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The Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOLUME LXVII NO. 44 RAEFORU. HOKE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA S3 PF.R YEAR Till RSI) AY. MARCH 9. 1972
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By SAM C MORRIS
The Jefferson ? Jackson dinner was
held in Raleigh last Saturday with many
Democrats attending. The affair this year
was very lively because of the great
number of candidates that are seeking
office. It seemed that each candidate had
a goodly number of young ladies in "hot
pants" guiding the office seeker through
the Sir Waiter and singing a campaign
song.
Pat Taylor, Skipper Bowles and Hec
McGcachey seemed to have the largest
number of young ladies and they
attracted much attention during the day.
We suspect that they tired out some of
the candidates.
Anyway, it was a nice affair and raised
much money for the State Democratic
party.
Last week a gentleman came into the
office to get some printing done. After a
discussion over how many copies and the
price he said , "Charlie when can 1 pick
up the printing?"
Now most of the citizens of Hoke
County know that the writer of this
column is Sam Morris, bom and raised
here. This is what we have always
suspected too, but in the past year it
would seem that Charlie Morrison writes
this column and sells printing and ads for
the Dickson Press and that Sam Morris is
Postmaster. How this came about is hard
to figure.
Recently Charlie was in the Home
Food Market and a man came up to him
and asked that he print the same number
of cards for a certain church as he did last
year, Charlie said, to save embarrassment
to the man he continued to talk with him
until some other folks around became a
little curious about him selling printing.
This week a lady told him in the cost
office not to stop her paper; that she
would pay her subscription in a couple of
days.
The phone rang at the Morris home
recently and a young man asked to speak
to Ills* i'.Tothe,. '"K . t '.d that c -.TV'"'
have the wrong number he said that she
was playing bridge there. It so happened
that my wife was playing bridge at a
certain house in town (that's right)
Charlie Morrison's. The young man got to
talk to his mother by calling the Morrison
residence.
But to cap the whole thing was w hen
my wife went to the bank and they
deposited her check to the account of
Cliarlie Morrison. We were both upset.
Charlie and myself, at ihe end of the
month when we received our bank
statements.
Now every Monday morning Charlie
ctiecks with Sam or vice versa to see if
they have done anything over the
veekendlr k,irt on" another.
Now ?n doesn't believe the
above can ci.i. ith Charlie Morrison at
the post office or can ask J.H. Austin
who is also mistaken for Morrison
occasionally.
Anyway we couldn't be mixed up with
any nicer fellow.
Our best wishes to our Raeford
bowlers who will be journeying to
Raleigh Sunday for the N. C. Bowling
Championship tournament. League
President Tom Walker says that Raeford
Merchants are invited to help defray
expenses with a nominal contribution. If
you didn't receive a letter, you may drop
your donation here at The News - Journal
office. Make check payable to Raeford
Merchants' Bowling League
Man Awarded $750
For F alse Arrest
A man who was charged by a Raeford
merchant with issuing a worthless check
was awarded S750 in Superior civil court
last week for "abuse of process."
Robert Harrell was ordered to pay Carl
Taylor after it was found that Harrell
falsely accused Taylor of being the matter
of a check that was returned for
insufficient funds. Taylor cashed a
Hoke Singers
'Superior'
Hoke High's chorus and chorale were
the only groups to receive a superior
rating at the Southeastern Regional
Choral Festival held last Friday in
Wilmington.
Singers from some 15 schools
competed in the district contest at the
University of North Carolina campm
there. Among the schools included were
Laurinburg Scotland, Pine Forest, Cape
Fear, Terry Sanford. Glnlon. Rose Hill,
Hoggard. New Hanover. Hamlet, and
Rockingham
About 122 students from Hoke High
sang at the festival. The chorus and
chorale are directed by Mr*. Neill A.
McNeill
Control Measures Begun For Cholera
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Stores
Robbed
Two stores in the county were broken
into. Deputy Harvey Young reported this
week.
Robert Parks' store on NC 211 near
McCain was entered after a hole was
bored through the floor with a brace and
bit. Tobacco products and watches
totaling $400 were taken.
The Puppy Creek Grocery was entered
last Friday night after a hole was bored
through the roof. Young said. Cigars,
cigarettes and other items totaling $325
were reported taken.
