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29th« 1^1 atteod Mi^ .^v
$Ja-o^^er-a hifthidiay. -iia:
lilawiijg'iiei^' enjoyea. very^
.«}ino8t|mu^. -
oB^.i. We a^gljid to hear that;,Mias
8trfcfe«A|^i7.|:iixw, McF^ ia;;r0coy
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ftm
^^hefsc^'date of salai^^ 9^;
eft(to IfdbdaT will her
ear^ reaist^ of
73(XKWear; clerk of tba superior
courtHSOOO^^ a yean ,Ia. addV80O
the law provides ^at the^pty
must.pay for the wrvlced of. trf-
fiOe asautaiita and clerical help.
edaeatod
id *&T and tea^^g > vher] cctfinty ekarainatioos fcbia ye^
.ofioicoDd yei^C'^®® ill- bifealthl^ipdoome.toBaefard next y^r,
her to^^ye up^ her^ w^^ ^ O
; it^iewdeavored to r^opeta^ M Mrs- CL ’ 3. ifieaford
" had ^vod njuwt d#-her, life aod'^fatoily;-Went to Concord to
§ 1#'i^fort, awl was teye^ by^all yi«tt friOnds ahd relatives Easter.
^ ho knew her She was . ofKMontr^ girls’ basket bali
jf - * .wiarmlng personality^ . -young/||^pS defeated Asbiey Heights in
■ *;^a:utifhL:i!Ciy«bte fw her grs^pwo gatoes of ball adaspn.
''r disposition Sbe lti^ being the only-two playbd .
'v $Jd4 ® l^^es Mvrtle^ ^^wood and
> ail,-young and ahijlx#cods SJIIU; werp in town
'-tyhen the sad news canae'thatj^turday, A «
ir Hshe^as critically ill, a pill rest-r ^^s4k%Srra5e of Mobtri^e
.J vj^u every citizen ot tn^reinxM^ topass l^pir work sp
cown. There rarely lives a jmoire|a6 to soboessful ieide^ih the
pabde) charoCier. or more ami- seventh grade next year.
Me-young lady than was she. I we are waiting, to let Miss
’Her renaains were 'Sbipped to|i^i|jni. kiss^.Bptler^ and .^Mlss
? Baefprd frotp Richmond, and Gwaltney Ktiaw tbafv?e pre ^
the JiSier^lwas contlucted from joking their rompany teaclifhg
’ -;tbe:tsd»lty^8idence at 3 o’clock u this year’and we hope they
■ ’Thursday aftornoon by her. pas | enjoyel it
; torf^VNf^^-^If^arbyi and the
A j|nterns^t'^ made in Eaeford
?;Cemetery. A mpupd of beapti
Vltil flpeiers mark her last resting
W wb^6b in a small way ex-
the high" eafeeip in which , , ^
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, 'f ir-
(Signed)
- Myrtle Haywood,
' ..Nftnnip Covingt(^v
. Kathleen l^afprdi-
•Acre*.'-:’",
^ - • V'%'’
:EeWnr
« fltoees »hfi* Mta^i9ih»^,d «»« of Got.* for ..sirtyB
L:..;^aSi...irf*e 8ev«allkoa8lor^,;^, ; . ^ a later meetiw
. Tije sey€»thf.gf^e^
in'[rc^ school ipves an dther -Bav*
'i^ jlpcaVsdhbois,; and gradimto^ien^to warpiruT .Jihat
'itoip^Hroenabbro Coliege. 'class they^arp all ItotoR.^ to pate; the
of the board-
The salary of Cpobity Auditor
Tr J.- Gill, Jr, was increased
^om $t,800 to $2^ a- ^earv ef
Active December I, Id’id-
wsB done because the newbalai^
schedule will put more,work op^^^
Mr. GHh it is said.
From authepUe; toformatidha
itt is learned that the Incdiue^ oi:
these offices under the a^
tern amount to aboui $1R6{)6^’;§
a year for the sheriff's piiice,a|^
between $4Q6o and $4&|^ d y^r
for tile clerk and the rttgister of
deeds, tinder the salary |
the Pdhhty wilLpay -the sli^|ff
IpQOO a y ear salary and Will, M
thesaiartos pf an offiop ateii^n
and a. deputy^ and wffi pay^;
register of d^s ^fSOOO jk
and the'salaTy
and also $3000 to the
tbe salary ot his assistai . .
Septlaifd-cpaaty lost a spl;^
kitizeh in thbbeathjpf Ja
McNeill of th^Aberdeen
which oen^rrcd dn > .^1
jiight, Api^l 3,' at
McNeiii had Aeeh iti - di
health'for seroral moot!
