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RAEPO RD, NO RTH CAROLINA.
fRSDAY, APRIL 16,1926.
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A PRAYER.
Give me strength. Father,
I pray Thee, just for today;
Strength to nneet the tasks
- That would o’er whelm me;
Strength for the duties
That seem too hard for me.
Give me patience, Father,
I pray Thee, just for today;
., Patience to meet the many little
t worries
That fret me sore.
Patience to smile aqd bare.
Though the pain may still be
there.
4|||^ive me wisdom, Father.
I pray Thee, just for today;
Wisdom to wal^ the
Straight and narrow way,
f^JJWisdom to guide me,
When all is not clear.
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Give me grace, Father,
I pray Thee, just for today;
Grace to bear the pain or sorrow
That may be mine,
Grace to sustain me, if—
Through the valley of the
shadow,
I am called to pass.
-Mrs. G W. C.
Mrs. John A. McGongan.
Mrs John A. McGougan,
widow, died at the home of her
sobt Mr. MeGougan, with
whom she lived in Allendale
township last Friday evening al
the age of 87 vears.
Before marriage Mrs. McGou-
In was a Miss McNeill, born
reared near Gibson, N. C.
She was a good Christian wom
an, a cdnsistent member of
Spring Hill Baptisct church, and
her remains were interred Sat
Jlrday afternoon at Spring Hill
iJ?§WClci:y.
fouj;. sons,
, .
'"PT thi& ■ county, and Mr.
Luiher McGougan of ScoUand,
"apd one daughter, Mrs. A. D
McGirt of Scotland county.
The greater part of the Hoke
county crop was planted last
week, and even before that.
Messrs. J. G. McGougan and
A J. Jordan of Allendale town
^hip were in (own Saturday.
Mr. Murphy Blue of Blue
Springs township lost his eye
one day last week when a bit of
cold iron chipped with^a cold
chisel from a battered bolt in a
cotton planter struck his eye
Kiwanis Items.
Kiwaians T. B. Upchurch, E.
B. McNeill, J. W. Johnson, Ed
gar Hall and E. S Smith appear
ed before the State High way
Commission in Baleigh last week
in connection with the proposed
hard surfacing in Hoke county.
They report that they were ac
corded a cordial reception by the
Commission, and best of all they
were promised 10 miles of hard
surface, the work to be done at
once. The only delay will be the
decision as to which road to put
the hard surface. At the last
meeting of the club E. S. Smith
brought up this question and it
was unanimously voted by the
club to request that this hard
surface be applied to the Fay
etteville road to the Cumberland
county line. This action super
sedes the recent action of the
club in requesting that the Aber
deen road be paved* The reason
for this change was that it de
veloped frona tne interview with
the Commission that it would be
approximately two years before
the Aberdeen road would be
ready for paving, whereas work
on the Fayetteville road may be
begun at once. By the time the
Aberdeen road settles in readi
ness for hard surface there will
likely-beanother bond issue,^ and
Hoke county will stand a chance
of getting that link also _ The
Highway Committee is to be
congratulated on securing this
much deserved paving for Hoke
county.
Kiwanians F. B- Sexton and
Paul Dickson were appointed as
a committee of two to go to Fay
etteville and purchase a piano for
the club.. They had the instru
ment on hand at the Last meet-
investigation of the interior of
the said piono by match light to
determine whether or not it har
bored any rat nests, moonshine
stills; rusty springs, or German
spies he reported that it was free
from all such contamination and
the director^ voted to purchase it.
The speaker at the last meet
ing was Kiwanian Fairley. He
made a splendid talk on ‘dries-’
He pointed out that it is God’s
plan in the universe to have
things move in circles. He stated
that the individual or the club
I
doing the most important thing
I
' is the one starting and complet-
O UR chief con
cern is to make
every one of our cus
tomers a satisfied
customer. That_ is
why we recommend
the purchase of a
new battery only
after we are con
vinced that over
hauling or repairs to
a battery will not
prove economical.
W hsiuO* only gonutno
EMo parts
Mam Street Fil^g Station.
ing the more and the larger .cir
cles. During the course of his
lalk Kiwanian Fairley quoted
extensively from Emmerson
Dr McDiarmid. ^chairman of the
program, voiced the sentiment
of the club at the conclusion of
Dr. Fairley’s talk when he said
that it was 6ne of the best that
had been delivered before the I0
cal club.
The Club voted not to send a
delegate to St. Paul convention.
An empty pocket book was given
as the reason
Any piano upon which Doctor
Brown can siog Jay Bird Sittin’
On A Hickory Limb is a goo'cl
instrument. Doctor was looking
for his tune.—Ed.
Beware of Vandalism.
