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ILUME XXVI. NUMBER 23.
RAEFORD, N. O, FRmAY, SEPTEMBER Sth* 1930.
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The Raeford school opened for
the THS^-'lMl-^ienn on- last. Maad ay^
morning with appropriate exercises.
A* number of parents were present
■ijbo back their boys and.girls in their
somewhat mysterious efforts to se-
jcure an education. The auditorium
Iwas filled to capacity with happy
boys and girls who s^med elated
to. be permitted to farther engage
In an effort to train their minds
for useful citizens. 'Happy Indeed
mere those of their® is the same
IsE^cher who guided others in the
same school last year. They no
doubt welcomed her with smiles that
only an innocent child can give and
Rejoice that the association which
'■ft®. terminated with the closing of
school last spring has been renewed
i^ain. On the other hand if a new
teacher, one whom they have never
iseen, they have looked with wonder
land amazement at the one who 1®
to be thein companion in the^ school
for the~4erm.
The devotional exercises were
conducted by' Rev. Mr. Miler of the
Baptist church and Rev. W. F. Tra-
wick of the Methodist church. Mr.
iMiller read the scripture and gave
very helpful thoughts suggested bj?
the Beattitudes which he read. Mr.
Trawick lead the audience in pray-
.«r.
The County Commissioners met
Monday., and., fixed th^e rate for .the
current year. The rate for county
wide purposes Ih $1.04, the same as
last year. The commissioners were
aixious to reduce the rate, but were
unbale to do so after taking over
the school indebtedness of all the
districts. However, most of the spe
cial school districts have been able
to reduce their rates from 5c to 20c
on the $100.00 valuation, so that the
chances are that your taxes will be
lower this year than they were last
A 4®l«S**'tion of farmers from
Cumbe(fB|nd County appeared before
the Board asking that the release
Mr. Stevens, who had been employ
ed as successor to L. B. Brandon,
so that he could continue the work
in Cumberland county. The Board
granted their request, so it is not
known at this time who will take
Mr. Brandon’s place. The delegation
expressed their thanks to the Board
for allowing them to keep Mr. Stev-
en| as county demonstrator.
farmers to get additional
ADVANCES FROM ASSOCIATION
Frank S. Blue. Carthage Minister,
Elected to ^
Chaplain.
Moore 'County News)
Rev. Frank S. Blue, of Carthage,
was Tuesday of last week elected
chaplain of the North Carolina de-
partoent of the American Legion.
H© had no opposition and his Ac
tion was unanimous. He was nom
inated by R. G. Cherry, of Gastonia,
a past state department commander,
and his nomination was seconded
by S. R. Hoyle, of the Moore coun
ty bar.
Mr. Blue’s election to this impor
tant poht in the Legion is quite a
compliment to him, as the honor has
heretofore gone to minister members
of the Legion who have been in the
ministry many years longer and who
in most cases were chaplains over
seas. Mr.. Blue was an enlisted man
and saw much active service.
Con C. Johnson, of Mooresville,
was elected commander of the de-
GEN. HOLBROOK TO
LEAVE FT. BRAGG
Transferred To Fort Hamilton;
Breas.JTQ Be ™.
Bragg Commandant
I^yetteville, Aug. 30.—Brig. Gen.
Lucius R. Holbrook, for the past
three years commandant at Fort
Bragg and., commander of the 13th
field artillery brigade, has been pro
moted to the command of the first
division of the United States Army
and assigned to duty at Ft. Hamil
ton. N. Y.
This information was received here
•today from the war departinent offi
cials at Washington following an
nouncement yesterday that Brig. Gen
Herbert J. Brees. of Laramie, Wyo
ming, had been promoted , to the
command of the 13tb field artillery
brigade from the rank of colonel.
(Brig. Gen. Brees was also assigned
to command at Fort Bragg.
Brig. Gen. Brees is expected to
take over the command here in
about three months. He will attend
the field artillery school and the
CARTER ANNUAL
mON HELD
(Contributed)
”“Gn Sunday, August 31, the annual
Carter reunion was held at the home
'of Mr. and Mi®. W. H. Carter.
