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Newspaper the hoke county journal
FRIDAY, JULY nth, 1930
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On Thursday morning, July 3rd,
Mr. A. J. C^l^rie quietly and peace
fully x>ssed away at the home of his
son, Mr. H F Currie where he had
made his home for the last few years
Mr. Andrew Jackson (Jurrie was
born January 26th, 1844 in Robeson
County, (later Hoke) near Bethel
church and was therefore 86 years of
age. He was the son of Neal, and
Katherine McPhail Currie and is the
last of five diildren, the others be
ing, Robert, Calvin, Susan and Pfhoe-
bia Currie., ‘
When a mere lad Mr. Currie joined
the Bethel Presbyterian church where
he remained a memi’ver imtil moving
near Antioch when he transferred
has membership to this chuirch. Short
ly after coming to this commumty
he was nmde a deacon in Antioch
church which office he held until his
death.
On February 23rd, 1871 he was
very happily married to Miss Flora
CJurrie who survives him. To this
union were bom thirteen children,
five of whom are living, these being
Mrs. Everleigh, Mrs. A, J. Jordan,
Mrs. J. W McPhaul, Mrs. Fairley
Thrower and Mr. H. F.Currie all
of Red Springs and vicinity. He is
also survived by 42 grandchildren
and 29 great-grandchildren.
Mr. Currie was an active soldier
in the Confederate war and endured
all the hardships experienced by them.
He thoroughly enjoyed relating
these thrilling experiences in ^ter
'•years . to- -his .vfriends.^! Mr.,--Currie,
stood four-square aS a soldier and
was always alert to the • roed of his
country. It is very unusual that one
^^so patriotic in spirit should be named
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boakd”of commissioners
HOLD REGULAR SESSION
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The board of county commissioners
met in regular monthly session on
Monday with Messrs. McDiamid,
Cameron, McGill and Balfour present.
The school t*udget which was sub
mitted by the board of education was
adopted. On recommendation of the
board of education, all of the indebt
edness of the various school dis
tricts of the county was taken over
by the county, which includes bonds
and other forms of standing indebt
edness including i loans from the
state. This will have the tendency
to make the tax rate more uniform
throughout the coimty and to make
property, not in any special tax dis
trict, to share with other property in
the tax load.
An arrangement was made with
Mrs. Katie T. Butler to care for
Miss Mary Eliza McFayden who has
been in a Fayetteville hospital here
tofore.
A loan of $30,000 was authorized
dn order to take up short term
loans outstanding. This loan of $30,-
000 is made against taxes levied
vand due, ttte law,requiring th^t such
jbe the case. There are some sixty
thousand dollars in past due tax^s
from the years of 1928 and 1929.
The resignation of L. B. Brandon
as county demonstration agent, effec
tive September 1st, was accepted,
though the board pressed regret
at his leaving the county. However,
they did not wish to hinder him in
accepting another position which
. amounts to « much bigger thing
form him. The matter of a successor
to him was not taken up and the
probability is that no action will be
tJtfepTi in the matter until the close
of the year. Some members of the
board expressed a desire to hear from
■the .people on this subject and will
appreciate an ejqjression by, the citi
zens as to whether they feel that
a successor to Mr. Brandon should
Blue 23
Roberts 23
McKeithan _ 16
Reele 29
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LARGER VOTE CAST
IN SECOND PRIMARY
THAN WAS EXPECTED
BOARD OF EDUCATION
^ IN REGULAR SESSION
The county board of education met’
in regular session on the first Mon
day. All members were present.
The first item of business was
the consideration of the budget for
the 1930-1931 term. Before the bud
get figures could be pa^'dd on, it
bad to be decided whether or not
the board would recommend that all
State loans and bonds for the dis
tricts ibe taken over in the six
months term. This matter has
been under consideration for several
years and after givng careful con
sideration to this it was decided
that it would be for the best inter
est of the tax payers that these
loans and bonds be taken over. The
indebtedness was lawfully incurred
in erecting and equipping the school
buildings. The county as a whole
is duie to furnish adequate school
buildings for the six months term
.and it was thought nothing hut
fair that all contribute on an equal
basis for these buildings. The coun
ty was already paying a part oh
some of the buildings and it is logi
cal reasoning that if a part of the
debt fund is paid from county funds
then all of the debt service fund
should be assmed by county funds.
This would make the six months
term tiudget some larger, but since
the districts will be relieved ef this
item in their budgets the total school
levy will not be as much as last
year for most o f the districts.
