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VOLUME XLIX; NUMBER IS
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Br The Editor j
Lewis Upchurch, who has had
to take it easy for a good while
now, following a serious illness,
took up gardening as a way to
pass away his time when he was
n't supposed to go to work. Being
the sort of fellow whofhas to do
something, whether he is suppos
ed to or not, Lewis has developed
a multi-purpose gardening tool
whirl, is going into production
soon and which will be produced
and marketed by the newly-1
formed ' iruke Tool Works" div-
isiori of Hoke Oil & Fertilizer j
Company. After j-echig a demon-
strution of a working mod.l of
the tool, to be known as the
"Soak-O-IIo," my Rues." is that
i'.'s goJn;! to get national accept
ance from the gardening public.
As soon as they are in product
ion and I can get one by me as
I writ? so I won't forget to men
tion something it does, I will
write a detailed description of
it. This is quite an achievement
for anyone, I would say," and
particularly for a man who must
not do much. I guess a man can
be productive any time if he
really wants to.
There didn't seem to be much
happiness at the Hoke County
courthouse over the news that
the Bladen murder case would
be tried here.. It is obviously im
possible to get an impartial jury
from Bladen or Cumberland
county, though, and Robeson, the
only other county in the district j
beside- ' Hoke, ceiti)hilY has lt
much heavier criminal docket
usually than we do here. So this
does seem to be the logical place.
This is the season for the an
nual ingatherings at the churches
around the county, and if you
will watch the box listing them
on this page you can be certain
not to forget one. Most of them
are reunions to some degree as
well, and it's a lot of fun to en
joy the good fellowship and good
food vhi!e helping a good cause
in every case.
I.awrenee McNeill is working (tutive with headquarters in
on his organization for the eoun- Laurinbur;.1, that all fathers who
ty's first United .Fund" Drive, wished to make the' trip with
which is to start on October 2" c their sons would be welcome. He
and to run 'or the last week in said that plen'y of beds and mat
the month. He figures on getting I tresses would be available for
a big organization of workers to
cover every single person in the
county in the one week and get
it over with. The feeling of the
directors of the fund is that the
goal is eventually a one gift a
year proposition from which all
deserving charities will get their
deserved fair share of what the
people of the county want to give.
They feel that with this as a goal
the people of the county will be
glad to respond generously with
their time for the one week of
solicitation and with their funds.
If and when he calls, on you, help
out, and if you have an idea as
to how the Hoke County United
Fund should be administered,
you can come to the public meet
ing next year where the policies
are determined and the directors
are chosen, from among your
neighbors. The whole affair is a
Hoke County proposition, with
no outside direction, whatever.
I feel that a county-wide group
of citizens such as this can do a
much better job of seeing that
my gift really does some good
than I will do just throwing in
a dollar or two to everything that
comes along and never knowing
what becomes of it. This point
of view really seems to be spread
ing, too, as the number of United
Fund and Community Chest
drives is greater each year.
It has been found without ex
ception that the public much
prefers the one-gift type of drive
with the local supervision of who
gets and uses the money. They
give more and with much less
resistance than they do to the
drive a month situation we have
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CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS HOKE
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Above is anoiiier '"mvatery
farm ' of the series of unidenti
fied tarm pictures being pub
lished in The News-Journal. No
body knows whose farm it is
not even the photographers and
the paper is relying' 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 Reford city ad
dress making identification and
Scout Camnoral
October 8-10 At
Lake Waccaraaw
About 1000 Boy Scouts from
the Cape Fear Area Council are
expected to attend a Camporal at
Lattay's camp at Lake Waccamaw
the week end of October 8 through
10, it has been annuonced by
Scoutmaster James H. Woodhouse
of Raeford. Woodhouse said Rae
ford scouts woulfl attend and
said he had word from Sam
Chambers, Western District exe-
the fathers, as well as buildings
for them to sleep in, but
they would have to carry
that
their i
own linens.
Woodhouse expressed the hope
that several fathers from this
community would attend, stating
that he thought they would find
it an interesting and enjoyable
trip, and also that he needed
transportation for the 15 or 20
boys who will be going from the
local troop.
Plans are for boys from all
over the council to leave for Lake
Waccamaw Friday afternoon as
soon as school is out.
