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THE HOKE COUNTY NEWS
THE HOKE COUNTY JOURNAL
tvlAuME XXVI—Number 34
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BY UPCHliRC
RED CROSS ROli RAEFIHKIW
COMPilNYLCilllBEOlNS TODAY EIEFSDFFICERS
lYERNOB SAYS 1
SI^CIAl
Have Installed a New And
1 v' M®*®®'™* Grinding And
AliMng Plant Capable of
/Making All Kinds of Pre-
f tailed Feeds.
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»l1LIVE-AT-HOME
' , WILL BE BRAND
One of the greatest strides
r^imade in manufacturing in
%'6ke County in a long time
ha's just been made by Up
church Milling Company who
hay^ie just installed a modern
feed and grinding and mixing
plant. This mill .will fill a
heed that has long existed in
this part of North Carolina,
in that it will enable the far-
THAISGIVINO ANO
CHIU)
Mrs. H. A. Cameron In Charge of
Women to Canvass Residential
Section—Men In Charge of Busi
ness Section. —
Tommy Upchurch Elected President
J. B. Thomas, Vice-President—Mc-
Googan and Dezerne Battle for
Tre'asurer, Dezerne Winning.
The annual Red Cross roll call
will begin in Raeford Friday after-
“But Whoso shall offend one of j noon, November 21 at 2 o’clock. The
these little ones vyhlch believe in women of the town are being organ-
me, it were better for him that a ized by Mrs. H. A. Cameron, and
millstone were hanged about his they will have charge of the canvas
neck, and that he were drowned in jin the residential section, and to
the depths of the sea."—St. Ma. men will make the rounds in the
business district. Citizens of the
town are urged to be ready to join
For a number of years it has been j when the workers call, as this is a
a custom to remember institutions j most worthy organiMUon^ and your
18-6.
At their annual meeting last
Thursday night the Raeford Ki-
wanis Club held its election of offi
cers, who will serve during the year
19311 Tommy Upchurch was unani
mously selected as president when
Dr. P. P. McCain, who was put in
nomination by the nominating com
mittee, withdrew from the race,
stating that on account of having
to be away so much and living as
far from Raeford a% he does that he
for “the North Carolina Orphan As-j always with us. It also Py«^des
soclation to make this appeal more emergency relief
specific by making a special ^ort
mar? sun morTspSc by urg- whelmed by floods, tornado, fire and
p I
i . .1 - , ^ J, . ' disaster relief operations conducted
1 to “this iriill and have it goundjbe made at least equal to a day s National organization and
iand «i«d7nto whatever kind^ ’
; of balanced feed that he wants I inclined
and not have i to buy ready-Lq make it much larger, some may
moif to take his raw material Mng that the Thanksgiving offering I number of
the chapters in continental United
States during the year ended June
30, 1929, exceeded all previous
^ihade ifeeds from far off
^points.
This mill consists of first, a grind-
that will grind corn in the shuck,
Jr shucked, cobb and all into a fine
teed. It will also grind hay and
rough f^d of any fineness desired.
This machine is made of heavy
discs with heavy steel hammers in
between and runls at a speed of
thirty-six hundred revolutions per
minute. Prom this grinder the
ground material is carried through
*an elevator an'd a powerful fan sys
tem removes all trash and dirt as it
is carried to a large bin from which
it is, fed by gravity into sacks, there
being two outlets to which sacks
are' attached. The mixer is another
structure into which tlhe tenance.
1'^ various ingredients are fed and thor-
ibugily mlxecl as they travel on their
V.way to the sacks.. Each machine
, u years.
not be able to make it as much. | hundred and seventeen dis-
The successof the offering depends
mainly upon its becoming univer-
.%al, and that every man, woman 1
asters,, occurring in 364 counties of
38 States, called, for the adminis
tration of relief funds under Red
and child join in rolling up a great ^j.Qgg control. The total expend!
offering for this most worthy pur-1 j^y National organization
pose. Ljjfl tiic chapters was $5,326,570.15.
