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VOLUME XXVII—Number 6
RAEFdED, N. Ci, FltlPAY, MAY^Sth, 1931
S1.50 vt; aR. in ADVANCE
WED SPEIHERS
HSCHOOLnNiLS
Dr. Rondthaler Of Salem To
Address Graduates; Dr.
Hickman To Preach Ser
mon; Exercises Begin 15th.
The annual commencement exer-
Plj: cises of the Raeford High School
will be held in the period extending
from May the fifteenth to the,
twenty.first inclusive. This period
a is longer than that which is nsnally:
* occupied by these exercises. The
reason for the spreading out of the
exercises is found in the ^act .that
the' schools at iMildouson,... Blue
Springs'” and Rockfish are having
their exercises at thie same - time.
Many of- the'high school students at
^ Raeford are from these sections and
^ the Raeford exercises were, dated. so
that there would be as little conflict
as possible with the commencement
0 activities of the other three schools.
The Ashemont school has already
completed its final exercises.
§1 The Raeford Commencement wdU
he opened with the Senior Class play
t on Friday evening, May fifteenth.
The play is being coached hy Miss
Carrie Stnrgis and is called -“Apple;
Blossom Time”. The seniors have:
selected a romantic comedy and are
practicing indnstriondy in ordfer to
put on a good performance.
On Sunday May seventeenth, the
haccaulaureate sermon will be deiiv.
eted hy Dr. Hickman of the faculty
of Duke University. Dr. Hickman is
a prominent member of the faculty
of a, university which is fast becoming
one of the best known in the nation
and Hoke County people are privi-
ledged to have a chance to hear this
distinguished visitor. This service
will be held fn the Presbyterian
church.
Senior Class night has been set
for Tuesday night. May nineteenth;
The form of these exercises, w'hich
includes the graduation students’ in.
formal farewell to the school, is well
known. In this class night however,
plans are being made for a unique
presentation.
The Sgh point of the commence
ment exercises will he reached on
Thursday night May twenty-first
when the graduating studfints wBl
receive their diplomas and advice o-a
their future activities in the form
of an address by one of the best
known educators in the south. Dr.
Howard E. Rondthaler. of 'Winston-
Salem, president of Salem College,
win make the address to the graduat
ing class. Dr. Rondthaler is not only
one of the south’s leading educators
but is one of the most attractive and ^
Interesting speakers that the state
can claim. His intellectual interests
embrace all the problems of the mod
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PRESIDENT ANJD FISH
From the 'office of the chief
executive comes a statement
which Is of real interest to the
citizens of Hoke County. After
weeks of propaganda, it Is a real
pleasure to come across an opin
ion from the {Jreeldent which
touches \ a matter of deep im-
pCjrtance to the welfare of so
many Hoke County citizens. The
statement Is as follows:
“I personally, perhaps, lend
more importance to fishing than
most people, although I sympa
thize with all those who want to
get away from the workshop or
desk. 1 am Tor fishing for fun as
a construfcttve .Joy as it gives an
excuse andean impulse to take to
the woods-and the water. Mare-
over fishing has DEMOCRATtIC
values because the same joy is
available for the country boy as
for the city ^ boy.”
Mothers £kty
OMRVE MEHIIAL
My
Special Program At School
House On Friday JlAorning;
Dinner For Vets; Scliedule
Of Decoration.
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Hdke County will observe Memori.
al Day, according to Mrs. Herbert
McLean, president of the Raeford
Chapter of the U. D. C., on Friday.
May the eighth. Memorial d.ay comes
this year on Sunday but ■ the Daugh
ters are planning their annual oh
servance for the Friday preceding.
At eleven d’clock on Fiddly rmorn-
ihg the Daughters of the Confederacy
*re presenting a program appropri
ate to Memorial Day. Mrs. William
McFadyen is chairman of the pro
gram and has prepared one which
will appeal to all the people of the
county. The vprogram will be given
in the school auditorium and all the
people of the town are .cordially in
vited to attend. At twelve thirty
in the high school cafeteria there
win be a dinner for the veterans,
their "wives and widows. It is the
hope of the hostesses that all of
.them evdU be sresenL
The following is a list of the cem
eteries to be visited by the Raeford
Chapter U. D. ,C. on Memorial Day,
and the niimber of graves on which
flags and flowers are to be placed.
The flags are at" the home of Mrs.
H. H. McLean and the Committee will
please call for them.
