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The News-Journal
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The Hoke County News-Established 1928
The Hoke County Journal-Established 1903
VOLUME UV; NUMBER 32
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1959
RAEFORD, N. C/
S PAGES 10c PER COPT
KM PER TERi^
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Well, as an employer there are
two or three separate but some
what related ways I will know
for sure that Friday is January
1, ISSO, along with others. Em-
ploycM ^so will be aware that
on the first day of the year they
will have deductions made for
state- inrame- tax for the first
tim4 iMIugh the money will
have Wn earned fof a week
in Ifilrinostly. Then there is a
matm rf the social security de
duction and .employer’s contribu
tion going up again. Of course, we
are all long 'since used to the
big weekly bite for Uncle Sam’s
income taxes, and employers are
by now acciutomed to the pay
roll tax'for unemployment se
curity, hy the State, When yoii
add in the monthly sales tax re
port, and ^e income ^ frm
the employer or ^m,‘y6u can
get a bookkeeper ^ly ^busy be
fore you geW^^diMtt to think
about wheth^^oulAiade of lost
money. r" ~
These taxes are aggravating to
most of us, both fj^r having to
pay them and for hiving etern
ally to worry about keeping up
with them, bdt they are small
payment for the privilege of liv
ing. in'tM la«d.-a|ili|s JK-tine
•f the wnrfeat Wealth and op
portunity Rie world has ever
known.- JjBt this thought makes
our grl||H plumh hollow, does
n’t It? 1
It haR been our thought to car
ry our' usual summary of the
new* eveints of the town and
counlh during the past year in
this last hsue of 1959, on the last
day of the year, but we found
tMt.we were not much more in-
than most to do any ad-
icc work during ~lhe Christ-
holiday, and with the paper
cosing out a day early this week
duo to the.agail carriers getting
a hkiday on New Year’s Day, it
wo4d have taken advance work
to lit it done. We are not real
ly used to getting a paper up
and oiit in two days, and if we
ever have to do it on a regular
basis it’s going to take a little
revising of production schedules.
Tiihe you get jup with all the
sources for social and personal
news, community correspond
ents, try to get some pictures
taken, . developed and away to
the engraver, turn an ear toward
all possibilities for deaths, vio
lence, wrecks, public affairs of
town or county, see all the po-
tentM advertisers, figure out
an^-'W^e an editorial column-:-
a^ tMlget all this in type
metalf laid out and into pages,
proofed, read and corrected, why
a staff as small as ours has had
to go nt a hard gallop for a day
or tw*..
’19 the time this column, a
catchall.as its title might indi
cate, ' gets to ..the typewriter,
though, we are in the home
stretch. While it is being set into
type.' ^ge one will be laid out
and the headlines written and
set. l^n we will put her to
gether,‘.and breathe that weekly
sigh of relief we have been look
ing forward to. The remainder is
a pleasure.
U’s all a pleasure, I suppose,
of we wouldn’t stay at it, even
though we do have opportunity
to dissatisfy about as many peo
ple as we satisfy, it seems.
Which gets me around to try
ing to straighten out some we
didn’t quite saUi^y in the last
issue. In our notice of a choir
service at Sandy Grove Church
last week we said that the sing
ing was to be by the choir of
Sandy ^qve, when it was really
a choir 01 several churches in
the cdRthi section of the coun
ty known ras ^he community
choir, "With'the Rev. R. 0. Free-
mr’i of Philippi directing. Mrs.
Mr s reported it right, but
w: u 1 to mix it up getting it in
th? espor, and leaving out the
comMMlity angle must have les-
BUCKSHQT
One Blast Sends
Two TV Viewers
On Hospital Trip
Two Hoke men were hospital
ized late Sunday after being shot
and another man with whom they
were watching television was
charged with shooting them.
Sam Jackson, colored, and
Bernice "Jellybean” Locklear,
Indian, told Rural Policeman
Dave Barrington that they had
been watching television with
John Melvin, also colored, at his
home between Dundarrach and
Antioch on a Z. V. Pate farm
late Sunday.
Melvin went into the kitchen
and came back' with a shotguh,
the men stated, and aimed a
blast of the buckshot at them. He
hit both men with one blast.
Jackson was shot in the left
side and thigh and Locklear was
shot In the'calf of his right leg.
Jackson was able'in get to a doc
tor in ]^efqrd,_Riarrington stat
ed, but Locklieitt.'was found by
the officer copapsed on the
shoulder of road about 30
feet ffom Melvin’s house. Both
were taken to Cape Fear Valley
Hospital in FayetteviUe.
