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VOL. XXIII. NO. 11.
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L. Poole.
Treasurer—Mrs. J. 8. Johnson.
Chairman Civics -Mrs. H. A.
Cameron.
Chairman Mus^c*—Mrs- J. A.
McGoogan.
Chairman l^erature—Mrs R.
L. Murray. *
Chairman rEducatlon—Mrs C.
W. Seate.
■ Year books Containing a* cona-
plete program qi work lor 1927-
1928 are pow in bands ‘of the
^)re88. , *
Recording Secretary
EdocatioD Department .Meets.
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- What the Women Are Doug.
The Woman’s Club of Raeford
was organized and admitted to
the State Federation in 1924. The
membership has grown from 44
to 97 in the three years The
year of 1926-1927 has been very
successful with Mrs- W. , L.
Poole, president and Mrs. H. A.
Cameron, vice president.
The club is divided into four
departments with the' following
( phairmen:
Mrs. H. A. Cameron, Civics,
V Mrs. W. T. Covington, Music.
Mrs. R. L. Murray, Literature^
. _ Mrs. T. B. Upchurch, EdutS^
tion. ''
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The following are reports from
r each division:
K ^ Civics. Eight public meetings
held, seven meetings with out of
^vtown speakers; hot lunches and
^ts furnished one week for ton*
sil clinic held in September, pot
> ted plants sent to bed patients at
Sanatorium for Christmad, realiz*
, ed from sale of Red Cross seals
. S^6 75, furnished milkior school
.it^ildren in mill village, bought
v' scales for Raeford school and
r' weighed children, furnishe3
/lunches fdr underweights in
school and screened lunch room,
organized a class of 40 women
' m Home Nursing and hg[ped fi
( nance Red'Cross nurse, contri
buted to “Linen Loan Closet,”
’•'f®:.,-given to Welfare Department of | Community,” was one of the
’.Hoke County, held “‘cleanup
week,” and gave prizes for best
/ ^kept business houses, put on I‘‘Toast to the Teachers.”
•=" campaign lor “Back to Cotton” Bidpey Lenler, being the topic
'movement which all departments! for tl^e afternoon, but as the
‘bbset'ved, organized a “Better program was rather Icmg, only a
clinic which was held!abort sketch of his life, and a
?fjllaS’ 4, with Tire. Geddy and | few of his poems were given by
in charge. This was a I Mrs. .Garrett.
RAEFOR0, NORTH CAROJ^I^
IDAY, JUNE9, 1927.
$1^ Per Year.
diw’ere'i
vidson GoU
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Wiilie
Meeting At Baptist Qmr^'
fiev. A. P Stevens, pi^or of
Red Springs Baptist/ Church,
will assist Rev. J. B^floyle in a
revival Service the Raeford
Baptist Church, begimang
Thusday evening, June th^jjiSth ifhe pri
Rev. Mr. Stephen^iLis a splendid lai^
}fea‘cher and a most likable man.
ITome out to hear him, and wie
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feel sure you will be strengthen^
Pd, sQiritj|ally.
Fertfliter Jest Will Be Made.
‘‘Hoke county wilLconduct a
corn fertilize# >demonstration
^ wVthis year,” stated Farm Agent
The Education Deparlnjeet
'TTT^w«A*\*a Aiiilv lariF: _ *
the Woman’s club held the Ipst
meeting of the spring Tuesday,
May 24tb, at the beaufiful home
of Mrs. T. B, Upchurch in honor
of the teachers.
Mrs. John ft. .McNeill and Mrs
H. MdX. McDiarmid were joint
hosteses.
An introductory talk was made
by Mrs Upchurch,
Mis? Dixie Reave gave a piano
solo.
Mrs. H. L. .^Gatlin gave an
interesting talk to the teachers,
telling them how their work this
year bad been appreciated Then
A^per prepared by Mrs, W. M.
McFadyen, but in her absence
read by Mrs.. J. W. Currid, on
“What Teachers Mean to
ILIIEWS.
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ren degrees at
tlaat week.
Da-
nof
will be used in-'this demdhstra
tion on the farm of W. M. Thom
as.. •
“The corn yield in the county
is too low and it'is our desire to
demonstrate the importance of
heavy fertilization in praducihg
high acre yields and in reducing
the per bushel cost. An abun
dance of corn on .each farm is
essential to the growiimn^pf
the of the uece-ssary live stock
required io a well balanced farm
proL^ram for our county, ”he said'
“High acre yields can only be
secured when the plant is futr^
nished a liberal amount of nitro
gen and large, qualities of soil
moisture. The soil filled with hui
mus holds moisture and we ma^
expect our best yields from such
best papers ever read in the club. ^ soil when a liberal amount of
Mrs. H. A. Cameron gave a of Soda is applied when
the corn is knee to thigh high.
