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THE HOKE COUNTY NEWS
THE HOKE COL NTY JOURNAL
^ VOLUME XXVII—Number 11
RAEFORD. N C.. FRID AY, JUNE 12th, 1931
SI.50 YEAR. IN ADVANC ES
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INfraJEEnNOS
Aldermen Name Other Towd
Officials; Appoint ‘Commit
tees to '^Supervise IPhases Of
Town Government-
The initial meetings of the new
hoard of aldermen of the town of
Raeford were held on Jnne the
Urst and eighth with aii meaihers
present with the mayor The first
meeting was. hei'd iraraeiia-eiy ;fol_
lowing the last meeting of tlw re.
tiring mayor and town hoard. At
this meeting the new town officers
took the bath of office which ■ wa.s
administered by Clerk of Court Ed_
gar Hall. The .fdllowina: Aook ..the
oath: G. B. Rowland, mayor, and
Milton Campbell, L. M. Andrews,
Carl Morris, W. .P. Covington, Arch
Stevens, aldermen.
Civil servants who will v carry
some of the detail work of .town
government .were : appointed .or re
appointed as follows: clerk .of town
board, C. R. Freeman; town treas
urer, Buck Currie; water superin
tendent and building inspector, L.
S. McMillan; electrical inspector, C.
E. Upchurch; chief of police, EHd-
ridge Chisolm; night policeman, A.
M. HohsbII, and .L. M. Andrews may
or pro tern to serve in case of ab-
seqce of the mayor.
Committees were appointed of
the members of the board of aider-
men to serve in the supervision of
the various functions of itown . gov
ernment; to supervise the financial
matters of the town, W. P. Coving
ton, chairman, Arcliie Stevens and
Milton Campbell; to supervise the
light and water service, Archie Stev
ens, chairman, W. P. Covington,
and Milton Campbell; to look after
the, streets / of the town, L. M. An
drews, chairman, Carl Morris and
Milton Camifbell.
The new town • officials take
charge of town affairs from the first
of :June. The outgoing board leaves
a splendid record or efficiency and
the new members have the con
fidence of the towns people.
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Major h. o. hIuley
The C. M. T. C. at Fort Bragg,
which opens June 12th, will be
headed by Major Higley, of the
17th Field Artillery.
TIUINING SCHOOL TO
OPENJTJIIiAGG SOON
KINGS NT. DOT
WRECK VHni
lUST FIGIIT WEEVIL
HERE FRl M ON OUT
C. M. T. C. Encampment Will
Draw Large Group Of Citi
zen Soldiers For Training!
T*erioid Opening June 12th'-; .ctteville. In FayetteviTi;e, accardinj
, to his story, he met a man driv.
Bryant Webb Swipusly Hurt
When Car Turns Over Or
Fayetteville Road; Clainir
Car Driver Disappeared,
Bryant 'Webb, a young white man
twenty-five years of age was ser,
iously hurt when the car wTiicli lie
was driving left the highway on the
curve at the 'Viewpoint Service Sta
tion on the Fayetteville higuway,
ran down an embankment, crashed
through a highway sign and turned
over, about nine thirty Tuesday
night. Webb was picked up in an un
conscious condition and brought to
Raeford. It was first thought that
he was dead, hut after recaivi'ag
medical treatment he revived suffi
ciently to answer questions and was
taken to a Fayetteville hospital
where he was given Sortlier mediKil
attention.
According to the story told by
Webb to the local officers, he had
lately been working in a sEk mill
•n Kings iMountain, N. C. Being out
of work he left Kingis Mountain
Tuesday morning on a bus and
rode as far
Charlotte he
Pest Already At Work In
Hoke County Cotton Fields;
Large Expense Or Heavy
Loss Awaits Laggards.
The time for action in the war
asainst the boll weevil who is now
marshalling his forces for the first
general assault against the Hoko
County cotton crop has come. Thero
is no doubt about the certainty of
the attack. The forces- are in the
field, the bugles are sounding and
platoons and regim^ts of veterans
of other campaigns and new recruits
are already advancing upon the
young cotton plants.
low NEW OEAiriB
IN COTTON FiORICS
Cotton Style Show Attendewl
By Large Crowd; Dr. Win-'
ters Address Shows Indivi
dual Duty in Crisis.
