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R4EF0RD, NORTH'CAjiOIilNA;
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6/ 1928.
$1.50
sHORpEws;: rrEws.
D. K( Bluettook^tlte-[oath of
III eQ8t% tj^ttle tonfe "office for the fifth’lAm^ Monilay.
^iffewn» | p^n plowing ba^^l^n begun.
. .prot^ts the young,. You (jan’t down a workrng ihan.
tri'sBea ;h^tles. c '' L
ji -' w *' ' I It ts not niggardly for a persoEa
^y^GtADTlIle
ita income. " '
^th 5I^Vtnef;hbbr8 ^ this Vear.'
* inefr grew" their to-
! the'directmh of I
riband>-botd. it at
'Mtkx0 tfeal'burd^ri'
.411 iL rwy^^xL^'^—' ..a— 4«'.v' ^.-v «• ^^5'. .4 R.'
etate goweftfirierit^-'-.fts^-
J^pbiteibilites.
p rf '^endihlrefe wn^fk in|^w
I® ‘I ^ijfieids ieridea^br on a acale^^un
knotwR^O years ago.
i lisafieridily-Tnounting .ha, laj
^ disooufaging to industrial ({eveh
‘r. *T(yptnetif arid danaaging to [pros’
’f The extravagance of loGal units
Sf government is an outstanding
probletnVof ihetimes If reforms
'' rire not instituted, it must inevi’
tably result in many ,coihmuni
l^es hbini^ buried under a mass of
1 Iefit9;and taxes from which it
i' ' Will take years to recover. r
Tri^ u in thC i county
iri^lSae cali^. where
jTair^!%tch h>fd be?i]j;fufined rin
'dV33«^uced4J|?7ljijs!he^ Whi^e
[nri y^ch swas * 'i{r(^n,.^>iie "cOru
[yieltlfwas 25 8 biisliei's per acre?
pf ; Scotland county
>areki^;ng to have a.- cannery es^
tatlishedin the county , to use
sarplusproduce.
tv Two additional cars of fat,
.bogs have been shipped frnm
Boafigrt county, making 11.5 ca?s
for this ye I r’; The abimals wer,e
shipped cooperatively by about
450ci«u. J
‘■'. A. H Stalliutisof Spring Hope
in Nasli county cleared a pr.)fit
rajps,.ipf. $1111 last month from a flock
ot 240 I’ancred Strain While
leghorn pulle's. ' ■ - • , ^
Farmers of Swain and Jackson
counties sold ten car loads of ap-
p es for .$;1000 this fall.
The road between Southern
Pines and PinehrirslWill lie oited
^iihmedlately. , '
Herbert McKeiihab was^wojf^
in for the thim tifri!iJ0j,,as Treasur
er of Hoke county. •
Always read-the ads., in The
J^aurnal. They are news that
will, save you money. ' ^
^iss Dixie Reaves came home
froni'iWalnut Ckjvev where she
is teaching, for Tiranksgiving,
A good many Kaeford people
attended the Wil^in^ton^,Raleig
game m Fayetteville Friday.
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mdrft.tie’^j^
fiai canriesi
Adcfil,
clea?ieMf*
capffai't
A. Wilson Basket bail teams are organtz
Aberdeen.^ pd in the Kaeford high schpol.
iea the foot-
cet ball, be’
'^3)aper with
The Jour-
Eaeford Dry-
>t much
The resn It
tax
member "of the schhol
faculty, spent Tfi^^ksgivilig j
home.
Reports show ari' increase i
textile "'exports,' which is a
healthy sign of better times in
the South. ' ,y
Hoke has nevf: r,elticted a cprq_'
ner nor a county survevor that
we know of, still we need both
freqii^tly.
'4 Scotland 'Coointy JN^s.
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to
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
■ fialtimore, where he went late
Iriat week for treatment Sheriff
Odom became ill about two
'^’ij'eeks. ago with influenza and
following that complications set
and his physician advised the
Apital treatment. Saturday
" l'4?.went to Baltimore and euJi§r-
-■^'ed the Johns Hopkins Hospital
' His friends were aware of the
-. seriousness of his condition from
^ the first and every message that
^came from the hospital through
;. «Siundajf,‘Monday and Tuesday
discouraging, so that the
naws of his death on W.ednesday
morning was not a surprise. A
brother and a brother in law of
„ Sheriff Odom were^with him at
the time of. his death.