There is a good deal of territory
that has not been paying anything
for school buildings and still were
getting the advantages of them. By
the county taking over the loans
and bonds all parts of the county
will share equally oft taxes for sdipol
buildings. The board, the^pre,
agreed to recommend that thede
Ipansjuid itjoftds be .^kj
then went before the
commissioners and they concurred
and approved the petition.
The board then took up the mat
ter of the budget and the following
fig^es were approved: General Con
trol, $5,000.00; Churrent Expense,
$68,522.97; Capital Outlay, $660.00;
Debt Service, $11,041.41, making a
total of $76,214.38. There was a
surplus on the previous year's ap
propriation of $1,462.77. This with
$21,023.18 from the State Equalizmg
Fund leaves $52,728.43 to be raised
by. taxes. This is practically the
same as it was last year since tak
ing over the loans and bonds was
atbut equal to the purchase of new
trucks in the last year’s budget.
The contract for the repairs and
ufpkeep of the school trucks vras MILITARY CIMWPANY
awarded to J. L. Teal
Restdts^f Primaryj
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In the second, or run-off primary
Saturday to fill the two offices of
Register of Deeds arid Cotton Weigh
er for the county, Messrs D. K.
Blue and E. L. Peele, the two high
est in the first primary, won the
nominations over their opponents,
though the vote was rather close
in both races. A much larger vote
turned oi4t than) was anticipated
with Raeford Township casting near
ly half of the total. The vote stood,
for Register of Deeds, Blue 578,
Roberts, 496; for Cotton We.igher,
Peele, 596, McKeithan 472; there be
ing 1074 votes cast for Register of
Deeds and 1078 for Cotton Weigher.
Of this nuimher Raeford Township
cast 513 for Register of Deeds and
515 for Cotton Weigher.
The vote by precincts will be foimd
elsewhere in this issue.
D;|ATH of MRS. KATIE
McQueen mcNair
JPs Katie McQueen McNair, life
IN RECORDER’S COURT
In Recorder’s Court Tuesday, Qw-
tis C|BTnell, Pont Jones and Jokn
Logan, all white, faced a charge
of larceny but a nol pros was taken
by the state a(s to the two latter
and pomell entered a nlea of guilty.
It^’^ae^cDfr' teiui he stole an automq-
. pack.fr^.^Nr^rA.'
D. '^un^ra. of, the^, pMpertf
had been retuirnwi to Mr. Saunders
and Comell was ready to return
the other part. Prayer for judg
ment was continued upon making
restitution and the payment of the
costs.
W. H. Hobson suilmitted to a
charge of tresspass and was taxed
with the costs.
, resident of Ro'^son and Hoka
passed away at an early
ho^ on Thursday morning, July*
^/at the home| of her daughter,
J. A. Clifton, Jr., in Green-
S. C., following 42 years of
idism and four months of ser-
illness.' While her relathoa.s and
:s here knew that she was in
lealth, her death came as a
... shock no owe realizing that
the^l^nd was so near.
McNair was the second
dauj^hter of Rev. Archibald and Mrs.
i^ora Nicholson McQueen and was
hbrii on September 19th, 1864. On
.'December 26th, 1886 she was united
in marriage to John M. (McNair, son
of Rev. Malcolm McNair who was
at one time pastor of Bethel church.
To this union three chdldren were
bbpi Malcolm N. McNair, who mar-
Mary Currie and who died in
IMS, Arch M. McNair and Mrs. J.
A.H'Olifton, Jr., both of Greenville,
Wednesday, July 9th, about noon.
Pleas Hall Wright, pronfinent far-
iner and business man 'nho lived near
Raeford died following an, illness of
six months, death keing due to
Bright’s Disease and a complication
of troubles. He was 59 years old
on February 19th, 19.30.
He was bom in what is now Scot
land county and came to Hoke 'Cjpun-
ty in January 1900. He was one of
a number of men who came to Hoke
County in about that time and who
introduced new ideas and methods of
farming into this section. Mr. Wright
was an unusually successful farmer
a(nd iteisiness man and was the
owner of a number of farms at the
time of his death. He was a mera-
]fer of the Methodist ■ church, a
good neighbor, and a man who was
held in high esteem by a large circle
of friends.
