ew^ ournal The Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 VOLUME LX NUMBER 48 HAEWKD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 84 PER YEAR 10PER COPY THURSDAY, APRIL 14,1944 \ A * • J ALL YEAR-ROUND /. "'A Chan Up Campaign Begins In Raeford 'Z V.' HITS TREE — Three persons were injured when the above car slamnned Into a giant oak tree Tuesday afternoon near Hilltop Service Station on Highway 401, eight miles south of Raeford. Sunday, a pedestrian was killed within about 100 yards of the above accident. The wrecked car was traveling on a little-used dirt road Just off the main hlway when It left the road and vaulted into the tree. The driver was believed to be seriously injured. State police reports of the wreck were not Immediately available, but residents of the neighborhood said the car was occupied by three Negroes who had come here from New York In a rented car to attend a funeral. Hoke Man Is Killed While Crossing Road A Hoke County man was struck and killed by a car Sunday as he apparently dashed across the road to keep a young child from crossing. Frazier Long, 56, was taken to aLaur- Inburg hospital immediately after being hit by ihd car at about 4:15 p.m. In front of Hilltop Service Station -cm Highway 401 near Wagram. State Highway Patrolman E. M. Roberts Jr. said eyewitnesses told him Long yelled at a five-year-old youngster not to cross the road, then dashed Into the path of the car. The automobile was being operated by Kenneth Lee Hardison, 29, of Grlffln. No charges have been brought against him. Roberts said skid marks at the scene indicated Hardison swerved sharply to tlie left across the center line to avdo hitting Long. “Long didn’t seem to be hurt too badly,” Roberts said. “I talked to him in die hospital and people at the scene said he was fully conscious and alert after the accident” Roberts said Long died about 8:30 Sun day night a shon time after he visited him in the hospital. His death was the fifth traffic fatality of the year in Hoke County and diie second pedestrial death of the year. In February, T. D. Doug McPhaul was struck and killed by a car when he crossed the road to retrieve the Sunday newspaper from a paper box. Long’s death raises the county toll far above normal. Last year, die fifth traffic death was not reached until December, when a single accident claimed five lives on Highway 401 east of Raeford. Machine Breaks Land, Plants Seed At Once Hoke Has 2 Wrecks Saturday Two wrecks were reported in the county Saturday by Hlgh- was Patrolman E.W. Coen. Two cars collided on Duffle- Wagram Road about east ol Raeford at 6:10 p.m., he said, leaving one man with a broken le#.. Drivers of the cars were list ed as eleven Ertle Locklear, 21, of Rod Springs, and Dr. Duncan Elmer Greene of Red Springs, a chiropractor. Coen said the Locklear car pulled from a side road into the path of the Greene car. Both cars were total losses, Coen said. At 8:25 Saturday night, two cars collldeajust west of Rae ford on Highway 211. Mary Falrcloth Hendrix, 40, of Raeford, and Joseph Walter Cole Sr. of Raeford were driv ers of the cars. See WRECKS, Page 9 All Clubs 4 Cooperate In Project Raeford civic clubs and other organizations have started a year-round clean-up campaign beginning this month and last ing for the next 365 days. Primary purpose of the cam paign is beautification of the town and county and the re moval of eyesores carelessly cultivated by Hoke citizens. Vacant lots and uninhabited houses will get special atten tion. Campaign leaders say that if property owners refuse to clean them iqp, they'll ask the town to do It at the prop erty owner's e:q>ense. Jaycees will conduct a year- round tin can campaign similar to the one they held last year. Youngsters were paid some thing like one-half cent a can for all empty cans they picked up and turned In. Raeford Woman's Club and the Hoke County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs will con centrate on getting flowers planted. Boy Scouts and 4-H boys will perform manual labor for the lady-filled committees. Raeford Garden Club and Girl Scouts will provide flowers In planters In downtown public .places and parks, -v'Klwanians will launch a drive to provide new trash cans throughout the area. The Lions Club will work with service stations inprovldlng llt- terbags for all cars. The Moose Lodge, Woodmen of the World and Boy Scouts under the direction of G. A. Page will conduct a clean-up campaign along Highway 401, Mayor H. R. McLean has promised full support of the town government and has pro claimed April Clean-Up Month In Raeford, “Tell the people of Raeford See CAMPAIGN, Page 9 Crop Loss Can Be Insured Dick Neeley, Hoke County farmer, has come up with some thing new In farm machinery. It’s a machine which breaks land, plants seed, and treats with herbicide all in one sweep across die field. Neeley calls It the ’Slde- ”such winder’ and predicts W elfare Director On Job Miss Mabel McDonald has begun duties at Hoke County Welfare Department as die new supervisor. Miss McDonald, who now lives In St. Pauls, will move her residence to Raeford as soon as possible, she said. A Robeson County native, she received her higher