The table was made under the
large china trees which shaded the
children from the hot sun. Al
though there were some who were
'unable to be there on account of
illness there was a large crowd pres
ent.
Lemonade was Served and a varie
ty of good eats, including ham
fried chicken, cakes, pies and other
things which would have tempted
the sick.
It was a day to be remembered,
for this gathering will leave a pleas
ant memory in the minds of those
who attended.
It is hoped that next year the
attendance will be larger.
Last week while on a trip to New
paartment lor-the ensuing year win 'air corps school for special training York, Messrs Clyde Upchurch, Is-
JUST PLIAN DRUNK.
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^ After t6© devotional exercises Dr.
W. Brown, chairman of the board
of trustees, was called on for a
few remark®. In his characteristic
way he gave some sound advice and
' urged ©very on© to take advantage
©1 the opportunities that were be
ing offered. He uot only directed
his remarks to the pupils but to
ith© teachers as well. H© urged
them to acquit themselves as la
dles and gentlemen and informed
them that they were empoyed not
only for the hours spent in the
classroom, but lor the time spent
^ outside as well. He urged them
to be leaders in the community and
, lend a helping hand in all efforts
lor th betterment of the town and
county. The teaching profession if
It is any thing at all, calls for un-
jl stinted devotion to one's tasks. One
may In any other calling of life
meeeure his service in terms of
hours. The carpenter may quit
with the whistle and feel that he
has acquitted himself to the fullest.
But the teacher who limits his or
flervice by the hands of the clock
faled to conceive what the pro
fession has to offer.
County Superintendent, \W. P.
Hawfleld, was then called on for
some remarkfe. He opened his talk
■' by refeirlng to a recent cartoon in
one of the -state papers wblch
showed that one phase of uuem-
ployment is relieved by opening the
doors of th© schools for the boys
and girls who had been enjoying a
season of vacation. He pointed out
!. three or four outstanding needs,
mentioning that the school grounds
should be beautified. He mention
ed that a school is judged largely
by its outside appearances as a
great many of the parents do not
venture Into th© Inner recesses of
I learning but form their opinions by
what they see and hear on the out
side. He urged that the library fa-
"Mif cllltlek bo Improved for North Car
olina stands at the bottom of the
list of southern states in this res-
I>ect. He ventured to suggest that
a new high school building is badly
needed and predicted that the time
is not far distant when further ex-
> pansion will be a matter of neces
sity.
Both Dr. Brown and Supt. Haw
fleld were high in their praise of
IProf. Lowrance who comes as the
new head of the school. It is a
pleasing practice of the people of
the Southern States, when they re
ceive a guest Into their homes, of
saying, “Now you’re one of our
folks.’’ In the name of the educa
tional workers of Raeford and Hoke
County, we wish to say to Mr. Low-^
ranee, “Now you are one of our
folks.”
Judging from the favorable com
ments from those who attended .the
opening exercises we feel that we
voice a universal sentiment
when we say that wp believe
that Mr. Lowrance’s coming among
us means a distinct gain to our ed
ucational system. He has made for
himself an enviable record as an ed
ucator; lu fact, an official of the
county from which he- came ’has not
hesitated to say that he considers
him as good in his field as any In
the stfUe.
Mr. (Lowrance has Surrounded
himself with an excellent corps of
teachers and with the situation ma
terial’ log as the prospecU would
Indlc' there is every reason ;to be-
helli that the local school will
have no of the best years If not
the beat In the history of the school.
'Statements and settlement checks
are now being made up in the Ral
eigh office of the Association and
they will be released about the 15th
or 20th of September when the mon
ey for sttlement from the Federal
Farm Board becomes available.
Nine Cents Advance Stimulates En
thusiasm..
