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.he N' TT ews-j email OUAJUXAJI or iienn voici or MUIOOM GUUfilAA Of uan The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME NUMBER 23 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1935 RAEFORD, N. C. 10c PER COPY $3.00 PER YEAR IPOM Juifrl 9 By The Editor Details are still not complete and definite as to exactly where the Free; Circus Is going to appear and at what time the three shows will be on Monday, November 14, so we will wait until next week, whieh will be the last chance be fore it gets here. Racford Mer chants, who are footing the bill for the show, are working on these matters and expect them to be straight in a day or two. Talking to J. W. McPhaul a bout his getting and taking the job as Hoke County accountant and tax supervisor this week, I got the impression that there is a man who intends to do the coun ty a good job, and a man who has the ability to do it. Of course, I know Buck from some associa tion in the Chamber of Com merce and in the church, and I know that he is a producer and a man who likes and intends to see things he has anything to do with done right. So, I thought when I heard it that the county board had picked a man who can do this job about as well as any they could find. It is a satisfaction to me, there fore, to hear around the town and county that a great many ther people think the board made a wise selection also, and to learn in what high regard McPhaul is held. You know, people don't go around speaking well of each o ther as much as they should, and a lot of times good traits of character get around slower than bad ones. A man among the highest in his praise of John McPhaul is Lewis Upchurch, who as presi dent and general manager of Hoke Oil & Fertilizer Company, has been his boss for the past ten years. He says that his character and ability are superlative, ana that they hate very much to see him go. Lewis says he feels that the county could not get a better man for the job anywhere. Interesting report on the fi nancial page of the Charlotte Ob server today concerned U. S. Rubber Company, in which we are interested because of their elastic plant here. The report was to the effect that the com pany set a new nine-month re cord for sales of over $688 mil lion, despite loss of nearly 12 million dollars in the August floods. Profits for the nine months were $22,290,861, and before the flood loss, the net profit came to $27,381,146, which would have been 36 percent above the $20, 084,571 for a like period a year ago, and 22 percent above the re cord high for such a period of $22,428,878, set in 1951. The U. S. Rubber plant here has been in the process recently of adding a third shift to its oper ation, according to Robert Cheat ham, manager. This takes some time, as there are practically no experienced employees in that line available, he says, and they must be trained as the jobs are added. Understand the first dyeing was done up at the Amerotron plant today. The new section of the mill has been opened and four or five hundred pounds went through to day. A training program is being set up in the dyeing department, and will last for several months until full production is reached. "Say, Paul, how about keeping that item about me getting ar rested out of the paper. It's not much news to anyone." "When you print this story a bout my daughter's wedding, I hope you'll run it just like it's written. It's exactly right, so don't change a word." "Sure is funny you charge 10c a copy for that paper of yours. Why the Charlotte Observer is 10 times as big and they only charse a nickel for it." "I think that columi. is corny." "Keep that column goini:, If? the best thing in the papiT." "Why don't you put nul daily 3 Men Under $1000 Bonds In Tobacco Case Recorder Handles 46 Cases In Tuesday's session of Hoke County recorder's court 46 cases were handled, with 19 defendants leaving bonds on traffic offenses and several going to the roads for terms of several months each. Three colored men were char ged . with the theft of several hundred pounds of tobacco from Stanley Crawley at Arabia on the night of Sunday, October 16. Probable cause was found as to Jerry Bennett, Henry Morgan and Jesse McCain and Judge Moses ordered each held for Superior Court under a bond of $1000. Morgan and McCain have posted their bonds and been released but Bennett is still in jail in de fault of his bond. In a case in which two colored men appeared to have been shoot ing at each other, Joe Goodman and Robert Monroe each pled guilty of assault with a deadly weapon. Each was sent to the roads for 90 days. Amon E. Hollingsworth, white, pled guilty of driving drunk without a driver's license. He got four months suspended on pay ment of $110 and costs. Ozell Beatty, colored, pled guilty of the same and got four months suspended on payment of $125 and costs. Georgianna