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^OKE COUNTY .. I
^AS HEAVYVC^
IN ELECTIONS
Ijemds Sim*"*** Hote
' 1* H»il ill Glerk Baee; Gore]
^ Minority
: . Solicitw; Judge
: dtor McNeill Bi*ii«ng Far Ahead
01 Opponente, —
Tlijfi first primary electaon to be
lidd in Hoke county under the Au^-
ttalian Ballot law was held last Sat-
igiday and ptassed offif most
with an unusually l»eavv wte be^
east; something
to the polls. Where most peo-
incSM to itisBke the new
method vft Totii«, they Me nov
liijlh in their praises of it and were
^^tUe doubt that it is here to stoy.
Si -balloting Saturday Badey
Med over Simmons by jabout two
W tone; PeU beat Ho^ay by a
mnoh larger margin; ^elM whs
the county’s
OSirt J^ge. as .McNmU ^ So-
T^tort Sinclair and^McNsm
HMg awjay ahead of their oppon-
^ in this county.
* in the race for coun^ offices,
Kx-SherMt Edgar Hall receiv^ a ma-
over both McNeill aM tester
V office of Clerk of Ibe Co^-
' McKeithan, present treasur-
«r; received « Ji"?
McNdll and. Cume for treasurer. ,
Arthur D' Gore recriv^ t”'
ani^j^al sponsor
Hokrcbmt Has 25 Sweeps]\$Uite By
Per Ci^nt Increase
AccioTdmg to figures just released
by Mr.^ C. Downing, Supervi»r
of the Census for the 11th district,
; loke county has a population of 14,-
242 as compared to a population
of 11,722 in 1920, or close to a
twenty-five per cent increase. Con
sidering the fact that the cen^
was taken at a most unfavorable
time to this county the figures indi
cate a most healthy growth.
Census reports^ just released, giw
Stonewall township, Hoke Coimty,_ a
population IJdO, as compared with
1,244 in 1920. This as outade of
the Town of Dmidanjswdi, which has
popuiaiticm of even lOO^ ,
There are ?08 farms enumerated ni
this township. . ^
Langston Gives
Bailey Supp»t
Precinct Meetings To Be Helj Jiiiie
2t8t; State Convention To Mci>t In
Biileigh On July 3rd.
MISS THELMA M^AUL
Sponsors Annual CH
High Point College
The 1930 “Zenith,” the yearly puil>
Ucatioia of the. student body of High
Point College, which has just »p*
Rowland foi l neared, is sponsored tw ® local giHj
ty of aev^ over G. a Miss Thelma McPhauf, daughter of
SoUcitor tof the ^corter^ ^even in Mr. and Mrs. M. H. McPhaul.
SfleadiSMS SVo as shown m a fuir page in two colors is de-
^ origiS county. - voted to the sponsor of the book.
Tt» the raoB for Representative, tbf This is the first time that a sponsor
the three aspiruuls of the book has been ehosen, ani
-votetetwe^ neck between .}^c- Ijg considered quate an honor. . The
CovhSon and GatUn, Ihe Lponsor v^^^ selected by the editor-
SlfSie? teSg a slight edge and i,i.chfef, T. Olin Mathews, of High
SifTnuSS. in tho race lor point. This is the fourth annual
iS^Bter rf Deeds, D/K. BIik., m- L produced at High Point CoJ-
JSS. “I,”" toe*
Qaotfl thoueh v.ithout a majoriiy.
;®Sc sirs Another: High Light At
„oi, coi ,,yr.inaied: J . I Southern Pines Theatre
IfSd^SrD: P.
