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, " , . -'A-': . ’*' T -„ • -■ .-.■.;-it^ -•■ • -'31 -ii p: P* / »-^ it't* VOL. XV. NO. 36* RABFQRDi NORTH CAROUNA. THl DECEMH|:R 4th/1919. War Wijdi.Mi^co' Near Possibility - “/ ^ :r' Congress is Aronsed to War terer By tlie Conduct of Mexicans. ■WaBhinKto^^ Dec. 3.—Presi- de^t Wilson was requested In^ Tre^lution introduced today in the senate to sever diplomatic relations with'Mexico. The resolution was nffered bv §ehatotlFall. Republican of XeW Mexic^^ho as ehairaiaa of a subcommittee invesiii2:atinA the Mexican situation, -declared evi dence had been found which “would astound the world.’' It -also asked that the President withdraw recognition of the Carranza government. ‘ t; Senator " Fall boldly charged that the Mexican embassy/ tne consulate generals in Jiew lork and Saj^Francisco and the con^ siilato^long the border, with th r_jMOwlege.. and consent of Pii(@raent Carrah^, had been ■^fively engaged the spread ing of bolshevik ipropaganda in the XInited States. Evidence, it ? w'as said, would be forthcoming bear out the charge. Kobcihu News Itcas. Two Million Jpollar Cotton Banli^ Goluflatjia, S. C. Dec. 2—At a meeting in Columbia this after- ,noon, 'v^T'acotl te South Carolina Cotton ^to^^gtablisb- a ^[iroposed ^capital ^,0(%you.. Thu ebjepfc (Bladen Journal) Lumbmrtoh, Nov. 26.-7Pjro* ceedings have been started inAhe Superior court of Robeson county by Recorder J. N. Buie of Red Springs, against Mr. W. P. Mc- AlHstor, county welfare officer, in which Mr. Huie contests the legality of Mr. McAllister's elec tion. The election was made by the Board, of ComraissiojiorB and Board of Education in joint, session. 'Mr. John W, Ward, chairman of the'Board of County Commissioners, was made chair man of the joint meeting. When the voting began,, all members of the two boards, eight in all —including Mr. Ward—voted by ballot, and the vote stood, W.P. McAllpBter 4 vo^es, and J. G. Conoly 4 votes. Mr. Ward then voted the second time electing Mr, -McAllister. Jn the com plaint the court is asked to de clare the office vacant and re quire Mr. McAllister to refund all money paid him by .'the county and to pay the ;^t of the action. ' • ^ "T' Two ni^-e government trucks, making sfeven in all, have ^en received for road work in this countg. Miss Sadie Edwards of Biaden- boro and Mt*r I.. L. Freeman of Hamlet were niar^d on last ^^Bdnesday at tbhmfne of Rev. pipomt ,neht yluDghUjfe^Kaa^fthls |tlace/%d Miti^l^plMnch. alb-- Mr; c^_W4ur6’^qatetly (rf - The RegidatiiMi* A Sidiog of Afhiinitiridioi Whord^ S«ae Sttifes MxyC^ea B^ore 9 (Tdock aad .Close After 4 (Fcloick. Atfdnta, Qa., Dec. miodification of the coal saving Older whereby stores «|id o^er pliacesol businesa may open ^ foje 9:00 a. m. and-^stay after 4:00 p. m.,* i»t>vidcd-they ' .: * ■ * use no heat or'power produced by coa,! or wood g sfas, tod ,j| further 'modification allowing practically unr^tricted use ot power originating solely and ex-: clusively’ from hydro - electric plants was announced today by the Regional Goal CJommittee Here. > Charlotte. N. b,, pemsion of the order requiring Southern stores to close at 4:00 p. m. and the order restrictipA consumeis’ use of hydro-electric power were announbe^FheieP Ih a telegram from ^genllik L^e 8. Overman. Senator Ovennap’s telegram was in x^y from iDeai merchant-. % \ and^li^ tIioiiyclioMBi Frlhni Rout^off isa'I h rdqi tabt Mil* kt'fe I njdxt ye ie^l ,tisn,;l ' The^i al farr 0^ton; iy/er. field. ■- wtl ftfel-r| foV^tl adjv ■fI And Otherwise. P>f Mrs. P. Wright ^y to learn^iQf her con iss at hoine on ^each, a member >rd graded school fac- th‘,^ 'rijanksgiviiig ijjsr home near town. rMae Poole went fo ^nd remained until |ning with her sister, Poole. Administrator again (-business and manu- istablishmeiits to curr I hours to save coal iatejl that the U. 8. will .require five rs to meet its needs jrnet Mon- Bhingtoi|^ There is a isineapSwaithig ac- Jngrwdoesn’t hurry. nan heard sever ^arfc recently that ;,gatHl^ed a bale of ^a%erage ,their crop .have^me in -the. gDpd'ctbps, ^ )n the' shipment ^the drastic seeni h it-peupleyl^gep,f^ $1.50 Per Year. Germans WiD Sign The Protod^ ReacBdi i» Ger- ikod VriSipttt theruto cbi.' 4--, .thi. to enable' layers from ttd to deal ||«?fetl vtVith t^. kicen. . f " ■■ Fayetteville An adjourned meefing of Fay; etteyille Presbytery met in ftxe First Church Fayetteville, Tues- at noon. Rev. J. J. Murray o? Smithfield, Moderator, pre- siding;; Rev. E. L. Siler of Maxton was elected a member of the board of trustees of' Davidson Collego to fill the unexpired term of Rev. R. 8. Arrowood, deceasedr * The pastoral relation between Rev. E. E. Washburn and Duke and Sardis churches was dls ol^ved, Mr. Washburn leaves the Presbytery after Jan. A conunittee of three was ap pointed.to attend the conference in Raleigh Dec. 16, 16 and 17, to get information first-hand of the Interchurch World, Movement. Revs. W. E., Hill, D. D., J. K. Hall and D. F. Klrkfiatrick were appointed. The Home Missions Committee was empowered to act in the matter of the Jackson Springs Wek End field. .■(, Shot and Robbed of $25. A. Z. Thortoh of Newton Grove was held up by 'a negro at the point of a pistol Saturday night on Bradford' Avenue. The color ed man demanded Mr. Thorn ton’s mpney and the latter offer ed resistance. The negro it is stated, then shot him in the hip and robbed him of $25. Mr. Thornton was taken to the home of Geoi^-C. Weisiger nearby and later to the Higb smith Hospital. The negro got away and his identity has not yet been learned.—Fayetteville Observer, Dec. 1. Satuif^ Mrs. B. E. Kelly, died day of apoplexy after only a few hqurs illness, ,i^(ed 63* years. ^fdre marriage she was a Miss Swink of Apson county, and wasagQbd'Cbristian wraaan. She was the mother of nliiechiidren, seven of whom are living, all grown, and scattered over the. country as f ar away as Georgia. Mrs. J., Lonnie Teal is the. only one Jiving in Raeford, but they all came to the funeral. Her faithful husband and her devoted children have the sym pathy of the people of the com munity, but they have comfort in the knowledge that Mother is now free from suffering or trou ble of any kind. Deputy the nfon# credi in a cmiD BaltuifuA'e, Bliss bet Gatlin. . , Trinity; College, L. A. Lentz, Miss J^ianita Camerota. Peace InstituteT Miss Dorothy McNein.‘ ‘ . (Jueens College: Miss Ollle Granam. King’s Business Colleg: Miss Virginia Henoy. A Little'^ Dies. i^CbiW Di ^ The little child, of Mr/ and Mrs. Evan Wright, aged about one year, died Sunday. We sympathize with these young parents in the death of this their first born child '/-N A Curd of Thanks. ^ I do not care so much about putting flowers on the graves of the dead. That does no good, but 1 do believe in dropping them along life’s pathway to cheer the living, so while I thought before the best people in the world live in Raeford, now I know It since our soFB bereavement, and I want to thank them for their help arid sympathy for myself and family when my dear wHe died. 8. E. Kelly. fes to.'anyjoh'dof R^r;|^while.^ ch, who gfaS'i'badly hurt “if yoi !aeford Said to be many. Paris, Dec. 8.