,NEiUtS tUmnHIN
l^acketball .Court And Gymnasium
Efluipment 'To Be Features—Of
Benefit to Citizens Athletically In
clined as Well As Guard.
mm
MILLS TO BE SOLD
Sale On Oetober> 23rd-^To Include
All Holdings—Hopes Are For it
eration Upder Ownership or Re.
ceiver By C. W." Seate.
A The military eosanizatibiis of Rae-
‘wrd are ItBStminental In bringing
into being ano^w oonnnena'able civ
ic improv«nent tn IRasbford, in tbe
j^ilding of tbe new 'combination arm-
and gymna^um which is near
ing comple^ii—tmu^e hit ^'adjoining
cimstiwc-
tibtt -rbofr
Ing^ and ;lteoring are now being but
In. TWTheii' eoanjEleted Oils new unit
win not only be a great addition
to tbe physical egnlpment of .'Battery
iP and the Combat Unfit but will be a
needed addition it® the -physical well
being of Raeford’s yopng .men.
y The completed building wiU 'have
an inside floor space of torty-elght
by eighty feet, laige enough for a
regulation size baelcetball court with
r|)om for several Ibundred spectators
She floor is being constructed
first grade pine flooring and will be
ideal for indoor games and for gen
^ral recreation. As funds are avail
able gymnasium equipment, such as
horizontal bars,' weights and so
forth will be added until the gym
^biasium is complete.
At present the indications are that
the building' will be ccunpleted and
ready for occupancy by the first
of October. Arrangememts wil’. be
made for its use both by the miltary
^company and the high ischtml 'bas
ketball teams and plans are under
I way for a basketball tefflign© which
will include all young men of the
town Who are anxious for the exer
f^cise. that ''this gam© will luimish
■'through the winter months. The
military company plans to have al
team which will compete with the
__5-best company, T. M. C. A. and inde
pendent teams of the Boetlon.
Captain Poole is, amdous that the
addiUon of the gymnasium will be
a^t^efit ppli ouly. to the . members
of tjo, military >.co^pany bu,t to all
athletijc^^ly inclined ;,citizjens; of the
towi^.. A plau. ^ill be worked out
whereby all'jpriYiege;^-Of the gymna
slum will be granted for a moaihly
fee and this will be planned to em
brace a large membership. The
building will be sufficiently large to
allow many kinds of winter sports
• and these will increase as funds
come to hand for increased, equip
-^snent.
9 Battery F and its. officers are to
be congratulated on this forward
step which is sure to add much to
■the winter athletic life of R^ford.
A basketball l^gue of eight- teams,
high school games, company games,
and opportunity for individual bodily
■t develoment are valuable features,
which will be added to community
life this winter.
Elsewhere in this issue will be
seen a notice of Receiver’s sale of
the Raeford Cotton Mills, Inc., which
will take place on the 23rd of Octo.
her. This sale includes all of the
holdings of this compnay here, in
cluding-li^dA^'bTrii^^^^d. machlnr
Thte -hilll .has b^n having hard
sledding for several years until ear.
Her in the year It was placed in the
hands of a receiver, the receiver be.
Ing Mr. Warren S. Johnson,^ of WH
mington. While local citizens de
plore the fact that this mill had to
go into the hands of a receiver, It
holds some promise, now, of better
times later on and it may be a good
thing that the process of liquidation
is on and will soon be over and the
property fall into hands that will re.
■open it and make of it a great asset
to the community. For the past year
or more this community of opera,
tives have been wlth'Out adequate
employment and some of them have
been a care on this community, It
being impossible for many of them
to find employment elsewhere.
Raeford people generally are hop
ing that some solution will be found
whereby Mr. C. W. Seate will take
charge of this property either under
inew ownership or operate it for the
■receiver, should the sale not be con
firmed. He knows cotton and cotton
mills as well as anlone ypu will run
across aUd has alwayisi, been well
liked by his employees and the pub
lic generally. Raeford people;; know,
also, that he would do all In his
power to make this property a gr^t
community asset for he lovse Rae
ford and its people first and fore
most.
SUBOrANTIAl RE
DUCTION TAX RAT
HIGH SCOWL TEAM IBRUMMIT TO SPEAK .
E OPEN SEASON TODAY WOMANS CUIB MEET
Reduction From 5 Cents to 16 Cents
Made—Blue Springs^ Little River
and McLauchlin Townships Same.
