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The Hoke County Newt- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOLUME LXV NUMBER 52 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 14 PER YEAR lOr PER COPY THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1970
Boards Of Commissioners, Education Reelected
Light Turnaut For Election Saturday
As Only 2300 Citizens Cast Ballots
I Around Town I
BY SAM MORRIS
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The primary election last Saturday was
very disappointing as far as the number of
people who voted. Approximatley 38% of
the voters went to the polls. This is hard
to understand when the men to be voted
on will run our nation, state and county
for the next two years. We have heard
citizen after citizen critizc the affairs of
our government, including national, state
and county, and especially the running of
our schools. After the vote Saturday we
have come to the conclusion that most
people are satisfied. If not, please be
silent if you didn't go to the polls last
Saturday.
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A call last week from Neill J.'Blue set
us straight about the James A. Blue
house. The house that was pictured in the
paper burned and the present house at
the corner of Magnolia Street and Elwood
Avenue replaced it.
In talking with Mrs. Kate B. Covington
Monday she said the house burned
around 1910. Mrs. Covington is a
daughter of James A. Blue and lives in the
present house. She stated that the Rev.
W.C. Brown, a former pastor at Raeford
Presbyterian Church was living at the
house when it burned. The Rev. Mr.
Brown was single at the time and she
recalls that he lost many valuable books
and papers in the fire. Mrs. Covington
said boys from Raeford Institute helped
fight the fire, bu> very little *as saved.
There was no fire department in Raeford
at that time.
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Roger Dixon brought a letter by the
office Monday from Mike McAnulty that
had been received by Mike's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J.H. McAnulty.
Mike is stationed in Bremerhaven,
Germany and the letter tells of a trip to
Denmark with a service basketball team.
The letter is very interesting relating not
only about the ball games but also
describing different towns in Denmark.
Mike tells of his visit to a home there and
also about the night life of the people.
Mike as most people will recall was a
start forward on the Hoke High
basketball team of 1967 that went Jo the
State finals. Tlranks Roger for bringing a
very interesting letter by the office.
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Dickson says not to jump to the
conclusion tliat he is going to start
writing editorials on a regular basis just
because he has done it for two weeks in a
row. He says he just lurppened to have a
couple in his system, and doesn't know
when the spirit will move him again.
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We will remind our readers once again
of two important events to mark on your
calendar.
The first will take place on Monday,
May 18 at 7 p.m. at the W.T. Gibson
cafeteria. It is tire annual Chamber of
Commerce dinner meeting. The speaker
will be Dr. John Tyler Caldwell,
chancellor at North Carolina State
University. If you haven't reserved your
tickets do so now. Call the chamber
office. The number is 875-2179.
Tlte second affair is the annual Booster
Club banquet to honor all athletics at
Hoke High May 22 at 7 p.m. The speaker
will be Homer Rice, atheletic director at
the University of North Carolina at
Cluipel Hill. Tickets can be purchased
from any booster member.
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WAITING FOR RI-TURNS - Some were laughing and tome were crying at they watched the voting results come in to The
News Journal board Saturday night. Several candidates can be spotted in the crowd that gathered outside to watch the unofficial
results being posted.
Boy Accused Of Attempted Rape
Given 7 Years On Lesser Charge
The grand jury relurned 31 bills of
indictment at the opening session of
Hoke County Superior Court with Judge
Edward B. Clark of Elizabethtown
presiding.
A true bill was returned charging
15-year old Ervin Fairley with felonious
assault with a deadly weapon with intent
to commit rape and felonious breaking
and entering.
He was allowed to plead gulity to a
lesser charge of assault with a deadly
weapon inflicting serious injury and the
misdemeanor of breaking and entering.
He was sentenced to a maximum of seven
years as a youthful offender.
Other true bills were returned against
Joseph Chavis and Joe Chavis, three
counts each of shooting into an occupied
dwelling, assault with a deadly weapon
and shooting into an occupied building:
Nathaniel Williams, assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill; James Alford,
assault with a deadly weapon with intent
to kill; Sidney Townsend and Darnell
McMillan, murder: Owilla Louise
Dobbins, assult with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill.
