ejSiMi annual commence-^
t held at -MHdoaaonr Sanatertum, May 2L—The
pifdi .^ool .May 16—19/ The’graduatint; exercises of the sen
aermen was i tor nnrse^ class of the North Car
by Rev. Mr Boone of o^aSanatoriam Nurses’ School
„ arktdni Me delivereda moetj were held) in the auditorium at
ilwMMiijft message to the student Sanatocium hViday night, May
20. Miss Lula Wicker, Rocking
lu^ay evening the exer- ham. Miss Ray Venable, Pinna-
s wede given by ihe Primary cle and Miss Julia Hightower,
E^tnentary grades. The Prospect Hill, were the gradu-
hliill' ichtx>l.. play was gi ven on ates. The cl ass motto was ’ *Ser-
\l^e(|D€8day evening.^ Both vice,” the class colors, blue and
iiigiits were well attepded, the white and the class flower a
house w^s well packed* ' white rose. ^
/Fte si|4ress was delivered on Dr. J. F. HIghsmitb of Fay
^^^frbursdaSr by Rev. Mr, Stevens etteville, made the graduating
“of Red Spdhgs. He bud as his address. Dr. Higbemitb said that
'Mraspe, ‘>TheChaHenge for a new in 1880 thOre were only eleven
Day/* He told of the wonder nurses’training schools in the
fui opportunities tl^e boy or girlj United States with about three
^ has today* as compared with his [hundred nurses enrolled. Today
bbyhood'days. He pointed out there are 1,800 training schools
the two roads thaU the young with an enrollment of 60,000
ppifson has to choose between, nurses The doctor told the
0^ meaning life and the other | graduates to bleud human inter*
est and theory in the care of
iheSdventb Grade promotions [their patluht, and to know their
tithe High SehodI were the lar J patient personally, as well as
it in the history of the school, the particular illness the patient
Itese receiving certificates were was suffering from. He con
:Tllk((dalene Bass, Charlie ChasoD, eluded by wishing the gradu
Ma^ Agnes Trawick, Buelab ating class the satisfaction of
Jackson,!; Mary Ann Clark. Thel bringing in the golden sheaves
ivtna Clark* Mary Davis, Albert of work well done and receiving
.MdiD, Richard Cox and Archie the blessings of the Great Pby
^Clark. sician.
The perfect attendance record In presenting the diplomas Dr
;#^aa the largest ever had. There j P. P. McCain, Superintendent
^'wCTe thirty who received the [of the North Carolina Sanatori-
Pl^ect attendance certificates, um. stated that the greatest ad-
I#/: .Them were several prizes giv- vance made during the year in
by tMchem for schplwship. the Sanatorium Training School
Dg, improvement in writing for the training school and for
.yg; ^ - the fight against tuberculosis in
iRKDel McMlliah>' th^lNarthjCarolina was the mining
i(. ^his was given through [is under the,direct su^vision of
I
(Special ICkirreapondiMice)
, liavidbon. N. 0., May ,2D.-*
William T. Oivington of Rae*
ford, N. C , is one of the, most
Outstanding of the ninety'ddd
students who will receive de>
grees at the ninety first annual
commencement of Davidson Col
lege on Junelst.
Covington received recognition
of his abilities early in his col
lege course when he was select
ed as president of the sophomwe
class. Since that time. he has
served as Vice President of the
Student Body. Vice Prmidebt of
the Y. M. C, A. and a member
of the Student Council for three
years.
His qualities of leadership
jvere recognized when he was
elected to membership in Omi-
cron Delta Kappa, national hon
orary fraternity, just as later on
his scholastic qnalities were rec
ognized in membership in Phi
Beta Kappa. Covington is also
a member of Alpya Phi Epsilon,
foresnic fraternity, and Omega
Phi Alpah. philosphical frater
nity, as well as the Biology Club
and the Reporters Club. He
was presl ent of the Philanthro
pic Literary Society.
Covington is a member of the
Sigma Alpa Epsilon social fra
ternity. He will receive the de
gree of Bachelor of Arte in
**hilo8ophy.
TheGeni
then aome.,^*
Sailer
sen for SOc'i
Mrs. J. at
from her o
The Hoke'
oad of new
The dry
bacco men %"
spring.
Sandy Grove Chord.
