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THE HCnCE COUNTY JOURNAL
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RAEFOED, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 19ZU
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&len»Wlc ’ InvestlflatiiBn Carried On
Over What is Said to Be Ground
Won Hole—Aetonlehlnfl.' Results
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Due perhaps to the ^Steady adher
ence of The NEW§^^RNAL to a
practical in the ’ principles of
Groundhogi^i - a scleiitilic investi
gations ■was carried on locally to
detWmine- in an accurate way, the
truth of this respected old legend
Early on the morning of the sec
ond day of February, before the
cdinttihnt^n of sun and groundhog
hiid had a chance to foretell the
staie. of the-leather for the next
fbrty all-iniporant days, Raeford’s
Bcieritific investlwtor was on his
*job. Captain Archibald McDuffie
hid: spotted several days before what
iiAe' waS' sure must have been the
Ir^wundbog’s hole. It’s cavernous
^TMOth yawned near the intersec
tton of Edittboro A'venu© Bast with
Main street. It was his plan to
watch ■ this hole and establish' for
ever the truth or falsity of the
story.
■While the dew silvered the dedd
grass and the .b-ky still hovered op
pressively grey, he , ■watched . the.
mysterious hole falthtally. Sudden
ly the sky was shot with rose and
the hues of . the east heralded the
sun. It .wds the tense moment, a
moment whose program might' effect
many lives: There was a stirring
within the hole. Could it be true?
Was the laughter of sheptics the
world over to be proven false in
Raeford on a dim February morn
ing? And now a fl^re: emerged
from the hole and two ajodous eyes
were- focused upon, hfm. 'The cap-,
tSili^ roffld ■ hardly ^llev© his eyes
for the figure of Ra^rd*s. foremost
sanitary engineer, Starr MacMillan
appeared and* the mystery of the
groundhog must remain such for
another year.
IM SCOUR 00
Cape Fear District Holds Court At
Laurinburg—'Local Scouts Consid
er Joining Cape Fear Council—15
Xor More Boys Attend.
Fame As A Writer
•Fifteen or more Raeford boy scouts
attended a meeting of the Cape Fear
Council Honor Court, held at Laur
inburg on Sionday evening. The Hon
or Court is a regular gathering of
Scouts and officials for the purpose
of awarding merit badges and induct
ing scduts into the varioub orders
of scouting. The only Raeford scouts
to take active part in the proceed
ings were Jack Morris ■ and Paul
mcksoh, both of whom were former
ly^ made first' class scouts.
ScQUts were in attendance at: the
,0urt, from Laurii'^urg, Raeford,
■Wagram, Lumber Bridge and Max
ton. Oflticiating were Executive
Brothers of the Cape _ Fear Scout
Council and Scou,t Commissioner
Blake, of whom the latter recently
addressed the Raeford Klwanis Club.
Raeford scouts Attending were Tom
my Cameron, William Lentz, Nath'
an Epstein, Jack Morris, Paul Dick
son, 'Malloy Lamont, Walter Bar
rington Clyde Upchurch, .^Junior
Peele, Clyde, 'Mclnnis. Hubert Cam
eron, Jake Austin, Tom McBryde
and Sam Snead. The Raeford boys
were especially interested to s®®
the workings of the Honor Court
and their visit was more Interest
ing because the local troop is con-
,'gidering joining the Cape Fear Coun
cil, '
Gerald Johnswi, Now On Bal-
timoi^e Sun, Lived wd Work
ed In North' Carolina Until
1926r-Is Ai^or of Popular
BooksF—'Latest - Book TeUs
Stpiy of Our Own Section of
North Carolina.
SPRING HILL MAN WINS
LITERARY RECOGNITION
GERALD JOHNSON
Tommy Upcharcl^s
Car Stolen And
h Reoooored
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Carey Stevens Loses
Home By Fire
Raeford’s afternoon slasta was
rudely dMurbed last Friday about
three o’clock by a fire which com
pletely destroyed ■ the residence of
.Carey Stevens on North Stewart
set. ’The fire came ■with unusual
Suddenness and at the time that the
alarm - sounded a . dense cloud of
smoke was already rlging over the
north end of town. Early arrivals
at the, fire found the frame house
ablaze over the entire roof and ap
parently beyond help at that early
time.
