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CONFfDENCE
THE HOKE COUNTY NEWS
THE HOKE COUNTY JOURNAL
VOLUME XXVII—Number 8
RAEFORD, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 22nd, 1931
$1.50 YEAR. IN ADVANCE
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HOUSE ROEETS
New/Kiwanis Head
After Votinj; To Reject Con
ference Report Monday
Night Brings Revenue Bill
Up Again Tuesday To
Await Action of Senate.
RALEIGH, May 19—The North
’ Carolina House of Representatives
marched up the - hill Monday night
and marched down again Tuesday,
by voting Monday night to reject
the conference report on the Rave-
nue Bid ana by reconsia>3nug that
vote Tuesday and bringing the re
port aga.n before it. .Then it stop,
ped, with the understau..mg that
the delay was for the purpose of
seeing w'hat the Senate would do
with the report. ,
The enate, Tuesday, jumped
right into consideration of the con_
fereUce report, precipitated . by a
motion by Senator John W. Hins_
dale, of luxury tax iame, to reject
the report, then cut off all debate
on his motion by the parliamentary
trick of “calling for the previous'
question.” This angered some ofj
the Senators and, as the motion to!
adjourn was the only way of pre- i
venting a vote. Senator Lee L.
■(Giravely moved for adjournment,
which was carried by a margin
of three votes -^^considered a sort
of test vote on the Conference re
port. • I I
The Senate is expected to vote
ou the report, carrying a 15_cent
ad valorem taxx, itate_wide, and
lucreises in francbUe tax on cor.,
po.-mions and in the income tax ro
ojurate the schools, at its session
■vVtdnesi.ay. Some fear i.^ evpi'ess-
ed by its proponents that it may
be voted down, on the ground that
it increases tax on corporations
tod much, or that it might be a
■» tie, in which case President R. T.
Fountain would have to break it—
and it is not certain how he would
vote on this p^opG^al at this time
The House rejected the report
Monday night by a 57 to 50 vote,
Tuesday was the same, 57 to 50.
^ and the vote to reconsider It
^ome of the eastern representatives
are quoted as saying that Santa
Claus came to see them Monday
night, that they did not recognize
him and turned him away. It is
considered likely that the Senate
will adopt the report Wednesday,
but by a close vote, and, if it
does, the House may adopt it, so
adjournment can be reached by
next Monday or Tuesday.
Willia»^ G: Harris, Los Angela!
banker and ejcetutive ol the Nation.-il
.Thrift Corporation, gams additioiwI
OBBASEBAU
POST OFFICE CALLS
FOR NEW QUARTERS
Notice has been jiosted in the.
Raeford Post Office that the office
Is in need of new quarters. The
present fljor space has proved in
adequate, being only about one
thousand square feet. Present needs
call for at least tv/elve hundred
square feet to properly care for the
needs of the office. Offers of ac
comodations will be received at the
post office and blanks are avail
able there for these offers to be
made in writing. It is also required
that a diagram be submitted show
ing floor spase, lighting and gener
al facilities. Central location and
good lighting are named as prero-
j qulsits for the quarters to be tak-
'■ en. Fixtures and equipment may or
may not be included in the place
offered for the Post Office. "Under
a recent act the Post Office Depast-
mjnt now has a fund whereby fix
tures may be bought if they are not
already available in the accommo
dations offered. Th.e last day when
offers will be received is June 15,
1931, and any property that is ac-
^ cepted will be leased for five or
ten years from October 1, 1981. The
Notice is signed by R. E. Dauch, of
Richmond, Post Office Inspector.
If present plans are carried out,
F aef ord will ( again hav^ the orna
'rent of a town baseball team dur_
ng the summer season, according
to statement made this week.
ince the old palmy days when six
and eight teain leagues were or-
anized by the baseball lovers of
this section and four games per
week were played before enthus
iastic crowds, baseball in the sum
mer season has gradually declined
until in the last few years it has
'een, at a minimum. Enthusiasm
generated this" spring however, and
’i ample talent for a good team
which exists in Raeford, have com.
)ined to make the prospects for
'.ummer ball very bright.