A substantial reduction has' been,
made for the tax rates lor most of
t^e territory of the county. Below
is thp total tax rates per on© hun
dred dollars worth of property for
the various school districts for 1S30
as compared to the 1929 tax rstea:
Allendale, 1929. fl.24j -1930 :|1.19r
reduction 5 cents.
Antioch 1929, 1.34, 1939 tl.19, W-
ductlon, 15c.
Blue Springs, 1929 tl-39, 1930. ^1-29.
no reduction.
' Little River 1929, fl.lS, 1930 :$1.U,
no rednetion.
(McLauchlin 1929 91.34, 1930 91.34,
no reduction.
Quewhlffle 1929 91-34, 1930 9T-29,
5c reduction.
Raeford 1929, 91-39, 1930 91-24* re
duction 15 cents.
Stonewall 1929 91.39, 1930 91-19.
reduction 20 cents;'
It will he noticed that there is not
a reduction for Blue Springs, Little
River and McLauchlin. This comes
about by the schools employing an
■extra teacher from their local funds.
The county rat© is the same as it
was last year and most of the dis
tricts have a reduction with none
higher than for the past year. A
great majority of the people live in
Antioch, Raeford and Stonewall,
where the greatest reductions are
shown.
Stage Set For Opening Quarrel With
Candor "Mday—Many Letter Men
On 1930 Eleven—Doubt Hovering
Over Eligibility of Several.
To Stress Live-At.Home Idea a fea
ture of Club Meeting—Prize for
Best Dress Made By Wearer—All
Members digged to Be PresenL
SANATilUM BE
COMES TASmOL
Medical Doctors From Other States
Spending Sometime , At Sanatorium
Observing the Work to Reduce.-
Tubercular Death Rate in N. C.
Ctmtmissioners M^et
To Elect Co. Agent
The Board bf County Commission
ers met in special session last Fri
day to elect (a successor to County
Agent L. B. Brandon.
- After the consideration of a num.
her of available men ot outstanding
Uses Shot Gun To
Unstop Strainer
L^t week some on© told this "wri
ter that Mr. J. M. Downer bad lined
a shot gun down into a pump pipe
to unstop a strainer therein. Think
ing that the party was trying to pull
one on Mr. Downer, no mention was
made of the fact. Now comes along
a doubtful witness in the person of
Tommie, Upchurch, who deposes and
says that he has been doing the same
thing and that it works fine. It
seems that the concussion from the.
discharge forces the sand and other
impedients from ' the strainer and
that 'great good results therefrom.
With the tedious work'^4n funda
mentals. a thing of the past, and
(the football aspirants rapidly taking
^tp.pe as a team. Coach Raynor is
ireiidy to open the football season
his high school team at Me.
LtHudilin Field today. Thr^ ,weeks
of'Jutmisive drill hare put/.^e boys
into good physical shape and injur-
iw, even minor ones have been al
most unheard of. Today (Friday)
the team is set and ready to try
their mettle against a team from
Candor, whose strength is practi
cally unknown. That of Raeford is
too, for that matter, for although
many letter men have places on the
1930 eleven, many are shifted to
new positions and the team that will
face Candor will have to feel it’s
way for a whHe before their .co-or
dination as a unit is assured.
The first week or two has seen
the boys at work on the fundamental
tackling and blocking and this week
has been one of intensive signal
drill mingled with light scrimmages.
The boys are gradually finding them,
selves and are running through with
their drills in some like a precise
manner. In size and ruggedness
they will rank well with previous
teams and it only remains to be
seen whether their teamwork and
aggressiveness will throw them to
the front among high school teams
of this section.
With doubt still hovering over the
eligibility of several seasoned men^
the starting linup for the first game
p«taiaBiil^*'*0'yiiivod -itself 4nto
forin. Dependable reserve material
it appears, will be the outstanding
weakness of the team this- year, but
if‘.the starting teem can stand the
gaff of four hard quarters, the re
sults should be creditable. The pro
bable lineup will be; Epstein and
Riley, ends; Davis and Cap|.ain Ai
ken, tackles: Meinnis and Currie,
guards; Hampton, center; CameroUi
quarterback; McFadyen, D. B., and
Norton, halves and Raynor, fullback.
On Friday evening at seven thirty,
in the Blumont Hotel, the local Wo
man’s Club will hold its annual ban
quet.
