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journal The Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 VOLUME LXn NUMBER 6 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROUNA •4 PER YEAR l(H PER COPY THtILSOAY. jlNE a, 19*7 Hoke County Crops Saved By Million- Dollar Rains PEACHES -- Hoke County fermers are taking a beating again this year on cotton and earlier in the year, it was thought that a late spring freeze had wiped out the peach crop. Not so, however. An early variety at Poole Orchard west of Raeford Is yielding luscious fruit. Here, John Mc Millan, left, and his granddaughter, Candy McMillan, pose by a basket of fruit with Candy’s moth er, Mrs. Jack McMillan. A mlUlon-dollar rain drench ed Hoke County farmland dur ing the week end and agricul tural officials termed it a life- saver for embattled farmers. For the second consecutive year, cool spring weather played havoc with Hoke’s 9,000 -acre cotton crop and for the second straight season, most farmers plowed up the stunted cotton and replanted the rows in soybeans. W, S. Young, Hoke farm agent estimated that only 2.000 to 3,000 acres of cotton will be harvested here this year — about the same as a year ago when the average yield was cut in half to 250 lint pounds per acre. With major replanting in soy beans the rule, soybeans have emerged as a valuable cash crop in the county and are credited with saving the day for many farmers. The reasons are several. First, by seeding soybeans in the plowed-up cotton rows, fertilizer Intended for the cotton is utilized by the soybeans. Second, the government subsidy C.D.Bounds Mother, Two Tots Hoke Pair * Is Injured Killed In Accident Attend In Ballgame C.D. Bounds, vice president of Southern National Banac And manager of the Raeford office of the bank, was painfully in jured Tuesday nii^t during a softball game In the Church Softball League. Bounds suffered injuries to the head and leg when ha and Vardell Hedgepath collided while chasing a fly ball, ac cording to reports. It was first believed that Bounds’ leg was broken, ob servers reported, but x-rays at Raeford MedicalGroup show ed no fracture, they said. The leg was painfully hurt, however, and Bounds was treated locally and sent home to bed. His forehead also was skinned and brulshed, bank employers said, and he will not be on the job for several days. Hedgepeth was uninjured, ac cording to reports. They in dicated Bounds fell backward and took a nasty spill when the two players collided. They are members of the First Baptist team. Wagon Trek Is All Set Hoke Wagon Train will form tonight at the National Guard armory In preparation for an early start Friday morning on a 25-mlle trek across the Fort Bragg reservation to Simpson’s Lake In Little River Township, Moore County. It is expected tiiat some 50 wagons and 150 horseback ri ders will make the trip, being conducted for the third year. The outing Is sponsored by Hoke Saddle Club. Jesse Lee, wagonmaster, said a square dance will be held beginning at about 8:30 tonight on Adams Street along side the armory. The street will be roped off for the dance, he said. The wagon train will depart from Raeford at 8 a.m. Fri day and expects to reach Its destination by late afternoon. There will be another square dance at Simpson’s Lake on Saturday night and hundreds of people from Hoke and Moore counties arc cKpected to flock to the campsite Friday and Saturday nights. The return trip will be made Sunday morolng, Lee said. Persons midttng the trip must be registered with Jimmy Con- oly and must agree to abide by rules set up for the wagon train. A Hoke County mother and two of her children were killed Thursday afternoon in a head- on eVash of a car and a dump truck between Pembroke and Maxton. The dead were identified as Mrs. Annie Jane Butler, 32, believed to be the driver of the car, and two of her children, Alex Butler, 6, and Edward Butler, 10 months. The Butlers live on Red Springs Rt. 1, A third child, Ricky Butler, 5, was seriously injured. He later was reported in satis factory condition at Scotland Memorial Hospital in Laurin- burg. Officers said the Butler car was traveling north and the dump truck, driven by Wllford Bray- boy, going west. Prather Strickland, report edly an eyewitness to the acci dent, said the auto bellev^ driven by Mrs. Butler Ignored 8 stop sign and drove directly Iniu the path of the truck. Alex Butler wa > id on arrival at Southeastern General Hospital in Lumberton. Edward Butler was dead on arrival at Scotland Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Butler was first taken to Scotland Memorial Hospital, then transferred to Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville, where she died early Friday morning. The crash occurred at about 3:30 p.m., according to investi gating officers, about five miles