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The Hoke County News - Established 1928
VOLUME L VI: NUMBER :t2
RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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10*^ PER COPY $4 PER YEAR
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2H. 1961
AddeMla.. N-J Cops Awards
In State Contest
By Paul Dickson
Well, nere is the column
1 promised you. It is from
the book, "My Affair With a
Weekly," by Weimar Jones,
editor of The Franklin Press
of Franklin, North Carolina.
If you like it, you ought to
get a copy and read the whole
book. It’s all just as good.
ONLY A WEEKLY!
Since it’s only a weekly,”
Mrs. Jones said to me as we
prepared to move to Frank
lin, "you can put the paper
out on Wednesday or Thurs
day, and then go fishing the
rest of the week."
"That’s a fact,” I agreed,
enthusiastically. And I honest
ly thought it might be like
• that.
Well, it isn’t!
Anything cau happen or,
newspaper; on a country week-
^ ly, it usually does.
Here’s about how a typical
day goes:
You can get to the office
by seven, so you can turn
some of that mountain of notes
on your desk Into news stories
before Ihe day’s rush begins
or maybe write a couple of
editorials.
You arrive to find a cus
tomer waiting for you to
open. Before you’ve finished
vrtth him the phone rings. By
that time, there’s likely to be
another caller. Along about
seven-thirty, you sit down to
the typewriter.
Let’s try for an editorial.
“Macon Co. . ."
Hello. Yes, this is The
Press. A want ad? Yes, I’ll
take it over the phone. Tou
don’t know just how to word
It? Well, suppose you tell
me what you have in mind,
and I’ll be glad to write it.
Yes, we’ll be sure to get
it In this week’s paper.
“Macon Coun. , . "
Hello, Yes, this is Weimar
Jones. You’ve decided to can
cel that meeting you’d called
for Thursday night? A con
flict? I see . . .But Mr.
Smith I can’t leave it out of
the paper, because it’s al
ready in the paper. . . Yes,
I know this is only Tuesday
but you see our newspaper
See ADDENDA Page 8
CHAPEL HILL - The
News-Journal has won two
awards in the annual state
wide competition of the N. C.
Press Association, it was an
nounced here this week.
The N-J captured a first
place award for feature writ
ing and a third place award
for advertising. Governor
Terry Sanford will present
these awards to Editor Peter
B. Young and General Mana
ger Sam Morris at a program
to be held in Chapel Hill on
January 18.
N-J Publisher Paul Dick
son, who will also attend the
37th Annual meeting of the
Press Association comment-
"We still intend to put out
the best weekly newspaper
in the State. We’re a long
ways from that goal, of course
but these awards are tangi
ble proof that we are making
progress.”
He added, “We’ve got good
people from the front of the
shop to the very back, and
we feel as though these
awards were earned by all
of them."
Dickson is th^ president
of the Association's Weekly
Division.
Moore County' Publisher
Cliff Blue is president of the
entire Press Association.
1\. A. McKeithan
Dies Thursiiay
At Rockfish
Rockfish farmer Neill Ar
chie McKeithan, 77, was bur
ied Sunday following services
conducted by the Rev. Roland
Warno^ of Wake Forest.
A r^lred postal employee,
he wa^ a native of Harnett
County. Burial was at Rae-
ford Cemetery. He died un
expectedly Thursday at his
home.
McKeithan is survived by
his wife, Mrs. SallieHartMc-
Keithan; three sons, Wesley
of Sharon, Pa., William of
Fayetteville and Cecil ofRae-
ford; six daughters, Mrs. R.B.
Shockley and Mrs. Frank Ste
phens of Raeford, Rt. 2, Mrs.
Lela McDowell of Apex, Mrs.
W. M. Motley of Burkeville
Va., Mrs. W. F, Wright of
Fayetteville and Mrs. Jesse
Keay of Yuma, Arizona; two
brothers, J. P. of Fayetteville
Rt. 3 and B. T. of Hope
MlUs.
STILL BLOWN
Hoke Lawmen dynamited a
600- gallon still in Antioch
Township last week. The still
was near Raft Swamp, a
popular location for such illi
cit operations.
