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The Hoke County News
The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLIX; NUMBER 34
. THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1933
RAEFORD, N. C.
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By The Editor
Representative Charles B.
Deane's appointment to the
House Appropriations Committee
of the 84th Congress, which was
mentioned here last week, was
referred to in an Associated Press
article discussing the assignments
of North Carolina Congressmen
as "the most important assign
ment short of a chairmanship."
Note that Rep. Harry Greene
has been named a vice-chairman
of the powerful house finance
committee of the North Carolina
General Assembly by Speaker
Larry Moore. Moore has been
sick in a hospital and has not re
leased a complete list of appoint
ments.
Speaking of Greene ... I ex
pect people of the county will
feel disappointed that he did not
see fit to vote against the rule
the house passed yesterday which
will enable them to completely
hide any of their activity from
the people of the State, or even
from each other for that matter.
I think passage of this rule is a
terrible thing for a body of such
stature as our General Assembly
to pass, and one which they and
the people of the State will re
gret. I am in full agreement, for
once, with the Raleigh News &
Observer in condemning its pass
age. But back to our representa
tive, the News it Observer nam
ed 10 of the 21 who opposed the
ru'e. Maybe Greene was the other
one, and if he wasn't I hope he
was absent.
If neither is the case I just
can't understand it, because I
have heard Greene express him
self many times on the right of
the people to know what is going
on in their public business . . .
at their courthouse, their town
hall, and in their Lcgisalture. The
first step in countries that have
lost their freedom and demo
cracy has been to conceal the ac
tions of public officials from the
people. To be certain of their
freedom the people must have a
vailable all the activities of their
public officials on public business.
They represent us, you and me,
and we have a right to know what
they are up to in making our
laws and spending and levying
our taxes. This Is not just a wail
from the newspapers of the State
who have hurt feelings because
they can't sit in the inner circle
. . . If they can't sit there, you,
the citizens, can't find out what
goes on there. They sit there for
you and in your place. If they are
denied access, it is you in the
final analysis who is being denied
access. This question is a vital
one, and no measure will be too
great for the ultimate defeat of
this rule, in my opinion. I will
report on our representative's at
titude after I have talked to hTm.
Opponents of the rule asked
that the vote on it be deferred .for
24 hours, just to give everyone a
chance to think it over, and this
was even overruled in getting it
rushed by, although there was no
reason to hurry. Another thing
about the way it was heandled
seems deserving of contempt to
me, and that is the fact that the
boys didn't have the guts to do it
on a roll call vote.
The new measure provides that
committees may have "execu
tive" sessions (a nice word for
secret) whenever a quorum is
prsent and a majority votes for
such a session. It also provides
that the chairman of a commit
tee may remove anyone he con
;iders prejudicial to good order in
Jie committee room, or some such
similar Indefinite phrasing mean
ing that the chairman may have
anyone he doesn't want in put
out.
The two provisions of the rules
are to apply to committees, where
the work of any legislative body
Is done. As the News & Observer
says, they might as well lock up
(Continued on Pg B)
Hoke Girls Win
Two As Hodgin
Scores 72 Points
Play Here Friday Night
The Hoke girls basketball team
picked up two more victories this
week behind the spectacular play
of All-State Claudine Hodgin,
who scored 36 points in each of
the games. Victims were Clinton
High here last Friday night and
Red Springs there on Tuesday
night.
Against Clinton the boys drop
ped a 59-45 game, but took their
affair from Red Springs on Tues
day, 45-44.
In the Clinton game last Fri
day the Hoke girls had a 11-9
lead in the first period, and in-
crei'sed it as they went along to
win 65-45. In addition to Hod
gin's 36 points, Janet Guin tallied
23.
Against Red Springs on Tues
day Claudine again got 36 and
Janet scored 20. High scorer for
Red Springs was McMillan, with
33 points. Hoke girls won 56-51.
Boys Win And Lose
In the boys contest against
Clinton Ed Bowling for Hoke led
the scoring with 21 points, al
though his team was beaten 59-45.
Caison, with 17 points, was top
man for the visiting Clinton team.
At Red Springs Tuesday night
Bowling again led his team in
scoring, and this time to victory
as well, as they won 45-44. Bow
ling dropped in 17 points this
time, followed by Bobbitt with
16 points. McCracken was high
for the home team with 13.
Here Friday and Tuesday
The Hoke boys and girls teams
wll play Tabor City in the local
gymansium tomorrow night, and
on Tuesday night they will play
the Lumberton teams here. On
Friday of next week they will go
to Clinton.
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Mrs. Callie Bostic
Dies Early Tuesday;
Funeral Held Today
Mrs. Callie Davis Bostic died
Tuesday morning in a Fayetteville
hospital and funeral services
were held at 1:00 o'clock this af
ternoon at the home of her son,
Clifford D. Bostic, in this county,
Lumber Bridge, Route one. The
Rev. W. B. Cotton and the Rev.
