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THE HOKE COUNTY NEWS
THE HOKE COUNTY JOURNAL
VOLUME XXVII—Number 18
RAEFORD, N. C. FRIDAY. AUGUST 7th, 1931
81.50 YEAR IN ADVANCE
Border Tobacco Markets Open
With Low Prices; Few Refusak
V
Farmers Prepared For Small
Return By Result In Geor
gia; Receipts Small On All
The Floors; Growers Busy
Curing, Hold Back In Hope
Of Increase in Price.
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Prices were -fii^ on border belt
tobacco markets^ Tuesday, opening
day of the season, but few tickets
were turned. Farmers were prepared
by T^faving knowledge of what hap
pened on the Georgia market last
week. Fairmont, largest North Caro
lina market in the Border belt, re
ported an average of $8.44. The Fair
mont average on the opening day
last year was $8.71. Fair Bluff had
an average of $8.24. ClarUon’s aver
age was $8.53 and Lumberton s $7.85.
The better grades of 1;obacco were
selling in some instances better
than they'did last year. The common
gr?.u1es are as iiswal in litll-* demand
and in less demiii.-d thi? year than
u^ual.
T(tal sales on tlie sewn border
;-.It markets' aggregated only about
half a million pounds. Farmers are
st’ll busy curin-g their tobacco and
al,;-o apparently ‘holding back to see
if ^prices will not get better.
DllfTHBIIOMef
A SiVERE STORM
Wind And Lightning Do Much
-Deunage Near Raeford;
Corn Crop Suffers Sever
ely; Barn Blown Down.
For Chicago’s I93.S Exposition
AVERAGE OE $7.10 PER
100 LBS. AT CHADBOURN
Chadbourn, Aug. 4.—Official fig
ures released by warehousemen early
tonight disclose a poundage, of 42,-
614. The average price was given
at $7.10 per hundred pounds. R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company bought
freely of types desireid. Good to
baccos used by domestic concerns
a’"' said to have sold as high, and
• jW me instances higher, than last
W . Growers showed little inclina
tion to reject the sales and were
apparently adjusting themselves to
pre-war prices.
GOOD GRADES SELL
BETTER THAN IN 1930
Fair Bluff, Aug. 4.—Official fig
ures released by three of the four
tobacco warehouses here today show
an opening delivery of 31,208 pounds
The average price paid was $8.24 per
hundred pounds. The fourth ware
house was running sales late in the
afternoon, with an exceptionaUy big
break. Total toanage for the Fair
Bluff market is expected to reach
100,000 pounds.
Practically all of today’s offer
ings were first pickings, and good
grades sold in many instanced bet
ter than on the opening day last
year. Deliveries here exceeded Iasi
year’s offerings. It is said very
little dissatisfaction was registered
by producers, they being apparently
willing to accept prices offered with-
■out complaint.
A drouth of moderate duration
was broken in and around Raeford
Sunday when rains visited the sec
tion, though some places failed to
get rains that day.
Tuesday evening, however, rains
visited all sections of the county
heard from a storm, accompanied
by some wind and a great deal of
electricito’^, seemed to he rather
general.
On the farm of Mr. N. B. Blue,
wind blew down a barn in which
two mules were housed, and flat
tened the animals out under a veri
table mass of timbers and roofing.
A small group of men went from
Raeford to the scene and managed
to extricate them from their bad
olight and to the surprise of every
one, they appear to have sustained
no permanent injury. Crops in the
neighborhood were blown over by
the wind, corn suffering the great
est damage.
In Quewhiffle Township, lighten
ing struck a tobacco barn of Mr.
Jonah Cole and tore a hole in the
roof though the barn was not
burned. The tobacco therein was
damaged some but Mr. Cole feels
that he got off light in not losing
his building.
The storm that came about mid
night was accompanied by an un
usually great amount of lightening
and rains following on Wednesday
indicate that the “dry spell; has
passed, though the weather con
tinued very hot.
Hundreds Attend Homecoming At
I Bethel Church; Interesting History'
I
BOARD OF COUNTY
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Re:qe:t For Paving Of Route
No. 70 Made To The State
Highway Commission; Jur
ors Drawn.
Bethel Nearly 150 Years Old;
Rev, W. C. Brown Preaches
Prior To Communion Ser
vice; Picnic Lunch Served;
History Given By Rev, A-
. D. CarswAell.
One of the entrances to the medical exhibit in the Hall
of Science of A Century of Progress—Chicago’s 1933
World’s Fair^construction of which has already corn-
menced. Rising from colored terraces and decorated in
white, gray, red and gold, this 700 by 400 foot structure
will be a masterpiece of modernist architectural design.
