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THE HOKE CCHJNTY JOURIOUL
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luim: XXVI
'RAEFCfflD. lyga^i FRIDAY. JANUARY 1931,
$1.50 YEAR, IN ADVANCE
RAEFORD SCHOOL.
LOCAL OFFIIIS K-ISOOFAHIDISIMIADE
visri coiiimEs m Lipt oriiL aikansas nwit
Monday—‘W.
Road Super-
Retires As
by
the
There
for the
All Day Session
Smith Appointed
intendent—W. E. Blue ^
. Superintendent In February.
'The board of' commlBsioneTTB met
an regular Bessioh "with all mem-
"terB present and put - in a day’s
TTork that lasted well into the night,
this being about the fliSt full day's
■session, the ineeting on December
Tst, whMi they were sworn in, being
ttaken up largely with fornialities
and- organization.
The usual routine and grind of
fB First 'Monday was gone through
with its customary consumption of
tim'^l^ A ■ resolution submitted
the'V&rd of Fiucation that
teachers of the county be paid Six
ty per cent of _their. salaries for th.e^
remainder of the term and the bal
ance as soon as tax receipts would
permit, was approved by the board
■ The outstanding piece of business
of the day was the selection of a
wunty road superintendent. Many
have been afloat for about
ab to this ihatter and it
finally settled' Monday,
were thirteen applicants
job with W. L. Smith being the one
chosen. Mr. Smith will receive
salary of ninety dollars por month
and furnish his own caf to get
around in. The salary paid for this
po:eition up to‘the present was one
hundred and fbrty dollars per month
and the superintendent furnished
Ms own car. Mr. Smith has been
with a contracting company for
some years, having done some work
In building Sljate Highways in this
county. He married Miss Lncy
jSVilkes, of -Blue Springs Townahip,
where . they make their home.
ijir. W, E. Blue, who retires as
superintendent on the fiiftt of Fob-
njwy has. been superintendent In
this 'county almost since its crea
tion in 1911. Prior to that time he
was road superintendent for the
Aberdeen and Roofcfish Railroad and
did most of the construction of that
road. He has been the road system
cf the county develoip from a few
uhkept; neighborhood roads to aS
good a system of county foads as
can be found, perhaps, anywhere in
North Carolina. Under him a pris
on caihp has been started and put
into operation and during its opera-
ll tipii there have been no mishaps or
any action' calling for criticism on
the part of anyone. He retires next
mottth with the full confidmice of
th-0 people of the county who will
Wiih for him the best of luck in
anj^ new work he undertake:3. Just
what his plans hre ' ' ""
Cumberland County Officers Lotato
Quanlty of. Stoleft Goods lii Home
Fayettevlll^^eBro.—pth^r Cases
In Recorder’s ^ourt Continued.
FollOwiiig up efforts to locate the
iTobbers .^ho eoiBred. Dundarrach
Trading Company’s store on the
night of December Ifitt. Cumberland
County officers apprehended one S
L. McLendon, colorodi of Fayette
Yllle, a few days ago and he was
bound over to Superior Court in
Recorder’s:^urt Tuesday under a
bond of one thousand dollars whic.i
he was unable to' give.
McLendon lives In. what is called
Poe’s Bottom on .the Southeast side
of Fayetteville and officers located
on 'his premises over one hundred
dollars worth of. the goods mining
from the Dundarrach Trading Com
pany. Mr. N. A. Mclnnis identified
most of the goods by cost marks
which he had made on the cases
and the type and brand of goods
in the cases- correspond^ to
those stolen. Officers also
found bn_ McLendon’s premises
some lard which was missing from
an Atlantic Coast Line freight car,
it being-their opinion that there is
a ring of thieves operating in dif
ferent places and that McLendon
was eonnected with them.
Warrants have been issued since
Tuesday tcir seven white men and
another colored man in connection
with this robbery, a part of whom
have been taken.
Several other cases were contin
ued in Recorder’s Court 'Tuesday
■for various ‘ reasons- W. A. Nelson,
white, who was charg^ed the second
time within about a year of aban
doning his wife and children with
out providing for their .Support, was
given six months oU the county
roads.
Wlalter Rolper, who failed to comply
with a suspended sentence, was .giv
en thirty days on the roadsi
John David Coffin, on a similar
charge, was given the same time.
