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THE HOKE COUNTY NEWS
THE HOKE COUNTY JOUBMAL
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XXVI—ND. 5^).
RAEPOSP^ N*: C., FRn>AY, MARCH p7, 1931
$1.50 YEAR, IN APVABiCg
i Speech Dmounc^; -
jiy Farmers From it- Coiitities
l&liQliiUoiw D^ny liight ,of -Gdwriior' “To
Join Hands With ^ Thwe Who Would
Nullity Maieiai gM.” . ■ >
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KWANIS SPORTNi VAM, VANUV,
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-^FAifBTTBVILLB, ‘March 24.-—“Wa
‘^*’fiT'F:iure^ aato^shfed, >jCTU8hed» and florrfy-
^ ’ !-^ed at the posttion of the goreiv^
h Hof,'this day discovered tO ;^e peo-
f,^-ple, In which he throws' the^ gr^t
'’*~yeight of his office and influence
p^;'' ' ragalnst the only relief measure aris-
and ,reachlng to the vast
t&^idtitude ofltt^ httxdened ^ei^r%”
£@^S«^'^:||i^f^Sy'the;'ifa^age-
>\^ass “rheeting of fenh, and-^
v^^ners, fcom 17 counties^V
jq .-protSt'agalnst Ihef^repeaJ
V’or-nuliiloatidn - of 4tie; ’:Mai(^e^
' Three thousand" )pdrsOnB';i:^tenQea
mm i^ite overflow mass meeting.
‘ ■'ijIsThe resolutif)! contlmmsf “We
i ^deny his right as the people's ser-
^ want in thl8~ great critrfs to join
. ' hands with . those who would not
' ''4)nly nullify ,the MacLean bill.
wUch is -tie aw of the- state, hut
by such nullification subst^ute
miserable subterfuge , in the • form
^ of an ^ualization fund, and thus
i enable tM powerful corporations to
■perpetuate their ^old upofa the state
, ^md avoid .theh equal share of tax-
•■ ation in the ItutUre as they have
‘'in’ the^i past. ^ ,l
/•We ar4 all the morer -cnovinced
^^hat, !at this distance, he does not
IHAIli EVENT.
lizarve Costumes FAnlpre
Cfhib Basketballs^ Game—
Fighters: Give Crowd-Thrills
—Lady Skater Thrills aud
Delightft-7
jSyV'Mot:
Fest^ves Satw^ay Will Bring
Dfstingiiished Gu^ts t> Rne
iC^ames^^ Military
Officials^
The stage^ is. allvset, aid. the man
agers are - ah .. ready._..'^ _ .raise the
curtain on ^te Otficdra. Banquet, an
affair .which promises 'to'he o^
of the finest social events Aa®f®rd
has seen iin- some time. The. ban
quet and subsequent hall, given by
the officer’s association of the lo
cal National Guard units, have been
the subject of weeks of - planning
and on a social mission military
guests known not only' in the State
hut over the nation.
Acceptances hava been received
fronl the' majority of the officers
of -the 62nd Regiment In addition
to the military guests, Aha following
. . , civilian guests will be present
_ khbi^."tBbitempeiF?of the people-and! ^ Bethune, Mr. T. B
■ ’^e law ®f-the state, but bjr 3“®^ j jjpchurch, Jr., president of the Kl-
- the tendency *6f the times, and' club, and 'Mt Laurie Me-
- call upon him to point out, if ijacheim, Hoke cwitty's. repfesenta
power, tobacco, qnd other powerful in the State tegiSature.
j-groups are,'imt to hqgin to^.^ Ah-i&terestftig prograhi has been
tSelr share of .taxation, what abufee pj.gpg^j.gij banquet which
w.ir be given in .the Kiwanis hall.
Capiain fW. L. Poole will be toast
master. Sp^kers on the program
will include Liut.-Col. A B. Lewis,
‘^.nora'l Mstts,' Adjutant General of
North Carolina, -Liut.-Col. Gordtr
smith, -U. S. Pand D. O. of Nort'j
Carolina,-Colofiel Davids, Senior Ir
structor, Major Kemble, Instructor,
'.ad Colonel Mcllwean, Commandiiii
Is to be drawn upon to -bujMfiy the;
'. deficiency caused by^ the destiuotion
• of land ValueA
Half fiozen spe^ers addressed
the crov,'i from the court hou^.e
"^steps. These were Dr. - J. Y. ' Joy
ner of Raleigh, H. H. Clark of Eli
zabethtown, Or J, Peterson, editor
of the'Chatham‘Record, Mrs. Mar-
fihall Wi] liams of Faigon-, and E.