Since the 9 cents per pound ad
vance on middling 7-8 inch - cotton
of this season’s crop was announced
a few days ago by the American Cot
ton Cooperative Association, inter
est in the Cotton Growers Associa
tion has been very greatly stimu
lated. New mombership contracts
are coming into the Raleigh office
of the Association without soRcita-
tion as if the delivery season were
already .underway. Several contracts
have been received during the past
few days from producers who will
deliver a thousand bales or more
each. This is indicative, said Vice-
President and General Manager, U.
iBentoh' Blalock, that farmers are not
going to sacrifice their cotton at
the present market levels.
Approximately $200,000 will be dis
tributed by the North Carolina Cot
ton Growers Cooperative Association
within the next few days to mem
bers who delivered cotton- of the
1929' crop to the seasonal pool of
better grade than 7-8 inch middling,
said Vice-President and General
Manager U. B. Blalock, today.
A basis of sttlement has been
agreed upon by the Association with-
the Federal Farm Board whereby
members with cotton in the season
al pool will get their premiums for
grade and staple as was announced
when the Sixteen cents per pound
loan was put into effect last fall.
The sixteen cents per pound loan
was later reduced to 15 cents, and
members who drew only 15 cents,
basis middling 7-8 inch, will get
an additional 1 cent p4r pound.
ning out over Fred Myrick, of
Greensboro, after one of the closest
fights in the history of the ex-ser
vicemen’s organization. The next
convention goes to Morehead City.
Moore county was well represen
ted at the convention. Paul Dana and
Tom Black, of Pinehurst, and Max
Backer, of Southern Pines, repre
sented the strong Sandhills post,
and the Joseph. G. Henbon Post was
represented by the following: R. G
Wallace,. H. Lee Thomas, B. R
Hoyle, Heywood Frye, O. R. Welch,
Sheriff C. J. McDonald and John
Beasley.
before assuming charge of Ft. Bragg. (j-ael Mann and Walter Baker made
Gen. Brees will be the third gen
eral and the fourth commandant at
Fort Bragg. The jost’S first com
mandant was Brig. Gen. A. J. Bow-
ley, who was transferred several
years ago and was succeeded in- the
command of the post by Col. Henry
Butner. Colonel Butner was suc
ceeded by General Holbrook.
(Editor’s Note: — Gen, Holbrook
attended a Kiwanis meeting here
some time ago and has many friend.'?
in Raeford and Hoke County.)
BOY SCOUTS ENJOY HIKE
STATE SUPREME COURT IN
. NEED AOJITIONAL
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(By Charles G. Roee, President N. * During the same fqrty yearb or more
On Tuesday afternoon, August 26,
the Boy Scoutb hiked out to the
Country Club and back. Leaving
ajjout four o’clock, fourteen Scouts
in charge of R. B. Lewis and Alfred
Cole left town; They kept into a
body until they reached Viewpoint
filling station. At this point they di
vided, one-half going with Mr. Cole
and the other half going with Mr.
Lewis. The agreement being that
the last bunch to arrive at the
clubhouse would have to cook ^up-
per for the other half. Mr. Lewis’
crowd went out th© Fayetteville
Highway and Mr. Cole led his crowd
out the Rockflbh road. Th© latter
bunch arrived at the clubhouse first,
so thereby had the pleasure of being
fed by the losing crowd. Before
supper. Paul Dixon, Jr., Clyde Up
church,Jr., J.H. Austin, Jr.,Nlg Epstein,
and Malloy Lamont passed some
swimming tests for merit badge®.
After this a shipper oonblstlng of
hot/dogs, potato salad, pickles cof
fee,' bread, etc., was served and was
thoroughly enjoyed by all. Then a
session of story telling was had.
Leaving the clubhouse about eight
thirty the gang started back to town
by way of the RoCkflsb road. All
went well until arriving at the
bridge over Peddlorh branch, the
leaders decided that the line of
march went through the cemetery.
After much coaxing all the scouts
were sent through and the bunch re
formed on the ball diamond. They
marched to the Court House where
they were disbanded and went home
to bed, tired but happy.
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C. Bar Association.)
