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Volum* LXXV’III Number H
rhur*d«y. July 17.
bounty wv»fItTH in lOOdrxrrfw lein|MTatur«»K
Heat wave damages crops and poultry
Crop
TotrMttwii ;tlanli Ihroufhttul Hoke t ounl\ tire fh jinning fo **ilr temuit of
If ■ tH tilt'mg heui and dfoughi .■oidmont.
H> s«ll> Jimtr
Ih ' I'lO plu' ^n ^sratui -■ !b4t
^ -VC bcci> .vircpinf !hr region
have taken ihetr lOw on Ihc irca’v
■Vvxofding (u Agruultutal i-v
teniun •Chairman Vkillic
1 eulhersione. ’’Hoke ( ouinv ha^.
done 4 liille belter than L'her
v.i>nni!r',. but top*. f.uch a* tobacvo
and vovbcanv are beginning lo wilt,
* nd ‘.orn, which i' m the .talc of
fillirif out. i: K not doing well”
”\V 're '.hort ^tass for gra/ing
catiJf and hav that the 'vtilc de
pend on through winter \Ac need
rami all.” hca'^'tsumc continued
’’I’m not aware of anv -hangr-
mailr becaiive of lack of ram but
wc do need some,”
Ihc larheel lurke> Hatchetv
h.i- t~ lit badly aft'i.-icd. ai.vording
o owriri Vkvati I'pchurch
”He hare lost ‘!5 out of l.VtXK)
hen*, at one house and about 40
adult birds per hou’i? on lulv ninth
in Ni to 7(1 houses.," Upchurch
-.aid
Un ii ! h related lhai at
ItSviA i-n housci iti as
t lin: ‘.arss-.on und [■upiin ire
quite laris.*
I his lo-s ttandairs into a '>nr
half percent pt(»duciion k o
Ihiit!!' the l.„ -. as'I age* one fifth
of ;:r-c percent.
The hatchcfy i taking pr»’-au
lions agamc! the heal by using high
pre-sire fesg^trs ^nd fan. which
bressk up water droplet', m the air
into moUrcules in order to !n:rcB“‘
the huiniditv in the air
The (jrs are not run a.’, long on
high humiditv days because ot
moisture falling out of the air aiKl
onto the pavement Utxhurch said
they tr? to keep the rnoivture off
the pavenvent in order to decrease
the p*.ss .ibilitv of ■■sactena
The fan . decrease the oiii-i.ide air
lcrn|vcralitrc b> tire degrees and
produce a bree/e iM four to tire
miles per hour.
In jddiiion to the tan*., insulated
roc>ls have been constructed in the
Autoiria’^d Wjtr:??-. eff
fcplcnis*'ed vvith ;r“h w^i-t s.ip
piv and elcsfrelvtc ate added to
the water m ordef t-.^ help the
i .rk?'.’v bsdv ..riiv to hold more
rtu istiirc
I ven with the-; p r-jauiion- prti
duclion :■ being hun
"Any t:-‘"“i .tre.s i* danverou-
lot the bird* Vke do not -isci?-; -
bird* Handling the buds iru, r r ;
falalilic Upchur-.h said ■ Nkc’-e
to hanifC our priKluctu.-.
.vhedule to keep them ai c. keep
them in proit'Kiion It’s cost u* ’’
The prtvduction rhedule Up
church rc'-'rs to u the arliricial in
semination u-.:d for breedina I he
hot weal her ha* cau-_J the hat
chery to use a mikh .-jrlier
bleeding xhcdule. larling ai 4 ikj
am instead ot in the afterncron
I his has set back their br- eding
piogram
The hatchers ha* abo been hurt
in egg prodiiciiun.
’’We’re of' h fight to ten per
cent Out of 25().Otl() egg* a week
wc’tr kising X.tgJii j' fifty cenu an
egi. ' jfch said
*. ,-«>rfl«n* lo I pchurch. Over a
week, egg-laying penod any hens
that go out of production after
l-hfct: t . four weeks will negatively
effect production for the re
mainder of the five-month period.
fhe younger hens which have
been in production ten weeks or
lr*4 arc the ones mrii effected The
older hens, those which have been
in p'^aduction ten weeks or more,
are more able lo take the heat.
"The older bird;, have dropped
their feathers and ihetr b^y
temperature ir cooler." Upchurch
said "The heal hasn’t hurt them
a* much.”
VnluniecT weatherman Virgil
Murphy, who supplies weather in-
tormaiion to the Extension Ser-
viw, reports ihul there wa# 1 6 in-
whrv of ram for the month of July
1 eni|>eraJures over the weekend
were consistently around 100
degrees with the lows on Saturday
and Sunday at 7g degrees
Storm system brings Sunday night twister to Hoke County
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''- lion oi the rivst had been peeled
i .11'.. fhc rvvof section, approx
iriui-ly 12 It. \ 4 ft., had bei*n
aicd over the cruiple’s bedroom.
