THE HCMCE COWTY NEWS
THE HOKE COUNTY JOU^INAL
^^OLUME ^VI—Number 30
RAEFORPi N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1930.
$1.50 YEAR, IN ADVANCE
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Democratic Nominee For Seit*
ate Strong For Eighteenth
Amendment and Opposed
to Any Modification.
Raleigh, Qct. 19.^—J. W.
'Bailey, Democratic nominee
’^':for the^ United States senate,
■P^jtoday reiterated his stand for
^i^prohiib^ion. Mr. Bailey told
newspapermen that he had
. been asked in letters recently
iJU^hat his position on prohibi-
i-tfeion was.
“I have frequently during the
year in public speeches and per
sonal letters declared that I am for
the 18th amendment and-a'lainst re
peal "or modification,” Mr. Bailey
said. “I have i)een committed all
my life against the liquor trafiie,
and I think any one who knows me
thinks that I am dty. • I have no^
at any time during this 'campaign
^esitated to make knovm my views
on this subject as occasion was
presented." "
Mr., Bailey made a similar state
ment betore the June primary.
^ Saturday Mr. Bailey came to Ral
egh to prepare his expense state
ment for*the United States govern
ment and news dispatches from
'«4F'ayetteville erroneously stated that
he had been summoned by the
Nye senate campaign funds investi
gating committee.
Mr. Bailey has just completed an
^ ‘ 1,800 mile'' speaking tour through
western and piedmont North Caro
lina. • • -
'Two Yowig Men Hove
Almost Fatal Fight
Sattsxday
, A fight that came desperately near
ending in a fatality occurred mat
Saturday night when Belton Wrlight
■ and Harry Elpstein, young White
(|men of this place, engaged in idoim
- hat. It appears that bad blood had.
existed between them for several
daye'and that the argument became
acjLte in one of tha drug stores and
decided to go down to the
: school campus and fight it out. It
; Is said that Epstein hit Wright with
hla fist and that immediately
I Wright cut ^Bpstein a bad gash
'■' across the face and neck, making
a slight cut in the jugular vein,
' from which ,he pled profusely,
^.hough ,Immediate medical attention
saved bis lire. It is said thAb had
the wound heen, a fraction deeper
that death Wdifid Jhave resulted.
Epstein Is recovering from his in-
^i^es, while Wright is under $500.00
^ond for a hearing ip Mayor’s Court
next Monday.
Numerous Reports of
**Bad Buf^* Coming In
i _Z '
Mention was made - in these col
umns last week of a strange bug
found in the homes here that car
Ties a very objectionable odor. Since
that time numerous reports of this
"hug have been coming in and it
^terns that a large number of homes
Raeford are having trouble from
it. ■ It seems to be Something new
and if it has been observed any-
“where, .else no account of it has
Jib^n seen.
#)unty Agent Burton wrote to the
Extension Entomologist, C, II. Bran
non at State College a few days ago
dfcd sent him a ‘‘copy’^ of the in
sect. Among other things Mr.
Brannon said in reply: “The species
which you forwarded is rather new
an^ has not yet beefi' identified.
However, I will send you Identifi
cation and control ah soon as pos-
slble. As I do not know how re
sistant this species is yet I cannot
give you control information at this
Ifeime. The.^ formaldel^^de-pbtassium
p,ermanganate fumigation is not
suited for this work,. Will send in-
i|prmation just aWsoon as it IS' work-
-^'out. . ‘
And , if Eaeford had a press agent
Mke the one in Kllnston this little
comer would have front page pub
licity before forty, devils could skin
.a • minnow, . ‘ , v,'-
RECORDERS COURT.
In Recorder’s Court Tuesday,
a young colored man o| the Mont
rose section, -entered, a plea of guil
ty to a charge of an assoult with a
deadly weapon and was sentenced
to the county roads for two months,
judgment to be suspended upon pay
ment Of ten dollar^' and the costs.
The trouble arose at a party at the
home of one Bonnie Campbell, It
appears that Harrjs was cursing in
-the> yard and that Cambbell . , un-
de.rtook. to stop him and that Harris
cut his host with a knife.
AUTO , RUNS INTO
FRONT OF WAGON
! '
Saturday -night about six-thirty a
car driven by, Currie Clark ran into
1 a wagon belonging to Mr. W. T.
Covington and driven by Dan Gra
ham, a tenant of. Mr. Covington’s
farm. Graham was driving out the
Uaurinbuig highway and had gotten
near the crossing at Mr. Mai4>halt
Thouas’ farm when Currie, going
tdwird Raeford was blinded by the,
lights of an approaching car and
crashed into the front of the wagon.
