The N
ews
-Journal
Volume LXXX Number 3
RAEFORD, NORTH CAROLINA
25 CENTS
Thursday, May 5, 1988
Incumbents take Hoke County races
Despite a lighter than expected
voter turn-out it was a great night for
the incumbents in Hoke County's
Democratic primary.
Despite the sometimes controver
sial mobile home, subdivision, and
junkyard ordinances enacted in Hoke
County in the last two years and
troublesome issues in Robeson
County, voters seemed willing to go
on past records in choosing who will
lead them in the future.
In the race for Hoke County
Commission, Chairman Wyatt Up
church and Vice-Chairman Neill
MePhatter were virtually assured of
being returned to office ^though they
will meet Republican candidate
Buddy Blue in the November elec
tion.
Unofficial returns had Upchurch as
the top vote-getter in the race with
1530 votes, MePhatter came in sec
ond with 1315. Frank Teal came in
third with 1209 and L. E. McLaugh
lin came in a close fourth with 1181
votes.
In the race for governor. Bob
Jordan had 2,252 votes from Hoke.
Jordan is married to the former Sarah
Cole ofRaeford.
In the state Senate race, David
Parnell received 2,348 votes in Hoke
County. His challenger W. Paul
Graham got 516 votes.
In the race for the state House of
Hoke Co. Primary Results
Unofficial
returns
SENATOR
David R. Parnell (D)
32
71
139
146
78
130
181
280
245
182
256
316
128
164
2231
W. Paul Graham (D)
3
13
22
29
20
35
25
153
38
44
45
43
27
19
633
HOUSE OF REP.
Daniel H. DeVane CD)
29
47
112
129
49
138
170
385
253
150
288
109
139
148
2146
Adoloh Dial (D)
5
26
77
49
$
4^
33
81
51
28
^1
33
34
24
572
John C. (Pete) Hasty (D)
27
14
59
57
24
93
118
283
211
90
206
51
86
118
1437
Garth Locklear (D)
6
26
40
41
17
29
31
60
39
32
39
22
34
25
441
Sidney A. Locks (D)
10
67
78
119
73
93
113
252
103
163
136
337
66
96
1706
COUNTY COMMISSION
Lawrence E. McLaughlin fD) 7
38
46
113
68
77
81
130
53
111
80
292
34
51
1181
Neil W. MePhaUer (D)
8
72
70
.HL
69
72
83
160
49
130
81
326
34
60
1315
Franklin R. Teal (D)
18
12
58
37
23
76
101
227
199
60
197
15
85
101
1209
Wyatt G. Unchurch (DJ
26
18
101
75i 15
71
12C
286
209
93
220
32
130
134
1530
Representatives, Hoke County Rep.
Danny DeVane, the traditional front
runner in the three-county 16th Dis
trict, led Hoke County with 2,146
votes to Sidney Locks 1,706. Third
was Pete Hasty of Scotland County
with 1,437.
Overall, Locks appears to be the
front-runner in the 16th District with
an unofficial tally of 13,546 votes
and DeVane second with 13,432.
By 8 a.m. Wednesday, Locks had
received 10,171 votes in Robeson
County with only one small precinct
yet to report, 1,669 in Scotland
County and 1,706 in Hoke.
DeVane received 9,741 votes in
Robeson, 2,146 in Hoke and 1,545
in Scotland.
The race for the third seat is very
close. Unofficials scores give
newcomer Adolph Dial of Robeson
County 9,573 and incumbent Pete
Hasty of Scotland County 9,565.
DeVane attributed his strong
showing in Hoke county in part to
his work as chairman of the Air and
Water Committee in the House. He
said, "I've been able to help pass
legislation which helped the
environment and those issues helped
And he said, "I've been
me.
responsible to the people and I've
been honest"
He also said, "I've been close to
the people. They all have the same
telephone number and they don't have
to go through a contact to get to me.
