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' i,‘ /V’- '••iSi,',^‘-'~i'‘'‘^/f ■ ^ • 4^i?iShrw ■ -. -■'‘‘^,1^-f'iji . jfer .r ill ^-- . •4}, _/'■>■■ •4. .••- .:^v: ypt: XXI. Na 49'. RAEi^ftb, NORT®CAKOIiIl?4|,lTHl $1^ Per y^. H :.• lloore Gaunty beou. P Sboii heml. -y> II l^e of dozen now. * Bir. N. A- McFadyen of Mont rose was in town Friday. *!'■ Miss Ruth Shaw of Statesboro, Gj^ i is visttlner relatives in thei city. ! nice residence of Mrs. Dull bn Weymouth Heights. Southern badly dan^aged by fiwwturday, Feb. 20th. quiet, nut beautiful wedding 5*^ solemnizsd Friday ^ evening, Feb. 19th, at eight o’clock at the Mr. and Mrs. James Edward Muse of Carthage, when tbeir only daughter,' Miss Mar garet Atkinson, became the bride of Mr-1 Bradley Denning, of Lak^and, SFlorida. Lack Boyd, Sabi Richardson and.Prank Buchan this week closed a.deal for the Baines prop eilfy, a 167-acre tract on the Mid land road opposite the riding Stables this side' of Pinehurst The price was $50,000, which is of Ellerbe visited ah indication of the tendency of yp5^,Vrice8 ip that quarter. Mr.-.a'nd Mrs.^R. A. Smith, of Is^fa, announces the marriage their daughter, Alice Lee, to ■ M|. Joe CalvinfThomjis of Jack son Springs, JSftliuary 3, 1926^ Bennettsville, S. C. Dr. D N/ McLauchlin, of Nor folk, ya„ made a short visit to lyJte homes of his brothers, _D.. A and % D McLauchlin, this week"' Dr. McLabchlin Was on "•f* f. ‘ • i fes way back to Norfolk from riphefeteri S. C, where he had bwni/to attend the funeral of his ^jife’s sister —The Vass Pilot week. :'V’' Snowsbower Saturday night, ^ * . « ' ' / I 'Mr. H. C.^Strider of €|uheron Eggs are_plentiful and 30c in town MoDda.fy: - ' fA hi^njdqent hotel amidst/tbe ll^orating-a^pf the. pines an^ lii^odking the placid waters o' where people niay come ‘'1^. No raijl^'tracks, shoot l^llprjes or j^z music. Noth " ' let anS rest in ‘ atrnos 'culture, big living rooms ^e -windows, and the lent of crusines. Mr. A. J. Jordan of Allendale called to see us Monday. The taxes are-to be paid with in the next sixty days, or else. sir T. B. Upchunh haai- been quite sick with influenza, we are Mrs. R S. Clark o£ Poplamlle j • # ‘ That fire siren was an alarm ing tone; so has anything that announces trouble- iliss., is spending some time with relatives in town. Mr. W. P. Peard and son Make now of Littlei River township, were in town Monday. Mrs. E. W. Cameron spent the week end with Rev, and Mrs. E. Alexander of kgalisbury. Mr. ahd Mrs. J H. McRae and rela tives m the city last week. Mr. B N. Maher of Scotland Neck bas opened a dry goods store in the Pratt building. Raeford had a number of gray squirrels a few years ago, but they have nearly all been killed. Some people have an idea that their thoughts are higher than the same thoughts are in other people. I We are told not to kill the birds. We agree until we get to the English sparrow Let him have it Peach and plum trees have put forth buds and some have bloomed, but the cool^. weather ’called a halt. Miss Hannah McBrydq of Ah tioeh has entered training as ! nurse at Pittman’s hdspital in Fayetteville- Mrs'f Catherine Bebnett, aged 93 parsvjiied at her home, neay JaOladfl Jprtng;| last, Wi ' We do not value so highly the work of the Wage Comipission. t haven.’t done much. Rev. A. D. Carswell will preach iit Sandy Grove Presbvterian church next Sunday at 2:30 p. m The prices are higher, but the 'ruits we get these tiroes are far superior to the fruits sold'a few years ago. The cold weather- has hardly all passed; anyhow, we have never seen a March and April without cold snaps. Last Sunday Was Rally Day at Raeford Baptist church. The ew pastor. R'.v. J. E. Hoyle, is a\ sure-enough live wire. 5 We have some idea of value, but we see no sense in the prices charged for women’s clothing and the sjze of the things. One reason the folks sold so many hens, is because the dog goned things refused to lay an egg‘When the price was up. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kayler and little son of Portnapiith, Va., arrived Sunday night to visicher parents- Mr.and Mrs N. S. Blue, • .■* i--V If they h^ had a good chance' they ^o0fd h^ve^ld akSqlid.j Mr. J( mao, wl£$ 1 wit^but'^ or play” honest induct men, beaven-l world ki we jdtourc and) us rejoldiig^ blissful i li ved wi tllll as her sex^ for elect Rob^f^:; thisjii . fori^ist county, at fight‘to Mrs. Fi noun( butsincel in Mr. ‘ ton has i ^ candidate;^ sonian. ACiidefTliMks. , T- . -»■ Wh wish to express our deep ibMOtftlt CPpreciatioD for the kfndness Miown us by friends daring tie illness and death of jM»^)ovied one. 