In each annual appeal it has made ^jiich $4,306,000 was derived from
there has been an urgent need lor contributions to specific
help, but this strange depression! transmitted through the
through which we are passing is chapters and an additional $463,000
making unusual demands jipon these ^^^g raised and expended by the
homes that will be ea;sily under- chapters directly. Are you not will-
stood by everybody. The orphan- L^g help, in this great and good
ages and other child-caring agencies are depending on you
are the first to h^r the call 6f| .^ter the canvass has been made,
distress. Even in prosperous times, Ui|^„oi.^ers will meet at Supt. HaW'
the orphan child is helpless andUg^’g office at-4 o’clock and make
must dep'end utfon others for sus- j report,
tenance. .. .-But at this time, when
a?ffl€S "6T tntl^ooferpfeS^
is driven by an individual electric
motor and fire hazard is reduced by
all wiring being in condulte.
•Ehls plant Is prepared to make any
feed that can be bought on the mar
ket, such as poultry feeds, dairy
l „i: fedils, hog feeds, horse .and mule
feeds. The manager, Mr. H. A.
S, Cameron, Says that they will mix
I; ;i'by the formulas recommended by the
I t North Carolina Department of Agri-
r‘ i culture: or, if ahydne has some oth-
' er formula which he prefers, he can
i have his materials mixed according
I to his formula.
I Llve-At-Home Brand.
X i All of the feeds put out by this
|•«miil will cairy t^e brand “LIVE-AT-
• * HOME,” the' enterprise coming as a
f result of the Live-at-home campai^
'i and the owners believing that mak-
V tag al mill of this kind accessible to
I'l the people of this part of North
Caroliiia will encourage the idea, as
' t it^almsot certainly will. People
• from far away places come* to the
I flour mill operated by this firm and
1:1 It is confidently believed that many
I-I mOre will come on account of this
Y feed mill. /'^There is no doubt that- a
I . ^st^ong drawing card lor Raeford has
l^fceen created and that it will mean
mbre business lor Raeford business
people. • Being able to use their own
materials in the manufacture of
A feedb . will ' cause many people to
J keep money in the county that would,
1 qUieywise be sent away, and at a
I great saving to themselves.
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^ i^lyde Upchurches
ii^ Ford Car Stolen
ging for work, with winter coming ]
on and not a ray of hope for bet
ter conditions, “he who runs may]
read the signals of distress.”
ANnOCD SCHil
Governor Takes Expected Action
This Week On Request of Tax
Relief Association—Is Impressed
With Facts Presented in Petition.
FOUR STATES SUF
FER HEAVY
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and agencies caring lor orphan chil- money will be used to relieve t gj^g ^.j^g position the time
dren on Thanksgiving. It remained | destitute ^>°^jIorthat it should have. Mr. J. B
Thomas was elected vice-president
and Dr. R. L. Murray, District Trus
tee. The only office in which any
very hard politicking was done was
that for the office of treasurer.
A. McGoogan and Paul Dezerne were
the two nominated lor this position
and the battle waxed furiously be
tween them. Since it carries no
salary, it is hard to imagine why
either should have wanted it unless'
hard times make men desperate
Paul Dezerne seemed to be the mo
desperate, however, and defeated
John McGoogan for the job.
The office of secretary will be
filled by the Board of Directors at
their first meeting. Seven direc
tors were elected as follows;
F. B. Sexton, H. L. Gatlin, Jr., Dr.
S. M. Bittinger, W. P. Baker, Sheriff
David H. Hodgin, Dr. R. A. (Quack)
Matheson and McNair Smith.
The Kiwanis Club has had one of
the best years of the seven it haS'
been in operation here. Under the
guidance of the unspeakable Laurje
McElachern the menibers have res
ponded in the way of attendance
this year better, perhaps, than they
, ever have during the Club’s history.
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times as if the Club does very lit
tle good, yet a tabulation of the
things accomplished during the last
seven years would run into many
, J I Prof and Mrs. R. A; Smoak, Misses j thousands of dollars. The U. D. C.
The orphanages are Temple, Monroe and Peele attended and the various church organiza-
Govemor O. Max Gardner this
week took expected action in refus
ing to call a special session of the
General Assembly requested last
week by Larrj^ I. Moore, president
and other officials of the Tax Re
lief Commission.
