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) N Joiuiraa. ews void or MIIDOM or iiBun The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XLIXj NUMBER 26 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1954 RAEFORD, N. C. 10c PER COPY $3.00 PER YEAR Jl fie jyt, or U8titr II I czfclJUnda By The Editor Chamber of Commerce commit tee working on the Christmas lighting of Main street report that the materials are on the way and that they hope to have them up and ready to turn on on the night of Wednesday, December 8. Considerable new equipment has to be bought this year, and much work had to be done on the old to get it usable. Lawrence McNeill reports Wed nesday morning that he didn't think about the paper being fin ished a day early so he didn't have details, but that he is certain the Hoke County United Fund drive has finally reached 100 per cent. The goal for the drive was set by the budget committee and approved by the board of direc tors at $5460, of which over 90 per cent had been raised last week. Lawrence says he will get a full report on just what divi sions the entire amount came from ready for publication next week. He expressed his deep ap preciation to all who had helped make this first drive a success. those whd worked and those who gave and those who did both. personally think the United way of giving is the best one from jCvery point of view. 1 think the success of this first drive is the beginning of a system of charit able money-raising and distribu tion that will mean much to the people of this county in years to come, and' tHat all genuine and deserving charities will eventual ly become identified with it. Interesting problem to face the Hoke County commissioners at their meeting December 6 came in the following letter John Mc Googan recently received from T. G. Poindexter, division engineer with the State Highway Commis sion: "I am attaching a small County map of Hoke County on which I have indicated a section of county road through the Fort Bragg Reservation for a distance of 12.3 miles. Since this road is closed to the public, when Fort Bragg is using the artillery range and we are not permitted to place this road in passable condition with State forces, due to a ruling of the authorities of the Reserva tion, this is to request that the County Board of Commissioners pass a resolution authorizing the State Highway Commission to abandon this section of the road. This question is raised at - this time as we are now preparing to revise and bring all County maps up to date and it is misleading to the public to put this road on the map when actually it is not a vailable for public use." Now my first thought when I saw this letter was to agree with Poindexter. What's the use of having the road through the re servation on the map if it cannot be used. However, after thinking it over I am inclined to agree with others who feel that we should hang on to the road as long as we can, even if it's no more than a trail, since it was specifically ex cepted from the land acquired by the Army, and Hoke County peo ple technically have a right to use it by Federal court order. The Army has not played fair with Hoke County people, not even wanting them to use the road even when it is not being fired over. Many think this is because they don't want it fixed up so they can run tanks and other such ve hicles over it. A suit to make the government pay for the road would probably not get very far, as I understand it, as such a suit was tried unsuccessfully. , Hoke County High school wound up its 1954 football season by losing to Lumberton, 28-0, last Friday night. From the standpoint of games won the season was 100 (Contlnuad a back pa) CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS HOKE Above is another in the series of "mystery farm" pictures be ing published in The News Journal. Nobody knows whose farm it is not even the photo graphers and the paper is re lying on the readers for Identi fication. Two six-months sub scriptions are offered for first identifications and the rules are as follows: Baptists To Hear Guest Speaker Sun. On Alcoholism Guest speaker Sunday evening at the Raeford Baptist Church will be a member of the central committee of Alcoholics Anony mous from Fayctteville who will speak to the Adult training union on the subject, "How We Can Help the Alcoholic." Purpose of the talk is to pro mote a more helpful, understand ing and sympathetis attitude to ward those who are the victims of alcohol. The talk is set for 6:30 o'clock and the public is invited. News-Journal Worker Killed In Wreck Sunday Morning W. Carroll Frierson, colored printing employee of The News- Journal for the past two years, became the sixth traffic' fatality of 1954 when he was killed in wreck on the Maxton road about two miles from Raeford between midnight and 1:00 a. m. Sunday. Frierson was traveling southeast alone and apparently lost control of Alex McRae's 1952 Oldsmobile on the curve just east of Frank Tapp's place. The car had run off the pavement on the left, crossed the road and then run off again on the left. Frierson had appar ently been thrown from the car and then crushed by it as it turn ed over