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The Hoke County Journal
"VOLUME L; NUMBER 5.
THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1956
RAEFORD, N. C.
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By The Editor
W . L. Poole says the law about
having to vote for all five of a
board of five was new to him
when he learned about it last
week. It only applies to 17 coun
ties, and I can remember no pub
licity about it when it was passed.
It won't do us any particular harm,
as I can see it, but we must
remember it's five or none when
we come to vote for county com
missioner or member of the board
of education in the primary.
As to the constitutionality of
the law, any discussion of that
will have to be purely for the fun
of it as far as this primary is con
cerned, as it is the law. Attorney
General Rodman said he would
not rule on that, as it is the court's
place to rule on constitutionality
of laws. Being about as far a cry
as you can get from attorney gen
eral, I will hazard .the opinion
that it is not constitutional, al
though that probably depends fi
nally on how you read the con
stitution, or how the court read
it. We have some notable examp
les in our history of people read
ing our constitutions differently.
I cannot, though, believe it is the
Intent of the constitution that we
should have to vote for a person
for whom we do not wish to vote
In order to vote for one for whom
we do wish to vote.
Precinct meetings took place
over the county on schedule last
Saturday, from all I can hear.
Committees were chosen from each
precinct to elect delegates to the
county convention to be held in
the courthouse here Saturday af
ternoon at two o'clock. These
committees also choose their chair
men, and the chairmen from all
the precincts form the county
Democratic executive committee.
This committee usually meets af
ter the convention and elects the
county chairman. The county
member of State executive com
mittee and the county delegates
to the State convention next
Thursday will also be chosen on
Saturday at the convention.
Registration books will also be
open again on Saturday for regis
tration by any who wish to vote
in the primary May 26. This will
be the last chance such citizens
will have to get on (he books to
vote at that time.
The vehicle check lane here
next week is something we can
all take advantage of to learn if
our cars are right. If we get them
right, and enough of us get our
judgment right, more of us will
live longer. . . Patrolmen are
in the picture on this page be
cause the State Patrol is coopera
ting with and sponsoring these
lanes. There will be no penalties
for deficiencies discovered at the
lane, so don't fear to bring your
car . . . the mechanics will just
tell you what the trouble is, that's
all.
As best I can gather from to
day's daily paper, the gas fran
chise discussion here for the past
several weeks may be quite use
less. There appear to be two
companies trying to run natural
gas pipelines through this sec
tion, and the article indicates to
me that the other company, which
doesn't list Raeford on its route,
is in the lead to get the area
franchise from the utilities com-
Another item which might wind
up of considerable interest to peo
ple in this county and others over
the State is the one about the An
son County school bond case now
being heard before the State Su
preme Court. They are trying to
hold up sale of Anson County
bonds for school construction on
ground that school to be con
structed is to be segregated. Chief
Justice Barnhill said yesterday
that "there is no question but that
the U. S. Supreme Court's decree
rescinded the State Constitution's
provision requiring compulsory
segregation in North Carolina
public schools." If the court
should rule against Anson County
in the case it would possibly
knock Hoke County colored child
ren out of a school to be built for
them the same way this summer,
it seems to me.
Many Cases Take
Until Noon Wed.
Before Recorder
Facing a full docket in the two
weeks since court had been held,
the Tuesday session of Hoke
County recorder's court ran until
noon Wednesday before Judge T.
O. Moses. Clerk J. B. Cameron
was absent, as he is again a pat
ient in a Fayetteville hospital.
About 20 cases were tried in the
session, and about 30 were clear
ed by bond forfeitures.
Clemmie Miller, colored resi
dent of the section north of Rae
ford, was found guilty of violat
ing the prohibition laws. She got
90 days in prison, to be suspend
ed on payment of $50 and costs
and two years good behavior.
Her son, Howard Miller, pled
guilty to the illegal possession of
two gallons of white liquor, say
ing that he had it for a house
warming. He got 30 days suspend
ed on payment of $25 and costs.
Bertha Leslie, colored resident
of the same section, was also
charged with violating the prohi
bition law. After State's evidence,
when defense moved for non-suit
on grounds that the beer involv
ed was in the cooler in the de
fondant's store for her own use,
trial was continued for one week
for the court to check the law.