Sister of Local Man
Killed in Auto Acci^erd
tflgh 8(^001 Team' Wins Game.
On /Wednesday htght *he hi^h
'school basketball team defeated' a
team composed 'of ‘college girls home
for the holidays by the Score of 35
(to 10. The college girls played well,
hut the teatm work of the school
team was the ■'better. ..The following
line up was used.
Higi,T School—M. E. McFadyen.
Oellinjli^, Snead, torwards; Brown
E. Rogers, C. McFadyen, gaurds.
College—AusUn, A. Rogers, Cro
martie, forwards; ■Gibson, Walters,
McNeill, guards.
Substituted — school, Barrington,
Campbell, E. McBryde; College —
D. M. McBryde.
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■Bradley Norton was elected cap
tain of the football team by the )et-
termen for 1931. Norton was a half
back on the team last fall. He won
his first letter this year but he show
ed up good in every game. He will
be a senior next year.
There were nine ■who won letters
this year. The team did well this
year to have so new, inex
perienced ' men.
E. W. Gaither and Miss Pauline
Smith To Speak In Hoke County
Oii January IS—^Farm to Make a
Living in 1931" la Slogan.
One Hundred Gallon Copper Still
Raided Near TImberiand — One
Colored Man Found At Still And
Was Shot By Officer.
North Carolina’s second great
“Live-At-Hmne” campaign will be
brought to Hoke County on January
16, when a team of extension work
ers will hold a meeting with far
mers, bankers and merchants at
Raeford for the purpose of urging
the people of the county to be self-
supporting and to outline to them
the necessity in these times of
stress of growing not only a year-
round ration for the farm family,
but also for livestock.
The leakers in Hoke County will
be E. W. Gaither and Miss Pauline
Smith. The meeting will begin at
10:00 a. m.
Auditor Praises Con
dition County Affairs
iMr. Jas. M. Williams, auditor of
Raleigh, who audited the books of
Hoke County last fall, submitted his
report to the county commissioners
Monday and he stated' that it wab
one of which the county should be
proud.
Mr.’ 'Williams Invited the old com
missioners to come in and hear
the report, which some of them did.
He made the' statement to them and
to the others that of nine counties
which his firms audited for ,last
year Hoke County made the best
shoeing and congratulated the com
misbiouers on the fine shape in
w|iiich he found all of the accounts
aad the condition, of. the county.
Florence, S. C., Jan. 1.—wo
men, one prominent in social cir
cles and the other a graduate nurse
on her way to take up new duties
at & tuberculosis sanltorlum near
here, were instantly killed near here
when today fheir car wa.b struck
by an Atlantic Coast railroad train
at a grade crossing.
Mrs. F. A. Kendall, of Florence,
and Miss'Margaret Sessions, Conway
nurse, were^pparetnly carrying on
an Intense convera^ition and did not
see the train they drove their car
Is not known,
but friends of h^ state that he has| - -
been Offered a ivery much larger of
(kafery .than he ujas getting here V,
; a neighboring copnty.
Mr. Smith wll} assume his new
(duties on the first of February and
the personnel of jmany of those un
der hits will be determined at a. la
ter ddte. Jubt i what changes,
any, vdll be made, is a mere, guess.
The iprlson canip. guards, garage
and a number of i departments ot the
work 6f operatinj? the road system
gf 'the county come under the di-
yeptiott of the Bjuperintencieht. '
JNeuii County Health
’^oatd Forified Monday
•The; new Board of Health' for
Hoke County was. formed Monday
■When !Dr(3. Murray and Matheson
selected by the three members
matically placed on thia board
by • iarf. These are F. F. -McPluiul,
chdinnan of. the botrd of conamls-
W. P. HAwfleld, Supt of
,tion and R. .L Bethune, Mayor
,^ford.
plan to meet next Monday
at a county physician
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Local FiTe Dept, Ac-^
tivities Gratifying
A report of the activities of the
Raeford "VTolunteer Fire Department
fbl! th« yoke i930 shows very gratify-
{jaf remits, aooordlng to flgurdsjuBt
j^lupil )d.
company answered fourteen
I jpd had fourteen drilte. They
McLeod, of Florence,
hfs bar to a'vralt the
train’s parage, h^ said, and the
women drove aroukd him and started
^CFOu therirapk when their machinp
was reduced to wreckage.
