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News - J VOIC! Of AY 6UMIA A ee oiiria voici or The Hoke County New The Hoke County Journal VOLUME L; NUMBER 30 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1955 RAEFORD, N. C. 10c PER COPY $3.00 PER YEAR cfddznda ! By The Editor j I In getting the facts about the fires, reported elsewhere on this page, I ran into one fact that in dicates a situation that is not right. See if you agree with me. I learned that when the home of Bertha Leslie, near Upchurch School, caught fire Tuesday morning the Raeford Fire De partment was telephoned, and City Clerk Rohert Weaver told the caller that he wished there was some way he could help, but that the town's fire equipment could not go outside the city limits. On hearing this I imme diately thought of the fire at Dundarrach Cin recently, and a fire on the premises of Bernard Bray, outside Raeford on the North Main Street extension, both of which had been attended by Town of Raeford fire equip ment. This was Tuesday. Then on Wednesday I learned that fire equipment of the town had gone to the A. B. Tapp farm near Timberland on Tuesday night, where the tenant house there occupied by Preston Moore had burned. This and the Leslie fire Tuesday morning added up to a complete reversal of policy In the same day on whether or not Raeford fire equipment could or could not go outside the city limits. City Clerk Weaver verified that he had declined to do any thing about the Leslie call, and added that he had suggested that they get in touch with Foster Mc Bryde, county fire warden. Wea ver said he was told by Fire Chief R. B. Lewis when he came to his job that the fire trucks were not to go out of the town limits, "ex cept to Oakdale, where they have srtne sort of arrangement to pay for It." Weaver said he under stood the "general policy is we will go to gin fires if they migh' save something. That's the under standing I have." Weaver said that since he hr been working at the town hall that's the policy he had been fol lowing. He said he didn't knn who took the call to the Bray fire, and didn't know anything about the Tapp tenant house fire on Tuesday night. He said that when the Dundarrach gin fire was re ported that Vance Wiggins, the fireman on duty, called Fire Chief Lewis and couldn't get him. He said Wiggins then called Assistant Chief N. A. McDonald, who authorized the sending of a truck to Dundarrach. I would say that the situation is such that a complete policy as to what the town fire equipment can do, where and when, needs to be stated and made clear to all concerned. . .paid fireman, volunteer firemen, town employ ees, fire department officials and the public. The town board should make this clarification, and the quicker the better. Now lest there be misunder standing by the public, the Rae ford Fire Department is a volun teer organization and receives no pay for the protection it extends the community, with the excep tion of one man on duty at the fire station at all times. This har been the case during the 30 years of its existence, and its saving to the community in property and insurance rates during that time is great. Our debt is great to the men of the fire department, who drop their work or hop from their warm beds at any time, day or night, whatever the weather, and battle for our property and our lives if need be. They get paid nothing for their time, nor for the risk to. their health, and sometimes they are hurt in do ing this voluntary duty to their community. They certainly de serve our gratitude, and I ex press the feeling of the whole community when I say they have it. These firemen do not decide where they go as a company. The town board should protect them with a policy so they will not a gain be in the position of going to one out-of-town fire, and not going to another closer one on the same day. A for fire protection outside of the Town of Raeford, that is another subject, and whether the , (Continuad oa Pif 6) .' ' ) is tsm ' ' f WW Hst fill V tS'r. -v-t ' s : v - Ufa. " -V Harris Plans Return To Highway Patrol Policeman James R. Harris has resigned from the Raeford Police Department, and will be sworn in as a member of the State Highway Patrol at patrol headquarters in Raleigh on Tuesday, January 3, he said this week. Harris has served with the Raeford Police Department since May 1, this year. A native of Warrenton, Harris entered the Highway Patrol in May of 1950, and was stationed in Elizabethtown. He was assign ed to Hoke County and came here in August of last year, and was separated in April before joining the police Department May 1. He is married to the former Zandra Louise Copeland of Mis souri, and they live on West Sixth Avenue. He will not know his station with the patrol until he is sworn in, he said. In telling his plans, Harris said he had greatly enjoyed his work here, both with the high way patrol and as a policeman, He said he liked the people and appreciates the many courtesies he and Mrs. Harris have been shown. i o COURTHOUSE CLOSING NOON FRI. UNTIL WED. NO COURT TUESDAY The Hoke County courthouse and the county office