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RAEFORD, NORTH CAROUNA. ppESDAY, MARCH 11,-1920.
$1.S0 Per Year.
RE\DT FORIMffiir
AGAtti^
F^«ral Offdals in (^^ge Hope
' Jo Clean Up MoreTtanNin^f- -
'Counties Thif Year •
% ^•.
-Washington, D. C'-^Mareli Jinds
'■'-’ preparations well under way for
'' the 1920 campaign against the
‘ cattle fever tick." Prospect? for
. effective wjMit are so encourag-
4ng ' that' Federal officials
5 ch arge of tick eradication expect
I ^that at least ninety counties iri
the-various tick infested States
Y? will he made ready for release
/ from Federal quarantine next
' December 1. This will 'raeah a
:much larger amount of territory
•^ cleaned up than was placed in
thafree area last year]
Only.^ 30 per cent of th^total
" area originally quarantined re
mains-under tick domination,
and it shou Id he* materially je
duced this year. The end of the
' p long campaign which began ac-
- tively in 1906 is well in sight and
.'‘3;.' tvfth continued cooperation,from
' the state and county governments
Bureau of Animal Industry
'tJnited States Department of
Agriculture hopes that in less
than three years the South wil
^ bb lick free.
7^5’ Cattle will be sent through the
.. di^pihg vats as early in the sra
^ son as the weather will
Reports frorn^field workers say
thaf cattle which went into the
7. winter tick free are showing up
_ this spring in much better con;
'■'e dition than - the animals whicl\
rere subject to coniinued attacts
Jbe parasites. Cattle in :poor
Itipn.'mfY be:Jrept from the
r*A- %
4.K.
Cara Morrison Cliib
in the
in
Raeford ., .
Saturday, March 20tjn 1929, at
3 G,clock. - • -
Let all Morrison men be on
hand and on time.
A. D. McGiU
' (Fayetteville Observer) /
The fiiperal of Mrs. A . D- Mc
Gill who passed away Tiresday
meaning, was cpoducted from
Tbm G-alatia Presbyterian Clm-1 ^
Ah WAdnesdij!; noon, March 8 ; Will bo organized
McGill was born April, 12'Court House
lM5, and was therefore in the
seventy fifth year of her age.
May 25, r871, she was united
in marriage with Capt A. D. Mc
Gill, who survives her. To this
marriage two children were horn
A daughter, Miss Lloise, and a
son W. Eaboth of whom survive
her. In early life she united
with Galata Presbyterian Church
on profession of her faith in
Christ and continued' in this
communioh a faithful and loyal
member through life. The pass
imtoo/this.noble waman marks
the close on earth of an unselfish
self sacrificing life. To know
her was to love her, and none
gver^came-'Oihder her influence
who did not honor rnd praise her.
She was. a great reader and her
life was ^k^autiful and forceful
illustratiOT of the influence of
wholesome literature on the
character. She loved her Bible
and she read it with a childlike
faith.
Her interest in the conversion,
of the Jews to the Christian faith
was greater than any other man
. or woman the./v'ritor has ever
peimi jjnown. T|Ifs interest was foun
ded in love. She>l^lieved that
the JevfrA^ Are still the chosen
people df (jrod and hence the spe-'
ciahan^ peculiar objects of his
love. She gave regularly and
liberally to the Williamsburg
mission for Jews in New York
city
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TAR HEEL PITCHER
50LD TO CLEVELAND
Cleveland, Ohio, March 3*r-
President James C, Dunn, of the
Cleveland baseball club has an
nounced ^ the purchase of Tim
Murchison, a left handed pitch
er from the Peoria club of the
Three I League. Murchison
whose home is in Liberty, N.G
vviil report to Manager Speaker
at the training camp in New
Orleans at once.
leal Ullian Gisb
' “rwi
were I
exploi
is exp
lie is of
ing tas
rpy ex
most
have O'
Liuf^y
thin gs A
kee B1
plei
Gentlemen of the Jnry
The, following jurors wei^
drawn on the Ist Monday toserx^
at the next term of Hoke, Supet"
ior Court which convenes April
l2th, prox. . '
Raeford: J. D. Bujoyer, -G.,C.
Arahions, W. R. Atkins, B, F,
Moore,- A. A. Williford, ^H. A.
Cameron^^. M. Maple, A. D.
