NO. 19:
BA&FOifH). NORTH GARC^NA,
■W • -•
^AUGUST 23C 1928.
IL60 Per Xi
sfainiliFCHKS
HAVOC M)KE
, I w-r
CvdsMTli %iiiw H«ke ; Dttf^ys
... i ._?■ * ■ - ■ .. . -._-> ,
. A eycldne visited I Ashley
He^ts af JHokercoonty
' ti 4:8(i last Thursday momittfr
i^bpI (^troyeid^^llfe aod ivop&rt^
\^!|oJiieQ died-fted-spuerai tboii
BaQd8:j>i property destroyed- A
kpofiiber of ^rsoasiwere injdr^
l^"v^i^ofm""caii» from ,^,thB
: sbiithmat, aSiAArst' sirack down
-olhAiML-Pickler fkrm a mllg srath
‘ ofJd^^yiilaKe of Ashtey llelafatst
aqd widtjS of fifty yards
wicK aad a mile and » half dis-
sss; ' taqieeawept a path^f all'^ build
^\l
ioji^ addfiViaas^
Cd.’s store
'Was y^recked; /It was a 'two
story i)pildinii;| the second story
waa l^dwn~off>nd the walls of
'the whole betiding were j;i acted
ixA^juud left tott^jbg ready 16 fall.
^Thr^nten fodlaing upstalri were
|Bttdd^ly awj^tned by a fair with
^ ^theboUapsldf hairding/faHing to^^h;;' meoTbers If we
consult the statatei
■V.-.i-':.;- /f-;
residence
^th^ Hrst door and being ba;|^ in
birhde, ^Klttmber and goods. The
heavy/rains fc^lowTng the storm
;ed lhe.^ large stock of
8- in. thej Jtorei rendering
th^ almjMt yahiel^s.
iir. |l/F..SinclairV
.-■ jwal *;unroofed, but tb^ ItfaHs
stood. He was ipjayed ^me
bat. but bis wife and cbijdmn
; /^icj^d unhurt. His garage Was
V "aw^-to the foundation, bis car
cadded filjr^t-AnA^ieft bottoin^
l^al wre^. Anice|^
fe lot i.waf^ pot teiP
ihJiibBd buttled up w^h deb^
Ai ^pbrnatnu.
J.^be Journal stated some weeks
soroi that the Hoard of Educis^
Id Hoke had increased ibe^
pay^f its mi^bers, while/the'
Board of Cmmty Commissioners
find no law aliowiBg the incr^se
of their piem. It appears,
furtbed3a^.^itbat the present
Itodri^Qf Education Ateent i that
sUitement, as it naay be constru*
ed as' applying to the iMi'esent
board oiity. and we are now in*
formed that former boards fOT
some years have allowed their
members the same per diem al*
lowed to members of tbe present
board. We wish to explain to
the present board. It turns opt
to be legal for the present board.
By act of the Legislature of 1^28
the condensation of boards of ed'
ucation was fixed at not to exceed
$5per day and milage. At thelor-
gaaization of the county, the ^w
provided that this board allQW.
its members the same as coji^y,
commissioners are allowed, and
ibe law fixed that per diem at $4
day for the chairman of the
-^ard, and $3 per day for thf;
are
A
wrong, consult me staiace.^hBt
their Buddies across th6 hall
getting no more than commfe
sibners were paid in 1911'. and
honestlyKwe* didn’t know._ about
that 1923 law-until Saturday.
SHORT NEWS HEMS.
The Journal ads are news,^
WagramXseboojp’ata^. Sept.
Srdf same'day Raefprd scfaooM
open.'" ^
Mr. Marvin Blue of Birmingr
bam. Ala., is visiting relatives in
town..
The boll weevil is' having a
good chance for a good start;
whatever'he does. '
’The,tobacco crop'has b^n
practically gatheml and cufed;
in Hoke county. -
Fairmont has voted 8ixtj|
thousand dollars bonds for tHg
purpose of building a good hotbl.^
' TQbacco buyers in'Georgia are
chaii^d with beBig^ in colfusion
to keep the ptibe of the weed
¥
Mother Goose Partyi
- •' '-JL.
On Thursday afternoop;
four to six o’clock theh*
her parents, MrJ^-and Mrs.
Smith, 'isfetib „.J^ie /
Smh^ent^ained
6f Imr tilfbnds,
/A." ^
' >.w . f-.
nty
The Hoke Motor Co? have put
down new concrete sidewalk in
front of their building bn /Main
street.? -
Prbm the j® they are/
ping In, we conclude somej^ople
ip tBis town expect a Tbiuige in
temperature. / .
