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THE HOKE COUNTY JOURNAL
SI.50 YEAR. IN ADVANCE
i W. t M
lES Hffi TUESMY
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Was Leader in Community’
Affairs, Talented Artist
And Beloved Friend.
PIRST weevil
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Mrs. (W^. ^B. McQueen, for more
than a quarter of a century a
leader in,the civic and community
life of Raeford, beloved teacher and
friend, died at hst home in Rae.
ford at eight o’clock Tneadey momj
ing after an illriess which stretched
oyer .several months and \ had been
critical for several weeks. There had
been much anxiety in the town and
community since it was known that
her condition was serious and while
it was known that she was critically
ill, it did not lessen the shock of
the news, of her death.
Mrs, McQueen was formerly Miss
Wilhemena Hassalkus and was bom
in Griffin, Georgia. She was the
‘ daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. H. W.
Hassalkus . of Griffin. Her father
came to America from Germany in
his youth and her mother was a
native of Washington, D. C. Mrs,
McQueen came to Raeford soon after
the founding of the Raeford Institute
. at the opening of the present cen.
tury. She served as instructor in
• .music at that school and even after
she .ceased to teach in the schools,
continued to teach music in private
classes rip until the last few years
of her life. A few years after, her
arrival in Raeford she married Mr.
W. B, McQueen,
|Mrs. McQueen was an exception
ally talented and charming woman
and up until the period of her de.
dining 'health took an active and
leading interest in community life.
H«r talents, far from being limited
to the field of music, were marked
in ,the fields of dramatics, elocution
and painting. She possessed an un_
bounded energy and enthusiasm
which made her a leading factor
in scores of prbjects for community
betterment. Especially helpful wera
her activities In the field of educa.
tlon and her unselfish work was
ever a factor in the progress of the
Raeford school.
Mrs. McQueen’s nature was al
ways one of eminent helpfulness.
Her talents in varied fields and her
personal charm made and held hund.
reds of friends. Her efforts in behalf
of her friends and nelgh^ra, through
bbmmnnity enterprises coyMtng «
pertod of twentyiflve yeai^s, bavd
woven a thread.- of hersblf ihto the
fabric ;.of,coiqwunlty ^life.«.There is
■genuine Smrbw 4n hundreds of
hearts who knew her and loved her
hnd mourn her death.
She was buried in the Raeford
cemetery on Wednesday morning
with Reverend ’Trawlck and Rever.
end Carswell ol!lR:ia^. The cere
mony was simple In peeping ^th her
wishes. A large number of friends
jmd relatives attended the cerdmony.
* The first .forerunner of a hard ♦
* surtthier has appeared in Hoke *
* bounty’s cotton fields and farm. *
* e.“8 who. .have - been working a- ♦
* long contentedly have suddenly *
* come to the realixatlon that life *
* is real and earnest and the *
* boil weevil must be fought again. ?
* In apito of th? f®rt ,
* wee^r^ cbhtroi has become a
* much surer thing In the last few *
* yeai^ It ie 'hiifdly yet a thing
* thaf’ csn hd odhsldered casually.
* The hard bllfed borer hae been
* discovered on the ifarm of Jack *
* Ray out. Puppy Creek way. The _
* fHiinbSr;^f WWrtl* ««• T
* the reaiixatlon that they have al«
* ready_ started to work will set
* farmers minds to planning, for
* It la pretty, sure that a similar
* infestatron will be found thru- ♦
* out the county and this section.
Friends Legisia^r
For Comissioner Agriculture
if % x « « «« « •» *'• ••
FREE VACCINATION
Repreacotative Day
Csunpaign For County
Man—McEachem Eminent
ly Qualified For Position;
* During the past few months *j
* several esses of Typhoid Fever •
* have developed In Hoke coun. *
« ty, there being two oases in *
* the county seat at the present ♦
i - A I-1 * time. Therefore it is very im. *
In tlie ft-tin ftiincement carried id , ' , ^
las? hSLy“ News & Observer th. * e^ary one be vaccl.
; ' I him forward when; and W. he says
Qpetts the word.
ollowing appeared:
• "Enthusiastic over the expected
cahdidacy of Representative Laurie
, » nf Hoke McBachern, of Hoke County, for Com.
Sweet music in the J aissioner of Agriculture. Represent-
FRIZES AWWD IN
CIDIN^
Judges Name Neatest Business
Houses In Cc^petition Here
Friday.
Ten blue ribbons and eight red
ribbons denoting first and second
places in the Clean-up Week com
petition, were awarded by the judg
es in the inspection which was car
ried out by the committee from the
Woman’s Club here Friday. Great
interest was exhibited by the busi
ness astabllBhments and by tM
townspeople In general In the effort
to increase the beauty and cleanlUmaB
of the business houses in Raeford.