—Germany has decided not to sign the procotol presented to'her by the Allies, as ii eonditloi/ for putting the Peace Treaty into effect, the Peace Conference has been noti fied. ■ ; It^RS loaned today that Baron Kurt/Von Lersner, head of the Germandelegation here, called on Secretary Dutsta of the Con ference on Monday and told him that Germajiy had made such a decision. . • • Tnis attitirde is taken as con firming reportedFa sharp reac lion in Germany within the ttist foWnight. Trained observers of German developments Mve pxpre.ssed to membeys^-df th^ Peace Conference the view th there has been a complete trans- •foriiiamatien of the situation )i| Germany and that it iS’^due fe» the failure of the United 8ta Senate Treaty The question upon which German representatives here, however, appear most sensitive is the insistence upon the;, trial of German officers aoensse^. of t)je ijommission of criraef^^ii Fi'ance and* Belgium, it is said, no iauicatioris re,ached Paris of anyd + / News Aad JwaL The weather is aliright for hog killing, but we are told itii the wrong time of the moon. * . Not all the people took''‘advan tage of that one per their taxes if they were paid in November. Dry as ic is some wheat fiehla are loi>king green. Messrs. A. D. and A. A. Outn of Raeford, R 2 were comforting visitors to this office yesterday. This town has more midway than the Cape Feay Fair, and, a crowd of-Gipsies arrived ye^er- dav to help out. . Two of the stills the Sheriff captured in November; ajf&good copper ones. ' ~ See T. D. Hatcher’s add then seethe goods in his store. Mr. Neill McGill produced this ' I year 4 heavy bales of cotton on ti^and a fourth acres of land. Mr, W. Holiday of Jackstm S^ngs htaB bides of a fjm acre lot ati| rwy^a^e a ife^nt. " ‘ Mr. S.,.BfeTaid()r, the shoe re- pairer, has moved bis family tl^tthe.,.. We are sorry three year , old soft" >vg|>kic^(^ihe. ago, aij! iwfeHe ill While ^riving along a road about .ten days ago, Frank F. Dickson of Council,' ^accidently drove his car into a ditch, turned it over and he washadly injured. Be was carried to Thompson’s hospital in Lumberton whereiiais ROW under tr^tment, ai^ doh^ as well as ^uld be hoped for, tot he ban a close toll. '^Sopt. Brooks Cdmisg Dr. £. G- Brooks, State Su perintendent of ^blic Instmc- tion, will speak to the peopih Of this county in the school' audi torium Friday at ’ 3 p. m. Dr. Brooks ia the first State Super intendent to visit, the county and it is hoped that the people will take advantage of this epportri- nity teheiU'hiiri. Mrir A'. J-. Betliuneof Aberdeen was in town Tue8Biy, Mr. W. D. Sherrill has a mar ket on wheels a trailer-with shafts and a mule hooked to it. He carries his beef, pork, fish, &c^ around town, and has his popping block and-scales hung on b^nd. That lobks like head ing off the other fellow. During a quarrel over the own ershlp of a jug of whiskey Wil liam Mori-ow shot and killed Will Mangum about 8 . o’clock yesterday morning in New Light township near Sunrise school Both are negroes and it is claim- ed were business partners in the illicit distilling of whiskey. Mar row escaped after the shooting. —News.and Observer, Dec. 3 Five of the striking operatives indicted for rioting in Albemarle some weeks ago were .sentenced to imprisonment by Judge Larie in the Superiqr cqurt recently, and Tuesday Gkivernor Biekett commuted their sentences to $75 fin^, and gave them 7 months to pay that. Their leaders, who incited them to riot had'been let if th*' court Uti UlStS. . W^^&e |SkZ!;2ijTve Mr. W. H. IKbson and family back as residl^ of Raeford. They have lived ne^ Lamar, S. C. for sev eral years. Mr. Hobson bought the Jim Long house last summer. . The weather has gotten eolder but it is too dry to kill the winter crop of peaches. Raeford^ Hardware Cq^Jiave improved'their store front by a frssh coatlof paint. Mashail's Shows opened upon donday iiight instead of Tues day qight as advertised. They reached this town earlier than ihey thought they could. -Mrs. John H, Currie of Way cross, .Ga"T spent last week with her paifents. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Leacff on Route 1. , m The'wop of cotton the h as not been picked over yet has lost $50 to the; acre. - A. M, Black, colored brought us a day or two ago a limb oft a peach tree that had on it fresh, new leaves, bloom and young peaches. Where is the oldest inhabitant that ever saw such Dec. 1 before? Very few corn crops have been fmthered:but noneuf it has dam aged because the wpather kas be6n dry. And crops are good. Last year the people gathered crops faster than we have ever hnown, and there was less said about ihe scarcity of labor, and Jabor was scarce. This year they her, in the protocol _ ed/Baron Kurt von Lersner, head of the German delegation- here, told the Assoeiated Press this afternoon. MarthaU’s Shows Marshall’s Shows pitched their tents on. the Sinclair lot near the depot Monday and have since been entertaining large crowds The feature attracting most attention from the ^;rown-ups is the “Modern City Made With A Pocket Knife.’’ It is wonderful. Of course the children think more of the merry go-round, the nicest one you ever saw. . Mr, Marshall himself is just like you him alway—chummy as he can be. And they are all well behaved. There is no noise or disOTder about their quarters. notice somd into trouble in some dries tor vi olation ^of the admhfiiAnitiou ruling. * ■>. * . There was damage to tb* 1^- tent-of $300,000 by fire in » cot ton seed oil mill yesterday in Henderson. Mrs. Sarah McFadyen has been right sick all last week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. McLauchlin. We are glad to add that the sick lady is som^ what improved. Several persons went to Char lotte Mond.iy night to hear John McCorInic sing, among them Misses Margaret and Rlora Belle Currie, Mrs. Lila Blue, Mrs,B’red Johnson, Mrs. W. B. McLauch lin, Miss Beatrice Halj. f ^ 8. Loftin, the Genei^l )0£ Will Agent of Marshall’s Luormo' Shows, wht) has Been in our city making arrangement for his entertainments ^to show here Dec. 2 to 6, left Monday for Ab erdeen, N. C. tomake arrange ments in that town for his shows Mr. Loftin made many friends while here, and his straight for ward business methods with eve rv one he came in contact with, made it a pleasure to meet the gentleman. We predict Mr. Lof tin will make a success repre senting the Marshall’s Enormous Shows in any city he enters, FOR SALE—Good family horse Dr A. R. Dickson. PIGS FOR SALE. See William Oidcsoo. FOR SALE—One Jersey heifer 1 and a half years old in good condition and gentle, price F?5 McQueen Johnson, Red Springs, N. C., Rl. FOR SALE.—I have for sale a lot of Automobile Junk also one car in very g(^ shape. Will sell at vour own price. MILTON CAMPBELL, Raeford, N. C. hqye not done so vrell. They have not tried so hard. Rev. W. C. Brown has been confitied to his room for a week with a case of the grippe. He was unable to fill his / appoint ments Sunday: but we are. glad ^ state he is now improving. M’e are sorry to hear th itMrs. W. C. Brown is sick, and hope that her illness will not cL-vvlop into anything serious., br. and Mrs. Furringtou of Wirtston Salem spent last night with Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Hatch er. These are uncle and aunt of [Mrs. Hatcher; , LOsT.—One Hound Dog Puppy, five months old. Slend^ not very large according to age. color white with brown head and ears, white blaze in face and two big brown spots on, back. Liberal reward foranjf information. BONNIE BLUB ^ ' 1-;^ % - ■ 1. 'n FOR SALE—Duroc pigs Hi ten weeks old. See w write J A. A. Blelanto itokisli, G% \ .1*
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