\si Zh e <"7'2eus<> - journal 15< The Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 VOLUME LXVII NO. 27 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA S5 I'EK YEAR THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 9. 1972 Democratic Bastion Crumbles As First Republican President Conquers Hoke Around Town By SAM C MORRIS Bernard Bray, owner of Racford Auto Co. told us a irue story the other day that sounds more like a fiction tale. Bray said that last Saturday morning ' a nun came into his place of business and inquired about having a key made for lus car that he had lost. Bernard said he asked him the make of car and the man replied a 1971 Oldsmobile. The man told Bray that the car was purchased at Stewart Olds in Fayetteville, but that the Company didn't keep records of car keys so he couldn't find help there. f inally the man asked Bray if he would would let his wrecker pull the car to a locksmith in Fayetteville to get a key made. A price was agreed on and the wrecker driver and the man who had lost his keys proceeded down to the parking lot at Knit-Away to get the car. The wrecker pulled the car to Fayetteville and left the car and man at a locksmith, with the wrecker driver bringing the wrecker back to Raeford. Now this is a good story, but the climax came when a lady that works at Knit-Away came to the parking lot after working her shift looking for her 1971 Oldsmobile. She was told that the wrecker from Racford Auto Co. had pulled it away. The man who lost his keys had hired Bray to aid in stealing a car for him and had come out on top. Bray stated that as of Tuesday morning the car had not been recovered. Anyway this is a new way of stealing # a car to the writer of this column. I he foilovting letter Is self ** explanatory: Dear Mi. Morris, The Hoke County Law ? Fnforcement Officers Association has purchased five acres of land on rural paved highway No. 1203. This organization was formed for the purpose of promoting closer coopciation among the various branches of the Law - Inforcement Officers of Hoke County. North Carolina, and for the further purpose of promoting the welfare and interests of all members to the end that the enforcement of the law and the administration of justice may be improved through the interchange of ideas, the study of new methods and a better understanding of the law. which will in turn enable the members of this association to better fit themselves for the work to which they are dedicated in the law enforcement field, and through social and other means of fellowship to bring about better relations and better understanding among tlie members of this association. As of now. our local officers have to go to another county to obtain other than on the job training. This often causes hardship on the rest of the departments. It is the associations sincere hope to built a law enforcement building on this property and enable all officers to receive some training here in Hoke Count). Some probably could be on off duty hours. Anyone desiring to contribute for the ? building, please contact any member of the association. Sincerely. Sam R. Mot lev. President Governor 1st Republican In 70 Years Hoke County voters followed the national trend in Tuesday's general election with a light turnout and much ticket splitting. Barely more than 3,300 county residents cast their ballots this year as compared with better than 4,500 who voted in the 1968 presidential contest. The majority of Hoke Countians marked the Republican column in the presidential race but were straight down the line Democratic voter* for all other offices. Holshouser Wins In the governor's race Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles carried Hoke County but bv unofficial count lost the state to Republican James E. Holshouser Jr. in a see - saw race. During one eight minute period early Wednesday morning with 784 precincts reporting, the lead in this contest changed three times. This makes Holshouser the first Republican governor of North Carolina in 70 years. But the split ticket voting gives Holshouser a Democratic lieutenant governor, Jim Hunt. Hunt carried Hoke County and the state to whip Republican Johnny Walker. Democrats Win In all other races for council of state and judgeships the Democratic candidates were leading and apparently elected Wednesday morning. All five amendments to the state constitution which appeared on ballots Tuesday^cre passed. On the local ballot all Democratic candidates for state senator, representatives and county offices were elected without opposition. Wanted lloke County Library wants their books that have been overdue for a long time. No fines will be charged, instead a silver dollar will be given to the person returning the largest number of overdue books. A silver dollar will also be given to the person returning the longest overdue books. Moving The North Carolina State Revenue (sales tax) office which recently moved to West Donaldson St. has moved back into its old location in the basement of the