The News-Journal
The Hoke County Newe-Establkhed 1928
The Hoke Coonty Joumal-EstabUalied 1906
VOLUME UV; NUMBEl 29 THUBSDAY, DECEMBER I9, 1919
RAEFOBD, N. C
12 PAGES I9e PER COPY
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TWr -^luBui could contain
what, r cooaider a .right reafect-
ful list of misfortunes and de-
Uys this week, but I have learn
ed thaf other people’s troubles
■re about the most uninteresting
thing we can talk about usually.
Let me say that I do hope you
get this in time, and that we
have what we think is a mighty
good excuse for any, Shortcom-
'ings you may notice in this is-
riue. We feel that getting it to
O^u after our difficulty is the
most important thing now.
One item I know is being left
out is about the “Holiday Door”"*
.contest this year. Mrs. Paul De-
)^teme may be contacted for de
tails, but the contest is being
conducted by the Raeford Gar
den Club, and prizes will be a-
warded in religious, formal and
. informal classes. Judges will be
Mrom outside Raeford, and we’ll
carry more details next week, I
■feel sure.
'/Another item I didn’t get to
write is about the new county
supervisor of the county plant
pe$t control program with the
U. S. Departn^t of Agriculture,
Robert Chad\j^k. That will have
to wait a week, too.
I noticed during the night that
the island had been installed
with yellow lines, stop sign, etc.,
at the Antioch intersection.
A real interesting item is here
from iSlni; Meinnis, which 1 hope
'Vf run later.
' Thanks to Mrs. J. M. Norton
for a $5 contribution to The
News-Journal Cemetery Fund.
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jNsunager Tells
Christmas Haqi
...Christmas operating schkules
the Raeford Plant of Burling
ton Industries were announced
today by iam Homewood, plant
manager, ' who also revealed
plans for the annual children’s
ChristMH party.
' Nomewo^ said Christmas hol-
idays at the plant would be ob
served from December 24th
through December 27th.
Emplojnes eligible by length
of service for vacation bonus will
receive checks during the week
‘^of December 13, 1959, it was an
nounced.
The annual Christmas party
'for employee’s children will be
held at 1:00 p.m. December 19
,in the Upchurch School and 1:30
Town Board Raises
Outside Water Rate
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Guin Wins Two — Shown with
Head Coach Floyd Wilson is
Jimmy Guin who won two awards
at the Booster Club’s annual sup
per honoring the team and the
coaches Monday evening at the
McLauchlin School.
Guin won, in addition to the
most valuable player award, the
“top dog” trophy, a new award
this year which recognizes the
player who consistently contri
butes the most to the winning
of games, especially on defense.
Players, Coaches
Honored Monday
Members of the Hoke Boosters
jClub burst into^a song^of praise
Tjior the football team Monday
night at the annual supper hon
oring the team and the coaches.
Their song was punctuated with
glittering trophies for the play
ers and fat checks for the
coaches.
Jimmy Guin took the lion’s
share of honors at the banquet.
He won a trophy for the most
valuable player as well as an:
award presented for the first
time this year, the “top dog’*
trophy.
Unlike the other awards that
are selected by team members,'
the “top dog” is selected by the
coaches and honors the player
who meant the most to the team
on the basis of defense, espec
ially, Coach Floyd Wilson said.
Before presenting the awards,
Wilson had spoken of the play
ers “losing themselves in a
cause” and compared them to
the Biblical character Elijah.
He recalled that at the begin
ning of the season he told foot-
"p.m. and 3:00 p.m. December 20
the Hoke County High-School.! ball fans that he could be pro-
• Santa Claus w'ill be on hand and ; secuted for permeditated man-
’gift bags containing toys, candy,
: fruits and a variety of other gifts
will be distributed to all emplo
yees’ children 10 years of age
and younger.
There will be a brief Christ
mas program consisting of mo-
:vies, gift bags for children, door
^prizes, and refreshments.
Approximately 3,000 persons,
including children and parents,
'are expected to attend.
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Vote On Cotton
ToBeHeUln
Hoke Tuesday
Polling plates have been set
for the cotton referendum De
cember 15..All who are engaged
in the raising of cotton are eligi-
^ble to vote Tuesday.
• In the various communities,
the polling places are as follows:
Allendale, the community house;
"Antioch, J. H. McNeill’s store;
..Blue ^rlngs, Culbreth’s store;
'Rockfiffi, A. W. Wood’s store;
• Wayside, Newton’s store; Qut-
whiffle. Tolar’s and Odom’s
.•tore; Raeford, Hoke Exchange;
' Stonewall, Dundarrach trading
.Company.
