Newspapers / The News-Journal (Raeford, N.C.) / May 9, 1968, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The News-Journal (Raeford, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
The Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 VOLUME LXIII NUMBER 52 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA It PER YEAR 10 PER COPY THURSDAY. MY 9. 1968 Negroes Want Council Leslie Ramsey, Minor Defects Found In Jail Four defects were found last week In the new county jail by the state Inspector and Sheriff Dave Barrlnron, county commissioners were told at the May meeting Monday mornlnj,. Recommended for change by. the inspector rfuio window w the medical room to Insure more security, two doors in the woman's section which should be made of bars rather than solid steel, 24-inch bunks which according to specifica tions should be 25 Inches wide, and a higher aolar screen on the sallyport wall for better se curity. County Manager T. B. Leste. reported that he had requested that the archltet come down and look into the matter. The sheriff also said the in spector reninded him that the new state requirement calls for all Jail attendants to have a Jailer's certificate after July 1. This means that no one in his department will be quali fied but him unless they are trained. The building may be finished by mid-June or die first of July, but It will take a month to get moved In after the key is turned over. Sheriff Barrtngton said. In other business, the board turned down the request of Dr. H. H. McLean, district health officer, and Walter Coley, local chairman of the board ofhealth, to hire a $10,000-a-year ad ministrator for theHoke County ftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftl See Vote Tabulation Page Six McFadyen Leads Hoke County voters turned out In record numbera here Saturday to select nominees in the prlmarui, and by the time the polls closed, an unofficial 1,743 Democrats and 129 Re publicans had indicated their preference. It waa by far the largest vote every compiled In the county and represented 76.3 per cent of the 9,073 registered voters. In tne Democratic guberna torial race, Hoke voters gave a slight edge to Lt. Gov. Dob Scott, front-runner throughout the state. Scott pulled 1.453 votes to 1.233 for Dr. Reginald Hawkins and 1,051 for Melvin E-roughton Jr. Equal Interest was shown in , III . 1-1 Si) ' Left, Paul Currie Health Department. Dr. McLean said he has been unable to find a medical man to serve as health director in this county, and that this plan appeared to be the best solu tion. Dr. McLean served as a 2".500 part-time director in Hoke before accepting the dis trict position. The county men said that there was no money in the budget with which tocreatethenewjob. The department needs a medical man who can conduct clinics, the five agreed. It was voted by the board to 'ncrease the number of mem bers on the' Hoke County Wel . ire Board from three to five, 'his was done at the request of the welfare baord. It was sug gested that one Negro and one Indian be appointed to the board. A resolution was adopted to require every person who ex pects to do controlled or brush burning to notify the district fire department before they start. The motion was made at the request of rural volun teer flreinr'i who are often called unnecessarily from their regular Jobs because some un suspecting person has seen a smoke. A request for county support In the PACE program was an swered by a unanimous vote to sponsor a maximum of six col lege or pre-college students. The young people will be placed at the welfare, extension and rural fire departments, and at the library for summer work. The total cost to the county will be $978. W. S. Young and Miss Jose phine Hall, extension officials, announced in making their monthly reports, that Dale Jones, grandson of T. C.Jones, board of commissioners chair man, had been chosen state winner for his four years of work on a tobacco project. local campalgna, with aeven Democrats battling for two aeats on the board of county com missioners and four In the Dem ocratic race for two eeats on the board of education. T.F. (Tom) McBryde, Incum bent vice chairman of the board of commissioners, ranfaraheed in the aeven-man race, polling more than twice aa many votes aa his nearest competitor. McBryde received t, 341 votes and Incumbent J.A. Webb of Ashley Heights won the other nomination with LOSS votes. Other totals were: Ellaa Rog ers, 170; RA. (Lud) Hales, 124; David Hendrlx, (01; Pate Sawyer, 406; Albert Saunders, 208, Dr. R.IS, Jordan, Incumbent Teenagers Ask For Center BY JIM TAYLOR Several Hoke County young sters this week urgently re quested that recreation facili ties be provided for teenage activities here, offering to do the Job themselves if adults will support them. It was the fourth consecutive year the young leaders ap pearing at town board meeting as representatives of the Hoke High School student body have requested something be done to alleviate the problem of "nowhere to go and nothing to do." After spending the day "run ning" the town in annual Student Government Day observance here, several of the young stu dent council leaders returned to town hall Monday night to observe the board In action and to present their grievances. It was an opportune time for their presence, because they were preceded by a Nero dele gation, headed by the Rev. Water Is Seen For 'Hill' Meeting Set For Monday Residents of the 'till" aec. tlon north of Raeford will hold a public meeting Monday night at 