The bed of the wagon and its oc
cupants were thrown clear and the
wheels'of the wagon were demolish
ed. Cliff McNeill, a negro boy, re
ceived severe cuts on the leg and
Dan Graham's wife was badly bruis
ed about the hip. One of the mules
Wasicut, on the leg but. not perma
nently injured. The car which Clark
Carl McCrimmon, ■ Tom Chappal ,^^33 driving turned over several
and Herb Thames,-white, were tried
on a charge iof assaulting,.'i; R. Jol
ly with intent to kill him. They
were "found not guilty,
John McLean, coloied, who was
convicted in July ' of disturbing re
ligious worship and of catling a
gun on Sunday and was giyen a
suspended sentence failed to pay the
costs and fine in the cases and th«
State prayed, judgment in the" case
Tuesday. He was given tfiree
months on the roads:
Marvin Jones, white, was tried on
a charge of an assault with a deadly
weapon and found not guilty."
SINGLE SCORE
WINS AGAIN\^°^-
In a game played-on McLauchlin
-Field last Friday, . Raeford High
.■school emerged victorious over the
Elise Farm Life School by a score
of 7^, .
Throughout the entire game Rae
ford showed a'superior .offense and
held the visitors - firmly on the de
fense. With th^ bkckfleld gaining
(ionslslently, the -jfed jand black
team made nonsistent, susttained
marches Into^ BUbU -Territory and
kept thi? visltib* -ireanii^ qn the de;:
fehsivV^^during ' t^-.garne^
At only one tim#''ihdweTer Va* Bne-
ford able to continue ihe march
4or a scbre. A small crowd of fans
was on hand to see. the Ideals win.
C-o far this seastMi Ra afoyd has
won over Candor,/Rpwlaud 'and Elise
and lost a heavy battle to Fuyette-
COME A LONG
WAYS TO MILL
Mr.' McEachern, of DiUon
County, South Carolina, whs in Rae
ford last week, the purpose Of his
visit being tp bring Some wheat to
mill here. 'There are Several fiour
mills closer ‘to hi^ home than, the
oife IbVated' ibl Raeford' but^rV "Mc
Eachern . likes the service - here and
the type of" work done so well that
Jie ,l8 .willing to , travel furtbei- in
order to have his milling done here.
The . I 'Upchurch Idilling Company
draws from a number of counties
around',:'ahd they a .faculty *0?
holding their customers which is a
strong testimo'nial,,,to' their way. of
doing business'. Hugh Cameron and
t|ie other.'pretty Mutts down at -the'
mill don’t make much fuss about
-'what they' are '• doing but - in serv-^
ing the public with milling facilitiees
for any type of grinding that y6u
can call for they rendered a.
distinct service to, the people of this
county and section.
.MR. C. W. SEATE HAD CURIOS- -
-ITY IN FOUR-LEGGED CHICKEN,
times but he was uninjured. '
FIVE and TEN STORE
-ENTERED TUESDAY NIGHT
Some rogue. or trogues forced an
entrance into Mack’s Five antjj Ten
Cent‘Store Tuesday night and made
away with about" fifteen dollars In
cash which they.'found in the office.
They overlooked all the cash'that
was., taken in Tuesday and left in
another part of the office.
Entrance to the store was made
through a rear window. The screen
wire was cut open and a little piece
of glass broken but which enableed
the thief to. throw the latch on the
No merchandise was ta-
Father of Mrs. Austin Passes.
E. B. Gunter, father of Mrs. ”J.
H. Austin, died at his home near
Fuquay Springs, in ly'ajce County,
Wednesday morning. He was a
prominent citizen and stood in the
higest's. esteem. Funeral service
were conducted Thursday afternoon.
ST. PAULS MAYOR
Discusses Proposition of Getting
A State Highway From Raeford
to SLPauls And On to Route 21
Above Tar . Heel.
At their meeting last Thursday
the Raeford Kiwanis Club heard a
very Intereseting talk by Mr. Ed
Butler, Mayor of St. Pauls, on the
proposition of getting a state high
way from Raeford to St. Pi^iils and
on Out to route 21 above Tarheel,
connecting with the Wilmington
road. Mr. Butler had maps shying
the- prposed road, mo^t of which has
already been put in good shape. Ef-
^rts have been made to get. this
road for several years but all to no
avail, the contention usually being
that Robeson County has more mil
eage already than they are entitl^
to. Hoke County is shy on mileage
and has. a, credit balance with tho
State Highway Commission of $178,-
000, and is entitled to . more mileage.
Some think that this balance will be
u'lbd tP Route '70 from Rae-
foifi to Robeson county line near
Red ’ Surings.
