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The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
Around Town
By SAM C. MORRIS
Last week in this column we had a
letter from R.D. Dickson telling about
the post office at Vollers. Mrs. iCate B.
Covington sent me a receipt she found at
her home that was given to her
grandfather by Dr. AJ\ Dickson on Oct.
1, 1891. Printed at the top of the
statement on which the receipt was
written was Vollers, N.C.
We thank Mrs. Covington for sending
us this receipt.
Raz Autry was by the office this week
and asked me to remind everyone about
|?the member ? guest golf tournament at
"Arabia on Saturday and Sunday, August
14 - 15. He urges those that wish to play
, to please sign up so that final plans can be
worked out. The cost of the tournament
is S2S which includes a dinner Saturday
afternoon.
Wc will start this week and continue
for a number of weeks about grist mills
and gins that were in Hoke County
around the turn of the Century. The first
will be the McDiarmid Mill that was
located on the Turnpike road near where
Bill Thomas now lives.
The following was written by W. T.
McLean, a native of Hoke County who
now lives in Clinton. He sent the
following to H.R. McLean.
McDiarmid Grist Mill
On the road out by the J.C.Thomas
farm, you will come to what was once a
water powered Grist (Corn) mill which
wns l<*merly owned by William L.
McDiarmid who we think built the pond
and the mill. David McDiarmid, his son,
\t/j't owned and operated the mill. W.J.
^if/.Diarmid, his son, was we think the last
r (Jwner to operate the mill.
Just before you reach the stream on
which this mill was located, you will
come to a slight hill or elevation which is
located between a small stream and the
mill stream and on the left is located the
McDiarmid cemetery where several of our
ancestor, are bu;.ed. Some years ago the
khfiiMril*McLcan and other relatives
* replaced the old wooden fence with a
steel fence and cleared up the cemetery, I
have been to the cemetery once since it
tad been fenced with the steel fence and
Vhv-vated. I don't know what the
^condition of it is at this time. William I.
^McDiarmid is buried in this cemetery and
? quite a number of relatives of the
McDiarmid family.
W.J. McDiarmid and some associates
erected a cotton gin some distance from
the home and he secured the services of
Mr. Jim (J.P.) Smith to operate the gin
and this gin was dismantled and moved
' on the highway hearer Raeford about on
the land line between W.J. McDiarmid
and Mr. J.C. Thomas and to this
operation was added a circular saw mill
which was operated jointly between W.J.
McDiarmid and J.C. Thomas. Later the
gin was dismantled again and moved to a
point opposite the J.C Thomas home and
located on the A. & R. Railroad. I judge
this gin has been discontinued for
sometime.
We went with Mr. McLean (Hootch)
and the gin mentioned above stood on
the Aberdeen Highway this side of where
Jim Lentz has his antique shop.
According to Mr. McLean J.P. Smith had
his plow shop behind the gin next to the
A&R railroad.
Next week we will write about the
McQueen Grist Mill on Beaver Dam creek.
Loose Livestock Complaint
Ends In District Court
Allowing livestock to run
loose resulted in a conviction
in District Court Friday for
Alexander Locklear of
Shannon. Prayer for judgement
was continued for five years
with the court reserving the
right to pass final judgment at
any time during that period.
Locklear pleaded guilty to
violation of the state stock law.
A warrant signed by Donnie
Halthcock and R.B. Ellis of
Lumber Bridge alleged that
Locklear allowed his livestock
to run loose in Stonewall
Township.
No court costs were asaessed
in the case.
Randall Tuton Mullinak of
Greer, S.C. failed to appear for
trial for driving under the
Influence and a cash bond of
$200 was ordered forfaited.
David Columbus Emanuel of
Maxton pleaded guilty and was
charffad costs for failing to
display a red flag at the end of
t load.
Gordon L. Marshall. Jr. of
FayetteviUe was charted costs
for flahtag without a Ucenaa.
Fred Maitoi Harris of
Halifax was fined SS and costs
for speeding 60 in a SO mph
zone.
Melvin Reece Lynthacum of
Biscoe was fined S2S and costs
for driving without a
chauffeur's liecnes.
Jasper Pur die of Lumber
Bridge pleaded guilty to failing
to decrease speed in time to
avoid a collision and was
sentenced to 30 days
suspended and fined S10 and
costs.
