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The Hoke County News- Established 1928
The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOLUME LXII NUMBER 41
RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA
II PER YEAR 10 PER COPY
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1968
Leaf Growers
Will Discuss
Market Plan
Hoke County tobacco growers
and other planters In the six
Southeastern states In which
flue-cured tobacco Is grown
will begin a series of meetings
Monday In an effort to cure the
Ills of marketing their crops
In the late summer and falls.
Last season was the worst
ever experienced by farmers,
warehousemen, tobacco com
panies, and the Stabilization
Corporation. Markets were
flooded from opening day until
the end of the season, and sales
holidays punctuated the entire
season, making It difficult for
farmers to process their to
bacco without danger of loss.
Local farm officials and to
bacco growers seemed to view
the extended time in which
growers are allowed to market
unties leaf accounted for a great
many problems of the past
season.
When the tobacco requires
very little processing before
being moved from the parkhouse
to the warehouse floor, farmers
can move large amounts of to
bacco dally, farmofflctalssald.
When they are required to tie
It, each worker can process a
limited number of pounds per
day. The tying process tends
to stabilize the flow of tobacco
to market, they said.
The untied leaf program,
however, has generally delight
ed farmers. It cuts down on
personal Involvement and labor
costs, and they declare the
difference In price on the ware
house floor Is not so great that
selling tobacco In untied form
Is not a practical and a profit
able procedure.
Tobacco experts In Hoke
County (farm agents, ware
housemen and leading growers)
. declare,'nwer prices during
glutted sales periods were en
tirely totalise of a flood of
untied leaf.
Naturally, when farmers can
Damage Claim Fails
In District Court
A damage suit filed against
The Johnson Co., Inc. by Sarah
Marie Bullard was non-sultec
Ust week In District Civil Court
presided over by Judge D. B.
Herring,
Plaintiff claimed that the de
fendant was negligent In allow
ing cows to become unpenned
and run across the highway and
that when they did so, her car
struck one of them. She claimed
her personal and property dam
ages to be $4,919.
The suit of Pauline Faulk ver
sus James C. Lentz was set
tled out of court. Plaintiff re
ceived $2,000 of the $3,250 she
claimed was owed to her by way
of a note.
Mrs. Marie Webb
HIGH IN THE SKY Mrs. Marl Webb ascends the last flight of stairs to her post In the tlx-story-high
tower above the sandhills atMcCaln, Manning the lookout has been daily occurrence
for her for more than 11 years with the exception of a few months off eight years ago when her
little girl was bom.
process almost unlimited
amounts of cured tobacco, they
flood the market when weather
conditions are favorable for
stripping" tobacco. That
creates a severe problem
among warehousemen, who can
sell only a designated number
of baskets per day, and It over
taxes the redrylng facilities
of tobacco companies, whose
redrylng operations are set up
to take care of normal flow
of marketed leaf.
The public hearings set to
begin Monday are to determine
farmers' feelings about mar
keting orders for flue-cured
tobacco In all six states which
produce the leaf. A map of the
proposed districts Is on Page
11.
The first meeting will be
held Monday at Greenville, be
ginning at 9:30 a. m. In the
Moose Lodge. The other North
Carolina meeting will be staged
next Wednesday In Greensboro,
also at 9:30 a. m at the coli
seum. March L a meeting will be
held In South Boston, Va.; March
4, In Live Oak, Fla.; March
6, In Douglas, Ga and March
5, In Florence, S. C.
"The proposal for estab
"The proposal for estab
lishing a marketing order for
flue-cured tobacco will be con
sidered formally at the hear
ings, the U. S. Department of
Agriculture revealed. "AUSDA
examiner will conduct each
hearing, and a transcript rec
ord of each hearing will be
made. Testimony may be pre
sented for or against any or
all of the proposals by any In
terested Individual or organi
sation." "The proposed order for
flue-cured tobacn" would pro
vide a general framework with
in which the movement of to-
See GROWERS, Page 11
A case ofNellJackson versus
Transcontinental Insurance
Company also was settled out of
court.
Marshall M. Brewer was
warded $500 In his case against
Ornamental Iron Works. The
defendant filed notice of appeal.
Plaintiff claimed that defend
ant lost or disposed of an
antique automobile boiler he
had loaned him. Defendant
claimed the boiler was beyond
repair and was taken by unknown
persons.
Divorces granted Thursday
were Luclle L. Walters from
James David Walters, and
Gladys Sanders Moore from
William McCoy Moor.
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PAINTING THE POLE -- Rae
ford Post Office's flagpole got
new coat of paint this week
whan a painter shinned to the
top, then painted his way down.
That dressed-up fellow holding
the ladder appears to be Frank
Crumpler, local undertaker,
which would be a small comfort
to the average steeplejack.