Communion service at Sandy
Grove Presbyterian church Sun
day. May 29lh, at 11 A. M.
Mo&CIfb flia^
the donations of the teachers and |
pupils, on the suggestion of Edi
tor Poole and the U. D. 0.’ *'The|
medal was presented to Uncle
^ Rev. A. D. Carswell.
b Uncle Alex, is not io
regular he is loved by all
he children.
Mrs. C. B' Broadfootj' "nurse ir
charge of the Colored Division
The Rev J, E. Hoyle, pastor
of the Baptist church at Raeford,
made the invocation Dr. S. M.
Bittinger presented the hospital
pins. Dr. J. H. Williams ore
sented the prize for the highest
; The best of all was saved to I all around average for work done
the last. After the above ‘ exer during the two year training
• cises were over everybody went period. The prize was won by
: out on the grounds where a | Mies Kay Venable.
Club held a business meeting at
the houeof Mrs. C. E. Upchurch
with Mre. W. M. Thomas and
Mia$ Sadie Culbreth joint hos
tess. After the business was
dispersed with, two. attractive
contests .afforded much amuse
ment.
The hostesses served a roost
delicious ice course with cake
salted nuts.
heavily loaded table stood. There |
were lots of good things to eat.
' The program for the day was |
well attended.
!§ -This commencement was the]
best ever held at Mildousori and
^4bis has been a most successful
year for the school.
Mrs. P. A. Yoder and William
H. Matthews sang a duet, ‘‘Sing
Along,’.’ that was much appre
eluted. Music for the occasion
was furnished by Miss Hazel
E. Getchell, violin and Mrs.
Claude Hafer, piano, of South
ern Pines- Misses Siby Brabble
and Grace Moore were ushers.
After the exercises a genera
reception was held in the audi
t )rium. Punch and cakes were
served. , Mesdames J. H. Wil
iiams and P A. Yoder presided
Help Along A (^od Cause.
Stone Mountain Memorial Com
mittee ask that the few surviving
.Confederate vetetans be deco
rated with gold badges, and ih^
editor of The Journal suggested |at the punch bowl
- to the Mildouson school that they
so decorate their sole surviving
veteran. Col Alex.McMillan, only
a few days ago, and, the next time
we heard from those people they
had raised^ the money and had
presented the (Colonel with a
gold medal, or badge of honor
Well done, faithful Mildouson!
Notice, N. C. C. W. Girls.
All Hoke county girls who
I have ever attended N C. C. W,,
whether they graduated or not,
are urged to go back to com
mencement this year to help in
the dedication of the new audi
torium. This feature as well as
Now will Antioch get busy and others especially prepared
buy gold badges for Comrades UO'’ girls” will take
Currie and McLauchlin? Allen P'ace on Saturday, June 4th. Let
'' dale will be glad to help. of us as can go back to
Eockfish township is asked to *‘“6 wonderful improvemenls
buy a badge for Comrade Martin. have been made in the pas;
Raeford and all the balance of few^years.
. the county is asked for enough MRS. P. P./McCAlN,
to buy badges for the remaiuiog I Co. Chm.
lour Confederate Vetejaite in the, ^
«nnty, hmit. W. J McCraoey, Ln„de. but ynu-ll be eating
dried cabbage in a few days if it
aad W. G. Johneon. doesn’t rain. /
These padge cost $5 each and ^
this money goes for completion |, year old son of Scott
of Stone Mountain Memorial. [ Young died in a hospital in Fay
etteville Saturday of pneumonia
A flood rain came at Aberdeen | following an operation for appen-
;|ast1Wday. ldicitia>
iHotel is fall
folks.
says cotton will
3Und this fall.
lie had squAsb
arden last week.
htor Co. got io a
a few days ago.
er gave the to-
bard start this
A goo
Ashley Hei
last weekj*
No D8^
prospects
that doesn’t
Job^Q Gi
is liable to
meets in
Plants
cool weathi
grown a Iti
field of oats at
Is was harvested
blue ovqr your
8 cowardly, and
He
he
is mad yet
iwat anybody
m.
because of dry*
^ but some have
in spite.
Some paft^are so short we’ll
have to get pe barbers to cut
’em with thpr clippers.
Mrs. L. W] York and children
were visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. jf N. Maxwell last
week.
