District Court Judge Voids Newton Case
But Grand
Jury Gives
fA True Bill
District Judge D. B. Herring
found “no protmble cause" In
a manslau^ter charge against
Charles Elinor* Newton, 19, at
a preliminary hearing here last
Wednesday, and'6rdered a di
rected verdict of “not guilty"
in a drunk driving charge
against the youth.
Nonetheless, the Hoke County
grand Jury, meeting Monday
at the beginning of a mixed
term of Hoke Superior Court,
returned a true bill of Indict
ment against Newton on the
manslaughter charge.
The case grew out of an ac
cident November 5 tour miles
east of Raeford on Rockflsh
Road. Three persons were
killed In the crash.
Newton was Identlft^ Zs
driver of a car which left the
road on a curve, officers said,
skidded back onto the highway,
and collided with a westbound
car operated by Mrs. Juanita
Blue Malloy of Raeford.
Her hustled, Roosevelt Mal
loy. 33, died several hours
later In a Fayetteville hospital.
She sustained serious Injuries
and was on crutches when she
appeared In court here last
Killed lnhtantly we re two pas
sengers In the Newton vehicle.
They were Jerry Allen West,
19, and Larry E. Pittman, 17,
both of Raeford.
Defense attorney Carl Bar
rington pushed for the hearing
here last week after most of
the day wore on without the
case being called. It had been
postponed several times before
by the state, Barrington said,
and the defense had been rea^
all along for trial.
Principal witness for the
state was Mrs. Malloy, whose
recollections of the wreck were
somewhat fuzzy. As for the
drunk driving charge, testimony
revealed young Newton was,
given a Breathalyzer test some
three to four hours after the
jlccldent and the results were
negative.
Indications are that the state
will call several witnesses who
did not appear at last Wednes
day’s hearing.
Another traffic case Involving
Johnny Scott, 20, of Shannon
Rt, 1 was continued until the
next term of District Court.
Scott Is accused of trying
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SMASHED"The Cadillac car barely visible under several tobacco hogsheads was smashed Sunday
afternoon when It collided with a heavily-loaded truck near Big Star Truck Stop on Highway 401,
The truck left the road and overturned, Its load breaking loose and dumping on top of the car
Fayetteville Man Is Killed
When Load Buries Vehicle
A Fayetteville man was killed
to force State Highway Patrol- Sunday when hl.s car collided
man J. D. RoblnJoTHR the'^^th a tractof-trafler^^pirily-
road when Uui Officer attempted loaded widi tobacco and the rip
th^ officer attempted
to pull alongside Scott's car
following a llghts-off chase
tl\rough the streets of South
Raeford on the night of Jan
uary 2.
Scott Is charged with care
less and reckless driving, as
sault on an oflicer and resist
ing arrest.
Roblnsoh related at the time
of the Indent that he chased
the Scott'car from Jlffyburger
No. 2 on Harris Avenue through
the south seclons of Raeford to
Jackson Street. There, he at
tempted to pull alongside the
Scott car. he said, and Scott
steered sharply to the left, forc
ing him off the pavement.
The two vehicles locked to
gether — the patrol car’s right
front bumper caught IntheScott
car’s left rear wheel, and “spun
out" at the Intersection of Jack-
soi. Street and Central Avenue.
Scott is accused of Jumping
from his car and fleeing on foot.
When Robinson overtook him
after he tripped over a hedge.
Scott Is accused of swinging
at the officer. Inflicting a black
eye. The patrolman said he hit
Scott several times with a
blackjack until he ceased to
resist arrest.
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dumped • 15-ton load of hogs
heads on top of car.
James Phillip Horton, 37, of
707 Beale Street. Fayetteville,
died about 6 p. m. in Cape Fear
Valley Hospital about an hour
after the wreck snarled traffic
near Big Star Truck Stop on
U. S. 401. ♦
State Highway Patrolman J.
D. Robinson said Horton was '
driver of a car which crossed
the center line imo die path of
a truck. The tractor-trailer
left the road -- pushing the car
with it — and when it over
turned, some 30 hogsheads,
welghlno 1,000 to 1,200 pounds
apiece, broke loose.
Several of the hogsheads
bounced onto the pavement and
struck a second car driven by
Robert Howard Pierce of Fay
etteville.
Robinson said Pierce told
him he and Horton wel’e
traveling together in separate
cars, with Horton trailing.
"He told me he looked into
his rear view mirror and saw
Horton driving up the right
shoulder of the road, waving
his hand as if something was
wrong," Robinson said, ,
"Pierce said Horton passed
him on the right, then cut sharp
ly to the left between Pierce
and another car. The Horton
car contlsued into the left lane
directly into the path of the
truck,’* Rbbinson said.