It is necessary to produce
from forty to sixty bushels o|
corn per acre if we expect^ to
grow corn at a reasonable coat
In this demonstration acca
Battery/
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run'tiir^^
for ta;^'
by
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CSl^efs
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e’ptlkejand “VesperBelle at Eventide,”
ie blue ribbons given the by Lincoln Hall, by Mrs. W. M.
best'" babies'in Hoke county. Thomas and Mrs. R. B. Lewis.i
Lunches were furnished for the! uriginal poems by Mrs. Up
mothers. Club members;-think church, “Most Folks Are Good,’
that this is the most outsanding and “Scatter Smiles ” -
work of the year. The club gave a rising vote of
Music. Held regular monthly thanks to Mrs. Upchurch for her
eetings. Italian Opera was faithful work as' chairman i m
idied. Mrs. Roberson, violin the past two years. The Ldi. s
cher and Miss Mandeville, greatly appreciate her and regani
ice teacher at Flora McDonald her as one of their mof., vuiuabi
College gave the J'ebruary pro- members. Sbe will serve as
gram. JMusic was furnished foi president of the club n- xt vear
^ Woman’s Club Bai>quet in Sep The hostesses assisted i).v Mrs
tember and for the Kiwanis pro- Upchurch and Mrs. Outuuio.i,
grams during the whole year, served brick cream ;i.nd cake.
Plans are being made to give a j followed by salted pe.inuts.
public concert the last week in
June. ^
I^erature Meetings were
beHras stated in yearbook. Pub
He meeting held in January was
a study of “Carolina Playma
kers,” “Fixins” by Paul and Ir
ma Green if Lillington was ren
Jefqred by Mrs E, B. Garrett.
Thirty carefully selected books
' /were added to the club, consist-
« Yng of fiction, religion.
tei
olistrict
?tOB
iren, aged ^ years
irinburg last week.
if com is over a dol-
on " the Chicago
fill train this sum-
jrt. Moultrie again.
.camp in August.
S' .
lotice of salq had
^ks. the sale of land
iarhett was stopped
ourt.
Shankle attended
exercises by Miss
at Wingate Junior
reek,
L. Poteat has re
residency of Wake
j;e. His successor
: selected.
thrive well on a
IP entirely of com,
^rmer whose pigs
irifty.
F. Smith and
lie, Parquatd,Patsy
M Sunday in the
Smith
ty delivered 40 per
cotton from its
Co-operative Cot-
this season.
yes of the Road
king the Wage Com-
re pay, and they
Mrs. A. J. Fuller bad roasting
ears June 3, the earliest we" have
heard of this year.l^^Si
iiMr. J. H Blue is building a
pretty brick bungalow on a lot
near his father’s residence. flB
Miss Annie Norton of Laurel
Hill spent the past week with
Misses Lila and Mary Norton.
Miss Aris Shankle has return
ed from Wingate Junior College
to spend the summer with rela
tives.
The Red Springs baseball team
defeated Battery F team again
Friday afternoon on the local lot
by a 6 to 3 score.
William B. Polly, 12 yw^^ld
white boy was drowned^while
swimming in the Cape Fear
river at Fayetteville Tuesday.
White winged abts have eat
en the woodwork of a. school
building near Durham to the ex
tent of several thousand dollars.
Messrs. Edwin McDuffie, Lou
is Upchurch, Willie Jackson,
Neill D. Currie and Duncan Me
Fad yen are at home from State
College,
‘’tfl
mission
will Watch what we tell
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Hie
^ rjequires that the
Ijr-lfaV 31, but
*^operty will go on
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materials and labpr required to
produce the cropu Each acre
will receive the' following ma
terikls: 30O lbs. of 16 per cent.
Acid Phospbate, 75 lbs. Muriate
of Potash and 300 lbs. Nitrate of
doda.”
Mr. Brandon stated that be
expects ail wide awake farmers
of the county to be keenly inter
esi ed in the results of this dem
unsta .on.
Raeford
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Man Held
Wrecks.
When Car
Dunn, .rune 1—A middle-aged
white man, who gave his name
as Charlie Worable and Raeford
as his home, was arn'sted on the
outskirts of Dunn Monday when
he ran bis car into a ditch and
fell out, his head striking a tele
home I was
masing and books of travel.
