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1. .-PT' , - .fc^ir;-., :i,X :- SSJ.' ■ ■ THE HOKE CJOUNTY NEWS Hoke Countlp^^pidy Newspaper the hoke county journaj \OLIJBIE XXVI. NUBIBISt 5. RAEFORP, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1930. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 3L50 PER YEAR IN ADYANCZ, CSommissioners May Not Advertise. Land Until August First The board of county commissioners met in reiruiar session on Monday with four members present. Matters of interest coming up, other than the usival rohtine, included action on advertising of lands for faxes, a soahiber of citizens appearing snd aolc- jng. tbat the sale.be put off as lohg as possible. The commissioners de cided to defer advertising for thirty days* and jt is probable that they Will not'order lands advertised until August, this being the latest^ that they can defer the matter without TtwlriTur a settlement with the sheriff iinplo^sible on October 1st. If this schedule is adopted it will mean that tsnda wiU advertised in August •and sold the first Monday in Se|^ tember and will give manv people an opportunity to raise money front their 1930 crops. A small appropria tion was naade ly the conunissioners for Confederate veterans to attrad Ih'e annual reunion at B'ik>xi, Miss. A petition wjas heard for a_ road Little River township beginning at Rollin’s mail box on the public road near the old Ed McNeill place, and running thence either to the Moore- Hoke County line at the bridge over Reedy Branch, near Sweetheart Lake, PI to a point near Carroll’s Branch bridge on the public road. Action on this petition was deferred until the next meeting of the board. Fen Used In Nose Count In 1850 Is Used Again This Year f An old goose quill pen and a cop per and cut-glass^k Well used ♦■fticing the census in 1850, was util ized by a census enumerator in Cam den county in making (hit bar 1930 report , . . In a letter addressed to John A. Cason, district supervisor, Mrs. Ellif' Lang, enumerator for the 80th and 270th militia istricts, told of this unique feature in -connection with her census report. • The ouill and ink well ,are the pro- erty of Mrs. G.-V. Baker, cjf Whjf "%em in making out figures for thig jounty eighty yaars ago, rbefore ttip Civil war, to be exact. Mrs. Baker is the possessor of many relics, this being one of them and when Mrs. Lang discovered it she borrowed it ’at once for her pur pose.—Brui.swick (Ga.) News. Ashemont School And Community News The pupils of the 8th and 9th grades made a trip to Raleigh E>lday, May 2. There were twenty-one in the party. They left Ashley Heights at 7 A. M. and returned at 9:30 P. M. Many places of interest were visited. Namely, the hall of history, the museum, the state capitol, the school for blind children, the peni tentiary, Dix Hill, the flying field, radio station W. P. T. F,, and mgny other places of interest. The return trip was by Durham and Chapel Hill. The 6th and 7th grades made a similiar trip about a month ago. 'The tqaohers consider these trips worth much more than the same amount of timi in school, because many of the pupils have never seen many of the sights before and per- ^haps never will again. Commencement Exercises The first of the closing exercises was given two weeks ago when the high school uupils presented a play The, lower grades will present- an operetta, “Sunny of Sunnyside,” Thursday evening. May 8, at 8 P. M. Friday evening at 8:15 Hon. L. M. Blue, of Gibson, N. C., will speak after which closing exercises will be held. The public is cordially in vited to attend. Rev B. R. Lacy Will Preach Baccalaureate Sermon Here May 18 Rev. Ben R. Lacy, LLp., presi dent of ’Union Tbaological,Seminary, Richmond, Va., will preach the bac- c^aureate sermbn of the Raefprd high school graduating class May 18. Dr; Lacy, is recognized as one of the.outstanding i*^„^.yterian preacn- ers of the South and the 'school con siders itself very fortunate in being ailfie to seeure such a pbpular and able preacher. 