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the HOKE d)UNTY NEWS
Hok« j Couniy’s Only Newspaper '^he hoke county journal
VOLUME XXV. NUMBER 87.
RAEFOBD.. N. C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18,f 1929.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE IIPER YEAR IN ADVANCE,
Much Thieving
Before Recorder
Mr. W. B. McMillan
Dies Early Momday
To. Give Play At
Antioch Thursday
Jahr. Barley Com ewde^V
ed his inactivity in Reco^fs oou^
last week for first thing
had two defendants in TOUrt diarg^
with operating antomobiles wMe
- nnder the mflnen^ of whi^y.
These weire John Ridley and Win-
ford Wdls, both color^ who sub
mitted to the charges , and. w«re
fenced to four nionths each on the
roads, judgment to be suspended
upon paymedt of fifty doHars each
end the costs in the cases. They
were ordered not to drive a car on
the public roads of the state for 3
months.
.Ndl Archde Btue and John Stepbus
young colored men, were charged
with breakinir into the fish stand
cJ Mr. iW, H. Hobson on Thanks
giving night and taking fish to the
value -of about four dollaTs. Young
Sephus plead guilty and turned
Statei’s evidence, tielng young Buie,
in with him. Tliey were given four
months on the rosuds each, judgment
to he suspended unon pavihent of
the .costs and their good behavior
for two years. •
John and Willie Blackman, colored,
were charged with the larceny of
about two hundred pounds of seed
«dttok from Mr. Hugh Parks. The
state took a no! utob as to Willie
BlaSdiran and John tendered a plea
of guilty. He went to' the stand
howiever, and related a oitiful tade of
want in his hous^bld and stated
that he stole the cottcn to get
sometHine for his safe and child to
eat. However, cross-examination re-
vealad the fact that he was able to
» buy gasoline to come from Qumber-
land county and take the cotton. He
was sentenced to twelve months on
the Toads, he having a record for
Stealinir and havinp- served three
terms for similar offenses. Another
case against him ohaiving larcenv
was continued for a ■week cn a.^'^’orint
of the illness of one of the State’s
■witnesses.
John Bethea, colored, was indicted
by his wife for non-suppoft hut she
f«iled ta mako out a case against
him and tho_ case wa.ci
dp^r-rra ifcT.c«-n. Colored., was •'■on-
victed of ri«a1iVgabout two htm-
:,d»«d ...^’jnde nf-'a«8di./*otten fmm
tenced to six' .months on Qie roiMis.
Blue
Mr. W. B. McMillan of
Springs township, one' of
if 8 most •prominent ^
Ai^ of \i\o Hrymfi al)OUt 1
The faculty of the Antioch Mgh
sdibol wiU present “Esm^da,^a
f«nwdy dmma in four acts.
Kiwanis Club i Buy Ouif tmas Sea's
Elects Officers'And Curb Tuberculosis Scouts With Building
citizens, died at his
o’clock Monday morning, Dec. am,
after suffering several days witn
pneumonia. He had a severe attack
of the same disease a few ye^s
ago and never fuUy regain^ ^
health, bat was able to look a^r his
farm and other business until he ^
striven a few days ago- Mxr Mc
Millan was a high-toned cainst^
gentldnoan, well kno'wn and well lil^
by all of his acquaintances, and lus
{going is a distinct loss, not only to
'his family, church and cOTnnwuuty,
but to the entire county. He was a
loyal niember of the Wagram HaP"
tl^- chur^, and was always interest-
ea in the church, the whim's uuu
all the public affairs of his state anv
county. He took an active Part m
poUtical matters, and wm a lea^r
who was ^ways safe to follow. He
never sought office, but
remain at home with hu devoted
family and enjoy the »mf(^s of o
beautiful home life TOth them and
Hb friends. Ha was about 76 years
of age, having been bom and re^ed
on the same f^rr. on ■which he lived
his long life, lb.;- remains were
Hodgson Burnett and Wl- Mci^emi
UTance^ IcSette, Thursday night, TT~.i,«r..>,
i9tii, in tiie acbool auditorium
at e«ht o’clock. _
^hds play is a story of a NorA
Carolina fan|ily w^ hve^
farm under the shadw nf the_ OW
Bald Mountains” in Western North
Carolina, but were torn from tms
farm by ti»e mother who hated it
and sold it for a small sum “i order
to go to France to be surrqjtoded by
wealth and luxury
■wicked old ■ mother
course,' there . is a
fair but we: will not
that but instead wU]
of characters and
that
only th.
