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VOLUME XLIX; HBER 38
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1955
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By The Editor
Hoke County's representative
in the General Assembly, Harry
Greene, is up there now for his
fifth term. He may not be run
ning the State, but if the number
of committees he is on is any
thing to judge by, he is not mis
sing it far. Following my mention
a couple of times recently of
committees on which he was to
serve, he handed me a list last
week of those to which he be
longs. He is chairman of the prop
ositions and grievances commit
tee, and vice-chairman of the
finance committee. He is a mem
ber of the committees on agric
ulture, conservation and devel
opment, counties, cities and towns,
elections and election laws, man
ufacturing and labor, military
affairs, roads, rules, senatorial
districts, wildlife, mental instit
utions and higher education. He
is also a member of the board of
trustees of the University.
Greene's reply to his letter from
the Hoke County commissioners
seems completely justified to me.
He handed me his letter from them
Saturday and asked me what I
thought it meant. My reply was
that they seemed to think it would
be all right if the judge of the re
corder's court got $1800 a year.
He asked if -I thought the board
wanted him to do anything about
it, and I answered that you could
not tell from the letter. All Greene
wants, and I don't blame him, is
. for the board to take a position
in the matter. If they want the
recorder's pay raised to $1800,
he wants them to say so, and ask
him in writing to introduce a
bill making it that.
He says that he also feels that
$1800 would not be unreason
able" as a salary for the judge,
but that he will not assume the
responsibility alone of getting it
raised to that.
Of course, what Greene does
not say but what we all know is
that he doesn't have to do what
the board of commissioners asks
him to do if he doesn't want. to.
In theory at least, a representat
ive will use his own judgment in
the final analysisafter hearing
all sides from his constituents.
In practice, he will probably do
what he thinks most of the peo
ple would want him to do, whet
her or not it is what the board
of commissioners wants him to
do. He intimates in this particular
case that he will go along with
the commissioners if they will
just get in the thing with him.
Latest report from John Mc
Googan is that he is getting along
fine, althought right seriously ill.
He is still a patient at Highsmith
Hospital and still isn't allowed
visitors, but is said to be improv
ing steadily.
The Raeford Chamber of Com
merce was the best represented
for its size of any attending the
workshop for chamber leaders
conducted by the U. S. Chamber
in Rocky Mount Tuesday. Eight
local men attended, and the only
town outside Rocky Mount with
more present was New Bern with
nine, and it is larger and closer.
Along with President Jake Aus
tin from the Raeford Chamber
were R. B. Lewis, J. L. McNeill,
C. L. Thomas, N. A. McDonald,
Younger Snead, Martin Baum
gartner and myself. The infor
mation on civic improvement we
got was worth the trip.
Due to the fact that we seem to
have more news than we have
space for, we are going to have to
leave out the "Mystery Farm Pic
ture" this week.
PHILIPPI CAKE SALE
The Philippi Home Demonstra
tion Club women will have a cake
sale at Cooper's Super Market on
Saturday morning from nine to
noon, for the benefit of the club
treasury. A variety of cakes and
pies will be offered.
Upchurch School
Contracts Of
$143,785 Are Let
By K. A. MacDonald
The Hoke County Board of Ed
ucation met at 2:00 p. m. last
Tuesday and after receiving bids
by a goodly number of contrac
tors let contracts for the Up
church school project. This is
project number five of the new
building program begun last year.
Projects 1 through 4 have been
completed. They were remodeling,
renovating and additions. Mil
douson was No. 1, consisting of
new floors, modernizing primary
room, repainting and repairing
toilets. Rockfish was No. 2, con
sisting of new floors, repainting,
modernizing primary room, and
toilet repairs. Upchurch was No.
3, consisting of two additional
grammar grade classrooms. Hoke
H'gh was No. 4, consisting of re
modeling and renovating the au
ditorium. Project No. 5, let Tues
day, is the largest let so far and
consists of a new physical edu
cation building and the extensive
remodeling of the gymtorium into
a modern up-to-date auditorium,
the renovation of existing toilet
rooms in the high school build
ing, a new nitrofication field for
sewerage disposal, and an out
side paint job on all buildings.
