X' .^:v;;iCv '"?-i •jW4 A - t.’*" t -^v / ''■;V. '■% K. ^.V:; ^X,-#:- : W’'—^r-. ; -■■*. -f.pv ■Ji-' 1 - •■?' a XV. NO. 45.%, ; - r>> , . -V • > RAEFORD. NOBTH tpAROUNA, THTJ^By, FEBRUARY 6, 1920. ' . ■ ':± " Mothers’ Clab Meeting. .,% The Twentieth Century Moth era Cliib met with Mrs. W. T. Covington on Friday^afte^noon, - Jan. 30th, at four o’clock^ Mrs. " Covington had as he| guests on this ocjcaskih, besides the, mem bers of the club, the facility of Rj^ordHigh School, and her k^sisler, Mrs. ..W. P.^ Covington. Mrs. H‘ R. Cromartie, the presi- f, dent of the club, called the meet- / ing to order, ahd after a'-short . business session-the subject for the day, Literature for Children, -was taken up. Mrs.’ Paul Dick son rrad an excellent paper on Choice of Literature ^—Ghttd ten; Mrs. W. E. 'Fteeman an - interesting article entitled Books in the Horae; Mrs.' Wm. La- niont on needs of “Horae Libra ries.” Mrs Luke Bethune then read some comments by Kate Douglas Wiggins. After which which the “mothers” enjoyed some most lovely musical selec tions by Miss Ella Mae 'Poole, Miss Hall and Miss Frye, v The ladies were then asked to draw for partners and each cou ple was presented with a card on which was written a Bird Contest. Mrs. Luke Bethune . and Miss Fry w'ere the lucky contestants and were rewarded with a lo^•ely piece of china A delicious salad course and mints was served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs.. W. P. Covington, After thanking.Mrs. Covington for a most delightful altemoon the ineeting adjournt^^l to meet with Mrs. H, R. Crom artiekn Tuesd^ after the fourth s., Sunday in February. 145*' Fayetteville Presbytery. Fayetteville Presbytery meets in adjourned session in the aiidi- torium of Flora McDonald Col- i ege, Red Springs, Thursday, February the 12th, today week, at 2:30 o’clock, ', -' The Journal had the date wrong last week. We. had it Tuesday, Feb: ”4^h. We[ make the correction, with 'apologies, but this is unnecessary, for if anybody was fooled into going to Red Springs on Tuesday by our mistake we consider we did little harm, as we see it, for you will enjoy a day in Red Springs any time. Presbytery or no Pres bytery, This meeting is to be one of especial interest and all church officers within reach are invited to, attend. Several noted speakers will be in attendance to make addresses. #• Remarkable Funeral Service. I The funeral of Mr. Curtis An drew's was conducted from the Methodist church last Friday at noon by the pastor, Rev. B. P. Robinson, assisted by Rev. W. C.- Brown, pastor of the Presby terian church. His-teacher, Mrs. W. M. Currie, and his entire class in the'high school joined the jirocession at the residence and marched to the church, a number of the girls bearing fio- I'al tributes from the school Six of the school mates. Frank Culbreth, ‘Willier McDonald, James Williamson, Marion Dew, Arch*McLean, ami Albert Cole The sermon, the music, the entire services^ were peculiarly impressive. Besides the class pOf . the deceased, ; the, .eutim LHM^^ayTmSrrnug?^an |;jcKo{»f attended thekervice in s people Raeford needs 'andmore folks. LOCAL AND PER more payrolls has. Neiil McFadyen Dead. “t 1920, the flashing telegram o Mary E.-McFadven frpnu the . State llospitii at Raleigh 6ore the news of her brotheis-'s death, • “Bud,” as his friends and rela tives familiarly knew'- him, hau been carried to the hospital twice before. Although his state of mind was undoubtly wrong, he Showed a remarkable intelligence in his scriptural quotations and the distinction among the many called to see him whom he had known before. “Bud” was 61 years 1 month and 10 days old. Never before \ were an honester man found than he. He prided himself on tending to his own business, •specially. He was very good and sympathetic to anyone in '^trouble or sickness. “Tho’ a loving voice is stilled, And a vacancy that can never be filled,” is felt by remaining