Among the activities planned
for the week end are swimming,
sight-seeing, games, contests, and
a Fellowship Campfire and Ten
derfoot" Investiture ceremony. In
a mass retreat ceremony Satur
day the scout troop with the
snappiest facings and marching
will be awarded a trophy by the
judges. Scoutmaster Woodhouse
urges all local parents to cooper
ate in making it possible for their
sons to attend, and hopes the
fathers will come too. . N
A local minister will be on hand
for the week end activities and
will hold Sunday morning wor
ship services.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Hos
ti tler' and son of Raleigh, Miss
Gwen Core of Charlottesville, Va.,
Miss Kathryn Gilmer of Clefton
Forge, Va., Miss Fannette Gore,
student at Meredith College, and
Hunter Peak of Davidson spent
the week end with Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur D. Gore.
ano'.ncr six-months subscription
to the first person with an ad
dress outside Raeford, that is,
Raeford RFD or other. The oper
ator of the farm will receive a
beautiful mounted enlargement
of the original pl.oto, 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.
Bucks Lose Close
One To Chadbourn;
IPlay Hamlet Friday
The Hoke High Bucks went to
Chadbourn last Friday night and
played another good game, but
came out on the short end of the
score for the third straight time.
Coach Brigman's charges played
well according to all who saw the
game, and led their opponents
on all statistics but the score,
which was 6 to nothing.
The Chadbourn score came
when Buck Jolly, a tackle, pick
ed up a lost pitch-out in the
Hoke backfield and' ran for a
touchdown. ,
The Bucks piny Hamlet High
School in Hamlet Friday night
and return here on Friday night
of next week when they will play
Rohanen High school of Rocking
ham. YOUR
SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
. W. T. Gibson, Jr. and K. A.
MacDonald attended a meeting in
Raleigh Tuesday afternoon when
the new Federal Milk program
was explained. They asked that
Hoke be placed on the program.
This program will be explained
to all principals in the county. It
will be up to the individual school
as to whether it goes on the pro
gram or not. On this program
additional milk will be made a
vailable to all children if the
school participates.
We have several small schools
in the county that have not been
on the Federal Lunch Program,
but may participate if they can
get refrigeration for the milk.
Tommie Upchurch has promised
to lend a domestic type refrige
rator to Shady Grove. We hope
that others who have these re
frigerators not in use will make
them available to thf schools for
use this year.
The photographer was here
Tuesday taking pictures for the
Hoke High annual.
We wish to thank the Dundar
rach Ruritan Club for what they
have done in fixing up the first
grade bathroom at the Mildouson
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CCUUTY FARM?
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Many Identify
Plummer Farm
Pbto Last Week
Last week's mystery farm pic
ture was readily identified as the
faim of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Plum
mer just off of highway 15-A 11
miles east of Raeford. First to
make identification and win the
six months subscription for a ru
ral resident was Herman Koonce,
Rockfish,' ,Vrto cot a head start
on the other rural subscribers by
seeing the paper at the Hotel
Barber siiop, where he works.
Other rural residents correctly
guessing the place were J. H.
Blythe, Mrs. David Lindsay, Mrs.
Ralph Plummer, Mrs. Bruce Ray,
Mrs. kucy Smith and Mrs. A. A.
Mclnnis. The Raeford resident
making the first oerrect identifi
cation was Mrs. Maiy Parker
Shewbridge, of 216 Roberts . St.
Mrs. Shewbridge had the inside
track on the picture by being a
former resident of the eastern
section of the county. Jack Lee
of Raeford also correctly guessed
the identity of the picture.
The 75-acro farm has been
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Plummer
for 10 years and was previously
part of the Charlie Thomas estate.
They have 2 Holstein and Jer
sey cows and sell whole milk to
a Fayetteville dairy. Pasture and
tobacco farming are Mr. Plum
mcr's favorite activities, using a
tractor for tillage and broad
! casting 1000 to 1200 pounds of
i fertilizer per acre. He is a firm
believer in soil conservation,
new cropping practices, the use
of labor-saving devices and im
proving his buildings continually.
Mr. Plummer is a native of
McColl, S. C, and has lived in
this county since 1911. He mar
ried Mrs. Plummer, the former
Virginia Powell of Richmond,
Va,. on July 22, 1913. The have
six children, Ralph G., Jimmy
and Mrs. J. C. Miller of this
county, Mrs. C. M. Allison of
Frankfort, Germany, Dr. Billy
Plummer, a veterinarian o f
Goldsboro, and Mrs. D. R. Wil
son of Fort Bragg. They have 16 1
grandchildren. Mrs. Plummer's i
father is still living in Richmond
at the age of 86.