James Jones, Freddie Revels, Jr., Lock
Craig Dial and Thomas Dial were indicted
for larceny of hogs. True bills were also
returned against James Jones, Freddie
Revels, Jr., and Lock Craig Dial for
larceny and three counts of conspiracy to
commit larceny.
The jury returned other true bills
against Willie Carvin Locklcar for assault
with a deadly weapon with intent to kill:
Joseph Billinger, felonious hit and run;
Howard Alan Headden and Gary
Williams, five counts of breaking, entering
and larceny: Walter Thomas Gullege and
Aaron Lee Hall, escape, second offense.
There were no acquittals in the cases
heard by the jury.
Glenwood Hunt, whose case had been
continued from the January session,
pleaded guilty to six counts each of
fogery and passing forged checks. He was
sentenced to five years suspended
sentence and five years probation and was
ordered to pay the amount of the checks
and court costs at the rate of S25 per
week.
Iron Brayboy, Jr., pleaded guilty to
driving under the influence and driving
without a valid driver's license. He was
sentenced to six months suspended for
twoyears on the condition thut he pay a
S200 fine, not drive in North Carolina for
three years and not violate any state or
federal laws.
Johnnie Lee Watson, who pleaded
guilty to assault with a deadly weapon,
was sentenced to 30 days in jaii
suspended for one year on the condition
that he remain on good behavior, violate
no laws and pay the cost of court.
The state took a nol pros on a charge
of driving under the influence against
Robert Wayne Mims.
William Edward Baxley, who pleaded
guilty to driving under the influence,
inspection violation and improper
registration, wjs sentenced to 90 days in
jail. The court recommended he be
allowed to serve under the work release
program.
Danny Walters was found guilty of
forcible trespass, malicious damage to
property and trespass. He was sentenced
to one year suspended for a year under
the condition that he pay the court costs
for the three cases, that he not goon the
premises of the prosecuting witness,
James E. Douglas without Douglas's
consent, and that he continue psychiatric
treatment at Cape Fear Valley Hospital
until he is discharged by authorities.
James Earl Locklear pleaded guilty to
resisting arrest and was given a sentence
of from three to six months in jail
suspended for two years. He was fined
$50 and costs and the shotgun used as
evidence was ordered returned to his
wife.
JudgeClark declared a mistrial in the
case of Clinton White, who was accused
of armed robbery when one of the jurors,
Fannie Currie Davis, became ill during the
trial.
Walter James Holt, who was charged
with his fifth offense of driving under the
influence, was sentenced to six months in
jail suspended and was placed on
probation for three years. He was fined
$500 and costs.
Tlte state took a nol pros with leave in
the charge of driving under the influence
against John Patrick Pope.
William David Lunsford, charged with
driving under the influence, was fined
S150 and costs.
The state took a nol pros with leave in
the cases of Lock Craig Dial, James Jones
and Freddie Revels, Jr., on one charge of
larceny and three charges of conspiracy
to commit larceny. Jones, Dial and
Revels. Jr. were tried for larceny of hogs
and were found guilty. Prayer for
judgement was continued for one year
and the three men were ordered to appear
at the August session of Superior Court.
Thomas Dial, who was also charged with
larceny of hogs, failed to appear in court
and the judge announced that he was
withholding final sentencing until Dial
was tried. A capias was issued for Thomas
Dial and bond was continued on the
other defendants.
The state took a nol pros in the case
against Bell Love Baldwin who was
charged with failure to yeild right of way.
Willie Carven Locklear was found
guilty of shooting into an occupied
building and assault with a deadly
weapon by pointing a gun. He was
sentenced to six months suspended for
one year on payment of c-ists for each
case.
Jack Leach pleaded not guilty to
assault with a deadly weapon with intent
ot kill but was found guilty of the lesser
charge of assault inflicting serious injury.
He was sentenced to not less than two or
more than five years in jail. The court
recommended he be allowed to serve
under the work release program.
John McNeill, who pleaded guilty to
assault with a deadly weapon with intent
to kill, was sentenced to from three to
five years in jail suspended for four years
with four years probation. He was also
ordered to pay the medical expenses of
lite prosecuting witness, pay court costs
and to stav away from the "After Hours
Club."