fte". . 0^
love af-,p
•tt^pit to telf
give the cast
hat you come
tiful
The Xiwanis club at its last meet
ing elected the following Oncers for
the coming yea^r; Prerident, Laune.
McBachemi. ■vice pterideht, Tom
Upchurch, Jr.; District trustee, Dr.
R L, Murray; treasurer, T- B. Le^
ter; directors, W. T.- Coving*^, R-
B. Lewis, Jr„ Paul Dfekson, Dr. W.
M. Fairley, Dr; R. A. Matheson, L.
B. Brandon and Clyde Upchurdi.
Thu club voted to assist tho Boy
Sooiits in bringing the old Glen Echo
school house given them by the
Board of Education, to Rarford, and
also assist them in reb^uilding it on
the lot leas^ the boys by Mr. T. B.
Updmrch.
and see how beautifully things
Worked out. r,
\ Mr. Elbert Rogers, a North Caro
lina farmer—jMr. R. A. Sno^.
-Mrs. Lydia Rogers, his ^e—-Miss
Elizabeth Stutts. * ^ ^
Miss Esmeralda Rogers, his daugh
ter—Miss - Claire Crenshaw.
Dave Hardy, a young North Caro
linian—-Hinton McPhaul.
Mr. Estabrook, a man of leisure—
Dahid G Biggs.
Jack Desmond ,an artist—
Wants Place To Sleep
And Chooses City Jail
gontly laid away in the family bury-, McRacken.
ing ground Tut scay morning at 1 Miss Nora Desmond ,his sister
((Mficeiris Gdt Two Stills
Near RDbeson Line
-On Monday Deputies Barrington
Dudley swoopi^ down like - the
.. one on tiimt .certain jercel or
■tract of land dtuate i and being in
'.tk lower end of H'Oke County, State
of North CardSnsa, :and more porti-
crdlarly described as being between
Bethune’s Bridge and '.the Mobeson
^County line on Bait Swamp.^ They
were partly rewarded for thmr pains
by finding two Mty gallon whiskey
stills about two hundred yards apart
and evidently operated by tho same
parties, tiieir opimim being Ibat the
same cap and ,wonn was used on
10:30 l-eneath a profusion qf beauti
ful I’oweEs, siurouiided by liis fiiinly
and a large concourse of •^rleuds,
that iri. a small ■" ay testified
esteem ja which he was helu. The
l’ur.i,r.>’ was c-'>'ducted by Rev. Clias.
A. McGtirt of Richmond, Vu., £
nephe^w of the ■widow of tha de
cease, assisted by Rev. L. A. Mc-
Laurin. of Rowland. The choir bang
beautitidly “Jesus Lover of My
Soul” and “What a Pliend We
Have in Jesus.”
He is survived by his widow, who
was, a Miss McGirt before inarriage,
one son, .'iMk. Monroe Mdiillan, of
Wagram, four daughters. Misses
Lettie, Mary Lee, Janie and Annie,
who axe all li^ving ■with their moth-
ey, and one brother, Mx. Daniel G.
McMillan, who also lives near by.
A boss mumber of colored people
attended the furoral. which spoke
vrell fo^Jthe rela'tii^ beti!»®en the
i thbmijui
The active pallbeai^J. A.
McGoogan. L B. lhand»i, Hector
McN^ jDaniel J. Love, Archie
Thannes and Lawrence Parririi.