education at Flora MacDonald College and at the School of Social Work at the University of North Caro lina. Chapel Hill. After several years of teach ing, she went to work In the Robeson County welfare office. She worked there on three oc casions as acting director. She later worked on the state staff as child welfare consultant serving 25 counties. In 1962, she returned to this area to be with her father, A. l.McDonald, who was ill. She then served as a case workerlnCumberland County until she came here. The supervisor said, “We will continue the program we already have here with an aim to give our best possible service to deprived people.” She Is im pressed. she said, with the staff. She found all of them “dedi cated to their work," and she highly commended them for “the fine way in which they short- handedly held things together while without a director or su pervisor.” advanced equipment will be available in pre-assembled units within five years.” He estimates it will cut weeks off his planting schedule. Neeley says such advanced equipment Is necessary because of rising costs of materials, equipment and labor. The farm er has to resort to shortcuts to stay In business, he said. Because of late delivery of parts for the ’’Sidewinder,” Neeley already had broken most of the land for planting this year’s crop before the thing arrived. He found it does a much better Job of planting on land that has not been broken. Planting six rows at once, the "Sidewinder” sweeps across the field, whistling like a Jet. It’s speed is not great but the amount of work it does In a short time is amazing. It’s so surprising. In fact, that Neeley’s home on Highway 401 east of Raeford has been the scene of a steady stream of visitors who come to see the new equipment Several have commented on the similarity of the ’’Sidewind er” wlfii sod planting, which has gained favor with the Soil Conservation Service. The advantages of planting without breaking the land be forehand were cited by Neeley as being twofold: ’’The savings in time and labor are tremendous,”hesaid, ’’and having some residue on the land in the high winds of spring will cut down on wind erosion,” Neeley agreed with a visitor’s comment that the best part of the land is that which is caught up in die strong winds and blown Into the neighboring woods or fields. Having just had the equipment in operation for a matter of See MACHINE, Page 9 Notification has been re ceived by the Federal Crop Insurance office that Friday, April d5, will be the last day for signing up 1966 crops. This means that all Hoke County farmers who want to insure their cotton and tobacco must file their application by Friday if they have not already done so. Notices are now being mailed from die office to all Hoke farmers advising diem of die Friday deadline. Each year farmers are given time to decide about participat ing in the All-Risk Crop In surance Program. All appli cations must be filed before cotton and tobacco are planted. Closing dates may vary slight ly from year to year because of weather conditions. Favor able weadier here has enabled Hoke farmers to get planting well \inder way. Consequently April 15 has been officially designated as the closing date VOTE MAY BE SEPTEMBER 2 Beer Petition With 1,500 Names Is Presented To Elections Board A petition signed by more than 1,500 Hoke County voters has been filed with the board of elections for a referendum on the legal sale of beer here. With only 754 valid signatures required, it appeared certain the petition would force the election. John Scott Poole, chairman of the board of elections, said the board will meet at an early date to determine the validity of the petition and to set a date for the election. Is required. "Offhand, I’d say the election would be set for September 2," he said, “but that will depend on the action of the board.” The petition was presented by Doug Currie of Allendale Township, a leader in having the petition circulated. "I want it made clear that my only Interest In this matter Is to eliminate the bootleg beer business In Hoke County,” he said. "Of course, I an not overlooking die fact, too, that the legal sale of beer would provide much-needed Income for Hoke County,” The petition asks only for sale of beer for off-premises consumption. If the proposal is approved by the voters, groc ery stores and other licenses establishments would sell beer for home consumption. Ther^ would be no "beer joints,” proponents of the measure said, and they estimate the bootleg beer business would "go under ’ in Hoke County. They say beer is readily available from bootleggers at 50 cents a can. Retail price of beer is about 40 cents a can. °°Anybody who prefers beer to whisky or wine has to go to a neighboring county to buy It, else it must be bought from a bootlegger,” Currie said. Sale of whisky and wine was authorized here three years ago. The county operates an ABC store on Highway 401 by pass and a number of grocery stores sell wine for off- premlses consumption. Proponents of the legal sale of beer point out that it isn’t fair to the beer drinker to provide legal sale for those who prefer other alcoholic beverages and dehy die beer drinker the right to purchase beer in the county. See PETITION, Pa,:e 9 FRANK CRUMPLER . . .For Constable. . . EDWIN MCDUFFIE . .For Commissioner. DEADLim FRIDAY Two Enter Board Race for 1966 crop Insurance applica tions from Hoke. The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation is an agency of the U, S. Department of Agricul ture. It provides low-cost pro tection, not available through commercial companies, to farmers against unavoidable crop losses. The corporation has been In existence since 1938 and each year die Insurance program has oeen expanded and improved. In 1966, Hoke County farmers are being offered in creased coverages at lower rates. 