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THE HOKE COUNTY NEWS
THE HOKE COUNTY JOURNAL
VOLUME XXVII—Number 16
RAEFORD, N. C. FRIDAY, JULY:
1931
11.50 YEAR IN ADVAN
Fdlowing Ilbess of Nbmy
Was One of Last Two C®®“| D I CfiP^T PR OP
federate Veterans Of Hoke OIII III4II I UllUl
County; First ^reasiirer of
Hoke;Y^njo^d Tlie High
Efiteens^ Fellow Citizens;
Funeral CbifdvOtedJMonday*
ytcro EVER
f ^ ’
Tressui
On Sunday eveijto^-Bt
^ one of the last^mo CoOfederate
Veterans of Hoke Coan^ty answered
^ the final summons when Mr . W. J.
\ McCraney passed away at his home
* here. He had been in declining
health for the past seven years and
grew gradually worse recently and
the end was not unexpected. He
was horn in Cumberland County on
September 3rd, 1845, and lacked hut
a' few weeks of being eighty six
•Jrears old. All of his long and use?
ful- life vfas spent in\ what is now
- '■ Hoke - County and no citizen of this
county enjoyed- the highef esteem
of his felloWs.'WhlMi Moke Gountv
was forint McCraUey
offered ftt . iSe office of County
ff s^waa «n easy whmer
over stfdiig c^eetants. posi
tion 0 -Hll^'-'with,:th6 utmost .sat
tetecti^_i3tlntil^l^k4,-.:^be^ *«•
Ml i- count 'of'^eclihing health? he volun-
&rllyi retired from the office. Dur*-
Ing his tenure of thirteen years, no
one Would have been so bold as to
have seriously considered trying to
defeat him for-^ the position. His
rugged honesty and det,eHnlnatlon
were outstanding characteristtes of
the man and eveiy one who knew
him had the highest r^pect for him.
As a young man he saw service in
.the Confederate Army and when
this struggle was over he took up
the civil pursuits o- life and was a
worthy member of that mighty hand
of men . who brought the Southland
through the bitter days of Recon
struction. As a magistrate for a
nuinber of years he was noteworthy
for the good hard common
that he displayed in the performance
of the duties of that office.
William John McCraney was the
son of Malwdm and Sarah Ray
McCraney and of pure Scotch de
scent. He was preceded to the grave
by his wife, who wae Melinda John
son, about one year ago.' He is
survived by two brothers, Duncar
and Daniel C., and five sisters, lira.
John Palrcloth, of Cpmberland
County Mrs. W. F. Beard.
Misses Mary Ann, Jane, and Har
riett McCraney, of this County.
Funeral services were conducted
from the late residence on Monday
afternoon by his pastor. Dr. Watson
M. Fairley, and interment was made
in Raeford cembtery with full Ma
sonic honors.
EbepafrtBieBt - Ot Agricullw
Reports Indicate 20 Million
Pound Increase Over 1930
Production.
Production of tobacco in the
United States during 1931 will - a-
mount to 1,526,000,000 pounds, an in
crease of 20,000,000 pounds ..over
1930,. according to estimates by the
Department of 'Agriculture. Increas
es in the use of clgarettee which
are attributed by authorities In; the
industry to the removal of harsh
irritants by modern methods of manu
facture such as the toasting process
includfng the use of ultra^ yiotet
rays are, responelblei^lTK^^^^®?!^^^
in the IhttlftehaccO^ii^go^^^
Larger ^titiee
tohaced,"iwfctlS; use^^iek^fn
clgBrette?‘''lahfitt'faeture, hire ■ hmhg
exported'kad'rthhi with the increase
n domestid"' use In bringing ^ddi-
cional dollars tb the American firm-
3r’s pocket. Tobacco production In
.he United States this year wiU set
a new record and will be almost
200,000,000 pounds over the ; five-
year average between 1926 and 1929
of 1,367,000,000 pounds.
FORMER HOKE CITIZEN
WRIT^ FROM GEORGIA
mm LEAD
FURNmiRE MEG.
First In Making Wooden
Furniture And Fifrti In The
Mapufacture of All Kinds
Of House Furniture* Says
State Depsurtment of Con*
servatiem and Development.
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Eklitor News-Journal:
I saw in the News-Journal thia
week where one of your progressive
farmers was using China berries tor
guano. Something new under the
Sun! I told this, to our crowd here
and they are getting wild to plant
these trees that will prove compe
tition for the guano factories. I wish
to keep up with this f[firmer and get
What l88rltaslehsfr.deaenceodeEoTir
bis results at the. end of the race.
