This Is The Law
Bv Robert E. Lee
BOUNDARY TREES
Black an White are adjoining
landowners. The trunk of a
tree is wholly on the land of Black,
but its branches overhang on the
land of White and the roots of the
tree penetrate the soil of White's
land. Is White entitled to the fruit
on the branches which extend upon
his land?
No. The tree and all of its fruit
belongs to Black. White is liable to
Black if he takes any of the fruit
without the consent of Black.
The ownership of the entire tree
as a unit is determined by the
location of the trunk. The law
recognizes the practical difficulties
which would be involved in giving
to each of the adjoining landowners
an undivided share of the tree in
proportion to the degree of nour
ishment supplied to the tree by the
land of such owners.
Ownership of the tree carries
with it one of the rare instances of a
license, arising by law irrespective
of consent, giving to the owner of
the tree the right to enter on the
adjoining land and to gather the
fruit growing on such overhanging
branches.
The trunk of a tree is wholly on
the land of Black, but its branches
and roots extend upon the land of
White. Is White liable to Black if
he cuts otf the branches and roots
which have extended upon his
land?
No. White may ciit the branches
and roots to the line without
liability for any resulting damage to
the trees.
The owner of a tree has no
easement of natural right to have
his tree continue to draw nourish
ment from and to shade by virtue of
overhanging branches the adjoin
ing land of a neighbor.
The cut branches and roots
belong to the owner of the tree, not
to the neighbor who cuts them.
If the roots of trees extend across
the boundary line into the premises
of an adjoining owner and cause
damage, as by the clogging of a
sewer line, there may be a recovery
of damages for any injury sus
tained. The injured.property owner
may also get a court order in the
form of injunctive relief against the
encroachment of such roots upon
his property.
Accent On Agriculture
Agriculture continues to be the
nation's number one business in
spite of those who might picture it
as an unimportant industry with
only a few farmers left in it.
The truth is, agriculture is still
the nation's largest employer. Be
tween 14 and 17 million people
work in some phase of agriculture
? from growing food and fiber to
selling it at the supermarket.
Farming itself uses 4.4 million
workers. That's as many as the
combined payrolls of transporta
tion, the steel industry and the
automobile industry.
Not only does it require large
numbers of people, agriculture is a
huge consumer. Annually, farmers
purchase:
--$8.8 billion for farm tractors
and other motor vehicles, machin
ery and equipment. It requires
140.000 employees to produce this
farm equipment.
-$10.1 billion for fuel, lubri
cants, and maintenance for ma
chinery and motor vehicles used in
the farm business. Farming uses
more petroleum than any other
single industry.
-Products containing 360 mil
lion pounds of rubber - about five
percent of the total used in the
U.S., or enough to put tires on
nearly seven million autos.
-33 billion killowatt-hours of
electricity. That's about 2-Vj per
cent of the nation's total and more
than the residential use in all the
New England states plus Kentucy,
Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
-Six-and-a-half million tons of
steel in the form of farm machin
ery, trucks, cars, fencing, and
building materials. Farm use of
steel accounts for 40,000 jobs in the
steel industry.
-Over $17 billion for seed, feed,
fertilizer and lime.
So, the fanner is still a major
influence in the economy of this
nation. Not only does he provide
food and fiber for this country and
a good portion of the world, he
helps keep the dollars flowing, too.
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FOOD SER VICE - Members of the food service class taught by Marjorie Foster stand behind their confections prepared
for "Open House". Students shown are Teresa Orern. Vastine Maltoy, Delphine Mcintosh, Evelyn McPhatter, Carl
Purcell, A l/oyce Murchison, and Evelyn Eden.
LEARNING ? Wanda Stephens and Sharon Smith, members of Jean Chappell's cbthing and home furnishings class at
Hoke High, display items made by the class during "Open House" last Friday. Admiring the work is a Mrs. Miller.
We really don't know who the
wise men were. We know only that
they were from the East and that
they were probably astrologers of
some kind.