Wright, colored woman of Little River Township, was found guilty of having non tax-paid liquor for sale. She got 60 days in jail suspended on pay ment of $50 and costs and two years good behavior. Shelton Faulk, colored, was found guilty of operating a liquor still. Sentence was six months, suspended on payment of $500 and costs and two years good be havior. Neuberon Tyler, Indian, and Margie Cadelle, white, pled guil ty of immoral conduct. He was sent to the roads for four months and she to prison for eight months. Gressie Mae Harris, colored, pled guilty of being drunk in public, and got 30 days suspended on payment of $10 and costs. Ellis F. Harris, white, pled guilty of speeding 85 and careless and reckless driving. He was fin ed $150 and costs. Also for speed ing and careless and reckless driv ing W. S. Hixson, white, left a $50 bond. For having aft expired driver's license Elijah Handon, colored, paid $10 and costs. For having no driver's licenses Bobbie William son, white, left a $40 bond, and Robert Henderson, Jr., colored, paid $25 and costs. For driving without his glasses when they were required by his license, Ed ward Penny, white, paid costs. One speeder paid $35 and costs, one $20 and costs and one $10 and costs. One left a $40 bond, 13 left $25 bonds and nine left bonds of $15 each for speeding. Textron American Declares Dividends The Board of Director of Tex tron American, Inc. last week declared a dividend on the $1.25 convertible preferred stock of the corporation of thirty-one and one quarter cents per share and a di vidend on the common stock of the corporation of forty cents per share, both such dividends to be payable January 1, 1956 to hold ers of record at the close of bus iness December 15, 1955. The dividends will also be pay able to holders of preferred stock series "A" and common stock of Robbins Mills, Inc., and to hold ers of common stock of American Woolen Company who, pursuant to merger agreement, exchange their share for Textron American, Inc. stock on or before January 1st. Holders who do not make such exchange until after Janu ary 1st will receive their divid ends at the time of making the exchange. In addition, the regular quar terly dividend of one dollar per share on the 4 percent preferred stock series "A" and series "B ' (I the corporation was declared payable to holders of record as of the close nf business on Decem ber 15. 1955 payable January 1. IPaP. McPhaul Hired As Accountant By County Board f"K 1 3 i v ' V 1 J. W. McPHAl'L To Begin Work Dec. 1; Set Courthouse Holidays At a special meeting at the courthouse Monday night the Hoke County board of commis sioners employed J. W. McPhaul as county accountant and tax supervisor succeeding John A. McGoogan, who passed away on October 16. McPhaul, who has been for the past ten years con nected with Hoke Oil & Fertilizer Company here, is to begin his duties for the county on Decem ber 1. This was the second special meeting the board has had since Mr. McGoogan's death, and sev eral persons were considered for the position of looking after the county's bookkeeping, finances, and taxes. Chairman J. F. McMil lan presided, with Board Mem bers N. H. G. Balfour, Douglas Monroe, Doug McPhaul and W. M. Thomas, the entire board, be ing present. Other business transacted in cluded the acceptance of a bond for Register of Deeds J. E. Gul ledge as temporary county ac countant, and authorizing the courthouse and county offices to be closed for Veterans Day on November 11 and for Thanksgiv ing Day on November 24. The board instructed the coun ty attorneys to prepare informa tion and recommendations re garding the settlement of delin quent taxes due the county and present it at the November meet ing. Native Of County McPhaul is 37 years of age and a native of Antioch Township, this county. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. F. F. McPhaul. He at tended Raeford High School and graduated from Red Springs High School in 1935. After attending N. C. State College for one year he attended a business school in Charlotte, where he took account ing courses. Well fitted by experience for the Hoke County job, he was em ployed in the accounting depart ment of the Pure Oil Company in Charlotte for five years, after which he worked for Commercial Credit Corporation in Charlotte for a few months and was assist ant manager of their Columbia, C, office for two years. In 1943 he returned to this county and entered the trucking and service station business here. For the past ten years he has worked with Hoke Oil & Ferti lizer Company and Hoke Con crete Works, and is now secretary and assistant manager of that company. He is secretary of the Raeford Chamber of Commerce and a member of its board of directors. A member of the Raeford Pres byterian Church, he served for several years as a membe- of the board of deacons, and was recent ly elected a