Area Incidents
Bikes, Bug Light, Cash Stolen
The following were received
in the past week by the Raeford
Police Department, Police Chief
Leonard Wiggins reported.
James Saunders, 514 Green
St., reported Monday his bi
cycle worth $75 was stolen at
Armory Park.
Jimmy Warner of Raeford
Farm Supply on South Mag
nolia Street reported Saturday
someone broke into the building
and stole $10.
Police Officers Frances Pat
terson and Fred McQueen,
patroling Monday, found the
glass of the front door of The
Grocery Mart shattered. A case
of beer worth $11 had been
stolen from the store.
Miriam Cunningham
Browsing in the files
of The News-Journal
25 years ago
Thursday, July 11, 1957
The Hoke County ASC office
started making Soil Bank payments
on 1957 wheat, cotton and tobacco
the last week in June, Miss Louise
V. Blue, office manager for the
county, has announced.
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Governor Luther H. Hodges
informed J.L. McNeill, along with
Senator J. Benton Thomas and
Representative Charles A. Hos
tetler, this week that he would
appoint McNeill to the board of
directors of the North Carolina
Sanatorium today.
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Hoke County crops, along with
those in many other areas of North
Carolina, are in danger of rapid
deterioration if some rain doesn't
fall very soon, and in many cases
damage is past help from rain, it
was stated today by County Agent
W.C. Williford and several farm
ers.
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In a letter dated July 1 and
addressed to Hoke County Stock
holder H.L. Morgan, secretary
treasurer of the Laurinburg Pro
duction Credit Association stated
that officers and directors of the
association believe it is necessary to
close its office in Raeford and do all
the association's business in
Laurinburg.
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From Rocktish News:
The crates outside the store
doors are taking the place of the
nail kegs around the heaters these
days.
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Neill Walter Campbell, native of
Hoke County who was a builder
and cabinet maker of the Raeford
community for 60 years, died in a
Red Springs rest home on Friday.
June 28. at the age of 77.
Youth
Council
Meets
The Hoke County Youth Council
is an organization that promotes
youth activities and projects in the
community and in statewide events.
If you are a rising freshmen in
high school to a rising senior in
high school and you are interested
in joining, come to the meeting
Monday, July 19, at 7 p.m. at the
Hoke Swimming Pool. We will
discuss projects for the new year,
elect the Board of Directors, and
then enjoy swimming.
The newly elected officers for
1982-83 are: president, Carla
Myers; vice president, Amy Wil
son; second vice president, Kim
Huffman; secretary, Paula Con
nell; and treasurer, Kim Wells.
If you have any questions, con
tact Carla Myers at 875-3280, or
Parks and Recreation at 875-5603.
Come join and help us have a great
year!
Need a second car for those
"running aroand" duties?
the Classified ads for the
heal bay ia towa.
15 years ago
Thursday, July 13, 1967
Mayor H.R. McLean promised a
crackdown on careless bike riding
and got the backing of t lie town
board this week.
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The Pacific Mills Division of
Burlington Industries. Inc.. has
announced plans to construct a
30,000 square foot addition to its
Pacific Mills Dyeing plant in
Raeford.
* * *
Robert Jones. Hoke County
deputy sheriff, has resigned from
the sheriffs department to take a
job as county forest ranger, a state
job.
* * *
The Town of Raelord appealed
this week to its state legislators to
spur the State Highway Depart
ment into providing traffic lichts
for the town.
* * *
Raeford will be the scene again
this year of the Southeast District
Slow Pitch Softball I'ournumeni.
which will begin July 21 and extern!
through August 5.
* * *
Joseph F. McMillan. Jr. of
Raeford. Rt. I. a rising junior in
engineering operations at North
Carolina State University, is gain
ing first-hand experience in the
electric power industry as ,i
summer employe of C arolina Power
and Light Company.
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Hoke Teen Democrats C lub was
organized here Monday nigh*,
becoming the second such organi
zation in the Seventh Congressional
District.
The increase in the local public
assistance budget granted lasi week
by the county commissioners was
requested by the state welfare
department and not the local
welfare office, according to Mabel
McDonald, welfare superinten
dent.
Jenkins. 411 Wooley St., re
ported Sunday her 1972 Chevro
let valued at S2.000 had been
taken from her front yard.
Officers J.R. McNeill and
Clarence Patterson while patrol
ling Saturday found the store
room of the Hoke County Parks
and Recreation Department at
Armory Park had been broken
into. A pair of baseball shin
guards was stolen. Whether
other property was stolen wasn't
determined immediately.
Sandy Cadlett of Rt. 1,
Shannon, reported Thursday
someone stole his SI 25 bicycle
while it was parked at J.W.
Turlington School.
The following were filed re
cently at the Hoke County
Sheriffs Department.
The theft of a $140 bicycle
was reported July 6 by John
Henry Lee of 662 Dockery St..
Raeford. The bike was parked
near the driveway of Lee's
home. A witness saw a car drive
up and the driver get out, roll
the bike to the car. put the bike
in the car's trunk, then drive
away.
A $190.20 bicycle was re
ported July 6 stolen from the
property of Erlene McLaughlin
behind Buie's Funeral Home.
A $25 mail box in front of the
home of Otis Bryant of Rt. 4,
Raeford. was knocked down by
a car Sunday. The car didn't
stop after the collision.
Greg Love of Red Springs was
struck in the head with a steel
pipe or tire tool in a fight
Sunday on West Prospect Ave
nue. He was treated at a
hospital.