Witnesses said [ Marshall Rtubbs,
of Florence, the e^neer,-wa8 Wow
ing crossing Signals when the train
hit the car. j
tMrs.' Kendall whs a slstw oflMr.
W. P. Lentz, of tihls place.)
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Kiwanis Clpb InMtcdh
Its N^ew (juicers
Tobacco Brings Better
Price Since Holidays
The tobacco markets opened at
Aberdeen after t(h© houdays Tues
day and some very encouraging re
turns have been recelved^'^hy-^-grow
ers who offered good tobacco on
that day. Mr. R. L. Dixon, an ex
perienced growers, , reports 13211
pounds soffi for $913.07 or an aver
lage of about 28 1-4 cents -per pound.
Other nice sales are said to have
been made.
Local Man Invents ^
New Type Air Heater
"Farm to Make a Living in 1931”
is the slogan of the 1931 campaign,
which is being conducted on a lar
ger ^scale than ever before attemp
ted by Dean I. O. Schaub, head of
the extension service at N. C. State
College. Dean Schaub is being as
sisted by C. A. Sheffield, assistant
director and numerous speclallstei in
all lines of farniing and livestock
enterprises.
As a result of last year’s “Live-
At-Home” campaign $19,000,000 was
actually added to the value of the
food and feed crops in the State.
/This year Governor Gardner has call
ed upon the farm counties of the
State to Increase the value of food
and feed crops by $40,000,000 a
long step toward averting economic
disaster.
The speakers at the meetings are
armed with facts on needed produc
tion, shortage where it exists, andi
a? wealth of other information for
presentation to the people of the
counties. All this data has been-
carefully* worked but in detail as it
■applies to the individual counties,
&ays Dean Schaub, and guesswork
has been eliminated in arriving at
conclusions. : -Not- only the county
needs are being ^ven attention, but
the informatioh is brought down to
the family and livestock units and
the amount of food and feed that
they will find necessary for con
sumption during a period of twelve
months.
Reduction of acreage in the so-call
ed lading “money crops,” tobacco
and cotton, is being given attention
in the campaign. There is nothing
to indicate increase in the price
which will be paid for these prod
ucts during 1931, and It is believed
that another big crop will prove dis
astrous to the growers. In this
phase of the work - Dean Sbhaub is
being assisted by government ex
perts and the Federal farm board
in addition to the State tobacco spe
cialists who are appearing in the
main producing counties.
Saturday afternoon Sheriff Hod-
gin and deputies W. R. Barrington,
C. J. McNeill and H. R. McLean
raided a whiskey Still in Blue’s pas
ture, near Timberiand, that makes
the average still look like a baby.
It was of one hundred gallons capac
ity and made .of copper. There were
seven large,beer vats with a capac
ity of five hundred gallons each,
four of which had been "Mashed In”
and It appeared that the others were
about to be filled. The still had a
brick furnace and is said by local
officers to be the biggest plant ever
raided in this county.
One colored man, who gave his
name as Clyde Dunn, and his ad
dress as Kinston, was found on the
premises and while lea'ring the still,
dropped a package he was carrjing
and threw his hand.oo his hip. The
officer ordered him ■to take his hand
from his hip and when he failed to
do so, fired one .%hot from a shot
gun, one shot entering Dunn’s leg
below the knee. He is now In a hos
pital in Fayetteville. This man told
the officers that 2100 pounds of su
gar had been used in making the
beer.
It is the opinion of the officers
that this still was placed there
by the same partied that had one
ith§re several years ago, several con
victions having resulted from its
capture.
The still Captured Saturday had
just been placed there and was pre
vented from making any whiskey.
Messrs. Barrington and McNeill
al%o poured out a quantity of beer
in Quewhiffle Township 'Tueisday,
but no still or men taken.
Educo Club Holds
Its Second Meeting'
Mr. A. K. Currie is .exhibiting a
new type of air heater which he
has applied for a peatent on that
bids fair to be a big success. It
consists of a grate with air cham-
ebers all around it and air exit In
the top of the front. None of the
heat is supposed to go up the chim
ney or be last behind it, since the
iair chambers completely surround
it except In front, giving the advan
tages of an open fire with the added
advantage of hot air heat. Mr. Cur
rie has tried out one model under
adverse conditions to see what it
would -do and reports that it met
©very expectation that he had for it
and then some.