'M8- A. G. Jones and Family. ns iiadte iin in la'caitdidnt^ I of ^fibson Ih4 is Tn,£ the' first an Ipadeformally, mcement came bfi Lumber that he is a office.Robe- •i-'. •OidtiiM Sbgisg. McLean Campbell and the attended a song service at dale school on the FaVette- yille road Sunday afternonn The services open and close ' prayer. They sang new sc:- for a labile, in which all joiiK d, young and old.^ Then they sang a number of tunes in the Tabor and Psalmodist. The older pen pie only knew these. Mr. Nor man Campbell led all the tunes. He is of an age that knows both. The music was inspiring and while there was much inaccu racy, it was very good, some es pecially good. It is intenned to revive the old tunes. Hifli Oast Entertaimncat Musical entertaimnoat Mardi 11, 8 P. M. bv Seasoms Brothers, Alf McFadyen and others. &- Ids, quartets and dancing. A big treat to all. The public is invited. Admission fifteen and twenty five cents. Place, Mil douson High School. We have a lot of nice Cabbage Plants arriving daily, also good Seed Potatoes, Onion Sets, Early Corn, Rape Seed, and other garden seeds. McNeill Grocery Co. ^PROGRAM NEW THEATRE RAEFOkD, N.C. Friday and Satnrdav—Pe^ Morrison and Lightning in "Th^ Mystery of Lost Ranch ’’ Monday, Tuesday and We.- nesdav—'The Lo^^t World,” with an all star cast. Thursday and Fridav—'• Lost a Wife.” William de Mille pro ductinn with Adolphe Menyion. Greta Nissen and Robert Agnew The edf vitation thcKhtii ville on,' 2^th,.u^^ hecbuld fhS.Ot fin ItV) Bu^ }W|ecl^|B an in bi op'biing of |^k,. of Fayette eydhlQg. Feb. r^s indeed sorry bk b'a great .fn.as "The Sec Alin'd i& 'jJdw at ImildtDfi!; the be erected in andl.^^ fe sof i^ouMh! 'of Dr. JosAph ' Darwiri Nagel of Jackson Springs. The proposition' for a three quarter million dollar hospital for the Sandhills recently inaugu rated by the Sandhill Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen met with its second indorsement at Pinehurst "uesday night, Feb. 23rd. Vd. a. McDonald, - veteran of mtical campaigns in Moore, to day announces his candidacy for the deniocratic nomination for stt^te senator from the twelfth senatorial district which is com posed of the couties of .Harnett, Hoke, Moore and Randolph — Moore County News. Mr. Frank Buchan has pur chased from MrSi Perkins the plot on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue formerly '•4^ the site oft he old, Locev BIock, Southern Pines This excep tionally fine building site has a seventy seven foot frontage and a depth of some forty five feet, /'^or $10,000. DR. HOWARD SMITH The Eye Sight Specialist of Monroe, will be here again MONDAY, MARCH 8th Dr. Smith has been coming here for years, has fitted hundred? of people in this community with glasses, his work has given gen eral satisfactiorrand his prices are more reasonable than you can get the same class of work for elsewhere You cannot do better than to consult him if you have trouble with your eyes and need glasses. Examination free and satisfaction guaranteed. RAEFORD DRUG CO., Raeford, N, C. 1- IF A FIRE WERE TO DESTROY ; i-’i Mr S. F. Lee is out again after a severe attack of illness. The tobacco co-ops announced that opportunity to sign up clos ed last iSatusday, Feb. 27th. The earth had gotten so dry it absorbed the rain as it fell, but the heavy rain of last Thurs day morning gained a little on it. Mr. George Graham Dickson, jnow an attorney and counseldf it^qt law, has moved from Jackson- yille the Sebring, Fla. He writes that it is said that all the rabbits ’^in Florida are baldheaded from ^running against stakes, such ;the subdivision of land in that * ^ate. '••Permanent pastures will be great saving to the farmers Hoke colinty, and many of them are experimenting with Lespe il^deza, or Japan clover,'’ which does well on some soils. . ^ Wfrs. Mary B. McLean, who las been visiting^her son, Mr. Sd. McLean and family of Laur inburgi has returned home. Ml*, and Mrs D. C. Stutts of / dontrose were in towp Friday. Mr. Stutts is recovering from a serious attack of influenza. The home of Eli Cole near Can dor was burned last week. We lave known Eli since he was Eli, and he is a good boy. Sorry he ost his home. A marriage of wide interest was solemnized at Wagrara on Tuesday evening, February 23, when Miss Flora McNeill became the bride ot Mr. Ifairley-^ Ray of Sanford. There are not one tenth as many birds as there were fifty years ago. And another toing. they are like people: None of them in this day and time can taise a tune, * Mrs. Lila Blue, who has been with her son, Mr. Harry Blue, in BTint, Mich., since Hotel Raeford was burned, has been sick al most continually since she ar rived there, we are sorry to hear. Her many friends here are