Lonnie Leggett of Raeford
was aentenceato 30 days with
capias and or commitment to
issue at any time during the
next five years if he la
convicted of asaaulting or
trespassing on the property of
Kathryn May nor. He wai
charged court costs.
Russell Washington
Newcomb of Fremont was
fined S10 and costs for
Improper passing.
James T. Long of Raeford
pleaded guilty to simple aaaault
and was santanoad to 30 daya
suspended and fined $10 and
Garley Carpenter of Raeford
wai sentenced to 30 days
suspended and fined S10 and
costs for allowing an
unlicensed person to drive.
Thelma Stubbs of Raeford
was sentenced to 30 days
suspended and was charged
court costs for driving without
a license.
Herman Rogers Currie, Jr. of
Aberdeen pleaded tuilty to
DUI and was sentenced to six
months with capias and or
commitment tp issue at any
time during the next 18
montha upon conviction of a
traffic violation. He was
ordered not to drive for the
next 12 months except under
the conditions of a limited
driving privilege and was fin*!
SI SO and coeta. The
breathalyzer was .21 per cant.
The atatc took a nol proa
and recalled the capias for
^*1 Manhall Ivey, Jr. of
ktoa who waa charged with
puMte drunkenaeea.
Tin eute took ijool proa
upon payment of
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deadly weapon.
The state took a not pros
with leave on a case against
Willie Edward McLean of
South Hoke who was charged
with non ? felonious breaking
and entering.
Elsie Millon Jones of Rex
pleaded guilty to driving on the
wrong side of the highway and
was sentenced to 30 days
suspended and fined $25 and
costs.
Harold AUen of Gree, S.C.
failed to appear for trial for
aiding and abetting driving
under the influence and a $200
cash bond was forfeited.
Freddie W. Breeden of Rt. 2,
Raeford pleaded guilty to two
jtarps of (tiling wine and beer
Ha was sentenced
TO ?x months suspended for
two years on the condition
that far not violate any
pcoMMtton law* for the next
two yean. He wfa fined $100
iodooeu.
Ronie Ue Crieco of Granite
Quarry pleaded pity to DUl,
*cox>4 *nd was
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County Tax Rate Remains $1.50;
Hearing Set For 1 Cent Sales Tax
Harward, Gentry Returning
Two personnel appointments were
announced today for the Raeford Plant
of Burlington Worsteds.
Bob M. Gentry was named personnel
manager and Ashwell B. Harward was
named assistant personnel manager. Both
men have held Raeford portions in the
past.
Gentry succeeds Larry Allgood, who
transferred to Reidsville as personnel
manager of the Reidsville Drapery Plant.
Harward succeeds William I. Shankle,
who will be transferring to the Halifax,
Va., plant as assistant personnel manager.
Gentry will transfer to Raeford from
Drakes Branch, Va., where he had served
as personnel manager since 1962. He was
an assistant personnel manager in Raeford
in 1961 and also had served as office
supervisor and as training manager for the
plant. He joined Burlington in 19S8.
A native of Roxboro, Gentry served
two years in the U.S. Army (1952-54).
He earned his B.A. degree from the
University of South Carolina in 1958.
He is a Methodist, and has been active
in a number of civic organizations,
including the Jaycees, Lions Club, and
the Ruritan Club. His community
activities include work with youth
groups, the United Fund, Red Cross,
and the Drakes Branch Chamber of
Commerce, of which he is a former
president.
His wife is the former Eleanor Stewart
of Roxboro; they have three children.
Harward formerly served as personnel
manager of the Lexington Plant of
Burlington Worsteds. He was personnel
manager at the Raeford Worsteds Plant
from 1962 to 1970. He joined the
Company in 1946 and was named
training coordinator at the Raeford
Worsteds Plant in 1958. He was named
personnel manager of the Drakes Branch,
Va., plant in 1960, and returned to'
Raeford as personnel manager in 1962.
He has been personnel manager at
Lexington for the past year.
While serving in Raeford, Harward was
a director of the Hoke County United
Fund; the Boy Scouts; the Hoke County
Boosters Club and is former president of
the Chamber of Commerce. He is a
deacon in the Baptist Church and a
Sunday School teacher.
He is a native of Durham and attended
the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. During World War II, he
served with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.
His wife is the former Eleanor Williams
of Carrboro; they have two children.
State Can't Build
Road T o Landfill
For want of a road, the landfill is
useless.