'I^e service will be held at the eleven o’clock hour Sunday morning, May 18th, in the -Presbyterian church. The public is cordially invited to attend this service. Commencement Address By Prof. R. B. House iPrbf.R. B. House, secretary to, President Chase, University of North Carpllna, will d®liver the commence ment address this year on Friday night, May 23rd. Mr. House is an able young man and m an able speaker. He has been mentioned for the Presidency of the University. A large crowd is expected to hdar him. 2199 People Ini RaefKMrd. Township Exclusive Qf The Town Of Raefprd Population figures released W. C. Downing, District Su^erwor, during the past week show a ftop.u- lation -in Raeford Township, ^elu sive of the Town of Raeford, of |199, as compaKd with 1775 in f920. Allendale Townshin has a popm^pn of 963 as compared to 909 ih 1^0. Blue Springs Township has p lation of 1953 as compareid ylth 2086 In 1920. The number of f&ns listed in these townships is os-fol lows: Raeford 283; Allendale 4|45f and Blue Springs 294. Dixon Children Wtfli; By Mad Seniors To Present Play Oommenoe- ' ment Week The senior class will present its ifey “Her Step Hus’;and” during cbmencement week, the date to be announced later. “Her Step Husband’’ is a comedy ih:S acts and practices so far prove it to be one of the best plays to be put: on here. The csst has been One of the most distressing l^i- dents of its kind ever to occur in the county happened one day last ,.:^ek when a small dog belonging tqjIMr. R. L. Dixon, near town, went jpoad and Ift three of his children. It^lso bit a mule and killed a numb^ of chickens, finally jumping intd^the ■bed with the baby who is five mikiths old. The dog was killed anrf' its head sent to Raleigh for examin|^ion which revealed the fact that i^had hydrophobia. Mr. and Mrs. IfooR, their six ^ildreh and a child of Mr. Henry Tapp? who lives close by apJ who is at the Dixon home eveiy day to meet the school bus, are now tak ing treatment for the prevention Charlie Woodell , Seriously Injured • Charlie Woodell, a farmer of the- Antioch section of Hoke county, was painfully if not seriously injured Wednesday niglit when' he was struck by an automobile driven by Onslow .McCormick, colored, of the same neighborhood. The accident occurred on the old Wire toad to Fayetteville just a few hundred yards from where the road intersects highway No. 70. From information gathered from those pres ent at the scene of the accident it apnears that Mr. Woodell had stopped his oar along the side of the road and was making some slight adjust ments to it when a wagon drove up and the occunints stopped bo render what assistance they ccnild in get ting the car going again. While the wagon and autoniobile' were thu.s there-a Ford coupe driven ty McCor mick rounded the curve,'at what is claimed an excessive rate of speed. The- driver of the Ford stated that seeing he could not pass the wa|Con and other car swerved to the ditch to avoid an accident. Mr. Woodell, in attempting to jump from the sup posed path of the oncoming car jumped to the ditch along the side of the road ,and landed there jus; as McCormick’s car did. A Mr. Quick who was with Mr. Woodell, jumi^d the other way i.nd thus avoided in jury. , Mr. Woodell’s ankle was haily crushed in the ,ioint, the bone pro- '.ruding several inches through the nine has to take Fishermen Hailed i Before Recorder a “shot” every day itv . Dixon also having the mula treated; carefully selected so as to put on. the best performance possible. Plenty of Pl^sant treatment. Mr laughs and thrills will be furnished ^ tiie senior merrymakers. Everyone should make a special dffort to see this as it will be well worth the admission price. Tuesday .v is I-ishermenday ir Recorder’s Court. The long discussed fishing l^w qamfe in for a front roVr tion fail to get it by 'big mj^ilY, A num^r of citi- •'df t^'’'Coiiaty faced charges -of catchinir game fish out of season in violation of what the prosecution in sisted was a law. J. S. Hargett, a.sslstant director of the department of conservation and development, Paul Kelly, ’ secretary and W. C. Lick, assistant State warden, were all present as well as other members of the organization in this - district. Their case was handled by Q. K- Nimocks, of the Fayetteville bar. None of t.he defendants was repre sented by counsel: The contention of the department was based on a) pamphlet issued by the department' on Jan. I3th, 1930, which makes a closed season on all game fish in inland waters from April 20th to June 10th, and their contention car ries with it the closing of all waters during this time, including private fish ponds and streams. The im pression has been more or less gen eral in Hoke County that private fish ponds were exempt from the operation of this rule and it was the uesiTc of many to test this phase of the rule. In fact, some members of the department’s staff have made the statement, so it is said, that private -ponds were not included in the clos ing rule bn game fish. There seems to be a world of confusion as to the exact meaning of the law and all parties inferested appear anxious that the matter be cleared up. Tiiere was no disagreement as to fact.s in the cases, the defendants admittin,:- the taking the fish but stating that they did so in the belief that they had a right to do so. Judgment in all of these cases was withheld for one week. I'rank Baycote, colored, of the of this dred malady. Each' of . the «kin. He was ca.