Peterson, panierMcKeithan, Sr
^Allenda^: A, Brignian A
J^JoYdan.^ N P. Watson,
Antioch: ,T. A. Hpdgin, -X A
Johnson, D i T.- Skipped, John H.
be terriblY nervous
corne a star and be
ery where. Saniucb
of a star for the pub-
exacting and char.g
Fortunately for me
Ces have been of the
bt kind and people
ood enough to say
and encouraging
t my work in ‘Pro
's’'’'
e Miss Lillian' Gish
iaii Gish, and to show
ty of her taste and
y of her wishes, she
to speak of her work
Griffith's direction
^ WOffk.thifel fujind its first reel
expiNe.a?W^tfi 4’he Birth of a Na*
tibn, Ap|f^hichhas been watch
ed by.a?™poted public through
nhmefb®(ither4[^riffiith produc
tions and * soon to be seen so
L^een in that remark
nsation Broken Blos-
Pastime Theatre.
|th trains all his play-
t to act, 'That,is the
hiug he insists upon,
tove through our parts
would in real life,
t be no arti^cial act.
star. One critic wrote >‘the two
H little girlg are pot actresses but
fhey are in a good place tp learn
actrng."
And that prophecy has be^
fulfilled. ^
thcre.yj
feefsi,
t h e irfo
was
under
Pbstoffice Sa^e at Oxford it Blowo
^ped ■ '
Aiuiouncements,
Skertff.
ibeivijy announce myself a
.candidate for the office of sheriff
of Hoke county subject to the
action of the Democratic pii
mary.
Edgar Hall
spleudidl
able
sonas i
. "Mfe,
eritiow^i
very
■mMm
just aa,^
There
ing and w posing. Mr.^Griffi|:h
enderson, N. C., March 9 —
Savings Stamps valued at
$10^^; postage stamps to the
amo^nt bf ?5,000 and about $75
in mdpey were secured by
safe bmwers who early today
blew open the vault of the post
office at .Oxford, twelve miles of
here and m^e their escape. Five
strangers reported to be seen ii^
Pranklinton last night and whp
are believed to have taken a large
touring car belonging to S, J.
Vann.wealthy cotton mill man of
that place, which w’as stolen dur
ing the night were thought to
be the same persons who robbed
the Oxford post office It hap
pened about 3:30 a.m. There are
no clues.
There is no evidence of peach
bloom yet, which is unusaal.
Mr. Bruce Morris is fencing
his entire - lot on Harris’ .Av-
enue.
For Clerk Superior Court.
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the office of Clerk
of the Superior Court, subject to
the action of the Democi^tic
primary.
‘ Wm. L. Poole. .
teaches
emotioptj
the exi
Griffith^
his d^fi
idealA
conta
nht
pfieiit
dm
that to expre.ss an
m must feel it, then
ssion will be real. Mr.
1 a dreamer who makes
comb true, and his
■uth and beaijty' are
It is more difficult
fijsfcahdVthan it is to
•hittif-- His very sim-
quit^
The last blizzard ruined the
crop of turnip 'salad, if it is a
salad,
Mr A. K. Stevns and family are
all about recovered from an att
ack of flu.
Mr. Frank Bethea of Rockfish
paid the Joqrnal a pleasant visit
^ednes^ay*-_- •
For Register of Dee^s
I hereby announce myself a
candidatefor the office of Register
of Deeds for Hoke county sub
ject to the action of the coming
primary. I am now serving as
Register of Deeds filling the un
expired term of R. L. Bethune
resigned. If elected I promise to
give the same careful attention
to the duties of the office in the
future I have given in th& past.
Yours to serve
D. K. Blue
For Register of Deeds.
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the office of Regis
ter of Deeds, subject to the
Democratic Primary.
W. VV. Roberts
For Sheriff.
At the request of a number of
my frieudsT, hereby annoonce
le-
this tiofe:# before theV
ave a chance, to multiply by the
*thousands or millions.
DespK'e bad weather dipping
w.C'? not diseohtinned durihg the
\. hiter in localitities ^here the
operation would not harm the
cattle. There were more than
300,000 dippings in January and
probably a greater number in
February. The winter work,
with early dipping in March will
give the tickeradicators a flying
start that is expected to he- a
big help ill making this jkear a
'big one. \
TWO EgiG, CATTLE SALES NEXT
MONTH
‘h¥' fififfocfiiSal^’liind ndfedyj
Sbe yvas'the special friend to
the colored people and their ap
preciation w'asabundanlfly shown
iw the large number who- came
to pay the last sad act of I’esiieot
to the memory of their friend.