East Carolina Construction Co.
of Dunn was awarded the general
construction contract at $103,
156.00. Dunn's Electric of Laurel
Hill got the electric wiring at
$9,467.00. L. H. Bramble of Fay
etteville was awarded the heat
ing and plumbing at $17,387.00
and $5,637.00 respectively. The
architectural fees will amount to
$8,138.82, making a grand total
for the project of $143,785.82.
Construction is expected to
start in April and will be comp
leted by time school will open in
the fall. When complete we will
put the Upchurch School up with
any school in regard to facilities;
we put it there now in regard to
curriculum and quality of work
done.
The Board expects to let Pro
ject No. 6 late in April or early
May. This project will be the re
modeling and modernizing of the
old building at the J. W. Mc
Lauchlin School. Plans call for
work to start June 1 and be com
pleted by September 1.
The whole building program as
projected by the Board calls for,
in addition to what has been list
ed, two colored elementary
schools (East and West Elemen
tary) and a six-room addition to
the Burlington School. This will
be a 5 or 6 year program based
on about one third local, and two
thirds monetary participation by
the State out of the last twenty
five million dollars of the fifty
million dollar state bond issue.
If this program can be completed
the Hoke County Schools will
compare favorably with the
schools in any county.
Eldon A. Martin
New Johnson Mgr.
Eldon A. Martin, of Lumberton,
recently became the manager of
the Johnson Cotton Company
store here, succeeding L. W. Tur
ner who had been manager of the
store since it opened here about
eight years ago.
Mr. Martin is a native of
Northampton County, and started
work with Johnson Cotton Com
pany in Dunn as a route sales
man nine years ago. For the past
six years he has been with the
Johnson Cotton Company in Lum
berton as manager of the furni
ture and appliance department,
until his promotion to be mana
ger of the store here.
He is married to the former
Miss Ruth Tart of Dunn and they
have a son, Larry Edon, eleven,
and a daughter, Linda Ruth,
seven. They have purchased a
home on Dickson Street In Sunset
Hills and expect to move Mon
day.
Wayside Farm In
Last Week's Photo
One Of Oldest
The Wayside farm of Mrs. J. C.
Lindsay on the Fayetteville road,
was pictured as the mystery farm
picture last week. Taken from the
south, or back side, it was not
named by many readers, although
telephone difficulty in the rural
areas may also have cut down on
identifications. Naming the pic
ture correctly and winning the
free subscriptions were the Rev.
W. B. Heyward of Raeford and
Martin Layton of Route two.
The farm, although not occup
ied by the Lindsay family for
some time, has an interesting his
tory, and has been in the same
family for more than 100 years.
The home is now occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Croom, who
operate the store and service sta
tion. About 180 acres, the farm
is owned by Mrs. J. C. Lindsay
of Greensboro and is farmed by
Walter Brock.
In 1839 John and Mary Black
Lindsay came to the farm from
the Isle of Jura, Scotland. Annie
Black Lindsay, their daughter,
was born on the ocean that year.
She grew up and married Doug
aid McFadyen, parents of the late
A. B., J. F. and D. B. McFadyen
of this county, many of whose
children and grandchildren live
here. John and Mary Black Lind
say are buried at Galatia Presby
terian Church in Cumberland
County.
Neill B. Lindsay, son of John
and Mary Black Lindsay, was
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FARM ITEMS
By W. C. Willlford
County Farm Agent
February 25th is the date of
Hoke County's 1955 Farmers'
Day. The program will begin at
2:00 P. M. with a devotional pro
gram in observance of the World
Day of Prayer.
John Reitzel, Assistant Com
missioner of Agriculture, will fol
low with the feature address. Mr.
Reitzel has served as Assistant
County Agent and as Foreign Ag
riculture Officer with the Armed
Forces. He was discharged from
the army in April, 1946 with the
rank of Major and returned to
State College as a Farm Manage
ment Specialist. He has also ser
ved as County Agent in Wake
County and Agriculture Consult
ant for the State Department in
Germany. His time is in big de
mand so we are fortunate to have
him for the Farmers' Day pro
gram. In addition to Mr. Reitzel's dis
cussion, you will hear other time
ly topics. You help decide who
will be on the program. The pro
blems that you ask the County
Agent the most questions about
are the ones that we try to get
discussed on Farmers' Day. Fer
tilizers, weed control, and Social
Security lead the list, and we
were fortunate in getting exactly
the people that we wanted for
your Farmers' Day.