Despite popular tradition that
there were three, we don't know
now many there were - Matthew
doesn't specify a number. We don't
know whether they rode camels, as
usually portrayed, or walked. We
don't even know whether they
arrived on Christmas Eve or Christ
mas Day. only that it was sometime
around the time "when Jesus was
born in Bethlehem of Judea in the
days of Herod the king" (Matthew
2:1).
Obviously. Herod was not a
"wise man." not in any sense of the
term. He should have been a wise
man. but he wasn't. Although he
had great power, although he had
fine resources and access to much
wisdom and learning. Herod was
not very wise. To be sure, there
were times when he was cunning or
crafty, but never wise.
He was the head of state, the
government and. in a sense, he
represents all those who possess
temporal power. He who governs,
whether as governor, legislator,
judge, or mayor, may use the
resources at his disposal with great
wisdom or with equally great folly.
To possess temporal power is no
guarantee of wisdom.
Strangely enough. Herod knew
that the child Messiah was sent by
God. yet he obviously believed he
could outsmart God. Man's great
est troubles and tragedies always
occur when he assumes he can
outwit his Creator.
Neither were the "chief priests
and scribes" the wise men. Their
foolishness is perhaps even greater
Service Personnel
U.S. Forces. Germany (AHTNC)
Nov. 19 -- Army Spec. 4 Ralph S.
Cecil, whose wife. Cindy lives in
Raefnrd. recently participated in
Exercise REFORGER in Germany.
Spec. 4 Cecil is regularly as
signed as an electronics repairman
in the 218th Ordnance Detach
ment. 3rd Infantry Division in
Giebelstadt.
Department. 3rd Infantry Division
in Giebelstadt.
The purpose of the annual
exercise was to sharpen techniques
for receiving, equipping, assemb
ling. and deploying dual-based
units. This year the exercise was
incorporated in a broader, coordi
nated scries of NATO and national
exercises known as the "Autumn
Forge 75 Exercise Series." The
broad objective of the series w as to
improve the capability of NATO
forces.
The U.S. Air Force Military
Airlift Command Hew approxi
mately 10.000 U.S. based soldiers
and their equipment to Germany to
participate in the exercise.
Spec. 4 Cecil entered the Army in
197.1 and completed basic training
at Ft. Jackson. S.C. He was last
stationed at Redstone Arsenal. Ala.
than that of Herod. Herod had to
come to them for their expertise in
the scriptures. When, in response
to his question about the birthplace
of the Messiah, he said: "And you,
O Bethlehem... from you shall
come a ruler who will govern my
people Israel...", they demon
strated that intellectually at least,
they knew the right answers!
Yet. for all their knowledge, they
were not wise men either. They had
the right answer, but they didn't
know what to do with it. Or. better
still, they knew what to do, but they
didn't do it. So. instead of scribes
and pharisees coming to the Christ
child, instead of the religious elite
discovering the newly-arrived
Messiah, it was, rather, some
strangers from the East who fol
lowed the star to the place where
Jesus lay.
Luke tells us, instead of wise men
from the East, of shepherds who
came to worship the newborn King.
Yet, in both Gospels, the welcom
ing committee is hardly the one we
might have expected: shepherds
and strangers rushed in where
rulers and clergy feared to tread!
There is a relevance in Matthew's
story even today.
Today, as then, one would expect
the pious and the powerful to be the
ones to recognize and worship
God's Messiah. Yet, for the most
part, it is an image they honor,
while the real Christ comes un
noticed into their presence. The
powerful still think they can outwit
their God and the pious still have
the right answers but the wrong
reactions.
So, sometimes the true Recep
tion Committee is composed of
people who like those ancient
astrologers from the East, would
not til comfortably in the pews of
your local church.
Legals
NOTICE
Effective January I. 197b:
A Hoke County Ordinance
adopting N.C. State Plumbing.
Heating and Air Conditioning
Codes will be enforced Counly-wide
including the City of Raeford.
Copies of the new Ordinance will be
Seasons' Greetings end Best Wishes
from
Board of Diroetors and Staff of
Raoford Savings and Loan Ass'n.