Oops—
Correction
Of A Goof!
The little word "not” was
yanked out of one sentence
and placed in another last
week, thus completely
garbling a News-Journal story
on the County Commissioners
meeting with Civil Defense
officer Col. Wallace Dawson.
The corrected paragraph
reads as follows;
Alfred 'Cole fully Indorsed
the point of view of Col. Daw
son and that of another re
cent CD visitor Col. Victor
Harris, that the program was
much too big for volunteer
direction. "It’s just not pos
sible to handle on a volun
teer basis,’’ said the man
who for eight years has been
the Hoke CD Director.
The error reversed the
meaning of the above para
graph, which is the essence
of Ae Civil Defense problem
right now, as County Com
missioners struggle to find
a replacement for Alfred
Cole, plus the revenues for
a minimal CD Program.
The N-J regrets this error.
m
.REMEMBER WHEN ? — Remember when all the men had beards like Alan McDonald, and
all the women wore grandmaw’s dresses like Mrs. Clifton Davenport ? This week’s N-J
contains two full pages of memories from 1961. It’s on the inside, pages 4 and 5, and we
' know you won’t want to miss it.
Bert Bennett Proves Adept
Politician In Raeford Visit
Speaks To
Kiwanians,
Party Men
By PETER B. YOUNG
N. C. Demo Chairman and
Winston-Salem businessman
Bert Bennett visited Raeford
last Thursday and put on
display the kind of talent that
has made him a widely-
mentioned gubernatorial
possibility for 1964.
In an intimate meeting with
Party wheelhorses, the State
Chairman minced no words
in describing the impact of the
bond election fiasco. He told
the workers, "The really
frightening thing is that we
had no idea it was coming.
This indicates that we’ve
lost communication with our
own people.”
Later, addressing the
Kiwanians, whose member
ship is reputed to include
conservative Democrats as
well as -- shhh. Republicans!
— the State Chairman indulged
in some personal (and non
partisan) observations on the
art of politics.
"Once”, he told the Ki
wanians, "the Governor and I
were campaigning and a’man
handed the Governor a check
during a handshake. Well,
we were a little low on funds
at the time, so we dashed back
to the privacy of the car to
see how much the check was
for. The fellow had left the
amount blank, but had written
a note across the face of the
check; ’Terry, if you get
elected, please give me a
job.’”
Bennett was the campaign
manager for Sanford through
two grueling primaries and the
general election.
With the precinct workers,
Bennett discussed the bread-
and-butter facts of political
life. Speaking of jobs, or
“patronage” as the politicos
call it, he said:
“The Republicans are
watching us closely, and the
Democratic Party will beheld
responsible for the actions of
those in office. Therefore, we
will screen all job applicants
with great care.”
Asked how he evaluated
potential candidates at any
level, Bennett said: "The
first question we want
answered is whether he’s
electable, whether he can win.
If the answer is no, we stop
right there.”
This brought on another
Bennett story — the one about
the fellow who was asked to a
poker session. "I can’t come
for several reasons,” said the
fellow, "but mainly because I
don’t have the money.”
"You don’t have to give me
the other reasons,” said the
man who was doing the
inviting.
Bennett, an expert in
political advertising, repeat
edly used the term "Image",
both with the Kiwanians and
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CHAIRMAN INTRODUCES CHAIRMAN — Hoke Demo
cratic Chairman Sam Morris takes a firm grip on the
Kiwanis rostrum to introduce the State Democratic
Chairman, Bert Bennett, who told the group that
"businessmen belong in politics”. Earlier, Bennett had
talked informally with a group of Democratic precinct
workers in a meeting held at the School Office Building.
the precinct workers. "North
Carolina has a good image
with the nation and the national
administration," he said. And
(or the precinct workers he
added:
"And it looks very much as
though that national ad
ministration is going to be in
office until 1968." This
pointed observation was not
lost on the workers, nor was
an earlier comment that,
"Before coming down here I
checked the figures from last
year’s elections, and you
fellows really did a fine job.”