0M»«f
crop for 1925 ranks
H and I9l4 crop as
Mkree largeston record.
18 of 1914 are still
lilies gf most peo-
leAtirtito luocif pathetic
l^e appeal “buy a bale
'and. help the poor
tout of’ their distress.
Rouses manifested their
bi^jltjtiayicig toles of
le Side walks bearing
have bought
Ibe 1914 crop was 15,-
the average price
Ip ad reported by th©
tment of Agneultdre.
»r podnd, as .against
lies ;for past, season
in all probability
iverago price of 19c or
For Sheriff. , /'
I hereby announce myself a
candidate-for tbe office^'8heiL
iff of Hoke oouinty, subject to
action of the DemocVa^ pri
maryto be beldin J'wne, 1926^
.Spgab Hall
For Register of Di eds.
‘ I heseby aonounce myself a
candidate fmr renomtoation for
the office of Register De^
Per Clerk Superior
'I hereby annmifMie
candidate for ttw oi^dl
of tbe Soptetor Court oT
rouDty« subject to the
tbe Demociatic iiiliateT' irt*'
held in June 192S
Wm. L. Pooub.
For Treasurer.
I hereby announce myadf. a
^ ^ ^ . .t candidate for n-nomination for
for Hoke county, subject to the the office of County Treasoneer.
action of the voters at the con»>
ing primary I wish to thank
the people of the county for the
hearty suppeart given me in the
past and promite, if they
toelect me again, 1 wi 1 in :h
fjitur^ as in the past, give to h
Unties of .the office my cUse per
sonal attention.
Respectfully,
.. D. K. Blue. '
Hoke county, subject to tiw
tion of tbe voters at the.
primary in Juneu 1 i
bank the people of the
for the snpport given me ia hto'
past, and if they see fit to
me again, 1 shall in tbe future
as in tbe past, serve the peofAe
to the best of my ability
Respectfully,
Bebbert McKeithak.
minded' people will
^Co-operative Market
Ian iinportMit part
Ibe price level for ali,
iW level ii)l;e{4 at SEic
''to a probaUe l9a av-
^all on a still daroer
HI season, tiln^e the
lyo - movement
iBsprance rates
m beHi reduced ’
rabsiMlt^bn-c^drttos
Not' cents • per,
damage has
lly etim^ab^' on mem
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tier^ipjli^id etand
el^iit toe^pi^rative
an^^^ it onsttoted
l^leia in Hoke
fdUbdeC-ppon
^^Dg. ^pceteful
tbin;%ip'
it V meant)
Hoke &q!gri«Hr Caort. 1
Superior court for the county’
of Hoke convened in the
court house Monday morning at
lQ.o’tiopk^ * '
- The, fdll^U^twerg drawn to
serve as^^andfor the
next 12toonth8: PV W. Johnson,
Foreman, 7> B. Covington, Dr A.
was^ McGill, J. Wi Barnard, Aroh
MqEiehern, Hector McNeill, B.
Ji .ignes, D A. McDougald, J.
M. Downer, Aleic McFadyen,
F. K. Watson, J. M. Yarboro,
d. G. McMillan, D. M. Camp
bejl, J. A. Lisenby, W. H- Hob
son, Frank Davis., D- H. Wallen.
The court entered immediate
iy upon the work of clearing the
State docket. The following cases
were disposed of: o
, Robinson, who was fined ^00
in Recorder’s court last week fm
^enticing labor-^from the^ State,
was acquitted MondaV.
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Ten bales of fiottbn may be
respect for the.deeea^d.^and ®'^-Tproduc'ed on 3acres; 10 acres cir
«y business house in town closed 35 acres. In which class are
during the funeral hour, and the L^^ expecting to be a member
schboU in which she had toughtLj^jg Your profits from cot
last year, adjourned, and attend ,^jj| depend on your answer
ed the funeral. ^ Lq this question.
We are saddened by the death
vof this amiable 'young woman,
but we know that with her all
is'well, for she “Remembered
her Creator in the days of her
youth,’’ and lived with a wise
reference to eternity.
Her heart-broken parents, sis
ter and four brotoe^s- Miss A.D'
nie Mae, G A.', Edwin, Paul and
Leo, have the sympathy of the
commuhinty’ but they have the
V Government statistics show
that on a basis of 20 cent cotton,
a yield of
246 pounds Of lint cotton per
acre will show a profit of $16 38.