Driver of the truck -- owned
by Wood and Fugwell of Farm-
vllle -- was listed as Noah'Rad-
ford, 34, of Greenville, Radford
and a passenger, Robert King,
33, of Greenville Rt. 1, were
treated at Cape Fear Valley
Hospital and released.
Pierce’s car was struck by
several bouncing hogsheads and
damaged an estimated $250.
Robinson said.
Horton’s car, a 1955Cadillac,
was demolished. Its top was
mashed below the level of the
windshield and the hood was
squashed against the motor.
Traffic was snarled at the
wreck scene for more than two
hours as wreckers tried to clear
the highway. Hoke Rescue Squad
members remained at the scene
to direct traffic and help clear
the debris.
"The road wasn’t fully
cleared until 7:30 p. m.,’_’ Rob
inson said. "The tnlck couldn’t
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Harris Avenue
Bought By Chamber
be moved until morning, so we
had the State Highway Depart
ment put up some signs. Peo
ple were still stopping to look
at the wrecked truck atll p, m."
Horton reportedly was tried
last Tuesday In District Court
No. 2 in Fayetteville on a drunk
driving charge. Judge Joe Du
pree found him guilty, gave him
six months on the roads, sus
pended upon payment of $100
and costs and loss of driving
privileges for one year.
Horton appealed the case to
Cumberland Siperior Court.
Earlier in the day, Robinson
arrested Lewis Junior Hailey,
21, Shannon Rt. 1, as he tried
to pull a wrecked car from a
field on Rural Paved Road 1455
near Shannon.
Robinson said the vehicle was
wrecked sometime Saturday
night when itwent out of control,
apparently at excessive speed,
on a curve and skidded some
150 yards before stalling In the
field.
"Hailey had a farm tractor
hitched to the car when I en
countered him," Robinson said,
"He was charged with driving
on the wrong side of the road
and leaving the scene of an ac
cident."
Directors
Plan Move
To Suburbs
Raeford - Hoke Chamber of
Commerce announced this week
It will build an office building
on Harris Avenue to house
the chamber, Hoke County
Planning and Development Com
mission, and the automobile lic
ense bureau.
Dr. Robert Townsend, cham
ber president, said the chamber
has bought a lot 120 by 175
feet from Mrs. J. A. Baucom
just east of the intersection of
Harris Avenue and 401 Bypass.
It is between the Pure Oil Sta
tion and Quality Motors.
Purchase price of the lot was
$2,400, Dr. Townsend said. The
decision was made by the cham
ber’s board of directors.
Tentative plans call for an of
fice building with 900 to 1200
square feet of^oor space.
Offices of tlmdireeorganiza-
tlon? current!^ are on Main
Street in rather cramped quar
ters, James Fout, chamber
manager, also is executive
director of the new planning and
development organization.
The Chamber of Commerce
office was combined with the
new Hoke County Planning and
Development Commission a few
weeks ago when county com
missioners established the lat
ter organization and approp
riated mnds for its operation.
Four Taking
CD Course
The Hoke County Civil De
fense organization is stlH pre
paring for what it hopes will
never be needed.
Alfred Cole, county CD direc
tor, . announced this week that
four local men are taking spe
cial training in Civil Defepse
management at Asheboro.
Sponsored by the Extension
Department of the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
the course offers training inthe
following subjects: shelter-
centered Civil Defense, weap
ons effect and protection against
weapons effects, organizing and
staffing for emergencies, com
munity radiological defense
system, warning and communi
cations, emergency operations,
and many others.
Participants travel to Ashe
boro one night each week until
the eight-week course is com
plete.
Hoke County trainees are
William Haire, of Lament
Furniture and Appliance Co.;
V. J. Davis of Burlingron In
dustries, Joe Jenkins of Mc
Cain School, and William Mc
Donald, employe at die sana
torium at McCain.
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CUSHIONS ON SALE—Jaycetles will try to dlspofe of several dozen “Hofce High Bucks" cush
ions like the ones shown here to raise money t&r their |300 scbolarshtp award. Shown atx>ve
are. left to right, Mrs. Sandra Wallace, co-chairman of the cushion sale; Mrs. Betty RnsseU,
club treasurer; Mrs. Jo Ann Hartley, scholarship project coordinator, and Mrs. Lynda Waldrep,
Jaycette president.
Jaycettes T o Give $300
Scholarship At Hoke High
Raeford Jaycettes have es
tablished a $300 scholarship
to be awarded to a "deserving"
Hoke High School se^r girl
in May. ,
At die'^ame time, they began
anew their drive to dispose of
several cases of "Hoke High
Buck" cushions to raise money
for die award.