_ „ .. : ing a Ford roadster and accepted
Over 950 young men from North' ^ tv ^ j
j c uT, r. 1- v-,. ' his invitation to ride to Raeford witli
and South Carolina have received , . .
orders to report at Fort Bragg on I”"*' 0“ TI*-
Fridav, June 12th, for one month’s |the -driver of the
■ with the 1031 Citizens Mill. evidently unhurt, escaped un-
servic 3
tary Training Camp. The camp this i
year will be commanded by Major j
Harvey D. Higley. of the 17th |
Field Artillery, Fort Bragg. | in
I m— -ni... noticed from the scene of the ac
cident.
Officers are placing little faitli
e stoiy of the mysterious part.
Maj.ir Higley, hern in Iowa, is
gradm-.te of tlie U. 3. Military Aca.l«™ stolen fr^ the streets
demy at West Point. He was com-1 ™ front of a Fayetteville theatre,
missioned in 190S and has served suspected of tlie theft. Lat_
the 'Ph-.'Tionincs and in flermany. information shows that on the
Agricultural authorities are in
agreement. The time to '^ht the
boll weevil is the present. Cotton,
Is growing rapidly now and alreatly
putting on squares. It is poor farm
ing to wait until the weevil has the
upper hand and then try to ci.pe
with his gri^ng nu(ni)bers. The
sensible way to fight the weevil is
to kill the old weevils now and lat
er. on there will not be- sd inany to
as Charlotte. From | fight. Timely use of the mop and
hitch-Mkied to Pay. the inexpen'sive poisons will prob.
ably save dusting the cotton later
on jn the season. Last year's large
crop was adequate proof that the
boll weevil can be controlled if the
Hoke County farmers avail them,
selves of the well known means of
fighting him in the early season.
LAURIE McEACHERN.
Laurie McKachern, representative,
from Hoke County, whose friehdd
have brought him forward as a can- /
didate for Commissioner of Agri
culture.
Numerous Prisoners Tried On
Various Charges; 4 Cases
Dismissed, One Bound Over
To Superior Court.
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«TER IS DOSED
WITH OWJV MEDICINE
.Dan Bain, Wanted For Assault
On Raymond McKinnon, Ar
retted After Being Cut By
Andrew Me’lvin.
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The law of 'compensation caime
Into Its own again in 'Hoke County
Wednesday vVhen Dan 'Bain, young
icolored farmer of the Laurel Hill
■section of Stonewall township, was
:ja:fled f,or an assault VWch he made
rnreral weeks argo on Raymond Me.
Kinnon, -another cdlorea man. At
the time "he was jailed, Dain was
suffering from severe cuts about
the face taftfl arms'. Inflicted upon
4 him by Andrew Meivhi, a -third col.
ored man of tthe aaane -section.
About a month ago a search was
started for Bain following his as.
sault of McKtanon. On Saturday
night as an aftermath of a® ice
1 cream supper at the Daurel Hill
school house, there was an -argu
ment between Melvin aad Bain, 'udsiich
resulted in Melvin using a lazor on
the arms and facse of the former,
inflicting deep and paiollBLl, although
not serious wontulB. Wednesday
k Bain was arrested by Deputy-sheriff
r fBarrington and lodged In the Bae.
’ ford jail. Melvvin made bond for his
appearance at Recorder’s ceurt .on
thf?, charge of assault.
last altercation is one txf a
swes of minor, scraps which have
occurred in this section. It ocenrred
P at the home of Will Baldwin, a e.ol_
pred man of that section.
During the 'VYorld War Major llig.ey
iwas in command of tl^e Field Art;].
I lery Replacement Depot ai Camp
I ZaChaj-y Taylor, Ky.. v/her.* thous.
ajudb 01 Field .Artillery ofFicers and
e.n istrd men were trainej for com
bat service. Major Jiigiev is on Ih-:
Army’s General Staff EligibHity List,
and is a graduate of the Field Ar
tillery School, Ad'/aneed Course.
Fort Sir., Oklahoma, of the Com.
mai-d and General Staff Scbool. at
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and of
jthe Army War College, Washington,
D. C.
In connection with the o,pen ing
of the C. M. T. D., Major Higley
stated that this movement is more
ponular tliis year than ever before,
:espGCiaIly in North and Sonlb Caro_
■lina. He said that last year. 19:30,
I there was a total of 1422 applica.
I tions received for mepiiberahip in the
1 Pjart Dpagg 0. M. T. ,C., while tMs
: year up to June 1st, 2, 091 applica.
’ tions for the Fort Bragg Cainp had
;li«en irewolved.
