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The Hoke County News- Established 1928
The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOLUME LXIV NUMBER 38
RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
4 PER YEAR 10 PER COPY
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1969
Sewage Disposal Plant
Four Cases Tried As
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Expansion Work
Could Start In Feb.
The Town of Raeford expects to
receive a $42,000 federal grant by Feb. 1
which will round out the extra $ 162,000
needed to proceed with plans for
necessary expansion work at the Sewage
Disposal Plant,
Town Manager John Caddy said that
n appeal for help had been filed with a
governmental agency when it was learned
that the lowest contract bid turned in was
considerably more than the funds
previously raised for the project. The
agency had returned an answer stating
that if $120,000 of the sum was raised
locally, the remaining $42,000 would be
forthcoming ai a grant.
After all other prospective sources had
been exhausted, Burlington Industries
answered an SOS with an offer to prepay
$120,000 for water and sewer services.
The $162,000 combined with the
$700,000 raised by way of a bond
referendum and a $300,000 government
loan, means that a contract can be signed
with the lowest bidder.
More than two years ago, it was
determined by the town's engineers that
the disposal plant, now about five years
old, was fur from adequate. An extensive
study was made after residents in the area
continued to complain about odor.
Engineers who recently completed a
county-wide water and sewer study
noted, with emphasis, that a ouhlic
I Burlington
Sales-Earnings
Up For Quarter
New York, N.Y., January 21. 1969 -Burlington
Industries, Inc., today
reported consolidated net sales of
$438,178,000 for its first fiscal 1969
quarter, an increase of 12 over sales of
$391 ,770,000 for the period last year.
Net earnings for the quarter, which
ended December 28, 1968, were
$20,785,000. or 80 cents per share on
25,980,000 shares outstanding at
December 28. For the comparable
quarter last year, earnings were
$20,032,000 or 79 cents per share on
25,322,000 shares outstanding.
The federal income tax surcharge
reduced earnings for the quarter by
approximately 7 cents per share. The
surcharge was not applied to the
Company's first quarter a year ago.
Charles F. Myers, Jr., chairman and
chief executive of the diversified textile
firm, noted that the domestic economy
and textile sales have generally remained
at a high level, despite the tax surcharge
and higher money rates.
The Board of Directors of Burlington
Industries, meeting in New York today,
declared a regular quarterly dividend of
35 cents per share, payable March 1 to
shareholders of record at the close of
business February 7, 1969.
IT I.ITl.RAI.I.Y t'l.t'V- Wilt McQueen, 44-vcar-old Kcgn, died in this automobile after losing control at he rounded a ctmeat
hifh speed. The car fkw through the air and hit the trunk of I tree tome 10 feet from the ground before coming to I stop on its
top. The ttx kJrnl occurred Saturday night.
sewage disposal system is as necessary for
the proper growth of a community as its
water system. Water supply and sewage
should be considered as a unit with
regards to both health and area
development.
Without proper disposal, it can create
intolerable nuisance, spread disease, and
reduce property values, the engineers
pointed out.
Approximately 1,100 customers are
served by the Town of Raeford's sewage
system. Service is offered to essentially all
of the residents.
The domestic sewage accounts for
350,000 gallons per day or only 27 per
cent of the sewage flow. Burlington
Industries' dye plant and Raeford Turkey
Farms contribute 945,000 gallons per
day, or the remaining 73 per cent of the
flow. These figures are findings of I
recent detailed engineering study
conducted to determine
recommendations for relieving the
overload sewage treatment plant.
The capacity of the expanded plant
will be 2.4 million gallons per day and
7,500 pounds biological oxygen demand
per day.
Also included in the pending sewage
project is a 24-inch outfall sewer which
will be routed north of town through
Silver City and will intercept the flow
from the Burlington Mills.
Representative McFadyen
And Doings In Raleigh
Rep. Neill McFadyen of Raeford will
go to bat, if necessary, to keep any
additional tax off cigarettes, he indicated
Monday after spending his first 1969 full
week in Raleigh as a veteran member of
the legislature and hearing numerous
proposals for raising new money.
In order to raise funds to meet
expected requests which would swell the
stale budget, a new tax must be levied
somewhere. A cigarette tax has been
mentioned for an extra source of income.
McFadyen said that he doesn't like the
suggestion on the premise that it would
reduce income for the tobacco farmer.
"Tobacco requires more hand labor and is
expensive and increasingly difficult to
produce profitably," he said. "Additional
cost added to the final product would
take away from the farm income." He
pointed out, in further argument, that an
increase in the taxes on cigarettes would
not produce enough revenue to satisfy
the rising demands for money reflected in
the new budget.
Other proposed ways of raising the
necessary funds include, additional levy
on alcoholic beverages, a crown tax on
soft drinks, or an additional sales tax
added to the existing 3 per cent now on
all retail merchandise sold in the state.
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SANDIilRR BOOSTERS - This group of men spearheaded the organization of a
Sandburr Club for Hoke County boosters of the Sandhills Community College Athletic
Association. At a meeting last Thursday, Sam Homewood, third from left, was elected
chairnwn of the new organization. Others shown are. left to right, Lawrence McNeill
Jr. member of the SCC Faculty A thletic Club, Paul Dickson, Hoke County member of
the college s Board of Trustees, and at right, Jim Reid, athletic director. A membership
drive is already underway.