"It ksoked like somebvHJy took a
i/or edge and cut the roof away
Mr . Childrev said.
Pieces of Ihc roof were lound
atiered throughout the front
s ■■.’ ». d A.TOss the -'.'Cl,
Mthough Mr'- C hildrey ,aid she
had never heard or seen a twr.icr
befofr, sire uid her husband
believe that a tornado hit their
home.
I he two sheriff's deputies called
to investigate the storm also said
ihey also believed a tornado had
struck, according to Mrs,
Children
"Ihcrc was nobsHJy hurt as tar
as I know, " --aid Mrs. Childrev.
"Bur ih^ce v^as :~me damage in
ihc irailci park Isehmd u-.”
At the lesidence of Malcolm and
BcriiKT MePhatter on Philippi
Church Road, the Sunday night
storm pulled a satellite dish out of
the ground and sent the nose of the
dish into a neighbor’s yard approx
imately 2U) yards away.
Mrs. MePhatter was home with
her eight year-old son when the
storm hit at approximalcly 11.15
p.m.
Mail .'lom the 'torm sounded
like "• rmcbrsdv was throwing
things agaiiva the window,' Mrs
McJ’lutier said.
Excitement is brewing over Turkey Festival
By Aallv Jamir
P di'- Noiih :s
T rkt» Tes: SeplL.ni-i 18 2fl.
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rile f-*v:i-a! 'v I . ir T . > ,3f ‘I
It 'o b** mush tsi .- auj
Mannini s^sd
‘ Nos-ih C^ioliiia i* n.imhrr
- turkey growm in the n .i
Th V ■ salui. U) die lufk—, -i
dusii \k df pla*ing It up im
th year than j..; rai ”
Tf w-j.,^JuU of c- ni' for
•'stival r - fitting -alul* to the n
du" y which will be ' ;- - scnt-.1
mere o th- -jr ;h**' last bs
VIP- s *1 u th- Nanonal
Around Town
By Slim Morns
I week when I wror- that w.
had had cnoo.-h .utiimor (or ihi-
year, it ws* the wrong thing to
write about Sir e last Monday the
theim-unctci ha been 100 ckrstKcs
or above every day. The night
have -cii the temperature only go
down to ihe high 7(>>. Now what
will Auguvi be like'' Thu o when il
IS ihe hottest m Hoke ( ountv
V>- hav; not rccco ;d the ram
that we need, irut as slated last
week, we arc Isclln ■'ll than manv
veetion; of t!-. .tatc. fhc crops are
not »' itorsd a- they -fiould be at
thi: time jfid the yu-ld: will he
lowef than wc usually produce.
One farmer said Sunday that the
VO.bean rup in hiv segtiun of the
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oine* vjon let's hops h' rv- oed
■ ime Sunday night.
fhe lo ecavt lor the week i: tor
ontinued hoi weiihcf with ram
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I .ydi ■ i...kay dinner «fid
' " lid is .noli'
T il t*- -'.1 m'inf nr and
>p. c‘ .liairmcn hi'vc woik
In- ,> t.. Ill to piill isig'cihcr a
P''•,11 that ts" -omething lot
"Vk r'al..doh e lot ot work
dt-::-.” aid K Thomas, board
Ihoriias reUled some ol the
highlights of the schedule.
"Tnday night there will be a
.on> .'t of beach music with the
' C atalmas" and the "Band ol
(-*/ ' at the old armory," Thom*
aid "Thtfc will be iiiu-dc going
or imulianeously at two .tages on
batuiJay The Turkey Olympics is
planned for that afternoon with
di'i .iicc riinnirn- and precision
•uniimg ’■
Maiiriinii said that it is an
ii'ipai-d that comedian leiry
C'k'wcr Hill give a pcrtormancc on
August 2d Ihe show will be in
jofiiii tion with the tcstival.
"\Vf Hill be pre-vellmg tickets.
Their will be a limited number ot
tickets stsid lor a performance m
th* High School Civm in case of
ram," Manning said. "If it i' held
at (he lootbtill sladiiiiii, we will sell
tickets at the door.”
Manning said she was "seeing
iiKur participation m the craft,
fair this year than last year. A lot
of the same ones will be here along
with some new people.”
According to Thomas, "over
$T(M) lias alreads come in on booth
legist ratio,'-, ters."
T shirts, which went on sale July
It) at the Chamber of Commerce,
are being offered this year in a
wider range of si/es I act year
SHI.UOl) profit was made from
T -liirt sales because of a donation
of -hirts by F aberge
According to Uuima-, M().(K8)
made from the shirts was aircadv
in the budget for festival prepara
lions this scar. Yrt, more i- needed
beftsre the plans can be tully car
tied out.
"We have to advance V20,(K8)
before the festival happens,"
Thomas said.
