, organized during the sum mer to promo'e athletics at the school, is giving a season ticket for the five home football games to all memb.-rs who pay a year's dues at one dollar a month in ad vance. Representatives of the club are to be at the gate tomor row night to accept memberships. Three other conference games will be played in the 10-school conference tomorrow night with Whiteville at Wadesboro, Rock ingham at Tabor City, and Lum berton at Hamlet. Sanford and Laurinburg will play Chapel Hill and Bennettsville, respectively, in non-conference affairs. u LEGION TO MEET MON. Commander Truman Austin of the Hoke County Ellis Williamson post of the American Legion this week reminded all legionnaires of the regular monthly meeting and supper of the post at the High school cafeteria at 6:30 next Monday nignt. He urged all to be present and ?aid tnat W. L. Poole would be mess sergeant, chief cook and bottle washer for the occasion and promised a good meal. u FAIRCLOTH REUNION The annual Faircloth reunion will be held at Ephesus Baptist Church at Arabia on Sunday, September 19 with a picnic din ner on the grounds at 1:00 o' clock and music from several good quartets. The public is invited.
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