ruling elder of the church. He was married in 1938 to Miss Johnnie Suggs of LaGrange, and they have four children, Carol. Patricia, Bill and Jim. They live on Fulton Street. McPhaul said he plans to open an accounting office here also, where tax and bookkeeping serv ice could be done for individuals and businesses. n Mr. and Mrs. Archie Byrne and daughter, Anne Murphy, attended the Ice Capadcs in Charlotte on S-ind.av. They al.'O visited Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Eubanks in Wingatc-. Kiwanis Pancake Feed Next Thurs. With Pillsbury Cooks Through an error somewhere between the Kiwanis publicity committee and the front page of last week's ppaer, the Kiwanis Club's pancake supper for the benefit of the Junior Varsity football team and for free school lunches was publicised for to night, when it will be held next Thursday night, November 10, in the cafeteria at the McLauchlin Elementary School. Supper will be served from 6:00 to 8:00 p. m. The Kiwanis Club underwrote the purchase of equipment for the junior varsity football team two months ago when the need be came apparent, although the money had not been raised, in order for the boys to get the use of the material during the foot ball season. This supper is to raise this money and to create a fund for providing school lunches for some of the many children in the county who otherwise don't get any. Stars of the supper are to be two chefs from the Pillsbury Flour Company, who are donat ing the pancakes. These chefs will bring their own griddles and will cook all pancakes to be serv ed. The Jones Pork Sausage Co., the Staley Syrup Company and the Pet Milk Co. are also cooper ating in the supper, which will consist of pancakes, sausage and coffee, with the admission being for all a customer can eat. Israel Mann and his committee arranging the affair said that there would be plenty of room for everyone, and that the pro fessionals preparing would assure auick service and best quality. No matter how far," he said. "it will pay you to come and help out a worthy cause like this." n RE A., lumbers Hear Senator Ervin At Meeting Wednesday Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr., said yesterday morning that while "rigid price control is not the sole answer" it is the only method I yet put forward to give financial stability to farmers. He said that rigid supports would probably be necessary for basic crops. The senator was speaking to several thousand in Red Springs for the fifteenth annual meeting of the members of the Lumbee River Electric Membership Cor poration. The members assembled in the auditorium for a business meeting, which was followed by Ervin's speech. In their business meeting the present board of" directors was reelected by acclamation, and at the board of directors meeting later the same officers were cho sen to serve for another year. These officers and directors are C. L. Ballance, president, C. A. Alford, vice-president, Mrs. Lucy Smith, secretary, and J. R. Cad dell, treasurer. Other directors are J. M. Andews, E. L. Cooks. Jack Lassitcr, W. H. Powell, and J. E. Morrison. At the business meeting J. D. McLean, Jr., presided at the elec tion and read minutes. Annual reports were presented by the president, the treasurer, and by D. J. Dalton, manager. After an interlude of music by Slim Mims and his dream ranch boys, Congressman F. Ertel Car lyle of Lumberton, seventh dis trict representative, introduced Senator Ervin. In the senator's brief address he cited the dependence of other economy on agriculture and spe cified items which he believes important to stabilization of farm income in relation to other seg ments of the nation's economy. Two of these were price control, and the soil conservation pro gram. The third factor, he said, is keeping children, whom he called North Carolina's greatest product, on the farm. There was also a program at the National Guard armory yes terday afternoon, consisting of the showing of films and demonstra tions. There were also exhibits of appliances, and at intervals there was more music. Door prices were awarded at the bus iness meeting in the morning. Mr. .-ml Mrs H;dlev P.'vthe and Sandra visited relatives in Charlotte and Huntorsv;lV dur um the week end and a'1' nd"d r-e I p C.pades in to new Cbar hitte colis'imi on Saturday ni:ht. County's Second United Set To Begin Tuesday, October Bloody On Highways, Say State Patrolmen State Highway Patrolmen J. E. Dupree and W. T. Herbin, in re porting on their activities for the month of October, say that it was one of the bloodiest months on the highways of the State in sev eral years. There were a total of 134 high way fatalities during October, they say, providing none of the seriously injured still in hospitals pass away to raise the figure. There were 1,035 personal injur ies from auto accidents reported during the month. In Hoke Coun ty one person