Some
esat all, a
many) so h
picked oP
'A'craj^
^Ibbool
day tast^i
theehl
da have no peach-
others have too
of them have been
4
dynamited a
Michigan one
and killed 43 of
You older people notice how
much the trees have grown in
20 years?
Cox & Campbell have their
dry cleaning machinery in
working order.
Miss Maude McLean, who
taught in Benson the past year,
is now at home.
The Irish potato crop in the
State has been cut in half by dry
weather they say.
Mrs. J. S. Johnson and chil
dren are/visiting relatives in
Thomasville, Ga.
Mrs- J. N. Maxwell and Mr.
Hugh McKay spent last week iu
Hamlet on business.
All we hate about this new
game law it employs a number of
men who should be plowing.
If the land is billy and poor
let the trees grow on it. That
will pay better than cultivated
• f
crops.
Mrs. W. M. Fairley is visiting
relatives in Arkansas towns, and
the General Assembly in Eldo
rado, Ark.
Although the Raeford He
brews have been fighting for
some days they haven’t cut any
thing but prices.
Miss Gene Bovles’ music class
gave a recital Thursday night,
and those who attended pro
nounced it fine.
Tue Grammar grades gave a
play in the school auditorium
Friday night, that w’as pro
nounced very good.
Antioch Commencement.
The Antioch school closed
Tuesday with appropriate - exer
cises, the giving of diplomas and
certificates and a picnic dinner.
The school this year has been
very satisfactory, good work be
ing done in each department.
We have neither time nor
space to do jusUce. to the occa
sion, so leave that off for the
present and say that a large
!:rowd had a pleasant day Tues
day. ^
this new town
rtes and expenses
th^ cre^g^ in ho^
The courts sentence to the
roads, the Pardon Commission
er sends ’em back, and those
that stay strike for shorter hours.-
and they wear ppjamas. and>b(2z,£
wrestle, aud play ball. Better
times than they used Jto have. i
Must be.
It is not a question of high ot
low taxes. People just haven’t
the money to pay taxes, nor
have they sufficient food to. live
upon. It is not due to sorriness
either, but it is due to the fact
that what they made will not
bring enough to pay what is- re
qiilred of them. A^ they to
blame? They do not fix prices.
A jury serving during a term
of Superior court ip Washington,
N. C., went out and asgieted in
Milton Campbell built a good
new fence just for bis butter
beans to climb on; at least we
see no other use for it.
Two men from Pender county
were in town last Friday ped
dling sweet potatoes at $1 a bush
el. They had a big truck load.
We would like for you who owe
The Journal, but if you cannot
pay io cash, pay in chickens,
corn—anything—just so you
pay.
Smne farmers are planting
watermelons again this year
notwithstanding a number of
carloads rotted in the fields last
year.-
The contractor on the bridge
over Drowning creek is having
somertrouble to., get the thing
done. Hope he’ll not miss the
creek this time.
W. F Walters had more than
a dozen swarms of bees to leave
him this spring There were
five swarms on two successive
Sundays that left; *
Lawyer Smith says his house
standing.DOtwithstanding fifteen
thousand and some hundreds of
gallons of water have passed
through it last month.
If the State were to take ove/
the road from Raeford to St.
Pauls, straight shoot, it would
be worth while. But the bal
anceHif our roads are too good
to give away.
Grady Baxley, young white
mao who lives near Antioch,
hasrheeo adjudiced i demented,
and Application to admit him to
Central Hospital, Raleigh, has
been made.
A local doctor says he is treat
ing fifty cases of pellagra, and
that is caused by the want of
proper food, we arp told
tions are the principal actors in
the courts these days. Two are
under indictment for murder.
This June we buy license for
six months: then Jan. 1. we get
a twelve months license. We
have to pay 25 cents extra in
June to pay for the extra tag.
The Woman’s Auxiliary gave
the Men of the Church a good
dinner in the basement of the
Presbyterian church Friday
evening. We enjoyed it very
much.
The Poe reunion is to be held
in Pittaboro May 28 Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Dezern are to attend.
Or. Clarence Poe of the Progres
sive Farmer is high knocker in
that movement.
Milton Jones, a well known
colored man about town, died in
hospital in Fayetteville last
Thursday night Ue was about
45 years old and leaves a wife
and several children.