Whiat is his name?
Last of all, we waht a dry man
and a dry plank in the next election
for him to run on. W. G. MpAdoo is
my man.
'We have bad ’ rains. here at last
and cropks are very mpeh' revived
Much sympathy for your people in
the loss of Mr. J. W. McLauchlln
No better man eVer lived.'
A. D. CURRIE.
Mt. Vernon, Ga., July 16, 1931.
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HIGHER LEARNING.
When our country ^Was young,
citizens eager for higher learning
usually turned to the Universities
of Europe. Although the amazing
■growth of our own educational in
stitutlons has drastically altered
that situaUon, scholars in Increas
ing numbers go abroad to. "top off”
their American college degrees with
a year or more of foreign study.
In Paris alone, about 6,000 Ameri
cans pursue courses at tiie various
1 universities, and the -student clubs
A and associations in the world-re
nowned Mqntparnasse are Inade
quate to accommodate them all
For their convenience, Mr. Edward
Tuck, famous American philanthrop
1st and art patron whp resides in
' Paris, has provided funds for the
construction of a student social
center for his compatriots. The Ame
rican Ambassador, Walter E. Edge,
heads the committee which is sup,
erintendlng the work, and many, out
standing members of the American
Colony ir. Prance are members.
Upon the ■ suggest'on of M. Edou
ard Renard, Perfect of the Depart
ment of the Seine, the municipality
6V P.i .s ha.8 made • ..^liable 6,000
are meters of departmsntal
unds on the Rue Danffert-Roch
ereau upon which the Social Center
is i.eing built. Ca i'ct*l V.erdler
f .n.mt Q these gro o I;, willingly
icliiiii fled that portion of his
leise e qulTod for the enterprise.
The Eocial. center will have
library, nicdical cllni.c,' games room,
sn'.iimii.g pool, ball room, chapel
n"(l oile? features * Idoi'^lrsi w.ih
those of American universities.
FRARK L ENGUSn
DIES SUNDAY
Death Follows Long Illness
With Dropsy And Liver
Trouble; Was Native Of
South Carolina.
North Carolina entrenched her
self still further as the leader In
The manufacture of -wooden bedroom
and dining-room furniture and main
tained her position as the“ fifth
State in the manufacture of all
kinds of wooden househpld i furnl
ture In 1929, according to a state
ment released today by the State
Department pf Conservation and
Development, based on recent' cea-
sns ■ reports. Only New York, Illi
nois, Indiana and Michigan exceeded
KTorth Caroliha in the total value
kdusehold furniture produced
■ r-;Th© '- staiment also points put
fljnfx Wnhifftn - household furniture is
g'sahiW io r pi»-.tarltS': oter
nental furniture. The yalue of wood-
'n household furniture produced to
be United States increased from
^^72,4$8,443 in 1927 to >611,680,810
n 1929, or by 6.9 per cent; while
luring the same ^ period metal fur-
aiture declined by 24.6 per cent, or
rom $40,390,229 to $30,443,464.
In Nortt Carolina bedroom furni
ture makes up the largest portion
of the total value of all furniture
manufactured. In .1929 this item .a*
lone amounted to more than half the
total value of all household furni
ture, or $27,702,092, as compared
with $26,623,862 in 1927. The second
most Important class of tufuitttre
produced in^thto State is wooden
dining-room - furtlture. In 1929 this ■
item was valued at $13,736,486, which
repfesented a alight decline as
compared with the 1927 valuation
of $14,404,118. Living room furni'
ture ranks third In value, amount-*
ng to $9,244,988 in 1929 as com
pared with $7,643,494 in 1927. Porch
-'urniture increased In value from
3291,CC4 in 1927 to $646,578 in 1929;
hall furniture fronj approximately
eleven thousand to about thirty-
seven thousand dollars in 1929; and
miscellaneous and. unclassified it
sms increased '-from >377,896 to 1927
:o $612,792 in 1929, In 1929 all
.vooden household furniture mauu-
actured In North Carolina amount
jd* in value to $63,414,111 which rep
.csented an increase of 4.6 per cent
over the $50,996, 065 worth of wood
.n furniture manufactured for house
hold use in 1927.
State Board Makes Allot Bent Of
Teachers For Hoke County Sdi(
PROVra GOOD
Mickey Walker Makes'Coura
geous Stand To Gain Draw
With Much Heavier Foe,
Jack Sharkey.