Fertilizer is one of the main
subjects that you discuss with
me. Some of you tell me that all
mineral nitrogen is no good for
Hoke County soils. Others say
they had rather have all mineral
nitrogen. Still others who are us
ing liquid nitrogen think that is
the best in many instances. Per
haps all of you are correct. Hoke
County has the widest variety of
toils and crops for it's size of any
llace that I know. Fertilizer re
commended for one side of the
county doesn't fit the recommen
dation for the other side at all.
Dr. E. R. Collins is generally
recognized as the leading author
ity on practical fertilizer in for
mation in this part of the country.
He was with us last year for the
Hoke County Farmers' Day. At
the request of several farmers,
we requested that he return a
gain for the program this year.
He will be glad toanswer your
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County Ministers
Form Association
The Hoke County Ministerial
Association held its organization
al meeting Monday at the Rae
ford Baptist Church with 14 min
isters in attendance. J. Herbert
Miller led the opening prayer.
The following officers were
elected: president, James E.
Baker, pastor of the Raeford Bap
tist Church; vice-persident, W. B.
Heyward, pastor of the Raeford
Presbyterian Church; secretary
treasurer, G. D. McNeill, Jr., pas
tor ,of Rockfish Grove Free Will
Baptist Church.
The newly - elected officers
were asked to present a suggest
ed set of by-laws and a program
for the association at the next
meeting. It was decided that the
group would meet every fourth
Monday at 10:00 a. m. at the Rae
ford Baptist Church, beginning
February 28.
An enthusiastic discussion fol
lowed regarding the program and
work of the association. Mr. Ba
ker, the president, sees the pos
sibility of an association of 30
ministers, and urges the pastors
of all Hoke County churches to
attend the meeting on February
28.
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Baptist Church Has
Special March Plans
The Raeford Baptist Church
will be making a special effort
to increase attendance at all ser
vices during the month of March.
The theme for the month will be
"March to Church in March."
Every resident member will be
contacted along with many of the
prospects. Th- goal will be set
for 300 in Sunday School on Sun
day, March 6 with 250 in morn
ing worship on the same Sunday.
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Methodist Men Meet,
Hear Baptist Pastor
The Men of the Raeford Meth
odist Church held their regular
I monthly meeting on Friday night
at 7:00 o'clock in the fellowship
room of the church.
T. ' B. Lester, president, intro
duced the Rev. James E. Baker,
pastor of the Raeford Baptist
Church, who was guest speaker.
A delicious supper was served to
the 48 men attending.
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BAPTIST CAKE SALE
The Elizabeth Hale Circle of
the Raeford Baptist Church plans
a cake sale for Saturday, Febru
ary 19 at the Raeford Television
Co. Cakes may be engaged ahead
of time by calling 2215 or 522.
Mrs. Eva Bethune of Lansing,
Michigan is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
I Cicy McFadyen and Mrs. John
Graham and other relatives.
N. C. Methodists Plan To Organize
Many New Churches In Next 10 Years
(Editor's Note: The following
report, submitted by the Rev. J.
Herbert Miller of the Raeford
Methodist Church is the result
of a long range planning program
for church extension in the North
Carolina conference. The Con
ference met in a special one-day
session January 4 at the Edenton
Street church in Raleigh to hear
and discuss this report. Following
that the district superintendents
called together the pastors in
each district to consider of their
respective districts the need for
new churches, the relocation of
established churches, and the
possibility of opening closed o
abandoned churches.)
The survey of Methodist needs
in Eastern North Carolina has
just been completed, and it re
veals a need for substantial ex
pansion of The Methodist Church.
According to a report from the
Conference Survey Committee
and Rev. Thomas A. Collins, Ex
ecutive Secretary for Church Ex
tension, ninety new Methodist
churches are needed Immediately,
Hodgin Gets 46
As Hoke Girls
Beat Tabor City
All - State Forward Claudine
Hodyin really poured the basket
ball through the hoop in Tabor
City last Thursday night to lead
her team back into the victory
column after two losses. Claudine
was personally responsible for 46
points in the game the Hoke girls
won, 65-64 from the Tabor City
girls. Janet Guin got 14 and Faye
Dark five to complete the scoring
for the locals. High scorer for
Tabor City was Home with 34.