Luther Covington and Duck
Bethea, colored, 17 and 18, re
spectively, pled guilty to a charge
of stealing a sign from the Riley
place in Quewhiffle Township.
Judgment of 30 days was sus
pended on payment of $10 and
costs by each, and on condition
of two years good behavior, dur
ing which they are to stay off
the Riley place.
Nettie Locklear, Indian, was
found guilty of violating the pro
hibition laws. Sentence was four
months, to be suspended on pay
ment of $100 and costs, and two
vears good behavior, during which
time she must stay out of Hoke
County. She was still in jail late
Wednesday, expecting to go to
prison.
Henry H. Robbins, white, pled
guilty of a third offense of care
less and reckless driving, speed
ing and having no driver's license.
He was sentenced to work at the
Hoke County jail for six months,
with one-third off for good be
havior. Charles R. Odom, white, was
found guilty of driving drunk.
Sentence was 90 days, suspended
on payment of $100 and costs. He
appealed and posted $200 bond.
John Earl Daugherty, white,
was found guilty of driving drunk,
violating the prohibition . laws
and failing to stop when signalled
Sentence was four months to be
suspended on payment of $100
and costs. He was given until
May 15 to pay.
Kenly Thomas, colored, pled
guilty of assault with a deadly
weapon. Sentence was six months,
suspended on payment of $50,
court costs and the doctor bill
for his victim.
Harold Baker, colored, was
charged with the larceny of
money from the Culbreth gro
cery. Probable cause was found
and he is being held for Superior
Court with bond being set at
$100.
Case In which Jesse Pate,
white, was charged with driving
without a license was dismissed
when it appeared that he was
just driving across the highway.
Mack Shields, colored, paid
costs for violating restrictions re
quired by his driver's license.
Lemarr Hines, colored, went to
the roads for 90 days when he
could not pay $75 and costs for
speeding 75, careless and reckless
driving, failing to stop for a siren
and having improper brakes.
Morton Ivey, white, got 30 days
suspended on payment of $25 and
costs for careless and reckless
driving and having no driver's
license.
For public drunkenness Her
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ROCKFISH PTA PLANS
ENTERTAINMENT TUES.
'Martin Scarborough and his
string band will present a pro
gram at the Rockfish School
Tuesday night. May 15, under the
sponsorship of the school Parent
Teacher association f"r the bene
fit of the school lunchroom. Be
fore the program starts hot dogs,
cakes and pies will be sold. The
public is invited.
These Are The Men Who Will Operate Vehicle
Safety Check Lane Here Next Week
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Photo above was made on the
asphalt drive at the Raeford Pres
byterian Church, where the vol
untary, free Vehicle Safety Check
Lane will be operated Monday
through Saturday of next week,
from 7:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. each
day. Shown above with the gar
age service managers who will
operate the lane are two local
members of the State Highway
Patrol and the operating chair
Mrs. W. T. Boseman
Dies Saturday, Buried
At Rockfish Sunday
The Rockfish community lost
one of its oldest and most promi
nent citizens when Mrs. Mary
Helen Boseman died Saturday af
ternoon at a nursing home near
Fayetteville. She was 84 years of
age.
Mrs. Boseman was the widow
of the late W. T. Boseman, who
died in 1952 and who was A & R
station agent at Rockfish for more
than 40 years with the assistance
of Mrs. Boseman. She was the
former Mary Helen Townsend,
daughter of the late Rev. James
T. and Mary Haywood Townsend,
and was the last member of her
immediate family.
In her early life she was a
school teacher, and was later post
mistress at Rockfish for more
than 40 years while her husband
was depot agent. She was active
in church and civic work, was the
first person baptized at Mt. Gi
lead Church, and was the lat
surviving charter member of Tab
ernacle Baptist church at Rock
fish. Funeral was conducted at Tab
ernacle Church at 3:00 o'clock
Sunday afternoon by the Rev.
Scott Turner, pastor, assisted by
the Rev. E. B. Booker of Fayette
ville, a former pastor. Burial was
in the Mt. Gilead cemetery. Pall
bearers were Buie Dove, Melvin
Dees, Ed Brock, Howard Mc
Dougald, Gillis Ray, Thomas Mc
Innis, Martin Wood and David
Lindsay.