324 pouods of lint cotton per
a(jyo,.^will show a profit of $19.X6-
401 pounds of lint cotton per
acre will show a profit of $36.83.
/ 496 pounds of lint cotton per
acre will show a profit of $49 93
618 pounds of lint cotton per
consolation of the most beautiful I g^ow a profit of $66.77
of lives as lived by the deceased
A Staggering Revelation.
(From The Stanly News Herald)
- There were b^ actual count,
18 cases on the criminal. (tocket
for trial in the‘, SupeHor" Court
here last week bn charges of lar
ceny and breaking. HT actual
count, 18 of those wltito defen
dants were under the age of 28
years of age.
Futbermore, ’tbierd Svere 46
cases en docket for trial all told,
.and only two of these were ne
groes, the other 43. defendants
having been white men. Time
was in this county when most of
the criminal cases were against
negroes. That was true, even
16,eaB aKa Rarely 3 b, 6
young man brought into courrj mJ.u.;,..,
oft a criminal charge, and four
I’o obtain the largest yields of
cotton'par acre, the following
things should be done:
1st. Select the best land.
2Qd Make a good seed bed
3rd Use the best seed of
good variely.
. 4th. Cultivate frequently.
6th. Use heavier applications
of fertilizer having correct pro
portions of plant food. "
In applying fertilizers, it is
recommended that from 600 -to
1200 pounds be used on both
sandy And clay soils On sandy
soils a second application of ni
trogen mav be^tnade when the
cotton is thinned. >.
A good grade of fertilizer for
sandy soils is 8 to 10 per cent
phospborics acid, 3 to 7 percent,
per cent
potash.: For heavy soils 12 per
u t phosphoric acid, 3 to 6 per
fifths of the defendants were . a ..
colored. WltblDttai short p*. c»” • ^ » ‘*‘-
riod. cooditlons' have reversed r '»‘-
themselves. Now most of the]
defendants are white men and
moat of these white defendants
aro under 25 years of age. The
negro as a criminal seems to be
passing, giving his place as such
to the young men
Sunday night was a rainy day,
and it was cool enough to make
^re D^essary Moaday. ;
Fiddlers' ConventioD.
There will be a Fiddlers' con
vention at Montrse school on Fri
day night, April 16th, beginning
at 8:00 o^olock. Prices 25 anc
36 cents. The public is invited.
Benefit of school.
CORA L. Gunn,
I Principal.
tR only 15 cents in casji and
with 20 negro boys and -girls in
attendance. Now there are 1'2
)uildings, three of brick 'con
struction. The student'^ come
rom North and South Carolina,
Georgia and NeW York.
The school really owes- its ex
istehce to the late Booker T.
Washington, leader of tbe ne
groes, who in 1904. sent E. M
dcDuffie to Laurinburg to teach.
“Twenty-one years ago,” he
iid, m describing the history of
the institution, “Booker, T.
Washington asked me to come
to La Ain burg to teach the col
ored people. 1 came and started
the school in an old building
with a handful of students and
5 cents in cash. Since that time
;be work has grown.until now it
i%8 19 teachers, upward of 600
students and property valued at
!!260.000, all free of debt, "
Henry Clay Alford.
Maxton, April 8.—Henry Clay
Alford, Maxton s oldest citiz n
and formerly active business m:t n
and farmer, died here early this
morniasr near 96 years old, . He
was a deacon in the Presbyterian
church, had an active mind And
kept well posted on state and na
tionai affairs. He leaves three
daughterSi Miss Belle, Mrs. W
W.>Smith, and Mrs- S. W. Car
ter, and’two^ sons, J. McK. of
Florida, and NellL of this place.
The Journal Is sorry to bear of
the serious illness of Mr. Alex
McDougald at his home in Me
Lauchlio. township.
Misses Sallie and Mattie Wil
son and Donnie Gainey spent tbe
week end with relatives at Ab
erdeen.
Mr. John B. McNeill .died at
at his home in Kissimee, Fla-
Sunday (4tb) and the remaiob
were interred there Monday. He
was over 80 years old and was
victim 'of influenzA Deceased
moved from Robeson county to
Florida 40 or 60 years ago.—The
Robesouiau.
-spr*
-Report oi Diner Ceoniltce.
The Dinner Committee wishes
to report that the food left after
serving tbe two dinners for ibe^
E'resbyterial was put on sale in
two of tbe local stores and tbe
sum of $28.00 realized. A check
for this amount will be sent to
Elise High. School and marked
“From the Women of Hoke
County.’’ This school preaeoted
one of tbe most needy calls at
Presbyterial.' .