The boys game was a close one
also, but the Tabor City quintet
was a little too much for the Hoke
team as they won, 53-50. Scoring
was fairly well divided for the
Hoke team with Bobbitt leading
with 15 points followed by Up
church with 11, Tickle with 10,
Bowling and Koonce six each
and Culbreth two.
The Hoke teams go to White
ville for boys and girls games to
morrow night. They will play
Red Springs here next Tuesday
night and Hamlet here on Friday
night of next week to complete
the regular schedule.
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Escaped Prisoner
Is Recaptured
Willie Arnold, colored man
who had been in jail on charges
of breaking and entering and lar
ceny at Johnson Cotton Campany,
and who left the jail through i
skylight on the morning of Janu
ary 30, was recaptured by Rural
Policeman D. J. Jones and Vance
Wiggins of the Raeford police
force at about 4:30 last Thursday
morning, January 10.
They caught Arnold riding in
a car near Timberland with
James McMillan, and McMillan
was arrested and charged with
aiding an escaped prisoner. In
recorder's court Tuesday Arnold
was held for trial in Superior
Court and charges against Mc
Millan were dropped.
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MRS. PREVATTE DIES
IN FAIRMONT TUESDAY
Mrs. Esther Prevatte, sister of
T. D. Potter of Raeford, died in
Fairmont Tuesday morning. She
was the widow of the late E. H.
Prevatte of Fairmont, and fun
eral service was conducted at
three o'clock Wednesday after
noon in Fairmont.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert McKeit
han and Miss Lydia McKeithan
spent Sunday in Elizabcthtown
with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mc
Kuithan, Jr. and son.
and more than 210 will be needed
in the next five years.
Bishop Paul N. Garber, Bishop
of the North Carolina Conference,
assures us that this organization
and construction of new Metho
dist churches is an imperative
which shall be met with a vigo
rous program of expansion. He
hns given assurance that every
effort will be expended to ac
hieve this construction which will
necessitate an expenditure of ap
proximately $16,000,000. It is be
lieved that these churches can be
established where they are need
ed within the decade just ahead
because of a carefully prepared
program.
The funds to make this possible
will be raised in three primary
manners. The Ten Dollar Club
has dramatically demonstrated
our ability to unite In this work.
In this program laymen and min
isters across our conference, num
bering more than 5,000, have pro
mised to contribute $10 each time
one or two new churches are
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Boy Scouts To Hold
Court Of Honor At
High School Thurs.
The Western District of the
Cape Fear Area Council, Boy
Scouts of America, will hold a
court of honor for the more than
20 troops in Hoke, Scotland and
Western Robeson Counties in the
auditorium of the Hoke High
School at 8:00 o'clock next
Thursday night. Jimmy Morgan
of Laurinburg, chairman of the
district, is to preside. Younger
Snead of Raeford is district vice
chairman. Arrangements are be
ing made by Sam Chambers of
Laurinburg, western district ex
ecutive and professional scout
man.
Awards will be made to boys
from all the troops, Including
promotions from Tenderfoot all
the way to Eagle, the highest a
ward in Scouting. This award,
one not made very often, will be
made to Younger Snead, Jr., of
Raeford, with the complete Eagle
ritual, the most impressive cere
mony of any court of honor.
The public is invited to attend
tue court.
Recorder Hears
Usual Variety Of
Cases Tuesday
A total of 17 cases on a variety
of charges were heard before
Judge T. O. Moses in Hoke Coun
ty recorder's court Tuesday, with
23 more being cleared through
forfeited bonds, making a grand
total of 40 cases handled at the
session.
Walter J. Holt and Willie F.
Odom, both white, were each
charged with driving drunk.
Each pled not guilty but was
found guilty and sentenced to
three months' on the roads to be
suspended on payment of $100
and costs. Each appealed to Su
perior Court and posted bond for
appearance.
Willie Arnold, colored man who
had got out of jail and brought
back this week, was charged with
breaking and entering and larceny
in connection with the entering
of Johnson Cotton Company here
recently. Probable cause was
found and Arnold is in jail in
default of a $500 bond. On a
charge of breaking jail, he was
found guilty and sentenced to 30
days on the roads, which he ap
pealed. James McMillan, colored,
was charged with aiding Arnold
while he was escaped, but State
dropped the charge for lack of
evidence. Mclntyre McKinnon,
colored, was a,lso charged with
breaking and entering and lar
ceny in connection with the same
case, but State dropped charges
against him with leave to reopen,
and was ordered to attend Su
perior Court as a witness.