-rK-d to Red Springs where he reca.ved treatment froni Dr. Riscoe McMillan, and was ]a'.er taken :o the ho-'-pit n in Lumhert.»:i, ■'/IcCormick, the driver of the *ur whicii struck Woodell, rendered w.-iat as-Sistance he could at the scene of the accident and ihe i came on to R.vJ Si-rings be on hand in c.;se h,- ' hv ald be iio'^dod n. Hfe car w,as oniy slightly damaged altho..gh ;o was stated ho *;r eiv missed fcri- cu.i carnage am iniurv • himse’f in his effort to avoid a ^collision. May Day Observed At Flora Macdonald tiamlet Pastor To Build Near Raeford Friends in Hoke county will learn with a great deal of pleasure that Rev. B. P. Robinson, pastor of the Hamlet Methodist church, has jbought a tract of land about two miles east of Riaeford on the Fayetteville^ road and will immediately begin bu|ld: operations there. He plans to a concrete block wa^on outhouse rigK swSy afid blocks for a dwelling during the sum mer. Mr. Bohdii^ has said for years that he wanted to live heio when he got 'old and had to retire and his many friends will extend to him the “glad hand” and welcoane him and his family to Raeford. Action Deferred On School Proposition For Little River Township The board of education of Hoke county met in monthly session on Monday and considered a number of matters relative to schools of the county. A large number of citizens of little River townshio met with the board to present their view? with reference to schools in that town ship, it being necessary to make saonie new an-angement for another year. Three propositions - were con sidered.' One was to consolidate all th; schools of the township into one school; another was to send all to Vass and a third was to send oH ex cept Rosindale to, Vass. The board took no action on this matter but will meet on the 13th, next Tuesday, to make a proptosition in this respect. The .ttaard agreed to give the Rae- fowi colored school an eighth grade and an eight months term for this grade, provided that the extended term is cared for out of local funds, there being some special tax levy for this purpose, and the rest to be raised among the rolored people. Thav also decided that any colored pupils from other districts *of the county wishing to attend this eirh*^h grade should Turnish their own trans portation and bear their pro rata share of the expense. The board decided to proceed off their original plan and locate the Rockfish colored school on the site first selected, which is at St. Peter? colored church near Rcckfish station. PARKER REFUSED SUPREME CX)URT SEAT BY SENATE Ptenideclt’g N'»mirat'on_ of ..Ni tb C i • ciinian Kej; red. First Rei«e- tion m Thirty-;ix Vtars; Ovei'ueB And Simmons Voted For CtHifimna- tion; Severe Blow to Admnristra- tion And Backers. Rev. W. G. Brown Recovers From Illness Over IVJillion Dollars ^nt To Counties Raleigh, May 5.—The sum of Sl,- 184,353.02 has just been sent to the counties participating in the School Eau,alizing Fund Ey the Stale Sup erintendent of Public Instruction, A. T. Allen, it was learned today from his office. Bed Springs, N. C., May 8th.— The ancient custom of welcoming the return of spring with dancing and merry-making was perpetuated by the young women of Flora Mac donald college Tuesday when they greeted the return of life and beauty to nature after the drabness of win ter with elaborate ceremonies which have become known as “May Day” ceremonies. This holiday among the I young ladies of the college is one of Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Brown of! the few quaint customs which have Barium Springs, accompanied by their 1 survived the onrush of modernism daughter, Mrs. Robert A. Co-llier, of,and has att^qd a place of singular Statesville, spent several days with | importance in the scholastic year of relatives here this week. Mr. Brown i the young women. _ was pastor of the local Presbyterian j The May Day festivities are usual- church for a long number of years, ly presided over by a