'.. J. Woolly of Rifchmon^ county, -r
Other sections of the rc^goiatloh
demanded such action, as will pre-
.serve the benefits of the MacLean
bin - “without resort ^to ad valorem
^ taxation or any sales tax' on life’s
’necessities” i^called on tVe known
^eanfildates fw governor in ISfil for
a statement of their position on the
MacLean bill, a“fi dehounced the
attei^ted return to the equalization
fund as “a belated schetr.e of largo*
lax dodgerg.” .
Before a large and vepr respon
sive orewd the Kiwanis club ^ec'
lively carried .out the novel-program
'^hich had been brewing for. several
weeks. ’ In the armory last Friday
night the townspeople and 'Visitors
were' entertained by a program
which was humorously ■ conceived
and happily carried., out. Not in
many days has there been a more
entertaining program nor has any
been more sympatheicaUy received-
Ffom the time when the Raeford
business mCh chaVged O'Ut': on the
floor In the regailia^ which purport
ed to be basketball uniforms to the
time when the arm of an elongated
and dusky arm whs' raised as a
symbol of its owners victory in the
last fight, there was action and
laughter in wholesale lots.
Soon after eight o’clock the bas
ketball game between the Raeford
ahd Sanford Kiwanis clubs took
place.' As a basketball game It
might not perhaps have pleased an
audiehce which looked for clever
court work and Smooth team play,
but as an exhibition of ..honest ^ort
and plain and fandy tumbling it ras
all that could 'be desired. Garbed
in a bewildering parade of ghcistly
garments, the "Raeford team made
up in the eyes of the populace what
■;liey lacked in co-ordination. The
team was in there, there could be
no doubt of that, for a continuous
shrieking of costumes and stalwart
frames unaccustomed to such ex
ertion made itself heard ’ to the
crowd. Although the game had at
times tendencies toward football,
ice hockey and clap-in and clap-out,
't was a huge success and-- tire ea
hu’-'sems .of the spectators knew
no bounds. Even the result of the
game was quickly lost in the admir
ation of the. ardor and earnestness
of the contestants. The forgetting
ALL IS VANLl
Geerch Sees Little Hope>.. foi
Taxpayer’s Relief By
Legislators
By CARL GOERCH
It wouldn’t surprise m® in the
slightest to bee a riot, start up
in Raleigh at any time,.
The boys are getting so mad that
there’s no telling what; will happen
next. They’re figbtini^ each other
now, instead of fighjting for lower
taxes.
FARM AGENTS HERE
IN GROUP MEETING
Gathermg at Coort House Tuesilay Attraded
Demonstration Agents of Nine Cosiii--
tics—^Plan Work for Coming Year
Odt id the wqeW' thou goest,
Ob, breasur^ of B»y ' heart! '
Now hark tft what I tell ihee.
Ere moving to depart.
Becoifie a lawyer if you wIsIkj
A doctor or a barber.
- Against these not a single^
grudge "
-Doth mankind ever harh^^
Become a farmer or a clown—
Or even be a ■waiter.
But for the love q{ Pete, my sqa.
Don’t be a legislator!
nmi CASE
sTAini wm
Loc&l Man On Trial At Ssm
ford On Manslaughter-
Charge
People throughout Heke' eounty
are deeply interested to the oulb
come of a trial now to progress in
Lee county w'here Paul Dezern, pop
ular agent of the Aberdeen and^
Rockfish Railroad^ to charged with
mansyiughter in, connection with a
wreck on ChrlsbHas day near San-,
ford, when four people were kilted
by their car running tote a tobsMftO
barn.
Officer of the 252nd regiment. being especially appropriate for
Following the banquet the vis'
tors and their guests will be hon
ored at a dance In the armory.