Keeps Vigil In Fire Tower
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Washington Backs Up
On Threat To Schools
Guidelines
Coming
In Mails
Government school desegre
gation officials were reported
Wednesday to have substantial
ly modldled guidelines sent two
weeks or more ago to about
45 school districts In North
Carolina, Including the Hoke
County system, In which cutoff
of federal funds was threatened
unless "dual school systems"
were not eliminated by fall.
A news story The News and
Observer, Raleigh, said
Wednesday morning desegrega
tion officials think there has
been over-reaction In North
Carolina, especially urban
areas, to what they called "rou
tine letters" mailed recently.
The letter received by D. D,
Abernethy, superintendent of
Hoke County schools, said Hoke
County was suspected of "prob
able non-compliance" with the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, and
declared that If the dual school
system is not eliminated by the
fall of 1968, action will be Insti
gated to deprive the county of
the some $500,000 a year In
federal funds It receives.
Wednesday's news stnrs ald
officials In Washington -are
mailing out new guidelines
spelling out what will be ex
pected In the way of racial
Integration in the next few
years.
The new guidelines will
stress do - It - yourself deseg
regation, drop race mix ingper
centage which have been used
as yardsticks In current regu
lations, and require districts to
et a definite target date for
removing the condition of a
dual white -Negro system.
Abernethy said Wednesday
afternoon his office has not re
ceived a copy of the new guide
lines. Some official In Washington
conceded that some "over
reaction" may be understand
able, since the letters were
"necessarily vague and neces
sarily went to some districts
which have never received them
before.
The letters were designed to
meet a new congressional re
quirement which ays that
federal civil rights enforcers
See THREAT, Page 11
BY LUCY GRAY PEEBLES
It may be lonesome some
times in the lofty Hoke County
fire tower at McCain, but that
time is not now, Mrs. Marie
Webb, fire tower observer, de
clared last week.
Mrs. Webb, keeper of the
sanatorium fire tower atop the
hospital, spotted 80 forest fires
in Hoke County during the first
two weeks In February. This
made for t busy woman and
some hard-working forest
rangers.
She is used to it, though.
In December, she ended her
eleventh year on the seven-day
a-week Job. Before then, her
husband. R. D. Webb, now a
county assistant forest ranger,
was tower observer.
From October until June is
called the fire season. But the
worst time of all is February
through April, when farmers
are burning field grass and
when dead roadside grass be
comes dry under warmer tun
and less rain and it easier to
ignite from the motorist's
tossed cigarette.
Last Wednesday afternoon,
Mrs. Webb was watching smoke
on Rock fish Creek east of Ree
ford when she picked up the
radio mouthpiece to call for
car. Before (he was able to
obtain an answer from t rang
er's radio, the had caught sight
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HONORED -- Alfred Cole was touched Tuesday whenhonored
on his retirement as Hoke County Civil Defense director.
Here, he is noticeably deep In concentration as Mrs.'
Catherine Brown reads a poem written as a tribute to him up
on his retirement on behalf of workers In the county building
Joe Gulledge
Running Again
Joe Gulledge, Incumbent
register of deeds for Hoke
County, has filed for re-election,
subject to the Democratic
primary in May.
Gulledge, a Hoke native, be
came the latest candidate to
file for local office. Also being
contested this election are two
members' seats on both the
board of education and county
commissioners.
Deadline for filing for state
office Is tomorrow noon. To
date, three Democrats and two
Republicans have filed for the
gubernatorial primaries.
of another
smoke south of
Antioch.
"Some days they pop up so
fast I don't know which way to
turn next," she declared.
"If people would abide by the
law, much time and money would
be saved as well as valuable
property." she asserted.
The law requires one to ob
tain a permit before lighting
any fire within 500 feet of areas
under the fire-fighting jurisdic
tion of forest rangers. (This
means, primarily, the forest
land.) "Permits obtained a day or
two, or three ahead, tells us
in which direction to keep a
close watch. It tells us, al
most invariably, where the
smoke spotted In that direction
is coming from. Therefore,
If the fire runs wild, no mapping
is necessary and no searching
time is consumed," she said.
Robert Jones, forest ranger,
says It Is his duty to bring
every person to court who
breaks the ebove-meniloned
law. "Forest fires are too
devastating andfire-flghtingtoo
expensive to be caused by care
lessness and lawlessness," he
vowed.
Mrs. Webb told of a fire which
was spotted on Drowning Creek.