Fast and energetic work by the
fire department and the crowd which
quickly gathered, fought dovm the
flames^ somewhat and made it pois-
sible to save some of the house
hold effects fpom the two front
rooms. The fire had gotten too
great a hold however to be effect
ually fought and the building was
almok totally destroyed.
Raeford’s efficient fire company
has” been worked overtime for the
last few months, but always rise
energetically to the call. The fire
in this case, however, had made to
great a start to he fought with any
, 4egree of success.
BUCKCHiSHOLM
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Cue or more thieves, unknown as
yet, made away with a Chrysler
coupe, owned by, T. B. Upchurch,
Jr., last ’Thursday evening, but the
car was recovered, unharmed
Friday. Thursday evening the car
was parked at the side of the res
idence of T. B. Upchurch and at
some time between the hoiirs of nine
thirty and ten, the thieves entered
the yard and made off with their
prize. Investigation of the scene
of the theft shows that the car
was cautiously pushed back toward
the street and turned across ?. flow
er bed. Then in' evident haste,
the m4n started the car and spurn
ing the ordinary road to the street,
^rove atcjross the lawn and on down
main street.
The theft was dteeovered about 10
.Q^lpck and the word was ■ given to
the police departments of ^11 sur
rounding towns. It Is thaught that
the men who took the car, found out
when they arrived at Fayetteville
that the car did not have it’s new
license, although the plates were
under the seat at the time. They
accordingly parked the coupe in
the midst of Fayetteville cemetery
and departed, it is thought, to steal
licenses and return. The car was
discovered by the caretaker of the
cemetery and' the matter reported
to the police department. , Police
notified Mr. Upchurch Friday morn
ing and he went over later to claim
the car. He found that the car
was In good shape but for the loss
of the key and brought it back to
town Saturday.
W, G. Johnson Enters
Confederate Homo
By J. B' COVINGTON.
Gerald Johnson, a native North
Carolinian - now residing in Balti
more, Maryland, is fast bringing
Nbrth Carolina to the fore in mod
em literature. It might not have
been ha,d it not been for two
thingSt for Gerald Johnson might
have reached Uterary heights from
bis home In Maryland and few
would have been so interested or
so inquisitive as to ask the place
of his birth. But two things happen
ed to associate him with North Car
olina; remarks made in an essay
in a magazine, dreW from readers
the question as to -vhether the au
thor was a southamer, and Mr.
Johnson’s published reply told of
the total claim which North Daro
'lina has upon him up until that day
in 1926 whe,n he left the state to
become editorial writer on the Bal
timore Sun; secondly, ^ his first
novel, published this year, he writes
a story of North Carolina, “By Rea
son of Strength.”
North Carolina profits by this
identification with her of a promi-
~i nent young biographer and novel
ist. North Carolina is honored in
being able to claim Gerald John-
as. k son; she is .also brought
into prominence in becoming - the
scene of another historical romance,
a romance of power and deep hu
manity. That the romantic color
of North Carolina history has been
■virtually untouched by writers of
THIlEEIflOmyAU-lLEGISlATIIIIEIiOES
dENTS TillE TOIL TO UTATE PRISON
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Sketch by P.obert Covington
Two Killed Hear Aberdeen—Two
Cars Turn Over On Laurinburg
Road Without Fatalities—Former
Local Man in One> '
Three highway aocid'ents occur
red in the section this week, two be
ing without fatal injuries and the
other killing both occupants of the
car.
Eyander ‘Gillis, a former citizen of
Raeford and well liked by the peo
ple of the community, turned over
^ on the Laurinburg highway when
some impairment to the steering
wheel of the. car he -was driving
caused him to lose control of the
car. The driver fortunately eecapeti
injury.