Ehbets Field, Brooklyn, July 22—
A game, fighting heart which was
enough to offset his opponent’s report
Raeford Has Only High School
In County; Eight High
School and Twenty-Nine-
Eleinentsu7 Teachers For
White Schools; Forty-Three-
Colored And Two Indisuis.
The State Board of Equalizatloo
has made the allotment of teachtow
for Hoke County. The allotment is
given for each individual schooL
The Board also made some consolt
dations which are shown in th^
(received. The number of
follows:
great physical superiority tonight teachers allowed as as
gave Mickey Walker, former middle- j Antioch, high school “
weight champion, a draw with jack Raeford, with four teachers the
■ : raI^h:'TiMfes' cyp- ■■
This handsome loving cup, offer
ed by John A, Parks, publisher of
The Raleigh Time?, is the prize
awarded in the cpmpetIUon between
Josephine, the speedy, sprinting
terrapin froan Ashe-ville and Pinoca,
“full of hops’’, fast frog from Kin
ston in the Morehead City derby on
July 23, during the annual conpeu-
tlon of the North Carolina State
press Association. ; ,
The State Department of Conser
vation and Development placed two
of its boats at the .disposal of the
editors for trips to historical Fort
Macon and other points of interest
on Bogu© Sound. .
Sharkey, of Boston, :n their 15-
round fight for the American
heavy-weight championship.
Outweighed 198 1-2 to 169 1-2 and
outclassed in every physical respect.
Walker battled his opponent to a
standstill in one of the biggest up
set in all pugilistic history.
Sharkey apparently had a wide
margin of points over his smaller
opponent, but Walker’s game stand
and Sharkeyfs inability to fight his
way to a decisive victory apparently
influenced the officials — Referee
Arthur Donovan and Judges C. F.
IMathison and George Hughes—to
give the smaller man a draw for
his efforts.
All the credit for -the bout—the
best heavyweight contest seen in
New York in recent years—belonged
to Walker. And if there was any
doubt as to who won the glory it
was removed by the rousing ovation
given Walker as he left the ring.
Sharkey, shocker into silence by
the unexpected verdict, strode to
his dressing room amid nflngled
boos and a medicum of cheers.
elementary school; Blue Springs;.
♦wo teachers; Rosendalo in Littfe*
River Township, one teach»; Lor
belia, Mt. Pleasant and Bunkor
Hill, included in Moore Coonty;.
Rockfish, ' three teachers: Ashe--
moot, high school included'. int
Raeford, with five teachers for. the
elementary school; Raeford, e^fei:
high school teachers and nine ele-
mratary; Mildonson, five teachers;
for the elementary school. This
makes a total of eight high school
teachers and twenty-nine?
tary teachers for the white. schotos...
There are two Indian teachOFs and
forty-three colored teachers. This
makes a reduction of two teachers?
for the white schools from the
pumber allo^^edl (trom the Stnhe-
and county for last year. The Inr
dian teachers are the same as last-:
year with four less for the colored
schools.
The board of Equalizatioa urges:
that in making up the budget the
funds can not vary greatly front th»?--
amount ^t up by the State for the
year 1929-1930. This will necessi
tate employing teachers with an
average certifleate rating compar-
Frank E. English, one of Hoke
bounty’s most successful farmers,
who lived in Stonewall Township,
died Sunday evening at ten o’-
dock at his home, death follow-
ng a long illness with dropsy and
Iver trouble.
Mr. English was a native of
South Carolina and mov-3d to this
section about twenty years ago. He
was a model . farmer and • was re
garded as one of the best In the
county.
He is survived by his widow and
the following children: Herbert, of
Detroit, who arrived after the fun
eral with his wife; Ted, of Rob
eson County; Percy, of Aberdeen;
Grady, who lived with his father;
Mrb. Robert Lanp,'of Hoke County:
Mrs. L. M. Huggins, of Bladen
County, and anothof married daugh
ter to Mecklenburg County.
Mr. English was a -member of
the Lumber Bridge Baptist Church.
Funeral services; were conducted
from the home Mohdayi afternoon
at two-thirty bY K®y* John R.- Mill
er and Rev. A. D. Carswell. Inter
ment was made at Lumber Bridge.
Conservation officials pointed out
that the value of metal and fibre
furniture is not Included in the
above totals for North Carolina as
those figures are npt yet available.