(See ELECTION, page 2A)
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All over
Hoke County Commission Chairman Wyatt Upchurch (left) and Vice-Chair
man Neill MePhatter breathe a little easier after seeing unofficial results atThe
News-Journal Tuesday night. Upchurch was top vote-getter, followed by
MePhatter.
(See completed chart, page 2A)
June public hearing is set
on cable TV in county
Bidding deadline extended
for central communications
Final date for submitting bids for equipment for the proposed central communications system has been
extended until May 20 and items omitted from specifications in the first invitation for bids sent out to vendors
have now been included. County Manager William Cowan told Hoke County Commissioners at their meeting
Monday morning.
Cowan said he anticipates receiving bids ranging from $73,000 to $103,000 and said the bids will provide a
variety of options. Cowan also says he may not recommend accepting the low bid on the project. He says the
county needs to look at the quality of the equipment being bidded on and the case of getting spare parts in the
future.
Cowan told Commissioners the bid submission date was extended because vendors arc attending trade shows
this week and next. However, it also allows a little more time for working out some of the problems which have
surfaced since the first set of specifications on the equipment was drawn up.
Some Hoke County volunteer firemen and other users of the communications system had said they felt the
first set of specifications was inadequate for the needs of the county. They also had pointed out some errors,
including a mistake in listing a frequency and the omission from the bid sheet of an encoder.
On Monday, Commissioners approved the clarifications to the bid sheet as proposed by Cowan. In a cover
letter sent to vendors, Cowan said the clarifications, including the frequency correction, would also serve as as
addendum to the invitation for bids. Included on the new list is an encoder and also cross-patch capability.
Also on the addenda list for bids arc eight swivel leather cases for handheld radios, 40 alcrt/monitor receiver
pagers with nicad battery and two channel capabilities with common tone, and 40 single unit chargers with an
tenna. Cowan said those items were added at the request of the city and will be paid for by the city.
(sec COMMUNICATION, page 5 A)
Three very different proposals for providing cable TV
service in Hoke County have been received by th' Board
of Commissioners which will give county residents a
chance to have their say in which company gets the
franchise at a public hearing in June.
County Attorney Duncan McFadyen told
commissioners he has received proposed ordinances from
Rockfish Cable TV in Hope Mills, Alert Cable TV of
Red Springs, and Riverton Cable TV and Tar Heel Cable
TV, two small companies which will join forces to
provide cable service in the county.
Rockfish Cable TV would offer an 18-channel basic
service package and is requesting a limited franchise
serving the eastern part of the county.
The company would install underground cables and is
offering a 15-year franchise which would pay the county 5
percent of its gross revenues.
It proposes a new installation charge of $20 but would
give free installation to residents subscribing to the
service within 30 days of activation of cable in each area
served.
The company would charge a monthly fee of $10.95
for basic service. Pay channels would include HBO at
$9.95, Cinemax at $8.95, and Disney at $7.95 or $23.95
for all three purci '.sed at one time.
Alert Cable TV is the company which now provides
cable service in Raeford and immediate surrounding area.
According to McFadyen, Alert's proposed ordinance did
not include a list of channels and no schedule for pro
viding service to other areas. McFadyen says it is hard to
tell if the company intends to provide service throughout
the county or only in limited areas.
Alert's representative Harrison Daniels has said his
company would charge county customers the same
monthly rate for the 18-channel basic service city cus
tomers now pay, which he said is S14 per month.
Alert's installation fee is SI 5. It would offer four
premium channels - HBO for $11.95 per month and
Showtime, Disney and Playboy for $9.95 each.
Riverton and Tar Heel propose to give the county a 3
percent franchise fee on ^1 revenues generated in the
county. They propose offering cable service to the entire
county within five years of franchise award and would start
in the Rockfish area.
Riverton and Tar Heel would use a pole system. They
would offer a 21-channel service including four premium
channels. The connection fee would be $25.
Basic service would cost $12. HBO, Cinemax and
Showtime would cost an additional $11 each per month.
Disney would cost $9.
