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1^ ^i|tract with the Me*
iatock ^rglar Alarm Co. for
im^U^iNoo of one of their
bej^rieiU l^rglar ^.larms. Thi s
|%,tbey»y|late3t in 8afet\f^th'
.0(^ agaiosf burglars; Thih' 8y&*|fhayi.QK Aberdeen at 7:48 p.
ne ReoaioD.
Aithoagh'somje time has elaps
ed since our return from the re
uniof^io Tampa, h'la , I feell
should write something of the
delights enjoyed and tlie wonders
seen oh that trip^ ,
made the via thfl’j^board
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RAEFORD,,^
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NORTS eyffioUNA.
MAY 12, 1927.
$1.60 Per Year.
RecitatiQg;f
a:3a>
bi^r::lB^E. 1^
duress
tern has ali|eadv arrived and will thrdth, and arrivmg in Tampa
^i^ittiaileii shbrtiv by aa expert on the 5^. six hours
^ . froB^he f^tory". At that time late, and Were' assigned homes
■ . a p^icT demonstration *wiil beUp^ Biminale; three miles from
given all day long ^nd thp public i^mpa Hotel* the largest hotel in
. WlU be comel thetsity and reunion headquar
in and see Hie workings of this ] ters, but there are a number of
^iiarm j,,The exnct d[ate ‘will be j hotels in Tampa/,
Wiii^uheed later.
Eyetythinjg was done for our
[comfort that j^^ibly could be.
adtomobil^ free,^ to ride over the
[city and visit,poinM of interest.
We visited the largest cigar man-
j ufaetdry. in theU. S., where five
hundred employes find work. We
U. P. C. Meeiiog. •'
The Raeford chapter 'U; D.- C.
met at the home of iMrs. C.' W.
Si^te Wednesday afternoon.
H^ldra. Clyde’Upchurch and Mrs '
C>i^entbn Tfcnuias were j o| n tl^POgg^ Qyef-(j.andy
Bridge* seven miles to Bt. Peters-
Ifiw. W. B, McLauchlin, presi jpurg* a toll bridge to others, but
ihlij presided over this very free to us. St. Petersburg with
^^i^i'estuig j meeting.'* The ^ost palratrees and innumeaable
ii^ , important leature of the meeting mQ^ers is one of the most beauti*
tbe perfecting o‘f plans for fui cities in the world. Before the
vMembrial pay. After the biisU Lfid^e was built it was 76 miles
/ness meeting, the following pro’ from Tampa to St. Petersburg
was carried outr^ around the head of the Bay; now
Report fr^ Tampa, Reunion. ^ ig only twenty two miles. :
^ii^'ldrs..Wallace McLean; j We went over to Davis'Island
.i.A Story of the Swanee .River,
rs. W. M. McFadyen;
Why We Should Mark The
Battlefield df Bentonville, Miss
t-^^^eanette McNpy,l
^ ' The hostesses Serv^ refresh
menle to the thirty members
*':ll3!«ra^nt.;, ^
He was Hot ui
mien of his d
to that-rhe
be thfiu^^bp.
age of twenty
a girl Of hia ow;
the vicinity. /
McNeil Dies Suddenly iu
/ ’ Hit‘Pome. _ ■
jlplin > $.1; Mifitelll* ‘^aged 67
dteHfbuddenly yeeterday
a^uC-II^’’jq^lQck
that is being built by dredgeboats
from thousand fromrthe Bay it
now cuutains ov^six hundred
acres, and they ha^ a\wo mil
lion dollar hospital on this island
also tbecolisium where they have
their fashionable dances- At St.
Petersburg they have a driveway
built by dredgeboat out to the
pier, and five hundred cars may
park around that building.
On returning our tcain was late
in reaching Aberdeen, and Mie
iDtyy^hd for several years
Vrfiv^ in Spencer. He came here
‘;;f.about7 years ago and has been
|/^^qrking as watchman at the
^Bummitt avenue crossing of the
ipthern railway,
iurviviiig are the wife, who
^Was Miss Sallie Jordan; 5 daugh
ters. Mrs, J'. G Harrison, of Me
Aden,/Texas; Mrs. C. R. Weath
ers and Mrs T. C. Johnson, of
Spencer; Misses Grace and Flor
. ence McNeill* of Greensboro; five
"bods, j. D., G. L., j. T., Leeand
/Andrew,.all of Greensboro; two
Sisters, Mrs. Annie Rackley,
gpseboro. and Mrs. J. G. McDuf
i^t. of Raeford. and one brother,
m,%. McNell.^
He was a member of the Wood
men of the World and the Jr 0
U. A.-M. of Spencer.—Greens
boro Daily News May 5th.
