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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
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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-.
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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.
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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^.
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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.
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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
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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. .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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FOR SALE—Duroc pigs Hi
ten weeks old. See w write
J A. A. Blelanto
itokisli, G%
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