queen, chosen and his friends here are numbered I for her beauty, or sometimes for by his acquaintances. He has a hold popularity, and the ceremony in- on the love, confidence and esteem | dudes the age-old May Pole dance of the people of this community that j and folk dances from many coun is accorded to but few and it is a tries signifying the world-wide popu- genuine pleasure to his friends to larity of the occasion. In larger in- see him again and see him in good hqalth again after a protracted ill ness last year. South Makes Progress In School Consolidation Rabbit Foot Lost, Strayed Or Stolen Friends of Sapp McLeod have been very much worried over the condi tion of that gentleman during the dry weather that has prevailed re cently, and many of them haye been at a loss as to Inc real trouble with him. He has been going around with his head hung down as though he had lost his last friend or some thing. The trouble with him Is that he has lost his rabbit foot when R comes to progiiosticating on the wea ther. Last Friday he aaid it would rain within twenty-four hours and . the elements promptly proved him to he in error. In desperaition he been predicting rain about ev- dav end still tie elements re- ruRe to accommodate h'm. He ^stands tbday thoroughly discreditec! as a weather prophet and hence his dejection. Those familiar with the cocky self-assurance with which he fcictild the V •■.%*.» >r foj* all these ^y.»j.is can tvinvithize with him :n hi? fail. Rockfish neighborholod was convicted i? qc. of failing to obey a summons by the fire warden to help put out a fire and was fined five dollars and the costs. IM.cses Pattalrson, colored, was found not guilty of putting out fire. Cnavles Hooper, 'white, of Richmond, Va., plead guilty to a charge of abandon ing his wife, who is a patient at the Sanatorium and was taxed wi^h the costs' with prayer for judgment con tinued under bond for his compliance v. ith the terms yf settlement .agreed upon whereby he is to pay a certain sum how and a given sum each r.onth for her support. The case against Jennie and Abram Jones came up and the state took a nol pros wiMi Mave, these defen dants having been indicted and com mitted to jail under a federal war rant in default of a bond of $750.00 each. It is understood that this bond has teen reduced since to $250.00 CARD OF THANKS In this way we wish to thank our unany friends for their kindness dur ing the sickness and death of oar Irasband and fatiier. Mrs. J. W. Harmson and family. LIZZIE HARVEY PASSES Lizzie Harvey, colored, wife of Osey Harvey, who lived on the Edin- boro farm near town, died Thursday. May 1st, after a few days illness with pneumonia. Her remains were buried at Silver-i Grove on Friday. She was thirty-three years old. AGED COLORED WOMAN DIES Aunt Hannah MePhatter .a highly res^Bcted colored woman who was well known in this section for a long number of years, ^ed last Thursday. May 1st, at the mature »«re of 89. Her remains were bnxied Friday at Silver Grove. ' . • ■ I' stitutions where a great deal of money is expended on lavish pag eantry, a theme is introduced into ■the festivities and ,a quaint and beau tiful story dealing with the poetry of nature is presented. , The students of Flora Macdonald I college iheld their celebration Tuesday Raleigh, May 5.—North Ca.rolina' afternoon on the sloping green lawn ranks first .among the sixteen south- before the main building. The'fes- em states in increase in number of tivities were nresided over by an at- consolidated rural schools since 1921-; tractive South Carolina debutante, 22, it is learned from the current is-! Miss Carrie Elizabeth Shepard, o, sue of State Schciol Facts, publication Lanes, S. C., as Queen of the May. of the Department of Public In- j Ladies of the court were Miss Es- struction. 1 ther Hutchins, Miss Margaret Bur in 1921-22, that paper points out,Miss Mary Engle, Miss Mary there were 365 school of this Adams, the State, whereas in 1927-28 -’"d Miss Gertrude Crandall, In other w'ords, dur- The program this year was taken ing a period of six years there has from >thq songs and dances of the been an increase of 596 schools of i Civil War period, including clog this type in the State. During tihc! dances representing the old planta- same period Georgia made an increase ] tion negroes. Practically every girl of 564 consolidated schools. Missis- j in the student body participated in sippi had an increase of 518, and j the elaborate ceremonies. Texas 438. The