Mrs. J-G. McDuffie, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Harris and Lacy
McNeill attended the funeral
service.
left. BO Mr. W. A Biae.the
president of the road, 'phoned to
Montrose, had bis train to wait
for us, while he sent us there by
automobile* and that without
compensatioh for the kindness.
We appreciate the courtesies of
the Seaboard people, and the
numerous and varied kindnesses
of the citizens of Tampa, but if
a showdown comes, no peoyle in
the world can beat our home
people.
Notwithstanding our camphab
dwindled to a few members, our
board of county commissioners
has provided for our camp to be
represented at the reunion of the
North Carolina Divisipn Uoitec
Confederate Veterans, which
will be held in Raleigh in May
Alex McMillan.
Or. B. R Lacy, Jr., CmDmeiieeiimnt
Speaker At Kiae Higli SAoolA
The twenty seventh annual
commencement of the Rlise High
Scd^ooLwill be heidin'the school
auditorium on MaVjiJ?, 1927. The'
annual address #ill be delivered
by Dr Ben. R Lacy* Jr-, Presi.
debt of Union Theological Semi
nary, Richmond, Va. The school
is fortunate to secure the services
of Dr. Lacy for this address, and
it 18 expected that many of bis
friends throughout this section
will be present to hear the^Fight-
ing Parson" of the lyar days give
a parting^ message to the Senior
claps. It goes without saying
that the address will be well
worth heanng. The address will
be at 2*80 p. m.
^ 1
Sunday. May 15th, the Bacca
laureate Sermon will be preached
by Rev. J. I. Knight of Bristol,. . .
Tenp, Mr. Knight is a graduate^™_!“S!_
of the Elise School and will re
ceive a cordial weleome back to
alma mater Rev A. D. Cars
well of Raefordi N. C., will de
liver the* address before the
Christian Endeavor Society on
Sunday evening of May 15th
Monaay, May 16th, is Alumni
Day. All former students are
invited to be prt sent for this big
event. The Alumni Association
has planned an interesting prp
gram for the day. There will be
a business session at 11:00 a. m.
The Alumni Luncheon will be
held at Ip m. Plans are .bh foot
to make this tbe bigg^t home
coming ever held by the Elise
boys and girls and it is hoped
chat ihose living in jtbi) vicinity
of Raeford will t^e advantage
of this big. family/gathering/
Thu oldJUUpa
ing. The Senior class exercises
will be held at the evening hour.
This will be in the form of
play and represents an unusual
and interesting class program
All old students should plan to
stay over for this program
The year just closing marks
M Address
Following
nards will
Seniors will
fual Com
ad
be^presdtt
.receive tiiei
8:00
mencemen^
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(CHA^WliivO)
Jack French^ltas John Bruce,
lost onlf the F^roh in bis name,
he retdiifed tfej^fetek. He was
known as J8cknE|rHc^. however,
was a poparpr man in his
neighborhood a^r he grew up.
other young
all days as
Jady^man, or
and at the
s he married
ase living in
r. name was
"^d'was known
as Kizzie Ragi
In tbe good ol
married and ti
start in life:
did this. The:
find a special
the stoiy of th
life and in g
the success
years of toil:
When they
they moved in
on a farm, w||i
vs young folks
worked for a
k and Kizzie
sed to seem to
:ght in telling
poor start in
.y bragging of
iy made after
nd privation,
first married
a small log cabin
ut even a floor,
or as they toId>^lt, "a oirt floor”
and the most’^^iager of furnish
ings. But th»
anud they wen
reeipCIci^
honest.
They work
the crop for a;-
saved ali the
ived each other,
jdustrious, were
they were
a share of
years, and
gad with
there was a meeting, particularly
a big meeting in bis church, 6e
was the big cheese. He delighted
in having his pastor, or presiding
elder as a guest in his home In
fact b| notified all preachers to
come any time, announced or
unannounced, and they came
local, circuit rider and presiding
elder, and they were accorded a
welcome and fed on the best pro
curable; and in many instances
tranportation had to be furnished
them to other appointments.
In tbe ?Id days trantsportation
facilities were not so good as
they are now, and .as preachers
moved from one field to another,
they moved their families on a
buggy and their household effects
on wagons, often journeys that
required several days, and they
all knew the Bruces and several
crowds, people and teams, were
entertained every winter.
But John Bruce was a do
structionist. He was an indus
trious man. and made good crops,
but, he did this on virgin soil
He cleared land and wore it
out; then cleared more, until he
cleared and wore out all he had,
and his crops were less bountiful
in later years, and too, old age
and failing health began to tell
on him. He was forced to bor
row money to '^eet expenses
created in keeping open bouse-
He was taken down with rheu
matism, and was helpless, and
the faithful Kizzie with added
task ot waiting on her sick hus
band literally killed herself at
hard work, and one morni^ng she
Was found dead in bed.
