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THE HOKE COUNTY NEWS
Journal
THE HOKE COUNTY JOURNAL
'^QLUME XXVII—Number 3
RAEFORD, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 17th, 1931
S1.50 YEAR, IN ADVANCE
HOKE COUNTY MILITARY UNITS
INSPECTEOBY EEDERAl OFFICER
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Major Franklin Kemble Carried Out .Rigid In
spection Of Local Soldiers; Annual Testing
Includes Many North Carolina
Tne Annual Arniory Inspection of ] ~
the 252d Coast Artillery (155mni
Tractor Drawn), as required , under
"War. Department orders, was start
ed at Regimental; Headquarters,
Wilmington, April 6. Major Frank
lin Kemble, Coast Artillery Corps,
U. S, Army, began his inspection
tour with the Wilmington units.
Regimental Headquarters, 'itond
Section Service Battery; and Head-
huartera Battery. On the follow
ing day, April 7, he inspected the
.> headquarters of the 1st and 3rd
Battalions and Battery A. On April
5th and 9th., Major Kemble visited
Whitevllle and Lumberton, where
he inspected Service Battery, less
Band Section, and • Battery B., re-
epectlvely. On April TO, M-yov
Kemble visited the local units, Bat-
J. B. Dawson, Jr., State Hep-
resentative Makes Free
Fertilizer Analysis For
Hoke County Farmers.
Analyzation of fertilizer for far
mers, a progressive/ step of the
State Department of Agriculture,
has been taking place in Hoke coun
ty this week, under the supervision
of County Agent W D. Burton. The
fertiliiei samples submitted by the
farmers of the county, are being
tery F, ■oommanded (by Captalin ' „ ^ ^ ^jy j. b. Dawson, -i”.,
William L. Poole, and Hq. Btry-Com-' fertilizc-r expert, working for the
hat Train, Ist Bn., the latter unit dtpartment.
being commanded by Captain John j
"W. Walker. The High Point units. .q
.. TT r.. ^ v.-fi'at this service woiud be avaA
Battery E. and Hq. Btry.-Combat, announcement in tiu-
n ^ .T I -VbWS JOURNAL last week. The
April 11. On April 13 and 14. the instructed to notif.v
entire 2nd Battalion, composed ofi,, +„ loin.
' Mr. Burton if they desired to laice
advantage of this service. A num^
CAPTAIN BRAYSHAW
SPEAKS IN RAEFORD
Chaplaun of 252nd Regiment
Calls For Courage To Meet
Problems of Today.
FREE POUCE CHIEF
IN Sr. PULS CASE
Willie Bethea, Former Rae*
ford Chief, generated Of
Shooting Of E. Jud Dean.
2d. Bn. Headquarters, Hq-Btry.-1
Combat Train, 2nd. Bn; Battery C. '
and Battery D., were Inspected. The
Medical Department Detachment,
Oreensboro, wilj^ be inspected by
Major Blanchard, M. C., U. S.
Armj, during the latter part of Ma:,
1931. .
While nothing of an official na.
ture has been released, keen mili-
tary observers, thoroughly capable
II of determining such a fact, have
' stated, that the Raeford units show
a marked improvement over prev
ious years, and that, in their opin-
fon, the local units will not fall
short of a better than the ‘'Satis
factory” rating, required by the
^ _ authorities. A rating of “S" means
the attainment of. that point of pro
ficiency, which is significant of the
satisfactory performance of duty, as
^ based upon War Department re-
jA Quirement.
The 252d. Coast Artillery (155mm
T. D.) is commanded by Colonel
Royce S. McCelland, who maintains
his headquarters at the Marine Hos
pital Armory, Wilmington, N. C.