^pe IHnieis held a 'cbnference
with At Smith last week, and As;
su^ tbe prendential nomip^ei
the support cf the South. See? ;^-
Mr.-A-1* .Nnwman left
Ghinarsquac^es at the Bank^ pf
:l^eford, that are about
long. They resemble long Mfds
TMeves stole two carS'
Sheriff McMillan of B0be8og'’!4n
ouA W^ki wonld have
(ic^tless. ff Be' haA
vrWkshout
dav
week
Mrs. 'li':
Mrs.
and li
St. Pat
Mr. anic
47/
ped'frpi
pri^;:
/Bev-.
Pswfe:’!
rfes of
^urch
this weekiTL-
* ■
s^'AntiocI
icked
day of fail
large
meral
>*’ Ilfrs.i
ter. Mi
Williat
relati
Baefc
a '* S _
RevT
GK\B. Rowland
'aviMttothe
MeBryde is. out
,Alness of two
(jj^s state bought
ind dew auto-
kMtin of Maxton
Miasron/field in
»tb.
Itsby, Jr., came
[ontoose sick last
te has since recov*
Helps and JiUle
inford spent last
irents,' Mr. anct
toe McEachern
daughter of
ing.her^Barents.
Blue.
A.*- -'j >
Wfre ship,
topj^i^^son,
^R^r^ys the
isfactgrfto
k^-is'assisting
iw|«k^ in a se
^oncord
JHieV^T^prings
pick'.
, Tues.
and;'carried; 8
^/I^^Atinrcb
tax leiorB Bagin M Htae. I HoEs
* ’’Clearly tbe solution of ourj Supmlor court
own local tax problem is local,’' -dav morning with Jodga
mMaBter
:%sited
fhhi and
_Vw
y
hBsy.
I ttciross t
built of brick was un-
ptofed, had three walls swept
away while one wall, the north
side still stands.
/The storm struck on E. R. Pick
^er’s iarm a mile south of Ash*
ier Heights, feed barn and all
outhouses demolshed-
B. B. Sanders cotton gin, ga
rage shop, peach packhouse,
two dwellings, barns and a II out
bouses literally wreckded.
A. T. Bobbift’s dwelling and
outhouses totally demolished.
Frauk Hardister, dwelling and
all out houses were swept away.
The money loss is estimated
at $60,000.
The following are dead:
John Jones died from injuries
a few hours afterward; his wife,
Mrs. Jones, thought to be fatally
injured, five childred injured.
Unidentified young man killed.
He was spending tbenightin vii
lags, and it is believed name is
forgotten because of confusion
caused by storm.
‘The following were badly in
jured:
J. A. Ingram, wife and four
children, carried to Highsmith’s
hospital, badly injured.
man named Dewar from
''Georgia, peach packer, now at
Sanatorium. -Duncan Thomp
son, Joe Ruffin and son, who
slept in tbe upstairs apartment
of D. H. Johnson & Go. store,
bruised and lacerated,
was a twister, and .wrung
the trees leaving them near the
ground looking something like
ground cane stalks.
A commendable spirit was
manifest in the owners of the
property destroyed. They wen
right to work getting things to
gether to proceed with bosiness
Their first care was for the deac
and injured. The injured were
-carried to hospitals
Help for the storm sufferers
has started, and it is hoped peo
qplo Will ba %B Ufaieral as they pos
qjtt^cap.
x . ■ ' '
- I
itook of "Mother Htoose rhymes,
being won by JMu*'y Thomas
Carswell.
In the other contest, “pinning
on the' donkey’s tail,” Mary
Lewis was the successful con
testant.
In an interval of quiet the
children had ten minutes , of
‘story telling” from Mother
Goose: Little Mollie Cameron,
dary Ellen Thomas, Mary
Thomas Carswell and Mary
-lewis told the stories to the chil
dren who gave them enthusias
tic attention.
During' the evening Mother
Goose records were played on the
Victrpla.
Refreshments consisting of
animal shaped cookies and Dixie
cups followed by delicious home
made mints were served. The
avors were Mother Goose whis-
les.
■>'
FDGAR RILEY
18684928
Edgar Riley has gone to his
well earned reward. He will be
greatly missed by his neighbors
and in his County and in Hoke
County.
He was an honorable, upright
citizen, A distinguish(d citizen
of our County and one quite ob
servant of men and things said
“Mr. Riley was always on the
right side if a question or propo
sition could be divided into two
parts, right and wrong. Mr-
Riley could be depended upon as
favoring and working for tbe
right and it was never necessary
to investigate any further, and
always felt safe to follow him.”