■ ; jp. F. McPhaiU and J.. i Another “high ligiht” i§ coming
, ; FcT boar.l oi (if^;^i.  w
l ' ' -Ir.n ;ire nOu- •■Ale*!- .^nni- liariftt^hrowiinii. B]
to
when
rMcU3an? .i*d H. F. CUrrie.^ _ l)?ai R^rs; cornea
* For cotton weigher,^^ L-. that s-iirpasses Jiis first movietone
s.»&>^ed six opponents with Martin^success, “They 1^ to See Pans.” in
'^KeithaJi, toWent, running 8«^ Uso TMs Is London,” adapted from
■It is not known as this is wriiien I uj nnihaii’.Q intomational stage
I'lV
■who will demand .second
but should all c».ididites, who are
entitled to a run-off, enter the sec
ond stage the line-up will be fol
lows: For Representative, McEach-
em and'"Covington; for Register of
Deeds Blue and Roberts; for Cotton
Weigiher, Peele and McKeithan.^
iSofficial returns showed a mar
gin of only two votes in the race for
Solicitet of the Recorder’s cour: and
«n account of the “t^rgin being so
close, a recount was made by tne
bS of Ele^ns. Tje recount
also included Clerk of the Court.
Treasurer and Commissioners, but
Sge of any consequence was made
U X recoimt, Mr. Gore gaimng
' fl?e votes by it and attai^g.a ma
jority of seven over Ins rival ^e
other figures remained almost iden-
^Ssewhere in ^s issue wH _ be
found the tabulated vote for the
county by precincts, hsting the vote
each can£date received with tba pre
cincts from which they oa^me. It is
bmng given in this form m order
that any who desire can nave this
sheet for futaure referen^.
The only primary contest for ne
publican candidates was that for uhe
nominatioin to the U. S.
Twenty-three votes were cast m the
county in this race as follows; Butler
11, Tucker 3, Pritehard 9; and Dor-
sett 0. Winner.
Mr. T. A. McNeill of Lumberton
■won the Democratic iwmination to
succeed himself as solicitor of the
ninth judicial district in the primary
Saturday by around 4,003 majority
over his opponentj fir.- Ji E. Caip^
ter of Mavton, accordmg to unoifi-
cial estimate, with incomplete te-
turas from some of the counties o-
the disttitt. - ,.
Mr. McNeill is rounding out his
first term as solicitor. He earned
every county in the district oy a
iuiistantial. majority.
Judge Sinclair Wins
Judge N. A. Sinclair’s majority
over Mr. Herbert Lutterloh for the
Democratic nomination for Judge of
the Superior court in the i^th juai-
dal district was around 1,600 votes,
according to the best information ob
tainable.
llrl Lutterloh conceded the nomi
nation to his opponent Satu^ay
jOAt and phorod his congmtulations
4o Judge Sinclair. (Mr. Lutterloh
^(^ed defeat with retups from
wi^ein county not in hand, it is
tltonght that the Bladp vote was
ali^ 8 to 1 for Sindair.
Clark Hnioi^osal.
J. Bayard Clark received the Demp-
eiitic nomination to succeed himseii
mb itepresentative In^ng^s from
Sie Sixth District without opposi
tion.
Goldifiioro, June 9.—Col. John D.
Langston of Goldsboro, state chrir-
ma/m of U. S. Senator P. M. Sim
mons’ campaign, advisory ^mmittec,
tonight tendered “his loySl support
in the gdieraj dection” to Josmh
W. Bailey i/t Raleigh, who defeats
Senator Simmons for the democratic
senatorial nomination in Saturday s
primary.
Colonel Langston’s statement to
the people of North Carolina fol
lows:
“It .appears from availai’.ile returns
that Hon. J. W. Dailey has bem
nominated as Democratic candidate
for the United St-ates Senate in Sat
urday’s nrimiary by a _ substantial
majority. He has won in a ^a.ile
between friends m wli’ch powerlul
blows were given and taken. I have
alwavs known how to take blows as
well as give them, and to lake de
feat standing up. For me, tnere-
fore, following the example oi the
brave old w-arrior at IWiashington, the
battle is ended, and the choice ot
the State Democracy becomes m.v
choice at the polls in November
“I have no regrets fpr the fight I
have made in behalf of my friend ot
more than a quarter of a century.
Senator Simmons. I am proud to
have been enrolled^ under his banner
>eveu£ in 'fi^^
f^^jma^^^d^votioh oOns iriehS
iheaS'i'fe- I
fore, given him my loyalty and de-
votiiOT without reserve. I shall ai-
wayF honor his courage, his con-
As is customary every two years,
the various Democratic conventions
fo_* prednets, counties and the .Slate
will be held this year. Tlie-dates
for them are much later than here-]
tof'jre, the precinct meetings being
held on Saturday, June Zlst, the
county -conventiion on the following
Satu^ay, June 2iith, and the State
Convention in Raleigh on July 3rd.