McKinnon was also in court on
a charge of non-support of his
family. Judgment in this case
was continued until March 8 on
condition that he pay court costs
and a certain amount to support
his family,
Howard Locklear, Indian, was
found guilty of assault with a
deadly weapon inflicting serious
and painful injury. Sentence was
three to four months on the roads,
suspended on condition that he
pay his wife's doctor bill, costs,
$50 fine, and be of two years
good behavior. In a companion
case Luther Henderson, Indian,
was also found guilty of the same
offense, but judgment was con
tinued for one week.
Sadie McPhatter or Green,
colored, pled guilty of having
non-tax-paid liquor for sale.
Sentence was fix months, sus
pended on payment of $50 and
costs and two years good behav
ior. Henry Handon, colored, for
a more minor violation of the
prohibition laws, pled guilty and
paid $10 and costs.
Lewis E. Pate and Archie Bun-
dy, both white, were found guilty
of careless and reckless driving
and paid $10 and costs each.
Clonnie Rogers, colored, paid
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Greene Considers
Board Evading
Judge Pay Issue
In a letter dated February 15
to J. A. McGoogan, Hoke County
accountant and ex-officio clerk
to the board of commissioners,
Representative Harry A. Greene
expresses his feeling that the
board is leaving the entire matter
of setting the pay of the judge of
recorder's court to him without
committing themselves on it. He
also intimates that he intends to
take no action toward getting a
bill passed setting the judge's
salary until actually asked to do
so by the board.
In his letter he acknowledged
receipt of McGoogan's letter in
which is was stated "today (the
board) agreed that a salary of
$1,800 per annum would not be
unreasonable for the position of
judge of Recorder's Court of Hoke
County." That Greene considers
this letter non-commital and
passing the buck entirely to him
is indicated by portions of his
letter quoted below.
'It was my understanding at
the time I met with the Commis
sioners that they would meet and
recommend any action they want
ed taken in this matter of the
salary adjustment. After reading
your letter very carefully a num
ber of times, I do not feel that
this could be conisdered a request
from that board.
"As I explained to these gen
tlemen I am perfectly willing to
enact any law covering this mat
ter that they would like to have
put on the statue books. Since it
is a matter directly effecting
county funds only, I feel that I
would be acting beyond my ca-"
pacity unless it met the full ap
proval of the board.
"I agree that the figures stated
above is not an unreasonable
compensation for the work and
service rendered the county in
this position. I would appreciate
it if you would advise the com
missioners as to my position in
this matter, and I sincerely hope
that they can see and appreciate
how I feel about it."
Representative Greene sent a
copy 6f his letter to the News
Journal. William Z. Veasey
Buried In Hickory
Funeral services for William
Zero Veasey, 73, were conducted
at 3:00 o'clock Wednesday after
noon at the First Methodist
Church in Hickory. Mr. Veasey
was a twin brother of J. A. Vea
sey of Aberdeen, formerly of this
county, Mrs. J. DeWitl Tapp and
J. O. Veasey of this county.
A son of the late W. D. and
Jane H. Veasey, he was a native
of Granville County. He was em
ployed for many years by the
Southern Desk Company, retiring
two years ago. He was married
in 1915 to Miss Ethel Fowler of
Caldwell County, who survives
him, along with an adopted dau
ghter, three brothers and two sis
ters. Mrs. Tapp of Raeford, Mrs. J.
A. Veasey and Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Veasey of Aberdeen at
tended the funeral.
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INCOME TAX HELP TO
BE AVAILABLE HERE
A representative of the Inter
nal Revenue service will be in
the juTy room at the courthouse
all day next Thursday, Feb. 24,
to assist taxpayers in preparing
their 1954 returns. He will be on
duty from 8:30 to 12:30 and from
1:15 to 5:00.
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PTA TO MEET MONDAY
The Hoke - Raeford Parent
Teachers' Association will hold its
regular monthly meeting in the
auditorium of the J. W. McLauch
lin School at 7:30 next Monday
night, J. W. Canaday, president,
announced this week. He urged
parents and teachers to attend.