Old Almanac Pound
ForTear 1850
llr J. D. Graham has an almanac
called “The Presbyterian Alma^
for the siear 186fi. HThe backs have
been tom off, but from the adver
tisements it contains, it must have
been printed in Richmond, y®->
,of course it is 80 yeiars old- It is
'full of interesting jeading, some ex
cellent poems sudi as “A. Hundrm
Years Ago,” and many others. 11
gives the names nf the United States
government officials »the ^preme
Court witii salary ,.of each. Zachary
Miss Annie MicLeaQ.
Miss Kate Deanond, his sister—
Mrs. R, A. Smoak.
‘fMarquis” De Montessin, a Prench-
man—James McBryde,
Local officers have plenty of ex
perience lockuig folks up but it' us-
iifllly is done against the wishes oi
th®, party being confined. Tuesday
evfflring however, chiefs of police, A.
D Watters, had the fun of incar-
csxating a party at the request of
said party. A boy about fourteen
pam? up to Mr. Walters and asked
for a cot in the city jail over night.
He said he waS from Portland, C^e-
gon, and was seeing the country. Mr.
Walters inquired if he was hunyiY
but the youngster patted his waist
line and said that he had a good
meal about four o’clock. He was
accommodated to a berth in the city
jail over night..
Mrs. H. L. Gatlin, Christmas seal
chairman," and bar committee, in ask
ing dtizems to purchase their quota
of the familihr j^nny seals, are bas-
ing their campaign upon actual re
sults 'as measiurad in years of life
and dollars saved
In lie past 10 years m North
Carolina the death rate from tuber
culosis has been lowered to the ex
tent which means in this state alone
p. saving of 15,000 lives ,and if mon
ey saving to tha community of mil
lions of dollars.
In the past three years in the
North Carolina schools where health
habits have bem taught through the
Modem Health Crosade, a
health educational system, promy^M
by the North Carolina Tuberculosis
Association, regular examinations ( f
school children has been reduce.', m
proportions v.axy.'ng from to m
per cent. In the state this figures
p, sa^ving of SI,1.00,000 time los^
measured in the annual cost oi
school upkeep ilnd mstructio^..
Tie Tuberculosb Christmas seals
finance the school hoaltn program for
undernourished and' well nourished
children.
The Christmas seal stands for edu
cation and prevention. Have you
bought your seals today.
You are helping yourself, your
state and your country, when you
buy Tuberculosis Christmas seals to
help to conquer tuberculosis,
On Tuesday a group of volmrteeea
from the Kiwanis cldb and otheia
went out to oild Glen Echo sctiooi
house and in four hours time had
this budWng torn down and ready to
move. In six hours time they
it hauled to a lot in Raefor-i which
was offered to the Boy Seonta R
will be built back there as a head
quarters for the boys. Severiti car
penters have volunteered to give a
u.:y’a time in starting the nw
stiucture and it is hoped that
the framing is up it will be pcssiWe
to complete the new boiltling. ibe
boys themtelvi.3 will assist in
blading and they are in hi^ gM
over the urospfct of havm;; tneir
own quarters. This hnilding waa
cently given tliem by the Bo'-^r’l of
Education.
George Drew, an American Clllh Hhs
lator—Tbomas McL^gblin. ^ rXlUCO ^lUD mS
maid—Miss Margaret
Meeting At Bluemont
Summer Weather
After Icy Breezes
After the vicious attack of
weathir experienced
week bqfore last, the elem^ts palM
another trick of the opposite vane^
ana Saturday night a regular oW-
fashioned summer thunderstorm v^
ited the section. Rain, thnnder, ana
lightning were plentiful and
not familiar with the calendar imght
easily have thought it summer time.
Sec, Stimson Names
poor that he cannot help o
and every little helps, when
This i-' tfi® season, so
The Tuberculosis seal cost to the ^
individual is a mere trifle, Ov^atlizttlS Ommtttee
For Road Congress
Gopihie, a
Kirkpatrick. . . .