.Due to the active nature of the
THdke -Uouflty Military units the
participation of Hoke County yoimg
men in rthe Citizen Military Train.
inig ccaBBWS iw at a nUoimum. Two
ybuiig men, however, have shown
ifilxeir intention of takipg advantage
pf the physiesQ and military advant.
a»es of the camp, thes being Wil
liam Si'loydtond Henry Moitroe.
A®i-.ioulture in North Carolina gives
employment to 499,923 peole. Of
theea, lare owners isnfl ten.
I ants; :2,027 are managers and fore-
jmen; 22,7,561 are laborers. Of the
laborers. 133,687 are family and
household workers who receive no
pay.
highway, a half mile beyond the
scene of the accident, the car which
‘Webb was riiSlng in side.swiped a
car driven by Mr. Taylor, of "Wil
mington. . Mr. Taylor went to the
■shoulder of the road to avoid be.
ing hit bnt could not get out of the
way. The car which hit him, he said,
did not stop. It is believed that some
injury was sustained by Webb’s
car in this scrape which caused it
to fail to turn at the Viewpoint
efirve and was the direct cause of
the accident.
Webb’s Injury was a, Iractured or
dislocated spine which, if it does
not result in death, will cause per
manent paralysis from the waist
doivn. He -was sulwect to intermit,
tent siiells or unconaciousness but
in conscious periods :ans,wered lall
questioufi readily..
County Agent W. D. Bniton is
certain that there are many boll
weevils already at work in the cot
ton fields of Hoke County. There
was a time when those who con
tend that poisoning did little good
were sure of a hearing,' but the ex
periences of the last several years
have proved beyond a doubt that
quick and irtelligenr use of poison
will not only decrease tlie amount
of. poisoning needed later in the sea.
son, hut it will prove an outstanding
factor in saving the cotton crop.
All Hoke county farmers should make
every effort to master the principles
of early season poisoning. and ap
ply them in the work with his cot.
ton. The crop has been planted, fer.
tilized and worked to this point; it
is not sensible to run the ri.sk of
losing it now.
The land area of North Carolina
is 48,740 square miles; the water
area 3,686 square miles, making a
total area of 52,426 square miles—
approximately one thousandth part
df ithe earth’s surface.
C(»JFEDERATE VETERAN’S REUNION IS
HELD AT ORICTNAL SOUTHERN CAPITOL
Myriad Orsra'ny;Eatians Join To Give Veterans Splendid He-
unkm; Estimate Three Thousand Old Soldiers Prlesent;
Wm Meet In Richmond Tor Reunion Next Ye.ar.
SCOUTS SERVE VETS AT
^ CONFEDERATE REUNION
More than 1,300 Boy Scouts and
their leaders from sevon southern
staies—Alabama, Mississippi, Louis,
lana, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia and
r Arkansas—pitched . camp together
last week at Mont ornery, Ala., wlier^
they served as aides and escorts to
• the 1,500 Confederate' Veterans at
forty-first reunion. The Scouts’
1 camp whs named Ganp Miller in
L honor of B, M. Miller. Governor of
' 1 4^abatna, who was officMly induct.
ed as a Tenderfoot Scout at the en.
ijteampmient during the renniox
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KNew
YOUR OATS
Editore note: The News-Jour
nal takes pleasure in passing on
to its readers the following ac.
count of the Reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans
which was held last week at
Montgomery, Alabama, the on.
ginal oapitol of the Confederacy.
Col. MoMilllan’s reports on vari
ous reunions of the veterans of
the sixties have been featured
in this' paper for years. We are
glad that the reunions have not
been, discontinued and look for.
ward to giving our readers simi.
la.r reports for several years to
come.
By ALEX McMILLAN
Colonel, North darolhia Division,
United Confederate Veterans.
Regularly at this time of year ''
* when the siiruKEI grain is bding *
* cut by the farmers of the coun. *
i‘' ty, there Is an epidemic of indi. *
* gestion among the stock, especi. *
* ally mules. This trouble ranges * tell them all about the U. C. V. Re.
* from slight indigestion to fatal * unlo-n at'' Mratgomery, Ala., so I
* sickness and in a large numb. •' concluded to write you and you
* er of cases can be avoided by ” could publish in your .good paper.
Every • one I meet wants me to
• Judgment and temperanse iisi :the *
• feeding of new oats to stock. ''
• This year has bsen no excep. *
• tion and instances of slok mules ”
• throughout the county which can •
* be traced directly to the feed. * carried out to Camp Stephens at
• ing of green oats, are numerous. * the Lanier, High School building a.