In 1927, these two items amounted
to more than two and a half mil
lion dollars. Asshmlng that the 1929
valuations were as great as those
of 1927, and they were perhaps
greater, the total value of all kinds
of furniture maiiufactured in the
State would approximate fifty
six million dollars. The total value*
in 1927 was $53,551,220.
TOBACCO CURING IN HOKE
Tobacco curing has started in the
county and is getting well under
way, most of the curing so far be
ing sand lugs. The crop is unusual
ly pretty and farmers who raise this
weed willj be busy from now until
the crop is all cured.
l^ECORDER’S COURT
In Recorder’s Court Tuesday,
Simon 'Vample, young colored man
of the-iMontrose section, was tried
on a charge of assaulting Ander^
son Johns, colored, with a deadly
weapon with. Intent to kill. The
charge of intent to klU was dis
nlssed and he was found gujlty of
an assault with a deadly weapon
and sentenced to fqur 'months on
.he roads. The troufcl© occurred at
dr. D. N. Leslie's store on July
th, and the evidence showed that
/ample beat Johns with a strip of
iron, hitting him a number of
licks. Notico of appeal to the August
,erm of Superior Court was given
by 'Vample and he was released
under bond.
Jennings Maultsby, prominent
young white man, charged on two
counts of assault, was bound over
to Superior Court.
George Cromartie, colored, was
tried on S' charge of violating the
prohibition laws and was found not
guilty. The town officers hud found
a pint of whiskey in the place of
business where George works but
the evidence did not connect him
with It sufficiently for a conviction.
In the. case of Nathaniel Patter
son, colored", who was charged with
an assault with a deadly weapon
V(ith intent to kill by one Prince
Allsbrooks, another colored youth,
the state took a nol pros with leave,
the said Allsbrooks not apyeariug
tc testify.
In the civil case in which Hall
Wright sought to eject J. J. Har
ris from a house and farfti, a ver
dict was returned in favor of Har
ris.
. . . able to that of th© teachers eia-
Walker, however, received an ova- - - ^
tlon comparable to Lindbergh’s re- ^ ^ ^ •
ception in France. Miokey was a| The counUes have been asked la
big favorite with the crowd before'take the aalarr rating for the achMl
the fight started, and even, greater, Year 1930-1931 as no incremejits
favorite during the contest and a
virtual idol when the decision was
announced.
BOLT KILLS NEGRO
experienee can be allowed-for the-
nex. two years. The regular salary-
increment will be allowed for ralsedi
certlflcates. It is not known yet.
whether there will be a reductioix
of salaries or' not. This can not ha
determined until all budgets, are-
Sumpter, S. C., Jhly 22—Th© bolt sent in and a check made. The lavr
of liphteniny that killed I. Gould provides that all possible econo-
Johnson, negro, who was working mies be effected before the
on a church l.tii'.nng neai hort yes-
it-i--.' fused lb- > - i h'-? i--• •>
a?., toelted (!>■* ci't* t. • I L-in1-
”• t- s watch.
HL mWART DIES
Prominent Citizen Of- Uttle
River Tovniship Answers
Last Summons Monday;
Outstanding Character.
Nell Stewart, a prominent citizen
of Little River Township, died at his
home on Monday, July 20th after a
long illness, during which ho had
received treatment in several hospi
tals and had been confined to hi-,
bed for about a 'year before the end capUal outlay
came. He was a man of outstanding
reduction is applied. It is ganeraliy
conceded that a reduction will be -
necessary, but it can not exceed 10 •
percent, of the salary received., last*
year.
The new school legislatffon Srfugs:
about some changes, -but our think
ing must be adjusted to a State sup:-
ported school system. Herjitoloref
the State has been helping tho> .
counties but under the new plan
the counties will help the State by^
contributing for the six months
term a levy of 15 cents on the; IS2Di
valuation plus ^ a part of the poll:
taxes, dog taxes, fines and -forffeii
tures that go to the school (oncL.
This fifteen cent levy will an^yV
only for the current expense fond.
There are two other funds, the debt
service and capital outlay funds
that will have to be taken care of
by the counties in addition to the
fifteen cent levy. The State does not
pay any thing on the debc-seivico
character and lived an
Christian life.
exemplary
While the State is making som.*
FAILS TO BEAT HAWKS
Roosevelt Field,, N. Y., July 22.—
James Goodwin Hall failed by 14
t minutes today to attato Captffln
Frank M." Hawks’ record for a
flight from Montreal to, New York.