Ten dollars and 20 books were
(fiven Raeford school library,
contriJiOted to “Southall Cotton
Fund.
Education. 8 regular meetings
were held with one public meet
ing and one out of town speaker.
.^Study course was Southern Lit
erature and special attention was
given to North Carolina writers.
SpeMdl program was given
Christmas. Eighty books were
given to Raeford school library.
On April 6th, the annual elec
tion of officers of the Woman’s
Club was held, resulting as fol
lows;
Mrssident—Mrs T. B. Up
church. *
Vice' President—Mrs. W. «jr*
Covington. •
^^rding Secretary—Mrs. L.
B. mndoD.
Oorresponding Sec.—Mrs.
inflicted in his forehead in the
fall. He was declar. d to have
been drunk and stands charged
with driving a car while drunk
and also with transporting, a
pint of whiskey being found in
bis car. Womble carried a laige
roll of bills and “pealed” off $l-'30
in $10 bills to make a cash bond
for his appearance in the local
court on Thursday. The car was
not damaged.
We not know this man, but in
justice to the fellow, we will not
disown him, hoping he will re
turn with at least a part of that
roll.-Editor.
Minnie Levina McLauchlin,
wife of T M. McLauchlin,
prominent colored farmer and
merchant of Bowmore, died last
Saturday and was buried Sun
day. Besides her husband she
leaves six children. Sl)^ was
W.labout 60 years old. •
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I'ggest Haul of The Season.
Ail other liquor raids maie in
this section heretofore were
i liiht oking in comparison with
■ ho ri.i'1 mado by the Sheriff’s
po vse jf Hoke county last Friday
ver.mg when the officers weal
up into Mr. J. A. Blue’s pasture
an t capture a large still and 40
ailons of whisky, three men, a
lot oi ht-i r, a truck and 1,600 lbs.
of sugar ind some other things
These a 200 steamer outfit and
could turn out the stuff in a
hurry. Mr. Blue had some hogs
iu that pasture, and it surprised
him when ihe hogs quit coming
up to be fed.
There were men at the place,
but one of them left. If we can
find anything fast enough to get
up with him, we may match him
against John Currie, Davidson’s
fastest man in the South.
Notice to
Raeford
Taxpayers
Township. '
May, the month for listing
property having passed, to those
that have not listed for 1927,
will be at the court bouse the
following dates for the purpose
of listing your property:
Friday and Saturday, June 10th
and 11th, Friday and* Saturday,
June 17tb and 18tb.
After the above dates the
books will be closed for listing
This is revaluation year and it is
important that you 11^ in person.
frank OXmerqn,
List Taker iaRaeti^
Miss Myrtle Norton has re
turned from a house party at
Lake Waccamaw. Miss Norton
taught in Maxton High School
the past year.
We have been saying we never
saw two dry years corning to
gether, now we are saying we
never saw three years in a bunch
coming in dry.
Mr. W. 6. Buie, Jr., of Wa-
gram lost a barn and ten of the
of the finest kind of males on
Wednesday night of last week
by a fire of undetermined origin.
The Fort Bragg Highlanders
are playing Kannapolis two
games of base ball Friday and
Saturday of last week. They won
each.
The Wagram Home Demon
station club will repair the old
Spring Hill Tfcmperonce Hall
Tnis is said to be the second
Temperance Hall built inAmerica
There is to be a total eclipse of
the moon Jnne 15ih. You must
get up sfton if you see it. It
comes OP just before day. And
a comet is to be visible this
month It may be visible here
and it may not.
A Davidsot. county man has
discovered that a tree cut down
at night will not make good fire-
wmod If short leaf piue is cut
day or night, and let lie for a
year, hofore it is cut up will not'
make good firewood.
Lacy Carroll of St. Pauls losi
a gold watch fivevears ago on a
farm at Tobemory, Bladen coun
ty, and last week Mrs. W. N.
Tolar found it. It looks alright,
but doesn’t run, but it will, like
iy, after iLhas been oiled up.
The Federal Government will
collect from the people of this
State over two hundred million
dollars in taxes this year. And
by then the State, the counties,
cities and towns have had theirs,
Che people haven’t much left.
A mob was fired upon by State
Guard troops who were placed
around the jail at Tampa, Fla.,
last week. In fact several of
the jail attackers were killed
during the first three nights’ at
tacks. It almost amounted tc
civil war down there,
A fine horse belonging to Mr.