Business men entered In the com.
petition whole heartedly and Raq-
ford‘s main street looked like a
newly minted dime on the day of
the contest.
The inspection was carried out
Friday by the Woman’s Club com
mittee consisting of Mrs. Carl Mor
ris, Mrs. Christian Davis, and Mrs.
D. P; HMSteWs. All business houses
were Inspected and the judges a-
warded the prizes as followk; blue
ribbons, signifying first place were
awarded to the Bank of Raefwd.
the Raeford CAfe. McGill Md^ Me-
Neill's Market, Israel Mann s Store,
Pender Grocery Store, Arch Gra.
ham’s Filling Station, the RMford
Dry Cleaners. Reaves Drug Store.
Inc., (Mctean Electric Shop, and the
l^ectrlc 'Shob 'fhop.
Rei" Mbbona’ representing second
prize in the competition* were a-
warded to Thomas Groewy Co., Page
Trust Company, The Dad^ Shop,
Dan Campbell Dry The
City Market, the Standbard
Station, the Imperial Cafe, and the
County folks was a formal announce,
ment in the state papers la.rt Friday
that a large group of legislatOTs
had centered on Representative Mc-
Eachern of this county to rim Tor
the hi''h office of Commisaiojier of
Agriculture In the Democratic pri. e™
maries next year. The announcement
was made by Representative N. L
Day, one of the leaders ol the House
arc;, his announcement wss the
come of developbaents that those
close to the feeling of the legisla.
ti.ve were familiar with and was no
surprise to many of the peopUv who
knew what was going on; The pre?.-
eiit Incumbent, Mr. W. A. Crahani,
h^.s Incurred the hosliliry of man>
of the people of the state by ••oi-
tain legislation' that he got by the
General Assembly two years as'o
wliich greatly sticj-i :i”enfi his prw
er end made him mo'e of a rtespo.
than was Intended. Sentiment has
I'oeji crystalizing against him for a
Itng time until the view b.came
geneial that so,mo one should nn
aga-i st him next year. On account
of the inability '.or most aspirants
tWs oSlce\o make a vigorous colleagues and opponents alike
fO. this oince throughout hv odneation and i
PLENTY QF PLANES
ca-.tpaign for a ^ . .i, *
Hie State it was thought best that
^ome member of tUc preseu-. f.rr.
.•ral i'ssemhly be selected to make
the laie, since 'lavl.xg bee-; .u' 't-'l
feiiih irr over fo i. months, th-* 'le.
qi,niatapces made ^ there wouli give
s« me starting point in most
of Ihe counties. It Dav r an icu:; re
aient v*as no acc isit. It w i** the
„:niln.tlon of mat. 'c rellecilon an’X
adv'fing on the part of a large
mmber of legis v:e.s and reflects
«'io prevailing sentiment, perhaps,
of those who are members of th®
Genetal Assemblyi
That Mr. McBJachern would fUl the
position with credit and honor, gobs
without saying to those who know
blm welL Hoke county people will
welcome the opportunity to shove
f'W-^ ■ A.
The army air' fleet which was
weekendlqf at Fort Bragg passed
in review before the citizens of the
county on three successive days this
week. The trip south which was
halted at Fort Bragg on Saturday
began again Sunday morning and a
good number ol beautiful planes
sailed over Raeford and southward.
■Monday mortUng a large number
took to the air and the sky roared
with thirty Jive or more powerful
motors. The largest number' went
south on Tuesday with sixty-nine
planes in groups of varying slze^
* passed southward toward their home
lields.N A good number of citizens
; were among the interested who went
,^‘^to Pope Field Sunday to view the
fleet
w^ jddged on neatneM Md clean-
ilness ot appo^hoe and attractive
ness of display.
The benefits of the competition
were manifest In the efforts extend
ed by the various houses and the
excellent appearance of all the con
cerns. The committee commended
the appearance ol all the business
hbtiBes and made the decisions only
after the most serious consideration
of all concerns Inspected.
f
WIN KIWANIS MEDALS
In the account of the graduating
exercises at the high school last
week, the awarding of the Kiwanls
medftls lor excellence in scholarship
was omitted. The Kiwanis Club of
^ Raeford awards each year threetoied-
als, one In each department of the
school, primary, grammar and high
school divisions. The award is ;mado
for thp best scholastic work in each
division of the school each year.
This year’s awards went to Yvonne
Baucom in the primary school. Al-
vis Dickson in grammar school and
Christianna McFadyeh, In the hlgn
schooL These awards were made at
f the final exercises. All the winners
Vare to be highly congratulated on
their excellent records.