There were no children born
to this couple, but they were
father and mother to near!
" NOnCL
The city truck will collect gar
bage on Monday and Friday
during the summer months.
If you have anything you wish
carried away. PLEASE HAVE
BAME in boxes. BARRELS
OR SOME CONTAINER PLA
CED AT EDGE OF STREET
convenient for collecting.
Hope everybody will co-oper
ate to this extent, as driver will
not have time to go to back yards
to look for garbage and he will
be instructed to collect only what
he finds placed as requested.
Please remember tbe days.
MONDAYS and FRIDAYS, and
have your trash ready and placed
early.
Let’s everybody co operete for
tbe sake of health and a better
and cleaner town.
W. B. McLAUCHLIN.
Mayor.
Memorial Day Obserred.
Tbe Memorial Day execisea
conducted in the school auditori
um Tuesday morning were very
good. The devotions were led by
)r. W. M. Fairley, and short
but appropriate speeches were
made by Messrs. Wm. L Poole,
J1 W. McLauchlin, and Edwin
Smith; Prof. J. M. Stackhouse
was master of ceremonies ; pa
triotic songs interspersing the
program throughout.
Immediately after the close of
be exercises in the school audi
torium the Daughters of tbe
Confederacy drove to the various
cemeteries of tbe county and
decorated the graves of veterans.
The Confederate veterans and
the editor of The Journal were
a
K-i
.A Card of Thanks
We wish to thank our many
friends for their sympathy and
.T'klndneas shown us during tbe
illness and death of our wife.and
lister,' Mrs. S. L. Dgwlin.
B. L. Dowlin,
N. W. Campbell,
W. C. Campbell,
S. A. Campbell,
Alberta Campbell.
The price of cotton is crowd
ing I5c a pound.
We’ve had nice, much needed
showers of rain.
Moore county trippled its quo
ta for the Mississippi flood suf
ferers.
Let’s ship a good many pork
ers next fall, and leave enough
for home use besides.
The tax listing time has come
around again* and many have
not paid last year’s taxes.
The ground has not been wet
to much depth here since the big
snow. Tbe rains have been light.
A few cars of dewberries will
help thase dull times. We should
have had some strawberries also
The city ejection in Raleigh
set a bad precedent. And Raleigh
better political ex
^ ' .List Takers.
f Allendale, W. J. McLauchlin;
Antioch, P. McN. Gibson;
Blue Springs. R. J. Hasty:
Little River, Daniel McGill;
Quewhiffle, W.L. Thorn berg; I should set a
McLauchlin. M.G. Ray;
Raeford, Frank Cameron; r|.^g annual commencement
^tonewall* A. A. Conoly. - exercises of the Spring Hill high
, jfelher’s Day was observed
generally throughout the countary Sunday, May 16th.
last Sunday. They wrote, sent The Fayetteville Lumber Co.
lelegramaaod flowers. Mother!of Fayetteville lost its entire
is tbe best loved woman
land.
in tbe j plant and stock last Friday,
I loss Of $36,000 or $40,000.
nigh point in tbe history of this
school. i be enrollment has
reached the high water mark of
one hundred and twenty-seven.
The Senior class is the largest in
the history of the school. It
also marks the beginning of a
separate department for Bible
iDstruciion. The Bible has been
taught at Elise from tbe begin
uing of its organization, the
work being done by members of
faculty teaching other subjects.
At tbe last annual meeting of
the Trustees arrangements were
made for a separatl" department
for the Bible with a teacher in
charge who does not teach other
subjects The experiment has
proven that the Trustees were
wise in their action. It gives
Bible study a prominence and an
emphasis that is not possible un
der the other arrangement, and
leaves tbe other members of the
faculty tree to devote their whole
time to regular high school sub
jects. - '
The following is a detailed out
line of the commencement exer
cises:
Sunday May 16th
11:00 a. m. -Baccalaureate
Sermon by Rev. J. 1. Knight.
8:00 p. m —Annual Address
before the Ghristutn Endeavor
Society by Rev, A. D. Carswell.
Monday, May 16th, Alumni Day.
10:00 a. m.—Annual meeting
of Board of Trustees.
1:00 p m.—Alumni Luncheon
and Business Meeting.
8:00 p. m.—Senior Class Ex*
ercises.
Tuesday* May 17tb. Commence
ment Day.
a 10:00 ft. m.—Musical Recital.