There will be a small admission
charge.
Personal News
Mr. Hai Ewing ®m^- ?!fddightful”’^rmeY was enjo^^^
^Tuesday night the Hoke County
^iuco Club held its regular monthly
sting at the Bluemont Hotel when
both:stills. The sti'Us were mad-i of
gasoline drums bnt' the other
yihtmalia was of thi- best of copper
Some cue.’‘Oiors vrere just beg’i'Hing
to run one of the ^i’Js when the ol-
ficers entered tha swamp but ran
away and made gsfid their escape.
1 hey ftere Ming wttl .inni^r no
smoke was made by the fit**- Kcur
laircls of I i-er were found at •*acii
still. This plant was witWn abort
• three miles of the metropolis of Red
Springs and its destruction con
tribute to the ariidneas of Chnstmas
in. that enterprising town.
Taylor was president ahd he received
Tobacco Growers To
Meet In Ralei^
A mass meeting of the tob^co
growers of North Carol^ has ^n
i^led to meet at State College, Ral
eigh, Tuesday, Decei-Tiber 17, at 11
o’clock a. m. The purpose .of
meeting is to discuss the advisaMtty
of organizing an asswiation of grow
ers for marketing tobacco. Mr. J^.
C. Stone, 'Vice-Chairman of the h ed-
eral Farm Board, and thu- member,
who particulariy represents
will be present to diswss'tobateo
marketing and what the Federal
Farm Board edn do to aid along that
line. , ,, iu
A large attendance from all toe
toWcq growing counties of the
State is expected and it is hoped
that Hoke County will be well re-
prestnled. This will be worth your
time whether you ■wish to join m
association or not. Plan to attend.
L B. Brandon, County Agent.
WILL ALLEN ESCAPES »
, FROM HARNETT ROADS
a Mlaiy of $26,0® ; Millard Fillmore
■was vice president and received only
^,00e. A catalogue of books and
tracts o fthe Presbyterian Board
Publicatiom at that time which is
interestiiig. It gives the naanes_ of
the fadutty of Union Theological
Seminary^ and all fthe institutions
and officers . of the Presbyterian
church in the United States of Amer
ica and a geaimatl view Jf the
Presbyteidan church in the United
States of America in May, 1849. It
also gives a list of recipes on do
mestic ecoimmy, telling how to makt!
ginger beer, etc. All in all it is
a very interesting piece of latera-
ture. '
Gives Advice On
Mailing Packages
Mr. G. W Cox, the local postmas
ter ,[wishes. to caution all those
who intend to send packages through
tha mail to address them on one
side only. Mail agents have to
ing with his aUnt, _
Googan, is woriotog for si- ■ftew weeks
in Aanerdesn.
Friends of Mifis Bessie Currie will
regret to know that riie is in the
Charlotte Sanatorium- She under
went a very sdrious operation last
Tliursday and we are glad to _ hear
t.hnt. it was very successful and that
she is getting along vei:g :iucely
kilri jfimliWils^flpent a iew
rj^centl'y .pt Msi. htune- in Rocking-
ham.
Miss Edna Liles who vto
Graham Company. Red Springs,
spent the past weeik^ srith her
js^otber, Mrs. Carrie Liles,'
Miss Flora -Belle CaAte of Red
Springs spent last Sunday in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Dunk
McLeod.
Miss Hazel -Biggs who is a student
nurse, in the Baker .Sanatorium at
Lumberton spent last Sunday aftex-
noo Tmt home visiting her pwrents
Mr. and Mrs. G. C, Biggs.
Miss WiJlla MoLaachlin who is
visiting her uncle, Rev. Muldrow Me
lauchljn, at Chester, S. C., has been
quitq sick for several days.. She
■was caixiad pver to Charl^te Sana
torium for treatment and her many
friends are glad to know •that she is
lots better and able to return to Mr.