The Governor Issued the follow
ing statement:
“I have given full and 'delibei'ate
consideration to the arguments in
the petition of the committee of
representatives of the North Caro
lina Tax Relief Association asking
that the Governor call the General
Assembly into special , session in
December. I am impressed by the
facts presented in the petition and
conscious of the conditions des
ribed and the relief sought by the
committee. At the same time, I
also clearlf realize that in a 20-day
session the legislature would not be
able to organize and handle the
quesitons which would be presented
to it and that a special session in
December would so interrupt and in
terfere with the orderly making of
plans which are now in progress for
the regular session in January that
the effect would be to have two
sessions without adequate, organized
preparation for either. I have reacn-
ed the conclusion That it would not
be wise nor in the interest of the
public welfare to call the General
Assembly into extraordinary session
in December, therefore cannot com
ply with the request made in the
petition.”
DeatFis Result From Terrific Blows
Over Scattered Sectio’ns—Buildings
Are Razed—Alabama, Georgia,Lou-
isana and Mississippi Suffer Prop
erty Losses.
In prosperous times they have, P®^; Lfae North CaroUna South Eastern
haps, as mapy appeals for help, ut j Teacherb’ meeting ■ in Fayetteville
NOW the wolf is .at the door. It and Saturday,
looks like those they might have .first grade, directed by Miss
looked to for help will soon be on gave, gave an interesting cha-
the bread line themkelves. This i® pel program last Thursday morning,
one side of the picture) By the setting was an autumn scene,
same taken, the orphanages and oth- Ti^e program included:
er agencies are crippled by the fall- Song, "Good Morning to You”—
Ing off of contributions. Elspecially cjass.
is this true of the last few months. gong—“Jesus Loves Me”—Class.
Many institutions are heavily in debt Bible verseb by six little girls,
and in order to meet the ^usual j • pj-^yer dung by the grade,
distress have borrowed money toj ■ Talk—“The Squirrel” by John
the risk of losing thei rfinancial j Henry Thomas.
•ratings with the banks. ' Surely. they Song-^Jacky Frost by grade.
^Monday morning, while attending
' tOTF^sales of tobacco in an Aberdeen
warehouse, Mr. Clyde Upchurch had
the misfortune of having his Ford
' S'tblqn while parked on the outside.
Y’ No trace of the thief or the car
has . yet been -found. Mit Upchurch
is making every effort to locate
■his car and has notified police of-
ficef8 all over this part of the State,
^he car was a rumble seat coupe
[I Y^aboht'.two years ^qld and could eas-
B‘‘ lly be Indentified if any one having
III &'■ Uescrlptlon were to see it. A big
|| tear In 'the top has been repaired
with imitation leather and a full set
of Ckjiodyear tires is on the car with
a Firestone Spare.
have not presumed_ on the gener
ous public of North”^ Carolina in do
ing this.
This appeal, of course, is to every
high-hearted citizen of North Caro
lina. -Ordinarily the caiivas can be
made with most success through
churches, Sunday Schools and the
various secret orders. So it must
first appeal to the leaders,, the pas
tors and Sunday School superinten
dents and the offclals iin the orders.
However generous our people may
(Continued on page 4).
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Wagram Organizes .
Troop Of Scouts
'Wagram has recently organized
a Scout Troop with 25 members and
Mr. Brothers says that they aie
making wonderful progress.
The boys around Antioch are con
sidering a troop anid Mr. F. B. Sex
ton has been in touch with them
for sometime on the subject. .The
Raeford Scouts are getting along
njcely and are very proud of their
hut, which was erected this year,
however, they have not yet been,
able to build a.cblmney and, there
fore, have been bothered for a place
to meet until heating arrangements
are completed. They have scraped
about and secured about half enough
brick to build a chimney and If
anyone wishes to do a good turn
and help the boys out, th&y can do-
so with a donation of either cash
or brick.
tions have received probably in ex
cess of $10,000 during this time in.
serving meals to the Club, most of
which was contributed and repre
sents a profit. The Club through
ife other various activities has made
donations from time to time that
make an impressive array when
summed up.
F, P, Johnson* s Barn
ComtisUly Destroyed
COFFIN CONTAINING BODY
IS BLOWN IN NEARBY FIELD.
'klrfl. Ada Barhard, who has spent
-seviliral months ta F^fetterllle and
Virginia, is back nt libine here, her
tin, frien^te vW-T*? Blttd to learn.
BIRTHS.
story of IIttle Red Riding Hood
by Virgil McNeill.
The appearance of Mother Goose
and the- reciting, Of Mother Goose
Rhymes by grade.
The story of the Sleeping Prin
cess by John Henry McNellk
. Singing .Games-r-“Washlng and,
Ironing Song,’ “See-saw Marjory
Daw,” ‘‘Swinging in the Swing.”