We wish to express our thanks and appreciation to our many members
whose generous support has caused our growth and expansion.
We humbly pledge to you continued dependable service with a new
addition to our office building and added services.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ST AFF
Alfred G. (|ack) Bray Graham A. Monroe Franklin R. Teal
Fred M. Culbreth Sam C. Morris Helen B Monroe
H. L. Gatlin, |r. R.E.Neeley Margaret L Davis
lulius F. (or dan Younger Snead, Sr.
Thomas F. McBryde Franklin R Toal
?RAEF0RD SAVINGS
?*? LOAN ASSOCIATION
PHONE 875 5061 MEMBtRFSUC
113 CAMPUS AVE.
LEGALS
available for public review in the]
Courthouse Annex building. This!
Ordinance along with the Electrical!
Ordinance presently in effect willl
require that permits be obtained'
and fees paid prior to any work
being started. Permits may be
obtained from County Inspector's
office located in the Courthouse
Annex building.
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EXECUTORNOTICE
IN THE GENERAL COURT
OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
HOKE COUNTY
Having qualified as Executrix of
the estate of John Crawford Wright
of Hoke County. North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said
John Crawford Wright to present
them to the undersigned within 6
months from date of publication of
this notice or same will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate please make 1
immediate payment.
This the 8th day of December.
1975.
Mrs. Ida Tapp Wright
Raeford. N.C. 28376
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LEGAL NOTICE
Pursuant to N.C.G.S. 153-9(17) ?
North Carolina
Hoke County
The City of Raeford advises all
interested persons that a public
hearing is to be held on January 5,
1976 at 7:30 o'clock P.M., at the
City Hall in the City of Raeford to
act upon a proposal to close
Knit-Away Drive located in the
southern portion of the City of
Raeford.
North Carolina General Statutes
Section 153-9 (17) provides for the
closing of streets by a municipality if
it appears to the satisfaction of the
City Council that the closing of said
street is not contrary to the public
interest and that no individual
owning property in the vicinity of
said street or road, or if the
subdivision in which said street or
road is located will thereby be
deprived of reasonable means of
ingress and egress to his property.
This the 8 day of December, 1975.
Willis C. Sellars, Acting City Manager
City of Raeford, North Carolina
R. Palmer Willcox, City Attorney
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Request for Bids
The Hoke County Board of
Education request bids for removal
of food waste from the eight school
cafeterias. This waste will be?
removed daily and all containers
will be left clean and orderly. The
bid will extend through December
31, 1976. Bids will be received until
12:00 noon January 2, 1976 and
opened at that time in the
Conference Room of the Hoke
County Board of Education Build
ing. The Board of Education
reserves the right to accept or reject
any or all bids.
Raz Autry, Secretary. Board of
Education
Hoke County Schools
Raeford, N.C. 28376
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CREDITORS' NOTICE
All persons, firms and corpo
rations having claims against
Henry Eldon Rogers, deceased, are
hereby notified to exhibit them to
Miriam G. Rogers, as Executrix of
the decedent's estate on or before
the 30th day of June 1976, at Rt. 1,
Box 171-A, Lumber Bridge, N.C.,
or be barred from their recovery.
Debtors of the decedent are asked
to make immediate payment to the
above named Executrix.
McManus & McManus
Attorneys at Law
110 East Third Avenue
Red Springs, N.C. 28377 ?
Telephone (919) 843-5541
Attorneys for:
Miriam G. Rogers, Executrix
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INTHEGENERALCOURT
OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
HOKECOUNTY
EXECUTOR S NOTICE
Having qualified as Executrix of
the estate of Martin L. Wood, Sr.
of Hoke County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said
Martin L. Wood, Sr. to present
them to the undersigned within 6 J
months from date of the publi- I
cation of this notice or same will be 1
pleaded in bar of their recovery. All ]
persons indebted to said estate
please make immediate payment.
This the 19th day of November,
1975. ,
(Mrs.) Clara M. Wood
Route 3. Box 612 Fayetteville, N.C.
2H306
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