What a wonderful tribute anc
how truel
Edgar Riley has left to his
family and friends a legacy that
money cannot buy. “A gooc
name is rather to be chosen than
great riches.”
L. B. McBrayer.
Dr. McBrayer and Mr. Riley
were neighbors for years. lour
neighbors know you.—Editor.
R. last Thdrsday morning
stopped the trains on that road
or two days.
A cyclone struck down- at
rarmville in Pitt county, also in
Greene and Lenoir counties on
donday of last week, doing quite
a lot of damage to buildings and
crops. ^
Battery E spent last Friday in
arget practice on their rid*
range on the Fort Bragg reser
vation five miles north of town.
The boys made good records in
this practice.
The roads in the upper part of
Hoke and in Moore county were
pretty well wiped off the map
ast week by the floods that
came. And the same is true of
all dirt roads fromRaeford north
and west.
Tbe heavy rains that visited
the Atlantic states last week
were unusual, for they amount
ed to floods in most sections, and
were accompanied almost every
where with strong winds, storms
in many places.
The rains were a great deal
heavier north and west of Mont
rose than in this immediata sec
tion, and were very heavy all
through the Piedmont section
last week, and floods in rivers
were commonly reported.
Editor White is reported to
have retracted what he had
published against Candidate
ISmich, and then in two days we
read that White denies all this,
so you do not know what to be
lieve in these mixed days. .
Mr. J. A. McDiarmid, chair
mau of the board of Hoke coun
ty, also commissioners W. B
McNeill and R, F. Stewart, and
County Auditor J. A. McGoogan
attended the meeting tbe State
commissioners’ convention a
W rightsville last week. That
meeting concluded to provide, for
an eight months’ school term as
I soon as they could see a way to
I pay for it
ikfisfa last
week, and preached at St Pauls
Baptist church ^nday night.
We are requested to say that
the Woman’s Auxiliary of the
Presbyterian church will hold an
inspirational meeting in the
church Wednesday afterneon at
3 o’clock.
The General Motors Corpora*
lion has three billion dollars Capi
tol w'orking for them and added
a strong man force, so they
manufacture and sell automo-
}iles in large numbers.
The Robesonian says there are
19,702 persons in Robeson of
school age, but that doesn’t jus*
tify the hunk of money Robeson
drew from the State’s equaliza*
ion fund last year.
Mr. T. B. Upchurch grew a
watermelon this year that weigh
ed 58^ pounds. This was of the
Tom Watson variety, which is a
melon worth growing, and is the
largest one reported to The Jour
nal this season.
The cotton crop will be fairly
good in lloke, if the boll weevil
doesn’t eat it later. Bjut there
are farms with poor stauds, and
wilt has effected the plants in
sandy land, so taking the crop
over the county, it will not be as
large yield as last year.
Evangelist B. Townsend is
preaching at ll a. m , and at 8
p. m. in [he Baptist church, as
sisting Pastor J, E. Hoyle iu a
series of meetings. He is preach
ing strong gospel sermons, and
the people ar* delighted with his
manner of dealing with wrong
conduct.
Tbe property listed for tax
ation in Hoke this year amounts
to 19,850,000, which is nearly a
millioD dollars reduction iu val
ues, and taking this into consid
eration, the County Commis
sioners iu extra session Saturday
afternoon fixed the tax rate for
the current year at $1.20, same
as it was last year.
said the Wall Street Journal re
cently. New^England is already
beginning to perceive that im-
poeipg heavy tax burdens on the
textfle industry is no way to se
cure employment^ profits and
prosperity. The farmer in tbe
West is carrying a much heavier
burden in taxes than freight
rates ever imposed. It was bis
own politicians who imposed the
taxes after they bad fooled him
into believing that somebody
else would pay them. Here is
another case where referm be
gins at home.
“This is a subject which re
quires much more discussion
than it has ever received. Our
ocal tax burden is more, than
twice as heavy as that imposed
or Federal purposes and if is*
growing worse at the rate of
$1,000,000,000 a year.”
Various .ways of bringing
about reform have been suggest
ed. Many of them are valuable
and practical, such as more ex
plicit and standardized budget
laws. But the difficulties in the
main are unsolved and the tax
burden imposed by local units
of government continues to soar
skyward.
The tax situation must bo
considered one of the most im
portant problems of the times.
If the reason is the obvious one—
that politics has deserted busi-
iiei^ methods—it is high time
time that we put business again
intb^^vet'DRieiit before the ex-
|^a6:.;i^achAs..-jyic dimeuaiops
ouf prosperity.
