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HOKE COUNTY NEWS
THE HOKE COUNTY JOURNAL
rOWME XXVI—^No. 48.
RAEPORD- N. C.;-FRn)AY> FEBRUARY 27. 1931.
$1.50 YEAR. IN ADVANCE
FATAL SHOQTING IN UPfEI| |[NRfllll,„
HOKE COUNTY ON SUNDAY; uxr.m'AIITS FIRST ASSlBuJERVlCES
I • _ __ff-_i_A..Of DA^%nttfiN
M^diin Shoots and Kills
Coimel Larrimnwo Occurs
11^ i.iirrtB River Section
li^r ’ Qawrreiihg Betweep Lam-
more and Medlin’s Stepson
Leads to Tragedy.
MEDUN BOUND over ^
TO APRIL COURT
In Recorder’s CouM. Tuesday Wes
ley Bri’geai ani Ourtls Cornell,
young white men, were tried on a
charge of stealing cylinder oil from
the Standard Oil Co., tanks here.
Both tendered pleas of guilty.
Bridges was found to be only four
teen yearh of age and was remand-
— - , i ed to the Juvenile Court Cornell
near Cameron in upper Hoke | sentenced to serve four months
Early Application Will Be Neces-
cary for Those Who Wish to
tend Camp This June—Moore Can
Send Eight
about four o’clock when Ted
section shot and killed Colonel
ISattimore. a neii'hbor, aged
McQuarin to attend court.
Ted Medlin, charged with the
murder of Colonel Larrimore, did
not resist a bind over to Superior
Court and bond was fixed at one
thousand dollars.
A fatal shqoting occurred
«^ar Cameron in upper Hoke^
County last Sunday afternoon oa the county roads, judgment to be
Medlin young farmer of that suspended upon condition of good
- ’ — ’ behavior for two years, payment of
the costs and a fine of twenty-five
dollars.
— Sing Miller, who was captured
about 28. The shooting was | last week, charged with the unlaw-
^e result of continued quar • fu sli S ■ ^ Q
f,. T.nr^- ceatly: had his case continued for a
jiMmg on the Part « „eelt on account ot the Inability o!
TYiftTP. and Fred Hall, young
' of, Medlin.
Aigs^tng'to wto^
court Tuesday morning
S4®dUh shot and killed Larri-
more wltii ' a thirty-two calibre ri
fle, the shooting occurring in front
yard of the Medlin home. Ten Med
lin, the. boy and Larrimore with
othey^ had gone to Cameron Sun-
^ day moimlug about ten o’clock to
.get a spring on the truck fixed.
Somewhere, on the way there was
ah alttircati^ in which Larrimore,
tthder aie'ih|ueBce of whiskey, was
lihposiiig tUim tbe hoy and the lat-
^ ter atruck tJm on the head with
^ a piece of iron, causing profuse
.bleeding lint no fatal wound. Larri
inorp left the scene on foot and
went to his home where W. J. Med-
jai Ted and father-in-
law of, LWTimore, saw the latetr^
and helfted to treat his wound. At
this time It is alleged that Larri
more made threats against the life
1'^^' of the boy. W. J. Medlin then pro
ceeded across the fields to his own
home and was sitting upon his door
step when the truck with Ted and
the youth in it, returned.
* The story goes that. Ted came im
to the house first with Fred a little
behind him.. The later had just
gotten inside ^e gate when Larri
more appeared and began to beat
E wlth his fists. The boy fled
the back door of the hpuse and
\htough it with Larrimore In pur
suit. Ted ran ahead and. took doyrn
1,1 a rifle from over the ftont door
and went on out Into, the front yard
Here he took a stand And told lir-
rimore not to come any further. The
boy was further on behind Medlin.
Larrimore continued to advance, now
on ‘Medlin and the latter shot him
through the neck. He died a few
minute later. •. ,
Medical aid was summoned from
Cameron but arrived too late to do
any good. Ted Medlin and Hall had
Ki’ia the meanwhile gone on off as
Medlin purposed to give himself up
to the law. Officers were summoned
from Raeford and '.Medlin was lodg
ed in the county jail Sunday night.