"We hope to make the schol
arship award an annual event,"
said Mrs. Lynda Waldrep, Jay
cette president. "It will depend
upon how successful we ^ in
raising the money!’’
The Jaycettes are in reality
4-H Clubbers
Will Speak
the woman’s auxiliary of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Members are wives ofjaycees.
Girls who are interested in
applying for the Jaycette
scholarship are advised to con
tact the guidance counselor at
the high school, Mrs. Waldrep
said.
"The girl must be a deserv
ing student with high character
and good scholarship. Applica
tions should be made between
January 25 and March 20,"
Mrs. Waldrep said.
A special sale of die
cushions -- designed for use
at sports events -- will becon-
ducted during the remaining
home basketball games. They
wUl be on sale at one dollar
apiece.
Membership in die organiza
tion currently is about a doeen,
a spokesman said, but new
members are being recruited
almost every week.
Mrs. Sandra Wallace is co-
chairman of the cushion sale
and Mrs. Jo Ann Hartley is
coordinator of the scholarship
project.
Boys and girls in Hoke Coun
ty 4-H Clubs, will have their
first lesson* in public speaking
today.
A demonstration and speech
workshop will be conducted this
afternoon at ^he county office
building, beginning Immediatet
ly after school.
Mrs. Ellej) Willis, home a-
gent. and Talmadge Baker, farm
agent, will conduct the .session
and will use color slides in the
'^demonstration.
News-Journal Wins
Two More Awards
Ttfe NeijH-Journal, winner of
numerousMItate and national
press awards, added two others
to its collection last week when
Gov. Dan K. Moore passed out
plaques in the annual better
newspaper contests of the N.C.
Press Association.
The News-Journal awards in
cluded first place in the "Best
Feature Photo" division and
third place in excellence in
typography for offset newspap
ers.
Town Now Owns Cemetery
ROADBLOCK—Traffic was snarled for two and one-half
hours Sunday afternoon following the fatal crash of a car and
a tractor-trailer on Highway 401 near Big Star Truck Stop.
In fact, the road was not completely cleared until the follow
ing day when wreckers finally removed the tractor-trailer.
A sleveld^iment long awaited
by the town of Raeford at
last has materialized, it was
announced this week,-
Three persons who own the
newer cemetery sections ad
joining and on the south side
of Raeford Cemetery have de
cided to turn the two pieces
of property over to the town.
The three j^ial grounds con
nect with other and are
thought byr many to be one,
known as Raeford Cemetery.
"It is now as it should be,"
Ed Williams town manager,
said. ".Now the town can set
up a .trust fund for perpetual
upkeep and maintain a respect
able and attractive memorial
park."
Williams said an account al
ready has been stSnw for the
fund, but it will take some time
to build it up to a point where
it will earn enough to keep
the cemetery In proper condi
tion.
For this reason, persons who
have beeir sending contributions
to rhe News-Journal to be ap
plied toward having their lots
kept In rieat condition, are asked
to continue. The gifts will
be accepted by The News-Jour
nal or by the town of'ice.
Owner of the ■'outh west sec
tion of the areas being turn^
over to the town is Thomas
McBryde. The south east side
was owned by Mitchel Epstein
and Crawford Wri^t.
Williams said a long range
beautlficatioh project which will
embracr^th th« new and old
cemeteries will now oegin.
f^irst steps will be to en
close all the property with boun
dary shrubs and to install ma
sonry gateways at both main
entrances. The entran^e'drive
to the original Raeford Ceme
tery was paved for the first
time a few weeks ago, indica
ting d'at improvement already
has begun-
The photography award is the
third first place state award for
pictures won by The News-
Journal in the past four years.
During that same period, the
newspaper won a third place
for editorials and honorable
mention for best feature story
in the National Editorial .As- ■
sociation contest of 1965.
Previously. The News-
Journal won first place for
"Best Feature Story" in sute
competition in 1961. rhe same
story won the first place na
tional award in 1962. The paper
won third place in advertising
in 1961 and third place in edi
torials in 1962.
This vear’s (eanire pho
tography award was won with a ■
ftjll-page layout of snow scenes
published in the February 3
issue followlr^ tfie worst blliz-
zard in decade*. Fhe phono
graphs were taken in 10-degre*
weather throughoutHokeCourtry
by .News-Journal Editor Jins
Taytoc.
Comn'entlhg on the wlnrtaig
entry, the juA«-* wro*»:
"Individuany,. th* photos are
not nearly so effeenv* as U
whK>le iroup. We niiss th* live
liness u'»ually a5Soctai»d with
now scenes, “xit this ij a
ood art work. Ihe lHW
of niotiMi in tfi* grvxap
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