Sam Epstein opma a big flora
in Candor tbia week.
Midling cotton sold Tuesday hi
Raeford for 15 to 15ic Ib.
There was a good rain hi the
Laurinburg section Sunday. ^
The Bandhill Journal is anew
newspaper published in Aberdeen
The shipment of dewberries
from Raeford began this week.
Mrs. Charlie Monroe was soe-
cessfally operated on in High,
smith hospital Fayetteville last
Thursday, and we are glad to
learn she is doing well-
Dorcas Price, a dolMed gill
who lived near town, aged 90
years, died Friday and was^,ba
ried Saturda, making the third
burial in that cemetery that day.
The remains of Louis Arebis
Steward were shipped to .Rae
ford for burial Sunday. He is a
son of Benjamin Steward, and
died in New Jersey. Ue was 35
years old.
Last Saturday Captain Charles
A. Lindberge made a non atop
flight by airship from New York
to Paris, and the world has gone
crazy over the feat. -lindberge ^
has achieved fame and fortune
in a single day-
Rev. R, F. Campbell, D. D.,
of Asheville'te Moderator of the
General Assembly of the Sooth-
ern Presbyterian Church in ses
sion in Eldorado, Tex., since
last Thursday. The Assembly
lasts seven days.
Two Hebrews bought the J. S.
Maultsby and the J C. Nisbet
stocks of goods and started a sale
Friday aud Saturday in the
Morris store. We do not know
their^m^’ans, but one of them iaA
ibis A.N. Ehilich. ^
N Women in some places arw-,
trying to make world records
walking. But these who seek r
fame walk the roads Those,
who walk longer miles about the
homes are not famous—nobody
knows bow far they walk, nor
now tired they get
His many friends in Raeford
aud Hoke county sympathize
with Rev. W. C. Brown, a for
mer pastor of Raefmrd Presbyte
rian church, io the death of
his mother. Mrs. J. R. Brown,
who died at her home in High
Point last Sunday.
The Second Regiment base ball
team from Fort Bragg played
Battery F team here Friday al-'^
ternoon The score was Battary'
F 7, Bragg 5. Smith at Bret
played a star game, Betbune hod
Cole played well. All the boys
performed in old time style the
Miatch with Camp Lamb may
well be considered.
Judge Walter Neal died at
bis home-in Lattrioburg Monday
raiding a blockade ^whlakay rtBL iftacnoon aail was hurled Tues
last Sunday. They were tied up day. JudgeKealwaa .well known
in a case and walked out into and liked bvwtbh state. He was
the woods Sunday and found andUbout 76 years old.^ He leaves
captured a stilL one eoa one daufihlet.
Wills are faring badly of late.
Not only are Hoke county wills
questioned, but nearly ail where
there was much involved. An y-
how. the lawyers get theirs;
written in the judgments.
Eliza Jones, Milton Jones^
mother, aged 70 years, died last
Thursday night at her home on
Mr. W. T. Covington’s farm
west of town about the same
hour her son died in the hospital.
Charlotte celebrated the sign
log of the first declaration of in
dependence with a great pro
gram last Friday. This was
tbe|Meclenburg Declaration of
Independence signed May 20tb,
1776.
Dr. A. A. McFudyen has re
turned to America, because of
the disturbed conditions in Cht
na. The doctor is in Raeford
while bis wife and children are
with relatives io Morgantou for
the present.
Little Hugh, 20 months old
son of Mr. and H.C McLau4hlin
fell into Srpool of water in Mr.
W T. Covington's yard Saturday
afternoon, and came near ^OR
drowned. A c:)lored man. j|ohn
McRae, who happened to be driv
ing by rescued the child. Aalk
was, the work of reeoscltetiOD
was quite difficult.
M— r“
WANTED—Old time farmkiir%
sideboards, tables, deska*
chairs, bureaus, beds, sofas*
mirrors, stands, China pews
or anything old. Agenta want
ed.' Gardner, Box 3Sk Rich*
mond, Va.
Moot
Profiaa, Dixie
Thursday and- Fric
This is Pai^,*’ with
and Patey Ruth Millar. 1
Warner special. Don’t
Saturday—Jack Hi
“Hidded Loot.”
Monday and
Baby,” nuf ced.
Coming June
Syd Chapllu in
the Box. .
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