'll Colonel IMcCellahd’s staff consists
of: Lt. Col. Robert B. Lewis, Exe
cutive; Captain Andrew H. Harris,
Jr., Adjutant and commanding offi
cer of the Band; Captain Julian
H. Blue, Plans and Training Ofli-
^ cer; Captain Ilbert deLacy Bray-
shaw. Chaplain; and Ist. Lt. George
Sloan, Jr., Intelligence and Liaison
^ 'Officer. All staff officers, with the
^ e)^eption of Lt. Col. Lewis and
Captain Blue, maintain their resi
dence ]In Wilmington. Lt. Col.
Lewis land Captain Blue reside in
Raeford.
Ta The organization of the regiment
id briefly as follows: Regimental
Headquarters, commanded by Col
onel IMcCelland, who Is assisted by
^ his personal staff, is augmented by
* such special troops as Headquar-
^ ters Battery, Service Battery, and
^ the Medical Department Detach
ment. Headquarters Battery main
tains a peace strength of two of-
Ij^ers and sixty-five enlisted men.
specialists, such as sergeants-
juL technicians, electricians, and
Iphanics, are segretated and col-
under one command, for the
convenience of the command. Ser-
vice Battery Is divided Into two
^ main sections, the Band Section
H and Servlqe Section. The Band
Section, Service Battery, furnishes
first-aid and litter bearers In the
field, where music is not needed.
Service Section] Service Battery, is
jh composed of motor mechanics, sign
almen, supply men, and others of
like function. All matters of trans
portation and supply ar^ handled
/^by this unit Service Battery main-
] - ‘ tains a strength of five officers
■: W and sixty-five enlisted men. The
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ber -of farmers signified their de
sire to do BO and Mr. Dawson had
a busy day Monday when he arriv
ed to take charge of the work.
In the process on analyzing sam
ples are taken from one bag in ten
two hundred pound bags, or one
bag in a ton. Mr. Dawson spent
Tuesday meeting the fanpers^and
securing samples of the fertilizer
which they wished to have ana
lyzed. He found that the demand
for the service here was much lar
ger than either he or Mr. Burton
anticipated and returned to Lum
berton with the samples he had
procured Monday. There he ana
lyzed the samples he had gotten
and returned to Raeford Thursday
bringing the estimates of the fer
tilizer and contjFuulng his work
with the other farmers who had
not been served.
Many farmers all over the state
are taking advantage of this valu
able service offered to the agri
cultural population. In the pres
ent circumstances when- every step
in farming must be calculated care
fully and every cost cut down to
a minimum, there is an urgent de
sire for surety that^ the fertilizer
used comes up to the analysis
printed on the outside of the bag.
The state department is rendering
a real service to the fanner In fur
nishing expert advice on the fer
tilizer that is used and will add
much to the safety and economy
of farfniqg this year.
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COMMITTEE WORKS ON
creWm depot plans
The plans, for the cream depot
to take care of the surplps milk
products of Hoke county, are at
present in the hands of. the ^i-
cultural committee of the Kiwanis
club. It has been determined that
there is, sufficient sentimeht In the
county in favor of the depot to
warrant making every effort to es
tablish It. The main .obstacle In the
way of quick establishment of the
project at present Is the necessity
of a revolving. fund to carry on the
wdrk of the depot during its first
month and to purchase the neces
sary equipment.IV. Members df the
committee planiied a trip to Red
Springs this week to inspect the
Red Springs depot and to make
exact estimates of the expetase to
be Incurred In the way of buying
equipment. When this Is determin
ed the committee will direct its ef
forts toward providing for the re
quisite funds. It is hoped that
means for carrying out this pro
ject will be found In the Immediate
future 80 that the farmers of ths
county may av^ themselves of the
aid ivhlbh it ^ ^didahh^ .offer.
One of the most impressive re
ligious services held in recent times
in Raeford, was held last Sunday
night, April 12; .at the Methodist
church, when Captain Ilbert De-
Lacy Brayshaw, Chaplain of the
252nd Regiment of Coast Artillery,
spbke to an audience that taxed the
capacity of the church. The two
military units which have . their
headquarters in Raeford, attended
the meeting in uniform and made a
fine appearance as. they marched
into the auditorium of the church
and took seats at the front of the
church especially reserved for them.
