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THE HOKE tOUNTY NEWS
THE HOKE COUNTY JOURNAL
yOLUME XXVIi^No. 46.
RAEEDRD. y. 9.. FRIDAY, EEBRUARY 13, 1931.
$1.50 YEAR, IN ADVANCE
w. Livingstone Jduison Dies At
His Home In Raleigh Sunday A. M.
•'f:
Called North Carolina’s Most
Prominent Baptist—^Bom At
Springhill — Served Church
In Many Capacities. •
I
PROMINENT EDITOR
f.
and PREACHER
Dr. LMnestone Johmson, one of
■the most prpmjnent Baptist minis-
" ters in the Soutl\, died at his home
‘ in Raleigh. N. C., at four o’colck
•Sunday morning. Dr. Johnson had
been afflicted with heart disease
for several years. His sicknes.b' re
turned to him on Tuesday, monilng
of last week but the idomltahre spir-
iUt which has characterized* his
' work for many years held out for
several days against a severe at-
tack. Although sick in bed, he con-
\ tinned to discharge his duties for
P
1'
tinned — _ _ „
several days, dlctatlng 'on -Saturday
afternoon an editorial which shojwed
the characteristic strength and clar
ity of thought..
Through Saturday however his
condition grew constantly more sot-
ious and his death came early Sun
day monming. Heart disease had
attacked Dr. Johnson on several oth
er* occasions at which hiS' life was
■despaired of.
Dr. Johnson was born in Spring
Hill, 'N. C.. on ‘NovembeF the 7th,
1857. He was the son'‘of Duncan and
Catherine Livingstone Johnson and
a brother of Afdhibald Johnson, now
editor of "Charity and Children,"
the official organ of the Thomasr
ville Orphangae.. He attended Wake
TVireSt College and stu]i.led for the
'Baptist ministry. In 1882 he mar*
ried Mary Frances Memory of
Whltevllle. In 1882 he marriedcmf
Whiteville. In 1888 he was- ordain
ed to the Baptist memory and held
his first ^pastorate at ‘Roeklngham,
N. C. LatCT he was jpa^ldr of
churches at Lumberton and Greens
boro. In the period between 191®
and 1915 he was corresponding sec
retary of the Baptist State Conven-
ti-on. 'in 1916-17 he held a pastorate
In Rocky Mount and late in 1917 be
come editor of thp Bfjilical Recor
der. This ipoSlfioni 'he was^flUlaie
with grace and power up until the
time of hlS' death. Ten hours before
his death ha dictated an editorial
thought and diction that has always
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CROP II
lyir., J-. S. Johnson Has Acreage of
bVocoI I i—Requires Careful Hand
ling—Is .Spring Vegetable in Large^
Demand. '
In the planting of forty acres of
the new . vegetable, seifbatlon, Bro-
colli, Mr. Julian 'Johnson, local far
mer, is making a worthwhile ex
periment, not only for his own farm
ing interests, but for those of the
entire section, ishould the new crop
turn' out to be a success. Brocolli
is the new vegetable which swop:
over the country last year, gaining
attention not only through novelty
but through its taate and healthful-
nesB.
Last year there were a few scat
tered patches of Brocolli through
out this ^Section but there ^waB lit
tle gained, by tte experiment, due
o
Oiir Representative as The News & O'bservei Cartoonist Sees Him.
Consolidation Of Twelve Counties Is
Recommended: Hoke With CombeHand
JOICOIEISBMI
nr IN ACCIDENi
Car With Five Passengers Overturns
Near Rocky Mount—All Badly
Hurt—In 'Hospital at Rocky Mt.
—Cole Former Raeford Boy.
"^■fAicaV Firemen Fooled
' By Ambulance
I One InstallmSBt^ of the old Aesop
' thriller was enacted in Raeford
i-,, Monday morning, when Chapter one
of “The Bey Who Cried Wolf’ was
presented on Main Street. The chief
actor In the drama, noted local pur
veyor of pills and pop, seems reluc
tant about presMfiBg the rest of
the play, due to local indifference
and harsh criticism of local thea
trical critics but the initial install
ment was well done and caused ebn-
, slderable interest in town.
