THURSDAY. DEC. 30th, 1913
THE NEWS - JOURNAL, RAEFORD, N. C.
PAGE FIVE
Miss Lura Cameron of Greensboro
spent Christmas holidays with home
folks. 1 . 1 1 . STRAIGHT FROM
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Social
Items - Personals
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I tOUNG PEOPLE'S BANQUET
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
CALLED OFF.
Due to the prevailing conditions of
sickness among the pejple in the town
it has been found necessary to call off
the banquet for the young people
scheduled by the Presbyterian Church
for Friday evening. The banquet was
to have. been in honor of the college
group home for the holidays.
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METHODIST WOMEN TO
MEET MONDAY
The Spiritual Life Group of the
Methodist Church will meet Monday
afternoon at two o'clock at the par.
sonage. All members of the Society
of Christian Service are urged to be
present as the Mission study will be
given at this meeting.
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Born to Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Mercer
a daughter, Jean Campbell, on Decen
" ber 21, at the home of Mrs. Mercer's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Camp
bell. '
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Mis Mary Lois Mercer ct Lumber-
ton has been visiting in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Campbell.
DANCE AT CAMP MACKALL
FRIDAY NIGHT
The last dance for the 1 1th Airborne
Division will be held at Camp Mack
all, Friday night, December 31. Since
this is New Years Eve all girls attend
ing the dance are asked to go formal.
The bus will stop for the Raeford
girls at 7 o'clock at the Soldiers' Center.
Mrs. George Smith of Greenv ille, N.
C, who formerly made her home with
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dethune for a year,
was a pleasant visitor in their home
this week.
WILLIAMS-McLEAN
Mrs. Richmond Edgar Williams of
Wingate has announced the engage
ment of her daughter, Rachel to Sgt.
Woodrow McLean of Raeford and
Charleston, S. C. A very lovely pic
ture of Miss Williams was in Tues
day's Charlotte Observer.
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Guests in the home of Mrs. J. D.
Graham during the h lidays were:
R. A. Graham and fa:nily of Hamlet,
Huc'son Graham of Pilot Mountain,
Mrs. R. B. Giles of Greenwood, S. C,
Mrs. L. J. Collins of Petersburg, Va.,
Jean Graham and Kathleen Matthews
of Watts Hospital Durham, N. C.
Mr. Lee Bethune, who suffered a
stroke about six weeks ago, is report
ed to be improving. He has regained
some use of his left arm which was affected.
Miss Lillian S.-arborogh is spending
this week in Mt. GileaJ with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. V. P.
Scarborogh.
Mrs. R ibert Elmer and son, Bobby,
of Minneapolis, Minn., have arrived
in Raeford to spend several weeks
with the Rev. and Mrs. W. L. Maness.
Mrs. Elmer's husband is now station
ed at the Seymour-Johnson airbase at
Goldsboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Lamont and Mrs.
Will McLauchlin spent the holidays
with Capt. and Mrs. Bill Lamont at
Fort Moultrie. They returned to
Raeford Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Pester and chil
dren of Norfolk spent Christmas with
Mrs. Jester's mother, Mrs. Neill A.
McDonald.
Mrs. E. M. Coleman of New York I
and Mrs. J. H. Myers of Charlotte
spent Christmas here with their moth
er, Mrs. J. H. Austin. Mrs. Coleman
remained "for a longer visit. '
Mrs. Lillian Blue McEachern of
Pineland College, Salemburg, Sandy
McEachern who teaches at Castle
Heights Military Aeadeny, Lebanon, !
Tenn., Sara Margaret McEachern stu- !
dent at Chapel Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Ed j
Lee of Dunn and Marvin Blue of !
Knoxville, Tenn. spent Christmas j
holidays with Mrs. W. M. Blue.
Members of the Standard oil organ- ;
ization cf Raeford attended a banquet '
at Fayetteville Tuesday evening given
in honor of Herbert R. Dowd, who has
been manager of this district for some
time and is now being transferred to
Raleigh.
Mi s. Jim Blue, Mr. and Mrs. George
Bethune and Mrs. Kate Covington
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Max
Hcins in Sanford, on Christmas day.
Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Thomas
and children spent Sunday in Aber
deen with Mrs. Thomas's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Freeman.
Mrs. Ina McLeod and daughter,
Jane, of Baltimore returned home yes
terday, after spending several days
here with Mrs. C. J. Seaford and Mrs.
Edith Pickler. Mrs. McLeod is with
the Glenn Martin company in the de
signing department.
A Few Timely Drops Help ft i,
Prevent
Many Colds
from Developing!
Works Right Where Most Colds Start!
Beware of colds ! At the first warning sign of a cold first sniffle
or sneeze put a few drops of Va-tro-nol up each nostril. This
specialized medication is designed to aid natural
defenses against colds and so help prevent many W Idld
colds from developing if used in time, mmm mjk
Try itl Follow directions in package. VM fiU'liOL
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Attend Onv
TAH0NERY
SALE
mow ina progress
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Many fine buys in beautiful
boxes of writing papers at
low prices
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Reaves Drug Store
Dr. and Mrs. Marcus Smith, Mrs.
H. C. McLauchlin, and Miss Josephine
McLauchlin spent Monday of this
week in Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Crumpton of
Belmont, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Taylor
and daughter of Kinston were with
Mrs. B. R. Gatlin for the holidays.
Mrs. Clyde Upchurch, Jr. is visiting
her parents, near Gastonia.
