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I- f .- _ ■’ ■■■'■■ ' rv, . .- - ■I. hi,' ’.'■ •Ji' i ‘ > >f- ■^'' r-^iv - .5 UBJVAL. i r ' ../ VOL. XXV. NO. 29. RAEFORD, NORTH CAROLINA. TliBRSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1929. $1^ Per Year, Ib NHftCuoliM Sjnod. (MFidd Siola •ad Uke F«m>. RedSpmft Mn DrowMd SHORT NEWS ITEMS. ¥ V' It- .-y The ^itor of The Joarnml hy the urbanity of Bev* A. Dv Oar^ wellt aneoiiipaDled by RuUi^ BTder Wv^ McPianiHd, attend ed the session of the synod of NorHi Carolina, which con ydned at Rocky Mount on Taes- day evening of last week at 7:30 o’clock. RetirinK Moderator, Rev. Lacy L. Little, a returned Mis sionary from China, prwched the opening sermon, which was an able discourse. The work of. theaynod is very much abbreviated by the work done by committees. AH sy rod . IwB to do is to listen to the rt** .ports.of these committees, dis- cu*s them briefly and adopt th^m, and the record isjnade. The length ol the sessions of synod is very mn^ abbreviated by the a Work Committee before each session opens. AH the svnod has to do after con vening is to hear the reports of the several comndttees, discuss them If anybody is so disposed, ado^ these reports, and the ses* Sion may adjourn. Svnod voted to give The Pres byterian Standard $3,600 next year for services rendered. This is the organ of synod. It is well -anoagb, bat it should not be paid out of funds collected for other iNirposee, many thought, and demotion carried by a small enajoiity. This is the only mo- jtion on which the writer voted no. If the synod were to give The Standard a little free ser vice, and increase its busineas tbmi^yr that - money could be saved for the purpose for which it is coUected. .i O^people of. Rocky Mount iQ. w'e'will to the time ialw^ysiook back with pleasure. The crops along the way are a great deal better than in this section, after we passed Fay etteville. The tobacco markets are running full, blast, and busi ness looked good, but farmers even there are anything but sat-, isfied with tbe prices they are getting. We saw many we had known before. Mr. Canwell made the trip each way ih less than four hours, and is a very skillful driver, and a pleasant boat. We three, and Rev George W. Hanna, pastor of Antioch and Ruling Elder H F Carrie of Antlocb, constituted Bcke’s representation in synod. Mr. .Osbourne F. Currie of Lumberton and Miss Clara Mc- ^mf^ngld.oC-^^Piuls '^ere mar. rl^ bv Rev. W. F- Trawick at the Methodist pm^nage in tb s town ou Oct. 4th. ... farmer Commits Suicide. W. J. QHIis, well known and highly esteemed citizen of Seven ty-First township, ended his life this morning about ten a’clock at his home on the Fayetteville Baeford highway, by sending a pistol bullet through his brain. He WaS in his back ya d at the wood shed when the suicide oc- .curred. A long period of iilnea« ;and depression was thought to (have caused the rash act. He arat about dOy^ars of age Mr. GHIis was also engaged in the mercantile business at Rock- fisb station, on the A. & R rail road, and operated a cotton gin, in addition to his farm Interests, He enjoyed tbe friendship and Admiration of a host of Cumber- ^land and Hoke county citizens. Mr. Gillie is eurvived by bis wifOvand seven children, Jame>, WHHaWAlexander, Neal, Wal ier, Leslie, and Ella Leer one twoCber, M. D IGitlis. and a ^i8- ter. Mrs. M G Fav-Fayete- vlHe Obaerver Oet 11th. F- Those ptopl.- up in tbe Sand- lills pay out thousands of doi- in advertising to attract the »nf1on of northern people to r. resorts and it is well spent. Beaumont, Tex., Oct, 10 — Loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in oH land was threatened today through the unexplained sinking of ten acres of land in tbe Sour Lake oil held, 25 miles west of here, which has created a deep lake where only yester* day stretched an exp.iase of waving marsh grass and small trees. Sides of the pit still were crumbling today as tbe fall of earth continued. Derricks and storage tanks were being removed from tbe edge of the great hole, estimated at from 50 to 150 feet deep, which filled with water yesterday as th^ surface steadily fell throu^ hour after hour. Thirteen wells were shut down and an abandon ed derrick, a boiler and six set tling tanks were engulfed. Geologists of all the larger oil companies operatinj; in