(Coniributed)
There is .nothing which so
generally strikes the imagine
tion, and engages the affections
of mankind, as the right of prop
erty; or that sole and despotic
dominion which one man claims
and exercises over the external
things of the world, in total ex
clusion of the right of any other
individual in the universe, and
as the customs of the remotest
ages are not the customs of the
present time, it is reasonable to
supposeThat one should” expect
some protection to the most sa
cred spot against the act of van
dalism, and that is the little
square in the cemetery, which is
dear and sacred in the memory
to all concerned, and which is
the dtity of every individual to
respect Hence, each and every
citizen should put forth every ef
fort to prevent such destruction
to the works of art, or such as
toSe biofe sublime and let there
be no flower cutting from that
sacred spot, and remember it
was clear that the earth would
not produce her fruits in suffi
cient quantities without the as
sistance of tillage; but who
would be at the pains of tilling
it, if another might watch an
opportunity to seiie upon and
enjoy thp product of his indus
try, art, and labor? Had not,
therefore, a separate property in
lands, as well as movables, been
ve*8ted in some individuals, the
world must have continued a
forest, and meu have been mere
animals of prey; which, accord
ing to some philosophers,. is the
genuine state of nature. Where
as now (so graciously has provi
dence interwoven our duty and
oar happiness together) the re
suit of this very necessity has
been the ennobling of the human
species, by giving it opportuni
ties of improving its rational
faculties, as well as of exerting
its natural beauty.
Only a very few days have
elapsed sy^tfbme of our town’s
people vv«|^eeply grieved to
And tbalPome one had watched
an opportunitv to seize upon and
enjoy the product of their labor,
by cutting the flowers which
should have remained especially
for adornment. “In a certain
contention Abraham thus en
deavored to compose; Let there
be no strife I pray thee between
thee and me. Is not the whole
land before thee?” Thus, is not
the whole land beyond the boun
daries of the cemetery sufficient
without approaching upon the
lights of others? Where is that
person who wishes to be classed
with the vandals of the 5th cen
tury? Hence, if you do not wish
tO'be in the class noted for fierce
ness and destruction of the works
of art, then, refrain from.'plun
dering the cemetery
Full blooded Poland China pigs.
F. Q. Leach.
elei^s History.
The ITC^nt of Wheeler’s his
tory of^Imth Carolina will be
ready fo# distribution early in
May as Spnounced by the New
York Pi^^her, Frederick Hitch
cock. book which contains
valaifl)ieil|formation of the early
days andl^Rmilies of North Caro
lina, (mtpi) of which is found
nowhOTel^e) will be a facsimile
of the- oi^nal volume as pub
lished in 1^1.
It will have some new and
inferestiilg matter, including a
list of the^resent State Officers
and memh^ of the last Legis
lature bolit Bouse and Senate,
State Ju^iary, U S. Congress
men an4 Senators, Governors
from 1861 to the present time,
and of counties added
since 186I.
There are s*ill 200 copies avail^
able for advanced subscribers at
$4 Oo each for which write Mrs*
E. L. Shuford, State Historian
D.JA. It, Hickory. N. C. When
these are exhausted, the regular
Booksellers price will take effect
at $6.60 eAch.
Spivey-Baker.
Mr Charles B. Spivey and
Miss Eunice Baker, both of Rae
ford, 4»ot0Fed over 4&-Bennetls
ville, S. C., Sunday and were
married." extend our best
wishes.
Conrt.
Ju Ige Grady of Clinton con
vened Hoke Superior court Mon
day morning at 10 o’clock.
The following men, good and
true, were drawn, sworn, em
pannelled and charged to serve
as a grand jury for one year:
J. L. McFadyen, Foreman, L-
B, McBrayer, Jr., J. E Me
Phaul, J. D. B Lindsay, J. McE.
Blue, Alex. McDougald, W. M.
Monroe, Jr, P. F. McPbaul,
Clyde Upchurch, Alex. Me
Millan. Ernest VVall, D. M. Wat
sm, Hugh McGill, D. H. John
son, Dan Conoly, M. A. Chish
olm, C. R. Freeman, Neill Cam
eron.
I still have some first class town
lots for sale or trade.
F. G Leach.
A Card of Thanks.
We want to sincerely thank
our neighbors and friends for
sympathy and great helpfulness
during out recent great sorrow
and bereavement. May God rich
ly reward each one.
Mrs. W. P. Peele and Family.
A Message From the Jail.
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(From, The Roxbero Courier )
The women will fret you for
things th^ can get, the men will
forget Y^w^n tb^ owe you a
debt, up;
er wnere they pu
you Now listen, young fellow,
take warning from me, never let
a vagabond lead you astray; nev-
let wild women stuff your
head wiin dope, if you do you
and your pocketbook will al
ways be broke. It is all right to
take a sweet little girlie to the
show, but listen bud, do not fly
to pieces if she does not kiss you
when you get home from the
show, that is the kind for a good
man, boys: those kind never go
stale. But watch your step for
you will need help when you get
the kind that has no pep. But
look boys, there is only one
friend and girl, and that girl is
a true girl that too that never
turns you down, and that is a
dear little mother—the sweetest
girl known in this wide world
No one as that dear old mother,
so precious and divine. Bo stick
to dear old mother, boys, as her
hair is turning gray, remember
those golden locks was like yours
once in her day. Look more
closer to her. boys, as some day
you may not have the chance-
Kiss her each night, and her
words that she whispers in your
ear, take warning to them as you
may need|them before another
year. I wish I had listened to
her—maybe I would have been
at home today with dear old
mother.
