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The Hoke County News
The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLIX; NUMBER 43
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1935
RAEFORD, N. C.
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By The Editor
W. C. Williford, county farm
agent, tells me that he had a
letter today from the farm agent
In Martinsville, Virginia, to the
effect that most of the tobacco
plants up there were killed by
the late freeze, and that farmers
are really in a bad way for them.
Williford asked me to pass the
word along, and said that if any
tobacco farmers having excess
plants would let him know he
would make arrangements for the
distressed Virginia farmers to get
them. I told him I had heard
some farmers here saying they
needed plants, but he said he
thought most of them had got
ten what they needed by now,
and that there might be some ex
cess. Would be a good turn, I
suppose, to help those folks out,
and things like that usually come
back to you.
I understand that Suzanne Cam
eron, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Cameron who won prizes
In the Hoke High School and
Flora Macdonald College science
fairs, was winner of third place
in the statewide science fair at
Duke University. Her exhibit is
undoubtedly outstanding, and if
we can get it we'll try to have a
description of it in the paper soon.
Lawrence McNeill, president of
the Hoke Development Corporat
ion, tells me that a large percent
age of the locally owned stock
was represented at the meeting
last week. Results of the meeting
were that an eight percent div
idend on all stock has been paid,
and all stock is being redeemed at
face value by H. L. Gatlin, Jr.,
the corporation's treasurer. In
view of the probability of another
such project coming up In the
future it was decided not to dis
solve the corporation, but to re
tain Its framework, officers and
directors available for such a sit
uation . . . Might want to put
up another building some time,
or a swimming pool, or some
thing else, and then stock could
again be offered for the project
without having to organize again.
Similar corporations are being
organized in other communities,
and it seems wise to me that the
one already organized here is not
to be dissolved.
After having received compli
mentary press tickets many times
to the stock car races on Friday
nights at the Champion Raceway
near Fayetteville, I finally de
cided to see what went on there,
and went last Friday night. It
was my first sight of any sort of
auto racing, and I got quite a
kick out of it. In case you know
no more than I did it's a one-third
of a mile banked asphalt track,
the cars mostly appear to be a
bout 1935 Fords, and most are
coupes. The way the bodies and
fenders were so beat up made an
impression on me to start with,
and I was not long seeing how
they get that way. jhey really do
travel around that thing, and fre
quently bump each other side
ways and bump into the outside
wall, although I understand in
juries are rare. Anyway, there
were several thousand people
there hollering, and before it was
over I had me a car picked out
and was hollering too. I enjoyed
It almost as much as my four
j ear-old son, but not quite.
Must apologize to Mr .and Mrs.
Charles Klutzz and to their son,
Roger, for mistakenly referring
1o him as Charles, Jr., last week,
when all I had to do was look on
the article to get Jjis name right.
I am sorry, and his picture is in
this issue, with his name right, I
hope. v
Chamber of Commerce activ
ity I meant to write about this
week will have to wait another,
as I have been unable to get to
gether with President Jake Aus
tin while he is out beating the
bushes for hail insurance and I
around on Elwood Avenue rub
bernecking at Gus Spcros and
crew throwing up our new build
ing. Never '"di connection with
a rising I ture before, and I
find I am auout as bad for hang
ing around it as gome others I
have commented on in the past
. . . Gus is doing all the worry
(Contlnued on Back Page)
Stores Say Mother
Queen Of The May
Featuring values of every de
scription in their individual ad
vertising prior to Mother's Day on
May 8, Raeford stores this week
also got together In an ad on
page five of this issue in which
they stress the fact that Raeford
has grown into a fairly complete
shopping center, and that most
things that can be purchased any
where may now be bought here.
They also point out that along
with the ability to find things the
customer wants he can also have
the pleasure of doing business
with people he knows and trusts,
and that the courtesy and atten
tion one gets from dealing with
neighbors are still to be had in
full measure in the Raeford stores.
The promotion of gifts for Mo
ther's Day has steadily increased
in recent years, and this year it
is apparently going to find the
stores of Raeford well-stocked
and ready.
WOW District Meet
In Laurinburg 4th
Thomas J. Gibson, district
manager of the Woodmen of the
World, has announced that the
meeting of the seven-county
Scottish Log Rolling Association
would be held in the Woodmen
Hall in Laurinburg on Wednes
day, May 4, beginning at 4:00 p.
m.
The afternoon session will in
clude reports from some 22 Wood
men camps on their activities, as
well as plans for future activities.
About 35 county school bus driv
ers will be awarded WOW safe
driving awards for completing
one year without an accident.
The banquet session at 7:00 o'
clock with the wives and families
of the Woodmen also present,
will feature an address by Judge
D. E. Henderson of Charlotte, and
will be the occasion of the fifth
anniversary of the association.
