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THE HQKE COUNTY JOURNAL
RAEFOitD, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 19S1
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Ccwrity Itead—Owwt Road
te lAsiaiucMif Townohii^.
PrograssWe owd Enthuolootic Troop
' Hoo' Record to Bo Proud of—H igh
Hoiioro . Token By Lpeo.1 Boyo^
r Iri Charge of Scoutmaoter Sexton.
ijCOUD^ OBiDjB3wrto®^rtl.. lUielT. -ro?
icen^ ^tn'petfng sHli b-e^pf > iiitereBt '‘to-
people pt the cwnty. Mpet . pf
Ihe lai^ieBB. iad .to do with icpad
y^ir :(ind ' the itowiBios et the , pau-
'per.Tpil'-. ■■ ■■ ..
It decided to xebuUd the", old
rtrlre^rood. a femoHei old road of
^e ppunfar extending fropj Tonn. 1%
igram’s dlUng atatlon, pear .Lumber
Jlirer on the Laurinburg highway,
leastymrd through the spatoern^end
.of the oounty, The wo^ to be done
on this road will consist mainly of
the widening" of the old road bed
and htiilding up with clay, aojne
spots which have gotten in bad
shape in the last few years. Thruout
ats cours^ the old road is often
bounded on one Plde by telegraph
poles and on the other by a ditch.
This will cause the main difficulty
in the widening as it may prove
pecessaiy to move some poles and
ditches. The work will l)e done by
drawing on the state gas-tax money.
This is not the first time that this
sourae of revenue hah besoi tapsped
iby th& pounty bat it is the first
titna that it has been aPPUed on
any definite plepo of road. J- W
Tdllls, district highway engineer, has
been^ informed, of the commissioners
decision and it is expected in Rae-
fort to consult with county author-,
itles and advise 'lihem in the work
they plan to do. It is intended
that work ShaU begin next week,
mto '.constroctfoh c Work ■ iwlH 1*® 1®
■ the hands of’ the county road force
•and. the entire .road, front tlte fill-
,1ns station on th.© LaiWnburj^ ro^d
to the place inhere' it eptej^^ Cum
berland County near RocMt^t^ com
prises twenty and ona-balf. jnflOT..
.The commissioners granted ;;,a’ :|ub-
■ lic rpad, on'petition pf .citii^iis of
■McLauchlin .Tpwn^ip, . tb;^ rou^ 1°
■he n^n, frppi; . t^,j,iWayride • .Filling
-Station bn.:.the. Kayettoriile highway
to the camp i, lipp! /dfUF;, •: Lon^treet
■ 'load.- , .(i-:; •, i
The pauper roil of the coupt^ now
numbers forty-two. The&e receive
regular financial help from the coun
ty. The number is ten in excess
.(Of. what it was' at the same l^me
last year.
The commissioners also gave au
thority for the construction, of a
ditch beside the county road run
ivturyheke
Mr. Jacques Busbee, Artist In Field
of ‘pottery, Addreeaei Civic, Club
Brills Art Down to Srnalleet
; Tacks of Individual.
Jlfonday ; night was Honor Court
nighi for the - boy hcouts of the
iJape Fear bistHct and the Raeford
troop was in.,. atten(i)a)vKe at the
meeting at the court house in Laur
inburg. Practically the entire troop
to a boy, went over with Scoutmas
ter Sexton in charge and not . only
.made a fine appearance' at the court
’but walked ' off With a bag full of
honors-
Honor Court is the thne and,
place for the distribution of honors
for hard work by scouts. Officials of
the Cape Fear District were there
to taXe charge and everything went
pW smoothlb Raeford toouts win-
ming clasSi confirmations and badges
were as follows: Second Class Scout,
Billy Crawley, Tom McBryde, Clyde
Upchurch, William McFadyen, Wal
ter Barrington, E. L. Peele, Jr., Sam
Snead and Hubert Cameron; First
Class Scout," Malloy Lamont, Robert
Whitley, William Lentz; Merit bad
ges,' Nathan EJpStein, (Handicraft,
FlAt Aid, Personal Health), Jack
Morris (Fir&t Aid to Animals, Per
Sonal Health, Public Health, Fire
manship), “Paul Dickson, (Personal
Health, Public Health, ’Swimming).
.Thomas Cameron, (Personal Health
Public Health, First Aid, First Aid
to Animals), Robert Whitley, (Flre-
manshlp), Jake Austin, (First Aid,
Puplic Health, AQilptics), Four
Ra^brd Scoutof received e higher
degree in Scouting for which they
Ivi.t' oone s^m*^ Ua.-dworl: and of
which they can well be proud.