M. A.
Sinclair of Fayettecilli,
ing. Tbe grand jary^
structed rather than
this jury serves tor 12
and set to work.
^ The first rwo days were eUoltei
to the trial of State oflpMi^
while the civil docket i&ciiBp||ped
to be taken op WedneedayjiMNni*
ing, but it is hard to gage fWVl
work, but several cases axe .gal*
eudared for Wedneedgv gwji
Thursday of the civil docket. ^
J udgment rendered In State
cases may be found on .page A
I’m glad I did all my
when love was '•h'rap ilnoin at
Henry J. Austin taking iAfary
Gold out for tbe evening—a*taxi
to some swell reetaorant Inc- dbi-
ner—then a taxi to the tfacana
where they have two seats tbe
speculator sold for $13B0-^ftar
tbe show he must take bit feet a
bite of lunch where-they- uibaaga-
two dollars for the-use of toelr
table cloth—and a- nseaL-ttoorta
more than I paid fwrBtin^at-ssad*
ding ring—then a taxi iwwy
the young romeo haai asaot
more for that one dvening’a.epi*
tertaiment than a hooagngooa
cost thirty years ago.—
Gump.
For anything you may want in
the lines of goods sold, by Ran
corn’s* Cash Store, it will pay
you to investigate tbeir-Zgobis
and prices.
FOR SALE—W h i t e.. l^bjora
Bens and pullets at 'reread
- —H. WKA¥lMSf^
Raeford, W. Oi
A Century of Railroad History.
Probably few Americans, to
whom the spectacle and service
of a great railroad train that car
ries them swiftly and safely over
thousands of miles of track is
nothing unusual, know that it
was one hundred years ago that
the modest, experiemental ante*
cedents of the great monsters of
today came into being in this
country.
In 1828 work was started on
our first railroad line, the Balti
more and Ohio. And two years
later, in 1830 there were but 13
miles of rail in use. In 1926,
after the passage of less than a
century, railroad mileage totaled
412,361; there were 1,833,398 em
ployes, and the lines paid com
bined federal, state and local
taxes of over 11,000,000 a day.
The story of this tremendous
progress is one of the greatest of
modern American romances.
What our grandfathers laugh
ed at were destined to become
the necessities of the future.
Few people of the time would
have believed that the absurd
little engines and cars were the
beginning of an industry which
was to be called the backbone of
modern life.
Tbe railroads were built by
men of vision, working towards
an ideal. They are an example
of what Americian initiative,
efficiency and science can do-
FOR SALE—One nice Jotigyr
cow. Good qualities. Apply
to
1. C. ROGERS.
Red Springs, N. C.
All thi* week you can get .v vtcy
best 50c Towels 3 for 99c at
Baucom’s Cash Store.
Ford Truck for Sale.
H. R. BaBcom.
Raeford. N. C.
LOST—Odc bunch of about teu
keys with chain attached, t Re*
turn to Jess Dunlap and get re
ward.
JESS DUNLAP.
MONEY TO LOAN.
I am in position to makeiouM
of any kind for terms of .Iron
five years to twelve and. one half
years on improved real estate in
Raeford.
J. Vance Rowe, Attorney,
Aberdeen, N. C.
Special Values in Meo’e Wori[
Pants, Work Shirts, Work
Shoes, and a good variety to
select from at
Baucom’s Cash Store.
EYES EXAMINED
Glasses Ground and Fitted
Same Day.
DR. JULIUS SHAFFER
Phone 541
Fayetteville, N. C.
Cox-McVkker.
Mr. Robert Cox and Miss Mar
garet McVicker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. T. E. McVicker, were
quietly married at the residence
of Rev. A. D. Carswell, the of
ficiating minister, on Saturday
evening, August 4tb. 1928.
CongratulatiousI
23 Watches for sale for repairs
J. L WILSON,
22l Person St.
Fayetteville, N. C.
Lots of new Fall footwear . jaa t
arrived at Bauciga’s Uaeb
Store.
l'
FALLON’S
Cut Flowers,
Potted Plants,
Funeral Desifiis.
/
J. W. WALKER,
Agc«t.
7;,
Big shipment of Towels, jnrt
from the mills, priced from lOc
up at Baucom’s Cash Store,
■ «
■ ..V,: ■■
For Rent—Eight*room
Prospect Avenue; houee
water and lights and a
garden. Price $25 per
For information sea DP \A.
Brock, Raeford. or minixMk,
sign Alex M. Patters^i^i
S. Pennsylvania, San'
CO. California.
, J-'.
-■M
li
- t •