Manning admits that she is
“nervoui about the budget, Wc
haven’t vet received the ($"',000)
poik barrel funds promised for the
event "
Ihe advertising budget is
SlO.OCK) and will provide coverage
in biochures, on billboards, televi
(.see l-XClTEMf Nl, page
Sen. James Rrovhill
"There were high, howling
winds, but I never heard the roar
ing of a train," MePhatter said. "1
can’t be sure if it was a tornado --1
was too scared to look out the win
dows."
Mrs. MePhatter said the storm
lasted about one-hall hemr and
vctttcred lawn chairs and tree
limbs throughout her backyard
Her electricity went out during the
storm and was not back on until 3
a m.
Broyhill
to visit
Senator James Thomas (Jimf
I royhill R-N.C., a 23-year House
veteran, who was sworn into the
office on Monday, July 14, will
visit Raeford Saturday to speak at
a breakfast meeting at the Edin-
borough Restaurant.
Broyhill is running against
tormer Democratic Governor
Terry Sanford m the state’s U.S.
Senate race. He resigned his House
seat to accept the July 3rd appoint
ment to the Senate seat left vacant
b\ the death of Senatesr John East,
R-N,C.
.A native of Lenoir, North
Carolina, Broyhill was first elected
to Congress in 1962. Before serv
ing in Congress, he v^as an ex
ecutive with Broyhill Fugniturc In-
dustfie.s of Lenoir from 1945-1962.
1 he breakfast meeting will be at
8-30 a.m , July 19. Tickets for the
event are $5 each and may be pur
chased from Buddy Blue or Evelvm
Maiming
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T}i’ins
Ihe double cunluloupe pictured ahove was grown by local farmer
John M. Harrell. Despite ihe drought and extreme hoi weather, these
Inins I non the melon fumily matured into a tasty treat.
Involuntary manslaughter plea from Baxley
A Hoke (ounty man was
scnteiicexl lot itu' Deccmfsei 198*'
'hoDimg ol Ills stepson m the lulv
8 session ul Superior ( oiirt
John ICixlcy li , Kl 12 Box 616,
lavcMcvillo, pleaded guillv to the
frlonv of voluntary manslaughter
lot ihc shooting of James Thomas
Ri‘kers which occuired on
Divembet 7, 1985 in front ot
David’s food Store on Davis
Biitlgc RoaJ
Presiding Judge Anlhonv M
Btannon senlemvd Baxley, 61, lo
six veai with a suspended seiilenc*
ot live yeai', and placed him on
supervised prolsation toi live
\ car s
Remirris siy Haxlcv must sctvc
an active piisoii tcini ot Mfdavs in
the Hokct iumiv jail .tailing July
23 A woik release wa' ecom
meiuled
Vniro. r* .dsn iiirluded (tie tsav
mciii ol ounseling reiinbur*"iiu-iii
tec- of S750 and court costs
lUxlcy pleaded not gmltv to
' liargr ot second dcgiec murdei m
a prclimiriaiv hearing m District
t oun The ■ hii'i- implies ihai the
assailant would have h.id to harboi
"malice afoTcthoughi" m a kill
mg
According to -Assistant Districi
'Xllodics .lean Powell, the "nc>t
guilty" plea in Lbsiiicl Couit in
aired a heaiing of this "very com
plex case" iii Superior Court
Public Defender Michael
O'loghlodha sjiid that it wa--
diseoseted during the nial that
dlltiough there were witnesses to
various incidents during the even
iiig of the shooting, Ihe only ones
who directly witnessed the
shooting were two men who ac
com(wnied Rickerds to the store.
Ihe two men apparentlv con
fronted Baxlev li the point of pto
vocation
"Mr. Basics was ilircalcncd.”
O’loghlodha .aid, "Both Powell
and mvsell checked out his
backguniiicl He was a pcr,sv)ii i*i
charactei . well thought of and
liigtilv regarded in thecommumlv
He didn’t have violent or mean
lendencics...he wouldn’t have
r-acted in the way he did unless
there were substantial threats
made ”
"It was a fait decision by the
da’s cvfficc,” O’Foghlodha con
tinued. ’’.A lot of thought was
given to the case. Credit should go
to Jean Powell as someone who is
willing to make tough decisions.”
Also in last week’s session of
Superior Court, Timothy
Mcl aurin, Rt. 4 Box 203, Red Spr
ings, pleaded guilty to charges of
breaking and entering and larceny
which had been committed on
January 18.
Mcl.autm, 20, was sentenced to
four years, suspendexi for five
years and placed on supervised
probation for five years.
A: a condition of probation,
Mcl aurin must pay a total of S466
in reinibur,sement, restitution and
other fines,
Rix'ords sav Mcl aurin broke in
to a dwelling belonging to James
Huggins located on Rt. I, Red
Springs, and stole two pistols and
one twelve gauge shotgun, all
(See GUILTY, page 9)