before coming to rest on its wheels. A passing motorist saw the body and the wreck some time later and reported it to State Highway Patrolman W. T. Hcr- bin, who reached the scene with Patrolman Harris at about 1:30, followed closely by Sheriff D. H. Hodgin and Coroner James C. Lentz. Lentz estimated Frierson had been dead since one o'clock or shortly before, although Mc- Rae is said to have later told a patrolman he had let him have his car shortly after 11:00. Frierson was 32 years old, was a graduate of Upchurch High School and had attended A & T College, Greensboro, for three years before entering the U. S. Army in 1943. He was discharged in 1945 after having served in Europe during the war. Funeral was at Rock Hill Baptist Church on Tuesday afternoon with the pastor, Rev. Zollie Johns, con ducting and with Masonic rites and a military funeral party from Fort Bragg. He is survived by his mother. Queen Ester Frierson, one broth er and six sisters. 1. You may win but one the year the series runs. 2. One winner will be the first person to Come to or Call The News-Journal Office, 2121. Staff of the paper cannot accept Iden tification anywhere else. 3. The other winner will be the present subscriber who now re ceives the paper on Raeford route one, two or three, or an address Beckwith Home InFf,1" Last Week's Photo Missed By Many The home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Beckwith, 22 miles east of Raeford on the old Fayetteville highway, which was shown last week's mystery farm picture was correctly named by 13 read ers, but incorrect guesses were submitted by an even larger number of readers. First to make right guesses were Jim Lentz in Raeford and John Parker of Route 2. Others were Kate McPhaul, Mrs. L. M. Maxwell, Wilton Wil kes, Glenn Harrell, Betty Mc Fadyen, Mrs. R. A. Matheson, Helen Allen, W. E. McNeill, Windy McGirt and Jenny Jones. The home was guessed to be that of D. B. McFadyen, Jim Reynolds, Jim Williamson, Gardner Bostic, Jim Warner, Arthur Harris, F .A. Monroe, P. H. Wright, Harvey Adams and J. Luther Wood, with two or more guesses being made on some of these. The farm of Mr. and Mrs Beckwith, about duz acres, was bought by E. L. Peele partly from J. W. McLauchlin and partly from John Moore in 1912. He cleared the land and built the home shown in the picture and other houses on it. In 1919 he sold the place to Arch Gibson of Laurin burg, who sold it right away to his brother-in-law, J. D. Mason. Mr. Mason farmed it for several years and it was bought by Bob Gaitley. Mr. Beckwith bought it from Gaitley in "1941. ir. ana Mrs. cecKwith are both natives of Chatham County, near Apex, and he has been a farmer and lumber man. He did some sawmilling when he came here but has farmed since. She was formerly Hallie Bryan, and they were married in 1923. They have two sons and two daughters, and all are at home but William H. (Billy), who is in the Air Force at Eglin Base, Fla., William Ro land, Hazel (Mrs. Ed McNeill), and Margaret (Mrs. Stacy Koonce) are the others. They are members of the Raeford Metho dist Church. Mr. Beckwith raises cotton, corn, tobacco, grain, beans and the usual crops on the farm, and has had a hard time this year be cause of the dry weather. Much of his cotton was in the field and was ruined by the hurricane. Since he got the place he has built tobacco barns, a pack house, a garage, tool shed and potato (Continued on Pag ) COUNTY FARM? 'T 5. -.XT'' outside Raeford, who first identi fies the picture at The News Journal office in person or by telephone. Owners or operators of the farms pictured are not offered the prize, but we do have a beau tiful mounted enlargement of the original photo, free for each of them and Invite them to call at the office for it each week. Meeting Thursday The Raefofd Klwanis Club had the teachers of the white schools of the county as guests at the re gular weekly meeting and supper of the clubs last Thursday night in what has become an annual affair. Special guest and toast master for the occasion was Her bert Hennig, of Darlington, S. C, secretary of the Carolinas District of Kiwanis International, who was introduced by Senator J. Benton Thomas of the local club, who is lieutenant governor of Division Four of the Carolinas District. K. A. MacDor.ald, county school superintendent, introduced the teachers, who were welcomed by A. H. McPhaul, club secretary- treasurer. Speaker of the evening was Gordon Cashwell, postmaster at Lumberton and member of the Lumberton Kiwanis Club, who made a humorous and interesting talk on "Changing Times." A delicious turkey dinner was served to approximately 100 Ki wanians and guests by Mrs. Lucy Smith and the staff at the high school cafeteria. 