The purpose of the referendum
U to allow farmers to dccids if
'^ere will be marteting quotas
next year, to determine the
-illotment and price-support, and
L act on the Cotton Promotion
enament of 10 cents • bale.
# FTA At Mildousoa
To Meet December 14
The Parent-Teacher Associa-
«• of Mlldouaon School will
met at the achool Monday even-
■. December 14 at 7:30.
slaughter if he put the light, in
experienced team he had on the
field in competition with the ex
perienced, powerful teams in
the conference.
The end of the season the re
cord read: wins, eight; losses,
one; ttes, one.
The head coach called Larry
Phillips forward and told the
audience the sophomore had won
the trophy for the best back.
Dick Tickle was presented the
award as the best lineman.
The best Mocker award went
to Bill Cameron.
Calling for Horace Walters,
Wilson oresented the best sports-
nmnship award to him, describing
h% as the surprise of the sea
son in that Wilson did not think
that Walters could be made into
,a football player.
The most improved player a
ward went to Larry Upchurch.
Folowing Wilson’s talk it was
time for the players to give gifts
ti the coaches.
Guin presented the gift to
George Wood “in appreciation
for the work done for the team.”
Bill McPhaul presented the
team’s gift to T. N. Ingraham
and Cameron represented the
team in giving their gift to J.
W. Turlington, saying that th?
team appreciated his taking the
movies of the games even though
they did frequently “catch the
devil for it.”
Jimmy Byrd thanked J. K.
Riley for his carefulness in driv
ing the team on the school bus
when he gave the team’s gift to
him.
The last of the team’s gifts
was presented to Wilson by Tic
kle.
While expressing his thanks
for the gift, Wilson announced
the captains for next year’s team.
There will be three: Jimmy Gum,
first; Bill Cameron, second; and
Jimmy Byrd, third.
Presiding for the Booster CluD
at the supper was Bernice Wil
liamson. He presented a check
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Other Action At
Monthly Meeting
Raeford’s town commissioners
lowered the boom on out-of-town
water users at the meeting of
the town board Monday night.
An ordnance was. passed that
will raise the- cost of water to
these consumers by 50 per cent.
This will be a raise of 50, per
cent above the -new rates that will
be set now that the bond issue
has been passed and the town
has the approval of those who
took the trouble to vote to go a-
head with its program of provid
ing a more dependable water
supply.
Several of the commissioners
stated that the out-of-town con
sumers had aroused the ire of
those who are in town and there
fore many had stated that they
would not vote for the selling of
the bonds because the commis
sioners had taken no steps to
make water costs more for those
out of town.
The way the motion read the
out-of-town consumers would
have had to pay more even if
the bond issue had not been ap
proved. There is a clause in the
motion to the effect that “shoulS
the bond issue be defeated out
side rates shall be increased 50
per cent above the intown rates
in effect after 90 days nptice.’
One item that will cause a few
people to breathe easier and go
ahead with all that Christmas
shopping is that those whose pro
perty is divided between town
and county will be classified for
this purpose as town property.
The subject has ,ifeen a th
in the'side of several of the com-]
missioners for several monthi.
Those favoring such a move stat
ed with reason that people who
do not have to ^ town taxei
should not have idl the advant
ages of the town.
Final Approval
In accordance with the law
governing bond elections, the
ordinance calling for the refe^
endum was read for a final time
at the meeting this week.
Dr. Riley M. Jordan asked the
board their intent on the bit
drainage ditch separating the
Bonnie Blue-J. W. Canaday prm
perty and also going through a
lot owned by the doctor.
The commissioners told the
doctor that repairs would be
made' on the ditch as soon as
funds become available.
The joard set December 14 for
the annual Fireman’s supper.
The water problem reared its
head again during the course of
the meeting. Water Superintend*
ent J. C. McKenzie’ reported that
at 7:45 Tuesday morning
was only 12 pounds of pressure
in the water lines and that the
reservoir had only two feet of
water in it.
McKenzie asked permission to
change the wiring so that the
pumps could run more efficient
ly.
John K. McNeill quoted the
town’s engineer, R. H. Moore, as
saying that the wiring should
not be changed on the pumps in
the manner McKenzie requested
The board did not' approve
changing the wiring.
A certificate from the secre
tary of United Nations Day was
awarded Harry Harrison who ser
ved as chairman of the local Ob
servance of the day.
The approach of the Christ-
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Baak To Opea
Drive-la Braaeli
Here Friday p. m.
Accardiag to announcenient
Page Seven of this issue
The Bank nf Raeford invites
toe public to attend the opem-
ing of its new “Sunset Drive-in
Branch” in the Sunset Bills
area of Raeford on Friday af
ternoon and evening from four
until nine o’clock
The Drive-in will open for
business on Monday morning
Ducember 14.
