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kACER^JOHIi CMtPENTER.
he raced with.'^sJ'Ha^^W^
as Bacer John. He wen quite
i-
He always outran ..everybody
knoiwo
M
in racin'g. There,was a secret^
his success that ohiy those who
raced with him knew. Titey ifaq
togeth^ Until j tist before the goal
was reached, theij,, he^ elboVed
,h^s opponent. Struck him in
^ si^ hard enough to skxv him
up a little. ^ ^
/ He would run against a horse
. He wo'hidiiat a good sum that he
ceutd oqtrun a horse for a hun
dred yards, and he did He
would be half wav io the end of
the distance before the horse
k"' could get slatted, He won. Say.
do you not think less of the man
who loses than you do of the
- one who wins? Racer John
found that out in.his day. People
think little of those gamblers
who lose. Winners are respect
ed until this day. ’
1 Racer John waS a remarkable
^bo^itable man. He entertained
all ^bo came his VImy He often
' quoted that Suripture about en
tertain angels' unawares « He
had a host of . friends. He had
Some incidents will be amus
ing. ' Two brothers living in the
same neighborhood formed a
partnership in the year JiB60 to
do a general merchandise t>usi>
ness, One attended the store
while tJhe other taught.^ school.
The school teacher, in fact, had
nothing tq do with the store, and
only stood sponsor for his broth
er to enable him to start in busi
ness. He was merely endorser
for the man who opened the
store.
There was no homestead in
that day, and any man, who
could put up collateral had credit
for all he was worth. These
young men had but little in their
own names, but they were of a
good family and credit was easy
for them to obtain. So the store
was opened, but did not prove to
be asuccess, as most of the
goods were sold on credit, the
war came on, the notes were
never paid by the man who
really owned them, neither were
the goods let out on credit. In
the seventies the Supreme court
of the State decided that the
homestead law did not apply to
RAEPORD, north CARCH.^^A,'
®AY. JULY14, 1927.
11.50 Per Year.
LOCAL NEWl
a knack at making friends Any s dsbts made prior to itS' passage,
man ^ill get along very badly
without friends, and any kind of
can get aiong^ well who
has ' plenty of ;, friends. There
were those be treked as fair and
honest as a man could treat an
other. So he had^a- strong fol
lowing. ..
He often tricked bis neighbors
out of their prqi^rty. He wds
t^eir friend aatf' advisor. He
p 'f pretended to knqwr the daw. so
* ^\be advised, and .Often his advice
to
N;
his fiii^gestiob goT bim
self into the toils of the law, he
was advised to deed his property
over to his friert^aud advisor,
then flee the State until the stat
ute might be pleaded to bar an
offence against the State, and
when the man was allowed to
return he was never again seiz
of his pr^Iierty rights. He
Ibus cSine into' possession of
hundreds of acres of good land.
He would ferret out old claims,
^or notes, &c,. alminst the prop
erty of .his'-neighbors, particu
larly those/who were not friend
ly with him, anp start suit in
court against him or them as the
case might be. -He had from one
(to several suits pn the civil dock-
of his'county courts almost
Ts long as ha liyed.
It is but justice to the subject
of this' article, that be discovered
wherein he was! doing wrong in
many way, arid was later A
changed man. He loved mercv
before be learned to do justly
Many persons t»’y thjs method ol
living. rules.
There was a good ^ide to this
man as well as the trouoiesome
one,'as we will nojiw see. No
^ -yman could do' 'imorej kind acts.
He was-tbe most obli^ng of men
% At any hour of Ihe day or night
,he was ready tb do a neighborly
kindness. He »lent.. He went
for the^ dpctpr. He visited the
sick. helped the poor. He
" yvas a prince of enteptainers. It
'^Was a delight to visit in his
home and people docked thither.