Antioch Cemetery, 35 graves;
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EAST COAST AIR LINES
Employees of the East Coast Air
Lines were in Raeford last week,
in the course of a trip southward,
srecting beacons for the air line
which passes Just to the East of
Raeford. The beacons mark the
ftirect route which the planes fol
low although their visibility makes
it possible for the planes to vary
several miles and still keep in
eight of the beacons. These guide
lights are brightly painted and
are easily seen in^ay as well as
night.
At present the East Coast Air
Line is running two planes per
day on that part of the line be
tween Raleigh and Florence, which
pas^s by Raeford. One plane
passes going south about noon and
one going north about three in
the afternoon. Word comes from
Maxton that passengers may now
hoard the ethereal express there
if officials are notified and take
the air route to New York. Fare
to the city is around thirty dol
lars.
MUSICAL mOGIIAIi
BE GIVEN lilRSDAY
Community Sing Sunday Will
Complete Program In CMh
serration Of Music We^$
Much Interest Shown Here.
WILL BETHUNE DIES
AT HOME SATURDAY
Interment Made At Raeford
Cemetery Sunday; Large
Crowd Attends Last Rites;
Many Floral Tributes.
|LL Mothers are rich when they love their children. |
There are no poor Mothers, no old ones, no |
ugly ones. j
I Their love is always the most beautiful, of joys. |
I And when they are sad it needs but a kiss which they I
I receive or give to turn all their tears into stars, in I
I the depths of their eyes. |
I —Maurice Maeterlinck. |
MRS. DOST TO TALK'IIAEFOIID SCOUTS DO
SAITORII SOON WEIi AT JAMBOREE
Mrs. W. T. Bost, State Comiss.
ioner of Public Welfare, wil he the
principal speaker at thg graduation
erercises on May 21 oT the N. C.
Sanatorium Training ' School for
Nurses, according to announcement
made Thursday by 'Miss Martha C.
Newman, superintendent of tire
school. This is said to be the first
time. in the history of the Institu
tion that a woman has been chosen
to address the graduates.
On the Sunday prior to the gradu
ation erercises. Rev. E. L. Barber,
The tumult and the shouting dies, Ing directions as to kow to reach pastor of the Aberdeen Presbyterian
ELECTIONS GIVE CITIZENS FEVERISH
DAY AND NEW SET OF TOWN OFFICERS
Mayor And Board of Aldermen Selected By Citizens In Voting
Monday; Courthouse Officials Turn Guide; Much
Interest Shown By Citizens In Elections
State Commissioner Of Public
Welfare To Address Sana
torium Nurses At Gradua
tibn.
Tie For Sixth Place With Wil
mington Troop; Visit Bat
tleship Raleigh At South-
port; Interesting Trip.
the candidates and the voters depart
and the much hearalded town elec,
tlon has made off into the shades.
, Raeford's lovely city hall was deco
rated with coats that proved too
hot for the day and ranks of the
politically curious who stood by to
watch the progress of, the day’s vot
ing. Along the North wall of the
hall the voting booths were arranged
► with secretive curtains so thaf ex-
, cept for the stage whispers- that
emanated from the booths it would
have been hard to surmise who the
different' cltlzensi.^ were voting for.
/^Pre-primary political work was e8.\
.nmated at a minimum before the big
^ day but all day Monday the air was
as teha^ as the path of a tight-rope
walker, ^i^oups gathered on the
streets without the least provocation
and began'^to converse in confiden
tial tones, casting furtive glances at
other groups at the same time, as If
apprehensive lest some hit of wisdom
should be loosed In another group.
Audited calculations by McMillan,
the sage of Sacramento, estimated
^ that every citizen of Raeford who
walked the streets on primary day
was asked exactly twenty-seven
times whether he had voted. Deni,
j^ens of the courthouse also had a
Fexing problem steering voters out
the dommissloners room and giv-
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the City HaR.
After the post-dimiCT season. In
which the voting was rather heavy
for an hour the rush /Bed down and
candidates and workers alike were
able to enjoy an afternoon of horse
shoes on the improvised links next
door, and at the same time remain
near the scene of action.
The vote-counting in the evening
was attended by the greatest curi.
osity on the part of the citizens.'A
good crowd was on hand to watch
the developments of the-'^race in
cluding those who had the bowling
tournament at heart and were an-
jxious to be rid of the rivalry which
the vote-counting presented. Soon
they were rewarded when the politl-
)cal -vigil keepers surged away from
the polls, telling the ones who ac.
costed them than G. B. Rowland was
elected Mayor, and L. M. Andrews,
Carl Morris, Archie Stevens, Mlltoii
Campbell and W. P. Covington were
named to the board of Aldermen.