Tuesday, on the highway between
Plnhurst and West End a car in
wheih young men, later ideptified
as students of the University of
Alabama, were driving, turned ov-
t er three times fatally injuring both
occupants. The young men, ^ichol
lo D’Carlo and Gerald Cetrulo, both
of New York City, were so severe
ly injured that both died a few.
hours later.
Mr. and Mr^s. G. Y. Jones, of Laur
inburg, turned over on the Laurin-
hurg highway Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Jones was driving. The car
left the road and turned over once,
and right^ itself, Mr. and Mrs.
Jones were the only occupants of
the car and received no injuries.
Mr. Pou. Submits Suggestions to
Aid Prisoners and Farmers—Pas
sage of McLean Bill Important-
Raising of Funds Problem Now.
Parent-Teacher Associations have
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schMls. Mrs? W. W. Martin, Field
North Carolina Col
talent for mapy years is a matter
to regret. That this field of fic
tion is now being uncovered by such
men as James Boyd and Gerald
Johnson is a matter to cherish.
Mr. Johnson is a newspaper man.
Born the son of the editor of a week-
yl paper in Cape Fear section of
North Carolina, he lived
of his life when neither he nor his
father were connected with any pa
per. Those, first six were his last.
Until the time when he left Chapel
Hill in 1926, he was almost wholly
in North Carolina and was a devot
ed son of the state and of the south.
Although an intense Southerner, ne
posses'seg that sincerity of mind that
was not biased by the affection that
he held for the South and in matters
of controversy was guided by one
ideal, the finding and telling of the
truth. During most of this boyhood
bis father was the editor of a. week
ly paper, and growing in the at
mosphere of newspaper work it was^
inevitable that his mind should he! eacher AsSO-
drawn toward the writing of facts ^
rather than fiction, and that his CtOttOn UrgOniZea
mind should be trained to see in
the people about him those human
tragedies and comedies that make
fiction seem a light and airy thing; ^
The observation of humanity
the leisurely eyes of a weekly newsr
paper will inevitably impress upon
an - open mind the romance of che
commonplace, the immensity of the
small and ignored thingg in every
life.
Early Days In North Carolina,
On the western edge of a tract
of eastern North Carolina known
under the name of the Cape Fear
section, the Spring Hill neighbor
hood lies, marked by slim pines and
bordered by the black, swirling wa
(ter of the “Lumbee” River. It was
settled by clear-minded God-fearing
Scotch people. From early days it
has been a name for neighborliness,
old-fashioned religion, and cultural
life, a neighborhood of faith, work
and books. Here flourished a fam-
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By CARL GOERCH.
The most important thing done
by the legislature last week was
adoption of Representative McLean's
school bill.
It specifies that the State shall
pay the cost of financing all^ schools
for a term of six months. TTie only
thing about the bill that hasn’t been
decided as yet is where they’re go
ing to get the money.
The legislature has a lot of confi
dence in McLean. They figure that
he, being Scotch, wouldn’t advo
cate any measure unle:=s it was
strictly economical, so they passed
the bill without giving it much-con
sideration. Their confidence is jus
tified. Yon see, he’s from my own
county, and I’ve known him person
ally for a long, long time. They tell
around home that he used to put
a mirror in front of each of his
children’s plates when they were
eating dinner, so the’d think they
were getting double portions.
George. Ross Pou, Superintendent
of the State Prison, had about 150
members of the legislature out to
an oyster roast last week. A lot
of Raleigh folks, when they saw
the various senators and represen
tatives heading for prison, breath
ed a %f|1i of relief. They were very
much disappointed when they saw'
the same crowd heading back to>
town again an hour later.