from Pembroke at the inter section of rural paved roads 1354 and 1166. Funeral services for the But lers were conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. at McDougald Funeral Home by the Rev. Wade Lock lear, Burial was in Hillside Memorial Park at Laurlnburg. Mrs. Butler is survived by her husband, Alex J. Butler; two daughters, Alene Butler of the home and Annie Pearl Strick land of Maxton; a son, Ricky Lynn Butler; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Strickland of Maxton Rt. 1; four sisters, Mrs. Council Locklear and Mrs. James Oxendine, both of Row land Rt. 1, Mrs. John w, Mc Leod of Raeford, and Mrs. Wade Strickland of Maxton Rt. 3; four brothers. Jack Strickland and Alex Strickland, both of East Laurlnburg, George Strickland and Alfred Strickland, both of Maxton Rt. 1; and her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Locklear of Maxton Rt. 3. Convention Bible School Is Scheduled A community daily vacation Bible school will be held at Dundarrach Church beginning June 26, and continuing through June 30. The Rev. Ben Ferguson will be in charge throughout the five- day session. Hours will be 9 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. ^ SMOKE -- If there Is anything to the adage, “where there’s smoke, there’s fire, there ought to be a right good blaze going In the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gibson on Dickson Street, above. Firemen were called to the residence Tuesday morning when a living room couch caught fire. Smoke damage was extensive and Mrs. Gibson was taken to the hospital overcome by smoke. of an average of $35 to $40 an acre tor plowed-up cotton, plus good prices for the soy beans, will give the farmer a fair per-acre return for his investment in seed, fertilizer and labor. Third, the soybean market is stable and prices are high, being supported at $2.50 per bushel. Young estimated that 17,000 acres of soybeans are growing in the county and average yields should be about 25 bushels per acre. At $2.50 per bushel, that would net $62.50 per acre. The soybean crop thus has a potential worth of no less than $1 million. Meanwhile, cotton has been assigned a minor role in the cash forecast. With the per- acre yield expected to be low again this year and the curtail ment of the crop to 2,000 to 3,000 cotton will produce only a fraction of the Income it usually accounts for in Hoke County. The present outlook for to bacco is excellent. Young said. Some tobacco was stunted by cool, dry weather, but with the week end rain and subsequent hot weather, it is expects to grow to maturity almost over night. The tobacco crop generally is only about two weeks away from blossoming. Young said, and much of it is not more than knee-high. However, tobacco can grow almost overnight to shoulder height, given the pro per muture of moisture and warm weather. Young said tobacco looks as if it will top at 18 to 20 leaves which under normal conditions would produce excellent pound age. With yields short for the past two years, farmers will have no difficulty selling all the pounds this year’s crop pro duces. Com also 'jer.efitted greatly from the ‘eek end rains, V'oung said. 'with most o' the com crop near tasselingstage, sotaa of It had uegun to curl in the top and oum at the bottom. The rams of Saturdiy and Stst- day should be sufficient to get it through tasseling. This year’s com crop is estimated at 7,500 acres, most of which will be used or sold locally. The tremendous in crease in turkey and swine production m the county makes it a ready market tor all the com grown in the county. f- Clyde Upchurch Jr. and Donald D. Abemethy of Raeford will attend the annual conven tion of Klwanls International at Houston, Tex.,'June 25-29. Upchurch is lieutenant gover nor of Division Four, Carollnas District, of Klwanls and Aber- nethy is president-elect of the Raeford club. Approximately 16,000 Kiwa- nians and members of their families will attend the conven tion, the theme of which is “Quality Leadership, Key to the Future." They will represent more than 275,000 Klwanlans in 5,400 clubs in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Western Europe, the Far East and Central America. Presiding officer at the con vention will be Dr. R. Glenn Reed Jr., Marietta, Ga., presi dent of Klwanls International. Speakers will Include the Rev. Abraham K.Akala, pastor of Ka- walahao Church, Honolulu; Charles L. Gould, publisher of the San Francisco Examiner; Mrs, George Romney, wife of the governor of Michigan; Carl A, Gerstacker, chairman of the board of Dow Chemical Com pany; Larry A. Wohlford, Hut chison, Kan., president of Key Club International, and James A. Smith, Baton Rouge, La., president of Circle K Interna tional. JoH LITTLE SIGHTSEERS — Part of the program at the ESEA language arts summer classes being conducted atJ.W. Mc- Lauchlin School includes field trips. Monday, the class .