It isVIh^ matter to bring
' yourself to the point of believing
a mah^like that would have
wrongunotives. He was an ar-
t' gumentative man, a man of
chaz^ng personality, and with
al fairly intelligent. You cad
not judge a man by one act, nor
several. You toke a good long
3 to learn what
nner of ma|t he is;, and when
a.ihan prospemat the expense of
others, when f ou see that there
y
that is, the State could not pass
retrospective legislation, and
Racer John bought up several old
notes and accounts made prior
to the war and thought by most
people to be worthless, and en
tered suits for their collection;
and pne suit was started against
the school teqcher endorser
whose brother had opened a
store a number of years before,
which was .tried in Superior
court, parried to the Supreme
jOttrt by . first oile . pmrty, then
year£
The Racer knew that posses
sion is the strong point in law,
and he wanted to gain the inside
track by gaining possession of
the property in litigation; so a
family who had occupied the
house on the place moved out
one day and the owner being
there to lock up when they • had
gone, was surprised to see the
Racer rushing into the house
carrying a mattress, and he
dived into one of the rooms, and
spent the afternoon Iv ing on his
bed Night and hunger drove
him home late that evening, but
he locked the door of the room
before he left, taking the key
with him The owner" of the
house nailed a board over the
key'hole, and moved his own
family into the house the follow
ing day, and occupied all the
house except that room. That
room remained closed and that
bed stayed there until it rotted,
and was thrown our after the
lawsuit was settled. Xhe endor
ser paid the note and retained
ownership of the property.—To
be continued.
Hoke's next Superior
meets August 22.
Mr. Julian Blue was sick in
bed for several days last week-
He is improved.
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The Laurinbur'g Exchange re
ports a tomato last week that
weighed 18 ounces.
Mrs. J. L. Pope, who has been
precariously ill, is reported not
improving we are sorry to learnt
W. E Brothers of Fayette
ville after 25 years in the furni-'
ture business in that city retires
Needless honking of anto
horns is now a violation of law,
\ -
but proving when it's, useless!
The county commissioners meet
in extra session neift Monday to
hear complaints of overvaluation.
Little Miss AlworthyUpchurch
is recovering from aright serious
illness during the past two
weeks.
Cotton is fruiting up very well
now, and a good crop will tie
made if the boll weevil will let
it alone.
The weather was so dry the
past spring wheat did not do so
very well, the soda used on it
did very little good.
Mr Clarence McBryde of Rae
ford, R 1, was operated on for
appendicitis Sunday at High
smith hospital. He is recovering
Miss Elizadetb Sessoms, who
holds a position in Charlotte,
spent the week end with her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs, W. K. Ses-
soms.
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Mrs. Harry D. Green died sud
donly at her homo on New York
Avenue Wednesday evening. Ju
ly 6th. Mrs. Green has b(!en in
her usual good health this sum
mer and was up and around as
usual on Wednesday. Mr and
Mrs. Green entertained callers
during the evening and after the
guests departed she lay down.
Wbon Mr. Green went to arouse
her he found to his horror that
his wife had passed away.—
Sandhill Citizen.
Park^i^:
Wp-ar
^^pus illi
oIfj ■ Hp j
at last ae
Corn vyj
Mte sho?
aimdet
more
The
inoka Hk€
tomobUs
^ stone
;i^br the
bpilt, thp';
Fred JPbii
Creek
A g e nji
closelv ip|
the mtwi
girls hav&l
That is"^
school fui
tion sc|ic
commiss
Mrs. J(
children,']
ters, are
Mrs. Sac
Sever
gardener
very fio^
here, ant
so far.
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The ue
a numbelfj
ing to ge
cars on
often ha]
Mr,
is questionable
ware.
methods used, be-
Dr Cromartie says, crops look
only tolerably good along the
road all the^way into Georgia.
The Men of theChurch will
meet in the Presbyterkm church
tomorrow, Friday, wening at 8
o'clock. All members, Men of
the Church, or any ott
quested to attend.
srs, are re-
p^cii bell thfs year. The east
ern portion of the belt has no
peaches, except in Harnett coun
ty. where there are plenty.
Another large tobacco ware
house is being built in Aberdeen.
AJierdeen is becoming quite a
tobacco market. Those Moore
county people are hustlers.
Raeford defeated Rockingham
in a fine game of baseball Fri-
dav afternoon 2 to 1. Make Me
Koi E an pitched in old time form,
and his team mates, the team
thpt won ball games ten years
a»n. were behind him.
e ar.’ sorry to hear of the
serious trouble of Mr. D C. Me
Lend He was putting top dress
inr. 'ailed calcium nitrate, and
got a little of it on his under lip
tha'^ produced a sore that threat
ens bis existanre on this earth.
