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%W« hti]^ lMilk'li7fnK to fl|(ure
Mft tow io«ti)|r tn the Jane
2iid pfimocy tot Raeee
to« ito tooi^the im that
Xrflil fttol w Remeaentative;
for Sheriff; 1J66 to*
Iter of Deeds; 1,291
^ Cotton Weighec: 1.261
for Cmtgressiaan; 1,279 for for
Itolteiiant Governor, and about
ttvO'aame ^tor Commissioner of
Iiftor anff Printing, but none of
^^"Hsted the in
^ t^wtiff ell ttie iroters. Some
Voted fv only a few of the can
.jOif course d poll books would
■how how many participated, ap
tooxlmhtelv 1,400 voters. The
reglilered vote of the county is
2,000, but several, bun
^ dr^to md take the interest to
qoi^oot and vo^.^^ But they
Iktotber thing,- Democrats.you
thouid vote in the general elec*
thm. Every person so entitled
ezereise the right of suf-
tr|tot for^ this is our way of
Jitoibg our worth to the State.
'Yotoin the November election,
we txHf of you.
HcLeeJ-Seiford
Pinehmrst, N. G., JunelO.—A
^ wtoding of beauty and simpH.>
>^ty was solrmnieed in Pinehurst.
N C.» »!t the home of Reverend
1 tod M». Murdock McLeod Sun-
ji da^ evening at eight o'clock
1^ Mise Ina Seaford of Tim
hteland became the bride of Mr.
toh^ IfcLeod of Timberland.
Ithv* lltodoek McLeod, brother
^ the groom officiated, the ring
totoiony of the Presbyterian
P
RAEFOg^ NOROT CARQUJlffil
IDAY, JUNE 21,. 1928,
rAMdid
d^Mast Tbhi^y
Mrs. C. E. Updbardi Hostess, '
Mrs. C E. Upchurch^ was hpa.
tew to the Bridge Club Monday
evening June 11, at 8 o*clock. 12
guests were present and a nom^
ber of spirited progression^ wore
enjoyed.
~ The home was lovely with a
profusion of summer flowers.
Mrs. Benton Thomds received
top score prize, a dainty boudoir
pillow.
The hostess served refresh
ments consisting of a delicious
berry short cake and Whipped
cream.
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Masons Elect Officers.
Raeford Lodge of Maeoui^
elected the following officers for
the year 1928 9.
G. W. Cox, W. M..
T. B. Lesten S. W.,
A. A. Graham, J. W.,
W. P. Baker, Trees., ‘ji-,-,
T. D. Potter. S. D., - '
H. P. Pittman, J. D.,
E. Chisholm,-8., ~
C. P. Tapp, S.,
,H. L. McBryde, T.,'^
E. Bafi, Ed. Sec.,
Orphanage Com,, J. E. Cpno
ly, Chm., H L. Pierson, A. H/
Seate;,
^ Fin. ^m., P. Hawfield, ^|m,^
Chm., Ryan McBryde, L. S. Me
Mil Ian.
SttORT NEWS ITEMS*
f Mr. Alesf^AhM'if 0^
momtog.
' Mr, and MiM. H. L. Johnsowfe
spent 9nnlai^ relativM la
St. Pauli.
A Ihffiy Vacation Bible School
ia being emdocted at. the.' local
Preshytorian ehurto.
Mr, and Mrs. A. K. Stevena
and children spent Sunday with
relatives in Bt. Paata.
The Sommer School at all the
State and Chureb schools aiii
crowded with teachers-,
Mr. John Meinnia ^ Miami»
Fla., is visiting his>p^nts, Ifr.
and Mrs. L. A. Mi^nnis, of Dun
darrach.
A hailstorm near Washington,
N.^^G., destroyed the cro|M of
several farms almost totally laat
Juesday. the l2th.
State Treasurer Ben Lacy has
no opposition this year, although
tois growing old, and^ has had
ffii office for 28 years.
‘ The best tobacco crops in
North Carolina are in Hoke
That
stuff grows'ln a hurry.
Mr. N. P. Conoly has se^n
Honor Bride El^. ;|acres of wheat he is proud
On Thursday afterhoon, Jupe and he may be, the yieid
14th,. Misses Sar^h Catherfle
Gromartie and Josephine Hall
entertained at a party 'honoring
Miss Murie Jones ofdL^urinburg,
a college friend at Queens and
biide elect. Miss Jones^. will wed
David Armoo WilUam^ Thurs
day evening, June tto ffiet. ^ jj'
Miss Qromj^i^^iiQito welrl
will be around gO' bushels
acre. ,, i,
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Women by the hundreds
tended the State ^ Demootoc
convention this year, and tto
executive committee is nearly
half women., ^
to)
reevfls are getting to
Hall be made or lost
^months timeT~
pew druggists were
le State last week.