11:00 a. pi.—Deolamatioa and
ortoDatefy* one of the poorest
in tbe country, but i|tiil even on
this poor land, they made more
than a support for themsel ves,
and within a few years sold the
place and had the money to buy
a more fertile piece of land. But
this was virgin land—uncleared
land—the whole tract was un
broken forest. But they built a
shanty on*it, cleared fields and
cultivated iheni, and within a
few years were considered among
the best fixed people in the com-
munitv, and were known as good
neighbors, and where there was
sickness or death in the vicinity,
Bruce and his wife were sure to
be there to render any assistance
they possibly could.
They kept an open house, and
the itenerant preacher found a
welcome within their portals, a
Methodist, in this instance, who
came to the settlement first and
conducted services in tbe homes
of the people, and after laying
time liejfl a revival meeting under
a bruffi harbor on the bill a half
milb up the big road a r)ad now
well known in this state, and as
one of tbe results of that revival
John Bruce, Ben Bailev and Jess
Thomas built a church of hewn
pine logs, covered with shingles
they made with axe, saw and
drawihgknife. The lumber of
which tbe floors and pulpit were
ehtertained at luncheon in the
Ԥiltfren in' thO"
and besides they took two or
phan children and gave them a
good home and schooled them,
w bo later marriedand setup in life
for themselves After the death
of his wife, the old man was left
alone, receiving only such foor
and atteuiion as his neighbors
could give without organization
Had there been a Ladies’ Air
Society in iho church he built,
this story might well end here
but there follows still a chapter
by the Daughters of the Confed
eracy- It was a sumptuous meal*
which was greatly enjoyed by
the veterans.
a
Tbe Baby Contest.
The Better Babies Contest
sponsored by the Woman’s Club
held in the Bank of Raefort
building May 4th. 1927, was
great success.
Drs. Shaw, Geddie and Mur
ray were in charge assisted by
state nurse. Miss Fuly and Mrs.
C. H Giles, fifty six babies were
examined, the doctors and nur
ses were well pleased with the
tine showing made by Hoke
County babies.
Most perfect baby Margaret
Frances McMillan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. McMillan.
Best boy baby Ist division.
Daniel James Campbell.
Best girl baby 1st division.
Editn Marie Black.
Best boy baby 2nd division,
Malcolm McNeill.
Attention, Cotton Cotton Growers!
The Hoke County Cotton
Growers Association members
will meet in tbe court house in
Raeford Friday, May 18tb, at
2 o’clock to elect delegates to the
District Convention, which me(‘t8
in Rockingham 'iuesday, May
17th. A full attendance is de
sired. Mr* J. W. McLauchlin
will preside at this meeting.
The
Notice.
picnic of the Pbiiathea
Best girl baby 2nd division,
made was sawn with an upright j j^argaret McVicker.
saw. The seats were made of the Woman’s Club wish to
slabs from the sawmill. They (bank the doctors and nurses
bored twoinch auger holes in the | ^nd others who helped to make
slabs and drove in wooden pegs
for legs, and these were not all
the same length, and naade them
a little treacherous. This served
that congregation as a place of
worship for more than a quarter
of tl century, and I have not a
doubt that many souls were
fitted for Heaven in that rough,
unsightly building.
John Bruce grew into greater
prominence Dy reason of his
church coDOectiOD. He attended
all the big meetings in all the
contest a success.
Tbe Club also wishes to ex
press their appreciation to tbe
Bank of Raeford for use of their
rooms and to Dr. Geddie Jfor use
of his office.
The Club intends to bold an
other contest next year.
MRS. T. B- LESTER*
Chairman.
Hudson Maxim, the inventor,
is dead. He was a self educated
luan, and invented more things
churches in the circuit, and wEeulto kill people than anybody.
class of the Pr^byterian Sunday
school has been postponed from
Thursday* May 12th, until Mon
day, the I6th.
MRS. CLYDE UPCHURCH.
Chm. I
Mr. C W. Seate received for
tbe Raeford Cotton Mill Friday
two truck loads of cotton, 52
bales, from McColl, S. C. Pretty
good loads, don’t vou think?
Sunday was Children’s Day at
the Presbyterian church, ahd an
interesting program on Mexican
Missions was given. A eollee-
tion amounting to $36 was taken.
Well, tbe editor’s corn ia no
bigger than Smith’s, and be has
worked it twice. It doesn’t pay
to wmrk truck during a cool, dry
season, but you DO bold th« ^
grass in control, and the grass ^
that joints will seed next fall.
But Mr. Smith has had hia whole
garden well worked rinee we
bestarted throwing off on him.
PI^QRAM
DIXIE THEATRE
Thursday and Friday-*“Tho
sea Beast," with .John Barry
more ai^ Doleree Costello Mati
nee Friaay at 3:3Ql
Monday and Tueaday—'‘jipan^
glee." a wonderlol pkstafe
mrous life.