At a Dieting of: the _Klwahifl Cluhi LIFETIME SAVINGS OF $330
IS TAKEN bY-THIEVES
last week, the ne^ officers fat this
year were ■ instilled. Tommy . Up-;
church "taking over the gavel from
the retiring president, Laurie Mc-
Eacherh.
. The fpati^’.e o^ the evening
frete ^uipperl triple'A'l, given Ihe
ladiej Mhth^dij^ chuyob,^ Ttn
program was Tumiahed by ladles
representing the various religious
and civic organizations ■who serve
the meals and they told in an elo
quent yrany of the many things they
had aoeom^ished with' funds deriv
ed in ^Is jwqy. ■
Fire Destroys Barn
On Kinlaw Farm
A barn" on the Kinlaw fanii *of
Mr. W. B.. McLauchlin, b^oar Rbck-
fish, was completely destroyed' , hr
dre Monday night about elev^ o’
cl&k, togethervwlth about 300. ^uah- .... „
Hickory,. Jan. 6.—Dave Barger’s
lifetime savings,'amounting to $330,
were' in spme other person’s hands
Thieves entered >a stpcA
houhe back of Barger’s- home ^and
stblelthei^ money, leaving no clues as
to their Identity. The store houge
was ransacked, but the thieves left
two butchered hogs and other ar
ticles, carrying off only the money,
which was concealed In a tin box.
BROTHER OF LOCAL MEN
DIES NEAR PEED DEE DEC.
Local Farmer Ships
Car Load Of Hay
It has long -been said that if a
idog bites a man that It is not news,
but that if a man bites a dog it is
news.
It certainly has not been news all
these years for car load trfter load
of hay to be shipped into Hoke
County. A car was Shipped’ from
this ■county a few days ago, how-*
ever, and that is news.
Mr. J. D. Mason, who saw the
hand writing on the wall »* on
rfotes, or something, several years
ago and began to diversify his
farming, shipped a car load (ff hay
to Greensboro at a good price and
it Is the flrbt Instance, .so far as
anyone seems -to know, when hay
has been shipped from this county.
He says . that ■ he could easily have
sold it here a little la^ but la
order to raise a. little '®lthy lucre or
-loh^green or h(^pthlng ot the kind
he shlpp^ this car off. He still has
ha'yi but' doesn't ^at it. himself and
if he kedps up bis method of farm
ing- he newr win.
Boxing Bout And Bus-
ketbidl Gcane Tonight
29
C. L. Akins, a brother of Messrs.
S. L. and V. J. Akins, of this coun-
died a| his home near 'Pep Doe^
on liecemlief Wtli. ' He hgd. bden
sick for Several months
death.
Mr, Akins lived' In Raeford Tor
some yaais, mioTing aboat eight
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A big card Is promised local fans
■who like basket ban and boxing, to
night (Friday) when the boyb^ ah^i
girl’s team from 'West End play
1(^1 . oO Rgetoi/d; /
g&mes a bOxlng^ btrat is scb^b
printer’s devil (or ang(H) at
MewbpJqurnai. ^i^t. 104 rMSdr
Brown, ABas T(Qnoi» trlM.-l^.
On Tuesday night the Educo Club
held its second 'meeting of the year
at the Bluemont hotel with the
County Commissioners. Mr. J. A.
McGoogan, county accountant, and
Mr. J. W. Currie, county attorney,
as its guests. A sumptuous supper
was spread and all present demon
strated that there was no particular
champion when it comes to eating.
The vote would , have gone to Mr.
R. A. Smoak if It had been brought
to a show of hands, although Mr.
McGoogan was running him a close
race.
Mr. Coates, chairman, Mr. Rod
gers and Mr. Lowrance told about
the hot lunches and the lunch rooms
that are being operated. P^ne re
ports were made on this phahe of
the work and It was inspiring to
hear these men tell of the good that
is being accomplished by these pro
jects. -Mr. Smoak spoke in behalf
of the libraries that have been add
ed to the Antioch, Ashemont and
;Mlldouson schools. The books have
recently arrived and they already
have waiting. lists for the books
on the lists. The schdols ate proud
of these books and they will be a
great help. The county gives $50,
the district $60 and the State $100,
making a total of $151) for bookhi for
each school. It Is hoped that li
braries can be put in the other
schools for all of the. children. A
number of other interesting topics
were brought up.