St. James Church was broken
into between Thursday and
Saturday, and an amplifier and
two microphones were stolen.
A bug light worth $114.95
was stolen from a pole at the
home of Tony Graham of Rt. 4.
Raeford. Thursday or Friday.
Flowers were taken from a
house and the house ransacked
and damaged between Saturday
and Monday. The house is on
Rt. 2. Raeford. It was not
known whether anything else
besides the flowers was taken.
Sylvester Stroud of Southern
Pines reported Monday he
found someone had tried to
steal his car while it was parked
in the employees' parking lot at
McCain Hospital. Someone
tried to force the ignition switch
with a knife but the knife blade
broke in the switch.
Someone knocked a hole in a
cinder brick wall of Short Stop
54 at Davis Bridge Thursday or
Friday. A carton of cigarettes
was found on the floor of the
store, and two packs of cigar
ettes were found outside the
store near the hole in the wall.
A burned car owned by John
Olvin Wilkerson of Fayetteville
was found Sunday on a dirt road
between Sandy Grove Church
and Davis Bridge. Wilkerson
had reported Thursday the car
had been stolen.
\()T/C 1 or rt Bi K HEA RISC
At its regularly scheduled meeting, Hoke Coun
ty will conduct a Public Hearing, Monday, July
19, 1982, at 7:30 P.M. in the Conference Room,
located in the Courthouse Annex Building. The
purpose of this Hearing is to obtain citizen com
ments on the County's Community Develop
ment Block Grant Application.
The application contains a $750,000. request for
Community Development Block Grant funds.
Activities within the application may include the
following; parks, public facilities, housing plan
ning assistance, economic development, etc.
At this meeting the County Commissioners will
consider the formal authorization to submit the
Community Development Block Grant Applica
tion to the Division of Community Assistance,
North Carolina Department of Natural
Resources and Community Development for
funding consideration.
LAW
For Laypersons
When people think about law
yers and judges and the work they
both do. they often think about the
word, "precedent." Precedents, of
course, are used by lawyers to
support their arguments and by
judges to support their opinions.
The idea commonly held by most
laypersons about the concept of
precedent is that present-day cases
must be decided in the same way
that a similar case with similar
facts was decided long ago. Indeed,
lawyers and judges are quite fre
quently seen by the layperson as
bound by the past because they rely
on cases from long ago to decide
what the law is today.
RETIRES ?? Rub y L. Matthews
recently retired from the Raeford
Plum of Burlington Industries after
30 years continuous service. Mrs.
Matthews began work at the local
facility in August 1951 in the
Winding Department where she
remained until 1970. when she
transferred to the Twisting Depart
ment. She then worked in the
Twisting Department until retire
ment. Mrs. Matthews is shown
holding her Retirement Bible. An
engraved retirement plaque, signed
by William Klopman. chairman of
Burlington Industries, was also
presented to her and is shown in the
foreground.
A ring of truth docs, indeed,
exist in what the layperson often
thinks about precedents and the
judicial system being bound by the
past. The modern lawyer uses the
theory of precedent tp argue the
outcome of a present-day case, just
as the modern judge uses the theory
to give authority to his opinions.
The idea behind their use of
precedent to decide present-day
cases is simple. If a previously
decided case has the same or
similar facts as a present-day
controversy, then the rule of law
used in that previous case should be
applied to the new controversy in
order to reach a similar result. The
rule is briefly stated: "Like cases
should be decided alike."
Any discussion about the use of
precedent in our judicial system
inevitably brings up the struggle
between those who want to see the
law grow and change with the times
and those who want to keep the law
as it always has been. Naturally,
those who argue that the law should
grow and chsnge with the times
would argue that just because the
law happened to be "thus and so"
in the past does not mean that it
should necessarily be the same
today. On the other hand, those
who argue that the law should stay
as it has been in the past point out
that if a court did not decide like
cases alike, then lawyers and
laypersons would have no basis
upon .\hich to make an accurate
prediction of what the law is today,
alike, then lawyers and laypersons
would have no basis upon which to
make an accurate prediction of
what the law is today.
Fortunately, as it works out in
our judicial system, the use of
raw?* .
precedent is balanced by many ?
ditYerent factors which allow for
growth on the one hand and
stability on the other. Articles in
the coming weeks will show how
our judicial system's theory of
precedent allows for both growth
and stability in our law.
"This article is written us u
mutter of general interest only. It is
not to be const rue J us legal advice. |
and you should not rely on the
stutements made in the article to
govern your actions in any specific
case. If you have a particular
question or problem, you should
contuci on attorney. "
Courthouse
Squares
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FARTHER THAN IT USED
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CARRY IT AROUND FOR
DAYS BEFORE YOU CAN
FIND SOMETHING
IT WILL BUY.
Hotdog - Hamburger Sale
SATURDAY, JULY 17
11 A.M. UNTIL ?
North Raeford Fire Department
Rain or Shine
Sponsored by the North Raeford Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary
Please Help Us Elect
DANIEL H.
DeVANE
of Hoke County
to the
N.C. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
TUESDAY, JULY 27
It has been 10 years since Hoke and Scotland
Counties have had a member to serve in Raleigh. If
you want a voice in Raleigh , now is the time to get
it and with your support and vote , we can do it!
/ tease contact your friends and ask them to vote
for and support DANIEL H. DeVANE. Our chances
are much better now than they were in the
primary.
Thank you for such a good vote in the primary.
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