Medlin was bpund over to the
\.prll term of Superior Court with
^!bond fixed at $1000.00. The bond
was raised.
P.UEXECirril I N.C FARMERS lOVE
COMMIfiEE meets! THEIR FARM WORK
Legislature Takes Minds Of People
Off Other Trouble®—Relieves Pop-
- -#lac- Worry In Unique Way—Pri
son Disgrace to State.. \
Major General Frank R. McCoy,
comlnandiiig the Fourth Corps Area,
announces that 4400 applications for
attending next summer C. .f^*
Camps, will be accepted begtnhlttt
Mar:h 1st. He states that the8« !Efcl®S
for thirty days begin June 12. 0*W
will be held at Fort Bragg, N. C
near here, where 800 will be train
ed.
Thouands Too Late Last Year ^
Less than half the yoiing men ap
plying for these camps in the south
east last year could be accommoda
ted. Funds and facilities were avail
able for only 4400, 8939 applied,
Florida, the first state in the union
to exceed its quota, filled up in onu
day after enrollment began. All e^it;
.'southeastern states comprising
Fourth Corps Area filled their quo
tas a month and a ' half beforai
camps opened, the Fourth Corps
Area leading all others in the coun
try. Seven of the eight states filb
ed their quotas in twenty- three days
or less. For the thousands disap
pointed last year, only early appib
cation this year will secure for
them an appointment
Who M.ay Attend
Any young man of a-cceptable
character between the ag^s of 17
and 34 may a^piy for the Basic
Course. If he can pass the requir
ed examination and is of good mor
al character, as certified to by ^
reputable citiseu who knows hi.*
he may attend one of these camps
Council of the Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation Holds It’s First Wetting
Friday Afternoon—Business Dis
cussions and By-Laws Passed.
Survey Shows Why Farmers Stick
To Farming—Rural Life is Best
—Health and Freedom Available
To Men Who Till the SoiL
(By CARL GOJBRCH)
If you haven’t had time to run up
to ftaldtft tn the last week or so i . ,
yfl^ bugkt to do sc and give the leg- , clock at the RaeforJ school lunch
The douncil of the Parent-Teacher
Association held its first meeting
on last Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’-'
Police Dept, Make^
Town Iniprovem^ts
The Raeford police department is
active these days cleaning up and
burning off town property 'and mak
ing needed improvements on town
.'sidewalks. Sidewalks on Donaldson
Avenue West, which seem never to
yield to treatment have very firmly
bolstered with Ted clay, the grounds
back of the court house have sub
mitted to cleaning and general i— — -
treatment. has .aided the looks ofj lf ke is 1» time , to secure one^^
the whole town.
o.
the vacancies.
No Future Military Obligation
biature a look-in.
Ifhe boys have at last gotten
farmed up and are now missing on
,all six cylinders. The only thing
’’Vtbey’ve been able to agree, on so
far Is that it is 0. K. for them to
take thel^'pay checks.
Business conditions have improved
a great deal throughout North Car
olina during the last two months.
Up until’the tinle the legislature met
eVerj^Dody-'-Could talk end think
of; nothing'except hard times. Since
tihen however attention has been fo-
jAiUsed almost entirely on the general
assembly. -As a result business has
been moving along.
Statistics show that there are
fewer divorces duri::g the legisla
tive period than in any other. The
average man and wife are so bus
ily engaged cussing out their respec
tive legislators that don’t have time
to cuss each other.
The children of Israel spent forty
years in the Wilderness and tlten
got to the promised land. The leg
islature spends sixty days in. Ral
eigh and air we get is the promised
land-tax relief.
Our State prison is - the most di
lapidated, antiquated structure you
have ever seen. I believe the pro
posal to improve things out at the
prison is one of the biggest things
the legislature coula undertake.
Former-Gp;v(^FPp,r , Smith- and foi-
mer Governor ^Byi'd are goSag tio ad-
room. Mrs. H. -4. Came-on. presi
dent of the County Council, presid
ed.
.4 number of matters oi business
came up for discussion and were
passed on. The bylaws for the
Council were read and adopted. It
■\i-as decided to hold two meetings a
year; one in the early fall and the
other in the spring.