Mr. and Mrs. John McGoogan, who
had planned to spend Christmas in
LaGrange, with Mrs. McGoogan's rel
atives, were forced to give up these
plans as they both had flu. Mrs. Mc
Googan is still in bed.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Wooten and
Mrs. C. E. Morrison of Portsmouth,
Va., visited their parents. Dr. and Mrs.
G. W. Brown, Christmas.
Mrs. Bill Davis of High Point, visit
ed her brother's family. Mr. and Mrs.
Julian McLeod here during the holi
days.
Mrs. Tommie Upchurch and both
children have been sick with flu and
were unable t j go to Florida this week
as planned.
Mrs. Younger Snead and children
have returned from Kinston weher
they spent Christmas day.
Mayor Neill McFadyen and both
children have been quite sick with flu
but are better now. The McFadyens
have recently moved into their Dri-
vate apartment at the Pines.
Warrant Officer George Bethune,
ercently returned from North Africa,
is in Washington this week.
Boz Bethune of Wil-ninton was
here for the week end.
Mrs. Ed Bethune spent Monday with
friends and relatives in Raeford. Mr.
and Mrs. Bethune have recently
bought a home in Hamlet, where they
expect t.) make their permanent home.
Mrs. Hubert Cameron of Henderson
spent Christmas in Raeford.
Mrs. Paul Dickson Jr. was called to
Greensboro on account of the very se
rious illness of her mother, Mrs. C. L.
Black. She and Paul III left Wednes
day morning after spending a few
days with Mrs. Dickson Sr.
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Wt can't win the war without the
Dairy; our loldier can't win unless
our (hips deliver; merchant ships
can't deliver unless the home front
provides. One important convoy job
is flashing signals as this youth ia
doinf in the Battle of the Atlantic.
Your equally important Job is to
continue buying War Bonds until
Victory. v. J. Trrj Drflmnt
Lt. Col. Poole returned to Ft. Eustis
Tuesday, after spending Christmas
with his family. Mrs. Poole, Wm.
Poole, who is at home from the Cita
del for the holidays, and John Scott
Poole are all recovering from mild at
tacks of flu.
Miss Sarah Lytch, dietician at Pres
byterian Junior College, Maxton, is
spending the holidays with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lytch.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Taylor of
Rocky Point spent the Christmas hol
idays with Mrs. Taylor's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Conoly.
With The
Army People
Lt. and Mrs. Jack Shern have re
turned to Raeford after a leave spent
with Lt. Shern's people in Wisconsin.
K NEW YORK
Capt. and Mrs. David Wood have
taken an apartment with Mrs. G. W.
Brown.
Major and Mrs. Barnes have taken
the apartment at Mrs. A. J. Fuller's
recently vacated by Lt. and Mrs. Clifford.
Lt. and Mrs. Blinker were Christ
mas Eve host and hostess to the of
ficers of their outfit at their apart rent
at Mrs. Paul Dickson's.
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holiday season
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Capt. and Mrs. Bradley, Lt. and
Mrs. Clift, Lt. and Mrs. Parker, Cap
tain and Mrs. Cook have given up
their apartments and will leave Rae
ford next week. Lt. and Mrs. Hanna
who were in the Robert Weaver house
have already gone.
There has been another big turn
over in the Army personnel since last
week. The News-Journal will en
deavor to get a list of these within
the next few days.
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White Collar Pay Soars.
White collar men struck it rich on
the Brisbane, Australia, wharves re
cently. A prominent lawyer earned
$34 extra during a week-end. A clerk
getting $2 a week while studying for
his chosen work earned more than six
times that amcunt in a few hours. A
businessman made $21 in 12 hours.
Others fared equally well. These men
offered their services to speed hand
ling of vital war cargoes, but the un
ion insisted 'that they be paid full
rates.
Fanish Kiifinc Leads.
Spain has produced a new railway I
locomotive reported in Madrid to be ,
the most powerful in Europe. It re- ;
oently completed a successful test run.
While hauling 570 tons it developed
3,000 horse-power and completed the
distance in 30 minutes compared with ;
50 minutes required for an "express"
run with a lighter load. It has five
coupled axles, three pairs of cylinders
and is of 105 deadweight tons.
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Blood Donor Sets Mark.
John Wiltshire, 62 year old. of
Sydney, Australia, gave three pints of
blood in three weeks. Once the doc-
tor put a blunt needle in his arm and
couldn't get the blood out until a new
needle was inserted. A few days af
ter the second bio d donation a pal
from Balmuin needed a transfusion
and late at night Wiltshire supplied
the blood. Wiltshire's record, up to '
date, is four gallons and live-and-a-fifth'pints.
SALE OF FARM
IMPLEMENTS
AT AUCTION
Wednesday, Jan. 5
at my home in Blue
Springs Township 2
Miles South of Bethel
Church
D. II. PEARSON
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ANNOUNCEMENT
of Change of Business Hours
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REAVES DRUG STORE
wishes to announce a change
in weekday business hours.
Beginning January 1st
The following schedule will be observed:
Monday through Friday
Close 7:00 P. H.
Close 10:30 P.M.
Close 7:00 P.M.
Open 8:30 A.M.
Saturdays-
Open 8:30 A.M.
Sundays
Open 2:00 P.M.
: PRESCRIPTION SERVICE
Our Pharmacists Will Be, as usual. On Call At
All Times.
Day Phone Store: 2331
flight and Sundays- L. E. Reaves: 5426
-W.L. Rogers: 2831
We Will Appreciate Your Early Shopping
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