^r and
ihen small
Curtis were
boys we
are
The:
.1^
wc
cueumbers for this
shipped from Rae
Hday.
L. Poole and little
Jr., are visiting
near Liberty.
Carter, a prominent
Aberdeen, aged SO
|tast Thursday.
arans and widows
lil for their pension
Phe Clerk of the Court
Margie and Eunict
have gone to EasI
Peachers College to at
imer Sqhool,
ratermelons that gre'
of us were ,^8old 01
It last week. Tl
ydot reasonable.
ran Dickson Lindemai
laughter of Greensbo
;he ^|lek end with Mr,
lion. brother.
aW, telephone
: rbust be paid by
month, or you
irself, dry and in
ivy rain catne to the
ie county south and
>n Saturday a fier
ce, small hail fell
Sorry to state Mr. J. A, Currie
does not seCm to improve.
The reapers and binders are
busy these davs; in fact, their
busiest days have passed.
Mr, W T. Covington. Jr., who
attended gradute school at Prince
ton, N J., is now at home.
Miss Jobnsie Primm of San
ford was the attractive guest of
Miss Busan Gulledge last week
The A. & R. Ry. Co. have
made some repairs on their pas
senger station during the week.
Well, that corn we planted on
Feb. 29tb, will furnish us some
routing ears by Bunday or be
fore.
500 people could not get a
place to sleep in Raleigh the
night before the State conven*
t-.inn
M iss Margaret Peele is attend
ing the Baptist Young People’s
jConfereuces and visiting friends
Raleigh toJ)»away two weeks,
brd should be trying for
sonae of these new manufactur
inp^enterprises seeking locations
in the best places. need
tbore payrolls^ 1
^'Qhina is now karvlng fo
^because of war conditions.
McFadyen told the .writer
Chinese war would close
hunger stopped them.'
Lots of good vegetables go to
waste every year for the want
of market, or a way of canning
them. This is one of our draw
backs: Too much waste
The Woman’s Auxiliary of the
Pi^shSlterian church ^ gave the
4i-50 Per Yean
Hr. Floyd Leeeeitcr.
Mr. Floyd Lancaeter of PeA*
ton died in a Baltimore hoepital
last Thursday where be bad beta
taken fbr treatment two weeke
previously. He was a maa in
the prime of life, and bis death
was a verv sad one.
He leaves a wife, who wae
Miss Ida Johnson of Hoke cooo-
ty, and four small children," alto
a number of other relatives.
Mrs. Luke Betbuue and a male
quartet, Dr. Cromartie, Mesers.
M, L. and Martin McKeithan
and Marshall Davis, rendered
special music at the funeral ser
vice.
The funeral was conducted
from the Baptist church in Park-
ton Sunday morning at 11
o'clock by his pastor. Rev. J. H.
Powers.
Invades Sooth Carofiea.
Mr. Editor:
Mr. W. G. Johnson and myself
certainly had the finest day last
Thursday that weVe bad in
many a day. Mr. W. R. Bar
rington invited us to go with
lim to the Division reunion '
of S. C. U. C. y. ofBennettsville
A, and it was certainly ai
good as any we ever attended,
everything those good people
tould think of they did to make
us feel good. The dinner was as
ine as I ever saw. Those people
certainly know how to cater to
the tastes of we old toothleaa
veterans, and there was no scar
sity of it, for they were imepared
to care for 600* mi^d there were
only 256 registered for this rean
ion, and a goodly number of
were from North Carolina. Thi
jpla^, a color note of pink andthe
Murdock McLeod render* green was observed ini he decora
ed the weddieg music, toben tious and refreshments. HerdaugbtBr8,Mrs.Pat.Tack-
grin'e wedding march was play Heart dice was enjoyed son of Albany, Ght, and Mrs
ed ee the bride and groom enter throughout the afternoon. At | Bruce Conner of Raleigh,
ed together end’’Seal Us O Holy the close the hostesses served
Splint" was played softly during resreshments consisting of ice
tto ceremony. cream and cake.
The bride worn a gown of ivory | Miss Jones wa.s presented with
white trimmed with silver lace
end carried a bouquet of brides
coaes end swansonia. For travi
alios she wore a blue suit of
georgette crepe with accessories
to match.