larger portion of this amount, $1,074,658.82, represented the allot ment to 93 counties from the $1,- 250,000 Tax RBluction Fund appro primed by the\Jast General Assem bly. The_ suim of«$43,631.44 Was for rural snpervisioii, -and $66,06^0 for additional teachers allowed by the State Board of Equalization. This $1,260,000 'Tax Reduction Fund was appropriated according to law for the purpose of reducing the ad valorem taxes in the county-wide, special charter and special tax school districts in those counties participat ing in the distribution ■of the Equal izing Fund which operate their schools beyond the six months term. This is the first time the State has financially recognized the extended term as a part of the State School system. By this act, say education,al officials, the State lias committed it self to an eight months school term. . It is believed by Supt. Allen that this tax reduction fund m^oney will do more to reduce taxes in the sev eral counties than any other one thing. It will enable the local tax districts to operate the extended ten.n at approximately the same tax I’ate and will equalize in a measure both the tax burden and the educa tional opportunities among the sev eral loc.al tax districts. The fund is distributed to the counties for those districts with ex tended terms according to the same general principles which govem the apportioning of the Equalizing Fund for the six months term, that is, on the basis of the district’s ability to support its extended term on the same cost level as its six months term. For the first time in thirty-six years the senate Wednesday refused to confirm a Supreme Court appmni- ment of the President whem body rejected Judge John J. Parker (xf North Carolina by a one vote- margin. The action came as a severe blow and disappointment to administratkm leaders and to both the North Caro lina senators who had worked hard lor Judge Parker’s confirm'ation. TSie rejection by the senate ended a bit ter fight over the appointment which has raged in Washington for mon tPian three weeks and leaves vacant the seat formerly occupied by Justice Stanford. Judge Parker’s defeat may te as cribed to the cumulative effect of circumstances. First, organized labor protested his qonfirmation as soon os President Hodver announced that he had sent Judge Parker’s name to uo senate. Negro organizations throoRh- out the country were especially act ive in trying to bring about his de feat. However, the senate seemed on the verge of confirming him when a fitter written by First Assistant Secretary of the Interior to the Pres ident describing the appointment as “a m,ister poJ.tical stroke” was dte- closed. Apparently this turned the tide defimtely against confirmation Posse Hunts Negroes Who Attacked Nash County White Girf Rocky Mount, May 4.—An armed posse followed a trail of murder and terror today in attempting to apprehend two unidentified negroes who att,acked a prominent Na^ coVk- te girl after seriously wounding her companion.' _ The attack oceured last night oa a highway near here. Piuak Crick- more, with whom the young woman was riding, was shot in the neck with a shotgun and dragged from his automobile. J. F. Lowrance To Head Raeford School The negroes, the girl told officers, then climbed into the machine with her. One of theiii drove it a short distionce down the highway where she said both of them attacked her. Although the negroes told her, she said, they would kill her if she gave an alarm, she pan three , niiles to her home and bold the story of the shoot ing and attack. A posse soon form ed and began the search for the two negroes. The first clue, the posse found was the body of Joe Lee, aged negro, who had been beaten to death with an axia at his home a few niiles from the scene of the attack. With Lee’s iiody was Buck Hilliard, another negro, who had been beaten and left unconscious. When he recovered consciousness, Hillard told officers Lee had been killed and he himself beaten by two negroes last night. A shotgim and shells bilonging to Hilliard were taken from the house, along with a watch, $10 in money and a banen of keys. The officers said they beHevevI tlif same negroes who killed Lee and beat Hilliard, attacked the girl and her companion. According to School F,acts, there were around 6,155 consolidated schools in the South as a whole in 1921-22, whereas in 1927-28 there were 9,020 schools of this type in' this section of the United States. This present number dn the Scnith is