;Mr. Pou told his guests some iu--
teresting facts ^hout the..prson. He-
is particularly anxious to put his
idle prisoners to work. It’s alright
for members of the legislature and
Bi L. Cox Appqinted Pellagra—If s Pre-
lege, was present at each one of the
schools and gave very interesting^ other politicians not to be doing
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The town commissioners^ In their
T^ular meeting on Monday night
iwqr© mainly concerned with the ap-
{pqlntment of a new Chief of Police,
. ^ fill the vacancy left by Chief
lex Walters. Buck Chisholm, a
not unknown around Raeford
iwas* appointed the job.
Friendis of tihe new Chief will be
glad to hear that he was at work
Tuesday nusmlng, and still at
Tuesday afternoon. Elans for mafc
ing flfiih ponds out, of the parkways
in the center of .fiialn street ar®^
iag puj^ed .. by eom^ cltiaens, hi^t
their leviW is being Ignored' by
most of the townspeople. Agreement
on the wisdom of the oonunltAlom
ers* ohoioe wat genefal oirw town
Toortey. ■ . ■
Mr. W. G. Johnson, one of Hokie
County’s few remaining Confeder-
pte veterans, entered the Verteran’s
Home in Raleigh last Sunday. ';iHe
had been, sick at hW home ntear
town for some time, bur ‘ has re
cently shown some improvement.
His many friends hero will regret,
that he has left the county, .
Accompanying him to Raleigh
were Messrs. John McDlarmid, Alex
MoMillan, another vetreah and W.
R. Barrington. Arrangements for
his'entry at the Soldiers’ Home werej
•made by the local .chapter , of the
U. D. C.
Mr. B. L. Cox received a letter
this week from Judge John J.
Hayes of the United States Court,
Middle District of North Carolina,
informing him of appointment as
United States CommisSiop.er in Hoke
■County. The United States Courts,
divide North Carolina into East,
West and Middle Districts, of which
Hoke County is in the middle dis
trict with headquarters at Greens
boro. The nearest court to Rae
ford is at Rockingham and offenses
to National laws as apart from gtate
and, county laws, are tried there.
Th'e office to which Mr. Cox has
be,en appointed has various duties
not generally known. Among his
duties will he the investigation of
offenses, and the exercise of a mag
istrate’s power in releasing or bind
ing over to court such offenders
as'isre heard before him. He will
ha^ power to issue, warrants an.3.
will Inform county officers and aid
them in the apprehension of offen
ders.
Mr. Cox has served in lesher ca
pacity with the Federal courts over
a period of years, his previous of
flees being deputy clerk and deputy
marghnll) both offices held in other
counties.
vention and Care
The cause of Pellagra is believed
to be’ a vitamin deficiency in the
diet. As long as so many of our
people live largely on bleached
flour, bolted meal, white meat, mo
lasses and coffee there will he
many cases of pellagra. The dis
ease is caused by a one-sided diet
and food of the right kind, properly
prepared and in sufficient quanti
ties will prevent it.
A daily diet should consist of a
proper combination of the follow-.'
ing foods;
W. T, CoTlngton, Jr., of Chapel
flUl, spent Sluiday with homelolki.
iMr. and Mrs. W. G. Conoly and
son, James, of Waycross, Ga., spent
the pasf week-endwith! Mr’ .and
Mrs. F. B. Shxton. Mr. and Mr®.
Sexton had ee their gneMe, also,
on this occasion. Dr. and Mrs. Tom
Ferrelli of Roehi; Mount, N. G
talks on the workings
Teacher Associations.
On Friday night the County Coun
cil wa's formed with Mrs. H. A.
Cameron as president, Mrs. Jesse
Gibson of the Mildouson school, vice-
president. Mrs. John Henry McNeill,
of Antioch, second vice-president,
Mrt-. Neal Clark, of Blue Springs,
third vice-president, Mr. Carlyle
Townsend, of Rockfish, secretary,
and Mr. D. H. Johnson, of the Ashe-
raont school, treasurer. The execu
tive committee is to be composed
of , the County Physician, Farm
Agent, Superintendent' of schools
the principals of the schools, the
four officers of each local, president
of the Woman’s Club, chairman of
the’Welfare Board of the Woman’s
Club, president of the Kiwanls Club,
a representative from ' each achobol
committee, representative from the
County Board of Education and one
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Vegetables—Potatoes, turnips, tur-j over the south, I mJaisters from
nip greens, peas, string beans, spin
ach, saner kraut, cabbage and col-
Ikrds.