Saying, "There is a lot of interest out there," for cable
TV in the county. Commission Chairman Wyatt
Upchurch said he wants representatives of the three
companies proposing franchises to appear at the public
hearing which has been scheduled for June 20 at 7 p.m. in
the commissioner's meeting room in the Pratt Building on
Main SU'eet.
killed. In addition to Long, Donna Constois, 20, of
Raeford and Joseph Daniel Contois II, 2, were injured.
Fatality
One person was killed and three injured at about 11:15
p.m. Sunday on June Johnson Road when this truck micjuiu unu ju\tpn L/uniei ti, i, wtit mjuitu.
driven by Terry Wayne Long, 21, of Raeford went off the I ong- as of T uesday night-was to be charged driving
road on the left, skUtded, and turned over into a tree. while impaired, according to Highway Patrol Trooper
Rescuers had to cut offthe top ofthe truck to remove two K.W. Weston,
of the victims. Jeanette Taylor King, 32, of Raeford was
Drug 'kingpin' gets 15 years
The man described by Sheriffs
Department Detective Ed Harris as
"the kingpin of drug dealers in Hoke
County" was sentenced to 15 years in
prison without parole or probation
and fined $100,000 last week in U.
S. District Court in Winston-Salem.
According to Harris, Brady
Locklear of Rt. 1, Red Springs,
pleaded guilty to count one of a
secret indictment charging him with
conspiring from 1982 to February
1987 of acquiring in excess of 100
kilograms of cocaine from persons in
Florida and distributing the cocaine
in Hoke and Robeson Counties.
Harris said the arrest of Locklear
and others stemmed from indictments
handed down in N. C. Middle District
Court in the last few months.
"Brady Locklear has been the
target of investigators over the last
six to seven years," Harris said, "and
this sentence is the culmination of
that investigation."
He said the investigation was a
co-operative effort by the Hoke
County Sheriffs Department, the
State Bureau of Investigation and the
U. S. Drug Enforcement Ad
ministration.
"Locklear is considered a major
cocaine trafficker," he said. "He has
now been convicted of importing
millions of dollars worth of cocaine
into Hoke and Robeson Counties."
Harris said Locklear was the
owner and operator of a club on
Highway 211 East near the
Hoke/Robeson line which was
variously known as Brady's Place
and the Main Event. He said Locklear
became involved in drug dealing and
(see DRUGS, page 5A)
Around
Town
by Sam C. Morris
The weather for the past week has been just a little
on the cool side for this time of year. The low 70-degree
weather during the day and the 40-degree readings at
night are just a few degrees below the norm. It has also
been dry with an almost 3 inches below the normal.
The forecast for the next few days calls for
temperatures to be in the 70s and for a chance of rain on
Wednesday and Thursday. The weekend forecast is for
dry weather and the thermometer to go into the 80s.
* dn
Keith Ryan of the Raeford Kiwanis Club was by the
office Monday and asked that I mention about the club's
car wash. The car wash will be held on Saturday, May 7
beginning at 9 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m. The wash will
be held in the Southern National Baidc parking lot.
Ryan said that he would supply the soap and the high
pressure washer and that the bank would furnish the
water and elecuicity.
The price of the wash is $5 and up. The money will
be used by the club for Hoke County charities so take
all your cars Saturday and let the Kiwanians do a good
job for you and at the same time help a worthy cause.
» * »
Mrs. Mary Archie McNeill was by the office last
week and left a write-up she wanted put in this column.
It is as follows:
The public is invited to a reorganizational meeting of
the Hoke County Arts Council at 7 p.m. on Monday,
May 9 at the Hoke County Library Conference Room.
North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Arts
Adminisuator Jack LeSueur of Raleigh will be present
to assist in restructuring an active, growing, vital arts
council in Hoke County. Well established arts councils
have a positive effect on the economic, cultural and
educational status of cities and rural communities
throughout our state and nation.
The purpose of Monday's meeting is to help shape a
better future for Raeford and Hoke County.
(sec AROUND, page 4A)