ThOByS’' jCamerohr Nathan Epstein,
and Jack ' Morris Tecfeived the title
of Star Scout which signifies a First
iCJafeB Scout who has earned at
least five Merit Badges:, Jake Aus
tin received .the title of Life Scout
which , signifies a First' Class Scout
who has earned at, least ten mei it
(By IMrs. T. B. ..Upchurch)
Memb^s of toe Civic Club and
other, /^tors, were/tiffprded d rw®
treat' Ih^a talfi Mf.“ Jto-
ques/ Busbee, of JwiJtpwn at ' tpe
regular meeting of this department
Tuesday afternoon.. . J
Mr. -Busbee Js no stranger Ih V^ls
community, as many h%e ^sl^ed
his- plant and admired the : many
beautifufs and artistic pieces of pot
tery turned out fhere.
Lindley' Rep.rsgeiitative Int^oOes
Local Spnibs to the Lsdree—8^
lection sind Arrahgement Maglc;l
Words of Landscape -Gardening. «
At the meOUng of.rtoe Bdueatlon-
al Dlvkiion Of topr Woman's club at
the Raefoto,,/;’'School Auditorium
Tuesdayirafternoon, the speaker was
jMr., T: ‘ S. ■Ramsey, of Greensboro,
representative of toe Lindley Nur
series of PomOna, N. C. Mr., .Ram
sey and Mr. Jack Lindley, president
of toe Lindley Nurserie?. were on
a trip which included the Sanator
ium, Rockfish school and the Rae
ford School. At each place they oh-
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Fathers'Jake Charge af Program
Rav. Tiawlck Spoaics—Rev. Han-
>nah Stress 8|?lrltu*l Training-
Several Ministers PreaenL
TOIEOEAIIE
Favors Reorgsniratlon’of 8tata 6o^
ernmont. Consolidation of Coin*»
ties and Elimination ' of Mlglit
Work for Women kind Chtldrso.
badges'.
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Baseball At> High
‘ School Be^ns Soon
Spring ' can' be said to be here
quite officially when the local High
School baseball team begins its
practice and that Will be the first
of' next week according to Coach
Noah Raynor. Interest has been at
fever pi{ch and the younger boys
around town have ^one their elder
Hte subject on this ocegelon wks^ served the grounds ayopn.l the in-
“beauty in' the Simpler Things of stltutions. • made plans for beautl-
Life,” a broad subject but he arose
to the occasion, and In his sincere
4nd pleasing manner made m Im
pression on bis audience that will
be lasting and doubtless enable us
to' see beauty that heretofore had.,
been ovarlpoked;
He said’that you do not have to
paint a picture qr be a great Sculp
tor “to be an artist, but you can be
an artist in petlormlng your daily
tasks. 'To do idv one thing better
than yoiir fellow man. even to toe
making of a basket or split bottom
chair, or to dish washing, If you
can do it better than others, you
are an artist.
By speefal request lie told us how
it happened that ke located In toe
remote corner of Moore County, and.
the causes tbat i4ii klm to follow
this kind of work.
He told- us Qf bis investigations
of the moulding, of pottery, and find
ing records in Forsythe County, dat-
QPe.of toe old
est plants In the state.
iMr. Busbee saw beauty In tne
simpler thliigs of life, and though
it had a small beginning, today
there Is a beaten path to his door,
•ahd' many homes are beautified 'with'
the pottery from JUg Town, It is
an industry that we are justly "proud
of. Its products being admire! and
sold in many cities'^ of North Caro
lina.
The Parent-Teacher Association
met at Mlldouson Tuesday evening,
March 3, at 7:30. -
APer a ia»her lolig but I'rv In-
• cresting busin-ass sess'eu. the meet
ing was turned over lo.the prb-
g-jj.'me committee.
ig ‘♦FatheVs Night” the men
large of, liot only the prog
ram. but of the social hour as well.
No one- seemed to know what was
•u si ere for us. When we saw two
or three minibte;*8 come in some
on? whispered, “Are we going to
V.hen Mr. i.'ov.!, introduced Rev
REanscoimT
fjlng them, and gave coustructlve Prayer meeting;
criticism and helpful suggestions.
]Mr. RamSey spoke in detail of
toe use which can be made of na
tive shrubs in home and school
beautification. His hearers were
impressed with toe fact that al
though he represented a firm which
dealt in shrubs oomm^rcially, he
gave suggestions which if followed
would allow every citizen to make
a garden spot of hte own lawn, by
taking advantage of the natural
growth of the woods and fields. Mr.