McLaucfelin’s.
Friends of Mr. A, D .McPhaul
deeply sympathize with him in |hi
aM. On this occasion the club was
p^Sased to have. as its guest the ,
Hoke County Commissioners, of {loi .
is so
little,
all join in.
do your bit, „
Let us forget the fancy Chn.=tmas
seals that are offered us to oixament
our Christmas oatkages, and remem
ber the call of the n^y and di^
tressed this yecr by plamg
letter we mail and on al lour Lnnsx-
! occasion me ciuu wao . tli^ “Health Greeting
have . as its guest the ma=. images m-
w^m Mr. Sam Cameron and Mr.
JoRa McGougan were presf^t. During
the); evening present conditions and
.-ijipiri: and future plans were dis-
tus'^ freely with the commiasipn-
ersjte ...
fw Educq Club is „ endeavonng
Washington, D. C., lumber lO.-
Secretary of State Stj^ to^J
announced tho apomtoent of Boy
D Chapin, Detroit, chairman oi the
Highways Committee of tlie National
Amomobile Chamto of
as president of. the Amenran 0^
ownizing Commfflsioo m .®***^^ “
Se^Sth International Ro^.
I™® oauM i., Vfli/i m Washmgton,
Albert Dow To Move
To New. Quarters ,^
loss of his home and practiially'^all
of the furniture by fire a few nights
ago. TTie fire was making suci
headway when the family fwakec
about four o'clock that they barely
had time to escape, saving a very
little of the contents. The origin, of
the fire isn’t known. It is thoaghr
possibly rats land matches are re
sponsible.
Miss Alice /Watson of ;Raeford vis
ited relatives at Antioch Monday af
ternoon and also spent a short time
ill Red Springs.
Miss Elizab^ Watson is visiting'
her listeri Mrs. John Allen Warren,
St Fayetteville.
Mm. Waxren came over Sunday
BDd spent ihe night with her father,
Mr. N. A. Watson and Miss Eliza
beth returned to Fayetteville with
hej Monday.
,Mr. Bill McIntosh is visiting his
aunt, Mrs. Agnes MgGoogan. Mr.
McIntosh lives in Sanford.
Mrs P. McN. Gibson, Misses
thh scfceols" 4oirether into a
cl^r felkemhip and by having ^
ite guests different groups connect
ed with the schools it hopes to bring
about a better;understanding and co
operation-^'the "part of all ■whb Imve
to do with the Hoke County "ch®®’
system.
R. B. Lewis Promoted j
To Lieut. Colonel
News was received here Saturday
that Mr. R. B. Lewis, cashier of the
Bank of Raeford, had been piomoted
from Major to Lieut. Colonel in the
252nd Coast Artillery of which the
local outfit is a member. Mr Lewis
is a veteran of the Wo'rid War. w.as
Captain oP Battery F_ before being
made a Major. His friends are very
proud of this distinction which comes
to a popular citizen of the town.
Raeford and Hoke County are mfk-
ing quite r. name ir. military cireles,
having a battery that is heard from
every time there is any mention of
the N. C. N. G. and this added
honor to the town and county is one
of which tjveryone is justly proud.
I Mr. Alb
a. cqfe iff
©r
fq|4^ ,fo); a
yisare,-^ kitted tS^ore
cently' oecupi^. b:' the Qiiq^Iity Gror-
eery and -it is being completely
modeled. He will soon move his
cafe into this room, and will have
mwh larger quarters than
hereto-
TOjembem ol the Oxganizing co
• ~ } ’ "
The Connntoaion acts for .w ijr..
manent International Association «
Road Congress, with headquarters- s* j,.
Paris, and functions un^r
thority of the State Department,
mwh larger quaixers imui u.oiiiy ^ of the
fore TheQuality Grocery is gomg. Thoms H Pu^
out of business, l United States Bureau ot
States Bureau .
nd chairman of tirS riJg*?
