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THE HOKE COUNTY JOURNAL
S1.50 YEAH, IN ADVANCE.
l^eople Frbm AU Walks of Life ]
Pay Tribute to Dead Repre-
s^utativo—For Hour and
Half Double Line Files By|
Casket.
HON.'WILLIAM C. HAMMER
m
MANY FLORAL TRIBUTES?
r ASHEBORO CROWDED
^ William
.C, for
Cicero Hammer>
ten years congressman
Tom this, the Seventh District,
lied at his home in Ashebbro
;' -last J^day/ his death-being
due to sudden attack of heart
trouble. Within a /ew inin-
utes the_^news was being pass
ed around on the streets of
Raeford and seldom has the
death of any but a local* citi
zen caused the wide interest
and comment that followed
Lone Touchdown Margin of Victory
-^Teamv. Shows Defensive Strength
—Important Game This Week.
.and comment that loiioweaj _ . . . , ^ .
-»Hr. Bammer’a .^arath. He was]^*”* p. m. and
•in Baete-d the afternoon be-1 ““ ” T™'' ;? *
lore hie death and was talk- ’“•'> »«■'>' “""fk the
.ing-witha namher of .™”
ifffends here and making planar'"’ ®
*lo retuVn within a few days “'"•'f «'
and look into matters pertain-
’ ging to the election in Novem-I w i « .1
JK ® TT'" j a a q There were many beantjful floral
shock to (nnm Enlnlgl., but it ™ tbn
warm personal mends here y ^ i. j
ftJoi Mr Hammer had a grip n™ber ot toika, .rinb and
jit,.. /n-f g larcp P®®**. joimg, TTliite anfl
1 nf frietnliv in Hoke “®«ro, wTio hafl known Mr. Hammer
‘"Si JSin om ppraoirtly and in wbonn death Iher
'S^rcS^^ateide the coUnty ‘*-SSnrSe
I told the story cd -^e kwe the
^ A nrahber ;Ot Hok© county polks of'his district jma fer .htai
tKisrerm attended the lunemlt Among There mmy 1»ea^Wl 4oml
, ^ kBS» nuiplber
4*^ all over
• M honoraty palt tributes. Jtbe 4he ma
over' tlhe istate andi tion^s ;^e' 3%
One touchdown scored in the sec.
ond quarter by two long runs hy
l^yhor, was the margin of victory^
for Raeford High scho.il in the first
iucthall game of the season with
Candor. Slowed down by the op
pressive heat, the' two teams, battled
on alnrost even terms throughout
the entire game, with Raeford having
a slight margin at all times through,
superior aggressiveness on the de
fense; Offensively there wag little
to choose between the blue team
and the red, with the lone escep-
tion of the two runs by Raynor^ the
second of which scored Raefprd’s
touchdown and both of which came
with the unexpected suddenness of
a summer storm.
Both teams-occupied the tiine dur
ing the first quarter, cautiously ■feel
ing out their opponents and doing
very little in an offensive way. Can
dor, possessing a noticeable super
iority in weight held the ..Raeford
attack at bay and made their own
attack rather indifferently. At the
beginning of the second quarter, a
/spread formation, used vigorously by
the Raeford team, seemed to baffle
the Candor defense and from this
formation, from which Candor ner
vously expected passes, wide end
runs, ;with Haynor furnishing trans
portation for the ball, put ever the
only score of the game. Th©*two
iuns totalled about fifty yards. An
.siitemjited ib^ for the extra point
was groimdfifl, |
The fecond half was a repetition
of tfth inltlia quarter Mth both
Mi'S. Hammer Expected to ^^^amed
to Succed Coangressman Hammer
for Short Term—Many Aspirants
For -Long Term.
imiRNEV GENERAL
FiCIITBOlLWEVIL illRm AWIKS
WOMANS CUB HERE
Brannon Warns That Action Is Im.
portant Step In Control of Insect
—Should Be Plowed. .,
adtog; diffit^ty in.