Ramsey names and identified, twenty
nine varieties of ornamental shrubs
which grew wild In the section
around Raeford. These be pointed
out could be transplanted and cul
tivated and used In every function
of shrubbery, for borders, back
ground and specimen work.. It was
extrennely interesting to note the
beauty. with which Mr. Rama^ In
vested such plants as gall BerryT'
bamboo and bear grass W'hich grow
arohnd, us and which few consider
as a valuable shrub or even as hav
ing possibilities of beadty.
The speaker ^so spoke in gen
eral ' of the especial . features of
planting , a hom^- ‘The . whole prob
lem of landscape . gardening comes
back to two things, selection and ar-
rangementj’.’. he said. “If you don’t
have tii®t ihen everything is lacking
in, youfv scheme.”
One of the best known democrats
in toe country faced * trmnendoo*
audience . at Raleigh' Monday and
spoke in, frank and fearless lan
guage oftoe proposed changes in
toe goveiynnent of ’Norto Carolina.
Thirteen Inindred seats were avail
able in toe State Theatre at Ral-
where he spoke. In the streets out
side anotlver milling throng recMved
toe speech through the medium of a
broadcast and in homes and store*
throughout the state countless oth
ers heard the same broadcast. Th*
crowd in the theatre were notey”
and deihonstative and no matter
Travick, of RaeW. and Rev. Han-1 what, their opinion may ‘“^® ^
puh.' of Antiocn, we knew we had about what A1 Smith saW. there
a feat in sto-?.
Mr. Trawick’s subject was “Train
ing the Child in the Home.”
1. Teaching the child self-respect.
To hold its head up and look the
world In the face.
2. Teaching the child parental res
pect not by demanding it but gain
ing it through love and understand
ing.
3. Teaching Religion in the home.
He stressed the idea that we can
not get far away from our home
training.
He said how thankful we are that
God has said that we may train
and guide our very own.
Mr. Hannah in his opening re
marks made uki feel that we are real
ly making things go.
V His subjert was^ “Spiritual Train-
/Ihg in" theT (jommunity.”
1. The Body—Child health, the
effort that is being made all over
our land to give to our own strong
bodies.
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2. 'Mental, education. The cost in
time, money and labor, but he
says its cheap. Worth vastly more
than we are putting .into it.
was evidence of much personal en
thusiasm for the man.
Smith had been invited by toe-
Gopernor of North Carolina to speak,
to the members of the legislature-
and the people of the State ■with
particular-reference to the proposed
changes in the governmental sys
tem in North Carolina. Appropria-
ately then, his greateist attentioa
was turned to that qnei^on. Citing
examples from his own State, New
York, where reorganization was
begun in 1915 and recently satis
factorily completed, he presented
reorganization as imperitive and
declared for^It on four cognts: it-
will promote efficiency of goyesii—
ment, it will save toe people ihwiey
(New York saved 12 per toe
first year after reorganization), It-
will put the responsibility on those-
who are elected to have iL Md it-
will prevent government from be
hind the scene.'? by secret poweta
The organization proposed IsJ
planned to eliminate supemumeroue
and widely scattered boards for car-'
rying governnJgnt v.ork. Mr.
Smith told how the- bvndred and
seventy odd commissions in Xew
York State had been incorporated
3. Spiritual. There he places a j seventeen governmental de
question mark. , . j partments and much efficiency gain-
, i , ed thereby. The charge in govern-
Wq must give our children S-pirit- , . „. , ,
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brothem one better for they have
ning“ br“thT RTckflsr^tooorgroundsFbeen praCtfiitfig some time. Prac-
In order to better drain the ground*
and to . allow the: school authorities
to'fill , in a dlt-ch now running across
toe school grouhds .Jfor (drainage^
purposes. •: ,,■ T-J' .
Miss SMie McNeill ,
Oiei At Mojiton
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Miss Sallle McNeill, daughter (of
Mrs. Kate McNeill,, life long resi
dent of Ho^cfi County, until recently,
■when her fautlly moved near Max-
ton, died Sunday after a brief ill-
njsss as .a distinct ahock to a host
of friends In this county In which
he had' a large number of relatives'.
She was only twenty years of age
and many ipDum her nntimely pass
im ■ ' . ■' .