Both the and the girl at Scot
land County tower worked on it
for an hour trying to determine
the exact location. At a cer-
See FIRE TOWER, Page 11
Hoke Among
Cole Is Commended
For Civil Defense
Alfred Cole, who recently re
tired as director of Civil De
tense of Hoke County, was
honored Tuesday by the North
Carolina Civil Defense Associa
tion of Directors In a brief
ceremony held at the Hoke
County Office Building assembly
room,
A citation was presented to
him by Col. W. H. Dawson
Jr. "for outstanding contribu
tion to Civil Defense work In
the state and the nation." He
said that over the 14 years
Cole served as Hoke County
director, he has been "a dedi
cated man.' The citation was
to have been precested recently
at a state meeting in Durham, but
Cole was unable to attend. His
retirement came several weeks
ago following a serious illness,
A former mayor of Raeford,
Cole worked eight years without
pay as county Civil Defense
director and for the past six
years, had served the county as
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Illicit 'Stumphole'
Slows To Trickle
Local and federal officers
smashed a small illicit still
Sunday in the first moonshine
operation detected this year.
Meanwhile, the annual report
of Sheriff Dave Barrington In
dicates the manufacture of
"stump hole" whisky has
slowed to a trickle in Hoke
County since legal sale of liquor
was voted in about five years
go
Sunday's raid was staged by
Hoke ABC Officer J. K. RUey,
Sheriff Berrington, and two fed
eral A TV agents.
It occurred at about 3 p.m.
on the old Henderson place on
Rae'ord Ru 2, officers said,
after having been watched for
tome time.
Barrington laid E. V. Mon
roe. 37, came to the still while
officers had It under surveil
lence and was captured after
leading officers In a footrace.
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where his office was located. Looking on is Col. W. H. Daw
son, wnopreviouslyhadpresentedMrnwItharVatinn In com
mendation of his devoted service from theN.C. Association
of C. D. directors.
part-time paid director.
Cole also was presented a gift
by workers of other offices In
the building. The presentation
was made by Mrs. Clarence
Brown, who read a poem of
devotion and well wishes written
by Miss Mabel McDonald.
Following the ceremonies,
Mrs. Carl Morris, Cole's
secretary, gave a coffee hour
In his honor for the some 30
persons attending.
Out of town guests included
his daughter, Mrs. Robert B.
Jordan Jr., of Mt.Gilead, County
Commissioner J. A, Web of
Ashley Heights, and Joe Jenkins,
McCain Sanatorium teacher and
county Civil Defense Instructor.
His daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McNeil,
and his brother and sister-in-law,
Mr, and Mrs. Harvey Cole,
C. P, Klnlaw, Town of Raeford
Civil Defense director, and
other friends and relatives from
Raeford and from offices In the
building.
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The still, a submarine type,
was of 100-gallon capacity, and
was filled with mash.
Barrington said Monroe was
charged with possession of ma
terials for use in the illicit
manufacture of liquor.
In all of 1967. only four illegal
stills were discovered and de
stroyed In the county, accord
ing to Barrington's report,
made to county commissioners.
Two of those operations were
In Antioch Tovuhlp and the
other two in Allendale Town
ship. A total of five men were
arrested as a result of the
raids.
Before ABC sale of liquor
was authorized by Hoke voters,
upwards of 100 stills per year
were destroyed In the county,
according to courthouse rec
ords. Now, despite the con
stant scouting of Riley aid other
officers, a still discovery It
krf
Hoke Man
Stricken
At Wheel
Floyd Nelson Stanton, 65, of
Antioch died Saturday In his
car on Main Street In Raeford.
Stanton reportedly was suf
fering with chest and arm pains
at his home early Saturday
morning and left for the doc
tor's office. His car stopped
Just after passing the Harris
Avenue and Main Street traffic
light about7:10a.m.and Police
man Kermlt Griffin, summoned
by a passerby took the patient
to the doctor's office, where he
was pronounced dead.
Stanton is a brother of Chief
of Police L. W, Stanton of Rae
ford. Funeral services were con
ducted Monday at 3 p.m. at
Crumpler Funeral Home Chapel
by the Rev. Cortez Cooper and
the Rev. John Glenn.
Burial was In Antioch Pres
See HOKE MAN, Page 11
Booze
In Hoke
becoming more and more rare.
Harrington's department
made 923 arrests in 1967, ans
wered 1,047 calls, made 327
investigations, served and pro
cessed 2,354 criminal papers
and 324 civil papers, summoned
818 Jurors and 850 witnesses,
and traveled 105,400 miles.
Break-ins continued to be
the number oik problem In
local law enforcement, with
total of 89 -cpor-v - Uff
Of that number, 4( tire I
have been solved. Sto en prop
erty recovered by t t depart
ment was valued at $5,620-
SherifTs officers spent a total
of 849 manhours in court and
made 209 trips out of the coun
ty, most of torn to Scotland
County Jail in Leurinburg,
where Hoke defendants are
being housed while a new Jail
is being built here.