• As a matter of fact there were nc
wooly lambs and ewes' on Main
Street on Monday nor were any
. gaunt, grey wolves seen prowling
on Edinborough avenue.' Confiden
tial scouts report that the wolves
never leave their accustomed places
w near the dooys of the homes here-
w abouts. However there was an am
bulance which-came careening down
■the streets of Raeford in mid-morn-
I ,lng*, splitting the air with its un-
f earthly heart chilling scream, which,
■’ as a very Important adjunct to this
1^. almost Indistinguishable
.'.n-- from the siren which calls the local
flrerflghters to their red wagon. It
4 ' was then that the loyal pharmist,
•hearing’' the call to duty, dropped
tfle tools of his trade and rusheci
forth bareheadbd to do his duty.
r Bven oh his way up the street he
I noticed the indifference of the oth-
'Ws who stood by but attributed it
^ fact that Raeford has become
af blv jhded with fires and doe's not
develop the instant clamor which
it used to when the signal was giv
en. His .progress had hardly car=
rled him beyond a local cafe how
ever before-slispiclon began to enter
his mind ’and Investigation showed
that the source of the siren had now
moved out on the Aberdeen high
way. • . ^
The incident has been the Subject
of some . unseemly mirth buf.. the
has a grehter vlrtue lii -tell-
the spirit of our fli:emen,;/who
prove' th&t the7'Me"readyj.,itp''go at,
a moment's notice.
to the newness ,,of the growers to
the experiment. In view of the fact
that the -vegetable is gro'un on a
large scale in the tr^icking districts
o', the northern states, ncably New
.fcncy and Delew’iV'Mr. Jolinosu
in conference ■with Mv. Ralph Hast
ings, of Laurel. Deleware, member
of the firm of Hastings and Riggin.
a large ruit and vegetab'.e firm, de
cided to plant the Brocolli this year.
At first he was dis'coiiraged by .Mr.
Hastings but later the report was
made that l^e crop in the northern
states was harmed by winter weath
er and so Mr.. Johnson was encour
aged to -plant.
Broicolli seed , are exceptionally ex
pensive .selling in some cases as
high as seven to eight dollars per
pound. ; Mr. ' Johnson however was
able to get sufficient amounts to
plaht 'his forty acres at a much
lower price. Th§ cro® was fertilized'
with two hundred pounds .of fertili'
zer and three hundred pounds of
nitrate of soda per acre. Seed were
planted in twenty-eight inch rows,
and a small tseed planter was used.
The harvesting however is the great
est proposition of all since the ut
most care must be exercised in
cutting the vegetable in bunche.s
and it must be shipped in crates
pitcked ;wfith ice, and in a refriger
ator car. 'When harvest is begun
It must be done quickly and consa-
quently it requires a large" amount
of labor to do it properly. Returns
froA a crop however are said to be
exceedingly profitable.
The farmers of the county will be
Interested in the experiment and
if Jt proves successful, they will
have Mr. Johnson to thank for a
notable boost to Hoke County agri
culture.
John Cole, formerly of Raeford,
was severely injured last Friday
night when the car he was driv
ing turned over on the highway five
miles from Rocky Mount. In the car
wifi him were four other men, all
of whom were badly hurt and two
of them seriously.
All of the injured men were tak
en to a hospital in Rocky Mount
immediately after the wreck and
given treatment. Cole received what
were at first Considered seriously in
ternai injuries. Grave fears for his
life were held by the hospital staff
during the first of this week but
on 'Wednesday his improvement was
such, that he was considered out of
daijger.
John Cole is well-known and liked
in Raeford and Hoke County. He
was Jn . busiuess, .hejcs. for ; , a good
many years and his friends will be
glad to hear that his condition is
no -longer considered serious. He
; is the brother of Neill, Harvey and
Alfred Cole, of Raeford.
Quail Season Will
Close Tomorrow
A of SOI
story
ing .of
Dr, Fairley Speaks
In Wilmington
Dr. W. M. Fairley left Raeford
Monday morning on a two day trip
to Wilmington where he was tc
fill an engagement to speak at a
meeting of ministers and laymen
of Wilmington Presbytery.
The metting at which Dr, Fairley
was to. speak was similar in natiu-e
to the one held in Raeford la^S’l week
when ministers and laymen of Fay
etteville Presbytery met in Raeford
to consider church problems which
have been aggravated by the finan
cial condition. The meeting at JWil-
mlngton was expected to draw a
large attendance from the presby
tery for prayer and conference,
l
DR.