She is. survived by her mother,
four brothers and two slstm-s, amcmg
whom is Dei^ty Sheriff McNeill.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. A. D. Carswell and. Inter
mei)t made at Bethel church on
(Monday at. three-thirty, a large
number of residents from thih and
otoer sections being present to pay-
toe last sad tribute to one whom
"^hey loved.
tice for toe high school team has
been delayed by unsettled weather
■’but It is probable that it ■will begin
next week.
Three ^.vqterans vrill be back this
year: ,"Jake aiust^, Inflelder; Albert
Aiken, outfielder^ ‘and Dink Davis,
pitcher. However, there -will be
plenty ; of candidates for th^,,,Gther
poMflons. ■ Coach Raynor promises
a good schedule and hope* now to
have his team in the “running for
the championship in toe “B” sys
tem, of scWoIs. Over ten games
have alrea^ been scheduled in-
qludjfng toe follo'wlng teams: Lum-
'berton, Hamlet, Roseboro, 'Vaa*, Lin
den, J^d Springs, Eastover and Sev
enty-First. Local fans will watch
the progress of .the team with inter
est as^warm ■weather comes on.
CAl
FOR FEDERAL COURT
DUTY AT' ROCKINGHAM
As the alleys are becoming es
tablished the weekly tournamente
for women and men are staking place
regularly on-Monday evenings of
each week. Interest is increasing
and there ^s been a great deal
.hi enthusiasm. Thl* week’s, winners
pt'; ..the . prizes of two dollars and a
halt , in- tirade in any store in town
■ware ittiibe iPoqie lor toe men and
Mifli' Bito Conoly lor the women.
A number of ■ local men we^e
among thobe summoned for jury
duty at toe term of Federal District
Court, convening in Rockingham
this week. This court has juris
diction over violations which Involve
national laws but do not Involve
local-or state laws. Mr. B. L. Cox,
local deputy marshal for.tjie Federal
court was among those summoned.
He and IMr. J. L. McLeod were not
allowed to serve. Mr. Llndo Sexton
and Mr. Jea*e Baucom- -were also
called but did not serve, the former
bn account of illness and the latter
because of his connection with the
National 'Guard. Ralph Ll-vingston
.was called and accordlfig to reports
no ftmlt 'WM found -with hlBh
Minors 'were the outstanding fea
ture of Recorder’s Coiirt Tuesday,
most of' the cases coming for trial
involving defendants under age of
sixteen.
Shaw Bennett and Charlie Harris,
white boys fourteen of age and
Jame* Lee, a colored boy of four
teen, were all indicted for fishing
in Hoke County without license,
to©y being residents of Robeson
County. They were all found to be
under sixteen years of age and
'were dismissed.
Frank Covington, a white of Rob
eson County was indicted for the
same offense but evidence was in
sufficient to prove that he had fish
ed In the county.
Sing Miller was given a prelim
Inary hearing for assaulting one
Alex McQuarin some time ago with
a deadly weapon with Intent to
kill and entered a plea of guilty.
He was bound over to the April
term of Superior Court
Barstow and Zoe Douglas, young
colored men or boys, were indicted
for the larceny M some chickens
from 'Mr. Bruce Lindsay, promi
nent citizen of Blue SpringS'^Town'
ship and chief of police at Bow
more. Both boys entered pleas ,of
guilty. Watson was given a term
of four months on the roads and
' Zoe Douglas ^as found to be under
sixteen and remanded to toe Jn
venile Court.
Lawrence • Bouyer, young white
man, was indicted on a charge of
breaking and entering a store, but
was found to be under sixteen and
sent to the Juvenile court
Sam Campbell and Cary Lee An-[
Square Dance Brings
Back Memories of
Good Old Days
The grace and gaiety of the old
square dance lived again in Rae
ford last Triesday night when the
Combat Train of Battery F enter
tained the public at large in t\eir
spacious armory. A large crowd
was on hand to see the revival of
the dance of yesterday and the arm
ory was the scene of much fun ahd
gallantry.
The Jazz Ramblers of Lakeview,
an organization well known for
their old time music, played for
the various figures and ha4 a large
share in the zest which the dancers
displayed in the execution of the
.bteps. The strains of “The Chicken
Reel,”' "Old Dan Tucker,” ‘Turkey
in the Straw,” and “Cornin’ Round
the Mountain” found an enthusias
tic reception with old friends and
even the spectators caught the ma
gic of the old time rythms and added
their part to toe spirit of the oc
casion.
In all there were over thirty con
pies dancing and the room was
packed 'with spectators. Floyd Mo
Crimmon called toe figures ■with a
zest that belied his white hair.