The remainder ^fhe food was
sent to Mrs. McLeod, at the cot
ton mill in time to be distrHnited
to tbe schoof children ana she
reports that they enjfiyed aregn
lar picnic with more than enough
to go around.
The committee wiidies to thank
the women of Raefmgicl and Hoke
oount"^ for their hearty co-opera
tion during the entire meetioR.
MkAv H. R,^^llAkTlBv ,
Showa an. averai^' profit
0 the cotton giowers of the
Sob*th6f^per cent. This does
not incl ude general farm depre
ciation.
There is^ something radically
wrong with our system today,
when tbe business man’s dollar
continues to be worth one hun
dred cents in tra^e, and the far
mer’s dollars has slumped to six
ty cents. Is it not about time
or the farmer, through organiz
ed effort was trying to change
the above ratio to a more equit
able basis.
in several ijtates, i^ evidently a'
well-mauaged affair, the growers
to receive checks on April 30 to
the extent of $10,000,000.
There was a gain of 667 ne,w
members tbe past six montl|s,
and the re signing up for the’
marketing contracts indicatrs a
general situation of satisiacuun.
—Charlott'* Observer,
Judgments totalling $22.^00
against the directors of the de-
deiunct Bank of Maxton with
the exception of Mr. T. S. Pool,
were rendered in Robeson Supe
rior court here yesterday just be
fore the session adjourned.
’ A promissory note to the
American National Bank of Wil
mington for $15,000 "and an
other for $7,500 mad > to tin- First
National Bana of Lumbertou,
cause of
action which was brought
against the directors of the dt-
funct Bank of Maxiou. Tbe di
rectors, other than, Mr. Pool,
agreed that judgment should be
given With the agreement that
executiotts be withheld until Oc
tober.—Robesonian.
m
Township Graventions.
The Democrats of Hoke Coun
ty aro called to meet in their
respective voting places in the
County on Saturday, April 17th,
at 2 o’clock P; M for the pu?-
posp of electing delegates to a
equity convention to be held in
ihe tourt house ip Raeford on [-uow defunct, was the
Saturday, 24th, 1926. at 12
o'dock M ,. ^nd to elect an
executive committee consisting
of £ve members, one^f whom
they shall elect as chairmiu.
The chaiimeii of the SdV ral
preclnt committees shall cpm
pose toe democratic County Ex
ecuti^ Oopamittee,, which is
calledtotoeet at the court house
p Raei^rclat 11 o’clock, tiatur
day, Ap^l Sl4th, for the purpose
of prgatiiizartion, and to aUend
any oth^ ^lies. The County
Executive Coipmittee is called
to meet one hour before the
meeting of the County Conven
lion, as noay be seen.
This county convention elects
delegates to attend the State
Democratic Convention, which
meets in Raleigh Thursday April
29th, 1926-
I urge it upon the Democrats
of tbe county to attend their
Fownship Meetings, and attend
CO a perfect organization, and I
tru.'^l ihw County Oonvenlioi
will be alieuded by adl duly elect
ed delegates, and any otoen who
may wish to attend.
J. W. JOHNSON,
Cbmf Hoke Co. Dem. Rx. Com
Mrs. Sank McGoafan.
Mrs. Sarah McGougan, who
lived with her sister in law, Mrs
J. H. Sykes, on R. 2, and widow
of the late John 0. McGoPgan of
the Longstreet section, died last
Thursday, aged nearly 92 yearS.
She loaves two daughters, Mrs.
J udson Lee of Raeford Route 3,
and Miss .Janie McOougan of
Raeford Route 2. ’
Mrs. McGoouan was a good
'’woman, a member of Longstreet
church. Her remains were in
terred in Galatia cemeterTt Rev.
R. A. McLeod, conducting tbe
funeral services.
Tbe cool, wet weatb^ has put
a stop to planting.
Mr. J S. Maultsby is. just
completing two stores in Fay
etteville, which will be oceupisd
by Mr. W. E Freeman withV^-
stock of furniture, which has si^
ready been bought is arriving.
Get your McCaskin Pole Been
See^r the best table bean seed.
thii urow.s .iisor 'VatenttetbOk
I Muskiiieloii ind Karly Ceito-^
McNtiII Groeory Go
es-;
i
WE MAKE’E.M GO. SkiUed Mechanics.
After they are started—
Buy Your
Qasi Oils, Tires
Batteries and Accessories at
Mam Street FiUing Station
a''
and bank the difference.
How is the Ford?
We repair them too.
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