The city ? county's badly - needed
landfill can't begin operation until a half ?
mile road is built to the 60 acre site,
located on land across Rockfish Cnek
purchased from the McKeithan estate.
And efforts to get a road to the site
appear to be stalled.
. County manager T.B. Lester said
Tuesday that he was informed last week
by Highway Commissioner Charles
Dawkins that the state could not build a
road to the land fill.
Dawkins met with other officials in
Raleigh last week to discuss the road,
Lester said.
County officials had planned to have
the landfill open by July 1 and had
foreseen no problems on the road
construction. Several landfills in
Cumberland County have been opened
recently after roads to the sites were built
by the state.
However, highway personnel working
in the county told the commissioners at
the last meeting that the road could not
be built without being approved by the
Commissioners at the State Highway
Commissioners meeting.
After meeting in Raleigh, Dawkins said
that the state could not build the road,
Lester said.
"He said that he couldn't take money
Cotton Blooms
Cotton is blooming in the county now.
Henry Maxwell, manager of the
Johnson Company farm at Blue Springs,
claims the county's first reported blooms
on June 28.
from other projects to pay for the road to
the landfill," Lester said.
Highway engineers estimated that the
road would cost S3,000 to build,'Lester
said.
'' When Lester spoke with E iwVutis las*.
Fruity, he aaked for a letter to the
county commissioners in time for their
special meeting Monday explaining the
reasons why the state could not construct
the road and the alternatives open to the
county: However, Lester uid, he had not
receivft any letter from Dawkins by
Tuesday.
John Balfour, county commissioner,
placed 9 call Tuesday to the staff of Gov.
Robert Scott, asking for help in getting
the road built.
The landfill was purchased this spring
with S7.100 in county funds and a
$5,500 grant from Advancement for the
site and right - of ? way for the road. The
city has agreed to operate the landfill,
with the county paying S 10,000 of the
operating costs.
Lester estimated that the state would
save the cost of the road construction in
lessened clean - up costs.
'if we had that landfill, the county
could conduct a clean-up campaign and
we could enforce our litter and dumping
ordinances," Lester said. "It would save
money for the state in the long run."
You'd think with all the emphasis on
fighting pollution, that we could get a
road to the landfill."
Lester said that the county could not
use taxes to build a road because it was
not a necessary expense.
"That would be using county taxes to
take over a state ? run operation, since the
state maintains the roads," Lester said. "1
don't think the county can do that."
ASHWELL HARWARD
BOB GENTRY
Post Office Celebrates
Start Of New Service
The inauguration of the new United
States Postal Service on July I, will be
celebrated in Washington, D.C., and in
every post office across the country.
Postmaster Charlie Morrison has
announced that all members of the
community are Invited to visit their local
post office on July 1st and enjoy the
hospitality of the men and women who
comprise the new U.S. Postal Service.
Dedication ceremonies in Washington
will be hosted by Postmaster General
Blount. Honored guests at the dedication
will include members of Congress, former
Postmasters General, the Board of
Governors of the new Postal Service and
their wives, as well as Assistant
Postmasters General, headquarters
personnel and other dignitaries.
Visitors to the post office will be given
a souvenir envelope imprinted with the
old and new insigna of the Postal Service.
This envelope will also be made available
in limited numbers as a first day
cancelation ? for just the cost of an 8c
stamp - by stamping and conceiting a
supply of the souvenir envelopes in
advance in all U.S. Post Offices.
A photographic display of modern
Postal Service jobs and functions will help
visitors learn more about the men and
women of the Postal Service and how
each mail user can help them to serve the
community better. Postmaster Morrison
also announced that there will be an
employee available to explain mail
processing for those desiring to see the
work room area
Car Stolen
On Main St.
A car was stolen from Main Street
Sunday afternoon, Raeford Police Chief
L.W. Stanton said.
A red, 1963 Chevrolet was taken from
in front of Macks 5 & 10 about 2:30 p.m.
The car, owned by Jack Pittman, was not
locked.
Chief Stanton said that the keys were
not left in the car but that the ignition
could be turned on without a key.
The license number is LS677.
Hoke Roads
Not Included
Bids totaling SI5,847,472.82 were
received last week by the State Highway
Commission at Its regular monthly letting
but no Hoke County projects were
included.
There were ten projects in 12 counties
involving more than 266 miles of road
construction.