In constructing the new facil
ity the Bank of Raeford has
foDowed a rapidly spreading
trend in the country, and the
building constructed here has
incorporated all of the desir
able features of these modem
facilities which its officials
could learu about, and is of
the finest construction and ap
pearance throughout.
Attention is invited to Page
seven, eight, nine and ten for
for pictures of the exterior
and interior of the facility, and
to the Bank’s announcement on
Page seven for a brief histP’y
of the Bank of Raeford.
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Voters Casually Pass
Bond Issues Tuesday
Arch V. Sanders
Funeral Held
Here Saturday
Board Orders
Traffic Island
Built At Antioch
Commissioners Meet
Both Hoke Teams
Win Over Laurel
Hill Here Tues.
The Bucks were in proper
form Tuesday night when they
played hosts to Laurel Hill and
sent their guests home with a
67-42 ^defeat.
Jimmy Guin set the pase for
the Bucks with his 21 points.
The visiting team had trouble
getting its offensive stategy go
ing, finally Betting onto the scor
ing hdhekets in the final quarter
.they .scored ^points,
total of 20 points was rung
up in the last quarter for the
Bucka.
Scoring; Loftus, 12, McPhaul,
12, Upchurch, 7, Phillips, 5, Ash-
burn, 4, Howell, 4, Tickle, 3, and
Byrd, 1.
Girls’ Game
Laurel Hill was nowhere near
a nutch for the Raeford girls,
either. Tuesday night’s game
was the first of the. season for
t9e girls and they won it 65-31.
. \The home team led from the
ft of the game, having a 37-19
f re at the half. Evans McNeill
yed brilliant ball and tallied
points.
Also a high scorer was Ann
GKtlin with 20 points. Laurel
Hill’s chances at scoring were
dimmed by the work of the Rae
ford guard, Pat McPhaul.
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Aberdeen Lands
Big Warehouse;
Announcement was mada last
week that Amerotron Company
will build a $500,000 warehouse
in Aberdeen. Robert Cushman,
the company’s executive vice-
president, stated that work would
begin on the building soon after
the first of the year.
It will require three to four
months to build, Cushman said
in a press interview, and when
completed will provide work for
100 people.
•' To be located opposit Amero-
tron’s Office Building on Pine-
hurst Road, the warehouse will
be 340 feet long, and 300 feet
deep. It will be of heavy mill-
type construction with the walls
made of concrete blocks and a
concrete floor with a built up
roof and a full sprinkler systom.
ARCH SANDERS
Archie Vance Sanders, long
time Raeford commissioner and
one of the community’s leading
business men, died at his home
here Friday morning after a long
battle with cancer. He was a
lumber man, farmer and mer
chant.
Mr. Sanders was bom in the
Ben Salem .community of Moore
County and was the son of Archie
Daniel Sanders and Maggie
Brown Sanders. He was 64 years
of age and had lived here since
hib'was 14., . ^
He was a member of the board
of stewards of the Raeford Meth
odist Church, and served the
Town of Raeford for more than
20 years as a member of the
board of commissioners. He was
a veteran of World War I, and
a former commander of the Ellis
Williamson American Legion
post here. He served overseas
with the 81st “Wildcat” Division.
The funeral service was con
ducted at three o’clock Saturday
afternoon at the Raeford Metho
dist Church by the pastor, the
Rev. Kermit R. Wheeler, assisted
by the Rev. W. B. Heyward of
the Presbyterian Church. Burial
was in Raeford cemetery, and
pallbearers were Bobby Carter,
Odell Melton, Charles Morrison,
Marion Gatlin, Vernon Lowder
and Lacy Hendrix.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Pearl L;(ncaster; . three
daughters, Mrs. Edith Lindsay,
Mrs. Virgil Dedas and Mrs. Rob
ert Colson, all of Raeford; five
grandchildren; seven sisters,
Mrs. T. R. Campbell and Mrs.
Margaret Keene, both of Greens
boro, Mrs. George Walker, New
port News, Va., Mrs. Grace Ben
ton of Chicago, Mrs. Scott (Camp
bell of Graham, Mrs. Lock Camp
bell and Mrs. James Thames of
Raeford; four brothers, W. R.
and 0. 3. Sanders of Raeford, W.
L. of Newton and Kenneth of
Greensboro.
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Raeford Girl Honored
At Her-College
Miss Peggy Kinlaw, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence P. Kin-
law of Raeford, has be^ elected
a freshman marshlljdMeredith
College. Represent^g' the Phi
society, she will marshal for the
college programs this school
year.