• Successful weathering of this •
• dangerous period demands re
• training from feeding oats until -*
• they are thoroughly dry and 'a ”
• subsequent slowness In chang. •
• ing the diet from all corn to all •
• oats. •
• Due care In feeding will great. *
• ly diminish this danger. •
• •sssssse*******
just all I can think of.
We left Aberdeen at 7:50 the
1st day of June, arrived at At
lanta the 2nd at* 6:35 a. m. Got to
.Montgomery at 3:30 p. m. and were
bout one mile from the business
• part of the city. This was the
finest school building I ever saw,
It cost some .over a million dollars.
This was headquarters 'for the Vet-
eronst and where we were fed gnd
held all our businesB transactlohs.
The 'dining room will seat 8000 at
one flitting. Well.' we have never had
such a fine entertainment at all
4
Charlotte ^as said to be the best
•and was up to this. I went to the
Capitol and saw that five pointed
star that marks the spot where Jeff
Davis stood while taking the oath
as 'President of the Confederacy. It
is im'beded in the floor of the porch
near -one •of the columns. I saw the
museum of fine arts, the old thea
tre where Dan Emmet composed
“IMxie", -na-tional air of the Confed
eracy. I saw the penitentiary and
air port, also the house in which
Jeff Davis lived while he was there,
the White House of the Confederacy,
and, Oh, there was so much to be
seen that it is impossible for ihe
to tell it all, but last, but not least,
was the grand parade. It was said
to have been fourteen mi'.ei long.
The Veterans were put in automo
biles by themselves in front, aiid the
ladles in sejiarate cars. Then came
the other organizations—"W. O, ,IV.,
Red Men, Bands, floats, and Boy
Scouts, 1200 of them.
Well, It is just impossible to
tell it all at one time. The young
ladles nor the old ones either, seetu..
ed to never - get tired of doing some,
thing to make we boys feel good.
The young ladles are kind and
'beautiful, and the old ones are just
as kind and sweet—they were in
their 'teens back in the Sixties.
There was said to be about 3000
Veterans there, and some of the
news papers said this would be the
last reunidn, but those who live to
see anothflr year will unite In Rich
mond, Va. I hope to be there once
more. Behold .how good and pleas,
flat it is for comrades, to meet
Quite a number of case‘s wf-re
tried in Recorder’s Court Tue-'.clav.
court lasting about all day.
Walter McKay and Tbe.^dore Kv.
and, colored, were tried or-, a chari-re
of Assaulting .-Vlton Capps and were
found not guilty.
John Bishop, color'^d. was tried
on a charge of stealin.G strips fr im
H .A. McNeill, of Bbie Spriiig.J. an 1
foa.nd not guilty.
l-. sie Smith, color''1. C'liar'.;2.1 v.iia
bastardy by Beatrice Sliaw. was
found not guilty.
Vinson Strain, white ymiih ef
Roberson County, wa.j foii’.iJ anil;"
on fishing in Hok' Coun'.y v’tivnt
a license and wa tat- 1 with ih-
He appealed i.r mi th;' vrir-ik t
and was placed under bond in ciio
sum of $100 for his appearanc.e a?
the .August term of Super, or Court.
A warrant charging him w.ri‘ lisniug
on Sunday was served on him and
his case on this charge was set for
trial next Tuesday.
Bill Smith, colored, who was out
on a suspended sentence for beat,
ing his wife, was tried on two
counts of assault and found gni’t.c.
The first sentence of . six montli.-^
on the roads was ordered into eifecc
and judgment, under a verdict of
guilty was returned in the other
two cases, sentence to be imposed
at the expiration of the six months
term.
John D. M'alker and Lena iMc.
Lauchlin, colored, were tried on a
charge of bigamy but after the con
clusion of the state’s evidence their
cases were dismissed.
Music.' cotton dresses in an im.
pressive array worn by local girls
and an informative address on tha
history and uses of cotton character,
ized the Cotton Style Show giveu
in the school auditorium .on Friday-
night at eight o’clock. An interested
audience filled the auditorium an^I
enjoyed the evening’s program to
the fullest The stage and lobby of
the school were attractively decorat.
ed to bring before the people pres,
ent the new utility and beauty o£
cotton which are being emphasized
in the national “Wear More Cotton**
campaign. The evenings program cooi.
hined entertainment and inspiration
to those who pin the hopes of their
livelihood on the fleecy staple.