Mrs. McLeod is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs.^C. J. Seaford of
Timberland. She received her
. education at N. C. C. W., Greens-
boro, graduating with the class
. of 1926. For the past two years
•he has taught In the High Point I Smith, Louise Blue, Lucile* Me
public sdiools iLeod, Josephine Hall, Barab
Mr. McLeod is the son of Mr Catherine Cromartie, and Eliza
end Mrs. Murdock McLeod of beth Cromartie and Mrs. H. R.
" Timberland and comes from one j Cromartie of Raeford.
families in the
an attractive water set filled
with bath salts
The following were present:
Misses Barah Ray, Louise Has
tey, Grace McLaurin. Muriel
Jones and Mrs. Carl Jones of
Laurinburg, and Misses Kath
leen Dew, Barah McEachern, 17”" , \ ■ !«;
Benoie- McFadrea, Mary Lee
Seale,,Isabel Jean Lamont, Mar Col. Langston has deci
tha Lee and Katie Bell McLean, not enter a second primary for'
Mattie Wilson. Mary Douglas| the office of Lieutenant Gover
nor, so R. T. Fountain of Rocky
Mount is the Democratic nomi
of Kaleigb, are
visiting Mfrs. Cora Jackson on
South Btewart street.
Complaints of bad checks are
common these davs, so you can
not know whether you are paid
or not, when you have taken a
check for a settlement.
The Hoke county Confederate
veterans received from the coun
ty last week checks for $104 93,
and from the State $l82 60, Thi^
I nee for that ofiice.
Only four •Raeford
the oldest
business
houses realized that last Thurs
STATE OP NORTH CAROLINA I day was Flag Day, so four U. 8.
yille* Mobtfi
county,
Tdesday'
The young
lU
)Wlng,the" ceremony Mr.
bCpltod left for a short
wtoffing, trip through Western
North Gm^tiia. On their re
turn they will make their home
near Timberland where Mr. Me
Leod is engaged in farming.
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Excellent judgment in the se
lection of goods for the trade,
xx^JWto^dly arranged, neatness
and aanlietion obeerved in every
place, we do not believe wq have
even seen the town of Raeford
iieaten anywhere we havf ever
hltoi. are proud of Raeford.
Mr. Angus McBryde, a citizen
of Hoke, recently graduated
from the University of Peunsyl-
▼aaia Medical School, and has
been aiqtolnted Interne in the
^ hotoltel connected with
■cbool, a dietinction as only
COUNTY OP HuKE.
We, the Board of Elections do
hereby declare Paul Dickson the
nominee for the office of ' ecor
der, and Martin McKeithan the
nominee for Cotton Weigher.
They having received the high
est vote for said offices in the
primary on the 2nd day of June,
and Mr. A. D. Gore for Recorder,
and Mr. 2eb Hearn for Cotton
Weigher, decline to enter a sec
ond primary, therefore we de
dare Paul Dickson and Martin
flags were all that were placed
on the street in front of , stores
Ii: is bard to remember all thi^
big days.
The Carolina Power and Light
Co, entertained a number of
friends at a barbecued luncheon
at their new plant near Mount
Gilead Wednesday, and several
Raeford citizens were among
the invited guests. *
Gunmen from the underwmrid
in Kansas City armed with small
drowned in water 6 feet deep
a lake last week Took cramp,
they say.
Senator Charles Curtis of Kan
sas was nomitmted by the Re-
publicah couv^tion for Vice
President to catch the western
farmers’ votes.
Miss Kathleen Blue left on
Tuesday of last week to attend
Bummer School at N. C. C. W ,
Greensboror where she will make
alty ia-music."
Misses Mary Neal McNair, Isa
bella Campbell, Neill McFadye:
and Malcolm Campbell have r
turned from Davidson Coile
where they attended the Youn
^People’s Conference. —
Dr. W. M. Fairley and Rev. A.|
J. McKelway, pastor of the
Church in the Pines, Scotland
-county, exchanged pulpits Sun
day. Mr. McKelway preached
two very interesting sermons
here Sunday.
evening of last week,
folks had a nice time.
All the delegates from Hoke
and several of the alternates to
the State Democratic convention
last week attended, and several
others who were merely onlook
ers It was a big time.
The Hull people say they have
19 out of 26 delegates to the Na
tional Democratic Convention,
but they all eo uninstructed,
and the Smith people claim they
won a victory at the State Con
vention.
We have reported cotton
bV>oms before this date in June
blit cotton is as late as we have
known in many years. Last
ear and for several years
thq itoeing hat.