The following are the official re
turns:
For Mayor: R. L. Bethune, 119;
G. B, Roiyland, 307.,
For Aldermen: Carl Morris, 374;
L. M. Andrews, 872;; W. P. Coving
ton, 866; IMilton Campbell, 8^2; Ar
chie Stevens, 800; M. L. McKelthan,
84, L. B. Monroe, 74;- Dr. G. W.
Brown, 73.
Church, will deliver the baccalaur
eate sermon to the six members of
the graduating class and their friends
in the Sanatorium auditorium. Rev.
‘Watson Fairley, pastor of the" Rae
ford Presbyterian Church, and Rev.
■W. C. Ball, pastor of th eAberdeen
Methodist Church, have been invited
to take part In the graduation exer
cises proper. Miss "Virginia Hufty,
popular 'Wilson vocalist and featured
singer on a number of programs as
“the sweetheart of the American
Legion," win sing several songs.
Dr. P. P. McCain, superintendent pf
;the' Sanatorium, Will present the di
plomas to the graduates, and hos.
pital pins will be presented by Dr.
S. M. Bittlnger, assistant superin
tendent.
A number of social affairs have
been arranged in honor of the gradu.
ates by friends at the Sanatorium
and elsewhere.
Thirty farmers In Wilkes County
have formed a corn club and each
of them will grow one acre of corn
under the supervision of County Ag
ent A. G. Hendren. The latest meth
ods of cultivation and fertilization
will be followed, says Mr. Hendren.
A little jack wil lift a car but
nowadays it takes a lot of jack to
keep one up.
The Raeford Troop of Boy Scouts
came back from the Jamboree at
Wilmington -with flying colors. The
troop made a splendid appearance
at the scout gathering, took third
place in the inspection, tied for sixth
place in the tabulation of points al
though they only entered seven of
thirteen events, and had an int^-
esting and inspiring trip.
Twenty-one scouts left Friday morn,
ing in a truck, accompanied hy
Assistant-scoutmaster Younger Snead.
Saturday morning they were joined
by Scoutmaster Sexton and Mr. Ry
an McBryde of the scout committee.
Saturday morning the scouts took
part in the parade and passed in
review before the stand at the city'
hall in Wilmington. .
In the afternoon of Saturday the
field events of the Jamboree took
place at the Robert Strange play
ground. The events in which the
Raeford troop entered and the place
won in each are as follows:
Inspection, third; Competlt've drill,
no place; Archery, second (Nig
Epstein)Rifle Marksmanship, no
place; Signaling Morse Code, no
place;- Tent pitching, no place; Char
iot Race, second place.
Troop totals were as follows:
Troop 19, Wilmington, first, 375
points: Troop 16, Wilmington, sec
ond, 250 points; Troop 28, Maxton,
third, 245 pouts; Troop 29, Lumber-
ton, fourth, 166 points; Troop 9,
Wilmington, fifth, 100 points; Troop
14, Wilmington, and Troop 1, Rae
ford tied for sixth place, 70 points
each.
The scouts upon their return gave
an enthusiastic account of their trip
which included an inspection tour
of the battleship Raleigh, lying at
anchor In Southport harbor at the
time of their trip.
The Chaminade Club is carrying
out th's week its previously annonne
ed program with regard to Music
week, which is being sponsored over
the nation by the various musical
organizations. Over radio, in music
schools, by local music clubs and hy
every organize! musical agency,
effort is being made this week to
■recall to the public the glories of
the art of music. Numerous radio
advertisers are making their bow
this week to the art which dominat.
jes their programs and newspapers
all over the country are giving space
to the activities of the musical or
ganizations.
In Raeford and Hoke County the
Chaminade club is leading the move
ment. The program as they plan it
will consist of two main programs.
The first is to be given in the Rae-
forl school auditorium on Thursday
night of this week when the junior
and senior music clubs will combine
in a musical program which will be
open to the public and quite free.
The Chaminade club will present a
program which will be in effect a re
view of the music which has b.?ea
presented at the club meetings
throughout the vear. The music will
be entirely vocal with the possible
exception of numbers by a visl'ing
violinist. The vocal numbers U-iii in
clude solos, trios, quartets and inu.sl-
cal readings. The Junior Music club,
composed of the music pupils of the
high school and the members of the
youncer group who are inter, stei in
music, will contribute several iiiim.
bers to the program including sev
eral choruses and numbers by the
male quartet. A good program is.
promised to those who will come out
"0 the entertainment Thursday night.