County agent W. D. Burton air_
noiinced the program and made pro.
liminary remarks about the cam.
paign in behalf of cotton. He then
Introduced Dr. R. A'. Winter:; of
State College Experimental Stati a
who addressed the audience Ort
“Cotton and its Uses.’’ Goin? 'oa k.
to the earliest use of co-ton t r.
Winters told how cotton fair.-r ;s.
which had been unearthe-! prov d
I C ut the use of cotton in maici. ;
: cloth was over five thousand y.-.^i
old, how it had been grow-i ta ; >_
dia as long as three thovc^iaul li »
hundred years ago. how Ir -cm l'(.u l
in the Baroadoes when C-.ilumh is-
came to America and th i.-'.uia i
were using cotton staple u i.\\. ^
cloth when the first white .set:! _
ments were made in .Ameri'.a.
niarizing Jine rise of cott.. prQ.'ii.
tion Jflr'MAmerica he led up to L’.,ar
beginning of the export of the •-■tr...
pie when Americans 'oegan ti
duce more than enough for their
own needs and showed ti-ow th i
high prices of cotton resu'ting u-oni
the War Between the States, caus
ed other nations to grow cotton an-I
(Continued on page tivej
OPEN AIR ALLEYS
Messrs. D. C., Cox and Albert Dow
are opening in Raefo^rd this week a
new, open air • bowling alley. Bowl
ing has captured the popular fancy
-of Raeford people to a considerable
extent and the new alley w-ill pro.
vide ample facilities fer all devotees
of the sport. The new alleys are
’housed in a tent next to the post
office and the alleys are regulation
sixty footers.
YOUNG GiBL DIES AT
mm ON SUNDAY
Beulah Jackson S.:ccumbs Tc»
Attack Of Typhoid Fever;
Untimely Death Is Great
Shock To Scores of Friends
North Carolina has more inland
water area than any State in the
Union except Florida. i
» FOWL MONSTER *
• Crowds of the ourious are • j
• viewing this week a four legged •
• chicken In the flock of Younger •
• Snead. The chick, which was *
'Y hatched on Friday, has two per. *
• fectly formed legs which suf. ♦
• fice for ambulation, and behind •
• these carries two spares, per. •
• fectly formed as the others, but •
• having no particular function..*
• that has yet been determined. •
•' The two extra legs work ef- *
• fectively in the joints and evl.
• dently could be used if neces. *
• sary. Speculation has it ihat the •
• chick will probably get more than •
• his share of the food in scratch. *
• Ing days to come if he can brtijg •
• all his scratchers into action. •
• Kindly visiters have also sug. *
• gested that there would be *
• profit in the breeding of a tour •
• drum.stlek chicken. Younger hae •
• has not given out any atatement *
• on thflflfl suggflfltlens as yet. '*
The Arabia community and friends
throughout the county were shoekvd
to hear Monday of the untimely death
of Beulah Jackson, nineteen year
da.nghter of Neill and Bessie Jaefeso-n
of the Arabia community. Death canr(=»
as the result of a two weeks illues-s
of typhoid fever, this bein^ the fir.st
death caused by the small epidem. :
of fever which has been growing tn
the county. Miss Jackson died Sinr.
day night and the sad news quick,
ly spread over the county, bringing
sorrow to all who knew this lovaWe
young girl.
Beulah Jackson was just ninete'^'n
years old and was a character who
made and held friends. She attende-l
school at Mildouson and Raeford high
school and made many friends during
her school days. The sadness of h'er
death w-as heightened by her youth
and bv the promise which her young
life had given.
She is survived by her father and
mother, four sisters, Anna Mae, Jan.
nie Lee, Jessie Lee. and Katie, and
by two brothers. Grady and Welton.
She attended the Baptist church of
Arabia Funeral services were ccn.
ducted at three o’clock, Monday. Juno
8th, at the Arabia Baptist churGh,
with her pastor. Rev. Turner, offieiatj
ing. A large crowd of frieiuls and
relatives were present to (>av- silent
tribute to the fine young girl whom
they knew and loved.
GO TO CONFERENCE
Five of the boys and girts of the
Presbyterian church left Raeford
Tuesday to attend the fourth annual
A'oung People’s conference of FOj--
etteville Presbytery. The conferenAie
is held each year at Flora Macdon.
aid College in Red Springs and ha«
proven an iikspiration to the youftc
people of the presbytery. Those at.
tending from Raeford this year afv
O. B. McFadyeh, Thelma Hall.'Pefl:«
gy Bethune. Ruth Dellinger and Al.
Berta Campbell.
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