N. P. Edens conducted the serv
ices, and burial was to follow In
the Golden Grove cemetery in
Kenansville.
Mrs, Bostic was born in Person
County, daughter of the late W.
T. and Mollie Davis. She was the
widow of the late C. L. Bostic of
Duplin County, near Kenansville,
from which place she came to this
county in 1930. She had lived
with her son, Clifford, since that
time and celebrated her 80th bir
thday last October.
She is survived by four sons,
Clifford, Burnice B. of Route
two, Raeford, Kenneth Bostic of
Hope Mills and Gardner Bostic
of Red Springs; one step-son, W.
L. Bostic of Magnolia; three dau
ghters, Mrs. Delton King of Fay
etteville, Mrs. Thomas Rogers,
Warsaw, and Mrs. W. B. Low
rance, Port Gibson, Mass.; three
brothers, C. J. Davis, Clinton, R.
V. Davis, Beulahville, and W. T.
Davis, New Hill. She also leaves
19 grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren.
Two Mystery Pictures
Running This Week
The "Mystery Farm Picture,"
which appeared in last week's
paper, was not identified correct
ly, and so appears again this
week, on page three. Usual sub
scription prizes will be given for
its identification, and the framed
original is waiting at the office
for the owner or occupant of the
home to come In and claim.
This week's picture also ap
pears, and prizes will also be giv
en for its correct identification.
CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS HOKE
4.
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:
John A. McKeithan,
Long-Time Resident,
Passes Away Sun.
John A. McKeithan, native of
the McKeithan Pond section of
the part of this county that is
now the Fort Bragg reservation,
died at Moore County Hospital
Sunday after being in declining
health for some time and in the
hospital for about two weeks. He
would have been 80 years of age
in February if he had lived.
Mr. McKeithan was the oldest
son of the late Daniel and Lydia
McKeithan and came to Raeford
to live before the year 1900. He
was in the mule and horse busi
ness here for some time, and dealt
in naval stores in several south
ern states for many years.
Funeral was conducted at the
Raeford Presbyterian Church at
three o'clock Monday afternoon
by the pastor, the Rev. W. B.
Heyward, and burial was in Rae
ford cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Emma McKeithan; three sons, M.
B. McKeithan of Raleigh, J. D.
and Julian B. McKeithan of Rae
ford; one daughter, Mrs. William
Maurer of Rocky Mount; three
brothers, M. L. McKeithan, Mar
tin McKeithan and Herbert Mc
Keithan, all of Raeford; two sis
ters, Mrs. Christian Davis of
Raeford and Miss Mayme Mc
Keithan of Raeford; and seven
grandchildren.
Floyd Capps Funeral
At Galatia Friday
Floyd J. Capps, 54, son of the
late Louisa May Lewis and John
R. Capps of this county, died last
Thursday morning at about 5:30.
He had been a resident of the
county all his life.
Funeral service was held at 4:00
o'clock Friday afternoon at Gala
tia Presbyterian Church in Cum
berland County, with the Rev.
Scott Turner, Jr., conducting.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery. Surviving are one sister, Mrs.
May Hinson of Goldsboro; three
brothers, W. H. Capps of New
York City, Arthur L. of Fayette
ville and Milton E. Capps of Fay
etteville, Route one.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Upchurch
were called to Albany, Georgia
Saturday on account of the illness
of Mrs. Upehurch's uncle. Mr.
Upchurch returned on Monday,
and Mrs. Upchurch will return the
latter part of this week.
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1. You may win but once in
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
Mrs. Joe C. Campbell
Dies Yesterday; Plan
Funeral Antioch Fri.
Mrs. Joe C. Campbell died in
Scotland Memorial Hospital at
6:50 p. m. "Wednesday, and fun
eral will be held at Antioch Pres
byterian Church at 3:00 o'clock
Friday afternoon, January 21.
Mrs. Campbell, the former
Margaret James McBryde, was
born May 5, 1882, daughter of the
late James A. McBryde and Mar
garet B. Mclnnis. She had spent
her entire life in this county and
was the widow of Joe C. Camp
bell, who died last February. .
Funeral services for Mrs.
Campbell will be conducted by
the Rev. Gower Crosswell, her
pastor at Antioch, and burial will
follow in the church cemetery.
Pallbeaaers are to be Walter G.
McBryde, Dan Campbell, Jr.,
Wilson McBryde, Bruce Conoly,
Everette McBryde, Lloyd Gillis,
Douglas Johnson and John Haire.
Surviving are two children,
Mrs. Murphy McLauchlin of Red
Springs and Clyde Campbell; two
grandchildren; three brothers, J.
D. McBryde, A. M. McBryde and
D. M. McBryde; and a number
of nieces and nephews.