AND MRS. McConnell
GASTONIA, VISITORS HERE
Dr. and Mrs. J. D. McConnell, if
Gastonia, were visitors in Raeford
Monday night. They were accom
panied by their daughter Margaret
McConnell. Dr. McConnell is known
to some Raeford people, especially
members of the National guard ri
fle team, as an excellent riflemen,
and. in additoin is an efficient gun
smith, although working with guns
is only a hobby.
Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last
day for hunting quail in this state,
the ■ closed season beginning then.
It .Is expected a goodly number of
local hunters will avail themselves
of. the opportunity of huntiug at
least one afternoon, the weather
permtting.
Another Poultry Car
Coming February 17
Another . poultry car, the second
of the season, will be loaded here
next Tuesday, according to County
Agent, W. D. Burton. Prices have
not been announced as yet, b'ut
]j/tr. Burton will receive prices with
in the n^t day or so|.
The first car which was shipped
in January, carried off a nice load
of poultry and netted the sellers
something over one thousand dol
lars:.
ns PROeiEIH
NOT VET SOIVEB
Compromise Suggestions Mixed With
’Further Demands for full pay
ment-immediate Cash Payments
Is Urged By Representative Almon
of Alabama.
raSUTlHIE
TO PIEASE PEOPIE
Farmers Need Lobbyists—Govenor
Gardner Using Wrong Tactics And
Should Know Better—Wealthy In
terests Admit Their Poverty.
Brookings Institution Also
Suggests Six Other Consol
idations In Its Report.
WOULD INCREASE POWER
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
■Washington, Feb. 9.—Compromise
suggestions mingled today with at
tacks by full cash payment advo
cates as Congress prepared for the
next big hurdle in the race to avoid
an extra session—veterans relief.
Speaker Longsworth and Chair
man SneH of the House rules com
mittee, said they favored additional
loans costing dbout $500,000,000 as
Senate administration leaders search
ed for a compromise.
Full payment supporters in both
the House and Senate voiced objec
tions; to the present situation.
Senator Caraway, Democrat, Ar
kansas, author o one of the bills
proposing to pay full face value of
the adjusted compensation certifi
cates served notice he would move
to discharge Jhe committee .if it has
not voted on the legislation TSyTues-l ^'Botatives 'of these ^Skifesslona ini-
By C.ARL GOBRCH.
The legislature is composed of a
a lot of mighty fine fellows. They’re
chaps who are kind-hearted, sympa
thetic, generous and considerate.
They are anxious to please the peo
ple of the State and want to do the
right thing. Somebody makes the
suggestion that the power interests
ohght to be taxed. What happens?
A regular army of lobbyists descends
upon Raleigh and proves convincing
ly and conclusively that the power
compaifles are just about on the
verge of starvation. The legislators
listen to the presentation of facts,
wipe the tears out of their eyes and
decide that in view of circumstan
ces probably it would, be best not
to impose any additional tax on the
power people.
Somebody else makes the sugges
tion that we ought to have a sales
tax. Thirty-eight thousand mer
chants immediately have a stroke
of apoplexy, seventeen thousand die
of shortness of breath and feeveral
thousand others develop serious
cases of the rabies
Then comes the proposal to tax
moving pictures, and every theatre
operator goes to Raleigh and dis
plays figures which prove that not
a penny has been made in the thea-
ere business since 1786.
When bills are suggested for tax
ing barbers, bottlers, fish-dealers,
chiropodists and bootjeggers, repra-
Al Smith To Make
Pinehmst Visit
New York, Feb.11.—Former Gov
ernor Alfred E. Smith left tonight
for a ten-day stay at PInehurst, N.
C., where he will attempt to cure a
slight rheumatic trouble. He was
accompanied by Wm. H. Todd and
William F. Kenny ,close friends.
day of next week,. '
Senator Couzens of Michigan, Re
publican member of the committee
(Continued on Page Five)
Maxton Men Open
Bowling Alley Here
A new source of amusement and
recreation will be ava'lab'e for Rae-
L''(i V’ CpTe this -week ac-cordiii.g to
John Sumpter McRn, Jr., and A.