“Sing-a Song of Six Pence;” the
•Princess- Is so -beautiful.
John Downs, from Fayetteville, N.
C., spent the week end with Jameh
Kirkpatrick,
We are very glad to have Evelyn
■Brock and Myrtle Chavis back in
school.
Supt. W. P. Hawfleld visited our
■school last Monday.
• Miss Peele’s room gave a patriot
ic program last Friday morning in
Chapel. “The lives of the patriots,
we feel will be helpful to us.
' Sohjg—America.
Bible Reading—Henry McNeill.
What It means to be a Patriot—
Flora Katherin^ McBryde.
Patriots of other lands—Florence
Nightingale and Leette Smoak.
Patriots of Our Land—George,
Washington, John Charlefei McNeill,
Abraham Lincoln—Ruby >,Biggs.
Song—America the Beautiful.
Poem—The Flag. Goes By—Sarah
Covington.
Song—Star Spangled Banner.
Poem—^“Myself”—Benny Mclnnis.
March.
We are glad that Miss Stutts is
back with us again, after being ab
sent for a few days bn acount of her
father’s illnees.
Miss Eklna Biggs spent Sunday
night with Mika Catherine McPbaul,
a sludent of Flora McDonald Cbl
lege.
Local Sportsman
Lets. Drove of Deer
Pass Him Uninjured
J. B. Thomas, veteran seed crush
er, of Raeford, North Carolina,
County of Hoke, dodges every crowd
that he sees this week, even sneak
ing in the back door to get a coca-,
cola. The- trouble seems to have
come about by Mr. Thomas letting
a drove of deer pass him uninjured
while hunting with a party at the
Baker Place In Little River Town
ship last Satuitlay. They claim
that Mr. Thomas .started up a tree
to keep a doe from attacking him,
but that he thought better of any
such conduct and fired twice into
the ground to scare her away. It
appears further from the best evi
dence obtainable that an old* buck
scared Mr. Thomas equally as bad
and that two more perfectly good
shells were wasted in self-defense.
Frankly, it is hard to get at the
truth of this matter and anyone who
is willing to go to some trouble In
order to get the facts straight can
talk to Mr. Thomas about it.
On the same hunt little Clyde
Upchurch, 13 year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Upchurch, held his
head far better than most grown
folks would have done. He knew
that it was illegal to kill .a doe and
he allowed one to pass slowly by
him at a distance of about’20 yards
and did not shoot at her.
Thursday night, the 13th, a large
barn belonging to Mr. F. P. John
son on his Puppy Creek farm was
•completely destroyed by' lire of un
known origin. Mr. Johnson not on
ly lost his building but a new trae
tor, .'some grain drills, other farm
equipment, and some feed stuff. In
checking over fire insurance poli
cies, Mr. Johnson found that most
of his other barns on the farhi were
covered with insurance, but this one,
for some reason, was not covered.
The tractor was partly covered with
insurance and all of the rest was
a total loSs.
Scout Executive In
Raeford Tuesday
Mr. C. d! Brothers, of Wilmington.
Scout Executive for the Cape. Fear
section, was in Raeford Tuesday
conferring with Scout Master, F. B.
Sexton concerning the Raeford
Troop entering his district.
It will be recalled that Raefprd
was in the Walter Hines P’age
district until recently when this or
ganization was abandoned. Raefort
Scouts are contemplating entering
the Cape Fear District and the Ki
wanis Club, which is Sponsoring the
Scout movement and helps it finan
cially, is planning ways and means
of raising enough money to pay for
the Raeford Scouts to enter this
district and secure the training
which the Scout Executive gives.
■ Bom to Mr. Slid MW. Daniel
Blue, of Timberland, Sunday, a dau
ghter.
Bora to Mr. and MWy Max Hines | our school one day last week and
a son. . .. .. . ^ofganlzed a club for"the boys.
.-.jege. ■> One hundred 4-H club members of
’TMl4ie County iSetiibnstrafbr' was at Caldwell County have plant^ %
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DUNCAN-POTTER.
Last Thursday Mr. EmeSt Duncan
and Miss Ruby Potter surprised
their friends by motoring over to
Bennettsvllle and getting married).
Mr. Duncan Is a young farmer of
this section and well liked. Mrs.