Under the authority of an act
■passed~’4>y the- general assembly of
1928, (public laws 1929, chapter 142)
there will be submitted' to the vot
ers of the State, at the general
election to • be held this fall, an.
amendment to the State constitution
providihg for an Increase in the
number of the justices of the su
preme court from five to seven.
Ai-ticle IV, section 6, of the pres
ent constitution now reads:
“Supreme court justices: The su
preme court shall consist of a chief
justice and four associate justices.”
The proposed amendment changes
the word “four” to “six,” thereby
providing for two additional asso
ciate justices.
No more vital or important amend
ment has been submitted to the
qualified voters of the state at any
time during the past decade or more,
and the citizenship of the state
should give this amendment thought
ful consideration before the fall
election. The prompt and efficient
administration of justice lu all oar
courts—inferior, superior and ap-
pellate--iS a vital part of the warp
and wool of our economic and so
cial fabric. “Justice, without sale,
denial or delay” is essential ot our
social well being and Is a necessary
factor in their transactions of every
day business.
A similar amendment Increasing
the number of th© justices of the
supreme court from three to five
was submitted to and approved by
the electorate at the general election
held in 1888; and since that year
the membership of our appellate
court has remdned the same. Dur
ing the last 40 years, or more, the
state has grown in population, la
business, In banking; and in fact
in ©very fibre of its structure. The
census of 1890 gave the population
.of the state'^of ‘North Carolina as
one million, six hundred, seventeen
thousand, nine hundred and forty-
s^ven, and in 1920 this population
had Increased to two million, five
hunderd and fifty-nine thousand, one
hundred and twent-three. The 1930
population Is over three million
showing practically 100 per cent In
crease since 1889. During that Same
period, as near as can be ascertain
ed, the bank deposits in the state
have risen from sixteen and three-
quarter million to more than three
I hundred and fifty-six million; our
farm crops have jumped from fifty
million 1^0 nearly, three hundred mil
lion-; our manufactured products
have increased from forty million to
one billion, one htmdred and fifty
million; our capital investments in
manufacturing from thirty-three mU-
lion to nearly one hnUotn, and mr
(taxable prop^y from two hundred
million to over threoi hiUloa dollars.
a purchase that has caused most of
their friends to come to the conclu
sion that they partook too freely
of the forbidden fluid which the
Eighteenth Amendment and the Vol
stead Law make -illegal.
The evidence against these men.
who pose a’s angels at - home, is a
pipe which they brought to one Buck
'Chisholm. It is no use trjing to
describe it but Sapp says that any
jury in the state would convict these
men of being drunk when the pur
chase was made.
the railroad mileage of the state
nas increased from about twenty
five hundred miles to. over six thou
sand iciies. In 1889 we had no im
proved state roads, and highways
such as we now have, and the au
tomobiles, trucks, buses- and other
vehicles which now fills these
highways were unknown. The tele
phones and the telegraph and elec
tric power lines were in their “swad
dling clothes.” All of theee factors
and many others, have in their very
nature increased the volumne of lit
igation in the courts of the state and
have thereby caused more appeals
to be carried to our highest court.
In 1889 there were but twelve reg
ular superior court judges, with two
or three judges of special criminal
courts. The state now has twenty
regular superior court judges, six
special judges and one emergency
judge all of whom are kept busy
practically every week in the year
holding courts of the state. In
addition to the'se regular and spe
cial judges there are several county
courts and so-called recorder’s courts
are "as thick as autumnal leaves
that strow the brooks of Vallom-
brosa.” In short we have increased
our superior court judges from 12
to 27 and have provided no- relief
whatever for our overburdened su
preme court justices. That they
have manfully and efficiently car
ried this burden, no one can suc
cessfully deny, but It Is neither
right, nor is it good business admin
istration. to unduly tax the capacity
of these faithful public servants
who are now th© members of of our
highest court.
As a necessary result of the
changes In the social, business and,
economic life of the state and the
increase in the courts inferior to
the supreme court, the work of our
court of last resort, and of each
of its members, has greatly increas
ed. even though the rules of prac
tice before the supreme court have
been so changed aS to , discourage
appeals except in cases of real mer
it.
