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The Hoke ('ouiit\ • F>liihliNhed 192K
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I he Hoke rount> Journal • Lstablished 1905
\olum« I \\\II Number 44
KAI lOKI). HOKI ( ()l Nn , NOKIH ( AKOI INA
SIOPKKVKAK 25 (IMS
lhur>da>, Kebruar^ 20, IW6
Turlington, Upchurch schools should be saved
B- in^ '
I-’ 1. Iwo
>-* *.1 j1 major -
duU riidLic
of ihc H.'L.r ; tv* •-
1,^, bodi J i»f r‘‘**aiiini
i ill , SliiiiJdN
I N\ I.-'- It on T..h-.v.>l and ° p
hitf ■ Junor High > -*,>1 hou d
.: JdcU and *'\'‘)!d >1 tk
' fipp 1 from tf*? .»t -Ti.
I ufTi-T-ron Xr. hifjHi til’ oeih B
I ee v f'J
Hvt-rvci, I ec. vkho hif^d b*
I He Ixiit 1 to r_»H; a dii iiiv ^ttunfy
y-^s. »i5 i''»d that hoih of the
.ildcT 'lahti^i (tr*: Uti^f **
Teens charged
for break-ins
Twi 'dtp tv'"‘n ^p
rrci-ded jnd t ti-t v '-l m onncction
With a "r^- of f?i;ont tH:'ft;
;h*l have ;-^ufred thrr- j.^oui
R:*r'ofd and Hoke Counfv. Police
Vnicf I “’vnard W ignin on
Monday
^iv.v :;crr.v from appif -.
i-vdiel’ r‘p-t nine vch i k- h.,.e
rven recovered
IV* the iv >;ill imder in-
:i. W -,,iid hf wuuk)
not rclci f ine iiair.f' of the t“o
^ v! pCN J ■'
did civ. how^v;? ihlit
till'* o', the vo-pect;. i- \f' oid.
and the other one ;■* a ;=“-?nile
Xi.tordinit to "‘pc-rt at the
Hote y ounti Shertff*' Irpart
mer:, a hrrtrry wsv vtolen la*;
-:*“-Mlay riight from a i he'-roki
tT‘>:lk owned by Ralph t t; : ! Rt
5, Rit-c-r-J
TT’ie hi::!;!/ ws'. iri rhr '-uvk
p3= k?d hcvidc a carpj... i when C lii
lie and ho M'.n to bed at ap
V) p.m
\^hcn C ufri-V wife r;'iurned
ht-mc from v^,;. I st approximately
12 ’'■ ? m . -die noticed the ho-Ki
of the wjv up .inJ d'ked hef
huvbdnd why it wa- opened
T •.’tt:nsion ladder' weu
-t.-U-n ‘fi'tn a duplex .ipaiiiiicni
. v= siii.^iion -lie I T, Palmer Drive
I'ciwccn 'pm l4vi SdiiifJav and
m the ii>!i'wut|! murninti
Tf'i. .ipartnter.t' are bcinji built
I , J ''im I dwjrds
|: ,0.01 hei irivideni, iJw;:-
tiicnn lohnvon reix-rled that hr
ijw 'lonietme open hi- b-*t” iMm
window and attempt ti rr. wl
side early Satur-das morn ; at h-
rcMdcnee on Kt •. R«ford
(..Iciin said he hollered the
suspect who left the area 'unn. r
I he vuspcet wav des-nhed os
Cilenn as a whitf male approx
imately ' ft i-inuh:- (all we^-iri;!
a green arm. i.i-Ari and b!a.I-
eloves
Around Town
B) Sam Morris
Monday. February 17 at 2;3')
p.m. the reading on my the.
mometa was 74° It is supposed to
get into the 70s again Tuesday 1 he
forecast is for warm weather the
remainder of the wcr*
Don’t pm up youf winie-: outrit’
yet though, because March :■
usually a cold month It seem’ that
we get more snow m March than at
any other time.
