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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
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Chan Up Campaign
Begins In Raeford
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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
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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.
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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.