Thounsands of years ago, we reafi
in Genesis, the Lord said to Jacob,
“Arise, go up to Bethel." Last week
over five hundred members, former
The regular monthly meeting of members, and friends of historic
Bethel Church in Hoke County, heardl
and obeyed a similar message sthat
came to them, and gathered at
the old church for its Homecoming-
Day, on last Sunday, August 2nd.
Those who had not visited the
old church tor some time were
quick to notice the preparations made
by the local members. The grounds
and old cemetery were well cared
for, and the church was neat andi>
clean.
The Homecoming exercises began
at 11:30, with Rev. A. D. Carswell,,
pastor of Bethel, in charge, an(L
prayer by R-iv. Hector Mc-Diarmid,.
of Shelby. Rev. W. C. Brown, of
Barium Springs, who was pastor-
of Bethel from 1907 to 191.6, was
introduced as the man. now living,
most loved by the people of the
Bethel section, preached at this^
service. In his opening remarks he
expressed his joy in returning tn
Bethel, and his emotions were quite
apparent to members of the con
gregation. Rev. Mr. Brown chose as
his text. Exodus 15:2. and read.
the Board of County Commissione
■vas held at the court-house, Mon
day morning, with all members
present except Mr. N. P. Watson,
who is confined to his home by sick
ness.
The audit of the county records
for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1931, by .Jas. M. Williams and
company, of Raleigh, was present
ed to the board, and accepted as
satisfactory.
A resolution was adopted calling
attention of the district solicitor,
and the solicitor of the Recorder’s
Court, to those sections of the
consolidated statutes relative to
witness fees in criminal cases,
where the county is required to pay
the costs. These officials were re
quested to keep these statutes in
mind, with a view to curtailing
county costs.
The Commissioners made an order
to request the State Highway Coni-
luission to pave Route TO. from
Raeford to the Robeson County
line, as soon as possible, and also
to request the ' district road force these words from the old Bible
to complete the old Wire Road from | which has
Mildouson School Hous-fe to the
“Drink,” said the Irish prSacner,
“is the greatest curse of our coun
try. It makes ye quarrel with yer
neighbors. It makes ye shoot at yer
landlord. And ii makes ye miss
him.”
SEED REMOVED FROM EAR
Sidney Sikes, Jr., young son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Sikes, while at
play 'Monday night got two canta
loupe seeds in his ear, a matter
which could have proved serious.
The child was Immediately taken
to Dr. R. L. Murray, who removed
the seeds.
BOARD OF EDOCATION MANY MOWN IN
IN REGUI^SESSION
Raeford School Denied Nine
Months Term; Schools To
Open September 14; Same
Numher Colored Teachers.
BRID»ASTEB
Bodies of 20 of 23 Victims
Recovered at Georgetown;
Driver Failed To See Bar
ricade; 30 Foot Drop.
SPIRIT OF ,OPTIMISM
REPORTED AT FAIRMONT
'Fairmont, Aug. 4^—A spirit of op
timism is in the air here today, where
the tobacco sales opened for the
season. Less tobacco was called in
than on any previous opening sales
in years. While nothing hut first
, primings was on the market yet
"these showed color and grain, and
on all tobacco of this kind, which is
used for smoking and cigarette pur
poses, all of the domestic manu
facturers were lively bidders' and
many of these grades were' higher
in price than last season. Undoubt
edly the farmers are going to be
benefited by the raise in the price
of cigarettes a short -while ago. The
common grades, from $3 to $6,
seem to have no friends, nor does it
appear that they will have any this
i^son, due to conditions in for
eign countries. The official report
of sales issued by the supervisor
this evening reads:
“Sales for the day, 129,426 pounds;
money paid out, $10,876.65; average,
$8.44 per hundred pounds.”
On the opening day last season the
average was $8.71. A fe-w baskets
of high-grade primings was on the
sales today, and brought from $25
a hundred to $42 a hundred. jLight
sales are expected the balance of
the week, as the crop in this sec
tion is a little late. E. J. Cham
bers, one of the pioneer warehouse
men of the town, was honored last
night by being elected as president
of the Tobacco Board of Trade.
mUAOSALSO
IN WINKR SlYlfS
Cotton Fahrics For Winter
Wear Said To Be- More
Heidthfid, Especially In
Southern Climates.