this sec tion were here today to study the muddy lake, approximately a quarter mile wide and slightly longer, which lapped tbe very border of the producing field. Theories as to the cause of the phenomenon were as difTercnt as they ^ere numerous but the ccncensus is that drainage of the immense pool of oil beneath the surface left a cavity which the linking crust is filling. Fear that further drainage of the pool would cause further ex- tensioD of the depression, end an gering scores of valuable wells, expressed yesterday. Red Springs, N. C.f Oct 9— J. H. Turner. Red Springs mer chant today was found drowned in Little Raft swamp creek on the edge of Red Springs. His automobile wbieh he was driv ing from Raeford, apparently had left the road at the bridge abutment and landed in the creek. Medical examination showed a small bruise on Mr. ‘ Turner’s head and his lungs full of water. Mr. Turner was a prominent citizens of Red Springs, he was active in church work, being a steward in t^e Methodist church, 'and one of the leading mer chants of tbe section. He is survi ved by a widow and five ehildren Carrie-McDonald. State Cotton Crop Damaged. Raleigh, N. 0 , Oct. 9 —North Carolina’s cotton crop has been damaged by boll weevil most se riously the state department ot agrlQulture announced today, in pointing out the 835,000 bales forecast for Oct 1. The eastern part of the state shows an aver age of 47 per cent of a normal crop and the state's average is only 55 per cent of a normal. Picking in the stute was about 10 per cent dona October 1. Hoke County Cotton. There were 1,991 bales of cot ton ginned in Hoke county from the crop of 1929, prior to Oct. 1, 1929, as compared with 2,852 ginned to Oct. ..st, 1928 Gets u Trouble Trying to Keep Out Yesterday afternoon a ntgo, who said hij home was in HoKe county, drove an automobile in« Hay street from Gillespie, on the left side o* tbe Market House, disregarding all traffic lights he sped up Hay street at a rapid clip. When overhauled ,n Hay- mount hill he told a policeman that be was told that when be came to Fayetteville he would have to drive fast to keeo out of the way of other cars, so that was what be was endeavorin..; to do,—Fayetteville Observer, 11. N. W. Jenkins Mr N W. Jenkins, a promi nent citizen of Fairmont, an ex- Bepresentative in th :; State Leg i-lit'ure from Robeson, died on Wednesday of last week. He was the father of Mrs. Alfred Cole of Raeford. and The Jour nal deeply sympathizes with her in her bereavement. AbruFZ- S*»e*l Rye for sale. See J. C, McLaan. Raeford, N. C U. D. C. Meets. A very interesting meeting of the Ui.ited Daughters of the Confederacy was held the first Wednesday afternoon in the hos pitable home of Mrs A. K. Ste vens Other hostesses wire Vliss Ida McLaucblin, Mrs. E. It Garrett. Mrs. Tom Sinclair and Mrs. Hector McNeill. Mrs. A. D. Carswell, chaplain, conducted tbe devotional. Mrs. Clyde Upchurch ha4 charge of the program, which was on the Southern Negro Those taking part on the pro gram were Mrs. Upchurch, Mrs. H L. Gatlin and Mrs. A. D. Carswell. A Of the I ingt w4 sou of The at Greet iu pt year Tbel meotJ down beextt^ ti£ to tiidi neigt reason You of new ceived, ably prtc The yond Dc fields Hero th( .The timo^ Maei Ai^i A lengthy business meeting consumed most of the afternoon- at which time two officers were elected from the floor, tbe nomi nating committee having failed to present the names of offieors. >4pPi3giieanleetod^»^^ Goiresponfb^ ing Secretary.'" Miss Xymena Smith, Recordihg Secretary, Mrs. Sallie Cameron. The other officers will remain the same as last year. Sixteen members answered to roll cull and at the close of the meeting the hostesses served congealed fruit salad, sand wiches and coffee. Z;^bal but^ inatti wear it. rot is damaging the )p in tbe eastern part |te. folden days, corn shuck- common at this sea- year. [aude and Mary Poole in Lowell schools Friday for the week bt County curb market fille has sold over $3,000 siuce May Ist of this ite agricultural depart- put tbe cotton crop ittle over a third, or to tl per cent, irnal would advise voii with honest, helpful and that is tbe best trading at home. find some good stocks pods in Raeford just re- we believe reason- Trade in Raeford >acco stalks over be- in are standing in the I as they ever will be. always grow