This weather, cold and th^n
warm, has the flu bug hitting many
people Maybe it will settle down
and get cool and winter vsill be
over with tor this year
• • •
The committee that making
plans for the 7Sth Annivers^rry
Celebration ol Unkc County has
just about compleKd their plan’
II you have any suggesuom. now i\
the time to get them to the commit
tee
• • •
Iht \ifws Jtiuniitl will have a
special section during the u-lebra
liun anJ wui itakc u^c hi'-.-.-i«
the county. Kay Fhoma’ has been
hired to help wfith this section and
will soon be calling on buitnesses
(See AROUND, page lOA)
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th ; in at ...aSt on.; . . i ol ihc
facili’- stud-r.is ii-s..; x.- mic
rvsom b ■'.‘. •c ihi 4 *1 j f ip
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W ith the c s-sc ’iisii *1 ' pvi urcfi
s J Iurl.r-jton. ail of the i-univ*
.1 !tai*r, I i‘t
..i-.lem but
w k. p: .ind ai
li ... 4:J . '-t ff- O'-c to
‘■Cd . ^ tvso !„ oo:;;v at
h ' • to meet " dcrr..;;:d-
Ilt •: i,-; .'ll!-'Ilmenl
■ :*ii)i-nt oiipul.iiion- ould b:
ledii-cd >> buildiiii one new
l»(n>l wi> '■ *>uld - i; ’ nt'.tih as
- 'i i. (o n ommodaii' bOU
p ‘P S. •’ it-;i -,;;d
Board .ii:> ^ ho.ild “slimalc
i.n-'ii; ...I' at 155 per
fcKsi for a htKvl to be built
within th- n-.. -: lew yew/
Slat- guideline say a^h slud'ml
needs jbnul 120 squaie
Siipennit _'.;ni I >r Rr‘' ri Nelson
s'j
1 nd .'osis would be tilj
tu>!i.il c'-p nsc
lurlington, which nus built for
40(1 students, now houses ovr? 800
With half the student population
ai Turlington, the s..h-:- >1 would be
an 2--^?l to the .ysimi, ;tnd the
red for a new -afeteria-
auditorium at Scu’lc-S School
could be ssvlsrd with lets pupils at
lending there. I ec said.
Fewer .ludcni w/iuld also allow
I Saturday morning fire
!i HreOiihtfrz from all 0/ (he ff»wn;vfire unif^ hatlle
!i a Maze ai tintd / ion \upermarkrt m kaeif^J-Hoke
I i illuge Shopping C •nier early Saiunfay rnorntng.
I he fire was believed to have been started hv an ar
sonist.
Hoke Co. suspect is charged
for setting Food Lion fires
A * ai' 441 w Tuv
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i-.i.:; it.-; SiVr.Jj, 'tU—tiiliiC b,,.
nirig ol l iJ.id I mr..
Ih: laid M.irtiri C all. a.iv 24
ol Ri 1 Box 4’r; k ,,i;ncl w.i
of-: all' .;h4rscd iMih -oiiinK
:! ? I'f - whi; fi I'r.'kc out .Immi
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Raeford I .-v. .c- i ^ J.iiTit:'
V*- - ^ s:k ,.iid 1 -4 .Jjv
C ullo i- .- .1 ; ' .rve* ' in h
LO. I tv)" h. ■ : r.
■named .)lt' tni , umd* n ' fj
until I III d : .
II- ispc- vSii L'l.
d:: m-.-::i!ii to |; . .. Sc,. Do
11.- pint in M./i. iv?. Of
t on. K::. ivifd I'.vli. i: ih- 0
I eoi'.^ d Wigiir; aid . I'lici
( ,til.'4 4s Aa- in the
'll .p'i.rl on Ti:- div and ti.id
be-cr -..•-.d lb-. warrant.
Mur.1.-...k -..1 J
Meanwhile, ore cn'.pl.iyecs
Wilt bu > T-'le.iniiip the
’ uddir- .: id .2-.1-r.lnc Ihs*
d.i 'V
Ih f.ttsld = i: .utter?-! mor'Jy
.md 'iter damagr,
lii ■ on tlie rvciu -aid
sN ■ iion I have any
in.Ov ' -he •'"“uMi of
d-sm-g: set I ood lion
m^a ■ ' I l)jMd "..iij.-: -md
w p .hahiv won't have
4“ . it! vers until we’ft rciidy to
' ha added.
The gr-r-cery -.tore hus been
V loved since the Inc, but
Sanders sard it vh/iuld rc-open
sometime near the end ol the
week.
The fire was .nllegedly vet m
.even It'catioiis invidc the
building.