United
I Roads ana Ciiairman oi aw!
{way Education Board, was
Secretary-Genera! of the Commu'®**'" :
Contributors To 'toe „
Community i^und in an earlier apnouncement.
— OtI**r members am; Wilbur
the
A list co-+’'‘b’rtor.'-. to
Christmas Cheer Fund spons^
the Woman’s club and, the mwam
club received up to Tuesday night is
as follows.
Mrs. Julia Williford to-®
Mrs. H A Cameron SIO.W
Pauline Freeman
H. L. Gatlin, Jr. |1.0Q
Israel Mann, merchandise $6.^
Israel Mann, cash |L®
Mrs. Harvey Cole $1.00
Baucom’s cash store, mdse $15.00
J. A .Baucom, meU ^d ^ts $3.76
Huge Pair Overalls
Being Exhibited Here
,T A Baucom, merchandise $6.25
Epst^’s Store, merchan^ $5.®
Local Fmid Baptist Missionary
“for’AL ISS
These organizations invite evei^r-?
one who will make a contribution
to this cause in either cash, fuel.
Leave
worl ir. ?. hiurry during the holidays j Stutts, Crenshaw and McLemirof'the^
and if they should sae the side of : Antioch sch^l faculty;^ were ^hoppers
the packagf! on ■which there was_ no
postage, .they might not take time
to look on the, other side, and thus
conclude that the posta^ was not
paid, and thff package might be lost.
Then again, in using Christmas
seals, be sure to put them on the
back of your letter or package. Many
letters and packages s‘o to foreign
countries, and the mail agent in a
foreign country would be unable _ to
read a Christmas seal and not being
able to understand its meaning and
yUar letter might be sent to the
dead l^ter office or returned to the
writer, ,. *
A pair of overalls large enough to
accommodate Lewis McBxayer, L. B.
Brandon and about afiO^r dozen
of their size, all ot one time, is on
display in front of Baucom’s cash
store. ^hey are some steen feet
long and have a ciroamference that
would consume enough food to feed
an army. The manufacturers have
sent to the store information, in a
sealed envelope, of the exact num
ber of yards of thread used in sew
ing the seams of this pair of owr- r:"'':jeven and fifteen.
alls and the management of the
store will , give a pair of overalls,
size as desired, to the one guessing
J.
Cari, Assistant Secretary of Sta>i
Thomas R. Tayior, Departnnmt of
Co-nTinerce; Rob^ P. Hooper, Amer
ican Automobile Association: Henry
G. Sliirley, American Associat-ou of
State Highway Officials; C^rlej; M.
Upham, American Rotid Builders As
sociation; A, J. Brosseau, Chaniiier
cf Commeice of the United States;
H. n. Rice, Highway Education
Eoaid, and Roy D. Chapin, NaUvcuI
Automobile Chamber of COraimme.
Headquarters for the Coenmission
toi; whe?3 preliminary arrangen.ents
have been established in Wasliing-
for the Conjfress will be mads by
the staff. The Con^ss is expected
to bring to the United tSates from
2,0® to 3,0® delegates, leading high
way authorities of fhrir respective
countries representing virtually every
nation in the world. It is expectrf
jj) I that sessions of the Congre^ will
clothing or gr^nes. ^i^ve ^ the offices of the United
f'flTl'fcri'Blltj OnS otner trllSIl r*r»mm^rro .
contributions ^
Freeman Furniture Store.^
help now, you help twice.”
you
CHILDREN ESCAPE
Chiei A. D. Walters received no
tice from the Sanatorium authonties
Tuesday night that three children
from the children’s ward Imd run
away. Their names were given as
Garland Hall, Can’ W right and a
Baker. Their ages were given as
A young colored man. will Allen,
who •was sentenced to the roads re
cently for purloining a pig from Mr.