till frost. )rld championship se- sball games, and the imea are taking lots of > work these afternoons. high school lost their of tbe se son to Ham- the score btijg i3 to |ls not a bad beat, but a faimers not only feed the world, and no much money folks cannot eat and The total number of marriages' Hard times or good, eggs are in 1926 in tbe United States was following tbe regular fall ad- 1,202,574. I vance in price. Misses Pauline and Margue-' The State Fair opened Moo- rite Freeman spent Tnursday ! day moraing, and tbe attendance Bethel Church. vSurday, October 27th, has l»een designated as “Pay Up Day” at Bethel. Every mem ber is urged to make a special effort to meet all financial ob|i* gatioDs at this time. Board of Deacons. Daniel Filimore McKenzie. As long ago as tbe writer caQ remember. Dan McKenzie was a big boy, who rode fast for a doc tor for a sick neighbor, or do other neighborly kindnesses fo- them He was the same as brother to the editor of The Journal in his young days. We felt at home when at bis place. We always felt welcome. No one could be kinder than any one of the McKenzies. Now tbe last one of tbe family, a neighborly family, too, has passed from earth scenes. Daoiel Fillmore McKenzie, sjn of Daniel and Flora Martin McKenzie, boro April 2l8t, 1852, died Sept, 4tb, 1929,-at h 3 home near Jackson Springs, and one of the best friends we ever had on earth, passed away. Peace to bis ashes! Messrs. L. . B. Sutton and George Kalil of Live Oak, Fla the former a brother of Miss Mu riel Sutton of Raeford school faculty, arrived in town las' Friday, driving through from Florida. They lert Saturday morning, accompanied by Miss Sutton, for Shelby and Asbeyllle. where tbev speot tbe week end, An income of $300 from one- half acre of land planted to onions and Dannish cabbage is the record of .S. J. Hughes of Avery County. A travelling man told the writer-one day last we^k, that he saw a boll weevil on the din ing table in a Winston-Salem ho tel the day before Mr and Mrs, A. B. Williams and Miss Ruby VVyrostic and Mrs. Ohas. £ Wilson of Andii- lusia, Ala., visited Mr. M, Gain ey and family last week. .i The Coast Line Railroad is the line between Nash and Edge combe counties. Tbe city has a population of 30.000, about as many in one county as the other- Good winter pastures mav be provided for milk cows by sow ing rye now. and several of our citizens are advertising seed rye in The Journal. Buy some and sow It- Wilson is the largest tobacco market in tbe world, because that town has the largest ware houses in the world. There are nine of these, and each covers an acre or more of ground. The editor of Tbe Journal met Miss Elizabeth McLean while in RockyMount last week.and from others learned she is adding to her reputation as a teacher in that thriving railroad town. The City Fathers have raised the towQ tax rate from 60 cents per $100 to $1.00, so Hoke coun ty citizens living in Raeford will, altogether pay $2 75 per $100. $25 on the $L,C00. Folks, that’s hard to pay this year. The commissioners of this county have decided to work the prisoners on the county roads. That is better than allowing them to He up in jail and eat, but It will be more expensive to work our roads we suspect. ^ ^ with friends in Maxton. Mr. W. E. Freeman spent Wednesday of last week in Win- oton Salem on business. Mrs. Guy Taylor of Kinston spent last week with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Gatlin Miss Alice Clark of Clarkton was the guest of Dr. and Mrs. H. R. Cromsrtie last Thursday. The dam at tbe power plant on Little River was damaged by the freshet week before last to the extent of several hundred dol lars. The A. & R. Railroad Com pany has recently purchased a nsw and a great deal larger lo comotive to pull freight over t leir line. The county convicts were ta ken out to work on the county roads for the first time Monday morning with Mr. Charlie Mc Duffie as guard. We saw R-jv. A. p. Dickson of Greensboro at synod; also Rev. L. A. McLaurin of Rowland, who are for Raeford if not from Raeford at this time. One thing helplul to contem plate is people in this county have food crops to live on, but their taxes will hardly be paid in many instances—not this year- We are sorry we could not car ry all of Dr- W. A. McLeod’s history of Shiloh church in one issue, but we hope all interested will preserve their copies of The Journal containing this historic article. You get one per cent, off your taxes if you pay them in Octo her. Sheriff Hodgin starts on his first round on Oct. 25th, but you can come to his office and settle earlier, If you are in a hur ry about this. Rally Day in tbe Presbyterian church Sunday was a consider able rally. 