Three Win
In District
Three contestants from Raeford won
first prize in the district fine arts festival
held last Saturday at Sandhill's
Community College.
They will compete in the state contest
sponsored by the N.C. Federation of
Women's Clubs at Meridith College on
March 25.
Cathy Currie will compete in the
student vocal division, after winning fust
place in the district. Adult winners from
Raeford are Mrs. Gladys Braicy with a
lyric poem "Spring" and Mrs. Helen Clark
with a woven bag in the miscellaneous
class.
Other local contestants who won
awards in the district competition are
Joanna Best, art ; Mrs. J .B. McLeod, floral
arranging, Mrs. Rurai Warner, textiles;
Mrs. Alene Wright, crochet with pattern;
Miss Ethelynde Baltancc, needle point;
Mrs. J.C. McLean, crewel and knitling
and Miss Brenda Abrams. decoupage.
97 Register
The Saturday voter registration drive at
Hoke High added 97 more voters to the
county's books to bring the total almost
to 6,000.
Scott Poole, chairman of the county
board of elections, said that as of March
4, there were 5,989 persons registered to
vote here.
During last Saturday's registration, 93
Democrats signed up. Two Republicans
and two independents were also
registered.
Grouping the new voters by race, Poole
said that three Indians. 29 Negrosand 65
whites registered.
Fund Boost
The United Fund inched closer to its
goal this week with a contribution from
the Samuel Leonard School.
William R. Windley, director, turned in
approximately Si 17 Tuesday to Fund
treasurer Sam Morris.
The county fund drive is slightly less
than S400 from its goal.
JOKES ? Posing beside his 24 ? foot campaign bus, Nick Galifianakis jokes with
spectators and campaign workers who were out of camera range. With him are Mrs.
Barbara Jones (left) and Mrs. Frankie Seals fright).
County Quarantine
Slaughter
Underway
Approximately 1.200 to 1.400 hogs
have been killed in the county under the
supervisions of state veterinarians since
hog cholera was reported last week on the
James Potter farm, county agent Wendell
Young told the county commissioners
Monday.
The herds in a mile radius of the Potter
farm on Rt. 2. Raeford are being
slaughtered in the eradication program,
he said. About 650 hogs belonging to
Potter were killed after the diagnosis was
made and about 250 hogs were killed on
the James Hendrix farm adjoining the
Potter land. Smaller herds in the area
have also been disposed of. he said.
The entire eastern half of the county
was placed under quarantine on March 2
and a statewide quarantine went into
effect on March 3.
Young told the commissioners that the
illness on the Potter farm was first
diagnosed at the state laboratory and by a
private veterinarian as pneumonia. The
hogs were put on sulfa drugs but about
200 had died before the diagnosis of
cholera was made.
Young said he didn't know where the
outbreak of the disease came from, but
that two herds in particular were being
checked. The disease was probably picked
up at an area sale, he said.
By W.S. Youiig.
County Extension Agent
Hog cholera lus been diagnosed on the
James Potter farm on Rt. 2. Raeford.
There had been some sickness in the herd
in early February but it had been
diagnosed as pneumonia from two
different sources.
The animals continued to die and other
animals were sent to the state laboratory
at the N.C. Department of Agriculture in
Raleigh. Before definite identification
could be made, approximately 200 head
had died.
A quarantine was established and (>00
others were disposed of on tins farm. In
addition, all hogs within a one mile radius
of this farm are being killed to stop the
spread. A large herd on the James
Hcndrix, Jr. farm was one of these. Some
herds belonging to Luther Locklear.
Albert McLean, Claude J. Posey and
others will be disposed of also. The
Department of Agriculture will appraise
and pay the farmer for these hogs that
have to be disposed of.
At the present time, no movement of
feeder hogs arc allowed in the eastern half
of the county. This includes a line along
the entire length of Highway 21 I and
around the county line on the eastern
side. Top hogs can be moved by obtaining
a permit from the state veterinarian.
Contact can be made by .-tiling the
county agentY office at 875-3461 or by
calling Faycttcville 483-2621 and asking
to talk to the veterinarian in ri>om 151.
No swine are to be moved within a
farming operation unless it is approved by
the vets.
We hope that all people will cooperate
until this crisis is over and the quarantine
has been lifted. Farmers with sick hogs
should report them as no reimbursements
will be made for animals that have died
before the veterinarian visits the f?r?n.