died and four were injured. In their all-out effort to hold traffic accidents down in this county, the two patrolmen drove 7,100 miles on the county's high ways in patrolling them for 502 hours during October. During this time they checked 1.005 driver's license, inspected 618 vehicles for faulty equipment, corrected lights on 138 vehicles, and extended numerous courtes ies. They investigated 16 acci dents resulting in the death and four injuries mentioned above, and also resulting in an estimated $10,260 worth of property dam age. Of the 190 arrests made by the patrolmen during the month, 124 were for speeding, 28 for no driv er's license, eight for driving dnmk. and the remainder for miscellaneous other offenses. Of these 164 went to court and 158 of the defendants paid a total of $3,899.20 in fines and court costs. John McLauchlin Is One Of Six Davidson Students Honored John W. McLauchlin, son of Mrs. H. C. McLauchlin and the late Mr. McLauchlin of Raeford, was one of the six senior leaders at Davidson College named to Omicron Delta Kappa honorary fraternity in special chapel serv ices at Davidson Tuesday. Selection to ODK is based upon eminence in five phases of stu dent life: scholarship, athletics, social and religious activities, publications and cultural activi ties. It is a national honorary fra ternity. John McLauchlin is vice-president of the senior class, a mem ber of the student council, is sec retary of the honorary farternity council, and is a captain of Scab bard and Blade, honorary ROTC organization. He has played two years of basketball, is vice-president of Beta Theta Pi social fra ternity, and is a vice-president of the YMCA. He has also been des ignated a Distinguished Military Student. A graduate of Hoke County High School in the class of 1952, he was valedictorian' of his class and was an outstanding athlete and a leader in student activities. At Davidson, where he Is study ing for the ministry, McLauchlin holds the Nickey Brothers schol arship, given by Nickey Brothers, manufacturers, of Memphis, Tenn. on a competitive basis of ability, with amount determined by need. D. A. Currie Is New County ASC Head D. A. Currie of Allendale Town ship, who was on the county Ag ricultural and Stabilization com mittee last year, was chosen county chairman for next vear at the county ASC convention held last Thursday. He succeeds R. J. Hasty of Blue Springs Township, who has served as chairman for several years. Other members of the county committee are D. R. Huff, Jr., of Qiiowhiffle Township, and W. J. Cortes, of Raeford Township. N'cither of these was a member of 'he int committee. Results of the commimity or Inwuhip e'eeti "is f-r the com--vit '-os: to admhiister the f t--m (Continued on Px 4) Bucks Get First Conference Win Over Tabor City Lumberton Here Friday Coach Floyd Wilson's Hoke County High School football team went to Tabor City Friday night and came home with their first Southeastern AA Athletic Asso ciation victory for the season. In defeating Tabor City, 27-7 they also left the bottom of the con ference standings to their victims. The Bucks now have a confer ence record of one victory and five defeats, while Tabor City has seven losses. The Hoke team will meet the Lumberton team here Friday night, whieh has a record for the season of six victories and one defeat and are in second place behind the Clinton Dark Horses. In Lumberton Friday night a gainst Rockingham Lumberton managed to score in the last seven minutes of a hard-fought game to win, 6-0. Coach Wilson's Bucks won their first SEAAAA game Friday night since joining the conference by outplaying the Tabor City Red Devils. Stars for the Bucks were Lewis Upchurch, Dickie Hendley. Ken Culbreth. Lacy Koonce, Phil Huffman and Tommy Freeman, as the Hoke County crew snapped their jinx. Hendley passed 10 yards to Culbreth for one Buck touch down, and Culbreth plunged a vard for another. In addition to kicking three points after touch down. Hendlev passed 16 yards to Joe McLeod for another touch down and 23 yards to Phil Huff man for the other. For Tabor City David Ander son went a yard to score and added the point after. Social Security Man Here 4th Wednesdays Charles E. Burke, district man ager for the Social Security Ad ministration at the Fayetteville office reminded Hoke County neople that a representative of the office is In Raeford at the courthouse on the fourth Wed nesday in each month at 10 00 m. He said this representative comes to assist persons wishing to file claims for benefits and to answer ouestions about the law. The four times for action con cerning Social Security, he sain. if the family breadwinner dies, a person retires between n"os 65 and 72. a person reaches aee 72 whether retired or not, and if a person has been totallv disabled for six months or more. Person desiring Social Security information or assistance at other times