298 persons attend ed Sunday school, and a collec tion of $46 was taken for Sun day School Extension. A beau tiful and impressive pageant was given alter the regular Sun day school exercises were over. The day Dr. A. A. McDonald was buried at Jackson Springs some weeks ago. so many people crowded into the church some of the sleepers broke down on cui side of the building. There fol lowed no panic, the people slow ly and orderly left the building. That church w'as built in 1854 It was a marvelously good piece of work. Jim Handon, colored, a broth er of Welcome and George Han don of Hoke county, died last Friday in Raleigh, aged 59 years- M' N. McL. McDiarmid. und r- taker, went up to Raleigh Sat urday morning and brought the remains to the little church near the Russell McNeill mill, where interment was made. is reported good, Tbe Robeson County Fair is on in Lumbei’ton this week for four day.", closing Friday. The Maderia river in Brazil. Is almost as great in volume as tbe Amazon at their confluence. Business was very good in town Saturday, after a very dull period for the season of the year. A large New York department store used seven tons of pennies a week during the last holiday season. There is now some demand for building material, which is a good indication of a revival of business., Miss Eunice Campt>eii of tbe Troy school faculty spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. McLean Campbell. The Missionary Societies of Robeson and Hoke county met yesterday in Fairmont Method ist church. Several Raeford la- lies attended. Misses Addie Mae Gatlin of Norwood, M^yrae McKeithan of Laurinhurg and Dixie Reaves of Walnut Cove schools spent the week end at home. A small seed association has been organized by the farmers of the Eureka community in Moore County. The association is starting work with .abruzzi rye. It was about cold enough for frost recently, but for the wind blowing and the want of dew there was no killing frost, and tbe l5th of October passes with out frost, we are likely to escape a killing frost till November. Total expenditures of Federal government in 1903 were $521,- 000.000 as compared with |3,- 848,000 000 in 1928, or an in* crease of 640 per cent in 25 years. —Frank E. Packard, At torney for Standard Oil Com pany of Indiana. The Cracker Jack Store -nuts on a special sale on Heinz’ linen Thursday. Friday and Saturday of this week. Fifty seven Heinz* products are on sale at special prices under the direcliou of a factory representative. Read their big ad. It tells the story. Raeford fans listened in on Uxe Athletic-Cubs ball in ternoon, and' game. The Chn. the game 8 to 0 innings, but in half of the 7Ch in ten hits and scored tei win 10 to 8. Coroner Allgood of C\ land county has ordered hok A, Skipper, white, John Ht.! son and Buster McLaui colored, for the death of BiiL Baker, who was fouud on Fayetteville road in a dying con* dition a few weeks ago Nor man Chavis, negro, is also want- It is reported that on Wednes matter, but he has left day morning of week before last, country it is said, the day after the big rain, five Mrs. J. Crawford Wright drove girls from Rockflsb and vicinitv ^^'^cr a large rattlesnake on the walked to Raeford to attend hikhwav near Pine Forest aa school They were: Louise and enroute to Raeford one Alma Long, Nannie Andrews, day last week, but the weight ol Grace Adcox and Henrietta Cro- her automobile was not sufficient ley. We admire their pluck, but to even slow him up very much, that truck might have come by {but she called the attention of an way of Fayetteville highway, | approaching truch driver to tbe But this shows the pluck of the retile. who drove over it* without girls Girls all over the state'killing it. Borne ni'n gathered, out number tbe boys in schools, soon and killed it. It had 12 rat- and they get moat of the prizes ties and a button, which IdiOi^ offered. Wright now has. 1
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