't ti very unforiui. ' tLn ?hi* case
Owcurud as North Carolina wc-.ild live
been declared free of cholera July I.
Now they must go an entire year again
with no new cases.
Landfill Operation Is Poor
Mills Tells Commissioners
The city ? county landfill is being
poorly operated, using up both land and
money at a rapid pace, county sanitarian
M R. Mills told the county commissioners
Monday.
The problems stem from two areas, he
said. First, the equipment lor compacting
the loads as the\ jre dumped is
inadequate and second, industries are
dumping during the weekend when no
landfill workers are on the job to direct
u.e dumping and compact the loads. Mills
said
He explained that the two ? year ? old
bulldozer owned by the city has been
broken much of the time the landfill has
been in operation. Thus, it has been
in possible for each load to be
compressed as it is dumped and as a
result, the trenches have been filled more
madly than expected.
One trench, which cost the city -
county nearly Si.000 to dig. has been
filled in the first three weeks of operation
and another, costing about $700 is more
than a third filled after one week of use.
he said.
Mills recommended that an auxiliary
bulldozer be put at the landfill as a
backup and that dumping not be allowed
when landfill workers are not on duty.
Mills also showed the commissioners a
sample of a printed paper sack that could
be used for bagging rat poison and the
board voted to return to the old system
of giving away poison.
The bags, which will cost about S15
for 5,000. contain all the labeling
information required by law. Mills said.
He said that there had been little demand
for the poison under the newly adopted
rodent control program of selling poison
at cost.
Commissioner J. A Webb told the
board that he didn't think the new
program to sell poison would ever be
successful after so many years of giving
poison away. The board approved
unanimously John Balfour's motion to
return to the free program.
County farm agent. Wendell Young
and home agent. Mrs. Ellen Willis
reported to the board on the month's
activities before going to Raleigh for the
annual agents' conference.
Young told the commissioners that
1.200 ? 1.400 hogs have been killed
already due to hog cholera and that the
eastern half of the county is under strict
quarantine
Mrs. Willis reported that an inter ?
agency council has been formed in the
(See MILLS. Page 11)
State Is
Quarantined
RALfcIGH - Hog cholera discovered in
Hoke County, last week has resulted in a
state - wide quarantine of swine, effective
at midnight March 3.
The sole exemptions from the
quarantine are for swine moving to
immediate slaughter and limited other
movement allowed under special permit
from the stale veterinarian. Dr. T.F.
Zweigart. Questions concerning special
movement such as breeder sales,
exhibition animals and farm to ? farm
movement within ones own farming
operation should be directed to the state
veterinarian's office in Raleigh or to a
State or Federal animal health regulatory
official.
"We sincerely hope this will be a short
quarantine. "Dr Zweigart said, "but its
length will be determined by the source
of the Hoke County case and whether
there arc other problems."
"I commend all involved for their
cooperation in the effort to eradicate hog
cholera and expect the same support
during this temporary set back.
"Hog Cholera eradication is an
expensive program but it is very
economical when compared with the cost
of hog cholera vaccinations and deaths
when the disease was rampant."
continued Dr. Zweigart
"The full efforts of Slate and Federal
Veterinary officials arc now employed to
isolate this case and to remove the
quarantine at the earliest possible dale "
Landfill Operation OK
City Manager Maintains
Get Shots
The combined measles vaccine was
given 10 2,200 Hoke County school
children in a two - day drive to eradicate
red measles and German measles.
The vaccine will be given to pre ?
school children ages 1 to 6. during a
special clinic Sunday at the health center.
The shots will be given from 12 30 to 3
p.m.
While there are some problems at the
landfill, the overall operation is running
well and has been commended by the
state health department, city manager
John Gaddy said.
"Fred Wood (from the state health
department) was down here just two or
three days after we started the second
trench and he patted us on the back and
said we were doing a good job," Gaddy
said.
The main problems have been
equipment breakdown and tain, he said
The city's bulldozer has not operated as it
should and has been repaired several
times since the landfill opened. Gaddy
said he was going to Greensboro, where
the machine was purchased, to try to get
some satisfactory maintenance. The
machine has been returned twice in the
last few weeks to Greensboro for repairs
and is still not operating properly.
Several days of rain hampered the
landfill operation when the facility first
opened, causing some of the trucks to
dump over the side of the trench to keep
from getting stuck, he said, but since
then, dumping has been done properly.