may write, phone or visit the office at 605 German St. in Favetteville Mondays through Fridays from 9:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m., except legal holidays. Local Groun Attends Future Teachers Meet Mrs. Tom Cameron of the Hoke County High School faculty, ac companied by Students Linda Phillips and Betty Kinlaw, at tended the first convention of the N. C. Association of Future Teachers Clubs in Raleich Sat urday. About 700 Future Teachers from all over the State were pre sent. The convention was held on the State College campus and was at tended by students and faculty sponsors from over 100 North Carolina high schools. The pur pose of the organization is to pro mote the profession and to euide promising students into the teach ing field. Bert Ishee, president, and Mrs. Ethel Perkins, executice secretary of the North Carolina Education Association, addressed the dele gates dprinir the day-lone session, is did Nile Hunt, coordinator of 'eacher education of the State Department of Public Instruction. o Mrs. J. T uther Wood entered , TTiVhsmltli Hosiital on Saturday. I Fund Drive November 8 Goal Set At S6902; Workers To Attend Kickoff Supper Directors of the Hoke County United Fund met Friday night and approved the report of the Bud get and Admissions committee which was presented by Chair man Younger Snead, and budget for the second drive was set at $6,902.44, with 12 charitable a gencies participating. In last year's drive for $5460, there were five organized charities paiticl pating and two local causes. This year's drive for $6,902.44 is an increase of $1442, or slightly over 26 percent more than that of last year. Supper At High School Following the pattern of last vear's successful drive, in which the goal was actually oversub scribed by a few dollars, Jake .Austin, campaign chairman, an nounced plans for a supper at the High School cafeteria at 7:00 o' clock Mondav night for workers and community leaders from all over the county. He said that fol lowing the supper complete ma terials and instructions would be distributed, and that detailed plans for a complete coverage of the county starting Tuesdav morn ing would be discussed. Each so licitor is to receive a kit for the drive and complete Instructions and information. In discussing the goal for the drive. Chairman Austin said that every effort would be made to raise the entire $6,902.44 next week, as getting the drive over nuicklv would make it less trouble for all concerned and would be to get individuals to contribute one day's Day "for the year, and that it could be paid in cash, or on a monthly or quarterly basis. There is no national quota, he pointed out, and no outside inter ference or instructions. The cam paign is strictly a local affair, by and for the people of Hoke Coun ty, led by local citizens and sparked bv pride in the county and its communities. In the Unit ed appeal this county is joining some 2000 other towns and coun ties which are now in the process of raising over 300 million dol lars the same way, as may be read of in magazines and news paners and seen and heard over radio and television daily. Fund Breakdown Given Budget for the drive, as fin ally approved bv the board of directors, is as follows: American Red Cross. $2,145.38. This charity needs no identifi cation anywhere in the world, and its work in the past vear has included helo locally bv the home secretary in several hundred cases, and disaster relief follow ing hurricanes and floods on a tremendous scale. The local chapter of the Amer ican Cancer Society, which de clined to participate in the United appeal last year, is on the bud get this year for $400. Boy Scouts of America, with several troops in the county, Is on the budget for $1,500, and Girl Scouts are to get $300. The North Carolina Society for the Blind, which usually conducts its White Cane drive, is in the budget for $150. The Children's Home So ciety of North Carolina, one of the oldest and largest adoption agencies in the nation, is to re ceive $363.99. The national U.S.O., which has 16 clubs in North and South Car olina, is serving 137,152 Carolina boys and girls in the services all over the world, including over 300 from Hoke County, and is in the United Fund budget for $399. Hoke County 4-H Clubs, which train rural youth for better liv ing through economic, physical, spiritual and social growth, is to receive $300. Carollnas United, down for $211.95, is a bl-state organization which provides ex tension services concerning the United Fund approach. American Social Hygiene Soci ety Is to receive $23 20, the Unit ed Seamen's Sendee Sfl .73. and National Traveler's Aid 15.19. All ,these causes were carefully reviewed bv the budget and ad missions committee of the local fund, and funds were apportion ed on a fair share basis accord ing to need.
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