courthouse. The office is open on Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. until noon. Drug W orkshop The Raeford Women's Club's 1 ducaticn Department is sponsoring a drug workshop at the Civic Center on Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. Two SBI narcotics agents will conduct an informal talk session on characteristics of various drugs and ding users. Diugs will be on display and a question and answer session will conclude the workshop. The workshop is open to all parents and teachers. tJi ????? James Holshouscr Jesse Helms Richard Nixon Superior Court, Grand Jury Meet Next Week The jury list and calendar for ihe last regular criminal Superior Court session of the year have been announced. Presiding over the one ? week session which begins Nov. 13 will be the Honorable Coy I . Brewer. Twelfth Solicitorial District Solicitor Jack A. Thompson will be assisted by I dward W. Grannis Jr.. Idwin Lynn Johnson, Philip Cheaiwood, James Little and David I ox Jr. Gcand Jury The Hoke v. ount> Grand Jury is scheduled to examine 10 Hills of indictment in a one ? day session Nov. I 3. Cases to be presented to the Grand Jury are: Mavis Sturdivant alias Dick Slurdivant. and Marlyn Locklear alias Hitler l.ocklear. both charged witli rape, and Johnny Jones charged with receiving stolen goods, breaking and entering: Andre* J. Willis charged with assault with a deadly weapon; James I arl Monroe charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill; and Raymond King alias Raymond King Melvin charged with forgery and uttering and passing forged check; and Johnny Wtn>ds charged with forgery. Cases in which the Grand Jury returns a true bill will be scheduled in the same week's criminal Superior Court session. Additional Cases Additional cases scheduled to be heard in the criminal session include rape, kidnapping, and felonious breaking and entering charges against Junior Lee Washington, murder charges against Sarah Marie Bullard alias /.elmas Bullard; and Johnny Scott charged with cruelty to animals; Roy Lee Monroe Jr.. charged with assault with a deadly weapon and malicious damage to personal property; Lucille Helms charged with assault with a deadly weapon by pointing a gun; and Willard M. Lewis charged with assault with a deadly weapon by pointing a gun; Joe Louis Moore charged with DL'I; Daniel Heath charged with displaying beer in a public place; James I arl Collins Citv-Countv Larcenies * * Raeford police say the Hugh Gardner residence. 337 S. Main St.. was broken inlo sometime between 10 30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday. Apparently entrv was gained through a back door, the building was ransacked and three pistols and some silver were missing, reports in%estigating officer Sgi. Leonard Wiggins. Another breakin was reported to the Sheriffs Department Tuesday morning. The incident occurred at Robert Parks Grocery. Raeford. during the night. It is thought thieves entered the building by renmingan airconditioner at the rear of the structure. Reported missing were drills, tapes, cigarettes, beer, tobacco, wine and other goods valued at approximately SHOO. \o arrests have been made and investigation continues, said Sheriff D M Barrmgton. Batteries and Tools Two batteries valued at $65 were reported stolen Monday morning. The Sheriff s report indicates the\ were lemoved during the weekend from a bulldozer belonging to the Laurinburg and Southern Railway while it was parked by the railroad crossing near Hoke County High School. J B Womble told Sheriffs deputies a sandei drill grindei. sieel tape, lubmg cuiter and oihci tools valued at S236 were stolen Oct. 2b Irom the shop at lus home. It is believed thieves parked about a quarter mile fium Ins home and walked through a wooded area to get the items, authorities say. charged with assault with a deadly weapon;and Other Charges Curtis Drake Sr. charged with DLI. third oflense: Willie J. (larbie) Lockleai charged with carnal knowledge. C?len Locklear charged with robbery; Billy Ra> Collins alias James I arl Collins charged with common law robbery; an additional case against Melvin charging larceny; and Carl Virgil charged with violation of prohibition law; Bud Brown facing a worthless check charge; Johnny Jones facing breaking, entenng. larceny and receiving stolen goods charges; and Curtis Rogers lacing revocation of probation. Hearings Also on the Superior Court docket are j post conviction hearing for Jerry Cummings and a number of Sci I ai hearings. The Sci I ai hearings are against Curtis Truman Jacobs. James A. Hunt, bondsman; Steve l.ocklear and I'ercell Jones, Robert Billiard bondsman and James Lentz, administrator, jnd Jackie Berry. James A. Hunt and Hannah Berrs. bondsmen. Jury Lis! Named on ihe jury list are king Blue. Bi/zell Locklear. Iverette Gates. Winston Locklear. Jack I His. Bob R.Owen. Apple Brewer. Lizzie Goldsmith. Annie l*e McNair. Mary Caviness Rose. Howard Jesse Taylor, and James Robert Saunders. Martha Jane Beatty. Mrs. Almena A. McKeithan. Mar/etter