Offioers McQuage, Andrews
and B I'Tington went down near
the Robfson county line 8atur-
tiay and captured a. 35 gallon
gasoline whiskey making outfit
It belonged, it is said, to one
Campbell, colored, who was not
at the place when the,raid was
made, but was captured by the
officers later.
The Raeford churches are now
conducting union services in the
three churches, going the round
once in three weeks. The ser
vices will be held in the Baptist
church next Sunday night, and
Dr. Fairley will preach. There
are the morning services as
heretofore in all the churches,
and an union evening service
John Morrison, colored, of
Stonewall township is the cham
pion hawk kUIer. £^wks were
playing havoc with the chickens
uf the Misses McGoogan near An
tioch, and J(din came and told
them if they would give him
some loaded shells, he would kill
some of the hawks. They hand^
ed him four loaded shells and he
went down by the swampy and
spent last
v^pllege room
,Ht|gbes of
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^4e of the
J, Coh-
improved
Ij^^^ain, anf
fday night will
no
-" -y - - %
Springajbwad
piild grind an-
Lif left wiHl a crush
basing.
n
le since it was
ifbt turns Mr.
tjrpiir on Puppy
sek.
'^ill;,.^who observes
tf The Journal that
xmog the
jiequali^
r. -.. that
Upfi^onwit. ;
^iiiui^ton and small
I-and . two.^daugh
ittng t her , mother,
lish^m
I
rji?'. V
“ gpod country
some
r
bringihg
to market
td -'reaiHr sales
is coming to
Ib Whopre' try
i ito drive
fOf a title
jp straight.:'^
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Middling cotton is now 17c.
Mrs. G. W, Brown and little
daughters are visiting relatives
hi Ellerbe and vicinity.^
Mr. and Mrs. J. Albert Wilson
of Taft. Cal., are visiting his pa
rents. Mr. and Mrs. J. A Wilson.
- Mrs. Max Heins and little
daughter, of Sanford are visiting
her parents. Mr. and Mrs J. A.
Blue.
L B. Brigman of Scotland
county made 124 bushels of
wheat on a little less than four
acres of land this year
It i.s said prohibition is bet'er
enforced in Hoke than anywhere
else, and that is no bad reconi
mendation of the county officers,
eh? It sorely does.
After spending a week with
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. D.
S. McKeithan, Mr. and Mrs.
John McKeithan have returned
to their home in Greenville
We are sorry to hear that Mrs.
J • R Hampton had to be carried
to Highemith’s hospital last
week-. She underwent an opera
tioc for appendictis Monday,
township, Cumberland county,
and the oldpst member of Gala
tia church, died ten days ago.
There are mrire chickens in
Hoke county now than we have
ever known l^^re. and the
prices are better because the
people have learned how to
market them.
Robeson has only five times
tjhe population of Hoke, and it
has about tour times the wealth,
but it gets twelve times the
amount of that State school fund
They certainly got part of ours.
Mrs. and Mrs. L. B. Brandon
and little daughters went over
to tbeir old home town, Chester,
S G., last week. Mrs, Brandon
and the children remain. The
older, Elizabeth, had her tonsils
removed while there.
The government puts the av
erage condition of this cotton
crop at 79 per cent of an aver
age. But when the report of a
reduced acreage came out last
Saturday ^tbe pric,e of cotton
advanced nearly 50 points.
Mr. B. P. Polston has been ap
pointed adjuster of automobile
lights The law requires that
lights be adjusted—another law
this writer voted against. How
ever, it is law, and you are in
dictable if you fail to have your
lights adjusted.
Mr. W. F. Walters, who farm
ed all his life, and is a close ob
server, says this year’s cotton
crop is at least 25 per cent, be
hind normal, that there is not
more than 80 per cent, of a
stand, and he has the idea that
this crop will be short of last
year’s yields.
When the commissioners adopt
a budget, the law requires that
it be published. If the commis
sioners comply with the law,
the people will know from the
first b jvf much will be spent for
'everything, and no mote can be
snent, nor the commissioners
after a short while he came tpicajo^o^ issue notes nor bonds for
the house with four hawks. I any reason, it’s iroo clad.
The Gridley; Aft Pageant.
The Gridley Art Pageant, of
unusual interest and beauty,
will be given at the school audi
torium on Friday night. theJ5tfi,
at 8:30, under the auspices of
The Woman’s Club of Raeford.