Mr. F. F, McPhaul, chairman of
the Board .of Commissioners, spoke
in behalf of the Board aad mention
ed that he and his organization were^
anxious’ to cooperate with other or*
ganlzaGo'ns for the advancement of
the comity, .
Thpbe present were: F.. P. Mo
Phaul, N, P. Watson, Dewitt Tapp
Frank Ray, J. A. McGooga«, J. W.
Currie. ’The scho(^ . people present
were J. F. Lowraiiieei^ Rai|^rd; R.
A. Smoftk, Antioch; W. PI Rodgers,
Ashemont; W. J. Coates,. MUdousen;
G. D. Danner, Rookfisb-I Johnson
Matthews, Hltte Springs; -K. Q. Ray
nor, Raeford, and W. P, Kaw&eld,
county snperintmident of Schools,
Bank of Raeford
Declares Dii
Men Reduced to Poverty ^ Dreugitt
WitUng to Work But Refuse To
Starva—Threaten to Raid Stores
—Situation It Serious.
England, Ark., Jan. 3.—Fire hun
dred farmers, shouting "give us
food for our starving families”
stormed the business section here
i. today and a short time later 265 of
them were given $2.75 each in pro-
■risions by the Red Croah.
'The others waited in line tonight
while a hastily formed committee
worked to serve them.
The farmers came from what was
a rich agricultural region around
here until ravaged by laht summer's
drought. Most of then^ have hither
to been prosperous.
George E. Morris, an ettomey, ad
dressed the farmers as they congre
gated in the business sections with
threats to take food by force from
the merchants. His speech, however,
was interrupted by the refrain “give
us food for our starving families.”
“Our children are crying for food
and we’re going to get it,” one maa
shouted.
“We are not going to let our chil
dren starve” said another. “Wo
want food and we want it now.”
“We are not beggar^” another at
tempted to explain. “We are willing
to work for 50 cents a day, bat 'we’re ^
not going to starve and we are not
going to let our-families starve. Give
us work and we’ll not come back.”
Business men made a harried cal]
to the Red Cross and obtained au- -
thorization to give a $2.75 food al-
lowance.
Mr. Morris said he considered the
situation very serious adding that
the men would btorm the town again
as q.oon as their present food bwk
plies were exhausted. He also saM
practically all merchants here were
broke as a reflection of the drought
situation in the countryside.
Financial difficulties were further
increased a short time ago by tbe
J closing of the Citizens Bank and
Trust Company here.
The local Red Cross, Mr. Morris
explained, “has been taking care of
local residents.”
Mr. Morris criticised the authori
ties for turning away several in to- /
day’s crowd because they were
warmly clothed.
“These men may have been aa
hungry as the rest. I know many men.
who until last year were fairly pros
perous farmers, but they have been
reduced to poverty in these 1;^
few months.
Practically all in the throng
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The annual meeting of the
holders of the Bank of RagfiMd xiiM
held in the bank Thursday. .momtni>
January Ist. The CashiMj% re>pa&
to the stockholders showed the baiil
to be in a very strong and
condition. The old bfMffd
tors. Including J. W. McLaaclijSl,
T. B. Upchurch. B. B. McNeill. "B.
L. Gatlin, F. B. Sexton, J. B, ThMIs-
as, C. W. Seate, J. L. McNeffl ^
R. B. Lewis, were re-elected toexaip
for the year 1931.
At a meeting of the board of di
rectors following the stockholders
meeting, tiie following were elected
to serve as oSIcefs for this yew.
J. W. McLanchUn, .president; T. B.
UpchuTch and H. L. QatUn, rtee-
prehidents, R. B.- L^is, ■cashier and
G. Q.. SfCQneen, assistant cashier.
A dividmid of Id per cent -was de
clared. ’This totalling IK50#.00
which- was paid iminediately, ’She
balanch of nndhdded profits was
added to reswres.
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CAR^OP THMIKIIh’-> - I
wish to expreba'^. Wv nMi^-j that
txu^ and trlandB txff
tar the airtBpathy ^ '
4^ L, AssociaHom
Hold Annwd
’The Ra^ord Boilding and
AA^iation met MondhT la Rs
nqai meeting ^tth a good
ance pf memb^. Officers tor
past jear wme realecia*
lows: P. B, /Sextoa.
L. QstliB. Ttee-presldwt.
'Po4de, aeeretlirT aad
’The bofint of
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