SISTER
MRS. H. L.
PASSES
GATLIN
’'^rp Effie Trivett Parnell, of
Maysville, S. C., sister of Mrs. H.
0, Catlfn, dibd last Friday, . after
lingerfiig Illness of many months..
Mre. Gatlin was 'with her when the
_ . f -1 tncL came and returfled'ta her home
jD, y. P. t/. Conference, here Wednesday.
Red S p T i n ^ 8 services were conducted
' c - . ■ j_Sunday at eleven thirty and a num-
The following is ahrdluetaolnuu ber of Raetord people attended, de-
Following ds the program of the ^plte the - bad weather.
Sixth Southern Regional B. Y. P. U.
Convention to be Held' at Red
Springs March 27-28, 1931.
Keynote—"Christian Living."
Friday Afternoon ’
2:45—Song and Praise' Service^
Carl Ousley, Buie’s Cr«Bk and Mau-
rle B. -Cree, Fayetteville^ Directors.-
'Miss Hattie B.' Marks, .Rockingham,
pianist.
3:00—Devotional — "The Life
Beautiful .Must he. the Outflowing
Life,” Mrs. Paul Blake,' Lumberton.
3:10—Special Music--— 'Henry
Seeker, Campbell College, Buie’s
Creek.
3^^-TTnTTictr Address —- "Along
tj;i(r*^ilXfltoe,'’ ETesidenf Charles B.
Howard, Wake
3:46—Announcements.. , :
8:66—Conferences:
' . 1. AssociaiUonal Offlcws-M. L.
Jones, Dwham; James A iTey,'
Raleigh! ' . -
2. General Officers — James'" A.
Ivey, M., L. Jones.
3. Adults—Rev. R. A. .. Britt,
Deled. . ,
4. Senlors-rMIss Mary Ayscue,
Rocky Mount - '
6. Leaders and Sponsors—-Miss
,'Wlpnle Rlckett, Raleigh. ,
6. Intermediates MjrS. Paul
Blake, Lumbertori. ■ ./:
'w 7, Juniors—Mlse .Pearl'.Cenjjdy,
^ Linden. . . '
6:0Q7-AdJoum., --r---.
ConUofiOd on Biiek; Ftg«>
Itr'. * ' . - - -
N. H. G, Balfour of Hoke County
is building a profitable business
"With-his Chinchilla rabbits. The
meat .to sold to a local hotel at 30
cents a pound and the pelts- bring
abbut 60 cents each.
Never Told
TiU Now!
What happened
behind the scenes
IN FRANCE
. \^* ■' ^
General John 1.
9':^.
My Experiences in
the . World War •
THE HEWS^OURNAL
Raeford rooters.
Between the halves of the :)as-
ketball game there was a fight be
tween Battling Bill Upchurch and
^iger (Mitchell. This three round
wizzard with action from start to
finish with the fighters weaving in
an out in good style. The galleries
cheered their favorites impartially
and proclaimed it a good fight, af
ter Referee Lewis had pi;oclaimed
the Battler victor.
■ 'What proved" to be the dlimax
of the evenings hllartlty' and inter
est came when the West Coast
Wizard, Fulton MoMillan, sailed out
on the floor incognito on roUar
skates. The promised pillow was
replaced by the voluminous draper
ies of femenine make-up, and with
skirts whirling gracefully. Steam
boat put on an exhibition of plain
and fancy skating and notions in
the best California style. 'V^trlin^
and turning, making right angles at
lightning speed, skating backwards
with- dizzy ease be electrified the
crowd and mingled, just enough sud
den spills In his program to make
the evening perfect and bring the
Continued on Back Page)
The short ballot bill got on last
week. And that uncovered a lot of
opposition "which, until then, had
kept itself more or less In .hiding.
Yon see, there are some members
of the legislature who never have
been and who never can be actual
leaders. They resent the idea of
anyone else attaining any promi
nence along, those lines. The Hon.'
O. Max has been doing some migthy
effective leading during the last
couple of months, .'xnd some of the
boys don’t like it. They’re no-w
snapping and yipping at his "heels
like a bunch of terriers. What
they’re trying to do , to to tear him
down, even thou^ they have
to tear down jsome mighty good
bills in order to accomplish their
purpose^'
The drug-store liquor bill didn't
stand much of a show. What’s the
sense of loading up all our drug
stores with liquor when .you can
50 out into the country and get
all you please USeless and en
tirely unnecessary.