E B. McNeill died on his farm
below Timl>erland last Thursday
night. A dog also died the same
night, and a hog came near dy
ing. Itis/li^eved that these
atrinuds yfeo^^Fl^ed bj some
Miss Ora Maxwell left Wed
nesday for Chapel Hill to attend
summer school.
Mr Duncan Ray, a native of
the Sandy Grove section, who bee
been South for 28 years, visited
in tne homes of Messrs N. S.
Blue. 8. J. Cameron and Mrs. J.
A. Cameron last week.
Mr. R. F. Stewart, a noember
of the board of county commis
sioners. got a piece of steel in his
eye a few days ago, and had to
consult a specialist in Fayette
ville instead of attending the
meeting with his board Monday.
Rev. J. £. Hoyle will attend a
a School for Pastors at Meredith
College Raleigh, a part of this
week and next. A nupber of
the strongest Baptist ^ leaders
will be present and speak on this
program. Rev. H. H. McMillan,
just returned from China will
fill the pulpit at the Baptist
church, Sunday morning and
evening. Mr. McMillan telM
an interesting story at both ser
vices.
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Mr. John Pierce, a student at
the Uuivesity, who had spent
the week end with a friend in
Wilmington, while enroute back
to Chapel Hill, on Sunday, May
22nd, ult. in passing White Lake
stopped and went in bathing; he
dived and f truck the botton. and
broke his neck. He was carried
to Hignsmith hospital in Fayette
vilie. where he lingered for ten
days and died. His injuries par
alyzed hi/whole being, except
his ^advwbich remained normal
and he thought up till a short
time before bis death that be
would soon be well, and talked
about getting back, to college and
finishing bis examinations His
home was in Louisburg.
The weather was cloudy all
last, but there was not enough
rain to stop the after Tuesday,
and crops are in fine condition
and growing like sixty—or more
John. lit!c> pon of Deputy Sher
iff W. J. McQuage has recu.-ned
from Highsmith’s hospital in
Fayetteville, where he under
went an operation for append!
citis recently.
Mr, and Mrs. Wm- L. Poole
and little son went Saturday on
a visit to relativ'es near Libertv-
llrs. Poole and Ihe bov remainec
or a week’s visit; Mr, Poole
returned Sunday evening. -
Misses Louise Blue, Margaret
Walters and Bennie McFadven
and Mr. Loch Cameron have
jeen elected to |ttpnu the Young
People’s Conference at Davidson
College next week by the Rae
ford Presbyterian church.
County Commissiooers Meet.
The county commissioners met
in regular monthly session Mon^-
day and transacted only routine
tuisiness, except to order an elec
tion to be held in August on the
question of a county wide high
school advo otum tax.
And it is probable a question
to issue bonds to pay outstanding
indebtedness may be settled at
the same time.
The board of education met
also Monday, but hadn’t received
a needed report from Raleigh on
the county’s share of the equali
zation fund, so a school budget
could aot be presented to the
county commissioners.
The printers of the State are
asking about $20,000 more for
the State printing this year than
was paid past two years. Now is
a good time to try out foe State
printers. We believe in patron
izing home folks, but this is one
time home folks are trying to
get more than is right.
If their cases are not contin
ued, Norman and Everett, the
Scoland county men indicted for
assaulting the Davis and Hodges
women from Cumberland coun
ty on Mav 21st, will be tried this
week in Superior court in Laur-
inburg. S i x other men are
under bond in this case.
A second freshet in the Miss
issippi is on the way known, as
the June freshet. Because the
levees have beeu broken, this
will do more damage this year
than ordinarily. The big flood
has passed into thq'iGulf of Mex
ico, except in the
iana region, and
turning to their
fiUlBllDg erdpe.
NOTICE, READERS.
Beginning next week we be
gin the publication of two real
good serial stones, at least the
editor thinks they are worth
while, aniLwe increase oor ex
pense in doing this. If jrou have
not paid your subscription to The
Journal for this year, pleaae do
so right away. Weneedmemey
badly.
Good Chicken Feed is
for ia
s paid
more eggs, and Good Cow
Feed' increases both milk anld
butter. None better than mine-
McLean Campbell,
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' low prices.
J. A.BAUCOM.
Expert Hemstitching ahd Drees
making. Satisfaetton sohfhn-
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MRS. E. R. WILLIAMSON.
In The Kash Store.
Phone 22S
Ba^ord, N. C.
lower Looie-
Mple are re-
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