A unique feature of this banquet
wil be the stressing of the Live-At
Home idea and all the members 'have
'been requested to wear made "at
home clothes, ' where possible, , of.
Made-In-Carolina products.
Prize for Best Dress Made By
‘Baucom’s Cash Store is offering
to the lady Friday night wearing
the best looking dress, made of cot
ton materials Made-In-Carolina and
biught from a Raeford merchant,
bought from a Raeford merchant,
four yards of the famous Character
Cloth as a prize. This prize will be
awarded according to the decision
of the judges in charge.
The ladies in charge of this ban.
Qiiet have requested THE NEWS-
J0URX-4L to state that all the
members, are expected to come
wlietehr or not they receive notices
it being thought that some notices
might- have faile.d to reach some
members.
The high -spot of, the program is
an address by Atty. Gen. Dennis G
Brum.mit. one of the outstanding men
in North fcarolina today, who wil
be the guest of honor. Those fa
miliar with his work in the state
will welcome the opportunity of
hearing him.
ability, the board decided on W. D. Home-Coming
^ Ladies of Montpelier
Church, Wagram, En
tertain Kiwanis Club
■■ Last week the ladies of Montpelier
i
^ Church, at Wagram. entertained
Kiwanis Club of Raeford and. their
wives, a goodly number of ■the mem
bers with their better three-fourths
* turning out for a supper that will
long be remebered. A good many of
the Wagram people attended the
Slipper and it was a most happy oc.
caslon to all. Introductions of mem
bers and guests was ordered by the
■mighty .MONARCH OF CHIN MU
SIC, one L. McEachem, president
and quite a bit of fun was had over
^ this. Hon. John L. McKay, Jr., of
Wagram, the John D. of Scotland
and Hoke counties, was introduced
by a Raeford man as tiie biggest
liar in the two counties. He ac
knowledges his weakness but laid
all the blame at the door of Dr. G.
W. Brown, who waa present but
amazingly speechless.
Dr. W. M. Fairley supplied most
of the program with a ^timely talk
on iUfe Talue o* spWtwal and human
elQ^ts of life, sattoer than the ma-
tixa m “
if . tho iWa«raiii paoflg out.
Burton, of Goldsboro.
Mr. Burton is a native of Qnslow
County. He graduated at State
College, general course in agri.®ul_
ture, specializing poultry and live
stock. A point in his IBvor is the
fact that he took a couple of courses
in agricultural economics. He has
Seen for the past two years employ
ed as poultry and livestock special.
Ist In Wayne County, District Agent
E. W. Gaither, meeting with the
board said of Mr. Burton “I have
watched his work in Wayne County
closely and feel that he is a very
capable and promising young m,an.
He has plenty of energy, knows
how. to work, and I be’ieve, has
ssound ideas as to what extension
work is all about.” —
It is fully expected that his se
lection by the commissionsrs will
be confirmed by the Extension de
jartment who pay most of the sal
ary. It is probable that he will as
sume his duties here about No.vem-
ber 1st. He is unmarried.
Sandy Grove Sunday
Sunday, the members of Sandy
Grove Church went back to their
old meeting. place for ttieir annual
home • coming and members from
Raeford report a niost pleasant day
of it. This church Is in the Fort
Bragg Reservation and therefore not
In- rgular use but every*’’September
those who have worshipped there in
bygone years go back to renew ‘old
friendships and revive old memor
ies.
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Sup
per was observed.' with preacring
■services being conducted by Rev. A.
D. Carswell.
Ashemortt School
And Community News
MRS. 6ENTOH THOMAS
HONORS RECENT BRIDES
Mr. and Mrs. Benton Thomas gave
a well appointed buffet supper at
■their home on Main street on Mon
day evening honoring Dr. and Mrs.
Arthur Matheson and Mr. and Mrs.'en siHc hose
Lewis Upchurch. Twelve guests
were present. After* the delicious
supper bridge was played until a
late hour.' Mrs. Thomas presented
her honor guests with attrafttiv©
gifts. Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Upchurch, Dr. and Mrs.
Arthur Matheapn, jjidr. Mrs.
Crawford Thomas, ^r. and Mrs.
Tommie Upchurch end Mtes Tyson
of the ediool faculty with Lanrle
, ’ |> ■' r
IH— LoTMUt Andrews left last
week for Oroensboro where she will
emter N. ?. C. W.
