June 12, 1996
THE NEWS-JOURNAL
Kaefurd, N.C.
7A
Murder—
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iliary officer—or a volunteer—with
no set hours, Gardner said.
Since the incident occurred while
Wilson was off-duty and while he
was on a leave of absence for personal
reasons, Gardner said he doesn’t be
lieve there will be any departmental
disciplinary actions against Wilson.
According to sheriff’s reports,
Wilson was off-duty when he alleg
edly pulled a gun on Michael Roper,
18, who fled the scene. Wilson said he
saw Roper selling drugs in the park
ing lot of a store.
A few days later, Roper apparently
said Wilson had assaulted him and the
officer was charged with assault with
a deadly weapon, a misdemeanor.
The case was .set to go to trial on
Thursday, June 6, but was dismissed
from court when Roper failed to ap
pear. l-ater that day Roper and an
other Raeford man. Telly Savalas
Stephens, 21, were reportedly charged
with robbery with a dangerous weapon
and assault with intent to kill inflict
ing serious injury in connection with
a separate incident that occurred last
Sunday, June 2, at a Hoke County
nightclub.
Roper and Stephens are accused
of allegedly attacking and beating
Cedric Barnes, 39, outside McRae’s
Nightclub on Doc Brown Road late
Sunday night. A fight broke out and
Barnes was hit .several times. He was
taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical
Center, where he is in critical condi
tion.
Cousin arrested
A Raeford man was jailed on
charges that he allegedly assaulted
his cousin, .said Chief J.R. McNeill of
the Raeford Police Department.
McNeill said Yashica Novora
Bratcher of Raeford told officers she
was assaulted by her cousin, Johnathan
Walden Murchison of Raeford, near
her residence at about 8:40 p.m. last
Wednesday, June ,S. Apparently, Ihe
two hadgotlen into a verbal argument
that led to a scuffle.
“At some point, M urchi.son picked
her up and threw her to Ihe ground,”
McNeill said.
During the incident Bratcher re
portedly received bruises and scrapes
on her arms. McNeill said she took
out a warrant on Murchi.son for as
sault on a female.
He is reportedly under a $300 un
secured bond pending a court appear
ance.
Forgery reported
Sam Melvin Jr. of Raeford told
officers last Wednesday, June 5, that
a check belonging to him was forged
and uttered at the Home Food store
.sometime between April I and May
.30, 19%. McNeill said.
Apparently, Ihe check for $40 was
made payable to a w Oman named My rile
I lammonds and cashed at Ihe store.
McNeill said the case is still under
investigation through the police de
partment
Depot
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center of the town will be transformed
to the way it looked in its heyday
when the “Jitney No. lO?" freight and
passenger car slopped off on its way
to Fayetteville from Aberdeen. Way
hack when, an adult could ride to
Fayetteville at 10 a.m. to spend the
day and back home again at 4 p.m. for
one shiny quarter. Kids could ride for
only a dime.
Memories of
yesterday
By displaying their memories,
Clanton said he hopes the work will
showcase what the stK'iety feels is a
town laden with rich historv.
Stones from Ihe founding fathers
that have been passed iktwn from one
generation to the next seem to illus
trate Dundarrach's interesting history.
For example, Ihe le xl i d .m address
given to a Lidies Club in October
1991 describes the house of one of the
town s . ,irly cili/ens. Ah x.mder
McMillan, who was vm in law to
Renlrick McCrimni'm. the town's
postmaster McMillan w is ,i tax col
lector tor Rofx son ( ountv during the
Civil War, whkh lifTii Dundarr.ieh
w part of RoN ‘-Ml ( >univ
Ht« aus* She r nut ns i/my kiisw i:
.1 Ikx sxillexior McMillan must hav
monev when they e.ame through the
area ihrv tixik MeMill.in's wife and
three girls captive and held Ihe m hos-
luge lot se veral thivs until a slave lo|d
wher* Ihe gold and silver had been
hieWcn
While o.iptiv ihe'hislon soivs. the
women w’ rr m.kli to w.oh -tixi tf'-- -.s
the w 'undsot Sherman s men Ifiink
inglhev w mild hurt ItHrnlfisv washed
the wounds with he so.ip Insie.id of
hurling the soldiers, the Ive app.ir
entiv killedihegermsandthe wounds
began to fivsl AlttH'ugh Ibeir plan
backfired. Sherman was said to be so
grateful for his men's healing that he
spared the McMillan htime instead of
burning it its he h.id much of the
surrounding land
Another story Clanton relavs tells
the origin of Dundarrach's only
church, built in I'Xfb. As the story
goe's, about 19il)4 Dundarrach's fami
lies attended church in AniuK h. Ap
parently, a young, unmarried woman
became pregnant and one of the
church’s elders was identified ;us the
father. The woman was kicked out of
the church but the elder wasn’t. So
enraged was the family, Clanton said,
that they vowed to create their own
church.