L. McEachern, a • leading farmetj
cotton ginner id Indies’ man, ot
Raeford, Allendale and Bowmore, and
was serving with the boyS in Har
nett County, escaped from that gang
this week. He '■fe charged with
lous© breaking after his escape and
6 wanted by Harnett officers for
wth offenses. , ■ ( ■ , j..
. .
in Red. Springs Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Charles Rowland McNeill and
son, Charle Rowland, Jr., spent a
few days recently in the home of
Mrs. McNeall’s father, Mr P. McN.
Gibson.
Little Miss Virginia Livingston
has been quite .sick with whooyin:,-
cough for a few weeks. She came
very near having pneumoni.-). ’■i'*.
friends are glad to know she is
much improved and able to bo up
now
nearest to the number of yards of
thread used in them. The contest
closes Saturday night.
Work On Highway
To Red Springs
The State Highway Commission
has been at work, on the Raeford-
Red Springs road for about two
weeks, having a large force here
putting on anothaiv coat of oil and
There are some twelve
HENRY HALES, COLORED, DIES
Henry Hales, a color^ man liv
ing on the Buchan farm in the west
ern part of the county, died ^nday
morning after a protracted illness.
He came to this, couaty from the
State of Georgia several months
ago: He was about ;40 years old
and is survived by his 'wafe. Inter
ment was made in the Campbell
burying ground Monday morning.
gravel. There are some
Rev. Mr. Rogers of Red Springs i t-cks m th® ®,fffi^
preached at Centenary last Sunday]®^®’ oilers anq oxner qevjc..s.
afternoon. Mr. Rogers comes to take
Mr Hobbs’ place, Mr. Hobbs ha^'ing
been transferred to New Bern. We
Hunting Party Bags
. Three Fine Bucks^
Lumber Bridge Boy
Seriously Wounded In
Cutting Scrape
States Chamber of Conuuerce
Previous Congresses have been
held at Paris in 19®, in Brussels
in 1910, and in London in 1913, m
Seville in 1923 and in Milan in 1926.
The Congress in Washington n^
October will mark the ‘ first meeting
oi the Ini^inational Association io
the Wiestem Hemisphere.
At the suggestion of the Organ
izing Commssion, Secretary of state
Stimson has transmitted to P. Le
Gavrian, Secreta^-General ol tha
Permanent Association in Paris, an
! invitation to visit the United Stat^
as of the American Commis
sion to confer as to plans for the
Congress and arrangements for the
care of the visiting del^ates.
-tI'
welcome Mr. Roge'rs and every one
is delighted to have him with us.
The Christmas season is fast ap Last Friday a hunting^ party com-
proaching and Madame Rumor has , posed of Messrs Clyde Upchurch. W.
it that there may be one or more ; C. Odom and some cousins from
marriage:! ir- our coimmanity. * 'Robesop County,,Mr. J. A. McDiar-
Friejjds of Mr. Jnq. A. McPhaul mid. Drs Fairley and Cromartie, and
were delighted to see him in Red,others went to Little River town-
Sprifigs Mmiday afternoon and to i ship for a deer hunt and had^an
see him looldng and feeling lots bet- especially fine ^ day of it. They
ter. bagged three nice bucks.
Lumber Bridge, Decerater lOta.—
John McGhee a white boy aboux
18 years old, step-son of Lee Qmciv,
was seriously cut by a prowd of
Jackson boys. The eJowd was near
the nome of Mark McMillan, a col
ored man, when the cutting owurred.
The motive for the cutting has not
been learned. Liquor seeans to have
played an important part in tho ai-
fray. The cutting was though to
have been by a razor, several venous
gashes were out and one lung partly
severed. The boy ran and fell m the
tloor of the colored man. H.-^ gave
what assistance he could and soon
liati a phvsician. VLcGhee. stayed in
the home* of the colored man until
Saturday evening when he was car
ried home. He in a serious conch-
lion. Officers v'Cire notified and
soon arrived and air^ted Gso.-g-,
Rufus ihu Vivian lackson, all oro-
thers. They are being held await
ing results of the wounds.
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