Hoke’s commissioners made
an effort Monday to reduce the
danger of the NC 211-Duffie
Road intersection at Antioch.
This intersection has been the
scene of a number of accidents
with a sudden rash of them
calling attention to the danger
of the place within the last few
months.
A traffic island was to be
built at the intersection, and
work was to begin on Wednes
day. The island will be about
40 feet long, according to the
estimate of the county account
ant, J. W. McPhaul. Traffic ap
proaching NC 211 will see a
“Keep Right” sign at the begin
ning of the island with a stop
sign at the end near the state
Ughway.
What many assumed to be the
cause of the accident was the
Stop sign on the Duffie road be
ing located more than 150 feet
from the highway.
The commissioners’ acting on
the Antioch intersection was one
of many matters to come before
them at their regular meeting
this week.
Israel Mann, Jack Autry and
Phil Rieg represented the Cham
ber of Commerce and asked per
mission to use the county’s pro
perty behind the courthouse ^r
,.pubH« x^t rooips. 'PrwrMiag toto
no adjacent property owners ob
ject and that specifications of
the building and a suitable pro
gram of upkeep be submitted to
the board the commissioners will
approve using the property thus-
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2200f}19V6le;
124 To 96 Favor
Raeford voters expreaaed i
marked indifference Tuesday to
whether the town took on ilmaaT
half million dollars indebtednesB
to finance improvements in wat
er supply and sewage dispaani
plant.
The measure passed with 134
voting in favor of it; 96 againalL
Out of 919 registered voters
only 220 cast ballots.
'The referendum held Tuesday
put before the people the ques
tion of whether Raeford shall
sell bonds providing $165,000 for
improvements in water supply
and $315,000 for construction of
sewage disposal plant.
It may be as much as six
months before the bonds are sold
now that the measure has been
approved by the people, accord
ing to Har^ Harrison, town at
torney.
There * are stiH- several legal
steps to be taken, Harrison indi
cated, and the market itself will
have an effect upon when the
bonds are sold.
Members of the town board
met Wednesday at noon to ap
prove the election, this being a
formality that has to be followed
before the election is olficiaL
The town’s engineer, R. H.
Moore of Asheboro, will be in
Raeford next week to complete
his work in the final stages prior
to the selling of bonds.
Not Exact Split
With the same nuabo of
votes for and against oh both is
sues it migAt appear that all
-for’hito hir agtonst
both.
Such was not the case, accord
ing to Charles Morrison, town
clerk. There were a number who
favored the one and opposed
teh other. It just happened . to
come out an even number.
Library Celebrates
25th Anniversary
The Hoke County Library cel-
brated its twenty-fifth anniver-
.sary at an open house held in
the Library Thursday afternoon.
Sponsors of the event were the
Library Board and the Home De
monstration Clubs of Hoke Coun
ty. The Green Thumb Garden
Club decorated the Library.
Guests were shown the entire
Library and an entire room was
given to a display of painting
by Hoke artists and historical
items about the county.
Those visiting were asked to
register and give the date when
their family came to this section.
Some could give the date readily
here; others had a simpler an
swer, like Mrs. Richard Neeley
who answered “Always.”
Two painting attracted muen
interest. Both were by Mrs. Ka
tie McByrde Livingston of Red
Springs, a former resident. The
first was done in 1905 after Mrs.
Livingston had taken art lessons
from a teacher at the old Raeford
Institute.
The painting was of a sett*
carrying a pheasant. It was a
large canvas, predominating
tones of black and brown. The
other painting was done in 1959.
This was a snow scene on a small
er canvas and bore strong .•?-
semblance to the Grandma Moses
Recorder’s Court Holds Full Session
Basketball Stars — Shown a-
bove are the high scorers for
the Bucks in the Scottish Classic,
a basketball event that will be
an annual pre-season affair. The
first year it was held in Red
Springs with the host team, Lum-
berton, St. Pauls, and the Bucks
kqocking* heads for the victories
in four games.
Friday liight the Bucks took
a win over the host team, after
having lost one to St. Pauls on
the opening evening.
High scorers, left to right, are
Larry Phillips, Jimmy Guin, and
Larry Upchurch] Guin made a.
valiant effort to pull the St..
Pauls game out of the fire with'
his third period rally of 15
points.
Upchurch and Phillips scored
14 and 16 in the game against
Red Springs.
Night had fallen Tuesday be
fore the Recorder and the other
officers of his court finished an
unusually long session. During
the day the court heard cases
dealing with liquor and traffic
violations, among others..