Counties included Pitt, Wilson,
Buncombe, Duplin, Lenoir, Sampson,
Rockingham, Chatham, Lee, Ashe,
Macpn, and Forsyth.
At a special meeting Monday night, the
county commissioners held the line on
the tax rate for next year and voted to
hold a public hearing on a county sales
tax.
The commissioners met Monday to
approve the budget for the 1971 ? 72
fiscal year. Acting about six weeks behind
schedule, the commissioners have been
waiting to approve the county budget
until the state legislature indicated the
state's course on Medicaid. The county
budget is usually set in May.
The tax rate will remain at SI.SO for
each SI00 valuation, county manager
T.B. Lester said. They were able to
maintain this rate because of the
increased improvements and inventory in
the over-all valuation and because the
state is assuming the major part of
Medicaid, he said.
The board voted to hold a public
hearing on the sales tax on July 15 at 2
pjn.
A total budget of $613,812.75 was
approved, compared to the tentative
budget set in April at $629,353.16. The
budget for last fiscal year was
$568,892.87.
The biggest change in the final budget
was in the Medicaid funds. The state
budget, which was reported out of
committee last week, includes payment
by the state of 90 per cent of the non -
federal portion of Medicaid costs. In
dollars and cents, this reduces the
county's budgeted share this year to
$12,000. A total of $47,368 was included
in the tentative budget, based on the
expenditures of this fiscal year, which
have amounted to about $40,000. Lester
said the $12,000 was recommended by
the state as being adequate. Last year
only $28,711 was. planned for the
county's part of Medicaid.
Other changes made before the final
budget was approved were minor, Lester
said. Funds were transferred from other
sources ? $284.42 to general fund close
out the jail building fund and $1,000 '
from the Comprehensive Health fund to
repairs for the county office building.
A request of $225 was approved for
Advancement, Inc. and $350 for a
typewriter for the farm extension agent
was approved.
Other additions included $300 for a
worker to clean the dog pens at the
pound; and $600 for maid services at the
he&kh department. The board considered
a request for $5,000 from the Hoke
County Rescue Squad but approved the
same figure set in the tentative budget,
$3,000.
' The board voted to divide the
ambulance service allotment of $1,500
between the two ambulance companies
services in the county. An appropriation
for two industrial training students was
reduced in half as the city agreed to
sponsor one student.
In other action, the board approved a
resolution to appoint T.B. Lester as
trustee for the Radeen Club's bonds and
appointed Phil Diehl to the SCAP
Sandhills Community Action Program
board in place of Wendell Young.
Lester reported to the board on the
actions taken to try to get a road built to
the land fill.
Burlington Employees
Receive Vacation Pay
Vacation pay is being distributed
among wage employees of Burlington
Industries, Inc. during the summer
vacation season.
Charles A. McLendon, Burlington vice
president for personnel, said payments to
the Company employees coincide with
manufacturing plant vacations. These
payments, together with similar amounts
Seniors Meet
The Raeford Senior Citizens
Friendship Club will meet at Raeford
United Methodist Church on July 6 at
2:30.
The Rev. John Ropp, pastor of
Raeford Presbyterian Church, will speak
at the meeting.
All members are urged to attend.
paid last December, will total about $9
million for the Company's 1971 fiscal
year.
The local Burlington plants will close
for vacation week beginning Monday,
August 2,1971.
Burlington employees at plants in 14
states will share in the summer payments,
Mr. McLendon said. Individual amounts
are based on each employee's length of
service.
The payments are in addition to
benefits provided by Burlington's profit
sharing retirement plan for hourly - paid,
employees. In 1970, members of the
Burlington plan had more than S9 million
credited to their accounts.
3-Car Crash
Injures One
A three ? car collision on Harris Avenue
Friday afternoon resulted in one injury
and an estimated $2,400 in damages.
Mrs. Sharon Cameron Scarboro of
Raeford was charged with unsafe
movement. According to the city police
rtport, Mrs. Scarboro waa traveling cast
on Harris Avenue when die made a left
turn into the oath of a car driven by
Ahrin Jacob* of Raeford, traveling we at.
The Scarboro car was struck on the
right aide and caretned it
in the lot of the Raeford j
Mrs. Scarboro wu ML _ _
Medical Croup with nfcMf l^Ufbs.&
The Newg-Journal Office
Will Be Closed
Monday, July 5th.
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