Sunday the state papers carried
in their sporting section an an-
iouncement that Raeford will have
this summer baseball team con.
structed from local talent entire-
y. A team has hlVea'dy played one
^ame, losing to Fayetteville by a
me run margin last week. Many
oqd. athletes; of the town qje as
et ^ However iii^ ’ colleges'^in' tHa
cate however and it is expected
,.iat when these return for the
ummer and the players have had
ipportunity to practice together a
earn will be formeci which can en.
er competition with the best of
jiat^ur and semi-pro teams in the
ate.
Curt Smith is acting business
anager of the team and Make Me
Keithan is field manager. Try-outs
for the team will be held during
the next few weeks and the ranks
?i'e open to every one who wishes
to try out. Practices will be held
as often as practicable in order to
nsure the earliest possible shap.
ng up of the outfit. It; is planned
j h. ve one home game per week
■nd two or more a^vay from home,
egotiations are already being .car
ed on for games with Wilming.
m, Kannapolis and other strong
inateur and semi-pro teams th~n
ut the state. 'Plans are also b-;.
.!j made which if they me;;t w.l ;
. .^.•n approval will enah'e
le of the town to enjov first clus:-
)as-:Iall throuhout tire summer.
HOTEL BURNS AT
SOUTTjElN PINES
Hostelry Named For Town I»
Mas.s Of Rums After Spec
tacular Fire.
The Southern Pines hotel, winter
home of thousands since Southern
Pines became a resort center, lies a
mass of ruins after one of the
lost spectacular filres seen in the
andhllls in many years.
The fire broke out in an upper
’oor at about 7:30 o’clock Monday
•’ight while the few remaining
ucsts of this winter season sat on
le spacious porches talking to the
"orr’eto", Frank Harrington. It
■'aed through the top floor of the
uil'.'ing for some five minutes be.
re flares breaking through the
.'Of - ;irn-ccl guests and staff of the
'i'-ig':r. A. forty-year.old wood
TueUv e. the eitire b-,iilding was
uick y m-iss of flames.
The fire f^epart-nent of South'^rn
ine' Pinehurst, and Aberdeen were
uici ly on the scene but the
ower'ul streams of water seemed
' have no effect on Hie burning
imhers, and the structure was
oomed from the start. The loss is
total and estimates place the dam.
age at around $200,OOQ.
Two firement, Constantino Monte,
■anti and Lenox Windham, were
blown off ledges surrounding upper
'loors during the fight against the
'lames and were rushed to offices
if physicians nearby. Neither of
hem was seriously hurt.
The Southern Pines hotel was
"’finally built in 1886 by the late
Frank Page. It has been added to
"'.'in time to time and this winter
•d accommodations for about 200
ueets. It was located in the heart
tow'.' fronting on the park thru
h’'’-! th-' Seaboard trains pass.
:t has been one of the few re-
'".-t h'rtc-ls here which has made a
lactice of remaining open the
ar around. Frank Harrington, who
'.so manages a hotel at Biddeford
'ool, Maine, in Summer, has been
anager of the hotel here for the
''.st six years. Insurance carried on
by building was said to be less
icn half the estimated loss.
NEGRO SHOT TO
DEATH ON SUNDAY
Coroner’s Jury Decides Killer
Of Walter McNair Was
John D. Purcell.
SPE^AKS HERE
PAULS ROAD
NOW STATE HIGHWAY
The state highway commission
as taken over the road leading from
t. Pauls to Raemrd, or vice versa,
, . v'ious to taking over all the roads
^ the state, and the highway is
I av,’ d'cked out in brand new signs
■nd all a:.'coutrenients of the regu
ar hishways. Travelers toward St.
, Pa-.’ls find the road in good sand-
i lay shape with the exception of
1 stretch of several miles this side
of Lumber Erii ge. This part is be-
..g worked and when completed
an excellent, well marked road
’ar..ugli this Section.
Recorder's Court
In Recor-e'-’s Court Tuesday, Tapp
McRae, colored, was. tried for as
saulting one Sandy Bethea with a
hoe on the farm of Mr. W. T. Cov
ington. "He plead guilty to the of
fense but argued that he was in
fear of bodi|ly injury ^ to himself.
Prayer for judr^ment^ was con
tinued upon payment of the costs
and good behavior on the part of
defendant for two years, i
Flora C. Blue, att afed rolored
-woman of Quewhiffle Township, was
! tried on a charge of an assault with
a deadly weapon. She was found not
guilty.