0 Mrs. Effie McMillan Dies In Texas; To Be Buried At Antioch Mrs. Effie McMillan, 79, died at her home in Midlan, Texas, Sunday at 3:30 p. m. She was a native of this county, daughter of the late Milton Baxter and Eliza Baxter of the Dundarrach community. Her husband died in 1933 and later she went to Texas to make her home. She is survived by one daughter, ' Norma McMillan of the home; one son, Baxter Mc Millan of Odessa, Texas; one sis ter, Mrs. Kate McMillan of Max- ton. Services will be held at the graveside Saturday at 11 a. m. at the Antioch Cemetery, con ducted by the pastor of Antioch Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Gower Crosswell, Jr. TURKEY SHOOT FRIDAY Warant Officer Roger Dixon of Company A, 130th Tank Batta lion, says that the annual pre Thanksgiving turkey shoot, which was held at the armory last Fri day night at 6:30, was so success ful that the company will have another one Friday of this week at the same time. Cotton Quotas Cut For '55; Annual Vote December 14 Fred R. Keith, Chairman of the State ASC Committee has an nounced through H. D. Godfrey, State ASC Administrative Officer, that a National Cotton Acreage Allotment has been proclaimed for 1955 by Secretary of Agricul ture Ezra Taft Benson, and that he called for a National referen dum on cotton quotas to be held on December 14, 1954. The Na tional Acreage Allotment is 18, 113,208 acres for 1955, compared with a National Acreage Allot ment this year of 21,379,358. This represents an acreage re duction of 15. According to Godfrey, the re ferendum to be held on the 14th, will be the 9th vote of its kind. He says the first vote on Cotton Marketing Quotas was held in March, 1938 and the last cotton referendum was December 15 last year. Last year farmers in North Carolina voted 95.3 in favor of cotton quotas. Nation wide, the percentage approving was 94.1. At least two-thirds of the farm ers voting must favor quotas be fore they will be in effect next year. Godfrey cautioned farmers to realize that in the referendum they are not voting for or against the Acreage Allotment they will have the same allotment re gardless of the outcome of the re ferendum. He says that just a bout the only thing involved is whether the farmers want price supports at between 82V& and 90 of parity, or' whether they want price supports at 50 of parity. If quotas are approved by the voters, price support will be at the higher figure. If quotas are not approved, price support will drop to 50 of parity. Godfrey urges all cotton farm ers to get acquainted with the cotton situation to learn for themselves the issues Involved In the referendum and by all means to cast their votes on "December 14th. b Lions Club Asks For Used & Broken Toys To Fix For Christmas The annual drive for used toys for redistribution to underprivi leged children will be conducted by the Raeford Lions Club all over the community Friday night, December 3, starting at 6:00 o' clock, it was announced this week The Lions will be glad to have used toys of any description, no matter how badly they may be broken or worn out. They point out that in repairing toys it is often possible to take parts from an otherwise useless toy and add to part of another to make a ser viceable toy that, when repainted, will make some child mighty hap py, come Christmas. The club asks all who have toys to give them to turn their front porch light on Friday night from 6:00 o'clock on, and the col lection teams will stop. They are conducting the drive now so that the toys may be repaired and painted in plenty of time for Christmas. TO SHOW FILM At the meeting of the Men's Brotherhood of the Ephesus Bap tist Church next Tuesday, No vember 30, a film entitled "For ward With Christ" will be shown. The meeting will be at 7:30 p. m. and the public is invited. o BETHEL SQUARE DANCE The Raedeen Home Demonstra tion Club will sponsor an old fashioned square dance on Friday night, December 3, at the Old Bethel schoolhouse, instead of Friday, November 26, as was ori ginally planned. Music for the dance will be furnished by Ed ward McNeill and his string band, and the public Is invited to attend. License Tags To Go On Sale Here Dec. 1 Auto licenses for this area for 1955 will go on sale Wednesday morning, December 1, at the of fice of the Chamber of Commerce in Raeford. Final arrangements for opening the office in the Bank of Raeford building on Elwood avenue are being made this week by a Chamber of Commerce com mittee and Col. Martin Baum gartner, manager. The Chamber of Commerce plans to make sufficent help a vailable in the office to handle sales without undue waiting for the public except during the last few days before the deadline on February 1, and citizens of the town and county are asked by the Chamber to get their tags from it where possible, as each tag sold will help defray the expense of operating the office. This will be the first time State tags have been available here and the Chamber is anxious to keep them available on a year-round basis in the future. Col. Baumgartner, who recent ly retired "from the Air Force, spent several days last week in the department of motor vehicles in Raleigh becoming familiar with all details of title transfers and tag issuance, and feels that he will be able to handle most sit uations that may arise in addi tion to ordinary reissuance of tags Two tags for each vehicle, in stead of one, are being used this year for the first time since the wartime steel shortage. They must be placed on every auto, truck, trailer and motorcycle within the next two months. A long with most offices in the State, the local Chamber office will be open