Tuesday morning at five r'clock,
A. IL Morris, prominent vosiness
man ®f Raeford, died after an Al
ness of oidy a few days, th«4ig{i he
had been in declining health for
some months. Had he lived, he wonid
have ibeen seventy.aight yeaiB oAd
the 25th of this month. Last March
he suffered a light stroke of para
lysis which forced him to give up
business, though he was able to be
out at tunes until Wednesday of last
w#3k when he fell in hi.s home and
was forced to his bed. Last Satur
day morning he became very much
worse and it was then evident that
the end was near,
Mr. Morris was a native of Mont
gomery county and spent most of his
life in Troy, the county seat, until
bs moved to Raeford in 1968. He
was a prominent merchant and real
estate dealer in Troy and after com
ing to Raeford. He served as regis-
In 1894 he was united in mar- ter of deeds of Montgomery county
'MlcNair was educated at
S^tesville Female College and lived
''entire life in Hoke and Robeson
ct^ties \mtil August of last year
wh^ she HMfved to Greenville, S.
Q;J . to MlAe her honss with her
her son and daughter, are one grand
daughter, Mary Neal McNair, of
Raeford and one grand-son, J. A.
Clifton, 3rd of Greenville, S. C.;
three brotbars Messrs J. A. and W.
B. McQueen, of Raeford and D. B,
McQueen of Albermarle; two sisters,
Mrs. E. S. Smith and Miss Flora
McQueen, of Raeford. Mrs. McNair
was a life lo.ng member of the
riage to Miss Fannie Wright, who
survives him together with the fol
lowing children: Hall, Currie, Pierce,
P. H., Jr., Viola all of Raeford and
Mrs. C. H. Peele of Rich ^uare, all
of the above were at home when the
end came.
Fimeral services were conducted in
the Raeford Methodist Church on
Thursday at four P. M. by the pas
tor, Rev. W. P. Trawick, and inter
ment was made in Raeford Ceme
tery. Honorary pall bearers were:
E. B. McNeill, W. T. Covington, L.
D, Wiamer, T B Upchurch, W A.
McLean, and Edgar Hall. Active
pall bearers were: M. W. Thomas,
N. B. Blue, John Blue, J. W. Russell,
If. G. Leach, and L. W. Andrews
DEMONSTRATION AGENT
BRANDON HAS RESIGNED
George McCormick, who was tried _ , . . , , , ..j
rr. J ^4! Presbyterian church and lived a co.n-
on Tuesday of last week on a ctiarge ' ^ ...
J! li. -4.1. TirooTi/vn sislent Christian life that endeared
of an assault with a deadly weapon ^ „
/ i 1.11 \ J her to all who knew her. Her
(automobile) and judgment reservea, i x-
’ ..-If .wniiiwl to father was for a long time pastor
was founo guilty and requireq , , , . t ^
AT. * of *1 fin no of Bethel church, in sight of which
■Day the costs and the sum oi $iou.w ? ^ x.
X -J X T» 1 » in was the McQueen home, Iwmnte Robeson Counties
to be paid to Baker’s Sanatonum m " j,
^ famous for years for its hospitality
-A" laige' circle of. frilmds Hoke
County will learn with genuine re
gret that after September 1st Mr.
and Mrs. L. B. Brandon will m,ove
to Laurinburg, where Mr. Brandon
has accepted a position with the Me
Nair interests. It has been rumored
for a month or more that he had
accepted this position but he asked
that the fact not lie published here
tofore. He will have charge of the
farming interesx.5 of this powerful
organization, embracing about te-i
thousand acres of land in cultivation
and having under him nine super.
irikendents in Scotland, Hoke and
Lumberben to he applied on the hos
RAEFORD DEFEATS HIGH
FALLS BY LARGE SCORE
Last Friday, July 4th, the Rae
ford Base Ball team journeyed up to
High Falls and engaged in a g;ame
with the team of that place, com
ing home with a 14 and 6 victory,
thus evening up the count, High
Falls having one from the locals
the previous week on the home
grounds here.
John Dunk McNeill, star athlete
of the University freshmen last sea
son, was on the mound for Raeford
and pitfched a nice game as well as
weilding a wicked stick. John Cal
McLean, a star of by-gone days,
received behind the bat and also
performed nicely. The Raeford team
seems to have had a hitting spree
and he who has ears to hear can
hear of hits galore by just standing
around the drug stores.
TIME CHANGED FOR AWARDING
PRIZES TO BEST-DRILLED
SOLDIERS
In order to grive the new members
of the two local military companies
opportunity to have some ex-
an
perience in camp and to enable the
judges to more accurately pass on
their quallfioations. the prizes offered
by Baucom’s Cjash Store for the
, . X, X 11 A second best drilled soldiers
be hired. With the talk ai^ v j in each local company, will not he
for a reduction in taxes the board
would like to know just how far
sentiment is in favor of going ift
zedvMcing taxes.