Truly Mrs. -McGill belonged
to that noble class of gentle wom
en whose lineage goes hack to
the day.4 of knighthood and far
ther, who regard their home as
their ^throne and too sacred Jo be
even endangered- for the show
and noise of modern ways. Her
kind is too fast passing from our
life and our homes. May the
spiriLofsuch women bo found
more and more in the young
women of our day. M.
soK, Dinniofe Carpenter, A. S
Johnson, .Hector McNeill, Henry
Russell.
McLa'uehlin: Marshall Lind-
s .v, J. M. Cheek, S. W. Boahn,
W. H. Hair.
Little River: Albert .Seagrove,
J. H. Har^t, D. G. McFadyen J.
W. Henning, D S. Johnson
Quewhiffle: W. t. Bobbitt, M.
W. Tucker, J. E. Covington.
Stonewall: D. M. McKenzie.
R, D. McMillan.
North Carolina cattle breeders
will hold two sales in April, at
which anirnals bred in the State
will be exhibited and sold, ac
cording to an annra^cement
from J. W. Sloss, or tne Agri
cultural Extension service.
The North Carolina Hereford
Cattle Breeders Association’s
second-annual sale will be held
at Greensboro April 14, and all
animals offered will be bred in
this state.
I^ecause the animals to be sold
will be .of the very best blood,
Mr Sloss says this sale should
attraot every man who has ahy
Hereford spmpathy.
The North Carolina Angus
Breeders will hold their sale at
Raleigh, ApHl 20, and 21. All
animals offered will be bred in'
North and South Carolina, and
will be inspected so that nothing
but good stuff will be alloweo
. in the sale. '
It is up to the Hereford and
Angus breeder^, saya^Mr. Sloss
to get behind these sales, make
them a real success, and encour
age the raising of more and bet-
•ter beef cattle. Let everyone
,, keep these dates in mind and
come prepar^ to take a fouift
al hona
Farm House Destroyed
The dwelling on M. W. .Mc-
Learn’s farm in Blue Springs
nship, occupied bV W. N.
Sessoms and family was
destroyed by^fire Sunday aft
noon, loss $5000 to $6000 wi
insurance at all. Mr. Seisoms
lost nearly all his house ho
fects. .
. The first thing they knew of
it was Ihe^FOof was cn fire and
as two or three members of the
family were in bed sick they had
to be cared for, so very few
things mere saved from the
■f y
; A Good Haul by Hall
Sheriff Hall captured a large
liquor making plant on the 28th
of Feb. about 4 miles up Rock
fish creek from Raeford The
still was hot and fOor men were
at the place, to wit:
George Ward, Dave Baker, Alex
Baker and Henry MePhatter
Sheriff got the still some backim-
and a lot of beer. Dave Baker
and Henry MePhatter were ar
!;ested. The others ran.
Mr
'ouringf Cars
Card of Thanks
T wish tp express my tnanks
and gratitude to all those who,
were .^o kind and good to us
while we were in bed with the
flu. May God bless you one and
all is my praper, and I ask a"
interestin the prayers of all Chr.is
tian praying people that I 'biaj
closer to God and I gi\ e him
er service in the futu
ave in the past. ■
J. H. Tyson
f. Griffith and her love for
virork in the films, Mi^s Gish is
devoted to her library and her
treasured books. With her mo
ther and sister Dorothy'she lives
in a prett y w’hife house in Holly^
wood Los Angeles and spends her
hours away from the studio in
reading and motoring.
Very few motion picture faqs
know that it was Mrs. Mary
Gish, mother of the two girls
who paved the w^ay for her dau
ghters to become prominent in
the world of the 'movies. Mrs.
Gish was left a widow ih Balti
more when she was but twenty-
three years of age. Some mon
ths after the husband and fath
er had passed away Mrs. Gish
was in New York, She ijad her | week,
two girls with her, tiny little
blondes with curly locks and it
soon became a problem as to
v^hat should be'done for their
upport. One day a friend of
hers meiltioned a popular stock
ompany. Why don’t you try
for something there? the friend
asked. Mrs Gish was astonished
‘I never have been on the st age”
he responded. “That doesn’t
and children'Sf'^'F^ladSlphfa^t'
visiting her rtiotherTSrs J. F.