They are members of the ;
Grange, Parker's Methodist
Church, the N. C. Milk Produc-.
er's association and the Farm
Bureau. Mr. Plummer's hobbies
are digging sandspurs and deer
hunting. I
When they bought the place it j
was just a rutted field with two
old houses. They have put a lot
of work into it in the last 10 J
years, remodeling one house,
building a garage and several
outbuildings. In October, 1950 j
they started the dairy. On De
cember 17, 1950, they lost their
home by fire. They built their
present house and moved in on
May 25, 1951.
How To Obtain
Emergency Feed
Following attendance at a
meeting in Charlotte yesterday
and today by several local agri
cultural Workers Miss Louise
Blue, secretary of the Hoke
County Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation committee, to
day gave some details as to how
Hoke farmers, may make use of
the classification of this as a
"disaster county."
Farmers may make application
for the relief in buying feed
grain to the local FHA, ASC or
ex'ension service offices. The
FHA committee then reviews ap
plications to determine eligibil
ity. The eligibility depends on
whether the farmer is really a
farmer who glows his own feed
normally and is thus one who suf
fered from the dry weather, and
whether the feed he wants is for
basic herds of cattle, or sheep
Hogs are not included, nor is beef
for sale. In his application the
farmer estimates his needs for
CO days.
Following approval by the com
mittee the ASC committee will
issue the farmer a purchase or
der indicating the approved
quantity of feed grain and the a
mount per hundredweight of as
sistance involved. The allowance
will in effect pay part of the far
mer's buying costs.
The local agricultural offices
are now taking applications from
producers for this assistance.
Hold District Soil '
Conservation Meet
On Tuesday night, September
21, the Hoke County soil conser
vation supervisors entertained 24
supervisors, businessmen and ag
ricultural employees at J. L. Mc
Neill's pond. W. J. Coatcs, local
chaiiman, was in charge of the
program.
Hubert C. Chancy represented
the Farmer's Home Administra
tion and explained the Soil and
Water Conservation Loan Bill re
cently passed by Congress.
W. D. Lambeth, area conserva
tionist, gave a very informative
talk on the Watershed bill, also
passed by the 83rd Congress. This
program is already in progress in
the State, he said.
The group enjoyed a chicken
supper prepared by Coates, N. H.
G. Balfour and R. E. Neeley.
Sup "rvisors, soil conservation
employees and farmers from I
Scotland, Hoke and Robeson
Counties attended, and the group
accepted the invitation from R.
B. Tolar to hold the next meet
ing of the Pee Dee-Cape Fear
district at his pond in Robeson
County.
Ingatherings
Churches of the county have
announced the following dates
for holding their annual har
vest ingatherings:
Antioch Presbyterian Church
Thursday, October 14, barbe
cue and chicken salad plates
served at noon. Sale of food,
handiwork, etc., follows.
Bethel Presbyterian Church,
Thursday, October 21, Barbe
cue and Chicken Salad plates
at noon, sale following.
Centre Presbyterian Church,
Thursday, October 7, barbecue
and chicken salad plates served
ai noon.
Ephesus Baptist Church,
Saturday, October 9.
Lumber Bridge Presbyterian
Church, Wednesday, October
6. Barbecue and chicken salad
plates served starting at 11:00
a. m., sale following.
rhilippl P.es' yterian Church
Friday, October 1, Barbecue
and Chicken Salad plates will
be served 11:00 a. m. to 1:30
p. m and 5:00 p. m. to 7:30 p.
m. Churcn service at 8:00 p. m.
Shiloh Presbyterian Church,
Thursday, October 28, barbe
cue and chicken salad plates
served from 5:00 to 8:00 p. m.
Revival Set For
Next Week At
Baptist Church
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REV. L. M. WOOLIVEAVLR
The Rev. James E. Baker, pas
tor of the Raeford Baptist Church
announced this week that a series
of revival services would be con
ducted at the church next week,
from October 4 through October
10 with two services every day
but Saturday and Monday, on
which days there will be no morn
ing services.
Preacher for the series of serv
ices will be thq Rev. L. M. Wool
weaver, pastor of Ephesus Bap
list Church of Raleigh.
Services will be held each
morning at 10:30, with the first
one being on Tuesday morning,
October 5. There will no morning
service on Saturday, October 9.
Evening services will be each
evening at 7:30, with the first
service of the series being on
Monday evening, October 4.
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Childress Named As
Farm Census Leader
Appointment of Reid W. Chil
dress of Raeford as a crew lead
er for the 1954 Census of Agri
culture was announced this week
by Field Supervisor, Albert G.
Miller.
Childress will direct a force of
enumerators who will canvass all
farms in Hoke and Scotland
Counties. He reports on October
4, to the census agriculture field
office at Salsibury for a week of
training.