sorry to hear that Miss Marv Smith is sick in a hospital in Winston Salem, and glad to hear that she is improving. Miss Smith is teaching near that city. Miss Dudley McLean of War- saw came home for the past week end. She had had a recalci trant wisdom tooth removed last week that required the splitting of the jawbone. She has suffer ed intensely. The price of cotton has gone down considerably for two weeks, because the weather allowed the farmers to plow a day occasional ly in preparation for another crop This is no joke. Read the .market reports. There is a strong determination to lower prices. preachers iii the county; ' ' Her numerous friends are very sorry to bear of the critical con dition of Sarah McFadyen.at the home of her homo of her daugh ter, Mrs J. W. McLauchlin. When there comes a downpour of rain, -as Came last Thursday, ittiacks the mud on the roads. It’s these mizzily drizzily rains that produce muddy highways. Raeford Hardware I Jo., has torn down one of the warehouses in the rear of their store The towji law will not allow any re pairs on wooden buildings in the business section on Main street Mrs. Luke Rethune and little daughters, Peggy and Isabel, and Miss Mattie MoLauchlin left to spend the week ehd with Mrs W -C. Brown of Barium Springs last Friday, returning Monday. Hoke now ranks 21st amorg the cotton producing counties of the state, but if we were givyn credit for the Hoke cotton ginned and accredited to adjoining coun ties, this county would rank 12th in cotton production Since the big fire the siren has been repaird and erected on a belfry constructed for It on th^ old school campus, lots now the property of Mr.W. T. Covington. Or, can there be a belfry without a bell? But it’s mounted. Petitions have been circulated to abolish the Recorder’s court in this county. Nearly every county in the state are establish ing these courts to "prevent ah increase in the number of Supe rior court districts in the state. Mr. J. A Wooten, aged seven ty-two, was instantly killed by Seaboard passenger train No 13 at East Arcadia, twenty-five miles from Wilmington, Monday afternoon, B'eb. 22ad, when he attempted to cross the track in front of the moving locomotive. bardfv be beaten. Mrs. Amaoda McMillan. Mrs. Amanda McMillan, wid ow of the late Sheriff Rbod Mc’- Millan, died an her home in McLauchlin township last Thurs dav, and her remains were in terred at Galatia churen Friday at 11 o’clock, her pastor, Rev. R. A. McLeod, conducting the funeral service She is survived bv two brothers Messrs. Henry and W. M Mon roe, Sr., two sisters. Misses Fan nie and Horiet Monroe, and a large number of other relatives. Mrs. McMillan was a Miss Monroe, and an unusually good woman, a true type of the old Southern lady, a Christian, whose faith was an anchor both sure and steadfast. She suffered a long and trying illness, which was borne with great fortitude, and gave opportunity to develop great patience. Music Club Meetipg. The Music Department of the Woman’s Club met Feb. 16tb with Mrs. W. M. Fairley, Mrs. J. M. iStackhouse and Mrs. H. C. McLauchlin as joint hostesses. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Fairley. In the abstmee of the Chair man the Vice Chairman took charge of the meeting. The following program was rendered: Piano Solo—Rapsody Opus 49 No. 2, Miss Dixie Reaves. Paper—Origin of Band Music, by Mrs. W. M, McLauchlin. Band Record, March Indienne, Creatore Piano Solo—Charge of the Uhlands, Mrs. Clyde Upchurch Opinion-'i—Where is Jazz Ix.*ac ing Auieiica, by Mrs. Marshal Thomas aud Mrs. J. W. Me Lauchlin. The hostesses served a most delightful salad course. HOW MUCH OF COURSE YOU CARRY INSU RANCE. ^ ■ ■ TOWARD BY FIRE, HOW FAR WOULD IT REALLY GO REPLACING THE DAMAGE DONE SMOKE AND WATERS WHAT have you added to your household furnishings since you bought your last insurance policy? Is your mer chandise fully insured? How much have you got on your^ store fixtures? Check oh these serious matters because it means comfort to your dependents and money in your pock et. A little expense nt/w will surely pay larg'e re turns if a fire comes upon ycu unexpectedly, and that’s how most of them come. My telephone numbers are 541 and 343, and I am always ready and glad to listen to your wishes and help serve you if 1 can. HOKE REALTY, LOAN & TRUST CO. ARTHUR D. GORE, Owner. Raeford, North Carolina i'Li. BL2S^':VL?Sf] :a2s. WE MAKE ’EM (KL ' Skilled Mechanics. After they are started— Buy Your Qas, Oils, Tires Batteries and Accessories at Main Street Filling Station and bank the difference. How is the Ford? We repair them too. -
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