At the spring term 1889, as ap
pears from the printed records, one
lumdred and thrlrty-three appeals
were disposed of, and the same
period in 1929 the number of appeals
disposed of amounted to two hun
dred and forty-foiflr. At the fall term
1889 our highest court passed on one
hundred and sixty cases against
two hundred and seventy-two in
the fall of 1929.
For the spring term 1930 there
were twenty-three appeals brought
before the superior court fox di>ter-
mlnatlon.
1889. spring 133. fall 160. total
CIAIEANIIV
HOLD REUNION
The Clark family of Hoke county,
most of whom live in Blue Springs
ownship and in the Bethel com
munity, held their annual reunion
on Saturday. August the 30th, at
■he home of Mr. J. A. Clark. The
day, though a little warm and dusty,
on account of the dry weather, was
'air and beautiful, and the ahoAe of
th© stately oaks that surround this
home added no little to the mijoy-
ment ot the happy occasion. There
was no special program arranged,
but Messrs. Chalmers McMillfii, Dan
and John McVicker furnished -Mme
splendid music before the noon hour,
on their violins and banjo. At
12:30 the dinner was served on a
long table in the yard. This con
sisted of a variety of good and de
licious food, such as N. C. ham,
fried chicken, salads, cakes plea,
sandwiches et citera ad infinitum,
also ..tea and coffee. After dinner
Ex-Sheriff Edgar Hall was called on
for a talk. He made a fev remarks
and introduced Dr. A. C. Bethune.
of Raeford. who made a mest inter
esting talk on the Scotch pepole
who came to this country in 1729
and 1736 and settled on both sides
of the Cape Fear river and whose
descendants, (one being the ances
tor of this Clark family) spread out
over the territory now composing
Cumberland, Harnett, Moore, Mont
gomery, Scotland and Hoke counties.
The doctor gave the young folks
present some good advice relative
to keeping alive their family his-
tor>-, and traditions, calling their at
tention to the good schools now in
reach of all and urged them to taka
advantage and secure at least a
high school education. The young
people rendered some fine vocal and
instrumental music during the after
noon. At a business meeeting -of the
members of the family, Mr. J. A,
Clark was elected president, Mr.
Luther Clark, vice-president, and Mr.
Neill Clark, secretary and treasurer.
Mrs. Neill Clark and Misses Mary
Ann, Jane and Eva Clark were elect
ed as a program committee. It was
also decided to hold the reunion,
next year on the la'st Friday in Au
gust instead of Saturday.
The names of those present fol
low: Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Clark,
Grover D. Clark, John Dunk Clark.
Eva Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Clark, Archie Clark, Mary Ann
Clark, Thelma Clark, Lucy Clark,
“Wilson Clark, John P. Clark, Mr.
and Mrs. McNeill Clark, Graham
Clark, Maidia Clark, Ruby Lee Clark,
and Douglas Bethune Clark.
Howard Clark, Hilton Clark, Paul
ine Clark, William Clark, Mr. M. A.
Clark, Mrs. N. M. Clark, J. Currie
Clark, Ruby Clark, Dajn Clark, Mrs.
Dan Clark, Jasper Clark, Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Cox, Jr., Raymond Clark,
McPhaul Clark. Carson Clippard,
Calton Clippard. W. N. Clark, Lenora
Clark, William Talmade Clark, Mrs.
J. R. Rittenhouse. Earl Rlttenhouse.
and Edward RittenhfJuse. William T.
Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilkes,
than had ma emdoast -oecoung. nr5 Mr. and Mrs. C, C. McMillan, J.
than had made a most excellent cit- i D. McMillan, Miss Sarah Monroe*
izen all of his life and this was the
first trouble he had been in. Sheriff
Hall and others stating that they had
known him for a long number of
years and that he had lived a migh
ty correct life, which resulted in the
fine of $10 being taken off.