The crew leader is on the key
people in the field operations of
the Census of Agriculture. It is
his responsibility to train the
enumerators and supervise their
work; plan and allocate work as
signments; review the work of
the enumerators and take reme
dial action wnere necessary, and
to conduct difficult enumerations.
After attending the training
conference, Mr. Childress will re
turn to his district where he wiU
spend three weeks recruiting
enumerators, checking enumera
tion district boundaries, and
training enumerators in prepara
tion for the start of the census
about November 1.
PRESBYTERIANS START
EVENING SERVICES
Sunday evening services will
start at the Raeford Presbyterian
Church on Sunday evening, Oc
tober 3, at 7:00 o'clock. All over
America, October is being ob
served as Bible mastery month,
and Ephesians is the book'-to be
studied during the month. Mr.
Heyward's . sermons on Sunday
evenings will be on Ephesians.
TERRY-BOUNDS REUNION
The Terry-Bounds clans will
have their annuay family reunion,
Sunday, October 3, at the home
of Lloyd Terry, one and a half
miles East of Rockingham on
Hwy. 74. A picnic dinner will be
served and special music and a
guest speaker are planned for the
program. The committee is com
posed of J. R. Terry, .of this
county, president; Lloyd Terry,
vice president; Wilton Bounds,
Secretary.
McBryde Cases
Take Most Of Day
In Court Tuesday
Hearing of evidence and argu
ment in three cases' against C.
Foster McBryde, Jr., white, took
over five of the about seven
hours spent in Hoke County re
corder's court Tuesday with
Judge T. O. Moses presiding. Af
ter hearing the evidence and ar
gument the judge postponed
judgment on the cases until next
Tuesday. One other contested
case was disposed of, and about
a dozen other cleared from the
docket.
Norman J. Cody, white soldier,
was found guilty of speeding and
got 30 days suspended on pay
ment of $10 and costs. Robert J.
Reese, white, pled guilty of
speeding 80 and got 30 days su
spending on payment of $35 and
costs. Leaving bonds for speed
ing were E. D. Berry, white, $35;
Reu P. Silbaugh, Howard D.
Lowder and Luther R. Jackson,
all white, $25 each; James H.
Brooks, white, $15.
Willie Smith, Jr., colored,
pled guilty of driving drunk after
his license had been revoked
He got 90 days to be suspended
on payment of $300 and costs, of
which $100 was remitted by the
court. Alsa pleading guilty of
driving drunk, and with no driv
er's license, was James Ferguson,
colored. He got 90 days to be su
spended on payment of $125 and
costs.
For violation prohibition laws
Norman Harris, colored, got 4 to
6 months suspended on payment
of costs and two years good be
havior; Robert E. Eallard, white,
had to pay $10 and costs; Walter
Williams, white, got 60 days su
spended on payment of $25 and
costs.
Willie McRae and Johnnie Par
ker, both colored, each had to
pay costs for driving with ex
pired driving license..
McBryde Evidence Heard
From about 10:00 a. m. until
5:00 p. m. was spent in the hear
ing of the evidence and argument
in the two cases in which C. Fos
ter McBryde, Jr., was charged
with driving drunk and driving
90 miles an hour on the after
noon of September 2. The evid
ence on charges of being drunk
and disorderly, using profane and
indecent language and damag
ing the Hoke County jail was
heard after the others, and sepa
rately. To Try Bladen
Case In Hoke
Clerk of Hoke Superior Court
J. B. Cameron was notified last
week that the case in which
Douglas Grayson, alias Douglas
Grisson, Negro carnival worker,
is charged with the rape and mur
der of a housewife In Bladen
County about two years ago, has
been sent to Hoke County for
trial.
The case received State-wide
publicity when it was first tried,
and after failing to get a Jury
from Bladen County, it was final
ly tried before a Cumberland
County juryf Grayson was sen
tenced to die in the fos chamber
for the crime, but the State Su-,
preme court has granted him a
new trial, reportedly on the basis
of flaws in the charge of the
judge to the jury which found
him guilty.
Cumberland, Hoke, Bladen and
Robeson counties compose the
ninth judicial district.
ATTEND FUNERAL WED.
Mrs. D. H. Hodgin and Miss
Claudine Hodgin attended the
funeral of Mrs. Hodgin's uncle,
Barnabas Scott Krider, in Rowan
County on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Krider, 89, died at his home
at Bear Poplar on Tuesday after
noon and was buried at Back
Creek Presbyterian Church cemetery.