The entire service was one in
which the highest ideals of patriot
ism were held up, that patriotism
which is rooted in loyalty to God,
and a vision of the priviledge of de
fending home and country*. The
hymns sung were in keeping with
the spirit of the occasion which was
one in which the religious and mil
itary spirits were shown to be har
monious and not antagonistic.
Rev. Floyd Trawick introduced
Captain Brayshaw to his audience.
Captain |Brayshaw performs the
dual duties of a minister of the
Episcopal church and chaplain of
the regiment. In beginning he ex
pressed his pride in being chaplain
of the 252nd regiment, characteriz
ing it as a body of soldiers of the
highest type.
Captain Brayshaw took as his
theme “Courage,” basing his talk
on the clause, “And he set his
face steadfastly to go to . Jerusa
lem.” He first laid a background of
world situations which showed con
clusively the need for courage today,
as great as at any time in history.
Painting a picture of the troubled
conditions of today, the chaplain
characterized the courageous fight
for righteousness as one of the high
est functions of man.
Captain Brayshaw held up to his
hearers the example of Jesus as
the supreme courage of all time,
urging the mto have that courage
in fighting for the right, in spite
of. the pleas o» friends, the threads
of the unfriendly and the virtual
certainty of death.
The church auditorium was pack
ed to capacity with an audience that
payed strict attention to this strong
address. \
LATER DEVELOPMENTS. The
case of Willie Bet)iea, who shot and
killed Jud Dean, of St. Pauls, was
heard before a grand jury of Robe
son County on Tuesday and the
jury decided to return ‘‘not a true
bill.” Bethea was exonerated of any
blame on the evidence that he shot
in self defense.
St. Pauls, April 12.—E. Jud Dean,
39, large farmer of the St. Pauls
community, was shot to death here
last night by 6hief of Police Willie
Bethea, of St; Pauls. Bethea gave up
to authorities and was ordered re
leased under $5(K) bond.
Coroner D. W. Biggs, of Robeson
County summoned a jury last night
to view the body, but the case no
doubt will be carried by Solicitor
T. A. McNeill, of Lumberton before
the grand jury when it convenes in
Lumberton Monday.
Relatives of the dead man said he
left home at 8:45 last night to go to
St. Pauls. Just before 10 they were
notified of his death. They say they
knew of no trouble between the
men and that all they have been
able to find out about the shooting
was that the officer called him
from the side walk back of an of
fice building, and in a couple of
minutes the shooting began. There
were no eyewitnesses, and Dean
with four bullets in him was dead
when reached. The officer is quot
ed ■ as stating there had been ill
feeling toward him since he search
ed" Dean’s house some time ago on
a liquor charge and Dean accused
him of having pointed a pistol at
his wife. Since that time the offi
cer’s garage and car were burned
In an alleged incendiary fire. A
few days ago a mutual friend warn
ed him that Dean was going to
kill him and bum his house, he
stated. Saturday night, the officer
Said, he called; Dean to ask him
about the matter, and Dean became
hysterically angry. Backing off.
Dean, he said, put his hand to his
pocket as if to draw a pistol. Twice
the officer shot him, and still, he
said. Dean advanced. Then he kill
ed Dean.
Dean is survived by his widow,
four small children, two brothers
and four sisters.
(Continued on page eight)
FATE OF AGRICULTURIST HANGS
IN BALANCEWITH SALES TAX
Sales Tax Is Best Means Of Taxing Rich And
Poor Proportionately; Legislative Action
Of Next Few Days Of Great Importance.
It JACKSON
SFGS. SIGNIFICANT
Renovation of Resort Prop
erty Prophetic of Large
Scale Development.