1965 crop loss claims on cotton and tobacco In this county amounted to $26,000. Processing of loss claims for last year has been completed and all losses paid. To make application farmers can contact Don Yates, Raeford; T. C. Jones, R-2, Raeford; or John F. Singletary, Raeford, who are fieldmen for die Fed eral Crop Insurance Corpora tion. Two more candidates entered the county commissioner cam paign this week, making It a wide open race for diree seats up for grabs on the five-mem ber board. They are Joe Davis, an over seer at Burlington Industries plants here, and Edwin Mc Duffie, building contractor. That brings to six the num ber of candidates running for the three seats. Earlier, In cumbents J, Eli Shankle, John Balfour and T. C. Jones had filed for the race and last week Avery Connell, Raeford insuranceman, became a candi date. In other races, FrankCrump- ler. Incumbent coroner, paid his filing fee and J. W. Saund ers became a candidate for constable In Antioch Township. Still - unopposed are Sheriff Dave Barrington and E. E. Smidi, clerk of superior court, who announced their candidac ies several days ago. Deadline for filing is Friday noon. Bill Howell, D. R. Huff Jr. and A. W. Wood Jr,, Incumb ent members of the school board, have filed to retain their seats on the five-number board. Both the board of commis sioners and board of education began staggered terms this biennium. The three low men in die last general eleefion were assigned two-year terms and the other two victors got four-year terms. Four-year members of die board of comnjlssloners are Harold Glllls and J. A. Webb. The four-year terms on the board of education were won by Dr, R. M. Jordan and Bobby Gibson. All nominations are subject to the May 28 Democratic pri mary, which during this “off- year” election is expected to draw a light vote. Elsewhere on the political scene. Tommy Dial of Pem broke entered the race for die N, C. House of Representatives against four Incumbents in the Hoke-Robeson-Scotland dis trict. The four incumbents are Neill L. McFadyen of Hoke County, David Britt and R. D. McMillan of Robeson County, and Roger Kiser of Scotland County. The four counties this year came under a four-seat district when the House and Senate were reapportioned by die General Assembly. Before the reap- portlonment. Hoke had one rep resentative, Robeson two, and Scotland had one. % • « • / * % I PETITION -- Doug Currie oi Allendale Township Is shown here examining a beer petition signed by more than 1,500 Hoke County citizens asking for a referendum to authorize the legal sale of beer In Hoke County. The county already has legal sale of liquor and wine. Political observers in the threiL'c-ju.'itiss estimate that the four incumbents will win - handily, thus giving each county representation. For a while, it looked as if they would be unopposed, assuring four- county representation In Ra- See RACE, Page 9 Churches Have Big Attendance There was standing room only in Raeford’s three largest churches last Sunday as church goers everywhere took ad vantage of a sunny day to at tend Easter services. The Presbyterian Church filled its aisles with extra seats which had to be removed by ushers before the men, women and children could file out of tile building. The Rev. Cortez Cooper con ducted a ceremony which ad mitted a large nutnber of com municants into the churdi. The Rev. J. M. Glenn re ported that his ushers also had to rely on folding chairs for the aisles to take care of the First Baptist membership and visitors who showed up on the brisk but bright Easter morn ing. Methodists, having put them selves in a reverent mood pre viously by Thursday night cele brating die Lord’s Supper, filled their Main Street church to hear the Rev. R, £. l» Moser deliver his Easter message. The early morning chill ojt down on the 7 a.m. service held at die Presbyterian Church. Not only was the outdoor ser vice scene at near freezing temperature, but electric power was off in town from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. leaving houses too chilly for early risers. Hoke Student To Graduate BOONE -- Thomas Richard Tickle of McCain. N, C. is one of 62 candidates who have ap plied for the master of arts d^ree to be awarded dmti» Sprir^ comaaaamwc e«^ cises at .Appalachian state Teachers College. Tickle, who did his under graduate work at Applaohaln. is majoring In business ede- cadon with- a minor in Jut^f college education and s«o«a- ary education. Commencement ejBrciaea are scheduled at AppalachlsB on Friday. May 27.