NO REVALUATION YET
At the meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners on June 16t
ative N. E. Day Issued the following
statement before he left for home
yesterday:
“ ‘Having served in the General
Assembly with Mr; Laurie McBach.
Representative from Hoke
County, I take this means of pre.
senting him to the State of North
Carolina as candidate for Commis
sioner of Agriculture, subject to the
expression of the voters in the pri
mary and general elections of next
sear. (Mr. McBachern is a farmer and
business man and identified with the
public and community life of his
county.
“Ijt is the fine record Mr. Me,
Eachfern'has made in the 1931 House
sessions that parUlpularly\ reqonK
mends him to ,us as suited to the
office we seek for him. He hasn’t
tried to trim his. sail with every
change of the wind. At the same
time, he has not assumed that the
differences of combatants in the
legislative arena should embitter
their personal relations toward each
other, and ie has made friends of
* nated agairtst’ this disease. Our. *
* Hig June- and July vaccination *
* against Typhoid will be given *
* free.
« After July 1st vaccination a
* gainst DIptheria will be given,*
* free to all children. During**
* June it nriay be obtained at a *
* cost of five cento per dose. ♦
During July all sections of the *
* county will be visited on certain *
* dates vrilieh will be announced *
* later. *
* Any one desiring to be vaeei- *
* nated shduld come to my office. •
* R. L. Murray, Co. Physician *
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M
JIE Sn HERE
Lengthy Meeting Brings
portant Decisioiis — Ta*
Sales Postpened.
.jc
IRIULDCW
SCI
Mrk. Vivian Bushong, Nation
ally Known Home Econo
mist, Will Lead.
Mrs. Vivian Bushong, nationally
known Home Economist and culi
nary expert will arrive here Mon
day of next week to make final
preparations for the opening of an
all-electric cooking school, which is
being sponsored by the Womans
Club on Tuesday, June 9th. A class
will be conducted in the Kiwanis
Qualified by education and train
ing for this high place, Mr. Mc-
Eachern is still of the younger Dem.
ocracy of North Carolina. He knows
the needs, economic and social, of ... t ^ ^
North Carolina Agriculture and that of Sefo^^ be
a balanced agriculture must wait on
a balanced market and a well pro.
portioned industial set-up of the
whole State—from the mountains to
the plains. He could and would make
the great agricultural department the
exponent of balanced industrial and
economical adjustment in the State.
“SteWing personal qualities and
unimp^chahle integrity, vrith youth
and abtltty of high order, are assets
we sssardahB State can be possess
ed by it in bripging Mr. McEachem
to this position of great and eftec.
effective service.’”
gRlWS UKAL MEN
SandhiU firemen Ij/lfet
Luml>erton-^Tro Meet Here
Next Year.
The sixth annual meeting of the
HHDAV
Style Show At School Ho«»e
'to Be Varied And E^r-
Taining Affair-
The stage Is set fof the Cotton
given an opportunity of learning the
secrets of better cooking and home
management from an expert who
has won fame throughout the coun
try in her chosen profession. She
guarantees to noaKfe better home
maker of each woman who attends
her classes regularly,
“Sogthern cooks are known the
couhtry over,” Mrs. Bushong said,
“for their tasty dishes. In this'achfiol
r will give -many‘reties which are
favorites in that colorful section of
our country.'
Mrs. Bushong is not only a food
specialist, khe is a forcetol enter,
talner. Patrons are proihls'ed no dull
moments,'' for- she has - the happy
ffti-ffiity of bdlng able to interest- her
audience and at the same time to
struct it. The Kiwanis Club rooms,
which will cetelortobtotoeat ail those
attending, has bken 'put in read!
ness for the opening of the school
Sandhill Firemen’s Association was gtyle show which
ie!dri,»nl.erton on tho nooond ol,ford’, obMomti™ ot NaUoM^
Hote Dm* C0D.|».r. The rfLnmiro^ton' ».no 1.1 throngh dlt Th.
,ni8 moniu ^ the auspices of
this month Tue peopie 01
aid themselves proud and entort^eq
about 150 visiting fflremen and thbus;
ands of visitors, liie association "Is
composed of the following towns.
Fayetteville, Raeford, Aberdeen, Pine,
hurst. Southern Pines; Ellerbe, Car
thage, Pine Bluff, Hamlet, Sanford,
Rockingham, Lumberton, Ellza^th
Town, Laurinburg, St Pauls,. Red
Springs and Maxton The convention
this year was a most successful one
and nearly equalled the State Con.
vention as to size of crowd. The
chemical and water races were hOvh
won by Sanford.