The history said the Dundarrach
Presbyterian Church used the
Dundarrach Trading Company store
Schools
In order to raise money
to renovate the depot, the
group is planning a yard
sale Saturday, June 15
from 7 a.m. to.? p.m. at
the depot.
for services until a church biiildinc
was completed in l‘Hlb It siill tunc
turns to this d.iy, ( l.inton •..iid
W hen the tow n’s school house w .is
built, there w is reportediv much dis
cussion .is to where it would be built
and what it would be mimed, tin his
lory said. 1 inallv. it w,is constructed
atxiul j mile Irom Dundarrach
Mildousen School was chosen .is
Ihe name incommemorationof three
sons of the community who w.rc
killed in I91.S during World \\ ir 1 on
overseashatlkgii Minds Although tin
sehoi'l IS no limgm funcluMiing. the
building still sl.iiuls on Mildousen
Scbciil ro.id III lloki ( oiinlv, .i lot
s.ilc" sign (X ring from the front w m
dow
Dinugh m fv -tv knows lor sun
when >r whv the l'■wn s governnu nl
disb.inded indllic lowns|op(xd IllIH
li> ‘Mirig tin hi'lorv shows ih it it'
dcpressiiMi c.iused iIk town |.■ c d
lapse ( l.inton xpl.iincd ih..I m iiiv '1
the sm.dl tarrtv vv r> tv-uehl 'Ul t' .
I.irgsr l.oulowri rs .ind vorpT.ilnMis
I V niu.ilb ht '.od, the lown>
[Voplc riiov :d-iw jv In tint, the l.isi
census w.IS cfoni in |9~ll .umI showi d
a pojiiil.itioii ’I ' Sinci .1 ciiisiis IS
iFiiic onlv iriiKtiv lownswiifi.i luiic
tioniiig govt rnnic III, oru h.isii i K ii
doni om't in I fuiul.iri.ic h .iiul the
town lost Its ch.irter in |9'|
Funds needed
f vcniflhev .ireirtKnl on making
Dundarr.ieh a functioning government
once more. mcmt>v'rs of its historic.d
soeitiv are anxious tosh,ire its historv
with others.
( l.inton said there's no real lime
limit, but siHMi ihev hope to raise
enough funds to get the depot reno
vated, the museum set up and o[xn
free-of-charge to visitors, probablv
on weekends.
In order to raise monev to renovate
the cfepot, the group is planning a v .ird
sale Saturday, June 13 from 7 a.m. to
3 p.m. at the depot. All proceeds w ill
go toward renovating the depit. For
information on donating money to
restore the depit, call Clanton at 904
1444.
"There’s really no time schedule,"
he said. "It’s just whenever we get it
going.”
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and showed appreciation for Revels’
hard work and dedication to the school
and the PTO.
In response to the PTO’s gift,
Pinkney said, “All the grant proposals
were done well and I’m glad I didn’t
have to choose the winner.”
One of the grants was given to
ninth-grade typing teacher Linda
Keaton-Lima to be used to buy 30
copyholders, one for each typing sta
tion.
A second grant was awarded to
computer teacher Karla Blowers to be
used toward buying a color printer
and sound card/speakers. The final
grant was presented to cultural arts
teacher Teresa Marion lo be used to
ward funding their spring musical.
Other business
In other local business, the board
approved that Title I Director Nancy
Martin apply for $1,048,065 in fed
eral grant monies to be used in the
Hoke County schools.
Since this is only the application
stage in aneffort to receive the money,
it is not known whether the project
will be funded at this time. Further
updates will come as the project con
tinues.
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