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* The Hoke County Journal - Established 1906 journal Second Class Postage Paid At Raeford, C. The Hoke County NeiM - Estabfiihed 192t VOLVME LVii NUMBER j9 R4EFORD, BOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 12 PAGES 10*^ PER COPY S4 PER YEiR THURSDAY, JULY I9,I9ER McBryde Holds Lawmen At Bay, Injures One *m************************************************ ABC Board Sets Hail, Wind And Rain Smash Store Personnel The Hoke ABC Board announced Wednesday morning diat popular service station operator Joe Huffman had been chosen to manage the liquor store that is fast-nearlng com pletion across the road from Huffman’s station on US 401. Also named to the store staff were Henry Everet Bowen of Five Points as assistant manager, John T. Davis, Jr. as clerk and Carnell McLaurin as porter. A report in a Fayetteville newspaper that the liquor store would open on August 6 turned out to be a slight exaggeration. Board chairman K. A. Mac Donald said: "We hope to open on August 6. That’s what we’re shooting for. But it might be August 13 or August 20 before we open. There is nothing definite or nnal about the August 6 date. It is simply a hope, and I underline the word ’hope*.’’ Except for the special shelving required to hold the goodies, Ae building is scheduled for completion to morrow (Friday). Maxton con tractor Gus Speros, working with his usual efficiency, has managed to put up the neat brick structure at a breath taking pace. One diehard prohibitionist commented: "It’s too bad the contractors can’t build a church that fastf Before the store can open, special office equipment such as cash registers must be delivered and installed.^ Store personnel must go thrcmh a brief training period. Andlast, but not least, atruck must come from the State ABC Board warehouse in Raleigh carrying perhaps $50,000 worth of hard liquor for the kickoff inventory. Slow Pitch Tournament Opens Tomorrow At 5:30 Teams representing Red Springs ana Southern Pines take the field tomorrow (Friday) at 5:3U p. m. to kick off the Southeast District Slow Pitch Softball Tournament being held at Armory Park in Rae ford. Seeing action in the big tourney will be 16 teams play ing a total of 32 games. Four games will be held on Friday and Saturday night, with three games scheduled for next Wed nesday and Thursday nights. Fayetteville leads the field of entrants with four teams. Including tourney favorite Bur lington Industries. Raeford is close behind with three teams, two from the Pacific Mill and one from the town. Other teams will be here from Hope Mills, St. Pauls, Lumberton, Maxton and Laurinburg. Leading the Raeford en- * trants are The Weavers, mana ged by Joe Davis, who have A been champs of the local league for the past two years. The Weavers take the field Satur day night at 8 against Maxton. High school grads Jimmy Byrd and Mickey Riley have been added to the Raeford Mer chants team, managed by Char lie Hottel. But both youths will leave the tourney July 25 for a week of practice prior to the all-star football game in Greensboro. The third Raeford entry is the Staffers, managed by Bob Gentry, and featuring slow pitch stalwarts as John Pick up^ John Manuel and Linwood Huffman. The Staffers and the Mer chants will both see action Fri day at 8 and 9:15 respective ly. The tourney is being direct ed by George Wood. Wood is being directed by the South eastern Slow Pitch Commis sioner, John Manuel. Raeford Kiwanlans are sell ing a tourney ticket, good for ^1 games for $2.50. Tickets for each evening may also be purchased separately at the gate. Proceeds are going to the Klwanls contribution to the Community Building fund. Hoke Crops For $200,000 Chamber Hires Stone As New Manager Here The Raeford-Hoke Chamber of Commerce has a new mana ger. He is R. B. Stone, who was on the job Monday morning bright and early attempting to apply his professional know- Mge to a host of local busi ness problems. Most recently with the Cham ber in Portsmouth. Va.. Stone has also had Chamber experi ence in Georgia and Tennessee. The US Air Force veteran is married to the former Mar guerite Peterson of Washburn, North Dakota. They have two children. Forest Michael, age 7 and Stacy Valendu, age 3. Their church affiliation is Roman Catholic. Although this is Stone’s first job in North Carolina, his family originated in High Point so he claims Tar Heel ties. Chamber president Bill Moses, in announcing the ap pointment, said: “We are confi dent that R. B. will do the job R. B. STONE . . . Chamber Manager for us and that he andhis family are a fine addition to our com munity.” The managerial job at the Chamber has been vacant for several months since the re signation of Ed Menke, who departed to take a similar post at Reidsville. Child Winged Mr. Will People’s Meth. Undergoes Name Change A merger has been announced between die People’s Methodist and the Evangelical Methodist denominations. One Hoke