This entertainment comes to
us highly, recommended for its
educational value witia music,art
aod bdquty combined with A
local boys and girls, a reader.
Raeford’s Male Quartette, and
the quartette from the Music
Club with Miss Marv Poole as
director
You will find this Art Pageant,
an entirely new form of enter
tainment, each of the ten scenes
tell a complete story in itself, de
picting interesting historical
events of American liie, from
the landing of the Pilgrims Io
the landing of our victoriems
troops from Prance.
The large oil paintings used in
this Art Pageant, are all origi
nal. Each one is said to be
worth several thousand doli-ars,
to ^ee them is alone worth more
than the price of the admi.ssion.
The following is a list of the
paintings that will be used in
pageant form:
Landing of The Pilgrims,
" Drawing Electricity From The
Clouds,
Return of Hiawatha and Min
nenaha,
Kttp the Gardes Goag.
Everybody !o tbs MNistry
should keep the gardsn goinif
during the whole growing sss-
son Probably everveody knows
this: but soHiehow or other far
mers get busy and continuous
planting is not carried out in tue
garden as it should be. Here is
what a little ediiorial in the
Southern Agriculturalist says
of this most important matter:
Most farmers plant a spring
garden, a good many plant a
fall garden; but on many farms
there is a tendency to let the
garden planting go during mid
summer. This IS a great mis
take. and one likely to result in
unnecessary lack or scarcity of
some good things to eat later.
The planting of corn, for ex
ample. must go on through the
summer if the roasting ear sup
ply IS to be continucus to frost,
as it should he. So with the
planting of snap beans In some
sections the late supply of
tomatoes caa be assured only by
putting out plants about this
time. June planting of canta
loupes is called for in places. In
other localities this is just about
the time to be sowing seed for
the l ite cabbage crop, or plant
ing the late cucumber patch.
Other sections may plant these
things, and others, next month,
even later. The point is, the
garden pianting and the garden
tending should go right on
through the summer months,
unly so will the garden be made
to yield its full return.
i^rs.
On Monday, August
I shail p>roceed to advertise all
lands in Hoke county on which
fhe taxes for t'leyeai 1926 hava
not been paid. Pieuse come to
the office and settle these taxes
before that date, so I will not
have to perform this very un
pleasant duty.
EDGAR hall,
Sheriff.
F’ishin'.
Way Down Upon De Swauee
Riber.
The Farmerettes,
Pickin’ Cotton,
Dixie Land,
Paning Gold In The Rockies,
The Old Swimming Hole,
The Birth of The Flag,
Our Heroes Returning From
France,
Painting Liberty.
The proceeds from this enter
tainment will go towards the
financing of the lunch mom of
the Raeford school.
This work needs no comment,
as to its real value to the school
and communitv.
The Woman’s Club is still ac
tive, while many are taking their
vacation. We are still working
for our town and community
We sincerely ask your co-oper
ation. not only members of the
Woman’s Club, but members of
the Kiwanis Club and the town
as a whole.
The Woman’s Club of Raeford.
Mrs. T. B. Upchurch, Pres.
Board of Equalizatioo
Notice is hereby given that the
Hoke County Board of Commis
sioners will meet at 10 o’clock
A. M., July 18ihi 1927, in the
court house at Raeford. as a
3o-ird of Equalization and Re’
view, to equalize tax values. At
this meeting the Board will hear
complaints as to undervaluation
and overvaluation of property,
this i-' the only meeting of the
Board provided by law for hear
ing such complaints.
D. K. BLUE,
Clerk of Board.
LOST OK STOLEN-One red
and w'hite spottel bound pup
10 months old, nicked tail Lib-
eiai tevvard tor proper infor
mation.
M. L McKElTHAN.
LAKE VVACCAMAW, N. C.
r uruished cottages rented by
the week. Write, wire or
phoue Oscar High, Wbiteville,
N. C.
Good Chicken Feed is paid for in
more eggs, and Good Cow
Feed increases both milk and
butter. None better than mine.
McLean Campbell,
Expert Hemstitching and Dreaa
making. Satisfaction guaran
teed ^
MRS. E. K, WILLIAMSON,
in The Kash Store.
Phone 223
Raetord, N. C.
EYES EXAMINED
Glasses Ground aod Fitted
Same Day.
DR. JULIMS SHAFFER,
Phone 541
_ Fayetteville, N. G,