- MRS. R. B. LEWIS HONORED
Since so many social affairs have
been given honoring Raeford’s re
cent brides, Mrs. Harry Green gave
a beautiful party honoring a bride
of tep.. years, Mrs. R. B. Lewis. Mrs.
Lewis was married in 1920. The,
close friends of Mrs. Lewis and sev
eral members of the school faculty
made up the six tables that were ar
ranged in Mrs. Green’s spacious
home.
Mrs. Julian Johnson won the high
score prize and Mrs. Marshall Thom
as low score. The honoree wks giv_
Mrs. Green served a
delicious salad plate.
Enjoying this pleasant afternoon
with Mrs.,: Green were: Mrs. R. B.
Lewis, Mr^. Paul Johnson, Misses
McKenzie, Heafner, McKinnon, 'Wal.
ler, Tyson and Tappan of the school
faculty: Mrs. Arthur Matheson, Jr.,
Mrs. Herbert McKeithan, Mrs. Mar-,
shall' Thomas, Mrs. Bertjia Thomas,
Mrs. Crawford Thomas, Mrs. Clyde
UpctaiT'Ch, Mrs. Tommie Upchurch,
iwls Upchurch, Mrs. Fred
Lewis Mi^rsyer, Mrs. Clyde Ootlii*-
ton. of Wegrum, ’Mrs. Greer KkMne
and Mrs.,. John! McGougan.
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(Received too late for last issue)
The Ashemont school has ■ the lar
gest initial enrollment in its his
tory, there being -215 enrolled to
date. The attendance has been ban
dicapped, due to an epidemic of pink
©ye; ^ Every precatution is being ta
ken to get rid of the disease and It
is hoped that it will soon disappear.
All parents are asked to withhold
children from school that have the
disease.
The teachers are making an effort
to get all children to take part in
some form, of outdoor exercis^ each
day. Footballs have been provid^
for the boys and girls are learning
to play volley‘ball. Some of the
teachers are required to be on the
playground at the> noon hour each
day and all children are required
to be out of the building at this
hour.
The principal urges that everyone
cooperate in making our school
grounds and building the most at
tractive in the county. The plot in
in front of the building has been
has been sowed in peas during the
summer. ’The ninth history class
has picked the crop of peas which
will be used again next year. Some
woi'k has been done on the road
weeds have been cut from around
the building, and pot flowers are be
ing put in the classrooms by the
pupils. The building is attractive
within, itself and with a little effort
the grounds can be made attarctive
Rev. Smith, pastor of the Ashley
Heights Baptist church, conducted
devotional exercises In the chapel
last Tuesday morning. He was as
sisted by Mr. Wallace, who led the
Bingiag.
Rer, Smith > ooaductiDig a aenaa
of MvIM , piftteia a* aim Bavtiat
church thto waolu Mr. Wallaoa M,
in charge of Mto moalc therA
Thieves Get Bale Cot
tonnf-M IV bhams- made.
Sometime Monday night thieves
drove a car to the home of
Mr. Brunt Tolar, at Arabia, and
quietly relieved him of a bale ot
cotton which was in his yard. There
were two bales, but evidently the
fogues couldn’t carry but one, the
tires on their car being of small
size.
Deputy Sheriff Barrington went to
the scene Tuesday^ morning and trac.
ed the car for some distance bql
could not locate its destination. So
far, no clue to the identity of the
parties has been found.
ELMER ANDREWS, COLORED
BITTEN BY SNAKE
Wednesday, while getting corn,
from a crib to feed his stock al
noon; Elmer Andrews, a colored
man who farms for Mr. 'Pate,
had the misfortune to be bitten by a
pilot which was in the crib. He was
brought to Dr. A. C. Bethune imme
dietely and at last accounts was get
ting along nicely.
rose church for Sunday, SepL 21,
has been changed from 11 a. m. to
8 p. m., due to Home Coming Day
at Sandy Grove.
Mrs. Ed Yarborough has assumed
her duties as teacher in the Aber
deen schools
Mr. Walter Thornburg left Mon
day for Chapel Hill, where he will
be a freshman at the University of
N. C. this year. He graduated at
Raeford last June.
Messrs.' Ernest Wall and E. R
(Pickier spent last week in Rocking
ham, wherethey served as jurors
for Federal court.