M R Mills, county sanitarian, appeared
before the counts commissioners Monday
and told them the landfill was not being
operated properly. The equipment was
inadequate and dumping was being
allowed when landfill workers were not
there to supervise and compact the
material, he said.
He recommended that off ? hours
dumping be halted and that an additional
piece of equipment to use as a backup be
purchased.
Gaddy disputed both
recommendations
"The city and county can't afford to
spend S20.000 ? S30.000 on a piece of
equipment just to sit out there in case the
other breaks down." he said. "But it is
possible that the bulldozer we have is not
big enough for the job. I don't know, but
we may have to get a larger piece of
equipment."
Gaddy said he didn't think that
allowing an industry to dump on Sunday
made any difference in the landfill
operation.
"What's the difference if they dump
one load on Sunday and one on Monday
or dump two loads on Monday0" he said.
"We still have two loads to compact "
At the present time, only Knit ? Away
has a key to dump at the landfill during
off ? duty hours, Gaddy said. He said if
other industries went to seven day a week
operation and needed to dump everyday
that that would be arranged.
Mills told the commissioners that in
order to use the costly trenches
effectively, each load dumped should be
compacted before another is dumped.
Over the weekend dumping created too
much material to be compacted at a time,
he said, and used up more space. Gaddy
said that the bulldozer was designed to
spread out the material so that it could be
compacted well with several loads
Ann Upchurch Is Finalist
payroll check trom Oeiser Industries at
Harrell's grocery store and was arrested
several weeks later after the check was
returned by the bank He was found not
guilty of issuing a worthless check by
district court Judge Joseph Dupree last
July.
Taylor had asked for $2,500 in actual
damages and $25,000 in punitive
damages.
In a damage suit by Fred Holloman
against Johnny Farmer stemming from an
auto accident, it was found that both
parties were negligent and no damages
were awarded.
A restraining order was continued in
the long ? standing feud between A H
Smith and David Probst granting Probst
access to his property. The court found
that Probst was entitled to right of way
to his property and Smith was given until
the civil court session of April 24 to lay
out a reasonable path of access
Judge James M Long presided over the
one week annual session
Taxi Driver Is Robbed
A taxi driver was robbed at gunpoint
Friday night but part of the money was
recovered by a large Doberman Pincher
dog.
Bert Hank ins was robbed near North
Rieford Fire Department by a fare he
picked up in Raeford The gunnman tooi.
$57 but apparently dropped part ot" the
money when he was chased by the do*
owned by George Baker. Deputy Harves
Young said. The Doberman retrieved the
money. Young reported
Driver Hurt
In Wreck
The elderly driver of a car involved in
an accident in the city Monday evening
was hospitalized and three other persons
received minor injuries in the collision at
Adams and East Central Avenue.
Mrs. J D. Tapp was taken to Moore
County Hospital with a gash on her head,
according to the police report. Mrs
Lucile Parker the driver of the other
vehicle. Willie Edward Murchison and
Parle McLean, all of Red Springs, w eie all
tieated and released with minor injuries
The accident happened about 5 45
p m. Total damages were estimated by
city police at SI .900. The accident is still
under investigation and no charges have
been made
Missy Upchurch has been selected as a
finalist for Katharine Smith Reynolds
Scholarship at the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro after competing
in district competition recently.
She will go 10 Greensboro campus
Ann "Missy" Upchurch
March 20 for interviews with the central
scholarship committee.
The Reynolds scholarships arc
patterned after the Morehead program at
Chapel Hill Along with academic
excellence, a Reynolds scholar is
expected to make a distinctive
contribution to the university The award
is based on merit alone
Miss Upchurch is president of the
National Honor Society at Hoke High,
and is co ? editor of the school yearbook
this year. She was co ? chiel of the
marshals at graduation last year, has been
a member of the student council for two
years and was a member of the
Homecoming Court this year
She is a cheerleader a member of the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Pep
Club, Future Teachers of America, the
Senior Flail of Fame, the chorale. French
Club. Monogram Club and the senior
executive committee. She has won the
French II award and the typing I award.
She teaches Sunday School at South
Hoke Baptist Church ar.d directs the
primary choir at Raeford United
Methodist Church, where she is also a
member of the Methodist Bell Choir.