Banquet reservations may be
made through the local camp sec
retary, Gibson said.
Mrs. H. C. Fisher returned to
her home in Wilmington, Dela
ware Sunday, after a visit here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Gulledge. Mrs. Gulledge and
Joe, Jr. accompanied her home
for a visit.
Israel Mann spent several days
this week in New York on a bus
iness trip.
Bill Sellars of Waverly, Ohio
spent several days with his family
here this week.
Tommie Upchurch is very
ill
at his home.
CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS HOKE
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Above is another in the series
of "mysiery 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:
Town Election
Set For Monday
The town of Raeford will hold
its bi-annual election for mayor
and the five-man board of com
missioners at the Town Hall next
Monday, May 2.
Mayor Alfred Cole is unoppos
ed in his effort to succeed himself,
but there are eight candidates for
the five seats on the board of
commissioners. The entire old
board is seeking reelection. Mem
bers of it are Tom Cameron, A.
V. Sanders, Marion Gatlin, Tru
man Austin and John K. McNeill,
Jr. Also seeking seats on the board
are Sam C: Morris, Julian B. Mc
Keithan and Frank 'Culbreth.
City Clerk Robert Weaver re
ports that registration has been
light for the election, and if the
election goes according to those
in the past the vote will be light.
Mrs. Kate Blue Covington is reg
istrar, and W. T. Walters and G.
W. Cox are judges of election.
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Cancer Chairmen
Appeal For Funds
Mrs. M. D. Yates and Mrs. L.
rw. Turner, co-chairmen of the
Hoke County Cancer Crusade this
year, made another appeal to the
people of the county to support
the crusade with funds this week.
Congratulating the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis,
they said "This good news dem
onstrates what research can ac
complish when it receives pro
per financial support. Let us make
certain that scientists in cancer
research have all the money
they need. It is our support which
gives them the opportunity for
great achievement.
"Let us raise our goal here in
Hoke County so that dreaded
cancer may be the next affliction
to fall before the advance of
science. Mail your contributions
in this week, so the Hoke County
report may be mailed the first
week in May.
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Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cameron,
Misses Suzanne Cameron, Vir
ginia McNeill, Lilmar Sue Gatlin,
Delaine McFadyen, Carol Mc
Phaul, Betty Kinlaw, Linda Phil
lips, Sonny Parks, Tom Cameron,
Jr., Jimmy Peak, Bobby Tickle,
Pat Kelly and Lewis Upchurch
spent the week end at Myrtle
Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Howell and
Miss Becky Howell of Ellerbe
visited Mr. and Mrs. W. L. How
ell, Jr. during the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Flannery
have returned to their home in
Johnson City, Tenn., after visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. John Flannery
of McCain.
1. You may win but once in
ihe 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
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Parker's Methodist Church Dedication
Next Sunday; Bishop Peele To Preach
Jaycee President
Of State Speaks
At Installation
Bill Henderson of Reidsville,
president of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce in North Carolina,
stressed the duties and responsi
bilities of Jaycee members to their
communities, State and Nation in
an address to the members of the
Raeford Junior- Chamber at their
annual installation meeting in the
High School cafeteria Tuesday
night. He also made a point of the
opportunity for growth with a
community in civic service work,
and inspired his listeners to great
er efforts for this community in
the coming year.
About 50 Jayeees and their
wives and guests enjoyed the
supper of barbecued chicken and
the program. Special guest was
Roger Sheets, president of the
Junior Chamber pf Commerce of
Red Springs.
Angus Currie was installed as
president succeeding Peter Mc
Lean. New vice-president is Dave
McMillan, Bud Deibler is secre
tary, Charles Hostetler is treas
urer, Everett Ferrell correspond
ing secretary and J. Bion Brewer
is director at large. Peter Mc
Lean was installed as State Di
rector from the club.
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CHURCH OF GOD PLANS
SINGING SERVICE SUN.
The Rev. John F. Oliphant,
pastor of the Church of God, lo
cated in front of the Amerotron
plant, has announced a special
singing service for Sunday, May
1, at 2:30 p. m. He said that sev
eral different singing groups from
other churches would take part,
and that the public is invited.
COUNTY FARM?
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
uiem ana mvue uiera 10 cau i
the office for it each week.
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44-Year-Old Church Was
Once On Raeford Charge
On Sunday, May 1st, 11 A. M
Bishop Walter W. Peele of Laur
inburg ""will preach at Parker
Methodist Church, and will dedi
cate the present Church building
and furnishings. This Church is
located on Highway 15-A be
tween Fayetteville and Raeford.
A basket dinner is to be served
on the grounds following the ser
vice, and all friends and former
members are invited to come with
their baskets.
Parker Methodist Church was
organized on January 29, 1911, by
the Rev. J. W. Bradley, who was
then pastor of the Raeford Cir
cuit. This organization meeting
took place in Glen Acre School
House where the members con
tinued to hold services until the
first Church was built. There were
twenty-three charter members.