Mr. H B. McNeill, chalriuiti of
the lloke County Democrat!.! Execu
tive cuminittee, states that the pre
cinct meetings will be held at two
oxiock Jnne 21at. It is important
that meetings lie held in every pre-
cihet in the county, a precinct ex-
eontive committee he named and
that delegates to the county con
vention he chosen.
'Hie diairman of each precinct
committee automaticallv becomes a
member of the county executive com
mittee. The. county (fommiittee selects
'its chairinan and secretary, either
from "^eir own numbers or from any
other place in the county.
Unprecedented Majorify
wotoigh Lawyo* Carries State By Largest Majority In History;
Simmons And His Bfachine Cri^cd; Carried
Only Fourteen Cmmties.
REPUBUCAN PRIMARY.
Ceoige E. Butler, of CUnton, and Congressman Pritchard, of
Asheville, In Second Primary.
Coming in with uncanny regularity were the reports Satur
day night from, prednct aftea^piocinct,. county after county, iw-
ing up an unprecedented majority in favor of the Hon._ J. W.
Bailey in his fight against Senator Smmons for ..^nmninattMo-Jor
United States’Senator from North Carolina. The final outm^
which will be probably 75,000 majonty, places the Raleigh at-
tom^s name on the Democratic ticket in November by the larg
est majority in the history of the State. It is a majority ^
precedented in this State and one undreamed of even by Mr.
Bailey’s most ardent supporters. . ^ . o-
^ The fight against Senate;
was built almost exchisivfliy
No Gases Before
Recorder Tuesday
Older people can well remember
when an election day was one to ba
dreaded on account of disorderlv con
duct, driiddng and the like. It
speaks well for the people of Hoke
county tiiat there was not fl. case ur
for trial in Recorder’s or ..City
court this week for any cause. l;nie
was when whiskey flowed freely ar.u
fights were common on election do.y
but the condurt Saturday would in
dicate that folks are getting better
W. P. Hawfield Elected
Aged Lady Passes
Here Last Week
•MSss Harriet Ann Monroe of Mc-
Lauchlm township, whose death wao
ibriefly mentioned in last weeks t»-
per, was a member of one of ^e
Joulity’s oldest and most proimnent
families, bring a daughter of the 1^-
Gilbert Monroe, a pronunent and
highly esteemed citizen of what
formerly western Cumberland county,
■who passed to Jjis reward man.,
vaars ago. Mis® Harriet was the
last of fear asters, and w,is in her
85th yeaKw
.many years a faithful meinber of
Galatia Presbyterian church, and
was held in high respect for her
mtony acts of charity and ne.ghborly
kindness. She is survived ^ two
broters, William Monroe of Mc-
LauchUn township and Henry Monroe
Head Local Masons ftto
George M. Cohan’s international stage „ ,
hit. (Will Rogers in the great capi-: geientious convictions and his wiH-
tol of the British Empire where he .i^gness to lose politi|«l
takes a hand at guiding a romance
and puttiiig over a stupendous busi
ness dqal -wiithout passing up a bit
of whoiiesome fun. Based on th^
stage play so successfullv produced
iy -George M. Cohan, the st.>ry
chieifly concemh a Texan of wealth
and owner of a cotton mill who has
derided antip^athy to some Euxoneans.
He is forced to visit the British
Isles on business and in trying to
straight^ out the love affairs of
hid onlv son with an English girl, he
b6 true to himSsU-'. hiin, l
can only have sorrow in his defeat.
“A Democrat has lost and Democ
racy has won. The common enemy
is now to be faced. We have had
our family spats and will not brook
■with patience Interfterence from
strangers. It is therefore in a spirit
of harmony and ihbved ily love for
the'Democratic party, the partv of
progress in the State, that I extend
to ths winner, Mr. Bailey, my as
surance of loyal support in the gen
The Raeford Masonic lodge held
its regular meeting on Tuesdny
night. It being the time for the
election! of officers tor the ensuing
wrtbi ifftrlii fnllnwinlr vliere'elected: ^
:|£iwfleldt^ Matter, J. ' E
Gi^olyi senfM/ walRiCT, Frank Tapp,
junior watd^, Ryan McBryde, tieao-
urer, and Edgar Hall, secretary.