^Laurinburg friends of Mt.
f; . Arthur Muse were giieved
^ * Hearn of his death on Monday
« night at 9 o’clock a^the Hamlet
. Hospital, where be had gone two
.[ Weeks before for an operation fo~
; appendicitis. It is stated that
Mr. Muse’s case was most s'eifious
'from the first, being described
' asacute^ gangrerious appeudici
.. [[tia. Following the operation
’complications develofied and'two
other operritioris were performed
Jn an e^ort to save hi's life.
Coroner L. P. Hibson, for the
A second time during his» tenures
of office, is acting a/ sheriff ul
Scotland county. .At. jfqe itme
Sheriff McLaurin tifed Coroner
Gibson wasshenff until, his suc
cess^ was |kfi|birited.i And^now
the death of Sheriff j. w. Odom
places this responsibility ^on hik
iogldens again.''' S-r'" 1—
.^SSsisaBesP'- • "“*■ ' ' fv ’ .
The walls of Laurinburl’s new
tobacco ,j warehouse, located ^n
McKay street near its^tersfc-
tion with James street; are'going
up this week, and the new struc
ture is beginning to take on
definite^shape? Mr. t W. D,
Tucker is in charge of the con
struction work.—Laurio burg Ex
change.
Mr. Scott McNeill Dies Sodderily.
St Pauls, No’/. 28.,t^Mf. 'i^Otf
McNeill, aged 74 yearsi
in St. Pauls late Tuesday after
noon. Heart ,,idi8ease was
thought to have been .cause ^'pf
d^£h. : Funeral ser^ife^" vwilI?e
atv^
’ ntfeiopk at Paul^ Presbyterian
ship. Interment will be made in
the church cemetery.
The damSge done by that Ppr.‘
to Kitja’^sii^rm that touched here
8;:i|iti^ail«fl at eighty-five ni^b
lion dollars
;^I!here}ij5
wWbole cottt
■pwple y(
efrirt....
■ .f*- . .’-j?.
briil
• Sheriff D. H, It^g'i gayp
required procefiCIibhd. ^k the
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The editor "goes to;-
Educational Dept. Meets.
. 4 most enjoyable meeting of
the Educational Dept, of the
Wonian’s Club was held at the
nome of Mrs H. L. Gatlin Tues
day, Nov. 27th. ^
Mesdames H. L Gatlin. W. E.
Freeman and J. H Au.strn w’ere
hostesses for the afternoon.
V The club was called to order
by the vice chairman. Mrs. G.
VV. Brown. After the roil was
called arfd minutes read, several
minor matters of business were
discussed Mrs. Upchuich ex
pressed a desire that Mie Educa
tional Dept, put on a progra-oi
onTlliteracy. She said also that
one of her aims for the Worn
an’s Club was that a public li
brary be placed in Rueford iu the
hear future Mrs. Upchurch pre
sented etich nietnber of the club
with post cards with an original
poem. ot “Hnke,” a booster for
the county. ,J These were very
much appreciated by the club
I’tie meeting w-as turned over
to Mrs. J. S Johnson, leader of
the following program:
Subject: Alt in the Home.
Paper: Pictures in the Home,
Mrs William Lamont.
Mrs. Marshall Tho:nas, pave
some interesting skc-tclies from a
book on Homo Decorations.
Mis. Paul Dickson demon
strated tbe use of wax ..in deco
rating pottery, and Mrs. J. 8,
Johnson used duco, fabric paints
and gold paints in transforming
ordinary articles into things of
Beauty, giving a splendid idea of
hovCi the home can be beajJtified.
A delicious salad cniursie w’as
then served by the hostesses, as
sisted by little Miss Mary Helen
Gatlin. Gold and green, the
Woman’s Club colors, were used
in the color scheme. The club
then adjourned to meet in ' De
cember.
Raleigh to
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sentative from Hoke’oh oriSiB®
the 8th of January.
Mrs. D. S. McEachern and
children of 8t Pauls spent
Thanksgiving witii her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. M, Blue.
Dr. Murray and Mr. Walter
Baker attended the game be
tween 8tate College and South
Carolina in Raleigh Thursday.
Wilmington defeated Raleigh
in Fayetteville for the Eastern
North Carolina football chani
pionship Friday afternoon 12
to 0.
A man w'ho take,The Journal
can live cheaper than one w-ho
doesn’t, tor he saves on the price
he pays for goods advertised in
the paper,
J. A. McDiarmid, S J. Cam
eron, Archie McGill, R. F. Stew
art and N. H. (J. Balfour now
constitute the board of county
commissioners.