MeKin was jailed the same
evening and charged with as-
sinilt with , a ^adly weapon.
Lkenie Plates Go
On Sale Saturday
196(11 license plates go on sale
Saturday at the Raeford license
bureau, , operated again this year
in the office of the Chamber of
Commerce.
Chamt^r Manager Phil Rieg
says the offira will be open from
9:00 ’til 12:00 beginning this Sat
urday and each weekday there
after from 9:00 through 5:00 p.
m. Saturdays the office will be
open half a day only.
Each motorist wiR. be requir
ed to present his registration
card' before bis license will be
issued to him. Only when there
is a transfer of title will more
than the registration card have
to be shown.
Tags must be bought and put
on cars before midnight, f.ebru-
ary 15.
Sales of ’59
There were 5,355 license plates
sold in the Raeford license bu
reau during the early weeks of
1969, Rieg stated.
Tags sold for types of vehicles
were as follows: cars, 4091; mo
torcycles, 7; private trucks, 691;
farm trucks, 228; small trailers,
300; large trailers, 38.
Total number of transfers of
titles handled; 290.
Rieg .said that ’59 sales were
considerably better than the
year before.
May 1960 Bring You
Peace of Mind
Health - Happiness
^ True Frien^thiiM - Opportunities
V
chamber says
Stores Have
Best Business
POLICE SAY
Tour friends at
The News-Journal
Culprit Returns, Faces Judge
The judge and other officers
of Hoke Recorder’s Court got
ai real surprise Tuesday when a
man showed up who’d been char
ged in the summer of 1958 with
Eolation of the prohibition law
and had completely disappeared.
Richard Caulder, white, show
ed up at the Hoke jail Saturday
night and gave himself up.
In August, 1958, he’d been
charged with being drunk and
disorderly and possession of an
amount of non-tax-paid liquor.
He had not shown up in court,
capiases had been ordered for
him, and the bondsman had even
paid his bond in March, 1939.
But Caulder showed up and
turned himself in.
In court he told the judge,
Harry Greene, that he had been
on the run ever since then and
he had become so worried that
he wanted to give up. He stated
that he’d not been able to stay on
a job more than three weeks be
cause he was afraid someone
would recognize him.
He pled guilty of the old
charge and the judge suspended
judgment on the payment of the
costs and gave the man until
February 1 to pay that.
Other cases were mainly of the
routine nature of court as the
session lasted through most of
the day ending close to four o’
clock.
Charles Bethea, colored, pled
guilty of indecent exposure. A
sentence of 60 days on the roads
was to be suspended on payment
of $25 and the costs.
Preston Wright, Jr., colored,
pled guilty of non-support. A
sentence of a year on the roads
was to be suspended on payment
of $25 monthly for the support
of his family.
William Hilton Peele, white,
pled guilty of speeding 85 mph
and was found guilty of carrying
a concealed weapon. A sentence
of a year on the roads was to be
suspended on payment of $100
and the costs.
Mallie Graham, colored, pled
guilty of assault with a deadly
weapon and a sentence of 00
days on the roads was to be su
spended on payment of $25 and
the costs and on condition that
he be of good behavior for two
years.
John William Sipe, white, pled
guilty of speeding over 50 mph
and judgment was suspended on
payment of $25 and the costs.
Billy McVickers, white, was
not prosecuted, with leave, on
the charge of non-support.
Henderson Dupree, colored,
pled guilty of driving under the
influence of liquor and was
found guilty of failing to stop
for a stop sign. A sentence of
nine months on the roads was to
be suspended on payment of $150
and the costs.
Francis McNeill and Richard
McNeill, both colored, pled guil
ty of public drunkenness and
each got a sentence of 30 days
to be suspended on payment of
$10 and the costs.
Rayburn Maynor, Indian, was
charged with having carnal
knowledge of a minor girl. The
court found probable cause and
the defendant was bound over to
the next term of Superior Court.
Bond was fixed at $1000.
Bonds forfeited: 13 at $20 and
oje at .S30.
Wins Bond . . . Dougald Shaw,
at left above, won a $50 Savings
•en«4 M appeal to people not Bond in a contest sponsored by
iirectly intercited In Sandy | the North Carolina Natural Cias
(CoBtinticd on Page 4)
I Company. The contest was among
all the dealers here for the Na
tural Gas Company. Presenting
the winner with the bond is Al
lan Perley, local representative.