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James A. McQueen
Passes At 84; Buried
At Bethel Sunday
James Archibald McQueen, 84-
year-old native of this county,
died at a Laurinburg nursing
home Saturday morning after a
long period of failing health. He
was a son of the late Rev. Arch
ibald McQueen and Flora Nich
olson McQueen, and was born in
the part of this county that was
then Robeson.
Ho was a farmer in Blue
Springs Township before health
forced his retirement some years
ago, and he was also a mail car
icr for several years. He was a
Mason and a member of the Be
thel Presbyterian Church.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at Bethel Presbyterian Church
at four o'clock Sunday afternoon
by the Rev. W. B. Heyward, pas
tor of the Raeford Presbyterian
Church, and the Rev. J. W. Am
ory, pastor at Bethel. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Mr. McQueen is survived by
two sisters, Mrs. E. S. Smith and
Miss Flora McQueen of Raeford.
Mis. Russ Parker left Tuesday
for Corbln, Kentucky to join her
husband, Major Parker, who is
stationed there.
COUNTY FARM?
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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 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.
Solicitor Rowland
Considers Quitting
(By Paul Dickson)
Solicitor G. B. Rowland told
me today he was seriously con
sidering resigning his position as
solicitor of the Hoke County re
corder's court ofter a case that
was tried in the court yesterday.
He referred to the case in which
R. L. (Roy) Long was tried on
a charge of driving drunk and
found not guilty by Judge Moses.
Long was arrested by State High
way Patrolman Harris in the pre
sence of Patrolman Herbin soon
after midnight on the morning of
December 23, and both patrolmen
testified that he was drunk in
their opinion, thick-talking, un
steady on his feet, smelling of
alcohol.
Evidence by Long and some
tenants and friends of his was
that he had been bird hunting
the day before and had stopped
at their home where they had
worked on a tractor until about
midnight, and that all Long had
had to drink was two beers.
He was found not guilty, and
Rowland says that after leaving
the courtroom Moses (judge of
the court) made a remark in
which he used tha expression
"rubber stamp" in referring to
the hifihway patrolmen. Row
land said that if their evidence
was not to be considered in the
court that he did not see how he
could do any good as prosecuting
altorney, as officers have a duty
to be where crimes are likely to
take place, and that evidence for
the State in most cases comes
from officers of the law. He said
that if these officers were as
untrustworthy as Moses seems to
think they are, they ought to be
replaced.
Rowland also told me that
Long had come to him about the
case, saying that he was guilty
and wanting to know if there
was some way he could get it
defrrred until September, as he
could not get around to look af
ter his farming interests this year
without being able to drive.
Rowland said he told him he
couldn't represent both sides, and
that he had better go get him a
lawyer.
He didn't act like he had made
up his mind when he left here,
hut he seemed somewhat upset
about the whole matter, as it
appears to me he had good reason
to be.
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Mrs. Wilmer McBryde visited
Mr. and Mrs. Angus Sinclair in
Maxton on Sunday.
HEAVY DOCKET FACES JUDGE
STEVENS IN SUPERIOR COURT
Recorder's Court
Tues. And Wed.;
15 Cases Heard
The regular session of Hoke
County recorder's court was held
before Judge T. O. Moses on Tues
day and again on Wednesday,
concluding shortly before three
p. m. Fourteen cases were heard
in court, with only one being con
tested, although there were two
other pelas of not g iilty without
defense attorneys. Seventeen
bonds were forfeited on charges
of speeding, and one on another
charge.
R. L. Long, white, was charged
with driving drunk, and was found
not guilty. Ace Miles, colored
pled guilty of driving drunk and
got 90 days suspended on pay
ment of $100 and court costs.
James L. Blackman, colored, pled
guilty of driving drunk and car
rying a concealed weapon. Sen
tence was four months, to be su
spended on payment of $150 and
costs, confiscation of the pistol,
and two years good behavior.
George S. West, white, got 30
days suspended on payment of
$25 and costs for careless and
reckless driving. Billy Hicks,
white, also pled guilty of the
same offense, and judgment was
suspended on payment of $10 and
costs. Foster Wright, colored, got
30 days suspended on payment of
$10 and costs for the same offense.
David D. Wright, white of Fay
etteville, was found guilty and
had to pay costs.
J. C. Purcell, colored, was found
not guilty on a charge of assault.
Jerry Bennett, colored, pled
guilty of assaulting his wife and
got 30 days suspended on pay
ment of costs.
Earl Lee Grant, white soldier,
was found guilty of violating the
prohibition laws, and pled guilty
of assaulting H. G. Cranford with
a bottle. In the first case he got
30 days to be suspended on pay
ment of $25 and costs. In the sec
ond he got four months to be su
spended on payment of $200 fine.
costs, doctor bill and damage.