loved ones. There's a comforting voice which speaks “peace” and multitudes of “promises” cheering them on to the “Eternal Day.” Written by E. M, McFadyen. to body, also many other The large church was filled oveiflowing, and almost the en tire Cnngrcgatioii followed the refn lins to the cemetery Mr. J. H. Priest of Manley was in.town today. There is not much cotton be ing sold in' Raeford these days. ; Fayetteville is havirli^ her first automobile show today jiind to tnbrrow. From Virginia north the east ern states have had a great snow storm since yesterday. Mr. Zeb V7~McMillan of Red Springs has been licensed to practice law by the Supreme Coprt. John McKeithan ihd Law rence McNeill are at home from The Sfhte Historical CommissioD The State Historical Commis Sion met in the Hall of History in Raleigh on Wednesday, Feb. 4, and there met with the Com mission something like a score of county historians, whose duty it is to see that the activities of and the contributions to by each county are madeinto a permanent part of the history of our State. We want it accurately stated— How many men Hoke county fu rn ished; date qf entrance ;d ate of discharge; conwiiand to which each belonged: We want an account of the Food and Fuel Administrations, the various committees, the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., Bone arid Stamp sales—in fact, all war activities during the World War.' We are . depending in large measure upon the Red Cross anc Daughters of the Confederacy for (lata, but we expect, each soldier to aid in this when they see the importance of the work. Everybody help! The great state of North Car- olina *(]fid a noble part in the World'War, and we are all just ly proiiii of the record Hoke County has made. Let us write that record into history for the benefit of future generations vj Oak Ridge. Influenza-h^gotten ' into that school. , The sale at Nisbet Bros. Co. store has awakened great inter est, people are flocking there. The sale closes Saturday. Mr. J. G. M. Vann of Monroe who is a candidate for the Dern- ocratlc nomination for Congress from this district, was in tbyvn today interviewing friends. , A little son of Mr. and Mrs G. B. Cromartie of Lumberton has been very sick with menin gitis, but he is improving we'jsteredSO ar§/^ad to leArn. Miss Agnes ^ ^inclair is nursing the case. Yes sir, this old town started a building boom. ■ Mr. Sam Epstein has gone to New York on a business trip. Raeford has the money, wbj not build another cotton mill? Red Springs is planning tc to build another cotton mill tbi^ year. ^ According to the ground hog' we are to have 40 days of winter weather. . There was only routine work lefore the county commissioners don day. Miss Hattie Smith, of Vass, las accepted a position with the Heins Telephone Co. Rev. J. W, Goodman, pastor of the Antioch church, was in the city Monday afternoon. Xhe Editor spent Wednesday ui^ Ealeigh meeting witl^ the State Historical Commission. The Hoke school authorities have a truck to bring in the children to the Raeford school K The sun came out long enough Monday to drive the ground bog back in bis hole alright, alright. Miss Mary Poole came home from Flora McDonald College last Saturday and stayed until Tuesday morning. Mr. A. C. Burr. Evangelistic Singer, who is leading the sing ing at Antioch' this week, was in town Monday. . Rev. J. M. Clark. D. D-.i^vhc is. ^or^upljn^ ya^KeUi was in Raeford Monday noon. _ ^ President Wilson is coming to Pinehurst for a stay. The Presi dent and .\lr. J. W. McLauchlin were students together at Da vidson College. ‘ There were severe earthquake shocks in Brazil Monday. There were 468 earthquakes reported in the world last year; 97 were felt in the United States. Mr. W. S. Townsend, of Rock fish arid Mrs. R. M. Adams, of Hamlet, malted checks to pay their subscription to The Jour nal Saturday. You mail yours today.' ^ > . The price of cotton slumped, but the American Cotton Asso ciation has sold enough direct to Europe, low grade m particular, to send the price up. You will soon see it higher". ^ As regular asf the first of Jan uary comes Mr. T. W. Guiton of Rockfish mails a money order to pay his subscription. Our whole list are sure pay, but we admire Mr. Guiton’s unfailing regular ity. Let's hec cotton mill Anothefe^ built in S^l Sheriff of the \9\ . 