THURSDAY EIGHTY-F^IFTH BIRTHDAY
OF HONORED HOKE COUNTY CITIZEN
Mr. John McLaughlini One of Hoke Countjr^s Most Emin
ent Leaders, Has Given Many Years of His Life To
Service /of Fellow Citizens; Has Served
In Many Varied Capacities.
Eighty-five years ago Thursday, a
boy was worn who was destined to
play a most important role in the
founding and {terpetuation of Rae
ford a|id Hoke County, two civic
unities then unknown and undream
ed of. Deep Jorest growths, pierced
only bv sparkling streams and nar
row, th^egj^-like roads,’ covered the
land which now holds the familiar
features of our town and county.
There was nothing to hint that
eighty-five years later the citizens of
this section would' join in paying
tribute to- the: life and work of a
man who had had a most import
ant part in opening up and develop
ment of the territory and who would
be, at the age of eighty-five, a man
honored for what he had done and
loved for what he was.
Born and reared in the country
which today we would consider a
challenge to pioneers, he knew the
country in its undeveloped state;
working in it as a boy he became
familiar with the work that was
required to change woods into fields,
to dot the wuntryside with farm
ers’-homes, to Join the people of
thflsm homes through the medium
of the church 'and school, to pro
vide for the simple wants of these
pedplqi /wl^ the general store, and
to fashion step by laborious step
the organization which we now
know. .
This was the work In his hoy-
hood, to take his part in the first
halting steps of this country to
ward a state of civic, social' and
moral inter-communion. The great
civil war found him still a/youth
but he played his part In th^ strug
gle, first carrying on at home, lat
er entering the army though still
a boy, and finally shouldering the
almost intolerable burdens of the
reconstruction period.
As things began to reassume a
normal state, he finished .the edu
cation which had. been interrupted,
graduating at Davidson after know
ing young “Tommy” Wilson, who
later became well known in the
land. Like General Lee, he did his
part toward the binding up of his
country’s' wounds through education,
teaching in schools In both North
and South Carolina. Returning to
the businesses of pioneering he car
ried on lumbering, floating on log
rafts down the dark reaches of
Rockfish creek, to the broader bos
om of the Cape Fear and to Wil
mington, building and running tur
pentine stills and running general
(Continued on page eight)
Activities of much Interest to
many people of Raeford and Hoke
county are taking place at Jackson
Springs in Moore county. The
town is the seat of a famous old
resort which a decade ago was the
center of healthful recreation for
people all over the state and to
some extent, throughout the south.
The healthful waters of the springs
were famous for their curative pow
ers, the lake, woodsy walks and
dancing pavillion were the means
of play and recreation for hundreds
of people. The old resort and its
colorful history were well known
to all North Carolina c|izen3. A
number of years ago however the
resort fell into a decline and has
faded almost from existence. At
that time the property was bought
by the late Dr. Nagel,, a northern
physician who planned a monstrous
development for the place, modeling
it in his plans after the famous
watering places of Europe. These
plans however were frustrated in
the death of Dr. Nagel and the
plans have for sometime remain
ed inactive.
Recent developments have center
ed around a northern trip by T. T.
Cole, agent in charge of the prop
erty for the owners. At the same
time that 'Mr. Cole is on business
in the North, significant improve
ments are being made in the prop
erty. The hotel has been repaint
ed and overhauled, and. the grounds
have been improved. The old danc
ing pavilibn has been remodeled
into a dining hall and a kitchen has
been fashioned in the basement be
neath and the whole has been re
paired. The dam on the lake has
been rebuilt and a sand beach has
been built. All of these improve
ments are taken as indicatio.ns that
soiUe big step is on hand for the
immediate future for the famous
old resort. It is thought that the
reopening of the hotel on a very
pretentious scale will be seen in
the near future.
Should this . plan be consummated
it will be another development in
the steady development of this part
of the state as a resort section.
The advancement of Southern Pines
(By Laurie McEachem)
To the Editor of The News-Journal:
Every citizen in an agiicnltnral
community is or should be intwest-
ed in the outcome off the caluclat-
ed contest which will determina
the fate of the McLean School Bill.