BtLcceshRilly.
S jds^ 24^^ A«mes of the city imd ^
ieral to FayetfeNmiei^h^ frlenu an^reefeed toe.loye his.
■sea^In/the
word
Bekn to wtowloiph toouhty where all
Ms lito was spent, Mr.’Hammer wiis
edncated ' S* mibitern Maryland col
lege and. the Universityof North
Carolina, he taaxght school, practiced
law,, held several •City, and county of-
flees, was named United States At-
^ toraey In 1914 and nominated to
congress by his party to 1920. His
' election that year was followed by
four re-elections. _ - ,
Funeral service^' win he held here
# 'Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
^ February 23, 1914, iT«ddent Wil
son sent his name to the senate for
. during the day great throngs j
of folks called by the hon8e,vand'
soon it was found neceeSsary to bring
a- lot of Ashehoro prodncts-^ckdry
bottom chairs—^and the lawn was
filled with them.
After the people filed throuj^h thq
church, for nearly an hour arid half,
it became necessary to cut the line
and prepare for the funeral parjy,
which entered the church at 3:30
p. m. The services continued an
hour,- then the body was removed
to the cemetery and interment foL
towed In the family plot.
Many Left Outside Church
son senx ais name lo law w. . , u’
( Ubltbd Attorb., b,r ««
tern dlstrtot of North Caro!
■'■appointment was confirmed the fol
lowing day and at the expiration of
his tenn he was reappototed,
He served; as 'District attorney on-
til September 1920 when he was
nominated for congress to succeed
Robert N. Page, He was olected to
^^he sixty-seventh congress and re.
* elected to the sixty-eigth, sixty
tillne and seventy-first congress.
'Mr. Hammer was ateo prominent
the' newspaper world. In 1891
■ F with Wiley Rush he bought .the
Asheboro Courier. He was the own
er of that paper for the last 27 years,
•j He was alsa_ active in fraternal
affairs, being a Mason, Odd Fellow,
and member of the junior Order,
■Knights of PlthiM and Woodmen of
the World.
The following Is a report of the
funAral by B. B. Jeffreeh lor the
Gfeenaboro Dally News:
Asheboro, Sept 28.—Asheboro to.
ir day was literaUy overrun with folks
who came from all- 'Parts of th-e State,
from tho mountains to the sea and
1^1 frton all over the Piedmont, to pay a
teat tribute^*® William Cicero Ham-
mer, late congressmau of toe so^buth
North rCaroltoa >dtetrlct> who died
sudfijllihly Friday' «t 1:80 p. m. of a
s'fieclarei I
.5i^jto^’4ken,siroh
liwtMlti
V- ■ >.. fv ■ ‘
wof
oL
i)reak^ -up of these
did their best
.afternoon. Ito-
p^l -fans were well pleased with toe
defensive work of >./Raeford’s light
bltt^ 'wiry line. Consistent gaining
ifhWiiigli them was not to be had and
'the spectacle of eleven men, all try-
liig .to have a part in the tackle, is
'■a sight that rejoices the heart of the
fans who admire a fighting team..
Contlnued on Page Four)
State Chairman O. M. Mull-, has
called toe Democratic Congressional
Committee for the Seventh District
■to meet In Asheboro today, Friday
at eleven o’clock, to name a candi
date to succeed Mr. Hammer on the
ticket and to name a candidate for
the short term which will expire
on March 4th, 1931.
The opinion seems general that
Mrs. Hammer, a most able woman,
will he named for the short term.
There are numbers of candidates
for toe nomination for the next
term and is problematical" who will
be named. At this writing it appears
that Walter Lambeth, of Thomas-
ville, Wjho started to run last spring
hut withdrew, has the he.’st chance of
the nomination, though it Is^ impossi
ble to make any accurate prediction.