Elmore Graham was tried on a
charge of obtaining goods under
false pretense and bound oyer to
Superior Court, the case Involving
• felony and be|ng out of the Juris
diction of the court.
MARY ELLA CUr^NlNGHAM ..
Mary Ella Cunningham, a five-ye.ir
old colored girl, living with her
mother on. Mr. Julian Johnson’s
farm, died on Sunday as a result
of burns she received about a month
ago. She was buried at Silver Grove
on Monday.
SNAKE IN THE GAS.
You’ve heard of snakes on
sofas, In the- grass and in sheeps
clothing but we bet you never
heard of one in a gas tank. Get
Doug McLeod to tell you about
the one that drove his car from
s home in the country up to
‘b-’’ in Filling Station and then '
boo-! on the running board and j
drummed up • crowd for the afleif
oon’s performance.
Accor-’ing to the story, the
:nale fleeing ffrom a crowd - of
persecutors 'ran up un/'er the car
‘.ind up into the works. A search
'.as made and somo worthy caught
him by the tail and pulled him out,
only to have him show his ap.
proval of the motor by running
back. The car was then run ua
on a greasing rack and a posse
organized, armed with yachting
aps and rubber bands, determined
to do the varmit to death. After
".n hour’s concentrated search
through a maze of manifol.is and
a passle of pipes, the search , was
Olvun up.
Raeford ’officers received a call
from the section of the Cyinty that
forms the border between Antioch
and Blue Springs townships, early
Sunday morning when Ernest Me.
Call brought his bVother in law,
Walter McNair, into town, the victim
of gunshot wounds. MClNalr was in
a dying condition and died a short
while later. McCall summoned the
officers and told them that McNair
i had received his wounds at the
j hands of John D. Purcell, twenty.
' five year old negro of the Blue
Springs section.
Sheriff Hodgin and deputy sheriff
Barrington were roused at four o’
clock and went immediately to the
■icene of the shooting. The shooting
is said to have occurred at the
'arm house in which John D. Pur'
cell and Minnie Douglas make their
home and run a farm together.
! Witnesses said that the shooting
j occurred here about two o’clock
I Sunday morning. - McNair received
wounds from a buckshot load in a
shot gun. The officers were not
notified until about four o’clock and
consequently were unable to take
Purcell, whom witnesses agreed had
done the shooting. Neighbors did
not seem to know much of the en
mity between the two but indica
tions point to a quarrel which cen-
jtered around Minnie Douglas.
Witnesses were summoned from
the neighborhood and an inquest
started by Cosoner G. W. Brown,
on Sunday afternoon. This inquest
was continued over to Monday after
noon at which time all the wit
nesses were examined. A summary
of the stories told reveals the fol
lowing story: A car in which Jim
Monroe, Walter McNair and Min
nie Douglas, among others were
riding left Raeford Saturday night
and went out to the neighborhood
^fn which the tragedy occurred. Mc
Nair stqpped at the house of Min-
nit Douglas and ate some fish pre
pared by her. John D. Purcell cams
in while McNair was there. There
was no exhibition of enmity at the
time. Later Minnie and Sarah Gib
son went out with McNair in his
car to get some boys who had been
let out at the forks of the road.
They failed to find them and re
turned. The car was stopped in
.'rout of the houses where Sarah
and Minnie lived. Sarah got out,
and Minnie, according to the evi
dence she gave, followed almost im
mediately. McNair drove off in his
car. Minnie went to her house and
went to bed. She was awakened a-
bout one o’clock by Jim Monroe who
came in after taking a walk. They
both went to sleep and were twak-
ened by the report of the gun which
shot MrNair. Jim going out to the
(Continued on page four)
DR. ELBERT RUSSELL
Dean School Religion, at Duke
tENIOR CLASS PLAY
DUKE DEAN TALKS
TO RAEFORD GRADS
Dr. Elbert Russel! Heard By
L&rge Audience Sunday
Morning; Tells Graduates
Observation of Laws Essen
tial to Civilization.
Before an audience which filled
the auditorium and gallery of the
Presbyterian church and overflowed
into all the chairs that could be
placed in the aisles of the church.
Dr. Elbert Russell delivered an
inspirational address to the gradu
ating class of the Raeford high
school on Sunday morning. May
seventeenth. Dr. Russell is deem of
the school of religious education at
Duke University. Those who expect
ed a rigid theological dissertation
were not rewarded, however, for
Dr. Russell's sermon was simple,
matter of fact and straight to the
point.