Favorable action was teken ojj gpeciaP' Oxfords, and
the proposition to continue the work
«f the Forestry Division in the conn- 1
awarded until (he boys return from
camp, after which the prizes will be
promptly’, awarded the winners. Tlio
prizes are 2 pairs of “Baucom’s
2 “CoHar-ite”
ty for another year.
The board adjourned to meet in
day in this month at whixdi time
the budget for the coming year will
''fecial session on the ,'th|rd hlou-1 be adoj^ted.
„ or." ..no.,-Mi
household. The M^ueen family has
TO LEAVE FOR CAMP prominently identified with the
EARLY SUNDAY MORN Wstory of this section for many
generations and throughout the two
Bright an-i early next aund>;y Caroljnas can ba found prominont
mcming Battery P and First Bn. men in the various walks of life
Hdqts. and CJobat train, under com- who tear the name,
mand of Captains W, L. Poole an.d Funeral services were conducted
J. W. Walker, respectively, will leave at the grave-side m Raeford Ceme-
Raeford by rail for Fort Moultne, tery on Friday at 11 o’clock with
S. C., for their regfular summer Rev. A. D. Car-swell, pastor of
encampment of two weeks. In ad- Bethel church, conducting the last
dition to. tire 66 and 27 enlisted s,a(| rites. A quartet composed of
men and seven officers who go with Messrs Make and Martin McKeithan,
liese outfits, Lieut. Col. R. B. Lewis. Dr. H. R. Cromartie, and M. A.
of the 262.nd, Dr. R. A. Matheson, Davis sang two selections,
who is a . medical officer in the regi- Pall bearers were F, B. Sexten,
ment with the rank of Captain, and Dr. R. A. Matheson, J. S. Johnson,
Captain J. H. Blue who is Plans r. g Lewis, J B. Thomas and D.
and Training Officer in the same Currie
regiment,' will also make the trip. Among relatixtes and friends from
During Mr. Matheson's absence his g, distance attendin^g the funeral were,
brother, Dr. J. G. Matheson, w'll ^igg SgjRg Lou McKinnon, A J.
look after his practice. McKinnon, Mrs. S. H. McKinnon,
Battery P will have their first ^ ^ IMcQueen, Mrs. John Stancil
experience in camp as an artillery jjyg yf jj Uasty all of Max-
ourtfit using for the first time the ^ Laurie Mar
actual practice a six finth gun. Tl.cy Bennettsville, S. C.; Mr. and
have one at their armory here for Mrs.J.L. McQueen, Clio, S. C.; Col.
insilruction and another at Moultrie Donald. McQueen, punbar, S. C.; Dr.
for actual firing. This outfit made: a. R. and Misses Margaret and
a great record as an anti-aircraft McQueen, Punn, N. C.; Mr.
battery and those familiar with them and Mrs. C. M. Palmer, Mr. and
have no dombt that they will soon jjrs. J, H. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs.
bu pulling down honors in their vy. v. palmer, Mrs. Ivey Palmer,
new field. Mr D B McQueen and famUy of
First Batallion Hdqts. and Combat Albermarle, . jjj. p
Train, under command of Capt. Walk-j and Jjiss Emily Smith, Smithfield,
er is a new ouftt in the regimenl;, n. C.; Mr. and Mrs. E. H.' Morton,
iMr. Brandon has been county
demonstration agent in Hoke county
for about eight years and during
that* time has rendered inval 1
service to the x.nous farming ;r.-
terosts of t:;e bunty, intro luv ng
new methods of I'a-ming, imo. -'.ng
strains of .^coiJs, 'ixiiing mark^*’? 'or
the produce of “he county and ;ui-
vising the public o,” the many frot-
Icins that have ti.mt up in that tm.o.
His .splendid character and lovable
disposition' have made him very pop
ular in his work and his friends
here will regret most keenly hh?
leaving. He and his family ha^e
identified themselves with every
movement tending to better the com
munity and the/r leaving will be
great loss.
having been organized during the
present year, but their personnel
and the experience of their officers
melees certaip their taking their place
with the best canqanies.
Hoke County has every reason to
be proud of the standing ga’S'i in.
military affairs by these tnen. In
the county are n Coknel, four Cap
tains, and five Lientonairts, making
a total of ten connniMdoned''officerx
for two terms and mada a most
efficient officer. He was first mar
ried to Miss Pattie Monroe, of Mont
gomery county and to this union
three children] were b^rn, one dicing
while an infant and the other two,
Carl and Bruce, surviving him and
making their home in Raeford. His
first wife died in 1897. He was
later married to Miss Edna Leno^
Henderson, also of Montgomery coun
ty, who survives him. To this
union the following children were
bom: Fay, Price, Robert, Jack, and
Mary, all of whom survive.