more than one-half the total of 17,000 schools of this type reported for the nation. Of the strictly southern states,. Texas has the largest number, 1,195, Mississippi reports 988 schools of this kind, Georgia 984, and North Carolina 961, for the year 1927-28. The adjoining states of Virginia, Tennessee and South Carolina have, respectively, 812, 822 and^ 406 rural schools classified as consolidated, From a report issued by the Fed eral Office of Education nearly 1,000 schools of this type were established throughout the country during the school year 1927-28. Georgia leads the nation in this respect by form ing 193° consolidated schools In that year. Texas established 188 of these schools and thus ranked second among the states in this respect. “It appears,” according to conclu sion of School Facts, “that the. South as a wlkole is making more progress After considering applications from some twenty or more school men s eeking the position as superinten dent of the Raeford schools, the beard of trustees last week unani mously selected Mr. J. F. Lowrance who has been at the head of the Morven schools for the past fifteen years. Before making the selection, Supt. W. YP. Hawfield, Chairman Dr. Local Man Takes The Wrong Hat Quite a few of his friends were “tickled to death” last Saturday when Mr. J. W. McLauchlin rose from tonsorial ministrations in a local barber shop and couldn’t find his hat. The barbers showed him thg one that he had worn into the shop but the “Cap’n” refused to believe that he had worn that particular hat there and appeared to think that he was F. M. G. Students In Icr^W. 'Brown and Mr” Ryan Mc-|tbe object of a joke. The Rat that Graduating Recital Red Springs, N. C., May 8th.— On Monda yevening, at 8 o’clock, one of the most outetanding graduat ing recitals ever given at Flora Mac donald college was presented when Miss Niancy Conduff, voice, and Miss Virginia Cunningham, piano, gave their graduating recitals. The audi-. torium was filled with music lovers from Red Springs and other places who thoroughly appreciated this un usual treat. Miss Conduff with her sweet sop rano voice delighted the audience with selections especially well suited to the rich tone of her voice. Her grace and poise were outstanding. Miss Cunningham’s program con sisted of unusually difficult selec tions, but were gracefully rendered displaying wonderful technique and talent. Etude—Op. 25, No. 5, Chopin, and Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 2. Franz Liszt, were perhaps her most -brilliant numbers. Bryde made a trip to Morven and investig.ated the record of Mr. Low- rance very carefully. They found that he was universally well liked and respected and bore the repu tation of being exceptionally fine on discipline. The people of that community are strongly attached to they finally persuaded him was the one he had worn into the shop was a brown felt with a “devil-may-care” loPk to it and made Mr. McLauchlin look like a “lard biled buddy.” i^id the laug^r of a number of his friends he" finally remembered that he had taken the wrong hat when him and are anxious to keep him leaving McLauchlin Comoany’s store longer. Mr. Lowrance is a graduate of Davidson college and has had sum mer school work at the university of this state. He is forty-three years of agia and has a wife and no children. _ „ Among those -from out of town thnp any other section of tlto coun- were Bfiss Cunningluun’s parents, Mr. Alec Duthie, Vancouver, B. C., golf pro, made two boles-in-one in suc cession," 1912. ' Sea •anemones have no food value iot man but are sometimes eaten by fish. ta, Qa.. Dr. and Mrsx N. H. And rews and son, Nathan, Mrs. G. L. Patterson, Mrs. Heath Godfrey and Miss Miriam Watson of Rowland, Mr. -Hurry Zachary Holmes of Wil mington, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Conduff try in consolidation of tschools.” and Mks. Carl fSmnfaghMw, of Athm- pnd Osiirude Conduff of Draper, Va. and that accounted for the mistake. Gard Tournament At Kiwanis Hall Tonight ^ The local U. D. C. Chapter will sponsor a bridge, rook and setbadr tournament tonight at eight o’doek in the Kiwanis hall. The public is - invited to enter this tournament. A snoall admission will be charged %i»d the proceeds will go for the benefit of the U. D. C. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our frtends and nels^kbors for the kindness emd help dMivn us during the illness deatn of ear husband and ftthmr. Mrs. D. M. BMA and •■‘Vi ■■a. 7|