• A number of projects were discuss-
e,! and passed. The followiu.g were
adopted as the main objectives:
1. Beautification of the school
I
grounds and buildings.
2. Summer round-up of pre-school
children.
3. Preparation for hot lunches in
each school that does not have pro
visions for that in the schools.
Mrs. P. P. McCain wafe appointed
as chairman of the work on butify-
Ing the school grounds. Mrs. C. H.
Giles was appointed as chairman of
the summer round-up in the vario-js
places. Mrs. Jesse Gibson was ap
pointed as chairman of the hot lunch
work. These projects- were adopted
In all unsettled conditions of the
country and the discussions of wel
fare which are the result, the
question arises among those who
are interested in fanning, as to
whether farmers as a clase are more
or less satified with their lot. How
does the condition of the farmer
compare with the condition of the
doctor, the lawyer, or the Indian
Chief? In a word, how does it hap
pen that farmers stick to farming
through thick and thin, and how
do they feel about their calling?
The Federal Department of Agrl-
cuture- recently made a survey in.
North Carolina in which qnestion-
aires were submitted to a number
of farmers in the oldest rural sec
tions of North Carolina. Among
the farmers who answered the
questionaire , ninety-two per cent
had fathers who were farmers and
seventy-nine per cent had grandfa
thers . who were farmers. This
shows that the tilling of the soil is
something of an inheritance and that
farmer sons take pride in the follow
ing in the Ioat.'t9p3 of their far
mer ancestors.
In answer to the question of why
they farmed the following interest-
Boy Scouts Plan
Public Program
The local troop of Boy Scouts,
than which there are few more ac
tive or interested in this 'section.
Is planning a program to be put
op at the New Armory «n a night to
be announced next week. A varie
ty of interesting and helpful things
is being learned and practiced by
the boys who make up the Raeford.
troop and under the guidance of
Scoutmaster Sexton and Alfred €ole,
his assistant, these things will be
shown to the public at the meet
ing next week. The program will
demonstrate not only the principle
of character and inanbood which
Scouting: teaches but the practical
knowledge which it fosteifs in the
fields of woodcraft, badicraft, first-
aid, civic spirit and others.
All the citizens of the town who
are interested in the development of
the town’s boypower should Inform
themselves of the date of the Scout
program and prepare to attend.
as the main objectivea and ©ach|iiig result is shown: “Nearly eighty
local unit will take these up and
give them splendid consideration un
der the leadership of these chairmen.
The purpose of the. County Council
is to afford an opportunity for the
local associations to compare meth
ods. Reports will be made on the
progress of the work and in this
■way each pl4ce will have tbo "hehe-
Attendance at these camps means
no obligation for future military
service. Those who attend are no
more likely to be called to the col
ors in time of war thkn any other
man. However, if they volunteer
or are selected for service they
are more likely to secure rapid ad
vancement and be able to defend
their country more effectively and
with greater safety to themselves.
Military training Is not the primary
object The training at these camps
stitesses citizenship, leadership, self-
reliance, initaltlve, good fellowbhip,
and how to work, and play hard and
effectively. ’The moral and pfellgious
Influences are kept at high stand
ards.
All ti9»98ary expense^ covering
transportalton, camp facilities, food,
(Continued on Back Page)
dress the legislature this week. Their j fit of the experience of each other
(Continued on Back Page) ..-t-- i' --
^oke Farmers
Consider Potatoes
Money Crop
\Bold Robbery On
, ^ Saturday Night
Saturday night about ten o”clock,
Mr. W'. H. Hobson locked his ^flsh
market and went up town to make
a few purchases. The market wag
Ijrightly lighted and Mr. Hobson
ily gone a few: minutes. However,
le' found upon returning that some
thi^e|V who had l|vldently il^eisn
wai¥ng‘\their chance, had entered
his {store and stolen about twenty
dolla'rs In money in money and a
pistol valued at forty-five dollaTs.
There has been no clue found as
to the identity of the culprits.