J. Cottingham, both of Maxton, con
structors apd mana.gers of a new
bowling alley here. Thes-s two ^en,
who hav-> ii.’ifil re cully conducted
a bowllai alley in with
marked success, are busy in town
this week doing fe* r.ir-
tenter aan janitor wock in cinvert
ing the old stand of the Ideal Mar
ket into a long room with shiiing
hardwood alley® and inviting score
cards all ready to record strikes
and spares.
Bowling is rivaling this winter the
popularity whicji grew for Tom
Thumb golf last spring and summer.
Few towns in North Carolina are
without alleys now and in the larg
er cities the places that contain
them are rivaling theatres in the
beauty 8Jid luxury of their appoint
ments. Managers McRae and Cot
tingham promise smooth alleys and
an atmosphere conducive to pleas
ant 'sport. Bowling Is splendid
j amusement and exercise and the
new alley should prove
to the community.
an asset
3 MILES PER MINUTE.
Now York—Capt. Frank Hawks
goes three miles a ntimilte, or he is
Blow. His personal log shows 9?
trips in klx months covering a to^l
i
In Recorder’s Court Tuesday B.
H. 'Wood and N. N. McLean, of
Moore County entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of fishing in
Hoke County without a license and
were required to --pay the costs and
purchase fishing licenses. 'While
the commissioners of Hoke County
require no license for fishing, the
slate law requires that a resident
of one count,;, v/hc !]«)•,•! i.-i onctln'r
c. vrty must hev a ’i'li'.j-?’
C ilmer Forbes, 'voinr while man
o; Robeson County, '-.m; coi vicicd
of hunting In Hoke County without
a liceure and required to pay the
costs.
In the case of Mrs. Kate Willard
who was tried last week oh a| M.
Charge .of f l^djer and Jud'^ent re-.) wi^i
Gets More Territory
t
County Fish and Game Warden, H.
R. McLean, has .had a good part of
Robeson County added to his terri
tory, effective on February first.
I His new territory embraces all af
that part of Robeson which lies
West of the main line of the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad, run
ning from Parkton to the South
Carolina line near Rowland.
melon GROWERS’ MEETING
TO BE HERE SATURDAY A.
M.
ThWre will be a meeting of the
Hol^ County Melon Growers Asso
ciation Saturday morning, February
n, at 10:00 o’clock in the Court
H^uge. Mr. D. K. Young is to speak.
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MORE DESIRABLE.
^ sa# i ^ Irwrge *ot wanaer ana juaKinent re*v wish rmti
apeeag ranglvj i week, the eoa^ordered! to
froai 145 275 miles per hour. I a TSirilct of not gnllty be .ent^.l^T|t3^
Imist: 1 see a tall, handsome
prostrate before you.
Peikins (interrupting): I
could see my lodger, a lit-
legged mitn, paying hU bill.
mediately run to Raleigh and sue
ceed in blocking any such move.
Then somebody introduces a bill
to put another tax on the farmer.
It is given publicity through the
newspapers. Members of the legisla
ture hold their breaths. They gaze
at visitors in the hotels but fail to
discern a single farmer among them.
They spot all kinds of lobbyists,
but nary a farmer-lobbyist. A huge
sigh of relief is released. "Maybe its
best to put on that kind of a tax
after all,” says Mr. Legislator. And
the bill is passed with very little
opposition. Along with leamig how
to livepat-home, the farmer ought,
to learn how to do a little lobby-1
ing.
The Lieutenant Governor of South j
Carolina visited the legislature In
Raleigh last week and made a talk
to the senators and representatives.
He advised the legislators to ^isit
other States- and get new ideas.
Judging from some of the bills that
have been intrduced in Raleigh thus
far, they’ve already got too many
ideas up there. If they get any
more, the chanceb are that the whole
State will go broke.
One hundred and "fifty representa
tives of county government and
county road boards met in Raleigh
last week to declare open war on
Governor Gardner’s highway pro
gram. If the Governor were to
make,.a speech saying that he hop
ed for fair weather on the Fourth
pf July, there’d be a delegation in
Raleigh before the week was out to
declare open war on any such a
proposition. A good many of the
counties want to see the extra tax
placed on gasoline, but they want to
handle the expenditure of funds.