And this week we come to the
oft-discussed and oft-cussed Mac-
Lean bill, which has to do with the
State suppbrt of schools. This bill,
unless it- gets defeated, is bound
to "^pasA Members of the senate,
and house have held it in reserve
and are presenting it now as a
grand' fingle, with everybody join
ing in the singinjg.
Revenue Commissioner Maxwell
spoke against the bill over the ra
dio. This radio-speaking business
is getting to be mighty popular. “It
used to be that our public men
went to the newspapers and had
their views inserted there. The
trouble with that course, however,
V as that the newspapers make a
permanent record of your remarks.
With the radio It’s different. If
somebody doesn’t like what you say,
you can always tell them that they
ir.?sunderstood you.
The sales tax is still up there.
Any well informed advocate of such
0 proposition can, without the
slightest trouble, set foiih 2,438
sound logical reasons why a sales
tax should be adopted. And any
The .ease was begun Wedneday
with Solicitor C. L. Williams re
presenting the State and McNair
Smith, A. E. F. Seawell. and Jus
tiee L. R, Varser representing the
d^endant. Most of the testimony
of the state was put on Wednesday
and friends of Dezem felt very
much encouraged at the adjourn
ment of court Wednesday evening,
state’s-Witnesses failing to make as
strong a case^as was anticipated by
some. Many discrepancies in the
testimony of the star witness for
the state, one ^Jones, were, noted.
His testimony Wednesday being
somewhat different from what he
gave at the coroner’s inquest He
also , overstated details, many think,
and it was an.ticipated that his evi
deuce wOuld be greatly discounted
on account of bis mis-statemehts.
The outcome of the trial to un
known as this is_ written but de-
fapge attornles expected' Thursday
morning that the case would be con
cluded that day.
A large number of Hoke county
people attended the trial and the
confidence shown in Decern by ali
them Is something of which any-
o.'ie could well be pruid.
SANDHILL PEACH ORCHARDS
BECOME FAMED BEAUTY SPOTS
The roUlfiB orchards of the Sand-
.hRI .ssetioq are expected to reach
tltolr height In color this week. The
tourist traffic has been' unusually
1i€*ty with 'hundreds of visitors
chooring this time to visit, in or
der. to see the beauties of the coun
try in'peach'blossom time.
The Sandhill section to rapidly
gaining a- name throughout the
country foe beauty, with the
l^iSht- of interest being the season
7hifil Is at Its best' now. Few
litndl^pe v pictures can • compare
>^1l: th^' vchlcii to formed by the
iHBiit foreground of lacy pl'hk, the
'badkgroanlt, of dark pines. swayingL
drer 40. stlriiUy in ' the spring!
breeros^^and - wbjsle 'scene over-
wimdiiirtri
soft witchery of air which is the
Southern spring.
Traveled visitors are comparing
peach blossom time In North Caro
lina with the time of cherry blos
soms in Japan, apple blossoms in
tbe Shenandoah 'Valley, amU with
all the best seasons of natural
beauty throughout the 'world. What
visitors ride miles, tio see often goes
unnoticed by those who are near
at hqnd. Hoke- County people should,
not miss a 'chance to see the sights
of the .orchards within a lew min
utes ^rive. j But whether they see
the 'hiooAia in masse - or' not. Spring'
la here Shd Has given to almost
.]pv«7.hottsitr. nb matter .how small,
A touch.^ot pi^ a banner to fUuini
iMttering Winter.
Short Session In
Recorder's Court
Only one cash was up for - trial
in Recorder’s court Tuesday, it be
ing the shortest session held in
many months. This case was a sub
mission, being a case against one
John Henry McGill, colored who
plead guilty to a charge of ci^ry-
ing a concealed weapon. He was
taxed fifty dollars and the costs.
CHURCH NOTICE
A gathmdng of Coenty Farm l>eni!>
onstratien Agents from nine coaii*
ties was held at tixe Courthoase ta
Raeford on Tuesday, March 24tli.