Reports are going tlie rounds
that Cov. A W. MsLean will re'
turn to Luinberton, and resume
business life as before he was
elected Goveruor.
Roman candles are being util
ized ill Arkansas to rout the
myriad iiinls which havefiecome
pe.sts, but which the law will not
permit to be shot.
In I9l4, a had crop year, Rtu •
rord goi led up on tobacco, hut
there is a much better opportu
nity in Raeford tor opening a
tobacco market than ever, before.
I’ourity'
in turn
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what a,
all the,
pri a united*
^am W)0rk.4
' i
g colored:
i his [ leg;
tie a :f«w
timhpr."
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(/kwpre
. ajnd, ■ bil
Miss Mayme McKeithan, who
teaches in Statesville high school,
spent Thanksgiving at home.
p
Mr. J H. Campbell is out
again we are glad to see aft'er a
two weeks’ spell of influenza.
E- A- Murphev of Raleigh had
his automobile stolen while he
ate his supper Saturday night.
ftS-: W. G. Johnson has gone
into raising goats, and now he
wants a few yearlings to pasture.
There are a number of print
ers out looking for work Panics
hit. the printing tmsir.eSi lirst
thing.
The rain Saturday will help
bring up small grain. There
had been little rain for a month
before.
Mr and Mrs A. K. £urrieand
little daughte-r, Leonora, spent
Sunday with Editor and Mrs. D,
8. Poole.
(.General Motors expects to sell
a million and a. half of their new
six cylinder cars within the next
twelve months.
Eggs are no higher in price
now than they were a month ago.
ran away from their homes iu
several cities in the state recent*
ly. The young folks, are grow
ing restless.
John Coolidge, son of Presi
dent Coolidge, is to marrv IHor*
ence, daughter of Gov. and Mrs.
John H. Trumbull of Cc-nnecti
cutt. Good for John.
The Journal hopes to run a
good story during the next few
weeks, and next issue onr page
booster ad. appears. Look th-at
over. It’s a good one.
The Morris Sales stables
fa-rge aa^>4igh .far a tobaeco
warehouse, and we understand
it may be tiought. An addition
could he made, so it would be as
large as we need.
A man who was a shop keeper
in Winston Salem a lew years
ago, has fallen heir to two hun
dred and ten ;millioh dollars in
I Texas, and now i»y George, they
I cau’t find him.
Raeford should awake and es
tablish a tobacco market in this
town. It would be easy to have
it bring as much as it has on
other nearby markets this year.
The National City Bank of
New York increased its capital
stock ^rom ninety to one hund
red million dollars l.ast week.
Wish uur banks wouhl do that.
A citizen of one of oiif nearby
towns t ild one of our citizens a
fi-w days :igo, that bushiess was
so qbiet in that town, he could
hear and notice a rooster crow
ing two miles away. '
Mrs. W. A. Oidfield, widow
of Congressman Oldfield, of Ar
kansas, minority leader in the
I louse, will fill out her husband’s
term of office Toe Coquressman
died ir, Wasniiigton, D. C., last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Fuller came
to spend Thanksgiving with
relatives in the city, and Mr.
•s Fuller was taken quite sick with
flu. ftowHi ■be'a tew xiays yet
before they can return to their
home at Liberty.
Ed. Buie, colored, who runs an
eating joint in town, put his
money in his pants’ pocket 8ar
urday night week ago. 8un(iay
morning his pants were gone; he
found them m tne yard, but his
money, $112 or $115 was gone,
and he has not recovered it.
But they are not thinking of
eggnog, as they used to.
Mrs. Max Heins and little
daughter, Bettie Cooper of San
ford are !?visiting -her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J, A. Blue.
Peggy and Isabel, littleMaugh-
ters pf Mfrs, Ilia Bethhirie, have
been right sicksince last week.
Tliev are impfro^g.
■'"BiSfeH Mlsses^teilie and Frah’
ces Jean Ffjpfman have been
fight sick. now impmv,
add.
and little son. Wm. L. Jr. spent
Thanksgiving with relatives
near Liberty, rcturuing home
Sunday.
.Mr. and Mrs. Neill A. Cole an
nounce the arri’v’al of Annie
Neil, oil Nov. 25. 1923. at 6 p. m
Weight 7 lbs. 3Uo Metver St.,
Saiitord, N. C,
Edilur Poolo killed three pigs
Monday that vseighed 7-20 pounds
net. He liought them in May,
j til - pui'cinise prive and feed bill
a«K.uuntPd to $85 ■
Sherifl' iluil entered upon the
discharge of the duties ot his of*
lice April 5th. 1911. and served
until last Monday, Dec Srd.
when Sheriff Hodgin came iu.