Whenever it comes to paying out
money, they’re willing for the State
to do it, they want to do it themsel
ves. Besides, if the State were to
control maintenance of county roads,
members of the boards of commis
sioners, road boards and other coun
ty officials wouldn’t be absolutely
guaranteed that the highways in
front of their respective places of
abode would be given attention first.
It looks as though the proposal
to cut the salaries of public work
ers 10 per cent is going to meet with
considerable opposition. The same
is true of some of the other rec
ommendations that the Governor
made in his message.
Max may be a good Governor; but
he’s ar .korry diplomat. He Ought to
know our folks well -enough- by this
time to realize that there is a
right and wrong way to handle
them. 'Wlhat he ought to have done
—at the time ho delivered his mes
sage—:was to advocate an increase
ot pubUci wtnkors. taming over
(CohUaai^ qn Back page)
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~ (News & Observer)
Definite recommendations for 11
consolidati-ons of North Carolina
counties, which would reduce the
number from 100 to 88 with sugges
tions for six other changes, which
would further reduce the number to
82 are contained in the “Report' on
a Survey of the Organization and
Administration of County Govern
ment in Nortl^ Carolina by the
Brookings Institutions, which was
placed in the hands of members oC
the General Assembly Monday night.
The recommendations for changes
in county government are fully as
s-weeping as those made by the
Breokings Institution in its report on.
State Government, which was re
leased in December. One reiommen-
dation is that all county administra-
tive officials be appointed by the
county commissioners.
Governor Gardner included “man
datory consolidation of counties” in
the 19 specific recommendations! he
made in his message to the General
Assembly on January 9, but did not
list any counties. The data on which
the Governor based his recommen
dations is contained in the report
made,public last nigh’
Exactly 20 years ag-a the 1911 Gen
eral Assembly increased the number
of .counties to 100 by establishing
Hoke and Avery and the sentimen
tal appeal cf that number helped
to block all subsequent proposals:
for increasing the niimbe.*. The
pendelum has now definitely swung
in ttfe other direction, but the pres
ent ^commendation is the first to
be made in concrete form.
The recommendations in regard,
to consolidation of counties follow.
"It is -our recommendation, there
fore, that a careful study be made
of this question of county consolida
tion, and to this end we are listing
below certain specific instances in
which, as a reS'ult of our study of
the situation, it is believed that such
a consolidation could be made ■with
advantage. It is more than likely^
however, that there are other c^es;
in respect to which conditions wauld.
warrant a similar action
“1. Consolidate Cherokee and Clay
counties, with Murphy as county
seat.
“2 Consolidate Graham and Swain
counties with Bryson City as coun
ty seat.
“3. Consolidate Mitchell and Av
ery counties, with Spruce Pine as
county seat.
“4. Consolidate Henderson and
Polk counties, with Henderson'ville
as county seat.
“5. Consolidate Alexander and Ire
dell counties, with Sthtes'ville as
county seat.
“6. Consolidate Caswell and Per-
s-cn counties, with Roxboro as the
county seat.
“8. Consolidate Hoke and Cumber
land counties, with Fayetteville' as
the county seat.
“9. Consolidate "Wilson and Greene
counties, with Wilson as the coun
ty seat. 4
"10. Conoslidate ChoVan an.d Per
quimans counties, with Edenton as
the county seat.
"11. Consolidate Pasquotank, Cam
den and Currituck counties with
Elizabeth City as the county seat.
“In addition to the consolidations
here recommended, we suggest that
the State ^give consideration- to the
feasibility of combining iWashington
and Tyrrell counties. Craven and
Pamlico, Beaufort aiid Hyde coun
ties. Lincoln with Catawba or Gas
ton, and Brunswick with New Han-
over and the portioning of Orange
county to Alamance and Durhahfe
■counties.”
Speaking of the recommendations
as a whole the report says;
“It is recognized tha': the people
of North Carolina are not now pre
pared for action so drastic as is in
volved in putting into effect the sag-
gestions set forth, but it is none the
less desirable that the matter should
at least be brought to their atten
tion SO' that they may be giving ia
their consideration with a view tq)
possible action in the fatore."
Although the only specific suggee-
tlons in that direction which utei
niade lo(A ^ the conaoU^
ton 4^ some coonton «nfi tlw «CMe
(Continmd ott BMk