Railroad personnel attending the
service in a group included Henry
Blue, Forrest Lockey, Cliff Cam
eron, Curtis Lawhorn, J. L.
Marks, Earl Hare, G. A. Demp
sey and Mrs. Paul Dezerne.
Mrs. Boseman is survived by
several nieces and nephews,
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Insurance Men Get
Achievement Honor
William Lamont, Jr., and Neill
J. Blue, agents for New York Life
Insurance Company in this area,
have been named as members of
the company's "Star Club" of out
standing salesmen, it has been
announced by E. T. Ridgway,
general manager of the company's
Raleigh branch. Ridgway said the
recognition had been made on
the basis of 1955 sales.
These two will be among the
company's agents attending an
educational conference at Wil
liamsburg Sunday through Wed
nesday of next week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fann of
Hartsville, S. C. were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Niven Mon
day.
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man of the lane. Left to right in
the picture are Clarence M. Willis
of McNeill and Willis Motor Com
pany, Patrolman E. G. Inman,
Fred Garrett of Raeford Auto
Company, Patrolman W. T. Her
bin, Neill A. McDonald, operating
chairman of the lane, Bruce Con
oly of Hoke Auto Company, and
Vic Finocchi of Morgan Motor
Company. These men and their
Hoke High Wins
Two Ball Games
Coach Delmer Wiles and his
Hoke High baseball team made
two trips in the past week and
came home victorious both times.
They played in Fort Bragg Fri
day afternoon and in Sanford on
Tuesday night.
In Fort Bragg McMinis went
six innings and Thornburg one,
together allowing four hits. They
were scattered, and the Bucks
managed to hold the home team
to one run while they picked up
two on three scattered hits and
two errors. Ronald Huffman
started the sixth with a double,
and Hoke scored twice on the two
errors in that inning. The other
two safe blows for Hoke High
were by Culbreth and Thornburg.
In Sanford Tuesday night
Thornburg went the whole way
and allowed eight hits while his
teammates were picking up 12 to
win, 9-8. Phil Huffman with two
hits in three trips and Culbreth
with two in four were leaders at
the plate.
Hoke plays in St. Pauls today
and in Laurinburg Tuesday.
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Pegsry Wright Dance
Recitals Are Planned
The Peggy Wright School of
Dance recitals will be given in
Red Springs on Monday and Tues
day, May 14 and 15, and on Tues
day, June 5. the Chaminade Music
Club of Raeford will sponsor a
recital by the group in the audi
torium at Hoke High School.
Many Hoke County children are
pupils in the school, and the re
cital here is being sponsored by
the music club to raise funds to
be used in supplementing the sal
ary of a public school music
teacher here next year. The
schools here do not have such a
teacher this year, and club mem
bers hope Raeford and Hoke
County people will attend the re
cital here and support the pro
ject. SUPPER AT BETIIEL
There will be a chicken supper
and fish fry at Bethel Presbyter
'.in Church next Wednesday from
5:30 until 8 30 for the benefit of
the church organ fund. The pub
lic is invited.
INFANT STRANGE DIES
An infant son was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Maxie Allen Strange of
311 Crawford Street at Moore
County hospital on Sunday and
died on Tuesday. Graveside serv
ice was conducted in Raeford
cemetery at 5:00 o'clock Wednes
day.
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companies are contributing their
time to the operation of the lane
as a service to the public and
Tommie Upchurch, general chair
man who made arrangements for
its operation here says he hopes
all the car owners in Hoke County
will respond by having their cars
checked during the week. There
is no cost, and it only takes three
or four minutes, Upchurch said.
County Board Acts
On Various Business
At Monthly Meeting
The Hoke County board of
commissioners held their regular
monthly meeting Monday with
Balfour, Monroe, Thomas and
McMillan present. A variety of
items of county business came up
for discussion and action, with
the most important probably be
ing the budget for 1956-57.
The board discussed and com
pleted a tentative budget for the
next fiscal year, and directed the
register of deeds to place it on
file in his office for public in
spection until May 28, at which
time the board is to meet again
and approve a final budget for
the year.