Should a State highway be built
from Raeford to Route 21 it would
shorten the distance from Raeford
to Elizabethtown and Wilmington
some 4welve- to fifteen miles and
open up one of the finest farming
sections in the state.
“PAT” SHAW GETS PROMOTibN
IN OFFICERS’ RESERVE CORP
Captais Duncan Patrick Shaw, a
reserve 'bfticer’in the United States
Army, received notice Wednesday of
his promotion to the "rank of Major.
FOR RENT—Six-room house with
lights and water. On Donaldson
Avenue, close in. PAUL DICKSON.
Th? Thifteenth Incantation
(MlorV-Note:' Last summer ttteeas^ reach made Wh dafs
Author of this ghost story, better
kown here as Tom .Dickson, was
visiting, the editor and the. subject
of ghost storffs was brought up. He
let Out the information that he had
one in his system and we made him
promise to send it to us for publi'*
cation. The author Is a native'..of
Hoke county and the bon of ’.the late
Dr. A. P. Dicksbn.., :He. ■visits hese
occasionally - and delights in? meeting
his acquaintance's ' of' fonuer years.
He is pr9febsor. ,o|'''tiatin in Syracuse
-UniYirsl^i^: 'Atf'iiyracuse, New York.
f Since inheriting a large fortune
from an uncle thirty years ago, I
.have indulged my passion fo^ ad
venture ,and have visited as hun
ter and explorer most of the . remote
and inhospitable places of the globe.
Trophies of .the .ehase-and curios
adorn the walls of my study and fill
every nook and-comer of it.
I was sitting there before the fire
ohe evening after dinner with ' ‘s'e'v-
eral old friends. One of them, let
tirig'hlA glance fall on a group of
objectSf attached to the, wall above
the mantle, ' said; “Yo’u have told
pie ,the, story of almost all .your' tro
phies.' Why' ha-ve you always re
fused-to-tell me hqw you got that
big .%-ilver crucifix, that quaint old
revolver, and that fine sword?” . ,
“As a mere boy,” I replied, “in
the patriot army of Cuba,' and later
in the.^ jnn|:les of Africa and India,
and on -thie frozen steps of ^beria.
I have often faced death, but these
are souvenirs of my most’ desper:
*te afiventure. The story is a very
Unusual onei' and I have never car
ed to tell it to anyone. However, if
all of you really wish to hear it,
you may do bo now.”
Here is the story that I told them
that, evening.
The events which I am going to
relate occurred in 1893, five .years
A curiosity in the way of a
chicken was- hatched last weqk at
Mr. C, W. Seate’s. The chicken had
four "feet instead of the regulation
two. and created quite a bit of inter
est.. It ■'.vas batched,jon Monday of
last .week and died''v!the following
•Saturday. . '
Some-where in 'the'$tate anpthsi;
chicken was reported ’ lasb> weekp
that had,'four feet and it was‘Tiv-'before I rec^ved my fortune. In. the
ing gnd' doing fine' at more than ''Inll. of that year I was working in
ft month ?M. one or tke, government bureaus in
Washington. city. Long office hours
PILGRIM’S PROGRESS
Mr. B. -A. McI
fkho represented time 'll
'State Senate four years-i
KaelMd'XFtsitov finuireday.
(Contributed)
■ The congregations at "the evening
service In the Prehbytierlau church
are Increasing,, as Dr. Fairley deliv
ers Jecturee on . I’ilj^m’s Progress!
He has py^ the first five
chap$^"^.-AM'4ev6n nextcmfwyp
review chapters
next Bunday night,
'people enjoy the thrilling
"of a Christian as told by Jolm
Bunyan. in hik imaginative book.
spent over a desk had impaired my
health. I applied for tu leave of
absence for the month --of - Decem
ber, and this was granted. My phy
sician advised bicycle' riding and
mountain air. Following his ad-*
vice, I took my bicycle and boarded
a train for Woodstock, in the Shen
andoah Valley of Virginia. Arriving
there I regi^ered at a hotel.
Every day for the next three
weeks I took long rides into the
surroadlng .'g^mbtry. ?:•' The beautiful>
sbeneiy .ami.;tbermany historic, .sites
excnrsloh a romantic adventure. The
vaoiatidh^ had completely restored
my health, and I arranged to leave
for Washington on the night of
Deeeiviier 23.
