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TRVCKER ALSO KILLED Young Family Wiped Out Three Collision ^DEMOLISHED—This late-model Corvalr Is the car In which a young I^aeford family of tiiree met "death late Saturday afternoon when the vehicle swerved directly into the path of a northbound tractor-trailer two miles south of town on Highway 401. Driver of the heavy rig was thrown from the vehicle and killed. The four deaths pushed Hoke County’s total for the year to seven. Death wiped out a young Rae- ford family of three near here late Saturday afternoon when a drive into tiie country ended in die county’s worst accident of the year two miles south of Raefofd on Highway 401. Also killed in the crash of die family’s compact car and a northbound tractor-trailer was die truck driver. The four fatalities pushed the Hoke total for the year to seven. The wreck took die lives of Daniel David Russell. 22; his wife. Sharon Russell. 17; their infant daughter, Phyllis Diane Russell, 1, and Gordon Forest Autry. 38, of Tavares, Fla. State Highway PatrolmanJJ}. Robinson said his investigation indicated the Russell car, ap parently driven by Mrs. Russell, swerved across the center-line directly into the path of the tractor-trailer at about 5:40 p.m. The late-model Corvair was knocked some 60 feet by the Impact and came to rest on a median in front of Bullock’s Service Station, Robinson said. Russell was thrown from the demolished vehicle, but was not Instantly killed. He died after reaching Scotland Memorial Hospital in Laurlnburg. The Infant died en route to the hos pital, Robinson said, and Autry was killed at the scene when thrown from the tractor cab and pinned under the wreckage. Mrs. Russell died Monday afternoon at Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville, about an hour after her husband and daughter had been buried in double funeral rites here. There was no indication that Mrs. Russell realized the fate of her husband and daughter, Robinson said, aldtough she did not lose consciousness until die day of her death. “It was the worst accident I have ever investigated,’’ the oung patrolman said. Purely coincidence, he has Investl- ated all seven of the county’s fatalities this year, although two other patrolmen are assigned to the county. Robinson said two other trucks — one a pickup — were immediately behind the tractor- trailer when the accident oc curred. “The driver of the pickup truck told me he saw the car swerve into the wrong lane and hit die tractor-trailer head- on.’’ RoMnson said. “He said the three trucks were moving at between 40 and 50 miles per hour.” The tractor-trailer was load ed with com and lettuce, appar ently being transported from Flortda to northern markets. It was owned by the J. M. Booth Company of Tavares, Fla. The heavy rig skidded some 200 feet after the crash and overturned on the pavement, Robinson said. Autry appar ently was thrown through the windshield, because both doors to the cab remained closed, Robinson said. “It is my opinion that he wouldn’t have been seriously injured if he had been wearing - journal The Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 VOLUME LXl NUMBER 50 THURSDAY, APRIL 27,1967 ^ Presbytery Meet Here Tuesday The Presbytery of Fayette ville will open its 353rd stated meeting Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in the sanctuary of Raeford Presbyterian Church. Nearly 200 ministers and ruling'iuldei a from the 100 Presbyterian churches in this area are ex pected to attend, according to the Rev. Cortez A. Cooper, Jr., pastor of the Raeford church. Retiring moderator Dr. Leslie Bullock will call the meeting to order and preside over me election of the new moderator. The moderator- nominee is me Rev. Robert Massey, pastor of College , Heights Presbyterian Church in * Fayetteville. One of me highlights of me session will be the report from me special committee on creeds and confessions. Dr. Cheves Llgon, chairman. In connection ^wim mis report. Dr. Marshall Dendy of Richmond, Va., ex ecutive secretary of me Board of Christian Education of me Presbyterian Church, U.S,, will address Presbytery. A number of omer major committees will be heard from, among them me committee on me care of ministerial candi dates, me Rev. Mr. Cooper chairman. The Women of me Raeford church, under me leadership of their president, Mrs. H. R. McLean, will serve lunch for me Presbytery. Heading vari ous committees in mis regard will be Mesdames J, L. Mc Neill, J. H. Blue, Truman Austin, Raymond Maxwell, and Carson Cllppard. Ruling Elder Fred Clubrem . is chairman of me reception ^ committee composed of elders and deacons of me local church. This committee will welcome ^ Fayetteville Presbytery to its first meeting In Raeford in a number of years. Representing the Raeford session as voting members of Presbytery will be Ruling Elder Raymond Maxwell and me Rev. Mr. Cooper. McCoy Gets Life On Plea Of Guilty To Murder Count J? Harry Epstein Views Broken Plate Glass At His Store Mayor Declares War Burglar Is F oiled On ‘Unsightly Litter’ gy Mayor H. R. McLean has designated May as “Litter Clean-Up Month” In Raeford and warned mat if property owners don’t spruce up melr premises voluntarily, the town may do it and charge mem for it. “We have some property— particularly vacant lots—that is shamefully unkempt,’’ Mayor McLean said. “1 am minklng of asking me town board to pass an ordinance permitting the town to clean up mese eyesores and adding the cost to me property owner’s tax bill,” he said. ’CXitslders, including Indus- .rial prospects, judge our town not by me fine peope and omer advantages we have, but by me visual impression mey vet when mey look over me town,*’Mayor McLean said. “Every one of mese unsightly lots detract from me favorable impression mey get when viewing me well- kept property of most of our citizens.’’ The mayor’s proclamation- passed as a companion procla mation to one issue by Gov. Dan K. Moore for me entire See WAR, Page 9 Annual Chamber Meeting Will Be Staged May 16 Raeford Chamber of Com- merca will hold Its annual meet ing Tueaday night, May 16, at Hoke High School. Members of the rhsmber aic being informed by mailoftirknt information for the dinner ^meeting, which i« a high spot in the chamber year. Principal epetker for the af fair will be J. Fl ank MHtofi, dlitrlrt manager. Chamber of Commerce of the unll*’d stateis a Atlanta, G«. Melton, a native of Tt«aa, le an atfoiney who turned fo another field. I> has ' rrved on the etaff of th* governor of Texas, been a leglalativeanAljt and lotrtjviat for theTouaMan- uf.icturers Association and once served aa a city councilman. For the past eight and one- h*lf years, he had been district manager for the U. S, Chamber of Commerce, serving business leaders and chamber executives in some 60 communities varying in size from Baltimore to Mon roe. Hi* present district In cludes all of North Carolina and bouth Carolina. "As the representative of the largefit t>ualne«s organisation in the world, m> primary re- iiion'lblllty is to explain afj)*-' clfic aide aml/or tool* to chatotjer leaders etui eieeu- tlvef and lO; ". . .Explain our free en- terprlze aystem of economics. . .Help preserve and per petuate our free enterprlze con cept of government In America. ". , .Encourage the use of these tools by local chambers of commerce, business and in dustry.” James Fout, manager of the local chambfea «f commerce, said it is hoped'all local mem bers of the chamber will plan to attend the dinner meeting and to bring their wlvef "We hope to have a large turnout for the occasion, which has been well received m th" past,” Fout said. A rash of break-ins and at tempted break-ins has aggra vated Raeford policemen this week, but losses to property owners have been practical^ nil. Someone smashed the front door glass at Harry's 5 & 10 soon after midnight Monday and had Policeman Sam Motley hap pened by checking doorways, a major haul might have been made. Police Chief L.W, Stanton said Motley discovered the broken door and encountered a woman cowering In a nearby alley. He arrested the woman, who gave her name as Darling Tonle Gazette, 20, Negro, and said she lives at Fort Bragg. Chief StantQn said the woman denied breaking the glass at the store and told officers she had come to Raeford with two Negro males, who let her out of the car and left. Officer Motley earlier had encountered two men In a car cruising around town after mid night and advised them to get out of town. Chief Stanton said. The woman was lodged In Hoke County jail to await trial on charges of damage to property and resisting arrest. Chief Stanton said she jumped from the patrol car and ran after being taken Into custody. She was recaptured a short distance away. Meanwhile, Officer J.C. Bar rington gave chase to a 14-year- old Negro youth Tuesday after noon, suspecting he was the youngster encountered by Mrs. Julian Wright when she entered her home about 6 p.m. The Malcolm McCoy, 17-year-old Hoke County Negro, was sen tenced to life Imprisonment here Wednesday after he entered a plea of guilty to first degree murder in the December slay ing of Nelli Archie McCormick, 77. McCoy Was one of four young Negroes charged with the rob bery-slaying, which took place December 16 at McCormick's home in the Duffle's Station community. All four defendants live In the same vicinity, Judge Clarence W. Hall of Raleigh pronounced sentence during the second day of the April term of Hoke Sig>erlor Court, which got under way a day late on Tuesday after Judge Hall remained In Cumberland Superior Court to finish a case on Monday. Solicitor Doran J. Berry ac cepted the guilty plea on be half of the state. McCoy en tered the plea through his court- appointed (counsel, Joe McLeod of Fayetteville. Still to face trial during a special term of Hoke Superior Court beginning May 8 are Lan- don Johnson, 19, King David Purcell, 17, and Robert Lee Hollingsworth, 23. The elderly victim's badly battered body was found in his home, in which he lived alone, by his son, Fred McCormick, who passed the house the day following the slaying, saw no lights burning, and stopped to Investigate, The four suspects were rounded tg} by Sheriff Dave Barrington and SBI Agent Gary Griffith In less than 24 hours. Deputies Harvey Young and James Adams assisted. MeanwhUe, the