The following officers * were elect
ed to serve for this year: Ed. Glov.
u...., , . er, Lumberton, President; R. B.
petition signed by a number 01 Raefofd, Vice President, and
The County Board of Commission-
*, ers met at ten o’clock Monday morn-
* ing, all members being presenL
The minutes ^of the last regular
meeting were read, cofrected and
approved.
The following business, was trans
acted;
It was ordered that a sum not 1
exceeding $400.00 be appropriated
from the general county fund for
county forest protection agklnst fir®
this money to be expended to co
operation with the North Carolina
Department of Conservation and De
velopment . during' the year begin
ning July 1, 1391.
Ordered that the Chairman of the
Board be, and he Is hereby, directed
and authorized to sign the required
application for Mothers’ Aid Fund
from the State Boatd:''"hfsCharitIes
and Public Welfar^it being: under
stood that the cdunty is to \ contri
bute durink this fiscal year/a sum
equal to the contribution made by
the state through said Board of
Charities and Public Welfare, the
appropriation to be made on a per
capita basis; that is to say, accord
ing to the number of inhabitants to
the County of Hoke.
Ordered that Carl iMcCrlmmon, a
prisoner, be hired out as of June
10, 1931, to McNair Smith for $22.30
to serve out the remainder of his
twelve months term, the said term
having begun November 10, 1930.
Ordered that the six Hoke County
notes now held by the payee, the
Page Trust Compang. a banking cor
poration, for five thousand dofiare
each, which, matured May 10, 1931,
be renewed by the execution and de
livery to the said payee ot the said
County’s six promisory notes for
five thousand dollars each, dated
May 10, 1931, maturing Ai«ust 10,
1931. ..and- drawing tatwest at the
rate of six per cent per annum from
said maturity date, the said six
notes first mentioned above having
been issued and sold in anticipation
of taxes to be collected; and It is
further ordered that the Chairman
of the Board of Hoke County Com-
missoners and the Clerk of said
Board and the TTfeasnrer of Hi*e
Cbdnty "be, and they hereby
authorized and' ^directed, to do att
things necessary to carry thia trans;.
action to its Itoal conclusion.
Orbe^ F. F. HcPhaal.
‘‘My audience must be comfortable ^ ^ ^
if 'the gidd points of the sxtodrf '•” »3haIiSin of-AM Hoke County lloard
school ate to be Vi- "U* Commiasloiieili. De. and he is
present Weatlfer con«UollB It is .anthoriajri »l»d empowered, in
Hoke taxpayers was presented to the
board requesting an Immediate re,
valuation of real estate in the Coun,
ty.' After full consideration of the
petition, it was decided by the board
that the petition could not be granL
ed because of a stotute, passed dur
ing the latter dara ot recent
Legislature, postponing re-valuatlon
until 1934. Under the terms of this
statute no reductions can be made
on present -values this year, except
such reductions as inay be incidental
to the equalization of values between
particular pieces of property, and the
sum , of such' inildbntal reducUons
cannot be more than ten percent of
the total value of re%l estate in
the county for the year 198(r. Of
course this ten percent reduction does
not apply to tracts of land where
the values, thereof have Men ■dimin
ished by the burning of buildings, re.
moval of timber, and the like.
DRk BROWN IN HpSPITAL
Dr. O; W. Brown, who was sick
a few days ago, has had a rOlapse
and was carried to Hlghsmlth Hos
pital Thursday, where his condition
is considered as serious.
L.. Strickland, Fayetteville, Secre.^
tary The local Fire Department
extended an invitation to meet next
yekr at Raeford, which was acCOpL
ed and this Town will be the host
for the convention In 1932. The. fol
lowing members of the local com
pany attended the meeting; R. B.
Lewis, L. S. McMillan, A. Cole, J.
L; Teale, H. A. Greep, B. BethuM,
Bud (McKeithan, H. L. Gatlin, Jrr, W.
p. Baker, C. C. Conoly and. Ea
Smith.
morris-mcfadyen
News has been received In Raeford
of the marriage of Miss Marie Mc-
Fadyen to Mr. Steve Morris ot
Gastonia. The marriage topk place
in the Presbyterian church at Gas-^
tonia; Monday night and was wit.
nessed by only a few friends of the
contracting pasjJes. Mr. and Mrs.
Morris will make their '^o^ in Gas
tonia.
PASSION PLAY HERE
style show, under the auspices
the Woman’s Club will be held at
the Raeford School auditorium at
eight o’clock. Friday night, June 5.
The program 'wlU feature entertain
ment as well as information and all
who attend are assured of a lively
evening.