1 paid^ ^ His maflj know that'; 's improVii The Jc pendents. what you J - Epst^n^C nas bought ( store. See Fredison good showAi;= there are to' Miss Mary Routr 2, with relative . Mr W. L? ily of Montn in town the fii Mr. Tom burned by a weeks ago, hi recovered, - ^ The' depth] i^iins tried to i seems to have^ shook up Simi Mr. and Mi of Raleigh, s] the latter’s Mrs. N.S.'Bli [in this town wltn ion mill will fcls this year.. be ^saysSO per taxes have cent, been Mr. J,,C. the naerOanl Mrs he and'Mr. Jt "over Mori da] friends rejoice to I'John T. Sinclair wants corres- Sign your name to •V- % fepartment. Store I Mrs. Mary Belle's >1. eatre is giving iw, as good as had! McFadyen, of it the week end 1 town. Fadyen and fam- visited' relatives c of the week. adyen, who was explosion a few almost entirely Iboml) Adniital )p op Joe Daniels icked back and Chas. Kaylor. it Sunday with rents, Mr. and )et has bought business of a lurinburg, and Chisholm went charge. M. F. McLean, colored, of Rae» ford Route ^came iu Monday and renewednis sub8(nWift*i The JournaLfer-i920."^^hi8 he has donb everYTea?^ since there was a paper publisli^ in Rae ford. 1 ^ * A rogue broke Into the shanty belonging to the road force, after work time Saturday, and before they returned Monday, and stole their bedding and rations They are working the Turnpise road about six miles from tpwn. A gentleman from Buffaloe, N. Y. was in town on business, the first of the week, and told the writer the thermometer reg- degrees below zero, and the snow was 8 feet deep when he left home last Friday. 'ayetteviiuK Observer. The Fayntteville Observer was sold ag.'iin .b"'- A. PaT k, of italeigli. A few rrionths ago the Fay- j etteville Press Co. was organized and this new company bought The Observer. Cspt. Something, anorlhern man, was leader in the now movement, and w^as the -supposed editor The old Observer force was to be con- ■ tinned until new equipment could be bought to make new morning daily to be called the Fayette ville Press. The Observer was changed to an independent pa per, as the Press was to be. later. We iust knew that would not do. The Observer had been a strong democratic paper for more than a century and then for it to change to an independent pa per—that would not suit Fay etteville nor the Cape Fear sec tion* To be independent in poli tics means to, be a mugwump. The .Tournal is as independent as any papery but it has no pa tience with independence. Its editor is a Democrat, and we hope to always have the courage to attack and demolish every thing undernocratic. We are glad the Observer has changed hands. We feel cer- we our will find mail box some every tain now thing in evening. ^ .v Mr. Park has a’reputation as a newspaper publisher, and our good old friend George G. My- rover, the new editor, will sling the hot stuff—gas and so forth, where it should go.' - FOR SALE—9 year, old mule; will work anywhere, and is in good condition. See or write E. A McNEILL, Red Springs, N. C., R 1. FOR sale—Two Ford Touring Cars in A1 condition. See J^ L. Teal at Hoke Motor ’and Machine Company, Raeford. HAEFORD HIGH SCHOOL Pmchiafity Roll. First Grads Sarah McFadyen Thetus Campbell Mary NeapiMcNair Isabella Campbell Mildred Peele Ualiie Reaves Hectot McNeill George McLendon John McNeill Myrtle Buoyer Lamont Brown. Second Grade Lula Hall Mabel Lockey Marv .McFadyen Blanche Musselwhite Amelia Nivens Roscoe Currie Thomas Hutchison John Duncan McNeill Oourtn ey Hobson. Third Grade Forest Austin Seavy Bennett Neal H, Cameron Alma Ferguson John F. Lockey Gaston McBryde Robert Morris Mary Lee Seale Flora Sessoms Frances Walters. Fourth Grade Conrad Barnard Paul Grimes Patton McLeod Johh McLeod Howard WUkes Marguerite Freeman Myrtle Ingram Elizabeth Morgan Nettie Price. Fifth Grade Louise Blue Elizabeth Currie ' ^ - Etta Conoly Kaiie Chisholm K’tthleen I'lew I' uutiiu Aiuc i'eigusou Josephine Hall ^ Mary Alice Hutchison Alma McBryde Margaret Peele Grace Rhye ? ' Elizabeth Sessoms • Walter Culbreth Robert Gatlin - Edwin McDuffie Ernest Mcljrill Allen McGill L. E Reaves Curtis Smith.’ - Sixth Grade Robert Covington H. L. Gatlin James Hampton Kenneth Hampton Brown McQueen Lewis Upchurch Willie Price Marie Blue Frances Moore Claudia Bennett Nellie Robinson Seventh Grade Eula Blue Pauline Freeman Addle Mae Gatlin Isabel Jean Lamont Nevil Pratt Nellie Rhye Devqo Austin Herman Campbel William CoviDgtori^ Graham Culbreth iBtincan McFadyen Glenn Peele Eighth Grade Lawrence Conoly Marian Dew Jar^es Willkmson W/C WUirimson Mary Blue Gladys Price Frances Robinson Mary Douglass Smith “ Marguerite Sherrill EloisqJMcFadyen. Ninth Gk.ADE Arthur Morgan Jessie Bright Ferguson. $1.50 Per Year.; —=a-a£!eii^^l^ X .'f • Vn. ' .' Tenth Grade Kate McFadyen Mary McBry? Lillian Fields'Moore Annie McKeitm Eleventh Mary Eliza McFadyen Margie Campbell Ida Lee Patton ' Mabel Sherrill. , .. State Traveliog Library. The free traveling libraries sent ouf from Raleigh by the North Carolina Library Commis sion in January of this year showed an increase (if over one hundred per cent over the num ber shipped in January, 1919, 80 counties are receiving this service reaching from North- ;; ampton to Richmond and from Dare to Jackson. Special collections have bwo arranged for industrial'^dhmmu- nities. This has been clone in n response to demand from wel- fare workers who urge that spe cial attention be given the ne^s of mill people. The Library Commission now has 300 travel ing libraries. There is a marked increase in’ the number of reciuests reaching the Director, Miss Mary 1^.''^ Pal mer. not for travel and package* libraries but ,for information.: on various subjects including cur rent events and social problems. There are such questions as world denfocracy, forest reser vations, Mexico, Poe, Gala worthy, Massfield, high pricee, Jews, commerce with South America, w'oman and relittUm, etc- One woman wrpte for4lii^" terial on child training, folbe selfish and sfubbfPn. reauest waSmiet from the special collection oh child study. Recent requests for material have come from 8pnth Carolina, Pennsyl vania and Saskatchewan, Can ada. Immigration restriction, th® inter-high school query leads among the debate subjects but material on varied questions is constantly in demand. The commission have fifty package libraries on the restriction of im-' migration. ^ Luting of Personal Property. The law requires that all per- soanl property be listed at its true value ou Jan. 1st. In other words, each individual, firm and eorporation is required t^give in all property owned Jap^^lst for taxation, Arty person ia the* county can give in the court house in Raefori} any day during the first Iwo w^ks of February. Dates will be given in the other town ships later, J. A. McGOOGAN, • % ' * • Notke to Tretpauers. All persons are hereby forbid den to trespass on the land of the late J. -H Morgan, in Anti- ocJi_^wnsbip, Hofee County, ad joining the lands of Mack Gib- sou, Jno. Parish, deceased. Miss Livena Smith and J. H. Town send, by either cutting or haul ing wood, straw, litter, huntiDg or removing anything off of land. Anyone violating any of the above wUl be prosecuted to tne extent of the law. J. C. Morgan Sisters. Shannon, N. C., Jloute 1. LOST-t Between Ra^ord and Red Springs one nearly new United States Tread Tire on riiu, 32 X.4. Reward if re turned to T. C. Ingram, Rae ford. N. C.' . -rSi

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