second • degree murder trial of James Curtis McNair, alias J.C. Mc- Fadyen, got under way just be fore noon Wednesday. McNair is accused of slay ing Arthur McPhaul, with a sing le blast from a 12 guage shot gun on the early morning of March 11. The victim was McNair's wife's uncle. Sheriff Barrington testified that McNair came to his hbme at about 7:30 a.m. on the morn ing of the slaying, told him that be had shot someone, and asked him to investigate. Sheriff Barrington said he found McPhaul's body at the home of Annie Peguese, He apparently had died from loss of blood from the wound, which was In the ig)per legs near the groin, Berry indicated that the trial of Charles Elmore Newton, charged with manslaughter as a result of a wreck in November in which three persons were killed, will be continued until a future term of court. Newton allegedly was driver of a car in which Jerry Allen West, 19, and Larry Pittman, 17, were riding when they were killed in a collision with ano ther vehicle. Roosevelt Malloy, 33, whose wife allegedly was driving the other car, also died as a result of Injuries received In the wreck. Only one other case had been heard at noon Wednesday. John Howard Graves was found not gulltty of a charge of drunk driving. a seat 3e.t." R^anson sstd. “The CSC was or tf-.# outsitJe, Oi.i S'owed ^t-n -;tL.s damage Lns.de.'’ Meirbers o' -o«e Rcaoic squad were u rc scene sooiz five minces liur c* ’f:ecn, Robinson said, rv-. recover Autr/’s sedo .'rorr. m- der the troex ino ned cie-.r ambulance to ukc Risse.. ani die Infant » Robinson saic ue er n tile follcwirg trucKJ remceed Mrs. Rtisse.1 and Ce--“L'.d "rofTt the wreckage. Autry rema^ieo -'der re truck some 15 "• Tart: a Raeford wrecKcr arri'^ed to .ift the heavy cao. Rocinson said. The cab ai'd van o'.ocIeC a., but about two feet of r.e road way and was rot cleared ..ntu 10 p.m. after two oeavy wred- ers were summoned from Fay- ettevllle. “The trailer rer. bad to ne unloaded before theycou.dnr.cve it,” Robinson said. The Corvalr was demolished Its front end smashed oevord recognition. Ordy r? rear scat and canopy resc.-nbied their original shape. In tprms of the number killed, it was tile worst wreck in Hoke County since December, 1945, 'when five persons were killed in a car-truck collision east of Raeford near the intersec tion of Old 401 and 401 Bypass. Reports indicated that the Russells were er. route to a relative’s home between the scene of the accident and Wa- gram when the tragedy oc curred. “I did liot talk to Mrs. Rus sell at the hospital,” Robinson said, “but her people told me she said she was d.'iving at the time the accident occurred.”' Funeral services for Russell and the daughter were held Mon day afternoon at First Baptist Church, wltn the Rev. John M, Glenn and the Rev. Paul Morrow officiating. Mrs. Ru-sell’s funeral was held at 3 p.m. i'l isday a: Sec ond Baptist Chur ’“v the Rev. Mr. Morrow and : Rev. Mr. Glenn. Burial in both Instances was in Raeford Cemetery. Russell Is survived by hts parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Russell, and two sisters, Mrs. Charles Baker and Miss Carol Russell, both of Raeford. Mrs. Russell is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.HJvl. Grumpier of Raeford; three bro thers, Charles Barton of the home and David and Daniel Bar ton, both of Atlanta, Ga., and two sisters, Mrs. Elbert Cole of Anniston, Ala., and Miss Sue Barton of Atlanu. Ga. JUMPER—Action such as this stirring jump in last year’s Raefo will be seen Friday and Saturday when the show Is held for tri Stables on Highway Bypass here. , d Woman’s Club Horse Shew third year at Jimmy .Norris Four Performances Of florae Show Will Be Held Friday And Saturday age 9 The stage was set today for the third annual Raeford Wom an’s Club Horse Show, sched uled for four performances Fri day and Seturday. Some $2,400 in prize money, plus throphles and ribbons, are being offered to exhibitors from Several states in 114 classes. More Important to tiic public are Improved facilities u Jimmy Nqrrls Stables on High way 4t 'Pas\ w 'er- thf titxi performance of the show will be reeled off tomorrow night at 7:30 o’clock. Other per formances will be Saturday morning at 10 o’clock in Ring 1 and 2, Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock In Ring 1 and 2, and Sat urday night at 8 o’clock in Ring 1 for the majority of the stakes. Mrs. H. H. McLean Is chair man of this year’s show and Col. R. E. Barrett Jr. of ^iranc vtu-, Va.. li ajai. ager. Mrs. Charles Hostetler, chairman of the publicity com mittee. said earlier this weeii that bleachers have been rented In Fayetteville and will be set up at the show ring. Patrons also may rent pamng space along the rail for tiieir cars and view the show a la "drive- in.” The Woman’s Club will offer a •i.'jper for benedt of the public. e»':::itu.~s anc xiers connected wit' re s''ow. it will be at VlcLauc ..in i.eme-ta.-'. School cafeteria 4;3Cp.m. to 7:30 p. m. Situtda'.. i-.aaa may he orberec ai ne ^rouirs and vil. oe daliwared there. irand itaoel 'u'. !'«'■' \ult at ne s .ow ring and «andwK"«s, soft drinaa.
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