Kemp. Johnny Locklear. Ilenr\ C. Birnstein. Horace Batton. All red McNeill, Mary McLaughlin. Annie Harris Collins, Robert k Hughes, and I arl I . C'onoly. Willie James Mctiougan. I Ision Crouch. John Willie McNeill, Allen Smythe, Maxine Walker. L Archie McGougan, Henry Arthur ('?uham. Harvey Locklear. Lonnie Lee McRae. John 0. McKeithan. and MibS Margaret McKenzie. J.t Wall, liene Catherine Hobson. Dennis Little. Agnes II. Motley. I)ais> lee Mcl adyen. Robeil Lee Dohy. I red B. Harris. Loirine I . Thompson. Car land Chambers, Laura I mma Smith, and Lois Jean Moore. Homei Lee Terrs. Mi>. Robbie Holt. Henrietta Lucille Herring. James Stephens. Ji.. I velyn Marie Bryant. Willie Mae McNeill. Sherrcll II Riddle. Carolyn II. McC.ougan. and V Ra\ mond Mcl Irov. Commissioners Study Revenue Sharing And Copy Machines The Hoke Couniy Hoard of County Commissioners discussed a memorandum from i he Slate Local (iover n men t Commission concerning revenue sluring funds at their regulai monthly meeting Monday. The memorandum included guidelines lor the administration and disbursement of these funds Recommended accounting procedures include setting up a trust fund. The memorandum states I ederal regulations governing the use and accounting of these funds probably will not be available for several months after the communities receive the money. It also reveals the lav\ requites reimbursement at the rateol I 10 percent if funds are spent foi purposes which will not qualify undei the rules to be received later. Speed /ones The boaid agreed to request the state place 45 mile signs on the section ol Vass Koad west of U.S. 401. Boaid members also passed a motion requesting state route 131 7 t Market Road) and state route 1305 be placed on the state pnoritv list for paving. Board members appioved the attendance ol ia\ supemsoi at the assessors' conference ai the Institute ot (iovernment. Chaple Mill Nov. 15 to 17. I \penses involved include two nights lodging and meals. A I s o appioved was \ h e re appointment of 1.( . Jones, chairman, to repieseni Hoke Counts on the Imaid of the Sandhills Mental Health Center. Inc.. Moore Memorial Hospital Jones will select ihiee lloke Countians to serve on the boaid with him. In other action the boaid agreed I he City ol Raelord should request bids on equipment loi the city operated and county owned landfill \ S.5 Clu is! mas contribution to Caswell Centei. Kinston. was also appioved. Copying Machine A representative fiom \eio\ Information Systems (>ioup. Rochester. N.V. appeared before the boaid to explain the type of equipment and services ottered by his lirm. The board was looking into the mallei because I he copying machine in I he regislci ol deeds oil ice is obsolete and repan parts are no longer available. The unit discussed at the Commissioners nveling would permit all county copying to be handled in one central location and eliminate need for the ?>ilie: existing less efficient machines, said I li I ester, count\ manager. Rental Charges I he Xerox repiesentalive told the commissioners his company would iiunish i >>5.000 machine on a monthly lenewab'e lease. Rental would be S42.50 ?i month plu* 4.4 cents per copy with a minimum charge ol $.?5 a month. I he county would purchase the paper front \eio\ and Xerox would maintain the equipment. I estei said some income Irorn copying would accrue t-? help offset the expense ot operation and rental. I he boaid agieed study the proposal. Jury Pay \ proportion to inciease jury duly pa\ from S* to S14 a ? percent had been collected Appealing be I ore the board were Mis. I li/abeth Mtilrain. Mis. Vlilo Postel. Mis. ( arson Davis and one oihei iesident Mrs Nina Monisey who was scheduled t?? discuss a da> v.aie center did not appeal Requests and Planning Mis. Muliain lequested a 24-houi See RIM \'l I Page I * Alarm Test ( tawtoid 1 honias. Raetoid liie chiet announced the testing o! the city lire alann loda\ between 10 and It) M) a.m. l or the first lime in election history Hoke County went Republican in a Presidential election. By unofficial count voters in I lie Democratic bastion cast I .'>04 ballots lor President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. Democratic candidates Senator George S. McGovern and Sergeant Sluiver pulled belter than 400 fewer votes for a total count of 1,463 in the county. The American party candidates John G. Sell mi I z and Thomas J Anderson were far down the line with 32 votes. Sweeps South And Nation Nixon swept the nation including the Democratic south Tuesda> for the first Republican presidential victory in all 16 southern stales. The southern block delivered, by unofficial popular vote count. 