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AMERICAN LEGION MEETING
FRIDAY -NIGHT, MARCH 6
Local Tennis Players
Plqns Association
Urged on by the fast and Invig
orating sport that was available for
local tennis players sbmo years ago
when the vacant lot ne.ct to the post
office 'was,d smooth clay court, local
tennis emtkuBiasts are pushing a
plan for the rehistatement of the
court and the sport. Patronage of
the Is-port of kings was general in
Raeford several years ago when the
youth and business men of Raeford
fofind relief for their excess energy
in serves and slices.
Plans are under consid.eratipn
whereby the court would be rebuilt
this spring. Present plans call for
the construction of a model court ou
the old .yte. Permission of the own
er of the lot has been secured and
enthusiasm among the old and new
devotees of the game is rife. If is
hoped that an association of the lov
ers of the game may be formed/to
§tailro€uls Petition
Hr For Regulation of
; Hauling By Truck
‘ ’ ■ dfflcIalB of the Aberdeen and Rock-
fi.'S'h Railroad are circulating this
Tiv^k a petition which Is addressed
to officials concerned, regarding the
situation which exists with regard
to the rivalry between railroads
As a part of his campaign of farm
-diversification and improvement.
County Agent Barton has interest
ed many of the local fanners in the
last week. In the rate-Ing of sweet
potatoes for market. It is certain
that the soil aud climate of the
county are adapted to this crop and
it seems probable that an acreage of
potatoes here would help the farm
ers, of the county. One restriction
on growing potatoes here was that
thq expense of building curing bous
es would be (too great, since poqi-
toes require especially careful treat
ment between the time they are dr.g
and the ^e when they are ready
for hihipment. /
Last week, Mr. Burton, a represem
ta-tive of the State Department and
several Hoke County farmers made
a trip to a section of South Caro
lina where a new project Ir. pota
to curing was demonstrated lafet
year. The farmers of that section
used tobacco barns for curing pota
toes and have found it very effect
ive. Mr. Burton shows that the same
thing can be done In Hoke County-
association. This will in no way
limit the work in the local units,
but these objectives have been adop
ted for all to work in connection with
their own local problems.
The activities of parentfteacher
associations grow out of its pro
gram and the work of the standing
committees. ‘
All due» Should be sent on at
once so that the locals can get the
literature. These dues, 15c per
member, should be sent to Mrs. J.
W. Burke, treasurer, Gibsonville, N.
C.
The executive committe plans to
have a meeting at leas^ once a
Month and keep in touch with the
work. The executive committe is
composed of:
-Mrs. 'H. A. Cameron, president;
Mrs. Jesse Gibson, first vice-presi
dent; ^iMrs. J. H. McNeill, second
vice - president; Mrs. Neill Clark,
'third vice-president; Mr. Carlyle
Townsend, Secretary: Mr. D. H.
Johnson, treasurer; Mrs. P. P. Mc
Cain, Mrs. J. S. Johnson.
per cent said that they liked farm
ing because of the rural life. Forty
seven per cent farm because^ they
own the land, thirtj-eisht per cent
because they inherited the land,
forty per cent because faey expect;
to gain financially.’’ ,
There .gre many tliinys in farmig^.
for a livlihood that appeal in addi
tion to the- mere prospect of mak
ing r. living. The -rarxirrs life is-
the life of a .strong man, work,
fresh air, sunshine ani intimate re
lationship with nafare are factors
of a farmer’s life which make it
strong and wholesome. TTie farmer
has room for his elbows, doesn’t
have to wear goggles to keep steel
chips out of his eyes. listens to the
wind in the pines and the songs
of birds instead of the rumble of
heavy tracks and the sound of riv
eting machines. The life of the far
mer, when he is paid for his labor
is the freest, most healthy, happi-
iest life in the world and when the
afesut-ancte of sufficient neturn for
f '
labor is assured the agricultural
population of Hoke County will be
again proud and happy in their cho
sen work.
and trucks for the country’s haul-^
Ing. For some time the inortase| t,n(j that an acreage of potatoes
in trucking on the highways has x/ill visibly help the agricultural
Ml
There yfIII be a meeting of the bear among them the sidall expense
Amercan i;eglon In-: of 1^ andtoehare the sport
^oole’* (rf^e.qii lirlitaRr tofi ^aoteiae that niaiy be derived
a i.AH MiMflviemBEam.nBrilitiiaiiiA.otayfnHl iMtiM' JiiliaIflagblllti:.
been a great drain on the monopoly
which the railroad formerly held.