Jospeh Billinger. who was sentenced to
from one to two vears in iail for felonious
Health Center Addition Approved
<-ippiuY4i uy iiic Kuveiiun^ oourus 01
Advancement, Inc. of a S20,000 grant for
an addition to the county health center
was announced at the meeting Monday of
tire county board of commissioners.
The board passed a resolution to
proceed with plans for the center that
would double lite floors pace there. Tire
county will add about S 10.000 to (Ik*
grant, the commissioners said.
Tire commissioners approved without
opposition to charge the SI 28 cost of a
cash register for the lax collector to the
contingeny fund. They also approved a
request from MR. Mills, county
sanitarian, to attend the Southeast Health
Conference in Nags Head June 3-5 and
34th Annual Educational Conference of
the National Environment Health Section
to be held June 21 -26 in Las Vegas.
Mills, who is chairman of the
Environmental Health Section of the
North Carolina Public Health Association,
will go as the delegate from North
Carolina.
n uuu)ici request mr ine program on
aging sponsored by the Southeast
Development Corporation was tabled to
allow the commissioners to determine if
the program duplicates the senior citizen
program now operated in the county by
SCAP.
The tax collection report showed
collections were about three per cent
below rormal for this time of year. The
1969 figures showed 87 per cent had
been collected this time last year whereas
84.11 per cent of the 1970 taxes have
been collected so far.
Bids for a new sheriffs car were
opened and the low bid of S2092.43 with
trade was accepted from Raeford Auto
Company. Sheriff D.M. Barrington read a
letter lie had received from Sheriff W Ci.
Clark of Cumberland County concerning
a new study group on the structure and
function of county government.
Mrs. (fllen Willis, home extension
agent, reported that (lie nutritional aides
who have been working with families
receiving; wmmoaiiy iooas are maKina
progress in the program and that now
other families arc requesting help from
the aides.
County farm agent. W 5. Young
reported that he had attended a
conference on tlie problems of using
toxic sprays from airplanes to spray
crops. He also reported that two Hoke
County farms had been placed under
quarantine for hog cholera but had since
been released with no incident of disease.
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Election Results
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Expect Second
In Representatives Race
Whh a light turnout at the polls throughout the district. only one candidate for tlte
state House of Representatives received a majority. A run ? off for the oilier three seats
is expected.
GusSperos of Maxton received 9976 votes in the district. 1091 more than the 7985
needed tor a majority. Neill McFadycn, representative from Raeford was 28 votes
sho.rt of a maioritv. with a district total of 7957._He led the ticket in Hoke County
City Planner
Hired May 1
Rac ford's new city planner and zoning
administrator, Monroe Williams, Jr., was
introduced to the city council Monday
evening at the regular council meeting.
Williams, who began work for the city
May 1, is a former employee of
Tex-Lastic.
Mayor John K. McNeill, Jr. expressed
the appreciation of the council and the
city government for the efforts of the
woman's club, the Jaycees and the co ?
ordination of Miss Josephine Hall,
chairman, during the recen^ successful
clean-up drive.
The council approved a salary raise of
an average of S42 a month for the heads
of city departments.
This was needed to help bring the
salary of Raeford city employees in line
with salaries paid in other cities, John
Gaddy.city manager said.
The board approved the application of
Hulanc Sanders for a beer and wine
permit and contracted for Woodrow
Wicker of Sanford to drill a test well on
the south side of town as a step toward
supplementing the water supply there.
Gaddy anounced that the waste
treatment plant had been completed and
that the final inspection by federal
agencies would take place this week. It is
already in operation, he said.
He also announced that the curb and
gutter project on Fulton Street had
begun. The city will do the engineering
and grading and Crowell, Company will
lay the curb and gutters after the work on
Prospect Avenue is finished, he said.
The retirement of Frank Pate, city
employee for over 30 years was also
announced to the council. Pate retired
April 30.
i*/w, wiiH iuj viuk9( winpcuiur,
Joy J. Jolmson, polling 1014.