175 electoral votes to help keep Nixon in the White House four more years. By early Wednesday morning it appeared Nixon would carry 44 stales for 521 electoral votes with al least 61 percent of the popular vote. Sen. George McGovern won the vote in Massachusetts and Washington. D. C? for only 17 electoral votes. The Democratic candidate lost his home state, South Dakota. Minority Presidential candidates were unofficially credited with 094,000 votes lor John G. Schmitz, American party Splk66'000 v?les f?' lv Beniamin Parly returns Tuesday gave Nixon a big lead and ihe gap continued to widen throughout the evening. Carl Goereh, N. C. radio commentator and news columnist, said afler watching these early returns we could be headed for the biggest Presidential landslide since the Roosevelt ? Landon contest in 1936. Others assessed the situation as the most lopsided race of the century or even of American history. Early Coneevsron In perhaps the carlie\t concession speech in American history, McGovern spoke to his lovai supporters in Ihe Sioux I alls,S. D.,Coliseum, at 11 35 p.m. He told a roaring c:owd estimated at between tliree and loui thousand people lllat he had sent a congratulatory lelegrant to President Nixon. The defeated candidate urged Ins followers to play the role til Ihe loyal opposition. ritroughoul the country fewer than M0 million voters went lo the polls which is considered a light vole. The small voter turnout was accompanied ;'> much ticket spill ling. Willi incomplete reiurns in. i> iccrns certain the Democrats have retau.?d control of Congiess. although Republicans picked up seats in both Ihe House and Ihe Senate. In North Carolina . in a close race. Republican Jessie Helms. , Raleigh broadcaster, beat three ? lerm ( ongressman Nick Galifianakis. for the U. S. Senate and Democrat ( lurles Rose swamped Republican Jerry (' Scott for ( ongress. Unofficial returns give Row 59 percent and Scott 41 peicent ot ihe popular vole. In Hoke Counts voting i.ahftanakis led Helms by lesser than 400 soles and Rose overwhelmed Scott by belle, ihan two io one. UF Tops $3000 Last Monday loial contributions mined in lo the 1973 Hoke County I nned I und dirve were S3.030.75. The drive which began Oct. 9 has a goal of SI 9,636. iini Voungei Snead Jr.. campaign manager. Ilokc (ounly Schools turned in M.44N. I his amount includes 1'pchurs.h School. $391. West Hoke. sl<7. J A. McUuclilm. S120. South Hoke. $255.5ol Scurlock. SI')1); Board ?.f I ducation Oltice. $122 and Raelord 1 lemcntary School. $204. I hese lunds were from ?acuity and employees only. No student solicitation is planned. Other contributions included in the total ue I pJiurch Milling A. Storage Co.. S-67 and individual contributions of SIS6. Also a partial oiled ion at Burlington Worsted Plant of SI,129,75. Drive Continues I lie drive is continuing in all areas of Ihe city and county Willi Jiairmen anil campaign workers soliciting lunds trom lesidentsal their placeol employment. I he I niled I und Campaign is run once a seat to benefit numerous organizations including ,,ed (ross. Scouts. Hoke (ounly Rescue Squad. Carolina United Community Services, Recreation Progiam. Seedy Children's I und, and Senior ( Hi/ens I und. National agencies to he supported by ihe drive include Amencan Social Health Assn., International Social Service WAII-, National Assembly for Social Polity and Development. National Assn. of Hearing and Speech Agencies. National Recreation and Park Assn., and United Service Organization, Teacher Of Year Speaks At Library Convention James Marshall Rogers Jr., 1 c>72 National Teacher of the Year, was guest speaker at the convention of the Southeastern District of the N.C. High School Library Association held at Hoke High School on Monday. Rogers, who had been teaching only two years when he won national honors, reviewed the evenis leading to Ins decision to teach. He said he has learned. "It you never try. you won't tail but yoi won't accomplish anything either." The students gave Rogers a standing ovation. He closed his talk with a solo rendition ol The House ol Rising Sun." Thirteen Schools Representatives from 13 schools of the district which includes 30 schools, attended the annual meeting to elect officerv for the district association. # # I hc> came I mm labor City, Reid* Ross. St. Paul's. I'ine I orest. South View, Cape I car. I.I. Smith, Whiteville. Douglas Byrd. N'akina. .Seventy-l irst and West Columbus High Schools. Hoke High School Whiteville. Douglas Byrd, Nakina. Sevcnty-I irst and West Columbus High Schools. Hoke High School sponsored the convention. The program and day's activities were planned under I he supervision of Mrs. I rancis Solomon. Hoke High School librarian. Officers Officers elected were Anthony McGregor. Hoke, president. Deborah Wilson. Hoke, vice president. Demse Phillips. West Columbus, secretary. Angela Leach. Douglas Byrd, treasurer, and Terry Rowland. Hoke, reporter. Outgoing officers are I ddie Bartlett, Pine lorest. president. Nancy I aircluld. Reid Ross, secretary: Margaret Rogers. Hoke, reporter, and Anthony McGregor. Hoke, treasurer. Approximately 200 students and I * faculty advisors attended the meeting Dinner was served in the Gibson cafeteria after I lie election. The Hoke High Chorale under the direction of Mrs. Neill McNeill performed and a dance was held in the evening at the (iibson gym.