County church affected by the merger. People’s Methodist, will change its name to Evan gelical Methodist. Rev. Edgar Masencup, pastor of the renamed church, said the new denomination has about 165 local churches, two annual conferences and one general conference. These are located in the United States and Mexi co. The merged denomination is organized in this area into a Virginia-North Carolina Dis trict, Masencup said. By Bullet In Boozy Clash A Negro child was wounded by a stray bullet Tuesday in a fracas between two Negro adults, one of whom was also injured. Albert Harry McLean, the child, and Sam McQuage were both taken to Moore Memorial Hospital where they were re ported in satisfactory conditibn. Investigating officers from the Raeford Police Depanment said that Sam Murchison and McQuage were drinking. Mur chison told officers that Mc Quage cursed him with a racial slur. Murchison then went to get his shotgun, returned to Mc- Quage’s house and fired it through the screen door. The charge caught McQuage and the child, who was playing there, in the legs. Murchison was booked on a charge of assault with a dead ly weapon with intent to kill. Mrs. Alms Ellis spent the past two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Connie Stubbs of Fayetteville. Crl*' t i ' • Oops, N-J Has Interest Rate Too Generous Oops! The N-J has done it again! An advertisement for the Raeford Savings and Loan Asso ciation on Page 1 of Section II erroneously lists the instlm- tion’s rate of Interest at 41/2 percent. Though generous to both borrowers and savers, the rate of interest paid by the Sav ings and Loan Association is 4 1/4 percent. The News-Journal regrets this error. Passes At Age 80 Services were held Tuesday afternoon at Antioch Presby terian »or William James McBryde, who passed away Sunday at Scotland County Memorial at the age of 80. The services were conducted by the Rev. Ben F. Ferguson. Burial followed in the church cemetery. He is survived by his wife, the former Sarah M. McKenzie; two daughters. Mrs. Edward Phillips ofRedSpringsandMrs. James A. Deasay of Aberdeen; two sons. John of Maxton and James of Red Springs; 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. In a men’s bible class at his church, Mr. Will was once asked where the Apostle Paul went after he left Antioch. ’’Dundarrach.” he replied, thus earning his share of im mortality in the stories about the county that are passed along from fathier to son. Mystery In Death Of Young Negro The death of a 25-year old Negro woman, en route to Moore Memorial Tuesday afternoon, was shrouded in mystery at press time. Dead was Beatrice Morrison who lived in the color ed section of McCain known as "The Line.” Officers said that Beatrice spent Sunday night with a boy friend and complained Monday morning that she felt sick. An examinatiiQ of her body showed sc!..ff bruises. But a descrip tion of her symptoms led of ficers to believe that there was a good possibility the woman was killed by drinking bad moonshine liquor. Coroner Frank Grumpier said Wednesday morning that an autopsy would be held, and Deputy Dave Barrington warned the “boy friend" not to leave the county until cause of death was officially determined. Weevils Begin FaU Migration The annual fall migration of boll weevUs has begun a bit early this year, reported County Agent W.C. (Chester) Williford. The puncture count on the cotton plants is “increasing rapidly." Williford said, and live weevils are now showing in the fields. He recommended starting the 5-day treatment again and con cluded that the most effective chemicals for late-season control are Guthion-DDT, Sevln. toxaphene-DDT and Strobane-DDT. But, HI Wind Is Good A savage hail storm battered sections of Allendale and Blue Springs townships Monday afternoon, causing an estimated $200,000 worth of damage. But County Agent W. C. (Chester) Williford noted that the County was “a million dollars better off for having had the storm.” Williford pointed out that a prolonged dry spell during July had reached the stage where "a few more days like Saturday and Sunday and die farmers could have taken off for the beach because there wouldn’t have been anything for them to do around here." There were 13 inches of rain recorded in Hoke during June, but only minimal traces for the entire month of July until Monday afternoon. Theheavier- than-average rain in June made the plants "more tender and more susceptible to July’s dry spell." Williford said. Tobacco took the principal damage from the hail stones, described by wimesses as of the tip of your finger." Harms' hit was Ken McNeill whaTreok a total loss on about 22 acres of leaf. Cotton also took a beating in the areas hit by the storm, and scattered wind and water damage was reported through out the county. Among the farmers who sus tained losses were McNeill. Earl Hendrix, the Covington Farm, Aldaman McLean, George Watson. Guy Bullock. Jim Williams and Matthew Graham. Most of