Mr. Morris was-a life long mem
ber . of the Methodist church a-ni
led a life that spoke eloquently of
the man. Never did a man live in
Raeford who was more careful about
keeping his promise or who respected
^ rights of others more than he
i^id. ^eacei^j^'laWsaidding, he lived
a liffe that wouiS^cause" Him to be
noticed in any community. His siiare
in the up’-uilding of Raeford and
Hoke County was no small one and
he will be sorely missed. 'While his
life was a successful one in a finan
cial way,. he was never known to
place an exaggerated value on the
dollar or to stoop to acquire one.
Funeral services were conducted
in the Raeord Methodist church on
Wednesday at ten o’clock by the pas
tor, Rev. W. F. Trawick and a for
mer pastor. Rev. B. P. Robinson. In
terment was made in the Raeford
Cemetery All of the business houses
of Raeford were closed during the
funeral.
Pall bearers were, A. J. Fuller, E.
*’ B. IMlcNeill, F. B. Sexton, L M An
drews, A. K. Stevens.
Among those from a distance at
tending the funeral were: Mr Claude
Morris and Miss Nora Bruce, of
Salisbury; Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Mor
ris and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hed
rick, of Greensboro; Mr. and Mis.
Ed Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ross
and son Joseph, of x\sheboro; Mr.
and Mrs. G. F. Morris, Mr. and Mrs.
Lonzo Morris, iMr'. and Mrs. L. M.
Russell, Mrs. A. R. Boatwright, Mr.
and Mrs. G. C. Beaman, Mr and Mrs
Charlie Beaman, Mr and Mrs. W.
* G. Smitherman, Mrs Frank Hurley,
Mrs. T. N. Harris, Mrs. Bertha Har-
MAN BITTEl
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BY SNAKE
TO HOSPITAL
'Crirthage, N. C.
in the county. The higher-iip.'« in
National Guard circles in the s*4ie
h! ve been lavjh in their praise ‘-f
the 'xitmosphere existing in the county
with referencs to these com panics
and in their jiajac of the ty:io of
ntcn tnd the cips»s of work heicn to
be fonoid. "
I.ast Thursdav morning ^July .3ri i
as he went to pick up an ear of
corn in his bar.i, Mr. Daniel 'I. Mc
Millan, prominent citizen of Blue
Springs Township, had the niisfor-
tape of being bitten by a Pilot
snake, the snake striking him on :l:e
midrje finger of his right hand. He
immediately called to his niece, Miss
Annie McMillan who lives with him
and she display ed rare presence of
mind. BJie Immediately corded his
arm to prevent the circulation of
blood and rushed him to Refold
to see ■ Dr. Murray. . Dr. Murray
carried him immediately to a hos
pital in Fayetteville and he was
given a serum to counteract the
prison and,brought him hack home.
Mr. McMillan suffered intensely for
a number of hours after he was
itStten and his arm swelled to large
proportions but he has improved
steadily and is now about well.
Miss ' MciMillan called to a edlMred
boy on the place to lull the snake,
as she was leaving, irhicK the boy
did wUh A gun finding it to be a
PHot which is considexed a Tery
dangerouB_Bnake.
ns, Mrs. Bertha Harris, Miss Etta
Monroe, Mr. P. H. Cook, and Mr.
W. C. Nance all of Troy; Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Hedrick, Mrs. Reed Hed
rick, and Mrs. Fannie Hulin, of
High Point; IMr. J. J. Russell, of
Blaine; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. 'Tucker,
and sons Paul and Wallace, Mr. L*
C. Russell and Mr Cloud, all of Al-
bermarie; Messrs R. B. and G. V.
Tucker, Cheraw, S. CL;. Mrs. B R.
Barksdell, Chattanooga, ’Fenn.; Mr.
and Mrs. M. H. Tucker West Endt
Mr. and Mrs. B. Z. Henderson, s«k
Robert and two daughters of Jack-
son Springs; Mr and Mrs. Ww^
Hendersoai, Elleibe; Misses Mamie
and Carrie Mmiroe, Mrs. Don Cop-
page, and two daughters, Mrs. Claude
Page and daui^iler, and Mr. Alex
Monroe, of Rockingham; iMrs. N. P.
Monroe, son and daughter of Biscoew
CARD OF THANKS
I am grateful to the people for
gracious treatment extended to me
and my mother’s other immediate
relatives during our sorrow at ^
death of Mrs. Melinda Cole, mother
of the undMrigned.
Miu. Kate Cole,
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