\ That afternoon I stared oot on
the highway leading north for a
last trip over the hills I had learned
io love so well. After riding for
about an hour and a half I came .10
a by-road' on the left which led up
into a very picturesque valley. The
general direction of thib road indi
cated that it would rejoin the high
way after a few' miles, so, enjoying
the scenery, I rode on without con
cern. The valley became wilder
aUd: more, rugged. The wkather too
began to grow icolder, and the sky
•vyas soon overcast with sullep gray
clouds. Perhaps it would hare been
more prudent to turn back, but as
there had been no evidence of a
human habitation for. the last hour,
it s^med probable that the nearest
sheltbr lay ahead. Presently the
snow began to fall thick and fast,
and- it was rapidly growing dark..
The road was hardly now more than
a path. This became so narrow
and rough, that I was forced to dis-.
mount and push my bicycle. As the-
snow got deeper this soon became
very fatiguing. The ' situation was
getting .Serious.
The path finally led Into a grove,
and soon I saw a fainHight shin
ing through a dirty window. Then
there came into view, a long,
square , two • stried mansion,
light was coming from a two-roomed
addition in the rear, doqbtleess the
dining room "and-kichen. Approach
ing the door, I knocked, at first
gently, and then vigorously, but re
ceived no reply. At last the door
was opened slightly and a gaunt
old woman appeared, holding a can
dle in one hand, and with the ethey
protecting its tiny bame from the
wind and snow.
“What do you want?” she blunt
ly said. I Stated my plight. She
asked me if I knew from whom
I was seeking shelter. Then, It
would be kinkier of me not to let
you in.” and she started to close
the door. Yielding though to my
violent protests, she reluctantly al
lowed me to enter.
As I surmised, the room was the
kitchen of the mansion. A fire was
burning in the fireplace, which, was
some six-feet wldA..And -very deep.
Ovdr the fire -was ISlOIgl^ a pot
from a hook set into the 'bricks of
"the 6&iIhlLiGiF^'''Gn':tha'hearth -was a
r Gfintliuied an-paga 6)
hEHIRDCinTi HILLS WAT
BECEIVLRS SAIL
COLORED semis
TO OPEN HONDAT
A Good Corp of Teachers Expected
—Big Enrollment Expected—A
. Meeting of Colored Teachera To
Be Held Saturday.
F. B. Harris, Wilmington At->
tomey. Only Bidder-—Sale
Subject to Confirmation of
Cburt Next Month.
The Raeford Cotton Mills were
sold at public auction at the Court
house door Thursday with only one
bidder. F. B. Harris, of Wilmingt-'H,
placed a bid of twenty-five thousand
dollars on the entire property' and
since he was the only bidder it was
knocked off to him. Mr. Harris was
bidding for" a party or parties the
name of whom he refused to di
vulge, stating that it would be un
wise to let their plans- be known
until the sale is confirmed.
This sale is subject t® Ik© oenfir-
mation of the court and. it vHlf not
be known until court- Convenes here
on the 10th of November what dis
position will be made of the matter.
Other parties at the sale -stated that
the bid would be raised.
Included in this sale is a large
cotton mill with all machinery, ware
houses, sixty dwelling houses and
other buildings on about ninety
acres of land. It is situated in and
near Raeford. This property sold
* ten years ago for $425,000.00, just
(Contributed)
"The colored schools of the county
will open on next Monday the 27th.
This will give them two months
before Christmas.' Most of the cot
ton has been picked and there
sht^uid be a large. enroriment to
start "with. The book lists .will be
given out on next Monday and every
one who can. should be present to
get theif classification and a list
of the books.
An effort has been made t^ secure
a good corps of teachers. Most of
the places have been filled and tb®
others will be filled this weet so
that all schools will be ready to
start on the same date.
Those who have been settled on
are a^ follows;
'iiillys Chapel, 'Willie Belle Mai- •
, . n, nr HI V •„ i four hundred thousand more than
loy; Burlington, Mary M, McNeill,
Neomi Mefjoy and Pearl E. Watson;
Piney Bay, Carrie Adams and An
nie E. Odom; St. John’s, Lillian Dor-
'sey and Flossie Henley; Millsides,
Freeda Wilson and Ruthie Stewart;
Freedom, L. V. Evans and Hattie
McLean; Bowmore, Wesley Camp
bell, Minnie Graham, Lillian Douglas
and Celeste McCall; Edinburg, Rena
Wilson; Fyre’s Mission, Caroline
Elliott; Evergreen, Estella Graham;
Friendship, Luella Fairley and pue
place not filled; Buffalo, Bessie
othy Hussey and "Vashtie Rand;
Peaohmont, Estella Kemp and one
place not filled; Buffalo, Beessie
Graham and Jesisie Livingston; Tim-
berland, Vata Ashley; New Hope,
not. JWcEarland,
Bu'Chan, Mayl&6''BHlriOBjtr’ml^
son, Sarah Parker, Olivi^ Tartt, Bea
trice McCallum and Ann Richard
son; Shady Grorve, Bettie Johnson
and one place not filled; Laurel Hill,
Bertha Kearney and two places not
filled.