building will close for the Christmas hol iday at noon on Friday, Decem ber 23, and will remain closed through Tuesday, January 27, reopening on Wednesday morn ing, December 28, according to an announcement by County Ac countant J. W. McPhaul, speak ing for the Hoke County board of commissioners There will be n8 recorder's court next week. ii . BROWNIE SCOUTS ACTIVE The girls of Brownie Scout Troop 3, aged seven through nine, recently made angel favors and placed them on the trays of 32 patients at the Sanatorium. They also collected magazines and de livered them to the chaplain there. Instead of having their Christmas party, they contribut ed the money to "CARE." Millard Sparks and son. Nel son, of Atlanta, Georgia will ar rive Sunday to spend Christmas with Mr. Sparks' sister and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Fulk. Lt. William Niven of Bunker Hill AFB, Indiana arrived Sun day to spend the holidays with his sister, Mrs. Martin Webb, and other relatives. May the spirit of peace and good will of this joyous Christ mas season abide with you and yours now and always. The News-Journal Girls Win, Boys Lose In 2 Close Ones At 71st In two nip-and-tuck basket ball contests at Seventy-First High School Friday night Coach George Wood's Hoke High girls came out on top by one point as Coach Floyd Wilson's Hoke boys dropped their contest by the same margin. Janet Guin was the big gun for the Hoke girls in their 41-40 game, as she accounted for 26 of the Hoke tallies. Julia Morris followed with 11 and Virginia McNeill got four. Others seeing action were Jean Linthicum. Carolyn Matthews, Shirley Mc Neill and Lilmar Sue Gatlin. The game was the fourth consecutive victory of the season for the girls without a loss. The Seventy-First girls managed to stay in front most of the contest, but were not there when it counted. In the boys game, also a bit terly - contested affair. Lacy Koonce and Lewis Upchurch led the attack for the Hoke boys, who got in front several times but finally came out on the bot tom of a 44-43 score. Vaughn, Williams and Spears were lead ers for the victors. Koonce was high for the Hoke boys with 13 points, followed by Upchurch with eight, Dickie Hendley, Phil Huffman and Bob by Tickle with six each, and Ken Culbreth with four. Next action for the Hoke team will be when they go to Hamlet on Tuesday, January 3, and nex' home games will be against St Pauls on. Friday, January 6. ADVERTISE FOR BIDS ON HEALTH CENTER The Hoke County commission ers have set their January month ly meeting for Tuesday, January 10, instead of the first Monday as usual, it was announced this week. At this time bids will be opened and contract let for the county's new health center to be constructed east of the armory on Central Avenue. COTTON GIN REPORT TO DECEMBER FIRST The regular cotton ginning re port of the bureau of the census of the U. S. Department of Com merce shows that 7,238 bales of cotton were ginned in Hoke Coun ty from the crop of 1955 prior to December 1, as compared with 7,834 from the crop of 1954 to the same date. This is a drop of 596 bales. 7 if VA Changes Policy On Pension Reports Mrs. Marian M. Clark, Hoke County Veterans Service Officer, this week called the attention of all veterans . t gj4Mk pensions for noniervic ;oniie"ted - dis abilities to certain important changes in the procedure by the Veterans Administration for year end reports on incomes by these veterans. Mrs. Clark said that in the ftst the VA has forwarded an income questionnaire to each beneficiary at the end of the year, and if it had not been returned another was sent after 30 days, with pension payments continuing. She said that these question naires were sent around the first of the month again this year, bu that there would be one import ant difference in procedure. The VA, she said, will stop payment of the pensions in all cases where this first and only report is not returned by the veteran in 3' days. She said she would be hap py to assist veterans with the pre paration of these forms, and urg ed them to see that they were returned before the end of the month. Old Walters Home Named As Picture The old Walters home in Blue Springs Township, on property now owned by John K. McNeill, was first correctly identified as the farm picture in last week's paper by Mrs. Bill Jones, who has probably set something of a re cord for guessing right more of ten than anyone else. Subscrip tion for first guess went to Youn ger Snoad, who was next, and to J. H. Bl.vtlie of Route one, first rural subscriber. Others puessing the identity of the picture correctly were Miss Sarah Stephens and Mrs. Angus Keith. There was one guess that the picture was of the McLcod home south of Raeford. Details as to the history of the house and farm were not avail able for publication this week, but will be published when ob tained. TV SET GIVEN AWAY AT JOHNSON COTTON CO. The console model "Nathane" television set given away by Johnson Cotton Cobpany as a part of their introductory merchan dising of the company's new Na thane line was won by Mrs. Jim Edwards of Route 2, E. A. Mar tin, manager, said today. The