from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. daily. Superior Court Ends On Acquittal In Murder Case The November term of Hoke County Superior Court, held here last week and presided over by Judge W. A. Leland McKeithen of Pinehurst, ran until Friday af ternoon and postponed all cases remaining on the docket to the January, 1955, term, which is set to convene on January 24. Most of Friday was spent in the trial of Geather McCrimmon, 60-year-old colored man of Little River Township, on a charge of the second degree murder of Webb Worthy, 33-year-old color ed man on May 10. Evidence indicated that Worthy and McCrimmon had been part ners in a liquor-making operation, and that shortly after getting started they had disagreed, re sulting in the destruction of the still on May 9, following which it appeared that McCrimmon had taken a portion of the still's out put home with him. Worthy came there the next day and af ter an hour or two of argument, was killed, a few yards from the house. State contended that Wor thy was leaving the house and making no hostile act when Mc Crimmon shot him, while defense argued that he had turned tow ard an axe lying nearby, and that this and his prior actions had justified McCrimmon in shooting him. Jury apparently agreed with the defense, and found McCrimmon not guilty. Dan Everctte, who had pled guilty of being an accessory to the theft of some plows from Al bert H. Currie, was given a sen tence of 12 months to be suspend ed on payment of costs and $200 for Currie, and on condition of three years good behavior. Wal ter Tew, pled not guilty of the theft, but was found guilty by a jury. He was sentenced to serve 15 months on the roads, and was sent from here to Fayetteville to face trial on other charges there. Another divorce was granted and several civil rulings were made by the judge before the ses sion ended. Record 78 Cases Cleared Through Recorder $ Court 15 Others To Be Tried Later What is probably a record num ber of cases faced Judge T. O. Moses in Hoke County recorder's court Tuesday. When court open ed there were 93 cases on docket for trial, with about 80 of them being for speeding. A total of 67 speeding cases were cleared from the docket Tuesday either by trial or forfeiture, and 10 others were disposed of. Of the about 15 cases postponed by continuance or fail ure to appear most were for speeding. Corporal Pat Ranson, white, pled guilty of non-support of his two minor children, and judg ment was continued on condition that he pay $40 monthly for their support. James Ray Flynn and Lacy Johnson, both white, were tried on the night of November 12 for hunting at night but had to come back Tuesday for final disposi tion. Each pled guilty and had to pay a $250 fine. On Tuesday Johnson established that the car belonged to his mother and the gun to someone else, so these were not confiscated. J. J. Snable, white,-was found guilty of careless and reckless driving and had to pay $23 and costs. Ed Johnson, colored, was found not guilty on a charge of assault, and State dropped a similar charge against Asa L. Golden, white. Caleb Tate, Jr., colored, -pled guilty of driving drunk and was found guilty of resisting arrest. Sentence was eight months to be suspended on payment of $150 and costs and $12 to Harold Cur rie for a pair of pants he tore while helping officers chase Tate, and on condition of two years good behavior. John Thomas Shields, colored, was found guilty of careless and reckless driving and driving drunk. Sentence was 8 to 12 months on the roads, to be sus pended on payment of $250 and costs. He appealed and bond was set at $400, but Shields is still in jail. Kathleen Geddie, colored, was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury as a result of cutting Gus sie Mae Hall. Sentence was 8 to 12 months in prison to be sus pended on payment of $100, costs, doctor bill and two years good behevior. After judgment, how ever, it appeared that there was more evidence that should be heard in tfie case, so Judge Moses deferred his findings and judg ment until next week. Game Protector H. R. McLean indicted Clarrie W. Morgan, white truck driver, for speeding, and Morgan in turn indicted McLean for the same. State dropped case against McLean and accepted Morgan's plea of guilty of driv ing 55 miles an hour. He had to pay $10 and costs. Speeders leaving $25 bonds were F. E. Polston, Theodore Bar nes, Jr., J. D. Appleby, Otho O. Sadler, E. C. Edgerton, M. M. Faske, Willie Tillman, E. C. Dan iels, Isaac B. Reexe, Jr., W. A. Stein, Jessie James Perry, Ed ward Basheek, Edna W. Williams, John Arch Chavis, Andrew Kur pat, Charlie Lee Brunson, Marion D. Dial. Helmuth Christiansen. Ethelbert Fullerton, L. R. Jack son. Speeders leaving $15 bonds were H. E. May, C. Solomon Zip perer, Jessie Stephens, J. B. Haines, Jr., A. B. Bailey, Casey Lee Best, G. B. Tatro, C. D. Bul lock, Thomas Ratliff, H. G. Star rett, H. R. Poulsen, Jessie Gray, Peter S. Krisack, Paul J. Waters, Madge Hodgens, L. M. Crawley, Jr., R. H. Colson, E. B. O'Neill, Mary Rifenburg, E. W. Merkle, G. H Reinier, A. M. Lawson, N. R. Boehmer, Catherine B. Early, E. D. Richardson, H. W. Rector, (Continued b tack fti)