Bill Smith and Charlie Smith, col
ored. were Indicted along with Na
than Taylor for being drunk and dis
orderly and plead not guilty. Bill
Smith was found guilty and fined
$10 and costs. The state took a nol
pros as to Charlie at the conclusion
of the evidence.
Lewi® and Kaola Turner, Flora
Harris, and Johnny Thomas, all col
ored. of the Montrose neighborhood-,
were indicted for engaging in an af-1 late John Calvin Currie. She was
In Recorder’s Court Tuesday, W.
L. Humphrey,' white, of Robeson
county eubmittted to a charge of
riolating the State fishing laws and
was txed with the cost, the countv
cost being remitted. 'Mr._Hiimphre-y,
a prominent citizen of Robeson coun
ty, unthoughtedly came into Hoke
county and fished without state li
cense. Queer as it may Seem, no-
withstanding the fact that Robeson
county ^has no license tax for fieh-
ing, neither has Hoke county, still
one going from one county to an
other has to have state license.
Buck Roper, colorel, submitted to
a charge of assault with a deadly
weapon and was Sentenced to 60
days on the county roads. Judgment
suspended on payment of cost.
John Evans, colored, was taxed
with the cost for being drunk and
disorderly.
Nathan Taylor, an iged colored
man of Stone Wall township, was
found guilty of violating the prohi
bition laws and of being drunk and
disorderly. He was taxed with the
cost in each case and required to
pay a fine of $10, howev'er. it de
veloped later in the day that Na-
John T. Vicker, Mesdames Alice Mc
Rae, O. J. McRae and David Reid
and Harry McRae, Mr. C. F. Mc-
Bryde, Eloise McBryde, Carolyn Mc-
Bryde and Mary Black McBryde, Dr.
A. C. Bethune and Edgar Hall.
MRS MOLLIE CURRIE PASSES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Mrs. Mollie 'Currie, seventy-three
years of age, died at 6 o’clock Sat
urday afternoon at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. W. H. HaSty in Max-
ton. She had been sick for several
months, never having recovered
from a severe attack of flu and
pneumonia of the past winter,
j Mrs. Currie was the widow of the
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(Continued on Page Eig^t)
fray. This case was the outcome of
a case the week before in which
Lewis Turner had indicted Johnny
Thomas for an ashault %vith a dead
ly weapon and during the trial of
which evidence tend to show' that it
might have been an acray. A mis
trial was ordered and a bench war
rant was issued for Turner and his
wife, Kaola, and Flora Harris. After
a long drawn out trial all four de
fendants were found not guilty of an
engagement in an affray. Thomas
was found guilty of an assault with
a deadly weapon and Sentenced to
the county roads for three months,
judgment to be suspended upon pay
ment of the costs and a fine of ten
doHai®. He gave notice of appeal.
S. E. Walters, who was tried on
Tuesday of last week under a charge
of issuing a bad check and judgment
reserved for on© week, wah found
not guilty.
Carl Walker, colored, was found
guilty of an assault -with, a deadly
weapon upon Richard Graham and
fined ten dollars and cos'n. Ho
gave notke of appeaL
the daughter of Billy and Almena
McLean and was bom and reared
at the old home place at Pike. She
joined Sandy Grove church when a
girl and throughout her life was a
devoted Presbyterian.
After th© death of her husband,
the family moved to Maxton, where
they lived until about thirteen years
ago when they moved to Raeford.
For the paht two years, Mrs. Currie
has lived with her daughters in Max-
ton and was living with Mrs. Hasty
when the end came. She was quiet
unassuming and possessed an un
usually lovable dispobltion.
The funeral was held at the home
of Mrs. Hasty Sunday afternoon and
interment was in the Maxton ceme
tery. A large number of Raeford
friends and people who had been
lifetime neighbors attended the fun-
Surviving Mrs. Currie are the fol
lowing children; Chalmers Currie.
Mrs. 'colm McLean, A. K. Currie.
Miss irgaret Currie, Mrs. W. H.
Habty i.ud Dee. Currie. There •!«
also thirteen grandchUdreD,