FEW TICKETS TURNED
ON WHITEVILLE MARKET
Whltevllle, Aug. 4.—Fairly heavy
offerings featured the opening of
the Whitevllle tobacco market to-
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Gastonia, N. C.—The entire South
will welcome the news from Pari
sian Couturiers that cotton con
stitute the high notes in Fall Fash
ions.
It was with enthusiasm that we
welcomed King Cotton In the ^rly
Spring. W^ hailed his ascendancy to
the throne with hundreds of Cot
ton Carnivals and Fashion Sho'ws
in every cotton producing state.
Similar celebrations this fall prom
ise to be even more elaborate for
all are anxious to see the new,
gorgeous, never before heard .of Cot
tons for Fall.
The new fashion for Fall and
Winter Cottons is something new
under the sun. It is something that
Southern women have naeded for a
long time. Heretofore there has been
ho In-between type of fabric that
would be suitable in weight for
the Southern climate and yet
“wintery” in color and texture. It
is a known medical fact that the
overheating of a body too warmly
clad is the cause of most all head
colds. This year one may, be fash
ionable, and yet more alert and in
better health than ever before.
With the hew vogue for Cottons
for Fall, the average Southern wo
man will be enabled to wear street
and spectator sports frocks tailored
with Parisian chic. In the dark rich
shades decreed for (Fall and
Winter wear, and yet belhg of a
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The County Board of Education
met in regular session on last
Monday with all members being
present. .
Some of the members of the Rae-
ford Board of Trustees came before
the board to request that they ap
prove a term of nine months. It was
pointed out that the school had
always operated for nine months
and the teachers had been em
ployed thinking that the school would
run for nine months as It had in
the past. It was also pointed out
that the Raeford District is in good
financial condition with all bills
paid and a substantial surplus from
uncollected taxes which is an asset
and will \ be realized at some future
time. It was pointed out that the
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Cumberland County line.
A petition was laid bafore the
board for a special election in the
Allendale Special School Tax . Dis
trict to determine whether the
special school tax heretofore voted
in that district should be discon
tinued. This petition . was referred
to the Board of Education for ac
tion.
A jury list was drawn for the mixed
term of court to be held beginning
August 24th.
There were some requests made
for changes in property valuation,
but these were not acted upon.
HOUSE PARTY AT WHITE LAKE
Georgetown, S. C., August 4
Twenty bodies had been recovered
late today as searchers probed the
black 40-foot depth of the Sampit
river with grapple hooks for the
23 victims of the drawbridge disaster.
Those recovered included Warren
Nevrton, 52-year-old farmer, and his
son, Olin, 2, and 18 Negroes, mem
bers of the picnic party which was
riding in Newton’s school bus when
it crashed through the barrier across
the open bridge and plunged into
the water beneath.
The accident occurred shortly be
fore last midnight.
Only one person on the crowded
bus escaped. He was Jerome Frasier,
Negro newsboy of Georgetown. All
the others, from Georgetown and
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The next Congress will include
some of the queerest assortments
of state delegations in the Senate
that have ever been witnessed. From
Ohio we will have the garrulous,
nervous Simeon Fess and retiring,
serene Robt. Bulkley. Colorado sends
us Charles Watman, Republican re
actionary, and Edward P. Costigan,
Progressive Democrat. Louisiana has
replaced sedate Mr. Ransdell with
flamboyant Huey P. Long, who" is
a contrast also to his unobtrusive
colleague. Senator Broussard. Cor
dell Hull of Tennessee, scholarly
and meticulous of speech, will rep
resent the same electorate as does
Kenneth McKellar who is sometimes
hot-tempered a-nd very often rash
in his-utterances.
In addition, there will be the ano
malies that have existed for some
timdC Pennsylvania’s two Senators,
elegant, lugubrious David Reed and
booming, beaming “Puddler Jim”
Davis constitute the most amusing
contrast in officialdom. It is im
possible even to compare flaming
Hiram Johnson, California’s senior
Senator, with the junior Senator,
“Solemn Sam” Shortrldge, Borah
has so far oversiiadowed his collea
gue, John Thomas, that there actu-
ally are few people who can recall
the latter’s name.
New Hampshire’s George Moses,
whose acid tongue evokes hate, fear
and admiration, has little in com
mon with Henry Keyes, a quiet
and obedient person. From New
York we have Royal D. Copeland,
whose frequent, declamatory tirades
are an antithesis to Robert Wagner’s
more occasional and much more
meaty speeches.