Three of the lues were in the
maifi -cction of the store and
lour in Ihc snvkirooni, accot
ding to W iggins
Pat>cr i.rwcK, diapers and
other Haminable items vs ere set
on lire through/nii the viorc,
"Fie knew vshut was going to
burn,” Wiggiriv -aid
The fire was first discovered
shortly belore 1 am. by a store
^jSeOvUSPFjUT^ga^eJOA^
Plans for Jubilee take shape
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Hoke Hieii -Mdiiiir
Hail and (/Of
ate personal
Dr \!b; ii 1 dw.:-! .
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’ j lend Ml tr 1 is
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Ill k.i!.i,'i
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'■"tiinir open inn.
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In !hi, Hii .n.l 1 dliC.lllon buildine
Tin |ii^ , d,.pi
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•sill f'c open ;dl
pic-ciiii-il hi be .iiii.
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ffi’- l.iili .e.o, nt
die ccit-brain'll
ha- hocn dc'ignated Reunion Dav
Khv Thomuv and .Nellie Flowers
will vi' clijir kcuiiMti Diiv whicti
will include fiisIoiK t/>urs of coiin-
h whurchov (hher asiivilics plan
!teJ lot ihi dav will be announced
vOilIl
\ Dianioiul Jubilee Pageant
dti-.\iod b\ Miuv \rohie McNeill
and Dr kiiv HilU- will be
prosenled Wedne-day, Thursdav
.ir.J Iridav evenings at Tutlingion
Svhool.
nnly XOd tickets lot each
fxrlormanci' will be Hvailable at
$3 Ik) each
Ihc pacc./ni will be written hi
I Hi-, ol ‘ iiiticiori
l)iirir= Itic week, '50 ruffle
iiiki-t- will be void toi thi Mi'ke
Diamond, worih wei S4.000
I he pro- •;?;*’ Iroin th? raftle w ill
help pav for d.. luhilci' leMivities
f utitmeiror nt 1 ve I>it»mon»l
JiibiUe plat. will he on sak
llutiiodioui (he week, and there
will be a special bavebill name
t'la’.id th. gi»mc Will tv vrvvj,
..iied iiv tiic \n!‘*rivan 1 ■‘p'on
tbr twiiiiii ( i.av^ ‘ c'l)
demtiit.i- 'Ht. T.i b'iikiine ai ' 1
f'Ufch Vliijvii
•’Thi T-M hiiildini kvosv
drei“'-ful Vou rc n/oi l .viiii!
anything bv reinovmy ' ! cc
4i:d
II It wme to a --h.-ivs. ot havn ./
10 keep -.ith..,. Lpshijtvh : furl
ington 3.nd pha’-nt suit ih. ‘‘ er.
lee said Turlingt/»n was d . b-T'c'
vHcmoI
Ihc auditoriuriiv at both vhrv;!'
arc luxuries, which ./-..id nu' (.v- at
forded bv most 'a.lisHiU ssstern' if
iho were to be built lodav
Tuflinglon in the heart ct I'lc
, (.moiiKi.i V ariil ii'...; beti/mr
: III jf r r : J ^ C ff ' if , ■ . Iv a., ’ 0 if
I ce ,atO
ketii.-ant^n viv: Tu'iir.Ett-.i.
»i)iild i-c lirnued i.. rerii.'Vinf
avne^tuv trofTi It..; riat.i A*n£ uf ifie
i.uildi.'ig and rcplktrig
vna-den viairs m (be sanie vtruc
1,.: .
'’Jfic i»sl ol It IS cosinctiv.Lee
Once improvements were made
Turlington, the facility would be
vuri,-!:',-?' ^of another 25 years
Krrrvosal of the 16 mobile
elas'.’iams fft>m the campuv
(See NtW . page 2A)
City pledges
to curb smell
By Hon Andeeson
A resolution which might even
tually help to eliminate unpleasant
odors coming from the Raeford
Wastewater Treatment Plant, wav
given unanimous appr/wal Mon
day night bv members of the Ciiv
C juncil.
According to the rcsoluiion, the
city iv in an emergency situation
and Cits Manager Tom Phillip-
has the authority to order new
blowers for the plant and to begin
seeking money to pa\ for the new
equipment.
The motion alvo waives the le-
quiremenl that the citv seek bids
for the equipment due to the
emernencv situation.