Asked whether the bond
election defeat had hurt the
state’s “image”, the State
Chairman said:
"It sure didn’t do us any
good.” The response was
typical of the straight answers
to tough questions that Bennett
repeatedly put forth.
Introducing Bennett to the
Kiwanians, County Demo
cratic Chairman Sam Morris
commented on this aspect of
way Bennett operates.
Morris said;
"I think I appreciate more
than anything else that when
I call Bert Bennett with a
problem. I’ll get an answer.
Now sometimes the answer
is no, but there’s none of this
run-around or buck-passing."’
Bennett, thoroughly briefed
by Morris on the different
political points of view in the
Kiwanis membership, told the
group that "businessmen
belong in politics. The days of
the 1930s, when business in
politics was suspect, are over.
Now, people look to re
sponsible business leaders for
political advice,”
Defending his political
colleagues from the usual
"image” of corruption,
Bennett told the Raeford
businessmen:
"There’s no question about
it. I have found far more
loyalty and straight-shooting
among politicians than among
businessmen.”
He advised the businessmen
to analyze candidates and
issues, and then take "an early
stand”. He casually men
tioned a North Carolina
industry that didn’t take an
"early stand" last year, and
when the Congress came out
with a tax bill, it turned out
that this particular industry
was hard-hit.
"Now, I’m not saying there
was any politics involved. It’s
just that when President
Kennedy is trying to raise
money, he has several choices
about where he can raise it,"
Bennett said.
"We’ve got to get out of this
old habit of referring to the
national government as ‘they’.
Now it’s ’we’. Wehavecontact
everyday with Washington. So
let’s get in there and call a
few of the signals,” the State
Chairman concluded.
About the only real
criticism the State Chairman
got was from Judge Harry
Greene, who brought up the
size of the national debt and
some recent Sanford actions
Bennett conceded the exist
ence of "problems”, but said:
"There’s no reason for us
to go around hanging our heads
in shame. In fact, that’s just
what the Republicans want,"*
James Warner
Lq/'ses Battle
To Caneer, 66
A long battle against cancer
ended . Saturday in .Moore
County Memorial Hospital for
James LytchWarner. 66. Rae
ford Township farmer.
Services for Warner were
conducted Sunday at Raeford
Methodist by the Rev. Ker-
mit Wheeler and the Rev.
W. B. Heyward, with burial
following in Raeford Ceme
tery.
Active pall bearers were
Bobby McNeill, Jim William
son, Worth Warner, Tommy
McNeill, Neil Senter andHar-
lee Johnston.
The Hoke native is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Rurie Biggs
Warner; one son, James L.
of ffieford Rt. 3. one daugh
ter, Mrs. Charles Little of
Anderson S. C. ; one brother
W. E. Warner of Raleigh;
two sisters, Mrs. John Mc
Lean and .Vlrs. T. .Ai Will
iams both of Raleigh; and
five grandchildren.
KID WINS PONY
A State-wide raffle conduct
ed by all Johnsoii Cotton Com
pany stores has resulted in
three Raeford winners, local
store officials announced this
week.
Three-year-old Weaver
Patterson, son of Mr. and i
Mrs. Leon Patterson won a
pony; David Holland. 12 won
a bicycle: and Betty Mae Mc
Neill. 9. garnered a radio.
Qiift Christiis
is EDjojfil
B) Hokr Folks
Hoke folks enjoyed a safe
and sane Christmas, area
lawmen reported. For once,
the old saw about "no news
is good news” was true.
There were no major
automobile accidents during
the holidays.
There were no major home
' accidents with new shotguns
and the like.
There were no major tires
due to defective tree wiring
or other causes.
There were no episodes of
violence that would have
brought the law quickly to
the scene.
About the most serious thing
that happened was to a Raeford
aoult-wtio shall be nameless--
who played basketball on
Christmas day while wearing
a new pair of bedroom
slippers. Playing with an
enAuslastic group of young
sters. this “adult" suffered
a mat^lied toe from which th*
nail was removed on Monday
by a local physiciah.
Another “adult" reported a
sprained finger while con
structing an “Esso Energy
Rocket”, and still a third
"adult” got a minor electrical
shock while teaching his 'Mn
how to operate a train sat.