Among toe old timers to whom the
hcenp was especially familiar and
whose taste the dancers were es
pecially glad to please were Messrs.
Sam Cameron, Daniel Blue apd.Dr.
A. C. Bethune.
anyone fishes in a county other than,
the one in which he lives, must have ‘
a State license and is suDject to
indictment if he fails to" procure
same.
ual food along with their body and
brain food or as a nation we are
failing our responsibility.
Our president, Mrs. Jesse Gibson
then turned, us over to the “Hosts”
(men again) who fed. us just like
men like to be fed.
Death of Mrs, Maggie
. Blue of Aberdeen
ment would also call for the electioiE
of the governor and the appoint
ment by the governor of the other
officers just as the "president of the;
United States appoints his cabinet.
This, :Mr.‘ Smith pointed out is put
ting in the hands of the governor
the power to discharge the respon
sibility that is put upon him. These
changes, he said"; toould be made
by constitntional amendment for if
they are made by statute they will
not last.
drews, colored, plead guilty to a
charge of larceny of some automo
bile patt* from Mr. L. A. Mcl®®l8.
of Dundarrach and were sent to Hoke County farmers will plant
the county roads for 'four months about 1200 acres to watermelons this
gach. , , market the crop thru
Many Raeford and Hoke County
people were saddened by the death
on Monday of Mrs. Maggie Blue, of
Aberdeen. Mrs. Blue was the wid
ow of the late Make Blue, of Aber
deen, a man known and loved by
many people of this community. Be
fore marriage. Mrs. Blue was Miss
Maggie Owens of the Seventy-First
section . of Cumberland county. She
was the daughter of a beloved fam
ily whose children have long been
eht strength of their community.
Almobt a half century ago she was
marided to Mr. Make Blue of Aber
deen. His early and untimely death
left her to perform the double ca
pacity of mother and] business wo
man, but she bore both offices with
the fine . honor and nobility for
which she was known. For a year
previous to her death she, had been
the victim of paralysis ■ but bore
her trouble in a true spirit of Chris
tian fortitude. In her death she
leaves two daughter*, Missesi( Bert
and Ila Blue, both of whom were
always with her, waiting on her
and caring for her in her last days.
She also leaves ongi^ brother, John
Owen, a farmer of the Seventy-
First community.
livers. Blue was one of two sisters
who married brothers. Her sister,
Miss Fannie Owen married Mr.
John Blue, of Aberdeen, and they
have .many friends and relatives in
Raeford who mourn their passing.
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY
FOR APRIL TERM COURT
Those unfamiliar with the fishing
law should take notice that when
a local produce association recently
organlasd.
The following list of jurors has
beei^^drawn for the April term of
Sup^lor , Court; - J. B. Cameron;
Raeford; E F. Jones, McLauchlm^
E. W. Bottoms, Raeford; K. P. Eler«
eugh, ARendale; J. C. Blue, Blue
Springs; D. J. Priest, Littie River;
ENan Wright, Blue Springs; J. Bt
lendale; N .A. Smith. Blue Springs;
Jonah Cole, Quewhiffle; L. A.-Bigg%
Antioch; N. P. Livingston, Ston^
wall; J. T. Robertson, Quewhiffle;
H. P. Currie, AUendafe; A. J. Dht-
on, Raeford; W. A. Davis, Raeford;]
J. H. Guin, Blue Springs; Tom Me*
Keitoan, Raeford; Will Atkina
Blue Springs.
Thomas, Raeford; J. D. Rohin80«|»
Stonewall; "Vance Norton, Raet(ffdi(
J. B. iMcRaoken, Antioch; B. L. Cos^
Bneford; J. B. McKenzie, Stone*
wall; J. Harvey Monroe, McLaaclfc-
lin; J. Herbert Priest, Utile River;
W. H. Galloway, Quewhiffle; J. A.
McKeithan, Raeford; L. H. Koonc^.
Raeford; B. F. Ray. Raeford; M.
J. Robinfeon, StonewaU; N. H. Q,
Bialfour, Stonewall; A. H. Ray, Me»
Lauchlin; R. H. Gibson. StonewaU;
F. P. Johnson, MoLauchUn; R.
Turner, McLauchUn; J. W, Smtthi
Uttle River; M. L* Maxwell, Mu*
Springs; J. L. Wanier, Bine
pounds of glass and tespodesu sssd
torus ■nombsts so tot this sssson. l^u. V. t ■"dsWod^,.
The Cumberland Fanners Sdutual
Exchange has ordered about 5,OQO
limits
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