‘ Hall made the dash in his . Lilt toono-
plane cru4B4^ In one hdur and 69
, minutep, while Hawks’ time was 1:'46.
NOTICE TO ALL HOKE
COUNTY POULTRYMEN
All VPouItrymen in Hoke County
wishing to hav© their flocks blood
tested for Bacillary White Diarrhea
this fall please notify me by Tues
day, July 28th. Flease- give the
number of hens -and the number of
pullets expected to be put in the
laying house this fall. All applica^
tlons must be in the State Depart
ment of Agriculture by August first.
W. D. BURTON,
County Agent
POLITICS AIJID PERSONAUTIES
As the price of wheat lessens,
|‘he Importance of 'Vice-President
Curtis Increases. "Charley” is now
eng^ed in a determined effort to
make the Farm Board reverse its
intentions to sell its wheat holdings
as the opportunity arises, thereby
further depressing the price. It is
high -time circumstances gave Mr.
Curtis the chance to' be determined.
His. position has forced on him a
certain Inactivity which tends to
prolong, the reputation for passivity
he earned during a w.ell-remember-
ed social. bout at the outset of his
term. No' wonder he emerges so
briskly in the limeUght as an ag-
^essive champion of the wheat
farmers which abound to Charley’s
state of Kansas. . *
Gossip also has played a trick of
benefit .to the -yic&JTesIdent. For
some time, rumors prevailed to the
effect that Curtis; would throw a-
way the vlce-pr^deiittolnomina
tion in 1982 to become d 'Seigitor
! adjustments there is . no cause for
I alarm. After the adjustments ar^
He is survived by his widow, who made and put into operation it will
was Miss Sarah Morrison, and the work much better than might ap-
following children: H. S. Stewart, pear on first thought. Of course the*
of Johnson County, iW. H. Stewart salary reduction will be felt by tha
of St. Pauls, Mrs. J. P. Blue, Mrs. teachers, but It Is suggested that
Cameron Johnson and Mrs. Alex they take th© advice of President
'MePadyen, all of Llttje River Town-1 Graham and "take th© blow stand-
ship. ' ; ing up, without whining.” The
situation is State wide and local
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday by Rev. R. C. Lawrence,
of Vass, and Rev. M. D. McNeill, of
again. Then somebody said, “Don’t
he silly. No one would be a Sena
tor who could be a Vice-President.
If Charley refuses to run, it’s be
cause he is sure th© Republican Ad-I ||Q{y|£ COMING AT
ministration is doomed, and he’sr or'i^iiri /'UiiD/'u
afraid of being retired to private BtrMtL CttUKt^n
life.” That made people think.
Could Mr. Curtis belle,Ve the Repub
lican Administration* was destined
for defeat in 1932? And who woi^ld
know better than the Vice-Presi
dent whether it was doomed or not?
His coming decision has begun
to assume the proportions of a
great prophetic utterance, and wlley
Mr. Curtis will not soon end the
conjecture by letting anylne know
what that decision will be. Rec
ently he spent a weekend at Hoov
er’s 'Rapldan camp, and nobody
even found out whether he and the
President talked of wheat or the
next cainpadgn. N^lharley Is import*
ant—and happy—again.
pride and local sentiment are not
considtred so much as on a smallw
Cameron, and interment was made unit. The Epuallzation ^ard
at Cypress Presbyterian church.
all consideration possible within
the -law and is still working for the
best interest . of the schools within
the limitations placed on the Board
There will be a Home-Coming at
Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sunday.
August the 2nd. Bethel is the mother
church of this section, and invites
all Its former members and friends
of other denominations to attend.
Come, bring your lunch and spend
th* day.
Rev. W. C. Brown, of Barium
Springs, a former pastor, will preach
at 11:30; the history ot the
church and several short talks will
bo given In th© afternoon at 3
MRS. W. S. FAIRCLOTH,
OP DUNDARRACH, DlBl
o’clock..
A picnic touch wUl b© served at.F. .W. BbIb and toteement
one o’clock, p. m. . made at QalMla cemetery.
Mrs. IW. S. Faircloth, of the Dun^
darrach neighborhood, died at her
home on Tuesday. July 21st at
four o’clock P. M.. her death being
caused by paralysis. She was fifty
seven years ot age.
Mrs. Faircloth was th© daughtmr
of George and Martha Graham Ray
and was a native of Cumberland
county. Besides her husband, she-
is snrrived by tour children. . ^
Funeral services were conducMS'.,
oa WedBcii^ by her -pastor, R«p«.