-ral gained some “Inside information’* when they visiird the Raeford Post Office, Classroom work for the primary- age children includes reading, writing and spelling. Town Board Aligns Record New Budget Raeford town board has ap proved a tentative budget for the forthcoming fiscal year in the amount of $319,654 — largest in the town’s history. Final reading and adoption of the budget will be made on July 10th at the board’s regular monthly meeting, advanced seven days because of the July 4 holiday. The budget calls for $167,024 for general fund operations and $152,630 for water-sewer operations. “The two budgets have been kept separately since 1964,’’ said Town Manager J. Ed Wil- limas. “The general fund op eration was separated from the water-sewer fund operation and the two are self-sustaining: that Is, no part of either fund is used to help operate the other.” Williams said the new budget, which covers municipal opera tions from July 1, 1967, to June 30, 1968, provides for normal operational expenses and allows for the following Improvements; —Additional street lighting. —Metal street markers (in part of town this year, in *e remainder next year). —Cemetery beautification. --Pay increase for employes. --Trash receptacles for sidewalks in business district. —An additional policeman. —Renovation of tlia upstairs space at town hall. —Leaf collector for sanitary department. —Increased contribution to Hoke Rescue Squad. —■Increased contribution to Hoke Public Library. --Work on mlllyard water pump. - Extension of two water mains for better fire protec tion. -Truck-tank for sludge re moval at sewage treatment plant. —Resurfacing 20,000 square yards of town streets. “The tentative budget calls for no tax increase,’’ Williams said; “however, during the 1967-68 fiscal year it will be necessary to extend some water mains into areas that are pres ently without adequate fire pro tection.’’ He indicated that town com missioners are seeking means of providing the money for these and other operations which at present have the water-sewer budget $10,000 in the red. Anticipated income of $167,- 024 balances the general fund budget- Biggest item of income will be $125,743 in ad valorem taxes. The town will receive an estimated $15,244 in Powell (See BUDGET, Page 11) Hoke Appears C ertain To Remain In Seventh i Chances appeared to be ex tremely good this week that Hoke County will remain in the Seventh Congressional District when the State Legislature re aligns its districts in compli ance with a federal court order to accomplish the job by July 1. Both Hoke and Scotland coun ties were In an Eighth District, which would have no Incumbent congressman. In a bill paised earlier this session by the Sen ate. Rep. Sneed High of Cumber land, chairman of the House Committee on Congressional Districts, said this week he is “reasonably certain" the com mittee will report favorably on a bill In which Hoke is returned to the Seventh District. Opponents to the switching of Hoke from the Seventh to the Eighth ar^e tfiatHokehas little in common with the counties to the west which form the pro posed Eighth District. Tl»y are Mooat*Sooiland, Richmond, Anson, Stanley, Montgomery, Lee, Cabarrus, Union and Rowan counties. The Seventh District would be reduced to six counties — Cumberland, Robeson, Colum bus, Bladen, Brunswick and New Hanover — with Rep. Alton .Ju Lennon Incumbent. High said in Raleigh earlier this Week that the committee probably would send the oill to the floor of the House or Wednesday morning. “We haven’t got much time,’’ he said. The courts have oraered North Carolina to raaitg.. dis tricts by July I to conform to the “one man, one v(?tc‘’ edict of the U. S. Supreme Court. It is that formula which ap parently has saved Hoke from another congressional district switch. It was moved from the old Eighth District to the Seventh District several years ago. Total population of the pro posed Eighth District would he 423.902 with Hoke included. Total population of the pro posed Seventh District, plus Hoke, would be 4a3,’’50 or 152 less than the proposed Eighth. Thus, opponents of theswitdi contend, it would be numerical ly inequitable to move Hoke to the Ei^th. The Senate-passed sill pits GOP Congressman Charles R. Jonas and Democrauc Con gressman Basil Whitner in a district composed of Mecklen burg, Gaston and Lincoln coun ties. It also moves GCP Congreas- mar. Jaines C*ardner's ’wm* county of .Nash out of the Fourth District and into the second District of Congressman L. H. Fountain. High and other leftslaiors from the Cafw Fear re|ian said they are reasooebiy cer tain will ond uf in die Seventh District. An amend ment to that effect failed In die Serale. 22-24
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