To the strains of “.Ancient of
Days” the graduating class filed in
to the seats at the front of the
auditorium 'which had been reserv
ed for them. The congregation stood
while they entered. Previous to the
address- the choir rendered two
beautiful anthems, “Let the Peo-
A confusing mixture of mysteri
ous characters and recurrent crises
in the plot of the story, combined •
with very good acting, combined,
to raise the performance of “Apple -
Blossom Time, by the senior class
of Raeford High -School last Friday
night, far above the usual quality
of the high school drama. The audi
torium at the high school was al
most full when the curtain went up
and the large audience thoroughly
Your Heads, 0 Ye Gates”. Dr. Rus
sell was introduced to the audience
by Dr. W. M. Fairley.
Basing his remarks on a clause
from the writings of Paul, Dr.
Russell presented the theme of his
enjoyed following the complications' that the man who strives in
into ,which Marion Gatlin, masquer-! games shall not be rewarded
ading as Donald Clark, an elderly! where he strives lawfully,
guardian of the lovely little heir-j sermon was concerned with the
ess, Betty Ann, played by Margaret rules of life and the responsibility
Kirkpatrick, found himself drawn. | which rests upon all the living to
■rhe scene was laid in a quiet coun- observe these rules,
try town which suddenly found it- Showing first the necessity of
self the seat of mysterious imperso- rules, the speaker went into a mos#
nations which grew in complexity. interesting discourse in which by
various examples he showed that
.ORTH CAROLINA IN NEED OF A NEW
AND MORE INTELLIGENT LAND POLICY
The cast, drawn entirely from
the Senior Class performed well
without exception, taking their parts
rules are the effective enemy of
chaos in every field. The impos-
in a natural manner and exhibiting, sibility of conducting any activity
a great deal more stage presence | where rules are not known and oh-
than is customary in productions of ®®rved was demonstrated through a
the Iclnd.' The complicating situations! wide field, from the games of child-
were presented to the audience with to the .governments of nations.
a minimum of reminiscent dialog
and the members of the cast moved
easily from one critical scene into
another.
Honors were evenly divided a-
mong the players. 'Marion Gatlin
and Margaret Kirkpatrick, hero and
heroine performed their roles in
almost faultless style, to Margaret
particularly going credit for some
A second kind of rules was shown
to be the means by which ends
are attained. Taking up the age-
old question of whether ends justi
fy means. Dr. Russell stated posi
tively that he did not believe that
any- end justified corrupt means of
attaining it.
The third kind of laws. Dr. Rus
sell called the laws that are innate
exceptionally fine acting. Comedy: in the world. Demonstrating the
relief from the complications of the [moral laws as examples of this
plot was furnished in abundance by kind he showed that there existed
two vociferous rowdies from Sun- In the world certain moral principles,
shine Alley, Craighead Hampton and the violation of which ,ean lead only
Robert Currie, always ready to to ill. These laws he illustrated by
drop in on the scene with brusque a story of travel in which a forc-
cheerfulness and make awkward I ed detour was made rational bf the
any scene that happened to be in fact that there was no safe road
progress, and by James Howell and ] through the territory which he in-
Chrlstianna McFayden, village cop j tended to travel. “In life too,” said
and care taker of the home where Dr. Russell, ‘there are territories
T"’!t'>r’s Note: The News-Jour-
-al t^kes pleasure In presenting
to its readers the essay wrlt-
t.-'n by a Hoke County girl, who
was awarded fir'st prize in a
state-wide contest.
Owned Lands Well Cared For; Great Problem In The
Preservation of Natural Resources on Privately Owned
Land; Sugges^teps to Preserve Timber in State.
dred eighty thousand acres of this
purchased by the government dur
ing the past twenty years, are in
cluded in th^ national forests. Forty
thousand acres of municipal forests
are held in connection with city wat
er supplies, and about one hundred
thousand acres belong to state de
partments and institutions. All the
rest is owned by private parties.