Raeford Garden
Club Lists 6 In Door
Decoration Contest
Winners in the Christmas door
decoration contest were announc
ed Monday by Mrs. Alvis Dickson
of the Raeford Garden Club.
Mrs. R. A. Norris won first
place in the formal category and
honorable mention went to Mrs.
Paul Dezerne.
The informal category first
place was won by Mrs. DeVoe
Austin. Mrs. Hubert Cameron
won an honorable mention.
Mrs. W. B. Heyward won first
place in the religious category
and Mrs. Joe H. Schell won an
honorable mention.
Judges for the contest were
Mrs. J. L. Berry, Mrs. 0. B. Is
rael, and Mrs. W. L. Tinder of
the McCain Sunshine Club.
0
Martin McKeithan entered
Moore Memorial Hospital early
Monday morning.
Plan To Close
Wednesday PM
List of firms who have in
formed the Retail Trade Com
mittee of the Raeford Cham
her of Commerce that they
will start closing Wednesday
afternoons on next Wednes
day, January 6, at 12:30 fol
lows. The county commission
ers made this announcement
for the courthouse offices last
week.
There may be others, but
those putting their names on
the Chamber committee’s list
are Home Food Market, T. B.
Upchurch, Inc., Raeford Super
Market, C. P. Long, Service
Loan Co., Howell Drug Co.,
Raeford Hardware Co., Hoke
Auto Co., Raeford Furniture
Co., Wood Furniture Co.,
Macks 5, 10, 25c Store, Copp
er’s Super Market, Western
Auto Associate Store, There
sa’s, Belk-Hensdale Co., J. W
Canaday Insurance Agency,
Hoke Exchange Co., Hotel
Barber Shop, Home Furniture
Co., Niven Appliance Co.,
Wood’s Grocery, Collins De
partment Store and Israel
Mann.
NOT CRITICAL
2 Shootings Mar
Christmas Eve
Quiet In Hoke
Two shootings on Christmas
eve shattered what was other
wise a very peaceful holiday sea
son in Hoke County.
An argument over whether a
man could keep his cow in an
other’s pasture ended in a shoot
ing at the home of Sanford Ja
cobs near Newton’s Pond south
of Antioch.
D. J. Jones, rural policeman,
said L. J. Locklear, Indian, shot
Jacobs in both feet while Jacobs
lay on a couch in living room.
The officer stated that they had
been fighting earlier over wheth
er Locklear coiild keep some
cows in Jacobs’ pasture.
Some shot from the blast 'f
the gun hit a grandchild of Ja
cobs but the girl was not serious
ly injured. Jacobs was treated
and released that evening at a
Lumberton hospital.
Locklear disappeared follow
ing the shooting and efforts to
find him have been unsuccess
ful, the officer stated.
Shot In Bed
The second of the shootings
on the evening before Christmas
took place at the home of Mit
chell McCall, colored, of Raeford
township, according to Jones.
The officer stated that Mc
Call’s granddaughter and George
Cunningham came to Mitchell’s
house from New York city and
went to bed.
McCall ordered Cunningham
out of the house but the young
er Negro refused to go, Jones
said. At that McCall took a 410
shot gun and shot Cunningham
three times as he lay in bed, the
officer said.
The gun jammed, according to
the officer, and McCall beat the
younger man with the weapon.
Cunningham was hospitalized
with serious wounds in his right
arm at Pinehurst.
McCall, who reported the af
fair himself next day, is charged
with assault with a deadly wea
pon and will be tried when Cun
ningham is able to testify, Jones
said.
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Mc
Keithan of Greenville, S. C. wetf
Christmas guests of his parenta,
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. McKeitlMn.
Shoplifters Get
Almost Nothing
In Local Stores
Records Set By
Most Merohaits
Advance preparation and pre
caution of the Raeford Police
department and the town board
paid off in the near-absence of
shoplifting in Raeford during
preholiday shopping.
Also at the direction of the
town commissioners there was
constant police patrolling of
town streets and the business dis
trict day and night which appar
ently resulted in a complete lack
of break-ins during the month of
December.—
At the meeting of the town
board early in December. Clyde
^pchllrch, Jr., police
sioner, was instructed to have
police patrolling in the down
town area night and day. one on
foot and one in the patrol car.
During the shopping days of
the later part of the month, the
officers became familiar figures
on the streets.