McRic!
■rn.
han
7
Ml
daJ;ion animal home with him.
Ine Appemn 7-Pai
^pperson 4 Passen)
[axwetks Tourjng
hand.)
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W. B. McLA
Card.of Thanks
friends please take notice,
h to thank my worthy friends
their help and kindness to me
ring the illness and death of
my dear son Oliver Thomas
Lean a highly respececter
ored young naan. He was sick
y 8 days to his death with
umonia in both sides.
" M. F, Mclean
matter,” wastlie assurance; ‘‘all
you need -is the job.”
The result was that Mrs. Gish
applied for the job and of all
wonders to her she was accept
ed. From a very humble begin
oing she was* advanced to b5t-
cor parts and her work provided
a good living for herself and her
iftle golden haired daughters.
But a very few years after that
the beautiful little Gish sisters
were taken into the old Biograph
studio in Fourteenth Street New
York by none other than our
own Mary Pickford, a neighbor.
The first picture which they ap
peared was called ‘An Unseen
Enemy.” It was a two reeler
and the cast included Grace
Henderson, Elmer . Booth (now
dead), Harry Casey.and young
Robert Harron now" a GriffitH
Ralph Walker was^on tin
way to see his father bur dio
not reach his bedside in time tc;
see liim alive.
The flu situation is better all
over the country. It .did nol
get into the^^rural districts so
much this tinie
Mrs. .J. W. McLauchlin is re
covering from a severe attact ol
"of plurisY, but very slowly *
are sorry to learn.
Their many friends regret that
Mr. J. N. Steele and family
have moved to Wagram to live
TheyHjWved the first day of thi
kittle Margaret Morris daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Morris
entertained a number of littU
friends Monday afternoon this
t>eing the occasion of her fifth
birthday./
Snow fell occasionally Sunday
afternoon. That is the third
Sunday afternoon this winter
for snow showers, still there has
not been enough' to cover th.'
ground.
The ^avy Recruitifig Station
at Fayetteville wishes to notify
you that W. M. Long ,has beer
aMvanced to the highest rating
and thanki#rg you a thousand
times. *
A number of people in Raeford
deserve prai^ for their attention
M'ssrs A. R» McEach rn nd
J. M. Butler of St Pauls were in
own yesterday.
Rev. W, F*. Trawick' of Fair
mont will preach at the Metho- ,
'list Church Sunda*y piorning
ind night in the absenc^ of the
pastor who is conductio^ameet-
itig at Fairmont.
There is no danger of a panic
A ilhm the next five years, mer-
bants of four Southern states
re told by experts at Knoxville.
Not unless'some thoughtless per-
on starts a cut price sale.- Then
mebody is going to get tramp
led ou.— Fayetteville Observer.
Louis Aaron Elkins died at
ais home on Haymount Saturday
evening last of infliuenza-pueui-
iQonia. Mr. Elkins who was 58
. ears old ^as liked "by everyone
id the conimunity and was rat
ed high in his profession as ax-
hitect and.contractor. He was
ctive in business, possessing
vonderfnl energy.' He was boro
.t Goldston, Chatham County
N. C. being a son of the laie
Daniel Carroll Elkins.—Fayette-
die Observer. ,
to' the sick but none excelled the
preachers- Qaite a number did
all they could, and the past month
life has ^en strenuous in Rae
ford.'
I
The hosts of the Boll Weevil
'The Oteen affair brings up a
undamental quesfion of military
idmiitistration. Is the business
of a hosoital, even a military
hospital, to maintain discipline,
r td cure patients?. If it is to
naintain discipline, then in God^s
name, let us get our sipk moo
out of the places; for inflicting
military punishments on victims
tuberculosis is about asdamo-
able a species of torture as any
thing the Chinese ever invented-
moved northward, and before | Greensboro Dail^ News
them a voice was heard saying:
‘.^iversify, diversify, diversify” {
And those who heard the voice
and heeded were saved and those'
who did not heed the voice were |
lost. i
FOR SALE 1 sei'ond hand Stude
baker seven po^nger toniing
car. Good condition.
1 Ford tourmg";ts^ Good shape
jugt been overhauled. ^
Raeford Hdw. CkMonp^v v
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