The other officers are to be ap
pointed (and this will be done at the
next regular meeting of the lodge
when the new officers will be in
stalled. There will be first degree
work besides the installation of of
ficers and all Masons are urgid to
be present.
and other counties
The funeral was conducted frotav
Galatia church Thursday morning,
June 5th, at 10 o’rioek .by
tor, Eev..-^—Mfc-Bain,
Rev D McD. Monroe of West Vire
ginia, ^d intermem was
the, cemetery pear the cflinreh. Tne
mons
around “party regularity,’^ a paraae
coined by Mr. Simmons, himaeb^ nd
witii triling effect Satuz^y 4o
defeat him for a sixth term in .’Mia
United States Saiate. The year
1930 will go down in history as fhe
year of “Party Regnlsirity” juut e^
the year 1898 is known as the yf&r
m “White Supremacy,” and futute
political leaders and office hold^
will think long before they agate
openly work against the party n»hi-
ifce. The vo ce of the people is a
mighty thing and when th^ peofip
speak in such no uncertain terras as
they spoke Saturday politicians
trex^e.
The fact that J. W. Bailey
©merged successfully from the pri
mary enaction occasioned little . sur
prise, tut the manner in which he
crashed through to victory did ge*
3 gasp here and there.=. Partisans
of the senator fwidly fancied hiin
p. .W^u^ by a majority of 50^000, and
thesetigures were graded im in the
event of sunshine and a trig vote, bWt
the concensus of experts was that
the vote would be clo*5e.
dean the.
could liot envjswriL*
Aggressive Fight Is
comes to realize that the Engli.sh | election. I have no feeling of
people are mighty fine folks after l bitterness or rancor against him.
all. For the party’s welfare, I urge that
Irene Rich again plays the lole Ujem this time on e^ory element in
of Mrs. Will Rogers and E^ank A I- the party wipe from the^ skte past
bertson is his son, while the Engl sh p^evances, and bitter feelmgs. Let .s
Lord ,is soperbly played by that well gipge the book, lock it and throw the
known Englirii screen §tar, Lums-1 hey away, that the Republican party
den Hare, and tha daughter is Mau- L^ay have no further rejoicings over
reen O’Sullivan, who was breught L,yy differmices.”
over from Ireland for .John McCor^ —•
Sr^HeS^^ production, “Song 0 Qjygg Everything To
It goes without saying that “So ^ Ghincsc Children
This Is London” is one long laugh;