the farmers had insurance protection, Williford said, either from private companies or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Adjusters for the private companies will be in Hoke by Monday to inspect damage. But private or governmental, the insurance will cover only about one-third of the loss. Measurements indicated ap proximately four inches of rain fell Monday afternoon. While some farmers suffered, the vast majority saw their precious crops salvaged by the downpour. Separation From Wife Is Blamed Pistol-waving Foster McBryde. Jr., despondent over a separation from his wife Nellie, held two officers at bay Tuesday afternoon -- sent one to the hospital and narrowly missed Wining a second -- before finally being subdued. Sent to Scotland Memorial was Raeford Police Chief Lawrence Stanton, who sus tained rib injuries in the fracas. Narrowly missed by a bullet from McBryde’s .22 caliber pistol was Sheriff-elect Dave Barrington. And McBryde himself was later bundled off to Chapel Hill for treatment of head injuries and a psychiatric evaluation- officers gave the following account of the spree undertaken by the young Raeford Township farmer: Trouble started about three weeks ago when McBryde’s second wife, Nellie, packed up the children and left him. He pleaded for his family to come back, and Mrs. McBryde com plained several times to the SherifFs office that Foster was direatening her. About 1:15 Tuesday after noon. Deputy Barrington was stopped by Mrs. McBryde’s sister. Rachael Dees, wno told the lawman: “Foster is out at Preacher Wright’s house and he’s got a gun." (Wright is McBryde’s father-in-law.) Barrington and deputy Jesse Lee arrived at Wright’s home to find Foster standing quietly on the front porch talking with his wife and his mother-in-law. Asked what the trouble was. Foster refdied: “No trouble” His wife and mother-in-law rema.it silent. . Suddenly, with no warning, McBryde rushed for the screen door that was locked against him. He attempted to rip it off. As the officers closed in, he ran for the truck. "He’s got a gun out there." screamed one of the women. The officers raced McBryde for the truck. Lee grabbed McBryde around the waist as he reached into the bed of the truck and came up with the pistol. Barrington deflected the pistol just as it went off. sending a bullet whistling past the lawman’s left ear. "He held us at bay for about five minutes." said Barrington. "That pistol looked about as big as a cannon." Barrington told McBryde. "I’m turning my back on you, walking to the car. and calling the Raeford Police Department for more men. You can shoot either one of us. but you’ll get the gas chamber if you do." The next Sheriff completed the call, and emerged to find McBryde pointing his pistol at a window of the house. The lawman warned occupants inside to lie flat. Barrington and Lee then managed to get McBryde between them, with all three men holding guns in their hands. McBryde hurled his pistol into the woods, charged at Barrington and said: "Kill me ! KOI me T' Barrington, of course, re fused this Invitation. McBryde turned away and began waling down the road. Lee followed in a patrol car and was met by Chief Stanton in a Raeford P. D. car. The three lawmen scuffled briefly with McBryde, in the course of which Stanton took an elbow in the ribs and the prisoner took a couple of wallops from Barrington’s blackjack. "We tried every way in the world to bring Foster in with out hurting him," Barrington said later, "but it just wasn’t possible." Seven stitches were taken in McBryde’s scalp by a local physician, and the prisoner was tfiCT removed to the county jail where he immediately threat ened suicide. The turnkey was notified to watch McBryde closely, and a few minutes later the lawmen were called back to the jail. McBryde had battered him self into unconsciousness by beating his head against the bars of his cell. He lay on the fkor. “Obviously.’’ said I^tringtSE. "our jail was nc rla’eforaman In this con-C-iu - ’ Heavily seated and securely tied, McBryde was taken to Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill by Frank Cnimpler’s ambulance. Upon his return to Hoke County, he will be charged widi assault with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest, carrying a concealed weapon, assaulting officers, etc. Herb McKeithan Opens Pharmacy A native ot Kaetoro, now living in Laurinburg, Herb Mc Keithan, Jr. has opened die new Family Pharmacy there. Herb gradated from the UNC School of Pharmacy in 1951. He and his wife and three child ren live in the Scottsdale sec tion of Laurinburg. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert McKeithan of Raeford. N1 RSEKY OIT The Raeford Day Nursery will be closed from July 30 to August 10, Mrs. John Scull anoouncai this wneli. if Farmers Gather In Little Knots To Commiserate, And County Agent Williford Inspects Damage In Fields With Hord-HIt
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