7:30 to further dlacuas ob taining water and atwer ser vice In that suburban section, It waa announced today. Officers of Northwest Water Supply Inc., a non-profit cor poration formed to plan the project and to deal with the federal government In secur lng a FHA loan for the aye tern, Indicate there appears to be a good chance of getting running water there by fall. "The officers of the corpo ration are happy and pleaaed with the great progreas that has been made In lta efforts to aecure water In the Queen more, Silver City and Cameron Height area," a spokesman for the group as Id. "At present, there are ap proximately 300 families in terested in the project. They have reglatered for this water project. Recently, the chairman and members of the board met with engineers, and ware pleaa ed with progress," the spokes man said. Officers of the corporation re: Arthur B. Kemp, chair man of tha board; Robert Fish er, prealdent; J.A. Thomas, vice president; Emmette Steele, treasurer; Mrs. Mary Morri son, secretary; Robert Doby, assistant aecretary; Mantley PurceU and Mra. Claire WU kereon, directors. The corporation haa applied for a 1300,000 Farmsra Home Administration loan and will retire the debt by aaaeaalng water and aewer charges from customers, vice chairman of Hoke Board of Education, and R.L. (Bobby) Olbeoo Jr. were renominated. Dr. Jordan received 1,878 votes and Gibson polled 1,012, while third place went to tvery Mc Nair, Lt, and Wade Locklear polled 1,144. Rep. Nelll L. McFadyen, In cumbent Democrat In the Hoke Robe eon -Scot land district, won renomlnatlon In the district and led all Democrats In the Hoke County primary balloting. McFadyen received 2,568 votes here. Incumbent Rep. RJ3, MeMUan ot Red Springe was second In the Hoke balloting with 1,431 votes. Newcomer Gus Speros of Mutton received 1,448 votes In the county, while Incumbent Rep. Robert Camp Thomas Walker, whoconfirmed that the problem Is serious among Negro teenagers, too, and mat the Negro leadership Is searching for means to solve It. Speaking for the Hoke High School delegation, Leslie Ram sey president of the student council and student mayor here Monday, proposed that teen agers be permitted and encou raged to stae a fund drive to provide a teen center, where young people can congregate, with adult supervision, for so cial and recreational activities. "Nine-tenths of the young people In Raeford go out of town on the weekend, because there is nothing to do and no where to go here," he said. "The only place we have is the Jiffyburgcr, which closes at 11 p. m., and It merely gives us a place to park," Ram sey said. Another of the group said that local teenagers must go outside the county to find ap At Monday Meeting Board Passes Riot Laws; Town Manager Resigns ft ftftftftftftftstftft a Chamber To Hear Cousin Chub Seawell H. F. (Chub) Seawell politi cal antagonist, lawyer, lay preacher, after-dinner speak er, and sometimes television commentator, will bring his bag of pleasantries here May 21 for the annual Raeford-Hoke Cham ber of Commerce meeting. The affair will be staged at the new W. T. Gibson School gym, where a fried chicken supper will be served. Reser vations should be made as soon as possible, because facilities are limited, said Jim Fout, chamber manager. Officers for the coming year will be Installed at the meet ing by R. B. Lewis. They were selected Monday after new directors were named by secret ballot. Directors elect the of ficers from their ranks. Wyatt Upchurch was re-elected as president; Ralph Barn hart and Alfred K. Leach were named vice presidents; Younger Snead Jr. will be secretary, and Charles Hottel was re elected treasurer. New three-year directors named by ballot include Jimmy Conoly, Ed Manning, Ashwell Harward and Homer McGulnn, Complete Tabulation Is On Page Six Ticket bell of Rowland received the fourth hlgheet total In Hoke County, L743. Incumbent Rep. Roger Kleer of Laurlnburg poll ed 1,318 votes here and Walton Lowery got 813. The results were similar In the entire district, with Mc Fadyen, McMUllan, Speroa and Campbell winning nomination. District totals were: McMillan, In the Republican gubernator ial race, Rep. James Gardner received 10S votes In Hoke Coun ty, while hla opponent. Jack Stlckley, garnered only 24. Hoke gave a whopping ma jority to Sen. Sam J. Ervln, who polled 1,204 votes here In hla bid for renomlnatlon to the I'A Senate. Charles A. propriate entertainment on dates. "We believe we can raise the money, build or buy the build ing, plan the program, and run the center," Ramsey said, "Of course, we want chaperones. We don't ask you (town council) to give us anything, but we want your support and need It." "The center doesn't have to be anything elaborate, but we'd like to at least have some place we could go where we had a record player and Coke machine," another of the group said. Members of the board pled,,-ed their support in any undertaking the youngsters may plan and in vited them to return at any time the board is In session. Meanwhllr, the ministerial delegation headed by the Rev. Mr. Walker asked the board to Join with them and county com missioners In establishing a human relations committee to provide communication between See TEENAGERS, Tage 11 a a a ssssssstssss sissss Seawell, a native and lifetime resident of Carthage, is a grad uate of Wake Forest LswSchtsl and passed the bar at age 20. He has served two terms as vice president of N. C. Bar Association. As a republican candidate for governor of North Carolina In 1952. he