Most of the counties in the district,
and there are thirteen counties, have
candidates of their own and it will
take a great deal of elimination to
really get down to two or three
strongest men. Hoke county has a
candidate in the person of .D. Scott
Poole, who represented this county
to toe Legislature' for three terms
and voluntarily retired. He is well
known throughout the stateop.,'ac
count «of his Bponsoring''‘'"1ei^atton
td curb toe' teaching of the theory
iOf evolution in school supported by
tax money. He was also- promineni
to a fi^t against high fax^, though
.^■ toto time few people were, dls-
itowd to.; agree with him, Hjs pro-
along toe line of taxation
have 'abfliftt'aR^'coifie'to®®-
. te seventy-to^o ytors old,, but
Raleigh, Sept. 28.—Community co
operation in cutting and killing the
cotton stalks immediately after the
staple is picked is an important item
in boll weevil control, C. H. Bran
non, extension entomologist at State
college, warned farmer's today.
The cotton stalk should be cut
and killed. at once, Mr. Brannon
said, because the well-fed weevil
going into winter quarters is the
bne that lives over until the next
spring. ' ■
Mr. Brannon said he was making
a special plea for co'btoh growers to
make a special effort this year to
kill the stalks immediately after
cotton picking is finished.
"Cotton is opening early in North
Carolina this fall,’’ the entomologist
said. “This furnishes the ideal sit
uation for early picking and early
destruction of the .stalks. This
should * now be considered a regular
part of boll weevil control because
the only weevils that will live thru
the winter are those which feed
heavily. ai^ plentifully late in the
season just before entering winter
quarters.’’ v
If the cotton stalks are killed be
fore a hard, white frost, most of
the weevils will enter winter quar
ters hungry and ■wRl never live un
til another season, Mr. Brannon
said.
The stalks should be killed by
cutting and plowing under, Mr
Brannon said, and not by burning.
Club Holds Annual Banquet At
Bluemont Hotel September 26—
Mrs. Brummit Aso Guest.
The,SSnual banquet of the Rue-
ford Woman’s Club which is the
high spot of the club year, was glv- .
en Friday eyening in. the dtnins
room of the Bluemont Hotel i^th
Attorney General and Mrs. Brum-
mitt especial guests.
The tables, arranged in three sides
of a square were beautifully decor
ated. Silver baskets filled with pink
roses and ageratum were placed
down the center of the, officer’s
ble. White tapers in silver holders
were placed between the baskets.
The silver baskets were used on
the other tables but these held .gold
en glow and ageratum. Lighted ta
pers were also used. A dinner in.
three courses was served.
.One of the best programs ever
put on by the club featured this '
‘Live At Home’’ dinner. Mrs. Paul
McCain, . who is President of the
club, presided. She explained tMt
all members of the club had beea'
requested to wear dresses made o?
cegton, manufactured in North Caro
lina, and bought in Raeford if possi
ble. The Women of the club had
heartily cooperated in this idea and
■there were some beautiful dresses.
Most of the dresses were made from
the well-known "Character Cloth,'*
m
which is manufactured by the Char-
get Into the church; the Street in
front of the church was blocked off,
and the people took possession of
the space and lingered until the ser-
vicees. were over. Then many fol
lowed to toe cemetery, where another
large crowd of thopsands had al
ready gathered.
The choir sang "Abide With Me"
and then Rev. J. E. Pritchard, , to©
pastor, read scripture Selections from
the Old and the New Testaments.
Then followed a prayer which em
braced thanks' to the Almighty God
for the splendid record of.this de.
ceased brother^ who had heeri^a tow-
er of strength in government, and he
prayed that toe, "Lord would raise
up someone who would be toe tower
of strength that he had been in
national affairs, and who would take
the Interest he had iri toe church
he loved and had helped- so much."