'Meats—^Lean meat, pork, beef,
fish, fowl and canned .halmon.
Eggs—(Not cooked hard).
Dairy Products ^-Milk (sweet or
buttermilk), butter and cheese.
Fruits— All kinds.
Pure poiwedered yeast is the rich
est ipelJagTa ■pf’eventing 'food at
present known.
- A variety of these foods should
be eaten every day In the year. The
farmer should raise hlk own supply
of the above foods. When this is
done pellagra will be a thing of
the past.'
Hoke County Health Department.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Upchurch and
Mih4 Tommie Upciburcdi returned
Saturday from an extended trip to
Georgia, Florida and Cuba. TUfy
were accompanied home by Kin.
Tommlo llFohttn:li*i Bister. MIm EUs-
gbetK Bigrle.
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Parent-' anything useful,- but he claims that
the prisoners ought to be doing
something to help pay for their
keep. (When he told of the building
and the expense of maintaining the
present old builclirg and the exces
sive cost of operating the various
camps on the pre'sent basis, it
made a big impression on his lis
teners. Here are some of his rec
ommendations which the legislatora
as a whole seemed to endorse.
1. That a new central prisou
plant, built on an economical ^scale,
be erected at Cary.
2. That an adequate parole sy®*
tem be adopted so that prisoners
will he followed up and “checked
and double ehecked” to see they do
not leave the straight and narrow.
3. That a cold storage and pack
ing plant be installed ■ on one of the
farms so that sufficient porkers,
to be raised on the prison farms
and by the North Carolina farmer^,
can be cured to furnish all State
supported Institutions. Mr. Pou
pointed out that State supported
Insitutions purchased 5458,042 worth
of meats and meat products last
year. He thinks 99 per cent of this
was shipped in from other States.
He wants to ccreate a market right
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at home for any surplus hogs the
farmers may have.
4. That a modern creamery be
operated at one of the farms te
can sufficient vegetables on the
prison farms and buy any surplus
the farmers in such locality may
have. Last year State supported
Institution^ purchased canned veg^
tables amounting to $70,572.00. Su
perintendent Pou wants the prison
and North Carolina farmers to bene
fit from this large expenditure for
vegetables. It is believed 98 per
cent of cimned vegetables bought
came freau , outside the State.
5. He father recommended the
operation by the prison of an up-
to-date creamery. Mr. • Pou says
State Institutions purchased $178^-
269 dairy products last year. He
wants to open up a creamery ased
I buy surplus raw milk from the tUP-
The city fathers of Raeford clos-imefg also to produce some afc
ed a deal with Mr. J. W. McLsoch | the prison farms,
lin whereby tb^clty bought a strip! - g. He advocates that the
of land adjolnln^the ceBsetor^ OBelndM feed and feed stuffs tor
large tot- In and rutii^ sD ttni>ptotod IiutitutloM ahd
the wny araosn the Wnstem edBeftat eettooi and ntoMito to
Ministers Meet Here
For Day of Prayed
Tuesday morning and afternoon
saw a large group of Prestoyteriau
ministers gathered in Raeford from
all points over Fayetteville Presby
tery. In aecrodance wit’a the prog-
\ ram of the Presbyterian church all
churches in the Presbytery met at
the Raeford Presbyterian church to
spend the day in conference and
prayer, particular consideration be
ing given to the devising of 'ways
and means whereby a proposed cut
in the funds for running the mission
program of the church could he
avoided.
Over sixty ministers from the_ sur
rounding churches were . in atten
dance at the meeting. Followlpgthe
sesssion which laated over into the
afternoon, a light lunch was served
to the visitors by the women, of the
Raeford church. ’ .
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CITY FATHERS BUY ADDI-
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