A delegation of colored citizens
of Raeford Township north of
Raeford appeared before the board
asking that something be done
to provide them with fire pro
tection. County attorney Charles
Hostetler explained several ways
in which it is possible for this
protection ot be provided, and the
group left without expressing a
preference to the board.
The possibilities outlined by
Hostetler included the payment
of a special tax for the protection
of an area by its residents, pay
ment by residents to the Town
for protection if this could be
worked out with the town, or the
formation of a community fire
department.
The district fire warden ap
peared before the board with a
budget of $8660 for forest fire
control for next year. The coun
ty's part of this will be $2598, or
$498 more than this year, and the
board approved.
The board authorized County
Tax Supervisor J. W. McPhaul
and his assistant, Archie Byrne,
to attend a school for tax super
visors in Chapel Hill next Mon
day through Friday.
The board approved the lease
of the building to be occupied by
the board of education office for
five years with heating and air
conditioning equipment included.
Highway Commissioner Forrest
Lockey and Engineer T. G. Poin
dexter appeared before the board
to discuss and explain the road
situation.
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LEGION TO MEET
The regular monthly meeting
and supper of the Ellis William
son American Legion Post will
be held at Lake Alice next Mon
day night at 6:30, Commander J.
D. McNeill reminds legionnaires.
Ht urges all members to attend,
and invites all who are eligible
to Join.
Allen McGee of St. Simons, Ga.
spent Monday and Tuesday with
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Upchurch.
CLOSING SCHEDULE OF COUNTY
SCHOOLS IN MAY ANNOUNCED
"Single Shot"
Voting Law Does
Apply To Hoke
The voting law passed by the
last Legislature and aimed at
curbing "single shot" voting does
apply to Hoke County, Board of
Elections Chairman W. L. Poole
reminded voters of the county
this week. The law, which applies
to only 17 counties of the State,
was brought to the attention of
the public last week by Attorney
General W. B. Rodman, Jr., who
at that time pointed out that it
did not apply to the whole State.
The law requires that where
more than one position is to be
filled, such as on a board of
county commissioners, a voter
must vote for as many candidates
as there are posts to be filled, or
his ballot will not be counted.
"Single shot" voting is where
a group of voters, backing a single
candidate, vote for their man but
refrain from voting for anyone
else. This gives their candidate
an advantage.
The law thus would require a
nerson who only likes four candi
dates for a board to vote for a
fifth whom he didn't like in or
der to be able to vote at all. It
applies to the counties of Hoke.
Bladen, Catawba, Columbus. Hal
ifax, Cumberland, Duplin, Lenoir,
Macon, Northampton, Onslow,
Pender, Perquimans. Robeson,
Scotland, Surrv and Wayne.
Rodman said he had been ask
ed to rule on the constitutionality
of the law. He said that in answer
to the reouest he called attention
to a ruling of the State Supreme
Court which said that "it is not
the function of the attorney gen
eral to declare laws unconstitu
tional, but rather, to present to
the court the arguments in sup
port of the statutes."
The attorney general added that
the court said, "that one could
not assume that a law was void
until so declared bv the courts."
At any rate, Chairman Poole
wants voters in Hoke Countv to
he aware that it applies here in
the primary on May 26, and that
voters not voting for five on
boards of five will not have their
ballots counted.
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.Taycees Have Ladies,
Install Officers
The Raeford Junior Chamber
of Commerce had its annual lad
ies night program and installa
tion of officers at the high school
cafeteria Tuesday. Peter McLean,
past president, was master of
ceremonies In the absence of re
tiring president Angus J. Currie.
Speaker was Tom Caddell of Car
thage, former district president of
the Jaycees.
J. Bion Brewer was installed as
president at the installation cere
mony conducted by Caddell. J. D.
McMillian as vice - president,
Everett Ferrell and Brad Morton
corresponding and recording sec
retaries, Whiteford Jones, trea
surer, Dave McMillan delegate-
at-large, and Angus Currie, state
director.
Entertainment was provided bv
two high school boys of St. Pauls,
George Deaton and Harry Owen,
who presented a pantomime act
and a trumpet solo.