Two Items Stolen
The only instances of shop
lifting reported, according to
Officer M. C. Grissom, involved
the taking of an air rifle and a
watch from Collins Department
Store.
The officer further stated that
there were not even reports by
merchants of suspected chop
lifters loitering in the stores.
o
The Rev. and Mrs. Zane Nor
ton and children of Conover and
Mr and Mrs. Luther Midgette
and family of Sneads Ferry spent
the hedidays with their mother,
Mrs. J. M. Norton.
Sleigh bells jingled no looi-
er than cash registers in Raefort
during the pre-holiday shoppi^
season as the best year ever was
recorded for sales in Raeford
stores!
The report came Tuesday from
the Raeford Chamber of Com;
merce following a surVey of
downtown stores by Phil Rie(
manger of the Chamber.
Business was very good thi|
year, in fact the best ever, Rief
quoted most of the merchants is
having said.
Sales of all items were brisk
in the stores as Raeford coofona-
cd to the national pattern of a
good year for selling.
Indrvideal Stores
J. I. Hubbard, manager of Col-
k lins Deurtment Store, stiirgl Bv
onmnli. Bm toe best
in the history of the Raeford
store.
Sale of toys was toe biggest
item at the Western Auto Store,
managed by Homer McGuinn. He
too stated that this was the best
year ever for him.
Appliances sold well this sea
son, too, according to Carltoo
Niven of Niven Appliance Coi
The heavier appliances sold bet
ter than any others, Niven said.
It was ^an exceptionally^ good
year for women’s clothes ami
certain household goods, said
Mrs. Wilson McBryde. proprietor
of Theresa’s. The best selling
items were sport clothes,, she
told Rieg.
At Home Furniture, appliances
and living room furniture were
the biggest selling items, Elmer
Parnell, manager, told Rieg.
Bill Howell of Howell Drag
Store stated that this year’s shop
ping season compared fa^crablr
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€;et8 Off For $125
For Driving 120
The prowling eye of the patrol
car picked up the Chevrolet con
vertible on the US 401 bypass
late on the evening of December
21.
The driver, a soldier from
Fort Bragg, may not have been
aware that the patrolman was
following him for he sped
through the bypass with its
marked zones at speeds reaching
70 mph according to the offiv-er s
check.
A half mile south of Raefoitl
Patrolman W. T. Herbin made an
attempt to stop the rar
The driver Ronald .kndrew^.
22. ignored the blinking light of
the patrol car and the siren and
increased his speed, the patrol
man said.
Both cars whipped down the
road at speeds ranging to 120
mph. Herbin stated that at times
they were traveling in excess of
120 because the needle on hit
speedometer went but of sight.
Each time he tried to stop th»
man. Herbin stated, Andrews
would pull to the left of nmd so
that the patrol car could not
come alongside.
Herbin called via radio for
help from Scotland County pa
trolmen and one came to his aid.
Upon entering Wagram, Hcr-
bin and Patrolman Hasty of Scot
land attempted to stop Andrews
with a running road Nock.
This is done by one patrol car
getting in front of a fleeing car
and preventing him from passing
by weaving across the rt»ad while
slowing the lead vehicle. At the
same time another car is bchhMl
the fleeing car preventing him
from slowing down and taming
around.
This didn't work on Andrews,
though, for the Laurel Hill cot-
off presented itsdf at an oppar
tune time for the man as he cut
off on this road.
Herbin was able to stop him
on this road and arrested hall
for speeding 120 mph,
and reckless driving, and driv
without operator's Ikenr.
When Herbin finally stoppM
the car, two frightened youths
tumbled out, donbtless thankfut
to touch the ground feet first
They told Herbin that they wen
thumbing home for the hnUdays
from their college and this man
offered them a ride. They aK
told toe officer they had oensd
toe man to stop on their kotfs,
no mean trick in a car as low m
a ‘39 Chevrolet.
In Recorder’s Court Tuesiga
morning. Andrews faced the
judge when the charges wen
read and pled guilty.
Judge Horry Groene alaltd
.that he had eo desire to oa* tha
court to work against servin
men bat that such a «un( ss Am
drews had puUed was little von/h
than kvallag a machiaa ^ fa
a crowd of pesflo.
Awirews, a ahert. stocky youMh
amdr amw repty Chat waa to-
aaUble. just a fow faet away.
He was senteaced to a yav
on the roads after pteadng fMI-
ty. The sentewre waa la ha im
spended ow paymnt of IIS ai
the costs.