Running behind Speroi and McFudyen
in the district are Johnson with 7850
votes: Odom with 7043: Campbell with
6601: Sinclair with 63S8 and Hall with
5974. These are the candidates expected
to be involved in a second primary if a
run ? off is called for.
Trailing them on the ticket were
Lowery with 4749; Britt with 3964 and
Watson with 3403.
Incumbent District Court Judge
George Stuhl was defeated in the district,
losing Hoke County to Seavy Carrol by
169 votes. Carroll also carried
Cumberland County.
Representative Alton A. Lennon also
scored a narrow victory in Hoke County
over challenger Charles Rose. With only
41 per cent of the registered voters going
to the polls, Lennon defeated Rose by
195 votes.
The incumbent county-commissioners
and members of the board of education
also won by substantial margins. On the
board of commissioners, John Balfour led
the ticket with 1263. T.C. Jones was next
with 1245 and Ralph Bamhart was third
with 1225.
Neill W. McPhatter was the closest
challenger with 983 votes. G.A. Robinson
got 893 and Peter Dial, Jr.,got 848.
On the school board, incumbents Riley
Jordan, A. Wilton Wood, Jr., D.R. Huff,
Jr. W. L. Howell, Jr. and Bobby Gibson
were all re-elected. W.T. McAllister trailed
the leading five candidates by 133 votes.
For Coroner Franklin Crumpler scored
an easy victory with 1382 votes. James C.
Lentz received 721 votes and Donald Ned
Hicks got 108.
Jack A. Thompson for solicitor also
carried the county substantially withl4l8
votes to Lacy S. Hair's 620. Thompson
also carried Cumberland County.
For the State Court of Appeals, Martin
carried Hoke 1112 to Hedrick's 923 but
Hedrick was elected.
On the Republican ticket, Frederick
Weber carried the county with 22 votes
to L.C. Flowers 12 votes.
Group Studies Changing
County Government
A study commission has been formed
to consider altering county government
to include an elected county executive
and eliminating all other elected county
offices except the board of
commissioners.
Hoke County SherifT D M. Barrington
received a quest ionaire explaining the
f'oposal form Sheriff W.G. Clark of
umberland County, who was appointed
head of the Law kntorcement Area ot the
North Carolina Government Study
Commission.
The group met in Raleigh April 23 to
begin investigation of the structure and
function of local government and are to
report back to the full commission with
their recommendations in September,
Sheriff Clark wrote.
Under the proposed form, which was
drawn up by John T. Morriscy. Sr.,
executive director and general counsel for
the Government Study Commission, the
county would be administered by a
county political leader, who would have
the executive powers and responsibilities.
The board of commissioners would be
a legislative and policy making body and
would not be involved in administering
the county business. A county manager
would be maintained to carry out the
routine operations of county government.
All other elected offices would be
eliminated and the numerous existing
boards and commissions would become
advisory boards rather than operating
authorities.
"The operating authority should be the
responsibility of the elected "County
Mayor." In this way, he (Morrisey) sees
the administration of county government
become more visible, and thus more
responsive and responsible and would
have the effect of making county
government even closer to the voters,"
Sheriff Clark wrote.
Sheriff Barrington said he strongly
opposed the concept. "This places all the
power in one man." Ik said. "And I am
opposed to anything that takes away
from opportunity of the people to choose
their elected officials."
Auto Accidents
Injure Seven
Three serious wrecks involving four
cars in the past four days have injured
seven persons.
Clyde Leon Wyriek. Jr. was injured
Friday night in a one car accident at the
Intersection of N.C. 20 and the road to
Arabia and Charles Linwood Hayes was
seriously injured Saturday night in a one ?
car accident at Davis Bridge on Sandy
Grove Church Road.
A two ? car accident Tuesday morning
at Antioch Church left five persons
injured. A passenger, Wilbert Roper of
NVhiic Plains. N.Y. in one of the cars was
listed in critical condition in intensive
care Tuesday at Moore Memorial
Hospital.
Lewis Haywurd Roper, of White Plains,
N.Y.. ran a stop sign at I lie intersection of
RPt (05 and NC 211 at Antioch Church
Tuesday and struck the car of Cary
Junior McQueen of Red Springs.
Injured in the collision were Lewis
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