The eseeting was- a group meetins
of tlfce- South (Sxsteru; District which
embraces 21 counties to Stouth
Eastern District- of North Carc^a.
Tkt other group meetings were
>eld which mchided the 13 ageata
hot preseafr in the ateoting at Rao*
ford. Mr. E. "W. Gaither, District
^gent the Sputh Esstam Dlvl* -
sion -was present and led the dis*
cusslen and study at the meeting.
lender the dtoection Mr., ^th-
er an exhaustive study was made
ef the propositions which face the
tormers of this section duitog the
coming year. In addition to such
routine matter ns the dleeassion of
reports and county studies, the"
agents put their attention m sev
eral concrete problenis (or 193L
Attention ■wan glrw to the reno
vating of farming methods to suit
the changing conditions of the
times. The problem of investigat
ing land and power utilization on
the farms of the district was dls- .
cussed. _
Of particular interest is the prob
lem of the 4-H Clubs 'which are be
ing established in farming com
munities all over this state and the
liation, _ The purpose of these clubs
is to establish a new conception
of farming among the youth of the
country, to instruct them in up to
date principlals, of farming, and to
inspire them toward intelligent and
beautiful work in the cultivation
of the. soil. Hoke County at pres
ent has two 4-H clubs now organiz
ed, one at Antioch and one at Mil-
-douson. These organizations are
new but are 'working and the cou-
county agent hopes at an early datq
to establish others in the various
communities of the county.
The meeting also considered the
means of a more widespread use
of live-stock as a means of farm in
come. This is one of the- cardinal
points of agricdUural development
to which farming people have turn
ed very little at present,
I
The farm demonstration work ot
the state is under the direction, of
Dean I. O. Schaub, of State. College
Station, Raleigh, N. C. Mr. Schaub
has under him four District agrats
and 98 county agents. He and his
helpers are doing a wcmdeiM woric
for agriculture In North Canfiina
and wfll do even mewe 'as the far*
mers realize the progress that may
be made by the using of the expwta
who are placed in every county at •
their command. .
Preaching at Sandy Grove Pres-
hyteriah Church Sunday morning
at 11 o’clock, March 29th.
well informed opponent to the mea
sure can—also without trouble—.
give you 2,468 equally sound and
logical reasons why it should not
be adopted. Take your choice;
there’s no use in my trying to say
anything about. it.
Almost three months since the
gang got together. Three months
of wrangling and fussing. Seems
like a pity, doesn’t it? Particular
ly- when most of us were inter
ested to only one thing—and that
was a redaction in property tues.
Thus far, that is the Only thing
which has not been given any ser
ious consideration. They have leg
islated in favor of or against prac
tically everything under the «un,
to say nothing of the moon, '^ey
have even-gone out of their way to
find bills which they could intro
duce and pass. The only thing
they’ve left undone so far is the
one thing, above all others, which
we wanted them to do.
However, while theie’q life thmw’s
hope, althouadi it mustbe idmtt-
ted that there is Yvrf IttUe Ute left
in Md Ctonral Assmbly at this jpar-
tioslar time. '
SISTER MRS. WILLIAM
XAMONT PASSES
Mrs. (W. p. Stephenson, "wife of
Congressman Stepheson, and sister
of Mrs. William Lamont, died at
her home in Chenw Tuesday, alter
an illness of more than one year.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday afternoon at three o’clock
and a numb^ of Raeford pemide at
tended.
Amos McDonald, Colorod, Paaon
Amos McDtmald, aged TS, a higi)b»
ly respected colored ■ of tho
Dundarrak community, died tosk
Thursday. Marck 19th. Bto remaiaa
wwe buried at Latr^ Bin chniek
Sunday. A large crowd, tochiding
many white people^ attended tho
toneral.
Dqra White, colored, of the Rock-
fish section of the county, died
March 21st of pneumonia She was
22 years of age. -Her remains were
burt^ at Galatia la.t Sunday.
' Iheito. Morrtoy, colwed^ aged 24^
who iiyed, on one of the McLauch*
Jttn farms na» Raclord, died Wed*
hesday. oi paaomonia' Hw
were bhfted at ^vw Grove
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