drawing was held In the store here at 4:00 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Fires Cause One Death, Leave Five Families Homeless, Unclad, Hungry Rural Policemen Capture 40 Stills In 6-Month Period Rural Policemen D. J. Jones and L. W. Stanton this week re ported on their activities in the capture of moonshine stills in the county since June 1, this year. The report indicates that 40 stills were captured and de stroyed with a total capacity of almost 15,000 gallons of whiskey, and that 36 arrests were made. More stills were taken in Al lendale Township than any other, 13 being taken there. Quewhiffle was next with eight. Six were taken in Antioch, five in Raeford Township, four in Stonewall, and two each in Little River and Blue Springs. A total of 15.240 gallons of "still-beer" was destroyed, and 191 gallons "of whiskey was cap tured. Capacity of the stills ranged from 130 gallons, through a good many eight and 900-gallons af fairs, to one big thousand-gallon still. Total capacity of the 40 stills at one time was 14,340. n Four Local People Attend Tax School Four local bookkeepers, ac countants and tax advisors are in Raleigh this week attending the advance section of a school being conducted by the econo mics department of the School of Agriculture, the N. C. Department of Revenue, the U. S. Internal Revenue Service, the Social Se curity Administration and the N C. Society of Accountants. The purpose of the school is training in. proration offarm and small business tax returns;"" " -- Attending are J. W. Canaday, local insurance man who ha been doing tax work on the side for some years, Mrs. Reid Chil dress, who has been with the county accountant's office for several years and who will leave there December 31: Mrs. J. W. McPhaul and Mrs. E. C. Smith. Jr.. who will work in County Accountant J. W. McPhaul's tax and bookkeeping service on Ed inborough Avenue. Lockey Renorts On Paving In Division The State Highway Commis sion completed 17.33 miles of highway, road and street navr in the Eighth Highway Division during November, Commissioner Forrest Lockey of Aberdeen re ported last week. Lockey com mended the State and contract forces upon the fine work com pleted during the month. In Hoke County, State forces paved the street in Raeford at the overpass for .08 mile, this being a 20-foot-wide street. State forces also paved with a bitum inous surface treatment the fol lowing 18-foot county roads, and their lengths: from Antioch southwest to Red Springs-Duf-fie's Station road, 2.6 miles; anJ from NC 211, 1.3 miles north of Robeson County line to Little Raft Swamp, 1.7 miles. Other work was done in Seot- land, Moore, Richmond and Lee counties during the month, the commissioner said. .TAYCEES REPORT GOOD SALES FOR FRI. DANCE J. D. McMillan, chairman of the dance committee of the Rae ford Junior Chamber of Com merce, said this week that ad vance ticket sales for the annual Javeees Christmas dance, to b' held at the armory on Friday night, were excellent so far, and that another successful affair was assured. The dance will be at the armory from 9:00 until 1:00, music to be furnished by David Pugh and his orchestra, of Darlington, S. C. LIBRARY CLOSING The Hoke County Public Lib rary will be closed on Saturday, December 23, and on Monday, December 26, for Christmas, Mrs Ina P. Bethune, librarian, has announced. Need For Everything Children, Gives Real Still Operator Fined $250 By Recorder Tuesday James H. Jones, Indian, ap peared before Judge T. O. Moses in Hoke County recorder's court Tuesday on a charge of possess ing a liquor still. Jones entered a plea of not guilty but was found guilty. Sentence was four months, suspended on payment of $250 and court costs, and two years good behavior. James C. Jones, also an Indian, was charged with violating the prohibition laws by being pres ent at the still of James H. Jones. He was also found guilty, and was sentenced to 60 days on the roads, suspended on payment of $50 and costs and two years good behavior. Herbert L. Marlar, white Ma rine of Camp Lejuene, pled guilty of driving drunk and speeding 70 miles an hour. Sentence was three months, suspended on pay ment of $125 and costs. His car was held as security until h could raise the money. Brantley M. Dewar, white man charged with speeding 80, was found guilty of exceeding 70 and fined $25 and costs. He appealed and posted $100 bond. Pat Robeson, colored man char ged with assaulting his wife, v allowed to pay the costs when she decided she did not want to prosecute him. " One defendant paic!