Duncan is the attractive daughter
of Mr. aita Mrs. T. D. Potter of near
Raeford.
66(>- black walnut trees So far this
winter.
Greensboro, Nov. 17.—Tornadoes
blustering through widely separated
sections of Louisiana, Mississippi
Alabama and Georgia early yester
day left an undetermined number of
death and heai'y property damage.
Full extent of life lost and prop
erty damage could not be ascertain-
tained immediately as roads and
other forms of communication from
number of rural communities
stricken were blocked.
Report Fatalities.
Country settlements in the vicini-
ities of Alexandria and Winnsboro,
La., and Brookhaven, Miss., were
the first to report fatalities. At
Brookhaven a young woman. Mrs.
George Davis, 24, was crushed to
death when the home in which she,
her husband and two children were
asleep collapsed. The husband and
children were not hurt.
Near Winnsboro. La., a negro in
fant was hurled 75 yards by the force
of the v.’ind and killed and Mrs. Ella
Diamond, 72, was critically injured.
A negro was killed near Alexandra.
La.
Many Injured.
The winds dipped into Franklin
county. Miss., blowing down dwell
ings, barns and other buildings and
killing many head of livestock. Many
persons were injured including the
entire family of Will Whitehead, far
mer. Five tenant houses on the
E. R. Mage plantation were blown
down. ‘
Ripping through Nexube county,
Mississippi, the winds blew down
two negro churches and a number
of homes and badly damaged crops.
A white man and his two daughters
were reported injured when their
home was blown away.
Near Macon., Miss., 22 negroes at
tending a funeral “wake” at a church
were slightly injured but badly
frightened. The fright was caused
by the sight of the casket contain
ing the body of Brown Hughe.s. ne
gro, being hurled into a nearby field
by the lashing wind.
Property Damaged.
Sections of Alabama and Georgia
felt the winds, with property dam
age widespreadi
Three residences were levelled in
Jackson, Ala., ‘ north of Mobile and
10 others were badly- damaged. A
church was blown down and a num
ber of garages and automobiles were
demolished. No injury was reported.
Queenstown, Ala., 12 miles south
of Birmingham, suffered the destruc
tion of several buildings. The streets
of. Birmingham were flooded ty tor
rential rains. Three persons were
injured near Dawson, Ga., in Terrell
county. A blow raised a house in
which three negroes had taken ref
uge and tore off the roofs of other
structures.
BASKETBALL FRIDAY NIGHT
The ’ basketball season will open
Friday night with a game between
Battery "F”^ and the All-Stars at
8 o’clock. I
IWhile this is the first game, both
teams have been practicing hard
and it will no doubt be a very good
game.
Battery F will have the following
-players; Currie, Cole, Guin, Lewis,
Bethune, Snead, Matheson, Blue and
Smith.
The All-Stars will line-up as fol
lows: Murray, Baker, McNeill, Mor
ris, Raynor, Riggers and Bethune.
This game will be played in Bat
tery F’s Armory and the public is
invited to come out, A small admis
sion of ten cents will be charged.
Games are now being hooked and It
Is hoped that some real good games
wur. be played In the very near fu
ture. .
■i)^ f;tty league will also be formed
and tl:^ pobUd will have-a-chance
of 6eeing'’^uaa or two games a week.
W. W. HaWs Home
Destroyed By Fire
Tuesday at aboiy; 11 o’clock the
home of Mr. W. W. Hall was dis
covered to be afire and in a short
time was completely destroyed. It is
thought that leaves in the valley
of the roof were ignited from .'Sparks:
or, that sparks from th estove fire
caught in the loft of the kitchen.
.4.bout half of the household furni
ture was destroyed and about half
saved. Mr. Hall had no insurance
on his furniture. The hou.Se was
partially covered, and Mr. Hall’s
loss is quite considerable.
SNOW COVERS LARGE
AREA; TWO DIE FROM COLD
Denver, Col., Nov. IS.—Winter
took an icy grip on a wide area
from the Rocky Mountains to the
Pacific Coast and from -4rizoua to
Canada today as snow fell in deptha
ranging up to 24 inches. The fall
was the heaviest in the mountains.
The loss of two lives had been at
tributed to the storm; mountain
-pisses were snowbound; air travel
waht made hazardous and many high
ways were clogged with drifted
;snow. w>Y|L-.SI
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