and it is oomaing to Sou^m Fines gogton. Mass, June 10.—-A desti-
on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes^y, .^^y to the Old
June 16th, 17tih andl I8th, with a T.iHiegV Home stopped into the office
matinee on Tuesday. | ^jhina Child Wielfare, Inc., 4 Park
Street, to give her engagement ring,
Raeford Girl Wins Ab
Honors At Gollege ^
turned home from N. U L. w., ai -vprvthino- nhe owned to
^ to-
^hS*-n “Tte^ciouSS^ gold
Vhich .wei» ca^M, Twems^^^ort ^j^ thimble, a topaz ring, one
-tolch «»»40
Pd ■tor.j^.to to.W. .dd a pair of
aliS SSTi promteiS mim- (Slild Wellire. Inc. at many times
terf tta^mUtera d?il>. Y. W. C A., their intrtosto vc^ as a means oi
Y. W. A., the organization of play- capitalizing this gift.
Ukers,’ Oornelion society, ^ss H of T«
Commercial department. Her .musi- BabV LiaUgllter 18
cal aibility also won fwr Ij®* many Rm-Ipirl Af EhhesUS
friends. At the close of ths year I £>Uriea Al EVpnChUS
she-was given the name of Wng ,, , ,
one of the mioBt “versatile” girls of a little seven months old,daugh-
N. G. C- W. We feel proud of hex L®, ^f Mr. and Mrs. .J*
and hope she will continue to he Ruc- Uve U^ar Raeford, died Monday
cesaJul. ufter a long illness,
— tbriing (an aityck of colitis. It had
Pniine been a patient in Baker sanatorium
onCVrOlCt ^oupc L Lumberton last wlnt?r-and every-
SH^htlV Damaged tiling possible done fo* lt» but the
^ ® 'redent attack of colitis proved too
^ atatpomtei-
rmiemiaatedlf
fniargin fog
or 15,000. Smii
^pS^reVs ■^ne Lduis Park- [of more than 12J|M or 15,000. W
S. wS^^^N.Ti. Baxley, J. F. ator Simmons and.|^se te
et, 4. . _■! T. nn.1 wT ^ n .Uvcs.fi'nar Vila odvnuDftian. did not rssd-
Itoy.'j. F. McPhail, Jr., pnd W.-sB.
Willis. '
Lightninig Stuns
Four Saturday
directing his campsugn, did not r||pl-
ize tile extent of .-m opposition^ta
him; it appeared ho be somethag
they could not grasp.. , . ^
With the November election 4»
mind frieBsls of Hr..,..Bailey are car-
tm'n to maintain that events hove
’7~‘ loot Qot-1 shown their man to hp the strpruw
Durmg a thundi^ stem last .S^ not the weaker, candidate, hit ^ ■
day, a Republican supposition The
yard of Mr. /a^ell s home a p Rnp^blicans is not
east of Raeford, and while it did n- ^
Promised By Bailey
Plans for an active campaign
throughout the state were being
made by democratic party leaders
yesterday as returns from Saturday
3ta'.e-wi^ prima'v .n-^rely t-.'Cel to
emphasize the hugene. s of the ntiiA-
jority by which the party turned
from Senator Furnifpld M. Simmons.
Josiah W. Bailey, Raleigh attor
ney, who defeated the dean of tee
United States senate, announced that
le would make a campaign in every
county in the state if party lexers
felt it best. Just whom he will op
pose iiad not been definitelv snown
)y returns tirbriated up to I®™**!;'
mt Congressman George M. -Pruon-
ard of Asheville wa.s leading tne
field of four for the republican
nomination with George L. Butlc
of Clirton second.
COLORED WOMAN PASSES
(Mittie Aim Bronson, aged 8L
colored-woman who lived on a farin
SSSSng to Mr. A. ,P. Stuibbs. east
Bin Anrcik
■ing very serious.
their three children were stimned
into urxonsciousness and revived al
ter thirty minutes. No one was with
them until the first one of the ohilci-
ren to regain consciousriess ran 10
the nearby home of Mr. Hendrix f xr
assistance.
Some Hail Falls
In Hoke County
During a thunder storm Saturday
evening a small quantity of hail fell
north of Raeford but very little dam-
pecially promising.
Republicans Doomed.
It is of no great consequence,,
perhaps, whether the Republkan
candidate is to be Representativo-
Pritchard, or Major George Butler.
Possibly it has been high-jacked hut
at any rate, it is now the Bailey
machine, and with the momentum
gather^ in June it wiH probably
roll on smoothly and inexorably un
til November. Some strong mien in
the opinon camp held off uiis spring
believing, as they did, that the r^
nemonation of Mr. Simmons was in
evitable, and that in view of his
recont-^ounted upon to save hm te
the primary—it wonld be impossible
(agV^has been reported. Oyer o"l to’ ^uxompass bis defeat neiti falL
the farm of I>. Broro ®®oo™od ^ere convinced that 1932 would
Saturday, ribout 12:20 poon,^he mobh for it,
fire (alann was sounded and the fire
company turned out to find pastoe, . coasting the
SMwetlet coupe in the irard of ||,^ Hag. j^ekson ask
.D«oi..AUK v„ • A Johnson was afire. Thi Maze] that tbeir deepest iPia^^on ®f
i?^^.died Wetoe^y, Jnne 4. extihgoished and only s help ^
yemates were haA^^ at done. ^ ^
Moore Co. Road
Men Visit Raeford
F. S. Underwood, superintendent:
of Rciads fo Moore County, and G.