The following Charter membeis
are still active members of the
Church: John L. Hobson, Hugh
Hair, Willie M. Hair and Miss
Maggie Hair,
The first trustees of the
Church were Louis Parker, Gary
B. Parker, Hugh Hair and Thomas
Hobson. These men purchased
one and one quarter acres of land
from J. H. and Sarah K. Town
send in 1913 and made plans for
the first Church building. With
the men of the Church and com
munity furnishing the timber and
doing the work, the first building
was completed and dedicated a
bout 1915.
The first church building was
remodeled and two Sunday School
rooms were added during the
early ministry of the Rev. E. C.
Crawford. The old building be
came inadequate during the min
istry of Mr. Crawford and plans
were formulated and a building
fund was started for a new
church. The congregation and the
building fund continued to grow
during the ministry of the Rev.
W. L. Maness.
Early in 1949, under the lead
ership of the Rev. P. O. Lee and
the following members of the
Building Committee Ralph
Plummer, Chairman, Louis Par
ker, E. G. Capps, John Parker and
D. M. Ray, and with the help of
the Duke Endowment, the pres
ent church building was started.
The first service in the new
building was held on December
18, 1949, with the Rev. B. P. Rob
inson doing the preaching. The
Church paid off all indebtedness
the last of 1952. In October 1952,
the Parker Church was placed on
the Parkton Charge with the Rev.
N. P. Edens as Pastor.
The following have served the
Church as ministers: J. W. Brad
Icy, W. C. Smith, E. B. Craven,
S. T. Moyle, J. T. Draper, B. P.
Robinson, J. H. Frizclle, N. C.
Yearby, W. F. Trawick, B. II.
Houston, E. R. Clegg, E. C. Craw
ford, W. L. Maness and P. O. Lee.
The present minister is the Rev.
N. P. Edens.
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LOCAL STUDENTS ENTER
MATHEMATICS CONTEST
Mrs. B. B. Cole, mathematics
teacher at Hoke Hi(!h school, said
that 15 students had taken part
in a math contest at the school,
with Virginia McNeill winning
first place and with Joan Gobeille
and Suzanne Cameron in a tie
for second. Virginia's entry has
been entered in the State contest.
Mrs. Glenn Myers and daugh
ter, Glenna, have returned to
their home in Waynesboro, Va.
after snenrtinff several weeks here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Klutz.
To Hold Funeral
At Galatia Friday
For Mrs. Capps
Mrs. Florence Capps, 82, died
Wednesday at her home on Route
3, Fayetteville. A lifelong resident
of Cumberland County, she was
the wife of the late J. H. Capps.
Surviving are five daughters,
Miss Hattie Capps of the home,
Mrs. D. B. Lockamy of Route 3,
Fayetteville, Mrs. Doug Shaw of
Fayetteville, Mrs. Foss Eldred of
Lakeland, Fla., Mrs. J. J. Rich
mond of Rocky Mount; four sons,
H. A. of Rocky Mount, Earl of
Ahoskie, J. H. of Charleston, S.
C, and J. A. Capps of Reidsville;
14 grandchildren and 12 great
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at 11 a. m. Friday at Galatia
Presbyterian Church. The Rev.
Scott Turner, Jr., and the Rev.
B. O. Shannon will officiate. Bur
ial will be in the church cemetery.
Observe National
Music Week Here;
Concert Tuesday
With a proclamation by Mayor
Alfred Cole to start on, National
Music Week, May 1-8, is to be
given an active observance by
the Chaminade Music Club here.
Feature of the week will be an
organ recital by John Mueller,
Flora Macdonald College profes
sor, in the sanctuary of the Rae
ford Presbyterian Church on
Tuesday night, May . 3, at 8:15.
The Chaminade club, sponsors,
invite the public to attend.
Mr. Mueller received his bach
elor of music degree from Ober
lin College in Ohio, his master's
from the University of Michigan,
and studied in New York with the
head of the organ department of
the Julliary School of Music. He
came to Flora Macdonald in the
fall of 1954 after serving three
years in the Army.
Members of the Chaminade club
will have a business meeting in
the basement of the church at
7:30 p. m., preceding the concert.
Proclamation
In proclaiming Music Week
Mayor Cole pointed to the fact
that music is a source of pleasure,
culture and entertainment for all
people and contributes much to
home, church, school and com
munity affairs. He said the alms
of Music Week are to advance
the love of music and to increase
performance of music by groups
and individuals, to multiply op
portunities for young talent and
widen acquaintance with good
music by American composers.
He said he "therefore urges our
citizens to take part in the edu
cational and entertaining activi
ties planned."