received more than 383,000 votes 100,000 more votes than all other Republi can candidates for governor of the stste before that time. His recreational activities elude golf, fishing, boating, and writing. He Is author of one book, "Sir Walter, The Earl of Chatham. He ranked at one time as probably the world's most pro lific writer of letters to edi tors, and his scathing commen tary was unique, humorous, and accepted with great glee by newspaper readers. Seawell is a sometimes visi tor to Hoke Superior Court, where he has defended clients In some of the more notorious local criminal cases. In Democratic Primary Pratt received 879 votes, John T. Gathtnge Sr. had 456. and Fred G. Erummlt got 131. Er vln won the atate's Democra tic nomination, H. lat Taylor Jr. of .Vades boro, bidding tor the Democra tic nomination as lieutenant gov. ernor, made a strong bid in Hoke County and was victor in the state race. Here, he received 2.153 votea, while Mra. James M. Harper Jr. polled 1,052 and Frank M. Matlock got 300. Although he finished second in the statewide balloting. Dr. Raymond Stone, president of nearby Sandhllla Community College, received 1,849 votes here In his bid for Democrs tlc nomination as euperlnten dent of public instruction. Other miifij,Wii ' j Iff Mayor McLean, Right, Reads Resignation CHUB SEAWELL Anti-Poverty Election Set A local board of directors for Hoke County Community Action Program, Inc., will be chosen by public vote Saturday, May 18, between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Any adult who Uvea In Hoke County may vote. The election la being held in accordance with federal requirements, which cal. for at least SO per cent of the local board to be elected by popular vote. Raeford Town Board passed an ami-riot ordinance Monday night and accepted "with re gret" the resignation of Ed Williams, town manager. The anti-riot law actually two sepsrste ordinances gives Msyor H. R. McLean authority to declare a state of emergency In event of civil disorder and to impose strict curfews. The second section of the package applies to use. manu facture, or possession of ma terials to make firebombs, "Molotov cocktails," or other incendiary or explosive "bombs." The action was taken swiftly after Town Attorney Phil Diehl explained provisions of the ordinances and Williams has expressed an opinion that the laws are needed. "We should prsy that we will never have to enforce them," Williams declared, "but as our laws are now constituted, the mayor has no authority to de clare an emergency, and that is necessary before we can re ceive National Guard help or other assistance." Williams also said such ordi nances are necessary before the town can enter a reciprocal agreement with any other municipality regarding mutual police help In time of civil disorder. A delegation of Negro min isters present to ask the board to establish a bi-raclal human relations council - pointed out that if the anti-riot Hoke totals In that race In cluded: Craig I-hllllps, 1,163; Everette Miller, 227; William D. Hi rrlll, 180, and Wendell W. Smiley, 125. Judge Raymond Mallard, vic tor In the state race for Dem ocratic nomination for Judge of the state Court of Appeals, bare ly edged Kldd Brewer In Hoke County. Mallard received 1,875 votea here, while Brewer got 1,662. A second contest between Judge Naomi E. Morrla and 'Salter C. Holton, won state wide by Judge Morris, gave her 1,8 39 votes in Hoke to Hol ton 's 1,792. Commissioner of Labor Frank Crane easily won re nomlnatlon on the Democratic Of Ed Williams, Left laws are needed, It should be clear there also Is a need for the bi-raclal council. As proposed by the minis ters headed by the Rev. Thomas Walker of Raeford the council would establish "communication" between die races, as well as survey the needs ot the people and help provide answers to the prob lems. The board agreed to Join county commissioners and the ministerial group In setting up the council. The resignation of Williams, Just home from Duke Medical Center after a kidney op eration came as no surprise st the meeting, but was a shock when it became unofficially known several days ago. Williams came here In 1963. One of his first acts was to insist upon prompt payment of water bills, and when he in stalled the practice of cutting off water regardless of the Influence or affluence of the customer -- when bills were not promptly paid brought early criticism. He also persuaded the town board to adjust water and sewer rates to provide necessary revenue, began collecting back taxes, and installed other money-saving practices. As with all municipal man agers who perform their Jobs well, Williams was sometimes the object of widespread criti cism, but he enjoyed strong support from the town board and many people. ballot, and In Hoke County, pol led 2,450 votea to 982 for Join B. Wardell. Fayettevllle'e Sneed High seeking nomination aa Demo cratic candidate lor stste trea surer, outdistanced Incumben Edwin Gill In Hoke County, 1,03 to 1, 518, but lost the ststewidi race. Robert B. Morgan of Lining ton, who scored a atatewidi victory over Incumbent Wad. Bruton aa Democratic candidal for attorney general, earrlei Hoke County by a I960 to 1,580 In a four-man race for Dem ocratic nomination aa commis sioner of Insurance, Incumben Edwin S, Lanier polled 1,20 votea In Hoke County. John B Whitley received 493 rotes
The News-Journal (Raeford, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
May 9, 1968, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75