Sandburr Club
Organized In Hoke
Sam Homewood has been named
chairman of the newly formed Hoke
County Sandburr Club.
The club is to be made up of Hoke
The Hoke County representative said
that he would not object to a tax on
alcohol but that he would wager on the
sale tax proposal since some counties are
asking the state to collect an additional
penny tax on all retail sales in their
county and return the revenue, less a
percentage for the state to the respective
county.
No matter whether it takes one of
these or a package deal involving more
than one, McFadyen expects the teachers
to get their wanted raise, he said.
A bill which will please most officials
of state banks will be presented by Hoke
County's Representative Neill L.
McFadyen during this session of the
General Assembly.
McFadyen disclosed this week that he
is working on and will present a bill to
remove a ruling which bars officers of a
bank from borrowing more than $2,500
from his own bank regardless of how
much collateral he can produce.
McFadyen said that most banks would
like to have the business of its own
employees rather than give it to a
competitive bank. But as the law stands,
under the supervision of the North
Carolina Banking Commission, a bank
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County citizens interested in helping to
support an athletic program at Sandhills
Community College at Southern Pines.
Homewood, production manager at
Burlington Worested Plant here, was
named chairman last Thursday when a
key group of local men met at a luncheon
hosted by The News-Journal at the
Family Restaurant.
Paul Dickson, publisher ,of The
NewJournal, and a member of the board
of trustees of the college, welcomed the
Raeford men and three representatives
from the college.
Jim Reid, athletic program director at
SCC, said that the school has fine
outdoor facilities but no funds with
which to carry on compctctivc games of
basketball, soccer, baseball, tennis and
track.
Plans were made for a Hoke County
drive for memberships to begin
immediately. It will come to a climax
Feb. 15. On that date, at a basketball
game to be played that night, a check
from the Sandburr Club will be presented
to the school.
Larry McNeill, a Hoke Countian and
member of the faculty athletic council,
pointed out that by order of the State
Department of Community Colleges SCC
is there to directly serve both Hoke and
Moore counties, specifically. Classes are
taught in these two counties, only.
"Hoke County citizens are fortunate in
that they receive many benefits but bear
no tax burden in connection with the
college," McNeill pointed out. Of the $1
million annual budget, Moore County
pays $250,000 and the state pays
$750,000.
There were 28 students enrolled in the
college from Hoke last spring. Statistics
also show that there were 75 persons
attending adult education classes from
the county and 77 enrolled in adult basic
education at West Hoke and South Hoke
schools.
The total docs not include the adult
education enrollment during the fall
quarter or those taking courses there
now. It does not include the reading class
taught each Tuesday night at the Hoke
Library or the classes for food personnel
being taught each Tuesday night.
The total does not include the Leonard
Training School classes in Waiter
Training, Psychology for Adolescents,
Human Relations, and Institutional
Housekeeping.
Arthur Bryant, chairman of the faculty
athletic council also joined in the
discussion.
Local men attending the projection
luncheon, besides Dickson, were, Clyde
L'pchurch Jr., J.H. Austin, Benny
McLeod, Frank Teal, Doc Ivey, Sam C.
Morris, CD. Bounds, Raz Autry and
Homewood.
For
W. J. McQueen Is Hoke's
First Traffic Fatality
Hoke County's first fatality of the year
occurred in a one-car accident around
6:30 p. m..Saturdav.
Wilhe J. McQueen, 44, of Rt. 3 Red
Springs, was killed when the car in which
he was riding alone ran off a rural paved
road near Duffy Station. Hijh-,-sy
Trooper Joe Stanley said that the car was
Superior Court
Gets Underway
Superior Court Criminal session got
under way here Monday morning and by
Tuesday shortly after the noon hour, one
man had been convicted and committed
to prison for 18 months and another had
been ordered to fork up $3,000 or go to
jail for five years.
Johnny Spencer of Hoke County,
charged with driving drunk and with
driving while his operator's license was
suspended, was sentenced by Judge
William Y. Bickett to six months on the
charge of careless and reckless driving and
1 2 months for driving after his operators
license had been revoked.
Witnesses, including Highway Trooper
J. D. Robinson, testified that Spencer
entered a rural paved road near Rockfish
at such a speed that he tilted on two
wheels before recovering control of the
car. After he drove down the road a short
distance, he "skidded" into another
driveway, the patrolman said. It was
further stated on the stand that Spencer
stopped the car, jumped out and started
to run. Through light from the patrol car
they saw him fall, then jump up and dash
towards the woods.
Spencer denied through his attorney,
Study Reveals Stock
Law Very Confusing
A condition exists in Hoke County
which few people are aware. There is no
law which demands that livestock must
be kept off the highway and out of the
confines of property of othet people.