LociO^ Sportsmen Get
Two Deer Wednesday
The deer season opened Wednes.
day morning, bright and early, with
a bang—a couple of them, in fact;
Messrs. Make and Herbert McKeith-
an, John F. McFadyeni Jr., and Al
fred Ck)le navigated over to Nichol
son Greek about three miles North
of Raeford without any dog and were
Soon hack in town wito two nice
bucks. Make apd John F; doing the
manipulating of the artillery that
brought down the game. One was
a two prong buck and the other a
one pronger, toough the length of
the latter’s horns would indicate
that he should have two. They were
in excellent condition. Four deer
■wore “j-umped” by the party.
Another party consisting of the
yeteran hunter^ Arch' McFadyen,
went to Overhills Wednesday but
had not reported when this was writ,
ten. ,
active and yllBoronB ©“4 a man of
outstanding conviction anfi the cour
age to fight them out,
Hinton James, of Attend county,
is another of Hhis section whose
name will be placed before the nom
inating committee. Mr. James is
one of the mo^jifrominent and able
men in the district and waged a
line battle for the ticket two years
ago. He' is president of two banks
and a very ^successful business man.
He has the solid support of -the cit
izens of Scotland county and may
come in strong in the final count.
-ing. ' ' '
• Other candidates ' are Clausim
Williams, of Lee county; Thad Page
and George Ross, of Moore county,
Arthur Ross, of Randolph; Phillips,
Battley, Harri^son and Sedberry, of
Richmond and R. P. Beasley and Dr.
Thomas, of Union.
State Fear Boosters
Here Last Friday
Pour large buses loaded with State
Sh^ting Strainer Did
Not Work In This Case
Sometimes it pays to advettlse
but here’s a case wheto a little Wh.
licity caused one man 'ttouble. Men.
tion waJ^. made to. thto© ooluuma
last week Messre. J, M. -Downer and
Tomtale .Upchurch ehooting in their
pumps to npstup. PlNnttoero: A color
ed men os. toe tera . ^t 'Mr, J. H.
Campbell read toe artl^ and tried
•t a t|B-, ijjt end.^me ble'etraioer to aaiHli,
vriiM. He onit toad «a ow.
- . . ■ ’a .1
■k
Little James IH^on ,
Dies of J^^fmia
acter Products Co./ of galisbury, N
C. Mrs^ Harvey Cole and Mrs. W. R.
Barrington were given prizes, which
were offered by Baucom Cash
Store for the prettiest dresses.
The main feautre of the dinner
was, of course, the talk by the Laeu-
' ^ -x* ite ’-iv-*-tenant Governor. His subject was,
One,_Of too ..TtTT.of tv. Vnii Think of Your Com-
HOME COMING AT
OLD BETHESDA CHURCH
cur ini this comtowWr tong
time was toqt lHtle-/femto',^td6Ten
■htonto© Olid'of ': Mr-end Mrs. R.
i* Bixori, who lives'abouf ; two mfleb
South of town. The child died in a
Fayetteville hospital early Monday
morning, death being.cau8ed b'y diph
theria. He was sick but a short
time and an effort was made to
save his. life by an operation but all
to no avail.
Funeral services were conducted
from the home on Tuesday afternoon
at three-thirty. Rev. W. F. Tray wick
conducting , the .service. Interment
■waJs made in Raeford cemetery. The
largest crowd ever to attend the
funeral' of a child hereabouts fol
lowed toe little body to its final
resting place.
Mr. and Mrs. Dixon ask this paper
to express to their neighbors and
friends their deepest -thanks for the
many aetb of kindness and sympa
thy shown them in their bereave
ment. Mr. and • Mrs. Dixon have toe
sympathy' of a large circle of friends
in theit acute sorrow.
for a shiort -time last Thursday and
entertained the populace of toe city
for about fifteen mlhu'tes with band
mupic and ajpeechefi', the object being
lo stimulate interest to the fair.
