^ . * * ■'.t; . rv ■ 'M'-' \. f:,H: >.}■ 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 •J ' ' . 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 Is./-' ■' ■ I?#' (Cbntknled on paffe eight) 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. h.ji'-: ■ 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 ♦ 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 (Continued on page eight) m

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