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W. A. Crowley Dies
Early Wednesday;
To Be Buried Today
W. A. Crowley died early Wed
nesday in a Fayetteville hospital
after a short illness. Funeral ser
vice is being held this afternoon
at Tabernacle Baptist Church at
Rockfish, and burial is to follow
in Raeford cemetery.
Surviving are his wife; two
daughters, Mrs. Dewey Jackson
of St. Pauls, and Mrs. G. W. Ray
of this county; five sons, D. L.
James L., Herman and Lloyd, all
of Raeford, and Carl Crowley of
Chester, Pa.
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Miss Bernidine Winstead of
UNC, Chapel Hill spent the week
end with her sister, Mrs. John
Nicholson, and family.
Some Activities Friday
The schedules of closing ac
tivities for the white, Negro and
Indian schools of Hoke County
were released this week through
the office of County Superintend
ent K. A. MacDonald. The sche
dule of concerts, plays and exer
cises runs from now until cli
maxed by the commencement
exercises at Hoke High School on
May 29. Commencement at the
Upchurch Colored School and at
the Hoke Countv Indian School
will be on May 30.
Operetta was presented at
Ashemont School last Friday, and
Seventh Grade visitation day was
held in Hoke High School Tues
day. The Mildouson operetta was
presented Wednesday night, and
the Rockfish operetta is to be
presented tonight.
The annual concert of the band
and glee club at Hoke High School
will be presented at 815 Friday
nieht. Other items on the closing
schedule for the white schools
are Hoke High Class Night, 'May
18 at 8:15; J. W. McLauchlin
School Mav Dav program. May
21 at 8:00 p. m.; Baccalaureate
sermon at, Hoke High, May 27
at 11:00: Seventh Grade Promo
tion Day. May 28, 10:00; Seventh
Grade play at Mildouson, May 28
at 8:00 p. m : Commencement ex
ercises at Hoke High May 29 at
8:15 'p. m. May 30 will be skin
day and the white schools will
close on Thursday, Mav 31.
Netro Activities
At Upchurch School the Junior
Senior Prom will be held on May
17. The Operetta by the fifth,
grade will be presented on May
21 at 8:15 p. m.; Class Night ex
ercises on May 24 at 8:15; Bac
calaureate sermon on May 27 at.
4:30; eighth grade exercises May
28 at 8:15 p. m.; commencement
exercises Mav 30 at 11:00 a. m.
Laurel Hill School will have
its closing activities on May 25
at 2:30, and Shady Grove the
same day at 8:00 p. m. Burlington
will have class night on May 23
and the PTA banquet on May 25,
both at 8:00 p. m. The Rockfish
program will be May 25 at 7:30
p. m. At Bowmore the primary
play will be May 24 and the clos
ing exercises May 25, both at
8:00 p. m. The Friendship school
PTA banquet will be held May
23 at 8:00 p. m. At Freedom
School May Day will be May 18
at 1:00 p. m., the play will be
May 28 at 8:00 p. m., and a pic
nic will be held May 29 at 1:00
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Hoke County Indian School
At the Indian School the elem
entary play will be presented
Friday, May 11, at 8:00 p. m. On
Wednesday, May 23, the high
school play, "The Gay Pretend
ers," will be presented at 8:00
p. m. The baccalaureate sermon
will be delivered by D. F. Lowry
at 8:00 p. m. on May 27, and
Judge T. O. Moses will deliver
the commencement address at
commencement exercises on May
30, at 10:00 a. m.
Town Board Has
Routine Meet Mon.
The regular monthly meeting
of the town board was held Mon
day night with all members pres
ent and Mayor Alfred Cole pre
siding. The board heard a group repre
senting residents of the colored
section north of Raeford express
interest in having the area taken
into the city limits of Raeford.
They were informed of the steps
necessary for them to take in
order to have such a proposal
considered.
Board discussed the question
of granting a natural gas fran
chise, but took no action.
Possible contribution to the
National Guard unit in the new
budget was discussed, and It was
voted to furnish water at the
armory without charge.
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MORE POLIO VACCINE
The county health department
has received another shipment of
polio vaccine, and can now give
first, second or third shots to
children one through 15 years of
age. Clinics for administering the
snois are neia on l uesaay morn
ings and all day Friday.
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