Total bill to get him out was
$328.10, and he was still in yes
terday afternoon.
Samuel Scriven, white, forfeit
ed a $25 bond for having impro
per brakes. Paying $10 and costs
for speeding were Jesse R. Wilson,
Donald Shaw and Sydney Law
rece. Robert G. Freeman paid
costs for speeding.
Leaving $60 bonds for speeding
were Frank C. Palotta, J. B. Har
per, Jr., and Travis L. Brown.
John W. Ferns left $40. Leaving
$25 each were Jack Carr, Thomas
J. Henry, Franklin E. Etheridge,
Charles P. Moretz, Toni Cataldo
and Thomas Lesh. Leaving $15
each were Nick Karamitsos, Julia
D. Bottelson, Albert A. Fuller,
Alfred La Jeunesse, George L.
Havercamp, Wayne T. Jones and
William L. Mitchell.
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WOODMEN TO MEET
Next Thursday night, January
27, there will be a special meet
ing of the Raeford Woodmen in
the Woodman Hall for the pur
pose of installing officers for the
year 1955. Nick T. Newberry of
Charlotte, Woodmen state mana
ger, will be installing officer.
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PATROL OFFICE HOURS
A Hoke County member of the
State Highway Patrol will be In
the sheriffs office one hour each
day. from 9:00 to 10:00 in the
mornings except Sundays, for the
purpose of inspecting out-of-state
cars requiring inspection for
North Carolina registration. Pa
trol regulations do not allow pa
trolmen to spend more time in
the office, and these inspections
must be done during the time al
lotted.
Criminal Docket Monday;
Civil Set For Thursday
Judge Henry L. Stevens of
Warsaw, who is holding court in
Fayetteville this week, will come
here next week to preside at the
regular January term of Hoke
County Superior Court which will
open on Monday morning at 10:00
o'clock. Criminal cases are set to
be tried the first three days of
the week, with civil cases being
calendared for Thursday.
A docket of some thirty-odd
criminal cases will face Judge
Stevens and Solicitor Malcolm
Seawell, with several being left
from the last term, when the
judge was sick for a day and a
half and the docket was not fin
ished. Most serious of the criminal
cases to be tried is that in which
two icolored youths are charged
with assault and rape. They are
Will Hollingsworth and John
Clifton Morrison. Raphew James
Shaw and Robert McMillan are
charged with being accessories to
the crime.
Alvis Faulk, colored of Little
River Township, is charged with
assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill. It is charged
that Faulk shot" R. L. Brooks,
storekeeper, in the back twice
with a .22 rifle on November 30.
Brooks was in critical condition
at Moore County Hospital for a
time, but is considerably improv
ed. Erwin McLeod, colored, is
charged with being an accessory
to the crime.
Other cases include a Negro
charged with breaking and en
tering and larceny at Hoke Trad
ing Co., several appeals of drunk
driving convictions, as well as
speeding, violating the prohibi
tion laws, assault, and non-support.
Fifteen civil cases are on the
calendar for Thursday, although
usually not more than about one
third or less of the cases on the
calendar get to trial. These in
clude divorces, slander suits, pro
perty arguments, family disagree
ments and the like.
The same grand jury will serve
for the term, and the list for petit
jury is as follows:
W. R. Adcox, Jeff Davis, Jack
McKenzie, Miss Lela Teal, Chal
mers Davis, W. W. McLean, Mrs.
R. L. Long, Paul Livingston, Mrs.
C. J. Connell, M. V. Peele, J. D.
McBryde, Clarence Koonce, J. B.
Haire, Robert Daniels, L. L. Fair
cloth, R. O. Cothran, Clifton Mc
Gregor, J. A. Priest, W. J. Mc
Bryde, D. H. Smith, C. E. Jackson,
Mrs. Bernice Garner, Floyd John
son, C. R. Turney, James G.
Wood, R. F. Clark, H. E. Currie,
Charles Daramus, Whalan Cozart,
Howard Livingston, C. M. Baker,
G. W. Laton, John McK. Blue,
William Lcntz, A. J. Lundy.
Kids Enjoy Snow As
No School Wed.
Heavy snow fell over most of
North Carolina Wednesday, and
although it seems to have been
somewhat lighter in Raeford and
Hoke County than over, most of
the State, it was still heavy
enough to cause school to be call
ed off. Depth here has been var-
two to three inches. It ran up to
better than six or seven in many
places.
School was out for the day, and
snow fell until early afternoon.
It was reported to have been the
most snow in seven years in most
places, and here there were snow
men going up at a furious pace
all over town, old rusty sleds be
ing tried out, and teen-age boys
throwing snowballs at one and
all.
Some snow is left today, but
the weather is warmer and it
won't be here long. The temper- 1
ature didn't fall to freezing until
early this morning, so much con
tinued to melt during tha night