There will be a meeting for the
colored teachers on next Saturday
. ... , , j some strong organization, that will
at which time the registers and oth-»
rru the null up again and on a
er material •will be given out. The
committeemen of the various schools
have been invited to th-3 meeting
and it is hoped that all will get
started off for a good year's work
for the colored schools.
HERBERT McKEITHAN SOME
. HANDLER OF 22 RIFLE
Sounds like a lie, boys, but it must
be true. Herbert McKeithan, Hoke
County’s custodian of cash, saw
what h© thought ■was a hawk over in
Peddl^r’'9 Branch a few days ago
anef'^borrowed a tewnty-two ,rifle and
got on^ the -iv'Er path. He stood
sevtnl!y-eighl; -iyaards ;from the root
of a , tall gum tree and shot the
“varmint” out of the top of the
tree the first shot. It turned out
■to be one of the largest owls ever
seen in this locality! '
NEXT!
COMBAT TRA^N
HAS OYTER ROAST
Last Thursday evening at the
Country Club’ the melnbers of First
Battalion Combat Train Enjoyed ¥n
oyster roast. The affair was a
grand success all the way thru and
the empty barrel gave testimony that
the Combat Train met the enemy,
and they were theirs. Captain
John Walker was master of' cere
monies and also mixer of the sauce
that went -with the oysters. He
handled both jobs plenty hot.
Some of the Combat boYs at fh;gt did
not think Aey would like oysters,
but they surely learned how to eat
them. Neill Willis, Bill Andrews,
Doug ' McLeod and L. H. Koonce
being the outstanding qaters. The
other National Guard offi^’ers in
town were invited and most of them
accepted. Paul Dickson and quite
a few other gentlemen were pi s’-
ent. It °'was a most enjoyable
occasion and the invited guestk are
hoplag l!(i^^selves that the Train
wliLdHtvig^tnOthef ime. This is th®
fiitfet social event the Combat Train
has .had. This or^nizatlon is not
year old '^Yet, bat is already a
mighty outfit and one that this
'County is proud o(.
was bid Thursday.
The sale was conducted by Mr.
Warren S. Johnson, of Wilmington,
who is receiver for this company. He
was present at the ..sale and Mr.
Louis Poisson, a Wilmington lawyer,
called for bids. A deposit of five
thousand dollars -was required before
anyone could jnake a bid on the
property ahd since only one de
posit was made, there was but one
bidder.
Just what the future of this pro
perty will be is guess, -work at this
time. What the bidder had in mind,
stayed in his mind. That the bid
will be raised seems entirely assur
ed from the statement made by a
-prominent man after the sale. What
the court will decide to do by way
of'confirming or not confirming the
sale is likewise guesswork. About
all that is known fe that the process
of disposing of this property has
begun.
Raeford people are very hopeful
that it will get into tb© hands oC
strong financial basis.
When Graham Says
Hem Be There,
He Means It
Greenwood, S. C., Oct. 19.—^When
President Frank Graham of the. Uni
versity of North Carolina promise's
the Tar Heels that he. will be on
the bench to watch a football game,
obstacles in path are merely little
things to overcome.
On a train h© expected fo reach
Athens in time to witness the
Georgia-NorthCarolina game yester
day he found it was about two Bours
behind. schedule and would not ar
rive In time for him to even hear
the final whistle. • .
At Whitmire. S. C.. he sent two
telegrams, to Greenville and Green
wood, asking whether' airplane ser
vice should be had.
”bn arrival of his train here, he
found Greehwood could not furnish
plane servicebut Greenville could.
Another wire brought a plane here
and forty minutes later he was in
Athens.
“I promised my boys I would be
on the bench and I must get there,”
he told the pilot.
MR. HINTON JAMES, NOMINEE
CONGRESS, HERE SATURDAY
Mr. Hinton James, of Laurinburg,
Democratic nominee for the unex
pired tertn in C.ongress from this
district. Spent most of last Saturday
in Raeford meeting the people and
looking, after his fences. , He was
accompanied by Jim Patterson, but
Mr. James' personality survived this
handicap and he made a fine impres
sion on all who met bim.
SHOOT ’EM—MORE HUMANE
Some unspeakable idiot Is spread
ing the report around on the streeta
of Raeford that Mr. Hoover’s meth
od Of aboiulhlng povwty is to abol
ish . poor people^-r-staxve tliem
death.
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