In retrospect, it is very clear that
the greatest responsibility rests
with the Senate in that that body
of the General Assembly was, as
some of their number now consider
it, particeps criminis in putting the
law into effect. Following the en
actment it was necessary to write
a bill for the operation of the
schools under the new plan, finance
them without recourse to advalorem
taxation and finally to insert in
the appropriations the necessary
amount fixed for the entire scheme;
all three of which the House has
passed and now sits in legislative
lethargy due to the asinity Of its
superiors who sit across the hall in
the capitol building. The Senate,
after also passing the McLean BiU
received the Johnson Bill which pro
vided for the operation of the
schools and immediately consigned
it to the committee where it has
lain while the Folger Bill for opera
tion of schools under an equalization
plan with a 30 cent advalorem tax
was drawn as a substitute. Upon re
ceipt of the Revenue Bill from the
House which carried a General
Sales Tax for financing the schools
and reducing advalorem taxes the
Senate Committee immediately pro
ceeded to emasculate that bill by
eliminating the General Sales Tax,
disregarding the much praised by
Daniels, Luxury or Selected Com
modity 'Tax, and placing in lieu
thereof the Equalization Fund of
$10,000,000, together with a state
wide 30 cent advalorem tax. The
Equalization Fund above is an in
crease of $3,500,000 over that of
1929 and according to the best fig
ures available to the House CMn-
mittee on Finance, which spent over
sixty days gathering all possible
data on tax sources of revenue it
will be impossible to raise this
money without resorting to some
form of Sales Tax. It necessarily
follows that the proponents of this
method would relieve the counties of
the levies for the six months term
and at the same time require them
to raise a large part of the neces-'
sary money with the proposed ad
valorem tax. It simply meaas that
the state will go back into the
business of collecting land taxes for
schools and at the same time dis
bursing the funds thus collected to
the various counties under a state
and, Pinehurst in this field is al-| system which has not in the pas'
ready setting a fast pace and an
other step In the presentation of
the charms of the sandhill section
to the travellers of the country
will be viewed with pleasure by
the citizena of this section.
WORK ON WIRE ROAD
GOING FORWARD
IWiork on the widening and im-
proveinent of the old Wire road is
going forward rapidly. The road
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force is at present working on the
stretch of the road between Wa-
gtam and Antioch and making good
headway. The other portion of the
road, that part from Antioch to the
Cumberland county line, has been
staked out this week under the sup
ervision ' of Mr. W. E. Blue. An in
spection party composed of P. p!
McPhaul, chairman of the county
board of commissioners, J. A. Mc-
Diarmid, and county auditor, John
McGougan, made a trip to the scene
of the work Wednesday aftemooh
to inspect it. The work •was found
to be in satisfactory condition. Esti
mates were made of the number of
culverts required and other neces
sary purchases needed to complete
the work.
afforded land tax relief nor ne/er
will.
The proponents of State support
of schools under the provisions of
the McLean Bill are prepared to ac
cept either plan of Sales Tax which
the Senate might have or was hoped
to adopt. It is clear that there has
been a partisan attitude on the
part of the press as to the respec
tive merits of both forms Sales
Taxes proposed. There is quite a
difference of opinion as whether one
will rest more heavily on the “backs
and bellies” of the poor th»n the
other. Since the Luxury or Selected
Commodity Tax will probably reach
more people of moderate means
than those possessing wealth while
the General Sales Tax will tax
rich and poor in accordance with
the scale of living in which they
indulge. For exaqjple the individual
who spends approximately $1,200 an
nually for expenses would pay under
the General Sales Tax of 1% the
amount of $12.00, while under the
Luxury Tax, if he smoked one
package of cigarettes and drank
three Coca Colas a day, lost two
of the commodities, he would
au annual payment of $21.90. It ba«
been the deeire of the suppwleni oC
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