Concert and Broadcast
The Chaminade club chorus
will present a program of sacred
music over radio station WEWO
in Laurinburg on Wednesday at
2:30 p. m. The chorus is under
the direction of Mrs. Gower
Crosswell and is accompanied by
Mrs. J. H. Austin. The group will
also present a concert in the
Methodist Church on Sunday
night, May 8, at 7:30 to which the
public is invited.
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Seniors Give Play
At Hoke High School
Tonight At Seven
The Senior Class of Hoke
County High school will present
their play, the mystery comedy,
"Hobgoblin House," in the school
auditorium at 8:15 o'clock to
night, April 28.
Written by Jay Tobias, the play
concerns an eccentric spinster
who has rented a supposedly
haunted house. Her attempt to
keep two attractive nieces from
marrying are complicated by
ghosts, howling skulls and head
less phantoms.
The cast consists of Carole
Cobcrly, who stars as Miss Pris
cilla Carter, Carroll Scarborough
as Darius Krupp, Joan McLeod
and Faye Dark as the nieces, Don
Tickle and Carson Clippard as
their suitors, Carole Marshall as
the housekeeper, Grady Butler as
a servant, Janice Benner as the
cook, Gerald Wright as "Blue
beard" Bronson, Dale Connell as
a prison guard, Claudlne Hodgin
as a young girl, and the "Head
less Phantom."
Judge Stevens
Concludes Term
Of Court Tuesday
In the regular April term of
civil and criminal Superior Court
here this week 23 of the 38 cases
on the criminal docket were clear
ed before Judge Henry L. Stevens
of Warsaw, and one divorce was
granted on the civil side. Trial of
the other 15 criminal cases was
postponed for various reasons.
The session adjourned on Tues
day. Largest single classification of
charges was that of driving drunk
convictions appealed from re
corder's court. There were 12 of
these, with four being dropped
by the State, two being found not
guilty by jury, one not guilty by
the judge, three pleading guilty
and two being found guilty, one
by jury and one by the judge.
Driving drunk charges were
dropped against Martin Scarboro,
Paul H. Starnes and David C.
Bean, all white. Charges of drunk
driving, speeding and disorderly
conduct against Calvin F. Mc
Bryde, Jr., were dropped by the
State in the absence of State's
witnesses and in consideration of
the fact that he is probably en
tering the military service soon.
Jury found Charlie M. Welch
and Willie F. Odom not guilty of
driving drunk, and James L. John
son was found not guilty in a di
rect verdict from the bench. All
are white.
Erving Culbreth was found
guilty of driving drunk by the
judge, and Duncan Boyd Harris
by a jury. Each was fined $100
and costs.
Matthew J. Graham, colored,
pled guilty of driving drunk. Sen
tence was one year on the roads,
suspended on payment of $100
and costs, length of sentence
probably being longer than usual
because he was given some time
to complete payment. Walter J.
Holt, white, pled guilty of driv
ing drunk in two cases, and pray
er for judgment was continued
on condition of two years good
behavior and payment of $100
and costs in each case. William L.
Bolton, white, pled guilty of
driving drunk, and sentence was
90 days, suspended on payment of
$100 and costs.
State dropped a charge a year
or more old of assault with a
deadly weapon against William
McDonald, colored.
Elmore Love, colored, pled
guilty of assaulting Richard Gra
ham with a deadly weapon. Sen
tence of eight months was su
spended on two years good be
havior and payment of $50, costs,
doctor bill and $30 to Graham.
In the case in which four col
ored men were charged with
breaking and entering and lar
ceny at Johnson Cotton Company,
Judge Stevens directed a verdict
of not guilty as to Julius Arnold
and Samuel E. Martin. Willie
Arnold was found guilty as carg-
ed and was sent to State prison
for from seven to 10 years. A
charge of breaking jail against
him was dropped. J. C. Sandy
Blue offered no defense on the
charge, and was sent to prison for
from five to seven years.
The judge directed a verdict of
not guilty in the case in which
Duck McGougan, colored, was
charged with assault with a dead
ly weapon with intent to kill.
Bond of $50 was confiscated In
the case in which Joseph E. Santa,
white, was charged with speed
ing. George J. Kelly, white, had
his prayer for judgment continu
ed for two years on payment of
$15 and costs for speeding.
State dropped a charge of care
less and reckless driving against
Bennie W. Gregg, white.
Judson Lennon Will
Preach Here Sunday
The Rev. Judson Lennon, for
mer pastor of the Raeford Baptist
Church who is now preparing to
go to Thailand as a missionary,
will preach at both the morning
and evening services at the church
on Sunday, May 1, the Rev.
James Baker, pastor, announced
this week. The morning service
will be at 11:00 o'clock and the
evening service at 8:00.
Mr. and Mrs. Lennon are to
spend the week end here seeing
their friends before sailing to
Thailand during the coming
summer.