Profs \V. T. Covington, Jr.,
of Laurinburg schools, and Her-
mau Campbell of Whifeville,
graduates of Davidson receiuly
were at home for Thanksgiving.
.Miss Isabel Jean Lamopt, wh )
is a senior at Agues Scott Col
lege, Decatur, Ga , one of the
oldest and best colleges in the
South, was formally invested at
the regular Investirure , services
at the college recently. Tiii-sis
an unique custom at Agne.-^'Seott
New Y»>rk, Nov. 28—Adndrai
Frank F Fletcher, U. ». N..,
died today in St. Luke’s hoepital
at the age of 73.
The Navy D-Dartmentoffidali
ire advocating more cruisrirs for
the U S. Navy. They say they
are ^ necessity.
Any kind of country prodaco
taken in excb inge for accoants
due The .Journal If any ane
does not pay up it is because he
does not want to come clean.
Hoover drank a toast to the
health of Nicarauga, but he took
only water He is to have a
DRY administration. That’s
what his supporters expected.
A laundry, a bakery, a tobac
CO mark^^t are three things Rae**
ford can and should have because
they will be s If supporting from
the start Co ordination is aU
that is necessary to have them.
Raeford should have a Boy
Scouts or'ganizatipri. It is fine
training for th-^ youngsters. And
an organization of this sort for
the girl3’'vvould be very helpfol.
Whit we would like to see
done in Hoke is the starting of.
some either public or private
work that will enable our citi-
zens to get food and clothing-
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College.
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'I’here are it is estimated Three
million men out of employment
ill the United States, We surely
need to enforce the anti imigra-
gration laws. There are miflioiia-
in Europe wanting to come to
this coimtry. but we cannot take
careof thenr '
A good'co'ngregation attended
t^e Thanksgiving service in the
Presbyterian churchjast Thurs
day, and Rev W. F Trayrick,
pastor of the Methodist church,
gr§ach^ a fine serinon. The
coiIeciioR^''fof'Y.he\, Several
phanages were taken m
Some citizen groups in the
eastern part of the state are de
manding lower salaries for teach
ers, If teachers’ salaries are
reduced, summer schools and
other extra expenses must be
cut. Tne thing to reduce is over
head, or operating expenses.
Gentlemen of Raeford and
Hoke county: Let us not sit
down and s^ive up, but organize,
put our nrain and capital .to
gether—it may not bo large,
either brain or capital, but it
will beat the struggle for each of
us single handed and alone.
Work together, and success is
assured.
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FOR SaLE—Fulghum Grits
Abruzzi Rve, I- ulcaster VYheat
for seed; 50 head weauiing
pigs.
J D. MASON.
Phone 5133. Raeford. R. 2.
Man ■ wanted to run McNess
lousiness in Hoke county. $7 00
'** to 5>12.00 daily, vear around
work, no layoffs, unusual of
fer. Write nie today. Mr.
Porter, in care of Furst &
Thi'inas. Freeport, IJl.
Wo guess more than a thon-
s:»nd people saw the game be
tween V\ ilhiitigtori and Raleigh
lasi i’ riday in r'ayettevilU-. 'I'h -
higher you climb, tiie more you
get. But the people of those
Cities spent more than their
teams took in. People are sports
crafty.-.-- - --
An airsliip gave an exhibition
near Mr W. F. Lentz’ home
north of town Sunday. If other
work is a violation of the law of
the Sabbath, such entertainment
should be prevented by officers.
The owners of the airplane gave
parachute leaps and took people
to ride. Got some money out
of it, likely.
FOR SALE—Two good farm
mule-:, wagon and harness and
all rafining equipment. See
xN. J GILLIS,
Raeford. N. C., t^2.
WANTEE—A few lean year
lings. or calves. Pay ail they
are worth.
Raefor^. N. C.
Ford touring car for sale. Hi R.
Bauconi, Raeford, Jn. C.
C’IjOCKS, VV’atchesf Safety Ra
zors, Silverwar^plated ware.
Raeford/Hiurdware Co.
*f w'
FrostprooT-flWakefield Cabbage
Plants now readv. 500,60c,
1.000, $1.00. ^
JESSE GIBSON,
Dundarcich. N,
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