Whereas the railroad in recent times
has had almost all the industrial
and agricultural hauling to do, the
increase in hauling by trucks has
made competition' between the two
very keen and this situation has
now reached a crisis.
, A meeting wil be held this week
in Raleigh in order to consider the
problem. Representatives of the
railroads and the highway hauling
companies will be present to present
their Sides. Railway officials are
asking for regulation which, will
allow the two organizations to com
pete ^on an equal basis and are also
petitioning that the highway haul
ers be forced to pay a larger -part
in keeping up the public highways
to balance the expense incurred by
the railroads in keeping up- Uieir
ij>olipkdbedB. The petition c^VddUitdff^
Raeford -Monday showed the sig-
help the
'sittfation here. 1
e-
Officers Elected By
Raeford P, T. A,
Analysis of Soil Start
ed By County Farmers
A number of Hoke county farmers
are being interested in the service
which the State Department of Agri
culture is rendering in free analysis
of soils for the purpose of ascer
taining what elements are lacking
in the soil. A sample of the soil is
taken from the field in which the
analysis is to be made and mailed
to the State Department of Agricul
ture. State chemists then make
an anlaysis of the soil, determining
what elements necessary to the pro-
Funertd of Mrs. L.
W. York Sunday
_ m
The funeral of Mrs. L. W. York,
daughter of Mr. J. N. Maxwell, was
conducted from St Pauls Metho
dist church of Goldsboro and inter
ment was made in the Raeford
Cemetery on Sunday, F*ebruary 22.
Mrs. York died of pneumonia in
Goldsboro on February 21.
Before her marriage, Mrs. York
was Mtes Lena Maxwell of Rae
ford. She was married on January
10, 1909 and was a devoted wife and
mother. To the union were born eight
children, five of whom survive her:
Arvil, Fulton, Karl, Pauline and Vera
York. Mrs. York was a member
of the Methodist church and. a de
voted Christian. She is also surviv
ed by her father, three brothers
and one sister; Clayton, Neill and
m. S. Maxwell, all of Raeford and
Mrs. Tom Burkhead of Candor. The
funeral in Goldsboro was conducted
* Reorganization is in process
among the Paretn-Teacher Associa
tions throughout the state and ati
extensive campaign is under way
throughout the state. The Associa
tion'at the Raeford school has been
reorganized and at a recent meet
ing the following officers were elec
ted; Mrs. Julian Johnson, presi
dent; Mrs. J. W. Currie vice-prei-
dent; Miss Margie Campbell, secre
tary and 'Mrs. Benton Thomas, tras-
urer.
The association plans active work
this spring and the president so
licits the interest and cooperation
not only of the parents who have
children in school bu of all the cit
izens in the community who ^e in
the school a powerful agency foil
raising every public standard. Plans
are under way .for organizing and
carrying- out beautification of the
sch-ool grounds. Mrs. C. H. Giles is
chairman of a committee on j the
proposed eye clinic which will en
deavor to reach every school child
vYiicn. ..v, VX.V. luucxot *1* v.- w—— jjj county. Hot hinches for all
per plant growth are lacking and j by the Rev. W. V. McRae and the | round-up work in the
these elements may be supnlied by i ceremony at the cemetery in llae- summer are-also on thq Association
it"-
these elements may be supplied by;ceremony at the cemetery in llae-
fertilizatlon. This process i*s an ford by Rev, Trawick.
important step in agriculture at this
time supply exactly the plant food.
varying their
Neill McEadyen, ot Ra^ord, is a
fertlliwlinember o$ the. wrettt&i^ at
■dentifl«ally according to the c^j^Davida^ thlq^.iHnter. '
to be planted ud Ipnd to of Vlldonaon. in pbvtot wdi od
l^rogram. The next meeting for Rao>
ford will be on the afternoon of Mon
day, March 9. .... , . ...'
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