Since law enforcement officers have
experienced considerable trouble with
straying swine and cattle, Sheriff Dave
Barrington brought the annoying problem
before the county commissioners at their
last meeting. The commissioners agreed
to file a request for Rep. Neill McFadyen
to present a bill before the legislature this
year which would provide Hoke with a
stock law.
The representative's first move was to
do some research, a procedure necessary
before any bill can be properly and
confidently brought before the General
Assembly. "If this thing is not done right,
it could cost someone a lot of money
before he could prove he was not guilty,"
McFadyen said.
Many local persons thought Hoke
County was already covered by such a
statute. It is among the few counties in
North Carolina which are not.
There was a time when farmers all over
the state branded their stock or marked
them in some permanent manner which
would label them their own. They were
then left to run al large. As far as law is
concerned, the practice could still be in
Deadline For Tax
Listing February 1st
Saturday is the last day for Hoke
residents to list taxes without being
charged a penalty, T. B. Lester, Hoke
County tax supervisor, reminded this
week.
There arc still a large number of
persons who have not listed but, "we can
get them all if they will come on in," he
said. Those in Raeford Township will
only be able to list until noon since the
courthouse will be closed Saturday
afternoon.
If more taxpayers would go to their list
taker in the morning, they would have a
shorter waiting period, the supervisor
pointed out. Afternoons are always
overrun and mornings are slack.
Thc.e is a tax list taker in every
township. Farmers who have a great deal
of real and property should try to make
an appointment with the lister.
Property to be listed includes buildings
and improvements, including dwellings,
land, animals, including stock and poultry
of all types, automobiles, and other
motor vehicles.
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travelling at a high rate of speed when the
driver lost control, ran off the left side of
the highway flew through the air and hit
a tree about 10 feet from the ground.
McQueen was pinned in the wreckage
for some three hours, the patrolman said,
and he died while rescuers from both Red
Springs and Raeford were at work.
Phil Die h I. that he was the man the
patrolman, and a friend riding with the
trooper, saw. Ownership of the car being
driven carelessly and recklessly was not
brought out in testimony.
Roderick Graham, Ft. Bragg, charged
with assault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill (not resulting in death) was
handed a five year sentence which was
suspended for five years on condition
that he pay through the office of the
Clerk of Superior Court, $3,000 for the
benefit of James Peguese. He was also
ordered to pay costs of court.
Freddie Revels Jr., Raeford Rt. 2,
charged with speeding 80 miles an hour in
a 60 mile zone, and careless and reckless
driving, received a six months sentence
suspended for one year on payment of
S 100 and costs. He was ordered to remain
on probation for three years.
George Marion, Red Springs, charged
with driving under the influence of
intoxicating liquor, was remanded to
District Court for compliance with
judgment. The former sentence was six
months suspended for one year, and loss
of operator s license for one year.
force in Hoke County because
non-existant law against it.
That fact was brought to light
of a
a few
years ago when an owner was brought
into court for letting his stuck run at will
and eat from his neighbors' fields. The
defendant was acquitted when it was
disclosed by his attorney that although
most of North Carolina is covered by a
stock law which confines farm animals
behind fences, Hoke County is not
included.
In this county, according to an existing
ancient law, the crops should be fenced in
rather than the animals.
When North Carolina, and as a matter
of fact, the United States, was in its
infancy, a law was passed which
demanded that farmers fence in their
corn and other crops luscious to the taste
buds of the four-legged animal. This law
still could be enforced in all counties
which have not caused a stock law to be
passed. Local farmers, nevertheless, have
preferred to keep their livestock behind
fences because of the dangers they may
encounter.
The old law states that a fence,
five-feet high, should be provided around
crops "in counties and district where
there is no slock law."
C umberland and Robeson counties, at
the time, asked to be exempted from the
five-foot requirement. An amendment
was passed allowing the two counties to
use a sliuclurc only 4'A feet high. Hoke
was, at the lime, a part of these two
counties.
Chapter 68-24 of the existing stock law
states that "any person may lake up
livestock running at large within any
district covered by the stock law, and
impound same. And such impounder may
demand $1 for each animal taken up and
50 cenls for each animal for every day
the stock is kept impounded and may
retain with right to use under proper care
until all legal changes for impounding said
stock and for damage caused by same are
paid, the damages to be ascertained by
two disinterested freeholders."
The succeeding clause stated that, "the
impounder shall immediately inform the
owner if he is known and if owner for
two days willfully refuses or neglects to
redeem his stock, then the impounder,
after 10 days written notice posted in
three places in township, stating place,
day and hour of sale, shall sell at public
auction. He shall then apply proceeds to
expenses entailed and turn over balance
to the owner, if known or to the county
commissioners for school funds."
There are also provisions to protect the
owner from having stock impounded
unlawfully -to force the impounder to
feed and water the slock, etc.
There is more to getting a law passed
by act of legislature than meet's the eye.
McFadyen says that he will gather as
much information on the issue as possible
and will make a report to the county
commissioners before a final bill is drawn.
Store Entered
Dundarrach Trading Company at
Dundarrach was entered by force Sunday
night and several hundred dollars worth
of merchandise was taken.
The Hoke County Sheriff'i
Department is invesligating the burglary
but no arrest have been made as yet.