Grady Herbert Kogers, white,
Was found guilty of speeding 70
piph and prayer for judgment
was continued on payment of
costs.
Shirley Locklear Bruce, In
dian, was charged with failing to
stop for a stop sign. She pled
guilty and judgment was suspend
ed oh payment of costs.
Edward -William Bates, white,
pled guilty of speeding 70 mp)r
and judgment was suspended oh
payment of $10 and the costs.
Alonzo Alford,' colored, pled
guilty of assault with a deadly
weapon. A sentence of 90 days
on the roads was to be suspend-
en if he paid $90 and the costi
and be of good behavior for two
years.
A. T. Thomas, colored, pled
guilty of doing property damage
and being drunk and disorder
ly. A sentence of 90 days on the
roads was to be suspended on
payment of $15 fine, $10 dam
ages, and the costs of court.
Qinton Blue, colored, pled
guilty of driving without license.
The defendant being less than
15. years old the case was re
manded to juvenile court.
William Cornett McMillan, col-
oced, pled guilty of driving with-
Blit . license, without liability in
surance, and with car improper
ly registered. All three were
•acond offenses. A sentence of
•0 says on the roads was given
him. Notice of appeal to Super
ior Court was given and bond
«xad at $150.
' Through counsel, Jamie Pride,
Mlored, pled guilty of driving
with improper light and judg
ment waa suspended on payment
of costs.
James Arthur Maynor and Er-
bon Ray Maynor, Indian, were
fonnd guilty of possession of non
tax-paid liquor for sale. To each
was given six months on the
roads to be suspended on pay
ment by each of $100 and c(»ts.
Both also were found guilty
of possession of a still for mak
ing whiskey. Each was sentenc
ed to a year on the roads, those
sentences to be suspended on
payment of $100 and the sUU
fee. Both appealed to Superior
Court and a consolidated bond
of $300 each was fixed.
Joe Flowers, colored, was
found not guilty of assault with
a deadly weapon.
A motion to dismiss the charge
against John Wesley Brigman.
white, of assault with a deadlv
weapon was accepted by the
court.
Brigman was found guilty 0^
driving under the influence of
liquor on the third offense T'd
driving after license was re-cK
ed. A sentence of two years on {
the roads was to be suspended
on payment of $750. Notice of ap
peal to Superior Court was filed
and bond was fixed at $730.
A charge of Brigman’s oper
ating a vehicle under improper
registration was dismissed.
The court dismissed the charee
of assault with a deadly weapon
causing serious pain and injury
against Howard Locklear, Indian
R. M. Wilson, Curtis Wilson,
and James White, all colored,
were found not guilty of assauit
with a deadly weapon.
John Lee Wilson, colored, pled
guilty of assault with a deadly
weapon. A sentence of 18 montr.s
on the roads was to be suspend
ed on condition that he pay a
maximum of $30 on R. W. Wil
son’s doctor bill and be placed
on probation for three years. He
is to pay costs.
type of painting.
There were a great many old
books on display. Some of them
were related to the history of
the county; others were of a re
ligious nature.
One that attracted a good deal
of attention was a “Register 9i
Common Schools in Chunberland
County, 1864.” The book belonga
to Floyd Monroe of Wayside com
munity, one of whose forbears
was enrolled in the schools that
year.
The school term was listed
from January to March. One
woman remarked that such- a
term would bring delight to her
children.
The Library is directed by the
official board which is compos
ed of Mrs. J. M. Andrews, chair
man; Mrs. Fred Culbrcth, vice-
chairman; Mrs. R. E. Neeley,
Mrs. A. K. Currie, and Paul Dica-
son.
Ex officio members are Mar
ion Gatlin, Mrs. Neill McFadyen,
and Miss Josephine HalL
Brief Uistsry
The Library had its beginning
in September, 1934. Funds were
solicited and 107 people all uf
whom are listed in the minutes
contributed. In the same year
the Library opened in a room e
bove Reaves’ Drug Store (now
Howell’s).
It was in 1941 that the Libr
ary moved to its present quar
ters in the County Building.
The last count, made in Jum^
1968, showed that tlto Lilmty
has 13,621 volumes.
District To Sel^t
SCS Suporvisor
W. J. Coates .and CharHi Pvm
dergrass are candidatM for elec
tion as supenrisar af tot Fee Da*-
C^ F«v Sod CewHevatiM Dto-
trict Voters will also have •
chance to write in a e«ndida>a
in toe etoctiatt which is new im-
derway,
Decembar 7 was the tvaaiiB
date ot the election widab wUI
close Saturday. B*Q»la aag be
1^ at toe foUMtof itmmz Mto
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