M. Cameron, 0. U.
0 T. Parks, members of the Moore
County Road Commipsio^ were Kae-
ferd visitors Tuesday. The P^'^ose
of their viiit was to investigate the
way prisoners were housed, fed .md
worked in Hoke county. They arc
preparing vo make soma m
regard to their prison force, and e.s-
pressed themselves as •
with the wav tbev were handled m
Hoke.
It has been costing vb-.m
day to feed prisoners or
twice w! at it Jias b en costmu i»-
lloke.
AUSTRALIAN CHAIN STORE
adopts AMERICAN EQUIPMENT
Melbourne.—The most up-to-date
American methods and systems
well as equipment have been used
in the $2,600,000. addition to a prom
inent rii^ of. visrietv stores, m-
flording to a report received ta^e
Depf^Rtinent of UoiipMerre ftom'Trade
Oommissioner Peri^v at Melbounte.
The nrehitmt tavelled extensivelv in
the UWt^Stnten for fresh sdeas,
and toe of bis ittvestigationB
are seen *n the completeness with
which all the .details ^ this modern
about the center of the hail but Dr.
Jrown states that his damage iS
light
During this storm an arm-y air
plane flew over Rateford seeking a
ofifer a far better opening.
The defeat of Seanator Simmons,
the pa^ nestor, probably presages
revolutionary ridges in the Demo
cratic houstoold, and it is a develop-
piace to make (an emergency landing. 1 nient not without its national impfi^
It came down in a field of Mr. T. B^j cations. For this reason, a greater
degree of interest could not have
Upchurch, south of. town, and. was
slightly damaged in landing. It
turned Out that the fliers were lost
and about out of gasoline. By get
ting necessary repairs from Pope
Field (at Fort Bragg they were able
to take the air again on Sunday.
Simmons Goes
To Washington
Senator and Daughter Leave New
Bern; Has No. Statement Regard
to IMeat. I
New Bern. June9.--Senator F. M.
Simmons and his daughter, Mrs. J.
P. Patterson, left tonight for Wash
ington, where tomorrow the senator
will resume his congressional duties,
followiiig his defe^ for the sena
torial democratic primary Saturday.
nhe Senator declined to make a
formal statement before leavng but
conceded the nomination of his ore
ponent, J. W. .Bailey. He made it
dear that he had no idea of run
ning independanitly in the geneim
election. His friends say that he
has taken his defeat in a steicri
manner and has not aw>®*red au
worried or downcast.
CARD OP THANKS
,
We wish to take ^s of
lihanking our ftimidB and neignbw
, ^ . _ for the many acts of kindi*^ “
empuciongrliave heen carried out. Tha sympathy extended to us during
of AmeriesA equipment Jj^ess and death of onr aunt,
tiatoe conatjuetioB of thfr Bairiet Monroe.
Ur. and Mis. flofd Monroe.
been shown in a national election.
As to the new order likely to
grow out of the defeat of 'Mr. Sim-
mons, it will henceforth the loriked
upon as toe Bailey machine, wboe»-
operation will he directed by men
who have i^uced modem politics te-
a fine art.
Ilie Old Organization
If anybody bad the old Simmons"
organization which l^turday crushed
its founder and chief architect fw
so many years, Bailey had it in this-
easnpaign, but it is most doubtfid
that toe Ralrito man w^ undertako-
to found a- dynasty after the order
of the old - one toyv^eh he belonged,
to so many 7e!Bzs^'~BaiIey became a-
Siimnons man eariy in the new cen
tury, when, after a lHig fi|^ for'
stet^wide prtoihition, Bmley was ■
convinced tiiat temperance wu^d htog -
bv driving saloons and dintiHeilwi.-
Irinn country districts to citiea a*A
towns. Senator Simnaais was
inent in the moYement
Democratic toairman, jnstii
own and' the poity’s eoune
the trirrific oppositioa. By 1908
state-wide prohilrition was possftle,
ISimiMnis and BuSoy wen
in this enteipriso and tlwf 1
until 1924 wW Mr.
govereor in face itf too '
disai^idvoL
The aMiiii
the old oiganiMitom t
delMl aH(g.. Bo 1
diampkn.