On Sunday night there will be a
courr.unity sing ia which the three
cbarchss of the town will join ?t the
Presbyterian church at eight o'clock
Sunday night. The choirs of the
three churches will join to assist a
from the home Sunday afternoon at song leader in the program. The-
four 0 clock with his pastor. Dr. | audience will join in the singing of
■Waston M. Fairley, conducting the; old and familiar pieces. The intimacy
last sad rites. Interment was made | and pleasure of the old group sing-
in the Bethune plot in Raeford Cent ‘ ing will be outstanding in this pro-
etery. Rail bearers were: Ed. Be- gram. It is" hoped, that all the peo-
thune, Frank Blue, Charles E. i pje of the community will join with
Pleasants, Jr., Francis Pleasants | the Chaminade club'in their
Eston Blue and Malcolm Pleasants, i week celebration,
all of Aberdeen, and all cousins o: i
the deceased. An unusually large
number of friends followed the body
to its last resting place. The floral he is boss in his home." advises
offering was large and beautiful. | Sap .McCleod. "Chauces are he'll
(Continued on page eight) j He about other things, too."
■William Lauchlin Bethune, a life
long resident 6f this county, passed
at his home at Montrose Saturday
following a few days critical illness
and several years of declining
health. About five years ago his
health became ball from a kidney
trouble and he received treatment
at hospitals in this state and in
Baltimore. .4bout a year ago he
entered a Raleigh hospital for
treatment and came honie somewhat
improved, but on account of business
reverses and his poor health, he was
extremely blue at times, this condi
tion resulting Wednesday, April 29.
in his firing a pistol bullet into his
heal, from which he passed- away
Saturday at ten o’clock, p. m.
_ Funeral services were conducted
Music
"Don’t trust the fellow who says
FIRST MEDICAL SCHOOL CHARTERED
IN NORTH CAROLINA AT EDINBORO
Tenant House Which Burned A Week Ago Was Office Of
President Of School ; College Building Later Became
Edinboro Gin; Torn Down Few Years Ago
by BOB COVINGTON
Through the ministry of forgetful
ness carried out by the passing years,
little notice was occasioned by the
burning of a building Wednesday of
last week, which, had it burned in
1860 would have spread consterna
tion and concern throughout the
State of North Carolina. To moderns
it was a lit^e brick building used
on a farm n^r Raeford as a tenant
house. To the citizens of the seven-
,ties it was a storehouse of medical
experience, a haven of relief to the
ibodles that fell sick of “distemper”
pr fever, a workshop from whose
doors were turned out the cured
people of the section, white and
colored, slave and free.
"With the burning of the little
brick office, there passed from
North Carolina the last tangible
remnant of the medical school which
from 1866 until 1872 trained the
physicians of Eastern North Carolina
and sent out into the widely scat
tered homes of this section the gift
of what medical knowledge and skill
■was available in that time. The Edln-
borough Medical School was the first
medical school chartered hy the
State of North Carolina. It rendered
a wonderful service through its
trained physicians to all that sec
tion of North Carolina between Ashe-
boro and Lumberton, Rockingham
' and Fayetteville.
Dr. Hector McLean
Much of the story of the old Ed-
inborough Medical School centers a-
round that stalwart and romantic
figure. Dr. Hector McLean. In his
person were combined the knowledge
and unselfish service of the pioneer
phjsician, the wealth and affluence
of the land and slave owner, the
leadership of the educator.
As early as fS56, while Dr. Mc
Lean was practicing from his home
at Edinborough, young men began
to come to “read” medicine under
his instruction. He was wealthy in
the terms of the time, he was an
acknowledged leader in knowledge
and practice. He cultivated five hun
dred acres of land, a monstrous
farm for that day, he owned land
from Edinborough to the Lumber
River, he practiced medicine in
a field so wide that at times he
would be gone for two weeks on a
trip, he stood like a tall and clean
limbed pine, an outstanding leader
of the section.
Beginning of the School
As more young men took up the
idea of studying medicine with Dr.
McLean, the doctor conceived the
idea of a medical- school. There was
no dearth of enthusiasm among his
pupils and at a date during the
Civil War which is not definitely told
he cemstructed on the grounds of hie
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