The forests owned by city, state,
and nation are of course well pro
tected and cared for. North Caro
lina’s pfoiblem then Is how to best
erve its citizens in 'rehabilitating
ind maintaining at highest profiuct-
v'ty privately owned cultivated and
Diert land. Her policy in the past
'laa been, “hands off The govern-
ns"t left private Owners at perfect
i’certy to -o exactly what they
'leased wth their, land. This policy
as proved to be wa.'l nigh disastr-
>U3. Of course the state has helped
.jome:^ (1) Ey giving aid to thj
farmers in providing a state college
of agriculture where they may sen.!
their sons to learn better methods
f farm'np, and in Issuing bulletins,
vh'ch contain usefful information,
from this college: (2) By protect
ing forests from fires by hiring fire
wardens, and by educating people
—particularly children—on the sub
ject of forest tires: (8) By dlstrib-
(Continned on page six)
the action took place, respectively.
Other members of the cast, all
of whom performed excellently,
were: Fulford McMiliyrn, Mildred
McDuffie, Lily Florence Cox, Dora
Snead, Annie Mae Gibson, and Ber
nice Yarborough. Miss Carrie Stur
gis directed the play and to her is
due much of the credit for the ex
cellent performance.
By CHRISTIANNA McFAYDEN
The three principal uses to which
■’nd is put are agriculture, grazing,
-'1 forestry. When North Carolina
J -•.•it ort+in,i it w'ls. with the
-i of a f::W marshes, entirely
.■■yn v-'th virgin forest. Aft’er
■ - '-"I'red au'i fifty v-ars when
•• 'ghor wa; ut .'’ts.he'ght and was
to cease, there was more laud
' 'cr cultivation than there had ever
sen ani than there is today. Dur-
' r til' past seventy years much of
- t clerred land has been allowed
"i grow up Into forests seeded nat-
ir’ally from a few' old trees left
tanding. The balance between ag-
-.'iculture and forest land Is now
.’airly stable. Out of North Carolina's
total area of thirty one million, one
hundred ninety thousand acres it
is e.st'mated that about ten million
acres are under cultivation, and • n-
bout twenty.one million have forest
^v'^owth of some sort, and are of
more value for growing trees than
lUi anything else. Some three huu-
through which there is no safe roa .
Through lying, murder, dishonesty
there are no safe roads. We must
travel the road that has been point
ed out to us an we must not re
sent the signs that point the way,
but be grateful for them.”
Dr. Russell’s sermon made a dis
tinct impression on all his hear
ers. The simplicity and straight-
»forward manner in which he pre-
News reports indicate tl^i the | seated the facts of lawyful living
price of gangster’s coffins hM be^ without reference to creeds and doc-
stabilized at $15,OQO each.
CLEAN-UP WEEK
Announcement has been made
by Mayor R. L. Bethune that the
annual spring clean-up week will
be observed in Raeford from May
26 to 29. The Mayor’s .announce
ment is as follows: Cleam'Hip
week begins on l$ay 2Sth and
continues through May 29th. All
hav' a part In this work and b/
co-operation could accomplish
much for the 'cleanliness and ap
pearance cf the town.
Following the usual custom,
‘h^re w'll he an inspection of the
•stores in town by a committee
from the woman's club with a-
wards being given for the neat-
3~t business houses. The Woman's
''lub committee is composed of
Mrs. Carl Morris, chmn., Mrs. O.
P. .i^n rews and Mrs. W. L.
Poole. The inspection will be ]
-T 'e on fne morning of the 29th. j
Whi’e It is desirable that a!
condition of cleanliness
prevail throughout the year, the j^jjj
annual clean-up w««k it a worthy i
cause.
trinal dogma made his talk effec
tive in the extreme. At the con
clusion of the service practically the
entire graduating class and a large
uumber of the audience remained
to express their appreciation of his
splendid message.
LULA ANN McDUFFIE
Lula Ann McDuffie, colored, widow
of- John McDuffie, who died several
years ago, died several years ago,
died Monday. She was ,buried at
East Freedom Tuesday.
CARS WRECK
n6ui
LAURINBURG ROAD
Sunday att'^rnoon, two Chevrolets
one driven by a darkey and thi
other carrying white people. en»
gaged in an argument on the Laur
inburg road about two miles out ol
town, with the result that the Chev
rolet driven by a (.'.arkey named
Patterson, took a nip at the re:u
fender of the other car then nial
off i'oto the swamp on the othe:
e of the li'.l. The, flight was step-
I red short by a stump at the foe
but no serk'us damag*
No people were injured
11 la the wreck and the damage doM
• to the cars was not at aU serloua