-costj' for failing to stop at a stop sign, and another paid costs for driving with improper brakes. One de fendant left a $15 bond for pass ing in the face of traffic and an other the same for failing to yield right of way. One speeder left a $40 bond, seven left $25 bonds, 21 left $15 bonds, two paid $10 and costs, and seven paid costs. n . Name 4 Hoke Men N. C. Delegates To Cotton Council Meet Four Hoke County men are a- mong delegates announced this week to represent the North Carolina-Virginia unit of the Na tional Cotton Council at the Coun cil's 18th annual meeting In Bi loxl, Miss., January 30-31. The delegates were named by G. D. Arndt, of Raleigh, chairman of the two-state unit. With representatives of other state units they will review 1955 activities and approve a program of research and promotion aimed at increasing consumption of cot ton and its products. Each of six segments of the raw cotton industry, producers, g i n n e r s. merchants, warehousemen, crush ers and spinners, and the 18 cotton-producing states are repre sented on the council. Hoke men named as delegates were T. B. Upchurch. Jr. from the producers, Fred P. Johnson and Clyde Upchurch, Jr., repre senting the ginners, and Lew' M. Upchurch, representing the seed crushers. n Local Group Endorses Gibson For Office At a meeting of the Hoke Coun ty unit of the North Carolina Ed ucation Association held at the J. W. MeLauchlin School here Monday nieht, the members voted unanimously to endorse W. T Gibson, Jr., for the presidency of the Southeastern District of the NSEA for the next year. Gibson as district principal is in charge of the Hoke County High School and the MeLauchlin School. He has held the post for the past nine years. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ellis will leave this week for Richwood, Ohio to spend the holidays with Mrs. Ellis' parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Ehret. By 10 Grown People, 16 Christmas Opportunity One colored woman lost her life near Rockfish Monday when her clothing caught fire, and five families in the county are home less or without clothing or goods of any kind as a result of fires in the county this week and last, it was reported yesterday by the Hoke County Welfare Depart ment and the American Red Cross office, both of which made " appeals to the public for help for the 10 adults and 16 children. Pointing to the great need and the bitter winter weather, Mrs. C. H. Giles, county welfare super intendent, and Clyde Upchurch, Jr., county Red Cross chairman, said that the people of the coun ty in better circumstances are be ing afforded a wonderful oppor tunity to put the Christmas Spirit in action for people who are really destitute here at the Christmas season. " Mrs. Giles will receive and dis tribute any gifts of food, clothing, . money, furniture or anything to make life more livable for these families through the county wel fare office, and she asked people to bring anything of use there as soon as possible. She said the greatest need is for warm winter clothing of all sizes, and added that summer clothing is of little use at this time, although it may be the easiest to give away. Woman Burns Monday Lula Ray, colored woman about 65 years of age, who lived alone on the family farm on the Rae ford road northwest of Rockfish, died of burns there in the early afternoon of Monday. It appeared from investigation by Coroner ! James iC Lentz that she bad been lying on a cot placed close in front of an open fireplace and that her clothing had caught fire. There was fire damage to the bed clothing and floor there, but the house did not catch fire. Lentz said it appeared that she had run outside to the pump for water to put out the fire, and had found it frozen. He said it could be seen where she had backed up to the house in an ef fort, to get it out, and that flesh had stuck to the side of the house. She then ran about 30 yards from the house where she died from burns, Lentz said. She was found there around three or four o' clock by a neighbor who came to bring her a load of slabs to use for fire wood. Fires Tuesday, Wednesday Tuesday morning at about 11:00 o'clock the home of Bertha Les lie, colored, widow. 45 years of age, caught fire and burned. It was a five-room house, located near Upchurch High School, and she owned it. She had recently completed a little store building on her lot to sell food and drinks to the school children. She and her children are staying in this now since they lost their home and personal effects in the fire which started from an oil heater. She has daughters aged 18, 16 and 13, and a son aged six. On Tuesday nipht a tenant house on the farm of A. B. Tapp at Timberland was destroyed by fire and Preston Moore, colored, and his family lost everything they had, including clothing. The family included Preston, his mo ther, Maggie Moore, and six chil dren aged from five to 13 years. Mr. Tapp wishes to express his appreciation to the Raeford Fire Department for their efforts to save the place. At noon on Wednesday the home of Neil A Maynor, colored, near Davis Bridge in the south cast section of the county was destroyed by a fire that Is thought to have started from an iron heater on legs with no mat under It. No one was at home at the time and everything they had there was lost. They have five children, a son 11 years of age, and daughters aged ten, seven, six and five. In the early afternoon of Wed nesday the home of Woodrow McLaurln, colored, near Clyde's Pond in the southeast part of Raeford, was burned out Inside before efforts of the Raeford Fire Department stopped the blaze, (Continued oa pat V)
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