I ou/ new blowers should be in
stalled within 90 to 120 days at an
estimated vosi of SI60,000
The new high-powered blowers
will replace the plant’s existing nx
20 year old blowers which have all
worn out
Council members rejecicd an
alternate plan to replace the ex
isting blowers with six new blowers
with the same capacity at a cost of
SI 20,(100
The blowers are needed tc> pro
vide oxygen (o the bacteria in the
wastewater, Fliram Marziano. an
engineer with the firm of Black
and Veech. told the commii-
vioners
(See CITY, page 2A)
Balfour seeking
farm tax relief
By Hon Anderswn
The chairman ol the Hoke
County ..umtnissiorcrv jv locking
into the ledvibiliiy of lowering the
tax value of all local farmland
Since farmers have had a vear
when the value of land hav
dtvteavcd, reductions vhould he
made on the tax bw'.'kv by ai least
I0*i. Chairman John Balfour said
Mond.iy night
’I'd like tsv see ii (the i.rx raui
changed and sec it become eflcv
live by the new tax year,” Baltoui
said.
Hoke ( oiinly tax bills go out ir.
I line and are due September I
Balft'ur was asking Ihc vommis
sioricrs for permission to find ou
if the increase is leasiblc. he 'aij
after the meeting
Back dining the days of iiifla
non, dicrc was a move to raise lax
rate- ! don’t know if you van
It'wer it. Baltour said
lax’Cv an tarmland repuvcn'
20*3 to 25^« of the county's lax
ba-sc, which was approximately
$J4il rtiilliivn lor liscal vear
1985 4(6
"So many people want so manv
services, its hard (o lower taxes,”
commissioner Wvatt Upchurch
said
■ Farmrtv have it rough, but
they’re not the only ones having it
rough
If the motion to lower the lax
value of tarmland came up to a
vole, U pchurch said he would need
to do more research on the matter
I owermg the tax value of
farmland i> a question that should
bx explored, but there would be a
lot of legal i^amifications involved
bv livyicnng land values for one
scsdon ot the population, county
attorney Duncan McFadycn said
The only way of lowering the lax
value ol the land may be to re-
t-valuatc ihe entire sounty, Balfour
s,ud
-\ i.ital tax re-evaluation of the
kOuiitv takes about 12 to 18
inotiih'-, according to county
rm.uue officer Charles Davis
An appraiser would be required
v iMi ihi 9.txi0 parcels c'f land
liKaicd throughout the county,
Davis said
’ Iv’ be honest aK»ui it, it may
be a selfish sugyesiion because I'm
sO tamilu' with the problems of
the fat met.” Balfour said
The chairman plans to explore
ihe fcasibilhv of lowering the tax
late with the executive director and
(See BALFOUR, page 2A)
Raeford city mechanic
bound over for killing
Ptobable cause was tound Iti
slay for a sccoiid-clcgrtx' mutslet
charge against John Bjxlcv Jr. in
conncX'tion with the shooting death
ot his stepson. Janies Thomas
"Bones” Rickcrds
District Court Judge Vkarren
Bate iHdeted Haxley, wfui is a
Raeford citv employ ce, bound
o\ci to Superior Court
Itixley, bl, of Rl. 12. I ayet
Ifyillc, is charged with shooting
Rickctds on Saturday, Deccmbei
in froiii of David's I iKxl Siorc
Rickeids, 27, was piotimin,.ed
dead on arrival ai (ape Fear
Valley MeUicwi xeiiiei atici :aw
cnforeemcni officers found him ly
mg in fnnit ot the store on Davis
Bridge Road ai approxiniaielv 6 11
p ni
, who IS chief mechanic at
Raetord's municipal garage, was
released from Hoke rourily lailon
a S40.1XX) blind on December 13.
The court order slated that Bax
ley was not to tiavcl outside of
I umberiand or Hoke counties.
Bale ordered that Baxley remain
under the bad conditions.
During the preliminary hearing
on Friday, two men, Marvin
Stephens, 26, and his cousin Kenny
Stephens, 24, icvtified that they
were with Rickcrds when he drove
up io T)avicJ's Food Store to buy
nrv,.- bee'’ -h.v''»ls before 6 m rsn
December 7
both men -and they had been
with Rickcrd.s since IDiJO that
iSee BAXLfcY. page 2A)