Dr. J. Vance MicGo^an, of Fayette
ville, a director of toe Pair made
a .ehe^t -talk and stressed toe -fact
that toe tour was financed by RaL
eisb btuitoess men end 'was not cost,
tog toe tax payexb a -penny. They
tlpd'i a good buvd end fibeir ebort
■toT - eojoyedw- -^llayor Betbime
(Contributed) ..
We are planning to celebrate our
Annual Home Coming at Old Bethes-
da Church at Aberdeen, N. C., ori
the First Sunday in October.
We are putting forth every effort
to make this a real Home Coming
and are .planning an' all-day program
for this day. Dr. A. R Shaw, of
Charlotte, N. C., will preach the
morning sermon. We feel that this
announcement 'will be of interest
to many people as he is a son of
this Old Church,-toa8 wide family
connections here, m well as a large
circle of friends throughout this
state.
A prominent layman has been ask
ed to address the congregation at
the afternoon hour of worship. As
soon as his acceptance has been re
ceived further announcement vfil be
made. The Sacrament of-toe Lord’s
Supper will be administered at toe
morning servloe.
A basket dinner will be served
on the grounds to ell who come. All
former members and friends of Old
iRetheeda pre. ^l«lly tovtted. to
bring baifc^, to be pw^L
RecorS^Fs Court Has
Light Docket
'"^en
Recorder’s Court has been ■ so
light for the past two weeks that
no mention, scarcely, need he made
of it, except, perhaps, to congrat
ulate the people of the county on
their good behavior. Lafet week only
one small case was on the docket
arid it was continued until next
week. However, as if trying to live
up to the fidage that there is al
ways a calm before a storm, these
light dockets are usually the fore,
runriers of heavy ones, though it
may not work out that way in this
case.
RALLY DAY AT ANTIOCH
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
"What Do You Think of Your Com-
njunutty.” It was'veiy much in keep
ing with ttie Live at Home idea. He '
stressed the. importance of the com
munity and showed the dangers that
would follow if the power continued
to be taken from the community and
the county unit. :^ery word of the
talk was good and worth while,
and the women gave him their un
divided attention and iritereest.
The -club presented Mrs. Brum-
mitt ■with a basket filled with dainty
delicacies which were canned and
preserved in Raeford. The Charac
ter Products Co., added to the club
gift, material for a dress for Mrs.
Brammitt.
Other numbers on the program
were short, a talk by Mrs. T. B. Up
church, president of this district: in-
-troduction of the' teachers, by Mrs.
H^ A. Cameron and three musical
selections. The Music Club, under
Mrs. H. C. McLauchlm’s direotiori,
put on a very clever and humorous
stunt
Mrs. McCain is to be congratulated
on brining Mr. Brummitt to Rae
ford.
Y Program.
1. Club Woman’s Hymn.
2. Collect.
3. Prayer—Mrs- Traywick.
4. Vocal Solo—Mrs. W. R. Bar
rington.
5. Introduction of Teachers—Mrs.
H. A- Cameron.
6. Trio—Mrs W. M Thomas, Mra.
Ina Bethune, Mrs. Raymond- Mc
Lean.
7. Preesident’s rem^ks.
8. "Human Organ" a Stunt.
9. Mrs. Upchurch.
10. Piano Solo—‘Mrs. H. C.
Lauchlln.
11. Mr. Brammitt.
12. Contests.
13. Presentation of prizes.
14. Closing remarks.
15. "Carolina”.
(Contributed)
On Sunday, October 12to, at 10
a. m., we are going to give our
Rally Day program at Antioch. W©
want to make tote.toe “Red Letter
.Day’^'fif our'Bt&day Sebool by hav-
fjia largest- atteofiance poealble.
to tavtort to onr B«ny
Me.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Nor.
ton on ’Ttt^ay, Sept.. SOth, 19S0, a
fine nine pound wm. He bM
named Alex Smith, tor 1^ watonmi
griod-fMlMr.
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sirttb Ifai. Poole'i pMtolf ft Ubtoty.^to, by botof th«M flo Wto.
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