Dr. L. B- McBrayer is visiting at
Asheville, N. C.
Mr. John Pethel, of Kannapolis, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Edgar Pi-
ley at Montrose. He and Mrs. Riley
and family spent last week-end' in
Morganton.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Johnson and
family attended Jhe Johnson reuuior.
near Lake View last Sunday.
Messrs. F. W. Riley, H. C.- R.iey
and L. B. McBrayer, Jr., attended
the mass meting of North Carolina
tobacco growers in Raleigh Wednes
day,
Mr and Mrs. George Ambler, ot
Daarileld, Fla., ylsltsd Mr. and Mrs.
F.‘ W. BUey Monday and Tuesday
M last waak. .
Mr. W. P. Rodgers attsadsd Hte
ooBlereBoe of liigk school tsachers
Sanatorium, Sept. 24.—The recent
arrival of Dr. Paul Aueton, associa
ted with the Alabama State Board of
Health, at the korth Carolina Sana
torium to spend two months observ
ing the work done here to reduce
the ^tifberculosls death-rate in Nortte
"Carolina has again emphasized the-
attention this' institution is attract
ing throughout the country. From,
time to time during the past several:
months tuberculosis workers frmn i
other states have asked to be per^ -
mitted to spend a few weeks or
months her© as a means .of observ
ing the institution’s methods of dia-
nosing and treating''pulmonary and
childhood tuberculosis. The work
among boys and girls, the attracted,
special attention.
Early in the summer a delegation
from Darlington and Marlboio coun
ties, South Carolina, headed by Dr
Mc-Leod, of Florence, spent a shor?
ime ebserving the arrangement of
huiklings and equipment preLminary
to beginning constnut'on of a mod
ern joint Sanatorium for patients o:
these two ccunties having a capacity
of about 50 beds. About the same
time Miss Mattie Lawrence, now su
perintendent of nurses at the new
Saurtanburg, '’S. C., Sanatorium, ar
rived to spend several weeks work
ing on the wards and in the insti
tution’s other departments pr,^pata-
tory to taking over her new duties
witk the opening in September.
Severel weeks ago, Dn J, N. Ba
ker. State Health - Officer in Aia-
a ..Jirief 'Visit to the
Sanatorium in copipany with the
late Dr. Charles O’M. Laughinghouse.
North Carolina State Health Offeer.
He expressed great interest in the
work being don© by the Eixtension
Department of the North Carolina
institution by means of tuberculosis
clinics held in various parts of the
State. The decision to send Dr.
Auston here for a two-month period
of observation and s.tudy is said
to be a result of Dr. Baker's visit.
It is planned to begin similar clinics
in Alabama soon after Dr. Auston s
■return.
Dr. J. W. Williams, Health Offi
cer in Monro© County, Louisiana, al
so spent several days at the. Sana
torium last month, studying the me
thods employed in diagnosing and
treating childhood tuberculosis.
■While here he said he hoped to [in
augurate an anti-tuberculosis cam
palgn among the boys and girls of
his county in the near future.
The interest in the work of the
North Carolina Sanatorium is not
eonfiend to health officers and phy
sicians. Just a few weeks ago Miss
L. C. Ruth, R. N., a member of the
staff of the Roanoke Rapids Hoepi-
tal, spent a week here ob&erving
and studying at first hand the meth
ods employed in the laboratory and
X-ray departments." For the past
several years senior medical stu
dents in the leading medical schools
of the country ha've spent two months
at the Sanatorium every summer ob
taining practical knowledge and ex
perience in diagnosis and treatment
of all forms of pulmonary and glan
dular tuberculosis. A member of
last year's group, now a practising
physician, declared in a recent let
ter to a friend that be believed ev
ery medical student should receive
similar training at the North Caro
lina Sanatorium or at a similar in
stitution.
The hour of eerrloe et the fharft^evUle Tueoday of Mat vreak.
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Blue Springs, Mildou-
sqn, Rockfish Schools
To Open Monday
(Contributed)
The Blue' Springs, Mildouson and
Rockfish schools will open ui)--for
work on next Monday the 29th.
Mr. Johnson Matthews, of We-
grem ■wiB be principal of the Blue
Wprtwgn school for MWthw tei*. He
iMe the aibaiNtlon well in hank epR
irin be able to take up ^
where he left oil last sprinS- Me
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