One of the features, of the even
ing’s program will be ’ an address
by Prof. H. Y. Winters of North
Carolina State College. Prof. Winters
is a man who has an intimatk know
ledge of the problem which cotton
faripers are facing now, together
with an insight Into the cotton in
dustry in general and his address
will bring to the people of the county
a clearer insight into the present
situation.
The fashion sho'V will be divided
into a number of parts and will in.
elude showings of styles for small
girls, misses, dresses made at holne,
and ah oxhlbltlon by the Cotton
Textile Institute of New York. Priz.
es will be awarded lit several coin
petlHons. •
Musical numbers irill be glVTO at
Intervals dtiring thk program, which
has been well planned for variety.
The committee from the Woman a
club, with the cooperation of County
Agent Burton, has arranged an In
teresting and enloyable pjograto.
Admission is free and It to hoped
that every seat in the auditorium
will be taken by those who have
this worthy cause at heart
' MR. McLAUCHLIN SICK
necessary that arrangements be
made for the comfortable seating
of all persons atteddlhg, and vehti.
lated so that no one will suffer
frohi heat”- In completing arrange
ments for the beginning of the
school on June 9th, every request
made by Mfs. Bushong has been
fulfilled.
The patrons of this school will
not only receive expert instruction
without any cost but will be eligible
for participation in a long list of
valuable awards.
Attendance will mean much to
any home maker who attends. Pro
grams have been arranged which
promise to make of this school tho
best of .its kind ever conducted in
Raeford.
The Passion Play in film, 'with
sound effects, will be given at the
school auditorium, Wednesday, June
10th, at 8:15, under the auspices of
the American Legion, and Auxiliary.
WINS ESSAY CONTEST
Friends ot Mr. J. W. McLauchlin.
and that 'includes everybody who
know him, will learn with grave con.
cern that he has typhoid fever. While
his condition is good for this disease,
Mr. McLauchlin’s advanced age ca’jses
deep concern, he having recently
passed his eighty-fifth birthday.
Miss Annie Mae Gibson, of Antioch,
during the past year a student at
Raeford High School, by winning tho
N. C. Cotton Association Essay Con.
test at Flora MacDonald College on
June second, won the right to com
pete at Fayetteville next Tuesday.
Tho winner of thk tortteA -contest will
go to the state competition at Raleigh.
*1116 •winner of 'the state-wide con
test will-receive cash prizes and an
educational trip to Washington. Hoke
County friends of Miss Gibson con.
gratulate her on- her success and
hope that it will continue. “CoU
ton Co-operative Marketing in North
Carolina—Its Present and Future"
is the subject upon whiclf the con
testants write.
NOTICE
The annual Woman’s Club Baby
Clinic will be held at the High
School Lunch, room on Friday, June
19th. The 4nb feels that it is for.
tunate In having secured for the cHn-
Ic the services 6f Dr. If. B. GEd'
die, of High Point All white babies
from three months to two years of
age are eligible for the clinic.
(Mrs. H. A Cameron, Com. Chrm.
behalf of thq-county, to negotiate
with the State Higliway Commission,
and Its proper representatives, tor
a sale or lease of the Hoke County
prison stockade and the County rted
fotce garage or machine shop, and
all of the machinery, supplies, equip
ment and appliances appurtenant
thereto, including the premises upon
which said stockade and garage and
equipment, etc., are situated.
Ordered that the sheriffs sale of
land for 1930 delinquent taxes be
withheld until the first Monday in
September, ri931.
Ordered that James M. Williams
and Company, certified public ac
countants, be, and they are hereby
employed to audit the Hoke County
books for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1931, at $20.00 per day
for each man working on the andlt
plus expenses of the men working,
with the understanding that the total
amount charged for said auditing
work will not exceed the sum of
$275.00
ITS COL. McMILLAN NOW
Mr. Alex McMillan, of Dundarrach.
well known Civil War veteran of
Hoke county, left Monday afternoon
for (Montgomery, Alabama, to attend
the forty-fifth and last annual Con
federate Yeterana Reunion. The re-
'unions vrill be discontinned after
this year due to the decreasing
number ot the veterans and the
increasing Inflrmlty of those remain
ing. Mr. McMillan, however, is a
living cmtradiction of the latter for
he Is still spry and Interesting.
Mr. MeMlUan was recently elevat
ed to the rank of Colonel In. the
North Carohna Division of Confed.
erate veterans. He was among sev
eral appointed by Major-General
Smith of Ansonville, commander of
the Norrit Carolina Division, to b«
a member of his sta^ with the rank
of cdoneL Plana made for tha last
rennion were perhaps the most elab
orate ot recent years.