, ...arms ends machine gun, robbed
MqKathan the nominee^ said Oo. b«ik of
offices. y
This the 18th day of J/Une,
1928.
R. L BETHUNE,
Chairman Elections Board.
The earning capacity of tl
the I people must be raised somehoj
the I or a reduption of operating
farigbtaec of the student gradu I pensea nidst be madeg or rul
•toe of the echool ere interned awaits Northpardina. The pres
by that Uhiverflty. The faculty ent rate of making and spending
piofuse In their • praise of I cannot be kept up its off bal-
loghg MeBryde. lance. Anybody*can see that.
that city while the Republican
convention was in seeslon of be
tween ^,000 ato.J|89r000 last
HerBert Hoover, Secretary
Commerce ..in President
idge's Cabinet, has been nominal
ted for President on the Repub*
lican ticket. He eras nominate]
D Kansas City, Mo.. on the fli
allot last Thursday. The Nod
arolina delegatee stuck
en.
Those attending the Young
Peop'e's conferei ce of Fayitte
ville Presbytery m sessio 1 at
Florri McDbnald College, K* d
Springs this week are: Misses
Margaret Walters, Elizabeth
Cromartie, Katherine Pet 'e and
Sarah Draugbn.
Mrs. Bonnie McBryde Nisbet
was taken to a hospital in Phila
delphia two weeks ago for treat*
ment. We have not how she is
getting along. Her children are
with Mr. and Mrs Grantham of
Bt, Pauls and Mr. and Mrs. Ryan
McBryde of Raeford while she is
away.
and Mrs. Alex. Waddell
and children of Los Angeles, Cal.,
to are visiting relatives in
[oke, were in town laat Satur*
lay morning. Mrs Waddell was
Miss Mollie Norton, a daughter
of the late John Norton, former
ly of this county. They were
two weeks crossing ’ from Cali-
:aia in their car.
blooms wi*re reported as early
the 16th.
People are slow about listing
their property for taxation. We
believe if the listing were kept
up all ihe year, the listers would
have something to do every
mouth in the year. People do
not think.
Raleigh is at its prettiest now.
There are more pretty trees in
that city than any place else we
know in the State, and the foli*
age is now at its prettiest. Wish
the General Assembly met iti th**
summer, inutead of the bleakest
winter.
The North Carolina delegates
to the National Democratic con
vention leave for Houston, Tex.,
tomorrow, Friday morning. The
(Hull men claim 19J delegates of
the 24 votes in the convention,
the Smith men claim 7 or 8. If
some of the delegates turn trai
tor, there will be a row.
, Favetteville Presbytery met in
called" session in" the First
Church- Fayetteville on last
Thursday afternoon. The meet
ing was called to settle the mat
ter of Eiise 'High School, and an
understahding was reached, and
the school will coqtinue under
the duectioo of Presbytery.
aoon theve witbto
ions here.
Th^re have many changes in
that section since I was through
there 65 years ago. improvement
Oeyond imagination. They don't
truck as much as our farmers,
but they carried us veterans oait
to see their great fields of jpotton
and corn, '^ey know bbW^to
grow these crops.
Mrs. Jesse Gibson was carried
to Walker Memorial Hospital in
W ilmington a fe wdays ago, wtore
she underwent a very serious
operation. She was reported as
doing well at latest account.
Alex. McMillan.
MAN WANTED
INHOKECOUNH.
Man of good character, ap
pearance and address is wauted
to distribute two fastest selling
automobile devices ever offered.
Only one man to be selected and
he must have unqualified en
dorsement.
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Distributor.
Box 105, Winston Salem, N. C.
Men wanted to run McNess
Business in Hoke co'jnty. No
experience needed Must tove
car—can make |7-fl0 daily —
no IIV -iffs—no bosses—chance
of a lifetime Use our capital
to start. Write
FURST AND THOMAS.
Dept. J L 9. Freeport HI.
NOTICE-I have several thoua
sand Porto Rica potato plants
for sale, $2.00 per thousand
D. A. Brock,
Ra®ford, N. C.
Phone 346.
WANTED -500 good sound fee
tilizer bags.
J. D. MASON,Raeford. R. 2
Atotaistntsr’s
Having qualified as adminis
trator of the estate of Taylor
Rogers, deceased late of Hoke
County, N. C., this is to no^y
all persons having claims against
said estate to present them to the
undersigned duly verified on or
before June 21. 1929, or this no
tice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons in-
debto&to said estate will please
malfHtomediate settlement.
June 14.1928.
John L. McFaoysn, Admr« .
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