■Who will be President pro tempore
of«the Senate in December is a
congressional question ranking in
importance just after that of the
House Speakership. George Moses of
New Hampshire now holds the posi
tion, but the Progressives, are gun
ning for him. “Witty George” is
too witty for his own good. His epi
thets, notably the “sons oh the wild
Jackass” characterization, rankle in
sensitive Insurgent/ hearts. Senator
Nye of North Dakota has not for
given MoSes’ violation of senatorial
ethics In placing the Nye Commit
tee’s fat expenge account in the
Congressional Record. Other inci
dents have stirred the Western sen
ators’ Ire against the New Hampshire
wlaecracker and classicist.
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Misses Isabelle McFadyen, Kath
ryn Pulley, of Kinston, Louise Blue,
Lijfille McLeod, Dorothy McPhaul,
Sarah Catharine Cromartie, and Mr.
and Mrs. Garland Moon, are spend
ing this week at White Lake, ou a
house party.
MEE CASES BEFORE
Three Convictions; One .Ap
peal; Two Bound Over To
Superior Court On Charge
Of Defrauding.
In Recorder’s Court Tuesday, Lon
nie McNair, young colored man.
entered a plea of not guilty to a
charge oE carrying a concealed,
weapon, said weapon being a pis
tol. He was found guilty and sen
tenced to work two months on the
roads. Clayton McCrimmon. young
white man, was tried on. two
charges—one for carrying a con
cealed weapon and one for driv
ing a car while under the influence
of intoxicating liquor. He plead not
guilty under both indictments. Evi
dence tended to show that last Sat
urday night he parked his car on
Main Street near the A & R pas
senger station and that officers
Howell and McNeill saw him hiding
something under the cushion of
the car. They examined the car
and found a pistol under the cush
ion. Watching for McCrimmon’s re
turn, they saw him look under the
cushion and get in his car and drive
away. He went out of Main Street
on the Wagram road and turned
through the Western edge of town
and went out toward Aberdeen at
a high rate. of speed. The officers
endeavored, to overtake him and
bring him to a stop but were unsuc
cessful until they cleared Mont
rose and shot a tire from under his
car. They testified that he was
going at a high rate of speed and
was driving all over the road. They
also testified that he was drunk
when they caught him. He was
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pit for so many years; “The Lord is
my strength and song, and lie is
become my salvation: he is my
God, and I 4\-ill prepare him an
habitation: my father's God, and £
will exalt him.’’ Then followed an
excellent and inspiring sermon on
the Family Altar.
Following the sermon, the hymn
“0 God of Bethel” was sung by the
congregation, and after this the sac
rement of the Lord’s Supper was
celebrated.
At this time the people left tha
church to gather around the tibies
under the trees, where a bountiful
dinner was being spread, and to shake
hands with people whom they had
not seen in years, and in some
cases, since childhood, and to laifc
happily of old times, of people now
passed on, and, of inciderts in the.
life of old Bethel. These peopfe-
soon forgot the heat and accom
panying physical discomfort, w the.-
spirit of reunion, and by tl^e time-
dinner—it must not be called lunch
—w.»3 over, those who had been in.-
clifferent about coming, were the
h.!iipiest people presenh having a.
most wonderful time amentg Mends.
About three o’clock th-? old' bell
ji the church silenced th? talking
nowcis, who were asked to gather
again in the church to hear its in
spiring history given. Rev. Mr. Cara-
well, had prepared a very interest
ing account of Bethel, going back
as far as records were available.
The present church building was
erected in 1S50, and is the third
building on approximately the same
site. The first structure was of
logs, and this was followed by a
frame building which gave way te
the present structure. Dates with
regard to the first two buildings
are unavailable.
Bethel Church is definitely known
to have been in existence in 1796,
and it is believed that the church
organization took place from ten
to fifteen years prior to this date,
this belief being we|[ founded, but
without actual proof, as the records
have been lost. The deed was dated
1796, and recorded in Robeson coun
ty, N. C.
Many bits of interesting history-
brought amugement to the people
listening. One incident which seems
to be well authenticated had to do
with a former Bethel pastor, who
was addicted to liquor. His wife had
been sick, and, it was thought, died.
She was, of course, buried, and the
night after the burial grave robbers
came along to remove a ring from
her finger. As the robbers started to
amputate the finger to get the ring,
the supposed corpse, cried, “Oh,”
and rose to a sitting position. The
robbers immediately fled, and the
minister’s wife left her grave, and
returned home alone. It is said that
her husband hearing her footstep's,
said, “If my wife were not dead,
I’d say that I heard ^her walking,”
and just as he finished, in shd
walked, fiightenening her hoabaad
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