I’m sending, this to your paper
hoping to attract some boy or
girl to do better, and will follow
with a short story of the real
facts which I know will help
some. Thanking you, and I hope
to soon see you.
I remain,
Yours truly,
Carl Harris.
Co. Jail, Roxboro. N. C.
Moore county has a Recorder’s
court, to begin functioning
May 1.
Raeford highs beat Payette
ville highs 12 to 9 in a free hit
ting contest in Fayetteville last
Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Carrie McRae, widow of
the late Lucius McRae, and
mother of Mr. Arthur McRae,
died at her home in Red Springs
on Wednesday of last week,
aged 66 years.
' TheS&hdhili Orchard, man-
IrayeTi
I am offering a j^ir of registered
spotted Poland China hogs, just
what you need to start a first
class herd. I will trade one or
both of these for beef cattle or
milk cows.
F. G. Leach.
a flue crop of peaches. If they
escape frost after this a record
crop will be shipped.
The Army b^at the Guilford
hoys 7 to 2 in a good game Fri
day afternoon. John Walker
hit a double and a home run;
Culbreth and Cal McLean got a
three bagger each.
Notice to People of Raeford.
The following ordinance is en
acted by the town authorities of
Raeford:
It shall be unlawful to use or
maintain any residence or other
building in the city of Raeford
which is located 00 a lot abutt
ing on the city sewer line, said
residence or building being not
more than 200 feet from the
same, where one or more persons
live or congregate, unless such
residdhee or buifting be provided
with such flush closet u)r closets
connected with said sewer* pro
vided water is available from the
city main within 200 feet from
said residence of building.
That all ordinances or parts of
ordinances previously enacted
which are in conflict with this
ordinance are hereby repealed.
3. That this ordinance shall
be enforced from the date of its
passage. -
4 Violation of any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall
constitute a misdemeanor and
shall be punished by a fine of
$6 (X) for the first day and $1.00
for each additional day the vio
lation is continued, dated from
the time specified in official no
tice from the city.
Passed and adopted this 2nd
day of March 1925.
Signed: J. E. CONOLY,
Mayor.
I Signed: A D. GORE:
Clerk.
Raeford, N. C., April 13,1926.
Notice el EIccHob.
An election of mayor and five
commiijsionera for the town of
Raeford, N. C., will be neld
Tuesday, May 5th, l925.
A* B. McGill is registrar and
his books will be open for the
registration of voters at the court
house from now until Saturday,
April 18th, 1925. Poll holders
are A. B. McFadyen, and D. B
McKeitban.
Signed: J E. CONOLY,
Mayor.
Signed: A. D. GORE.
Raeford, N. C., April l3, 1925.
One five room bungalow going
at a bargain. Terms to suit
you and at a price that will
pay you 10 or 12 per cent, on
your investment.
F. G Leach*
For Improved Irish Grey Melon
Seed apply to
D H* Johnson.
Ashley Heights. N. C*
Mrs E R. Williamson is run
ning Hemstitching Machine
and makihg buttons to order,
also doing expert dress mak
ing. All work guaranteed to
give satisfaction.
At Nisbet & Howell’s Store.
Raeford. N C.
Most- everybody^ tfiat “STAR
BRAND SHOES ARE BET
TER!”
Baucom’s Cash Store.
FOR SALE, or will trade for
beef cattle, three first class
Jersey milk cows.
F. G Leach.
Another lot SURE FIl’ Caps for
Men and Boys.
Baucom’s Cash Store.
1 am always ^ the market if
to offer,
it does’nt differ what it is.
F. G. Leach.
Superior Quality Pin Check
Work Pants at
Baucom’s Cash Store.
J. H. BLUE
ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING
Raeford, N. C.
Phone 253.
NOTICE.
To avoid having vour property
advertised, setttleyour taxes at
once
E. R. WILLIAMSON.
Tax Collector for Town
Raeford, N. C.
Notice—Stop Plowing in the Roads
of Hoke G>anty.
Notice is hereby given that
the law prohibiting the plowing
into the roads of Hoke County
will be strictly enforced. Run
your rows with the road or plant
at least two rows running par
allel with the road. Plant cotton
or some low growing crops
around curves. Don't blame the
Commissioners if the Rorai Po
liceman gets you for plowing in
the road, for we are giving yon
fair warning.
(Signed)
J. A* McDIARMID,"^
Chairman of the'Board
s of Conamissioners.
D. K. BLUE.
Clerk of the Board.
Excellent Values in Nice Dress
Shitts.
Baucom’s Cash Store«
Final Notice to
Tax Payers!
The County Comnrissioners at
their last meeting ordered the
sheriff to postpone the advertis
ing of land for taxes until May
the let, in order to give those
who have not paid, anotiiar
month in which to pay up. Now
it is hoped that this will be suf
ficient time and notice, and those
who are behind will taJee advan
tage of it. The money is bidly
needed and the sheriff does not
want to humiliate any one hy
advertising their land for the
taxes, but the taxes must be
paid, and must be paid now.
EDGA^ALU
Sheriff;
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